The Express. — London, England, 1857-12-25 00:00:00

was and will be for ever a democratic principle. Its announcement, in assezios with African slavery, may have shocked Evora Ba, too, Europe win shocked by the Deektratios ellndependenoe in 1776. So by the Monroe declaration of 1820, that no inter vention in American Mire by European govern ments could be allowed. But still if this be a fact, it will exist; and as my . chief business, as year eorrrepondent, consists in recording bibs and opinions, rather thus in vindicating think yell may not be surprised if I sometimes startle you by bold announcements. At the mead moment the Democratic party is split in twain. The two most powerful members of it are in era war against Mr. Buchanan. They will not the President cannot, if he would. Therefore, we are is the midst of a revolution. Slavery has es tinoed its aggressiona as long as they could be allowed; they cannot be tolerated any longer. 1b is the feeling of the whole North, and the Froe States will be trifled with no longer. If I ema real the signs of the times, this state of things Muir down the future of this republic. It has been con nected with slavery, it has tried to get rid of it, it has palliated it, it has discussed it, it has justified it. Now it demands its apotheosis. This cannot be conceded. General Walker (it is now supposed) tend a good usderetauding with the Nicaragua" minister here before be Gaited for Central America. Bat it is not doubted that he has long before this landed on those shores with tie full esucurrence of Martinez, the President. and his envoy at Washington. In that ease he may find himself once more reinstated in his position in Nicaragua, for it would not be strange lf, after all his adventures, he should yet become master of Central America. It is now certain that an American clipper, loaded with arms, ammunition, and provisions to aid him, sailed soon days ago from this port, and that other reinforcements have recently joined him from the Southern States. Mr. Buchanan declaims ostentatiously against such movements, he has summarily dismissed the district attorney at New Orleans for allowing Walker to escape. But if Mr. Buchanan had really desired to stop General Walker, he would have turreted him when Walker waited upon him at Washington three months ago. We are now waiting for exciting news from Nicara gua, nor should we be astonished to hear that Walker fun made a successful invasion of Costa Rica under the Nicaraguan flag. _ . Thirty-eight of the 46 banks of the city of New York met esterday on short notice, and resolved y to resume specie payments to-day. What may be the immediate effect can hardly be conjectured. Bat it is thought on nearly all hands that it will besslatary. The amountorgeld in the/t vaults now exceeds 23 millions ; and the amoant in circulation is also very large. The news boos Utah is to the effect that the ex pedition will go into winter quarters at Henry's Fork. sad not eater Salt Lake Valley till spring. It will by that time be joined by large reinforce ments, and enter vigorously on the campaign. Is it sot a singular coincidence that just at this moment, while England is engaged •in crushing a mutiny among her subjects who are traneported with the fanaticism of a false religion, the United States skoald be engaged in a similar work, the suppres sion of • rebelrion growing oat of a false religion, interned by ea =scrupulous leader, making war on civilisation? NATAL AND MILITARY. Aroma" Dic 114.—Arroirnourrs.--Lisu torr C. C. Mai (1164), to lb. Bloolamia, 40, mow foloihlp, a Pasomostb 1 H. V. Maoists OW, 001 11. H. Prim, to dr liacollist s 77 dap. so Nita. I. gm* Moan T. floomioro (I to, commood of wow Mum yowl. Yew J. . Croke (1808), to tIJoo, IS, taw aims oily, st Dowtoport ; trof H. H. rf (1831), to ti. Ilhoolobsober. 8, wow doom vong, Iflostes azialoat V Jr., I* =1:47 4, paelle-tolkool Nem pritioske rrActizag lloomil Maar H. Ilto etwins, rotr mom frlpao, .4 Portmoldt. CRATIII.I2, Due. N. A return is ordered to be WI& to the Olio asaboa ot ao wham a the hiewher Al= b be MOM at the WI, Abe SIONINIII IMA bow Wzoeld bite Ie ft am aloe lIIMIIII. 16.: EZB4 , asse, 00, wing alma ; Dip" 110; Dr 1, law Noma ; Olowewilw, IS ,__• LoonIer,10; IS; bora% 50; / AM.. 60; waspits. 0; Albleolee, 44; Lk 44; Booboos. 42 ; Dim, 42 ; Wows. 41; Norwory, IA ; Velars. 43 , Arbon 40 PIMA 27 ; 0114 .11 be 111 17 1 1180. 72; vowel, 24; 7anotawles. 21; Deo ok mew r ues; Doebeo, DI 7' 10; Ornery; Falb, N; Jane, 14; Zk 14; Abobtoo, ll l B r/ireto, T lNl a lr= n; Powlons, 12; Itragoroo, 12 ; Marber. Ills: Seameare, IS; badoweas, 3; Star. S, 7 4; Doable, 2; IV" 2,w.. ammo; aud Cuckoo, 2, asenor. Oodwo we thh soonaug ihr the whole of be vor bluourale boise to the lbh load Irbb. Hi Light ihnby, ned HWoodere Sid, Oak rad Mb lop awn to the amober 4 200 ambeemarobroal Alan or ma, to embark at Orovaiond at Ilaair swabs o• lowed ao Sobwroca. tor lbabgr. • mar ma, maw. lbleord Sterred,, woo tie biro thoroboh oa a dome of tow. d leo wavido oto the Islas wake a pr ies • aril pwllty at tobwoo. Tbe mighlrebe ea lied h. la the witlaib4 pray at IL sad gab. Thum Amy lizront.-716 Moseiteur de rands Odd= *my bee mead, aided titby redid end eedm ear et up de Impede dad Wald ef il desk dee% as bed ill= bade air The redid weeded et deem dem, ad ee Oh bed de liadurer Iferhee beh y dredi freee speeded the devieda et dr dense three ad adend d are Addideed esderedde . 14:1 1 = daddy de dermer Mow adweird de sem Id Gs Mei Id sever bid add ea le Teed, aell pod lbw Oder Impedesead ere le eseempledee eked PM did serhe Odors awe eldieet b bee de ha Seek wieldy Is the et dim arlidedd se yedeee, re de yie et reed odd ea Teo" et bombe de MU teddy d dad dike, del ea de deeded by de Soyeret Needed III" bls be ass hieved." SPORTING. BETTING AT MAITCHIIBTER.—TermAY. TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS STAMM 0 b sib Clyerials M 7 to 1 Imam k• Maeldeasis (i) 9 to 1 117 Load ft) 10 to 1 Lard of Lars (I) DilllT. 11 is 1 sib ariniab (t) Wo (0 IS Is (I) 11 I (t tray) b 1 Laipies• b 1 law (t) Mein Dmarkb—Mr. Demmehsg. St 12, Owl hikes y ge . th r h a r d. she b • tellwelshs lemma el 16 • bees % Ombeutrest, bed • seam nape d bin IN Il• saw day. Abed hem Vila es Turnip bit Lemmteg, the may poem M the hews Ism est, isewbse bet am, d l Po% *Ow la Os shout The bey, OvO mons So pa la ell Oa Mot lint, wool to lb ow, mg Soo ad too nos NO with train NI auspetisp. The leek deer spew • Imas ice.. grub", Elk esmdei puresh. Ms Ini• e ir tmnot _ •hai ••• sod a& The hey esse 1k has It Otest Olsosodowe, . 141 11 2 1% _•sessermhd the hi Wes The sw besibe 4l. = 01 , rbbri • hr. 'may at imp best weft swell It As Wm. The boy awl again Mr. halts wed ego shoo, sod fond Imo MINI mmyeles esulems. Ow bed led him up led almoupda y il se th is bed Mr. Aeliss ism • .Mw. big. WM ems t N. , • •••••Y./ • brihmhb mar id ih• thou bad mike hr alibmr" add est 11b1 k. Labs him ••••••b• am, ha ho waled la bow dm es beer wllb the M b I.: Mid high MA. Immo. como b. obi •• isisslas Go Sob bd bum • ohiory, alto as barbed b.. Mir sm. mh. Mr. Auden Imegem bee Miele& muses. bib* team Nal or sommbe the messy, sad held. It ell Mess-110 esteei labemiles of Cho sh ar mb- Ikhk asikkg. law% ••• rot mo SIM b t u. w, police, who sold Leseethst s NNW WNW es wry (somas that • sum a Imp Anil Iwo temped the ebbe... —NosehoOr Ourdios. APhaill OP ILINGrIDIII BZOTHM, Or Ll .u_vomPoo.—A meat* M the credits' of Ode ins—olose =owls looseloa Ira& aresmod a Paw kr •10-- 114 WI t ~ . lay Pab • simmseetprepmed 117=1. u.esZ essmetni, It apparel IN he Mle likelk, mai le MOIL As sir 1118 bah of b. lb• pand, bre% do. Old aim %Mk was sad ilk• waft was bl ue Tr*, ammo* eseMe the maws oe Übe Phis aslks as M maw trod ship .• i. by IN. ellha Co. Is Übe Mak of Uvinool NA dim Intomoll THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 25, 1857. saner lodged then. I was there In September. On 2Sth September I head his nice, bat did not se• him. Nut (Saturday) worn* he mine dews with a mall bottle. I toned what was fait. I got much flushed and heated Is the face. Mime was the taste dame drug. Robert Waddell—l work for Mr. Mason. He brought em • bottle he September, on • Monday . Be ailed me to aka • teas of'. that chap's" whisky. tasted Wont me-third d • glees and mellowed it. I felt • bailer tests, end asked when he got it. He told me where. I was dull for some time aftemerds, and felt heated at Int. I did not get dizzy. The serration continued for an hoer ar two. Hawn put the bottle behind some boards. I never touched ft. Robert M'laurin and Robert Hunter gave evidence to the effect that they had got the pat bottle from Masco. They had shown the phial to Mr. Hart, druggist. Hugh Hart, druggiet—Mr. Hunter called ce we with • . I smelt it. It Wreck me the fluid was my y impregnated with prussic Me. The SUM was the case with the pint bottle. Prisoner's earrad declaration said that be had lodged on me day with Meson, and generally denied ever giving any prima add or whisky to Mr. or Mn. Mason. David Stott, • Ragimham —I beard Agnes Mont- Ul on , bee 19, about half-past fire p.m. I = rone to her house. Agues In:A g ee:met, ow. Her eyes awe open, dad, and . The pupils were much Misted. There was no motion In the eyes. I did not observe any upturning in them. She breathed slowly, with ecossionalty deep respiration. She breathed with tonsidarable difikulty. Her chest heaved greatly. Her = y ews wry weak, Her skin was not par tnere or cold. No perspiration as far es I observed. In about ten minutes I hit the skin eple, and found It Ira getting cold. The melee continued weak. The jaws were firmly contracted. Ths Inn eking of the jaw Is a symptom of tetanus. I did net Mame the right hand or left foot. I saw her put to hod. I tied up bee arms, but no vein rose. I did not in sert the Isacet. I mew her die. I was present at the church fwd on the 30th of September, when the body woe a liened. I could identify her. The features were very muck fa rg a ' . . . - Craieexamined —ln my certificate of death I ascribed It to apoplexy. I give It to ths registrar before the post mortem examinsUon. By the Court—From the pat- nor tem I found no eggs of si e.7;niel M'Kinlay, Taisley—l have been in make for upwerde of thirty yaws. I have frequently ma& past toorian examinations; also chemical analyse.. I woe in lan. Gilmour's ewe, end for the last tan or fifteen 'sera have Mee engaged in almost every important poisoning ace. On 30th September, 1 was requested to examine the body of trMontgomery. Dr. W. B. 111.Kinlay, my ace, went ... to Capkehaw. I seat for Dr. Scott. We teat all three to the churchyard. Some relatives were there sad the belly wee identifithi , l i f d y three el them. We exambeed the body, end we a report by the result of the pri mates exam n . There wee nompoommee of death by apoplexy; Indeed, I would my site did let die of it. so it as CirOtwent. There wee so indientka demity. : no evidence of Ifillika at blood an the kale. We meowed portions of the body far ezemiestion. I made that szenrination along with my am. This is ear obemied report. It finds, that he Agnes litentgemmte stainach =ioacid wee prevent. Th. liver and spleen wen also ~ bat the vault was not so same, meshed as In the ease a mts elemorh. Ime astintied I bow meet nnequircool postal the memos of prude add in the elcatelt. I and my me pots parte of Ma body into beaks. Smithey might be subject sepenbleemelyeis Pram C. Christie I got a e 1 lee analysts—Ws le ft. I itemised it and repotted I found a hags en It with .. H. Hart, d Mi l Gimgew prase. acid." We famed it to eoutsinitii 6v: pm rent. of anhydrous mold. I ides= mere bottle received Ines It Hasty it to contain good table beer, It had no efAnm, or bydrocyank add Is l a t r . o l ey S bottle and clivau t from Robert Heater on the let October. It eon- Mined alcohol, viler, sad hy add. We tetnened ft to him on the 17th October. I fikatity the beide sad phial. I prepared another rayonea en linaid 6 Its Pint black bottle on 20th November. The emd,ialmee therein wee a clear liquid, having odour of prise& add mid Mabel. It contented prosaic acid, 87 ; alcohol, 108,9 ; weirw, 182,23, 12 etch fluid muses The particular smel l et the body was noted by as at the time of the incetema The three et me emelt the manual , end fien I belt Dr. loon to the far end of the climeh l iei t h i e" not Ind my particular undid odr. I asked min, he emit he thought be did fad • et MON shwa& I thought I felt semeibleettlst very slight. It wee mot 6e smell af di & smell of bitter abnonde mitt isdhol e_t i = add, end le a prom tekse cm a b Zue sic Zneedeedd Ishos ghee quar ter. of en beer to ItM, VW ore the symptoms I—ln a dsw minutes, hiseriblhey, wont at pwar of - moths, and, it the =7 was erect, he would down; the eyes wield 6 Nearing as enemy; very erieveleions would moompanatir tigg'idc - at the. Hobe. jaw clenched. to a ameoln "a7 aw, the breathier would be lebodime, sad fully ewe }sc hemed hy the mmelee of the belly awn allot; the pubs senall, week, thready. and malty at= U the dose produced death audibility would not Ommeinnity them would be sold, chary mid; Oho moc3w ermid be move or lei tleteld.—lf a penes were men quite well at is. minutes to five, and tea mineese atter five seated In a chair, the eyes d and fined, breathing shortly and with chfSealty, the rtgiaind clenched, sad the loft loot rigid, and mixability did net ream before death, what is your °peplos f—Kesplag pros* sad In view, the purism di from Its diets. 1 memo disease to which I could *scribe that death. I OmM not asnribe It to apoplexy ,as that rarely protease 166 se suddenly. Rarely dose It terminate without eressel best. sing from the seizure. It rarely attacks memo so yaw as 27, Dilated eyes en Inoassisliat with spot/key in lisserliert etages. TM r igh t hood eleneled and het rigid, onlime me in my opinion that it meld not be epopiny. 160egoy newly. if ever, OMNI as ev, without previous - lima I sever sew any one actually die of mastic need. Thom wee great darkness of colour In the ::gif Apse littmegamary, mpeeloDy in the fete. I re it se incorabgly pate far. I minceive that It might be awned by pros* odd. Dr. W. B. Ilialnlay, KO et Dr. 3l'llelay, the pr eine winos, wad—T have no doubt tanager Montgomery died per genic aid. Dr. D. Machina aed—l have doweled mach time to Use study of poison. I got a tia rear coaleinieg a number af hutting, in which wee meter ler sheseed eselyela (Dr. Meehan read Ma regd. The hot pings& we .ekes without ray knowledge thatthe Drs. hl'Llelay al Paisley were eheowsgaged in a &eller investigation to kinuall. The =reek slid in the spleen wee unequineally In the other articles pram& arid wee ales bead.) I think that the nmptocos enumerated in another Met of the eget, and which went exhibited by area bike her death, are the symptoms at p4teca- I leg by prank add. I have en doubt of it. I have not the Lee hesitation in saying that Agee Montgomery was Pfd The court broke up about ex o'clock, to m-et again ca Thanday. DISTXESS or DEPOSITORS IN THE WESTERN BANK OP SCOTLAND.—We lOSIO from ller. BMWS, the chairman of the National Security Savings Bank, that a brie number of persons who hold deposit receipts how the savinp beak branches of the Western Bank here been applying at that institution fur relief under the distressing circuahess in which they are placed. A man who hae deposits In the Western to the amount of hundreds--still better, to the amount of thousands—finds no ditScalty in getting Moons upon these in any of the other banks ; bet deposit.= of the humbler dam, whose means vary from a one-pound note ep to perhaps 201. or 301., can find no such relief ; and yet they need it tee times more than thus who can end succour ten time. more easily. It is with this smell d*oeitore • matter of esistenos They are generally donning, indtte=if people, who have their all backed up in the Western. of them have been several weeks out of asaploysent, now they ate without money to procure eves the neassearise at life ; and, moreover, worst of them am threshold with *sputa= frees their dwellings, as talk Martinmas rate are shll topeld.—Olorperte Hirsh!. FUTURZ SUPPLY OF GOLD FROM A USTIALL4.• The prednetlat ef geld was tiseideedy increasing, in the thee of some very unfavourable droutoneneas. ln the early part of the nee there ins mica to believe that the total export would be coadderably far the that of 1856. The extreme dryness of the winter Ins very unfavourable to marry of the gold (nide Latterly, however, the escort returns hen ben mon fanenable. During the quarter ending September 10 the melee by escort went 632.264 ounces, egaint 683,888 ounces ba the same period of 1856, being an names of nearly 80,000 emcee • while In the Dee four weeks only, ending October 9. tieneepts were 237,100 alma, aping 183,644 owes is tie rune four weeks of 1866—an increase of 63,436 saner, a mod eatlesotory prod that the causes of the defi ciency is the early part of the year were manly temporary, and din, with a continthace of favourable weather, a largely inaeleng yield may be looked for. A spring of unprece dented wed= had enixmoded to an unuenally dry winter, so that at peanut the miners have a fair supply of water—en ladisperable regent, for their labours. At all mew, for nee time to mews ney look for larger return, than —Arefrithein mid New Lennie( Gargle. THE DANUBE NAVIGATION COXlffiliftloll. A Berlin Weer le the Worse Orme says The Commie- Mon of the Eta ss of the to of the Danube has draft the dft of its conesalleo, and Austria is ends is obtain • ratification of It from the other states In order that it may be presented to the Concrem of Paris as an affair definitively settled. But the convention contains claws too much to the advantage of the states bordering on Ns river, and as soon OM France teemed that it was intended le get it ratified, she raised the objection that it mull firm be approved of by the Congress of Paris. Count Boot 'implied by a note, dated the 7th, in which It is Mated that the Mats were only bound to communicate the convention to the con but did not stand l nerd of its approbation. Franco, however, =Wales the contrary affirmation, and has sent • circular despatch on the .abject, drawn up with particular care, to the French diplomatic ta u agen the courts of all the powers who signed the treaty of March 30." - THE cArE MAIM—The Union Screw Company hare purchased the steam-ship Atheam, al 1,000 tone sad 140-horse power, for the ooareyanoe of the best mail to the Hof Good Hope, on the 16th proximo. BM will be COM. i by Capiab Cook. DANADIPUZ 811111XECT.-110112113Ll BUMP INOB, AID DRAM OP TIME OF TEE CHIP. By the arrival in the Mersey, on the 23rd, of the barque Colima, of pad from St. John's, N. 8., Captain Rob blue, we have the particulars of the total toes of the Alp %Dace, of Leith. Captain Corms', end the drsedfal =f leeing, of the new, who remained on the wreck during a period of alma days, withort food or drink, ascept the body of a dog and what water they could secure daring short in drain. It appears that the Wallace was a fell-rigged ship, and sifted from the Clyde on the 10th of Augaet, coal laden, for having a crew of twenty-one, all told. During the out little elm but gales of wind were experienced. envied away her mast., and ultimately reached Quebec tmber On tim ar itqf . Nov. the Wallace sailed reeve Quebec, timber laden, for Greenock. Shortly after putting to sea a gale of wind can* on, and continued with little intermimion until the 7th Mat, when the ship wee about 800 miles distant from Cape Clear. Soon after twelve o'clock on that des , while the heeds were at work at the pumps, a sea struck the abip, and clanked her, the crew having to crawl up the letelyarda to escape being drowned. great darting, they out away the landyarda, when the main send mime masts fell. - The ship shortly after righted, when another sea struck the bowsprit, canted It away, and also the formed, at the sans time sweeping the deck of all that was left, and also within, o verb oard llr. Lindsey, the chief officer, and the steward (belougin g to Davenport, but whom name the crew could not recoiled), and they wore unfortunately drowsed. l ' The remainder of the crew held on by the wreck d the afternoon, night, and a pert of the next ' day, when the gale abated. On the Bth they were enabled to unman , that the hatches and deck had been forted no. the poop cabin cleared of It. contents, and that not a mond of provisions was to to obtained. The weather having further moderated, the crew cut away the wreck from the ship's aids and made further search for food. Ultimately a couple of cans of water were discovered in the fore hold, and half a bucket of biscuit; but on the 9th, unhappily, • me stove the water cask and thus we lost what the men were now craving. On the 10th ths poor fellows had become greatly exhausted, from hunger, thirst, cold, and wet—in• their sufferings ems be more readffi L in t iegined than imeribed. No mod bad hove in ht, and their hunger now become of that ammeter, they could eat anything ; " whin it was determined to kill and divide the dog, which was done—a smell portion being consumed by each, uncooked, for they mold obtain eo Ore. Oa the 1 Ith and succeeding day. showers of min fall, and the poor fellow, managed to catch a small quantity, but not sufficient to allay their parching thirist, while small bite of their one favourite dog were the only food they had from the 7th to the 17th December, on whkh day the joyful cry of • sail" was given, sad ultimately the Caine, Captain Bobbins, bore down, took the crew dthe wreck, Ind got them on been, and behaved in the most hawses and Idea mane to them ; but an was then In their treatment, for although wall sighs:abound, a ppeti tes were iummorra An apprentice, however, who wee - Wen eible when taken of the wroth, died soon afterwards. The captain (Covens) sad all the crew, except the three above named, and six now at dos Bailors' Home, remain on board the Collin In the river, being too 111 , from swollen het, eta, to be immediately removed, MONEY MARKET. This being Christmas-day, no hi/lutes is going forward. The directors of the Bank of England after some hesitation, have stepped out from the shelter afforded by the Act of Indemnity. Prior to doing so, they must, of course, have can celled the two millions of notes over-issued. Mone tary affairs consequently resume their normal septet. It is fully beieved that. a very short period will elapse before the Bank rate will be lowered to 7 and 4 per cent. In the open market yesterday the current rates for good bills were from 7* down to 7 per cent., and at the Bank itself the demand continued only moderate. For tome time to come the rates in the general market will probably continue below those of the Bank. Following the movement at the Bank, the joint stock banks have altered the rates allowed on de posits as follows, viz.: the London and Westmin ster, London Joint Stock, and Bank of London, allow six per cent. on all deposits ; whilst the Lon don and County Bank, Commercial and Union Bank of London, allow six per cent. for new deposits, and seven per cent. upon existing contracts. The rate allowed by Messrs. Overend, Carney, and Co. is 6k per cent, for money at call, and 6; per cent, for sums subject to notice of withdrawal. The amount of gold purchased by the Think of England yesterday was about 84,0001. The steamer Alhiunbta has brought 18,0731. in specie from the Peninsula. The amount of specie brought by the Fulton, from New York, is 86,4001, for England, and 24,8001. for France. - -. The amount of specie taken out by the Atlantic, for New York, is, it appears, 7,4731. The foreign exchanges yesterday afternoon were again dull, with a downward tendency as regards paper on Hamburg and Paris. There is stilllge disposition to take any but abort bills. The current quotations are as follows : Assatadam, three maths, 12.01 to 1 ; short, 11.15 to 17 ; Rotteulmn, threelmontba, 12.01 to 11; Ant werp, three months, 26.66 to 70 ; Hamburg, =AA beam, three months, 13.8 to 9 ; Pens, three deg eiht, 26.26 to 30; ditto, three months, 26.66 to 70; Prealdmt-oe-the- Maine, three montla,l2ol to 11; Petersburg, per rouble, three months, 33 to f ; Vienna, of. do., three months, 10.60 to 66 ; Treats, do. three mom to * 10.63 6B; Madrid, three menthe, 47 to 1 ; Cadiz, three mouths, 471 er ; Leghme, three months, 30.46 to 66 ; Game, three mouths, 26.5 to 10 ; Naples, three moths, 401 be f ; Palermo, three months, 117} to 123 ; Kertaa, three madly 1221 to 123; Lisboa, 90 days, 61 to ; Oporto, 90 days, 621 to 1. . _ Another halm; is announced in the wool trade, at Bradford. The party in question is Mr. Henry Haigh, whose liailitles are believed to be rather considerable. _ _ A numerous meeting in the matter of Charles Nicholson and Co., of Cannon-street, was held yester day, at the Guildhall Coffee-house ; Mr. C.J. Leaf in the chair. Mr. Parrinton, the accountant for the cre ditors, explained the result of his investigation, and stated that Mr. Nicholson and Mr. Stone were partners in the Cannon-street business, and Mr. Arnott in the St. Paul's businem ; and that the cre ditors, in their dealing, with the two firms, had not kept the accounts in the regular manner th should have adopted, and had frequently sold goo de to one firm and drawn for such on the other Grin. He pointed out that • separation of the two estates , would give rise to much litigation. Messrs. Nichol , son and Co. proposed a composition of 12a. 6d. in the pound (amalgamating the two estates), payable as follows :-3a. 6d. at four months, 3s. at eight months, 3s. at twelve months, and 3s. in the pound at six teen months ; the last instalment to be secured to the satisfaction of the three principal trade creditors. The chairman, Mr. Dillon, and Mr. Candy, addressed the meeting, and a resolution to accept this offer was carried unanimously. The balance-sheet referring to the establishment in Cannon-street is as follows : To creditor... per Hs To habolle. emotoonOn* ;Alin; 147.3" " °laird sours thi oto.. To roar. C. . bur. for 4.4.1 I I ;:ti "0 0 U 11 To 11•001cloo oa U 1.41.114 11 I ▪ Matitmenta• at Osawas4tratiTaat.... MT= 1.1 • NO OM Mkt. Ihapielml. w{.......... sim U - Lana 4 S 11 44 daft ...WE L :, • 1.1.414 19 I bMay, • 2 kJ 1 I —• • my............ .......... , to prethat no I 0 Itiad bills to band . 963 0 3 VI Mr prorAms. N00..4 MI 10. If rids f•looff. 9 1 1 ,6 4".. 1 .1 1 0.61 ,0 Ton f 41h 1194 s at tbelliMal enjia.• cook ebb Irkty.6 • . 1.103 9 0 WM by M. 6to M waasna' tli py bra. Satbr.. sad 6•0•00 at Asollotrogs,o2.4 ...... 692 0 • ilume 0• 1:6 0 1 0 .2 . ?la p 6 60.r0 1 0 0 ly 069100 sd ben 6i6 .61669 6 'a.; od4M7t.Mfo.Os orsys . 1.9911 13 I 10.131 II 9 Lea riga, tam. ps, sed aletla ...... ...... 1.1.18 11 sia.ne 111 If *MI dm from Iforms. Citm rim Ilkhebo• sed Co Bt. Pool ..churchmrd ....... MX? II I The balance sheet of the firm in St. Paul's Church yard, shows liabilities, 11,6701., and assets, 17,8171., (taking the stock in trade at cost price), but 13,3871. is apparently doe to the other firm. The amount of bill. drawn by the East India Com pany on their respective presidencies, from the 10th to the 24th inst. (yesterday), is u follows: Rata of Exchange. £1,682 0 0) 2 . <aCo:per Co wit. • . .1 rupee. Bombay Total.. 11,782 0 0 At Lyons a rise of 2s. per lb. is reported to have taken place in the pries of silk. The steamer Abeona arrived at Malta from Ply mouth on the 20th inst., with troops for India, and sailed again the same day . for Alexandria. The Emigration Commissioners have taken up the ships Admiral Boxer and Ascendant, for the con veyance of emigrants to Geelong and Moreton Bay respectively. The East India Company will receive tenders on the 30th inst., for the conveyance of 360 tons of dead weight from England to Calcutta. The Admiralty will receive tenders on the 29th inst. for the conveyance of stores from the Thames to Bermuda, Falkland Islands, Honduras, Hong Kong, Jamaica, Malta, Mauritius, and St. Helena. The following, which is extracted from the New York Tribune, has reference to the affairs of the Illinois Central Railroad Company, and, we are assured, is authentic: The Illinois Central Railroad Company have received at their office in New York, In cash, sines the let of January last, 307,2118 dots. 91c. from the land department—being re ceipts from 'menet and interest fund lands—which have been applied to interest upon the construction bonds; and there are in the Chicago rfe 687,600 dole. of bonds csncelled; 128,000 dole. of thee. were cancelled last year, leaving 469,600 dole. which have been paid In or purchased this year, which gives, with the rash mentioned above, 766,788 dole. 91e. which the eempbny have realised from their lands thus hr the present year. Since the assignment the shareholder of the company have paid in to the agents in London, or to the eaelgueea direct, about 800,000 dole., which has been applied to the payment of the drafts drawn Gal London just previous to the &advocaat, and to the inymest of 158,000 dole. of October coupons and other pre:ch-cd debts. The parties who complain of the inactivity of the company in ad justing its affairs have probably lost sight of the feet that at the date of the assignment the call of the 25111 September upon the shareholders was only partially paid, and re collec tion, now nearly closed up. of 800,000 dor, during the rat 60 days of financial difficulties is sufficient evidence of the ability sad confidence of the shareholder. The payments upon the labs call exceed 1,600,000 dots. • and shares held in this country the call has bees re6onded to within 3,600 abates. The land Wee of November were 107,500 dots. The colonial produce markets have closed for the Christmas holidays, and will re-open on the sth of January. The subjoined weekly summary of the produce markets is from Messrs. W. J. and H. Thompson : The public sales of colonial produce this week have not been large, and prices In some instances show an advance upon those previously current. Sugar bee gone off steadily at a ries of Is. to Is. ed. for the good sad eoe qualities; while low to middling have also grandpas/4 in the improve. meat. There has been more inquiry for coffee, and the good qualities of plantation Ceylon bring full rates. For saltpetre, in the curly pert of the week, there was s better demand and higher prices then obtained, but the market has sines become dull, and sales are reported at a reduction of la isla pre wt. Some business has been dons in rice at tha previous low quotations, at which, however, there are not many lam. There is more disposition to maltase tea. TUV R IIDAT EVINING. The directors of the Bank of England to-day, after a somewh►t protracted sitting, reduced the minimum rate of discount from ten per cent, at which it was faxed on Monday, the 9th of November, to eight per cent. The announcement was received with the most lively satisfaction ; for although the fall in the value of money in the open market had already given great relief, the growing feeling of confidence required to be consolidated by an alteration at the Bank. The alteration at the Bank had been to so great an extent anticipated, that the announcement did not produce any immediate effect upon the funds. At a later hour, however, increased confidence wan manifested, and the market closed per cent. higher than yesterday, and at the highest point yet reached. AU the other departments of the Stock Exchange were likewise firm. The demand for Indian railway shares continues very active. Console, which closed yesterday at 94 to I, opened this morning at the same pries, sad, after several trifling fluctuations, closed at 93! to jex div. for the Bth Jan. The official business report Is as follows :—Three per Cent. Consols, for account (Jan. 8), 931, 3,3 ex div.; Three per Cents. Re duced, 94, S ; New Three per Cents., 94, 1,4; Bank Stock, 214 ; Three.and-a.Half per Cent. Li' tobequer Bonds, falling payable to 1869, 98, 981 ; India Bonds, 20s. die. Exchequer Bills advanced Is. to 2a., closing at 31. dia. to Is. prem. Turkish Six per Cents. were in great request this afternoon, sad were quoted at four o'clock t to 11: cent. higher than yesterday, viz., 94 to $. shat hour the price advanced to 961 to t. Other foreign stocks were quiet, but generally steady. Bank shares to-day were firm. Ottoman Bank, Bank of Australasia, and Bank of London, were quoted better. In land, steam, and miscellaneous shares there was no alteration of importance. The shares in the Indus Steam Flotilla were quoted f to i prem. 27111 1140L11811.431 POIBOIIING C. 4811. GLASGOW CIRCUIT COURT. (Belore the lAA Jude, Clerk.) STCONU DAT.—WEDIISIDAT. The mart reed at nine o'clock, mad tie rieemer leek his seat in the docl, appearing as and mil easeled roe the previous day. The priester's declaration at Palsy was reed, in which he said he knew decreed, sad saw her es the 13th artier her, shout four o'clock p.m, ea be case bar from church, end soloed her go home. After dinner be teal out, and new little lanes Warn tap on Agabe window and my on him to give her • Mabee. He went up and met her ba y., up abstain, and afterwards proorld with her to the rur d' lL weet" did told rare Stmgdurd that him, and wat After halt t them; end, while spear to them, am told to run for the doctor by Mrs. *Doer!, am Aggie wee ill. He denim I haring told Joke Femme to go for prussic acid, but sent him ore he limeades water. He did not poison Apr Montgomery. John Farmer rallilee boy—l am r drat to Hugh Moetpesery, carrier. Ws go to Glasgow aWednesdays and ilturdsys. On th e 11th lisperber Ire la James Watson'. home. Prissier was Shen at wea r er also Mrs. Water. He asked ins fur pee sad bk. He wage a lime for me to got something ter Hugh IlleFe. Wpm me the line at the door. AVe ggaet all or lap i Heat's to supply the Mob in ISaglralam. I cram reed wrklag, He said I was to let no one me the line, sad bleep what got until mail he asked me be It. If it re spired at me, I was to ray the Mad was for a portrait Fainter. He pre use lid. bpls IS lat to Glasgow. I rode in •ma with Adrfod, emil rowed him the line. He told me I would riga it. I said I supposed 1 would got it. 1 err to Hem's Vs the line to George Stirling, who mad it. He . Is It to ?" I said that was on the . I don't recollect if I said It wes fora parwebpdar. Stirling gave em something--• char Sq ft welt phial, all dosed roved with Farr. Ws gat bask is lariesbam berms one aad two on Sunday mamba. Pram err at lea err to the stable and gat his perm& lb add, . Dais ell se me: sea you M 11&, IPM M 111111 OA I got k. He rid he wanted It to lye his Mir, to make It book. This wesseld me two or three ars- Lop balm that, that he ass gear le pt ere riff foe his hair. I saw Agar Moatgoteary that • Sunday ibratoon, and heard ahe died at night. Irw the primmer M o'clock on Morey morning. H. made so reentios of her. On be ilbi Sepermber I lent him a pron and he robe Vas He bid me to get the parcel where I got the late. We got bar to Eagleabeni at two on the morning of the 24th . Prow .ems be me at the cart about ton o'clock. I pre him the bells He said if any one said roe what I had bratt zh ! wee Ss a it re 2d. worth of lounge.. I had early Y , and gel M. worth of omelets from Dr. &MFG snot, I lell be belle In Apes Disabomery's low the bora there dim her dear. This Is It I - now as It appears to be is be same arts as whoa I left It. Adam Oat hearcerer, 121segew—I thim a van. On Saturday. 12th flepessaller bat, 1 pre Jan Ferguson • dam. Ile showed nee a b_. I raid a Foram of It.. Flew gim the brew • dd. verb 'lgniter mid." George Stirling, shrines to Hopi Hart—l Mow John Forgoer. He came to tieshag an the 13th September, and permed a written Me le "Cc...WC kart " It wee— " Sept. 1867—Mr. Hut—Firm the ad. worth of prank acid, and obit.. Jolts " I abed who John Thorns wee, and Fergana rid he wee • haor. 1 egad if Mormy haw of this sr F~gra aid r, I era what It wee hr. He said aemere. I laid that wes • err wpm I era pr Ws • ree berm whls pbe add la paper, sad sealed as bob lade. Oa be Sari I saw the boy Ferrara. He gar a her bJr. rag r whisk mar for 64. woe* el prude geld. It re la the mem Ma mbas. Your mar me aher ft. I mid that Mores get it sad wee le get rub. b er=allne hr ane w heir it mewl add bang =played is_pliolograpky. it was ashade' Ida-maim!—The cabs of poierieta is sod =o e tov . P l; W the Coat—Thos is • vises remlibms Imre= pare rY sod ride of pcdreler, whir is mod by all Ills lerillar ambilered a sere rebate is Saar for eamdasay ram snit &may pima. Jr. lee Young—l wee be Beetle erg, sad the ▪ emetar'a boy ease la, en re ard asplearheM =zee Has *eking for IL verb ad probe Reit I k Stirling, end he mil I Mgr pee IL I gam it lo kir _ Se other mingsrlosit warren aring beet lb uerel w Wales reseitel wed eambed b by be onert eu r-lt set eadesebeit priseaer oeurted rag site Agile. He treat le Ira nom le weed Ide lima I arm herd - ooleplain he kid aide imager abeam le Iner. ire. Waffure—l know bares/, sad verbs& with her to the WO. la July tie bad er gekaaar hod oohed her if she would labs lie bop is Otogew. She add as. He sold his Merle wee eit i 4 c l pan sad ell *dr gespestg weal& ba to Nee. She she would he es well Ilan she wee. I trussed that led riled Ira r mategs. Jame BA Wier, Leeltgibbeaff-1 beam primer. He yam la my oripbyerat. Rh le Neer Welter. Ms haw le a blower et Twist, , eel I believe to Ave. He we bessperbeldr salbery, sad der he orne hie ha elbaged hie awe. Ala. C. Christie, deliellue cam, Priliday—l we at bat Circuit Camel. sad Km Webers aim le me hie le ledge Lakirseitios et the agerfier of Agar . M eat ho Mhis eat saw be evert. I it ha was eberged with in Awe ray with perele eat He &u said de sot reint g or i rt boa, Ho drew me aMb way off 1t,.. Watson, end rid to my" Tea will siareiy met bring that dun. Velma wan" I bad him he we ohrged with airbag It. trees a sob. He admitted Hot, thee bet aid I was sot to bring in Qs charge al =sic e hem la Agnes Montgomery'it home beim ohs died, bat Yb a little affor ohs took ill. I ander ' steed ken this that he wee to bar memos when oho took M. I abed him if he ever bungle meek rid ? He said bs sem bought 11, bat be red it tar his bob. Oa 11th ON. I got two vials bob whirl he seated ad la belled. I took one of than to Di. hi. Wine, Kdinbergh, dist sight, sad the other ono to Dr. M•Kialay, Pu. ammo of the Brit] In Dr. WlElnloy's viol Iros pat in the bur. Yin Wikaald iadentibd the amen as the same melt she bit been beeeeed when ebe died. themismatitted —On Sth Nommber Yn. 11'13oaald smelt W prude acid by tall/. ay tit Ceart—tate rad that that masa was aot quite the mar se of Aegis's bread What the beer sad add ware D01t,,1 MI sit tad say emea se I remained to *ha rem. Nat I watt eat, mod felt it what I came la. . - Trien;e - Robert tne en 7 ur, aperint eat o w County Police. —On 6th October I we. in Dr. inlay's bowie. I got a addend tia-boa from Dr. Whaley, senior. I took it to Dr. Douglas Marlegaa oa Monday. It was la the anis state es I got it I got • bottle of beer from least Dollar. Bk. sold it was aeons se that gime to ilmeased. I gave It to Del Darr Wffialsy, sod get It beak frost Ma on 21st October. It was sealed la my mamas. I gem it to Dr. Mac Lean as that day. I war is imbibes ea 6th November. I got • phial from Wm. Frossa. I got • hunter (No. 30) from Mn. Moolgemety. I get • eta-aided sower' bottle from Mn.. Rears,. I pant them to Dr. Daniel inlay. I treat to Glasgow prroa so 7th November. I eat atone hair off Ids bad and whiskers. I put than up end staled them, sad pelt that to Dr. Daniel M'Hinlay. Mrs. Adam Marro, wife of Arobila)d Mmes—l tiro In Jekserbest, fillmagow. I know primer. Ho livid with we /or • ame .. :L t ia , gtets in September lamb Aker be left, moms thrill or • lodger were mimed On 26th Septem ber Wet, I was my house at night about half-past 11. My brigand was in bed. Primmer wet into the room where Mr. ?demon was lying. I took oat • peat bottle sad gave W • glum la bed. I want for water. When I arm bark I gat a ems. It was • full glass. I drunk about one third. I sat down for tea hinutes, sad west dews stairs for conk I kit • queernme all through my eystem. I felt dimly, sad am double. I felt • bitter haling is my throat. I ha d drier cm my arm when I with dome. I could not get further then the tan of the stair, sad became almost powerless. I boa te orswlsp au my beads sad feet. Defoe* I west dews, I maid "Oh, him, that. ao' good whiaksy." H. said it was the best Paisley whiskey. The gloss was mina, and we ant of my pantry. Re meld to me at hot I weald ho the batter of glath as I bad been meeting all day. He mid to me to fame a little more. I felt well till I the whisky. I eon very ill ell night, end jai lined to vomit. I felt a cold shudder all over. I felt • little 11l 06 Saturday, and • good deal an Sunday. There was much paripag alien. I got a skalds powder on Sunday, and vomited altirit, I not much .basageL I was up sod does so Selaidry, in lied all thothey Nth peat of Morns. My het sad lip were cold a lee and I loth to get trarattleauela to them en eanday. . . maw Art with my hothead on Friday sight. My 'method ammo Mud es BetardeL i e t t u seres o'clock &a. I want up sad theMunk below the widow vole. Prisoner we. sine. My Pmebind thought tire we. some thing wows. I. gel • MI6 out of as health and pat It Into ▪ phial. I *, baths bath. Al eight 'With ith Saturday sursiss pet fetid west Is Pelk•-ellat. mat up stales end bard He said I weld Ip• the better of arrissr & 11 1 3.. No." the Il mid Is look what I led hi la the_ Oath sad had ham teems elk. This was after told bad boa ill. Soon east cep bethomd Mlles In with so ether. The police took las away. I then mid he had left de kakis. I pat it in dap sad allowed it to my kadlwed, who took it semen Mislay or Tommy to Mr. Waddle. gems don air Or ilium cow, sad I west mat Om to my ireelthm mime they get the battle. Crenoemembsi—Pithensr mse gimps so wed teems with me g zr ai l Wale* Is mi. W* abirw, work shope la 114, Ossibeliss. Oa the MD Impiesbur Lel I was Is my haus. I wits bed at ten edit& Pitman cams Y ther elem. My wife was going Irked brim& Hs =Ct • pint black bottle, lid Wised in • glo• si Isidl . He Mei my glass fa ad based It over So I wady Sided It. About • thimbilmffd. I thee& It had net a geld then My km was grid The taste was • alb twaskib I don't think my throat was attacked. This MOO ill the id It had an me. (The Menem then eon,- imethed listhge's teatimes y with reward to his having pas let WS and taking the bottle away with him.) Dr. Miller, phydcian, George-stmet—Archibeld /bar on me sad drowed me a phial sad some liquid. I smiled it, and toned a peculiar smell. It struck me it was samtkylated spirit. That I. • compound of naphtha sad spirits of win. Jahn Mom compositor—l ledge with Mrs. Mason. Pri- LOW OP THE LUZ OP CAP.IICI 8724112 WITS ALL HANDS BUT TITO. Wa stated on Wednesday that a serew steamer lad goes ashore on the Isle of Ma, ad that it was =p roud that all on board amps two had perished. The emsel IVY the End al Carrick, bound from Ayr to Liverpool. She we as bon term stoma, 300 tons easieureinsat, belonging to Ilithera. Paton end Co., of Liverpool. She left Ayr on Saturday whit a cargo of pig iron, wheat, potatoes, &c. She was coniremided by Captain Albany, and bad only one pas- N Robert Paton. a tt r ia C r i etatementa of the two earvivoet, we gather the foaming particulate —About dye o'clock on flon. ' day maniac whille Mooing 8.8. W., they opened the lights of the Calf of Man, which sppeend (from the heavy on roiling the maid) to be sometime. on the starboard bow, mad eamethoes right ahead. Every effort was mode to prevent her running mbar% bat thew was too strong, and she wee driven on the rooks at Dolby Point, throat air mike Sow Peel. She immediately broke tab two pieces athwart thins, the bows falling away into deep water, sad carrying with three the Illslost. the captain, owl two wan. Ten of the crew, the idirerten, end the one pas ting/sr, collected an the Amen, end Mad to get of the jolly hest ; bat the bow tackle would not rim and as was at moo stove to. 'Tlie chid engineer them to ok on of the life hear and Janne Watt (ono of the two earvivam) the other. Use toeing about for an hour or No, Watt wee washed on the roes, and drawn up by a tope throws to him. They had three compasses on baud, bat they were not In good order. The lead was sot hove &trim the voyage. E very bedy on board wee sober, end every Ant made to preserve tits crew. Ile ship and cargo wen insured. BOARD OF TRADE RETURNS FOR NOVRMBER. In the above returns we me the effect of the monetary crisis. The total exports of the month were 1,988,2801. Less than in the corresponding month of lut year, and 474,4341. less than in the corresponding month of 1863. The exports for the eleven months, how- Ow, are still 9,161,6631. more than last year, and 28 139 9161. more than in 1866. liaMitining the chief items of these exports, we arrive at the subjoined general figures for the month, via : . _ Month of Noveaabor 1856. 1856. 857. Apparel and slops £148,587 4186,463 £ 1 1 78,098 Haar sad ale 102,063 128,214 101,097 Coals and calm 181,802 196,687 263,614 Cottons Option yarn Habsedaahay and toll *tory 215,620 257,651 172,300 Hardwares and cutlery 261,241 371,564 315,092 Luther, unwrought Ditto, wrought .- Saddlery and harness lAMILLI (girths of al kinds and ambito) Wen yarn linchini;ey, meats na -77,351 101,616 41.694 Dr7othic sorts 134,820 172,249 250,262 Iron, pig Ditto inr, bolt, and rod 3 7 8 , 239 484 ,7 33 388 . 893 Ditto, gent 68,101 79,216 60,429 mr . Mks wrotett 232,836 329,410 321,464 .. ...,. 43,008 60,246 82,806 ' skits and sae 169,699 169,720 106,818 Led - .- ..... .. . rbi, minim& 6;406 17,666 17;311 plate• 76,366 196,260 63,692 e 1b psaufactorts 0i,,, ju0.. —— 46,682 65,066 42.373 Silk, 17.110 86,844 18,970 INtlo, MIA and yarn , 15,993 22,121 14,284 Wool 68,539 69,971 14,180 WoollensM ( (aka., 85.). : 188,034 198,128 200,482 Nmixed, stuffs flannels, &a.) Worsted stuffs 187,626 200,002 178,766 Woollen and waited • yaw It will be seen that in nearly every item on the list, the figures are considerably below those of the same month of last year. The principal exception is in copper and some kinds of machinery. The annexed shows the quantities of the chief articles of food taken for consumption during the month : __ _ 1855. 1856. 1957. Cages lc 4 38 . 5 37 363,711 140,620 Nan lb.. 2,978.816 2,739,851 2,695,910 Win6o qrs. 183,929 429,882 456,804 Now cwt.. 203,799 206,884 287,180 Covants c.rts. 13,991 68 663 87,974 Bettie mins. 43,878 41,811 29,281 Mee or6s. 108,381 126,498 135,879 Ohms e4r9s. 48,156 33,664 32,240 P 4 PP B r lbs. 317,577 410,102 328,970 Run pl.. 303,380 329,166 294,954 Hest, pls. 138,012 131,392 93,354 e ra 625.800 528.811 602,476 Tr lto. 6,418,964 4,909,707 4,888.654 Winn p4..817,041 . 843,344 598.413 The fallitig 7 off show'n in several of the leiding srticles, including cocoa, coffee, and sugar, is also attributable to the pressure in the money market, which induced persons to pay in as little as possible in the shape of duties. The Archduke Maximilian, Lieutenant-Oovernor of Lombardy, bee jest authorised the establishment of a pro visional bank for loans on deposits of rilk, under the manage mosn4,of a loMt stock company. —• • Entolartim.—Her Majesty's Emigration Com missioners chartered two shape yoateaday afternoon, the 241 b Mat., viz., the Admiral Boxer, 1,116 tons, to mil from Iny. month for Oaskeg, Victoria, at 141. 170. 6d. per Montt' adult, mad the Unmeant, 662 tow, to mil from the ammo port for Mesta Boy, Now Booth Warm, of W. 19a. fid. (Advertimentent.tHOLLOWAY'll OINTMENT AND Pam as AIITMOVI POI nunvisat.-11thrut nratooda. at Deetl, olds. to the empty et Wormier, from mama to wet mod aid, Is timed W sifts told s were slick of Obenootl•to. sod train bo▪ le, lowly tow be boom &Iwo crippled, sod amble to walk omt defog Moo prwrideololly Ale ern ratted m ash et tbe mew drew mores abated b liolloway • Oatmeal sol : be imememeeed odor tea mod within three month.. , rom • Nato et mood cblidtmeol„ be ma mato restored to health at. I atresstli.-11o . d ty emedlelso root.. timiontoot th e world. Pr..fnmer I.lallowmfe emisblimbeinte. OmramYmmM M. Resod. Lando., and SO. Malden We, leer Test ; by A. Iltangs, A. filailla1.11otIroo; %oda Nabs. NINES. Subjoined is the official list of closing pekes in the Mining Exchange yesterday Davos Great Console, 4221, 425; South Frames , 215, 218 ; West Gregmlla 4s 6d., 4a. 11d. ; Wheal Mary Ann, 46, VC ; Wheal Traiawny, 24. The shares of the Australian Mining Company were inquired for, but Yontgibaud and United Mexican were flat. Annexed is our usual weekly report of the metal market : Wien not much better in this sonthet than we have bent for several weeks past, but then are not wanting sigma of Massing improvement, re which the reduction of the Beak Me today is important evidence. Copper, iron, and had us dell of ado, brit prime ere leas weak. Tin ha exp.- dewed a decline of 81. per ton on English, bat that lame it Mall higher than beam. S*tar has had some attention, and some cheap lota have been bought up eagerly. Tut plates sell freely. RAILWAYS. The Stock Exchange being shut today (Christ masday), we have no report to make under this head. TILE NSW BRUNSWICK AND CANADA RAIL WAY AND LAND COMPANY (LIMITED). The report of the directory to be laid before the emceed halt yearly meeting of shareholders, on Thursday, the 31st Deoember, contains the following passages : The directors have to congratulate the shareholders on the opening of the line to the 40th mile, from Bt. Andrew*. to Bieber Dam. This took place on the first of October hat, when the train started with 600 parethgers, including severed mothers of the provincial government and most of the leading fondles In the district. The statements previously made to the cheapness of construction have been fully borne sat by aninvestigationot thatotal cost of the {Oaths norropsei. The works are now being vigorously proceeded with up to , the 60th mile; and the hosed have recently amthorieed the grading of live mills more, so that, at the premed time, there are 26 miles under contract. The thither gives a very fell and elm description of the eater eke, sad from his detailed estimate the cost will be as follows:—Grading, Wasting, fencing, &c., at 1,6821. 10e. per mile, 42,0521.; ohs*. 'witches, freight, Maranon dr., will cost about 9351. per mile, amounting to 23,3751. ; total, 65,4371., or 2,6171. 10s, per mile. The survey of the remainder of the liar to Wm it. stock has also been complete; sad, contrary to expectatiom, the works turn out to be even more favourable than the pre ' viols portions of the line. According to the detailed Wheats the cost of this last portion of the line will be as follows Clearing, grading, t ing fthring, kc. including bridges, 1,3664 per mile; ratio, chai rs, switches, freigh t , insurance, ke., win oast about, 9351. per mile; total 2. 8001. per mile. There will only remain the branch to St. Stephen's, to be completed when the line is finished to Woodstock ; and se, in case of need, this besach can be limited to four miles, through &country similar to the avenge character of the trunk lino, the shareholders may many estimate the amount to bedded to ascertain the coot of constructing the entire railway. The directors are fully justified in stating that although the line is being thus Inexpensively constricted, the works have been well executed. In thin the line ha. been pronounced one of the beet finished America. The system adopted by your board of letting the contracts in short lengths, so ma to reader large °entracte"' unnecessary, has been found to work well. The rolling stook already purchased by the company has one 6,0001. In re gard to a further supply, the cost of the additional quantity of plant now required will amount to about 7,0001. more. The New Brunswick government have shown their satisfaction with the progress of the works, transmitting 18,0001. on account of their stook in the undertaking, and by granting to the cons pany 20,000 acres of land, which is now surveyed; accompanied by an assurance that a farther grant will te reads so soon as it is required by the company for the jar. pose of settlement. The directors have reason to believe thee • revenue will speedily be obtained from the sale of the lent valuable portion of the timber on the company's land—the manager, in a recent oommunicatim, having stated that he could realise a profit of about 13,00 W. from the sale of 60,000 cords of firewood ; and that certain parties from the United States had offered to contract fora million of sleepers to be lent to Cubs, from which he can secure a further profit of from 13,0001. to 14,0001. Arrangements are also in pro gram for disposing of the company's lands. It will be divided into plots of from 50 to 100 acres each and, for a certain amount to be agreed upon, settlers will be conveyed from England direct to their own farms. The land will have been hewed in and a frame holm erected for their reception. The advantages thus offered, when compared to the serious evils connected with the old system of emfgratioa, cannot fail to induce emigrants to prefer this mods; sad when It is considered that New Brunswick Is one of the nearest colonies to England—that It possesses all the advan tages offered by Canada, with a milder climate—and that the land Is contiguous to the railway, from which prodnes an be sent to all parts of the world—there can be no doubt that great numbers of emigrants will avail thinn ed's' of the privileges offered by this company. There is not the slightest probability of any rival scheme being carried out in New Brunswick, end this railway will therefore be the great trunk line of communication between this country and the Canada.. The bill introduced into the late session of parliament having for its object the confirmed= of the transfer of the under taking and of the lands and expectancies to this company received the royal assent on the 17th of August law. The old St. Andrew's and Quebec Compang have expressed a de sire to amalgamate with s company ; and the directors being of opinion that such en amalgamation would be mu tually advantageous., recommend that a joint bill for that purpose be introduced into the next parliament. The ac counts have been made up to the 30th November last, and show receipts amounting to 68,3681., of which 16,6001. hr been received on government debentures, and the remainder on deposit and calk. The payments have amounted to 65,6791., leaving a balance at bankers' of 2,8891. 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