The Sun. — London, England, 1854-02-08 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS-(THIS DAY.) The SPEAKER took the chair at 12 o'clock. NEW MEMBER. • Sir W. HEATHCOTE took the oaths and his seat for University of Oxford, in the room of Sir H. R. Inglis, Bart., resigned. The hon. hart. was introduced by the Chancellor of the Exchequer and Mr. Sotheron. NEW BILLS The Irish Fisheries' Bill, the Registration of Medical Practitioners' Bill, and the Coasting Trade Bill were brought in and read a first time. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills were read a second time, and ordered to be committed :—Ambergate, Nottingham, 141 d Boston, and Eastern Junction Railway (Amend ment of Acts, &c.) ; Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston, and Eastern Junction Railway (Extension into Nottingham, &c.); Ambergate, Nottingham, and Bos ton, and Eastern Junction Railway (Working Arrange ments with Great Ndrthern Railway) ; Birkenhead Dock Company ; Brighton, Cuckfield,• &c. Roads ; Chesterfield Market ; _Darlington and Barnard Castle Railway ; Glasgow Waterworks ; Harrow Waterworks ; Havering, Dagenham, &c. Sewers ; Imperial Gas Company ; Kingswood Roads ; Kirby Lonsdale, Kendal, and IVlilnthorpe Road ; Lan cashire and Yorkshire, East Lancashire, and Man chester and Southport Railway Companies ; Madras Railway Company ; North and South Western Junc tion _RailwaS , ; North Metropolitan Railway ; North Yorkshire and Cleveland Railway ; Port Gordon Har bour; Shipley Waterworks ; South Staffordshire Rail way ; Stockton and Darlington Railway ; Sydenham and Farnborough Railway ; Thames Improvement ; Wadsley and Langset Road ; Waveney Valley Drainage ; Wellington Docks (Southwark) ; Whittle Dean Water ivorks ; Bowling Waterworks ; Bradford Waterworks. METROPOLITAN (DEPTFORD PUMPING STATIONS) SEWERS. On the motion for the second reading of this bill, Mr. WILLIAMS objected to the second reading, as the existing Commissioners of Sewers, who were the pro moters of the bill, had not the confidence of the rate payers, while the Secretary of State for the Home De partment had already announced his intention to bring in a general measure for reorganising the board .upon a new principle. The object of this bill was to authorise the construction of a main sewer from Battersea Fields to Deptford Creek, at a cost of 700,0001., but the house should be told that some time ago a much better scheme was proposed and approved of by the most eminent en -gineers of the day, for constructing a sewer from Vauxhall to Woolwich marshes, at a cost of only 241,0001., which had been abandoned through the .Opposition of the existing commission. Under these circumstances he should move that the second , reading be postponed until this day week with the view of ascertaining whether the Government were pre pared to give a pledge that the provision of the bill sholild not be enforced until the new commission was appointed. _ Mr. FITZROY said the object of the bill was to en able the Sewers Commission to purchase land at Dept ford which, under any circumstances, would be required for the sewerage of the metropolis, no matter what scheme might ultimately be adopted, and no good purpose would be secured by Parliament postponing the second reading. After a few words from Mr. A. PZLLATT, the amend ment was withdrawn, and the bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed. PETITIONS. Mr. ROEBUCK presented a petition from a Fire office, praying for a reduction of the duty on Fire In surances. ECCLESIASTICAL COURTS. Mr. BLAND wished to ask the Secretary for Ireland, whether it be the intention of the Government, in-the proposed measure for transferring jurisdiction from Ecclesiastical to Civil Courts, to include those in Ireland. Sir J. YOUNG replied in the affirmative. MR. HUDSON. Mr. HUDSON threw himself on the indulgence of the house while he made some explanations in reply to to the charges which were made against him last night. He complained that the honourable member for Fins bury had been wanting in courtesy, in not having given him notice of his intention to adopt the charge which the Times had so freely made against him, or no amoun t of personal inconvenience should have prevented him from being present. As it was, he was detained in the country on business of a public character, or he should have been present in his seat last night, and he hoped this preliminary explanation would sufficiently account for his absence. (Cheers.) The hon. member for Finsbury accused him with having attempted to corrupt members of the house; and the Times newspaper had repeatedly done the same thing ; but, like all the charges which that newspaper had from time to time preferred against him, it was either utterly without founda tion, or admitted of an explanation which could in no way reflect dishonourably upon himself. It was true that some things which the hon. member read from a report of the proceeding in the Court of Chan cery gave a colouring to the charge, but had the hon. member taken the trouble at, the time he was making the accusation, to read to the house the letter which his solicitors addressed to the editor of the Times on the subject, it would have been seen that the newspaper report gave quite a different com plexion to his affidavit to what it really bore. But the boa. member, not content with having made this charge about corrupting members of the house, ventured to talk of his having been compelled to disgorge a large sum of money. Now, although it was true that, by the decision of the Court of Chanceiy, he was required to refund money which he declared upon his honour he had never received ; yet though this decision• placed him legally in the wrong, it woull ultimately turn out that all through the transaction he had been morally right. It was fortunate for him, therefore, that there was still an appeal to a higher tribunal against that decision. Nevertheless, he courted the inquiry which the hon. member asked for—nay, he called upon the house to trace his history from the cradle up to the present time, and if they found anything in it which was un worthy of a gentleman and a man of honour, he would at once take leave of his seat in Parliament, so conscious was he of having pursued a strictly honourable and straightforward course throughout his whole career. (Hear, hear.) It had been his good fortune once to bask in the sunshine of public favour as it was now his ill fate to suffer under the stigma of misapprehension and misrepresentations ; but, perhaps, when he and the hon. member for Finsbury were alike removed to another and, he hoped, a better world, posterity would do him the justice of admitting that at least one portion of his life had been well and usefully spent in the promotion of works of great public utility. (Hear, hear.) If his "past conduct had been actuated by a mercenary motive, he could have found plenty of opportunities for amassing vast wealth without resorting to the vile and scandalous means that were im puted to him ; but on all occasions, he was rejoiced to say, he had resisted temptation, and refused to receive shares on public.grounds which others had freely accepted, and for which now no blame whatever was attributed to them. (Hear.) But enough—strong in the conviction that though now he was pronounced to be legally wrong, he had yet always been morally right. He left the house to deal with this charge against him in the manner sug gested by the hon. gentleman • and tha nkin g them for the attention which they had given him, he would conclude by promising, that, w h eneve r the inquiry took place, he should be quite ready and willing to meet it to the fullest possible extent. (Hear, hear.) The hon. member, who was occasionally moved to tears, then resu me d his seat, and the subject dropped. SAVINGS BANK RETURNS. On the motion of Mr. BBOTHERTON the following re turns were ordered : " Returns of the total number of deposit accounts open in savings banks in more names than one on the 20th day of November, 1852, and the total amount as the credit of s uch account; distinguishing the accounts opened before the 20th day of November, 1844, from those opened since that date : Showing, year by year, in totals for each year, when such accounts were first opened, and the total amount then placed at their credit : And, showing the distribution of such accounts, on the 20th day of November, 1852, into the several classes set forth in the classification for the annual return to the 20th day of November 1851; and, the like returns for the year ended the 20th day of November 1853. • 2. Address for return from each Savings Bank in Eng land and Wales, Scotland, and Ireland, containing, in columns, the names of the officers, their respective salaries and other allowances, if any ; the amount of security each gives ; the numbers of accounts remaining open ; the total amount owing to depositors; the total amount invested with the commissioners for the reduction of the National Debt ; the rate of interest paid to depositors on the various amounts of deposit and the average rate of interest on all accounts, and the total amount of the separate surplus fund, on the 28th day of November, 1852 ; the the r expensesatepercenetufmmapneargaeritanz on the capital of the bank for the annual number of receipts from depositors; the an turd number of payments ; the average amount of re ceipts ; the average amount of payments ; the number and amount. of annuities granted; the annual expenses of management, inclusive of all payments and salaries, for the year ended the 20th day of November, 1852 ; also the day or days and the number of hours in the week on which the banks are open for the deposit and withdrawal of nioies : And like return for the year ended the 20th day of November ' 1853."' - ASSESSED TAXES ACT AMENDMENT BILL. This bill was considered as amended, and ordered to be read a third time to-morrow. he other orders were then disposed of. and the house RUSSIAN CIVILISATION AND TURKISH B A RBARISM.-MATERIAL GUARAN TEES AGAINST THE FORMER. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SIIN. Sit,—ln common, doubtless, with thousands of your country readers, I have been looking, as each morning's Sun has appeared, for the dawn of some light on the Russian question. I have looked in vain. Blue books may reveal a little more verbal boldness than we had expected ; and the husband of our beloved Sovereign may be quite cleared of all overt and unconstitutional interference with foreign matters ; and we may believe that the evil does not exceed the inevitable consequences of our throne being connected by family ties with Conti nental despots, courts, and armies. Prussia and Austria may now present a phase of greater self respect to wane but too soon into the darkness of Russian influence ; and this 'seems to be all. Even our fleets, which were to be so polite to the Rus sian flag in the Black Sea, while they protected that of the Turks, have quite posed us by their return to Beycos. But worst of all, sir, is the unpardonable folly, or cowardice, if it be not mere Continentalism, which has made to Russia the offer of " renewing the old treaties"—that is, of the status quo ante be/kon; and which, having done this, does not even demand of the Czar a prompt categorical answer to this shamefully indul gent offer as Prince Menschikoff did of the Sultan to his shamelessly insulting and rapacious ultima tum. I quite agree with your remark on Monday, that " the time• for diplomatic negotiation has gone by, and that the period of action has arrived.' _ Mr. Cobden is fond of extolling the civilisation of Russia and the barbarism of Turkey. If super stition be civilisation, no doubt the believers in God and the Czar (or in the Czar and God) can successfully contend for the palm with the simple believers in God and the Prophet. If manufac tories managed by foreigners, and upheld by tariffs alone, be Mr. Cobden's Russian civilisation— although his political life has been spent in convincing Englishmen . that it was feudalism and • barbarism in his native land why, Russia can beat Turkey in that too. If also it be civilisation to decrease imports and to block up the mouths of ti.e finest rivers in Europe, there again Russia has decidedly the upper hand ; since our trade with her has diminished, and that of Turkey almost doublel in the last few years. And while the Turks did rake away the mud from the mouths of the Danube and kept open traffic for ships of all nations with some of the most produc tive countries in Europe, Russia was only civil enough to promise to do it, but, as usual, civilised enough to break her promise ; and all to compel ships to go to Odessa, a port which land produce can only reach in carts, instead of loading direct from the granaries of the Danube and its numerous tributaries. But this reminds me, sir, of one of the most villanous conditions of the status quo ante bellum, as it is termed. One of your weekly contempora ries, pretty well disposed to bepraise the Ministry too, published, on the 24th of December, an article headed "Russian hostility to Commerce," " the Navigation of the Danube." But for its length I should be tempted to ask insertion for it in your columns. The cream of its " extracts from recent travellers," &c., is this. By the treaty of 1829, Russia obtained possession of the three mouths of the Danube ; by a treaty with Austria, in 1840, in defiance of the treaty of Vienna (1816), she obtained power to levy a tax on all vessels entering by the Sulina mouth, in consi deration of which tax she was to keep it open. Also by the treaty of 1829 she obtained power to establish a quarantine, not only at the mouth of the river, but between the northern and southern shores of the Turkish portion of it, i.e, between Bulgaria and Moldo-Wallachia. English, or rather European, apathy and Turkish weakness, at that time, enabled this fraudulent power to succeed in these highly civilised demands. The purpose soon became manifest. The Sulina mouth was yearly more and more blocked up with the mud of Rus sian civilisation, the Turks having been so bar barous as to clear it away easily. But the mud of Russian quarantine appears to be infinitely worse than the river mud. Travellers are stopped for several days together, and merchandise taxed again and again by Russia in passing from the north to the south side, and, vice versa, of the river, where it flows through the Turkish dominions. Vessels clearing at Liverpool or London for the Danubian ports have to pay enormous fees to the Russian consul here, often amounting to 1001. a cargo, if they wished to be saved a 40 days' quarantine at Odessa, or a sixty-five days' one at Galatz. The quarantine regulations are so barbarous as almost to surpass belief—and what with mud and quarantine together, Russian civilisation has made it needful to tranship cargoes into lighters, exclusively Russian, at a cost frequently: of 3001. a cargo, and made the freight from Galatz at the entrance of the Danube more than double that from Odessa. What with harassing vexations, fees, charges, and mud, Russia is doing her utter most to destroy the trade of the great Austrian, Hungarian, and Turkish river, and to transfer it all to Odessa. Very properly did the Ministerialist journal demand, on the 24th of December, that no renewal of treaties shall take place which does not deprive Russia, " not only of her right to establish a quarantine on the mouth of the Danube, but of all control over its mouth." Probably Mr. Cobden sees, in all we have just adverted to, the zeal of Russia for commerce. I can see in it only Russian cunning in robbing other countries of their trade, and their free trade too. In my judgment, sir, the Cabinets of England and France will be dis graced, while commerce has a history, if they do not secure the Danube for the world, and the adjoin ing provinces for the free trade of the Turkish tariff. I cannot comprehend how free trade be comes barbarism because of the difference of lati tude and longitude between the Thames and the Danube. One word more. As you have justly said, action is now the thing. We have sent Russia an ulti matum ; one in which we hope the Danube is meant to be included. Now, Russia has taught us how she thinks ultimatums are best enforced. She has adopted her old plan of taking a " material guaran tee • ' why should we not do the same ? Odessa would be some use ; Sebastopol, I suppose, in a military sense, more. We have made a demand on the great Robber, in the name of European inde pendence, to quit the provinces and to let the Danube alone. He delays an answer. He sends questions and Orloffs to gain time. Let us give him the answer ; let French and English fleets, and troops also if necessary, seize and occupy his Black Sea fortresses, with the - intimation, too, that, if all be not settled before, we shall want a little further guarantee in the Baltic when the ice melts. He cannot complain of this as war. " Oh, no !" we should loudly reply, we hold these places only as material guarantees,' till you accept our most righteous ultimatum, that of restor ing the stolen territories. You have your self announced that taking material guarantees is not war ; and, further, if we enlist a few Russian gunners, and make them work the guns against your own troops, it will be nothing more belli gerent than your forcing the Wallachian militia to serve against their masters." Really, sir, I can not see why we have not better right to take a guarantee that a thief shall restore stolen goods than Nicholas has to take one that he may be allowed to_steal them with impunity.—l am, Sir, yours respectfully, C. SUPPOSED ATTEMPT TO MEAN INTO W INDSOR I b N u D r S g O ia R ri C o A u S s TLE Next to setting the Thames on fire, en trance into Windsor Castle would appear to be the most pefft effect, and been toim phoeshseivbeletthheinagttetmo Hon. A. N. Hood, of r c e u li m ab b l e e rl a a u n t d h - o lo ri d t g y e , , th c at le C rk o - l m . It is stated, on s of the South- WesternA bert , arrived it ail Railway a a y t t h h y e to . H.R.H. Prince Monday. When the South Western about tai midnight on was erected, some three years ago, a r 'lway station carriage road was made at the foot of the illopeps itvoatteh the entrance being immediately opposite the e Castle. waiting room. This road is used only I, member g s u o e f en's Ro3 al family and by gentlemen attached to thci Royal household. On leaving the train last Monday night, Col. Hood proceeded by the Slopes, as the nearest way to the castle, and was not a little surprised to encoun ter in his walk seven or eight men with their faces the W nldassatothrrayeethtereatarlimade.tnni there n is every reason blackened and their feet muffled, if he might judge by the noiseless character of their movements. The ruffians fled at the approach of the hon. and gallant gentleman, and have not since been heard of. On inquiry, it appeared that the suspected burglars were observed by the sen tinel on duty at the corner of the Prince of Wales's Tower (on the basement of which is the gold pantry), and that he, looking down from the Terrace, threatened to Ore upon them. To this they replied, that if he at tempted to fire, or give the alarm, they would blow his brains out. The hostile parley had proceeded thus far, when Colonel Flood entered by the lodge-gate in Dat chet-lane, and the burglars doubtless supposed that he was at the head of a party sent to capture them. This will , account for their precipitate flight and subsequent escape. On the arrival of Colonel Hood at the castle the police were ordered to patrol the Slopes for the re mainder of the night, but they could detect nothing likely to excite suspicion, or serve as a clue to the ap prehension of the guilty parties. The affair has created a great sensation i n Wi n d so r, and will cause the palace to be guarded more strictly than ever, especially after nightfall. • UONVETANOE OF TROOFS:—It is Understood that four vessels originally taken up by the Government to con vey troops from Ireland to Malta, and thence to the West Indies, have since been taken up on monthly char ters, so that they may be available to nrncead ta .nv 3ressant ground tmenced he sum- of the pre to the J. on the et at the it years, It then ked man- Vever at factures, greater months ie Bank iency of E . corn .to metallic crease in lified the Formerly pieces of Central domi o metals ;nsors of gu laxity ted, and ulations detailed it losses %ries for receipts in 1853 Ley were re than it says, ut arises ; thus, etre was the pre francs, ig letter ieral of sent to a of the Lstanding o not, I festing to It is and my iew year. terpreter ries, and to wards courage, I should o go and n. May already ) to share lful admi- it. For 1-od have °LEON. f Spain, ' the hal ppointed the first vas in an 3 King. on the the 2d, ion. Director 1844, at acted the revolted 3factory. la Con aister of Tribunal been re- )ort that -aised. to ,re being tes from in Loin ring pro here, on 3d, that ins Van g cr Rear tnk, 60, 2, have e of the ►n there ;aged in ) during hat they to the against Univers ies were but that thrown TET AND 101. on a aarantee Hugs •be original in - the )r a va ar ins'tal- ken any r. Dodd rrant of ught to ;ient, as 3jection. expense of the onsider- the de- With was not erta.king discuss rt, Cost he first mpany, f 1,660 is 277 by the )n Sun again s t alf-past etained ing one )ton on under a speed upon ad, she istanco Ily and 63 feet, s fitted isenger aection h leave of each 3tralia, taking nputed rought urteen )rd be made. vessels ENG.. de up, ogland ne and Total. 63,150 43,941 19,209 monde (gland m Rio value of the ne r _ "'''Vlr"" --- THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 8, 1854. LLOYD'S SHIPPINGE.-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, Feb. B.—Wind this day at Noon, W. ; fresh breeze, and cloudy. It has . been extremely fine weather all the morning, but there is now rather a change for the worse. . RAMSGATE, Feb. 7.—The Norna, of Uleaberg, from Liss i bon to Doobeck, with salt was totally lost on the Goodwin Sands this morning during thick weather ; crew saved.— Arrived—Flor de Maria, from London, for Bilboa ; An netta Catherina, Grimsby,' for St. John's, Porto Rico. COWES, Feb. 7.—Wind, S.W., strong breeze, and squally. Arrived—Doctor Karrip, from Newcastle, for New York. PLYMOUTH, Feb. 7.—Arrived—Orynthia, from Middles borough, for Cape de Verds—crew mutinous ; Sea Adven ture, Buenos Ayres, for Falmouth, with decks swep t,, boats, bulwarks, stauncheons, foremast, bowsprit, &c. , carried away, having been struck by heavy seas on the 20th Jan. Sailed—Taymouth Castle, for Adelaide, S.A. ; Jane, Azores. PORTSMOUTH, Feb. 7.—Wind, W. to N.W. Arrived — Rhone, from Antwerp, for New York. Sailed—H.M.'s st. Cyclops, for the Mediterranean. Off Port—Margaret, from Sunderland, for Rio. FALMOUTH, Feb. 6.--A cask of ruin marked on one end " L'lTnione," and on the other "Randor," was picked up 4th Feb., nine miles S.S.E. of the Lizard.; another, without mark or number, was picked up yesterday nine • miles S.S.S. of the Manacles. 7. Wind west. Arrived.— Ambrosius, Rio Janeiro for Hamburg ; Bertha, Pernam buco ; Dionysia, Mayaguez ; Favourite, Taganrog for Limerick ; Mary Young, Taganrog ; Ramon, Havana ; Sultana, Oran. The Jenny Lind, (schooner), of Jersey, from Lagima to Liverpool, was abandoned in a damaged state on the 17th Jan., in lat. 44. N., long. 20. W.; crew saved, by the St. John (barque), of Glasgow, from hence to Savannah, and subsequently transferred to the Ramon, from Havana, arrived here. DUNBAR, Feb. 6.—The William (brig), of London, from. Clackmannan, having sprung a leak, lost sails, and other wise became unmanageable, came on shore this morning, about four miles to the eastward of this port—subsequently got off, and is now at anchor close to the shore, very leaky, with assistance at the pumps. BEAUMARIS, Feb. 6.—Arrived— , Gulnare, from Liver pool, for Africa ; Penningham, do., for Rio Janeiro. - STORNAWAY, Feb. 3.—The Bligh, from Limerick, was totally lost on the west side of of Harris, on the 30th Jan. —crew saved. A ship's name-board, marked " Maddocks, of Liverpool," with several pieces of wreck and a quantity of deals have been cast ashore on the west side of this island within the last few days. SCILLY, Feb. 6.—Arrived—Minerva, from London, for St. Michael's' WIGTON, Feb. 6.—The William (smack), of Wigton, from Whitehaven, grounded on the 4th, in this bay, and when getting under weigh next tide broke her chain, and beat on to high water-mark, where she remains. BOSTON, Jan. 23.—The Singapore (ship), of and from New York to Antwerp, which was abandoned 30th Dec., was passed 15th Jan. in lat. 4 N., lon. 66 W., with fore and mai ntopgallant masts gone, by the Hendik Hudson, arrived at New York, which vessel also passed 16th Jan., in lat. 41 N., lon. 68 W., a wreck, apparently a brig water logged, with foremast and bowsprit standing, and top of house above water. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Wednesday, 3.0 A.M. Wind, W.N.W. ; moderate gale. Arrived. Virgo, from Catania ; Winchester, from Mobile, with loss of rudder, &c., having been ashore in Bottle Bay. • Off the Port.— John Barbour, ship. The Manhattan, frym New York, dragged her anchors in the river and went ashore off the King's pier -head, but was afterwards 9,ssisted off by steam-tus. QUEENS g TOWN, Feb. 6. Wind W. Arrived—Alert, from St. Domingo, with loss of spars, sails, &c. ; Malzenio, Alexandria ; Salama, Jaffa, Tralee. Sailed—Jenny, Liverpool. (BY SUBMARINE AND EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Wednesday, 9.47 a.m. Wind N.W., fine, and fresh ; tide high water. Arrived—Baron Martin, from Havre ; Peter Frau, trd derwall ; Vivid, Ostend ; Crescent, Guernsey ; Rhine, (s.), Antwerp ; Vesta, (s.), Oporto. Sailed—Lotus, for Barbadoes ; Quito, Sydney; Point, Jamaica. DEAL, Wednesday, 9.35 a.m. Wind N.W., fresh. Passed —Lady Louise, from Callao, for London ; Balla rat, from westward, for London; Eva, St. Kitt's, for London. At. Anchor—Nymph (schooner). The dismasted schooner Rock Scorpion has proceeded to Rye harbour in tow of a steamer. MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. The supply of English wheat in to-day's market was chiefly the refuse of Monday, and in very inferior quality. The attendance of buyers was small, and the demand ruled heavy, at Monday's decline in prices. The show of foreign wheat was tolerably good. Holders were ready sellers at the depression noticed on Monday ; but the business doing was very limited. Floating cargoes were dull, and lower to purchase. There was scarcely any inquiry for barley, the value of which was almost nominal. Malt was offering on easier terms. Beans, peas, and flour were dull, at late rates. Wheat. 2,010 ARRIVALS TIIIS WEEK. Barley. Malt. I Oats. 6,480 9,700 2,590 Flour. 3,720 English .. Irish •• • • Foreign • • 1,010 17, 07-0 br] 3,520 I 840 WHITECHAPEL. The general demand ruled heavy to-day, as follows :--- Beef from 3s 2d to 4s 2s ; mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 8d ; veal, 4s Od to 5s Od ; pork, 3s 4d to 4s 10d per Blbs by the carcase. BOROUGH HOP. About an average business is doing in our market to-day, t full prices. COLONIAL MARKETS. ( From the London New Price Current of yesterday.) SUGAR.—ro-day there was a larger demand for West India Sugar from refiners and grocers, still the rates ob tained did not exceed those of Friday in any instance. Barbadoes sold at full currency, fine yellow at 38s 6d to 39s Gd, mid to good 35s to 335, low 33s 64 to 34s 6d, brown 328 to 335, 170 lids 25 trcs Jamaica, low to mid yellow 31s to 365, mid to fine brown 32s 6d to 33s 6d, and 23 Lids Demerara good brown 32s Gd to 33s per cwt. REFINED.—To-day refined sugar was purchased with caution for home trade purposes, and prices are rather lower ; brown luMps selling at 44s to 44s 6d, and low to fine grocery 44s 6d to 48s per cwt. Crushed sugar met with little notice for export, and Dutch is easier to buy. Milinimus.—To-day demand was good for Mauritius sugar. At public sale 6,303 bags were sold at prices equal to Friday, fine yellow brought 36s 6d to 38s, low to good 33s to 365, mid to fine brown 31s to 335, and to fine re 4ning 32s to 37s per ewt. FOREIGN.—To -day full rates were demanded for foreign sugar, but only g moderate demand existed for shipping or home consumption. At auction 252 chests white Haven nah in bond sold at easier rates, and went at 25s Gd to 29s for ord to fine. COCOA.—To -day demand was less brisk for cocoa, still full rates were obtained. At public sale 16 bars 680 bags Trinidad were only in part sold, red at 36s to 395, grey 32s 6d to 355. 302 bags Bahia damaged 23s to 35s 6d. 560 bags Gnayquil taken in, 33s per cwt being offered. COFFEE.—To-day Ceylon sold privately at 58s to 58s Gd, fine to fine fine ord 54s to 57s 6d, fair to good triage 50s to to 535, and ord pea berry 625. Of Bahia at 45s to 47s 6d for ord to good ord. At auction 142 bags sold at 49s to 49s 64 for good ord. Cmcouy.—There is no decrease in demand, and supply not being larger, rates are well sustained, ruling for British root at 101. to 11/. 10s, powder 181. to 211.. and foreign root in bond 101. 10s to 111. per ton. TEA.—To-day demand was good for both Black and Green tea, and full rates were obtained, in some cases a small reduction took place for the latter, supply being plentiful. Of 15,000 pkgs offered at auction, 5,000 found buyers. RuM.—To-day many purchases were made, and.prices closed firmly. Leeward Island 3s 104 to 3s lld proof, Demerara 5s 8d to 6s lld as to quality and strength, and Jamaica 5s 94 to 6s 9d per gallon. TALLOW.—To-day the tallow market was brisker, and rates are 63s 6d to 63s 9d on the spot, for P.Y. candle of first quality. OIL. —For Seal - pale realised 411. to 451., yellow and straw 361. to 401., and brown 311.105. to 351 . 10 s. A n active de mand for Sperm 901. to 911. 10s., for mid to fine ; and Head matter 91Cto 931. In Cocoa Nut large transactions have taken place ; Cochin at 51s. 6d. to 525. 6d ; Ceylon 50s to 51s ; and Sydney 47s to 495. In Palm many pur chases have been made, and low to fine quality realised 44s to 475. Gallipoli selling at 621. to 631., and other sorts 581. to 61/..per tun. Linseed oil, 34 s 04 to 34s 3d for pre sent delivery. In Rape oil transactions have been larger —pale at 46s to 475, and brown 44s to 46s 64 per cwt. STEAM TO AIISTRALIA.—In the Melbourne House of Legislature, Mr. Goodman gave notice that he would move for an address to his Excellency, praying that the sum of 50,0001. be placed on the estimates for steam communication with Great Britain.—Australian and New Zealand Gazette. DESERTION OF SEAMEN AT MELBOURNE.—A meeting to suggest measures with reference to the desertion of seamen has been held in Melbourne. It was stated by one of the speakers that Messrs. Gibbs, Bright, and Co. had lost no less than 10,0001. from this cause.--Aus traziart, and New Zealand Ciazette. • RIVER NAVIGATION IN AUSTRALIA.—The following extract from a private letter announces the commence ment of a most important commercial enterprise in con nexion with this colony—the opening of the navigation of the Murray River. The writer is a squatter in the Liewan district, adjoining Edward's River. Under date October 2, 1853, he says :—" I had the pleasure the other day of starting with the first load of wool ever shipped on the Murray River, at a distance of 1,400 miles from the sea mouth. The opening of the naviga tion of this river will be a great benefit to all of us as squatters on or near its banks, and will greatly increase the value of our runs, as in a great many instances we shall be able to roll our wool from the woolshed into the barge. The steamer that has commenced running—the Lady Augusta, Captain Cadell—is 100 feet long, and 20 feet beam. She is housed over for passenger's, and car ries no cargo, but tows a tender of 70 tons' burden, which will convey 500 bales of wool, and they talk of making the trip from this point a n d b ac k i n th ree w eeks, At present their freight is too high, but they hope to reduce it as labour becomes more plentiful. Farming is now a profitable employment. We are beginning to feel the benefit of the gold discovery in the price of our fat stock and wool, and I intend to realise, if I can, while things are high, as I am sure there must be a turn. I have nearly got through ray shearing now, but I am very short-handed, and have had a great deal of trouble, chiefly owing to the inconvenience arising from want of labour, which is still as scarce as ever. At this time I am without .r_a. .LRA. ~. a house-servant, ro t,eanadhuavest f obtaining. beenee of o o f b oe some w SHARE MARKETS. (THIS DAY.) BRITISH RAILWAYS. Ir. !Paid! RATLWATS. Closing Prices yesterday. Business done this day. 'it.l loo 8 Aberdeen Ambg. Nottng. Bost.' andEastn.. Juliet_ i 0 I all .3i i all Belfast & Ballymena. Birming, Wolverh. & Stour Valley . . a I 28 Birkenhd. Lancsh. & Cheshire Junet _ Do. Chesh. & £5O and £25 Cons.' Do., £20.... ...... Blyth & Tyne original £25 (issd. at £45) Bristol and Exeter... Caledonian 2 118 i ;5 30 ;t. 100 ;t. 100 i 0 all Chester & Holyhead. Cork and Bandon... Cork, Black, & Pass. 0 all 0 all 0 12 LO i i 0 4,5 P,5 all Cornwall Crieff Junction DublindißelfastJunc Dundee Perth&Aber• deen Junction 5 all 5 all 8 all 0 all it. an IDo. New...... East Anglian,..: 15 - 0 - :, (Xl - 8 E do 1i)..., - „ Eastern Counties..... Eastern Union, A Stock Do., B. Stock Do., New A East Lancashire Edinburgh& Glasgow Edinb. and Peebles Edin. Prth. &Dundee Forth & Clyde June. Glasgow & S. Western Great Northern Stk. Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock ....... . Gt. Sth. &West.(lrc.) ft. 100 . .0 1 ;t. 100 ;t: 100 ;t. itoo ;t. 100 'Great Western 20 -20 i 4 i "- 5i ".' ••• 8 - 9 13 —ll disl 15 - 17 6L; - 94 - 96 521 - 15 --16 53 i 131 - .• -. ... -- ... 44 - 46 a - 8 4i 5, ••• - 13i 11 38 - 42 26 - 28 64 - 66 61. - 63 iOi 2: - ... 85 _ 86 63 65 128 - 130 99 - 101 82 - 834 2112 Irish South-Eastern Lancaster & Carlisle Do., Thirds Do. New Thirds Lancash. andYorksh IDo., Fifths D 3. , Wst. Riding Un Leeds Northern Liv. Crsby. &Southpt London & Blackwall Lond. Tilb• & Sthend. Loud. Bright & S Cst. Loud. and N. Westn. Do. Fifths .••• D o JO/. Sh ,M&8...0 Do. Eighths London and S. Westn. Do., £5O. Do., £4O Lndndrry& Coleraine Lndndrry. & Ennisk. Hanch.Shef.&Lincln Do., Man. & Liu. Un. Midland ............... Do. Birning. & Derby Midi& G. West . (Ire.) Do. Half Shares...... Newcastle & Carlisle. Newmarket............ Do., Bury Extension• Nwpt.Aberg. & Hrfd Newry &Enniskillen Newry Warrenpoint, and Rostrevor Norfolk Northn.Counties Un North British North Devon, No. 1 Do., No. 2 Do., 4 A Deferred Do., B Guaranteed North London 0 34 . ;5 all ;5 all 3t. 100 2s 4i ;t. 100 5 117; 93 -- 96 13 -14 p 12t1 13ip 65 -65 t 7 -- 6id 13 . - iii 20a A i 71 8 par—gyp 95 96 LO3 - 10:3 par p par 81 82 9 —Std —96 d 22 - 23 62i; - 63 36 - 38 ie• ;t. 100 6i ;5 17; i 0 7; !O all ft. 1100 ft. 100' .6 16 L 6 11a 8 all 8 8 0 all .0 1 4 .0 is ;0117 !O all .0 10 LO 1 k. 1100 n 2/ 2s 3t. 100 it. 100 it. 100 St. 100 Do. New £10.... N. &S. Wstrn , Hamp stead, and City Jn. North Staffordshire North Western 0 1 10 ;611 all Lai all ?,0 all N. & S. Westrn. June. Nuneaton, Hinckley, and Leicester .. ...... Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverhampton .... Portsmouth _ Scottish Central Scottish Midland Shrewsbury & Bi i mg Do. L. & N. Western Guaranteed Steak_ Shrewsby. & Berea rihrewsby. & Chester (N. W. Min ~, Do. lialveso. 6 , Do. Oswestry Shropshire Union Do. A, B, C,& D,fully paid up at per cent South Devon South Eastern South Wales S. Yrksh. & Riv. Dun it. 100 if) all 0 15 tO 5 10 21 2s 15 all 53i 3 65 571 I d par 5 3 / 4 5 d 2t 3 6 - 8 47 - 50 31 34(1 32 ... 33 8 10 - 2 6i - 53 - 56 ft. 100 Z I 20 13i 1 I s 64i I 12 50 I 6 - S - 34 - 36 90 9L 54 - 56 55 - GO 87 6i 65 i I -1-1 55 Co 2 -21 d 11 1G 7 8 10 12 3i 14 - 16 - 61 324 *- 32 3 - 1 4 - 5 Do.. ............ Staines, Wok. &Wok Stockton & Darling. Stockton & Hart181)1. Taff Vale Do. £lO shares. Do. Pref., No. 1 Thames Haven Dock and Railway Vale of Neath Waterfd. & Kilkenny Waterford&Limerick West Cornwall West End of London and Crystal Palace West London Wimbledn & Croydon York Newctl.&Berw. Do. Extensions Do. G.N.E. Purchase, York & N. Alidland 1 31 7:: 33 *•• - . n - 3 15 16 5 i - 5i 24 -- 26 32i 3 4' 1 ••., -. ... 6 - 7 67' 68 8 - B,t 4.t 4d 47 -- 48 lli a d I ; GS 9 8i vg 12 481 2, Closing Prices Business Shr. Paid. ILtawArs. Leasing yesterday. thug da y. Cornpans. St. 100 B B n l e e k t g ch h l a . ras ey c 50 all Bedford and Lond on & 99 ". 101 N. 50 all ClydesdaleJc. Caledon... 50 7 - 52 St. 100 E. Lincoln gr. L. & N 50 6 per cent. Gt.Nrthn. 139 -- 141 25 all Glas. Barr. & Caldonian. Neils. Direct ••• ••• 25 all Do. New...—. Do .. .. . . ••• 25 all Glstr.dr Dn.Fr Gt. Westn' 30 32 100 all HrtlpL Dk. & Yk. New. Railway .. ... & Berw. ..• 50 all Hull & Selby Y. &N Md 108 110 25 all Do. a Shares. D 0.....• 54 55 541 12 all Do. d Shares. Do ... 27 —2B 13 all Lon.&Greenw S. Eastern 12/ 131 20* all Do•Preferenoe Do 2la 20 100 Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. Norfolk._ .•• 20 1.00 Do. 6 per ct. 5a all Manch. Bsta. L.&N.W. and Matlock & Midld. 2 3 2i 50 all Middlesbro' & Stckton & Redcar 100 all Niidld•Bradfd Midland.. 98 100 50 all Northerd4nd Easternsp.c. E. Count. 59 61 60 50 • Do. 6 per ct. Do. - 50 all Do. Fixeds peDo • - 25 all ['rest. &Wyre L. &N.W &Lu&Yk 44;i 4 12a 12 Do. a Shares. Do — St. 100 RoystnAllit.., GtNorthn 138 142 St. 100 Do.Shepth•St. Do l3B 142 25 18i Shef.Roth.and Lancash& Goole g. 5 p.c... Yorksh. •• • 12 9a S. Staffordsh. 111.MCle,an •2i 50 all Wear Yallcygr Stockt. & 6 per cent... D ar lingt. 25 all Do I Do 3Oll St. 100 Wilts&Somrst4GtWestn 95 -- 98 .01 7 5 3 0 8 * all .711 all 14 ',O 2 5 all O 10 15 7i 10 30 10 all !CI 8 !OA all !(4 15 10 all ;0 5 5 all 9 15 0 10 5 2 5 3 LO 5 Ti 113 .0 - all ;0 2 !O all n all .6 all !CI all ,0 all !O 10 LO 1 all ►O all !O all 9 4 Di 10i 9 all 9 9 5 2 !O all :0 1 6 \si all LO all ?.0 10 10 5 20 2 20 15 3 2 d, 1 4 3d par I P .. -- ... - 2 -34 p 1 all 11 all A.gua Fria Anglo Austrin. Gold Anglo Californian Australasian Australian Australian Cordillera Australian Freehold Ave Maria Baden (Gd. Duchy of) Blaenarvon Ir. & Coal islitish Austria. Gold British Iron . Brazilian Imp.(issued LO 2 !O 6 1 all 1 all 1 all 1 all i I all 10 13.5 15 24i at £5 pm Do. Cocaos & Cuiada Do. St. John Del Rey Carson's Creek Clarendon Con. Min - 4 P 1 ... - ••• ••• 2.1 ld 2 Id' i— i d clis 5 56 - 1 d in 71 in ioi 1- - iii 12E -127 p 41 —43 37 39 286 —28 i pm 3 ld 176 186 ld par . d ... - ... ... - pm 3t 41 d 2 —3i - 5 3 / 4 alid ES. 1 11 i , i 4 5 i i 1 d— par d - 1 22 od - 9 —ll d' 7 9 5 - 6 2 - 3 28 - 30 - Co. of Jamaica Cobra Copper Colonial Gold Co piapo '' .. Copper MM. of Eng. Do. Pref. 7A p. cent. English and Austria. Copper Smeltg. Co. General ..... Great Nugget Vein Do. Registered Great Polgooth Liberty Linares Lond. &Californ. Gold Quartz Crush. Co Mariquita Mexican&S.Americn. ,New Granada New Linares Mining and Smelting Co Nouveau Monde Pontgibaud Silver Lead Min. & Smelt Port Philip Quartz Rock Rhymney Iron Do. New Santiago de Cuba south Australian Tin Croft United Mexican Waller West Granada West Mariposa t. all ;5 all 5 all .t 0 all 2 all 2 all 3 all 1 all 3 all 1 all 43 45 par— p 124 134 65 70 4 6 p 21 2 14 16xd 1 all LO 9 1 all 1 all 1 I ali w all 5I 1 1 all i 0 I all 5 I 15 4d par d 10 11 s d 6ixd i A d * P 17 19 a 28 30xd 8 10 4 5 d 4i— 5. 3 3 d g d 1 all LO 7 !sh all 1 all 1 all 1 1 all 1 12s. Worthing 'Mining o Australia, Yuba i id I x.d Hall . . JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 4() all Australasia 76 78 40 ' all British Colonial Bang an d Loan Company ... ••• 50 all British N. American ... ... 25 5 Chartd. Bank of Asia ... ... 20 2 Chrtd. Bnk. of India, Australia, & China Id i d . 100 25 Colonial — ••• 100 20 Commercia l of Lond ... • •• 20 . 10 English Scottish and Australian 2i lid 20 15 Loud. Chart. Bk. of d Australia i p 50 20 London and County ••• ••• 50 10 London Joint Stock.. ••• ' ... exd&b 100 20 Lond. & Westminster ... ... 100 35 National provincial of England ........... ••• ... 20 10 Do. New...-. . . .... ... ... • 50 22?, N a ti o nal of Ireland.. ... ...; 20 all New South Wale& 42 44 43i 25 all Oriental Bank Of C orpo ration .......... 45 47 25 5 Do. New ... - .... ...• • : •.. .. 100 25 Provincial of Irelan:d ... ••• 10 all Do. New .•. .. . ... - . 5 1 Royal Aus . traln.Bkg. & Gold Imp Co ...,. ... 25 all South Australia — ... 25 all Union of Australia 66 —6B 68 ex d ... 2. Do. New 6i 7 7 50 10 ,Union of London ... MISCELLANEOUS 5 all Aubin Coal and Iron ..• .. . 25 17t Australian Ag ricult. 40 42xd ex d 20 14 tustralsn.Pcific.Mail ..• —••- 10 8 Australn. Royal Mail ... •• 10 2 Berlin Water Works ... ..: 50 386 Brit. American Land 70 75 5 1 Brit. & Coln. Smeltg. and Reduction Co . _._ :....., 100 322, Canada ... .. 5 5 Crystal . Palace 1 —li r 6i 5 4 Do. New.... .. 2 ....- 1 — l l P 4 2 Crystal Pal. of France ... •• • 20 3 Eastern Steam — •• 25 20 EleetritTelegraph(A) 16 18 25 all Do. (B) .. .. . ...... .. - 1 1 Electric Teleg. of Ir ... 15 14 Gen. Stea m Navigat ••• ._ 27 20 18 G a nera l Screw Steam ... •• 20 7t Irish Beetrzoot Sugar ... .., 20 10 Magdalena St. Navig. ... ... 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel ... ••• 10 3 Netherla nds Land 3 2 d 2 1 N. S. W. Coal & Inter Steam Navigat. Co ... •••• 1 all N. B. Australasian._ d p 1 4 Do. New ... _ ... 20 10 Nrth.ofEurope S team ... ..• 5 all Peel Rr. Ld. & Mina id par 4i 50 all Peninsular & Oriental ... ... 62 50 30 Do. 2 all Portland Iron Co ..... ..• ... x a 100 60 Royal Mail Steam ... ••• ••• 1 all Scot. Austral. Invest. I.& IRp 25 25 South Austral. Land 36 38 1 all Submar. Telegraph.. id i p all Do. Registered id p 100 ' 281 Van Diemen's Land 13 —l 4 . The number, of acres under cultivation with oats in Scotland 1,250,000 acres, three times the quantity of &Um. "Osess• ~afro. 1 eirnirsa_ SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BETTING AT MANCHESTER-YESTERDAY. Although we can boast of good attendance at the rooms, speculation is still dull, and the only changes we have to notice are the improved positions of Half-and- Half for the Great National, Newminster for the Chester Cup, and Aquila for the Great Northern. Autocrat for the Derby was freely supported at 9 to 2 ; 4 to 1 being the highest offer at the close. DERBY STEEPLECHASE. 4to 1 agst Victress (taken). 4to 1 agst Daphne (taken). 4to 1 agst Diana (taken). sto 1 agst Carrig (taken). LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. 7to 1 agst Miss Mowbray (offered). 9to 1 agst Half-and-Half (taken). 10 to 1 agst Bourton (taken). 16 to 1 agst La Gazza, Ladra (taken). 20 to 1 agst Peter Simple (taken). 40 to 1 agst Simple Peter (taken). GREAT NORTHERN HANDICAP. 1000 to 100 agst Aquila (taken). METROPOLITAN HANDICAP. 14 to 1 agst Royalist (taken to 251.) 20 to 1 agst Annie Sutherland (offered). CHESTER CUP. 20 to 1 agst Star of Surrey (offered). 25 to 1 agst Newminster (taken). 30 to 1 agst Peggy (taken.) 30 to 1 agst Nabob (taken). 40 to 1 agst Sandhurst (taken). 40 to 1 agst Talfourd (taken). 50 to 1 agst Dr. O'Toole (taken). 50 to 1 agst Black Doctor (taken). 50 to 1 agst Joe Miller (taken). 50 to 1 agst Barrel (taken). 66 to 1 agst Baalbec (taken). 66 to 1 agst Brother to Little Swift (taken). 66 to 1 agst Ammonia (taken). 500 to 5 agst Nelly (taken.) 100 even on the three year olds. DERBY. 4i to 1 agst Autocrat (taken). 13 to 1 agst Dervish (taken). 1000 to 20 agst Marley Hill (taken). HARROW STEEPLECHASES—FEB. 15. WEIGHTS for the GREAT METROPOLITAN.—Forfeits to be declared by the 9th Feb. st lb 1 st lb Ploughboy ll 4 Jupiter Carrig ll 1 Pontiff General Sam Hood lO 9 Gulnare Diana lO 8 Robin Hood 9 2 Victress Colonel Sir Philip Topsy Geraldine Columbine 9 7 White Mouse 8 3 HANDICAP for the HURDLE RACE. st lb st lb Alp lO 10 Friendless Boy 9 8 The Hero Sir Philip Edward of York ... 10 3 Old Rake 9 0 Gulnare Wee Mickey 9 10 The Selling Steeplechase close on the 16th inst. ,nd Selling Hurdle Race will HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK. ( From the .Registrar-General's Report.) The . Registrar-General reports that the number of deaths registered in London, in the week that ended on Saturday last, was 1,204, and shows a small increase on those of the two previous weeks. In the ten corre sponding weeks of the years 1844-53, the average num ber was 1,091, which, with a correction for increase of population, becomes 1,200. The actual result of last week agrees very closely with the calculated amount. While diseases of the respiratory organs have de clined, those of the zymotic class have increased. Deaths referred to the latter (viz., epidemics) were 263 last week, which is more than the corrected average by 19. Hooping-cough is still fatal, and carried off 78 children ; the mortality of croup is unusual, the deaths from it having risen to 17 ; diarrhoea numbers 31. Only one death from cholera was registered, it occurred on Jan. 28, on board the ship Emma, of Union-stairs, Wapping. The deceased was a carpenter, aged 65 years, and the cause of death is certified, diarrhoea (three days), cholera (24 hours)." This disease, which unhappily has kept its ground in various parts of the island, notwithstanding the sharp frosts of winter, has almost disappeared from London—however brief the respite may be. In the last week in 1853, 10 deaths from cholera were registered ; in 5 weeks of the current year the whole number has been only 6. Last week the births of 857 boys and 798 girls, in all 1,655 children, were registered in London. In the nine corresponding weeks of the years 1845-53 the ave rage number was 1,470. At the Royal Observatory, Gremwich, the mean inches. The of the barometer in the week was 29.958 The reading of the barometer decreased from 29.98 in. at the beginning of the week to 29.70 in. by 10h. a.m. on the 29th ; increased to 30.09 in. by 9 h. a.m. on the 31st; decreased. to 29.82 in. by 8 h. a.m. on the Ist February, increased to 30.22 in. by 9 h. a.m. on the 3d ; and decreased to 29.73 in. by the end of the week. The mean temperature of the week was 42 deg., which is 4.3 deg. above the average of the same week in 38 years. The excess of mean daily temperature was 5.8 deg. on Sunday, 11.8 deg. on Monday, 11.3 deg. on Tuesday, 7.9 deg. on Wednesday, only 0.4 deg. on Thursday. On the last two days the mean temperature was below the average. The mean dew-point temperature was 39.3 deg. The temperature of the water of the Thames rose to 46 deg. and upwards on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. The wind, which blew from the south-west on the first four days, afterwards changed to north. MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS. NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, FEB. 4. Zymotic Diseases Diseases of Uncertain Seat Tubercular Diseases Diseases of the Brain, Nerves and Senses Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels - 55 Diseases of the Lungs and other Organs of Respiration . .... Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion Diseases of the Kidneys, &c. Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c. Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles Diseases of the Skin, &c. Malformations 3 Premature Birth and Debility 4O Atrophy 3l Old Age .. 46 Sudden Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance 2B Causes not specified DEATHS FRODI ALL CAUSES Deaths in the Population Enumerated. Deaths in corre sponding week 1851. of 1853. Week West Districts North Districts 490,396 Central Districts 393,256 East Districts 485,522 ~. 219 South Districts Totals Males Females 1,011 1,204 619 585 BIRTHS IN THE WEEK. Males Females Total . -1,655 EXTENSIVE ROBBERY OF BILLS OF EXCHANGE BY A FRENCHMAN.—At the Manche ster Police -court yester day, a man who gave the name of Louis Montagnard, and who said he was son of a French m erchant in L on don, was charged with having s tolen bills exchange and other property, valued at near ly 10,000/. He went into the Queen's Efotel in the City, on Saturday evening, and remained there for about two hours, speak ing broken English, but not having any very well de fined object in view. After he was supposed to be go ne , a Mr. Garneau, a Canadian merchant, who was stay ing at the hotel, went up to his bed-room and found a man about the size of Montagnard, and wearing a of s w ta h ir i s ch an h d e moustache as he did, just coining out of theanadpatrhtemmenatn He asked him what he was doing there, said he was seeking his room, the nuincr had forgotten. Mr. Garneau down informed the housekeeper. •• h.) went with him at once and searched the room, and they found that a portmanteau had h p,„„ exc h ange open, and a bill of containing „ del of shirt studs, a purse cent mone y, and other property, was abstrac ted.ag Ameri can The man bad then left the house. Informa tion was givento police, and Mayberry and Mack, two of the most az,tive of the detective force, w ere se t upon the search, ..anct, o n Sunday night they su ccee d e d in apprehending Montag nard (without his moustache), as he was ta king a tram for Preston. Wh en th ey came to search hi m they - found upon him the bill of exchange lost by Mr. Garneau, and bills of exchange n amounting • I t h e whole to 7,5001., which had b een stolen from th portm anteau Chamberlain, ano th er gentleman w h o was staying at the Queen's, w h o di scovered on S un d a y morning that his portmanteau had been cut open. Other portmanteaus had .been cut open in other bed-rooms, and property stolen from them. It was proved that on Saturday night the prisoner purchased a suit of clothes from Mr. Levi, outfitter, of Market-street, and paid for them with a 20-dollar note—no doubt part of the property taken from Mr. Garneau's purse. Nearly all the property lost has been recovered, most of it having been found on the man when apprehended at the railway station. The prisoner was committed for trial at the sessions. COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight is 1091 per cent., and, the par of exchange between England and America being 109 23-40 per cent., it follows that the exchange is nominally 0 . 33 per cent. against Eng land; but, after making allowance for charges of trans port and difference of interest, the present rate leaves no profit on the transmission of gold either way between the_tasta_conntriee. - _ - r - !O 1 17 ►0 all Mall 14 :0 all LO 518. It. 100 5 20 5 1.3 ;t. 100 PREFERENCE SHARES. St. 100 A.berdeen St. 100 Do. No. 2,7 p. c. •• • 25 30 Blyth and T y ne 10 per .8 c. pref. (issd. at 500 ... •*" St. 100 Bri s. & Ex. 4 p . c. St. 20 5 Do. 4p. c. Shares St. 100 Caledonian £lO 99 • 161 15 all Chester & Holyhead Guar. 56 per cent._ • •• 64 64 Cork &Bandons4p.c. • xd 64 all Dundee Perth &Aber- •• deen Junction 36 all EastAnglian (£3lO ) 6 per cent 3 3i 5 all Do. (£5) 7 Per cent 4 4. 74 2 Do. (£7 17s) 7p. c p 63 all Eastern Counties E - tension, s p. c• No. 1 1 lip 1 pm 63 all Do. No. 2 — C. St. 13 lip pm 10 all Do. New 6 p. i-- 14 20 all Eastern Union, Scrip MJ Guar. 6 per cent ... 5 all D o . 51., 1 0 per cent. ..• 22 10 all • Do. 10/. Debentr•Sh- ••• •• • •• St. 100 East L ancash.6 p.cts. ,•• 5 all East and West York shire ••• shire June. Pref.., ••• 5 all EdinbPrth.&Dundee 56 per cent. St. [OO Glasgow &,S.Western Guar. 5 per cent ••• St. 100 Great Northn. sp. c. 119 121 St. 100 Do. sp. c. Redeem., at 10 p. c. prem. 109 -... 10 10 Do. 44 p. c. S cri p 10 6 Gt. N. of Scot. Ist Prei F 10a 64 all Gt, Southu.&Westm. •• • (Ireland) Eighths)... 8 — 0, 20 4 Do. 4 per c. Pr of . Sh. °I 50 6 Gt. West.. (Berks & Hants Ex. sp. c)... -_ p, C. St. 100 Do. coy. r ed. 46 p.c. 96 ---100 97 St. 100 Do. eon. r e d. 4p. 90 95 St. 100 Do. irred. 4p. c- 2 • 93 05 95 16 6 Lan. &Yor 20 id xd St. 100 Do. 6 p. c. Stock ... 137 zd 20 13 Leeds N. 6 p. c. No.l ... 1 126 Do. Quarters, 848... St. 100 L on don and Brighton • Guaranteed sp.c . • • •.. „• St. 100 Do. Pref., sp. C. St. 50 all Do. Convertible, sp. c., 1852 ............... St. 100 Do. New Guar.6 p. c. St. 100 Lon. &N. W., Coy. it, Nuneaton . . ......... 50 5 London & S.. Western Con. Thirds ... . ...... 24 3 124 all Londonderry& Coler. Shares .............. •.• .• • i 124 all Londy.&Funis./ R. 12 12 25 all ,lan., Shef., & in. , Shares, No. 1. ... 6 7 10 all Do. New, £lO . ...... 8 f 9i 91 6 16 Do. £6 .... . ..... . ...... par 126 all Niarypt & Carl. 4 p.c. •.• •• • 126 all Do. 46 per cent....... ••• •• 126 106 Do .. . ...... .. . ..... . ... ••• ••• St. 100 Nfld. ........ p.c.St. •• • St. 100 Do. Cons... Bristol & Birm. 6 per cent.... 137 139 16 5 Do. Pref. 44 per cent 1.1 id 10 6 Norfolk Debentur e .. ••• ••• 4 St. 100 Do. Pref. 4 p• c. Stock ... •• • St. 100 Do. sp. c. Eat .. . .... •-• St. 100 Do. 51 per ct.pr ef.... ••• St. 100 Do. War. Val. s p. C. •• • ••• St. 100 North British . ..... ..• —• • • 1044 20 all North Staffordshire.. —• •• St. 100 Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverh.£ls, 6 p.c. 9 101 100 15 15 Do p iPm 151 k 8 all Scot. Cent. , New Pre •• • 8 all Shrews. &Birm.N.G. 91 10 10 all Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor.W.Min), 8 p.c. 16 16 9 10 10 Do. 5 per cent —lo 25 all South Devon ......... 12 ^, 14 10 14 Do. fixed, 46 per cent' id I P 1.0.6 all S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. 22a -- 23 St. 100 Do. 4 Aper ccut. . 20 ?all S.Yorksh.4p.c.Guar l7 19 25 all Stockton and Dar lington, 4 per cont. •• • •• • 25 5 Do. do. d 0.... • " 126 all Stockton and Hartle pool, guar. 5 p. c. till let July, 1856 ... • • 5 3 Waterfcl.kKilk.6p.c. 14 d St. 100 York, Newcastle,and Berwiek,4 p.c. Prof. 94 97 17 SDo 3i 44 ;' I 25 4 10 York&N. Midland I 831 3 I 2L 20 pm I i 6.4 6 51 21 7i 031 61 4 4 101 1 101 I 21 2 S2i 221 21 63i 2/ FOREIGN. A.ntwerp&Rotterdam Belgian Basta. 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Pref Western of France West. of Switzerland Wiesbaden . Zealand OXFORD U RETURN OF SIR W. HEATHCOTE. Yesterday a convocation was held, in the Convocation House, Oxford, for the purpose of electing a burgess to represent the University in Parliament, in the place of Sir Robert Harry Inglis, Bart. At 12 o'clock the Vice-Chan cellor appeared, attended by the Proctors, the Warden of New College, the Warden of Wadham Col:ege, the Pro. vest of Oriel College, the Warden of All Souls, the Prin cipal of New Inn Hall, a considerable number of the chief men of the University, and a few undergraduates and strangers, about GO in number altogether. The proceedings commenced by the Vice-Chancellor opening the convocation, and stating the object of the meeting. The Registrar, E. W. Rowden, Esq., then read the precept for proceeding to election, after which the oath was administered to the Vice-Chancellor, as returning officer, and the Registrar then read the ,usual statutes against bribery and corruption. The Warden of New College next addressed the house in Latin, and said that he should be unwilling to delay even for a moment the business for which they were as sembled had not the mention of the name of Sir Robert Harry Inglis, which all members of the University held in honour, and now heard spoken with regret, affected his mind with peculiar emotion, as it brought back to him the recollection of one whom, from the time when he sat next to him in the school of Winchester College, be had always regarded, and always should regard, with feelings of affec tion, as a man of the highest excellence of character, distin guished for his love and patronage of literature, scien ce, and art, and for hi s f a i t h ful and unwearied devotion, as a mem ber of parliament, to the welfare of the university , the church, and the country. (Applause.) Scarcely, he added , had the report been circul a t e d th a t thi s res p ec t e d burgess of the University was about to retire, when he was agreeably sur prised to hear that many persons who were looking out for a fit person to succeed to the vacancy, had fixed their eyes on another gentleman, whom also he had known from his earliest years. It was generally f e lt th a t th e interests of the University, particularly in these times, req aired that her representative should be a man of high character, ability, and experience. The conviction entertained by his friends that these qualities wore to be found in an eminent degree in Sir William Heath cote had become general ; and although it could not be expected that he should at once satisfy all the electors in every point, there was good ground to hope that all would at length agree that as a man free from the entanglements of party, with pure sentiments on all matters of church and state, and held in high estima , ion by those who formerly sat with him in Parliament, he would be able to render good service to the University in her hour of trial by such counsels as should tend most effectually to avert from her all injury, and to extend her capacity of doing good to the present and all future generations. ( Applause.) The War den concluded by nominating Sir Wm. Heathcote, Bart., of All Soul's College, D.C.L.,. as a fit and proper person to represent this University in Parliament. On the occasion of an electi o n of a representative for the University, it is customary to dispense with the form of seconding the nomination. The Vice-Chancellor then in quired if any member of Convocation desired to put any other candidate in nomination. After a short pause, no other candidate being proposed, the Vice-Chancellor declared Sir W. Heathcote to be duly elected. The writ was then signed and sealed, after w hich the Vice-Chancellor dissolved the Convocation. The proceed ings—the whole of which, with the exception of reading the writ and bribery clauses were conducted in Latin — occupied about half an hour. Sir W. Heathcote was not present, as it is contrary to etiquette for acandidate to be on the spot or to take part in the proceedings. After the election has been notified in an official manner, it is cus tomary for the newly-elected representative to call on the resident members of Convocation, and leave his card re. turning thanks for the honour conferred on him. LUDLOW ELECTlON.—Yesterday the election:of a mem ber of Parliament for Ludlow, in the place of Robert Clive, Esq., who has vacated the seat in order to stand for the southern division of the county, took place at the Guildhall. The proceedings were of a very quiet and orderly character, and but few persons were present. James Davies, Esq., of Elm-lodge, proposed Lieut.-Col. the Hon. Percy Egerton Herbert, younger brother of the Earl Powis, as a fit and proper person to represent the borough in Parliament ; and Mr. Marston, druggist, seconded the nomination. No other candidate being proposed, the Mayor declared the Hon. P. E. Herbert duly elected. The member elect then addressed his con stituents, promising to support the Government in offer ing strenuous resistance to Russia. He hoped that in their new Reform Bill the Government would respect the rights and privileges of ancient cities and towns that have returned members to Parliament for many centuries. The hon. member concluded by referring to some sub jects of purely local interest. There was no " chairing" or public demonstration. • NEWSPAPERS FOR TURKEY, GREECE, &C.—GENERAL POST -OFFICE, Jan., 1854.—Information has been re ceived from the Prussian Post•office, that newspapers, forwarded from the United Kingdom tc Greece, or to the lonian Islands, or to the under-mentioned places in Turkey, &c., in which Austrian post-offices have been established, viz., Beyrout, Botuschany, Bucharest, Canea, Constantinople, Dardanelles, Galatz, Gallipoli, Ibriali, Jassy, Larnaca, Mytelene, Mostar, Rhodes, Rutschuk, Salonica, Samsoun, Seres, Smyrna, Tenedos, Tchesme, Trebizond, Tultcha, and Varna, cannot be transmitted through Prussia, as newspapers, unless a postage of 1-ad. per half ounce be paid in advance, and further that a rate of Id. each• must be prepaid upon newspapers ad dressed to other places in Turkey. The foregoing rates of postage must, therefore, be paid in future upon news papers for the places mentioned. Particular attention is called to this regulation, as if newspapers are posted not so paid, they will be chargeable on delivery with the same postage as letters. THE OLINDA'S Mans.—The following notice was issued by the Postmaster-General yesterday, viz. h—The mails for Brazil, which were despatched from Liverpool on the 25th ult., by the Olinda steamer, have been re covered from the wreck of that vessel. The mail for Pernambuco was forwarded on the Ist inst., by the Genevieve, and the mail for Buenos Ayres on the 2d inst. by the Neptune. That for Lisbon will be des patched this day by the Peninsular mail packet, and the rest of the mails landed from the Olinda will be for warded on the 9th inst., by the inxil packet Severn. PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. —Among the papers recently laid before Parliament, by command of her Majesty, the following are of importance :—A convention between her Majesty and the Free Hanseatic city of Hamburg for the establishment of an international copyright ; a treaty of friendship, commerce, and navigation between her Majesty and the Republic of Paraguay, the chief articles of which have already appeared, and declara tions exchanged between the Governments of Great Britain and the Roman States, for securing na tional treatment to the vessels and commerce of the one country in the ports of the other. PRINTING PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. --Yesterday, a select committee, consisting of the Speaker, Mr. Strutt, Sir J. Young, Mr. Hamilton, Mr. T. Greene, Mr. Wil son, Mr. Beckett, Mr. Divett, Mr. Gaskell, Mr. Hume, Mr. V. Smith, and Mr. Sotheron, met for the first time, to consider all matters relating to the printing executed by order of the house, and for the purpose of selecting and arranging for printing the returns and papers pre sented. The stupendous blue book on the Hull bribery commission will, it is understood, engage their atten tion. _ _ MEXlCo.—Letters received from Mexico give further details of the treaty just concluded for the sale of the Mesilla Valley to the United States. The surrender of the territory has apparently excited no popular dissatis faction, since in its existing state it was worse than use less, the Indians having long made it one of their prin cipal retreats, whence they ravaged the surrounding country. Meanwhile, the cash to be received will, it is thought, establish Santa Anna so as to enable him to ma i n tain his power for some years. The boundary lim its between Mexico and America are now definitively settled. The Rio Bravo constitutes part of it, as formerly, but one league above the Paso del Norte a line is drawn south, with a westerly inclination to latitude 31 deg. It then follows that line to a small village called San Lorenzo, whence it ascends north, still with a westerly inclination, and joins the confluence of the Rio Gila with the Colorado. Lake Guzman is e Gulf h u u l f s c o e f d c e d a f o o r t n h n a TT i t The These s St l a al t ad e gv s si, of fsu alsotr n a o s om po dee is t point u no p rt o the n a st t ta h i Inel b e longs to Mexico. official report has been published by the Mexican Go vernment proving beyond a doubt the discovery of golf " placers" in fi ve or s i x d i fferent rivers running through the State of Guerrero. The localities are said to agree with those described in the let`er of Cortez to the King of Spain as the spots from which gold was washzd for Montezuma. REBUILDING OF DONCASTER PARISH CHURCA--The committee appointed for s uperintending the rebuilding of Doncaster parish church, which, it will )e remem bered, was totally destroyed by fire on the morning of the 28th of February, 1853, have accepted the tender of Mr. Janson, of Northampton, for the stove work of the new edifice, according to the plan of Mr. Gilbert Scott, of Spring-gardens, Low?on, the ecoit , act for which is 21,0001. The remainder of the w rk, exclusive of organ, hells, &c., is estimated to cost about 10,0001. more. Mr. W. IL Foreman, of Pippbrook-house, Docking, Surrey, who is descended on the maternal side from an influen tial fam ily formerly resident at Doncaster, has given directions for the construction, in the most elaborate style, sad at his own cost, o f a c h a p e l on th e south side of the chancel, hi commemoration of his ancestors. This i s , in addition to the sum of 1,0001. contributed by Mr Foreman to the restoration fund. The subscriptions already received and promised to the committee amount to nearly 30,000/. It is intended, if possible, to lay the ' foundation stone of the new church on the 28th of this month, the anniversary of the day on which the late church was destroyed. PRICE OF GOLD.—The quotation of gold at Paris is about 3 per mille discount (according to the last tariff), which, at the English Mint price of 31. 17s. 104 d. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 25 . 091 ; and, the exchange at Paris on London at short being 24.971, it follows that gold is about 0.48 per cent. dearer in Paris than in London. By advises from Ham. burg the price of gold is 4231 per mark, which; at the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. 104 d. per ounce for stan dard gold, gives an exchange of 13 . 41 ; and, the exchange at Hamburg on London at short being 13'24, it follows 7 c o o B i , n 7 e 9 d 6 a t hai the f M sov i . that gold is 0 . 65 per ce nt. dearer in Hambur g t han in London. The f r .eci r re s s 2, , were 3,919,950 fl or i ns , COINAGE OF 1853 so . hva nt w i rig n e l n B s, s3 n , 10 c , r 5 0 9 w 7 n , 9 s 3 L g o n 4,256,188 shillings, 3,387,930 sixpences, 16,038 fourpences, 36,168 threepences, 4,752 silver twopences, and 7,920 silver pence (of these last two coins the same number is printed every year, for Maunday money, we believe), 1,021,440 pennies, 1,559,040 halfpence, 1,028,628 farthings, and 955,224 half-farthings. The total value of the coinage of the year was 12,663,0001. ; the average of the previous five years /vas only a ti ELECT. 'ON. TSpAPER VEIN , 4 4' 64- ‘4 / 4 -4.' 4 4 4 ti. 27