The Sun. — London, England, 1857-01-21 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Shr. CITY, Two o'CLocK. Advicea from Liverpool state that the Cotton Market yesterday closed steadily, and prices were quite as firm as those current last week. The sales were estimated at 6,000 to 7,000 bales, 2,500 of Which were taken for speculation. The Railway Share Market closed with less animation, but the quotations remained without any alteration from those current on Monday. The accounts from the manufacturing districts generally represent trade as being quiet, in conse quence of the enhanced price of cotton. At Not tingham manufacturers have not yet commenced active operations for the spring demand, but they seem very confident of increased animation before long. The inquiry for woollen cloths at Leeds is steady, and an accession of orders has produced confidence in the future. In the rates of exchange for three months' bills on the Continent, yesterday afternoon, there was no alteration of importance. _ . . About 50,0001., or according to another state ment 80,0001., in gold, was taken from the Bank of England yesterday, for transmission t• the Continent, in payment for silver. This continued drain naturally excites a little uneasiness lest the Directors, with the view of arresting it, are again compelled to advance the minimum. This absorp tion of gold is owing to the speculation in silver, which has been increased by the demand for the East Indies, and it is fortunate, therefore, that the requirements of the Bank of France are comparatively limited, otherwise the stock of the precious metals would be even more seriously affected. As it is, however, the aggregate - has gradually diminished since the Bank rate was re duced from 7 to 6 per cent., and it cannot now be much above the point at which it stood when the authorities established the former quotations. At the half-yearly meeting of the London Life Association, to-day, the accounts were read and passed unanimously. The pressure for discounts having recently been rather severe, many parties are prepared for the addition of per cent. to the present terms On the other band, however, it is thought that these Purchases of silver will soon be less extensive, and as affairs in Paris are apparently recovering there is an expectation in most quarters that the ten dency in the terms of discount will be rather in the contrary direction. To-day there is a full demand for discounts at previous rates. The advicea from Paris mention that it is gene rally expected that the Council of the Bank of l 'rance, at their sitting to-morrow, will take into C onsideration the propriety of obtaining a complete alteration in the constitution of the establishment, which would involve an increase of its capital from the present inadequate amount to 250,000,000 fr anca. This subject has been much canvassed for aeveral months past, and it is now likely to receive the full consideration of the Government. Although business in Public Securities is very quiet, the quotations are steadily supported. This morning the variation has not exceeded per cent., and very few transactions have been recorded. Consols for money are marked 934 e, and for account 93 4. Exchequer Bills have returned to their recent value, viz., 2s. discount to 2s. prem. Bank Stock is fiat, being 216 to 211. The New 3 per Cents. are 94 to 94k, and the Reduced 93; to 94, More firmness is apparent in some of the Foreign Securities, but Turkish G per Cents. are at merely nominal rates, viz., 95 to 95/. The 4 per Cents. for the account are 1031. Spanish 3 per Cents. have been 40 . R uss i an 4i per Cents. 94. Portuguese 3 per Cents. 63k, and Dutch 2i per Cents. 64k. The following are the nominal prices of Foreign Stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 6 7 ; Mexi can, 21i ; Peruvian, 78 79 ; ditto 3 per Cents., 65 6 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 43 5 ; Russian 6 per Cents., 106 8 ; ditto 4 per Cents., 95 7 ; Spanish 3 per Cents., 40 I ; ditto New Defet 7 red, 234 ; ditto Certificates, 51 6 ; ditto Passive, 6 '2 6' The Railway Share Market has shown very little animation, and an exceedingly small amount of business has been transacted. With the exception of one or two lines prices have remained steady. Chester and Holyhead declined 55., Lancashire and Yorkshire 55., and Midland about ss. In the French lines no business whatever has been re ported, and the Canadian are inactive. Geelong and Melbourne improved about ss. 'Joint-stock Bank shares rule dull. Bank of Australasia have declined 11., and Oriental Bank ba, Union of Australia advanced ss. For Miscellaneous shares there is little demands and prices are unaltered. BRITISH FUNDS TFITS DAY OT ONK trCLOCK. (From the Offictal List.) Bank St oc k Rupees, done 216 17. 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 934 1 4 2 rtr Cont. Consols Annuities 93{ i New, 3 per Cent. A n nuities 94 1 4 ''''.g Annuities, expire sth Jan. 1860... Ditto 30 Years, expire sth April, 1885... 18 1.16 Console„, for Account ...... .. 938 i -"xellegner Bills, 2;d. £lOOO ... ...... £5OO Bmall 'P RIORS OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE 0'01,0( K. I.6 rtuglics• Bonds, 5 per Cent., Con. 1841 Ditto 1853, 3 per Cent Russian Bonds, 1822, £ St., 5 p er Cont — Ditto, 4i per Cent. "'Pauli h Roads, 3 per Cent Turkish Bonds, 6 per cent — Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cont. Ditto Account ... 103 1 . .... ruvioen , i, on th e shove payable In Lona( n. french Rentes 4i per Cent. — Ditto 3 per C ent. Dutch E xc h ange, 2i 68f. ex 25f. 20c. C per Con;., 12 Guild ers 64f onsol ! , money TWO (YCLOC E. Ditto ACcottnt- 9931 LLOYD'S SHIPPENII.—(This Day.) LONDON, Jan. 21.—Wind at n o " i'LW. — Light breeze and cloudy weather. r,ol:::!_efOr;arbadoes. PORTSMOUTH, 2O .—Wind liven—William Hammond. from London . '..Vi r •—Ar - PLYMOUTH, Jan. 20. Off the Batavia, for Amsterdam. 4 manglen, from FALMOUTH, Jas. 20.—Wind S.W. to N.N.E.—sailed— London, for Carthagena. TORBAY, Jan. 20. —Wind variable.7Arrived—T. from Shields, for Civita Vecchia. Sailed —Lopes, f or - § 3 t ) Michael's. SHIELDS, Jan. 20. Wind W., fresh gale.—Arrived — Sunbeam, from Carthagena. Sailed—John Moore, f or Carthagena. DOVER, Jan. 20.—The capsized brig, whiF,ll got en. tangled in the Harbour of Refuge works while in tow of a steamer on the 18th inst., has been much broken up by the strong wi n d t o .d a y, and will probably go to pieces unless the wind abates. LIVERPOOL, Jan. 20.—The Clothilde? for Rio Janerio, drove foul of the Union, from Valparaiso, but was not injured ; the latter lost steering wheel, quarter boat, &c. BERWICK, Jan. 20.—The Robert and Jane, of Newcas• tle, struck on the rocks this morning and became a total wreck ; crew and part of materials saved. ROTTERDAM, Jan. 20 0 —The barque Pranklin, of Exe ter, has been taken into Bronwershaven a derelict. Tian, Jan. 19.—An Englis barque is stranded off Ca landsoog, and has been abandoned. (PEE ILIOTE , 0 TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Wedneeday, 10 a.ni, Wind N.W. . Arrived, 2 0th—Flora and Cicely, from Sunderland , Newc as Purveyortle ~ Swanage; Charlotte, Gu ernse y ; Arrived, 21st —Le Coq, from Cherbourg. Sailed, 20th— New Express, nett, Cardiff. Newport , Cumberla ' nd, for • Edward Bar- 1.00 100 Lrrzaroon, Wednesday Morning. 100 20 20 Wind W. Arrived—Eliza Fox, front St. Michael's. ma Saile stea merd—Annie R,aydon, for M e lb ourne ; il , Africa ; Candace, royal Ida New O r l eans. QuErNsTowN, Jan. 19. Wind S.W. Bordeaux ; Flor Sailed—Ladya, Lisrt, f Hobaor Asce ns i on ; Hansen Gregory, bon. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRlTisit TgrEGRApH.) GRAVE6END W ednesday, 9.56 s.m. one hour's ebb; cloudy. Wind N.W. ; from Faro ; A.berdine, Guernsey ; Arrived—Sylph, New Brunswick.araoes. Alida, St. John'g, Sailed—Glamire, for B b d DEAL, Wednesday, 9.25 a.m. Wind W.N.W., light. Passed, 20th—Majestic, from New York, for Lond on Anchored—LaAitia, from Riga, for Lisbon. 50 Alderman Fry, a wealthy and highly-respeeted tner- i 1100 chant of Dubli n , di e d on Sunday last at an advanced ag e , 1 100 IRE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUAhY 21 :657 SHARE MARKETS—(This Day.) A ;.W a.AIL WA r, 1 ' 9t Ambg. No. zap,. and Eaetz:. Jun a ) Belfast & Ballymena. 31 all Birming. Wolverh. Stour Valley all Birkeand. Lancsh. Cheshire Junct.... ' ll Do. Chesh. & Birk all Do. d 0.. ...., all Blackburn > i all Blyth &Tyne £25 (issd. at £4 'lOO Bristol and &rote . • 100 Caledonian. . 100 Chester is Holy hex.' all Cork and Bandon ' I all Cork, Black, &Pm all Cornwall.. t all Do. A 8 Do. B 45 Dublin&BelfastJune all Dun. P. & Aber. Joe. .1100 East Anglian all .Eastern Counties .100 East. Union, A St, 10 :Do g B. Stock... I 8i i 'Do., New A...... 17 . I East Kent .100 jEast Lancashire a'l 'East Suffolk ••• 4 Do. 100 lEdinbur4h4Glasgo all lEdlnb. and Peebles 100 Prth &D nu :I. all Forth & Clyde Jun 100 Furness. .100 ,Glasgow 6z S. Westrn all ;Great N. of Scothllt 100 (Great Northern 100 .Do., A. Stock.-- 100 iDo., B. Stock Ixo iGt. Sth. &West.(lre. 1 100 Great Western 100 Do. Stour Val. RA! Gua. Stk all ;Irish South-Eastern all jLancaster & earns! , 14i Do., Thirds. 12 (Do. New Thirds 100 Lancash. andYorksl De., Wst. aiding Cu all Do. Sonthi-ort all (London & Blackwa,' 100 ILond.Bright &S.Cs. 100 (Lon& and N. West , 16 'Do. Fifths 5i D0.103.6h.,Ni&8 2Do. Eighths 100 London and& Westn. all Lndndrry&Coloralne all Lndndrry. 100 Aanch.Shet &Lincln 1 Nfetropolitan ...... 1 Do. J. L. Ricardo's arrangement 100 Midland )0. Birmng. &Der , all 111d1d. G. West. (Ire. all Do. Half Shares all Newcastle & Carlisl , all Nwpt.Aberg. & Hrf- Si Newry & Enniskillo Al) Newry, Warrenpoin' and Rostrevor R , Norfolk 3i , orthn.CountiesTh 1.00 North British 100 Nth Devon Rail ii Dock Stock 100 Do., A 5t0ck....... 100 B Stock jastern—Berwi 23 'o. do. Extension 16! .)o.do.G.N.E.?ure , all Do. Leeds 1 00 Do. York 100 North London 1- • stead, and City Jn North Staffordshir iorth Western all S. B. Westrn. Jun Ix., Wore., & Wol , 14 :.rtsTirouth 9 Rhymney otti.h Central 1 10 Scot. N E.Abrdn St. Do. Scot. Mid. St ' '0 4 •nhire 2 SitingbournekSheer. a. :oath Devon ionth Eastern... 100 month Wales .. 7 Yrksh. ds Riv. Da 20 lla 4t. 7 1 all -4 a nes, Wok. kWo a I Stookton & Dewing 121 Do., do., 1854 3 Do., do., 1855 - , toAten Hartlei - aff Vale , o. Pref., No. 1 r'iames Hay. D.& r,. all Vale of Neath... ' Waterfd. & Kilkenn tl Vaterford&Limer all West Cornwall.... all 'Vest End of Lond. and Crystal Pala°. all Do. A all Do. B West London all Do. First Class all Do. Second Class... .11 w 1 mblryi •••• • COLO: 9 qubay, ccarua.., 7©n. India, g. 5 p. c 20 20 20 all Do. lOs. Ceylon A shares 1 Do. B. do 4 ,1 ..tnersra 2s. Eastern Bengal All east Indian A. and E, g.sp. 5 Do. Ex. C, gu. sp. c all Do. do. D, gu. sp, c. all p.c.Buds.,'s7 all Do. do. do., '59, dc all Geelong & Melbourne guar. 5 per sent 100 Gd. Trunk of Canada all Do. Cert. of Deben, con. into Stk. till'63 all Do. Comp. 6p. c., do. all Gt. In. Pen. g. sp. c. 2 Do New, guar. sp. c all tit.Westernof Canada 8 Do. New -Al Do. Bds., payable 's', all Do. do., '76, p. '6O all Do. do., '73 do. all Do. do., '73, without option all Madras, guar. 4 p.c. all Do. do., sp. c. 10 Do. 4i p. c. Exten 5 Do. 3d Ex., S. sp. c 5 Scindo, guar. 5 p. c, all D 0.,, 18 St. Andrew's and Quebec (A) 20 20 ,00 eutt. Closinu PrTe ,, yesterday . 8i 9 19i -- 20. 174 - 18: 13! 14! 92 94 61 61 37 38 •N w Of -1( 181 194 vi 41 43 28 30 7 6 93a 9 1 53 - 51 34i - 35, 94 - 96 7 - 8 91f 92! 76 78 L 23 125 [ll 113 65i 664 6$ 5 5 96 114 106,, LOG 20i 10i i LO6i - 106 1074 - 82 - 65 - 14, 53 - 40 • 84i 1 3-0 cO4 102 4B fq 11 28t 73 -- t 1 - 741 S B4' (-1 -- 8 - 4 - 51 lAL. all Antwerp&Rott, rdi 10 Ardennes all lelgian Bastn. June 16 Besiers to Graissess% c 10 4 2 Buff. & Lk. Hur. Ry. all Carmeaux & Toulouse i I 1 - 1} 103 - 110 1i i p N ~~ •~• 21 3 / 4 - 22 50 - $2 82 - 83 20i - 21 24i - ?4i 2i - 99 - 100 118 123 115; - 12:3 Huffiness done this day 94 3i 4} 66 i 95 51 113 13 106 i 6 li Itai 60# 12i 8 k i 108 110 194 —19 i 21a 22 I,d P 2 § r Jall . 14 201 - 2,}11 5 3? -- .4 3 d 9 2 —10 i Par P 5i - 6 Coal Mines and Ry 12 +)utch Rhenish all Kastern of Franoe all ►o. New 2a. Euphrates Valley 10s. Eur.S:ln.Jn.Tel.Rail.l 18 tit. Central of Fran, e 16 'heat Luxembourg_ 4 Italian Junction all Lake Const. & Basle all Lierre and Turnhout 6 Lombardo Venetian. all Lucca & Pist. sp. c.p. 15 Lyons and Geneva all Lyons is Mediterran. all Maria Antonia ... all Do. do. New all Namur & Liege all Do. do., Ep. c. Pret all Northern of France. all NorwegianTrunkPref all Paris and Lyons all Paris and Orleans 5 Recife & San. Fran., (Pernam.) g. 7 p. c. .• Rome and Frascati all Royal Danish all Royal Swedish all iambre and Meuse_ all ID o . 5# p. cent. Pref. all 4 onthern of France ail West Flanders all Do. 54 per c. Pref all W. &N. W. of France 6 Westernof ♦ustria all West. of Switzerland all Wiesbaden .. all Do. Bper cent:P;ef, all Zealand 6 -61 p 29a 30, ,•• 7i - 8 i 18 - 19} 37 - 3g - 9i 541 - 55 51 -- 56 20 20 10 i - i pi ii 20 1 .—1/ 8a . 9 81 91 •••• —pm 41 41 Sa 10 34 35 a 141 N i BALNILh. all 3natralasi a IA Bank of ******* 50 Bank of London — . **** 9.11 Bri. Col. Bk.&Ln..e. British N. American 5 Chsrtd. Bank of Aide 6 Chrtd. Bak. of India, Australia, & China 94 96 d, 60 62 ••• • ...P1 50 City 25 Colonial 20 Commercial of Lord all Eng. Scot. &Ans. Cht all Loud. Chart. Bk. of Australia all Ditto New 20 London and County 50 Lna. &E. Bnk g. Corp. 10 London Joint Stock. 20 Load. & Westminster As National Pro.ef Zug 10 Do. New.. .......... 22? National Bank ...... all New South Wales.... all 'Oriental Bk. Corp... 15 Ottoman Bauk erovincial of irclawi xl Leo. Now 1 R, Aus B &Go Im Cc al ?oath Australia . all rTni‘a of Australia 2 Do. New 10 1 69 18 18 - igi 171 - 184 .. -- ... M. e • 1•111. , , , ~, ••••• ... ow' 49 - 51 37 39 led ... - '• ' ••• ''' 34 36 63 - 6 5 7 - 9 ` ,,, w of [..nn,to. 50 lUnity Mutual 50 APlefitorußk of Lon Si I il 9dl me 6d, 93i 41 3i 331 581 9 TINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. i~~ : ~I Rsu.wAys. JLiiv • C.o!upan Bedford Bletzilley Bnckgnam,:, Clydesdal Col. Stour Vy. E. Lin. g. 6 pc. E. Un. H. Sh. Glas. Barr. & Noils. Direct Do. New...... Glstr.& Dn Fr Hrtlpl. Dk & Railway... Hull & Selby Do. Shares. Do. Shares. Lon.&Greebw Do. Preference Lon., Til., Do. Bark. Sh. Lowestoft 4 per cent Do. 6 per ct. Manch. Bxtn. and Matlock Middlesbro' &I Redc.g 6 p.c. Hradr Newmarket Bury E. G.spe N.& Est.s p. c. Do. 6 per et. Do. Fixeds p c Prost. & lA , yr • Do. Shri. A Roystn.& Hit Shot Roth_an Goole g. o p. Shrews. &Her S. Staliordsh. Wear Valloygl 6 per cent._ Do Wilts&omrst Closing Prices yestcreisty. Lon,ior, t'z N. We •t. L. &N. W. ICaledn, E.O &E.O E. Count. CAMontan. Gt. Wostn Yk. New. & Borw. Y. &N M Do 'S. Ersater• Do Poto & Co Do Norfolk IDo L.& N. Pr & Stckton & Darlingt. Midland.. En. Conn. E. Count. D 0... Do L.SzN.W Do Gt North n Laincssh be Yorksh. T. Brassey 6i.MCles.n Stockt. Darlingt. Do GtWestn 96 98 98 102 11 - 13 133 -- 138 4 ... 4i •N 5"... iiii 2 Ili 12} t 3 23 24 107 109 2i -•- 211 ": 93 56 - 58 i%2 •• - •••, 1 9 -' 93; 118 91 PREFERENCE BHA.itr;:- filythandTyne lop,' C. pref. (issd. at 50‘ Brim. & Ex. 4 p. c. St Do. 4 p. C. Shares ... Ce.ledn. £lO 41 p.c. Ches.,!,i Flo. Gn. Do. do. Prof. 5 pet s. Cork &Bandonsp.e. 96 - 4t 5 6 6i Dna, Prth .4; Aber. J. Z. Anglian Cls. A SI! Do. do. Cls. B 6 p. Do. do Cls. C 7 p. e Ens. Co.E x spc No Do. No. . Do. New 6 p. a. S,. East Un., G. 6 p. Do. 51., 10 per con. Do. 101. Debeatr.Sl Do. do. 4 per cent. East Lancaqh. 6 p.ct -17..41W. York. J. sth. Edin. k Gl. 5 p.c. oh Ed. Prth.&Dim.4p, Furness, 5 p. c.... Gins. k S. W. G. 5 P.C. Great Northn. 5 p. c Do. 5 p. o. Redeem. at 10 p. 0. prem Do. 44 p.c . D 0.5 p. c., Red. at f 1 70 . C. pm... ..... Gt. N. of Soot. 1 et Pre Gt. S. zW. (Ireland, Do. 4per c. Prof. S Gt. W.(B.t H. Exspc Do, con. red. 4 i p.c. Do. con. red. 4 p. c. Do. irred. 4p. c. Do. 5 p. c. red. pref Do. Birm. Pref. Sh Do. Chester 8 p. c.P.' Do. do. 5 p. c. do Do. Birm. Qua. Stk Do. Ches. Ona. sh Do, do. do Do. do. de. Lan. &York. F. £2O Do. 6 p. 0. Stock Lon. &B. G. 5 pc. No.l Do. P., 5p c. St.No.2 De. New Onar.6 t, Po. do. 5 p. c.,N0.4 Lon. &N. W., Co' & Nuneaton 5 p. ct Lon. ,k S.W. 7 per ct Busineas this day - 115 IP a it' T6~ - 7G 118 120 112 - 113 102 - 104 63 - 65 91 - 104 6 - 6. 93 - 95' 83 - S 5 98 100 10 - 101 16i 17t 10 - 101 74 - 75 194 - 20 9i - 10; 14/ - 154 139 late 3d Shares 14 ndy.& Coler. Sh Londy. & Ennis. Sh 4.,5.,& L. 6 p. Cent Do. do. do. £6 ... Do. do. 34 per cent. Varypt.tr Carl. 4 p e DO. 4)1 per cent Do. do. Aid. Consol.6 p.c St f)0. Con. Br. Mir . 6 pc Do. 4i p. c. Pref. t Ditto L. St H. Pref. St New., Aber., dtc., pr. 5 p. e. red. 5 p.c. pm. Do. Perpet. 6 p ct. with optn. till '66 North. Deb, 4 p.c. sh Do.Pret. 5 p. c. St, .• 00. 5 pc. Ext.,1846 N. 5i per c.pf ,1847 D0.Wv.V.6pc.,1847 North British Do 71. Preference N. E. Berw. 4 p.c. P. Do. do. do Do Leeds 6134 :No. I Do. do. Qr5.,1848... Do.Yorkll.& S. Pnr. North Staffordshire.. Oa, Wo,&W.,6 pc... Do. 6 p.c. Redeem. Soot. Cent. ,New Prot Sc .N. E. Abar. g 6 pe Do. do., 7 p.c. pf. it. D0.d0., 36 p.c. pf. et South Devon Do. fixed,4i per cent 3. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. Do. 4i per cent Do. Fixed 4i p c sh 3 Wales Qua. 4p, o Do. do. 4i p. e 3.Yorksh.4p.c.Guar Stock .Sr Dar., 5 p. c Do. do. do Stock. & Hartl. g. 5 p. o. till July 1, '56 Waterfd.&Kilk.6pcl 139 - 142 118 - 120 ,57 - 159 60 I - 70 ••• '." 137 - 139 98 - 100 89 - !)1 1 - li ••• ''''' -•• 103 -105 lf 95 di • •. .... 1 = id 109 ... ~ . ... - . 113 - 116 ••• 105 - 110 ROYAL SWEDISH RAILWAY. LAW INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.) COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. THE QUEEN V. MARIA CLARKE IN RE ALICIA RACE. Tiie question raised was whether the mother, a Roman Catholic, was entitled to the custody of her orphan female child of 10 years of age, her father dying a Pro- testant. Lord Chief Justice Campbell, this morning, delivered the judgment of the Court at great length, to the effect that the mother, as the natural nurture guardian of the child, in the absence of any legal guardian having been appointed by the father, was entitled to the custody and training of the child—on the supposition that the appli cation was made bona fide, and for no immoral purpose, and that the mother was a fit and proper person to have the custody and training of the child. Mr. O'Malley moved the Court for a peremptory order to deliver up the child to her mother immediately, as attempts were just ❑ow being made to get the child declared a ward of Chancery ; and an app'ication was made to Vice-Chancellor Wood for an injunction to restrain the plaintiff from enforcing the order of Court now obtained for the eugtody of the child. The Lord Chief Justice orderd the child to be imme diately delivered up to the mother, saying that he did not care for any injunction that might be granted i❑ the matter. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Holroyd.) ROYAL BRITISH BANK.-THE LAST EXAMINATION OF THE LATE DUKE OF RUTLAND, K.G. We have received intelligence of the death of the vener• able Duke of Rutland, which took place at half-past 3 o'clock yesterday, at Belvoir-castle, near Grantham, in his 79th year. The immediate cause of his death was an attack of bronchitis, supervening on a gradual decay. John Henry Manners, sth Duke and 14th Earl of Rut land, Senior Knight of the Gari,er, Lord Lieutenant and Uustos Retulorum of the cnunty of Leicester, and Co lonel of the Leicestershire Militia, High Steward of Cambridge, Recorder of Scarborough and Grantham, a trustee of the British Museum, and one of the Council of King's College, London, born on the 4th January, 1778. He was the eldest and last surviving son of Charles, fourth Duke (son of the celebrated Marquis of Granby), who died suddenly in 1787, at the age of 34, from an internal attack while holding the important post of Lord Lieutenant of Ireland,* by the Lady Mary Isabella Somerset, youngest daughter of Charles, fourth Duke of Beaufort, who died in 1831, long after she had outlived her reputation as the most beautiful woman of her day. The late Duke succeeded to the princely title and estates of his father when he was under ten years of age, and consequently held hisdukedom for ttle unprecedented period of all but 70 years. At the usual age his Grace entered Trinity College, Cambridge, then under Dr. Pestlethwaite, where he took the degree of M.A. in 1797. At the time of his decease be must have been nearly the senior member of that college, with the ex ception of Lord Lyndhurst, who graduated there some three years before him. Having come to his title at so early are age, his Grace was never able to hold a seat in the House of Commons. In 1799, however, he took his seat in the Upper House, and naturally gave his support to the then existing Ministry of Mr. Pitt, who, it may here be remarked, owed to the recommendation of the father his first introduction to public life as member for Lord Lonsdale's pocket borough of Appleby. The Duke, however, though on one occasion, we believe, he moved or seconded the Address in the 'louse of Lords, never took an active or prominent part in the proceedings of that assembly, but contented him-elf with giving to the Ministries of Pitt, Addington, Perceval, and Liverpool, as afterwards to Wellington, Peel, and Lord Derby a steady but silent support. During the greater portion of his time his brothers, the late Lord Cnaries and Robert Manners, represented the Tory interest in the counties of Leicester and Cambridge, in which lies the greater part of the pr. • perty of the house of Rutland. The late duke was by conviction a strong supporter of the old-fashioned opinions of his party on Chervil and State qiestions, and accordingly he opposed the relaxa tion of the Test and Corporation Acts, and also resisted the Catholic Relief Bill as long as he felt that the latter could be refused with safety to the State. Indeed so late as the month of Jan., 1829, we find the name of his Grace heading an address to the Crown against the proposed innovation in the constitution, but as soon as he was convinced that the Duke of Wellington and Sir Robert Peel had but one course open before them, if they wished to avoid the horrors of a civil war, he did did not shrink from professing a change in hie opinions and from giving his vote in favour of the mea sure. Eventually, however, his deeply-rooted prin ciples or prejudices resumed their place, and at the final division in the House of Lords upon that important measure his Grace was one of the four dukes who voted among the minority, declaring them selves " not content." To the Reform Bill, also, his Grace was strenuously opposed upon principle, though here again, in the self-same spirit, he abstained from recording his vote against the measure on the decisive anti final division of April 14, 1832. His opposition to the repeal of the corn laws is too recent to need being repeated here. A Tory by conviction, and possessed, as he was, of the extensive political influence which was inseparable from his large landed property, it is not remarkable that his Grace should have received an early mark of Ministerial favour in the shape of the Blue Riband of the Garter, which was conferred upon him in 1803 by the then Premier, Mr. Addington, afterwards first Lord Sidrnoutb, and for many years previous to the time of his decease he had become senior Knight of that illustrious older. His Grace, however, found a more congenial sphere of action in his native county and his domestic circle than in political affairs and the atmosphere of courts. As a magistrate, country gentleman, friend, neighbour, and parent it is not too much to say that be was equally honoured and beloved. As a proof of the affectionate regard in which he was held by his tenantry we may mention that so lately as Christmas, 1855, the tenants on the Belvoir estates presented him with his portrait, which they had painted by subscription by Grant. He took great pride in his corps of Leicestershire Yeomanry; and at Christmas and other seasons of the year, and especially on his own birthday (Jan. 4), he rejoiced in keeping open house in "princely style," and in entertain ing not only his family and friends, but the leading in habitants of the country and his own poorer dependents. He also subscribed largely to the maintenance of the Leicestershire hunt, tbodgh for some years he had been unable to follow the amusements of the chase. It should be added that his Grace was regarded with high esteem by the poet Crabbe, who owed to his father his earliest preferments ; and who mentions him with much respect in the prefaces prefixed to his poetical works. By his wife, the lady Elizabeth Howard, daughter of the filth Earl of Carlisle, to whom he was married in 1799, and who died about 30 years ago, he had issue four daughters and three sons. Of the former, two are deceased, the Lady Katharine Jennyn, and the Lady Emmeline Stuart Wortley ; though the reputation of the latter lady as a poetess of no common order will not readily pass away. Her death, near Beyrout, in the au tumn of last year, which will be fresh in the memory of our readers, was a grievous blow to the Duke, who was fondly attached to her. His two surviving daughters are the Lady Elizabeth F. Drummond, and the Lady Adeliza Norman. His Grace's three sons all hold seats in the present House of Commons—the Marquis of Granby, for North Leicestershire ; Lord John Manners, for Colchester; and Lord George Manners, for Cambridge. shire. Lord George, who is also a captain in the Horse Guards, was recently married to the Lady Adeliza Howard, daughter of the late and sister of the present Duke of Norfolk. The name of Lord John Manners has long been before the political world as head of the Woods and Forests under the short-lived Administration of Lord Derby, while the literacy public are better ac• quainted with his lordship as the author of some poems of a highly feudal and mediaeval character, and of a " Plea for National Holydays." His Grace's eldest son, Charles Cecil John,. Marquis of Granby, who has now succeeded to the dukedom, was appointed in 1852 Lord Lieutenant and Custos Rotulorum of Lincolnshire on the resignation of the late Earl Brownlow. He was born in 1815, and is unmarried. His lordship is well known as one of the heads of the " country" or Protec tionist party, in which capacity he has frequently spoken with considerable ability in the House of Commons, though he did not take office under Lord Derby. It may be remembered that he declined to lead the great Conservative party in the House of Commons on the death of Lord George Bentinck. The vast estates of Belvoir are possessions inherited by the ducal family of Rutland on account of their de scent from the ancient Baron] Roos or De Roos, an heiress of which noble family married Sir Robert Man ners, ex-Sheriff of Northumberland, towards the close of the 15th century, and eventually succeeded to the Barony of De Ros. Thomas, 13th Lord de Roe, created Earl of Rutland in 1525, and honoured with the Knight hood of the Garter, held marry important posts in the Court and Cabinet of Heary VIII. He was the grand son of Anne Plantagenet, sister of Edward IV. It is re marked as strange by Sir E. Brydges, in his article on the English peerage, in the Quarterly Review for April, 1830, that, " notwithstanding this alliance with the House of York, the Earls of Rutland were able to escape the oppression of the Tudors." The second earl rebuilt the family mansion of Belvoir. On the death of the third earl, in 1857, the titles of Rutland and De Ros became separated, the latter passing in the female line to his lordship's only daughter, wife to the celebrated Lord Burleigh, afterwards Earl of Exeter ; but the titles were again united for a time in the person of the sixth earl. The tenth earl, who had previously received a summons to Parliament from Charles IL, in his father's lifetime, as Lord Manners, was raised to the dukedom in 1703. The second duke married a daughter of the celebrated patriot, William, Lord Russell, by whom he became the grendfatber of the great Marquis of Granby, whose military reputation, handed down to our own times on the signboard of many a village inn, was won during the years which he spent in Germany as Co tn rnander-in-Chief of the British forces serving under Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick. The Marquis of Granby whe died before his father, and consequently never sue, ceeded to the dukedom, was grandfather of the duke so lately deceased. The late Archbishop (Manners-Sutton) of Canterbury and the first Lord Manners, sometime Lord Cuancellor of Ireland, were first cousins of the deceased duke. The archbishop's eldest son, Sir Charles Manners Sutton, was for many years member for the University of Cam bridge, and Speaker of the House of Commons from 1817 to 1834, and was elevated to the Viscountcy of Canterbury in 1835. * The 1 tto Dr. Watson, Bishop of Llaudaff, in his place in the House of Lords, pronounced a warm eulogium on the duke soon after his decease , which may be found recorded in the " Gentleman's Magazine " for November , 1787. A more correct and far more graphic account of his character, and in of his Lord-Lieutcnantcy in Ireland , may be found the 2d vol. of Sir Nathaniel Wrairall's "Posthumous Memoirs of his Own Time.l — er At a court which was held presiding, a letter from the on o to f cc -I someg r a e t u r r l a o .-. ortley, the Solicitor-General, yesterday, Co u o t F be A t. L n o l E d it suFrawy. Right lion. Sir J. passed upon his accession to that tion w hi c h had voteco c u a r ll t ed ior at t t h e e nti office. Alderman was read, thanking beenlv theire statements lately published about the state of • s ne" Nevvga..e Gaol, and wished them to be ref erre d t o t h e Commi ttee, to contradict o r correct them. No resolution, however, was adopted on th e su bj ect. The pub - comm ittee on the state of Whi tecros. - treat Prison h G a a e o l prepared a report, in which they said—•• The existing evils are a want of cleanliness, great laxity of discipline, occasional disturbances, disregard of the governor's au thority, sometimes a display of insulting and violent con duct towards solicitirs or others whose duty may lead them there to serve process, &c., and a coercive bearing towards such new-corning inmates as may desire to with hold themselves from a familiar identification with the prison community. The sul lornmittee are of opinion, that although much may be , ne to render the existing state of things less unsatisfactory, more might be accom plished if the law of debtor and creditor, as administered under tie act for the relief of insolvent debtors, could to some extent be amended so as to give power to 501110 officer of the Insolvent Debtors' Court, or of the prison, to enforc e th a t p ar t o f th e ac t w hi c h deals with the from property o f th e d e bt or an d di sc h arges his person custody. MEETING THIS DAY. 3t. St. 3t. it. St. Bt. 10 11,4) 1. :i) all ,1(10 all all 100 31 100 all all all 100 :83 100 5 lot) rlOO 100 100 100 1U) 100 100 jlOO 1100 100 100 IOU 441 ioo all 104 1(X) 100 'lOO 100 ~1 } Do.. ••• '''. it. St. St. St. St. St. St. Si St. i'i = i'i 23 - 24 LO2 - Iss 10k -10 i St. 10 St. St. iii -• 281 2 - 3 p rj i pm 576 321 3j MINES. 105 all !Anglo Californian ... ... 20 7 Australian i li 1 all Baden (Gd. Duchy of) ... .„ 60 all Blionar. Iron & Coal ... ... 20 14 British Iron 74 84 35 266 Brazilianlmp.(ilfilned at 25 pm.) 30 all Do. Cocaes & Cuiab 3 34 3 20 15 Do. St. John Del Roy 16 18 1 4 Clarendon Cons. Min. . Co. of Jamaica r - 113 40 all Cobre Copper e. 55 57 551 5 1 Colonial Gold — St. all Copper Min. of Eng 30 35 25 all Do. Prof. 74 p. cent 25 27 ... 1C Copiapo. l3 15 2 all Fortuna i id 20 . all Genceal. . — ••• li l all Gt.NuggotVeinßeg. i 4 4j . 1 all Great Polgootb ....,.. ... - 5 ; all Gt Wheal Vor Unite 54 5 1 all Liberty 3 I all Linares S • 84 5 I 14 Lusitanian ld 1 ' all Slariquita. - I 1 all Now Granada 1 all Nouveau Monde 4 2) all IPontgi.Sil.ls Leadin $ ie 5 1 Port Philip 1 all I Quartz Rock — ... 50 all Rhymney Iron 23 25 15 all Do. New 7 9 30 15} Santiago de Cuba 26 S ... 6s. Sort. Cons. Min. Co. 14 li 1 all South Australian ... - ... 1 all Do. Scrip • ••• 1 all Do. 10 per cent Prof ... ._ . ... 44 Tam. S. &L. Min. Co. 1 -- A . 10 9 rin Croft 3l - 4} 284 all United Mexican 34 - 4 1 all Waller I. all West Mariposa i i 1 12s. Worthing Mining of Australia ........ MISCICLLANEOI73. 26 19 - ustralian Agricult. 22 24 10 it Xustraln. Royal Mail 10 all' cerlin Water Work: 54 6 5i 50 40 drit. American Land 40 45 100 3..4 Canada l3l 134 St. ,41 .;.€4o.tip.c.JanValy 110 1104 110 i St. 100 Do. 6 p.c. Feb & Aug ... ... St. 100 Do. 6p c. Mar & Sept ... 2' , . 1114 5 ..il Crystal Palace 24 9 5 all Do. Preference 5l 51 4 ail Crystal Pal. of France ~ . 1 4 Duston Iron Ore 20 18 Eastern Steam _ St. 100 Electric Telegraph B9 ..... 91 1 all Electric Teleg. of Ir ... 5 all En.&Aus Cop Sm Co 1 4 11 25 all Gen. Ir Sc Col (lim.) ... ... 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat. -- 11 all General Screw Steara 61 61 20 5 London Discount 4 all Lond. Gen. Omnibus 3i 3 1 SI 20 10 Magdalena St. Navi t ... —. ... 10 all Mediteran. Elec. Tel. ... ••• 10 all Mexican&S.Americn. 2i - :1 25 5 Nat. Discount Co 25 5 Do. New iP 5 1 0 5 Netherlands Land._ 14 10 all Do. Do. 5 3 Do. 8 pcP ins atl d 3/ 4p 5 1 Do. Do 1 .1 7 01 4 1 N i, e r et Do.hl . n o w : Eu r o Steam 3 2 d 100 80 N N • e S7W I3 , , .. N G: w o ll Y . . s B s h . p . Land c. D i : : 1 . . 9 I: i .. 4 1 2:1. N D . 0. 8. n.ustralasian_ 4 i 2 5 0 50 1 all Oriental Gas Pe 0 w ij r Is 02::tal 6 11 7 -- 6 P 9 pm I°° l 6, 1 0 ' Se ßo e y t a . l A M us a t i ral l . i'.3; lnv na. :t .. . 4 1 1. 1 50 all Penland' a 4. & Minri. 21 - " 29 251 allail SouthDittoN A e u vi s . t . r . a ..... ;,.i 351 .... 1 3 4 7 1 al: Snbmar. Tel. Berp... 4 1 1 al Do. Registered " 20 ..) '['rust& L. Co.U.n• n. ... 1 „, 284 Van Diemen's Land 5 • ii „, „ V.ol,6p.e.Jantjul/ ... ..... ... The meeting then separated. Wheat. 840 A general meeting of the English share and bond holders in this undertaking was held this afternoon at the London Tavern, Bishopegate-street, W. J. Chaplin, M.P., in the chair. The attendance was small. The Secretary, having read the report and balance sheet, the particulars of which have already been pub lished in The Sun, The CHAIRMAN, in moving the reception and adoption of the report, said this was the first time he bad ap peared before them as Chairman of this railway. The report so amply entered into the state of the company's affairs, that very few remarks would be required from him relative ta their overcoming the difficulties in which they were entangled. He and his colleagues had liberally subscribed to the preference shares, to restore confidence to the concern. Mr. Tottie had resigned his seat at the board from a variety of considerations, more especially on account of his connection with the Swedish Govern ment, who had an idea of purchasing the line for incor poration in a general system of state railways in that country. It was impossible for the deputation to carry it out when they lately visited Sweden and bad an audience of the King, in consequence of the Diet not being sitting. The King had since made a communica tion to the Diet, who were now considering the question. He called on the shareholders to give the English directors their confidence, and assist them in carrying out the object they had in view—the sale of the line to the S wedish Government. The state of negotiations did not the❑ admit of his stating explicitly what the directors were doing, but they hoped speedily to bring the nego tiations to a satisfactory conclusion. He urged on the shareholders the necessity of confidence in the directors, and to abstain from discussing items of detail, and how the purchase money should be divided should the nego tiations prove successful. The Chairman then read a telegraphic communication he had just received from Sweden, relative to the application to the Diet for a loan, stating that the company must work the railway entirely on their own resources or sell, and that the King of Sweden considered the price asked for the line too high. Helmentioned this to show that by entering into a discussion of its details much injury might arise to the shareholders. In answer to some remarks from Mr. M`CATLNE, Mr. SRIMOUR said that it was a question whether the undertaking should now be sacrificed, or some of it saved for the general good of all. (Hear.) It was necessary they should give the directors that confidence to which they were entitled ; and he argued that it was not then desirable to state the particulars of the negotiations going on with the Swedish Government. There was a party in the Diet of Sweden opposed to the purchase of the line on account of the great frauds that had been committed in connection with it, and who naturally considered they ought not to pay for them. The:directors, and he felt sure the shareholders also had no wish for the people of Sweden to do it, but to give them, as they were bound if they purchased the line, a fair equivalent for it. (Hear, hear.) Before the English directors decided on the sale of the line, the English shareholders world be called together and consulted. In reply to questions from various shareholders, The CHAIRMAN said that the whole of the line, 45 miles, was expected to be opened in August; and in re ference to the general affairs of the company during the late Mr. Sadleir's time, said that money was paid with out any entry being made in the books of the company to that effect—(hear, bear) —and that the first intims. tion he and others had of it was from the creditors who had been so paid. The money appeared to have been obtained by Mr. Sadleir in the best way he could, handing it over to meet the most pressing demands on him. He appeared ti have had much of other people's money and much of their own, and the directors had a difficult task in going through the company's accounts. A SHAREHOLDER complained that the Swedish Go vernment had not kept faith with the company. After some further remarks, the report was unani mously received and adopted. Mr. SEYMOUR, in reply to a question from a share- holder, said that if the whole of the calls were paid up they would be able to pay their debts and com• plete the line. . . After a short discussion the report was unanimously adopted. LONDON AND WESTMINSTER BANK. ANNUAL MEETING.-(THIS DAY.) The annual general meeting of the proprietors of this Corporation was held this day at the Bank officer, Lothbury. The chair was occupied by Alderman Salomons. The report, which was adopted unanimously, stated that the profit of the half-year was 93,265/. 12,.. 3d., of which the directors added to the surplus fund 2,2871. 55., making that fund 150,080, and now declared a dividend of 6 per cent, per annum, together with a bonus of 6 per cent. on the paid-up capital. The total assets and liabilities was on both sides 12,679,439/. A resolution for the payment of the dividend men tioned in the report was carried unanimously. The election of William Tite, Eq., and Bonamy Dobree, jun., Esq., who have been nominated by the directors to seats at the board, in place of Frederick Barmeeter, Esq, deceased, and Alderman Farncomb, resigned, was confirmed. The retiring directors, David Salomons, Esq., Henry Bosanquet, Esq., and Bonamy Dobree, Esq., were unanimously re-elected. A vote of thanks to the chairman terminated the pro. 31 I ceedings. MARKET NEWS.—(inis Day) CORN EXCHANGE . Fresh up, to-day, a very limited supply of English wheat came to hand, but the show of Monday's unsold at barely station ary wheat in the mar samples was rather extensive. For all kinds the dem and ruled heavy, but we have no actual ch an g e to notice i n the mar ket, There an d t was ha t a g l r a a r i g n quantity m e et a quotations. prices. We had a slow sale for barley, at Monday's decline in value. In malt very little was doing, on former terms. ul o finquiry, foreign Oats were in moderate supply and fair request, at full prices. Beans and peas supported previous rates ; but flour was dull, and lower to purchase. ARRIV/L3 TIIIB WitßE. i Barley. I Malt. 580 1,410 _. . Oats. i Flour . 10 I 620 _ ___ 3,440 •I ... 2,500 1 ___ 1,780 20,230 barrels. THE DIRECTORS. From some error in the Law Notices it was announced that a meeting for the last.examination of the directors who were to represent the bank would be held, and many creditors were present at the early part of the day. The time appointed for the last examination is the 19th Feb., at 11 o'clock. No accounts have yet bee❑ filed, and according to the rules of the Court they must be filed ten clear days before the time appointed, or the exami• nation cannot be proceeded with, even by consent. MR. HUMPHREY BROWN'S PETITION TO ANNUL. To-day was appointed for hearing arguments on the petition of Mr. Humphrey Brown, M.P., to annul the adjudication in bankruptcy against the Royal British Bank. After some time, Mr. Linklater said that, under the sanction of the court, the accounts between the bank and Mr. Brown, which were voluminous, would be re• ferred to arbitration, which would enable him to do what he had promised to do, to realise the securitieQ, and otherwise give valuable information. The assignees, therefore, were happy in consenting that the petition should be withdrawn, without costs. The learned gentleman drew the attention of his Honour to the fact that one of the allegations in the petition was that the adjudication bad been ob tained by fraud. He was glad to say that, on his (Mr. Linklater's) addressing himself to Messrs. Tucker, the solicitor to the petitioner, they at once dis avowed any intention to impute fraud, but attributed its insertion to the baste in which it had been drawn by counsel. The assignees therefore considered the charge bad been withdrawn without reserve. Mr. Greville, for Mr. Brown, expressed regret that such an allegation had been made, and expressed a belief that the present arrangement would be beneficial to all parties. His Honour consented to the proposition for the dis missal of the petition, and considered the assignees had acted liberally in - consenting after such a charge. The petition was dismissed without costs. THE SAWARD FORGERY GANG. This morning Saward, alias " the Barrister," alias 'Jim the Penman," and Anderson, the two men charged with extensive forgeries on the bankers of the metro polis., were again placed at the bar at the Mansion-house before the Lord Mayor, for further examination. The evidence, which was principally of a corrobora tive character with regard to the statements of the two approvers, Atwell and Hardwicke, was proceeding wh n we went to press. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.) MARLBOROUGH-STREET. A. DISORDERLY PAIIPER.—Ann White, a low, dissi pated looking woman, was brought before Mr. Beadon, charged with violently aQsaulting Ann Harrison, a❑ inmate of St. Martin's Workhouse. The complainant, a poor, but decent-looking old woman, stated that yesterday she bad a day's leave granted her by the master of the house, and on her re turn home, about seven o'clock, the prisoner, of whom she had no previous knowledge, deliberately picked up a large stone, which she threw at her head and struck her with great force on her left temple. Complainant, who was in great pain, called out, and the porter came out and gave the prisoner into custody. Charles Rowe, assistant relieving officer of St. Mar- tin's parish, said he was at the workhouse on the previ ous evening, when he saw the prisoner take aim at the complainant's head with a stone, and then fling it at her. The stone struck her on the head, which was very much swoollen in consequence. He at once seized the prisoner and gave her into custody. Rowe added that the prisoner existed entirely by going from workhouse to workhouse, and her conduct was so very bad that he almost dreaded a visit from her. Last night she applie for admittance as a casual pauper, but as he invariably made it a practice of taking in all the aged and feeble poor before he admitted a single able-bodied pauper, he desired the prisoner to wait a short time, when, if there was room, she would be admitted. The prisoner refused to wait, and her language was dreadful to hear ; in fact she was one of the worst casual paupers i❑ London. The prisoner, with an oath, said she threw the stone, but meant it for Rowe's-- head ; he was a villain and a scoundrel, and ought to have admitted her into the house. They were all -- thieves together, and she wished them at --. She was proceeding in a similar strain when Mr. Beadon cut her short by fining her 51., and in default committed her for two months. THAMES. DARING ROBBERY AND OUTRAGE IN ITIGII•STREET, WHITECIIAPEL. — Richard Irvine, who described himself as coming from 19, Dunstan-street, Kingsland-road, was brought before Mr. Yardley on the following charge : Charles Baker, a City police-constable, No. 635, said a large crowd bad collected this morning in High-street, Whitechapel, at 11 o'clock, to see General Tom Thumb and his carriage and horses passing along the street. A sailor was among the crowd, and the prisoner and four others pushed him, shoved him against the shutters of a shop that was closed, and one of them began to unscrew the watch from the chain, and obtained possession of it. He immediately seized the prisoner, and tried to secure the fellow who bad the watch which he let fall on the ground. The prisoner immediately tripped him up and flung him on the ground, and the man who stole the watch made his escape. He kept his hold of the prisoner, who flung him on the ground again and ran away. He pursued the prisoner and overtook him close to Aldgate pump, when the pri• saner put his foot out and flung him on the ground a third time. A cry was raised by the prisoner's compan ions, "slog him, slog him" (meaning to beat him and disable him), 'and he was kicked and struck several times by the prisoner's companions, who were all no torious thieves. He got away from them, and again pursued the prisoner, who was stopped in Fenchurch etreet. In answer to questions by Mr. Yardley, the witness stated that he did not say he was a constable when he first seized the prisoner, but he did say that he was a constable when he seized the prisoner at Aidgate Pump. Toe pickpockets and thieves were very active when Tom Thumb's carriage was passing. He was sure the prisoner wan one of the men who " bustled" the sailor and forced him against the shutters. Robert Cane, of No. 6, Westmoreland-road, confirmed the evidence of Baker in every particular. Mr. Yardley—Did the sailor recover his watch Baker—He did, sir. Mr. Yardley remanded the prisoner until Friday. SOUTHWARK. WATCH ROBBERY BY A CARD SHARPER.—CharIes Jarvis, a middle-aged man, well known to the police as a skittle and card sharper, was brou g ht b e f ore M r . Cornbe for final examination, charged with stealing a watch from the person of William Simpson. The prosecutor, a simple-looking sailor, said that he resided at Southchurch, in Essex, and on Tuesday after noon, the 13th instant, he was with a mate of his in a public-house near St. George's Church partaking of some refreshment, when the prisoner came in and offered to sell a chain and key for three.shillings and sixpence. Finding he could not sell them, he said he would raffle them. The prisoner then pulled out some cards, and laid them on the table. A. man in the company, as well as his rnate, made bets with the prisoner as to turnin g up the ace of spades. They lost about two shillings each. Witness looked carefully at the cards, and was of opinion that he could turn up the card. The prisoner offered to bet witness two sovereigns against his watch. Witness accepted the bet, and was about to turn up the real card, when the prisoner snatched the watch from him, saying that he had lost, and he then left the house. Witness followed him, but soon lost sight of him, and he saw nothing more of him until Friday afternoon, when he me t him in the Borough and gave him into custody. Mr. Combe fully committed the prisoner for trial at the next beseions. English .. Irish .. t . Foreign 1 I ' 7 350 BOROUGH HOP. Our market is steady, and prices are well supported. WEEITECHAPEL. The trade generally ruled firm to-day, as follows —Beef from 3s 4d to 4s 6d; mutton, 3s 8d to 4s 10,1 ; veal, 48 4d to 5s 4d; pork, 4s Oa to 5s 4d per 81bs., by the carcase. A magnificent banquet was given yesterday evening by the Queen of Oude, at Hawley House, to the chair man, deputy-chairman, and court of directors of the Hon. East India Company. The banquet and wines were of the most recherché description, provided by Messrs. Bathe and Co., of the London Tavern. LIMERICK AND CASTLECONELL RAILWAY.—A nume rous gang of navvies, on Thursday last, commenced operations on the Sillonan end of this line, and the en tire works are being pushed forward towards completion. THE LATE FALL OF A HOUSE IN SPITALFIELDS.—Yes• terday afternoon Mr. W. Baker, the coroner, resumed the inquiry at the London agedl H 4 Hospital sr,espctn who ow i a g the death skilledtl chimneys fterno a o t n N , o t . he l7 l , l l , 3 h ole t t- , st s i o e tn et e , of O S tm pitalfields, on Sunday e r T t fh i a c ol e lm la oa r is s aA o Si f ; aS Vl : h ka i Y ( o: h f appeared in this j urnal on Mon , day week last. A verdict of accidental death was ra • turned. DEATH TRROUGII TIGHT LACING._ fin inquest wa held at Leeds on Monday, on the body of Ann Eliza Durham, aged twenty-six. The surgeon who made a post mortem examination of the body found the waist exceedingly small, the lungs much congested, the heart much larger than natural, and the cavities full of blood. He considered death to have arisen f.om smallness of the chest, caused probably by tight lacing, disease of the valves of the heart, and depression of spirits. The verdict returned was, "Died from disease of the heart." —Leeds Mercury. A MADMAN IN THE VATIOAN._ROME, Jan. 15. — While sanguinary tragedies have saddened the inhabi tants of Paris and Naples, eccentricities of a less homi cidal character have amused the inhabitants of Rome, and especially the nocturnal pranks of a madman who recently gained access to the Vatican Palace, notwith standing the scrutinising glances of the Swiss halber diers stationed in the grand corridor leading to the scan regia. It appears that this unfortunately Aber rated individual succeeded in secreting himself in the precincts of the palace until the night was far advanced, when he suddenly aroused and alarmed the inhabi tants of the apostolic residence by vociferating in stentorian tones that the Pope was dead, following up this startling piece of intelligence by another vague assertion, that he himself was about to succeed his Holiness on the Pontifical throne, and that, as first fruit of his authority, he should order the Cardinal Secretary of State to be shot. It may be easily imagined with what consternation these overwhelming announcements ,A ere received, until the ill-omened individual was laid hands upon, and the state of his intellect discovered. The great gates of the Vatican have been closed at nightfall since this untoward occurrence. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST. Tne report of the directors of this company states that the amount of capital raised to the 31st of Dec., 1856, was 7,759,4151., consisting of 1,906,1351. mortgage debt, 1,234,7261. preference capital, and 4,618,5541. consolidated stock. The total outlay on capital account during the half-year has been 7.7461., of which 4,7911. has been expended in the execution of works necessary to :accommodate the increasing traffic, and the remains der bad been applied towards the construction of au eleotric telegraph on t h e P ortsmout h an d H as ti ngs lines and minor branches. The extra number of miles now worked over, to which a further laddition will be made when the West-end line is opened throughout, will render it necessary that the rolling stock should be augmented so as to meet these re quirements, as well as th ose o f t h e generally i ncreas i ng traffic. The directors think it right to call attention to this subject, as, the available capital being only 7,5921., it will be necessary, at an early p er i o d, t o as k t h e proprietors to sanction an application to Parliament for power to increase it, for, should the traffic continue to expand, it will not be possible to conduct it with effici ency and economy unless adequate weans are provided. The average rate of interest on the mortgage debt still remsins at 41. 2s. per cent. The gross revenue for the half-year has been 433,5721. , showing an i ncrease of 24,9661. over the corresponding hale-year of 1855, and making a total increase of 57,2291. for the year 1856, as compared with 1855. Upon examining the detailed ac counts of traffic it is satisfactory to find that this in crease is not confined to any particular locality, but is distributed generally over every portion of the company's system of lines. From the comparative table given in the report it appears the number of miles run curing the half•year was 963,103. against 1,118,573 at the corFes por!diog period Of 1855 ; and the total traffic receipts (excluding cartage) amounted to 421,0791., against 396,9801. The total expenses (excluding cart age) amounted to 183,4501., against 174,0421. ; the cost of cartage amounted to 8,3581., again 8,1171. at the corresponding period of 1855. The ordinary ex penses for the half-'ear were 151,5101., against 139,9651., and the renewals toS additions 31,9401., against 34,0771. Tie expenses per train mile were 3s. 91d., against 3°. 11d., add the percentage of expenses on traffic re ceipts 431 against 43:1. A table exhibiting the pro gress of the traffic during the past nine years shows that the number of passengers conveyed on the hue was 2,485,778 in 1848 and 6,811,904 in 1856, and the receipts 349,977/. and 540,7871. respectively. The season tickets had increased from 10,4271. to 33,1551., the parcels from 13,1301. to .17,6551., the goods from 61,4331. to 138,8511., and the rents, &c., from 5,5811. to 11,5291. The total receipts, exclusive of cartage, increased from 453,4081. iu 1848 to 758,7591. in 1856. The number of miles run was 1,119,308 in 1848, and 1,887,488 in 1856. The total expenditure in 1848 amounted to 187,0871., including 39,9551. for taxation, and in 1856 to 330,9421., including 48,1531. for taxation. The total working expenses in 1848 amounted to 147,1321., including 6,161/. for renewals and additions ; and in 1856 to 282,7891., including 51,4181. for renewals and additions. The preferential charges for mortgage debt and guaranteed capital amounted in 1848 to 104,0411., and in 1856 to 145.3771., and the dividend to from 31. 12s. per cent. to 61. per cent. The dividend in 1849 was at the rate of 3/. 17s. per cent. ; in 1850, 41. 2s. per cent. ; in 1851, 41. 16s, per cent. ; in 1852, 41. 4s. per cent. ; in 1853, 5 per cent. ; in 1854, 51. 108. per cent. ; in 1855, 5 per cent. ; and in 1856, at the rate of 6 per cent. A considerable sum has been again expended in renewals of the perma nent way, carriages, and waggons. The vehicles now constructed by the company are more costly than the old ones which they replace, inasmuch as they are of a superior and more durable quality, and capable of carry ing a much larger number of passengers. Considerable additions and improvements Lave also been made in the locomotive stock, to which five powerful engines have been added during the past half-year. The length of the main line remaining to be relaid and fiebjointed is 124 miles, the larger portion of which will be completed during the current year. The system adopted by the directors has resulted in placing the permanent way, buildings, and rolling stock in a most efficient and satis factory condition, and they are also pleased to have it in their power to inform the proprietors that this efficient condition of the line and plant, combined with the zeal, intelligence, and energy of their staff, has enabled them to carry on a largely increased traffic during the past year with perfect safety to the public, and without an acci dent. The directors have, subject to the sanction of the proprietors, entered into an agreement with the promoters of a line from Lewes to Uckfield, a distance of 71 miles, similar to that made with the East Grin stead Company, the rent in this case being 1,8801. per annum, or 4 per cent. upon a capital of 47,0001., this company securing the right of purchasing it at any time for that suns . The other scheme is for a line about 141 miles in length, from Horsham to Petworth. The cost of construction will be about 7,0001. per mile ; and the, directors have made a similar arrange ment with its promoters, at 4 per cent. upon the esti mated cost, with power to purchase it at any time upon like terms. The net amount at the credit of the revenue account is 166,0501., out of which the directors recom mend the payment of a dividend of 31 per cent. for the half-year, amounting to 161,6491., leaving a balance to the credit of the current halt -fear of 4,4011., and making the dividend for the year 1:.56 amount to 6 per cent. The revenue account fur the half-year shows that 433,7911. had been received, and 191,8071. expended, including 12,0841. rates and taxes, and 13,5881. Go vernment duty, leaving a balance of 241,9831., out of which 72,0231. is deducted for preference charges, 1,0001. for the benevolent fond, 1,0001. insurance fund, 1,0001. rent of East Grinstead line, and 9101. for rent of Wim bledon and Croydon Railway, leaving 166,0491, as above, for ordinary dividend. GRAND TRUNK OF CANADA. The arrangements of this company for booking passen gers Irons the principal ports in Europe to Canada and the leading cities of the United States have been com pleted. By means of those arrangements a passenger or emigrant is enabled to ascertain the actual expense, be fore starting, of his passage by ship and railway from Europe to his destination in North America. He will thus not only be protected from the extortion of persons on landing, but will be under the care of the company's agents till conveyed to the end of his journey. It ap. pears that the company have agents at Liverpool, Hull, Aberdeen, Glasgow, Dublin, Belfast, Cork, Gal way, Havre, Antwerp, Rotterdam, Bremen, and ham burg fur booking passengers, the chief office being in London. From those places passengers can be booked through via Boston, Portland, or Quebec, to any place in Canada or the United States, having a continuous railway communication to it. Passengers can be con veyed either by the first, second, or third class to atleast 96 railway stations in North America. The Grand Trunk consists of 858 miles of railway, which are open for traffic to Portland, Quebec, Montreal, Toronto, and Stratford ; and the arrangements made by the company with rail way companies in Canada and the United States enable them to book passengers of all classes through to their destination at the lowest current rates of fare, and also to forward them with extra despatch. The several companies forming the route run their regular trains in connexion with those of the Grand Trunk Company, and will, when there are a sufficient number of passengers to render it necessary, put on a special train. Passengers holding through tickets will be enabled to proceed on their journey immediately after landing, either at Bos ton, Portland, or Quebec, and will have their luggage removo i from the ship to the railway fi ee of charge. They will thus avoid impositions and frauds being prac ticed upon them by pretended agents for various routes, and have the advantage of receiving reliable information from the company's agents at the various places. The printed list of through-booking fares to the various places shows the amount its English and Amerioan money. It is believed that the arrange ments jast completed by the Grand Trunk of Canada Company will afford great facilities to emigrants and save them considerable expense. Au eraigraut or passenger can obtain from the agent at the ports mentioned, or the heacLoilice, a ticket in which will be included the pas sage money across the Atlantic, and the railway faro to his destination. One half of the ticket will be i giv d en up to the captain or purser of the ship before he a e n ni s i. and on presenting the other to the gQrnaethwenh,agwehnot willoft h he e companyon nthe destination, a railway ticket which will s o ha a company in passengers, the r e , g st. eied i the spot, a at t Boston, will passengerh e his exchangedd an d Portland, fur or ondon of An effective and simple either of the different the vessel in pa w ss h e i n c g h e h rs e pla p n a i s s h a i d ul op t ted to enable the t agents European pm e anyn the expect. ports, C :bhp The agent ports a saa d gi v le n s n e tg s t °a° t tfk. he central etthe p e passengers s oennofficeLondon oe rn of foffit whohee names of h have through tickets, their class, and the destination of each person. This the particulars are forwarded by the weekly steamer to the agent at the port for winch the ship sail:, so that he w ill ba , .e ample time to prepare for their reception. On the arrival of the passengers retre-hinent routes suited to the wants of each class are provided. The rate fixed for the 'unplug of the emigrant trains is 20 miles per hour, including stoppages of an hour for retreehtnent at the end of every 100 or 120 miles. The Canadian sys tem of railways ceases at Detroit, 730 miles from Que bec, but on the arrival of the through passengers the company's emigration officer, who will have previously received intimation by telegraph of their destination, will provide accordingly for the continuation of their journey over lines in the United States, where other agents of the company will likewise attend to them, and su on until they arrive at the end of their journey. The fares are exceedingly low, and it is expected that the whole of the arrangements, which are conducted on the responsibility of the Grand Trunk Company, will give general satisfaction. THE MAILS.—SOUTHAMPTON, Tuesday. — The Penin. sular and Oriental Company's steamship Per a , Captain John Soy, left the docks to-day for Gibraltar, Malta, and Alexandria, with the India mails, 112 first and 23 second class passengers, among whom are Major and Mrs. For ster, Lieutenant-Colonel Yeoman, Lieutenant-Colonel Walker, Captain and Mrs. Halls , Captain and Mrs. Bal . dock, Captain Williams, Captain Hutchinson, Captain Rosser, Captain Bruce , Sir H. Davidson, the Rev. Mr. Smith, Lieutenant Ridley, Lieutenant Bailey, Lieut. Hawkins, the Rev. Mr. M'Kee, Lieut. Kingsley, Lieut. Adams, Lieut. Carey, Lieut. Bycroft, &c. This vessel takes out specie, value 208,2701. for Bombay, 6,8821. for Ceylon, 11,0001. for Madras, and 141,1751. for Calcutta; jewellery, value 1501. for Bombay, 461. for Ceylon, and 3061. for Calcutta; gold thread, value 1,0681. for Madras, and a full general cargo. The Euxine, Capt. J. Weeks, sailed yesterday for the Marseilles and Malta station to relieve tie Vectis, coming home for repairs. Nothing has been heard from the Tyne during the day ; the wind has veered round towards the north ; and mode. rated.