The Sun. — London, England, 1857-01-19 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. The Liverpool Cotton Market on Saturday closed steadily, and, compared with the rates current on Friday, prices of all kinds were without alteration. The sales were estimated at 6,000 bales. The Railway Share Market was quiet, and prices were rather lower. The accounts received from the manufacturing districts in the North of England generally repro ) nt the business of the past week as being satis ctory. There does not appear to have been much activity, but full prices have been maintained for most kinds of manufactures. At Manchester opera tions are still contracted, in consequence of the high rates current for cotton, and the continued upward movement. On this account, therefore, the aggre gate transactions have not been numerous, but, owing to the increasing supplies of the raw mate rial, an early reaction is not deemed improbable. At Nottingham there is not much alteration to report, but fuller prices are demanded, and the inquiry for most articles is quiet. In Leeds a good deal of animation has prevailed, and at Bradford a considerable business has been done in the worsted department. The manufacturers are fully em ployed, notwithstanding the enhanced value of cotton and wool. From Birmingham we learn that the demand for iron is rather brisk, both for home use and for exportation. The advices from New York per steamer Europa described the money market in that city as being more stringent than at the date when the previous mail left. The latest Banks Return . shows a consi derable augmentation in the loans and discounts, with a material falling off in the specie. Until the spring trade is over no relief is anticipated, and in the meantime the commercial community are com pelled to pay high rates for discount accommodation. The meeting of the Union Bank of Australia has just been held. The business passed off satisfac torily, a dividend of 10 per cent. for the half year (at 20 per cent. per annum) being declared, out of the profits of the half-year, amounting to 20,5281. ls. sd. The report was very cheering as to the future prospects of the trade of the colony, and the affairs of the bank were stated to be in a satisfactory condition. The reserve fund was now 200,0001. After some dismission the report was adopted. An important meeting of merchants, brokers, and others is now in progress at the London Tavern, to effect an alteration in the law respecting delivery orders, warrants, bills of lading, &c., in consequence of the late decision in the ca se of Kingsford v. Merry. Baron Rothschild was in the chair. A memorial to the Government was adopted for an alteration in the law. Although full rates are current, the demand for discount is not quite so active, but this pause is no doubt only temporary, as the requirements of the commercial community are increasing. The inquiry for silver is very brisk, and in order to effect extensive purchases on the Continent large quantities of gold are leaving for France, dm On Saturday 80,0001. was sent from the Bank to that country ; and, in the absence of Australian arrivals, these shipments must be tell ing rather seriously on the stock of the precious metals at the national establishment. Although tke aspect of the Money Market is by no means encouraging, and little inclination is evinced to enter into speculative operations, the value of the English Funds remains without any change of importance. There is certainly downward tendency, and prices are per cent. lower than on Saturday, but no vio lent fluctuations occur, and the appearance of the market is quiet. Sales of stock have been made for delivery to-morrow, which has no doubt contributed to render the market heavy and unsettled, but the aggregate transactions are exceedingly limited. Consols for transfer have been 931 and they are now about 93f 4. For the account dealings have been recorded at 93f The New 3 per Cents. are 94 to 941, the Reduced 931 and Exchequer Bonds 981 to 99. The Bills are 2s. discount to 2s. premium. Bank stock is marked 216 to 218, and India Stock 220 to 221. The Foreign Market is very dull. Turkish 6 per to Cents. are dull at about 941 to 95, and the 4 per 18 Cents. are nominally quiet. Spanish New De- 20 ferred are 23i ; Dutch 2} per Cents. 641 ; Guate- 20 ma la Bonds, 60 ; Chilian 6 p er Cents., 104 ; and A 6 Buenos Ayres, 83 i. 0 The following are the nominal prices of Foreign 20 Stooks :---Grenada Deferred Bonds, 6 7 ; 10 can, 211 t ; Peruvian, 78 79 ; ditto 3 p er Cents., 10000 50 6 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 43 5 ; Russian 20 5 per Cents., 106 8 ; ditto 4 per Cents., 95 7 ; St. Spanish 3 per Cents., 40 ; ditto New Deferred, 100 23i 24 ; ditto! Certificates, 5i 6 ; ditto Passive, tOO 5i O. 20 A very limited amount of business has been to transacted in Railway Securities this morning, Z 0 and in most instances a decline of about ±to per I : cent. may be noticed on the values of the principal too lines. Caledonian declined ss. ; Great Western, 100 I.os. to 15s. ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, ss. ; and North Eastern Berwick, ss. North-Western, 20 Brighton, and South Wales, maintained about 2 ,g previous values. The French lines have been 20 rather depressed, Paris and Lyons having declined tO ss. to 1 05 ., Grea t Luxembour g receded 55., and ..V) Dutch Rhenish ss. The Canadian lines rule ra ther lower, Grand Trunk of Canada being 51 to ___ 52 ; Great Western, 24i East Indian are 1( steady, and Scinde are quo ted 7 i . 2( Joint-Stook Bank Shares are dull, and prices 21 have generally receded, w ith the exception of II Union of Australia, which have improved about 10s. In Miscellaneous Shares the Electric Tele- 2 2 ' , graph, London General Omnibus Company, Peel 2 River, and Crystal Palace maintain previous quo- 2 1 tations. 2 BRITISH FUNDS.—CLOSING PRICES —THIS DAY. (From the Official List.) scon.ss done sank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities New 3 per Cent. Annuities 944 4 31 New 2 i per Cent. Annuities India stock judis Bonds, £lOOO Ditto, under £lOOO 2 d Consols for Account 93 i 3 i i F. alequer 13111 s, 24d £l000 £5OO 2 p Small Ditto Bonds, 185 S, 3i por Cent.. — Ditto, 1859 PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS—THIS DAY. Branlisn Fonds, 5 per Cent. Do., New, 1829 and 1899, 5 per Cent 101; Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent. B3i Chills* Bonds, 6 per Cent lO4 Equador New Consolidated 1 li enatemals Bonds, 5 per cent 6O blexieau 3 per Cent flpanith Bowls, 3 per Cent ... ...•. "•• Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent. Spanish Committee Cert. of Coup. n9t fun 6 Turkieh Bonds, i per cent Ditto kceettat Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. — Ditto Account ... ..... lO3 Dtvidends on the shove savable In Lone n. Dutch Exchange, 2i per Cont., 12 Guilders 641 5 THREE O'CLOCK, 11 Comb', money 93 i 03i DIU* Account (Fobruaty 5)... HILARY TERM, 1857. Public examination of the students of the Inns of Court, held at Lincoln's-inn Hall, on the Bth, 9th, and 10th days of January, 1E57. The Council of Legal Ednoation have awarded to A Studentship of fifty guineas per annum, to continue for a period of three years. Certificate of honour of the first class. William Ritchie, E9q., Student of the Mid. Temple, George Alfred Marten ' Esq., Student of thelnnerTemple, Richard Copley Christie, Esq., Student of Lincoln's-in n , John Edwards, Bsq., Student of Linooln'e-inn, John Robbins, Esq., Student of the Inner Temple, By order of the Conn, (Signed) RicHA Council Chambers, Lincoln'. Certificates that th.y have satisfactorily pa3sed a public exami nation. tD BETHELL, Chairman, in, Jau. 15. FIIE SUN, LON DON, MONDA EVENING, JANUARY 19 y 857 SHARE MARKETS—(ibis Day.) R,A.11.W %Y,+. shr. IPaid. iia.mwAys. (11 , 1nc Pi c Thts day. Brod/toss done this day Notti:g. and BaetD. Jun ill Belfast a Ballyme) al Birming. Wolvorh Stour Val'ey all i ßirkeand. T.AncEil , F Cheshire Junct an Chosh. 4 Mrd all `oo., do. ..... all I Blackburn 19i -- 17 ISt ; all Myth eryneorigin: £25 (issd. at £4 100 Bristol and Exete 110 0 Ca1ed0nian.......... 100 Chester Holyhead all Cork and Blndon all Cork, Black, & Pas all Cornwall all Do. A ............ 8 Do. B 45 ithiblindißlastJnne all ;Dun. P. le Ab-r. Jnc 100 ;East Anglian all ;Eastern Counties 100 ; East. Union, A. 10 •i De., B. Stock 83 Do., New A..- 17: East Kent 100 Fast Lancashire East Suffolk _4 i Do. 92 - 94 61 - 62 37 - 38 ... '- - -••• Of lni lBi 19 40 - 42 28 30 7 - 5 91 - 95 ! 100 Edinburgh dr Olasg,, all Edinb. and Peebles 1-00 Prtt Ca Dund , all Forth & Clyde Jnn 1100 Furness 53 - 5± - 34i - 35 100 Glasgow & S. Westrn all Great N. of Seotlnd !A Great Northern ~. 91 - 96 7 - 8 92 93 76 - 78 .22 124 11 113 65 66 100 :Do., A. Stock 100 , Do. B. Stock 130 iGt. Sth. kWeet.(lre.) 100 Great Western 100 Do. Stour Val. Rai One.. Stk all Irish South-Eastern all Lancaster & Carlisif 14D0., Thirds 12 Do. New Thirds 100 Lowish. andYorksh I I Do., Wet. Riding Un all 'Do. Southi ort all !London Blackwall 100 I Load. Bright kS.Cs',. 100 ;Loud, and N. Westr, 16 'Do. Fifths 54 D0.101.5h.,31&8...( 24 Do. Eighths 10t, London andS. West!). all LndndrrydsColeraine all Lndndrry. Ennisk LOO Kanch.Shef.k Liuclo 1 Metropolitan 1 Do. J. L. Ricardo'r arrangement 00 !Miami 00 )o. Birmng.3tDerl all Widld. G. West. (Ire all '')o. Half Shares all Newcastle & Carlisi• all Nwpt.Aberg. &Hrf Si Newry & Enniskill , all Newry, Warrenpoin -- 72 ind Routrevor .00 gorfolk 3i ;orthn.ConntiesUr [OO North British LOO gth Devon Rail R Dock Stock.. ..... .• [OO )0., A Stock [OO B Stock 0(' I.Bastern—Berwi 23 )(I. do. Extension 16i Dodo. G.N.E. ?nro} all Do. Leeds 00 Do. York 100 north London II h Nl.ALS.Wstrn,,flam stead, and City Jn.. !forth Staffordshire al 'forth Western all I.& S. Westrn.Junc /a., Wore., & Wolv 14 'ortsraouth 9 Rhymney L .0 I•+t ottish Central LO) Scot. N. E.Abrdn St. iKI Do. Scot. Mid. St 101 2 SitingbournekSheer. al iontti Devon 10 South Eastorn 100 south Wales 7 ,4. Yrksh. Ely. Da. 6 :/o all •Vaines,Wok. &Wo all Stockton & Darting 12 Do., do., 1554 3 Do., do., 1855 1( I Stockton & Hartlep 11( Call Vale _ . )o. Pref., No. 1 ?2 Mantes Hay. D.& R, all Vale of Neath all Waterfd. k Kilkenn all Waterford&Limeric • all Weet Cornwall__ all West End of Londoi and Crystal Palace. all Do. A all Do. B all West London all Do. Fiist Class .. all Do. Second Class... RIl Wimhledn ernwl on COLO: 9 tom bay , ise.roda., and Can. Indis, g. 5 p. c all Do. 10s. Ceylon A shares 1 Do. B. do. All )emat Ars 2e. Eastern Bengal all [Cast Indian A and B, g. 5n.. 5 Do. Ex. C, gu. sp. c all Do: do. D, gu. sp. c. all D 0.4 p.c.Bnds.,'s7 all Do. do. do., '59, do all Geelong k Melbourne guar. 5 per Gent. 100 Gd Trunk of Canada all Do. Cert. of Dollen. con. into Stk. all Do. Comp. 6p. c., do. all Gt. In. Pen. g. sp. e. 2 Do New, guar. sp. c all ;4t.Westernof Canada 8 Do. New all Do. Bds., payable 's'r all Do. do., '76, p. '6O all Do. do., '73 do. all Do. do., '73, without option all Aadras, guar. 4 j p.c. all Do. do., sp. c. 10 Do. 44 p. c. Eaten 5 Do. 3d Ex., g. sp. 5 icinde, guar. 5 p. c all Do 18 3t. Andrew's and Quebec (A) 96 • ... ... • •• 61 7 112 114 1051 1061 20/ - 211 10i -10 t, I 106; - 1074 ... - ......, ...0 I 82i - 821 63 - 55 ' ... - 13i 61 - 53 3), - 39 40 00 ...... 84 - 85 4f 3IJ 3 !si 18 60 61 98 102 4i - 27a ..• ••• LO6 - 108 25t - 266 71 73 49 - 11 1g ... 176 18 74 75 - 85 5 3 d 3 2 14 16 38 40 -. ... iii = 204 6 - 8 2 - 4 4/ - 51 «• .. . »• -- • •• ... •-• ••• 7 - 9 lAL. i - 1 I - 1 03 110 la p oe """ ... 21 3 / 4 - 22 50 - 52 82 -- 83 20i -- 21 24} -24 i 24 -- 231) 99 -- 100 , 118 123 11S -- 123 108 110 19! 19 21a 22 d— iP iP 2 2ip IGli. 6 ai i 11 18 —26 P 2 p 41 5 d par 33 9i —10 i par 1 pi 4 - 4i - 4i ... " •• • --- 6 -.6 - 6ip 1 iiii, 71 8 18 1.9 37 33 id 9i 54 155 54 -- 58 i- i P li -?A 1 - It - 8i - ... 11 ) `I 41 41 a 10 34 s 5 4 lip' BALNIE h. 94 9 6 d, 60 62 ~• --- ••• ~.• - •••P 1 id 69 71 18 - 18} 18} isi 18 —18 j ••• • ••• ••• ..''' •• • a • '''' ••• •Y ..4° •• • K 1 37 39 it lid of. ...... ••• NIP ' 3 l - 36 63 - 65 7 -- , ii _ - d d' 8 ;ii 6 trOtt: all ntwerp&Rott _rdx m 10 krdennes all fielgian Eastn. Juno 16 Resi ere to Grai seems c 101 Buff. & Lk. Hur. Ry. all Carrneaux & Toulouse Coal Mines and Ry 1 12 Dutch Rhenish all Eastern of France all. Do. New 2s. Euphrates Valley 10e. Eur.kln.Jn.Tel.Rail. 18 A. Central of Fran, e 16 Ilreat Luxembourg._ 4 Italian Junction... all Lake Conet. & Basle all Lierre and Turnhout 6 Lombardo Venetian. all Lucca & Fist. sp. c.p. 15 Lyons and Geneva all Lyons & 11iediterran • a ll Maria Antonia a ll Do. do. New all Namur & Liego all Do. do., Gp. c. Pref all Northern of France. a ll gorwegianTrunkPre all Paris and Lyons all Paris and Orleans 5 Recife & San. Fran , (Pernam.) g. 7 p. c i Rome and Frascati all Royal Danish all Royal Swedish all Sambre and Meuse all Do. p. cent. Prof, all southern of France , ell 'Nest Flanders all Do. 6A per c. Pref , all w &N.W. of Framer.' 6 Western of Austria all West. of Switzerland all Wiesbaden . all Do. 8 per cent. Prof. I nil Zealand ...... JOINT-S' all h. untra a, 18i Bank of Egypt 50 Bank of London Bri. Col. Bk.& Ln. C al , 3ritish N. American 6 Chartd. Bank of Aga 6 artd. Buk. of India, Australia, & China 50 City 25 Colonial N Commercial of Loud 41 1 E n g.Soot.kAus.Cht all Loud. Chart. Bk. o f Australia all Ditto New 20 London and County 50 Lnd .EL, E. Bnk g. Corp. 10 London Joint Stock 20 Loud. & Weetminster 35 National Proof Zug 10 Do. New ........... 22i National Bank ...... all New South \Valet... all Oriental Ek. Corp... 15 Ottoman Bank ...... 45 ti'revincial of Ireland all Do. New 1 it Ans B &Go 1m Cc iontli Australia all I lJnive of Australia 21Do. 10 Union of hon.lon 50 Unity Mutual , ' Western Bk of Loud LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS, I 1 RAILWAYS. =pal- all Bedford and Bletehley 1100 Buckgliamsli. I'o Clydesdalt all Col. Stour Vy. pc. all E. Un. H. SI,. 100 Glaz. Barr. & Loudon & N. Wo,t. L. &N. W. E. 13 &E.O Clt.Nrt , s, E. Count. Caldontam. Neils. Direetl 1100 Do. New all Glstr.tk Dn lrr all Hrtlpl. Dk. & Railway all Hull & Solby all Do. Sharer. all Do. ; Shares. all Lon.&Groonw all Do.Preferenee 100 Lon., Til., &S. Do Gt. Westn Yk. Now. Berw. Y. &N Do Do I EI. Easter!: IDo Peto At Co Do NI Do. Bark. Sh. 100 Lowestoft gr. 4 per cont. 100 Do. 6 per ct. all Manch. 13xtn. and Matlock all Middlesbro' Norfolk Do IL.Sc N. 17 ittdl4.! Stckton At' Darlingt. Redc.g 6 p.c. 100 Midid. Bradt. 5} Newmarket Bury E. G.spc all N.Sx Est.s p.c. all Do. 6 per ct. all Do. Fixeds p c all Prest. & A yr , all Do. j Shra. A 100 Roystn.& Hit. 181 Shot. Roth.and Gooleg .5 p.c. all Shrew& er 10i S. Stattordsh. all Wear Valloygr 6 per cent... En. Conn. E. Count Do Do L. & N. W Do GtNorthn I‘ncash Yorksh. T. Brassoy M.MClean Stockt. k Darlingt Do OtWosta All Do 100 Wiltsk-lorarst 1 Closing Prices .1 this day. 96 - 98 98 - 102 11 - 13 133 - 136 4 4i owe •. ''... • • • IE6 : in -- " 12i -- 13 . ..• 2:3 -- 21 108 -- 110 i i P •M • • • 2i - 2i =93 Ai - 58 ••• •-... ••• 132 = 13 5 ... -.- • ... 9 - 8 :33 : ii 88 - 90 Business this day PREFERENCE SHARE:3. 25 all BlythandTyno lOper c. pref. (issd.atsol' ... - ... St. LOO Brio. & Ex. 4p.a. St ... - ... 20 5 Do. 4p. c. Shares .. - ... St. 100 Caledn. £lO 41 p.c 96 - 98 St. 100 (Jhes. & Elo. Gn. J pc ... - ... St. 100 Do. do. Prof. 5 per c. ••• - ... 64 all ?Cork &Bandon& p.c. 4 i - 5 54 al' Dua.Prth 4 Aber.. l . 6 - 66 10 2 a,•. Anglian Cls. A SI, ... - •• • St. 100 Do. do. Cis. B6p. c. 110 - 115 St. 100 Do. do Cls. C7p. c. ... - ... 9 %11 gas.Co.Ex,spcNo. i 6p rill . i all Do. No. 2. i- IP 11 Fel 10 all Do. Nov 6p.0. St 12 - 126 20 All East L; n., G. 6p. c ... - ... 5 all Do. 51. 10 per cent ... - ... 10 all Do. 101. Dehentr.Sh. ... - ~, St. all Do. do. 4 per cent.. ... - ... St. 100 East Lancash. 6 p.ets ... •- ... 5 all F.. kW. York. J. sthf ... - „,, 10 4 Edin. & Gl. 5 p.c. sh St. 100 Ed.Prth.&Duri.4p.c 756 - 7 . 6.3 St. 100 Furness, sp. c. x d .. - ••• Bt. 100 Gins. &B. W.G.5 p.c. .. - . St. 100 Great Northn. sp. c 118 - 120 1181 St. 100 Do. sp. c. Redeem. at 10 p. c. pram... 110 - 112 it. 106 Do. 41 p.c lO2 - 104 100 60 D 0.5 p. c., Red. at 6 P. c• pm.... - 64 i 0 all at.N.ofScot..lstPre 9i - 104 St. 100 Gt. 8.41 W. (Ireland) ... - 20 16 Do. 4por o. Prof. S ... - .10 6 R.. W.(B.A.:ll.Exspc 6 -6, St. 100 Do. con. red. 46 p.c. 93 - 95 93 I St. 100 Do. con. red. 4p. o. ... - , it. 100 Do. irred. 4p. c. . 83 - 8 . 5 xin St. 100 Do. sp. c. red. prof 98 100 991 8 all Do. Birm. Pref. Sh 10 - 10. le 10 all Do.ChosterB p. c. P.' . 16i -17 t 10 all Do. do. sp. c. do.. 10 - 104 St 1.00 Do. Birm. Gua. Stk 73 - 75 26 all Do. Ches. Gus.. Sh.. 194 - 20. 131 all Do do. do 9i - 104 20 all Do. do. do ... - ... . 141 - 154 15 16 6 Lan. &York. F. £2O ... - St. 1100 Do. 6p. c. Stock 137 - 139 St. ,100 Lon.&B.G.spc•No.l ... - ... St. 1100 Do. P., 5p c. St.No.2 - -- St. 100 De. New Guar.6 p. ,- 139 - 142 St. 100 Do. do. sp. c.,Ne.4 118 -. 120 11$ St. 100 Lon.&N. W., Coy. di Nuneaton sp. ct... , ... -.- St. , 100 Lm.& S. W. 7 per ct i late 3d Shares .•. 157 - 1 59 126 all L )ndy.& Color. A 811. ... - ... 126 all Londy.&Ennis.iSh ... - ••• St. 100 Nf.,5.,& L.. 6 p. Cent ••• - --• 6 44 Do. do. do. £6 ... St. 1 100 Do. do. 34 per cent. 6g •-• 0 0 - / 12.1 1 all Aarypt.&Carl. 4 p e ... - ... 12 , all Do. 46 per cont •• - ••• 12 10i Do. do. - ••• St. 100 liid.Consol.6 p.c St . • - St. 100 no. Con.Br.rtir.6pc 137 - 139 Bt. 100 Do. 46 p. c. Pref. `t 98 - 100 98i St. 100 Ditto L.& H. Pref. St 89 - 91 New., Aber., &c., pr. t 10 el } sp. a. re d. 5 p.c. pm. j"' - "' 10 6 Do. Perpet. 6 p ct. with optn. till '66 1 -- 16 10 all Norfk. Deb, 4 p.c. sh ... - •.• St. 100 Do. Pref. sp.c.Bt ~ ... - ... St. 100 Do. 5 pa. Ext.,1846 ... - ... St. 1100 D. 51perc.pf.,1847 ... - ... St. 100 D0.Wv.V.6pc.,1847 ... - at. 100 Northßritish 1103 -105 7 31 Do 71. Preference .., - St. 100 N. E. Berw, 4 p.c. P 93 -95 17 8.6 Do. do. do l4 - i d 20 13 Do Leeds 6 p.c ..No.l ... - ... 126 9 Do. do. Qr5.,1848... . - • ••• 25 10 Do.Yorkfl.& S. Per. i - id 20 all North Staffordshire.. . - Bt. 100 0x,W0,&W.,8pe... les - 109 109 St. 100 Do. 6 p.e. Redeem. ... - ••• 8i all Soot. Cent. , New Prot . . - ... St. 1100 Sc.N.E. Abor.g 6pa 1 . 13 - 116 5 1 all Do. d0.,7 p.c. pf. st. 105 - 110 St. 'lOO D0.d0.,36p.c. pt. st, ... - ... 25 all South Devon r 164 -17 i 10 all Do. fixed,46 per cent ~. - ... 1.4.6 all S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. 23 - 24 231 i St. 100 Do. 44 per cent XlO2 - 105 10 all Do. Fixed 44 pc eh 10/ - 101 St. 100 3 Wales Gua. 4p. c ... - ... St. 100 Do. do. 44 p. c 20 all S.Yorksh.4p.c.ouar ... - -- 25 all itock.&Dsr., sp. c 274 -- 281 25 15 Do. do. do - 3 p 124 all Stock. & Hartl. g. 5 p. c. till July 1, '56 ... - ... 5 I all Waterfd.& Kilk. 6 pc; 3 - 31 MINKS. 10s all Anglo Californian 20 7 Australian — 1 1 1 all Baden (Gd. Duchy of ••• 50 all Blsenar. Iron & Coat ..„ 20 14 British Iron 7l 35 266 Brazilianlmp.(issued at E 5 pm.) 30 all Do. Cocaes Cuiab , 3 3i 20 15 Do. St. John Delßey 16 18 1 6 Clarendon Cons. Min Co. of Jamaica p /13 40 all Cobro Copper 5 11 Colonial Gold ••• St. all Copper Min. of Eng 30 35 15 all Do. Prof. 71 p. cent 25 27 1€ Copiapo l3 15 2 all Fortuna 8 lid 20 all General — 1 all Gt • NuggetVoinßeg 41 all Greet Polgooth — 5 all Gt Wheal Vor United •66 6 6i 11 all Liberty '-3 I all Llaares 8 • 81 5 16 Lusitanian id 1 I an Niariquita 1 all New Granada 1 all Nouveau Monde 21 all Pontgi•Sil.& Le. Min E 10 5 1 Port Philip — ••• 1 all Quartz Rock ••• 50 all Rhymnoy Iron 23 25 15 all Do. New 7 9 30 151 Santiago de Cubs 2l Si 3 1 2 1; . i 6s. Sort. Cons. Min. Co. 16 11 1 all South Australian ••• ••• 1 all Do. Scrip 1 all Do. 10 per cent Prof • •.. • . 41 Tam. S. & L.11.11n. Co. 1 A 10 9 Tin Croft 3} 4} 281 all United Mexican 3i 4 1 all Waller 1 all West Mariposa • 1 1 1 12s. Worthing Mining of Australia MISCELLA NROUS. 25 19 ,ustrs.tian agrienit 22 24 231 10 11 Australn. Royal Mail 11 10 all 'terlin Water Works 51 6 51 50 40 , Irit. American Land 40 - 45 100 3i Canada l3l 134 St. .10 CI 0.6 p. c. Jan& j nly 110 110 1101 St. 100 Do. 6 p.c. Feb & Aug „, St. 100 Do. 6p c. Mar & Sept 5 all Crystal Palace , 21 2R 2i 5 all Do. Preference 4 all Crystal Pal. of Franco 1 1 Duston Iron Ore ••• ••• • 20 18 Eastern Stearn St. 100 electric Telegraph B3 91 91 1 1 all Electric Toleg. of Ir 5 all En.dans Cop Sm Co 11 11 25 all Gon. Ir Sc Col (Ion.) 15 14 Gen. Stos.ta Navigat. . 11 all General Screw Steam 61 —6% 20 5 London Discount ... 4 2 d 4 all Lond. Gon. Omnibus 31 31 3} 20 10 Magdalena St. Navig ,„, 10 all Uediteran. Elec. Tel. , 10 all Moxican&S.Amerien. .3 3 25 5 Nat. Discount C 0.... 1 - p5l 25 5 Do. Now 10 5 Netherlands Land I 6 10 all Do. Do. .... 5 3 Do. 8p c P iss at 1 d 31 4p 5 1 Do. Do . id 11) 100 80 Now B. cit N. S. Lan d . N.S.W. Gov.sp.c.D. ••• 1 all N. B. Australasian — 20 171 Nrth.ofEuropeSteam 3 1 all Oriental Gas ll 11 1 2s. Do. "Now Shares" 1 4p , Pn 3 S all Peel Rr. 14. & Minrl. 24 - 24 24 1 5 0 all Peninsular& Oriental 67 69 681 8 , no 10 Do. New 4 5 p 1 00 60 Royal Mail Steam 1 ill Scot. Austral. Invest. 11 —1/ 1 all Ditto New 1 11F, —0 all South Austral.iand 35 37 1 sr, Snbmar. Tel. Scrip 1 - 1 1 all Do. Registe re d. . . . -- 1 20 5 (*rust& 1 - 4.1:0.U.na,;. • _, " 286 Van Diemen's Land 15 ' 17 n._, Vso).6P.e•Janbataz CHARLES MACKAY'S NEW POEMS. Under Green Leaves. By Charles Mackay. G. Routledge and Company. Another volume of verso by Charles Mackay— another collection of those graceful fugitive pieces which have made his name so pleasantly familiar to us all. Who will not welcome this little book with all imaginable cordiality and cheerfulness ? And none the less cheerfully, and none the less cordially, because of that strange rumour just now beginning to be whispered about in literary circles, to the effect that the writer of these charming lyrics, the poet of " Egeria" and the " Salamandrine," meditates venturing very soon upon a lecturing tour through the United States of America, in the footsteps of W. M. Thackeray. Whenever Charles 'Mackay may venture across the Atlantic upon this new enterprise, he may count upon carrying with him the good-wishes and God-speed of many a warm heart left behind him in old England. And none the less securely, " we guess," may he " calculate" upon securing to himself a most genial reception at the hands of brother Jonathan—with whom his many brilliant, and some of them glorious, " Songs" are, if possible, more popular even than among ourselves. His " Ballads," his Lyrics," his " Voices from the Orowd," his " Voices from the Moun tain," in fact, every one of his miscellaneous poetical productions having contributed fragments of me lody long since ringing familiarly like " household words" under the roof beams of that vast scattered family, whose mother-tongue is no other than our grand, old, composite, nervous, manly Anglo- Saxon language. A language echoing like a won• drous rebeck across the Atlantic in the songs of Mackay and of Longfellow ! The title selected by our popular songster for his new poems—[His "Poems" generally, by th e wa y , being the theme, we understand, of his projected Lectures and Readin gs in the United States] — will prove alluring enough with the majority of his read ers we conjecture : being in every respect, to say the least of it, sufficiently refreshing ! "Under Green Leaves"—a collection of short poems advisedly grouped together under that suggestive heading— having been every one of them, it is intimated, composed, literally and actually, " under green leaves," in the sweet fresh air, among the verdure of one or other of the many lovely suburbs clustering (north, south, east, west) about this great smoky Babel of London. Refreshingly welcome then, sap we, must every volume of verse, so called, and so written, by Charles Mackay, be to every man who has been " long in city pent," so long pent, that he pants at last for a breath of fresh air, and a sight of the green fields, and of the green boughs, and of the blue open heavens. Aud here—through this book—he may see them all, and drink deep draughts of that same fresh air fragrant with the perfume of the country—as through an opened lattice I Apart, however, from the allurement visible on the title-page, there is the 'witching charm of an old old friend from Sbakspere in the form of that little golden scrap of a quotation " Under the greenwood tree, Who loves to lie with me, And tune his merry note Unto the sweet bird's threat, Come hithe:, come hither, come hither !" Hearken, however, to our modern songster himself as he thus " tunes his throat" to " the sweet bird's note" in such a lyric as the following : TELL MB NO MORE. Tell me no more amid these silent mountains, Beneath these green leaves, musical with song, Lull'd by the whisper of these upland fountains, The old unvarying tale of guilt and wrong. Leave me alone one day, with Nature's beauty — One day—one night—an alien to my care : The needful rest will nerve my soul to duty, And give me strength to struggle and to bear. If it be true that love is born to sorrow, That Hope deceives, and Friendship fades away-- Let the sad wisdom slumber till to-morrow, Nor stand between me and this summer-day. If I am free to dive in Truth's deep ocean, I will be free to linger on the shore, To watch the billows in their wild commotion, And hear far off their melancholy roar. Pearls for the diver battling with the billows ! Pearls for his mournful pomp, and lonely pride ! For me, this day, a harp upon the willows, And flowers fresh-gather'd by the water's side. Or, again, whore he thus questions himself in a sylvan mood of reverie as to the— FAIENST AND DEAREST. Who shall be fairest? Who shall be rarest? Who shall be first in the songs that we sing ? She who is kindest, When Fortune is blindest, Bearing through winter the blooms of the spring ; Charm of our gladness, Friend of our sadness, Angel of Life, when its pleasures take wing ! She shall be fairest, She shall be rarest, She shall be first in the songs that we sing Who shall be nearest, Noblest, and dearest, Named but with honour and p:ide evermore? He, the undaunted, Whose banner is planted On Glory's high ramparts and battlements hoar; Fearless of danger, To falsehood a - stranger ' L oo king not back while there's Duty before 1 He shall be nearest, He shall be dearest, He shall be first in our hearts es ermore About the finest thing in the whole volume, to our thinking, is the poem solemnly entitled " Storm Approaching"—nineteen thrilling and impressive &twins, written in a grand and almost awful tone of mingled warning and exhortation. Here are a few of these stanzas—the eloquence and passion of which will be readily recognised :-- We live in a time of sorrow, A time of doubt and storm, When the thunder-clouds hang heavy, And the air is thick and w ar m ; When the far-off lightnings gather And the birds of the air, f ear-stricken, To nest and cover fly Look np 1 ye drowsy pe o p le, Ou the verge of the darkening sky, There's desolation nigh. Kneel down in the dust and ashes I Kneel down, ye high and great, Who call yourselves the bulwarks Or fathers of the State, And clear your ;sleepy vision From selfishness and scorn, And mingle with the people, To learn what they have borne— Their suffering and their sadness, Toiling forlorn, forlorn 1 Awake awake ! ye sleepers, There's danger over all, When the strong shall b e sorel y shak en , Ard the weak shall g o to the wall ; When towers on the hi ll-to p standin g Shall topple at a word, And the principles of ages Shall ba question'd with the sword, And the heart's blood of the nations Like fountains shall be polled. When a fierce and a searching Spirit Shall stalk o'er the startled earth, And make great Thrones the playthings Of his madness or his mirth ; When ancient creeds and systems, In the fury of his breath, Shall whirl like the leaves of Autumn, When the north wind belloweth— And drift away unheeded, To the deep, deep seas of death. The first large rain-drops patter, The low wind moans and sings— Awake, ere the tempest gather, Rulers, and priests, and kings ! Ere the thunder-clouds are open'd, That wall and flank the sky ; Ere the whirlwind leaves its caverns, And the shafts of ven g eance fly— Look up ye drowsy people, There's desolation nigh ! enough, however, in the way of extract. The book must speak for i tself—it will speak for itself—tor Charles Mackays poems ever command an audience to say the least of them—respectful, observant, and interested. An audience that will not fail to listen for a while absorbed—while they hear sung to them in well-known accents the griefs of "Hornyhand," the excuses of " Shackaback," lyrical pieces about "The Cobbler" and about "The Musician," about " Cracklethorn " and about " Lullingsworth," about " Gideon Gray " and " C a stle Athelstone." Fl a ws there are in these verses, easily distinguish able, here and there, as we turn them over casu ally—the book being in no respect, of course, that great world's wonder, "one entire and perfect chry solite:'But we care n o t i n it s i ns tance to point ahem out—.the work co m i ng b e f ore u s in no respect withany very grandios e p retens i on s. It is musi cal,t genial, and unaffected. And, therefore, only to be thought of in a kindred mood to that in which Wordsworth called to mind the bed of daf fodils moving in the breeze : when he spoke of them thus tenderly in the mere remembrance— " And still my heart with pleasure fills, And dances with the daffodils I" And so, too, in a mood as tender and as natural ; and occasionally with the " tears in his voice, ' Charles Mackay —crowning himself with a fresh bay-wreath—sings to us UNDER GREEN LEAVES . THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.—Reports of th• deputation of shareholders appointed at the last half yearly meeting, held at Bristol in August last, and of the directors in reply, from which it appears that the deputation and the directors hold opposite views with regard to the management of the company's affairs. It will therefore be the business of the shareholders to decide the poibts in dispute at the ensuing half-yearly meeting. The result of the efforts of the deputation of shareholders is stated in the following sentence in their report :—" The committee regret to report the failure of all their efforts to bring about, in conference with the directors, any alterations in the constitution of this . board.". IYI4RZET NEWS.—(This Day.) CORN EXCHANGE, Most of the country markets held on Saturday were but moderately supplied with wheat, in which only a limited business was doing, and inferior parcels were rather cheaper. Barley was in good request, at very full prices. In the value of other articles very little change took place. The continental markets have been tolerably firm for all kinds of produce. The American advices bring a dull sale for both wheat and flour. The arrivals of English grain up to our market last week were but moderate. The imports from abroad were 12,749 qrs of wheat. 12,231 barley, 17,752 oats, 131 G beans, 355 peas, 120 tares, 1,880 linseed, 10,970 rapeseed, 2,303 sundry seeds, 181 sacks and 4,607 barrels of flour. The supply of English wheat in to-day's market, received coastwise and by land carriage, was very moderate, yet the bulk of the samples, considering the prevailing damp wea ther, were in fair condition. Selected qualities of both red and white were, in most instances, disposed of at last Mon day's quotations ; but middling and inferior kinds ruled very dull, and, in some cases, prices were the turn in favour of buyers. At the close of the market a large por tion of the supply was unsold, although factors would have taken ls. to 2s. less money to affect a clearance. _ _ We were well supplied - with foreign wheat. Although the demand ruled extremely inactive, importers were firm in their demands, and in the few sales effected, last week's currency was supported. Floating cargoes of grain realised former terms. We were well supplied with both English and foreign barley. The trade was much less active than last week, yet prices were well supported, except grinding sorts, which gave way is per quarter. There was a dull inquiry for malt, yet prices were steady. The show of oats was on the increase, nevertheless, the oat trade ruled firm at full quotations. Both beans and peas were in fair supply, and steady re quest at fully late rates. We had a dull trade for flour at barely last week's prices. Norfolk qualities were offering at is per 2801bs. less money. - CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. Wheat—Essex L Kent, Malt—Chevalter .... 768 to 793 Red •..• new 531 to 67a Oats Yorkshire and Ditto•• .• .... old —a —a Lincolnek., Feed 21s 25s Ditto, White new 56s 74e Potato Ditto.. •• .... old —3 —a Youghal and Cork Norfolk and Lin- Black. •• •• •• 193 22 coin, Red, old —s —a Cork, White ... •• 21s 26. Ditto new •• 524 658 Scotch, Feed. •• •• 26s 294 Rye—Old •• ......•• .. —I —e Beans—Tick ..• •• .... 34s 35 , New •• •• •• ...... 388 42c Pigeons ...... .... 40 , 43 , Barley—Grinding ..• .• 31s 33a Peas—Grey ..•• •• •• •• 368 39 , Malting .•• •• .... 36s 363 Maple..... •. —.. 40s 41s Chevalier •• .• . . 42s 528; White... —•••• •• 39e 424 MAR—Suffolk and Nor- Rollers ••••. •• •.40s 43 , rolk•• •• •• ...... 67s 77a, Flonr—Town•made... bBs 60s Brawn ............. 63s 6181 Suffolk .• •• •... —42 s Kingston andiVare 76s 788 i Stocktn t Norfolk 42a 43s METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. Very limited supplies of foreign stock arrived in the port of London last week—the total import being only 1,237 head. In the corresponding week in 1856 we re ceived 1,105 ; in 1855, 2,371 ; in 1851, 1,996 ; in 1853, 3,951 ; in 1852, 1,508; and in 1851, 2,668 head. IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WNEE. From Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. Rotterdam lOl 451 ... 115 • Harlingen 276 ... 193 Antwerp 95 ... - ... - •.• T0ta1.... 377 ... 644 ... 216 ... The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as follows : Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. • Pigs 1856 555 563 ... 187 1855 857 1,300 ... 212 2 1854 757 1,007 - ... 197 25 [853 537 2,873 ... - 539 ... 5 1852 289 1,e31 2.8 [B5l 4lO 1,918 297 ... 53 There was a very limited show of foreign stock in our market to-day ; but the arrivals of beasts from our own grazing districts, as well as from Sootland, were season ably good, and a full average quality. Owing, chiefly, to the mildness of the weather, the beef trade was heavy, and prices, compared with Monday last, declined fully 2d per 81bs, the extreme value of the best Scots not exceeding 5s per Ribs. From Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire, we received 1,750 Scots and short-horns ; from other parts of England, 300 of various breeds ; from Sootland, 450 Scots, and from Ireland, 130 oxen. We had a very limited show of all breeds of sheep, but their general weight and condition were good. The mut ton trade was brisk, at a further advance in the quotations of 2d per 81bs. Tho best old Downs realised 5s 6d per 81bs. Very few calves were in the market, and the veal trade ruled brisk, at an improvement in prices of 4d per 81bs. The best calves were worth Os per 81bs. Pigs were in moderate supply, and fair request, at last week's quotations. Per Blbs to sink the offals. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. Interior Beasts.... 3 4to 3 1 PrimeSonthdown 5 4 5 Secend quality.... 3 8 4 0, Largo crse. calves 4 4 5 6 Prime large oxen 4 4 4 BlPrime small do 5 6 0 Prime Soots, &c. 510 5 "Large hogs Inferior Sheep ...4 (1 4 4 Small porkers 4 6 5 2 Second quality ...4 6 410 Suckling calves-23 030 0 Prime arse.-wlled.6 0 5 `.l Quarter old pigs. 22 0 28 0 YOZEIGN SUPPLY. Boasts . ... Sheep • ........ .........15,420 1 Sheep .... Calves • A statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of fat stock exhibited and geld in the Great Metropolitan Cattle Market, on Monday, Jan. 21, 1856, and this day, Monday, Jau. 19, 1857. Per Blbs, to sink the offal& Jan. 21, 1856. Jan.l9, 1857 a. d. s. d. s. d. a. d. Coarse and inferior boasts 2 10 to 3 013 4to 3 6 Second quality ditto 3 2 3 6 3 8 4 0 Prime largo oxen ~. 3 5 4 0 4 4 4 8 Prime Scots, Ac 4 2 4 65 10 5 0 Coarse and inferior sheep 210 3 2 4 0 4 4 Second quality ditto ... 3 4 3 4 6 4le Prime coarse woolled ditto 310 4 2 5 0 3 2 Prime Southdown ditto 4 4 4 85 4 5 6 lambs ... 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 Largo coarse calves 4 2 4 1014 4 5 6 Prime small ditto i 0 5 615 8 0 0 (Argo hogs 3 3 4 213 S 4 4 Neat small porkers „. 4 4 5 014 6 6 2 Beasts._ ..„ ~„ ,„ „, 3,77 g 4,072 Sheep ... 2 0 ,33 0 15,420 81 320 SUPPLIIS of SALI, Jan. 22, 1855.—Boasts, 3,161; sheep, '21,310 ; calves, 32 •, pigs, 315. January 23, 1854.—Beasts, 4,513; sheep, 17 61 ; pigs, 243. TOTAL lIIPIPLI. ,240 ; calves, NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. The supplies of meat on sale here slaughtered in London aro very moderate for the time of year ; but rather large quantities have come to hand from Scotland and the pro vinces. The trade generally is steady, as follows : Per Sibs by the carcase. s. d. s. d. s. (I. R. 4 Seer, interior 3 0 3 4 Mutton, Inferior 3 6 310 Do., middling 3 6 310 i Do., middling 4 0 4 4 Do. prime 1arg0..4 0 4 4 i Do., prime 4 6 4 8 D.., do. small ....4 6 4 10 1 Veal 3 8 4 10 Pork, large 3 8 4 4 1 Pork, small 4 8 5 4 BOROUGH HOP. There is a moderate demand for nearly all kinds of hope, at last week's quotations. The imports have been 7 bales from Rotterdam. Mid and East Kent pockets, 3/ 5a to 5/ 12s ; Weald of Kent, 3/ 3s to 41 106; Sussex, 31 Os to 3/ 15s ; yearlings, 1/ 105 to 31 se. BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. About average time-of-year supplies of pottgoes have come to hand since Monday last, coastwise and by railway. The imports have been 21 sacks from Limerick, 60 tons from Weener, and 83 tons and 50 bags from Rotterdam. The demand is tolerably firm, as follows : Tork Regents, 90a to 120 s per ton ; Kent and Essex do., 90s to 120 s ; Lincolns, 70s to 100 s ; Scotch do., 90s to 115 s ; Do., reds, 80s to 90s ; Irish whites, 70s to 801 ; Germans, 70s to 80s. WOOL. Our market generally continuos very firm as to price ; but the business doing in it, owing to the high value of money, is by no means extensive. Last week's imports were, from Hamburg 11 bales, Constantinople 237, the Cape 596, Ostend 11, Taganrog 1,318, Leghorn 16, and Algoa Bay 1,268. The following are the current rates of English wool : Down tega, is 5d to is 6 d ; Down ewes, is 3.d to is 5d ; half-bred hogs, is 4i dtois 5d ; half-bred wethers, is 3ld to is 4d : Kent fleeces, is 4d to is 5d ; Leicester do., is 4d to ls 5d ; combing skins, ls to ls 4d ; blanket wool, to is 2d: flannel wool, lid to le 3d ; and old skin, ls 5d to is 6id per lb. SEEDS. nThe stocks of linseed are g etting short, and imports con - thine scanty. The demand is firm, and prices are well supported. Linseed cakes are in better request, at extreme quotations. Rape and oilseeds meet a ready sale, at full prices. Turnip,White,per bash. 205 to 215 Swede ...• 205 21s kinstard, Brown.. •• .. 205 22' White, new •• •• .. 108 12s Tares,Winter, new.... 58 6d 650 d Canary, per gearter 685 74, Rye grass (new) •• • ... 245 545 Clover ,Red Eng. (cwt.) 628 764 White •••••• • • • • 68s 803 Foreign Red.. •• • • 68s 755 Whlte• • 881 Ms Trefoil, new.. •• ••.• •• 285 3251 Carraway •• 44s 46s •• .• 22s 24s Elempseed, per qaarter 42s 44s Linseed, Eng.iowing.. 68s 703 Crushing ........ btis 64s Baltic •• • • •• .. 48s 60s Odessa .... • • • • . 628 62s 6d Linseed Cake, pr. ton— English .. ...101 0 , 10 108 Foreign, per ton 10i Os 11l 15s Rape Cakes, per ton 81 10s 6f 10. Rapeseed, pr qr. ...... 82s 84s TALLOW. Our market continues very firm, and prices rule higher than on Monday last. To-day, P.Y.C., on the spot, is sell ing at 61.9 Gd to 62s per cwt, and 61s 6d for March deli very. Rough fat 3s 4d per Slbe. 1853. 1854. 1855. 1 1856- 18 57 . ---- -- ----- Stock this day .... 43,748 41,248 34.806 ! 21.973 13,641 nice of Y. c .... I 45s GG oa to t 62s 2 0 1 ,, 570 00,Iato 588.0doctIo I t :1s „ 9 0 (I ct Delivery last week .. 2,045 2,365 1,417 1 1,451 1 8 2 1 ,0 4 9 2 9 8 Ditto from June I. 68,444 70,063 52,900 80,692 1 , Arrivals last week.. 1,528 269 1,660 2,050 I 856 Ditto from Junel .... 71,564 87,936 51,706 56,123 I 78,089 ( Price of Town .. I___ __47., ad 644±k_i_ 5 2 . ,,__ 1 oa 5 f:1 ..... 1 I 62s 8 9 The waters of the Seine fell yesterday to 4i metres at the scale of the Pont Royal. Mr. Balfe, the popula r composer, is at present in Paris, and has been laid u p by an attack of bronchitis, but he is now convalosoent. He is, it is stated, engaged on the composition of a new ope on an original, subject. 010! t 'T-s_dgibttton SUN OPPTOE, Six o'Clock, TATTERSALL'S. —(This Evening.) LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. 15 to 1 agst Emigrant 20 to 1 agst Teddesley 25 to 1 agst Omer Pacha 25 to 1 agst Star of the West 33 to 1 agst Sandboy CHESTER CUP. 25 to 1 agst Mincepie (taken) 33 to 1 agst Warlock 33 to 1 agst Leamington 40 to 1 agst Riseber 50 to 1 apt Maid of Derwent (offered) DERBY. 11 to 1 agst Blink Bonny (taken) 14 to 1 agst Loyola (taken) 100 to 6 agst Tournament (taken freely) 20 to 1 agst M.D. (taken freely) 20 to 1 agst Sydney (taken) 25 to 1 agst Arsenal (taken) 25 to 1 agst Lady Hawthorne (taken) 28 to 1 agst Athlete (taken) 1000 to 15 agst Pyrrhus the Second 50 to 1 agst Blue Devil's colt 50 to 1 eget Messenger (taken) 50 to 1 agst Kent (taken) 30 to 1 agst Schiedam (taken) DOCK WARRANTS. KINGSFORD AND SWINFORD v. MERRY. MEETING THIS DAT. This afternoon a meeting of the leading capitalists, bankeis; merchants, and traders of the City of London, convened by the association for promoting the interests of the traders of the port of London, was held at the London Tavern, Bishop-gate-street, to consider the pre sent state of the law with respect to the pledges of goods as lately laid down in the Court of Exchequer, in the case of Kingsford and Swinford v. Merry, the particu lars of which were so fully stated in Saturday's 51172. Baron Rothschild, M.P., in the chair. The meeting was numerously attended. Amongst them were—Alderman Sir J. Duke, M.P., Mr. Crawford, Mr. Gregson, M.P., Mr. John Hall, Mr. Moffatt, M.P., Mr. James Cook, Mr. Weguelin (Governor of the Bank of England), Mr. Gassiott, G. Scovell, A. Hastie, &c., &c. The following resolutions were unanimously agreed to : That the decision of the Court of Error, in the case of Kingsford and Swinford v. Merry, appears to this meeting to involve a principle which is calculated to render the recognised and well-understood course and practice of trade insecure and uncertain, and to destroy confidence in delivery orders, warrants, bills of lading, and other mer cantile documents essential to the safe transaction of busi ness and development of trade, and that immediate action for remedying this evil be desirable. That a committee, consisting of Baron Rothschild, Messrs. Gassiot, Gregson, Hall, G. Scovell, lA. Hastie, Cowie, James Cook,? Moffatt, Crawford, Hodgson, and Frances, with power to add to their number, be appointed to confer with the Government, in the view of procuring, by legislative enactment, such a full and immediate settle ment of the state of the law as shall be calculated to afford due security to the negotiations of trade, and to protect tha bona jkle holder of those commercial documents, which, both by the custom of trade and the necessities of com merce, are recognised as obligatory among merchants. A committee was then appointed, after which thanks were ♦oted to the chairman, and the meeting ter minated. THE LATE DOUBLE MURDER IN WA LTVORTH. ADDITIONAL AND EXTRAORDINARY PAR TICULARS. Inspector Young, with one or two officers of the L division, are actively pursuing their inquiries, and using every possible effort to unravel the extraordinary mys teries and strong suspicion which surround the shocking murder of the two children in Four Acre-street, Wal worth, but have not yet arrived at any satisfactory result beyond the very strong suspicion that the unfor tunate mother is net the actual perpetrator of the fearful crime. There is one circumstance that strikes them as somewhat extraordinary, and that is, that though Bacon, the father of the children, returned to town on Wed. neaday morning, it was not until the Friday night fol lowing be said anything about the alleged robbery of money, watch, and suit of clothes, though he had fre• ' qnent oppor unities to do so ; and that the accounts he the❑ and subsequently gave were most uisatisfactory and conflicting. In the course of his inquiries, Inspector Young had found that, though representing he had 7f. by him, Bacon had applied for assistance to his brother-in-law in the country, and that he sent 14s. ; and the fact is ad mitted by Bacon himself without any satisfactory reason. It was further ascertained that in July last Baco❑ had been tried at the Lincoln Assizes, on a charge of arson in setting fire to his house at Stamford in that county, but was acquitted, and subsequently re ceived 280/. from the insurance company. The most startling circumstances connected with the affair remains to be told. From facts communi cated to the officers it appears that the mother of Bacon had a life interest in some house property in the town of Stamford, and that en her death the property passed into the possession of her son, subject to a few legacies to relatives. About 17 or 18 months ago the mother was invited to, and did dine with her son on a Sunday, and soon after dinner complained of severe cramps in the stomach, which continued to her death, which took place on Monday night or early on Tuesday morning. The medical man who attended her gave it as his opinion that death had been caused by a "crams in the stomach," and having given a certificate to this effect the body was in terred without an inquest or any judicial investigation. Recent events, however, have given rise to various surmises on the part of the inhabitants of Stamford and its vicinity on the subject, and it is said to be the intention of the authorities there to have the body of Mrs. Bacon exhumed, in order that it may be carefully examined, and the contents of the stomach and bowels submitted to the necessary scientific tests, and an inquest held on it. There is another matter connected with this mysterious affair, and one that i. not the least, as exciting the strong suspicion of the officers in favouring the belief that the dreadful crime had bee❑ committed on the Sunday night ; and that is, the fact that during the whole of Monday the neighbours next door, though generally annoy( d by the screams of the children, did not hear a single cry ; on the contrary, they describe the place as perfectly silent and free from noise. Inspector Young has proceeded to Stamford to prose cute his inquiry there, and it is hoped, from the perseverance and intelligence of that officer, that he will be able, by the next examination of Mrs. Bacon, to throw some light on the mysterious affair. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.--(This Day.) LONDON, Jan. 19.—Wind at noon N.W.—Light airs, and hazy weather. PORTSMOUTH, Jan. 18. —Wind W.S. W. —Arrived—Ger siou, from Copenhagen, for St. Croix • Ada, London, for Faro, leaky ; H.M.S. Devastation, the westward. Sailed —Spirit of the Age, for Shanghai. PLYMOUTH, Jan. 18.—Wind W. SOUTHAMPTON, Jan. 18.—Sailed—Orin000 (s.), for St. Thomas. SWANSEA, Jan. 18. —Wind N.W.—Sailed—Allies, for the Cape of Goad Hope. DOVER, Jan. 18.—A brig, bottom up, supposed to be foreign, is off the port in tow of a steam tug, and is entan gled with some of the wrecks of the harbour of refuge. CARDIFF, Jan. 18.—Sailed—Johanna Jacoba, for Rio Janeiro ; Undine, Bahia. POOLE, Jan. 18.—The Spark, of Prince Edward's Is land, from Liverpool, got on the Hook Sand, but oame off after throwing part of cargo overboard. LOWESTOFT, Jan. 18.—The Darlington, of and from Shields, for London, which got on shore on the sth inst., has been assisted off and Isrought in leaky. HARWICH, Jan. 19.—The Robert Watson has been got off. SLIGO, Jan. 18.—The schooner Rob the Ranter, for Li• verpool, is on the rock at the entrance of Bullina REDCAB, Jan. 18.— Part of the deck of a vessel, sup posed Nor wegian, with windlass in the old style, has come on shore. (nut ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) L IVERP OOL, Monday Morning. Wind N.W. Arrived—Nanphante, from Maceio an Penabuco ; Sea Bird, Wallace, United States ; Thos. Young, Alexm ; an dria ; Ida, Venice ; Calpe , S eville ; Jane, Rotterda Earl of Derby, Bonny. QUEINSTOWN, Jan. 17. S.W. ATEIVORD, Jan. 17. Arrived—RamoEs, from Tricetlov. Saile d —Eli za beth, for St. John's, Newfoundland. (BY SUBMARINE AND 13RIESETISII TELEGRAPH.) GRAVND, Monday. 10.10 a.m. Wi n d mr. ; threo-quarters ebb; weather cloudy. Arrived, Jan. 18.—Culder, from Madras ; Mary Forrest, Gottenbtirg ; English Maid, Mogador ; Echo, Callao • Lena, Emden ; Guad?.lete, Cadiz ; Queen, Rouen ; Lucy, Rio de la Hache ; Rival, Philadelphia ; Quickstep, New York. Arrived, Jan. 19.—Drolinda, from Guernsey; Johanna .I;.coba, Patras ; Vaneleuse, New York. Sailed, Jan. 19.—Antipodue, for Madras; Irene, Cape of Good Hope. DEAL, Monday, 9.56 a.m. Wind N.N.W., moderate. Passed in tow.— City of Bristol, from Singapore, for London; Mimosa, from China, for London ; Postia, from London, for Plymouth ; Jewan, from London, for Salonica. Sailed.—W. Hammond, for Barbadoes ; Auckland, for Bordeaux. The Emigration Commissioners have advertised for vessels to carry emigrants to Sydney and Adelaide, to be ready for passengers between the 3d and 10th of March, as may be hereafter determined. A. letter from Parma of the Bth, in the Risorgi motto of Turin, announces that the Austrians are to quit the duchy in February. 27+ 22 25 25 • •• . 19 I 9A 9q}} 66 ri i 961 i it 61 113 106 f i 1071 7 4 82 iiiii 53j 84 3i 9 1 i i 109 i 81 16j 211 i 52 1 2 3 / 4 2 13/4 82 1 201 1.14 24/ I 6,1 111 I 38 Ti 8j EN 9 23i 61 iii, 4 33i 40 LAW INT L—(l'hi s Day.) COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Llolroyd.) THE ROYAL BRITISH BANK.-MORE SHAREHOLDERS 6UMIIONED This morning several mere shareholders were sum. oned, but the cases were heard in a private room. THE CLAIMS OF NEW SHAREHOLDERS TO PROVE ON THE GROUND OF FRAUD. His Honour proceeded to hear claims to prove r.nde by several shareholders under the supplemental charter. Mr. Mellish appeared for the claimants, and said th4t he now proposed to proceed with a new case. His Honour said tiler() was one left unfinished on the last occasion. Mr. Mellish said he was not prepared to go on Ng ith that at present, and thought it more convenient to go on with a new case. His Honour asked if that was abandoned ? Mr. Mellish replied in the negative, and said that the two cases were so inucti alike in the general featieres that he should not trouble the Court with any address, but call Mr. Marsh to state his own case. Mr. Marsh then stated that he was a paymaster in the Royal Navy, and during 1851 and 1852 he was in. duced, in consequence of seeing several notices in. the newspapers, holding out advantages to shareholders to call at the offices of the bank in Tokenhouse-yard, and there he saw Mr. Cameron, the general manager,, and he (Mr. Marsh) told him he was anxious to invest a sum of money, not as a speculation, but as a per. manent investment for the benefit of his children, and Cameron said he could not select a better in. vestment. Witness subsequently called again at the Bank, and there he saw Mr. Paddison, who pr o . duced the charter, and particularly drew his attention to the 71st section, and said he could not possibly lose more than one-fourth. (The 71st section provides that the directors shall be compelled to call a meeting of shareholders, and leave it to them to determine whether the affair shall be wound up.) He at the same time stated that there was a reserve fund of some thousands. In March, 1853, he forwarded 800/. as a deposit upon 20 shares, for which he had got a receipt. He then proceeded to state that he went to the Baltic in the Hogue, when a general power of attorney was sent out for him to sign, authorising Mr. Cameron to sign the supplemental charter for him, and in return he received the certificates for the deposits. The case was proceeding when we went to press. IN RE LEOPOLD REDPATII. This bankrupt was described as a dealer in shares, of Chester-terrace, Hyde-park, and was sentenced to trans portation for life a few days since. This was the day appointed for the last examination, and the bankrupt was brought up in the custody of the Governor of New gate, and was accommodated in a private room. Proofs were being received, and it is most likely that the bankrupt will not be examined. The examination was adjourned, no accounts having been filed, POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.) MARLBOROUGH-STREET. CAUTION TO TAILORS.—IIinDENT ROBBEBY.—John York, a dealer in wadding, was brought before Mr. Beadon, charged with stealing two coats, value 3!., the property of Messrs. Cowling and Lawrence, tailors, 63, Maddox-street, Regent-street. Alexander Allei, foreman to the prosecutors, stated that on Saturday evening he was engaged at the rear of the shop when the prisoner entered the place and asked if he wanted any wadding. Witness looked up and saw the prisoner, who had a large bag in his hand and a bundle of wadding strung across his shoulder, but before he could give him any answer he (prisoner) immediately left the shop. This excited his susp►cions, and he fol lowed him and brought him back. He then searched the prisoner's bag, and at the bottom, under several bundles of wadding, he found the two coats produced belonging to his employers. Oa the theft being die• •overed, the prisoner said he knew nothing at all about the coats ; they must have tumbled into his bag by accident. A policeman was then sent for, and the prisoner given into custody. _ - The prisoner pleaded guilty to the charge. Mr. Beadon said the prisoner had been guilty of 0011 of the most impudent robberies he ever heard of, and committed him to the House of Correction for three months. A. batch of women of the lowest description were ehargei with breaking the windows at St. Martin's workhouse, where they had applitd to be admitted as casual paupers on the previous night, but in consequence of all the wards being full they were rejected. They became dreadfully abusive, and eventually broke 200 panes of glass. They were then taken up. Committed for a month each. On leaving the Court they assailed the magistrate with the most frightful language ima ginable. SOUTH WARK. COMMITTAL OF AN OLD SIOP-L/FTHR.—Jane Bird, a woman about 30 years of age, who has just come out of the House of Correction at Holloway after suffering 12 months' imprisonment for shoplifting in the City, was brought before Mr. Burcham charged with stealing a piece of plaid, value 165., from the shop of Mr. Thomas Ackerman, linendraper, No. 40, New-cut, Lambeth. The prosecutor stated that on Thursday afternoon, shortly after four o'clock, the prisoner came into the shop and examined several pieces of printed calico for dresses, and near the doorway at that time were a num ber of plaids with tickets on them. Witness had ocoa sio❑ to go to the other end of the shop to serve another customer, and when he returned to the counter he missed the prisoner and a piece of plaid from the doorway. A few minutes after wards she was brought back to his shop with the plaid in her possession. Police-constable 181 L said he was on duty in the New-cut shortly after four on Saturday afternoon, when he met the prisoner coming from the prosecutor's shop with the piece of plaid under her arm, with the end dragging on the ground. He called her attention to that, and told her she was spoiling it, when she thanked him, and was about to go down Collingwood-street when he received information that she had stolen the plaid from Mr. Ackerman's shop. He accordingly stopped her and took her back, when she was given into custody. Mr. Burch= asked what was known of her. John Baker, city policeman No. 255, said that the prisoner was tried at the January sessions of the Central Criminal Court in 1856 for shop-lifting, when she was convicted and sentenced to twelve months' hard labour at Holloway. There was at that time a former convic tion proved against ber t or shop-lifting. The prisoner, who said she had been out of prison two days, and was in want of food, was again committed for trial. THAMES. CONVICTION OF A WELL-lENOWN THIEF FOR " UN LAWFUL POSSESSION."—WiIIiam Connett, aged 30, was brought before Mr. Solfe, charged with stealing a pair of trousers from the shop of Mr. Bernard Strelitzky, a foreigner, of No. 3, Ebeneaer-place, West India•road. It appeared that the prisoner snatched three pairs of trousers, which were exposed for sale near the shop door, and dropped two of them. He was pursued, and a pair of cloth trousers taken from him. It was stated by inspector Smith of the K division that the prisoner had been several times convicted, and had been im• pr Mr. for 18 months for a robbery in the City. Mr. Selfe asked the prisoner if that was correct I The prisoner—Yes, sir ; that is correct enough. Mr. Selfe sentenced the prisoner to two months' im prow ' nmen t and hard labour, for the " unlawful posses sion " of the trousers. ANOTHER CONVICTION 70A " UNLAWFUL POSSES sioN."—Michael Mitchell, aged 30, a well-known thief, was brought before Mr. Selfe, charged with stealing a watch from the person of a Frenchman named Latest, in the Duke of Sussex public-house, in Itosemary-lane, hitechapel. On New Year's-day the prosecutor went into the Duke of Sussex public-house to obtain some refresh ment, and the prisoner entereti into conversation with him, and suddenly made a snatch at his watch and ran away with it. Kelly, 130 11, received information of the robbery, but did not meet with the prisoner until last night, and then took him into custody. The prisoner then emptied something out of a little bottle. It could not be asoer tainbd w bat liquid there was in the bottle. Mr. Selfe asked if the prisoner was known. Prisoner—Yes, sir ; 1 have been in trouble once before. Mr. Selfe—Wbat was that for ? Prisoner —I don't know. It was such zi long time ago. Roche, the gaoler of the court, said the prisoner was a convicted thief. Mr. Selfe (to the prisoner)—l have no doubt you stole the watch. 1 sentence you to two months' insprison. ment for possessing it unlawfully. is A fourth edition of the 1174ek.ter (published this morning) gayly of morning) says :—" There is no truth whatever the in the announcement by the Times of this da Southwark. Hill y of death of the Right Rev. Dr. Grant, Bishop lordship is quite well.' 50 100 100 20 0 4f 95 5 -