The Sun. — London, England, 1853-01-29 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. • arewell Semen of Mr.:Benjamin Webster as Lessee and Manager. THIS EVENING, JAN. 29, Will be performed the popular and highly successful Comedy of MASKS AND FACES; or, Before and Behind the Curtain —by Messrs. Benjamin Webster, Leigh Murray, Stuart, and Lambert ; Mrs. Stirlin . 4*, Miss F. Maskell, and Miss Rosa Bennett. After which, the gorgeous Extravaganza, entitled LEO THE t TERRIBLE. To =elude with the Farce of BOX and COX MARRIED and SETTLED. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestris. THIS EVENING, JAN. 29, Will be performed the Comic Drama called A PHENOMENON IN A SMOCK -FROCK. Chwacters by Messrs. C. Mathews, F, Matthews, and Borncastle ; Miss F. Baker and Miss C. Mitchell. After which, the new and popular original Fairy Extravaganza, m,+itlcd THE GOOD WOMAN IN THE WOOD, in which Messrs. F. INtatthews, Sitter, Horncastle, and Templeton ; Madame Yestris, :Miss Julia St. George, Miss Robertson, Miss Martindale, Miss Ellis, Miss Wyndham, Miss Eglinton, and Miss Rosina Wright will appear. To conclude with LITTLE TODDLEKINS. 8010 kgent for the Private Boxes, Mr. W'. Aileron, 15, New Bond-street. THEATRE ROYAL AISELPIII. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster. —bireetross, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, JAN. 29, Will be presented the powerful new Drama of SLAVE LIFE ; or, trnele Tom's Cabin—by Messrs. Alfred Wigan, 0. Smith, and Emery ; Madame Celeste, Miss Woolga:, Miss Collins, Miss Laura Honey, ard Mrs. Keeley, To conclude with the succe;sful new Comic Pantorntme, called NELL GW YNNE ; or, ilarleynin 3lerrie Monarch. Principal T)auseuse, Mdlle. Auriol ; Clown, Mr. Flexmore. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE., OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. C. Kean. THIS EVENING, JAN. 29, Will be performed the new and original Comedy, in three acts, by Douglas Jerrold, entitled ST. CUPID; or, Dorothy's Fortune (as played at Windsor Castle, by Royal Command). Principal charac ters by Messrs. Wright, W. Lacy, Harley, J. Vining, Ryder, F. Cooke, Everett, and Chester ; Mrs. W. Lacy and Mrs. C. Kean. To conclude with the new and original Grand Comic Christ mas Pantomime, entitled HARLEQUIN CHERRY AND FAIR STAR; or, The Green Bird, the Dancing Waters, and the Singing Tree. Harlequin, Mr. Cormack ; Clown, Mr. Huline ; Pan taloon, Mr. Paulo; Columbine, Miss Carlotta Leclercq. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Farren. THIS EVENING, JAIL 29, Will be presented LILIAN GERVAIS. Supported by 'Messrs. Compton, W. Farren, jun., Hoskins, Cooke, Edgar, Bender, and Clifton; Miss Anderton and Miss H. Gordon. To conclude with ROMEO AND JULIET; or, Harlequin Queen Mab and the World of Dreams. Clown, Mr. Edwin Edwardes, with les highly-trained Dogs. Boa-of ice open from Eleven till Five, under the superintendence of Mr. Edward Chatterton. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. C.'"owded Nightly to witness the Extraordinary Holiday Attractions LAST WEEK BUT FITE of Mr. BATTY'S MANAGEMENT, As he is about retiring from the Profession, having Let the Theatre to Mr. WILLIAM COOKE. ON MONDAY EVENING, JAN. 31, And following Evenings, will be presented the Equestrian Drama of UNCLE TOM'S CABIN. After which, an unequalled Routine of Scenes in the Circle. To conclude with the Grand Comic Pantomime of FORTUNIO AND HIS HORSE COMRADE; or, Harlequin and the Seven Gifted Men. On THURSDAY, Feb. 3, the Last Juvenile Performance will take I,lace, when the Pantomime will be played first—concluding, by y...i.even o'clock, with a popular Farce. I. oors open at Hall-past Six o'clock. To commence at Seven. Pox-Slice open daily from Eleven to Four. Stage Malinger. Mr. W. West. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. I'm DAT —Morning 40 min. after 4 Evening 57 min.aft. 4 To-Moanow—Morning 20 min. after 5 1 Evening 41 mi n.aft. 5 DAILY WEA7HER TABLE. SATURDAY, JAN. 29, 1853. ,State of the wind and weather at each of the following plates at nine o'clock yesterday morning. The stations a re arranged in order of latitude. HAATINGs—N.E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. SOUTHAMPTON—N.E., strong breeze—partially cloudy. FOLKESTONE—N.E., light breeze—overcast. TUNBRIDGE—N., gentle - breeze—overcast. GREENWICH—N.E., gentle breeze—overcast. STRoon--N.E., gentle breeze—overcast. SWINDON—N.E., gentle, breeze—cloudy. CAMBRIDGE—N., gentle breeze—cloudy. YARMOUTH—E., gentle breeze—overcast. The returns from the following places indicate the state of the weather on Thursday morning at nine o'clock : LIMERICK—N.. gentle breeze—cloudless, frosty. MULLINGAR— W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. SOUTHAMPTON—E., gentle breeze—partially cloudy. LANCASTER—N., calm—foggy. WHlTBY—Calm—foggy. DARLINGTON—S.S.W., gentle breeze—partially cloudy, light frost. THE WEATHER.-SUN OFFICE, J. 29. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 88— highest since noon yesterday. 35-:-lowest this morning and during the night. 38—this day, at noon. BAROMETER, 29'93. WIND, N.N.E.—Light breeze, and dull weather. . I.___ _• , c ,.. 4.t 1 ,„-. till t .ic - _,,,_„,(' ,Ait\---j- - -AA,II. --) ~.7,2, ,, ,,,,,,.. ,--,--, 0,-:::-. LONDON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 29, 1853. Something practical is at last becoming appa rent in the designs of the Peace Congress—the Congress now holding at Manchester what is called an Arbitration Conference. It is proposed by some of the leading supporters of the enter prise, that the people of this country should be better instructed in the real state of public opinion among our neighbours. Now this, we take it, is a course in every way rational, and entitled to encouragement. It is a course from which no harm whatever can by any possibility arise, but out of which infinite advantages must spring— speedily and inevitably. Immediately before the opening of the present sitting of the Conference in the capital of the manufacturing districts of Lancashire, Mr. COBDEN prepared the popular mind in some measure for this humane and in genious proposal in that pamphlet " 1793 and 1853," to which we have of late so repeatedly made allusion, and to the study of which we shall not readily desist from most earnestly directing the attention of the English multitude. T 4 whole purpose of that pamphlet its author has himself most accurately and explicitly defined. After proving by historical facts culled from the most authentic official docu ments, that the last war was entirely trace able to • the infamous policy of the British Government—after showing the lawless character of the attack directed by England and the Allied Sovereigns against the Assembly, and against the Trium - Virate, and against the. Directory, and against the Consulate, and against the Empire, as the organs and emanations of the Revolution— Mr. COBDEN has insisted, in his very remarkable argument (page 131), that the time has at length arrived when peace may really be secured—how ? By conciliation proceeding at last from ourselves ! His method of attaining this object is simple enough, for it is this—that " the people of this country Faust first be taught to separate themselves in feeling and sympathy from the authors of the late war, which was undertaken to put down principles of free dom." To effect this, the population must be in structed as to the real state of the case. Modern history must be laid bare before them. Facts must be enumerated, such as can admit of no fur ther doubt or misapprehension. In doing all this, the Peace Congress may render themselves really useful. Instead of contenting themselves with entimental speeches upon the blessedness of inter national tranquillity—" crying out Peace, Peace, when there is no Peace—they may be of good service to the cause of humanity, to the interests of the country, and to the progress of civilisation. By the diffusion of truth upon the matteralready speci fied, by its diffusion through pamphlets, and essays, and discussions, and lectures, the Peace Congress may . effect as much real benefit in their way as the Anti-Corn-Law League effected in the Free trade Agitation- 0 ! for sonic rhymer, like ERRNEZER ELIA:or in this new and grand cause of conciliation ! 0 ! for some pungent penman, like PERONNET THOMPSON, to reveal the exact state of the question in some Anti-War-Cry Cite chism ! in the absence of these we have at least reason to be thankful for the breaking in of some "darkness vi s ibl e " of the Arbi new light upon the tration Conference—we have cause to feel gratified that some show of reason is being evolved from thetir hitherto vague and bootless rhapsodie s — we have occasion, above all, to rejoice at the appearance of this sensible statement by Mr. Co rata; of some of the elementary truths of the case, in a manner that appeals at once to the coin- mon sense and the common honesty of the popu lation. It is admirably observed by that gentleman, that the opponents of the odious and unjust war cry will never rouse; the conscience of the people so long as they allow them to indulge the comforting delusion that they have been a peace-loving nation. Why, the Mr. COBDEN, that " we have been the ----arreik combative an d aggressive community that 4. • I*.v-fxisted since the Roman dominion." In ation of this, he reminds his. fellow-coun !:W. that " since the ReVolution of 16A8 we riiii`44, expended more than fift een hundred millions ="/ of 'money upon wars, not one of which has been ug ,on our own shores or in defence of our hearths and homes !" We are in some degree con soled for the hitherto idle talk of the orators of the Arbitration Conference, by their endeavour to dissipate the ignorance of the multitude in regard to facts like those just indicated. Let them continue to act thus, and they will gain the respectful consideration of the multitude ; but, don't let us hear any more twaddling yet awhile of disbanding our armies and reducing our navies to a few "bum-boats," and breaking up our artillery to be melted down in the smelting-pots, or any other nonsense of this preposterous description. It is really lamentable to observe the incapacity displayed by General GODWIN in conducting the war against the Burmese Government. The Kafir war was nothing to the luckless conflict which has now been so long sustained by our troops along the banks of the Irrawaddy—nothing, we mean, in regard to deplorable blundering and disas trous procrastination. Ample means were at the very outset of the campaign at the disposal of the Commander-in-Chief for the subjugation of our antagonists. Soldiers, guns, and ammunition were there in abundance. Be sides this, General GODWIN had the extraordi nary advantage of a fleet of war-steamers capable of bringing the contest, if properly directed, to a summary termination. Yet doubts, delays, and hesitations were so long " the order of the day," that the seasonable opportunity vanished. Our army in these regions continued for such a pro tracted interval loitering among the swamps, in stead of marching upon the cities, that the soldiers were given up to a very inglorious destruction —they were decimated not by bullets, but by pestilence. Our navy, in these same regions, I remained so long hesitating about adventuring up the river that time was given to the old Admiral in command to get ill and die oft' unexpectedly. Every fresh mail has brought us only additional testimonies of the evil resulting from this pottering system of continuing hostilities. Perhaps the most melancholy proof yet received of the folly of this systematic procrastination is that afforded by the accounts contained in our last intelligence. From these despatches, it appears, as, will already, we doubt not, by our more observant readers, have been remarked that our forces have again encountered a very unfortunate discomfiture. Happily, our defeat has been, in a manner, com pensated by a subsequent victory, but that scarcely renders the circumstance less unsatisfac tory in itself to people altogether unaccustomed to mishaps upon the tented field. The particulars are briefly these—that an advanced post of merely 440 men having most imprudently been estab lished at Pegu—a spot situated about sixty miles beyond Rangoon, and within easy distance of a very formidable body of Burmese stationed at Spoy Gyre—the latter were, of course, not long in attacking the British garrison, and, after seiz ing a convoy of munitions on its way to the post, and harassing our troops by a series of murderous assaults, effectually cut off all communication between Pegu and Rangoon. As if this were not enough in the way of calamity—it appears that several of our vessels of war having on board 150 marines, and 30a soldiers (all Europeans), the vessels being accompanied and supported by a war steamer, were repulsed with considerable loss, after vainly endeavouring to carry succour to Pegu by forcing a passage up the Irrawaddy. Dismayed, it would seem, by these deplorable misfortunes, the Commander in-Chief then, at the eleventh hour as it were, after all the danger had been incurred, and all the loss above-mentioned had been sustained, des patched from Rangoon, to the assistance of the ill-fated garrison at Pegu, two columns, composed of 2,400 men, who—on their way to the endangered post encountered the Burmese forces, and defeated them " with great loss"—the first success of any noteable kind yet gained by General GODWIN in this mismanaged enterprise. Additional particulars will, in all like lihood, reach us on Monday, informing the country, we trust, that the perils incurred by our troops at Pegu have in truth been effectually dissipated. This, however, will by no means be sufficient to allay the popular anxiety in this country in reference to the conduct of the war against the Burmese Government. The nation will rot rest satisfied until the system of giving to old worn-out generals and to old vrorn-out admirals the command upon all great occasions of our military and maritime ar maments have been abolished—until officers of this obsplete description have been replaced by others younger and more energetic. As a signal example, we shall yet look forward, in hope, for the recal of General GODWIN, and for the appoint ment of some more competent Commander-in-Chief to bring to a close this miserably;protracted contest with the forces of the Burmese Government. We shOuld remember that every white-headed admiral is not by necessity a Howi, and that every military octogenarian is not inevitably a RADETZKY— that NAPOLEON was twenty-seven when he con quered Lombardy, and that NELSON was forty seven when he expired in the arms of victory at Trafalgar. Few, probably, of our readers are aware of the elevation gained by Sir CHARLES WOOD in obtain ing the office of President of the Board of Con trol. From a Chancellor of the Exchequer he is become the Monarch of India—one; indeed, who reverses the conditions of ALEXANDER SEL- KIRK'S rule ; for of all the country of which he is monarch he never surveyed a single acre. Nor is our description of his power merely figurative. That grave authority, Mr. G. It. PORTER, states, "that this important functionary is, in fact, the Supreme Governor of India, using the Court of Directors as the instruments of his will ; and exercising, under the sanction of an Act of Parlia ment, a power over the destinies of that part of the British Empire greater than the Monarch can legally exert in that or any other quarter." His dignity has, to be sure, one great deduction—a hostile vote of the House of Commons compels him at any time to abdicate his throne, of course to be immediately refilled ; and he has for coadjutors the principal Secretaries of State, the Chancellor of the Exche quer, and six other persons. Of these, however, he is in practice independent, since ho uses their help only when he thinks he needs it. Such is the Indian Board of Control. It means just now, Sir CHAS. WOOD, Member of Parliament for Halifax, in Yorkshire. But Sir CHARLES has a certainly rather singu- lar adjunct to his absolute Monarchy. The some times heard of, but almost unknown Board of Directors, what are they ? and what are their privileges and powers ? They are twenty-four worthy gentlemen, selected by the proprietors of India Stock, six of them retiring annually in rota tion, but eligible for re-election, and generally soon re-elected. Their power and patronage is very great. All the subordinate appointments are in their hands, though the Government of THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 29, 1853. the day always shares a part with them. They nominate also the Governor-General and the Governors of the Presidencies, but as these nominations must have the approval of the Crown, they are considered as belonging to it. The Board of Directors has also the absolute and unquestioned power to recal any of these func tionaries; a power indeed but rarely used. it was, however, employed in the case of Lord ELLENBOROUGH in 1844, much against the wishes of Sir R. PEEL'S Ministry. These sober gentle men could not understand his Lordship's Som nauth Gates Proclamation, and his fondness for military display ; it did not look business-like enough, so they ordered him home The prompt appointinent of Sir HE Rl' HARDING; however, gave full satisfaction to all parties. B u t, doubtless, our readers are aware that the East India Company has now done with trading ; and some may have occasion to ask, Who and what are the proprietors of India Stock who elect these Directors ? And thereby hangs a tale. In 1833 it was found that previous par tial openings of the trade had successively demon strated so clearly the vast superiority of the pri vate trader to the Company in energy and skill, that it was impossible to think of allowing the lat ter to retain any longer any portion of its mono poly. It is worth mentioning, as an illus tration of the mischiefs of monopolies, that in 1814, when the trade to all places east ward of the Cape of Good Hope (except China) was freely opened to the private trader, that in that year the Company's own exports, including stores, amounted to 826,558/. ; those of private traders to 1,874,6901. By 1832 the Company's trade had so decreased, and that of the private merchants increased, that the exports of the former had sunk to 149,1931., and those of the latter risen to 3,750,2861. To renew any portion of the commercial charter in the face of such facts was, of course, out of the ques tion. It might have been supposed, then, that the Company would have been told to dispose of its commercial stock, or employ it in trade in unrestricted competition with the private mer chant, and that the Government would have taken the political administration solely into its own hands.. Such, however, was not the plan adopted. Their capital stock was reckoned by what it amounted to in 1708, which was 6,000,000/. ; although, owing to the subscriptions being made above par, the Company had received 7,780,0001. On the six millions Government undertook to pay the Company's dividends, which were reckoned at about 10f per cent., with liberty to the Government ultimately to pay it off as 5 per Cent. Stock ; that is, to cease paying dividends which have averaged about 630,0001. per annum, on paying the Company 12,000,000/. This, however, cannot be done till thirty years hence. It is, however, now quite open to Par liament to do away with the double system of Government, and to place everything directly under a Minister, immediately responsible to itself. The advantages of the present system are certainly not easy for the public to comprehend. It is not easy to see what particular in terest the proprietors of Stock, who are now mere Government Annuitants, have in the good government of India. They are secure of their dividends ; and the British nation generally, upon whom the burden of the Indian debt is sure ultimately to fall, appear to be far more con cerned iu the administration of Indian affairs than a set of men sure, in any case, of their dividends or their principal. To us it ap pears that it must be for the advantage both of India and England to be clear of such a compa ratively irresponsible body as the Court of Direc tors. True, Sir CHARLES WOOD has full power to inspect all the correspondence of the Directors of a political nature, and to deal with it as he pleases; also to send his own dispatches when he pleases, and, if marked " secret and political," they can be seen in England only by three Directors sworn to secrecy, and the Company's servants in India must obey them. It is, however, impossible not to anticipate serious neglects, abuse of patronage, and mismanagement from such a divided and some times conflicting government. Our natural expectations are, however , fully I confirmed by the tenour of the petitions, both from natives and resident British, to our Parliament which have lately arrived. One request we think most important in the present state of Parliamen tary knowledge of India, that the Act of this year shall not be in force for more than ten years. It is obvious that twenty years is 'too long a licence for so many probable errors as will be made, and too long a furlough for the many abuses which will remain untouched. These peti tions are characterised - by every quality which ought to command attention. That from Bombay is from an association there, formed expressly to ascertain the real wants of India, and to make them known to the Home Government ; it has 3,000 highly-respectable native signatures, and perhaps everything it points out would strike all men of common sense here as having every pre sumption in its favour. Its complaints and its suggestions betray nothing of the fervent zeal of Reformers ; they are all the most moderate, both in language and substance, which canwell be conceived, and they read like the simple language of daily experience, and must, we think, have their weight with every fair-minded man in our Legislature. Sir CHART.Rs is indeed a sad routine official ; and he who found it impossible to make the Income Tax one shade less unjust, may well be bewildered in Indian politics. We only hope that, profiting by his miserable Income-tax reputation, he will be anxious to obtain a better Indian one ; and we can assure him that, if he would do so, he must believe that Indians, like Income-tax payers, un derstand their own affairs better than he does. They give him Much useful information. They tell him, that while the Act of 1833, in the most explicit language, declares that from that time all natives of India should be equally admissible to office with the English, they are as yet, in practice, excluded from the Grand Juries, from the Commission of the Peace, in all but two instances from very low Judgships, and that they have no share in the Local Councils ; that all the appoint ments are conferred on the British—pn young men trained at Haylebury instead of in India, who are nominated in England, and sent over to administer law, or collect the revenue, among a people to whose habits and modes of thought, to whose customs and traditionary usages they are strangers except by report. Hence, the ad ministration of law is most wretched, and the cost of real justice enormous. The state of the roads and want of railroads, and the extortions of the practically irresponsible tax-gatherers, are also mentioned ; and amongst suggestions for the better, besides asking for an undivided government, the retrenchment of European sa laries, the employment of natives in offices of trust, and _the appropriation of 5 per cent. of the land revenue to the improvement of the district in which it is raised, they most rea sonably propose the formation of an Indian Coun cil, par tly at least elected by some body composed of persons having a substantial interest in the good government of India; that the Council should be directly responsible to Parliament, that its mem bers should have been resident in India, and should be presided over by a Minister of the Crown, forthey do not ask such a qualification. Well, whomE England I is responsible for the good govern ment of 150 millions of Asiatics, and Sir CHAS. WOOD is its agent for showing how alive it is to that duty. We shall be obliged no doubt fre quently to revert to.him and to India. THE TIMBER TRADE IN LIVERPOOL. From a trade-circular statement which has just been forwarded to us by one of the principal timber brokers in Liverpool, we have groat pleasure in learning that, so far as that port is concerned, the timber trade has participated in a large degree, in the general pros perity of the year 1852, The year just passed has, we believe, been one of the most successful, in a business point of view, ever recorded. A great impetus has been given to trade which has showed itself in te unexampled activity which has prevailed in the yards h of our shipbuilders. There has been the greatest comparative increase over the average in the import of deals, owing to the fact of their being more easily procurable by all classes in the colo nies, and of American ships preferring them to square timber for cargo. The consumption has also pac e w ith the supply , a n d shows an in kepth of Europe deals together crease. Quebec and Nest of more than 1,500 standards. Of North American timber the import has slightly' fallen in all kinds, except in Quebec oak, and in pine and spruce planks of which latter kind the import this year exceeds that of last year by 9,717,000 feet of two inches. In Railway sleepers there has also been an increase of 12,453 pieces over last year. In the consumption of every kind of North American timber there has been this year a considerable increase. There has been a considerable falling off in the imports of timber from the north of Europe, as the Baltic shippers, owing to the immense increase of North American imports, and the cheap rates at which the United States merchant vessels have carried them, have been driven into the shows London markets. The consumption, however, a general increase. In Mahogany there has been a considerable increase, both in imports and consumption, and the same may be said with respect to timber from Cuba, Honduras, Havannahl (cedar), Rio and Bahia (rosewood), With regard to prices it may be said that there has been throughout the year a steady, and, in some instances, a considerable rise. In the year 1851 there were 466 vessels employed in carrying timber to this country, with a tonnage of 268,960 tons ; in the past year they were 443—the tonnage bad, however, risen to 272,771 tons. Great anticipations are entertained that the next year's trade will be still more prosperous. MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, Two o'CLocK. The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at 9 ; 000 bales, including 3,000 for ex port and speculation. The market closes firmly, at full rates. Railway shares were flat. The turning point in the affairs of the Bank of England, or, perhaps, we might more correctly say, in the state of the money market, had been reached apparently last week, for the account of the liabi lities and assets of the Bank, to, the 22d instant, shows an addition to the specie, less employment for notes, and, augmentation of the sums to the credit of individuals. The loans and disco un t s seem also to be diminishing, if we include those upon Government securities. Compared with the previous week, the changes are as follows : Active circulation Decrease Bullion Increase £23,473,775 187,595 19,404,919 256,412 Rest-- Increase 5,328 Public Deposits—lncrease 58,876 Other deposits—lncrease 443479 Seven day and other Bills—Decrease 90,868 Government securities- -Decrease 40,389 Other securities—lncrease 13,197 Notes reserved—lncrease. 440,080 The rates for bills of exchange, as negotiated here upon 'Change yesterday afternoon were not higher, but on the principal continental cities they were firm. The exports of bullion from London direct dur ing the week to Thursday last were 85,235 oz. of gold, and 8,0001., chiefly sen t t o F rance an d t,Bel gium. Of silver is from o z . were s hi ppe d. The following from the Committee' of Spanish Bondholders : " Madrid, 23d January, 1853. " My dear Sir,---Since the last change in the Finance Department, I have taken every opportunity to speak with H.E. Senor Llorense, the new Minister, concern ing the certificates of the over due coupons, and I have now to acquaint you with the result of my conferences, which may be resumed as follows : _ " His Excellency s hal - answered me that he is not aware of his colleagues' opinions respecting an affair which does not allow of an imme diate solution, and consequently has not been discussed in the Council of Ministers, but that his per sonal opinions concerning the settlement of the debt are not questionable, being, on the contrary, well known to the public. "As member of the Commission of the Congress which was engaged in that business, he not only supported Senor Bravo Murillo's Government in every part of the project which was favourable for the creditors, native and foreign, but also sustained that greater amplitude ought to be given to the design, and during a whole month he maintained in the Commission the reclama tions of the coupon holders. "Such being the case, his opinions in that epoch are not a mystery for any one. But the question of the debt having been decided upon by the Cortes, things have changed their aspect, and no prudent Government could renew a question which gave rise to so many com plications, without being completely certain of the sup port of the Cortes, which, on the other hand, will have to be occupied in the brief session, commencing on the Ist March, with transcendental political questions. "From the preceding answer of his Excellency it re sults, therefore, that although he declines giving any positive assurance or admitting of any serious compro mise, he does not deny his personal favourable opinion, whilst Senor Bravo Murillo would not listen at all to the subject in question. " Having thus faithfully transmitted to you the result of Senor Llorentes' conversation with me, if remains for the creditors to hope and trust that the Cortes will up• hold the dignity and honour of the great and generous nation they are called upon to represent. " I remain, my dear Sir, &c., . " DANIEL WEISWEILLER. " To James Capel, Esq., Chairman of the Committee of Spanish Bondholders, London." - The English Stock Market has been flatter, and there is very little business doing. Consols have realised 99g 1 for Transfer, and for Account have been the same. The lower quotations from Paris have occasioned the temporary lull. The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been marked 1031 to it ; and the Three per Cents. 100, and since 1001. Bank Stock has risen t o 2271 and 228. Indian Stock is at 2711. Exchequer Bills are 575. to 61s. premium. Foreign Securities have been steady, with a mo derate demand. Spanish Deferred are 221 to and the Certificate is firm at 5. Mexican Bon have been quiet at 23. Buenos Ayres Stock has been again done at 67. Brazilian Old Bonds have been dealt in at 1011 to 102. Equador Stock is worth 5i to k. The Swedish Loan is at 2 discount, and the Austrian Scrip has been pushed up to 9 premium. Russian per Cents. have realised 1031. Sardinian 5 per Cents. have maintained the advance to 951. The Railway Share Market has been weak again, and there are sellers of Caledonian, Great Northern, Great Western,. Manchester, Sheffield, and Lin colnshire, and York and North Midland. French Shares have receded again. The Gold Mines are all heavy, with very few dealings. Several of the C a lif orn i an C ompan i es have advices this morning. The Land Companies are firm. ; and the Austra lian Banks have risen a little. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY. (Front the QtjiCio2 List.) _ _ Business done. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities lOO/ ti 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities New 31 per Cent. Annuities—. ..... L on g Annuities, Expire sth J an., 1560 6 7-16 Ditto 30 Years, Expire sth Jan., 1860 6 3-16 India Stock India Bonds, £lOOO -- Ditto, under £IC3O 7O Consols for Account 10th February wa Exchequer Bills lAd. March. June. £lOOO.. 6l 57 £5OO 6l 57 . Small 6l 57 PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. Austrian Scrip, 5 per Ceut 9 Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Ditto 4A per Cent 9B Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent 67 Equador Bonds 54 11 Mexican 3 per Cent ___- Ditto for the Account 23 Russian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Ditto, 4A per cent lO3l Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent. ............ Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent . 47 i- Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent 221 i Spanish Committee Cert. of Coup. not fun 5i P a Swedish Loan _ D u t c h Exchange 2e. per Cent — Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates......... 4 9B TWO O'CLOCK. Consols Ditto February Account STATE OF THE WOOLLEN TRADE. ( From the Leeds Mercury of this day.) The London Wool Market is steady. The imports into London, during the week ending to-day, have been 3,215 bales, of which 1,641 were from Portland, 1,228 from Sydney, 219 from . Germany, 70 from the Cape, and 67 from Antwerp. In the Liverpool Wool Market there has been an ac tive demand for wool, at full prices. Stocks very scanty. Imports the past week :-100 bales Buenos Ayres, 80 Egyptian, and 151 Leghorn. In the English Wool Market the sales this week have been to a moderate extent, and prices are firm at last week's rates. With regard to the woollen trade of Leeds we do not observe any material change in the state of the woollen cloth market this week. There has been a good busi ness done in the Cloth-halls ; perhaps not quite so much as last week. We believe there can be little doubt that much more business might be done if there was a larger supply of cloth in the halls for the merchants to select from, but at present the stock of cloth is exceedingly small, and as fast as the manufacturers produce their goods they are at once either delivered direct at the warehouses, or if exposed for sale in the market, are quickly disposed of, and generally at firm prices. There is a fair business doing in the warehouses • quite as much as as is usual at thi s seaso n of the year in the home trade. A brisk business is doing by several of the shipping houses. In the Bradford market the disposition to speculate in wool has considerably abated. A general feeling has arisen that prices have attained their highest point for the pre sent, especially in that from the colonies ; whilst the ad vance in the rate of Bank of England discounts has told with considerable effect. Parties are more disposed to sell both wool and yarns than they were last week. The piece trade is dull. Wool is relatively higher than yarns, and yarns than pieces. The advance upon Gal lipoli oils is enormous, being from 421. 10s. per tun, six months ago, t. 681. at present. In the hosiery trade of Leicester the home demand continues very steady, and more is doing by the country houses than, from the openness of the season, might be expected. They are still shipping orders in the course of execution, both for the Australian and Cana dian markets, and the demand j . or fancy hosiery, shirts, half hose, and socks adapted to these markets, was never greater than at this period of the year, whilst the manufacture of cotton hosiery keeps most of the operatives in full employ. The rise in yarns has yet had but little effect on the labour mar ket ; though manufacturers find it impossible at present to realise it, there is confidence in the present prices being ultimately obtained. The increase of discount by the Bank of England is considered very judicious, even as only applied to the restriction of speculation. It is rather a singular feature in our market, that although the cotton market is reported dull, brown cottons suited to our trade are only barely supplied, whilst the demand for blue grey -is ten times greater than the supply. Worsted spinners find great difficulty in realising present prices. " Wools are stationary, at the present advance ; short sorts and noils are even more than ever sought after, INDIA. OVERLAND MAIL. (BY SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH.) MARSEILLES, JAN. 28. The Euxine is arrived with the East India mail. Dates—Calcutta, Dec. 22 ; Bombay, Jan. 3 ; Alexandria, Jan. 1 ; Malta, Jan. 25. No news of importance. Trade lively. Indigo market appears to open at much higher prices than those of last year. Exchange in Calcutta, 2s. aid. to 2s id. DEATH OF VISCOUNT MELBOURNE, G. 0.8. We regret to announce the demise of Viscount Mel bourne, brother of Viscountess Palmerston, long in the diplomatic service of the State, and better known as the Hon. Sir Frederick Lamb and Lord Beauvale. His lordship expired at a quarter past 7 o'clock this (Satur day) morning, at Brockett Hall, Herts, after a short illness, arising from gout, to which his lordship was a great sufferer, which excited no alarm, as may be ga thered from the fact that none of his relatives were sum moned to the country, his sister Lady Palmerston being, with the Home Secretary, at Broadlands, Hants. The deceased Frederick James Lamb, Viscount and Baron Melbourne, of Kilmore, county Cavan, in the peerage of Ireland; Baron Melbourne, of Melbourne, in the county of Derby, and Baron Beauvale, of Beauvale, in the county of Nottingham, in the peerage of the United Kingdom ; was third son of Peniston, first Viscount, and Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Ralph Milbanke, Bart. He was born 17th April, 1782, and married in 1841, previous to his leaving Vienna for England, Madlle. de Maltzham, daughter of his Excellency Baron Maltzham, the Prus lan Minister to the Austrian Court. The late viscount entered the diplomatic service early in life, and in 1811 was appointed Secretary of Legation at Palermo. In 1813 he was removed to the same rank at the British Embassy ak Vienna, where he remained two years. He was then (in 1815) accredited Envoy to Munich, which he held several years. In 1822 he was appointed a Privy Councillor, and in 1827 nominated a Civil Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath, in conside ration of his diplomatic services. He was some years Minister at the Court of Madrid, and, on the late Earl Grey coming into office as Premier, he, then the Right Hon. Sir Frederick Lamb, was appointed Ambassador to the Court of Vienna, a post he filled up to his recal in October, 1841, when Sir Robert Peel appointed Sir Robert Gordon (brother of the Earl of Aberdeen) his successor. Since then he has not held any public situa tion. In 1839 he was created a peer, by the title of Baron Beauvale, and in Nov., 1848, on the death of his brother, Viscount Melbourne, he succeeded to the supe rior family title. He leaves no family, consequently the title becomes extinct. The families of the Earl and Countess Cowper, Vis count and Viscountess Palmerston, the Hon. Mr. Geo. Lamb, the Hon. W. F. Cowper, M.P., &c., are placed in mourning by the event. An express was forwarded to Viscountess Palmerston, in Hampshire, as early as pos sible after the noble viscount's dissolution. LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.) COURT OF CHANCERY. (Before the Lord Chancellor and the Lords Justices.) SELFI V. HUMS-IN RR LORD HUNTINGTOWER. Mr. Terral this morning made an application on behalf of the defendant in this case, in which a bill had been filed to set aside a warrant of attorney held by the defendant from Lord Huntingtower, for permission to inspect the minutes of evidence which he himself had given in the Bankruptcy Court in the matter of Lord Huntingtower on several occasions. The defendant was now about answering the plaintiff's bill, and wished to refer to several points in his former examination. A similar application had been made to Mr. Commissioner Fonblanque, and had been refused by him, and the present was an appeal from his decision. The Lord Chancellor. said it was a most unusual appli cation and the Court must unhesitatingly refuse it. Application refused with costs. (Before the Master of the Rolls.) CONGREVE V. PALMER. This was a case arising out of the construction of the codicil to a will, by which the testator left a certain sum to his daughter, Mrs. Cole, for her life, and after her death to go to such uses as she should appoint, and in default of such appointment to go to such of her sisters as should be alive at her death, or their children. Mrs. Cole died without issue, and without making any appoint ment. There were three separate sets of claimants, the children of Mrs. Cole's three sisters, Mrs. Greenway, Mrs. Walker, who died before their sister, and of Lady Brooke, who died previous to the making of the codicil. His Honour this morning gave judgment deciding that the children of Lady Brooke were excluded altogether from the succession, and that the estate must therefore go to the children of the two other sisters to be divided per stirpes, and not per capita. Decree accordingly. CLERKENWELL.-(THIS DAY.) Charon ofFrench 'A s l o b h e r o t , and teachers ErnestoDf the Aibert No. 19, language, Den mark street, were placed at the bar before Mr. Corrie, ch arge d w i t h -s r t ° r n p t stealing a trunk containing 521. in gold and silver, and several articles of wearing apparel, the money and goods of M. Leopold Joseph Ronsalle, hair-dresser, of No. 1, Upper Yardley-street, Clerkenwell, and Pierre Bervill carpenter, of No. 6, Upper Rupert-stre e t, H aymar k et, was also charged with receiving and being concerned in the same robbery. Sergeant Sandars of the detective force acted as inter preter. It appeared from the evidence, which was gone into at great length, that on Wednesday the prosecutor was fetched from his house to drink, and in his absence the box containing the money was taken by a man who had gone to the room and said he had been sent there to stop until the prosecutor came back. The prisoner Charon who when taken into custody inculpated himself, also charged the other prisoners. The prisoners were remanded until Wednesday. THE BRAZILS. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 28. Her Majesty's store-ship Tyne, Master-Commander Peter Wellington, arrived at this port this day, having made a rapid passage from Rio of 38 days only. The Tyne has been the -round of the West African squadron under Rear-Admiral Bruce, as well as that under Rear- Admiral Henderson, on the Brazil station, which she supplied with provisions, &c. She has brought a mail and a small quantity of treasure, which Messrs. Cham bers will lodge in the Bank of England. She has brought as passengers :—Mrs. Henderson, wife of Rear-Admiral Henderson ; and Mrs. Hunt, wife of Mr. Lennon Hunt, Consul-General at Monte Video, Miss Truscott, and Master Hunt. The Tyne parted com pany with Admiral Henderson, cruising off Cape Frio, on the 20th of December. She spoke in the South Atlantic, in lat. 17.43 S., long. 34.38 W., the Bremen brig Emma, all well, out 50 days, with emigrants bound for San Francisco ; also in the South Atlantic, on the 12th of January, in lat. 25.33 N., long. 34.39 W., the bark Euxine of Glasgow ; and on Monday, the 24th inst. the ship Jumna, with loss of jibboom ; wind then S., blowing very hard. Captain Wellington has brought a file of Brazilian papers. The Crescent receiving-ship was at Rio. The Express, 6, Commander Fead, sailed from Rio on the 13th of Dec. for Bahia. The Rifleman, 8, screw steam-vessel, Lieut. Dalton, sailed on a cruise on the 14th of Dec. The Bonetta brigantine, 8, Lieutenant Wake, was cruising off St. Catherine's. The Vixen, 6, paddle steam-sloop, Commander Barnard, and the Locust, 4, paddle-vessel, Lieut. Day, were in the River Plate, in attendance upon Captain Sir Chas. Hotham, the British Ambassador to the Republic of Uruguay. The slave trade on the coast of Brazil was quite extin guished. It will be remembered that an exposure was made some short time agolof a number of English boys hav ing been ill-treated in the Brazilian service ; the Tyne has recovered 43 of those boys from the Brazilian navy, three of whom have died from yellow fever on the passage. Their names are—George Taylor, aged 14, on the 10th inst.; Daniel Foster, aged 14, on the 14th inst. ; and John Boardman, aged 16, also on the 14th inst. An inquiry had 'been instituted on board her Majesty's ship Crescent, respecting the ill-treatment of these boys, of the result of which we are not apprised, but sufficient was made known to induce the Brazilian authorities to deliver them up. 37 more boys are to follow in her Majesty's steam-vessel Rifleman, which may be shortly expected. Mr. Day, acting boatswain of her Majesty's ship Tortoise, has come home on promo tion, in the Tyne; as also several naval invalids and a quantity of old stores. Exchange at Rio, 274 to 28. DUNDEE TRADE WITH AUSTRALIA.—We are glad to learn that this trade is increasing, much beyond the most sanguine expectations ; and if returns made to the exporters of Dundee manufactures to Australia continue at all equal to those lately made, much good may be ex pected, not only to our merchants, spinners, and ship owners, but to our manufacturing population generally. The fine new barque El Dorado was towed down the river with a full cargo of goods and passengers, for Port Philip—being the first vessel direct from this port to Australia ; and we are happy to learn that other eight vessels are already on the berth, or advertised to load here for Melbourne and Pert Philip,--.Dundee Adver tiser. COURT CIRCULAP. WINDSOR, JAN. 28. The fourth dramatic performance at the Castle took place this evening. The pieces selected upon this occa sion were a comedy in three acts, by John Poole, en- titled " Paul Pry," and a serio-comic afterpiece in one act, by Alfred Wigan, entitled "A Lucky Friday." At eight o'clock her Majesty the Queen and Prince Albert entered the Rubens Room, accompanied by the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, Prince Alfred, and the Princesses Alice, Helena, and Louisa. The Duchess of Kent, the Princess Adelaide of Hohenlohe, the Earl and Countess Granville, the Duke and Duchess of Argyll, the Baron and Baroness de Brunnow, the Count and Countess do Lavradio, the Marquis of Breadalbane, Vis count Canning, the Right Hon. the Speaker and Mrs. Shaw Lefevre, Sir Charles and Lady Mary. Wood, Sir Edwin Landseer, and the ladies and gentlemen in attend ance. The performance immediately commenced, the parts being filled accordance to the following pro gramme : PAUL PRY. Colonel Hardy Mr. Bartley. Frank Hardy Mr. G. Everett. Witherton Somers Mr. Coop er . Stanley Mr. J. Ch es t er. Harry Stanley Paul Pry Mr. W r i g h t. Grasp Mr. 0. S m i t h . Doubledot Mr. M ea d ows. Simon George Mr. Lind on . Eliza Hardy Mr. 5tacey......................... Miss Laura Honey. Marian Mrs. Subtle Phcebe A LUCKY FRIDAY. Paul Raimbunt Mr. Sharpe Joe Sharpe Andrew Stapleton Mr. Hardham Bessie Stanford Director .................. Mr. Charles Kean. Assistant director...... Mr. George Ellis. The theatre arranged and the scenery painted by Mr. Thomas Grieve. The Queen's Private Band was in attendance. In addition to the guests visiting at the Castle who ac companied the Queen after dinner, the following had the honour of receiving invitations to witness the dramatic performances : The Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar and the Countess of Dornburg, the Countess of Mansfield and two Ladies Murray, the Lady Emily Seymour, Lady Caroline and Miss Barrington, Lady Louisa Kerr, Col. the Hon. C. B. and Mrs Phipps, Col. the Hon. Charles and Mts. Grey, the Dean of Chester, the Rev. F. and the Hon. Mrs. Anson, the Hon. Adelaide Vernon, Sir Theodore and Lady Brinckman, Mr. and Lady Charlotte Bruges, Mr. and Lady Emily Cavendish, Mr. and the Hon. Mrs. St. George Caulfield, Vice-Admiral and Mrs. Sykes, Colonel M'Douall (commanding officer), Lieutenant Hawksley and Lieutenant Hamilton of the 2d Life Guards, Colonel Angerstein (commanding officer), Lieut. - Colonel Hamilton and Captain Higginson of the 3d Battalion Grenadier Guards ; Mr., Mrs., and Miss Every ; and Mr. and the Misses Vincent. Refreshments were served to the company in the Throne-room. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, accompanied by the Duke of Argyll, the Right Hon. the Speaker and Sir Charl es W ood, went out shooting this morning, at tended by Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps and Lieute nant-Colonel F. H. Seymour. Sir Edwin Landseer has arrived at the Castle. The following had the honour of dining with her Majesty yesterday :—Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, her Serene Highness the Princess Adelaide of Hohenlohe, the Earl and Countess Granville, the Duke and Duchess of Argyll, the Baron and Baroness Brun now, the Count and Countess of Lavradio, the Marquis of Breadalbane, the Lady in Waiting to the Duchess of Kent, the Baroness de Speth, Viscount Canning, the Speaker and Mrs. Lefevre, Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps, and Sir Charles and Lady Mary Wood. The band of the 2nd Life Guards attended in the Castle during dinner, and played the following selec tion.. : March. Overture, "La Siyene" ..................... Auber. Waltz, "Prague" ........................... Labitzky. Grand selection, " Maritana" .......... . Wallace. Quadrille, "Don Pasquale" ............... Coote. La Retraite ............... Kiihner. Polka, "Vive la joie" ...................... Stasny. Galop, "Corsican" Strauss God save the Queen. . Her Majesty's private band afterwards attended, and performed the following compositions : Overture (Op. 142) Kalliwoda. Selection, " Marie" Herold. Romance, "Guido et Genevra" Halevy. Marsch, " Zweikampf " Spohr. The Bishop of London, Mr. Cotton, and Mr. Kings cote had an interview with the Earl of Aberdeen yester day at his official residence in Downing-street, respecting the subdivision of parishes. Mr. Robert Lamont, of Liverpool, had an interview yesterday with Mr. Cardwell at the Board of Trade. Viscount Harding° had also an interview with the right hon. gentleman. The Duke of Newcastle left town yesterday for his seat, Clumber-park, Notts. Dispatches were sent yesterday from the Colonial office to the Governor-General of Canada. THE KILBEGGAN MUBDER.—The late atrocious murder in Westmeath continues involved in mystery, there being, it would now appear, no reason to suppose that it arose from circumstances of an agragian character. No arrests have yet been made. A local journal has the following remarks :—" Most singular, the inmates of the house never made any fight, resistance, or alarm for nearly 20 minutes after the atrocious deed was com mitted. After perpetrating the dreadful deed, the assas sins walked out, leaving the gun lying by the side of their weltering victim ; but one of them presently re turned for and carried off the gun, without the slightest opposition. The inmates were so stricken and horrified that they did not even dare to look what direction the parties took in their retreat, and the men were not dis guised in the least, but they were believed to be strang ers. Farrell's house is not more than 100 yards off the road, which is a public one, in the highway between Streamstown and Kilbeggan, and there are several farmsteads and cottages close at hand. No possible mo tive can be assigned for the committal of this savage deed, Farrell having been an inoffensive, industrious, well-disposed man, who stood well with all who knew him." The United States Mail Steamer Humboldt arrived at Cowes yesterday, on her way to Havre. Her English mails and passengers were landed at Southampton yes terday afternoon. She left New York on the 15th inst. The news by this arrival affords no addition to that brought by the Asia, which left New York on the 14th instant. The Mail Steamer Formosa left Sydney on the 9th, Melbourne on the 16th, and Adelaide on the 19th of November last, and arrived at Singapore in time for her mails to be sent home with the last Overland China and India mail. The telegraphic summary, via Trieste, of the India and China news by this mail was received in London on the 13th inst. If the Australian mail had contained any political news of very great importance, a summary of it might have been included in the Trieste message, and thus we should have had .news from Sydney in 65 days, from Melbourne in 58 days, and from Adelaide in 55 days. The business in the General Post -office is getting of immense importance. It appears that the last East India mail, which arrived at St. Martin's-le -Grand in the afternoon, could not be touched that day, and the correspondence for the provinces was not ibrwarded until the morning mails were dispatched the following day. Either a larger building for the business of the General Post-office will shortly be required, or a full tall' of officials must be employed the whole of the day and night. SOUTH AUSTRALIAN GOLD.—Some specimens from the Echunga Diggings have turned out 1 carat 1 gr. better than standard, with 8 dwts. silver per pound. The brokers have expressed their opinion very highly as to its purity, and the several sizes of the pieces are larger than any that has been received from Melbourne or Sydney, leading to the supposition that the South Australian gold fields will prove to be very rich. ROYAL JENNERIAN AND LONDON VACCINE INSTITU TION. —Yesterday the annual general meeting of the governors of this institution was held at the Freemasons' Tavern ; Mr. Ashurst in the chair. From the report it seemed that the numbers vaccinated during the year were 7,186 ; that India had made large demands on the institution ; that very many surgeons also, who had not been able to keep up a supply of vaccine virus, have been indebted, in time of need, to this establishment. The amount of funds received during the past year was stated at 3271. ; the expenditure at 334/. ss. 10d. ; the liabilities at 2401. The report concluded with an appeal for more general public support ; and the chairman, in o urging th e c l a i ms o f th e i ns tit u ti on , ca lled attention to the gre a t resu lt s ar i s i ng ou t o f sma ll outlays, expended in the manner here proposed, and to the evidence of the necessity of the institution, as the means keepingSturges pro up a supply of genuine vaccine matter. posed the adoptiono o f f t t h h e e b re o p s o r r d t, w w er h e ic r h e. elected, was The retiring members fo r i m H a E l r e c s cs o A l u s ti T o n p s E l r y E e r N e c p E a s s . si d m , a a nd ga z the n e m s e e a t r in e g o s r e d p e a r r e a d t ed. to be constructed and a strongnstructedo on the Gosport floirnmesi,ng on the l as alsoon th a e tt Hilsea er,on lines, one of the old sites. Some earth works will be speedily thrown up at Gomer Pond, B rt rown T dwn h o em , art p e r l e i pto o a t r o a we r r y e an armament f or th= 4 to on t t h h e e erection c o o f n a s t p e a r r ma e t n o e n r e t ee f v e . with.—Portsmouth Times and Naval Gazette. MINING INTELLIGENCE. (Front the Mining Journal of this day.) MrNEs.-A very large amount of business in British mines has been doing this week, and generally at ad vanced rates. The dividend shares have been exten- sively dealt in, and the market for them is very firm. Wheal Bullers have risen from 9501. to 1,0751., at which shares have changed hands. Bassets, from 5501. to 5751. ; North Pool, from 2251. to 290/. ; West Caradon from 2501. to 2901. Alfred Consols are 161. to 16110 s.; Devon Great Consols, 4101. to 4151.; Levant, 1501.; Merllyn, 4/. 55.; South Caradon, 1551.; United Mines, 3801.; Mary Ann, 311.; Wheal Owles, 2201.; Bosorn, 31.; North Damsel, 21. 2s. 6d.; Wheal Norris, 21.; St. Day United, 31. to 31. 10s.; South earn Brea, 101.; East Russell, 10/. to 101. 10s.; and there seems to be much more disposition on the part of the public to embark in mines that are beginning to develop their re sources, and look promising. In Cornwall, Comford shares have risen from 181. to 601.; 'Wheal Jane, from 151. to 201.; Bell and Lanarth, from 51. to 91. 10s.; South Charlotte, from 6/. 10s. to 141. 108. Condurrovrs 1171.; North Pool, 3201.; Gonamena, 91. 10s.; Balnoon 121. 15s. In the Metal Market all continues in a buoyant eon. dition —Copper is not to be had at the quoted price.-- British tin and lead are very firm.—Banta has been sold at 11. advance.—Tin-plates are in extensive demand.-- Spelter has been dealt very largely in, at 201. 5 5 ., and holders are standing out for 201. 10s.—The Iron Market is in an improved condition.—Scotch Pigs are 635., cash, 675. 6d., for three months' delivery. In the Bullion Market—Mexican and South Ameri can dollars, 4s. per oz. Bar silver containing g old (all gold above 5 grs. in the pound to be paid for), 55 . lid. per oz. standard. Bar gold, 775. 9d. per oz. stan dard. Columbian doubloons, 765. per oz. American Eagles, 765. 34d. The sale of copper ore at Thursday's ticketing wa 3 3,192 tons, amounting to 21,2651. 175., the average pro duce and stand ar d b e i ng 5 1, 1641.,145. The correspond ing sale last month was 3,369 tons, produce 51, 1451- 195., showing an advance of 201., equal to it. ss. per ion on the ore. DIVIDENDS DECLARED IN JANUARY, 185?; Mines. Per Share. Amount. Devon Great Consols Wheal Buller United Mines lO 0 0 ... 4000 0 0 Alfred Consols Caro Brea 2 0 0 ... 2000 0 Trelawny 3 0 0 ... 1560 0 South Frances Wheal Friend5hip..........., 10 0 0 ... 1280 0 0 South Carradon East Darren 2 0 0 ... 600 0 0 North Roskear 3 0 0 ... 420 0 Balleswidden 0 5 0 ... 406 0 0 Rix Hill 0 4 0 ... 389 12 0 Treviskey Consolidated Copper Mines of Cobre 3O 0 36000 0 United Mexican 0 4 0 ... 8634 0 0 ° Mariquita 0 1 0 7500 0 Mexican and S. A mer i can 0 5 0 ... 5000 0 0 87,753 12 This has been a very dull week in the Gold Mining Share Market. The committee of the Stock Exchange have expunged the Golden Mountain Mining Compaq from the official list—having, as they assert, obtained settling-day under false representations. The secretart has published a counter-statement, stating the capital of the company to stand thus-5,000 shares handed to lAr• Andrew Smith in part payment'for his interest in gr . Hoffman's agreement ; 10,000 shares held in trust for the due performance of such agreement ; 25,604 actual- 1 Y paid upon; 2,296 shares held on security; and 7,100 shares reserved : making a total of 50,000 shares, as proposed by th e prospectus. The money received, or for which security is taken, is 27,900/. ; the expendittir,. e is 6,4541. 7 8 . 6d. ; l eav i ng a balance of 21,4451. 12s. 6d. in the hands o f th e company. The descriptions wh i c h have been best supported are Agua Fria, Anglo-Carder' nia, Nouveau Monde, Port Philip, and Colonial Gold.. BIRMINGHAM, JAN. 27. --The iron trade of this dlr . . trict may s till b e reported firm, although a reduction, is anticipated. It h as b een asserted i n some quarters, tha t certain houses h ave re d uce d f rom ss. to 10s. per t o n , ; but the re h as no t b een up to the present time any derma" tion from the prices of quarter-day, officially announce'. by the large houses who were parties to that list. favourable acco un t s f rom Gl asgow and Liverpoo l 10°e been rece i ved here to-day, calculated to depress ,0 market. Notwithstanding the enormous supply* ( 11 received. by the Shrewsbnry and South Staffordsh ire , Railways, many works are still short of fuel. The toy, however, recently inundated with water are being rapidly pumped out ; and, if the present dry weather continues' a better supply will be obtained in the course of ne" n . week. The retail coal-dealers, in the meantime, are reap ing a profitable harvest, requiring for house coal of s econd" rate quality 16s. per ton, which a few weeks ago w i ti , not have realised half the money. The copper and , of trades are also firm, but without any further rise prices ; a lth oug h the manufacturers are in hourly °Vi e tation of circ u l ars announcing further advances. gun trade is exceedingly active ; fire-arm s of nea rly descriptions being required for Australia, exclusiVe of some brisk Ordnance orders. The American rnercb° s are also busy, b u t fi nd considerable difficulty in ,• curing manufactured goods to meet the marke+r SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. SPORTING NOTES.—.No. CCCLXVII. The following somewhat important gleanings h ail come to hand this morning : „, „ ri de, COLUMN STAKES (Newmarket)—Freight, Mangostine filly, Hermione, Phoebe, Dudu, and Al tude, are already pl ace d h ors de combat by being out ° training, or other w i se di s p ose d o f. Th e fi e ld i s likely °, be small, and t o cons i s t o f D e fi ance, Filb ert ( t h e prOk; ble first and s econ d), Estrella (the probable thir ti i Veteran, Diom e di a , one o f Si r R . Pi got ' s, an d Coc k Pheasant. THE PORT STAKES —Lord Zetland's ch, son of B ir t catcher, Augur—who was to have done a " good thinE e last year—has only postponed the present season. He is doing strong work—looking, o ld going well, and is to make his debut as a four years 0 ,, 1 in this stake, which it is confidently presumed he No' carry off easily ; notwithstanding he will have Adine"" who is in good form and work —among his opponents. t The Handicap for the Liverpool Steeplechase i . 8 11° d considered to be a very good one, Miss Mowbray Dcl ij j in" at the very favourable weight of 10 st 12 lb, a° Oscar at 10 lb less. THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF • performance to tua LITERATURE. Bleak Rouse. No. XI. By Charles Dickens. Another instalment of " Bleak House," a" still confusion —perhaps even confusion worse O l ' founded. Sc arce l y ever was a plot more splin t e red up into separate fragments. Indeed, the loo se , ness of the whole construction of the story is i n cated in th e very style of its compos ition-- - tm u o work bein g , a t uncertain intervals, written in til l first and third person, some chapters penned, asui were, avowedly b y t h e novelist, and some again s, h u io l an imagina r y auto bi ographer. From the first has been to us a source of discomfort in the Pertirri and we regr e t every number to find the diseerao rather increasing than otherwise. We long for 0 1 11 ,1 , thing or the other. We yearn for a story ei.,?;) sively from the hand of Charles Dickens, like t-u - fe r glorious fictions for which he has rendered us „ ' - e r ever grateful—such fictions as " Oliver Twist', it " Nicholas Nicldeby," Or, again, we yearn fo r tale exclusively penned by an imaginary eharatia —such as our favourite of favourites, "P 3 ,; 0 11 Copperfield." But to have the two jostling e "„ - other in the same volume—now the author sP c 'a g e ing, now Esther Summerson—we acknowl e plainly that we regard that arrangement as 3 Jjl o t take—rath er, perchance, should we say that W far of arrangement. Howbeit, the work is now e ° oo t advanc e d th at we must accept it as it is, with we any qualms wh a t ever , an d th an kf u l only (a /3 ,_ r ies are) that we h ave s till amongs t us dear Onos Dickens, telling us a story at his own proper P sure. It may seem horrible t o sa y so , but thero i ber some capital fun in the first chapter of the before us—the instalment for this current 1110 the of January,—suggested by th e d ea th o f Kroo' , l / qr. rag-and-bottle Lord Chancellor, the party (asßy Snagsby calls him) who has been combustecl• the se the way, one of the most horridly droll of au nt ion same ghastly gleams of humour, i s the of the good, simple-minded law-stationer at he watchful wife supposing for one moment tD' Ajr would go spontaneously combusting people l o i v er other is the juvenile facetiousness of young,-1- t h a t and Young Perkins, who, "as members 01 0 , t he restless juvenile circle which is the terror ° f l asite s foot-passengers in Chancery-lane crumble do r behind the pump and under thei archway, f long ; where wild yell s an d h oo ti ngs t a ke pla t the n, their remains !" After this chapter comes a7 or ds, giving " A Turn o f th e S crew ; or, in other G e org e showing how ho nes t, brave-hearted Mr• f thoP finds himself ground down under the grasP ° df ,tbof detestable old scarecrow of a miser, GI -3 ' 1 , 1 ,00 Smallweed. To release himself from the °-"__ bv to of the vampire, even for an interval, and thereby is release the Bagnets from danger, Mr. T , Ge w dod ° compelled to h an d over some of C ap t a in 17- 3 Lo di coveted writing to Mr. Tulkinghorn• -AY o lior° Dedlock's that Old Man of the name of Tullat o is accidentally encountered, we may obse h i o o passant (for the apparently trivial event a tivo) , doubt its importance in regard to the nar r Frool by the Young Man of the name of Guppy' 0 su bse: Esther's narrative, which is resumed in the quent chapte r , th e fi na l c h ap t er in the nuni_ . _ 01, of the January, we learn that she has recovered o ,.. ec ts small-pox, but seemingly disgured by e that dreadful malady. Mr. Woodcone, to pig_ hear from little Miss Flite—has return „ r bitio land after having been shipwrecked. Thus . the incident a of the plot already advalloec'• ' the u s() vl_