The Sun. — London, England, 1857-01-26 00:00:00

XONEY'MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. The Liverpool Cotton Market on Saturday closed with an upward tendency, and vices of Americans were Id. per lb. dearer, owing principally to the short supply in the market, but all other kinds remained without any material alteration. The Bales Were estimated at 15,000 bales, 2,000 of which I vere taken for export, and 3,000 on speculation. The Railway Share Market was dull, and prices generally were at about Friday's currency. Letters from Manchester describe the business of the past week in the market for manufactures as having been rather heavy and lower prices were current. In most of the other markets there was 40 alteration of importance. The directors of the North Staffordshire Railway h ave issued their report preparatory to the half Y ea rly meeting. This shows au increase in the traffic receipts of 27,0791. ss. 3d. for the past year. The net receipts for the six months are 52,176/. 68 . 2d., out of which a dividend at the rate of 31 Per Cent. per annum is proposed, leaving a balance of 2 ,714/. 163. 2d. to be carried forward. The alum of gold to the continent continues, 30,000/. having been sent from the Bank on Satur day ; and the advices received from India, by the Overland Mail, will no doubt stimulate the demand for silver, so that a fear may again be raised lest the bullion in the Threadneedle-street vaults Could be materially reduced. This morning there has been considerable animation in the sit ver mar ket, and the price of bars has risen id. per ounce, Vic, to 620., and it is generally supposed that a further advancement will immediately take place. This will, of course, lead to further withdrawals from the Bank, and the Directors may yet have to impose additional restrictions on long dated bills in order to protect themselves from a continuance of the drain. The accounts from India report increased stringency in the money markets at Cal cutta, Bombay, and Madras, and the exchanges are higher. The Heather Bell and other vessels are soon "Pected f rom A us t ra li a w ith large sums in go ld, t these supp li es w ill no d ou bt b e c hi e fly a b sor b e d b p ti 3 ' the operations in silver. Their arrival, how "Ter) May exercise a very favourable influence ()1 the money market, because the decline in the stock of the precious metals would then be tem- Porarily arrested. The inquiry for discounts this tec 'rning is very active, and full rates are de I tlanded i n a ll cases. D ur i ng t h e next f ortn i g h t there is likely to be augmented pressure, because P r eparations will have to be made for the 4th of the month, and the liquidation of the Consol ac count at the Stock Exchange. The amount of bills drawn by the Hon. East 4( lia Company during the fortnight ending Satur day, in the three Presidencies, was 51,4871. 12s. id . No material alteration has taken place in the Price of tea to-day, but there is an upward ten de noY, and the demand for common congou is active, at 1s id per lb. The Corn Market opened this morning with a very dull appearance, and English wheat was nominally 4s. per quarter lower. The dividend agreed to at the Bank of London Meeting, held to-day, was at the rate of 5 percent. Per annum. In the English Stock Market, to-day, 'there has been no movement of importance, and there seems little probability of business becoming either active or profitable for some time to come. The uncer tainty which exists with regard to the Persian and China disputes, as well as- the unsatisfactory state of the money market check buoyancy. All things considered, however, the market exhibits great strength. Consols have been 93i a for money, and 93 for the account. Arrangements connected With the approaching settlement now engage chief attention, and very few fresh speculative engage- Ments are made. The New Threes Reduced, &c., are steady ; Exchequer Bills are is. discount to Is. premium. English Mines are now included in the official Lists of the Stock Exchange. Foreign Securities are quiet, and generally steady. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 94/ to 95k, and the 4 per Cents. 1031. Spanish Deferred Bonds are 231 ; Russian 4- per Cents. 931, Mexican 211 ; and Danish 5 per Cents. 103. The following are the nominal prices of Foreign Stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 6 7 ; Mexi can, 21* ; Peruvian, 78 79 ; ditto 3 per Cents., 65 6 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 43 5 ; Russian 6 per Cents., 1.06 8 ; ditto 4, 1 ; per Cents., 95 7 ; Spanish 3 per Cents., 40 ; ditto New Deferred, 23 i ; ditto Certificates, 51 6 ; ditto Passive, bib. An exceedingly limited business has been trans acted in Railway Shares, and prices, except in one or two instances, have been steady. Caledonian, astern Counties, Great Northern, Midland and South-Eastern, declined 55., and South Wales 10s. Great Western, North-Western, Norfolk and North-Eastern Berwick, have advanced about ss, The French lines are at nominal values, and the Canadian rule lower. Great Trunk of Canada have declined 10s., and Great Western of Canada about 53. In Joint-stock Bank shares very few trans actions have taken place. London Char tered of Australia have declined A. 'Union of Australia 1. For Miscellaneous Shares prices also rule rather heavy. Canada Land have de clined li. Australian Agricultural 10s. and Electric Telegraph 10s. BRITISH FITNDS.—CLOSING PRICES —THIS DAY. (Prom the Offiezal List.) 3 per Cent. R e d uced Annuities gu.,er, done 04 3i 4i Cent (! onsols Annuities 94 A New 3 per Cent. Annuities.... Loeb Annuities, expire sth Jan . ..1,8'60.: 2i Ditto 30 Years, expire sth .Apr 1 885 lB 146 Consols for Account .................... .. 93i Nxenegner Bills, 24d £IOOO £5OO ................................. ....... par 1 t.mall •............... . . ...................... par 3 p p • PRICES OF FOREIGNFUNDS—THIS DAY. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent... ............. 102 Danish Bonds, 3 pei Cent., 1825 ............ Ditto 6 per Cent. Mexican 3 per Cent 2l Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent., Con. 1841 Ditto 1853, 3 Per Cent Ditto Account Ditto 1856, 3 per Cent. Ditto Account Russian Bonds, 1822, St., 5 per cent 96i Ditto, 44 per Cent. Sardinian B on d s , 5 p er Cent. .... 9oi Spsnif h Bowls, 3 per Cent Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent. ' Spanish Co mm itt ee C er t. o f C ou p. not fun 5 g Tarkith Ponds, 6 per cent 94,i- 5 Ditto Account Ditto Guaranteed. 4 p e r Cent. Venezuela Bonds, 41 per Cent Ditto Deferred, 11 per Cent.. l5 Venus the above payable in Lou , " , n. Duch Exchange, 2 per Cent., 12 Guilders 65 THREE O' CLOCK. C , nsols, money Ditto, Account (Feb. 5.) 933 POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.) MA RLBOROUGH-STREET. This morning Barbara Taylor was charged before Mr. Beadon with violently assaulting Eliza Cavanah. The assault was entirely unprovoked, and the magistrate fined Taylor 40s. or a month's imprisonment. TrIA.MES. This morning a lad named Collins was sentenced to three months' hard labour for steali,ng a neighbour ' s fowls. The ag e o f the prisoner was but 14, b u t th e magistrate said fro m the evidence he h a d h eard he had no doubt he had been carrying on th e system for a long time. AN AMERICAN PACKET AS.aO LIVERPOOL SUNDAY. This day, at 10.30 a.m., the ship Tonawanda, T. Julius, commander (one of Cope s line), from Philadel ph,a, was driven ashore ; the Rhyl life-boat went out to her assistance. • Up to the present, 11 p.m., nothing has been heard of the Royal Mail steamer Niagara. MARRIAGE OF MR. CHARLES MATTHEWS.—The Gloucester Journal says, Mr. c aarles Matthews has taken unto himself a second wife in the person of pretty Miss Oliver. SHARE IYIARKETS—(This Day.) Et kY-k, a'. i Paidi I 4ArLwAys. r , ~ l 9~ i 0 .4;1 .311 a.l a 1 ali ,~ i ~,, 2 - 1 all 5 ' all ;5 j all St.lloo St. 100 St. 100 50 all !O I all 0 all LO 8 St. 1100 20 all St. 100 St. 10 , , 26 25 17: . St. 1 , 10 20 10, 4 St. ;100 10 all St. 100 all St. 100 St. .100 10 all 3t. 100 Wt.} It. DO 3t. 100 ,100 2 all 50 all 12 100 3 1 20 all 11 all at. 100 it. 100 20 16 10 5 , 4 2i 10G ti] it. LOO .o 1 1 j( bli j:5 all 111 all tdl. 4t.. 1.00 St. 100 St. 100 3t. [OO it. 0 , 25 23i ?,5 164 50 all' Bt. too St. 100 10 3 , lt A) I .'l 7 • 10 al .o 10 St. l 0 Litabg. Nati:eq. Boat ' andEantn. 3elfat t Ballymena Cirming7 Stour Valley__ Birkpand. LAr. Cheshire Junct 'Do. Micah. 4 Birk. Jo., do. • Blackburn T,ya or gyp , £25 (issd. at £4,l'. Tlristoi and Exete-.. .7aledonian Chester & Holyhead Cork and. Bandon, Cork, Black, &Par_ Cornwall Do. A Do. B Dublin&Belfast.june Dun. P. C.z AbPc. East Azglian Eastern Counties.. FAA. 'Tninn, A. Sti Ito. B. Stock New Kent East LKnes.shire East Suffolk Do. lEdinburgh &Glugo Edinb. and Peebles. ' Edin. Prtt Dundh Forth & Clyde Jun. Furness . ..... Glasgow di S. Westrr ;Great N. of Scotlna ;Great Northam Do., A. Stock De., B. Stook IGt. Sth. At West.(lre.) (Great Western De. Stour Val. Rai, Gna. Stk Irish South-Es.3tern Lancaster CarHs.; Do., Thirds Do. New Thirds Lemer.sh.and7orksh Do., \Vst. aiding Un Do. South' ort London & Black wa I Lond.Bright & S.Cst ,Land. 4nd N. We ti. Do. Fifths D0.10:.6h.,M&8, Do. Eigi.the London andg. Watn. Lndndrryek Coleraine Lndndrry. & Enuisk visneh.Shef.& Lincln Nietropoli tan Do. J. L. Ricardo's arrangement , o. Birinug. & Dar , ',Mid. G. West. (I .)o. Half Shares... iewex.etle & Carlisb ivrpt.Aberg. dzlrf Cewry Warrenpoin And Bostrever .... _ forfolk orthu.Connties Ut North British gth Dovon Rail S. Dock Stock 1)0., A. Stock_ +►o., B Stock N.Eastern—Berwi k Lio. do. Extension Do.do.G.N.E.?nrol , Do. Leeds Do. York North London N . &S. Wetrn.,Han stead, and City Jn North Staffordshir Western....., ti.,S;; S. Westrn. Jun Wore., &lv '6rtanionth Rhymney Central „ Scot. N E.Abaln St, Do. Scot. Mid. St , SitingbourneStSheer. until Davou ..... Bont'n Eastern_ with Wales •?;. h.+4Riv.Da Riv. ii,a;nes,Wok. &V,70 Stockton & Deming Do do 1854 Do., do., 1855.., toeliten Hartlep :aff Vale .0. Pref., No. 1.... "flames Hay. D.& R Val:: of New% Naterfa. & Jiaterford&Limaric; West Cornwall. Vest End of Lond , , ,, aria Crystal Palace.. Do. A ....., ....... Do. B West Lonclir - a.:::, Do. Fii st Class Do. Second Class... N'lmbleri,NhOrn..inn Closing Prices this day. 4i 4$ Si - 9 63 - 67 *4 Si -- 94 60} - 61 ••• '.. e,. Xif 181 - 19.1 9 gi 43 45 30 - 32 7 - 5 93i - 946 fi 5.; ; . 3 . 6 93 - V 5 7 - 8 916 - 76 - 78 23 125 11 113 65i 65i 63 - 72 5 - 6 5 - 6 96 96} 7 112 - 114 106 -• 106 , 201 - 211 10f - 10 d 10e- 1071 34 343 ... .... ...0 82i- - 82, 53 - 55 .. •" 3i 11L 52 54 3i —34 c 39 ~. 40 N• 83 -84 i 4 - 3 - 24 18 - Ifq 59 604 98 - 102 -- 43-4. St 10 - 11 27- 284 • 1.08 103 I 25 26 70 72 I 49 Li 2 1i 17 18 734 741, 81 85 5 3 d 5 3 d 12 14 39 41 19i - 2O ~ . ... 6 - 8 2 - 4 4i - Bi Ile - ... 7 - 9 COLONIAL. K Oat I.lll,rudz. Cen.lndia, g. 5 p, c Do, Ceylon A shares._ Do. B. do erar a Eastern Bengal '4ast Indian A and B, g. 5 P. Do. Ex. C, go. 5 p. c Do, do. D, gu. 5 p. c. D 0.41 p.c.Bnds.,'s7 do. do., '59, dr . Geelong k Melbourne guar. 5 per cent Trunk of Canada Do. Cart, of Debcn, con. into Stk. VIVA: Do. Comp. 6 p. c., d( it. In. Pen. g. 5 p. c Do New, guar. 5 p. c it. Western of Canada Do. New Do. Bds., payable '5l Do. do., '76, p. '6O Do. do., '73 do. Do. do., '73, withon option Madras, guar. 41 p.c Do. do., 5 p. o. Do. 44 p. c. Exton ' Do. 3d Ex., g. 5 p. c Seinde, guar. 5 p. c Do St• Andrew's and Quebec (A)._ , YOU, ntwerpaßott rd, m Ardennes iielgian Eadn. Juno leziers to Graissessac 'Buff. & Lk. Hur. Ry. Carmeaur. & Toulouse Coal Mines and Ry Ontob Rhenish eastern of France flew Euphrates Valley Eur.3Lln.Jn.TeLltail 1 (4t. Central of Fram e hep t Laxemberrg Italian Junction Lake Const. & Basle Lierre and Turnhout Lombardo Venetian. Lucca & Pist. 5 p. c.p. Lyons and Geneva Lyons to Yediterran, Ifaria Antonia Do. do. New Do, N do., ,C p. a rLiege . Prof. Northern of France. NorwegianTrimkPrer Paris and Lyons Paris and Orleans Recife & San. Fran,, (Perham.) g. 7 P. c. Rome and Frascati loyal Danish Royal Swedish Sambre and Meuse Do. 5 p. cent. P re f . ionthern of France 'West Flanders Dc. 5A per c. Pref,,, W. &N. W. of France Western of Anstria West, of Switzerland Wiesbaden . Do. 8 per cent.P;el. Zeal‘rui . ousTT-Ivi: 40 al 25 1 100 5 50 a: 25 11 Australasia..., ***** Bank of Egypt iO Bank of London ill Rri. Col. Bk.&Ln. C. Rritish N. American Chartd. Bank of Asia 6 Chrtd. Bnk. of India, Anetraln, k China '4 City t 5 C010nia1............ Commercial of Lord dl Eng.9cot.SzAns.Clit. 11 loud. Chart. Bk. of 100 r) 100 2 100 ti 20 al 20 /II 20 1 al Austrslii ............ al Ditto New ............ 50 2 100 5( 50 b ;0 London and County.. 0 Lnot.ALE. Enkg. Corp. LO London Joint Stock. 100 100 I Weatminstai National Pro.et Eng .0 Do. N 3 -7; 2 National Bank 611 New South Wales., 25 all Oriental Ek. Corp 20 15 Ottoman Bank 100 25 l'rovincial of Ireland 10 all Do. Now 5 1 R Ans B &Go Im Cc 25 el Aratralia. 25 all irr-,licei of kustr:dla 1 2 Do. New .0 Union of 1., ,, nd0a Unity Mutual Wllitorn Dk Of bond 20 ii 1,0 2! 20 9.] 50 1.00 5 , 100 5 37i i 14 § if 59} 63i 26i 39i 401 1 ... -- . '1 - li 103 -1101 p .• ..... ••• '•• "- • •. 21i - 22 4i - 50 82 83 20a O 8 4!) 244 24 —23 p 99 100 118 123 118 123 , 108 110 19 -19 i, 213 / - 22 - p i 4 i ii - 2 p 11 1 p - 2 3 / 4 p I 14 2 4 5 id - 32i - S 3 9! Par P 4 41d 1 5i - 6 6 - 611, 29 -36, 8 - 19 -19 i 9 37i - - 3 9i 54i - 55 54 -- 56 i - ip is 20 iA 8f 8 84 9 41 1 0 34 35 1 pi ~a 8..~ d 60 ••• ... 1 4 d 69 —. 70 17 18 17i -- 18 17 -- 18 M 0 4.... *O4 ..". s•• en. .• SIN •••••• ••• 51 37 39 1 a id 34 -- 36 63 - 65 7 - 9 11 9 d 10 1 7. 6d Business done this day. Do., East c all al 25 12 25 3 .!5 22 !O all !O al i 0 !O all LO all 5 I all 5 s.ll [0 all ?,0 all O ,'ii .8 I 9 8 all PCI 103. 1 .74 411 !O 2s. 0 5 all )0 all i 0 sti !O s.ll ;4:1 2 10! al, to? 8 10 I .11 10 all !O 10 !O 5 ;13 18 10 all 20 10 5 all lo 16 10A 1N 6 all 20 12 , alp 20 all 20 2s. 10 10s, 18 20 16 10 4 70 all i 0 all n 1 6 _5 1 all I'S all 1 .9 all o all - 6 all P all all ;0 ell ',O 5 10 7i Z(` raj 5 Cl 10 all 20 all 8i !!! 10 all 20 all 20 6 'A all 6 all 6 all 10 all THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 26 1857 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. RAILWAYS. Bedford and Blotchley ... BuelThamsh. Clydes ; Col. Stour Vy. E. Lin. g. 6 pc. E. Un. H. Sfl. Glas. Barr. & Neils. Direct Do. New...... Glstrok Dn Fr Hrtlpl. Dk. & Railway Hull & Selby Do. Shares. Do. Shares. Lon.& Greenw Do. Preference Lon., Th., & S. Do. Bark. Sh. Lowestoft gr. 4 per cont. Do. 6 per et. Manch. Bxtn. and Matlock Middlesbro' I_oo 10 al I ' 1.01) Redc.g 6 p.c. Midld.Bradfd Newmarket Bury E. G.spc N.& P.lst.s p.c. Do. 6 per et. Do. Fixeds p c Prost. & W yre Do. 6 Shrs. A Roystn.& Hit. Silef.Rothnivi Gooleg.s p.c. Shrews. &Her. S. Sta.ffordsh. Wear Valleygr 6 per cent Do all all all 100 18i Wilts,kflornrst Leasiti Cotapane, 'London St N. We,t. I • • L StN W • Calodon... E.Lr.dtE.o Gt.Nrtnn. E. Count. ICaldonian Gt. Wenn Yk. Now. & Berw Do Do . Eastern IDo Peto $ Ca iDo ...... Norfolk Do !L.& N. NV & Midld. Stckton & Darlingt. En. Conn. R. Count Do Do L. &1.1. W Do Got Northn Lancash& Yorksh. T. Brassey IL MClean Stockt. & Dariingt Do I(4tWestn. o. ..." Closing Pi ices this day. 96 - 98 98 - 102 11 - 13 133 - 136 4 44 45 111 12i - 13 23 21 103 - 110 1 P, 2i - 2i 92 : 94 r 56 - 58 132 - 135 9 - 9il 33 - 34 1,8 90 shr.lPaid.l PREPS: RENCE SHARE 3. RlythandTyne lope c. pref. (issd. xt 501) Bris. & Ex. 4 p. c. St, Do. 4 p. c. Shares Calodn. £lO 4i p.c. Ches.& ae. Gu. 5# pc Do. do. Pref. 5 per e, • Cork dtßandons!,p.c, D u.a.Prth Aber. J. E. Anglian Cis. A Sh Do. do. Cls. B 6 p. c. Do. do Cls. C 7 p. c. Sias. Co. Ex, spcNo. Do. No. 4. Do. New 6 p. a. St slast 'Tn., G. 6 p. c. Do. 61., 10 per cent Do. 101. Debentr.Sh. Do. do. 4 per cent. East Lancamh. 6 p. eta E. k.W. York. J. sth, Edin. & Gi. 5 p.c. sh rd..Prth.&Dnn.4p.c Furness, 5 p. c Gins. & S.W. 0 - 5 P. c Great Northn. 5 p. o Do. 5 p. o. Redeem. at 10 p. c. prem Do. 4i p. c. Do. sp. c., Red. at p. c. In.— • Gt. N. of Soot. 1 st Pr, qt. S. W. (Ireland) Do. 4per C. Prof. S (it. W.(8.&11.Ex5p0 Do. con. red. 4. p.c. Do. con. red. 4 p. c Do. irred. 4p. c , Do. 5 p. c. red. pref Do. Pref. Sh.. Do. Cheater 8 p. Do. do. 5 p. c. do.. Do. Birm. Gua. Stk Do. Ches. Gua. Sh.. Do. do. do Do. do. do. -- Lan. &York. F. £2O Do. 6 p. c. Stock Lon. &B. G. 5 po. No.l Do. P., spc. St. No. De. Now Guar.6 u. Do. do. 5 p. c.,N0.4 Lon. &N. W., Coy. OA Nuneaton 5 p. Lon.& S.W. 7 per ct late 3d Shares ,„1 L )ndy. & Color. Sh. Londy. & Ennis.. U.,5.,& L.,6 p. Cent 4Do. do. do. £6 . Do. do. 3i per cent. Warypt .&Carl.4p o Do. 4 per cent Do. do. Yid. Consol.6 p.c.!.)t )o. 6pc Do. 4i p. c. Pref. t Ditto L. & 11. Pref. St New., Abgr., &c., pr. 5 p. e. red. 5 p.c. pm. Do. Perpet. 6 p ct. with optn. till '66, Norfk. Dr,b, 4 p.e. sh Do. Prof. 5 p. c. St, Do. 5 po. Ext.,1846 Do. 5? per e.pf.,1847 Do. Wv. V.5pe.,1847 North British Do 71. Preference N. E. Berw, 41p.c. P Do. do. do Do Leeds 6 p.0..N0.1 Do. do. Qr5.,1848... Do.Yorkll.& 5. Par. North Staffordshire.. 0x,W0,N , W.,6 pc... Do. 6 p.c. Redeem. ,Seot. Cent. ,New Prof Sc.N.E. Abor. g pe Do. d0.,7 p.c. pf. et. Do. do., 3 p.c. pf. et South Devon Do. fixed, q, per cent S. Eastern (Reading Ann,) of £1 Os. 6d. Do. 41 per cent s 0. Fixed 4i p c sh .3 Wales Gua. 4p. c Do. do. 4, p. c 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.6pc 3 96 : 98 4i - 5 6 - 6i do 71ii t iP 12 - 121 • 11. .... .. ... - ... 75; -- 76, 138 - 120 .11 - 113 .02 - 104 63 - 65 9 i - 10, 6 - 6 93 - 95 83 - 85 98 100 10 - 100 16i - 174 10 - 100 74 - 76 190 - 20 9i -10. E 141 - 154 .7 7 139 04 128 -- 141 118 - 120 ON ....... .... 157 - 159 6o -- i 70 137 - 139 98 - 100 ,89 - 91 1 -1; la -165 53 P 5 lf -- i d - 118 113 - 116 105 - 110 61 - 68 16 - 17 10C; I all 1100 ,100 all all 234 - 24} 102 - 105 1 101 - 101 27i -• 28i 2 - 3 p MINES. [Os sll i knglo Californis.n ... ... - .. : 20 7 Australian i 11 1 all Baden (Gd. Duchy of:. ... ... 4 SO all Blamer. Iron & Coa' ... ... 4 20 14 British Iron 7i 8 3 / 4 35 27 Brazilianlmp.(issnod at £5 pm.) 30 all Do. Cocaes & Culaly3 3 3 3 / 4 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 16 18 1 i Clarendon Cons. Min Co. of Jamaica ha- a 1 40 all Cobre Copper . 57 59 58i 5 1i Colonial Gold — ... St. all Copper MM. of Bug 33 37 25 all Do. Prof. 7i p. cent 25 27 ... 1E Copiapo l2 14 2 all Fortuna 8 jd 11 20 all General — ... 1 all Gt.NuggetVeinßeg 1 4 41 all Great Polgooth. — ... 5 all Gt Wheal Vor United 6 7 1 all Liberty 3 all Linares S 81 8 1 5 11 Lusitanian id p 1 all Karig/lila. . 1— i 1 all New Granada — 4 1 all Nouveau Monde 1 2) all Pontgi.Sil.& Le. Min. 8 18 5 1 Port Philip • ••• 1 all Quartz Rock — 50 all hymney Iron 23 R 25 15 all Do. New 7 9 30 1 151 Santiago de Cuba 2/ 21 21 . . 6s. Sort. Cons. Min. C. 11 1i 1 all South Australian ... ... 1 all Do. Scrip .• - - ••• 1 , all Do. 10 per cent Prof ... ... .. 41 Tam. S. &L. Min. Co. 11 11 10 9 Tin Croft . 31 4 284 all United Mexican 3 31 4 31 1 1 all Waller ..• ••• 1 all West Mariposa I I 1 12s. Worthing Mining o Australia MISCELLANEOUS. 25 19 %nstrallan Agricuit. 23 25 231 21 10 all kustrain. Royal Mail ... 10 all Berlin Water Works 51 6 50 40 Brit. American Land 40 45 100' 3ii Canada. 129 133 130 31 xd. St. 00 C.Go.6p.c.JanSanly 1101 1101 110/ I St. 100 Do. 6 p.c. Feb & Ang ... ... St. 100 Do.6p c. Mar & Sept ... ... 5 all Crystal Palace. 2l 2j 21 5 all Do. Preference sg 51 4 all Crystal Pal. of France ... •• 1 8 Ruston Iron Ore ••• ••• 20 18 Eastern Steam. — • St. 100 Elect r i c T e l egra ph 9O .- 92 911 t 1 all Electric Teleg. of Ir . . • • 5 all En.&Aus Cop Sm Co ii 18 25 all Gen. Ir Sc Col (lina.) ... ••• 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat. ... • 11 all General Screw Steam 61 61 20 5 London Discount 4 all Loud. Gen. Omnibus 38 31 3 1 a l l o sl Magdalena dal it:era e w n n. a , lt .: . e N cr a T v : i . g l :. . i.. —___ i .... p 2 1 2 0 0 5 10 all MexicankS.Amerien. 21 :"i 25 . 5 Nat. Discount Co 4 1 P 10 5 Netherlanas taana 1 li 10 all Do. Do. 5 3 Do. 8p c P i ss at 1 d 31. 4p 5 1 Do. Do. 100 80 N ew B . & N.S. Land P ''' *** N • S •W• Gov. sp.c.D. ... -- • ... 981 .. 1 1.11 N. B. Australasian .. 20 17 3 / 4 Nrth.of Europe Steam g all Peel Rr. Ld. & Idinrl 1 all Oriental Gas .. 1 2s. Do. "New S hares ^ li 1 14 Pm 50 all Peninsular& Oriental RR - 50 10 Do. New .. —. 68 671 7 . ..... 4 5 100 60 Royal Mail . Bteim . n p 14i 1 all Scot. Austral. Ingest. .11 ..* 1 all Ditto New.— 1 3 / 4 -11 1* 10 25 all South Auatral.Land 35 37 1 sE Bnbmar . Tel. Scrip.,„ i 1 201 al ;) D pr o n . s ß uz eg L is . t c l o re . t... 64 n ,. t ... 1 : : — 1 ! i i : 12:1 14 100 ni Van Diemen's Land 15 ' 4 '..' li St, ~, V,a),6l).easuslauli ns rte. „. Business this day Zbirb 7abitton SUN OFFICE, Six o'Clock. TATTERSALL'S.--(This Evening.) CHESTER CUP. 100 to 7 agst Leamington (offered) 20 to 1 agst Mincepie (offered) 30 to 1 agst Rogerthorpe (taken) 50 to 1 agst Yellow Jack (taken) 60 to 1 agat Good Friday (taken) 1000 to 30 agst Schiedam (taken and offered) 1000 to 15 aget Bay Hilton (taken) 1000 to 15 agst Early Bird (taken) 100 to 1 agst Longsight (taken) 100 to 1 agst Artillery (taken) TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. sto 1 agat Schiedam (taken freely) 11 to 2 agst Loyola 7to 1 agst Sydney (taken) 10 to 1 agst Lambourn (taken) DERBY. 13 to 1 aget Blink Bonny (offered) 28 to 1 agst Athlete (taken) 30 to 1 agst Spring of Shillelagh 40 to 1 agst Kent (taken) 1000 to 15 agst Messenger (taken) 1000 to 15 agst Pyrrhus (taken) 1000 to 15 agst Sweet William (taken) 100 to 1 agst Adamas (taken) ARRIVALS AT OUNDLE. Wasp, Weston, Kate, Miss Knight, Gannymede, Bri tish Yeoman, Fanny * Wynne, Sir Charles Napier, Lilford, Angelica, Discord, Glimpse, Tchernaya, Honey comb, Marmaduke, Penelope, Katey, Little Yeoman, and Curragh. The ground is very heavy. THE BANK OF LONDON. MEETING THIS DAY. This afternoon a special general meeting of the share holders in this undertaking was held at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street ; Sir J. V. Shelley, Bart, M.P., in the chair. The SECRETARY read the report, of which the following is an extract :—" The account of liabilities and assets, as vouched by the auditors, shows a balance standing to credit of profit and loss,' on the 31st of December last, of 16,904/. 9s. 11d., after payment of the sum of 20,2381. 12s. to customers for interest on their balances. The directors, having fully considered the provision to be made for bad and doubtful debts and other contin gencies, have decided to declare a dividend for the half year at the rate of 51. per cent. per annum (free of income tax), reserving a complete settlement of profit and loss until after the 30th of June next, as originally deter mined." The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, congratulated the proprietors upon the progressive in crease in the business of the bank. The bank had only been in existence 16 months, and yet it had acquired more business than usually fell to the lot of joint-stock banks after several years' existence. The report stated that the profits were not commensurate with the business done ; but the directors had preferred to look to the future character and soundness of the bank rather than to the realisation of immediate and inordinate profits. That was the only policy that could place this bank among the greatest banking establishments of the City of London. Upon the failure of the Royal British Bank, the auditors who were appointed by the shareholders made a most minute examination of the books and accounts of the bank, and it no doubt would be as satisfactory to the proprietors as it was gratifying to the directors, that those gentlemen found every figure and security to be perfectly straightforward and correct. Mr. KING, a shareholder in the Royal British Bank, as well as this bank, asked the directors if the report and statement made were their own—that is, made on their actual knowledge of the affairs of the bank—or if they were made on the statement of the officers! The CHAIRMAN said that he had much pleasure in stating, emphatically, that it was the report of the di rectors, prepared after a raost careful examination of the affairs of the bank. Mr. KING asked if the directors were favoured in any advances they might require 7 . The CHAIRMAN—No ; but had to give larger securi• les than the general public. Mr. KING next aeked if the directors borrowed money on their own shares, or if they traffiCed in them! The CHAIRMAN said they did not. It was against the charter of the bank to advance money on any of these shares under any circumstances. In answer to other questions, the CHAIRMAN said that the 2i par cent. dividend for the half year would be paid out of profits, and leave an ample balance in hand to meet contingencies, and that they had no money locked up in inconvertible securities. All their securities might be converted within nine months at the furthest. Mr. JOHNSON, one of the auditors, said that in con sequence of what had occurred with the other banks he had examined the affairs of this bank, and had seen and had every security in his hands. He could say that everything was satisfactory, and he never saw any books better kept, they were balanced to a farthing. Mr. PORTER, another auditor, confirmed the above statement, and added that they found that every secu rity had the initials of the directors, showing that they had done their duty before advancing the money. After some further discussion the report was received and adopted, and the dividend ordered to be payable on Monday at the head-office. A SHAREHOLDER called attention to the Bank of London and National Provincial Insurance office carrying on business on the premises of the bank, and asked for an explanation of the connection between that office and the bank. The CHAIRMAN said that the Insurance office had taken the name, as they bad had a right to do, but that there was no connexion whatever between the two concerns, other than the insurance office being their tenants and keeping an account at the Bank of London. He understood it was the intention of the insurance office to go to parliament this session, and then power would be taken to alter its name. The meeting shortly after terminated with a vote of thanks to the chairman. THE STEAMBR TTNE. SOUTHAMPTON, Sunday Evening.—This evening, at eight o'elock, the steamer tug Aid returned from the Tyne, now stranded at St. Alban's Head, having on board Captain Vincent and nearly the whole of the men under him, who have been endeavouring to float the stranded ship. It appears that, after working at the pumps for several successive hours, it was found that the water did not decrease, and consequently it was sup posed there were other leakages than those at present ascertained. Except half a dozen men left on the spot, the Tyne is for the present abandoned ; and, should the vessel hold together, a further attempt will be made when the wea ther shall have become more favourable. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This Day.) LONDON, Jan. 26.—Wind this day at nooa N.N.E.— Strong breeze and dull hazy weather. PORTSMOUTH, Jan. 25.—Wind N.B. to E.N.E.—Ar 002m5.,—QAurereinvsetdo_ 25.—Arrived— J ose . 0 E.N.E.—Ar rived.—H.M.Str. Industry, from Woolwich. Sailed—Ha mills Mitchell, for Trinidad; William Hammond, Barba se e Juana, from La. Sailed—Carnatid, for Australia; Candace (a.), Barba does; Havana. v s A MOUTH, Jan. 22.—Wind N.N.E., strong —Arrived Bi ll e i ral, tr. J S a i n na . RAMSGATE, Jan. 25.—Wind S.E. to E. by S.—Ar rived—Glory, from Sunderland, for Cadiz, with cargo shifted and damage from collision. Sailed—Gloria, for Rio Janeiro. TORBAY, Jan. 25.—Wind N.E.—Sailed—Faith, for Demerara. LYTHAM, Jan. 25.—A roll of ship's papers, relating to the Charles Jackson, then lying at Valparaiso, have been picked up on the coast. Mem.—The Charles Jackson sailed from Liverpool on the 12th inst. for Valparaiso. MONTROSE, Jan. 25.—The South Esk, from Gothenburg to this port, got on the rocks at Ness yesterday, and it is feared will break up next tide, as it is blowing hard from the north with a heavy sea ; cargo and materials being landed at low water, and expected to be all saved. The Dan Glaister was got off the sand yesterday without much damage. BERWICK, Jan. 24.—The Friends, from Dundee to Lon don, which went on shore at the Fern Islands yesterday, has gone to pieces. CLYDE, Dec. 24. —Wind E. — Sailed—Sebastopol, Cal lao ; Caradoc, Jamaica. BEAUMARIS, Jan. 25.—The Margaret, of Liverpool, which struck on the Dutchman's Bank, is now at anchor in Freer Roads. HARWICH, Jan. 25.- Tha Ann, of South Shields, is aground on the Cleff Fort Rocks, b u t i s expec t e d o ff next flood. L 24 . —The brig Al c hymist, from Alex ° a N n p d ° r N ia D t E o ß t ß b l i ' s p jn. o a rt, which drove on shore in Portrush harbour on the 20th inst., is making three and a half feet water per hour ; she has been surveyed and will dis charge. WYCK-ON-POHR, Jan. 21. - The ice has almost disap peared. The section from Beziers to Cette has just been opened to the public for the conveyance of goods. M. de Lamartine has arrived in Paris, in recovered health. MAPA,KET NEWT .--(T; Oay CORN EXCHANGE. The supplies of wheat on sale in most of the country markets held on Saturday were only moderate, yet the trade was in a depressed state, at drooping currencies. Barley moved off slowly, and prices had a downward ten dency. All other articles were heavy. continentalflours were advices bring rather heavy markets for produ ce . F rom A mer i ca we learn that both grain and very dull. The arrivals of English grain up to our market last week were only moderate. From abroad we received 14,951 qrs of wheat, 14,079 barley, 5,345 oats, 5,287 beans. 935 peas, 100 tares, 3,845 linseed, 761 rapeseed, 635 sundry seeds, 400 sacks, and 23,142 barrels of flour. The quantity of English wheat received fresh up, to-day, coastwise and by land carriage, was limited, and in poor condition. Notwithstanding that the show of samples of both red and white was small, the demand for all kinds was dull in the extreme; indeed, scarcely any business resulted, and prices were nominally 4s to 5s per quarter lower than on Monday last. None of the millers showed the least inclination to purchase, although they hold very small stocks. We were well supplied with foreign wheat, fresh as well as ex granary. The trade ruled heavy, and scarcely any sales were reported, although importers were sellers at fully 3s. per quarter less money than on this day se'nnight. Floating cargoes of grain were dull, and rather drooping. The show of both English and foreign barley was on the increase, and the barley trade was very dull, at 2s to 3s per quarter less money. There was a very slow sale of malt, at barely late rates. Good sound oats supported last week's quotations, but inferior parcels met a slow inquiry. In beans, the show of which was on the increase, very little was doing, at fully is per quarter decline. Peas moved off slowly, at is per quarter less money. The flour trade was very dull, at 2s per sack and barrel beneath last week's prices. Malt—Chevaller •• •• 76s to 79s Oats Yorkshire and Liticolnsk.,Feed 21s 25s Potato. • . 253 32s Youghal and Cork Black. ...... 193 22 , Cork, White ..... 21s 26s Bootch, Feed. 26s 29s Beans—Tick 31s 353 Pigeons .... 40: 42: Peas—Grey 36s 39s Maple ......... 403 41s White.— 38s 403 Boilers •... 40s 423 Flour—Town-made... 58s fiOs Suffolk . •• 41s 433 iitocktn & Norfolk 41s 43s k.TTLE MARKET. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. Wheat—Essex ft Kent, Red •• .• new 538 to 64a .... old —s —a Ditto, White new 553 728 Ditt0........ old —s —s Norfolk and Lin coln, Red, old —s —a Ditto new •••••• b2s 63s Rye—Old ............ —s —s Now .... •• 38s 42s Barley—Grinding..• .. 318 33e Malting .•• .• 36s 383 Chevalier.. .• • • 403 505 Malt—SefolkandNor -678 778 loan ............... 63a 61s KingstoaandWare 76s 783 METROPOLITAN O. Only moderate supplies of foreign stock arrived in the metropolis last week—the total import being 1,011 head. In the corresponding week in 1856 we reoeived 710; in 1855, 1,407 ; in 1854,1,899 ; in 1853, 3,219 ; in 1852, 2,446; and in 1851, 2,651 head. IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WEER. From Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. Rotterdam 103 307 ... ••• 121 Harlingen ... 405 ... Antwerp lO Ostend Schiedam 3 ... - T0ta1.... 377 ... 644 216 ... The yearly comparison of wookly imports is as follows : Boasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs 1858 527 42 141 1855 Bl9 517 1854 B5l 747 ... 1853 556 ~„ 2,2:32 ,„ 1852 64C; ... 1,477 -. 275 ... 428 ... 321 ... The show of foreign stock here to-day was limited as to number, and in very middling condition. For the time of year the arrivals of beasts fresh up from our own grazing districts, as well as from Scotland, were moderately good, and of full average weight. All breeds met a slow inquiry, at last Monday's decline in the quota tions, the top figure for Scots being 5s per 81bs. From Norfolk, Suff. dk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire we received about 2,000 Scots and shorthorns ; from other parts of England, 400 of various breeds ; from Scotland, 500 Scots ; and from Ireland, 150 oxen. We were again very scantily supplied with sheep, but their quality was extremely good. All breeds were in active request, at very full prices, the primest old Downs being worth 5s 6d per Sibs. Very few calves were in the market, and the veal trade ruled brisk, at very full prices. The best voal was worth 61 per Sibs. Pigs were in moderate supply and fair request, at last week's prices. Per Bibs to sink the offal'. s. d. s. d.I e. d. e. Inferior Beasts.... 3 4to 3 6PrimeSouthdown 5 4 5 6 Seesnd quality.... 3 8 4 OlLarge erse. calves 4 4 5 6 Prime large oxen 4 2 4 &Prime small do 5 II 6 0 Prime Scots, dm 410 5 ®;Largo hogs Inferior Sheep ...4 0 4 4 Small porkers 4 6 5 2 lecond quality ...4 6 410 Suckling ealves 23 0 30 0 ?rime erse.-wlled.s 0 5 2,quarter old pigs 22 0 28 0 TOTAL SUPPLY. FOREIGN SUPPLY. Boasts .. •. • • ...... 3,778 Beasts . 310 Sheep . .. • .16,590 ( Sheep Calves .•• ..•• •• •• •• .. 111 • 54 A statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of fat stock exhibited and sold in the Great Metropolitan Cattle Market, on Monday, Jan. 28, 1856, and this day, Monday, Jau. 26, 1857._ Por Ms, to sink the offais. Jan. 28, 1556. s. d. s. d. Coarse and inferior beasts 3 2to 3 4 Second quality ditto 3 6 310 Primo large oxen ... ... 4 0 4 6 Prime Sc ots, dte „, 4 S 410 Coarso and inferior sheep .., 3 2 3 6 Second quality ditto ... 3 $ 4 0 Prime coarse woolled ditto ... 4 2 ,4 0 Prime Southdown ditto 4 $ 6 0 Lambs ~. 0 0 0 0 Largo coarse calves 4 8 5 4 Prime small ditto 5 6 6 Largo hogs ~, „, „, 3 8 4 E Neat small porkers „. 4 4 5 Beasts... 3 , 040 Sheep 15 ,77 0 Calves.— ..• 56 Smnuss ON SAT A, Jan. 29, 1855.—Beasts, 15,570 ; calves, 79'; pigs, 205. January 30, Ml.—Beasts, 4,141; sheep, 15 61 ; pigs, 214. Jan. 26, 1857 s. d. g, d. i 3 4to 3 6 38 4 0 44 4 • 510 5 0 4• 4 4 4 6 410 5• 5 2 54 5 6 00 • 0 44 5 6 5S 6 0 4 4 46 5 2 3,778 16,590 117 205 4,275 ; sh►eet , ,753 ; calves, TILL ROYAL BRITISH BANK. SETTLEMENT OF THE LIST. On Friday a, numerously attended meeting Nsra, held at the chambers of Vice.Cbancelbr 'Cinderslcy, before Mr. Pugh, his chief clerk, to further settle the list of contributories liable to pay off the debts of the bank. Messrs. Chilton, Burton, and Argles, and Messrs. Amory, Travers, De Metz, and Co., appeared for Mr. Harding, the official manager ; and Messrs. A.shurst and Co., Messrs. Linklater, Messrs. Wingate, Mr. H. Harris, and other legal gentlemen for various share holders. During the day one of the "new" directors was examined. The first case taken was that of Mr. Ritchie, of Dor set-square, holder of 16 shares, It appeared that he had formerly been a director of the bank, and had become indebted to them ; and at some period, alleged to be in 1852, a settlement had taken place between him and the bank, upon which occasion he had handed over to them the shares, in respect of which he was now sought to be fixed. It was contended, however, that, as no transfer had been carried nut, and that the mere leaving a blank transfer, and thereby to that extent withdrawing from the list of shareholders so many shares, could not bind the company, or be held to release Mr. Ritchie. The Chief Clerk intimated that the name must be placed on the list as * liable, having credit given them for the amount of any dividends they had not received, and with liberty to appeal to the Court above. In the case of B. L. Hue it appeared that the usual practice of the Royal British Bank, on applications for transfers of shares through a banker, was for the broker to furnish to the transfer clerk of the bank a notice of transfer, containing the name of the proposed purchaser, and then, in cases where the broker was known to the transfer clerk, the latter usually waived the seven days' notice required by the charter, and gave out at once to the broker the blank form o f deed for the transfer to be filled up by the broker. The transfer deed itself, when signed, was in all cases laid before the court of directors by the transfer clerk, and was not registered without their authority. Latterly, when the brokers came to the bank they did not always give the formal notice of transfer, but merely a name, and Mr. Gatherer, one of the officers of the bank, submitted the transfer or name to the directors, and got their assent before he regis tered them, and he never registered them without their assent. Mr. Isaiah Butt, an alleged contributory for ten shares, was then examined. He first became a depositor in the Royal British Bank in the beginning of 1853. After that time he received the half-yearly reports of the bank, and, believing them to be true, he became an ap plicant for ten new shares. He received these reports down to the stoppage of the bank, and, believing them to be true, bought 10 old shares in June, 1853, which shares appeared to have been the property of Mr. Da Wolfe Coch rane, and previously transferred from Mr. Cameron to Mr. Cochrane. But for the statements in the reports, and particularly from what took place at the meeting in February, 1856, he decidedly should neither have taken new shares nor have bought old ones. The statements in the report of February, 1856, were confirmed by three or four speakers at the meeting, and particular reference was made to the readiness with which shares were taken at a premium, and to the flourishing condition of the bank. He was present at the half-yearly meeting of the bank, on the Ist of August, 1856, when a favourable report was again presented. It showed a reserved fund beyond the dividend then declared, and after meeting the liabilities of the bank. He was elected a member of the direction on the Ist of August, 1853. It had been pre viously stated that all they wanted was some good men of business in the City as directors. He should not have consented to have become a director had he not believed the reports to be true in all respects, and he was in no way aware that the bank was in a different state to that represented in the reports. Cross-examined by Mr. Burton, for the official mana ger.—He first applied for shares in the Royal British Bank in March, 1855. He had a circular sent him, to licitiog him to take shares, and was at the same time asked to join the Bank of London, but he gave the R'iyal British Bank the preference, considering that six per cent. was better than beginning with nothing. He could not recollect who it was suggested that the Royal British Bank wanted new directors, but it was at a public meeting. It was the position of the bank that induced him to become a director, believing that he was a proper party to fill the office. They appeared to go on very pleasantly for about a week after he took his seat at the board. It was the "drain" upon the bank that first opened their eyes, and then it came out by de grees. He really couldgnot say when the state of affairs became known to the directors, but they felt there was a drain about a week or ten days after he joined. None of the directors were as ignorant as himself of the state of ' the affairs of the bank, inasmuch as Mr. Gillott and Mr. Hurst, who were elected with him, had been share holders in the bank from the commencement, in 1849. He (Mr. Butt) did not know that the baukjwas insolvent until Mr. Coleman investigated the accounts after the stoppage. When the run took place upon the bank, they did 'not discover its real position. He began to learn a little by degrees from the chairman—first, that they would find the Welsh works a very important affair ; and then probably it came ont that one of the directors was a debtor to the, bank. Mr. Gillott, Mr. Hurst, and himself, evinced great anxiety to learn the state of the affairs ; bat up to the time of the stoppage, not with standing their exertions, they could not make themselves masters cf the real state of the affairs. It was enough to paralyse any man to attempt to go into the affairs of so large a concern. He proposed to Mr. Gillott to call a general meeting of the board to investigate the affairs, but this being in the month of Aug. several of the direc tors were absent, and there was a difficulty in getting the board together. A few days after this 'the " drain" upon the bank showed them that it was procceling in a downward course, and it came to a stop on the 3d of September. The various reports of the bank were put in evidence, and the chief clerk decided that Mr. Butt's name must be placed on the list as liable in respect of Lis shares, with liberty to appeal. It appeared in the course of the proceedings that the following directors were indebted to the bank as under : Mr. Humphrey Brown, M.P. (director) £70,908 Mr. Cameron (manager) Mr. Gwyn (director) Mr. M'Gregor (director) Mr. i\ luilens (late solicitor) Mr. Chandler (auditor) It was alleged that against these sums certain securities were held hy the bank. The name of Colonel Phibbs was placed on the list in respect of eight shares, and several other names were also placed upon the list to contribute to defray the debts of the concern. It was stated, amid some amusement, though it must be regarded as, rather apocryphal, that Mr. Muliens, the late secretary and solicitor to the bank, whose de cease was sometime since announced, has been eeen, like the shade of Sadleir, by one of the detective police, perambulating the metropolis during the last few days. PROSPECTS OF THE CREDITORS. We stated last week that some arrangements were in contemplation by which a termination might be put to the frightful and ruinous litigation which for some time past, in connection with the failure of this bank, has been so disgraceful to the law of this country. The plan which Mr. Wyld seeks to carry out is that of inducing the shareholders to subscribe together a certain sum of money, on condition of the whole body of credi tors accepting it in full and complete satisfaction of all their claims. Originally there was no indisposition on the part of the creditors to accept a reasonable compro• wise, and had 15s. in the pound been offered at first there were few if any of them who would not have con sented to receive that sum. - The shareholders, however, believing they could altogether evade their individual ha bility to the creditors, refused to accede to any such pro position. Driven from their home and from their country, or all but crushed beneath the weight of actions brought against them, or apprehensive of the ruin which impends over them, many of the shareholders, with the aid of their friends, have expressed their readiness to raise a sum sufficient to divide 15s. in the pound among the creditors. A meeting of those of the share holders who are still in this country was held last Mon day evening, and ceveral of the gentlemen present, although ruined by the executions which bad been issued against them at the suit of individual depositors, stated that their friends would come forward and advance some money provided any arrangement could be effected. Others expressed their readiness to do all that lay in their power towards effecting a settlement, and a very large sum has since been conditionally subscribed by the parties pre sent at that meeting. During the week a meeting 'nasals° been held at Maurice's Hotel, Paris, consisting of several of those shareholders who have left the country, in order to obtain a brief respite from the fate which awaited them at home. By these gentlemen the proposal was very generally acceded to, and liberal pro mises were made to the agent who represented the depo sitors on the occasion. There are great difficulties in the way of the prpotshee d fair and bu siness -lik e a dj us t me nt of the claimson sharehold ers , interposed by the conflicting courts o of law and equity. Th e differences between the arranged shareholders could be easily and sati s f ac torilyfo r ,each party is by a few energetic men of business , f creditors and willing to sacrifice something f r g _ settlement, but they aree ed th fr e om sak c e arr o y f ing a ou ou i t ,e t n h s e iv ir e foobrjmeectws hbiyohthtehciirecpwuithonus eveoos, d c ev om ise p d li , ca e t s ed th , and e x ordinarywith h ns g l i t t ct a i n o t n i s c purpose of rendering common sense for the express o a f lto li g fe et . her Th s e u r p e er a fi re uo u t s eeking to enforce calls which, it they superfluous a co t u h r e t s pegoewreerP,aieda,chwould be far more than sufficient to pay th e whole of the debts in full. The Court of Bank ruptcy will not hold its hand in seeking to obtain the call made by the directors of 501., and the Court of Chan cery, ignoring that particular call, demands a contribu tion of 751. per share from every shareholder. If the arrangement to which we have referred could be pre sented in a complete and substantial form, the Court of Bankruptcy has, it is said, power to enforce such compromise as it may consider fair and reason able binding on all parti es. Si m il er powers are held by the Court of Chanoery, and surely some plan could be decided upon by which the conflict of the jurisdiction of these courts might be made to cease, and by which the laudable exertions of the parties most interested might be assisted by the machinery of the law. A meet ing of the depositors is to be held this evening, when some decision will be arrived at respecting the amount of the compromise which they are disposed to accept, and there is every reason to believe that 15s or 16s. in the pound will be considered, under all the circumstances of the case, as a dividend which ought not to be refused by pruden tmen. The case of Mr. Humphrey Brown, M.P., came before the Commissioner during the week, when it was finally NEWGATEI AND LEA.DEI'TELA.LT, Theso markets are moderately supplied with each kind of meat, in which a steady business is doing at our quota tions : Per Sibs by the carcase. e. d. s. d. Reef, Inferior 3 0 3 I / Do., middling 3 6 310 Do. prime large 4 0 4 4 Do., do. small 4 4 4 6 Pork, largo 3 8 4 4 S . 4... (1 3 6 3 10 ,4 0 4 4 ,4 6 4 10 40 5 4 48 5 4 Mutton, inferior Do., middling Do., prime Veal Pork. small BOROUGH 110 P. Our market is fairly supplied with most kinds of bops. Fine qualities move off Rteadily, at very full prices ; but inferior kinds are a slow inquiry. Last week's imports were 8 bales from Gluckstadt. Mid and East Kent pockets, 3/ 5s to 5/ 12s ; - Weald of Kent, 3/ 3s to 4l 10s; Sussex, 3/ Os to 3115 s ; yearlings, 1/ 105 to 3/ se. BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. The supplies of potatoes are seasonably good. Primo samples move off steadily at our quotations, but most other kinds are dull. Last week's imports were 174 bags from Rotterdam, 162 bags from Schiedam, 211 tons from Lon donderry, and 40 tons from Belfast. York Regents, 90a to 130 s per ton ; Kent and Essex do., 100 s to 130 s ; Liucolns, 80s to 105 s ; Scotch do., 101 s to 130 s ; Do., reds, 80s to 95s ; Irish whites, 70s to 75s ; German do., 55s to 755. WOOL. For all kinds of wool we have numerous inquiries ; but, owing to the high pretensions of holders, the business doing is but moderate. Prices, however, are well supported. The imports last week wero 408 bales from Bombay, 115 from Gluckstadt, 54 from Callao, 1,721 from the Cape, and 93 bags from Callao. The following are the current rates of English wool :- Down togs, is 50 to is 6d ; Down ewes, is 3;d to is 5d ; half-bred hogs, is 40 to is sd; half-bred wethers, is 3d to is 4d ; Kent fleeces, is 4d to is 5d ; Leicester do., is 4d to is 5,1 ; combing skins, is to is 4d ; blanket wool, 10d to is 2d ; flannel wool, lld to la 3d ; and old skin, is 5d to is 60 per lb. SEEDS. Linseed has sold to a moderate extent, at full prices. Our market for linseed cakes is inactive, without alter ation in the quotations. Rape and oilseeds meet a brisk sale at improving prices. Tarnip,White,per busts. 20s to 21s Swede .. • • .... • • 203 21s bustard, Brown.. •• .. 20s 22s White, new •• .• lOst 12s Tares,Winter,new.... 53 6d 6s 0,1 Canary, per quarter • • 683 74s Rye ,;rass (new) •• • 244 34s Clover,RedEng.(cwt.) 62s 76: White •• • • •—• •• 68s 803 Foreign Red.. •• .. Cgs Vie White • 68s 80s Trefoil, new.. •• • • ...• 283 323, Carraway .. 443 46s Coriander— • • .... •• • • 22s 24s llempseed, per quarter 424 44s Linseed, Eng. Sowing•• 68s 70s Crushing •• • • s6s 64s Baltic •• • • •• .. 533 603 Odessa • • • • • • • • . 62s 62s 6cl Linseed Cake, pr. ton— English •• —.lOl Os 101 lOs Foreign, porton 10/08 111 158 Rape Cakes,per ton 51 103 6110 F 'Rapeseed, pr qr. 828 84s TALLOW. Our market is steady to-day. P.Y.C., on the spot, 6 9 3, with a limited supply in the market. Rough fat is 3s 41 per 81bs. Town Tallow 60s nett cash. 1853. 1854. 1855. 1856. f 1857. Stock this day 43.654 t 36,700 36.119 i 21,432 1 12,139 146 9J. to! 63s Oil 56s 9dto:` 8s to 6ls 9d Yriee of Y. C --s Od te —s (1! s Oct I ‘) —s Oil Ito 62s Od Delivery last week • • 2,335 1,927 2,106 817 1,839 Ditto from June 1.... 70,782 71,830 85,005 81,509 83, 267 Arrivals last week.. 2,254 379 3,421 276 337 Ditto from Junel 73,868 88,315 55,127 56,399 78,426 Price of Town - - -46 s GLI , 64s 9,1 58s Oil 56s 61 , 625 6d THE DIVIDENDS.—We understand there is very little doubt that the dividend of the South Western Rail way Company will be at the rate of 61 per cent. We hear that the dividend of the London and North Western Railway Company may be pretty safely taken at 5i per cent., with a good round balance over. A great deal of speculation exists with respect to the forthcoming dividend of the Great Western Railway Company. They earned in round numbers 800,000/. during the past balf, against 735,0001. in the corres ponding half of 1855, a n d their expenses will come out about 40 per cent. against 41.7 per cont. for 1855. From these data it is calculated that they have enough to pay at the rate of 3 per cent. and 6,0001. over, ex clusive of the balance from Midsummer last. For the half ending Christmas, 1855, the dividend was p er cent, less.—Herapath. 611 1 60! 32 30j 92 1241 651 6i i 1 3 106 4 I 1.00 5 "no 100 100 100 100 100 100 St. 12i 12 12. t 110 9 it 16i 50i i 50 82 i 3 2} 20} 24i i p t m a pm 1111 94i 81 d 99 99 100 111 i arranged that the petition for the adjudication of hie bankruptcy should be withdrawn, it being understood that Mr. Brown was in a position to afford considerable assistance to the assignees in recovering the assets of the bank, and as some portion of the claims of the bank upon him were disputed, it has been arranged, as the transactions are cf an exceedingly voluminous nature, that an accountant should be appointed to go over the whole of them, and prepare a report for the assignees. The large claims upon Mr. Cameron, the late manager of the bank, are, it is stated, in course of negotiation. Mr. Cameron, is now, we believe, residing in Switzer land, and at present it would be premature to state either the nature of the arrangements which are going on, or to hazard an opinion as to the amount which may be eltimately recovered by the assignees for the benefit of the estate. LITERATURE. Little Dorrit. No. XIY. By Charles Dickens. Throughout the whole of the three chapters con stituting this fourteenth number of " Little Dor rit," there winds and twists with sinuous sluggish ness the turbid but auriferous stream of what may be called the Merdle Interest ! Floating upon its surface—Now the whole wonderful race of the Bar nacles and Stiltstalkings, including both Mr. Tito and Lord Decimus, attended on one hand by Bar, with his double eyeglass and his jury droop, and on the other by Bishop, with his seven league dress shoes, and his crisp and refreshing innocence Floating—Now honest Pancks, stale from the coals, and snorting, as only Tug can snort, sun. rounded by the chief defaulting tenants of Bleed ing Heart-yard, led off by Mrs. Plornish, with all her rare Italian accomplishments, and by Mr. Plornish, her spouse, clad in his lime-splashed flannel jacket, and by simple-heart6d old Mr. J. E. Nandy, chirruping his favourite ditties about Chloe and Strephon—his grey nondescript Union Coat, to the contrary, nevertheless, notwithstanding ! Floating—Now dear little Amy Dorrit herself, shyly wondering still in the midst of her Venetian splendours, and by her side Fanny the frivolous, with Mr. Sparkler (next door to an Idiot) dangling at her heels, secretly des pised, and yet, as it proves, a great deal more than - openly - tolerated! Floating slowly past us on the muddy golden current of the Merdlo Interest—all the - se miscellaneous characters (and with them a good many others incidentally intro duced) attract our attention either one by one, or in picturesque clusters, in the new number of " Little Dorrit" for the present month of January. Chapter xii., "In which a great Patriotic Confer ence is Holden," recounts a dinner of more than usual splendour, given at the Great House of the Great Merdle to the Great Political Swells of the Hour—the Barnacles. A Dinner described with marvellous touches of Fun Satire such as Mr. Dickens alone, with the mere nib of a goosequill, could bring out thus vividly to view in spite of their all but microscopic minuteness Notwithstanding Mr. Merdle's solitary position in London during the absence of the Bosom and of Sparkler upon their continental wanderings—we are told : ' The Chief Butler, the Avenging-Spirit of this great man's life, relaxed nothing of his severity. He looked on at these dinners when the bosom was not there, as he looked on at other dinners when the bosom was there; and his eye was e basilisk to Mr. Itterdle. He was a hard man, and would never bate an ounce of plate or a bottle of wine. He would not allow a dinner to be given, unless it was up to his mark. He set forth the table for his own dignity. If the guests chose to partake of what was served, he saw no objection ; but it was served for the maintenance of his rank. As he stood by the sideboard he seemed to announce, have accepted office to look at this which is now before me, and to look at nothing less than this.' If he missed the presiding bosom, it was as a part of his own st9.to of which he was, from unavoidable cir cumstances, temporarily deprived. Just as he might have missed a centre-piece, or a choice wine -cooler, which had been sent to the banker's." An especial occasion for this wonderful creature the Chief Butler (and, parenthetically be it said, also for that dull and vulgar victim of dyspepsia, his master, the millionnaire), is the Grand Dinner of which this inimitable chapter is so very admi rably. descriptive. It is as Bar calls it (with his jury droop to the engaging young Barnacle, Fer dinand by name)—a sort of a sitting in Banco for a special argument ! To wit the securing the whole of the grand and covetted Merdle Interest to the Barnacles—(in regard to whom, saith our historian drily, "if the adherence of the immortal Enemy of Mankind could but have been secured by a job, the Barnacles would have jobbed him—for the good of the country, for the good of the country")_ upon the one condition of Mr. Sparkler, eyeglass and all, being taken up and provided for by Go vernment ! All which is, of course, most satisfacto rily accomplished in the end, only, however, after the most preposterously elaborated negotiations. The general toad-eating to Lord Decimus Tite Barnacle, in the midst of these auspicious convivi alities will be found—here, there, and everywhere throughout the chapter—deliciously delineated. From the almost awful collapse in his presence of the Bashful Young Member in the Lower House (" the last fish but one caught by the Barnacles, and invited on this occasion to commemorate his capture")—to the more self-possessed wielder of the double eyeglass and drooper of the jury droop (" who has a bit of one eye and a bit of his double eyeglass for every one who comes in at the door, and who gets at them all by some skilful means without being seen to get at them, and touches each individual gentleman of the jury on his own indi vidual favourite spot') and of whom we read— " Bar, who felt that he had got all the rest of the jury and must now lay hold of the Foreman, soon came sliding up, eye-glass in hand. Bar tendered the weather, as a subject neatly aloof from official reserve, for the Foreman's consideration. Bar said that he was told (as everybody always is told, though who tells them, and why, will for ever remain is mystery), that there was to be no wall-fruit this year. Lord Decimus had not heard anything amiss of his peaches, but rather believed, if his people were cor rect, he was to have no apples. No apples ? Bar was lost in astonishment and concern. It would have been all one to him, in reality, if there had not been a pippin on the surface of the earth, but his show of interest in this apple question was positively painful. Now, to what, Lord De cimus—for we troublesome lawyers loved to gather infor mation, and could never tell how useful it might prove to us—to what, Lord Decimus, was this to be attributed ? Lord Decimus could not undertake to propound any theory about it. This might have stopped another man ; but Bar, sticking to him fresh as ever, said, " As to pears , now ?" We don't wonder, when we find it added to this, " Long after Bar got made Attorney-General, this was told of him as a master-stroke"—particularly when we have listened, in company with Bar, to every tedious detail in the one inevitable, inexor able, unavoidable, everlasting "reminiscence about a pear-tree," which is the single joke of Lord De cimus's life, and the single glory of Decimus's con versation. Chapter xiii. is principally remark able for revealing to us—at last !-111r. Baptist, otherwise Signor Cavaletto, affrighted by the pass ing apparition of the dreaded and abhorred Rigaud, otherwise Monsieur Blaudois, of the desoendincr nose and the ascending moustache ! Principally remarkable for this, but remarkable also in another way, for its revealing Pancks to us and to Arthur Clennam—as having embarked his "little all" in the vast, infectious, absorbing, alluring, irresistible maelstrom of the Merdle Speculations ! Nothing, by the way, can be more thoroughly delightful than the preposterous manner in which Mrs. Plor nish, in the midst of Mr. Baptist's fright goes to the rescue of him (in the explanations arising there from) with her famous lingual accomplishments. Mr. Baptist by this time understanding English eper fectly, and talking it almost as well as his who gift is c s t standing by at the time, E,a, sk,k,Cool'e there, Pa interpreter ! Alluding to 11.t_ r.. o Panc , Plornish, " what go wrong . I t Lys Mrs. you no and when they interpreting Mr. 'ope ir ß ly ap ho ti li s s , od p ,. o , i , n E ting indoors dross," fright?, returns says aiNriAerlsrf.a. Plornish,. with her usual felicity of re ,w, N a V y hat appen Padroma!" is altogether delicious—we can barely read it for our laughter. Hardly less rs lia u r ec e thing h_ s in a d i new ng:, ludicrous is the s ubsequent naterchauge of complimentary remar ks between " Thomas," Mr. Plornish, and , g John Edward Nandy, Sir," his father-in-law. Chapter xiv.—closing the number —astonishes the reader by its announcement that Mr. Sparkler is at length actually betrothed to Fanny Dorrit, after having been formally proclaimed in the Gazette to have been recently nominated one of the Lords of the Circumlocution Office, under the great Barnacle Administration. RE - CONSTRUCTION OF THE GOVERN- MENT. The hitch as to the re-construction of the Cabi net continues ; but the hinge to the hitch is, we regret to say, still available. The " Peelites" are, of course, available at any time—as we have already mentioned—" Coalition" being the meaning of the phrase "connection with any Government." The leader of the Peelite party, the late Premier Lord Aberdeen, will (D.V.) dine at the officia party of the President of the Council on the day before the opening of Parliament, and will thus accord with the doctrines to be propounded in the ministerial Speech. Wh a t matters in relation to this convivial ar rangement may occur to-day, or in the meantime, we have already placed before our readers ; but still there is the hitch I A few hours may enable us to pronounce all the facts connected with th e a tt e mpted or possibly cemented Coalition.—Morning Herald. The 20th, 22d, and 07th Regiments, quartered in Ports• mouth garrison, on Saturday received orders to prepare for proceeding to Aldershott. Their places will be taken by the 23d, 82d, and 90th from Aldershott. These three latter being next on the roster for India will embark a Portsmouth in the autumn for their seyeral deatinationi 19 9 i I 82. i 811 84} 194 74 3i 84 5 i i si I 94 i 18f i 25 4i 17s 17 17 u 6 - St. 100