The Sun. — London, England, 1857-01-09 00:00:00

NONE V MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. I Bhr. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed quietly, but heavily, and prices of Americans were about fd. per lb. dearer. Brazilian and Egyptian were also id. and Surat id. per lb. dearer. The sales were 6,000 bales, 500 of which were taken for export. The Railway Share Market was dull, and closed with an easy aspect. Accounts from Nottingham state the lace trade is very quiet, but some large orders had been received from Canada and the German markets, BO that increased activity was anticipated. During the last few days there has been rather a better demand for hosiery at Leicester, and business is increasing. The letters from Bradford are encouraging. There has been a good demand for most descriptions of goods, at full rates. The Mincing-lane markets, which re-opened on Tuesday, after the Christmas holidays, have been moderately active during the week, and in the event of money becoming easier there is reason to believe that an active speculative business will take place. Sugar has been supported, at an advance of 6d. to ls. per cwt. ; but during the last day or two the demand has rather slackened. Coffee is firm, and plantation has risen 6d. to ls. per cwt. Tea has beeu quiet, without any alteration in prices. Rice has been In request at previous values, and numerous trans actions have taken place in cocoa. Spices have been rather dull. Cochineal is cheaper ; and salt petre has been quiet. Tallow has advanced. Notwithstanding the unhappy fate of Redpath and Robson, forgeries connected with public secu rities continue to be discovered. A person who operated in stocks and shares outside the Stock Bxchange, but who was not a member of that in stitution, as erroneously stated in the Times this morning, has absconded, and a warrant has been issued for his apprehension, for forging a power of attorney for 5501. Consols. Besides this, he has obtained an advance for 2,0001. on 400 forged Peel River Shares. The members of the Stock Exchange are much annoyed at it having been stated that the party who had com mitted this fraud was a member of the " House." Much surprise has been occasioned in the City at the Bank of England authorities having raised the r►te for advances on Consols to 6i per cent. This is considered to indicate that the money market is not in such a favourable condition as many sup posed. There is now an active demand for accom modation, and 5i per cent. is charged for the nego tiation of the best bills. Tho Bank of France Return is generally consi dered favourable. At the commencement of business this morning the Funds were heavy, and the dealings limited. Since then a slight decline has occurred owin g to the announcement made at the Bank. Consols for money have declined from 93Z. 94k to 93:1 for money, and from 94i to 94f, sellers, for the account. The New Three per Cents, were 94i and the Reduced 94} I. Bank Stock is 216 to 218. Exchequer Bills are ls. to 4s. premium. The Bonds are 98i 99. The Foreign Stock Market exhibits a very in active appearance, and prices have shown a down ward tendency, which has been still further in creased by the announcement of the advance of lihe rate of interest on loans on stock by the Bank of England, Russian 41 per Cents. are quoted 90 to s6k, Turkish 6 per Cents. 951 and the A per Cents. Guaranteed 1031. Dutch 2/ per Cents. 644 641, and the 4 per Cent. Certificates Fa f• rho following are the nominal prices of Foreign Stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 6 7 ; Mexi can, 211 i; Peruvian, 771 81 ; 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., 40 41 ; ditto Deferred, P3l 44 ; ditto Certificates, 51 6 ; ditto Passive, 114 6. Messrs. D. Bell, Son, and Co. state that the market for American Securities continues active. 'During the past week there have been some con leiderable purchases of State stocks for investment ; and in railway bonds also there has been more business. Redeemable. Per Cent. !United States 6 per Cents. 1867-1868...103 105 United States 6 per Cent. Bonds 1868...103 105 STATE SECURITIES. Alabama 5 per Cent Maryland 5 per Cent. (Sterling Bonds) Massachusetts 5 per Cent. (Sterl. Bonds) Mississippi 6 per Cent. Pl. Bk Bonds lB4l-1871... 43 45 Mississippi 5 per Cent. Union Bk Bonds 16 18 Pennsylvania 5 per Cent. Stock Pennsylvania 5 per Cent. Bonds 1877... 81 83 Tennessee 6 per Cent. Bonds Virginia 6 per Cent. Bonds 1886... 83 84 Virginia 5 per Cent. (Sterling Bonds) 1888... 82 84 LOANS OF CITIES. Montreal 6 per Cent. Bonds 1856-1865... 82 84 New Orleans 6 per Cent. Stock 1883... 75 77 1 00 RAILROAD BONDS. 20 Illinois Central 7 per Cent. Ist Mortgage, 20 not Convertible 1875... 86 87 20i Illinois Central 6 per Cent 1875... 82 84 206 Illinois Central 7 per Cent. Freeland Bonds .. 1860...100 101 100 Illinois Central (Shares), $25 paid...., , 16i 17 i1 , 100 Michigan Central Bp. Cent., Convert 1860... too Do. do. do. ........ 1869... 94 95 New York Central 7p. Cent., Convert 1864... 91 93 20 New York Central 6 per Cent., not 20 Convertible 1883.., 80 82 20 20 New York and Erie 7 per Cent. 3d Mort gage 1883... 86i 87i 10 N. York and Erie 7p. Cent. Convertible 1862..., 79 81 10 N. York and Erie 7 per Cent. Sinking 20 Fund 1875.,.85 87 Panama 7 per Cent., let Mortgage (Ster ling Bonds), not convertible 1859... 90 Panama 7 per Cent., Ist Mortgage 1864... 90 92 10 Pennsylvania Central 6p. Cent.. Ist Mort 1880... 88 89 20 There has been a very dull market for Railway 1 E 0 ! shares, and in most of th e c hi e f li nes a decline of a to per cent, h as t a k en p l ace . E as t ern C oun ti es , 6 Midland, and Great Western are ss. lower ; Great Northe rn , L ancashire and Yorkshire, North 20 20 Western, and South Western 10s. each, and ! 0 0 Brighton 1/. I n the French, Dutch, and Belgian 10 lines quotatio ns are quite nominal, no business 20 having been transacted. Great Western of Canada 20 declined ss. 10 to Joint Stock Bank a n d M iscellaneous Shares are 1° also at slightly reduced values. 20 ... 78 80 ... 89 91 -100 101 BRITISH FUNDS.—CLOSING PRICES —THIS DAY. (From the Official List.) sank Stock 4 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 941 i 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities s 94 is}i 4 Now 3 per Cent. Annuities Loin Annuities, expire s tb Jan. 1860.• 2 15.16 Ditto 30 Tears, expire 10th Oet., 18 . 59 21 i Ditto 30 Years, expire sth Jan., 1860 2 9.16 x d Ditto 30 Years, expire sth April, 1885 lB 1-16 india Bonds, £lOOO Ditto, under £lOOO par Oesksois for Account ..... .. 94; } Sxchequer Bills, 2:d. £l000 t5OO 4 %all 4 5 p Ditto Bonds, 1858, 3i per Cont. ........•• Ditto, 1859 PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS—THIS DAY. Mexican 3 per Cent _ oil Ditto Account Russian Bonds, 17Q2, £ St., 5 per Cent — Ditto, 4 iper Cent. 961 i z d Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Ditto Account Il' l! ki th Bonds, 6 per cent 951 . y it to Account 9s.iiii Dit to .Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. Lo Account lO3l i t lit . ct E lNAdenda on the ab ove p aya b le i n L on a ° Ditlo 4xchanges 2 per Cent., 12 Guilders 64i x Per Cent - Certificat es . . 97i 1 8 e"TN(A. THREE O'CLOCK. Ditto ' — ' ° neY Itecnunt (Februaty 5)... 94e i EIT1IN" - M SIV E , sAT , s, m.p - ,OIEERY of PLATE AT COLONEL LIND h Yesterda • throng out t e div , y information was circulated a daring and he of the metropolitan police, of dence of Colonel •de robbery of plate from the resi street, Grosvenor-sq ua ti r d e sa Y' M.P., 47, Upper Brook- ELECTION Or STORict. Ittrm FOR ST. PANCRAS WORK MOUSE.---Yesterday, at ityanh,ethmeeting of St. Pancras Vestry, Mr. Richard lebone Workhouse was electecl e late master of St. Mary- St.Th, to the etorekeepership of Pancras Workhouse. it. it numbers were, at the close of the ballot—Mr. 24 ; Mr. Clothier, 23 ; Mr. J. Arcber, 8 ; Mr. J. ;.1)1 RinosENTATioN Or BANDON. Jackson, 1. Cork Reporter understands that Mr. Francis Tho Cauonbury-park, London, has b een T o r cit Mackreth, of d to become a candidate for the representation of this borough Mackreth was one of the late direct ors of theCor . k M an r ci Bandon Railway. SHARE MARKETS—(Thig Day) 1-t-k s IV aAfLWAre. Cloqing PM , a this /ay. Business done this day 94 Ambg. Nottng. Boetl And East°. Jun.d... ail Belfast & Ballymsn, a'" filrrning. Wolvorb Stour Valley__ ali Birkeand. LamosL. ; Cheshire Juliet._ Do. Chesil. & Birk. all .)n., d 0......,,.... ... all Blackburn all rtlyt~ &Tyne or.gite £25 (issd. at 100 Bristol and Eget° , .. 100 Caledonian.. 100 Chester & Holyhead all Cork and Bandon. all Cork, Black, & Pas` all Cornwall all Do. A 8 Do. B 45 Dublin&Belfastjunc all Dan. P. & Abor. Jac. 100 East Anglian all Eastern Counties 100 East. 'Nen, A St, 10' Be., B. Stock., Do., Now A 17 East Kent 100 East Lancashire ..... all East Suffolk 4 Do. 100 Edinburgh & Glasge all Edinb. and Peebles laooolol B (Furness Portsdi n. P &r th ClydeekDde u j n un. 1 1100 Glasgow &S. Westrn all Great, N. of Scotlnd. 100 Groat Northern ._ 100 f Do., A. 5t0ck...... 100 Do., B. Stock 130 Gt. Sth. &West.(lre ) 100 iGreat Western 100 j Do. Stour Val. Rai Chia. Stk all Irish South-Eastern all Lancaster & Carlisle 14 1 Do., Thir4s . 12 Do. New Thirds 100 Lancash. andYorksl: Do., Wet. Riding LTn. all Do. Southl ort all London & Blackwan 100 Lond. Bright & S.Cet 100 Lond. and N. Weetn 16 Do. Fifths 15i D0.101.5h.,M&8...( 2. Do. Eighths 100 London anda, Westn. all Undndrry&Coleraini all lindndrry.& Ennisk 1.00 4ancb.Bhef.& Limb. 1 Metropolitan...., 1 Do. J. L. Ricardo's arrangement .00 lifidlana 'OO )o. liirmng. &Derl all Aidld.G.West.(lre all )o. Half Shares all i'ewcastle & Carlisl all Ywpt.Aberg. I Si '.issiiry &Euniskill all lewry, Warrenpoini and Rostrevor.... 100 iorfolk 36 'lorthn.Countieelh 100 North British 1.00 with Devon Rail Dock Stock 100 A Stock 100 )0., B Stock •00 I.lastern—Borwi k • 23 )e. do. Extension "fur& all Do. Leed5........ .. .00 .)o. York 100 'forth London kS.Wstrn., Elam stead, and City Jn. :76 `forth Staffordshir.. eJ '4orth Western all . 1. &S. Westrn. Jun ix., Wore.. & Wol , 14 i•rtsmouth 9 Rhymney .- 1. 0 L... ottish Central 101 Scot N E.Abrdn St. )O Do. Scot. Mid. St 10 4 ~.,,pshire, 2 SitinabournekSheer. al 'oath Devon 1 South Eastern 100 , outh Wales If 4. Yrksh. & Riv. Da 4i - 3 8i 9 19 3 / 4 20 18;s: 131 93 - 94 62 621 37i • 38. • •• ".". .. 0} - 18i 196 91 38 40 25 - 27 I - 5 93 - 95 .. ..- 53i -5: 35 -- 36 94 - 96 7 - 8 92 - 93 77 - 79 !20 125 .11 113 67 68 6$ - 72 5 6 5 6 97 • 97 6i - 7i 110 112 10;i 1061 21 - 21. 101 -10 i - 4 , 109 - 1074 823 - 83 51 - 55 % ~~ 133 - 14 51 - 53 3i - Sii 394 40 84; - 85. 4i -- 3i. 3 - 21 gF -18 i 60i .61A 97 100 1 - 8 10 - 11 254 - 29 06 103 26 - 27 71 73 49 t 0 1i 17i ... 184 74 75 543 85, 5 3d 3 - 2 14 16 38 40 )0 all Va;neg,Wok ItWo Stockton do Darilng 12! Do., do., 1854 3' Do., do., 1855 16i itoakten k Hartlep UN "aff Vale.. . - ... 14 , o. Pref., No. 1.... )2 rhamos Play. D.& R all Vale of Neath all Xaterfd. & Kilkonn all WaterfordaLimorp• all West Cornwall all •Vest End of Londo and Crystal Palace all Do. A ....... ....... all Do. B all West London all Do. Fiist Class all Do. Second Class... all Whnllle,l*,freirov,l,,, rliE SUN, ht RAlLiskYll. .0 f:4l • -oce.7an6. London & N. West. L. &N . W. Caledon... E, U. izE.O Qt.Nrt n. E. Count. Goldoni/kn.' Closing Priem this lay. Do at. Woe ;Ai Yk. Now. & Borw. Y. &N Do Do 18. Easterr iDo Pato Co & ,Do Norfolk Do LAN.W k Midld. Stckton Darlingt. Midland-1 En. Coun. F.. Count. D 0......... D 0......... 91 -• 91 98 - 102 11 - 13 133 - 138 4 4i Do 116 = in ••• - ••• 12i -13 224 - 234 112 - 114 I i 1 2i - 21 - 93 at North o Lancash ti Yorksh. T. Brassey M. MCloftn 1 IStockt. & ! Dar lingt Do (ItWeatn r 1 D 6 - 58 132 : lai 8j - 8 33 - - A e • - 9 2 PREFERENCE SHARES . Myth andTyue 'Opel C. pref. (issd. at 501 Brie. k Ex. 4 p. c. St . Do. 4 p. c. Shares ... Caledn. £lO 4i p.c. Ches.& fro. On. 51 1,1 Do. do. Pref. 6 per e. Cork & Bandonstp.e. Dua.Prth Aber.J. E. Anglian Cls. A SA Do. do. Cls. B 6 p. Do. do Cls. C 7 p. c Ens. Co.Ex, 6pcNo Do. No. 2 . Do. New 6 p. 0. St East LID., G. 6 P. c Do. 61. 10 per cent. Do. 14. Debentr.Sli. Do. do. 4 per cent. East Lancash. 6 p. ct E.s z w. York. J. sth. Edin. & Gl. 5 p.c. sh Ed. Prth. teDnn.4 p.c Furness, 5 p. 5.... Glas. & S. W. G. 5 p.c Great Northn. 6 p. c Do. 5 p. 6. Redeem at 10 p. c. prem. Do. 4 t p. c D 0.6 p. c., Red. at f P. C. PM... . ..... Gt.N. of Scot. 1 st Pr. Gt. S. &W. (Ireland Do. 4per c. Pref. S Gt. W.(B. tn. Exspc Do. con. red. 4. p.c. DO. con. red. 4 p. c Do. irred,, 4p, c. Do. 5 p. c. red. prof Do. Birm. Pref. Sh Do. Chester 8 p.c.C.' Do. do. 5 p. c. do. Do. Birm. Gna. Stk Do. Ches. Qua. Sh.. Do. do. do Do. do. de. Lan. &York. F. £2 Do. 6 p. c. Stock Lon. & B. G. 5 pc. No.l Do. P., Spe. St.No.2 De. New Guar.6 P. Do. do. 5 p. c.,N0.4 lion. &N. W., Coy. & Nuneaton 5 p. 0t... Lan. & S.W. 7 per ct ii 2 160 4; - 5 6 •- AA 94 - 98 108 - 112 4 61) I - it , t 2 -- 126 • •• • • 000 '.... ••• .... . a •• ... .•• -"" TGF, - 7G. 117 - 119 100 - 111 101 -- 103 62 - 64 9 - 10, .« """" 6 - 6 95 - 97 85 - 87 99 • 101 - 101 16i - 17 , 10 - 10 73 - 75 . 191 - 20 1 i - 104 - 151 139 .. - .. 139 - 142 118 - 120 late 3d Shares L mdy. St Color. Sh Londy. & Ennis. Sh tef.,S.,& L. 6 p. Cent. Do. do. do. £6 ... Do. do. 3i per cent. Aarypt .& Carl. 4 p o Do. 4 per cent Do. do. Aid. Consol.6 p.c St Do. Con.Br.Nr. 6pc Do. 4i p. c. Pref. t Ditto L. & H. Pref. St New., Aber., &c., pr. 5 p. e. rod. 5 p.c. pm. Do. Perpet. 6 p ct. with optn. till '66 Norfk. Deb, 4 p.c. sh Do. Prof. 5 p.c. St c Do. 5 pc. Ext.,1846, Do. 5i per c. pf ,18471 Do. Wv. 3 7.5pc.,1847 North British Do 71. Proforma* ... N. E. Perw, 4 p.a. Do. do. do Do Leeds 6 p.m -.N0.1 Do. do. Qr5.,1848... Do.Yorkll.& N. Pnr. North Staffordshire.. Ox, Wo, &W., R pc... Do. 6 p.c. Redeem. Scot. Cent. ,New Pref A.bor.g 6 pe 'Do. d0.,7 p• c. pf. it. D0.d0., 3! p.c. pf. st Sonth Devon Do. fixed, 4i per cent S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. Do. 4i per cent Do. Fixed 4i p c sh S Wales Clna. 4p. o Do. do. 4i p. 0.... S.Yorksh.4p.c.Onar. Stook.& Dar., 5 p. c. Do. do. do Stock. & 11 artl. g. 5 p. c. till Jnly 1, '56 'Waterfd.& Kilk.6pc 3 31 1157 - 159 ••• ..""'. ••• a.. .... ••• / 1 6 3 - 70 • •• ".. L 37 - 139 98 - 100 89 - 91 1 - li 02 -104 sa -- F 5 - as IT Loi - 109 114 - 116 106 - 110 16; - 17 23 - 24 102 - 105 10i -10 i • •• .. ... 274 -28 i 2 =P LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. COLO. 19 - 20} fi - 8 2 - 4 6 - 5i ... - ... 7 9 lAL. 1 - li ... ... ... - ih = ii 112 - 114 2i 2jp 21i - 22 52 - Si 82 - 84 214 — 22 k 14 241 25 2a 2 1 4 1 99 100 118 123 118 123 108 110 20 20 22e —22 i #r - lir 2i 2ip :GN. 1! 11 1 2 p p 5 5i par 9 10 2 1 par p 4i Ia 41 5k ••• '''. ••• 5 i - 3g —lO 8 - 19 -19 i 37A - 38 Si - 9 541 - s:i 52 -- 54 *- i P 1$ - 20 1 - lz Si 9 - 91 pm 41 - 4i ,4 - 10 33A -34 i 3 - BANK M. 97 .... 99 id pa 61 63 - . 1 69 71 184 19 18i 19 18 - 18. ... - .., ... - . - ••• ... "'" - ••• .." . 38 21 0 • • 35 -- 37 65 - 67 7 - 9 10 8 dl 6 ;;; 4d. 9 •io in Dety . ilarocte, ....., Cen. India, g. 5 p. el all Do. 108. Ceylon A shares 1 Do. B. do all Pemerara 2s. ?astern Bengal ... all Cast Indian A and B, g. 5 p. 5 Do. Ex. C, gu. sp. c all Do. do. D, gu. sp, c. all D 0.4 j p.c.Bnds.,'s7 all t 10. do. do., '59, du ‘ll Geelong k Melbourne guar. 5 per cent 100 Id. Trunk of Canada all Do. Cert. of Deben. con. into Stk, al t Do. Comp. 6p. c., do. all Gt. In. Pen. g, Gp. c. 2 Do New, guar. sp. c all qt. Western of Canada 8 Do. New 4. , 3 Do. Ms., payable '57 all Do. do., '76, p. '6O all Do. do., '73 de. all Do. do., '73, without option all Niadras, guar. 41 p.c . all Do. do., sp. c. 10 Do. 4i p. c. Exten 5 Do. 3d Ex., g. sp. 5 iciude, guar. sp. c. all D 0.,. 18 St. Andrew's and Quebec (A) all %ntworodtßott rcb m 10 :Ardennes all Belgian Divan. June 16 Reaiers Oraissess , c 10! Buff & Lk. Hur. Ry. all Carmeaux & Toulouse Coal Mines and Ry 12 r )utch Rhenish all Eastern of France all ') o, New 4 25. Euphrates Valley 10s. Eur. In.J n.Tel. Rail 18 !it. Ceutral of Fran, e 16 'Treat. Luxembourg._ 4 Italian Junction all Lake Conat. & Basle all Liorre and Turnhout 6 Lombardo Venetian. all Lucca di Pist. sp. c.p. 15 Lyons and Geneva all Lyons at Moditerran. all Maria Antonia a ll Do. do. New all NT amnr A Liege all Do. do., Ep. c. Prof all Northern f France. all NorwegianTrnnkPre• all Paris and Lyons all Paris and Orleans , 5 Recife & San. Fran , (Pernam.) g. 7 p. c 7 Rome and Frascati all Royal Danish ...... all Royal Swedish all Sambre and /1101180., all Do. 5i p. cont. Pref all lonthern of France 'Vest Flanders all Do. 6A per c. Prof_ all W. &N. W. of France 6 Western of Austria._ all ‘Vest. of Switzerland all Wiesbaden .. all Do. 8 per cent.Prcf. all Zealand . ..... JOINT-wrf all stralaxta 184 Bank of Egypt ***** 50 Bank of London .11 Bri. Col. likda n c al Britiiih N. Am or icto; 5 ch ar t& Bank of Axle 6 Clutd. Bnk. of Indla, i Anstra; la, & China 50 City Gf Colonial ?i) Comnorelal of Lond rng.Scot.V.r.s.Cht all loud. Chart. Bk of Auatralis ............. all Ditto New ••••••••••••• zu Lonlon r.. n3 County.. 50 I,nd.&E.Dnkg.Corp. 10 London Joint Stock.. 20 Lond. & Wostaniustet 3:- National Pro.cf Kng 10 Do. Now 2`.1 National Bank ...... all New South Wales—. all Orients.' tk. Corp... 15 Ottoman Bank za rrovincial of Iniano all Do. Now 1 R Atm 11 &Go Im (!e all ITnic.a of Australia, 21 Do. Mow 10 50 Unity Mutual 15Q Woatern B 1 of Loud It. 1100 t a :5 tall 100 5 all It. 1100 ft. 1100 all 0 all [1 all tO all St. 100 LO 3i it. 100 3t. WO 5 all ball 100 I 54 is all 5 all .26 all L.)O !f; !80, .9 all .2 10i 0 all r, *ll ~, ,100 '6 1 all 20 20 1.76 20 lW 100 100 10 20 93 62; a I.oi 9 # I 94i 5 41 92i 3 2i i 9 7i i i 111 1061 ? 6} 10$ li 107} i 821 I sl 513 2 i 8 i 61 601 It. 100 5 Rll 10 4 it. 100 It. 100 It. DP; It. 100 It. 100 J' &11 It. 1100 :0 16 It. 100 It 100 It. 100 It. 100 , 3 all 10 all 0 all Bt 100 Ei all all L 6 6 it. 100 It. ,100 4.1.00 R.llOO It. jlOO It. 1.1:)o PI 741 85 f 10 all It. 100 It. 100 n. ,100 It. 100 It. 1100 it. 100 it. 100 Si all St. 100 5 all , St. 1 100 Z 5 I all LO all 0.6, all It. 1100 10 i all It. 400 Bt. 'lOO 20 &11 25 all 6 I all 104 all 'Anglo Californian . 20 7 Australian - 14 1 all Baden (Gd•Dnchy of) - 60 all Blasnar. Iron & Coa 20 14 British Iron 74 35 264 Brs.zilianlmp.(iesued at £5 pm.) - 30 all Do. Comes& Cuiab , 3i - 31 20 15 Do. St. John Deißoy 15 - 17 164 1 4 Clarendon Cons. Min Co. of Jamaica p ip 1 40 I all Cohn) Copper , _ 56 - 58 5 1 Colonial Gold - St. all Copper Min. of Eng 30 - 35 $5 all Do. Pref. 74 p. oent 25 - 27 ... le Copiapo l3 - 15 2 all Fortuna - id 20 all General .• 1 i all Gt.NuggetVeinßeg - 41 all Groat Polgooth. I - 4 5 all Gt Wheal Vor Unite , i 54 - 1 l all Liberty 3 all Dimes Bl - 81 5 14 Lusitanian ld - p 1 all Hariquita. - 1 all Now Granada - 1 all Nouveau Monde - 1) all Pontgi•Sil. tz Le• Min. $ - 10 5 1 Port Philip 1 all Quarts Rock ••• 60 all Rhymney Iron. 23 - 25 15 all Do. New " 7 - 9 30 15i Santiago de Cuba 2l - 2i 24 6a. Sort. Cons. Min. Co. 14 - 11 1 all South Australian.. - 1 all Do. Scrip. 1 all Do. 10 per cent Prof ... 4i Tarn. S. &L. Min. Co. 1 - 1 10 9 Fin Croft 3f - 41 284 an kinitc,d Mexican 34 - 4 1 all Waller 1 all West Mariposa - I 1 12a. Worthing Mining of Australia MFACELLANROUP. 25 19 , %ustrAtan Agricao. ... ... 10 il kuP,.sraln. Royal Mail .. .. 10 all I `4rtin Water Works 44 51 50 40 Brit. American Land 40 - 45 100 3i{ , Canada 133 - 138 St. ,}0 fl Go.6p.c.JanSzinly 110 110 1104 ilO St, 100 Do. 6 p.c. Feb & Aug .. ... Fit. WO Do. 6p c. Mar & Sept ... . 5 ,d 1 Crystal Palace 2} '-• 2} 24 5 all Do. Preference 54 - 54 5 1 4 a,l crystal Pal. of France .. 1 Duston Iron Ore -. 20 15: 1 2 Eastern Steam - St. 100 vllectric Telegraph 9O t$ 90i 210 1 all gloctrio Teleg. of Ir. 5 al) En.&Aus Cop Sm Co 16 14 25 all Gen. Ir Sc Col (lim.) ... ... 15 14 Oen. Stoats Navigat. 11 all General Screw Steam 61 .-- 64 20 5 London Discount ... 4d p 4 all Lond. Gun. Omnibus 3/ 34 Si 20 10 Magdalena St. Navi !s ... ... 10 tll Aeditoran. Elec. Tel. ~. • - ... JO all ktexicankS. Americo. 34 - : 4 25 5 Nat. Discount Co. ... i - lip 25 1 Do. New ••• 10 5 Nctlerlauds Land.... 1 16 10 all Do. 250i0 2 1 1 4 18 1 : 7 1 )1 6 . Do. 5 3 Do. 8p c P ins at 1 d 4 ip 5 1 Do. Do ..... p 4P 100 SO New 13. &N. S. 'Land ... $ . •• • ... N.S.W. Gov. sp.c.D. ... 1 ... N N. rt 13 11. . 0 1 E nst ur r o a p la e s s i te ml ;m , 0 1 1- 1 d 4 1 all oriental Gas 1 'Dce. Do. R ‘ N ' r N . O w e L w . d . .. , k .. M e . i . n . Sharpe" r . l: l2: ii pm all 2:3 i , 1 2:4 4 : 100 651(1, P a e o n y i a n i su l l i a a i i ita s O taa ri T e u ntal 66 67 ...,_ 6 6 : 671 1 I Scot. Austral, Invat. 1 1 all Ditto 'cow . i - tii 1 :..5 till South A.ustral.L.4.n (1 36 * 3 31 1 al: Solomar. Tel. scrip.. a . 1 •kk D-). ileointered.. 3 1 20 5 , trastei I r - ;":: 4 1 ... I t, , 84 Van Diemen's Land . 6 , j'a i . ... k „ v.o).tip.k3.JsaarJui / ... .... .. LAW INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.) COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Evans.) IN RE IL BIIOWN, M.P. -THE ROYAL BRITISH BANK. DISPUTED ADJUDICATION. To-day, at half•past 12, was appointed for hearing argu ments disputing the adjudication in Bankruptcy in this case ; but owing to the absence of some of the parties interested, the proceedings did not commence till nearly one o'clock. Mr. Browne, instructed by Messrs. Linklater, appeared for the assignees of the Royal British Bank, the petitioners in the case ; and Mr. Roxburgh for Mr. Brown. Mr. Browne said that be was afraid that he should not be able to establish the petitioning creditors' debt to-day, as some of the witnesses were out of the way ; therefore he proposed to go on with the other part of the case. Mr. Roxburgh objected, and said that the exist step was to prove the petitioning creditor's debt. His Honour said Mr. Browne must prove his case. His Honour did not understand it. They were confusing it at the beginning. In answer to questions by his Honour, Mr. Linklater said that they had got the bank books and the pass book, and a clerk of the bank was present. His Honour— Then call him. . Mr. Linklater said the witness could prove payment of some of the cheques. It was alleged that Mr. Browne owed the Bank 70,000/., but it had been denied that he owed a shilling. Mr. F. Wy att, clerk in the Bank, was then called. The adjudication was proceeded with, and the bankruptcy was ultimately annulled. EINARTE INCE-PROCEEDINGS IN CHANCERY AGAINS7 MARKET NEWS.--t iris Lay) CORN EXCHANGE. Since Monday, as well as fresh up to-day, the arrivals of English wheat have been on a very limited scale, and the show of samples of both red and white was small. The attendance of buyers was limited, and the business done in home-grown wheat was trifling, at . Monday's prices. Over 10,000 quarters of foreign wheat have corns to hand. American qualities were very dull at the late de cline. Other foreign wheats were unaltered in value. Fine malting barley sold readily, at fully Monday's im provement in the quotations, and other kinds were steady. Malt realised former terms, with a fair demand. The show of oats was only moderate, yet the oat trade was inactive, on former terms. Beans, peas, and flour realised full prices. ARRIVALS THIS Wa sa. Wheat. Barley. Malt. 880 520 3090 Foreign 1 I 10,830 2,740 I linglish .. Irish •• 0 as. F mgr 810 I 2,510 „ 107(ska " 0 "' 5980 brls': METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. To-day's market was scantily supplied with beasts,- in very middling condition. Most breeds moved off slowly, at Monday's currency. Although the supply of sheep was limited the mutton trade was heavy, and late rates were barely supported. Very few calves were on offer, and the veal trade ruled brisk, at an improvement in value of quite . 1d per 81bs. Pigs were dull, but not cheaper. In mileh cows scarcely any sales were effected. Per 81bs to sink the offal'. v. 4. a. d. s. 4. Interior Beasts.... 3 Ito 3 10 PrimeSouthdown 5 0 5 2 Second quality.... 4 0 4 4 huge crse. calves 4 2 5 0 Prime large oxen 4 1 4 i Primo small d 0... 5 2 5 g Prime Scots, dm. 410 5 2 Large hogs 3lO 4 6 Inferior Sheep ...3 10 4 2 Small porkers 4 8 5 2 Second quality ...4 4 4 8 Suckling calves.. 23 0 30 0 Prime crse. -wiled. 4 8 4 10, Quarter old pigs. 22 0 28 1 , TOTAL SUPPLY. IPOZEIGN SUPPLY. Beasts ..••••...... ..... . 1.220 gheep . ...... ........... 1,200 Sheep ......... Calves 210 iCalves..•••• Pigs .••••••••••••••••••• 230 ( LEADENHALL. ,nactive, as follows : the carcase. is. d. 8. 4 IMntton, Inferior 3 0 3 10 Do., middling 4 0 4 4 Do., prime 4 0 4 8 Veal 3 10 5 0 Pork, small 4 8 5 4 1131 54 3} 821 - )2i 2 5i 24f 53i 41 69i 70 24 Ist I 19 38 13i 1 l3 eSi 6 ,•• - " LONDON, FRIDA 9- v EVEN I. Balms thi► d►y THE ♦SJIENEES. This was a petition by a creditor who olaimed when on the bankrupt's books, but it was withdrawn on a bill in Chancery having been filed against the assignees instead. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.) THAMES. EXTENSIVE ROBBERY oN BOARD SUM— Samuel Lowe, a sailor boy, was brought before Mr. Yardley, charged with stealing two 51. Bank of England notes, 8 sovereigns, a half sovereign, and 6s. or Es, in silver. Mr. Lawrenoe Henderson, master of the British barque, "Twenty-ninth of May," lying at Limehouse, said the boy was apprenticed to the owner of the vessel at Newcastle. On the morning of New Year's Day the prisoner, who was cabin boy, was missing. The ship was then lying in the river off Limehouse. At the same time he missed the ship's boat, and a purse from his cheat. The purse contained two 51. notes, 8 Bove reigns, a half sovereign, and is. or Ba. in silver. He saw no more of the prisoner until last night when he was in custody at the Thames police-station. The prisoner pleaded guilty, and Mr. Yardley sen• tenced him to be imprisoned for six months, with hard labour. W RECK OF THE BARQUE BOADICEA OF SHIELDS, WITH LOSS OF NINE LIVES. GUERNSEY, JAN. 6. Soon after daybreak yesterday morning some persons perceived what they believed to be a wreck on the Totnez Rocks, to the north-eastward of the islet of Herm, between three or four miles to the east of the harbour of St. Peter Port, but as it was then blowing a gale from the northeast, no boats ven tured to proceed to the spot. About 9 o'clock, how ever, the brig Diolinda of Poole came into the roads, and, as it after wards appeared, reported to some vessel which was also lying there that she had seen the wreck, and perceived several men on her deck. Unfortunately, however, this intelligence was not promulgated till about 11 o'clock, when it reached the commander of her Majesty's revenue cutter Eagle, which was then lying in the roads, and also Capt. Scott, of the steam-tug Watt, both of whom prepared to go to the rescue. The Eagle got under weigh soon after 11, and the Watt, as soon as her steam was up, started about 12 o'clock. The two vessels reached the wreck nearly at the wise time, after a run of about half an hour. Almost at the same time the cutter Blonde, be longing to J. Brache and Co., arrived at the spot from St. Sampson's, from where the wreck and the men on board had been perceived. Just before the Watt reached the wreck she picked up a man who was holding on to a spar. The Eagle and the Blonde each got out a boat, which approached the wreck as close as it was possible, and the latter suc ceeded in rescuing 2 of the crew, whom she transferred to the Watt, while the boat of the Eagle saved 3, and took them on board thatvessel. There still, however, remained two men visible on board the wreck, and the crews of two boats made every effort to get at them, but the timbers, spars, and rigging which were being furiously dashed about by the sea pre vented them from reaching the ship. A rope was thrown on to the wreck , and was caught by the captain, who passed it un d er his arias , but from th e ir being entangled in the rigging, or from ina bility to assist themselves, neither of the men could be moved, and the captain, after his first effort, dropped his head on his breast and apparently ex pired. The fate of the other could not be ascer tained, and the thre e vesse l s , after continuing their exertions as long as the safety of their crews and the state of the rescued men would permit, re turned to Guernsey. One of the shipwrecked craw, Edward Bradley, expired soon after he was received on board the Eagle, and another was apparently lifeless, but was recovered by skilful treatment in the hospital ; a third had the great toe of his immediate amputation so much crushed as to ren der amputation necessary, and the others were suffer ing from contusions and exhaustion. On being taken to the hospital the survivo rs were immedi ately attended by Dr. R o berts and Mr. Col. lenette, and through their skill and the com forts supplied in that estab lishment, they are all now doing well. The wrecked ship was the barque Boadicea, Captain T9dd, of N o rth Shields, of 415 tons, from Alexandria, for Antwerp, with a cargo of cotton seed and nuttron. She left Alexandria on the 9th of Novembe, i and at noon on Sunday, the 4th of January, was n lat. 49 25 N., long. 6 16, steering E. by N. At midnight a light, which proved to be the Caskets, but which was taken for the Seven Stones or Scilly Light, was seen on the starboard bow, the ship steering E. by N., with a strong breeze. She was then kept S. and by W. till three o'clock yesterday morning, when the word was given, " Breakers ahead !" on which she hauled on the larboard tack, and ran for about half an hour, when rocks and breakers were seen ahead. An attempt was made to wear, but the ship would not, and she struck on the rocks at 4 o'clock. The masts were then cut away about 5 o'clock, and torches lighted, which continued burning till th e ship broke up at about daylight. At about 10 o'clock, one of the crew, who was sick, was washed away, and five others were in like manner washed away at intervals, the re mainder holding on to the wreck until the arrival of the three vessels between 12 and 1 o'clock in the afternoon. Nine of the crew perished, viz.: John Todd, master ; Wm. Newman, Cardiff ; A. Kidd, Shetland; C. Campbell, North Shields; J. Wood, alias Rodgers, North Shields ; T. M'Donald, Bris tol ; I. Horster, a foreigner ; James Harris, boy, Bristol ; Edwd. Bradley, Bristol, died on board her Majesty's ship Eagle. The survivors, who are now in the hospital, are, Walter Matthews, chief mate; Ewd. Marsh, Thos. Smith, Jas. Warner, and John Wilcox. An inquest was held by the court this morning on the body of Edward Bradley, when several of the facts above detailed having been de • posed to a verdict was returned in conformity. The court, however, at the same time, expressed its opinion that there were two circumstances in con nexion with this catastrophe which demanded serious inquiry- I st, i Why the master of the Dio linda, who arrived n the roads at 9 o'clock, did not immediately communicate information of the wreck ; and, secondly, why the crew of the cutter Secret, who also knew of the event at 9 o'clock, did not go to the wreck. THE ACCIDENT To THE POINT or AIR LIFEBOAT, — LIVERPOOL, Jan. B.—At the weekly meeting of the Liverpool Dock Committee this afternoon a report relating to the accident of the Point of Ayr lifeboat and the loss of her crew was received from Lieutenant Parkes, the marine surveyor of the port, which, however, re vealed no new facts. In the course of the discussion Which followed it was stated by Mr. Charles Turner, the chairman, that the men preferred the boats of the Dock Committee to any other ; that on the occasion of the disaster the men had no lifebelts with them, they having an objection to their use on the supposition that they interfered with the action of the chest and arms ; that f ro men were picked men, having been paid extra wages from Hoylake ; that most of them had been' in the service of the Dock Committee from 18 to 30 years ; and that every time they went out to the assistance of a vessel they received 7s. 6d. each in addition to their wages. It was ultimately resolved, on the proposition of the chairman, that the sum of 5001. should be given towards the relief-fund, which now amounts to about 1,3001. In answer to Mr. Robertson Gladstone, the chairman stated that the boat, which was considered to be one of the best in the service, would be at Liverpool next week, when it could be examined. A G A ROTTING CA/E.—While General Tom Thumb was enjoying the pantomime at Drury lane on Monday night, seated in the manager's box, adjacent to the stage, he was forcibly and unceremoniously seized by one of the clowns, and, before he could recover his self-posses- Mon, found himself in front of the footlights in the centre of the stage. The audience were delighted with this unannounced novelty, as was manifested by im mense a pplause. The little general gracefully bowed himself out of his unexpected dilemma, and soon re sumed his former position in the manager's box. 1091 1.) 94 6 lt d 1071 JANUARY 9 i 857 NEWGA.TE AND The trade generally ruled i Per Blbs by s. d. s. d. Beef, Interior 3 2 3 6 Do., middling 3 8 4 0 Do. prime large 4 2 4 4 Do., do. small 4 6 4 8 Pork, large 3 8 4 6 BOROUGH HOP. The show of hops continues very moderate, and most de scriptions are in fair request, at full prices. Mid and East Kent pockets, 31 55 to 51 15s ; Weald of Kent, 31 5s to 4/ 148; Sussex, 31 Os to 31 18s. OSLONIAL. TEA.—The market has been rather quiet, but prices have ruled steady. Common congou brought llid. per lb. A very fair business has been done in the finer kinds at full rates. SIIGAR.—There is a good demand for fine grocery de scriptions for home consumption, but the quantity on offer is very small, and full prices are realised. Other kinds meet a rather dull sale at fully former rates. In the re fined market there has been an active demand, and a fur ther slight advance has been established. Brown lumps are 625. to 625. 6d., low to fine 635. to 615., and Titlers 665. per cwt. COFFEE.—FuII prices have been realised for all qualities, particularly for plantation, Ceylon, and mocha. Native has also been inquired for, at fully former values. Ricz.—There has been a very good demand for all the lower kinds, and previous rates have been fully maintained. Other qualities have been steady, but business has not been very active in the finer sorts. Rum.—The market rules very quietly, and prices are fully sustained. SrICES.—A very limited business has been transacted, and prices rule rather lower for mace, cinnamon, nutmegs, and ginger; pepper and pimento are at steady rates. SALTPETIE.—FuII prices are demanded by holders, but very little business has been transacted. TALLOW.—An active speculative business has been done, and prices have advanced about 9d to is per cwt., as com pared with the rates ruling this day week. P.Y.C. on the spot, 59s 3d to 59s 6d per cwt., and last three months de livery, 52s 6d to 53s per cwt. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This Day.) LONDON. Jan. 9.—Wind at noon S.W.—Light breeze and mild cloudy weather. RAKSGATE, Jan. B.—The Alfinsb Egbardina, from Dantzic, to Guernsey, has been assisted in leaky, having been on the Kentish Knock. Sailed—Globe, Cape of Good Hope. COWES, Jan. B.—Wind S. S. W. —Arrived —For tuna, Antwerp, from Havannah. PORTSMOUTH, Jan. 8. —Wind S.S.W. to W.S.W. Arrived—Mary Ann Wilson, Calcutta; Columbus, Deme rara ; H.M.S. Urgent, Malta. Sailed— Zurich, for Ne w York. PLYMOUTiI, Jan. B.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrived—Bourse d'Anvers, Havannah. MILFORD, Jan. 7.- Wind S.B.—Sailed—Albanie, Nova Scotia. SOUTHWORD, Jan. B—The Cheverill, of Whitby, sank last night near here ; crew saved. ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. 6—The roadstead of Revel is covered with ice as far as the island of Wulff. To-day there are 13 degrees of frost here. KoMOSBERG, Jan. 4.—The navigation is closed again. BREST, Jan. 6—The Francois (sc.s.), Nantes, from Car diff and the West Indies, put in here with machinery da maged, leaky, Sm. and will go into dock. LAURVIG, Jan:l.—The Concordia, Odens, from Lou den, was brought in here, on the 30th December. with cargo heated, and discharging. Weather mild. Naviga tion open. WATNEvonu, Jan. 7.—Wind B.E.—Arrived—Recipro city, from Monte. Video. CORK, Jan.. 7.—Wind S.S. W.—Arrived— Acadian, from St. John's, N.B. Hunts, Jan. B.—The Johanna Andre, from Carlscrons, to London, put in here yesterday, after being on the Dog gerbank—will discharge. (PER ELIOTRIc TELEGRAPH.) SOUTIWIPTON, rib*, 10 6.M. Wind S.W., drizzly rain. Sailed—Odessa, for Constantinople. LIVERPOOL, Friday Morning. Wind S.S.E Arrived—Water Sprite, from Alexandria ; Baccante, Calcutta ; Laguno, Monte Video ; Halton Maid, Messina; Britannia, Dantzic ; Anomina and Ticonderoga, Bilboa ; Ellen Rawson, Ichaboe. QIIMINSTOWN, Jan. 7. Wind fiI.S.W. Arrived—Princess Eleanor, from Demerara; Welcome, Rotterdam ; Maxwell, Marianopol. WATEETORD, Jan. 7. Wind S.E. Arrived—Reciprocity, from Monte 'Video. DusiaN, Jan. 8. Wind N.W. Arrived—John W. Lovitt, from St. John's. (BY ?SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND. Friday, 9.15 a.m. Wind S.W. ; tide three houri flood; fine. Arrived, Bth—Himalaya, from Mauritius; Humility, from Bremen. Arrived, 9th.—Maria Manuelle, from Cadix ; Jane and Mary, Terceira • Northieet, Canton; Clive, Antwerp. Sailed, 9th.—bheapaide, far Port Adelaide. DEAL, Friday, 10.10 a.m. Wind S.S.W., fresh. Passed.—Fruiterer, from St. Michael's, for Hull ; Oscar Vidal, from Moulmein ' • Baldera, bark, from the west ward; Blanch Moore, from Calcutta—all for London. Prospero, London, St. Michael's ; Ida, schooner, Terceira, London. Anchored—Ross, from London, for Bathurst ; Princess Royal, London, for Galata ; Ulvorstone, bark, Carthagena, for the North ; Westmorland, London, for Cardiff ; Lun dale, London, for Lisbon. The Lion, American ship, has been assisted off the beach at Bingsdown, and proceeded to Ramsgate, in tow, last night. SOLUTION OF QUARTZ. The Australian papers just received from Melbourne i report the discovery, by Count Dembinski, of a process by which quartz or silica is chemically dissolved, and all the gold, metallic oxides, and metals contained in it precipi tated. His method is the following :—One part of quartz in small pieces is, together with two-and-a-half or three parts of carbonate of soda, brought to a red heat and melted. Cast iron tubes are perhaps the best vessels is which this process can be done. Silicate of soda is now , formed, deliquescent in air, and perfectly soluble in cold water, the carbonic acid of tho soda be in g , of course, given off by the reaction. This silicate of soda is dissolved in water, in wooden vessels, and thus left for a few hours, during which time the gold and all other foreign sub stances contained in the quartz are precipitated. After the precipitate has been formed the solution of silicate of soda is, by means of a syphon, decanted into another wooden vessel, in which, by the inflation of carbonic acid, the soda is separated from the silicic acid, and regained as carbonate of soda. By decanting it again and evaporating the water it is made fit for another dissolving process. He obtains the carbonic acid, which is used for regenerating the soda, from the same fire which he makes use of in com bining the quartz and soda. This he does by employing th e well-known centrifug al air-pump, and follows up in all particulars the method of Melsens in the decomposing of saccharate of lime. By inflating carboni• acid into the solution of silicate of soda he separates the silicio acid from the soda. This latter remains in water, the silicic acid has been precipitated in the form of a transparent, nebulous, jelly-like substance, which cannot be separated from water by filtration. He now decauts the solution of carbonate of sode, which by means of evapnration, he obtains again as dry carbonate of soda. As such it can be made use of in further operations. MR. COST'S CLAIML—The following is an extract from the eighth edition of the Encyclopmdia Britannica, by Mr. William Fairbairn, F.R.S. :—lt would be a dif ficult task to enumerate all the services rendered by Mr. Cort to the iron industry of the country sufficiently to express our sympathies with the descendants and rela tives of a man to whose mechanical inventions we owe 50 much of our national greatness. It is perhaps not gene rally known that Mr. Henry Cort expended a fortune of upwards of 20,0001. in perfecting his i n ventions for puddling iron and rolling it into bars or plates, that he was robbed of the fruit of his discoveries by ' the villany of officials in a high department of Govern ment, and that he was ultimately left to starve by hen the apathy and selfishness of an ungr ateful countr ained that y. W these facts are known, and it has been ascert Mr. Henry Cort's inventions have conferred an amount of wealth upon the country equivalent to 600,000,0001. sterling, and have given main tenance and employment to 600,000 of the working population of the land for the last three er four generations, we are surely justified in referring to services of such vast importance, and in ad• vocating the principle that s ubstantial proofs of the nation's gratitude should be afforded to rescue from penury and want the descendants of such a benefactor." MK IV. 8R0WN,_31.1 3 ., AND THE LIVERPOOL FREE LIBRARY. LIVERPOOL, JAN. 8. At a meeting of the Town Council, held to-day, the regular business of the council was suspended, in order to take into consideration the report of a special com mittee, appointed on the Ist inst., to decide in what way a suitable compliment might be paid to Mr. W. Brown, M.P., as a memorial of his great munificence in propos ing to erect, at hid own cost, a building for the Liverpool Free Public Library and Museum. The following is a copy of the report : " The 'committee having considered the matters referred to them, report their opinion that, i❑ order to mark the sense entertained of the munificence of Wm. Brown, Esq., M.P., in the offer conveyed by his letter read at the coun cil on the let ins., a full-length portrait of Mr. Brown, by an artist of the highest eminence, should be placed in the building, and that a suitable inscription should be recorded on the frame ; and that, in addition, a marble statue of Mr. Brown should be executed and placed in one of the niches of St. George's Hall." Mr. J. R. JENIERY, the chairma❑ of the special com mittee, in moving the confirmation of the report, said he believed it to be the unanimous wish of the a puncil that the recognition should be commensurate with the muni ficence of Mr. Brown. It was with that desire that the committee proceeded to discharge the duties confided them, and hence the resolution now submitted for the sanction and approval of the council. The portrait was to be placed within the precincts of the building ; but it was thought that whatever was done in the precincts of the building would ry.t be a sufficiently high recognition of the well-known liberality and character of Mr. Brown; and that, therefore, a statue to his memory should be erected in a niche in what might be fairly called the people's hall in Liverpool. The motion was unanimously agreed to, and the special committee reappointed, in order to carry out the decision of the council. The cost of the building will be about 35,000/.—a princely offering on the part of Mr. Brown. The letter above referred to, as having been received by the Mayor from Mr. Brown, is as follows : " Richmond-bill, Liverpool, 31st Dec., 1856. "My dear Sir,—l have long been desirous that Liver pool should have a free public library and museum wor thy of the town, where the inhabitants, be their position in life what it may, can resort for intellectual im provement ; and as some of my relatives and friends expressed a wish that. I should build one, and present it to my fellow-townsmen, I am prepared to do so upon the site provided by the corporation. I have no wish to interfere with the resolution the council have already come to of leaving the plans in the hands of the corporation surveyor, Probably it will not be unreasonable for me to hope and expect that, in some way or other my name will be connected with it, to show that I have endeavoured to be useful in my generation, and possibly encourage others who have the means to con tribute to usefulpublic works : and that some of my family or executors may be continued on the managing committee. —Ever yours respectfully, " Wit. BROWN. " His Worship the Mayor of Liverpool." REP RES EN TAT lON OF GREENWICH. Last night, a crowded meeting of electors, convened for the purpose of hearing an address from Lieut.-Gen. Sir William Codrington, was held at the Literary In stitution, Woolwich. The chair was occupied by G. Hudson, Esq., and it was soon evident that the proceed. ings would not be of the mcst pacific description, as loud cries were heard of "The Ballot," " We must have the Ballot in Woolwich," &c. Gen. CODRINGTON, in a brief address, explained his political creed,—as a friend of Jewish emancipation, the conditional abolition of Church rates and the income tax the continuanca of the Maynooth grant, and his de termination to oppose the vote by ballot. In reply to questions the gallant candidate said he would nob vote for any extension of the suffrage, an announcement which was received with unanimous expressions of dis rant. He would continue flogging in the army, and would oppose the institution of electoral districts for the purpose of obtaining a more just representation of the people. As the questions asked were very nume roue, the chairman somewhat abruptly declared that the meeting was at an end, and a scene of tumult ensued which bases description, amidst which the gallant general and friends retired from the platform. Mr. Davey was then called to the chair ; and, in the course of a long address, Mr. Tuu'IELD proposed a resolution, to the effect—" That the meeting having heard the political principles of General Codrington, considers him unfit to represent suck a large and im portant constituency as that of Greenwich." The motion was seconded, andicarried by acclamation. Another resolution was then unanimously adopted, pledging the electors to vote for no candidate who was unfavourable to the ballot. This was the third meeting held during the present week by the gailant general in the various divisions of the borough, and at each resolutions have been adopted in favour of the ballot. RENEWED SEARCH FOR THE FRANKLIN EXPEDITION. Who is Dr. King ! He is the man who descended the Great Fish River in search of Sir John Ross in 1834; who prOposed to Lord Stanley (now Lord Derby)to reach the Polar Sea by Great Fish River, to act in concert with the Franklin expedition in 1845; who foretold the where abouts of the wreck of the Franklin expedition ; who implored the Colonial and Admiralty Boards, year after year, for several years, to let him descend a second time Great Fish River in search of the Franklin expe- dition, a second time to save human life on a great scale ; and who, now that he cannot save their lives, offers to bury the honoured remains of Oct remnant of the expedi tion, 40 in number, bleaching in the sun, at Great Fish River's mouth. Who is Dr. King! He is the wiry younger brother of Mr. William Francis King, of Sydney, New South Wales, whose feat of pedestrianism is thus recorded in Bell's Life in London some years back : " EXTRAORDINARY PEDESTRIAN FEAT.—Mr. William Francis King has just accomplished the unparalleled feat of walking one hundred and ninety-six miles in forty-six hours and a half, without resting far a minute through out that time. He had been preparing himself for the feat of performing 192 miles in 48 hours for the last few weeks, and on Tuesday night he walked down to the race course, and at 10 o'clock started, at a pace over 6 miles an hour, which he kept up until long after midnight, num. bars of people remaining on the course till two or three o'clock. A. tent was also thrown up underneath the grand stand, and a fire lit, at which tea and coffee were made, eqs boiled, and banded to King as he might require them. By ten o'clock the next morning, 12 hours having elapsed, he had walked 71 times round the course equal to about 66i miles, thus making an average for the first 12 hours of about 5e miles per hour. At this time, how ever, he walked much slower, being engaged in taking his breakfast eating from his tray, now again slung before him, and drinking from a cup supplied to him by s man who accompanied him round with the teapot. At ten o'clock he appeared slightly lame, and his feet seemed rather tender ; but he was full oelife and animation. At four o'clock on Wednesday afternoon, 18 hours having elapsed, he had walked rather more than 02 round., or about 86 miles, having thus walked only about 19 miles in six hours ; as the day had been excessively hot this was evidently good policy. At four he was looking quite fresh, and not tne slightest lameness or tenderness apparent. At ten o'clock on Wednesday evening, 24 hours, he had walked 112 rounds, or about 104 miles ; he had thus done only 18 miles in six hours, having been delayed doubtless by a heavy thun derstorm, which broke about half past six, and lasted for an hour, ac companied by violent wind and a smart shower. At ten the effects of his wetting appeared, his voice being hoarse, and sounding like that of a man in wardly exhausted ; but he was nearly as full of conver sation as ever, and to any suggestions of doubt he returned a confident answer that he should do the task with two hours to spare. At ten on Thursday morning, 36 hours, he had walked 1691 rounds, someihing more than 157 miles, having done 53 miles during the 12 hours since ten in the evening. During part of the night we were told he walked at nearly six miles an hour, making an occasional mile at the rate of seven miles. When we saw him at ten in the morning be appeared tolerably fresh, going along at a steady pace of about three miles an hour, his legs and feet not appearing tender, but he seemed to be somewhat stiff, we thought, about the thighs. It afterwards turned out he was suffering from a violent attack of a com plaint to which he is subject. The morning was highly favourable, a cold wind blowing, which lasted through the day, although accompanied with much dust in the streets. We did not visit the c mrse again until eight o'clock in the evening, when we found a consider able crowd there, as well as a band, several banners, and a number of 'anthems. King was still walking at a steady pace, moving as it were me chanically, and his voice quite hoarse. When we reached the course be had about two more rounds to do, and during the first of these he increased his pace to about three miles and a half per hour. The last round was a most extraordinary one. As h e p assed the stand the band_ joined in behind him, as well as the d ba l nr bearers and time keepers, the procession, indeeso,ou)edn er i t e g quite a triumphant one. The order of it u w t as • about six turbed, however, for King stepped i o making most of his admir ers run, miles an hour, the band dropping behind un til mati t , he w y he h n ad th t e o y c c e o a m se . playing, and run after thte menced again. King kep on . is course at a brisk pace, with several spurts, making nearly all run but himself. Ile completed the distance at half-past eight o'clock on Thursday evening, thus taking forty-six hours and a half iu walking 192 miles (206 times round the course), although the distance he actually walked must have been four or five miles further, allowing for many detours and short returns on his course made by him in the earlier part of the task. In one of his rounds made on Thursday he carried a child nearly round in his arms. A tremendous round of cheering, with waving of ban ners and hats, and firing of nuns, hailed him at the com pletion of the distance. During Thursday night he took very little rest, and yesterday morning appeared cheerful and active. The average speed for such a length of time—upwards of four miles an hour—was most extraordinary, hut to continue at this rate for forty-eight hours without resting a single minute, either to take refreshment or for any other purpose, was more wonderful still." VERY PARTIOULAR.—At the fortnightly meeting of the Gateshead Poor Law Guardians, held on Tuesday, a letter was read from the Poor Law Commissioners asking to be informed of the exact quantity of flour used to a pound of suet pudding. After discussion, it was re solved that on the next occasion they were made one of the dumplings should be sent to the Commissioners to judge for themselves, which was adonted amid loud eloghter. LITERATURE. The English of Shakespeare; illustrated in, a Philo. logical Commentary on his Julius Caesar. By George L. Craik, Professor of History and of English Literature in Queen's College, Belfast. London : Chapman and Hall. A noteworthy little volume, being to all appear ance an honest attempt to throw light on the subject, so to speak, with which it deals, rather than an offering to the vanity of the author. This may be questionable praise ; but it is more than we would venture to accord one-half of the legion of commentators and self•described expositors and improvers of the text of the great English Drama. tist, for never were works so besieged by literary gadflies as his. The thought of which tempts us to picture on our mental retina the look of im mortal scorn with which he would regard them and their labour; were he once more in the land of the living. " Buz ! buz ! then came each critic on his ass." What Professor Craik has attempted is in order, if not in the precedence of importance, first "to lay a foundation for the full and systematic treatment of an important department of the Eng lish of Shakespeare by an exposition of some prin ciples of prosody and peculiarities of Shakespeare's versification which have not hitherto met with suf ficient attention. Some will look on this—the Pro legomena—as the most valuable part of the book. Secondly, to give a correct exhibition of the text of " Julius Caesar," and such explanations of how what Shakespeare has written is to be read and con strued as to make it intelligible to the most ordi nary understanding. In his dealing with the text the author has made but few verbal "emendations" of his own, and of these we have noticed one or two we conceive questionable, the bulk being de rived from more or less valuable sources, promi nent among which is the text as given by Mr. Collier. The chief fault of the work is a redun dancy of explanations. What necessity, for instance, is there for explanation here— "I have a man's mind, but a woman's might !" Is there any mortal living who would not under stand this line at the first glance ? Hero and there we notice an error in the text suggested. where many will discover none, but little licence needing to be conceded to make the meaning intelligible. Is a whole, however, we are pleased with the book, and feel disposed to give it a more attentive consideration than as yet we have been enabled to do. Th• text given is as perfect, we fancy, as any ; and the numbering of the speeches is an innovation for which we must express our thanks—the labour of reference being greatly facilitated thereby. We hope to see a further effort by Professor Craik, in illustration of the English of Shakespeare, and that directed to a play presenting more difficulties than " Julius Caesar. He possesses both erudition, taste, and appreLension, and, what is seldomer met with, no overweening confidence in himself. Such a Shakespearean commentator cannot but com mand the respect and be entitled to the good wishes of the admirers of the immortal bard. Memoir on the Euphrates Valley Route to India. By. W. P. Andrew, F.R.G.S. Wm. H. Allen and Co., Leadenhall-street. The immense, not to say vital importance, to this country, to Turkey, and to the peace and pro gress of the world, of an established steam and telegraphic communication, via the Euphrates, between England and India, has induced Mr. An drew to come forward with the present work, which not only embraces what has already ap peared on the subject from his pen, but also a variety of new as well as more detailed informa tion. To say that he makes out a good case for the scheme with which his name is identified were but to repeat ourselves. A more appropriate form of expression would be to say no one can read the volume before us without being more or less im pressed with a conviction of its desirability. Grand as the scheme is in its aim, the reader has his mind speedily set at rest as to the feasibility of its exe cution—the great difficulty being the construction of but some eighty miles of railroad Crossing the Channel and availing himself of lines now existing, or in the course of construction on the continent, the passenger to India will find himself carried to a Mediterranean port, from whence a steamboat will convey him to Seleucia. Between this ancient port and Jeber Castle on the Euphrates interposes the tract of country along which the contemplated railway is to pass. From Ja'ber Castle to Basso rah, at the head of the Persian Gulf, and from thence to Kurrachee, the terminus of the Scincle Railway, nothing more than a service of light steam-boats will be required to make the re quired communication with India complete, leaving for the future, if advisable, the execution of a more perfect scheme. And all this space would be tra versed in 14 days. The main obstacle in the way of the scheme, wo repeat, being the construction of 80 miles of railroad, 40 of which must pass along a dead level, and the remainder through a by no means difficult country ! To which consideration and what would ensue from such communication, in a commercial point of view, must be added the agency of the electric telegraph, which would bring India nearer to the Home Government than were many parts of Great Britain a few years back. But we prefer the reader laying hands on Mr. Andrew's book, with its maps, &c., and mastering the splen did prospect spread before us, to be realised at so little cost, himself without our aid. The impres sion then will be the morevivid, andthe confidence felt in the merits of the scheme in every relation doubtless more implicit and unassailable. Otherwise it would have been both easy and pleasant to have dilated on the probable results of its accomplish ment, which we will only say are grand and imposing enough to warrant tenfold the expenditure re quired. We must mention, however, the check it would be the means of giving to the scarcely half concealed designs of Russia on our Indian posses sions, and also on Turkey in Asia. The Business Man's Note-book. 1857. Edited by James Hogg, jun., F.R.G,S. Edinburgh : James Hogg. An invaluable compendium of useful information, which should be in the possession of all business men, and may be referred to with advantage by every intelligent member of the community who feels interested (and who does not ?) in the welfare of his country and her dependencies. The . leading departments of the work will be found dealt with in 12 sections-1. Statistics of Trade and Commerce ; 2. Agriculture ; 3. The Fisheries ; 4. Mining In dustry ; 5. Transport and Means of Communica tion ; 6. Jolt-Stock Companies ; 7. Banking at Home and Abroad ; 8. The Revenue Taxes, Stocks, Shares, and Specie ; 9. The Commerce and Finance of Foreign Nations ; 10. Social, Vital, Political, and semi-Commercial Statistics ; 11. Comparative Table of British and Foreign Weights and Measures, Tables for aiding Calculation ; 12. Tariffs, British and Foreign—Trade Usance, &c. Besides which there is a variety of miscellaneous information, all that is given under the respective headings being the latest obtainable from the best sources, blue-books and official documents more particularly, which are put under ample and readily available contribution. In order more fully to carry out its design, the work this year issued is of larger dimensions than any of its predecessors, though the Diary has been omitted. It is still, however, a portable volume, and what it has gained in bulk may be set down as so much gained in value. A cloth case accomp anies it, containing a number of broad sheets, on which aro presented sta tistics of the British colonies, being a digest of a.very elaborate and valuable blue book ; 2, a map of the electric telegraph system of Europe, revised to September, 1856, .and for being enabled to present which the editor is indebted to the Electric Tele graph Company ; 3, a tabular and historical sum mary of the effect of treaties on the partition of Europe , together with a tabular view of the Indian t e rritories ; 4, a table of the w ar force and war expenditure of different nations, the balance sheet of the nations according to their states and popula tion, and statistics of the losses in killed and wounded sustain e d by th e a lli es during the late war with Russia, the a bstracts concerning the Bri tish army and nav y as commu nicated by the autho rities of the War Department, and the Admiralty. Altogether, it would be difficult to conceive a ' greater quantity and variety of useful information of a commercial and political nature, presented in ' a handier and more reliable manner, than in the volume and case before us. Munnxrt IN FEANCE.—A barbarous murder was com mitted in the night of Sunday, at Rebeis (Seine -et-Marne). A soldier of a cavalry regiment, named Gustave, belong ing to the village, had long been passionately in love with a young woman of the neighbouring village of Gourcelles, but she had repeatedly and peremp torily refused his addresses. Last week he learned that she was likely to be married to another man, and the idea of such an event maddened him. On pretext of visiting his parents he on Sunday obtained leave of absence, and went to the village. He there made inquiries about what the young woman was likely to do in the course of the day, and he learned that she was coming to a wedding ball in the vilwoman lage. The next morning the dead body of the young w as found lying in a solitary part o f the roadß between bais and Gourcelles ; she had been beaten to death by blows about the head from a hea v y stick. As the man alone bore animosity to the girl, it was not douhtbted thbe at he was the murderer ; and w hen he was soug he must for was found to have disappear ed. It appears that have laid wait for the girl with the deliberate intention of murdering her, and be was able to effect his purpose without difficulty, as she happened to be returning hem alone. The police and gendarmerie are making activ earches after the man. 10Si li 12 i