The Sun. — London, England, 1857-01-22 00:00:00

11 1014EY -MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLoca. e Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed and was well supplied, at the current eater of last week. The sales were estimated at ° 0 bales, 1,000 of which were taken by the tr e ulators. The Railway Share Market mani :B4 an active appearance, and closed at a slight The in prices. to „.." commercial accounts from the Continent very little information of importance, t4t i, l a Some of the principal money markets t4l ger more ease is reported. At Paris capi yet lain increased supply, but the Bank has not c o , n able to rescind any of its dis t regulations, and the stock of bullion to'llllt i nues to decline. The subject which excites 41, attention among capitalists and others at the t7e4eat moment is the probability of the constitu it°ll of the Bank being modified. It is expected t at t he Council, at their sitting to-day, will take be Proposed alterations into consideration, and a d, 1 4 , deal of anxiety is felt for the result of their 4 1 ` ) eration; but it is very unlikely that a decision t h t he subject will be arrived at immediately, as e question mus t necessar ily involve protracted Eli I l eussion. ( i t . "' the early part of the day there was an active • Iti : li i , a ud for money in Lombard-street, for, not uStanding the easier state of the money market, keatheisted that them ontinued efflux of gold f ill Bank might copel the Directors to add li ti l, De r cent to the minimum. After a brief oft g, however, the Court separated with- Iti ‘ i announcing any change, and the in ittrY immediately slackened. First-class bills os A ll , ow again negotiable at a trifle below the to 'lel quotation, and the general tone of the dis 4ellrit market i s d ec id e dly more f av ourable. The 1 11 418n d for gold to transmit to the Continent na a,uY causes apprehension, as the bullion in r eadneedl e - s t ree t mus t have been seriously affected by the amounts recently withdrawn. —er daY, about 5,0C0/. was sent away, and there t~ me Prospect of the drain continuing for some . th e Market for English Securities is quiet, but 11: quotations have slightly improved since. The birectors separated without announcing any 1 13 7 rat leti in the rates of discount. Business is k li T dull, both r ea l an d s p ecu lativ e . Con fot ened at 931 fit for money, and 931 93 1 t he account, but they have since been p e : I) and 931 94 respectively. The New 3 t o Cents• have risen to 941,the Reduced 931 (1 0 ! , the Long An n uities 2 , and the 30 Years' 9.16 Bank Stock is heavy at 216, and I ', India Stock is 220. Exchequer Bil:s are ~i lu 3r at 2s. prem., and the Bonds are 98Z r or ,• 99 th e 'lgtl Securities are generally very firm,. hut p et transactionsitl are confined to a few of the pram. 9(z v estments. Turkish 6 per Cents, are about 11 0 „ 14395 1, and the 4 per Cents. 103 g. Spani3h t e ' 4B are at nominal prices. Russian 41 per 11 Q tit8 . are 96k, an d th e S ma ll B o nd s ar e 97. Q tl rt nguese 3 per Cents. have been dealt in at 44 ; , h 4tel tala, 581 r ; and Mexican, 211. 4 T he foll ow i ng are t h e nom i na l pr i ces o f F ore i gn IcB :Granada Deferred Bonds, 6 7 ; , 211 2 ; P eruv i an, 78 79 ; di tto 3 per C en t s ., 6 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 43 5 ; Russian C e r Cent s ., 106 8 ; ditt o 4i per C en t s ., 95 7 ; k r4ll ish 3 per Cents., 40 ; ditto New Deferred, • ditto Certificates, 51 ; ditto Passive, 4 6. , t i Tye last week's railway receipts, ascertained up il lik day, are in round figures as under : (I N 1857. Ist o 4 t Western t , It tlti ;' . Z stern western 1856. £23,243 52,553 12,196 9,568 26,251 15,921 11,154 22,318 19,945 5,378 4,256 5,810 5,478 iNhter t P 7lltll- East ern 'Alm • 4 °Turin , 111 kt No r th ern l if. tle asbir e an d Y orkshire arid Exeter ntliter an d Holyhead iht Lancashire bttte 10,605 27,533 15,371 12,431 21,843 21,687 5,176 4,606 6,056 .eter and Carli s l e N ,don General Omnibus Comp 1 7 0 ; 91 3 0 04 /i t . 41 1, Stafford O k i`n London 3,624 3,352 P-1, 1 , Worcester, and Wolverh. 5,007 4.537 1:11 4 - uurgl a an d Gla.gow qt:linw and South-Western lio„Z Weatern of Canada 10,198 • 8,857 ' e rn of France 11 Ai l 8 Railway Share Market has been rather firmer t t - m orning, an d, although only a moaerate busi has be en d one , prices in several instances have koZigune an improvement. Great Northern im -101 , 58 ., Great Western 55., Brighton ss. to 01 . ,: i _ a lidland s s . S , and North-Eastern York s. liti:'-astern were a shade lower. The French l o c ruled steady, and Paris and Lyons, Great Y k l i th ern, and C en t ra l o f F rance were at prev i ous a tc r' 3 . East I n di an have improved about 10s., a. , Grand Tru n k o f C ana d a D e b entures s s. to 10 s. 4 °Lilt- stock Bank shares have been neglected. 10: 14011 Chartered of Australia have declined about zt i ;) am London and County are s s . t o 10 s . b e tt er . % cell fl_alleous Shares are also rather firmer. Ca- Ory a 7 v etninent 6 per Cents. improved about ss. and a 1 014 atpalace, New South Wales Debentures, and Oriental Steam brought previ lleB. B.a rri . -I ' 4 l FUNDS.—CLOSING PRICES —THIS DAY Ito. (From the Official List.) a r ' sto k Sr:gine:fp done leer e 4) 3 Nr env. Reduced Annuities 93,i 4i llow Cent Consols Annuities 93s 3ii 144 1 3 Pi)r Cent. Annuities 94i r. Annuities, expire sth Jan. 1860... 2i i„,.'tto 30 Years, expire 5t12. Jan., 1860 23 9.16 labs Stock. 41)h Bonds. •£lOOO r , Ditto, under £lOOO .......... ..... , oh.i. tor Account ... - - - Exchequer Bills, 2id ........ • ..... •• 93i £lOOO . ...... .. ............... 2 p 1 £5BO ....................... •..... 2 p %ie.]] bat. ° Bonds, 1858, :ri per Cent. ~• ____ Ditto, 1859 ............ .. .................. ... 99i 8i PRICES OF FOREIGN FUND S— THIS DA L T. il ra , ll . - -i 4 n Fonds, 5 per Cent. lO2 It Grenada New Active, 21 per Cent. lil;4tetnala Bonds, 5 per cent s3* -Lezi 3 Contll iP „ can per tt -141 FrUeso Bonds, 5 per Cent., Con. 1841 44 , Rua 1853, 3 per Cent t it i l e l , ii 4 e i n p d e a r , 1t e 2 11 2 t ,. £ St., 5 per Cent 9 - 9-76 i 6 . Ditto S 11 41";:)"!)111 Rods, 3 per Cent ... . ... . 1aa.. 1 !.(1 New Deferred 3 per Cent. ... . , _ h sl 1,,,,,i1l Committee Cert. of Coup. n t iuu ',411 Donde, 6 per cent 94 1. o _Pitt° Aceount ~,n4Ltto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. Ditto uels, Bonds, 4i per Cent A ccount Dividends on the above payable in tor'''. n. THREE O'CLOCK. C , ntola 93! i Ditto •eceteY C 2? in n t(Februnly 5)..... ........,.....______ Ckrt- The .!EREINE RATES. THE MATHEW TESTIHONIA t t es .7 fie, her distiuguished of living Irishwomen ha. i . pe' rier respect tor memory of the Apostle of Tein ranoe-7,the by contriouting 101. moat mineent of her Irish contemporaries; Proposed to to the monument by which it thus shown her sym Perpetuate his name in this city. She ba d s pathy with the popular feeling, an proved u that she has not lost in the brilliancy of her great success, or in her prolonged absence in other lands, any me he warm generosity of the Irish heart. The announce 1 ,,, e " of this contribution at the meeting on yesterday Aporeceived with the warmest demonstrations of popular et for the gifted lady from whom it came.—Cork rter i" „. 1311. 0117 -LANZ THEATREI.—A new comedy is in rehearsal this theatre, written by Mr. Palsgrave Simpson. It 4 ick three acts, and the dramatis persona; have been T " .!tusted to Mr. Charles Mathews ' , Mr young,Mr. !bur 3,1 Vincent, Miss Oliver, Miss. Mason, 4 1 y, r. and 1.8 . Selby. Reports from the greenroom are divided i t 'l l to its merits , which is a good sign for the piece. Had h: greenroom been unanimous in its favou r we might t,"4 confidently anticipated a failure, and if the green• 1 ., °°111 bad been unanimous in its condemnation a great „srliblic success had been anticipated. It is a very re :"l4kable thing that actors and actresses are the worst 111ri gea of the literary merits of a dramatic piece, worse the h - "ctri of this is that they only look at one particular eeraoter and by that character form their estima.te of the whole pie Another reason is that the reading ot b„P l eee in the greenroom conveys hardly any impressio n ~,v,( 1 ) 4 that select auditory of what the piece on the stage *i e, for in truth they are mostly occupied during such reading by thoughts and conjectures as to how the . 1, - !ee will be cast, and whether they individually will "to a. good part ill it. 20 20 L 7 20 20 2N 100 100 100 100 ritE 8U N, OKi Pi) N, fit Xi 1-tbljA LINES IZASED AT FIXED RENTALS. d, RAILWAYS. L 0 111 Y C =pan Closing Prices this day. Business this day B.3d:ord and Met Buckgliamsh Clydesdal Col. Stour Vy E. Lin. g. 6 pc. E. Un. H. Sh, Glas. Barr. & Neils. Direct Do. New Glstr.ll Dn. Fr Dk. & Railway..... Hull & Selby Do.. Shari Do. 4 Shares. Lon. & Greonw I Do. Preference Lon., Pil., & S. Do. Bark. Sh. Lowestoft 4 per cont. Do. 6 per ct. Manch. Bxtu. and Matlo, k Ifiddiesbro . Redc.g 6 p.c. Midld.Bradn: Newmarket Bury E. G.spc N.& Est.s p.c. Do. 6 per ct. Do. Fixeds p c Prost. & Ik , yr Do. 6 Shrs. A Roystn.& Hit. Shef.Roth.an Gooleg.s p.c. Shrews. &Her. S. Staffordsh. Wear Valloygr 6 per cent... Do.. Luadoi , N. We , t. L.tiN. Vd. CAledon,.. E fr tf. n. Count., Caldonlsx. ilOO 1 10 air 100 all ,100 96 98 98 102 11 - 13 133 - 136 4 4i 40. ....... - .. St. 25 100 Do Gt. Restn Yk. New. & Eerw. Y.&Nli. Do Do Hastert Do Peto & Co IDo 169 -11 l 12i - 13 23 -24 108 - 110 Norfolk Do L.& N. W & Stekton & , Darlingt. Midland •M • • 2i - 22, 92 - 93 En. Conn. E. Count. D 0... Do r 56 - 58 L. & N.W Do Gt North u Laneash Yorksh. T. Brassey M.MClean Stockt. & Darlttgt Do 132 --. 135 9 - 33i - 34 88 - 90 Wilts&qomrst i(ltWesi n. PREFERENCE SHARE :•,. Poi 12 xd 99 100 LAW INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.) COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commiegioner Holroyd.) IN YE CHARLES JAMES MARL-IMPORTANT QUESTION AS TO THE RIGHTS OF CREDITORS. This was an application that Mr. Peter Rolt should re tain two sums, one of 16,0031., and another of 11,0001., as mortgagee of the bankrupt's shipbuilding-yard, plant, &c., at Orchard-yard, Blackwall, he holding a mortgage to secure the sum of 30,000/. The application was opposed by the Commercial Bank, who are the second mortgagees —they did not object to Mr. Rout having the 16,0001., but did oppose his receiving the 11,0001. The assignees consi dared Mr. Rolt entitled to the whole 27,0001. balance of the purchase-money paid by Mr. Rolt for the yard. Without going into the merits of the case, it was agreed that Mr. Rolt should be allowed to retain 16,0001., and the balance of 11,0001. should be deposited in the Bank in the names of Mr. Lee, official assignee, and Mr. Mark Hunter, one of the trade assignees, witbout prejudice to the rights of any of the parties. Mr, Lawrance stated that the assets would be about 50,0001. They had had many adverse circumstances to deal with, among others the high price of labour. The assignees had bean compelled to send to the outports for artisans, who made their Cl. per week instead of their 30e. per week as heretofore. The assignees were memorialising the Government that some allowance should be made to them, as some of their losses had arisen from the abrupt termination of the war, and they submitted they should not suffer from losses which had arisen solely by the acts of the Government. Mr. Lawrance further applied that there should be a private sittting to examine Captain White, and the appli cation was granted. An application that Mr. Dyer, a creditor, should be paid in full for goods supplied the evening before the Sling the petition for private arrangement was refused. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. —(This Day.) MARLBOROUGH -STREET. SEDUCTION AND ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.—Emma Hart, a good-looking, respectably attired young woman, a native of Folborn, a village near Cambridge, was brought before Mr. Beadon, charged with attempting to commit suicide by drowning herself in the Serpentine, Hyde Park. The accused, who betrayed considerable distress of manner, and was evidently suffering from a mind ill at ease, was accommodated with a seat in the dock, during the investigation into the circumstances attending her case. Police constable 619, A, stated that about 11 o'clock •n the previous day he was on duty near the Serpentine, in Hyde Park, when his attention was attracted to the defendant and another female, now in court, both of whom appeared to be in the greatest grief and distress of mind. The defendant was crying very much, and on his going up and inqu;ring the cause of their trauble, the prisoner's friend informed him that the defendant, who was her niece, intended to drown herself, and begged of him to prevent her. The accused, a s soon as she heard this, made a rush towards the water. He caught hold of her, and told her he would prevent her from drowning herself, at least for that day, by taking her to the station-house, which he did. Mr. Beadon (to the prisoner)—What made you at tempt this dreadful rash act ? Prisoner—That is my business. I shall not tell any one. Mr. Beadon—ls her aunt in court ? The defendant's aunt, a decent young woman, here stepped forward, and in reply to Mr. Beadon said her unfortunate niece had been seduced, under a promise of marriage, by a soldier belonging to the Royal Horse Guards Blue. The consequences were the loss of her situation, and the subsequent birth of a child. The sol dier deserted her, and left both her and her child in the greatest distress. He had since refused to see either her or the child, or to render them the least assistance. The child was now at home with her parents, and this, together with the soldier's base conduct, and her being out of a situation, no doubt preyed upon her mind. Mr. Beadon, to defendant—Do you not think that it would be much better to go home at once to your parents, where your child is ? It would be much better than giving way to despondency. Has the soldier ever given you money for the child ? Defendant—Yes, sir ; but I never told any one of it. He gave me a sovereign, and that was all. I will not go home. My parents cannot keep my child, much more myself, who am out of place (she here burst into a flood of tears, and refused to answer any more questions for some time), At last she told Mr. Beadon that she had contemplated suicide for more than a week, and was fully determined to carry it into effect the first opportunity. Mr. Beadon said at present it appeared to him that it was useless to remonstrate with her in her present state of mind, and having kindly admonished her on the sinfulness of such an act, he directed her to be taken to Saint George's Workhouse, to be taken proper care of till her parents could be communicated with. THE THROUGH BOOKING SYSTEM BE TWEEN EUROPE AND AMERICA. In our last number we anuounctd that a sys tem had been organised, by which passengers, whether first, second, or third classes, can be con veyed from most of the principal ports of Europe to any part of Canada, or to the leading cities of the United States. We are now in a condition to state the exact arrangements which have been made for effecting this purpose. They seem to be of the simplest, yet of the most complete, character. We will take th e case o f an em i gran t, who, having arrived at his port of embarkation, has decided upon taking his passage to Quebec, and thence proceeding by the Gra n d T run k Rail way to his destination in the Far West, which for the present we will assume to be Chicago. The agent of the ship will, for ono paym en t, i ssue hi m a ticket, in which will be included the passage money across the Atlantic and the railway fare to his destination. One-half of the ticket will be given up to the captain or purser of the ship before he lands, and on presenting the other to the passenger and emigration agent of the Grand Trunk Railway at Quebec, who will be waiting on his arrival, it will be exchanged for a railway ticket. By arrangements made with about 30 railway com panies, that ticket will pass the holder to any place on the American continent to which ho has paid his fare. To enable the passenger and emigration agent at Quebec to know what passengers lie may expect, the agents at the different European outports are, as soon as each vessel sails, to advise the central office of the Grand Trunk Railway Company in London of the names of the passengers in her who have through tickets, their class, and the destina tion of eachpernew. These pa r ti cu l ars h av i ng b een registered in the London office will be despatched to Quebec by the weekly steamer, so that the agent will not only know, much in advance of the ship's arrival, the exact number of passengers he may expect by her, but will have also bad ample time to prepare their railway tickets. He and his staff will personally superintend their landing and the clearing of their luggage at the Custom House. This accomplished, they will be conducted to the railway station which is alongside the landing jetty at Quebec. There the passengers will find refresh ment rooms provided, with every accommodation and description of food suited for each class, and those of the emigrant class will be protected from the extortion and villanies to which they are now subjected at every landing port on the American continent. The railway distance between Quebec and Mon treal is 168 miles. There will be one intermediate stoppage of an hour's duration, for refreshment, a similar one at Montreal, and the same at distances varying from 100 to 120 miles throughout the entire journey. Including these stoppages, the running time of the em i gran t t ra i ns i s fixed at 20 miles an hour, and as the distance between Quebec and Chicago is about 1,007 miles, the time occupied in the journey will be less than 2i days. Last year emigrants could not have completed one fourth of that journey in the same time by the St. Lawrence steam-boats. The Canadian system of railways ceases at De troit, 730 miles from Quebec. When the Victoria Bridge is completed the same cars (each capable of comfortably accommodating 80 passengers, and each fitted with a female waiting-room) will unin terruptedly traverse that distance. Until that period arrives, the connection between the opposite banks of the St. Lawrence at Montreal will be maintained by powerful steam ferry boats. On reaching Detroit the passengers will be con signed by the emigration officer of the Grand Trunk Company (who will have had previous intimation of their coming, by telegraph) to the Central Mi chigan Railway Company, which leads direct from Detroit to Chicago, through the state of Michigan in the United States. At Chicago they will be met by another agent of the Grand Trunk Company, specially appointed for the purpose, who will for ward all those persons whose tickets entitle them to go to St. Louis or to the other important towns on the Mississippi. It must be remembered that all these arrange ments are carried out on the responsibility of the Grand Trunk Company, which affords a protection that emigrants have never had a chance of obtain ing up to the present time. The fare of the emigrant passenger between Quebec and Chicago will be 11. 17s. sterling. Each adult is allowed 1501 b. of luggage free, and for all surplus there is a very reduced scale of charge. Children under twelve pay half fares, and have an allowance of 751bs of lugga ge f ree . hildren under three, in company with their parents, travel free. Precisely the same arrangements have been estab lished for emigrants and others who make the sea passage to Portland or to Boston. The former city is one of the termini of the Grand Trunk Railway. It is 292 miles from Montreal, and is consequently 124 miles further from Chicago 'than Quebec. Boston is 105 miles from Portland, with which it is connected by railway and an extremely well con ducted line of steam ships. As both these ports are open during the winter emigration can be as actively carried on, if desired, at that period of the year, by means of these ports and by the Grand Trunk Railway, as during the open navigation of the St. Lawrence. It may be as well to state that Mr. Webster is the emigration agent of the Graud Trunk Railway Company at Quebec, Mr. Miller of Portland, and Mr. Brooks, at Boston. —Canadian Ncws, Jan. 1. SHARE MARKETS—(This Day.) s .4n.wAra. etoatns: Pric, this day. Business done This day. 4 la 19i -- 174 •- 180 134 - 14 8i 9 92 - 94 61 - 61, 37 - 38 • . . ... - Mk - 19 , 43 - 45 29 - 31 7 - 5 93} - 91! 53 - 51 34i -35 i 94 - 96 7 - 8 91i 82.- 76 - 78 L 23 125 Lll 113 65i 66 64 66 68 72 5 6 5 96 96i ~. - ... -6 i 7 112 114 L.o6i -• 106 i 20/ - 214 1 10} -• 10t - d .06i 1071; 33i 34} •• ..... •••4' 82 -82 i I'3 55 - 3i 14. 61 - 53 3i - 3i4 39 .. 40 l• • IN - 841 4 - 3 - 2i 181 -18 i 60 604 98 - 102 4/ 41 8 - 13 10 11 27 2 103 108 251 2,(1 71 73 49 E 1 2 1 17 18 741 74i 84 3 - 85 1 5 3c 5 3 12 14 33 - 40 4.... . . . - ... 19i -20 i . ... 6 - 8 2 - 4 4i - 5i 'i - - 9 Shr. imbg. Noting. nc,.t sad Eaet... Jnnot, SAfast. &12ail7ncno. Welvelb • ;, Stan: Lance... 6 Cheshire June [Do. Chesh. di Birk , Do., do. ...... Blackburn Blyth &Tyne :;rigina £25 (ised. at .£4 , r Bristol and Exeter 1 Caledonian. ,Chester di Holyhead 'Cork and Bandon !Cork, Black, 4 Past , Cornwall Do. A Do. B DublindcßelfastJunc Orin. P. az Aber. Jnc. East Anglian Eastern Counties East. Union, A Sti Be., B. Stock._ Do., New A. East Kent I , ,ast Lancashire East Suffolk Do. Edinburgh di Ulasgo Edinb. and Peebles Edin.Prth &Dunde Forth St Clyde Jun:. Furness. Glasgow & S. Westrn ;Great N. of Scotlnd 'Great Northern Do., A. Stock IDo B. Stock I Gt.;th.& - West.(lre Great Western ...... Do. Stour Val. RR! Qua. Stk Irish south-Eastern. ILancaster & Carlisle Do., Thirds ...... Do. Now Thirds Lsnoash.andYorksl, Do., %Vat. aiding I' n Do. South , or t (London & .81ackwal !Load. Bright &S.Cat Loud. and N. Westn D. Fifths Do.I CIL dn., 7 , Lkil 0 Do. Eighths .. London and EL Wean.. LndndrrydiColoraine I,ndndrry. & Ennisk sinneh.Slief. Lincln Metropolitan....., Do. J. L. Ricardo's arrangement Niidland , o. 13irmng. & Der sficllel. G. West. (I 11) )0. Half Shares.... slewcastle & Carlisl. STwpt.Aberg. & Hrf siewry & sTewry, Warrenpoin And Rostrevor.... orfolk orthn.Counties TT, North British %l en Devon Rail & Dock Stock Th., A Stock.. , o. B Stock I.isstern—Berwi k Po. do. Extentsiou i)o.do. G.N.E. ?nye} Do. Leeds Do. York forth London 4.&S.Wstrn.,Fiam stead, and City Jn. 'forth Staffordshir , . forth Western._ Sz S. Wostrn. Jian )x., Wore., & Wolv 'ortsmouth Rhymnoy . ottish Central Scot. N E. Abrdn St Do. Scot. Mid. St Uni,n iitinzbournekShoer. iotart Davos South Eastern.. south Wales ..... 1. Yrksh. Riv. Da• lita'nes,Wok. eiVo Stockton lc Darin; 1)o., do., 1554 Do.; do., 1855 itookt4zi Hartlep gaff Vale. , o. Pref., No. 'hamos Hay. D.& R Vale of Neath... & Kilkenn vaterford &Li mer West Cornwall.... =rest End of Lando i.nd Crystal Paine. Do. A ......, ...... Do. B West Londau Do. Fiist Class Do. Second Class... uvimble fkr. lAL. COLO. Swit bay, Liaro,l4, C'en. India, g. 5 p. c, Do. Ceylon A shares._ Do. B. do .emerarß Eastern Bengal . 1 4 tnet Indian A and B, g• 5 P. Do. Ex. C, gu. 5 p. c Do. do. D, gu. 5 p. c. D 0.41 p.c.Bnds.,'s7 )o. do. do., '59, dr . 1 Geelong Az Melbourne guar. 5 per eent. Ad. Trunk of Canada 00. Cert. of Deben. ' con.into Stk. till' , ": Do. Comp. 6 p. c., do. Gt. In, Pen. g. 5 p. c Do New, guar. 5 p. c • it. Western of Cannot Do. Now Do. Tide., payable 's', Do. do., '76, p. '60.. Do. do., '73 do Do. do., '73, withou option guar. p.c Do. do., 5 p. c. Do. 4i p. c. Exton Do. 3d Ex., g. sp. c Sciude, guar. 5 p. C. Do . St. Andrew's and Quebec (A)— euit A ntwerpeißott , m Ardennes . lelgian Reign. June rinziers to Graissessac Buff. & Lk. Hur. Ry. Carmeaux & Toulouse Coal Mines and Ry Dutch Rhenish Plitstern of France 10. New Euphrates Valley Eur. 4 ' In.Jn.Tel.Raii.l Gt. Central of Fran, e great Luxembourg Italian Junction Lake Conet. & Basle Lierre and Turnhout Lombardo Venetian. Lucca & Fist. 5 p. c.p. Lyons and Geneva Lyons di Mediterran Maria Antonia ...••• Do. do. New Namur dz Liege Do. do., C p. c. Pref. Northern of France Nor wegianTrunkPref Paris and Lynne Paris and Orleans. Recife & San. Fran., g. 7 p. c. Rome and Frascati Keyal Danish .. Royal S wedish iambre and Menge . .. . Do. 5} p. cent. Prof' Southern of Prance 'Vest Flanders .. Do. s)i per C. Pt7ef. W. IiN.W of FrnneE Western of Austria West of Switzerland Wiesbaden Do. 8 per cent. Pref Zealanrf ....... Instralasta Bank of Egypt Bank of London eiri. Col. hk.&Ln. C. iiritiih N. America:, Chartd. Bank of Ad , Chrtd. Bnk. of India, Australia. az China City Colonial ............. Commercial of Loud. F,ng.Seot. &Ans. Cht. Lond. Chart. Bk. 01 Australia Ditto New 1 London and County , I,nd.&E. Bnkg. Corp London Joint Stock Lond. & Westminster I National Pro.ef Zug ' Do. New National Bank New South Wales, 'Oriental Bk. Corp Ottoman Bank Yrovinoial of Ireland) Do. Now R Aus B & Go Im Cc .Month Australis ' of Australis Do. Now cfl,.,n,iud . Unity 3lutual Virestoru Bk of liond 4} i i - i •.. ---- 103 -1101 li i f p .. - ... 21i - 4 22 50 - 52 82 2O - 24i - -24 p 99 - 100 118 123 11i - 123 108 110 19t —19 i 211 22 cl i p 2 pi lltill . 1 1 13 1.4 2ip 4i 5 3? .13 d 9. —10 i par p 4 - 47, 5i - 6 ...(1 ... 6 -61 P 303, 7i 81 Ist 191 371 —37 i 9 91 541 • 551 54 -- 56 P la 20 8 9 8j 9 , p'n 4 4} 34 2 10 35 lip, 60 —62 id „ 1 69 71 1 . 1 1811 18 17 ! -. 18 ...• •- ... . ".. ••• M ..." •K • .•. 49 $1 37 39 1i Id, MI .... ••• M '... 9.4.• 34 - 36 63 - 6,5 7 - 9 ••• . 111 9• d ;“ 5 d THAMES. INFOUNDED CHARGE of FELONY.—Mr. Richard Pawley, aged 25, and described in the police-sheet as a seaman, of No. 10, Albert-street, Shadwell, and late chief mate of the ship Rapid, was brought before Mr. Yardley in charge of Crosby, a city police-constable, No. 551. He was accused with stealing the cargo book and log-book of the Rapid. Mr. Edward John 'Williams, the owner of the Rapid, and his officers were at No. 20, Billiter-square, City, and his residence, Coborn-terrace, Bow. The prisoner was chief officer of the ship Rapid, which arrived in this port on Sunday last, and was discharged soon after the arrival of the ship for misconduct. The prisoner took with him the cargo-book and the log-book. Mr. Yardley—He was chief mate Mr. Williams—Ves, sir, he was. The prisoner —I was in command of the ship after the captain left her, and brought her into dock. Mr. Williams—There was a Trinity-hostse pilot on board as well. The prisoner—Yes, to navigate the ship up the river. I was commanding officer, and I took home the ship's papers for security, as I did my clothes. Mr. Yardley —There i■ not the slightest pretence whatever for preferring this charge of felony. I don't know, as commanding officer, whether the prisoner was not entitled to the log-book and cargo-book for the pur• pose of safe custody. Be that as it may, there is not the slightest pretence for charging the prisoner with felony. Mr. Williams—l wish to ask your advice. Mr. Yardley—You must seek advice of your attorney. I don't sit here to give advice. UNGRATEFUL ROB S E O E U ET T . II — W Em A i R Iy E ICfoss, rather a good looking female, was brought up in custody, charged with stealing a valuable gold watch from the house of Jane Beaver, at No. 73, Great Suffolk-street, Southwark. The prosecutrix deposed that she had known the pri soner six or seven years at Manchester, and had fre quently accosted her while in London. On the 22d of October last, shortly before 2 o'clock in the afternoon, the prisoner called at her house, when she told her she was going to Manchester that evening, and that she would carry any message she liked to send. Witness, having brothers and sisters there, thanked her, and went out of the room to get a letter. On her return in a few minutes she perceived the prisoner had gone, and, on looking in the table-drawer, she missed her watch. The latter was safe there when the prisoner entered the room, as she asked what time it was and looked at it. As soon as she discovered her loss witness went in search of the prisoner but could gain no tidings of her until the previous day, when she gave her into custody, A detective officer of the L division said he had the prisoner's husband in custody for being concerned in the robbery, and he was under remand from Lambeth Police Court until Monday next. Mrs. Beaver said that the prisoner's husband was an engineer, and worked for some time with her husband, but she was not aware that he had anything to do with her watch. The prisoner here exclaimed that he knew nothing of it. She alone was the offending party. The magistrate said that it appeared to him to be a very ungrateful robbery, and he should remand the prisoner until Tuesday next, when her husband will have undergone another examination at the Lambeth Police Court. ALARMING ILLNESS OF BARON ALDERSON.—We re gret to state that Baron Alderson's illness has assumed a very serious and alarming character ; indeed, it is of such a nature that his lordship can never be expected to return to the discharge of his judicial duties. The learned judge was in the first instance attacked with determination of blood to the head, but at the com mencement of the present week he becam e much better and strong hopes were entertained t f his ultimate recovery ; but since that time he has had an attack of paralysis, which has affected his lower extremities and rendered him completely powerless. He is described as being insensible, and as lying in a state of total exhaustion. Baron Alderson was appointed vocation judge, but it has now been arranged that Mr. Justice Coleridge shall take that duty, and Mr. Sergeant Channell will be placed on the commission for the Home Circuit at the forthcoming assizes, in the place of Mr. Justice Coleridge. It is not generally known that Baron Alderson is a very distinguished mathema tician. He was senior wrangler at Cambridge in 1810, four years after the present Lord Chief Baron achieved that high honour. s', ! 0 r SUN OFFICE, Six o'clock. T lisY-'S..—(This Evening.) DERBY. 100 to G agst Tournament (17 to 1 laid once) 20 to 1 agst Zuyder Zee 23 to 1 agst Glenmasson TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. sto 1 agst Loyola (offered) Bto 1 agst Sydney (taken) CHESTER CUP. 100 to 6 agst Leamington 100 to 6 agst Mincepie (offered) 40 to 1 agst St. Domingo 50 to 1 agst Yellow Jack 1000 to 15 agst Bandalore 1000 to 15 agst Schiedam CATHERINE HAYES'S CONCERTS. (From the Cork Reporter, of Jan. 20.) The first of these two concerts came off on last evening at the Athenmum. Every part of the house was densely crowded, and the brilliant hall sparkled with the richly dressed and splendid com pany with which it was filled. Never did greater enthusiasm, even upon her first presentation after her long absence abroad, hail the appearance of our prima donna. The audience were carried away by a furore which can seldom he excited here save by the effect of first-rate talent. In her rendering of such ballads as "Aileen Mavourneen," one of the many admirable compositions of by far the most original and effective composer of the day in Irish melodies, our fellow-townsman, Alexander D. Roche, her pathos, true expression of sentiment, and perfect intonation yield an effect which cannot be surpassed. It is her triumph in such instances as this, appealing equally to the untaught and educated ear, which have secured for Miss Hayes such wide and varied popularity. It must be al most superfluous to say that in the several opera tic pieces, concerted or solo, which she performed, her wonderful flexibility of voice, great compass and true tone, insured the highest success. Signor Millardi possesses a full rich tenor, and in the Bel Adorato, aiad other pieces in which he performed, he was received with great favour and acclamation, which were well deserved. Mdlle. Corelli displayed a very rich contralto with good effect in giving Donizetti's "In questo simplice, and Greame's " Over the Sea." In the buffo parts from " Don Pasquale" and "Il Barbiere," Signor Lablache was as usual eminently successful ; his complete com mand of the musical science, added to his bonhom mie and ease in the expression of the naive or humorous passages, which he renders, half-acting, half in the more staid style of the concert singer, insured him a most successful reception. The accompaniments and some solos—amongst them a most difficult and elaborate variation upon coin e gentil, were performed by Mr. Osborne with admi rable strictness and execution. Upon the whole the concert was most successful ; all the arrange ments were such as to insure the comfort of the audience, and provide them with every facility of enjoying the rare musical treat which the pro gramme of the evening afforded. LLOYD'S SMPPING.—(This Day.) LONDON, Jan. 22.—Wind this day at noon N.W.— Light breeze. PLYMOUTH, Jan. 21.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—H.M.S. Retribution. from Portsmouth, for the Mediterranean. FALMOUTH, Jam. 21.—Wind variable.—Arrived—Cha mois, from Pernambuco ; Panope, London, for Pernam buco. Sailed—Princess Alice, for Melbourne. SOUTHAMPTON, Jan. 22.—Sailed—Azoff (s.), for Cal cutta. TOUBAY, Jan. 21.—Arrived.—Gormania, from Dundee, for St. Ja,go de Cuba. Sailed—All the windbound. HARWICH, Jan. 21.—The Jano, of Alnworth, has put in leaky, having been on shore on the West Rocks. WELLS, Jan. 21.—A brig, belonging to Sunderland, is on shore near Blakeney. LIVERPOOL, Jan. 21.—A derelict, apparently a British schooner, timber laden, of about 200 tons, painted cream colour inside, not long abandoned, was fallen in with on the 28th Dec., in lat. 39 long 61. MILFORD, Jan. 21.—Wind N. W. Arrived Ailsa, from Bombay, for Liverpool, leaky. DOUGLAS, LAI., Jan. 20.—The schooner Eclipse, from Dublin for Whitehaven, was totally lost this morning on the rocks off Grondle, three miles north of this place; crew saved. WEST HARTLEPOOL, Jan. 21.—Wind N.—Sailed— Perla, for St. Thomas. flui,L, Jan. 21.—Wind W.N.W.—Sailed—Engen, for Bomtnry _ _ MONTROSE, Jan. 20.—The schooner Wilhelmina, of Ny sted, was in collision off the Bell hock, with the brig Ga lathoa, of Copenhagen, hence to Leith, and sunk ; crew saved. The latter has put back with loss of bowsprit. ELSINORE, Jan. B.—The Aurora, of Dundee, from Riga to Kirkcaldy, which went on shore at Hornbeck and was sold, has been got off and towed in here. (PEE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH,) lavEnrooL, Thursday Morning. Wind N.W. Arrived---:-Good Intent, from Cadiz; Princess Victoria, Maranham ; Braganza, screw steamer, Lisbon ; Funa, Oporto ; Normandy, Now Orleans. Sailed—Arequipa, fur Bahia ; Ellen, Maranham; Sharon, Mobile ; Yorkshire, New York ; Cambria, Pernambuco ; Windermere, and Maria, Lisbon ; Rosamond, Bahia ; Ma rion, Antigua ; Eloisa, Calcutta ; Clio, St. Michael's ; S. Crawell, New York ; James S. Bozart, Mobile ; Prudence, Alicante ; Inez, Charleston ; Skipwith, Newfoundland; Punch, Messina. QUEENSTOWN, Jan. 20. Wind S.W. Arrivad—Confianco, from Lisbon ; Estber and Sophia, Laguna. KINGSTOWN, Jan. 21. Wind N.W. Arrived—Mary Sweet, from Oporto. (By SUBMARINE AND BRITISII TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND Thursday, 9.40 a.m. - Wind W. ; tide high water, hazy and light. Arrived, Jan. 21—Ma.ltilda, from Guernsey ; Matrona, Marseilles ; B. L. Harriman, Callao; Shealteal, Guernsey. Sailed—Priscilla, for Lago ; Grand Trio, Port Philp. MAR, ET NEwS.—(This Pay ) (4 ENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the week ended Jan. 22,1856, made up from the Returns of n e Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wall s per Imperial Quarter. WIZEAT. BAILEY. OATS. I EYE. I BEANS. I PEA. 59x41 45s 71 23i 41 40s 22 40s 51 39s 61 THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGE. wnEsT. viaLicy. I OATS. I R/E. BEANS. PEAR. 59s 51 44 s 31 233 10c1 403 0.1 428 Od 403 6d QUANTITIES OF GRAIN SOLD LAST W1 , 11 7, 11i. Wheat, 103,358; Barley, 98,323; Oats, 15,251; Rye, 117 ; BeanF, 6,131; Peas, 2,531 Quarters. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—AIeadow hay, 21 lOs to 41 Os ; clover do., 31 lOs to 51 53; and straw, 11 4s to 11 Os per load. Affair demand. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, 21 123 to 41 4s; clover do., 31 10a to 51 03 ; and straw, 114 s to 11. 9s per load. Trade steady. WHITROHAPEL.—Meadow hay, 21 lOs tc 41 4s ; clover do., 31 lOs to 51 5s ; and straw, 11 4s to 11 Os per load. Supply good. MEAT MARKETS. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL.—Beef, from 3s 4d to 43 6d ; Mutton, 3s Sdto 4a 10,1; Veal, 4s Od to 5s 4d ; Pork, 33 8d to 5a 4d per Sibs, by the carcase. Trade steady. SOUTHALL, 'Jan. 21. --:-IVe had a fair trade hero to-day, and prices were well supported. Beef, from 3s 10d to 58 Od ; Mutton, 4s Od to 5s 2d ; Veal, 4s 4d to 5s 4d ; Pork, 4s Od to 5s Od per 81bs, to sink the offal. ROMFORD, Jan. H.—The beef trade was heavy, on easier terms ; otherwise, the demand ruled brisk. Beef, from 3s 8d to 5s Od ; Mutton, 4s Od to 5s 6d; Veal, 4s 6d to 5s 6d; Perk, 4s Od to 5s Od per Sibs. Quarter-old store pigs, —s to ---s each. SACRED HARMONIC SOClETY.—Mendelssohn'e Athalie and Rossini's Stabat Mater aro to be performed at Exe ter-hall to-morrow (Friday) evening. The perf , rmers will be Madame Clara Novello, Madame Lemmens (late Miss Sherrington), and Miss Dolby, with Mr. Phelps as the speaker of the interlocutory verses ; whilst the Stabat Mater, which has never yet been given by the society, is to be sung by Madame Novell°, Miss Dolby, Mr. Sims Reeves, and Signor Belletti. ST. MARTIN'S HALL—The performance of Elijah, an oratorio which is now as well known, as The Messiah, affords very little room for remark. As produced last evening, under the direction of Mr. Hullah, its execution was on the whole praiseworthy. It is full of difficulties ; and the greatest difficulty of all is to find a performer competent to sustain the part of the Prophet. It is no disparagement to Mr. Thomas, who is an oratorio singer of much merit, to say that in this character he is not in his element. Mr. Sims Reeves and Miss Dolby, as usual, sang admirably, but their parts, though full of beauties, are of subordinate importance. The choruses had evi dently been carefully rehearsed ; and the points of har mony, often of excessive intricacy, were taken up with considerable firmness. The audience was crowded, a thing which never fails to be the case whenever and wherever Mendelssohn's chef d'ceuvre is announced. TEE VAOANT OFFICE OF COMMON SERJEANT.—Yester day an influential meeting of the friends of Mr. Bodkin was held at the Guildhall Coffee-house, to promote his elction to the vacant office of Common Serjeant. Sir w. m agna y was in the chair, supported by several mem bers of the corporation. It was stated by Mr. Millard that Mr. Montagu Chambers had declared himself not to be a candidate for the office, and Mr. Bodkin having addressed the meeting a resolution was unanimously passed, pledging the meeting to continue their exertions to secure his election. ROBBERY OF MAIL BAGS IN FRANCIL—The /ndicateur of Bordeaux says :—" A mo s t d ar i ng ro bbery has just been committed, to the prejudice of the post-office of this city. The vehicle which carries the mail bags from the post-office to the railway station at La Bastide set out at about 9 o'clock at night, and arrived at i ts desti nation in a few minutes. T e bags contained a sum of 200,000 f., but, when opened to allow the letters and other matters to be sorted, it was discovered that the 200,000 f. bad disappeared. The matter reuIAIIII A mystery. Rlyth and Tyne 10pc: c. pref. (lead. atso., Bris. & Ex. 4 p. c. St Do. 4 p. c. Shares .., Calvin. £lO 4i p.o. !hes. &ll°. Gu. 5 Do. do. Pref. 5 per e. Cork dsßandonso.e. Dua.Prth E. Anglian CD]. A Sb Do. do. Cls. B 6 p. c . Do. do Cls. C 7 p. c. Efts. Co.Ex, spoNo Do. No. 2 . Do. New 6 p. o. East Un., G. 6 p. c Do. 51., 10 per eon' Do. 101. Debentr.Sl Do. do. 4 per cent. East Lancaqh. 6 p. et , Ft. kW. York. 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"Now Shares" .... - 11 14 5 all Peel Rr. Ld . & Mine. / 13 pm 50 all Peninsular& Oriental 67 4 50 10 Do. New ..... 100 60 Royal Mail Steam ... 2 5 P 144 1 51 1 Scot. Austral. Invest. 11 1 1 all Ditto New 1 . i d 25 all South Austral. Land 35 ..... 37 36; lar Submar. Tel, Scrip... I 1 1 el, Do. Regiatei3d.. . , 1 5 rrnstdr L.(143 • 171.11 . ~ .n. ... ••• ..• 251 Van Diemen's Land 15 - 17 ... .14 ~ i i . V.(4).613,c,hat01u1y .. 4 it..r N . 4 1 THE ATTACK ON CANTON. A letter from St. Petersburg of the Bth, in the Debats, says : "The news of the attack on Canton by the Eng lish fleet has produced a considerable sensation hero. It appears certain that depots of goods be longing to Russian merchants have been burnt, and that their loss of property has been consider able. This act, which is perfectly unjustifiable, and for which no serious motive can be assigned, is regarded here as the prelude to the conquest which the English propose to themselves to make of the Island of Chusan. The Russian Government is perfectly aware of the intentions of the English, and of all the plans which they meditate in China, and for which purpose they have been for some years past very quietly increasing their naval force on that station, until they have now a very formid able fleet there. All the intrigues carried on by English agents with a view to ruin the important commercial relations which the Russian merchants carry on with China through the town of Kiachta are well known at St. Petersburg. It does not unfrequently happen that large quantities of tea of the finest qualities thus imported by land into Russia are purchased by English houses and sent to London. It is well known with what jealousy the English watch the progress of the Russian mi litary and commercial establishments on the river Amur, where we already touch, by the south of Si beria for a distance of more than 400 kilometres (250 miles), on the Chinese frontier. All the tri angle between that part of Siberia and the Amur, and of which Nicolaieff has been designed by the Emperor to be the new capital, may now be consi dered as definitively belonging to the Russian em pire. The intelligent men who were sent some years ago into those distant countries have so well secured Russian domination there that all commer cial affairs with the Chinese provinces may be said to be exclusively in the hands of Russian mer chants. The anxiety of the English to dislodge the Russians from these countries may be thus readily conceived, but they will have the more difficulty in effecting their purpose that the diffe rent Russian military establishments along the Amur are becoming every day more and more formidable. ` It may be also remembered that the English made a fruitless attempt, in 1855, to penetrate with their squadron into this river, the mouth of which has been since so well fortified that it would now cost immense efforts and sacrifices to force this new Cronstadt with vessels of war." A PUNISLIHENT FOR BURGLARS AND ft OTTERS. (From the Edinburgh Echo, of Jan. 10, 1729 ) This day Japhet Crooks alias Sir Peter Stranger stood on the Pillory an hour at Charing-cross, after which a chair was brought up, and he being seated therein, the hangman, with a surgeons instru ment, somewhat resembling a sidle, cut off, pur suant to his sentence, one ear close to his head, which he held •up for the view of an infinite number of spectators, and while the surgeon was dressing it, and stopping the blood, the oth er was cut off, and held in the same manner, after which the hangman with a pair of sizars slit up his nostrils e and seared them with a red hot iron those g e operations none seemed to affect him in a ; ny of dre like that of burning. FATAL RAILWAY ACOMENT.—On Monday afternoon, a little before 3 o'clock, a La ncas hi re and Yorkshire Company's railway engine was standing at Sough sta tion, Over Darwen, with a ballast-train attached, while another train was passing, when the boiler burst, forcing out about a feot of the firebox, so as to knock the driver, Daniell Green wood, off the engine. He was afterwards found on the side of the line quite dead. The guard, Henry Young, was also seriously scalded, and died a few hours afterwards. The stoker was under the engine, and escaped injury. Both of the unfortunate men were members of the excellent insurance company in con nexion with the company, and the widow and two children left by Greenwood will be entitled to 50/., while the widow and two children of Iltinry Young will be entitled to 37e. 100 100 ,100 1 all ioo ia , i 20 1.1 3t. 4t. 20 5 4t. St. all 108. 1 4,11 2s. all all all all all 9 i i i 44 2:3 1231 66 6 10113 i h a 13 12a 64 .07i 26 5i 74i 85} 5 39 4 108 i 10 16i i 511 2 1 3 9i 10 191 39i 40 100 1.10 100 100 all 100 100 all all 100 100 1100 St. 12i 12. St.' L 24 121 12. --A. 10 , J1 44 1 1 100 all all 100 ;100 100 all 1 20 124 25 20 Bt. 1100 all 1100 100 all all 101 IRELAND, DUBLIN, WEDNESDAY. BANK AMALGAMATION. The Tipperary Free Press of yesterday announ ces that by th e aut h ority of Government the Carrick ou-Suir, Clonmel, Thurles, and C as h e l N a tional Banks of Ireland have now been amalgamated with the National Bank, sn that those establishments have merged into and become identical with that society, and all the customers of those branches will now have the security of the capital and the liability of the National Bank for all their engage ments. REVERSE OF FORTUNE. A paragragh under this head, which appeared a few weeks since, has had the effect of obtaining a small appointment for poor ATI% F. P. Dwyer, for merly private secretary to the late Dani e l O'Con nell. The salary is, indeed, trifling, but sufficient to save him from the disgrace and misery of spend ing the remnant of his life as an inmate of one of the Dublin workhouses. THE BISHOPRIC OF CORK. The Venerable William Fitzgerald, Archdeacon of Kildare and rector of Monkstown, has been ap pointed by the Lord• Lieutenant to the Bishopric of Cork, Cloyne, and Ross. The new Bishop, who was private chaplain to Archbishop Whately, was believed to be a sup porter of the national system of education, but since the Archbi s h op ' s secess i on f rom t h e B oar d it is reported that Dr. Fitzgerald's views have also undergone some modification upon the education question. THE CASE OP ALICIA RACE. (From the Times.) The Court of Queen's Bench has decided in the case of Alicia Race that in the absence of express stipulations in the father's will the child must be delivered up to her mother. We cannot venture to impugn the decision, although in this case the rule of law appears to act with extraordinary hard ship. There cannot be a moment's doubt that the intention of the dead father was that his children should, be brought up in the faith which he himself held. If equity could have been brought in to decide upon the question, Alicia Race would have been left in the Protestant school at Hampstead. The owe is told in a few words. A Sergeant of Marines, a Protestant—Lauman Race by birth—is killed before Petropaulovski. A few days before his death he leaves the guardianship of his children to his wife, who was a Roman Catholic. The Romanist opinions of the wife must have been of an ex tremely moderate kind, since she consented to marry a Protestant without any ante-nuptial stipu lations as to the form of religious belief in which the children were to be brought up. Sergeant Race, however, being himself a Protestant and a religious man, as is proved by the letter which he wrote to his wife a day or two before he was killed in action, left her guardian of the two children. During his lifetime he had brought them up in the Protestant faith—he had taken them to Protestant places of worship—he had taught them Protestant prayers ; and to this course of religious training the Romanist mother had not offered any objection. Well, the father dies before Petropaulovski, leaving it as an injunction upon the mother that his two children should be brought up in the "fear of the Lord." For eight months after the news of her husband's death had been re ceived in England his widow took the two children to a Protestant place of worship. That was the manner in which she interpreted the wishes of her dead husband while the first grief for his loss was fresh upon her. Time, however, wore on, and as sorrow oozed out Romanism crept in. The priests of her own faith got around her, and persuaded her that it was necessary for the salvation of her children, and for her own, that first the boy and then the girl should be removed from the schools to which they had been sent under the auspices of the Commissioners of the Patriotic Fund. She applied for the delivery of her son, a lad under 12 years of age, and her request was in stantly complied with, as the boy himself made no opposition to the claim. The persons, however, who had interested themselves in her case informed the mother that they could do nothing for the boy unless the little girl too—the child of 10 years of age—was also removed from the taint of Protes tant instruction. Alicia Race refused to return to her mother to be educated in the tenets of the Roman Church. This was the point which was brought before the Queen's Bench. Lord Campbell has decided that the law of England in such a case affirms the guardianship of the surviving parent. There can be no doubt that Sergeant Race was a Protestant, that during his lifetime he had brought up his children as Protestants, and that his wish was that after his death his children should be brought up as Protestants. So far there is no dispute. The counsel on both sides are agreed about the facts. The only question is whether, upon the general rule that the guardianship in such a case reverts to the surviving parent, Alicia Race must be handed over to the custody of her mother. We fear it cannot be helped. However hardly the law may operate in this individual case, it is necessary for the wellbeing of society that the widow should have the guardianship of the chil dren up to a certain age, saving in cases of gross immorality or unfitness: Had Sergeant Race left particular directions that his children should be brought up as Protestants, no doubt the guardian would have been bound to follow his injunctions. This, however, the sergeant neglected to do, and consequently he has left his unfortunate offspring exposed to the machinations of the Quirk, Gammon, and Snap of Rome. We deplore such a result, but, if the law of the land be as it is laid down by Lord Campbell, We do not see how its application can be avoided. Greater inconveniences would follow from the misapplication of a general rule than from its unfortunate incidence in a parti cular instance. case of Alicia Race is just the case of a person who is garotted—of a shopkeeper who is swindled—of an orphan cheated out of his inheritance by an informality in a deed. If there be informality in the indictment, or in the deed, the criminal must escape, and the orphan must suffer. The fact is that Sergeant Race neglected to draw his will properly, and the Romanist priests have hit the blot. We should regret to write anything which would weaken the power of parental authority over the child, and no doubt, however hardly it may apply in his parti cular instance, the child must endure the conse quences of the parent's neglect. The rule of Eng lish law appears to be, that until the age of 14 years the parent or guardian,l not the Roman priest or Protestant clergyman, must have the custody, moral and physical, cf the child. The decision of the Queen's Bench is an anti-Papist decision-- that is, it is in favour of the parent, and against the priest. The rule, as we trust, will be remem bered in all future cases when the parts are as signed to different performers. Meanwhile Alicia Race is to be handed over to the Roman advisers of her mother ; and, although we have little con fidence in the logical powers and theological learn in" of a child of such tender years, it is to be hoped that affection for the memory of her dead father may carry the poor child through the four years of trial which are before her. DREADFUL AFFRAY WITH POACHERS AT .HYTIIE. A conflict with poachers occurred at Sunday o i r n n j i u n r g e d o f that Ilythe, be. their lives are despaired of. James Dean, a g am ekeeper l t a w s e t e , n in 2 w an hi d ch 3 tow'colocmkoonnwtehree smo and went to the spot. He there dis covered au the estate of Mr. A. R. D:ummond, of Cad lands, heard the report of a gun in Stanswood copse. H e immediately got up, took a large mastiff had the latter long cwoivtherehtiluit'wo men, whom he endeavoured to arres i t s ; wasst struggle u gg l shote e d d e. on The hoof the keepermen to get to thebuttak take its with they resisted, t h e ke e p e a r n , ddounrieng.ofNtvlhieicrah hthaed enougha le t f t talceskfi left assistance f a e n ll of the z wlug l g e hthho off. The other poacher immediately made shoulder,o idst aht ff orurg , eoz but poacher began to shriek gge for mercy, eoaglrloihugndo.ht that The his name was Blow, and that he would surrender if Dean would take the dog off. The keeper, though exhausted from loss of blood, crawled to the rescue, and released the poacher from his dan gerous situation, but the dog burst away again, bringing the poacher to the ground. Once more the keeper muzzled the dog, and released the poor wretch, who by this time was reduced to a worse state than Dean himself. Assistance very shortly came, the keeper was taken home, and a surgeon was sent for ; but before his wounds could be dressed a second summons arrived from the poacher Blow. Both were in a very precarious state. Dean was shot, completely through the side, and it was doubtful whether he would surviye. The poacher Blow was frightfully mangled about the head, face, and arms—more injured, if possible, than Dean. A man named Arnold has been arrested on a charge of aiding Blow.—Southamp ton Free Press. CHIEF CONSTABLB FOR KENT.-At a special meeting of the magistrates of th 3 western division of the county of Kent, Capt. Buxton, of Brenchley, who is also one of the county magistrates, was elected to the office of chief constable of the county constabulary, under the act . of Parliament enforcing the establishment of a rural police throughout the kingdom. There were 66 candidates for the appointment. 100 100 100 20 20 100 50 100 100 20 82i 2 20i 10 5 , 3 7 6i 33i I 34 I