The Express. — London, England, 1851-12-23 00:00:00

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LAW INTELLIGENCE. THIS DAY. EQUITY COURTS. 8111011 Sift R. KIND .a.t.sy. SOLVAN V. Li IiILI).—IMPOUTLMT JUDOMIXT. vs Roemer Viee-Chancellor kindersley gave judgement Is this ease, whie'a came before the court upon demurrer, sad the arzunicnts in which occuph 1 the court for four days. bill tiled was for an application for an injunction fs restrain the defendant, the Rev. Frederick de Held, a pried of the Roraan Catholic church, and superior of the church of our Immaculate Lady of Victories," situate at farie•larie, Clapham, from ringing or causing to be rung re al of h ‘ lls, situate on the top of the said church, dis weight of which was 33 cwt. 2 qts. 14 lbs. The sower put in by the defendant to the plaintiff's bills was that the hells were never run: except for the purposes sentected with his—the Roman catholic religion. Ills honour, after going through the facts of the case at great kaztb, stated that he was of minion that the injunction west be granted far restraining the defendant from so ring ing the bells a; to be a nuisance to the plaintiff.—Order scrailagly. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. D. 1.4 M M.. OCII3IOOIOIIIIII Smarm Ix II WLSTLIT. The bankrupt, ii : CSSII.7c;; described as a book limier. of ttlaylion-e-yard. This was the meeting fur the bet exaniination. The accounts, which nra in course of preparation by Messrs. Harding and of Guildhall chambers. are of a very voluminoas nature, and have not yetio, n Wed ; hut, so far as the investigation has proceeded, the bankrupt's liabilities nre found to he about 28,0001., lad the assets between 5,11001. and 6,0001. Mr. Lawrenee, on behalf of the bankrupt, asked for an adjournment. Mr. Linklater said tb' assignees were not disposed to coo sent bo this so a matter of Course. The C. 140 had be.m be fore the mart MIT a 1-nathened period ; and though during a portion of that time the bankrupt had nut been master of kis own actions, the assignees thought a reasonable time kid been allowed. They had been put to great inconve nience through the absence of the aceounts, and could not eons, nt to an adjournment at the expense of the estate ; hut they would allow the question of costs to stand over till the adjourned meeting. Mr. Lawrence said the accountants had been actively en pant in making out the accounts, hut the unfortunate position which the bankrupt had been in fur four or five weeks had abridged the time which would otherwise have been devoted to th , a purpose. He had no objection to the question of costs standing over. His Honour said he would adjourn the ens., at the cost of the bankrupt, with liberty to him to file un affidavit, show. isg that be was prevented by circumstances from tiling his etresats earlier. :Mr. LlSTralleC asked fora continuance of the allowance. Mr. Linklater said he could only consent to the same enh r in this ease, that the question should be considered at the next na. eting. Mr. Murray tendered a proof for 5,901/. on behalf of News. Glyn and Co., the bankers, who held a great quantity of overdue bills of the bankrupt's. He proposed tot rove fm all the hills they held. Mr. Linklater thought the proof should be confined to the hills over-due, as these still running might, on arriving maturity, be paid by some of the other parties liable thereon. ilia Honour said the best course would be for all the bills to be proved on ; then, if payment of any of them were otgained from other sources, the proof to ho diminished by that amount. The bills must be stated in a schedule to the pee,f, with a memorandum that they were to be produced beton the paymt nt of any dividend thereon. The last examination of the bankrupt was adjourned for nit weeks. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. THIS DAY. SOUTHWAII.K. If. IMltind was charged with breaking into the dwelling loose of ti Moore, a bricklayer, in Webb-street, Sooth es*, with intent to commit a robbery. He W 4.4 also darted witis setting tire to e chest of drawers in the house. May Ann Moore, wife of the prosecutor. said that on Sa lord.r morning, a little after 7 o'clock, she opened the shut- Ins of ha fro.it parlour,and closed down the windows securely while she went out. On ;Wl' return, in about .5 minutes,. she hued the shut •rs closed and the windows forted up. She Imtantly wiled in a polite-constable, and,on their entering the frost room ho was alarmed at finding smoke and flan es faxing from one of the drawers. The constable opened it sad diwoul.l a nitantity of barn on lire. On searching the room the prisoner was found concealed under the sofa, with a violin lying by his side, which ho had removed from ear of the drawers. Witness left no light ,or ke in the room when she went, but a packet of biked lucilas was found in the drawers, which contained sisantity of new linen she had to make up for a family. The pike-eonstable who took the prisoner into custody, Mod that he asktd him how he got his living, when he re pbsa, Oh ! this is the way I get my living." An °M.' , said the prisoner was a well-known young th.,r.eu no • • lwith., aes s wrate gang infesting the &mush. 1.1 , was trod and consisted at the sessions about twelve a moths 3,7.1 bar r o bbery in a dwelling-house. IL =mined for THI: GLASGOW SCREW STEAMER arrived in the ci)a. on Thanday_night, at 11 p.m. The length of the Te•salre between New York nod Oreneck is twelve days tee hours mean time—the quickest voyage on record which has been made by a screw steamer. On ono day of the Monne she ran two hundred and st venty-fivo miles. Ehc nit New York simultaneously with the Cunard liner AR-m.4 , , and is only bourn behind her, notwithstanding th'iminense steam power of the latter. The Glasgow brings Iwasentter and a lull car.to, consisting of Hour, provi ti'wls, fruit., awl 5410 hales of cotton. She was unable to 3L$O tone of additional cargo which was offered. It is tie o; , iiii‘.n of mereantile people hero that these screw turners (rum their speed, and the comparatively cheap unmet in which they are worked, will effect, ere long, a twat revolution in the passenger and carrying trade be tween Gnat Britain and America. They are already cont- Pti g with the more expensive steam liners for paseengers, sad with *tiling tessels for amid*. A consort to this ship in it the course of construction on the Clyde, by Messn. Ted sad M`Uregor. CHILD 'MURDER AT MANSFIELD WOODHOUSE, Notre. —A man nvueil Dellab, upwards of 69 years of age, sad rraisees Elliott, a young woman of about 20 (the latter ?witty respcctably connected) were on S iturday last, the les*., committed by the Mans fi eld bench of magistrates 4;the larett mores for Notts on a charge of wilful murder. he nijiairy into this case had been adjourned from the pre th..„ Tueslay. The principal witnem was a woman named 'n l 7. of Sutton-in- Ashheld, whose evidence went to show that a year and a-nalf ago she resided with the prt soa4 Dznah Maarlield Woodhouse. Ile was known in the neighbourhood as a sort of quack doctor. About that bele Miss Elliott came to Dellah's house. :The young !MOM nthen pregnant. She staved with them four days, during woich time she was delivred of a child, which was alive when born. The infant cried, but was afterwards put out ‘ l* way. It appears that Berry and Dellah had pre iy cohabited together, a disagreement had ensued, and, r; " revenged • upon him, she had divulged the murder yri,ly wok, Miss Elliot upon being apprehended on wnk, immediately t, confessed to the grime. Her re-id, at 'leaner, in Derbyshire. Delilah was apge•- natil the neat day (Saturday), and his deportment at that a 'int sad stibiequent adraissien of certain facts immediately d the authorities as to his participation in the crime, ugh nris . .ners were committed. (. r 1 RADE IN THE NORTIL—The fol an. the statistics of the cattle caports from the k .7tY 01 Alierdeen for the pro sy 22 years, from which it will 'wseva th at the trade has red greatly since the re m _ Un tile import of foreign cattle were removed. have been tent from Aberdeen to London, in 1828, 11 , )i atti ; 18 30. 400; 1805, 3,500 ; 1840, 6,422 ; 17";,%, 12.300; 1847, 13,781 ; 1818, 15,420; 1849, biO, 20,500; 18.11, 23,000. Nearly half • million a 4 will this ye er Live been received from London we amenshire cattle alone. tem • ff• et. A. rt. as Ole ✓w W rte OW. vis wi COMMISSION ON HAINAULT FOREST. Yesterday the commissioners resumed their in quiry at the Angel Inn, blond. Mr. W. James again ap peared on behalf of the crown, and, as before, the majority of the commoners were represented by Mr. Mindere. It having been ascertained that thu several patties in terested were each represented, Mr. COMIIIkii.IIICT Cooke said the proceedings were ail journed hum the last day to afford the commoners an 101+0r:unity of considering Mr. James's statement on h., half of the crown, and of determining what course they would pursue with respect to it. liu would now call upon 1 Mr. Ilandare to state what view the commoners took of their position. Mr. Mandate said that, in accordance with an arrange ment entered into at the last meeting, he had called a meeting of the commoners and others interested in the enclosure. At that meeting resolutions were adopted to the ellimt that the proposition of the crown to take three• fourths of the whole forest, Loving only one-fourth for the commoner., was wit a proposition the latter could en tertain. They thought the whole forest was clearly imuf ticient to satisfy the demands of all parties, and, that b.:ing the case, they wished him to urge on the representatives of the crown tne propriety of abating the crown's demands in favour of the commoners. Without disputing their legality they wished the claims of th e crown to be reduced to two thirds of the King's-wood, leaving iinc-third to he divined amongst the commoners. This view he communicated to the crown, and he hail received an answer which would probably now be repeated. Mr. Uraves, a commoner, amid it was important to con sider how ouch a division might be subsequently affected by Bir Charles Ifuloe's claim. Mr. James observed that the claim mast be settled with the crown. Mr. Walton, on behalf of the commoners of Chigwell and Lambonine, and other gentlemen representing other partiin, iutimat“l that they would accept one-third. Mr. Morison, au at•igament boiler, oltiected to the mix ing up of the claims of tha teikignment holder. with thu.e of the common , n, contending that they stood on a very different footing. Mr. James asked what Mr. Morison required ? Mr. Morison expected full compensation either in money or in land. _ Mr. James said the set of parliament did not provide for that. A certain portion must be set aside for the crown, and the rest lett for the assignment holders. lie was will ing, in order to prevent litigation, to accept two-thirds for the crown, it being understood that on the third assigned W the commoners, the crown would remove all the large timber, leaving the rest to provide for the assignment holden. Mr. Morison held that one-third was not sufficient for the assignment holders; the whole forest would not be enough. One thou.and acres would be utterly imsdequate to provide 30,000 faggots, the number required. Mr. James said the act made no distinction between the rights of the commoners, aud those of the assignment holders. Mr. Wetherell thought the first question whetlicethe parties were willing to accept nue-third as a a utheient compensation for all their right.. Mr. Morison mu't distinctly di sent from the proposed arrangement. It would extinguish the righta of the W ait( n men t holders. Mr. " Cooke said the probable result of the investigation would be the setting out portions of hod to be held in severalty, under thc authority of the Enclosure Commissioners. Mr. Itallslar, said it appeared to him, as an assignment holder, that 1. acres of Lind fur each assignment holder to cut wood from would be sufficient. Mr. James observed that if he were compelled to call evidence, and to rely on the rights of the crown, the e6•ct might be to reduce one-third to the one-fourth. lle could prove that the crown was entitled to more then three fourths of the whole. Wm. Laver was then examined by Mr. Morison on the question of the sufficiency of one-third to provide sufficient wood for the assignment holders. Ile said there were 73 assignments, requiring in the aggregate 33,000 six-foot faggots annually, and that one-third of the forest would not tse sufficient for the purpose. Mr. lisildare asked whether one-third would beisufficient, providing the pollards wire kept iu the saute state as those in the lordships ? The witness believed it would not. . _ Ilr. Robert Driver, of the government surveyor's office, on being examined by Mr. Cilardiner for the Woods and Forests, deposed that he had been over the ground, and, alter making a careful examination, had come to the con. elusion that, if the woodmen properly managed, one-third would amply satisfy the claims of the Assignment Waller.. Ile etimated that one acre And a hail hail supplied each assignment during the last 12 years. Mr. Clutton, another surveyor, gave similar testimony. For several years the wood had been ill-managed, a good deal too much had been cut, and the contemplated removal of timber by the crown would encourage the growth of the pollards. The witness then entered Into some calculation., the result of which was to show that 900 acres with 4d pollards per acre would be a sufficient provision. Ilr.Conionissioner Cooke said that in any allotment which micht be made the commissioners would take care to secure 41 per sere. .str. James said it must be understood that the crown would cut all the timber that was worth cutting. It was then deterutimd that one-third in value of the King's-wood was the quantity which ..:I"tild be allotted to the emmultiers as a body, in lieu of all their rights in the Kinst's-ssusial ; the precise sclectiou to be made being reserved. . . . Lenience was then taken as to the value of the widows' cluims; and it appeared there were about 21 claimants, who had all been accustomed to accept a money payment of ds. per annum as a full satisfaction. After some consideration 151. per annum, or 10s. each, was fixed upon as a money payment In 30 widows. Mr. Commissioner Cooke said he wished to remark that 'eery occupier of land within the outer boundary of the retest would still powers the right to turn cattle into the King's•wood. Some discussion and arrangements ensued with regard to the Netting out of the roads. The commiasioners intimated that steps would be taken for carrying out the division and settlement which had been determined upon, and then adjourned sine die. WINCHESTER COLLEGE.—Tho Goddard Scholar ship Ime this year been adjudged to Frederick Morshead (..eholar), Albert A. Fisher (scholar), being second in merit. The Denman Prises (fur mathematics) have been awarded, the senior to William 11. Burley (commoner), and the ju nior to Robert 11. Shakespear (commoner). LOST ON THE Alootts.—A young man residing in Sheffield had a very narrow escape last Sunday night of perishing by a very miserable death. His aame is Charles Stratford, by trade • silver plater, lodging with his brother, in I'itt•street, \West-►treet. On Suudsy morning he and a companion of the name of James Illy:he walked over from Sheffield to ilathentagc. Late in the afternoon they let out from llathersage to return home. Instead of keeping to the main road they attempted to cries the moors by a footpath. At d e'clock in the evening, it being they dusk, ou coming to the head of a brook, they disagreed us to which was the proper side of the stream to take, and they separated, having tint agreed to meet at Ringinglow. Blythe soon found his way to the high road, and d in due time at Hinginglow. StratMrd was not so fortunate lie had not been alone but a short time when he found himself enveloped iu dark'. a., rendered complete by a dense fog. Not fancying a night's lodging in such an inhospitable region, he made great efforts to find a tangible track, or to attract the attention of come passer by. But forced marches to and fro and loud shouts were unavailing. Hour after hour pa“ed away, seeming in length like so many days, but nu relief came, our any change except an increasing sense of fatigue and hunger, accompa nied by an evil omen—drowsiness. Nut daring to accept the cold damp ground an a couch, lest his weary frame and heavy eyelids should enter on their lust long sleep, he' ' rambled about the live long night, now tumbling over a hil luck and bruising himself, then walking up to Ins waist in a quagmire, and with great difficulty dragging out his stitf.•c lag limbs by the aid of adjacent tufts of ling. The hope of escape during the continuance of the thrkness gradually Weame weaker. Devoutly, therefore, did the poor hollow wish for the return of daylight. Some time about 4 o'clock in the morning he heard at a distance the noise of a vehicle and he hailed it with a cry of " Lost ! lost ! " Heaasheard by the man with the vehicle, who coolly replied that he might go to -- a certain place which he had no desire to I visit. A night whose length appeared more like an unhappy lifetime at length Caine to an end, but not so the oppricsim darkness. About 9 o'clock in the morning, hearing the wheels of a cart, he summoned his remaining strength and shouted lustily. The driver of the cart heard him, and shouted in reply. As it was impossible to see each other the manwith the cart told him toremaiu still and he would send his dog to him. The sagacious dog seem found the way to the weary rambler and brought the two men together. The humane owner of the dog assisted Stratford into the cart, and conveyed him to the public-house at Itinginglow, where he alighted in a truly wretched plight from the combined effects of cold, fatigue, hunger, and bruises reused by frequent falls. The inhabitants of the locality consider his preserva tion almost miraculous. None but a strong frame could have survived. The people at the inn quickly prepared him some hot ale, of which he drank freely, but his limbs were so benumbed that they dared not permit him to rest. Ile was compelled to continue skipping about the room for a consi derable time, and being quits overcome by fatigue and drowsiness he fell and hurt one of his elbows very severely. The influence of heat, aided by friction to the limbs in time restored the young mua to an approximation to his usual state. Ile remained at tho inn all night, and after a period of refreshing sleep he returned to Sheffield on Tondo.: morning, to the great satisfaction of his friends, to whom his unexplained absence had been a source of much uneasinem. Wo understand that his frame is so much affected that he is unable to work. The time that he was rambling about on the moor alone was between 16 and 17 hour,.—Oiseffield Tittles. LAW AMENDMENT SOCIETY. Last evening a general meeting of the members of this society took place at the offices in Itegent-street ; Mr. EDWIN Imo in the chair. The minutes of the last meeting having been read and confirmed, a report was brought up by the special com mittee appointed to inquire whether the principles of low and equity eau t^ administered in the same court and by toe mac form of procedure ; and, in making such inquiry, to have regard to the provisions and operation of the New York code. The report (which was the third upon the same subject) was as fellows : t• In their two previous reports, your committee have shown the evils of the existing distinction between law and equity, and have suggested the outlines of a scheme by which they believe that this distinction may advantageously be abolished. In their present report, they propose to deal with what may be deemed the administrative part of the ques tion, and to show by what means the desirable object of fusing law and equity may most ettectuallyand speedily be carriedout. The pr...paration of a code of procedure, without which it is obvious that a system of fusion could not be made to work, must of necessity consume much time, and will require great labour, diligence, andskill. Unfortunately, there never was an occasion which called more imperatively for despatch, for unless a complete reform In the procedure of the superior courts be at once commenced, there is too much reason to • fear that their jurisdiction will very soon be absorbed by the county courts. Should this most disastrous, but not unlikely, event occur, the country will be visited by the tor:evens misfortune of seeing the administration of jo , tice ft:taste:Teel to tribunals whose procedure is very imper fectly organised, and to judges, of whom it is no disparage mmt to say, that however competent they may be to dis charge their present duties, they arc quite unequal to the task of undertaking the summary administration of the whole law of England. There is, then, not a moment to be lost itl commeucing this great work ; and it is mortifying to retket, in so great an emergency, how much time and talent have recently been wasted in the researches of learned commissioners into the separate ;departments of law and equity, when it is manifest, that they might have been so much better employed in preparing a code of proce dure, which might even yet preserve Westminster 11.011 from the formidable competition of the county courts. Your committee, therefore, recommend that the co-opera tion of influential members of both houses of parliament should be earnestly sought, in order to bring the question as soon as inisible, and in the most impressive manner, and. r the sorbing consideration of the legislature ; and shay further suggest, as the most efrective mode of proceeding, that steps should be taken to insure, in either house, the moving of an address to her Majesty, containing resolutions to the fullowing effect: . . " Ist. That the principles of law and equity ought to be administered in the same cowl and under the same system of procedure ; the equitable rule in eases of conflict con trolling the legal. 2.01. That a paid commifsiou ought to be forthwith ap pointed to prepare a code of procedure for the purpose, of earning out the above reform. " such a code can be prepared, your committee arc of opinion that the amalgamation of the jurisdictions should not be, atte.upted, as they believe that it would be Idglrly vex atious to introduce a system of provisional pr..cedure which would of necessity be extr e mely imp er f ec t, an d would, more over, be liable to be swept away just as it was beginning to lie under-toad. Still, there is no reason why law amend silent should stand still during this period of preparation,' fur there ore many important changes of procedure which are sure to be adopted in any system of fusion, and which without inti , dueing any embarrassment, could not fail to give much present relief to the suitors. Such alterations utigh be immediately effected by a number of short bills, which your committee suggest should be introduced into parliament as early as possible after the recess. " The following ore some of the bills referred to : " lot. A bill to require all pleadings, whether at law or in equity, to he verdietl on oath, and to alsolsli all objections as to the form of pleadings, except the objection that they are calculated to embarrass or mislead. -- "2nd. A bill to substitute, in all vied voce exami nations for written interrogatories, and the interrogating part of the bill in equity. "Sril. A bill to enable courts of common Low to grant injunction ant discovery, and to appoint a receiver. " ith. A bill to authorise judges at common law to try questions of fact without the intervention of a jury, unless either of the parties to the action should require such inter . vention, and to authorise judges in equity to try questions of fact with the intervention of a jury, if any of the parties to the suit should require such intervention. ' "Sth. A bill to abolish motions in arrest of judgment and not o6sloote rendiuto, and to enable parties who have de murred, and have had judgment against them, to plead over. " 6th. A bill to empower defendants in courts of law to set up equitable defences. "7th. A bill to enable the parties to any action or suit, at any stage of the proceedings to agree upon any question or questions, either of how or of fact, to be submitted to a court or jury, as decisive of the merits of the cause.' "Bth. A bill to consolidate and amend the law as appli cable to commissions and mandamuses to examine wit nesses. " 9th. A bill to direct that the evidence which, under the present system in Chancery, is taken by the examiners of the court, should henceforth be taken before the cqui:y judge. " 10. A bill to abolish the rule in equity respecting the non-publication of evidence. " Your committee feel persuaded that the alterations here prap 'seal would, in theintelves, be material improve ments iu the present system; and further, that they would operate most beneficially in smoothing the way for the ultimate establishment of fusion." Afrer some discussion upon general t:•pio connectod with the laws ho the United States the furtlicr consideration of the report was adjourned to the next meeting. A vote of thanks was then passed to Mr. Fuld, and the business terminated. COMMERCIAL AND MARKETS. MINCING LANE.-THIS DAY. SUOAll.—This article shows no symptom of improvement; a large portion of the public sales are being 'ought in or withdrawn for wont of buyers at previous rates. ltetined without alteration; grocery lumps, 431. 6d. to 4Ss. COVFEP..—The pu'ilic sales are going off heavily. Mocha sold at a slight T►a.—The near approach of the holidays has suspended business in this market. Corrox remains steady. ltrar. —Tho government contract is to be taken on Friday next. l'immo sold in public sale at about previous rates, 31 to 41 per lb. Markets generally have been inactive to-day. TALLOW NIAILKET.—THIS DAY. The market i...teady to-flay at the following prices : Town Tallow, 375. net ca,ll; Petersburg Y.C. on the spot, new, 9J. ; old, 3tis. da. ; new year (842), &is.; January and Mara, 3;-. SMITHFIELD HAY MAIDEET.—THIS DAY. Mears. Cooper and Davis rot ort prices as follows: Prime Meadow Iloy, 70s. to 755.; inlrtior, 555. to 6.55. 559. to 639. Clover, 70s. to SO.; second cut, GU. to 725. Straw, 225. to Ms. COALS.-LONDOX, DEC. V.- CLOSE OF VIE MAR -Bromabill Hartley, 13s. 6d.; Burnhope, 114. 91; Carr's Hartley, 114. lid. ; Howard's We,t Hartley Nether ton, 14s. 6d.; Tanßeld Moor, Iss. ; Tanfield Moore Bute, 155.; Tyne Maine, I Is. 3.1. ; Inns, I6s. Od. ; Wall► End Bell and Brown, 16s. 3d. ; M alls End Benham, IGs. ; Walls End Clark, 11s. 6d.; Walls End Gosforth, Lis. 3d. ; Walls End Ilarton, 16s. 3d. ; Walls End Ilebburn, 161. Eden Main, 16..9.1.; Lambton Primrose, IGs. 9.1.; Walls End Belmont, IGs. 651.; Walls F.ud Londonderry Prim rose,l4s. ; Walls End North Heston Lyons, 16s. ; Walls End Pendier, 16s. 6d.; Walls End Stewart's, 181.; Walls End Iled.th Hall, 17.. ; Walls End South Hartlepool, 17s. 6d.; Walls End South Kelloe, 17s. ; Walls End Adelaide Tees, 174. ; Walls End South Durham, ltis. 3d.; Derwentwater Hartley, 14s. GEL; Hartley, 145. Gd. ; Nixon's Merthyr and Cardiff, '2ls.; Sidney's Hartley, 155.--Ships at market, 1'27; Bald, 61. A NEW POLICE STATION is about to be erected within Hyde-park, near;Albert-gate, and the Commission- j era of Police are to defray the expense'. THE COMMISSIONERS OF WOODS AND FORESTS.-1 A parliamentary blue bleak has just keen issued tontainirg the report of the Commissioners of Woods and Forests, dated 30E: July bat. 'the total receipts of the commit- , goners for the year 1850.51 amounted to 1,338,027/.los. 5d., and the expenditure to 841.333 .11..10,1 , leaving a butane of 496,0541. 4s. 7d., of which 240.6161. 2s. 3d. was In cash, an.. 246,0184 2s. 2d. was due from individuals. The liabi lities of the commissioners on the 31st March last were 1,238.1:31/., of which 1,228,4501. was for principal due, and 29,9831. 16s. 81. for interest. PENNANT AND CRAIGWEN MINING COMPANY. —The Master in Chancery Tioney has arrpointerl Mr. 11. C. Harding, with Merrs. Tucker as the solicitors, to be ts R. Ist manager to wind up this company's affairs. WONDERFUL REVrItsE OF FORTUNE.—By the re cent death of MI. Henderson, of the Grange of Barry, Mr Thomas Low, who for the last sixteen years has been em ployed as a dock-gate man at the port of Dundee, has suc ceeded to an inheritance of about 41,000'. On Tuesday last Mr. Low rrsigned his situation at the docks, where his weekly wages were under 1!. a week to enter on the pos session of the above handsome legacy. lis is upwards of sixty years of age.—Edinburgn ;Vanes!. REVIEW OF TIIE CORN TRADE DURING THE PAST WEEK. (From the Mark-14w Baiwess.) BRITISH. The character of the weather has been decidedly unfavourable for the condition of the wheat of this year's growth, and the indifferent order in which the samples have come to hand has no doubt caused purchasers to act with greater caution than they might otherwise have done. Au interval of sharp frost w ou ld Ise of great Isenelit in harden ing the grain in stack, and would do much towards improv ing the general tone of the trade. The advices from Scotland are to about the same effect as from the English provincial markets. The supplies had, it seems, proved rather more than sufficient to satisfy the con sitroptive demand, and, purchasers having declined to buy beyond what they required fur present use, the tendency of prices had been downward. In Ireland, the upward movement in the value of wheat and Indian corn appears also to have received a cheek; but there is reason to believe that the sister isle will continue to require considerable supplies of those articles, and any per manent reduction in prices is therefore improbable. Oats had not been brought furward very freely, and, though somewhat less saleable than Whim, the prices current were relatively above those at which the article has lately been selling in the English markets, hence there is no encou ragement to consign. We do not recollect a week for a long time put in which so little business has been done at Mark-lane as during that now about to close. The arrivals of Wheat coastwise into the port of London Uwe not been particularly large, and nearly the whole of what has come to hand has gone direct into the hands of the millers. The show by land carriage samples from the ; neighbouring counties has been very small, but there has been a total want of activity in the demand ; and trilling as has been the available quantity, it has proved amply sufficient to satisfy the inquiry. The operations were equally restricted on Friday as on Wednesday, and in the absence of sales of any importance, quotations remained no- minally unaltered. For nearly a fortnight we have received no supplies of Wheat from abroad, and though the deliveries front gra nary have nut been on an extensive scale, still there can be no doubt that stocks must have been diminished mere or less. Holders appear to be satisfied that no further arrivals of consequence will take place until the spring, and that all the finer qualities of old wheat in the kingdom will be wauted fur mixing. Hitherto, however, the demand for that purpose has been 1111112141a11y small, and we have again to report a very dull week. The town millers have sufficient on hand to provide for their immediate sours, and scarcely any country buyers have visited Mark-lane since our last. In this position of affairs the operations hsve been on quite a retail scale, but where sales have been made former terms have been realised. he transactions in floating cargoes have also been coin paratively trifling this week, owing partly to the paucity slaters, and turther to the very high pretensions of sellers. Red Polish Odessa has not been offered below 335., and for floating cargoes of Saide 265. lid. per qr., cost, freight, and insurance, has been asked. The consumptive demand for Flour has been slow, and the bakers have declined purchasing beyond what they have needed for immediate use. The nominal top price of town minor mune,' flour has not varied, nor have fresh country marks been sold cheaper than before. Thu receipts from Frame have amounted to 3,491 sacks, and front America 22,663 barrels have arrived, without, however, producing any effect on prices, tine qualities being quite as dear at the close as in th.: beginning of the week. The supply of home-grown barley has been liberal, viz.: 10,040 qrs.: nearly the whole has, however, gone direct to the tnaltsters and distillers, and the quantity exhibited at Mark-lane has been lets than might have been expected. On Wednesday scarcely any business was done, and the operations were not more extensive than on Friday, though factors would, on the latter occasion, have submitted to some further reduction, if sales could thereby have been facilitated. We have received no barley from abroad during the last eight days, and full terms have consequently been asked fur good grinding qualities. Malt hus moved off very slowly, but we have no change to report in its value. The market has been only moderately supplied with Oats, and a larger proportion of the arrival is from our own coast and Scotland this week than has been the case of late; the receipts from Ireland as well as from abroad having fallen off. The dealers have displayed no siva of being in any immediate want, and the operations both on Wednesday and Friday were on a retail scale ; tames consequently found it impassible to recover any portion of the late de and prices were certainly not higher at the close than in the beginning of the week. Beans have excited very little attention since Monday, and the few sales effected have been at about the rates then current. hito boiling peas, though freely offered at the late abate ment, have hung very heavily on hand; and, from present appearances, a further decline seems probable.: Other kinds of peas have likewise been difficult of disposal. The reports from Ireland relative to Indian cora are not quite so encouraging as they were last week; but holders of floating cargoes have, nevertheless, insisted on very full terms. RAIL WA Es. THIS DAY. _ Two o'Cincx. There is a slight increase of activity to-day in the market for British railway shares, which continues to manifest considerable buoyancy. Soon after the opening of business, with a larger proportion of purchasers offering, a rise was established in most descriptions, extending more especially to Caledon'ans, Eastern Counties, Great West erns, Lancashire and Yorkshires, North Westerns, South Western, Midlands, North British and South Eastern*. With the decline in Consols, a little in action is now perceptible, but prices are still better than those of yesterday. French shares continue to engage a good deal of attention, and prices have ruled at a furtter advance, especially , for Northern, Orleans and Bordeaux, and Paris and Strasbourg. As we write, however, the feeling is a shade flatter. MONEY MARKET. THIS DAY. Two o'CLoca. There is still only a limited amount of movement perceptible in the English stock market, notwith standing the further rise of I I per cent. in the Paris Rentes, advised by telegraph yesterday aftc , rnoom. Prices opened quietly this morning at yester day's improvement, and so remained for some time, but a decline of has since occurred, although no business has as yet been concluded at the full reduction. 'tumours are never wanting by way of accounting for a movement of this cescription, and to-day the reason assigned is, a revival of the reports of dissensions in the cabinet. It may bo noticed, however, that with the increased facilities afforded by the submarine telegraph, the markets are now more liable to be acted upon by orders based upon considerations of foreign affairs, and the move ments of the continental bourses, and which are otherwise in many cases unsusceptible of ready ex planation. Consols opened 97 to 4, and are now quoted only 96i to Z ex div. for the January opening, but no bargains have as yet been reported at a lower figure than 97. The official business statement comprises only :—Three per Cent. Consols for account, 974, 97; Three per Cent. Reduced 971, f, ; New Three and-a-Quarter per Cents., 984, ; South Sea Old Annuities, 971. The market for the floating debt presents a strong appearance. Exchequer Bills opened 495. to 525. prem., and have since risen another shilling, being now quoted 50s. to 535. prom. The foreign stocks are generally very firm, and, where any change in prices i s to b e n o t ice d, it i s i n a favourable sense. New Grenada and Portuguese Bonds are both better to-day. The sales of the morning have been rather more varied than usual, and extend to the following descriptions, viz.:— Brazilian Old Five per Cents., 95, ; ditto New Five per Cents. (Rothschild), 954 991 ; ditto New Five per Cent. (Rothschild), 95. Belgian Four-and- Half per Cent. 911. French Five per Cent. Renters, 102 fr.; ditto Three per Cents., 65fr. (ex change, 25f. 25c.) Granada One-and-a Half per Cent., 141. Mexican Bonds, for account 31st December, 291, 27. Peruvian Five per Cents., 1849, 90; ditto for account, 904; ditto Deferred, 4(11. Portuguese Four per Cents., 331, 4, 33. Russian Four-and-a- Half per Cents., 1021. Sardinian Five per Cents., 85. Spanish Active Five per Cents., 204 ; ditto old Three per Cents., 401 ; ditt o N ew D e f ee d Three per Cents., lal. ' The market for the Californian gold mines is steady, with rather less doing than for the last two or three days, when the business was by no means unimportant. The fluctuation i s con fi ne d t o Ague, Frias and Ncuveau Mondes, and the price is quoted 14 to 11 prom. for the limmer, and 7, to 3 prem. fur the latter, other descriptions remaiuing as before. The subjoined calculations show the rate per cent. per annum yielded by the various securities cited at the average of the prim; which ruled this day. Where the asterisk (*) is prefixed it is to be under stood that the share rate of interest is leas the in come tax. It will be seen that in every case we tako the rate of interest last declared us the basis of our calculation. To render the calculation strictly accu rate, the proportion of interest which may have accrued since last dividend period should, in each case, be taken into account: rkree per ('rat. Corneas (shut) paid per oeat./0 0 0 Three per Cant. Redtua..l priee 9 74 3 1 6 New Three-and-a-Quarter per 91 IP 3 3 91 Bank ogees (die. at the rate of 71 per cent. per annual) taloa Steak (din. 10i per cent. per an ) (shut) 90 U 0 0 naelotswer Bills tint. 14sL per stay , alla. pm. 2 1 6 East Indian sharer, Int. paid (guaran teed dlr. 5 per cent. per annum) 2l 4 3 61 Great Winters.* T.ltsu eh. (am at the rate et 1 per cent. per annum) 156 so 4 13 01 Lancashire and Tork.hire £lOO Btock•idiv. at the WC o(2 per cent per anti.) SS London and Routh Weetern• (dividend at toe rue of 34 per LCI2I. per 110012121). Landon end North . 18 . eaterav Stock (ay. at the ISIS of pereent. per Midland• ittock(dlv. at the Meet ti per (Tot. per MIL) South &Intern.• _ Stock (Inv. on tho 3 8 Ile 1 3 4 1 14 0 4 $ 10 FOREIGN. The weather appears to have been of much the same cha racter on the continent as with us: and by the most re cently received accounts from the Deltic, we learn that the navigation was still perfectly open, so that nu impediment existed to shipping except the discouraging tone of the ad• vices from hence. Dantzie letters of the 16th inst. state that scarcely a sale had taken place during the preceding week, and that prices had remained nominally unaltered. Supplies of rye from the growers hail rather increased; but the quantity of wheat brought forward had been small. lit Poland prices hail been well supported; constant purchases have been etude there by buyers frem different parts of the interior. There was nothing being shipped for Great Britain, but stocks were not particularly heavy, and holders had shown no disposition to give way in their ',retentions. At Rostock, on the loth inst., business was much less active than the week before, the speculative demand from Ilmthur ;' s, &c., having in a great measure subsided, which with the dull reports from England had had the effect of checking the disposition to buy. A few days previous as much as 375. bd. per qr. free on board bad been paid for fine 6211 b. to 631 b. wheat, and 235. 3d. for 531 b. barley. The supplies from the growers hail increased materially, and it was the prevailing belief that in point of quantity the crop would not fall so much short of the yield of average sea sons as was at one period feared. The accounts Irom the other Baltic ports arc also of a more subdued tone than they have been of late, but no change of consequence seems to have taken place in quota tions. Hamburg letters of Tuesday's date describe the wheat trade es dull ; holders, seem, however, to have refused to give way, and the prices asked were nearly as high as be fore. so sales for immediate delivery had taken place since the previous post-day, and the transactions for spring ship ment had nut been important. For 61 lbs. wheat, free un board at Pomeranian ports in spring, 40s. Oil. per qr. had been asked, and 435. had been realised for 60 lbs. Wahren. Little or no barley bad cumo forward, and for 53 lbs. to 54 lbs. quality, free on board in the Danish islands, 235. 3d. per qr. had been demanded. Oats had also been held very I firmly, and fair feed of 38 lbs. weight could not have been bought below 16s. 9d. per qr., free on board in Denmark. The acaounts from Holland do not report any material change in the value of wheat. At Rotterdam, on Monday, prices gave way 311. per last, but at Amsterdam previous rates appear to have been pretty firmly insisted on. Some demand had, it seems, been experienced for rye in the Dutch markets on German ac count, which, with a good local inquiry, had caused prices to be well supported. From Groningen we learn, under date of 16th December, that holders of oats had, Circe the previous market-day, be come rather more tractable; prices were, nevertln less, high there, as compared with quotations h. re, 40Ibs. to 4111,.. Poland. being held at equal to Us. per qr. free on board, and freight to London was 20s. per last and 16 per cent. From France we learn that co.nmercia! confidence was returning, and at several of the principal markets bu.iuess had become rather active. The rise whith has taken place in the value of flour in that country within the last week or two has brought prices too nearly on a level with our owe to allow of consignments being made with any chance of profit, and at Paris the best marks of Darblay's flour had, it seems, realised equal to 40s. per sack. From the Mediterranean we have nothing new to eoritinu inieate. We learn that a fleet of about 206 sail of vessels had arrived at Alexandria seeking cargoes, which had caused an important rise in prices of corn. The most recently received advice. from America are important, inasmuch as we are thereby informed of the closing of the inland navigation by ice. The frost had set in suddenly, and caught a large fleet of small craft laden with flour mud corn in the Erie canal, 'tie., oa their passage to the markets on the seaboard. This circumstance, and the fart that the stocks on Land were not heavy, had caused holders of flour to raise their pretensions, and at New York on the 6th inst., en advance of 121 e. to doe. per barrel was established; good shipping brands were quoted 17e. fid , and pure Geuessee carpe. tid. per barrel free on board. GEOLOGICAL At the meeting of the exhibit Geological Society on Wednesday, Dr. Mantell ...anted a fossil lizard about six inches long, which had been sent to him to examine and describe by Mr. Patrick Duff, who dis covered it near Elgin. la the faille strata Captain Bricken. den fuund a track of 20 footsteps of a chelonian or turtle; and in the lower beds of the Devonian, in Forfarshire, fossil eggs of frogs and aquatic salamanders have been discovered' specimens of which were placed before tho society. The great interest of there discoveries is the fact that previously no vestiges of any reptiles whatever had been found in the old red formation. Dr. Mantell Las named the reptile Te- Icrpeton Elginense, to indicate its remote antiquity and the place where it was obtained. SHAKES AND STOCKS lINOUARANTEED. RAILWAYS. St. 30 131 II I& Ainbir7r.: Nottik., Bate and Bolt Jowl= .710ty . . Stoaryalle it.l a. : 25 ,to. 60 I 43:1 lawiedisire,d Clisahisi.lannElLes./id CaM BAIA and Ragtag Maas& sad Flnlytte;d and BetleatJunr Dundee, Perth, and Abet. dren Junction Bast .kngli on (d 23 L.. & and L. SI 1.)) Do. (xl, eastern Counties lantern Untold Miss A (late F. U. Sit.) Do. eines B and C Cant Lar.etshire • Do. New J shares Cut It Wert India Dock• and Firm. Junction Edinburgh and Glasgow Edinburgh, Ferth.lismdr. Glasgow k South Western that Northrra : Do. 4 sharee,A,lkkrre Do. 4 snares, 13,6 wet °Length. and &eat. (Ire. Great Western Lancaster and Ceres& Do. Third. lasesehire and Yerkabin Do. dam Do. West RUB agUgist Leeds Northern r London and likekirwsl Lan., Brightan, & S. Corp Landon & North-Wotan Do. do alarm Do. ri ft. Dealeds.M.. .spri 144 Limas h Isath.W akin SNP „amdl6glesl L D a i ll = aLlas t ilmiL LiaeL De. tom. sad Derby IlkindOreat edam°, " Z w ll t irefit bl •l. rg . "en" and Buninklifen . 7 1041 15 3i 15 171 ilDo. New fiorthern Counties 11nlot Nert# North Devon , I North lk haat* Were—lsee. (Ilford, Wore., & Wolver. icothoh Central ... Scottish Midland Do., clues.... ... ... Llo•ing price • Yesterday. 101 11 41 10 41 0 13 It dis 3 el 131 16 20 201 03 21 dle 6 7 'A Gj GI II at 15 154 19 51 26 VI 5 Si rules toAluy up to I p.m. Isk 331 31 31 131 :3i 331 141 $6 deli :6 SO 11 i I SO 16 116 1 61 ray llli I fli I se ni I i I Hi I If 43f 4! if - if pa 371 111 SI S . li ti " 61 7 65 16 II:1 11: va, 11 2 64 64 " 6 7 as 7 6 ~ 2 2/ 12 63 0 21 Ws 364 57 127 29 7t S 51 51 dill 90 U 11, 1 db 7 7 8) 7 di, 7 1 4 4 1 dia ar If 1 74 14 114 9 91 61 1 1 :1 4 1 4 8 1 die 14 16 7 10 11 84 SI die 14 16 - - - 251 111 2St 294 3 21'4. it le il IS 16 13 616 111 ltl Tst lke 3 22 22. IS SO se if 0 10 pi I •p In I$& 4t 43 I ssi u , 1 ipa 04 106 ! 41 4 V i 24 1 :13 4 1 101 123 I L i IP 14 II 'thretesbur'y and Chester W. Mm.) Do. Oesestry . New ... •.: ::.". 30•1111 wales . . •. inn& Torksh.iltinn' Du _ IMO* and Dunfennliot iThasneslianalbekkftail _ Watnford and Liauffiek. foriciiiii..Tuarkrlim; Do. do.ixtestiow ra;:.0.14 - :i:Eireia - 4 :1 I York and Nonni idid:ma. UNES LEASED AT ( ',red 34 36 4 6 pm Si 9 4 Ins 111 2& 71 el If 3 pc& 21 11 dli U 29 ' W iIN k W Great WI 91{ 92é PABFEEENCE SNARE& 210 71 71 Chatter and llolyhead .. 161 16 Dundee, Perth, and Abcr deen Junction ... 1 1 die lEastitertlian(3l.los)6p.Ct. 21 Lateen Counties Eaten., 6 per Ct tilo. I; 1 1 pea I Ditto do. No. 21 par 1 pat Do. New 6 per Cont. Mock 101 1 East.UnunaiteripaiLtp.l 9i lot Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee. 31 per Lett 1 I dle I Great Norabaenl per COAL 13 1/1 I,Dz.ll.lledecioubeScrip! 1 pin o Weelgo(l)Eiaitha 1 11 Ida LammedraltTorka It SPY Do. fpc Cant- Stock ... 183 136 14.4:Deate 6 4706. 1 . Ap t..Bl erlA.Stoelt,lB3l. Do. New Over. 6 per Cent. 141 113 Lcedoo *N.WeaLlCor.la Nunertce) per 0ett...1 . j!.9 - atloalliSUiyf ;Ate.= Do. New 10 1 11 pa 10 1 i II I, 11 Po In 133 I i ICs I 111 hi 4 4i I al 5 Du. -E;1 S Ditto Preferred:* I 10 Norton' Vstaneme... S Uel.iaarasterit 31 eract, 6 North MOM ill North Staffordshire ioa . t . ord. wwW _ Worceriter, Wolrer., 1.15.6 per vein ihrewe.teDina.NcwOuar. Wirews*Clisstes(Nor.W. Min.) 8 per Cent.. ... &nth Devon York, Newcastle* Berw., Dt.Nortk of Nag.parab. Ditto Ditto ... YotkaNalid.ll.&B.Purek La psz fel Di 16 II IS 131 1(1 •I I lAm FOREIGN to Ban Mine and AMICIIII Contra! France (Varian) East Indian ... Great India % PonLank— IL 13 °z Do. ... ILWAYII. 101 10 191 19 31 4i 4ls 2 3 ya 3 3 " 21 Luxembourg U. (Railway) Do. (Canal) ) Do. do. :iaas fluor sod Undo Pkwthora of Franca— itictiosiii 7.. Per. sad Orlisiss .„ Paris sod Roma Parks sad bamboo,' ... Roses slut lions „. Tours sml Moir I West 6 i 164 163 1 4 3f dim 39 41 231 36 Sk Ws Si 34 4 Si 9 i dis i I 51 17j 1 17 15 1 j 1 13 :1 SOUTII EASTERN RAILWAY.--Oros/ traffic receipt for the week ending Dee. 20, 1851: 10,913/. 120. 7d. ; ditto Dec. 21, 1850: 10,1601. 17s. Od. Increase in 1851, 7521. 15s. 7d. 701eiraiinje;271ii7iiaciiinad — ealladulypd.,orwitbruar- matte (lea, to Gt. West. 70) Ditto without • guarantee all I(lowed toGreatWestern Blrm., Wols., and Dudley all lealladulypd,orwitkguar. (*.fled to GreMNYwitern tto without 'guarantee Di (teasel to 0 rut Weetern, 17) Bueliaghasnehlre (Ittamb , to LondonAN.Weaterni SO .• ydeedale Junction 1 (teamed to Caledonian uar.6p.Ct 1 25 ei rle Li ase n t7 ° t l o O n*h eNorthern) 20 t louctettr & Dean Iforviti (loaned to GreatWeatern, 50 aullaSelby(l.lorkiteNSlid I IS Do. 4 Moira ((d itto) ! 124 Do. 1 abuts chtto) 1 50 bade* Bradford Midland 1 12) Landon an 2 lireenwichl (teased to gown Preterit 20 Ditto Preference (ditto) 20 Lowestoft Guar.ipereent (leased to Norfolk) 50 Not thcrukkastero 5 plea tleased to F.wit.Countitet 43 Ditto ditto New SS PreatosittWyte (leak Lon ON.Weet.OL•ae..kYork 11 Ditto 4 sear°. (A) (ditto) 20 Road., Guild., and litigate Dewed to South Lista n 6)ltoyerton ;And Ilitchlo (Ica to Groat Northern 64 Do. Shepretli Exten.(dittio flelloothSttiffortlaluio (Imam', to Mr. WClenn 2S Wear Walley ( 6p. Cl4=4 (looted to Otocatooklku, 100 , Witt 9k Sant cart (leased I 31; nielii 121 20 90 1100 li d ra S 21 f i 29 12 a I 1 i iq wi I whole yearat the rate at 3 per ecnt. per inn.) York, Neweamle, and Berwick Stock* ' • (lir. at (be rate of S per cent. per annum) sae; 4 3 is Our advices from New York in reference to the metal markets state that new copper sheeting was firm and in good demand at 21; cents.; yellow metal is in fair request at 17, 6 months; 10,000 lbs. old English brought 11, cash. For iron, sales had taken place of sonic small lots Scotch pig; about 200 tons were done at 20 dols. 25c. to 211 dols. 30e. 6 months, from ship. Nothing was dune in bars; last sale English, 34 dots., 7 months. The market gene rally was firm, but less active since the close of in ternal navigation. Two lots of foreign lead have been placed on the market, and sold as follows: 100 tons Spanish, at 4 dols. 20c., and 40 tons refined German, at 4 dols. 27;c. • 500 pigs Galena, brought 4 dole. 421 c., all cash. filo& tin was firm at pre vious rates, without sales of importance. ENOLISII SUN US.—Tots PAT. Sank Stock, 214 t 1.0. g shut 3 per eL Naluecl.: 7¢ shut ;per CL me.— 3 per le. Coes.P., 31 per Ct. Camels, eri3 Conk& ter Acet 914 Immo: 41 per et. lielbrima. 90 3 Co RI, IL 63 5 Po. New. 944 6 per CL liwrraw4 Arm. 48 )1 6 per CL CloilL.n. 9. 191) 3 per PL Clink.% i 7 4 3 per et. 1686118. 25 T 29 per It. linv!), r,w 6) 4 per Ct. Dutch, 62 Evader. 2; 38 1 per Ct. Onleada. 13i 11 Sil , 111;11U1 5 per lqtto IX•ilr.Eueor., pl.. 53, Exchequer ISLUEI,INOI. blx. t FUNDS. 3 per CL flatiron. ^ma 6 per Ct. Purusiloi. tts 99 Itattq Ihtkrr.l. 452 61 5 per Ct. Vort.ivic. , s 90 3 S t er Ct. Itttvsatt. 111 13 42 per et. 12.400, 143 1 par Ct. slietin..h, Active. 091 I 3 pet Ct. Sinntait. 14 1 Do. Pa2.llc, 6 1 21 per Co. New:main. 31 6 1 - 10. 111,ferrIA. llt 121 tent.. 63 to d 5. LOCAL SHARE MARKETS. LEVERPOOL, DEC. 22.—Our share market has been better to-day. We hare had a greatt r demand for stock, and higher quotations :—Birkenhead, L me:white, and Cheshire, DI d.—Blsckhurn (late B. C. and W. Y.), (pref. 6 per cent.), 101—Calethmien, 1.4 13-10 I—Ditto (pref. shares), 71—Kendal and Windermere, 10—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 571 8 1 —London and North W.stern, 116 —Ditto (new e shares), p.-31.mehtster, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 34—Midland, 661 . 4 3 1-oswestry and Cherter, 101—South-Eastern and Dos or, 21—York and North Midland, 22. , Maxclizsren,_ Dec. 22. Prices were generally . ' im- proved, and sales ofEast Lancashire& were made at 14 4-16; Caledonians, 151; Leeds, 5;7 0 581; London and North ' Western, 1161; Sheffields, 33 ; Midlands, 561 .; South Easterns, 201 21. There was a good amount of business in Leeds, Midlands. and South Easterns. BIRMINGHAM, DEC. 22.—This market was firmer to-day, , and prices advanced a shade. Ambergates were done at 31 ' du., and Midlands at 561. LEEDS, DEC. 22.—We have had very little activity in the share-market this morning, though the quotations show an 1 advance in Midlands, ar sing chiefly from the recent im- proved traffic returns. Midland stock cies. dat 564 ; North Westerns, at 121. 18s. Od. die. ; and Leeds Northern Eitel).- Mons, No. 2, at 2 did. DitISTOL, Dec. 22.—We have not had a very active market, but with prices tolerably firm. The variations were—Great Westerns, 861.; Midland 6 per cent., 132 i. i STA INFORMATION INFORATION ON NEW ZEALAND.—i i A parliamentary bine book has just been printed containing a good deal of b•nti.tichil information respecting New Zeit- • i land. Last year the population of the colony was 4,047, being au increase of 674 on the preceding year. The actual ! l revenue of the year 1550 was 3,5061. 18s. 54., and the expenditure, 3,213/. 18s. Ild. In 1850 the ex- ports were 7,1161., being a decrease of 1,5761. 10s. on the preceding year. It is staLd that the decrease had arisen by the increased population consuming the flour which other- wise would hale been exported. In 1850, the imports were 17,5071. 2s. 6d., being an increase of 3,2531. Is. 6d. on the preceding year. There had been a great increase in the . number of acres fenced, cleared, and cultivated last year, i compared with 1849. It appears that the native population within the districts of Wellington, Waikanal, Obaki, Mona- water, Ilangitikie, and Wai rrrrr apa, in the province of New Munster, is 1,711, of which number 2,955 are Christians. Of those stated to be Christians, 1,148 can read and write, 1 and 414 can read only. There arc 39 churches and chapels I ' within the provinces. • - e t ' ; '. i. :.'% . 4• l l 'w tr) . . . . •t . • , :s 40 4 ' • - •Pr • , t 1 . , ,,,. •i ' , Ai V kit 1,:, 2 I, 'Oll a .Plchti v . ••• i 1 )onts koll4 Mar* Scab mast asisa iffin to W. Its ci