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

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. Advices from Liverpool state that the Cotton Market yesterday closed quietly, and prices were at a decline of 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, 15 unimportant. Altogether the return is more favourable than was anticipated, but there 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 .. . £19,427,990 . 202,690 ...... 10,180,984 1,422 Rest 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 I 7 , , Bars Silver Coin tf ~ ~ Bars Bullion _ Decrease 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 , minimum, 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 ' ea Pital, 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 a ccommodation for some time to come. The Baltic has arrived from New York, but she brings very little specie, owing to the adverse Position of the 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 lstire sales, but the market is not easily influenced, 411 d, all things considered, it has retained a firm Position. Consols have been 93Z and 93i for I n° ll ey, while for the account the quotations hare been 93i, 94, and 933. The New 3 per Cents. are marked 948 g, and the Reduced 93; 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 95 i ; Venezuela 4 per Cents. are 36 ; Spanish Passive, 5i ; Russian 4i per Cents. 96k ; Peruvian 4 i per Cents. 79 ; and Dutch 21 per Cents. 641. The following are the nominal prices of Foreign Stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 6 7 ; Mexi can, 211 ; 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 4 ; ditto New Deferred, 234 ; ditto Certificates, 5L 61 ; ditto Passive, of 8. 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 V. to 11. 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 Franco and Paris and Lyons are rather at reduced quota tions. The Canadian lines are steady, and Grand Trunk have improved about 10s. 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 Telegiaph have improved 10s. SkITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. - _ (From the Official List.) qine. done n 3 per Cont. Red uce d A nnuities 9 B 4,i 4 3 3 per Cent. C onsole Annnitiev 93 4 New 3 per Cent. A nnu i t i es India stock 221 Console for Account .................... 93i 4 Bxehequer Bills. 24d £lOOO 1d 2 p £5OO ......... 2 p Small PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOcE Peruvian Bonds 4i per Cent — Ditto Account ituesiau Bonds, In 2, .1: St., 5 per Cont — Ditto, 4i per Cent. sp. nish Bonds, 3 per Cent — Ditts Passive . Tenezuela Bonds, 41 per Cent Ditto Account DO.ldends on the ab ove usable In Londcn. Dutch Exchange, 2:1 per Cent., 12 Guilders 64i 'TWO O'CLOCK. Console, money 9•A 93i Ditto Account .. The Royal Mail steamer Orinoco, which sails to morrow for th e West Indies, takes out . 13,690/. VACANCIES, APPO IN ITS, AND PR OMOTIONS IN THE CIVIL SERVICE. —Th e Boa rd of Trade—Mr. Laurence M. Maxton, collector of Tei nmouth, has b een a pp o i n t e d receiver of droits of Admiralty and wreck. Gene ra l P os t. office—Mr. Charles Walker has ; been app o i n t e d an as sistant controller at Liverpool Thomas Perrett has been appointed chief clerk in the Money Order-office, appointed Liverpool ; Mr. R. Teare has been .PP Superin tendent of letter carriers at Liverpo o l ' ; Mr, of letter h Robert S cott has been appointed assistant to supe r i nten d carriers at Liverpool. Duchy of L anc aster—The of coroner for the Duchy of Lancaster ha s b ecome ° Office a by the death of Mr. Higgs. Bank of England vacancy has been caused in the Register-office by—t,hl death of Mr. George Clifford Bower, pri nc i pa l C ler k' 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 classiqcation at the Legal Quays ; there are also six vacancies for clerkships on the new 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 Gault& RAILWAYS ON COMHON ROADS.—Why should tram roads be despised in practical England, and ignored in laugh ndon and its endless suburbs ? Why should people louur common the id ea o f " h orse ra i lways " —of tramways on f ommon roads ? P er h aps b ecause t h ey are old shinned, and have been put in the shadeby locomotive alum But this is sheer nonsense. All are useful in their proper place. No one in his senses would recommend a horse tramway fly along by tahye from London to Bristol, while ke can But there are l " Iron Duke" on the Great Western. hope to penetrPataece• a where the Great Western dare not ways take up the bus f •ness, and would do a paying trade. easy t -the -way places are worse off for cheap and conveyance than they were before railroads carne intof anctehem ; pass at a distance from them ; ; the grand trunk lines off the roads ; convey coaches have been taken is scarce • and inter-communi cation difficult. Brindle ' day to a committee of grave wiseacres in the - j o s : id One sceaot Commons, that "rivers were made to feed navigable new face,teed locomotive lines. that tramways ay b e made t n:lt_i ;' and so we may say The " old trams"---with a with roomy new-fashioned omnibuses for fifty people ; good luggage truckihperiorperly built, and well turned out secundum anent, 1 0 most civilised form, will be readily patronised by athnedraernbling public, in consequence of their comfort Yankees have taken them in hand, and brought The iarought them largely into play. They are well know n American cities, and in that land of progress m any o f C 1 f ; the rapidly ah ea d. H or se railways ar e ioued ,-„,fg°,l°,g , Americo, an d w h y s h ou ld th e y not in Englan,fi___'"' 27 ` t n e Builder. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDA SHARE MARKETS—(This Day.) RAI - LW Y. .r. !Paid; .IcLarLWA re. .2il 9 o .11 31 T all *1! N all 15 all 15 all St. 100 St. 100 St. 100 50 j all '0 j all .0 j all .0 j 8 'Fi all St. 100 20 I all h. Jot) 10 25 17. St. 100 a'l 10 4 St. 100 10 all St. 100 10 all 3t. 100 3t. 1 100 LO I all 3t. ,100 it. l loo It. 100 it. IDO It. 100 It. 100 Ambg. Nottng. Bost and Esstn. junct Belfast & Baliymenr Birmin7. Wolverh . Stour Birkeand. Lan,:sh. e. Cheshire Jnnct.... !Do. Chesh. Birk. Do., do. ..... Blackburn Rlytl. & Tyne or.gi..z, £25 (issd. Bristol and Exeter.. Caledonian. C'neater dc Holyhead Cork and Bander. !Cork, Black, di Pas' Cornwall ' Do. A Do. B IDublin&Bellastslunc Dun. P. & Aber. Jnc East Anglian Eastern Counties I East. Union, A SC 14., B. Stock ;Do., New East Kent East igtncash East Suffolk Oft I Do. Edinburgh t Glasgo Edinb. and Peebles. Edin.Prth 4Dund, Forth & Clyde Jun Furness ,Glasgow & S. Westrn Great N. of Seotlnii 'Great Northern._ Do., A. Stock Do B. Stock Gt. Sth. &Wost.(lre. Great Western Do . Stour Val. Rai Gua. Stk !Irish South-Eastern Lancaster & Carlisle I Do., Thirds.. Do. New Thirds Lancash.andYorksh ;Do., Wst.. Riding Mi Do. Sonthr ort 'London ik Blackwell Lond. Bright stS.Cst ;Lund. and N. Weetr) IDo. Fifths D0.101.8h.,M&8...0 Do. Eighth. London sada, Wostn. LndndrrydsColereine Ludndrry.,k Ennisk. Wanch.Shef. 4; Litwin %lotropolitan Do. J. L. Ricardo's atTangemont Midland ... io.Birmng.StDerh 41d1d. G. West. (Ire, 50. Half Shares , reweastle $t Carlisle Nwpt.Aberg.&Hrfd levrry & Enniskille Warrenpoini And Rostrevor Norfolk orthn.Connties trn North British Nth Devon Rail R. Dock Stock Do., A Stock.. , i)o., B Stock . N.Eastern—Berwi , k )o. do. Extension 00.d0.0.N.E. ?wall Do. Leeds i)o. York north L0nd0n..,., stead, and City Jn , %forth Staffordshir, iorth Western & S. Westrn. June ix., Wore., & Wolv. Rllymney ....:.« , •ottish Central Scot. N E.Abrdn St. Do. Scot. Mid. St ilrop9hire Union SitingbourneltSheer. Month Devon oath Eastern__ -loath Wales 3. Yrksh. & Riv. Da sines, Wok. &Wo Stockton do Dal-J.llg 1)o., do., 1854 Do., do., 1855 ;to?.ktoo di Hartlep Calf Vale so. Prof., No. 1.., ['Flames Hay. D.& R Vale of Neath ?iTaterfd. & Kllkenn WaterforditLimer 4, 3 West Cornwall. West End of Londol and Crystal Palace. _ . Do. A ...... ....... Do. B West London Do. Fiist Class Do. Second Class,.. l Wimble Aznrov"nn COLO Isom bay, tiltrOClts.,4l2(l Con' India, g. 5 p. c Do, Ceylon A share 5...... Do. B. do >emerara Eastern Bengal Ust Indian A and B, a. 5 P. Do. Ex. C, gu. 5 p. c Do. do. D, gu. 5 p. c. p.c.Bnds.,'s7 Do. do. do., '59, dn Geelong & Melbourn( guar. 5 per sent Gd. Trunk of Canada Do. Cert. of Deben. con. into Stk. Do. Comp. 6 p. 0., do. Gt. In. Pen. g. 5 p. c. Do New, guar. 5 p. c Gt. Western of Canada Do. New Do. Bds., payable Do. do., '76, p. '6O Do. do., '73 do. Do. do., '73, withou' option Madras, guar. 4 i p.e Do. do., 5 p. c, Do. 44 p. c. Exten Do. 3d Ex., g. 5 p. c Scinde, guar. 5 p. c. Do. St. Andrew's and Quebec (A.).. Intwerpdtßott, rdi.m Ardennes .3elgian Eastn. June Rezi era to Grai asessP c Buff. & Lk. Hur, Ry. Cartneaux& Toulouse Coal Mines and Ry. Outch Rhenish ....... Kaetern of Franco 10. New Euphrates Valley Central of Frank e Great Luxembourg Italian Junction Lake Conet. & Basle Lierre and Turnhout Lombardo Venetian. Lucca ez Fist. 5 p. c.p. Lyons and Geneva Lyons is Mediterran. Maria Antonia ... Do. do. New Namur ds Liege ..... Do. do., C p. c. Prof. Northern of France. Norwegian Trunk Pre: Paris and Lyons Paris and Orleans Recife & San. Fran , (Pernam.) g. 7 p. c Rome and Frascati Royal Danish ..... Royal Swedish Sambre and Meuse Do. 5i p. cent. Pref ionthern of France West Flanders Do. 5i per c. Prof 1 W. &N. W. of Franct , Wester"' of Austria West. of Switzerland Wiesbaden ... . . Do. 8 per cent.lcel. Zealand i 01NT-rvi; kustrslasia Bank of Egypt ******** Bank of London ** ** * Kri. Col. Bk.&Ln. C. 13ritish N. American Chartd. Bank of loin Chrtd. Bnk. of India, Australia, & China City Colonial Commercial of Land Eng. Scot. &Ans. C Loud. Chart. Bk. ofi Australia Ditto New London and County Lno &E. Bnk g. Corp London Joint Stock Load. & Westminster National Pro.ef Bag Do. New National Bank New South Wales Oriental Bk. Corp Ottoman Bank Provincial of Ireland Do. New AugP B &Go Im Co South Australia Union of Austnlik I Do. Now •t Unity Mutual Western Bk of .1.40nd Cloging Prices thts day. Business done this day 93i 2i LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Fsve..l RAILIYAYS. Bed:Ord and Blatzhlcy Bceb.gba.mh. Clydes lal, T,. Col. Stour Vy. E. Lin. g. 6 pc. I E. Un. 11. SI). Glas. Barr. & Neils. Direct i 0 Do. New...... ►ll Glstr.& Dn Fr Al Hrtlpl. Dk. Railway..., 50 I all Hull & Selby 25 all Do. Sham. 12A all Do. Shares. all Lon.&Greonw 23 I all Do.Preferenze St. 100 Lon.,Til.,&S. 10 i 3f Do. Bark. Sh, St. 100 Lowestoft gr. 4 per colt St. 100 Do. 6 per ct. all Manch. Bxtn. and Matlock ►ll Middlesbro' Rodc.g 6 p.c. JO Midld.Bradfa Newmarket Bury E. G.spc ►ll N.& Est.s p.c. ►ll Do. 6 per ct. ►ll Do. Fixeds p c Prest. & V+ , yr( 11 Do. A Qrs. A 10 Ropitn.& Hit. 81 Shof.Roth.an Goole g. 5 p.c. .11 Shrews. &Her, .01 S. Staffordsh. Al Wear Vallcygr 6 par cent... D 0..... ......... Wilts&gomrst st Bs. il(1i 5 al St. 11.0' st. ;11 100 1 al 5) tk' St. 1 10 6i i 5, 60 al ia al 50 al 15 al 126 al Bt. 11 10 I a: 12 jli 50 f a: St. ;F Compar. Closing Prices this day. GondolA N. Wo,t. L. &N. Caledon E,t7 &E.O Clt.Nrtlin. E. Count. ICaldonis.n. at. If 08(,11 Yk. New. Bcrw. Y. & N M , Do Do 96 - 98 98 DI! 11 - 13 133 - 136 4 4i S. Er sterE Peto & Co Do Norfolk Do L.St N. W & Midl4. Stckton & Darlingt. En. Coun. E. Count. Do Do L. & N.W Do Pt Nort:•,:i Lancash& Yorksh. T. Brassoy l!riClean Stoat. & Dar) ingt Do it3tWeatn. ••• ."." ii -in 12i - 13 ,23 -24 108 - 110 * i P 2i - 21 ii - 93 P 56 - 58 132 - 135 9 : 9 33 - 34 88 - 90 it 6 r a] it. 11i St. St.lli st. 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S. &W. (Ireland 20 16 Do. 4por c. Prof. S i 0 6 W.(ll.kll.Exspc St. 100 Do. con. red. 4i p.c. St. 100 Do. con. red. 4p. c St. 100 Do. irrecl. 4p. c. St. 100 Do. sp. c. rod. prof o all Do. Birm. Pref. Sh 10 all Do. Chester 8 /3, c.P., 10 all Do. do. sp.c. do St 100 Do, Birm. Gua. Stk 26 all Do. Ches. Gua. Sh.. 13 all Do. do, do 20 all Do. do. do 16 6 Lan. &York. F..£20 St. 100 Do. 6 P. 0. Stock St. !100 Lon. &B. G. 5 pc.No.l St. 110( Do. P., spc. St.No.2 St. 1.0 , Do. New (3uar.6 U. St. 10 I Do. do, sp. c.,N0.4 St. ;1( ) Lon.&N. W., Cov. dt Nuneaton 5 p. ct... 0 Ion.& S. W. 7 per ct late 3d Shares Il L Color. Sh. ill Londy.&Ennis.i Sh .00 L. . 6 p. Cent 4), Do. do. do. £6 )0 Do. do. 34 per Cont. ill Warypt .& Carl. 4 p Xll Do. 4 per cont (0.4 Do. do. )0 Aid. Consol.6 p.c St )0 Con.Br.Zlir. 6pc )0 Do. 4i p. c. Pref. t )0 Ditto L. &H. Pref. St , New., Aber., &c., pr. j sp. c. red. 5 p.c. pm. 6 Do. Perpet. 6 p ct, with optn. till '66 11 Norik, Deb, 4 p.c. sh 0 Do.Praf. sp.a. St .c 0 Do. 5 pc. Ext.,1846 0 Dc. per c.pf ,1847 O D0.Wv.V.5pc.,1847 10 North British ;; Do 71. Preference .1 lo te. Perw, 4 p.a. Do. do. do .3 Do Leeds 6 p.c 9 Do. do. Qre.,1848... O Do.Yorkll.& Pur. dl North Staffordshire.. 10 0,,,W0,kW.,6pc.... )0 Do. 6 p.c. Redeem. 611 Soot. Cent. ,New Pref Sc.N.E. Aber. g 6 pe Do. d0.,7 p.c. pf. it. )0 D0.d0., 3 t p.c. pf. st al South Devon al Do, fixed, 4,i per cent 6n S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os, 6d. 10 Do. 4y per cent .11 Do. Fixed 4i p c eh 10 S Wales Gua, 4p. 0 10 Do, do. 4i p. S.Yorksh.4p.c.Gnar ill Stock.& Dar., sp. c ,5 Do. do. do Stock. & Hartl. g. 5 p. c. till July 1,'56 1 Waterfd.& Kilk.6 pc 62 - 64 - 10, 6 - 6 93 - 95 83 - 35 98 • 100 10 - 10. 16i - 17' 10 - 10, 73 - 75 194 - 20 94 - 10 1 14i - 154 ••• :37 139 ... 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T 2 0 - 41 94 - 10 34 - 35 4 -14 p ISA.N IC b. J 5 97 1 - 61 - 63 • O. .... , .. *** ' ••• Pl 1 69 -71 I ••• 18 1841 18i - 18 - 184 em• °"". ''' . . 4•.• .. v. •••• . • 49 ••• ii 38 39 11 lid ... "'" ~ 35 37 63 - 65 7 - 9 11 Bd' 8 4 7 1 1 6 d "3'it IAL le Olt. 96i 1 112 131 1064 6 li 107 a 7 52i 8 2 82 3 20j 40 4 EVEIN IN G, JANUALIY l7 1857 LAW INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.) COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. (Sittings in Banco, before Lord Campbell, Mr. Justice Wightman, and Mr. Justice Crompton.) THE QUEEN V. CLARKE.-ALLEGED PROSELYTISM OF CATHOLIC CHILDREN. 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 Petropaulovski, but previous to that, when on board H.M.S. Peak, he wrote a letter addressed to his wife, i❑ which he expressed a presenti. went of death, and recommended bis 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 funds arising from the Royal Patriotic Fund, of which Capt. Fishbourne was the secretary. In Oct. last the boy was removed from the school at Chardstock 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 Roman Catholic Church ; and secondly, that the Royal Commissioners of the Patriotic Fund stood in loco parentis to the chill, and that they declined to give her up. Oa the other hand it was contended that the husband when living allowed his daughter to be instructed in the Cath.tlic religion, and often joined his wile and child in 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 childr n. 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 Roman 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, and that she refused to dis obey Jesus and embrace an idolatrous worship ; and ex pressed her regret that when she wan 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 from 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 law. Mr. O'Malley, for the institution, denied the right of the mother to the guardianship of the child, and that the child refused to leave the institution. Mr. Bovill also argued that the Royal Commissioners of the Patriotic Fund stood in the place of the father, and called upon the Court to use its discretion, arid, under the circumstances, order that the child should be redelivered to the guardianship of the Royal Commis sioners. Mr. Sergeant Shee having been heard in reply, 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 child. _ _ They, however, would hear the learned counsel, on the mother being an unfit perso❑ to have the custody of the child. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.) THAMES. DARING STREET ROBBERY.—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, Shadwell, looking at a fire which was then raging on the premises of a ship chandler, when in a moment he 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. Selfe—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. REFUSING TO MARRY ON A SUNDAY. A young naan and young woman, who had previously obtained a licence to be married at Kirk Bramwith, 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 ! lle 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 refused to perform the ceremony on the following day unless the wedding party would agree to attend divine service after- wards. Not feeling disposed to do this, they repaired on Sunday morning to Barcuby Dun, the parish of the intended bridegroom, for the purpose of prevailing on the minister there to perform the ceremony. This gentleman, the Rev. J. Puffin, expressed his readiness to comply with their wish, but found he was unable to do so, , as the licence was made out expresslyor B with. Mr. Puffin, however, advised the party to return he s course c r t t an e of er at o aei to Bramwith, and present themselves before the rector in the church, as he had 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 Brarnwith, en tered the church, and, just as Mr. Maynard was reading the second lesson, th e intended bridegroom advanced to the reading desk a n d laid the licence before the minister. The lesson having been concluded, and no answer vouchsafed to the appli cant, he said to the mini , ter, " I will thank you, Sir, t.) say whether you will or not ;" but Mr. Maynard made no reply, and th re w the d oc um e nt behind the pulpit ! The person who p re se n ted it pi c ked it up and with his friends left the church. H o su bsequently went to Don caster and st a t e d th e w h o l e a ff a i r to Dr. Sharpe, th e vicar there, who had granted the licence. He expressed thc fromihh Barmbyse uwr hcic Mr. Du surprisehlicenceh a tat‘ hso as t t yta placeensawhatTwtrhoad o s:ay dl had lneo iw wti hveoccurred, intimatingref delivered following the accordinglyh et omti a ar thethat dat e yh m andaif if Joseph atje i taking married r npf the altered ried a te ite place (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 congregation during Divine service. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.--(This Day.) LONDON, Jan. 17.—Wind at noon. W.—Light breeze, and mild weather. PORTSMOUTH, Jan. IG.—Wind N.W. —Arrived—Zem in - dar,ifrom Bassein ' • H.M.S. Star, Rio Jan e i ro , w ith l oss o f boats and bulwarks stove, during a heavy gale on the 10th and 11th, 160 miles west of the Lizard, and Bailed for Chatham ; H.M.S. Retribution, from the westward. Jan. 16. — Wind N.W.--Arrived—Donna Anna, Java, with cargo shifted, and loss of main topmast. FALMOUTH, Jan. 16.—Wind N.N.W.—Arrived—Eli zabeth, from Rangoon ; Iris, H avana. DARTMOUTH, Jan. IG.—Wind N.W.—Sailed—Elvira, for Havana. SWANSEA, Jan. IG.—Wind N.W.—Sailed—Parga, for Valparaiso. pthr„ Jan. 16.—Sailed—Providence and Pet, for St. Michael's. MILFORD, Jan. 16.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Sophia Margaret, from Swansea, for Valencia. BREST, Jan. 14.—The St. Louis (a s.), from Cardiff, for Akyab, has put in very leaky. PARIS, Jan. 17.—The Georges Clemencia, of Caen, from Cardiff, for Tunis, was stranded near Tunis on the 3d inst ; crew saved. LISBON, Jan. B.—A vessel was wrecked off Cape St. Vincent on the 25th Dec. ; crew drowned. Seven bodies have washed ashore, and a plank with the nar.ie of "John Briggs." CALOUTTA, Dec. B.—The Warrior Queen here on the 22d Sept, from Sunderland, leaky. The Highlander, for Melbourne, is leaky, having sunk on Gaspar Sand. (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Saturday Morning. Wind W. R. Robinson, Henry Clay, Phcenix, Calhonn, Fidelia, and Albion, h en ce, have arrived a t N ew York. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) DEAL, Saturday, 9.40 a.m. Wind N.W. by W., moderate. Passed Denmark, from London, for Rio Janeiro; Martha Riclout, from London, for New Orleans; Faun a, from London, for Cardiff; Calliope, from L on d on , for Cal cutta; Vaucleuse, from New York, for London; Despatch, from Colombo, for London. A CRIMEAN BANQUET AT PARIS. The Momiteur of yesterday publishes the follow ing account of a banquet given at the Palais Bop,' 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 Canrobert, Marshal Bosquet, Generals Regnatui de Saint Jean d'Angely, De Salles, Niel, De MacMahon, Thiry, Dalesme. There were 52 guests present. Prince Napoleon had asked Prince Jerome to preside at this military assembly, ameng 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 Mai shal St Arnaud, that bold soldier, who died after the Alma, having for a winding sheet the tricolor fig of regenerated France —of Marshal Canrobert, who knew how to keep up the army under most difficult circumstance 9, and handed over to his successor, as he himself expressed 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 how, by his persevering energy, to triumph over difficulties aid 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 battle-field. 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 1354 will respond to 1812 ! The 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 lows : " Monseigneur, it is for me to reply to the toast which your Imperial Highness has just given to the army in the Crimea, 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 had the hon- our of commanding will be the more appreciated by it because 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 Army. I am happy to be able to respond to it by proposing a toast to our 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 Jena. The health of the Army and Navy of the Crimea 1" The last toast was proposed by Marshal Canro bert. He said : " Monseigneur,—Called 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 predecessor, Marshal St. Arnaud, who, falling enshrouded, as it were, in his triumph of the Alma, was happy enough to make known to the world the glorious part which your Imperial Highness took in that deed of arms. Allow me, also, 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 here 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 in relieving the victims of war, over whom you never ceased to watch. I thank you, then, Monseigneur, in the name of the army of the East, whose Generals, my glorious and dear companions in arms, assembled by your Imperial Highness round your august father, will heartily join with me 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 shoe 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 leather." 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-commi s stoned 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. We understand that the directors of the Bank of Egypt propose shortly calling a meeting of the share holders, who in the meantime are required to sign the deed of settlement and exchange their scrip for shares. The latest date allowed for this is the 24th inst. It was stated yesterday, during the trial of Redpath, that it is a custom in a stockbroker's office to attest the signature of persons to transfer deeds without re quiring them to be present. All knowledge, however, of such an improbable practice is absolutely denied by every member of the Stock Exchange professing to carry on his business with the slightest regard to pru dence and regularity. PASSENGERS' BAGGAGE AT THE EAST INDIA AND LONDON DOCKS.—It cannot be too generally known that passengers who arrive from abroad, at the East India Docks and the London Docks, can pay duty on articles in their baggage liable thereto. The Board of her Majesty's Custor_ts have ordered a clerk to be stationed at the baggage warehouse of the above-men tioned docks for the purpose of receiving the duty on such goods as are liable. This ii a very great boon to passengers, saving them considerable delay and ex pense, and should become generally known to be more properly appreciated.—Civil Service Gazette. THE SERIOUS ILLNESS OF MR. CHARLES MATHEWS.— We are glad to be able to state that Mr. Mathews is making 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 erysipela4, the symptoms being so alarming at one time a 4 to threaten the loss of his right arm. However, after four opera tions, skilfully performed by Drs. Pettigrew and Ree, and borne with much fortitude by Mr. Mathews, the malady at length gave way, and it is hoped that in a few days he will be able to resume his professional avo cations. THE FALL OP A HOUSE IN SPITALPIELDS. —Yesterday (Friday) Mr. Wm. Baker, the coroner f.r 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 SOCIETT.—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. Lewis, 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 allotment of the Kentish-town estate, which is to be offered to the members on the 22d inst. Viscount Ranelagh pre sided. There was a numerous attendanoe. 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 bee❑ conducted, was unanimously agreed to. Lord Rane lagh returned thankF, 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 published, and on the whole it is not unsatisfactory. The stock of silver is 87,240,609 fl and the paper circulation 380,181,085f1. Out of the .50,000 new shares, at 700f1., for the establishment of a mortgage bank, 47,500 have been paid up. The sum received was 33,250,000 ff.; b u t 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 2,483,15411. The bank direc tion announces that a further increase in the stock of specie will lake pl ace " w ith ou t in any way affecting the revenue of the bank." The meaning of the phrase probably is, that silver has already been purchased abroad. The least favourable part of the account given by the direction of the bank is, that only 4,751,300f1. out of the above-mentioned 33,250,000f1, 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 keld at the London Tavern on Monday next. As it stands at present, according to the admission of Chief Baron Pol lock, "No man can be safe, and business in a great commercial city like London cannot be carried on :" " 4, Charlotte-row, Jan. 15, 1357. "Sir,—Having carefully examined the whole plead ings, in the case o f 'Ki ngs f or d an d S w i n f or d v. Merry,' I shall 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, but 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 In:der, and hold to our order nine casks, &c.' 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. _Kingsford, thus Please transfer to the order of Mr. B. Anderson nine casks tartaric acid. Charges to him. (Signed) Kingsford, Kingsford and Swinford." A transfer of th e goods, ' holding them to Anderson's order, was made iu 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 obe , lience to Anderson's order, as directed by Kingsford'a 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 mouths afterwards was required by Kingsford and Swinford to pay the proceeds to them, on 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 tre 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 iu an action of trover could not resist repetitio❑ 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 transferees 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 pioperty to Anderson, trusting to his representation, indeed, but still consenting to tie transfer. "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 disposal 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 by 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. It this decision hold, what authority consti tuting a man agent or factor for another will henceforth he binding on the principals, if they choose to swear, which parties can now do, in their own favour, that the authority was impetrated by misrepresentation ? " G. If this decision be the rule of law, what will be more easy tha❑ for two rogues to act as owner of goods and transferee, and when the latter has raised a large loan ou 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. ELECTION INTELLIGENCE. 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 subject 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 been suffering from illnesg, and has issued an address, with drawing his pretensions. WEST KENT. A liArge and influential meeting of the electors of the western division of the county of Kent was held at the Bull Hotel, Maidstone, on Thursday, for the purpose of determining what measures ought to be taken to secure the return of Mr. C. Wykeham Martin as one of the representatives of the county in the room of the late Sir E. Filmer. A committee, consisting of several Liberal members of Parliament and a large body of the influential electors of West Kent, was appointed for the purpose of con• ducting Mr. Martin's ejection. 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 requisition 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 political matters. The business concluded by a resolution pledg ing the meeting to use every exertion to secure 111 r. Langworthy's return. THE/ PRINCES OF OUDE AT THE INDIA-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 R. NV, 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 persona: 4e was Mou lance Musseeh-oodeen Khau 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 Baba 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 residence at Harley-house, New-road, shortly after 1 o'clock at the India House, in front of which a hceotnn siderable crowd of persons bad collected to alight. The Princes drove fn e n four greys, and their retinue former, who is a General, was very magnificent. 1h The costume of the heir-apparent, and especia ly of the Th p e arance altogether P o w in e d a in carriage r r a v g a e t e d c s a rBa r e r w i t a n g e b s y . tall slender youth, with a e richly embroidered er w e o d re wi a th s g u g p e l e d n r br a ar n o d ba e e f a c d r d mss having v ive t i withihooilu'utueudele a a than plume b o o f u black , f d e e a e t p h ers. border The h o e f gold, General,sur slightly lame, was dressed in a tunic of crimson velv e t, s sparkling with gems in n same princes were formally rn d e corated profusion, and a cap o f t h e i s n o l y w with introducedprecious t stones.o teCourt c of The w Directors, and after an interchange of compliments had passed they were escorted by the members of the Court their suite w ere enterta i ned by the Court of Directors at a d(juener, which was serve d i n a s tyle of great elegance under the pers ona l superinten trtihnene building. andldi ng Th . through deuce of Mr. Bathe, of the London Tavern. Th e Princes took leave of the Directors at half-past S o'clock, and returned to Harley-house. Posr-oFFicE.—Great interest is felt by the public in the new arrangements for facilitating the assortment 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, and the number is 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. This demand is now so great as to require from the printers a supply of 60,000 copies of the book daily. 12 13i 23i rm i Pa 1031 85 x in 1 # I 231 i Naval and Military intelligence. The fallowing circular ha , . been issued from the Horse Guards, dated Jan. 10, 1857 : "Trio monthly return of discharged men re-enlisting, called for by the Circular Memoraidurn, 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. WETHERALL, 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 Shear water 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 military convalescents. On the 4th her Majesty'; scr-w steam sloop Wan derer left for Naples ; arid her Majesty's screw steam gunboat Lynx arrived from Constantinople on the 6th. Her iNl,jesty's steam sloop Shearwater returned from the Pirasue on the 7th. She experienced very boisterous weather on her pa sage to the Piraaus, and on Christmas day lost all the covering boards of her paddle-boxes, and while lying at Zante on New-Year's-day bad also very heavy weather. She brought back Mr. Hamshaw, the Superintending Engineer of Malta Dockyard, and daughter, and Mr. Stopf,rd, Major Kelly, and fonr military invalids. on He the 3 r d Majesty's ffrom Railing with th transport Government Diligence stores. arrived "Her Majesty's steam corvette Swallow arrived on the 4th from Beyrout. "His Netherland Majesty's frigate Doggerebank passed Malta un the 7th, from the eastward, bound fur 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. "The 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 pert, for Athens, Deputy Assistant Commis. sary General 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 Corfu 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 Oriental Com 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 mail s and despatches for England. The Indus was to follow on the same day Nvii.h those for Gibraltar and Southampton. "According to recent advices from Constantinople Admiral Lord 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 lift. Bin. 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's •hip 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 9th, 10th, and 11th inst., from S.W. to N.W., 169 miles west of the Lizard ; 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 Sta sailed the same afternoon for Sheerness, to be paid otf. The ship Zetnindar, Captain Furber, arrived at the Motherbank yesterday morning from Bassein and the Cape of Good Hope. Date of sailing from the Cape, Nov. 20. She landed a mail and some passengers. One of Mr. Francis's corrugated metal boats, employed in the ordinary service of Woolwich dockyard during the last six months, having been subjected to sundry tests, in competition with other boats most approved in the yard, has been pronounced equally light on the water, much less subject to capsizr, and more durable. The report further states that the boat in present use there has been constantly exposed to the hardest service since July last, and is now as good as ever, with the excep tion of some of the wooden mouldings being knocked off by being driven forcibly against the docks. She has 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 duck by four carmen for experimental purposes. MARKET NEWS.—(This Eay ) COVENT GARDEN'. There wag a fair average business doing here to•day, a very full prices. FRIIIT. Pineapples, per 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 Od Melons, each 3s Od to 5s Od Peaches, p. d0z.... 3s to Bsod Nectarines, do. 2s Od to 8s Ad Filb3rts, per lb 1s to is 4d Cobs., p. 100 lbs. 1103 to s Almonds, p. lb. Os Od to Os Oct Walnuts, per 100 6d to is Od Figs, per doz is to 3s Od Strawberries, per pottle Od to Oct Apples, p. h. sv. Gs Od to 8s Od Pears, per d0z....8s to 108 Oa Oranges, per 100. 3s Gd to 9s' Lemons, p. doz. is Od to 2s Od Apricots,p. doz. 2s Od to 6s Od Cherries, per lb. Os to Os Odi Gooseberries, per half sieve ....Os Od to Os Od Currants, p. do. Os Od to Os Od Plums, per do. 2s Od to 58 Od Green gages, do. 4s Od to 7s Od Raspberries, p. potl. Od to Od VEGETABLES. Greens, p. doz. bun. 2s 6d to 3s Shallots, per lb.. ..... 6d to 8d Cabbages, p. doz. 9d to is 6d liorseraddish, p. bun. 2s to Os Savoy do., p. do. ls Od to 2s Od Parsley, per do. 4d to 5d Cauliflowers, do.2sod to 5s Od Celery, per do Os 9d to is Brocoli, p. bun. is 3d to 18 9d Beet, per doz. is Od to 2s Od Potatoes, per ton 603 to 130 s Parsnips, per do. is Od to Os New do., per do Osto 06 Small salad, p. pun. 2d to 3d. Peas, per quart ...9d to is Od Mushrooms, p. potl. ls to 183 d Turnips, per bunch 3 to 4J Artichokes, each ...4d to 8d Carroi,s, per bunch 5d to 7d Cab. lettuces, por Cucumbers, each is to 3s Od sco Os 9(1 to 18 Garlic, per lb .....6d to Os rd Endive, per score 186 d to 3s Sorrel, per sieve Od to O Radishes, per doz. Spinach, p. d0...28 Od to . s 6.; hands is to 2s Od Brussels sprouts, per Tomatoes, p. hf.sv. 4s to 6s Od half do 2s 0(1 to 3s Od Walnuts per 100...0s 8d to is Old onions, p. busb.2s 6d to 46 Chillies, per 1001 s Od to Is 6d New do., per bunch 0(1 to Od Capsicums, per 1001 s Od to 2s French beans, per Rhubarb, p. bundle Od to Od 109 is 6d to 2s 6d Asparagus, per 100 68 Od to 9 Leeks, per d 0......... 2d to 4d Sea kail, per pun. Os Od to Os NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Turkeys, 5s Od to 16s 01 ; Geese, 54 Oki to Ss Od each Ducks, 2s 3d to 3s 6,1 ; tame rabbits, is 3d to is 9 d each ; wild do., 10d to is 2(1 ; Pigeons, is to is Gd each ; largo =urrey Fowls, Ss to 10s ; barn-door do., 4s Od to 6s ; Chickens, Os 3d6deatoohOs; Pheasants,; l r e 2 6; 0 6d d t t o o 8 3 s 8 0 6 d d ;poerrcoootispo,le2,-. COda 3s to 4s 6d ; Pas bridg es, is 6d to 2s Od ; Woodcocks, 2s 6dptoon2B.s is 9tl to 2s 01 ; Widgeons, Plovers, is to to 35 ; Snipes, is 3d ; Teal, is 6.1 to is Od ; Wild Ducks, 2s 01 to 2s tid ; Is 6d each ; Guinea Fowls, is 9d to 3s ; Roasting pigs, 6s Od to 108 Od each. Ostend fresh butter, —s to --8 Od English do., 15s Od to 185 Od per dozen lbs. ; English eggs, 12s Od to —s ; French do., Os to ns per 120; Leverets, Os each. NEWPORT. Beef, from 3s 6d to 4s 8(1 ; mutton ' 3s 101 to 4 s 8d ; veal, 4s Oci to 53 Od ; pork, 4s 01 to 5 3 2d per 81bs., by the car case. WITITECHAPEL. Beef from 3s 6a to 4s 6d; mutton, 3s 8d to 4s &i ; veal, 4s Od to 5s Od; pork, 4s Od to 5s Od per Sibs., by Ulu carcase. BILLINGSGATE. Turbots, 5s Od to 20s ; Brills, 2s Od to lOs each; Salmon, Os Od to Os Od per lb ; Cod Fish, 5s od. to 20s each ; Soles, Gd to 3s Gd per pair ; Eels, 8d to I s per lb ; Lobsters, 6d to 3s Od; Crabs, f - A to 2s Gd ; Whitings, 48 Od to 12s per doz. ; Common Oysters, 1?8 to 16s ; Natives, COs to —s per beh. ; Mackerel, 50s to sper 100 ; Smelts, is Gd to 3s Gd per doz. ; Skate, Gd to Od p er lb ; Shrimps, is 6d to 2s 6d per gallon ; Blowers, 5s Od to 8s Od per 100 ; Fresh Herrings, Gs to Os per 100; Scotch do., Od ; Sprats, 4s Od to Os Od per bushel ; Doreys, 2s Od to lOs each ; Haddocks, 5s to 20s per doz. ; Pike, Od ; Sturgeon, Gd per lb ; Prawns, 58 Od to Os; Mullets, is to 3s 6d each ; Plaice, 4d to is each ; Halibut (-;d 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 from 9d to 9Ad ; of household ditto, iid to 8,3 d per 4 lb loaf. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, 5616 to 641 b, 4d to sd; 641 b to 721 b, 5d to sid ; 721 b to 801 b, sld to Sid 2 • 801 b to 881 b, sid to 6d ; 861 b to 9611), Gd to 6.4 d ; 96 1 b to 1041 b, 64d to 6 d ; 1041 b to 1121 b, 6id to 7d ; upwards, —d to —d ; horse hides, N Od to lOs Od ; Calf skins, light, 4s 01 to 5s Od ; ditto run, 95 Od to Os Od; Polled Sheep, lOs Od to 12s Od ; 7s 6d to Os Od ; Half-breds, 7s Gd to Os Od ; Downs, 5s 9d to 7s Od ; Shearlings, Os Od ; Lambs, Os Od. . _ _ HAY MARKETS. SaIITHPIELD.—Meadow hay, 21 15s to 4/ 4s ; clover l oa do., 31 108 to 51 Os; and straw, 11 4s to 11 98 pd. A fair average supply and a steady demand. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, 21 16 s t o 41 4s; clovEr do., 31 108 to 5/ Os ; and straw, 11 48 to 1 /. 103 p er l oad. Supply moderate and trade tolerably firm. WIIITECTIAPEL.—Meadow bay, 2/ 115 s tc 4/ 48 ; clove i s o c . ,t , h 3 h / la;2asntd straw to s r l a w ss ss; w and straw, at our quotations. aw, 1/ 48 to 1/ 98 soldolo o per load. 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