The Sun. — London, England, 1857-02-09 00:00:00

ONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. Advices from Liverpool state that the Cotton Market on Saturday closed with a quiet feeling, and prices of all descriptions were unchanged. The sales were estimated at 10,000 bales, 1,000 of which were taken for export and 4,000 on speculation. In the Railway Share Market there was an active business done, and prices were a shade higher. The applications for discounts in Lombard-street and at the Bank of England are rather less urgent, but the diminution of pressure is not sufficient to justify the statement that there is any improve- Meat. Very full rates are charged for discounts, the activity of the demand enabling the bill brokers and others to obtain the minimum quota tion for accommodation. The maintenance of 6 Per cent. as the official price is contracting trade, but fortunately the consumptive inquiry for most articles of ,produce and manufacture imparts anima tion to the various markets. In Leeds, Manchester, ch., the high prices of cotton and wool, combined with the dearness of money, prevent speculation ; but the letters generally mention that the contracts yet uncompleted give full employment to the ope rative classes, and keep the mills in work. The quantity of gold withdrawn from the Bank of England since Monday last was about 170,0001. as near as can be estimated. Although this amount is smaller than that despatched during the preced ing week, it is enough to show that the movement sn the precious metals is still very active and sufficient, unless counteracted by large arrivals from Australia to create a serious reduction in the aggregate stock of bullion in Threadneedle-street. The shipments of the precious metals last week were about 1 ,138,0001., and the receipts 844,0001. The Morning Light has now arrived, bringing 1 24,000 ounces, valued at 496,000/. ; the Heather dell is also announced, and we now learn that she has 325,8801. These remittances, therefore, will be very opportune, as they will not only yield 1 enough to effect purchases of silver, but may also 2 s tend to aug men t th e B an k' s bullion. The accounts 2 from the colony relative to the production of gold 7 , are very encouraging, and th e di ggers generally 1, appeared to be well employed. Commercial advices from Melbourne mention that there was an augmented inquiry for almost all 51 kin& of imported goods, and the more satisfactory 10 2 state of the w ea th er h ad i ncreased the trade with -21 the interior. No advance, however, had taken ~ 5 place in pri ces , b u t t h e merchants were in expects- ) tion of an early improvement. f St Notwithstanding the large specie arrival from s t i] Australia, the Fund s h ave not i mproved s , the inac tivity of bu s i ness preventing buoyancy. If, how- St, ever, no rise has resulted, there can be no doubt s B t t : t hat th e d ecline has been arrested. There is no move- st, tient in prices, and the absence of speculation or bona 255 e dealin g g i ves a dull appearance to the market. 20 some relief is felt in the disco un t market St ._ there is ve ry li ttle prospect of a revival of business; io but if prices were forced to a lower point the public Wou ld no d ou b t b e tempted to resume their pur- 20 e wes. Consols have been 924 to 93 for money, 10 and .. 934 for the account, th e quo t a ti ons b e i ng en- St. !rely free from variation. The New 3 per 10 Ye. nts. Were 93 4, the Reduced 93} f, the New St. 4 4 per Cents. 761 ; Exchequer Bills, par to 3 pm., St. st. and the Bonds 981. Fo er firreign st. r a Stocks are very dull, but on the whole 3° th mer. Turki s h 6 per Cents. are 931 4, S t. and the 4-per Cents. 100 i. Spanish Deferred have ' 4 T• P i B en to 24, and the Certificates to 61. Russian 4i 20° Per Cents. were 961, and Dutch 4 per Cents. 984. 20 The following are the nominal prices of Foreign 25 Stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 6f ; Mexi- 25 fin, 218 22 ; Peruvian, 77 79 ; ditto 3 per Cents., 64 56 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 43 5 ; Russian• st : 6 per Cents., 108 10 ; ditto 4i per Cents., 95 7; 25 Spanish 3 per Cents., 40 ; ditto New Deferred, 20 234 24 ; ditto Certificates, G' 20 ditto Passive, 52g nn 11 6. There has b een very zu 10 little business t ransac t e d i n the Railway Share Market, although in some few 5 Instances a slight improvement in prices can be j, glinted. Great W estern advanced ss. ; Lancashire 10 and Yorkshire„ ss. ; North-Eastern Berwick, ss. ; 20 atid South - PA-Rtern, ss. Bristol and Exeter rep. __ ,. 10 . Ceded 10s. ; South-Western, 10s. ; Grand Trunk of Canada declin e d a b ou t 10 s . ; an d Great Western of i 1 8 Canada, ss. The French line are at nominal Values. British and Forei gn Mi n i ng Sh ares have 18 201, been dealt in to a fair extent at about previous 100 quotations. • 100 Joint -Stock Bank Shares rule very inactive. 1.200 Londo n an d W estm i nster declined about les., and 12% Western of London, ss. 20 In Miscellaneous Shares very little business has 20 uSorted. Australian Royal Mail advanced 20 r o t Canada Government 6 per Cents, about 2 4 . IL ? and Electric Telegraph 15s. Peninsular and 20 Oriental Steam declined 10s. st. aRITISH FTNDS THIS DAY AT ONE . P'CLO(At• (From the Officull List.) 111 E Stock 14 217 16 per Cent. Reduced Animates 93h i New° t'ar Cent Consols Annuities 93 2,1 3 per Cent. Annuities 931 g 2 3 / 4 , Cent. Annuities 76i Lein Annuities, expire sth Jan. 1860... Ditt o 3o Ye a 8 . sth April, 1885 l 8 b ajaiBtock r , expire Ind ia Ronde .Cl000 n_ Di tto, under £lOOO 2 --vi s ell tor Ac e r d :aunt. I .d • . . ........ ......•••• •• 93 E5OO .1 Xxclooo ... hequer Bills, 9.4 . ' . 3 p par ...... '' ......................................... 3 p p ar 4mali .... 3... • 3 p p ar _ D itto Bond 8,3 A per Cent. D itto, 18'9 5,5 18 ,8 8 tiftießa O F FOREIGN 'FONDS AT ONE o 'ol , '► l• • Itussia.4 Ditto 1822, £ St., 5 per Cent — r to, 4i p er Cent Di tto Acc ount 04dinian count, 5 per Cent. • ......... •••• —9O lipaDntol lioads 3 per C en t . itto New Deterred, 3 pe r een - . Ditto Account .—. . .. ...... Tal3Panish Co mmitte . e . C e . ...... of Cou p. •• not fun 6 a Dittrnish Ronde, 6 per cent o Account ..................... .. Ditto Guaranteed. 4 per Cent. '.....• looi Dividends 3, the Above Dutch E xc h ange, 2 e yahle In Lqnoi n. I per Cenl., 12 Guilders Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates .................... T O'CLO CK. W 98i DConsols, money ................ 92 t 93 itto Account .............................. 93i a LLOYD'S SHIPPING. —ms Day.) LONDON, Feb. 9.—Wind this day at, noon S.E.. Strong breeze and fine clear weather. PORTSMOUTH, Feb. B.—Wind S.S.W.—Arrived.-- H.M.S. Diamond, from Malta, and sailed for Sheerness. PLYMOUTH, Feb. B.—Wind He.grera, for the Mauritius. FALMOUTH, Feb. 8. —Wind S.—Arrived—Ewald, from London, for Buenos Ayres ; Billetin, Amsterdam, for Ba . S OUTHAMPTON, Feb. S.—Sailed.—Alhambra (s.), f or Gibraltar; Dee (s.), St. Thomas. f rom DAßT Uotrar Feb. B.—Wind W.—Arrived.—Man ue l , Antwerp, for Havana. RAMS Q ATE, Feb. B.—The Reliance, from London to Celm is sunk in the harbour. The Hope, of Portsmouth, Which came in on the 6th inst. leaky, is sunk in the basin. F{O LYHZAD, Feb. B.—Ab ou t 400 cases of sundrieshave "en saved from the Spanish barque Sully, from Bordeaux for Liverpool, wrecked on the sth inst. at the back of the 6841 ' T" 'vessel h entirely broken up. lnaica GLYEE, F e b . 7. al ; England, s - T . Af o r h iv n e .a d—Buenos Ayrean, HA.hwieß, F b from Ja for H ay e . B.—The John's. for of and from Shields, atm, has put in le and la th beach. _ n L 2 ISBON, Feb. .—Theaky Hartlepool id on , from e Latakea, for - !rIE g.land, put in on the 2ith ult. leaky, cargo shifted, &n., ag been thrown on her beam ends ; she will partly Shields,arge to repair. Tha Ralph Thompson of South 25 from Musquash, !or St. John's N.B.;was atm).- 100 doped 2 09 miles N. 'W. of this port ; crew landed here. 40 50 --- (rim ELRoTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Monday Morning. Wind S. Arrived—Siberia, !Torn Bombay. Wind W. QUIXNSTO WN , F e b . 7 . Arrived—Thames, from St. John's, N. 8., with loss of foremast, stanchicos, bulwarks, and water-ogged. ...—......... (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISII TELRGRAPIL) Wind S. ; 2 hours' flooGd11;"finEes."1)1 Mon day Mnrising. Arrived, Feb. B.—Alharnbra, f Or d T Charente ; Traveller, Antwerp ; rd, Guerutoeorin ; L ou i sa, ns. DEA.L, M onday, ey 9.40 a.m. Wi n d s.s. W. ; strong. , fro L rn t West, f or Passed—fL M. steam-ship Diamond the River;_ Evangelist, from Berbiee, for ondohe Anal:Lord—Enterpri s e, from London. for Corfu ; Mi. tnosa, firm Lond on , f or Li verpool. Sailed—R eu b ens, for Mauritius. ------ 5 VIARREN'S BLACKING —At the Bankruptcy Court, on ~2 5, SrGurday, VV. IL Russell who, since the death of his '''' father, had carried on the above well-known business, lao passed his final E xn.rnination. The " eff cts" will realise 100 bout 4 ,000 t, 100 THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, FEB'RUARN 9, 1857, SHARE MARKETS.—(This Day.) 12 I 9, 501 all 13 f a st. 1100 25 all 25 all St. 100 'St. 100 St. 100 50 all 20 all 20 all 10 all 10 8 50 45 25 all St. [OO 20 all Si. 100 S 6. 10 25 84 25 17 : St. 100 20 8:1 10 4 St. 100 10 all St. 100 10 all St. 100 11 3t. 100 [0 all 'it. 100 it. 100 it. 100 ;t. 100 ;t. 100 It. 100 12 all 50 all [9 14j [6l 12 I >t. 100 6 6 3 I 0 all 111 A ' all 'London At 'Blackwall it. 100 Lond.Bright&S.Cst. it. 100 Lond. and N. Westn. :0 all (Do. Fifths .0 all 1D0.101.811.,1 1 110..,C 2A 2A ;Do. Eighths. . .. 100 London and Westr 5 1,11 •LndndrryisColerain. 5 ‘ll Lndndrry.&Ennisk t. 1.00 t riAnch.ElhetkLincl , 0 1 Metropolitan , 1 Do. J. L. Ricardo's arrangement ‘fhtlano 1 D tit Der l, i .tidld. G. West. (I re. all ro. Half Shares... .. Ali 4 evreastle& Carlisl, all Nvrpt.Aberg. &Her 9 Newry & Enniskilif Newry, Warrenpoint and Rostrevor.... 1. 4 Norfolk 3i Northn.Connties 1.10 North British 100 Nth Devon Rail & Dock Stock 100 .0., A Stock.. 100 'o , B Stock N. Eastern—Bervri k t3i )o. do. Extension , )0.d0.0.N.E. ?nreh *,l Do. Leeds ')o. York 100 North London 3 .&S. Wstrn. , Ham *load, and City Jr . 17i North Staffordshir, . I 'orth Western.... all 4. &S. Westrn. Jun, 1 Ix., Wore., itt Wolv, 1 6 , rt.reonth 10 Rhymney , 1 Seotti.ti Central 110 Scot. N E.Abrdn St, Ii Do. Soot. Mid. St EDI .'shire Tr”lon 2 SitingbournekSheer. Sonti, Devon 100 3.3 - ath Eastern =oath Wales 17 i. Yrksh. 8i Riv. Da 7 ". all =t .ines, Wok StWo S-ookton & Dariing 12i Do., do., 1854 3 Do., do., 1855 itotlcten k Hartlep L 'Caff ')o. Prof., No. 1 '2 Names Hay. D.s R all Vale of Noath Waterfd. & Kilkenn all Waterford&Limer ic all West Cornwall all West End of Londot , and Crystal Palace. all Do. A . all Do. B all West London all Do. First Clan .. all Do. Second Class all Wimbledn & Croydon a►i Atlan. and et. ix., 9 Bombay, Baroda, and _. Cen.lndia, g. bp. c 10. Buffalo & Lake Hur. 100 Buf., Brnt. & Godch. 100 6p. c. bde.,l Aug. ,' 72 100 Do. do., 1 July, '73 100 Do. do., 1 June,'74 2s 6d Calcutta and S. East. se. Central Oude 2s. Oude (Limited) .:: 10s. Ceylon A shares 1 Do. B. do til I enierars 2s. I Eastern Bengal . 190 Ran Indies„ 15 Do. C Shares all Do.‘li p.c.13nd5.,'57 ‘ il ir). do. do.. '59, dr 01 Geelong k Melbourne guar. 5 per cent.. 100 GM Trunk of Canad nil Do. 6p. c. Deben. all Gt la. p en . g . sp . c. l 4 Do New, guar. sp. c 411 (4t. Western of Canada 8 Do. Now 11 Do. Bde., payable '5: all Do. do., '76, p. '6O 'I Do. do., '73 do. *n Do. do., '73, withou' l option all Andras, guar. 4.{ p.c all Do. do., sp. c. 10 Do. 4i p. c. Eaten 5 Do. 3(1 Ex., g. sp. c 5 Do, 4th Ex,, do, 5 Scinde, guar. 5 p. c. all D 0... ••• "." BRITISH POSSESSIONS. ••• - • - 95 98 95 98 94 96 94 96 par ap 1 103 - 110 11 - lip 214 - 214 1 50 - 52 81 83 20/ - 21 24/ '54 2i - 2ip 99 - 100 118 123 , us 123 , 108 110 19i -19 i 21 22 id - pail s'l 1~ -2• F --. ... Et AILW A YS. Closing Prices Saturday. Business done this day. RAILWAYS. Ambg. Nottag. and Bastn. Junct Belfast & Rallynarna Binning. Wolve rh Stour Valley Birk eand. Lancsl 6 r`heshire Junct Blackburn Rlyth &Tyneorgit £25 (issd. at £4' , Bristol and Exote , Caledonian. Chester & Holyhead Cork and Bandon • Cork, Black, 4 Pas= Cornwall Do. A Do. B DublindsßelfastJunc Dun. P. dt Ah ,, i. Jnc. East Anglian Eastern Counties East. union, A Stk B. Stock, IDo., New A. East Kent East Lancashire East Suffolk ••• Do. Edinburgh dg Glasgo Edinb. and Peeblcs Eclin. Prth & Dan Forth & Clyde Jun:. Furness. ........ ;Glasgow di S. Westrn Great N. of Scotlnd Great Northern Do., A. Stock Do B. Stock Gt. Bth. &Westalre ) Great Western Do. Stour Val. Rai' Gua. Stk Irish South- Easterr 'Lancaster & Carlisle Do., Thirds Do. New Thirds Laucash.andYn-kP. Do., do. F £l6 ... Do., Wst. /tiding tin, Do. Southrort ••• ''.. ••• FOREIGN. t. 101 - 18 9t 40 29 - 8 - 91r ... - 55 34 - 35 1 92 - 94 7 - 8 93; - 94 78 80 123 125 'lll 113 65i 66,1 64 €6 67 72 55 €5 5 1 cir 96 5 97 id 6i - 7 107 108 106 106 LI 20i - 21 . 104 - 10: - B 106 - 107 ••• ^.. • 34 -- 3,tp 82 - 53 55 1 3a - 14, 54 - 56 39 40 4 i 4 844 -85 i 3 - 24 I 175 -18 i 613 i 61i! 98 102 4i 4id 7i 8 10 - 11 27 28 108 108 244 254 70 72 49 51 2 14 174 186 73i 744 84 85 5 3d 5 3 12 - 14 39 41 ,•• 1 . 9 i : 204 7 - 9 2 - 3 5 - 54 7 - 9 62 - 91 - 16f 10 19 - 9 -. 14 - 135 - 138 114 - 117 - 161 i 6o i 6 8 ..... ••• 137 - 139 99 - 101 ' 89 - .••• ••• 11 - 1 r 1 .6 -105 93 95 li id ' ... ••• 1 id * ... 1111 - 113 41,1111 113 -- 116 105 -- 110 65 -- 70 16/ -- 17/ ••• 233 - 243 102 - 105 10k - 101 '.....' • •• .".. ••• 27i -• 28,1 2 - 3p .ii = 4 .h r. !Paid it. 100 100 ?,5 it. 100 5 all it. 100 St. 100 25 all 51) all 25 all l 2 all [2i all 20 all St. 100 [0 54 54 all 100 64 54 50 al l 50 all 50 all 25 all 12i all St, 1,)0 10 all 12 all 50 all .t 5 a I 4. 100 RAILWAY.. Rtielsgharush Clyde&lal, Jc Col. Stour Vy, E. Lin. g. 6 oc. E. Un, H. Sh. Glas. Barr. & Neils. Direct Do. New...... Glstr.dz. Dn Fr Hull & Selby Do. Sharec. Do. i Shares. Lon.& Greei Do. Preference Lon.,Til., Ai S., Do. Bark. Sh. 'Manch. lixtu, and Natio. k Midid. Brad 6 1 Newmarket Bury E. G.spc N.&l 4 :st.sp.e. Do. 6 p ct. Do. Fixeds p c Prest. & Vt , yr' Do. 6 Shrs. A Roystn.& Hit. Shrews. &Her S. Staffordsh. WearVal.g6pe Do Wilts& S pnrtt Leasing Compans, L. &N. W. Caledon... E. CT drE.r. Ut Nrthn . E. Count. Oaldonian IDo at. WAR-i i Y. & N M Do Do.. 8. East-, Pot o & (70 Do. L.& N. W & ,Midland.. En. Conn. E. Count Do Do.. L.&N.W Do Gt North!) T. Brassey M. Mei Reln Stk.&Dar. PR EFERENI !cow,. 1114 654 I 13# 96 1 i 1071 8 06f 106 i 1 6 St. St. St. St. St. 82i I St. 20 50 St. Bti 5 184 i 12 i 74k 4 St. St. St. St. St. St. St. St. St. 7 St. 1 0 6; all BlythandTyn, tsq., e. pref. (issd. at 501 100 Bris.&Ea4p.c. Sl ) 5 Do. 4p. c. Shares . 10) Caledn. £lO 4i p.c . 100 Ches. & H 0.5 ler c . 100 Do. d 0.5 per 4. f all Cork &Bandonsip.c all Dua,Prth ArAber.J. ' 2 E. Anglian Cls. ASh 100 Do. de. Cls. B6p. c. 100 Do. de. Cls. C7p. c al Eas.Co.Ex, spcNc, 1 a'l Do. No. 2 . a!) Do. New 6 p. c. St al East LTn., G. 6 p. c all Do. 51., 10 per con* all Do. 101. Debentr.Sl•. all Do. do. 4 per cent. 100 East Lanca4h. 6 p.ctr, all E. trW. York. J. stlp 5 Edin. & Gl. 5 p.c. sh WO Ed. Prth.&Dnn.4p., 100 trurueps, sp. c. 100 Gins. & S.W. G. 5 p.c 100 Great Northn. sp. c 1 100 Do. sp. o. Redeem at I 0 p. c. prem ... 1 10( Do. p.c. 1 60 Do. sp. c., Red. at p. c. pm... ..... a 1) Gt.N. of Soot. Ist Pr, ,100 Gt. r. &W. (Ireland 15 Do. 4per 0. Prof. t. fi Ch. W.(l3.tH.Exspe 100 Do. con. red. 4 p.c. 100 I Do. con. red. 4 p. e 100 Do. irre , l,, 4p. c. • 20i 204 100 1 100 100 100 51 50 100 Do. sp. c. red. pref all Do. Birm. Pref. Sh all Do. Chester Bp.o. P. all Do. do. 5 p. c. do 190 Do. Birm. Qna. Stk WI Do. Ches. Gua. Sh. all Do. do do al! Do. do. d 0......... 10v Lan. & York. 6p. c. Stock. 100 Lon. &B. G. 5 pc. No.l 10C Do. P., spc. St.No.2 100 Do. New Onar.6 v. 100 Do. do. sp. c.,N0.4 1.01 , Lon.AtN. W., Coy. & Nuneaton 5 p. et 100 lonai S. W. 7 per ct late 3d Shares all Lindy. & Coley. 8h all Londy. & Ennis. 811 10. , H.,8.,& 6p. Cent 44 Do. do. do. £6 100 Do. do. 31 per cent. all M.trypt.&Carl 4;. e all Do. 44 per cent 10! Do. do. 1100 Aid. Consol.6 p.c.Pt 100 )o. Con,Br, Mr. epc 100 Do. ti p. c. Pref. t t 100 Ditto L. &H. Pref. St an . New., Aber., dm, pr. p. a. red. 5 p.c. pm. 6 Do. Perpet. 6 p ct. all Norfk. Deb, 4 p.c. eh 100 Do. 5 pc. Ext.,1846 100 Do. 5) .! per c.pf ,1847 100 Do, Wv, V. 5 pc.,1847 100 North British 33 Do 7/. Preference .., 100 N. E. Perm, 4 p.c P. 81 Do. do. do 13 Or. Leeds 6 p.o ..No.l 9 Do. do. Qre.,1848... 10 Do.YorkH.Zkt`~. Pnr, all North Staffordshire., 100 Or. ,W( r. W.,61erl ent., lot gear. 100 Do. 6 p.c. 2d guar all Soot. Cent. ,New Pref 100 Sc.N.E. Aber. g 6 pe 100 Do. d0.,7 p. c. pf. at. 100 Do. do., 34 p.c. pf. st al] South Devon all • Do. fixed, 43 per cent An 13. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. HO Do. 43 per cent all Do. Fixed 4i p c eh 100 3 Wales Gina. 4p. a 100 Do. do. 4i p. o all 9.Yorksh.4p.c.Guar a ll itock.l4 Dar., sp. c. 15 Do. do. do 09tD. all 3to,k. & Hayti. g. 5 p. c. till July 1,'56 all Waterfd.& Kilk.6pc E SHARES. BRITISH qINRS - ... - 98 -. ... - 5 - 64 2112 Alfred Cons. (Philk. 14 British Iron ........ 20 !Condurow (Cambrn.) 1 'Dev. Gt. Cnsls. (Tay.) 14s Great South Tolgus 1013 G rt. W. Alfrd. (Philk.) 7 Grt.W. Vor (11elstn.) Bs6d Lady Bertha 7- N. Frances (Illogan) N.W.B:Asset (Illogan 6115 North Wheal Crofty lit Par. Cons. (St. Blaxy: 9 Porkellis U. (Wend.; Os. Sort. Cons. Min. Co 21 S. Caradon (St. Cleer' 2 S. Carn Brea (Illogn.! 19 IS.W. Franees(lllogn.' 4i Tarn. S. $t I, Min. Co, 9 Tin Croft 40 I Un.Mincs (Gwennap) 1256 V. of Towcy (Camar. 14 IW. Basset (Illogan).. 20 IW. Caradon (Liskrd.) 5h Wh. Basset (Mogan. ) 5 Wh. Buller (Rdruth., 5i Wh. Edward(Calstk. It 70Vh. Kitty (U. Lint.) 8 'Wh, Ma. Ann(Menht.) 4 Wh. Trclawney (Lis.) 22 - 23 7 4 - 8 4 155 - 165 150 - 460 lsi - 161 12 - 13 6 - 6 1 - 1i 19 - 21 35 - 36 - 7 234 - 243 9 . - 10 li - 2 340 - 350 WO i 350 360 la 4 210 2 301 36 37 1471 152} 395 3u5 270 -- 290 4 - 14 - 15 43 - 41 0 - 23 =d ~„ . 10 all 'Antwerpie Rotterdam 51- 6/ 6 FOREIGN MINES. 20 14 Ardennes i • 5 all deigian Eastn. Jun e . 11 1 4 20 7 ,ustralian • •• - 1 / Imp. 20 16 :Aziers to Graissaas, c 2; 3 4P 35 27 irazillanpm.) (issuer 11 -- 2 6 all Cartneaux& Toulouse at .15 Coal Mines and Ry. 4 d 6 30 all Do. Co c acs & (Mal) 3 - 3i 20 12 )utct Rhenish i/ - Par 20 15 Do. St. J o h n D e l B e , 16 - 18 1 Cons. 20 all Eastern of France 1 Marondon o Jamaica Min Co. f 1•1 -- P 20 all - )o. New 96 - 101 40 all i..lobre Copper .. ...... . 55 - 57 x d 20 2s. Euphrates Valley - i p ... 20 18 ~ it. Ceutralof Franco 4 -4/ P 16 r.'iopiapo l2 - 14 .. . i 20 17 4reat Lnxembour4,.. 5a Si b# 2 all Fortuna-ci : ••• 10 4 Italian Junction...... ... ... 20 al lenc••al - 4 -- 20 all Lake Conet. & Basle .., - 3 1.11 mares. 7 81 ... 20 all Lierre and Turnhout ... - ..., 5 1/ :,nsitanian l a l - a 1 a l 4ariquita. - i 20 6 Lombardo Venetian. 6 -61 p 1 all New Granada 1 - i 5 all Lucca & Pist. sp. c.p. .. - •• • 1 a l iouvenn Monde - ... 20 all Lyons and Geneva ... 29i - 301 5 1 Port Philip , - ••• 20 all Lyons di Mediterran ... - ••• 30 15i Santiago de Cul a - 24 334 all Maria Antonia - ... - 1 all South Australian..,. ... - ... 10 all Do. do. Now - ... 1 all Do. Scrip_ ... - ..• 20 at Namur di Liege - ... 20 all Do. do., 6p. c. Prof 19 - 19 2 16 00 all No . PNNaCfrorrrwitshemegnrindanoLTfrtu2Fornypr.e;f 36 , : 3 9 6 4 i _ 213 .1. i 1 ;Tnitxd vf<l7l‘ an , 34 - 41 MISCELLANEOUS. 534 - 541 26 19 !Australian Agricult. ... - .. 20 all Paris and Orlea ns,.,, s 53 20 7 Recife & saa. ft F n ral,'..; -- 55 10 all lAustraln Royal Mail . - . 2 7,i. Rome and Fr . asca p t . i -d - „.. 4 4 1) 10 all Berlin Water Works 51 - 5i ali Royal Danish . ... 1 : zu . 10 (Perham) g• 7 c 6 50 40 Brit. American Laud 40 - 45 20 100 321 Canada . 129 - 133 5 • ad Royal Swedi h alllli .lioovistipthsreny-f: Flanders i i' B . cent. r; r n P : o c f s e . ! 3 . : a i l _ ...--- 8 P 1 - 4 m i St. 100 i).Go.6p.(•..TanSacil) 110 -- 110 1101 St. LOO Do. 6 p.c. Feb & Aug ... - ... 10 all Do. 6: andlieu"- 8 - 8 St, 100 Do. 6p c. Mar & SePt ••• - ••• 2 20 0 2 S g t a a ail l 1 1 , Copper Dc roy.st2 tj Prof, M P : 1. c p o e f .. .O E . .e . n n : : .t. . 34 - 38 1 0 9 26 i --__ 2 28 i 20 all w. &al . w r . of France ••• h 10 5 all Do, Preference..,,.... 51 - 51 20 6 Westernof Austria „ 20 32 4 - 33 6 p 4 al Crystal Pal. of Frauc ... - ... 20 all West. of Switzerland - - 1-- 1 $ Duston Iron 0re..... ... - ••,* 6 all Wiesbaden ••• - ..„ ... ..... . 20 18 Eastern Steam - •• 6 all Do. 8 per cent•Prel. ... 7 St. 100 Electric Telegraph 94 - 96 95} 20 all Zealand ...... • .- '- ... 1 all Electric Teleg. of Jr ... - ••• ' .... "•• ••• -- ... 5 all En. &Arts Cop Sm Cc • l - 1 A JOINT-TSOCR BANKS. 10 108. Ear. & Ind.Jctn.Tel. ... - -40 all Australasia . ........... 94 .- 96 25 all Gen. Jr Sc Col (lira.) ... - ••• 25 18,ii Bank of Egypt ...... par - - i aos 15 11 Gou. Stearn Navigat 64 - 7# 100 50 Bank of London .... .. p s-at 20 , 5 Loudon Discount - I d 40 dl tel Col. Bk.&Ln. C. :.. ---__ :•.• 4 all Lond. Gen, Omnibus 34 - 4 3i 20 /0 Magdalena St. Navin ... -10 all Ytediteran. Elec. Tel. ... - t 5 1( 3 ) .1 6 ch , iri i t t l d ih . B N nk . .A o r. f l l e n ri d ea la n , ... _ ..: .- Australia, Ai China I i ._1 d 10 a ll Mexican itS.A meri t n 2/ - $4 100 50 City 66 -- 68 25 5 Nat. Discount C 0.... P 25 5 Do. New Nooet.berlands Land 1 - 14 100 25 Colonial - - - 11 5 3 a 3 11 5 11 Do. 8p c I ' D i o s s . at 1 d 3; - ; P n i s li :Ch nl t i 18 " - 1, 80 1 N D e o w . 186 St.d 105 100 N. 5.1131".. G 4 0 N v . ... 8 5 .. .pic a . . n . D . 2 . 64 I- .... 1 22 0 00 0 20 Commercial C uog o n nins ugas. c e ch r o c t i .s a szit l A o . BY. 0 1 ail N. 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New ••••• St. 100 S.Aus.Gov.6p.c.b(ls. . 1 -. -. ... 0 1 R, Aus BkGolm Cc ... - .• 25 all South austral.,.,;,, • 35 - 37 12 2 : 5 6 a : l2 ,i ,i : F. , :ci:i t o : 11 o A owf n A st_ tis r: t li r i ata .67. .... 1 63 - , 1 all Subruar. Tel. Scrip._ - 1 .0 Union of London - 1 20 5 fr.o4t,t , T.. , 'O.l - 1 ''%., ..„ _ •.• I ° oo ° 5 -9 Unity Mutual lOO 281 Van Diemen's Land 15 - 17 11 - 9di bt.) Western Bk of Load 10 “. 6 d 1 iaa, St* 100a 4 V.Gio.6p.o.Jan s dan17 .„ •--. Closing Prices Saturday. 96 - 99 98 - 102 11 - 13 133 - 136 4 -44 'l6 - 111 - 13 23 -24 1108 - 110 - 1 P - 92 - v 4 56 - 58 ir 132 - 135 9 - 9} 33 - 3 4 88 - 90 MARKET NEWS.—(This Day.) CORN EXCHANGE. oat of the provincial markets held on Saturday were but moderately supplied with wheat, in which only a limited business was doing. The barley trade ruled dull, on eormer terms. All other articles moved off slowly. The supplies of grain on offer in the continental ports hauls rather increased. For spring shipments a full aver age business has been passing, on former terms. The Amorican advices bring steady prices. Up to our market, last week, the arrivals of English grain were ♦ery moderate. The imports from abroad were only 630 quarters of wheat, 4,650 barley, 11,112 oats, 620 beans, 60 mustard seed, 1,930 sundry seeds, and 161 sacks of d our. Fresh up, to-day, the receipts of English wheat, coast wiPi and by land carriage, were on a moderate scale, and in very middling condition—some of the samples being mu,:la sprouted. The stands were poorly supplied; never thetess, millers generally—owing, in a great measure, to the , damp state in which the wheat came to hand—showed no ;inclination to purchase. The demand was, conse quei fitly, very inactive, yet, compared with Monday last, very little change took place in the quotations. W e were well supplied with most kinds of foreign wheat. In that grain about an average business was transacted at last week's currencies. There were no floating cargoes on cffer off the coast. The show of barley was only moderate. Malting samples wens in somewhat improved request, at full prices. In othe r kinds there was only a slow inquiry, at previous rates. Malt was in fair supply, and heavy request, at barely stat ionary prices. The show of oats was not large, and most qualities moved off :slowly, on former terms. &lane and peas were dull, at barely previous quotations, although the supplies were not extensive. In some in titan ces inferior parcels were is per quarter lower. Flour sold slowly, but we have no change to notice in its value, except town-made, which declined 3s per 280 lbs —the top price being 575. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. Wheat —Essex Kent, Red •• •• new 64s to 66a Ditt0•....... old —s —a Ditto, White new 87e 735, Ditto.. .... old —s —s Norfolk and Lin coln, Red, old —8 —a Ditto new ...... 523 633 Ry—Old ............ —s .a NOW • • • • • • • • • • • • 38s 42s ilarley—Grinding.•• 113 a Malting ••••••• •• 363 Us Chevalier.... . . 40s 404 Malt,—SoffolkandNor folk-- •• •• •• 67. 778 Irovro 63s 84s Kingston and Ware 761 78. Malt—Chevaller .. •• 76s to 798 Oats Yorkshire and Lincolnsk., Feed 21e 25s Potato . Youghal and Cork Black. .• .• 195 223 Cork, White ••• . • 21s 26s Scotch, Feed. • • 26s 29s Beans—rick •• •• 315 355 Pige0n5.......... 40 , 40, Peas—Grey ........ 365 39s Maple . • 395 40s White. •••• .. • • 38s 40s Boilers ••••. • • • • 415 414 F lour —Town-made... 558 58 s Suffolk .......... 41s 44s Rtoektn & Norfolk 42s 451 METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. The imports of foreign stock into London last week were very moderate—the total supply amounting to 1,257 head. In the corresponding week in 1856 we received 938 ; in 1855, 789 ; in 1854, 1,982 ; in 1853, 2,932 ; in 1352, 3,210; and in 1851, 2,419 head. Total.— 616 - ... !89 Business this day AUSTRALIA. ARRIVAL OF THE HEATHER BELL. The Heather Bell has arrived. She brings 81,478 ounces of gold, and 399 bales of wool. LIVERPOOL, SUNDAY. The Black Ball packet ship Morning Light, Captain Gillies, has arrived with advices from Mel bourne to the 14th of November, and 121,000 oz. gold, 3,500 bales of wool, ore, &c. She left,,Port Philip Head 15th November, from which time until crossing the Equator she expe rienced head winds and calms to an extent almost unparalleled. She has made the pas=ag 1 from the Equator to Liverpool in 20 days. Her la! est dates are—Melbourne, 14th ; Sydney, Bth ; Adelaide, 7th ; Tasmanio, 4th November ; and New Zealand, 22d October. The latest dates from England at Melbourne are August 20tb, conveyed by the ship White Star in 75 d ays. The following ships had arrived at Melbourne. From Liverpool —Lady Westmote'anil, Fulwood, Merlin, British Lion, and Nugget-. From London —Coping, Copenhagen, Orwell, Thames, and Con stitution. From Glasgow—Bathia and Gazelle. And from New York—Monsoon. At Adelaide, the Arena., from London. The Admiral was to sail with the mals for Lon don on Nov. 12 ; and the Ocean Chief, for Liver pool, Nov. 27. The Heatherbell, with the mails of Oct. 31, had sailed for London, with 81,478 ounces of gold and 399 bales of wool. The William Money had sailed for Liverpool Nov. 2, but had no gold. Mr. Donaldson, the new Treasurer, had submit ted the Ministerial budget to the Assembly. He said that at the end of 1855 the deficit in the re venue was not less than 120,0001., the accumula tion of former deficits. The present Administra tion intended to raise 150,0001. by t , rminable an nuities. The prospects of the country were cheering. The estimated income was 1,200,000/., and was in ex cess of the expenditure. The Customs revenue was in a prosperous condition, a highly favourable change having set in during the last six months. If the present Ministers remaind in power they would early in 1857 address themselves to the con struction of a schem e of taxation that should fall as equally as possible on property, and la bour beyond the present boundary. He urged the necessity of economy in the public service. The expenditure had hitherto been too large. The new Legislature had been announced to meet on the 21st of November. In order to enter on the event with eclat there would be a general cessation of business on that day. Melbourne and its vicinity bad been visited by a wind and sand storm surpassing in int nsity any which bad be en exper i ence d i n th colony. Consi derable damage was occasioned by it. Mr. Ramsay Hay, formerly in Government em ploy at Melbourne, had committed suicide by tak ing strychnine. The store of William Bateman and Co., at War nambool, had been destroyed by fire. The news from the diggings is encouraging, re porting a discovery of new fields, and very fair ac counts from the old ones . At M'lvers the quartz found is very productive, and the miners are rapidly advancing in prosperity and comfort. The gold escort for the week ending Nov. 8 was 64,775 ounces, against 55,505 ounces in the corres ponding period of 1855. For the quarter ending Nov. 8 the returns were 629,300 ounces, being a decrease of 9,576 ounces compared with the same period of 1855. - The total quantity of gold brought down to Syd ney from the gold fields of New South Wales for the week was 1,602 oz. The gold fields at Fingal, Tasmania, though limited in extent, were profitable. At Bendigo the diggers were doing well ; among them were several hundred Italians. At Chinaman's Flat immense quantities of gold are being got from the washing stuff. The wet sinkiugs" at Donolly were doing well. At Stony-creek there was a great want of water. Five Scotchmen who were work ing a tunnel at Horley River had been buried alive by the earth falling in. There had been rushes at Tuena diggings, and some parties had done well. The accounts from the other gold fields present the same cheering features. The demand for gold at Melbourne is on the in creaser and the competition among the bankers is keeping up the prices at the gold fields ; so that the supply in town is not equal to the demand. The price is from 765, 3d. to 785., according to quality. It is reported that rich quartz has been found at South Mucklegord and Mount Blackwood. From Mackay, Baines, and Co.'s circular we ex tract the following report of the market : " The state of this market is not quite so satis fat!tory as might be expected in ordinary times at tuis season of the year. The large arrivals and the expectation of many more have had a serious in fluence in checking business; stocks are undoubtedly low on the diggings, and considerable orders are in course of execution, but the retailers in town are very chary in increasing their stocks except at low rates. Itmay be stated as a rule that the stock of most articles of general consumption are large, and that a remunerative trade is chiefly done in what are called outside articles. On the part of importers there is considerable apprehension that the trade here is about to be overdone, and this induces them to part with articles in demand at the low rates now being offered. The banks have made during the last half-year considerable advances, which do not correspondingly increase the amounts of circular ion and deposits. We have made inquiries, and find that this apparent anomaly is explained by the re turning confidence between the importers and the retailer. Until the beginning of the present year the business since the late crisis has been almost wholly in cash • but within the last few month s th e credit system has been in a great measure re-esta blished, the banks have discounted more freely, and the remittances to England on account of consign ments have correspondingly increased. We have pleasure in stating that the financial affairs of the colonists, both public and private, are exceedingly sound, and that at no time was the business trans acted by the banks more safe and satisfactory than at present." For gold the demand for shipment was active, at 31. 16s. 6d. to 3/. 18 s . 3d. A n a d vance had taken place in wool ; greasy, 10Id. ; fleece, ls. 4d. to Is. ; scoured, ls. 7f d. ; lambs, 2s. O'd. per lb. Tallow was readily taken ; for oilmen's stores a better demand existed. Brandy was dull at reduced prices. For hides there was a good demand for shipment. Large arrivals of soft goods had reduced prices even in the face of a good demand. There was an active demand for agricultural labourers and masons. The imports from the Ist ofJanuaryto the Ist of November were 10,874,620/. The exports were 13,104,984/. The receipts of gold by escort for 13 weeks ending the Bth of November were 629,200 oz., against 638,776 oz. in the same period the previous year. The week's receipts were 61,775 oz. ; corresponding week in 1855, 53,505 oz. Exchange on London, 30 days, 1 p.m.; discounts on bills under 95 days, 7 per cent ; over that period, 8 per cent. Freights to England :—Gold delivered at the Bank of England, 4d. per oz. ; wool, id. per lb. At Adelaide there were symptoms of returning animation in business. The market was, however, abundantly supplied, and the turn was in favour of the buyers, with the exception of gin and sugar. THE SYDNEY MAILS. (Prom the Melbourne Argus, October 30.) The steamers for Sydney will sail in future on Mondays and Thursdays, at two o'clock in the afternoon. With reference to the despatch of the mails by the Yarra Yarra, on Monday last, on which subject a post-office notice has appeared in our columns, Messrs. W. P. White, and Co., the agents to the Australian Steam Navigation Company, have requested us to explain, that the Yarra Yarra, came in on Monday morning—two days over due, that 150 tons of cargo were immediately discharged, and above 100 tons of coal taken le, and that she sailed again for Sydney in the afternoon of the same day-. Messrs. W. P. White and Co. were un der engagements with a large number of pass engers, and were at the same time desirous to uphold the cha racter of the line for punctuality. Notice was delivered at the opening of business hours to the Postmaster- General of the hour of her projected d e p ar t ure, an d the vessel was detained until the cl ose o f th e d ay for the convenience of the mail service. THE BLACKWALL. This fine ship, which has given the name to the principal line of London ships trading to this port, has been discharged, and is now taking in cargo for the return voyage. The Blackwall anchored in Hobson's Bay on the 19th inst., and is appointed to sail on the 25th of November, which latter en gagement will, we understand, be adhered to with the punctuality which distinguishes the Blackwall line of packet ships. She will be lightly laden for the run home, and will have a good chance of equalling or exceeding her former famous passage of seventy-three days, which feat Captain M'Kerdie is hopeful of accomplishing. Several of the saloon cabins, which are most spacious and comfortable, are acre dy engaged for the ♦oyage THE BALLOT IN NEW SOUTH WALES. It is a significant ;result of the late elections that it has been the means of inclining two of the Ministeria!, candidates to the principles of the ballot The Oppositionists, without intending it, have done something. By an undue exercise of their power they have paved, the way for reducing it. The attempt of a party in the city to get into their own hands the representation of the county of CuMberland has induced both Mr. Manning and Mr. Darnall to moderate their attachment to open voting, and to express a doubt whether it will not be absolutely necessary to have recourse to the ballot, in order to preserve the constituencies from the tyranny of the Bunch.—Morning Herald. THE ROOKY RIVER. The Northern Escort arrived in Maitland on Sun , lay last, with 3,300 ounces of gold. This is a very gratifying quantity, the diggers this trip hav ing had ample time and information to avail them selves of the escort, which unluckily was not the case before.—Maitland Mercury. THE SYDNEY UNIVERSITY. The Sydney University, now in course of erection at Grose Farm, is intended to be a quadrangu• lar building, having apartme n t s on three sides, and, an ornamental iron railing and gates on the fourth. The court thus enclosed will be about three hundred feet long and two hun dred feet wide, with a cloister running round three sides. It is also expected that the centre of the court will be occupied by a large reservoir of water, supplied from the works at Botany for the service•of that pad t of the city—uniting thereby the useful and the ornamental. The principal front, looking towards the town, is four hundred and ten feet long, and has a central tower one hundred feet high over the main - entrance ; on the western side of this tower are the official rooms for the Provost, Registrar, Senate, Porters, are., and at the extreme west is the hall. On the eastern side of the tower are a range of lecture-rooms and their ante-rooms, &c., and at thp extreme east is the laboratory, museum, instrument room, &c. The eastern side has a range of lecture-rooms similar to those in the front, and communicating with the laboratory and museum. The extreme south of this side is occupied by the library, with an open ambulatory behind. The western side comprises the hall, the Registrar's house, and offices.—Morning Herald. STONEY CREEK. The correspondent of the Empire at these dig gings writes :—" The miners in this district are gralually spreading over a very large tract of coun try, and every day proves the almost unbounded of otrniirirl over which gold is scattered in the neighbourhood. The grew want of water, many places being quite unworkable except for a few days after a heavy thunder shower. To new comers, the scattered workings are quite bewildering, and until a man becomes a little accustomed to the place he is not likely to have much confidence in it. Although there are no instances of extraordinary luck to be recorded, the success of the miners as an average is most sa tisfactory, and very large quantities of the pre cious metal find their way to the hands of the storekeepers. The tranquillity and order which have ruled here for the past few weeks have been disturbed by a gang of desperadoes, lately arrived from the Woolshed. These worthies have been nightly sticking-up on the various roads, besides carrying on their operations in tent robberies very briskly. On Friday night last two of the villains entered the tent of a miner named Draper, who had retired to rest, and one of thel presenting a brace of pistols at Draper's bead, demanded his money. The man resisted and was aided in the struggle by his wife, when the thief fired one of the pistols in Draper's face, so close that he was burnt by the powder, the bill, however, passed without striking either the man or his wife ; and assistance arriving, the marauderwas captured and detained till morning, when he was handed over to the care of the autho rities. His companion escaped, but has subse quently been taken. LIVERPOOL, FRB. 8. From a New York paper of the 24th ult., with which Mr: Court, of the Underwriters-rooms, bas favoured lig, we learn that the steamship James Auger had arrived at New York from San Juan, which place she left on the 13th ult. The English steamship Trent and six English screw verses of war—three being gunboats —were at Aspinwall. Walker was reported to be in a better condition than ever, and to have 1,200 ablebodied mei at Rivas, well supplied with provisions and ammuni tion, while at Punta Arenas was a body of nearly 300 men under Colonel Longbridge, who intended to attack the Costa Ricans at Castillo and San Carlos, and retake the river, as soon as he had the means of transportation ; for this he depended upon a steamer Mr. Scott expected to have in readiness by the 17th ult. SIR J. PAKINGtTON ON NATIONAL EDUCATION. On Friday last a public meeting, convened by the General Committee of Education in Manchester and Salton), was held in the Free-trade Hall. The chair was taken by Mr. T. Bazley, and 'amongst those upon the platform were Sir J. S. Pakington, Bart., M.P. Sir J. P. Kay Shuttlaworth, Bart. ; Messrs. E. R. Le Mare, W. R. Wood, Professor F. C. Calvert, J. C. Harter, J. F. Bateman, Alderman Harvey, William En twiPle Sir J. S. PAKINGTON, M.P. (who was loudly cheered), thanked the audience for their cordial reception of him, and especially because—although he believed, with the courtesy and kindness of Englishmen, they would give a warm welcome to a personal stranger—he believed they were also animated by other and stronger feelings, and that they appreciated in a public man, honest, straight forward, c mscientious endeavours to remove a great national evil. (Hear, hear.) He believed also that they were animated by the feeling that, although the question of national education was one which touched every home in England, it was especially the question involving the interests and welfare of the working man. He readily acceded to the request of the committee, over whom the chairman so worthily presided, to attend this meeting, and, being here, he confessed that he should have been very sorry not to have taken some part in the proceedings, if it were only to bear his testimony to the ability and judgment' with which the resolutions submitted to the meeting had been drawn up, and to the eloquence, talent, and good feeling with which they had been advo cated and supported. It was only three months since be explained, at very great length, in Manchester, his reasons for believing that legislative interference was essential to relieve the great mass of the people of this country from the difficulty under which they stood at present, with respect to the benefits of education, and therefore his address now should not detain them long. He was not forgetful of the advantages which had ac crued to the country from the efforts of the committee of council, nor was he unmindful of the benefits which had been derived from voluntary exertion and individual benevolence; but, as he bad contended in Manchester, and in the House of Commons, he still held that, praise worthy and valuable as those efforts were, they were in sufficient—that the present system was precarious, fitful, and not to be depended upon ; and that if the character of the masses of this country was to be raised, if the benefits of national education were to be enjoyed in England, as they are in the other civilised nations of world, the interference of the Legislature was indispens ably necessary. He would not repeat the arguments which he had so lately used in this city, nor even the strong statements with regard to the state of affairs in this locality which he then adduced. Those statements as to the want of better means of education throughout Eng land remained uncontradicted. Two years ago he made statements in the House of Commons which for the first time laid hare before Parliament the real state of the na tional deficiencies in this respect. He was told that he had exaggerated ; but he had foreseen th a t objection, and taken care to make no statement for w hi c h h e did not name the authority, which in a majority of instances was official and unquestionable. Among others who charged him with exaggeration at that time was Lord John Rus sell, but last year when the noble lord was the mover of resolutions on this subject before the House, with a frankness and g eneros i ty f or which he (Sir J. Pakington) felt personally and deeply indebted to him, he admitted that further investigation had proved that he was mis taken, and that every statement he (Sir J. Pakington) had made was strictly borne out by facts. (Hear, hear.) The facts were now therefore admitted. And why was it that civilised, Christian, boasted England bad so long been suffered to remain under this national disadvanteS One reason was, because no organised sufficient mo de c dlectie g those funds which were indispensable f e o d r u t c l a , e promotion of anything like an organised system of with tion had ever been resorted to. But in i connectioneh he would this came the greater difficulty, be im en . known as " the religious difficulty. ad dress himself for a few moments, and which ad better national system, constantly had naiad really anxious to arrive at and had inspired many a petted every effort to resort to a . adopted. This difficulty had of any national systemact that in England the people were better things with a feeling of despair as to the possibility proceeded from the unhappily tions had naturally felt a difficulty the various denomina divided into different forms of Christianity, and their in - denominations. The result of this with regard to the training of childrenschools belonging to other long-felt difficulty was theformation of the party known theas se cular party, the bead - quarters of whi c h, he be lieved ho might say, had existed in this great city. (Hear, hear.) While on the one hand all the religious denominations had insisted upon their children having the blessings of religious education, others equally anxious to disseminate those blessings, felt that so impossible was it to reconcile the denominations and to bring them into co-operation for the training of their children in the sam e schools, that it would be better to banish religious teaching from the schools altogether, and to establish schools upon a secular system. And what was the secular system 3 It had already been remarked that it had been greatly misunderstood ; and such was undoubtedly the case. An impression prevailed in the country that the secular party was opposed to giving religious instruction to the youth of England. Was there such a party In existence ? (Cries of " No, no.") He believed there was not. If th ere was a party that would deprive the youth of the country of that first and greatest point of ingtrue tion, and that believed it was possible to train r eally good men and good c iti zens with impressing upon thhe youth fuly mi n d t h e all-importance of religion ; w ith that par t he had n o sympathy—he could have no oommumoupsvith them, and h e wou ld h ave no un it e d ac ti on w i t h the. I (Applause.) But this was not the character of the secu llar party. If he rightly understood the meaning and objects of that party, it was this :—They valued religious instruction as much as the religious party ' • but they said that th e sc h ool was not the place nor the school ' s e cularfwmo ir a te s he te ii r n t .at t n hhdiesThe rel i giousma n for its t eac hi ng . (H ear , hear.) Can dour and f ran k ness must admit that there was great view;bu differencet p , a u r p t i o et i upon theewn between s w h n o o l t e, s h o e thedmiduenhs one coot.aagllre ofaee principle, as of time, manner, and place. Then might Its not, as an advocate of national instruction, ask if the time was not come when such a difference should no longer impede a great national object ? (Hear, hear, and applause.) Previous to his visit to Manchester is November, he received a communication from that dis tinguished man to whom reference had already been made—he meant Mr. Cobden —suggesting to him, as he would have an opportunity of communicating with the leafing members of both the educational bodies in this city, to undertake the task of putting an end to the un happy differences and finding a common ground upon which all might unite. When he addressed the audi ence which did him the honour to listen to him at that time, be stated the opinion which be had long enter tained, that, although the difficulty might ' be great, it wax not insuperable. When be proposed a con ference, in' consequence of what was suggested by Mr. Cobden, some three or four gentlemen were deputed from each side. On the day after he deli vered his address they meet in conference, and he was not going too far when he said that this great difficulty which had puzzled and perplexed England for years, and which, again and again, had been pronounced to be in superable, was solved by seven or eight gentlemen, in a discussion that did not occupy two hours. (Applause.) There was nothing connected with the part he had taken in connection with this subject upon which he reflected with such heartfelt satisfaction, and which he felt to be so great a reward for any efforts he had made, as the part he took in bringing together those contend ing. partiee. (He ar .) B ut h e could have done little or no•. thing in the matter, but for the calm, temperate, judici ous, and admirable spirit in which those gentlemen ap proached the discussion. (Applause.) The ground they had taken was founded upon the principle of religious freedom. The basis they had adopted was as simple as possible. It was, that hereafter the conductors of every school should teach religion as they thought right— that there should be no interference with the teaching of religion according to their belief ; save only the indis pensable requirement, that no man's conscience should be violated, but that the most perfect respect should be had for the religious scruples of every parent whose child or children might attend the school. (Hear, hear.) He be lieved in his conscience that the plan which by this bill they were about to recommend to the adoption of the Legislature was one which every friend of education— the most rigid secularist, ana th6rnon religious and con scientious clergyman—might conscientiously and cordi ally adopt. (Hear, bear.) But he might perhaps be allowed to give a word of counsel to each side of the now united party. To his secular friends he would say, Now that party differences had passed away and they would have not to contend with opponents, but to seek after the truth, and the soundest mode of accomplishing a great ob ject —that if they trusted to the Sunday school and to home teaching for the religious instruction of the school children, his belief was that in the one they were trust ing to hat was not sufficient— (hear, hear)—and that if they trusted to hbme teaching they must be thinking rather of the homes to which they themselves be longed—(hear, hear)—than of those comfortless, and too often wretched, homes from which the children of the humbler classes came. (Hear, hear.) To the other side he would say, that their religious teaching would be ut terly thrown away—that they would be sowing seed in an unproductive soil—unless the secular teaching of the schools of England was raised to a higher standard than it had yet attained (Hear, bear, and applause.) In following out to legislation this happy concord between hitherto contending parties, it had been desired (and he thought rightly) by the gentlemen connected with the secular scheme, that the name of Mr. Cobden should he associated with his own upon the bill. (Appl-tuse.) He was deeply sorry that at that moment Mr. Cobden was not beside him upon the platform—(hear, bear) — and still- more sorry was he for the domestic distress which he feared was the reason of Mr. Cobden's absence. (Hear, hear.) One branch of the subject had been brought strongly under their notice by the letter which had been read from Mr. Cobden—the conncotion often dwelt upon,• but never more than at present, between ignorance and crime ; and he (fir J. Pakington) would warn them against a reasoning of which he had lately read much in the public prints, telling the peon:e et England not to trust to education for toe correction of crime—that it was not trustworthy for that object. The reasoning was supported by stating the well-known and undeniable fact that many of the greatest criminals were educatedmen. (Hear, hear.) lie hoped the peopl e o f E ng l an d would not be led away by this fallacious reasoning. No man who was conversant with our courts of justice, who knew anything of the state of our criminal population, or the state of the inmates of the gaols, could doubt for a moment, with reason, that a vast proportion of those who were led into crime were so led by the state of debasing ignorance in which they had been allowed to live. He was ready to co-operate heart and hand with Mr. Cob den in the promotion of this measure. It had been his fate in public life to differ from Ml. Cobden upon ques tions of great importance ; and it might be his fate to do so again. He did not come here to retract opinions. (Hear.) The part he had taken in public life had been a part honestly and conscientiously adopted ; and when he had differed from Mr. Cobden he bad done so only as honest men might differ in the road they would take to attain a common end. Such as the principles of his public life had been, such they now remained ; for he ' was sure that a Manchester audience would not respect hint if he condescended to hold any other language— (hear, hear)--but, on the other band, be should be yielding to unworthy prejudices if be were to allow this difference to influence him or prevent his co-operating with Mr. Cobden, at a moment when that gentleman was willing to do so with him. (Hear, hear.) He - thanked Mr. Cobden for his patriotic feeling on this subject, in promoting an object upon which there was no difference between them, but upon which they were equally anxious. As a Conservative, he thought it essential that the -youth of England should be trained to understand the value of those institutions which he was anxious to preserve, and Mr. Cobden, as a lAteral, would tell him that that would be a false and spurious liberality which would not recognise as the first article in its creed the elevation of the character of our countrymen. (Applause.) He could see no reason why he should not co-operate with those who were op posed to him in public life, when they could meet upon this one great question, which ought not to be the sub ject of party difference ; and whilst he saw no reason against it, he saw thisstrong obvious reason in its favour that, whether they looked to the effect in Parliament or in the country, the moral effect must and would be great, of seeing men of opposite parties in public life tasting aside party watchwords and party entanglements, and consenting to act together for a great object, which all parties deemed important in its relation to the welfare and well-being of the people. It was, therefore, ani mated by these grounds that they were about to intro duce a bill the history and objects of which had been ex plained. It was incomplete, he admitted ; permissive, not compulsory ; local, and not general ; but in the present state of political feeling, the part of wise politicians was to gain what they could, and, if the measure was not extensive, they must remember that the principles it in volved were of importance. (Hear.) Let them once have those principles upon the statute book, and he pre dicted that it could not, would not, be long before the operation of them should be extended to the whole coun try. What were those principles? Did they value that of religious freedom ? Then support the system under which every school should be free to choose that religion , which the conductors thought right, and under which no man's conscience should be violated. Did they value the principle of kcal self-government? Then support the mea sure which would confer the administration of local finds upon a local body, and would resist the centralising ten dency of administering a gigantic fund by an adminis trative department of the State. (Applause.) Did that value the education of the youthful country ? Then let them not grudge the pay t m e e m n arco for as honest, patriotic men, it was their duty t they would that great object, and for which generation t of h f ch : and good a cheap . their neighbours, and in havin g These were the objects and educa tion brought to their doors. contended—sound religion, reap a rich reward in seeing the imp roved paymen condition of principles for which the character. Lwas a u pon the support they received ; and which depend ed u pon t a o upp e o o rt the great ° Which, with people of this great and flourishing local administration, high a nd y at t h h a e d elevation ht holy yrea u s eo:f the the national suncaactnei success a otor l they appealed to t he e h , em to the country a such assistance, would, be hoped and believed, be such ere long triumphant. (Loud applause.) city, and throtughlargt THE ItOTAL BRITISH BANK. During the last fortnight communications have been constantly going on between the committee of the shareholders of the Royal British Bank and the committee of depositors. On Friday evening at a full conference between these two bodies, the ac companying resolutions were unanimously passed. By the plan of compromise now adopted a way of deliverance is opened to the shareholders, and it is hoped that an end will be put to the fearful litiga tion tion which h as b een going on for some time pas the injury of both. e to pay through their committee, proposo anda of 6s. 6d. The shareholders of the Royal British Bank, to the creditors of the bank a composition in the pound in the pound by two instalmers— in the pound on on the 2d of March, and 3s. he d creditors to receive the 17th of April next ; due to them from the in discharge of the 5 (1 0 " , per share made by the di such dividends beyond bank. The call oenforceddebts the after the acceptance of rectors not to be the offer by the ge ne ral body of creditors, and no proof to be made against the est a t e in bankruptcy, „ v deposit or cl a i m b y a shareholder. The details of ill respect of - Ais agreement t o be agreed 011 be solicitors of the en the . of committeerespectively. twe and t h e committee depositors Chan _ ers That it is desirable that a receiver in so should be appointed, if practicable, idco of sharehold eery and •- to ed to execute as that all the creditors should be reTur whether such afford protection to the s hareholders, a lease to all the shareholders ; but to pay the appointment be made, or release the shareholders pledge themselves d in the pound, as Cre ditors the composition of 6 • resolutions, mentioned iu the foregoing r vosbtained, or not, 19 9 1 i 12 pm 352 ... The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as follows : Beasts. Sheen- Lambs. Calves. Pigs L 856 827 ... 23 88 1855 553 ... 107 ... ... 144 1854 644 ... 1 , 362 ... 275 1 1853 555 1,988 ... - 375 21 , 852.... 582 2,151 475 2 .851 5Ol ... 1,67 8 237 33 We had a very moderate supply of foreign stock here to_ day, bat its general quality was tolerably prime. From our own grazing districts the rscei pts of beasts fresh up this morning were only moderate. With very few exceptions they came to hand in good saleable condi tion. Although the attendance of butchers was not very numerous, the beef trade ruled steady at last Monday's currency—the best Scots producing N per 81bs. The arrivals from Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cam bridgeshire, amounted to 2,000 Scots and shorthorns ; from other parts of England, 320 of various breeds; from Scotland, 350 Scots, and from Ireland 70 oxen. We were again very scantily supplied with sheep, nearly the whole of which were in prime condition. The mutton trade was firm, and the prices realised last week were steadily supported. The best old Downs realised 5s 6d per 81bs. Very few English calves were in the market, but the show of foreign was tolerably good. The veal trade was in a sluggish state at Friday's decline in value of 2d per 81bs. The top figure was 5s 6d per 81bs. Pigs were in moderate supply and dull in sale on former terms. Per Bibs to sink the offal*. a. d. s. d. e . d. a. Interior Beasta....3 4to 3 • PrimeSotithdown 5 4 5 6 Second quslity....3 8 4 0 barge srve- calve. 310 5 0 Prime large oxen 4 2 4 8 Prime small do 5 2 5 6 Prime Scots, dm. 410 5 OlLarge hogs Inferior Sheep ...4 0 4 4,Small porkers Second quality ...4 6 4 10)Suckling calves 23 0 30 0 Prime crse.-wlled.s 0 5 Quarter old pigs 22 0 28 0 TOTAL SUPPLY. roams SUPPLY. Beasts ..... 1 . Sheep ........ •• •• 15,990 Sheep ....... ..... •• ...... 70 Calves Cal es • Pigs .. •• statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of fat stock exhibited and sold in the Great Metropolitan Cattle Market, on Monday, Feb. 11, 1856, and this day, Monday, Feb. 9, 1857. Per Elbe, to sink the offale. Feb. 11, 1856.1F0b, 9,1857. o. d, s. dds. d. a. d. Coarse And inferior beasts 10 to 3 0,3 Ato I 6 Second quality ditto „. 3 2 3 6 3 8 4 0 Primo large oxen 3 8 4 2 1 4 2 4 8 Prime Scots, dic „. 4 4 4 6,5 10 5 0 Coarse and inferior sheep 210 3 2 4 4 4 Second quality ditto 3 4 3 8 4 5 411 Prime coarse woolled ditto 310 4 2t5 0 6 2 Prime Southdown ditto 4 4 4 8,5 4 5 6 Lambs „. .„ • 0 0 010 0 1 0 Large coarse ca . lves 4 4 5 0,3 10 5 0 Prime small ditto 2 5 85 2 5 6 Large hogs 3 6 4 2 1 3 8 4 4 Neat small porkers „. 4 4 410 4 6 5 2 Beasts_ 4,153 3,211 Sheep 23,190 15,990 Calves... ••• 6 9 107 Pigs „. 369 210 SUPPLIES ON SALE, Feb. 12, 1855.—Beasts, 3,693 ; sheep, 17,320; calves, 67; pigs, 420. February 11, 18 54.—Beasts, 4,905; sheep, 22,410 ; calves, 235 ; pigs, 310. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. The supplies of meat on offer in to-day's market were only moderate. For most kinds we had rather a slow in quiry, as follows : _ Per Blbs by the carcase. S. d. s. d. , s. 4 6 . 5. 4. Beef, inferior 30 3 4 Mutton Inferior 3 310 Do., middling 3 6 310 Do., middling 4 0 4 4 Do. prime large.. 4 0 4 2 Do., prime 4 6 4 8 Do., do. small ....4 4 4 6 Veal 3 10 5 0 Pork, large 384 4 1 Pork, small 46 5 4 .__-_,. BOROUGH HOP. Oar market is fairly supplied with both new and year ling hops, and the demand may be considered steady. Last week's imports were 24 bales from Schiedam. Mid and East Kent pockets, 3/ 15s to 51 12s ; Weald of gents, Si 5s to 5/0s ; S ussex, 3/ 3s to 4 1 Os ; Worcester, 4i 4s to 51 5s ; yearlings, 1l lOs to 31 15e. per cwt. BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. About average supplies of potatoes have come to hand coastwise and by land-carriage, since our last report. The imports have amounted to 203 tons, from Rotterdam; 65 do., from Flushing; 85 do., from Temen se , an d 20 sacks from Belfast. The demand is tolerably firm, as follows : York Regents, 95s to 130 s per ton; rent and Essex do., 1005 to 130 s; Lincolns, 85s to 105 s ; Scotch do,, sss to 1301; Irish, 7 Os to 755; Foreign, 558 to 7is. WOOL. The public sales of colonial wool will commence on the 26th inst. Only 27,327 bales will booffared, viz., 4,897 bales Sydney, 4,021 Port Philip, 146 Tasmania, 15,686 Cape, 77 Swan River, and 2,021 East India. Th e busi ness doing in the privatemarket is limited, yet we have no sellers except on higheicterms. Last week's imports were 87 bags from Hambro , and 141 'from Seville. The following are the current rate, of Enelish wool : Down tegs, is 7d to 1s 8d ; half-bred hoggets, •Is6dto ls flannel wool, is 2d to is 6d ; and blanket 7d ; Kent fleeces, is 5d to is 6d ; Down ewes, is 5d to is 6d ; Leicester fleeces, is 4d to is 5d ; combing skins, is 3d twool, i o o l a s t s o Ll l ; s 2d per lb. SEEDS. and oilseed s mee t a rea d y The stocks of linseed are getting into a narrow compass, and higher rates have again been p a i d. Cakes are very sale, Turnip,White,per bush. 2 0 s to 21s s we d e 20s 21s a s t t a f v l a q n cueodt prices. ions. Rape Mustard, Brown.. •• • • 20s 22s White, now ••• • .. IG!! 12s Tares, Winter, new.. 5s 6d 6s Od Carraway, . • •• .. 445 46s C0ria nder.......... 223 24s Linseed Hompseed,per qaarter 43s 46s Linseed, Eng,i ow i ng „ €Bg 703 Crushing ........ 553 66s Cake, pr. toe— RAW° ......... —3 5 Odessa ......... .—s Od —s English .. ...10/ 10s 101158 Foreign. per ton 9110! 11110 s (Rapeseed, Cakes,p er t on 5 1 10 $ 61 Os R apeseed, pr qr, „ .... 82s 84s _ , Canary, per Quarter •• 66s 723 Rye grass (new)•• •• • • 245 34s Clover,RedEng.(cwt.) 52s 84, White ..•..... •• 68s 808 Foreign Red.. •• .. 68s 75s White•• •. 68s 80s Trctil, new.. •• . 2814 32s TALLOW. Our market still continues very fi rm, and the advance. To-day, P.Y.C., o n th e spot, is quoted at 66 5 3d, at which price there are buy ers for delivery any period on or before the 31 st March. T own T a ll ow 64s nett cash. Rough fat , 3 s 6 d per 81bs, prices are on 1853. 1 1 1856. Price of Y. C •• Stock this day ......• 4 0 . 348 •• 43s 9d te 448 Os Delivery last week .. 1,816 Ditto from June 1.... 74,727 Arrivals last week.. 305 Ditto from Junel ...., 74,447 Price of Town.. ..• I 454 91 1857. 10,522 o 66s 3d to —8 Od 1,639 86,663 432 80,205 658 6d 38,157 39,065 23,472 62s 6d 57s Othn 58s Od to te 62s 9,1 —8 Od Od 1,747 2,12 2 817 75,659 58,861 83,010 1,641 717 1,0,390 61,016 69,940 64e 9d 54 9d 146 a 6d IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WREN. Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. From Ostend Antwerp Oporto Harlingen 471 ... Rotterdam- 57 ... SchiedaM Calves. Plc 29 ... - 8 ... - ... 113 ... - ..-"". ••• x d