The Sun. — London, England, 1857-01-31 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. In the Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday the demand was moderate, and prices remained with out alteration from the rates current on Thursday. The sales were estimated at 6,000 bales, 1,000 of which were taken for export and on specu lation. 'The Railway Share Market continued quiet throughout the day, but subsequently closed with a sligh'd improvement on the previous cur- rency. The Bank of England weekly Return, com pleted to the 24th inst., is 'more favourable than was generally anticipated. Notwithstanding the extensive withdrawals of gold, the bullion ex hibits a slight improvement. The private deposits are reduced probably through the redemption of other securities, which are upwards of three quarters of a million smaller than in the previ ous week. There is, consequently, an addition to the revenue, but it is generally anticipated that the next return will be rather more encou raging. The other alterations are not very im portant, but it is satisfactory to see that the public deposits, now the demands are hard, are again steadily increasing. The principal items, and the changes they present, will be seen by the subjoined table : Active Circulation £19,089,965 Decrease ,Bullion Increase 373,070 10,116,282 5,873 3,389,140 Rest Increase Public Deposits Increase Other Deposits 1,090,926 849,836 3,258 11,569,431 Decrease Seven -Day and other Bills Decrease Government Securities Increase Other Securities Decrease Notes unemployed Increase 18,964 15,829,154 757,047 4,851,730 337,830 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 Silver Coin 19 If 1 33"8 Bullion Bordeaux ... 801. About 40,0001. in gold was taken from the Bank yesterday for the purchase of silver on the Con tinent, but this has not excited much attention, as about 2,923,815 dollars, or about 584,7631., has just arrived by the steamer Atrat f o from Mexico. This is a - very seasonable supply, and if the vessels due from Australia come in at once, a very favour able impression would be produced. The demand for money is still very active, but there is not expected to be any immediate improvement in this respect, as a considerable quantity of commercial bills have to be taken up on the sth prox. The inquiry for money on the Stock Exchange has also been extremely dull, owing to the liquidation of the Share accounts, and it is stated that the en gagements in the Foreign Market have not in all cases been well met. The English Funds opened at reduced quota tions, the pressure of which upon the market have had an unfavourable influence. Since the arrival of the Atrato became known, however, in creased firmness has been felt. Consols for money have been 92 and 92/ 93 ; for the sth proximo 92i 93, 921 and 92-i 93 ; while for March the quotations have been about 93i 1 and 93k. The New 6 per Cents. are 93i S. ; the Reduced 93i, although at one_ time as low as 92i ; and Exche quer Bills par. The Bonds were 98i. Bank Stock is 216, and India Stock 2181 to 219. Foreign Securities have been rather variable, although the aggregate transactions are limited. Turkish 6 per Cents., after having been 92,1 1, are now about 93 931, and the 4 per Cent. guaranteed are about 1024 Spanish Deferred 3 per Cent s . are 23i, and the Certificates have risen to 6i 11. Mexican Stock 211. The following are the nominal prices of Foreign Stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 6t ; Mexi can, 211 ; Peruvian, 77 78 ; ditto 3 per Cents., 0 6 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 43 5 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 107 9 ; ditto 4i per Cents., 95 7; Spanish 3 per Cents., 39/ 40i ; ditto Deferred, 24 6 A ; ditto Certificates, 5f 61 ; ditto Passive, 51 . The Railway Share Market has been dull, and in one or two instances lower rates have been cur rent. Lancashire and Yorkshire declined 1, North Western', Midland Z. Caledonian, Great Western, and North British are steady. Great Central of France declined about 55., and Lombardo-Vene tian ss. Cl-rand Trunk of Canada were steady, but East Indian receded Ito /. British and Foreign Mining Shares are inactive, but prices in most instances have been supported. Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares show no material variation in value. 811111 S ti FUNDS THIS DAY AT ON ri O'CLOCK. (From the Officzal List;) .Anstne, done Bank Stock 3 poi ',nt. Reduced Amanitas 93i 2i 3$ 3 ner Cent il onsols knnuities 93 24 i 3 New 3 per Cent. Annuities 9 34 i t a Loeg Annuities, expire sth Jan. 1860._ India Stock inal. :solids, .ClOOO Ditto, under £lOOO 3 d Consols ,'or Account ... 93 2$ -4 3 .E.tchequer Rills, 'Zd. .f.:1000 .... . ..... ..-.... ...... 4 L n 5 , 0 ,. ( 1 ) , : .......................... x .. par Ditto Bonds, 18i . . 4/7ei: Cont. 9BB Ditto, 1859 ' • • PRICE S OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Mexican 3 per Cent _ Ditto Account Spoo l h isonds, 3 per uout, Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent. Spanish Committee Cert. of Coup. not fun 6s $ p.c. Turkieh sends, 6 per cent 92 3 Ditto Account Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. Ditto Account lO2l i ~,,, Diviuen,iy 3 , , , the above payanie in Lobo. n. Consols TWO O'CLOCK.. , money 92i i Ditto Account Ditto March Account 20 20 20 20 IMPROVEMENT IN THE HEALTH OP THE 20 INBABIT ANTS OP T ILE METROPOLIS. 10 In anticipation of his 10 general report, the Registrar- 20 General has this year report, an interesting sum, 5 mary of the births and deaths that ru haveth. occurred in Lou. ).0 thanB we learn that the V II don during the past year. F ro that during any fie number of deaths in 1856 Was less previous year since 1852, and f t o h r e m r e e r sult is an excess ; - 1 year of births 20 greater than obtained in any over deaths, the number of males exceeding the number tti e n ste r Of female children by 1485. We note that and other districts specially selected for improvementtmuiilo present a decided decrease in deaths. Whilst pulation of London increased at the r a t e of 60,000 3 20 per annum, the means of lodging this mighty crowd of new-comers (of which fully one-half belong to the 10 working classes) have not increased in proportion. More- 'III, over, during the past year the heavy burdens of war- ,„' tax, the ruin entailed OR thousands by the defalcation - I ',' of commercial scoundrels, who robbed even the widow --- c ; of her mite, the increasing filth of the Thames, and 8 the rise in price of most of the necessaries of life, 10 have brought poverty to many doors ; and we need 20 not say how much unaccustomed penury disposes to 20 disease, and diminishes the duration of life. " Nearly 2 9, one person i n fi ve (says the Registrar - Ge neral) who ''' died in th e year closed his days under a roo f provided ii by public law or private charity." We may well inquire what is the cause which, even against evil influ _ences, produced so b ene fi c ial an effect on the T i4t health of the inhabitants of London ? We know of 21 only one explanation which satisfactorily accounts for It this improvement in publics health during the past IA year. It i s the appointment of Medical Officers of Su Halth, and the valuable services rendered by them. The 250 e open h i c I: l e n " ; oprools and abomi na ti ons o f ever y description, but surely, have their former year s did th e wor k o f d eat h i ns idi o usly too removed. ii 'by exertions, been altered or WO ferred ma ow gre a t i s t h e public benefit thus con - 100 Ybe surmised when we remember that, on a 20 verY moderat e the above co mputation, th e num b er o f nu i sances o f 20 ve de- cri or altogether removedPuu which have b een e ith er re f orm ed upwards of fifteen usdaun tho during the p as t year amoun t s t o 2° MN •• ....... - , d. --Z an cc t. 50 7,,...,,,....—........_____ - 10 50 A MEDICAL OFFICER ALLOWE D NO FRIENDS.—At a 1 10 recent meeting of the board of uardians of Marylebone there was read a note from a sur g eon resident in London, 20 E 0 stating tl at he had twice callegd sen rmoeftetadhriyeuia one of the resident 20 medical officers of the workhouse;ronhaend bee ❑ refused ad- 25 mis-ion by the porter at the gat e . the board it was a general rule that the I informeduft uers 20 utteredr friends. should not be allowed to receive the visits tUU IO S i on ' 25 We pass by sundry personal impertinences the occasion. But the presumption evinced treating professional gentlemen like paupers or s a ch t o l 7 B 2 " boys will, we trust, attract the attentio ❑ of the new d. " President of the College of Physicians, who is also h no l ' - ',,,," rary physician to the Marylebone Workhouse.—Lcsuct, 1-00 THE SUN, LON DON, SATURDAY EVE I G, JANUARY 31 Itzs7 SHARE MARKETS-( Day.) W 'Paid.) d.►n.wATO. Closing Price this day. Business done this day 4 Ei 9 8§ 9 92 - 94 60i 61•. 35 37 i 0# lob 18A 193 9 42 44 29 - 31 8 - 6 91 - 95 53 - 5* 33i - 34 93 - 95 7 - 8 934 - 944 78 - 80 L 23 125 11l 113 651 -65 i 65 - 70 5 -- 6 5 6 96 96 6i - 7 08 - 110 06 20f - 106 21ii 10/ - 106 A LO6I - 1074 82 -82 i 53 55 ~M '~ 13i - 144 53 - 551 3i Sid 39 40 83i • 84• 4 3ij 3 2i 37 4 18i 591 601 9g 102 •5k - 7t 8 4 10 11 27 28 LO6 168 25 25 70 72 49 - 11 2 ... 17 '8 74k —74 i 81 85 5 3d 5 - 3d 12 14 39 41 ••• iii : 25i 6 - 8 2 - 4 5 - 51 smo """ • . ~7 - 9 - 1 - 1# 107 - 109 1t - lip •• ."... 211 - 21/ 49 - 51 81 - 83 20i -20 i 24 - 3 2 - 2ip' 99 - 100 118 123 1.11 - 123 108 110 19i —19 i 21e d a Si 1?,; ; 2 p 9 Ambg. Yoct.lg. Re: and EaAn. Junct. Belfast & a'' Birming. Wolverh Stour Va11ey..... all Birkeand. Lan•..f& (Thesmre Junct • Do. Che Ah. cls Bir all no. do. all Blackburn all Biytt, &Tyusor:g! £25 (issd. at .f.' , l; ,100 Bristol and F.xete 1 103 Caledonian 1.00 Chester & fiolyhea , all Cork and Bandol. all Cork, Black, & Pas all Cornwall all Do. A 8 Do. B 45 Dublin&BelfastJurc all Dun. P. di Abor. 100 East Aleglian all Eastern Counties 100 East. Union,. A St , 10 Be., B. Stock_ .. 8i 'Do., New A.-- 17: East Kent 100 Past Lancashire all East Suffolk 4 Do. 100 lEdinburgh & Ulan; s all lEdinb. and Peebles 100 I Edin. Prth 4Dund, all i Forth & Clyde Jun 1100 IFurness 1100 ,Glasgow d; S. Westrn all 'Great N. of Seotlnd 100 Great Northern 100 !Do., A. Stock 100 'Do., B. Stock 130 i Gt. Bth. &West. am ) 100 Groat Western 100 Do. Stour Val. Ra' Gua. Stk all Irish South-Easteru all Lancaster & Carlio 14 Do ., Thirds 12 iDo. New Thirds 100 ILancash.andYorkf.l - !Do., Wst. Riding tin all 'Do. South'. ort all London & Blackwa.; 100 Lond. Bright & S.Cst 100 ,Loud, and N. Westr 16 'Do. Fifths 5 3 / 4 1D0.101.13h.,M&8 26 Do. Eighths 100 London andS. We;ty. all Lndndrry&Colerath all Lndndrry. & Ennisit 100 Wanch.Shef.& Lincl 1 Letropolitan 1 Do. J. L. Ricardo's arrangement 'OO Midland ... 100 oo.l3irmng.tz Dor • all lidld.G.West.(l ,. . , all Do. Half Shares.... all Newcastle & Carlislt all Nwpt.Aberg. talrf Si Newry & Enniskille all Newry, Warrenpoini and Rostrevor I 100 Norfolk 3 Northn.Counties Th 1.00 North British 100 Nth Devon Rail & Dock Stock 100 Do., A Stock 100 Do., B Stock ........ 10t, , N. lastern—Ber 233 00. do. Satension 161 Do.do. G.N.E.?urel• all Do. Leeds 100 Do. York 100 North L0nd0n..... h N.&S.Wstrn.,Haro stead, and City Jr... ;t, North Staffordshir a North Western.... all & S. Westrn. Jun , x. Wore., It Wol , 14 •n . ...touth 10 Rhymney . 1 • ottskh 4.leitml 10 Scot. N. E. Abrdn St. Do. Scot. Kid. St 0 , Trghire Tini 2 Sitingbourne &Sheer. a South Davou South Eastern__ 100 South Wales ... 7 3. Yrksh. & Riv. Dc 7 , I)o all S'aines,Wok. &Wo a I Stockton bfi Datilng 12, 4 , Do., do., 1854 , 3 Do., do., 1855 , lrx Stoekten 4 Hartlep 11( raff Vale 1( 100. Pref., No. 1... 12 Thames Hay. D.& R all Vale of Neath all Waterfd. & all Waterford&Limeri cti all West Cornwall. all West End of LondoD and. Crystal Pesos all Do. A all Do. B al) West London. all Do. Fiist Class... all Do. Second Class... Wirablelnknrov -on COLONIAL. 9 Bombay, bay , liaroda,.o I Cen.lndia, g. sp. c all Do, 10s. Ceylon A shares.- 1 Do. B. d 0... ad iemerara 2s. Eastern Bengal ar, East Indian A and B, a. 6 P. 5 Do. Ex. C, gu. sp. c at Do. do. D, gu. sp. c. all D 0.4 p.c.Bnds.,'s7 ad Do. do, do., '59, dr ~ ill Geelong Melbourne guar. 5 per sent. 100 (Id. Trunk of Canada all ,)o. Cert. of Deben. con. into Stk. till al , Do. Comp. 6p. e., do. all Gt. In. Pen. g. sp. c. 2 Do New, guar. sp. c all Gt. Western of Canada 8 Do. New all Do. Bds., payable 's'; all Do. do., '76, p. '6O all Do. do., '73 do. all Do. do., '73, without option.. all Niadras, guar. 4 p.c. all Do. do., sp. c. 10 Do. 4i p. c. Eaten 5 Do. 3d Ex., g. sp. c 5 Scinde, guar. 5 p. c all Do 18 St. Andrew's and Quebec f ... - all ;ntwerpaßutt rckm 10 Xrdennes all ;olgiau Eastu. Junc 16 Inziers to Grogspas,c 11", Buff. & Lk. Hur. Ry. at Carmeaux & Toulouse Coal Mines and Ry. 12 butch Rhenish al pastern of France , all )o. New,.,,,,. 2s. Euphrates Valley 10s. Eur. 18 ;it. Omni!' Of Fran, e 16 Treat ze•nbourg,„ 4 Italian Juuction all Lake Const. & Bask all Lierre and Turnhout 6 Lombardo Venetian. a ll Lucca dt Pist. sp. c.p. 15 Lyons and Geneva all all all Do. do. Now E AVri n e A 4 u Vi to i s terra ... ll al; vamnr & Liege all Do. do., 6p. c. Prof all Northern of France all NorwegianTrunkPref all Paris and Lyons all Paris and Orleans 5 Recife & San. Fran , (Pernam.) g. 7 p. c. 7i Rome and Frascati ali Royal Danish ...... ... all Royal Swedish all Sambre and Meuse all Do. 5i p. cent. Pref all Southern of France ex. 'Vest Flanders all Do. 5 , 4 per c. Pref._ all 'V. &N. W. of France 6 Westernof Austria all West. of Switzerland all Wiesbaden ... all Do. 8 per eeI:A:PtJ. all Zealand OINT-13' all Australasia 18' Bank of Egypt '''' 50 Bank of London '' '' * all Bri. Col. lik.&L n C 1 1.1. : rit6l3 N. American 5 Marti. Bank o f A s i., 6 Chrtd. link, of India Australia, & Chi na 50 City 25 Colonial 20 Commercial of Loud all Enro.3ot.&Ane.Cht all Lond. Chart. Bk. of Australia all Ditto New 21) London and County 50 Lna.&E. Bnk StockCo 10 London Joint. 20 bond. & Westminster 3! National Pro.et Eng 10 Do. Naw ............... 22 , National Bank ...... all Now South Wales.... all .Oriental Bk. Corp... 15 Ottoman Bank ...... c:, Provincial of Ireland %1I ILo. New 1 IR Aus B &Go Im Co Lionth Australia all Unic.a of Australis 2 Do. New Landon 50 Unity Mutual 5Q Western Ilk of Lond LGN 6 - Of 1 1 I 13 23r 1 1 tiP! 41 4i d par 321 9 —lO par 1p 4 - 4i 5i - 51 6 - 6ip 29i -3(:) 7i ai 19 19 37 3N 9 9} 54 —54 j 53 » 54 - 18 - 20 - 1 8 -SA 8i - 8.1 p•, it - 4 90 - 10 - 34 4 -- • • • _I • • • BA.NKt3. 91 - 95 d- C O 58 - CO • ' •• • P 1 A d 66 68 18i 18 - IN 171 -- 184 •• • - ••4 is 50 37 39 1 1d ... "" ' " 3 7 1 - 36 61 - 62 7 - 9 gal 10 6d lINES LEASED T FIXED RENTALS. Closing Prices this day. RAILWAYS. COrapall' Bedrord and Bletz'.hley Buckgliamsh Col. Stour Vy. E. i.in. g. 6 ye. E. Un. 11. SIB. Gias. Barr. & Neils. Direct Do. New...... Gilstr.&Dn Fr Hrtlpl. Dk Railway... Hull & Solt , Do. Shares. Do. Shares. Lon.& Gree Do. Preference Lola., Til. , & S.. Do. Bark. Sh. Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent Do. 6 per ct. Manch. Bxtn. and Matlock Middlesbro' Londor iz - N. Wc , t. L.&N. W. Caledon„. 96 - 9$ 98 102 11 - 13 133 - 135 4 43/4 E,U &E.( Ot.firE„ , ll. E. Count. Caldoniar.. Do Wostn Yk. New. & Berg. Y.&N Do Do 109 - ill S. Emtar Do.. Peto Co Do 12 -- 13 1 23 -2 1 108 -110 j Ipi Norfolk Do L.& N. W & Midi& Stekton & Darlingt. Midland 2/ -- 2i Redc.g 6 p.c. Midld.Bredi Newmarket Bury E. G.spc N.& Est.s p.c. Do. 6 per ct. Do. Fixeds p c Prost. Sr V , Yt - Do. Shri. A Roystu.& Hit. Shef.Roth.an , Goole g. 5 p.c Shrews.&Her S. Stitt:foretell. Wear Valleygr 6 per cent... 92 w E 4 En. Conn. E. Count Do Do L. & N. W Do GtNorthn Lancash& Yorksh. T. Brassey N.MClean Stoat. & Dar ingt. Do. GtWestn 56 - 58 132 :ii*s 9 - 9i Do Wiltstelomrst 33 - 34 88 - 90 PREFERENCE BHA RE:;, BlythandTyne lOpei c. pref. (issd. at 501` Brie. & Ex. 4 p. c. St Do. 4 p. c. Shares Caledn. £lO 4i p.c. Olhes.& Flo. en. 5.!k Do. do. Pref. 5 per c. Cork &Bandonblp. , Dua.Prth .& Aber.J. E. Anglian Cls. A Sl' Do. de. Cls. B 6 p. t. Do. do Cls. C 7 p. c Eas. Co. Ex , spcNo Do. No. 2 Do. New 6 p. 0. R' East Un., G. 6 p. e Do. 51., 10 per cen , Do. 101. Debentr.Sl. Do. do. 4 per cent.. East Lancash. 6 p.ctE iii.4 4 oVi r . York. J. stlr Edin. & GI. 5 p.c. sh Ed. Prth. &DnnAp.. Furness, 5 p. c.... Glas. &S.W. G. 5 p.c Great Northn. 5 p. c Do. 5 p. 0. Redeem. at 10 p. c. prem... Do. VI p.c. D 0.5 p. c., Red. at F. Gt.N. of Scot. 1 st Pr. (it. t 4. it W. (Ireland Do. 4per c. Prof. S Gt. NAB. *LH. Exspc Do. con. red. 4. p.c. IDe. con. red. 4 p. c Do. irred, 4p. C. . 92 94 id 98 4 - 5 5i - 64 ip - 12.4 75! - 76 118 -- 120 112 - 114 1.03 - 105 62 - 64 91 - 104 6 - 6 93 - 95 Do. 5 p. 0. red. prof Do. Birm. Pref. Sh Do. Chester 8 p. c. P. Do. do. 5 p. c. do. Do. Birm. Gna. Stk Do. Okes. Qua. Sh.. Do. do, do Do. do. do ....... Lan. &York. F. £2O Do. 6 p. c. Stock Lon. &B. G. 5 pc. No.l Do. P., spc. St.No.2 Do. New Guar.6 p. Do. do. 5 p. c.,N0.4 Lon. &N. W., Coy. & Nuneaton 5 p. et... IL3n.& S.W. 7 per ct late 3d Shares ... 83 - 85 99 101 10 - 101 161 -17 f 10 10 74 - 76 19i - 20 9t - 10} 141 - lii 136 - ,137 111 - 118 M. ''''''' .... .59 - 161 L ndy. & Coler. ASh Londy. & Ennis. Sh vf.,5.,& L.. 6 p. Cent Do. do. do. .£6 Do. do. 34 per cent. vlarypt .&Carl.4p c Do. 4 per cent Do. do. Consol.6 p.c St 1)0. Con.Br.'Sir.6pc Do. 4i p. c. Pref. ' t Ditto L. & H. Pref. St New., Aber., &c., pr. 5 p. a. red. 5 p.c. pm. Do. Perpet. 6 p et. with optn. till '66 Norfk. Deb, 4 p.c. sh Do. Pref. 5 p.c. St c Do. 5 pc. Ext.,1846 Do. 56 per c.pf. ,1847 D0.Wv.V.5pn.,1847 North British Do 71. Preference N. E. Berw, 4 p.c. P. Do. do. do Do Leeds 6 p.o 040.1 Do. do. Qre.,1848... Do.YorkH.& S. Pur. North Staffordshire.. Ox,Wo, szW., 6 pc... Do. 6 p.c. Redeem. Scot. Cent. ,New Pref Sc.N.E. Aber. g 6 pe Do. do., 7 p.c. pf. et. D0.d0., 3i p.c. pf. st South Devon Do. fixed,4i per cent S. Eastern (Readiue Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. Do. 4i per cent Do. Fixed 4i p c sh S. Wales Gus. 4 p. c Do, do. 4i p. c•••• • • S.Yorksh.4p.c.Guar. Stock.& Dar. , 5 p. c., Do. do. do Stock. & Hartl. g. 5 p. c. till July 1, '56 Waterfd. & Rilk. 6 p c „„„ - ••• i 6 ,, - 68 -"" 137 - 139 98 - 100 89 - 91 11 - lit b all It. 100 It. 100 3t. 100 3t. 100 . 100 103 -105 g 95 di !O all it. 100 it. 100 Si . . ' lOO 5 all St. 100 25 all 10 all ..0.6, all It. 10t, 10 all It. 100 'it. 100 id U 3 - 116 105 - 110 61 - 68 16 - 17 23i 102 - 105 10i - 10; 27A 2 1 ... 3 -• 28/ - 3 p -- ••• - 31 MINES. I.os all I A.nglo Californian ... ... - .., 20 7 ' Australian 1 - li I all Baden (Gd. Duchy of ... - ... 60 all 131tenar. Iron & flea ... - ... 20 1.1 British Iron 74 --86 35 '27 Brazilianlmp.(iesued at 1!5 pm.) - 2 30 all Do. Cocaes & Culab :al - 34 3 1 20 15 Do. St. John Del Res 16 - 18 1 i Clarendon Cons. Min Co. of Jamaica 4 d il 40 all Cobra Copper - 56 6 1R Colonial Gold - ... St. all Copper Min. of Eng 33 - 37 £5 all Do. Prof. 7, p. cent 25 - 27 ••• if Copiapo . l2 - 14 2 all Fortuna 20 I all Genezal.. - ... 1 all Gt.NuggetVeinßeg. ... - ... 41 all Great Polgooth - .. 5 all Gt Wheal Vor Unite.' ... - ... 1 all Liberty . - .. 3 I all Llaares 7l - Ei 5 14 Lusitanian H - , I 1 all Maricinita i: - 1 all Now Granada i i . 1 .... 1 all Nouveau Monde 2) all Poutgi.Sil.Sa Le. Min 8 - 10 5 1 Port Philip • -- ••• 1 all Quartz Rock - •• • 60 all Rhymney Iron ..... , 23 - 25 15 all Do. Now 6 - 8 30 15i Santiago de Cuba 2i - 3 ... 6s. Sort. Cons. Min. Co. 1 i - 11 1 all South Australian ... - •.. 1 all Do. Scrip. 1 all Do. 10 per cent Prof ... - ... ••• 4i Tam. S. &L. Min. Co. ... - ... 10 9 Pin Croft - ••• 281 1 all United Mexican 3 - 3i 1 all Waller 1 all West Mariposa ... - ••• 1 12s. Worthing Mining of Australia -- - - ---- MISCELLANEOUS. 25 19 %nstraliaa A gricialt. ... - ~. 10 dl Australn. Royal Mail ... - ... 10 all Berlin Water Works 54 - 6 50 40 3rit. American Land 40 • 45 100 3.i Canada 129 • - 133 St. JO 1. Go.6p.e.JanStJaly 110} 110 i 1101 i St. 100 Do. 6 p.c. Feb & Aug ... - ... St. 100 Do.6p c. Mar & Sept ... - ... 5 all Crystal Palace 2i - 2i 5 all Do. Preference.. si -- 5B 4 ad Crystal Pal. of France ... - .. 1 I) Dnston Iron Ore ... -- ••• 20 18 Eastern Steam .-. - • St. 100 Electric Telegraph 9l - 93 1 all Electric Teleg. of Ir .. - 25 all Gen. Ir Sc Col (lim ) ... - ••• 5 all En.ezAus Cop Sm Co 1 1 - l i 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat. . - 11 all General Screw Steam 6i 7i 20 5 London Discount - 1 d 4 all Lond. Gen. Omnibus 31 - 4 20 10 Magdalena St. Ne.vii, .. - - 10 all alediteran. Elec. Tel. ... ••• 10 all Moximn&S.Americn. 21 - :1 25 5 Nat. Discount Co. ... i - 6 P ~ 25 5 Do. New ... . ....... f - 4P DI 10 5 Netherlands Land.... 1 - li 10 all Do. Do. - 4 5 3 Do. 8p c P iss at 1 d 3i .- 4p 5 1 Do. Do. 100 80 New B. &N. S. Laud ... - .. ••. ... N.S.W. Gov. sp.c.D. ... - . l a 7 l il NPeret}ll..R°rl.ELlidr°.llBlll. 1 all N. B. Australasian.- i - 20 ; 1 all Oriental Gas I li - 14 4 2 4 i -__ !1 p d . 13 2s. Do. "New Shares" - 1 pm st, all Peninsular& Oriental 66 ' 68 50 10 Do. N ew .. 100 60 Royal Mail Stain 1 all Scot. Austral. Invest. •ii - I . 1 all Ditto New l 3 /4 - 1 25 all South Austral. Lard 35 1 1 1 at, Solmar. Tel. s c ri p .. - - 3 . 7 1 al , .Do. Registered.... i ~ 1 20 ~ Prlt4o 1 1,,C0.(T, 100 -.Si Van Diemen's Land ' ili ; •.. • 17 St. ~ 1 1,04.5p.,c,Jan&Ju1/ ... ..... ... j Business this day THE COLLINS AND CUJVARD STEAMERS. The tables published in the New York herald on the Ist inst., exhibiting "the time occupied in making the eastern and western passages durinct, the past year of the Collins and Cunard lines of the New York and Liver pool steamships," give the following results : EASTERN rASSAGES. Collins Steamers. Cunard Steamer?. Twenty-six passages. Average ( eA , York Branch.) time of each passage : —l2 days, Twenty-two passages. _A Terage 8 hours. time of each pas , age :-11 days, _ . 3 hours, and I minute. WESTERN PASSAGES, Collins Steamers. Twenty-five passages. Average time of each passage :-12 days, 16 hours, 30 minutes. Cunard Steamers. (Se'v York Branch ) Twenty-fiva pwsages. Average Lime of each passage:-11 days. 22 hours. When the Collins steamers were first brought into com petition with the Cunarders the latter were compara tively small, being about 1,800 tons.burden, while the former were over 3,000 tons. Experience proves that a greater - speed can be got from a large steam-ship than from a small ale, other things being equal. Latterly, however, there has been a nearer approach to equality in size, the new ships built for the Cunerd line being larger than the old ones. At one time the Collins steamers were. run at full speed, whereby great loss was sustained by the owners. There v. , as extra con sumption of coal, and consequently less room for freight than there ought to have been, and the wear and tear of the machinery were far above anything like a fair average. The Collins Company, therefore, male little or no profit, while the Cunard Company, by pursuing a more business-like course, was able to make satisfactory dividends, An Admiralty regfilation pre scribed the pressure of steam to be allowed in the British yesselS, but the American vessels were wholly unrestrained in that particular. The great object of tne captains of the Collins steamers was to beat the British,. especially on the voyages .from Liverpool to New York. The national vanity was excited, and Mr. Collins and his associates every now and then appeared before Congress for an- aldition to the amount which the Government had agreed to pay him for the carriage of the mails. The principal ground for the application was that 'the ships had been built of a larger size than' the British in order to beat them. It was assumed that the national honour was involved in the contest, and as the ships are larger and more costly than they. should have been, having regard to mere mercantile considerations, the re presentatives of the nation were called upon to "foot. the bill," which is a pretty large one, the rate of charge being about double that allowed by the British Government to ' the Canard Company. Congress has paid up for a long time, but is now getting tired of it. The result is, that the artificial stimulus being withdrawn, the Collins steamers are now run with more regard to economy and safety ; they are consequently finding their true level, and their actual inferiority to the British can no longer be do . ubted;--New York European. DR. PARIS AND THE TAMPING•BAR. In the obituary of Dr. Paris (the Lancet, Jan. 3d), it is inadvertently stated that he gave to the miners of Pen zance the boon of the tamping-bar. The context, which describes the invention as having saved more lives than many heroes have destroyed, at once points out the error referred to, since it was the practice of sheathing the tamping-bar with copper that Dr. Paris fiat introduced in the above-mentioned neighbourhood. We have been favoured by Dr, Moore, of Pl) mouth, with some addi tional information, which will prove of interest to our readers. The use or purpose of the tamping-bar is to bore through a' piece of wadding that covers the charge of gunpowder in blasting operations. In the hole so made the fuse for ignition is inserted, and to bore it some force is frequently required. The tamping-rod formerly employed .was of iron, and, if driven against the rock, occasionally produced a spark that prematurely ignited the charge,.with most frightful results. During• one of the recent blasting operations, in the construction of the new docks of Holyhead, a mast of rock weighing 120,000 tons was blasted by one charge of less than 15 cwts. of powder. • •It may easily be con ceived what would have been the effect of an inadver tent spark on this charge, and ho,w great a debt is due to the man who first suggested the expedient—simple as the egg puzzle df Columbus—Of sheathing the tamp ing bar with copper. Dr. Moore informs us that it was "at the suggestion of Mr. John Williams Dr. Paris bad it shod with an alloy of copper and zinc (86 parts to 14), which did not excite ignition ; .he also recommended .that the neele, or needle, should be of the same composition, and more over invented a copper shifting cartridge tube, to econo mise the powder and facilitate its introduction into the blast-hole. It is to be regretted that these valuable modifications are not now acted on to the extent they should be, as the cost of the materials has occasioned an althost universal return to the use of the cheaper, though more dangerous substance, iron."—Lancet. HAYMARKET THEATRE.—Wednesday, Feb. 4, will be he 1000th consecutive night of te season at this estab ishment, the theatre not baying been closed on any one occasion except on Ash Wednesday, on a Fast Day, and in Passion week, an event unparalleled in theatrical atinals. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Mr. W. Smith, ban ker, of Watford and Hemel Hempstead, passed his last examination on a supplemental balance-sheet. The qnestion of the liability of the executors of Mr, Whit tingstall (the late partner of Mr. Smith) to the debts of the bank was ordered to stand over for private diseuc- SiOD. TOTAL WEALTH OF THE UNITED STATES.—It is shown by the American papers just received that the grand total value " of real and personal wealth" of the whole of the United States of America, in 1856, amounted to the sum of $11,317,611,972, or:nearly 3,000,000,0001. The population) amounted to 26,964,312 souls. The wealthiest States are those of New York, Pennsylvania, 'Virginia, Georgia, Massachusetts, Kentucky, Ohio, South Carolina, and Tennessee. CAPTURE OF AN ABSCONDED PRISONER.—A curious case of the reapprehension of a prisoner occurred a few days ago at Torquay, Devonshire. In September, 1850, Mr. Thomas Parrott, a middle-aged man of respectable connexions, and who had been a schoolmaster, was com mitted for trial on a charge of stealing money from a baker named Coplestone. Parrott, with his wife and daughter, rented apartments of Mr. Coplestone. Money had been frequently missed from the till in the shop, and a police-officer, concealed under the counter, was set to watch. In the middle of the night he detected Parrott, who had comedown into the chop in his night dress, in the act of robbing the till. After his committal bail was accepted ; the prisoner did not appear at the quarter sessions, and the recognisances were forfeited. Lord Courtenay, the chairman, issued a warrant for his apprehension, but he could not be discovered. Within the past few days, however, he made his appearance at Torquay, and being identified was taken into custody, and was forthwith committed to the Devon County Prison. The prisoner said he understood that the fact of his bondsmen having paid the amount of his bail ren dered him no longer amenable for the offence. AN AIERIOAN SAILOR'S SKETCH OF ENGLISH HIGH LIFE.—The following peep at English domestic life is published in an American paper as an extract from a letter written by an officer of the Merrimac frigate, when she lay at Southampton, in October :—" Much attention has been paid us ashore, too, especially by two families —one, that of an old East India general (General Frazier), the other that of Lord Hardwicke. Lord Hardwicke's family consists of his Countess, his eldest son (about 18 to 20, and Lord Royston by courtesy), three of the finest looking daughters you ever saw, and several younger sons. The daughters—Lady Elizabeth, Lady Mary, and Lady Agneta—are surpassingly beautiful. They take a great deal of out-door exercise, and came on board the Merrimac in a heavy rain, with Irish thicker-soled sboes than you or I ever wore, and cloaks and dresses almost impervious to wet. They steer their father's yacht, walk for miles, and don't care a cent about rain, besides doing a host-of other things that would shock our ladies to death ; and yet in the parlour they are the most ele gant women in their satin shoes and diamonds I ever saw. The countess looks like a fit mother for three such women. His lordship has given us three or four dinners. He lives here merely during the yachting season, and leaves here on Friday for his country seat at Cambridge, where he spends his winter, as do all English gentlemen of means, in hunting, &c., and when Parliament is in session be lives in London. Here he has a host of ser vants, and they wear the gaudiest livery—white coats with big silver buttons, white cravats, plush knee breeches and vest, white silk stockings, and low shoes." THE "ONE PASSENGER" LOST IN THE VIOLET.— The identity of the passenger lost in the Dover and Ostend mail packet Violet has been now proved, and that in a quarter where it was least expected. It is Dow satisfac torily ascertained that the deceased was a Prne'ian Baron von Issing, captain of the 7th company of the 15th regiment of Infantry, in garrison at Minden. This officer obtained leave of absence to go over to London on family affairs, taking with him 500 dollars in cash, and bills to the amount of 2,000 dol. tars. When the news arrived of the loss of the Violet, this officer's wife (who is a sister of the farmer cantatrice, Sophie Cruvelli, now Baroness Vigier), be came dreadfully alarmed, and caused inquiries to be made in London, which were answered by the state ment that the letters of credit and introduction in posses eion of the Baron had not been delivered nor the bills presented for payment. By means of a portrait of the missing captain sent to Ostend, it was recognised by the boatmen and people of the hotel as that of the courageous but ill fated passenger who determined to remain in the Violet when the other three passengers returned to shore on that tempestuous night. MlNES.—There has been a large business doing this week in a few particular mines, and in many of there a considerable rise has taken place in price. In shares generally, though there has been a fair demand for divi dend and progressive mines, the business transacted has not been so extensive as we have had to report upon for some weeks past. Both tin, copper, and lead are at good prices, and still likely to advance ; and whilst many mines must necessarily pay larger dividends, the extension of the market will bring many new investors into it, al though at present there is no perceptible increase. The large dividend paid on Devon Great Consols last week, and the expectation of a still larger one at the next twc monthly account, has sent the shares to 440. South Frances has got over the temporary depression, and ad vanced to 340, 350. Bassets remain steady at 300 ; the dividends are not likely to increase beyond Si. per share, two-monthly. Bailers have advanced t o 280, 300 ; the mine is looking better in the 60 east. South earn Brea shares have been in demand, and price advanced from 61 to 7, 71, and left off at 7b to 8. Great South Tolgus, 16 to 16,4 ; these mines are likely to advance still more this day. after the dividend, --Mining J"7.1"41 tbirb litittion SUIV OfFICB, Six o'Clock. PRUSSIA. BERLIN, JAN. , 29. There is nothing even yet to be reported from here of a positive nature with regard to any at tempt at arranging the moot point of the King of Prussia's sovereignty of Neuchatel, which has been de facto in abeyance ever since 1848. Without pretending to know whet may be doing in Paris, at the instigation of the Swiss Government, to bring about conferences, or pave the way for the question being solved b? means of diplomatic cor respondence, we believe we can at least state that nothing definite has beet settled there, inasmuch as Prussia being onekof the principals something would be known here of any arrangement having been made. No trace at present of anybody's knowing anything of the sort is known here. Al though the question of vhat terms the King will put forward as the condition of hisceding his rights is a secondary one in point of time, it is one of foremost importance forthe King and his Govern ment to decide upon before the meeting of con ferences or the opening A negotiations. But even on this point no decisioi has been arrived at. It is understood that the Grand Duke Constan tine will return hither from Hanover next week for a short stay at this Court. Though there ap pear to be no definitive Arrangements as yet made for his visit to Paris, it . s believed that it will not be long before it is put into execution. LAW INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.) COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. (Sittings in Banco, beim Lord Campbell, Justices Coleridge, Wightma.n, and Crompton.) THE QUEEN V. PHILLIPS. Mr. Bovill, Q.C., showed cause against a rule obtained last term calling upon the defendant, the Chief Commis sioner in Insolvency, to show cause why he refused to pay over to a person named Cook the surplus of an in solvent's estate after paying Ms debts. It appeared that the insolvent, a person named Dyson, made an assignment of his property, and after wards sold his right to any residue to Cook ; afterwards he became an insolvent. There were, consequently, three claimants for the After hearing Sir F. Thesiger in support of the rule, The Court ordered it to be discharged. MARKET NEWS,—(This uay) COVENT GARDEN. The supplies were limited, and the trade was firm, as follows : FRUIT. Pineapples, per lb. Gs Od to Os Colont.l do. ea. Os Od to Os Od Grapes, per 113... 6s Od to 12s Foreign do Os Od to Os Od. Melons, each 3s Od to 5s Od Peaches, p. d0z.... 3s to Bsol Nectarines, do. 2s Od to 8s 01 Apples, p. h. sv. 6s Od to 8s 01 Pears, per d0z....8s to lOs Oi Oranges, per 100.3 s 6d to Hs' Lemons, p. doz. is Od to 2s 01 Apricots, p. doz. 2s Od to 6s 01 Cherries, per lb. Os to Os 01 Filberts, per 1b.....1s to is 4d Cobs., p. 100 lbs. 110 s to s Almonds, p. lb. Os Od to Os Od Walnuts, per 100 6d to is Od Figs, per doz is to 3s Od Strawberries, per pottle Od to Od Gooseberries, per half sieve ....Os Od to Os Od Currants, p. do. Os Od to Os Od Plums, per do. 2s Od to 5s Od Green gages, do. 4s Od to 7s Od Raspberries, p. potl. Oct to Od _ VEGITABLEh. Greens, P. doz. bun. 38 to 3s 6: 1 Shallots, per lb. 6d to 8d Cabbages, p. doz. Od to Os at Horseraddish, p. bun. 2s to 5s Savoy do., p. do. ls Od to 2803 Parsley, per do. 4d to 6d Cauliflowers, do.2s 0d to 5s Ccl Celery, per do Os 9d to is 9d Brocoli; p. bun. is 6d to 2s (id Beet, per doz. is Od to 2s Od Potatoes, per ton 80s to 13$s Parsnips, per do. is Od to Os New do., per do Osto Os Small salad, p. pun. 2d to 3d Peas, per quart ...9d to is Od Mushrooms, p. potl. ls to is 9d Turnips, per bunch 4d to 5d Artichokes, each ...4d to 8d Carrots, per buneh 5d to fd Cab. lettuces, per Cucumbers, each 2s to 3s )d score Os 9d to is 3d Garlic, per 1) 6d to Os id Endive, per score is 6d to 3s Sorrel, per sieve Od to Os Radishes, per doz. Spinach, p. d0...2803 to Is 6d hands is to 2s Od Brussels sprouts, per Tomatoes, p. hf.sv. 4s to 6s Od half do 2s 6d to 3s 6d Walnuts per 100...0s 8d to is Onions, p. bush 2s 6d to 436 d Chillies, per 1001 s Od to is 6d New do., per bunch Od to Od Capsicums, per 1001 s Od to 2s French beans, per Rhubarb, p. bun. is 6d to 2a 100 is 6d to 2s 6d Asparagus, per 100 7s Od to 9 s Leeks, per d 0......... 2d. to 4d Sea kail, per pun. Os Od to Os NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Turkeys, 5s Od to lOs Od; Geese, 5s Od to 7s Od each ; Ducks, 2s Od to 3s 6d ; tame rabbits , is 2 d to is 9 d each ; wild do., 10d to la Od ; Pigeons, is to is 3d each ; large Surrey owls, 6s to lOs ; barn. doorilo. ,4sOdto 6s ; Chickens, 5s Od to Ss Od per couple • Capons, Os 6d to Os Od ; Hares, 2a 6d to 3s 6d ; Grouse, is 3d to 3s Od each ; Pheasants, 3s 6d to 4s 6d •, Partridges, is 9d to 2s 3d ; Woodcocks, 3s 6d to 4s 6d ; Snipes, is fid t 9 28 ; Teal, Os ; Wild Ducks, is 9d to 2s ; Widgeons, is 3d to is 6d ; Plovers, is 3d to is 9d each ; Guinea Fowls, 14 9d to 3s ; Roasting pigs, 6s Od to 10a Od each. Ostend Fresh bettor, - -a to -- aOd English do., 16s Od to 20s, Od;per dozen lbs. ; English eggs, 10s to 12s ; F r ench do., 8s to 10s 6d per 120; Leverets, Os each. NEW+o . lt ' T. Boef, from 3s 6d to 4s 6d ; mutton, 3s 8d to 4s 10d ; veal, 4s Od to 5s Od; pork, 4s Od to 5s 2d per Sibs., by the car case. WHITECHAPEL. Beef from 3s 4d to 4s 6d; mu tton, 3s 8d to 4 s 8d ; veal, 4s Od to 5s ; pork, 4s Od to 5s 2 , 1 per Blbs., by the carcase. BILLINGSGATE. Turbots, 3s 6d to 228 ; Brills ' 2s Od to 108 each ; Salmon (Irish), 3s to 4s 6d per lb ; C o d Fish, 3s to 15s each ; Soles, 6d to 2s 6d per pair ; Eels, 8d to Is per lb ; Lobsters, is to 4s 6d ; Crabs, 6d to 2s 6d ; Whitings, 3s Od to 12s per doz. ; Common Oysters, 128 to IGs ; Natives, 50s to —s per bsh. ; Mackerel, 50s to B per 100; Smelts, is 6 d to 3 s Od per d oz. ; Skate, 6d to Od per lb; Shrimps, is 6d to 2s 6d per gallon ; Bloaters, 6s Od to 8s Od per 100 ; Fresh Herrings, 6s to Os per 100 ; Scotch do., 0d ; Sprats, 8s Od to 08 Od poi bushel ; Doreys, 2s rid to lOs each ; Haddocks, 4s to 20s per doz. ; Pike, Od ; Sturgeon, 6d per lb ; Prawns, 5s Od to Os; Mullets, 9d to 28 6d each ; Plaice, 4d to 18 each ; Halibut, 6d per lb ; Flounders, is 6d to 2 s Od per doz. ; salt fish Od per lb. BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from 9d to Sid; of household ditto, 7d to FOd per 4 lb loaf. HIDES AND SKINS. Downs, Gs to Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, 5d to Od ; 641 b to 721 b, 5d to sid ; 721 b to 801 b, sid to 51d ; 801 b to 881 b, sid to (d ; BSlb to 961 b, 6cl to 61d ; ..61b to 1041 b, 61d to 60 lo4lb to 1121 b, Od to Od ; upwards, --d to —d ;hors e hides, lOs Od to Os Od ; Calf skim, light, 4s Od to 5s Od ; ditto full, 9s Od to Os Od; Polled 'Sheep, 10s Od to 13s Od ; ' Kents, 8s Od to lOs Od ; Half-breds, 8s Od to lOs Od ; 7s Od ; Shearlings, Os Od ; Limbs, Os Od. HAY MARKETS. - --- SMITHFIELD.—Meadow Lay, 2/ 12s to 4/ 48 ; clover do., 3/ lOs to 5/ ss; and straw, 1/ 4s to 1/ 9s per load. 1 short supply and a steady demand. CUMBERLAND. —Meadow hay, 2/ 15s to 41 4s ; clover do., 3/ 108 to 5/ Os ; and Etraw, 1/ 43 to V. 98 per load, Both hay and straw sold readily, at very full prices. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, 2/ 12s to 4/ 4s ; clover do., 3/ lOs to 5/ 5s ; and straw, 1/ 4s to 1/ 9s per load. Trade generally firm, at our quotations. LLOYD'S SLIPPING.—(This Day.) LONDON, Jan. 31.—Wind this day at noon N.W.— Light breeze and hazy. There has been a fall of snow during the night. PORTSMOUTH, Jan. 30.—Wind S.S.W. to S.W.—Ar rived—Johannes Helene, from Iquique, for Hamburg. Sailed—Hermann, for Cett©. FALMOUTH THvla s u T a. il Jan. 30.—Wind N.S.W.—Sailed—Hanni bal, from the West Indies. CARDIFF, Jan. 30.—Wind S.—Sailed—Koning Wil helm 11., for Sydney , N.S.W. GUERNSEY, Jan. 29.—Wind N.E.—Sailed—Water spout, for Cornnna. MILFORD, Jan. 30.—Wind W.S.W., strong.—Arrived —Eliza, from Swansea, for the Cape of Good Hope. STRANBAEII, Jan. 7•- Sailed- Windsor, for Mobile. SHIELDS, Jan. 30.—Wind W.S.W.—Sailed—John Her man, for New York ; Pomona, Tarragona. (PER /LIMBED TELlGitArtt.) LIVERPOOL, Saturday Morning. Wind N.W. Sailed —Christopher N3wton, for Cadiz; Carlyle, New Orleans. QUEENSTOWN, Jan. 29 Sailod—Otterburne, for Amsterdam. DUBLIN, Jan. 30 Wind W. Arrived.—Alliance, from Rotterdam. Sailed—Oporto , for Oporto. (BY SUBMARINE &ND TELEGRAPH.) G%AVESEND, Saturday, 9.42 A.M. Wind calm ; tide 5 hours' ebb ; cloudy and snowing. Arrived—Herthrt, fron Aarhuus. Sailed--Holland, steamer, for Ostend. DEAL, Saturday, 9.40 a.m. Wind S.W., strong, with snow. Passed—Pasha, from Coringa, for London ; Eliza Moore, from Manilla, for Louden ; Isabella, from St. Michael's, for London ; Vibilia, from Sunderland, for Constanti nople. Anchored—Paris and London, screw steamer, from Lon don, for Paris. Emma Eliza, from Sunderland, for Villerois, having got on the Goodwin Sands yesterday, was assisted by a Rams gate boat. THE RESTCHIIK AND tUPHRATES RAILROADS.—A letter from Constantinople of the 19th states that Mr. Layard has obtained the conossion of the railroad from the Danube to the Archipelago, with a term of three months to get up the company. The concession grants all forests, mines, and quarries wilin ten miles of the line. General Chesney has also obtained the concession for the Euphrates Valley RalwaY. He has a general conces sion for the whole line down to Bussorah, but only the execution of the first tection as far as the Euphrates has been settled. The essimate of the line, which will be from 120 to 130 miles, is 1 ,400,0001, sterling, which as a maximum is guaranteed 6 per cent. If the line begins to pay the profits above 3 per cent, will, as in the Aidin , Smyrna line, be emr lo yed to pay back the guar antee w hich the Turkish Government has advanced ; when this is done all profits ab ove 7 per cent , are to be divided b etwe en the Government and the company. The de tail survey of the line ha s been continued all the t ime the n egotiations about the concession were going on. THE MONROE DOCTRINE.-MR. CAN NING.-THE " EDINBURGH REVIEW." The following correspondence between Mr. A. G. Stapleton, secretary to •George Canning, the most distinguished statesman of the present cen tury, and the editor of the Edinburgh lievietv, has been forwarded to us for publication. _ No: I. TO THE EDITOR 07 THE EDINBURGH REVIEW. Kensington, Nov. 20, 1856. Sir,—ln the October number (1856) of your Re view t here appears, in page 590, the following pas sage :—Mr. Buchanan " is one of the strenuous supporters of that famous Munroe' doctrine, which having been originally suggested by Mr. Canning, as a bulwark against the interference 44 the Holy Alliance in American affairs, has been concocted into a menace against all the Poweis whose territories fringe the States of the American Union." Now, so far from its being true that this doctrine was " originally suggested by Mr. Canning," lie twice publicly entered his protest against it. First —in Parliament, at the opening of the session of 1821, when President Monroe's Message, in which it was first propounded, was much eulogised by Mr. Brougham, Mr. Canning thought it necessary to declare that "he was clearly of opinion, with the President of the United States, that no foreign State had a right to interfere between the colonies and the mother country ; but he was as strongly of opinion that the mother country had a right to attempt to recover her colonies if she thought pro per."—llansard, vol. 140, Feb. 3, 1824. Second : in 1827, when, in the negotiations with the United States for the continuance of a certain convention, the American Plenipotentiary reas serted the " Monroe doctrine," viz., that no part of the American continent was henceforth to be open to colonisation from Europe, the British Ple nipotentiaries, acting under Mr. Canning's instruc tions, not only utterly denied the truth and justice of this doctrine, but took care to record their denial in the protocol of the same conference i►► which the principle had been insisted on by the United States. The characters of departed statesmen belong to their country. I trust, therefore, to your sense of justice and fairness to correct in your next number a misrepresentation which, however inadvertent on the part of the writer, is calculated to injure Mr. Canning's memory.—l am, sir, your obedt. servant, A. G. STAPLETON, Formerly Private Secretary to Mr. Canning. No. 11. TO THE EDITOR OF THE EDINBURGH REVIEW. Kensington, Jan. 23, 1857. Sir,—l find, with much regret, that in the num ber of your Review, just published, you 'have not corrected the error which I pointed out to you in your Oct. number, in which you stated that " the famous" Monroe "doctrine was originallysuggested by Mr. Canning." Had I called upon you to con tradict this unfounded assertion merely on my own authority, you might perhaps have been at liberty to leave unnoticed my contradiction ; but when I designated to you two several public occasions on which Mr. Canning protested against this very doctrine, which you assert that he " suggested,' and when I referred you to existing documents for proof, I think it must appear to every fair-judging man that you were not at liberty to disregard such a communication. I must, therefore, beg the favour of you to in form me whether your sense of justice will induce you to take any, and what step, for correcting this mischievous error, which you have so extensively circulated. Nothing but the strongest sense of duty to the memory of a departed statesman (to whom I was bound by the ties of gratitude and affection) would have impelled me, at the moment when I addressed you, to make to you on the subject any remon strance. I still feel bound to make every effort 'in my power to do away with the effects of this erroneous assertion—an assertion not less in jurious to the fair fame of Mr. Canning than to the best interests of this country. For it would, of course, go far to justify the Presidents of the United States in putting forth, and main taining by acts, this doctrine, alike offensive to the honour and incompatible with the rights of Great Britain, could they succeed, through your means, in fastening its " original suggestion" on one of the most distinguished of British statesmen. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, A. G. STAPLETON. ; Henry Reeves, Esq., Council Office. No. ILI. 62, Rutland-gate, JaR. 24, 1857. The Editor of the Edinburgh , Review presents his compliments to Mr. Stapleton, and regrets that some delay has occurred in answering his former communication, owing to the absence from Eng land of the writer of the article in question. Nothing can be farther from the intentions of the Editor than to give currency to any statement which may be historically inaccurate, or unjust to the memory of Mr. Canning, but the passage to which Mr. Stapleton has obligingly directed his attention does not appear to him to require further notice in the Edinburgh Review. T.HE ROYAL COMMISSION ON SUPER- ANNUATION. ' The Royal Commissioners have called upon each department of the public service to furnish the following returns :—A return of persons employed on the Ist of January, 1855, the nature of their appointments, their ages, and their salaries at the above date. This return to include only such per sons as are liable to superannuation abatements, or wt►ose exemptions from such abatements was attributable solely to the fact of their having en tered the service before the sth of August, 1829. A. return of persons who have left from other causes than death or superannuation during the last ten years ; the dates at which they respectively entered the service, and the dates at which they left it ; their salaries at the time of entering, and the subsequent additions made thereto, with the date of each addition. This re turn only to include such persons as were ' liable to superannuation abatements, or whose exemption from such abatements was attribut able solely to the fact of their having entered the service before August, 1829. A return of the persons pensioned between the Ist of January, 1837, and January, 1857, stating the dates of their en tering the service, the nature of their appoint ments, their salaries at the commencement, with the amount and date of each rise, the date of superannuation, and the amount of superannua tion allowance, and, if dead, the date of death. This return to include only such persons as were liable to superannuation abatements, or whose , exemption from such abatements was solely attri butable lo the fact of their having entered the ser vice before the sth of August, 1829. A return of all persons who were on the superannuation list on the Ist of January, 1837, showing their ages at that time and the date of death of such persons as having been on that list have since died.—Civil Service Gazette. THE WESTM RYMER PALACE CLOCK. The clock-face is of cast-irom, filled in with a new description of white semi-opaque glass, supplied by Gardner ,of the Strand. The dial, which is 22 feet 6 inches in diameter, will appear entirely opaque by day, it is hoped, but will, nevertheless, be available for illumi nation by night. The clock hands will be made of copper, made as light as is consistent with the requisite strength to re.ist the action of the wind. The 4 dials, as we have said, are to be 22 feet each in diameter, the largest, it is believed, in the world with a minute-hand ; the larger dials on the Continent have only au hour-hand. 'rho minute-hand, on account of its greater length, velocity, weight, friction, and the action of the wind upon it, re• quires at least 20 times as much force to drive rt as the hour-hand. The effects of friction and wind with such hands as these offer difficulties iu the way of the clock going even as well as an ordinary church clock; . to . ovaerr-t come which, what is called remontoire work is use . d v ,. n l) a of the arrangement bein for the purpose of when visible motion of the bands at every half minute, sr nev n ar, the point of the minute-hand will move a n r e t is iy twenty. inches. The great wheel of the goin i g ra p hs fifteen feet seven inches ;n diameter ; the p long, and weighs 6801 b ; and the third wheel, -esnedoauopeug:el, which is driven by the musical -box sP A :I I the w h ee l s except the weighs about half an ounce. soape-wheel are of cast-iron, not cut, and all h ave five spokes. e with the teeth cast, . The weight of the t s an 4 cwt. d- h amme r was propose d to be ing to the usua l proportion, with a i les is is t e o th o b f e a a t l o els t t r a i, f a o accor a o o t e , but must now be 12 cwt. There for stopping the winding when t he clock is going to s trike, as th e winding of each of the striking parts will probably. take two hours. Mr. Denison adds, with reference to the question of the strength of cast-iron teeth, thilt a segment of one of these great wheels was tried up • ;to b re aking point, and it bore a pressure of six tons, and then only broke from the pinion not bearing quite flat upon it. The desirability of employing cast iron whe. 3 ls is questioned, as our readers know, by some who are well informed on this subject, but into this we do not propose to enter.—The Builder. THE C i ITY POLIOB.—On Wednesday the Police Com mittee d svused of the cases of the 58 officers and con stables v lho had been certified by the commissioner as y unfit for fUrtb ur po li ce serv i ce , an d en titled to retiring allowance under the provisions of the City of London Police A .c t. To 33 of these officers was awarded half pay for life ; to 11 others pensions proportione d to the extent of injuries they bad received were gra nted ; and to the remaining 14, whose services had been for periods . less than 15 years, liberal gratuities, according in amot tut with those periods of service, were allotted 20 .10 100 toil 20 93 soi 11 93; 4 651 96 i losi 5 1 j 6i 828 2 I 1 51 I SI 391 40 1 81 83 121' St_ 1100 St 11 . 0 a ll .;10) 5 I all St. ilOO :0 all 5 all .2?. all .2 all l 0 all S't. 100 .0 3.1 3t.i100 3t.'100 5 all all iU all ie all ;5 all .2i all isi .0 all .2 10i all t all 3t 100 15 f all 6i all 4 34 alt LO 2 it. 100 t. 100 El all ti all LO all 6 all l 0 all It. all It. 100 5 all 10 4 it. 100 It. 100 It. 100 It. 100 It. 100 0 I all ,t. 1 100 ;0 I 16 It 100 It. 100 It. 100 t. 100 8 all 0 all 10 all 3t 100 .:?,1 all n all L 6 6 A. 1O( It. 1100 It. 1100 It. ilOO it. 'lOO St. 100 108 7a 31i 20i i iurplus. TIIE LAW OF LIBEL. (Prom the Times.) The title of journalists to publish reports of -public meetings must bo set at rest. Either West minster-hall or Parliament must review and settle the question. It cannot be suffered to remain in: the doubtful position in which the hasty decision of "Davison v. Duncan" has just placed it. When Lord Campbell, during the conversation which preceded the judgment, asked, " Was this a meeting at which the public had a right to be present ?" and added, " a good deal might depend on that," he had, with characteristic sagacity, seized upon the real point of the case. Unfortta nately he let it go again. When he came to deliver the judgment of the Court he had confused himself with certain of the rusty fictions which still lie about Westminster-hail, and he talked Jike John Doe and Richard Roe in an old action of ejectment. In truth, the situation was an embarrassing one. The Court of Queen's Bench had not the courage to sweep away the half adverse precedents of evil times, and to go back to the old common law of England, which punished the inventor and not the repeater —they had not the courage to say that the celebrated resolution in Lord Northampton's case is still law, and to clear that great legal landmark of the rust and barnacles which little men and later times have suffered to adhere to it. Therefore was it necessary to cover a bad deci sion with bad reasons. We have dealt with the law of the case upon a former occasion. The rea sons, however, are worthy of some further obsess 'ration. We are not about to discuss lengthily the often-repeated fiction of the all-absorbing interest which the public have in reading reports of trials rather than reports of any other proceedings. No doubt, the Lord Chief Justice in this rather re peated what he found other judges had said than what he had deliberately considered. Lord Camp bell, when he does consider the origin of this excep tion, will confess that it %list have been introduced by the judges, not for the benefit of the public, but for their own convenience, in that it protected their own reports. It was not for the public, but for " Durnford and East" and their voluminous descendants, that this exception was invented. When the old common law rule, as laid down by eleven English judges in the time of Sir Edward Coke, was abrogated, the convenience of the Courts required this exception, and it was made. We hope to hear no more of this "public convenience," unless the judges are disposed to deal honestly with it as a principle, and to extend it to all eases where this exigence exists. The only reason for this judgment which deserves any real attention is rather legislatorial than legal. The judges say that no privilege, to publish the proceedings of a public meeting exists, because they think it ought to exist, and they think it eught not to exist because, if it- did, "a fair ac count might be published of what took place at a public meeting, whatever injury it might do to private character." Now, any worthy citizen who happened to be in court, and heard the Lord Chief Justice of England talking thus carefully and ten derly of private character, would naturally conclude that he lived under laws which shielded his reputa tion and punished any man who might defame him. Nothing can be more unfounded. Private charac ters are no more protected by the English law than polecats. If your words should injure a man's pocket or threaten his liberty the law will interfere, but in other respects character is fair game to all speakers, either in public or private. Calumnies so gross that they would make a Quaker take the utterer by the throat are innocent in the ear of a British judge. Are you a malignant man and much a coward, fond of revenge, yet loth to pay for it ; and do you hate your neighbours on the right and on the left ? Go to your parish vestry, or to your club, and exert your legal privileges. Your right hand neighbour happens, as you know, to be a religious and moral man, who shames you by his virtuous life, and who places all his happiness in his domestic rela tions. Get up in your place in the vestry and relate your sorrows, -in that you have the misfor tune to live next to a man who is in the habitual commission of adultery, and whose daughter is— you may use the foulest word the English language has for a woman—the law will justify you. Of your left band neighlAsur you may say that he is a forsworn man, and, if you do not live in the city of London, you may add that he is " a cuckoldy old rogue." No one shall molest you. The police, if you shall find it necessary to require their aid, shall be bound to keep the peace while you 'deliver yourself of these accusations. If any one should be so ill-advised as to seek any remedy at law, the Court will protect you. The very judges who were so terrified at the danger likely to arise to private character shall turn your assailants out of court and make him pay your costs of defending yourself. If you should feel your vindictiveness whetted by anything that may have fallen from the husband in his indignation, or the father in his wrath, or from the daughter in her despair, call a meeting at the Freemasons' or the London Tavern under some other pretence, and, when thousands are assembled, introduce the anec dotes, with names and circumstances, as an illustra tion of your speech. It is for you to consider whether you will wound deeper by inventing what is false or revealing what is true. It is alike in the eye of the law. True or false, Lord Campbell will be bound to throw over you the protection of the judicial ermine. As a man be will no doubt think unkindly of you and sr •ik harshly to you, but as a judge he will allow you to take out execu tion for your costs and lock up both your neigh bours, if they happen not to be able to pay you. This is the law of England, and it is to preserve this law that the judges throw upon the press the burden of being the guardians of private character. It is we who are to weigh the expressions as they fall ; it is we who, at our own peril, are to decide whether aught that has been said is likely to move hatred or contempt against any other person. And then, when all has been done,—when the report has been carefully screened clear' of every personal allusion, when every accusation—rightly or wrongly made—has been scrupulously excerpted, some local circumstance may possibly give a libel lous character to some innocent sentence, and an " innuendo" in the declaration will make the con nection complete and the damages sure. But, if the press is silent, is private character therefore secure ? In our days reputation stands side by side with honour. Character is a more delicate thing than it was with the sturdy middle class of bygone days. A slander may have worked its end, and its victim may be walking abroad among his fellows unconscious that the plague-spot is upon him. A malicious word may do more certain wrong than a lie graven on the base of a column. If a man be an honourable man he would wish that if an imputation be made against him it should not be whispered in a corner, or passed along from mouth to ear, but made publicly and in print, where he could recognise it and destroy it. Surely the judges, for the sake of the dignity of their office and of the law they administer, will seek to obtain an alteration in our defamation law as now administered ? It cannot be their pleasure to sit as judge without power to punish tae most odious crimes which man can commit against his fellow. Some change there must be. The changes we ask for are these : Abolish the distinction between words publicly and advisedly spoken and the same words when written. s t p o o p k l e e n a d b tyh the h t e t h pe e rsowourdnsacmomed plaPineremd i o t f a w d e e r f e e really t o.pfiout r° th ve e in th i t s h efareport d; beenthat the p la requisite o e d th ej i nd d i ea 1711 : c a s es a 1 o w without pmlaalinictei.ff, and that the publicatio Bench may With a law thus amended the CotuprrtoteofctQiouneenac's ac er. They have Y te n c f ha t r he long as they are obliged to no rig ht that they can give no corded by thesplaewaktgorparvievia remedy against the to do so as admitslanderer of a neighbour's morals or the calum niator of a woman's chastity. TEE AUSTRALIAN AGRICULTURAL COMPANY. day, ay, e t e h t e i n r g e p of o r t t h , e a A n u a s b t r s a t r l Australian of g r w i c h u i l c t h u r appeareda l Company n this set a m Sun of the 26th instant, was brought under consi deration. The result of operations was generally regarded as unsatisfactory, and a lengthened discussion followed. Both the progress of the land sales and the returns from the collieries are considered to indicate discouraging management, and it was urged that an investigation should be instituted. It was contended, likewise, that the expenditure, home and colonial, is larger tha n would bejustifiable even under favourable circumstances, and complaints were+ also made of the accounts not having been rendered in a clear and intelligible manner. A va riety of suggestions was offered for improving the value of the property,, and remarks were made on the advan tages likely to accrue from th e introduction of railways and the cultivatinn of the mulberry tree. With respent to the collieries, their development has been so costly that it is considered by some of the proprietors, possess ing local experience, that a lease of them separately or collectively to other parties would be the best method of turning them to profitable account. The vend of coal, it was also alleged, might be greatly increased y im- P roving Port Newcaotlo, so a!i to give ready access to vessels of large size einployed in the Indian, China, and Australian trade. At ter explanations from the directo . rs, it was mutually agreed that a committee of consultation here should be appoi nted to re p ort to a s p ecial meeting a ft e r on the general affairs of the company. WESTMINSTER ABBEY.—The three dilapidated but. tresses and windows intervening between them, on the northern side of Westminster Abbey, have been admir ably restored, by Mr. Samuel Abbey, of Pimlico, under the direction of Mr. Scott, the architect. 351 i