The Sun. — London, England, 1857-01-08 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLocK. Letters from Liverpool state that the Cotton Market yesterday closed quietly, but steadily, and prices of almost every description were id. per lb. dearer than last week. The sales were estimated at 10,000 bales, 1,000 of which were taken by the exporters, and 1,000 by the speculators. The Railway Share Market closed with a dull aspect, but prices were steady. . . The Great India and China Association have published their annual statement, showing the number and tonnage of British and foreign ships entered inwards and cleared outwards from and to places within the limits of the Hon. East India Co.'s Charter. This is exceedingly favourable, as it indicates a considerable increase in the foreign trade of the country. The entries inwards last year were 1,215 ships of 791,768 tons, against 1,194 ships and 707,246 tons in 1855. The clearances outwards were 1,266 vessels of 883,061 tons, against 1,350 vessels and 980,003 tons in the previous year. The Money Market continues to present a com paratively easy appearance, and the supply of capi tal in Lombard-street and on the Stock Exchange is found to be ample for all purposes. The rate at which first-class commercial bills are negotiated is 5 per cent., but instances have occurred where accommodation has been obtained on even lower terms. The large arrivals of specie, together with the distribution of the dividends at the Bank of England, which commences to-day, will, no doubt, have a further favourable influence ; but it is too early yet to expect any alteration in the Bank minimum, because in the course of a few weeks business will no doubt become more active, and the demand for capital may conse quently increase for the legitimate purposes of trade. A steady efflux of specie to France still continues, and 12,0001. to 15,0001. was taken from the Bank yesterday for that destination. It is presumed that these remittances are chiefly for the Bank of France, so that its balance-sheet, which will be published in a few days, will not show the effect occasioned by the payment of the dividends on the Rentes. There is no movement in the English Stock Market. The transactions are unimportant, and mostly connected with the settlement. The prices are precisely the same as those current yesterday. Consols are 94 to 941 for money, and 94i 1 for the February account, but they appear heavy. Bank Stock is marked 216 i to 218, and India Stock 2191. The New Three per Cents. have been 941 i, and the Reduced 94i Exchequer Bills continue flat, being par to 3s. premium. East India Stock has been dealt in at 2191. The Foreign Market is exceedingly dull, and there is no particular alteration in the quotations to notice. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 95i , being rather flat, and no business has been recorded in the 4 per Cent. Guaranteed. Russian Small Bonds are 97k; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 44 ; French 3 per Cents., 67f. 50c. ; Belgian 4 per Cents., 98i ; and Dutch 231 per Cents., 64k. It is rumoured that the Commissioners of the Venezuelan Government, appointed for the arrangement of the English Debt, are now disinclined to adhere to the terms which they recently agreed to, and a meeting has been called in consequence. The following are the nominal prices of Foreign Stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 6 7 ; Mexi can, 21j I; Peruvian 41 per Cents., 771 81 ; ditto S per Cents., 56 6 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 43 5 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 106 8 ; ditto 45 per Cents., 95 7 ; Spanish 3 per Cents., 405 41 ; ditto Deferred, 234 44 ; ditto Certificates, 111 6 ; ditto Passive, 15i 6. The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up to this day, are in round figures as under : Great Western £24,311 1856. £22,025 -- North-Western South-Western Brighton Midland South-Eastern Caledonian Great Northern lancashire and Yorkshire Bristol and Exeter Chester and Holyhead Lancaster and Carlisle Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln North London North Staffard Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverh Edinburgh and Glasgow Scottish North• Eastern Great Western of Canada rand Trunk of Canada Northern of France 3,821 4,888 3,040 11,664 9,181 38,422 3,700 4,743 2,936 12.424 5,756 36,643 There has been a very moderate business done in Railway Shares. Some of the chief lines have shown a slight improvement. East Lancashire have advanced 1/., Great Northern, 10s., Lanca shire and Yorkshire, 55., South-Western 10s., and South-Eastern about ss. Great Western and North-Western declined about ss. Great Central of France have brought 221, and Namur and Liege, f. The Canadian lines are of nominal rates. Joint-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are without any material alteration. BRITISH FUNDS. —CLOSING PRICES —THIS DAY. (From the Official List.) Rtimin• et, dt DO Sank Stock * 3 per cent. Reduced Annuities S oer Cent. console Annsitieß 94* 4 New 3 per Cent. Annuities O4 37$ 3 Loug Annuities, expire sth Jan. 1860... Ditto 30 Years, expire sth April, 1885 lB Lathe. Stock India Bonds, 1:1000 Ditto, under £lOOO par 4 p Consols for Account (Feb. 5) ... Rachegner Bills, 2te. £l000. Small 1 p par PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS—THIS DAY. Buenos A yres Bonds, 6 per Cent. B5 Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent., Con. 1841 Ditto 1853, 3 per Cent Russian Bonds, 1822 • , 2St , 5 p er Cent Ditto Srt.all . 97i x d Sardinian ' **** ******* t ************* S 8 Spanish Committee Cert. of CouP 6 Turkish Bonds, g per cent Venezuela. Ronda, 41 p er c ent ********* 95a Ditto Deferred, 1 13 ..... per Cent. . • ..... . ...... 14i +dentis on th e above ayable In. Lomio French Itentem, 4i per Cent. ................. Ditto 3 per Cent. ......... ........ 67f. 50c. ex 25f. 17 c. Belgian, 2. per Cent., ex. 25 fr,; nes ...... Ditto 4i per Cent.. ex. 25 franca .... .. Ditch Exchange, 2?t per Cen:;., 12 Guilders 64 z d THREE O'CLOCK. Consols aloney .............................. Ditto Account ( February 5).. .......... 34 94i CRYBTAL PALACB.—The great poultry show, which has been announced for some ti me at the ' Crystal Palace, is to open on Saturday next. Th e show will take place in the wing of the building leading from the railway corridor to the Palace, and in the large tower at the end of that wing. Although slightly i n f er i or in numbers to th e l a t e Bi rm i ng ham display, this show will fully equal it in the quality of the poultry and pigeons exhibited, ant will far excel in the ampler space and better light at command. One important class of fancy animals—rabbits—which were unrepresented at Bir mingham, will form a very important part of the show at Sydenitam. SUICIDi OP .1 FRMALE IN LAMBETH WORKHOUSE. —Yesterday afternoon an inquest was beld before Mr. Carter, at Lambeth Workhouse, en the body of Caroline Connell, a single woman, aged 33. The deceased was found by one of the nurses on Saturday morning lying at the foot of the staircase covered with blood, and on lifting her up it was discovered that she was dead. A spirsetz-iu-law of the deceased deposed that she had on two tne4coau.s occasions attempted to commit suicide, and the 6 ,,i de _ e l officer who examined the body having given to r s : t e that death had resulted from a compound frac by th e ,the skull, which he bad no doubt was occasioned in a sta nteeeeased having thrown herself from the staircase Yer N d z ie w t lonorfdittteigziyp.orary. insanity, the jury returned a a n 0 w to w°,7:t Milford M ILFORD.—PIans for the erection of tion is to b e n Itlford have been prepared, and applies,- the Same into lade in the next session for an act to carry Church, a n d ,tEfec:t. It is laid out in front of Milford Is n i ti The surveyors h av rn ately to be extended to Castle Pill. out the ground . .1,, been actively engaged in marking terraces, shop s, an u d e d Plans are elaborate, and comprise system of lightin g , e tached villas, with a complete and atiter, and drainage. The erection of public baths and, in conjunction with"trnt, assembly room have been settled ; out thete"! been determined to erect a - line from Johnston, it has needed. To carry Pier—a desideratum long has been formed, who are e ta r i Provernents a company to procure an act for the forenatlgo the necessary steps n of cem etery, water works, & c ., and the custorngaras y works, Parliamen tary notices have be en issued. These works, when Completed, will form a perfectly new town at Milford, Which is r a pidl y b ecom i ng a place oef! o the increased traffic that ie d evaio lm portance, owing Ped there. ritE SUN, SHARE MARKETS—(This Day) W Y .6.11. WA Closing Prices this day. RuglneSti done this day. Lrnbg. Mast , . Juno, Birraiug. Wolve:b Stour Valley ,li Birk eand. Lan 6 (Theshire Juuct ..... II Do. Chesh. clc Birk., Blackburn ..••• &Tynt origina £25 (issd. at £4f Bristol and 'brae*" :sledoniah. lhester Holyhead cork and Bandon Cork, Black, I Pas: Tri II Do. A 8 Do. B OnbiikuislielfastJare 11 Tina. P.,* At.. !O East Anglian .11 Eastern Counties. leAst.' ^r, A St. t) Rs., B. Stock „ , . Do., New A. „, „., East Kent 9 gs,ast Lancashire ...„ East Suffolk Do. I Edinbursbdt Glasg 11 Edinb. and Peebles 11, Ellin. Prt: - . Dnnfi:• 11 Forth & ;11pie inn )0 ! 10 'Glasgow & S. Westrn 11 ! Great N. of Scotlnd. O Great Northern O Do., A. Stock 0 1)o., B. Stock O Gt. zith. &West.ar, ) O Great Western )0 1), Stonr Val Rai Glut. Stk.. 9 50 .sij a .1 I a] 27i1 25 I a] 'it. 1a) St. 100 i 0 10 50 4 15 al st. Bt. 110 , 11 8. it. jiu 10 j• :10 !.0 ! a' It. it St. ,11 it. It. 11 It.. if it. 1C t. ,1C L .fii 'it. 4 t li - 11 Irish South• Eastern 11 1,-,reaster be Oarlis if .41 Do., Thirds 12 Do. New Thirds LAncash.andYorks! Do., Wst. Riding l'n all Do. South all Loudon & lilackwa,l 00 Load. Bright& B.Cs, 00 Lond. and N. Westr. 1.6 !Du. Fifths 541D0.101. Sh., -C Do. Eigeths 100 LondoziandS. Westn II I I.ndndrry4Coleram. Al I ..ndtirry. & Enniek 1. I fanch„Simf.lz Linch, I Metropolitan I 1 Do. J. L. Ricardo's arrangement , i• lihilauu ... J( & Dery kll 41d1d. G. West. (1.. 11 to. lialf Shares... Li I , Tvwcastle& CarliF,l 611 Iwpt.Aberg. &Hrf tiewry 411 Vewrg, Warrenpoin ti - ostrevor.l., .1 I ,Torfolk 3i 'ortlan.Connties 10 North British )0 vth Devon Rail Sel Dock Stock )0., A Stock ')c., B Stock v. Eastern—Beres: k 33 , o . do. Extension )o.do. O.N. E. Purel 6.1 Go. Leeds )C )o. York )U worth London • . &S. Watrn., Ham lit3ad, and City Jn.. ' , forth Staffordshir 'orth Western . & S. Weetrn. Juno •• Worc., Wolv. l ttsmouth 9 [Rhymney Ottuth -tentrnl ) Soot. N E.Abrdn St. A Do. Scot. Mid. St. 4 ‘OO - Ore TT"i 2 Sitingbonrne kSheer. at+, Dovon ioatb Eas tern )0 oath Wiles . vrksh. & Riv. Pa ti • I al 11 4 :vacs, wok. kWo' Stockton 84 Darting 21 Do., do., 1854 3 Do., do., 1855 toekton 41 Hartley St. I 'aff Vale ..... St. o. Pref., No. 1_ 25 2 Ames Hay. D.& R. 20 all Vale of Neath...... 20 al Waterfd. lk Kilkenn 50 :11 Rater forddttimer , .. 20 all West Cornwall .0 all Rest End of Londo, and Crystal Palace 11 Do. A .11 Do. B .1; West London , Do. Fiat Class dl Do. Second Class... 11 Wimble At rlwnv z 5 It 5 al 5 al ►n 10 al 20 al L 8 al 20 1( 20 1.7i1 t 20 20 .+0 I . 0 20 St. I 11 100 I J. tOi 2O 00 00 MO LAO a 20 I al 20 I 1 20 I 1 COLD: 9 t. away , :len.lndia, g. b p. cl Do. Is. Ceylon A shares 1 Do. B. d 0... 2s Eastern Bengal ... • 1, I ARST, llltliftl. A and B 4. 5 p. 5 Do. Ex. C, gu. sp. c .ti Do. do. D, gu. sp. o. .11 D 0.4 j p.c.Bnds.,'s7 .0 , o. do. do., '59, d , . 11 Geelong c Melbourne guar. 5 per cent. . .00 id. Trunk of Canada )o. Cert, of Deben. con. into Stk. till Comp. 6 p. c., do. Gt. in. Pen. g. 5 p. c. 2 Do New, guar. sp. c .11 (it. Western of Canada 8 Do. New ol Do. Bela., payable 's' ,11 Do. do., '76, p. '6O 11 Do. do., '73 do. ill Do. do., '73, withon option.. al Niadras, guar. 4 p.c al Do. do., sp. a, 10 Do. 4i p. c. Exten 5 Do. 3d Ex., g. sp. c 5 Sciude, guar. sp. c. ll D 0... 8 St. Andrew's and Quebec (A).. FOR: - ntworpezitutt rt.i. m -0 Ardennes ....... dl ;elgian Eatitn. June 6 "tAaiers to GraiSSPRS , C 1:1: Buff. & Lk. Hur. Ry. ti Carmeauz & Toulouse Coal Mines and Ry 20 12 'luteb Rhenish 20 all Kastern of France 20 all 'lo. New 20 25. Euphrates Valley 10 lOs. Eur.Aln.Jn.Tel.Rail. 10 18 ;t. Central of Frank e 20 16 great Luxembourg._ 10 4 Italian Junction.,.... to all Lake Conet. & Easle 10 all Lierre and Turnhout 20 6 Lombardo Venetian. 5 a ll Lucca & Fist. sp. c.p. t• 15 Lyons and Geneva !O all Lyons & Mediterran 33!t., all Maria Antonia 10 all Do. do. New vamur & Liege 20 all Do. do., 6p. c. Pref 16 all Northern of France 10 all NorwegianTrnnkPref 2( all Paris and Lyons 20 all Paris and Orleans.. 20 5 Recife & San. Fran., 10 11 04 11 6 si (Pernam.)g. 7 P. c.; 1.0 7i Rome and Frascati i all Royal Daniell ...... 5 all Royal Swedish !D all 'ambre and Manse._ 10 sli Do. 5i p. cent. PrefH 20 all Aonthern of France 1 Si Flanders 10 All Do. 5A per c. Prof 20 all ‘v. dx N. W. of Prancel 20 6 Western of Austria '0 al+ west. of Switzerland 6 all Wiesbaden 6 all Do. 8 per cent. Pref. 10 all Zealand " NT-s• 4'' al 25 1 100 . ,gi Bank of Egypt . . ... ..... Ai Bank of London ll , cri. Col. Bk.&Ln.C. iritis+h N. American ", !Marti. Bank of Asir 6 ,Thrtd. )ink. of India Australia, & Chip 50 City :5 Colonial 0 Comn3ercial of Lond it gng.Soot.StAne.Cht ill t end. Mast. Bk. of Australis all Ditto New :!(.) London and County 50 Lna.&E.Bnkg.Corp IA; London Joint Stock 20 Load. & Westminster National Pro.cf Eng 10 Do. Now., ......... National Bank all New South Wales all Mental Bk. Corp 15 Ottoman Bank if Provincial of Ireland all Now 1 R 13 &Go Im Co -4onth Australia all Mika of Australia -2 Po. 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It St. 11l st. It st. st. Siff) 1' to v) 1,o( SU I a: 20 tOO 100 100 10 20 17i 744 844 5 LONOON, THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 8 (857 LAW INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.) prisoner was then wearing the boots and trousers he had stolen. BANKRUPTCY COURT. (Before Mr. Commissioner Holroyd.) IN RE THE ROXAL BRITISH BANK. The prisoner, in defence, said he was guilty, and that it was the first time be had ever committed a robbery. Mr. Selfe said he doubted the prisoner's assertion very much indeed, and believed he was one of those persons who went on board ships in the river and docks under pretence of being seamen for the purpose of com mitting robberies. He sentenced the prisoner to two months' imprisonment and hard labour. A private meeting was hid to-day under the bank• ruptly, the object being to discuss a great number of proofs on the part of shareholders, to prove as creditors against the estate. Mr. Mellish appeared in support of the claims ; and Mr. Browne (instructed by Messrs. Linklater) for the assignees, to oppose. Mr. Brown stated the grounds of his claims at great length, the first of which, that, as the terms of the charter of the bank, granted in 1849, had not been complied with, the directors were not justified in applying for a new charter in 1855 to increase their capital to 500,0001., and he said that it might be come a serious question hereafter whether tho Crown had the power to grant the new charter, under the cir cumstances. The next ground was that the issue of the shares had been in fraud, and that the persons who had taken them up were not bound by their contract, and, consequently, became creditors of the bank for Mit, amount they had paid. To prove the fraud he proposed to put in the reports of the directors, and contended that there bad been gross misrepresentation to the new share. holders, as to the dividends, but which, even had they been paid, might bare been paid out of capital or depo sits, in either of which case it would be evidence of fraud. He therefore proposed to call Mr. Coleman, the accountant, to state what he had stated on former occa sions as to the accounts, and then proposed to put in the claims of the different parties, which were generally similar. THE WRECIS ON THE JERSEY (UNITED SZATES) SHORE. Mr. Browne could not consent to this as the claims were founded on affidavits. Mr. Mellish said that the course was suggested in order to facilitate--- TINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. „1 RAILWATe. 1 -,j 1 at all ;100 all 110 j all all 100 100 all all all all 1)0 Wilts&qomrst ue4n, Compan, London & N. We t. L. &N. W. Calodon E, tJ &E.( Gt. tin; E. Count. 1011doninn. IDo .., Gt. NI estn Yk. New. & Berw. Y. &NM. Do Do S. Huts r 77 !Do IPA° & Co Do Nod Do L.& N. W & Miditl. Stckton & Darlingt. Midland. E En. E. cCoounnnt D 0... Do L.iiN.W Do GtNorthn Lancsah & Yorksh. T. Brassy MCloan Stockt. & Dar; higt D 0... ...... GtWostn. ... '''' toe '"" Closing Prices . 1 this day. 96 - 98 98 - 102 11 - /3 133 136 4 ... 4i 109 - 311 - 13 22A -- 23} 112 -- 114 P 21 -2/ 92 93 r 56 -- 4 58 ...., o ... •.. 132 : 135 .941 :1i - 34 80 - 91 2i i Bustnesb this day Mr. Browne said he must object to affidavits being received. Mr. Mellish said they were taken in the Tipperary case. Mr. Browne said that the assignees were anxious that there should be no delay or unnecessary expense, but they were not in a condition to consent to a consolida tion of the cases—each case might depend on its own merits—one man might have been deluded, another not. If two or three cases with distinct features were raised an opportunity would be afforded for appeal, if deemed requisite, but he must require the examination to be taken viva voce. After a few words, Mr. Mellish said he would submit some cases. The examinations are likely to occupy the day, and not be concluded. THE CRYSTAL PALACE FRAIIDS.-IN RE ROBSON. To-day was appointed for the last examination of this bankrupt, who stands convicted of forgeries in respect of shares in the Crystal Palace Company. He was brought up in custody, and placed in a private room, but up to half-past one was not brought into court. IN RE SNAOOLN , AND DAY. To-day was appointed for the last examination of these bankrupts—the former being the lady so highly extolled for her humanity and generosity to our gallant soldiers in the Crimea during the late war. The examination was passed without the slightest opposition. Madame Seacole, who has almost recovered from her accident, said that, though bankrupt, she had a nume rous family—the British Army—who would not forget her, and said that this time last year, or at Christmas, she made plum puddings for 150 men, invalids ; but it was only her duty to her Queen and the brave British Army. THE FRAUDS ON THE CITY OF LONDON UNION. FURTHER EXAMINATION OF PAUL. MANSION-HO t7SE --THIS DAY. John Paul, charged with forgery and fraud to a large extent on the City of London Union, was this afternoon agam placed at the bar at the Mansion-house, before the Lord Mayor, for further examination. There was a large number of persons present connected with the various parishes of the Union. Mr. Humphreys appeared for the prosecution ; the prisoner was defended by Mr. Wontner. Mr. Humphreys said that on a former occasion he preferred two charges against the prisoner —one, that of stealing a cheque drawn in favour of Messrs. Kings ford for 3781. odd, and the other that of forging the re ceipts for the money of one of the clerks in Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smith's bank. He proposed to-day to complete these two oases. He had a variety of other charges against the prisoner, but a s th e y were spread over a period of some length, and required some time to investigate, he was not prepared to go on with them to-day, but he should on a future occasion, and therefore he asked for a long period of adjournment. He should call one or two witnesses to open another case against the prisoner, and then he should ask for an ad journment till to-morrow week. Mr. W. S. Finders, cashier, in the bank of Messrs. Smith, Payne and Smith, was called and completed the case against the prisoner in refers ace to Messrs. Kings ford's cheque. After some other evidence the cases were completed, and the prisoner after being cautioned by the Lord Mayor in the usual manner, replied, " I leave my case in the bands of Mr. Wont ner, my solicitor." The prisoner was then committed for trial on these charges. Mr. Humphreys said that he should now proceed with another case against the prisoner for stealing a cheque for 4551. 12s. 2d., drawn by the guardians of the City of London Union, dated the 17th June, 1850 in favour of the London Life Association. The cheque was entrusted to the prisoner to be paid over by him to the Association, but instead of doi ng so he paid it into his account, and the ob ject for which he received the cheque was never carried out. The cheque found its way from the Bank of London to Smith, Payne, and Co., th e b an k ers of the Union, and was paid by them. Messrs. Smith Payne, and Co. were in the habit of giving back the paid cheques to the customers, but in this instance, as in a variety of others, this cheque could not be found, and he should, therefore have to prove its payment by other evidence. Several witnesses having been called in support of the charge, the prisoner was remanded till to-morro fr week POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day). SOUTHWARK• CONVEYING SPIRITS INTO TIM QUEEN'S PRISON.— Mr. Joseph Musgrove, a traveller, was brought before Mr. Burcham, charged with conveying a bottle of spirits into the Queen's Prison, contrary to the regulations laid down by Act of Parliament. Francis Martin, one of the turnkeys in the Queen's Prison, said that about six o'clock on the previous even ing the defendant entered the lobby and was about to pass through, when, from instructions received, witness stopped him and told him he must search him, as he suspected he had a quantity of spirits about him. He replied that he had nothing about him. He, however, put his hand under his coat and was about to search him, when he felt something hard concealed there. The de fendant said it was only a book, but witness pulled out a square bottle, containing about a pint of whisky. He was then given into custody. Dennis, the chief turnkey, stated that as soon as the whisky was found on him by last witness he went up and called in a constable and gave htm into custody. He then saw the defendant take another bottle of whisky from under his coat, which he handed to him. Mr. Burcham asked the defendant what he had to say in answer to the charge He replied that he did not intend to give it to any one in the prison, and he did not think he was guilty of an offence by having it in his possession. Mr. Barcham told him he had clearly conveyed the spirits into the Queen's Prison contrary to the rules, which were conspicuously placed up outside and in the lobby, and the act of Parliament was imperative on the subject. He must pay a penalty of 31,, which he had no power to mitigate under any circumstances. The defendant rather reluctantly paid the fine and was discharged from custody. THAMES. ROBBER'S ON BOARD Saltmarsb, a sailor, aged 19, was brought before Mr. Selfe, charged with stealing a pair of boots and a pair of trousers, the property of Thomas Rawley, on board the sloop Mason. Captain John Mason, the master and owner of the sloop Mason, stated that six wee k s ag o he shipped the prisoner in the St. Katharine dock, and three days after wards he missed the prisoner, who left the ship without notioe. A pair of boots and a pair of trousers, belonging to a seaman named Rawley, were missing at the same time. Yesterday allot noon the prisoner again came on board the sloop in the West India dock, and asked for a berth, and be banded him over to the police. The The winter has scarcely commenced, yet already nume rous disasters have occurred on our coast, seeming to presage a season of unusual calamity. Experience has pointed out certain spots more disastrous to the mariner than others. Barnegat and its vicinity have preeminence among the number ; but the system hitherto obtaining on that shore for the relief of shipwrecked vessels is utterly inefficient, and it is high time that means were taken to remedy the growing exigencies of the case. Some years since the Government constructed a number of small houses or shanties of the Jersey coast for the storage of -lifeboats ' mortars, &c., but without reference to affording shelter to any who might require it. The buildings aro five miles apart, and only a few of them are sup plied with the necessary apparatus for effecting com munication with ships in distress, such as mortars, cradles, &o. The cost of the buildings was defrayed by an appropriation from Congress. Metallic lifeboats were pur chased, but they are useless for the service required of them, Upon examination of facts attending the various disasters on the Jersey coast during the past ten years, we find the lives saved have in almost every instance been duo to the exertions of wreckers in common cedar fish ing boats. The daily occupation of fishermen on that shore has taught them how to construct the best descrip tion of boat in which to trust their own lives at all times and seasons. Immediately on obtaining news of a wreck three or four of tham rush to the shore, run the light cedar barque into the surf, and if the sea upset her they put matters right in a few minutes, and proceed on their ex pedition. The metallic life-boat, on the contrary, is heavy, and, however valuable in the open sea in such emer gencies as those attending the loss of the Arctic and Lyonnais, is totally unsuited for shore service, requiring, as it does, the exertions of half-a-dozen men o launch it in the face of a tremendous swell and gale setting in-shore. Those who have assisted in such moments of excitement know how seldom a boat is launched on the first trial, and when the metallic craft is upset a fresh and longer delay ensues, which may peril the lives of hundreds. The Govern ment force at Barnegat is so small that without the assist ance of the fishermen scarcely any lives would be saved, and the willingness with which these men risk their own safety is so well known that their courage has become proverbial. Two of them, John Jones and John Parker, have just fallen victims to their disinterestedness in endeavour ing to save the passengers of the New York and Tease, and Congress should immediately look to it that the families of those noble men do not suffer want through the loss of their husbands and fathers, engaged as they were in a work which they would never have had to be called upon to perform were it not for the remissness of the Government. Every emigrant ship should be obliged to carry a mortar, with a complete set of tackling, cradle, &c., so as to com municate with the shore when necessary. Something, how ever, must be done immediately, in view of present exi gencies, for the chronicle of disasters has scarcely turned the first page, and yet already exceeds the average of calamity. More houses and suitable accommodation are required on the Jersey coast, additional mortars and cradles must be sent there, and the noble fellows who have risked their lives must be rewarded, so as to offer an incentive to others. Let it be done quickly.—A r ew York Herald. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This Day.) LONDON, Jan. B.—Wind S.W.—Fresh breeze and dull, hazy weather, with sleet. PORTSMOUTH, Jan. 7.—Wind N.E. to E.N.E.—Ar rived.—Straadraad Band, from Batavia, for Rotterdam. PLYMOUTH, Jan. 7.—Wind E.S.E.—Arrived—Heroes of Alma, from London, for New Zealand ; Chili, from London, for Valparaiso. Sailed—Urgent, for Spithead. FALMOUTH, Jan. 7.—The barque Colombo is ashore near St. Mawes Castle, but is expected off. DARTMOUTH, June 7.—Wind E.N.E.—Arrived.—Bri- tish Banner, from Mauritius. RAMSGATE, Jan. 7.—Wind N.E.—Sailed—Jonkvrow Geertina, for Bahia. COWES, Jan. 7.- Wind N.E.—Sailed—Lucie, for Rio Janeiro. GUERNSEY, Jan. 6.—The Boadicia, from Alexandria to Antwerp, struck on the rocks, islet of Herm. yesterday, and has become a total wreck; master and eight men drowned ; mate and four men saved. MILFORD, Jan. 7.- The Letitia, of Padstow, which went on shore, has not received damage. GRIMSBY, Jan. 7.—The Julia Hall, for London, drove and struck heavily on shore below this. CROMER, Jan. 7.—The Fareninger, of and from Culmar, is on shore at Hasbro', and will become a wreck. Cargo discharging. ALDBGROUGH, Jan. 7.—The Rockcliff, of and from Har tlepool for London, drove on the beach in Hallesby Bay yesterday, and shortly afterwards went to pieces; mate and four men drowned. _ _ —.--- --.-- --- MILFORD, Jan. 7.—The Speculation, sloop, of Exeter, pricked upon the anchor of the Danube, brig, made a hole in her bottom, and is leaky. HARTLEPOOL, Jan. 7.—The Cathinka, brig, of Wismar, came ashore last night near the north pier, West Hartle pool; crew saved. (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Thursday Morning. Wind S.S.E Arrived---ifoulmaine, from Bombay ; Middlesex, New York ; Themis, Calcutta ; Success, Rio Grande; Tit Bit, Para ; South Pole, Savannah ; Clarissa Bird, New Orleans ; Flora Muir, Alexandria. Sailed—Glynn, for Havre. QIIMINSTOWN, Jan. 6. Wind E.S.E. Arrived—Tell, from Callao ; George, Alexandria. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITESU LELEURAPH.) GRAVESEND, Thurs .ay, 10.7 a.m. Wind E. ; tida two hours' flood ; cloudy. Arrived, 7th—lda and Clara Schillerup, fr m St. Peters burg ; Eugenia, Calcutta ; Proctor, St. Michael's ; Mar mion, Madras ; Corbier, Nassau. Sailed, Etb—Sir Robert Peel (s.), for Dunkirk; Hobe, Port Adelaide. DEAL, Thursday, 9.55 a,m. Wind W.N.W., light. Passed, Jan. 7.—Ventura, from London, for Adelaide ; Pentuket, from London, for Cardiff; Buffalo, from Portsmouth, for the river ; Lissy and Harriet, to leeward from New Orleans, for Bremen. Passed in tow.—Himalaya, from Mauritius, for Lon- don ; Rudolph, for Loudon. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. The English ship Correa, Nor. 7, in lat. 2/ S., long. 4 B. The ship Prince Albert, Dec. 25, in.lat. 33 N., long. 29 W. The barque Abbott's Reading, bound south, Dec. 29, in lat. 40 N., long. 12 W. The barque Genevieve, for Pernambuco, Dec. 31, in lat. 42 N., long. 12 W. The Neva, from Newcastle (supposed), for Barbadoes, Deo. 30., in lat. 45 N., long. 9 W. The Swiss Randeldrarier confirms the news of a petition having been addressed by the Royalists of Neu cbitel to the King of Prussia, in which his Majesty is earnestly requested not to make any attack on Switzer. land. CHEERFUL HEART.—Tbere are some persons who spend their lives in this world as they would spend their lives if shut up in a dungeon. Everything is made gloomy and forbidding. They go mourning and com plaining from day to day that they have so little, and are constantly anxious lest what they have should escape out of their hands. They always look upon the dark side, and can never enjoy the good. They do not follow the example of the industrious bee, who does not stop to complain that there are so many poisonous flowers and thorny branches on its road, but buzzes on, selecting his honey where he can find it, and passing quietly by the places where it is not.—Corner Cupboard. Several journals having lately mentioned as a very prompt and effectual means of extinguishing a fire in a chimney to throw a handful of raw onions on the burning mass in the fireplace, an inhabitant of Chartres has written a letter to the journal of that town, in which he states that, his chimney having caught fire, he tried the plan and found it perfectly successful. IRONMASTEREV QUARTERLY MEETING. -- WOLTER HAMPTON, Wednesday Eveniog.—The first of the series of the quarterly meetings ofithe ironmasters of this dis trict for the current year was held yesterday at Walsall. The second assembly took place here to-day, but the attendance was thinner than usual, and the business transacted was not large ; both of which circumstances may be traced to the fact that a very large quantity of pig iron has been sold. The same remark will apply to almost all descriptions of finished iron especially rails, for which there are some orders in the district for the Italian rail ways, and for America the improvement first manifested in the condition of the trade three weeks since has been fully maintained ; indeed, prices are firmer than they were at that time, home consumers having bought more freely, and the demand for sheets and plates for the United States having also increased. It is much too early in the year to expect that there should be any great excitement in the trade, with so high a rate of discount as is still maintained ; but the increased anima tion which prevails, and the decidedly healthy tone exhi bited in every branch of the trade, are sufficient to show that the trade was fully justified in the resolution agreed to on this day fortnight. :Mine pigs are unquestionably dearer than they were at that time. Mine pigs are firm at 4/. for a good make. Orders could not be accepted by some of the pig-masters at less than 4/. 2s. 6d. per ton. Nearly all the large works are in full opera tion, and the activity at the v arious forges is sufficient to account for the price of the pig-iron in this district. Stocks of that commodity are Liman notwithstanding the large make and the fact of there being importations of pig-iron to the district. These favourable indications relative to pig-iron are observablo to the full extent with reference to the manufactured commodity ; all the large houses are tolerably full of orderA, and a very general feeling prevails amongst the best informed members of the trade that early in :February there will be a still further improvement'. Stone of the district is in demand, and prices are firm. Robbens are quoted 16s. to 16s. 6d. per ton ; balls, 17s. to 17s. 6d. The coal trade is remark ably brisk both here and in Wales ; some particulars in reference to the increased quantity raised of the commodity we must defer until our next article. Prices are ranarkably firm; in some instances advances have been maintained. The various manufacturing trades of the district , are reported of favourably for the season, but the old dispute relative to the time of holding quarter day has been renewed this quarter, here and at Walsall. The factors issued notices to the effect that they would not pay their accounts until next week ; the result was great inconvenience to many parties. Last evening Old Drury was crowded in every part—Pit, Boxes, and Gallery. It was not only , crowded but crammed—not , certainly to suffoca tion, as the phrase is (the cold weather prevented that), but in many parts almost to inconvenience. The barrier of division, for example, between the stalls and orchestra being broken down, and the surplus visitors accommodated with chairs imme diately under the footlights. Pretty tolerable evi dence—all this—of the success of the New Year's Pantomime ! Well—rathar I As to the com pleteness of the success of it, there could be very little doubt upon that point with any one who glanced last evening over that sea of faces clustered together so densely in the largest Theatre in London—or who listened for a mo ment to the roars of laughter pealed forth by some five thousand happy Holiday-makers. And no wonder—looking from the audience back again to the stage. For in "See Saw, Margery Daw," we have about the most merry and the most gorgeous of all E. L. Blanchard's merry and gorgeous Pantomimes. The burlesque opening, written in the author's liveliest vein, from first to last—sparkling with fun, bristling with puns, and rattling with smart hits in every couplet. And how magnificently the author has been aided throughout in his many droll and fantastic imagin ings—thanks to the "dash," the "fire," the " go," in Mr. E., T. Smith's management. The scenery, fur example, painted as only William Be verley can paint it—especially the exquisite and fairy-like vista of " Holiday's Home iu the Green Bower of Mistletoe," and " The Fairy Factory of Fancy," the crowning scene of all, where the old witch-wife of the piece, " Necessity," effects the magical transformation ! That same old witch wife, Necessity, being enacted by clever Mrs. Selby—Mrs. Selby, as we may call her, the peren nial. Then for the grotesque masks, the hugeous Comic Faces of the Burlesque Introduction— are they not things fit to make one's sides ache ? Monstrous, preposterous, impossible Mugs, dancing over the stage upon the " littlest" legs imaginable, legs that look mere needles and pins by contrast 1 All those same stupendous Masks the emanations from the hand and brain of the " celebrated Dyk wynkyn." And when the Harlequinade at last fairly begins—don't we have enough of Fun and to spare? What with two "Harlequins," Herr Deulin and Signor Veroni, and two " Sprites," the Bro thers Elliott, and two " Columbines," Madame Boleno and Miss Honey, and two " Pantaloons," (a most ludicrous pair of Pantaloons), Mr. Barnes and Mr. Tanner, with cool Mr. Halford as " the Gent.," and inimitable M. Auriol as " The Gro tesque," and, to crown all, two marvellous Lords of Misrule in those wonderful piebald " Clowns"— Messrs. Boleno and Flextnore! Leaving, as we did, last night in the very midst of the boisterous fun of the harlequinade, we passed by a large box full of urchins who seemed to be fairly laughing themselves into convulsions. It did one's heart good to see them, and hear them; yet they were merely a small portion of that densely-packed crowd of merrymakers. However small as a portion though they were, still they were a portion large enough, loud enough, and de lighted enough to be a perfectly sufficient evidence of the success of " Harlequin Holiday and the Island of Ups and Downs," or, as the playbill has it—(a playbill that " draws" more effectually than the strongest plaister ever vended across the coun ter of au apothecary)—Old Drury's entirely new, original, symbolical, hyperbolical, parabolical, extra-physiognomical, grotesque, statuesque, pic turesque, Grand Comic Christmas Pantomime. THE ROYAL HOUSEHOLD AND THE INCOME TAX. From the Morning Advertiser.) Some curious questions suggest themselves with regard to the noble lords and stately dames filling great offices in her Majesty's Household, which we trust some member of Parliament who is not soli , eitous about being invited to a Queen's ball will make bold enough to ask. We should be glad to know whether these noble persons, following the example of their Royal mistress, decline the dis agreeable burden of the income tax, or whether they are made, like the rest of us, to stump up, wille nille, convenient or inconvenient. The sums allotted for the support of the Royal Household—" for the support of her Majesty's Household and of the honour and dignity of the Crown of the United Kinvom of Great Britain and Ireland”—were settled at the commencement of the present reign at 385,0001., of which modest sum 131,2601. is ,spent in salaries, while the re mainder, within a few thousand pounds, for Royal bounty, alms and charity, special services, and the annual pittance for the encouragement of literary and scientific services, and native talent in general, is devoted to tradesmen's bills—any savings which may be effected passing to the account of the Privy purse. But though 131,2601. is the sum set down for salaries, it is probable that in one way or an other it may arrive, by those by-paths and crooked ways which the public eye is not permitted to scan, at a still larger figure. Taken, however, at the acknowledged estimate, the list of salaries stand thus : Lord Chamberlain's department £42,000 Lord Steward's 86,000 Master of Horse's Mistress of the Robes' 39,500 5,000 £172,500 It would, we are sure, be interesting to the country to know whether lordly sinecurists, the ladies of the bedchamber, ladies and maids of honour, gentlemen of the wine and beer-cellars, treasurers, sub-treasurers, comptrollers of accounts, gentlemen of the pantry, lords in waiting, bed chamber women, grooms of the privy chamber, grooms of the great chamber, gentlemen of the privy chamber, pages of the back stairs, pages of the presence (which no doubt means of the front stairs), the master of the tennis-court (which has no existence), the bargemaster and watermen (who only exist for the four hundred pounds A year which each draws from the nation)—we say the country would be glad to know whether these persons and their fellows in sinecure pay income tax—whether to select one illustrious instance) Prince Albert pays it upon the 5001. per annum he draws as Ranger of Windsor Hom• Park, or on the 1,1201. which he receives for doing no thing as Governor and Constable of Windsor Castle ? And, as we have taken the liberty of men tioning the name of this august personage, we will just enumerate the items of his income, and ask once for all how much he pays upon the lump ? Parliamentary annuity - £30,000 Pay as Field-Marshal Ditto as Colonel of the Grenadier Guards Ditto as Col.-in-Chief of the Rifle Brigade Grand Ranger of Windsor Great Park,,say at a moderate calculation, for no account is rendered Ditto as Ranger of the Home Park Governor and Constable of Windsor Castle 1,000 - 500 1,120 X 41,553 MARKET NEWS.—(This 'Z'ay) - CORN EXLIIIANGE. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the week ended Jan. 8, 1866, made up from the Returns o. to e Inspectors In the different Cities and Towns in England and Walt per Imperial Quarter. WHEAT. I BARLEY. } OATS. I RYE. BEAM. PEAS i3B Id 44s lid 23 8 51 I 39s 21 41s 51 I 40$ 9d THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGE. WHEAT. BARLEY. I OA TS. Blum . PEA 4 603 21 4 48 id 248 3d L1D. 403 41 43i 4d 41 • QUANT ITIES OF GRAIN SOLD LAST WERK. Wheat, &x, 765 ; Barley, 90,524 ; eaB, 2,631 quarters. Oats, 11,472; Rye, 234 ; Bean', 5,054 ; Peas , rr Xixtttort ,SUN OFFICE, Six o'Clock. TATTERSALLS.—(This' Evening.) There were few members present at the rooms this evenirg, and no business, in consequence, was trans acted. ' No betting of any importance is likely to take place till the weights for the Spring Handicaps are pus- SUDDEN DEATH OF MR, BROTHERTON, M.P. NAVAL APPOINTMENTS.—(This Day, The following appointments were made at the Ad miralty this afternoon : Edward A. Thodon, to the Myrmidon. Master's Assistant H. G. N. Walsh, to the Indus. Liutenants—H. M'N. Dyer and J. G. Mead, to the Indus. Second Masters—John G. Morgan, to the Hawke. DRURTLANE THEATRE. MEAT MARIjETS. NEWGATE AND LICADENHALL.—A moderate business was passing to-day, at full prices. Beef, from 3s 6d to 4s sd ; Mutton, as Bd. to 4s 8(1; Veal, 48 Od to 4s 10d ; Pork, 3s 8d to 5s 4d per 81bs, by the carcase. SOUTHALL, Jan. 7.—Each kind of stock sold slowly, as follows :—Beef, from 38 841 to 5s Od; Mutton, 4s Od to 5s 2d; Veal, 4s Od to 580 d ; Pork, 4s Od to 5s Od per 81bs, to sink the offal. ROMFORD, Jan. 7.—We had only a moderate demand for stock, at out quotations. Beef, from 3s 10d to 5s 2d ; Mutton, Is Od to 5s 4d ; Veal, 4s Od to 5s Od; Pcrk, 4s Od. to 5s 2d per Sibs. Qaarter-old store pigs, —s to —s each. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, 2115 s to 4/ 4s ; clover do., 31 10s to ')/ Os; and straw, 11 4s to 11 9s per loan. A short supply. 4111BERLAND. —Meadow hay, 2/ 15s to 41 4 s ; clover do., 31 los to 51 Os ; and straw, 11 4s to 1/ 9s per load. Trade steady. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, 21 12s tc 41 4s ; clover do., 3/ 10s to 51 ss; and straw, 1/ 4s to 11 Os per load. Trade Arm. Mr. Joseph Brotherton, M.P. for Salford, died very suddenly yesterday morning, about five minutes to 11 o'clock, while travelling in an omnibus from his residence at Pendleton through Salford to keep an engagement which he had made in Manchester that morning. Mr. Brotberton had been suffering bow. an affection of the heart for some time, and had consulted Dr. Hervey, but was in his usual apparent health up to the time he en tered the omnibus, and had on the previous day presided as a magistrate at the Salford Police court. In the omnibus with him were his friends Sir John Potter and Sir Elkanah Armitage, and they were in conversation together for nearly a mile of the way from Pendleton, during which Mr. Brotherton accepted an invitation from Sir John Potter to spend an evening with him next week, when a sudden change of countenance in the hon. member attracted the attention of Sir John, marked by a wild and vacant gaze at the top of the omnibus. " Look at Mr. Brotberton," he observed, "how ill he looks," and immediately he had uttered the words Mr. Brotherton reclined gently backwards as though for sup port. The omnibus was passing the Crescent at this time, and Sir John, becoming seriously alarmed for his friend,desiredthatthe omnibus should at once be stopped. With the assistance of several gentlemen present Mr. Brotherton was carried into the house of Mr. Southern, surgeon, in the Crescent, but the time had already gone by when any human aid could avail, and it is believed the hon. gentleman had ceased to exist before he was carried out of the omnibus. He died at the advanced age of 73 years. It is difficult to mention a man in his own neighbourhood whose death could occasion greater regret. Though his talents were not of a high order he had lived a life of great usefulness, and his extremely placid temperament and inoffensive demeanour, combined with honourable consistency in pablic life, had won him the esteem of more friends than most active politicians of his class have the good fortune to possess. The statement once made by the hon. member in the House of Commons that he had commenced life in a factory. has generally led to a somewhat wrong impression ; at least he cannot be looked upon as one who commenced his career as an unfriended factory boy. At that period it was customary for farmers and small landowners to send their suns to a factory, much as they now do to a merchant's warehouse, to learn a trade and acquire busi• ness habits ; and Mr. Brotherton was descended from a respectable family in Derbyshire. He afterwards made his way as a commercial man, and became a partner in business as a cotton spinner with Mr. Alderman Hervey at Manchester, but retired from the partnership about 30 years ago on what might be considered for most men in his position a very moderate competence, but with quite sufficient for a man of his economical and quiet habits. From an early age he was a total ab,tainer from intoxicating drinks, and was a vegetarian, having early jt)ined a religious sect in Salford, called, from the name of their founder, " Cowherdites.' : - After the death of the Rev. Mr. Cowherd, Mr. Brotberton himself occupied his pulpit fur some years. As a poli tician he had also formed opinions early, and at the close of the war in 1815 he was connected with an influential party in Manchester who might be considered as the ooaneeting link between the reformers of 1794 and thos of a later day, but did not joi❑ the more extreme party of Mint. In the years 181749 however, during the sus• pension of the Ha.,eas Corpus Act, he was one of those who stood forward to demand a fair trial for the poor men who were thrown into gaol during that period, and after the Peterloo riot of 1819 he aided in getting up a subscription for the sufferers. He was what was locally called a rational Radical, and joined heartily in the struggle for the Reform Bill. In the first Reform Bill the town of Salford was not included as one of the in tended boroughs for enfranchisement, and it was chiefly owing to Mr. Brotherton's exertions that it was subsequently enfranchised. The people of that borough very properly marked their sense of these services by making him their first member, and he held the representation until his death, giving very general satisfaction, though some of his earlier friends thought he latterly leaned rather more to the Whigs than was consis tent with his earlier professions. He protested against the corn laws when they were first imposed in the more offen sive shape in 1815, and c intinued to take every opportu nity of seeking their repeal down to the formation of the Anti-Corn-Law League, of which he was an active mem ber, ever ready to go upon deputations and other business along with Messrs. Cobden, Bright, and others, when he thought his assistance could be useful. He was exoeed ingly a tentive to his Parliamentary duties in connection with the two boroughs of Manchester and Salford—for he was equally ready to aid the constituents of either, to the last, and his ready accessibility, when in London, to de putations and persons seeking his aid, threw upon him an amount of labour which few other men would have undertaken. 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Tel. Scrip... 41 1 al D.-. • Rtatisterea 4 1 20 Trus'' I .. 0 0.17 se. 1 1reC996P.C.J,4614134 100 1 , 6 Van Diemen's Land woe •-• .44 Si. 20 qt. St. 100 100 100 100 121 i ti 75 4i 5 4i 85j Bt. St. St. St. all 10' 100 100 100 1100 ) 100 100 100 100 100 14n. 8 1 13 St. St. 7 St. 20 124' 25 20 St. 121 i 4 P 1 22/ 5 li i 8 pa 12i f THE CITY OF LONDON UNION. From the report of Mr. Morgan, the accountant ap pointed to examine the books of the City of London Union, it appears that the defalcations of Paul, the assistant clerk, so far as they have been ascertained up to the present time, amount to 17,5241. In addi tion it has been found by the guardians that there is scarcely an instance in which he has not committed some fraud in connection with the accoents of the trades. men and contractors by whom the union has been sup plied with goods. It is probable, therefore, as he bad filled the same post for a great number of years, that the totals now capable of being traced will very inadequately represent the real amount of his delinquencies. One feature belonging to this case equally character. ised those of Robson and Redpath. While Mr. Paul was intrusted with the disbursement of sums amounting annually to many thousand pounds free from the exercise of the slightest supervision his salary was limited to 2001. a-year. He had formerly failed in the corn trade, arid his habits were doubtless expensive. Robson while indulging in the purchase of horses at 300 guineas each, was assumed to be working honestly on a salary of 1501. ; and Redpatb, who has attained middle age, and whose expenditure was proportionably of a broader character, is stated to have received only 3001. With the fact in view that the classes engaged directly in trade are making unprecedented profits, and almostdoubling their scale of expenditure it was taken for granted that these men pressed by the income tax and by the rapid rise in prices, which, unlike persons in commerce, they were deriving all the inconvenience and none of the benefit, could be properly trusted to deal to an unlimited extent with the property of others, and that there was no necessity for those who enjoy the more tangible honours and profits of public positions to trouble themselves by exercising w..tchfulness. These circumstances offer no palliation for the criminals, because they knew the terms on which they had accepted their duties, and were bound to exercise the greatest strictness in proportion to the con fidence reposed in them; but they, nevertheless, threw a deep stain upon those whose want of discrimination and self-indulgent laxity have rendered possible the results now witnessed. Apart from every other consideration, ,they might have known that persons of active intellect and bold address, fit for places of unrestricted trust, could not, in the existing demand for such qualifications, have been secured upon the terms accorded. Steady, scru pulous men might probably have been found, but such people are not often the favourites of boards of directors, and there is reason to apprehend there may be truth in the supposition that in some cases the offenders in ques tion have been treated with an extraordinary degree of deference on account of that very prodigality which should have been accepted as a warning of their mis conduct. Perhaps it was surmised that the parties, owing to advantages of position, were successful 'Teen lators, and it is even possible that the admiration and envy with which they were accordingly regarded would never have been dispelled had it not been found that their operations were being conducted feloniously against their patrons, instead of in an acute and quiet way at the risk of other people.— Times. l'lll MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, WEDNESDAY. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's screw steam sbiy Alhambra, Captain J. K. Joy, left this afternoon, with the usual Peninsular mails, 34 passengers, full general cargo, and 20 bottles of quicksilver. ..4 , nong the passengers were Captain Warden and family, Lieutenants Hunton, ICllvert, Holmes, Morgan, Shai p, Withers, Gubbins, Beste, Nesbit, and Mackenzie; Ensigns Bassine and Stevenson. The screw steam-ship Candle, belonging to the same oompany, left this afternoon, under the command of Captain Powell, in tow of the steam-ship Euxine, Cap tain John Weeks, for Liverpool, to be lengthened 40 feet. The alterations will be made by Mr. John Laird, of Birkenhead. THE AUSTRALIAN MAILS. PLYMOUTH, WEDNESDAY. The Indomitable, Captain Nicholson, the second vessel despatched from this port by the Australian Auxiliary Steam Clipper Company, arrived here on Monday night, en route for Melbourne. This fine ship is nearly as large as the Istamboul, the first vessel put on the line, being 1,160 tons register, and 1,800 tons burden. She takes out 60 passengers, and a full freight. Her date of sailing from this port was delayed one day at the request of the Australian merchants in London, in order that she might take out yesterday (Tuesday's) mail. Through the active exertions of the company's agent at this port, Mr. J. B. Wilcocks, she was enabled to sail last night. The Tricolour, Captain Price, frem Calcutta, put in here this morniug. The proposed meeting of merchants and bankers re garding the state of the law in relation to warrants for goods is postponed from the 14th inst. to Monday, the 19th. Die accounts from Melbourne yesterday by the Montmorency reach to the 15th October, being about a fortnight later than those by the Red Jacket. Since the departure of that vessel there nad been no other ship ments of gold to England, but about 60,0001. bad been despatched to India and China. The Heather Bell was to leave for London on the 15th of October, and the William Money and Tornado, for Liverpool, some time during that month. The rainy season, which had beea unusually protracted, had at length terminated, and a very active trade with the interior bad consequently commenced. According to a circular from Messrs. Miles, Sington, and Co., large orders were coming in, and, although, owing to the previous accumul a tion of stocks, there had been no advance in prices, confidence had been imparted to holders, the arri vals lately having been moderate, and a further rapid increase of business being looked for when the cost of cartage should decline to the ordinary summer rates. The wool shipped from Mel bourne during the season bad amounted to 12,027,080 lb., of the value of 787,6404 I' uI I ,i 'IAL. IIGN , 971 i 112 1061 82j 3 1081 26i 1141 loi i 1091 20i 27 18t 181 34i i 134 i 28i 8