The Sun. — London, England, 1857-01-17 00:00:00

MONEY lITARKET AND COMMERCJIAL INTELLIGEUCE. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. Advices from Liverpool state that the Cotton Market yesterday closed quietly, and prices were at a decline of i- per lb. The sales were estimated at 6,000 bales, one-fourth of which were taken by the speculators and exporters. The Railway Share Market closed quietly, without animation. The Bank of England Return, which is completed to the 10th inst., shows some important alterations, consequent upon the liquidation of the dividends. The Bank has paid away interest to the extent of nearly four millions sterling, and the "Other Secu rities" having declined nearly three millions, it is evident that extensive advances had been ob tained. The reserve of notes is smaller, but ,the decline of bullion, contrary to general expectation, is unimportant. Altogether the return is more favourable than was anticipated, but thcre is reason to believe that the next statement will show a fur ther diminution in the stock of the precious metals. The subjoined table shows some of the various principal alterations as compared with the previous return : Active Circulation Increase Bullion 10,180,984 Decrease Rest 3,335,254 Increase Public Deposits Decrease Other Deposits Increase Seven-Day and other Bills 845,460 Increase Government Securities Decrease Other Securities Decrease Notes unemployed Decrease The official return of the exports of the precious metals from the port of London for the week end ing Thursday last is as follows : Gold Coin f , • Hamburg ... OZ3. Of ~ Bars Silver Coin 'JP of ~ Bars In Lombard-street the inquiry for discount ac- Commodation for commercial purposes continues unchecked, and the rates charged by the bill brokers and others are generally in excess of the i~iirraum, only the best class of paper being nego tiated at that quotation. The Bank Return analysed above gives ample proof of the active circulation of capital, and as there is not the slightest prospect of any diminution in the demand at present the Public will no doubt have to pay full terms for accommodation for some time to come. The Baltic has arrived from New York, but she brings very little specie, owing to the adverse Position of tke exchange on London. The English Stock Market has been rather de pressed to-day, and a decline of about per cent. has taken place. This weakness is owing to specu lative sales, but the market is not easily influenced, and, all things considered, it has retained a firm position. Consols have been 93$ ? f , and 9312 n for Money, while for the account the quotations have been 93k, 94 2 and 931. The New 3 per Cents. are marked 94 I, and the Reduced 93i 94. East India Stock is 221. Exchequer Bills are is. to 2s. premium. Business in the Foreign Market has been very dull. Turkish 6 per Cents. are nominally 95 to 9 5i ; Venezuela 4i par Cents. are 36 ; Spanish Passive, 51; Russian 41 per Cents. 96f ; Peruvian 4 4 per Cents. 79 ; and Dutch 21 per Cents. 64. The following are the nominal prices of Foreign Stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 6 7 ; Mexi can, 21 1 ; Peruvian, 771 81 ; ditto 3 per Cents., 55 6 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 43 5 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 106 8 ; ditto 4A- per Cents., 95 7; Spanish 3 par Cents., 40 4 ; ditto New Deferred, ; ditto Certificates, 5i 6 ; ditto Passive, 6. There has been a moderate business transacted in Railway Securities this morning, and prices in several instances have shown an improvement, particularly Brighton, which are fully 1!. to 1/. ss. higher. Great Western improved ss. ; North Eastern, ss. ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 55.; and Scottish Central, 2/. South Western, Manchester, Sheffield and Lincoln, Midland, Norfolk, and outh-Eastern were about ss. lower. The French lines have been dull, and Northern of France and Paris and Lyons are rather at reduced quota tions. The Canadian lines are steady, and Grand Trunk have improved about 10.3. Mines, Banks, and Miscellaneous Shares are at steady rates, Bank of Australasia, Union of Australia, and London and Westminster being at rather improved prices. Electric Telegraph have improved 10s. BRITIESH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (from the Official List.) itras c 3 per Cont. R educed Annuities 944 4 ones 3 lone $ per Cont. Consols Annuities 93 4 A New 3 per Cent. Annuities 94i i 4 Clndia Stock onsols for Account ........... .. .... ..... •• 93 4 4 ICxohegner Bills, 20 £lOOO ...........v... 1 d 2 p 82500 run ...... ........... . PRICES OF FOREIG N FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCE Peruvian Bonds 4i per Cent Ditto Account 79 Russian Bonds, 1522, £ St., 5 per Cent — Ditto, 4i per Cent. Elpsnish Boudo, 3 per Cent Ditto Passive 54 Venezuela Bonds, 4i per Cent Ditto Account .. . 36 Dividends on the above r)ayabio in Londcn. Deitch Exchange, 2i per Cent., 12 Guilders 644 Cnns o l s TWO O'CLOCK. , money :l3 93 Ditto Account .. 0 ...—__ _, _ 'The Royal malt elenadruer Orinoco, marrow for the West which sails to• Indies, takes out VACANCIES, APPoiNTiraNTS, 13,690/. AND PROMOTIONS IN THE CIVIL SERVICH.--The , rei rd cf Trade —Mr. Laurence M. Marton, collector tnairgntnouth, has been appointed receiver of droits of Ad :and wreck. General Post office—Mr. Charles WalkerY , 81 :eon appointed an as sistaot controller at Liverpool M r. Thomas Perrett haver been appointed chief clerk in t he Money Order-o ffi ce, pool ; Mr. It. Tears has been e a . ppoiuted superin tendent of letter carriers at Liverp 00l , Mr. Robert Scott has been appointed assistant to s u perintendent of letter The office carriers at Liverpool. Duchy o f l e a v n a d cant of coroner for the Duchy of Lancaster ha a s s o t b f e e r E c — o n m by the death of Mr. Higgs. Bank 'vacancy has been caused in the Register-eta% by the l death of Mr. George Clifford Bower, principal clerk. Coast Guard—A vacancy in the Ventry Station has been caused by the death of Mr. Garrett Cotter, chief boatman. Customs—There are at present twelve vacan cies for clerkships on the new classification at the Legal Quays ; there are also six vacancies for clerkships on the mew classification of the East and West India Docks. East Indies —Mr. B. P. Singer, extra► assistant commis• sioner in Nagpore, has been placed in charge of the Treasury, the Raepore district ; Mr. W. J. Allen has been appointed to officiate as a member of the Board of Revenue, Bengal ; Mr. C. Eales, has been appointed to officiate as harbour -master at Calcutta.—Civil Service Olegle. ii, AILWAYS ON COMMON ROADS.—Why should tram rnade be despised i n pract i cal Eng'and , and ignore d i n Louden and its endless suburbs ? Why should laugh at the idea ' of " horse railways"—of tramways on Our onpeople fashioned roads ? Perhaps because they are old lines.,and have been put in the shade by locomotive But this is sheer nonsense. All are useful in their proper place. a horse traralste one in his senses would recommend fly along by the from London to Bristol, while he can But there are PI Iron Duke" on the Great Western. hope to penetrataeces where the Great Western dare not it is here precisely where the tram ways take up th e out.ef.,. ess, and would do a paying trade. Many of our cheap and easy the-way places are worse off for f ozz rce than they were before railroads came into pass at a distance from them ; the grand trunk lines coaches have been taken off the roads • convey ance 1r ; sa id ; and inter-communi cation di ffi cult. Brindley f n c e day to a committee of grave wiseacres in the tiou se were made to feed navigable e a ° n ie n a mous , that "rivers and so we may say new face,d locomotive lines. that tramways may be m a d e to a f '' "—with a The " old trams flanged wheels (not pullies)—swert with new-fashioned s roomy omnibuses for fifty people ; good luggage trucks p r o perly built, and thei r form, will be readily patronised by the rambling civilised g public, in consequence of their comfort and econ Irankeep. t'ave taken th-, , rn in f_ , cfl, ,„ 1 ! ,°" l 3'. The arg.:i:' 0:.L) ia,37. lit al:: well 1:21,,,, , ,- 1 , ~ in V l i v 't them American cities, and in that land of prugtess u . : ' ,,. 4 9 :,, e rapidly ahead. Horse railways are iound useful America, and why should they not in England i_ u IQ • The Builder. 20 20 20 10(1 100 1.00 too 100 20 20 rnE SUN, LONDON, SATURDA Y EVENING, JANUARY 17 1867, SHARE RIARTIETS—(This Day.) w 721.1 dily ;r t r~, Cinqing Pric , this day. Business done this day • ' 2 4 WA 50 so.'l 51 1 all '22 all 25 ' all 25 j all 'loo all Nottng. Jnu Blifast 1..; • Eirrning. We've - Stour Valley., Birkenhd. Lsnorl. Cteshin Do. CITA% k Birk. Do., d 0..... ..... IBLickbarn I Myth. &,Tyn, or ig tue £25 (iesd. at ..f:f • Bristol and Ezete , .. Caledonian Chester holy head Cork and 81.nd0n... Cork, Back, 4 Pas, Cornwall . Do. A B IDublin&BelfastJTlD C Dan. P. 4 Aber. Joe. !East Au.rlian 1 Eastern - Count ir.s 7ast. Union. A. Stl Be., B. Stock..., .> I N Do.,New A...... lEast Kent re East Suffolk , x 4.4 „,„ Do. Edinburgh 4 Glasgo Edinb. and Peebles. Edin.Prth rsDuad, Forth & Clyde Jun , Furness. 'Glasgow !Great N. of Scotlud Great Northern.... Do., A. Stock— Do. r. Stook Gt. nth. &IVest.(lre.) Groat Western Do. Stour Val. Rai' Gina. Stk Irish Sonth-P,'astern IL , .ucaster & Carlisle t i Do., Thirds I Do. - New Thirds Lime ash. andYorksb Do., Wet.. Riding trn Do. Soathi, or I; London & Blackwal Loud. Bright & S.Cst Load. and N. Weal; [Do. Fifths D0.102.5h.,11&"a...( Do. Eighths LondonendB. We;;tn. Ludadrrydi Col orainc Lndtvirrr. & Ennirk. Yam ch. She & Lir: in Wetropoli tan Do. J. L. Ricardo's arrangement )o. Birmmg. & Den NMId. G. Wee t. (Ira : )o.lt Shares__ tll lowcaetle& Car Hal( all Niwpt.Aberg.&llrfi Pi &Enniskillo all *Te - arry, Warronpo'n ROEI tre vor. ..... 1. , )0 lorfoll-, or thn.Countiee !North British N'th Pavan Rail & Dock Stock Do., A Stock,,. )0., B Stock V.Eastern-3erai. )o. do. Extension )o.do.O.N.F...Tturni Do. Leeds Jo. York Yorth Lon Jon staad, and City Jn. forth Staffcrdshire 4 "orth Western 'T. & S.West CD. Jun , : ►s., Wore., WOl9. ',..rtg:73.3uth Rhymney ottiah Cent-11 'Scot. N. E. Abrdn St Do. Sr,ist. Mid. St will ire Uri-, i tinzbourne k,She9r, 4-nth Devon iouth Eutern... 'oath %Vales 1. s'irksh. A niv. r itaiuns, Wok. &Wo 'St•ookton Driting po., do., 1554 Do., do., 1855 to2kt.o 4 Irartdep 'aff Vale.. • , o. Pref., NI. 1.. I-Ta.7. D.& Vale of Neat la vaterfd. Kilkenn ' N'aterkrdaLinieri(, West Cornwall__ West End of lionin and Crystal l'altoo. Do. A Do. B West London Do. First Class Do. Second Clam... mhl /6. nr CO LO. , so2lltmy.lSnroa...su — , Con.lnd;a, g. 5 p. e Do. Ceylon A shares__ Do. B. do .eraormrr, Eastern Bengal ~, F.ast Indian A and B, g. 6 p..._ Do. Ex. C, gu. 5 p. c Do. do. D, gu. 5 p. c. p.c.Ends.;s; t)o. do. do., Geelong k Melbonrn. guar. 5 per cent... `id. 'Trunk of Canada Dc. Cert. of Dam, con. into Stk. till's: Do. Comp. sp. 0., do. t. In. Pon. g. 5 p. c. Do Now, guar. 5 p. c it.Westornof Canada Do. Now Do. Bda., payablu '6; Do. do., '76, p. '6O Do. do., '73 do. Do, do., '73, withou• option , facirts, guar. 4 p.c Do. do., 5 p. e. Do. 4i p. c. Exton Do. Sd Ex., g. 5 p. c icindo, guar. 5 p. c, Do St. Audrow'a and Quebec (Ai trUti. istwerpattott, rd. Ardennes 3eigian Eastn. Juno Reziers to Graissessi c 'Buff. & Lk. Hur. Ry. Carraeaux & Toulouse Coal Mines and Ry ')utch Rhenish astern of France Ho. New Euphrates Valley Eur..cz In.Jn.Tel.Rail Lit. Central of Frau , e great Luxembourg Italian Junction Lake Const. & Buie Lierro and Turnhout Lombardo Venetian. Lucca & Pist. 5 p. c.p. Lyons and Geneva Lyons & Mediterran 'Maria Antonia Do. do. New 'lemur dr Liege Do. do., G P. c. Pref Northern of France. P N a o ri r w e e a g n i d an r„ T y rn on mkPr s e' Paris and Orleans.... Recife & San. Fran., (Pernam.) g. 7 p. C. Rome and Frascati.. Royal Daniel, ...... Royal Swedish Sambre and Meuse Do. 5i p. cent. Pref Southern of France West Flanders ..... Do. 5h per c. Prof.., • & N. W. of France Western of Austria West of Switzerland Wiesbaden Do. 8 per cent. Pref Zealand ....... .... I OINT-tl•Ir K: Bank of Egypt .. Bank of London .. .. Bri. 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Bark. Sh. low , .stolt gr. 4 per cont. Do. 6 per ct. Manch. Bxtu. rad Matlock Midtileshro' & Recle.g 6 p.c. Newmarket Bury E. G.spc Not Est.sp.c. Do. 6 per ct. Do. Fizeds p c Prost. & Dr.", 6 Shri. A Roystu.& Hit. Shot Roth.an• Gooleg.s p.c. Shrews. &H er, S. Staffordsh. • Wear Valleygr 6 per cent... Do.. jlOO X. ali 11-1) '4OO all all all ILO IC)0 all all all 1.00 181 Wilts&rorarst rompan. I IN. We-st. &TLC K. Count. cialdoni9a. Gt • 11 tr es - TK. New. Berw. Do !S. Easter: Do 'Foto & Ca Do Norfolk Do & Mid id. %Atop, & Darlingt. lEn. Conn. E. Count. Do 1)0 L. 86N.W Do at Lancash & Yorksh. T. Brassey Al.MClean Stockt. tz Darlingt Do tWestn Closing Prices this day. 9G - 93 - 102 11 - 13 133 - 136 4 ... 4i ig : in - 13 1 C 2 8 3 2 1 1 1 0 21 - 92 - 93 56 - 58 132 : ii. ... - ... 9 - 9i 33 - 34 88 - 99 PREFERENCE zillAß P.;:t , Business this day REFUSING TO MARRY ON A SUNDAY. A young man and young woman, who had previouly obtained a licence to be married at Kirk Bram with, near Doncaster, gave notice to the rector, the Rev. F. Maynard, on Saturday evening last, that his services would be required on the following day, when he re fused to attend to perform the ceremony, alleging that Sunday was not a proper day for merrymaking I He was again waited upon during Saturday evening, and informed that the persons who wished to be married on the following day had friends in attendance, who would be obliged to return home by an early train on Monday, and that they would be in attendance at any hour that would best suit his convenience. Mr. Maynard, however, again refaced to perform the ceremony ou the following day .unless the wedding party would agree to attend divine service after wards. Not feeling disposed to do this, they rep a i re d on Sunday morning to Barmby Dun, the pari s h o f the intended bridegroom, for the purpose of prevailing on the minister there to perform the ceremony. This gentleman, the Rev. J. Duffle, expressed his readiness to comply with their wish, but found he was unable to do co, as the licence was made out expressly for Bram with. Mr. Duffin, however, advised the party to return to Bramwitla, and present themselves before the rector in the church, as he bad known in his own experience in. stances of marriages being performed during Divine ser vice. Acting on this suggestion the bridal pair and their friends returned to Branawith, entered the church, and, just as Mr. Maynard was reading the second lesson, the intended bridegroom advanced to the reading desk and laid the licence before the minister. The lessoa having been concluded, and no answer vouchsafed to the appli. cant, he said to the minister, "I will thank you, Sir, to eay whether you will or not ;" but Mr. Maynard made no reply, and threw the document behind the pulpit ! The person who presented it picked it up and with his friends left the church. He subsequently went to Don caster and .stated the whole affair to Dr. Sharpe, the vicar there, who had granted the licence. He expressed his surprise at what bad occurred, and at once altered the licence so as to allow of the marriage taking place at Barmby Dun. They were accordingly married at the church at that place on the following day, in the course of which a note was delivered to the father of the bride from Mr. Maynard, intimating that if Joseph Scholes (the bridegroom) did not appear before him that day in a " quiet and respectful manner" and consent to the terms then to be proffered to him, they would be sum moned to appear in court to answer the charge which would be laid against them. No notice was, of course, taken of this epistle, and the rev. gentleman has obtained a summons{ against the two young men for disturbing the congra,gation during Divine service. LtOYD'S SHIPPING.--(This Day.) LONDON, Jan. 17.—Wind at noon W.—Light breeze, and mild vreather. PORTSMOUTH, Jan. 16.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Zemin dar4from )3assein ' • H.M.S. Star, Rio J ane i ro, w i t h l oss of boats and bulwarks stove, during a heavy gale on the 10th and 11th, 160 miles west of the Lizard, and sailed for Chatham; H.M.S. Retribution, from the westward. PLYMOUTH. Jan. 16.—Wind N.W. — Arrived—Donna Anna, from Java, with cargo shifted, and loss of main topmast. FALMOUTH, Jan. 16,—Wind N.N.W.—Arrived— Eli zabeth, from Rangoon ; Iris, Havana. DARTMCUTH, Jan. 16.—Wind N.W.—Sailed—Elvira, for Havana. SIVANSDA, Jan. 16.--Wind N.W.—Sailed—Parga, for Swansea, l6 for Valencia. Valparaiso . PILL, Jan. I.6.—Sailed Michael's. a l n 4 . ...._T ae St. Louis (s s.), from Cardiff, for Penis, j am 17.—The Georges Clemencia, of Caen, from Cardiff, for Tunis, was stranded near Tunis on the 3d inst ; crew saved. Ak aß ir irßgi a Lga b FrB , e°T h t ' l: a l s pfjri' p lon u mj' t in veil leaky. Lisnotr, Jan. B.—A vessel was wrecked off Cape St. Vincent on. the 25th Dac. ; crew drowned. Seven bodies have washed ashore, and a plank with the name of "John Briggs." CALCUTTA, Dec. B.—The Warrior Queen here on the 22d Sept, from Sunderland, leaky. The Highlander, for Melbourne, is leaky, having sunk on Gaspar Sand. MIR XLZOTRI } LIVERPOOL, Saturday Morning. Wind W. R. Robinson, Henry Clay, Plicenix, Calhoun, Fidelia, and Albion, hence, have arrived at New York. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TLLEGRAPFT.) DEAL, S , lturd9.y, 9.40 a.m. Wiarl W. by W., tir. , derzlf, :ca..sed —Deenntik, fi,An London, ior Rio Janeiro; Martha Ridout, trorn Liudon, fur New Orleans; Patna, from London, for Cardif ; Calliopo, from London, for Cal cutta; Vaucleuse, from Yew York, for London; Despatch, from Colombo, for London. , 7:1) c I irmiq ULM SUN OFPICE, Six o'Ci,ock. MANCHESTER BETTING.—(This Day. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) CHESTER CUP. 1000 to 30 on The Field 40 to 1 agst Ma!acca (offered), 50 to 1 to win 8,0001. 40 to 1 agst Centurion 50 to 1 agt Mincepie (wanted) 50 to 1 asyst Comedian (offered) 50 to 1 agst Maid of Derwent (offered) A CRIMEAN BANQUET AT PARIS. The Moniteur of yesterday publishes the follow ing account of a banquet given at the Palais R0y7.1 by Prince Napoleon, on the 14th inst., to those General officers actually at Paris who took part in the war in the East : Among the guests were Admiral Hamelin, the Duke of Malakhoff, Marshal Canrebert, Marshal Bosquet, Generals Regnaud de Saint Jean d 'A ngely, Dc Salles, Niel, Dc MacMahon, Thiry, Dalesme. There were 52 guests present. Prince Napoleon had asked Prince Jerome to preside at this military assembly, among whom were nine officers of the first Empire, nearly all of them Waterloo men. At dessert his Imperial Highness Prince Jerome rose and proposed the following toast : "To the Emperor, to the Empress, and to the Prince Imperial to whom I wish, for the welfare of our be loved country which he is called upon to govern, the courage, the wisdom, and cleverness of his august father. The health of the Emperor ! His Imperial Highness Prince Napoleon then rose and said : " Gentlemen,—l propose the health of the Command ers-in-Chief of the army in the Crimea—of those men of arms who have had the glory of adding new victories to our military annals—of Marshal St Arriand, that bold soldier, who died after the Alma, having for a winding sheet the tricolor flag of regenerated France —of Marshal Carrobert, who knew how to keep up the army under most difficult eircumstance, , , and handed over to his successor, as he himself expre , se it, an army hardened by war and ready for any enterprise—of Mar shal Pelissier, Duke of Malakhoff, who has immortalised himself by the capture of Sebestopol, and knew haw, by his persevering energy, to triumph over'difficulties and obstacles which surrounded him on all sides. Allow me, gentlemen, to recall with a sad emotion our brothers in arms who have died like worthy sons of France. The bitter regret we feel at their loss is lessened only by the results that have been obtained. Ido not wish to talk politics at this meeting of comrades of the battlefield. I only wish to recall the military results of the war. They are great, because the present army has shown itself worthy of our fathers ; the .glorious traditions of the Republic and of the first Empire have been renewed by you. Posterity will say that at Mos cow our fathers vanquished the Russians, but were com pelled to give it to the elements ; while at Sebastopol you have overcome the elements, and vanquished the Russians. In history 1854 will respond to 1812 ! Tue immense advantage of the war, I say it with pride, is that you have proved that France still has her Grand army.' " The Marshal Duke of Malakhoff replied as fol, bIVS " Monseigneur, it is for me to reply to the toast which your Imperial Highness has just given to the army in the Crimp, and to thank you for having assembled us around the brother of the Emperor Napoleon 1., the most illustrious of the last representatives of his immor tal time ; his presence here reminds us that the army of which your Imperial Highness has just praised the prow ess has nobly followed the great examples bequeathed by its predecessors. The praises which your Imperial High. ness has bestowed upon the army which I ball the hon our of commanding will be the more appreciated by it became it remembers with happiness that your Imperial Highness shared its labours and contributed valiantly to its first successes. Your Imperial Highness responded to the thoughts of us all by recalling in this allusion to glorious remembrances the companions in arms that we have lost, and I thank you for having honoured their memory by associating them so nobly with our regrets. I propose, Monseigneur, your health and that of his Imperial - Highness Prince Jerome Napoleon." His Imperial Highness Prince Jerome responded as follows : "I thank Marshal Palissier for having associated my name with the remembrance of the Grand Ar.ey. I am happy to be able to respond to it by proposing a toast to cur brave army and navy, and especially to our glorious army of the Crimea, which, with the rapidity of the eagle, seized upon the first opportunity of placing itself worthily by the side of the old phalanxes of Marengo, Austerlitz, and Jona. The health of the Army and Navy of the Crimea 1" The last toast was proposed by Marshal emir°. bert. He said : " Monseigneur, —Calied upon as a former General-in- Chief of the army of the East to respond to a toast given by your, Imperial Highness to that army, I beg of you to allow me to commence by paying here a just tribute of praise and regret to my illustrious predeceseor, Marshal St. Arnaud, who, falling enshrouded, as it were, in his triumph of the Alma. was happy enough to make known t , the world the glorious part which your Imperial Highness took in that deed of arms. Allow me, alsn, 'Monseigneur, to call to mind here the noble support which you gave to all the severe and dangerous labours at the commencement of the siege of SebastopOl ; and allow him who had the honour of being your . . . second General-in-Chief to mention hero that on the 16th of Oct., when the assaulting columns were preparing for the attack of the morrow upon the town, if the ex pected result of the double fire by land and sea should render the assault necessary, your Imperial Highness insisted upon having the honour of leading them. At a later period, Monseigneur, when a cruel illness com pelled you to leave the army, your Imperial Highness never ceased to show that you were always present there in your heart, and, availing yourself of your exalted position, you succeeded i❑ relieving the victims of war, overwhoin you never ceased to watch. I thank you, then, Monseigneur, in the name of the army of the East, whose Generals, my glorious an,l dear companions in arms, assembled by your Imperial Highness round your augu4 father, will heartily join with rue in propos• ing, with the health of the Emperor, that of your Im perial Highness." The recent souvenirs of the war kept up the con viviality of this family fete, destined to strengthen the bonds of fraternity which unite the commanders as well as the men of the army. A meeting of the boot and sh'e trade is called for the 19th inst., at the Freemasons' Tavern, " to consider the necessity of advancing the prices of boots and shoes, in consequence.of the extraordinary and continued rise in the price of leatber.". MILITARY BALL—The non-commissioned officers of the Ist Life Guards gave their annual ball at the Town hall, Windsor, on Thursday evening last, when there were about 250 present, including several non-cormui s sioned officers of the 2d Life Guards from Regent's-park Barracks, also from the Royal Horse Guards at Knightsbridge, the Royal Artillery, the 3d Light Dra goons, and Coldstream Guards. THE SERIOUS ILLNESS OF MR. CHARLES MATHEWS.— We are glad to be able to state that Mr. Mathews is makinc , rapid progress towards recovery. He has been confined to his bed for the last month from the effects of an accident he met with in the Manchester Theatre. An abscess was brought on, aggravated by erysipelas, the symptoms being so alarming at one time a 3 to threaten the loss of his right ann. However, after four opera tions, skilfully performed by Drs. Pettigrew and Itee, and borne with much fortitude by Mr. Mathews, the malady at length gave way, and it is hoped tLat in a few days he will be able to resume his professional avo cations. THE FALL OF A HOUSE IN SPITALFIELDS. —Yaterday (Friday) Mr. Win. Baker, the coroner for the eastern division of Middlesex, held an inquest at the London .Hospital on the body of M‘Stacey, aged. 14 months, who was killed by the falling of a stack of chimneys in Dorset-street, Spitalfields, on Sunday last. The evidence showed that the two stacks of chimneys had yielded from each other, and the rain having settled in the opening had rotted the brickwork, and thereby caused it to fall. The investigation was adjourned in order that some person from the Board of Works might be in attend ance. . _ THE CONSERVATIVE LAND SOOIETY.—A deputation from the executive committee of the Conservative Land Society, consisting of Viscount Ranelagh, Colonel Brownlow Knox, M.P., Mr. Steven, Mr. C. E. L ew i s, Mr. Morgan, and Mr. Gruneisen, attended a public meeting in the commissioners rooms, Kentish -town, on Thursday evening, to explain the system of the society, and particularly the mode of all o t men t o f t h e Kentish - town estate, which is to be offered to the members on the 22d inst. Vi scount R anelagh pre sided. There was a numerous attendance. A cordial vote of thanks to the deputation for their clear and frank explanations, eulogising at the same time the honourable principles with which the affairs had been conducted, was unanimously agreed to. Lord Rane lagh returned thanks, and the meeting broke up at a late hour. THE AUSTRIAN NATIONAL BANK.—VIENNA, Jan. 14. —The balance-sheet of the National Bank, for the year 1856,. has been publi s h e d , an d on the w h o l e it i s not unsatisfactory. The stock of silver is 87,240,609 fl , and the paper circulation 380,131,0851 Out of the 50,000 new shares, at 7001, for the establishment of a mortgage bank, 47,500 have been paid up. The sum rec eived was 33,250,0001 ; but as some of the shares were paid in paper instead of silver, the subscriber had to pay the . dif ference, whi c h amounte d to 2 , 483 , 1541 The hank &rec. tton announces that a further increase in the stock of specie will lake place " without in any way affecting the revenue of the bank." The meaning of the phrase probably is, that silver has alrea.ly ben The least favourable part of the aconula given by the direction of the bank is, that only 4,751,300f1. out of the above-mentioned 33,250,0001 was lent on mortgage, " as satisfactory security was not to be ob tained." KINGSFORD V. MERRY. The following letter gives a concise summary of the facts in the case of " Kingsford v. Merry," and will enable every one to appreciate the state of the law regarding pledges of goods, which is to be taken into consideration at the meeting of mer chants and bankers to be held at the London Tavern on Monday next. As it stands at present, according to the a d m i ss ion of Chief Baron Pol lock, " No man can be safe, and business in a great commercial city like London cannot be carried ou :" " 4, Charlotte-row, Jan. 15, 1857- " Sir,—Having carefully examined the whole plead ings in the case of 'Kingsford and Swinford v. Merry, I shalt feel obliged by your publication of the following epitome of the facts, and judgment of the Court of Error, in order to the due comprehension of the principle in volved in that decision, which, if established, will strike at the root, not only of the validity of delivery orders, dock warrants, and bills of lading, hut of the security of all transactions in relation either to realty or personalty. "The simple state of the case is this : " Messrs. W. J. Hall and Company, public ware house-keepers and legal quay wharfingers, received on the 21st of November, 1853, from Messrs. Kingsford and Swinford, nine casks of tartaric acid, their own manufacture, with a delivery order signed by them thus: —' Please receive as under, and hold to our order nine casks, &e.' Messrs. Hall so held the casks, and so entered their tenure in their public books. Eight days thereafter they received another delivery order from Messrs. Kingstord, thus Please transfer to the order of Mr. B. Anderson nine casks tartaric acid. Charges to hun. (Signed) Kingsford, Kingsford and Swinford." A transfer of the goods, holding them to Anderson's order, was made in Messrs. Hall's books accordingly. Oa the same day Anderson, then in good repute, but otherwise unknown to Messrs. Merry and Son, drug brokers, appli , d to them for an advance on the security of wharf warrants for these and other casks of tartaric acid. Merry received the warrants of Messrs. Hall, the public wharfingers, for these goods, in obeOience to Anderson's order, as directed by Kingsford's order, above quoted ; bona fide advanced 2,0001. on the security of the same, sold them to recover his advance, paid over the surplus proceeds to the assignee on Anderson's estate, and 13 months afterwards was required by Kingsford and Swinford to pay the proceeds to them, o❑ the ground that Anderson had procured from them the delivery order by fraud. "The decision of the Court of Error establishes the principle that by reason of Anderson's fraud the delivery order did not pass the goods to him ; that the delivery order, being V'e foundation of the dock warrant, that latter instrument received the taint of the delivery order, and did not pass the goods to Merry; that, notwith standing these transfers, the casks stood still the pro perty of Kingsford, although their own order purported that they transferred them to Anderson ; and that Merry in an action of trover could not resist repetition of their price to Kingsford. Had 50 dock warrants, to 50 pawnees or purchasers, been negotiated, Kingsford would thus have been entitled to follow the goods through any conversions, to choose any of the trans!erees or hold ers he pleased, and to establish his right to recover from all or any of them. " 1. I perfectly understand that property taken from a person without his knowledge, or without or against his consent, is recoverable, except where purchased bona fide in market overt.' But the Court of Error has made no distinction between that felony and this fraud, where the real owners knowingly, and with their own con sent, parted with their property to Anderson, trusting to his repre , entation, indeed, but still consenting to the trawler. "2. Quoad third parties in bona fide, how can the Court of Error hold that the goods were not passed to Anderson in the teeth of the fact of the order of the owners declaring them to he so transferred ? The Court of Exchequer held that the order did pass the goods, but that they would have been recoverable if still in Anderson's possession. The Court of Error is forced to ignore Kingsford's order, and deny that it passed the goods, to get at their reason for establishing Kingsford's right of trover. " 3. The decision permits Kingsford to deny his own written deed and to say that, although it ordered a transfer to Anderson, they did not mean so to transfer. "4. The decision practically authorises owners of goods to proclaim to the world that they have parted with them, and that they are at the di6posal of another, while, when bona ,fide pawnees, on the faith of their own order, deal with that other, they may repudiate entirely their own written consent. "5. Whether Anderson impetrated the order Ly fraud or not, to third parties that order gave him the authority, if not of owner, certainly of agent for the owners, and made his deed in reference thereto binding on them. If this decision hold, what authority consti- tuting a man agent or factor for another will hencebrth be binding on the principals, if they choose to swear, which parties can now do, in their own favour, that the authority was impitrated by misrepresentation ? " 6. If this decision be the rule of law, what will be more easy than for two rogues to act as owner of goods and transferee, and when the latter has raised a large loan on them to abscond, leaving the confederate to re- claim the goods on the ground, now. as in this case, provable by his own oath, that the transfer was obtained by fraud ? "S. S." E LECTION IIcTELLIGENCE, SUNDERLAND. A meeting of the committee of the Sunderland Ship owners' Society has been held this week to take into consideration the propriety of writing a letter to Mr. G. Hudson, M.P., on the tufject of his attendance in Parliament during the next session. Mr. Hudson has been absent from the house during the past two years. After an ample discussion it was not deemed necessary to interfere with the question at present. It is under stood that Mr. Hudson will retire at the end of this Parliament, and Mr. Charles Alcock, a resident in the town, is spoken of as the Conservative candidate. HEREFORD. Mr. Evans, of Sufton-court, having some time since issued an address to and canvassed the electors of Here. ford, for their votes at the next election, has lately bsEn suffering from illoev, and has issued an address, with. drawing his pretensions. WEST KENT. A. large and ii.fluential meeting of the electors of the western division of the county of Kent was held at the Bull Hotel, Maidstone, on Thursday, for the purpse of determining what measures ought to be taken to secure the return of Mr. U. Wykeham Martin as one of the representatives of the county in the room of the late Sir E. Fihrer. A committee, consisting of several Liberal members of Parliament and a large body of the influential electors of %Vest Kent, was appointed for the purpose of con dueting Plr. Martin's election. A meeting of the supporters of Sir Walter Riddell, the Conservative candidate, has been convened for Thursday next at Maidstone. SALFORD. On Thursday evening a meeting of the electors of Salford, favourable to the election of Mr. Alderman Langworthy, took place, at which a requisitio❑ contain ing 1,350 names was presented to that gentleman. Mr. Langworthy was received with much cheering, and gave a long exposition of his views upon various politic4l matters. The business concluded by a resolution pledg ing the meeting to use every exertion to secure Mr. Langworthy's return. THE PRINCES OF OUDE AT THE DIA-HOUSE. Yesterday the two Princes of Oude, now on a visit with the Queen-Mother to this country, on a mission with the object of which the public are already familiar, went to the India-house, for the first time since their arrival here, and had an interview with the Court of Directors. The visit was purely one of ceremony, and had no aim in connection with the errand that has brought them to England. They were attended by Major E. W. Bird and Colonel Rawlinson, who have identified themselves with the interests of the Royal family during their stay here, and a numerous native suite, among whom the principal personage was Mon lance Musseeb-oodeen Khan Behaudur, Vakeel of the titular King of Oude, who is the only member of the family not now in this country. The names of the two Princes are Meerza Mahomed Hamel Ali Baha dur, a youth of 18, who is the heir-apparent and grand son of the Queen, and General Meerza Sikundur Hushmut Juwal Ali Bahudur, his uncle, and brother of the King. They arrived from their temporary r residence at Harley-house, New-road, shortly after con. 1 o'clock at the India House, in front of which sidera,ble crowd of persons had collected . e t alight. The Princes drove up in a . c o arr r carriage carriages. drawn ri t o h them four greys, and their retinue followed and lP especially of the The costume of the heir-apparent, The former, who is a General, was very g tali slender youth, b robe of crimson velvet, with i t headdress e o f having blacka angifieecnreenral appearance altogether a man about 45, deep border of gold, richly embroideredwietehrs superb surmounted d d prepossessing, worwamitaah s dressed in a tunic of crimson velvet, feathere. slightly lame, wa profusion, and a cap of the The General, his uncle, also with precious stones. with gems in great sparkling same• fabric, were formally introduced to the Court of The Princes Directors, and after an interchange of compliments had decorated passed they were escorted by the members of the Court t h roug h the building. The Princes and their suite wer e en t er t a i ned b y the Court of Directors at a dquener, which was served in a style of great elegance under the personal superinten dence of Mr. Bathe, of the London Tavern. The Princes took leave of the Directors at half-past 3 o'clock, and returned to Harley-house. P, 'OST-OFFICE.—Great interest is felt by the public in 6he new arrangements for facilitating the amortment and delivery of letters in London, and the recent request of the Postmaster-General, as to the use of initial letters for indicating the district in which the letter has to be delivered, has met with prompt attention. Already from 50,000 to 60,000 letters per day are so addressed, aid the4ouruber rapidly increasing. The great demand for the penny books containing alphabetic lists of streets, &c., is another proof of the desire of the public to meet the wishes of the Post-office authorities. 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In this case an habeas corpus had been" obtained t) bring up Alicia Race, a child 10 years of age, under the following circumstances :—lt appeared that the father of Alicia Race was a serjeant of Marines, and was killed in the late attack on Pe'roraulovski, but previous to that, when on heard Peak, he wrote a letter addressed to his wife, in which he expressed a presenti. meat of death, and recommended his children, a boy and daughter, to the care of their mother. The deceased was a Protestant, and his widow a Catholic, and the children after the death of the father were placed—the boy at the Sailors' Boys' School, Chardstock, Dorset. shire, and the girl at the Sailors' Female Orphan Home at Hampstead, of which latter asylum the Rev. E. Bickersteth, incumbent of Christ Church, Hampstead, was the chaplain. Both the asylums were supported out of the fends arising from the Royal Patriotic Fund, of which Capt. Fishbourne was the secretary. In Oct. last the boy was removed from the school at Chardstack and given up to the mother, at her request, Captain Fishbourne, the secretary, admitting the right of the mother to have the child given up to her. A similar application was made for the female child, but it was refused, on the ground first, that the child had no wish to leave the school and adopt the Roman Catholic faith, because that during her father's life she but rarely attended the Inman Catholic Church ; and secondly, that the Royal Commissioners of the Patriotic Fund stood in loco parentis to the chilJ, and that they declined to give her up. On the other band it was contended that the husband when living allowed his daughter to be instructed in the Catholic religion, and often joined his wife and child is their prayers, and that by the deceased husband's will, dated previous to his leaving England, he made his wife his executrix, with power and command over his children. In support of the application and refusal, a variety of affidavits were put in and read ; and the affidavits grounded the refusal to give up the child on the circum• stance of the child's repugnance to the Roinan Catholic religion ; and a number of the affidavits were from ladies and gentlemen of rank connected with the school, who stated that they had examined the child privately, and had informed her that she might leave the school and join her mother, but that she invariably and peremptorily re fused to leave the school, and also that she had embodied her feelings in a letter, in which she said she loved her mother, but Jesus more so, a•id that she refused to dis obey Jesus and embrace an idolatrous worship ; and ex. pressed her regret that when she was at home at the Christmas holidays she was taken by her mother to the Roman Catholic church, and that she then objected, in answer to a question film the Roman Catholic priest, to enter a Roman Catholic school. The question was evidently a struggle between the representatives of the two Churches to get possession of the child, to bring her up in their own peculiar creed. Mr. Sergeant Shee, on the part of the mother, ap plied that the child should be given up to the mother, who was her testamentary guardian by l aw . Mr. O'Malley, for the institution, denied the right of the mother to the guarJiansbip of the child, and that the child refused to leave the institution. Mr. Bovill also argued that the R.lval Commistioners of the Patriotic Fund stood in the place of the father, and called upon the Court to use its discretion, and, under the circumstances, order that the child should be re-delivered to the guardianship of the Royal Commis sioners. . Mr. Sergeant Shoe having been heard in reply, " s The Court said they would take time to consider their judgment, and deliver it on Monday first, as to the absolute right of the mother to the custody of the After hearing the learned counsel on the other point, ;heir lordships reserved their juklgrnent. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. —(This Day.) THAMES. DARING STREET ROBBERT.—John Thomas', a well known thief, and a member of that inexhaustible gang the swell mob, was brought before Mr. Selfe, on remand, charged with stealing a silver watch, the property of Mr. Grant. Mr. John Grant stated that he and his brother were on Gould's-hill, Silo:Iwo11, looking at a fire which was then raging on the premises of a ship chandler, when in a moment ho saw his brother's watch on the ground, and the prisoner about to pick it up. His brother, however, snatched the watch from the prisoner, who ran away. Immediate pursuit was made, and the pri soner was overtaken and given into custody. Mr. Seife—l recollect the prisoner being here twice before. Once he was brought from a chapel where Mr. Spurgeon was preaching. Although young, he is being trained to be a regular thief. I sentence him to three months' imprisonment and hard labour. 1091 52i 3 2 82i 3 201 12 13 23i rin i Pm 85 x in Naval and Military Intelligence. The following circular has been issued from the Horse Guards, dated Jan. 10, 1857 : "The monthly return of discharged men re-enlisting, called for by the Circular Memorandum, dated the 22d Feb., 1855, being no longer required, Inspecting Field Officers and Commanding Officers of regiments and de. pots will discontinue forwarding those returns to this department. "By command, "G. A. WETEIERALL, Adjutant-General." A letter from Malta, dated Jan. 10, states that the following British ships of war were then lying in Malta harbour : "The Conqueror, Brunswick, and Centurion steam ships of the line ; Dauntless steam frigate ; Conflict, Os. prey, Swallow, Recruit, and Shearwater steam sloops; Lynx, Weser, Cracker, and Fancy steam gunboats ; Dili• gence sailing transport ; Hearty, Thais, and Wallace steam tugs ; Caradoc steam packet ; Hibernia receiving ship, and Ceylon hospital ship, for militaryconvalescentse " On the 4th her Nlajesty'e screw steam sloop Wan derer left for Naples ; and her Majesty's screw steam gunboat Lynx arrived from Constantinople on the 6th. Her [Majesty's steam sloop Shearwater returned from the Piraeus on the 7th. She experienced very boisterous weather on her passage to the Piraeus, and on Christmas. day lost all the covering hoards of her paddle-boxes, and while lying at Zante on New-Year's-day had also very heavy weather. She brought back Mr. Hamshaw, the Superintending Engineer of Malta Dockyard, a n d daughter, and Mr. Stopfurd, Major Kelly, and four military invalids. ‘ Herhe d l‘ fr l o aj m es l t' v y o s o sa ijc i h lin w g it t h ra G nsp ov o e r rn t mDeniltigsetnorcees.arrived "Her Majesty's steam corvette Swallow arrived on the 4th from Beyrout. "His Netherland Majesty's frigate Doggersbaulc passed Malta on the 7tb, from the eastward, bound for the Texel. "The Aventure, French postal steamer, due on the 28th of Dec., from Marseilles, the continental ports of Italy and Messina, met with such bad weather before reaching and after arrival at Naples that she did not arrive at Malta before the 3d of Jan. \ Major St. Clair, of the 57th, came passenger by her. She returned to Marseilles by the same route on the same afternoon. " rho Caire, French postal steamer, arrived on the 4th from Marseilles, and left on the same afternoon for Syra, Smyrna, and Constantinople, conveying to the first named port, for Athens, Deputy Assistant Commis. serpGeneral Arthur Baynes. " The Brenda arrived from Odessa, Constantinople, and Smyrna on the 31st of December, having on board his Excellency Ziki Pasha and suite, proceeding to assume the government of Bengazi. She was not able to proceed to her destination before the 6th. "The Austrian Lloyds screw steamer No. 67 arrived from Plymouth and Gibraltar on the 3d of January, and left for Cdrfu and Trieste on the 7th. The Athens arrived from Liverpool on the sth, and left for Constantinople on the same day. "The Indus and Vectis ' Peninsular and O r i en t a l C om pany's steamers, arrived from Alexandria early on the morning of the 10th with the India mails and pas sengers. The first-named vessel left immediately after replenishing fuel for Marseilles with the overland mails and despatches for England. The Indus was to follow on the came day with those for Gibraltar and Southampton. "According to recent advices from Constantinople Admiral Led Lyons would leave for Malta about the 9th in the Royal Albert." In consequence of the division of Royal Marine Light Infantry at Chatham being above its usual establish. ment an order has been forwarded from the Admiralty to Colonel J. A. Philips, Commandant of the division, authorising volunteering to be commenced from that corps for the Royal Marine Artillery. The qualifications required of volunteers are that they shall be of good character and possess general intelligence, and not less than 51t. Sin. in height. The number of Royal Marines who volunteered yesterday was 52. The board of officers which has been sitting at Chatham barracks for the purpose of fixing the prices at which the several articles sold in the barrack-canteens at that gar rison shall be charged to the troops, having concluded their labours, the authorities have directed that a list of prices of the various articles sold in the canteen shall be placed in a conspicuous place in each of those establish ments, so that the troops may ascertain the sum autho rised to be charged for every article supplied to them. The sailing sloop Star, 8, Corn. Boyle, arrived at Spithead yesterday morning from the south-east coast of America station. She sailed from Rio in company with her Majesty's storeship Tyne, for England, on Nov. 27, and the English squadron, then under the command of the .Commodore for a cruise, consisting of her Majesty's ships Madagascar, Indefatigable, Spy, and Siren. Her Majesty'! ship Cruiser, with two gunboats —the Haughty and Staunch—arrived from England on the same day. She parted company with the Tyne in a heavy gale of wind on the 9tb, 10th, and 11th inst., from S.W. to N.W., 160 miles west of the lezard ; she lost stern and quarter boats, stove part of her bulwarks, and the ship is much strained. The Star has been the whole of her time on commission, consequently has been doing duty as senior officer's ship in the Rio de la Plata. She brings five naval invalids from Rio. The Ste, sailed the same afternoon for Sheerness, to be paid oft. The ship Zeiniudar, Captain Furber, arrived at the aherbank yesterday morning from Bassein and the Cape of Good Hepe. Date of sailing from the Cape, Nov. 20. - She landed a mail and some passengers. One of Mr. Frencie's corrugated metal boats, employed in the ordinary service of Woolwich dockyard during the last six months, baying been subjected to bunchy tests, in competition with other boats most approved m the yard, has been pronounced equally light on the water, much less subject to capsize, and more durable. The report further states that the boat in present use there has been constantly e, posed to the hardest service since July last, and is now as good as ever, with the excep tine of some of the wooden mouldings being knocked off by being driven forcibly against the docks. She hag had no repairs, not even paint, since she left New York. This is the same boat that was suspended with a ton of rough stone blocks in her, and tossed about on the wharf, and run against the dock by four carsmen for experimental purposes. MARKET NEWS,—(This Day.) COVENT GARDEN. There was a fair average business doing here to-day, a very full prices. FRUIT. Pineapples, por lb. 5s Od to 8s Colonial do., ea. Os Od to 03 Od Grapes, per 1b....6s Od to lOs Foreign do Os Od to Os Oil Melons, each ....3s Od to 53 Od Peaches, p. d0z.... 3s to 8s Od Nectarines, do. 2s Od to 8s Od Apples, p. h. sv. 6s Od to 8s Od Pears, per d0z....8s to lOs 0 Oranges, per 100. 3s 6d to Lemons, p. doz. is Od to 2s Odi Apricots, p. doz. 2s Od to Os WI Cherries, per lb. Os to Os Odi Filberts, per 1h.....18 to is 4d Cobs., p. 100 lbs. 110 s to s Almonds, p. lb. 08 Od to On Od Walnuts, per 100 fid to is Od Figs, per doz is to 3s Od Strawberries, per pottle Od to Od Gooseberries, per half sieve ... Oa Od to Os Od Currants, p. do. Os Od. to Os 04 Plums, per do. 2s Od to 58 Od Green gages, do. 4s Od to 78 Od Raspberries, p. potl. Od to Od TABLETS. VEGE' Greens, p. doz. bun. 2a 6d to 3s Shallots, per lb. 63 to 81 Cabbages, p. doz. 9d to is 6d Horseraddish, p. bun. 2s to 5s Savoy do., p. do. ls Od to 2s Od Parsley, per do. ...... 4d to 5d Cauliflowers, (10.280 d to 5s Od Celery, per do Os 9d to is 6d Brocoli, p. bun. is 3d to 18 9d Beet, per doz. is Oil to 2s Od Potatoes, per ton 60s to 130 s Parsnips, per do. is Od to Os New do., per do Osto Os Small salad, p. pun. 2d to 3d Peas, per quart ...93 to is Od Mushrooms, p. potl. lsto ls 3d Turnips, per bunch 3d to 41 Artichokes, each ...4d to 8d Carrots, per bunch 5d to 7d Cab. lettuces, per Cucumbers ' each is to 3s Od stole O s 93 to i s 3d Garlic, per lb 6d to Os bd Endive, per score 186 d to 3s Sorel, per sieve Od to 0, Radishes, per dos. Spinach, p. d0...2s Oct to Is 6cl hands is to 2s Od Brussels sprouts, per Tomatoes, p. hf.sv. 4s to 6s Od half do 2s 01 to 3s Od Walnuts per 100...0s 8d to is Old onions, p. bush .2s 6d to 4s Chillies, per 1001 s Od to 1s 6d New do., per bunch Od to Od Capsicums, per 1001 s 03 to 2s French beans, per Rhubarb, p. bundle Od to Od 100 is 6d to 2s 63 Asparagus, per 100 Os Od to 9 s Leeks, per d 0......... 23 to 4d Sea kail, per pun. Os Od to Os NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. - - Turkeys, 5; ocf to 16s Od ; Geese, 5s 01 to 83 Oct each Ducks, 283 d to 3s 6d ; tame rabbits, is 3d to 18 9d each ; wild do., 10d to 1 8 2d; Pigeons, 18 to is 6d each large Surrey Fowls, Ss to 103 ; barn-door do., 4s Od to 68 ; Chickens, 6s Od to 83 Od per couple ; Capons, Os 6d to Os Od ; Hares, 2s 6d to 3s 6d ; Grouse, 2s Od to 2s 6d each ; Pheasants, p to er u d i o s z p er. o t r lb l s 2 . o ; ;E 112dc"1- 38 to 4s 6d ; Partridges, ls 6d to 2s Od ; Woodcocks, 2s 6d to 3s ; Snipes, is 3d ; 'Teal, ls 61 to Is 9d ; Wild Ducks, 2s 01 to 2s al • Widgeons, 18 9d to 2s Od ; Plovers, 18t o is 6d each • duinea Fowls, is 9d to 3s ; Roasting pigs, Le n- ye - rot - 87g 01 to 108 'Od each. Ostend fresh butter, to I ; 5 F s rOednetho d0.,188 09cla l E 2 n s g od lish to d -t ' s each. NEWPORT. Beef, from 3s Gd to 4s 8d ; mutton, 3s 101 to 4s 8d ; veal, 4s Od to 5s Od; pork, 4s Od to 5s 2d per Blbs., by the ear. case. WHITECHAPEL. Beef from 3s Gd to 4s Gd; mutton, 3s 8d to 4s 8d ; veal, 4s Od to 5s 0.1; pork, 4s Od. to 5s Od per Ms., by the carcase. BILLINGSGATE. Turbots, 5801 to 20s ; Brills, 2s Od to 108 each; Salmon, Os 01 to Os Od per lb ; Cod Fish, 5s Od to 20s each ; Soles, 6d to 3s 6d per pair ; Eels, 8d to is per lb ; Lobsters, 6d to 3s 01 ; Crabs, €d to 2s 6d ; Whitings, 4s Od to 12s per doz. ; Common Oysters, 12s to 16s ; Natives, 50s to —s per bah. ; Mackerel, 50s to —s per 100; Smelts, is 6d to 3s 6d per doz. ; Skate, 6d to Od per lb; Shrimps, is 6d to 2s 6d per gallon ; Bloaters, 5s Od to 8s Od per 100 ; Fresh Hemns, 6a to Os per 100 ; Scotch do., Od ; Sprats, 4s Od to Os Od per bushel ; Doreys, 2s Od to 10s each ; Haddocks, 5s to 208 per doz. ; Pike, Od ; Sturgeon, 6d per lb ; Prawns, 5s Od to Os; Mullets, Is to 3s 6d each ; Plaice, 4d to la each; Halibut Cd per lb ; Flounders, is Od to 2s Od per doz. ; salt fish, Od per lb. BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are front 9d to 90 ; of household ditto, lid to 86d per 4 lb loaf. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, 56th to 641 b, 4id to sa; 641 b to 721 b, 5d to 54d ; 721 b to 801 b, 54d to Rd ; 801 b to 881 b, 51(1 to 6d ; 881 b to 961 b, 6(1 to 64d; 961 b to 1041 b, 64d to 6id ; 1041 b to 1121 b, 6id to 7d ; upwards, —(1 to —d ; horse hides, 9s Od to 10s Od ; Calf skins, light, 4s Ocl to 5s Od ; ditto full, Os Od to Os Od; Polled Sheep, 108 Od to 1250 d ; Rents, is 6d to Os Od; 7s 6d to 9s Od; Downs, 54 9d to 7s 041; Shearlings, Os Od; Lambs, Os Od. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, 2115 s to 41 4s ; clover do., 31 10s to 51 Os; and straw, 11 4s to 11 91 7 e l l :d er . A fair average supply and a steady demand. per load] CUMBERLAND. —Meadow hay, 21 16s to 41 4s do., 31 R 8 to 51 Os ; and straw, 114 s to 1/. 10s 4a pe ; r e l l o o a v d ; Supply moderate and trade tolerably firm. io N ., VH 3 rE l2 o s H t Ar o E S L I ..-- Se lii ; ea an d d o W straw,h ay 1 2 1 4s s s t s o tc 11 4 9 1 3 Both hay and straw sold slowly at our quotations. all all all all 12 i 33i f 1031 1 4 a