The Sun. — London, England, 1857-01-05 00:00:00

NONE Y MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLocx. Letters from Liverpool state that the Cotton Market on Saturday closed firmly, but without animation, and prices of all descriptions were at fully last week's rates. The sales were 10,000 bales, 1,000 of which were taken for export, and 1,000 on speculation. In the Railway Share Market the demand was tolerably active, but prices remained unaltered from the current rates of Friday. From the manufacturing districts the accounts received this morning report no alteration of im portance in the various cloth and woollen markets. rrom Leeds we learn that the mills are generally in full work, and the operatives are fairly employed . The prospects of the New Year are encouraging, and an active business is expected to arise early in the spring. In the worsted trade of Bradford the transactions during the past week were limited, the settlement of the annual accounts engrossing chief attention. At Manchester the continued rise in cotton has interfered with the proceedings of the manufacturers and merchants. The accounts received from New York per steamer Africa mention that the money market in that city was very stringent, and increased pressure was generally anticipated. According to the last weekly return published by the City Banks the loans and discounts were rather smaller owing to a restrictive policy baying been commenced. The specie showed a slight augmen tation, but a decline was soon expected in conse quence of the export demand and the large remittances that were being made to Savannah, Mobile, New Orleans, and Charleston. Specu lative Securities were firmly maintained by the .Bulls, who considered the tightness of the money market as merely of a temporary character. For some months past the Ottoman Govern ment has been making endeavours to constitute a National Bank, partly with the view of raising a loan to supply the exhausted treasury. There were several competitors for the concession, local as well as foreign, but advices have now come to band announcing that a satis factory arrangement has been completed with Eng lish and French capitalists. We may therefore expect that the projected loan of ten or twelve mil lions sterling, which is to be immediately negotiated, will tend to augment the efflux of gold from this country. Subscription lists will probably be opened at Paris, Vienna, Constantinople, and London, but the greater portion will no doubt be taken up here, especially if the terms are advantageous. The shares of the Ottoman Bank have been rather depressed during the last few days, the directors not having been successful in obtain ing the concession for the State Bank, but they are now firmer, as the company will no doubt I continue to transact a profitable business. The demand for money in Lombard-street and at the Bank of England is less active, and the best descriptions of paper are negotiated on rather easier terms. The market for public securities continues re markably firm, with a slight tendency towards im provement. There is, however, very little animation. Consols opened at 94 to 941 and they are now steady at that quotation. The quotation for Feb. is 944 I. The New 3 per Cents, are 94i 4, and the Reduced 941 Exchequer Bills are steady at 4s. prem. Bank Stock is 2164 to 218. Foreign Securities are quiet, but generally at former quotations. Turkish 6 per Cents, have arisen per cent., viz., to 951 4. Russian 44 per Cents, are 96 to 961, the Small Bonds 974, French 44 per Cents. 92, with the exchange at 25f. 200. Sardinian are 881, and Brazilian Small 1004. The Ecuatorian Commission of Agency have this day received from agents at Guayaquil a remit tance of 4,672/. 3s. 2d. on account of Ecuador dividends. The following are the nominal prices of Foreign Stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 6 7 ; Sall y 212 ; Peruvian 44 per Cents., 774 84 ; ditto I per Cents., 55 6 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 43 5 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 106 8 ; ditto 44 per Cents., 95 7; Spanish 3 per Cents., 401 401 ; ditto Deferred, 231 41 ; ditto Certificates, 51 61 ; ditto Passive, 51 61. The Railway Share market this morning has ex hibited rather more firmness, and an improvement of fully 2 to 4 per cent. may be noticed on the Caledonian, East Lancashire, Gt. Northern, Great Western, Lancashi re an d Y or k s hi re, South estern, Midland, North-Eastern Berwick, and South-East ern. The-French lines are dull, and Paris and Lyons rule rather lower. Great Western of Canada, and Grand Trunk of Canada are rather higher. Joint-Stock Banks and Miscellaneous Shares are also at rather enhanced values. BarrlSH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONK o'CLOUS.. (From the Officza List.) Bank Sto c k -ta . ,nosts done 218 16A 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities tiew 3 ps r C en t. A nnu iti es India Bonds, £lOOO ~L , Dittn, Ander £lOOO 3 Consols for Accoun t Bzcheqn3r Bills, 2Ad. £5OO 21000 . ...... 4 p Small ... 11RICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Fonds, 5 per Cent. Ditto Small 100.4 Milieu Bonds, 6 per Cent lO4l Russian Rends, 1622, 3 St., 5 per Cent , Ditto, 4i per Cent. 96a 6 Ditto Small Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent. . ......... Turkish Bonds, 6 per cent — Ditto Account 'en , . ~ - .1. , .. above aYnnie to 14,'" ••French Routes, 4i per Cent. 92f. ex 25f. 20 c . Dutch Exchange, per Cen;., 12 Guilders 644 TWO O'CLOCK. Console Ditto Account Ditto (February) 91 94H RAILTV.4.Y TRAFFIC RETURNS. IRA.FFIC RETURNS FOR THE WEEK. Miles Opened, 1856. NAME of RAILWAY. Receipts. . 115 37% 17 26) 117 198 w 9414 20 11/11188. Aberdeen Belfast and Ballym en a •• • •• •: Belfast and County Birkenhead, Lancashre, and Cheshire Bolton, Blackburn, and West 'York Bristol and Exeter Chester and Holyhead... „ • *• Cork, Blackrock, and Passage .. Cork and Bandon .. • • .. „ „ Dublin and Belfast J unction .. .. • • Dublin and Drogheda...... • ....... Dublin and Kingstown Dundee and Arbroath Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen Junction Dundalk and Enniskillen.. „ „ „, East Anglian.... • • • • • • . • .. • • .• • • ..., 183% 283 203% ass 25% 90 286% 161 637 5% 123% 267 173 v 9 28 498 1268 52 2 49 2.32 82 8734 29% 48 57% 289 171% 1856. 1,047 2,‘;73 6,111 12,541 4,395 207, 1,021 1,266 1,181 526 964 East Lancashire • • • • • • • • • • • • • ....... Eastern Counties and Norfolk.. • • •. 1 Eastern Union • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • " 3 982 6,220 26,468 5.244 5,320 Ediaburghaiia Glasgow ..... • • • • • • • • Edinburgh, Perth. and Dundee."... Exeter and Crediton .• •• • • ••• Furness Railway •• • •• • Glasgow, and South-Weste • rn.• • • • • • • Great Northern..... Great Southern and Western 1 Great Western ••••• • •• • •.. (..71.in? Irish South Eastern •• •• • • • • •• •••••• Lancaster and Carlisle • • • • • • • • • • • • Lancashire and Yorkshire • • • • • • • • • • Leeds Northern .. ••••• • • • ' • • • Liverpool, Crosby, and S o uthport— •• London and North Western ..... •• • • London and Blackwa,ll.. • • • • • • • • • • • • London, Brighton, and South Coast.. London and South Western,....... Londonderry and Enniskillen •• •• •• Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, &c. Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Manchester and South Junction .• •• • • Maryport and Carlisle •• •• •• •• • • •• • • Midland Great Western (Irish) • • • • • • Monkiands •• •• •• •• •• •• • • •••• • • • • Newoastle and Car1i51e.............. North British North Staffordshire liort h•Western •• • .... ••• • •• Scottish Central .• o . Scotti sh Midland • • liihrewabury and Birtningh ahreWsbnry and Chester • ShrohSoutpsh D • •• •• ire *union .• " ev on • • - ••• • • • ••• • • • South • South Wales •• •• •• • • •• • • • • •• •• • • TidoauethvYalosr.k...,!io•n••cas“ te •• ;;;;Id ••• Ulster • Waterford And Llea • • • ri •• •• • • •• •• • • West Cornwall . e—ek ••••• • • • •• • • Whltehaven jnneti o • n • • "• • •'•• • ' • York and Newcastle, I •• Be• e k • • • s r • York and North Midland & Leeds.. 6,090 27,855 5,490 29,378 5,728 22,609 60,225 1,297 12,752 14,154 601 X 97% 2,016 7,653 10,832 5,133 POIEIGIf. Dutch Rhenish Lyons and Mediterranetui" .•;;; • :e• • hiontereau and Troye s • • • • Namur and Liege .........:•••• Northern of France • • • • • Orleans and Central ..... :..• • Paris and Lyons :' • Paris and Rouen. • • • • ; Paris and Strasburgh .........• Rouen and Havre.. • .. •• • Western of Franc e .• • • ..... • •• •• • . 5,676 27,348 5,550 23,904 10,105 766 977 31.469 2,710 5,021 6 022 20,601 55,499 1,228 11,074 12,641 522 2,288 3,400 9,502 693 891 28,254 2,663 5,017 1,537 2,763 922 2,371 18,609 6,913 2,920 3,608 2,776 18,635 5,507 1,895 3,245 St. 5) St. St. 20 20' 174 1 20 ?0 100 too 20 SHARE MARKETS—(This Day) W 4..ntwA Y S Clnging Pr( e Saturday. .4usuieBs done this day 4; - A.mbg. Nottng. Boet. and Bast:. Junet I Belfast At Ballymer. firming. Wolverb lStour LAnceL. lheghtre Do. Chesh. & Birk , Do., do. Blackburn Blyth &Tyne or , gins. $25 (issd. at £4.5 Bristol and Exeter., 'Caledonian. Chester & Holyhead Cork and Bandon !Cork, Black, & Pas , 'Cornwall Do. A Do. B Dublin&BelfastJur c Dun. P. & Aber. Jnc. East Anglian....... Eastern Counties.. East. rinimi, A SC Be., B. Stock Do., New East Kent Past Lancashire East Suffolk Do. ... Edinburgh & Glasgu Edinb. and Peebles lEdin.Prth &Dunde Forth & Clyde Jun.; Furness ;Glasgow di S. Westrn, Great N. of Scotlnd. iGrest Northern 'Do., A. Stock .. ... Do., B. Stock Gt. sth. &West.(lre : Great Western Do. Stour Val. Rai Gua. Stk , Irish South-Eastern Lancaster & Carlieh Do., Thirds Do. New Thirds Lancash.andYorksh Do., Wat. Riding Un. Do. Sonthr or E London Si - Blackwa 11 Lond. Bright itt S.Cst Load. and N. Weett !Do. Fifths 'Do. Eighths., liondmisnda. West! . LndndrrydColerain. Lndndrrv. & Ennisk Aanch.Silef.& Linch Metropolitan Do. J. L. Ricardo's arrangement Sildland ) 0 . Birmng. & Der Aidld. G. West. (I, t .)o Half Shares... Newcastle & Cariisl Nwpt.Aberg.&Hrf Newry &Enniskili. Newry, Warrenpoln uld Rostrevor.... dorfolk orthn.Connties TT North British Nth Devon Rail & Dock Stock )0., A Stock... )0., B Stock . N.taatern—Berw , k )o. do. Extension . )o.do. (i.N.E. ?tiro , Do. Leeds 1)0. York north London . &S. Wstrn. , Ham stead, and City Jn. forth Staffordshir, . Borth Western & S. Westrn. Jun,• Wore., & Wolv ~rtsrztouth Rhymney . Ott ish 'Co ntrAl Scot. N E.Abrdn St Do. Scot. Mid. St 1 TTri-, SitingbournekSheer. ioutti Devon 3outh Eastern ionth Wales . i. Yrkah. & Riv. Da •)o •itaines,Wok. &Wol Stockton & Darling Do., do., 1.854 ..... . Do.; do., 1855.: 161 itoziten di Hartlep L)t p i a Vale ......... )o. Pref., No. 1 •• 'Z2 rhames Hay. D.& R. all Vale of Neath ...... all Waterfd. & Kilkenn all Naterfordditira er , e • all West Cornwall_ all Vest End of Londol and Crystal Palace.. all Do. A ....... ........ Do. B .. West London. Do. Filet Class... Do. Second ArCrovi,-r donibay. tutrocta.and Cen.lndia, g. 5 p. c I Do. Ceylon A shares Do. B. do , emerara Eastern Bengal . Bast Indian A and B, g. 5 p. Do. Ex. C, tri. 5 p. c Do. do. D, gu. 5 p. c. D 0.4 p.c. Bnds. ,'57 Do. do. do., '59, d , . Geelong t bfelbourn( guar. 5 per cent... Trunk of Canada )o. Cert. of Deben. con. into Stk. Go. Comp. 6 p. e., do. (It. in. Pen. g. S p. c. Do New, guar. 5 p. ,4t. Wegtern Of Oland a Do. New Do. Bde., payable Do. do., '76, p. '60.. Do. do., '73 di Do. do., '73, withon• option Madras, guar. 41 p.c Do. do., 5 p. c. Do. 4i p. c. Eaten Do. 3d Ex., g. 5 p. c Scinde, guar. 5 p. c, D 0... St. Andrew's and Quebec (A) COLONIAL. t . oJt. nntworpealtott rd Ardennes iolgian Eastn. June 'osiers to Gni ssess. c Buff. & Lk. Hur. Ry. Carmeaux & Toulouse Coal Mines and Ry Rhenish Eastern of France New ...... Euphrates Valley Eur. Ceutral of Fran. e lreat Luxembourg... Italian Junction...... Lake Const. & Basle Lierre and Turnhout Lombardo Venetian. Lucca & Pist. 5 p. c.p. Lyons and Geneva Lyons et Mediterran. Maria Antonia Do. do. New Namur drLiege Do. do., 6 p, c. Pref. Northern of France. NorwegianTrnnkPref Paris and Lyons Paris and Orleans Recife & San. Fran., (Forums.) g. 7 p. c. Rome and Frascati Royal Danish Royal Swedish Sambre and Meuse Do. 5i p. cent. Prat Southern of France '4Test Flanders Do. 5A per c. Pref._ W. & N. W. of France Western of Austria West. of Switzerland' Wiesbaden Do. 8 per cent. Pref. Zealand kustr4.6.4la Bank of Egypt '''' Bank of London . ''''' Col. Bk.&r,,* ' iiritish N. A merles : Chartd. Bank of Asia Clutd. Bnk. of India,. Australia, & China City ~. Colonial Commercial of kind Loud. E ni,T.Socoht.att, tial3.k(:hot.f Anntralia ....,..,•••• • Ditto New London and County bua. &E. Bnk g. Corp London Joint Stock Loud. & Westminster National Pro.ef Eng Do. New National Bank New South Walot 'Oriental Fk. Corp Ottoman Bank .. - Provincial of Ireland [fro. Now F. Ana B &Go Ira tic 4aath instralib.,.. - 'Unita of Anotrtlla... Do. Now '•,,r. f I Unity Mutual Wooteru Bk of Loud 11 1i 1 2p 11 21p 5 5 * 3 1 1 12 9 —lO par p ' it 6 51 ..it 2 il 6; 1 i. 0.„ 8 - 19 - 193 371 - 81 - 81 54} - 55 51 -- 53 if - I pl 18 - 20 1 - 9 - 94 - 9§ - P 41 - 41 9§ - 10 33 - :44 - All SANK& N 100 id -- par 61 63 ... . -.pi 1 i a 68 - 70 17# ` 17~ 18# - 184 -- 19 3.8 39 2i 2 d 35 37 65 - 67 7 - 9 10 Bdl 6 W e 41 50 L6l I6i 9t. 100 100 ,0} 19 9i 38 25 7 - 93 - 5; 55 ii - 56 94 - 96 7 - 70 91 92 76 - 78 [2O 125 ,10 112 68 6E4 GO 65 70 74 5 61 51 61 97 97 6t 111 1061 par 83 , 1, 55 • 85ii 30 ... • 41 7# 10 28i .66 los - 75 844 3d 19i - 2)4 6 - 8 2 - 4 5 - 54 NO • • 1 - 1} - ii -= ii 113 - 115 2i 24p 21i -22 i 54 - 56 80 85 2t 221 1 Isp 25 - '53 2i 99 - 100 118 123 118 - 123 108 110 20 - 20 222 -22 i $- i V 1 - 14 p 2} - 2ip •• • ..... NO aq.r4 ruE SUN, LONDON, MON DA EVENL\ G, JANUARY 6 1857 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. MARKET NEWS.--A This ay ) LAW INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.) KAILwitY or Closing Prices Saturday. Business this day COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Goulburn.) Redford Blotch iej Buckguarneli Clydosdal , Col. Stour Vy. E. Lim g. 5 pc. E. Un. H. Si Gins. Barr. it Neils. Direct Do. New Lund.o2. N. VV.) t. „;, Caledon E. Cr &E.O Gt.lo rt. i. E. Count. Caldonts.,. IN RE L. SAMUEL. To-day was appointed for the further examination of this bankrupt, who was a diamond merchant, &c., in Bury-street, St. Mary-Axe. 96 98 98 102 11 - 13 133 135 4 ... 4} The bankrupt was again brought up in custody, hav ing been taken in execution, the original examination hawing been adjourned since, without protection, in con sequence of the incredible statement made by the bank rupt with respect to his dealings and his conduct on some occasions, which was such as to lead to doubts as to his sanity. Glstr.& Dn Fr Hrtlpl. Dk Railway... Hull & Selby Do. r# Shares , . Do. Shares. Lon. & Greenw Do. Preference Lon., TH., k P. Do. Bark. Sh. Lowestoft g r. 4 per cent. Do. 6 per ct. Manch. Sian and Matlock Middieern' Rade. g 6 p.c. Midid. Bradt Newmarket Bury E. G.spc N.& Est.s p.c. Do. 6 per ct. Do. Fixeds p c Prost. & w yE De. Shr 4. A Roystn.& Hit. Shef.Roth.an Gooleg.s p.c . Shrews. &Her S. Staffordsh. Wear Vallcygr 6 per cent... Do.. Gt. iles:;1 Yk. New, & Berw. 'Y.&NJI Do 'Do 11i.s —1) S. Easton: D 0...... Peto & Co IDo 124 - 13 224 - 23 112 - 114 ! • I 1 pi Mr. Chidley ultimately obtained leave for the bank- rupt to be again brought up, and several meetings have been held, during which witnesses and the bankrupt have been examined at great length, but the bank rupt's statements are still deemed unsatisfactory, Mr. Chidley, who has taken up the bankrupt's case with great zeal, as unless the truth of the bankrupt's state• ments can be borne out he must remain in prison for an indefinite period, now applied for a further adjourn• went for a fortnight, when, he had no doubt, he should be able to adduce evidence to corroborate the bankrupt. Mr. Norton, for the assignees, objected, as they were obliged to bear the expenses, there being no estate ; but his Honour ultimately granted the adjournment, on the understanding that bankrupt should pay the costs of the day, and depost 51. to meet further expenses. Mr. Chidley said that would be done, and he had no doubt he should ultimately be able to convince the Court that the bankrupt bad stated the fasts. Adjourned accordingly. Norfolk Do L.& N. W & Midi& Stckton & Darling . . 2i 2i 'Ea. Conn. E. Count,. 56 -- -5 1 8 Do IDo L.&N.W Do Qt North n Lancanh Yorksh. T. Brassey M. MClean Stockt. Dar I ingt Do atWest n I I:i2 - 135 - 33 - 34 S 9 - qi Wilts&f;omrst CRIMINAL COURT.—(This Day.) PREFERENCE SHARES. OLD COURT. Myth and Tyne 10pei e. pref. Ossd. at 501 Eris. & Ex. 4 p. C. St Do. 4 p. c. Shares Caledn. £lO 4} p.c. •' . .lhes.& Ho. Gn. 53 p, Do. do. Pref. 5 per c. Cork dcßandonslp.c. Dtra.Prth Aher.J. E. Anglian Cls. ASh Do. do. Cls. B 6 p. Do. do Cis. C 7p. c Eas. Co. Ex, spoNo Do. No. Do. New 6 p. o. S. East Un., G. 8 p. The January sessions of the Central Criminal Court commenced this morning, at the o.d Bailey, before R. Gurney, RN., the newly appointed Recorder, the Lord Mayor, Alderman Farncornbe, Alderman Sir F. G. Moon, Bart., Alderman Kennedy, Mr. Sheriff Mechi, Mr. Sheriff Keates, and the Under-Sheriffs Crosley and Anderson. 95 - 100 4i - 5 6 - 6i 94 - 98 109 113 The learned Recorder, in charging the grand jury, said that he regretted he was unable to give them the information that might be necessary with reference to many of the charges in the calendar, in con sequence of the late period at which the depo sitions had been returned to the Court. He had an im mense number of depositions there before him ; but as none of them had been returned before Saturday —some of them late on Saturday night, and others relative to the most important cases since he had taken his seat on the bench—he could give them no information or guid ance with reference to the cases to which they referred ; but should they, in the course of their duties, find any difficulties arise, he should have much pleasure in giving them his advice and assistance. He was sorry to find that the calendar contained no less than four charges arising out of matters connected with the loss of human life. In one of those cases he had only received the depositions that morning. It was the case of a mother charged with the murder of her two infant children, but he did not apprehend auy difficulties would arise in the case with regard to their duties. They would consequently, if they found there were sufficient prima facie grounds for doing so, put her on her trial, leaving it to another jury to investigate the state of her mind, or any other circumstance that might arise in reference to the com mittal of the crime. The other cases affecting life were charges of manslaughter ; one Ives that of a man giving deceased a blow which forced a tobacco pipe down his throat ; the second was that against a cab driver, who took up a fare when in a state of intoxication, and from his negligence was thrown of his box ; the horse then ran off at a furious rate, and came in contact with an omnibus, the pole of which struck the fare, and death ensued. The remaining case was one of rather an un usual character, that of a schoolmistress causing the death of one of her pupils, from not giving it sufficient wholesome food. There were two other charges of great importance in the calendar, but which would not, he was sorry to say, be brought before them immediately, in consequence of the great number of wit ; nesses to be brought from the continent. It had therefore, been found necessary to put off the inquiry into these charges for a short period, and that after they had finished the other business to adjourn till the fol lowing Monday, when the cases would be brought before them, and the learned judges who would have to try the cases would attend and dispose of them. The first charge was that against three men, named Pierce, Burgess, and Tester, for stealing gold bullion on the South-Eastern Railway, and be found from th• depositions that the proof of the charge against the prisoners rested very much on the evidence of a witness Rho was a party to the robbery, and who was cow un dergoing a sentence for another offence of which he had been convicted. It was not usual in such cases, and it would not be safe to do so, to act on the unconfirmed testimony of an accomplice, and in this case there would be a large quantity of evidence produced tending to confirm the statement of the accomplice. To such an extent did it appear to be produced that the evidence of the accomplice might be said to give a meaning and con nect facts that would be proved by independent witnesses on whose character, so far as he was aware, there was no imputation. The other case was that of Leopold Redpath and others, Akarged with defrauding their employers, the GreatiiKorthern Railway Company. The case had attracted considerable puolic attention, partly probably from the position the prisoner occupied, and partly from the large amount of money of which the Railway Company had been defrauded. Supposing the facts contained in the depositions were esta blished, there could be little doubt but that the pisoner Redpath was led into these frauds in order to repair the losses he had sustained in great speculations he bad been engaged in on the Stock Exchange. He (the Recorder) was led to think, on looking at this case, that such precautions might be taken to prevent, or at all events to greatly diminish, such temptations as those into which Redpath had fallen. It appeared that the business of the Stock Exchange was carried on through the instrumentality of brokers, and he thought that the gentlemen who carried on that business should show more caution in their transactions with persons in confidential posi tions. Cases had lately come before him in which it bad been proved that, had a little more inquiry been made by the brokers, it would have been discovered that the persons employing them had no means of paying any losses that might arise exce,pt out of the coffers of their employers, and a very slight inquiry on the part of the brokers would also have proved that the employers would not have retained such persons in their service for a single moment after knowing the kind of speculations they were engaged in. He was aware there was no law to which persons acting in such a manner in their position was amenable, and, indeed, it would be very difficult to frame a law which would render them at all liable ; but still he believed that the brokers of the me tropolis would admit that in conducting their business they owed a responsibility to society of a higher charac ter than those attached to the breach of any human law. There were men of the highest character in that profes sion, and it was only necessary that their attention should be directed to these suggestions, to induce them to exercise more caution than appeared to have been ob• served in many of the cares which bad come before Criminal Courts. 2 - - Do. 5/., 10 per caul Do. 101. Debentr.ST Do. do. 4 per cent East Lanca.h 6 p. et kW. York. J. sth , Ellin. k Gl. 5 p.c. sh d. Prth.ArDnr 4 75! 76 Furnes, 5 p. c. Glas. &S. W . sp. 4. Great Northn. 5 p. c Do. 5 p. c. Redeem at 10 p. c. prem. Do. 4 A p. c............ _ - ]7 119 .09 - 111 .01 103 D 0.5 p - . c., Red. at f Gt.N. of Soot. Ist Pr, Gt. S. it W. (Ireland Do. 4per o. Prof. S Gt. V7.(8. kll.Exspc Do. con. red. 4 p.c. De. con. red. 4 p. Do. irred. 4p. C. Do. 5 p. c. red. prof Do. Birm. Pref. Sli Do.CheaterB p. c. P. Do. do. 5 p. c. do Do. Birm. Qua. Stk Do. Ches. Gus. Sh.. Do. do, do Do. do. do Lan. &York. F. £26 Do. 6 p. C. Stock Lon. & B. G. 5 pc. No.l Do. P., spc. St.No.2 Do. New Guar.6 U. Do. do. 5 p. c.,Ne.4 Lon. &N. W., Coy. & Nuneaton 5 p. ct.. Lem& S.W. 7 per ct 62 64 In - 10, 6 - 6 95 - 97 85 - 87 99 101 10 - 100 161 - 17 , 10 - 10/ 73 - 74 19i - 20 9f - 101 14f - ••• - 37 139 139 142 118 - 120 late 3d Shares ... L ndy. & Color. Sh. Lowly. & Ennis. SI) Nf.,5.,& L. 6 p. Ceni Do, do. do. £6 1157 - 189 ••• ••• 6o 70 Do. do. 34 per coot. Warypt .&Carl.4 p o Do. 4.A per cent Do. do. \Lid. Consol.6 p.c St Con.Br.?tir. 6 pc Do. 4i p. c. Pref. 't Ditto L. & H. Pref. St New., Aber., dm., pr. 5 p. c. red. 5 p.c. pm. Do. Perpet. 6 p ct. with optn. till '66 Norfir. Deb, 4 p.c. sh Do,Prof. b p. c. St c Do. 5 pc. Ext.,1846 Do. 5i per c.pf ,1847 Do.MNOT.Cpc.,IB47 North British •. , L 37 - 139 98 - 100 89 - 91 1 - ,•• ... .. "... •• • .02 -104 Do 71. Preference N. E. Perw, 4 p.a. Y Do. do. do. Do Leeds 6 p.e - .N0.1 Do. do. Qre.,1848 Do.Vorkil.s 4. Pur North Staffordshire Ox, Wo, , ct W., g pc Do. 6 p.o. Redeem ,Soot. Cent. ,New Pref Se .N. E. Aber. g 6 pe Do. d0.,7 p.c. pf. et. D0.d0., 31 p.c. pf. st ,South Devon 92 —94 1* d Fa P 1107 - 109 114 - 116 105 - 110 17 - 18 Do. fixed, 4i per cent S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. Do. 4i per cent Do. Fixed 4} p c sh S Wales Gina. 4p. c De). do. 4i p. a S.Yorksh.4p.c.Guar Stock.& Dar., 5 p. c Do. do. do Stock. & Hartl. g. 5 p. c. till July 1, '56 Waterfd. & Kilk. 6 pc, 100 all 100 100 all all 23 - 24 102 - 105 10k 101 o• ''' ... ~ .... ... 27 281 2 --3 p .•• - ••• 3 - 31 MINES. lOs all !Anglo Californian ••• ... - ... 20 7 Australian 4 14 1 all Baden (Gd. Duchy of) ... ... 50 all Blesnar. Iron & Coal ... 20 14 British Iron 74 84 35 264 Brazilianlmp.(iEsued at £ 5 pm.) 30 all Do. Cocaes & (Inaba 3i 3i 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 15 17 1 4 Clarendon Cons. Min. Co. of Jamaica p iP 40 all Cobra Copper ,_ 56 58 5 14 Colonial Gold — ... St. all Copper Min. of ling 30 35 30 25 all Do. Pref. 74 p. cent 25 27 ... i.e. Copiapo l3 15 2 all Fortuna .. . . 4 4d 20 all Gen&al — ... 1 1 411 Gt.NuggetVeinßeg. 4 4 44' all Great Polgooth. 4 4 5 ! all Gt Wheal Vor Unite , l 54 54 1 ! all Liberty — •.. 3 all Linares. 5 14 Lusitanian ld p 1 all Mariquita. ....... • i i 1 all New Granada — 4 1 all Nouveau Monde i 2) all Pontgi•Sil.& Le• Min. 8 10 5 1 Port Philip — ••• 1 all Quartz Rock — ••• 50 all illiymney Iron 22 24 15 all Do. New 7 9 30 154 Santiago de Cuba l4 -- 2 li ... 6s. Sort. Cons. Min. Co. 14 14 1 all South Australian.. 1 all Do. Scrip - ••• 1 all Do. 10 per cent Pref ... ... . 14 Tam. S. &L. Min. Co. 4 --1 10 9 rin Craft 34 4 284 all United Mexican 34 4 1 all Waller 1, all West Mariposa ..• ••• 4 i 1 12s. Worthing Mining of Australia • ....... Henry Philip Artby, 20 years of age, respectably con nected, and described as a surgeon, was indicted for forgery and uttering an order for payment of money, with intent to defraud, and also on several indictments charging him with obtaining jewellery and articles of wearing apparel from various tradesmen at the west-end. The prisoner is what is called a " fast young man;" he used many aliases, and, among others, that of Lord John Hay. The prisoner pleaded guilty to the charge of misdre meanour and not guilty to the charge of forgery. On which the prosecution offered no evidence. Mr. Metcalfe, whe appeared for the prisoner, said that he had pleaded guilty to what were no doubt three charges of fraud of a systematic and serious nature, and it was hoped that the ends of justice would be sufficiently answered by the punishment that would be inflicted on him for those without entering on and branding him with the charge of felony. One of the cases certainly involved a question of forgery, which was that of giving a fictitious cheque, merely to obtain a position, but not for any commercial fraud. Tne prisoner, will we still under age, was respectably connected, and had been entered as a student at St. Thomas' Hosp tal, at which time he had ample means ; but having indulged in a life of great extravagance, he had been led into these acts of swindling. He was still entitled to pro. perty in his own right, which would be distributed amongst those he had victimised. The prisoner I had gone to the Crimea, and after his return corn mitted those acts, and be (Mr. Metcalfe) , 'lag sorry to say that tradesmen too frequently afforded facilities for these frauds, as in one case the prisoner had obteined upwards of 401. worth of jewellery for which he could have no use. The friends of the prisoner were desirous I that he should leave the country, and they would under. of imprisonment expired take that as soon as his term be should leave this country for Australia, and under these clrcumstances he hoped sufficient punishment would be inflicted by the course pursued. Mr. Robinson, on the part of the prosecution, denied they had been guilty of want of caution in this case. The prisoner was sentenced to 18 months' imprison inent. The Recorder directed that the property obtained from the prosecutors, and pledged, should be given up, and the friends of the prisoner undertook to give up a ring pledged by the prisoner, that he had fraudulently ob:ained from a soldier in the Crimea, and which he had found on the field of battle. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. —('finis Day.) MARLBOROUGH-STREET. PICKPOCKETS AT CHLTRoll.—Francis Bridges, a well known thief, was paced at the bar before Mr. Beadon, charged with stealing a purse containing a half-sovereign and two shillings from the person of Mrs. Sarah Pur chase, a married lady, residing at No. 18, Argyll-street. The prosecutrix stated that on Sunday afternoon she waz coming out of St. Andrew's Church, Wells-street, just after the service, and when near the door she felt some person's hand in her pocket. She at once looked round and saw a woman in the act of handing her purse to the prisoner, who returned back into the church and (nixed with the crowd. She, however, kept her eye upon the prisoner, and he, finding that he was observed with suspicion, ran out of the church. He was subse quently brought back to the church in custody, with the purse and its contents produced in his custody. The prisoner, against whom it was stated there have been several previous convictions, was remauded for a week. 11 .11ROELLANROITS. 25 19 s war/limo A victim 234 10 11 xustraln. Royal Mail 10 all Merlin Water Works 4i 54 50 40 American Land 40 45 100 3:6 Canada l3O 140 St. ,fl Go.6p.c. JanValy 110 111 1101 x d St. 100 Do. 6 p.c. Feb & Aug St. 1.00 DD. 6p c. Mar & Sept 5 all Crystal 2 21 5 all Do. Preference 54 51 4 al Crystal Pal.of France 1 4 Duston Iron Ore 20 154 Eastern Steam •• • St. 100 Electric Telegraph 93 92 1 all Eloctrio Teleg. of Jr -- 5 al) En. &Aus Cop Sm Co 14 11 25 all Gon. Ir Sc Col (Um.) 15 14 Goa. Steam Navigat. all ionoral Screw Steam 6 7 6 4 20 5 London Discount 4 all Lond. Gen. Omnibub 31 3 i 20 10 Magdalena St. Navi 10 all vlediteran. Elec. Tel. 10 all ilezican&S.Atnoricn. 31 25 5 Nat. Discount Co 4 lip 25 1 Do. New 10 6 Netherlands Land._ 1 14 10 a l l Do. 5 3 Do. 8p c P iss at 1 d a _ p 5 1 Do. Do 100 80 New B. &N. S. Land ••• ... N. S.W. Gov. sp.c• D. 1 all S. B. Australasia ~ a - 1 • 1 20 174 Nrth.ofEuropeSteam 4 3 d 141 1 all oriental Gas ll 1 2s. Do. "Now Shares" Pm 5 all P ee l R r. Ld. & Minrl. 24 24 21 bt Peninsniar& Oriental 66 —6850 10 Do. New.. I°° l l Sa t ii ° t yt tl lA : u . Ba t: r u . 141 25 all South Austral...T...4,nd 36 - 38 1 al. Snbmar. Tel. Scrip... 1 1 al D 1 20 p r , ctet ..• 100 84 Van Diemen's L an d • • •• 18 Y.,0).,611.0..Jan&Ju1y WIN H. ••••• .0 CORN EXCHANGE. There was a moderate demand for wheat in most of the country markets held on Saturday, and prices were slightly on the advance. Fine barley sold briskly at au improve ment in value of is per quarter. All other kinds of pro. i duce met a slow inquiry. From New York we have advices to the effect that both wheat and flour were rather dearer. Most of the Conti nental markets have been dull. Veiy limited supplies of English grain arrived up to our market last week. The imports from abroad were 23,288 quarters of wheat, 5,805 barley, 15,287 oats, 207 beans, 180 tares, 130 linseed, 32 mustard seed, ICO sundry seeds, 485 sacks and 22,603 barrels of flour. Fresh up to-day the receipts of English wheat, coastwise and by land carriage, were on a very molerate scale, and the show of samples of both,red and white was consequently rather limited. For most descriptions there was a fair but by no means brisk demand, at prices about equal to those realised on Monday last, and a fair clearance of the stands was effected. The general condition of the wheat samples exhibited little or no improvement. There was a good show of all kinds of foreign wheat, fresh as well as ex-granary. American parcels were rather pressed for sale by some of the importers. Otherwise holders were firm, and picas were well supported. Floating cargoes of grain realised full quotations. We had a fair supply of barley in the market. Malting qualities sold briskly, at a further improvement in value of ls. per quarter, and other kinds ruled steady at full quotations. We had a moderate demand for malt, on former terms. The demand for oats was tolerably firm. In prices no change took place. Beans were in request, on former terms. In the value of peas no change took place, and the de , mand was steady. The flour trade was firm, and prices were well supported, CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE Wheat—Essex Sc Kent, Red • • new 533 to 67a Ditto.. • • .... old —s —a Ditto, White new 56s 74s Ditto...• .... old —s tiorfolk and Lin coln, Red, old —s Ditto new •• • 52s' 65s Rye—Old •....... —5 —8 New ............ 38s 42s Barley—Grinding .• • .. 3ls 33a Malting ..• .• 368 393 Chevalier... • . . 42s 52s Malt—Suffolk and No rfolk.• ..•• 67s 77a grown ......•••• .• 63a 61e Kingston and Ware 7€s 79s ' Malt —Chevalier .. •• 76s to 77s (pats Yorkshire and LloColnsk ,Feed 21s 283 Potato roughal and Cork 81ack....... 193 22 Cork, White .•• • • 21; Scotch. Feed... • • 26s 29s Beans—Tick •• .. 343 35s Pige0n5.......... 40 434 Peso—Grey •••••• •• • • 36s 394 Maple ...... •• • • 40s 4;s • • 39s 424 Boilers •• .. •• .• 408 43. Yloar—Town-made.•• 583 60s Suffolk 428 43s Stooktn & Norfolk 42s 43s METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. The imports of foreign stock into London last week were very moderate—the total supply amounting to 782 head. In the corresponding week in 1853 we received 651 ; in 1835, 935; and in 1854, 2,100 head. IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WINK. From Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs Tonning Rotterdam 74 ... Harlingen Elamburgh Ostend Antwerp — ••• Amsterdam - .• • - •• • 153 5 ... - ... 44 ... - ... ... 115 ... - 259 ... - ... 2 Total—. 147 ... 461 ... ... 174 ... The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as follows : Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs 856 351 231 72 .855 289 580 56 10 854 360 1,600 ... 140 853 427 2,340 - 380 852 602 2,366 368 4 851 483 1,574 262 ... 48 Only a limited supply of foreign stock was on offer here to-day. - For the time of year the arrivals of home-fed beasts were moderate, but in fair average condition. Although the attendance of butchers was tolerably extensive, the beef trade ruled inactive, and prices were 2d. per 10 lbs. lower than on Monday last. The highest figure for the best Scots was ss. 2d. per 8 lbs. From Norfolk, Suffolk, Sm., we received 1,450 Scots and' short horns ; from other parts of England, 3C3 of various kinds; from Scotland, 300 Scots; and from Ireland, 150 oxen. Although the show of sheep was by no means extensive the mutton trade ruled heavy, at a decline in the prices realised on Monday last of 2d. per 8 lbs. The best old Downs sold at ss. 4d. per 8 lbs. There were 800 Irish sheep in the market, and the general quality of the supply was very good. The few calves in the market changed hands slowly a t Friday's decline in value of 6d. per 8 lbs. The top qaota tion for veal was ss. 2d. per 8 lbs. Pigs were in moderate supply and sluggish request, at barely stationary prices. Per Blbs to sink the offals. s. 4. s. 4.1 Interior Beasts.... 3 6to 3 SI Second quality.... 3 10 4 Prime large oxen 4 4 410 Prime Scots, lic. 5 0 5 '2 Inferior Sheep ...3 10 4 Second quality ...4 4 4 8 Prime crse.-wlled.4 10 5 01 TOTAL •UPTLT. s. d. PrimeSonthdown 5 2 5 4 Large crse. calves 2 6 4 4 Prime small do 4 6 5 2 Large hogs r iSmall porkers 4 6 5 2 Suckling calves 24 0 30 0 Quarter old plgs 23 0 28 0 101 5 ) -- 3. 506 ! Beasts SUPPLY 0 t Calves ....... . 18.3 9 3 5 C s a e lv e eS p 0 ( & statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of fat sto,k exhibited and sold in the Great Metropoliiian Cattle Market, on Monday, Jan. 7, 1856, and this day, Monday, Jan. 5, 1856. Per Blbs, to sink the offals. Jan. 7,1856.4 an. 5,1857. a. d. s. dds. d. s. d. Coarse and inferior beasts 3 4to 3 6; 6to 3 8 Second quality ditto ... 3 8 4 Op 10 4 2 Prime large oxen 4 2 4 o j 4 6 410 Prime Scots, &c ~„ 4 8 4 10 1 5 0 5 2 Coarse and inferior sheep 3 4 3 6 1 3 10 4 2 Second quality ditto „. 3 8 4 214 4 4 Primo coarse woolled ditto 4 4 4 6,4 10 5 0 Prime Southdown ditto 4 8 5 0,5 2 5 Lambs 0 0 0 OP 0 0 Largo coarse calves 410 5 6; 6 4 4 Prime small ditto S 8 o'4 6 5 2 Large hogs 31 0 4 4 4 4 Neat small porkers 4 6 5 0,4 6 5 2 Beasts... . 3,7 " 3,506 83,U20 Sheep 18,350 43 90 Pigs 300 225 SUPPLIES ON Sets, Jan. •8, 1855.—Be a sts , 4 ,325; sheep, 28,880; calves, 146; pigs, 320. January 9, 1854.—Beasts, 3,310; sheep, 22,880 ; calves, 251; pigs, 157. NEWGATE AND LEADEN/EUL The arrivals of meat have rather increased, and the supply slaughtered in the metropolis is tolerably good. Generally speaking the demand is inactive, as follows : Per Sibs by the carcase. s. d. s. d.. I a. 4. m 1 Beef, interior 3 0 3 4 Mutton, Inferior 3 6 310 Do., middling 3 6 4 0 I Do., middling ..... 4 0 4 4 Do. prime large 4 2 4 4 ( Do., prime ......... 4 6 4 10 Do., do. small 4 6 4 8 i Veal 3 6 4 8 Pork, largo 384 4 1 Pork, small ........ 48 5 4 BOROUGH HOP• Oar market is but moderately supp lied with both new alai yearling hops. For most kinds th ere is a s teady demand, and prices generally are well suppo rted. Mid and East Kent . pockets, 3 / 5s to 5 l 15 s ; Weald of Kent, 3/ 5s to 4/ 14s ; Sussex, 3/ Os to 3 / 18s. aa r. ,t nnoFtdi.l9bEi 0:1 i t railway, since :Idling con dition. from TheHar lingen, coastwise SPl : A 4 d eu it r io l n as . t report, have b p a o v rt e s b h e a e v n e m am od o e u r n at t lingers, 33 bags from Hamburg, 23 do, 10 tons, and 20 hampers from Rotterdam, 213 bags from Antwerp, and 105 tons from other quarters. The demand generally is steady, and very little change has taken place in the quo tations. • York Regents, 95 to 125 per ton ; Kent and Essex do., 90s to 12th ; Scotch do., 703 to 105 s ; Irish, 70s to 80s ; foreign, 70s to 803. WOOL. There is a very firm market for all kinds of English wool ; but, owing to the high value of money, no further advance has taken place in prices. Foreign and colonial qualities move off steadily at full quotations. Last week's imports were 91 bales from liaaaburg, 686 from Sydney, and 880 from Algoa Bay. The following are the current rates of English wool :- ; half-bred wethers, is 3 Down tegs, is 5 0 to is fli; d to h is d ; li d s o 18M 4d to is 51; L e i ces t er d o ., i s 4d d ; Down ewes, is 3.d to is 5d ; to is 5d ; combing skins, is to i s 4d ; bl an k e t woo l, 10d. to is 2d : flannel wool , l id to 18 ; and old akin, is 5d to al l e-bre is bid par lb. e h n o t gs fl , e l e s ee 4V it ~__ SEEDS. The linseed market continues firm, and prices are well supported. Black Sea, on the spot, is selling at 61s 6d to Egyptian, 58s to 60s per demand, at full quotations. 06q2utsha qu a rte r . r;E articles aCatklens remain airade 6in fair s; about b o t u o 6 t 5 stationary in price, with a fair demand. Turnip. White, per bush. 20 s to 2 1s swede ...• .. 203 2i s Mustard, Brown•• .• •• 21s 22• White, new • • 1 0 s 12• Tares,Winter, new 59 Gd Gs Od Canary, per quarter •. 70a 76, Rye crass (new).- •• • 249 34s Cloyer,RedEng.(ewt.) 6657 Whit e ..•• •••• •• 8 s 806 Foreign Red.. •• • • 70 s 75s € B9 80s Trefoil, new 25s 323 Carraway .... 44s 463 Coriander •• 22s 24s fiempseed, per quarter 423 46s Linseed, Eng,iowing•• €B5 70s Crushing .....• 56s 658 Baltic 584 —8 Odessa .• • • ..... 628 62s 6d Linseed Cake, pr. ton— English .• —10! 0. 10 10s Foreign, porton 8/ 108 11/155 Rape Cakes, per ton 51 10- 61 10 Rapeseed, pr qr....... 82s 84s Our market continues slightly in favour of buyeri at 58s 3d per cwt. Town 1 fat 3s 2d per 81bs. .LLOW. very inactive, and prices are I. P.Y.C. ' on the spot, is quoted tallow is 57s nett cash ; rough 1853. 1854. 1855. Stock this day • Price of T. C • Delivery last week • • Ditto from June 1.... Arrivals last week.. Ditto from Junel ?rice of Town 46.776 46a 04 to —a. OA 1,737 63,963 1,228 70,011 e 474 3cl 1856. 1857. , 43,191 36.405 I 19,339 15,964 60s Od 63,80dt0'68s Od to 58s 3d :0 —8 Ge. 638 6d --8 Od to — 6 Od 1,326 , 1,553 1,072 I 1,524 65,008 149,564 77,957 i 77,308 2,261 , 2,177 1,688 i 288 84,884 i 49,969 50,754 i 76,292 611 Od I 65$ 6d 683 6d I 6911 6d SOUTHWARK. DARING WATCH ROBBERY AT A PUBLIC HOUSE. — William Gregory, a well-known convicted thief, was charged with stealing a watch from the person of Mr. Lemaire, the landlord of the King's Arms, Great Suff3lk street, Borough. It appeared that between 12 and 1 on Thurs lay morning, the 18th ultimo, the prosecutor wax cleaning his horses, and ail had left except the prisoner and a female. He held the door open fur them to go, when the prisoner snatched his watch from his waistcoat pocket, broke it from the swivel, and ran off with it. The female was detained, having in her possesion the man's coat, but there not being sufficient evidence against her she was discharged. The prisoner was, however, appre - hended a week afterwards by 61 M, when he denied having been iu Mr. Lemaire's house. Tne housekeeper to the latter said she was behind the bar at the time, and she distinctly saw the prisoner snatch the watch and run off with it. Mr. Burcham asked what was known of the prisoner. Sergeant Howlett, 29 M, said that he was tried and convicted at the last January Sessions at Newington for a similar robbery. He had also been several times summarily convicted, and was connected with a despe rate gang of thieves. Mr. Burcham fully committed him for trial. THAMES. ROBIERY ON Towns HILL. —Mary Nixon, A young woman, was brought before Mr. Selfe, charged with stealing a sovereign and a half from the person of Heinrich Lubour, the chief mate of a Dutch ship. The prosecutor stated that he was at present staying at the Hoop and Shoe Tavern, in King-street, Tower bill. On Saturday night he was on his way home when the prisoner accosted him, and asked him to treat her He told her to go away, and soon got rid of her. Sue accosted him again on Tower hill, near the Hoop and Horse Shoe, laid hold of his arm, and put her hand in his waistcoat pocket, from which she took a sovereign anti a half sovereign. He laid held of her, and called police, and a constable came up and took her into cu-t)dy. The prisoner, in defence, said she was quite innocent of the charge. She was walking quickly along Tower hill, and on reaching King-street the prosecutor took hold of her and accused her with robbing him. She allied for the police, and the prosecutor raised his um brella to strike her, and would have done so if a police man had not come up and saved her from the blow. Frederick Bavan, a police constable, 145 fl, said that at one o'clock on Sunday morning he heard the Wei of police, and saw the prosecutor and the prisoner strug gling. The man charged her with robbing him, an' the woman charged him with striking her. Mr. Selfe—Well, I don't know wby her charge should not be taken as well as his. The policeman, in answer to questions put to him by the magistrate, said he had known the prisoner a year and a half as a prostitute. He was not aware she had ever been in oustody before. The prisoner said she lived in John-s‘reat, Spiral - fields, and was in the lucifer-match line. She was making her way to a shop to obtain some bread on trust, when the policeman took hes into caaw 17. Bevan said the man called out polled for .ofno time before he arrived at the spot where the parties were struggling. Directly the prisoner saw him she called out " Police." Mr. Selfe said the prosecutor really believel thy prisoner was tla, woman who robbed him, but as there was no confirmation of hie statement, and no money found on the prisoner, he should d►scharge her. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This Day.) LONDON, Jan. 15.—1 t blew a heavy gale on Saturday night here and all round the coact, and the coasting ship. ping have sustained much damage. ELSINORE, Jan. I.—The Johannes Kepler, of and from Rostock to England, has been forced into Copenhagen leaky, having been on shore, and must discharge to repair. BARBADOES, Dec. 12. —The Alliance, Liverpool, for Adelaide, has put in 9th inst., with loss of foremast, maintopmast, &c., in a squall which compelled her to bear up for 8 N. 28 W. YARMOUTH, Jan. 2.---The Dodo (s.s.), for Cork, has been in contact with the Redpost Brig, of London, which was dismasted and taken in tow by the former, but the hawser broke three times. YARMOUTH, Jan. 4.—The Lark, of Seaham is, on shore, besides several other vessels. . _ SWANSEA, Jan. 3.—Wind W.N.W., strong.—Arrived— Callao, Callao. SUNDERLAND Jan. 4.—The Rienze, of this port, is on shore near here, damaged. BELFAST, Jan. 3.—The Castilian Maid, of Wick, has been brought in for repairs, having struck on a rock. WEST HARTLEPOOL, Jan. 4. —Three vessels are sunk at the entrance of the harbour, viz., the George IV., of Dover, the Lady Ann, of Dover, and a Shields brig. The Stanley, of Whitby, Agnes, of Lynn, Native, of Exeter, and another vessel are on shore on Middleton Sands ; crew supposed to be all saved. BERWICK, Jan. 3. —The Blossom, of Perth, foucsbred ast night ; crew saved. 1 RIDCAR, Jan. 4.—The Jane, of Sunderland, and the Anne, of Torquay, are on shore near here; crew saved. OFF MARGATE, Jan 4.—Agrobite, Calcutta; Mary Marsden, Nassau. PORTSMOUTH, Jan. 4.—N.N.W., blowing hard.—Ar rived—Zuruh, Havre, for New York ; Rhine, London, for do. ; Chas. Keen, Havre, for do, ; Hedeveg, Rangoon, Bremen, for Babia ; Franzssia, do., for Havana ; Cid, Hamburg, for St. Johns N.B. ; ll3erenveen, do. for Porto Cabello; Elizabeth, Gottenburg, for Mauritius. The Redport, for Oporto, has arrived in St. Helen's Roads, dismasted. A steamer has been sent for to bring her to Cowes. LIVERPOOL, Jan. 4.—The Temperance, schooner, of Belfast, sunk last night N. of Abergele, crew saved. The Ann of Antioch, and Eleanor of Conway, have been driven on shore in Abergele Bay ; master of the crew drowned. The Marshal Walter, of Caernarvon, sunk last night near Prestatyr. SOUTHAMPTON, Jan. 4.—Arrived—Orinoco (s.), West Indies. Sailed—Colombo, for Alexandria. Put back — Celt, Brazils, disabled. MILFORD, Jan. 4.—The following got ashore during the gale yesterday :—The Adelaide, of Padstow ' • Maria Mar tha, of this port—both slightly damaged ; Forrester, of Swansea, much damaged, leaky, and must discharge ; Mary Ann, of Llanelly, on the rocks, full of water, bottom much injured, must discharge; Union, of Pembroke, bot tom injured and very leaky, must discharge ; Tweed, of Workington, a total wreck; the Komger der Nederlatder is much injured. BRIDLINGTON, Jan. 4.—The A tlantio , brigw, itShoiths Shields, is on shore five miles to the southward, of rudder. (PEE EL/0 mi. , TF.LEfia Mon day, Wind N., blowing Sbard, OUT HAMPTON, Monday, 10 a.m. Colt steamer, for Brazils, disabled at sea, put back. Sailed—Poultons, for Sunderland Jessie, Sunderland. LIVERPOOL, Monday Morning. Lindsay, New Charter . Oak, New Orleans • Wind E.S.E. bo; . Tetnassie, Sailed--Ajax, for Demerara; E. C. Orlelns; Eugenie, ; o ll f an ii n i a v h er S po a o lk l Charleston; Town' Roscoe, Bombay ; Emerald Isle, New York• ,edganTscligulawrtha QUEENSTOWN, Jan. 3. Arrived---Arihea, from Ibraila. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Monday, 10.30 a.m. Wi❑d E.N.E., a gale ; tide three hours' ebb. Arrived, .Jan. 4.—Mary Gray, from Dantzic ; Edward from Terceira ; City of Delhi, from Calcutta ; William Bryant, Honduras ; Wizard, Singapore ; Leon, Gravelines; Douglas, Guernsey ; Wilhelmine, Bayonne ; Good Intent, Seville; Rubeas, Mauritius; Reward, Guernsey; Mary Marsden, Nassau ; Queen Victoria, New York. Arrived, sth—Ann, from Seville ; Dolphin, Messina. Sailed—Trident, Hamburg. REPRESENTATION OF NEWPORT.-Mr. W. Biggs, M.P., has issued an address to the electors of Newport announcing that circumstances of a purely personal and domestic character make it expedient for him to retire from Parliament, and that he will, therefore, take an early opportunity of accepting some nominal office under the Crown, which will necessarily render his seat vacant, Mr. Seeley and Mr. A. W. Kinglake, of Wilton-house, Somerset, are candidates for the seat to be thus shortly vacated. 'l - )0 all 100 5 V)0 100 100 :12 ni 12 .07 1074 f 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 28j 9j St. 12 t2i. jLII } 100 100 100 100 100 25R I 11 1 10/ 38 13#f Ii 28 7i 1121 4f 111 103 2 LO 10 LITERATURE. The Course of Time. A Poem. By Robert Pollok, A.M. Illustrated Elition. Blackw oo d and Sons, Edinburgh and London. The well-known poem of " The Course of Time" is far beyond the need of critical eulogy, and we can only yield our complimentary thanks to Messrs. Blackwood for selecting such a sound work for the subject of exquisite pictorial art and superior mani pulative production. The illustrations, 50 in num ber, are after designs by Foster, Tenniel, and Clay ton, and many of them from the hand of the first named artist are not excelled by any his clever pencil has ever given to the public. The paper, printing, and binding aid in rendering the volume fit to attract the admiration of all who look on it. A more externally elegant and intrinsically valu able gift-book has not often come under our notic). Great World of London. By Retry Mayhew. Part IX. Bogue, Fleet-street. Mr. Mayhew is carrying on this useful work with unremitting labour and spirit. He is still dedicating his investigations to the "Prison" por tion of his undertaking, and performs his task in a very competent manner. He gives the fullest de and employ tails of criminal statistics, disciplines, nients, worked up with analytical and re fl ect i ve power, which proves that the author bestows his best energies ou the subject. Mr. Mayhew shows by elaborate tables that " females, taken in the aggregate, are considerably less criminal than males ; the entire female prisoners of the country constituting but little more than 20 per cent., and the males as much as 80 per cent., of the ? gross prison p o p u l a ti ons o f _England and Wales. Mr. Mayhew goes on to state that, though in the female portion of our criminals we see a picture of the most frightful depravity and weakness, some rays of human light are yet visible on the dark canvas. He says "They who have studied the idiosyncrasy of these de graded women know that they aro capable, even in their degradation, of the very highest sacrifices for those they love. The majority of the habitual female criminals are connected with some low brute of a man who is either a prize-tighter, or cab-driver, or private soldier, or pick pocket, or coiner, or costermonger, or, indeed, some such character. And for this lazy and ruffian fellow, there is no indignity nor cruelty they will not suffer, no atrocity that they are not ready to commit, and no infamy that they will hesitate to perform, in order that he may con tinue to live half-luxuriously with them in their shame. A virtuous woman's love is never of the same intensely passionate and self-denying character as marks the affection of her most abject sister. To comprehend this, we must conceive the wretched woman shunned by almost all the world for her vice—we must remember that, in many in stances, she has lost every relative and friend, and that even her parents (whose love and care is the last of all to cease) have cast her from them, and that she is alone in the great wilderness of life and care —friendless at the very time when she needs and longs most fora friend to protect and console her. We must endeavour, too, to conceive what must be the feelings of such a woman for the one person, amid all mankind, who seems to sympathise with her, and who is ready to shield her from the taunts and cuffs of the world ; for most strange indeed it is, that those who seem to be the least like women of ail, and appear to be the least loving and self-denying in their natures, should be characterised even in their debasement by the tenderest attribute of the female constitution, and remarkable for a love that is more generous, more devoted, more patient, and more indomitable than any other." Aldershottana ; or, Chinks in my Hui. Ward and Lock, Fleet-street. This volume is a melange of gossip, introducing courts and camps in a light and, occasionally, rather flippant tone. The author gives a variety of characteristics and incidents of the Crimean Wur ; jumping from feasting revels to fighting realities, and from hospital horrors to horse-racing "larks," with the pen of a ready writer. He jots down the rapid occurrences of military life and duty very amusingly ; but appears to entertain a well-justified notion that the general management of the late campaign was anything but creditable to our high authorities, whether they held the key of the couitnissariat cupboards or the command of cavalr3 charges. Here is another instance of printed evidence, tending to confirm the universal opinion : "A staff-officer who was on the ground when thedead were collected and buried, told me that he had some conversa tion with a Russian general, who ridiculed the idea of at tacking the Racism with poigne (handful) of men. He said, ' Why did you not send a column of twenty thousand men to push one another into it ?' And when we ca""►e to the pit in which they were burying the Blue Jackets, this Russian officer ejaculated, ' What splenuid lions, led by jackassei, I' Tue description of " A Drawing-room" at St. James's leads one to imagine that the method of conducting our courtly ceremonies is as much to be coinmendt,d as our arrangements for carrying on foreign hostilities. We are induced to present it to our leaders, if only for the sake of the few words uttered by the late " Iron Duke"—words not yet to be considered as falsely prophetic : " The olkl Palace looked as ugly as ever ; for more than a century and a half little had been done by its royal owners to improve its appearance. One almost regrets that William the Third did not follow the advice given him by eeter the Great, Czar of Muscovy—viz., " To re move his court t 3 Greenwich, and turn St. James's Palace once more into an hospital. it IF it i i M "The visitors began to arrive, slowly enough at first ; then, pouring in iu shoals, they ascended the gr.snd stair case uneasily, holding up trains and cards, dissatisfied al ready at being rubbed against, or being compelled to rub their skirta against the picturesque dresses of the Yeomen Guard, posted upon the lobbies as is days of yore. Wes. puns of state—partisans and battle axes - which once upon a time had hedged iu' the royal person of Henry VIII. at tilts and tournaments, and at the Field of the Cloth of Gold, now gleamed above plumed heads and jewelled brows in the Armoury. " It was in the Tapestry Chamber that the progressive movement of the `glittering throng' was seriously im peded ; a lady could not flirt her fan, or a deputy-lieutenant rind room enough to go to the right about without tearing off or injuring his epaulettes. When the gentleme❑ of the Queeu's body-guard closed the barriers, Queen Anne's room aas already filled with ' fair women and brave men,' dowagers and debutantes, rustling in silks and satins rare; officers, knights, and esquires tricked out in splendid uniforms, court dresses, Highland garb, and gala costume jewellery, plumes, and arms, barbaric gold and nearl,' were mingled together in a magnificent crush. Gilded spurs got entangled in sweeping trains, dress-swords hitched into lace, ribands, and embroidery ; here the clasp of a necklace gave way, and an avalanche of pearls rushed from a swan-like neck to the richly-carpeted floor ; there, a gay, deceptive wig was seen to turn awry ; and ever and anon, above the conventional hum of general conversation murmurs arose, and querulous voices were heard complain ing of the heat, or insisting that doors and windows should be opened and the barriers drawn. " Then the authoritative voices of the Queen's Gentle men at Arms were heaid, expostulating, entreating, com manding the Queen's visitors to bide their time and wait with patience and resignation words of weight, but lightly received by the happy individuals well placed in the front, and treated with scorn and derision by the un happy people in the rear ranks, who considered themselves 'though last, not least' in that goodly ccnnpany, and justly entitled as ti ue Britons to push and elbow their way in the world—even into the very presence of their Sovereign. " It is neither desirable nor agreeable to 'go to the wall' in a crowd or crush ; nevertheless, it must have been a small gratification to those who were squeezed against the brass railing in Queen Anne's Room to be enabled to cast a longing glance into the cool and cheerful gallery through which those highly-favoured personages who had the entrée lounged leisurely towards the Ambassador's Rooni. " It was incleed a truly refreshing sight to see a peer or a peeress in 11 ,, r own right, a bishop in lawn sleeves, a chancellor or judge in hie robes and wig, an Indian prince, or Hungarian magnate or ambassador, shaking out their feathers and finery, putting ' their best legs forward ' be fore they were summoned by the lord with the white rod to `form up' in that segment of the inner circle nearest the throne. Better still to be enabled to look upon the well-known figure of a venerable officer, who slowly ad vanced, and when half way up the gallery halted for a minute at the small table upon which the visitors deposit cards or write their names. " Then, while every one in Queen Anne's Room was on tip toe, the words, ' the Duke ! the Duke passed like a watch-word from ul p l pigtnoh lighted hpde, up yet p i l n oh k rii i se n se g oou i f ti n t tt o ehne whispers ah a ig s su t ei h yee e eat chief slowly approac hed. He walked like a man in a dream, wrappe s d mi rested e s cae o r f r too.s round u m rd e afur o ko l d:nuwfpaaorrae trwoi ho war riors face el effo leaning trbar e a against i second,n se st v e t r h a e l rails.in erecognised m; e:oro ions glittered. 'ls Lord de Roos here ?' inquired the Duke, some what abruptly. _ _ I halie riot seen him, sir," responded the old militaire. " Some one volunteered to look for the nobleman who was wanted, but the Duke slowly walked away, and entered the Ambassador's Room, where he - was addressed by a diplomatist wearing the gold-embroidered blue coatee of the civil service. The Duke seemed to listen attentively to the eor,uiunic•itions of the Minister of State ; a cloud passed over his brow as he raise. up his eyes, and contem plated the upper part of the tall windows, through which a beam of summer sun streamed into the room, and threw a sort cf hale around that venerable head, and in a sadand solemn voice he uttered these momentous words— " A war with Russia ! if we have a war with Russia, God knows where it will end !'—then, after a pause, he re peated, God knows where !' "The Duke was not two paces from me when those words were spoken. He looked like some prophetic seer pro nouncing the doom and destiny of nations. " A roust of martial music from the Park echoed around the courts and the gardens. It was the full band of the Life Guards playing the national anthem, God save the Queen.' There was a shout and cheers without—a clatter ing of swords and scabbards, and the sound of carriage wheels on the gravel walks under the windows announced that the Sovereign bad arrived within the precincts of St. James's Palace." NEW YEAR'S DAY IN SCOTLAND.—The police-cells in Gla-gow, on New Year's Day, were glutted, and the alit:ere on in-door duty were driven to Watch for the returning sobriety of the earliest comers that they might be discharged to make room for fresh arrivals. What the cause of this unexpected return to f ormer bad habits may be, it is hard to determine. The sim p lest explana. ti , n is probably nearest the truth —Glasgow's drouth is not to be sati,fied with temperance beverages.—Scots. man. The shops in Greenock being generally closed, the streets had a dull appearance, and were quite dismal by the number of staggering filthy drunkards, to wh om respectable pedestrians bad to give way, Numerous fights took place during the day, some of t h em of a serious character.—Greenock Advertiser. 15 all all all 106 d 103 83i i 711 I 171 74# # 84 34 10i 1 22 i 56 62i 38