The Sun. — London, England, 1857-01-06 00:00:00

llUir" '777 Ei X 1411 AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLocK. Letters from Liverpool mention that the Cotton Market yesterday closed with a hardening tendency, and prices of all descriptions were nearly l i d. per lb. dearer. The sales amounted to 15,000 bales. The Railway Share Market closed steadily at a slight advance in value. The Colonial Produce Markets re-open to-day after the holidays, and several public sales are advertised to take place during the remainder of the week. Tea continues firm, and the recent advance to 111. d. per lb. for common congou is firmly maintained. The former qualities are also supported. In the sugar market business is active, and high rates are current. Coffee is rather dearer in consequence of the brisk inquiry which prevails, and rice is also in active request, and previous rates are current. Higher quotations have been established for tallow, and there are numerous transactions. In their circular, published last evening, Messrs. Smith and Charles mention that the stock of tallow then amounted to 15,9G4 casks. This stock plus what may arrive from the Black Sea, Aus tralia, America, &c., has to supply the trade to the middle or end of May, when the frozen in tallow will be arriving. Following the latest ad vices, we estimate— Casks. Odessa, Sic., to send 4,000 Australia . South America Other places 6,000 . 3,000 . 2,000 Total casks 15,000 Thus, with the stock we have, a total supply of, say 20,000 casks. Looking at the small stocks we may fairly calculate upon good average deliveries to the period mentioned above (middle of May). The average deliveries for the last four years were 22,000 casks. The French mails have not yet arrived, and the telegraphic communication has been temporarily obstructed. There are, consequently, no accounts in reference to the Paris Bourse. Later intelli gence with regard to monetary affairs is awaited with interest, as increased pressure has lately been experienced. This, however, no doubt arises from the same causes as those which recently af fected our market, viz., the stock settlements, and the capital required for the liquidation of annual engagements. No further alteration in the policy pursued by the Bank of France is, therefore, anti cipated at present. At Hamburg the decline In the value of discount continues, and the quotation is now reduced to 6 per cent. In some of the German markets also greater relief has been afforded ; although in some places no abatement in the stringency has taken place. The accounts on the whole, therefore, are more favourable. it. 5 4t. St. St. St. it. With regard to the London market no further change of importance has occurred, but less incon venience is felt, the demand having relaxed, while the supply has increased. The rates of discount charged by the billbrokers and the Lombard-street firms are, consequently, a fraction below the Bank of England minimum. Bt. it. The English Funds were drooping early in the day, in consequence of some of the jobbers having offered stock rather freely, but the effect was only momentary, and a recovery to the prices current yesterday afternoon has since taken place. Some special transfers of Consols have been effected .at 931 - to 94k. For the Bth inst. they have been 93i to 94, and 94 to 94k. The February price, therefore, is 94A- The .New Threes are 941 and the Reduced 94 Exchequer Exchequer Bills have risen to 2s. and ss. premium. The Bonds are 99, and Bank Stock is 217 to 218 t. Up to one o'clock not more than half a dozen bargains were recorded in the Foreign Stock Mar ket, and most of the quotations are therefore nominal. Turkish 6 per Cents. are steady, at 95i I, and the 4 per Cents. are 1031 The only other security dealt in is Russian Small Bonds, which were marked 97k. The following aro the nominal prices of Foreign StockFl :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 6 7 ; Mexi can, ¶.lli ; Peruvian 4& per Cents., 7Th 8& ; ditto 3 per Cents., 55 6 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 43 5 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 106 8 ; ditto 4i per Cents., 95 7; Spanish 3 per Cents., 40i 41 ; ditto Deferred, 231 41 ; ditto Certificates, 5; 6 ; ditto Passive, 53 6k. _ _ _ 20 20 17 20 - Tl3e Committee of Mexican Bondholders have received advices from Mr. Whitehead, dated Mexico, November 19th and 2d ult. Th© Eng lish question with Mexico had on the main been arranged, and General Vidaurri had been recon ciled to the Central Government, but Puebla still offered a stubborn resistance. It was, how ever, thought that it could scarcely hold out beyond the first week cf December, and the intelligence in the American papers that it sur rendered on the 6th ult. is probably correct. The committee are without any advice of remittances by the present packet, but the agent in Mazatlan had shipped 10,543 dollars per And rokios, to Liver pool ; and 1,838 dollars per H.M.S. Trincomalee, to Panama, for the dividend fund. Very little business has been done in the Rail way Share market this morning. A slight decline has occurred in Oae or two of the leading lines, but prices have generally been steady at yesterday's closing rates. East Lancashire have dropped 155., Great Western 10s., Brighton ss. to 10s., and Midland ss. South-Eastern improved about ss. n the Foreign lines no business of any importance has been done. Grand Trunk of Canada declined 11. to 1/. 10s., and Great Western of Canada about ss. East Indian and Great Indian Peninsula are steady. 20 100 100 20 Joint-Stock Bank Shares are inactive, and the few transactions reported are at previous quota tions ; London and County are 33 ; Ottoman Bank, 13 3 4 ; and English, Scottish, and Australian Chartered, 174 i 18k. In Miscellaneous Shares Australian Agricultural Shares advanced 10s., and Canada Government 6 per Cents. declined 5. BRITISH FUNDS THTS DAY AT ON 14, O'CLOCK. .(From the Official List:) , nsiness dons. Bank Stock 3 per e nt. Reduced Annuities - 3 per Cent. il :onsols Annuities 93 s 44- a d N. ' DOT stent. Annuities Long Annuities, expire stb Jan. 1860.., 2/ Consols for Account ...... .. 94 31 4} Bxchequer Billz, 2ie. Eloo` Ditto Bonds, 1858, 3. per C ant — Ditto, 1859 PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Russian Bonds, 1822, £ St., 5 per Cent ‘I Ditto, . per Cont. Cent •.. Ditto Small Terkibh Bonds, 6 p ar cen t _ Ditto Account 953 Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent: - .. 1031 i Dividends on tto above payat,le in Lordon . Two O'CLOCK. Cnnpnlq D itto Account . Ditto (February) 9 , 1 941. = TRx R o _. th e pell YAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIAN'S.—A meeting of C,Alege:"" Elect 1 7 Commissari Majc'ri was held at the o'clock, when Dr, yesterday afternoon at 5 Cave n d isb. en Dr. Thomas Mayo, oi Wimpole-street, of th e coli z e are, was unanimously elected President liarius i n 1856'. Dr. Mayo ,vaq created Elect Consi l e i" i n 1839 , Censor in 1835, 1839, and 1850 ; Dim- Consiliarius in l and 1842 ; liarvcian Orator in 1841 ; Lecburer in 18528, 1842,1848, and 1.852 ; and Croonian COFFEE AND EATS —The members of this KEEVERS' ASSOCIATION. blished to provide his benevolent: institution, este or temporary foradversit its members io the decline of life Freemasons' Tav ern lays't held their annual ball at the VOLUNTARY STAR VA' Tlev:sing. ester County Gaol, °'---- A. 113btor in the Glou 6, died on Sunday the Warned, Willi 1 kin Frankiss, aged 5 skeleton from havin g refu t s h od ulto reduced almost to he proper amount of nourishra e for so me time to take TEE NEW ACT ON INTE STATE t : t TATES.—Yesterday the new act on the distribution of h, t into force, By this act the speciali, A :st ate estates came : :stoma of the City of Lond on an d o th er pla ces w ill bey Se, and one uniform rule be adopted. CONSUMPTION OF TOBACCO.—The q u • antity of tobacco entered for "home consuirption” .in the 11 months ended Nov. was 29,776,0821 b. T.l • p yards of eight mil lions ar e annually spent on tobacco/ ai ad snuff. .6 - (11iS Day) R ITLW Shr. iIAILWATD, Ambg. Nottog. and Bash. Jun , t.. Bolfast Binning. Wolvcru. Stour Valley Birkeolid. Lancah, 6 Cheshire Junct...„ Do. Chesh. it Birk., Do., do. Blackburn BlYtt , &Tyner:y.lLn £25 (issd. at £1 iiri3tol and Exeter ail all all all Chester ,t Efo lyheaz_l Cork and Bandon.. Cork, Black, Pas, Corn Wall Do. A Do. B Dublindcßelfastbanc Dnn. P. a Aber, Jnc. East Angll,.n Fastern Counties Mast. 7 Tnion, A St; Be., B. Stock. Do., New East Kent iia) 10~~i rtz JO 4 1.06 'Fast lAnca , thire East Suffolk Do. . Edinburgh d; Edinb. and Peebles 15din.Prth Dundt Forth & Clydo Jun.: Furness. 100 all 100 100 Glasgow dr S. Westrn ( Great N. of Scotlnd. Groat Northern Do., A. Stock Do , B. Stock Gt. Sth. iltWest.are j Great Western Do. Stour Val. Rafl Gna. Stk 100 100 100 130 100 100 !Irish South-Eastern I Li:master & Car Do., Thirds IDo. New Thirds Laucash. andYorksi Do., Wst. 'aiding Ur, !Do. South' or t 100 i all all 100 100 (London & - Blackwai i Land. Bright & S.Cst Loud. and N. Westt , Do. Fifths D0.Eighth5,,........ London and S. Weitr Lndndrry 14 Col era i nc Lndudrry. & Ennisk anch.Shef.k Linclr :',fetropolitan Do. J. L. Ricardo's arrangement Midland Do. I3irmng. & Der Itildld. G. West. (Ire ) Do. Half Shares Newcastle& Carlisl Nwpt.Aberg. &Hrf Newry &Enniskillr Newry, Warrenpoint and Rostrever.... 100 3 1100 100 Norfolk /orthn.Connties Tit North British Nth Devon Rail & Dock Stock Do,, A Stock.,, Do., B Stock „ .Eastern—Berwi k +►o. do. Extension Do.do. G.N.E. 16: 2 , iOO 10n Do. Leeds Do. York. .... (North London `.&S.Wstrn.,liani st )ad, and City in 'forth Staffordshir• , Nrorth Western S. Westrn. Jun )7., Wore., Wolv ortanaoutli Rhymney . ••• ott,igh Central Scot. N. E.Abrdn St. Do. Scot. Mid. St rir'^r SianzbournekSheer. -4,17[10 Devon Month Eastern 4 outia Wales 4. Yrksh. ds Rev. Da , :10 1 - aine.,Wok. &WO'. Sto(*ton dt Darling Do., do., 1854 Do., do., 1855 ;thikten 3c ihrtlep raft Vale %o. Pref., No. L rhames Hay. D.& Vale of Nes.th Viratorti. k Kilkenu MaterforddicLiikleric West Cornwall..... 'Vest End of Lond.,, ?.nd. Crystal Pals.oe. Do. A ......, . Do. B .. West London... Do. Fii st Class .. Do. Second Class... Winabledn Arnrov COLONI AL. , sonanay,arocts.,.no Cen.lndia, g. 5 p. c Do. Ceylon A shares Do. B. do .etnerara Eastern Bengal gast India.:, A and B, g. 5 Do. E::. C, gu. 5 p. c Do. do. D, gu. 5 p. c. D 0.4!, p.c. Buds.,'s7 00. do. do., '59, dc Geelong At Nelbourne guar. 5 per cent... 141. Trunk of Canada Do. Cert. of Deben. cor . into Stk. Do. Comp. 6 p. c., do. Gt. In. Pen. g. 5 p. c. Do New, guar. 5 p. e t. Western of Canad? Do. Now.. Do. Eds., payable '57 Do. do., '76, p. '6O Do. do., '73 do. Do. do., '73, without option Sitadras, guar. 43 p.c. Do. do., 5 p. c Do. 4i p. c. Exten Do. 3d Ex., g. 5 p. c Scinde, guar. 5 p. c. D 0... St. Andrew's and Quebec (A)... kol' tU .ntwerv•:..-1:(At rdtm 1 0 Ardennes 11 , elgian Eastn. June 6 Reziers to Graisse ss, c N Buff. & Lk. Hui. Ry. 6ii Carmeaux & Toulouse Coal Mines and Ry L 2 I )utcb Rhenish , 31 &stern of France ill 10. New 's. Euphrates Valley Os. Eur...kln.Jn.Tel.Rail. 8 ,4t, Central of Frau. e 6 4reat Luxembourg... 4 Italian Junction 11 !Ake Conbt. & Bask U Lierre and Turnhout ; Lombardo Venetian. .11 Lucca & Fist. sp. c.p, .5 Lyons and Geneva ~. 0.1 Lyons it% Mediterran. i ll Waria Antonia . aDo. do. New ...... ... All Namur & Liege dl Do. do., 6p, c. Pref. i n Northern of France 11 NorwegianTrunkPref n Paris and Lyons 11 Faris and Orleans, , 5 Recife & San. Fran , (Pernam.) g. 7 p. c , Rome and Frascati , a Royal Danish ...... Xll Royal Swedish dl iir.anbre and Monse 1 Lll Do. Si u. cent. Pref ill Southern of France ?,i West Flanders dl Do. 64 per c. Prof.,,, dl W. &N. W. of France' 6 Western of Austria di West. of Switzerland 611 Wiesbaden al Do. Bper cent. Pref. 11 &Mann 21) zo2, 11 6 90 20 1! r.l 20 a 1 20 2 ' 10 1( 20 t 20 20 5 al 30 20 33 to 1 ..1 16 a, tO at 10 I 7; 20 a, 10 a l 20 al e.J 10 a, 20 a : 20 '2O al 6 al 40INT-FITOO itabtraiadia. 8 Rank of E g ypt ti i 0 Bank of London 11 Bri. Col. fikAan, a. 11 liritiA N. Amarican 5 Chartd. Bank of Azia 6 Ohrtd. Euk. of India, Australis, SD China. !DO 50 25 I ICC 5 . 0 0 21 so 20 I 10 City..................... ;'6 Colonial ................ ;0 1 fr;omraorcial of fkud. 60 \ Eng. Scot. &Ans. Ccaj N Lond. ifnaft. Lk. of 1 Australis .., ......... all IDi,:"to Now ............. 20 LonoLon and County.. 50 b ri a.k3. Bilk g. Corp. '0 Londot Joint Stock. • ',O Lond. & Wa,:tminstei ',5 National :Fro.ef Eng 0 50 l, LOU 2i WO 3! 20 11 20 a] 2 1.1 20 1 Do. Naw .......... tirtional Bank ...... 11 rg w south Vr a :11 Orieutal It. Corp L 5 Ottoman Bank Provincial of Irlaml 11 i/o. Now 11 Ans B taGo Im Cc ionth A.ubtralla 11 gniok of Australia 2 too I !; to Do. New , e ,.., .0 . '',,,,-. ~f i 1n,•., , ;0 Unity Mutual it Kr , Nturu Lt., of ~,,n, 11wdness dana this day, 94 31 111 k 12 11i 1074 i 107/ $3l 3 223 n 543 I 82i 3 22 12j i r 1 17i 181 50 IC3 100 5' Ts'!''' — ,"_:7F,P AT L"Y' REN'TA.E9. i I Ted., RAILWAYS. Loa,sl:a,, Compens, Closing Prices yesterday. BlythandTyne lOpei c. pref. (issd.atsol Brie. k Ex. 4 p. c. St Do. 4 p. c. Shares ... Caledn. £lO 41 p.c. Cluing Prices yer.er lay. 8i 9 194 -- 20. 174 18. 134 - 14, 93 94 63 -62 t 38 - 39 • •• ."" *v.. 1 01 icy 19 - 20 9} 9? 38 - 40 25 - 27 7 - 5 93 -- 95 5 . 5 35 - i'6 94 - 96 7 - 7 4 92 924 77 79 L2O 125 10 112 68 68i 70 - 74 5i ei 5i 6i 974 97i - 7 111 113 1001 -• 104 21 - 21, 10a - 106 107 - 108 34i 34i d - par 83 - 83: 54 -. 55' •to ''''' 13j 14' 50 52 3} kid 40 41 • 041 .' •••• 84 1 , - 41 - 3ia 3 2i IR} -18 i 60i 61 96 - 99 4! 41 , 4. 74 - 8 10 -- 11 28i - 29 16a ló 72 49 to ... 1 17i 18 , 74 53 - 844 5 3 d 3 2 14 - 16 37 39 214 6 8 2 - 4 5 - 5i N• ~ •~. 7 9 1 - 14 ii 7 ii 113 -1151 24 - 2ip ',N ••• 21i - 221 54 - 56 80 - 85 22 - 221 1$ - Isp 25 - 2$ -31 p 99 - 100 118 - 123 118 - 123 108 110 20 - 20. 22i -22 i P 1 - lip 21 - 2ty. • • • "." ••• :GN 7 1 2pi 2ip 5 5i 32 i• 1— 32i 9 10 par I P 5i ... `'... eve 6 - 6ip' ••• ...... 9a —10 a 8 - 8i 19 - 194 371 -37 i Si - 9 54 - 52 - 51 i - i P 18 - 20 1 - 1' 9 - 9 9 - 91 - pm 41 - 4} 9h - 10 33h -34 h i - lip ... ••• IR BANKb. 93 100 id .4, par 61 ...P1 I.__ id 69 —. 70 171 is 18} -19 A 18j - 19 .. - ... i'• ...... ... s • •••• ••• ... .. y • if; 39 11d ••• 35 - 37 65 - 67 7 - 9 n •__ Bdl 6 „, 4d Les.&llo.Ga.l; Do. do. Pref. 5 per e. Cork 4kßandonb!p.c • Dua.Prth Aber..;. E. Anglian Cls. A Sh Do. de. Cls. B 6 p. c. Do. do Cls. C 7 p. c. Las. Co. E spc No Do. No. 2 . Do. New 6 p. a. St East ITn., G. 6 p. c Do. 51., 10 per cent Do. 161. Debentr.Sh Do. do. 4 per cent. East Lancs.bh.6p.cto Eiz W. York. J. sth: Edin. Gl. 5 p.c. sh Ed. Prth. &I) un.4p.c Parnese, 5 p. GI s. 0:5 p.c Great.Northn. 6 p. c Do. 5 p. a. Redeem at 10 p. c. prom. Do. 41s p. c D 0.5 p. c., Red. at f. p. c. pm... • • .... . Ot.N. of Scot. Ist Prt Gt. 8.6 W. (Ireland Do. 4per n. Prof. S Gt. NV, (B. Exs pa Do. con. red. I p.c. Do. con. rod. 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. Gua. Stk Do. Ches. this. Sh.. Do. do. do Do. do. de - Lan. &York. F. £2O Do. 6 p. o. Stock L0n.&8.G.5pc.N0.1 Do. P., spc. St.No.2 De. New Gnar.6 v.. Do. do. 5 p. c.,Ne.4 Lon. &N. W. , Coy. & Nuneaton 5 p. et... S. W. 7 per et late 3d Shares ... L ondy. St Color. Sh. Londy. tic Ennis. SI, 11 1.,8.,5t L. 6 p. Cent Do. do. do. £6 Do. do. 34 per cent. ~barppt.&Carl.4p Do. 4A per cent Do. do. !lid. Consol.6 p.c SI Con. Br. 6pc Do. 1 p. c. Pref. t Ditto L. & H. Pref. St New., Abar., tire., pr. sp. c. red. 5 p.c. pm. Do. Perpet. 6 p et. with optn. till '66 Norfk. Deb, 4 p.c. eh Do. Prof. 5 p. a. St Do. 5 pc. Ext.,1846 Do. 5 perc.pf ,1847 Do. Wv. V. gpc.,1847 i NorthEritish 96 98 98 - 102 11 - 13 133 -- 136 4 ... 4i ••• • Ilos -- ,11 12i - 13 22. - 234 112 - 114 i Ipi 2i --• 21 91 - 93 56 - 58 132 - 135 li : ii; 33 - 34 89 - 31 BlLStheBb this day Put 121 !Do 7/. Preference N. E. Pe rw, 4 p.c. Y. Do. do. do Do Leeds 6 p.c Do. do. Qr5.,1848... Do.VorkHat s.. Fur. North Staffordshire. Or, W0,&W.,8pc... Do. 6 p.c. Redeem. 20 124 25 20 St. (Sect. Cent. ,Now Pref Se.N.E. Aber. g 6 pe Do. d0.,7 p.c. pf. st. D0.d0., 3i p.c. pf. st South Devon Do. fixed, per cent! S. Eastern (Rodin , Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. Do. 4 per cent Do. Fixed 4i p o eh 3 Wales Qua. 4 p. c Do. do. 4. p. e 3.Yorksh.4p.c.Guar Stock. Dar. ,sp. c Do. do. do Stock. Hartl. g. 5 p. a. till July 1,'56 VC' aterfd. & Kilk. 6 p ci 107 f MINES. 10s all !Anglo Californian 20 7 Nustralian . 4 14 1 all Baden (Gd. Duchy of, 50 all Blasuar. Iron & Coal .. 20 14 British Iron 35 264 Brazilianlmp.(issue at £5 pm.) 30 all Do. Cocaes tY Cuiab - 3i -- 31 20 15 Do. St. Johr Del Rey 15 17 X 164 16 1 6 Clarendon Cons. Min Co. of Jamaica p in 40 all Cobre Copper 5 14 Colonial Gold — St. all Copper Min. of Eng 30 35 32 25 all Do. Prof. 76 p. cent 25 27 ... le Copiapo. l3 15 2 all Fortuna R id 20 all Geneaal . ••• 1 all Gt.ThiggetVeinßeg 41 all Great Polgooth. - 5 all Cat Wheal Vor United 51 51 1 I all Liberty -- 3 all Linares B/ 81 81 5 16 Lusitanian ld p 1 all Mariquita — 1 all New Granada — 4 1 all Nouveau Monde 4— 4 2) all L'ontgi.Sil.ta Le. Min. 8 10 5 1 Port Philip 1 all Quartz Rock — 60 all ithyraney Iron 22 24 15 all Do. New 7 9 30 154 Santiago de Cuba ll 2 ... 6s. Sort. Cons. Min. Co l6 1.4 1 all South Australian — 1 all Do. Scrip ••• • ••• 1 all Do. 10 per cent Prof 9 4i Tam. S. &L. Min. Co. 1 10 Tin Croft 3. 4 28/ all United Mexican 34 - 4 1 all Waller 1 all West Mariposa 4 - 1 12s. Worthing Mining of Australia ....... ••• MISCIMLA.NROUS. 25 19 anstralian A grieult. ... 24 10 dl lingraln. Royal Mail _ 10 all Berlin Water Works 41 51 50 40 Brit. American Land 40 45 100 3.4 Canada. l3B 142 St. (10 C. Go.6p.c. JanSanly 110 111 110/ 4 a d St. 100 Do. 6 p.c. Feb & Aug _ St. 100 Da.6p c. Mar & Sept 5 all Crystal Pa1ace........ 2 21 5 all Do. Preference.. 5 4 all Crystal Pal. of France 1 Duston Iron Ore 20 156 Eastern Steam • St. 100 Electric Telegraph 93 92 904 1 all Electric Teleg. of Ir . 5 all En.&Aus Cop Sm Co 16 25 all Gen. Ir Se Col (lim.) ••• ' 15 14 GM. Steam Navqa.t. 11 all General Screw Steam 6.) 7 20 5 London Discount 4 all Lend. Gen. Omnibus 3g - 34 20 10 Magdalena St. Navii 10 all Mediteran. Elec. Tel. 10 all Mexican&S, A moricn. 31 1 25 5 Nat. Discount Co 4 - 14 6 25 1 Do. New 10 5 Netherlands Land._ 1 16 10 all Do. Do. 5 3 Do. 8 pcP las atl d 4 ip 5 1 Do. Do 10:1 80 New B. & N.S. Land • .. N.S.W. Gov. sp.e.D. 1 an N. R. Australasian... 4 1 20 174 Nrth.ofF.uropeStaani 4 3 d 1 all Oriental Gas ll 1 2s. Do. "Now Shares" 4 4P Pm 5 all Peel Itr. Ld. & Minrl. 26 21 50 all Peninsalar& Criautal 67 61 50 10 Do. Nev."..... - 5 100 60 Royal Mail S2uaar. 67 —6 9 1 all Scot. Austral. Inv ,st. 4 113 1 all Ditto New ll 1' 25 all South Austral. Lar , l 36 38 1 all Salmar. Tel. Scrip... 1 1 al, Da. Registered... 20 7 T`Tai , `A L. O O. ti.ga., • •• ••• 100 m •6 Van Die en's Land 18 V,« .hat; J al) - - CRIMINAL COURT.—(This Day.) OLD COURT. (Before the Recorder.) Richard May, described in the calendar as a cattle dealer, 54 years of age, was charged with stealing 40/. from Stephen Rose. Mr. Thorpe prosecuted, and Mr. Ribbon defended the prisoner. It appeared from the evidence that the prosecutor, as described by the learned counsel for the prosecution, is • "a raw and verdant youth," not from the agricultural districts, but a fisherman of Oxfordshire ; and in Decem ber last he came to London, and received a sum of money, which he placed in a purse and gave to the landlord of the house he was stopping at to keep for him. He then strolled out for a walk, and when in New Oxford-street he was accosted by the prisoner, who asked him if he had been to the cattle-show. Prosecutor replied that he had, and after some further conversation the prisoner proposed that they should go to a public-house and have something to drink. They did so, and whilst there a third man came in and said that be had just received a legacy of 2,500/, and twenty houses, but that a portion of it was to be give❑ to the poor, and he proposed to give 201. to the prisoner and 201. to the prosecutor ; but, be fore doing so, ho must be satisfied of their respect. ability, by their showing what "capital " they had. The prisoner produced what appeared to the prosecutor to be gold and notes, and the latter went to the public-house where he was lodging, and returned with his money. The prisoner and his friend tried a variety of means to induce the prosecutor to part with his money, but he had sense enough not to do so. At last the prisoner appeared to be angry with his friend, and asked him to give him a sovereign for his loss of time. The third man expressed his readiness to do so, on which the prisoner gave him his purse, and he appeared to drop a coin in it. Prisoner then said to his friend that be ought to give the prosecutor a sovereign also for his loss of time, which the friend was so obliging as to consent to, and asked the prosecutor for his purse to put it in. The prosecutor still objected to part with his purse, but held it open for the third man to drop the sovereing in. The third man then took something like a coin from his pocket, and whilst prosecutor was holding the purse open the third man let something fall on the floor, and in stooping to pick it up snatched the purse out of the prosecutor's hands, and on rising handed to him a purse similar to his own and then the two men ran off. Prosecutor on finding his loss, immediately ran after them and suc ceeded in capturing the prisoner and holding him till a policeman came up, when he charged him with stealing his money. The prisoner protested his innocence and tried to get away from the policeman's custody. When he was searched at the station-house one purse was found on him, which contained 14 halfpence and seven coun terfeit sovereigns, and also a lock with which no doubt many have been eased of their money, by what is known as the "lock trick." The prisoner is well known to the police, and has been in trouble before in reference to these tricks. The jury found the prisoner guilty, and the learned Recorder sentenced him to 12 rnonths'imprisonment with hard labour. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.) THAMES. CONVICTION OF A FEMALE BURGLAR.—Ann Roston, a most incorrigible thief, aged 33 years, was brought before Mr. Selfe, charged with entering the dwelling house of William Middleton, in Pennington street, Rat cliff•highway, and stealing therefrom a coat, a pair of trowsers, 3 shirts, 2 bonnets, a table-cloth, and other property. It appeared that Mrs. Middleton, as she laid in bed at a late hour last night, heard the chain of her street door rattle, and hastily left ber room and rushed into the passage, where she saw the prisoner with a large bundle in her possession. Upon askin g the prisoner what business she had in the house, she replied that she thought it was her own dwelling, and had made up a bundle in the kitchen. Toe bundle consisted of the property above-mentioned, which had been taken out of the kitchen. The prisoner must have entered the house in the early part of the evening, and concealed herself until the family had retired to rest. Roche, the gaoler of the court, said the prisoner had been repeatedly in custody, and twice convicted of robberies committed under similar circumstances. The prisoner said she was in a state of destitution. Mr. Selfe—You have just come out of prison, and I cannot overlook this serious offence. The prisoner—l committed the robbery while I was excited. Mr. Selfe—Nonsense. You Lave been convicted twice before, and I recollect your face very well indeed. Do you plead guilty or not guilty The prisoner—l am guilty. Mr. Selfe—Then I sentence you to six months' im prisonment and hard labour; it id no use giving you less. If you are brought here before me again, I will cammit you for trial, and you will no doubt, if convicted, be sen• tenced to a long term of penal servitude. The prisoner—l want my pawnbroker's duplicates, which a policeman took from me. Mr. Selfe—No. I shall not make any order about them, for it is very likely the property to which these duplicates relate has been stolen. St. 2r, 100 all all 100 3 1.00 I Do Do L.&N.W Do EGltWestn. 'lOO 5 11)0 100 100 all St. st. st. St. St. 12i 22 St.l n} Lop:d3tl W. We =t. IL &N. W. Oiled on.. E, ICJ &E.( Gt.Nrt,,o. E. Count. Caldoniza. Do Gt. Westn Yk. New. & Berw. Y. &NM( Do Do B. Eutori IDo & Co Do Norfolk Do. L.& N. W & Midld. Stckton & Darlingt. En. Conn. E. Count. GitNorthn Laneashit Yorksh. T. Brassey M.MClean Stockt. Darlingt Do PREFERENCE SHARES. ii : foo 44 - 5 6 - gi 94 - 98 109 - 113 44P er 12 126 • es ".• .• • o. ••••• Fii - 16, 17 - 119 .09 -11 l .01 - IC3 62 - 64 9 - 10; 6 - 6 95 - 97 85 - 87 - 99 101 10 -- 100 164 -• 174 10 -- 104 73 -- 74 194 -- 20 94 10: 141 -- 15, 37 139 et. 139 - 142 118 - 120 •04 ...'". Ws• 157 - 159 .•• ••• 6o 70 1:17 - 139 98 - 100 ;89 - a 1 - li 1:10 . 4 93 —!5 d a - IT .o 7 109 114 - 116 105 - 110 ii : ri 23 - 24 102 - 105 10} - 10$ 28,i1 2 - 3 p •.• - ••• 3 - 31 TWO CHILDREN POISONED BY TREIR MOTHER. LIVERPOOL, MONDAY. About a fcrtnigbt ago an inquest was held before Mr. Coroner Curry, on the bodies of Margaret Cochrane, aged six years, and Catherine Cochrane, aged four years, who were supposed to have been suffocated in consequence of a fire breaking out in the room where they were sleeping, in a low Irish lodging-house, in St. Martin's-street. Mr. Kemp, the surgeon usually called to give evidence in such cases, deposed that the children bad died from suffocation. The circumstances of the case, however, were of so strange a nature, and the an tecedents of the mother of so suspicious a character, that the coroner's beadle, Mr. Blake, came to the conclusion that there had been foul play in the matter. He had ascertained by inquiry that the mother had had five children by her husband, three of whom bad also come to violent deaths, either by scalding or burning; that during the absence of her husband in America she was sent to Walton Gaol, for three months, for larceny ; that there she gave birth to an illegitimate male child, which was well when she was discharged, and that it had never been seen or heard of ; and that a few days after her release, a male child, of precisely the same age, was found deserted in the street, and it died from expo sure. He examined the premises in St. Martin's -street, and found appearances which led to the conclusion that the fire had been purposely made under the bed. He called in the assistance of Mr. Arnold, of Hose-vale, who examined the other body, and his testimony gave weight to the suspicions of the beadle. The inquest was several times adjourned, and when these facts were developed the coroner gave instructions for the bodies, which had been interred in Walter* Cemetery, to be exhumed, and an analysis to be made of the contents of the stomach. Up to this point the woman Cochrane had attended the investigations, wrapping herself and her thoughts closely up in her dirty and tattered shawl, her expressionless face giving no sign of emotion. When the bodies, however, weretaken from - the grave in which they would not rest, she fled and has hot since been seen. This act was an indication of what would follow. Pro fessor Edwards analysed the contents of the stomach, and found in each sufficient traces of oxalic acid to account for death. The adjourned inquiry took place twheirsemevororlivined :_ g, at half-past 11 o'clock, when these facts A Detective Officer stated at the inquiry this morn ing that he and Police-constable Surrey (No. 444) bad made every possible search forthe parents of the children, having been in Woolton and Stockport, where they had lived formeriy, but they had found no traces of their whereabouts. Detective-officer Eaton stated that the woman Coch rane had been several times committed for felony at Woolton. Her husband, it was explained, bad not been seen in the town since the opening of the inquiry. In reply to a juror, the coroner said no evidence had been obtained as to the mode in which the poison had been procured, owing to the great demand for oxalic acid for various purposes. - The jury returned a verdict of wilful murder against Bridget Cochrane, and a warrant was issued for her apprehension. SALOON OMNIBUS COMPANY.—We are glad to hen that there will be several of the metropolitan saloon omnibuses on the road early in February. The of judging of the great comfort f t o h r e t nhav and c e on a v n enle p ri p c o o rt t u lL i t ty has been provided for their accomm odation. The departures from the port. of London for the Aus tralian colonies during the past week have comprised five vessels—two to New Zeal3nd, one to Melbourne, one to Sydney, and one to Hobart Town, with an ag gregate capacity of 3,583 tons. The rates of freight ex hibit no material variation. To the general business of the port of Loudon during the past week there bas been little activity. Tee number of vessels reported inward was 129, being 32 less than in the previous week, while the number cleared outward was 99, including 19 in ballast, showing an increase of 7. The total of ships loading for the Australian colonies is 58, being 5 less than at the last account. Of those now on the berth 9 are for Adelaide, 4 for Geelong, 3 for Hobart Town, 3 for Launceston, 4 for New Zealand, 18 for Port Philip, 1 for Portland Bay, 15 for Sydney, and 1 for Swan River. THE SAIYIA.EITAN INSTITUTION. GUILDHALL-THIS DAY. • To-day being fixed for the further investigation of the charges against Mr. Surr Edward Pack Barber, the secretary this institution, the defendant appeared before sir R. W. Carden and Alderman Humphrey, at Guildhall. There were four separate charges of obtain ing under false pretences one barrel of porter of Messrs. Manners and Wells, one sack of flour of Messrs. Pons ford and Co., of the City Flour Mills ; one barrel of porter of Messrs. Hoare and Co., and one barrel of biscuits of Messrs. Huntley and Palmer, of Reading, with intent to defraud those firms. Mr. Sleigh, instructed by Mr. Buchanan, appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Joyce appeared for the defence. It will be recollected that the proceedings of the last examination terminated with a speech from Mr. Joyce, on the part of the defence, in which he said he should be able to show that the case against Mr. Barber was one of the most flimsy character. To-day the learned gen tleman commenced the investigation by detailing the nature of the evidence he intended to call. [We shall give the conclusion in our last edition LLOYD'S SHIPPING.---(This Thy.) LONDON, Jan. 6.—Wind N.E.—Fresh breeze and cloudy. LONDON, Jan. 6.—The Ceres, from Belize, was lost as was reported, at the Northern Triangles, on the 16th Nov. The crew left on the 17th, and arrived at Belize. On the 18th a schooner had been sent to the wreck, but it was not likely much of the materials would be saved. PORTSMOUTH, Jan. 5.—N.N.E., blowing hard—Arrived —Batavia, from Australia, for Rotterdam. DARTMOUTH, Jan. s.—N.E.—Arrived—Australia, from St. Michael's ; Astlonan, Cephalonia; W. S. Lindsay, London, for Cape of Good Hope, OFF DARTMOUTH, Jan. 4.—Frintereo, St. Michael's. WEST HARTLEPOOL, Jan. s.—The Duke of Lynn, from Seaham, is sunk near the jetty—one man washed over board. RAMSEY, 1.M., Jan. 4.—The Fintor, of Maryport, got ashore to the south of the lighthouse. WAMFLEET, Jan. s.—The Sargefleet, Amsterdam to Hartlepool, came ashore at Maplethorpe last night—master and eight men drowned. ABERYSTIVITH, Jan. s.—The Ann (brig), of Workington, was totally wrecked in the gale of the 3d inst. SCA.RBOBC, Jan. 5. —The Samuel Cunard, of Exeter, is on the rocks north of this place. REDCAR, Jan. s.—lt is blowing a gale, with a very high sea. The Emma, of Shields, drove on the rocks off this place this morning; crew saved. HARTLEPOOL, Jan. 4 —lt is still blowing strong down SE. The Marys, of Colchester, is on shore on the rocks north of Old Hartlepool, two men drowned ; the Josen Delsratz (barque), of Ipswich, is ashore at the same place ; the vessel reported sunk at the entrance of the harbour is the Lady Aberdour, of Dover, not the Lady Ann ; the Severn (brig), has been wrecked on Middleton Sands. The Zephyrus (brig), has sunk in West Hartlepool channel. The Empress (brig), of Sunderland, has been wrecked on Seaton Sand, crew, except four mon, drowned. BLYTH, Jan. 4. —The Enterprise, of Lynn, drifted on shore at Newbiggin Point, this morning, with mast along. side and has broken up, and crew missing. Some broken pieces of a boat, marked " Vivid, of Sunderland, James Bedingfteld," a barrel of porter, two empty barrels, three water casks and a new boat varnished, have come ashore at Cresswoll. A vessel is on shore at Hartley. ALDBRO, Jan s.—The Ann (schooner) of Whitby, was driven last night from her anchors in Yarmouth Roads on to Bardsey Beach, and is likely to become a wreck—crew saved. (PER KLEOPRic TEL LIVERPOOL, Tuesday Morning. Wind E. Arrived—Givalior, from Marseilles; Pelican (s.s.), Rot terdam. Sailed—Phillyra, for Messina; Ameli3, Bahia; Eugenia, Calls° ; Alice, Tampico ; Anglesea Lass, Genoa ; Murray, Montego Bay ; Banshee, Rio Grande ; Fanny, Rita (s.s.), Santander; Godavery, Ceylon ; Sebastopol, Bombay ; Calpe (s.s.), Genoa; James Baines, Melbourne; James Forster, jun., New York. QUEENSTOWN, Jan. 4. Wind N. N. W. Arrived—Knight, from Odessa. Sailed—Victor, for St. John's, N. B. HOLYHEAD, Jan. 5. Wind E. Sailed—Eliza, for Palermo ; Suren, Havanna. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Tuesday, 10.5 a.m. Wind N.E., fresh, with snow; tide one hour's ebb. Arrived, Jan. 6—Union, from Guernsey. DEAL, Tuesday, 10 a,m. Wind E. by N., gale abating, having blown with great violence during the night with snow and sleet. The Reliance, from London, for Ceylon, is on shore, full of water, at Walmer Castle. Crew saved by tho new life boat recently furnished by the Institution of the Walmer Boatmen. A mast of a wrecked vessel is to be seen on the Goodwin Sands, a littlo southward of the beacon. A steam-tug is now towing the Ann, Captain Pettinger, from near the main. Sailed.—H. M. S. Dee, for Portsmouth ; Chills, screw steamer, for Valparaiso ; Minister von Bosse, for Santan der ; Wm. Brown, for Hobart Town. The Sydney, Frode, Gereide, and some other vessels, role out the gale. CUSTOM-HOUSE, MONDAY, JAN. 5. ENTEREDINWARDS.—Ruben4, from Mauritius ; City of Delhi, Calcutta ; Creole, St. John's, N.F. ; Theresa and Oscara, Buenos Ayres; Resolution, Smyrna; Wm. Bryant, Honduras ; Mars, St. Jago do Cuba and Guatemala ; Ark, Malaga; Edward and James, Terceira; Wizard, Singa pore ; Ariel, St. Michael's ; Olbers, New York ; Dolphin, Messina ; Melbourne, Sydney ; Mary Marsden, Nassau, N.P. ; Bryn-y-Mor, Cape Coast Castle. ENTERED OUTWARDS.—The John Wade, for Hong Kong and Canton ; Roberts, Seville; Elwood, Sydney ; Hero of the Nile, Algoa Bay; Allegro, Cape Zante, Patras ; Malabar, Demerara ; Rubens, Mauritius ; Enterprise, Corfu, Patras, and Cephalonia. CLEARED OUT WITH CARGO.—The Panope, for Pernam buco; Ventura, Port, Adelaide; Briton, Seville; Carl Auguste, Odessa ; .Bolus, St. Lucia and Barbadoes ; L'lmperatrice Eugenie, Algoa Bay; Hebe, Port Philip. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. The Limehouse, from London for Geelong, Dec. 2, in lat. 3 N., long. 23 W. The Templeman, bound for Liverpool, Dec. 12, in lat. 2 N., long. 32 W. The Gem, of the Ocean, from New York for the Cape of Good Hope, Dec. 17, in lat. 28 N., long. 32 W. The Pons.Elii, bound W., Dec. 6, in lat. 18 N., long. 76 W. Her Majesty's ship Amphion, Dec. 12, in lat. 18 N., long. 75 W. No. 9,630, second distinguished pendant. The brig Daylesford, from Newcastle for Barbadoes, Dec. 30, in 1at.45 N. long. 9W. The Aliporo, for Madras, Oct. 27, in lat. 23 S., long 28 E. The James Alexander, from Calcutta for Demerara., Oct. 14, in lat. 34 S., long. 29 E. An English bark, third distinguishing pendant, No. 215. The James earthy, from Live; pool for Buenos Ayres, Nov. 28, in lat. 16 N., long. 28 W. The Burlington, from Plymouth for Adelaide, South Australia, Nov. 23, in lat. 7 N. , The Saxon, from Liverpool for Havannah, Deo. 23, in lat. 47 N. A large steamer, bound W., Dec. 25. The steamer Edinburgh, from the Clyde for. New York, Dec. 26. The Prince Alfred, homeward-bound, Dec. 26, in lat. 31, long. 45. • The Marmion, from Pondicherry for London, Oct. 10, in lat. 32 S., long. 35 S. MARKET NEWS.—(YIis Day) HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, 2/ 10a to 4/ Oa ; clover do., 3/ 103 to 5/ 03; and straw, 11 43 to 1/ 9a per load. A moderate demand. CID/BERLAND. —Meadow hay, 2l 123 to 4/ 4s ; clover do., 3i 10s to 5/ Oa ; and straw, li 43 to 1l 9s per load. Supply tolerably good, and trade firm. WHITEOHAPEL.—Meadow hay, 21 10s tc 41 Os ; clover do., 3/ 103 to 54 ss; and straw, 1/ 4s to 11 9s per load. A low trade. COLONIAL. TEA.—The market has ruled very firm, and full prices have been demanded by holders. The current price for common congou is 114 d. per lb. There has also been a good demand for the finer qualities, at full prices. SEMAR.—The demand for both colonial and foreign de scriptions has been brisk, with every prospect of a continu ance. Stocks generally being light, full rates have been realised for all qualities. In the refined market business has been active, and the supplies being limited full rates have been current for all qualities. COFFEE.—A further improvement in the demand for this article has taken place, and native as well as plantation Ceylon is much wanted, at a slight advance upon previous quotations. There are large quantities advertised for public sale during the week. !Wm.—The demand for the lower qualities continues unabated, and fully former rates are readily obtained. For the finer descriptions there is a moderate inquiry, at fair prices, RUM.—Very little business doing in this article, but prices are sustained. TALLOW.—There has been a very firm market, and a large speculative business has been transacted. P.Y.C. on the spot, and for spring delivery is quoted 58s 3d to 58s 6d; Australian mutton, 56s to 58s 6d ; beef, 55s to 565; and South American, 55e to 594 par cwt. SUICIDE AT WOOLWICH.—A frightful occurrence took place yesterday morning at Woolwich Dockyard. One of the labourers employed in the chain testing depart ment arrived at his place of labour at 7 o'clock a.m., and was the first man to whom a ticket was delivered. He proceeded towards the chain wharf, where, standing between the posts of the marine sentry and the police custable on duty, he was seen to draw a clasp-knife deliberateiy from his pocket, with which be inflicted a deep wound in the region of the heart. Immediately withdrawing the .weepou and casting it on the ground, h e plunged head foremost into the Thames. It being high water at ti e time the body was not discovered until the tide had receded, when it was found embedded in the soil of the river, six hours and a-half after its immer sion. Circumstances which have Been elicited relative to deceased's state of mind leave no doubt that he was purely irresponsible for the act. His wife had observed for some days past that his manner was more than oral narily remarkable, and had questioned him in the morn ing on the subject. The fact of a brother-in-law having committed self-destruction last week is sujfrposed to have preyed severe!y on his mind, and probably produced a relapse of insanity, for which disease he hal some time back suffered c mflneratent in a lunatic asylum. He has left a widow and family who were solely dependent on him for support, and who are consequently thus rend-red destitute. The body has been removed to the Royal Marine Infirmary to await the coroaer'd inqueet, 1 2. Li-LA.O.D. DUBLIN, MONDAY. STATE OF THE IRISH BANK. The trade report of the Freeman , says that the Irish Bank returns show but the slightest trace of the wide convulsion of last mouth, and it is as sumed that the system of average prevents its being immediately manifest. Tho circulation has de creased 119,0001., there being usually an increase of from 50,0001. to 70,0001., and there is an increase of bullion to the extent of 59,0001. only. Here are the figures Circulation. Gold. Bank of Ireland Private Banks 7,303,000 ... 2,622,000 Last month January, 1856 Ditto, 1855 Ditto, 1852 Descending to particulars, the report shows that the Bank of Ireland has only varied 30,0001. in notes and 40,0001. in bullion, the Provincial Bank a scarcely appreciable amount in either, while the National Bank has only declined 49,000/. in circu lation, and but 3,2001. in bullion. The fluctuations of the i3orthern banks are equally trifling. The Northern Whig, the leading commercial authority in the north, publishes a lengthened re trospect of the year 1856, in the course of which there is the following flourishing account of the state of the Belfast banks : " Amid all the disquietude - created by the Sadleir frauds, during the year, against joint-stock banks, our own neighbourhood has stood forth unshaken in its confidence, the prudent and-judicious management of our local banks having secured the confidence of the public. The extravagant rate of money has gathered in a rich harvest for all their shareholders, the division of profits, in one instance, being equal to 20 per cent. per annum. Although this fact speaks eonvincingly of prudent management, it also indicates too surely that there is not sufficient ba , oking accommodation to meet the requirements of this large town, which has increased during the last five years fully 29 per cent, in the value of her imports, and 44 per cent. in the value of her exports, must necessarily require more banking facilities than she did at the commencement of those five years ; and yet we have just tbe same number of banking establishments at preseiot that we enjoyed then. To supply this increased demand we have only three joint-stock banke, with a nominal capital of 2,000,000/. sterling, Lout of which only 462,0001; have been paid up ; and two other banks—viz., the Bank of Ireland and Provincial Bank branches—ail of which added together d.o not, in their circulation, ave rage much, if anything, beyond 1,500,0001. sterling per month, a sum totally inadequate for the purpose. The very fact of the Belfast :Bank 1001. shares, upon which 251. have only been paid up, being saleable at 701., or 1801. per cent. prem. ; of Northern Bank, 1001., 301. paid up, selling for 63/., or 110 per cent. ; and of Ulster Bank 101. shares, 41. 10s. paid up, being at high pre mium, affords sufficient evidence of the profitable nature of Belfast banking. It is beyond doubt—although our bankers must naturally be better acquainted with the status of the merchants of this locality than their metro politan brethren—that a large portion of our local paper has been latterly allowed to find its way annually to London ; and we have known of frequent instances of Belfast six months' paper having been discounted in the metropolis at 1 per cent. under our local rates." LOWERING SHIPS BOATS AT SEA. Whilst our columns are full of the melancholy details of shipwrecks and their sad accompaniments, exposure and loss of life, we are glad to have it in our power to give publicity to any means that can help to alleviate the misery of our fellow creatures ; and it is to be hoped that those whose duty the Legislature has made it to see that necessary precautions are taken, and to apply remedies for known evils, will act with equal alacrity, and see the same enforced. The Admiralty, alive to the importance of a simple and practical means of lowering ships' boats at sea, which, once applied, would prevent half the loss of life that occurs, have had repeated trials made of Clifford's new apparatus, which have been attended in every in stance with perfect success. The last and most severe test was made only on Saturday last, in the gale then b'owing, by Admiralty order, from H. M. store ship Dee, Master Commander Pullen. In our naval intelligence it will be seen that "shortly before she was brought to anchor, and while she was steaming at full speed, her starboard cutter, which had been fitted with Clifford's lowering apparatus, and was hanging immedi ately abaft the paddle-box, was manned with her full oresv (nine men), was instantly and safely unlashed, lowered, and entirely freed from the ship, by one of the crew only in the boat. It was scarcely possible to sub. ject the plan to a more severe trial, from the severity of the gale, which was blowing at the time, and which was expressly chosen. The result has been pronounced ex• tremely satisfactory, not a single drop of water having entered the boat." UNCONTROLLABLE CIRCUMSTANCES! (Iron thx Examiner.) We respect Lord P'annture. Ho is an able and honest man, somewhat opinionated and obstinate, perhaps—orrors on the right side of earnestness. Generally, whatever he says boars the stamp of conviction, and, whether right or wrong, it is felt that he speaks what he thinks. An excep tion to this impression must have struck every reader of this passage in his speech at the Forfar dinner respecting the Crimean mismanagement : "I saw, as others did, the state into which, from cir cumstances over which no man had any control, the army in the Crimea had unfortunately fallen, but I saw, too, that that army was rallying from these circumstances. And I had such reliance on the British soldiery, and on the intelligence and energy of the officers of the British army, that I was quite sure any responsibility I might have with regard to the army itself would be light if I would only trust to the army and those who composed it. There were circumstances certainly connected with the army in the Crimea which called for immediate and active measures. I have stated to you, and Sir J. Ogilvy has re peated it, that the army in the winter of 1854-55 had fallen into a condition which aroused the indignation and excited the deepest sympathy of the British nation. No man seemed well to know to what circumstances to attribute so heavy a disaster, and I made it my duty, with the consent of my colleagues, to send out two gentlemen to inquire into the nature of these circumstances—not for the purpose of seeking victims for public indignation to punish, for I think that has been somewhat misconstrued, as the inten tion of the appointment of Sir J. 31'Neill and Col. Tnlloch —but to gain information, so that we might know the errors which l had been committed, and be able to avoid them on all future occasions. Gentlemen, the people of England are not naturally a vindictive people; they desire to see public men properly discharge their public duties; they desire to see the officers of the army discharge their duties efficiently ; but they can make allowances for diffi culties. And now that these circumstances have passed away I trust that justice Will be done to the officers, for I do believe that every one of these things in the Crimea arose from circumstances over which no man had control; and I do hope, now that they have passed, and that we haVe read the lesson, and studied the lesson, the people of England will let the matter drop asleep, and not avenge on a 'single individual that which was the result of a system rather than the fault of any single individual. I have not had any opportunity of recording in public the approbation of the Government of the report of these two gentlemen. The information in the report was accumulated under many difficulties. made with great fidelity, made, not with the intention of injuring the feelings of any British officers, but of telling the truth. And neither Sir John 21`Neill nor Colonel Tulloch, in placing the statements in my hands, and before the British public, had the slightest in tention of injuring the feelings of any one." It would appear from this statement that Lord Panmure bad come to the conclusion that the disastrous circum stances of the Crimean campaign in 185 t 5 were circum stances over which no one had any control, before he sent out the commissioners, Sir John and Colonel Tullooh, to gain information as to the facts. Wanting this knowledge, let us ask, by what process had Lord Panmure arrived at the conclusion that no one was to blame, and the system only in fault ? Whether this was true or not, it was rather soon to discover it, before the information was obtained for which the commissioners were sent out. There was a fore g one conclusion. It was pre settled in the mind of the Minister of War that no one was in fault for the everything that was wrong in the Crimea. Sir J. 111'Neill and Col. Tulloch might have received their commission couched in these words, "Go and find what is amiss, and that no one is answerable for it. Tell us all that is wrong, and that every one has done his best in bringing about a disastrous resell." The commissioners, however, did not find blame imper sonal. They found men at fault as well as the system, and Lord Lucan's subsequent publication shows that they ra ther understated than overcharged the representation of mismanagement and culpable remissness. The public, Lord Panmure truly says, is not vindictive. It does not call for punishment; it only protests against re onoured, wards ot the unworthy and incapable. It sees with profoun d disgust all thechiefactors inthe Crimean tragedy honoured, which promotn i, and placed in stations of command I they may continue their ill offices to the iservice . erndt The peo plereorepstass,leif, a , s , Lord p of England are traitors to their own hle men are bla . z- Bygones n cannot bygoneshhoepes ,- they " let the while incap mater incomparably worse ' entrusted with duties upon whi ch t ing with decorations, and, whathei efficiency of the s erv i ce it was faulty, t't will n t t t 1 e consen oet them depends. The public would willingly have consented to let down thesemisdoers bu t possess who succumbed t d i P fure 'agape - goat oa system, no doubt, but what spti weakconducting or working a up easily. As forthe old. • of the old system , if they did not pro under the defects .. duce its failure by truswoa‘ing it. better system can those men And Nally this blame of the system, and nothing but the system. ha d nothing better than a cant. Was it the system which assigned a yacht in Balaklava harbour to a • G l as h' 04 igadier- c , nera quarters, seven miles from his troops, liable to be called out at any moment to take the field a gainst the enemy? And are the pledges for the im proved now system the Qu ar t ermas t er -G eneral and Inspec tor of Cavalry ? Out upon it. The Board of Customs have appointed Mr. Ccolibbott to the vacant office of Chairman of Surveyors in the port of London. This is a post of some importance to the mercantile - community, as a large number of clues. dons, bearing upon the importation of foreign goods, which arise not only inLondon, but also in the whole of too outports, are constantly being referred to the c'nor mar, by whose practical knowledge the commissioners must in a gnat measure be guided. Mr. Cuckshat was the first to bring the decimal system of weights hit° practical operation - iii this country by its partial intro• duction into the Customs, a step which has given great satiefaction. LI TERATURE Shadows. By H. C. Bennett. B3gue, Fleet- street. In these festival days, when amusing and un numbered annuals, with illustrations, embellish ments, designs, and drawings, aro plentiful as plum puddings at dinner and headaches at breakfast, it is very rarely we meet with a production evincing much original quality ; but Mr. Bennett has most agreeably astonished us in this little boon of pictures. He has struck out into a new path, and evolves his artistic imagination in a series of figures • representing " Shadows" of every-day realities, with wonderful effect and power of expression. We see a policeman stealthily stooping to look into .the kitchen department, and his " shadow" on the wall is cleverly identifi e d with the shape of that much-maligned blessing to cooks, " A Cat." A young lady in fashionable bonnet and mantle affords the unquestionable resemblance of " A Little Duck." An elegant edition of Mrs. Caudle, seeming thoroughly qualified for the situation of domestic whipper-in, with closely folded robe de chambre, keys in hand, and chamber candle lighted, casts a length of gloom behind her in the verification of "An Extinguisher." Some two dozen subjects are portrayed in the genuine spirit of fun and satire, without any violent exaggeration of fancy, or outrage of delineation ; and one of them, -deserving especial commendation, is the figure of a poor seamstress sitting in a ribbed-back chair, and stretching her tired arms in utter ex haustion over " band, and gusset, and seam." Her attitude painfully demonstrates how "weary and worn" she is over her midnight labour of shirt making ; and on looking at the wall behind her, we see her "shadow is falling there" in the moral sublimity of " A Skeleton." We shall certainly abstract this from the set, and append it to Hood's immortal song, as an exquisite and earnest illustra tion. Mr. Bennett is beginning to be well known as a skilful draughtsman ; but this, we believe, is his first entirely self-produced publication. If he performs what his work promises here—if he fre quently attaches his name to things that " come like shadows," they will not "so depart," but steadfastly remain, and afford their author an abiding and enviable fame. _ _ There are few amongst us who have not beguiled some of childhood's moments by making " rabbits on the wall." Our individual recollection is strong on the point. How distinctly we can see the old fashioned parlour on a winter evening, with the couple of lighted moulds placed in symmetrical. and proper order on the crimson table cover. An instigation from one of the numerous " olive branches" set all hands going, until the oaken wainscoat became a perfect warren ; and could our limning digits have transferred colour as well as form, doubtless many a lop-eared " bunny " would have been a splendid " double-smut." Those " shadows" were very beautiful, although they were generally dispersed by a parental box on our auricular organs, when the unceremonious dis placing of candles and distribution of grease had exceeded all parental endurance. We instinctively remembered all this when we glanced into these pages, and heartily congratulate Mr. Bennett on his novel development of our juvenile sport. A Digest on Pure Bread. By E. Stevens. W. H. Myers, `Yhitechapel•road. This little pamphlet is worth looking into. We hear, and have pretty good reason to believe, that our " staff of life" is commonly adulterated with alum, chalk, plaster of Paris, bone ashes, and other equally nourishing substances. We read in these pages that if the public want good and pure breal they must not regard colour too scrupulously. For our own cart we have long had a conceit that a very white loaf is in close conjunction with a very blue devil, in the shape of dyspepsia ; and that it would be wiser to consult the eye less and the stomach more. The testimonials and analyses given by the most eminent of our chemical pro fessors, relative to the bread manufactured by Mr. Stevens, and herein published by him, afford satis factory warrant for its excellence ; but there is an old saying, that " the proof of th pudding (we presume loaf also) is in the eating ;" and the rapid demolition of the sample bread forwarded with the pamphlet is the most conclusive evidence that Mr. Stevens produces a genuine and palatable article of food, which is " a consummation most devoutly to be wished" in such a staple article of household consumption. The London General Railway, Steamboat, and Omnibus Guide. H. Elliot, 475, New Oxford street, and at all stations, (17c. This is a most useful little work, of the greatest advantage to all whom business or pleasure com pels to ti averse the streets of London. To visitors from the country it will be invaluable, while few of the residents of the metropolis will not find its multifarious information of great service. It gives a complete list of the routes of the different omni buses, with their fares, their dis!.inctive colours, their hours, and correspondence. This very necessary department is usually neglected in works of this character. The Suburban Rail ways are next in the catalogue, and a list of the stations, times of starting, and fares are given. Steamboats on the Thames, Continental steam boats, ships for America and the colonies, all find a place in this useful little traveller's manual, while a list of the telegraph stations, club-houses, and places of amusement, will prove use ful to those unacquainted with the metropolis. It is to be published monthly, giving the various alterations that may be made in the different modes of transit. All this information is to be obtained for twopence ; and we trust it may obtain the en couragement it deserves. The Journal of Agriculture. Blackwood. ' This quarterly has its usual variety - of charac teristic information, especially suitable for those who pursue agriculture in its higher branches, and are desirous to avail themselves of the scientific dis coveries and improvements recently made. A paper on the "Mechanical Aids to Steam Culture," by R. S. Burn, engineer, is likely to be of practical ser vice to the experimentalist. It takes a review of the inventions of late years, and is illustrated by dia grams. An interesting article on "The Sciences Ap plicable to Agriculture" follows, and treats of the pro- gress and practical benefit of the study of Geology. The fifty-fourth number of " The Farmer's, Note- Book," in its review of Page's excellent works has also some remarks on the advancement of this now popular science. "Of late years almost every branch of Natural History has made remarkable progress. Little more than a quarter of a century ago, it had only a few scattered disciples, working laboriously each in his own favourite department, with very imperfect aid from books; for even when these existed, they were too often inaccessible from their expensive nature. If there was any exception to this, it was in those branches--such as botany—which were required for certain, professions ; and in such cases they were for the most past studied only in their profes sional bearings. Nay, scarcely could the student de vote his attention to what are called the lower forms of natural objects, without running the risk of being re garded as an imbecile or a trifler • and when he had any thing on such subj ec t s 't o l ay before the public he had usually to accompany it with some apologetical expla nation for making them the object of his, regard. In the present day not only have the effects of this ignorance and prejudice happily disappeared, but the tide has set in with au opposite current, and even the obscurest forms of animal and vegetable life have assumed the character of popular studies." " Geology is one of those branches whose progress has been most rapid. The true aims of the study, and modes of prosecuting it, were long obscured by fanciful theo ries, either based on a few insulated facts, quite inade quate to admit of wide generalisation, or on views purely imaginary. Speculation has indeed been the bane of geo logy; with men of genius it has ever been a field for displaying their ingenuity or exercising their fancy while those who show themselves most ignorant of com. mon things, never seem to have any misgiving as to their ability to explain the formation of a world. No sooner were the observation of facts, and reasoning from them according to the laws of correct induction, substituted for these as the true basis of the science, than it began ot r h ap er idi b ty w hi ch ranches—t h h a e s A to ll a i e d d y a t n o c s e o with mane amnienveerrari,elavxeegde.. table and animal —and affords a congenial pursuit to al most every one who has entered on the study of any part of natural history. It adapts itself to every variety of capacity or acquirement. The humblest collector of fossil shells or mineral specimens may render useful ser vice ; the comparative anatomist, physiologist, chemist, Stss, will find ample materials for his investigatlona ; while the exposition of the general laws and phenomena requires the exercise of the highest powers that can be applied to the subject. Toe relations also which it bears, iu an industrial point of v.ew, to many trades and occu pa'ions afford ether itv. 4 ucemen's to the study, and have helped to reco m m en d it t o gs nera l f avour ." The agricultural summary for the quarter, and the tables of the average prices of grain, foreign markets, &c , will be useful to the farmer. The Report of the Transactions of the Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland contain, among other subjects, a paper " On the Chemical Principles involved in the Re-, clamation of Waste Land," by Professor Anderson, M.D., 'and another of a similar character by Mr- Urquhart Fraser, "On the Improvement of Waste Land." BRUTAL CONDUCT ON BOARD AN AMERICAN SHIP.—. On the arrival at Liverpool on Friday of the American , ship Potomac, from New Orleans, a number of se amen proceeded to the police-office and charged t he s econd mate with having caused the death of one of the handy:, a man named M'Mahon, during the pas=sige- They also complained of gross ilt-treatment of themselves, an d some of them bore marks of brutal violamo upon their faces and head , . The matter will be brought before thi American Consul (Mr. N a thaniel . Hawthorne) for th e purpose cf seeing what stets he will take i n Via matter. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 6 ! 857 1100 11 tO all ilk) all 1100 1171 1371 1384