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

MONEY MARKET • AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLock. Letters from Liverpool state that the Cotton Market yesterday closed quietly, but steadily, and prices of almost every description were j 1. per lb. dearer than last week. The sales were estimated at 10,000 bales, 1,000 of which were taken by the exporters, and 1,000 by the speculators. The Railway Share Market closed with a dull aspect, but prices were steady. The Great India and China Association have published their annual statement, showing the number and tonnage of British and foreign ships entered inwards and cleared outwards from and to places within the limits of the Hon. East India Co.'s Charter. This is exceedingly favourable, as it indicates a considerable increase in the foreign trade of the country. The entries inwards last year were 1,215 ships of 791,768 tons, against 1,194 ships and 707,246 tons in 1855. The clearances outwards were 1,266 vessels of 883,061 tons, against 1,350 vessels and 980,003 tons in the previous year. The Money Market continues to present a com paratively easy appearance, and the supply of capi tal in Lombard-street and on the Stock Exchange is found to be ample for all purposes. The rate at which first-class commercial bills are negotiated is 5/ per cent., but instances have occurred where accommodation has been obtained on even lower terms. The large arrivals of specie, together with the distribution of the dividends at the - Bank of England, which commences to-day, will, no doubt, have a further favourable influence ; but it is too early yet to expect any alteration in the Bank minimum, because in the course of a few weeks business will no doubt become more active, and the demand for capital may conse quently increase for the legitimate purp)ses of trade. A steady efflux of specie to France still continues, and 12,00 u/. to 15,0001. was taken from the Bank yesterday for that destination. It is presumed that these remittances are chiefly for the Bank of France, so that its balance-sheet, which will be published in a few days, will not show the effect occasioned by the payment of the dividends on the Rentes. There is no movement in the English Stock Market. The transactions are unimportant, and mostly connected with the settlement. The prices are precisely the same as thuse current yesterday. Consols are 94 to 94i for money, and 94i s for the February account, hut they appear heavy. Bank Stock is marked 216& to 218, and India Stock 2191. The New Three per Cents. have been 94g. , and the Reduced 94k Exchequer Bills continue flat, being par to 3s. premium. East India Stock has been dealt in at 219 i. The Foreign Market is exceedingly dull, and there is no particular alteration in the quotations to notice., Turkish 6 per Cents. are 95i ft, being rather flat, and no business has been recorded in the 4 per Cent. Guaranteed. Russian Small Bonds are 97k; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 44 ; French 3 per Cents., 67f. 50c. ; Belgian 4i per Cents., 981 ; and Dutch 21 per Cent 4., 64k. It is rumoured that the Commissioners of the Venezuelan Government, appointed for the arrangement of the English Debt, are now disinclined to adhere to the terms which they recently agreed to, and a meeting has been called in consequence. The following are the nominal prices of Foreign Stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 6 7 ; Mexi can, 21ft ; Peruvian 41 per Cents., 771 81 ; ditto 3 per Cents., 55 6 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 43 5 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 106 8 ; ditto 4i per Cents,, 95 '7; Spanish 3 per Cents., 40i 41 ; ditt o D e f erre d , 231 4 ; ditto C er tifi cates, 51 6 ; ditto Passive, 51 6. The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up to this day, are in round figures as under (1867. ........ £24,311 55,072 12,186 11,545 26,461 18,874 12,233 22,372 22,470 5,921 4,358 5,154 10,083 2,143 7,350 3,821 4,888 3,040 Great Western North-Western South-Western Brighton Midland Beath-Eastern Caledonia n Great Northern Lancashire and Yorkshire Bristol and Exeter Chester and Holyhead Lancaster and Carlisle Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln North London North Stafford Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverh Edinburgh and Glivgow ...... Scottish North-Eastern 1856. £22,025 54.056 12,340 10,548 24,701 18,738 10,962 19,800 20,699 4,872 4,168 5,104 8,715 1,944 6,549 3,700 4,743 2,936 Great Western of Canada 11,664 12.424 rand Trunk of Canada northern of France There has been a very moderate business done in Railway Shares. Some of the chief lines have shown a slight improvement. East Lancashire have advanced 1/., Great Northern, 10s., Lanca shire and Yorkshire, 55., South-Western 10s., and South-Eastern about ss. Great Western and North-Western declined about ss. Great Central of France have brought 221, and Namur and Liege, Si t. The Canadian lines are of nominal rates. Joint -Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are without any material alteration. BRUM M FUNDS THIS DAY IT O. trGl.O. ( From the Offimal List.) Bank Stock ................................... 216 i 18 3 per Cent. Reduc e d AnnuitieN 94s • 3 nor Cent. muscle k ties .......... 91i 4 New 3 per Cent. Annuities 94i Lo.ig Annuities, expire sth Jan. 1860... Ditto 30 Years, expire sth April, 1&85 is India Stock India Bonds, k:1000 ......... ..... Ditto, under £lOOO par 4 p Consols for Account (Feb. 5) ..... Rxeheciner ; £lOOO Ntnsll 3 p par ............. p p P RICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE Portugue se B onds, 5 per Cent., Con. 1 841. O'CLOrli. Ditto 1853, 3 per Cent. Russian Bends, 1822, V, St., 5 per Cont., Ditto Small Turkish Bonds, 6 par cent .. . . ..... 95 Dt tide, e anomie .. ... irrench Rentes, 4i Per Cent. 'rnrcn Ditto 3 per Cent. ................. Belgian, `'2 per Cent ., ex. .... ..... 25 f • •. rancs . ........ 67f. 50c. cx 25f. 171 c. Ditto 4i per Cent.. ex. 25 franc Guilders..... 64 12 Ditch Exchange, 2'; per TWO O'CLOCK. DittConsols .............................. o Acconr 6 ............ .............. 93 91 4 Ditto ( February ) .............. . ......... A •ai ond t it "no -ccording to the Nuremberg Corres longer admits of a doubt" that the Neuchatel question will be settled by a conference, c 3 rnposed of thelupeasrtttils to the London protocol of 1852 and a representative of thy., Swiss Coefederation, CRYSTAL PALACE.—The great poultry show, which Las been announced for some time at the Crystal -Palace is to op e n on Saturday nex t . The show will take place in the wing of the building leading from the railway corridor to the Palace, and in the large tower at the end of that wing. Although slightly inferior in numbers to the late Birmingham display, this show will fully equal it in the quality of the poultry and pigeons exhibited, an 1 will f ar excel in the ampler space and better tight at command. One important class •,f fancy " 411 '4 61 s —rabbits —whi c h were unrepresented at Bir. alir gba'n, sill form a very important part of the show at S,ydenhara. SUICIDE OF A FEMALE IN LAMBETH WORKHOUSE. --Yesterday afternoon an inquest was held before Mr. Carter, at Lambeth Workhouse, en the body of Caroline Connell, a single woman, aged 33 The deceased was found by one of the nurses on Saturday morning lying at the foot of the staircase covered with blood, and on lifting her u p i t was discovered that she was dead. A sister-in-law of the deceased deposed that she had on two Previous necasi medical officer ons attempted to commit suicide, and the e.,i det, r who examined the body having given ce that death had resulted from a compound frac ture of tb by the dee :skull, w hi ch he had no doubt was occasioned in a state rd havin g t h rown herself from the staircase t verdict accordierniporary insanity, the jury returned a NNEWTow s nf Y. a new t own 4t I‘IIIIMILFORD.—PIa ns f or th e erect i on o f tion is t o be mad e • have bee n p repare d , an d applica the same into effect, the next session for an act to carry Church, and is ulti It ifi laid out i n front of Milford The survey ors b ay ,"TelV to be extended to Castle Pill. out the ground. T h e actively engaged in marking shops, an;dnetanst are elaborate, and comprise terrace, system of lighting, detached villas with a complete atnbeeNlvi of public baths and an assembly drainage. The erection . . . wolv roe amd, in conjunction with m have been settled ; ling from Johnston, it has been determined to erect needed. To carry out these ir"—a desideratum long has been for me d, w h o are takin r" to procure an ac t f or th e formatigon is o i f gas w or k s, cern . "he necessar y ste p s etery, wat er wor k s, & c., and them tary notices have been issued. T i ,: s tn arY Parliamen. Completed, will f orm a perfectly new to Works, w h en which is rap id ly becoming a place of i o the in creased traffic, that is developed earnece' owing THE SUN, LON DON, THURS DA `v SHARE MARKETS—(This. Day) W rII.WAYN yesterday. dOltf this aay ''~! s~ Arabg. No an. Boti and Mut:. Jnn3. Bni Rirminz.Wolvorh- • Eton: e. 111:; L Art : J111;0; I D 4 c. do. •• Blackburn islyt7a isayro,9rgf £25 (1 4. at ..Cf . gricto; Ttiote . f.... .Thoste- 4 koiy Hork and Brua-71 - ICork, Bia, k, tk Do. A Do. B Dublin aßolfastinne Dun. P. & Aber. Jne. East Au glian Eastern Connti, 0 A Ss iße., B. Stock >r,., New A. East Kent ' , H 4 L , ncashire East Suffolk Do. Edinburgh dt , E4inb. ar:ri Peebie lEdin. sitnutyl ral Glasgow & S. Westrn 'Great N. of Scotlnd. Great Northern Do., A. 5t0ck...... B. Stock Gt. sth. &West.flrf ) Great Westerh D , . Stour Val Rs' Gina. Stk ..... Irish South- Eastez t aeaster & Carlie • Do., Thirds.. 'Do. New Thirds.. I Laneash. And Yor k! . Is )., Vst R iding s'n 'Do. South, or t Lo & litackwa Lond. Bright St S.Csr Loud. and N. West,• Fifths D0.101.8h., kr& Do. Eignths Londosiandl3. !,adndrrydgeolerait ,ndndrr'.s Ennisk A imch.Aef.Pz Linelr vtetropolita.n Do. J. L. It'lardo's' arrangement__ tridland , 0 . ...11irmng.& Der 4ld Half Shares_ c.wcastle& iwpt.Aherg. &firf , ovrry & Enniskil :awry, Warrenpnin ,nd Rostrevor..... - orfolk .... orthn.Conntlet-' North British._ -th levon Rail., Dock Stock io., A Stock )0., B Stock _ , astern—Berwi ar +O. do. Extension - ` , .do. (4.N. E. ?nrci Do. Leeds to.. Y0rk........ . forth London.... JAS. Wetrn., ra; st Ad, and City J- forth Staffordshi , 'forth Western.... • . S. Westrn. Jun Wore., SL Woh Rhymney . ow; ri Cientr^.'• Soot. N E.Abrdn St. Do. Scot. Mid. St Sitinebourne k Sheer. atat Dovou South Ea tern outh Wales vrksh. Qt Riv. Da- a'nes,Wok.Wo Stockton & Mining 100., do., 1.554 Do., do., 1855 tolkten ds Hartle*, ,ff Vale ...... o. Pref., No. 1. r':mos Hay. D.& Vale of Neath.„ Waterfd. & Kilkenn Vaterford&Limer West Nest End of Londe and Crystal Palace Do. A Do. B West London Do. Mist Class Do. Second Class.,. _ .1; - 20. •• • P 20 40 27 COLONIAL. 2!en.lnd , s, g. 5 p. c Do. Ceylon A shares Do. B. do arb Eastern Bengal ~. Ksst indist. A and B, g. 5 P. Do. Ex. C, go. 5 p. c Do. do. D, gu. 5 p. c. p.c.Bnds.,'s7 • wo. do. do., 'sa, d Geelong a Melbourne guar. 5 per cent. . 4d. Trunk lanadP , o. Cert, of 7 )eben. con. into Stk. till': )o. Comp. 6 p. c., It Tn. Pen. g. sp. c• Do New, guar. 5 p. c 4 t . Western ofCant , ia Do. New )o. This., payable '5 Do. do., '76, p. '6l 1)0. do., '73 do. Do. do., '73, withnu option.. 4adras, guar. 4! p.c Do. do„ 5 P. c. Do. 44 p. c. Exton Do. 3d Ex., g. 5 p. c Scinde, guar. 5 p. Do St. Andrew's and Quebec (A) all lOs. 1 2s. tI 1 *ll troit ntwer ~ e ittott ro m Ardennes iolgian Eastn. June l Aziers to GrftissPss- c Buff. & Lk. Hur. Ry. Carmeaux & Toulouse Coal Mines and R. I) nteb Rhenish....... Eastern of France no. New Euphrates Valley It. Central of Fran< e great Luxembourg Italian Junction 1 Lakt Const. & Keeled Lierre and Turnhout Lombardo Venetian. Lucca & Pist. 5 p. c.p. Lyons and Geneva Lyons et Mediterran. %(aria Antonia ... )o. do. Now "•krattr At _LIP go all 2 10i 50 1 5Q A.uo,trajasia Do. do., E p, c. Prof •!orthern of France. Vorwev,isnTrunkPrec Paris and Lyons Paris and Orleans Recife & San. Fran., (Perham.) g. 7 p. c., Rome and Frascati 1 Loyal Danish ...... Royal Swedish Sambre and Manse,,, 1)o. 6 p. cent. Pref. Southern of France 'Vest Flanders ...... Do. & per c. Pref.,, & N. W. of Franct. Western of Austria west. of Switzerland' Wiesbaden Do. Bper cent. Pref. 2'. slant, ___ ..... Bank of Egypt .... Bank of London . * ,:ri. Col. ,Bk.&Ln C. rzrltich F. Atc.erica t , Chartd. flank of Asia ohrtd. 4 4 t.k. of India, Instr.; ia, & China City .. Colon al . Commercial of Loud. rng.Soot.&Ans. Cht. I ond. Chart. Bk. of Au5tra1i5.,........... Ditto New ...... ....... London and County.. ua.&E.Bukg•CorP• London Joint Stock.. Lord. & Westminster Nstirnal Pro.of Eng Do. Naw onal Bank New South Weer rental Bk. Corp Ottoman Bank Provincial of Ireland Do. New .l R AUS B &Go Im Co south Australia Uni‘a of A.ustr , lis Po. New TTnio , f Lontio• Unity Mutual Western Bk of Loud 1h -7- ii 113 - 115 2/ 24p ~. ~ ... 21/ - 221 54 56 82 84 22 -22 f 24k -- ,sjl 2i 34 99 -- 100 118 1 23 118 -- 123 08 110 20 - 20 22i -22 i V 1 - p 2i - Zip Iti.t+l.. Irl 1 2 p — gip 5 54 3 / 4 - 32A - 33 9 10 par 4i - 4/ 51t ••• 6 9; - 10 8 - 19 19i 37i 38 1 8i 9 554 55i 52 - 54 k - i pl 13 - 20 1 11 9 9 —9! Pm 41 —4! 90 10 33 34{ - 9 S - 100 Ad pa 61 - 63 1 69 ... 71 17i 18 18i -19 i 184 --- 19 ... "." . , ... '"- . •• ...... , • OM. • • 1 d ••• ''''. • i I m M• • • • 35 - 37 65 - 67 7 - 9 10 8 dl 6 ;`,-,' 4 d INES LEASED a`r FIXED RENTALS. FLAIL" Closiri Prices yesterday. Buckgbarnth, Clydoadalo Col. Stour Vy. E. Lin. g. pc. E. Un. H. Guts. Barr. Noila. Direct New L. $tN. W. Calodor:„. tT. &E. C Gt. N rt. n. E. Count. Caldont4 96 - 98 98 - 102 11 - 13 133 - 136 4 44 ifistr,l% . Tirtlpl. Mt. Bsilway Hull & SolLy Do. A Share,. Do. ;. Shales. laori.k Greer w Do. Preferepi.e Lou., Tn., . Do. Bark. Sh. Lewesl;of t 4 per cent Do. 6 per et. Manch. Bxtn. and Matlo , .:ll Middleebro' Redc.g 6 p.c. Midld Newmarket Bury E. G.spc N.& Est.sp.c. Do. 6 per et. Do. Fixeds pc Frost. & K yr. Do. :2; Stirs. A Roystn.& Shef.Roth.an Gooleg.sp.c. Shrevrs. &Her S. Stadordsh. Wear Valleygr S per cent... Do.. Wes , ,n & Berw. Y. & N I ..... g&q. (D 0.. . [Foto Do I 1108 - 12i i 3 22. 23 112 114 1 p: Norfolk, Do L.& W. & Lid' _'t. Stckton & Darlingt. 2i - 2i lEn. Conn. E. Count Do b 6 58 L. &N. W Do GtNortirl Lancash , Yorksh. T. Brassey M.MCloan Stoat. & Darlingt Do atWest n 132 -13 G u 94 ai -- 14 89 91 Wilts&gomrst PREFERENOF iIiAREt 100 4i b 6 gA 94 -- 98 .09 113 i 41 3 it ir , 12 - 124 ,•• "" Fit 37 119 [O9 [ll 101 1(3 62 - 64 91 - 10; 6 -6, 95 - 97 85 99 101 10 10 0 16/ 17. 10 10d 73 74 194 20 9/ 104 14/ 154 37 139 139 142 118 - 120 - 159 6o 70 .. "... o • '''' ••• ,137 - 139 98 - 100 ; 89 - 51 1 - li 102 -104 f 5 (11 -- .07 - - 109 114 - 116 105 - 110 ... - ... 17 - 18 23 24 102 - 105 10i 10j 28? 2 3p 3 - 3} OLIN ES tOs all ). , inglo Californian ... .. 20 7 Australian i 11 1 all Baden (Gd • Duchy of ) ... ••• SO all Blamar. Iron & Coal ... ..• 20 14 British Iron 74 84 35 264 Brazilianlmp.(issued at £5 pm.) . } li 30 all Do. Cocaes & Culab 3i 31 20 1.5 Do. St. John Delßeyj 15 17 1 4 Clarendon Cons. Min Co. of Jamaica p 4p 40 all Cobre Copper,. 56 58 5 14 Colonial Gold - ... it. all Copper Min. of Eng 30 35 25 all Do. Pref. 74 p. cent 25 - 27 ... If Copiapo 2 all Fortuna 20 all Gencial — ... 1 all Ot.NuggetVeinßeg f .4 41 all Great Polgooth. 4 .4 5 all Gt Wheal Vor Unite : 54 51 1 1 all Liberty — 3 I all Linares Bl Si 5 14 Lusitanian ld p 1 all Mariquita a 4 1 all New Granada 4 i 1 all Nouveau Monde i i 2 , all I Pontgi•Sil.&Le.Min. ''; 10 5 1 Port Philip 1 all Quartz Rock — ••• 50 all Rhymney Iron 22 24 15 all Do. New 7 9 30 'I% Santiago de Cuba.. . 14 2 6s. Sort. Cons. Min. Co. 14 1 1 . 1 all South Australian.. . ... ••• 4 1 all Do. Scrip 1 all Do. 10 per cent Prof ... .... 2 ... 4 , Tam. S. &L. Min. Co. i 1 10 9 Pin Croft... 34 - 4 34 284 all United Mexican 3i - 4 1 all Waller . ••• 1 all West Mariposa .4 — i 1 12s. Worthing Mining of Australia ". MISCELLANROUB. 25 19 i.etralian Agrictilt. ... ... 10 11 Australn. Royal Mail .. 10 all , erlin Water Works 44 51 50 40 .3rit. American Land 40 45 100 3 6 Canada l3B 142 St. i tI.Go. (i p.e. Jan&jnly 110 111 1104 St. 100 Do. 6 p.c. Feb & Aug ... ... St. 100 D. 8p c. Mar & Sept ... .. 5 -,.ii Crystal Palace 2 - 24 21 5 all Do. Preference.. 54 54 4 ail Crystal Pal.of France .. -- 1 4 Duston Iron Ore .•• 20 154 Eastern Steam St 100 - Electric Telegraph 8) 91 1 all Electric Teleg. of Ir — 5 all En.dxAus Cop Sm Co 14 11 25 all Gem Ir Se Col (lim.) ... ••• 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat. 11 all General Screw Steam 6. 7 20 5 Loudon Discount 4 all Lond. Gen. Omnibus 34 34 20 10 Magdalena St. Navig . ..• 10 all \iediteran. Elec. Tel. ... ••• 10 all Mexium&S.Amerien. • 34 : . 4 25 5 Nat. Discount C 0.... 4 - 14 p , 25 1 Do. New - • 10 5 Neth er l an d s Land._ 1 14 10 all Do. , Do. 5 3 Do. BpcPissatld 4 - tip 5 1 Do. Do d p 4p 1 00 80 N ew 13. & /I.S. Lnn ... ••• ... N.S.W. Gov. sp. c. D . ... . 1 all N. B. Australasian , 4 12:010; 2 1 4:811 7 :11. : N pDpi tee r oone t y. h lian . R,l o as, i.iru f mNr. E i.:fterv i ivw r , e&. o .i.s p .A tots e e. r i S 6.e. %r iten Shares ia. n, p a . tr. m a 66 4 214:17:: - —...... i 2466: : :: 144 all Oriental Gas 50 10 EisDne D i obt o ttm .; s w t r a . . i . Invest. ii - ( Pm 5 r 1 1. sj. ri al! 25 all South i l ault . i:a . l ... *** d 36 38 lal Do. R eg istered,,., 4 1 1 20 TrUr 'I , 0 .1; t, n: ' 100 %Si i Van Diemen' s Land Ili ••• 18 ", , ~, 11/.o),tiP.‘4Jari&Jnl4 ... • ... , IH - q. LAW INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.) BANKRUPTCY COURT. (Before Mr. CornolisBioner liolroyd.) IN RE THE ROYAL BRITISEI BANK. A private meeting was held to-day under the bank• ruptcy, the object being to discus a great number of proofs on the part of shareholders, to prove as creditors against the estate. Mr. Mellish appeared In support of the claims ; and Mr. Browne (instructed by Messrs. Linklater) for the a , signees, to oppose. Mr. Brown stated the grounds of his claims at great length, the first of which, that, as the terms of the charter of the bank, granted in 1849, bad not been complied with, the directors were not justified in applying for a new charter in 1855 to increase their capital to 500,0001., and he said that it might be come a serious question hereafter whether the Crown bad the power to grant the new charter, under the cir cumstances. The next ground was that the issue of the shares had been in fraud, and that the persons who had i,aken them up were not bound by their contract, and, consequently, became creditors of the bank for the amount they had paid. To prove the fraud he proposed to patin the reports of the directors, and contendedthat there had been gross misrepresentation to the new share holders, as to the dividends, but which, even had they been paid, might have been paid out of capital or depo sits, iii either of Welch case it would be evidence of fraud. He therefore proposed to call Mr. Coleman, the accountant, to state what he had stated on former occa sions as to the accounts, and then proposed to put in the claims of the different parties, which were generally similar. Mr. Browne could not consent to this as the claims were founded on affidavits. , Mr. Mellish said that the course was suggested in order to facilitate-- Mr. Browns said he must object to affidavits being received. Mr. Mellish said they were taken in the Tipperary case. Mr. Browne said that the assignees were anxious that there should be no delay or unnecessary expense, but they were not in a condition to consent to a consolida tion of the cases—each case might depend on its own merits—one man might have been deluded, another not. If two or three cases with distinct features were raised an opportunity would be afforded for appeal, it deemed requisite, but he must require the examination to be taken viva voce. After a few words, Mr. Mellish said he would submit some cases. The examinations are likely to occupy the day, and not be concluded. THE CRYSTAL PALACE FRAUDS.-IN RE ROBSON. To-day was appointed for the last examination of this bankrupt, who stands convicted of forgeries in respect of shares in the Crystal Palace Company. He was brought up in custody, and placed in a private room, but up to half-past one was not brought into court. 190 1 1 0 all 100 Business this day 50 a all 25 all all I ts!) 400 all 'lOO t.' 84 !WV a'l ilfX) 100 100 130 100 100 5 St. Of 19 9i 38 25 4/ 7i 10 28j 70 49 _l4 .. 94 4 93i 3 78 68 8 96 7 926 79 125 112 68A 74 6i 971 113 1071 21. 104 108 5 100 100 lu• : 10v 100 100 100 100 100 110(i 100 100 :100 110 0 1100 St. St. St. St. anj all 100 1100 1100 1100 1100 17 8i 20 13 124 9 25 10 20 all St. 100 St. jlOO 8i all St. 100 5 j all St. 100 25 all LO all all St. liou 10 Itll St. 1100 St. jlOO 20 ' all 25 all 25 15 l2i, all RlythandTyne lOpet C. pref. (feed. tSW) Britt. & Ex. 4 p. 0. 14 , Do. 4 p. c. Share.... CAledn. £lO 41 p.c. ,flhes.& fIo.OTI. ) o. do. Pref. 5 per e. Cork & giandonstp.e. ina.Prth .& AbOr. E. Anglian Cls. ASb Do. do. Cls. B 6 p. Do. do Cis. C 7p. c. Leas. Co. Ex, spcNo Do. No. 2 . IDo. New 6 p. 0. St East Un., G. 6 p. c Do. 51., 10 ner cent Do. Ifll. DcSentr.S l, . Do. do. 4 'per cent. East Lanca , l, 6 p. et, F...W. York. J. sthf• Bain. & Gl. 5 p.c. sh Ed. Pr t I.kDun.4p.c Furnesr, 5 p. c.... Glas. &5.W.G.5 p.c. Great Northn. 5 p. c Do. 5 p. o. Redeem at 10 p. a. prem. Do. 4 3 / 4 p. c Do. sp. c., Red. at E Gt.N. of Scot.let Pr. Gt. S. 4W. (Ireland Do. 4per o. Prof. S Gt. W.(B. izll.Exspe Do. con. red. 4i p.c. D 9. con. red. 4 p. e Do, irred 4p. C. Do. 5 p. C. red. pref Do. Birm. Pref. Sh Do. Chester 8 p. e.P.' . Do, do. 5 p. c. do Do. Birm. Gna. Stk Do. Ches. Gus. Sh.. Do. do do Do. do. do. • Lan. &York. F. 1.20 Do. 6 p. 0. Stock Lon. &B. 0.5 pc. No.l Do. P., &pc. St.No.2 Do. Now Guar.6 I). Do. do. 5 p. c.,N0.4 Lon.&N. W., Cov. & Nuneaton 5 p. 0t...1 tem.& S. W. 7 per ct late 3d Shares ... Llndy.& Color. Sh. ' Londy. & Ennis. L . 6 p. Cent Do. do. do. £6 ... Do. do. 3i per cent. Warypt .at Carl. 4 p o Do. 4.A per cent 1)0. do. Consol.6 p.c.St Con.Br.nr. 6 pc Do. 4i p. a. Pref. • t Ditto L.& H. Pref. St New., Aber., &c., pr. 5 p. c. red. 5 p.c. pm. Do. Perpet. 6 p ct. with optn. till '66 Norflr. Deb, 4 p.c. sh Do. Pref. 5 p.c. St. Do. 5 pc. Ext.,1846 De. 5i per a. pf.,1847 Do. Wv.V.5 pc.,1847 North British Do 71. Preference N. E. Forw, 4 p.c. 1" Do. do. do Do Leeds 6 p.e No. Do. do. QrP.,1848... North Staffordshire. ox,Wo, , c:W , p , ... Do. 6 p.c. Redeem. ,Scot. gent. ,New Pref Sc .N. E. Aber. g 6 pe Do. do. ,7 p c. pf. it. Do. do., 34 p.c. pf. et l iouth Devon Do. fixed, 4i per cent S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. Do. 4i per cent Do. Fixed 4i p c eh S Wales Gila. 4p. c Do : do. 4 p. 3.Yorkelt.4p.c.Guar. Stock.& Dar., 5 p. o. Do. do. do Stock. Hartl. g. 5, p. o. till July 1,'58 ' Waterfd. & Kilk. 6 pc 82j 3 12i i 7i 106 i 26i 75 85i 5 P 1 22i EVENING, JANUAAIN 8 IN RE SSACOLE AND DAY. To-day was appointed for the last examination of these bankrupts—the former being the lady so highly extolled for her humanity and generosity to our gallant soldiers in the Crimea during the late war. The examination was passed without the slightest opposition. Madame Seacole, who has almost recovered from her accident, said that, though bankrupt, she had a nume rous family—the British Army—who would not forget her, and said that this time last year, or at Christmas, she made plum puddings for 150 men, invalids ; but it was only her duty to her Queen and the brave British Army. THE FRAUDS ON THE CITY OF LONDON UNION. FURTHER EXAMINATION OF PAUL. MANSION-HOTJSE---THIS DAY. John Paul, charged with forgery and fraud to a large extent on the City of London Union, was this afternoon again placed at the bar at the Mansion-house, before the Lord Mayor, for further examination. There was a large number of persons present connected with the various parishes of the Union. Mr. Humphreys appeared for the prosecution ; the prisoner was defended by Mr. Wontner. Mr. Humphreys said that on a former occasion he preferred two charges against the prisoner —one, that of stealing a cheque drawn in favour of Messrs. Kings ford for 3781. odd, and the other that of forging the re ceipts for the money of one of the clerks in Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smith's bank. He proposed to-day to complete these two oases. He had .. a variety of other charges against the prisoner, but as they were spread over a period of some length, and required some time to investigate, he was not prepared to go on with them to-day, but he should on a future occasion, and therefore he asked for a long period of adjournment. He should call one or two witnesses to open another case against the prisoner, and then he should ask for an ad journment till to-morrow week. Mr. W. S. Finders, cashier, in the bank of Messrs. Smith, Payne and Smith, was called and completed the case against th 9 prisoner in reface nce to Messrs. Kings ford's 'cheque. After some other evidence the cases were completed, and the prisoner alter being cautioned by the Lord Mayor in the usual manner, replied, " I leave my case in the hands of Mr. Wont ner, my solicitor." The prisoner was then committed for trial on these charges. Mr. Humphreys said that he should now proceed with another case against the prisoner for stealing a cheque for 4551. 12s. 2d., drawn by the guardians of the City of London Union, dated the 17th June, 1856 in favour of the London Life Associa tion. The c heque was entrusted to the prisoner to b e p aid over by him to the Association, but instead of doing so he paid it into his account , a n d the ob ject for which be received the c he q u e w as never carried out. The cheque found its way from the Bank of London to Smith, Payne, and Co., the bankers of the Union, and was paid by them. Messrs. Smith Payne, and Co. were in the habit of giving back the paid cheques to the customers, but in this instance, as in a variety of others, this cheque could not be found, and he should, therefore have to prove its payment by other evidence, Several witnesses having been called in support of tile charge, the prisoner was remanded till to-morro N week POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day). SOUTHWARK• CONVEYING SPIRITS INTO THE QUEEN'S PRISON.— Mr. Joseph Musgrove, a traveller, was brought before Mr. Burcham, charged with conveying a bottle of spirits into the Queen's Prison, contrary to the regulations laid down by Act of Parliament. Francis Martin, one of the turnkeys in the Queen's Prison, said that about six o'clock on the previous even ing the defendant entered the lobby and was about to pass through, when, from instructions received, witness stopped him and told him he must search him, as he suspected he had a quantity of spirits about him. He renlied that he had nothing about him. He, however, put his band under his coat and was about to search him, when ho felt something hard concealed there. The de- fendant said it was only a book, but witness pulled out a square bottle, containing about a pint of whisky. He was then given into custody. Dennis, the chief turnkey, stated that as soon as the whisky was found on him by last witness he went up and called in a constable and gave him into custody. He then saw the defendant take another bottle of whisky from under his coat, which he handed to him. Mr. Burcham asked the defendant what he had to say in answer to the charge ? He replied that he did not intend to give it to any ono in the prison, and he did not think he was guilty of an offence by having it in his possession. Mr. Burcbam told h Prison n him he had e clearlycontrary ty to the rules, the w rar conveyed spirits Queen's icuously pl aco d up outs id e an d i n th e lobby,hieli were n aindto conspicuously act sp of Parliament was imperative on the subject. He must pay a penalty of 31., which he had no power to mitigate under any circumstances. The defendant rather reluctantly paid the fine and was discharged from custody. THAMES. ROBBERY ON BOARD Ship.—. William Saltmarsh, a sailor, aged 19, was brought before Mr. Selfe, charged with stealing a pair of boots and a pair of trousers, the ' property of Thomas Rawley, on board the sloop Mason. Captain John Mason, the master and owner of the sloop Mason, stated that six weeks ago he shipped the prisoner in the St. Katharine dock, and three days after wards he miss ed the p risoner, wh o l ef t t he shi p without no tice. A pair of boots an d a pair of t r ou s er s, belonging to a seaman n amed Rawle y , were missin g at the same time. Yesterday afternoon the prisoner again came on board. in the West India dock, and asked for p berth, the an handed him over to the police, The sdloohpo prisoner was then wearing the boots and trousers he had stolen.. The prisoner, in defence, said he was guilty, and that it was the first time he In:d ever committed a robbery. Mr, Sells said he doubted the prisoner's assertion very much inoeed, and believed lie was one of the;;,. persons who went on board ships in the river and docks under pretence of being seamen for the purpose of com mitting robberies. He sentenced the prisoner to two months' imprisonment and hard I:,bour. TRW WRECKS ON THE JERSEY (UNITED S7ATES) SHORE. The winter has scarcely commenced, yet already nume rous disasters have occurred on our coast, seeming to presage a season of unusual calamity. Experience ha. pointed out certain spots more disastrous to the mariner than others. Barnega,t and its vicinity have pre•eminence among the number ; but the system hitherto obtaining on that shore for the relief of shipwrecked vessels is utterly inefficient, and it is high time that means were taken to remedy the growing exigencies of the case. Some year, since the Government constructed a number of small houses or shanties o a the Jersey coast for the storage of lifeboats, mortars, &c., but without reference to affording shelter to any who might require it. The buildings are five miles apart, and only a few of them are sup plied with the necessary apparatus for effecting com munication with ships in distress, such as mortars, cradles, &c. The cost of the buildings was defrayed by an appropriation from Congress. Metallic lifeboats were pur chased, but they are useless for the service required of them, Upon examination of facts attending the various disasters on the Jersey coast during• the past ten years, we find the lives saved have in almost every instance been due to the exertions of wreckers in common cedar fish ing boats. The daily occupation of fishermen on that shore has taught them how to construct the best descrip tion of boat in which to trust their own lives at all times and seasons. Immediately on obtaining news of a wreck three or four of them rush to the shore, run the light cedar barque into the surf, and if the sea upset her they put matters right in a few minutes, and proceed on their ex pedition. The metallic life-boat, on the contrary, is heavy, and, however valuable in the open sea in such emer gencies as those attending the loss of the Arctic and Lyonnais, is totally unsuited for shore service, requiring, as it does, the exertions of half-a-dozen men to launch it iu the face of a tremendous swell and gale setting in-shore. Those who have assisted iu such moments of excitement know how seldom a boat is launched on the first trial, and when the metallic craft is upset a fresh and longer delay ensues, which may peril the lives of hundreds. The Govern ment force at Barnegat is so small that without the assist. ance of the fishermen scarcely any lives would be saved, and the willingness with which these men risk their own safety is so well known that their courage has become proverbial. Two of them, John Jones and John Parker, have just fallen victims to their disinterestedness in endeavour ing to save the passengers of the New York and Tasso, and Congreis should immediately look to it that the families of those noble men do not suffer want through the less of their husbands and fathers, engaged as they were in a work which they would never have had to be called upon to perform were it not for the remissness of the Government. Every emigrant ship should be obliged to carry a mortar, with a complete set of tackling, cradle, &c., so as to com municate with theshore when necessary. Something, how ever, must be done immediately, in view of present exi gencies, for the chronicle of disasters has scarcely turned the first page, and yet already exceeds the average of calamity. More houses and suitable accommodation are required on the Jersey coast, additional mortars and cradles must be sent there, and the noble fellows who have risked their lives must be rewarded, so as to offer an incentive to others. Let it be done quickly. —New York, herald. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This Day.) LONDON, Jan. B.—Wind S.W.—Fresh breeze and dull, hazy weather, with sleet. PORTSMOUTH, Jan. 7. —Wind N.E.to E.N.E.—Ar rived.—Straadraad Band, from Thttavia, for Rotterdam. PLYMOUTH, Jan. 7.—Wind E.S.E.—Arrived--Heroes of Alma, from London, for New Zealand ; Chili, from London, for Valparaiso. Sailed—Urgent, for Spithead. FALMOUTH, Jan. 7.—The barque Colombo is ashore near St. Mawes Castle, but is expected off. DARTMOUTH, June 7.—Wind E.N. E.—Arrived.—Bri- tish Banner, from Mauritius. RAMSGATE, Jan. 7.—Wind N.E.—Sailed—Jonkvrow Geertina, for Bahia. COWES, Jan. 7.- Wind N.E.—Sailed—Lucie, for Rio Janeiro. GUERNSEY, Jan. 6.—The Boadicia, from Alexandria to Antwerp, struck on the rocks, islet of Herm. yesterday, and has become a total wreck; master and eight men drowned; mate and four men saved. MILFORD, Jan. 7.- The Letitia, of Padstow, which went on shore, has not received damage. GRIMSBY, Jan. 7.—The Julia Hall, for London, drove and struck heavily on shore below this. CROMER, Jan. 7.—The Fareninger, of and from Culmar, is on shore at Hasbro', and will become a wreck. Cargo discharging. ALDBOROUGH, Jan. 7.—The Rockcliff, of and from Har tlepool for London, drove on the beach in Hallesby Bay yesterday, and shortly afterwards went to pieces ; mate and four men drowned. MILFORD, Jan. 7.—The Speculation, sloop, of Exeter, pricked upon the anchor of the Danube, brig, made a hole in her bottom, and is leaky. HARTLEPOOL, Jan. 7.—The Catbinka, brig, of Wismar, came ashore last night near the north pier, West Hartle pool ; crew saved. (PER ELEOTRIO TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Thursday Morning. Wind S.S.E Arrived—Dloulmaine, from Bombay ; Middlesex, New York ; Themis, Calcutta ; Success, Rio Grande ; Tit Bit, Para ; South Pole, Savannah ; Clarissa Bird, New Orleans ; Flora Muir, Alexandria. Sailed—Glynn, for _Havre. QUEENSTOWN, Jan. 6. Wind E.S.E. Arrived—Tell, from Callao ; George, Alexandria. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH , EI EURAPH.) GRAVESEND Thurs ,ay, 10.7 a.m. Wind E.; tnic two hours' flood:;cloudy. Arrived, 7th—lda and Clara Schalerup,fr m St. Peters burg ; Eugenia, Calcutta ; Proctor, St. Michael's ; Mar mion, Madras ; Corbier, Nassau. Sailed, Bth—Sir Robert Peel (s.), for Dunkirk; Hobe, Port Adelaide. DEAL, Thursday, 9.55 a,m. Wind W.N.W., light Passed, Jan. 7.—Ventura, from London, f9r Adelaide ; Pentuket, from London, for Cardiff ; H.M.S. Buffalo, from Portsmouth, for the river; Lizzy and Harriet, to leeward from New Orleans, for Bremen. Passed in tow.—Himalaya, from Mauritius, for Lon don; Rudolph, for Loudon. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. The English ship Correa, Nov. 7, in lat. 27 S., long. 4 E. __ - The ship Prince Albert, Dec. 25, in lat. 33 N., long. 29 W. The barque Abbott's Reading, bound south, Dec. 29, in lat. 40 N., long. 12 W. The barque Genevieve, for Pernambuco, Dec. 31, in lat. 42 N., long. 12 W. The Neva, from Newcastle (supposed), for Barbadoes, Dec. 30., in lat. 45 N., long. 9 W. The Swiss ilandelsKarier confirms the news of a petition having been addressed by the Royalists of Neu chAtel to the King of Prussia, in which his Majesty is earnestly requested not to make any attack on Switzer. land. CHEERFUL HEART.--There are some persons who spend their lives in this world as they would spend their lives if shut up in a dungeon. Everything is made gloomy and forbidding. They go mourning and com plaining from day to day that they have so little, and are constantly anxious lest what they have should escape out of their hands. They always look upon the dark side, and can never enjoy the good. They do not follow the example of the industrious bee, who does not stop to complain that there are so many poisonous flowers and thorny branches on its road, but buzzes on, selecting his honey where he can find it, and passing quietly by the places where it is not.—Corner Cupboard. Several journa!s having lately mentioned as a very prompt and effectual means of extinguishing a fire in a chimney to throw a handful of raw onions on the burning mass in the fireplace, an inhabitant of Chartres has written a letter to the journal of that town, in which be states that, his chimney having caught Are, he tried the plan and found it perfectly successful. IRONMASTERS' QUARTERLY MEETING. -- WOLVER HAMPTON, Wednesday Evening.—The first of the series of the quarterly meetings ofithe ironmasters of this dis trict for the current year was held yesterday at Walsall. The second assembly took place here to-day, but the attendance was thinner than usual, and the business transacted was not large ; both of which circumstances may be traced to the fact that a very large quantity of pig iron has been sold. The same remark will apply to almost all descriptions of finished iron, especially rails, for which there are some orders in the district for the Italian rail , ways, and for America the improvement first manifested in the condition of the trade three weeks since has been fully maintained ; indeed, prices are firmer than they were at that time, home consumers having bought more freely, and the demand for sheets and plates for the United States having also increased. It is much too early in the year to expect that there should be any great excitement in the trade, with so high a rate of discount as is still maintained ; but the increased anima tion which prevails, and the decidedly healthy tone exhi bite(' in every branch of the trade, are sufficient to show that the trade was fully justified in the resolution agreed to on this day fortnight. Mine pigs are unquestionably dearer than they were at that time. Mine pigs are firm at 4/. for a good make. Orders could not be accepted 'by some of the pig-masters at less than 4/. 2s. 6d. per ton. Nearly all the large works are in full opera tion, and the activity at the various forges is sufficient to account for the price of the pig-iron i u this district. St o cks of that commodity are small notwithstanding the large make and the fact of there being importations of pig-iron to the . district. Thes e fav oura bl e i n dications r elative to pig-iron are observable to the full extent with reference to the manufactured commodity ; all the large houses are tolerably full of orders, and a very general feeling prevails amongst the best informed members of the trade that early in February there will be a still further improvement. Stone of the district is in demand, and prices are firm. Robbens are quoted 16s. to 16s. 6d. per ton ; balls, 17s. to 17s. 6d. The coal trade is remarkably brisk . both here and in Wales ; some particulars in reference to the increased quantity raised of the commodity we must . defer until our next article. Prices are remarkably firm; in some instances advances have been maintained. The various manufacturing trades of the district are reported of favourably for the season, but the old dispute relati v e to the time of holding quarter day has been . renewed this quarter, here and at Walsall. Th e factors issued notices to the effect that they would not pay their accounts until next week ; the result was g reat inconvenience to many parties. 2i II 121 i Pa ,`:t 5 7 DRURY•LANE THEATRE. Last evening" Old Drury was crowded in every part—Pit, Boxes, and Gallery. It was not only crowded but crammed—not certainly_ to suffoca tion, as the phrase is (the cold weather prevented that), but in many parts almost to inconvenience. The barrier of division, for example, between the stalls and orchestra being broken down, and the surplus visitors accommodated with chairs imme diately under the footlights. Pretty tolerable evi dence—all this—of the success of the New Year's Pantomime ! Well—rather ! As to the com pleteness of the success of it, there could be very little doubt upon that point with any one who glanced last el ening over that sea of f -tees clustered together so densely in the largest Theatre in London—or who listened for a mo ment to the roars of laughter pealed forth by some five thousand happy Holiday-makers. And no wonder—looking from the audience back again to the stage. For in "See Saw, Margery Darr," we nave about the most merry - and the most gorgeous of all E. L. Blanchard's merry and gorgeous Pantomimes. The burlesque opening, written in the author's liveliest vein, from first to last--sparkling with fun, bristling with puns, and rattling with smart hits in every cou pl e t. And how magnificently the author has been aided throughout in his many droll and fantastic imagin ings—thanks to the " dash," the " fire," the " go," in Mr. E. T. Smith's management. The scenery, for example, painted as only William Be verley can paint it—especially the exquisite and fairy-like vista of " Holiday's Home in the Green 'Bower of Mistletoe," and " The Fairy Factory of Fancy," the crowning scene of all, where the old witch-wife of the piece, " Necessity," effects the magical transformation ! That same old witch wife, Necessity, being enacted by clever Mrs. Selby—Mrs. Selby, as we may call her, the peren nial. Then for th e gro t esque masks, e hugeous Comic Faces of the Burlesque Introduction — are they not things fit to make one's Hides ache ? Monsttous, preposterous, impossible Mugs, dancing over the stage upon the " littlest" legs imaginable, legs that look mere needles and pins by contrast ! All these same stupendous Masks the emanations from the hand and brain of the " celebrated Dyk wynkyn." And when the Harlequinade at last fairly begins—don't we have enough of Fun and to spare ? What with two "Harlequins," Herr Deulin and Signor Veroni, and two "Sprites," the Bro thers Elliott, and two "Columbines," Madame I3oleno and Miss Honey, and tw o " Ptntaloons," (a most ludicrous pair of Pantaloons), Mr. Barnes and Mr. Tanner, with cool Mr. Halford as " the Gent.," and inimitable M. Auriol as " The Gro tesque," and, to crown all, two marvellous Lords of Misrule in those wonderful piebald " Clowns"— Messrs. Boleno and Flom - 11°re! Leaving, as we did, last night in the very midst of the boisterous fun of the liarloquinade, we passed by a large box full of urchins who seemed to be fairly laughing themselves into convulsions. It did one's heart good to see them, and hear them; yet they were merely a small portion of that densely-packed crowd of merrymakers. However small as a portion though they were, still they were a portion large enough, loud enough, and de lighted enough to be a perfectly sufficient evidence of the success of " Harlequin Holiday and the Island of Ups and Downs," or, as the playbill has it—(a playbill that " draws" more effectually than the strongest plaiiter ever vended across the coun ter of au apothecary)—Old Drury's entirely new, original, symbolical, hyperbolical, parabolical, extra-physiognomical, grotesque, statuesque, pic turesque, Grand Comic Christmas Pant..mninie. THE ROYAL HOUSEHOLD AND THE INCOME TAX. (Prom the Morning A dvertiser. ) Some curious questions suggest themselves with regard to the noble lords and stately dames filling great offices in her Majesty's Household, which we trust some member of Parliament who is not soli citous about being invited to a Queen's ball will make bold enough to ask. We should be glad to know whether these noble persons, following the example of their Royal mistress, decline the dis agreeable burden of the income tax, or whether they are made, like the rest of us, to stump up, wille nille o convenient or inconvenient. The sums allotted for the support of the Royal Household—" for the support of her Majesty's Household and of the honour and dignity of the Crown of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland"—were settled at the commencement of the present reign at 385,0001., of which modest sum 131,2601. is :spent in salaries, while the re mainder, within a few thousand pounds, for Royal bounty, alms and charity, special services, and the annual pittance for the encouragement of literary and scientific services, and native talent in general, is devoted to tradesmen's bills—any savings which may be effected passing to the account of the Privy _purse. But though 131,2601. is the sum set down for salaries, it is probable that in one way or an other it may arrive, by those by-paths and crooked ways which the public eye is not permitted to scan, at a still larger figure. Taken, however, at the acknowledged estimate, the list of salaries stand thus : Lord Chamberlain's department R42,000 Lord Steward's 86,000 Master of Home's 39,500 Mistress of the Robes' £172,5C0 It would, we are sure, be interesting to the country to know whether lordly sinecurists, the ladies of the bedchamber, ladies and maids of honour, gentlemen of the wine and beer-cellars, treasurers, sub-treasurers, comptrollers of accounts, gentlemen of the pantry, lords in waiting, bed chamber women, grooms of the privy chamber, grooms of the great chamber, gentlemen of the privy chamber, pages of the back stairs, pages of the presence (which no doubt means of the front stairs), the master of the tennis-court (which has no existence), the bargemaster and watermen (who only exist for the four hundred pounds a year which each draws from the nation)—we say the country would be glad to know whether these persons and their fellows in sinecure psi income tax—whether to select one illustrious instance) Prince Albert pays it upon the 5001. per annum he draws as Ranger of Windsor Home Park, or on the 1,120/. which he receives for doing no thing as Governor and Constable of Windsor Castle ? And, as we have taken the liberty of men tioning the name of this august personage, we will just enumerate the items of his income, and ask once for all how much he pays upon the lump Parliamentary annuity Pay as Field-Marshal Ditto as Colonel of the Grenadier Guards . Ditto as Col.-in-Chief of the Rifle Brigade Grand Ranger of Windsor Great Park, say at a moderate calculation, for no account is rendered Ditto as Ranger of the Home Park Governor and Constable of Windsor Castle 1,000 500 1,120 £41,553 MARKET NEWS. —t Tins rap) CORN EXC RANGE. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CONN For the week ended Jan. 8, 1856, made up from the Returns o; t, e Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wab s per Imperial Quarter. WHEAT. BARGEE. OATS. I BTE. BEANS. PEA. 533 hi 449 81 233 51 39s 21 41s 51 I 403 91 THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGE. annum BARLEY. I OATS. I EIS. BEANS. PEA , 60s 21 44s ld f 24s 3d I 403 41 43s 4d 41 3d QUANTITIES OF GRAIN SOLD LAST csrEe;A: Wheat, 86,765 ; Barley, 90,524 ; Oate, 11,472; eye, 234 ; 5,054 ; Peas, 2,631 Quarters. MEAT MARKETS. NEWGATE AND LRADENHALL.—A moderate business was passing to-day, at full prices. Beef, from 3s 6d to 4s 8d ; Ilutton, 3s 8,1 to 4s 8d; Veal, 4s Od to 4s 10d ; Pork, 3s 8d to 53 4d per 81bs, by the carcase. SonniALL, Jan. 7.—Each kind of stock sold slowly, as follows :—Beef, from 3s 8(1 to 5s Od ; Mutton, 4s 0.1 to 5s 2d; Veal, 4s Od to 5s 0,1; Pork, 4s Od to 5s Od per 81bs, to sink the offal. ROMFORD, Jan. 7.—We had only a moderate dema2nd for stock, at uui quotations. Beef, from 3 s 10,1 to 5s d ; Mutton, 4s Od to 5s 4d ; Veal, 4s Od to 58 Od; Pcrk, 4s Od to 5s 2d per 81bs. Quarter - old store pigs, —s to —s each. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, 2115 s to 4/ 4s ; clover do., 3/ 10s to 51 Os; and straw, 11 4s to 1/ 93 9o p p e e r r l lo a D l A short supply. C UMB ERLAND. —Meadow hay, 2/ 15s to 41 4s ; clover do., 3/ ICs to Si Os ; and straw, 1/ 4s to 1/ Trade steady. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, 2/ 12s tc 41 4s ; clover do., 31 10s to 5/ 58; and straw, // 4s to 11 9s per load. Trade firm. The Union Bank of London have dec'ared a dividend of 6 per ce• nt and bonus of 21 per cent. for the six mont h s ending the 31 st of December last, being at the ra te of 15 per cent. per annum on the paid up capital of the company. FAILIIRE.—Letters from Glasgow mention the failure „f Me,srs. Begbie, Wiseman, and Co., general merchants an d manufacturers, with liabilities to the amount of 150,0001., of which nearly 20,0001. fall upon houses in Manchegter. T . lIE BROADSTONE MYSTERY . —DDREIN,W e dnesday.— It is announced that Catherine Campbell, who has been for the last six weeks in custody of the police, has been released, and is about going home to her friends in the county of Meath. This woman was regarded as a most important witness, and the fact of her being released from all surveillance confirms the report, now all but authoritatively stated, that investigation at Broadstone is virtually at an end, and with no better result than that the officials, from the highest to the lowest, are no wiser at the end of nearly two months' search for evi dence than they were on the Monday after the perpetra tion of the murder. SUDDEN DEATH OF MR. BROTHERTON, M.P. Mr. Joseph Brotherton, M.P. for Salford, dit d very suddenly yesterday morning, about five minutes to 11 o'clock, while traveling in an omnibus from his residence at Pendleton through Salford to keep an engagement which he had made in Manchester that morning. Mr. Brotherton had been suffering fiotrk an affection of the heart for some time, and had consulted Dr. Hervey, but was in his usual apparent health up to the time he en tered the omnibus,and had on the previous day presided as a magistrate at the Salford Police-court. In the omnibus with him were his friends Sir John Potter and Sir Elkanah Armitage, and they were in conversation together for nearly a mile of the way from Pendleton, during which Mr. Brotherton accepted an invitation from Sir John Potter to spend an evening with him next week, when a sudden change of countenance in the hon. member attracted the attention of Sir John, marked by a wild and vacant gaze at the top of the omnibus. " Leek at Mr. 13r; therton," he observed, " how ill he looks," and immediately lie tad uttered the words Mr. Brotherton reclined gently backwards as though for sup port. The omnibus was passing the Crescent at this time, and Sir John, becoming seriously alarmed for his friend, di- sire 4 that the omnibus should at once be fe oppee. With the assistance of several gentlemen present Mr. Brotherton was carried into the house of Mr. Southern, surgeon, in the Crescent, but the time bad already gone by when any human aid could avail, and it is believed the hon. gentleman had ceased to exist before he was carried out of the omnibus. He died at the advanced age of 73 years. It is difficult to mention a man in his own neighbourhood whose death could occasion greater regret. Though his talents were not of a high order he had lived a life of great ti , efulness, and his extremely placid temperament and inoff e nsive demeanour, combined with honourable consistency in pablic life, bad won hi m the esteem of wore friends than most active politicians of his class have the good fortune to possess. The statement °net, made by the hon. member in the House of Commons that he had commenced life in a factory. ha, generally led to a somewhat wrong impression; at leapt be cannot be looked upon as one who commenced his career as an unfriended factory boy. At that period it was customary for farmers and small landowners to send their sons to a factory, much as they now do to a merchant's warehouse, to learn a trade and acquire busi• ness habits ; and Mr. Brotherton was descended from a respectable family i❑ D.,rhyshire. He afterwards made his way as a commercial man, and became a partner in business as a cotton spinner with Mr. Alderman Hervey at. Manchester, but retired from the partnership about 30 years ago o❑ what might be considered for most men i❑ his position a very moderate competence, but with quite sufficient fur a man of his economical and quiet habits. From a❑ early age he was a totai abstainer from intoxicating drinks, and was a vegetarian, having •early j oned a religious sect in Salford, called, from the name of their founder, " Cowherdites." After the death of the Rev. Mr. Cowherd, Mr. Brothertoti himself occupied his pulpit for some years. As a poli tician he h a d a l so formed opinions early, and at the close of the war i❑ 1815 he was connected with an influential party in Manchester who might be cons.dered as the connecting link between the reformer, of 1794 and thoi e of a later day, but did not j',in the more extreme party of Hunt. In the years 1817-19 however, during the sus pension of the Lla'eas Corpus Act, he was one of those who stood forward to demand a fair trial for the poor men who were thrown into gaol daring that period, and after the Peterloc riot of 1819 he aided in getting up a subscription for the sufferers. He was what was locally called a rational Radical, and joined heartily in the struggle far the Reform Bill. In the first Reform Bill the town of Salford was not included as one of the in tended boroughs for enfranchisement, and it was chiefly owing to Mr. BrAherton's exertions that it was subsequently enfranchised. The people of that borough very properly marked their sense of these services by making him their first member, and he held the representation until his death, giving very general satisfaction, though some of his earlier friends thought he latterly leaned rather more to the Whigs than was consis tent with his earlier professions. He protested against the corn laws when they were first imposed in the more offen sive shape iu 1815, and continued to take every opportu nity of seeking their repeal down to the formation of the Anti-Corn-Law League, of which he was an active mem ber, ever ready to go upon deputations and other business along with Messrs. CoAen, Br gist, and others, when be thought his assistance could be useful. He was exceed ingly a• tentive to his Parliamentary duties in connection with the two boroughs of Manchester and Salford—for be was equally ready to aid the constituents of either, to the last, and his ready accessibility, when in London, to de putations and persons seeking his aid, threw upon him an amount of labour which few other men would have undertaken. The most likely men, perhaps, thought of as his successors are Sir John Potter and Mr. Alderman Langworth v, both gentlemen having strong claims upon the gratitude of the electors. .. £30,000 6,000 2,695 238 THE CITY OF LONDON UNION. o i l;r t o e d m t t the e e r x e it port io e of th lN e l r. 130 Mo h o e rg o a f n , t t h h e e CaccountantMt pointed London Union, it appears that the defalcations of Paul, the assistant clerk, so far as they have been ascertained up to the present time, amount to 17 5241. In addi tion it has been found by the guardians that there is scarcely an instance in which he has not committed some fraud in connection with the accounts of the trades men and contractors by whom the union has been sup plied with goods. It is probable, therefore, as he bad filled the same post for a great number of years, that the totals now capable of being traced will very inadequately represent the real amount of his delinquencies. One tea' ure belonging to this case equally character ised those of Robson and Redpath. While Mr. Paul was intrusted with the disbursement of sums amounting annually to many thousand pounds free from the exercise of the slightest supervision his salary was limited to 2001. a-year. He had formerly failed in the corn trade, and his habits were doubtless expensive. Robson while indulging is the purchase of horses at 300 guinea each, was assumed to be working honestly on a salary of 1501. ; and Red path, also has attained middle age, and whose expenditure was proport of ably of a broader character, is stated to have received mil 3001. With the fact in view that the classes engaged &reedy in trade are making. unprecedented profits, and almo-itdoubling their scale of expenditure it was taken for granted that these men pressed by the immune tax and by the rapid rise in prices, which, unlikepersons in commerce, they were deiivilie all the inconvenience and none of the benefit, could be properly trusted t deal t i an tinlimited extent with the property of others, and that there was no necessity for those who enjoy the more tangible honours and profits of public positions to trouble themselves by exercising w..tchfulness. These circumstances offer no pal dation for the criminals, because they knew the terms on which they had accepted their duties, and were bound to exercise the greatest strictness in propom tion to the con fidence reposed in them; tl ay, neverthsless, threw a deep stain upon those whose want of discriminatii n and self-indulgent laxity have rendered possible the results o a witnessed. Apart from every other consideration, they might have known that persona of active intellect and hold address, fit for places of unrestricted trust, could not, in the existing demand for such qualifications, have been secured upon the terms accorded. Steady, scru pulous men might probably have been found, but such people are not often the favourites of boards of directors, and there is reason to apprehend there may be truth in the supposition that in some cases the offenders in ques tion have been treated with an extraordinary degree of deference on account of that very prodigality which should have been accepted as a warning of their mis conduct. Perhaps it was surmised that the parties, owing to advantages of position, were successful specu lators, and it is even possible that the admiration and envy with which they were accordingly regarded would never have been dispelled bad it not been found that their operations were being conducted feloniously against their patrons, instead of in an acute and quiet way at the risk of other people.— Times. Z'HE MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, WEDNESDAY. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's screw steam shiy Alhambra, Captain J. K. Joy, left this afternoon, with the usual Peninsular mails, 34 passengers, full general cargo, and 20 bottles of quicksilver. A nong the passengers were Captain Warden and family, Lieutenants Hunton, Kilvert, Holmes, Morgan, Shay p, Withers, Gubbins, Beste, Nesbit, and Mackenzie; Ensigns Bassine and Stevens ,, n. The screw steam -ship Candia, belonging to the same company, left this afternoon, under the command of Captain Powell, in ,tow of the steam-ship Euxine, Cap. f t e a e ir t t . John The aWeeks,tio alterations for Li, v ill b e e r p m o a o , e t be b o ym r. lengthened 4O Laird, of Birkenhead. THE AUSTRALIAN MAILS. PLYMOUTH, WEDNESDAY. The Indomitable, Captain Nicholson, the second vessel despatched from this port by the Australian A.tsxiliary Steam Clipper Company, arrived here on Monday night, en route for Melbourne. This fine ship is nearly as large as the Istamboul, the first vessel put on the line, being 1,160 tons register, add 1,800 tons burden. She takes out 60 passengers, and a full freight. Her date of sailing from this pert was delayed one day at the request of the Australian merchant s i n L on d on , i n or d er th a t she might take out yesterday (Tuesday's) mail. Through the active exertions of the company's agent at this port, Mr. J. B. Wilcocks, she was enabled to sail last night. The Tricolour, Capain Price, frem Calcutta, put in here this morning. The proposed meeting of merchants and bankers re. gat dit.g the state of the law in relati , n to warrants for goods is postponed from the 14th inst. to Monday, the 19th. -- --- The accounts from Melbourne yesterday by the Montmorency reach to the 15th October, being about a fortnight later than those by the Rid Jacket. Since the departure of that vessel there nad been no other ship ments of gold to England, but about 60,0001. had been despatched to India and China. The Heather Bell was to leave for London on the 15th of October, and the William Money and Tornado, for Liverpool, some time during that month. The rainy season, which had bees unusuaily protracted, had at length terminated, and a very active trade with the interior bad consequently commenced. According t o a circular from Messrs. Miles, Kington, and C..., large orders were coming in, and, although, owing to the previous accumulation of stocks, there had been no advance in prices, confidence had been imparted to holders, the arrivals lately baying been moderate, and a further rapid increase of business being looked for when the cost of cartage should decline to the ordinary summer rates. The wool shipped from Mel bourne during the season bad amounted to 12,027,680 lb., of the value of 787,6401. 20 25 20 100 10 109 i 201 10i 8 i i 50