The Sun. — London, England, 1853-01-31 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.) COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. (Sittings in Banco.) (Before Lord Campbell, Mr. Justice Coleridge, Mr, Justice Wightman, and Mr. Justice Erle:) SENTENCE UPON THE REV. DR. NEWMAN. This morning the Rev. Dr. Newman attended before the judges of the Queen's Bench to receive the judg ment of the Court, in pursuance of the verdict returned by the jury in the case of Achilli versus Newman. The Court, the avenues leading to it, and the galleries were crowded to excess, and the greatest interest was manifested to see Dr. Newman and to hear the nature of the sentence upon him. A great number of persons were unable to obtain admittance. Dr. Newman occupied a seat in front of the Queen's counsel. Sir F. Thesiger moved the judgment of the Court. A number of affidavits in mitigation of the sentence were then handed in to the Court and read. The first was that of Dr. Newman himself, in which he said that his attention was first called to Dr. Achilli by his delivering lectures in Birmingham against the Roman Catholic Church, and that, as he had no per sonal knowledge of him, he could not have had any personal feeling in the publication of the al leged libel. He denied that he wrote the article in the Dublin Review, or was any party to its insertion: but said, as Dr. Achilli had made statements strongly affecting the Church to which he had formerly belonged, he thought it right to inquire into the accusations which were made in that article, in respect to Dr. Achilli's character. He then went on to state the result of his inquiries as to Dr. Achilli's conduct in Italy, and Malta, and Corfu, with the view of showing that he had reasons for setting up the different pleas which he had put upon record. Sir Frederick Thesiger objected to the defendant en tering upon these statements, as the prosecutor could have no opportunity of replying to them by counter affidavits, and as the matter recited occurred after the publication of the libel, and could, therefore, be no ground for the belief on which he proceeded, when he attacked the character of Dr. Achill The Court, after some discussion, decided that the part of the affidavit objected to was admissible. The next affidavit was that of Mr. J. W. Harding, of Lincoln's-inn-fields, who said he was authorised to collect evidence, with respect to Dr. Achilli, in Italy and Malta ; that he had no instructions but to elicit the truth, and that no attempt was made by him, or, accord ing to his belief, by any other person, to suborn wit nesses to give false testimony. He also Said, he believed from the information he had received that all the charges in the defendant's pleas were capable of being proved if all the witnesses had been in attendance. He added, in reference to the woman De Allessandris, who did not appear at the trial, that she told him that she had been seduced by Dr. Achilli, and. that she made an affidavit to that effect before a magistrate, but as she Was then pregnant she absolutely refused to come to The affidavit of Mr. J. Lewis, in regard to the authenticity of a document, purporting to be a copy of the proceedings before the police at Naples, but not re ceived in evidence at the trial, was held not to be ad missible. The affidavit of Mr. Babington, the medical attendant of Dr. Newman, was next read. He stated that the defendant was suffering from internal complaints of a very serious nature, and that imprisonment would t give I lse to a degree of feebleness from which he probably Would never recover. Similar affidavits were handed in and read from Sir Benjamin Brodie, Dr. Ogle, and other medical gentlemen of eminence. The Attorney-General then addressed the Court in inititation of punishment, contending that the affidavits whicli he just had read clearly showed that the defend ant Wa s not actuated by any malice or ill-will in pub lishing the alleged libel, but merely desired to defend the Church which Dr. Achilli bad assailed and denounced in the most opprobrious terms. Mr. Sergeant Wilkins followed on the same side, Mr. Bramwell, Mr. Addison, and Mr. Baddeley also addressed the Court on behalf f Dr. Newman. Sir Frederick Thesiger was then heard in aggravation of punishment. Sir F. Kelly followed on the same side. , 41 r. Just . ce Coleridge sentenced Dr. Newman to pay „ a fi ne of 10 , .to the Queen, and to be confined in the Queen's Bend prison in the first class of misdemeanours until that fine is paid. The lenient nature of the sentence seemed to occasion Considerable surprise in the court. [A report of the learned Judge's observations will be given in our next edition.] COURT OF CHANCERY. (Before the Lords Justices.) PEACOCK V STOORFORD. This was an appeal from a decision of Vice Chancellor Kindersley. The question arose out of the construction of a will by which the testator, Thomas Stockford, who died on the 3(1 of August, 1823, bequeathed 2,000/. 3 per cents. to the use o f hi s 4 n i eces, Sarah Stockford, Elizabeth Edmunds, A nne B ennet, and Anne Mann, and after the death of any one of them, and " in trust for the benefit of all and every lawful children of her or them so dying, or of the survivors," and upon thes e wor d s th e quest i on turned in the decision of the property, Anne Mann died, leaving two children. His Honour decided that the legacy should be divided into five shares among the three sun . 1% ing nieces and the two children of Anne Maim. Their Lordships this morning gave judgment, reversing the decision of the Vice Chancellor without costs. (Before Vice Chancellor Wood.) WOLLASTON V. OSBORN. This was a claim for specific performance of a contract for the purchase of a house and premises near Reigate ; and the defence set up wag, that the pal ty purporting to be the agent of the vendor had no power or authority to sell, on the 1 Cth of 0c,.,., 1831, the copyhold house and premises called Dover's Green, situated within about one mile Reigate, and then occupied by Miss Telford, as tenant, waatpat up for sale by auction at the Auction-mart, London, by Mr. Adnam, of 34, King's-road, Brighton,_ auctioneer, "by order of the proprietress," as stated in the particulars of sale. It seems the property in question belonged to three ladies of the rame of Broughton, and was mortgaged to three of the defendants, Edward Duke, William Osborn, and John Duke. Mr. Edward Duke is a solicitor, residing in Brighton, and was one of those named in the particu lars of sale to whom reference was to be made, and it Was by his authority, as alleged, that the property was put up to sale. However. Vie plaintiff became the pur chaser, and Mr. E. Duke furnished him with an abstract of title. Differences having arisen, the plaintiff, Mr. Wollasto n , was informed that Mr. Adnam had no au thority to sell, and that Mr. E. Duke knew nothing about the matter. Mr. Wollaston thereupon filed his claim for specific performance against the Micscr Broughton, and also against the mortgagees, alleging that they, or some or one of them, had entered into the contract. The claim was afterwards amended, and in the amended ;claim the plaintiff charged that a joint contract had been entered into by all the defendants. The evidence in support of the claim was little more than a statement of the facts already mentioned, and the defendants contented themselves with a denial of authority to the agent. Sin Honour this morning gave judgment, dismissing the claim without costs. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) The February sessions commenced this morning at the Old Bailey, before the Lord Mayor, Recorder, and Sheriffs. The Reccrder charged the Grand Jury, remarking that the number of prisoners for trial was about the average, and among the cases brought before them would be those Of Mr. Pries for forgeries connected with the corn trade ; of Johnson, charged with swindling ; of Lamande, the allepman to Messrs. Benson, charged with fraud in selling spurious gold chain. There was also a charge of attempted murder by shooting. The Grand Jury then retired, and proceeded to find several true bills, and the trials were then proceeded with. The judges on the rota are Baron Parke, Baron Mar tin, and Mr. Justice Cresswell ; and the aldermen on the tot; to attend as commissioners, are Sir Peter Laurie, 'lit, Sir George Carroll, Bart., Sir John Musgrove, Bart., and Messrs. Wilson, Finnis, and Cubitt. BOW-STREET.-(THIS DAY.) CHARGE OF ASSAULT AGAINST A GENTLEMAN.—Mr. George Bargass, described as a gentleman, was placed at the bar before Mr. Hall, charged with assaulting Mr. Rich ar d Ormond Potts ; 12, Chapel-street, Cavendish square. The prosecutor deposed that about seven o'clock and on Saturd ay evening he and his wife were in Pall-mall, he went i nto the Reform Club to speak to a gentleman, and not expecting to be detained more than two or three minutes, he told hi s w if e to walk qu i c kl y t o th e end of Pall-mall, and then return. On leaving the club and going down the step s , h e saw some one accost i ng hi s wife, and in f ron t o f h er; but from the distance he could not tell what took place. Complainant went to her as quick as he could, and found her crying and leaning in a fainting state against th e b alustrade in front of the hou se ; and on his asking her wh a t was the matter, shesaid, said, " That man (pointing to th e pr i soner) has gross l y insulted me." The prisoner was then walking quickly away, and p ros ecutor ran aft er hi m, and said to' him— "Yo have assaulted a l a d y most grossly—what do you mean by it ?" The prisoner repli e d, "Oh ! if I did it, I am very sorry —I did words t o th a t effect, not know w h o s h e was " —or Wi tness then t o ld hi m, he must Prisoner said , " If you use language of that kind me, I sh a ll give ray card, an d I will thank you for yours.' Complain an t declined giving hi m hi s card, apolowhen defendant said he would walk back with him and gise to th e l a d y. Prosecutor said he did not know nature of the offence, and told him if he walked back with him to the lady, he (complainant) wt iul(I in quire what was the nature of the effence, and be gi tided by that whether he accepted the apology, on wkich pri soner walked to where complainant's wife was start , ling, and witness then said, " this man is come back to. apo logise to you, and before you listen to him, I must re quest you to state what occurred, and in what Ix ay he assaulted you. She then said, in defendant's: presence and hearing that she was walking very p tick, when defendant overtook her from behind, and, acct milting her, said, " Where are you going to, my dear ?" He then put his hand in her muff, and seized hold of her wrist, and held her forcibly, at the same time eltc laiming, "Your way is my way, and where you go L shall go with you." She said, I expect my husband here directly, and now see him coming down the steps of ftio Reform Club." The prisoner said, " Husband, indeed, " and still held her by the arm. The prisoner the 0. walked away as fast as he could. Defendant on hear ing the lady's statement, said, " I admit it, I did not know who you were at the time." H.e then quested his card back, and prosecutor too k the card from his,pocket, tore it, and threw it at hi in ; at the same time telling him he was a d-d snob. Defendant turned round and struck witness on the cliciek, when blows took place between them. A policeman. came up and took defendant into custody. Mr. Huddlestone cross-examined complainant at consi derable length, but elicited nothing to shakes his testi mony. Two witnesses, named Griffiths and Davie is, proved seeing defendant struggling with the prosecut4 )r, who ap peared to be nearly strangled. Mr. Huddlestone addressed the Court on b thalf of his client. Mr. Hall, having gone through the whole of the evi dence, considered the assault proved, and fined.4efendant 51., which was immediately paid. AWFULLY SUDDEN DEATH AT THE qi7NERAL POST-OFFICE-(THIS MORNING..) An especial example of the uncertainty of b,uman life took place this morning in the inland office of - the Gene ral Post-office. The following are the particulars fur nished to the reporter by two officers in the establish ment, who were witnesses of the melancholy se( 3ne : This morning shortly after 5 o'clock the a 'ecea,sed, whose name was Richard Pritchard, comma iced his duty as bag-opener at one of the divisions.. A few minutes before 6 o'clock, whilst there engag(?,d, he ivas seized with a violent fit of coughing, which so increased that he was obliged to leaye the opening -table, .and pro ceed into the clerks' kitchen, whither he went, o.r rat] ier was led, by one of the senior clerks. Soon afterm.rds he began to vomit a quantity of blood, whic'h alan ncd his fellow-clerk, who instantly sent to Dr. Neild , of Little Britain, who, upon seeing the patient, immedi ately intimated that he was afraid medical aid would I be of no avail. He 'returned, however, to prepare s. )me medicine, but the poor fellow died before seven o'clock. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE. The half-yearly nTeeting of this company was hel d at Stoke-upon-Trent, on Saturday. Mr. Thos. Erode 'rick occupied the chair. Mr. SAMIIDA, the Secretary, read a report, of Which the following is an abstract. After referring to the pro posed purchase of the railway by the London ai id North , Western Company, upon the terms which hay a .already appeared—the capital to be taken at 2,82(40‘00C., dividend of 3 per cent. for the first year, 31 for the second, and 3t for the third and future yea.r,s, to be guaranteed by the London and North-Western Com pany, and the whole to be confirmed by an act of l'ar liament—the directors in their report observe— -" That a bill has been brought into Parliament to amalgamate the North Staffordshire Railway Company with the London and North-Western Company ; that the ne.ces sary arrangements for transferring the thoro ugh tr.; tffic between Manchester and London over the North taf fordshire line are now under consideration, and. although the directors fear that they cannot be bro ught into operation, as to passenger trains, before the Ist of M arch next, they expect the passage f goods trains will take effect forthwith." The report concluded : " The accounts for the half-year have already been placed in the hands of the shareholders. They- disci , )se a result which enables the directors to recommend a divi send of 3s. per share, free of income tax. Thus— Balance of revenue Dividend on 161,507 shares, at 3s 224,226 1 0 Income tax to be paid by the company 24,9132 13 0 Leaving a surplus of £1,70.9 7 7 which your directors deem it prudent to reserve to meet any possible claims upon revenue that may not have b. taken into account." The CHAIRMAN moved the adoption of the report.. Mr. KYNNERSLEY seconded the motion. The report was adopted, a dividend of 3s. per slare declared, a vote of thanks passed to the chairman, and the meeting broke up. THE MALTON AND DRIFFIELD. On Saturday, the half-yearly meeting of the sharehol ders in this company were held at the office in York— the Earl of Carlisle in the chair. It appeared, from the abstract of receipts and pay ments up to the 31st of December that the receipts, in cluding a balance of upwards vi 5,0001. due to bankers, amounted to 259,8641. 4s. 9d., and that there was a bal ance in the hands of the secretary, after the payments had been made, of 391. 4s. 2d. The balance sheet being continuous from the preceding half-yearly statements, exhibited the present financial position of the qom pany ; and it was only necessary to state further the amount , of the debenture debt, viz., 66,8781., • the outstanding liabilities, and the remaining work s to be paid for by the company. Tho liabilities consi,it of the balance of the land account, amounting to about 16,0001., bearing interest from 2 to 4 per cent. ;- the re tention money, 3,1471. ; the floating bills of the Com pany, for work done and for the timber account, 10,494/. ; and the balance of 5,8751. due to the bankers. The remainder of the work, not yet included in certific ;des, including the stations, coal depots, and gate-houses,, wri probably amount to about 10,5001., making in the v thole an amount of 46,0161. due from the Malton and Dri afield Railway Company, and a subscription o:35,000/. for the Thirsk and Malton line ; so that the whole liabilities of he company came within 81,0161. To meet these cllaims ,here is a balance of unexhausted borrowing powers of L 3,122/., and the issue of 4,000 shares, representing 30,000/. ; making together the sum of 93,1221. The report was adopted without discussion. PARIS ANA ROUEN. The half-yearly general meeting of the sharebold ,?.rs o 7 this company took place last Saturday, in one o f the large rooms of the terminus at the Rue d'Amsterd am— M. de L'Esp6e, the president, in the chair. Near him were seated the following directors :—Viscount Dud aatel, Sir John Easthope, Bart., M. C. Laffitte, Mr. Chaplin, Mr. W. Reed, M. de Kersaint, and Mr. G. Blount. M. THIBAUDEAII, the secretary, read the report : _ This document gives a very favourable account of the progress of the undertaking during the last half-year. The establishment account, which had, on the 30th of June last, amounted to 67,292,495 f. 53f., had been increased 123,539 f. 37c. by the establishment of new sidings, changes in the stations of the Batignolles, Meulan, &c., and changes in the working stock. That expense had been diminished by 31,207 f. 45c. by the sale of land, &c., leaving the total amount, up to the 31st of December, 1852, at 67,389,827 f. 45c. The receipts during tho half-year ending at the. date just stated, were 5,573,718 f. 52c. and the expenses 3,299,6991. 540. 2,274,018 f. 980. The net profit was to be thus distributed :—Sum kept ' back for the sinking fund 12,500 f. Oc. Interest to shareholders for six months 900,003 f. Oc. A tenth of the surplus, 1,361,518 f. 98c. for the projectors' shares 136,151 f. 89c. Total to deduct 1,048,651f. 89c. Leaving a remainder of 1,225,367 f. 9c. Of which the sum of 36,000 f. to be given to the Dieppe Company, for the 10th part coining to it in the share of the annual dividend over and above 45f. for each Rouen share L e 1,189,3671. 9c. aving To this sum b e added the interest for six months And the balance from the preceding six months 2,855f. 74c. Giving a total of or 29f. per share. ...2,092,222f. 83c. The accounts were then approved of ; the dividend of 29f. per share voted, payable at the offices of the com pany, on and after the Ist of February. The CHAIRMAN —There now only remains for us to draw by last fifty-five shares, to be repaid for the gradual reimbursement of the social capital. This having been done the proceedings then terminated. THE EMPRESS OF THE FRENCH.—It is not generally known that the bride of the Emperor Napoleon 111. re ceived her education in England. When a girl, Madlle. Montijo, with her sister, the present Duchess of Alba, were pupils at a highly respectable establishment at Bristol. SulomE BY A CITY MERCHANT.—On Saturday, Mr. Horn Wakley sey he , on an n d mr. inquestFredk Fredk. W e y, the P a l g o e u d g h 6 L T l o a l t l e i ng o t f o t n h - e p a fi r r k m , of Lock and Wey, merchants, Gutter-lane, Cheapside, who destroyed himself under the following determined cir cumstance :—Mr. Fredk. Leonard, deceased's nephew, said he resided with his uncle, at 4, Tollington-park. On Thursday afternoon witness was alarmed by hearing a noise in deceased's room, and upon rushing up he found the door locked. Fearing that something had happened he immediately burst open the door, when he was horrified to see deceased lying on the floor we lt er ing in his blood, and his head nearly severed from his body by a razor which lay by his side. That morning the deceased had been to town to sign a deed for the dissolution of partnership. For some time past he was in a state of great excitement, could not sleep at night, and complained much of his head, for which he was medically treated. After hearing further corroborative evidence the jury retired, and, after con siderable deliberation, returned the following verdict : "Deceased committed suicide, but what was the state of his mind at the time there is no evidence to prove." THE VINES OF PRUSSIA.—It appears from a recent official return that the quantity of land in Prussia culti vated with vines is about 50,000 English acres, and the produce in wine nearly six millions of imperial , gallons. SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JANUAWv 31, 1853. MARKET A'RIVS-(THIS :DAY.) CORN MXCHANGE. The trade for wheat in . the whole of the country markets held on Saturday was in a very depressed state, at a decline in the quotations of full y ls. per quarter. There was less inquiry for barley, the v. blue of which had a downward ten dency. Malt was held r I full prices; but oats, beans, peas, and flour moved off heal 'ily on somewhat easier terms. In the various tontine ntal markets, the amount of busi ness doing on English a ,3count of late has been very mode rate. In prices, howei rer, no material change has taken place. Advices from the United States are to the effect that holders of wheat flour were firm in their de mands. The arrivals of English. grain up to our market last week were on the increase. From abroad we received 52,357 quarters of wheat ; 15, 186 barley ; 46,755 oats ; 2,707 beans ; 2,722 peas ; 540 - tares ; 3,358 linseed ; 1,350 rape seed ; 181 sundry seeds ; 1,399 sacks of flour. Fresh up, to-day, the turivals of wheat from Essex arri_ Kent, coastwise, wore bi It moderate—those from the Ea coast, very limited. By land carriage, the supply of tba grain was trifling ; nevertheless, the show of samples of red and white—chiefly the refuse of last week, and in mostly in very inferior condition—was tolerably good. As the attendance of millers Wa3 comparatively small, the de mand for all kinds of wheat of home produce Isms in a vev depressed state. However, the few fine sample - 3 on shop; realised la3t Monday's prices ; but all other kinds were quite ls. per quarter lower, without a clearance being effected. There were very few inquiries for forward delivery sam ples, although the growers were disposed to accept rather lower terms. With foreign wheat we were somewhat extensively su-n -plied ; but the quality of last week's imports was by no means first-rate. Good heavy samples were held at full currencies ; but all other kinds met a very dull inquiry, and must be considered the turn in favour of buyers. The arrival of floating cargoes off the coast has increased. The business doing them was limited in the extreme, at barely stationary prices. The aggregate supply of barley was large. Really fine malting samples changed hands slowly, at late rates ; but grinding and distilling sorts were exceedingly heavy, at a decline in the quotations of fully is. per quarter. We were well supplied with malt, which sold slowly, at late currencies. _ The supply of oats being very extensive, the oat trade ruled heavy, at .a decline of quite 6d. per quarter. The sale for beans was very inactive, at previous quota tions. In peas next to nothing was doing. Flour, the supply of which was good, ruled heavy, at barely late prices. Several parcels of flour and oats were forwarded to Aus ti alia last week. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL ME &SITRE. Wheat—Essex & Kent, Red •• new 40s to 48s Ditto... old 45e 59s odto, White new 44s 53s Ditt0........ old 45s 60s Nexiolk and Lin coln, Red, old 473 53s Ditto ; new •• 373 473 lire —Old • • •• •• 31s 32s Now ............ 313 33s arley —Grinding ..• 253 28s Malting . •• 303 , Chevalier— 34s 3lis, tfalt —Suffolk and Nor folk ............ 54s 58s iirown • • ........ 463 svs Kingston and Ware 531 60s cmalt—Chevalier .... 61s to E3s !Oats Yorkshire and Line°lush., Feed 163 223 Potato .. .. 218 243 Toughs! and Cord Black. ... . ICI 24s Cork, White. ••.• I6s 25; Scotch, Feed. • . 218 25s Beans—Tick •• .. 329 34s Pigeons....3s= 403 Peas—Grey ..••• • •• •• 3ls 35 Maple ..• ••• - • 333 36s White.... •• • . 33 37, Boilers ••••••• •• 361 alsi Flour—Town-made... als 46s Suffolk • •• •• • •• 32s 3.s Stockta & Norfolk 32s 38s SMITHFIELD. The impol iss of foreign stock into London, last week, were seasonably good—the total supply amounting to 3,219 head. During the same period in 1852 they amounted to 2,44.6 ; in 1851, 2,651; in 1850, 454 ; in 1849, 1,350 ; and in 1848, 443 head. IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WEEK. From Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. Flamburgh...... ... 232 .., ... ... Harlingen...— 512 61 ... S Antwerp — ... 354 ... 55 Rotterdam 321 ... 892 ... 365 ... 3 Amsterdam 20 219 ... - • Total .... 556 ... 2,232 ... ... 428 ... 3 The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as under : Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. 1852 640 -. 1,477 -.-. 321 _. g 1851 564 _. 1,912 -.-. 350 _. 25 1840 5l 200 _. -. 203 - 1849 369 _. 799 -.-. 182 13'8 132 298 _. _. 23 The show of foreign stock in to-day's market was moderately extensive for the time of year, but its general quality was by no means good. From our own grazing districts, the receipts of beasts fresh up to-day were on the increass, and in good con dition. The supply from Scotland was extensive. Not withstanding that the attendance of buyers was largo, and the weather favourable for slaughtering, the beef trade ruled heavy, at a decline in the prices obtained •rn Monday l as t of 2d per 8 lbs ; the extreme value of the best lois bring 4s per 8 lbs, and a totl clearance was not effected. Tne bullock arrivals from Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, ar d Cambridgeshire, amounted to 1,800 Scots, shorthor ns , &e. ; from other prrts of England, 6CO Herefords, runts, Devout, &e. ; and, from Scotland, 1,000 horned and polled Scots, chiefly per railway. Th.; supply of sheep on offer was again very limited. For all breeds the demand ruled active, but no actual advance took place in the qaotations. The primest old Downs re :lily produced 5s er 8 lbs. There were several pens of shorn sheep in theimarket, and which sold at is per 8 lbs beneath those in the wool. - Although the supply of calves was tolerably good, the veal trade was active, at Friday's improvement in prices. i.he primest calves were worth 5s per 8 lbs. We had a fair sale for pigs, at late currencies. Per 81bs by the carcase. s. d. s. d. Inferior Beasts ...2 8 to 2 10 Second quality ...3 0 3 11 Prime large oxen 3 4 3 6 Primo Scots, &c. 3 8 4 , G Inferior sheep ...3 8 ' 3 10 Second quality ...4 0 4 4 Prime erse.-wlled.4 6 4 8 s. d. s. d. Prime Southdown 410 5 0 (Large crso. calves 3 8 4 6 Prime small do 4 8 5 0 Large hogs 210 3 6 r3mall porkers 3 8 4 0 Suckling calves 20 0 24 0 Quarter old pigs 19 0 24 0 FOREIGN SUPPLY. Acts . Sheep Calves , Pigs statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of fit stock exhibited and sold in Smithfield Cattle Market, on Monday, Feb. 2, 1852, and this day, Monday, Jan. 31, 1853. TOTAL SUPPLY. Beasts Sheep .. Calves .., 4,645 17,720 236 250 539 :.:70 .... 198 81bs, to sink the offals; Feb. 2, 1852. - >an.3l, 1853 s. d. s. d .:s. d. .s. d. Coarse and inferior beasts ... ... 2 4to 2 6;2 Bto2 10 Second quality ditto ... ... 2 8 3 0;3 0 3 2 Prime large oxen ... ... 3 2 3 413 4 3 6 Prime Scots, dEe ... 3 6 3 8 , 3 8 4 0 Coarse and inferior sheep ... ... 210 3 o'3 8 310 F.,'3eond quality ditto . ... 3 2 3 8 4 0 4 4 Prime c0ar...0 woofed ditty ... ,3 10 4 ( 4 6 4 8 Prime Southdown ditto ... 4 2 4 410 5 0 La:ge coarse calves ... 210 3 3 8 4 6 Prime small ditto ... ... 3 8 310 4 8 5 0 Large hogs ... 2 6 3 ‘: 210 3 6 Neat small porkers ~. ... 3 8 310 3 8 4 0 Beasts... ... ... 4,176 4,645 Sheep ... ... 18,990 17,720 Calves... 161 236 250 SUPPLIES ON SALE, Feb. 3, 1851.—Beasts, 3,892 ; sheep, 19,100; calves, 69; pigs, 295. Feb. 4, 1850.—Beasts, 3,688 ; sheep, 16,020 ; calves, 69 ; pigs, 205. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Notwithstanding that these markets continuo to be well scpplied with each kind of meat, the general demand is steady, at fully last week's prices. Per Sibs by the carcase. S. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. Beef, inferior 2 4 2 8 Mutton, Inferior 3 2 3.1 Do.,middling 210 3 0 Do.,middling 3 8 4 0 Do., prime large 3 2 3 4 Do., prime 4 2 4 6 Do., do. small —.3 4 3 6 Veal 3 4 4 8 Pork, largo 2 8 3 0 Pork, small 3 2 4 0 BOROUGH HOP. Our market continues firm for all new hops. In the quotations we have no change to notice. The supply nn offer is small. Mid and East Kent pockets, 90s to 150 s ; Weald of Kent, 90s to 108 s ; Sussex, 92s to 105 s per cwt. WOOL. There still continues an active inquiry for English we o' notwithstanding that shearing has been already commenced in some districts, and prices are well supported. Foreign and Colonial qualitie3, owing to the approaching pubic sales, command very little attention. Last week's import - were, 261 bales from the Cc.pe, 583 from Port Beaufort, 380 from Hamburgh, 19 from Antwerp, and 1,058 from Portland Bay. BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. Coastwise and per railway the of potatoes, las:, week, were toleirably extensive, but of very inferior quality. The imports were emterisive ' viz., 350 tons from Rotterdam 109 ditto from Diepre, 302 from Dunkirk, 696 f ro m Rouen, 198 _rem C, lass, 198 from Gravelines, and 8 baskets from Amsterdam. Really fine qualities are in good request, and again dearer; other kinds are a du'l sale. York Regents, 953 to 160 s per ton 0 • Lincolnsbire ditto, 75s to 110 s; Scotch ditto, 853 to 15s ; Ditto Reds, 75s to 85s ; French Whites, 75s to 85s ; Dutch, 60s to 70s. SEEDS. A moderate business is doing in Black Sea linseed, ex- Aip, at 51s 6d ; and Calcutta, 51s to 51s 6d per quarter. Floating cargoes of Black Sea are worth 52s 6d to 535. For shipment next summer e , e price is 445. Rape scarce, and East India is held at fiOs per quarter. Cakes very firm, and rape are worth 5/ t 3/ 53 per ton. Turnip,White, per bush. 88 to 1* C.araway, new ggs Swede .......... 103 12. i Corlander, new ••••• •• 103 123 liastard, Brown.. ...• 78 9siHempseed, per quarter 32s P5B White, new.. ••..7s (d 10s1Linseed, Eng.-zowing • bBs 62s Tares,Winter, new.... 43 6d 5s Od • Crushing •••• • • • • 493 b4s Spring .. • • ...... Os Od Os Od Baltic ••••.. • • .. 49s 52s Canary, per quarter • • 45s 47s Odessa •• • • 49 5 5 35 stye grass.. • • .... 288 348 Linseed Cake, p:. ton— Foreign,per ion 7110 s 101 5s Clover,ltedEng. (cwt.) 388 bOa English •• . Os 10. 5a Trefo W iL ig a te ew . .;. i l te l Foreign lied...—. 38s 508 Rape Cakes, pr ton Si 08 Si 51 233687833 308549 Itapeseed,New, rwr lst 2110 s 24: Os THE PEACE CONFERENCE AT MANCHESTER. The second day's busine _-; opened on Thursday morn ing at the Corn Exchange, Manchester. There was a numerous attendance. The Rev. Dr. DAVIDSON, Professor of Theology, in the Lancashire Independent College, Vice-Chairman of the Conference, s a id th at war was opposed to the autho rity of the G os p e l, to reason, justice, and humanity. He did not troubl e hi mse l f b ecause they were as yet in a minority, since their cause was good and true. JAMES BELL, Esq., M.P. for Guildford, moved the following resolution :—" That the present system of governing India and the colonies of this country having a direct tendency to foster a military spirit, to encourage an extravagant military expenditure, and to involve the nation in a constant succession of dishonourable and cruel wars with the native races, eminently unfavourable to the true progress of religion, civilisation, and commerce, this confertnce is of opinion that the whole system ought to unden? 3o a speedy and thorough revisal." Mr. TA. F. COLLINS seconded the - , solution. He said we talked of having been at peace - ^nr the last 36 years, and yet, all that time, we had been carrying on small aggressive wars in every quarter of the globe. (Cheers.) The Rev. HENRY RICHARD said, that the whole and sole cause of th e war which we are now waging in Bur mah, and which is costing 50,0001. per month, was an insult offered to the dignity of a fourth or fifth-rate British officer, in keeping him a quarter of an hour out side the court of the Governor of Rangoon. We have there about 20,000 men, and above twenty vessels of war. How did this arise ? It arose from the fact that we are in almost all parts of the world represented by military men ; and so it was, that when some small officer got his dignity insulted, he involves the whole of this great empire in war, and we hear nothing of it till we are called upon to vote thanks in the House of Commons, and give peerages to those parties who had been carry ing on these wars so unrighteously. (Loud applause.) The Rev. FRANCIS TUCKER, of Manchester, supported the resolution. Mr. RICHARD ALLEN, of Dublin, in support of the re solution, said he believed the world was rightly pro gressing. Although despotism seemed exalting itself, and riveting its chains more and more closely, yet he believed liberty was dawning, and would ere long burst forth more brilliant than ever. Those who imagined that the nations of the continent were much behind us in their appreciation of liberty were much mistaken. (Cheers.) The resolution was then carried. Mr JOSEPH STURGE, of Birmingham, moved :—" That this conference( would encourage the Peace Congress committee to hold a congress at some suitable time and place on the continent of Europe during the present year." ! - The resolution was seconded by Mr. SUTER. The Rev. J. BURNETT spoke in support of the resolu tion, and said the friends of Peace would certainly have a conference during this summer upon the continent, in I the midst of some one of those foreign nations of whom we were so much afraid ' • but it was not yet settled where they s h ou ld meet. The more we looked into the camp of our enemy, he was sure the more should we feel that we were mistaken in thinking there was an enemy there. (Cheers.) The resolution having been carried by acclamation, the sixth resolution was moved by Mr CHARLES GILPIN, who said he now witnessed with high gratification the prei;ence of a body of five or six hundred delegates from various parts of the empire—men representing, in their pal titular localities and circles, much social and political influence. He had thought the Peace Society were keeping silence too long, while the post horns of all Europe and America had been filled with the praises of a departed warrior. Mr. Gilpin then made some reflections on the funeral of the Duke of Wellington, which, he s&d, was a triumph of uphols tery, but there was no mottling there ; although he had nothing to say against the Duke of Welling ton individually ' • he was, perhaps, a goo d representa tive of the sw or d. He observed that their opponents had taken advantage of the death of the Duke of Wellington. Mr. Gilpin then moved the following resolution : " That in the judgment of this conference, the recent law passed for the enrolment of the militia was unneces sary and impolitic ; and as its inevitable effects will be to derange the habits and demoralise the character of a large portion of the community, to interfere with the requirements of industry and labour, and to spread among the people military tastes and habits, which can not fail to act perniciou s ly on th e national character, the conference recommends that strenuous efforts should be made to procure its immediate 1, epeal." The peace party had taken an active part out of doors in opposing the progress of this Militia Bill, and had issued certain placards or handbills in reference to it ; and at the top of these bills they put the picture of a man being flogged --it having been refused, in the House of Commons, to do away with the punishment of flogging in the militia. Now, it was found that those handbills produced consi derable effect in the community—it was found that they interfered with the work of the recruiting sergeants ; and they were rather inconvenient to the powers that he ; and, therefore, there had been, and there were, four of their friends, in different parts of the country, who were at this hour the subjects of a Government prosecution for displaying those bills, and for circulating them. (Hear.) Why, upon this platform there was one of the victims, Nicholas Withers. He had showed a bill in his window, and he was threatened with a Government prosecution. There was one man at the present time, he believed, imprisoned because , he could not find bail on this charge. Well, when the Peace Society heard of this, they could not allow innocent meu to suffer for what they had done. He (Mr. Gilpin) thoroughly approved of its circular, and, therefore, he was very glad t o b e one o f a num b er who wrote a letter to Mr. Secretary Walpole, telling him that the handbills were simply what the Peace So. ciety had been in the habit of distributing for a number of years—that, if he was disposed to go to law, he had better proceed against the members of the Peace Society, and not against poor bill stickers and tradesmen. (Cheers.) Mr. Secretary Walpo'e never took the trouble to acknowledge that letter. When Lord Palmerston came into power, a copy of the letter wal sent to him. Lord Palmerston replied, " That he could not enter into any discussion with Mr. Richard on the principles of the Peace Society." (A laugh.) If Lord Palmerston thought those trials were t• - ) go by default, or that, because some of these victims wc •e poor men, they would be overridden by county magistrates, he was mistaken. (Cheers.) Those trials should all be brought up to the city of Lon don • the people of En g l an d and the world should know of this onslaught on the liberty of the press. (Cheers.) The first counsel of the land should be engaged to defend their cause ; and it would be seen whether a professedly liberal Government, coalition though they be, would venture to attack the press o f E ngland. In a su b sequent part of his speech, Mr. Gilpin stated, that at a meeting held at the Palatine Hotel, on Thursday, it was decided that 10,0001. should be ra'-ed for this agitation, and four gentlemen put down their names for 500/. a piece. One gentleman, this morning, had put down his name for 300/. ; two had promised 2501. each ; five, 2001. ; seven, , 501. • and two, 251. .___ Mi.. Charles Hindley, th e R ev. N. H a ll , R ev. J. Sibree, the Rev. B. P arsons also supported the resolu tion, which was un an i mously passed. Mr. GEORGE THOMPSON, of Bristol, moved " That this conference recommends that a deputation be now ap pointed to wait upon the RiF,Pht Hon. the Earl of Aber deen, her Majesty's Prime Minister, to represent to his lordship the sentiments of this congress, on the subject of the great military establishments of Europe, and to present to his lordship an address. Mr. THOMASSON, of Bolton, seconded the resolution, and the meeting concluded about three o'clock. THE PEACE CONGRESS AT MANCHESTER.—The pro ceedings of this congress concluded on Friday evening with a great aggregate m ee ti ng at the Free Trade Hall, which e r noh u uen d t 4,5251. 'i t is nd attended bsoisi nmretagt.. b 1 I r . y a larg e num b er of persons m, to b e t ween 5,000 and 6,000 M d Cobd en , and Mr. Bright ad: n e t d gh4e that the subs cr i pt i on to the 10,0001. fund had a G. Wilso n , th e c h a i rman, THE DEAN'S DAUGHTER. • OR, THE D AYS WE L IFE IN. --T By Mrs. Gore. 3 vols.h The novel read er w h o en t rusts a reac h ed en r ° e s' s e M nd M . ci w as a few hours of his leisure to Mrs. Gore, makes a safe ve re ntu. He is sure to be pleased. A b r illi ant style, an intimate acquaintance with the mode o f lif e o f th e classes she describes, a clashing flow of dialogue, with a skilful juxtaposition of incidents, make three volumes from this authoress's pen r, luxurious treat for a literary Sybarite. The " Dean's Daughter" will doubtless be one of the most success_ill books of the season. It abounds in all those beauties which have hitherto dis tinguished Mrs. Gore's novels, and is equal, if not supe sas keen, an d th e conversa rior to them in many other respects. The management ofthe e as clever as ev er . Th e style brilliant, the thein story sati re hbest of h er works.—Daily News. 1w SUDDEN DEATH OF THE EARL OF T YRCONNELL, G.C.H., t in l e a s i is inc ident s a s Il o ing of a s —We have to announce the sudden demise of the above nobleman, on Wednesday last, at Ripling Park, York shire, from an attack of apoplexy. Hi s lordship was John Delaval Car e nter Earl of Tyrconnell, on the peerage of Ireland, and was born 1790 ; he succeeded to the title on the death of his brother, the third earl it 1812. His lordship married in 1 817, the only daughter of Robert Crowe, Esq., of Kiplin, by whom he has left no issue, and the title has become extinct. Two earl doms, and one viscounty (Lord Melbourne having died on Saturday) having thus become extinct within the last few days. A GERMAN TRAGEDY. —The second, or , as it is called in Germany, the golden marriage of an Old couple, who had been already united for fifty-three years, hook place a few days since at a small Prussian village of Naswiller, a short distance from the frontier. The religious cere mony took place in the church of Merlebach, in France, after which the party proceeded back to Naswiller to partake of the wedding feast. During the evening a trial of skill in singing was proposed, after which three brothers who were annoyed at being beaten fell on the • man who had been declared the victor, and after heating him severely with their fists stabbed him through the b..- ••• w i th a knife. They then ran o ff ; but two of th em , „I u were soon arres ted, and the third was found hanging in a wood quite dead. BREEDING HORSES IN FRANCE. --At the last sitting of the Paris congress of the delegates of the various learned societies, the question under consideration was the breeding of horses for agricultural purposes. The repre sentatives of Normany and of the Limousin were agreed in saying that the cross of English blood from race horses had sensibly altered the fine qualities of the French race, and that if the evil was beginning to be repaired in Normandy, the case was very different in the Limousin. Several speakers dwelt on the necessity of soliciting from the Government and from the local ad ministrations every measure which could lead to the im provement of the race of horses intended for agricultural purpoooo. TALLOW. Our market continues heavy, and we have to report a further decline in the quotations. To-day P.Y.C., on the snot, is selling at from 44s 9d to 45s per cwt For delivery during the last three months we have seller., at 455. Tows tallow is 44s per cwt net cash ; roagh fat, 2s 6d per 8 lbs. 1851. 1 1852. 1849 • Stock this day ...... 36,472 1 43.3741 47,830 56,770 Price of Y. C. 39s Od 38s Od to 37s 9d to 36s Od .. to 006 Od 00s Od 37s 9d to 00s0d Delivery last week .. 2,166 ! 1,487 2,372 2,494 Ditto tram June I .... 72,167 I 67,45 68,524 75,550 Arrivals last week .. 1,771 ' 2,714 570 20 ,ditto from June 1.... 10 , ,136 85,274 90,334 95,786 Price of Town 433 Od 39, 6d 398 64 393 6d 43,661 44s titi to 45a Oil 2,336 70,782 2,254 73,618 465 Gd TIIE SHARE MA TS. BRITISH RAILWAYS. i; . Paid RAILWAYS. !Aberdeen ....... 99 30 • 281 9 lAmbg. No:Aug. 80 . • • 31, & Eastn. Jure 1 6 Wolverh. &I Stour I, .I"ey... 10.1 1.0? Birkenhd. dr, Cheshire Lunc:;... 6FI IDo. Chesh. Birk., 1 £5O & £25 Cons 21 22 !Do., .:^.20 2i d Bri & • 10 7 109 65. 1 661 (Chester & olyixewt 2 ` I 23.4 Cork and Bandon.... 17 18 Cork, Black. & Pass. Dublin&BelfastJune.! i Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction ....... all 'Do. New all 'Do, Auglian (X 25 & E. & L. & D.)..... j all IDo., (£lB E. & H.).. all lEa7.tern Counties..... all Eastern Union, Class A. late E. U. Sh. 6 Do., d 0..... all Do B. &C. St. 1100 2 0 Si. 4 all 2i 1 . all 4.• - s! 184 1.00 St. 100 50 all 50 i all 20 all I 64 3i 25 I all ... (I, 8i - 54 - 12i -- 10 - 11 'lOO 'East LAncashi7e all lEut & West Ind. Dk & Birming. Jure... 100 !Edinburgh dr Glasgow lißdt,b. P - sbles 100 i Edinb. Prth. &Dundee 100 'Glasgow & S.Western 100 ;Great Northern Stk 100 IDo., A. Stock 100 iDo., B. Stock 103 Gt. Sth. &West. (l re. 100 Great Western...... . 11 frith South-Eastern.,; all Lancaster (St Carlisle ... . 7t 7a - 77 55 —. 60 76 - 78 id - 26 -- 28 GO -- 62 . 76 77. X4O -- 42 118 - 120 103 -- 105 883 -- - 7 - 1 88' -- 90 11i 121 78i -- 784 44 -- 4 3 -- 15t -- 16 Third 5......... !Lane..• sh. &Yor: sh , ! Do., Fifths Do., Wst. Riding 1:; Leeds Northern.... Liv. Crsby. & South] ;London & Blackw‘, 3 Loud. Tiro. & Sthewi , 100 Loud. Bright. &S. Cst. .1100 London &N. Wester 12 Do. Fifths 1 Do. ,10/.Sh.,M&B ( 100 London di S. Wester 42, 3 , Do., £so - ... 34 Do., 40.. .. •- • all Lndrry.it.... Colerain all ' Qdndrry. & Ennis!. . 1100 , Manch. Shef. drLineln . 4i Do., Man. & Lin. Un. , 100 Itr dlar d . I 1100 Do. Binning. & Derb. " 47 ; ilMidland G. West. (Ir. 174 )o. A Shares .... . all 'Newcastle dr Carlisl e. 100 Newmarket 3 Do. B- Extensionsi 16 Ne wp. :_berg.ddltfd.. 7i Ne A _.7 & Enniskillel: : all Newry Wai:enpoint! & Rosh .wo: Be. 1:" ; —2;, —1.(;,) 120 —12 e 9 aN -- 34 IT , 1 p 894 64 53d 4.d 11 -- 19A -- 203 30 304! 33 3 a! 774 46 48 77 6i / - 2 2 — 8 53 ri 3 —2. d 35 36 1 35 4} 5 61 (11 ;100 iNoi:olk.. all 00., New. 3! Northn.Count.'e3Un corth British 13 'o:Lh Devon. N(.l )0., No. ••• all iDo., A Deferred... 5 :Do., B Guaranteed 1.7 i North Staffordstore all North N. d; S. Westrn. June. Oxford Worcester d: Wolvernampton Scottish Central Scottish Midland Shrewsbury & Birm 7 Do., L. & N. Wc't Guaranteed Stock Shrewsby. & Ferefd Shrewsby. & (Nor. W. Min.) ). Ha' vel, Do. Oswesay o Shro2shire Unso I Sc .1:1 Devon... South Eastern.. South Wales.. S. Yorksh. Riv :- Stockton dg Hart!L ; Thames Haven Dock and Railw...y .. 2 2i Vale of Neath t A . •• 15 Wr Lerfd. & Kilkenu• 9 94 3rfo-ddrl:'•nc • 27 28 'West Cornwan....... 9 9 91 Wmbledon &Croydm par 4 p Woodford YorkNewetl.&Berw. 69 70 694 Do. Extensions....... 70 1 121 Do. G.N.E. Purchase i 2 1 - 201 York &N. Midland..l 55 56 56 4i 2i —d! 41 4 d 133 8 41 49 - 50 493 i 95 - 97 97 63 • 65 63 63 - 70. 70 - 80 18 - 20 9 - : 1 0 : 1 4 - P 5 3 33 4 22 - - 23 78 - 741 774 8 7 36 - - 38137 13 4 - 14: .1 PREFERENCE SHARES. 100 , Aberdeen I ... all 'Do., No. 2, 7 p. c 100 Bris. & Er 4p. n fi 5 iDo. 4p.c. S 1 I,r( . ,1.00 'Cale lonian all !Cheater & Hol)hea; Guar. 5,j per cert.. 3 .' Cork tßant al 63 ). all . , ()cud. . Perth < S. , e deen Junction ... all uguan (4. 3 • 6 per cent ..... !Do. (2;;) 7 nor cent Do. kk.'7 17s, 7 p. et. Eaavern Count; ^Ex tension, p. c. N 0.3 I Do., No. Do., Ncar 6 p. c. S Eastern Union, Sc. enar. 6 per cent. EastLancash. 6 p.c Edinb.Prth. , lLDui , 54 per cer IGlasgow d;S.Wester, ' gam.. 5 per cnt. Great No). bu. 5 p.c. Do. sp. c., R - leen" , at 10 p. c. prom ... Gt. Southn. . (Ireland) Eighas Gt. Westn.*(Berks 4 Hants Ex. 5 p. c.) G. Wes',. fixed 4i p c Lan. dz. York. F. £2O ; 6 Do., p. c., Stock London and Brighton Gmanteed 5 p. c ;Do. Pref., 5 p. c. St Do. Convei Li' le, 5 p c., 1852 . Do. New Gr'tr. 6 p.c. London & S. Western, Con. Thirds Londonderry& Color Shares Londy. & Ennis. t i Si, Manch.,Shef., & I 'u., Shares, No. 7 Do. New, £l.O ' Marypt.&Carl. 4 p. ; Do. 2 4 1 per cent...... 107 6 -- Do .. Mid. Consol. 6 p. c. Do. Consol. Bristol ezi Birm. 6 per cent....l Do. Pref. 4i per cent. Norfolk Extension... Do. Guar. N per cc.. Do. Way. Val. 5 p North British North Staffordshire -1 Oxford Worcester & Wolverh. 215,6 p. c. Do Shrews& Birw I. • . Shrewsby. & Chc r (Nor.W.Min),B p. c. Do. 5 per cent South Devon Do. New Eastern (Re. , (1: Ann.,) of £1 S.Yorkeh.4p.c. Guar. Waterfd.&Killc.6p.c. York Newcastle awl, Berwick,4p.c.Pref 1 D• York& N. Midland A & S. Pnrch !Closing Prices i Bits'nem done Saturday. Ms day. - tia p I'-1•p 18/ 3 - - 128 3 12 -- 114 8 - 107 'par 1i49 3A - 4 p 8 - 13,} - 13:, 9 - 10 11 -- 11 !: .1 IT 14 R 1150 - 152 22! P - - 61 24 1.03 - 105 25 - 26 11 14 11 - 11 17/ -- 171 -- 1 p 16 -- 1. p" 26 —26 i 19 20 id - - I) 1.03 - 105 5i - - iPI FOREIGN. Autworp&Rotterciar BelgianEastn. Jun ei Charleroi & Erqu -Do 'Dijon and Besauclon IDutch Rhenish... East Ind'an Do. Extension . Gt. Indian Penim Gd. Junct. of Frs Gt.WesternofCsns Shares.. Lucca & Pistoja sp. e. pref... ....... . Luxembourg.. Do. (RNilway) Do. (Canal) Do. 6 p. et. pro; Lyonsdr Mec&err Madras Maria Antonia...., ,Dc. New (Namur & Liege (wi interest) Do. (e 7. interest) Northern of Frfine..- Do. 201. 3 p. c. r?-4 (fmy. B. &A ms. Sb 0.) NorwegianTrunkPre: Paris 1 - ..nd Lyons Paris and o; i eans Paris and Rouen Paris and Strnsi 311_ ParisCac i &CI , 371). Quebec &Rielnor Rouen and Havi 'Sambre and Meuse. Do. p. et. pre - .. Southern of France, Upper India Scrip. West Flanders ...... Do. per c. West•:rn of Frcuce... West. of Switzerland Zealand 1 1 - 131 - A - dis! 2 14; 1 p 2 1 ;4 - p 1 - 2 p -2. p 4dis— - 1 pl -7,ix in 4 4A la lf Ilg1 lg # . 1 8 —lO pi 2 2i pl - 7 334 - A 131 8-- 141—.. 39 -- Z 9 -- 301 -- - par -- In 19 -- 20; 9i -- 9i 24-- 3 PI 4! - p d 6 —6 p par 1 --• 06 d 25 25 St. 50 11t, .100 15 114 all all 1 all 50 40 25 25 St. St. 6 25 50 20 St. St. ;10 100 st.lloo St. 1100 St. 1 100 St. 'lOO 10 8 all all 1100 all 15 21s. 1 100 20 11i 1100 5 all 7i 2 6 i an L 6l O all 1 all 9 all ;t. 1100 5 1 all , t.llOO ft. 1100 ft. 1100 shall it. 1C ) .6 6 it 100 it. 100 st. ) b. NO 5 12 t ) 2 10 12 all 25 I all .1.0 1 all 6 3 12A1 all 121, all P -I d s , • 100 St. 100 n all 5 all 2 all it. 100 :0 all it. 100 3 9 8 all LO all 10 10 25 all 10 1 , .0.6 all !O all 5 3 ;t. NO .7 1 ! 5 I 105 51 3 l 0 all l 0 6 !CI 8 :0 all 5 4 i 121 75i 4f 40 118 104 89 84 78 7A 10 'l 'll2o 19f 20 19. 15 295 i 4 1274 'lo4i 1 1 5i pAr ex new 41 ain x in LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. rata; RAILWAYS, !Bedford and Blotch . Birm. & O a °d. guarantee ... Do. w ;thoutgr & Dudley guar. Do.w thtguar. Buckghamsh. Clydesdale Jc. E. Uncoil] . gr. 6 p. cent..... Glstr.&Dr Hrtlpl. D & Railway & S by. Do. Sb: r:- Do. Sim Lon. & Grecul, Do.Prefereneo l Lowestoft gr.] 4 per cent ) Do. (3 jeer et , Mane_!. l 3xton and i;atlock Middlesbro' &i Re' •ar. j INfidld Br AM. Northern and Eastern Do. 6 per et.. Do. Fixed 5-1. Prest. 6i Wy r i Leasing Compans. London di N. West. rOt Wean IDo ....... D 0........ T.. dr N.W. Wedon.- Gt.Notrhn Gt. Westn. Yk. New. Berw Y.&N. Md ,Do [Do .S.Eastern Do (Norfolk Do Lu.&N.W. & Midld. St on & Darlingt. E. Count. ;110 Do L. diN.W. diLndrYk Do. A Shar,, iltoys - tu.dt Hit. pt. Not Do.Shepth.St. Do _ _ Shef. Roth. cklLancash.d: Goolog.s.p.cj Yorksh.. , S. Stafordsh 13frlIfeleau WearValleygrStockt. 6 per cent Darling. Do Do i Wilts &SomrstiGt. Wes tn. Closing Prices Saturday. 130 - 31 294 - 301 30 - 31 29 - 30 10 8 - 110 53 54 149 -- 151 32i --33ixd 113 115 -- 574 27 -- 28 - 14 --14ixd 253 -- 263 19{ -- 20 23 —25 xd! 3 - 34 1108 -• 109 64 --- 66 152 - i 54 152 - 154 i id 31.4 - 3,1 1021 - 103 i MINES. all Agua Fria ..... —l4 p all Anglo Californian — 2 Australasian 5 Australian !5 54 p all Australian Cordillera . par p all Australian Freehold I d p all 'Ave Maria 4d i p arr all Baden (Gd.Duelly of): par p all British Alt.,trlia . Gold' 4 13.7 British Iron 8 10 2' Brazil Jr imp. (issued at 25 pm 3 4 all Cocae3 k Cuiada 1i -- 24 )o. St. John Del Roy 29 —3O .larsous's Creek I par 4 P au (;'obre Copper 4l 43 1 Colonial Gold Copiapo au. Copper Min. of Eng all Do. Pref. 73 p. cent all English and Austin Copper Smeltg. Co all General all Great Nugget Vein all Great Polgooth all Lake Bathurst all Liberty all Loud. &Cal icon'. Gold, Quartz Crush. Co.. all Mariquita 9 Mexican&S nericn all New Granata ..... ill Nouveau Monde.... all Port Philip all Quartz Rock all Rhymmo Iron ' Do. New .0i Santiago de Cuba 11 South Australian.. 7 Tin Croft ..... 11 United Mexican 11 Waller 11 West Granada 11 West Mariposa 11 ,Yuba.. 2 lid 15i 161 3 —3; p d l d g p p d d— par 4 -5 xd 3 p 1 - lip 1 —14 p par p 23 25 7 8 7 8 d par 11 12 8 14 2 p — fir Par g P P JeTNT-STOI Australasia British IC . A mei ican Chrtd. Brk. or India,' Australia, & China Colonial Commercial of Lond English Scottish and Aus:rlian Lond. Chart. Bk. of Australia London and County London Joint Stock Low. & Westminster National Prov. of Eng. Do. New National of Ireland Oriental I' -v k of Corporation Do. New Provincial of Ireland Do. New Royal Australn. Bkg I Gold Dun Co South Austra 'ia AS 48 Union of Australia '! 74 76 Do. New 8 10 (Union of L0nd0n..... i Union of Madrid...... 79 - 81 )1 - li r 1 -lf p 3 8 - 3 8 p ~. --' .. MISCELLANEOUS 100 35 Australian Agricult.l23s 245 240 35 20 4 Australsn.Pcific.Msill x. d. 10 5 Australn. Royal 38,) Brit. American L - 100 32 Gana la 5 5 Cryst?' Palace 4 2 Crystal Pal. of France 20 I 1 Eastern Steam 1 1 Electt :c of Ir -- 15 14 ! Gen. £ 1 ay. 'At 100 50 ' leneral Screw Seam 52 3 • 20 2: rich Bee:;roc ; Sugar 1 all Tat. Pay. Steam Fue' ' 10 2 ;ether' 'lnds Lar d ; 20 2' o :uropeSteati 50 all 'eninsrlar & Oriental 50 25 Do. 100 60 i Royal Mail Steam - 25 25 South Austral.Land i 48 50 1 1 Submar. Telegraph -- 5 2 Univeral Emigration and Coloni 100 284 Van Diemen's Land 15 17 16 LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DA Y.) LONDON, Jan. 31.—Wind at Noon, S.W. Light airs, and hazy. ---- DEAL, Jan. 30.—Wind, N.W. from W. by S. Arrived —Talbot, Bahia ; Princess, do. ; Moultan, New York. Ar rived from the River—Ante Cropper, Melbourne ; Malacca, Monte Video. Arrived from the River and sailed—British Isles, for Demerara ; Ruckus, St. Vincent ; Laura, Neas and St. Kitt: ; David Lyoa, Jamaica. COWES, Jan. 30.—Arrived—Anna Maria, Demerara. SOUTHAMPTON, Jan. 30.—Wind, E.N.E., to N.W. Sailed—Ann (s), Sydney. LIVERPOOL, JAN. 30.—Wind, S.S.W. Arrived—Pa triotess, Arica ; America (s), Boston. Sailed—Nelson, for Wilmington ; Ashburton, New Orleans ; Wm. Tucker, Newfoundland ; Mary Ismay, Vera Cruz ; Chevalier, New Orleans ; Gen. Parkhill, Charleston ; Athens, do. ; Angle sea, do. ; Niagara (s), New York ; Marion, Bombay ; Gen. Blanco, Valparaiso ; Castello, New Orleans ; Rackaway, Philadelphia ; Daniel Webster, Boston. PILL, Jan. 30.—Wind, S.W. Sailed—Dahomy, Africa. DOUGLAS, (Isle of Wight.)—Sailed Uncle Tom, Austra lia. PLYMOUTH, Jan. 30.—The Brazilian packet, Cadiz to London, and the Vigilant, Newcastle to New York, are both leaky and must repair. Mem.—The Chusan was re ported to have sailed from Plymouth, Jan. 26, for Cali fornia. NEW YORK, Jan. 17.—The Cornelius Grinnell, London to this port, Is as abandoned on Squambeach, 14th inst., and is full of water; passengers landed, part of cargo ex pected to be saved. _ _ PORTSMOUTH, Jan. 30.—Wind, N.E. to S.W. Sailed — Roman Emperor, Mauritius ; Minex va, Rio Janiero ; Ca lypso, Jamaica. SINGULAR STATEMENT. —At the Marylebone vestry meeting, held on Saturday, in a discussion which arose upon the state of the churchyard at St. John's-wood, Mr. Noades, undertaker, said that on Sundays bodies were brought into church for funeral service in such a state that it rendered it exceedingly dangerous for per sons to attend service there in the evening. Sir P. Laurie—That is an alarming statement. How many bodies are buried in St. John's-wood churchyard on Sun days ?—Mr. Noades—From 14 to 22. My men, after placing bodies in the church, have often to hurry home and change their clothes, through the frightful state of these bodies. Sir Peter Laurie—lnstant measures measures should be adopted to prevent the public attend ing service, then, on the evenings of Sunday, otherwise the most fatal results may be anticipated. (Hear, hear.) Mr. Soden (undertaker) Paid such had been the state of St. John's-wood churchyard for the last twenty years. It was a disgrace to' the parish, As the service was per formed over the bodies e.t mane, he had seen crowds of mourning relatives waiting, amidst rain and the severest weather, nearly three quarters of an hour for the clergy man to read the service. Although a fee of 4s. 4d. was paid for each corpse, he had not seen the Rev. Mr. Braithwaite in attendpr more than tw en t y t i mes . during hi,. (Mr. Soden's) °RIG!: OF THE Housv, OF RUSSELL—John Russell, a plain gee a favourable introd uc ti on to court by a t l em an resid'ng near Bridp or t , county of Dor set,:redd fortune. The Ar c hd u k e P hilip of Austria, h • having encountered a violent hurricane in his p assage pie ce ob o t i r ~ o 0 from Flanders to Spain, was driven into Weymouth, where he landed, and was hospitably received by Sir Thomas Trenchard, a gentleman of the neighbourhood. sir Thomas Trenchard apprised the court of the circum stance, and in the interim, while waiting for instructions what course to follow, he invited his cousin Mr. Russell to wait upon the Prince. Mr. Russell proved so agree able a companion, that the Archduke desired him to accompany him to Windsor. He was then presented to the King Henry VII., who likewise was so well pleased with Mr. Russell, that he retained him as one of the gentlemen of the privy chamber. Being subsequently a companion of the Prince, he so far ingratiated him.s.T":l nto his favour, that he got elevated to the peerage and the title of Baron Russell, of Cheyneys. In the nex year, 1540, when the Church lands were seized, Henry gave his favourite the Abbey of Tavistock, with the exteJi - sive possessions belonging thereto. In the next reign ! Russell's star being still in the ascendant, young Edward —not 16,—gave hi m th e monas t ery o f W o b urn . I n Charles 11. 's time, William, the fifth earl, was made Duke of Bedford, BANKS. Basfuea , this day. 50 25 12 11 20 20 11:! 100 - 100 Itig all 1100 pm. xd pm FBI 20 50 50 100 25 LITERAT UT The Dean's Daughter • or, The Day 's we Li ve i n .' By Mrs. Gore. 3 vols. Hurst and Bllackett. This work is another of Mrs. Gore's satirical sketches of modern society. Her views of Oho pre.. sent state of men and manners are far from able. The mean, the deceitful, and the slam ierous are her types of this generation. Her ;motto ix from Shakspere—" Thus we play the fools trltlt the time, and the spirits of the wise sit in the.cloncla and mock us." But the attentive reader of these volumes will assuredly be of opinion that the cha racters pourtrayed in them were more knaves than fools, and, with the single exception of Richard Hai._ greave, were only too wise for their own reputation. The heroine, however, is no daughter of fashion ; she was born in a quiet country parsonage, and. brought up in the most retired manner. Subse quently, she was introduced to a wealthy family in the neighbourhood, who supposed her to bean heiress, and treated her with the greatest consideration. However, on her father's death the mistake was discover e d, and this instantly c ha ng ed their manne r . Notwithstanding this insight into the hollow ness of worldly professions, and, althougii she laid claim to a love of seclusion, she fell as essßy into the snares prepared for her as the most inexpe rienced girl, although married ten years. Thus, weakand cuhnarparchtiecrileidt may the y m e o v s e t l pleas bt imagined mangind. d in terestingehow the really disagreeable' therefore,d olc themsE Ives. All must admit the authoress's powers of description and her life-like, delineations, but we are tempted to wish that in all the wide circles to which she introduces us, we /night find at least one exception to her sweepinc, censures. However, for those who delight in beholding the vices, the follies, and the vanities of mankind held up before them as in a mirror, entertainment to an unlimited degree is here provided. The night side of artificial existence is given to our gaze, the ornaments are - all shown to be meretricious, the glitter is dross, and the merit counterfeit. Under the disguise of friendship and love the worst passions have scope for play, and the vilest plans are carried out. Mrs. Gore certainly bears testimony to the veracity of the statement that " the heart of man is deceitful and desperately wicked." As an instance of the style, the following description of a man who takes an important part in the work may be cited. Barty Tomlinson, one of the most humiliating specimens of human nature, is here introduced : "The old must remember, of their own know/edge, and the young may have been taught by novelists and dramatists (who t eac h more, b y the way, than their scholars are apt to admit), that the toady of former days, and the parasite of other centuries, was a com plaisant, compliant creature, making its way in the world by subservience and acquiescence. It is not so now. The distinctive features of the class had grown too notorious ; the nature of the beast was apparent at a glance, and all were on their guard. At the present moment looks out, on arriving at a strange house, for the man who complains to his host that his wine is exidsed, to the hostess that her children are troublesome, the man who bullies the servants and overworks the horses, and, in the shape of a domestic tyrant, or, at all events, of the man universally contradictory, you will be pretty sure to find the dirty dog of the establishment. "The company of the contemned Tomlinson was otherwise appreciated than by the Fanshawes. To most country-house parties, indeed, he was considered an ac quisition. Barty Tomlinson was a man not afraid of hearing his own voice, even in interruption of the deadest silence or most august personage. He was always ready to impart information to those who knew better than himself,—to patronise his superiors, —and to go in and win from his despisers. There was nothing he would not attempt in the way of rallying the dull out of their dulness, and promoting by the discomfiture of the few the hilarity of the many. "His principal victims were his host and hostess. Lest anybody should suppose that he over-valued the venison and claret of Sir Thomas, or because aware that personal insolence often induces parvenus to set the same value upon a man which he sets upon himself, he seldom neglected an opportuntity of placing themselves Ind their possessions in the most depreciating light. He made it a rule to contradict all they asserted, and oppose all they desired." Agatha's Husband. By the Author of " Olive," &c. Chapman and Hall. 3 vols. Last year We had the pleasure of expressing our very cordial admiration fora work by this authoress, " The Head o f the Family," an d we are gra tifi e d in being enabled to award similar praise to her new novel recently published. We say that we are gratified in being enabled to give praise, and it is the fact, for whatever some authors may think of the severity of critics, we can assure them that, so far as we are ourselves concerned, it affords us inexpressible gratification when justice and com mendation can go hand-in-hand, which, however, is not always the case, more especially as far as the fashionable novels of modern days are concerned. In turning over the leaves of some three-volumed. fiction, we occasional marvel as to what possible inducement could have led the author or authoress to expend so much time and trouble in penning so many profitless pages, which will, perhaps, after months or years of preparation, only exist as many days or weeks. Many, almost countless, are the novels now issuing from the press, and of these how few are really worth the reading, how few are penised for a second time, how few are likely to take their places among the standard literature of the day. At the present moment, however, our consideration is not called to these ephemera. The authoress of " Olive" may take a higher rank. Her books are worth the reading • we turn back to them with pleasur e , we remember them with pro fit. One great reason for her success is that this authoress has a purpose in what she does. She does not take up her pen (as one might imagine to be the practice of some novelists) without knowing what she means to say. In her own heart some earnest purpose exists, and right skilfully does her hand obey the impulse so given. Beyond this, she herself believes in what she writes ; her characters are even in her own sight not ideal creations, but real living beings. This is one of the main causes of interest in a work of fiction. If the author cannot invest his heroes and heroines with individuality in his own estimation, how can he expect to give them an existence in the imagi nation of his readers ? It is a fact become prover bial, that only he who believes can lead captive the belief of others ; only he who feels can excite the sympathy of many hearts. The authoress of this work, we can well imagine, looked with a pitying tenderness on the passionate sorrows of Katharine Ogilvy, and followed with admiring interest the patient struggles of the gentle Olive ' • but her latter works are our especial favourites ; and we can fancy that the self-sacrificing Ninian Graeme, the " head" of the orphan " family," and the re resolute, silent " husband" of " Agatha" are, in the eyes of their biographer, the subjects of no little respect and admiration. The delineation of two natures, singularly opposed to each other, is a favourite task with the writer, and one in which she singularly excels. We hardly know to which to award the preference in this instance—whether to the frank, impulsive, undisciplined Agath a , whose tenderness of heart, whose faults and vir tues are visible in every word--or to the calm, self-commanding Nathaniel Harper, " Agatha's Husband," one of those characters which, like the volcanic mountains, are of ice without and of fire within. The position in which the hero and he.. roine are placed by the narrator of their fortunes, is one in which, with a cruelly skilful hand, she has made their mutual peculiarities of temperament painfully contribute to their mutual torture. We are reminded of the title of a story, published some years back, " The Billow and the Rock," for such, in fact, is the position of Agatha and her husband —she the tumultuous, agitated billow, and he the stern, immovable rock, while a few words of ex planation can at once end this painful and unnatu ral state of. things. We shall not destroy the interest of the story by explaining more. We com mend it to our readers, confident that the majority will admire in it the beautiful development of Agatha's character, as trials and emo ti ons discip line it ; and theywill admire, too, the skill and delicacy visibl e i n th e portraiture of Nathaniel—his painful distrust—his absorbing affection—his reso lute adherence to principle, and the stern main tenance of silence, even when his secret, like the Spartan boy's, is tearirg away his very life. These characteristics are illustrated in a manner which &splays no inconsiderable talent. The thoughts suggested by the perusal of Agatha's history are of the most ennobling kind. The solemn import.. ance of the marriage tie, and the heart-communion which should subsist between husband and wife, are impressively enforced upon the reader. Other characters in the book divide our interest with the hero and heroine. Among these is the gentle, dis appointed Anne Valery, no longer young, with her brown hair faintly mingled with white, as if, as is beautifully said, " two snow hands had gently smoothed her tresses." Harriet Dugdale, the genial, hearty sister of Nathaniel, is a charming portrait, and her husband, Duke, gains upon our affection as we become better acquainted with him. Major Harper is throughout the object of our contempt and aversion. It .;s ' however, in Agatha, and. Agatha's husband, that the chief attraction lies— in their mutual peculiarities of character—in their mutual suffering, and, ultimately, in their mutual h a ppi ne ss. It is a book which has afforded us plea sure, and we look forward to sc ae future meeting with the authoress of ",Agatha's Husband." COMMUTATION OF CAPITAL PUNISHMENT.—Margaret Bell, who was convicted capitally for the murder of her infant, at the Circuit Court of Glasgow, has had her sentence commuted to transportation for life, in conse• quence of the recommendation. to mercy of the jury, and the advice of Lord Cockburn, the presiding Judge. x. d. i I 3i 4 2k 2. k 32i i 8$ 2n i 9 9 40 1 10 28i 1 50 50 1C) 1C) 20 50 25 x all x d a. d. ex. d.