The Sun. — London, England, 1857-01-16 00:00:00

barrels; timber, 38,203 feet ; shingles, 38,000 ; plantains, 1,000 bunches ; rice, 600 bags ; coffee, 1 bag ; soap, 30 boxes. Of these 399 hogsheads, 1 7 tierces, and 562 barrels of sugar, and 167 Puncheons 33 barrels of molasses were for the North American market. A considerable and in creasing trade in sugar and molasses had sprung up between this colony and North America during , the last 12 months. Business among the mer chants was brisk. Freights for sugar, 2s. to 2s. 3 d. • rum, 3d. ' it St. Lucia the crop was late, but would be an average one in quantity. There is no political news from Barbadoes. In the sugar market transactions had taken place at 4 8s 6d to 52s 6d for common to fine yellow. At Trinidad the weather had till within the last week been very wet. The canes grew, and made up In some measure for their previous shortness, but Operations for the commencement of crop were per formed with difficulty. Ships had come in very freely well loaded with goods, and business of all kinds seemed brisk and encouraging. There was a demand for cocoa, which had realised lately as much as $l3, and portions of next year's crop of Sugar had been said to be purchased at $5. A. letter from St. Vincent, dated Dec. 23, says there was not much news. The Bishop of Barba does had confirmed 300 young people there. At St. Kitt's his [Honour A. P. Burt had been appointed by the Lieutenant-Governor to the vacant Judgeship, and F. S. Wigley to fill the office of Attorney-General, vacant by Mr. Burt's promotion. From Martinique the melancholy intelligence has been received of the death of Mr. John Lawless, her Majesty's consul at that place. The Atrato, Captain Woolley, arrived at St. Thomas's, from Southampton, at 7 a.m. on Dec. 31; the Clyde, Captain Heenan, on the Spanish Main; the Conway, Captain Lewis, at St. Thomas's, for Jamaica ; the Derwent, Captain Reeks, at St. Thomas's for the Windward Islands ; the Eagle, Captain ' Hole, at Jamaica ; the Solent, Captain Bayntun, at St. Thomas's ; the Thames, Captain Woolward, at St Thomas's, from the Spanish Main; The Trent, Captain Leeds, in the Gulf of Mexico ; the Wye, Captain Gillies, at Barbadoes. Movements of her Majesty's ships : At Bermuda Boscawen (bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Panshawe) and the Nile. At Port Royal—The Termagant, Arrogant, Imperieuse, Euryalus, and the Irnaum. At the Windward Islands—The Eury dice and the Brilliant. At Greytown—The Orion, Tartar, Cossack, Archer, Victor, Intrepid, and the Pioneer. The Arrogant and the Imperieuse were to leave for England in a few days. The Archer was ordered to Jamaica. THE PACIFIC. SOUTHAMPTON, JAN. 15. 4 _ 31 ,3* the West India steamer La Plata, arrived :,"flaY, we have received Panama papers to the eth of December, being five days later than those brow by the American steamer Canada. . I :he Pacific Steam Navigation Company's steamer Bolivia, Captain Johnson, arrived from the South Coast on the 21st, with the usual semi-monthly mails and 250,000 d o l e . i n spe c ie. She brought dates from Valparaiso of Nov. 30 ; Callao, Dec. 11 ; and Payta, Dec. 16. The general k nows from the Republic of Chili Was not of any particular interest. The President of ere the Republic was about to visit Valparaiso, ' w h he intended to remain during the warm season. The Valparaiso and Santiago Railroad Was 800/1 to be opened as far as Limache, a distance t o ! 30 miles. A n ' e l ec tric telegraph between San :ago and Talca would probably be completed this Waner. The barks Cmsar, Helene, and Grasbook had (I arrived at the port of Montt with 300 German Vlraigrants for the new settlement of Llanquehue. tilgnhthouses were to be constructed where required - g alo the coast by order of the Government. The first was to be at Valparaiso. The markets at Chili continued dull, no sales having taken place for exportation, the local dealers b eing in general well supplied. All articles of Merchandise were abundant except sugar and ?offee, of which stocks were either small or held by imorters. Sales of flour had been limited. In Valparaiso prices ranged from 11 dols. 50c. to 11 dolls. for 2001 b., six months. Wheat was scarce, and there was some prospect of the new crop being affected by the rust. The yellow fever rages in the towns and villages north of La Paz. Dates from the Republic of Peru are to Dec. 11. General Vivanco, the head of the revolutionary movement, arrived at Arequipa on the 3d of Dec., and was received with enthusiasm ; he immediately issued a proclamation to the people, and commenced organising the different branches of his Adminis tration. The departments of Moquegua and Puno remain faithful to the Government ; those of Canas and Canches have declared for Vivanco. The Tacna division of the army was at Arica, to protect that port, and General San Roman was at Puno, organising the troops. The city of Cuzco remained faithful to the Government. Truxillo and Lam bayeque have declared against the Government, in favour of General Vivanco. In the latter town the people defeated a force of 40 infantry and a picket of cavalry. Don Jose Tello had been nomi nated a sub-prefect by the revolutionary party. Business was, of course, completely paralysed by the unsettled state of affairs. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This Day.) LONDON, Jan. 16.—Wind at noon N.W.—Light breeze, with frost. PORTSMOUTH, Jan. 15.—Wind S.S.W. to W.S.W.—Ar rived—H.M.S. Amdhion, from Port Royal and sailed for Sheerness. Sailed—H.M.S. Retribution, for the west ward. PLYMOUTH, Jan. 15.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—Eliza beth, L o nd on , for New York ; Margaret, from Santos, for Ramburg, leaky ; Sisters, Westport, for London, crew disabled. Sailed—H.M.Str. Tyne, for Spithead. FALMOUTH, Jan. 15.—Wind N.N.E.—Arrived—Mar garetha, from Caldera, for Hamburg. SOUTHAMPTON, Jan. 15.—Arrived—La Plata (s.), from St. Thomas. SWANSEA, Jan. 15.—Wind N.—Sailed—Esther Fran cis,_for Cuba. teumount, Jan. 15.—The Janet Walls, of this port Lae been assisted off the beach, as also the Lark, of Sea am. HARWICH, Jan. 15—The Fides, of Christiansand, from Hartlepool, for Algiers, grounded on the Long Sand last night, and has become a total wreck; master and four men landed here ; the rest of the crew, nine in number, took to the long boat. BRIDLINGTON, Jan. 15.—The Commerce, from Sunder. land, for London, has been assisted in very leaky. SCILLY, Jan. 15. Off the port—Mignionette, from Trinidad, for Havre. HOLYHEAD, Jan. 15.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Don Juan, from Liverpool, for Havana, leaky. NORDEN, Jan. 13.—The Gesina, from Emden to Lon - don, is on shore on the Pilsumer Watt, in a dangerous place, and h as b een a b andoned ; salvage of vesse l d ou btf u l. The Theda, hence for Hull, is on shore on Hamburg Sand. ST. THOMAS Dec. 31 . — The barque Grand Turk, from the Clyde to Halifax, N.S., put in here on the Bth inst. in distress ; cargo discharging. The American barque Sa cusa, from the Clyde to New York, put in on the 23d inst. in distress, and is discharging. (PRB ZLEOTIO 0 TICLEGRAPR.) Wind N.W. L IVERPOOL, Friday Morning. Arrived—Romulus, from Laguna ; Albro, Rio Grande ; Mary Ismay, , Laguna ; Hermione, Pe rnambuco; Oporto, Ville Nova ; Gannet, (s.z.), Rotterdam. Sailed—Medea, for Trebizonde. QUEENSTOWN, Jan. 14. Wind S.W. Arrived—Levant, from Galatz ; B. Colcord, Rio Ja neiro ; Laurette, Santa Crnz. DIIBLIN, Jan. 15. nil N.W. Arrived—Welcome, from Rotterdam ; Enbhanter, from Ghinchas Island. Sailed—Sphynx, for Trieste ; Emily, Para. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TEIECFRAPH.) GRAVESEND. Friday, 9.45 a.m. Sailed, Jan. 16—Calliope, for Calcutta; Denmark, Rio Janeiro. DEAL, Friday, 9.40 a.m. Wind S.W., moderate, and fine. Passed in tow—Christina, from New York, for London; Margaret Evans, from New York, for London. Passed, Jan. 15—European, from London, for Limerick. Passed, Jan. 16.—Adler, from Bremen, for Bristol ; Cor poration, for Cape Coast Castle; Swannay, for Jamaica — ell from London. Verger, the assassin of the Archbishop of Paris, will be tried to-morrow. Monsignor Salinis ' Bishop of Amiens, is appointed Archbishop o f P ar i s. VALUE or B the Aneti RITISH BANK DEPOSlTS.—Yesterday, at auction a L"laart,- Mr. Shuttleworth offered to public in the Royal ualarke eof account amounting to 2551. 19s. 6d., first dividend, British Bank, w ith th e warran t for the similarwhich sold at 11 8 . 6d. p er 11. Three 871. 2s. 9d., b alancesres pectively of 1711. 9 s . 11d ., 3371 . 1 4 s. 9 d ., an d t T estively sold a t s s . th e if . ACCOucHEMEOE THE COUNTESS PEBSIGNY.—Her Excellency th e of a daughtertesss yeste r - Countess Persig n y was sa f e l y d e li vere d The coun and day morning at Albert-gate House. infant are progressing favour ably. Dr. la in in a ttendanceu upon th-1 countess. The German papers 'Ash the text of another Aus trian despatch. Thises despatch is dated 6th of January. It is addressed to th e Au strian Envoy at Berlin, and is a reply to the unication by which the PrussiAn Government informed ments of its resolution to adjourn the other Govern -snuthrn the mobilization of the Prussian army till the gemation, and the hope Vienna despatch expresses its gratifie °f . January. The m ent be concluded, that shank+, meantime no arran the wisdom of King Frederick Willia m would not refuse a further adjournment of any aggressivewmeladsures THE PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL e . PANT.— Southampton, Thursday.—The screw steam s°hl:l[ Captain Cook of this company, /eft this day pa i re ll A l i a e r x ! andria as an extra boat. She takes out 40 and a full cargo. It is the intention of the comp an T i r : sead an extra steamer every month to Alexandri a . - -- MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLocK. The Liverpool Cotton market yesterday con tinued heavy, and prices in some instances were k per lb. lower when compared with the rates cur rent last week. The sales amounted to G,OOO bales. The Railway Share Market was steady at a slight rise in prices. At Leicester, it is stated, a fair business was being transacted in hosiery goods, and the working classes find fair employment. From Nottingham we learn that the lace trade is rather dull, but in creased activity was soon anticipated. In the hosiery department there is more animation than usual at this period of the year, and a busy season is expected. An active business has been transacted in Colo nial Produce this week, and if money were cheaper there would no doubt be a revival of speculation. For sugar there has been rather less inquiry, and in the early part of the week prices ruled heavy. There has since been more firmness, and the de mand has increased. Coffee has been rather dearer, rice is 6d. to 9d. per cwt. lower, and cocoa has been at nominal rates. Tea has commanded high rates, and holders have not shown any dis position to press sales. Spices have ruled steady ; saltpetre is quiet ; and rum has realised previous rates. Tallow has been maintained, the stock be ing in few hands. The dividend declared by the Brighton and South Coast Railway for the past half-year is at the rate of 3 per cent., making 6 per cent. for the twelve months. Rather less excitement has been exhibited in the Money Market since it became known that no alte ration had been effected in the minimum rate of discount, but there is no diminution in the demand for discounts, and high terms are in all instances charged. Some anxiety is expressed with regard to the Bank Return to be published in this even ing's Gazette, as it is feared that very important alte rations will be manifested consequent upon the payment of the dividends which commenced on the Bth instant. A decline is expected in the bullion, owing to recent withdrawals, as all the late receipts of specie from Australia and America have been sent to the Continent. La Plata, which has arrived from the West Indies and Mexico, brings about 177,247/. in specie. _ The transactions in public Stocks continue of the most limited character, and the prices, as for a long time past, are without any variation of im portance. This is the first regular transfer day for Consols, and it is expected that there will now be more real business. Consols for money have been markedas high as 931 I, and the account quotations have remained at 94 to 94k. They are now, how ever, scarcely so firm, viz , 94, sellers. The New 3 per Cents. are 948 $, the Reduced, 94 to 948, and the Long Annuities, 2i 1546th. Bank Stock is 216 k to 2171, and East India Stock 220. Ex chequer Bills are depressed at 2s. discount to 2s. premium. Until one o'clock only two bargains were re corded in the official foreign list, speculation being quite at a stand. Swedish 4 per Cents. are marked 85, and Turkish 6 per Cents. 95k to 11. The following are the nominal prices of Foreign Stocks ;—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 6 7 ; Mexi can, 214 1 ; Peruvian, 771 81 ; ditto 3 per Cents., 55 6 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 43 5 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 106 8 ; ditto 4i- per Cents., 95 7 ; Spanish 3 per Cents., 40 40i ; ditto Deferred, ; ditto Certificates, 51 61 ; ditto Passive, 51 6. Messrs. D. Bell, Son and Co. report that, during the present week, there has been no material alteration to notice in the markets for American securities. Business in State stocks has not been active, and the only change to report, in railroad securities, is a general inquiry for Illinois 7 per Cent. Central Bonds and shares, at slightly im proved quotations. GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Redeemable. Per Cent. United States 6 per Cents. 1867-1868...101 105 United States 6 per Cent. Bonds 1868...101 105 STATE SECURITIES. ... 78 80 1 20 ... 89 91 10 ...100 101 - Sh-. Alabama 5 per Cent Maryland 5 per Cent. (Sterling Bonds).:. Massachusetts 5 per Cent. (Sterl. Bonds). Mississippi 6 per Cent. Pl. Bk. Bonds lB4l-1871... 43 45 Mississippi 5 per Cent. Union Bk Bonds ... 16 18 Pennsylvania 5 per Cent. Stock Pennsylvania 5 per Cent. Bonds ...1877... 81 83 Tennessee 6 per Cent. Bonds Virginia 6 per Cent. Bonds 1886... 83 84 Virginia 5 per Cent. (Sterling Bonds) 1888... 82 84 LOANS OF CITIES. Montreal 6 per Cent. Bonds 1856-1865... 82 81 New Orleans 6 per Cent. Stock RAILROAD BONDS. Illinois Central 7 per Cent. Ist Mortgage, not Convertible 1875... 88 90 Illinois Central 6 per Cent 1875... 84 86 Glinois Central 7 per Cent. Freeland Bonds 1860...101 103 Illinois Central (Shares), $25 paid 18 20p Michigan Central Bp. Cent., Convert 1860... Do. do. do. 1869... 91i 95i New York Central 7p. Cent., Convert 1864... 91 93 New York Central 6 per Cent., not Convertible 1883... 80 82 New York and Erie 7 per Cent. 3d Mort gage 1883... 87i 881 N. York and Erie 7p. Cent. Convertible-1862... 81 83 N. York and Erie 7 per Cent. Sinking Fund 1875... 86 88 Panama 7 per Cent., Ist Mortgage (Ster ling Bonds), not convertible 1859... 90 Panama 7 per Cent., Ist Mortgage 1864... 90 92 Pennsylvania Central 6p. Cent., Ist Mort 1880... 88 89 There has been a very small business transacted in the Railway Share Market, but prices generally rule steady, the fluctuations in values not having been to any great extent. Great Northern have receded 10s.; Great Western, ss. ; South Western, 55.; Midland, 55.; North Eastern, Berwick, 10s.; ditto York, 10s.; Eastern Counties improved about ss. ; Brighton, 10s. to 15s. ; and Scottish North- Eastern, ss. The French, Canadian, and East In dian lines are inactive, and generally at a decline of about ss. per share. Joint-Stock Bank Shares are dull. Bank of Australasia declined about 15s , and Union of Aus tralia ss. In Miscellaneous Shares Canada Government 6 per Cents. and Crystal Palace ruled rather lower. cftITISH FUNDS THIS DAY LT Wilt O'CLOCK. (From the Offictal List:) _tAn!in 7 ._ done Bank Stock i per Cent. Reduc 3 d Annuit ies 3 nor Cent. , lonsols Anneitiev 9B i g A $ New 3 per Cent. Annuities 94 I Long Annuities, expire sth Jan. 1860 2 2 42 015.15 India Stock twos. Bonds, £lOOO Ditto, under £lOOO 2 d Consols for Account .. •• 94 i Exchequer Bills, 24d. 1000 £5OO 2 p p 2 d imail PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK Swedish 4 per Cent. Turkibh Honda, 6 per cent — Ditto Account Dividends on the above payable in Londc n. Console money TWO O'CLOO 6 . 931 Ditto Acco unt 93Zi 91 e a ar o t u e t r to resign the chairmanship of ,R R. Prime, Egg is 1 --- , .-----. the West Sussex' THE TYNE STEAMER. --Three county seventeen years. Sessions, having served the e h e e rirre sloops have arrived r r e t e p , a f rt in good condi- 100 which . appears to 4 2'5 ° with part of the cargo from ba very slightly damaged. •Grearityne the ship's stores. 40 Lion. They have also brought a WRECK OF THE BRITON STEAMERoa-;l3yd the South 50 Western steamer from Jersey, W hi ch • at South- 25 ampton this morning, the crew of the Briton belonging to the Union Steam-ship port, have reached here. They bring intelligenceY, of this ~,,. of the " N foundering of the Briton off Cape -U-sliaat, 60 miles 100 Company steamer, 20 south-west of the Cape, on Sunday last, at 6 a.m . The 100 steamer left London with a cargo of wheat on the 6th 20 of January, bound to Se v i lle. The crew were picked 20 up on Sunday night, at 11 p.m., by the Ocean Queen, 20 from Lisbon to Hull, with a car g o of fruit, &c., ac 50 she having also, by stress of weather, sprung a l eak, 1 500 was compelled to put into Jersey on Wednesday, a n d 0 100 there landed the crew. WRECK OF THE VlOLET.—Variou s rumours having , 122 been circulated in connection with this unfortunate i' s 7) wreck that Mr. A. Majendie, son of Mrs. Majendie, 20 residing at Barton Villas, in this city (Canterbury), was 45 passenger on board this ill-fated vessel, from a packg , e , 20 having been picked up addressed " Arthur Majendie, 1.00 we have much pleasure in stating that the report is in- 12 correct. The box in question appears to be the property 25 of Mr. Maj , 2ndie, who had despatched it by packet to ig save himself the care and responsibility of taking charg e of it whilst travelling by another route. Mr. Majendie g 0 ais now in Paris in the enjoyment of good health.--Kent 100 Herald. 100 SHARE MARKETS—(This Day.) Y.•s. 4AILWAYB. Ambg. Nottug. Boot and HaAz. Juliet -).!! )I, , lfast t Ballymena a Rirming. Wolvorh. 6 Stour Valley . all Eirkeand. Lancsh. d Cheshire Janet Do. Cheeh. all Do.. do. ...«......... Blackburnall all Blytl., &Tyneonglua .C 25 (lead. at £4F . 1 100 Bristol and Ifaeto-... 100 Ca;donlan . 1100 Chester 41 Holyhead all Cork and Bandon.. all Cork, Black, 4 Pass all Cornwall , all Do. A 8 Do. B 45 Dublin&BelfastJunc all Dun. P. Zs Aber. Jnc. .1100 East Anglian all Eastern Counties .1100 Fast. - Tnion, A Stl• . 10 'Be., B. Stock 8i 'Do., New A...... 17: East Kent 100 East Lancashire al East Suffolk 4 Do. 100 j Edinburgh & Glasgo all I Edinb. and Peebles. 1 0 0 lEdin.Prth. &Dunde all Forth & Clyde Jun.: ' , 100 Furness. 100 ;Glasgow & S. Westrn all 'Great N. of Scotlnd 100 Groat Northern ... 100 Do., A. Stock 100 Do., B. Stock 1)0 Gt. Sth. &West.(lre.) 100 Great Western 100 Do. Stour Val. Rail, Gna. Stk all Irish South-Eastern all Lancaster & Carlisle I 14i Do., Thirds. I 12 Do. New Thirds 100 Lancash.andYorksh i Do., Wst. Riding lin all Do. Southy ort all London & Blackmail 100 Lond. Bright & S.Cst. 100 Lond. and N. Westn. 16 IDo. Fifths 5i1D0.101.5h.,M&8 0 24 Do. Eighths 100 London and& Westn all Lndndrry&Coleraine all Ludndrry.& Ennisk. 100 Ntianch.Shet& Linda 1 Metropolitan 1 Do. J. L. Ricardo's arrangement 100 Midland 100 Do. i3irmng. & Derb; all Nfidld. G. West. (Ire. all Do. Half Shares all Newcastle & Carlisle all Nwpt.Aberg. &Hrfd 11(4.0:183116 Newry n k ß , ° : Ws r ea ni En a r r li vn ht :l i srn e k : l° T l en n t WO Nth Devon Rail. & Dock 5t0ck...,. ,.,. [OO Do., A Stock 1.00 Do., B Stock 100 N.Kastern—Berwh k 233 , Do. do. Extension 161 Dodo. G.N.E. ?rad all Do. Leeds 1.00 Do. York 100 North London ~ 31 1, AS.Watrn.,Hamp. stead, and City Jn,. 17t North Staffordshire.. Si North Western all N. &S. Westrn. Juno i() ix. Wore.. & Wolv. 14 '(.4.smouth 9 Rhymney .0 , k;ottish Central.. 1 [0) Scot. N. E. Abrdn St. 00 Do. Scot. Mid. St. 101 ia , opshire 2 SitinsbournekSheer. al ionth Devon 110 South Eastern 100 iouth Wales 15 4. Yrksh. & Riv. Dun 5 Do . all it mines, Wok. &Wol , Stockton & Darling 12i Do., do., 1554 3 Do., do., 1855 1( ; itoekton & Hartlepi l'aff Vale . 1 111 )o. Pref., No. 1 '2 Plumes Hay. D.Sz R. all Vale of Neath all Waterfd. & Kilkenny all Waterford&Limeriels all West Cornwall. all West End of London and Crystal Palace all Do. A all Do. B . all West London all Do. Fit st Class_ all Do. Second Class all Wimbledn &Croydon 9 I Bombay, Berndt', and Cen.lndia, g. 5 p. e all Do. 10s. Ceylon A shares 1 Do. B. do a!1 I)emerara 2s. Eastern Bengal all east Indian A and B, g. 6 p. 5 Do. Ex. C, gu. sp. c all Do. do. D, gu. sp. c. all p.c.Bnds.,'s7 all Do. do. do., '59, do all Geelong At Melbourne guar. 5 per cent 100 Gd. Trunk of Canada all Do. Cert. of Deben. con. into Stk. till'6. all Do. Comp. 6p. c., do. all Gt. In. Pen. g. sp. c. 2 Do New, guar. sp. c 411 Eit.Westernof Canada 8 Do. New , .11 Do. Bds., payable '57 all Do. do., '76, p. '6O 11.11 Do. do., '73 do. all Do. do., '73, without option all Madras, guar. 4 p.c all Do. do., sp. c. 10 Do. 4i p. c. Eaten 5 Do. 3dEx., g. sp. c 5 3ciude, guar. sp. c. all D 0... 18 it. Andrew's and Quebec (A).,. COLONIAL. troll.. Closing Prices yesterday. 4i - 4g Si 9 19i -- 20' 174 - 18 13A - 14,3 92 - 94 61. 62 37 38 •H "'" N. • •• ... •• • io} is l 19 - 20 9i 39 - 41 26 - 28 7 - 5 94 - 95 53i - 5i 34i - 3.6 h 91 - 96 7 - 8 92 -- 93 76 78 122 124 111 113 66} 66i 68 - 72 5 - 6 5 6 96i 97 6i 7 [lO 112 LO6l -. 1061 201 214 10/ 104 i I/ d A:l7 .- 108 • • • - 31 - 34 ... ...e 82} - iii 53 - 55 •e• ... ... 13i- 144 ••• 4. ••• 51 53 3i Sid 39 .. 40 ••• • IN, 84 - 85 41 - 31' 3 24 18} -18 i 60 61 98 - 102 4/ - 44 , ! 8 - 9 10 - 11 27i - 286 L 66 - 108 251 26/ 71 73 49 61 14 174 18- 741 841 - 85§ 5 3 d 3 2 14 16 38 - 40 19i -20 j 6 - 8 2 - 4 4i - 51 No '—'' • •. ••• - ••• 7 - 9 i - 1 1 --- ii 109 - 111 11 .... 2 p ••• ... 21i - 22 50 - 52 82 - 84 201 - 21 11, 240 - 25 20 - 99 - 100 118 • 123 11S - 123 108 110 19i -19 i 21i -22 i 2 - 2iP ~ItIN. all x ntwerp&Rott, rdt m 10 Ardennes all :selgian Eastn. Juno. 16 . ieziers to Graissesse 10i Buff. & Lk. Hur. Ry. 1 all Carmeaux& Toulouse Coal Mines and Ry 12 lntch Rhenish all Eastern of France all New 2s. Euphrates Valley 10s. Eur. In.Jn.Tel.Rail 18 Ot. Central of Mtn , e 16 treat Luxembourg 4 Italian Junction all Lake Const. & Basle all Lierre and Turnhout 6 Lombardo Venetian. all Lucca & Pist. sp. c.p. 15 Lyons and Geneva a ll Lyons cg Mediterran all sfaria Antonia a ll Do. do. New alp qamur & Liege all Do. do., 6p. c. Pref all 'northern of France all gorwegianTrnnkPre' all Paris and Lyons all Paris and Orleans 5 Recife & San. Fran , (Pernam.) g. 7 p. c, 7i Rome and Frascati , all :opal Danicb all Royal Swedish all iambre and Meuse._ all Do. 5i p. cent. Pref. all southern o f France.. r.:'Vest Flanders all Do. 5A per C. Pref ' 'v. &N. W. o f France' 6 Western of Austria all West. of Switzerland all Wiesbaden all Do. Slier cent. Pref all Zealand JOINT-ST( Di all Australasia .. . 18 Bank of Egypt 50 Bank of London 41 Bri. Col. Bk.&Ln. C. all British N. American 5 Chartd. Bank of Asia 6 Cbrtd. Bnk. of India, Australia, & China , 50 City 25 Colonial 20 Commercial of Loud all Kng.Seot.&Aus.Cht all Loud. Chart. Bk. of Australia all Ditto New 20 London and County 50 Lad.&E. Bnkg. Corp 10 London Joint Stock 20 Loud. & Westminster 35 National Pro.ef Eng 10 Do. New 226 National Bank all New South Wales all Oriental Bk. Corp 15 Ottoman Bank so Provincial of Ireland all Do. New .... 1 R Aus B&Goim Co south Australia all Unica of Australia... 2 • Do. New 10 Moo'. of London ww 50 Unity Mutual N Welton Bk of Lund 1§ 1, -2 4 4 13 - 2 p 4 id- i 5l p - 33 9i -1! par - Ip ••• ••• 4; - 5 4 - i l ::: - ...,t 6 - 6ip - 9i - 101 - 81 - 19.1 37f - 371 8/ - 91 55 - 55 53 - 55 i - i P 1 18 - 20 1 . - li 8i - 81 -9/ - - 41 - 10 34 - 35 - lip ;13 BAI b. 95 - 97 1 - Ad 61 63 ... .'"... ... ... " ...p .« . .. -- 184 18i - 19 18 -18 t GOO ...'' ••• . 4 ..'. IN ooq .'"' 49 51 38 39 11 lid • 0. . M... • ... ... - , 35 - 37 63 - 65 7 - 9 8 r ei; 64 Business done this day 27i 22 25 10 St. 10 St. it 5 it. St. 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 1 69 - LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. I's d.l 1(X) 1)0 all .100 Conwan , . I Lon :on & N. West. IL. &N. W. Caledon... E. U. &E.CI Gt.Nrthn. {E. Count. Caldonian. I Do ~ RAILWAYS. Closing Prices yesterday. Bedford aiad Bletch'ey Bnckghamsh. Clydesdal,.t ~ Col. Stour Vy. E. Lin. g. 6 pc. E. Un. H. Ohs. Barr. & Neils. Direct Do. New...... Glatr.4 Dn Fr Hrtlpl. Dk. & Railway __ Hull & Selby Do. j Share:. Do. y Shares. Lon.&Oreenw Do. Preference Lon., Til., & S. Do. Bark, Sh. Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. Do. 6 per ct. Manch. Bxtu and Matlock Middlesbro' &. 96 - 9 98 - 102 11 - 13 133 - 136 4 ... 4A ••• "'"" at. NV esti] Yk. New. & Borw. Y.&NMo , Do Do 16 = in S. Easterr, Do Peto & Co Do 12i 22i - 13 ICB - 110 Norfolk Do L.& N.W & Midid. 9tekton & Darlingt. Midland •M •• 2i - 21 Redc.g 6 p.c. Midi& Bradt , Newmarket Bury E. G.spc N.& Est.s p.c. Do. 6 per ct. Do. Fixeds p c Prest. & w yie Do. Shrs. A Roystn.& Hit. Shef. Roth And Goolog.sp.c . Shrews. &Her. S. Staffordsh. Wear Valloygr 6 per cent._ Do i‘i - 93 En. Conn. E. Count. Do Do P i 56 - 58 L. & N. W DO Gt Nort:•.n Lancash & Yorksh. T. Brassey M. MClean Stockt. & Darlingt Do 132 := 135 *ii ii - 34 88 - 93 WiltsW;'omrst I OtWost I. PRBF.EitgNut, B a l o y i.e th n a 4p. n . dTyne lupe, c. pref. xe (i i s os sd h4 . , :a l t ep s B. o .c. l .. , C Bris. & Ex. 4 p. c. St D Ches. & Ho. Gu. 5 s pc Do. do. Prof. 5 per e. Cork 4Bandonsn).e. Dua.Prth Aber. J. E. Anglian Cls. A Sh . Do. de. Cls. B 6 p. c. Do. do Cls. C 7 p. c. gas. Co.Ex , 5 pcNo Do. No. 2 Do. New 6 p. a. St East Un., G. 6 p. c Do. 51., 10 per cent Do. 101. Debentr.Sh. Do. do. 4 per cont.. East Lancash. 6 p. ats E. kW. York. J. sthF Edin. & Gl. 5 p.c. sh Ed. Prth.2l7:Dnn.4p.c Furness, 5 p. c Glee. & S. W. G. 5 p c Great Northn. 5 p. c Do. 5 p. o. Redeem. at 10 p. c. prem Do. 4 p.c Do. sp. c., Red. at f p. c. pm... . ..... .• Gt. N. of Scot. Ist Pr, Gt. S. , &W. (Ireland Do. 4per c. Prof. S Gt. W.(B. tll,,Exspc Do. con. red. 4i p.c. Do. con. red. 4 p. c Do. irred. 4p. c. Do. 5 p. c. red. pref Do. Birm, Pref. Sh Do. Chester 8 p. c.P. Do. do. 5 p. c. do Do. Birm. Gus. Stk Do. Ches. Gus. Sh Do. do. do .......•••• Do. do. de ...... ••• Lan. &York. Ir. X2O Do. 6 p. c. Stock Lon. &B. G. 5 pa. No.l Do. P., 5p a. St.No.2 De. New Guar.6 P. Do. do. 5 p. c.,N0.4 Lon. &N. W., Coy. & Nuneaton 5 p. at_ L3n.& S.W. 7 per ct 96 - 91 4! - 5 6 - 66 168 7 iii i 4P it - OP 12 - -12 i •6; 118 - 120 110 - 112 1.02 - 104 62 64 9i —10 a 6 - 6 83 - 95 83 - 85 98 100 10 - 101 16f - 17, 10 -• 10i 73 - 75 194 - 20 91 - 104 141 - 154 ... '''' N. 139 - 142 118 - 120 l Jr, .ii a. d te y. 3 s, d c S o h le a r r . es i Londy.& Ennis. Sh ~5.,& L.,6 p. Cent Do, do. do. £6 Do. do. 31 per cent. Niarypt.&Carl.4p o Do. 4i per cent Do. do. Aid. Consol.6 p.c.St Do. 6pc Do. 4i p. c. Pref. Ditto L. & H. Pref. St New., Aber., &c., pr. 5 p. c. red. 5 p.c. pm. Do. Perpet. 6 p ct. with optn. till '66 Norfk. Deb, 4 p.c. sh Do. Pref. 5 p.c. St c Do. 5 pc. Ext.,1846 Do. 5i per c.pf ,1847 Do. Vv. V.6pc.,1847 North British 157 - 159 ••• ...'° ••• 60 - 70 ••• ..... 137 - 139 98 - 100 89 - yl 1 - li ►1& -104 Do 7/. Preference /. E. Be: w, 4 p.o. P. Do. do,. do Do Leeds 6 p.o ...No. Do. do. Qrr.,1848... Do. York F.& R. Par. North Staffordshire.. Ox, Wo, pc._ Do. 6 p.c. Redeem. Scot. Cent. ,Now Pref Sc.N.E. Alm. g 6 Pe Do. d0.,7 p. c. pf. D0.d0., 3 p.c. pf. st iouth Devon glf - F } , - .. ... id P 11.07 - 109 113 - 116 105 - 110 i'6 _iii Do. fixed,4i per cent S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. Do. 44 per cent Do. Fixed 4i posh i Wales Gua. 4IN c Do. do. 4/1 p. c 3.Yorksli.4p.c.Guar 4tock.& Dar. , 5 p. c Do. do. do stock. & llartl. g. 5 p. c. till July 1,'561 Watetid. & Kilk. 6 p c 23 - 24 102 - 105 10k -10 j _ . iii -. 281 2 - 3 P g _ g} MINES. LOs all !Anglo ca.litornian . - ••• 20 7 Australian 1 11 1 all Baden (Gd• Duchy of) ... -• ••• 50 all Bleenar. Iron & Coal . - ••• 20 14 British Iron 774 8 i 35 264 Brazilianlmp.(lesned at £5 pm.) - 2 40 all Do. Comes El Oniala; 31 - 3i 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 16 --! 18 1 4 Clarendon Cons. Min Co. of Jamaica p .... IP 40 all Cobra Copper - 6 0 5 14 Colonial Gold - ... Bt. all Copper Min. of Eng 30 - 35 25 411 Do. Prof. 74 p. cent 25 - 27 ... 1E Copiapo. l3 - 15 2 all Fortuna . - id 20 I all General - ••• 1 ',all Gt.NuggetVeinßeg 1 - 4 41 all Great Polgooth 1 - i 5 all Gt Wheal Vor Unite' t 55 -- 6 1 1 all Liberty . - .- 3 I all Linares 8 - 84 5 1 14 Lusitanian ld - 1 ' all Siariquita .. - 1 all New Granada - 4 1 all Nouveau Monde - I 2) all Pontgi•Sit& Le. Min 8 - 10 5 1 Port Philip - ••• 1 all Quarts Rock 60 all R,hymney Iron 23 15 all Do. New 7 - ti 30 15 Santiago de , Cuba.. - 4 31 4 . 6s. Sort. Cons. Min. do. 14 - 11 1 all South Australian ... - _. 1 all Do. Scrip... • ••• 1 all Do. 10 per cent Prof ... , . . 44 Tam. S. &L. Min. Co. i.- 1 10 9 Pin Croft 3l - 4} 184 all United Mexican 34 - 4 1 all Waller ••• - ••. 1 all West Mariposa 4 - 4 1 12s. Worthing Mining of Australia - ..• MISO gLLANEOUS. 5 2 1.0 5 t. :1 9 1 4.7:;rraal":.kß‘Oygarlit'4".;ll 22 - 24 - 1 104 1104 10 all terliti Water Work'. 51 50 40 'lrit. American Lan , l 40 . 45 100 3.5 Canada ............ ... 131 134 St. , 10 I D I. O G . 0 6 .6 p p . c ..c F ... j e a b n sz Sa A tt i l i y g T ........ St. 100 Do. 6p c. Mar & Sept • - - ... 5 all Crystal Pa1ace........ 2 4 - 20 21 i 5 all Do. Preference 54 51 4 aul rlrystal Pal. of France ... _ 1 4 Ruston Iron Ore ... - „. 20 18 Eastern Steam . St. 100 Electric Telegraph 9O _ 92 1 all Electric Teleg. of Ir ... __ 5 all En.&Aus Cop Sm Co 14 - 14 25 all Gen. Ir So Col (lim.) ... _ .: 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat. ' 11 all General Screw Steam 61 - 6a 20 5 London Discount ._ 4 all Lond. Gen. Omnibus 38 _ i a 3 , 20 10 Magdalena St. Navig ~. ..... ..4 . 10 all Uediteran. Elec. Tel. . , 10 all Mexican&S.Americn. 21 - :-1 34 25 5 Nat. Discount Co I - li p5l 25 5 Do. New - i P 10 5 Netherlands Land.- 1 ...... 1 4 10 all Do. Do. - 4 5 3 Do. BpcPissat l d id - i p 5 1 Do. Do. . 100 80 New B. & N.S. Land „• - 4P N.S.W. Gov.sp.c.D. .. _ ••• ••• ••• 1 all N. B. Australasian 4 _ •;• 20 174 Nrth.ofEuropoStaam 4 _ 3 d 1 all Oriental Gas lO ..... 14 1 2s. Do. "New Shares" 1. _ a ! 6 all Peel Rr. Ld. & Minrl . 24 - 24 Pm b 0 all Beninsularla Oriental 66 - 68 50 10 Do. New - 5 , 100 60 Royal Mail Steam m . ~.. 1 all Scot. Ane.tral. Invest. 1I _ 133 1 all Ditto New ll - 14 25 all South Austral. Land 35 ...., 2 , 1 hr. Samar. Tel. Scrip i _ 7' 1 al! Do. Registered....„ 4 _ I 20 ,' Trust& TA.Co.U.O,n ... ... 18 ... 184 Van Diemen's Land 16 .1... ,O. V. O ;Alp.% JattatJuly ... „, 4 Businesb this day all all 100 3t 100 all all all all all 100 18# 1071 8 Ti St. 12i 12. 12 12 St. ' St. St. 10 Bt. St. St. St. St. 0) I C 10 1.0.6) 68& 8 THE FRAUDS ON THE GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.—(Tins DAY.) (Before Mr. Baron Martin and Mr. Justice Willes.) Leopold Redpath and Charles James Comyns Kent were placed at the bar this morning to answer the in• dictments of fraud and forgery preferred against them by the Directors of the Great Northern Railway Company. Mr. Sergeant Balla,ntine, Mr. Bo akin, and Mr. Gif fard prosecuted ; Mr. Sergeant Parry and Mr. Tindal Atkinson defended Redpath ; Mr. Hawkins and Mr. Thompson defended Kent. On the learned judges taking their seats on the bench Kent was ordered to retire, and Redpath was tried singly, upon one of the indictments charging him with forgery. The document was described as a transfer of a stock, and there were a variety of counts in order to meet any legal difficulties that might arrise. Mr. Sergeant Ballantine, in addressing the jury, ex plained the nature of the prisoner's duty as the transferer of Stock in the Great Northern Railway. The particular charge was that of forging and uttering a transfer deed, numbered 3,623. It appeared from an examination of the books that an amount of stock was brought into the books of the Company about the time the forgery was alleged to have taken pace, in favour of Jo'in Morris, who was described as of i'vlanningtree, Essex, gentleman, and the manner in which it was brought in appeared by the books of the company in the following entries, "OB 197 B," which represented the old books of the company folio 197 B. The name of the attesting wit ness was Shaw. Not only were there no suoh persons as Morris and Shaw, but there were no such entries in the old books as indicated by the numbers in the new books. The account was altogether fictitious— an in vention of Redpath's for the purpose of establishing that fraud which he ultimately carried out. Evidence was then adduced to bear out the statements of the learned gentleman, which was merely a recapitu• lation of the evidence published in The Sun during the examination of the prisoner at Clerken well Police-court. Mr. Sergeant Parry having addressed the Court for the prisoner, The Jury retired, and, after a short absence, returned into Court, and gave a verdict of "Guilty." The prisoners were then arraigned on another charge, which was proceeding when we went, to press. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. —(This Day.) MARLBOROUGH-STREET. ROBBERY BY A SHOPWOMAN.—Maria Collins, a young woman in the service of Mr. William Forsyth, draper, No. 1, Little Newport-street, was brought be fore Mr. Bingham, charged with robbing her employer. Mrs. Forsyth, whose husband was too ill to appear, stated that the prisoner had been in their employ as a shopwoman for the last ten weeks, and yesterday, in consequence of a piece of binding disappearing in a very mysterious manner, she caused a strict search to be made, but without success. In the course of the after noon the prisoner went upstairs to her room to ()flange her dress, and on her return she told the apprentice to look in the haberdashery drawer, where no doubt he would find the missing piece of binding. He did so, and there found the artic!e, which he brought to witness, and having related the circumstance attending its discovery she at once suspected the prisoner's honesty, and she called her and the other assistants before her, and, as a matter of form, suggested that their boxes should be searched. The prisoner strongly objected to such a proceeding, and protested her indignation at being suspected to be a thief. Witness persisted in searching her boxes, and the prisoner then ran up into Mr. Forsyth's room, and at once confessed that she had some of his property in her box. The prisoner then made her way out of the house into the street, followed by the apprentice, who brought her back. A constable was then sent for, and, in his presence, her boxes was searched, and 17 pairs of stock ings, several handkerchiefs, and a quantity of under clothing, of the value of 4/. 75., was found therein. The prisoner begged forgiveness, and said it was her first offence. She was then taken to the station-house. Remanded for a week. MARKET NEWS.—(This Day.) CORN EXCHANGE. Compared with last week we have had a slight increase is the arrivals of English wheat coastwise• Fresh up to day, however, the receipts by land carriage were small, and the show of sampl"s was consequently limited. Fine dry qualities realised full prices with a moderate inquiry , but other kinds were very dull, yet we cannot call them cheaper. Over 10,009 quarters of wheat have come in. The amount of business doing in all kinds was limited, yet Monday's prices were supported. Floating cargoes were held at full currencies. There was a fair inquiry for oats, and Monday's price s were supported. Beans, peas, and lour were unaltered in value. ARRIVALS THIS WIRE I English .. , Wheat. 60 Barley. 4,8 I Malt. Irish —..— I Foreign • 3 1 10,530 11,980 ( Oats. I F our . 830 I 2,170 1,000 aka. 12,110 2700 brls. METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. There was about an average of beasts on sale in to-day's market. For all kinds we had a dull inquiry at Monday's currency. The show of sheep was limited; nevertheless the mutton trade ruled heavy. In prices, however, no change took place. Calves were in short supply and steady request, at an improvement in value of 2d per Ms. Pigs sold slowly on former terms. Milch cows were very dull. Per Bibs to sink the offals. s. d. s. d.l s. d. Inferior Baasts....3 6to 3 81PrimeSouthdown 5 2 5 4 Second quality.... 3 10 4 21Large crse. calves 4 0 410 Prime large oxen 4 6 4 101 Prime small do 5 0 5 Prime Scots, &c. 5 0 5 2 Large hogs Inferior Sheep ...3 10 4 2,Small porkers Second quality ...4 4 4 B'Suckling calves 23 0 30 0 Prime crse.-wlled.4 10 5 OiQuarter old pigs 22 0 28 0 TOTAL SUPPLY. FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts 1,215 Beasts.. ...... . Sheep .......... 3,000 Sheep ....... ..... ........ 140 Calves .•• ..•• •• .• •• •• 190 Calves,•• •••••••••.• •• •• •• 105 Pigs .. •••••• •••••• 300 i Pigs•..• ——— NEWGATE AND LEADENHA.LL. The trade generally ruled dull, as follows : Per 81bs by the carcase. s. d. s. d. Boot, interior 3 0 3 4 Do., middling 3 6 4 0 Do. prime large 4 2 4 4 Do., do. small 4 6 4 8 Park, large 3 8 4 4 s. d. s. d Mutton, Inferior 3 6 3 8 Do., middling 310 4 4 Do., prime 4 6 4 8 Veal 3 8 4 10 Pork, small 4 8 5 4 BOROUGH HOP. There is a moderate business doing in most kinds of hops, and late rates are fairly supported. The show of samples is tolerably good. Mid and East Kent pockets, 3/ 5s to 51 12s ; Weald of Kent, 31 3s to 41 10s; Sussex, 31 Os to 3115 s ; yearlings, 11 lOs to Si ss. 'COLONIAL. TEA—The market has a very firm appearance, and the late advance in common congou has been fully established, a parcel at public sale yesterday having realised is per lb. A good business has also been done in gunpowders, at an advance of lid per lb, haying realised is 70 to 2s lid per lb. SUGAR —The supplies generally are very limited, and but a moderate business has been effected, at full prices. The fine qualities of foreign are inquired for at late rates. The stocks of sugar on hand at the present time, compared with those at the same period last year, are about 4,000 tons less, and prices 4s to 7s per cwt higher. COFFEE —The market has been very scantily supplied, and prices are on the rise, the stocks being fully 2,0u0 tons short of what they were last year at the same period. Both plantation and native Ceylon are held for very high rates. RlCE—Large quantities are on the market for sale, and prices have not been supported. The low and middling qualities may be quoted fully 3 per cent. cheaper. RESlN—There is an active demand, and full rates are current. Demerara proof realised 3s, and Jamaica 4s 4d per gallon. SPloES—There has been a fair demand for most descrip• tions of spices and prices are firm. Pepper, pimento, mace, nutmegs and ginger haviu g been at rather higher quotations. SALTPETRE -- Very little business has been transacted, and at public sale a large quantity was taken in at prices above their value. COCHINEAL—There is a good demand, and prices are well supported for all qualities. TALLOW—An active speculative business has been done, and prices have a very firm appearance. P.Y.C., on the spot, and spring delivery, 60s 3d to 60s 6(1; last three months, 51s per cwt. CHARGE or MANSLAUGHTER. —An inquest adjourned from Friday last was concluded at Stoke-upon-Trent, Staffordshire, before Mr. Harding, coroner, on Tuesday, respecting the death of a widow named Ann Hancock. The effect of the evidence was to show that the death of the deceased was caused by the administration of noxious herbs to procure abortion, or by the use of instruments for the delivery of a child. The person implicated is a chemist and druggist named HolliQ. The jury returned a verdict of manslaughter against him, and he was committed for trial at the next Staffordshire Assizes. The prisoner was also examined on the charge on Wednesday at Stoke before the magistrates, who also committed him for trial. THE LICENSED VICTUALLERS' BALL. —Yesterday evening the usual annual ball, in aid of the endowment fund of the Licensed Victuallers' Asylum, took place in the rooms of the London Tavern. The success which invariably attends the charitable festivities in connection with the Licensed Victuallers' Association was certainly thrown into the shade by the unusual brilliancy with which the entertainment passed off (in this occasion. The various rooms of the establishment used last evening, though capable of accommodating upwards of 1,000 dancers, were so densely crowded as to render the danc ing for some time anything but a graceful or convenie?at amusement ; indeed it would have been q uite impractic able but for the able management of Mr. F. Frampton, who upon this occasion gratuitously volunteered his services as master of the ceremonies. The rooms were elegantly decorated, and every attention and accommo dation which the vast resources of the London Tavern afford were placed at the flervice of the numerous visitors )1 by Mr. Bathe. a in 1081 REPLY OP THE FEDERAL COUNCIL TO THE I SWISS RESIDENTS IN LONDON. The Federal CJuncil of witzerland have sent the following reply (a translation) to the address of the Swiss residents in Loudon, agreed to at a public meeting on the 2d inst. "Berne, Jan. G. 1857. "The Swiss Federal Council to the Consul-General of the Swiss Confederation at London. "Monsieur,—We acknowledge the receipt of the pa triotic address which, signed by a great number of Swiss at London on the 2d inst., announces at the same time a truly magnificent donation of 2,2831 13e. GI, in. eluding 540/. from Swiss residents at Liverpool, to he distributed amongst the defenders of the country or their families. You add, M. Consul-General, that 1,540/. of the above sum has been sent to the banking-house of Messrs. Marcuard and Cie., with instructions that it be placed at our disposal. "The noble language of this addrese, and the glowing sentiments expressed therein, have profoundly touched us. We see here a new proof that, in trying circumstances, all the Swiss is one ; that thd children of the country breathe but for her, whether they live in their native land or tr ad a fireigu soil, "This sentiment of confraternity, which manifesti itself in the days of prosperity as in those of adversity, is an eloquent testim my in favour of the Confederation and it , institutions which secure the happiness of all. "We beg you, Con , ul-General, to be the inter preter of our lively gratitude to our compatriots for the patriotic devotion which they have displayed. We ask you aiso to address, in our name, our siocertst thanks to the Swiss both of Landon and Liverpool, for the generous offering which they have placed upon the altar of the country, and to inform them that a central com mittee will be entrusted with the distribution of these and similar gifts conformi►bly to the intentions of the noble donors. _ _ " We conclude by adding our voices to those of the signers of the address in praying God to protect and preserve our dear country. " Receive, 111. Consul-General, the repeated assurance of our distinguished consideration. In the name of the Swiss Federal Council, "The President of the Confederation, (Signed) " C. FIRNEROD." "The Chancellor of the Confederation, (Signed) " SCIIIESS." The sum subscribed by the Swiss in London was 2,0841. 175., which, with 540/. sent from Liverpool, amounted to 2,6241. 17s. The total amount of contri• butions received and notified to the Federal Council from Swig , residing abroad, including the above, is now about 11,0001. sterling. CONVEYANCE OF MAILS.—The charge for the convey ance of the Post-office mails was, in the year ended March, 616,5961. FIRE. —Yesterday morning, about one, a fire broke out at the Fortune of War public-house, East-street, Manchester-square, in the occupation of Mr. Chapman, licensed victualler, and was nearly attended with the loss of several lives. It was first observed by a police constable in the lower part of the house, when he gave an immediate alarm, upon which the inmates, who were a,leep, appeared at the windows. Mrs. Chapman was at the first floor, n hen she was urged to wait till the arrival of the engines, but she refused to do so, and got out. She grasped hold of the lamp-iron and dropped from it. A police-constable tried to save her, in doing which they were both thrown to the pavement. They were both so seriously hurt that it was necessary to take them to the hospital. The barman lowered himself from the second floor by tying two sheets together, but before he reached the paveinent the fire escape arrived, by which he was rescued from his perilous position. WINE DUTIES REDUOTION.—Mr. Oliveira, M.P., in a communication dated Oporto, Jan. 5, says :—" At Lis bon the prices of wines have very much risen in conse quence of the last vintage having been a very short one, and stocks held by merchants are much reduced ; whilst here, in Oporto, the stacks are reduced to about 80,000 pipes, and only 15,000 have been entered as the produce of last vintage, and the exports last year were 42,000 pipes. Many influential persons both in Lisbon and Oporto favour the principle of a reduced duty in Eng- land, and it is not improbable that local committees will be formed in both cities to correspond with the committee in London, and to assist in bringing about a mutual re duction of tariff. The new Chamber has amongst its members a considerable number who are inclined towards free trade principles, and they intend to advocate their views. The export of cattle from Oporto increases very much, having last year amounted to 4,268 head, ai under :—To London, 3,427 ; to Liverpool, 127 ; to Southampton, 712." AGRICULTURAL DWELLINGS IMPROVEMENT AesoclA• TION.—The Annual meeting of the Association for Im pro►ing the Dwellings and Domestic Condition of Agri cultural Labourers in Scotland was held on Tuesday, in George-street Hall ; the Duke of Buccleuch presiding. Sir John Forbes read the third annual report, which stated that the directors had been in communica tion with parties in different part, of Scotland, urging the necessity of increased accommodation for agricultural labourers, and referred to the plans which they had sent for cottage accommodation. He congratulated the meeting on the beneficial results which had followed the operations of the society during the three years of its existence, and the warm interest which was now begin ning to be felt in its proceedings by noblemen and gen tlemen in every part of Scotland. The Duke of Buc cleuch, seconded by Sir Alex. Maitland, moved that the report be approved of, and that the thanks of the meet ing be given to the directors and the hon. secretary, the Rev. Harry Stuart, for their exertions in conducting the business of the association. The Earl of Leven, seconded by Sir W. Gladstone, moved "That the progress of this association during the last season in promoting the erec tion of new labourers' dwellings and bothies, as well as in improving and repairing the old ones, has been highly satisfactory. Office-bearers for next year were then ap- oointed.— Witness. THE RUSSIANS IN CIRCASSIA.—The Gazette of the Caucasus relates in the following style the mighty deeds of the Nogais Militia : " Forty men of that body, under the command of Major Doubiaga, and accompanied by Captain-Lieutenant Potouloff, left Fort Kaladjinski, situated on the Great Laba (a southern tributary of the Kouban river), in order to march to the banks of the Chedok, a stream that flows into the Little Laba, where a detachment of Russian troops was engaged in the constructlon of a new fort. This small force had already passed without opposition over a great part of the distance between the two forts when it was attacked, about a league from the Chedok, by a troop of 300 Circassians. To alight from their horses, to form a hollow square, and open an effective fire, was for our 40 brave fellows the work of an instant. The splen did coolness of Major Doubiaga was the best en couragement for his men ; as for M. Potouloff, known as a crack shot in the Caucasus, he had already emptied the saddles of eight men, when several bullets hit him in both his legs and his head ; he incontinently attempted to get up again, but being unable to stand, he sat down and recommenced shooting. The Circassians did not dare to attack this handful of brave fellows in close fight, and were satisfied with firing on them from a distance ; nevertheless the position of the Nogais became critical ; three of their comrades had already fallen, and 25 were wounded more or less severely ; among the latter were Major Doubiaga and M. Potouloff ; 14 men alone re mained on their legs. The firing had lasted upwards of hall-an-hour, and the Circassians were preparing to cut down the militiamen, when by a providential chance two sotnias of Cossacks from the fort of Chedok, and one sotnia from that of SAladjinski, where they had heard the firin g , arrived in aid of their comrades. When they saw the Cossacks issuing from the forest, the Cir cassians took to flight, and thanks to the speed of their horses, which had time to rest during the combat, they escaped from certain death. The Cossacks pursued them as far as the River Shodze, and killed more than a score of them." It may be as well to compare this boastful narrative with the statements of our Constantinople cor respondent to-day about the indifferent success of the Russian arms in Circassia. CONVICTION AND SENTENCE FOR WILL FORGERY. — At the; High Court of Justiciary, Edinburgh, on Wednes day last, Dr. Dionysius Wielobycki, who had been con victed on the Friday previous of forgery and uttering of a fabricated will, was sentenced to 14 years' transportation. The prisoner, originally a Polish refugee, had for 12 or 13 years practised as a homoeopathic physician in E lin burgh, his income having latterly approached to 1,2001. He had borne a respectable character, and had generally won the confidence and regard of his patients. He had been called some years ago to attend a family of elderly per sons in Portobello, of whom only one, Miss Isabella Darling, now survived, and so great influence had he obtained over them that he had managed to secure pos session of all their funds, about 4,0001., with the view of investing them for their benefit. Thomas Darling, who died in April, 1856, left his property by will to his two sisters, Margaret and Isabella, excluding his nephews and nieces by other sisters. Margaret died in the Oct. following, and, after au opinion had been obtained from counsel to the effect that, Margaret having died intes tate, the nephews and nieces could not by Thomas's will be excluded from their proportion of Margaret's share, the prisoner next day uttered a document pre rending to be a will of Margaret conveying her properay. to Isabella. From the evidence it appeared that Is bella, a weak, facile, and ignorant woman, scribed the will from scrolls supplied by 9 g da forgery uttered by the prisoner and challenged as the pri soner forged the signature, and that, after it had been e b a p d r torna ran scribed the agent for the nephews t the claimants for and a compromise was made w d to their rightful share. soner and. Isabella Darling destroyedah it between them, prisoner had got a that the The evidence also s howed_ 1,2001., vvhich nearly amounted sums from the family for medical ceived considerable that they had also intrusted to will in his, favour fromisabella Darling, that he had re which they had hm attendance, abcuts or acknowledg oaog/e.nicni'nlotee;and silver coin, of the farelily in dismis lraiosanrtd.ed former and employing 1111 the without correspondencereceivin g any receipt a new law agent, and in sing the transacting their pecuniary affairs, for a year and a half, wa s ei therwritten by the prisoner or by I sa b e ll a f rom scrolls supplied by him, Isabella stating in the witness box that she very often did not understand what the doctor gave her to write. In passing sentence, the Lord Justice Clerk remarked that the offence was not only o f the gravest description of the class of for gery, but i t was all the more flagrant that it had been committed by a medical adviser intruding himself into the pecuniary affairs of his patients. The judges at the trial had i a this case consulted all the other judges of the Court, and they found them all firmly and decidedly of opinon that, notwithstanding the recommendation of the jury to leniency on the ground of former good character, no exception to the course of practice could be made in this case, and the Court felt they had uo alternative but to sentence the prisoner for the period of 14 years. I The trial and its result have occasioned great sensation in Edinburgh, where the prisoner was extensively known. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, JAN. 15. Lieir M.yal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and Princesi Mary arrived yesterday afternoon, and diked with her Majesty in the evening. The Earl and Countess of Shaftesbury and Viscount and Viscountess Barrington also arrived at the Castle. The hand of the Coldstream Guards played during the dinner. Her Majesty's Private Band afterwards performed the Overture, " Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor" Chorus, "Come gentle spring" (Seasons) Haydn. Selection, " A Winter's Tale" Hatton. The Queen; accompanied by the Princess Royal and Princess Mary of Cambridge, walked in the Home Park this morning. Hi s R ty;l Highness Prince Albert, with the Count of Yanders, went out shooting. The Duche,:s of Cambridge visited the Duchess of Kent at Frogmore. ....„..., The first of a series of dramatic performances at the Castle took plane this evening. The play selected upon this occasion was Sheridan's comedy " The School for Scalid,ll," nnd the parts were filled according to the following programme : Sir Peter Teazle Mr. Benjamin Webster. Sir Oliver Surface Mr. Frank .Matthews. Sir Benjamin Backbite Mr. Buckstone. Joseph Surfac© Charles Surface Mr. George Vining. Crabtree Rowley Mr. Cullenford. Moses Careless Snake Trip Sir Toby Joseph Surface's Servant Mr. Raymond. Lady Sneerwell's Servant.. Mr. Terry. f Mrs. Mellon, late lies Lady Teazle Lady Sneerwell Mrs. Candour Mrs. Alfred Wigan. Maria Lady Teazlo's Maid _ Director Assistant Director ... Mr. Charles Kean. ... Mr, George Ellis. The theatre arranged and the scenery painted by Mr. Thomas Grieve. Soon after eight o'clock her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert entered the theatre in St. George's Hall, accompanied by their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wa)&, the Princess Royal, and the elder portion of the Royal childen, their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary, his Royal Highness the Count of Flanders, M. Tan de Weyer, the Belgian Minister, the Earl and Countess of Shaftesbury, Viscount and Viscountess Barrington, and the Ladies and Gentlemen in attendance. The performance immediately commenced. The following had the honour of receiving invitations : —Her Serene Highness the Princess Amalie of Hohen lobe Scbillingfurst, Lady Fanny Howard, Lady Water. park and the Hon. Miss Cavendish, the Ladies Murray, the Hon. A. and Lady Harriet Vernon, the Right Hon. H. and Lady Mary Labouchere, the Right Hon. W. G. Hayter, Miss Hayter, Sir William and Lady Middleton, Lieut.-General Sir W. and Lady Codrington. Miss Cod rington, Miss Maria Codrington, Major-General and Mrs. Craufurd, the Provost of Eton, Mr. Ricardo, Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Robarts, Miss Robarts, Mrs. Charles Mills, two Misses Mills, Colonel Parker, Commanding Officer, Lient.-Colonel Hogg, and Lieut. Viscount Powerscourt (Ist' Life Guards), Lieut.-Colonel Cocks, Commanding Officer, Lieut.-C , lonel Lord Burghersh, and Captain and Adjutant Fremantle (2d Battalion Coldstream Guards), Lady Caroline and Miss Barrington, Lady Mary Hood, Hon. Miss Amherst, Lady Emily Seymour, the Hon. Mrs. Grey, Mr. Edward Hamilton, Colonel the Hon. C. 8., Mrs., and Miss Phipps, Mr., Mrs., and Miss Sayer, Captain Hon. D. and Lady Elizabeth de Roe, the Dean of Windsor, and Hon. Mrs. Wellesley, Mr. Glover, and Mr. Gibbs. INSTITUTE OF CIVIL ENGINEERS. Among the presents announced was the portrait of Mr. Manby, secretary, painted by Mr. Sydney Hodges, for Mr. T. R. Crampton, M. Inst. C.E., by whom it was presented, and to whom thanks of the meeting were unanimously voted, and the portrait was ordered to be suspended in the meeting-room of the institution. The paper read was "On Submarine Electric Tele graphs," by Mr. F. R. Window, Assoc. Inst. C.E. In a brief relation of the early history of the Subma rine Electric Telegraph, it was stated not to have been the invention of any one person, but rather the result of the combined researches and exertions of many experi menters. The first mention that the author had been able to find of any method of sufficiently insulating wires as to enable them to conduct a current when submerged in water, was in an account of some experiments made in India by Dr. (now SirW. B.) O'Shaugbnessy, in 1839, recorded in the Journal of the Asiatic Society. In these experiments the wire was covered with tarred yarn, and enclosed in a split ratan, which was again enveloped in another coating of tarred yarn. Shortly after this, in 1840, Prof. Wheatstone gave it as his opinion, before a committee of the House of Commons, that a submarine communication between England and France was practicable. And in October of the same year, a paragraph in the Bulletin de l'Academie Royale des Sciences de Bruxelles stated that Professor Wheat stone bad discovered a means of joining Belgium and England by a submarine telegraph. The nature of the discovery was not, however, mentioned. All these expe riments were made previous to the suggestion of Pro , fessorFaraclay to use as an insulating agent gutta percha, which, up to the present time, had been universally em ployed. An extract from an American newspaper was given, containing an account of a submarine telegraph stated to have been successfully constructed byCol. Colt, from Hell Gate to Fire Island, and in which it was also said that the same gentleman had applied to the United States Government for funds for the purpose of forming a telegraphic line from America to Europe. In 1848 a submarine telegraph wire, insulated with gutta percha, was laid by Lieut. Siemens, of the Royal Prussian Artillery, under the Rhine, from Deutz to Cologne, a distance of about half-a-mile. And in Jan., 1849, Mr. C. V. Walker towed a similar wire two miles in length out to sea, off Dover, and sent signals to Lon don through it. In August, 1850, a gutta percha covered wire was laid by Mr. Wollaston from Dover to Calais, through which signals were sent with success, but it lasted per feet only about 24 hours. On the 25th of September, 1851, a cable consisting of four insulated wires incased in a sheath of ten No, 1 iron wires, was laid down from Dover to Calais, by Mr. Crampton, assisted by Mr. Wollaston, and was stated to have remained perfect to the present time. It was stated that it was entirely owing to the energy and skill of Mr. Crampton, who undertook the respons ible task of carrying out a scheme, up to that time lack ed upon with distrust by some of the leading engineers of this country and France, and believed by the public generally to be impossible, that the world was now indebted for the benefits of submarine telegraphs ; and the leading circumstances of the case were briefly explained. The author then proceeded to give a' detailed account of the construction of the Dover and Calais cable, which was the first laid down ; and the system of construction of all the principal sub marine telegraphs in Europe up to the present day, with all particulars relative to them, was shown in a compas rative table. The author discussed the respective merits of the com pound cable system, or the collection of many insulated wires into- one cable, as in the Calais and Ostend tele graphs, and the simple cable, containing but one wire, as in die lines of the International Telegraph Company to Holland and Ireland ; the greater facility which these latter afforded for repair, and the less chance of hav ing the business stopped by rupture, since one wire only, and not all, would be affected by the cause, was pointed out ; and it was shown that the cost of the two systems did not materially differ. The conductive power of submerged wires was then theoretically investigated, and it was shown that a con siderable difference as to time existed between the transmission of signals upon suspended wires, and upon insulated wires immersed in water, or buried in the earth. That while with the former it appeared that the cil): j o e n r l i y ng li t m b i e t osifgpuraalsc,titcbaaltsipneedtbweaslattthere p tb o e ss e ib ie i c li t t r y of iccduer: rent required an appreciable period of time to arrive at its destination, and another longe r p eriod to escape from the wire into the earth, and that this p eriod of time increased regularly with the length of the wire; consequently, upon a lat g e iv ra e l n in t d im uc e . . a line formed of subme r g ed wires of considerable length there would always be a limit of possibility of the num tion, the insula ted wire assuming the nature of a Leyden Tbehreosei esffitricatsswtehraet csotantldedbteotbraencsamuistetded biny arrangement of vast dimensions where the copper wire represented the inner coating, and the film of moisture surrounding the gutta percha acted as the outer coat t e itEi c utr t elddnatbt,b n producedbt the by s this gba i 8 lateral abd i sg , This latter amounted to upwards of 320 square-feet qci p co e udn r ausn m eot, i l ttio e yen . to! was consequently, to messages sou p :a s : a :l c :y : B practical eai e tlr ff ece ep transmittedacin ga limit along to the a submarine line. This effect was visible upon every sub• marine line cf upwards of 10 miles in length, and even upon some of less length, but upon the longest line yet constructed the inconvenience was not very great ; it was not until the line was prolonged to upwards of 700 miles that the retardation became a serious obstruction. It was argued, from some experiments that were made at Lcthbury by Mr. Latimer Clark, upon 1,600 miles of subterranean wire, that signals upon the hue which was about to be laid down between Ireland and America would require about 2. seconds to arrive at their desti nation, and that after each signal, another 4,i seconds must elapse before the line was free to receive another electric wave. Each word of average length would thus occupy about a tniuute ; and each despatch of twenty words would, with the necessary code signals, and unavoidable repetitions, require about half-an-hour, thus making the limit of possibility about fifty messages in 24 hours. The author argued, that since submarine lines were more costly than suspended lines, and nevertheless a smaller amount of business could be sent along them in an equal time, it aas important that no pains should be spared, whereby this lateral induc tion, and consequently the evils arising from it, might be reduced, though, being iu accordance with a law of nature, it could not be entirely avoided. The discussion, which was opened, was announced to be continued at the next meeting. n w a e r d r- e , At the monthly ballot, the following candii.dxateesn balloted for, and duly elected :—Messrs , H. Mar shall, B. nard, Marten,T an d S. Moulton, as associates. aDm.bll,e;ta'th}e'.ws La wrence, E. , rHE SUN, LONDON, FRI DAY EVENING, JANUARY 16 X Bb7 123 111 66; 1 111 f 82i 3 61 51 li 14