The Sun. — London, England, 1857-01-10 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. I Shr. CITY, Two o'CLocK. The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed quietly, but sales could not be effected without a slight reaction in prices. The sales only amounted to 5,000 bales, all of which were taken by the trade. In the Railway Share Market business was quiet without any particular variation in price. The Bank of England Returns published last evening, and completed for the week ending the 3d instant, are not of a favourable character. It must be recollected that this balance sheet is made up prior to the payment of the January dividend, and the public deposits show a further augmenta tion. Thisis the only satisfactory feature which is presented, for the bullion is smaller, while the re serve of notes has descended to a point that was not at all anticipated. Of course this alteration may be ascribable to the large amount of accommodation that was required on the 3d instant to meet the commercial bills which then arrived at maturity; and also to the large amount of advances which was obtained upon securities. The continuance of the applications for the latter, together with other circumstances, is no doubt the reason which induced the Directors to make the alteration in the rate for such advances on stock to which we adver ted yesterday. Ths effect of that measure will not be very important ; but it has, nevertheless, ex cited considerable discussion, in consequence of the proofs which it affords of the continued pressure on the money market. Amongst other reasons which no doubt influenced the Directors is the affiux of gold to Paris ; and the Bank of France Returns, which were published yester day, show that, notwithstanding the improvement which has recently been so much talked of, the authorities have still to support the resources of the establishment by purchases of gold in the London market. The principal items of the Return, and the alterations which it exhibits, will be seen by the subjoined table : ♦ctive Circulation Increase Bullion Decrease £19,225,300 569,225 10,182,406 Rest 47,905 Increase Public Deposit s Increase Other Depo s it s Decrease Seven-Day an d o th er Bi lls 786, 36,5130 24 Increase Government Securiti es Increase Other Securities Increase Notes unempl o y e d Decrease 59,00 The official return o f th e exports of the 6 prec ious metals from the port of London for the week end ing Thursday last is as follows Gold Coin silver Coin „ „ „ Bars PY IP In the rates at which three months' bills in the chief continental cities were negotiated yesterday afternoon there was no particular variation, but a slight decline took place on Hamburg, and the quotation on Paris ruled firmer. The dollars brought by the last West India steamer have been sold at id. per ounce advance. The bar silver was disposed of at previous rates. A forged certificate of South Australian Copper Mining Company's shares having been presented at the office for registration, the general proprie tary have been invited to send their securites in for examination. In Lombard-street, and at the Bank of England, the demand for money is very active, and full rates are demanded even for the best descriptions of mercantile paper. The wants of the commercial puulic are no doubt urgent, but there can be no doubt that the measure adopted yesterday by the Sank has induced many parties to provide them selves with more capital than they immediately re quire, in expectation of an advance in the mini mum. . The English Stock Market is dull, but the un favourable Bank return has had a depressing effect upon values. All things considered, however, the market has been tolerably firm. Consols for money were 931 I, and they are now about 93i to 94, while for the account the present quotation is 94} I. The New 3 per Cents. have been 94i I, and the Reduced 93f, to 94. Exchequer Bins are Is. to 4s. premium. 10 St St. 20 20 17i 20 In the Foreign Stook Market business has been very inactive, but rates generally have been de pressed. Mexican are 212. Russian 41 per Cents. 9611. Sardinian 89. Turkish 6 per Cents. 95g -1-, and the 4 per Cents. 1034 Dutch 21 per tents. are steady at 645, and the 4 per Cents. at 98. The following ar e th e nom i na l pr i ces of Foreign 100 Stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 6 7 ; Mexi- too can, 214 ; Peruvian, 771 81; ditto 3 per Cents., 20 51 6 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 43 5 ; Russian :0 0 , 5 per Cent s ., 106 8 ; ditto 4 per Cents., 95 7; 201 Spanish 3 per Cents., 40i 41 ; ditto Deferred, 23i 4 ; ditto Certificates, 51 6 ; ditto Passive, 1000 51 6. A very limit e d b us i ness has been done in the 10020 Railway Share M ar k e t thi s morning, and a decline 20 of about 4 to per cent. has taken place in quota- 20 Lions for almost all the principal shares. East 2 , ( 0 ) Lancashire, Great Western, Lancashire and York- 'An shire, South Western, an d Midl an d were about ss. 20 lower ; and North Western, Norfolk and South Western, 10s. to 15s. The East Indian declined LO 108., and G ran d T run k o f C ana d a 1/ . to 1/. ss. 20 Great Luxembourg and Lombardo:Venetian are l a steady. Th e F renc h li nes are at nominal rates. -10 Joint Stock Bank Shares rule very dull, and 6 generally at reduced va l ues . E ng li s h , S cott i sh, 20 and Australian, 10s. ; Union of Australia, 10s. 20 London and County advanced ss. 20 In 20 Miscellaneous Shares there is very little lo alteration to report, but prices rule rather heav Peninsular and Oriental y. Steam have declined in about ss. mama FUNDS TEM .1------"Tii7,2 ON g O'CLOCK. (From the (Vaal List;,) 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities $ per Cent. Console Annuities ............... 94 ..... . ....... 9Z.411i " 6 &no New 3 per Cent. Annuities .................. 94i * d Consols (or Account ...... • . 941- B:chequer Mlle, ltd. £lOOO .. ...... .. ................ 4 1 p £5OO .............. . ....... 4 p Small ................ 5 p PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS A.T ONE O'CLOGE, Grenada New Active, 21 per Cent. ....... 24 Ditto Deferred Mexican 3 per Cent 2li Russian Bonds, 1822, £ St., 5 per Cent —. 5 Ditto, 4i per Cent. 9G x d Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent. 233 Ditto Account 95 $ Turkish Bonds, 6 per cent Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. — Ditto Account • Dividends on the above nayablo in Londe Ditch Exchange, 26 per Cent., 12 Guilders 6! x Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates 9B TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, money 93i 94 Ditto Account tei t l / 1 1 8.—The or d ers to purchase m i n i ng s h ares re • been ed thi s week, for investment and speculation, have tuark e a t lniost unprecedented in extent, and a very active h ave r . 4!ad a large amount of business transactions Quoted In our last, West Frances shares were o f ~ diac h o u ; but notice having been received on Monday expected, t Price r ose er 7 , shares lbecam• in great demand and the realicie the' daring the week to 424 ; this, as might be renipted many persons who bought low to which has been s la improv eme l nt Prfits, and shares receded to 37, 40 ; the the 85 wes t, on t h e m id dle lode, for 2/. 10 s, per f re ported w or th 201. per fm, and driving to 15, but the pit Great Alf re d shares opened at 141 at 13i to 14 ; Alfred ps not susta i ned, and they left off in good dem and ; Tr Consols, 19 to 19i, and have been Ann, 42 to 43, i n d e a wnY, 23 to 25, b uyers ; M ary 144, 15; South Tolgniord ; Great South Tolgus, 1.4 i, sellers ; the last sale 14155 to 160, b uyers, b ut no dividend this month. i3.iore looks well have for a goo en- d 7et shares been quired after, at 275 to 28 ." -- Afining Journal of this day. APOTHSCARIES'-HALL ----The f01i 0 .. ; of gentlemen who pas t ed their exam-11;11g are the names ation in the science receivedJ certificates to and practice of medicine, and aniaary :—George prattle% on Thursday, the Bth Ev4n Farr ; James Riley, Biriningh Allen, jun., London ; Edward ' J ohn Den e n zi is a :m viii e lW ifto il n ii . am -- $ . l -- oore, Birming ham ; Charles Francis Hippolite d 100 100 20 20 1.2 50 61 16i St. 20 it. 5) it, St. SHARE MARKETS—(This Day) THE DENISON CASE. a ii v. The following letter from Mr. Archdeacon Denison, relative to his case, appeared in the Union of last night Sir,—l am advised that, in applying to the Queen's Bench for a mandamus to the J udge of the Court of Appeal of the Province to entertain my appeal, it would be irregular in me to place before the Court of Queen's Bench, by way of affidavit, the wrong which has been done me, under pretence of administration of lax, throughout these proceedings. Now, no instance of worse or more flagrant wrong is to be found in the history of our courts of law ; and as it appears to me that, even now, the public are scarcely sensible of the fact, and as, however little many of them may agree with me, they would all desire that I should have a fair trial, I wish to be allowed, es briefly as may be, to place before them in your columns the principal ingredients of which the wrong has been com pounded. The final issue of these proceedings is, no doubt, of great moment to me, because, if adverse, it is my tem poral ruin ; but it is, I apprehend, of much greater. moment to the Church of England that false doctrine in respect of the Holy Eucharist should not be established by construction of courts of law, as will be the case if the doctrine of the Court at Bath be allowed to stand. It is again of even greater moment to the com munity at large than to myself that the denial of sub stantial justice—which has, hitherto, been the rule in these proceedings - should not escape exposure and censure at the hands of a higher Court, and general reprobation at the hands of the public. My proposition is, that there has been the show, hut not the reality, of an inquiry—the pretence, and at the same moment, the refusal of a trial—that the tribunals before which the case has been brought have been wholly unfit to adjudicate upon it—and that there has been no bona fide adjudication, because up to the present time there has been no bona fide hearing. I proceed to set out in detail the proofs of this propo sition :- 1. The commission was not constituted upon any just. and equitable, or even intelligible, principle ; the con stitution of it was left to the prosecutor, who appears, from the letter of the Archbishop to myself, published in the Times, October 11, 1854, to have been allowed to nominate all the members of it. Upon this it became my duty to challenge every member of the commission, in accordance with an old and acknowledged rule of the law ecclesiastical ; and lengemore w p a a : t d ic is u a l i a l r o l w y ea th g e en ß er e a v l . ly C a , n o d y Q. M part a i y cu n l e a . rly M . chal 2. A. hearing was refused me either in person or by counsel, upon the question before the commission. 3. Certain material words were omitted in the finding of the commission, as in charge ; so that the doctrine complained of and condemned is not my:doctrine. 4. The commissioners, having found themselves under the necessity of acquitting me of holding any " Romish" doctrine, and particularly the doctrine of transubstantia tion—that is to say, having found themselves under the necessity—and this without bearing me—of acquitting me of everything as alleged against me in respect of the Holy Eucharist, which the Church of England has condemned or censured, proceeded, nevertheless to con demn my teaching in toto, and to affirm that there was thereupon prima facie ground for further proceedings. 5. Under the special and exceptional provisions of the 3d and 4th Vic., c. 86, now applied for the first time, the Archbishop of Canterbury became the President of the Court at Bath. I am ready to make oath that, to the best of my know ledge and belief, the archbishop had dec:ared beforehand in 1855—in what manner he should decide the case, and to produce a witness to prAve this fact. 6. The Court at Bath refused to hear material evidence disproving the truth of all the several charges against me. 7. As at Clevedon, so at Bath, by the omission of certain material words, the doctrine condemned is not my doctrine. There is even less palliation here for the Court at Bath than for the Commission at Clevedon ; because the words, though omitted in the charge at Clevedon, had been inserted in the criminal articles at Bath. 8. The proceedings at Bath were pressed on through• out by the learned assessor, and without interference on the part of any other member of the Court, with the most indecent haste; showing very plainly a foregone conclu sion. 9. The right of appeal, which was never questioned, but rather assumed throughout by the counsel for the prosecution and by the Court at Bath, is now sought to be interfered with on the part of the prosecution, and has actually, at its instance, been denied by judgment of Court of Appeal of the Province; so that I am now compelled to go to the same Court which required the archbishop to constitute his court in the diocese of Bath and Wells, and of which it is impossible to suppose that it, at that time, contemplated any difficulty in the way of the ordinary remedy by appeal, for a mandamus to require the Judge of the Court of Appeal of the Province to entertain my appeal. The interference with the free course of appeal on the part of the prosecution, is the climax of wrong done me under ipretence of law ; and, much as I had been pre pared to expect from the whole character of the pro ceedings against me, I confess myself to have been at this point taken by surprise. I could not have supposed, till now, that all considerations of common fairness and decency could have been so resolutely put out of sight by those who have originated and conducted this prose cution. Certainly, if I had had the most remote suspicion that i a d p i ffi pe c a u l l t (L e r s a w p o p u e l a d i s b i o f n t h e r .: is ry), the t h w a a of that tho s e tho a s e ft v e e e ry and r o l v u i l l sions of the act 3 and 4 Vic., c. 86, which have been made for the protection of the accueed, should be wrested to his injury, I should have refused to allow any appear ance to be made on my behalf at Bath, and have let judgment go by default ; because, as it was not possible to expect justice at the hands of the Court at Bath, if I had thought that there was any prospect of the law being so wrested as to make the sentence of that Court a final sentence —or even anything more than the sen tence of a Diocesan Court— I could have bad nothing to do with so grievous a mockery of law rnd justice as that presented by the entire conduct and proceedings of the Court at Bath. The above are the principal, but by no means the only, ingredients of about as hideous an injustice as has ever been sought to be perpetrated under the cover of English law. I cannot expect that others should feel each and every one of these things as I do myself ; but it is my plain duty to others, no less than to myself, to place them, as they are, before the Church and the corn munity. To be deprived of my endowments, and much more, to be judged to be unfit by any court of law—however incompetent—to have cure of souls in the Church of Eng land, is doubtless a heavy blow. But it is a small matter when weighed in the balance against the reproach of distorting a charge—packing a court—refusing a hear ing—wresting a statute--nullifying a Liturgy —dispa raging the Scripture—suppressing or rejecting facts— prostituting forum of law, and denying justice. Very faithfully yours, GEORGE ANTHONY DENISON, Archbishop of Tauntcm. East Brent, Jan. 5, 1867. be a moderate beginning. THE SUN, LON rtuN, SATURDA EVEN'IN'G, JANUARY 10 1857 THE TURKISH NATIOZVAL BANK. (From a Correspondent of the Times.) CONSTANTINOME, Dec. 29. I wrote to you in one of my last letters that the affair of the National Bank had been more vigor ously taken up, and that orders had been given by the Grand Vizier to the commission which was named for this purpose by the late Ministry to do something decisive. This has been attempted, with what success you will see. As was expected, the commission, after a rather stormy discussion, came out the day before yesterday with a new pro ject. All the competitors were summoned to the Porte, called in separately, and each received a copy of the new project. The project says that the Government, desirous of establishing a bank, will grant an exclusive pri vilege for 30 years for the formation of an Imperial and National Bank. The capital of the bank is to consist of from 10,000,000/. to 12,000,000/. ster ling, of which 8,000,0001. wll be appropriated to the redeeming of kalmes, sahims, and beshliks (paper money and debased currency), and the rest for purposes of commerce, industry, and agricul ture. The statutes of the bank are to be framed after the model of similar banks in France and England. Adopting the principle of fusion, the contractors oblige themselves to open subscriptions in England, France, Germany, and Turkey, and leave these lists open and free to everybody in those countries for a certain time. For all the advances which the bank may make to the Government for the above-named purposes, namely, the redeeming of the paper money and of the debased currency, the Government will pay 6 per cent, at par and no commission. The Government is to appoint the governor of the bank and a limited number of directors ; the rest of the directors are to be appointed by the subscribers, in proportion to the sum subscribed by each of the above-named four countries. The contractors are to deposit 200,0001. sterling as a guarantee. The bank is to begin its functions six months after the delivery of the firman. I suppose it will not surprise you to hear that the proposal was received with almost unanimous astonishment. Indeed, three of the competitors, the Ottoman Bank, the agents of the house of Rothschild, and the representatives of the native association, declared immediately that they could not for one moment entertain the proposal. Messrs. Wilkins alone, I hear, gave no decided refusal, and promised to consider the project. The first thing which must strike every one who reads the project is, that the men who conceived it must live in a far more remote fable land, secluded I entirely from the rest of the world, and certainly totally ignorant of what is passing in the money market of Europe; for, unless they suppose that the title and privilege of an imperial Bank in Tur key will lend the possessors the magic wand which gilds everthing which it touches, they could not ask the fortunate company to begin its life only with a capital of 10,000,0001. to 12,000,0001. You will know far better than we can here how im possible this would be even with the most favour able conditions ; how much less, then, with the burdens with which the Imperial and National Bank is to be charged, especially as the mode of raising this large capital is the very way calculated to prevent capitalists from embarking in the enter prise ! There would be, perhaps, capitalists willing to advance, under guarantee, to the Turkish Govern ment the sums required for the withdrawal of the debased currency and other purposes, but if these sums are to form part of the capital of the bank the thing becomes different, and I believe that there will be not many who will lend their money under the condition of being obliged to enter into a commercial speculation of the nature of a bank, and to identify themselves with its ups and clowns. Then, to oblige the contractors to take upon themselves from the first moment the withdrawal of the paper money and debased currency to the amount of two-thirds of the entire capital before even this capital is got together, is making the bank, so to say, insolvent before it is constituted. Another not less important objection is the 6 per cent. interest, which the Government promises to pay at par and without a guarantee to the bank for the advances made for the withdrawal of the paper currency. Even with a Turkish guarantee, very few will be fools enough to place their money in an enterprise where the greater part of the capital is to be invested at 6 per cent., when they can get 6i per cent. anywhere in Europe. The fact is, the Turks see that Russia gives only 5 per cent, for railways, but they don't see, it seems, that 16,0001. are promised per mile on a road which on an average will cer tainly not cost more than 10,0001. But the most absurd thing is the idea of fusion, as understood by the commission, prescribing to the company where to get their capital, as if it was not enough to let them try whether they can get it at all. There would be perhaps no objection to have a governor or commission appointed to see that the statutes of the bank are executed ; but how can a company agree to have "the limited" number of directors appointed by the Government, who, igno rant of the a, b, c of finance, would be voting on affairs which " th e i r philosophy never dreamt of ?" Thus it seems to me there is not an article in the project which is not open to the strongest objec tion, and the whole is a valuable, or rather in valuable, specimen of Turkish financial wisdom. The commission seems to think that financial reform may be blown up as suddonly as soap bubbles, instead of understanding that in a country . . in which such financial disorder exists there must TITHE COMMUTATION, 1857. LITERATURE. Queen _Leta and the Mistletoe.. By George liaise. Addey and Co. Among the many little gift books for the holiday season which make their annual appearance with the holly, the etrennes, or the twelfth-cakes, the present elegant little volume is not insignificant. It is called "A Fairy Rhyme for the Fireside," and the introductory sketch informs us that it is a legend of New Year's Eve. The prefatory chap ter is in prose, and presents us to a family group— Mr. Doughty and his son and daughter. Their conversation turns upon the mistletoe, and not withstanding their father's indignation, Frank and Amy become fully convinced that a decided con nection exists between the white berries and the world of fairies. Having arrived at this sage con clusion they proceed to put their ideas on the sub ject into verse, and a short time after they display to the astonished Mr. Doughty a formidable manu script, relating the history of Queen Lceta and the Mistletoe. It is a graceful fairy tale, pleasantly told in verse, narrating the endeavours of the kindly spirit to disseminate gladness round the hearths that sheltered the favoured plant. How she gathered her attendant sprites together—how she gave them solemn warning to beware of the gloomy spirit that obstructed their endeavours —what suc cess they met, and how the truant fairy became a spider, we leave the reader to learn. The follow ing graceful passage is the conclusion of the poem. The speaker is little Minnie, the gatherer of the magic branch, just awoke from a slumber in which the fairies were busy whispering to tier : " Sister !" she cried ; " Oh, I have had a dream ; I saw a crowd of creatures, all with wings, About my head ; and, sister, they did seem To whisper in my ear most pretty things ! I think I hoar their loving voices now, — They seem to flutter still around my brow. "One said, Fair child ! be evermore a child In meekness and in gentleness and truth; Be still, as thou art now, so pure, so mild, And Time shall never rob thee of thy youth !' • Another said, May Care thy bosom spare !' But, Sister, what is Time ? and what is Carl)? "Another said, Sweet sleeper, may the grace Of heart and feature which is thine to-day Through Sin or Sorrow never lose its trace, Or suffer early trial, or decay !' And then again she said it o'er and o'er ; Sister, I never heard these things before ! "Another whispered, 'May thy joyful way Be ever sunned by long-enduring love, As true, as fond, and earnest as to-day; And Death forbear one friendship to remove !' But what is this the pretty Spirit saith ? What is it, darling Sister,—what is Death ?" And loving little Minnie clapped her hands With gushing laughters, while the watchers place The chapet on her brow, and, 10, she stands Embodied happiness and childish grace ! . . . Must such bright lineaments of Gladness fade ? Life's uses such a thing of light o'ershade ? And thus the New Year dawned upon the Old, And thus those lovers Ind their wish, and parted.. . We too give place, our halting numbers told, To Darkness and the Cricket, merry-hearted, Whose "cheer-up ! cheer-up !" sung with all his might, Makes echo to the pulses of the night. The volume is suitably illustrated on steel by the author, who merits the thanks of all the lovers of fairy lore for his pleasing and appropriate legend. Notices to Correspondents. Houlston and Stone. man. The industrious compiler of this rare compen dium of multifarious information has presented a most interesting and useful store of every-day in formation on all sorts and manners of topics, in a volume of 320 pages, containing 3,050 paragraphs, each of which, on an average, affords editorial an swers to three or four questions, selected from the best authorities in the Weekly Metropolitan Press. As a library, a fireside, or a railway companion, the little book' bids fair to become a favourite, in great demand as a pocket-book of practical philosophy, amply realising the assertion in the preface, that "no Dictionary, no Encyclopedia, no work of Reference whatever, will be found to supply infor mation upon the varied and singular points of inquiry that are crowded into this volume." An elaborate analytical index is prefixed, by which any piece of information in the contents can be found without trouble or delay. /rod 4 AILWAYS. Ambff. Nou, .g. and Hastn. Juni. .d Belfast Ballymen; a . ' Birming. Wolverb Stonr Paltry... . all BirkPand. Lan se: Cheshire June 7 - 11 Do. Cbosh. t Biro. all .)n., do. ..... •• - all Blackburn . all t - thrti. &Tynzmgt, £25 (i.esd. at Li 100 Bristol and gxete• 1 0') ;100 (Mostar h Ffolyhenci all Cork and Bando7, r all ; Cork, Black, arra, I all oern;fsil i 1 all Do. A 1 8 Do. B 45 nobt in dtßelfastJ ute all tlan. P. its Ah. ..inc. 1 1 00 East Au gl la n ....... I all Eastern Counties.. .1100 k:ast. ' r - rlion, A St: . 10- Bs., B. Stock .. 8 11)0., Now A..... ft; i East Kent 1 100 I ;'act Lancashire .. al (East Suffolk 4 i Do. 100 lEdinburgh dr Glasge 1 all I Edinb. and Peebles WO I Edin. Prth & Dtuade, jall ; leorth & Clyde Jun.l. 100 , Furness 100 !Glasgow £s S. Westrn 1 all (Great N. of Seotlnd. 1100 Groat Northern 100 IDo., A. Stock 1 00 /Do., B. Stock 100 IGt.zith.sWest.(lre ) 100 !Great Western 1100 ID°. Stour Val. Rail , Qua. Stk all !Irish South-Eastern all Lancaster & Carlisle 14 4 Do., Thirds 12 Do. New Thirds 100 Lancash. andYorksh , Do., Wst. aidinglln all I Do. Southport all London & Blackwall 100 Lond. Bright & S.Cst. 100 Lond. and N. Westn. 16 IDo. Fifths 5i D0.101.5h.,M&8 0 24' Do. Eighth 5........... 100 London andS. Westn. all Ltidndrry&Coleraine all Lndndrry. & Ennisk. 100 Nfanch.Shef.&Lincln 1 Metropolitan 1 Do. J. L. Ricardo's arrangement 100 Midland 100 )o. Birmng. & Derb, all kiidld. G. West. (Ire.) all Do. Half Shares all Newcastle & Carlisle all Nwpt.Aborg. & Hrfd tai N . awry &Enniskille all Newry, Warrenpoint and Rostrevor Norfolk 3i vorthn.Counties Ern lOU North British 100 Nth Devon Rail & Dock Stock 100 Do., A Stock 1.00 Do., B Stock • N.astern—Berwi , k t 3/ )o. do. Batexusion I t 63 Do.do. G.N. E. ?web al Do. Leeds 00 Do. York 100 I north London 1 , j ~&S.Wistrn.,Ham• atmd, and City Jn. I 6 North Staffordshir. , .orth al ) . 1 .&S.Weetrn.Jun , x., SL • .rtm-,uouth 9 I Rhymney . Ott s h -4Jentrftl 0 Snot. N E.Abrdn St. Do. 80ot. Mid. St 2 SitingbourneirSheer. 4 ' , llll DJ9OIII 3outh ReAtera... ~00 , outh 07ales 1' Vrk-sh. dt Riv. I ?ti all 13 a;nes, Wok. &*n . Stookton & Darling. 12 Do., do., 1554,,,,, 3 Do., do., 1 855 ...... • • - tockten & ElartleT raff Vale I .o. Prof., No. I_ 1,2 [Thames Hay. D.& all Vale of Neath all Waterfd, & Kilkenn All riaterford&Limer,‘• • all I West Cornwall.. all I goat End of Londr and Crystal Palace all Do. A ....... ...... all Do. B 9.1) West London an Do. First Class all Do. second Class.,. ill WinablednkOrovAnr COLONIAL. 9 Bombay, ksarocta. and Cen. India, g. 5 p. c 11 Do. 10s. Ceylon A shares 1 Do. B. do all 1 Demerara 2s. Eastern Bengal ...... all Cast Indian A and B, 5 I g. 5 ....... ........... Do. Ex p . C, gu. 5 p. c all Do. do. D, gu. sp. c. all D 0.4 p.c.Bnds.,'s7 all Do. do. do., '59, do.. all Geelong & Melbourne guar. 5 per cent. 100 Gld. Trunk of Canada all Do. Cert. of Deben. con. into Stk. till'63 all Do. Comp. 6p. c., do. all GIL In. Pen. g. sp. c. 2 Do New, gnar. sp. c all Gt. Western of Canada 8 Do. New %11 Do. lids., payable '57 all Do. do., '76, p. '6O all Do. do., '73 de. all Do. do., '73, withow option.... all 51adras, guar. 4 p.c. all Do. do., sp. c. 10 Do. 4i p. c. Exten 5 Do. 3d Ex., g. sp. c 5 Scinde, guar. sp. c. all D 0... 18 St. Andrew's and Queb , ,o (A) FOR. all • rawer pvatutt rd m 10 Ardennes all •lelgian Eastn. Juno 16 4esi ors to Grai sse sea e IW, Buff. & Lk. Hur. Ry. all Carmeaux& Toulouse Coal Mines and. Ry. 12 ihitch Rhenish all Eastern of Franc" all 'o. New 2s. Euphrates Valley 10s. Eur. , ‘„ln.Jn.Tel.Rail a 8 ,4t. Central of Fran e 16 Great Luxembourg 4 Italian Junction.— all Lake- Comm. & all Lierre and Turnhout 6 Lombardo Venetian. all Lucca 6c Pist. sp. c.p. 15 Lyons and Genova all Lyons & Mediterran. all Maria Antonia all Do. do. New all Namur & Liege all Do. do., 6p. c. Pref all Northern of France all NorwegianTrunkPre, all Paris and Lyons all Paris and Orleans 5 Recife & San. Fran , (Pernam.) g. 7 p. c 7i Rome and Frascati 1 all Royal Danish all Royal Swedish all Sambre and Meuse._ all Do. 5# p. cent. Prof. all Southern of France ,11 West Flanders all Do. 54 per c. Pref , all ‘v. &N.W. of Franc( 6 Western of Austria all West. of Switzerland all Wiesbaden . —••— .. . all Do. Bper cent.Prel. all Zealand ...... " OINT-13' all A astrait 18 Bank of * ****** 50 Rank of London. ***** all Bri. Col. Bk.Sa n . :e ' all British N. American 5 Chartd. Bank of Asia 6 Chrtd. Bnk. of India,, Australia, & China 50 City 25 Colonial 20 Commercial of Lout all Fing.ScotAcAne.Cht all (.ond. alert. Bk. of Australia all Ditto New 20 London and County 50 I,mt.&E.Bnkg.Corp 10 London Joint stock 20 T:titd Wcstminstm M National Pro.ef Eng 10 Do. New National Bank all ' , law South all ' oriental hlc. Corp 15 Ottoman Bank zss erovincial of Ireland all i)o. Now 1 R Aus B &Go In Co ii { ,,, .7th rtstraiis all tlnit ot of Australia.. 2 Do. New 50 lUnity Mutual.. 5 I Wohioruilt of Loud Closing Mc' a this day. Business done this day ;4} 4 LLOYD'S SHIPPING•--(This Day.) LONDON, Jan. 10.—Wind at 'noon S.W._moderate breeze. _ PORTSMOUTH, Jan. 9.—Wind S.S.W.— Sailed— H.M.S. Pembroke, for the east ward. FALMOUTH, Jan. 9. —Wind W. S .W. —Arrived—Somner, from Rangoon ; Prinz Adelbert, Punta Arenas. Off the pert—Gilmore, from Bimlipatam. RAMSGATE, Jan. 9.—The Leon, has been got off shore and towed in here, leaky, &c. SOUTHAMPTON, Jan. 9.- Wind S.W. — Sailed—Tamar (s.), for Brazils. . . NEWPORT, Jan. 9.—Wind W.—Arrived —Jersey, from Rio Janeiro. _ _ _ MARGATE, Jan. 9-1,303 casks of flour, provisions, &C., have been landed from the Northern Belle, ashore at Kings gate. BELFAST, Jan. B—The Fingalton, from Liverpool, for Shields, is the vessel reported ashore in Dundrum Bay. HARTLEPOOL, Jan. 9.—The Dake of Lynn, which took the beach in Middleton Sands on tho 4th inst., and sunk, has been raised and placed on the Goodwin. The Pandora, from London, which sunk in this harbour, previous to the 7th inst., has been raised. CUXHAVEN, Jan. 7—The Albortus, from Altona for London, has put in with cargo heated, and is discharging. AMSTERDAM, Jan. B.—The Isabella, from Dram to Lon don, is ashore on the Eyeriand Grounds, near Texel, and is full of water, her stem having been knocked out. (PER ILEUM° TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Saturday, 10 a.m. Wind N.W., fine, but cloudy ; a very rough and wet night. Arrived—Arbutas, from Newport ; Anne, Newport; Le Coq, Cherbourg. LIVERPOOL, Saturday Morning. Wind N.N.W. Sailed—L. P. ➢lorse, for New Orleans ; Industrie, Os tend ; John and Henry, Santander ; Colon, Trieste; James, Fernando Po. QI7EENSTOWN, Jan. 8. Wind S. Arrived—Newton, from Callao ; Mary Sprout, Lambe; Paisam, Rio Janeiro ; Isabella Ann, Marseilles. DUBLIN, Jan. 9. Wind S.S.W. Sailed—Wanderer, for Trinidad. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Saturday, 9.34 a.m. Wind S.W.; tido 1 hours' good; light, and cloudy. Arrived, 9th—Juan, from St. Michael's; Thyra, Stega ; Medemblick, Antwerp ; Jane, Messina. DEAL, Saturday, 9.30 a.m. Wind W.S.W., fresh, with rain. P a ssed—Providence, from Llanolly, for London ; Tudor, Madras, London ; Montezuma, barque, from the westward (wrongly signalled yesterday as the Montcalm.) Anchored—Star of Peace, from Rotterdam, for Cape of Good Hope. Sailed—Fort William, for London. DEMOLITION OF ROCHESTER BRIDGE.-At length the preparations for the destruction of the Old Bridge at Rochester have been perfected by the Royal Engineers, who have for many weeks been engaged in mining opera• tions on he structure, as will be seen from the following memoram: am just issued :—" Royal Engineers' Estab lishment, Brompton, Jan. 9, 1857.—Si x c harges of gun powder lodged by the Royal Engin eers i n the Rochester Old Bridge, from which the arches h ave been removed by manual labour, will be fired simultaneously, by the voltaic battery, on Tuesday next, the 13th instant, about half-past two o'clock in the afternoon ; and the charges in the pier abutment and arch at the Strrood end of the bridge will be fired on Thursday afternoon, the 15th instant, at about half-past three o'clock." The value of cotton yarn sent abroad, from January to November, was 7,311,7331. TO TIIE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SITI,,—As many of your readers may feel anxious to know the result of the corn averages tor the seven years to Christmas last, published by authority in the Tendon Gazette of this evening, viz. : Wheat.. Os. 111 d. per imperial bushel ; Barley 3s. 111 d. ditto ; Oats I beg to state, for their information, that each 1001. of tithe rent-charge will, for the year 1857, amount to 991. 13s. 71d., which is a little more than 51 per cent. above the last year's value. The following statement from my " Annual Tithe Commutation Tables" will show the worth of 1001. of tithe rentLcharge for each year since the passing of the Tithe Commutation Act, viz. : For the year 1837 18 . 33 1839 1340 1841 1842 1843 1844 1845 1846 1847 1848 1849 1860 1851 1852 1853 1854 1855 1856 1857 21)2,070 6 2 General average for 21 years £9B 13 71 I am, &c., CHARLES M. WILLICH, Actuary University Life Assurance Society. 25, Suffolk-street, Pall-mall East, Jan. 9. GAMBLING IN FRANCE.—The authorities of Perigueux (Dordogne) some time ago found it necessary to take strong measures to put an end to gambling in public houses and cards ; and at the same tinit they requested the members of the club of the town, called the Cercle de la Philologie; which had been in existence Upwards of 50 years, and to which almost all the principal inhabitants of the town and neighbourhood belonged, to abstain from gambling—in which they previously indulged very freely. A. promise was made that gambling should cease, but it was soon departed from. The authorities ? there.' fore, in order to act impartially ) , mock] the pollee one night to make a descent into the Clubhouse, and as upwards of 50 pereons were found playing at baccarat; it was determined that one Boisseau, the steward of the club ) and who supplied it by contract w i t h the diff erent things it required, should b e prosecuted for keeping a clandestine gambling-house. Ito was tried by the U. bunal of Correctional Police of the town, but acquitted on the ground that he was not the " keeper" of the house within the meaning of the law. The public pre• seoutor appealed to the Imperial Court of Bordeaux against this decision, but it was confirmed, He then appealed to the Court of Caseation, where the judgment was quashed, and a new trial ordered. The new trial took place before the Tribunal of Limoges, but it ended in the man's acquittal on the same ground as before, and on appeal to the Imperial Court of the same town the acquittal was confirmed. On this the public prosecutor determined t o a b an d on the prosecu ti on o f Boisseau, and to pr ocee d aga i ns t seven o f the principal members of the c l u b. Th e T r ibunal of P erigueux, however, aft er exam i n i ng th e ev id en ce which it was pro. posed to adduce, decided that there was not sufficient ground fur the prosecution. He then, by authorisation of the superior courts, sent the affair before the Tribunal of Correctional Police of Bordeaux. The trial took place before that tribunal three days ago ; and as it a p peared not only th a t gam bli ng had been carried on in the club on a very large scale, but that strangers had been admit ted with scarcely any difficulty, the 7 defendants were severally fined 25f. MARKET NEWS.—(Thus Day ) COVENT GARDEN. There was a fair demand for fruit and vegetables, at our quotations. FRUIT. Filberts, per 1b.....18 to 1s 4d Cobs., p. 100 lbs. 115 s to —s Almonds, p. lb. Os Od to Os Od Walnuts, per 100 6d to is Od Figs, per doz Is to 3s Od Strawberries, per pottle Od to Oil Gooseberries, per half sieve .. -.Os Od to Os Od Currants, p. do. Os Od to Os Od Plums, per do. 2s Od to 5s Od Green gages, do. 4s Od to 7s Od Raspberries, p. potl. Oil to Od 'ABLER. Greens, per doz. S'iallots, per lb.. 4d to 6d bunches 9d to 2s Od Horseraddisb, p. bun. 2s to bs Cabbages, p. doz.lOd to Is 6d Parsley, per do. 4d to 5d Savoy do., p. do. ls Od to 2s Gd Celery, per do Os 9d to 2s Od Cauliflowers, do.!sOd to Od Beet, per doz. is Oct to 2s Od Brocoli, p. bun. Is 6d to 2s 3d Parsnips, per do. is Od to Os Spinach, p. d0...1s 3d to s O.; Small salad, p. pun. 2d to 4d Potatoes, per ton EOs to 126 s Mushrooms, p. potl. Is 6d to Os New do., per do Osto 0.5 Artichokes, each ...4d to Sd Peas, per quart ...9d to is Od Cab. lettuces, per Turnips, per bur ch 3d to ' score Os Od to is 33 Carrots, per bunch...4d to 64 Endive, per doz.ls 6d to 2s 3d Cucumbers, each 2d to is Od Radishes, per doz. Garlic, per lb .....4d to Os 6 , 3 hands is to 2s Od Sorrel, per sieve Od to Os Tomatoes, p. hf.sv. 4s to Os Od Brussels sprouts, per Walnuts per 100...0s 8d to is half do is 6d to is 9d Chillies, per 1001 s Od to la 6d Old onions, p. d0...2s to 3a Gd Capsicums, per 100 is 0,1 to 2s New do., per bunch Od to 0(1' Rhubarb, p. bundle Od to Od French beans, p. do.Os Od toOs Asparagus, per 100 Os Od to Os Leeks, per d 0......... 2d to 4d Sea kail, per pun. Os Od to Os NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Turkeys, 58 Od to 15s Od ; Grose, 5s Od to 8s Od each ; Ducks, 2s 01 to 3s Od ; tame rabbits, is 3d to 2s each ; wild do., 103 to is 23 ; Pigeons, 10d to is 41 each ; large Surrey Fowls, Os to 12s ; barn• door do., 450 d to 7s ; Chickens, 55 Od to 88 Od per couple ; Capons, Os 6d to Os Od ; Hares, 2s Gd to 3s 6d ; Grouse, 2s 03 to 3s Od each ; Pheasants, 3s to 4s 6d ; Partridges, is Gd to 25 6d ; Woodcocks, 3s to 3s 61 ; Suipes, is Od to Is 6,1; Teal, is to Os ; Wild Ducks, is 6d to is 9d ; Widgeons, is Od to is 3d ; Plovers, 101 to is each ; Guinea Fowls, is 9d to 3s Od ; Roasting pigs, 6s 03 to 10s Od each. Ostend fresh butter, —s to --s Od ; English do., 15s Od to 18s 03 per dozen lbs. ; English eggs, 12s Od to 14s ; French do., 10s to Os per 120; Leverets, Os each. Pineapples, per lb. Os Od to Os Colonta I do., ea. Os Od to Os Od Grapes, per lb. . 8s Od to 141 Foreign do Os Od to Os Od Melons, each 3s Od to 5s Od Peaches, p. d0z.... 3s to 8s Od Nectarines, do. 29 Od to 8s Od Apples, p. h. sv. 3s Od to 8s Od Pears, per d0z....8s to lOs Od Oranges, per 100.48 Od to !03 Lemons, p. doz. Os 8d to is 3d Apricots, p. doz. 2s Od to Gs Od Cherries, per lb. 03 to Os Od VEGE NEWPORT. Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 8d ; mutton, 3s 6d to 43 8d ; veal, 4s Od to 5s Od; pork, 4s Od to 5s 2d per 81135., by the car. case. WIIITECHA.PEL. Beef from 33 4d to 48 8d; mutton, 3s 8d to 4s 8d ; veal, 48 Od to 4s 8d ; pork, 4s Od to 5s 2d per Ms., by the carcase. BILLINGSGATE. Turbots, 2s 6,1 to 15s ; Brills, 2s Od to 10s each; Salmon, Os Od to Os Od per lb ; Cod Fish, 2s Od to 12s each ; Soles, 4d to 2s 6d per pair ; Eels, 8d to Is per lb ; Lobsters, 6d to 3s 01; Crabs, 'd to 2s ; Whitings, 3s Od to 10i pedoz. ; Common Overs, 12s to 16s ' • Natives , 501 to —s per bsh. ; Mackerel, 50s to —s per 100; Smelts, 6d to 3s Od per doz. ; Skate, 6d to Od per lb; Shrimps, is 6d to 2s 6d per gallon ; Bloaters, 5s Od to 8s Od per 100 ; Fresh Herrings, 8s to Os per 100; Scotch do., Od ; Sprats, 5s Od to Os Od poi bushel ; Doreys, is Od to 7s each ; Haddocks, 4s to 15s per doz. ; Pike, Od ; Sturgeon, 6d per lb ; Prawns, 5s Od to Os; Mullets, 6d to 6d each ; 4(1 to is each ; Halibut, id per lb ; Flounders, is Gd to 2s Od per doz. ; salt fish, Od per lb. BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from 9d to 9;d; of household ditto, lid to 80 per 4 lb loaf. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, 4d to sd; 641 b to 721 b, 5d to 51421; 721 b to 801 b, bid to sad ; 801 b to 881 b, 50 to 6d ; 831 b to 961 b, 6d to 6d; 961 b to 1041 b, 6id to 6d; 1041 b to 1121 b, bid to 7d ; upwards, —d to —(11 ; horse hides, 9s Od to lOs Od ; Calf skins, light, 4s 01 to 5s Od ; ditto full, 9s Od to Os Od; Polled Sheep, Os Od to 12s Od ; Kent; 78 6d to Os al ; Half-breds, 7s 6d to Os Od ; Downs, 5s 6d to 8d ; Shearlings, Os Od ; Lambs, Os Od. HAY MARKETS. SMITEIPIELI).—Meadow bay, 2/ 15s to 4/ Os ; clover do., 3/ 10s to 51 53; and straw, 11 4s to 1/ 81 per load. A moderate supply and a sluggish de mand. CUMBERLAND. —Meadow bay, 2/ 15s to 4/ 4s; clover do., 3/ lOs to 5/ Os ; a nd straw, 11 4s to 1 / Os per load. Both hay and straw sold slowly at our quotations. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, 21 15s tc 41 Os ; clover -10., 3/ lOs to 51 ss; and straw 1/ 45 to 1/ 93 per load. We had a slow trade to-day, yeeprices wore supported. IDDERMINSTER, Fri day:—fin expectationM essrs.F t a h r a l e t y : , l til7rfillel:F:Kat add p l E examination s o E o ß . m , i 'si ß Bfi o , . f l l : the A ad il e affairs t K h ei dividend of sothething like 15i. in tne pound will arise out of the concern, the stoppage of which We announced in The Sum about three weeks ago. It appears that the liabilities are about 44,000/., and the assets are expected to realise about 32,0001. Should the assets prove equal to this the above dividend may be safely calculated upon. M. Kosstnt.—The following letter (says the Ayr Advertiser') has been received from his Excellency the ex-GoefEd± of Hungary :—" No. 8, South Bank, Re gent's-park, Londoor, Dec. 26, 1856. Dear Sir,—l have the lie , !Our to acknOw!edge receipt of your note of Dec. 20, with bank draft enclosed for 841., being the net pro ceedspbel e e asu a o r u l e hearted o ru tloy y ed t:o lecturesat Kilmarnock. It gives me_gr a e v a e t on the cheering interco n u f r K. : and truly liberal people tporedseproinvce7zerturively grateilfiwclairtkin'oe.toi and can only •ie with them, d h well as I remember wish they would kindly 'ember me, ileavairsnitetcok.th a veryto ac accept for thanks,yo us forelf yourself, the and r e : t o : i n:y e ; them gratefully, and with affecl:.'' a the committee, my rangements, to which I am indeb iy t n e t i r f e , 'Da te regards. Please .t with in inters. and efficient ar. -e of the most splendid receptions it has been my lot to mb. ' result my homeless wanderings, as also for the materiat '' r Y of my humble task of a lecturer.—l remain, er, i,h v. sincere regards, d ear s i r , yours f a i th f ully, (Signed) Kne sUrg.—Mr; James Wylie." 27 L 2 25 St. 3t. 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I St. 87 1001 1031 1151 131 105 60 5 1 i 135 1101 10 Hi la i i Pin 684 '6 144 i 67 8 J'Aaval and Military Intelligence. Thy following circular has been issued, dated Horse Guards, Jan. 3 : "rne Genera/ Commanding-iu-Chief , with the con curretice of the Secretary of State for War, directs it to be notified that the circular memorandum from this de partment dated the 15th of February, 1855, allowing soldiers who re-enlist within two years after their dig charge to reckon their former service, is hereby can celled ; and that the rule as laid down in article 27, page 232, of tae War-office Regulations of 1848, whereby soldiers are required to re-enlist within six months of their discharge to entitle them to reckon their previous service, is to be considered as again in force.—By cam mand of the General Commanding-in-Chief. "G. A. WETHERALL:Adjutant-General." The board of commissioners from Chelsea Hospital, consisting of Dr. D. Maclachlan, Deputy-Inspector- General of Hospitals, and Mr. A. Moorhead, assisted by Drs. J. H. Taylor and J. C. G. Tice, who have been engaged for two days at Chatham in inspecting sick and wounded troops who were unfit for further service, con cluded their labours yesterday. The number of troops of all ranks ordered to be discharged was 130 on Wed nesday and 70 yesterday. The steam troopship Vulcan, Commander Furneaur, we learn by a private letter', made a splendid passage to Sierra Leone of only 16 days from Spithead, and ex pected to be at the Cape of Good Hopi by Christmas day. Baron von Stutterheirn and the officers of the British German Legion on passage to the Cape were all well. Her Maje4y's steam blockship Pembroke, 60, Capt. Fraser, left Spithead yesterday for Leith Roads. These ships have only a complement at present of 230, but it is supposed to be part of the intended system to fill up to 500 from the raw material of the coast, and work it into the perfect seaman. The whole of this Coastguard squadron will be under the command of Capt. Charles E fen, C. 8., who will hoist a pendant as commodore of the first clas , , which gives him the pay, table money, and powers of a rear-admiral. The steam troopship Urgent, Commander Phillips, went into Portsmouth harbour yesterday afternoon to refit. Her Majesty's steam blockship Hastings, 60, will be removed from the ordinary in Portsmouth harbour on Monday and taken into the steam basin for repairs and to be brought forward for re-commission'. The Arctic ship Resolute remains moored off Chatham dockyard in nearly the same state as when handed over by the American Government, the only persons allowed to go on board being those connected with the dock yard. Yesterday preparations were commenced for removing her stores into Chatham dockyard. ADVENTURES OF A MORMON SIITTLSR. (From, the Leeds Mercury.) Six years ago a gentleman holding a responsible and lucrative situation on the Midland Railway voluntarily resigned office, against the earnest advice of a directory who valued his services, and, after disposing of houses and other property in Leeds, set out with his wife and family on the iong ocean and land journey to the Salt Lake, Utah, in company with a large number of Mor mon settlers. Six years' experience brought to a sensitive and intelligent wind a t'aorough disgust of the Mormons and of their doctrines and ceremonies. Before pollution had reached the bosom of his own family be resolved to hazard everything and beat a retreat. The difficulties of an escape, even from the wicked scene itself, are many, to say nothing of the perils of the overland jour ney. Money was sent from England ; fortunately, in this instance, it arrived in safe hands, eluding the grasp of the Mormon chiefs—fiends of the worst description. The journey was commenced, and the following extract gives a fearful picture of the dangers with which it war attended : " St. Louis, United States, Nov. 11, 1856. "My dear Brother—l know it will be joyful news for you to learn that we have all arrived here in safety. Has not the kind providence of Almighty God watched over us in an especial manner ? I left England now nearly six years ago, with five children, and encounterel innumi x• able perils by sea, rivers, and laud, and nut only have all the five children, as well as my dear wife and I, been mercifully spared to return and arrive in a civilised coun try, hut we have two more children who were born in the mountains, and who are spared to remind us of our banishment, as it were, or rather transportation from everything we held dear, and that was calculated to smooth the rugged path of life. It is true this penance was self-imposed, but I have confidence that He in whose hands we are, and who leads His children by a way which they knew not, will overrule even this afflic tion, not only for our good, but for the good of all con. nected with us. That we are His children lam confi dent ; His marvellous loving-kindness and watchful care He has exercised over us abundantly prove it, and I am determined to trust in Him. " Your prayers have been answered. We have seen perilous times since I wrote to you from Fort Lorarnie on the 9th of Sept. We started from there on the morn ing of the 10th ; the company consisted of 3 waggons, with S men, 3 women, and 16 children—only mustering 3 guns and a worthless pistol among us. We (ravelled 5 days and a half making about 125 miles in the time when we met a train of 7 waggons with goods for Salt Lake. The drivers told us that the Chegenne Indian", a very savage tribe, were on the road killing all the whites they could find travelling in small companies or other wise de fenceless, andcommitting all kinds of depredations ; tbat they had killed A. W. Babitt, the United States Secretary for Utah, on his way from Washington home, ad a'so two men who were travelling with him—viz. Thos. Suther land, once a cl er k i n th e B an k o f Ireland, Dublin, and with whom I w as p ar ti c ul ar ly i n timate (he, like myself, having changed his views with regard to M ormonoun, and intending to remove his family as soon a , ctrcum • stances would permit), and another man whose name was Nowland. We also learned that they had killed two men named Thomas Margetts and Co wdy, with their wives, and Cowdy's child. These families started from Salt Lake three or four days before us, having i s oined in the purchase of a light waggon with males and horses. "I saw Cowdy the day before they s' arted grinding coffee for the journey, he and Margetts regretting that my means would not allow me to purchase a horse-team, so that -I could travel along with them. They met with a family (or overtook them) travelling from California to the States, with a horse-f -am, and the two waggons kept companions together t' :'1 the Indians pounced upon them. This family consisted of a man and his wife and infant, with a young single man as passenger, who happened to be out at the time hunting buffalo, and who finally escaped to Fort Kearney. The Indians took the poor infant by the feet and dashed its brains ou against the ground, after having kited its parents. "They had also attacked the waggons we had just me in the dead of the night, but all the drivers except one (who was killed) managed to escape to Kearney ; a woman, who was travelliag with them, having been either killed or taken prisoner. They found blood, however, in the waggon (which we saw), but no traces of her body. "And we were travelling unconcernedly, because un aware of our imminent peril, right into the very thick of the danger ; and had we not providentially met our informants, two or three days would must probably have brought us to the end of our journey through life. Perhaps the fiends might have spared the lives of some of our children for purposes much worse than death to them. I tremble to think of it, and so will you ; but yonr emotions and mine are mixed with unfeigned gratitude to our heavenly Father for the wonderful pre serving care which lie exercised towards us. "Atter consultation, we concluded that our course was to turn back to Loramie in company with the seven waggons, and claim protection from the United States force at Lorame. We accordingly did so , and it took us seven days to go over the same ground we had pre viously done in five days and a half. When we arrived at Loramie we found seven waggons, with families re moving from Salt Lake, pretty much under the same circumstances as we were. They had heard of the hos tility of the Cliegenne Indians through a friendly Indian of the Sioux tribe, who brought the news , to Fort Laramie, and they were waiting for an o pportunity to proceed in safety. This Indian came up to our little camp on the second or third night after we had left Folt Loramie, on the 10th of September, and stayed with us all night. He told them on his arrival at the fort through an inter. preter that he bad tried to make us aware of our danger, but was unable, because of our utter ignorance of his language. He certainly did try to make us understand something of importance, but it was all Greek to as, and worse. We sang round the fire—l think it was Christians, awake,' and tried several times to induce him to sing in the uncouth manner of his nation, but he invariably shook his hsad and sighed, we little knew why at that time, but were enabled to interpret all some few days afterwards. "On our arrival at the fort, the comn . anding officer (Colonel Hoffman) told us that we had acted wisely iu turning back ; that the Indian in question (` Black Heart's Son ') bad come ahead of a company of United States Dragoons, who were escorting some Indians (pri soners) home that had been taken in the war with the Sioux tribe last year, Black-Heart's Son being of the number, but when within a few days' journey of his tribe he had pushed on alone. "It appears that in the treaty of peace with the general Government, it was stipulated that the prisoners should be escorted from Fort Leavensworth, where they were confined, through the country belonging to other tribes, t w r h y , e a w n e d r et enemies,this wa s te t i o n g F e o a r r t ried o r Lae, fo m t o i e i ff ti t t e h t e . i r c own . e n o u o n ff_ man told ow that the said Dragoons would be in in a few days, and would have to return almost immediately to Leavensworth, and that they would accommodate their speed to ours, if wo would stretch out all we could and travel with us for our protection. We accordingly waited . and everything turned out as the colonel anticitd It was the let ttegiment of United States cavalr under Capt. Stuart, a perfect gentleman. He behaved very y lle p k a i kindly yw, who t ewn were e li edveisttitu ig the te, necess d ities n of some wem e came o f e n Hollow, where there is a m ountain to ascend nearly as rally pd with us ye steep as a house side, he ordered his men toi dismount o a w nd o a ssist us up with ropes, and even lit shoulder to the wheels. The troop, o t u o r c A om si ; about 450 miles, warded off the Inds They y an t d h e b o r owuegnhtt onu n d beat us by two days through all danger on that score. ahead the remaining 150 miles, as to Leavensworth, g t a o v m e e u , s 250 miles extra I having to pur. journey, ' h prices ; 15e. or 7d. per lb chase provisions at very g Thi and tern wasing back very le2xspeo miles ive for flour and hard tended to 'layover - ecu tion of u 3.9 jo urne y . iehbremady, m an e d an s s o fo o r n th in e fpurrothpeorrtiporno,. -4 I °' al ov 4 ~01 , leo" 1) .4 ill V. ; 01's 11? Oi l ' 6 i It., f C' d (1 0' ti °y( 4 1 DO? IGI.i 41 I si II 33i i 65 i 2i i