The Sun. — London, England, 1857-01-26 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLocK. The Liverpool Cotton Market on Saturday closed with an upward tendency, and prices of Americans were id. per lb dearer, owing principally to the short supply in the market, but all other kinds remained without any material alteration. The sales were estimated at 15,000 bales, 2,000 of which were taken for export, and. 3,000 on speculation. The Railway Share Market was dull, and prices generally were at about Friday's currency. Letters from Manchester describe the business of the past week in the market for manufactures as having been rather heavy and lower prices were current. In most of the other markets there was no alteration of importance. The directors of the North Staffordshire Railway have issued their report preparatory to the half yearly meeting. This shows an increase in the traffic receipts of 27,079/. ss. 3d. for the past year. The net receipts for the six months are 52,1761. Us. 2d., out of which a dividend at the rate of 3i per Cent. per annum is proposed, leaving a balance of 2,7141. 163. 2d. to be ,carried forward. The eillux of gold to the continent continues, 30,0001. having been sent from the Bank on Satur day ; and the advices received from India, by the Overland Mail, will no doubt stimulate the demand for silver, so that a fear may again be raised lest the bullion in the Threadneedle•street vaults should be materially reduced. This morning there has been considerable animation in the silver mar ket, and the price of bars has risen Id. per ounce, viz., to 621-d., and it is generally supposed that a further advancement will immediately take place. This will, of course, lead to further withdrawals from the Bank, and the Directors may yet have to impose additional restrictions on long dated bills in order to protect themselves from a continuance of the drain. The accounts from India report increased stringency in the money markets at Cal cutta, Bombay, and Madras, and the exchanges are higher. The Heather Bell and other vessels are soon expected from Australia with large sums in gold, but these supplies will no doubt be chiefly absorbed by the operations in silver. Their arrival, how eTer, may exercise a very favourable influence on the money market, because the decline in the stock of the precious metals would then be tem porarily arrested. The inquiry for discounts this morning is very active, and full rates are de mended in all cases. During the next fortnight there is likely to be augmented pressure, because preparations will have to be made for the 4th of the month, and the liquidation of the Consol ac count at the Stock Exchange. The amount of bills drawn by the Hon. East India Company during the fortnight ending Satur day, in the three Presidencies, was 51,4871. 12s. id. No material alteration has taken place in the price of tea to-day, but there is an upward ten dency, and the demand for common congon is active, at is ld per lb. The Corn Market opened this morning with a very dull appearance, and English wheat was nominally 4s. per quarter lower. The dividend agreed to at the Bank of London meeting, held to-day, was at the rate of 5 percent. per annum. in the English Stock Market, to-day, 'there has been no movement of importance, and there seems little probability of business becoming either active or profitable for some time to come. The uncer tainty which exists with regard to the Persian and China disputes, as well as the unsatisfactory state of the money market check buoyancy. All things considered, however, the market exhibits great strength. Consols have been 93i 4 for money, and 93i I for the account. Arrangements connected with the approaching settlement now engage chief attention, and very few fresh speculative engage ments are made. The New Threes Reduced, &c., are steady ; Exchequer Bills are ls. discount to ls. premium. English Mines are now included in the official Lists of the Stock Exchange. Foreign Securities are quiet, and generally steady. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 94i to 95k, and the 4 per Cents. 103 k. Spanish Deferred Bonds are 23i ; Russian 4} per Cents. 93i, Mexican 211 ; and Danish 5 per Cents. 103. The following are the nominal prices of Foreign Stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 6 7 ; Mexi can, 21i ; Peruvian, 78 79 ; ditto 3 per Cents., U 6 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 43 5 ; Russian 6 per Cents., 106 8 ; ditto 4-i per Cents., 95 7 ; Spanish 3 per Cents., 40 ; ditto New Deferred, 64 ; ditto Certificates, 51 6 ; ditto Passive, 61 6. An exceedingly limited business has been intrans acted in R a il way Sh ares, and prices, except one or two in s t ances, h ave been steady. Caledonian, lliastern Counties, Great Northern, Midland and South-Eastern, declined 55., and South Wales 10s. treat Western, North-Western, Norfolk and North-Eastern Berwick, have advanced about ss. The French lines are at nominal values, and the Canadian rule lower. Great Trunk of Canada have declined 10s., and Great Western of Canada about ss. In Joint-stock Bank shares very few trans actions have taken place. London Ch ar tered of Australia have declined 1. Union of Australia f. For Miscellaneous Shares prices also rule rather heavy. Canada Land have de clined li. Australian Agricultural 10s. and lectric Telegraph 10s. BRUISE( FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Offictal List:) _ _ tiewn.sb done 3 Per Cent. Reduced Annuities 94 34 ...... r _Cent consols Annuities 938 i IN W 3 per Cent, Annuities 94s i Conaois tor Accou Exchequer Bille tn 2 ''' ii '''''''''''''''' ".... *• 9 1 3 : : d zi,,..,. ' ....,_ ~...)u ............. EV1...... . ........................... .. PRICFS OF FORRlG4rlr—tr—v...l%.o7 par 3 p Danish Roads, 3 pet Cent , 182 w ......3 AT ONE o'4; hi , K . A Ditto 5 per Cent. .... • ' - Mexican 3 per Cent ........... Portuguese Bonds, 5 per &Q.i ..... . iiii .. 2 _ lB Ditto 1853, 3 per Cent..,, • . Ditto Account ...................................... 44 — it Bonds, 1822, St., .. p er Cent.... Ditto, 4i per Cent. .............. . . .. . . ...... 964 Bpsnith Bonds, 3 per C en t .. = ................. Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent. ......... 231 Turkish iionds, 6 per cent ..................... Ditto Account Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. lfenoanels. Bonds, 4i per Cent Ditto Deferred, 11 per Cent. inviciena on the above payable in Lona( n. TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, money 93 i Ditto, Ai:mount 93 934 94 Ditto March Account MARRIAGE OF MR. CHARLES MATTHEWS.—The •loucester Journal says, Mr. Charles Matthews has taken unto himself a second wife in the person of pretty Miss Oliver. The section from Beziers to Cette has just been opened to the public for the conveyance of goods. M. de Lamartine has arrived in Paris, in recovered health. Mr. James Wilson, Financial Secretary to the Trea i ; 'Jury, has p rogressed so far towards recovery late a cc id ent as to leave little doubt that he will be enabled to attenq in his place in parliament at the opening of the session. Commander W. H. M'Dougall was on Saturday selected by the Board of Admiralty to be placed on the reserved list of Captains, vice Captain Dixon, deceased. Tllll AMERICAN MAI LS. — LrvERPooL, Saturday.—The British and North American Royal Mail Steamship Africa, Captain Shannon, sailed from the Mersey this forenoon (and was telegraphed at P o i n t L ynas at 3 p.m ) for New Y or k with the usual bi-weekly mails for the United States, 40 passengers, and a full cargo. FIRE IN Tillt MINoItIRS —Late on Saturday night, a policeman perceived a dense smoke seen issuing from the third floor window s of an old house No. 1 A., Minories, oppesita the premises of 2/Nears. Moses and Son, and occupied by Mr. Frankenstien, hairdresser, his family and lodgers. The building, W hi ch ja a very old one, was completely gutted, and the next, No. 1, Minories, has received considerable damage. The origin of the fire is not known. Yesterday the Lord Mayor, the Sheriffs of London and Middlesex (Messrs. Mechi and Keats), the Und er . sheriffs (Messrs. Crosley and A n d erton), and the Common Councilmen of the ward of Farringdon Without, attended Divine service at Sepulchre Church, Snow- hill, where a sermo n was preached by the Rev. G. F. vv. Mortimer, D.D. At the conclusion of the service a sure of 30/. was colleeted on behalf of the Parochial Boys' School. SHARE MARKETS—(This Day.) - ~T JLW ~Y. 3hr. raid 4AnwAry Closing Prim. Saturday. erusiness done this day 4i ell Si 9 19i -2( 17 is 134 14 8i 92 - 94 61 - 61 36i - 37, ••• ''... ... 0 1 to 184 •• 94 43 - 45 2 9 -- 31 7 - 93i - 35 9t 50 2711 to, ' all 2r} all St. 100 At. 1(;00 St. 100 50 all 20 all 20 all 10 all 10 8 4-1: St. 100 All Bt. 100 zit. I IA) 8 25 17: 1F)0 20 Woarsg. boa Zaketh. Juan. • Wf.)lvo Stour VrT., y tiirkeahA. Thortrt June._ D. k BlrTa do. Blackburn £25 (issd. at £4: Bristol and Exeter., - Jaledonian. :pester k Holyhead Cork and Bandon. 'Cork, Black, 4 Pam, Cornwall Do. A Do. B 97 , 2. P. 3 / 4 J 1 2 ,! East Eastern bounties iTni-n, A. Si !Re.. B. Stock ..„ Do., New A..... , East Kent Lvneamhire East Suffolk Do. ,E'diuburgh Glaag, Edinb. and Peebl C 8 Edin.Prt i &Duna, Forth & Clyde Jun Fiirnees . 'Glasgow & S. Westrn Great N. of Scotlnd Great Northern Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock , 6th. &West.i . lrr (Great Western Stour Val. Ite. Gna. Stk Lrish tenth-Haste.L L , ..ncaster Culls. , Do., Thirds.. Do. New Thirds tAncash.andYorksh Do., Wet. aiding Tin Do. South! ort , I London & - Blitekwa! ILond. Bright & S.Cir (Loud. and N. Westi !Do. Fifths Do • 101.6h •' MAal ,Do. Eighths.. J London ands. Lndndrry&Coleraine taidndrry. & Ennisk Ntanch.Shef.& Lineln Wetropolitan. Do. J. L. Ricardo's arrangement Midland Jo. Birmng. & Der: %lidld. G. West. (I r 6 . ) 0. Half Shares , Newcastle& Carlisl Nwpt.Aberg. &Hrf Newry &Enniskillr Newry, Warrenpoint .tnd Rostrevor Norfolk orthn.Connties TT- North British =7th Devon Rail Dock Stock 1)0., A Stock 90. B Stock N.lastern-13ervri k I Jo. do. Extension G.N. E. ?lire [)o. Leeds 00. York North London stsad, and City Ju„ North Staffordshii . north Western..... Y. &S.Weetrn.Jun. ix., Wore., & Wolv. 'ortsmouth Rhymney ottish Central,, 1 Scot. N E.Abrdn St. Do. Scot. Mid. St TTni a SitingbournekSheer. Aouta Dayou ...... Soath Bastcrit... 'oath Wales 4. Yrksh. Riv. 11)4a 4 a nes, Wok. tzWo Stockton & Dar,lng •. do., Do 1554 Do.; do., 1855:-. itoeiten di Hartlep fag Vale ......... , o Prof No. 1- Names Ray. D.& R, Vale of Neath........ Waterfd. & Kilkenn Vaterford&Limer West Cornwall.. , Vast End of Londe; and Crystal Pala°. Do. A , ........ Do. B West L0nd0n...., Do. Fil St Class Do. Second Class... wimble 82a 53 55 3i 1P 51 3i - 39 84 I£q - 102 - 41. 8 - 81 10 --- 11 27i - 28, [O6 - 108 25 -- 26 71 73 49 -- 11 2 ... 17 - 8 74 746 54§ - 85 6 5 3d 5 3d 12 - 14 39 41 9 26i 6 - 8 2 - 4 4i - 5i i tiout Day , Cen.lndia, g. 5 p. c Do. Ceylon A shares Do. 13. do emerarl, Eastern Bengal .f.ast Indian A and B, g. 5 p. Do. Ex. C, gu. 5 p. c Do. do. D, gu. 5 p. c. 00. do. do., '59, de,. Geelong & Melbourne guar. 5 per gent uld. Trunk of Canada Do. Cert. of Deben. con. into Stk. Do. Comp. 6 p. e., At. In. Pen. g. 5 p. c. Do New, guar. 5 p. A.Weeternof Canada Do. New Do. Bde., payable 's', Do. do., '76, p. '6O Do. do., '73 do. Do. do., '73, withon' option Sfidras, guar. 4 6 p.c . Do. do., 5 p. c. Do. 4i p. c. Exten Do. 3d Ex., g, sp, c Scinde, guar. 5 p. c. Do. St. Andrew's and Quebec (A).,. intwerp&Rott rdon Ardennes Hielgian Eastn. June Racers to GrsissessP Buff. & Lk. Hur. Ry. Carrneatuc & Toulouse Coal Mines and Ry. Dutch Rhenish Eastern of Franoe 1) 0 . New Euphrates Valley Eur. . Tel. Rail. Central of Fran e treat Luxembourg Italian Junction LAX,. Coast. & Bash‘ Lime and Turnhout Lombardo Venetian. Lucca & Pist. 5 p. c.p. Lyons and Geneva Lyons eg Mediterran, Maria Antonia . Do. do. New Namur & Liege Do. do., 6 p. c. Prof . Northern of France. Norweg ianTrunkPre , Paris and Lyons Paris and Orleans Recife & San. Fran., (Pernam.) g. 7 p. c. Rome and Frascati aoyal Danish ... Royal Swedish Sambre and Meuse Do. 5i p. cent. Prof ionthern of France Vest Flanders Do. 64 per c. Prof W. &N. W. of France Western of Austria ) West. of Switzerland' Wiesbaden ..... Do• 8 per cent:Piel. Zealand COLONIAL. 7a k - lati4 ..... & Hab. ... ••• Bank of Egypt ..... Bank of London •••• Hri. Col. Bk• San. C. Britieh N. American Chartd. Bank of Asia obit& Bnk. of India, Anatralia, 8g China City Colonial Commercial of Loud Eng.Scot.&Aus.Cht Loud. Chart. Bk. of Australia Ditto New Loudon and County Lnu. &E. Bnkg. Corp London Joint Stock Lond. & Westminster National Pro.ef Bug Do. New ........... National Bank ,New South Wales (Oriental Bk. Corp Ottoman Bank Provincial of Ireland Do. New R Aus B &Go Im Co Anntb . Australia „ Unic,a of Australia... Do. New I Elinor, ~ t toomun Unity Mutual W mem Bk of Lund I - .1 :: ff 103 - 110 p 21i - 22 50 -. 52 82 83 201 /04 24i -- '5 26 - 24 99 -- 100 118 123 118 -- 123 108 110 19t lfi 21g - 22 I r Y - Zp' ',I(11,1 11 14 - 2ip 14 2 p 5 32 _ 3 par A 9 i —10 i par p 4i 5i 6 6 - 6ip ioi T: sa 8 - 871 19 - 196 371 -37 i 9 - 54i 55i 51 - 56 i - i P 18 - 20 8i -- 8i 8i - 9 - ph 4k-. 4i g - 10 34 - 35 - lip 93 95 3 p a , 60 d 62 ••• ••• . •••P 1 _ A d 69 to 17 : ii 174 -- 18 17a -- 18 .. ""' .~. - ... • ""! •M 49 37 - ••• • . - 34 - 36 63 - 65 7 - 9 E ".... i'al 10 ri 6d i all I all 100 100 euic. 611 1 9 g i 110 9 t 16i 50i i 39i 401 THE SUN, LON DON, MON DA THE ROYAL BRITISH BANK. NES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. RML AYe. Bedford isiaci 3let hley .„ Buckgharasii. Clydesd.al. , Col. Stour 1 7y. E. Lin. 2% J pc. E. Un. H. Sit. Glas. Barr. & Dire3t Dc. Glptr.& Dri Pr & Hall d Solby Do. 6 Shares. Do. Shares. Lon. & Greenw Do. Preference Lon.,Til., & S. Do. Bark. Sh. Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. Do. 6 per ct, hirsnch. 13x: 4 and Matto, k Redc.g 6 p.c. Wadi Newmarket ' Bury E. G.spc NA.Est.sp.e. l i Do. 6 per et. Do. Fixeds p c Prost. & w ytt Do. 6 Shri. A Roystn.& Hit. Shof.Roth.an , l Gooleg.&p.c. Shrews. &Her, S. Staflordeh. Wear Valleygr 6 per cent... D 0........... wiltqrlemrst Do.. Le 3.4 k 011.11):1 Low - & N. Wept.' L. &N.W. Caled on lz,tr. &EX . Gt. Nrt,• E. Count.' We to Yk. Now. Ber NV. Y.& NE Do Do Easterr !Do Peto & Co Do Do L.& N. & htidl,l, 3tekton & I Darlingt. En. Coun. E. Count Do L. & N. W Do Gt Northn Lancsah & Yorksh. T. Brasser M. MClean Stockt. & Darlingt Do 10f,W , 3•rn. Closing Prices on Saturday. i 96 98 98 - 102 11 - 13 133 134 4 ... 15 111 hi - 13 1 103 -24 1 1 - 110 1 i 1 pl 2. 2i g * f 4 P 56 58 132 135 9 - 9i 33i - 34 88 -- 90 Business this day Vitt:_FER,ENCE SHA R Myth niadTynt 10 pe a. pref, (iced. zt SC. Brim. k Ex. 4 p. a. S' Do. 4 p. c. Shares .. Calodn. £lO 4i p.c. Ohm& Go. Gu. 5 t pc Do. do. Pref. 5 per a. Cork 4gßandonblp.e Duo.Prth 96 -98 4; - 5 6 - 6. St. Anglian Cle.ASh Do. do. Cls. B 6 p. c. Do. do Cis. C 7 p. c Ras. Co. Ex , spc No Do. No. 2 119 -- 115 g gp t -- 4r '2 - 123 Do. New 6 g. 0. Si Mast Un.p G. 6 p. e Do. 51.. 10 per oenl Do. 101. Debentr.Sh. Do. 41)4 per cent East Lancash. 6 p. et- E. kW. York. J. stht Edin. & GI. 5 p.c. sh Md. Prth.hcDnn.4p.., Furnes , sp. c. Fit 7 16 Glee. t W. G. 6Pi c Great l'orthn. 5 p. c Do. 6 p. o. Redeem. at 10 p. c. pram Do. 4} p.c D 0.5 p. c., Red. at t .18 - 120 111 - 113 102 104 p. c. Pm . Gt. N. of Scot. let Pr, Gt. S. di W. (Ireland Do. 4per c. Prof. S Gt. W.(B.kH.Exspc Do. con. red. 4i p.c. Do. con. red. 4 p. c Do. irred. 4p. c. . Do. 5 p. c. red. pref Do. Birm. Pref. Sh Do. Chester 8 p. c. P.' . Do. do. 5 P. e. do Do. Birm. Gus. SO Do. Ches. Gus. Sh Do. do. do 63 - 65 91 - 10; 6 6 93 - 95 8.3 85 98 • 101 10 -- lo § 16 171 10 10: 74 - 76 . 194 - 20. 9i - 14i - 15,1 Do. do. de Lan. &York. F. £2 Do. 6 p. c. Stock Lon. &B. o.spc. No.l Do. P., spc. St. No. De. New Gnar.6 p. Do. do: 5 p. c.,N0.4 Lon.&N. W., Coy. & Nuneaton 5 p. ct... i Um. & S. W. 7 per ct I ."• .37 - 139 138 - 141 118 - 120 late 3d Shares L ndy. &Color. Londy. & Ennis.6Sh • L.. 6 p. Cent Do. do. do. £6 Do. do. 34 per cent. Aarypt .& Carl.4p a Do. 44 per cent Do. do. Aid. Consol.6 p.c.St • Con. Br. 6pc Do. 4i p. c. Pref. t Ditto L. & H. Pref. St New., Aber., die., pr. 5 p. e. red. 5 p.c. pm. Do. Perpet. 6 p et. with optn. till '66 Norfk. Deb, 4 p.c. sh Do. Prof. 5 p. a. St Do. 5 pc. Ext.,1846 Do. 5i per e.pf ,1847 Do. Wv.V.5pc.,1847 North British 1157 - 159 ••• I so 70 1:37 - 139 98 - 100 1 89 - 1 - li .. -- ~.. 1103 -105 Do 71. Preference ... N. E. Perw, 4 p.c P. Do. do. do Do Leeds 6 p.o I Do. do. Qr5.,1848... Do. YorkH.& S. Pnr. North Staffordshire. 0x,W0,&W.,6 pc... Do. 6 p.c. Redeem. Scot. Cent.. New Pref Sc .N. E. Aber. g 6 pe Do. d0.,7 p.c. pf. st. D0.d0., 36 p.e. pf. st South Devon ; 5 1 d • • 4 - is iiii :: iii 113 - 116 105 - 110 16 - i'l Do. flaed,4 per cent S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. Do. 4} per cent Do. Fixed 4i p c sh 3 Wales Gus. 4p. c Do. do. 4i p. 0.... S.Yorksh.4p.o.Guar Stock.& Dar., 5 p. c Do. do. do Stock. 4t', Ilartl. g. 5 p. o. till July 1, '56 Waterfa. & Kilk.6pc 23} 24i 102 - 105 10A - 10# *so •- iii •- 28! 2 3p - 3} MINES. LOs all 'Anglo Californian , 20 7 Australian 1 14 1 all Baden (Gd. Duchy of) 50 all BlEenar. Iron & Coal 20 14 British Iron 74 -8?, 35 27 Braziliatlmp.(iesned at £5 pm.) 30 all Do. Cocaes & Cuialx, 3 31 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 16 -- 18 I. 1 Clarendon Cons. MM Co. of Jamaica Ad- Ai 40 all Cobre Copper - 59 581 5 , lA Colonial Gold it. all Copper Min. of Eng 30 35 25 all Do. Pref. 74 p. cent 25 27 Copiapo. l3 -- 15 2 all Fortuna A - id 20 General ..• ••• 1 all Gt.NliggetVeinßeg 44, all Great Polgooth. 5 ; all Gt Wheal Vor United 6 7 I all Liberty . 3 all Linares 8 Si 5 14 Lusitanian ld P 8 all Hariquita - 1 1 all New Granada 1 all Nouveau Monde 2) all PontgL3il.& Le. Min 8 10 5 1 Port Philip 1 all quartz Rock ••• 50 all ahymney Iron 23 25 15 all Do. New 7 30 151 Santiago de Cuba.. 21 21 • . 6s. Sort. Cons. MM. do. 11 1 all South Australian 1 all Do. Scrip •• 1 all Do. 10 per cent Pref . . . • 41 Tarn. S. &L.Min. Co. 11" , -- kJ. 9 Pin Croft .. . 284 all United Mexican 3 31 I all Waller ••• ••• I. all West Mariposa..,... 1 1 12s. Worthing Mining of Australia . — , MISCRLLANROTTS. 25 19 austrailan Agricutt. 23 25 23i 10 11 Australn. Royal Mail ••• 10 all lerlin Water Works 54 - 6 50 40 Brit. Limerican Land 40 - 45 100 3 Canada l2B 132 130 31 x St. - 0 - 7.oo.6p.c.Jan&jaly 1104 - 1101 St. 100 Do. 6 p.c. Feb & Aug St. 100 Do. 6p c. Mar & Sept 5 all Crystal Palace 2} 24 5 all Do. Preference.. 4 all Crystal Pal. of France 1 Duston Iron Oro 20 18 Eastern Steam St 100 FAcctrio Telegraph 9O 92 914 1 all Electric Teleg. 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 61 20 5 London Discount 4 all Lond. Gen. Omnibus 31 n 34 20 10 Magdalena St. Navie, ••• 10 all dediteran. Elec. Tel. . 10 all 3.ffeirican&S.Amerieno. 24 25 5 Nat. Discount Co. • - P 25 5 Do. New 10 .5 Netherlands Land 1 14 10 all Do. Do. 5 3 Do. 8p c P his at 1 d 31 4p 5 1 Do. Do 10 0 80 New B. &N. S. Land ... 50 am 10 D " N e w oN ;em, rauro.ri.o.6.po Oriental Shares" p si . tze c . 6 . . 3 . : td 67g 20 N. B. Australasian — 5 1 u 1 3 1 1 ; 1 : N N pe r .S n tl . i ,W asra . 1 all Oriental Gas l4 r 4 all p o P 1 - 00 1 - alt sEcooeyt;rltiLl 4 : n m v inr a;t . i .. 4 S::P 14; 7 pm 1 all Ditto New . 25 all South Aust . rai ............ 35 4 - 1 al: Sabmar. Tel. Scrip.. ;-• 1 a 1 D , 20 5 Toast& L.Co.U. 7 1 100 28 Van Diemen's Land 15 I ' 17 16t., V.ONoyealtahauiT 100 5 I'lo 100 100 100 100 lth 100 100 Iwo 100 100 100 St. St. St. St. 100 100 100 100 St. 10 10 St. St. Bt. 7 St. 20 I 2 25 20 St. , 94i 84i id 99 JANUARY 26 72: 5 7 THE BANK OF LONDON. MEETING THIS DAY. This afternoon a special general meeting of the share holders in this undertaking was held at the Tondo❑ Tavern, Bishopsgate-street ; Sir J. V. Shelley, Bart., M.P., in the chair. The SECRETARY read the report, of which the following is an extract :—" The account of liabilities and assets, as vouched by the auditors, shows a balance standing to credit of profit and loss,' on the 31st of December last, of 16,9041. 9s. 11 , 1, after payment of the sum of 20,2381. 12s. to customers for interest on their balances. The directors, having fully considered the provision to be made for bad and doubtful debts and other contin gencies, have decided to declare a dividend for the half year at the rate of 5/. per cent, per annum (free of income tax), reserving a complete settlement of profit and loss until after the 30th of June next, as originally deter- mined." The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, congratulated the proprietors upon the progressive in crease in the business of the bank. The bank had only been in existence 16 months, and yet it had acquired more business than usually fell to the lot of joint-stock banks after several years' existence. The report stated that the profits were not commensurate with the business done ; but the directors had preferred to look to the future character and soundness of the bank rather than to the realisation of immediate at,d inordinate profits. That was the only policy that could place this bank among the greatest banking establishments of the City of London. Upon the failure pf the Royal British Bank, the auditors who were appointed by the shareholders made a most minute examination of the books and accounts of the bank, and it no doubt would be as satisfactory to the proprietors as it was gratifying to the directors, that those gentlemen found every figure and security to be perfectly straightforward and correct. Mr. KING, a shareholder in the Royal British Bank, as well as this bank, asked the directors if the report and statement made were their own—that is, made on their actual knowledge of the affairs of the bank—or if they were made on the statement of the officers? The CHAIRMAN said that he bad much pleasure in stating, emphatically, that it was the report of the di rectors, prepared after a most careful examination of the affairs of the bank. Mr. KING asked if the directors were favoured in any advances they might require I The CHAIRMAN—No ; buthad to give larger securi ties than the general public. Mr. ICING nest asked if the directors borrowed money on their own shares, or if they trafficed in them 'I The CHAIR3IAN said they did not. It was against the charter of the bank to advance money on any of these shares under any circumstances. In answer to other questions, the CHAIRMAN said that the 2i per cent, dividend for the half year would be paid out of profits, and leave an ample balance in band to meet contingencies, and that they had no money locked up in inconvertible securities. All their securities might be converted within nine months at the furthest. Mr. JOHNSON, one of the auditors, said that in con sequence of what had occurred with the other banks he had examined the affairs of this bank, and had seen and had every security in his hands. He could say that everything was satisfactory, and he never saw any books better kept, they were balanced to a farthing. Mr. PORTER, another auditor, confirmed the above statement, and added that they found that every secu rity had the initials of the directors, showing that they had done their duty before advancing the money. After some further discussion the report was received and adopted, and the dividend ordered to be payable on Monday at the head-office. A SHAREHOLDER called attention to the Bank of London and National Provincial Insurance office carrying on business on the premises of the bank, and asked for an explanation of the connection between that office and the bank. The CHAIRMAN said that the Insurance office had taken the name, as they had bad a right to do, but that there was no connexion whatever between the two concerns, other than the insurance office being their tenants and keeping an account at the Bank of London. He understood it was the intention of the insurance office to go to garliament this session, and then power would be taken to aiter its name. The meeting shortly after terminated with a vote of thanks to the chairman. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. —(This Day. ) MARLBOROUGH-STREET. This morning Barbara Taylor was charged before Mr. Beadon with violently assaulting Eliza Cavanah. The assault was entirely unprovoked, and the magistrate fined Taylor 40s. or a month's imprisonment. MARKET NEWS.—(This ay ) CORN EXCHANGE. The supplies of wheat on sale in mast of tho country markets held on Saturday were only moderate, yet the trade was in a depressed state, at drooping currencies. Barley moved off slowly, and 'prices had a downward ten dency. All other articles were heavy. Latest continental advises bring rather heavy markets for produce. From America we learn that both grain and flour were very dull. . . The arrivals of English grain up to our market last week were only moderate. From abroad we received 14,951 qrs of wheat, 14,079 barley, 5,345 oats, 5,287 beans 935 peas, 109 taros, 3,845 linseed, 761 rapeseed, 635 sundry seeds, 400 sacks, and 28,142 barrels of flour. The quantity of English wheat received fresh up, to-day, coastwise and by land carriage, was limited, and in poor condition. Notwithstanding that the show of samples of both red and white was small, the demand for all kinds was dull in the extreme; indeed, scarcely any business resulted, and prices were nominally 4s to 5s per quarter lower than on Monday last. None of the millers showed the least inclination to purchase, although they hold very small stocks. We were well supplied with foreign wheat, fresh as well es ex-granary. The trade ruled heavy, and scarcely any sales were reported, although importers were sellers at fully 3s. per quarter less money than on this day se'nnight. Floating cargoes of grain were dull, and rather drooping. The show of both English and foreign barley was on the increase, and the barley trade was ♦ery dull, at 2s to 3s per quarter less money. There was a very slow sale of malt, at barely late rates, Good sound oats supported last week's quotations, but inferior parcels met a slow inquiry. In beans, the show of which was on the increasa, very little was doing, at fully is per quarter decline. Peas moved off slowly, at is per quarter less money. The flour trade was very dull, at 2s per sack and barrel beneath last week's prices. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE Wheat—Essex Kent, Red new b 34 to 64a Ditto• • • • old —a —a Ditto, White new 55s 72s Ditt0........ old —s —s Norfolk and Lin coln, Red, old —s —a Ditto new •••..• 524 63s dye—Old • • •• •• • • —s —s, New .• •• •. 38s 4251 barley—Grlndlng .•. • • 31a 35a Malting .•....• •• 363 383 hevalier.. • • N • • 40s 50s Mllt—Einfrolk and or folk • • •• •• • • •• • • 67s 77s flr)wn ........•••• 63s 615 Kingstoi slid Ware 76e 78s ( Nialt—Chevaller .... 763 to 793 'Oats— Yorkshire and Lincolnsa., Feed 21s 25 Potato Toughal aad Cork Black. —— •• 193 22 Cork, White . .. 218 26 Scotch, Feed. •. • • 268 29s Keane—Tick ..... •• .. 34s 35s Pigeons....4o 42 Pess—Grey 36s 398 Blapl .......... 40s 41s White....... •• 388 48s Boilers ......... 4118 42. Flonr—Town-made... 588 608 Suffolk 4I A 438 Stoektn & Norfolk 41's 438 METROPOLITAN CATTLE . MARKET. Only moderate supplies of foreign stock arrived in the metropolis last week—the total import being 1,014 head. In the corresponding week in 1856 we received 710; in 1855, 1,407 ; in 1854, 1,899 ; in 1853, 3,219 ; in 1852, 2,446; and in 1851, 2,651 head. IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WEER. From Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs Rotterdam lOB ... 307 ... 12 Harlingen Antwerp lO ... Ostend Schiedam - ... T0ta1.... 377 ... 644 216 The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as follows : Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs 1856 527 42 141 ~, 1855 Bl9 517 ... 71 1854 B5l 747 275 1853 556 2,232 428 ~, 1852 64G ... 1,477 321 ~, The show of foreign stock here to-day was limited as to number, and in very middling condition. For the time of year the arrivals of beasts fresh up from our own grazing districts, as well as from Scotland, were moderately good, and of full average weight. All breeds met a slow inquiry, at last Monday's decline in the quota tions, the top figure for Scots being 5s per 81bs. From Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire we received about 2,000 Scots And shorthorns ; from other parts of England, 400 of various breeds ; from Scotland, 500 Scots ; and from Ireland, 150 oxen. We were again very scantily supplied with sheep, but their quality was extremely good. All breeds were in active request, at very full prices, the primest old Downs being worth 5s 6d per 81bs. Very few calves were in the market, and the veal trade ruled brisk, at very full prices. The boat veal was worth Ga per 81bs. Pigs were in moderate supply and fair request, at last week's prices. Per Sibs to sink the offals. s. d. s. d.! s. d. Inferior Beasts.... 3 4to 3 61PrimeSouthdown 5 4 5 6 Becend quality.... 3 8 4 01.a.rgc crse. calves 4 4 5 6 Prime large oxen 4 2 4 BlPrime small do 5 6 0 Prime Scots, 61c. 410 5 eiLarge hogs Inferior Sheep ...4 0 4 4 Small porkers 4 6 5 2 locond quality ...4 6 410 Suckling calves 23 0 30 0 Prime crse.-wlled.s 0 5 2 Quarter old pigs 22 0 28 TOTAL SUPPLY. FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts .... • • ........ •• .• 3,778 8ea5t5.................. . 310 cheep • ....16,590 1 Sheep ZOO C a l ves 117 Calves..•• •....... .......• 54 A statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of fat stock exhibited and sold in the Groat Metropolitan Cattle Market. on Monday, Jan. 28, 1856, and this day, Moaday, , Jan. 26, 1857. Per 81bs, to sink the offals. Jan. 28, 1856. e. d. s. d. 3 2to 3 4 3 6 3 10 40 4 6 4 $ 410 32 3 6 3t 4 0 42 4 6 4 5 0 •0 0 0 48 5 4 5 6 6 I I 3 8 4 21 jJan. 26, 1857 e. d. s. d. 3 4to 3 6 36 4 0 ;4 4 4 8 15 10 5 0 ;4 • 4 4 14 • 415 0 5 2 1 , ,5 4 5 6 10 8 0 44 5 6 6 0 4 4 6 5 2 3,778 16,590 117 205 Coarse and inferior beasts ... Second quality ditto Primo large oxen Prime Scots, &c ~„ Coarse and inferior sheep Second quality ditto „, Prime coarse woolled ditto ,„ Prime Southdown ditto „, Large coarse calves ... Prime small ditto Large hogs .., eat small porkers ... 4 4 5 0 Beasts... ... 3,046 Sheep ... 15,770 Calves... 56 Pigs ... ... ... ... ... 253 SUPPLIES ON SALE, Jan. 29, 1855.—Beasts, 4,275 ; ghee' , 18,870 ; calves, 79 ; pigs, 205. January 30, 1854.—Beasts, 4,141; sheep, 18,750 ; calves, 61; pigs, 214. NEVITGATE AND LEA.DENHALL. These markets are moderately supplied with each kind of meat, in which a steady business is doing at our quota tions : SETTLEMENT OF THE LIST. On Friday a numerously att ended meeting wag held at the chambers of Vice-Chancelbr Kindersley, before Mr. Pugh, his chief clerk, to further settle the list of contributories liable to pay off the debts of the bank . Messr3. Chilton, Burton, and Argles, and Messrs. Amory, Travers, De Metz, and Co., appeared for Mr. Harding, the official manager ; and Messrs. A.shurst and Co., Messrs. Linklater, Messrs. Wingate, Mr. H. Harris, and other legal gentlemen for various share holders. During the day one of the " new" eirectore was examined. The first case taken was that of Mr. Ritchie, of Dor. set-square, holder of 16 shares. It appeared that he had formerly been a director of the bank, and had become indebted to them ; and at some period, alleged to be in 1852, a settlement had taken place between him and the bank, upon which occasion he had handed over to them the shares, in respect of which he was now sought to be fixed. It was contended, however, that, as no transfer had been carried out, and that the mere leaving a blank transfer, and thereby to that extent withdrawing from the list of shareholder.; so many shares, could riot bind the company, cr be held to release Mr. Ritchie. The Cnief Clerk intimated that the name must be placed on the list as liable, having credit given them for the amount of any dividends they had not received, and with liberty to appeal to the Court above. In the case of B. L. Hue it appeared that the usual practice of the Royal British Bank, on applications for transfers of shares through a banker, was for the broker to furnish to the transfer clerk of the bank a notice of transfer, containing the name of the proposed purchaser, and then, in cases where the broker was known to the transfer clerk, the latter usually waived the seven days' notice required by the charter, and gave out at once to the broker the blank form of deed for the transfer to be filled up by the broker. The transfer deed itself, when signed, was i❑ all cases laid before the court of directors by the transfer clerk, and was not registered without their authority. Latterly, when the brokers came to he bank they did not always give the formal notice of rra-,fer, but merely a name, and Mr. Gatherer, one of the officer 4 of the bank, submitted the transfer or name to the directors, and got their assent before he regis tered t.enn, and he never registered them without their assent. Mr. Isaiah Butt, an alleged contributory for ten shares, was then examined. He first became a dep , sitor in the Royal British Bank in the beginning of 1853. After that time he received the half-yearly reports of the bank, and, believing therm to be true, he became an ap plicant for ten new sharee. He received these reports down to the etoppage of the bank, and, believing them to be true, bougbt 10 old share. in June, 1856, which shares appeared to have been the property of Mr. De Wolfe Coch rane, and previou,ly transferred from Mr. Cameron to Mr. Cochrane. But for the statements in the reports, and particularly from what took place at the meeting in February, 1356, he decidedly should neither have taken new shares nor have bought old ones. The statements in the report of February, 1856, were confirmed by three or four speakers at the meeting, and particular reference eras made to the readiness with which shares were take❑ at a premium, and to the flourishing condition of the bank. He was present at the half-yearly meeting of the bank, on the Ist of August, 1856, when a favourable report was again presented. It showed a reserved fund beyond the dividend then declared, and after meeting the liabilities of the bank. He was elected a member of the direction on the Ist of August, 1356. It had been pre viously stated that all they wanted was some good men of business in the City as directors. He should not have consented to have become a director had he not believed the reports to be true in all respects, and he was in no way aware that the bank was in a different state to that represented in the reports. Cross-examined by Mr. Burton, for the official mana ger.—He first applied for shares in the Royal Biitish Bank in March, 1855. Re had a circular sent him, so liciting him to take shares, and was at the same time asked to join the Bank of London, but he gave the Royal British Bank the preference, considering that six per cent, was better than beginning with nothing. He could not recollect who it was suggested that the Royal British Bank wanted new directors, but it was at a public meeting. It was the position of the bank that induced him to become a director, believing that he was a proper party to fill the office. They appeared to go on very pleasantly for about a week after be took his seat at the board. It was the "drain" upon the bank that first opened their eyes, and then it came out by de grees. He really couldinot say when the state of affairs became known to the directors, but they felt there was a drain about a week or ten days after he joined. None of the directors were as ignorant as himself of the state of the affairs of the bank, inasmuch as Mr. Gillott and Mr. Huai', who were elected with him, had been share holders in the bank from the commencement, in 1849 He (Mr. Butt) did not know that the bank . was insolvent until Mr. Coleman investigated the accounts after the stoppage. When the run took place upon the bank, they did wit discover its real position. He began to learn a little by degrees from the chairman—first, that they would find the Welsh works a very important affair ; and then probably it came out that one of the directors was a debtor to the bank. Mr. Gillott, Mr. Hurst, t:nd himself, evinced great anxiety to learn the state of the affairs ; bat up to the time of the stoppage, notwith standing their exertions, they could not make themselves masters of the real state of the affairs. It was enough to paralyse any alma to attempt to go into the affairs of so large a concern. He proposed to Mr. Giliott to call a general meeting of the board to investigate the affairs, but this being in the month of Aug. several of the direc tors were absent, and there was a difficulty in getting the board together, A few days after this the " drain" upon the bank showed them that it was proceeding in a downward course, and it came to a stop ou the 3d of September. The various reports of the bank were put in evidence, and the chief clerk decided that Mr. Butt's same must be placed on the list as liable in respect of his shares, with liberty to appeal. It appeared in the course of the proceedings that the fallowing directura were indebted to the bank as under : Mr. Humphrey Brown, M.P. (director) £70,908 Mr. Cameron (manager) Mr. G wyn (director) Mr. M`Gregor (director) Mr. Nlullens (late solicitor) Mr. Chandler (auditor) It was alleged that against these sums certain securities were held by the bank. The no, te of C ilonel Phibbs was placed on the list in respect ,d eight shares, and several other names were also placed upon the list to contribute to defray the debts of the concern. It was stated, amid some amusement, though it must be regarded as rather apocryphal, that Mr. Mullens, the !ate secretary and solicitor to the bank, whose de cease was sometime since announced, has been seen, like the shade of Sadleir, by one of the detective police, perambulating the metropolis during the last few days. THAMES. This morning a lad named Collins was sentenced to three months' hard labour for stealing a neighbour's fowls. The age of the prisoner was but 14, but the magistrate said from the evidence he had heard he had no doubt he had been carrying on the system for a long time. AN AMERICAN PACKET AMORE. LIVERPOOL, SUNDAY. This day, at 10.30 a.m., the ship Tonawanda, T. Julius, commander (one of Cope's line), from Philadel phia, was driven ashore ; the Rhyl life-boat went out to her assistance. Up to the present, 11 p.m., nothing has been heard of the Royal Mail steamer N►agara. THE STEAMER TENE. SOUTHAIMOIT, Sunday Evening.—This evening, at eight o'clock, the steamer tug Aid returned from th e Tyne, now stranded at St. Alban's Head, having on board Captain Vincent and nearly the whole of the men under him, who have been endeavouring to float the stranded ship. It appears that, after working at the pumps for several successive hours, it was found that the water did not decrease, and consequently it was sup posed there were other leakages than those at present ascertained. Except half a dozen men left on the spot, the Tyne is for the present abandoned ; and, should the vessel hold together, a further attempt will be made when the wea ther shall have become more favourable. LLOYD'S SHIPPOG.—(This Day.) LONDON, Jan. 2G.—Wind this day at noon N.N.E.— Strong breeze and dull hazy weather. PORTSMOUTH, Jan. 25.—Wind N.E. to E.N.E.—Ar r. ived . —H. M. Str. Industry, from Woolwich. Sailed—Ha wills Mitchell, for Trinidad; William Hammond, Barba does; H.M.Str. Simoom, Queenstown. PLYMOUTH, Jan. 25.—Arrived—Jose e Juana, from Havana. Sailed—Carnatic, for Australia; Candace (a.), Arica. FALMOUTH, Jan. 22.—Wind N.N.E., strong —Arrived —Annette Schmidt, from Aux Cayes. RAMSGATE, Jan. 25.—Wind S.E. to E. by S.—Ar rived—Glory, from Sunderland, for Cadiz, with cargo shifted and damage from collision. .Sailed—Gloria, for Rio Janeiro. TORBAY, Jan. 25.—Wind N.E.—Sailed—Faith, for Demerara. LYTHAM, Jan. 25.—A roll of ship's papers, relating to the Charles Jackson, then lying at Valparaiso, have been picked up on the coast. Mem.—The Charles Jackson mild from Liverpool on the 12th inst. for Valparaiso. MONTROSE, Jan. 25.—The South Esk, from Gothenburg to this port, got on the rocks at Ness yesterday, and it is feared will break up next tide, as it is blowing hard from the north with a heavy sea ; cargo and materials being landed at low water, and expected to be all saved. The Dan Glaister was got off the sand yesterday without much damage': BERWICK, Jan. 24.—The Friends, from Dundee to Lon don, which went on shore at the Fern Islands yesterday, has gone to pieces. CLYDE, Dec. 24.—Wind E.—Sailed—Sebastopol, Cal lao ; Caradoc, Jamaica. which BEA u s lif tr A u ri ck lS o , n r e . D 2 u s t . c — h in T h a n e s Pil ß a a r ia g k a Is , n o o f w L a i t y e a r n p e o h o o l r , in Freer Roads. —.--. HARWICH, Jan. 25.- The Ann, of South Shields, is aground on the Cleff Fort Rocks, but is expected off next flood. LONDONDERRY, Jan. 24.—The brig Alchymißt, from Alexandria to this port, which drove on shore in Portrush harbour on the 20th inst., is making three and a half feet water per hour ; she has been surveyed and will dis charge. WYCK-ON-FOIER, Jan. 21. The ice has almost disap peared. (PER ELZOTRIO TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Monday, 10 a.m. Wind E.N.E., blowing fresh. Arrived—Alarm, from Newport ; Fanny, Newport ; Hope, Portsmouth. Pelican,sailed Sailed—Rainbow; for es ; Cardiff; Mechanics' Own, New port ; Clara and Acorn, S ua d er l and. Wind N.N.E. LIVERPOOL, Monday Morning. QUEENSTOWN, Jan. 23. Wind N.W. KINGSTOWN, Jan. 24. Wind N.W. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Monday, 9.58 a.m. Wind N.E. ; quarter flood ; fresh, with snow. Arrived, Jan. 25-- Deslandes, from from Cape Coast Castle ; Colazalon de Maria, Flavannah ; Koniginn Eliza. bath Louisa, Dautsic; Iris, G uernse y ; Adelaide, Demo rare. Wind fresh. DEAL, Monday, 9.4 2 a.m. Anchored.—Kerelaw, barque, from Cork; Chamois, barque, from westward—botli for London. Per 81be by the mese.). s. d. s. d, s. 4.8.4. Beef, inferior 3 0 3 $ Mutton, Inferior 3 6 3 10 Do., middling 3 6, 310 Do., middling 4 0 4 4 Do. prime large.. 4 0 4 4 j Do., prime 4 6 4 10 Do., do. small ....4 4 4 6 Veal 4 0 5 4 Pork, large 3 8 4 4 Pork, small 4 8 5 4 BOROUGH HOP. Our market is fairly supplied with most kinds of bops. Fine qualities move off steadily, at very full prices ; but inferior kinds are a slow inquiry. Last week's imports were 8 bales from Gluckstadt. Mid and East Kent pockets, Nss to 51 123 ; Weald of Kent, 31 3s to 41 10s; Sussex, 31 Os to 31155; yearlings, 1110 s to 3155. BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. The supplies of potatoes are seasonably good. Prime samples move off steadily at our quotations, but most other kinds are dull. Last week's imports were 174 bags from Rotterdam, 162 bags from Schiedam, 211 tons from Lon donderry, and 40 tons from Belfast. York Regents, 90s to 130 s per ton ; Kent and Essex do., 100 s to 1303; Lincolns, 80s to 105 s ; Scotch do., 100 s to 1304 ; Do., reds, 80s to 95s ; Irish whites, 70s to 75s ; German do., 55s to 755. WOOL. For all kinds of wool we have numerous inquiries ; but, owing to the high pretensions of holders, the business doing is but moderate. Prices, however, are well supported. The imports last week were 408 bales from Bombay, 115 from Gluckstadt, .54 from Callao, 1,721 from the Cape, and 93 bags from Callao. The following are the current rates of Enelish wool :- Down togs, is sid to is 6 d ; Down ewes, is 3 d to is 5d ; half-bred hogs, is lAd to is sd; half-bred wethers, is 3r,d to is 4d ; Kent fleeces, is 4d to is 5d ; Leicester do., is 4d to is 5d ; combing skins , is to is 4d ; blanket wool, 0d to is 2d ; flannel wool, lid to is 3d ; and old skin, is 5d to is 6id per lb. SEEDS. Linseed has sold to a moderate extent, at full prices. Our market for linseed cakes is inactive, without alter• ation in the quotations. Rape and oilseeds meet a brisk sale at improving prices. Turnip,Vrhite, per bush. 208 to 21s Swede .. •• 20s 21s !us.ard, Brown ••• • .• 20s 22s White, new.. •• .. lOs 12s Ftres,Winter,new....sB 6d 65 Od Canary, per quarter • . 683 74s Rye grass (new) ••• . • • 24s 345, CloYer,RedEng.(eWt.) 62 s 7641 White • • ...... 68s 803 , Foreign Red.. • • 68s 758 white.... 68s 80s Trefoil, new.. 281 324 TAU Our market is steady to.da with a limited supply in the per 81bs. Town Tallow Ws Carraway .. 44. 46s Coriander•• .... •• •• 22s 24s llempseed, per quarter 42 44s Linseed, Eng.-lowing 68. 70s Crushing •• •• •• •• b6s 64s Baltic 58 3 60 , Odessa .• • 62s 62s 6d Linseed Cake, pr. ton— English ...101 01 10 10s Foreign, per ton 1010 s 11115 s Rape Cakes, per ton 51 lOs 61 lOs Rapeseed, pr .. 32s 84s LOW. P.Y.0., on the spot, 62s market. Rough fat is 3s 4,3 nett emit, 1854. I 1855. 1856. ~ _... 1853. 1854. 1855. 1 1856. i 1851. ,1--- Stock this day - .... 43.6 q 36,106 . 36.119 , 21.432 I 12,139 Price of T. C 14s 94 to 63a Od 56 s Od to 58 s 6d to l 61s 9d .... i —8 Od to —8 Od -8 Od i —ll Od to 6 2 $ Od Delivery last week .. 2 ; 388 1,227 2,108 817 1,830 Ditto from AMA 1.... 90,982 9 1,930 55,008 81,509 83,26 7 ArtiVitlii 111 st week.. 2,254 ' 379 3,421 276 337 Ditto from 'Noel ~.. 73,868 88 , 315 55 , 127 56,399 78,426 Price of Town .-- • • AA 625 6d 46 ,6d 64 ,, 9d 58a 9d 86:-_-_,„,........,.. THE DIVIDENDS.—We understand there is very little doubt that the dividend of the South Western Rail way Company will be at the rate of 6/ per cent. We hear that the dividend of the London and North Western Railway Company may b e p re tty safely take n at 5A p er cen t., with a good round balance over. A great deal of speculation exists with respect to the forthcoming dividend of the Great Western Railway Company. They earned in round numbers 800,000/. during the past half, against 735,0001. in the corres ponding half of 1855, and their expenses will come out about 40 per cent. against 41.7 per cant. for 1855. From these data Wit; calculated that they have enough to pay at the rate of 3 per cent. and 6,0001. over, ex clusive of the balance from Midsummer last. For the half ending Christmae, 1855, the dividend was A per out. leas.—Jrcrapath. PROSPECTS OF THE CREDITORS. We stated last week that some arrangements were in contemplation by which a termination might be put to the frightful and ruinous litigation which for some time past, in connection with the failure of this bank, has been so disgraceful to the law of this country. The plan which Mr. Wyld seeks to carry out is that of inducing the shareholders to subscribe together a certain sum of money, on condition of the whole body of credi tors accepting it in full and complete satisfaction of all their claims. Originally there was no indisposition on the part of the creditors to accept a reasonable compro mise, and had 15s. in the pound been offered at first there were few it any of them who would not have con sented to receive that sum. The shareholders, however, believing they could altogether evade their individual lia bility to the creditors, refused to accede to any such pro position. Driven from their home and from their country, or all but crushed beneath the weight of actions brought against them, or apprehensive of the ruin which impends over them, many of the shareholders, with the aid of their friends, have expressed their readiness to raise a sum sufficient to divide 15s. in the pound among the creditors. A meeting of those of the share holders who are still in this country was held last Mon day evening, and several of the gentlemen present, although ruined by the executions which had been issued against them at the suit of individual depositors, stated that their friends would come forward and advance some money provided any arrangement could be effected. Others expressed their readiness to do all that lay in their power to wards effecting a settlement, and a very large sum has since been couiitionally subscribed by the parties pre sent at that meeting. During the week a meeting has also been held at Maurice's Hotel, Paris, consisting of several of those shareholders who have left the country, in order to obtain a brief respite from the late the which awaited them at home. By these ge ntlemen ro e proposal was very generally acceded to, a nd libe p el _ e p o. mises were made to the agent who represented the d sitors on the occasion. fir courts of law fair and There arenue business-like l d i k i difficulties c a u d l j t u i in e u t the e i f al b e o f theclaims proposed e u t shareholders, interposed by shareholders and equ equity. e The uld b e easily differencesbtheunbeadeicat by a few eLergetic men of . :i e s e n s efi p t:i in s c i f r c h , t eg o e r a i p credito rsraartnyand willing w sacrifice ,„„ ne thing for the sake of a s o e u t t tl t e h m e e ir n t, obj b e u c t ts s e e o d m , m a o s n t h so usetous, complicated, and bt.yheytheareeirepurievented from carrying os t e he o l f aw rentri d n e g vi expensive expressfortns w p h u i c r h p altogether superfl uous in the ordinar y transactions o flite. There are two courts armed with gigantic powers , each seeking f to enforce calls which , if th ey were paid, would be far more than sufficient to pay the whole of the debts in full. The Court of Bank ruptcy will not hold its hand in seeking to obtain the call made by the directors of 501., and the Court of Chan cery, ignoring that particular call, demands a contribu tion of 751. per share from every shareholder. If the arrangement to which we have referred could be pre sented in a complete and substantial form, the Court of Bankruptcy has, it is said, power to enforce such compromise as it may consider fair and reason• able binding on all parties. Similer powers are held by the Court of Chancery, and surely soine plan could be decided upon by which the conflict of the jurisdiction of these courts might be made to cease, and by which the laudable exertions of the parties most interested might be assisted by the machinery of the law. A meet ing of the depositors is to be held this evening, when some decision will be arrived at respecting the amount of the compromise which they are disposed to accept, and there is every reason to believe that 15s or 168. in the pound will be considered, under all the circumstances of the case, as a dividend which ought not to be refused by prudent men. The case of Mr. Humphrey Brown, M.P., came before the Commissioner during the week, when it was finally arranged that the petition for the adjudicution of his bankruptcy should be withdrawn, it bein t ; understood that Mr. Brown was in a position to afford vonsiderable assistance t., the assignees in recovering the .tsseta of the back, and as some portion of the claims .cf the bank upon him were disputed, it has been arranged, as the transactions are of an exceedingly voluminous nature, that an accountant should be appointed to go over the whole of them, and prepare a report fur the assignees. Tile large claims upon Mr. Cameron, the late manager of the bank, are, it is stated, i❑ course of negotiation. Mr. Cameron, is now, we believe, residing in Switzer land, and at present it would be premature to state either the nature of the arrangements which are going on, or to hazard an opinion as to the amount which may be altimately recovered by the assignees for the benefit of the estate. LITERATURE. Little Dorrit. No. XIV. By Charles Dickens. Throughout the whole of the three chapters con stituting this fourteenth number of " Little Dor rit," there winds and twists with sinuous sluggish ness the turbid but auriferous streain of what may be called the Merdle Interest Floating upon ita surface—Now the whole wonderful race of the Bar nacles and Stiltstalkings, including both Mr. Tiie and Lord Decirnus, attended on one hand by Bar, with his double eyeglass and his jury droop, and on the other by Bishop, with his seven league dress shoes, and his crisp and refreshing innocence ! Floating—Now honest Pancks, stale from the coals, and snorting, as only Tug can snort, sur rounded by the chief defaulting tenants of Bleed ing Heart-yard, led off by Mrs. Plornish, with all her rare Italian accomplishments, and by Mr. Plornish, her spouse, clad in his lime-splashed flannel jacket, and by simple-hearted old Mr. J. E. Nandy, chirruping his favourite ditties about Chloe and Strephon—his grey nondescript Union Coat, to the contrary, nevertheless, notwithstanding ! Floating—Now dear little Amy Dorrit herself, shyly wondering still in the midst of her Venetian splendours, and illy her aids Fanny the frivolous, with Mr. Sparkler (next door to an Idiot) dangling at her heels, secretly des pised, and yet, as it proves, a great deal more than openly tolerated ! Floating slowly past us on the muddy golden current of the Merdle Interest—all these miscellanebus characters (and with them a good many others incidentally intro duced) attract our attention either one by one, or in picturesque clusters, in the new number of " Little Do;rit" for the present month of January. Chapter xii., "In which a great Patriotic Confer ence is Holden," recounts a dinner of more than usual splendour, given at the Great House of the Great Merdle to the Great Political Swells of the Hour—the Barnacles. A Dinner described with marvellous touches of Fun Satire such as Mr. Dickens alone, with the mere nib of a goosequiil, could bring out thus vividly to view in spite of theirall but microscopic minuteness ! Notwithstanding Mr. Merdle's solitary position in London during the absence of the Bosom. and of Sparkler upon their continental wanderings—we are told : " The Chief Butler, the Avenging-Spirit of this great man's life, relaxed nothing of his Severity. He luoked on at these dinners when the bes9m was not there, as he looked on at other dinners when the bosom was there ; and his eye was a basilisk to Mr. Merdle. He was a hard man, and would never bate an ounce of plate or a bottle of wine. He would not allow a dinner to be given, unless it was up to his mark. He set forth the table for his own dignity. If the guests chose to partake of what was served, he saw no objection ; but it was served for the maintenance of his rank. As he stood by the sideboard he seemed to announce, have accepted office to look at this which is new before me, and to look at nothing less than this.' If he missed the presiding bosom, it was as a part of his own state of which he was, from unavoidable cir cumstances, temporarily deprived. Just as he might have missed a centre-piece, or a choice wine -cooler, which had been sent to the banker's." An especial occasion for this wonderful creature the Chief Butler (and, parenthetically b.) it said, also for that dull and vulgar victim of dyspepsia, his master, the millionnaire), is the Grand Dinner of which this inimitable chapter is so very admi rably descriptive. It is as Bar calls it (with his jury droop to the engaging young Barnacle, Fer dinand by name)—a sort of a sitting in Banco for a special argument ! To wit the securing the whole of the grand and covetted Merdle Interest to the Barnacles—(in regard to whom, saith our historian drily, " if the adherence of the immortal Enemy of Mankind could but have been secured by a job, the Barnacles would have jobbed him—for the good of the country, for the good of the country")— upon the one condition of Mr. Sparkler, eyeglass and all, being taken up and provided for . by Go vernment ! Ail which is, of course, most satisfactc rily accomplished in the end, only, however, after the most preposterously elaborated negotiations. The general toad-eating to Lord Decimus Tite Barnacle, in the midst of these auspicious convivi alities will be found—here, there, and everywhere throughout the chapter—deliciously delineated. From the almost awful collapse in his presence of the Bashful Young Member in the Lower House (" the last fish but one caught by the Barnacles, and invited on this occasion to commemorate his capture")—to the more self-possessed wielder of the double eyeglass and drooper of the jury droop (" who has a bit of one eye and a bit of his double eyeglass for every one who comes in at the door, and who gets at them all by some skilful means without being seen to get at them, and touches each individual gentleman of the jury on his own indi vidual favourite spot') and of whom we read— " Bar, who felt that he had got all the rest of the jury and must now lay hold of the Foreman, soon came sliding up, eye-glass in hand. Bar tendered the weather, as a subject neatly aloof from official reserve, for the Forem an ' s consideration. Bar said that he was told (al everybody always is told, though who tells them, and why, will for ever remain a mystery), that there was to be no wall-fruit this year. Lord Decimus had not heard anything amiss of his peaches, but rather believed, if his people were gor rect, he was to have no apples. No apples? Bar was lost iu astonishment and concern. It would have been all one to him, in reality, if there had not been a pippin on the surface of the earth, but his show of interest in this apple question was positively painful. Now, to what, Lord De cimus—for we troublesome lawyers loved to gather infor mation, and could never tell how useful it might prove to us—to what, Lord Decimus, was this to be attributed ? Lord Decimus could not undertake to propound any theory about it. This might have stopped another man ; but Bar, sticking to him fresh as ever, said, " As to pears, now ?" We don't wonder, when we find it added to this, " Long after Bar got made Attorney-General, this was told of him as a master-stroke"—particularly when we have listened, in company with Bar, to every tedious detail in the one inevitable, inexor able, unavoidable, everlasting "reminiscence about a pear-tree," which is the single joke of Lord De chnus's life, and the single glory of Decimus's con versation. Chapter xiii. is principally remark able for revealing to us—at last !—Mr. Baptist, otherwise Signor Cavaletto, affrighted by the pass ing apparition of the dreaded and abhor red Rigaud, otherwise Monsieur Blandois, of the descending noio and the ascending moustache ! Principally remarkable for this, but remarkable also in another way, for its revealing Pancks to us and to Arthur Cleunam—as having embarked his "little in the vast, infectious, absorbing, alluring, irresistible maelstrom of the Merdle Speculations 1 Nothing, by the way, call be more thoroughly delightful than the preposterous manner in which Mrs. Plor nish, in the midst of Mr. Baptist's fright goes to the rescue of him (in the explanations arising there from) with her famouslingual accomplishments. Mr. Baptist by this time understanding English per fectly, and talking it almost as well as his gifted interpreter ! Alluding to Mr. Pancks, who is standing by at the time, "E ask know,' says rs. Plornisb, w ß ro a n p g tis ?'; , "Cowie point ing indoors there, Pa ; and when they are fairly housed, " E 'ope you no fright ?" says Mrs. Plornish, interpreting Mr. drona," retu ' r w u h s : M tg r o . Pallas in a new way with her usual felicity of re source —adding, "What appen ? Peaka, Padrona!" The thing is altogether delicious—we can barely read it for our laughter. Hardly less ludicrous is t h e s ubsequent interchange of complimentary remarks between "Thomas," Mr. Plornish, and r C e h a a d p e t r e r b y x iv its.—a n c l n o o s i u n n g c e m the e untu thati e r — m a r s t o s n p "John Edward Naudy, Sir," hi s f a th er -i n -law. i a s r h k e l s e the Sparkler is at length actually b e t ro th e d to Fanny Dorrit, after having been formally proclaimed in the Gazette to have been recently nominated one of the Lords of the Circumlocution Office under the great Barnacle Administration. RE-CONSTRUCTIVE oF THE GOVERN- MENT'. The hitch as to the re-construction of the Cabi net continues ; but the hinge to the hitch is, we regret to say, still available. The " Peelites" are, of course, available at any time—as we have already mentioned—" Coalition" being the meaning of the phrase "connection with any Government." The leader of the Peelite party, the late Premier, Lord Aberdeen, will (D.V.) dine at the official party of the President of the Council on the day before the opening of Parliament, and will thus accord with the doctrines to be propounded in the ministerial Speech. What matters in relation to this convivial ar rangement may occur to-day, or in the meantime, we have already placed before our readers ; but still there is the hitch ! A few hours may enable us to prono unce all the facts connected. with the attempted or possibly cemented Coalition. —Morning Herald. - - The 20th, 22d, and 97th Regiments, quartered in Ports- mouth garrison, on Saturday received orders to prepare for proceeding to Aldershott. Their places will be taken by the 23d, 82d, and 90th from Aldershott. These three latter being next on the roster for India will embark at Portsmouth in the autumn for their several destinations by be ng lo- 23 11: 4t. 20 ti. 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