The Sun.
London, England, 1866-01-27 00:00:00

FRANCE.

BOURSE, Jan. 26.—Two o'clock.---The market
depressed, and quotations have receded. Threes
have fallen 12ic., and are doing at 68f. 55c. Ita-
lian Fives show a decline of 20c., being quoted at
62f. 35c. The fall on Credit Mobilier Shares is llf.
25c., the present price being 816 f. 25c. ; and on
Spanish Mobilier 2f. 50c. In the Railway Depart-
ment, Northern and Lyons Shares have lost If. 25c.,
and Lombards 5f., the quotation being 423 f. 75c.
Three o'clock—The last quotations are as follows:-
41 per Cents 9B 50
Do. end month —
3 per Cents. 6B 55
Do. end month 6B 52i
Credit Mobilier
Do. end month 818 75
Bank Shares 3680
Credit Foncier —
Italian Loan 62 371
Do. end month 62 30

RAILv

Roman
Ottoman Fives
Mexican Loan 4B 50
Do. Bonds 328 75
Russian

Austrian
Spanish Throes
Home Debt

Deferred

'AY?.
Cash.

—• Acct.
Orleans _ ... 856 25
Northern — ... 1112 50
Lyons and Mediterranean.., — •.. e 57 50
Southern — ... 550
Western — ...
Eastern —
... 531 25
Sardinian . _. ... —..
Austrian
Lombard —
... 422 50
..
North of Spain — , 181 25
Saragossa
Ditto to Barcelona — -- ...
Roman

JAMAICA.
LIVERPOOL, Friday.
The West Indian and Pacific Steamship Com-
pany's steamer West Indian, Capt. Kiddle, arrived
here to-night.

Her voyage has been much retarded by bad
weather, and she brings comparatively little news.
Mrs. Gordon had intended to loave for England
by this steamer, but subsequently decided, under
the advice of her friends, to await the results of
the sittings of the commission.

Amongst the news by this steamer is a positive
statement that during the trial of Gordon Dr. Major
was at Morant Bay, but was kept in ignorance of
his request that he should be called to prove that
Gordon's absence from the vestry on the day of the
disturbances in Morant Bay was caused by a severe
attack of dysentery.

The American, due to-day at Liverpool, will
bring news to the end of December, and will, no
doubt, report the initiatory measures taken by Sir
H. Storks.

A Case of Beal Distress.

-s-

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SIR,--Will you have the kindness to give inser-
tion to the following ? A fire of a disastrous nature
broke out yesterday morning on the premises of Mr.
Spikings, 69, Southampton-street, Pentonville, by
which 14 working-men (turners), who rent small
shops on the premises for the advantage of the
steam-power to drive their lathes for performing
their work, are completely thrown out of employment.
The whole of their lathes and tools are entirely
destroyed, thereby depriving them of the means of
working for themselves and families. A committee
is formed for receiving subscriptions to alleviate
their sufferings at Mr. Page's, Marquis of Corn-
wallis, Southampton-street, Pentonville, where the
smallest donations will be thankfully received to
enable them to replace the only support they ]save
to depend upon, namely, their tools, and likewise
provide support for their families at this inclement
season of the year.—l remain, Sir, yours obediently,
W. KEELING.
50, Winchester-street, Pentonville.

CALLS TO THE BAlL—lnner Temple, Jan. 26.--
The undermentioned gentlemen were this day called
to the Bar :—Adolphus William Ward, Esq., M.A., Cam-
bridge ; Hugessen Edward Knatchbull, Esq. ; Frederick
Popham Pike, Esq., 8.A., Oxford; William Pollard Pat-
tison, Esq. ; Richard Bagwell, Esq., 8.A., Oxford ; James
Penrose Ingham, Esq., 8.A., Cambridge ; Daniel Chauncey
Beale, Esq., 8.A., Oxford ; Octavius Leigh Clare, Esq.,
8.A., Cambridge ; Henry James Burford Hancock, Esq. ;
John Barber, Esq.; Maurice Barnard Byles, Esq., 8.A.,
Oxford; Cornelius Willoughby Huddleston Fryer, Esq.,
M.A., Cambridge ; James Thomson Erskine Rogan, Esq.,
8.A., Cambridge; George Gordon Brodie, Esq.; Thomas
James Waddington, Esq., M.A., Oxford; the. Honour-
able Charles Douglas Richard Hanbury Tracy,
and the Honourable James Archibald Home, 8.A., Ox-
ford. Middle Temple, Jan. 26.—Robert Swan, Esq., L.L.8.,
Trinity Hall, Cambridge, Certificate of Honour awarded by
the Council of Legal Education ; Edward Tyrrell Leith,
Esq., L.L.8., Trinity Hall, Cambridge ; William James
Reid Hosack, Esq., 8.A., Wadham College, Oxford ;
Richard Milne Redhead, Esq. ; Edward Loughlin O'Mal-
ley, Esq. ; Joseph Miller Harrington, Esq. ; Henry Edmond-
stone Medlicott, Esq., M.A., Wadham College, Oxford ;
Eugene Serret, Esq. ; Theodore Thomas Ford, Esq. ;
William Leycester, Esq. ; Patrick Keon, Esq.; W.
H. L. Cox, Esq. ; and Wm. Jardine, Esq., M.A., Christ's
College, Cambridge. Lincoln's-inn, Jan. 26. Herbert
Newman Mozley, Esq., Certificate of Honour First-class
and M.A., Cambridge ; Thomas Brassey, jun., Esq., 8.A.,
Oxford; Samuel Dickinson, Esq., 8.A., Cambridge;
Thomas Frederick Kirby, Esq., M.A., Cambridge ; Jackson
Hunt, Esq., B.A. Cambridge ; Byam Martin Davies, Esq.,
8.A., Oxford ; Charles I3owring, Esq. ; Lancelot Shadwell,
Esq. ; Edward Brodie Cooper, Esq., B.A.,London ; Edmund
Salwey Ford, Esq., M.A., Oxford ; David Francis Aberne,
Esq. ; Charles Walter Campion, Esq., 8.A., Oxford ; Benja-
min Kisch, Esq., M.A., London ; Edward William Bra-
brook, Esq.; Henry Francis Purcell, Esq., 8.A., Dublin ;
and John Higgins Allen, Esq., 8.A., Cambridge. Gray's-
inn, Jan. 26.—At a pension holden this day Thomas Nor-
ton, Esq., the Queen's Coroner and Attorney and Master
of the Crown-office, having been recently called to the
bench, took his seat as a bencher of the society ; and at the
same pension Major Edward Henry Power, Madras Staff
Corps, youngest son of the late General IV'. P. Power,
K.C.B. and K.H., Royal Artillery, was called to the degree
of Barrister-at-Law.

THE FENIAN TRIALS.—D ÜBLIN, Thursday Night.
—Patrick Heyburn was convicted to-day, and sen-
tenced to two years' imprisonment. The trial of John
Tottrell, an elderly man, was then proceeded with
Twenty-one swords and two bayonets were seized by the
police to-day in an Orange lodge in Gardiner's-row. The
keeper of the lodge had a gun and three swords in his
possession, but having sent in an application for registra-
tion he was permitted to retain them.
FENIANISM IN GLASGOW.—We have learned, on
pretty good authority, that Fenianism prevails in Glasgow
to a large extent—to a much greater extent than the public,
and probably the police, are at all aware of ; that a goodly
number of the Irish Roman Catholics are tainted with it ;
that there are no less than four lodges— one in the eastern,
one in the southern, one in the western, and one in the
central districts of the city ; and that these lodges have
frequently their secret meetings.— Wasgow Morning Journal.

The Colporation of London and the
Commissioners of Sewers,

A Court of Common Council was specially con-
vened yesterday for the purpose of discussing some
motions having relation to the constitution of the
Commission of Sewers of the City of London which
were upon the paper of business of the last Court,
and as the subject was one of considerable interest
and importance to the citizens of London, the Lord
Mayor felt it his duty to appoint a special Court to
take the subject into consideration.
'I he Lord Mayor presided, and there was a full
attendance of members of the Court.
THE CITY OF LONDON SCHOOL.
_ _

Alderman HALE took occasion, before the busi-
ness for which the Court was specially convened was
brought on, to mention a very gratifying fact in con-
nection with the City of London School. He said
that he had just received a telegram from Cam-
bridge informing him that Mr. Aldis, who had for-
merly been a pupil at that school, had obtained a
degree as Second Wrangler. (Cheers.) The young
gentleman's two brothers had also been educated at
the City of Loudon School, and they had both ob-
tained degrees—one as First and the other as Sixth
Wrangler. (Hear, hear.)
The Court then proceeded to discuss the subject
for which it had been specially convened.
It may 11, as well to explain that the Commis-
sioners of Sewers of the City of London have very
important duties to perform in behalf of the Corpo-
ration in reference to cleansing, lighting, &c., and
also with regard to the sanatory condition of the
City. The commissioners at present are about 83
in number, and they comprise the Recorder, the
Common-Sergeant, and nearly the whole of the
aldermen. For a considerable time past endeavours
have been made to alter the constitution of the body,
and a select committee was appointed, of which Mr
Rudkin, a very active member of the Court, was
chairman, to consider the subject, and this com-
mittee made a report, which virtually recommended
that the Commission of Sewers should be thrown
open to every member of the Common Council. A
long discussion took place upon this report a short
time back, and in the result it was negatived, but
not by a very large majority. There appeared to be
no doubt that a considerable portion of the consti-
tuency of the City was not satisfied with the mode
in which the Commission of Sewers was formed,
and various endeavours were made, after the deci-
sion above referred to, to reopen the question.
With that view several motions were placed upon
the paper of business at the last Court, but as it
was evident that there would not be sufficient time
to discuss so important a subject, a special Court
was called together by the Lord Mayor for the ex-
press purpose of having the matter fully discussed.
Mr. E. MEDWIN brought forward the first
motion, which was, " That the recommendation
contained in the report of the special committee re-
lative to the constitution of the Commission of
Sewers, namely, that so much of the 33d standing
orders as relates to the constitution of the Commis-
sion of Sewers be amended by omitting the words
one commoner out of each ward' and substituting
the words, all the commoners who are eligible,'
be agreed to by this Court." The hon. member ad-
dressed the Court at considerable length in support
of the motion, urging that the mode in which the
Commissioners of Sewers were at present appointed
was not satisfactory to the citizens, and also that the
duties devolving upon him, which were of the most
important character, were not performed as they
should be. He particularly instanced the state of
the City after the recent snowstorm, which he said
was disgraceful, and argued that if the Commis-
lioners of Sewers had performed their duty properly
Mich a state of things would have been prevented.
Mr. M. GEORGE seconded the motion.
Mr. J. F. BONTEMS moved an amendment, the
effect of which was, that in addition to the Lord
Mayor, the Commissioners of Sewers should consist
of eight aldermen and a certain number of com-
moners from each ward in the City, the result pro-
posed to be obtained by this alteration being that
the number of the commissioners would be increased
by about nine members.
Deputy BONE seconded the amendment, and a long
discussion took place upon that and the original mo
tion, in which Messrs. Anderton, Fricker, Harris,
Lusher, and Bedford took part.
Deputy DE JERSEY, the Chairman of the Com-
mission of Sewers, next addressed the Court, and
endeavoured to show that there had been nothing in
any of their proceedings that would justify the
charge being made against them that they had ne
glected the interests of the corporation or of the citi

zens at large. With regard to what had been said
about the state of the City after the late snowstorm,

he said that the contractors had full instructions in
such a case. It was through their neglect, and they
had been summoned by the Commissioners and fined
to the extent of £2OO for that neglect, and this
would no doubt have the effect of preventing such
an onurrence from again taking place. The com-
missioners had done all that was in their power in the
matter. He then went on to express his opinion
that the act of Parliament which gave the power to
appoint the Commission of Sewers never contem-
plated for a moment that the whole Court of Com
monCouncil should be appointed, and he urged that
such a proceeding would not only be contrary to the
understanding that was come to by Parliament, but
would be absolutely illegal.
Mr. A. L. TAYLOR said he believed that a desire
existed that there should be some alteration in the
constitution of the Commission of Sewers ; but he
could not for a moment believe that the proposition
made by Mr. Medwin would be a satisfactory solu-
tion. The amendment of Mr. Bontems was pre-
ferable to the original motion ; but, in his opinion,
it was not based upon any sound principle, and he
considered that some of the wards would be over-

represented and others under-represented, having
regard to the population and the rateable value. He

said it appeared to him that it was very unsatisfac-
tory to have these discussions in reference to the

Commission of Sewers taking place so continually;
that it was most advisable that the matter should be

fully disposed of. With that view he would suggest

;that the subject of the constitution of the Commis-

sion of Sewers should be referred to the Law and

Parliamentary Committee for them to report what
alterations they considered advisable, having refer-

ence to the present number of commissioners, the
- - -

number of freemen occupiers, and the rateablevalue
of the property in each ward.
The motion of Mr. Medwin and the amendment
were then put, and the latter was declared to be
carried. A division was demanded, when there
appeared--

For the amendment 77
Against 4O
Majority —37
Upon the amendment being put as an original
motion,

Mr. H. L. TAYLOR, at the suggestion of Mr. Rud-
kin, who withdrew an amendment he had upon the
paper, proposed an amendmentto the effect suggested
in his speech, and this was declared to be carried.

A division was demanded, and the numbers were—
For Mr. Taylor's amendment 63
Against it
Majority
—l9
The Court then adjourned, after a long sitting.

MR. SEWARD R UNNIN G AWAY.--The Times
Washington correspondent, writing on the 9th inst., gives
the following reason for Mr. Seward's trip to the Gulf :
" The absence of Mr. Seward from Washington at an
important period of the Session is now generally held in
political circles
_to be connected in some way with the
course of forthcoming events. The Foreign Secretary's
health has not been more indifferent than usual of
late, and until within the last few days the season has
shown no indication of excessive severity. Rumour,
therefore, ascribes various motives for a journey which is
unusually long for a member of the Cabinet to take at a

time when he may be called upon for explanations any day,
and the most plausible of the explanatory conjectures
offered is that the very obligation to make explanations
which might .be inconvenient has sent Mr. Seward to
Santa Cruz. It is easy to conceive that the Foreign
Secretary may find himself placed in circumstances of so
much difficulty that even his large experience and prac
tised address can suggest no better.expedient for getting
rid of the embarrassment than the somewhat rough one of
running away from it."

It is expected that the cotton tax paid at Macon,
Georgia, for January, February, and March, will exceed
$5,000,000.