The Sun. — London, England, 1857-01-15 00:00:00

CITY, Two O'CLOCK. Letters from Liverpool mention that the cotton :market yesterday closed heavily, and prices of Americans were at a decline of por lb. Other .kinds were less affected. The sales were estimated at from 4,000 to 5,000 bales. The Railway Share Market manifested a steady appearance, at an Advance of to per cent. on Tuesday's quota tions. According to a statement prepared by Messrs. Iloggard and Pixley, the exports of gold and silver .last year were 17,806,940/. against 14,224,6101. in 1855. These were merely the shipments direct from London. The remittances to France, by , way of Folkestone and Dover, were 13,589,5001. Against 15,366,050 in the previous year. In consequence of the increased demand for /honey which has recently prevailed, and the late advance i n th e t erms for loans on stock, a good deal of anxiety was felt regarding the result of the Bank " parlour" meeting to-day, for although no chanrge in the minimum was really apprehended, the uncertain state of financial affairs created general suspicion. The Directors, however, have decided mot to reiznpo,se the restrictions which they re -moved of few weeks ago, and the feeling in the : Money Market is, consequently, rather more fa vourable. No diminution in the demand has taken and the commercial public are still obliged to 'submit to onerous terms for accommodation. Increased firmness has been apparent in the English Stock Market to-day, with a small advance in the quotations. The Greeks and other opera tors have continued their purchases, which have strengthened the market. Consols have been .93i for money, and 94 to 94i for the account. The New 3 per Cents. have been 94 to 94i, the deduced 93i to 941, and the 30 Years' Annuities 38 1-16th, all being firmer. Exchequer Bills are still depressed, being 2s. discount to 2s. premium. Bilnk Stock is quiet at 2171, and East India Stock :at 220 to 221. I ri the Foreign Market there has been no general fea' cure of importance. The prices keep firm and 3 inrss is dull. Turkish 6 per Cents. have been if and they are now called 95i to 95t, Vene zr dela remain at 36. The Commissioners complain t the conduct of the committee in the late negotiations for a settlement of the arrears of Inteycest. They intend publishing a statement to exonerate themselves from the charge of having e 'Pa , led the terms which they assented to after the Mef Iting in December. Sardinian Bonds are 89, Rat ;sign 5 per Cents. 1074, and Mexican 21k. T 'he following are the nominal prices of Foreign :0 cks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 6 7 ; , 2 14 ; Peruvian, 77 79 ; ditto 3 per Cents., '" 6 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 43 5 ; Russian v Per C en t s ., 106 8 ; di tto 4 i per Cents., 95 7 ; S banish 3 per Cents., 40 404 ; ditto Deferred, 13 i 4 ; ditto Certificates, 51 61 ; ditto Passive, /La A u. The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up to this day, are in round figures as under : 1867. great Western 'North 1856. £21,883 51,522 11,719 9,630 26,090 17,781 11,185 20,674 20,111 4-Western So uth -Western Brighton • 9,876 Midland . S onth-Eastern Caledonian w.iti:at N or th ern Lai icashi re and Yorkshire L'o'ndon G eneral Omnibus Comp 10,642 41 "istol and Exeter 5,406 5,472 „'et. ter and Holyh ea d 4Q eater Lanc as hi re 6,142 5,775 __-titanchester She ffi eld, and Lincol n 9,570 3,561 Worth Sta fford triford, Worcester, and Wolverh 3,649 3,077 zl.mburgh and Glasgow ......» 5,758 5,028 , ittish North Eastern Grand! Trunk of Canada Great Western of Canada 10,855 10,313 Ant active business has been transacted in the Railway Share Market, and as 'the settlement of the account has been satisfactorily arranged, prices likve ruled buoyant, An advance of about toI per cent. has been realised upon previous qttotations for most of the chief undertakings. •4astern Counties improved ss. ; Great Northern, ; YAancashire and Yorkshire, ss. ; North Wes tern, 55.; South Western, 155.; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 11; Midland, ss. ; North British, ss. ; South Eastern, 10s. ; and East Lancashire, about 21. No business alas been done in the French lines, but quotations .are steady. The Canadian Lines are also dull. rand Trunk of Canada declined about 1/. Great Indian Peninsula and Madras are steady, but .in active. Joint-Stock Bank Shares are at nominal quota- I( tons, no transactions having been reported in them :this morning. In Miscellaneous Shares there have been a few S ' bargains at about previous prices. Canada Land Shares receded to 1314 ; Crystal Palace brought 2 1 and National Discount Company, 5i I3RITISH FUNDS. —CLOSING PRICES —THIS DAY. (from the Official List.) itmonesi. done Bank Stock 217 i 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 94 4i 4 3 i. Ter Cent. Console Annaitiev 93 ew 3 per Cent. Annuities Long Annuities, expir e sth J an. 1860... 2i DAto 30 Years, expire sth April, 1885 lB 1-16 India Stock India :bonds, £1001) Ditto, under £lOOO 1 d Consols for account .. 94 Rzehequer 2td. .4-;1000 s(io 2pld 2d 3 p PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS—THIS DAY. Grenada New Active, 24 por Cent. ditto Deferred Ci Guatemala Bonds, 5 per cent 59 Mexican 3 per C en t P 21} Peruvian Bonds 41 per Cent Di Aer ditto :count ...... ........................... 78i Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent., Con. 1841 Ditto 1853, 3 per Cent, Er.ssian Bond s , 1822, t 43 St 1071 5 per Cont.... Ditto, 4i per Cent......... Eitadinlan Bonds, ...............• 95i per Cent. Spanish ...... . b 9 ... R om d s, 3 per Cent ................. 40: t Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent. 6......... Turlrbt, sonde, 6 pin' cent,,, 9 30 •• ........... 950 Ditto Account ... ..... ......... 95 t Ditto Guaranteed. 4 per Cent. ...... Venezuela Bonds, 41 per Cent .. ...... 103 1 ........ Ditto Account ...................................... 36 Ditto Deferred, 1* per Cent. ....•.. ....... 14i Divioends the above .ayable T•011'tl. THREE O'CLOCK. Consols, money Ditto Account {February 5) 94 It is stated that the Admiral who is to command the French squadron in the Chinese seas has received orders from the Government to be ready to embark at Brest on the 25th inst. At the sitting of the Chamber of Deputies of Turin on the 10th inst. Al. Buffa read the address in reply to the speech from the Throne. M. Sineo moved that a day be fixed for its discussion. After a short con versation the motion was adopted, and the 12th fixed for the discussion. The House then adjourned. CONSTA.NTINOPLE, JAN. s.—The English steamer, which left for Gaza to obtain satisfaction for the manner in which an English agent had been treated, has re turned to J a ff a, and left in half-an-hour after. The cities of Gaza had not given the satisfaction required. SUICIDE 01? MR W. TIOTEL. E psolt. 6 PAGE, OF THE SPREAD EAGLE partner of M r . IT n Tuesday morning Mr. Page, (the witted kmicide. ,; , mt), of the Spread Eagle Hotel, com to the bedstead. hi,,T.unfortunate man suspended himself he melancholy event reason is at present assigned for The new Town•haloi.77t 13urslem is about to be opened. The Wolverltarnpton mous verdict of visitorsr"icie RaYi of it—" The unani of our larger cities and to the metropolis and many perfect gem." wna is that the Town-hall is a Tin NEW TURKISH P, AN htantinople, Jan. 5, s ays :_..4—A- letter, dated Con- Lo the ch the fate of the new bank. To e are still uncertain about telegraphic despatch sent by Messrs. Wilkin to answer has been received fro m t n he r b hitherto only an pany, approving the arran gement solicitor of the com gentlemen, but the opinion of the acceptedfin by these in the affair has not yet arrived, ancters interested THE LATE SIR HUGH RICHARD 11 0 , 11 ~.. Hugh Richard Hoare, Bar., who died 011 E, BART.—Sir stant at his seat, Stourhead, Wilts, in hieth,..e 10th in 'was eldest son of the late Sir Henry H ugh ‘ ittha year, Maria Paltrier, daughter of Arthur Acland, itne' by f Fairfield, Somerset, and nephew of Sir Richard q'' °{ F. R.S. and F.S.A., the celebrated antiqu ary an d autho r of the History of Ancient and Modern Wiltshire, besides several other learned topographical and historical Rorke, 10 all 10 all :0 all MA A u . 10. 8 PO 0 10 0 181 9 .8 I all N 3 DN. L7ilail ;0 2s. 20 5 l 0 5 ? 0 all 20 I 8 immosvr : M ONEY MARKET SHARE MARKETS—(This Day.) AND w i. 048, COD* an Closing Prices this Any. Business this day COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. ghr. 1 Clepiins Prices this day. 41 4 THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 15 1857 ELECTION OF A MEAH3BR FOR THE BOROUGH OF NEWPORT. TM Or ?Li tti n SUN OFFICE, Six o'fitock. THE GREAT GOLD ROBBERY. 81 9 19a 20 17a 18. 13a 14 92 -• 94 61i 62 37 38 ... - . .. '''' ••• '''''' • 01 - 1 9_ - 201 9j 39 41' 26 - 28 7 - 5 94 95 53i - 5k 34i --- 94 - 96 7 - 8 92 93 76 78 L 2 2 124 11 113 661 66i l 60 65 68 - 72 5 6 5 6 96i 97 - ... 6/ - 110 - 112 1106} -106 i 20i 214 10* - 104 LOT - 108 -82. i 55 London & N. West. L. &N. W. Caledon... Es. U. &E. C Gt.ll rt. n. E. Count. Caldonian. Do Gt. 'Mom Yk. New. & Berw. Y.&NM Do Do S. Easter Do Peto &Co Do Norfolk Do L,k N.W & Midid. 'nekton & Darlingt. Midland.. En. Conn. E. Count. D 0... L.&N.W, Do GtNort'an Lancash& Yorksh. T. Brassoy M. hiClean Stockt. & Darlingt. Do .. ..... .. ratWestn. 96 -- 98 98 --- 102 11 - 13 133 - 136 4 ... 4i .. .... ... 109 - 111 -23 A 110 i P There are now four candidates for th© vacan t seat for the borough of Newport—three Liberals and one Conservative. Mr. Charles Seeley was the first in the field, and would probably have been the only one, but being in favour of opening the Crystal Palace on Sundays, he preferred with drawing to giving up this point, and issued an ad dress to the electors and retired ; but the address was of such a straightforward English character that some of the electors determined to try to prevail on him to stand, and a number of them (170 it is said) invited him to return, promising him their votes and influence, and it has just been announced that he is again in the field. Mr. A. W. Kinglake, the second Liberal, canvassed the bo rough with Mr. S. Pring, and, so supported, calculated on b e i ng returned. While Mr. William Major Cooke, the third Liberal, felt confident that he was the favourite. Then came Mr. R. W. Ken nard, the Conservative candidate. He has the support of all the old Tories and of many of the moderate Whigs, and, if only two of the Liberals go to the poll, the party so divided must lose, and the Conservatives will carry the election. To-day (Thursday) there will be a meeting of the Liberals to try to decide on which of the three gentlemen they prefer, and to endeavour to prevail on the other two to retire. THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH. The following is an abstract of soundings and temperature taken on board the United States steamer Arctio in her recent survey for a telegraphic route between St. John's, Newfoundland, and Valontia Bay, Ireland : _ . The soundings in this table are placed in the order in which they appear on the profile.] CD 0. O G'4 43 4 :t.S ....1 8 . g 0.. 4 9 44 . §-111 ii - 0" E1P:1 0 fl it' op :-. 4 i gr. .4-1 H fr, ..c; ot = , ... to cs o 2 EIPA o co 2 t t P E-1 l CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) THIRD DAY. (Before Mr. Baron Martin and Mr. Justice Willes.) The prisoners Pierce, Burgess, and Tester, were again placed at the bar, when they commenced their defence. Mr. Sergeant Parry, in addressing the jury for the prisoner Pierce, entreated the jury to dismiss from their minds all they had heard out of doors in reference to this case. It was one of a most peculiar character in reference to the legal principles that must guide them in coming to a conclusion of the prisoner's guilt, from the main witness, and he was going to say the only witness, who deposed to the commission of the offence, being its perpetrator. He had given a statement that it was difficult for ordinary minds not to act on ; but in courts of justice they must act on the invariable rules that guided the administration of the criminal courts of this country, which was the cause of that unanimous confidence that existed in this country in favour of the administration of criminal justice. The proposition that he sought to establish was—and it was a principle not absolutely of law—that an anuomplice should be corroborated, not merely however as to the facts, of which no doubt he knew the truth, from having been a participator, but also corroborated in reference to the person against whom he was giving his evidence, as well as in the material and substantial particulars of his statement. The learned counsel then read the opinion of Lord Abinger and Baron Alderson in support of the proposition he had laid down. This was a case in which a ; an advocate could not, or ought not, to do more than , ti s calmly discuss the evidence, and see whether by the law of the land, and the practice of the courts the evidence brought home the obarge to the prisoner. If he be Ig. guilty, he (the learned Sergeant) freely admitted he was 7 guilty of a most serious and grave offence, and one 7 which, should they consider him so, would render him 5 r liable to a serious punishment. He hoped, however, to t be able to demonstrate to them that by law and practice of the Courts the evidence produced in this case failed ; to establish his guilt. The learned sergeant then refer red to the history of the case, and said that it was im• possible for him or any other person to add a word of detestation beyond what must be entertained by all who had heard Agar's statement against that man's conduct, • and which statement stamped his character as a man unworthy of belief. From the age of 18 or 20 he had followed a course of crime, and it was on the evidence of such a man this charge was to be supported. There could be no doubt that Agar and Fanny Kay entertained a malignant feeling towards Pierce, but unfortunately no one but himself oould explain his con duct towards that woman and her child. An impression was endeavoured to be created against him as to his non-investment of Agar's money for the woman and her child, but it fortunately happened for him that Mr. Wontner who defended him defended Agar also, and to the kindness of his lordship Mr. Wontner had been al lowed out of order to give a satisfactory explanation of the matter, and if the woman and her child did not receive the money, it would be the South-Eastern Rail way Company, in whose possession the Turkish Bonds were, that would deprive them of it. The learned ser geant then proceeded to analyse the evidence, and al though admitting that Pierce had known Agar, who no doubt bad endeavoured to corrept him, said that the evidence did not establish Pierce's guilt, but rather that Agar was the planner and perpetrator of the robbery. Agar's statement of the leading circune,tancee of the robbery, connecting Pierce with it, was not in the slightest degree corroborated—viz , the perpetration of the robbery and the return and sale of the gold. It was essential, according , tn the judgments he .bad read of Lord Abinger and Mr. Baron Alderson, that Agar should be corroborated in these material facts, to entitle his statement to belief. Alluding to the 1001. note changed for Pierce by Raffin, whose name appeared on the back of it, he reminded the jury that it was not changed until November, 1855, six months after the robbery, and after Agar was arrested. Who was to say that this note was not one of the number Agar received on the division of the spoil, and were in his box at Pierce's house when he was apprehended, and that Pierce had taken it and changed it, with which to relieve Fanny Kay, and it shoUld he borne in mind that he had given her from 601. or 801. towards the support of herself and child. It was now by Agar's malignity turned into evidence against Pierce. If that were so, Pierce's possession of the note would be legitimate, and that was the only thing that had been traced to Pierce. Mr. Giffard addressed the jury for Burgess. He said he should not address them on the approver's statement, after the remarks of Mr. Sergeant Parry. Agar was a man making capital out of his former crimes, and there fore his statement should be fully corroborated. The evidence of Agar would not bear examination. Sup pose Agar had stated that Sharman, who was admitted by all to be an innocent man, had allowed him to take an impression of the keys, he would have been unjustly placed upon his trial for participating in the robbery, and therefore he asked the jury not to convict Burgess upon the unsupported testimony of a man who, from a ma lignant feeling, desired to crush an innocent man that he might be the gainer ; for, by convicting Burgess on Agar's evidence, they might be unjustly condemning him as they would Sharman if he had been put upon his trial and convicted on his statement. The learned counsel, in a speech of great ingenuity and ability, dwelt upon the unreasonableness and improbability of the leading features of Agar's statement. It was not to be denied that Burgess met Agar at Folkestone and had some conversation with him ; but that fact was not to be found in Agar's statement, which undoubtedly would have been had Burgess connived at the planning of the robbery. There was no corroboration of Burgess's complicity. He thought Agar's statement untrue that he had gone down the line seven or eight times and tried the keys in the bullion chest without its being known, because it was well known to the company that bullion went down generally with the tidal train, and not the mail train. A. railway company must, he should think, keep an account of such a thing as bullion going over their line, and it would only have been fair in the company towards Burgess to have given a state ment of the time the bullion went down, with which to test that part of Agar's story. The probability, in his (the learned counsel's) opinion, wa, that the robbery was not perpetrated in the railway van, but on the pier at Folkestone, where the chest remained two hours and a half before it was put on board the boat. One of the keys of the bullion chest kept on board the steamer was lost, and it was not improbable that the person who got possession of it took an opportunity to lull the vigi lance of the watchman on the pier and perpetrate the robbery. Agar's statement was on the whole very im probable ; and he asked the jury if they believed that he, Pierce, and Burgess could have come out of the guard's van, at either of the stations, without being seen by the porters in attendance on the arrival of the train, and who rushed eci the van to get out the luggage that might be there belonging to the various passengers in the train: He contended there was no confirmation of Agar's evidence, and after referring to several other facts in Agar's statement, he called on the jury to acquit the prisoner Burgess. Mr. Sergeant Ballantine neat addressed the jury on the part of Tester. He said that he was happy to find that he had been preceded by Mr. Sergeant Parry and Mr, Giffard, who, having alluded to many points he in tended to touch on, precluded the necessity of his again referring to them. This had truly been denominated a romance in one of the public papers, but it was not a history founded on fact, but a fiction got up with devilish ingenuity. Let them review the position of the pri soners at the bar. The learned counsel then referred to Tester, who was respectably connected, a n d held a responsible situation on the South-Eastern Railway, which he left for a more lucrative one on a railway, in Sweden. Hearing there of what was doing in the country with reference to the inquiry relative to the robbery, he voluntarily left a place of safety and surrendered himself to justice in this country, feeling he was an innocent man. There were a variety of scoundrels in this country, and, by his own ' confession, Agar was one. He was a perfect miracle, and deserved their careful attention and study, for it was on the statement of such a man that Tester's position depended. After alluding to the dangerous character of Agar and his effect upon society if again he obtained his liberty, the learned counsel said Agar was one of the class of men they read of in the middle ages, who would not hesitate to poison the cup of his nearest relative a wretch who, if he remained in a house, would not hesitate to commit murder, and everything that was bad, and who would rather fix, if possible,guilt on an innocent man, than one who had committed crime. He charged Agar with having deliberately made a charge against Tester, which be knew was false, and he had made this false and scandalous charge against Tester, because he was a man he could not corrupt, and one in whose conviction he would derive more pleasure than over the conviction of OAO of his ORA clam After some farther remaxica on 4...thw 4, T 5,, Arabi?. 14 . 0z..ig. Be : any East.:. Jna,,:t it &Ilan & Ballymena. Binning. Wolvorh... Stour Valley 11 Birkee-hd. Lancsh. 4 Cheshire Junct 31 Do. Cheep. 4 Birk 11 Do. do. ..... ....... 11 Blackburn ... n i t 13,. 4 Tyne dr gi ~ £25 (iesd. at L 4 0 Bristol and Blzete: .. 0 jaledonia.n. • 0 Chester 4 Holyhead 11 ;fork and Bandor. 11 Cork, Black, & Pas U azuvrall 11 Do. A 8I Do. B 45 DublindißelfastJtmc all Dun. P. 4 Aber. Jnc. 00 East Annan all Eastern Counties DO East. - Tnion, A. St: IU , Be., B. Stock_ 34 Do., New A..... LT: East Kent X) ir,as+ L -, ncashire 11 East Suffolk 4 I Do. I 10 Edinburgh & (=law 11 iEdinb. and Peebles In !Edin. Pith &Dna& 11 Forth & Clyde Jan 10 Furness 0 ;Glasgow & S. Westrn U Great N. of Scotlnd 0 Great Northern ... 0 Do., A. Stock D Do., B. Stock ) Gt. Bth. &West.(lre.; ) Great Western ) Do. Stour Val. Rai Gina. Stk 2 all Irish South-Eastern 50 J all Lancaster & Carlisle 6! 1 41,D0., Thirds t6ll 12 Do. New Thirds St. 100 Lancesh.andYorkel 3 i 131., Wst. Riding Un 20 all Do. Southrort at all London & Blackweil St. 100 Lond. Bright & S.Cst •lt. 100 Loud. and N. Westr. 20 16 !Do. Fifths 10 541D0.101.5h.,M&8 0 2i'Do. Eighths.. X London and& Westn. Lududrry4Colerairn 1 Lndndrry. & Ennisk, 1 Aanch.Shef.& Lincln Metropolitan Do. J. L. Ricardo's arrangement Midland 'o. Birmng. & Der; ifidld. G. West. (Ira •)o. Half Shares__ Newcastle & Carlisl: Nwpt.Aberg. &Hrf f Newry & Enniskille Newry, Warrenpoinl and Rostrevor..._ Norfolk rorthn.ConntiesUr North British Nth Devon Rail & Dock Stock Do., A Stock Do.. B Stock K. Eastern—Berwi k 90. do. Extension Do.do. G.N.E. ?web Do. Leeds Do. York Korth London • .&S.Wstrn.,Ham stead, and City Jn., North Staffordshir• forth Western 1. & S. Westrn. Jun,: )x., Wore., & Wolv. Portsmouth Rhymney ..... L ., ottish Central Scot. N E.Abrdn St. Do. Scot. Mid. St ,-- T - )shire TTni SitingbournekSheer, south Devon ... .. South Eastern..... ionth Wales 3. Yrksh. & Riv. Da 5 ii)o 501 a ,l ~31 27il al 22 al 25 a] ; al 3t. St. ,1( !C 1 ai 10 I al st. It it. 1( it. 1( it. 1, 3t. 1( I t. 1( .o I 1 o all all 4.11.00 t. !too 4.1100 15 233 ;0 5 a I li It. 100 i , aines,Wok. &Wo Stockton & Dal.;Eng Do., do., 1854 Do., do., 1855 -;tozkten 4 Hartlep raft Vale )o. Pref., No. 1.... Thames Hay. D.& R. Vale of Neath Waterfd. & Kilkenn Jiaterford&Limen, • West Cornwall Rest End of Londn, and Crystal Palace Do. A Do. B West London. Do. Filet Class .. Do. Second Class...l knrov^", 12i' 5 3' 15 !Cs all all in O all .0 all 5 I all 5 I all [0 I all Ati au COLD: rsaroaft,no Cen.lndia, g. b p. c Do. Ceylon A shares...— Do. B. do rem erara Eastern Benga l „ . East Indian A and B, g. 6 P. Do. Er. C, gu. 5 p. c Do, do. D, gu. 5 p. c. p.c.Bnds.,'s7 ! )o. do. do., '59, dc , 1 Geelong Az Melbourne' guar. 5 per cent id. Trunk of Canada Jo. Cert. of Deben, con. into Stk. till Jo. Comp. 6 p. c., do. I it. In. Pon, g. 5 p. c. Do New, guar. 5 p. c 4t. Western of Csnadr Do. New Do. Bds., payable '57 Do. do., '76, P. '60... Do. do., '73 do Do. do., '73, withou' option Madras, guar. 41 p.c Do. do., 5 p. c. Do. 4i p. c. Exton Do. 3d Ex., g. 5 p. Scinde, guar. 5 p. c Do St. Andrew's and Quebec (A)— '+ntwerp&Rott rd Ardennes telgian Eivatn. ,Tnne te~iera to Grow -141 , c Buff. & Lk. Hur. Ry. Carinoaux & Toulouse Coal Mines and Ry liutch Rhenish ' Eastern of France New........ ...... . [ Euphrates Valley Eur. In.Jn.Tel.Rail. Ceutral of Frau e Treat Luxembourg I Italian Junction Lake Const. ht Basl Lierre and Turnhout Lombardo Venetian. Lucca do Pist. 5 p. c.p. 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'"' .• 49 - 51 38 - 39 I 11 - .r •• ... 35 - 37 63 - 65 7 - 9 11 8 d 8 ;s sa teu.K. , hr. Pa rt.! RAILWAYS. Business done I 50 this day. ail Bedford aucl Bletchley Jl.lO Buckghamett 1,0 Clydesdal:. all Col. Stour Vy. 100 R. Lin. g. 6 pc. all E. Un. H. Sh. 100 Was. Barr. & Neils. Direct 100 Do. New...... all Glstr.esDn Fr all Hrtlpl. Dk. Railway... all Hull & Seib) all Do. Shares. all Do. # Shares. all Lon.&Greenw all Do.Preferenee 100 Lon., Tn., & , 34 Do. Bark. Sh. 100 Lowestoft gi. 4 per cent. 100 Do. 6 per ct. all Manch. Man and Matlock all Middiesbro' & Rodc.g 6 p.c. 100 Midld.Bradt 54 Newmarket Bury E. G.spe all N.& Est.s p.c. all Do. 6 per et. all Do. Fizeds p c all Prest. &w y: all' Do. Shrs. A 100 Roystn.& llit. 181 Shef.Roth_an , ' Gooleg.s p.c. all Shrews.&Her 10i S. Staffordsh. all Wear Valleygr 6 per cent all Do 1100 Wilts&C;omrst 12i -- 224 108 -- ••• ""' 2i - 2f 92 - 93 b 6 1 — 58 133 - 135 8 - .9 33 - 34 88 CO PREFERENCE SH A.N. all BlythandTyne lupe] o. pref. (issd.atsol 100 Brie. & Ex. 4p. 0. St. 5 Do. 4p. c. Shares 10‘) Calodn. £lO 4i p.c. 100 ,Ches.& Fro. Gn. sr) p( 100 Do. do. Pref. 5 per s. all Cork &Bandonslp.e. al: Dna.Prth .&Aber.J. 2 E. Anglian Cie. A Sh. 100 Do. do. Cis. B6p. c 100 Do. do Cls. C7p. c all Eas.Co.Ex,speNo. all Do. No. 2 all Do. New 6 p. 0. St all East Un., G. 6p. all Do. 51., 10 per cent all Do. 101. Debentr.Sh all Do. do. 4 per cent. 100 East Lancash. 6p. ate a ll fg. W. York. J. sth, 4 Edin. & Gl. 5 p.c. sh 100 Ed. Prth.&Dun.4p. ! . 100 Furness, sp. 100 Glos. & S.W. G. 5 p.c 100 Great Northn. sp. '• 100 Do. sp. 0. Redeem. at 10 p. c. prem. 10G Do. 4i p. c 60 D 0.5 p. c., Red. at P. c• Pm all Gt.N. of Scot.lstPrc 100 at. S.* W. (Ireland 16 Do. 4per 0. Prof. S 6 Gt. W.(B.&H.Ex5po 100 Do. con. red. 4i p.c. 100 Do. con. red. 4 p. 0. 100 Do. irred. 4p. c. 100 Do. sp. c. red. prof all Do. Birm. Pref. Sh all Do, Chester Bp. c. P.. all Do. do. 5 p. c. do. 100 Do. Birm. Qua. sth all Do. Ches. Qua. Sh all Do. do. do all Do. do. do 6 Lan. &York. F.. 120 LOO Do. 6p. c. Stock 1 100 Lon. &B. G. 5 pc.No.l 100 Do. P., Spa. St.No.2 100 Do. New Guar.6 n. 100 Do. do. sp. c.,N0.4 100 Lon.&N. W., Coy. & Nuneaton 5 p. at... 100 Lon.& S. W. 7 per ct late 3d Shares ... all LAidy.,& Color. Sh. all Londy. & EnniciSb 100 Nf.,5.,& L. 6 p. Cent 4g Do. do. do. £6 100 Do. do. 31 per cent. all ktarypt .& Carl. 4 p all Do. 4{ per cent 104 Do. do. 100 %lid. Consol.6 100 Do. Con. Br. 100 Do. 4i p. 0. Pref. • t 100 Ditto L. &H. Prof. St New., Aber., &c., pr. ' sp. e. red. 5 p.c. pm. 6 Do. Perpet. 6 p et. with optn. till '66 1 all Norfk. Deb, 4 p.c. sh 100 b o.Pret sp. a. St. c 100 Do. 5 pc. Ext.,1846 , 1100 Do. 5i pere.pf ,1847 1 100 Do. WY. V.5p0.,18471 100 North British 33 Do 71. Preference 10u N. E. Bern. 4 p. 0 .1.. 8f Do. do. 13 Do Leeds 6p. o •.No.l 9 Do. do. Qr5.,1848... 10 Do.lrorkli.ar St- Pnr. all North Staffordshire. 100 Ox, Wo,ALW., ft pc... 100 Do. 6 p.c. Redeem. all Scot. Cent. , New Prof , 100 Sc.N.E. Aber. g 6 pei all Do. d0.,7 p.c. pr. at. 1.00 D0.d0., 36 p.c. pf. st all South Devon all Do. fixed,4 per cent all S. Eastern (Reading 1 Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. 1100 Do. 4i per cent all Do. Fixed 4i p c sh 100 S Wales Gua. 4p. 0 1.00 Do. do. 4i p. 0.... all S.Yorksh.4p.c.Guar all Stock .& Dar., SP. c 15 Do. do. do all Stock. & Hartl. g. 5 p. 0. till July 1, '56 all Waterfd.& Bilk. 6pc ••• .." 9"6 oi ••• '... 4a 5 6 —6:, LOS - 11 2 * ••• _ .." OP 12 - 124 • •• .". •N "' ... ... • •• .... ••• ''''' - 76, •• ".. IS - 120 [lO - 112 .02 - 104 62 - 64 9i - 10, 6 -6, 93 95 83 - 85 98 100 10 - 114 16 - 17 10 - 10 73 - 75 19i - 20 9t - 10 141 - 15, 139 139 - 142 118 - 120 - 159 • • , •••• ....' ••• - 139 - 100 92} 2 67 6f 7i 6 96i i 111 1061 4 & 82j 3 2i 3 2; 1 10 s. Bt. St. 10 10 110 2i 10 1.0.6, 109 I 1 50 20 10} 35 6a I St, 25 20 1 5 33 1 r a 1 23 2f 1 4i 51 2) 5 27i -• 4 MINES. all !Anglo Californian 7 ;Australian all Baden (Gd. Duchy of) all Bit:mar. Iron & Coal 14 British Iron 26i Brazilianlmp.(issnedi at £5 pm.) all Do. Cocaes b•. Cuiab 15 Do. St. John Del Rey Clarendon Cons. Min - Co. of Jamaica all Cobro Copper , li Colonial Gold all Copper Min. of Eng all Do. Pref. 7i p. cent le Copiapo all Fortuna all nencial all Gt.NuggetV , 3inßog. all Great Polgooth. all Gt Wheal Vor Unite I all Liberty . all Linares 14 Lusitanian all N.fariquita. all New Granada all Nouveau Monde all Pontgi.Sil.& 1 Port Philip all Quartz Rock all Rhymney Iron all Do. Now 15i Santiago de Cuba 6s. Sort. Cons. Min. Co all South Australian all Do. Scrip... all Do. 10 per cent P.af 4. Tarn. S. &L. Min. Co 9 rin Croft All United Mexican all Waller all West Mariposa 1 12s. Worthing Mining of, Anstrtlis MISC 19 ,ustrailsa, egric pit 3 Canada 4 ° all FA eu r brit. A a -I m n Watererl c o ay Works C.l.Go.6p.e..Jan&jalY l 100 Do. 6 p.c. Feb & Aug o lia M rk n a s i i : 100 DO. 6p c. Mar & Sept s.li Crystal Palace. all Do. Preference s , l Crystal Pal. of France t Duston Iron Ore 15} Eastern Steam 100 Electric Telegraph all Electric Toleg. of Ir all En.&Aus Cop Sm Co all Gen. Ir Sc Col (lim.) 14 Gen. Steam Navigat. all General Screw Steam 5 London Discount all Lend. Gen. Omnibus 1.0 Magdalena St. Navi,. all Niediteran. Elec. Tel. all Mexiean&S.Americn. 5 Nat. Discount Co 5 Do. New 5 Netherlands Land all Do. Do. 3 Do. BpcP in at 1 d 1 Do. 80 New B. &N. S. Land N.S.W. Gov. sp. c. D. all N. B. Australasian,,. 17 Nrth. of Europe Steam all Oriental Gas... 2s. Do. "Now all Peel Rr. Ld. & Mind all Peninsular& Oriental 10 Do. New ........... 60 Royal Mail Steam SCOt, Austral. Invast. all Ditto hew. all South Austral.l,3r Sabmsr. Tel. Scrip al Do. Registered__ „ Trustdr t `o. U. Van Diemen's Land V.Gbetip,cattakJula i - 11 7i - 83 14 - 2 3i - 3i 16 - 18 P - it 58 - 60 30 35 25 27 13 - 15 i id i - 4 i 4 5i - 6 8 8i ld I 7 8 10 23 - 25 7 - 9 - 4 16 - - 1 3i - 4} 3i - 4 if - i «. '" .4 ROUES. 22 - 24 40 5i 45 131 131 LlO 110 2i 2R 5g •- bi 92 i i : - .: it 6 6 1 i 6 i d 3a 3i ... ... 21 - 1 - 3 - 4 - iP 4p 4 3 d 4 - $1) 2i 2i 66 —• 68 4 - r 1/1 35 -.4 37 1 t • 1 16 18 50 491 il i 111 Do.. 2fq 3P 22 35 23 3 24 90 ?5 40 26 41 ?7 60 B 60 !9 30 4) 39 11 55 12 10 14 138 15 36 64 3h 84 xin 3: 3! NO. 1...Ju1y 31— 6 p m 2... 9 p m ' 3... Aug. 1— 130 a m 4... 6 am 5... 10 a m 6... 3 pm . 7... Sept. 23 8 p in 8... meridian 9... 6 a m 10... Sept. 27 1 p m 11... 2 a m 12... Sept. 26 2 p m 13..„A.ug. 6- meridian, 14 ..Aug. 8= 5 pm' 15... 9-11 am 16...-- 10-3 am 17.,. 10-10 p m 18... 11— 3 p m 19... 12— 6 a m 20... 13— 8 a m 21... 14-1 am From Newfoundland 3tO Ire land. From Ireland to Newfound. land. A ' • From Newfoundland to Ire. 14— meridian 15— 8 am 16— 9 a m 17— 6 am 17— 8 pm 18— 2 pm 19— p m land. !.., t - 20- 5 - 20- 520 31... Sept. 13— 9 45 32... Aug. 21— 1 35 33... 21— 9 From Ireland to N'foundland From N'foundland to Ireland. - 22- 5 THE ATLANTIC SUBMARINE CABLE. A specimen of the cable which is to be sunk in the Atlantic was brought over in the Baltic by Cyrus W. Field, and now lies before us (the New York Times). It is three-fourths of an inch in diameter. In the csntre are seven small copper wires, twisted upon themselves, and the whole insulated by a thick covering of gutta percha. Eighteen strands of slender iron wire, each strand composed of seven threads loosely twisted upon themselves, constitute the outer covering. The weight of the whole is 18 cwt. to the mile, and its strength is such that it will bear in water over six miles of its own length if suspended vertically. Its specific gravity is such that it is thought that there can be no question about its sinking readily to the bottom, being much heavier than the shells brought up by sounding. The objec! len that the strands of wire forming the outer covering will suffer corrosion or decomposition, is met by the statement, based, it is said, on satisfactory experiments, that in corroding, the material of which the outer covering consists will enter into chemical union with the soft mud in which the cable is im• bedded, and will thus form a concrete mass of cal careous or siliceous substance, affording its very best possible protection. The gutta percha and central copper wire are thought to be indestructible under water. Th e flexibility of the cable is such as to make it almost as manageable as a small hemp line. Its selection was the result of months of experiment and trial, hundreds of specimens having been made comprising every variety of form and size and structure before this particular one was agreed upon. The one which it was attempted to lay some two years age was an inch and a quarter in diameter, having the same number of electric wires inside, but having as its external covering twelve quarter inch wires. It was very cumbersome compared with this, and much more expen sive as that. Messrs. Kuper, Glass, and Co., of London, have take❑ the contract for the manufacture of the great cable chosen to connect the two continents. The distance from St. John's, Newfoundland, to Valencia on the western coast of Ireland,,the points between which the telegraphic connection is to be made, is 1,640 nautical or 1,900 statute miles. But the manufacturers are to famish 2,600 statute miles of the cable, in order to meet the demand for extra cable that may arise from the ine quality of the depth of the ocean along the plateau over which the line is to be laid. The cable is to be coin pleted by the 30th of next May. Two steamers, each bearing half the cable, will directly sail from London for trie middle of the Atlantic, and heading different ways, paying out as they go. MARKET NEWS.—(This Day ) CORN EXCHANGE. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BIIITISII CORN For the week ended Jan. 15, 1866, made up from the Returns of tt , e Inspectors in the differeat Cities and Towns In England and %Val( a per Imperial Quarter. WHEAT. EAELET. OATS. I 11.8 • NEANS, PEAS. 56,110 d 44s 71 23 3 61 383 Si 41 3 71 I 39s 9d THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGE. WHEAT. EARLEY. f OATS. ItII. BEANS. 1 PEAS , 595 81 41s Od 24s Id I 893 9 d ' 424 8d 404 9d QUANTITIES OF GRAIN SOLD LAST wEEx. Peas, 2 , 117 quarters. Wheat, V 2,519; 8 4 7 8 1 5 e 6 y : 88,07; Oats, 12,904; Rye,l2S ; Beans, MEAT MARKETS. NNWGATE AND LEADENHALL. — The trade generally was firm, as follows :—Beef, from 3s 4(1 to 4s 8d ; M u t ton, 3s 6d to 4s 3d; Veal, 4s Od. to 5s Od; Pork, 4s Od t o 55 4 d per 81bs, by the carcase. SOUTHALL, Jan. 14.—The supply of stock h ere t o- d ay the o trade al ruled ut ton, 3 s 10d to 5s 2d ; V ea l , 4 s steady, a t very full prices. Od to 530 d ; Pork, 4 s Od to 5 s Od per tubs, to sink the offal. R O MFORD, Jan. 14.—We had a .. firm trad e, as follows . Beef, from 3s 8d to 5s 2d ; Mutton, 48 Od t o 5 s 4d • Ve.al, Beef, wa s ilm from it e d 3 ' s a fi n d d t o t h 5 4s Od to 5s 2d; Pcrk, 4s Od to 5s Od per Blbs. Quarter-old store pigs, —5 to —5 each. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, 21 15s to 41114s9;sclpoevrerlodaod.,. 31 T l Trade e m fi ß t E rom ni s ,l l ND S . 3 — ; M an e d ado dra wh w a ' y ,ll2 / 4s ls to s to 41 4s; clover do., 31 10s to 51 58; and straw, 11 4s to 1/. 9s per load. A fair demand. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, 21 15s tc 41 4s ; clover 410., 31 10s to 5/ Os; and straw, 11 4s to 11 9s per load. Trade steady. BARON ROTHSCHID'S STUD AT N. R WMARICET.—Baron Rothschild's American horses, which for the last twelve months have been training in Newmarketf are but little known to the racing fraternity in this county, having never been engaged, but kept, as it were, into-., although great things have been said of their racing capabilities. They may be frequently seen on the exercising ground after the rest of the racehorses have returned to stable, private paddock. One horse in ths small stud is a fine i but for the most part they take their daily airing in their chesnut animal, and, though a novice, is spoken of as equal, if not superior, to any horse in England in a four mile race. They will doubtless come out in the first engagements in the ensuing spring uleet i,... s, g and much is expected from thou—Bury Post. 23i t 1316 110 i i 10 25 64 6 ti 3t 31 3 5i i I deg. in. 52 00 51 41 51 20 50. 58 50 36 50 05 49 42 49 05 48 29 46 43 45 54 44 43 43 03 40 26 30 30 37 15 35 50 34 08 32 20 Agar's conduce, his motive for making this statement, and the hope he had of regaining his liberty, no matter et what cost to others, and vaich he would lock upcn as a noble triumph of art, and show himself the worthy head of the noble Guild of Scoundrels. The learned sergeant alluded to the philosophy, if he might term it, of such a man as Agar, and said that Agar had made out a case from his own knowledge of certain mat ters on the railway, and had stated the circu stances so precisely, because they were susceptible of apparent confirmation—a confirmation made by himself, and ob tained independently of the offence he had committed. The learned sergeant then proceeded to analyse the statement of Agar on that hypothesis, and he charged Agar with stating a deliberate lie when be said the sovereigns ob tained for the gold were changed into notes. It was not the object of thieves to obtain notes, but to be possessed of sovereigns, which did not lead to detection, and pas,ed in all parts of the world. The two 1001. notes bearing Tester's name bad never been in his possession, nor was the handwriting his, but the result of an ingenious, well-concocted, and well contrived scheme of forgery. The notes got into the bank with Tester's name attached by fraud, in order to divert attention from the real cul prits. Agar was a man who bad been connecte I with forgers in England and America, and he bad, there could be no doubt, concocted this excellent plot with the assistance of a well-known person of the Inner Temple, "Jim Saward " by name, who, he be. lieved, as soon as the punishment of death was abolished for forgery commenced that career which it was probable he would now soon terminate in this court. In conclusion the learned sergeant asked the jury to disbelieve Agar, and acquit a man deemed of irreproachable character until this time. Mr. Baron Martin, in summing np, said that the pri soner Pierce, if found guilty, could only be convicted of a simple larceny, he not being in the company's ser vice at the time of the robbery, but the others could of felony, because they were in the company's service at the time. That had nothing to do with th.-ir forming their guilt or innocence of the prisoners, but it would be for the consideration of the judges in sentencing them if they were found guilty. The man Agar was a thief by profession, and from his own account he was applied to by Pierce as others would a professional man of ability on legitimate affairs, and to convict the prisoners on the evidence of that man, he ought to be corroborated. They ought to besatisfied that the story he told was a true one. If they were convinced of that, and that there were circumstances connected with it which he could not or had not the means of framing with other persons, con firmed by ind-pendent witnesses, that would be a suffi cient corroboration for them to find the prisoners guilty If, on the other hand, they did not believe Agar's -tats meet it was equa ly their duty to consider the eteer evidence, as it referred to the prisoners. Without his evidence there was no case against Burgess and Tester After going minutely through the evidence, The Jury retired to consider their verdict. At five o'clock, after an absence of ten minutes, they returned into omrt with a verdict of guilty against the three prisoners. Pierce was sentenced to two years' imprisonment, with the Ist, 12th, and 24th months' solitary confine ment, the highest punishment he could inflict on him ; Burgess and Tester were transported for 14 years each. In order to facilitate Redpsth and Kent's case, they were placed at the bar, and arraigned ; they pleaded not guilty to each of the indictments. NAVAL APPOINTMENTS.—(This Day The following appointments were made at the Ad miralty this afternoon : Clerks—F. M. S. Dufour, to the Retribution ; Rus. soil Hill, to the Waterloo. Mr. Augustus Mayford, William F. Law, George P. Heather, and W. H. Obree, have been promoted to the rank of Master. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(Tins hay.) LONDON, Jan. 15.—Wind at noon S.W.—Light breeze, with drizzling rain. PLYMOUTH, Jan. 14.—Wind N.—Sailed—Chili, for Valparaiso. FALMOUTH, Jan. 14.—Wind N.N.E. Sailed— Al chymist, for Savannah. AOIITIIAMPTON, Jan. 14.—Sailed—Columbian, for Aus ;rano.. COWES, Jan. 14.—Wind N.—Arrived—Vikingen, Sun derland, for Odessa, to stop a leak. Sailed—Titania, for Havana.. RAMSGATE, Jan. 14.—Wind N.B.—Arrived—Gateshead, from Shields, for Havana, with damage from collision. SWANSRA, Jail. 14.—Wind N.E.—Sailed—Fanny, for Coq ui m bo. HARWICH, Jan. 15—The Luna, of and from Emden, for London, has been assisted off the Shipwash, leaky and with damage. JERSEY, Jan. 13.—Wind E.—Sailed—Shamrock, for Pernambuco. BELFAST, Jan. 13.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Quebec, rom St. John's, N.B. LIVERPOOL, Jan. 14.—A small vessel, sunk, with top mast above water, 7 miles S.W. of Saltees is reported. A vessel, of about 200 tons, bottom up, with the sea break ing over her, was passe,i this morning W.S.W. of Blaek Comb. Several logs of timber were passel on the 17th inst on the edge of ,Soundings. BRISTOL, Jan. 14 —The Alpha, hence to Seville, dr.ve on shore near Trevose head, Padstow, on the night of the 11th inst., and has since gone to pieces ; crow drow ne d. CHCRBOURG, Jan. 22.—The Elizabeth Thompson, of Inverkeitbing, sunk on the 11th inst. at 10 a.m., Lizard Point bearing N.N.W., distant about 20 miles ; crew saved by a French steamer and landed here. AfEstiirrA, Jan. 9.—The British iron schooner Arrow, of Leith, put in to-day, leaky, and will probably discharge, (FEB ELE(rru c SOI7THAMPTON, Thursday Illorning. Wind W.S., cloudy. No fresh news of the Tyne. The change of wind to the south-west is unfavourable. Arrived—Eagle (s.)„ from Llanelly ; Anna and Maria [s.), from Cardiff. LIVERPOOL, Thursday Morning. Wind N.W. Arrived—ltalian (s.), from Havre. Sailed—Blonde, for Tampico. QUEENSTOWN, Jan. 13. Wind N. Arrived—Charles, from Pe . nambuco. • Sailed—Pandora, for Lisbon; Senator, Men ; Vene rable, Gibraltar. KINGSTOWN, Jan. H. Wind W. Arrived —Adenia, from Seville. Sailed—Laurie, for Havre ; Susan Leilly, Sicily ; Char. Lotto Ann, Terceira. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITI-AI V:IEGRAPFI.) GRAVESEND Thursday, 10 a.m. Wind N.W. ; tide last hour's ebb; tine. Sailed—Corporation, for Capo , Coast Castle; Denmark, steamer, Havre. DEAL, Thursday, 9.50 a.m. Wind W. N.W., fine, Passed, Jan. 14—Josephine, from London, for Santander PUNOITS POT-POURRI POUR RIRE. No woman is a beauty to her femme-de-chambre. A lawyor's carriage is only a legal con veyance—and it is the client, as often as it stops at his door, that pays for the drawing up of it. Most Golden Calves, when thrown into the crucible of Time, turn out to be no better than Pigs of Lead ! Life is a Romance, of which a Coquette never tires of turning over a new leaf. Mock no roan for his snub nose, for you never can tell what may turn up. A character, like a kettle, once mended, always wants mending. Be kind even in your reproofs ' and reserve them till th e morning. No ono can sleep well who goes to bed with a flea in his ear. The man who is fond of staking his reputation upon the smallest trifle, generally retires from the contest before he is called upon to deposit his stake. Life is full of contradictions—but Woman takes very good care that we shall never hoar the last of it. It is wrong to judge men by trifles. The man, yester day, who kept the dinner waiting half-an-hour, keeps his mother-in-law !—Punch. A beautiful window of stained glass has been placed in the chancel of Hawsted Cnurch, to the memory of the late Sir Thomas Cullum, Bart. The Customs' dues paid at B orlogne amounted to 110,3721 in 1854, 187,0121. in 1855, and 195,8901. in 1856. The figures for most of the other French Channel ports present proportionate results. THE JUDICIAL ESTABLISHMENT IN SCOTLAND.—TIIe cost to the country on account of the judicial establish. meat in Scotland in the year ended March was 111,1351. It is stated that Lord Brougham's motive for declin ing the Chancellorship of the London University was, that his l or d s hi p, holding the office of President of oUni versity Colle ge , consi d ere d t h at t h e d ut i es o f Ch a ncellor would be incompatible with his present ETHNOLOGICAL SOCIETY.—A meeting of this . was held yest er d a y even i ng a t th e ir rooms e in nn edy_ in the square ; the pr es id en t—Alderman society cbair. Dr. H o d g ki n rea d apa per on the character of the Chines e , with a view to remove the notion so corn monly entertained of the debased condition of that people. A return of the sherrywines exported during the past year shows the quantity to have been 54,611 b utts, against 43,637 butts in 18 5 5, and 52,746 butts in 1854. Of these 41,087 were c e nt to the United Ki ng d om, 2,669 to the United States, 1 ,810 810 to 4,537 to Russia, Australia, and the r emaining 4,408 to var i ous other markets. h last ADVOCATE OF SCOTLAND.-.--On Tuesdasy TIIE LRD e town Council of Edinbur4ll met at 11 o ' c l oc k , ur the Town Council of' EdinburJl loot at 11 o'clock, pursuant to a previous resoluti on, f or the purpose pursuant fcsiffering to the Lord Advocate the high honour conveyed in the freedom of the city. The Lord Provost in a brief but appropriate address presented the freedom, to which the Lord Advocate replied, assuring the town council that he sincerely felt the honour they had con ferred upon him, in placing him on the roil of ,freemen of the burgh. Tim NEW WATER SUPPLY FOR LIVERPOOL.—The long expected supply of water from the Riviugton-bills, 26 miles from Liverpool, has within the past few days reached the town, and has done more to lay the opposi-1 tion to its introduction than all the speeches which have been delivered in its favour. At the meeting of the council yesterday it was stated that the total cost of the old waterworks was 801,0001., producing a weekly supply of water of 44,000,000 gallons ; while the total cost of the Rivingt,in works would be 694,7721., in addition to 35,2781. paid fur the purchase of the Chorley Waterworks, and the supply of water would be 19aQQ9,Q00 ge,ll9no per day, LONDON JOINT-STOCK BANE. Half-yearly Meetin g ;.—;This Day.) The half-yearly meeting of the London Joint-Stock Bank was held to-day. The report stated that, includ ing the sum of 25,0861. ISs. 61., Irought forward on the 30th June last, there was a nett balance of 84,2171. 44 od., which the directors appropriated as follows : To dividend. 61. ss. per cent, for the half-year (12k per cent, per annum) £37,500 0 0 To bonus, 15s. 6d. per share 46,500 0 0 To guara n t ee f und 217 6 9 £84,217 6 9 With the above addition the guarantee fund would amount to 165,932/ 13s. 6(1. The aividend and bonus, free of income tax, will be payable after the 23d inst. The report was adopted unanimously. LAW INTELLIGENCE. —(This Da: COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Fane.) THE WARE AND HERTFORD 1 3 AN1i.--IN RR S. ADAMS. This bankrupt was described as of Ware, banker and malt,ter, and to-day was app;)inted for his last exami• nation. The ha'ance sheet, which consists of upwards of 300 foli ) pages, and prepared by Messrs„ Thomas and Cop. ley, commences December, 1854, and ends July, 1356, and shows debtors to creditors unsecured, 61,849/. 178. 10d. ; to ditto holding security, 12,0851.55. ; notes in circulation, 12,0601. ; liabilities, 56,0441. ; profitr, 2,1541. 85. ; rents, 2,2011. Surplus statement of ai. fairs, December, 1854, 14,4591. 105. ; creditor by good debts, 12,235/. 45. Bd. ; ditto who have deposited security, 7 , 2 03/.—estimated to realise 2,5311. ; freehold property, 4,945/.; life interest in property, 4,9341.; pro- perty ,given up to assignee,, 10,7151. ; .ditto in hands of creditors, 13,7151. 11s. ; rents due, 1,5631. ; property settled on Mr. Adams, 6,2601.; debts to be paid in full, 7,8611. is. 6d. ; trade expenses, 4,8061. ; interest 7681.; law expen , es, 1,624/. ; annuities chargeable on pro perty, 1361. lie. ; personal expenses, 5 : 487/. ; loses on farms, 1,1471. ; depreciation iu value of property, 20,435/. ; losses, 8 3031. 4s. 7d. ; liabilities, 56,0001, ; to-s on securities, 4,671/. In amseuencH of the voluminous and intricate nature of Vic accounts, Messrs. Thomas and C, pley were unable to fie the hala , :et.-sheet uctil yesterday, an , l an adjout n tnent, therefore, was necessary, and it accordingly took place. • THE ROYAL BRITISH BANK. Mr. Commissioner Holroyd, who was occupied in hearing other cases aga:nst the shareholders, but in con- sequence of an application made yesterday, by Mr Lint;later, the examMations were kept strictly private, the reporters not beint admitted.—The application is somewhat remarkab e, as in the cases generally the debtors summoned under a bankruptcy are examined in open court. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. —(This Day.) THAMES. Richard Clay, a rou4h-looliing fellow, was brought before Mr. Selfe, charged with illegally pawning three sheets, a blanket, and a rug, the property of Mr. David Lawson. Mrs. Maria Lawson, the wife of the prosecutor, said that the prisoner and his wife hired a furnished apart ment in her house. That morning she discovered that three sheet ,, , a rug, and a blanket, had been taken from the room, and gave the prisoner into custody. The wife had gone away, and she wished to keep the husband in security until the wife returned. Mr. Selfe—You want to keep him in pledge as a security for the wife's return. Mrs. Lawson—Yes, sir. I believe the wife pawned the goods. Tire prisoner said the woman he had been living with was not his wife, and that she had pawned the goads without his knowledge and consent. Mr. Selfe—You have been living with her, and no doubt shared in the proceeds. Y:•u roust redeem the goods. The prisoner said he had no money and no work, and was without a farthing. Mr. Selfe—You could afford to keep a woman, and that is a very expensive affair, and I think you could afford to redeem the property you or your paramour has made free with. You had better redeem the property. I remand you till Saturday. LITERATI HE. A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Uentry of Great Thitain and Ireland. By Sir Bernard Burke. Hurst and Blackett. What Sir Bernard Burke (Uister King of Arms) has so admirably done fur the Peerage and the Baronetage of the three kingdoms, he is now doing, and to the full as admirably, for the Lauded Gentry. So that, as his Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage is the standard authority on all matters of lineage, personal history, family con nections, and heraldic rights in relation to the titled aristocracy, the present work, when completed, will be the standard authority on .all such matters in relation to the untitled aristocracy of the three king doms. Higher praise than thisit would be difficult to bestow. To understand, however, more perfectly the value of the work when completed, it should be remembered that for long and unblemished descent the landed gentry as a body are inferior neither to the Peerage nor Baronetage ; that they are more numerous than either, and exercise a vast amount of p litical and social influence. What, therefore with the research, fidelity, and excellent arrangements of the author, and the certainty of nearly every individual member of so important a body hating his name, lineage, &c., inserted in it, a greater amount of popularity even may be antici pated for the present work and companion volume than was met with by its predecessor, great as that was. Part 111., we see, is to be issued in February and part IV. about Easter next. The Family Mirror. Part I. Published No. 9, Johnson's-court, Fleet •street. A new and promising aspirant to popular favour added to the list of our cheap illustrated serials. The proprietary profess a highly moral aim, and in their endeavour to instruct and elevate the mind do not lose sight of the fact they may at the same time afford it pleasurable entertainment. Map of London. Coloured to show the New Postal Districts. Edward Stanford. This valuable production supplies, and most satis factorily, an admitted want. The development of the new postal scheme called for the appearance of a map so prepared and coloured as to show what each district embraces at a glance, and that such map should he produced under such auspices that it could bo depended on. Tue map before us, designed and engraved by the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, fulfils every condition that could reasonably be insisted on. It is equal, if not superior, to any map of the metropolis of its size extant—is sufficiently largo and well coloured to make the work of reference exceedingly easy—and, in addition to the auspices of the above society, may be said to appear under the couratenance of the Postmaster-General. In point of fact it is Mr. Stanford's admirable map prepared for use in the London and Provincial Post - offices, by cotn ofmaitlfidsizo and coloured thePoustri Postmaster-General —only with a specific aster-General—only re ducedobject. ll ;E. to Blacl- Highbury-place ; S., to Camberwell W., it extends to Kensinw on - g ravel- pits; N., to wail station. n addition to Abe. map there is the Post-office List of the ptincipal . stre,ts a n d p l aces in London and its en virons, as civith:d into postal districts. The whole forming a most useful and portable companion either for the pocket or the desk. The ship Challenger, Captain hillock, arrived in the Downs yesterday from Shanghai, with 224,6581b5. of tea, and 5,831 bales of silk on freight. This cargo, it is stated, is one of the most valuable ever brought to this country ßu Y s o ia ti , N l G i b : d L y n n p u e t t E r v s:S l :lll. s4 : i o , l' U t l e D c N ( O ni T I S it M e, Ti N E 13yeE,Dy. nearly r young i l i o n ta g t her life two or three wetks zi,o in the house of her father, the Governor of `t 'se , w, by a very singular accident. It is statcd in La Patric, that the Countes4 rad Oeee indulging as usual au the habit of -irioking, and at the same time reading in bed. The double nare,tic very soon set her a4leep. She awoke presently in terror to find her bed on fire, the linen shee's had been ignited by tne end of her cigarette. She jumped out of bed, fortunately without being burnt, and rushed to the door. It had been bolted, and in her fright she could not open it. Then she broke the window, and called loudly lor help. The seiiii:.o! on duty at the gate below instantly gave the alarm ; the lady 's chamber door was forced opened, and the fire was extingukii,d. Sire was not hurt, hut only frightened. PHOTOGRAPHY.--Mr.Mayall's new patent is intended to produce portraits on a substitute Er ivory. It is composed of sulphate of barytes, mixed with albumen, and the supposed advantages to be derived from it are —The avoidance of the glare of the metallic plate, and the ab..orbent properties of paper. In this process a flat surface, p,rfecly white, is first obtained ; the portrait from the sitter is then transferred to it by the photographic apparatus, and in that state it is handed to the artist, who passes a wash of transparent eJl e our over the face, accordii,g to the complexion r equired rd . the dress aid background are treated in the man ner ; and, lastly, the lights are scraped out. obtained by this new meth o d, having the appearance of and in miniatures, are executed at a muc h reduced cost,There are several a proportionat e ly b r i e f space of time. 89 1 m ):r traits perfection to which this which give ample proof of the per _ speciwtos in the rooms of Mr. MaYall! in Regent-street, photography has been 4 — ro t u he gli z t n i ost recent—di scov ery in I I I I L IGIi. -- ... ••• - .. lon 21i 50 J i 21} 541 71 I 38 f 13i 9 i i 28 i - ... :164 51 1 qS i e 108 f 24 105 10J i 16 i 49 68 71. 69 47 47 48 54