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

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. In the Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday the demand was moderate, and prices remained with out alteration from the rates current on Thursday. The sales were estimated at 6,000 bales, 1,000 of whiCh were taken for export and on specu lation. The Railway Share Market continued quiet throughout the day, but subsequently closed with a slight improvement on the previous cur rency. The Bank of England • weekly Return, com pleted to the 24th inst., is more favourable than Was generally anticipated. Notwithstanding the extensive withdrawals of gold, the bullion ex hibits a slight improvement. The private deposits are reduced probably through the redemption of other securities, which are upwards of three quarters of a million smaller than in the previ ous week. There is, consequently, an addition to the revenue, but it is generally anticipated that the next return will be rather more encou raging. The other alterations are not very im portant, but it is satisfactory to see that the public deposits, now the demands are hard, are again steadily increasing. The principal items, and the changes they present, will be seen by the subjoined table : Active Circulation Decrease A Bullion 10,116,282 Increase Rest Increase Public Deposita Increase Other Deposits Decrease Seven-Day and other Bills • 849,836 Decrease Government Securities Increase Other Securities Decregse Notes unemployed Increase The official return of the exports of the precious metals from the port of London for the week end ing Thursday last is as follows : Gold Coin Silver Coin Antwerp ... 1,200 Ozs. „ Bars Bullion Bordeaux ... 801. About 40,0001. in gold was taken from the Bank Yesterday for the purchase of silver on the Con tinent, but this has not excited much attention, as about 2,923,815 dollars, or about 584,7631., has just arrived by the steamer Atrato from Mexico. This is a very seasonable supply, and if the vessels due from Australia come in at once, a very favour able impression would be produced. The demand for money is still very active, but there is not expected to be any immediate improvement in this respect, as a considerable quantity of commercial bills have to bo taken up on the sth prox. The inquiry for money on the Stock Exchange has also been extremely dull, owing to the liquidation of the Share accounts, and it is stated that the en gagements in the Foreign Market have not in all cases been well met. The English Funds opened at reduced quota tions, the pressure of which upon the market have bad an unfavourable influence. Since the arrival of the Atrato became known, however, in. creased firmness has been felt. Consols for money have been 92 and 92i 93 ; for the sth proximo 92i 93, 92/ and 92k 93 ; while for March the quotations have been about 931 and 93k. The New per Cents. -are 93f e. ; the Reduced 93i, although at one time as low as 92i ; and Exche quer Bills par. The Bonds were 98A. Bank Stock is 216, and India Stock 218 to 219. Foreign Securities have been rather variable, although the aggregate transactions are limited. Turkish 6 per Cents., after having been 92 g I , are now about 93 93k, and the 4 per Cent. guaranteed are about 1024 Spanish Deferred 3 per Cents. are 23g, and the Certificates have risen to 6g Mexican Stock .21i. The following are the nominal prices of Foreign Stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 64 ; Mexi can, 214 /-; Peruvian, 77 78 ; ditto 3 per Cents., 65 6 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 43 5 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 107 9 ; ditto 4 per Cents., 95 7 ; Spanish 3 per Cents., 391 40i ; ditto Deferred, 231 4 ; ditto Certificates, 51 ; ditto Passive, b-16. The Railway Share Market has been dull, and in one or two instances lower rates have been cur rent. Lancashire and Yorkshire declined 4, North Western 4, Midland g.„ Caledonian, Great Western, and North British are steady. Great Central of France declined about 55., and Lombardo-Vene tian 55. Grand T i runk of Canada were steady, but 'gut Indian receded 4 to British and Foreign Mining Shares are inactive, but prices in moat instances have been supported. Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares show no material variation in value. tt.RITIBEt FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONt o'CLOati.. (From the Official List:) Bank Stoc susinesb done k psi vent. Reduced Annuities 938 2i 3 ^er (lent Qbnsols Annuities 93 24 3 New 3 per C en t. A nnu i t i es ' 93i ti Loag n unit i es, expire stl i Jan. 1860 India Rock 219 188 taut. rionds, £lOOO 1.• • 0000000 Ditto, under £lOOO 3 d Consols for Accou nt 93 2i 3 ICsutiequer . 1;1000 . par .500 par • Stu all p Ditto Bonds, 1858, 3 per Cent 9 ar 81 Ditto, 1859 rttlOES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONI O'CLOCK Mexican 3 per Cent Ditto Account Elp nit h rsoads, 3 per Cent ............ Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent. liPallish Committee Cert. of Coup. not fun 6s $ p c. Turkish i , ouds, 6 per cent 92s 3 Ditto Account Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. Ditto Account axe Dtvicenas on the above payable in Lotic , 11. Congol% mono Two O'CLOCK. Dipittttoo Ac count 7 acc0unt':..........•:.....• ..rent Account 93i IMPROVEMENT. IN T HE HEALTH OP THE INBABITANTS OP THE METROPOLIS. In anticipation of his ganeral report the R General has this yea r published an n ter wary of the births and d eat h s t h at have occurred esti gistrar ne in s L u o ni u : don durin g the past y ear . From this We d l learn that th e number of deaths i n 1856 was less than tha t durin g any previous year since 1852, and the result is an exc ess greater than obt a i ne d i n any f ormer year of births over deaths, the number of m a l es exceeding the number of female children by 1485. We note that Westminster and other districts specially selected for improvement present a decided decrease in deaths. Whilst the po. pulation of London increased at the rate of 60,000 per annum, the means of lodging this mighty crowd of new -corners (of which fully one-half belong to the working classes) have not increased in proportion. More over, during the past year the heavy burdens of war tax, the ruin entailed OR thousands by the defalcation of commercial scoundrels, who robbed even the widow of her mite, the increasing filth of the Thames, and the rise in price of most of the necessaries of life, have brought poverty to many doors ; and we need dit say how muc h unaccus t ome d p e nury disposes to sease, and diminishes the duration of life. "Nearly cdied Person in five ( sa y s th e R eg i s trar-General) who in the year closed his days under a roof provided _l33:_ a Pnblic law or pr i vate char i ty. " W e may we ll i n quire e w n Fl e e t s is the cause which, even against evil influ he 1 produced so beneficial an effect on the only health of the i n h a bi tants of London ? We know of this one ex planation which sati s f ac t or ily accounts for year. im p rovement in public health during the past Health is the appoint ment of Medical Of fi cers of open 0,881,0018 v aluable services ren d ere d by th em . The which in former and abominations of every description, but surely, hav e did the work of death insidiously removed. be bY their exertions, been altered or ferred may b e 8 is the public benefit thus con 7 very moderate corn u riEseeadt when we remember that, on a utation, the number of nuisances of the above de, cripti(P) or altogether removiledwdhuiell have been either reformed upwards of fifteen thousand:3f_ the past year anwunts to ancet. --~- A MEDICAL O FF I_—_ ICER ALLOWED NO FRIENDS.—At a recent meeting of the board of guardians of Marylebone there was read a note from a surgeon resident in London, stating tltat he had twice called on one of the resident medical officers of the workhouse, and been refused ad them by the porter at the gate. The secretary informed board it, was a general rule that the medical officers should not be allowed to receive the visits of their friends. We pass by Sundry personal impertinences uttered on the o ccas i on. But the presumption evinced in thus treating professional gentlemen like paupers or school. boys will, we treßt, attract the attention of the new President of the College of Physicians, whom also hono. rary physician to the Marylebone Workhouse.—ZonCet• 27; 22 25 5 It St. 20t 100 100 100 rnE SUN, LON DON, SATUR D A SHARE MARKETS—( Day.) W ivalL WA 1:0 Closing Pre, this day. Boldness done this day Ambg.Nottuff. Bo.i and Bantu. Jut l3clfast Birming. Wolverb Btour Valley.... Birkenhd. Lauri, •: Cheshire Junc- Do. Chest., dr Bi.e ,; Do., do • ..... Blackburn IRlytt, &Tyne origi, £25 (ised. at £4 Bristol and Fasts . Caledonian. Chester & Holyhead Cork and Btndon Cork, Black, & Pas- Cornwall Do. A Do. B DublindtßolfastJunc Dun. P. es Aber. Jnc. East Anglian Eastern Counties East. Union, A Btl 'Bs., B. Stock,.,.. Do New A. it?. 1100 a'l 4 ,100 East Kent Eastlaneashire East Suffolk Do. 'Edinburgh & Olasgt, Edinb. and Peebles Edin.Prth &Thud. Forth & Clyde Jun Furness. Glasgow & S. Westrn Great N. of Scotlnd Greet Northern .. 'Do., A. Stock...., Do. B. Stock Qt. Bth. &West.(lre !Great Western Do. Stour Val. Rai Qua. Stk :Irish South- Piss terr Lancaster tit Carl isl. Do., Thirds I Do. New Thirds Lancash. andYorks' Do., Wet. Riding l'n Do. Southport London 2t Black's's! Lond. Bright & S.Cs. Lond. and N. West , !Do. Fifths 1 00.101. Sh.,M&B Do: Eighth... London and% We4tn. Lndndrrydg Colerath Lndadrry.& Ennlsk ittanch.Shef.St Linci Metropolitan Do. J. L. Ricardo's arrangement Midland Do. Birmng. &Dort Kidld. G. West. (Ira. Do. Half Shares Newcastle & earns' , Nwpt.Aberg. &Hrf •' 'Newry Sr Enniskill. Newry, Warrenpnini and Rostra vor Norfolk Northn.Coun ties 11 North British Nth Devon Rail, S, Dock Stock Do., A Stock_ Do., B Stock N.Xaetern—Berwi k 1),o. do. Extension Do. Leeds Do. York.. North London..,, %).&S.Wstrn.,Finni etaad, and City J-1 North Stafrordshir 'forth Western.... tr e S. Wostrii. Jun Ix., Wore.. Wol v Rhymney . otti , th Central Scot. N E.Abrdn St. Do. Soot. Mid. St iTr I,b Si tingbourne kSheer. South Davos ..... South Eastern... South Wales i. Yrksh. 4k Riv. Du Do 'mines, Wok. &Wo Stockton & Dariing Do., do., 1554 Do., do., 1855 itozkten dg Hartlep raff Vale ..... )0,. Pref., No. 1.... Names Hay. D.& R. Vale of Neath Waterfd.lkenn Waterford&Limeri c' West Cornwall West End of Londe: and Crystal Palace Do. A Do. B West London. Do. Fiist Class ... Do. Second Class... Wirable d & (Iroyd on tiomoay,Barocte,.. Con. India, g. 5 p. c Do. Ceylon A shares._ Do. B. do >emerara Eastern Bengal east Indian A and B g. s p• ...... Do. Ex. 0, gu. 5 p. c Do. do. D, gu. 5 p. c. D 0.4 p.c.Bnds.,'s7 Do. do. do., '59, de Geelong & Melbourne guar. 5 per cent. 4d. Trunk of Canada Do. Cert. of Deben, con. into Stk. till'63 Do. Comp. 6 p. c., do. Gt. In. Pen. g. 5 p. c. Do New, guar. 5 p. c Gt. Western of Canad a Do. New Do. &Is., payable 's', Do. do., '76, p. '60... Do. do., '73 do. Do. do., '73, without option Madras, guar. 4 t p.c Do. do., 5 p. c. Do. 44 p. c. Eaten Do. 3d Ex., g. 5 p. c Scuade, guar. 5 p. C. Do. St. Andrew's and Quebec (A) tntwerp4Rott•• rctsan Ardennes selgian Earatn. June teeters to C Buff. & Lk. Ilur. By, Canneaux & Toulouse Coal Mines and By )uteb Rhenish • astern of France 1 0. New Euphrates Valley it. Central of Fran, e Great LT Ks rabourg Italian Junction Lake Conet. & Basle Lier Lucca & Pist. 5 p. c.p. %le n a do d T v ur eo n e h ti o a n o. t Lo Lyons and Geneva .., Lyons as Mediterran. Maria Antonia ... . Do. do. New vamnr & Liege Do. do., 6 p. c. Prof . Northern of France NorwegianTrunkPre Paris and Lyons Paris and Orleans Recife & San. Fran , (Pernam.) g.c Rome and Frascati Royal Danish Royal Swedish Umbra and Ideuse 1 Do. 5 p. cent. Pref Southern of France Test Flanders Do. 6is per c. Pref &N. W. of France Western of Austria West. of Switzerland Wiesbaden . Do. 8 per cent.Piel. Zealana ...... laliftT.. B 1 &astral/Lai; Bank of Egypt******* " Bank of London CoL Bk.&Ln. C. iritieh N. American Chartd. Bank of Mi Chrtd. Buk. of India, Anatraila, & China, City all 2i , 10 50 50 Colonist Commercial of Loud Eng.SootArAwl.Cht Lond. Chad. Bk. of COLONIAL. Australia Ditto New London and County Ln t. &E. Buk g. Corp London Joint Stock Loud. & Westminster National Pro.of lug Do. Naw National Bank ...... New South Wales.... 'Oriental Bk. Corp... Ottoman Bank Provincial of Ireland Do. Now R Aus B &Go Im Co South Auatralis !Unita of Australm... Do. New ' of London Unity Mutual Western Bk of Loud; 4 - 4$ Si 9 8i 9 92 - 94 60i 61 35 37 ~. -.-- y ro io+ -10 i 18 19 9 9i 42 44 29 - 31 8 - 6 91 - 95 53 - 5* 33. 93 - 95 7 - 8 934 -94 A 78 80 123 125 Lll 113 651 -65 i 64 f 6 65 - 70 5 6 5 6 96 96,4 - 7 108 - 110 106 - 1064 204 - 214 10/ 106 1064 - 1074 33i 33 82 -82 t 53 - 55 13i - 140 53 55 - 39 40 B:3A - 84' 4 3 2s 17 5 18i 534 604 98 102 4id 7i 81 10 11 27 - "28 '• • ii- [66 108 I 25 - 26 70 72 49 - tl 2 ... 17 . 8 74k -74 i 84 85 5 - 36' 5 - 3d 12 14 39 41 r.. 19i -20 i 6 - 8 2 - 4 5 - 51 N 1 ~ •. 7 - 9 i - i 1 - 1# 107 - 109 11 -,- lip 21, -21 i 49 - 51 81 - 83 20i -20 i 24t . tS I3P 2$ - 2,11) 99 - 100 118 123 118 - 123 108 110 194 191 211 —21 i 6d pat a 2 p ,G2i . 6 - 6i I la 1 2$ , n 4p 1} 11 1)1 4} d - p arl 32k —32 i 9 —lO par -- p 4 4i 51 - oi *. '''' ..... ... ..... 6 - 6ipl 29 - 30 - 84' 19 - 19, 37 - 371 9 - 9i 54 -54 j 53 -- 51 i - I 1) 18 - 20 - 1 8 - 8 - - ' 4 - Pr 4i 90 - 10 33i -34 x BANKh. 94g t a d - id 1 66 -- 68 18 - 1 8, 17i - 18, '""" ..,. -- ~ • 4 ~ "' , - 39 1 Ad """ •. ,34 - 36 61 - 62 7 - 9 11 9dl 10 ~. 6d TINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. A :- 1 „II Ile() '1)0 I all ;100 all ali 100 31 100 fr:AILWATO. Bedford and Bletchley Buckghainah. Clydesdales '• Col. Stour Vy. E. Lin. g. 6 pc. E. Un. H. SI., Gle.e. Barr. & Neils. Direct Do. New...... r.oniparl Logd,:n ik N. We , t. L&N.W. Caledou... drE.C I Gt.Nrtrat.' E. Count., ICaldontatt. Glstr.ds Da Fr Hrtlpl. Dk & Railway... Hull & Selby Do. 6 Share. Do. I - Shares. Lon.&Greeaw Do. Preference L0n.,Ti1.,& S. Do. Bark. Sh. Lowestoft RI. 4 per cent. Do. 6 por et. Manch. Extu. and Matlock Middlesbro' Fz Redc.g 6 p.c. Newmarket Bury E. G.spc N.& Est.s p. c. Do. 6 per et. Do. Fixeds p c Prest. & w yr- Do. 6 Shrs. A Roystn.&ffit. Shcf. Roth _an Gooleg. 5 p.c Shrews. &H er S. Stafford sh. Wear Valley gr 6 per cent... Do. Do Gt. Wostn Yk. Now. & Berw. Y. & NM. Do Do 'B. Easton. Pot° It Co Do Norfolt Do 'L.& N. W & Midld.' &Atom & Darlingt. all all all 100 i 8 Closing Prices this day. 96 - 98 98 -- 102 11 - 13 133 --- 136 4 ... ,4 lo : 111 1 .3 23 -24 108 - 110 j • 1p 2 - .•• 92 - 94 En. Conn. E. Count. 1 b 6 58 IDo. Do L.&N.W Do Gt North 71 Lancash & Yorksh. T. Brassey M. MClean Stockt. Dar lingt Do OtWest n 132 - 135 9 -. 91 33 - 34 SS - 90 Wiltf4Vomrst .PREFERENCE SHAH I' Blyths.ndTynelOpe c. pref. (issd . at 50i Bris. & Ex. 4 p. c. Si Do. 4 p. c. Shares Ualcdn. 130 4i p.c. clhos.&Efo.Gn. Do. do. Pref. 5 per c. Cork &Bandons Dua.Prth .& A bor.'. RI. Anglian Cie. A SI , Do. do. Cls. B 6 p. Do. do Cls. C 7 p. e Ras. Co.Bx, spcNo. Do. No. 2. Do. New 6 p. c. 'last Un., G. 6 p. c Do. 51., 10 per Cont Do. 10/. Debontr.Sl,. Do. do. 4 per cent. Mast Lancash 6p. et R. W. York. J. sth' Edin. & Gl. 5 p.c. sh ;4:4.1.Prth./kDan.4p. , Furness, 5 p. & S.W. G. 5 p.c. Great Northn. 5 p. c Do. 5 p. o. Rodoom. at 10 p. c. prom... Do. 4, p.c D 0.5 p. c., Red. at p. c. pm... ..... Gt.N. of Scot. 1 st Pr. G. S. W. (Ireland Do. 4per 0. Prof. S Gt. W.(B.tH.Exspc Do. con. red. 4i p.c. Do. con. red. 4 p. c Do. irred. 4p. c. Do. 5 p. C. red. prof Do. Birm. Pref. Sh Do. Chester 8 p. c. P. Do. do. 5 p. c. do. Do. Birm. Gna. Stk Do. Ches. Gina. Sh Do, do. do Do. do. do Lan. &York. F. £2O Do. 6 p. 0. Stock Lon. &B. G. 5 pc. No.l Do. P., spc. St.No.2 Do. New Gnar.6 p. Do. do. 5 p. c.,N0.4 Lon. &N. W., Coy. & NI uneaton 5 p. ct... TAU. & S. W. 7 per ct late 3d Shares L )ndy. & Color. a Sh. Londy.&Ennis.a Sh A.,5.,& L. 6 p. Cent Do. do. do. £6 ... Do. do. 31 per cent. Varypt .& Carl. 4 p o Do. 4A per cent Do. do. if id. Consol.6 p.c St Cm Br. Nir . 6 pe Do. 4a p. c. Pref. • t Ditto L.& EL Pref. St New., Aber., &c., pr. 5 p. c. red. 5 P.c. Pm. Do. Perpet. 6 p ct. with optn. till '66 Norfk. Deb, 4 p.c. sh Do. Pref. 5 p. c. St Do. 5 pc. Ext.,1846 D 4. 5 per c. pf ,1847 Do. Wv. p c.,1847 North British Do 7i. Preference N. E. Berw, 4 p.a. P Do. do. do Do Leeds 6 p.o Do. do. Qr5.,1848... Do.Yorkll.& S. Pnr. North Staffordshire.. Ox, Ape... Do. 6 p.c. Redeem. Scot. Cent. ,New Fref 'Sc.N.E. Aber. g 6 pe Do. do . , 7 p.c, pf. st. D0.d0., 3a p.c. pf. st South Devon Dn. fixed, 4a per cent S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. Do. 4a per cent Do. Fixed 4a p c sh Wales Gus. 4 p. 0 Do. do. 4a p. a S.Yorksh.4p.c.Guar S'toek.& Dar„ 5 p. c Do. do. do Stock. & 13art1, g. 5 p. o. till July 1, '56 W aterfd. & Kilk.6pc 92 94 9 . 6 - 98 4?; 5 5i 119 - 115 ip iP t 2 12 '16: 7 IS - 120 12 - 114 .03 - 105 62 = 64 9 - 104 6 - 6 93 -- 95 83 -- 85 99 101 10 - 104 16i - 171 10 10t 74 - 76 194 - 20. 9i - 10; 154 136 124 - 137 115 - 118 •e• "'"' •••• 1159 1 - 131 ..• -- ••• Go 68 ... '"'" 137 - 139 98 - 100 89 - i/1 11 -- li! ••• '''' 103 :105 sa I 05 - d - 11 . 0 112 113 - 116 105 - 110 61 - 63 16 - 17 23} - 246 102 - 105 10k - 10$ • •11 '''''' ... iii -• 28?, 2 - 3 p ••• - ••• 3 - 31 MINES. 10s all Anglo Californian . • 20 7 ' Australian — 14 1 all ;laden (Gd. Duchy of 60 all filsenar. iron & ()cal 20 14 British Iron — • .84 35 27 Rrazilianlmp.(iesned at £5 pm.) 30 all Do. Comes & Cuiab_ 3} 35 3 20 15 Do. St. John Delßey 16 18 1 Clarendon Cons. Min Co. of Jamaica A d A 40 all Cobre Copper 5 14 Colonial Gold — ••• St.' all Copper Min. of Eng 33 37 25 all Do. Prof. 75 p. cent 25 27 1€ Copiapo l2 •14 2 all Fortuna 8 20 I all General ••• 1 j all Gt.NuggetVeinßeg — 44 all Great Polgooth . — 5 j all Gt Wheal Vor Uniteti 1 all Liberty 3 all Linares 7l 8 1 5 114 Lusitanian ld 1 all Mariquita. — 1 1 all New Granada 1 all Nouveau Monde — 2) all Pontgi.Sil.& Le• Min, 8 10 6 1 Port Philip • ••• 1 all Quartz Rock = 50 all Rhymney Iron 23 25 15 all Do. New 6 — 8 30 151 Santiago de Cuba 24 3 6s. Sort. Cons. Min. o. 1$ .1 all South Australian • 1 all Do. Scrip .•- 1 all Do. 10 per cent Pref ••• . . 45 Tam. S. &L. Min. Co. ... 10 9 Fin Croft 284 all United Mexican 3 35 1 all Waller • • -- ••• 1 all West Mariposa ••• 1 12s. Worthing Mining of Australia . ••• MISCELLANEOUS. 25 19 , ustraliar, A gricult. 10 .11 ilustraln. Royal Mail ... ••• 10 all t'terlin Water Works 55 6 50 40 lint. American Land 40 45 100 354 Canada 129 133 • 4 St. G 0.6 p.c. JanSaulY 1104 110 1101 St. 100 Do. 8 p.c. Feb & Aug St. 100 Do. 6p c. Mar & Sept ... 5 all Crystal Palace 5 all Do. Preference.. — 5 1 4 Crystal Pal. of France 1 4 Duston Iron Ore ... 20 18 Eastern Steam St 100 nectric Telegraph 9l 93 1 all Electric Telcg. of Ir — 5 all En.&Aus Cop Sm Co 11 14 25 all Gen. Ir Sc Col (lim.) ..• 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat. „. -- 11 all General Screw Steam 61 71 20 5 London Discount 4 all Lond. Gen. Omnibus 31 4 20 10 Magdalena St. Navic 10 all Mediteran. Eleo. Tel. ••• •• 10 all Mexican&S.Amerion. 21 -- 25 5 Nat. Discount Co - 4 P 25 5 Do. New 10 5 Neth er l an d s Land.— 1 14 10 all Do. Do. 5 3 Do. 8p c P iss at 1d 34 4 5 1 Do. Ps, Do, t d 100 80 N ew B. & N. S. 11;i P 20 174 Nrth.ofEuropeStesin i ••• ••• N.S.W. Gov 5p c D 1 all N. B. Ai:ultra:lama : • " 1 all Orient a l G as„ Nd 131 1 2s. Do. "New Shares — " 5 all Peel Rr. Ld. & Minri. 2A - 2 pm 5(., all Peninsular& Oriental 66 rsi 50 10 Do. New .. ......... a 7 100 60 Royal Mail i3t916711 4 P 1 all Scot. Austral. Inv as t. ••• • 1 all Ditto New l4 t 1 3 / 4 25 all South Austral.:Lar,d 35 3.7 1 all Sabmar. Tel. Scrip , 1 1 all IDo. Regiatered 1 20 5 Trust* 1,. co. U. c:p.n 100 •.. 284 Van Diemen's Land 15 17 St. V.6l),6p.o.Ja.ti&Jull Business this day LAW INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.) COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCE: (Sittings in Banco, before Lord Campbell, Justices Coleridge, Wightman, and Crompton.) THE QUEEN V. PHILLIPS. Mr. Bovill, Q.C., showed calve agai►:st a rule obtained last term calling upon the defendant, the Chief Commis sioner in Insolvency, to show cause why he refused to pay over to a person named Cook the surplus of an in solvent's estate after paying his debts. It appeared that the insolvent, a person named Dyson, made an assignment of his property, and after wards sold his right to any residue to Cook ; afterwards he became an insolvent. There were, consequently, three claimants for the surplus. After hearing Sir F. Thesiger in support of the rule, The Court ordered it to be discharged. MARKET NEWS.—(This nay ) COVENT GARDEN. The supplies were limited, and the trade was firm, as follows : FRUIT. Pineapples, per lb. 6s 03 to 9s Colonia 1 do., ea. Os Od to O s Od Grapes, per 1b....6s Od to 12s Foreign do Os Od to Os Od, Melons, each 3s Od to 5s Od Peaches, p. d0z.... 3s to Bsod Nectarines, do. 2s Od to 8s Od Apples, p. h. sv. 6s Od to 8s Od Pears, per d0z....8s to 10s Oci Oranges, per 100.3 s 6d to lOs Lemons, p. doz. is Od to 2s Od Apri cots, p. doz. 2s Od to 6s Od Cherries, per lb. Os to Os Od, Filberts, per 1b.....18 to Is 4d Cobs., p. 100 lbs. 1103 to Almoads, p. lb. Os Od to Os Od Waluats, per 100 6d to is Od Figs, per doz is to 3s Od I Strawberries, per pottle Od to Od Gooseberries, per half sieve ....Os Od to Os Od Currants, p. do. Os Od to Os Od Plums, per do. 2s Od to 5s Od Green gages,do. 4s Od to is Od Raspberries, p. potl. Od to Od VE GEI Greens, p. doz. bun. 3s to 3s 6d Cabbages, P. doz. Od to Oa Od Savoy do., p. do. ls Od to 28 Od Cauliflowers, do. f a Od to 5s Od Brocoli, p. bun. is Gd to 2s 0 , 1 Potatoes, per ton Ws to 1355, New do., per do Ost o o s l Peas, per quart ...9d to is Od Turnips, per bunch 4d to 5 Carrots, per bunch 5d to 7d, Cucumbers, each 2s to 3s Od Garlic, per lb .....6d to Os Sorrel, per sieve Od to Os Spinach, p. - d0:..2s 01 to s 6c; Brussels sprouts, per half do 2s Gd to 3s Gd Onions, p. bush 2s Gd to 4a 6d New do., per bunch Od to Od French beans, per 100 is 6d to 2s 6d Leeks, per d 0......... 2d to 4d NEWGATE AN I Shallots, per lb.. 6d to 81 Horseraddish, p. bun. 2a to .5s Parsley, per do. 4d to fid Celery, per do Os 9d to is 91 Beet,, per doz. is Oct to 2e Od Parsnips, per do. 18 Od to Os Small salad, p. pun. 2d to 3d Mushrooms, p. potl. ls to ls 9d Artichokes, each 4d to 8d Cab. lettuces, per score..... ...... Os 9(1 to is 3d Endive, per score 186 d to 3s Radishes, per doz. hands is to 2s Od Tomatoes, p. hf.sv. 4s to 6s Od Walnuts per 100...0s 8d to is Chillies, per. 100 is Od to 186 d Capsicums, per 1001 s Od to 2s Rhubarb, p. bun. 18 6d to 2s Asparagus, per 100 7s Od to 98 Sea kail, per pun. Os Od to Os ) LEADENHALL. Turkeys, 5s 01 to 103 Od ; Geese, 5s 01. to 7s Od each ; Ducks, 2s 01 to 3s 6d ; taros rabbits, is 2d to is 9d. each ; wild do., 10d to is Od ; Pigeons, is to i s 3d eac h ; l arge Surrey oivls, 6s to 103 ; barn-door do., 4s 01 to 6s ; Chickens, 5s Oil to 8s Od per couple ; Capons, Os 61 to Os Od ; Hares, 2s 6d to 3s 6d ; Grouse, 2s 3d to 3s Od each ; Pheasants, 3s 6d to 4s 6d ; Partridges, is 9d to 2s 3d ; Woodcocks, 3s 6d to 4s 6d ; Snipes, is 6d to 2s ; Teal, Os ; Wild Ducks, is 9d to 2s ; Widgeons, is 31 to is 6d ; Plovers, is 3d to is 91 each ; Guinea Fowls, is 9d to 3s ; Roasting pigs, 6s 01 to lOs Od each. Ostend fresh butter, —s to --s Od ; English do., 16s Od. to 20s Od per dozen lb s . ; E ng li s h eggs, lOs to 12s ; French do., 8s to 104 6d per 120; Leverets, Os each. NEWPORT. Beef, from 3s 6d to 48 6d ; mutton, 38 8d to 4s 10d ; veal, 4s Od to 53 Od; pork, 4s 01 to ss. 2d per Sibs., by the car case. WHITECHAPEL. Beef from 3s 4d to 4s 6d; mutton, 3s 8d to 4s 8d ; veal, 4s Od to 5s Od ; pork, 4s Od to 5s 21 per 81bs., by the carcase. BILLINGSGATE. Turbots, 3s 6d to 22s ; Brills, 2s Od te . l.os each; Salmon (Irish); 313 . to As 6d per lb ; Cod. Fish; 38 to 15s each; Soles, 6d to 2s 6d per pair ; Eels, Bd, to Is per lb ; Lobsters, is to 4s 6d; Crabs, 6d to 28 6d ; Whitings, 3s Od to 12s per doz. ; Common Oysters; 1?s to 16s ; Natives, 603 to —s per bell. ; Mackerel, 50s to —s per 100; Smelts, is 6d to 380 d per doz. ; Skate ; 6d to Od per lb; Shrimps, is 6d to 2s 6d per gallon ; Bloaters, 6s Od to 8s Od per 100 ; Fresh Herrings, 6s to Os per 100; Scotch do., Od; Sprats, 8s Od to Os Od pes bushel ; Doreys, 2s Gd to lOs each ; Haddocks, 49 to 203 per doz. ; Pike, Od ; Sturgeon, 6d per lb ; Prawns, 5s Od to Os; Mullets, 9d to 2s 6d each ; Plaice, 4d to is each ; Halibut, 6d per lb ;- Flounders, is 6d to 2s Od per doz. ; salt fish, Od per lb. BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from 9d to 94d of household ditto, 70 to 8p:1 per 4lb loaf. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, 5d to Od; 641 b. to 721 b, 5d to 54d ; 721 b to 801 b, 54d to S:LA ; 801 b to 881 b, sid to 6d ; 881 b to 961 b, 6d to 6id ; 961 b to 1041 b, 64d to 60 ; 1041 b to 1121 b, 'Od to' Od ; upwards, —d —d ; horse hides, lOs Od to Os Od ; Calf skins, light, 4s Od to 5s Od ; ditto full, 9s Od to Os Od; Polled Sheep, 103 Od to 13s Od ; gents, 8s 0(i to 10s 0(1; Half-breds, 8s Od to lOs Od ; Downs, 6s to 7s Od ; Shearlings, Os Od ; Lambs, Os Od. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, 2/ 12s to 41 4s ; clover do., 31 108 to 6/ 5s ; • and straw, 11 4s to 11 9s per load. A. short supply and a steady demand. CUMBERLAND. —Meadow hay, 21 15s to 41 4s ; clover do., 3/ lUs to 5/ Os ; and straw, 1./ 4s to it. 9s per load, Both'hay and straw sold readily, at very full prices. WaLTECHAPBL.—Meadow hay, 21 12s to 41 4s; clover do., 31 10s to 5/ 5s ; and straw, 1/ 11 9s per load. Trade generally firm, at our quotationa. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This Day.) n d ur i ng rt L ig h to„ on N Rg bT Es trs O hem N ee oz, nigh.eu J Ta H a n II : jha3:l— .30 W .T i h n e d h There et has i d s been y at fall noon ofi. -1 Z . 0 ; S Hamburg.. S.W.—Ar rived—Johannes . A r rived—Johannes Helene,—fWroimudlSqu.Sici.Wue, tfoor Sailed—Hermann, for Cette. FALMOUTH Jan. 30.—Wind W.S.W.—Sailed—Hanni bal, for Havana. HURST CASTLE, Jan. 31.—Off the port—Atrato (s.), from the West Indies. CARDIFF, Jan. 30.—Wind S.—Sailed —goring Wil helm 11., for Sydney, N.S. W. GUERNSEY, Jan. 29.—Wind N.E.—Sailed—Water spout, for Cornnna. MILFORD, Jan. 30.—Wind W.S.W., strong.—Arrived —Eliza, from Swansea, for the cape of Good Hope. STRANRAER, Jan. 27.- Sailed- Windso r, for Mobile . SHIELDS, Jan. 30.—Wind W.S. W. — S ailed—John Her man, for New York ; Pomona, Tarrag ona. PENZANCE, Jan. 29.—Wind N.E.—Sailed—Commo dore Bathurst, for the River Gambia, with the whole of the outward bound. GRANGEMOUTH, Jan. 29.—Sailed—Heimdall, for Rio Janeiro. MONTROSE, 3 - an. 30.—The South Esk, of and for this port, from Gothenburg, which got on the rooks in the Ness on the 24th inst., has become a total wreck ; her ma terials have been sold and the cargo saved, but very much damaged. LivEuPooL,'Jau. 31.—The J. S. Warner, from New Orleans, for this port, got afloat on the 28th Jan. (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Saturday Morning. Wind N.W. Sailed—Christopher Newton, for Cadiz; Carlyle, New Orleans. QUiZENBTOWN, Jan. 29. Sailed—Otterburne, for Amsterdam. DUBLIN, Jan. 30. Wind W. Arrived.—Alliance, from Rotterdam. Sailed—Oporto, for Oporto. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Saturday, 9.42 A.M. Wind calm ; tide 5 hours' ebb ; cloudy and snowing. Arrived—Hertha, from Aarhuus. Sailed—Holland, steamer, for Ostend. DEAL, Saturday, 9.40 a.m. Wind S.W., strong, with snow. Passed—Pasha, from Coringa, for London ; Eliza Moore, from Manilla, for London ; Isabella, from St. Micha e l' s , for London; Vibilia, from Sunde rland, for Constanti nople. Anchored—Paris and London, screw steamer, from Lon don, for Paris. . . Emma Eliza, from Sunderland, for Villerois, having got on the Goodwin Saßas yesterday, was assisted by a Rams gate boat. The Piedmontese journals state that King Victor Emmanuel will return to Turin from Ni ce on t h e 29 t h. Accr.aditig to direct advices of the 17th from St. Pekirsburg, County Morny and his bride will hardly leave Paris before the month of May. The newly • married couple were to have left soon after the marriage, Which took place on Wednesday, the 21st, but M. de Monty received instructions to postpone his departure. FOG BELL AT HOLYHEAD.—NPORTANT TO MARINERS. --LIVERPOOL, Wednesday.—A (otter was received by the Admiralty agent at this port to-day, from the secre tary to the Trinity House members, announcing that body, in conjunction with the Board of Trade, had placed a gun of heavy calib re on H olyhead Telegraph Mountain, whioh is to be fi re d on an d alter the Ist of February next during the foggy weather each quarter h ‘, - ,2 a n h our from P.m, until the arrival a of l t f h h e o p u a r s , e G n r g e e e r n law oat,ich time, a oti e f v r e o r m y 11.30 p.m. until the mail boat arrives, MURDER AT LIVERPOOL , nother httocious child murder has taken place here, u n d e r c i rcumstances of a Young woman, name d Mary been livin g i n t h e capac i t y o f of h M r . Th ompson , veryhAcnuas housemaid Wright,md painful a r he a ci c b t oh e a r a , rs d n A g t Bedford-street South, was for seine time suspected of being in a state of pregnancy, and bad given birth to a child. The dead body of a child was discovered in her box. Its bead was smashed almost flat. every bone being broken from external violence, The witnesses were then bound over to prosecute at the assizes. THE RUSTCHUK AND EUPHRATES RAILROADS.--A letter from Constantinople of the 19th states that Mr. Layard has obtained the concession of the railroad from the Danube to the Archipelago, with a term of three months to get up the company. The concession grants all forests, mines, and quarries within ten miles of the line. General Chesney has also obtained th e concession for t h e Euphrates Valley R ailway. R e h as a general conces sion for the whole line down to Bussorah, but only the execution of the first section as far as the Euphrates has been settled. The estimate of the line, which will be from 120 to 130 miles, is 1,400,000/. sterling, which as a maximum is guaranteed 6 per cent. If the line begins to pay the p rofits above 6 per cent. wi ll, as i n the Aidin- Smyrna line, be employed to pay back the guarantee whioh the Turkish Government has advanced ; when this is done all profits above 7 per cent. are to be divided between the Government and the company. The detail survey of the line has been continued all the time the negotiations about the concession were going on.: 33; 4 65i 1061- 5a 6i 82i 2 a /Si 39i 40 1081 7§ Sli 20i i 93 60i li V E 1,,G, JANUAY 31 THE COLLINS AND CUNARD STEAMERS. The tables published in the Nqv York _Herald on the Ist inst.,- exhibiting "the time occupied making, the eastern and western passages during the past y.ar of the Collins and Cunard linr,s of ,the,New York and Liver pool steamships," give the following results : EASTERN ressicEs. Collins Steamers. Cunard Steamer?. Twenty-six passages. Average ( esv York Branch.) time of each passage : 12 days, Twpay-two passages. A verage hours. time of each passage :-11 days, - 3 hours, and I minute. - • 'ASSAGES. ... • 'Cunard Rteamerso - (New Yiark . Branch.) ' timeTwenty‘tivei passages. Average . of each ;passage : 7 11 days, hours. ~ ,-- ... ... . ... When the Oollii3s Steamers were first biought into com petition with-the ',Cnnardens the latter were cdmpara tively- small, being•-abont 1,800 tons burden, while the former 'were over 3;000 tons. . Experience proves that a greater speed can be got from a large,steam-ship than from st.arnall one; other things being, equal. .bitterly, however, there has been airlearer approach tb equality, in size, the liew ships.'bnu(for the:Conard fine being larger than the old ones. At ope time the Collins steamers were vriin at full speed, .wher'eby great lose was sustained by the owners. There' was extra con sumptiort of.. coal, and consequent) j 1 .less Loom fur freight'than-there ough t. to have beefs,. and the. wear and tear of the machitterylwerl3:far above anything like a fair average. The ColliniComoany, therefore, made little or to ••profit, while the Coni,ril• Company; by pursuing a more business-!ike course, will able to .make satisfactory 'dividends.' 'An' Admiralty regulation pre.; scribed tbejressure of steam to be Allowed in the British vessels, but the American vessels were wholly unrestrained in .that particular. The great elject of the captains..of the Collins steamers 'was to V9at the British, especially on the voyages from. Liverpool to New York.— The national vanity• was. excited, and Mr.. Collins• and his associates every now and then 'appeared before Congress for .an ' acidition••• to the amount Which the Government hail agreed- to pay him for the carriage of the mails. -- The principal ground for - the application wad, that'the ships bad been built •• of a larger; size .' than . the - British in order to beat them. It was assumed that the national honour was involved in the contest, awl, as the ships are larger and more costly than they should have been,. having regard to mere mercantile considerations, the re presentatives Of.the nation were called upon to "foot the bill," which is a pretty:largo one, the rate of charge being about double that allowed by the British Government to the Cunaid•Company. Cong ess has paid up fora long time, but is•-now getting tire of it. The result is, that i the artificial stimulus being withdrawn, the Collins c i steamers are - now Tun' with rnere.regard to econotny and safety'; ; they are consequently finding - their true level, and theitaatual inferiority to the , Britiah can' no longer be doubted;:.--Neib fork Eurppecz. WEsTEitrr Collins Steamers: Twenty. live passages. Average time of eaeh passage :-12 days, 16, hours, .30 minutes. . DR: PARIS AND THE TAMPING.BAR. In the obituary 'Of Dr. Pais (the Lancet, Jan.' 3d), it is inadvertently stated that he gave to the miners of Pen zance the bOon of the tamping-bar.. The'contett, which describes the invention as having . saved' more lives : than many heroes have destroyed, at once points out the error referred to, since it was the practice of sheathing the tamping-bar with copper that Dr. Paris . 4l4introduced in the above-mentioned neighbourhood,) We have neen favoured by Dr, Moore of Plimouth, with some addi. tional information, which will prOve of interest to our. readers. • • ••• The use or •purpose of the tamping.haris to bore through' apiece Of wadding that covers the charge of eunlaowdef in blasting operations. In the hole so made the fuse for ignition is inserted, and to bore it gome force is frequently required, The tanopyg-rod• formerly employed.was cdiron, and, if driven mains“he rock, occasionally produced a spark that prematurely ignited the charge, with-most frightful results_.. During one of the recent blasting-operations, in the construction of the new docks of Holyhead, a mass of rock weighing 120,000 tons was blasted by one charge of less than 15 - cwts. of powder. It may easily be con ceived what would have been the efFekit of *an inadver tent spark'on this charge, Ind hoW great a debt is due to the man who first suggested the expedient==iiiiiple as the egg puzzle of ClilumbtiaL-Vsheathing the tam p ing'bar. with copper. Dr..koore informs us•that it was "at the auggekion of Mr. JohUfjWillianis' Dr. Paris had it. shod with an alloy of eiipper — and zinc (86 parts 14),. which did not ,excite ignition ;.he . also recommended .that ..the neele, or needle, should be of the same composition, and more over invented *copper shifting 'cartridge tube, to 'econo mise the powder and' facilitate its introduction into the blast-hole: It is to be regretted that tbese'valuable modifitatiens are not now 'acted on to the • extent they should ,be, as the cost of the materials has oaasioned an almOst ; universal return tp the Use - Of the cheaper,. though more cli;mgerous substance, iron."-Lancet. HAYMARKET•THEATEL—Wednesday, Feb. 4, will be the 1000th consecutive night of Vie season at this estab lishment,.the theatre not having been Closed on any one occasienexcept on Ash Wednesaay, on a Fast Day, and in Passion week, an event unparalleled in theatrical • TEE-MONROE - DOCTRINE.-MR. CAN -IVING.-THE 'g EDINBURGH REVIEW." The following correspondence between Mr. A. G. Stapleton, secretary to George Canning, the most distinguished statesman of the present 'cen tury, and the editor of the Edinburgh Review, has been forwarded to us for publioettiou. No: I. TO THE EDITOR OF THE EDINBURGH REVIEW. Kensington, Nov. 20, 1856. Sir,—ln the October number (1856) of your Re view t here appears, in page 590, the following pam sagii :—Mr. Buchanan " is one of the strenuous supporters of that fambus Monroe' doctrine, which having been originally suggested by Mr. Canning, as a btilwark against the interference of the Holy Alliance in American affairs, has been concocted into a menace against all the Poweis whose territories fringe the States of the American Union." Now', so far from its being true that this doctrine was " originally suggested by Mr. Canning," he twice publicly entered his protest against it. First —in Parliament, at the opening of the session of 1821, when President Monroe's Message, in which it was first propounded, was': much eulogised by Mr. Brougham, Mr. Canning thought it necessary to declare that "he was clearly of opinion, with the President pf the United States, that no foreign State had a right to interfere betiveen the colonies and the mother country ; but he was as strongly of opinion that the mother country had a right to attempt to recover her colonies if she thought pro per."—Bansard, vol. 140, Feb. 3,1824. Second : in 1827, when, in the negotiations with the United States for the continuance of a certain convention, the American Plenipotentiary reas serted the " Monroe doctrine," viz., that no part of the :American continent was henceforth to be open to colonisation froth Europe, the British Ple nipotentiaries, acting under Mr. Canning's instruc tions, not only utterly denied the truth and justice of this doctrine, but took care to record their denial in the protocol of the same conference in which the principle had been insisted On by the United States. The characters of departed statesmen belong to their country. I trust, therefore, to your sense of justice and fairness to correct in your next number a misrepresentation which, , however inadvertent on the part of the writer, is calculated to injure Mr. Canning's memory.—l am, sir, your obedr. servant, . . A, G. STAPLETON, Formerly Private Secretary to Mr. Canning. No. 11. TO THE EDITOR OF THE EDINBITRGH REVIEW. Kensington, Jan. 23, 1857. Sir,—l find, with much regret, that in the num ber of your lieview, just published, you have not corrected the error which I pointed out to you in your Oct. number, in which you stated that " the famous" Monroe "doctrine was originallysuggested by Mr. Canning." Had I called upon you to con tradict this unfounded assertion merely on my own authority, you might perhaps have been at liberty to leave unnoticed my contradiction ; but when I designated to you two several public occasions on which Mr. canning protested against this very doctrine,. which you assert that he " suggeste.!,' and when I referred you to existing documents for proof, I think it must appear to every fair judging man that you were not at liberty to disregard such a communication. I must, therefore, beg the favour of you to in form me whether your sense of justice will induce you to take any, and what step, for correcting this mischievous error, which you have so extensi►ely circulated. Nothing but the strongest sense of duty to the memory of a departed statesman (to whom I was bound by the ties of gratitude and affection) would have impelled me, at the moment when I addressed you, to make' to you on the subject any remon strance: I still feel bound to make every effort in my power to do away with the effects of this erroneous assertion—an assertion not less in jurious to the fair fame of Mr. Canning than to the best interests of this country. For it would, of course, go far to justify the Presidents of the United States in putting forth, and main taining by acts, this doctrine, alike offensive to the honour and incompatible with the rights of Great Britain, could they succeed, through your means, in fastening its " original suggestion" on one of the most distinguished of British statesmen. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, A. G. STAPLETON. Henry Reeves, Esq., Council Office. arsals: , At the Court of Bankruptcy, Mr; W. Smith, ban ker, of Watford and Hemel Hempstead; passed passed his litat.examination on a supplergedta j d hilance-sheet. The queitioa..of the. liability of the, executors of Mr. Whit tint/stall. (the partner of Mr. Smith) to the -debts of the bank was ordered to stand-over for private diseue sion. TOTAL WEALTH OF THE bIiITED SiATICE.--It is shown by the .Am'elrican papers Just received tbat the grand total value " of real and personal wealth" of the whole of the 'United •States of America, in 1856, amounted to the sum . of $11;317,611,972, or nearly 3,000,000,0001. The populati* arnountecl to 26,964,312 souls. The wealthiest States are those of New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Georgia, Massachusetts, - Kentucky, Ohio, South Carolina, and. Tennessee. tontiiE OF AN ABSOONDED "PIifKONEICA. curious case of the reappreheilsion of 1, prisoner occurred a few days ago at Torquay, Devonshire. In September, 1850, Mr. Thomas'Parrott, a middle-aged man of respectable connexions, ana 'who had been a schoolmaster, was com mitted for triaf'on a charge of stealing money from a baker named Coplestone. Parrott, with his wife and daughter, rented apartments of Mr. Coplestone. Money had been frequently missed from the till in the shop, and a police-officer, concealed ender the counter, was set to watch. In the middle of the night he detected Parrott, who had come down into the shop in hie night dress, in the act of robbing the till.. After his committal bail•wa,s accepted; the prisoner did not appear at the quarter sessions, and the recegnisances were forfeited. Lord Courtenay, the chairman, issued a warrant for his apprehension, but he could not be discovered. Within the past f e w days, however, he made his appearance at Torquay, and being identified was taken into custody, and was forthwith committed to the Devon County Prison. The prisoner said he understood that the fact of his bondsmen having paid the amount of his bail ren dered him no longer amenable for the offence. AN AMERICAN SAILOR'S SKETCH OF Es n HIGH LIFE.—The following peep at English domestic life is published ie an American paper as an extract from a letter written by an officer of the Merrimac frigate, when she lay at Southampton, in October :—" Much attention has been paid us ashore, too, especially by two families —one, that of an old East India general (General Frazier), the other that of Lord Hard wicke. Lord Hard wicke's family consists of his Countess, his eldest son (about 18 to 20, and Lord Royston by courtesy), three of the finest looking daughters you ever saw, and several younger sons. The daughters—Lady Elizabeth, Lady Mary, and Lady Agneta—are surpassingly beautiful. They take a great deal of out-door exercise, and came on board the Merrimac in a heavy rain, with Irish thicker-soled shoes than you or I ever wore, and cloaks and dresses almost impervious to wet. They steer their father's yacht, walk for miles, and don't care a cent about rain, besides doing a host of other things that would shock our ladies to death ; and yet in the parlour they are the most ele gant women in their satin shoes and diamonds I ever saw. The countess looks like a fit mother for three such women. His lordship has given us three or four dinners. He lives here merely during the yachting season, and leaves here on Friday for his country seat at Cambridge, where he spends his winter, as do all English gentlemen of means, in bunting, &c., and when Parliament is in session he lives in London. Here he has a host of ser vants, and they wear the gaudiest livery—white coats with big silver buttons, white cravats, plush knee breeches and vest, white silk stockings, and low shoes." THE "ONE PASSENGER' LOST IN THE VIOLET. — The identity of the passenger lost in the Dover and Ostend mail packet Violet has been now proved, and that in a quarter where it was least expected. It is no* satisfac torily ascertained that the .deceased was a Prussian Baron von lming, captain of the 7th company of the 15th regiment of Infantry, in garrison at Minden. This officer obtained leave of absence to go over to London on family affairs, taking with him 500 dollars in cash, and bills to the amount of 2,000 dol. Lars. When the news arrived of the loss of the Violet, this officer's wife (who is a sister of the fernier cantatrice, Sophie Cruvelli, now Baroness Vigier), be came dreadfully alarmed, aod Onsed juquirkes to be made In London, which were answered oy the stafie; merit that the letters of credit and introduction in posses sion of the,Baron had not Peen delivjed nor the bills presented for payment. By means of a Portrait of the missing captain sent to Ostend, it was recognised by the boatmen and people of the hotel as that of the courageous but ill fated passenger *he deterthined to remain in the Violet cehen the tither three passeugers returned to shore on that' tempestuous night. MlNES.—There bas been a large business doing this week in a few particular mine,, and in many of them a considerable rise has taken place in price. In shares generally, though there has been a fair demand for divi dend and progressivermines, the business transacted has not been so extensive as we have had to report upon for some weeks past. Both tin, copper, and lead are at good prices, and still likely to adva•ne ; and whllst many mines must necessarily pay larger dividends, the extensiou of the market will bring many new investors into it, a.- though at present there is no perceptible increase. The large dividend paid on Devon Great Consols last week, , and the expectation of a still larger one at the next twc- THE CITY POLICE.—On Wednesday the Police Com monthly account, has sent the s h are s to 440.. South mittee disposed of the cases of the 58 officers and con- Frances bar; got over the temporary depression, and ad- stables who had been certified by the commissioner as vanced to 340, 35U. Bassets remain steady at 300 ; the I unfit for further police service, and entitled to retiring dividends are not likely to increase beyond 8/. per share, allowances under the provisions of the City of London two-monthly. Bullers have.adianced to 280, 300 ; the Police Act. To 33 of these officers was awarded half mine is looking better in the 60 east. South Cara Brea pay for life ;to 11 others pensions proportioned to the n and 61 have been in demand, and price advanced from extent of injuries they bad received were granted ; _d 61 to 7,7 i, and left off at 7i to 8. Great South Tolgus, to the remaining 14, whose services ha d been forordin periods 16 to 16i ,; these mines are likely to a d vance still more less than 15 years, liberal gratuities, acc in after the dividend.- 7 4Ifinin9 Journal . of th,if day, amount with those periods of service, were allotted THE WESTMINMER PALACE CLOCK. The clock-face is of cast-irom, filled in with a new description of white semi-opaque glass, supplied by Gardner, of the Strand. The dial, which is 22 feet 6 inches in diameter, will appear entirely opaque by day, it is hoped, but will, nevertheless, be available for illumi nation by night. The clock hands will be made of copper, made as light as is consistent with the requisite strength to resist the action of the wind. The 4 dials, as we have said, are to be 22 feet each in diameter, the largest, it is believed, in the world with a minute-hand ; the larger dials on the Continent have only an hour hand. The minute-band, on account of its greater length, velocity, weight, friction, and the action of the wind upon it, re• quires at least 20 times as much force to drive it as the hour.hand. The effects of friction and wind with such k hands as these offer difficulties iu the way of the cloc going even as well as an ordinary church clock; to over; ' come which, what is called reinontoire work isouseidv npgara of the arrangement being for the purpose .n f ut g e, i when visible motion of the hands at every half i ni nearly sevcu the point of the minute-hand will move part is twenty- linches. The great wheel of th p e en g d o u i seven inches in diameter n lum is fifteen tett I°4, and weighs 6801 b ; driven by th e reusicalu-bnoet. ring on the third wheel, a ; n ti el le die s e-wincel, which is ...017A.lel.,the wheels except the i with the teeth cast, ti w b e tl i p g e h - s w a h b e e el ut a h re alej five s e kes . pThe weight of the not cut, Antl all have s than 4 cwt acco posed to be not les. , hammer was was pro proportion, with a rise ot at least a foot, n ca n st i. ing to the Usual pr a con mance - the winding when the clock is going to but roost now be 12 cwt. There is to be t • for stopping strike, a 4 the winding of each of the striking parts will probably take two hours. Mr. Denison adds, with reference to the question Of the strength of cast-iron teeth, that a segment of one of these great wheels was tried up to breaking point, and it bore a pressure of six tons, and then only broke from the pinion not bearing quite fiat upon it. The desirability of employing east iron wheels is questioned, as our readers know, by some who are well informed on this subject, but into this we do not propose to enter.—The Builder. 6_5.7 No. I [I. 62, Rutland-gate, Jan. 24, 1857. Tho Editor of the Edinburgh Review presents his compliments to Mr. Stapleton, and regrets that some delay has occurred in answering his former communication, owing to the absence from Eng land of the writer of the article in question. Nothing can be farther from the intentions of the Editor than to give currency to any statement which may be historically inaccurate, or unjust to the memory of Mr. Canning, but the passage to which Mr. Stapleton has obligingly directed his attention does not appear to him to require further notice in the Edinburgh Review. THE ROYAL COMMISSION ON SUPER ANNUATION. The Royal Commissioners have called upon each department of the public service to furnish the : following returns :—A return of persons employed on the Ist of January, 1855, the nature of their appointments, their ages, and their salaries at the above date. This return to include only such per sons as . are liable to superannuation 'abatements, or whose exemptions from such abatements was attributable solely to the fact of their having en tered the service before the sth of August, 1829. A return of persons who have left from other causes than death or superannuation during the last ten years ; the dates at which they respectively entered the service, and. the. dates at which they left it ; their salaries at the time of entering, and the subsequent additions made therAto, with the date of each addition. This re turn only to include such persons as were liable to superannuation abatements, or whose exemption from such abatements was attribut able solely to the fact of their having entered the service before August, 1829. A return of the personspensioned between the Ist of January, 1837, and January, 1857, stating the dates of their en tering the service, the nature of their appoint ments, their salaries at the commencement, with the amount and date of each rise, the date of 'superannuation, itad the amount of superannua tion allowance, and, if dead, the date of death. This return to include only such persons as were liable to superannuation abatements, or whose exemption from such a batements was solely attri butable to the fact of their having entered the ser vice before the sth of August, 1829. A return of all persons who were on the superannuation list on the Ist of January, 1837 , sho win g their ages at that time and the date of death of each persons as having been on that list have since died.—Civil Service Gazette. THE LAW OF LIBEL. (From the Times.) The title of journalists to publish reports of public meetings must be set at rest. Either West minster-hall or Parliament must review and settle the question. It cannot be suffered to remain in present h rf.hme e vvis, cee, doubtful iieDniitetpiannlrvFei:i csoaeoa drnnt positiondedwvdca.h theda emdhuepanjbt,cuei ai judgment, a . ule h uaonb i sro c tl j l i i icugads t st h ei ktaa e phedl dea l i ma: a ce s od ; viltve. r.decisionassa tt conversation this i r g i gt ht de t p o en b d e on that," he had, with t 'cliaracteristic sagacity, seized upon the real point of the'case. Unfortu nately he let it go again. When he came to deliver the judgment of the Court he had confused himself with certain of the rusty fictions which still lie about Westminster-hall, and he talked like John Doe and Richard Roe in an old action of ejectment. In truth, the situation was au embarrassing one. The Court of Queen's Bench had not the courage to sweep away the half adverse precedents of evil times, and to go back to the ol , a common law of England, which punished the inventor and not the repeater—they had not the courage to say that the celebrated resolution in Lord Northampton's case is still law, and to clear that great legal landmark of the rust and barnacles which little men and later times have suffered to adhere to it. Therefore was it necessary to cover a bad deci sion with bad reasons. We have dealt with the law of the Case upon a fordaer occasion. The rea sons, however, are worthy of some further obser. nation. We are not about to discuss lengthily the often-repeated fiction of the all-absorbing interest which the public have in reading reports of trials rather than reports of any other proceedings. No doubt, the Lord Chief Justice in this rather re— peated what he found other judges had said than• what he had deliberately considered. Lord Camp bell, when he does consider the origin of this excep tion, will confess that it must have been introduced by the judges 3 not for the benefit of the public, but for . their own convenience, in that it protected their own reports. It was not for the public, but for , " Durnford and ,East" and their voluminous descendants, that this exception was invented. When the old common law rule, as laid down by eleven English judges in the time of Sir • Edward Coke, was abrogated, the convenience of the Courts required this exception, and it was made. We hope to hear no more of this "public convenience," unless the judges aro disposed to deal honestly with it as a principle, and to extend it to all eases where ' this exigence exists. The only reason for this judgment whieh deserves any-real attention is rather legislatorial Clad" legal. The judges say that no privilege to publish the proceedings of a public 'nesting exists, because they think it ought to exist, and they think it ought not to exist because, if it did, "a fair ac count might be published of what took place at a public meeting, whatever injury it might do to private character." Now, any worthy citizen lzho happened to be in court, and heard the Lord Mel Justice of England talking thus carefully and ten derly of private character, would naturally conclude that he lived under laws which shielded his repute ' tion and punished any man who might defame him. Nothing can be more unfounded. Private charee ters are no more protected by the English law than polecats. If your words should injure a man's pocket or threaten his liberty the law will interfere, but in other respects character is fair game to all speakers, either in public or private. Calumnies so gross that they would make a Quaker take the utterer by the throat are innocent in the ear of a British judge. Are you a malignant man and much a coward; fond of revenge, yet loth to pay for it ; and do yeti hate your neighbours on the right and on the left ? Go to your parish vestry, or to your club, and exert your legal privileges. Your right hand neighbour happeus, as you know, to be a religious and moral man, who shames you by his virtuous life, and who places all his happiness in his domestic rela tions. Get up in your place in the vestry and relate your sorrows, in that you have the misfor tune to live next to a man who is in the habitual commission of adultery, and whose daughter is— you may use the foulest word the English language has for a womau—the law will justify you. Of your left hand neighloar you may say that ho is a forsworn man, and, if you do not live in the city of London, you may add that he is " a cuckoldy old rogue." No one shall molest you. The police, if you shall find it necessary to require their aid, shall be bound to keep the peace while you deliver yourself of these accusations. If any one should be so ill-hdvised as to seek any remedy at law, the Court will protect you. The very judges who were so terrified at the danger likely to arise to private character shall turn your assailants out of court and make him pay your costs of defending yourself. IS you should feel your vindictiveness whetted by anything that may have fallen from the husband in his indignation, or the father in his wrath, or from the daughter in her despair, call a meeting at the Freemasons' or the London Tavern under some other pretence, and, when thousands are assembled, introduce the anec dotes, with names and circumstances, as an illustra tion of your speech. It is for you to consider whether you will wound deeper by inventing what is false or revealing what is true. It is alike in the eye orthe law. True or false, Lor d Campbell will be bound to throw over yoU the protection of the judicial ermine. As a man he will no-doubt think unkindly of you and soak harshly to you, but as a judge he will allow you to take out execu tion for your costs and lock up both your neigh bours, if they happen not to be able to pay you. This is the law of England, and it is to preserve this law that the judges throw upon the press the burden of being the guardians of private character. It is we who are to weigh the expressions as they fall ; it is we who, at our own peril, are to decide whether aught that has been said is likely to move hatred or contempt against any other person. And then, when all has been done,—when the report has been carefully screened clear of every personal allusion, when every accusation—rightly or wrongly made—has been scrupulously excerpted, some local circumstance may possibly give a libel lous character to some innocent sentence, and an " innuendo" in the declaration will make the con nection complete and the damages sure. But, if the press is silent, is private character therefore secure ? In our days reputation stands side by side with honour. Character is a more delicate thing than it was with the sturdy middle class of bygone days. A slander may have worked its end, and its victim may be walking abroad among his fellows unconscious that the plague-spot is upon him. A malicious word may do more certain wrong than a lie graven on the base of a column. If a man be an honourable man he would wish that if an imputation be made against him it should not be whispered iq a corner, or passed along from mouth to ear, but made publicly and in print, where he could recognise it and destroy it. Surely the judges, for the sake of the dignity of their office and of the law they administer, will seek to obtain an alteration in our defamation law as now administered ? It cannot be their pleasure to sit as judge without power to punish tue most odious crimes which man can commit against his fellow. Some change there must be. The changes we ask for are these : Abolish the distinction between words publicly w a any t that the words com plained spoken and the same words when Permit .ft defendant to plead ' , sat the requisite evidence to prove in the report ; really spoken by the person named this fact had bee P plained of ware the Court of Queen's the publication was without that . mendo. J. laced at the disposal of the With a law thus a malice. plaintiff, and B enc h may speak g ravely of the protection ac orded by the law to private character. They have no right to do so as long as they are obliged to admit that they can give no remedy against the slanderer of a neighbour's morals or the calum niator of a woman's chastity. THE AUSTRALIAN AGRICULTURAL COMPANY. At a meeting of the Australian Agricultural Company this day, the report, an abstract of which appeared irt the 2 result 6 th a i f u o s p er a taut , i, i . \ o v n a s s wl Thedconsi deration. br ought under ll corrdiseid as unsatisfactory, of The and a lengthened ' el s i g sc en u e ssTon y f r o e llo a wed. Both the progress of the land sales and the returns from the collieries are considered to indicate discouraging management, and it was urged that an investigation should be instituted. It was contended, likewise, that the expenditure, home and.colonial, is larger t h a n would bejustifiable even under favourable circumstances, and complaints were also made of the accounts not having been rendered in a clear and intelligible manner. A va riety of suggestions' was offered for improving the value i of the property, and remarks were made on the advaii \tages likely to accrue trolls the introduc W tion of railways and the cultivation of th e mulberry tree. With respiet to the collieries, their development has been so costly that it is considered b y solve of the proprietors, possess ing local expe=rience, that a lease of them separately ex collectively to other parties would be the best method of turning them to profitable account. The vend of coal, it was also alleged, might be greatly increased by im proving Port Newcastle, so as to give ready access to vessels of large size employed in the Indian, China, and ' Australian trade. After explanations from the directors, ' it was mutually agreed that a committee of consultation 5 ' should be appointed to report to a special meeting here ; after on the general affairs of the c•oinpanY• WESTMINSTER ABBEY.—The three dilapidated but trebees and windoWs intervening between them, on the northern side of Westminster Abbey, have been admir ably restored, by Mr. Samuel Candy, of Pimlico, under the direction of Mr. Scott, the architect. 1100 1100 100 all all all all all .01 WO too 100 20 96} 83 i 121 i 351 i 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 St. 121 12 St. ttll_} St. St. Bt. St. St. 10 All 100 100 all 100 :100 all all all