The Sun.
London, England, 1858-01-14 00:00:00

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This Day.)

LONDON, Jan. 14.—Wind this 'day at noon, W. ;
light breeze and hazy.
PLYMOUTH, Jan. 13.—Wind N.N.W. Arrival—Ses•
tant, from Rio Grande.
FALMOUTH, Jan. 13.—Wind W.—Arrived—Borland,
from Ibrail.
SUNDERLAND, Jan. 12.—Arrived—Kezie, from Demo•
ram.

SCILLY, Jan, 12.---Wind N.W..—Arrived—Garland,
from London for Mogador.
PILL, Jan. 13.—Wind N.—Arrived—Marie Eugenie,
from Monte Video; Etechia, Demerara. Sailed—Galled,
foiSt. Michael's.

PORTSMOUTH, Jan. 15.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrived
Cospatrick, from London for Cape of Good Hope and Cal-
cutta ' • Uncouth, ditto, for San Francisco; Voyager, ditto,
for Aspinwall. Sailed— Her Majesty's steamer Urgent,
for Gibraltar.

SOUTHAMPTON, Jan. 134—Wind N.W.—Sailed—Ful•
ton (s), for New York.

QUEENSTOWN, Jan. 14.—Wind W.—Arrived—Bea,
from Mauritius.

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
SOUTHAMPTON, Thursday Morning.
Wind N.W., nearly calm; frost.
Arrived—Hamburgo, steamer, Hamburg; Express,
Jersey ; La Poule, Cherbourg ; Alliance, steamer, Havre.
Sailed—Fulton, steamer, for New York ; Despatch,
steamer, Jersey ; Le Coq, Cherbourg ; Havre, steamer,
Havre ; Harriet, Newport.
LIVERPOOL, Thursday Morning.
WindW.N.W.

Off—Jessie Miller
Arrived —Balbec, screw steamer, from Have ; Baltio,
screw steamer, New York; Reliance, steam tug, Renfrew.
The Henry Harbeck, from Cardiff, for Alexandria, U.S.,
has been towed round from Queenstown, for repairs.
The Eclipse, from Liverpool, for Rio Janeiro, struck
slightly in entering the harbour of Beaumaris.
The Rose, from Liverpool, for Madras, at Beanmaria.
QIIICENSTOWN, Jan. 12.
_

Wind w.S.W.
iinved—Science, from Smyrna; St. Thomas, packet,
Porto Rico.

KINGSTOWN, Jan. 13. i
Arrived--Haggie, from Odessa, for Dublin; Madona de
Tersatti, Taganrog; Artemis, Ibrail.

BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.
GRAVESEND, Thursday Morning.
Wind W.KW. ; two hours' flood ; light and hazy.
Arrived, Jan. 13.—John Shelley, from Gothenburg.
Sailed, Jan. 14.—Lord J. Russell, (s.), for Rotterdam.
DEAL, Thursday Morning.

Wind W.N.W. ; light.
Anchored—Faithful, from Harwich, for Barcelona.

FAILURES AT HULL.—The following comparative
statistics of commercial disasters in Hull are given by
the Hull News :—" In addition to many failures which
have not been prominently before the public, no fewer
than 34 bankruptcies, implicating 39 individuals, have
come from this district under the cognizance of the bank-
ruptcy commissioner. The total liabilities of these 34
bankruptcies are 10 times larger than we had to report
lastyear. In 1856,21 individual bankrupts owed 73, 500/. ;
in 1857, the 39 individual bankrupts owed 766,0001. (the
debts already proved being 616,0001.), to meet which
there are assets amounting to 305,0001., which sum
will be diminished by the important judgment in
Messrs. Harrison and Watson's case (published by us
last week) to the extent of 52,0001. The actual liabilities
of the 14 Hull bankruptcies alone amount to close upon
720,0001. Of these, the liabilities of one are unknown
to us ; one is below 1,0001., three are between 1,0001.
and 2, 000/.,four between 3,0001. and 5,000/. one of 9,5004
one of 15,000/., one of 110,0001, one of 140,0001 and one of
426,0001. 14 bankrupts have received third-class certifi-
cates, two of which, however, were suspended for t wo years
without protection, and one for three years, likewise with-
out protection ; one received a certificate of the second
class, one of the first class, and four have absconded.
We may also mention that one of these bankrupts is
undergoing a sentence of 4 years' and another of 10
years' penal servitude, for crimes of which they have
been convicted. 1857 will also be memorable for
the winding-up of Lam disastrous affair, .the Hull Flax
and Cott.. Mills. When the liabilities of this ill-starred
e,secern are added to the above enumerated the
total is swelled to the startling amount of upwards of a
million."

1,0- NDON, T
TIDE
"
MONE MARK ET SHARE MARKETS-(This Day).
-4it• LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS.
YLeasing Closing Prices Business
A, TD RAILWAYS. Bhr.l Paid Rett.wkrs. Companies. this day this da7
COMMEUCTAL INTELLIGENCE, Closing Prices, Business done --------- - - ---_-_-.-
.8.- Shr. Paid Ran---i-w Ari. this day, this day. St. 100 IBuckgharash. Ln.&N.W. 92 -9492 31
CITY, Two O'CLOCK. St. 100 'Clydesdale Je. Caledon ... 94 - 96
Nytwithstanding the improvement in monetary
affairs and the relief consequently afforded & Eastn. June._ „ 5/ - 5. 5i
-7125 -10 A-mba. --Nottng. Best. - ------
---""
2sst. lalloo lECtiSnt.ogur6Vpy.;
c,E•tU.N.dtorEth.Cn
11322 -_
13614
5 all E. Un, 11. SI. E. Count. 31 - 4
81 - 84
50 all Belfast & Ballymen.: 4 a at. 100 alas. Barr. & Caldonian.
the commercial community, an occasional failure
13i all Birmng. Wolverh. di' Neils.Direet.
is reported. The advices from America show Stour Valley 7O - 72
St. 100 !Do. New Do -. "`- egke
a steady improvement, but in individual cases St. 100 Birkemh+l. !Attest+. ei
Cheshire Junct • • ---- • 25 ;all Glstr.&Dn.Fr. Gt. West ... - ...
they are often embarrassing, and the same 25 all Blackburn .... .......
DR
ou.ll.i&sShealib.eys..
YDo.k N.M. 107 - 108
see .4.
remark will also apply to the intelligence from 25 all myth & Tyne original . 121 all Do. 1 Shares. Do -
the-
£2s (iss. at £45),„ ... - _ 12a, all Lon.&Greenw '..Eastern. 12 -13
north of Europe. It could not have been lee Bristol & Exeter__ 20 I all Do.Preforence Do 23 -24
expected, however, that all traces of the late col- st.
St. ss - • el _ 93
100 Caledonian. .... ..... ... 90 - 91 891 St. 100 Lon. Tn., &S. Polo &Co. 100 - 102
St. 100 Chester & Holyhead 38 .-- 40 10 I, 10 Do. Bark. Sh Do ... - -
lapse would at once be removed, and for some time ,
50 all Cork and Bandon._ 11 - 13 511 all Manch.Bxton. Ln.&N.W.
to come a few disasters may be anticipated. Some 20 all Cork, Black. & Pass ••• - • • and Matlock & Midi& 21 - 21 21
4 - .5
regret has been caused by the suspension of Messrs. St. 100 Mdld. Bradfd, Midland 92 - 94 921
10
20 all
all Do. A
Cornwall
... - ...
6/ 51 Newmarket
Gray and Son, an old and respectable firm in the 10 all Do. B - ••• , BuryE.G.spc. E. Count.. 1- 1p
American trade. The liabilities are stated at about 50 all Dublin&BelfastTune ••• - ...d 50 , all N.diEst.s p.c. Do 56 - 58
25 all Dun. P. &Aber.Junc. 8. - 9 50 ! all Do. 6 per et.. Do ... - ...
30,000/. st. 100 East Anglian - I%i 50 j all Do.Fixedsp.c Do ... - ...
Letters from Liverpool report that the Cotton St. 100 Eastern Counties..... 62. - 631 621 25 , all Prest. &Wyre L. &N. W ... - ...
Market yesterday closed heavily but steadily, and St. 100 EasternUnion,A•stk. 46 - 49 121 all j Do. 1 Shrs. ADo
St. 100 Do.' do. B 32 - 34 St. 100 I Roystn.& Hit. Gt. Northn 132 - 135
prices continue to decline. The sales amounted 25 81 po.New.l -- -. 10 all Shrews.& Her T. Brassey 71 - 8
to 5,000 bales, 500 of which were takenby the specu- 25, all East Kant ...,....„._ 17 - 18 12 all S. Staffordsh.. M. MClean 9 - 91
St. 100 East Lancashire 92 - 9.3 50 all WearVaLg6pc Stk.&Dar. ... - ...
lators and 500 by the exporters. The Railway Share 20 all East' Suffolk - •••
. ..... .. ••• 25 all Do Do 3ll - 326
Market presented a quiet appearance, and quota- 10 all Do. - St. ,100 !Wilts&Somrst Gt.Westn. 85 - 87
eons were without any material alteration. st. 100 Edinburgh & Glasgow 631 - 641 631
0 all 'Eclinb. andPeebles ••• - ••• PREFERENCE SHARES.
A statement has been issued by the directors of -t. 100 Edinb.Prth.&Dundee 32; - 331 _
25 all Blyth and Tyne 10 p.
the London Discount Company relative to the 0 all Forthand ClydeJunc. ••• - ••• c.pref. (isscl.at 50/.) ...
St. 100 Furness . _ -.- .-
St. 100 Bris.&Ex.4 p.c. St. 90 - 92
business transacted during the half-year ending the
'Glasgow & S.Western
St. 100 - ......
92 - 94
20 7 Do. 4 per c. Shares.. ... -
31st ultimo. They observe that the accounts 10 all !Great N. of Scotland 91 -10 j
St, 100 Caledn. £lO 41 p. c, 95 - 97 961
"show an available balance, after due provision for Sst. 100 Great Northern
....- 19003 101 1004
St. 100 Ches. & Ho. 5/ p.c. ... - _
St. 100 Do A Stock
contingencies, equivalent to a dividend of 21 per ~ A.
se 100 Do., B. Stock ... _ 126 - 128
cent. ; the directors, however, in the belief that St. 100 Gt Sth &West Ire) 100 - 102 64 all Cork&Bandonslp.c. ... -
61 all Dun.Perth.&Aber.J. 6 -• 61
St. I • •
100 ,Great Western;( • 611 - 6l- 611 2
St. 100 E. Anglian Cls, A Sh. ... - -
the interest of the shareholders will be best pro- St. 100 Do.; Str.V.R. gua.St 58 - 62
St. 100 Do. do. Cls. B 6p. c. 105 -• 110
moted by the adoption of such a course, 12 all ,Irish South-Eastern. ••• - ... St. 100 Do. do. Cls. C7p. c. 110 - 114
recommend that this balance be carried for- 164 f 1.11, Do., Th is 8 -10 p •
5.9.., all Lancast.u, er &Carlisle 79 - 83
St. •00 Eas.Co•Ex,sp.cNo.l 107 - 110
ward to the next half-yearly account. When 161 15 Do. Now Thirds -10 r• St. 00 Do. No. 2 ....... ..... 105 - lox
St. 100 Do. New 6 pr. c. St. 125 - 128
borne
it is in mind that a discount company St. 100 Lancash. &Yorkshire 941 - . 944 4
16 6 Do., do. F £l6 - a d 20 all ;East Un. G. 6p. c. ... - ...
is subject to the influences of a commer- 3 1 Do.. Wst. Riding Un ••• - ... 5 all Do. 51. 10 per cent. ... - ...
10 all Do. 10/1 Debentr ... - ...
cial crisis, it :Cannot be doubted that the results 20 I all Do. Southp6rt. - -.
111 all London & Blackwell 61 - Ga 61 1 St. all Do. do. 4 per cent... ... - ...
which the director; now submit to the proprietary St. St. 100 East La.neash.6p.ets. ... - ...
100 Lond.Bright.SlS.Cst. 108 - 110
5 all E.&W. York. J. sths - - -
must be considered satisfactory. In conclusion, St. 100 London &N.,,Western 991 - 1001 99 1 1
10 9 Edin. & Gl. sp. c. Sh. ... - ... •
iOO i all Do. Fifths. - -. St. 100 Ed.Prth.&Dun.4p.c. 73 - To
the directors would impress upon the shareholders all D0.,101.5n.,M&8 0 ••• - ...
that time is essential to the development of a business 12A 5 Do. Eighths a _ a4l 41 St. 100 Furness, sp. c • - •••
-
St. 100 London &S. Western 981 - 991 99 81 St. 100 iGlas. & 5.W.G.5 p.c.
t 5 all Lndndrry.&Coleraine - •«... -- ...
of thischaracter ; and, whilst reiterating their con-St. 100 (Great Northn. 5 p.c. 115 118 117
...
fidence in the ultimate success of the company, draw 25 all Lndndrry. & Ennisk. • - •••
411 411 401 St. 100 --
De. 5 p. c. Redeem.
attention to the fact that the obstacles incidental to St. 100 Manch.Shef. &Litwin. 401 - at 10 p. c, prem lOB - 110 108
10 14 Metropolitan . "" - "'
St. 100 Do. 41 per cent - 102 101
1 ........
the operations of a newly-formed establishment are
10 , 1 Do. J. L. Ricardo's 100 60 Do. 5 p.c., Red. at 5
St, 100 Midland ................ .-, p. c. preen.
daily diminishing,' and that events have grown out ! arrangement ...... - - ••• 10 all ,Gt•N .of Scot.lst Pr( - 104
941 - •
911 95 1
of the late crisis to which they are justified in refer-
St. 100 Do. Birming.&Derby 66 - t 6 '2O 18 lat. S& W. (Ireland) ... - -
...
ring as narrowing the extent of competition, and 50 i all Midland G.West.(lr.) ••• - ••• 50 6 1Gt.W.(8.&11 20 18 IDo. 4 per c. Pref. St. ... ...
.Ex.spc 51 - 6
• thereby favourably affecting the prosperity of the 25 , all Do. •1 Shares . . ••• -•" St. 100 iDo. con, red. 41 p.c. 91 -93 92
100 all Newcastle &Carlisle.. ••• - ••• St. 100 IDo. con, red. 4p. c. 83 --85
'company." 25 all NewptAberg.&Hrfd. 13 - 14
St. 100 Do. ne& 4 per tent. 82 - 84
About 14,0001. in gold was taken into the Bank 50 9 Newry & Enniskillen ••• - ••• St. 100 Do sp. c. red. pref. 93 - 100
of England yesterday. 20 all Newry, Warrenpoint
50 31
100 Norfolk - 10
There is an increased demand for silver, owing to & Restrevor -.- -.
10 all Do.ChesterBp.e.P.S. 16 - 17 16
62 - 64
preparations for remittances by the steamer to thelo all Do. do., sp. c. d 0.... 91 - 101
31 Northn. Counties Un 31 - 31
20th inst., and bars are quoted ss. lid. per ounce st. 100 North British - 56 641 541 St. 100 Do. Birm, Gus. Stk. 70 - 72 71 70
standard. St. 100 North Devon, Rail. & 261 all Do. Chesil. Gus. Sh. 181 - 191
135 all Do, do. do 9l -9/
There was a meeting to-day of the creditors of . .1.• ''... se.
St. 100 Do., A. Stock ......... ••• - •'"
Dock Stock 2O al Do. do. do. l4 - 15
Messrs. Sewell and Neck, Norwegian merchants.
St. 100 Do., B Stock
~
,•
‘,, St. 100 Lan. & York. 6 pc.St. ... - ...
Charles Pottle, Esq., Swedish consul, took the s ' St. 100 Lon. &B. G. 5 pc.No.l ... - ...
t. 100 N. E astern -Berwick 99 - 100 98a ve
chair. Mr. Turquand, the accountant, read 25 all Do. do. Extension - ••• , St. 100 D0.,P.,5p.e.5t.N0.2 ... - ...
St. 100 Do. Now Guar. 6p.e. 135 - 140 139 140
the statement, which showed that the total liabili- 25 , 161 Do.do. G.N.E.Purch. 2d - par St. ma Do. do. SP. c., N 0.4 15 - 118
ties were 150,6751., and the total assets were St. 103 Do. Leeds
St 100 Do. York 54 - 55 54 St. 100 Lon. & N.W., Cov. &
188,2571., leaving a surplus of the joint estate of 87 - 88 861
. 93 - 97Nuneaton sr. ct... ... - ...
37,581.1. In addition to this the partners' private St WO North L0nd0n.....
10 31.1 N. &S. Wstn., Hamp•
estate was expected to realise 20,0001., making a I stead, and City Jn ... -• • • . late 3d Shares ... 155 - 160
total surplus of 57,580/. The conduct of the firm 20 1171 North Staffordshire 3 - 24 114 121 all Londy.& Color. ISh. ... - -
...
was much approved of, and it was agreed to take 20 all North Western. - .
St. 100 M., S.,&L. 6p. dent. 115 - 120
20s. in the pound in four instalments of ss. each, 10 all N. & S.Westrri. June 81 - 91
6 41 .10. do. do. £6 ... .. a - 1. 5
with 5 per cent interest. . St. 100 Oxford Worcester & St. 100- Do. do. 31 per cent. 61 - 68
Wolverhampton 32 - 33 33
121 all Marypt. & Carl. 4 p.c. ... - ...
20 18 Portsmouth 9 - 5 d 12
REDUCTION OF THE BANK RATE OF 10 10 Rhymney -- -. 121 all Do. 41 per cent
124 105 Do. do. - -.
... - ..
St. 100 Uid.Consol.6 p.c. St. ... - ...
DISCOUNT. St. 100 Scottish Central ..•... _ 106 - 108
St. 100 Scot. N.E.Abriln. St 25 - 26
A reduction of 1 per cent. has been made in the st. 100 Shropshire union._ 48 - 50 49 St. 100 Do.Con.Br„Bir.6p.c. 133 - 135
St. 100 Do. 44 p. c. Prof, St. 984 - 99
Bank rate of discount, which now stands at 5 per St. 8 Sitingbourne &Sheer. 34 - 21
dell. Pref. St. 88 - 90 89 4
• • cent. This measure, wbich was fully anticipated, 50 100 South Devon .......... 34 -36 St. 100
10 all Do. L.
will not bring business to the national establish- St. 100 South Eastern ...... ... 754 - 761 751 6 New., Aber., &c., pr.
10 all Do. 4} per c. Shares sp. co red. sp. c. pm. - ... ...
• ment, the terms current out of doors being little St. 100 South Wales... ..
..... 81 - 821 x d 10 all Do. Perpet. 6 pr. et. 114 - 111
above 4 per cent. As there is now an abundant 20 all S. Yorksh. River Dun 13 -15 . 10 all Norfk.Deb.4p.c.Sh. ... - ...
- supply and a limited demand, a good deal of compe- 20 10 Do: - 5 d St. 100 Do. sp. c. Ext. 1846 ... - ...
'2O all Stames,Wok.,&Wok 9 - 11 St. 100 Do. 54 p.c. pf , 1847 ... - ...
tition will prevail among the monied interest, st. 100 Do.Wv.V.sp. ~,1847 ... - ... ,
25 all (Stockton & Darling,. 36 - 38
St. 100 North British 101 - 106
will have the effect of eausing increased ease.which '25 171 Do. do., 1854 - ... 731 Do. 71. Preference ...I ... - ...
The London and Westminster Bank notified yes- 25 5 Do. do., 18K5 - ate St 1100 N.B. Berw. 4 p.c.Prf.l 97 - 99 974
terday that they will only allow 3 per cent. for de- ... 161 Stockton & flartlepl ... - ... 17 84 Do, do. do I - 4
posits of 5001. and upwards, and 2 per cent. for St. 100 Taff Vale... - -. 20 13 jDo. Leeds 6pc.N0.1 ... - ..,
smaller amounts. The other banks will no doubt St. 100 Do. Prof., No. 1 •• - ••• 121 9 ,Do. do. Qrs., 1848._ ... - „.
25 22 Thames Hay. D. &R ... - ... 25 10 jDo.YorkH.&S. Par. 1 - 1 I
adopt a similar measure. ,
20 all Vale of Neath l9l - 205 20 20 all !North Staffordshire.. 22 - 23
Increased firmness has been visible in the English St, 100 Waterfd. & Kilkenny 20 --15 se 100 iox.,Wor. & Wolv. 6
Stock Market, but the reduction of the Bank re' e 50 all Waterford&Limerickl ... - ... I p.c., let guar. ......115 - 120
exercised no influence. Speculation continues inert, 20 all West Cornwall ... - ... St. 'lOO !Do. 6p.c. 2d guar._ 103 - 105
and the public are purchasing only small quantities 10 all 'West End of London St. 100 Do. do. Debentr. St. ... - ...
for investment. The market, though quiet 1 and Crystal Palace 7 - 9
81 all Scot. Cent. New Pref. .., - _
however, is very firm, with an upward tendency.
' 5 all ' Do. A - 31
St. 100 Se.N.E.Aber.g.6p.e. . . - ...
5 all Do. B - 64 61
Consols for money have been 941 95, and for ac- 20 all West London St. 100 Do. do. 7 p.c. pf. St. 105 - 110
count 95 to 955. They are now 94. 951 and 95 to 10 all Do. First Class . - ... St. 100 Do. d 0.31 p.c. pf. St. 71 - 73
25 all oath Devon lO - 101
954 respectively. The New 3 per Cents. are 944 to 20 all Do. Second Class... ... - ...
254, and also the Reduced Exchequer Bills have 10 all , Wimbledon &Croydon ... - ... 10 all Do. fixed 44 pr cent. ... - ...
1.0.6 all S. Eastern (Reading
also risen to 19s. and 235. premium ; the Bonds Ann.) of El Os. 6d. 23 - 24
BRITISH POSSESSIONS.
are marked 99, and India Bonds ss. to 10s. pre- - 98 95
mium. Indian Stock is 221 to 224. 100 all Atian. and St. Law. 1 ... .- ... St. 100 Do. Fixed 41 p.c. Sh 94 - 98
18 9 Bombay, Baroda, and St. 100 00. New 44 pr. cent ... - •.•
In the Foreign Market there is a good deal of Cen•lnd,guar. 5 p.c. 11 - 2 St. 100 .. Wales Gua. 4p. c. ... - ,•• 84
animation and prices are buoyant. Turkish 6 per 18 all Do. - • St. 100 Do. do. 44 p. c .. --- •••
Cents. are 985 99 ; ditto 4 per Cents., 1042. 4 ; 201 all ,Buffalo & Lake Hur. 14 - 15 20 all •:.Yorksh.4 p. c. Guar ... - .• •
Brazilian 5 per Cents., 1015 ; Danish 5 per Cents., 100 100 !Buff., Milt& Godeh. 185 - 90 25 all Stock. &Dar., sp. c 26 - 28
t ' 100 ; Mexican 3 per Cents., 20il 4, ; Peruvian 45 100 100 16 p. c.bds. , I Aug. ,'72 25 19 Do. do. do. - -.
1013 Waterfd&Kilk. 6pc 5O -- 55
per Cents., 7 ;81 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 44 Do, do., 1 July, :73 83 - 87 86 St • ,
100 100 Do, do., 1 Juno, 74 80 - 85
BRITISH MINES.
Russian 5 per Cents., 1095 110 ; Sardinian 5 per 20 2s. ,Calcutta and S. East. ... - ...
Cents., 881 89 ; Spanish 3 per Cents., 411 ; ditto .20 2s6dCentral Oude (Lim.) ... - ...
... '2112 Alfred Cons. (Philk.) 121 - 131
Deferred 25i ; Dutch 25 per Cents 654 ; and
~ 20 lOs 'Ceylon A shares l/ - I.lp 20 14 British Iron ... 5 - 7
ditto 4 per Cents. 99. 2O 1 Do. B. do. ... ... - ••• ... 20 Condurow (Cambrn.) 75 -85
174 all Demerara. - - -. 10 1 Dev. Gt. Oasis. (Tay.) 420 - 440
The following are the nominal prices of Foreign
20 2s. Eastern Bengal - 1p
... 271 East Basset (Mogan) 90 --95
Stocks ;--Grenada Deferred Bonds, 516; Mexican, St. 100 East Indian 'llll - 1121 1101 114 11 17s Great South Tolgus.. 141 - 154.
...
.
204 4 ;Peruvian 41 per Cents., 77 78 ;Ditto 3 per 20 15 Do. C Shares l4 -24 p,
.. 1715 Cat.W.Alfrd.(Philk.) 4 - 5
Cents., 52 54 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 44 45 ; 100 all D 0.41 p.c.Bnds.,'s7 ... - ... 73 Cirt.W. Vor (Helstn.) 11 - 14
100 all Do. do. do. '59, do. ... - ... •••
Russian 5 per Cents., 108 110 ; Ditto, 44 per ••• 17s Lady Bertha - 1
Cents., -- ; Spanish 3 per Cents., 41 414 ; 20 all Geelong & Melbourne
••• 8 N. Frances (Mogan) 111 - 121
Ditto New Deferred, 251 254 ; Ditto Certificates, St. 100 Gdll
guar. 5 per cent.... 20 - 21 201
. Trunk. of Canada 52 - 54 521 -. . N.W.Basset (Mogan) 13 --15
6/15 North Wheal Crofty 4 .--- 5
• - ; Ditto Passive, -. 100 all Do, 6P. C. Deben... 85 - 87 ...... 14 Par. Cons. (Stßlaxy) 17 - 19 18
_ The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up 20 all Gt. In. Pen. g. 5 pore. 22 - 224 9 Porkellis U. (Wend.) 4 - 5
to this day, are in round figures as under :- 20 4 Do. New, guar. 5 p.c. 1 -11 p 51 •••
6s. Sort, Cons. Min. Co. 14 - 14
. 20i all Gt. Westn. of Canada 201 - 21 - ...
21 S. Caradon (St. Cleer) 340 - 350
• 1858. 1857. 201 13 Do. Nev
2 8. Cam Brea (Illogn.) 41 - 51
Great Western £24,091 £22,875 100 all Do. Bds., payable '57 ... - ... •••
19 S.W. Frances(llloma.) 210 - 220
North-Western
110000 all Do, do., :73, do. ... 105 - 110
100 all Do, do., '76, p. '60... 105 - 110 •••
5 41 Tam. S. &L.Min.eCo. 4 - la
South-Western - 4
Brighton 10,831 9,877 all Do, do., 73, without
option 103 - 105 ... 40 Un.Minea (Gwennap ... - •..
Midland - 1
South-Eastern - 18,135 17,666 20 all Do. do., 5 per c.... 21 -22 , ... 14 W. Basset (Illogan).. 24 -26 25 1
Great Northern 23,202 21,463 20 10 Do. 44 p. c. Exton. /d - 1 p ... 20 W. Camden (Liskrd.) 10Q - 110
Lancashire and Yorkshire 18,236 21,857 20 5 Do. 3d Ex., g. sp.c. 1
--
1 l'
... 51 Wh. Basset (Mogan). 145 - 155
(
' Bristol and Exeter 5,169 5,406 20 5 Do. 4th Ex., do. ... -1 p ... 5 Wh. Buller Rdruth). 260 --- 280
Chester and Holyhead
... 1/ 7 Wh. Kitty (U. Llant) 11 - 13
' East Lancashire 4,847 6,143 20 5 ISeinde, guar. 5 per c. 2•-
211)1
.... 8 Wh.Ma,Ann(Menht, 144 -- 48
20 all IDo
Lancaster and Carlisle - 28 27
Manchester, Sheffield, & Lincoln 9,018 9,570
FOREIGN. FOREIGN MINES.
' North London
West Hartlepool 2,607 2,891 10 all Antwrp & Rotterdam' 61 7' 7
Waterford and Limerick - 1
1 10s. Bon
Edinburgh and Glasgow - 11 AccordCop.(lL) id-1p
Glasgow and Sou' la-Western - ... 35 27 Brazilianlmp.(issued
Scottish North-Eastern 3,485 3,335 6 all Carrneaux&Toulouse 30 all at £5
Do. Cocae ps
m) & 1
Cuiada . 1 - 24
.. - •1
Grand Trunk of Canada
20 13 ‘Dutch Rhenish
34 - 31 94 1
The transactions in the Railway Share Market 20 all Eastern of France - 28/ 1 1 Clarendon Con. Min.
this morning have been rather numerous. The 20 all Do. New - ...6
.. - -. 40 all Cobre Copper 4l - 43
settlement of the account being now in active pro- 20 2s. Euphrates Valley ... ... - •••
20
greark and most of the dealings have been , all Gt.., Central of France ... - ... ... 16 Copiapo
1 all Dun Mountain Cop
in -reference to that event. Prices, in most 20
all Great Luxembourg... 71 - 8 8
10 6 Italian Junction ... - ... per Mining Co. ... id -1 p
instances, have exhibited. a considerable im- 20 all Lake Const. & Bale ~. - ... 2 all Fortuna - id
provement. Caledonian advanced 10s. ; East- 20 all Lierre and Turnhout ... - ...d 20 all General - 18
em Counties, Lancashire and Yorkshire, 20 6 Lombardo-Venetian 54 - 6 p 3 all Linares - 9
Brighton, North Western, South Western 5 all Lucca & Pist.sp.c.p. ... -.. 5 14 Lusitanian
1 all Mariquita, - 5d
and South Eastern, 1/. ; and Great Western and 20p 111 l Lyons and Geneva ... 28 - 29
Maria Lyons & Mediterran. ... ..-
... 1 all New Granada ::
Great Northern, 11. 10s. The Foreign and Colc-1 all Noveau Monde
Anteula
334 all• - -. 20 all Perit.sii.MM.tt Smlt• 41 - 51
nial lines are inactive ; prices, however, are firmer. 10 all Do. New .• - ••• 5 1 Port Philip
Northern of France have improved 10s. • Great 20 all Namur & Liege
....
30 161 Santiago de Cuba ... 11 - 21
Luxembourg, ss. ; Grand Trunk of Canada, li. ; 20 all Do. do. 6p. c. Pref. 21 7 21
23* all United Mexican 43 - 41
16 all Northern of France.. 38. - 39
, and East Indian, 10s. 10 , all NorwegianTrak.Pref 82 - 9 MISCELLANEOUS.
. Mining Shares are quiet, and Joint-Stock Bank 20 j all Paris and Lyons 351 - 355
Shares are rather firmer. 20 all Paris and Orleans 55 - 57 1 Atlantic Tel, (Lim) 1 ... - ...
20 9 Reeife & San Fran , 25
119 Australian AygLicisiulatil 26 -__ 27 26
BRITISH FUNDS.-CLOSING PRICES-THIS DAY. (Pernam.) g. 7p. c 1 ••- lap 10
10 all Rome and Frascati ... - --- 10 all BerlinWaterWorks.. 4 - • 5
(.From the Official List;)
Business dome. 20 all Royal Danish l6 -18 10 2 Do. Now iss, at Si. d ... - ...
Bank Stock 222 5 all Royal Swedish 1 - / 50 40 Brit. American Land 35 --40
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities - 8s 81 100 32i Canada
... - ...
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 944 5415 41 10 all Do. 51 per cent. pref. 8 - 81 St. 100 Do.Go.6pc.Jan&July 110 - 111 1094 104
New 3 per Cent. Annuities 93 1 41 58 20 all Southern of Franco.. 221 - 221 St. all Copper Min. of Eng. 27 - 32
Now 25 all Do. Prof. 75 p. cent. 23 - 25
w 2/ per Cent. Annuities 79 81 all West Flanders 4l - 6
. Loam Ann lO all Do. 54 per c. Prdf,
Annuities, expire sth Jan. 1860.... 2114 - 1e 11
India Stock ' 20 all W.&N.W. of France 27 - 28 5 all Do. Preference - 41 '
.... •: .•• , 1 Adis Bonds, a.:iiiiiii .........
221 24 4 all Crystal Pal. of France .... -
••
20 6 , Western of Austria... ~. - ...
Ditto, un £lOOO 5 10 p
20 all 'We,..A. of Switzerland ... - ... 20 all Eastern Steam.. ...... ,41 -- 54 54
Cot sols (order
cnt, - 108
:Er'nequar Bills, ztd 95 141 . 6 all ,W iesl aden - ...
6 all Do.B p, cent. pref. ... - ... 1 all (Electric Tel. of Irel. ... -
•••
, MOO ........ 20 ali !Zealand 5 all lEn.olaust.Cop.SmCo 14 - 14
$OO •
..... ..........
......... ........................ 22 23 19 p... -•-.
10 10a.jEur. & Ind.Jetn. Tel, id - 4 p
....• s "ll ......
............................... 22 19 24 19 p 9 all Eur.&Am.Strn.(lim.) 5 - 6
.. ............. 20 p JOINT-STOCK BANKS.
1 Exchequer Bend:;, 1858, :14 per den.t. .... 9,, „7 20 all 'Gen. Ir• Se. Col.(lira.). ... - •••
,
Ditto, 1359 ...................... . - '''' ' g _
40 all Australasia B6 - 88 871 -
15 14 'Gen. Steam Navigat. . „ -
•••
••• 99 25 18 Ban I 20 5 London Discount ... I/ 1 d
•
. PRICES OF FOREIGN pular._ i kof Egypt - 21d
FUNDS --THIS DAY. 100 50 Bank of London i4B- 52 4 all Lond. Gen, Omnibus 31 -31
Braswell 5 per Cent........... ............... 101. 40 all Bri.Col•Bk.&Ln. Co ... - •• 20 10 Magdalena St. Navig. ..,, _
•••
Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent. ............
____ 2 50 all (British N. American ... - . 10 all 'Mediteran. Elec. Tel. ... -
•••
Ditto Account .............. 974 20 10 jC.Bk.of Incl.Au.&Ch ... - .::d 10 all 'Do Extension Tele& ... - •••
I •
Danish Bonds, 3 pet Cent., 1825 ............
___.- 100 50 City 6O - 62 61 10 all 'Mexican& S.Amerien ~ •••
Ditto 5 per Cent., ,Colonial 100 ICO 25 1
see .-
4.. 25 5 'Nat, Discount C 0.... 1 - 1 d
Grenada New Active, 24 per Cent. - ... 10 6 Netherlands Land..,. 4 -If
. Mexican 3 per Cent ....... 2Ol 4 20 all jEng.Scot.&Aus•Ciit. 184 19 10 all Do. Do. .. - 31
Ditto Account - 181 5 all Do.B p.c.Pf.iss.at Id. 31 - 3. 31 i
• Peravian Bonds 45 per Cent - 20 all 'Ditto New
••• 5 2 Do, Do. - dll 4
Ditto Account Jan. 29 ............... . ..... 784 50 20'London and County ~. _.
••• 29
100 80 tNew B. &N. S. Land 17 - 20
Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent., Con. 1841 --- ... 50 ILnd.&E.Bnkng•Corp ... --
... St. 100 iNN.S.W. Gov.s •
p.c .D. 93 - 95 se 34
Ditto 1853, 3 per Cent... ..................... 441 50 10 I London Joint Stock. ... - •
•• 1 all N. B. Australasian... i -
Russian 13onds, 1822, E St., 5 per Cont..- 110 91 00 20 Lond.andWestminst. ... - ... 20 all rth.ofEuropeSteam ••• -
...
Sardinian Bon4s, 5 per Cent. .......... ..•.. 881 981 100 35 National Pro. of Eng. ... - ... 1 all Oriental Gas - 11
Ditto Account
/31,r50 25 National Bank
*I) BONRIP :i Cent.
. Ditto arm" per
20 all !New South Wales.... 46 - 48 50 all Peninsular & Oriental 73 - 75 741
Deferred, 3 per Cent.
Turkish Bonita 25 all Orientalj Bank Corp. 31 - 33 54 - 64
Ditto Account ...
per cant,.,. 9Ss $ i 50 10 Do. New .
20 20 'Ottoman Bank - 19/ 181 21 - 2S
1 i 9 83 50 all Rhymney Iron
D,O .............................. 985 00 25 Provincial of Ireland ... - •• 100 60 Royal Mail Steam 5l - 56
~ Guaranteed, 4 per •
k.l, - 14
Ditto Account, Jan. nt.
.29 - ...
5 1 R.Aus.B.&G.Im.Co. ._.• - ••• St. 100 S. Aus, Gov. 6 p.c.lacls. ... - ...
Dividends on the above payable in i...,i0n.
Dutch Exel ange, 24 ,25 all South Australia 35 -37 25 all South Austral. Land 34 -36
per Cent., 12 Guilders 651 25 all Union of Australia,,, 49 - 51 494 1 all Submarine Tel. Scrip, I - 11
Do. 4 per Cent. Certificates - 1i
I BARE O'CLOCK. 50 to - - ...
113-',,n of London ' - ... 221 1 all Do. Registered
20 5 Trus.Ln.Co. Up. Can ... -- ...
Console, money - ...d 100 284 Van Diemen's Land.. 11 -7. 13 I
Ditto account Rebruory 4) ~, 94 5
“.
.“ -:-. -.

BRITISH POSSESSIONS.
100 all Atian. and St. Law. 1 ...
18 9 Bombay, Baroda, and
Cen.lnd,guar. sp. c. 1, 2
18 all Do.
204 all Buffalo di Lake Hur l4 15
100 100 Buff. , Brnt. & Godch , 185 90
100 100 6p. c.bds., 1 Aug. ,'72, f
Do. do., 1 July, '73' 83 87 86
100 100 Do. do., 1 Juno, '74! 80 85
20 2s. Calcutta and S. East. ...
20 2s6d Central Oude (Lim.) ... •..
20 10s1Ceylon A shares 1 lip
20 1 Do. B. do. .... • • •••
174 all Demerara .
20 2s. Eastern Bengal
St. 100 East Indian y 1114 -- 1124 1101 114 11
20 15 Do. C Shares 2ip
100 all D 0.44 p.c.Bnds.,'s7
100 all Do. do. do. '59, do.
20 all ,Geelong di Melbourne
guar. 5 per cent.... 20 21 201
St. 100 'Gd.Trunk. of Canada 52 54 524
100 all Do. 6p. c. Deben B5 87
20 all Gt. In. Pen. g. 5 pore 22 224
20 4 iDo. New. guar. 5 p.c —14 p
204 all Gt. Westn of Canada 201 21
20
; I •13 Do. New
100 all IDo. Bds., payable '57 ... . .
100 all iDo. do., '76, p. '6O lO5 110
100 all Do. do., '73, do. 105 110
100 all Do. do., '73, without
option 103 105
20 all 'Madras, guar. 44 p.c 194 20
20 all Do. do., 5 per e. 21 22
20 10 ; Do. 4i p. c. Exten. d 4 p
20 5 Do. 3d Ex., g. sp.c. Ip,
20 5 Do. 4th Ex., do. —1 pi
20 10s. ,Oude (Limited)

THESUN, tatneiDON, THURSDAY ESEiN-li\r'G, JANUARY 14, 1858

rbirb lltittton

SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock.

TATTERSALLS'--(This Evening.)

There was again a thin attendance, and no transac-
tion of any importance took place. There was no
alteration in the betting on The Two Thousand or The
Darby.

NAVAL APPOINTMENT.—(This Day.)

The following appointment was made this afternoon
at the Admiralty :
Assistant-Paymaster—H• Winstauley, to the Renown.

TALEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION WITH

INDIA.

(Prom tile Times' City Article.)

The news from India to-day has revived the ques-
tion, When is the telegraph to bo constructed ? In
the height of the first alarm, seven months ago, the
matter was instantly to be attended to. Two lines
were to be formed, and the only point was whether
one should be commenced before the other, and, if
so, which. One company proposed a sable from
Suez to Aden' and thence to Bombay or Kurrachee,
to be laid in 12 months, at a cest of 700,000/. ; the
other a line along the Euphrates River and the
Persian Gulf to Kurrachee, to be completed in about
the same space of time, at a cost of 400,0001. Each
would be liable to the respective contingencies that
lead to interruptions in this mode of communica-
tion, and the unanimous opinion of the public was
that the work should be at once sanctioned
in both cases, and that the promoters should, in
fact, be stimulated to see which could first achieve
success. There was the usual oratory upon the sub-
ject in Parliament, followed by the usual professions
that its vital importance was fully seen. According
to the calculations the Euphrates line should now
be within a month or two of completion, and that
of the Red Sea within six months. Indeed, the
latter should already be available from Suez to
Aden, so as to save a week in our present trans-
mission of intelligence. Is a single foot of either
yet manufactured, or even ordered. ? Nothing of
the sort. Even the companies that were organized
for the projects are virtually broken up, having
found it impossible to contend against the want of
support from the Government at home and the
effects of diplomatic intrigue on the Continent. The
Euphrates Company sent out an engineering staff
to Bagdad to commence the experiment, and it was
found that Great Britain had not at that time the
requisite influence at Constantinople to obtain a
sanction for their proceedings. Subsequently, it
was intimated that the Turkish Government would
make the line themselves, at least so far as it was
to run through Turkish territory. This resolution,
in the midst of the raging jealousies of that region,
might not be undesirable, but every one knows
what is meant by the execution of a project by the
Turks. Every step will be impeded by secret in-
fluences, and even if these were absent, want of
money would always be the cry. Has anything yet
been done, and, if the Turks have actually made
a commencement, have the Indian Company under-
taken their portion of the work from Bussorah to
Kurrachee ? Looking at the economy and rapidity
with which lines are now laid down in all quarters
of the globe, the fact that the construction of this
communication to India should threaten to be a
matter of almost interminable struggle and per-
plexity is utterly humiliating. Modern experience
has made it so easy that it will read like a satire
in the history of the time that, with the welfare of
an empire of 200 millions at stake, the preservation
and maintenance of an army to be secured, and the
richest commerce in the world to be promoted, we
had not either the activity nor skill promptly to lay
down between that empire and the seat of the Im-
perial Government a few coils of cable that would
bring them together. If men could see the mis-
chief resulting but for a single month from the
absence of this means of intercourse they would get
a more terrible conception of what may be lost
through routine indolence and folly than has ever
before been presented. If news of any great dis-
aster were to reach us, we should fall upon our
knees and entreat Providence to avert such events,
and no one would think of asking whether we had
ourselves done everything to avert them by using
the means that Providence had already given us.
Taking the commonest argument, it would be a
limited computation to state the money loss from
the absence of an Indian telegraph during the past
year at 10,000,0001. or 15,000,0001. sterling, since,
apart from our military expenditure, the commer-
cial saving from the existence of such a line during
the recent crisis would have been enormous. As to
the brave lives that would have been preserved,
the anguish of family uncertainties that would
have been spared on both sides, the prestige that
our swift neighbourhood would have created among
the natives from one end of the country to the other
—all these points are of course beyond calculation.
By sluggish minds they will never be recognised at
all, and these persons will suffer no self-reproach ;
but if the people of England generally have any
keen sensibilities they will not again let the duty be
lost sight of. Even the thought that Havelock
would have heard, at all events, of the first burst
of his country's gratitude if this means had been
open will help to sharpen their sense of the conse-
quences of indifference ; and if they will at the
same time think to what an extent the lessons

already enforced might have been increased if any
disaster analogous to that sustained by Geu. Wind-
ham
had fallen upon the force under Sir Colin
Campbell, or if our ranks had been more exten-
sively swept by sudden disease, so as to give urgency
to the demand now received for continued rein-
forcements, they will be able to form a sufficient
idea whether, while neglecting the advantages
which science has placed in her way, the nation
deserves to be exempted from the usual calamities
that are the penalty of wilful blindness.

Suppose Messrs. Saigrove and Ragg, the exposure of
whose accounts created so much sensation a short time
back, had carried on business in Hamburg ; they would,
perhaps, have put into circulation some of their paper
on nonentities. The holders of the bills have merely to
get a notarial declaration that the drawers are not
' solvent commercial houses,' and the organiser of the
fraudulent conspiracy must lodge in the custody of the
officers of the Tribunal of CoMmerse val.d security to the
amount of the bills. The Bank of England enforce such
a system here. All private solvent and respectable
houses would gladly do the same if the leis, would assist
them. At present the honest and respectable houses
immediately take up their bills upon failed houses, and
the r eedy and disreputable take the chance of c'.rcum-
stances to assist them in meeting such bills at maturity.
" I am, &c., " Z."

THE GREAT EARTHQUAKE IN NAPLES.

The following report of a gentleman who returned
on Saturday last from the scene of suffering will be
found to possess great interest
" The first point of interest we arrived at was
Auletta, only 13 hours distant from Naples, but as
it lies a little off the road, we left it till our return,
and went on to Pertosa, a commune with a popu-
lation of 1,200 souls. For about two miles before
we entered it there were evident signs of earthquake.
On either side of the road houses lay prostrate and
abandoned ; at the immediate entrance of the town
we found what had been a tavern, but the people
had abandoned it, and were living in a species of
barn on the other side of the road. The innkeeper
gave us the following account of his escape. I was
in bed when the first awful shock took place, and
leaping out ill my shirt dragged my wife with me,
but escape by the door was impossible, as beams
had fallen before it. There my child and its
nurse had perished. Turning off to the 1i ft, I got
out •by some other way.' Pertosa itself is
completely destroyed—not more than six houses
remain standing, and those are all leaning out of

the perpendicular, and are cracked. Already they
had dug out 143 bodies on the Ist of January, and
200 more were known to be missing : the number
of strangers was unknown. Many persons were
dug out alive. Tents were bcing erected, and a
wooden hospital for the sick and wounded. A quan-
tity of grain had been sent also, by order of rho
Government. The whole population who had sur-
vived seemed to be panic and sorrow struck, so
much so that no one begged. A drive of two hours
brought us to Polla, situated on the side of a bill,
with a river flowing at its foot ; but before arriving
at it, abouttwo miles distant from the city, there is
a deep ravine, which we crossed. The road, which
runs at right angles to it on the opposite side, bad
been carried away en masse for about 200 palms,
and the hill on the other side of the ravine had been
cleft in two, so that we looked in and saw numerous
caverns formed in the limestone. Large ma,ses of
rock, full 12 feet square, had rolled down from the
heights on the road. In many parts of this neigh-
bourhood were large fissures in the ground into
which I could plunge my arm up to the shoulder.
The first object that struck us on entering Polla
was a wall about ten feet high, with an image of
the Virgin let in to it. This wall was split from
top to bottom. The suburb of Polls, separated from
it by a river, is called San Pietro, and both had
suffered equally. Half the houses were prostrate,
almost all had the roofs fallen in, and those which
remained standing were unsafe. The population of
this place amounts to 7,000, and already 567 bodies
had been dug up and buried in the Campo Santo,
and they were still excavating, for nearly 1,000 were
missing. Already had a considerable shock been felt
throughout the district early in the morning, and
it was now about half-past 12 p.m., Jan. 1, when
we were standing on the ruins of a house talking
to some On our right hand was standing
the single wall of a campanile (belfry tower) about
two stories high, and not far on the other side
a leaning house. In a moment we heard a
heavy subterranean thunder, and felt the ground
heave violently under our feet. Earthquake !
Earthquake !' was the cry, and wo all ran from
the spot as rapidly as possible. The leaning house
fell to the ground within 20 feet of us, and the
belfry fell almost upon our heels. A woman who
was with us became hysterical, and I had great"
difficulty in recovering her. The wile that then
followed was remarkable. The priest brought out
a crucifix and the statue of the Madonna, and,
together with the entire population, formed in pro-
cession, everyone scourging himself with a rope. I
observed no tents as yet erected, but some boards
were being put up. Many of the poor population
bad taken refuge, by day at least, in houses which
were falling, and were perfectly insecure ; and here
buying and selling were going on. Whilst looking
on, a fire broke out in the ruins, to which a priest
directed my attention, but it was an incident of a
trifling character, and as such was treated. We
had left the town, and were sitting on a wall near
the bridge, talking with some priests, who remon-
strated with .us for our carelessness. The ground
was continually in a tremulous state, and the wall
might be thrown down. About a quarter past 1
p.m., and whilst we were there, a third violent
shock came, and this, too, was felt throughout the
entire district. All the places on high ground
suffered much more than those on the level ;
and I must not omit to mention that in some
places the stench from the disinterred bodies
was insufferable. Pella was the extent of our
trip, and thence we returned to Auletta, situated
on the top of a hill, and possessing a population
of about 3,000 souls. Here not more than 40 lives
had been lost. The city, however, bad been much
shaken. Nearly half the houses were destroyed, and
one-half were not fit to live in, were cracked, and
standine, out of the perpendicular. Auletta is in-
habited'principally by Government officials. A
large palazzo belonging to Marchesee —, and
rented by the Government, was prostrate, only the
outside walls standing. That was my room,'
said a priest, I had time to escape in my shirt,
together with my brother, when the whole fell in.'
A gendarme saved himself by jumping out of win-
dow.' Outside the town a few huts had been erected,
but some still clung to their falling houses. Here, as
elsewhere, we experienced the greatest civility from
this suffering people. At about four miles distant
from Auletta, on the top of a hill, we could perceive
Caggiano, where man houses had been destroyed,
and people had been already dug out ; indeed,
throughout the countfy, prostrate houses
everywhere visible, and each had lost its two, three
or four tenants. The last point we stopped at was
that at which we slept on the first night of our trip,
Tiperno. But I have omitted to mention that on
leaving Pertosa, we went into some ruined houses,
and on the walls discovered fohr pictures of the
Madonna and saints still remaining. One I tore
off and took with me, as a great curiosity, for it re-
cords the visitation of Polio, by earthquakes two
several times, and is engraved in honour of a cele-
brated image of the Madonna, placed in the very
church on the ruins of which we were standing
when we felt the shock of earthquake. In Tiperno
the people were too' much alarmed to sleep in their
houses, but we risked it, and had it all to ourselves.
During our trip we heard, amongst other extra-
ordinary caprices of the earthquake, that a tree had
been thrown out with its roots in the air, and the
top part planted in the ground—houses had been
similarly treated, and some had been swallowed up
in the gaps which had been opened. Our guide at
Polls had lost his wife and two children ; a gend-
arme had been dug up alive, but had died ; a child
of sliteen months had been dug up alive, and was
recovering."
From other sources we learn that children had
been taken out alive with portions of their bodies
,oured Aga.

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