The Sun. — London, England, 1861-01-09 00:00:00

;vas ; hough :urope Itay of le C 011" Con- Lot, in Laving Le in- ici l ie Q, at in d per to be loving twith- A from I from 'rench re, in ralists. placed ion of • inas- which that of 9 occu ease to If indi cowl- oduced lur let robabi- tin, we b.p, ms :-- infor eon the ing the L Italy. tovern- Francis request spect fet :mperot his Ma-. o inter- Lnd that to gife : fleet." a these the pre• ificatioo a of the solemn taliane. lion, an Ice learle er ; and ►rbier de eave the at if the d to the ill have len from Lied and 1, whore bed." 11E. seed to French ered is show owardo an said, 'TEE. India where s been apply price. ill and its and one of Very ;ity of iitable re are trade money 10 die' in the Ling ie [els or i very enjoy -3;, tea ade is 7 wool a their turers good and ing were, id car freely, le, but Le high is only y sup- ted. onday. to 806 Iy, but nday's beans it, and sacks brie. dy re• lk. ade is 45 2d es MONEY MARKET AND CITY NEWS. CITY, Two o'CLocK. The Money Market now presents a compara tively quiet appearance, and the diminution in the inquiry is accounted for by the excessive accommodation which the mercantile community obtained a few days ago. Their immediate re quirements are provided for, and as the available supplies are temporarily augmented by the pay ment of the half-yearly dividends, a slight degree of relief is experienced, although the rates of discount continue very firm. The joint-stock banks yesterday afternoon resolved to raise their allow ance of interest for deposits from 4,1- to 5 per cent., but the discount houses are offering 51 per cent. for money withdrawable on seven days' notice. About £lOO,OOO was sent into the Bank of Eng land yesterday, but nearly an equal amount in sovereigns was withdrawn for transmission to America. The Foreign exchanges yesterday afternoon were generally higher, particularly as regards Paris, Antwerp, and Vienna. The Royal Mail steamer Magdalena, which left to-day for the Brazils, conveyed £19,000 in silver and 3,087 in gold. The City of Washington, which sailed this morn ing for New York, took £107,000 in specie. The Arago, steamer, which leaves Southampton to-day for New York, will take about £lO,OOO in specie. A call of £2 per share has been made by the Directors of the Vale of Neath Railway payable on or before the Ist proximo. Business in the Liverpool Cotton Market yester day was exceedingly quiet, and prices were barely maintained. The sales were only 4,000 bales. The preparatory arrangements for the liquidation of the account have occupied the attention of the dealers and brokers in the English Stock Market today, but increased firmness has boon perceptible, Consols being 911 t for to-morrow, and 911 92 for the February account. The New Threes have improved to 911 e ; the Reduced to 911 ; the New 21 per Cents. are 761; India 5 per Cent. Loan is 1001 s ; ditto 51 per Cent. Rupee Paper, 100 ; and Exchequer Bills 2s. dis. to ls. prem. A rather better tone also prevails in the Foreign Stock Market, and business is moderately active. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 691 to 701 ; ditto Loan (1858), 554 to 561 ; the 4 per Cents. remain at 1011 102 ; and Sardinian at 82. Brazilian 41 per Cents. have improved to 851 ; Buenos Ayres, to 961 97 ; and Spanish Deferred to 401; Portuguese are 44k. Business in the Railway Share Market has con tinued moderately active, and several of the principal British lines have, in a great measure, recovered their late decline. Eastern Counties, Great Westerns,South-Easterns, and West Midlands advancel 10s. ; North Westerns and Midlands, 15s, ; and Lancashire and Yorkshire, Brighton, and North-Eastern (Berwick), .£1: The Foreign and Colonial undertakings were in limited favour, without any material change in values. Bahia and San Francisco realised 81 s ; San Paulo declined to 2i ; Grand Trunk of Canada are flat, at 22 and 22i ; and Great Western of Canada at 101 I. Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares have been in very limited demand. Union of London declined 55.; and Peel River Land im proved 6s. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 9ll 1 1 1 a per Cent. Consols Annuities New 3 per Cent. Annuities 9ll 1 1 New 21 per Cent. Annuities India Stock . — Ditto 6 per Cent . . Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent — Ditto 5i per Cent. Ditto Debentures, 1858 961 Ditto Bonds £l,OOO — iitto under £l,000 Consols for Account, Jan. 10 India Stock for Account — Ditto 5 per Cent. for Account .. 101 azchequer Bills, £l,OOO, lid Ditto Small FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK Brazilian 5 per Cent Ditto 4i per Cent. 1880 B6/ Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cent. — Ditto Account . . 96 7 63 Portuguese 3 per Cent.. 1853. .. 44i Russian 6 per Cent. 1822, £ St .. Ditto 4f per Cent 93 21 8 ardinian 6 per Cent. B2 Spanish 3 per Cent Ditto New Deferred Ditto Account Turkish 6 per Cent .. Ditto Account Ditto New Loan Ditto Account Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per alt. Dividends on the above payable in London. TWO O'CLOCK Consols for Account, 10th Jan.. 9ll / Ditto February 9ll 2 • COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—YESTERDA.T. Amsterdam Ditto Rotterdam — 11 18/ 11 18i Antwerp Brussels — 25 45 25 60 Hamburgh Paris Ditto Marseilles — 25 65 25 72/ Frankfort on Maine — 118} 1181 Vienna Trieste Petersburgh — 341 341 Berlin Madrid Cadiz Leghorn Milan Genoa Naples Palermo Messina Lisbon Oporto Rio Janeiro New York — • • • • Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard)....per oz. £3 17 9 Mexican Dollars Silver in Bars (Standard) ,, 0 6 11 South American Doublons 48k 49 25 80 25 80 25 80 39t 119 1191 521 52k 49 49t 25 90 25 85 25 85 391 119} 119 t WIND AND WEATHER REPORT. TIM DAY, Belfast, veering; dull Birmingham, S.W.; fine Bradford, N.E. ; frost Brighton, N.E.; fine Bristol, N.B. ; fine Cambridge, S.; fine Cardiff, S.E. ; fine Chatham, N.W., light; fine Cork, S.W. ; very wet Deal, S.E., fresh Derby, S.W. ; frost Doncaster, N.W.; frost Dublin, S. ; fine Dundee, N.U.; frost Edinburgh, W.S.W.; fresh breeze Falmouth, S.S.E. ; fine Glasgow, S.W. ; rain Goole, N.W. ; frost Gravesend, northerly Harwich, S.W. ; hard frost liolyhead, S.S.W., strong breeze ; cloudy AN. 9, 9 .A.M. Inverness, W ; frost Kingstown, S.S.W. ; dull Leeds, S.W. ; cold Londonderry, N.E. ; dull Manchester, S. ; fine Middlesborough, N. W. ; frost Milford Haven, S.E.; fine Newcastle oa Tyne, S. ; frost Newmarket, S. ; fine, frosty Norwich, N.W., light; frost Queenstown, S. ; a gale Peterborough, S. ; fine, frost Sheffield, S.E. •, frost Southampton, S.E. • frost Stockton on Tees,N. ' W.; frost Sunderland, N. ; frost Wakefield, S.W. ; frost West Hartlepool,S. W. ; frost Weymouth, S.E. ; fine Whitehaven, S. ; rain Wolverhampton,N.E.; frosty York, S.E. ; frost CONTINENTAL S. Brest, s.E. ; very foggy BrUalielli; SO S4W , ; cloudy Cherbourg, S.S.E.; cloudy Copenhagen, N. 8.; foggy Dunkirk, N.W. ; cloudy Havre, W.N.W.; fo gg y Leghorn, E.N.E. ; rain L e i pe i o , S.E. ; alight fo g Lisbon, N.E. ; alight fog .A.TION4I, JAN. 7. Lyons, N. ; fino Marseilles, N. ; cloudy Montpellier, N.B. ; foggy Paris, W. ; fine St. Petersburg, E. ; foggy Strasbourg, N.; fine Toulon, N.E. ; cloudy Turin, S.W. ; clear Vienna, N.W. ; foggy The only Australian gold ship known to be now at sea is the Roxburgh Castle, which has been out 84 days, with £167,000. ENLARGEMENT AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE NATIONAL GALLERY.—Notwithstanding the severity of the weather, which to a co nsiderable extent has re t ar d e d and suspended building operations in the metropoli s , a larg e b o dy o f workmen are daily engaged in forwarding the improvements at the National Gallery, for which a vote wag granted in the last session o f Parliament. The old sculpture gallery has been removed, and the new one, of very elegant design, by Mr. Pennethorne, the Government architect, is making rapid progress. Its dimensions are 70 feet long by 50 feet wide and 20 feet high, lit by a large circular skylight and surrounding side lights. It will be four times the size of the former sculpture gallery, with appropriate and classical ornamentation. Above this the few picture gallery, which abuts upon the barracks, is also Proceeding simultaneously, under superintendence of Mr. G. Street, the clerk of the works, the entire contract being in the hands of Messrs. Cubitt. The new picture gallery will have a fine elliptical roof, composed of wrought and cast iron girders; it will be 7 , 5 feet by 30 and 32 feet high, elegantly decorated, and with surrounding anterooms. It is expected that the galleries and entire improvements will be ompleted and opened to the public by the end of *arch' SHARE MARKET.-(THIS DAY.) Share! Railways. TWIN %Rl' SHAKES AND STOCKS. Railwl Closing Business 100 'Atlantic &St Lawrence - . hare ys. I. ' llEl 'l Print.. Done- stk ; 'Bom.,Baroda&.Centlndj tGru. 5 per cent .. ..... .- 50 ,Beltast and Ballymena alt 18 Do, Do. B 13.14 Bir., Wol ,and Str. Val.l all B l 201 Buffalo and Laxe Huron stock Birk., La., and Ch June 100 lE° 2% , Do. New 25 'Blackburn 25 Blyth and Tyne all - - it .,„ ; Ratlalo,Brant,&Godrich 10 Bost. Sleaf: and Mid.Co all 6 5 7 '' 1 , 0 p, ct. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 stock Bristol and Exeter ... 100 99 101 100 Do. do. July 1. 1872 stock ;Caledonian 5 Clcutta.&S.Eastn. (Lim' 10 Carmarthen & Cardigan all - - 50 Cork and Bandon all 20 Cape,Eastn.Prov. (Lim. 20 Cape Town & Dock Scrip 20 Cork, lilrock., E-Passage all - - 20 Cornwall . . 10 I all - - 175 Demerarai 10 Do B,t nth gm pecan. all - - 20 lEastn. Bengal gu. sp. e , hasbeen • d. toB stock East Indian, gu. 5 p. c. Do A (A gets no div. 50 Dublin & Belfast. June. all --, 20 Do. F Shares Ext..- . 25 Dun., Perth, &Ab..lunc. all 8 84 20 Do. Jubbulpore stock East Anglian lOO 16 17 11 100 Do. 4 5 pc. Debentrs. stock Eastern Counties lOO 511 524 31; 4 ; 100 Do. 5 p.c. Deb., 1864.. stock Eastern Union, A stock 100 37 39 20 Geelong & Melbourne.. stcor Do do Bdo 100 26 28 stock Geelong Corporation 0 /5 Do NW A. late EU3ds. 13 5 per cent. Bonds ...... stock i East Suffolk - - stock Grand Trunk of Canada 1 stock Edinburgh & Glasgow 100 86 88 100 Do. 6 per cent. Pref.. , stock Edin. Perth, k Dundee 100 284 29 100 Do. 6 per et. Debentr. 10 Forth & Clyde Junction all - - 100 Do. 7 per cent. 1862 .. stock Furness - - 100 Do. do. 1867 .. 1 100 116 118 100 Do. do. 1872 stock Glasg. and S. Western „ 1 10 Great Nthn. of Scotland all - - stock Gt.lndiaPenin.gua.sp.c. 1 stock Great Northern lOO 1111 1121 20 Do. New gua. sp. c... stock Do do A stock stock Do do B do stock 'Gt. S. &W. of Ireland 100 1116 1124 201 Gt. W. of Canada Shares E I 100 734 734 734 431 stock Great Western .... stock Do Str Val gua. stock' 100 61 64 100 Do. Bonds pay. '76, with 12 Irish South-eastern ... all - - opt, till '6O stock Lancashire & Yorkshire 100 1175 118 1184 IS 4 1 100 o. do. '7 3 till '6 O ll stock !London and Blackwall 100 62 63 100 o. do. '73 without opt a stock ILon., Britrht.. & S Coast 100 1 1 6 117 1181 174 100 Do. 55 p. c. do. '77 do g stock 'Lond., Chat., and Dover 100 49 51 stock Madras, guar., 44 p. o 11 stock Lond. &Nth. Western 100 100 100/ 1001 1 1 stock Do. do. 5 per cent ll stock Lond. & sth. Western.. 100 944 954 IS stock Do. 41 p. c. Extension 11 25 L'derry & Coleraine .. all - - 20 Do. Fourth do 25 I,'derry & EnnisKillen all 810 20 Do. do a stock Man. Shpt. k Lincoln.. 100 55 58 664 stock Melb.Corp. 6p. o. Buds ll 50 Maryport and Carlisle.. all - - 20 Newßranswick & Canda 124 Do do 4 shares.... all - - Ry.&Land(Lim.)g.6pc i 10 Metropolitan stock Midland . lOO 1354 1364 1364 4; ; .. Do. do. Land d 0........ 6.4.0. Do new - - p 20 Do. do. B Capital d 0... , stock Do ilrming. & Derby 100 108 110 .. -Do. do. Land do. ...... ' 50 Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland all - - 20 Oude (Limited) .. ... „ t 25 Do 4 shares el - - stock Scinde ...........e6 4 ,; i 25 Mid Kent all - - 20 Do. Punjaub .....; Ls g 10 Do, Cray Line - - 20 Do. Do. .. „. .. , 0 Q a 100 Newcastle and C trlisle all - - stock Do. Indus. St. Flo. g x ,si., 1 10 Newry & Armagh, def 9 7 6 d 20 ,St. Andrews & Quebec* 1 20 Newry, Warnpt. & Ros all - - 10 fTrinidad (Lim.) Scrip.. stock Norfolk.... •• • • lOO 53 55 544 50 IN , hn. Counifes Union 35 - - d FOREIGN RA stock North British lOO 65 65 4 654 10 Antwerp & Rotterda . , a stock Nor.Dey.Rail&Dk.stock 1 00 20 rden A rdennes......... ........... .. a stock D- A etk ; A rocs no d. 20 liali.&S.Fran..Lim.7 p.c. until 6pch as beenpd.B 100 - - 5 'Bel,Van East. Junctio' a stock Do B stock ... . _ 100 - - 20 3eziers to Graissessac.. a stock Nth. Eastern-Be.r.Wick, 100 1044 104} 103 1 25 Dodo , C.N.E. purchaselsl 3 4 _P 1 P P 6 les,-neaux Mine & Rail a stock Do Leeds ....... .......! 100 634 545 4? , 41 i 4 4 100 ,Copiapo ........ & ...... a stock Do York ' 100 94 945 214 5 10 1 Ditto Extension .... a stock North London .. lOO 101 103 20 Dutch Rhenish ..... 1 10 Do new 5 - - ... 20 , Eastern of France .... a L 9.16.4 North Staffordshire 1 174 21 24 j 154 20 ,Grand Rus. Guar. 6p. c. 10 N. and S. W. Junction_ all 94 10 20 I Do. do. s 12 Not. &Grantham Rail. , 11 8 i 8 4 20 !Great Central of France a 10 1 - zebles - - 20 Gt. Luxem., Con. shs... a - Portsmouth - - 20 Italian Junction .... a .. 10 Rhymney ... ..-.• .• - . all 20 Lake Constance & Bale. a stock Scottish Central ' 100 115 117 20 Lierre & Turnhout .... a stock Scot N. E.. Aber. stook 100 34 .141 20 Lyons & Geneva ...... a stock Do Scot. Mid. stock._ 100 87 89 334 Maria Antonia ........ a stock Shropshire Union . 10 Sittin 0 - bourne & Sheer all 6 7 20 Namur & Liege ........ a stock South Devon ........ „ 100 42 43 20 Do. 6p. e. Pref......... a stock South Eastern lOO 864 RI 874 4 4 16 Northern of France.... a stock South Wales stock S. York. and River Dun 1 100 80 82 10 Norwegian Trunk Pref a 20 Staines, Wok,. and Wok' all 6 8 20 Paris,Lyons, & Mcditer a 25 Stockton & Darlington all 424 435 20 arts & Orleans a 25 Do do ll 104 114 p 20 ife (Fern. f ec ' &s Fran • stock Taff Vale - - ( gua. 7p. ct. Um.. 1 stock Do Prof. No 1 lOO - - 20 Riga & Dunaburg 1 25 ThamesHavenDk&Rail 22 - - 10 Rome & Frascati 50 Ulster . - 25 Do 12 10 Do .. - : ...• •• • • stock Vale of Neath • 100 1 67 69 20 Sambre & Meuse .... _ a 13 Victoria Sta. and Pim ;toe,: Waterford & Kilkenny 100 - - 20 San Paulo, lim, g. 7p. c. : 50 Waterford & Limerick a ll - - 20 S.Aust.4kLomb Venetin 1 20 West Cnrnwall - 64 20 outhern of France.... a 20 West London - - 84 Vest Flanders 10 Do let class ........ all - - 10 o. 55 p. C. Preference.. a 20 Do 2(10/159 .. _,_ .... all - - 20 . & N.W. of France .. a stock Westiiartlepool Harbrl . 20 Western of Austria.— i and Rail lOO - - - - 20 Western of Switzerland a stock West Midland-Oxford, 100 47 49 484 8 4 6 iesbaden ...... . a stock Do. Newport 100 42 44 6 o. 8 per cent. Pref . ::: : a atneir Do. Hereford 100 83 85 2O ealand PREFERENCE SHARES. Closing Business Ra il ways . ;Paid Price. Done. Blythe and Tyne 10 per ) c. pref. (issued at £5 O IBris. & Exet.4 p.ct.stock 'Do, do. do. Shares ..... Caledon £lO, 4} per cent IDo. Quar. Shares, No. ;Cork & Bandon, 51 p. al Cornwall. 5 per cent... Dun.Perth&Aber Tun.. !E.Anzn.Class A 7 &sp.c. IDo. do. Class B 6 p.c.... i Do. do. Class C 7 p.c.... I E. Conn. EL 5 p. c. No.l Do. do. No. 2 'Do New 8 pet et. stock. • 'Eastern Union, 4 per et.' Do. 5 per cent. guar... Edin.&Glas.sp.c. shares Do. 4 p. c gua. S. & D. Edin. Perth& Dun. 4 p.c. Furness, 5 per cent .... 'Glas.& S. West.g.a. 5 p.c. ,Great Northern, 5 p. ct. Fo.sp.e.Redm., 10 p.c.pm, Do. 0 p. c. do. do. Do. sp.c. Iledm. 5 p.c. pm Gt. Nh. of Scotid. Ist pr.' c G t.Sn. & W (Ireland) 4 1 p. cf. pref. stock Great West. (Berks and Hants) Ext. 5 p. ct ro. Recleemable,op.et Do. Redeemable. 4 p. et Do Irredeemable, do , Do. 5 p.ct. Redeem. Prof IDo. Birm. Pref. Shares , Gt. W. Ches. 8 p.c. ptsh. Do. do. 5 p. et. pref 'Do Birmg.guar. stock Do. Chester gua. shares IDo. do. do. Do. do. do. Lan.&York 6 p. c. stock Do.Barnsl.st£s 3s 10d pc ;Do. 6 per c. (E. Lan.) Lon.& Brig. 5 pc.g•n.No.l Do. 5 p. c. No. 2 I Do. trim. 6 p. C. Do. do. 5 p.c. No. 4 Do. do. 0 per cell'. 1 1)o. do. 0 p. c. shares Do ..7 p. et. Pref. stock iDo76p.c. do. (W.E.&C.P 1 iDo.4p.c.S.(div.dettil '65 , Lon. Chat. and Dover Lon. and S.W. Coy. and Nuneaton, 5 p. et I,on. & S. W, 7 p. ct. stock Do. 4A per cent. Do. (Prtsm. perpl anns. of 2s. 6d.......... • • • • Londondy. & Cole. J sh. Londony. & Ennis. sh. Iran. Sh. &Lin. 6 per ct. o. £8 Do. 31 per cent Do. redeem. 6 per cent ',lary bort & Car., 4 p. c Do. 4} per cent. IMid. Con. A p 0. stock Do.Con.Bris. & Bin 6 p.c. Do. 4 p. c. pref. stock Do. with option till 1880 Do. Lela & Hit. pref. st. Norfik 5 p. c. Ex. st. 1846 Do. 5. p. c. Pref. do. 1847 Do.sWay. Val.Ex.st.lB47 North British. 5 p. o Do. New, gua. 6 p. c Do. Bor. Un. g. pf. she Do. do. do. Ct h. Dev.Rall. & Dck.Co. N-East.Cons.Pref. 4 p. c. } Do. Berwick, 4 p.c. Pref. }Do. do. do IDo. Leeds, 6 p. e. No. 1 Do. do. Quarters, 1848 I Do. York, .& S. Purch (North Staffordshire Rhymney Guaranteed Scottish Central, new p Scottish North-Easte 3i p. c. pref. stock Do.Aberdeen,gua.6p.e. Do. 7 p. c. pref. stock South Devon, Ann. 10s. Do. Fixed 41 per cent. South Eastern (Readin Ann., 1.0.6) Do. 0 per cent. Do. Fixed ip.c. Ist is ' , south Wales, gua. 4 p.c. Do. 4A per cent. 1 l' g.-Yorkshire, 4 p. c. gua. Stock. & Dar. A 5 p. c -Do. B 6 nor cent I Do. C 6 percent Watrfd & Kilkny, 6 p. c,, W.Mid -Oxf Ist Gua stk Do. 2d do Do. Newport 5 p.c.pt.red. Do.Perpet. 6 p. c. pf 188$ Do. till 1869,45 t is. Do. do. 2d 19.1 1101 103 1 20 6 1 21i 6 99 101 112 115 106 108 110 112 108 110 124 126 112 114 90 P 2 115 117 112 114 104 105 86 88 98 100 98 100 89 91 90 92 101 103 9i 10 175 185 194 11 76 78 20 21 10 104 11 Mt 138 140 16 118 [l6 118 [3B 143 [l6 118 103 105 [53 156 [3O 134 69 71 89 91 116 118 150 155 14 14} IP 71 73 I IP 137 139 101 103 95 97 112 114 110 111 I 11 93 95 103 105 i fl) }Q p 23 24 [23 126 130 133 101 11 23! 241 102 104 102 104 91 93 100 102 85 88 271 281 321 331 321 331 45 48 124 126 123 125 100 102 123 126 116 120 stock stock 6.4.0. stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock 19.16.4 stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock 12 10 stock stock stock stock stock stock Share' stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock 28.6 d. 12i stock stock 121 stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock 10; 10 stock stock stock sto S ct stock stock 10s. 1.0.6 stocg stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stook stock stock 124 all 1 100 128 4 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Paid. Leasing Closingi Business Railways. I Co.'s. Price. Done. tie orcrn Ilrickinglismshire .. • • 1 Chester Az Holyhead..' Do. do. 5i per cent. Do. do. s,per cent.; Clydesdale Junction..!, Colchester, Stour Val.' E.Lincolnshire,fr.6 p.c.l E.Union,Harwich Shs an 100 Ln &N.W 88 100 100 Do. 53 534 100 Do 125 127 100 IDo 113 115 100 r,aledonln 102 104 all lE.U.,th C 16 17 100 'Gt. North. 135_137 Do. Woodbridge all lE.Counts. 100 100 Caledonin 100 !Do. all Gt. West. all Vk.N.dalr all Yk.N. Md. all Do. all o. 100 n.& N.W 100 . East 100 o. 100 eto & Co 100 Norfolk .. 100 'Do. all iLNW4OII G I s.BarrA Neil s,brct. _ . Do. New Gloster& Dean Forest Hartlpool.Del.& Rail., Hull and Selby ...... Do. Shares . Do. Shares ...... I Lanc.& Carl. gua.s London & Greenwich) Do. Preference ...... Lon.,Tilby.& Soutend. Lowestoft, gua. 4 p.a. Do. 6 per cent ........ Manc.,Buxtn. & Matk. Mid. Bradford Prefer- ence Stock ..... I Newmarkt.,BuryEx j guaranteed 5 p. c. Northn.&Eastn. 5 p.c.! Do. do. 6 per cent ! Do. Fixed 5 per cent! North Western 100 ,Midland 5. 5 6 E.Counts all , Do. all ID°. all Do. all Midland Preston and Wyre. Do. Stares . A R oystn.llitch., Shep' Shrewsbry& Herefordi Do. Do. South Staffordshire .. Wilts and Somerset.. Wimbledon a: Croydn. all Lk INW & L.Yk. all Do. 100 G t.North 100 T.Brassey 1 1 all M'Clean.. 100 Gt. West. all L.& BrVI num. Dock s . Paid. stock !Commercial .. s tock 'Do. 4 per Centl. ..... ** s t o ck !East and West Indiain• s t o ck 'London ............ •• stock ,St. Katharine.......... ... • stock ; 50uthampt0n.......... stock !Victoria . ......... 20 13 0 4) . Nevi 100 100 Ifio 100 100 100 Shan 100 100 100 all all 4} 4i 'llO 112 1 1206 210 61 63 115 120 119 91 31 31 97 99 I 55 57 15i 15t, 135 137 101 106 i I 1 * 1 111 91 93 Closing Price. 100 199 201 1 id par Business Done. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING. JANUARY 9, 1861. TISH POSSESSIONS. LAW INIBLLIG.F,NCE.-L , (THIS DAY.) THE _RECORDER OF BULL. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Comnissioner Holroyd.) What has happened to our learned and eloquent Recorder ? How is it that he has commenceo. the Sessions business of the new year without the delivery of one of these luminous charges to the grand jury with which he delighted, instructed, and, we hope, improved many more than the throng - which filled his court, on every previous occasion, since his appointment as Recorder of the borough of Kingston -upon-Hull? It cannot be that he regards them as good seed that fell among thorns, or was scattered by the wayside, or was strewn upon a rock. We published every word of them to be read extensively in Yorkshire, and only to see them the day afterwards transferred entire into the columns of two or three of the London daily papers. Surely this is fame, and success, such as ought rather to prompt to continued labours in the same direction. One of them we even destined d w e h st ic in h ed th t e o Rheigeohredrercedlewberlittyu. upon was the w the a o s n the danger and the folly of maid-servants dress ing above their station. Having reached the hands of Miss Burdett Coutts, that lady had it re printed as a tract, and circulated for the benefit of young people in her neighbourhood, and in attend ance at schools in which she took an interest. Under these circumstances, we are to some extent warranted in inquiring what has induced the Recorder to leave us without a charge at the com mencement of the new year ? At all events, we are warranted in expressing; a hope that he will not persist in restricting bis observations to the mere business of directing attention to the state of the calendar. Why should the gifted author of a " Diary of a late Physician" not continue to do for Hull what Mr. Recorder Hill has so long and so ably done for Birmingham—make his charges a vehicle for elevating, improving, and refining the moral character of the people ? The trial of pri soners must afford an intelligent, enlightened, and vigorous -minded judge unusual opportunities of tracing the connexion between miserable dwell ings, crowded with wretched inmates, and desti tute of the means . of observing the laws of common sexual decency, and that profligacy, which inevitably leads to an appearance in flip feimi , . ,-,e4e. This is a, oubjeet which requires to be dwelt upon by the judges, not once, but scores of times. At present the poor are pushed and hud dled out of sight that the eye of staid respectability may not be offended by their rags, tatters, and gene ral squalor. If they fall into arrear of rent it is competent for their landlords to sell their little furniture at a fifth of its value, and even purchase it themselves at that price, and then throw them naked and destitute upon the street without the least fear of legal consequences. Many of the poor are too ignorant to know when they are wronged, and for those who do the law is a luxury which they have no means of purchasing. judges might do an immense deal by calling the atten tion to the sufferings of this class, capable of being easily and socially remedied. We have often felt surprised that among our philanthropic associations, there appears to be none for protect ing the legal rights of the poor. Magistrates do their best, and in Hull we have an excellent Stipen diary Magistrate, who does all he can in the way of protecting and advising them ; but more is wanted, and especially more is desirable, in the recommend ing on high, social, sanitary, and moral grounds, a general improvement in their dwellings. We touch upon this question to show how much there remains to do, and how unwilling we are that our learned and eloquent Recorder should be content to sit mute in the midst of such disorder. What is it to him if we now and then seem to turn a deaf or an impatient ear as he wrings our withers too keenly ? His words will not be lost. So long as the Press records them, or there is a youth to listen to them, they will bear their fruit in due season. Remember the words of hope for all that speak or act well, irrespective of immediate results, "Cast thy bread upon the waters, and after many days it will return to thee." There is a tide whose waves lave the shores of heaven, and what we east upon them is never lost.—Bull Advertiser. IN RR STREITRIELD, MORTITORE, AND GREAT LEATHRt CASE. This great case was resumel to-day, and as early as half past 10 a few anxious personshad assembled in the Court. The varicus legal gentlemen. Messrs. Brough, Williams, Kerslake, Linklater, Lawreno, Lewis, &c., appeared for their several clients. Mr. Edward Hart (Hart Bnthers and Hayles) was ac countant for the creditors, Mr. Coleman for the bankrupts. When Mr. Linklater commenced his examination of Mr. Laurence, one of the bankrupts, the Court was, compara tively speaking, empty, and tie interest appears to have died out. Mr. Linklater—Before we proceed, may I suggest to Mr. Laurence the advisibility of answering each question openly. Mr. Laurence—lt is the first time I have ever been a witness (but once). I will to tie best of my ability answer the questions. Mr. Linklater—You will fini it a good plan. It is very painful to put the same question over and over again, and it wastes a great deal of time. The examination was then proceeded with, and was specially connected with tho many bill transactions of the firm. There is no likelihood of the case being completed today. CRIMINAL COURT—(This Day). (Before Mr. Justice Blackburn.) ALLEGED FRAUDULENT BANKRUPTCY. Lewis Robert Poole, Thomas Chapman, and Frederick Ventris were indicted for illegally conspiring to conceal a quantity of property from the creditors of the first-named prisoner, who had been declared a bankrupt. The facts of this case have already appeared in The Sun during the time the prisoners were under examination at the Guildhall Police Court. It will be recollected that Poole crirried on the business of a wholesale boot and shoe manufacturer at Northampton, and also in New Oxford-street, and in August last was declared a bankrupt, and the property in question which Poole was accused of concealing amounted 4 upwa.la of £l,OOO. ne prisoner Ventris was a clerk in the firm of Messrs. Quiller and Ball, accountants, and the part it was alleged that he had taken in the transaction was the committing of perjury in his examination in the Court of Bankruptcy. Mr. Sergeant Ballantine conducted the prosecution, and the prisoners were defended by Mr. Best, of the Oxford Circuit, Mr. Metcalf, Mr. Poland, Mr. Sleigh, and Mr. Orridge. The case will occupy the whole of the day. THIRD COURT. (Before the Common Sergeant.) ARSON. William Edmonds was indicted for feloniously setting fire to a stack of hay, the property of Elizabeth Tibbols. The jury returned a verdiet of not guilty on the ground of insanity, POLICE INTELLIf7YENCE—(This Day). MARLBOROUGH-STREET. HYDE-PARS ROBBERIES LAST NlGHT.—Robert Haw kins, a rough-looking fellow, who gave his address in the Kingsland-road, was charged, before .Mr. Beadon, with stealing a breast-pin, the value of 17, the property of a gentleman named John Caunt, residing at 36, Halfmoon street, Piccadilly. Mr. Caunt said that, between seven and eight o'clock the previous night, he was passing between the posts near the Serpentine, an immense number of persons passing at the same time, going to see the skating and torchlight pro cession on the Serpentine, and, just as he got through, he felt the hand of a person over his shoulder, and his breast pin was taken. He immediately turned round and saw the prisoner behind him, and feeling sure he had taken the pin, he asked him for it, but he denied having it, and seeing two eonstables come up, he gave him in charge. Sergeant Joy, 9 C, said he knew him as the companion of thieves for about 18 months, and to be a frequenter of Seven Dials and Westminster. Prisoner—Why, you've never seen me beforo. lie been in " the meletia." Sergeant Cole, 23 C, said he believed the prisoner had been in the militia, but he was a thief notwithstanding. Prisoner—Why, you fellows will swear anything. Mr. Beadon committed the prisoner for three months. ALLEGED ROBBERY OP A LARGE QUANTITY OP WATCHES, Rums, &c.—John Tanner, cabinetmaker, and James Glos, a cigar maker were charged before Mr. Beadon on suspicion of being concerned, with another not in custody, in stealing, at 24, Haymarket, 12 gold Albert guards, six gold chains, 37 gold rings, two gold eye .glasses, two pair of gold spectacles, seven gold watches, 11 silver watches, &c., of the value of £2OO, the property of Mr. John Mesure, jeweller, 24, Haymarket. Mr. Edward Lewis, of Great Marlborough-street, ap peared for the prisoner Glos, and a solicitor's clerk for Tanner, whose real name is Scterberg. The system said to be adopted was as follows :—A lad was sent into a shop of a jeweller to tell him to send for a timepiece, and the assistant being watched away, a dog cart was then driven up with a person in it, and the shop keeper called out, and while his attention was occupied, the robbery was committed. After waiting some time for the case, Mr. Mesure not being in attendance, Mr. Lewis asked that the pri soners might be brought up, as he had waited some time for the case. Mr. Beaden said he could not do so, and put back the case till a late period, of the day. THAMES. PAINFUL CASE.—DEATH nv FIRE.—Mrs. Hogg, a mechanic's wife, of 2, Turner's-buildings, Penny-fields, Poplar, and Dennis Donovan, a cooper, of 4, Dolphin•.lane, Poplar, appeared before Mr. Selfe, on a summons, charged with using abusive and insulting words to Daniel Donovan, and calling him a robber and a murderer. The defendant Donovan, a respectable and industrious man and his, family, were great sufferers by a fire which broke out on the premises of the complainant, Daniel Donovan, a shoemaker, in Penny-fields, Poplar, on the 18th of November last. Dennis Donovan's eldest daughter perished in the flames. Another of his children was burnt, and is up to the present time in the hospital, and Dennis Donovan, whose head and arm were severely scorched, his wife and two other children, by "God's providence," to use the defendant's own words, narrowly escaped with their lives. Mrs. Hogg, her husband and daughter, who were lodgers in the same house, also narrowly escaped with their lives, and got out at the front window. The complainant said the defendants called upon him a few days ago and demanded' compensation for the loss they had sustained, and upon his refusing to comply with their request, they abused him, and applied very bad language to him, and among other things Mrs. Hogg called him a robber and a murderer, and said he had set his house on fire. His namesake and countryman Donovan was no less turbulent, and threatened him. The defendants said the complainant had led them to expect some compensation for tho serious loss they had sustained in the loss of their household furniture and effects when he obtained the insurance money from the fire office. Last week Daniel Donovan received £lOO from the fire office, and when they asked him for a little help, he said he would see them d-d first, and used other harsh expres sions. Dennis Donovan put in a written statement regarding the fire, the loss of his child, and other matters, and it con veyed some very extraordinary suggestions. Mr. Selfe examined the complainant at great length, and he said he and his children were from home on the night of the fire. His wife was also with him. They went to a raffle in Southwark. One of his children was three and a half years old, and the other two years old. It might be one o'clock in the morning when he heard of the fire. He was then about to depart for home. He did not think it strange to take such young children to a raffle and keep them out until one o'clock in the morning. He occupied the shop, parlour, and back room upstairs. He left the gas burning when he left home, and he supposed it set fire to the house. Mr. Selfe—How could the gas set fire to the house unless the burner was improperly placed ? The complainant supposed there was an escape of gas, and in answer to other questions said he insured his goods for £l5O on the 13th Aug. last. That was the first time he insured. Mr. Selfe put some other questions to the complainant, which were not answered in the most satisfactory manner. Dennis Donovan stretched out his left arm, which was bandaged, and said this was burnt, and I have been unable to do any work since. My head was also burnt. My daugh ter was burnt alive. The complainant said that a subscription was opened in Poplar for the relief of the defendants. M rs. Hogg said £27 was subscribed, of whioh £l2 was laid out in furniture for her fellow-lodger, Dennis Donovan, and the funeral expenses of his daughter paid. She did not press her claims on the committee, because Dennis Donovan and his family wore the greatest sufferers. Mr. Selfe said the circumstances of the disastrous fire were well calculated to excite remark, if not suspicion, but the peace must be preserved, and the defendants must pro mise not to go near the complainant again. The kind hearted magistrate having exacted that promise from the defendants, ordered that Mrs. Hogg should receive £2 from the poor-box fund, and:that Dennis Donovan should receive £1 from the same fund. He gave the larger sum to Mrs. Hogg because she had not received any portion of the subscription, and had acted generously towards her bereaved neighbour. The defendants expressed their thanks to the magistrate and left the court. The next monthly return of the Bank of France, to be published at the end of the week, is looked for with much interest. According to some reports, which require verification, the bullion has declined from £17,300,000 to about £14,000,000, Closing Price. 73 7Q 93 et (11 4t 6d; 6 7 75 80 67 72 85 70 pr 11 id, 21 I; d 98 99 98 99 100 101 221 231 75 80 46 50 57 60 50 54 48 52 95 96 1/d 4 d 21 Ifd 10; 11 9/ 91 d 95 100 95 100 93 96 88 1)2 83 65 93 04 86 87 1/ 1/ d 5 7 5 7 974 984 24d ltl —d 92 94 i fd ,WAYS. 5 5/ - -P lt 144 t 1 11 12 3 244 21 211 221 231 6 ? 74 7f 19 204 38 394 74 ti 35 3 5 53 55 3 21d 51 a A 1 1 1 d 1i d 196 10 5 i 6 1 vit 91 21 2* JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Ag - ra&UnitedService 'Australasia Bank of Egypt Bank of London ;Bank of Turkey British North American Chtd.Bank of India, Chiller. of In. Lon.& Ch.l City Colonial .. . 20.11 100 iCorn. Bank of Canada.. Commercial of London ~ Eng., Scot., & Aus. Ch.. Gen. Bk .of Switzerland Lon. Char. Bkof Austral London and County .. London Joint Stock London & Westminster, Nat. Prov. of England . IDo. new .• • National Bank New South Wales. Do. new lOrient. B. Corporation ;Ottoman Bank . Provincial of Ireland . Do. new. 25 South Australia 25 Union of Australia 50 Union o 1 London 100 lUnity Mutual... ;I 50 1 all all 83 $5 72 74 20 21 51 63 14 1 224 23 34 3' COLONIAL GOVER Can. Gov. 6 p.c....1a.& duty Do. 6p. cent. 1879 Do. 6p. cent. 1880 Do. 6p. cent. 1882 Do. 6 p. c. Feb..z Aug. Do. 6 p. c. Mar. & Sept. Do. 5 per cent Do. Scrip Cape G.Hope, 6 p O,IBSO 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 & upwciti Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p. c sterling, 1875 S.Aus.Gt. 6 p.c.1878 & up. Vie. Gov. 6 p.c. Jr, &July Do. do. 6 p.c. Ap.&Oct. BRTTISI Sharei 71 73 40 41 21i 224 16 16& 22i 231 86' 36} 47 48 181 )81 26 27 'T SiCU ;log 114 1:11 113 411 113 1101 102 105 109 1 105 i 1061 -- 93 100 981 99i 97i 981 1051 1061 11071 103 ES. Business done Paid. all 100 1071 i Mines. Paid.' Closing Busbies' Pr tee. Done - A IfreiTonsole ailiflaclat.ll.ll 31 4 31 20 British Iron - Clifford nil 205 215 - Devon G. Cons. (Tavist ) 1 410 420 - East Bassett (Illogan) 3O 115 120 - East Caradon 0.14.6 111 12 - IE. WI Russel (Tavistk 7.4.0 91 101 - ',Gam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen 541 25 27 - 'Great South Tolgus... 17s 71 81 - 'G.Wheal Alfa. (Phi1ack . )12.13.9 4 1 - G. Wheal Vor (llelston 94 14 11 - Grenville - 'Herod's-Foot 8.12 33 36 - Hingsbou Downs 4.10.6 31 31 ...., Lady Bertha ,-- iMargaret (Uny Lelant) 91 62 55 31 4 - - 'North Frances (Mogan, 1 4 41 54 - ,N.Wh'l Base.t (111 0 ,an 155 4 5 - INorth Wheal Crotty - (Par Consols (St. Blazey 14 91 10 20 Providence (Uny Lelnt. 10.6.7 44 46 - Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. 14s 1 1 - .)South Caradon(St.Cleer) 14 300 310 - ,S. Cam Brea (Illogan).. 34 31 4 1 S. Dev. Iron &Gen., Lim.l all / - S.Wheal Fran. 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Copper all . 21 3 15 Gen, Steam Navigati m 14 - - 1 Great Ship I , imited) all 1 jDo. 174 pct Preference all 1 4 5 Lon. District Tel. (Lim.), - - 20 London Discount (Lin 5 11 1 d 4 'L.G• Omnibus Co. (Lim.), all 1 14 20 IMadraslrr. and Canal-1 1 14 14 10 Mediter. Electric Teleg. l all - - 10 Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim. all 11 31 25 National Dis. Co. (Lim. 5 11 11 20 Nerbu.Coal&lron (Lim. 5 3 2. 21 10 INetherlands Land all i ii. 5 IDo.B p.c. Pref.. iss.atl dis. I all 4 1 100 IN. Br.&NovaScotiaLand 89 1 IN.B.Australasian (Lim.) all 4 14 1 Oriental Gas (Limited). all * 1 1 Do, New Shares (Lich.). 1158. 4 pr 10 Orintl.ln.Steam(Lim.)A 6 - - 10 Ditto B. - - 10 Ditto C 2s. - - stock Peellt.Lnd.&Min.(Lim ) 100 48 51 50 50 Pen. & Oriental Steam 50 Do. New 25 12 13 20 RedSea&lnd.Tel.g.44p e all 17 18 p 50 Rhymney Iron 15 Do. New all 5 6 100 Royal Mail Steam i 60 47 49 stock' Scot. Austin. Inv. (Lim ) 100 136 141 25 pouth Australian Land all 33 35 1 iSubmarine Tel. Scrip all i. Do. do. Registered .. , all _ $ . 4 .1 10 Do. do. -. • 1 all 01 i 20 Tr. .h Ln. Co. of Upr.Car,i 5 ...... •-• 100 US DICMCIViIand eat 26 . 1 10 - _ 100 100 100 41 3 1 1 98} 8 In 2 100 100 all all all all all 100 [O l 2 all 100 ,AIL 181 i ,ITIES. 100; 1 1 & MEN 100 100 100 100 : Ml' ANOTHER R.4ILWAY COLLISION. A collision of a serious but not of a fatal charac ter occurred at the Mirfield station of the London and North Western Railway, about nine miles from , Leeds, on Monday last at noon. The facts are as follows :—The Lancashire and Yorkshire mail train left Normanton at 5 minutes past 11 a.m., being due at Mirfield at 11.45. On approaching the dis taut signal on the Thornhill side of the Mirfield station, about half a mile distant, the axletree of the leading wheels of the guard's van, next the engine, broke, and the driver brought his train gradually to a stand, when the guard jumped out of the van for the purpose of going back to stop any approaching train. Immediately on alighting a London and North-Western train of empty carriages from Wakefield, which followed close behind, ran into the passenger train at a terrific speed. It is supposed that the driver of the London and North-Western train had not time to atop his engine, or even seriously to check the speed at which the train was proceeding. Thepassengers were thrown violently against each other, and the guard of the London and North-Western train received a shock which rendered him insensible. About a dozen of the passengers sustained cuts and bruises about the head and face, and a gentleman, his wife, and niece, who were passengers to Mirfield, were among the most unfortunate of the sufferers. The gentleman received a severe cut over his left eye, his wife was very badly shaken, and in addi tion had a most severe shock to the nervous system, and the young lady sustained some serious cuts and bruises over one of her eyes and in her forehead. Mr. Wright, the station-master, paid every attention to the injured persons, and under his directions a medical man was sent for, under whose care the three sufferers were removed to the Black Bull Inn, Mirfield, where they remained up to Tuesday in a hopeful state. The rest of the passengers went forward on their journey, but many showed by their bruised faces, besmeared with blood, that they likewise had been sufferers by the accident. Elijah Dobson, the injured guard, on arriving at Hudders field, was conveyed to his lodgings, and his injuries, which consist mainly of bruises about his back and head, were likely to prevent his leaving his bed for a few days. In addition to the injury to the passengers, five of the carriages belonging to the North- Western train were forced off the frame work, and the train was delayed for about an hour. SENATOR SE WARD'S OPINIONS. The first expression of deliberate opinion by Mr. Seward on the present crisis was made at a dinner of the New England Society, at New York, on the 23d of December. Mr. Seward said,—And now, fellow citizens, I will speak one word concerning- the aucznalous con dition of our affairs, produced by this disposition of some of the American States to secede from the Union: It has taken, as it ought to have taken, the American people and the world by surprise. Why has it taken them by surprise ? Because it is unwise and unnatural. It is wise that all the Republican States of this continent should be con federated. It is unwise that any of them should attempt to separate. And yet it ought not to have taken us by surprise. Who ever could have ima gined that a machine so complicated, so vast, so new, so untried as this confederated system of Re publican States should be exempt from the common lot of States which have figured in the history of the world? A more complex system of govern ment was never devised—never conceived of among men. How strange it is, how unreasonable it is, that we should be surprised that a pin may drop out of this machinery and that the wheel should drag, or that the gudgeon should be worn until the wheel should cease to play with regular action How could we expect to subsist for a period of 70 years exempt from the necessity of repairing our political system of government ? Every State in this Union is just like the Federal Union--a repub lic. It has its constitution and its regular system of action. No State is more than 70 years old, and there is not in any one State of this Union a con stitution which is more than 25 years old ; and so certain has it become that no State can adopt a constitution which will last more than 25 years with out being repaired and renewed that in our State the constitution which we adopted 20 years ago con tains a provision that next year, without any appeal to the people whatever, a convention shall come together in the State of New York and make a new constitution. Is it strange, then, that this complex system of our government should be found, after a lapse of 70 years, to work a little rough, a little un equal, and that it should require that the engineer should look at the machinery to see where the gudgeon is worn out, and to see that the main wheel is kept in motion ? A child can withdraw a pin from the mightiest machine and arrest all its motion, and the engineer cannot see it when it is being done; but if the engine be rightly devised and strongly constructed, the engineer has only to see where the pin has fallen out, and replace it, and the machine will then go on stronger and more vigorous than ever. (Applause.) We are a family of 33 States and next Monday I hope we shall be a family of 34. (Cheers.) Would it not be strange, in a family of 34 members, if there should not once in the course of a few years be one or two, or three, or four, or five of the members who would get dis contented, and want to withdraw awhile and see hew much better they could manage their fortunes alone ? I think there is Nothing strange in this. I only wonder that nobody has ever withdrawn before, to see how much better they could get along on their own hook than they could get along in this plain old-fashioned way under the direction of Uncle Sam. They say that while I was a boy Massachusetts and some of the New England States got the same idea of contumacy for the common parent and want of affection for the whole family, and got up a Hartford Convention. (Laughter.) I hope you do not think this personal. (" No, no.") Somebody in Massachusetts—l do not know who —tried it. All I know about it is that for the first 20 years of my political life, although I was a De mocrat, a Jeffersonian, born and dyed in the faith of the Republican fathers, somehow or other, because I happened to become a Whig, I was held responsible for the Hartford Con vention. (Laughter.) And I have made this sin gular discovery in contrasting those times with the present, that whereas when Massachusetts, or say New England State, gets in a pet, and proposes to go out of the Union, the Democratic party all insist that it is high treason, an d ought to be punished by coercion. When one of the Slave States gets into the same pet, and proposes to g. out of the Union, the Democratic party think it exceedingly excuseable, and have doubts whether she ought not to be helped out of the Union, and whether we ought not to give her a good dowry besides. (Laughter.) Now, gentlemen, my belief about all this is, that whether it is Massachusetts or South Carolina, or whether it is New York or Florida, it would turn out the same way in each case. There is no such thing in the book, no such thing in reason, no such thing in philosophy, and no such thing in nature, as any State existing on the continent of North America outside of the United States of America. Ido not believe a word of it ; and I do not believe it for a good many reasons. Some Ihave already hinted at; and one is because I do not see any good reason given for it. The best reason I see given for it is, that the people of some of the Southern States hate us of the Free States very badly; and they say we hate them, and that all love is lost between us. Well, I do not believe a word of that. On the other hand, Ido know, for myself and for you, that, bating some little differences of opinion about advantages, and alsout proscription, and about office, and about freedom. and about slavery, and all those which are family difficulties, for which we do not take any outsiders in any part of the world into our councils on either side, there is not a State on the earth, outside of the American Union, which I like half so well as I do the State of South Carolina— (cheers) —neither England, nor Ireland, nor Scut land, nor France, nor Turkey—although from Turkey they sent me Arab horses, and from South Carolina they send roe nothing but curses. Still, I like South Carolina better than I like any of them ; and I have the presumption and vanity to believe that if there were nobody to overhear the State of South Carolina when she is talking she would con fess that she liked us tolerably well. lam sure that if anybody. were to make a descent on New York to-morrow—whether Louis Napoleon, or the Prince of Wales, or his mother—(laughter)—or the Em• peror of Russia, or the Emperor of Austria, all the hills of South Carolina would pour forth their po pulation for the rescue of New York. (Cries of " Good," and applause.) God knows how this may be ;I do not pretend to know—l only conjecture. But this I do know, that if any of those Powers were to make a descent on South Carolina, I know who would go to their rescue. (A Voice—We'd all go.) We would all go, everybody. (That's so, and great applause.) Therefore: they do not humbug me with their secession. (Laughter.) And I do not think they will humbug you ; and I do not Ile lieve that if they do not humbug you and me, they will much longer succeed in humbugging them selves. (Laughter.) Now, fellow-citizens, this is the ultimate result of all this business. These States are always to be together—always shall. Talk of striking down a star from that constella tion. It is a thing which cannot be done. (Applause.) Ido not see any less stars to-day than I did a week ago, and I expect to see more all the while. (Laughter.) The question then is, what, times, when people are labouring under the eu in these d sion that they are going out of the Union, and going to set up for themselves, ought we to do in order to hold them in ? Ido not know any better rule than the rule which every good father of a It is this keep if a man wishes not to family observes. hi s f a mily toge ther it is the easiest thing in the world to place them apart. He will do so at y gets discontented with his son, on ' once if he quarrels with him, complains of him, torments him, threatens him, coerces him. This is the way to get rid of the family and to get them all out of doors. On the other hand, if you wish to keep them in, you have got only one wny to do it. That is, be patient, kind, paternal, forbearing, and wait until they come to reflect for themselves. The South is to us what the wife is to her husband. I do not know any man in the world who cannot get rid of his wife if he tries. I can put him in a way to do it at once. (Laughter.) lie has only got . two things to do—one is to be unfaithful to her; the other is to be out of temper with her. Ido not know a man on earth who, even though his wife were as troublesome as the wife of Socrates, all that cannot keep his wife if he wants to do BO; he needs is to keep his own virtue and his own temper. (Applause.) Now, in all this business I propose that we shall keep our own I irtue, which in politics is loyalty, and our own temper, which in politics consists in remembering that men may differ, that brethren may differ. If we keep en tirely cool, and entirely calm, and entirely kind, a debate wilt ensue which will be kindly in itself; and it will prove very soon either that we are wrong —and we shall concede to our offended brethren, or else that we are right, and they will acquiesce and come back into fraternal relations with us. I do not wish to anticipate any question. We have a great many statesman who demand at once to know what the North propose to do, wnat the Government propose to do—whether we propose to coerce our Southern brethren back into their alle giance. They ask us, as of course they may right fully ask, what will be the value of fraternity which is compelled ? (Hear, and cheers.) All. I have to say on that subject is, that so long ago as the time of Sir Thomas More, he discovered, and set down the discovery in his wiiting, that there were a great many schoolmasters, and that while there were a very few who knew how to instruct children, there were a great many who knew how to whip them. I propose to have no question on that subject, but to hear complaints, to redress them if they ought to be redressed, and if we have the power to redress them, and I expect them to be withdrawn if they are unreasonable, because I know that the necessi ties which made this Union exist for these States" are stronger to-day than they were when the Union was made, and that those necessities are enduring, while the passions of men are short-lived and ephemeral. I believe that secession was 'stronger on the night of the 6th of November last, when a President and a Vice-President who were unacceptable to the slave states were elected, than it is now. That is now some fifty days Educe, and I believe that every day's sus which set sinc e that ti me h as se t on mo llifi e d pass i ons and prejudices, and that if you will only give it time, sixty days more suns will give you a much brighter and more cheerful atmosphere. (Applause.) MIS DAY'S SKIPPING. LONDON, Jan. 9.—Wind this day at noon—East ; moderate breeze, and fine weather, with very severe frost. PLYMOUTH, Jan. B.—Wind S.E.—Arrived — Her Ma jesty's steamer Centurion, from Lisbon; her Majesty's steamer Advice, from Queenstown. PORTSMOUTH, Jan. B.—Wind S.S.E.—Arrived—Her Majesty's ship Cossack, from Barbadcee ; John and Henry, from Dieppe, with loss of mainmast, sails, and rigging, starboard quarter stove, and other damage, having been run into by her Majesty's ship Cossack, which towed her in here. DEAL, Jan. 9.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—Stork, from the River, and sailed for St. Michael's; Plover, from the River, and sailed for Barbadoes. CLYDE, 'Jan. B.—Wind S.—Sailed—Trinity, for New. foundland. WATERFORD, Jan. 6.—Wind N.E.—Sailed—Triumph for St. John's, Newfoundland. LIVERPOOL, Jan. B.—The Surmam, from Cork, hence to Valencia, with railway machinery, is onshore below Waterloo. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOIITILIMPTON, Wednesday Morning. Arrived, Jan. B—Thrifty, from Jersey ; Northam, from Hull ; Foyle, steamer, from Dublin ; Le Coq, from Cher bourg; Rainbow, Fellowship, and La Gazelle, from Seaham. Sailed—Jane and Eliza, for Charleston; Courier, stea mer, for Jersey; Five Sisters, or Newport ; Nancy, for Sunder land ; Le Coq, for Cherbourg ; Foyle, steamer, for London ; Susanna, for Newport. BY SUBMARINE AND MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH. GRAVESEND, Wednesday Morning. Arrived, Jan. B—Kahlamba, from Mauritius; Brother's Friend, from Dunkirk ; Caroni, from Demerara ; Phantom, from Seville ; Railway, from St. Michael's; Queen of the South, from Iquique. Arrived, Jan. 9—Marley Hill, from Gibraltar. DEAL, Wednesday Morning. Passed, Jan. B—Stork, from London, for St. Michael's. Anchored—Lotus, for Berbice; Antelope, for Terceira; Plover, for Barbadoes—all from London. The Railway, schooner, reports, on the 2d, spoke the Edward Orinen, off Scilly, bearing N.W., about 30 miles, with loss of mizenmast, topmasts, and truss of foreyard ; desired to be reported. THE MAILS. MAILS DUE. Australia, Ceylon, and Mauritius (via South- Jan. 18 ampton) Do. (via Marseilles) Jan. 12. Brazil and Cape Verds .. Feb. 4 Buenos Ayres, Monte Video, &a. Jan 28. . Cuba and MEXiC9 .. Jan. Canada, &c. (via Galway) " . Jan. Feb. 1 Cape of Good Hope, &'c... • • •' - China, Penang, and Singapore Do (via ' Marseilles) Jan. 12 Jan 10 Gibraltar (via Southampton) • • • • . ' evia S'ampton) Jan. 18. India (Calcutta), Ceylon, &c. (N is . 'Southampton) Jan. 18. Do. (via Marseilles) Jan. 12. . Jan. 10. India (Bombay), (via Southamp ton) • • • Do. (via Marseillesy .. Jan.: 19. J. 11 Lisbon Malta, Egypt, and Aden (via Southvlmpion) .. Jan. 10. Do. (via Marseil i les) .. Jan. 4. • . .. Jan. 11. Vigo, and Oporto .. .. • . United States, C a lifornia, &c. • • .. .. Jan. 16, Western Coast of Africa, T , eneriffe .. Jan. 1 0. West Indies and Pacific, Carthago:nay Cuba, *540, jat. 14, PROFESSOR FARADAY'S LECIURES. Yesterday afternoon Professor Faraday con cluded his short course of juvenile lectures " On. the Chemical History of a Candle." In his previ ous lectures he had explained the nature of flame, and of the products of combustion, the properties of hydrogen and oxygen, the nature of the atmosphere and of carbonic acid gas, and in this concluding lecture he noticed the properties of carbon, or char coal, and the analogy of its combustion to the pro cess of respiration. Several introductory experi ments exhibited the combustion of charcoal as distinct from that of flame, each particle being separately burnt, and the burning of charcoal in oxygen gas was shown to leave no ash, as is the case with other solid combustibles, the result of the process being the solution of the carbon in the oxygen, thus producing carbonic acid gas. The opposite kind of combustion, which results in the production of an ash or oxide by the combination of the oxygen with the combustible in a solid form, was shown by the exposure ( f pure lead in powder to the air, its affinity for oxygen being so strong that the lead burns with a bright flame as soon as it comes in contact with oxygen, though the ash formed upon it prevents the further combustion. After having illustrated by a variety of experiments the combustion of carbon in different forma, and the extinguishing of flame by carbonic acid gas, which is the product of such combustion, Professor Faraday directed attention to the process of respira tion. That process, he observed, is another form of the combustion of charcoal, which is effected by the peculiar organisation of t k he lungs, by which the combustion of the carbon contained in the blood takes place at a low temperature. To prove that the exhaled breath contains carbonic mild, he placed a lighted taper at the bottom of an upright glass tube, which was connected with a similar tube by a horizontal branch. The taper burned. brightly as it was supplied with sir descending the other tube; but when Professor Faraday breathed gently over the opening of that tube, the exhaled breath descended and extinguished the flame. The production of carbonic acid in the lungs by respiration was illustrated by a variety of other experiments, among which was the turbidity of lime water by blowing through it. The quantity of charcoal exhaled by a single man in the form of carbonic acid gas in the course of 24 hours was stated to be seven ounces, while a milch cow exhales as much as 70 ounces, and a horse 79 ounces in the same time. The deterioration of a quantity of air by a single respiration shows, as Professor Faraday observed, the importance of attending to ventilation, without which the same air is breathed over and over again though rendered unfit to continue the combustion of carbon in the lungs, and therefore unfit to support life. He alluded to the belutiful provision of nature by which the carbonic acid gas contained in the air is appropriated by, and forms the sustenance of, plants, the carbon that constitutes the substance of all trees being derived from the carbonic acid contained in the atmosphere, and the latter being again rendered fit for respiration by having the carbon abstracted, whilst the oxygen remains pure as before. Professor Faraday, addressing the juvenile portion of the audience, at the conclusion of his lecture, hoped that, like a taper, they, in their progress through life, would shine forth, and would throw light on their fellow men, and burn brightly and purely to the end. The lecture ended amidst loud applause, and the young people, who occupied the lower benches, rushed to the table to ask questions, and to take leave of the great philosopher. HEALTH - OF LONDON _DURING THE WEEK. (From the Registrar-General's Weekly Return.) The weekly return of births and deaths in Lon don, issued by authority of the Registrar-General, states that the cold which has been experienced in. the last three weeks, however seasonable it maybe to the young and robust, the well-fed and well clothed, is destructive to the health and life of others who are less able to resist it. in the last two weeks of 1860 the deaths in London were 1,269 and 1,407; n the first week of the new year they rose to 1,707. [n the early part of December the mean tempera ture of the air was 43 deg. ; in the tbree weeks that followed, and that ended last Saturday, it was successively 32.1 degs., 25 . 9 degs., and 32 . 4 degs. On Friday, the 4th inst., the lowest temperature was 20 . 5 degs., and the mean 28 degs. The average number of deaths as derived from the first week in each of the 10 years 185160, and corrected for increase of population, is 1,388. The effect of the cold weather as yet developed in the returns is therefore measured by an excess of 319 deaths in one week above the estimated number. In the deaths caused by zymotic diseases the chief facts to be remarked are an increase in scarlatina from 45 in the previous week to 63 last week, and an increase in whooping-cough from 59 to 90. No less than 8 children died from measles in the sub-district of Kensington-town. Scarlatina was fatal in four cases in the Belgre.ve sub-district, in three in Plum stead. In the last two weeks the deaths by pul monary diseases, exclusive of phthisis, rose front 348 to 485. Those by bronchitis increased from 217 to 273 ; those by pneumonia from 95 to 143. Phthisis inoreased from 171 to 188. Pulmonary diseases, which, as stated above, include 485 deaths, exhibit a considerable excess on the corrected aver age, which is 318. The deaths of 1 I persons One recorded at the age of 90 years a n d upwards. of these occureed at th e a g e of 98 years ; another at 100 years in Claptou. Of the 11 aged persons only 3 were men. cra filly children, died by b urns , ve are stated t o h ave b een an N d one etebeny, epe heir aidei b urn t by the clothes taking fire. Of 15 deaths inr i n by suffocation, 12 occurred to children in bed. A Dutc h pilot was choked by a piece of beef, which was afterwards found to weigh one ounce. A man and a woman were returned as having perished from cold and want ; the former, a painter, aged. 80 years, on 27th December, at 4, Terrace-place, Stepney-green, and the latter, aged 70 years, found dead on Christmas-day at the dcor of the Nlarylebone Workhouse. Last week the births of 1,003 boys and 889 girls, in all 1,892 children, were registered in London. In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1851-60 the average number was 1,653. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean hight of the barometer in the week was 29.714 in. The readings fell to 29 in. on Tuesday, January Ist, and rose to 30.17 in. on Thursday the 3d. The mean temperature of the air in the week was 32.4 deg., which is 4.3 deg. below the average of the same week in 43 years (as determined by Mr. Glaisher). The mean daily temperature was about 8 deg. below the average on the last four days. The thermometer in the shade rose to 47 . 3 deg. on Tuesday, and fell to 20.2 deg. on Friday, being the highest and lowest point respectively in the week. The range in the week was therefore 26 8 deg. The mean daily range was 10.8 deg. The difference between the mean dew point temperature and air temperature was 3.2 deg. The mean degree of humidity of the air was 88, complete saturation being represented by 100, which point was attained on Sunday and Tuesday. The' wind blew generally from the north-east. Rain fell. to the amount of 1 . 07 inches, most of i t on Sands.ey and Tuesday. The mean temperatu re of the vfv.t r , , of the Thames was 33 . 4 deg. NIP ......... ,efore d the ) the 1