The Sun. — London, England, 1857-01-13 00:00:00

DI ONE Y MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLocK. Letters from Liverpool state that the cotton market yesterday closed quietly, and prices of all descriptions were without change. The sales were estimated at 5,000 bales. _ The Railway Share market closed at a slight advance, and a moderate business was transacted. The colonial produce markets'are generally very firm, and most of the leading staples are in good demand at full rates. In consequence of the advices received from China, recording the progress of hos tilities, there have been rather extensive operations in tea, at 11/d. to ls. per pound for common congou. Holders are firm, and evince little disposition to sell even at the enhanced quotations. Sugar and coffee command previous rates. With r3gard to tallow, Messrs. Smith and Charles, in their cir cular published last even'lng, state the demand last week was good, and prices have advanced. The stock is now held in few hands, and the prospects of the foreign supplies for the next few months are not equal to an average consutnp ton, whilst so very moderate is the home sup ply that it seems certain that the trade will require more than an average quantity of foreign. The price of the latter must therefore advance until substitutes for tallow are brought into more exten klive use. To-day the market opened firmly, and - higher prices had to be paid before any sales were made. Since Change we have continued firm, and close with an upward tendency. Spot, 60s ; Feb ruary and March, 603. Buyers, March and April, 58s. to 58s. 6d. ; April to June, 555. 6d. to 565. ; October and December, 535. 3d. to 535. 6d. Tallow 61 ) 378. ; elaine, 565. ; town tallow, 593. net cash. It has been stated that the next steamer for India and China will take out about 300,0001., but there is reason to believe that the shipment will be much larger than that amount, although the hostilities in the Celestial Empire will aaturally cruse a di minution. in. the exports compared with those hitherto tirade. The ha:if-yearly meeting of the London and Greenwich Railway Company was held this day— Josiah Wilson, Esq., in the chair. The accounts Were laid before the shareholders, and showed a net balance, available for a dividend, of 11,1601. 125., from which the directors recommended a dividend at the rate of ss. 2d. per share for the half-year. The dividend was agreed to, and a vote of thanks was passed to the Chairman and Directors of the company, when the proceedings terminated. There is an exceedingly active demand for money to-day, and full rates are current. Business in the _English Stock Market is very dull, and the quota tions have ruled heavy. Soon after the opening a decline of about d occurred, but there has since been more firmness. Consols for money have been 931 1, and 934 For the account th e y h ave been 931 and 934 to 94. The New 3 per Cents. are marked 93.1 to 94 ; the Reduced 931 ; and East India Bonds par. Exchequer Bills rule steady at par to 4s. premium, and the Bonds are 981 to 99. In the Foreign Market there have been rather more numerous transactions. Turkish 6 per Cents. have been heavy at 94i to 95, but they are now 941 to. 95i. The 4 per Cents. are 103 to 1031. In RusFiian Bonds there have been numerous bargains. Th e 5 per Cents. have been 107, and the 4i per Cents. 95i to 96t. Sardinian Bonds are 89 to 139/, Chilian 6 per cents. 105, Brazilian 4i per Cents. 891, and Dutch 4 per Cents., 98. The following are the nominal prices of Foreigh Stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 6 7 ; Mexi can, 214 ; Peruvian, 771 81 ; ditto 3 per Cents., 55 6 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., t 3 5 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 106 8 ; ditto 41 per Cents., 95 7 ; Spanish 3 per Cents., 40i ; ditto Deferred, 231 4 ; ditto Certificates, 51 6 ; ditto Passive, 5i 61. In the Railway Share Markets a moderate busi mess has been done, but the values of most of the chief lines have undergone a reduction of fully to per cent., and, in some instances, rather more. Great Western, North Eastern York declined ss. ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, Midland, North British, North Eastern Berwick, and South Eastern, 10s. ; Caledonian, 15s. ; and East Lancashire, V. 10s. The French lines have ruled firm, but Canadian and East Indian receded about 10s. Within the last hour there has been a slight recovery in all descriptions of stock. In Joint- Stoell Bank Shares the transactions are extremely limited, with little or no alteration to report in values. Miscellaneous Shares have also been in active. Crystal Palace improved 1. Canada Land, and Canada Government 6 per Cents., are dull at previous rates. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONK (From the Official List.) fenslussb done '3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 93 3 r.er Cent. Console Annuities 93 # a New 3 per Cent. Annuities 94 3i- - Loin Annuities, expire sth Jan. 1860... Ditto 30 Years, expire 10th Oct., 1859 2 11-16 indiu Bonds, £l000 Consols or Account. Escheqnor Bills, 2td. £lOOO £500 Ditto Bonds, 1858, 34 per C ent. par 4 p Ditto, 1859 PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOC Brazilian Eonds, 5 per Cent. Ditto New, 1852, ‘q• per Cent. Chiiiau Bonds, 6 per Cent lO5 Russian Bonds, 1822, 1.; St., 5 per Cent lO7 Ditto, 4i per Cent. Ekrdinian Bonds, 5 per Cent. . ......... 891 9 Turkish Bonds, 6 per cent 948 5 Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. 'cent; t!se slum, p l rote it n. Mitch Exchange, 2 per 12 Guilders Ditto 1 per Cent. Certificates 9B TWO O'CLOCK, q 3 i 934 94 Cnnsols, m0ney....., Ditto Account . SIR ROBERT P EEL AND THE FOREIGN PRESS.—The 20 French papers are much amused with Sir Robert Peel's 10 speech, and give copious extracts from it, together .2o with translations from the comments of the London 10 journals. The A ssemblee of Saturday devotes an article of four columns to the matter, but it is only 0 remarkable for the floaindering attempts made to 20 translate the Yankee expression, " soft sawder" The 5 reclacteurs of the Assemblee, who probably • put their 4 , ( ,: heads together and consulted all their dictionaries , i the result of their learned researches in the following g ' v g e note :—" 'lt is all soft sawder,' an expression more L ii ‘ American than English, and one which it is itn ion tn i.t o b r le e to translate literally. 'Soft sawder' means a P s7Wyer -- who handles his saw lazily and d oes b ut little 11( work. A soft sawder' is wh a t, i n the language It of working people, is called un lambin, un grand 21 lache, une poulle mouillee." Having by this lexica. 21 graphical proceed obtained a choice of epithets, the As semblee selects lambin as the most appropriate, and p. c . 11 cordingly in the text of the article it is represented ' I that Sir Robert Peel, instead of saying that the Grand Duke's frankness and cordiality was all "soft saw der," calied him a "great drone " (lambin). The 2 indcpendance Beige of Saturday says :—" Sir Robert Peel, who apparently desires to surpass the most corn- a plate specimens of eccentricity that England has yet 2 furnished, has just made a speech at Birming h am which 2 will produce legitimate in dignation in Russia, stupe faction in Europe, and, to say the least of it, astonish ment in Engla n d, notwithstanding such ephemeral_ success as may be inferred from the frantic ;aughter af tbe audience b e f ore w h om it was delivered. This speech, or rather lecture, is a grotesque narrative of his journey to Russia last year, to be present at the coronation of the Emperor Alexander, by the son of t he s tatesman of whom great Britain is so justly proud. He tu rns everybody into ridicule— Admiral Napier, the Grand Duke Constantine, the Russian functionaries, the n a ' t n g., and the entire corps diplomatique then assembled but "se"' Sir Rob er i ; Peel made his audience laugh, 100 bit w e e au d d o not p erce i ve w h at advantage he expects f rom iga uct eithe r f or hi s country, hi mse lf , or th e 10 0 government of which he is a member." 20 THE LINENDRAFERS' INSTITIITION.—The twenty-fifth 20 annual ball in aid of the funds of this institution was held la,A • night at Willis ' n the gratifi cation t Rooms, and the stewards bad o find 20 that their call upon the several r oo trades were responded rine of thii best iseenl to by the most numerous, and i o pe r, expressed thei ages of the season. Nearly 500 100 this useful society. x r r ba.t wishes for the prosperity of 1 00 in attendance ; and Mr . 3 1-datns, with his full band, was - 20 arhant officiated as master of f 0 the ceremonies until an early hour of the morning.l BATHS FROM Mr S k CII a .LI e N r G : 20 .—Laq evening an inquest 2 5 the body of a child, wa D s held before aged faotuthe Lond on H osp it a l, on 20 absence of an elder sist er, drank ears, who, during the 110 from the spout of a tea kettle, whir l: " boilin g water 6 que ll caused its death a 25 short time after. Two other in were held before 25 the same coroner, on the bodies of selisildren, aged three and five years, who were killed from the effects of 5O scalding water. In each case the jury returned a verdict 100 of "Accidental death." 100 THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 13 1857 5( all ft. 100 , t. 100 t i all sal 1.0 2 its 100 ;t. 100 It. 100 5 all 10 4 It. 100 ;t. 100 It. 100 It. 100 It. 100 It. Iwo Do 1 60 It o . liaooll .00 It. 100 It. 100 t. 100 8 all 0 all 0 all St 100 adioc, It. 100 It. 100 It. 100 It. 100 a. 100 1 2i till t 24 CI St. 10(1 12 i I all 12101• It. 100 3t. 100 St. 100 St. 100 10 'ail } 10 I 6 10 all It. 100 It. 100 it. 100 it. 100 It. 100 30 all 3t. 100 it. 100 3k all it. 100 5 all it. 100 15 all LO all 0.6, all It. 100 10 all It. 100 'St. 100 20 all 25 all Business this day THE GREAT GOLD ROBBERY. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT-- (Tins DAY). OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Baron Martin and Mr. Justice Willes.) The prisoners, Pierce, Burgess, and Tester were this morning placed at the bar charged with the gold Lllion robbery on the South-Eastern Railway in May, 1855. There was very little excitement or interest evinced in the proceedings on the part of the public. The various indictments charging the prisoners with the robbery were read over to them by Mr. Straight, clerk of ar raigns, to each of which the prisoners severally pleaded not guilty. Mr. Sergeant Shee, Mr. Bodkin, and Mr. Monk were counsel for the prosecution ; Mr. Sergeant Parry and Mr. Ribton defended Pierce ; Mr. Sergeant Ballantine and Mr. Sleigh defended Tester ; and Mr. Giffard, Mr. Poland, and Mr. H. F. Lewis defended Burgess. Mr. Sergeant Shee, in stating the case to the jury, said that it was scarcely possible to believe that they had not learnt through the usual channels of public information the general history of the gold robbery committed on the South-Eastern Railway, and he cau tioned them not to attend to any information they might have so gained, but to confine their attention to the statement he should be able to prove by the evidences of the various witnesses he should call before them. The prisoners were indicted for having committed this rob bery on the night of the 15th May, 1855, when a large amount of gold was entrusted to the company by persons of the name of Able, Spielman, and Bult, and the learned Sergeant then laid the circumstances of the robbery before the jury. The case rested principally on the evidence of Agaria convict, but it would be their duty to require that his evidence should be corroborated. The evidence of Agar he should corroborate by most respectable witnesses—indeed so much so that their evidence alone would present the strongest case of circumstantial evidence he had ever known, that the robbery was committed by the knowledge and conniv ance of the prisoners in the train of which Burgess was the guard. The learned counsel said that Agar's induce ment to give the information be had, with reference to this robbery, arose from a breach of trust and faith on the part of Pierce towards Fanny Kay and his child relative to property he bad placed in his hands for their benefit and support. It was lamentable to find so much industry, dexterity, perse verance, and knowledge displayed on the part of the prisoners, and had it not been met in the same manner by the prosecution the perpetrators of this robbery would never have been detected. The learned Sergeant then called Edward Agar, who entered the witness box in custody. He said—l am a convict, under sentence of transportation for life for uttering a forged banker's cheque. lam one of the persons by whom the robbery of gold was effected. I know the prisoners at the bar. I have known Pierce more than five years. He was not in the company's employ when I first knew him. I have known Burgess and Tester about three or four years. They were both in the company's employ. I first had a conversation with Pierce about four years since in re ference to this robbery. It was after my return from America. He was a clerk at a betting-office in King street, Covent-garden. Imethirnaccidentally. Ihad had a conversation with Pierce before going to America to commit the robbery, but I declined then, not thinking it practicable. Pierce asked me when I met him if I had thought any more of the robbery. I said it was impos sible to be done unless the keys could be got. He said he thought he could get them, if I would undertake it. I bad several meetings after with Pierce on the subject of the robbery. Pierce said he thought he could ge t the keys if I had no objection to complete the robbery. Tester and Burgess's names were mentioned, and Pierce said he would endeavour to get the keys of Tester to get impressions of them. I asked him how many were to be connected with the robbery, and he said four—Tester, Burgess, himself, and myself. I had not seen Tester at this time. I had a conversation with the whole of the prisoners about 12 months before the robbery. On one occasion I went to Margate, where Tester was station master, to see him. He wished to see me because he could show me the cash-box if that was of any service. I took tea with him, and he showed me the chest and key for taking the cash up and down the line, and asked me if I thought it would be of any use to me. I said no. He said it was a pity Pierce had not mentioned it to him before, as he could then have given me the impres sion of the bullion keys. The witness then detailed his movements shortly after this, and the opinion he gave to Pierce how the thing could be done, and said it was at my suggestion that Pierce and I went to Folkestone, and took lodgings to watch the arrival and departure of the trains. I went then by the name of Adams. In consequence of the particular attention of the pOlice to our movements Pierce left, and I re mained a few days longer. Our object in going to Folke stone was to see the bullion chest opened, and where the keys were kept there. When I came up to London I saw Pierce and Burgess. Pierce then resided in Wal nut-tree-walk, Lambeth. It was arranged afterwards by Pierce that I should go to Folkestone, and Tester would introduce me there to a person named Sharman, a clerk in the company's employ, who would show me the keys. I went down, and Tester was to meet me there as though by accident. This was about 8 or 9 months before the robbery. I stopped at the Pavilion Hotel at Folkestone. I saw Pierce and Tester at the up-station on a Sunday, and we walked together down to the harbour-station arm-in-arm. Tester then introduced me to Sharman as his friend ; it was then proposed that we should go to the Pavilion Hotel, where we had some sherry and biscuits, during which time Tester and Shar man spoke of how business was progressing with the company, and how much bullion passed over the line. I and Tester dined together that day, and he asked me my opinion of the robbery, and I said that I thought I should be able to do it, now that I had had an introduc tion to Sharman. Tester left for London ; I remained and walked about with Sharman, but he being a sedate young man, and I could not get any thing from him. I afterwards returned to London, and communicated to Pierce and Burgess that I could do nothing with Sharman, and suggested the matter should rest for a time. About this time I was informed by Pierce that he had received a •letter from Tester that one of the keys of the bullion chest was lost, and that the chest would have to be sent to Messrs. Chubbs' to be repaired. It was proposed that Tester should be supplied with wax to take the impression of the keys when the bullion chest came up, but I objected, saying that I must take the impression myself. By appointment 1 met Tester after at the Arcade, near the station at London-bridge, who informed me that he had not got the key. We met several times without success. Not liking to stand so long in the arcade we appointed to meet at a beer shop at the corner of Tooley-street, kept by a person named Wallace. I met Pierce and Tester there, when Tester produced the keys. I said I must go into another room and take the impression. Tester hesitated to part with them, and asked me if I could not do it there. I said no. I rang the bell, and was shown to a bed-room under the excuse of washing my bands, and there I took an impression of one of the keys ; after that I returned the key to Tester. I knew the train Burgess worked. We were in the habit of meeting Burgess at Stearne's publichouse, which the railway officials frequented. I there informed him how the matter was progressing. I was first taken to the house by Pierce. It was then arranged that I should go to Folke stone so as to be able to get an impression of the keys kept there. I went to the Pavilion Hotel, and Pierce forwarded to me there a box containing 200 or 300 sovereigns, which I had adianced for that purpose. I received a letter by post from Pierce, informing me that he bad forwarded the box to me. It was insured in the usual manner and addressed to me in the name of Archer, to the care of Chapman or Ledger, at the office. I called and inquired for the box once before it arrived, It arrived on a Sunday, whilst I was at the higher station awaiting the arrival of the train. I saw the chest arrive and I followed it to the lower station where it was opened by Chapman with one key. There were two locks on the safe. I noticed that he took the key from a cupboard on the left hand side at the back of the office. Be took out the box I expected and gave it to me, and he also gave me a form to sign acknowledging its receipt. I told him I could not write, as I had injured my finger, and at my request he filled it up, and I signed it in the name' of E. R. Archer. The form produced is the one Iso signed. I took the box to the Pavilion Hotel, where I opened it and took out the sovereigns. I returned to London and had an interview with Pierce and Bur gess, and told them where the key was kept. It was then arranged that I and Pierce should go to Dover, and walk across the cliffs to Folkestone. About a week after that we went down by a train that had arrived there at mid-day. We stopped at a commercial house, called the Rose, opposite the church at Dover. In the latter part of the day we walked to Folkestone, over the cliffs. We arrived there before the arrival of the Boulogne boat. We walked on to the harbour station. I saw the boat arrive, and how the stationsniaster managed with the passengers and luggage. We saw Chapman and Ledger leave th office. Pierce then went to the office, whilst I remained at the door. Pierce went in, took the key from the cupboard, and brought it to me. I took the impression, gave the key back to him, and he replaced it in the cupboard. The door of the office was unlocked. I don't know if the cupboard was locked, but I imagine not. We then re turned to Dover and had tea at the Rose, and after that we returned to London. I then saw Burgess, and in formed him I had taken an impression of the key ; he said it was a good job, and that he would do all in his power to assist us in the robbery. I met Burgess several times at the Marquis of Granby, at New-cross. I had some blank keys made,and I filed them and finished them to the impression. I commenced filing them at Pierce's residence, at Walnut-tree-walk. Fanny Kay had lived with me as my wife, and she and her child were living at Harleyford-road. I had had a difference with her about the time, and we were living apart. We & made it up thou s awl I took a home, CarobriciPlillits Shepherd's-bush, where we lived together again. I there finished the keys. Pierce then left Walnut-cree walk, and took a house in Crown-terrace, Hampstert-l-road. It, was arranged that after I bad finished the keys I should go down by the train and try them in the bullion chest. I went down several times with Burgess when he had the chest, and tried the keys before they would fit. I watched an opportunity of getting into Burge's's van before the starting of the train. I tried them five or six times before they would fit. Burgess was present on the van, and saw me try them, and saw me open the chest with them. I never went down with any other person in the van but Burgess. The keys being found to fit, I learnt from Burgess and Tester that when the tidal train went down early in the morning the bullion was to be sent down by the mail train. It was the mail train that was robbed. It was arranged that I should provide lead about two hundredweight, which we calculated 12,0001. of gold would weigh, and which we thought would be as much as we could carry. Pierce and I procured shot, which we placed in bags and conveyed to Cambridge-villas. The shot was then placed in 81b and 41b check bags. Fanny Kay, my child, and a servant named Painter were at home when this was done. I dont think Fanny Kay knew what we were doing. We had more shot than we required, and we threw the excess away in the streets and fields of the neighbourhood. The small bags of shot were put into four courier bags we had made at a shop at the corner of Queen-street, Drury-lane. The courier bags were made to order and to a particular size. The strength of bags was tested at Cambridge-villa. They were made of drab leather. Some of the stitches gave way, and I repaired them. The shot in the coarser bags was removed in a carpet bag with a cart and horse to Pierce's house, Crown-terrace, Hampstead-road. I had a black leather bag made for Tester, who consented to go to Reigate and take part of the gold and bring it up to London, so as to relieve us df their weight. All the bags were taken to Pierce's house. Everything being in readiness for the robbery, arrangements were made when Burgess got on the mail train that I and Pierce, ~Burgess, and Tester should meet at London Bridge. I and Pierce were to go in a cab with the courier and carpet-bag to St. Thomas-street. We hired a cab from the stand and walked to it a short distance from Pierce's house. Pierce had a black wig and whiskers on. He wore a cloak arid carried two courier bags underneath and a carpet-bag in his hand. I had on a cloak, and had the other two courier-bags on and carried a carpet-bag. We drove to St. Thomas-street. I took off my courier-bags and cloak and left them with Pierce, whilst I walked to the station and met Tester, who told me there was no gold going down that night. This was repeated, I think, five or six times before the robbery was committed. On some occasions Tester came to the cab and had a conversation with Pierce respecting the robbery. On one occasion Pierce car ried a carpet-bag on his shoulder and left it with me at a coffee - shop near the Eagle, College-street, whilst he went home and dressed himself up. On the night of the robbery Pierce and I were at a public-house near the turnpike-gate, Camden-town, where we took a cab, with our bags, to St. Thomas-street. I got out then and went to the station as usual. Burgess came out of- the station, and wiped his face. That was the signal agreed on when the bullion was going down. He went to his house. I went back to Pierce in the cab, and we directed the cabman to drive us to the Dover railway office. I had previously seen Tester on the in cline, near the station, who said in a hurried manner "All right." I went to the station and procured two first-class tickets. We kept our courier bags on, but gave the carpet bags to a porter. I gave Pierce a ticket, aad he got into a first-class carriage. I walked up and down, and saw the carpet-bag given to Burgess, who pla ced it in the van. The small black leather bag was in the carpet bag. I walked up and down the platform till the train stared, when I watched an opportunity and jumped into Burgess's van. I crouched down in a corner, and Burgess threw his apron over me. I was in the guard's porticn of the van till the train started, when I got up and saw there wore two iron safes. [We shall continue the case in our last edition] SHARE MARKETS--(This Day.) ‘Y:N. IPaid.; a AIL WA TA. Closing Prices yesterday. Baldness done this day 94 Ambg. Nottug. and Bastn. Junct & Batlyna,y, a Binning. 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Ceylon A shares...- 1 Do. B. do all )eniorars 2s. Eastern Bengal all Ran Indian A and B, g. b p. • 5 Do. Ex. C, gu. sp. e all Do. do. D, gu. sp. c. all D 0.4 p.c.Bnds.,'s7 all 1)0. do. do., '59, dr . all Geelong it Melbourne guar. 5 per cent. 100 Gd. Trunk of Canada all Do. Cert. of Deben. con. into Stk. tillW all Do. Comp. 6p. a, do. all Gt. In. Pen. g. sp. c. 2 Do New, nar. sp. c ill Gt. Western of Canads 8 Do. New Ol Do. Bds., payable 's' all Do. do., '76, p. '6O ell Do. do., '73 do. all Do. do., '73, withon option all Madras, guar. 4 p.c all Do. do., sp. c. 10 Do. 44 p. c. Eaten 5 Do. 3d Ex., g. sp. c 5 Schiele, guar. sp. c. all D 0... :8 St. Andrew's and Quebec (A) FOR: sll , mtworpftßott rd. la 10 Xrdonnes all telgian Eastn. June 6 tn RA , cjs e 10! Buff. & Lk. Hur. Ry. a 0 Carmeaux& Toulouse Coal Mines and Ry. 12 )utch Rhenish,,,.„ ?astern of France all 'O. New 2s. Euphrates Valley 10s. Eur. • In.Jn.TeLitail. lit CeliaTM Of l' rai. e 16 Treat Luxembourg._ 4 Italian Junction all Lakr Comic. & dasl- all Lierre and Turnhout 6 Lombardo Venetian. al) Lucca & Pist. sp. c.p. lo Lyons and Geneva a ll Lyons or Mediterran. a ll %aria Antonia a ll Do. do. New , varnnr & Urge all Do. do., 6p. c. Pref a ll tiorthern of Fran,:. , ail N)rwegianTrunki're all Paris and Lyons 1 all Paris and Orleans 5 Recife & San. Fran., (Pernam.) g. 7 p. c. 7i Rome and Frascati all Royal Danish ...... all Royal Swedish all Sambre and Meuse all Do. 5i p. cent. Pref all southern of France 1 • 'Vest Flanders all Do. 611 T)er c. Pref all w. &N. W. of France 6 Western of Austria all West. of Switzerland all Wiesbaden .. all Do. 8 per cent.iref. all Zealand ___ JOINT-STol all . a.natralasi a 18 , 4 Bank of Egyp t " 50 Bank of London .— all Bri. Col. Bk.San6 all Britich N. America; 5 Chartd. Bank of Asia 6 Chrtd. Bnk. of India, Australis, & China 50 City 25 Colonial 20 Commercial of Loud a ll Eng. Scot. & AWL Cht a ll Load. Chart. Bk. of Australis all nitto New 20 London and County 50 I,nd. &B. Bnk g. Corp. 10 Loudon Joint Stock.. 20 Load. Sc Westminsto 35 National Pro.ef Eng 10 Do. New .......... 22i National Bank all New South Wales all 'Oriental Bk. Corp , 15 Ottoman Bank 25 Provincial of Ireland' all Do. Now ........... 1 R Ana B aaolm Co 41 south Australia all Unicda of Australia 24r0. New 10 Union of Lotviou 50 Unity Mutual 641 We re Bk et iond - i k :: ii 112 - 114 2i - 2gp """ 21i - 22 52 - 51 82 - 84 21 -22 1i 14p 24t E4i 24 -23 p 99 - 100 118 123 - 123 108 110 19i - 204 22 - 22 I - P - 1 1) 21 - 2ip .em '""' •o, :GN. 1! - 1i 1 - 2 p 11 p 41 51 par -•— 32/ 9 —lO par 1 p 4i --- 5 4i 4 51- 6ipl 9i 103- - 7i ... 8i 19 -• 19; 37A - 38 8i - 9 54i -55 i 53 55 i- I P 18 - 20 1 - li 81 - 8 8 - 9+ pnri 41 41 9, 10 331 - - 10, BANBts. 97 99 id par; 61 63 •• ••••• .. •• - ...pl 1 i d 69 ... 71 '. -- ... 18 Z. fii 18i -19 i 18 -18 A ... ••• • • •••• ~,,,. .... .. eV' ••• 49 - 51 38 39 2/ 8 2 d on. ... •••• 35 - 37 65 67 - 9 ••• 1 10 0 6 ,1 0 me , LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. , hr. .1 4: (1.1 RAILWAYS. Bedford turd St 110 'gall EV. I IOO 5 all at. 10j Blotchley Rackfram,n Clydestial. Col. Stour Vy. E. Lin. e. 6 pc. E. Un. H. SI:. Cilas. Barr. & Neils. Direct Do. New...... Glstr.6 Dn Yr Hrtlpl. Dk. & Railway_ _ Hull & Selby Do. Shares. Do. Shares. Lon.StUrcenw Do. Preference Lon., TH., & S. Do. Bark. Sh. Lowestoft in. 4 per cent Do. 6 per ct. Manch. Man. and Mathy k ck. 3t. tut) ,all i') I all It. 100 6} 5,} Rodc.g 6 p.c. Midld. ti raw Newmarket Bury E. G.spc N.& Est.s p. c. Do. 6 per ct. Do. Fixeds p c Prest. & yre Do. 6hrs. A Roystn.& Hit. Shef. Roth.an , I Gooleg.6 p. c. Shrews. &Her. S. Staffordsh. Wear Valleygr 6 per cent Do Wilts&gomrst io all ie all all .2 all it. 100 5 181 5 all It 100 LonsiA company. London & N. Wfrt. L&N.W. Caledon... &E.O E. Count. Csldonira. Closing Prices yesterday. Do Gt. Woetr Yk. Now. Berw. Y.StNit. Do.. Do 96 - 98 98 102 11 - 13 133 --• 136 4 ... 4i .» -- .. 115 S. Eastern Do Peto tt Co Do Norfolk Do L.& N. W & Midld. &Atm & Darlingt. Midland 12 -- 13 ••• 226 6 - 236 1 112 -- 114 2i - 92 •~-~ 93 En. Conn. E. Count. D 0... Do L. At N. W Do Qt Northn Cancsehbe Yorksh. • T. Brassey M.MClean Stockt. St Darlingt Do iltWestn 56 ---• 58 132 : 1~5 .•• 9 - 9i 33 - 34 91 - 92 PREFERENCE SHAREb. Blyth and Tyne 10po, o. prof. (issd. at 501 Brie. & Ex. 4 p. C. St . Do. 4 p. c. Sharon ... Caledn. £lO 4i p.c. Ches. & Flo. an. 5 pc Do. do. Pref. 5 per c. Cork &Bandonbip.c. Dua.Prth .& Aber.J. E. Anglian Cls. A Sh Do. de. Cls. B 6 p. c. Do. do Ole. C 7 p. c. Eas.Co.Ex,spcNo. Do. No. 2 . Do. New 6 p. o. St Bast Un., G. 6 p. c Do. 51., 10 per cent Do. 101. Debentr.Sh . Do. do. 4 per cent East Lam:lash.. 6 p. cts FIL&W. York. J. sth. Edin. & Gl. 5 p.c. sh Ed. Prth. &Dun.4p.c Furness, 5 p. a Glas. &S. W. G. 5 p.c Great Northn. b p. c Do. 5 p. o. Redeem at 10 p. c. prem. Do. 4i p.c Do. sp. c., Red. at f Gt.N. of Scot. 1 at Pr. Gt. 8. W. (Ireland Do. 4per 0. Prof. 8 Gt. W.(B.tH.Rxspc Do.con. red. 44 p.c. D 9. con. red. 4 p. c Do. irred. 4p. C. Do. 5 p. c. red. prof Do. Birm. Pref. Sh . Do. Chester Bp. 0. . Do. do. b p. c. do Do. Birm. Gus. Stk Do. Ches. Gus.. 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., spc. St.No.2 Do. New Guar.6 P. Do. do. 5 p. Lon. &N. W., Cot/. & Nuneaton 5 p. et_ Lon.& S. W. 7 per ct late 3d Shares ... L ndy. &Cofer. ASh. Londy. & Ennis. L.,6 p. Cent Do. do. do. LO Do. do. 34 per cent. Varypt .& Carl. A p o Do. 4 per cent....... Do. do. Consol.6 p.c St Con.Br.Nir. Sp( Do. 4i p. c. Pref. t Ditto L. & H. Pref. st New., Aber., &c., pr. 5 p. c. red. 5 p.c. pm. Do. Perpet. 6 p et. with optn. till '66 Norfk. Deb, 4 p.c. sh Do. Pref. 5 p. c. St Do. 5 pc. Ext.,1846 Do. 5 per c.pf ,1847 Do. Wv. V. 5 pc ~1847 North British Do 71. Preference N. E. Perw, 4 p.c. 1". Do. do. do Do Leeds6p.o .No.l Do. do. Qre.,1848... Do.Yorkllat North Staffordshire.. Ox, Wo, kW., 6 pc... Do. 6 p.c. Redeem. Sam Cent. ,New Pref Sc.N.E. Abor. g 6 pc Do. d0.,7 p.c, pf. et. D0.d0., 34 p.c. pf. et South Devon Do. fixed,44 per cont S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. Do. 44 per cent Do. Fixed 44 p o sh 3 Wales Glna. 4p. c Do. do. 44 p. 0.... - 3.Yorksh.4p.c.Guar Stock.& Dar., 5 p. c Do. do. do Stock. & Hartl. g. 5 p. o. till July 1,'56 Waterfd.& Kilk.6pc 95 - 100 4; - 5 6 - 64 OA -- ii. AP 2 - 16! 16 17 - 119 10 - 112 01 - 103 62 - 64 9i - 104 6 -6? ; 95 - 97 85 - 87 99 • 101 10 - 100 16f - 17* 10 - 100 73 - 76 190 - 20 9f - 10? 141 - 15.: ir 139 .~ ~-- -mot 139 142 118 - 120 1157 - 159 .•• ••• a 1 6o —• 70 137 - 139 98 - 100 89 - }*" '" 1 - 1102 -104 5 j id P 1107 - 109 113 - 116 105 - 110 16i -- 174 23 - 24 102 - 105 10k 10i - 2811 3 p' 3 - 31 ROYAL INSTITUTE OF BRITISFI A RCRITECTS. THE LATE MR. BRITTON. The third ordinary meeting of this society took place yesterday evening, at their rooms, 16, Grosvenor-street, under the presidency of G. G. Scott, Esq., when, after the usual formal preliminaries, Mr. DIGBY WYATT took occasion to allude to the loss the institute had recently sustained in the lamented death of Mr. John Britton, on whom he proceeded to pass a warm eulogium. From a paper which he held in his hand Mr. D. Wyatt recalled the more prominent features of their late distinguished associate's career, and applauded the energy and earnestness of purpose that had converted the ignorant rustic into the accomplished writer and eloquent and instructive speaker. Mr. Britton was, it appeared, born in 1771, in a Wiltshire village, of parents so poor as to be wholly unable to develope or properly cultivate his great natural abilities. At an early age he was apprenticed to a wine merchant in London, but soon displayed his inborn activity and zeal for literary pursuits. Au anonymous contribution of his accepted in the Attic Miscellany deter mined his future career, and his earlier efforts consisted of song-books and other trifles compiled for Fairbur , the Catnach of his day. Subsequently, taking amo e ambitious range, he got up stories of Pizarro, Cortez, and Columbus, and the difficulties he here experienced in the mechanical process of book-making constituted one of the most amusing chapters in his autobiography. In 1801 be got employed on a work illustrating the beauties of his native county, which had a large sale, and was shortly afterwards selected to do all the British topography for " Rees's Cyclopmdia," for which work he wrote in all eight hundred quarto pages. He next published this great work on the architectural antiquities of his country, on which was expended 17,0921., and of which 1,300 copies were sold at prices varying from 231. 12s. to 431. On his " Cathedral Antiquities" 19,0001. was expended ; and an other work of his on Normandy and a third on London, in both of which he was joined by Mr. Pugin, had great and merited success. Of the last named work 1,000 copies were sold. It was a curious fact, however, that the two of his productions which had the greatest success related to topics wholly apart from his ordinary pursuits. Of his " Lecture on Railways" 5,000 copies were sold, and an octavo of 139 pages on the " Pleasures of Human Life" sold 2,000. Mr. Britton died on the Ist of the present month, at the advanced age of 86, having in the course of his long literary career written 11,000 pages, caused 1,700 line engravings to be executed, and directed the outlay of 115,0001. The result of all this labour and outlay had been to give new life to the topography of this country. Before Mr. Britton's time, they had only the dull opaque county histories, and the words of Grose, Gilpin, and Twodale Price; but their lamented friend had introduced quite a new style, and to him were they mainly indebted for the present satisfactory position of their topographical litera ture. Mr, Wyatt concluded his obituary notice with a suggestion that a subscription should be raised for the erection of a tablet to their deceased friend's memory in Salisbury Cathedral, which was unanimously and promptly responded to by the meeting. The remainder of the sitting was occupied by the read ing of Mr. Janson's paper on the architectural peculiarities of Heidelburg Castle, which was interesting only to a pro fessional audience. MARKET NEWS.—tThis Pay) HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, 2/ 15s to 4/ 03 ; clover do., lOs to 51 03; and straw, 11 45 to 11 8s per load. A fair demand. CUMBERLAND. —Meadow hay, 2/ 163 to 4/ 4s; clover do., 3/ lOs to 5/ Os ; and straw, 1/ 4s to 1/. 9s per load. Trade steady. WHITECHArEL.—Meadow hay, 21 15s tc 4/ O: ; clover do., 3/ lOs to 51 ss; and straw, 1/ 4s to 11 8s per load. Supply tolerably good. Naval and Military tnte ;-,e. The authorities at the War Department have, we un derstand, determined to increase the forces of the COM. missariat officers en the China station, orders having been issued that a number of persons connected with that branch of the army phall bold themselves in immediate readiness to embark for Hong Kong. _ The following circular has been addressed to the army at home and abroad : " Horse Guards, Jan. 7. " In reminding commanding officers of regiments that they are held responsible that in the dress and equip. ment of their regiments nothing be adopted which is not sanctioned by her Majesty's regulations, or by special authority as an exception, his Royal Highness the Gene ral Commanding-in-Chief is pleased to direct as follows : "The tuft of the men's forage cap is to be dark blue for all regiments of infantry, except light infantry and rifle regiments, which are to be of the same colour as the forage cap, viz., green. "Chin straps are to be worn—peaks only to be used on the stations prescribed by regulation. The forage caps of officers and men of light infantry and fusilier re giments are to bear the Arabic numerals, surmounted by a bugle or grenade, as the case may be ; the officers' iu embroidery, the men's in brass, as by pattern lodged at the Army Clothing Department. "The knapsacks of all regiments are to have the num bers in Arabic numerals, 11 inches in height, painted in white in the centre of the pack. Light infantry, fusi lier, and rifle regiments are to have the bugle or grenade in white paint over the number of the pack. This does not apply to flank companies. "Number-plates for the knapsacks of every regiment will be furnished by the Director-General 'of the Army Clothing. "It is lo be distinctly understood that there are only two orders of equipment for general parade, viz. :-Ist. Review order, full dress, but without knapsack. 2d. Marching order, when the full equipment of the soldier is to be carried, the greatcoat folded at the back of the pack, and mess-tin on the top asahown in the illustration given in the circular memorandum, dated Horse Guards, Oct. 3, 1854. The upper edge of the knapsack should be on a level with the lower seem of the collar of the c,at. "The larger pouch to hang about four fingers below the elbow ; the small pouch to be worn in front, on the right side. " The bayonet to hang on the right hip, and not too far to the front. " Without special authority to the contrary, the chev rons of non-commissioned officers are not to be worn on arms ' except in the cases sanctioned by the Queen's regulations.—By command. " G. A. WETHERALL, Adjutant-General." The troops belonging to the corps of Royal Engineers who have been for some time past engaged, under the direction of Captain H. Schaw, R.E., in making the necessary preparations for the destruction of old Rochester-bridge, have completed the excavation of a shaft on one of the piers of the bridge from which the arches have been removed by manual labour. At the base of the shaft two galleries have been driven, in which to deposit the gunpowder used in destroying that part of the works. The progress made by the troops has been such that it is intended to blow up that portion of the bridge this afternoon, when six charges of gunpowder will be deposited in the galleries and fired simultaneously by means of the voltaic battery. Each of the charges will be about 501 b. weight. The explosion will take place at the time of high water, and will be under the general superintendence of Col. H. Sandharo, director of the Engineers' establishment. General Sir John Bur• goyne, G.C.8., Inspector-General of Fortifications, will be present to witness the undertaking. The destruction of a much larger portion of the bridge will take place by the Royal Engineers on Thursday next. An order has just been issued from the War Depart ment, by which the various barrack serjeants of all bar racks in the [united kingdom are authorisad to draw a daily ration from the sevens' contractors, subject to the same conditions as respect 'the rest of the troops. In all future contracts this order is to be made obligatory. The head-quarters of the Army Works Corp; under Sir Joseph Paxton, removed yesterday irom the offices in Whitehall-yard to 3, Spring-gardens, the premises recently occupied being, it is said, intended for Lieute nant-General Sir Colin Campbell, the Inspector-General of Infantry. The following table shows the British fleet n commis sion and how stationed on the Ist of January, 1857, as compared with the last year of the war, Jan I, 1856. It is compiled from official sources : ;COLONIAL. TEA..—There has been an increased demand for common cougou, and rather higher rates have bc3n freely paid. Other kinds also rule at very firm quotations. SUGAR.—A very moderate business has been transacted, owingt to the high rates demanded by importers for both foreign and colonial. There are large parcels of these de scriptions advertised for public competition daring the week, and prices are expectcl to rule high. In the refined market business has been less active, and previous values have been barely sustainel. COFFEE.—The demand for both native and plantation Ceylon continues to be very active, and the upward move ment in prices has been by no means checked. The stocks on hand, compared with the like period of last year, show a deficiency of fully 2,003 tons. RICE.—In this article business has been limited, but prices have been well supported for all qualities. RUM.—The market is very quiet, with no alteration in prices to report. TALLOW.—A considerable business has been done and the market is brisk. Stocks being on the decrease, prices have ruled exceedingly firm. P.Y.C. on the spot and for Spring delivery 59s to 603 last three months 53s to 53s 6cl. Australian 56s to 595. and South American 57s to 60s per cwt. SWYNFEN V. SWYNFEN.—This matter was before the Court of Common Pleas yesterday, and excited ctni derable attention. The plaintiff, Mrs. Swynfen, claimed au estate, worth about 60,0001., but at the trial her counsel (Sir F. Thesiger) had compromised, as she said, without her sanction and against her wish, and she refused to carry out the terms of the compromise. An application was made fur an attachment to compel her to carry out the arrangement, and judgment was now given upon the question whether the rule for an attachment should be made absolute. The rule for an attachment was ordered to be discharged. It is thought that a revision of the county magistracy is not unlikely to take place in Ireland—no party to be re-appointed whose income is not independent of his farming pursuits or trade, or whose social positi , n is not on a par with the gentry of the district.—Listcriels Chronicle. ME. ROEBUCK.—Mr. Roebuck, M.P., has consented to attend and address a public meeting of the Liverpool Financial Reform Association on the 22d inst. A statement is current in Paris that England, France, and Russia have resolved to constitute a commission at Athens to inquire into the financ - s of Greece. It is stated in a letter from Stockholm that the nego tiations about the coasting trade of the two countries, which have been for some time pending between Sweden and the Netherlands, have arrived at a satisfactory re pit!! 1857. Station. 'Number of Number Comple- Ships. of Guns. ment. — . East Indies, China, and Australia .. 27 427 4,462 Cape of Good Hope ...... •••• • • • • 5 58 804 West Coast of Africa South-East Coast of America 8 121 1,353 Pacific ..... ....• .. • . North America and Wcst In ies Mediterranean .. Lisbon • . ..... . Plymouth .... ............ ...„. 8 312 1,750 Portsmouth •••••• • • • • • 1.7 .308 2,149 Sheerness • • ... • • ..... 8 339 1,300 Woolwich .. 3 43 . 2G3 Pembroke •• •• 2 62 Cork .... .. Particular Service .. 10 37 964 Coast Ouard Servbe.... • • Surveying Service.... Yachts .... • • .. • • • • ......... ..... 3 2 1 3 8 Unappropriated and fitting 0ut.... 17 292 3,849 Paying off .. ~ ..- ... Ordered Home .......• Total.. ..... : ........ 261 5,078 48,798 1856. Station. Number of Number Comple- Ships. of Gum. ment. --•— - _ East Indies, China, and Australia .. 18 311 3,231 Cape of Good Hope West Coast of Africa . South-East Coast of America 8 107 1,102 West Coast of America .... ••.. • North America and West Indies 2l •v 8 4,874 Mediterranean and Black Bea Plymouth .. • • Port smouth . • l4 242 1,534 Sheerness • 7 276 910 Woolwich .. ••.. • • .... Pembroke . . 2 62 Cork 6 134 1,413 Particular - Service.. • .... . Surveying Service • • .... • • Yachts 3 2 138 Unappropriated and fitting out, iui cladin; the Baltic Fleet .. 100 2,193 24.242 Ordered Home Total.. • .......... .... 325 6,231 63,335 The difference between the war and peace fleet, accord ing to the above figurer, is a reduction of 64 ships, 1,153 guns, and 14,537 seamen, marines, and boys. The Dee steamvessel, Master Commander Pullen, lel Portsmouth yesterday afternoon with supernumeraries for the ships at the eastward. The Trident, 6, steamvessel, Commander Close, went out of Portsmouth harbour yesterday morning and an chored at Spithead to take in her powder and shell. She was expected to leave last night for the West Coast of Africa station. The lAlgiers, 91, screw two decker, was taken into dock yesterday afternoon for repairs. The Alban, 3, steamve‘sel, Lieutenant De Blaquiere, arrived at Portsmouth at noon yesterday with supernu meraries from the westward. The Antelope, 3, steamve-sel, Lieutenant Commander Pike, went into Portsmouth harbour yesterday. Her Majesty's iron paddlewheel steamer Oberon, paid off on Saturday at Woolwich, was admitted into basin yesterday to be put under necessary repairs. The imperial steam yacht Imperador was hauled into Woolwich basin yesterday from the river to be com pleted. The screw steam store-hip Hesper was hauled out of basin yesterday at Woolwich, preparatory to being docked. Her Majesty's paddlewheel steamvessel Spitfire was ordered down to Woolwich y.lsterdry from Deptford to be repaired and put forward for service. The paddlewheel steam-:loop Vixen, in Woolwich basin, has had her repairs and alterations completed, and is now ready for commission. The freightship Clara Louisa, laden with ordnance stores and ammunition for 519.1ta, sailed from Woolwich yesterday evening. The Dorothy freight-ship having embarked a heavy cargo of Ordnance stores in the West India docks went down to Woolwich yesterday to fill in ber magazines with powder and ammunition for the island of Mauritius. The following appointments have been made at the Admiralty : Clerk—Charles B. L. Brockman, to the Cornwallis. Assistant Paymaster—William E. Allen, to the Waterloo. A ssistant-Surgeons—Edward M. Morgan (Acting), to the Victory ; Ffolliott C. Iklarath, to the S►mooni. FATAL ACCIDENT.— A man named Lawrence Howarth, of Newton Heath, was engaged with se veral others in the employ of Messrs. Mackenzie, Ornierod, and Co., Adelphi-street, Salford, on the 3d November last, in rolling a cog-wheel from the street into the works. It was his business to put a wedge under the wheel, but he did not do so, and the wheel fell off the incline, and upon him. Both his thighs were broken, and he was taken to the Royal Infirmary, Manchester, wher e h e died on Friday. Mr. Ilerford, city coroner, h e ld an inquest on Saturday, , vhen the jury returned a v er di ct of " Accidental de ath. SHOCKING DEATH.--LIVERPOOL, Jan. 10. —A c : c ,C h ao‘ a io , i i u) t er y sc hoolboy, named Wi lliams,w ei a g s h o i n ng Thursday from nl a aintgtitioe i t n a s k t e it a ut p io le n c , e w o h f ebneift, w overbalanced him, and he to il into the boiling water and was so severely scalded ti at b e died ye,terday. A. verdict of " Accidental death" e p t Ao u n r L n Et e xh d eA at Np t u i authoritiesß e n o q c u K e Bo s t fu ut t e c we t) oiu.aittlleerHd t it he p in i h t a a lE. :len yAl swuar S se n t ru burgh Courant gives a pedigree of the present Lord Chiei Justice of the Comm on Pl eas. H e i s of the old Scot . tish family of Cockburn, whose original seat was at Cockburn, in the Merse, where ti.ey are found as far o ba i c t ta , s fauy history lil or traditi o n ex t en d s . Th e re p resen t a t ive was knighted in 1413 ; its present head is the Dean of Y or k, 'Sir W. Cockburn, Bart., whore fourth brother, Alexander Cockburn, late liti;ish repre sentative at the State of Columbia and some of the G.,r man Courts, was father of Sir Alex. Cockburn, now Lord Chief Justice. It is runn:ured (says thee Courant) that the Chief Justice is to by elevated to the peerage. If this is so—and no title has lwen more honourably achieved—we trust he will select the a ncient one of his race—Baron Cockburn of Cockburn and Lang. ton ; for, although neither estate is now posseesed by his uncle and chief, they will ever remainassociated with his name, and it is the more er.pecially desirable as he is UQW prtiatuuptive rsproehtativq of that ahcaeut 60 i t 34 1 i 67#1 96 5,1 6/ In 105.1 I 6 1061 61 82 11 gi 83 1 'it' 18i 60 591 99 231 i 3 41 5 1 all MINES. 1.03 all Angle Californian - 20 7 Australian — 1 all Baden (Gd. Duchy of) SO all Bleonar. Iron & Coal 20 14 British Iron 7i •83 35 26/ Brazilianlmp.(issued at £5 pm.) 30 all Do. Cocaes Cuiabo 3i -• 3i 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 16 18 1 / Clarendon Cons. Min . Co. of Jamaica p 1p 40 all Cobre Copper 5 'll Colonial Gold — •.• St. all Copper Min. of Eng 30 35 25 all Do. Prof. 71 p. cent 25 27 1€ Copiapo. /3 15 2 , all Irortuna — id 20 all General • -- ••• 1 all rit.NuggetVeinßog 1 3 41 all Great Polgooth 1 5 all Gt Wheal Vor United 51 6 1 all Liberty — -- 3 all Linares. Bl 83 5 11 Lusitanian ld P 1 all Aariguita i t 1 all New Granada 1. all Nouveau Monde - 21 all Pontgi.Sil.& Le. Min 8 10 5 1 Port Philip 1 all Quarts' Rock - ••• 50 all Rhymney Iron 23 25 15 all Do. New 7 9 30 151 Santiago de Cuba 2 21 2 3 • . 6s. Sort. Cons. Min. Co. 13 11 1 all South Australian..... 1 all Do. Scrip.. - ..• 1 all Do. 10 per cent Prof 4. .Tam. S. & L. Min. Co. -- 1 10 I'm Croft -• 3 i —4l 3 3 283 nil United Mexican ... 33 4 1 all Waller 1 all West Mariposa........ 1 12s. Worthing Mining o Australia • ....... ••••• • ROALLA N . P.tITTS. 25 10 us Granan A gricnit. 233 243 10 41 kuslzalti. Royal Mail 10 all Serlin Water Works 5i 51 50 40 irit. American Land 40 - 45 100 3t3 Canada 133 - 138 St. 0 rl.Go. 6 p.c. Jan&jaly 1093 1104 110 / St. 100 Do. 6 p.c. Feb & Aug St. 100 DD. 6p c. Mar & Sept 5 Crystal Palace 2 —2/ 21 5 all Do. Preference.. 5l 51 4 a,l .3rystal Pal.of France 1 Duston Iron Ore 20 15/ Eastern Steam — • St. 100 Electric Telegraph 9O 92 1 all Electric Teleg. of Ir . 5 all En.&Aus Cop Sm Co 13 13 25 all Gen. Ir Sc Col (lim.) 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat. 11 all General Screw Steam 61 63 61 20 5 London Discount 1 d 4 all Loud. Gen. Omnibus 31 31 20 i 0 Magdalena St. Navi.c ... 10 all Aediteran. Elec. Tel. 10 all Mexican&S.Americu. - 25 5 Nat. Discount Co. - 1 p 25 1 Do. New 10 5 Netherlands Land 1 13 10 all Do. Do. 5 3 Do. BpcPissatld p 1p 5 1 Do. Do 100 80 New B. & N.S. Land ••• N.S.W. Gov.sp.c.D. 1 all N. B. Australasian 1 $ all 1 a3111 7 1 / N orps capsioe t 7bue h.. ltiit:EßhA. o tirae f unrA.gl E ;:sim u tt:rr r t:::3l o et.l: p &..o.26 e i S eTinnra s pat: m .lati.d.l. 63 3 4 126:1 4 3 1261: 2 1 0 5 8 all al 1 2s. Do. "New Shares" $P Pim 50 21151 50 10 Do. Now 4 -• ST. 8 100 60 Royal Mail Steam 67 -- 69 1 all Ditto New 1 20 Trust& L.Co.IT.Can. 2433 Van Diemen's Land 16 :-. 18 _ltsl $ Yo.9 l .l" 9 4 l !aliallir ese ,P; LI rERATURE Florence Templar. Smith and -Elder. This is not an ordinary production, , in displays great knowledge of character, and tbo simplest events of life are so strikingly and vividly brought before us, that they are invested with peculiar attractions. - The story consists of the occurrences that took place in a little country tow7a, called " Templar Cross," in which dwells the 'family of Mr. Wilson. His daughter narrates the various fortunes of the Templar family, they were a haughty race, but all possessed some redeeming qualities, with the exception of Lady Teanplar, in whom none seemed apparent. By her .harshness she sacrificed her youngest daughter's life, and her evil influence embittered the destinies of her son and daughter, Florence. Florence Templar needed no added obstacle to her career, she had enough to contend with in her own pride and passion. Her nature was noble, and her disposition generous, but her prejudices misled her, and her temper was ungovernable. Her mother fanned every angry thought, that might' otherwise have been checked, into a flame, not that they came to the open rup ture that ensued between Sir Edward and his mo ther, in consequence of the latter having married without her consent. Gordon Graham is a masterly sketch of a clever unprincipled man, gifted with persuasive powers, and a peculiarly fascinating manner. In an ev il hour for Florence did he return from India to his native place. He had by strenuous exertion made a fortune, with which he hastened to redeem the property 'of his ancestors from strangers, in fulfilment of a vow made in boyhood. All this invested him with something of the heroic and romantic, which, to •an enthusiastic mind like Florence's, possessed manifold attractions, aid afforded a source of interest, doubly welcome to one whose home was a misery, and whose life was witbout aim or object. Charles Sutton, the cousin of the Wilson's, was in every respect different to the Nabob, as he was called. He was in the navy; but during his frequent visits to Templar Cross he met the families of the town, and became attached to Florence. She, however, turned from the true to the false, and forsook the sterling worth for the specious semblance. At first " Jenny" (as the writer of the tale was called) suppose 4. that she could be of no service to the bright and beautiful high-born heiress. But time, the great leveller of earthly distinctions, and the mighty subverter of human charms, in a brief space changed the scene. Florence, by an illness, , lost her beanti—by a change of things her mother's fortune was not left to her—and in her hour of greatest tribulation she would have been deserted, if she had not possessed in her humble acquaintance what the world in her grandest hour had not given to her—a friend. Death had made havoc in Jenny Wilson's home also, but hers were calm and holy remembranses, and she could look back with peace, and onward with faith. A short time of suffering removed Florence Templar from the world she ha found so dreary and bitter ; but her last hours were not spent in repining at her trials, or murmuring at her disappointments, but in a better and brighter manner. The memory of her departed friend could not vanish with her presence from the mind of the mourner. In her happiest hours of after years the thought of Florence Templar presented itself. The retrospect of the events referred to is painful in many instances, but to those who appre ciate the touching and the true, in dwelling on the passages of existence, this record will be a welcome one ; for in it sorrow is softened by sympathy, and the greatest of calamities, to a casual observer, are shown not to be exempt from a blessing in disguise, while pride and passion are exemplified in their depth and height. Oliver Cromwell ; a Story of the Civil War. By Charles Edward Stewart. 2 vols. Smith and Elder. This, as its name implies, is a tale of the great Civil War. Although historical novels are not un common, and the epoch of the Cavaliers and Roundheads is a favourite one with novelists, it is not often that we find a writer bold enough to in troduce the King and the Protector personally to his readers. The singular coincidence of the author's name cannot fail to strike the reader, though his sympathies are not wholly enlisted in the Royal cause. Indeed, the moderation of his views will very probably offend the violent partisans of both sides, while they will commend him to those who see right and wrong in the pretension.; and actions of each. The historical note at the conclusion takes a brief and interesting review of the causes that imme diatelyled tothe revolution,and expresses the author's views in a clear and sensible manner. Of Oliver Cromwell he entertains a favourable opinion, con sidering he has been much maligned by earlier his torians ; indeed, he remarks at the end, " to place the character of Oliver 'Cromwell in a point of view more true to history than that in which it has been the fashion to contemplate it, has' been one, if not the principal, of the objects that I have had in view in the preceding pages • and if towards this piece of historical justice, I :hall have contributed, even in a very small degree, it will be a reward for some pain, and labour." le admits that his am bition was great, but insists that the good of his country was also a ruling motive. He condemns him strongly, however, for not ameliorating the condition of the king, when imprisoned before his trial, and does not afford him the unqualified ap probation of some- modern writers. The story is secondary to the political interest, but it is pleasing and attractive. An old cavalier and his son ; an officer who serves with. Cromwell's army, but retires when the death of the King is determined on, and his daughter Rachel, a fair Puritan, her attendant, are the chief characters. A stout soldier, Elijah Gideon, and an individual called Captain Slasher, are also remark- able. Little is said of the Royal army, or the Cavaliers, the interest of the story being chiefly on the other side. The story opens when the dissen sions of the King and Commons are threatening civil war, and soon result in the battle of Edgehill. It closes a few years after the establishment of the Protectorate. Though not po-sessinc , the vivid in terest and glowing reality with which some histori cal novelists have invested their characters, it will attract the reader by the exciting events it chro nicles, and the moderation and simplicity with which it is written. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This Day.) LONDON, Jan. 13.—Wind at noon N.—fresh breeze and cloudy. PORTSMOUTH, Jan. 12.—Wind. Dee, for Woolwich. PLYMOUTH, Jan. Ig..—Wind S.—Arrived— 11. M. S. Tyne, from Rio Janeiro. FALMOUTH, Jan. 12.—Wind S.S.W., fresh gale.—Ar rived—Huntley, from London, for Algoa Bay; Dennis Brundrik, Liverpool, for Valparaiso, with bowsprit and jibboom mulct away.—A number of vessels, (luring the gale of yesterday morning, drove foul of each other and received more or less damage, and afterwards grounded on St_ :Hawes Bank. The brig I.larrison, of Sunderland, lost rudder and had her stern and starboard quarter damaged, &c. DARTMOUTH, Jan. 12.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Anita, from Caba, for Bremen ; Sheridan, Antwerp, for New York. RAMSGATE, Jan. 9.—Arrived.—Caroline, from Ant warp, for Santander. THISTEE, Jan. 3—The winter has set in again with . . frost and snow. CAEN, Jan. 11.—The schooner Tucker, from Cork, was totally wrecked about three miles from Digesticham this moring ; crow saved. (BY SUBMARINE AND 831 rtsu T i L EGRAPH.) GEAVESEND, Tuesday, 9.17 A.M. Wind W.N.W. ; last hour's ebb. Sailed--Planot, steamer, fur• Hamburg. DEAL, Tuesday, 9.26 Wina N.N.E., moderate. Pissed, Jan. 12—H.M.S. Dee, from Portsmouth, for Woolwich; Sir William Wallace, London, Ilogador; Prospero, London, Lisbon. Sailed—Forest Monarch, for Glasgow ; Aries, Pentucket, and Kenilworth, with all the outward bound, likewise the homeward, for their destinations. ENTEREDCU S T A H R O D U S — SE h L e O c d o I N O j f l ro N na . I C l alcutta ; Montezuma, Cape Town, Caps of Good Hope ; Blanche Moore, Calcutt a ; Li verpoo l, N ow Y or k ; Medemblik, Antwerp • Liberty, Antwerp ; M ar y Ann Wilson, Cal eutta ; NV . m. Campbell, Demerara ; Mary Campbell, Ber bice ; Oscar Vidal, Moulmein and St. Helena ; Cumber hint, 7alcutta ; Warrior, Ca , liz ; Brothers, George Town, Demerara ; Radiant, Savanilla ; British Banner, Mauri tius ; Louis Charles, Leghorn ; Protege, Boston ; Essex, Calcutta and Madras ; Hageemmeister - Lunngsdorff , Dant zic ; Sagittarius, Nauplia and Zante ; Litzra, Chesme, Turkey ; Marie, Emden; Olive, St. Übes; Ashberry and Volumnia, Taganrog; Zephyr, Gravelines ; Alair'i, St. Michael's ; Annie, Kjoge ; P.eino florteu , c, Nantes ; Nuevo San Pantaloon, Havant - tali ; floc_ mall, Madras ; Gefion, Odense ; Eclipse, Seville. ENTERED OUTWARDS.—Tho Charles Crocker, for Mel bourne ; Brothers, Demerara ' • Blanche Moore, Port PAlip ; Gondola, Geelong; Mary Campbell, Berbico; Maria, Hamburg; Wm. Campbell, Trinidad ; Diamond, Dunkirk. CLEARED WITH CARGO. — TIIO Lively, for Cape Palmas; Denmark, Rio J - sneiro ; Abe.ona Pernambuco ; Sp it Fire, Hong Kong and Canton ; Hataplan, Port Philip; Jose phine, Santander; Fore ,Soskende, Bergen. VESSELS SP( E"7 WITNH.. 27, lat. HN, The Better Luck Still, bound south, ov long. 30 W. Thu Ethelbert, Coquimbo for Swansea, Dec. 15, lat. 26 N., long. 36 W. The 11 ;g Tuticorin to London, Nov. 26, lat. 23 S, long. 8 E. The Flora, Calcutta to Liverpool, Dec. 10, lat. 24 N, long 25 W. The Ottawa, Dec. 28, lat. 32 N, long. 29 W. The Underwriter, Liverpool to Now York, Jan. 5, off Mine Head. Th e Sebastopol, Li v orpool to Bombay, Jan. 7, off MilIQ Nod. 1121 17i 51 24$ i 104