The Sun. — London, England, 1857-01-24 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLocK. Advices from Liverpool state that the Cotton Market yesterday exhibited a firm and steady ap pearance, and prices were fully maintained, with a moderate demand for all descriptions. The sales amonnted to 10,000 bales. The Railway Share Market closed quietly, with few transactions. A good deal of excitement has prevailed in the Tea Market since the receipt of the advices record ing the progress of hostilities in China. Common congou has risen id. to 14d. per lb., sales having been effected at ls. ld. per lb. The Bank of England Return for the week end ing the 17th inst. is generally more encouraging than most parties had predicted, although the reserve of notes is smaller and the bullion has further receded. The latter, however, still exceeds ten millions, and the reflux of gold from Ireland Will prevent the amounts recently sent to the Con tinent in payment for silver causing any further immediate deficiency. The other securities have increased, and the continued payment of the Jan. dividends has led to an augmentation in the private deposits. The principal items and the changes they exhibit are as under Active Circulation . . £19,463,035 Increase Bullion _. 10,110,409 Decrease Rest Increase Public Deposits Decrease Other Deposits Increase Seven-Day and other Bills 853,094 Increase Governmeat Securities Increase Other Securities Increase Notes unemployed Decrease The official return of the exports of the precious Metals from the port of London for the week end ing Thursday last is as follows :-- Gold Coin Sil, Bars ver Coin , - ~ Bars The inquiry for money continues comparatively quiet, but full rates.are generally maintained. In the English Stock Market the decline °f it per cent., which occurred yesterday, has been recovered, and no further variation has taken place. The Bank Return and the quieter tone of the Money Market have produced more firmness, but there is still no encouragement to speculate to any large extent. C onso l s h ave b een 93t for money, and 931 for the account. The New 3 per Cents. 941- -a, and the Reduced 93 to 94i. Bank Stock is dull at 216. Exche quer Bills are firm at 2s. prem. lrery little business is reported in the Foreign ( arket. Turkish 6 per Cents. have risen to about 98 i f, and the 4 per Cents. to 103 k Portuguese 3 per Cents. have been dealt in at 44 to 44f. Russian 4f per Cents. 96, Dutch 4 per Cents. 98, and Brazilian 5 per Cents. 102. The following are the nominal prices of Foreign Stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 6 7 ; Mexi can, 211 t ; Peruvian, 78 79 ; ditto 3 per Cents., 5 5 6 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 43 5 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 106 8 ; ditto per Cents., 95 7 ; Spanish 3 per Cents., 40 4 ; ditto New Deferred, 234 ; ditto Certificates, 5f I ; ditto Passive, 5f 6. The Railway Share Market has ruled very inac tive, but prices generally have been well supported. In some few instances a slight improvement may be quoted. Eastern Counties advanced about 55., South-Eastern, Berwick, 55., and Great Northern and Lancashire and Yorkshire 10s. Brighton, great Western, and North-Western, however, de clined ss. The East Indian lines are rather firmer, having advanced about 1/. 10s. &inde and great Central of France brought previous values. There has been a rather active business in. Joint stock Bank shares, at lower rates. English, Scot tli.") and Australian Chartered d ec li ne d 10 s ., an d 'Won and County 10s. Miscellaneous shares hare been dull, bat firm. B arrlSH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONK O'CLOi (From the Officzal Busince. done 216 Sauk St ock 4 3 per 'gent.. Reduced Annuities 93 4} 93i 3 Der Cent. Consols Annuitie " 3 per Cent, Annuities 94A India } sonde 1.:1000 Dit to, under £lOOO 2 p Consol s for Account .46 93i R zehequer Bills, 24d. 4:1000 Small 1 d 2 p • PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE, O'CLO( Brazilian Bonds , 5 per C en t. Per uvian Bonds 102 4 1 per Cent Ditto 55 3 per Cent. Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent., Con. 1841 Ditto 1853, 3 per Cent 441 Ditto Account 1 1 , Russian B on d s, 1822, St., 5 per Cent._ 41 4 -- Ditto, 44 per C0nt.......... 96 Turkitsh Bonds, 6 per cent Ditto Account ........................... 95A- Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. oivni en d s on th e above gtvable in Londc n. Dutch Exchange, 21 per Cent., 12 Guilders Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates . OB • TWO O'CLOC i . 93/ / . 931 Consols, money Ditto, Amount DEATH OF CAPTAIN JOHN PAOET.—Captain John Paget (1856) died on the 16th inst., at Brompton, in the 71st year of his age. He entered the navy March 4, 1800, as A. 8., on board the Minorca sloop, Captain George Miller. The majority of the Earl of Lincoln, eldest son of the Duke of Newcastle, is to be celebrated on a grand scale natnt?le duke is very popular amongst his neighbours, tenantry, tr a d esp eople,Privat e lett ersfroml3lev.arious parts of Switzerland speak of the dissatiseanction which i s man if est i ng it se lf against th e Government by the suspicion that tite This di ssat i s f act i on i s cause d fairly dealt with in the quesStiwiss peopl e h ave not b een In the copper mark et another u of Neuchatel. ld. per lb. rise has t a k en p l ace o f ARCMITEOTURAL ASSOCIATION, WLzthevening a soiree of the members of this association t e at the Hall of Lyon's-inn, where a lecture "Oa thee of Imagi nation in Architectural Design" was delivered by R e . Ruskin. The telegraphic advices regarding the Royal mail Steamer Tamar, which has put into Vigo with damaged machinery, state that the requisite mat er i a l f or the re pair of her rudder cannot be obtained at that place. Th e company are therefore making arrangements to send it out by the Peninsular steamer which is to leave South ampton on the 27th. The interruption occasioned by the accident will throw the vessel nearly three weeks out of her time. According to the latest advices, the Heather Bell was to leave Melbourne on the let of Nov. for London, and the Morning Star , on the 10th of Nov. for Liverpool. Assuming that they sailed on the days fixed , t hes e ves sels h ave noev been at sea 83 and 74 days respectively. The William Money and Tornado were also to leave shortly frit. Liverpool, and the Admiral and Copenha gen, fo'r London. WARD OF CRIPPLEGATE WlTHollT.—Yesterday a wa.rdrnote was h e ld a t t h e B o y s ' S c hool-house, Re d . tro se-street, for the purpose of electing a Common Councilman for the war d o f C r i pp l ega t e Without. Mr. J ohn Sewell was the successful candidate. It is noticed as a novel feature in the bullion market that parcels of Chilian dollars have of late reached this t:ntry by the W es t I n di a packets. As th i s co i n i s of In same standard as the five-franc piece, it would ap pear to be equ a ll y su i table for transmission to India. The five t .. -f rac pieces, on their arrival out, do not circu it% e in India ind that shap e , b e i ng e i t h er me l te d i n t o ingots or coine Chilia n into rupe es . F or e i ther purpose th e dolla Vac/momr seems e qually available. , CIVIL APPOINTMENTS,SK RVICE.—, AND P ROMOTIONS IN THE The Home Department.—The Lord. Lieutenan c y of the county of Leic es t er h as b ecome vacant by th e death of the Duke of R ut l an d . General Post Office. —M r . ye Henrye ockyards.—Two Thornscl erkships h as b een ap of Mr. Sheppa r d an d ointed Postmaster of O t l e have become vacant at Dvotniapeort by the euperannuat i on thane. Customs. —The collendeath of Mr. Nor at the port of Dartmouth has ter ehiP of Customs tturrbecome vacant by the death of Mr. Stephen has been created in the lockers' idegpea.rtment, Legal A vacancy Quays, London, by the resignation of Mr. Stephen ointed a clerk Kent. Mr. Godson Godson has beecisapp in the East and West India Do Richard B. William Miller has been ti l\ t i e , d a clerk Lprido n ; Mr. in the Legal Quays, London ; Mr. Wi'lllcaPta°l a Lond on ; been appointed a clerk in the Legal Qua Bride has Mr. Thomas F. Wakefield has been appointed the Legal Quays, London. Mr. Robert Caldwellclerk hasin been promoted from locker to be principal coast e ; at Arklow, Dublin. Inland Revenue Departmentfi (Stamps and Taxes Brandi) —Mr. J. A. Stanford ha s been a • ppointed supernumerary surveyor of stamps and taxest — Civi4 Service Gazette. THE SUN, LON riON, SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 24 1857 SHARE MARKETS—(This Day.) ` W 3h , . !Paid 9i %ArLirt.eN Closing Prc , this day. nustness done this day. t 1.111133, NO(1,, NA.; Ea:-;t Jun i;allira. Rirraing. Wolverb Stour • :lirke.ihd, LnacsL. _7l7:eshire Do. Chesh. & 4i 84 9 19. -- 20 174 - 18. 134 - 14 81 8 d0...,_. ,Blackburn '' &Tya.Jor.gis £25 (igad. at tiristol and Exete, 94 61 61 4 , 36i - 37, r:lhester Et Holyhetj Cork and Bandon_ Cork, Black, 4 Pas: ,11 al Do. A 8 Do. B 15 publinetßelfastJui.l al !Inn. P. & 0. ;in, )0 East Anglian.....,. LII Eastern Connti..4l. X) Est. "Tninn, ti St 1 0 ills., B. Stock 4 1110 , New A..„,,. .7' !East Kent Of • 1 18i 191 91 •1 • 43 45 29 31 7 - 5 93i 9, East Suffolk Do. fr , rlinburgh&-das t . iEdinb.ant Peohle, Edin.Prtt &Dund Forth & Clyde Tan Furness....... „.. 53 5* 34i 35 ;Glasgow & S. Westrn Great N. of Scotlud Great Northam 93 - 95 7 - 8 914 92 76 78 [23 125 .11 113 65i 65i 'Do., A. Stock.. , I),J B. Stock Gt.;th StWest.(.lrf !Great 'tour Val Ra (Ina. Stk jirish -louth-gastel Lancaster dt earn, Do., Thirds Do. New Thirds Lancash.andYorks: Do., Wst. Riding i'n Do. South' ort London & Blackwa I Lond. Bright &S.CsL , Lond. and N. West-. ,Do. Fifths D0.101.8h.,M&8 Do. Eighth 5.. ..... .... London andS. Westn . Lndndrry& Coleraine Lndndrry.& Ennisk. Aanch.Shef. & Lincln Metropolitan Do. J. L. Ricardo's arrangement Midland 65 67 68 72 5 6 5 6 96 963 -- 7 12 114 LO6 106. 20} - 214 10k - 10 - 1071 82d —82 i 53 55' )0. Birmng. & Derb liidld. G. West. (Ire. 1)0. Half Shares Newcastle& Carlisle Nwpt.Aberg.&Hrf Newry & EnniskillP 'Newry, Warrenpoinl and Rostrevor.... Norfolk Northn.Connties ilu North British Nth Devon Rail & Dock Stock OM .'".. 13i - 14 51 - 53 3i - SP I 39 ~.. 40 i ~. - ... Do., A Stock., :)0., B Stock ... - N.l&stern—Berwi• k ;o, do. Extension Dodo. G.N.E. l'nrel Do. Leeds Do. York North London 84 - 85 4/ - 3ii• 3 - 2i 18 - 18/ 60 60§ 98 - 102 . &S.Wstrn.,llam stead, and City Jn. gorth Staffordshir gorth Western._ & S. Westrn. Jnn )x., Woro., Wolv c,rtsraonth 4i 8 - St 10 11 27i - 28 Rhymney . .„ Ottisn - Centrii.l., Scot. N E.Abrdn St. Do. Soot. Mid. St 108 25 - 26 71 73 49 11 2 17 8 74 - 746 84i 853 5 3 (1 5 3 # 12 14 39 41 SitinzbournekSheer, +nntu Devon South Eastern— •touth Wales Vrkali. li tvnes,Wok. &Wo Stockton & Darting Do., do., 1854 Do.; do., 1855 , toeliten di Hartle' , 'aff Vale.. , o. Pref., No. 1,, 7' , ames Hay. D.& T. Vale of Neath... Waterftl. & KilkenL ,Vaterford&Limer • • West Cornwall._ .9i - 204 Nest End of Lond and Crystal Pallet. Do. A ...... ...... Do. B 6 8 2 - 4 4 1 1 - 51 West L0nd0n...., Do. First Class .. -- .. Do. Second Class... l rWimblerin hilron,"n 7 9 4i k COLONI AL. Bombay, narods,, , a, Con. India, g. 5 p. c Do. Ceylon A shares , Do. B. do remerara Eastern Bengal Kast Indian A and B, g• 5 P. Do. Ex. C, gu. 5 p. c Do. do. D, gu. 5 p. c. Do.4i p.c.Bnds.,'s7 Do. do. do., '59, Geelong Melbonrn€ guar. 5 per cent fold. Trunk of Canada Do. Cert. of Deben. con. into Stk. till'e: Do. Comp. 6 p. 0., do. Gt. In. Pen. g. 5 p. c. Do New, guar. 5 p. c Gt. Western o f Canada Do. New Do. Bde., payable 's', Do. do., '76, p. '6O Do. do., '73 do. Do. do., '73, without option Niadras, guar. 4 p.c Do. do., 5 p. c. Do. 4i p. c. Exten Do. 3d Ex., g. sp. e l Scinde, guar. 5 p. c. Do. St. Andrew's and Qnebec (Al_ FOR. tntwerp&Rott rd,m Ardennes ......... Belgian Eastn. June Beriers to GraissCBBA c Buff. & Lk. Hur, Ry. Carmeaux & Toulouse Coal Mines and Ry intch Rhenish B:astern of France •)o. New ur. ii in.jsnTV.acli.m ley ,ii . E. tot. Ceutral of Fran e 4reat Luxembourg Italian Junction- Lake Const. & Basle Lierre and Turnhout Lombardo Venetian. Lucca & Pist. 5 p. Lyons and Geneva Lyons & Mediterran Maria Antonia . 0 . Do. do. New `tamer & Liege Do. do., E p. c. Prof Northern of France NorwegianTrunkPre• Paris and Lyons Paris and Orleans. Recife & San. Fran., (Pernam.) g. 7 p. c. Rome and Frascati `:oval Danish ..... Royal Swedish iambre and Meuse Do. 5# p. cent. Pref ionthern of France Vest Flanders ..... Do. 54 per C. Pref W. 4 N. W. of France Western of Austri a 1 West. of Switserlanff Wiesbaden Do. Bper cent.P;ef. Zealanti ....... OINT.wp aStrranain. ...._..., Bank of Egypt Bank of London Bri. Col. Bk.&Ln. C. iiritish N. American ahartd. Bank of Asi> Bnk• of India, A.nstralia, & Chi na, City Colonial .......... •.•..•.... n Commercial of Lo nd. Eng. Scot. &Ans. CIA. Cond. Chart. Bk. of Australis.— Ditto Now London and County Buk g. Corp London Joint Stock. Lond. Westminster National Pro.ef Eng Do. New National Bank New South Wales Oriental Bk. Corp Ottoman Bank Provincial of Ireland Do. Now R Ana B &Go Im Cr South Australis llnius of An3trlito... l Do. Now ........••••••• Qnio❑ of Irwaun Unity Mutual Western Bk of Lend ~ ~~ ~ 1 - li 103 - 110 li -.- i p •• . • • 21i - 22 50 - 52 82 - 83 20i - 24i - z 5 2i - 99 - 100 118 • 123 118 - 123 108 110 19f -19 i 21ft - 22 - Pi - 2 pl ~IQIV. 6 - 611 - 13 - 24 p 11 2 4 1 5 32 par i 10 par 41 - 5i -- 6 ..d - 6 —61 p 29i - 8 - & I 19 - 19; i 371 - 3i 9 - 9 541 - 551 51 - 56 k - i P 18 20 80 9 Prn 4 40 50 1 10 34 35 lip, - 7 ••• ••• - ..... It BANK-S, 93i g 5 - p a 60 62 ••• - 1 69 /0 • e. •."" ... fr 18 17i -- 18 170 -- 18 .. -- • - ..... • VI. •• • • •" M. ••••• . M 1 49 51 37 39 d #.6 '''' •• ' s. "'"' 34 - 36 63 - 65 7 - 9 ii -- sal 10 61 6 d LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. RAIL WAYS. • 0/oPall Closing Prices this day. cdford Bnckghatath Clydesial Col. Stour Vy, E. Lin. g. E. Un. H. St. alas. Barr. & None. Direct Do. New...... Londm N. Wfrt,t.. L.A4N.W. Calodo!, E,U &E.( Gt.istrr, E. Count. Caldonlml 96 98 98 102 11 13 133 136 4 ... 44 Glstr4 Dn Fr Hrtlpl. Dk Railway__ Hull & Selby Do. Shares. Do. 4. Shares. Lon.&Greenw Do. Prefereu3o Lon., Til., & S. Do. Bark. Sh. Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent Do. 6 per ct. Manch. Bs .n and Natio h Middlesbr.* Do Gt. Weem Yk. New. Berw. Y. &NM Do Eastl , L D 0....., 109 : U' 12i -- 13 23 -21 I 106 -- 110 i l pi Poto & Co Do NorfoL Do L.& N. W & Midl.l. Stekton Darliugt.' 2i 2i Rede.g 6 p.e. Midid. brad' Newmarket Bury E. G.spc N.& Emt.s p. e. Do. 6 per et. Do. Fixeds p e Prest. & Y: Do, j Shr, A Boystn.& Hit. Shof. Roth AD Gooleg.s p.c. Shrews. &Her. S. Statiordsh. Wear Valleygr 5 per cent Do 92 i'4 En. Conn. E. Count. Do Do 56 - 58 L. &N.W Do Gt North a ' Lancash & Yorksh. T. Brassey M. MClean Stockt. & Darlinzt 132 -- 135 i : ii iItWAB n. 334 - 34 88 90 Wilts&,lomrst PREFERENCTs 811Akt Myth and Tyne 1 OpLl c. pref. (issd. at 5 Brie. & Ex. 4 p. C. Do. 4 p. c. Shares Caledn. £lO 4i p.c rnhes. k fie. On. Sc pt Do. do. Prof. 5 per 0., Cork &Bandons Dun.Prth .& Aber.l. E. Anglian Cls. ASh Do. do. Cls. B 6 p. c. Do. do Cls. C 7 p. c Ens. Co. Ex, spcNo Do. No. 4 . Do. New 6 p. c. S+. East Un., G. 6 p. c Do. 51., 10 per con , Do. 101. Debentr.S}:. Do. do. 4 per cent. East Lancash. 6 p. et? E. kW. York. J. sth: Edin. & 01. 5 p.c. sh Ed. Prth.&Dun.4p.c Furness, 5 p. Glas. &S. W G. 5 p. c Great Northn. 5 p. c Do. 5 p. o. Redeem. at 10 p. c. prem... Do. 4i p. c Do. 6p. c., Red. at f p. c. pm... . ..... Gt.N. of Soot. 1 st Prt Gt. S.W. (Ireland. Do. 4per o. Prof. Gt. W.(8./01.Ex5pe Do. con. red. 4i p.c. Do. con. red. 4 p. c Do. irred„ 4p. 0. Do. 5 p. c. red. prof Do. Birm. Pref. Sh. Do. Chester 8 p. Do. do. 5 p. c. do.. Do. Birm. Gua. Stk D. Ches. Gua. Sh Do. do. do Do. do. de ....... Lan. &York. F. /21 Do. 6 p. c. Stock Lon. & B. 0.5 pe. No.l Do. P., spc. St. No. Do. New Ouar.6 P. Do. do. 5 p. c.,N0.4 Lon.&N. W., Coy. & Itmeaton 5 p. et... 1 Ion.& S. W. 7 per et late 3d Shares ... L .ndy. & Coler. Sh. Londy. &Ennis. 6 Sh M.,5.,& L. 6 p. Cent Do. do. do. £6 Do. do. 34 per cent. Ifarypt.&Carl. 4 p o Do. 4A percent....... Do. do. vf id. Consol.6 p.o St )o. Con. Br. 6pc Do. 4i p. o. Pref. - t Ditto L.& H. Pref. St New., Aber., &c., pr. 5 p. a. red. 5 p.c. pm. Do. Perpet. 6 p ct. with optn. till '66 Norfk. Deb, 4 p.s. sh Do. Pref. 5 p. o. St •(. Do. 5 pc. Ext.,1846 Do. 5i per c.pf ,1847 Do. Wv. V.5pc.,1847 North British Do 71. Preference N. E. Berw, 4 p.c. P. Do. do. do Qo Leeds 6 p.c Do. do. Qre.,1.848... Do.Yorkll.&S. Pur. North Staffordshire.. Do. 6 p.c. Redeem. Scot. Cent. ,New Pref Sc.N.E. Aber. g 6 pe Do. d0.,7 p.c. pf. et. Do. do., 34 p.s. pf. st South Devon Do. fixed, 4i per cent S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. Do. 41 per cent ,Do. Fixed 4i p c sh S Wales Gna. 4p. 0 Do. do. 4i p. c.... S.Yorksh.4p.c.Guar. Stock.AtDsr., 5 p. c. Do. do. do. Stock. & Hartl. g. 5 p. c. till July 1, '56 Waterfd.& Kilk.6pc 96 - 98 4i - 5 6 - 6i Ind its 12 -1.2 t ... -- • . ....' FS 16r 118 - 120 11l - 113 102 - 104 63 - 65 91 - 104 6 -6, 93 - 95 83 - 85 98 - 100 10 - 1N 16f - 17; 10 - 104 74 - 76 194 - 20 , 9t - 104 141 - 154 : 37 139 ...I .... •.• 138 - 141 118 - 120 1157 - 159 - 6o I — 70 .•• ''''' 137 - 139 98 - 100 89 - 1 - li 103 , -105 5 d - }a 109 : 111 113 -- 116 106 -- 110 16 - 17 ..• " •.. 23i - 2 , 4 102 - 105 I 10i - 27 28 2 - 3p ••• - ..• 3 - 31 Business this day LAW INTELLIGENCE.--(This Day.) COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Holroyd.) SECOND DIVIDEND.-ROYAL BRITISH BANE. To-day was appointed for the declaration of a second dividend under this estate. About 1,200 proofs had been taken out of Court, but the amounts had not been cast up, but were estimated to amount to upwards of 150,0001., in addition to those already proved, and on which a dividend has alrcady been paid. Mr. Lawrance, Mr. Chidley, and other gentlemen, tendered proofs on behalf of their respective client?, but which were generally undisputed, but others re served for argument. No discussion arose during the morning of any im portance. The list will be made out in the course of the day, and the amount of the dividend be declared. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. —(This Day.) MARLBOROUGH-STREET. CAUTION TO PLATGOERS.—Henry Taylor, a gentle man's coachman, residing in Reeve's Mews, Grosvenor. square, was charged before Mr. Bingham, with causing an obstfuction in front of the Princess's Theatre, Oxford• street. Sergeant Ryan, 290 A, stated that about ten minutes to twelve last night, he was on duty in Oxford-street, in front of the Princess's Theatre, when his attention was called to the defendant on the pavement, close to the entrance, just as the people were coming out. Witness civilly requested him to stand on one side. Defendant refused to do so. Witness then called his attention to the orders of Sir Richard Mayne, which were posted up in front of the theatre. The accused looked at the orders, and said he had as much right there as witness itad, and should not move. Witness remonstrated with him again, when defendant said, " Speak English, if you can ; I don't understand Irish." The defend ant still persisted in remaining where he was, and witness was obliged to take him' into custody in con sequence. The defendant complained that he had been very much ill-treated and inconvenienced by being taken to the police-station. When the constable spoke to him he told him he was waiting for his daughter coming out of the boxes, he himself having been in the pit. The constable, however, refused to listen to him, and in spite of every remonstrance removed him to the station. Mr. Bingham—You have only yourself to blame for any inconvenience you may have sustained for not complying with the regulations pointed out to.you by the officer ; and if, instead of your twitting the con stable with being an Irishman, you had in the first instance told him you were waiting for your daughter, he would have taken you inside, and this would not have happened. With these remarks I shall discharge you. THAMES. SAVAGE ASSAULT AND ATTEMPTED GAROTTE ROB• BEET.—John Green, alias William Johnson, aged 26, a powerful ruffian, well known to the police as a card sharper, swindler, and thief, was brought before Mr. Yardley, charged with assaulting and attempting to rob William Littler, a ship's steward, of High-street, Wapping. _ The complainant, who had sustained very serious injuries, stated that he was passing along the White. chapel-road last night, when he met the prisoner, who entered into conversation with him and invited him to drink. They went into a public-house kept by a pugi list in the road, where they were joined by another man. After remaining there some time and drinking several glasses of grog, they left and went into a night-house in High-street, White chapel, where they had same more grog. He was anxious to leave and go home, on which the prisoner said, " Oh, don't be in a hurry ; you can go home along with me and have half my bed." He thought the prisoner meant what he said, and remained with him some time longer. He left the prisoner at two o'clock this morning, and was passing along a narrow court, called Plough-street, leading out of Whitechapel High street, when the prisoner came behind him, put his right arm round his neck, and compressed it so tightly that he nearly strangled him, and threw him down. The prisoner, and another fellow who was him, then knelt upon him and attempted to drag his watch from his fob. By a violent effort he partially released his neck from the prisoner's grasp, and shrieked and growled as well as he could. Fortunately, there was a police-constable close by who heard his groans, and the prisoner and his companion ran away. Mr. Yardley—Did you lose anything ? The prosecutor.—No, sir ; but my watch was par tially dragged from my fob, and one of my pockets, which contained no money, was turnedeinside out. My throat is very sore, and I have been very ill all night. The witness then exhibited marks on his neck, which had been tightly compressed. In answer to a question, by the prisoner, the witness said they met at a foot race in Manchester two years ago. The prisoner brought that circumstance to his recollection last night . George Woodward, a police-constable, 187 H, stated that he heard the groans of the prosecutor, and as he approached the prisoner and another man ran away. He seized the prisoner, but not before he made a desperate resistance. He afterwards took another man into cus tody, but the prosecutor could not identify him. The prisoner, who treated the matter very lightly, said he was drunk last night and did not know what he did. Mr. Yardley remanded the prisoner for a week. for the 23d of Feb. at cati Railway Company is called Rome and Fras- A general and special meeting of the Paris. A. comparative statement of the r ecei p ts on the Lom bardo-Venetian Railway shows a during the past year against 160, i 400/.n 1805, the increase being 44,700/. It is stated that, owing to the activi t y of the home demand, only a small portion of the silk recent l y arriv ed will be likely to go to the continent. The Bank of Antwerp, whos e charge for advances on foreign bills has lately b een 6 per cent., have to - day reduced their rate to 5 per cent. GENERAL COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION. The new movement organised under the above designation i s about to be inaugurated, we are informed, by a Free Trade Hall meeting, on the evening of the 6th February, at which Sir John Pakington and Mr. Cobden are expected to be present. We learn also that a conference, for free discussion of the provisions of the proposed scheme, is to be held in the library hall of the Athe naeum on the evening of the 30th. Numerous importan accessions to the committee, we hear, have recently been obtained.—Manchester Guardian. OFFICIAL CHANGES. --The office of Deputy-Secretary, like that of Secretary at War, is to be abolished. Sir Benjamin Hawes, who has most efficiently discharged the duties of the office for nearly six years, will become permanent Under-Secretary of State, Mr. Peel retaining the Parliamentary Under-Secretaryship, and Col. Mundy obtaining a military command. The office of Secretary to the Ordnance will also be abolished, as the ordnance branch is now amalgamated with the army generally. We understand that Mr. Godley, now Director General of Stores, will be Assistant Under- Secretary to the department under the new organisa tion. AMERICAN SHIPS AND THE TREATMENT OF THEIR CREWS.—The elitist officer (first mate) of the American ship, Albert Gallatin, was summoned yesterday, at Liverpool, for assaulting three foreigners, one a French man, named Millard, and the other two Germane, named Zimmerman and Zill, under circumstances of great cruelty. The bench fined the defendant 40s. and costs in the first case, and 51. and costs in the second, and 40s. and costs in the third, accompanying his decision with some pertinent remarks upon recent affairs in con nection with American ships at that port. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN LIVERPOOL.—Between eight and nine o'clock on Friday night the premises of Messrs. J. and J. Huntington, of Park-road, were discovered to be on fire. Situate as the mill is, in the centre of a densely populated neighbourhood, the inhabitants were greatly alarmed. The mill and warehouse were said to be Ailed with wheat and flour, and were about seven storeys in height, and has only been in the possession of the present owners for about three months. Floor after floor l o gavefan the wbauyildwirg with h s taelrornifiecreemraasihned. CHILD I , and by 12 o'clock the h FOUND DEAD AT RATOTAPP.—Yesterday after noon inquest was held bef o r e Mr. Ballet, at tho shell White Horse tavern, White Horse-str ee t, Ratcliff, on the body of a newly born female child, which was found dead on the morning of Thursday last, in Collingwood street, Ratcliff, stitched up in a fish basket. The medical evidence proved that the child had been recently born, and that there were several marks of violence on its person ; but there was no evidence to show that it had • been born alive, and the jury returned an open verdict of " Found dead in a fish basket." MURDER OF A CHILD IN ST. PANCRAS.—Yesterday evening an inquiry was held before Mr. Brent, at the Bell and Crown, Pratt-street, Camden -town, respecting the death of a female infant found murdered in Har rington-square. It appeared from the evidence that on Monday afternoon last a nursery-maid, who was walk ing with some children in the square, observed a black bundle lying on the footpath, which upon untying she found to contain the deceased's body. A rope was fastened tightly round the throat of the infant. Medi cal evidence having been adduced in proof that the child had been born alive, and that its death had been caused by strangulation, the jury returned a verdict 01 " Wilful murder against some person or persons un known." At Constantinople on Thursday the exchange on London was quoted 128 . The rate, it will be remem bered lately fell from 1 3 6 to 121, upon the news of the proposed arrangements for the establiehmea of a Da. tional bank. VERGER, THE MURDERER OF THE ARCH BISHOP OF PARIS. On Wednesday morning Ver4er received a visit from the Abbe Hugon, chaplain of La Roquette, whom be received with marked satisfaction, and conversed with for some time. The prisoner later in the day had suffi cient freedom given to his arms to enable him to write, without, however, having the strait-waistcoat removed. Amongst other books, he asked for a Latin bible, which was given to him. Verger preserves in his con versation an appearance of tranquillity, although when a conference has been prolonged a certain excitement becomes manifest. His mind is principally fixed on.the result of his appeal. Verger, on Tuesday, wrote to M. Achille Morin, advocate of the Court of Caseation, to beg of him to support his appeal before that court. In the letter he says that his defence before the Court of Assizes was net free, and he expresses a confident hope that for that reason hi s co n d emna ti on will be set aside. '‘lf it be not," he d ec l ares , we mus t su pp ose that justice is banished from the earth, and we must exclaim, like the great apostle, To die is gain.' It will be a gain for me, and a gain for my enemies." Verger has" addressed a second letter to the Emperor, in which he prays him to convoke all the Court of Cessation, and to allow him to defend himself before it. "I will not renounce my right of defence," he says, " except the clemency of your Ma jesty shall render it unnecessary." Verger has become, as he was before his trial, calm and almost indifferent. During the greater part of yesterday he wrote inces santly, and it was with reluctance that he laid aside his pen to take his meals ; in a few hours be covered more than fifty pages, and he calls them his "testamentary arrangements." He several times in the course of the day begged the director of the prison to express his sin cere thanks to the superior authorities for having allowed him the liberty of his right band. " You see," he sa d, "I am not the same man I was before. I can work now. That is what I always desired. I will await with resignation the reply to my petition to the Emperor, and I confess that I place some hope in it, for my conscience is clear ! lam not a dangerous man, and a small cor ner of the earth may be given me without risk ; I care not where, provided I can walk about a little, work, and above all write ! If, however, contrary to my own be lief, I am considered dangerous, let me be suppressed from the face of society. I am ready to conform to the supreme decision !" In the course of the day two sisters of charity of Jossigny (Seine-et-Marne), who knew Verger when he was priest at Siris, which is about a league from that tows, presented themselves at the prison of La Roquette to visit him, and to present him with an image of the Virgin, which they had expressly caused to be consecrated for him. Verget begged that they might be told that he regretted the trouble they had taken on his account, and that he thanked them sincerely for it ; but that, desiring to be in repose, and to receive no visits, he could not have them ad mitted to his cell. The Bishop of Meaux has caused him to be asked if he would consent to have an interview with him ; and Verger, nollwithstand ing his determination not to receive visits, has caused the prelate to be informed that, with the greatest pleasure, and the most profound respect, he is ready to receive his visit, his consolations, and even his remon strances. The following letter was dictated by Verger to M. Ragaly for his father, immediately after his condemnation My poor father,—What a trial for you and for all the family 1 But take courage ; so long as the guillotine shall not have been erected, and my head shall not have fallen, you will still have reason to hope. I embrace you with all the filial affection which a son should have for his father. Embrace for me my mother-in-law, my brothers, sister, and other relatives. Your sos,—VERGEB." After the signature was added, "And tell my brother to embrace Clemence for me." MARKET NEWS.—(This if ay.) COVENT GARDEN. Both fruit and vegetables were in but moderate supply and steady request, at last week's prices. FRITIT. Pine apples, per lb. 5s Od to 8s Colonial do. ea. Os Od to Os Od Grapes, per 1b... 68 Od to lOs Foreign do Os Od to Os Odi Melons, each 3s Od to 5s Od Peaches, p. d0z.... 3s to 880 d Nectarines, do. 2s Od to 8s Od 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 Apples, p. h. sv. 6s Od to Ss Od Pears, per d0z....8s to lOs Od Oranges, per 100. 3s 6d to 9s Lemons, p. doz. is Od to 2s Od Apricots, p. doz. 2s Od to 6s Od Cherries, per lb. Os to Os Od Gooseberries, per half sieve ....Os Od to Os Od Currants, p. do. Os Od to Os Od Plums, per do. 2s Od to 50 Oi Green gages, do. 4s Od to 7s Od Raspberries, p. potl. Od to Od ',TABLES. VEGE' Greens, p. doz. bun. 2s 6d to 3s Cabbages, p. doz. 9d to is 6d Savoy do., p. do. is Od to 2s (xi Cauliflowers, do. 2s Od to 5s Od Brocoli, p. bun, is 3d to is 9d Potatoes, per ton 603 to 130 s New do., per do Osto O Peas, per quart ...9d to is Od Turnips, per bunch 3d to 44 Carrots, per bunch 5d to 7d Cucumbers, each is to 3s Od, Garlic, per lb 6d to Os 8d Sorrel, per sieve Od to O Spinach, p. d0...2s Od to ss 6cl Brussels sprouts, per half do 2s Od to 3s 0(11 Old onions, p. bush.2s 6d to 48 New do., per bunch Od to Od French beans, :per 100. is 6d to 2s 6d Leeks, per do 2d to 4d Shallots, per lb.. ..... 6d to 8d Horseraddish, p. bun. 2s to 6s Parsley, per do. 4d to 5d Celery, per do Os 9d to is 6d Beet, per doz. is Od to 2s Od Parsnips, per do. is Od to Os Small salad, p. pun. 2d to 3d Mushrooms, p. potl. is to is 3d Artichokes, each 4d to 8d Cab. lettuces, per NON Os oa to is 3d Endive, per score ls 6d to 3s Radishes, per doz. hands is to 2s Od Tomatoes, p. hf.sv. 4s to 6s Od Walnuts per 100...0s 8d to is Chillies, per 100 is Od to is Capsicums, per 1001 s Od to 2s Rhubarb, p. bundle Od to Od Asparagus, per 100 6s Od to 9 Sea kail, per pun. Os Od to Os NEWOATE AND LEADENHALL. Turkeys, 5s Od to 12s Od ; Geese, 5s 0,1 to 8s Od each ; Duck; 2s Od to 3s Od ; tame rabbits, is 3d to 2s Od each ; wild do., 10c1 to is 2d ; Pigeons, is to is 3d each ; large Surrey Fowls, 8s to 103 ; barn-door do., 3s Gd to 78 ; Chickens, Os 0,1 to 8s 0,1 per couple ; Capons, Os 6d to Os Od ; Hares, 2s 6d to 3s 6cl; Grouse, 2s 3d to 3s 0,1 each ; Pheasants, 3s 6d. to 5s ; Partridges, is 9d to 2s Od ; Woodcocks, 3s to 3s 6d ; Snipes, is 6d to is 9d ; Teal, Os 01 ; Wild Ducks, 2s to 2s tid ; Widgeons, is 3,1 to is 61 ; Plovers, is 6d to 2s Od each ; Guinea Fowls, is 9d to 3s ; Roasting pigs, 6s Od to 9s Od each. Ostend fresh butter, —s to -•a Od ; English do., 14s Od to 18s Od per dozen lbs. ; English eggs, 12s Od to 13s ; French do., 9. to 12. s per 120 ; Leverets, Os each. NEWPORT. Beef, from 3s Gd to 4;6(1 ; mutton, 4s Ad to 4s 8d ; veal, 4s Od to 53 4d; pork, 4s Od to 53 Od per Sibs., by the car case. WHITECHAPEL. Beef from 3s 4d to 4s 6d; mutton, 3s 10d to 4s 101 ; veal, 4s Od to 5s 2d; pork, 39 8d to 5s 2d per 81158., by the carcase. BILLINGSGATE. Turbots, 5s Od to 20s ; Brills, 2s Od to 10s each ; Salmon, Os Od to Os Od per lb ; Cod Fish, 5s Od to 20s each ; Soleg, Gd to 3s 6d per pair ; Eels, 8d to is per lb ; Lobsters, 6d to 3s Od; Crabs, 6d to 2s 6d ; Whitings, 4s Od to 12s per doz. ; Common Oysters, 12s to IGs ; Natives, Ms to —s per bsh. ; Mackerel, 50a to —s per 100; Smelts, is 6d to 3s Gd per doz. ; Skate, 6d to Od per lb; Shrimps, is 6(.1 to 2s 6d per gallon ; Bloaters, 5s Od to 8s Od per 100 ; Fresh Herrings, Gs to Os per 100; Scotch do., Od ; Sprats, 4s Od to Os Od pei bushel ; Doreys, 2s Od to 10s each ; Haddocks, 5s to 203 per doz.; Pike, Od ; Sturgeon, Gd per lb ; Prawns, 5s Od to Os; Mullets, is to 33 6d each ; Plaice, 4d to is each ; Halibut, fid per lb ; Flounders, is Od to 2s Od per doz.; salt fish, Od per lb. BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis aro from 9d to Nd ; of household dltto, 'lid to 80 per 4 lb loaf. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, 4id to sd; 641 b to 721 b, 5,1 to 54d ; 721 b to 801 b, s.id to 50 ; 801 b to 881 b, sid to 6d ; 881 b to 961 b, 6d to 60 ; 961 b to 1041 b, 6.1 d to 60 ; 1041 b to 1121 b, bid to 7d ; upwards, —d to —d ; horse hides, Os Od to lOs Od ; Calf skins, light, 4s 01 to 5s Od ' • ditto full, Os Od to Os Od; Polled Sheep, lOs Od to 12 s Od ; Kents, 7B 6(.1 to 9s 01; Half-breds, is 6d to Os O 1; Downs, 5s Od to 7s Od; Shearlings, Os Od ; Lambs, Os Od. HAY MARKETS. SMITEIFIELD.—Meadow hay, 21 103 to 41 4s ; clover do., 31 lOs to 51 ss; and straw, 11 4s to 11 Os per load. A fair average supply and a sluggish demand. CUMBERLAND. —Meadow hay, 21 12s to 41 4s; clover do., 31 10s to 51 Os ; and straw, 114 s to 1/. 9s per load. Both hay and straw sold slowly, at about stationary prices. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, 21 lOs tc 41 45 ; clover do., 31 lOs to 51 5s ; and straw, 11 4s to 11 Os per load. Supply good and trade rather dull. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This Day.) LONDON, Jan. 21.—Wind this day at noon N.W.— Moderate breeze and dull hazy weather. The Competitor, of Shields, from Marseilles, for Ha vana, was totally lost as supposed on the north side of Minorca on the 16th Dec. ; six of the crew saved ; master and six men drowned. DOVER, Jan. 23.—The vessel brought into the harbour , bottom up, is believed to be the Alexandre, of Borgne, from Hull, for Seville, which was in contact. BEitwicK, Jan. 23.—The wreck of the Robert and Jane, which struck on the rocks on the 20th inst., has been taken into Holy Island. SOUTHAMPTON, Jan. 23.—Sailed—Norman (s.), for Rio Janeiro. JERSEY, Jan. 22.—Wind N.E.—Sailed—Envoy, for Pernambuco. MONTROSE, Jan. 23.—The schooner Wilhelmina„ from BELFAST, Jan. 22.—Arrived — Ja mes, from Demera r a . OPORTO,Jan.I3.—The weather is very bad, and several vessels must have sustained damage, including the Bac chante, steamer from London. The Queen, steamer, from Lisbon to London, which went on shore yesterday 2 miles west of Vienna must have received serious injury. (PER ELEOTBIO TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Saturday, 10 a.m. The Phoenix, steam-tug, is just about to leave here, with 100 men and some pumps, for the Tyne. To-morrow being the new noon, and the spring tides set in, it is probable that the a attempt to float the Tyne will be made. The springsare LIG their height to-morrow, Monday, and Tues day. LivEßrooL, Saturday Morning. Wind I. Arrived—Taurug and Arcadia (sc. s) from Alexandria ; Callao, Callao. Sailed Africa (s.) from New York. Put Back—ltamon for Havannah ; Sharon , M obile ; Elgin, Santander ; Windermere, Lisbon, with decks swept; Scotia, London. QUEZNSTOWN, Jan. 22. Wind N.W. ~ Arrived—Anniversary, from Brazil. Off—Eliza Moore, for London. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISU T ELEGRA3 H.) S.M. GRAVESEND, SaturclaV. .55 Wind W. ; tide three hours' flood ; very cloudy. Arrived, Jan. 24--Mountaineer, f rom Gothenburg ; Herman Essler, Riga; Bolstal, Stockholm. D E AL, Saturday, 9.44 a.m. Wind W. by N. light. Anchored, Jan. 23.—Eastern Star, from London, for Now Orleans ; Etna, Loudon, Cardiff ; Mary Ann, ditto, ditto ; Margaret Catherine, Grimsby, Triesto. Sailed—Spray, for London. 7,A) Ntaltton SI A' b' I' 18, Six o' etock RUMOURED SUBMISSION OF PERSIA• A telegraphic despatch has reached Vienna, from Constantinople, to the effect that imme diately on the fall of Bushiro the propositions of the British Government were accepted by the Persians. CHINA. Th© Moniteur de la Flotte contains news from China not hitherto published. It was not known at Macao that the Russian Government had ob tained permission at Pekin for their ships to enter the five ports. This fact is consi lered to be ex tremely important. Russia has had for some years extensive commercial relations with China by l an d, and, according to the terms of a treaty signed in 1725, the town of Kiachta, situate on the frontiers of the two empires, serves as a commercial en trepot. Commerce has increased, and is consi derably extending itself on that point. The Rus sian Government, in order to establish its rela tions more firmly with China, has obtained the privilege of having a Legation at Pekin—a favour which no other power enjoys, but, on the other hand, the Chinese Government had always refused to receive Russian ships in the five ports into which the ships of other nations are admitted. Trade between Russia and China has been hitherto car ried on solely by land. Admiral Patuitine, who commanded the Russian squadron in the Chinese seas at the breaking out of the last war, used his utmost efforts to obtain a treaty which would place his Government on the same footing as the most favoured nations. He would probably have suc ceeded had not the war paralysed his operations. Recent events at Canton give increased im portance to the new advantages which Russia has obtained. On the 25th of November a body of insurgents, accompanied by numerous bands of brigands, who have ravaged the province of Kwang-Si during several months, took possession of the town of Kouli-Lin, and committed fearful ex cesses. The Imperial troops not being sufficiently numerous could give the inhabitants no assistance. It is impossible to give an idea of the anarchy which prevails at this moment in various provinces in China. Highway robbery is organised on a most extensive scale. The Government has neither force nor authority to suppress tho highwaymen. The Mandarins execute a multitude of inoffensive beg gars, but they are helpless against thieves. Yeh, the Viceroy of Canton, is one of the most abominable and cruel men in the empire. He maintained a num ber of mendicants of the most unfortunate descrip tion, and every time any act of violence was com mitted in the city, being too feeble or too great a coward to dare to arrest the assassins, he selected a dozen of mendicants whom he orderel to be decapi tated, and he then wrote to the Emperor that a horrible crime had been committed, but that the authors had been arrested and punished. It is by those repeated falsehoods that the mandarins deceive the Emperor, who is never permitted to know the truth. The insurgents, with their chief, Tae-ping, are completely masters of the province of Kiang-Su. Their head-quarters are At Nankin. That city may be regarded as for ever lost to the Emperor, for his authority can never be re-esta blished there. It was impossible to have shown more incapacity than did the Imperial generals. The insurgents have fortified the Yang-Tse-Kiang, and the mouth of that river is closed against the Chinese fleet. By the latest accounts Admiral Sey mour was still at Canton. lie had established him self so as not to be annoyed by the Tartar troops. He had been joined by the hospital frigate Min den, and he had sent the Winchester and Coro mandel to Hong Kong, the Sybille to Whampoa, and the Pique and Hornet to Shanghai. He had done so at the request of the British Consuls, who had demanded them for the protection of British subjects. LITERATURE. Bradshaw's Monthly Descriptive Railway Guide and Illustrated Handbook of England, Scotland, and Ireland. W. J. Adam. As the facilities of, and, consequently, the temptations to, locomotion have increased the seed of a work like this has grown more urgent ; and we may justly compliment the compiler and publishers, not only on being the first to supply the want, but also in, on the whole, a very credit able manner. Errors and omissions there, doubt less, are ; but not more, so far as we can judge, than might reasonably be looked for in a first attempt of the kind. This being premised, a brief notice of some of the contents of the work will afford some faint notion of its value and impor tance. All the information hitherto found in " Bradshaw" will be met with here, together with new information of a useful kind to the mere traveller, while to others who would make travel ling a recreation, and to the tourist a charming field of observation is laid open, and much inte resting information is given respecting the various railway lines, and the towns, antique structures, and natural beauties in the vicinity of the respec tive thorough routes. In addition the work is embellished with numerous and beautiful steel engravings, illustrative of the magnificent scenery of the British Isles, and is accompanied by plans of London, Dublin, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Liver pool, Manchester, Leeds, Birmingham, and other of our great cities and towns. A Directory of Hotels, with customary charges and a notification of the principal houses in each line of business in the chief cities and towns—must also be noticed as constituting a new and valuable feature of the book ; a work which to the commercial traveller, the tourist, the valetudinarian, the frequenters of watering places, and all who travel by rail in the three kingdoms and the Principality of Wales, we recommend as a cheery and instructive handbook end au invaluable guide. ROY'S WIPE OF ALDITALLOCH. A friend who has been examining the parish register at Cabrach, ainffshire, says he has lighted upon the veritable Roy of Aldivalloch and his once fickle wife, so famous in Scottish song. On the 21st February, 1727, John Roy, lawful son to Thomas Roy, in Aldival loch, was married to Isabel, daughter of Allister Stewart, some time resident in Cabrach. They had been previ ously "contracted" on the 28th January. The Braes of Balloch are in the neighbourhood of Aldivalloch, and the song was written by a lady of the district. Allan Con ninvharn says—" Mr. Cromek, an anxious inquirer into all rnatt(r illustrative of northern song, ascribes Roy's Wife of Aldivalloch to Mrs. Murray, of Bath ; while George Thomson and all other editors of Scottish song impute it to Mrs. Grant, of Carron. I am not aware that the authorship has been settled." Our old friend was not so zealous a literary antiquary as his son, Mr. Peter Cunningham. There is no doubt as to the authorship of the song. It was written by a lady named Grant, a native of Aberlour, who was married first to ber cousin, Mr. Grant, of Carron, near Elcbies, and on his death to a physician, Dr. Murray, of Bath. The date of this lady's birth and death are said to have been 1745 and 1814, consequently she was long after the period of John Roy mentioned in the parish register. Perhaps there was some popular tradition as to the courtship arid the rustic dame's inconstancy, or Mrs. Grant may have taken up the burden of some older for gotten ballad. Many of our best songs were modelled on rude fragmentary lyrics that had floated down through generations, embalming some pieces of local history or celebrating some fine river, hill, or landscape.—lrver nen Courier. THE COLONIAL PRODUCE MARKET• _ In the colonial produce-markets during the week there has been in some cases an improved demand at advanced quotations. The public sales of sug ar have been upon a rather diminished scale, and, as the trade evincuctions on ed a more general inclination to increase t heir stocks, the a w hile to-day Tuesday went off at an advance of 6d er cwt, y rather hic,her rates were again establisphed. The decline of last week is therefore fully recove red, the quota tions for most descriptions being now as high as at the commence cargoes of foreign have realised s w u h p i p l l e ie f s ull rates ment of the year. floating extreme prices, the sales being chiefly confined to Havau_ plan tationnhaal i v . e a C l so s o o lir. etse been oc f"C p te a lyn i duo continues s o arfirnative firm, and apne dr g r cw o wi w tt hthhi7h small supplies r the sales held in March next the Dutch Trading Company have ad vertised 443,000 bags, against 393,000 bags at the cones f7o2io bales Monday in t n h e e x t October consist series. o f 3,25 0T bales he lar Ceylon, e y ni l :ti n , p „di n g period of 1856. The quarterly sales of cinnamon vice brought to public sale rather tended to cause ion wand buyergs quan tities a d g e a c l i a n r sc e t ; 1 . but the principal port' fyi G r enAuction from former terms. Sal i p d o e t r r e e d hasagai nominal,n h ad e es e Pl IlirgehqS B u t ie t, and quotations may still be considered the middling qualities offering at much lower rates without quantity fin di ng buyers. Business to some extent disposed of at 18s to 18s 6d, In arrival at 38a. A largenitrate of soda has been 18s 3d. The tea-market has been a ru tw uc o h of has been done for cargoesin influenced c e a d t b l y B' th to e telegr:tphic message to-day. Several thousand chests of Lands at from is id to is ld per lb, clo sing sellers at is 1d l and Ka ism' teas were for a small quantity. Atoning much inquired for during the week , but hob lets decline teas hal ye been selling unless at extreme rates. Scented taken freely • a t a considerable advance. In England, personal distinction is the only pass port to. the society of the great. Whether this clis ,nietioto arise from fortune, family, or talent, is im material ; but certain it is, to enter into hig h society, a man .must either have blood, a million, or a genius. OPPOSITION TO THE INCOME TAX. STROUD. A public meeting was held here on Thureday.night "for the purpose of considering the propriety of petition ing Parliament for the rep .al of the income tax." It was stated in Vie' Sum a few weeks ago that a pledge had been agreed to - by 500 of the electors of the borough not to vote for any candidate fur its representation in Parliament who wou'jd not support a total and imme• diate repeal of the inco , .uie tar. Since that period a great deal of excitement has seen kept up in the borough by the agitation of the questlon, and the borough has been plentifully placarded. At Length it was determined to hold the present meeting, and long before the hour ap pointed She large room in which it was held, and which is capable of holding 1,500 persons, was crowded to the doors. Mr. foreman, M.P., and Mr. Scrope, were on the platform. The following resolution was agreed to : " That the present form of income tax on trades and professions is inquisitorial and despotic, demoralising and degrading, presses with unequal severity on industry, and is totally unfit for a free country ; and that the meeting strongly urges the Government to make provision for its immediate amendment, and for its total repeal in 1860." -------- --- After the resolution had been carried, the two mem bers for the borough addressed the meeting. Mr. Sefton said he had el ways advocated the income tax, and had supported its increase during the war, but now that peace was restored the question assumed a different aspect, and he did not wonder at the impatience ' which had been manifested throughout the country at the prospect of the continuance of the war tax under these altered circumstances. lie had, however, no reason to believe that it would be continued to that ex tent, and was not aware that the Government had com mitted themselves to a continuance of the war portion of the tax after the sth of April next. He hoped it would not, and be was of opiaion that it ought not, to be continued. But when they talked about a total abo lition of the income tax he could only say that was one of the pleasing delusions which some people would in dulge in, but which he could not make up his mind to be possible. Mr. HORSMAN said he assented to the general senti ments expressed in the resolutions which had been passed, but in passing these resolutions they must re member that if they repealed the tax they must find a substitute. He felt it his duty, therefore, to tell them what were his opinions on financial legislation. It was all very well to say that the income tax was an abomi nable tax and one that must be got rid of, but before they got rid of it let them look back to its history. They might have a large number of members so pledged to a total and immediate abolition, and one of the rem nant of the Protectionist party taking advantage of it might rise and propose the repeal of the tax as founded upon a false principle of direct taxation. The result might be that the Protectionist members of the House of Commons, voting for the repeal of the tax in Con. lormity with their principles, and the pledged members voting also for it in conformity with their pledges, the tax would be abolished ; and, following up the principle, a tax upon the importation of corn would be re-imposed, and all the advantages which we have gained from free trade would be lost. (Cries of " No, no !" and a voice "No danger !") if they followed out this principle there might be danger in other cases if net in this. He maintained also that pledging their representatives to a repeal of the income tax pledged them also to a repeal of the property tax Parliament was pledged to con tinue the tax until 1860, and our financial arrangements had all been based upon that assumption ; it w ould be the greatest breach of Parliamentary faith it that pledge were to be broken. He had no d iubt that constitu encies might get men who would pledge themselves. They might get plenty of what he had heard calmed the " Redpatbe' and " Agars" pledged to do their work in Parliament; but no men going to the House of Com mons, losing their own self-respect, would respect the interest or sustain the character of their constituents. (Cheers.) He objected to constituencies pledging them eeives as much as be objected to representatives pledging themselves. No one could tell what would be the state of their financial information in 1860. He only learnt the resolution of the electors of S roud through the medium of an Irish paper, where he read the de claration under a title iu large characters of " Notice to quit." He found on reading it that it was a ‘• Notice to quit " from the electors of Stroud ; the was the first intimation he had bad of their intentions. Now, they might depend on it that in political matters public meetings and open discus sions were the great safeguards to truth, and thato ) i cealment and mystery were the parents of injustice, anything like secrssy tending to lead to mistakes. With regard to the continuance of the war 9d. he was no more in the secret than his colleague Mr. Scrope, but he would say that the character of the Chancellor of the Ex cuequer for high honour was such thathe did not believe he would take advantage of such a pettifogging device as was imagined by some people to prolong the imposi tion for another year. He bad no hesitation in stating his conviction that the spirit of the ast of Parliament would be adhered to, and that the war tax would expire a year after the war was ended. 27 22 25 1.00 100 ,100 All 5% ft. 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Omnibus 34 - 31 3 1 20 10 Magdalena St. Navi,; - 10 all Nlediteran. Elec. Tel. 10 all Mexican&S.Americn. 2i - 5 ‘1351 Nat.upt:o.Netherlands Discount auens,pitras i.BIE, aisw. C :i. a u o ta 3. 1 4 4. 4p. 25 5 Do. New - P 2 1 : 0 5 10 all Do. Do 1 80 7 1 :3 D i . N fr o e t w . .R o f . r u N.S. 3 p Land 43 : i 2 4 , 4 P 2 10 5 0 0 4d 1 all N D ° Pe r. o . "New 5 all 50 cli 10 01l Ppenoi.nNettelwar."Orlentai 66 al.E.4.i';;lnv;:aa's:i - 416 -I: 68 67 Pm 1001 all6o scot Royal .A Mail ustr ! i p 144 1 all Ditto New l4 - 25 all South Austral-;sand 35 -.. 37 1 al: Submar. 1 1 al' Do. Registered ..... - 1 20 5 Prust& L. Co.U.Can. 100 284 Van Diemen's Land 15 17 St. ~, V.49.6p.e.Janianll 17i i 33i i 34i 4 50 I f 371 8 TO pm 11019 i 103 NEWBURY. A meeting has been held here to determine upon a petition to Parliament for a reduction or total repeal of the income tax. The present mode of levying the income tax was de. nounced as most injurious and oppressive, particularly to the industrious classe3, the tradesmen, and proles. sional gentlemen. A form of petition to Parliament was agreed upon, and a resolution passed, requesting that Mr. Robert Palmer, Viscount Barrington, and Mr. G. H. Vansittart, the three members for the county, should support it■ prayer on its being presented to the House of Commons. TORQUAY. A public meeting of the inhabitants of the town was held in the Town Hall, on Thursday, to consider the propriety of petitioning Parliament in favour of the abo lition of the income tax. Resolution, declaring the income tax to ba despotic and inquisitorial, were carried. A petition to Parliament embodying these resolu tions was also resolved upon. CHIPPING NORTON, OXON. Last Tuesday a numerous and influential meeting of the tradesmen and farmers of this borough wai held in the Town-hall, under the presidency of th! Mayor, Mr. T. Rolls, when resolutions were unan naouiq passed expressive of the iniquitous and oppre. slue character of the locum tax, and a determinatim to use every constitutional effort to effect a reform. At Louth, Lincolnshire, one day last week, a elver watch and appendages, with other articles belonging to Mr. Wray, saddler of that town, were sold by piblic auction on the Alarket-hill to satisfy the demands et the income tax collector, Mr. Wray having retused b pay the amount levied upon bunt atter au unsuccessful appeal against the assessment. METROPOLITAN BOARD OF WORKS. A meeting of the Board W 33 held yesterday in the Council Chamber, Guildhall ; Mr. Tnwaites in the chair. FINANCE. The Finance Committee reported the following weekly cash account:— Balance in hands of Treasurer, 20th of January, 1857 £6,386 4 11 Ctiecques arawu, but not presented. 1,297 10 8 Available balance 45,088 14 3 Amount of deposit on account Total general balance £82,088 14 3 THE NEW STREET, SOUTHWARK. A deputation from the Society of Friends presented a memorial, stating that the intended new street in South. wark would pass over part of the burialground in Red. cioss-street, S ,uthwark, of which they are trustees, and that the remaining part would, in all probability, be wanted for building purposes, the foundations of which would interfere with bodies interred therein. They therefore suggested that legal provision s hould be made to protect any human rema ins that were in the ground. Mr. STERRY, on behalf of the deputation, expressed a hope that the Board would co mply with the r,qubst f the attending aad bef therebybefore a c o o s m v ° ln t l t h t e e m e o t f h t e h t e r onn House and expense of Commons. The CHAIRMAN sgbatid?, in tt the h we ]: o pr ar ksre d s wnn present e r c r e „s b eo theue n v a every tyt ofoa attention t a pe k e rtoi a. m ill a necessa ry care of any human remains that might be met u that part of their duty, w with oeuntl d,wbhei andlep nca paid r r dt y oo iv The memorial was then referred to the Works and Improveme nts Committee, THE NEW STREETS. Mr. WRIGHT moved— That the following recommendations of the Commit tee of Works and Improvements be adopted—that the designs which may be sent i❑ to the Board by the several competitors, showing the best mode of laying out the surface and subsoil of the new streets, and other parti culars described in the resolution of the Board of the 16th" Jan., be referred to a committee of seven persons, con sisting of four professional men, and the chairman and two other members of this Board ; that the Committee of Works be authorised to select four professional men for that put pose ; and that the Board do nominate the two members to be associated with the chairman." Mr. DOULTON seconded the motion. After a very long discussion, Major LYON moved as an amendment— " That two professional men be elected instead of four to assist the committee." Mr. Alderman CUBITT, M P., seconded the amend went, and said that from what he had seen of sub s aye in the Rue de Rivoli and in the Boulevard de Sebastopol in Paris, he felt impressed with the fact that the subject of subways was at present by no means developed. Mr. SEELEY objected to receiving reports from pr fessional men of whose ability and experience they were necessarily ignorant. Such a course must lead to endless confusion. The amendment was put and Deg dived, and the ori ' ginai motion was carried by a majority of three-1$ voting for it and 10 against it. After the disposal of a great deal of routine busineei the Board adjourned at half•past 5 o'clock. DEVONPORT DOCKYARD.— There are two clerkslipe vacant at Devonport by the superannuation of Mr. Sbeppard and the death of Mr. Northane. More super. annuations are expected, and it rumo ured that on or before the Ist April, the end of t he financial year, all officers and clerks, without exception, above 60 years of age, will have to retire.—Civil service Gactte. 2W 206 .00 .00 50 100 100 82 i 2O 944 181 4 241 5 2C 39 40 t2I 12 12 A. 1..0.6, 2 10b 5 100 100 100 all 100 100 10u 100 100 100 100 100 [lOO 10( 44 1100 e.ll all lioo ioo 10 all 100 100 all 1.00 1 100 a ll 10(:) [lOO all all le d 1021 11 1871