The Sun. — London, England, 1857-01-21 00:00:00

" "4" 4 " 77 11 r'll 4-4 4 • °,t) 41 41; 1: 1 1, jetie 1 1 .1 .11 . ' ' 'a• 44: J. AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLocK, Advice& from Liverpool state that the Cotton Market yesterday closed steadily, and prices were quite as firm as those current last week. The sales were estimated at 6,000 to 7,000 bales, 2,500 of Which were taken for speculation. The Railway Share Market closed with less animation, but the quotations remained without any alteration from those current on Monday. The accounts from the manufacturing districts generally represent trade as being quiet, in conse quence of the enhanced price of cotton. At Not tingham manufacturers have not yet commenced active operations for the spring demand, but they Seem very confident of increased animation before long• The inquiry for woollen cloths at Leeds is steady, and an accession of orders has produced confidence in the future. In the rates of exchange for three months' bills On the Continent, yesterday afternoon, there was no alteration of importance. About 50,0001., or according to another state ment 80,0001., in gold, was taken from the Bank of England yesterday, for transmission to the Continent, in payment for silver. This continued drain naturally excites a little uneasiness lest the Directors, with the view of arresting it, are again compelled to advance the minimum. This absorp tion of gold is owing to the speculation in silver, Which has been increased by the damaud for the East Indies, and it is fortunate, therefore, that the requirements of the Bank of France are comparatively limited, otherwise the stock of the precious metals would be even more seriously affected. As it is, however, the aggregate has gradually diminished since the Bank rate was re duced from 7 to 6 per cent., and it cannot now be ranch above the point at which it stood when the authorities established the former quotations. At the half-yearly meeting of the London Life Association, to-day, the accounts were read and Passed unanimously. The pressure for discounts having recently been Tattier severe, many parties aro prepared for the addition of per cent. to the present terms. On the other hand, however, it is thought that these Purchases of silver will soon be less extensive, and as affairs in Paris are apparently recovering there i s au expectation in most quarters that the ten dency in the terms of discount will be rather in the contrary direction. To-day there is a full demand for discounts at previous rates. The advices from Paris mention that it is gene -8313' expected that the Council of the B an k o f Fr ance, at their sitting to-morrow, will take into consideration the propriety of obtaining a complete alteration in the constitution of the establishment, Which would involve an increase of its capital from t he present inadequate amount to 250,000,000 fra ncs. This subject has been much canvassed for several months past, and it is now likely to receive the full consideration of the Government. Although business in Public Securities is very quiet, the quotations are steadily supported. This morning the variation has not exceeded B per cent., and very few transactions have been recorded. Consols for money are marked 93i and for account 9,3/ 4. Exchequer Bills have returned to their recent value, vrz., 2s. discount to 2s. prom. sank Stock is flat, being 216 to 211. The New 3 per Cents. are 94 to 941, and the Reduced 93/ to 94, More firmness is apparent in some of the Foreign Securities, but Turkish 6 per Cents. are at merely nominal rates, viz., 95 to 951. The 4 per Cents. for the account are 1031. Spanish 3 per Cents. have been Russian 4} per Cents. 96i. Portuguese 3 per Cents. 63k, and Dutch 24 per Cents. 641. The following are the nominal prices of Foreign Stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 6 7 ; Mexi ean, 21ff ; Peruvian, 78 i 9 ; ditto 3 per Cents., 6 5 6 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 43 5 ; Russian 6 per Cents., 106 8 ; ditto 4:1- per Cents., 95 7 ; Spanish 3 per Cents., 40 ; ditto New Deferred, 23i ; ditto Certificates, 5/ 6 ; ditto Passive, 6! 6. The Railway Share Market has shown very little animation, and an exceedingly small amount of business has been transacted. With the exception - of one or two lines prices have remained steady. Chester and Holyhead declined 55., Lancashire and Yorkshire 55., and Midland about ss. In the French lines no business whatever has been re- Ported, and tho Canadian are inactive. Geelong and Melbourne improved about ss. Joint-stock Bank shares rule dull. Bank of Australasia have declined 11• 1 and Oriental Bank I ( N. 17-Ilion of Australia advanced ss. Por Miscellaneous shares there is little demand, and prices are unaltered. $t ITISII FUNDS. —CLOSING PRICES —THIS DAY. (From the Officzol List.) fAng,no.", don e Rank Stock 216 176 a Per Vent- Reduced Annuities 4 8 net. Cent.. Consols Annuities A 91 93 N ew 8 per C en t . Annuities Loug Annuities, expi re sth Jan. 1860_ Ditto 30 Years, expire sth April, 1 885... 18 1-16 India Stock 220 Consols ?or Account 93i / Exchequer Bills, 20. £l000 .E5OO Small „„ Ditto Bonds, 1858, 36 per Cent. Ditto, 1659 PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS—THIS DAY. Brazilian Fonds, 5 per Cent. Ditto New, 1852, 4. per Cent. Buenos Ayres'Bonds, 6 per Cent, B4 Guatemala Bonds, 5 per cent 6O Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent., Con. 1841 Ditto 1853, 3 per Cent .... " Russian Bonds, 1X22, St. .. . 5 per Cent.... Ditto, 4i per Cent. ..... 96i 6 7 Ditto Snr.all ......... . . . : ................... 96 lipaniih Beads, 3 per Cen.t Turkish Bonds, 6 per cent:: Ditto Guaranteed. 4 per deni, Venezuela Bonds, 14 per Cent Ditto Account .................... . ......... . Ditto Deferred, 16 per Cent. • ...... . . ... 15 Dividends on the ab ove aayablein Londcn. French Bootee, 46 per Cent. Ditto S per Cont ........... Of. e Dutch Exchange, 26 per Cen.t.., 12 Guilders 64 x 3- .5425 f. 20c THREE O'CLOCK. Consols, money Ditto Account (Februal y 5)... LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This Day.) LONDON, Jan. 21.—Wind at noon N.W.—Light breeze and cloudy weather. PORTSMOUTH, Jan. 20.—Wind S.S.W. to N.W.—Ar rived—William Hammond, from Loudon, for Barbadoes. PLYMOUTH, Jan. 20. Off the port.—Kemanglen, from Batavia, for Amsterdam. FALmourn, thfi. 20.—Wind S.W. to N.N.E.—Sailed— London, for Carthagena. TORBAY, Jan. 20. —Wind variable.—Arrived — Lannona , from Shields, for Civita V ecc hi a . S a il e d—Lopes, for St. Michael' s . ENumns, Jan. 20.—Wi n d W ., f res h ga l e. —Ar r ived — Sunbeam, from Carthag ena . S a il e d—J o h n M oo re, for Carthagena. bovitn,, Jan. 20.—The capsized brig, whioh go t en tangled i n the Harbour of Refuge works while in tow of a steeamer on the 18th inst., has neen much broken up by th 'unless the wind today, and will prob a bly go t o pieces wind ab a t es. ROTTMII, DAM, Jan, 20 The barque P a rn, ter_, has, been tak en into. Bronwerahaven danklierelict. of Exe- TEx-RL ' ' T an- 19.1gn Englis barque is stranded off Ca landaosg, mid has been abandoned. ICLROTIIIO TELEGRAPR.) BoIITHAMPTON, Wednesday, 10 a.m. Wind N.Tr. - • arrived, 20th—Flora and Cicely, from Sunderland ; . 1 ? Purveyor, Swanage; Chariotte, Guernsey; New Express, 11 /17ewcastle. Arrived, 21-st—Le Coq, from Cherbourg. Sailed, 20th—Cumberland, for Newport ; Edward Bar nett, Cardiff. Lrranroot, Wednesday Morning. Wind W. Arrived—Eliza Fox, frotu St. Michael's. Sailed—Annie Itaydon, for Melbourne ; Candace, royal mail steamer, Africa; Id as , N ew Orleans. UIiENSTOWN, Jan. 19. Wind S.W. Sailed —L Flo ady ra, Lis Hob.arbo, n.for Ascen s i on; Ranson Gregory, Bord eaux ; (BY SUBMARINE AND numsu TEIEWIAPFI.) GRAVESIZND. Wednesday, 9,5 G a.m. Win d N•Vi r • • one hours ebb; cloudy. Win d N• from Faro ; Aberdine, Guernsey ; Alida, St. John's, New Brunswick. Sailed—Glamire, for Barbadoes. DEAL, Wednesday, 9.25 p...,n. Wind W.N.W., MPassod, 20 th — Majestic, from New York, for London. Anchored - -Letitia, from Riga, for Lisbon. kli 7:1 - 4 7,1:1, 14.1- A 7) .An.wATa Shr. !E' 9i &rang. Nottng. Bost and Bastn. Junzt lllfs.at Ballymena ." Binning. Wolverh Stour Valley_ it tiirspnh,l, Lan,•pii (Tac3htre June. „. 27i i Do. Chesil. di; Biri. 22 I all 0,1., do. ....... 23 all Blackb urn all Mitt, & Tyne or,gir £25 (issd. at £4 Bristol and It xets: 50`x 1 . 1.311 a' >I I a] Chester (I; Holyli3ad it Cork and Bander . 1 ! Cork, ThaA, it Pvis, 11 0 Taw:. 11 Do. A 8 Do. B 5 DnblinsnelfastJune 31 Dnn. P. (is Aber, Jnc. 10 'East Anglian 31 Eastern Counties 10 East. 7nion, A St .0' Ps., B. Stock._ ii Do., New A. ..... .7! East Kent /0 Fast I, ,, n , ,ashire .1 East Suffolk .•• 4 Do. )0 Edinburgh dr (4 1 ..as t p al Edinb. and Peebie6 K) Edin. Prth & D TM,. 11 i Forth & Clyde Jan )0 !Furness. )0 Glasgow tit S. Westrn B ;Great N. of Scotlnd 10 ' Great Northern ... )0 ~, D o., A. Stock 10 "Do., B. Stock )0 !Gt. Sth. &West. (Ire.) 10 'Groat Western 10 i Do. Stour Val. Ral 1 (Ina. Stk. 11 Irish South-Eastern . , I 11 'Lancaster & Carlini( ' .41 IDo., Thirds .2 Do. New Thirds 10 Lancash. andYorkeh } I Do., Wet. Riding Un 11 I Do. Southport ,11 'London & Blackwail 10 iLond.Bright & %Cat 10 Loud. and N. Weetn .6 !Do, Fifths 5i,D0.101.5h.,M&E...0 2k o. Eighths,. )0 London andS. Westn. 1 Lndndrry&Coleraine ' Lndndrry.& Ennisk Aanch.Shef.& Lindh) Metropolitan Do. J. L. Ricardo's arrangement Midland Do. Birmng. & Der i , Kidld. Q, West. (Ire, Do. Half Shares Newcastle & Carlisl , Nwpt.Aberg. & Hrf 3 Newry & Enniskill' Newry, Viramenpoini and Itostrevor...... ' Norfolk Nortlin.Counties tie North British N'th Devon Rail Dock Stock '.,()., A Stock. . 3)o. B Stock N. Eastern—Beresi , k Do. do. Extension Dodo. (i.N.E. ?um), Do. Leeds Do. York 'North London ‘i.&S.Wstrn.,fiam• stead, and City Jn,. North StaiTordshir , North Western,,,,,,,, I. & S. Vi 7 estrn„ Jun - )x., Wore., & Wolv 'Grt9-dout l ' Rhymney . ... k , ott,h ilelt*A7 Scot. N E.Abrdn St. Do. Scot. Mid. St ~,Tvahir., , T.lir, SitingbournekSheer. iouti., Devon. ionth Eastern__. oath Wales 4. Yrksh. k Riv. Da s'nes, Wok. &\Vr Stockton SE Datlng Do., do., 1854 Do., do., 1855 ,totkten Hartle 'aft Vale , o. Pref., No. 1.._ nianies Hay. D.& E Vak of Neath Waterfd. & Kilkenn , Vaterford&Limerle • West Cornwall__ Feet End of London and Crystal Palace. Do. A Do. B West Loudon Do. First Class Do. Second Class_ COLONIAL. , Con.Lnflia, g. 5 p. c Do. Ceylon A shares__. Do. B. do /ern erara Eastern Bengal East Indian A and B, g. Sp. Do. Ex. C, gu. 5 p. c Do. do. D, gu. 5 p. c. D 0.4 p.c.Bnds.,'s7 Do. do. do., '59, dr Geelong & Aielbourn( guar. 5 per sent— Gld. Trunk of Canada Do. Cert. of Deben, con. into Stk. Do. Comp. 6p. c., do. Gt. In, Pen. g. 5 p. c. Do New, guar. 5 p. c Gt. Western of Omar] t Do. New Do. Bds., payable '5 Do. do., '76, p. '6O Do. do., '73 do. Do. do., '73, without option Aladraa, guar. 4 ± p.c. Do. do., 5 p. c. Do. 4i p. c. Exten Do. ad Ex., g. sp. c Sciudo, guar. 5 p. c Do St. Andrew's and Quebec (SO 14(J1 kntwerpaßott-rd ) Ardennes !ielgian Eastu. June ftesiers to Gvo sensen , Buff. & Lk. Hur. Ry. Carrneaux & Toulouse Coal Mines and Ry. )utch ithenish „ %stern of Francs ;), New E a n ti . r p c . h v e r l:n t t . r e J a s 0. Valley f e F l .r Fran .}rent Lnxembony, Italian Junction Lake Const. & 13ssl , ‘ Lierre and Turnhout Lombardo Venetian. Lucca di Pist. 5 p• O .P. Lyons and Geneva Lyons .9 Mediterran Warja Antonia ... Do. do. New vamur de Liege Do. do., 6 p. c. Pref sforthern of Francs. NorwegianTrankFre Paris and Lyons Paris and Orleans Recife & San. Fran., (Pernam.) g. 7 p. c. Rome and Frascati `loyal Dan ish.. Ztoyal Swedish ia,"nbre and Allen% : Do. 6i p. cent. Pref, iontb ern of France I vest Panders ! Do. 6A per c. Pref : •v. Az N. W. of France: Western of Austria I West. of Switzerland: Wiesbaden . Do. Bper cent. Prof &alpine ... .... lustrslasis ..... :77 Bank of Egypt ......... Bank of London Bri. Col. Bk. San. C. British N. American Chartd. Bank of A.shi Chrtd. Bnk. of India, Australia., 8; China ty ..................... Colonial ................ Commercial of Loud. Eng.Soot.&Aus.Cht . Loud. Chart. Bk. of Australis ............. Ditto New ............. London and County.. Lnd.&E. Bnk g. Corp. London Joint Stock. Loud. & Westminster National Pro.of Zng Do. Naw National Bank New South Walea lOriental bk. Corp Ottoman Bank erovinchl of Ireland Do. New R Aus B tzGo Im iouth Australia ' rTni‘o of Australia Do. New ~f n Unity Mutual r4#tT•n ut 5 3 i 23 8 1 40 5 Gi at. 25 St. 110 ITNY.9 LFAsp, ; P.s[r. w'AYB, a.j i;c,diord ate Meta, toy Buckgharash. Clydesdale . Col. Stour Vy. E. Lin. K. 6 pc. E. lin. H. Sh, alas. Barr. k Neils. Direct 100 Do. N0vr,.,... all alstr.dt Dn Pr all ITrtlpi. Dk. Rail w.ly all Hull & Selby all Do. Share:. ali Do. f Shares. all Lon.&areeow all Do.Preferez, e 100 Lon., TH., A T ; 1100 I 1 0 all 100 • 3 Do. Bark. Sh. 1 100 Lowostoft 4 per cent. Do. 6 per et. all Manch. I3xtn. and Matlock all Middleabro' Rede.g 6 p.c. 100 Midltl.Bradl, 54 Newmarket Bury E. G.spc all N.& Est.s p.c. all Do. 6 per et. all Do. Fixeds p c all Prest. & N't y: all Do. 6 Shrs. A 100 Roystn.& Hit 18i Shef.Roth.an Gooleg.s p.c. all Shrews. &Her 10:1 S. Staffordsh. all Wear Valloygr 6 per cent... all D 0..... ......... 100 Wiltselomrst St. 10 St. 10 St. 10 50 i a] 101 a] 50 ; t it. ' lO l ?,0 ! Ai Bt. 104 st. 26 8 25 1' .t. 20 a 10 Bt. 10 to St. jF St. ;11 3t. li 3t. 3t. 11 3t. L St. 1( . 1( 4t:11.1 23 1 Ili 1 St. 11 it. 11 20 ] ?5 ill R. 100 10 1 10 1 et.l )0 100 It. 100 Ili 23 25 16 3 50 411 St. I_oo St. 100 10 3? IF ; 0 I!!) 11 (I I al; .0 I 9 all a 1 f's 12 25 3 it. 1 it. i 1 2 !CI all ;0 11! !O all .0 all 5 I all 5 all .0I a.ll o •11 in I 8 all !CI .10s. ;0 2s. iO all 20 5 to all 00 all 00 all 20 all ell !O lO 5 all 10 1 6 aii ;0 all 0 1108, !O 16 .0 4 6 5 1 all 10 15 !O I all 334 all 19 all tu 3 U all 16 all tU all n 1 all O all !O 5 (0, I: a an 5 all !O all .0 all 0 all 8i .0 nll ;0 all all 6 all 6 all !O • all Isi ,cto 50 !O I all 5 0 all 10 20 00 50 10 10 10 , 20 )0 35 LO all 5 1. !,5 r, all Day.) Cloging Price , . this lap. 4} - 4 8i 9 19. 20. lid 18 131 -- 14, - - 94 G 1 - 61 37 - • 38 0} - 14 19. 91 P. 41 43 2 8 - 30 7 - 6 - 9 53 - :34i 94 - 96 7 - 8 91i - 92 76 78 .23 125 11 113 65 :. 1 , 3 664 Business done this day I •. ,• - ... - 7 112 114 LO6 -• 106 20f - 211 10i -10 t 136 i - 1074 - . - ...~ 82 - 82, 63 - 55 .... •• 3i 14 -- 53 .4t.fr it 3} - 30 24 18f FO3 - 102 - 40 - 8i 11 - 28. 108 - 26 73 - t 1 - 74 - 85 4i 8 10 27 -20 i 6 - 2 4 -5; .•• - 9 i , - 1 '1 ---- ii 103 - 110 13 - f p 21j - 22 50 - 52 82 - 83 20/ - 21 24} - 94/ 24 - p 99 - 100 118 123 11Si - 123 108 110 19i 191 21s 22 ,d P 0 - p 2 2ip ;ISSN 6 -- NI 13 - 2ip 24 p 4 5 3/ d 9 —10 i par p A . • 5i - 6 6 6 p, 29i -30 j -8: 18i - 19, 37 - 38 Si - 91 54i - 55 51 -- 56 I - II.! is 20 1 ii 8 9 Bf i —9 i 41 4f 1 10 34 : , ,5 4 - 141 94 96 idi 60 --. 62 —Pi 1 - ral 69 71 - • •• .... •• • 13 -- 18 181 - 1 4 1 in - 1811 . -- "• .04 ....... ..1 • • ••••• .•• WI. 9., ..• 6 - 51 37 39 lid swo •"'" •• ... - .. 34 - 36 63 - 65 7 - 9 11 - 9(1 6 AT FIXED RF.NTA Closing Prices yesterday. Lorid•):. N. We ‘t. L. &N. W. Caledon... E. C. &E.O Gt. lirt E. Count. Cal doubt u. 96 - 98 98 - 102 11 - 13 [33 - 136 4 ... 4i Do Gt. Wear, Vi. New. Bores. IY. &NM. Do •.. 09 - ill 's. Easter Do 12a - t 3 23 —2l 107 - 109 13 Foto k, D 0........ . !Norfclk Do IN ''... •., L.& N. W & Midld. Stokton & Darlingt. Midland . 2i - 22 = 93 En. Conn. E. Count Do r 1 56 - 58 L. & N.W Do k• ..... ••• Gt North n Lancash & York eh. T. Brassey M. /Mean Stock t. 11 Darlingt Do 132 135 • ."..' ••• e -7 'eil RtWeatn. l 33 - 88 - PREFERENCE dEEAR go, all Myth andTyno I.oper a. pref. (issd. at 501' 100 Bris. & Ex. 4p. c. St, 5 Do. 4 p. c. Shares ... 100 Calodn. £lO 4i pc. 100 Ches.Btllo.Ou. 54 pc 100 Do. do. Pref. 5 per c. i all Cork drßandoubjp.c. al] Dua.Prth .etz Abor.J. 2 E. Anglian Cls. ASh 100 Do. de. Cls. B6p. c. 100 Do. do Cls. C 7p. c all Eas.Co.Ex, spcNo. all Do. No. 2 all Do. New 6 p. c. St all East Un., G. 6p. c all Do. SL , 10 per cent all Do. 101. Delieatr.SE. all Do. do. 4 per cent 100 East Lancash. 6 p.ets all .9',.ILW. York. J. sth , 4 Edin. & Gl. 5 p.c. sh 100 M.Prth.htDun.4p.c 100 Furness, sp. Glas. &S.W. G. p.c DO Great Northn. sp. c 1 100 Do. sp. 0. Roden. I - at 10 p. c. prom 1.06 Do. p.e 60 Do. sp. c., Red. at P. c• pm. all Ot.N. of Scot.latPrf , l t )f) Gt. S. , §I.V. (Ireland 16 Do. 4por o. Pref. S 6 qt. W.(B. , zll.Exspc 100 Do. con. red. 4i p.c. 100 D 9. con. red. 4p. c. 100 Do. irred. 4p. c. 100 Do. sp. c. rod. pref all Do. Birm. Pref. &A.. all Do. Chester Bp. c. all Do. do. 5 p. c. do.. 100 Do. Birm. Gua. Stk all Do. Ohm Gus. Sh al: Do. (lo do all Do. do. do 6 Lan. & York. F. .f 20 I.ou Do. 6p. c: Stock 100 hon.& B. G. 5 pc.No.l 'lOO Do. P., spc. St.No.2 100 De. New Gnar.6 t . 100 Do. do. sp. c.,N0.4 100 Lon. &N. W., Coy. & Nlnneaton 5 p. ct... 100 fou.Sz S.:W. 7 per ct late 3d Sha;es all L .ndy.& Color. Sh. all Londy. & Ennis. Rll 4.,5.,& L.. 6 p. Cent 44, Do. do. do. £6 100 Do. do. 31 per cent. all Warypt.&Carl.4p all Do. per cent 10 Do. do. 1100 lti3. Consol.6 p.c.St 1100 Con. Br. f';ir. 6 p( 1 100 Do. 4i p. c. Pref. • t 1 ,100 Ditto & Pref. I New., Aber., die., pr. all } sp. c. red. 5 p.c. pin. 6 Do. Perpet. 6 p et. with optn. till '66 all Norfk. Dob, 4 p.c. sh 1100 Do. Pref. 5 p.c. St 1100 Do. 5 pc. Ext.,1846 100 D.. 5: . k . per c.pf.„1847 100 Do. Av. Fl pe.,1847 100 North British 3. Do 71. Preference ilthi N. E. fierce, 4 p.c. P. !35 Do. do. do 15 Do Leeds6p.c:No.l 9 Do. do. Qre.,1848 10 Do.YorkH.& S. Pur, all North Staffordshire 100 0x,W0,k,W., pc._ 100 Do. 6 p.c. Redeem. all Boot. Cent. ,Now Prof 100 3c.N.E. Aber. g 6 pe all Do. d0.,7 p.c. pf. et. ,100 D0.d0., 3 p.c. pf. et all South Devon all Do. fixed,4i per cent all S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. 100 Do. 4i per cent all Do. Fixed 4i p• sh 100 S Wales Qua. 4p. c 100 Do„ do. 4. p. c all 3.Yorksb.4p.c.Guar all '-ltock,& Dar., 5 p. c 15 Do: do. do all Stock. & Hartl. g. 5 p. e. till July 1,'56 all Platerfd.Bc Kilk.6pc .• • "'" • ••• ..... •I so : ei - E 6 - 1~ -. I al; 13P 4 12 12 ••• •••• . • 00 h ••• -- . • •• •••••• , ; 7'6 • •• •• . 18 -.190 [l2 - 113 LO2 104 63 - 65 9 1 - 10. - 93 - 95 83 S 5 98 108 10 - 101 161 - 171 10 - 10 74 - 75 191 - 20 9i - 10,1 14i - 154 37 - 139 139 - 142 113 - 120 .» _. r. 1157 - 6.9 i - /0 ... -.." , . ... -..... 1 137 - 139 98 - 100 89 - 1 - li ••• .... ••• ••• .... ••• •e• ....". ••• 103 -10 G S 6 id t•• i .• i d 04 7._ 109 113 - 116 105 - 110 ii 23 24 102 105 110 k —10 d 274 -• 28i 2 - 2 p 3 - 31 MINES. all ! A.nglo Californian 7 t Australian ....... all Baden (Gd. Duchy of) all BlEenar. Iron Sr C-oa , 14 British Iron 266 Brazilianlmp.(issuod at £5 pm.) all Do. Comes & Cuiabt 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 6 Clarendon Cons. Min Co. of Jamaica all Cobra Copper 1A Colonial Gold all Copper Min. of Eng all Do. Prof. 76 p. cent 1. 1 ! Copiapo . all Fortuna. 20 all Oenetal all Gt.NnggetVeinß , g. all Great Polgooth. all Gt Wheal Vor Unite all Liberty all Linares 14 Losittmian all Mariquita all New Granada all Nouveau Monde all Pontgi.Sil.& Le. Min 1 Port Philip all Quartz Rock all fthynaney Iron all Do. New 15i Santiago de Cuba 6s. Sort. Cons. Min. Co all South Australian all Do. Scrip all Do. 10 per cent Prof 4 Tani. S. &L. Min. Co 9 Tin Croft all United Mexican all Waller all West Mariposa 12s. Worthing Mining a l Australia MISCELLA. 19 astrattan .4g ricult. 1 d 3 % 40 1 1 ; 1 6 CAlclaerurin:la.rnaia' dAa Vir m a e t r it e i o a r a y W n al L ok:s:: Go.dp.c. Jan&july .00 Do. 6 p.c. Feb & Aug .00 Do. Bp c. Mar & Sept all Crystal Palace all Do. Preference all Crystal Pal. of France Duston Iron Ore 18 Eastern Steam. [OO Electric Telegraph_ all Mectrin Teleg. of Ir. all Ea.&Aus Cop Sm Co all Gen. Ir Sc Col (lim.) 14 Gon. Steam Navigat. all General Screw Steam 5 London Discount all Lond. Gen. Omnibus 10 Magdalena St. Navin all Aediteran. Elec. Tel. all Mexica.n&S.Americn. 5 Nat. Discount Co. 5 Do. New 5 Netherlands Land all Do. Do. 3 Do. 8 pcPissatld 1 Do. Do 80 Now B. dz N. S. Land ••• Gov. sp.c. D. all N. B. Australasian -17 I•Trth. of Europeste all Oriental Ga s .. 2s. Do. "New Sfiar".es. . • all Peel Rr. Ld. & :4l inrl. all Peninsular& Oriental 10 Do. Now .. 130 Royal Mail Steam all Scot. A.ustral. Invest. all Ditto New. all South A u str a l.lian d Snbmar. al. Do. Registered „. 5 Trust& 14. Co.T.T. CA 13 `2B Van Diemen's Land V.i4-1.0p., Jan& ./114 4 - 11 76 - 1 - 16 3 - 36 16 - 18 55 - 57 30 - 35 25 - 27 13 -• 15 - 11,1 i - i . - • - 6 •• •.. g • —8, Id 0 i-1 i - 10 23 25 7 9 2a 3 la 11 1- h 3k-- 4i 3 3 / 4 - 4 I_ i 'ROUE!. 22 - 24 5i - 6 40 - 45 131 -• 134 110 - 11011 .24- ii 5 i - 61 9 . 1 ... ---* 1~ -- 1 6f 3 cl 3a 3i 21— I 2 I - 3 4 3i 4p id IP = d l 11 1 OP 21 6 4 5 35 —. 37 ' 1 t 1 WM. 94 34 4} 66 i 96 52 113 i 13 1064 6 1 St. St. 10 10 1 50 20 35 934 4i Ili D 0.., 'Do.., liasineab this day ~: b i - 7 .-aVii 44,' • ''4)." SUiV OFFICE, Six o'clock SPAIN. The Madrid journals of the 15th contain no thing of political interest. The Gazette contains a royal decree which enacts that governors and functionaries of provinces shall be formed into a corps called " Civil Provincial Administration ;" that the salary of the Governor of Madrid shall be 60,000 reals a-year ; and that of the governors of other provinces, 40,000. The Gazette announces that two other bishops, those of Tarragona and Urgel, have sent addresses to the Queen thanking her Majesty for what she has done for the Church. ROYAL SWEDISH RAILWAY. MEETING THIS DAY. A general meeting of the English share and bond holders in this undertaking was held this afternoon at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, W. J. Chaplin, Esq., M.P., in the chair. The attendance was small. The Secretary, having read the report and balance sheet, the particulars of which have already been pub lished in The Sun, The CHAIRMAN, in moving the reception and adoption of the report, said this was the first time he had ap peared before them as Chairman of this railway. The report so amply entered into the state of the company's affairs, that very few remarks would be required from him relative to their overcoming the difficulties in which they were entangled. He and his colleagues had liberally subscribed to the preference shares, to restore confidence to the concern. Mr. Tottie had resigned his seat at the board from a variety of considerations, more especially on account of his connection with the Swedish Govern. ment, who had an idea of purchasing the line for incor poration in a general system of state railways in that country. It was impossible for the deputation to carry it out when they lately visited Sweden and had an audience of the King, in consequence of the Diet not being sitting. The King had since made a communica tion to the Diet, who were now considering the question. He called on the shareholders to give the English directors their confidence, and assist them in carrying out the object they had in view—the sale of the line to the Swedish Government. The state of negotiations did not then admit of his stating explicitly what the directors were doing, but they hoped speedily to bring the nego tiations to a satisfactory conclusion. He urged on the shareholders the necessity of confidence in the directors, and to abstain from discussing items of detail, and how the purchase money should be divided should the nego tiations prove successful. The Chairman then read a telegraphic communication he had just received from Sweden, relative to the application to the Diet for a loan, stating that the company must work the railway entirely on their own resources or sell, and that the Zing of Sweden considered the price asked for the line too high. lleimentioned this to show that by entering into a discussion of its details much injury might ar!se to the shareholders. In answer to some remarks from nr. M'CATLER, Mr. SMISOUIi said that it was a question whether the undertaking should now be sacrificed, or some of it sated for the general good of all. (Hear.) It was nec9ssar; they should give the directors that confidence to which they wet e entitled ; and he argued that it was not then desirable to state the particulars of the negotiations going on with the Swedish Government. There was a party in the Diet of Sweden opposed to the purchase of the line on account of the i'reat frauds that had been committed in connection with it, and who naturally considered they ought not to pay for them The;directore, and he felt sure the shareholders also bad no wish for the people of Sweden to do it, but to give them, as they were bound if they purchased the line, a fair equivalent for it. (Rear, hear.) Before the English directors decided on the sale of the line, the English shareholders would be called together and consulted. In reply to questions from various shareholders, The CHAIRMAN said that the whole of the line, 45 miles, was expected to be opened in August; and in re• fereuce to the general affairs of the company during the late Mr. Sadleir's time, said that money was paid will]. out any entry being made in the books of the compa ay to that effect—(hear, hear)—and that the first intim.a tion he and others had of it was from the creditors w GO had been so paid. The money appeared to have be en obtained by Mr. Sadleir in the best way he could, handing it over to meet the most pressing demands on him. He appeared to have bad much of other people's money and much of their own, and the directors had. a difficult task in going through the company's account,‘ A SHAREHOLDER complained that the Swedish Go vernment had not kept faith with the company. _ . After some further remarks, the report was nnai2i mously received and adopted. Mr. SIZTUOUR, in reply to a question from a share holder, said th a t if th e whole of the calls were paid lap they would b e a bl e to pay their debts and co m plete the li ne . Th e company had not fulfilled i ts con tract with the Swedi s h G overnment, and t h ere f or e they bad no right t o comp l a i n of them. Although the com , pany had forfeited the caution-money, the Government of Sweden paid them interest on it, and allowed all the articles required to be imported duty free. Resolutions were then agreed to, authorising the En g. lish directors to increase the issue of preference shares to 40,000, irrespective of those issued to or to be taken by creditors, and then close the subscription till one-half of the line be open for working ; and that a second call of 11. on the preference shares be made within the next tl; o . 4 LAW INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.) COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. THE QUEEN V. MARIA CL AIME IN RE ALICIA RACE. Th) question raised was whether the mother, a Roman Catholic, was entitled to the custody of her orphan female child of N years of age, her father dying a Pro testant. Lord Chief Justice Campbell, this morning, delivered the judgment of the Court at great length, to the effect that the mother, as the natural nurture guardian of the child, in the absence of any legal guardian having been appointed by the father, was entitled to the custody and training of the child—on the supposition that the appli• cation was made bona fide, and for no immoral purpose, and that the mother was a fit and proper person to have the custody and training of the child. Mr. O'Malley moved the Court for a peremptory order to deliver up the child to her mother immediately, as attempts were just now being made to get the child declared a ward of Chancery ; and an application was made to Vice-Chancellor 'Wood for an injunction to restrain the plaintiff from enforcing the order of Court now obtained for the eustody of the child. The Lord Chief Justice orderd the child to be imme diately delivered up to the mother, saying that ha did not care for any injunction that might be granted in the matter. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Holroyd.) ROYAL BRITISH BANA.---THR LAST ExAMINATION 01' months. After some further business, Mr. Tottie explained his reasons for resigning from the board, which resignation was accepted with regret. Thanks were then voted to the chairman and t the directors, and the meeting terminated. LONDON AND WESTMINSTER BANK. ANNUAL MEETING,(TEfIS DAY.) The annual general meeting of the proprietors of this Corporation was held this day at the Bank office 8, Lothbury. The chair was occupied by Alderman Salomons. The report, which was adopted unanimously, stated that the profit of the half year was 93,2651. 12s. 3 :1., of which the directors added to the surplus fu n d 2,2871. 55., making that fund 150,000, and now declared a dividend of 6 per cent, per annum, together with a bonus of 6 per cent, on the paid-up capital. The tol.al assets and liabilities was on both sides 12,679,439/. A resolution for the payment of the dividend mern tioned in the report was carried unanimously. The election of William Tite, Eeq., and Bonainy Dobree, jun., Esq., who have been nominated by the directors to seats at the board, in place of Frederick Barmester, Esq, deceased, and Alderman Farnconib, resigned, was confirmed. The retiring directors, David Salomons, Eq., Henzy Bosanquet, Esq., and Bonamy Dobree, Esq., wore unanimously re-elected. A vote of thanks to the chairman terminated the p co• ceedings. MARKET NEWS.—(This Day.) CORN EXCHANGE. Fresh p, i a very limited supp l y of English wheat came to hand, a but the show of Monday's unsaid samples was rather extensive. For all kinds the demand ruled heavy, but we have no actual change to notioe in i;he quotations. There was a large quantity of foreign wheat in the m NT ket, and that grain met a dull inquiry, at barely station: try prices. We had a slow sale for barley, at Monday's decline in value. In malt very little was doing, on former terms. Oats were in moderate supply and fair request, at f ull prices. Beans and peas supported previous rates ; but flour s fas dull, and lower to purchase. Wheat• 840 ARRIVALS THIS 'SRI. t Barley. I l l Aal i t ti I 580 _ 4-- English .. Irish .. •• Foreign } Oats. i Fiou r. 10 I 62 0 2,600 1,780 7,350 3,440 1 .. . - i 20,2 :30 ban( as. BOROUGH Hop . Our market is steady, and prices are well supported, WHITECHAPEL The trade generally ruled firm to-day, as folio , 4. . —Beef from 3s 4d to 4s 6d; mutton, 3B 8(1, to 4s 1( }d ' veal, 4s 4d to 5s 4d; pork, 4s Od to 5s 4d per 81bs., by the carcase. A magnificent banquet was given yesterday ever lug by the Queen of Oude, at Hawley House, to the ch, 1i r man, deputy-chairman, and court of directors of the Hon. East India Company. The banquet and wines were of the most recherchd description, provided by Messrs. Bathe and Co., of the London Tavern. TUE LATE FALL OF A HOUSE IN SIDITALFIELDS.- - 7 res• n‘dVonßilaoksepr the coroner Hospital respecting the d, , res u i zed the d i a n y ci a u f i t r e y r n a o t o t n h e A L I r o . of Thomas AVStay, aged 14 months, who was kills( i by the fall of a stack of chimneys at No. 17, Dorset-sti +eet, Spitalfields, on Sunday afternoon, the 11th inst., s ome particulars of which appeared in this j ,, urnal on A Eon day week last. A verdict of accidental death was t turned. pin s'7a 32f 31 x d 100 Pm 21 THE DIRECTORS. From some error in the Law Notices it was announced that a meeting for the last examination of the directors who were to represent the bank would be hold, and many creditors were present at the early part of the day. The time appointed for the last examination is the 19th Feb., at 11 o'clock. No accounts have yet been filed, and according to the rules of the Court they must be filed ten clear days before the time appointed, or the exami• nation cannot be proceeded with, even by consent. M. HUMPHREY BROWN'S PETITION TO ANNUL. To-day was appointed for hearing arguments on the petition of Mr. Humphrey Brown, M.P., to annul the adjudication in bankruptcy against the Royal British Bank. After some time, Mr. Linklater said that, under the sanction of the court, the accounts between the bank and Mr. Brown, which were voluminous, would be re ferred to arbitration, which would enable him to do what he had promised to do, to realise the securitie , r, and otherwise give valuable information. The assignees, therefore, were happy in consenting that the petition should be withdrawn, without costs. The learned gentleman drew the attention of his Honour to the fact that one of the allegations in the petition was that the adjudication had been ob. tained by fraud. He was glad to Fay that, on his (Vlr. Linklater's) addressing himself to Messrs. Tucker, the solicitor to the petitioner, they at once dis avowed any intention to impute fraud, but attributed its insertion to the haste in which it has been drawn by counsel. The assignees therefore considered the charge had been withdrawn without reserve. Mr. Greville, for Mr. Brown, expressed regret Gal such an allegation had been made, and expressed a belie] that the present arrangement would be beneficial to all parties. His Honour consented to the proposition for the dis missal of the petition, and considered the assignees had acted liberally in consenting after such a charge. The petition was dismissed without costs. THE SAWARD FORGERY GANG. This morning Saward, alias " the Barfister," alias "Jim the Penman," and Anderson, the two men charged with extensive forgeries on the bankers of the metro polis, were again placed at the bar at the Mansion-house before the Lord Mayor, for further examination. The evidence was principally of a carroborative cha racter with regard to the statements of the two approvers, Atwell and Hardwicke. The prisoners were again remanded. POLICE INTELLTGENCE.—(This Day.) MARLBOROUGH-STREET. A DISORDERLY PAUPER.—Ann White, a low, dissi pated looking woman, was brought before Mr. Bea,don, charged with violently agsaulting Ann Harrison, an inmate of St. Martin's Workhouse. The complainant, a poor, but decent-looking old woman, stated that yesterday she had a day'a leave granted her by the master of the house, and on her re turn home, about seven o'clock, the prisoner, of whom she had no previous knowledge, deliberately picked up a large atone, which she threw at her head and struck her with great force on her left temple. Complainant, who was in great pain, called out, and the porter came out and give the prisoner into custody. Charles Rowe, assistant relieving officer of St. Mar- tin's parish, said he was at the workhouse on the previ ous evening, when he saw the prisoner take aim at the complainant's head with a atone, and then fling it at her. The stone struck her on the bead, which was very much swoollen in uonsequence. He at once seized the prisoner and gave her into custody. Rowe added that the prisoner existed entirely by going from workhouse to workhouse, and her conduct was so very bad that he almost dreaded a visit from her. Last night she applied for admittance as a casual pauper, but as he invariably made it a practice of taking in all the aged and feeble poor before he admitted a single able-bodied pauper, he desired the prisoner to wait a short time, when, if there was room, she would be admitted. The prisoner refused to wait, and her language was dreadful to hear ; in fact she was one of the worst casual paupers in London. The prisoner, with an oath, said she threw the stone, but meant it for Rowe's-- head ; he was a villain and a scoundrel, and ought to have admitted her into the house. They were all -- thieves together, and she wished them at --. She was proceeding in a similar strain when Mr. Beadon cut her short by fining ber 51., and in default committed her for two months. THAMES. DARING RC/EBERT AND OUTRAGE IN HIGH -STREET, WHITECHATEL—Richard Irvine, who described himself as coming from 19, Dunstan-street, Kingsland-road, was brought before Mr. Yardley on the following charge:— Charles Baker, a City police-constable, No. 635, said a large crowd had collected this morning in High-street, Whitechapel, at 11 o'clock, to see General Tom Thumb and his carriage and horses passing along the street. A sailor was among the crowd, and the prisoner and four others pushed him, shoved him against the shutters of a shop that was closed, and one of them began to unscrew the watoh from the chain, and obtained possession of it. He immediately seized the prisoner, and tried to secure the fellow who had the watch which he let fall on the ground. The prisoner immediately tripped him up and flung him on the ground, and the man who stole the watch made his escape. He kept his hold of the prisoner, who flung him on the ground again and ran away. He pursued the prisoner and overtook him close to Aldgate pump, when the pri soner put his foot out and flung him on the ground a third time. A cry was raised by the prisoner'scompan ions, "slog him, slog him" (meaning to beat him and disable him), rand he was kicked and struck several times by the prisoner's companions, who were all no• torious thieves. He got away from them, and again pursued the prisoner, who was stopped in Fenchurch street. In answer to questions by Mr. Yardley, the witness stated that he did not say be was a constable when he first seized the prisoner, but he did say that he was a constable when he seized the prisoner at Aldgate Pump. The pickpockets and thieves were very active when Tom Thumb's carriage was passing. He was sure the prisoner was one of the men who " bustled" the sailor and forced him against the shutters. Robert Cane, of No. a, Westmoreland-road, confirmed the evidence of Baker in every particular. Mr. Yardley—Did the sailor recover his watch Baker—He did, sir. Mr. Yardley remanded the prisoner until Friday. SOUTHWARK. WATCH ROBBERY BY A CARD SHARPER.—CharIes Jarvis, a middle-aged man, well known to the police as a skittle and card sharper, was brought before Mr. Combe for final examination, charged with stealing a watch from the person of William Simpson. The prosecutor, a simple-looking sailor, said that he resided at Southohurch, in Essex, and on Tuesday after noon, the 13th instant, he was with a mate of his in a public-house near St. George's Church partaking of some refreshment, when the prisoner came in and offered to sell a chain and key for three shillings and sixpence. Finding he could not sell them, he said he would raffle them. The prisoner then pulled out some cards, and laid them on the table. A man in the company, as well as his mate, made bets with the prisoner as to tu rn i ng up t h e ace o f spa d es . They lost about two shilli ngs eac h. Witness looked carefully _e at the cards, and was o f opinion that he could tur n up. t h e card. The priso ner offered to bet witness two so ve r ei g ns against his watch. Wit ness acce pted the bet, and was about to turn up th e rea l car d, when the prisoner snatched the watch from him, saying that he had lost, and he then left the house. Witness followed him, but soon lost sight of hi m , an d ho saw nothing more of him until Friday afternoon, when he met him in the Borough and gave him into custody. Mr. Combe fully committed the prisoner for trial at the next sessions. THE LATE DUKE OF RUTLAND, E.G. We have received intelligence of the death of the vener able Duke of Rutland, which took place at half-past 3 o'clock yesterday, at Belvoir-castle, near Grantham, in his 79th year. The immediate cause of his death was an attack of bronchitis, supervening on a gradual decay. John Henry Manners, sth Duke and 14th Earl of Rut land, Senior Knight of the Garter, Lord Lieutenant and Custos Rotulorurn of the county of Leicester, and Co lonel of the Leicestershire Militia, High Steward of Cambridge, Recorder of Scarborough and Grantham, a trustee of the British Museum, and one of the Council of King's College, London, born on the 4th January, 1778. He was the eldest and last surviving son of Charles, fourth Duke (son of the celebrated Marquis of Granb'), who died suddenly in 1787, at the age of 34, from an internal attack while holding the important post of Lord Lieutenant of Ireland,* by the Lady Mary Isabella Somerset, youngest daughter of Charles, fourth Duke of Beaufort, who died in 1831, long after she had outlived her reputation as the most beautiful woman of her day. The late Duke succeeded to the princely title and estates of his father when he was under ten years of age, and consequently held hisdukedom for the unprecedented period of all but 70 years. At the usual age his Grace entered Trinity College, Cambridge, then under Dr. Pestlethwaite, where he took the degree of M.A. in 1797. At the time of his decease he must have been nearly the senior member of that college, with the ex ception of Lord Lyndhurst, who graduated there some three years before him. Having come to his title at so early an age, his Grace was never able to hold a seat in the House of Commons. In 1799, however, he took his seat in the Upper House, and naturally gave his support to the then existing Ministry of Mr. Pitt, who, it may here be remarked, owed to the recommendation of the father his first introduction to public life as member for Lord Lonsdale's pocket borough of Appleby. The Duke, however, though on one occasion, we believe, he moved or seconded the Address in the House of Lords, never took an active or prominent part in the proceedings of that assembly, but contented himself with giving to the Ministries of Pitt, Addington, Perceval, and Liverpool, as afterwards to Wellington, Peel, and Lord Derby a steady but silent support. Daring the greater portion of his time his brothers, the late Lord Charles and Robert Manners, represented the Tory interest in the counties of Leicester and Cambridge, in which lies the greater part of the pre• perty of the house of Rutland. The late duke was by conviction a strong supporter of the old-fashioned opinions of his party on Church and State questions, and accordingly he opposed the relaxa tion of the Test and Corporation Acts, and also resisted the Catholic Relief Bill as long as be felt that the latter could be refused with safety to the State. Indeed so late as the month of Jan., 1829, we find the name of his Grace heading an address to the Crown against the proposed innovation in the constitution, but as soon as he was convinced that the Duke of Wellington and Sir Robert Peel had but one course open before them, if they wished to avoid the horrors of a civil war, he did did not shrink from professing a change in his opinions and from giving his vote in favour of the mea sure. Eventually, however, his deeply-rooted prin ciples or prejudices resumed their place, and at the final division in the House of Lords upon that important measure his Grace was one of the four dukes who voted among the minority, declaring them selves "not content." To the Reform Bill, also, his Grace was strenuously opposed upon principle, though here again, in the self-same spirit, he abstained from recording his vote against the measure on the decisive and final division of April 14, 1832. His opposition to the repeal of the corn laws is too recent to need being repeated here. A Tory by conviction, and possessed, as he was, of the extensive political influence which was inseparable from his large landed property, it is not remarkable that his Grace should have received an early mark of Ministerial favour in the shape of the Blue Riband of the Garter, which was conferred upon him in 1803 by the then Premier, Mr. Addington, afterwards first Lord Sidmouth, and for many years previous to the time of his decease he had become senior Knight of that illustrious order. His Grace, however, found a more congenial sphere of action in his native county and his domestic circle than in political glans and the atmosphere of courts. As a magistrate, country gentleman, friend, neighbour, and parent it is not too much to say that be was equally honoured and beloved. As a proof of the affectionate regard in which he was held by his tenantry we may mention that so lately as Christmas, 1855, the tenants on the Belvoir estates presented him with his portrait, which they had painted by subscription by Grant. He took great pride in his corps of Leicestershire Yeomanry; and at Christmas and other seasons of the year, and especially on his own birthday (Jan. 4), he rejoiced in keeping open house in "princely style," and in entertain ing not only his family and friends, but the leading in. habitants of the eountry and his own poorer dependents. He also subscribed largely to the maintenance of the ieicestershire hunt, though for some years he had been unable to follow the amusements of the chase. It should be added that his Grace was regarded with high esteem by the poet Crabbe, who owed to his father his earliest preferments ; and who mentions him with much respect in the prefaces prefixed to hip poetical works. By his wife, the lady Elizabeth Howard, daughter of the filth Earl of Carlisle, to whom he was married in 1799, and who died about 30 years ago, ho had issue four daughters and three sons. - Of the former, two are deceased, the Lady Katharine Jermyn, and the Lady Emmeline Stuart Wortley ; though the reputation of the latter lady as a poetess of no common order will not readily pass away. Her death, near Beyrout, in the au tumn of last year, which will be fresh in the memory of our readers, was a grievous blow to the Duke, who was fondly attached to her. His two surviving daughters are the Lady Elizabeth F. Drummond, and the Lady Adeliza Norman. His Grace's three sons all hold seats in the present House of Commons—the Marquis of Granby, for North Leicestershire ; Lord John Manners, for Colchester; and Lord George Manners, for Cambridge shire. Lord George, who is also a captain in the Horse Guards?, was recently married to the Lady Adeliza Howard, daughter of the late and sister of the present Duke of Norfolk. The name of Lord John Manners has long been before the political world as head of the Woods and Forests under the short-lived Administration of Lord Derby, while the literary public are better ac. quainted with his lordship as the author of some poems of a highly feudal and medieval character, and of a " Plea for National Holydays." His Grace's eldest son, Charles Cecil John, Marquis of Granby, who has now succeeded to the dukedom, was appointed in 1852 Lord Lieutenant and Custos Rotulorunt of Lincolnshire on the resignation of the late Earl Brownlow. He was born in 1815, and is unmarried. His lordship. is well known as one of the heads of the " country" or Protec tionist party, in which capacity he has frequently spoken with considerable ability in the House of Commons, though he did not take office under Lord Derby. It may be remembered that he declined to lead the great Conservative party in the House of Commons on the death of Lord George Bentinck. The vast estates of Belvoir are possessions inherited by the ducal family of Rutland on account of their de scent from the ancient Barons Roos or De Roos, an heiress of which noble family married Sir Robert Man ners, ex-Sheriff of Northumberland, towards the close of the 15th century, and eventually succeeded to the Barony of De Ros. Thomas, 13th Lord de Roe, created Earl of Rutland in 1525, and honoured with the Knight. hood of the Garter, held many important posts in the Court and Cabinet of Heary VIII. He was the grand son of Anne Plantagenet, sister of Edward IV. It is re marked as strange by Sir E. Brydges, in his article on the English peerage, in the Quarterly Review for April, .1830, that, " notwithstanding this alliance with the House of York, the Earls of Rutland were able to escape the oppression of the Tudors." Tbe second earl rebuilt the family mansion of Belvoir. On the death of the third earl, in 1857, the titles of Rutland and De Ros became separated, the latter passing in the female line to his lordship's only daughter, wife to the celebrated Lord Burleigh, afterwards Earl of Exeter ; but the titles were again united for a time in the person of the sixth earl. The tenth earl, who had previously received a summons to Parliament from Charles 11., in his father's lifetime, as Lord Manners, was raised to the dukedom in 1703. The second duke married a daughter of the celebrated patriot, William, Lord Russell, by whom he became the grandfather of the great Marquis of Granby, whose military reputation, handed down to our own times on the signboard of many a village inn, was won during the years which he spent in Germany as Com mander-in-Chief of the British forces serving under Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick. The Marquis of Granby who died before his father, and consequently never sue ' ceeded to the duked om , was gran df at h er of the duke so lately deceased. The late Archbishop (Manners-Sutton) of Canterbury and the first Lord Manners, sometime Lord Chancellor of Ireland, were first cousins of the deceased duke. The archbishop's eldest son, Sir Charles Manners Sutton, was for many years member for the University of Cam bridge, and Speaker of the House of Commons from 1817 to 1834, and was elevated to the Viscountcy of Canterbury in 1835. * The late Dr, Watson, Bishop of Llandaff, in his place in tho House of Lords, pronounced a warm ou lo g ium on the duke soon after decease, which may be found recorded in the " Gentleman's Magazine " for November, 1787. A more correct and far more graphic account of his character, and of his Lord-Lieutonantcy in Ireland, may be found in the 2,1 vol. of Sir Nathaniel Wrasall's " Posthumous Memoirs of his Own Time. -- or At a court which was held pg, Ei g ht Hon. J a letter from the yeset°eruclitaThOtWheAl:7--. s rElldgMily. residinortley, the Solicit or -G eneral, was read, thanki n g the court for the vote of congratula tion which been passed upon his a ccess i on to that bad office. Ald e rman Wire called attent ion t o some erro eons statements lately published about the state of vv ,„t e Gaol, and wished them to b e re f erred to the -e Gaol C o mmittee, to contradict or correct them. No resolution, however, was adopted on the subject. The nub-committee on the state of Whitecross-street Prison b a d prepared a report, in which th ey sa id — " The existing evils are a want of cleanliness, great laxity of discipline, occasional disturbances, disregard of the governor's au thority, sometimes a display of insulting and violent con duct towards solicitors or others whose duty may lead them there to serve ,process, &c., and a coercive bearing towards such new-coming inmates as may desire to with hold themselves from a familiar identification with the prison community. The sub-committee are of opinion, that although much may be done to render the existing state of things less unsatisfactory, more might be accom plished if the law of debtor and creditor, as administered under the act for the relief of insolvent debtors, could to some extent be amended so as to give power to some officer of the Insolvent Debtors' Court, or of the prison, to enforce that part of the act which deals with the property of the debtor and discharges his person from enetodyt RAILWAY INTELLIGBIWE. LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST, The report of the directors of this company`states that the amount of capital raised to the 31st of Dec., 1856, was 7,759,415/ e consisting of 1,906,1351. mortgage debt, 1,234,726/, preference capital, and 4,618,5541. consolidated stock. The total outlay on capital account during the half-year has been 7,7461., of which 4,7911. has been expended in the execution of works necessary to accommodate the increasing traffic, and the remain der had been applied towards the construction of an electric telegraph on the Portsmouth and Hastings lines and minor branches. The extra number of miles now worked over, to which a further addition will be made when the West -end line is opened throughout, will render it necessary that the rolling stock should be augmented so as to meet these re quirements, as well as those it right the genera ll y i ncreasing traffic. The directors think right t o ca l l attention to this subject, as, the available capital being only 7,5921., it will be necessary, at an early p er i o d , to ask the proprietors to sanction an application to Parliament for power to increase it, for, should the traffi c cont i nue to expand, it will not be possible to conduct it with effici ency and economy unless adequate means are provided. The average rate of interest on the mortgage debt still remains at 41. 2e. per cent. The gross revenue for the half-year has been 433,5721., showing an increase of 24,9661. over the corresponding half-year of 1855, and making a total increase of 57,2291. for the year 1856, as compared with 1855. Upon examining the detailed ac counts of traffic it is satisfactory to find that this in crease is not confined to any particular locality, but is distributed generally over every portion of the company's system of li nes . F rom the comparative table given in the report it app ears th e num b er ef miles run during t he half-year was 963,103, against 1,118,573 at the corres ponding period of 1855 ; and the total traffic receipts (excluding cartage) amounted to 421,0791., against 396,9801. The total expenses (excluding cart age) amounted to 183,4501., against 174,0421. ; the cost of wane amounted to 8,3581., against 8,1171. at the corresponding period of 1855. The ordinary ex penses for the half-year were 151,5101., against 139,9651., and the renewals and additions 31,9401., against 34,0771. The expenses per train mile were 3s. 91d., against 3s lid., and the percentage of expenses on traffic re ceipts 433 against 431. A table exhibiting the prb gross of the traffic during the past nine years shows that the number of passengers conveyed on the line was 2,485,778 in 1848 and 6,811,904 in 1856, and the receipts 349,9771. and 540,7871. respectively. The season tickets had increased from 10,4271. to 33,1551., the parcels from 13,1301. to 17,6551., the goods from 61,4331. to 138,8511., and the rents, &c., from 5,581/. to 11,5291. The total receipts, exclusive of cartage, increased from 453,4081. in 1848 to 758,7591. in 1856. The number of miles run was 1,119,308 in 1848, and 1,887,488 in- 1856. The total expenditure in 1848 amounted to 187,0871., including 39,9551, for taxation, and in 1856 to 330,9421., including 48,1531. for taxation. Toe total working expenses in 1848 amounted to 147,1321., including 6,1611. for renewals and additions ; and in 1856 to 282,7891., including 51,4181. for renewals and additions. The preferential charges for mortgage debt and guaranteed ca pi ta l amounted in 1848 to 104,0411., and in 1356 to 1 45,3771., and the dividend to from 31. 12e. per cent, to 61. per cent. The dividend in 1849 was at the rate of 31. 17s. per cent. ; in 1850, 41. 2s, per cent. ; in 1851, 41. 16e. per cent. ; in 1852, 41. 4s. per cent. ; in 1853, 5 per cent. ; in 1854, 51. 10s. per cent. ; in 1855, 5 per cent. ; and in 1856, at the rate of 6 per cent. A considerable sum has been again expended in renewals of the perma nent. way, carriages, and waggons. The vehicles now constructed by the company are more costly than the old ones which they replace, inasmuch as they are of a superior and more durable quality, and capable of carry ing a much larger number of passengers. Considerable additions and improvements have also been made in the locomotive stock, to which five powerful engines have been added during the past half-year. The length of the main line remaining to be relaid and fiihjointed is 121 miles, the larger portion of which will be completed during the current year. The system adopted by the directors has resulted in placing the permanent way, buildings, and rolling stock in a most efficient and satis factory condition, and they are also pleased to have it in their power to inform the proprietors that this efficient condition of the line and plant, combined with the zeal, intelligence, and energy t.f their staff, has enabled them to carry on a largely increased traffic during the,past year with perfect safety to the public, and without an acci dent. The directors have, subject to the sanction of the proprietors, entered into an agreement with the promoters of a line from Lewes to Uckfield, a distance of 71 miles, similar to that made with the East Grin stead Company, the rent in this case being 1,8801. per annum, or 4 per cent, upon a capital of 47,0001., this company securing the right of purchasing it at any bine!, for that sum . The other scheme is for a line about 14i miles in length, from Horsham to Petworth. The cost of construction will be about 7,000/. per mile ; and the', directors have made a similar arrange ment with its promoters, at 4 per cent. upon the esti mated cost, with power to purchase it at any time upon like terms. The net amount at the credit of the revenue account is 166,0501., out of which the directors recom mend the payment of a dividend of 3i per cent. for the half-year, amounting to 161,6491., leaving a balance to the credit of the current half-year of 4,4011., and making the dividend for the year 1856 amount to 6 per cent. The revenue account for the half-year shows that 433,7911. had been received, and 191,8071. expended, including 12,0841. rates and taxes, and 13,5881. Go vernment duty, leaving a balance of 241,9831., out of which 72,0231. is deducted for preference charges, 1,0001. for the benevolent fund, 1,0001. insurance fund, 1,0001. rent of East Grinstead line, and 9101. for rent of Wim bledon and Croydon Railway, leaving 166,0491,, as above, for ordinary dividend. GRAND TRUNK OF CANADA. The arrangements of this company for booking passen gers from the principal ports in Europe to Canada and the leading cities of the United States have been coin pleted. By means of those arrangements a passenger or emigrant is enabled to ascertain the actual expense, be fore starting, of his passage by ship and railway from Europe to his destination in North America. Ile will thus not only be protected from the extortion of persons on landing, but will be under the care of the company's agents till conveyed to the end of his journey. It ap pears that the company have agents at Liverpool, Hull, Aberdeen, Glasgow, Dublin, Belfast, Cork, Gal way, Havre, Antwerp, Rotterdam, Bremen, and Ham burg for booking passengers, the chief office being in London. From those places passengers can be booked through via Boston, Portland, or Quebec, to any place in Canada or the United states, having a continuous railway communication to it. Passengers can be con veyed either by the first, second, or third class to atleast 96 railway stations in North America. The Grand Trunk consists of 858 miles of railway, which are open for traffic to Portland, Quebec, Montreal, Toronto, and Stratford ; and the arrangements made by the company with railway companies in,Canada and the United States enable them to book passengers of all classes through to their destination at the lowest current rates of fare, and also to forward them with extra despatch. The several companies forming the route run their regular trains in connexion with those of the Grand Trunk Company, and will, when there are a sufficient number of passengers to render it necessary, put on a special train. Passengers holding through tickets will be enabled to proceed on their journey immediately after landing, either at Bos ton, Portland, or Quebec, and will have their luggage removed from the ship to the railway free of charge. They will thus avoid impositions and frauds being prac tised upon them by pretended agents for, various routes, and have the advantage of receiving reliable information from the company's agents at the various places. The printed list of through-booking fares to the various places shows the amount in English and American money. It is believed: that the arrange ments just completed by the Grand Trunk of Canada Company will afford great facilities to emigrants and save them considerable expense. An emigrant or passenger can obtain from the agent at the ports mentioned, or the head-office, a ticket in which will be included the pas sage money across the Atlantic, and the railway . fare to his destination. One half o f the ticket will be given up to the captain or purser of the ship before er he andem. lands, i and on presenting the other to the p a s Quebec, w „ration agentho will he of the company a at nitl Boston, o h s he e i e n s x g P do eh o s r at t oi l ng a a n e td for a , o n. An o a railway ticket which will s p po s t s , h i t winadnpted to enabl e th e agents effective what passe ngers they may expect. The ports plan to know agent at either of the diff eren t iuthe and Canadian simple European ports, on the s ailin g of the ve ssel in which he advises the cent ra l office of h e of the names of th e Passengers who h a ve through tickets, has booked passenge rs, t company London their class, and t h e destination of This being regist ere d i n the London office forwarded by oto prepar e f or their reception. On the weekl y steamer to the agent at the port for which the s hi p sa i ls, so that he eachhwillehave particulars person . ample are ti m the arrival of the passen g e rs re f reshment rooms suited to t the wants of each class are provided. The rate fixed for the running of the emigrant trains is 20 miles per hour, including stoppages of an hour for refreshment at the end of every 100 or 120 miles. The Canadian sys tem of railways ceases at Detroit, 730 miles from Que bec, but on the arrival of the through passengers the company's emigration officer, who will have previously received intimation by telegraph of their destination, will provide accordingly for the continuation of their journey over lines in the United States, where other agents of the company will likewise attend to them, and so on until they arrive at the end of their journey. The fares are exceedingly low, and it is expected that the whole of the arrangements, which are conducted on the responsibility of the Grand Trunk Company, will give general satisfaction. THE MAILS.—SOUTHAMPTON, Tuesday.—The Penin sular and Oriental Company's steamship Pera, Captain John Soy, left the docks to-day for Gibraltar, Malt a , an d Alexandria, with the India mails, 112 first and 23 second class passengers, among whom are Major and Mrs. For ster, Lieutenant-Colonel Yeoman, Lieutenant-Colonel Walker, Captain and Mrs. Halls, Captain and Mrs. Bal dock, Captain Williams, Captain Hutchinson, Captain Rosser, Captain Bruce, Sir H. D av id son , th e R ev . &tr. Smith, Lieutenant Ridley, Lieutenant Bailey, Limit. Hawkins, the Rev. Mr. M.'Kee, Lieut. Kingsley, Lieut. Adams, Lieut. Carey, Lieut. Bycroft, &c. This vessel takes out specie, value 208,2701. for Bombay, 6,8821. for Ceylon, 11,0001. for Madras, and 141,175 1 . for Calcutta; jewellery, value 1501. for Bombay, 461. for Ceylo n, and , 3061. for Calcutta; go ld th rea d, value 1,0081. for Madras, and a full general cargo. The Euxine, Capt. J. .Weeks, sailed yesterday for th e Marseilles and Malta station to relieve the Vectis, coming home for repairs. Nothing has been heard from the Tyne during the day; the wind has veered round towards the north, and mode. rated. i IA all 8 8 - 4 72 6 6 963 li 107 i 60 i 12J 8 i .1 174 85i 2i 8i i 38k 881 9 THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 21 1857 10 50 LOO st. 71 i 1101 111/