The Sun. — London, England, 1857-02-03 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLocK. Advices from Liv e rpool state that the Cotton Market yesterday ruled very quiet, and prices generally were without alteration. For some of the finer qualities of Egyptian an advance of about td• per pound had been realised. The sales were 6 )600 bales, of which 500 were for exportation, and about the same amount on importation. -The exact amount of specie which will be taken out by the steamer Ripon to-morrow to India and Ch ina is 971,328. Of this only 140,0001. is for warded to the latter country. • Notwithstanding this immense shipment prepa rations are evidently in progress for the next steamer, which leaves on the 20th instant. Gold iB still remitted to the Continent in payment for Purchases of silver, but temporarily the efflux. is less extensive. About 15,0001. or 17,0001. was Bent from the Bank yesterday. At present there is no announcement of the arrival of the Heather 13°1 4 but as she has now been a very long time on the passage she will no doubt be reported before many days have elapsed. It is not exactly known what amount of gold she will bring, but other vessels are also near at hand, so that extensive supplies may be calculated upon. There is, there fore,less apprehension regarding this continued drain as a fair prospect exists of the Bank's coffers being speedily replenished. The demand for money is very fully sustained, owing to the sales which have to be met to-mor row, but there is an impression that a consider able degree of relief will immediately follow. Under the most favourable circumstances, however, no diminution in the terms of discount is likely to occur for some time to come. The English Stock Market has opened this Morning with a very quiet appearance, and the settlement of the account is making favourable pro gress. Consols are about 93 to 93i for money, and 934 I for the* March account. Tine New 3 per Cents. are 93i and the Reduced 93J In the Foreign Market there is no particular c hange at present. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 931 4, and the 4 per Cents. 1021- Mexican Stock is 20i4. SPanish New Deferred are 23i to 24k. Railway Shares are all steady, but very quiet. 6811181-1 FUNDS THIS DAY &T ON 3 'CLOCK. (From the Offietal List:) 41. ne,- don. de w 3 3 . Per Cent. Annuities 931 . —r ut:ut,. tsbduced kuJuitat, • Ir3l. Cent oonsols Annuities 93 f i Ditto Account PRIC ... ES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ON oPr , l ~, , . M exican 3 per Cent 2ll i Pe nw b 'an Bords 41 per Cent uuseiau Rends, 1822, C St., 5 per Cent lO7 109 _ Ditto, 4i per Cent. 513ituuh Rouds, 3 per Con , ur , i tto New Deferred, 3 per Cent. ''th onus, f' par cent Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. llt.toen% )., the Above .Ayablei in Ign•Acn. ... CRUM, 'AL COURT—(This Day.) I Tit; OLD COURT. (Before the Recorder.) Shortly after 10 o'clock this morning the jury, who bad been l oc k e d up all n i g h t, i n t h e case o f Ab ra h am ssenden, c h arge d wit h stea li ng a h e if er , on account o f altheir not being able to agree upon their verdict were brought into court, and the Recorder inquired of then& 4 they had agreed upon their verdict. The foreman replied that they had not, and there was 110 probability of their doing so. Mr. Holding, surgeon, of Bridge-street, Blackfriars, Was then sworn, and stated that he had visited the jury %at morning, and he was of opinion that, with regard to one of them, his health would be endangered if he Were kept any longer without food or refreshment of tome kind. The Recorder said that, upon that statement, he felt himself justified in dischreging the jury, and taking into consideration the inconvenience they had undergone, he Would discharge them altogether from further atten dance. The jury, many of whom appeared to be in a very ex hausted condition, not having had any refreshment Whatever from 1 o'clock on the previous day, were die- Missed. The prisoner wee liberated upon bail to appear next Session iu case the prosecutor should resolve to try him a second time. THE CASE OF JOHN PAHL. The grand jury have returned several true bills against 18 John Paul—" honest John Paul "—for the numerous 18 frauds and forgeries committed by him upon the City of 20 London Union. 1.71 ATTEMPT AT MURDER BY A CONVICT. PORTSMOUTH, FEE. 2. 4k. to A determined attempt to murder one of the warders of 100 the convict prison in this borough was made this morning Lou bY a prisoner named Johnson. The convicts had been to ' 2O service, as usual, at the church mithin the walls of the prison, and as they were coming out of the sacred edifice, St. and falling into their respective gangs, Johnson suddenly 100 stabbed in the neck on the right side a warder of the name of James Aston. Two convicts immediately sprang upon too Johnson, and secured him, and ho was taken away. Aston 20 Was conveyed to the infirmary of the prison, apparently LO 'with no hopes of his surviving for a minute. The inatru- 40A went with which the deed was committed was a small clasp 20 , Penknife. It is most extraordinary how Johnson became too Possessed of it, as he had only just, in common with the Kw other p r i soners, b een searc h e d , w h en noth i ng was found 100 liPou him. He had always been regarded as a dangerous , no prisoner, and therefore extra precautions were taken with bgard to him. It appears that some years sin ce h e b a d eu a convict on board the Stirling Castle, convict hulk, 20 tlid that Aston was at that time a warder on board. 0 Johnson was sen t t o Gib ra lt ar i n d ue course, an d t h ere stabbed a war d er , for which he was sent back to this coun- 20 try (under sentence of transportation for life) to recom- 20 Illence a probationary course here. It is presumed that he 20 had on board the Stirling Castle formed some grudge against Aston. On his being taken to his cell, he said to one of the warders, " All I hope is, that I have killed the ; but if I have not done it, tell him I hope ho won't 10 forget the Stirling Castle." It is reported that Johnson 20 and another convict bad determined, one or the other, to 5 murder Aston. We are sorry to say that on the despich £0 of the report hardly any hopes were held as to the recovery £9 of Aston. He is about 34 years of age, and a married man 6 with two children. • I 'to' MARKET NEWS. —(This Day.) • zo lIAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.--Meadow hay, 2/ 1.2 s to 4/ 4s clover do., 3/ 10s to 51 sa ; and. straw, 1/ 4s to 1/ Os per load. Trade firm. CUMBERLAND. — Meadow hay, 21 15s to 41 4s do., 31 lOs to 5/ Os; and straw, 114 s t o 11. 9. ; clover 1 hort supply. per load, do . 3/ WIIITEOAPEL 51 5s .—Mandeadow hay, 21 12 s to 41 4s ; clover 10s H to; straw, 1/ 4s t o 1 1 od per load. A steady demand. SUDDEN DEATH OF THE SECRETARY OF THE R CLUB.—Yesterday morning Mr. B e df or d , the coronerE itu for Westminster, held an inquest at the Reform Club, Pall-mall, on the body of Mr. William King Norway,' who has for some years past held the office of secretary of that institution. From the evidence adduced on the inquiry, which lasted only a few minutes, it appeared that some time since Mr. Norway broke one of his legs, and from that time had been in the habit of taking audanum to allay the pain v‘hich sometimes has been very severe. On Friday last he suffered acutely in con equence of the cold, and took more than his usual dose, circumstance which unhappily resulted in his death. The jury at once returned a verdict of "Accidental poisoning." The most painful feelings have been excited in consequence of this most unfortunate occurrence, Mr. Norway having been greatly esteemed by the mem bers of theiclub. FIRE AT SOUTHWARK.—Yesterday morning, about half-past six o'clock, a fire broke out in the premises belonging to Mr. James Powers, known its the Hat and Feathers Tavern, situate at No. 100, Gravel•lane, South wark. The premises stretched from Zoar-street to Cashes grounds. The lower part contained a great quan tity of spirits, w hi c h added much to the fury of the flames. The I nmates, to avo id b eing burnt to death. were compe ll e d 1 40 o jump from one of the back windows into the yard. 50 Fortunately, they sustained no material injury 5 doing. I t was Zoar- f eared th at t h ree houses at the least, i n street, wool I have been in so • 20 consumed, and as it was 100 they were severekininjured. So intense was the heat that too the front of the John Gibbs, on the g's Read Tavern, belonging to Mr. 100 opposite side of the street, became 20 ignited, and serious houses in Thomas-place. The e was also done to several 20 he inmates of the last-named rushed out into thewsittrheetalmost naked with their chil dren, and carrying 2o them any article of furniture they 5° could lay hold of. SALFORD ELECTION. --v est A lop y morning, at the 50 Town Hall, Salford, the eiectio v e n l r a d o c a f a member of Parlia- joo ment for the borough, in the Brotherton, Esq., took place, ri: h o o f the late Joseph 20 (Stephan 60 Mu s a u y a n l r formalities 20 Heelis, Esq.) presided ; and after the Mayor had been gone through, Edward YeY Langworthy, 25 Esq., an alderman of Salford, was proposedperson t by James 20 upon to represent LOU Avicall Turnt r, as a fit and prope r e against 25 the borough. Mr. S. Pope enforced worthy the necessity of supporting any measur • Lang. 1 proposed 25 the liquor trade. No other candidate being the Mayor declared Mr. Langworthy to be ele P ct r a. The differences between the Waterford and Lime r ick Ril and the G reat S outhern and W estern Railway Comp s. i—nn ale' are at l ength happily aettlecl.—Lintedia Obserci. ioo THE SUN, LON ooN 3 TUESDAY EVENI G, FEBRUAiIY 3 i 657 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. ~ ;. RAILWAYS. Lacia,s, • I ..!Ornpan Closinz Prices .1 yesterday. London & N. Wo , t. Calodon... E.U.&E.O Gt.Nrc, E. Count. CaldonifA :A. 96 - 98 98 -- 102 11 - 13 133 - 135 4 ... 4i Do Gt. W'estn Yk. Now. Borw Do Do 1109 - m S. Easte.-1 1 Do 12i -- 13 23 -24 108 -- 110 1 pi Peto &Ca Do NorfolL, Do L.& N. W & raid 14. Stckton & Darlingt. 21 2i ••• 92 - En. Coun. E. Count. D 0... Do. L. & N.W Do Gt Northn Lancash& Yorksh. T. Brassoy BLIACIoan Stookt. & Darlingt Do r4tWearn IP 56 - 58 132 .: li 33 - 34 88 90 108 i 7i 16j 50 i 20i i 25 4i 1081 9 9 1 i 54 5 i i 121 a 37i 51 18 1 47§ i i 8 23 # AMERICA. Business yesterday LIVERPOOL, FEB. 2. The Royal mail steamship Asia has arrived from New York with advices to the 21st ult., and 435,880 dols. in specie on freight. The Asia bas only brought the New York mails. The Canadian mails would be despatched by the Emu for this port on the 24th ult. The steamship America, hence, arrived at Hali fax on the 19th ult. The proceedings in Congress are again devoid of general interest. The Hon. James Harlan had been re-elected to the United States' Legislature from lowa. In con sequence of the heavy fall of snow, railroad traffic throughout the country had been almost entirely suspended. In New York the snow-storm was so severe as to completely stagnate business. Such severe weather had. not been experienced for 30 years. The mercury had marked six degrees below zero. Several vessels and some lives had been lost on the coat. Advices from Lecompton, Kansas, report that the territorial Legislature was in ses sion, but nothing important had occurred. The Convention was still in session. Preparations were said to be making to carry the "constitutional" elections. None but pro-slavery men were allowed to sit as delegates in the Convention. The supply of money in New York was easy, the demand light, and the tendency downward. The rates were 9 to 12 per cent. for prime paper, according to maturity, and 7 per cent. on call. The bank statement for the previous week was favourable. The business in exchange in the Asia has been considerable, and prices a little higher in consequence of the non-arrival of the Southern mail. Bills oia London, 8a to 8i ; Paris, sf. 221-c. to sf. to 211 c., 60 days ; Hamburg, 361 to 361. The snow-storm had interrupted business in cot ton, but the market closed with more tone and a fair demand for export. Flour, consequent upon small stock, trifling receipts, and mere favourable news from Europe, had advanced 10c., and higher prices were insisted upon at the close ; southern flour extremely dull, but prices a turn higher; rye flour firm, but quiet ; corn meal steady ; wheat better, but business light and restricted by the ice. Rye scarce, and held at 2c. to 3c. higher. Barley inactive. For corn buyers had the advantage. Pork had advanced 25c. to 50c., without any extra demand. Beef continued buoyant. Prime mess remained inactive. Beef hams more inquired for, and very firm. Cut meats scarce and higher. Lard firm at 1210. to 13c. Dressed hogs higher than for many years. Butter and cheese in good request. Spirits of turpentine, in face of lower prices at Liverpool and Loudon, firm. Tar more active. Scotch pig-iron held at $3O to arrive, and $3l six months from the yard. Nothing done in bars. Boiler plate 31c. at seven. months. Freights inac tive through the inclemency of the weather. Rates unchanged, except for small vessels, which were scarce, and commanded improved rates. Cotton to Liverpool, 7-32 d. to id., closing at the higher rate ; flour, 2s. 6d. ; to London, flour 3s. NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 19. Cotton, unchanged. Flour firm at $7 to $7 25c. Pork, firm at $2O to $25 for mess. LIVERPOOL CHAMBER ON COMMERCE. LIVERPOOL, FEB. Q. ' The seventh annual meeting of this Chamber was held this afternoon, Mr. Charles Holland, president, occupy : ing the chair. There was a large attendance of the leading merchants and others connected with the town, among whom were Mr. W. Brown, M.P., Mr. J. Torr, Mr. T. Bouch, Mr. 11.- Shell, Mr. R. A. M`Fie,.Mr. C. Bushell, Mr. Clint, &c. The report enumerated the various subjects which had occupied the attention of the council during the y,.ar. The petition against the bill to a tend the law of partner ship bad been signed by the president and laid before the house. The measure itself had been withdrawn. The council, in reply to a request from the Manchester Cone• mercial Association, had given their opinion in favour of a compulsory registration of the names of all persons composing partnerships. Though all the suggestions of the council with regard to the Joint-Stock Companies Billehad not been adopted, the more important of them had been embodied in the act ; such as powers to local Courts of Bankruptcy, instead of Chancery, to wind up joint-stock companies, and more especially the appoint ment of official liquidators by the creditors or sharehel lers in addition to those appointed by the court. The Joint- Stock Companies Winding-op Acts Amendment Bill bad been supported by the cot , toil. The act t ) amend the laws of England and Ireland, affecting trade and com merce, had met with the approval of the council with two exceptions,—first, the proposed repeal of the Statute of Frauds, which requires contracts, for the sum of 101. and upwards to be in writing ; and second, the clause making a guarantee to or for a firm to cease upon a change in the firm. The former exception was met by the withdrawal of the chose, but the latter was not modified in the way which the council considered ncessary for the safety of merchants or others receiving guarantees. The council regretted that one valuable clause, "Presentment of a bill of exchange, if unaccepted, to be an assignment to holders of the debt owing from drawee to drawer," had not been inserted, as it would have given additional security to the bill of exchange. They also regretted the withdrawal of the Judgments, &c., Execution Bill, but they understood that it would be reintroduced next session. The council themselves were about taking steps to obtain the intro duction of a bill to enable persons to bring actions in any part of the United Kingdom where the cause of actions arose, against persons residing in any other part of the kingdom. Through the London Law Amend ment Society a draught of this bill had been prepared, and the council had agreed to act in conjunction with that society in the matter. The draught on bankers' bills, to explain the law as to crossed cheques, had re ceived the support of the council and had become law. A deputation from the Chamber had attended the Mer cantile Conference in London, but no report had yet been received on that subject. The special committee on the monetary system and Bank Charter Acts had prepared a report, copies of which were on the table. The Monte Yidean loan question had been settled satis factorily, and thanks were due to Lord Clarendon and her Majesty's Government and to Mr. Thornton, the British representative at Monte Video. The council had not been in a position to move much further on the Sound Dues question, though they generally agreed with the Parliamentary Select Committee in the reso lutions of the latter, that these dues should be abolished. Under the head of " Postal Communications," the report noticed the commencement of the contract for the Austra lian mail service, the selection of Liverpool as the cargo port for the African mail steamers, and the necessity of a new central post-office in Dale-street. The Treasury had been memorialised in regard to the post-office site. Allud ing next to the export trade, the report stated that the exports from Liverpool during 1856 had amounted to 54,000,0001. in value, and, considering how large a pro portion of those exports consisted of cotton manufac tures, the council remarked that the threatened diminu tion in the future supply of cotton wool would be a serious calamity. The extension of improvement of dock sheds had been promoted as far as possible by the council. No amelioration had taken place in the means of transit to and from Manchester to Liverpool. The council were gratified to report that the collector of Customs (Mr. Price Edward.) had been empowered to take the neces sary steps to cancel the bonds given on the shipment of certain articles during the war. The president had at tended the Brussels Conference, whose proceedings were fully reported at the time in the newspapers. The council regretted that as yet but little progress had been made in regard to telegraphic communication with Holyhead ; but they hoped that the dock committee would lose no opportunity of promoting so desirable a project. With regard to the Honduras Inter-Oceanic Railway, to promote which the president of the chamber had been requested to act as one of the provisional board, the council were infornied that the directors were most sanguine as to the realisation of a project which would unite the interests of England and the United States. The report alluded to the recmt visit of Lord Palmerston, and to the opportunity thus afforded the commercial community of Liverpool t 3 expresi, through the chamber, their gratification at the satisfactory settle ment of questions which bad arisen between the Govern ments of this country and the United States. The library of the chamber now contained nearly 200 volumes of a statistical and commercial character. In concluding . . their report,... the council eulogised the services rendered to the chamber by the members for the borough and the county. The names of the retiring directors were Messrs. John Aiken, J. Farnworth, E. Heath, Charles Holland, H. Hornby, F. Shand, R. Sheil, and Still, who were ineligible for re-election. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report and the statement of accounts, said some of the sub jects mentioned in the report were disposed of in the last half-year's report. Among those which were new was, first, the Mercantile Conference held during last week in London, where the question of the bankruptcy law 4 administration formed a very prominent topic, with regard to wkich great i unanimity prevailed among all ' the the gentlemen at the conference. All the points o' grievance were elicited by able papers, and the reforms agreed upon by the deputation were pointed out and placed before Lord Palmerston. Mr. Heath read a very valuable paper in kvour of the establishment of local commercial courts, for compulsory jurisdiction in the provinces. The necessity for some great changes being made in regard to the administration of the law in the provinces was generally admitted, and Lord Brougham himself concluded that pact of the discussion by the expression of his own strong opinion that the present state of affairs could not be allowed to exist any longer, and that the demands of the population of the provinces—particularly of the commercial classes—that a more speedy, cheap, and of administration of justice in commercial subjects was absolutely necessary and must be settled. Another question referred to in the report was the value of the export trade of Liverpool last year—upwards of 54,000, 0001.—something more than helf of the entire exports of the United Kingdom. A considerable proportion of the Liverpool export trade consisted of cotton manufactures. A diminution of the supply of cotton, as reported at the recent meeting at Manchester, would be a serious calamity if means were net taken to provide against it. He was sure that any measures which might be put forward to encourage the cultivation of cotton in our own colonies would receive the support of the Chamber. In the meantime one of their friends, Mr. Booker, who represented the West India Aseociation in the council of the Chamber, had intended to introduce the question at their meeting, but he had been prevented by illness from being present to day ; but perhaps some other member of the Chamber would bring the subject forward. Having passed a high compliment upon Mr. Price Edwards, the new collector of Customs at Liverpool, Mr. Holland concluded by moving the adoption of the report and the statement of accounts. Mr. W. BROWN, M.P., in seconding the proposition, stated, as Chairman of the Atlantic Telegraph Company and the Honduras Interoceanic Rail Nay, that the former was expected to be in operation by June, and that he was to proceed to London on Tuesday with the view of inducing the British Government to fulfil its promise to grant the use of ships to complete the soundings and lay a portion of the cable ; and; with respect to the latter, that the directors had been so far waiting for a change in the money market before appealing to the British public for the ways and means. The road, he explained, would be well protected by France, Honduras, United States, and Great Britain, who had guarantee d its neutrality. i Mr. C. BUSEIELL detailed the proceedings before the Commercial Conference in London, taking the oppor tunity to pass a warm eulogy upon Lord Brougham, stating that he had been " deeply struck with the ex traordinary intellect of that great man, unimpaired by time, and as acute as ever, b'ended as it was with a courtesy and a patience and attention to the details of business which were most remarkable." With respect to the bankruptcy law, the discussions disclosed the enormous evils of that old system, by which 49 per cent. of the assets of an estate were absorbed by the ma chinery for their colllection. One of the propositions before the conference was, that there should be a con solidation of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Courts — a suggestion in which Lord Brougha m eminently con cuffed. It was also proposed that there should be a diminution in the number of officers, which would not only effect a saving of expense, but would materially facilitate the working of the estates. When the depu tation waited upon Lord Palmerston they received the assurance that subjects brought under his notice should , receive the attention of Government as far as possible. (Cheers.) Mr. T. BOUCH, in the absence of Mr. Booker, who bad spent a considerable portion of his life in the colony of Demerara, proceeded to lay that gentleman's views on the cotton supply before the Chamber. With regard to the colony of Demerara, he said this startling fact presented itself. It did produce a very large supply of cotton not many years ago, and there were at this time upwards of 400 abandoned cotton estates--abandoned not because they were unproductive, but simply because there was not labour to cultivate them. At the time the Emancipation Act was carried Demerara applied for free labour. The feeling in this country against slavery was intense, and justly intense, and the importation of free labour was looked upon by abolitionists with the utmost jealousy. It was acknowledged that that jealousy ex tended so far as to be very injurious, yet nevertheless so earnest was this country to wipe out the stain of slavery that the importation of labour of any kind was not permitted. During this time those who maintained the principle of slave labour were thriving ; and this country now found that not only were its colonial interests in a state of decrepitude, but that the country itself was now dependent upon slave labour for the supply of arti cles that it could not do without ; for, besides cotton, we were dependent upon slave labour for sugar and coffee. The 400 abandoned cotton e states, if now in work, would be able to produce 150,000 bales a year ; in addition to which there was an a mount of virgin land capable of producing sufficient cotton for our entire sup ply. This colony was nearer to our coasts than almost any other colony, and the climate was salubrious. After some further observations Mr. Bouch moved a resolution to the effect that the Chamber was prepared to support any measure which should appear calculated to remove the obstalles to the introduction of free labour in our colonies, and which should protect the free labourers who might be introduced. Mr. FISHER seconded the proposition. Mr. WATSON, as an old West Indian, agreed with everything that had been alleged with respect to the growth of cotton in India. In Demerara and Trinidad, he said, the plant produced cotton every year, and was consequently perennial ; but in Louisiana and other portions of the United States it had to be planted every year. Mr. FORWARD thought they should not restrict the opera' ions of the Chamber to one colony, but that their sanction should be given to the principle of freo labour as applied to all their colonies. Mr. Boucn wished the principle to be as widely re cognised as its importance demanded. Mr. BUSHELL considered this question of the cotton supply and tree labour the most important which had ever engaged the attention of the Chamber, and referred ; o an article in the Times a few days ago which he trusted would have the effect of arousing the attention of the country to it. Mr. B. A. M`FIE (the eminent sugar refiner) said the question of free labour in our colonies was likely not only to affect seaports and the manufacturing districts, but every town and village in the country. The supply of sugar was, like that of cotton, inadequate to the de mand, and the Country was 'likely to suffer severely from a scarcity. He trusted that the dissemination of these facts would have some effect upon the country in causing it to change its views regarding the West Indies. , After some further discussion, the proposition of Mr. Bouch was unanimously adopted, and the proceedings termivated with a vote of thanks to the chairman. Sporting Intelligence. TATTERSALL'S-MONDAY. Speculation on the Spring Handicaps made little progress, and not until after the publication of the acceptances will it be actively resumed. CHESTER CUP.—During the early part of the after. noon 100 to 7 was currently offered on the field ; but towards the close 14 to 1 was booked about Leamington. Mincepie, who had been under suspicion, returned to 100 to 6, taken ; 1000 to 20 was at first laid against Early Bird ; finally, however, 40 to 1 was taken about him. The outlays on the other animals were unim portant. DERBY.—Blink Bonny was not mentioned ; 15 to 1 was off,re I against Loyola ; 2000 to 100 was taken about Sydney, and Athlete and Lady Hawthorn were well supported at 25 to 1 each ; 20 to 1 was " wanted" about M.D. Kent made a further advance ; 1000 to 30, and ultimately 30 to 1, were taken freely about him ; the latter odds were scarcely obtainabe at the close. HARE MARKET S —(Yesterd ay.) A: LW Y ,r. raid.) Aanoct re. Clinging Price , yesterday. 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Stock .. 8i Do., New A.... 17. East Kent 1100 T,L4s Tr.ncashire East Suffolk ... 4 Do. 100 , Edinburgh & Glasg all lEdinb. and Peebles 1 11 0 Edin.Prtt & D rind all Forth & Clyde Jun 'lOO ?Fu rness , 100 ',Glasgow & S. Westrn, all ;Great N. of Scotluil 100 IGreat Northern 100 'Do., A. Stock 100 'Do., B. Stock 130 Gt. Sth. &West. (l re ) 100 Great Western 100 De Stour Val Ra Qua. Stk all Irish Routh-Eastern all Lancaster & 141 Do., Thirds.. 12 EDo. New Thirds 100 ',encash. andYorksl Wst. aiding rn all Do, Soutkort all London & Blackwa ,l 100 ILond. Bright & S.Ce, 100 ILond?and N. Westi 16 IDo. Fifths 2i Do. Eighths 100 London andS. Wean. all Lndncirry&Colerain all Lndndrry. & Ennisk 100 Ilan ch.Shef. & 1 Metropolitan 1 Do. J. L. Ricardo's arrangement 100 Midland 100 Do. Birmng. & Der all Midi& G. West. (Ire. all Do. Half Shares all Newcastle & Carlial' all Nwpt.Aberg. & Hrt 9 Newry & Enniskill , all Newry, Warrenpoint and Rostrevor.., 1, ) Norfolk 3 Northn.Counties 100 North British 100 Nth Devon Rail & Dock Stock 100 Do., A Stock 100 Do., B Stock ...... .. 100 N.Eastern—Berwi . k 233 Do. do. Extension 163 Do.do.G.N.E.?nroi. all Do. Leeds 100 Do. York 100 North London 3 , 1*- N.&S.Wstria.,Haro stead, and City J. 7 North Staffordshir.. Al North Western all N. &S. Westrn. Jun Wore., & Wolv 14 ' , ,rtaraouth 10 Rhymney . s-ottish Central 10 Scot. N.E.Abrdn St. Do. Scot. Mid. St 0 4.,--oah o re rlni 2 SitingbournekSheer. a South Devon .uth Eastern... 100 South Wales 7 S. Yrksh. &Riv. Da 7 Do.. all Staines,Wok. &We a Stockton & Darling 15 Do., do., 1854 3 Do., do., 1855 I i Stockton & Hartlep Taff Vale _ 1 Do. Pref., No. 1.... 42 Thames Hay. D.& R. all Vale of Neath..... si Waterfd. & Kn.= Waterford&Limer.- • all West Cornwall.... all West End of Loud , " and Crystal Palace. all Do. A all Do. B all West London. all Do. That Class... all Do. Second Class... all Wimbielr. k nrno nn 9 I Koin bay , Isarocui,.i. 1 Oen.lndia, g. sp. c all Do. 10s. Ceylon A shares__ 1 Do. B, do all Demerare .., 2s. Eastern Ee,lzal all East Indian A and B g• S P. •••• ..... 5 Do. Ex. C, gu. sp. c all Do. do. D, gu. sp. c. all D 0.4 p.c.Bnds.,'s7 all Do. do. do., '59, dr ill Geelong & Melbourne guar. 5 per sent 100 Gd. Trunk of Canada all Do. Cert. of Deben, con. into Stk. till'i all Do. Comp. 6p. c., all 'it. Tn. Pen. g. sp. c 2 Dc New, guar. sp. c ill qt. Western of Canad 8 Do. Now 'II Do. Bds., payable T. all Do. do., '76, p. '6O . 1 1 Do. do., '73 do. all Do. do., '73, withou option... all Madras, guar. 4 p.c all Do. do., sp. c. 10 Do. 4i p. c. Exten 5 Do. 3d Ex., g. sp. c 5 Scinde, guar. 5 p. c all Do 8 St. Andrew's and Quebec (A)... COLONIAL. 1 4 '01t all . ntwerp&lLtt rd: m' 10 Ardennes all '3elgian Basta. June 16 lezi ars to Grai seem, e 10 Buff. & Lk. Hur. Ry. all ICarrneans & Toulouse Coal Mines and Ry. 12 '.)etch Rhenish....... all FAstern of France all rio. New 2s. Euphrates Valley 10s. Eur.,.q.ln.Jn.Tel.RaiL i 18 A. Central of Frau‘ e 16 Italianlrea t Lt Junction......,emb ou 4 all Lake Conet. & Bask, all Lierre and Turnhout 6 Lombardo Venetian. all Lucca &Pist.s p. c.p. 15 Lyons and Genova all Lyons & Mediterran. all Varia Antonia all Do. do. New ......... all vamur & Liege all Do. do., 6p. c. Prof all Northern of France ail NorwegianTrnnkPre all Paris and Lyons all Paris and Orleans, 5 Recife & San. Fran , (Pernam.) g. 7 P. c. .1 Rome and Frascati.. all loyal Danish ...... all Royal Swedish all Sambre and Meuse a a aal l ll l lll Dspwocon....ktshsNier4iii.:l).\;ore.;3o, Franco tp. France r P a r f e . f . ell 'Nest Flanders all6Westerno. West.of Switzerland p e of all Wiesbade n all all IZealaiv. 4 OiNT-STOI all Australasi 18i Bank of Egypi . ******* 50 Bank of London dl t,ri. Col. Bk.&Ln.6 d isritigh N. American 5 Chartd. Bank of Ash 6 rhrtd. Bak. of India, Australia, & China 50 City 25 Colonial 20 Commercial of Loud Eng.Seot.&Aus.Cht all Loud. Chart. Bk. of Australia all Ditto New 20 London and County 50 Lnd.&E. Bnk g. Corp. 10 London Joint Stock 20 Load. & Westminster 35 National Pro.of Eng 10 Do. New ........... 22i National Bank ...... all New South Wales.... all )Oriental Pk. Corp... 15 Ottoman Bank to Provincial of Ireland all Do. Now 1 R Aus B &Go Im Co Lai south Xustralia all Union of Australia -21 Do. New 10 limo. .f London 50 Unity Mutual 50 Woatornßk of Lond 4i i 61 12# 36 A 9 1 a 10 95 4 - i _ 'I -- ii 107 - 109 11 - lip •• ..".. 211 -21 i 49 - 51 81 R 3 20$ - ` 2 oi - '5 2i - 99 - 100 118 123 118 - 123 108 110 19t —19 i 21i —21 q i d par $ $ V U . -, 2 p d1:124 . 6 - 6i 13 - 2zip 11 lip 4} 5 3ar - p 21 9 10 par p 41 - 4i 5 5,1 • . _ .(II . 6k - ORPI 29i - 303 •.• 19 - 19 , - 37 9 - 54i 51i 51 -- 56 I - P 20 1 $ 8 —Si - pn 4i 94 10 34 35 4 lipi BA.NKtS. 94 95 id 1p 58 CO • -PI 1 (i 66 -. 68 17i 14 18 - 17i -18 i - ... M .. -- • - •... ..- . 48 - 50 37 39 1 ^ l . d •••••, 36-- 61 - 62 7 - 9 - •• 11 9 d 10 W I 6 Bodford and i~ _,:~ 1)0 lan I.uo St. ;.5 all all 100 31 100 all all all t 0 'B3 Bletehley Bnckghanish. Col. Stour Vy. E. Lin. g.B pa. E. Un. H. Sh. Glam. Barr. & Neils. Direct Do. New.. GlEtr.daDn Fr Hrtlpl. Dk & llnll & Selby Do. Shares. Do. Shares. Lon.&Greonw Do. Prefereut e Lon., Til., & S. Do. Bark. Sh. Lowestoft gi. 4 por cent. Do. 6 per et. Manch. 1351. - D. and Matlol Middlesbrn' Rodc.g 6 p.c. Midld. Bradt Newmarket Bury E. G.spc N.& Est.s p.c. Do. 6 per et. Do. Fixeds p c Prest. & w yr Do . 6 Shr,. A Roystn.& Hit. Shof.Roth.an Gooleg.s p.c. Slirews.&H or S. Staffordsh. Wear Valleygr 6 per cent Do Wilts&flomrat PREFERENCE SHLREB. Myth and Tyne 10pel c. pref. (Ind. at 50t) Brie. & Ex. 4 p. c. St Do. 4 p. c. Shares iCaledn. £lO 4i p.c. (.Ihes. & Flo. Gu. 5! pc' Do. do. Pref. 5 per a. 'Cork &Bandonbip.c. 92 94 Dua.Prth .dt E. Anglian Cls. ASh Do. do. els. B 6 p. Do. do Cls. C 7p. e Ras. Co. Ex, 5 pc No Do. No. 2 . Do. Now 6 p. 0. S: East Un., G. 6 p. c Do. 51., 10 per cent Do. 101. Debentr.Sh. Do. do. 4 per cent.. East Lancash. 6 p. eb E. kW. York. J. stbt • & Gl. 5 p.c. sh Ed. Prth.&Thin.4p.o.! Furness, 5 p. Gies. & S.W. G. 5 p.c Great Northn. 5 p. Do. 5 p. 0. Redeem. at 10 p. c. prem. .. Do. 4i p. e Do. sp. c., Red. at b Gt. N. of Scot. Ist Pre Gt. 5. kW. (Ireland; Do. 4per e. Prof. S Gt. A'.(ll.t H. Exs pc Do. con. red. L p.c. Do. con. red. 4 p. c Do. irred. 4p. c. Do. 5 p. c. red. pref Do. Birm. Pref. Sh Do. Chester 8 p. c.P. Do. do. 5 p. c. do. Do. Birm. Gina. Stk Do. Ches. Gus. Sh Do. do. do Do. do. do ........ • Lan. &York. F.£2l Do. 6p. c. Stock I Lon.&B. G. 5 pc.No.l Do. P., spc. St.No.2 Do. New Gnar.6 v. Do. do. 5 p. c.,N0.4 Lon. &N. W., Coy. rinneat on 5 p. 'Jan.& S.W. 7 per ct late 3d Shares 1 L & Coler. Lon dy. & Ennis. Sh 74 -, 8 •o& L. 6 p. Cent Do. do. do. £6 Do. do. 34 per cent. Wary pt .&Carl.4p o Do. 4 per cent Do. do. Wid. Consol .6 p.c St )0. Con.Br.Nr. 6pc Do. 4i p. c. Pref. t Ditto L. & H. Pref. St New., Aber., &c., pr. 5 p. e. rod. 5 P.c. Pm. Do. Perpet. 6 p ct. with optn. till '66 Walk. Deb, 4 p.c. eh Do. Prof. 5 p. o. St e Do. 5 pc. Ext.,1846 Do. 5 per c.pf.,1847 D0,Wv.V.5pc.,1847 North British • o 71. Preference N. E. Berw, 4 p.o. P. Do. do. do Do Leads 6 p.0..N0.1 Do. do. Qre.,1848... Do.YorkH.& S. Per. North Staffordshire.. • Wo, &W., 6 pc... ] 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., 3i p.c. pf. st South Devon Do. fixed,4i per cent S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. Do. 4i per cent Do. Fixed 4i p c sh S Wales Gna.4 p, c Do. do. 4i p. 0.... S.Yorksh.4p.c.Gnar. Stock.& Dar. , 5 p. c. Do. do. do Stock. & Hartl. g. 5 p. c. till July 1, '56 Waterfd. & Kilk. 6 p c, 100 100 106 100 100 98 - 98 0 - 5 51 - 61 -- 115 100 100 100 100 St. St. dt. 3t. g BP t _ iP 12 - 12. 100 100 all 10 100 100 100 100 all ... ..."• 75; 118 - 120 112 - 114 103 - 105 62 - 64 9i - Di 6 - 93 - 95 83 - 85 99 101 10 - 100 17i 10 100 74 - 76 190 - 20 , 9 - 104 14i - 154 135 - 138 114 - 117 159 - 161 63 - 1 - 68 137 - 139 98 - 100 89 - 91 11 - li 103 -105 i i 95 j li - fdl i -a 4 m Pm .ro - I n 2 91} 81i x d 113 -- 116 105 -- 110 65 -- 70 16 -- 17 23i - 246 102 - 105 10k -- 10$ 274 -- 213?, 2 - 3 p 21 - 3i GIINES. 103 all I Itiigio Californian ... ... 20 7 Australian a 14 1 all Baden (Gd. Duchy of; ... ... 50 all Blamar. Iron & Coal ... ... 20 14 British Iron 7l -.•8),, 35 47 Brazilianlmp.(issued at i:5 pm.) 30 all Do. Cocaes & Oulab 34 3A 20 1.5 Do. St. John Del Ro, 16 18 1 1 1 Clazendon Cons. Min Co. of Jamaica h (1— i p 40 I all Cobro Copper . 5l 56 551 5 1 11 Colonial Gold — ... at. all Copper Min. of Enr 33 37 25 all Do. Prof. 74 p. cent 25 27 ... jle Copiapo . l2 14 1, all Fortuna .... 20 all Genotal — ... 1 all Gt.NaggetVeinßcg ••• .„ 44 ail Groat Poigooth. — .. 5 all Gt Wheal Vor Unite'l „. ... 1 all Liberty . 3 all Linares 74 —8/ 5 11 Lusitanian 1(.1 I , I all Itariquita 4 4 1 all New Granada . I 6 1 all Nouveau Monde p - i 2) all Pontgi•Sil.& Le. Min 8 10 6 1 Fort Philip — ••• 1 all Quartz "Rock — ..• 50 all Rhymney Iron 23 25 15 all Do. New 6 6 30 154 Santiago de Cuba.. . 21 3 ... 6s. Sort. Cons. Min. Co. la la la 1 I all South Australian ••• ••• 1 all Do. Scrip. 1 all Do. 10 per cent Prof ... ... ... 44 Tam. S. &L. Min. Co. ... ,•• 10 9 l!in Croft . -- ••• 28aI all United Mexican •••••• 34 —34 31 1 i 1 all iValler 1 all West Mariposa ...... 1 12s. Worthing Mining og Australia --- --- MISCELLANEOUS. 25 19 i ustraltan Agricuit. ... ... 211 1 2 10 all Aust,raln. Royal Mail _ ..„ 10 all , ierlin Water Works 51 6 50 40 Irit. American Land 40 45 1 0 0 3'l Canada ................. 129 133 St. ~ 0 ,:,'.oo.6p.c.Jan&iinly 110/ 1101 1101 4 St. 100 Do. 6 p.c. Feb & Aug ... _ St. 100 Do. 6p c. Mar & Sept ... . 5 all Crystal Pa1ace........ 2/ 2 24 5 all Do. Preference........ 5# 58 4 all ,;rystal Pal.of France ... .. 1 11 Duston Iron Ore ••• ••• 20 18 Eastern Steam - .. St 100 Electric Telegraph 93 95 93 4 1 all Electric Meg. of Ir .. 5 all En.&Aus Cop Sm Co li 18 25 all Gen. Ir Sc Col (lira.) ... —. 15 14 Gon. Steam Navigat. .. , 11 all General Screw Steam 64 7t 20 5 Loudon Discount 4 all Lond. Gon. Omnibus 3i 4 St * 20 10 Magdalena St. Navi, _ ... 10 all dediteran. Elec. Tel. ... •• 10 all AexicanistS.Americn. 2# : 2 4 3 „ 25 5 Nat. Discount C 0.... 4 - 6P 0 ; 25 5 Do. New 10 o Netherlands Land._ 1 11 10 all Do. s a mte t in d . 3 3 4 4:44 —_—__. 1 32 : i d 1. 2 5.50 1 10 : 8 1 a: 3. 3.0 ; 1 1 114 DDNN N N OP oo re .c . r B i . te w. 8 eh . 1 8 : . .. R BV to P A ra : f . c lE u s G& L du P :t NE : D r Y a so i a . :os p& l SsB. a . e . P s i Laud fi e li D 4 l i ; --- i P it 14 1 2s. Do. "Now Shares" i 1 )03 tAi all Peninsular& Oriental 66 . 68 67# 4 100 2 R p o;;l N zi . l . ........... „•.: 3 .... 4 P 1 all Scot. Austral. Invest. .11 V: 1 all Ditto New li — 1 .,. 14 25 all I South Austral. La nd 35 1 all Submar. Tel. Scrip i .._. i 1 all Do. Registered ,.. i _ 1 20 5 Trust& L. C0.1.1.C&U. ... , 100 284 Van Diemen's Land 15 • ii st. .. IV•ths 6 P•uaanarJull .4 •r-, 444 1064 $ DRURY LAIVE THEATRE. Last evening a drama, in three acts, entitled the "Black Book," was produced here with complete suc cess. The plot of the piece is taken from a French novel, a dramatic version of which was performed a few years ago at the Adelphi Theatre. The plot is simple, and consists chiefly in the adventures of a young lawyer, under the somewhat disagreeable name of Wolf (Mr. C. Mathews), in obtaining restitution of the title and estates of a young and pretty German Baroness (sliss M. Oliver), of which she has been wrongfully dispos sessed. Wolf bas been in the service of person who, by some peculiar circumstances, happens to have been the secret agent of the three parties, by whom Mina has been robbed. This agent dies, and his diary, which is called the "Demon's Diary," falls into the possession of Wolf. In this book the whole of the secrets of the dispoilers are chronicled, and, thus armed, Wolf arrives at Mina's cottage, near Lillienburg, amidst the raging of a storm, and owing to the suddenness of his entering, he is taken by the inhabitants for the demon of the Hartz Mountains. He humours the belief, and having arranged his plans with Mina he sets about his task, and, in the end, owing to the secret revelations of the Black Book, VI is successful, and Mina rewards his labours with het hand and heart. The acting of Mr. C. Mathews was, as it always is, admirable, and the Mina of Miss Oliver was an exceedingly pretty performance. To Mr. Linghaas we must award high praise for the artistic manner in which he sustained the part of Hans Casper. At the fall of the curtain there were loud calls for Mr. Mathews, and, on his re-appearance, he was greeted with the loudest applause. The attraction of the magnificent pantomime continues unabated. Long before the rising of the curtain every seat in the house was occupied. ARELPHI THEATRE. Last evening Mr. and Mrs. Barney Williams, after a most suecessful tour in Ireland, made their re-appear ance at this theatre, and met with a most cordial wel come. The piece selected was the successful trifle en titled " The Customs of the Country," and although we have frequently witnessed its performance, we last evening relished it as much as on its first representation. Mrs. Williams' song of "My Mary Ann" created the usual furore, and at the termination of the play the Wanted couple were called forward to receive the congratulations of a crowded and &lighted audience. STRANDING OP THE T YNE.-DECISION OF THE BOARD OP TRADE• SOUTHAMPTON, MONDAY. This morning the two justices of the peace deputed to inquire into the circumstances attending the stranding of the steamship Tyne, received from the Office of the Committee of Privy Council the following decision of the Board of Trade " Office of Committee of Privy Council for Trade, Marine Department, Whitehall, Jan. 31. "Gentlemen,—l am directed by the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade to acknowledge the receipt of your 'Tort concerning the circumstances attending the stranding of the ship Tyne. "My lords have carefully considered that report and the evidence on which it is founded, and have determined to suspend Captain Valler's certificate for a period of 12 months. " My lords have, on coming to this conclusion, given due weight to the character Captain Valler bears, as show❑ by the testimonial he has forwarded ; but they are of opinion that the neglect to use the lead is miscen. (Ind which it is their duty to visit with severe punish ment in all cases ; and that in Captain V4ller's case the circumstances of hie position and experience aggravate the offence. "My lords request Sou will communicate the above determination of my lords to Captain Valler. "His testimonials are herewith returned.—l am, gen tlemen, your obedient servant, "T. H. FARRER. "To the Justices, Guildhall, Southampton." THE DUKE OF YORK'S SCHOOL.—The boys of the above school yesterday visited the Great Globe, in Leicester-square, and were present at the exhibition of the New Diorama of Russia, which was crowded by a fashionable auditory. The following nobility and gentry have lately visited the Great Globe :—Prince of Surat and suite, Lady Boswell and party, Lady Elliot, Lady Hawes and friends, Lady Clarkson and party, Admiral Cater and family, Lady Clarendon and family, Colonel Napier, the Marchioness of Bute and party. The arrangements connected with the organisation of the War-office are tow completed, and the offices of Clerk of the Ordnance, Deputy-Secretary-at-War, and Director-General of Army Cbthing have been abolished. Colonel Mundy has bee n a pp ointed Govern o r of Jers e y , and Sir Benjamin Hawes, the late Deputy-Secretary-at- War, becomes the p e rmanent Under-Secretary of State ; Mr. Godley, the late Director-General of Stores, is appointed Assistant Under-Sef.trotary of State ; Sir Henry Storks, K.C.8., is appointed Secretary for Military Correspondence ; Captain Caffin, at present Naval Director-General of Artillery, is appointed Direc tor of stores and Clothing, and the salary attached to the former office is stved to the public. Mr. Ramsay, who has hitherto been Assistant-Director-General of Clothing, will be Assistant-Director of Stores and Clothing, and will, in consequence of the amalgamation, undetake other d u ti es conne cted with ar my stores genera lly in additi on t o th ose hitherto and will, under the directions of his Royal Highness the Gene ral Commanding - in-Chie f, perform the multifar ious duti es connected with the ar rangement for the patterns of clothing, accoutrements, and necessaries supp led to th e troops, and those pure l y m ilitary duties formerly undertak en b y th e Board of General Officers. THE REFORM OF PENITENT FEMALES.—Mr. B. Moore is to move, at the ertnmeneement of the session, on the subject of providing -etorm atories for penitent females. —Mr. Ingram, iu. .: is COLLECTION OF TEE 7 INLAND REVENUE. P to move fo a select co mm i ttee to i n quire into the present method If collecting th e i n l an d re venue, and to report i m provements to be made. , e works at the Shadwell portion of THE LONDON Doc IMPROTEUENTS.—During the last severe frost. Tho workmen and ftehwe LdaoynsdtohneDexoteeknssbi we almost been at a stand-still, in their labours for the present, and much distress exists among the greater portion of the men not employed. The labour in other parts of the warehouses and is has been much interrupted for consequence ibourershave of ce t a h s e e , the past week, but E nould the frost break, the men will be set to work again 27i 22 25 5 it. St. 111} 12i 65i 96 i i 6i 1081 106 i f 1071 i 7 821 f 81 31 121 i CHESTER Cur. 14 to 1 agst Mr. E. Parr's Leamington (t and off) 10. 0 Mr. H. Hill's Mincepie (t) 30 1 Mr. Howard's Schiedam (t) 30 1 Mrs. Osbaldeston's Claret (t) 40 1 Mr. Ramsay's Early Bird (t) 40 1 Mr, J. Scott's St. Domingo (t) 50 1 Mr. Howard's Yellow Jack (t) 50 1 Mr. S. Cass's La Victims (t) 1000 —l5 Mr. Reading's Swyndel Dhygga (t) 1000 —lO Mr. Vernon's Lance (t) Two THOUSAND. 5 to 1 agst Mr. Howard's Schiedam (off.) DERBY. 15 to 1 agst Lord Clifden's Loyola (off.) 20 to 1. agst Mr. W. S. S. Crawfurd's Zuyder Zee (t) 20 to 1 agst Baron Rothschild's Sydney (t) 25 to 1 agst Lord Derby's Athlete (t) 25 to 1 agst Lord J. Scott's Lady Hawthorn (t) 25 to 1 agst Mr. Howard's Arsenal (t) 25 to 1 agst Mr. Copperthwaite's Sprig of Shillelagii. (taken) 30 to 1 agst Lord Londesborongh's Kent (t freely) 33 to 1 agst Mr. J. Osborne's Saunterer (t) GREAT NORTHERN HANDICAP.—MerIin was struck out of this event on Tuesday last. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES.—We are requested to state that Tame Deer is not struck out of this event. SALE OF BLOOD STOCK. The following thorough-bred stock, with their engage. ments, the property of Captain White, were sold by auc tion, by Messrs. Tattersall, yesterday : Fie, 3 yrs, by Alarm, dam by Mulatto, out of Lu nacy, engaged in the Epsom Oaks and Coronation Stakes at Ascot _ _ Gm Young Hopeful, 3 yrs, by Minotaur, out of Hope, engaged in the Newmarket Stakes and Brighton Biennial Stakes of 10 sovs each._ 3O Tyne, 4 yrs, by lago out of Queen of Tyne, by Tom boy, engaged in the Newmarket Triennial and the Stockbridge Triennial Stakes of 10 sovs each l2O King John, a bay gelding, 7 yrs old, a good hunter 140 Gillyflower (foaled in 1847), by Venison, out of Temerity, by King of Clubs, with a filly foal by The Hermit lO5 By order of the executors of the late Sir E. Gooch, Bart. The wel!-known stallion Weatherbit, by Sheet An chor, out of Miss Letty, by Priam 4OO The property of a gentleman. Jolan Cosser, a bay horse, by Iletmau Platoff, out of Dame Cosser, by Voltaire 35 DERBY SPRING MEETING, FEB. 26. Entries for the Midland Steeplechase. Prensa Garde Moonraker , Evington Lass Bosphorus Westow Pillaton Romeo Miss Nutty Westminster Teddesley The Gipsy King • Wild Harper Tom Gurney Whaley Janus The Bruiser The Screw (late Hat Box) Odiham Weathercock Cupbearer Tchernaya First of May Hopeless Star Lilford Entries for the Handicap B. St. Julian Weathercock Hopeless Star Boadicea Ada Sluggard Trembleur Prenez Garde Eviugton Lass Comet Redcap Victory Old Stringhalts Treachery Humboldt Flageolet Carbineer Royalty Irdle Race. Primus Beechnut The Prince Little Yeoman The Disowned Nicholas Diligent The Bruiser Torn Perkins SCRATCHINGS AT CHESTER UP TO 7 P.M. YESTERDAY. CHESTER Cur.—Neville, Fisherman, Heir of Lynne, Freston, Good Friday, Alma, Apathy, Forlorn Hope, Dusty Miller, The Highlander, Diphthong colt, Peto, Special Licence, Lima, Homoeopathist, Wardermarsk, Liverpool, and Mysterious Jack. LIVERPOOL STEEPLEORASE.—Victor Emmanuel, The Minor, Janus, Conrad, Fearless, Franc Picard, Met Dair, Merry Andrew, Maid of the West, g by Bowstring, Master Tom, Blind Harper, Bosphorus, and The Prince. POSTPONEMENT OF WESTBURY STEEPLE- CHASES. These steeplechases are postponed till Friday, Feb. 6. Racing Fixtures for 1857. FEBRUARY. Lincoln Spring ..18 I Derby Spring 26 Nottingham Spring 24 I MARCH. Li ve rpool Spring 3_ Warwick Spring l7 Doncaster Spring 10 Northampton 25 Salisbury l2 Croxton Park 31 APRIL. Epsom Spring Newmarket Craven 13 York Spring 21 Durham l3 Mahon 23 Coventry l3 I Newmarket F S 27 Catterick Bridge l5 MAY. Chester — 5 Shrewsbury Ludlow 14 Bath Epsom 26 JU. Manchester Ascot 9 Beverley, Hull, &c .10 Hampton l7 Newton 17 Newcastle 23 JU. Worcester 2 Newmarket Liverpool l5 'NE. Bibury Club 24 Stockbridge 25 Winchester 9 6 Carlisle 3O Chelmsford AU( Ripon North Staffordshire 4 Brighton Brighten Club 7 Wolverhampton lO Reading l2 Nottingham 21 Stamford 23 Goodwood •.28 UST. SEPTE Warwick Cardiff Thirsk Lichfield Derby OCT( Northd.Berton Chester Autumn Wrexham Richmond ..........•....8 NOE Worcester Autumn ..• 3 Wenlock Shrewsbury Autumn l7 York l9 Radcliffe 24 E g ham 25 Stockton 27 Hereford ..............••27 MBER. Doncaster.......• 15......... Leicester 23 Manchester Autumn 24 M o nmouth 24 Newmarket F 0 2g )BER. Newmarket 5 0 l2 Warwick Autumn 2O Newmarket H 26 IMBER. Liverpool Autumn ...... 10 I Ludlow Autumn .:.......20 [Anvicar ismoNr.]—Holloway's Pill s an U n f a i l i ng Cure for Dropsy.—This truly distressing complaint is sufficiently prevalent amongst ind iv id ua l s , espec i ally females, after attaining a certain period of life ; unsightly and painful swellings of the extremities in the first place announce and subsequently confirm the advent and progress of the malady ; there are hundreds of sufferers from dropsy, however, who, when their disease even has attained a formidable height, have been completely cured by taking Holloway's Pills, a medicine pronounced by millions as the most successful ever introduced to the world. Sold by all medicine vendors throughout the world ; at Professor Holloway's Establishments, 244, Strand, London, and 80, Maiden-lane, New York , by A. Stampa, Constantinople ; E. C;uidicy, Smyrna .• and E. Muir, Malta. LITERATURE. litenry Claren it. A Novel._ By Alice Comyn. 2 vats. Hurst and Blaaett. This story is of the romantic cast, although ther e is nothing very extraordinary in its events. The hero is one of those so often met with in the pages of fiction, and so rar e ly encoun te r ed in real lif e , who in a few years work their way in the world to fame and fortune. Ho does not, however, engross so large a share of attention as usually falls to the lot of the chief ch arac t ers , an d i n d ee d hi s cous i n Edward is almost . as prominently brought forward. They forma . striking contrast—one an outcast for change, coming, as it were, to a strange country ; the other: nature compared c o relief mpa r f e r d o from ennui thnse surrounded by every luxury, pi n i ng o a i u t i g o n o su of t o an trifling a andand setting sorrows which burdened his cousin. The relation ship was not found out for. a considerable time; hence, strangely enough, the traveller was an i n . mate of his uncle's house without being aware of it. Helen Grey is well described, he r f au l ts and her merits shown in their relative bearing to each other. Her ambition and pride caused the ruin of her happiness, and yet she persevered in her 111/ • reasonable determination. She could not always control her passions, which were as vehement as her will was headstrong. It i s a warning and a lesson to the presumptuous and vain to behold the Duchess in her saloons trembling under the malice of those she provoked as Helen Grey. Had she only been a bl e t o t urn an d confront them with the fearless gaze of truth, but she knew she had im plicated herself, and could not conceal her former predilection. Frank Fitzgerald is depicted as en vious and mean—as such, differing greatly from his elder brother, Edward, of whom he was so jealous. The reader is struck by the deserved mortification that fell upon him when the rumoured death of his brother gave him for a brief season the dearly coveted position of eldest, and his consternation when the news, dearly welcome to the others, arrived of the safety of the heir. The charac ters of Sophia and Lucille are natural ones ; the former haughty and selfish, the latter, with all her engaging qualities, sometimes incited into aggravating her sister, whose temper was indeed provoking, from its jealousy and self-love. The cousins, whom the Eitinghams at last discovered, were reared in a very different home to theirs. it would have been well for the sisters if their brother could have taken them away with him, for no struggles with the world had been so painful as their life at home. Amy possessed spirits that, however crushed, rose again ; but Clara, the eldest, was gentle and meek. Her story is melancholy, and her early death cannot be considered untimely, for she was ono of those whose walk on earth seems under a continual cloud. She was of service to others, with her kind heart and pure nature, and her mission might be none the less unprofitable, thoughiworked out in the shade of suffering. It is interesting to watch the progress of the heroin his arduous undertakings, and second only to his zeal and energy was his devotion. to the claims of honour. He understood his friend had set his affections on the one who had appeared as a bright dream to his harassed life, and he accordingly sacrificed his own hopes. He did not allow his friend to know the struggle in his mind, and it was not till long after that, by the failure of the former's projects, the truth was revealed to him. Various amusing passages appear in the course of the story, as well as the more exciting andimpor tant ones. With the combined advantages of design and execution, of superior characters that are well worked out, this novel has a fair promise of success, and will be a pleasing addition to the stores of the library of fiction. Elizabeth de 'Valois, Queen, of Spain. By Miss Freer, Author of " The Life of Marguerite d'Augouleme," (IN. 2 Vols. Hurst and Blackett. The success and distinction which Miss Strick land has obtained from her researches in regal biography have encouraged many others to follow her example, and to bring to light the lives and actions of some of those queens and princesses of whom the general reader only knows the name. Some of the subjects of recent memoirs, it is true, have been connected with the great events or politi cal changes of their own day, and consequently have attained a little wider reputation, and it is, then, more interesting to compare the authenticated facts with the generally received opinion. The heroine of the present volumes, Elizabeth de Valois, is one of whom much has been written, but, as it now appears, little really known. The cir cumstances of her life, her marriage with the stern and gloomy Philip the Second, after her previous betrothment to his son, the catastrophe that in terrupted the bridal festivities, the miserable career of Don Carlos, and his admiration of her, his death while under arrest, and her own so rapidly following it, offer such a tempting oppor tunity to the poet, the dramatist, and the romancist, that it is not surprising that the true facts of the case should not have been strictly adhered to. Miss Freer, after considerable research and study, lays before us a different story, for which she pro duces unquestionable authority in the state papers of Spain and France, and other important docu ments. Philip th e Second, despite his harsh and morose disposition, she asserts to have been sin cerely attached to his young wife, always lavishing ou her every mark of honour, and mourning her untimely death to the end o f his life. Every year, on that day, he was accustomed to repair to El Escorial, to join in the service held in her memory. Elizabeth or Isabel, as her subjects called her, was the eldest daughter of Henry 11. and Catherine de Medici. When only sixteen she became the third wife of the King of Spain, then one of the mightiest European powers ; at first she is said to have regarded her consort with fear and misgiving, for the rumours current of Philip's character were not very encouraging, but, as he only showed her his gentler qualities, she soon returned his affections, and their domestic happiness is proved by many contemporary papers. How much it was owin g c , to Elizabeth's constant submission to the will of her imperious lord, and her careful observance of all the absurd etiquette of the Spanish court may be imagined. Elizabeth always treated her unhappy stepson with gentle ness and consideration, and she was ohe of the few persons for whom he showed any regard, but the absence of all jealousy on Philip's part is sufficiently proved by his frequently leaving them together during his absence, and his finally committing them to the same grave. The fact of a previous attach ment between them being rendered impossible as they had never seen each other, and the proposed engagement was merely, as was Elizabeth's mar riage, one of state policy. She was called by the Spaniards, " Isabel do la Paz," as the alliance con firmed the peace between the two crowns. She is represented as a gentle and prudent character, pos sessing firmness and spirit enough to have adorned her high position, and a mingled dignity and dis cretion that rendered her equal to it, notwith standing her youth. The early death of Elizabeth, though deeply regretted by her subjects, could scarcely be a matter of surprise from the delicacy of her health, which was greatly injured by the ignorance of her physicians. She had during her residence in Spain several dangerous illnesses, and in all of them their only resource appears to have been bleeding. Her mother fre quently besought her to have the advice of some French physicians, who were more ad vanced in their art, but from a mistaken desire to conform to the customs and prejudices of her death took place before the storms and strugglesreign. adopted country the Queen always refused.lier that darkened the close of her husband's h The ow defeat Countries o f t woreArmadayet in e ld f utthuer revolt when ofte L u t s he th F e irmetemaonidrs herof tehaernbereitlliaanudt Eliza beth closed her brief existence. Miss Freer, who high-minded daughter, the mother of Henri before e Fr given anci s Quatre, has found a worthy subject in showing us at least, of the accusations against s h i a s s te b r the true character of Elizabeth de Valois, and dis gthregecond. Rumours were circulated by A Pprh n oi t vi o ii n pn io Perez that the King had murdered both ywipfehi;libpi:tawndhei l-i eh own s w o n w e n h a u r n a d e o t e u r b , t eared i h l t son re a t a m n e d n his th considered, the most prejudiced would hardly accept his testimony. Among ments interpolated in these volumes are some Latin themes of Mary, Queen of Scots, the sister-in-law and playfellow of Elizabeth, there though does not seem to have been much affection between them. Miss Freer evidently possesses one important re quisite for an historian in a careful and painstaking spirit. She favours her readers, however, with an unnecessary length of description of Court fetes, processions, &c. The book will reward the most indifferent reader, and will scarcely fail to add to the reputation of its able and industrious authoress. TEA DUTIES DECLINE SUSPENSION ACT.—This act, which was passed in 1855 to suspend the tea duties on account of the war, will reduce the tea duties to is. 3d. per lb. from sth April next for twelve months, and thenceforth to ls. per lb. The act speaks of a " defini tive treaty of peace," and the twelve months expires in April, whereas the income-tax of the same year mentions the " ratification " of the treaty, which would carry it twelve months further. There can be no doubt that it was the intention of the Legislature that the alteration in both cases should be in twelve months from the eessa• tion of the war. IMPRISONMENT FOR DEBT. Alterations are being made in Whitecross-street prison, with the view of a classification of persons confined for debt. It is in con templation to classify debtors throughout England and Wales :, " . ._ - t. : : .~.. w