The Sun. — London, England, 1854-01-21 00:00:00

If -S t•,. ' I 't ' ' 1 • .. , T ITE SUN, LONDON, --- SHARE MARKETS. , —(THIS DAY). n- -..---- .1. ~ I *- E b ttitonf , , ~- BPORTII 1G NOTES. . . u- co - THE SPRIT i.G- '-- i l l x)) ' HANDICAPS. •, --.....-.. BRITISH RAILWAYS. n-- ' The p u bli cat i on of V le Spring Handicaps is always -- Closing Prices Basinessdone le- v .igardecl as an importa/ I t s p or ting event ; but this year SUN OFFICE, Six o'clock. Shr. Paid RAILWAYS. this day. this day. idl e declaration of the "a Heights was expected with a deeper _ - he interest and a more eager curiosity than ever. For 195 -- 204 St. 100 Aberdeen ..... ....... L a 'TURKEY AND RUSSIA. 20 85 Ambg. Nottng. Bost.' ~, many days rumours l' Lad been rife respecting the probable - & Eastn. June....... *2 - 4 i . 4 /1 he -. Irapoets distributed to certain animals entered for the , So all Belfast & Ballymena ••• - ••• e- Chester Cup, and L/ 10 betting on them had been con- (BY .INTERNATIONAL TELEGRAPH, VIA THE HAGUE.) 1:1- d l4 all Birning. Wolverh. & .. Stour Va11ey......... • - ••• of ducted with peculircr spirit and confidence. These pro -31 28 Birkenhd. Lancsb. & 274 all Do. Ch . , ty ceedings excited suspicions that the weights for certain VIENNA, FRIDAY EVENING. The following may be implicitly relied on as Cheshire Junct...... 1 1 6 2 = 1:: at liars% had been iraproperly divulged before the stated esh & Birk. tat t irae for declaring them-sus too, which, for the forraino - part of the next Russian declaration :- " Thai Vienna propositions, besides being incom- 22 £5O & £25 Cons.- 181 Do., £20.... ..... ...... 6 - 5 d ns credit of the handicapper, I am sorry to say, the publi- . 1).- cation of them has, not tended to dispel. The han , dicap- .. petiole with the Emperor's dignity, only serve to 25 30 Blyth & Tyne original £25 (iss. at £45).... ••• - ••• It divert attention from the real question at issue ~. 94 - 96 St. 100 Bristol & Exeter...... . , I Per's estimate of the relative merit of Newminster and . ay Goldfinder w • • in saying, known and the Porte, and they are, there- st. 100 icaledonian........ .... 50 1 - 511 515 2/ 1 . 14 .-- 16 as, I have no hesitation 50 all 'Chester & Holyhead n "to ma ny ws individuals in T d at the commencement of vi ....L0n on . fore, unconditionally rejected. 50 all Cork and Bandon.... 14 - 15 the week ; and the det,ermined opposition which Virago "To prove, however, that he is still inclined to ..• -- ••• 20 all Cork, Black. & Pass. -- - 12 !Cornwall encountered would a eemingly indicate that some ink- treal4 the Emperor has appointed Prince Gortscha- 20 50 45 jDublin&BelfastJuna- 44 - 45 4 48 of his inte - atious respecting her had been received koff his Plenipotentiary ; and to him the Porte has 25 all Dundee Perth &Aber bef ore the weights were published. to a•pply whenever it is inclined to negotiate. Such deen Junction 8 - 9 ... - "di toryTh.e handi.ca for the Chester Cu Pis scarcely satisfan• a st( !p on the part of the Porte will, however, be 25 all IDo. New . 25 all Eastl Anglian (X 25 L. useless should it act under the erroneous impres- 1&E.& L. & D.) n - 'ii It , appears P to have been framed in a capricious, ies ; arbit rary mood, and with only one guiding principle- iii 1.- 2 125 ‘ that sion that the Emperor will depart from any condi- 18 all Do., (XlB E. & H.) 20 all ,Eastern Counties „, ..... 4 rery of weighting the three-year-old horses as favourably tion_ laid down by Prince Menschikoff. St. 100 lEasternUnion,A•stk, ec„' ries ' a s 'possible. An exception to this rule was, however, „ War .Any Plenipotentiary by the Porte must be pro- st. 100 IDo., do. 8.. ..... .. . made to the disadvantage of Virago, for whose heavy Bl ID° NewA(lateThirds) •- ~... • 61 - 06 62 15 2b _-- 28 . . terso vided with a firman, in which it is specified that the 25 2 . 3t. 100 'East Lancashire that Weight no reasonable justification can be found. From Porte, considering the present difference to be ex- St. 100 ;Edinburgh& Glas.g-Ow- 61 2 63 62 heal the short price at which she once figured in the betting, cretion 21 •- 22 ther the hand' PP that would a of course exercise proper die' 100 d.' bPth &D d elusively between Russia and itself, acknowledges St 34 E lkli m nb : a r nd . Peeb u l n es. e . e . ••• ••• t is Forth •and Clyde June. ••• ••• - 129 127 placing a heavier impost on her than her that it must be settled between those two Powers 1 0 1 ther alone." St. 160 'Glasgow & S.Western ••,;, - - k bovrn racing ability would perhaps warrant ; but theStk B` - ~„8 3 83 4 3 St. t.. 100 ,Great Northern 100 ,Do A. Stock - icon Weight which he has in his wisdom imposed upon her is BELGRADE, pu JAN. 14.., . OZ. I glaringly contrary to every principle of justice and fair The Porte still .. urges the - 101 blication of the fir- St. 100 !Do., B. Stock Co- 1. 45'. Virago is made to concede 101 b. c' o Wild Hunts- man relieving Servia from a Russian protectorate, St. 100 Gt. Sth.&West.are•) , 6d. m an, who has been backed at 22 to 1 for the Derby ; 12 11 Irish South-Eastera. n:, - n.. . St. 100 ;Great Western B O . l. = ? 1 81 a 1 and insists on the Hospodar declaring in favour of 50 all! 'Lancaster &Carlisle ;',, _ 13n ace ' she is also made to give "lumps of weight " not Turkey. nest ow 16i1 111 Do., Thirds-- .3 , to animals of her own year, but to older horses.b 2 625 5 1 1l oop ,ents Ilea chance of success is. now utterly extinguished. The Russians talk of a great battle, on the 13th, St, 194 175D0., Fifths . ...... 100 Lancasta &Yorkshire 615 - 74 - 7id 1.2 i - i 3 d 125 at Matshin, but no importance is attached to it at -- acs ; Odds were freely brttted that Goldfinder would be ices. Zftore heavily handica Aped than Newminster, although Vienna. 51,4 all Leeds L D e o e . d , s W N st o . r ß th id ern ing Un. ) the2o all Liv.Craby.&Soutb.pt. ••:.. - ::: _ _ the letter's superiori+,,y was unquestioned. Newminster both 'rag- weighted at 21b s. lighter than Goldfinder ; but this OUNDLE STEEPLECH A_SES ili all London & Blackwall 7g - 1 , 0 i: 1 1 4 1 . cog- i efitimate of their comparative merit is peculiar to Ches- es. • l i .o 100 84 Lo Lo n n a d :E Ti r l i b gh .dt t.di St s h . e c n s d. t. 'Pa 9 h . -__ 98 1 , 4 9 8•1 84 xin lults• ! ter, for at Northampton Newminster's weight is 11b. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPIL) 3 20 . 11.002 d F o i n ft & ha N. Western 100 a - par eived 1 heavier than . G o ldfi n der's, at Epsom it is 21b., and at AnnlvALs.-Topsy, The Farmer, Linnet, and A. Y. 10 1 D o .jush.,m&B c par -i p lOW., - 1 2 ' 'York it is 51b. That errors of judgment are almost un- The ground is in good order. on 77 76 7 1 5 2 t. 5 100 25 D D L L :ol n i d E o ig n h a th s s .western 75 Avoidal;le in constructing a large handicap I readily 5400 34 D0.,D0., .t £ 5 40 0 l3 - 12 dE ough a dmit ; but in the allotment of weights for the Chester STATE OF TRADE. 10 - 9 d a ex gold . L eu P 'there are discrepancies that can scarcely be attri- •cs 25 all Lndndrry.&Coleraine ••• - - 25 all Lndndrry. & Eunisk. ... - ••• lieu u uted to their influence. (Front the Manchester Guardian of this day.) St. 100 Manch.Shef.&Lineln. 20 - 21 21 205 se to Speculation on the Chester Cup was commenced in 'vest- MANCHESTER, Jan. 20.-On Tuesday signs of in- 85 45 D.,Man. &Lin. Un. 5 - 9 - i -___ 8 0 1 604 8 St. 100 Midland.. 'tamest in the City on Friday, but it was too unsettled rsults creased caution were observable, and they have St. 100 Do. Biinuag.& Derby 3 3 35 into to give any indication of its ultimate tendency. Among become rather more so as the week has advancen. 50 174 - Midland G.Weest.(lr.) ••• - ••• the tile animals backed were Newminster, Marc Antony, rough Black Doctor, Miss Sellon, Catspaw, Tom, and Duchess An increase in the receipts of cotton at the Arne- 25 175 De. Shares . ••• ..• rican ports, with a probability of its continuance, inclines 100 all Newcastle &Carlisle ••• - ••• hown.. St. 100 Newmarket - 56 of Lorraine colt, all of whom are unquestionably handi great many to think (though the magnitude of our consump- 61 5 Do, Bury Extensions id - par ' c apped on advantageous terms. price tion leads others to reject the opinion) that prices may 25 174 NewptAberg.&Hyd. 5_,4 ....- lid 12 The The Great Northern Handicap, perhaps, of all its decline. This view, and the apparent nearness of war, 50 areas- 13 Pring rivals, contains the most favourable evidence of have evidently rendered buyers less disposed to operate & Rostrevor Dec., a discriminating and impartial judgment. It has been 46 - 48 46 7 20 all 76N N e e wvY wry & W E a n ri n •e ls is k p l o il M en t 8 4 ...... 8 53, to than they were. But spianers and manufacturers are St. 100 Norfolk. Famed with laborious care, and it is likely to afford a mths, too bare of stock, and too much under contract, to be- 50 St. .100 North British 35 Northn.C . ou . nties Un 31 - 3 1 el 's. 6d. raost interesting betting race. tray any weakness in regard to prices, which continue 16 16 North Devon, No.l 8 - 10 if the Much talk has been occasioned respecting the handi quite steady. A general feeling of deep regret is excited 16 115 Do., No. 2 ••• - ••• cap for the Liverpool Steeplechase. Miss Mowbray's ready, ,;veight, in particular, is regarded as being unduly byB 8 Do. i B Guaranteed 0 2 - 14 calicothe failure . of Messrs. Thomson Brothers and Sons 8 all Dc., 5 A Deferred ll - _2l tea, e • printers. The unsecured debts amount to 70,000/.52 ... 55 , Y but in my opinion it is in accordance with her uoasted pretensions, and is not calculated to destroy her against which are placed assets estimated at 84,000/., 18 in N N . o & A s h . 11,,5t n Loudon .,ll a m p stead, and City Jn ••• - ••• V". c hance. To the Marquis of Waterford's horses, how- showing a surplus of 14,000/. But the property mort gaged may not realise 50,0001., and in this case there 175 North Staffordshire si • 5 2d 20 all North Western 8 - 8 4 ev er, a considerate favour has been extended. York will arise further claims upon the general assets. 10 10 N. &S. Westru. June. 1d - pat OuNDLE STEEPLECHASES are announced to take place [9th of Ise ,Mondey and Tuesday next, but the supply of sport LEICESTER, Jan. 19.--Several buyers have visited our 10 1 N a u n n d ea u to i n ce , s H te i t nekley, ••• - ••• market, but their purchases have been chiefly confined ruched likely to be scanty and the encounters unexciting. St. 100 Oxford Worcester et t there to assorting up stock. There is no alteration in yarns. Wolverhampton 34 - 36 . 1. .„1" . 8 Y, The General, and A. Y. are the only animals ..• ---- ••• e been Long wools are easier to purchase, but short kinds keep 20 2.2 Portsmouth that have been backed for the GRAND RACE, and the St. 100 Scottish Central was at up their prices. St. 100 Scottish Midland 55 - 57 4rat-mentioraed is said to be a "good thing." To those ie llth Ithe NOTTINGHAM, Jan. 19.-The two principal trades of St. 100 Shrewsbury &Birrag. 55 - 60 57 8 lacenix, , 4 , have more cunning in the ways and means of the the town have been visited by about the average number St. 100 Do., L. &N. Westn. , sat the Junipers" I shall leave the task of selecting the winner, Guaranteed Stock 55 - 60 of buyers, yet the sales made have not been to so large a-, had •utiday night. A FRESH MAN. re was an extent in either race or h osier y . one of - 26410 a l l s Sh hr re ew w a s b b y y.. && Herefd. chaatei. _ 1:4 2_5 - 2dis (Nor. W. Min.) - 15 135 all Do. Halves, do. 4 - 7 4 vithout 110 3 a COUNTIES AND METROPOLITAN THE WOOLLEN TRADE. 20 all Do. Oswet - 12 se soon FREEHOLD LAND SOCIETY. 20 65 Shropshir s e U ry nion 3 ll ---3 ad Uper- ____-.o—. Do. A B,C, &D, fully • e most On Thursday a meeting of the shareholders and sup- (Frond the Leeds Mercury of this day.) paid up at per cent. ..• - ••• Danish 4 1 '°rters of the Home Counties and Metropolitan Free-m -the , ° l Land Society was held at Radley's Hotel, Bridge-LEEDS, Jan. 20.-We have no alteration of any i portance to report in the state of the woollen cloth mar- St.so laooll South South E a ste Devon. r, . . . . . . . : . 0 14 5 ___ - -16 - 59 a el 50 all South Wales 3l 32 31 5 , ossible n reet, Blackfriars. ket. There has been a fair steady trade done in the 20 15 S. Yorksh. River Dun 3 . p M.P.-- 2 ( 5 1 is sub- J 4 P. MIIRROUGH, Esq., .P. for Bridport, in opening Cloth halls this week.2o 5 Do. . I ,`;e proceedings of the evening, said, in the absence of day there was a good a ttendance - .. on Saturday and on Tues - of merchants in the 20 2.2 Staines,Wok.,&Wok. oast of '''s noble friend, now at Varna, it afforded him markets, general activity prevailed, and a considerable 25 all Stockton & Da rlin g 27 - 30 29 / great ... eh Lan- , g r atification in being selected to occupy the chair that nto the . c° ening. In so doing he 'felt he would not be called quantity of cloths, as well as other decription of goods, ... 164 Stockton Tff & Hartlepl. ... _-- ... were sold. There have been a few good buyers in the St. 100 a Vale ••• ••• so far 12 Pon to enter at any length into the working of freehold 10 8 Do. £lO shades •• - ••• rent to l and l3 societies in general. Since the fire. society founded town, which has given a better tone to business in the warehouses the week. Tening 3' Mr. Taylor, all the prejudices, which he was sorry to HUDDERSFIELD, Jan. 17.-We have had a slack mar- S 2s t. 100 20 D m O a . m P e r s ef H ., a N ve o n .l Dock ... .- ... aled so S ay h and Railway... 25 25 e„_ had been excited, and had greatly detracted ket again to-day, and there has not been a great deal 20 17 Vale of Neath 144 - 154 15 und, at I a half 7,yr,n freehold land societies, had been allayed, doing in the warehouses. 20 all Waterfd. & Kilkenny 51 - 55 i u o m now they bid forth to be of immense good th-west v. . the, country. This was indeed a poor man's ROCHDALE, Jan. 16.-The wool market has been lan- 50 all Waterford&Limerick 25 -27 with society, and he was sure every gentleman present would guid •; the manufacturers buy sparingly, but prices are 20 14 West Cornwall 1 West End of London of the firmly maintained. clonintphrisehseoncdietwhathe meant by that assertion, (Cheers.) BRADFORD, Jan. 19.-No improvement in woql dur- ... and Crystal Palace ... - ... 3 point Into vantage, and that was that no ballot rights were created until there was land La satisfy them. Where this fact 10 ols. m eon ley OD ... ing the week. The demand has been limited. Yarns 20 _all w Wes h t i Lo d ndo st n e . d 6 • 7_ 7 -The feeling is animate, and business is inanimate, and sailed, was not the case St. 100 York Newetl.daferw. 62 - 64 625 Lin ice, business is chiefly confined to orders. Pieces-More 25 20 Do. Extensions 9 - 85.2 11 cent ex- nf things , he considered it to be a vicious state inquiry for goods suitable for the approaching season. ovided ; iobbin --a state of things that led to a system of stock HALIFAX, Jan. 14.-We have but little to record of St. MO York &N. Midland 444 - 455, 45/ 25 114 Do. G.N.E. Purchase 4/4 - 444 , those g , Which was highly to be reprehended. Most of lmitting to-day's market. The piece trade quiet, though a 134 _. 0 ? present would call to mind that savings banks re- moderately fair business doing in yarns. For wool the FOREIGN . ,ving no V ested, themselves to a per tentage of 2/. Bs. on money ° once is demand rather languid, and prices quoted stationary. •;:, e, but this society doubled that sum, and more, 10 7 Antwrp &Rotterdam 25 - 2 d ;es alto- 5 3 Belgian East. Junct. 1 - li suitable len'ar S i . l B EL, or one penny on the pound for every 20 8 Beziers to Graissessac 4 - 3 d Savings month, was the sum paid, a rate far superior. MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) ace pre- ... ... Central of Italy - .•• ,13 to the banks he had no doubt were useful ,_itietugtsions, but freehold land societies he thought • 2O all Charleroi & Erquelin 12 - 14 r conclu- of to be preferred. Another feature was that in case COVENT GARDEN. 175 all Demerara .. - ... 6S his is,2o 10 Dijon and Besason •_ - _p xin to arrears there was no forfeiture. A member had but We had a good demand for vegetables. Potatoes were x d )een im tallot 20 8 Dutch Rhenish - 24d moveries ai gi l a t a Y up his back subscriptions and he possessed a dearer. In other articles scarcely any change took place. 20 all East Indian 3 -35 p 235 1 sty. The equal to any of the other members to go to the The sale for fruit was very inactive. 20 2 Do. Extension id -1 p I. There I ., ea„• In the short time this society had been founded, FRUIT.-Pine apples, English, 4s Od to 6s Od. each • 5 all Gt. Indian Peninsula, 4-ipsl 5 x in ut? shares had been taken, two estates had been ditto • colonial, ls Od to la 3d each ; hot-house grapes, ' 20 10 Gd. Junct. of France ) 21 -25 p xin alreadylo Gd. Tr k. of Canada bou ght, and from his experience he would say well 6s Od to 8s • foreign ditto, is to 2s Od per lb ; apples, ... w York, ably sail• aught , lia,e lie scarcely thought it was incumbent on him 4s to 8s per' bush ; pears, 2s 6d to 5s per dozen ; lemons, Shrs. and Bonds "4- 3 d 4Od to 10per 100 • almonds, 2s 20 8 Gt. Central of France, 15 - lid. xin tong the slocietie a long statement of the machinery of these is Od. to 2s •, oranges, s 8 , lb ; Barcelonanuts, 20s per bush.; cob-nuts, OOs to 205 205 Gt. Wostn. of Canada' . his ship 44 , s-they all well understood their minute parts, t , ‘ 1 the great advantages to be derived from joining to 3s Per lOolbs • chesnuts, Bs, to 20s per bushel ; filberts, • Shares 2 id 19 the 26th nem, 85s to 100 s per 9s per • ' 100 lbs ; walnuts, 84 to Is 6d per 100. ... ... Do. bonds(l i55.)1857 ... - . .., ... Do.bonds(2iss.)lB62 ... - ... there to s -Cabbages, 1s to 18 6d ; Brussels sprouts li r. EYRELBOSCH said he had had so often the plea- VEGETABLE . ' 204 1.05 Hamilton & Toronto 5.1 - par it is ex- 110 all Do. 6 per cent _ - rch ; also laotlrtetio_f:ddressing meetings like the present, that on many 2s Od. to 3s Od per half sieve ; cauliflowers, 6d to 84 each; - 20 5 Lake Coast. & Basle _ - ... t o ,:j6 occasions he had been at a loss for something new gr delville's eens. 5s Od to 7s Oct per doz. bunches; red cabbages, 2s to 5s Od per dozen ; potatoes, 120 s to 185 s per ton ; 5 4 Lucca and Pistoja, 5 L e s ay to them. This was not the case that evening - turnips, 4s 04 to 5s 6d • carrots, Gs Oct to 8s Oct per dozen dition to they d'q toper cent. prof ... - ...d congratulate them on the excellent address bunches ; cucumbers, Os Gd to sOd each ; celery, 9d. to lorers in 2 o 15 Luexembourg _ - 9 4 9 i 1 ah,, had heard from the hon. gentleman who had done ls 6d. per bundle ; 'spinach, 3s Oct to 3s 6d per sieve ; ed at alllo 13 Do. (Railway) 5l - 64 6i that the honour of presiding over their deliberations onions, Os Od to lOs Od. per bushel ; Spanish ditto, is to 35 . .. Captain 5 2Do la i t and r e ning. Every man was the centre of a circle, per doz. ; leeks, 3d to 4d per bunch ; shallots, 6d to 8d ; 5 3 Do. (Canal) lg -ii be con- It it Was his duty to see that his circle was well worked. small salad, 2d. to 3d perpunnet: horse-raddish, 2s Oct to 4s Od 10 5 Do. 6p. cent. prof. a - id ns. The Tre i no was Ilis pleasing duty to inform them that the society per bundle ; mushrooms, Os 9d. to 2s Od. per pottle; parsley,to 20 12 •Lyons & Mediterrai . a. ... - ... p ITh o "aCI it in its power to pay a per centage of Si. Bs. 2s 3d to 3s Oct per dozen bunches ; rhubarb, 1s Od 20 105 • Madras e north' I , • et n all past subscriptions, and he thought that such ais 64 per bundle. 335, 29 Maria Antonia - ••• Hawn is propeller th e _ W as sufficient of itself to induce every man to urge NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. 10 10 Do. New - ••• 20 2 Melbourne Bk. & Ry. ... - ... oi n k account strongly among his friends. In the savings F ill pro' there was at the present time a deficient Turkeys, 4s Od to 12s; Geese, 4s 6d to 7s Od. each • Ducks, 20 all Namur & Liege (with 00 to coast Y 2s 6d to 3s Otl; tame Rabbits, 1s to is 6d ; wild 'ditto, is interest 7l - 75 75 4 wh e n h e and it was the duty of every working man, to is Gd ; Pigeons, 54 to 10d each; roasting Pigs, 4s 6d to 98 ) hope of2o all Do. (ex interest) - ... axe ent to the poll, to remember that fact, and to each; Surrey Fowls, 5s Oct to 9s Od •; ditto Chickens, Os l Od . , een found 16 all Northern of France.. 305 •- 311 xin . I ",:'airl how that deficiency was to he met whether it to Os Od; barn-door Fowls, 2s 6d. to 4s Od per coup e, en wa ter2o all Do. 20/. 3p. c. Bds.. was fitted a,' to come from the saving bank fund, which was the _C_apons 8s to lls Oct ; Chickens, 2s Od to 3s Od per couple ; vrePertof [fmy.B.&Ams.Slis.] ... - ... Part of 40 theY the working man, or whether it was to come r heasan ' ts, 3s Od to 4s Od; Partridges, is 6d to 28 Od; Hares, pia consolidated fund. Many 'OctOs 04; Woodcocks,2 61 3s Od to 4s Od; Leverets, Os 0 to s c 20 10 Paris and Lyons l3 - 1351) 235 5 xin 10 all Norwegia,nTrnk.Pref 8•- 9 . command Government persons thought to 3s 6d.• Grouse, 2s Oct to 2s 6d; Snipes, 94 t,o is 6d; Teal, 40 40_,., Do. bonds rnment guaranteed the depositor from all loss, ' wild - ... ; vessels, but they now found there was no responsibility ;in fact,2o all Paris and Orleans 42 - 44 t was at 6d to 9d; Ducks, is 3d to 2s Od ; Widgeons, 9cl to is Oct' anti Plovers, 6d to is each. English Eggs, lls Od. to _"!' e a a complete case of repudiation neither the 20 all Paris and Rouen 3B -40 I receiVee l 12s 6d; French ditto, lOs 6d to Os Od. per 120 ; Ostend fresh . ; through i i .' 4 2 l :t!s nor the Government being liable ' for a shilling.hankssavings 4 20 all Paris and Strasbourg 291 - 291 295 bu or tt e e n r Li s s . 6d to 13s 04, and English 12s Od to 15s 0 per 20 4 Paris Caen& Cherbrg. ... - ... xin r, and said this society have resolved to give in sich bore,lo4 101 Quebec & Richmond 3 - 1 d %Pe a orderen i ~ st at the rate of Si. Bs, 4d. per cent per .annum on LINGSGATE. 20 all Rouen and Havre - 19 id in the : v• 11 future subscriptions. The great art of saving mono Se OctOci to 22s • Brills, 2s Gd to 9s each; Salmon 20 12 Royal Danish l4 - par xin Turbots, ,. :rgen and 'Was, "begin at once, and bran was the w ho did Y3sOdto Os per lb; Cod Fish, 58 Od to , 21s Ocl each ; Soles 5 2 Royal Swedish pay as you go," and the best 3d to 3s per pair • Eels, 10d to is 2d per lb ; Lobsters, is to . - ... this grea t „._ man the most under the g test 4e Od • Crabs, Gd' to 2s 6d. • Whitings, 6s to 9s Od per doz.; 10 6 'aitficulty. With these remarks he begged to realest the D 9 2sGd to lOs ; 3.l:illets, la to 3s each ; Common 20 all Sambre and Meuse 75 - 81 Do. 55 per cent. pref ... - ... ntuate in resolution which he had just read. (Cheer move ooreys,2o 2 IS.E. of France ••• - - ••• on of the Mr. KINTREA had great pleasure in seconsingter lOs Oci to 16s Od; Natives, 40s Od to 50s Od. per 20 6 'Southern of France 2•- 3p x in I:rEtred by elution, the sum that they could now pay as interest th e re . bsh; Mackerel, s OOs to 00s per 100; Smelts, is Od to 4sPr doz.; 20 6 StAndrews & Quebec ... pm xin Skate,to perlb;2o 2s. Upper India Scrip - 4 .. Harper's. 10d al Shrimps, is Gd to 2s 6d per gallon; 6 a ssured th e mee ti n g h a d been really and trul a fle d' Bloaters, is 6d. to 2s Oct per doz. •; Fresh Herrings, 8s Od 8i all West Flanders 34 -45 x a w copies' The CHAIRMAN then put the resolution to the y m e ee r t m • - g : to Os Od per 100 ; Haddocks, 8s to 13s per doz. ;Plaice, 20 10 Do. 55 per c. Pref , 1 - 4 d v edition, and declared it carried. 4d to is Oct each ; Carp, 2s Od per brace; Tench, 2s Od 20 10 Western of France 44 -55 p ax weeks , The ballot then dand the followin ae the commence , to Os Oct per brace ; Gurnets, 44 to is Oct each ; Halibut, 10 4 West. of Switzerland ... - ... successful numbers :-63, 64, 167, 133, 286,_ 264, 373 8d per lb. • Salt Fish, 2cl to 5d ner lb. ; Prawns, 2s Od. to 20 2 Wiesbaden - ... 4fi ed od per lb. ; Flounders, is to 13 4 6 d per dozen ; Sturgeon, 20 12 Zealawl 45 - 4 4 d( xin to ' 449 , 472, 572, 566, 628, 684, 774, 712, 807, 891, ..' l6 , 993 1 035 1 007 1 137 1 141 1 261, 1,266, 1,395, per lb.; Pike Cal per lb. ILWAY. - "" J. 9r 3 , , ...,- - y y , , 3 3 i express I';'° 4 l 1,498, 1,410, 1,546, 1,537, 1,643, 1,608, 670, 168, BREAD. LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. an into P D2O, 1,465, 817, and 165. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from lld to 11 . 4 d; of household ditto, 10d to 105 d per 4lb loaf. le passew Thanks were then voted to the Chairman, ancr the Shr. Paid RAILWAYS. Leasing Closing Prices Business tillage °F,: l' r° oeedings terminated. NEWPORT. Beef from 3s 2d to 4s 24 ; mutton, 3s Gd to 4s 8d ; WO veal, 4s Oct to 5s 2d ,Pork, 33 10d. to 5s Oct per 81bs. Compans this day. this day. A p i a ,t. -.....— rhursdal? 1)50 all Bedford and Ln.&N.W. RATH OF THE HON. R. H. CLIVE, M.P.- Bletchlay.... ... - ... train V 155 tegret to South _ state that the Hon. Mr. Clive, Beef, from 38 Od to 4s 2d M tto 3s 4d to 4s 6d. ; m.p. for WHITECHAPEL• S so t . 100 a11 c B i u y c d k e g s d h a a r o s j h e .. c L a . IN O n . W . . : 1 50 00 -__ 102 52 " 14 Miro •ill for some ; Mu ton, time pshire, who has been seriously Veal, 3s 10d to 5s 2d ; Pork, 3s4d to 4s 10d. 81b by St. 100 E. Lincoln. gr. 3arn that vtuase_,past, died at Shrewsbury yesterday afternoon. He the carcase. per s. re. Th e 6p. cent Gt•Northn 139 - 141 or tt.leeply respected throughout the county, not oniy Market hides, 5 11 61 to E 641 S AN ls, 2Ti1t025 all Glas. Barr. & Caldonian. id struck/. . nis limn dvance ° ' 3l antier • y private virtues, but for the straightforwa . rd to 3d; 721 b to 801 b, 3d to 34d ; 801 b SKlNS. ° t d ' • 881b,641b t 034 4 72 t 1 0 1) 3 , 5 2 4 5 t ; 1 Neils. Direct. ... - ... out, nn ct 4 .,...._ n in which he at all times advocated the main , 881 b o 961 b, 34d to 4d ; 961 b to 1041 t ), 44 to 41d. ; 1041 b - ... to strik e ; ""?ce of sound principles of political government.2s all Glstr.&Dn.Fr. GLlVestn. 30 - 32 fro TEE OPENING OF PARLIAMENT. - The Queen willDk. & Yk. New. 1002 all Do. New Do all Hrtipl. d pain r ° Pen Parliament in person. The usual preparations for to 1121 b 4d to 41d. Horse hides, Os 6d to Os Od; calf skins, ✓ fornle,4 Lords. her m a - light, 2s Oct to 3s Gd; ditto, full, 6s 6d to Os Od.; polledßailway &Be .. ... - ... jesty's reception are being made at the House of s heep, 8s Od to lOs Od; Kents, 7s Od to 8s Gd; Half-breds - allso Hull & Selby Y.&N.Md. 109 - 111 109 ;his we e ll • Do 545 - 555 behalf 0 .4 .A. YOUNG 7s Od to 8s Od ; Downs, 5s 3d to 6s 3d. ' 25 all Do. 2 Shares. 27 - 28 not T er " m an, d , age MAN MISSING.-Thomas Jones a young HAY MARKETS. 125 all Do. 1 Shares. Do 125 all Lon.&Greenw S.Eastern 135 - 144 the 2 2 , clerk in the employ of Messrs. Farebrother, ~ LD -Meadow hay, 31 Os to 51 8 s ; 245 - 255 auctioneers h SMITHFIELD. - Mea dow • clover 20 all Do. Preference Do . leo ~ as not been heard of, either by his em ditto, 41 Os to 61 Gs ; and straw, 1/ 165; to 2/ 4s per load. St. 100 Lowestoft gr. vool Sa Voyers or relative ' f F e ' th 0 t -London for W s, since the 4th instant, when he left A full average supply, and a sluggish d eman d . 4 per cent... Norfolk - .., 130 11 No __ . _ esterham, in Kent. As no cause is known B Meadow hay, 3/ 5s to 5/ 10s ; clover St. 100 Do. 6 per ct... Do sis a 4 . i e ey he should CIIMBERLAN .-...- ••• be P llu - f r i en , .. have absented himself, his employers and . t_ . cis tear tha' s 41 0 to 6/ Os • and straw, 1/ 18s to 2/ 5s per load. 54 all M.anch.Bxton. Ln.&N . .W. dittos , . erne accident must have happened to I tolerably firm. and Matlock & Midld. 25 - 3 m •A reward Supp y good, and trade ~, 5 L i on of Si. has been offered for any informa- 1 hay, al Os to .1 8s; clover 50 all Middlesbro' & Staten & Pa t ide ' ll r especting his whereabouts,WHITECHAPEL.-,Meadow t w 1/17s to 2/ 49 per load. Redcar Darlingt. _ - p. n cr. A. Disc ditto, 41 Os to 6/ lOs ; and sra , 100 all Midld.Bradfd Midland... 99 - 100 . - 0 . l aßt DISCOVERY,-The Frenchman Mariette has at fir' L' a ' ff ' succeeded di sc overing Tradesteady, at our quotations. 50 all Northern and tranc e • in the long-sought-for en- ne tion° - ' ..-...--------..... Eastern sp.c. E. Count.. 60 - 62 61 lois °. . v 4, , into the Sphynx. The entrance leads into 5 all Do. 6 per ct Do pre ante •Cli su lparble rooms, which are supposed to be connected SWINEY BEQUEST.-At a joint mmembers eeting of the m, all ... -"- ••• 3 lUit°De the Soc;et of Arts " Do.Fixedsp.c Do ... - ••• /bterranean passages with similar chambers in the of the College of Physicians and of -3'_.. ? 2) all Prest. &Wyre L. &IN . W Of A I' ll ' adjacent ramid There isbody esterday (Friday) hhe Sear -_ Py . but little travelling this held in the rooms of the latter y . &Ln&YIK - which in _E gypt. silver goblet 1 12 Do. ••• - ••• th e APOTHEC ' afternoon, the prize of 1001. contained in aShares. Do ... -- ••• ~e .., work entitled S 100 Ro 5 hable Pc - used ther ARIES HALL-Names of gentlemen who of the same value, was adjudged to the _ Leone ystn.&Hit. Gt.Northn 140 - 143 r examination in the science d " by Mr. S-• 100 Do•Shepth.St. Do 1.40 - 143 Medicine received • and practice of " The Commercial Law of the World ,2 185 Sher. Roth. & La.n h.di . Tae day, j e, and certificates to practise, on Thurs- Levi. Goole g.5.p.c Yorksh . ,on iv , Bedfordshire 1854 :-William Thomas Fernie, Yelden, RUSSIA AND TURKEY.-PUBLIC MEETING IN DERBY. ohn 1111 ',,,g 12 95 S. Staffordsh.. lirMelean it - lid is ,,_ e . _8 ir e ; J ames Keife Lane, Grosmont, Herefo r d- I I n compliance *with a numerously signed requisition, 50 all WearValleygr Stockt. & acted, ' l ' 4 4 . 4 C rt ir, ii , r William Wiiki ng Stabb, Ilfracombe, Devonshire •, tl avor has convened a public meeting to be held in charg e - G per cent _ Darling. ... _ .., I N Anthony Harris Wadrin ton Oxon • •• . ' le m - fr ailtig ~ , William the Town-hall, on Tuesday evening, for the purpose of 25 all Do D 0,,,,,,... 30 -31 - dad a - ass - Il'ay Ba ' • ttesford, Leicestershire • James l'' LI Wilts &Somrst Gt.Westn calenu , Ada School Walker , of • • ' En - m •- , ! memorialising the Government and petitioning Parlia• St. 100 .95- 97 _ Medicine. - , I i meat on the Eastern queation, 7 Darby Reporter. ' THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY_ PREFERENCE Bia ARES. ftkN Aberdeen ..... Do., No. 2, 7 p. c Blyth & Tyne 10 per et, pref. (iss. at£so) is ristol & Exeter 4 pr cent., stock Do. Do., shares Caledonian £lO Chester & Holyhead Guar. 5i per cent 1 Cork&Bandon 5i p.c Dundee Perth&Aber deen Junction EastAnglian (£3los) 6 per cent. Do. (25) 7 per cent.. Do. (£7l7s) 7 p. ct.. Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No.l Do., No. 2.. ..... Do., New 6 p. c. St.. Eastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent.... Do. £lO Deben. Sh... EastLancash. 6 p.cts East & West Yorksh Junction Fifths Edinb. Pith. &Dundee 4 per cent. . . Glasgow & S.Western guar. 5 per cent Great Northr 5 p.c Do. 5 p. c.,Redeem., at 10 p. c. prem Do. 4!_-, per cent. Scrip IGt.N. of Scot. ,lst Prof IGt. Southn. &Westn. (Ireland) Eighths Do. 4 per ct. pref. St Gt. Westn. (Berks Hants Ex. 5 p. c.) Do. con. & red. , q p.c Do. do. 4 per cent Do. irredeem. 4 p. c Lan. & York. F. £2O, Do., 6 p. c., Stock Leeds Nn. 6p. c. No. l Do. Quarters,lB4B London auctßrighton Guaranteed 5 p. c Do. Pref., 5 p. c. St Do. Convertible, 5 p c., 1852. Do. New Guar. 6 p.c Lond. & N. W., Coy & Nun., 5 per cent London & S.Western, Con. Thirds Londonderry& Coler Shares Lonely. & Ennis. Sh Ylanch.,Shef., &Lin., Shares, No. 1 Do. New, £lO Do., £6....... ..... ,larypt. &Carl. 4 p. c. Do. 4i per cent Do.. ,lid. Consol. 6 p.c. St. Do. Consol. Bristol & Birm. 6 per cent Do. Pref. 4:1, per cent Norfolk Debent. Sh Norfolk Extension Do. Pref. 5. per ct Do. Way. Val. 5 p c North British North Staffordshire Oxford Worcester & Wolverh. £15,6 p. c. Do.. IScot. Cen., New Pref. Shrews& Birm. N. G. Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor. W.Min),B p. c. Do. 5 per cent.. South Devon Do. New S. Eastern (Reading Ann.,) of £105.6d. S. Yorksh . 4p. c. Guar. Waterfd. &Kilk.6p. c. York Newcastle and Berwick, 4 p.c.Pref. Do . York& N. Midland H. & S. Purch MINES. 1 all Agua Fria 1 all Anglo Austrin. Gold d ••• Par 10s. all Anglo Californian 8d AP 10 2 Australasian — d 20 6 Australian 2 ;, 3 1 all Australian Cordillera § d 1 all Australian Freehold. a 1 all Ave Maria d d 1 all Baden (Gd•Dachy of) 50 all Ble3narvon Iron and C oa l 9 11 1 all British Austrin. Gold d 20 13.5 British Iron 8 10 35 24* Brazilianlmp.(issued at £5 pm 5 6 5 30 all Do. Cocaes & Cuiada 2 3 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 29 —3l 1 Carsous's Creek — d 40 all Cobre Copper 45 47 5 1 Colonial Gold ... 16 Copiapo . l4 13* St. all Copper Min. of Eng. 65 75 25 all Do. Pref. 7} p. cent. 4 6 p 5 all English and Austin. Copper Smeltg. Co. 2 2* 20 all General.. l4 —16 id id 2 all Gt.NuggetVeinScrp . 2 Do. Registered 4d par 3i all Great Polgooth l* 2 all Lake Bathurst .•. 1 all Liberty — id I 3 all Linares.. 9 ... 11 1 all Loud. &Californ. Gold Quartz Crush. Co._ * 1 all Mariquita — idi 10 9 Mexican&S.Americn — 6ixd xd 1 all New Granada Adis— par 1 all New Linares Mining and Smelting Co 1 all Nouveau Monde par ip 20 all Pontgiband Silver Lead MM. & Smelt. 5 1 Port Philip , 4 id 1 all Quartz Rock. P 50 all Rhymnoy Iron 29 —3lid 15 15 Do. New 8 10 8i 30 Ili Santiago de Cuba 4* 54 1 all South Australian — id 10 7 Tin Croft ..... 5 7 28* all United Mexican 3 3* 31 1 all Waller — * d 1 all West Granada d 1 all West Mariposa .... .. • g g 1 12s. Worthing Mining of .•• Australia . 1 all Yuba — MISCELLANEOUS. 5 5 iAubin uoal and Iron 25 17*1Anstralian Agricult. 40 42 41 40 3 / 4 20 12 Australsn.Pcitic Mail 10 8 Australn. Royal Mail 10 10 2i Berlin Water Works.. 50 38: , Brit. American Land io 5 1 Brit. & Coln. Smeltg, and Reduction C 0... 100 32i Canada Company..... 75 80 79 5 5 Crystal Palace — p 5 4 Do. New l* p 4 2 Crystal Pal. of France 20 3 Eastern Steam._ • •• • 25 20 ElectricTelegraph(A) lg 18 25 20 Do. (B) l6 18 1 1 Electric Tel. of Irel 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat, 20 18 General Scr ew Steam ..• • 20 7A Irish Beetroot Su g ar .. • 20 6 Magdalena St. Navig. 1 all Nat. Pt. St eam Fuel • 10 4 Netherlands Land 2 ld 2 IN.S. W. Coal & Inter Stem. Nay. Co • • 1 all N. B. A u stralasian.- Ad 1 Do. New ..... 20 10 Nrth.ofEuropeSt eam 5 all Peelßr. Ld. Minrl. d 50 all Peninsular & Or iental P ar, .. 50 25 Do. do. ..• • 61 2 all Portland Iron C o ..• 100 60 Royal Mail Stea m .. 1 all Scot. Austral. Invest ll -_ 1 2z 25 25 South Austral. Land 3 6 3 g - d 1 all Submarine Telegraph d in 100 28* Van Dietaen's Land 13i _. 1.41 LLOYD'S SHIPPI N G.- (THIS DAY.) LONDON, Jan. 21.—Wind this day at Noon, S.W. • light breeze, and fine, mild, clear weather, COWES, Jan. 20. — Wind, S.W. Arrived—Carm Cecilia, from Manilla. P O RTSMOUTH, Jan. 20.—Wind, S. to S. W. Put back —Faust, Batavia, with bowsprit sprung. FALMOUTH, Jan. 20.—Wind, S.W. Arrived—Eliza beth, from St. Andrew's N.B. HARTLEPOOL, Jan. 20'.—The Vesta, of London, and the Isabella, of Jersey, have been got off shore. NEWPORT, Jan. 20.—Wind , S.W. Arrived—Polka, , from Gloucester, for Berm uda. Sailed—Venus for Gra nada ; Queen of the Ocea n, City Point ; Vesta, St. Thomas. SWANSEA, Jan. 19. — Wind, S.E. Sailed—Vice-Admiral Lucas, for Batavia. — Charles Jones, LEITH, Jan. 20.—Wind, S.W. Sailed for Valparaiso. ABERDEEN, Jan. 19.—Wind, S.S.W. Arrived—Can dae, from Callao. QUEENSTOWN, Jan. 19.—Wind, S., blowin g - a gale. Arrived—David, from Callao. YouGnaL, Jan. 20.—Wind, S.S.E. Arrived—Ardin caple (?), from Sunderland, for Littlehampton, with loss of bowsprit, and damage to stern, from contact with a brigantine off Flamborough Head. STOCKHOLM, Jan. 7.—The Sir Charles Forbes, hence for Lisbon, on shore near Saloo Reef, near Gothland, has been got off and taken into Sleto, much disabled, and floating on her cargo. MALAGA, Jan. 9.—The Caledonia, Antwerp to T r i es t e , was wrecked on the coast, eight miles west of La Garrucha ; master and nine men drowned ; two men saved ; part of cargo (machinery) expected to be saved. ALTEN FINMARK, Dec. 16.—The Avarat, of Aberdeen, Archangel to London, has been taken into Fromsal leaky, and would discharge. (BY SUBMARINE AND EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Saturday, 9.50 a.m. Wind, S.W. ; tide, four hour's ebb ; fine. Arrived—Leon, from Gravelines ; Horeb, Ostend ; Bel glum (s), do. Sailed— Moselle (s), for Ostend. DEAL, Saturday, 9.35 a.m. Wind, S.W., light and foggY. Passed—Queen Victoria, from. New Orleans, for Hull. Sailed—Joh n S co tt, for the river ; Nightingale, for Boston. .1 " •••' ••• ... Xsd 99 --.• 101 6i - 6 4 - - 1 - 1p 1 - l i p 13 - 144 2i. - 3i 118 - no 109 - 111 i- i P 8 - 8i 98 —looxd 9 5 —lOO „ 96 98,,i id par 1 1 38 —l4oxd 24 - 3 121 1 - 4 9i i i 7 9 par-- i p 140 142 id ad 99 - 101 par i PI 10 151 - 161 10 - 12 - 1 14 d- iP 23 24 17 19 d 94 97 3 - 44 i —#disadi 100 100 100 6 100 St. 20 122 St. 25 12 126- 12i St. St. all 10'.f 100 100 100 100 100 100 all 1100 15 8 10 10 25 10 1.0.6 EVENING, JANUARY 21, 1854. pm 1k pm 91 ad CITY OF LONDON COMMISSION. The commission sat again yesterday in the Privy Council Chamber, Downing•street. Commissioners present—The Right Hon. H. Labouchere (tbe chairman), Sir John Patteson, and Mr. Corne wall Lewis. The first witness examined was Mr. Bunning, City architect, who stated—l hold my present office since 1843. My fixed salary at first was 1,6001., including office expenses; but in 1847 it was raised to 2,5001., also including office expenses ; the ground of this increase being the enormous accession in the business brought to the office, and the consequent increase in office expenses. In 1852 my salary was further raised and fixed at 2,5001. per annum ; and in addition to that sum I receive an allowance of 1,000/. for office ex penses. I receive this salary as follows:—From the City's cash, 1, 300/. ; from the Bridge-house estate, 6001.; from the Finsbury estate, 5001. ; from the coal fund, 50/. ; and an estimated sum of 501. in fees for preparing plans for leases. My salary and duties were arranged by the offices and clerks' committee, to whom every office is referred for inquiry on the recurrence of vacancies. That committee fixed my salary at first at a rate below that which was paid to my predecessor, who, I believe, received 2,0001. a year, and was allowed to hold another appointment besides. lam precluded from the private practice of my profession by my multifarious duties to the corporation. My duties are as follow :—I have to attend the Court of Aldermen and the Court of Common Council when required ; I have to inspect all ruinous buildings, and report thereon to the Court of Aldermen ; I do not mean buildings belonging to the corpora tion, but all property in a dangerous state within the City. I have also professional duties connected with the prisons, such as Newgate, Giltspur-street, the Debtors' Prison, and the Borough Compter ; and I have recently erected the new prison at Holloway. Captain Williams has been pleased to speak very favourably of the prison at Holloway. Newgate is a fine old prison, but it is not adapted for the carrying out of an efficient discipline among the inmates. I agree with Captain Williams's evidence as to the defective internal arrange. ments of Newgate prison. All works over 501. are put out to tender by the corporation, and those under 501. are executed by the City tradesmen at fixed prices, which are sent in yearly to the City lands committoe. There were fourteen competitors for the erection of the new Holloway prison, and the lowest tender was ac cepted. I prepare the plans in every one of these cases. I also built the Coal Exchange and the new Billings gate market. lam also forming the new market for the corporation at Copenhagen-fields. No other archi tects compete with me for the erection of City works ; but formerly the case used to be different, as before I was City architect, and while yet a stranger to the cor poration, my plan for the erection of the City School was accepted. At that time the City had a clerk of the works in its employ. When the Royal Exchange was rebuilt, Mr. Tite was the architect of that structure, and the City had then only a clerk of the works. I should be sorry if the City were to engage any 15ther architect to execute works while I hold my present situation. In 1852 I certified an expenditure of 36,300 upon buildings for the corporation. lam elected annually by the Court of Common Council, and when I was first appointed I was called the clerk of the works, and then it was the practice to call in an architect to perform purely archi tectural services ; but now I perform the duties of both clerk of the works and architect to the corporation. If a new Mansion-house were to be built, I should try hard to get the erection of it into my hands ;- not that I would get a shilling more salary in that case, but be cause I would like to have the credit of its erection. The Chairman—Supposing the Royal Exchange to be again burnt down, would you be the archlteet employed to rebuild it ? Mr. Bunning—l apprehend not. The Royal Ex change was connected with the Gresham trust, which is not under the entire control of the City, but is in the hands of the Mercers' Company. The Court of Alder men contemplate the building of a new lunatic asylum near the Holloway new prison. I have also the care of the building of Immanuel Hospital, and of the City Almshouses, and the schools connected with them. I also superintend all street improvements. I have also charge of London-bridge, and at present I have a plan for throwing hanging footways, twelve feet wide, over both sides of London-bridge, which plan is now under the consideration of the City lands committee. The execution of this improvement would cost from 25,000/. to 30,0001. London-bridge was erected by Sir J. Rennie. If that bridge had to be rebuilt, that duty would not fall upon me. My other duties would prevent my having time to undertake such a work as the construction of a bridge across the Thames. I have to prepare the decorations for the Lord Mayor's annual banquet at Guildhall. I have to survey the City estate, consisting of 6,084 houses—to report dilapidations, and to assess the rentals. The Bridge house estate is also under my care. It comprises about 6,000 houses, which I have to survey from time to time ; and I have to attend the meetings of the commit tee which has charge of those estates. I likewise attend the coal, corn, [and finance committee, and I built the Coal Exchange under their direction. I also fixed the boundary marks, defining the limits within which the coal tax is levied. I attend the general purposes committee, who have the charge of the Mansion-house. The Man sion-house is in a very good condition. I also attend the markets committee. Leadenhall-market is very small and confined. Farringdon-market is very spacious, but dark, and the accommodation it affords is, to a very great extent, unoccupied. I am at the present moment designing a dead meat market on the site of Smithfield, which is to be substituted for the present Newgate market, where the accommodation is altogether insuffi cient for the growing ?wants of the trade. It is very difficult to move the trade, otherwise a part of the busi ness at the smaller and confined markets might easily be accommodated at the vacant space in Farringdon market. I have to attend the improvements committee and value all freehold and leasehold property which is required for public improvements. The committee is now opening a new thoroughfare in Cannon-street, from the statue in King William-street to St. Paul's Church yard. Improvements are also going on in Thread needle-street, Mark-lane, and Dowgate-hill, and a new street is being formed from Farringdon-street to Clerkenwell, on the site of which it is proposed to erect lodging-houses for the poor. The ground fortheselodging houses has already been purchased. A new street from Cannon-street to Blackfriars-bridge is also under con templation. The improvements committee have also the levelling of Holborn-hill under consideration, the cost of which will not be much under 350,0001. In carrying out this extensive improvement a large sum would be required for the purchase of goodwills along the line of the new street, none of which outlay could be repaid. The claims for compensation in the case of the new Cannon-street improvements, amounted altogether to about 1,177,1531., and the sum paid was 796,5551. Of this amount we recovered by the sale of sites and fron tages 300,0001., and the irrecoverable loss will, there- I fore, be about 200,000/. The corporation experiences great difficulty in raising the funds necessary for great improvements. The traffic between St. Paul's and Tem ple-bar is often much obstructed ; and the removal of the bar would greatly assist the circulation of vehicles. The coal tax is a very good impost forthe purpose of rais ing funds for effecting improvements. It is very little felt by those who have to pay it, and I would be inclined to perpetuate it. It would be more easily collected than an improvement rate. The traffic of the City is constantly increasing, but I am .not aware that any account has been kept of the number of obstructions occurring in the streets in the course of a single day. I am at pre sent erecting a school at Stockwell, by direction of the corporation, for the reception of 150 orphans, the chil dren of deceased freemen. Mr. C. Lewis—What will be the cost of the new market at Copenhagen-fields ? Mr. Bunning—A.t the present moment we estimate that the expense will be about 300,0001., including the cost of the ground. The witness then withdrew. Mr. Woodthorpe examined—l am one of the mi nuting clerks, in the town clerk's office, and have held that appointment since 1838. I attend to mi nute the proceedings of several committees, and keep I their records, under the direction of the town clerk. I have to act for the navigation committee, the consolidated committee, the police committee . ," the general purposes committee, the markets improve ment committee, and other casual committees, when required. There are three other minuting clerks besides myself. Our duties are heavier than those of the minuting clerks of the House of Commons. There are also in our department four copying clerks, a clerk to sort papers, and a messenger. The expenses of the office amount the 1,5001. a year. No deduction is made from the salaries in order to form retiring pensions. The clerks have no absolute claim to superannuation allowances, but they look to the corporation to make them some consideration on retirement after long ser vice. The grand committee of the Thames navigation and port of London committee meet once a month, and the business it transacts is very important. They have also a sub-committee. The consider the claims of persons applying for accommodation on the river, and for the erection of piers ; and they keep the navigation of the river generally in a very effi cient state, so far as their means, which are limited, will allow. There are funds applicable to specific purposes, such as the Thames navigation fund and the tonnage duty fund. There is no special fund for the removal of shoals. The Thames navigation fund is de voted to the making of locks, towing paths, &c., and the tonnage dues fund to providing moorings and an chorages. The removal of old London-bridge has affected the flow of the water up and down the river. The old bridge acted as a dam. Many of the members of the navigation committee have had great experience on matters connected with their duties, and Mr. Phillips, one• of their number, has been an extensive lighterman on the river for many years. Th e consol i dated com mittee was appointed to communicate with the netthe and carry one suits instituted. andor E,ga_ tchoerpaoffraaitreionc:f tahnedegerperraaltliyentowshuepnernvelesreseary.interfere in The Chairman—lt is, in fact, a kind of governing body ? Mr. Woodthorpe--Not so much as it is an advising bo Th dy. e Chairman—ln the case in which it has been g stated that the corporation h ad under consideration the propriety of establishing a newspaper, the proposition originated with the consolidated committee, did it not ? Mr. Woodtli orpe—No ; the subject was never brougbtund-ir their consideratio❑ as a committee. The Chairman—But was not the repayment of the advance; made the officers to support the " Citizen" made by the consolidated committee ? Mr. 'Woodthorpe—The only cases in which the com mittee made such repayments were when they voted 2501. to Mr. Scott, and 2801. to the Remembrance:. The Chairman—Had the committee received authority from the court previous to making these repayments ? Mr. Woodthorpe—lt was certainly considered that the terms of the original reference to the committee were sufficiently wide for the purpose. At the time the warrants for the payments were drawn there was an additional power given to the committee to draw on the chamber beyond the original reference relating to the publication of better reports of corporate proceedings. No express sum was, however, mentioned by the court in its reference to the committee. The general purposes committee have for the last two years been carrying on an important inquiry into the charges made, and the privileges maintained by the City porters and meters. They are now considering their report, which will shortly be presented. The resolutions which the committee have already agreed upon go very much in the direction of a compromise between the corporation and the corn trade. The feeling of the witnesses examined from the corn trade is, that the system of the meters and porters is very good, but their charges are too high, and that the metage dues are levied in a manner which is too com plicated. The police committee do not supervise the force itself, bnt they have the control of the clothing of the men, the stores, and the station-houses. These duties are performed in the metropolitan districts by the Metropolitan Police Commissioners, but it is considered that they are conducted more economically in the City by the police committee of the corporation. This com mittee also supervises the assessment of the police rate. Mr. John Sewell examined—l am the Clerk of the Chamberlain's Court. I have the issuing of summonses against persons who refuse to take up their freedom. I examine the qualifications of persons applying to be ad mitted as freemen, and attend the Chamberlain when he is hearing complaints against apprentices, and take minutes of the evidence. I also have charge of the City plate and regalia, &c. lam the only officer under the roof of Guildhall who is paid by fees. My fees have been reduced very much in consequence of the great fall ing-off in the number of persons who take up the freedom of the City. I receive 6s. Bd. from each person who be comes free by redemption, and 13s. 4d. on admission by patrimony and servitude. When I was appointed it was estimated that my income from fees would amount to 5001. a-year after all deductions for expenses, but I regret to say that my annual receipts do not now average more than between 3001. and 4001. a year. The number or freemen enrolled during the last seven years has averaged 679 per annum. Last year they numbered 883, the increase being occasioned by 4,000 summonses having been recently issued against parties who had neglected to take up their freedom. Great brewers who are enrolled members of the livery companies refuse to become free of the City, although they would save thou sands a year in the shape of City tolls by doing so ; but their objection is that they would be eligible to election to civic offices. The Chamberlain's jurisdiction over apprentices is very beneficial. The commitments of ap prentices to the city Bridewell are very few—not more than twenty a year. The number of apprentices bound in the City averages 427 per annum Mr. S. R. Goodman examined—l am principal clerk to the Lord Mayor, and attend the Lord Mayor and the aldermen while they sit on the bench at the Mansion house as magistrates. I am, in fact, their legal adviser. I examine the witnesses and advise the Lord Mayor and aldermen on all questions of law, leaving matters of fact to be decided by the magistrates themselves. My salary is 500/. a-year, in addition to which I receive fees, which make my total income amount to 7001. The Lord Mayor sits at the Mansion-house every day that he is not called away to attend some other court, and the aldermen act in his lordship's absence. The court at the Mansion-house is open every week day from twelve to two ; but if there is business to detain the magistrates beyond two o'clock, the court is not closed till every complaint has been heard. I am appointed by the Court of Aldermen, and hold office during good behaviour. The total cost of maintaining the Mansion-house police-court is 1,7381. a year. The tithes in eleven City parishes amount to 2s. 9d. in the pound, under an old act of Henry VIII., and the mode of recovering them is very peculiar. The Lord Mayor, by this act, has the power of perpetually imprisoning persons who cannot or will not pay their tithes ; the wording of the act being that every defaulter shall be imprisoned "until he has made his peace with the par son." (A laugh.) Mr. C. LeWis . —Yon mean until he has paid the money, which is the same thing? Mr. Goodman—Yes ; and we have frequent applica tions made to us to enforce this law. There is no power of levying the amount due from the party by distress. The duty of adjudicating in these cases is so repugnant to the feelings of the Lord Mayor, that he would rather pay the money due as tithes by the party than put the law in motion against him. Mr. C. Lewis—Certainly, the power seems to be an excessive one. Mr. Wood examined—l am chief clerk of the justice room at Guildhall, and have very much the same duties to discharge as the last witness. The establishment in our court consists of myself, two assistant clerks, a re-' ceiver, a summoning clerk, a gaoler, and a messenger. The annual expense of maintaining the court is about 1,850/. Mr. Clark examined—l am clerk of the peace for London and Southwark, and hold also the office of clerk of the Central Criminal Court ; but the latter is not an appointment made by the corporation of London. I have to issue precepts for the holding of sessions, and for the summoning of juries, &c. I receive no salary from the corporation as clerk of the peace. lam paid by fees, which, on an average of the last five years, have amounted to 3501. per annum. The convictions which take place at the Old Bailey upon the commitments made by aldermen are as numerous in proportion as the convictions upon the commitments of the police magis trates. Mr. Leach, engineer to the Thames navigation com mittee, examined—l am paid by salary and fees, and my present income from both these sources amounts to 7001. a year. I receive my instructions from the navi gation committee. I have the care of the locks, weirs, and towing-paths between London-bridge and Staines. The locks are maintained in repair by the City. There are very few engineering works executed on the river above Putney. I superintend and carry out all new works. I also watch all bills brought into Parliament affecting the river, and advise the committee regarding them. The water bailiff has a jurisdiction to prevent all obstructions on the river. I superintend the collection of tolls levied on barges in the river. I have also a general superintendence of all engineering works carried out on the river below London-bridge, and I am charged with the removal of improper projections and shoals. They begin at Erith and extend more or less all the way up to London-bridge. The removal of these shoals would be attended with very great expense. The operations of the committee are impeded by the restric tions impoed under act of Parliament on the appli cation of their funds. The state of the river is gradually becoming worse and worse, but this applies more parti cularly to the state of the navigation above London bridge. The removal of old London-bridge has had a great effect upon the river. The tide runs higher and ebbs lower above London-bridge than it used to do before that alte ration, and this produces the sinking of the present bridges. The effect of the removal of the old bridge extends also in some degree to the river below bridge. The floods which have been caused above bridge have inflicted loss upon the proprietors of private property abutting on the river. It is no part of the duty of the City, as conservator of the Tharn4s, to embank the river. Its main duty is to prevent encroachments on the soil and bed of the river, or to regulate them, and to see that nothing is done on the banks to impede the navigation. Blackfriars and Westminster bridges are in a dan gerous state. Blackfriars-bridge has been propped up, but there is nothing to prevent it sinking again. No doubt, the removal of old London-bridge has had a very considerable effect upon the state of these bridges, and one reason why the navigation committee have hesi tated in the removal of the shoals arises from apprehen sions of the effect it would have on the bridges. Look ing to the absence of complaints as to the state of the river above bridge, it may be fairly said that the com mittee discharge their duties satisfactorily. The corpo ration has not sufficient powers or sufficient funds for carryinc , out a perfect conservancy of the river. The estimated ' outlay which it would be necessary to make in order to put the river in a proper state for the navi gation of sea-going vessels would be as follows :- 1 40,000/. for the river westward of London -bridge ; 18,0001. for piers and for deepening the mo orin g s ; and e 180,0001. for removing the shoals and deepening channels. A further sum would be required for the locks and weirs. I attach considerable importance to the visits of inspection performed on the river by the mem bers of the navigation committee. They see on these occasions what is necessary to be done at any part of the river, and can tell generally what is wanted as well as I can myself. On all engineering matters, how ever, the committee ent irel y z:elyl 11 -ow my judgment.. e s thesecre tary t With h at regard to the opinion Dock Company,rvenby 3 w l' ho i suggested of the London a compound committee should be formed for the manage ment of the river and the navigation, which committee should contain upon it members chosen from the Trinity Board, as well as from the dock comp an i es, and other commerc i a l bodies interested in shipping, in addition to members of the City corporation, I have to state that I consider the navigation committee, as at present consti tuted, is a much more independent body than that which Mr. Powles recommends. Members from the Trinity Board, no doubt, would be independent if mixed with members of the corporation ; but the same would not probably be the case with the representatives chosen from the commercial bodies alluded to, and it is most desirable that the local interests should not be allowed to sway the committee. Mr. C. Lewis—But may you not have a committee so very independent that they would take little or no interest in the duties which they have to discharge ? Mr. Leach —That may be ; but certainly such a charge is not merited by the present navigation committee. In addition to the committee, however, there might be a board of reference appointed to consider disputed points. Mr. C. Lewis—But is not the conservancy of the river a duty which requires on the part of those who are entrusted with it the possession of special and tech nical knowledge, in order to qualify them for dis charging it with efficiency? Mr. Leach—As to that point, the case is, in my opinion, precisely analogous to that which is constantly occurring every day in railway companies and other bodies, the directors of which do not exercise any special control over the details of engineering, but only exercise a general control. Mr. C. Lewis—Then, with the advice of skilled pro fessional men, you think the present navigation com mittee is fully competent to administer the affairs entrusted to it ? Mr. Leach—l do. When questions of importance come before it, the committee always calls in the assist ance of the very highest professional advice. Mr. C. Lewis—lt has been stated to us, in the evi dence of Mr. Pratt, the secretary to the General Steam Navigation Company, that the regulations of the corpo ration of London and the regulations of the Admiralty Board, with regard to the lights required to be exhibited by steamers navigating the River Thames, are contra dictory and conflicting. Is that the case ? Mr. Leach— It is a mistake. There really can be no conflict on the subject. The jurisdiction of the Admiralty as to lights ends where the jurisdiction of the corporation of London begins ; and therefore the two sets of regula tions do not apply to the same part of the river. The City regulations have been approved by the Trinity house, and are embodied in bye-laws. It is the fault of the persons connected with the vessels themselves if any confusion occurs on the subject of the lights. In regard to the former part of my evidence, I wish to explain that the sinking of Blackfriars-bridge only commenced about two years ago. The commissioners then adjourned till Tuesday next. FREE TRADE FREAHOLD LAND SOCIETY. Last evening a public meeting was held at the Port man Hall, Carlisle-street, Paddington, for the purpose o receiving an explanation of the objects of this flourishing society. The chair was taken shortly after seven o'clock by the Rev. James Shergoid Boone. The CHAIRMAN, in opening the proceedings of the evening, said he had been invited, probably from his con nection with the parish of Paddington, to take the chair that evening. He thought he should best discharge the duties that devolved upon him, by taking up as small a space of time as was possible, in order to allow those gentlemen, whose purpose it was to give explanations respecting the operations of the Free Trade Freehold Land Society, an opportunity of so doing. His motive for doing so was, that he would be followed by gentlemen better acquainted and far better able to speak to such a subject than he could do. In the few observations he should feel it his duty to make, he should confine himself mainly to the objects set forth in the prospectus. In that document, he found that it was proposed to give every person so disposed a freehold, and also, it provided a secure place where he could lodge his hard-earned savings. Now, looking to the public bene fits this society conferred, and although he had been told that this society possessed advantages over many others, he did not think he should be doing his duty if he attempted, for one instant, to prop it up by deprecating them. If he were asked what was the most hopeful and distinguishing feature of the present age, he should say, it was not the great achieve ments of mechanical ingenuity—not the great improve ments in mechanical science, but our great social im provement. If this society did not offer great advan tages—advantages applicable to all who were assembled here that night--he should not have been present. The possession and exercise of the franchise was an honest and a lawful ambition in this free country, it tended to make men better citizens, better husbands, better fathers, and at the same time provided them with a decent healthy habitation. No man knew better than he did the position of the working mechanic, and he wished to God it was better. He knew here, in Paddington, that a married man was compelled to pay four shillings a week for an unhealthy kitchen—it was nothing better, because single men were considered better lodgers ; and if the society did nothing else than to emancipate the hard working, honest, labouring man from this wretched state of things, it demanded their earnest and energetic support. He (the chairman) knew well that the best schemes had been wrecked on the rock of bad manage ment, but here they had a good directory, composed of good men, and that was a grand thing in a society of this description. He was sure that this sleeting would excuse him, as a clergyman, from going into further de tail, but he felt convinced that this society would do great good to the country, but a greater good to indi viduals. Having said thus much, he would call upon Mr. Vigers, the surveyor, to explain to them plans of the estates. Mr. VMERS, having entered into the details of the plan of the two attractive estates owned by the society at Annerley and Camberwell, Lieut.-Col. STARR on rising said, he begged leave to read to them the resolution that had been confided to him—it was " That freehold land societies hold out the greatest possible inducement to the cultivation of habits of temperance, industry, and frugality amongst the in dustrious classes, by enabling them to secure, by a safe and easy method, a freehold and a home. No doubt in rising to move the resolution he had just read, he would be expected to address to them a few observations. He felt it extremely difficult to do so after the judicious remarks of the chairman—remarks that had been so well directed to the proper point. He would be the last man in the world to resort to sophistry, or to artificial means to mark the onward march of the present age, or the improvements of the nineteenth century. They had done much to improve mankind, and, whether a man be born a peer or a peasant, both were now appre ciated. It was a happy state of things to know that the humblest artisan now could rise to the highest position —to know that he could obtain the object of his ambi tion, a vote, a freehold, and a home. (Cheers.) This was a prize to him equal to the laurels of a states man. Wealth and position had been gained by men as humble as the humblest in that assemblage. A peer with no other recommendation than his ances tors—a drone in the hive, on being asked his opinion of one of the brilliant efforts of a Member of Parliament, said it was very well for a barber's son ; but what was that member's caustic retort ? why, that if he had been a barber's son, he would have been a barber to-day. (Cheers and laughter.) He (Col. Starr) dared not allow himself to dwell on the contemplation of an English home, referred to in the resolution, for they all knew and appreciated it. The word home was peculiarly English ; it was known in no other language. To the Frenchman it was a cafe, the restaurant and the boule vard, and one might envy the owner of a pretty cottage in Camberwell, when he could say, this is my own, the fruit of my own industry ; this I can leave to my children with a consolation, that none can take it from them. Colonel S. then glowingly eulogised the beauties of a well-regulated English home, and closing his remarks with a quotation from one of the Scottish poets, said he dare go no further, and after apologising for detaining the meeting so long, resumed his seat amidst loud applause. Captain CULPEPER said it afforded him great satisfac tion in seconding the resolution. As a parishioner of Pad dington he might be known to many in that room, and he recommended all who thought of investing money in a savings' bank to pause and consider before doing so. Societies like the Free Trade Freehold Land Society were far to be preferred, they afford a safer, better, and more solid security. There was no fear that loss would fol low, and they might rest assured that the money placed with this society was as safe, if not safer, than if they had it in their own keeping. Th.- sucoess that had at tended the foundation of this society was perfectly as tonishing, the more so, when it was remembered that they had been but five months in existence. They had shareholders in the far east, beyond the mountains of the Himalayas, in France, Spain, and America, and he should not rest satisfied till they had shareholders en rolled in every quarter of the globe. (Cheers.) The CHAIRMAN then put the resolution, and declared it carried. JOHN LLOYD CLAYTON, Esq., R.N„ moved the next resolution, " That the Free Trade Freehold Land So ciey, from the success which has attended it, the eligi bility of its purchases, and the principles on which it is based, fully entitles it to the support of the public generally, and of the industrious classes in particular." Captain HOLDER very briefly begged to second the resolution. The CHAIRMAN then put it to the meeting, and it was carried unanimously. The SECRETARY (Mr. Smith) then addressed the meeting, pointing out the advantages held forth in i ts non-political views, and dwelt very forcibly on the great good to be derived by the working men of England joining such societies. He informed the meet. ing that the first ballot would take place on the 30th inst., at the Whittington Club, and any person entering prior to that date would stand an equal chance with s a a t i d mighthe should h b o e u ld feel happy put to He also that those who first entere a d ny it aue . happy in answering him. _ _ Colonel STARR said, as nobody seemed disposed to ask a question, he would do so—it was, will you not give your thanks to the chairman ? (Cheers.) Capt. CULPEPER had the greatest pleasure imagina ble in seconding the wishes a the meeting. He then proceeded to put the question, when it was carried by loud cheers. The CHAIRMAN said it was extremely gratifying to him to receive such a flattering vote of thanks. He thanked them sincerely for their kindness. The meeting then separated. The failure of Messrs. Thomson, Brothers, and Sons, calico printers at Clitheroe, for 60,0001., is believed not to fall upon any persons whatever in London. _ _ LAKE BATHURST AUSTRALASIAN GOLD COMPANY.—It was resolved by the Committee of the Stock Exchange yesterday, that the Lake Bathurst Australasian Gold Company should be struck from the official list, the quo tation of the shares having originally been ordered upon the faith of documents received from the secretary of the company, purporting to represent that more than 40,000 of them had been issued and paid upon by the public, the truth of which has since been openly denied by one of the directors. THE BANK OF FRANCE.— The fresh rise in their rate of discount adopted on Thursday by the Bank of France appear to have been wholly unexpected in Paris. On this side, however, owing to the reduction of 3,000,0 00 i. in their stook of bullion since October, when the last alteration was announced, there has been constant sur prise at the step having been so long delayed. The tendency of the measure will be to cause renewed re mittances of gold from London, but many of the advan tages that might have been attained from it an an earlier period in promoting economy and checking false confi dence have now been lost. Some of the most influential of the French journals even up to the present week have congratulated the country on the assistance given by the Bank to commerce, while an efflux of specie would otherwise have created anxiety and pressure, but, like similar theorists in former times in England, they have now perhaps arrived at a better estimate of the cha racter of all such paniAtiVeg. ..~ -7