The Sun. — London, England, 1857-01-15 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COIVIIVIEROIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLocK. Letters from Liverpool mention that the cotton market yesterday closed heavily, and prices of Americans were at a decline of per lb. Other kinds were less affected. The sales were estimated at from 4,000 to 5,000 bales. The Railway Share Market manifested a steady appearance, at an advance of ±to per cent, on Tuesday's quota tions. According to a statement prepared by Messrs. Hoggard and Pixley, the exports of gold and silver last year were 17,806,9401. against 14,224,6101. in 1855. These were merely the shipments direct from London. The remittances to France, by - way of Folkestone and Dover, were 13,589,500/. against 15,366,050 in the previous year. In consequence of the increased demand for money which has recently prevailed, and the late advance in the terms for loans ou stock, a good deal of anxiety was felt regarding the result of the Bank " parlour" meeting to-day, for although no change in the minimum, was really apprehended, the uncertain state of financial affairs created general suspicion. The Directors, however, have decided not to reimpose the restrictions which they re moved a few weeks ago, and the feeling in the Money Market is, consequently, rather more fa vourable. No diminution in the demand has taken place, and the commercial public are still obliged to submit to onerous terms for accommodation. Increased firmness has been apparent in the English Stock Market to-day, with a small advance in the quotations. The Greeks and other opera tors have continued their purchases, which have strengthened the market. Consols have been 93 for money, and 94 to 94k for the account. The N s y.w 3 per Cents, have been 94 to 94i, the Red'aced 93i to 94,1, and the 30 Years' Annuities 18 1-16th, all being firmer. Exchequer Bills are still depressed, being 2s. discount to 2s. premium. Bank Stock is quiet at 2171, and East India Stock at 220 to 221. In the Foreign Market there has been no general feature of importance. The prices keep firm and business is dull. Turkish 6 per Cents, have been 95i 1 a and they are now called 95i to 95Z, Vene zuela remain at 36. The Commissioners complain of the conduct of the committee in the late negociations for a settlement of the arrears of anterest. They intend publishing a statement to L exonerate themselves from the charge of having evaded the terms which they assented to after the meeting in December. Sardinian Bonds are 89, Russian 5 per Cents. 1071, and Mexican 21k. The following are the nominal prices of Foreign Stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 6 7 ; can, 211 ; Peruvian, 77 79 ; ditto 3 per Cents., E 6 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 43 5 ; Russian 6 : 5 per Cents., 106 8 ; ditto 4i p©r Cents., 95 7 ; 2 Spanish 3 per Cents., 40 401 ; ditto Deferred, 2 231- 4 ; ditto Certificates, 5i ; ditto Passive, 11 5 51 6. The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up to this day, are in round figures as under :- 1857. . Great W es t ern North-Western South -Western frighten 9,876 9,63 'Midland South-Eastern 16,566 17,781 Caledonian treat Northern Lincashire and Yorkshire London General Omnibus Comp 10,642 fristol and Exeter 5,406 5,472 Chester and Holyhead 5 East Lan cas hi re 6,142 ,775 Manche s t er , Sh e ffi e ld , an d Lincoln 9,570 8,561 Nerth Stafford Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverh 3,649 3,077 Edtriburgh and Glasgow Scottish North-Eastern Grand Trunk of Canada Great Western of Canada 10,855 10,313 An active business has been transacted in the Railway Share Market, and as the settlement of the account has been satisfactorily arranged, prices have ruled buoyant, An advance of about to 4 per cent. has been realised upon previous quotations for most of the chief undertakings. Eastern Counties improved ss. ; Great Northern, 10s. ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, ss. ; North Wes tern, 55.; South Western, 15s. ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 11; Midland, ss. ; North British, 5s ; South Eastern, 10s. ; and East Lancashire, about 2t. No business has been done in the French lines, but quotations are steady. The Canadian Lines are also dull. rand Trunk of Canada declined about 1/. Great Indian Peninsula and Madras are steady, but in active. Joint-Stock Bank Shares are at nominal quota tions, no transactions having been reported in them this morning. In Miscellaneous Shares there have been a few Si bargains at about previous prices. Canada Land 1( shares receded to 1311 ; Crystal Palace brought 2,k; and National Discount Company, 51 I. BRUTISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT oNe. O'CLOCK. (From the Official Listi) u9ineen, done l' , nk Stock 2174 3 per Cent. Elduced Annuities 3 t,-,r Cent. Consols Annultie New 3 per Cent. Annuities 94A Loeg Auuuities, expire sth Jan. 1 860 24 Ditto 30 Years, expire sth April, 1885 , 18 1-15 India Stock India rtonds, 11000 Ditto, under £lOOO 1 d Consols for Account .. Oa 94 i gxchcpaer Bills, 2id. £1.000 2 pld VEIO Small 2d 3 p • PRICKS OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Mexican 3 per Cent 2li Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent., Con. 1841 Ditto 1853, 3 per Cent 43!; Russian Bonds, 1822, i: St., 5 per Cont lO7 Sardinian Bontls, 5 per Cent. Tu kibli Bonds, 6 p er cent 95a Venezuela Bonds, 41 per Cent - Ditto Account .. 36 Dividends on the above Payable In London. Cnnsols, money ................. TWO O'CLOCK. ......... Ditto Account .... .... ...................... 91 94/ • It is stated that the Admiral who is to command French squadron in the Chi nese sea, has received the orders from the Government to be ready to embark at Brest ;on the 25th inst. At the sitting of the Chamber of Deputies of Turin on the 10th inst. M. Buffa read the address in reply to the sperch from the Throne. M. Sinco moved that a day be fixed for its discussion. After a short con versation the motion was adopted, and the 12th fixed for the discussion. The House then adjourned. CONSTANTINOPLE, JAN. s.—Th a English steamer, which left for Gaza to obtain satisfaction for the manner in which an English agent had been treated, has re turned to Jaffa, and left in half-an-hour after. The authorities of Gaza had not given the satisfaction required. SUICIDE OF MR. W. PAGE, OF THE SPREAD EAGLE HOTEL, Ersom.—On Tuesday morning Mr. Page, (the partner of Mr. Hunt), of the Spread Eagle Hotel, com mitted sui c id e. The unfortunate man suspended himself to the bedstead. No reason is at present assigned for the melancholy event. The new Town -hall at Burslem is about to be opened. The IVolverhampton Chronicle says of it—" The unani mpus verdict of visitors from the metropolis and mary of Our larger cities and towns is that the Town-hall is a perf c t gem. ,, Tuf t t, T , „, , tant - NEW 11111E13H BANK —A letter , dated Con- In° P le ,Tan 5 , . • •b t the fate says :—We are still uncertain a ou of 'th enew bank. To the telegraphic despatch sent by es: answer has beers. Wilkin to London, hitherto only an pally, approv.: received from the solicitor of the com gentlemen, b ut ' i t t the arrangement accepted by these in the a ff air ham ri o t opinion of the financiers interested Yet arrived. THE LATE SIR n e Hugh Richard HosruGß RICHARD HOARE, BART.—Sir stant at hie seat, s t : ii ' B arr., who died on the 10th in- was eldest son of the lart-ead'rWilts' in his 70th year, Maria Palmer, daughteer Si- Henry Hugh Hoare, by of Arthur Acland, Esq., of Fairfield, Somerset, nd Hoare, F.R.S. and F. a S.A l : e t f i ll ew of Sir Richard Colt of fleiee celebrated antiquary and author of the History and Modern Wiltshire, besides several other learned tonptcgraphical and historical Works. Persons lately arrived from of the tPl,:ir!cipalities and well acquainted with the position ay that Auqrian tro • Moldavia and Wallachia s it will4require oapbsount' a month to withdraw the Austrian troo The end of w tn o P o u o l t d i,,„ be the moat January and the month of February , the , which are convenient time, for doting these two the real winter months in those parts hardened by frost, while in March and April roadB ,„:Z: begin to melt, and the state of the toads beconithees%h; to make the march of an army an affair of serious diffi. culty. The A ustrians must then either have evacuated by Ma=ch or 014 e W ait till Nay. SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY" EVENING, JANUARY 15 1857 LINES LEASED AT FLIED RENTALS. hr.~Patd,l RAILFA7f, Legs,. Closing Prices Business c ompan yeirer f lay. this day 60 I all Bedford and London & Bletchley N. We.t. it. 100 Buckgn ams l; &N. W. 96 - 98 St 1,10 Clydesdale,.: , . Caledon 98 102 25 all Col.Stour Vy. 8,17.&E.0 11 13 St. 100 E. Lin. g. 6 pc. Ot.Nrtnn. 133 136 5 all E. Un. H. Sh, E. Count. 4 ••• 4 4 St. 100 Glas. Barr. & Caldonian. Neils. Direct St. 100 Do. N0w,,,.,. Do 25 all GlstrofsDn Fr Gt. Weetn 100 all Hrtlpl. Dk. & Yk. New. Railway... & Berw. 50 all Hull $t Selby Y. &NM 109 111 25 all Do. 4 Shares. Do 126 all Do. 1 Shares. Do • ••• 121 all Lon.&Gre o n w tB. Baste , . 124 13 20 all Do. Prefererv..e Too 224 234 St. 100 Lon., TH., St Pao &Co 112 114 10 34 Do. Bark. Sh. Do 6 1 P St. 100 Lowestoft gJ. 4 per oent Norfolk ••• St. 100 Do. 6 por ct. IDo 54 all Manch. Bxtn. L.&N.W and Matlock & Midi& 24 —2l 59 all Middleabro' & Stckton Redc.g 6 p.c. Darlingt. St. 100 Midld.Bradt Midland 92 93 64 54 Newmarket Bury E. G.spt: En. Conn. p 1 Pm 40 all N.& Est.s p.c. E. Count 56 58 all Do. 6 per ct. D 0... 50 all Do. Fixeds pc Do • t 5 all Prost. & W y.t. L. &N. W 124 all Do. j Shrs. A Do St. 1.00 Roystn.& Hit. GtNorthn 132 135 25 181 Shot Roth.an Lancash& Gooleg.s p.c. Yorksh. 10 all Shrews.&Her T. Brassey 12 101 S. Staflordsh. ICMClean 9 94 30 all Wear Valleygr Stockt. 6 per cent._ Dariingt. all Do Do 33 34 St 100 Wilts&Clomrat iGtWestn , 94 92 all I Anglo Californian 7 j Anetralian all Baden (Gd. Duchy of) all Blesnar. Iron & Coal 14 British Iron 266 Brmilian Imp. (leaned at £5 pm.) &11 Do. Cocaes Sr Cuisba 15 Do. St. John Del Rey Clarendon Cons. Min, _ _ Co. of Jamaica all Cobre Copper 1 Colonial Gold all Copper Min. of Eng all Do. Pref. 7i p. cent le Copiapo all Fortuna all General all Gt.NuggetVeinßeg all Great Polgooth . all Gt Wheal Vor Unite.l all Liberty all Linares 1i Lusitanian all Mariquita. all Now Granada all Nouveau Monde all Pontgi.Sil..k Le. Min 1 Port Philip all Quartz Rock all Rhymney Iron all Do. New 15 Santiago de Cuba 6s. Sort. Cons. Min. Co all 3ontb Australian all Do. Scrip all Do. 10 per cent Prof 44 Tam. S. &L. Min. Co. 9 Fin Croft • all United Mexican all Waller all West Mariposa 125. Worthing Mining of Australia . ....... MISCR: 19 instralian Agrieun. ill Anstraln. Royal Mail all Berlin Water Works 40 American Land 3 Canada G 0.6 p.c. Jan&jaly 100 Do. 6 p.c. Feb & Aug 100 Do. 6p c. Mar & Sept 411 Crystal all Do. Preference all Crystal Pal. of France Duston Iron Ore 151 Eastern Steam 100 Electric Telegraph all Electric Teleg.. of Ir all En.&Aus Cop Sm Co all Gen. Ir Sc Col (rim.) 14 Gen. Steam Nayigat. all Genera! Screw Steam 5 London Discount all Loud. Gen. Omnibus 10 Magdalena St. Navb all Mediteran. Elec. Tel. all Mexican&S.Amerien. 5 Nat. Discount Co. 5 Do. New ... 5 Netherlands Land all Do. Do. 3 Do. 8p c P les at 1 d 1 Do. Do 80 New R. &N. S. Land N.S.W. Gov. sp.c.D. all N. E. A.ustralasiau , 171 Nrth.ofEuropeSteam all Oriental Gas. 2s. Do. " New Shares"'" all Peel Rr. Ld. & Mim 1. all Peninsular& Oriental 10 Do. New 60 Royal Mail st. sani all Scot. Austral. 'Avast. all Ditto New ....... all South. Austral. Submer. Tel. Seep« all Do. Registered 5 Trust& 114. Co.IJ. (14n 28i Van Diemen'a Land , I 6 „, Vpa').6PeC:APtalllT i - 11 7i 4 2 3i 16 18 57 — 25 27 13 15 4d i - 6 i - 4 5i - 6 8 - 81 14 - p - 6 _ - io 23 - 25 7 -- 9 2i - 31 li - 11 - 1 3t 4} 3i 4 ••• ••• 1 1 .. ... ""'"" 'ROWS. 22 - 24 2 5 40 45 133 138 tOn 1104 2 -• 21 51 - 51 90 - 92 16 = ii 25 15 11 20 sl— 0 32 —3/ 3 3] • P l P 1 14 3 4 id - it) ll 4 3 d 11 20 2i 66 68 4 5 p 67 - 1i 36 38 1 I - 1314 110 a i 25i' 5 i i li 11 ••• ••• 1 6 18 ••• ELECTION OF A MEMBER FOR THE BOROUGH OF NEWPORT. There are now four candidates for th© vacan t seat for the borough of Newport—three Liberal , and one Conservative. Mr. Charles Seeley was the first in the field, and would probably have been the only one, but being in favour of opening the Crystal Palace on Sundays, he preferred with drawing to giving up this point, and issued an ad dress to the electors and retired ; but the address was of such a straightforward English character that some of the electors determined to try to prevail on him to stand, and a number of them (170 it is said) invited him to return, promising him their votes and influence, and it has just been announced that he is again in the field. Mr. A. W. Kinglake, the second Liberal, canvassed the bo rough with Mr. S. Pring, and, so supported, calculated on being returned. While Mr. William Major Cooke, the third Liberal, felt confident that he was the favourite. Then came Mr. R. W. Ken nard, the Conservative candidate. He has the support of all the old Tories and of many of the moderate Whigs, and, if only two of the Liberals go to the poll, the party so divided must lose, and the Conservatives will carry the election. To-day (Thursday) there will be a meeting of the Liberals to try to decide on which of the three gentlemen they prefer, and to endeavour to prevail ou the other two to retire. THE GREAT GOLD ROBBERY. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.—(Tuis DAY.) THIRD DAY. (Before Mr. Baron Martin and Mr. Justice Willes.) The prisoners Pierce, Burgess, and Tester, were again placed at the bar, when they commenced their defence. Mr. Sergeant Parry, iu addressing the jury for the prisoner Pierce, entreated the jury to dismiss from their minds all they had heard out of doors in reference to this case. It was one of a most peculiar character in reference to the legal principles that must guide them in coming to a conclusion of the prisoner's guilt, from the main witness, and he was going to say the only witness, who deposed to the commission of the offence, being its perpetrator. He had given a statement that it was difficult for ordinary minds not to act on ; but in courts of justice they must act on the invariable rules that guided the administration of the criminal courts of this country, which was the cause of that unanimous confidence that existed in this country in favour of the administration of criminal justice. The proposition that he sought to establish was—and it was a principle not absolutely of law—that an ace implice should be corroborated, not merely however as to the facts, of wlsich no doubt he knew the truth, from having been a participator, but also corroborated in reference to the person against whom he was giving his evidence, as well as in the material and substantial particulars of his statement. The learned counsel then read the opinion of Lord Abinger and Baron Alderson in support of the proposition he had laid down. This was a case in which an advocate could not, or ought not, to do more than calmly discuss the evidence, and see whether by the law of the land, and the practice of the courts the evidence brought home the charge to the prisoner. If he be guilty, he (the learned Sergeant) freely admitted he was guilty of a most serious and grave offence, and one which, should they consider him so, would render him liable to a serious punishment. He hoped, however, to be able to demonstrate to them that by law and practice of the Courts the evidence produced in this case failed to establish his guilt. The learned sergeant then refer red to the history of the case, and said that it was im possible for him or any other person to add a word of detestation beyond what must be entertained by all who had heard Agar's statement against that man's conduct, and which statement stamped his character as a man unworthy of belief. From the age of 13 or 20 he had followed a course of crime, and it was on the evidence of such a man this charge was to be supported. There could be no doubt that Agar and Fanny Kay entertained a malignant feeling towards Pierce, but unfortunately no one but himself could explain his con duct towards that woman and her child. An impressio❑ was endeavoured to be created against him as to his non-investment of Agar's money for the woman and her child, but it fortunately happened for him that Mr. Wontner who defended him defended Agar also, and to the kindness of his lordship Mr. Wontner had been al lowed out of order to give a satisfactory explanation of the matter, and if the woman and her child did not receive the money, it would be the South-Eastern Rail way Company, in whose possession the Turkish Bonds were, that would deprive them of it. The learned ser geant then proceeded to analyse the evidence, and al though admitting that Pierce had known Agar, who no doubt bad endeavoured to corrupt him, said that the evidence did not establish Pierce's guilt, but rather that Agar was the planner and perpetrator of the robbery. Agar's statement of the leading circumstances of the robbery, connecting Pierce with it, was not in the slightest degree corroborated—viz , the perpetration of the robbery and the return and sale of the gold. It was essential, according to the judgments he had read of Lord Abinger and Mr. Baron Alderson, that Agar should be corroborated in these material facts, to entitle his statement to belief. Alluding to the 1001. note changed for Pierce by Raffin, whose name appeared on the back of it, he reminded the jury that it was not changed until November, 1855, six mouths after the robbery, and after Agar was arrested. Who was to say that this note was not one of the number Agar received on the division of the spoil, and were in his box at Pierce's house when he was apprehended, and that Pierce had taken it and changed it, with which to relieve Fanny Kay, and it should he borne in mind that he had given her from 601. or 801. towards the support of herself and child. It was now by Agar's malignity turned into evidence against Pierce. If that were so, Pierce's possession of the note would be legitimate, and that was the only thing that had been traced to Pierce. Mr. Giffard addressed the jury for Burgess. He said he should not address them on the approver's statement, after the remarks of Mr. Sergeant P a r r y. Agar was a man making capital out of his former crimes, anti there fore his statement should be fully corroborated. The evidence of Agar would not bear examination. Sup pose Agar had stated that Sharman, who was admitted by all to be an innocent man, had allowed him to take an impression of the keys, he would have been unjustly placed upon his trial for participating in the robbery, and therefore be asked the jury not to convict Burgess upon the unsupported testimony of a man who, from a ma lignant feeling, desired to crush an innocent man that he might be the gainer ; for, by convicting Burgess on Agar's evidence, they might be unjustly condemning him as they would Sharman if he had been put upon his trial and convicted on his statement. The learned counsel, in a speech of great ingenuity and ability, dwelt upon the unreasonableness and improbability of the leading features of Agar's statement. It was not to be denied that Burgess met Agar at Folkestone and had some conversation with him ; but that fact was not to be found in Agar's statement, which undoubtedly would have been had Burgess connived at the planning of the robbery. There was no corroboration of Burgess's complicity. He thought Agar's statement untrue that he had gone down the line seven or eight times and tried the keys in the bullion chest without its being known, because * it was well known to the company that bullion went down generally with the tidal train, and not the mail train. A. railway company must, he should think, keep an account of such a thing as bullion going over their line, and it would only have been fair in the company towards Burgess to have given a state ment of the time the bullion went down, with which to test that part of Agar's story. The probability, in his, (the learned counsel's) opinion, was, that the robbery was not perpetrated in the railway van, but on the pier at Folkestone, where the chest remained two hours and a half before it was put on board the boat. One of the keys of the bullion chest kept on board the steamer was lost, and it was not improbable that the person who got polisession of it took an opportunity to lull phe vigi lance of the watchman on the pier and perpetrate the robbery. Agar's statement was on the whole very im probable ; and he asked the jury if they believed that he, Pierce, and Burgess could have come out of the guard's van, at either of the stations, without being seen by the porters in attendance on the arrival of the train, and who rushed to the van to get out the luggage that might be there belonging to the various passengers in the train. He contended there was no confirmation of A gar's evidence, and after referring to several other facts n Agar's statement, he called on the jury to acquit• the prisoner Burgess. Mr. Sergeant Ballantiue next addressed the jury on the part of Tester. He said that he was happy to find that he had been preceded by Mr. Sergeant Parry and Mr. Giffard, who, having alluded to many points he in tended to touch on, precluded the necessity of his again referring to them. This had truly been denominated a romance in one of the public papers, but it was not a history founded on fact, but a fiction got up with devilish ingenuity. Let them review the position of the pri soners at the bar. The learned counsel then referred to Tester, who was respectably connected, and held a responsible situation on the South-Eastern Railway, which he left for a more lucrative one on a railway in Sweden. Hearing there of what was doing in the country with reference to the inquiry relative to the robbery, he voluntarily left a place of safety and surrendered himself to justice in this country, feeling he was an innocent man. There were a variety of scoundrels in this country, and, by his own confession, Agar was one. He was a perfect miracle, and deserved their careful attention and study, for it was on the statement of such a man that Tester's position depended. After alluding to the dangerous character of Agar and his effect upon society if again he obtained his liberty, the learned counsel said Agar was one of the class of men they read of in the middle ages, who would not hesitate to poison the cup of his nearest relative a wretch who, if he remained in a house, would not hesitate to commit murder, and everything that was bad, and who would rather fix, if possible, guilt on an innocent man, than one who had committed crime. He charged Agar with having deliberately made a charge against Tester, which he knew was false, and he had made this false and scandalous charge against Tester, because he was a man he could not corrupt, and one in whose conviction he would derive more pleasure than over the conviction of one of his own class. After some further remarks on Agar's conduct, his motive for making this statement, and the hope he had of regaining his liberty, no matter at what cost to others, and which he would look upon as a noble triumph of art, and show himself the worthy head of the noble Guild of Scoundrels. [Wu shall continuo the coo in our ;a44 odition,j LLOYD'S SIIIPPDTG.--ahis LOarm, Jan. 15.—Wind at noon S.W.—Light breeze, with drizzling rain. PLYMOUTH, Jan. 14.—Wind N.—Sailed—Chili, for Valparaiso. FALMOUTH, Jan. 14.—Wind N.N.E. Sailed—. Al chymist, for Savannah. SOUTHAMPTON, Jan. 14.—Sailed—Columbian, for Aus tralia. Cows, Jan. 14.—Wind N.—Arrived—Vikingen, Sun derland, for Odessa, to stop a leak. Sailed—Titania, for Havana. . . RAMSGATE, Jan. 14. —Wind N.E.—.Arrived—Gateshead, from Shields, for Havana, with damage from collision. SWANSEA, Jan. H.—Wind N.E.—Sailed—Fanny, for Coquimbo. Hamricit, Jan. 15—The Luna, of and from Emden, for London, has been assisted off the Shipvvash, leaky and with damage. JERSEY, Jan. 13.—Wind E.—Sailed—Shamrock, for Pernambuco. _ BELFAST, Jan. 13.—Wind S.W.—Arrived-Quebec, from St. John's, N.B. LIVERPOOL, Jan. 14.—A small vessel, sunk, with top mast above water, 7 miles S.W. of Saltees is reported. A vessel, of about 200 tons, bottom up, with the sea break ing over her, was passed this morning W.S.W. of Black Comb. Several logs of timber were passed on the 17th inst on the edge of Soundings. BRISTOL, Jan. 14.—The Alpha, honce to Seville, drove on shore near Trevose head, Padstow, on the night of the 11th inst., and has since gone to pieces ; crew drowned. CHERBOURG, Jan. 22.—The Elizabeth Thompson, of Inverkeitbing, sunk on the 11th inst. at 10 a.m., Lizard Point bearing N.N.W., distant about 20 miles; crow saved by a French steamer and landed here. IllEssiNA, Jan. 9.--The British iron schooner Arrow, of Leith, put in to-day, leaky, and will probably discharge. (PER ELEOTRIC TELEGRAPH., SOUTHAMPTON, Thursday Morning. Wind W.S., cloudy. No fresh news of the Tyne. The change of wind to the south-west is unfavourable. Arrived—Eagle (s.)„ from Llanelly ; Anna and Maria (8.), from Cardiff. LIVERPOOL, Thursday Morning. Wind N.W. Arrived—ltalian (a.), from Havre. Sailed—Blonde, for Tampico. QUEENSTOWN, Jan. 13. Wind N. Arrived—Charles, from Pernambuco. Sailed—Pandora, for Lisbon; Senator, Aden; Vene rable, Gibraltar. KINGSTOWN, Jan. 14. Wind W. Arrived —Adonis, from Seville. Sailed—Laurie, for Havre; Susan Leilly, Sicily; Char. lotto Ann, Terceira. (BY SUBMARINE AND 'MITI...oiI YE! EGttAPII.) GRAVESENI Thursday, 10 a.m. Wind N.W ; tide last hour's ebb ; fine. Sailed—Corporation, for Cape Coast Castle; Denmark, steamer, Havre. DEAL, Thursday, 9.50 a.m. Wind W.N.W., fine. .. Passed, Jan. 14—Josephine, from London, for Santander LONDON JOINT-STOOK BANS• Half-yearly Meetiag.—(T his Day.) The half-yearly meeting of the London Joint-Stock Bank was held to-day. The report stAted that, inelnd•' ing the sum of 25,036/. Hs. 6d., broug':lt forward on the 30th June last, there was a nett balance of 84,2171. 4s. 9d., which the directors appropriated ae follows :--- To dividend. 6/. ss. per cent. for this half-year (12k per cent. per =num)._ £37,500 0 0 To bonus, 15s. 6d, per share 46,500 0 0 To guarantee fund a 217 6 9 £54,217 6 With the above addition the guarantee fund would amount to 165,932/. 13s. 6d. The dividend and bonus, free of income tax, will be payable after the 23d just. The report wag adopted unanimously, LAW INTELLIGENCE. --(,phis Day.) COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Fane.) THE WARE AND HERTFORD BANK. -12 i RR S. ADAMS. This bankrupt was described as of Ware, banker and malt ter, and today was appointed for his last exami- nation. The balance sheet, which consists of upwards of 300 folio pages, and prepared by Messrs. Thomas and Cop. ley, commences December, 1854, and ends July, 1856, and shows debtors to creditors unsecured, 61,8491. 17e. 10d. ; to ditto holding security, 12,085/.55. ; notes in circulation, 12,0601. ; liabilities, .56,0441. ; profits, 2,1541. Bs. ; rents, 2,2011. Surplus statecient of af fairs, December, 1854, 14,4591. 108. ; creditor by good debts, 12,288/. 4s. Bd. ; ditto who lutve deposited security, 7,2o3l.—estimated to realise 2,5311. ; freehold property, 4,9451.; life interest in property,. 4,9341.; pro. perty given up to assignees, 10,715/. ; ditto in hands o creditors, 13,7151. lls. ; rents due, 1,563/. ; property settled on Mr. Adams, 6,260/. ; debts to be paid in full, 7,861/. ls. 6d. ; trade expenses, 4,806/. ; interest 7681.; law expenses, 1,624/. ; annuities chargeable on pro perty, 1361. lls. ; personal expenses, 5,4871. ; losses on farms, 1,147/. ; depreciation in value of property, 20,435/. ; losses, 3,308/. 4s. 7d. ; liabilities, 56,0001. ; lo:s on securities, 4,671/. In consequence of the voluminous and intricate nature of the accounts, Messrs. Thomas and C-.plEy were unable to file th . e balance-sheet until yesterday, and an adjourn: ['lent, therefore, was necessary, and it accordingly took place. MARKETS—(This Day.) 11,W.Y:s. Cloging Prices yesterday. 4i - 9 - 9 19i -- 20 17i - 185 13t 14t; 92 94 61i 62. 37 38 - -P I -6 1 - ifii 19 - 20 9} 9A 39 41* 26 - 28 7 - 5 93 95 53i - :7.4i 35 94 - 96 7 - 8 92 93 75 77 [2O 125 11 113 66i 67:: 68 72 5 6 5 6 96i 9C- - 7 110 112 106} -106 i 20i 21i 10} 10t 07 - 108 . - ~ Business done 1 60 this lay id . ) c..TIMAYS, 94 j Ambg. Moils - 4. lot and Eastn. Junct. 41 Belfriet & Ballymena ill Birming. Wolverh, lk Stour Valley Lit Btrkeihd. Lancsh, 4 Cheshire Junct / 11 Do. Chesh. 4 Birk.,i alDo. do. ....., ..... •••• 1 J 1 Blackburn di 81,Ft'i &Tyne or ghla £25 (insd. at £4. , /0 Bristol and Faeter...' )1 • Jaledonian. 10 tJhoster 4 Holyhead al Cork and Bandon di Cork, Black, 4 Past 11 Cornwall al Do. A 8 Do. B 15 DnblinckßolfastJunc ill Dun. P. 4 Aber. Jnc. /0 East Anglian til Eastern Counties )0 I ;last. 'Triton. A St .0 !Be., B. Stock... li 'Do., New A.... .7 East Kent 00 ',wit I , rieashire .. i l l East Suffolk 4 Do. /6 Edinburgh 4 I ;lase , ill Edinb. and Peeblett. 10 Edin.Prtt diDundi ill Forth & Clyde Jan Furness ....... -... )0 Glasgow dt S. Westrn al Great N. of Scotlnd 10 Great Northern ... )0 Do., A. Stock )0 D o , B. Stock )0 Gt. e3th. AtWost.(lre ) )0 Great Western ........ 10 Do. Stour Val. Rai'l Gun. Stk Xll Irish South-Eastern ill LAneaster & Carlisle 44 Do., Mints 12 i Do. New Thirds 10 Lancash.andYorkel i Do., Wet. Riding Iln Xll Do. South' orb .11 London A Blackwe.la /0 Lond.Bright&S.Cst i 10 Lond. and N. Westn 1 .6 !Do. Fifths 5. D0.101.6h.,1tf&8 0 2A Do. Eighths 00 London and% Westn. 1 Lucludrry4 Coleraine 1 Lndmirry.tz Ennisk. ilanch.Shef. & Lincln 1 Ketrepo'itan D 0.... .. Ricardo'sl arrangement ifidland 6©l !..3il 27i1 a: 22 al 25 ! a] <bjal io. Birmng. & Der}, Ildld. G. West. (Ire. Do. Half Shares..., Newcastle & Carlisl • Nwpt.Aberg. AtHrf Newry & Enniskille siewry, Warrenpoint and Rostrevor . Norfolk qorthn.Counties Un North British Nth Devon Rail & Dock Stock Do., A Stock Do. B Stock. N. Do., k no. do. Extension Dodo. G.N.E. ?larch Do. Leeds Do. York North L0nd0n..... N.&S.Wstrn.,Hami , stead, and City Jn., North Staffordshire , forth Western V. & S. Westrn. June 'x., ►Wore., & Wolv. `ortsmouth..... . Rhymney F•• ottiaii Central. • Scot. N E.Abrdn St. Do. Scot. Mid. St Dgi,ir. rrnj SitinebournekSheer. i • latli Devon ionth Eastern__ . -loath Wales 1. Yrksh. a Riy. aar ''" 8 10 27 Staines, Wok. &Wol Stockton & Dardng Do., do., 1854 Do., do., 1855 itookten Hartlept raff Vale 10. Pref., No. 1,,,, names Hay. D.& R Vale of Neath Waterfd. i¢ Kilkenn : WaterfordkLimericF West Cornwall__ , West End of London and Crystal Palace Do. A ....... Do. B West London Do. First Class .. Do. Second Class... Wlmhle i , • kr nrcrcr 251 COLONIAL. ,larutt , .‘ nu i Oen.lndia, g. 5 p, c Do. Ceylon A shares...— Do. B. do tomer/in Eastern Bengal _ _ East Indian A and B, g. 6 P.' Do. Ex. C, gu. 5 p. c Do. do. D, gu. 5 p. c. D 0.41 p. e. Buds. ;57 i)o. do. do., '59, dr Geelong ft Melbourne guar. 5 per cent. Dd. Trunk of Canada Do. Cert. of Doben. con. into Stk. till'63 Do. Comp. 6 p, c., do. Gt. In. Pen. g. 5 p. c. Do New, guar. 5 p. c (4t. Western of Caned a Do. New Do. Bde., payable '59 Do. do., '76, p. '6O Do. do,, '73 do. Do. do., '73, without option liadras, guar. 4 p.c. Do. do., 5 p. e, Do. 4i p. c. Exten Do. 3d Er,, g. 5 p. c Seinde, guar. 5 p. C. Do ,St. Andrew's and Quebec (M... ntwerpattutt to. m krdennes telgian Eastn. June AAsiers to Graissess► c Buff. & Lk. Hur. Hy. Carrneaux & Toulouse Coal Mines and Ry 'utcb d benign R.:astern of France ') 0 . New Euphrates Valley 4t. Ceutral of Frau, e :rent Luxembourg._ Italian Junction arks Conet. dasl Lierre and Turnhout Lombardo Venetian. Lucca Si Pist. 5 p. c.p. Lyons and Geneva `lons Ifediterran. Sfaria Antonia ..... Do. do. New 50i xin I S 5 4/ 1 5 ''Tamar kLirge Do. do,, C Prof. orthern of France. l anorwegl • TrnnkPrer i Paris and Lynne Marie and Orleans,,., Recife & San. Fran., (Pernam.) g. 7 p. c. Rome and Frascati royal Danish Royal Swodiall iombre and Menge Do. 54 p. cent. Pref, iouthern of France 'Vest Flanders ....... Do. SA per c. Pref w. iSt N. W. of France Western of Austria West. of Switzerland Wiesbaden Do. Bper cent. Pref, Zotlono Xlistrslasia Bank of Egypt Bank of London Col, Bk.ScLu. C. iiritiub N. American Chartd. Bank of Asia Chrtd. Bck. of India ► ' Australia, & China, City Colonial Commenial of Lord Eng.Seot. &Ans. Cht Load. Chart. Bk. of Australia Ditto Now London and County Lnd. & E. Buk g. Corp London Joint Stock Load. & Westminster National Pro.ef Eng Do. New National Bank New South Wales (Oriental Bk. Corp Ottoman Bank Provincial of Ireland Do. Now R Ans B &Go Im Co iontb instralia Union of Australia ro. New limo. of London Unity Mutual Wtstorn v 1 Loud 6a I St. 45 12 x in - .. 821 - Z 3 - 55 .3 51 53 3} Aid 39 40 84 - 85 4k - 30 3 - 2. 18k -18 i 60 61 98 102 - 9I - 11 - 28, -10 S -26 A 73 - ... 14 . 8 - 75 -85 f - 3d 234 8 - 4 - 5i "'"' N. ... ••• - ... 1 li '1 - ii ill - 113 2 .... '-" • .. 21j - 22 52 - 51 82 - 84 21 - 211 11 1.. p 240 - z 5 20 - 2ip 99 - 100 118 123 11S - 123 108 110 19f 20 22 22 par 1 pi 2} 2f p :GN. 64 - 61 1 a 2 2lpp 41 5i d - par 33 9 10 par k p 4} 5 - ik - 6ip 93 - 101 7i - 81 1 18 - 19 37/ - 37/ Si 9/ 54/ 55} 53 53 i - i pl 18 - 20 1 - 8i - 9 8i 94 3 10 34 :45 - lip, C 9 bl 63 11 id 1 69 n .. '... ... 18 -- 18i 1 18i - lsj - 18 ... •••' ••• ••• '''' •" • • .'".. •.. ..- ''''' .• 49 51 38 39 2 1d ... .. '' .. ... - .. 35 - 37 63 - 6.5 7 - 9 10 8 d 7; 6d PUNCH'S POT-POURRI POUR EIRE. No woman is a beauty to her femme-de-chambre. A lawyer's carriage is only a legal conveyance—and it is the client, as often as it stops at his door, that pays for the drawing up of it. Most Golden Calves, when thrown into the crucible of Time, turn out to be no better than Pigs of Lead ! Life is a Romance, of which a Coquette never tires of turning over a new leaf. Mock no man for his snub nose, for you never can tell what may turn up. A character, like a kettle, once mended, always wants mending. Be kind even in your reproofs, and reserve them till tho morning. No one can sleep well who goes to bed with a flea in his ear. The man who is fond of staking his reputation upon the smallest trifle, generally retires from the contest before he is called upon to deposit his stake. Life is full of contradictions—but Woman takes very good care that we shall never hear the last of it. It is wrong to judge men by trifles. The man, yester day, who kept the, dinner waiting half-an-hour, keeps his mother•in•law !—Punelt. A beautiful window of stained glass has been placed in the chancel of Hawsted Cnurcb, to the memory of the late Sir Thomas Cullum, Bart. The Customs' dues paid at Boulogne amounted to 110,3721 in 1854, 187,012/. in 1855, and 195,8901, in 1856. The figures for most of the other French Cnannel ports present proportionate results. THE JUDICIAL ESTABLISHMENT IN SCOTLAND.—The coat to the country on account of the judicial establish• went in Scotland in the year ended March was 111,135/. It is stated that Lord Brougham's motive for declin ing the Chancellorship of the London University was, that his lordship, holding the office of President of Uni versity College, considered that the duties of Chancellor would be incompatible with his present position. ETHNOLOGICAL SOCIETY.—A. meeting of this society was geld yesterday evening at their rooms in Cavendish square; the president—Alderman Kennedy—in the chair. Dr. Hodgkin read a paper on the character of the Chinese, with a view to remove the notion so com monly entertained of the debased condition of that people. A return of the sherry wines exported during the past year shows the quantify to have been 54,611 butts, against 43,637 butts in 1855, and 52,746 butts in 1854. Of these 41,087 were sent to the United Kingdom, 4,537 to Russia, 2,669 to the United States, 1,810 to Atiatralia, and the remaining' 4,408 to various other markets. THE LORD ADVOCATE OF SCOTLAND.—On Tuesdasy last the Town Cmincil of Edinbureh met at 11 o'clock, pursuant to a previous resolution, for the purpose of offering to the Lord Advocate the high honour conveyed in the freedom of the city. The Lord Provost in a brief but appropriate address presented the freedom, to which the Lord Advocate replied, assuring the town council that he sincerely felt the honour they bad con• ferred upon him, in placing him on the roil of ifreemen of.the burgh. THE EXILE OF COUNT DANDOLO.—A letter from Milan of the Bth inst. contains some further particulars rela tive to the temporary exile of the young Count Emile Dandolo from that city. The director of police read to the young man a written speech, in which it was said that Count Dandoio had not reformed, but that he was the chief of a society of young men who endeavour to prevent the nobility from attending the Court, and that consequently he was exiled to the coun try. He was given his choice of several districts, and he selected Adro, in the district of Iseo. On his arrival there he was compelled to present himself to the chief magistrate, and be is not to quit Adro. The Director of Police added—" When the time,becomer more tranquil you may ask to return to Milan. In the meantime you have but 24 hours to prepare to depart for the residence assigned to you." This con versation took place on the 3d instant. The result o this measure is that public opinion is more decided to abstain from all demonstration and to maintain a ca'm and freezing attitude. Such is the programme, which is to be observed in the letter. THE NEW WATER SUPPLY FOR LIVERPOOL.—The long expected supply of water from the Rivington-hills, 26 miles from Liverpool, has within the past few days reached the town, and has done more to lay the opposi-i tion to its introduction than all the speeches which have been delivered in its favour. At the meeting of the council yesterday it was stated that the total cost of the old waterworks was 801,000/., producing a weekly supply of water of 44,000,000 gallons ; while the total cost of the• Rivington works would be 694,7721., in addition to 35,2781. paid for the purchase of the Chorley Waterworks, and the supply of water would be 19,000,000 gallons per day. _ Lieutenant-General Sir F. Cockburn writes to Captain Smethett relative to the widows and orphan's left desti tute by the loss of the Violet and her crew :—" These unf rtuoates, it does appear to me, are as fully entitled to public relief as those of the army and navy who were killed in action or died in hospitals in the Crimea. The wreck of the Violet is quite distinct from the general class of wrecks, inasmuch as it was entirely caused by a zealous and gallant determination to fulfil a public duty, and I do think, if so stated in the London papers, a large subscription would be made there. It was the desire duty to fulfil the contract made with the country that led to the sad result." MARSEILLES, Jan. 13.—The steamers which have been expected from Algeria for some days have at length arrived. The Zouave brought the mails of the lst and 31 inst., the Louqsor brought the mails of the 6th. The captain of the Louqsor reports that he experienced a terrific hurricane on his passage out of Marseilles to Algiers. He sailed from Marseilles on the 30th of Deo., and shipped some heavy seas in the gulf of Rosas on the 31st, which stove in the bows of the ship. The captain, who was on deck, was thrown with violence against a bench, and was seriously hurt. The Louqsor was com pelled to atop at Rusas, whence she sailed for Algiers. The Egyptus, which is an excellent sailor, was likewise detained six days beyond her time. The large st e amer Bresil, from B a hi a , was f orce d to take shelter in the CONVICTION FOR MURDER. Justiciary, Edinburgh, on Monday, Pet —At the H e ig r h i‘ C i tr e t an were of Christina Pete r s or M ' Le an, a s alsoand Wm. charged with " mur der , assault Mansfie l d, , committed by stabbing and cutting, a in so far as, on the 15 th or 16th of a leg from Bath gateNov.tloasEasotnWorhintebaur the rn ,L p in u lit l h ic go rod led' wsbire, at or near B ug . b head bridge, they attacked and assaulted the now de ceased Thomas Maxwell, a miner , re , gding at Durh am . town, n ear Bathgate, and did k nac k or thro w himdown on the ground, kicked him, and struck with a knife or other instrument stabbed or cut him on the chest and neck and other parts of his person, by ail of which he was mortally jured, and immediately, or soon thereafter died ; and also, time and place above libelled, they did assault John Maxwell, miner, striking hi m with a stone on the head or face, and throwing hi m d o wn and stabbing hi m w i th a knife on the leg, and otherwise maltreating and abusing him by all of which he was cut and wounded, to the effusion of blood and the serious injury of his person." The pri soners pleaded "Not Guilty ;" but the jury, after a lengthened absence, returned a verdict, by a majority, of guilty of murder and assault against Peter M'Lean, but recommended him to the merciful consideration of the Crown ; not guilty against Christina M'Lean; and guilty of assault against Mansfield. The Lord Justice Clerk then sentenced Peter M'Lean to be executed on Monday, the 2d of February next, at Linlithgow, and adjured him to banish from hie mind any hope that his life would be prolonged. The prisoner M'Lean exhibited violent emotion on receiving sentence. Mansfield was sentenced by the Court to two years' imprisonment, and Christina M'Lean was dismissed from the bar. SHARE Shr. dt. 110 4.t. St. ;101 50 j a] 101 al 50 4: t 5 al St. 10 20 al Bt. ID it. V It. 1U '2O I 3t. 1 101 tO al it. 14 o I 1 o 1 t. 100 4t. 100 all X.; ‘ll it.lloo it. 100 3t. 100 3t. 100 ;t. 100 it. 100 ?5 23i ?5 16 100 It. 100 ,0 :3 , 1, L 0 all 1410 '0 14 10 9 Bt. 1 '0 St. LOD St. tai; St. to 10 2 It. 1100 it. If t 5 ,9 O all .0 all 5 all 5 all [0 all :0 all [0 all 18 I 9 8 all !O 10s. 1 all !O 2s. !O all :0 I all ;0 all 0 all 10 At] 10 5 !O %11 .0 I iii 5 I all a 104 2 6 all LO 108, 10 18 [0 I 4 0 all :0 all !() I 6 a 5 I 11 __ ZO 15 21) all 333 / 4 all IS all :(2 all . 6 all : 0 ali 5) all ! , 0 au .0 7i :0 all . 5 ail : Dull :° ll !O all 8 i 4:: l 0 all !O all 0 Ali 6 all 6 all 10 all 5 all 15 1S tOO 50 10 111 .« THR ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH. The following is an abstract of soundings and temperature taken on board the United States steamer Aretio in her recent survey for a telegraphic route between St. John's, Newfoundland, and Valentia thy, Ireland : [The soundings in this table are placed in the order in which they appear on the profile.] PREFERENCE SHAft a•a ' t,' t 4 1r1.6 4. 45 all BlythandTynelOper - "i d • * 6 6 " ` '..,' ~ C CI I''l'' B . 7 c. pref. (issd.at 501, ... - ... •2 0. •'" g - i . 3 S ,`' §P iggcl . 4 st. 100 &is. & Mr. 4p.c. $t ... - ... 'al a.. 1 3 , o Ls " c ' -a P*7.. .^. .a . E l glElba,llt33: 20 5 Do. 4p. C. Shares ... ... - ... II .2 * -*.' sl te ..°, ,''' A Ts Rt. 100 Caledn. £lO 41 P.C. 96 -98 o 4 r.r. A 44 4 4 A P - st. 100 Ches.& Elo.Gn. S ~.. ... -- ... -- ____ _____ ___ - St. 100 Do. do. Prof. 5 per C. ... - .. _-- - - . le. de deg. ;1 all Cork &Bandonslp. e . 4i -5 . 1 31 96 47 50 52 00 30 34 68 55 g 49 47 i 4 al Dua.Prth .4, Aber.i. 6 - 61 , 2 17 150 48 00 51 41 30 48 66 49 51 47 10 2 ii: .Anglian Cle.ASli .. - ... 3 17 98 48 13 51 20 30 38 62 49 47 45 St. 100 Do. do. Cls. B6p. e. 108 - 112 419 85 48 27 50 58 30 34 63 49 47 47 st. 100 Do. do Ole. C7p. c. ... -- ... . 5 19 120 48 40 50 36 30 41 84 50 47 44 all Eas.Co.Ex,spcNo 4 ip ~n, 621 3:0 18 51 50 05 30 38 68 50 48 42 . i all Do. No. 2 . „ it -- i f . Pa 7 20 460 49 12 49 42 29 84 69 51 54 50 10 ' all Do. New 6p.0. St i 2 - 121 8 30 732 49 36 49 05 30 15 68 54 52 56 10 all East Un., a. 6p. c ... - ... 9 23 1,080 49 40 48 29 30 25 63 58 56 51 6 all Do. 51., 10 per cent ... - ~. 10 66 1,690 49 49 46 43 30 88 68 59 60 56 10 all Do. 16. Debentr.Sh. ... - ... 11 3'2 1,827 49 49 45 54 30 29 64 55 56 55 tit. all Do. do. 4 per cent ... - ~. 12 42 1,6!7 49 50 44 43 30 20 66 59 59 50 st. 100 gastLancash.6p.ot ... .- ... 13 88 1600 50 15 43 3 3 10 67 55 55 53 5 all is,.,lcW. York. J. sth. ... - .. 14 33 1,500 0 50 03 40 26 39 0 12 68 55 55 54 10 4 Edit, & Gl. 5 p.c. sh ... -. . 15 77 1,564 50 20 30 30 30 13 69 57 56 56 St. 100 Ed.Prth.&Dun.4p.e 751. - 7 . 6, St. 100 Furness, sp. c.... . - ... 16 - 52 1,600 50 41 37 15 30 03 69 55 57 56 x d 17 45 1,600 51 06 35 50 29 89 69 58 57 57 Bt. 100 Olas. &5.W.G.5 p.c .., .. 18 64 1,689 51 15 31 OS 29 88 69 5 5 56 57 3t. 100 Great Northn. sp. c 118 - 120 St 100 Do. sp. o. Redeem 19 72 2,070 51 33 32 20 29 77 68 57 57 57 at 10 p. c. prem. 110 20 116 2,000 52 24 29 16 29 99 67 56 56 58 - 112 •4t. 100 Do. 4,1 rt. c lOl •- 103 21 72 1,830 52 26 27 10 30 06 68 56 56 57 00 60 D 0.5 p. c., Red. at E 22 35 1,920 52 26 26 30 30 15 71 59 58 59 p. c.. pm. - . Ist Pr, 9 23 53 1,813 52 02 24 51 30 12 68 57 57 58 .0 all (R. 64 24 90 1,650 51 45 22 23 30 05 69 60 60 62 Nof Scot 4 - 101 25 40 1,590 51 45 21 19 29 94 74 59 60 62 Bt. 100 Gt. 8. &W. (Ireland' ... - 26 41 1,513 51 50 20 12 29 90 71 59 60 61 20 16 Do 4per o. Prof. S ... - 27 60 1,750 51 48 18 31 29 90 72 CO 62 60 i 0 6 tat..W.tll.Exspc 6 -6, 28 60 1,905 52 01 17 06 29 83 70 65 65 62 3t. 100 Do. con. red. 4 i p.c. 95 - 97 . 29 30 1,518 52 05 16 05 29 66 69 59 GO 59 3t. 100 Do.con. red. 4p. c ... - • "• 30 39 410 52 03 15 02 29 75 71 60 61 62 3t. 100 Do, irred,, 4p. c. ... 85 -87 84 Xin 31 55 255 51 43 13 44 30 48 49 62 62 61 et. 100 Do, sp, C. red. prof 99 • 101 32 10 410 51 52 13 16 30 04 68 58 60 61 8 all Do. Birm. Prof. Sh.. 10 - 101 33 31 717 51 51 12 27 30 05 71 58 59 61 tO all Do.ChesterBp.c.P. . 164 - 171 34 38 114 51 44 11 24 30 13 69 59 61 58 10 all Do. do. sp. c. do. 10 • 101 St 100 Do. Birm. Qua. SUE 73 - 75 IS all Do. Chee. Gus. Sh.. 194 - 20, Bt. 35 36 - - - - - _ No. 1:1 all Do. do. do 9l - 101 1...Ju1y 31- 6 pm) ?.0 all Do. do, de 144 - 154 2... - 9 p ln I , 16 6 Lan. &York. F. £2O ... -3... Aug. 1- 130 a m From Newfoundland ?to Ire- I it. 10€, Do. 6p. c. Stock 137 139 4... land. It. 100 L0n.&8.G.5pc.N0.1 ... - •••• - 6 a m 5... - 10 am 1 It. 1100 Do. P., spc. St.No.2 - - --- 6... - 3 13 m / It. 100 De. New Gnar.6 p..: 139 - 142 9 7 . .....5ep_t. 23- 6 3 10... Sept. 27- From Ireland to Newfound- f I l It. 100 D o . d o. s p. c., N 0.4 118 --140 ,t. 100 Lon.&N. W., Coy. & luneaton 5 p. ct... ... - - land. It. 100 L on. & S.W. 7 per et 11... - 2 a m c 12... Sept. 26- late 3d Shares .. 157 - 159 I morid .pa p ia mrn m n 1 2 p m 21 , all L An d y. & C o l or. 181. .. - ••• 13... Aug. 6- meridian 21 all L i ondy.& Ennis.ish ... - ••. 14 ..Aug. 8- 5 pml a It. 100 4.,5.,3 r L. 6 p . C en t ... - ..15... - 9-11 ain n d 41 Do, d o . d o . £6 - I 16... - 10- 3 a m d t. 100 D o. d o . 31 per cen t. 60 - 70 17... - 10-10 pin 2 all Siarypt .&Carl.4p o ... - ... 18... - 11- 3 p m It 2 all Do, 4A per cent - - - 2 10.4 Do. do. I ••• -• ••• 19... - 12- 6 a m 20... - 13- 8 ain 21._ - 14 - 1 a m t, 1 L. 100 Aid. Consol.6 p.o.St . . - 22... - 14- meridian . From Newfoundland to Ire- h t. 100 10. Con„Br.itir. 6pc 137 - 139 land. 1. 100 Do. 4i p. c. Prof. ' t 98 - 1 00 23... __ls- 8 a m c t. 100 Ditto L. &H. Prof. St 89 - 31 906 24... - 16- 9 aln e 0 all } - ' New. Aber. , &c., pr. I - op. a. red. 5 p.c. prn. 1 ..• ••• 25... - 17- 6 ata 26 ... - 17- 8 p m P 0 6 Do. Perpet. 6 p ct. 27... - 18- 2 pm I vi with optn. till '66 1 - 14; 28_ - 19- 1 Pal 0 all Noels. Doh, 4 p.c. eh ... - ... 29 .., - 20- 5 a m t. 100 I o•Pref. sp.o.St .. ... - ... 30 ... - 20- 520 p m , h t. 1100 Do. 5 pc. Ext.,1846 ... - ... 31... Sept. 13- 945 ain From Ireland to N'foundland. a t. ;100 Ds. 54perc.pf ,1847 ... - ... 32... Aug. 21- 135 p m t. 100 D0.Wv.V.5pc.,1847 - . 33... - 21- 9 pmi From N'fonndl an d t o Ireland. n t. 100 North British 102" -104 34... .- 22- 5 a m 0 7 34 Do 71. Preference ..• . . . . - _ _ ________ e lou N. E. Porw, 4 p.a. P. 93 -95 T 81 Do. do. do l4 - i d THE ATLANTIC SUBMARINE CABLE. P 3 13 Do Leeds 6 p.c •.No.l ... - b . 11 9 Do. do. gre.,1848... .. - - w az i 10 Do. York H.& -:. I',ir fd - p A specimen of the cable which is to be sunk in the pl ) all North Staffordshire. I - 1. 100 Ox. Wo, ,tW. , epc...110 - 7 - 109 1084 Atlantic was brought over in the Baltic by Cyrus W. th 100 Do. 6 p.c. Redeem. ... ... Field, and now lies before us (the New Tork Times). It th I all Soot. r.:ent.,New Pref ... - ... is three-fourths of an inch in diameter. In the centre 100 Sc.N.E. Ahcr. g 6 pe 113 - 116 are seven sma ll copper wires, twisted upon thanselyrs, lit , i all Do. d0.,7 p.c. pf. it 105 - 110 a n d th e w h o l e i nsulated by a thick covering of gutta h e . 'lOO , Do.do.,3lp.c.pf.st. ... - ... percha. Eighteen strands of slender iron wire, each A i all South Devon l6l - 171 strand composed of seven threads loosely twisted upon hi 11 all Do, fixed,4i per cent ... - ... The weight hi .6' all S. Eastern (Reading . 1100 Do.An n 4 . 4) p o e f r £ c l en O t s. 6d. 102 23 -..... 1 2 05 4 CO I all Do. Fixed 44 p c eh. 10i - lOg v themselves, constitute the outer covering. of the whole is 18 cwt. to the mile, and its strength is such that it will bear in water over six miles of its own length if suspended vertically. Its specific gravity is do such that it is thought that there can be no question th experiments, that in corroding, the material of which of 100 3 p Wales l t e i s l 1G Julyna . 4 1 p : c u . ....... - ..... about its sinking readily to the bottom, being much 100 Do, do. 4 3 / 4 p. a ..... - ... all 3.Yorksh.4p.c.Guar ... - -- all itock.&Dar., sp. c 274 -2&!, heavier than the shells brought up by sounding. The to ti objection that the strands of wire forming the outer 15 Do , do. do 2- 3 p covering will Buffer corrosion or decomposition, is met ii all Stock. & llartl. g. 5 by the statement, based, it is said, on satisfactory wt 5 all aterfd.& Kilk.6pc 3 - 34 the nn ter nee.,•ier. ~,,,.i.e. -itt enter into chemical -. St. St. 3t. St. A specimen of the cable which is to be sunk in the Atlantic was brought over in the Baltic by Cyrus W. Field, and now lies before us (the New Tork Times). It is three-fourths of an inch in diameter. In the centre are seven small copper wires, twisted upon thanselvts, and the whole insulated by a thick covering of gutta percha. Eighteen strands of slender iron w►re, each strand composed of seven threads loosely twisted upon themselves, constitute the outer covering. The weight of the whole is 18 cwt. to the mile, and its strength is such that it will bear in water over six miles of its own length if suspended vertically. Its specific gravity is such that it is thought that there can be no question about its sinking readily to the bottom, being much heavier than the shells brought up by sounding. The object ien that the strands of wire forming the outer covering will suffer corrosion or decomposition, is met by the statement, based, it is said, on satisfactory experiments, that in corroding, the material of which the outer covering consists will enter into chemical union with the soft mud in which the cable is im• bedded, and will thus form a concrete mass of cal careous or siliceous substance, affording its very best possible protection. The gutta percha and central copper wire are thought to be indestructible under water. The flexibility of the cable is such as to make it almost as manageable as a small hemp line. Its selection was the result of months of experiment and trial, hundreds of specimens having been made comprising every variety of form and size and structure before this particular one was agreed upon. _ . The one which it was attempted to lay some two years age was an inch and a quarter in diameter, having the same number of electric wires inside, but having as its external covering twelve quarter-inch wires. It was very cumbersome compared with this, and much more expen sive as that. Messrs. Kuper, Glass, and Co., of London, have taken the contract for the manufacture of the great cable chosen to connect the two continents. The distance from St. John's, Newfoundland, to Valencia on the western coast of Ireland,,the points between which the telegraphic connection is to be made, is 1,640 nautical or 1,900 statute miles. But the manufacturers are to furnish 2,600 statute miles of the cable, in order to meet the demand for extra cable that may arise from the ine quality of the depth of the ocean along the plateau over which the line is to be laid, The cable is to be com pleted by the 30th of next May. Two steamers, each bearing half the cable, will directly sail from London for the middle of the Atlantic, and heading different ways, paying out as they go. MARKET NEWS.—(This ' Day ) CORN EXCHANGE. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the week ended Jan. 15, 1856, made up from the Returns of e Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Walt s per Imperial Quarter. WHEAT. I ELBLEY. 1 °LTC ZTE• 1 81A24111. I PEAS. 68i 10d 44s 71 23s 81 38s 51 41s 71 1 39s Id THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGS. u l, ar 9 0 0 r 4 s ; . Rye, 12S ; Bean., WHEAT. BARLEY. OATS. 61 E. , BEANS. 1 PEAS. 593 81 44s 01 24s Id 1393 9d ! 42 4 8d 40s 9d QUANTITIES OF GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK. Wheat, 92,519 ; 847115e6y; 8 F 8 L 05 3, 7 2 ; , Olla7tsq, 2 MEAT MARKETS. Pork, 4 8 Od t o b e 4d per NEWGATN AND LNADENHALL.—The trad e genera ll y was firm, as follows :—Beef, from 3s 4 d to 4 s 8d ; Mutton, 3s 6d SOUTHALL, Jan. 14.—The supply of st oc k here to-day s E wa s limited, and the trade ruled steady, at very f u ll pr i ces. B th lb 4 s : bB; l ihe V c e a a r l Beef, from 3s 6 d to 5 s Od; Mutton, 35 10(1 to 5s 2d ; V ea l, 4s , ca 4 s s e. Od to 5s Ckl ; Od to 5s Od ; Pork, 4s Od to 5s Od per Sibs, to sink the offal. ROMFOND, Jan. 14.—We had a firm trade, as follows Beef, from 38 8d to bs 2d ; Mutton, 4s Od to 5s 4d ; Veal, 4s Od to 5s 2 d; Pcrk , 41 0 d to 5 s Od per 81bs. Quarter-old store pigs, —s to —8 each. HAY MARKETS. SMITIIFIELD.—Meadow hay, 2/ 158 to 4/ 4s ; clover do., Trade lOs t o E 11 42 to 1/ 9 s p er l oa d. ND:— ; andMe straw,adowhy, 2/ 15 3 t o 4 / 4s; clover r Lue m fi rm. B C 5 A / 5 do., 31 1 2 15s to 4/ 4s ; clover 1 / V e 0 w hay, A fair demand. wIiIT I :c 8 11 t A o r E S :. —5 s ; and straw, M4s to .98 per load. do., 3/ 108 to 5 1 Os; and straw, 1/ 4s to 11 9 s p er load. Trade steady. BARON ROTRSCRID'S STUD AT NRWMARKET.—Baron Rothschild's American horses, which for the last twelve months have been training in Newmarketf are but little in this co un ty, having were, incog., although known gnreevaetr tb he t e o nng t es h n e gh a r a a gv c ee i d n b, g ebel f in r t a ks t ae e iprdziotafyst itte racing capabilities. They may be frequently seen on the ex erc i s i ng gr ound after the rest of the racehorses have returned to stable, but for the most part they take their daily airing in their private paddock. One horse in this small stud.is a fine chesnut animal, and, though a novice, is spoken of as equal, if not superior, to any horse in England in a four mile race. They will doubtless come out in the first engagements in the ensuing spring meetings, and much is expected fora thom.—_-_Bury Po6t. ~,. 20 St. 96 i i St. St. 10' Ai i st. st. 1071 82i 3 21 MINES. THE ROYAL BRITISH BANK. Mr. Commissioner Holroyd, who was occupied in hearing other cases against the shareholders, but in cnn. sequence of an application made yesterday, by Mr Linklater, the examinations were kept strictly private, the reporters not beim , admitted.—The application is somewhat remarkable, as in the cases generally the debtors summoned under a bankruptcy are examined in open court. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. —(This Day.) THAMES. Richard Clay, a rouali-lii , iking fellow, was brought before Mr. Se fa, charged with illegally pawning three sheets, a blanket, and a rug, the property of Mr. David La wson. Mrs. Maria Lawson, the wife of the prosecutor, said that the prisoner and his wife hired a furnished apart ment in her house. That morning she discovered that three sheets, a rug, and a blanket, had been taken from the room, and gave the prisoner into custody. The wife had gone away, and she wished to keep the husband in security until the wife zeturned. Mr. Selfe—You want to keep him in pledge as a security for the wife's return. Mrs. Lawson—Yes, sir. I believe the wife pawned the goods. The prisoner said the woman he bad been living with was not his wife, and that she had pawned the goods without his knowledge and consent. Mr. Selfe—You have been living with her, and no doubt shared in the proceeds. You must redeem the goods. The prisoner said he had no money and no work, and was without a farthing. Mr. Selfe—You could afford to keep a• woman, and that is a very expensive affair, and I think you could afford to redeem the property you or your paramour has made free with. You had better redeem the property. I remand you till Saturday. LITERATURE. A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland. By Sir Bernard Burke. Hurst and Blackett. What Sir Bernard Burke (Ulster King of Arms) has so admirably done for the Peerage and the Baronetage of the three kingdoms, he is now doing, and to the full as admirably, for the Landed Gentry. • So that, as his Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage is the standard authority on all matters of li neage , p ersona l hi s t ory , family con nections, and heraldic rights in relation to the titled aristocracy, the present work, when completed, will be the standard authority on all such matters in relation to the untitled aristocracy of the three king doms. Higher praise than this it would be difficult to bestow. To understand, however, more perfectly the value of the work when completed, it should be remembered that for long and unblemished descent the landed gentry as a body are inferior neither to the Peerage nor Baronetage ; that they are more numerous than either, and exercise a vast amount of political and social influence. What, therefore with the research, fidelity, and excellent arrangements of the author, and the certainty of nearly every individual member of so important a body having his name, lineage, &c., inserted iu it, a greater amount of popularity even may be antici pated for the present work and companion volume than was met with by its predecessor, great as that was. Part 111., we see, is to be issued in February and part IV. about Easter next. The Family Mirror. Part I. Published No. 9, Johnson's-court, Fleet street. A new and promising aspirant to popular favour added to the list of our cheap illustrated serials. Tho proprietary profess a highly moral aim, and in their endeavour to instruct and elevate the mind do not lose sight of the fact they may at the same time afford it pleasurable entertainment Map of London. Coloured to show the New Postal Districts. Edward Stanford. This valuable production supplies, and most satis factorily, an admitted want. The development of the new postal scheme called for the appearance of a map so prepared and coloured as to show what each district embraces at a glance, and that such map should be produced under such auspices that it could be depended on. The map before us, designed and engraved by the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, fulfils every condition that could reasonably be insisted ou. It is equal, if not superior, to any map of the metropolis of its size extant—is sufficiently large and well coloured to make the work of reference exceedingly easy—and, in addition to the auspices of the above society, may be said to appear under the countenance of the Postmaster-General. In point of fact it is Mr. Stanford's admirable map prepared for use in the London and Provincial Post-offices, by command of the Postmaster-General—only re duced in size and coloured with a specific object. W., it extends to Kensington-gravel-pits; N., to Highbury-place • S., to Camberwell ; E.., to Black wall station. In addition to the map there is the Post-office List of the principal stro As and places in London and its environs, as + ivided into postal districts. The whole forming a most useful and portable companion either for the poa e t or the desk. The ship Challenger, Captain ICillock, arrived in the tea, and y;,sBt3elrdbaaylesfroofmsilSkhoannai, with g f h r .8 24 c ,6 ar 5 g 6 o lbs i . t of is stated, is one of the most valuable b • ever romght to this country by one vess,L YOUNG LADIES SHOULD NOT SMOKE IN BEID.—A young Russian lady of rank, the Countess N., ve nearly lost her life tw o or t h ree weeks a4o in the b ouse of her father, the Governor of Mesc..w, by a very singular accident. It is stated in La Patric, that the Countess had been indulging as usual in the habit of i moking, and at the same time reading in bed. The double narcotic, very soon set her asleep. She awoke presetntly in terror to find her bed on fire, the linen sheets hal been ignited by tne end of her cigarette. She jumped. , out of bed, fortunately without being burst, and rubbed to the door. It had been bolted, and in her frig ht she could not open it. Then she broke the window, and called loudly for help. The sentinel on duty at the gate below instantly gave the alarm ; the lady's chamber door was forced opened, and the fire was extinguishtd. She was not hurt, but only frightened. PHOTOGRAPHY.--Mr.Mayall's new patent is intende to produce portraits on a substitute fcr ivory. It i composed of sulphate of barytes, mixed with albumen, and the supposed advantages to be derived from it are —The avoidance of the glare of the metallic plate, and the absorbent properties of paper. In this process a flat surface, perfectly white, is first obtained ; the portiait from the sitter is then transferred to it by the photographic apparatus, and in that state it is banded r to the artist, who. -passes wash of transparent c?lu over the face, accordi ng t o th e complexion required red the dress ard background are treated in the same Portraits man ner ; and, lastly, the li g ht s a re scraped out. of obtained by this new method, h aw ing d th u h appearance e Cedeost, and in miniatures, are executed at a roo?- e re There are several a proportionately brief space of time. in Regent-street, specimens in the rooms of Mr. May all, t o which this —the the perfection which give ample proof of , has been —the most recent —discovery p ho tography brought. St. I 1 St. ;1i it. lb 4 t. It. 1( 't. 1, it. 1( 61 1 , 61 1' 4t. 1t)1 it. (t. 11 IA al , It 8 41 51