The Sun. — London, England, 1854-01-25 00:00:00

ally with 1 not say nces. tamenda- I decided aph from i contem umber of ,he Lloyd ps of war a had en- ities state out a plan General just been Ikase Go aea. This r has for is, and to s this cor- national :I the pre t at work d reposes poral ab the terror eh are ill . On tho e arrested tances are ple, even 'IT, after r of their , eril, it is s in vain are cODSO - theta i the most at Citalo to eject the 'save failed, g five sue , concentra of, warlike tering have ,ns not sue , but by re . have given and to the on the out hours (eight ey did two Cit i° near ff t es t of road lea ' the b at h 6 but in t .. ? and tern' n e RussiO' r ed on ei the j but rf' reports va cif ;free of th : a o e d to keep but Was iess 0 It aPP tb ° , r i o us as o i ,ussian tryy ud this b o f the course in pen ci d the Res s o t d to the li t, ao , Liu t 0 0 ied retreea masked 11 '0 Nothiets Th e tool ed , istingtll9l3 'ye° vas gi clea v a tteo pe / OP e e 0 110 INII , - 00 0 0 est 00 0 the e/ P r Th e oeff• 31f f(). ti /e 10 )reS e ll ose 11 l ow vre tof 111 / the " IA 0 - o n do use its 10 OCI ctito.o ~r with the Empress, which was not true. A great num ber of our countrymen were present at the ball, and among them was Lord Gough, with whom both the Emperor and Empress conversed for some time. The Emperor inquired a good deal about the veteran's campaigns in the East, and, alluding to the posi tion of affairs with Russia, expressed .the pleasure it gave him -that Englandl and France should be allies i n so just a cause. The whole of the Russian Embassy was present at the ball, as well as their chief. It was reported in Paris yesterday that a mes aangerwa,s despatched from St. Petersburg to Sebas topol with directions to Prince Menschikoff not to avoid an engagement with the united fleets, whatever' Might be the result. It is also said that the Grand Duke Constantine, who was at Sebastopol at the period of the arrival of the Retribution, declared that without waiting for the orders of his father, he would give all the orders necessary for the maintenance of the dignity of the empire ; adding, " We can accept a defeat, but not a humiliation." A letter from Prince Gortschakoff to a Russian Hof distinction in Paris was read on Monday evening i n 4 VlUipni,st salon, in which he seems to intimate the expectation of obtaining some great success before long. " I have hitherto," he says, " had to contend against snow and mud. When the ground shall have been properly cleared away, you will see that I shall make a successful effort.". A council of superior officers was held a few days ago at the War-office. The abject of the con sultation was; it is affirmed, .to devise the means for the transport of a body of troops, should cir cumstances render it necessary, to some part of the Turkish territory ; and it is said that the whole of the railroad companies have received in structions to have means of transport ready at the shortest notice for troops. The evident object of giving such notice to all the companies, that the particular direction in which they may be sent should not be known. Gene ral Canrobert is still, as before, spoken of as .the Commander-in-Chief of the corps d'armee, and General Pelissier, the well-known African General, as his intended Chief of the Staff. It is admitted that a better Commander and a better Chief of the Staff could not be selected. It is announced that the directors of the Bank of France have resolved to diminish the advances made on the deposit of public securities by 10 per cent. to the amount of 50,000 f. The directors reserve to themselves the right to fix the amount to be advanced on deposits exceeding 50,000 f. There was a rumour that a despatch had been received from St. Petersburg announcing the re signation of M. de Nesselrode, and its acceptance by the Emperor. An imperial decree approves of the modifications lately introduced into the statutes of the Strasburg Railway Company, in consequence of its annexing to its network of lines, thou) from Paris to Mul bausen, Nancy to Gray, and Paris to Vincennes and to St. Etienne. _ _ The ;Peculators at the Bourse, were more con fident yesterday in the maintenance of peace, in consequence of a report that the reply of the Czar to the English and' French Governments is not so peremptory in its terms as was expected, and may lead to further negotiations. The Three per Cents. opened at 681. 35c., rose to 69f. 10c., and closed at 69f. for the end of the month. The Four and-a-nalf per Cents. closed at 97f. 25c.; Orleans Railway shares, 1,035 f. ; Rouen, 920 f. ; Havre, 417 f.; Great Northern, 740 f.; Paris and Strasburg, 725 f.; Paris and Lyons, 825 f.; Lyons to the. Me diterranean, 635 f. ; Western of France, 547 f. 50c.; Bordeaux and Cette 540 f. ; Great Central, 440 f. ; Lyons and Geneva, 448 f. 75c. ; Shares of the Bank of Credit. Mobilier, 635 f. PRUSSIA. The Second Chamber .held a secret sitting on the 21st, and adopted, by a very large majority, the treaty Concluded with the Government of Oldenburg, for the cession of territory on the banks of the Jande. The Polish deputies alone voted against it. The committee at the head of its report set forth the following questions :-1. Is the establish ment of a military post in the North Sea called for by imperious necessity ? . 2. Is this necessity satis fied in a proper manner by this. treaty 7 3. Do the obligations entered into by Prussia in this treaty agree with the object which it is proposed to effect ? The committee solved the first and second ques tions unanimously ; no vote was come to on the third. The committee resolved 'Unanimously, less one vote, to recommend 'to the . Chamber the adop tion of the measure. It is stated that the secret sitting only lasted a quarter of an hour, and that no serious discussion was raised. _ The large landed proprietors of Prussia, whose interests have been so strongly defended by the New Prussian Gazette, have just presented M. Wagner, ex-editor of that journal, with 100,000 thalers (375,000 f.), to indemnify him for the an noyances to which he has been subjected by' his devotedness to their cause. The Berlin Correspondence contradicts in the most formal manner a report which had been cur rent in the capital for some days that the King in tendod to abdicate in favour of his brother, the Prince of Prussia. ITALY. We read the following in the Piedmontese Gazette of the 21st, in alluSion to an article in the Journal de Francfort, conceived in an Austrian sense : "We are not in the habit of answering those foreign journals which so often attack Piedmont, its institutions, and its Government. We possess neither the style nor the expressions appropriated to such discussions. We, never theless, think it our duty not to pass over in silence the article of the Journal de Prancfort, which has been reproduced in the Official Milan Gazette. We will say nothing of the incorrect historical details, nor of the strange infere nc es with which that article bounds • the sense of th e res t, t a k en to ge ther, is, that the House of Savoy seeks its support in the spirit of revolution ; whence the writer infers the propriety of certain unjust acts of violence—committed against Piedmont. (This is an allusion to the sequestration of the property of Piedmontese subjects.) All we have to say, without c ircumlocution or arguments is this—that the House of Savoy has no other support but the feeling of its own in dependence, the attachment of the people, and its re spect for the laws, for property, and oaths." In its sitting of the 20th, the Piedmontese Chamber of Deputies passed the bill for the con cession of a railway from Vercelli to Valenza by Casale. The bill for the suppression of the corn duties was also definitively passed by 72 votes against 25. DENMARK. AND SWEDEN. The reply of Russia to the declaration of neutra hty on the part of Denmark had arrived at Copen hagen on the 20th. Russia, it is said, refuses to consent to that neu trality, and calls on Denmark to take one aide or the other. It is said that the envoys of Austria and Prussia were sent for by the King. The conference is sup- Posed to have turned on the question of neutrality. The Ministers of England and France had pre viously had an audience relative to the same matter. In the sitting of the Danish Folkothincr of the 17th, the Government announc e d th a t it intended adjourning to better times the presentation of the common constitution for the whole monarchy, in the hope that in the interim irritation and pre judices would have calmed down. The Swedish Diet, in its sitting of the 15th, had propositions presented to it by the Government making modifications in the customs' t ar iff i n a free trade sense. Reductions on several articles and protective duties are proposed instead of the prohibitive duties which before existed. SPAIN. At Madrid, on the 19th, there was a good deal of talk on the measures of the Government. Some persons contended that the Cabinet would confine itself to the adoption of measures of an adminis trative character of grave importance—such as the suppression•of the royal and municipal councils, the diminution of duties on articles of consumption, - and other measures of a like kind. The greater number of. other persons thought the said acts would be followed by the adoption of political mea sures—that is - to say, a dissolution of the Senate, a complete transformation of the electoral system, and the convocation of the constitutional Cortes. It was also. rumoured that the ministry would "andon its projected measures, not feeling itself strong enough to resist the opposition. General Cordova was spoken of as the chief of the new Cabinet, in the, event of one being or ganised. Amidst the various contradictory rumours, .it was generally.admitted that the " situation" had never been so grave since the establishment of a representative Government in Spain. The Gazette states that the floating debt on the 31st of December last was 359,705,236 reals, and that d ur i ng th e mon th of December Treasury Bills were negotiated at 8 per cent. with private persons, and at 6 per cent. with the bank. The Espana says that orders had been sent to General Prim to await in Paris new instructions from the Government. It was believed that the Gazette would, on the 20th, announce the dismissal of General Baron de Meer from the presidency of the Supremo Tribunal of War and Marine. It will be remembered that he voted in the Senate against the GoVernment. General Villa Campa, Governor of the Invalides, is spoken of as his suc cessor. General gponnell had not yet left. Generals de la Concha and Infante had gone to the Canaries and the Balearic Islands. General Ar mero was still nt Madrid. ' The Duke of Parma reviewed, on the 18th, the garrison of Madrid. The Three per Cents. were done at ; the New Three per Cents. at 20 ; the Debt of the First Class at 81 ; and that of the Second at 41. '') THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING,_ JANUARY 25, 1854. i ,: s f rfitsl°—s4lli tt ir l i II i r -'., ,‘,.., ~ 4 /,, t., 4 ~, 4 , ki: n. , '''' SUN OFFICE, Six o'Clock. STATE OF TEA DE. (From the Manchester Guardian of this day.) • MAxcHESTER, Jan. 24.—The fall of one per cent. in Consols' yesterday, with some further decline to-day, and 'a concurrent heavy drop in shares, occasioned by the apparently close approach of war, cannot, of course, have done otherwise than exercise a depressing influ ence upon our market. A general disposition to hold back from business has been more apparent among all classes of buyers to-day than it was before, yet there has been no pressure to sell on the part of spinners and manufacturers. They are too much under con tract for that. Still, they are freer sellers than before ; and, although prices cannot be quoted lower, they are hardly maintained with quite so firm a hand as they were of late. The India and China mails are tele graphed ; but the statement about business is, as usual, unintelligible. The American advices show the re ceipts at the ports to be still falling off, in consequence of the low state of the rivers. The quantity in the inte rior is unusually large ; and the receipts at different points on the river, for embarkation, are also large. The crop is likely to exceed that of last year ; and, the fine ness of the season having caused more pains to be be stowed upon pickini , and cleaning, the cotton is much freer from dust leaf ' and dirt than is usual under less favourable circumstances. HALIFAX, Jan. 21.—We have nothing favourable to report this week of the state of the worsted trade. In every department, from the raw material.to the finished gods, there is a great heaviness, and very little disposi tion to operate. ROCHDALE, Jan. 23.—We have not had so brisk a market to-day, except in heavy and low priced goods, which have met with a ready sale at former prices. The wool market remains inactive, but prices continue firm. LLOYD'S STIIPPING.-(THIS DAY. LONDON, Jan. 25.--Wind this .day at Noon, S.W., and fine. There was a slight frost last night. RAMSGATE, Jan, 21.—Wind, S.W., strong gale. Ar rived—Waterwitch, from London, for Melbourne. PORTSMOUTH, Jan. 24.—Wind, S.W. to W. Arrived— Bille Brak, from Leith, for Charleston, U.S. The Gloria Deo, from Newcastle to Cagliari, arrived here to-day, having on board the master and crew of the Anne of and from Poole, for London, with which vessel she was in con tact last evening, Beachy Head bearing N.W. by W., die. tant about 8 miles; the Ann went on shore under Fair light Cliff, at Rye. PLYMOUTH, J an. 24.--Wind, W.S.W. Arrived—Carle Emilie, from Savannah ; Two Cornealsons,_Oran. FALMOUTH, Jan. 24.—Wind, W.5.W.7 fresh gales. Arrived—Hilda Charlotte, from New York ; Perseverance, Terceira, leaky ; Auguste Ferdinand, Boulogne. HULL, Jan, 24.—Wind, S.W. Arrived—Queen Vic toria, from New Orleans ; Jane and Mary, Terceira. SWANSEA, Jan. 24.—Wind, S.E. Arrived—Julia y Pepita, from Sebastian. CLYDE, Jan. 23.—Wind, S. Arrived—Albion, from New York. Sailed—City of Sydney (s), for Melbourne. YARMOUTH, Jan. 23.—The vessel with which the John Reid, of Sunderland, from Seaham to London, was in con tact off Flamborough Head, on the 19th, was the Ardin caple ; the John Reid sunk. DUNDRUM BAY, Jan. 21.—The Catherine Flanagan (schooner), of Cardiff, hove in sight at noon, apparently in distress, and abandoned, and struck on the shore ; a boat having been found about a mile and a half to the west ward, it is supposed the crew landed. MILFORD, Jan. 23.—H.M. cruiser Royal Charlotte picked up several pieces of wreck, 15 miles S.W. of Tenby ; the name, " Cly all," marked on a small piece. LOWESTOFT, Jan. 24.—The Hebe, of London, for Shields, coal laden, struck upon Newcome Sand last night, where she still remains, and will become a total wreck ; crew saved. OPORTO, Jan. 13. The Amelia, from Carthagena to Newcastle, with grass and lead, sprang a leak at sea, was. run on shore Jan. 11, three leagues S. of this port, and soon after broke up ; mate drowned ; master and remain der of the crew saved. Part of materials landed. LISBON, Jan. 19.—The Thomas Gleadow, from Ibrail for Queenstown or Falmouth, with wheat, was struck by a sea 30th Dec., shifted her cargo, had one man washed overboard, bore up for this port, and came to anchor inside Fort St. Julian, but was subsequently driven but through the South Chanfiel, and went on shore to the south of the Bugie Fort ; ship and cargo totally lost ; crew saved. The Aldborough, of Shields, from Newcastle to London, with coals, brought up in the bay yesterday, but drove, and this morning struck the ground, having five feet of water in her ; the cable was slipped, and she drove on the main ; crew saved. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Wednesday, 10.45 A.M. Wind, S.S.W., fresh breeze, and fine. Arrived—Rod Jacket (clipper), from Now York, in 16 days ; Swordfish, Pernambuco, in 27 days ; Juliana, San tander ' • Augusta, Lisbon; Irt, Demerara ; Amalia Ha vannah; Rappahannock, New York ; Dit On, Vigo ; Zephyr, Burgos; Grace, Callao ; Era, New Orleans. Putting back—Ellen and Stranger, for Africa. ('..IY SUBMARINE AND EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Wednesday, 9.50 a.m. Wind, W., fine ; two hours' ebb. Arrived—Ascencion, from Matanzas; Furet, Grave lines ; Commerciant, Bilboa ; Boxburg Castle, Melbourne; Ravensbourne (s.), ntwerp ; Moselle (8.), Ostend. Sailed—Queen (s.), for Harlingen ; St. Abbs, Calcutta. DEAL, Wednesday, 9 a.m. Wind, N. VP., fine. No arrivals. Sailed—The Taymouth Castle, Champlain, Moro Castle, Sea Queen, Superior, Spheroid, Velocity, with the out. ward bound, underway. MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. To•day's market was very scantily supplied with home grown wheats in but middling condition. Although, the business doing was limited, factors were firm, and Mon day's prices were well supported. The imports of foreign wheat are rather under 5,000 quarters. On the whole the demand ruled steady, at full quotations. - Floating cargoes were quite as dear as last week. We had a slow gale for barley and malt on former terms. The oat trade was firm, at extreme rates. Beans and peas commanded very little aitention. Flour sold steadily, at full prices. ARRIVALS THIS VIM. Barley. Malt. 1,440 2,8:40 300 4,970 . 400 IVheat. 920 Oats. 580 Flour. 1,210 English .. Irish .... Foreign .. 179 d 1,3908ka d :5,560bh 50 50 20 20 SHARE MARKETS.-(TBLS DAY). - - t r • BRITISH RAILWAYS. Closing Prices tills day. /0•••••••• St • 20 19i -20 i Af -- 4i 8 - 9 12 - 10 31 16 18 . 6 5d 92 94 504 t 14 —l6 bO 14 —l5 4i* 8 - 9 - 12; 24 - 28 60 - 62 60 - 62 21' = ii 57 - 6980 A - 125 - 127 9 8 - 100 79 -... 79A 87 = 92 U 3 pl 60k 1 69i 7ka d ••• par -- 7 p 97 —99 99 # 99i a p ar d— ip 7 5 7 13 12 6 d 10 9 dl ksi 59} 591 32 34 54 56 d par 6 —5 d 2i— 3 6 8 44 —46 3 -3i d 29 30 8— 10 - 21 64.-- 52 ... --dl - 8 1 d Par 32 - 34 20 St. St. St. - 91 54 -- 56 55 - 60 55 60 24 2div 13 15 64 10 12 74 3k 3id 261 131 20 20 Business done this day. 13 - 15 57 58 31 3 -- 2 (1. A. - 5 St. 10 St. 25 27 - 30 .. ~- ... St. 25 25 S t. 2i - 2i 144 - 154 5i - 5t 25-- 27 6 .•• ••• - 7 92 51 2 1 1 42 i 4i 12 82 I :0 9 1 80 f 7911 621 1 2 60i 7 1 1 Bt . x in 97 8i 100 i 1 1001 lli 7 6 i i 60 1 soi 1 45 6 30 29 30 294 14 54 31A 1 61 62 93. 9d 4t 41ci 434 444 441 4 i i 4 16 St. 20 121 St. 1100 100 100 6 100 2i - 3 12 25 12i 12j 12i St. 10 25 10 1.0.6 12} all all all all 100 100 100 100 100 100 all 100 1 10 1 1 121 —12 i 8A 9i Pax 137 139 li id -- xd 10 all 14 all MINES. 98 _-100 Par — # P 9i - 10 16t - 10i 16i 10 11 - 13 #d - 2n - 231 17 - 19 - d 93 - 96 3i - 4 i —idiszdl Agua Fria Anglo Austrin. Gold Anglo Californian Australasian Australian Australian Cordillera Australian Freehold Ave Maria P 6 d Par la d 4 iP 2 2a 6 d d ((. 1 pm pm Baden (Gd.Dnehy of)1 Blrenarvon Iron and Coal British Anstrin. Gold British Iron Brazilianlmp.(issued at £5 pm Do. Cocaes & Cuiada Do. St. John Del Rey Carsous's Creek Cobra Copper Colonial Gold 9 11 i— i d 8 10 5 6 2 3 29 31 d 45 47 par p I'4 —13 A 60 70 4 5p Copiapo Copper Min. of Eng Do. Pref. 7l p. cent. English and Austin. Copper Smeltg. Co General Gt.Nu,ggetVeinSerp Do. Registered Great Polgooth Lake Bathurst Liberty Linares. fiend. &Californ. Go ki Quartz Crush. Co Mar iquita Mexicau&S.Amerien. New Granada New Linares Mining and Smelting Co Nouveau Monde Poutgiband Silver Lead Min. & Smelt Port Philip Quartz Rock Ithymney Iron Do. New Santiago de Cuba South Australian.., Tin Croft United Mexican Waller West Granada West Mariposa Worthing Mining of Australia Yuba all all all all 128. 1184 —2/ 14 16xd! id. par li li 4 5 ... 11 4 d 61 Gixd a (1, id I: ip' 41 4 li i Gi xd 11 1 6 -4 d par f p 28 —3oxd 8 10 4i 5i 7 i i li * 3 3i — d d d —d, EOUS. SPORTING NOTES. OUT AT OUNDLE. Al hough th , 3 supply and character of the sport at Oundle were somewhat moderate, yet they were Bra cient to rouse excitement and stimulate interest. The meeting was successful, and the various arrangements connected with it were carried out in a satisfactory and creditable manner. Indeed, the " officials" and pro moters of the gathering worked energetically and with a cordial co-operation to attain the result indicated. The sport was on the whole conducted with an attention to fair-play and honesty really novel and creditable in these degenerate days of steeplechasing. Even the running for the GRAND RACE on Mcnday occa sioned general satisfaction. The "fixture," how ever, was injudicious—the principal metropolitan specu lators being disinclined to leave London on Monday, and absent themselves from Tattersall's on that day. Still, many betting men, including the " Leviathan book-maker," were present, and fortune compensated them for their journey. The weather on the "opening day" had the mildness and freshness of spring, and rendered every one plea santly disposed for the enjoyment of the sport. The proceedings, however, were marked by no incident of importance. By carrying off the Grand Race, Plough. boy repeated the victory obtained by him over the same course last year. His success on this occasion was, however, nearly jeopardised by Topsy, who was defeated by only half a length—according to the judge's decision. Her jockey's " waiting orders" were certainly injudi cious, for had she "come" earlier in the race, and forced the pace, she would, in my opinion, have been just capable of beating the "old 'un," who began to tire perceptibly at the severe finish. Topsy is a small but well-made mare, with splendid loins. The Old Rake proved himself to be what I have always deemed him, a horse of the slenderest pretensions. The General was apparently incapable of galloping oyez:the heavy ground, and was stopped before reaching the win ning field. Janus was the favourite for the Selling Race, but the hopes of his backers were soon destroyed, for he fell at the brook, and was there placed hors de combat. The race in between Slashing Painter and Nom de Guerre was well contested, the former winning by a length. Yesterday a drizzling rain fell throughout the after noon, diminishing the attendance of general company, and cooling the sporting ardour of the few shivering spectators that had assembled—in spite of wind and weather—to witness the proceedings. Merely local in terest attached to the sport, which, however, at times occasioned some brisk speculation. The only important casualty during the meeting occurred in the first steeple chase, in which Cashmere fell into the brook, and broke her back. The return of the racing, which has already been before the public, will sufficiently indicate the character of the sport without further comment. During the two days scarcely a bet was laid on " com ing events," although repeated inquiries were made for Newminster for the Chester Cup, and Lord George for the Liverpool Steeplechase. The Talbot was the head-quarters of the visitors, but many persons preferred taking up their lodgings for the night at Peterborough. And no wonder, for, perhaps, ex perience had rendered them wise. The Talbot provides a very good dinner at a high price. On hastening from the course yesterday, in order to catch the 5.45 train, for London, half-an hour's leisure induced me to stop at the Talbot, and, at the solicitation of the Waiter, join the "select few" that had just sat down to dinner. My meal was despatched in less than a quarter of an hour, for I was " doing" a match against time. I called for my bill, and was requested to step into the " bar," where, for my hasty " smack," I was charged a sum only a few shillings short of a pound. Others, I found, had not been less mercilessly treated than myself; so I paid my money, exclaiming, in the words of Sir John Falstaff, " Shall I not enjoy mine ease at mine inn but I shall have my pocket pick'd ?" The extortionate charges to which sporting men are constantly subjected shall always be unflinchingly exposed by Jan. 25. A FRESHMAN. PORTUGAL. By the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Tagus, Captain Joy, arrived at Southamp ton last night, we have dates from Gibraltar 16th, Cadiz 17th, Lisbon 19th, Oporto 20th, and Vigo 21st inst. The Tagus brings 23 passengers, and on freight 5 packages specie, 934 half-chests oranges, 124 packages dates, 14 casks wine , 37 boxes eggs, and 394 packages general merchandise. On the 13th inst., this steamer spoke the French ship Pauline, off lavre, leaky, and in want of provisions. When the Tagus left Lisbon on the 19th Rear- Admiral Corry was to put to sea that day in the Prince Regent, accompanied by the Duke of Wel lington, Imperieuse, Amphion, Tribune, Valorous, anti Desperate, it being expected that the Odin, Captain Scott, would alone be left in port, the St. Jean d'Acre, Arrogant, and Cruiser having previ ously left. Although it was reported that one or two of these vessels would rejoin Admiral Corry during the cruise, it was thought more likely the squadrons would return home than to the Lisbon station. The Banshee arrived in the Tagus on the 17th with Admiralty despatches in little more than three days from Portsmouth, and went on to the Medi terranean on the 18th. The General Screw Shipping Company's steamer Crcesus arrived at Lisbon on the 16th, 4/ days from Southampton, to embark the Matilda Wattenbach's mails, but would be detained there a day or two beyond, the 19th to repair some damage to her machinery. Several vessels had been lost upon the coast of Portugal, but the heavy gales and rain had been succeeded by a clear sky before the departure of this packet. The American lugger John G. Heokscher, 23 days from London, for New York, put into Lisbon on the 17th to repair damages. Money on London was very scarce upon the Lisbon Exchange at 541 to per three months, but it offered more freely for continental paper, at 531 for Paris; Amsterdam, 42k; Hamburg, 48; and Genoa, 529. Some transactions in Stocks had been effected at the quotations, say 38i to ni for Three per Cents. ; Bank of Portugal Shares, 130 to 120 milreis discount per share ; and Bank of Oporto Shares, ex dividend, 4 to 5 per cent. premium. All the preceding rates in metal, and the Lisbon Bank notes were convertible into metal at a dis count of 21 per cent. Honourable mention had been made in the Portuguese Cortes of the memory of Lord Beres ford by the Duke of Terceira and other officers who served under him, and his death had been re corded upon the journals of both houses, with the same sentiments of regret as in the case of the Duke of Wellington. The discussions in Parliament went on very slowly, and without any novelty of interest to Eng lish readers. The Ministers 'of -Finance and . the Directors of the Bank had again met, and there now appeared little doubt of a reconciliation. The bank shareholders were to meet upon the, subject on the 20th inst. Portuguese consular and medical reports from Galicia are very contradictory about cholera, and Vigo officially remained an infected port, which subjects the steamers touching there from Southampton to eight days' quarantine, so that the Tagus had to remain in quarantine even after her return to Lisbon from Gibraltar. The passengers from Southampton have also eight days' lazaretto, while those from Liverpool, by the South American Company's ships, and by the Royal mail line direct from Southampton, have only five days'. From Gibraltar we have accounts to the 16th inst. The screw steamer British Queen, seven days from Liverpool, arrived on the 13th, and proceeded to , Constantinople on the 14th. The Astrologer, from the Levant, arrived on the 14th, and sailed for Liverpool on the 15th. The British bark Cockerilos, bound to Cork, 'put into Gibral tar on the 12th to repair damages sustained in a heavy gale off Cape St. Vincent. A French frigate in tow of a steamer passed the Straits of Gibraltar on the 14th to the westward. The screw steamer Arabian, seven days from Malta, ar rived on the 14th, and cleared for Liverpool. The Melita, from the Levant, arrived on the 15th, and left on the 16th for Liverpool. She had been in contact with the schooner Tiphyo off Jersey. At Gibraltar exchange on London was quoted 51k, Spanish pillared dollars 4 per cent. premium. Advices from Cadiz state that the British brig Brothers, from Bristol, and the Russian. brig Juno from Liverpool, both laden with iron rails for Genoa, had been wrecked on the coast of Conil. The French brigs Les deux Amis, with salt from Granville, and the Emilie from Havre in ballast, had likewise been lost, and it was uncertain whether the crews of these vessels had succeeded in saving themselves. DISCOVERY OF THE DEAD BODY OF A GENTLEMAN IN THE SERPENTINE, HYDE-PARK.---This morning, informa tion was forwarded from the various metropolitan and city police-stations of the discovery of the body of a gen tleman that has been found in the Serpentine, Hyde park. The police have issued the following description : —Male, 50 years of age, 5 feet 8 inches in height ; dress black coat, black waistcoat, and Oxford mixture trou sers, Wellington boots, cotton handkerchief, white linen shirt. On his person was found a pair of spectacles. A shell was procured. and the body removed to the dead house, Knightsbridge. An inquest will be held to-mor row, at the Rose and Crown Tavern, Knightsbridge,. before Charles S. Clare Bedford, Esq., the coroner for Westminster. MARRIAGES IN HIGH LIFE.—A considerable sensa tion has been created in the upper circles of Paris by the announcement of two marriages ; the first is that of Ferdinand Huddlestone, Esq., with a beautiful and rich heiress, Mdlle. Roger du Nord ; and the other, that of the Marquis de Dampiere with Miss Corbin, a young American lady of large fortune, whose family have 'long been residents in Paris. NEW CHURCH, KENNINGTON-COMMON.—A very large. and handsome church has been for some tinie past in course of erection in Lorimer-square ' a few yards north of Kennington-common, and will be ready for conse cration in a few weeks. A new district out of the ex tensive parish of Newington has been assigned to the church, and the patronage is vested in the rector. The Bishop of London has licenced a spacious building in Carter-street, Walworth, for Divine service, until the building is in a fit state for consecration. The Rev. Thomas Mitchell, 8.A., late vicar of Catmore, near 'Vantage, Berkshire, has been appointed to the incum bency of the new church, which is dedicated to St. Paul. THE LATE CHARLES JOHN TINDAL, ESQ. Charles John Tindal, Esq., whose untimely death in the neigh bourhood of Sydney, New South Wales, has been lately noticed in thb public journals, was the youngest son of the late Right Hon. Sir Nicholas Conyngliam Tindal, Knight, Lord Chief Justice of Her Majesty's Court of Common Pleas, and received his education at Trinity College, Cambridge, s here his respected father before him had early in life distinguished him self. Mr. Tindal was for several years marshal to his father, and shortly before the Chief Justice's death had been appointed to the office of Registrar of the Acknowledgments of the Deeds of Married Women, which post, on the elevation of Sir Thomas Wilde to the Chief Justiceship of the .Common Pleas, he after wards held in conjunction with Mr. Edward Archer Wilde, till the appointment of Sir John Jervis, who bestowed the post on his son-in-law, Mr. Bankes. Since that time Mr. Tindal held no appointment what ever. His urbanity and gentlemanly manners will be long recollected, not only by all of the same year as himself at Cambridge, but by every one with whom, in his official capacity, he came in contact, while at tending his father on the various circuits. SUDDEN DEATH OF A GENTLEMAN IN THE S TREET .— Yesterday morning Mr. Baker, the' coroner, received information of an awful instance of the tncertainty of human life, which occurred to a gentleman whose name at present is unknown, who, while walking down Pen nington-street, St. George's-in-the-East, fell back in a state of insensibility ; medical assistance was instantly conveyed procured, t but o thelifenwe ads Lionquite Tavern e xbi n et n The n indegcteoans-street, r e was et, for an inquest. The following description of the de cease d has been issued this morning :—About 50 lined with silk, black satin waistcoat,black trousers, of c g coat years a b r l s a a 5 feet 8 inches in height, dr esse d i n a ne blue silk neckerchief, white linen, and short 'Wellington boots. RULES FOR LADY PRINTERS.-1. Must be at the office whenever required. 2. No reading of motto papers and love stories during working hours. 3. N o 4 , band" shall be allowed to have her beau in the office to see her set type at any time. 4. No matter how gifted a " hand" may be at making pies at home, if she make pie in the office she shall be compelled to assort it. 5. No ," hand" shall sit in the sanctum longer than to procure copy, unless' requested by the editor. 6. No attempting to kiss the editor for the sake of " clean copy." He will use his prerogative to kiss or scold all " hands" as oc casion may require. 7. Ladies who bring their dinner shall not make a dinner saloon of the sanctum, nor use proof paper for a table-cloth. 8. Any lady f' hand" about to emigrate to the State of Matrimony, shall give at least one month's notice, that her place may be sup plied by another. 9. No married woman will be allowed to work in this office, provided it be known. 10. No lady shall be alloived to laugh at the motion of another while engaged at the case. 11. No smoking, chewing, or dram-drinking allowed in the office. 12. No gossip. ing, quarrelling, pulling of hair, scratching of faces, or singing love songs during work hours ; and no lady shall have free admission to, or orders for, the theatre, opera or other places of amusement, unless accompanied by a gentleman,—American Courier. WHITECHAPEL. The general demand ruled inactive to-day, as follows : Beef from 2s 10d to 4s Os ; mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 8d ; veal, 3s 6d to 5s Od; pork, 3s 6d to 4s 10d per Sibs by the carcase, BOROUGH HOP. Our market is tolerably firm, yet in some instances prices are easier. COLONIAL MARKETS. ( From the London New Price Current of yesterday.) SUGAII.—To - day British Plantation was much sought after by refiners and grocers ; the rates paid were equal to Friday, but the markets continue to be. sparingly supplied. Operations are 660 hlads, &c., including at auction 266 hhds Barbadoes, which realised full prices to a small ad vance ; fine to good yellow brought 37s to 40s, mid to good mid brought 35s to 365, low 53s 6d to 34s 6d. 200 hhds Demerara sold at full terms. Brown at 32s 6d to 345, ord and mid yellow 31. s 6d to 35s 61, fine crystalized 30s to 40s, ord to good 36s 6d. to 38s 6d, and 17 hhds 42 brls St. Kitt's low to good mid soft yellow 34s to 365, and mid to fine brown 33s to 34s per cwt. REFINED.—To-day purchases were moderate in refined sugar for home trade purposes, and brown lumps are ob tainable at 44s 6d to 455, low to fine grey 41s to 48s. Crushed sugar is wanted by exporters, and rates well sus tained for Dutch and British. _ _ _ MAURITIUS:—To-day demand was good for Mauritius sugar, and at public sale 1,316 bags sold at full prices, fine yellow at 37s to 38s sd, low to food 34s to 363 Gd per cwt. Privately several parcels were disposed of. EAST INDIA.—To-day, demand was moderate for Ben gal sugar. The quantity offered at auction amounted to 6,079 bags sold at full prices, mid to good white Beno.res at 38s Gd to 39s 6cl, mid to fine like Mauritius 34s 6d to 375, ord 32s 6d to 34s ; date brown 28s to 30s, yellow 31s to 345, and ord grainy yellow 37s to 37s 6d. Of Ceylon 193 casks 650 bags went at 28s 6d to 31s Gd for brown, and 32s 6d to 36s 6(1 for grocery. Of Madras several parcels sold privately at full rates. THE AMERICAN MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, Tuesday, Jana 24.—The United States' mail steamers running between New York, Southampton, and Bremen, and New York, Southampton, and Havre, which have been withdrawn during the winter months, are about to commence operations. The break formed in the New York and Havre line by the unfortunate loss of the Humboldt near Halifax, in December last, is to be temporarily occupied by the new steam-ship Nashville, a fine vessel of 1,800 tons burden and 700 horse-power, built originally for the New York and Charleston mail service. Accounts from New York received to-day state that the Nashville was to leave on the 14th inst, on her first voyage, and may consequently be expected to arrive off Cowes, on her way to Havre, on Wednesday or Thursday, with the usual semi weekly mails. The Franklin, Captain J. A. Wotton, is to leave New York, on the same route, on the 11th of February. It is expected that the caloric ship Ericsson , will shortly be placed on this line. The operations of the Bremen and New York steamers will commence by the departure on the 28th inst. from New York of the Washington, and on the 28th of February of the Her mann, for Southampton and Bremen. The Nashville will.leave Southampton, for New York, on the 15th of February, the Franklin on the 15th of March, the Washington on the Ist, and Hermann on the 29th of . March. FAILURE OP THE OVERLAND MAIL PROM AUSTRALIA. --The overland mail from Australia now due has failed to reach Point de Galls in time to catch the Indian and China mail. It will most probably be brought home by the Himalaya about the middle of next month. The Indian and China mail now shortly due will be late, on account of the Ripon steamer having been delayed on her outward passage to Gibraltar, through the bad weather she experienced in the Bay o f Bi sca y. _ FOREIGN. 10 7 Antwrp&Rotterdam 24 2 d 5 3 Belgian East. Juliet. 1 14 20 8 I3eziers to Graissessac 4 3 d ... ... Central of 1ta1y,.,,,,, ... ... , 20 all Charleroi & Erquelin 12 14 174 all Demerara 20 10 Dijon and Besnon ... ...p xin 20 8 Dutch Rhenish 20 all East Indian 24 3 p 20 2 Do. Extension 5 all Gt. Indian Peninsula par i p xin 20 10 Gd. Junct. of France 2/ 2 il , xin .„ 10 Gd. Trunk, of C ana d a Shrs. and Bonds._ 44 —34 d 20 8 Gt. Central of France 3 - 2 d xin 204 204 Gt. Wcstn. of Canada Shares 24 lid ... ... Do. bouds(l i55.)1857 ... ••• ... ... Do. bonds (2 i55.)1862 ... •• • 20 3 / 4 10 3 / 4 Hamilton & Toronto 441 -- par 1.(,0 all Do. 6 per cent . ••• 20 5 Lake Const. & Basle ... ... 5 4 Lucca and Pistoj a, 5 ' per cent. pref. 20 15 Luexembourg Bl 81 81 9St 10 13 Do. (Railway) 5 6 6 5 2Do l/ 1 5 3 Do. (Canal) ........ . 10 5 Do. 6p. cent. pref. t 4d 20 12 Lyons & Moditerran. ... ...p 20 104 Madras par 4 p xin 334 29 Maria Antonia ... ... 10 10 Do. Sew ... ... 20 2 M e lbourne Dk. & iiy. ... ... 20 all Namur & Liege (with interest 20 all Do. (ex interest) ... ... 16 all Northern of France 29 294 31 30i 204 an 20 a ll Do. 201. 3p. c. Bds [fmy.B.&Ams.Shs ] ... _ ... 10 all NorwegianTruk.Pref 7i 8A 8 20 10 Paris and Ly0n5.,,,,, 121 —124 p 34 21 xin 40 40 Do. bonds ... 20 all Paris and Orleans *-- 41 43 20 all Paris and Rouen 20 all Paris and Strasbourg 284 —29 30 29 20 4 Paris Caen& Oh erbrg. .. . a in 104 101 Quebec & Richmond 3 —118 d 20 all Rouen and Havre 20 12 Royal Danish ......... 1d par xin 5 2 Royal Swedish . ....... ... _ . 20 all Sambre and Meuse 7i i • 84 8 10 6 Do. 54 per cent. pref. 20 2 S.E.I of Fiance ... _ ..* 20 6 Southern of France.. 2 31; 20 6 I St.Andrews &Quebec xin 20 2s. ;Upper India Scrip ~. It x in . 8i all ,West Flanders 3 i• X IL 20 10 ,Do. 54 per C. Pref . 1 -._ i d 20 10 ;Western of Franco— 32 12 4 _ 16 4 ! West. of Switzerland .!: 20 2 IVlTiesbaden 20 12 ;Zealand 5 4 d xin LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Leasing cl osing Prices Business Sbr. Paid It AMWAY& COMpallS this day. this day. 50 all Bedford andiLn.BtN.W. Bl o t c hley t St. 100 Buckghanash L. &N.W. 100 ••• 50 10 52 2 50 all Clydesdale Jc. Caledon„. St. 100 E.Lincoln. gr. 6p. cent Gt.Northn 139 141 25 all Mits. Barr. & Caldonian. Noils.Direct. • 25 all Do. New .. . Do ••• 25 all Glstr.&Dn."Fr. Gt.Westn 3O ___ 32 100 all Hrtlpl. Pk. & Yk. New Railway .. . ... dr nem". • ... • • 50 all Hull & Selby. YskN.Md. 108 25 all Do. Shares. Do 54 55 12. 1 , all Do. i Shares. Do 264 2 , 0 121 all Lon.&Greenw S .Eastern 134 13.' 20 all Do.Preferenfq- Do 24 i —215 i St. 100 Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent... Norfolk St. 100 Do. 6 per ct... Do 5A all Manch.Bxton. Ln.&N.W ••• and Matlock & Miclld 2 3 50 all Middlesbro* & Stckton &dear . . Darlingt. 100 all Midld.Bradfd. Midland 97 99 98 50 alj Northern and Eastern sp.c. lE. Count 59 61 60 5 all Do. 6 per ct..!Do 5 , all Do.Fixedsp.c'Do . 2j all Prest. &Wyre L. &IN. W &Ln& Yk 1 12 Do. 1 Shares. Do .... . S 100 Roystn.&llit. GtsNorthn 138 142 S-. 100 Do.Shepth.St. Do ..... .. . . 138 142 2 18L' Shef. Roth. & Lancash.& Goole g.5.p.c Yorksh 12 N- S. Stailordsh.. IVlrMOloan •24 - 50 all WoarValleygr Stockt. & 6 per cent... Darling. 25 all IDo . St. 100 WiltsdlSorara t.Westml 95 97 PREFERENCE SHARES, Aberdeen Do., No. 2, 7 p. c BlytU & Tyne 10 per ct. pref. (iss. at£so) 4 : ristol & Exeter 4 pr cent., stock Do. Do., shares Caledonian £lO ester & Holyhead Guar. 5i per cent Cork &Bandon 5i p.c Dundee Perth&Aber deen Junction EastAnglian (3108) 6 per cent Do. (25) 7 per cent Do. (£7l7s) 7 p. et Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. e. No.l Do., No. 2 Do., New 6 p. c St.. Eastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cont.... Do. £lO Deben. Sh... EastLaneash. 6 p.ets East & West Yorksh Junction Fifths Ediub.Prth.drDundee 4 per cent. Glasgow & S.Western guar. 5 per cent Great Northr 5 P.C Do. 5 p. c. ,Redeem., at 10 p. c. Do. 4.; percent. Scrip Gt. N•Of Scot. ,lst Prof Gt. Soutlin. &INrestu. . (Ireland) Eighths Do. 4 per ct. pref. St 1 Gt. Westn. (Berks Hants Ex. 5 p. c.) Do. con. & roda4 p.c ( Do. do. 4 per cent ) Do. irredeom. 4 p. c Lan. & York. F. £2O, Do., 6 p. e., Stock Leeds Nn. 6p. e. No. 1 Do. Quarters,lB4B London andlßrighton Guaranteed 5 p. c Do. Pref., 5 p. 0. St Do. Convertible, 5 p c., 1852 Do. New Guar. 6 p.c Lend. & N. W., Coy & Nun., 5 per cent London & S. Western, Con. Thirds Londonderry& Coler Shares Londy. & Ennis. Sh Manch. ,Shof., dr Lin., 1 Shares, No. 1 Do. New, £lO Karypt.&Carl. 4p. c Do. 4i per cent ••• •• Mid.Consol. 6 pc. St. Do. Consol. Bristol & Birm. 6 per cent.... Do. Pref. 44 per cent. Norfolk Debent. Sh. Norfolk Extension... Do. Pref. 5i per ct... Do. Way. Val. 5 p c North British ..... North Staffordshire.. Oxford Worcester & Wolverh. £15,6 p. c. Do.. Scot. Cen., New Pref. Shrews& Birm. N. G. Shrowsby. & Chester '(Nor.W.Min),B p. c. Do. 5 per cent South Devon Do. New S. Eastern (Reading Ann.,) of £1 Os.6d. S. Yorksh.4p. e. Guar. Waterfd. & Kilk. 6p. c. York Neweastle and Berwiek,l p.c.Pref Do York& N. Midland H & S. Purch ••• ••• ... xd ... xd 99 101 6 - 6 4 -- 44 5 5A i 7 P 1 14p 10 13f -1 2i - -- 108 110 par— 4 pl 8 - 84 6 7 96 98xd 90 95 „ " 0 96 ~ id par 137 —l39xd MISCELL. Aubin Void and Iron) !Australian Agricult.! Australsn.Peifie Mail Australn. Royal Mail Berlin Water Works Brit. American. Land Brit. & Coln. Smeltg. and Reduction Co Canada Company Crystal Palace Do. New Crystal Pal, of France Eastern Steam Electlie Telegraph (A) Do. (B) Electric Tel. of Irel Gen. Steam Navigat General Screw Steam Irish Beetroot Sugar Magdalena St. Navig. Nat. Pt. Steam Fuel Netherlands Land—. N. S. W. Coal & Inter-' Stem. Nay. Co N. B. Australasian , Do. New Nrth. of EuropeStea.m Peel Rr. Ld. dr Miurl. Peninsular dr Oriental Do. Portland Iron Co Royal Mail Steam Scot. Austral. Invest South Austral. Land Submarine Telegraph Van Diemen's Land ii = ii . • • -* iii = ' 7. 75 - 80 - 1 p - 1p 16 - 18 16 - 18 **i is 1 ip a— is __ li - liP 35 - 37 id- i p, 13 - 14 1 JOINT-STOC. BANKS. Australasia British Colonial liank and Loan Company British N. American Chrtd. Buk. of India, Austral., and China Chrtd. Bk. of Asia Colonial Commercial of Lond English Scottish and Australian Chrtd London Chrtd. Bnk of Australia Loudon and County London Joint Stock Lond.andWestminst National Provincial of England Do. New National of Ireland New South Wales Oriental Bank Cor poration Provincial of Ireland Do. New 75 - 77 ..• ••• 14 tdis ldis 2i—lid id — ip ii = ii 43 - 45 4i zd Royal Australn. Bkg. and Gold Imp. Co South Australia LUnion of Australia New ilinion of Loudon jUnion of Madrid d— par ii - 73 7 - 7i 72 1# 2 xd OXFORD UNIVERSITY ELECTION.—We have authority for stating that a communication was yesterday received from Dr. Tsviss by his friends at University College, in which that gentleman has finally declined to be a candi date for the representation of the University on the pre sent occasion, and this decision has been communicated to the chairman of Sir William Heathcote's committee. It is therefore presumed that Sir William Heathoote will be returned unopposed. Considerable additions are daily being made to the lion. baronet's committee, and no exertions will be spared to secure his return. THE RUSSIAN SQUADRON IN THE CHINA SEAS.—We trust that the fact of Russia having a• squadron in the China seas has not been lost sight of by the Admi ralty, and that measures are taken for the capture or destruction of these men-of-war before the Russians have such timely knowledge of a declaration of hos tilities, as may enable them to intercept our gold skips from tr a a —Hercad, RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. LONDON AND SOUTH-EASTERN RAlLWAY.—Traffic re turn for the week ending Jan. 21, 18M £13,016 3 4 Corresponding week last year 12,181 3 1 Increase in 1554 £B3s 0 3 LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST RAILWAY.— Traffic return for the week ending Jan. 21, 1851 £8,618 10 0 . . Corresponding week last year 8,002 4 1 Total of the half-year to this date, 1854 25,774 3 2 Total of the half-year to this date, 1853 95,893 14 5 GLASGOW AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAlLWAY.—Traffic re turn for the week ending Jan. 210.854 £3,993 3 11 Corresponding week last year 3,792 ll 6 Decrease in ISSI, £203 12 5 NEW YORE.—INIPORTANT TO CAPITALISTS.—A satis factory judgment has lately been given by the Supreme Court of New York in a case affecting the interests of per sons on this side to a considerable extent. For several years the credit of all investments at New York has been damaged in the estimation of London capitalists by the pe culiar circumstances attending two concerns, called the North American Trust Company and the Dry Dock Bank. The first of these about -the year 1840 raised 500,000/. in London, by the issue of bonds, with a pledge of cer tain securities, and was compelled some time afterwards to suspend payment, since which period, the affair hav ing fallen into the bands of a Mr. David Leavitt, every technicality that the sharpest practitioners could sug gest has been resorted to, with the view to repudiate the claims of the parties in England. In the second in stance—namely, that of the Dry Dock Bank—a large sum was borrowed of Mr. Morrison, to escape from which the plea of usury was afterwards set up with complete success, but in a manner so disgraceful as to induce the passing of a law by which any similar at tempt for the future would be rendered impossible. Mr. Morrison, however, lost his money, and a similar fate seemed likely to attend the bondholders of the North American Trust Company, since, whatever might be the conviction as to the integrity of the final deci sion of the Courts, there was a prospect that Mr. Leavitt, who had been appointed receiver, and who had the assets of the undertaking at his command, would exhaust them in the interminable expedients to which he was having recourse, and by which he had already contrived to deprive the claimants of their rights through 12 years of litigation. It now appears, however, that all his pleas have been dismissed, and that there is a prospect of his being forced to sur render the remains of the funds he has so long withheld, although he has still the power of another appeal. At the same time, whatever may be its final result, the case is an instructive one for English capitalists. Like that of the Dry Dock Bank, it shows that reliance may be placed in the judgments of the New York courts, but, at the same time, it is calculated to disabuse the minds of those who fancy that under such circumstances re dress can be obtained in America at less cost and with out the ruinous delays that are complained of in this country._ - . _ PORT-PHILIP GOLD COMPANY.—At the meeting of this company, held yesterday afternoon, the report was una nimously adopted. The chairman (Mr. J. D. Powles) explained the position of the undertaking, and stated that, a lease having been obtained, there was a prospect of working. ,with success. The expenditure, in the meantime, had been reduced to the lowest point, and the remaining capital (60,7001.) was considered sufficient to carry out all contemplated operations. The premises belonging to the company were situated in Collins-street, Melbourne, and the land and its appurtenances had considerably increased in value. The terms of the lease from the Colonial Government would be confined to a 5 per cent. royalty for 21 years, the area to be worked being from 90 to 100 acres. The profits derived through the purchase of gold would have been much greater had not one of the Australian banks failed in completing the necessary arrangements to facilitate such trans actions. It was, however, now anticipated, that with perseverance the loss already sustained would be re trieved, and that the lease secured would produce favourable terms. PRICE OP GoLD.—The quotation of gold at Paris is about 3 per mine discount (according to the last tariff), which, at the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. 100, per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 25•091 and the exchange at Paris on London at short being 24.97 i, it follows that gold is about 0 . 48 per cent. dearer in Paris than in London. By advioes from Hamburgh the price of gold is 422 per mark, which, at the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. 10id. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13 - 31 ; and the exchange at Ham burgh on London at short being 13'1, it follows that gold is 0 . 77 per cent, dearer in Hamburgh than in Lon don. The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at 60 days sight is 1091 per cent, and, the par o f exchange between England and America being 109 r 23'40 per cent., it follows that the exchange is nominally 0 . 08 per cent. against England ; but, after making allow ance for charges of transport and difference of interest, the present rates leave no profit on the transportation of gold either way b e t ween the two countri e s. THE BANK OP FRANCE.— The increase just announced in the rate of interest on the French floating debt is equal to 1 per cent. on each of these securities, the rates fixed at the last alteration, which took place on the 24th of Oct o b er , having been 31 per cent. for bonds with only five months to run, and 41 per cent. for those of a year. The present measure was, of course, anticipated immediately on the notification of the ad vance in the rate of discount by the Bank of France, but it nevertheless appears to have exercised on Monday a further unfavourable influence upon the Bourse. Looking at the fact that, owing to the long recourse to palliatives to conceal the inevitable consequences of the deficient harvest and of the previous over-speculation, the money market of Paris has now to sustain the effect of these precautionary movements at a moment when it would have been most desirable that no necessity should have existed for them, the weakness Qf prices manifested during the past fortnight is not calculated to excite stir. prise. RAILWAYS. 100 84 100 100 all all all Aberdeen ..... Ambt. Nottng. Bost dz Eastn. Belfast & Ballymena Birinng. Wolverh. & Stour Valley Birkenhd. Lancsh. dz Cheshire Juliet Do. Chesh. & Birk., £5O & £25 Cons._ Do., £20...... ... Blyth & Tyne original £25 (iss. at ,Z 45) Bristol dr Exeter Caledonian. Chester & Holyhead Cork and Bandon Cork, Black. & Pass Cornwall Dubliu&Belfast June Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction Do. New......... East Anglian (X 25 L. & E.'& L. & D.) Do., (£lB E. di H.) !Eastern Counties ' Eastern Union,A. stk !Do., do. Do.NewA(lateThirds) .East Lancashire ( Edinburgh & Glasgow Ediub. and Peebles_ 'Edinb.Prth.&D undo', Forth and Clyde June. Glasgow & S. Western Groat Northern Stk Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock Gt. Sth.&West.(lre.) Great Western....„ Irish South-Easters. Lancaster &Carlisle Do., Thirds-- Lancash. &Yorkshire Do., Fifths ....... Do., Wst. Riding Un. Leeds Northern...—. Liv. Crsby. dr So utb.pt. London & Blackwell Loud. Tilb. & Sthend. Lond.Brig,ht.&S.Cst. London &N. Western Do. Fifths D0.,10/.5h.,11&13... 0 Do. Eighths London & S.Western Do., Do Landrry.&Coleraine Lndndrry. & Ennisk. Manch.Shet&Lincln. Do., Man. &Lin. Un. Afidiand ...... Do. BirMillg. dz Derby Midland G. West. (Ir. ) Do. Shares ........ Newcastle &Carlisle Newmarket..... Do. Bury Extensions Newpt.AbergAiltfd. Newry & Enniskillen Newry Warrenpoint & Rostrevor N0rf01k..... Northn. Counties Un North British North Devon, No.l Do., No. 2.' Dc., 1 A Deferred Do., B Guaranteed North London N. & S. Wstn., Hamp stead, and City Jn North Staffordshire North Western N. di S. Westrn. June Nuneaton, Hinckley, and Leicester . . Oxford Worcester & Wolverhampton Portsmouth Scottish Central • Scottish Mi dland Shrewsbury & Birmg. Do., L. & N. Westn. Guaranteed Stock Shrewsby. & Herefd. Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor. W. Min.) Do. Halves, d 0..... Do. Oswestry Shropshire Union Do. A, B,C, & D, fully paid up at per cent South Devon South Eastern South Wales S. Yorksh. River Dun 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 - 42 i 34 all all 100 100 - 100 47 1766 all 100 100 3i 100 all II 10 1 2.2 100 100 100 100 all 100 all 15 all 51s. 100 20 Staincs,Wok.,&Wok, Stockton & Darling , Stockton di Hartlopl Taff Vale Do. £lO shades Do. Pref., No. Thames Haven Dock and Railway Vale of Neath Waterfd. & Kilkenny Waterford&Limorick West Cornwall.. West End of London and Crystal Palace West London • Winbledon&Croydm., York Newctl. & Berw. ' Do. Extensions....... Do. G.N.E. Purchase York di N. Midland.. A 4 15 20 20 20 25 100 100 20 50 50 100 100 20 50 20 25 20 10 20 35 10 221 all all / 381 Ili 39i 102 6 A 5i 5 13 21 376 x d 1341 15 141 _ THE EASTERN QUESTION IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS. It has been announced in the name of Lord Pon sonby that he will move the subjoined resolutions in the House of Lords should the state of his health perMit him to attend in his place. Lord Ponsonby, it may not be superfluous to remark, was Ambas sador at Constantinople from Nov., 1832, to Oct., 184], and subsequently A m b assa d or at Vienna. The following are the resolutions : "1. That the maintenance of the independence of the Ottoman Empire is of great importance for the security of some of the greatest interests of the Queen's subjects. " 2. That attacks have been lately made upon that independence. "3. That those attacks were made with great advan tage to the attackers, derived from positions they had obtained upon the confines of the Ottoman Empire by various treaties. _ _ "4. That a war having taken place between the Sul. tan and the Emperor of Russia, the treaties between those Sovereigns are thereby rendered void and null. "5. That, for the purpose of giving more security to the Sultan against future attacks, it is necessary that the said treaties should not be renewed between the Sublime Porte and the Imperial Russian Sovereign. "6. That, moved by the above-stated considerations, this house is of opinion that her Majesty's Ministers, who may be engaged on any negotiations for a peace be tween the Imperial Russian Government and the Go vernment of the Sublime Porte, should employ all the means in their power for the p,•evention of the renewal of the treaties which have been rendered null and void by the existence of war between the Russian and the Turkish Sovereigns. "7. That, in the opinion of this house, it might be highly advantageous to the interests of her Majesty's subjects, and for the future preservation of general peace, that her Majesty's ministers, being engaged in any ne gotiation that may be on foot for the restoration of peace between the aforesaid belligerents, should use their best endeavours that in any new treaties between those powers, it should be provided that the Sublime Porte should he put in possession of the territory between the River Pruth and the River Dneister, to the south of a line to be drawn from on the Pruth, to --, on the Dneister. " 8. That the said ministers should also support the Sublime Porte in the fulfilment of any engagement his Majesty the Sultan may have entered into with the independent Caucasian chiefs." CITY COMMISSION OF SEWERS. THE PEEL STATUE. Mr. TITS, the architect, appeared on behalf of the sub-committee for erecting the statue of the late Sir R Peel in the City, for th e p urpose o f request i ng the corn-. mission to grant them leave to erect a model of a pedestal in the centre of the roadway nearly fronting the Man sion-house temporarily. The surveyor to the commis sion had suggested that if the proposed situation were to be determined upon, it would be the best of the pro jected sites in the neighbourhood. The great committee for the Peel statue had, in 1851, resolved that the situa tion between the Royal Exchange and the Mansion house was, in their judgment, the right place for the statue, and upon this hypothesis they had proceeded, but the question of the pedestal had been left in some mea sure to the sculptor and himself, the sculptor consulting him (Mr. Tite) upon the pedestal, and he suggesting the rough model. This discussion had led to a great deal of further discussion in the sub-committee, who had re solved that the surveyor of the commission, Mr. P. Cun ningham, and himself (Mr. Tite) should take the neces sary steps to have a full-sized model of the pedestal itself put in a situation which seemed to command itself to the committee in order that so important a subject might receive all the consideration it deserved. The model of the pedestal which the committee thought architecturally tolerably well adapted for the statue and the situation was nearly completed, and they now wanted the sanction to fix it so that they themselves, as well as the .commission and the public, might be enabled to judge of the probable effect of it. It was a temporary expedient for the purpose of trying, with the assistance of the surveyor to the commission, the effect of the monument in the projected position. Deputy HOLT mentioned that Sir P. Laurie had seve ral years since pointed out the western end of Cheapside, nearly facing St. Paul's Cathedral, a locality which was in process of becoming one of the grandest openings in the City, as the best site for the statue. Mr. TITE observed that the two sites were distinctly adverted to in 1851, but the great committee, consisting of all the chief merchants and bankers, said that the proposed situation near the Royal Exchange was the more favourable, upon the ground that they fancied that the statue of Sir R. Peel should be near the commerce of the city which that statesman had so greatly promoted. Mr. PHILLIPS (a member of the Peel Statue Com mittee) could not help thinking that the most public, as well as the most beautiful, position in the City on which to erect the statue was the western endof Cheapside, and he sincerely trusted that the commission would pause before it assented to the application of Mr. Tite. (Rear.) If it were the desire of the committee that there should be a temporary erection in front of the Mansion-house, for the purpose of testing the appearance of the statue, he (Mr. Phillips) earnestly hoped that that committee would also ask the court to allow the temporary erection of the same nature to be placed at the western end of Cheapside, in order that its effect might be likewise seen in that locality. (Hear, hear.) He was quite sure that the committee would readily assent to such a proposi tion, mid felt perfectly satisfied, that looking at the statues already in the immediate vicinity of the Royal Exchange, and at the tin onged thoroughfares, the pro jected ereeti in would not only be a very great eyesore to the but also a very great inconvenience. Dimity HALE hoped the commission would never con sent to the statue of Sir Richert Peel being placed before that of the Duke of Wellington. lie, however, had no objection to its being placed opposite the Globe Insur ance Otlice. Deputy HkanisoN said it was very well for the gen tlemen who composed the statue committee to discuss where the statue, in question ought to be placed, but the real questidn before the court was whether the applica tion for an erection hr a temporary purpose should be granted. He moved that the request of Mr. Tite be complied with, the erection being made under the di rection of the surveyor to the commission. Deputy GODSON seconded the motion. After some further discussion the original motion was put and agreed to, and the Court adjourned. BRITISH AUSTRALIAN GOLD COMPANY.—A meeting of the British Australian Gold Company took place yes terday, when the statement presented by the directors was agreed to. The chairman (Mr. W. Prinsep) men tioned that the refusal to render accounts to the com mittee lately appointed arose from an impression that it would be illegal, the company itself being not alto gether perfectly constituted, having yet to comply with certain colonial forms. The directors were in possession of a property which they considered valu able, and their mining operations would, it was hoped, be attended with success. The company had in the first instance suffered from a deception prac tised by the promoters, which had led to great inconve nience, through an issue of free shares. The board were not prepared to recommend any definite course of action until further accounts be received from Australia, and they trusted that the shareholders would therefore allow an adjournment. The amount paid upon shares was 61,0311., of which there remains in this country about 10,4001., and in Australia, 15,0001., exclusive of ma chinery, stores, &c., the other portion of the capital having been expended in ordinary outlay. After some discussion an adjournment was arranged, to give the directors the opportunity of obtaining full information before ultimately deciding whether the undertaking shalt be further prosecuted or abandoned. AESTRALISIAN GOLD MINING COMPANY.—A special meeting of this company was held yesterday to rec eive a report from the directors, and to determine upon the course of future operations. It was explained by the chairman (Mr. Brookes), that the board, from the state ments of Mr. W. Harding, whom they had sent out to New South Wales to explore the country, had come to the conclusion that in the present position of affairs gold mining on the scale proposed could not be success fully carried out. These reports were laid before the shareholders, and detailed the various explorations made, Mr. Harding, in all cases, arriving at th e convic tion that the difficulties attending a supply of labour, and the absence of the req u i s it e a b un d ance of wood and water, would render any attempts at quartz mining abortive. With regard to alluvial working, be was also discouraged, the experience he encountered of the desertion of parties employed in this description of labour being sufficient to show that it would in the end.become unprofitable. Un der these circumstances the directors considered that the prudent plan would be to recommend that the com pany should be wound up, and that a division of the assets should be effected. The original number of shares was 10,000 of 10/. each, 21. having been paid as the first instalment; of these 8,000 were allotted in this country, and 2,000 were reserved for the colony ; but the whole of , the latter were not taken up, so that the sum actually subscribed was 19,2201. The assets, exclusive of all pay ments, were 12,8001., which would allow a return of about 265. per share, leaving the expenditure at the mode rate amount of 6,0001., for procuring a charter, despatch ing commissioners and machinery, and making other parliamentary arrangements. Of the assets, 9,3401. were in Sydney, and 3,4901. in London, and orders had been sent to remit the larger amount with all possible expedition. It remained with the shareholders to decide what course should be •adopted ; but the directors de sired to discharge their duty by laying before them their true position. A unanimous feeling was then ex pressed in favour of winding up, especially after Mr. Harding, who was present, had reiterated his opinion respecting the loss that would accrue from prolonged operations ; and a resolution was passed authorising the directors to take . the necessary steps to effect that object. Votes of thanks were passed to the directors, they having acted without remuneration, and also to Mr. Harding. CORPORAL NEWTON, IST LIFE GUARDS.—This cele brased swordsman, whose dexterous exploit of chopping a sheep in half at one cut with his sword was witnessed by her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert and the members of the Court, at t he Cavalr y Barracks, Windsor, di on Saturday last , and was yesterday buried at Cle er with m ilit , arv ea n d on i‘ o l u a r r s c , h t i h n e sfianu,band of e l , as the . the regiment playing the ,ii funeral cortege proceeded from the barracks to.the grave. Deceased was much respeetedinotthwe war r gi h m av en e t ied to SALTPETRE. —The prospects in creased transactions in saltpetre, and within these two , days a rise of 2 s. p er cwt. has occurred upon the ad. 1 Tauced prices of last week.. _ , rnl i•: