The Express. — London, England, 1851-11-27 00:00:00

Cis / Ttt gfprt No. 1,641.] UYNTION, THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 27, 1851. [THREEPENCE. NATIONAL FREEHOLD LAND SOCIETY. rauuman—bir Jowl CA WALMSLLY, M.P. %sea PIILIDINTS. Iticbarl 001146 a, !aq, Xi. i - i. rims, DR., M.P. rtielert, reg. isissel Marley, seq. C. ItStpla raq. I W. A. WilkiSsun. Li jawice Its iik121,411 ANNUAL "MEETING will le Leld at the livers Tar artr ß uar,kt al the hoard, the 21Ith Wean; at eta pneatly. y W. E. WIITITINGRAY, Secretary. NMI s(IIEVE VET PROM:CUL^ QI3IPLIF 'EI) P itNI AN ENT BUILDLNG micamr, emailed by Directors of peat ezpertecoa—Tha mow, tl tie ladleystable Lite S kii Castoay says: Vas o b.. s.aspistely ag4aave. The sad plea of operAtson sp. jo, r egaitinie t all pieties, the salLutbasa agreed to lorrowen ass eapasior la say yet bramalst later my antis.." SI,OOO la be eataxe4 at the Int neeatt4ll. Now. Se. Read the prompeetaa. iselcoe damp to Kr. SOUTIIWCLL, Jilsooger, 4. 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Nottesl ALteo4xl:44 restos weft in all eases fur Writ reports. s' r.aet front the list( ett,lit Rates of Premium. Amend Premium required for Term an U. Apnwsese of flOo. for Qs What We l'remilan • Styes Years. Al $ S I II 4 111 4 II • 4 4 IL IL, VOIITER, Iterldaot 11/41•444r. ANDIULW INANCIS. Seentary. Years. LI 1 • I 9 3 3 1 • $ 6 Dig FM FLOWER ROOTS.—'THOMAS F. wit. Disc. 2, cumerf .4 .treat, Kluel.erwo, Loudon, Imo ts, , fo Truly bis celebrated guess scolainiag 21 lee word Ilyseintha. 11 One named Glgelkiles. II Sae naiad early Tulips. II Ina wined Iris Angles. 12 TIAIIIII.OI lid*, 12 One mined We Ilispanka. II Inn Yen Thiil Tallow. II One n.sineel '.reissue. II One sami .1 r.inuar Wen SO choice named Crocus. II Ow named el table Asigniales. SO largest Yellow Crocua. 11 assee...rewl.d lunriulls. 1 0 largest Blue Crocus. 13 I '.rn; erreglen laquils. . I largest While Or e" All ran •n•iel With Hoots of tat hem gado., which soli be delis met t fire ef cooly's) at any railway station in England, and at an In- 1, , li ,COII.I awl Ireland that haws direct cosainualciatiun with Landes, Sr Two OlgilleMlL Ur Loan aostrialag hall al sod of the above for One Guises. JEWELLERY. IX)D1), BROTI I EltS, 40, CrnWll (MuniesJioese std.). jewel:cr., silversmiths, awl intim Litter., beg to Nina r inilirstiut or :hot caten-ive ASsORT. 1111317 of .11.. T tniNAMENTA. ("min` a rock of the obuierit mike en 4 Bonet de-iiires .o glair" brunches, brine. Loop earrings, he. as be net with in Loolon.-40. °anthill. 1 )EA ELY TEETH.-HO W LANDS' 01 JON'TO, MARL DENTITILICR, a whits ponder, compounded ed the dam.. aid mat reetterelte iannaseela of the (Matta bertaL It enotadm tartar from too teeth, resew ' , polo M bateau* decay, pima • oat pregame theensaael, imparUng tbe mat pure sat pearl lar ohilearem and tram eaertame and perfume to the breath. hearty is by do wear eradicated heat Me game, ital a Maltby nu. a and redirmam Wheal ; m thskthe teatli (d lacer) are thm readied ens be their seielle De Seely easiest lie et frailest any trvir propsytne base altlrW Its eclectics Wee Queen, the COW% Ana the llama head '41 , / Gnat ßritain. MI the eneertigue ssd l'innday Itsinuntiout Pries bt, N. psi boz.—Cautiun. TM u•cale Itustinstis' (14 ate en tbs heel alltei ou ash hear— km by a. ItOWLANLI MOA'd.=Q 111 01811 01 ‘ 10 4 4 . 4101,11 ; led Wet: zereeiete st d peressees, Jut yobllbbad. by C. Fes, GT. P•Ornrebpr.roir : 4. LETTER to the PRL C AIAMENTAILI ELE TORS. Mee U. Also. Mlle a•OLI) LADY. Price Id. APPIINDIX Nan MISR I.om Id. Prise 26. IL I. B rum■ ilassizrox. NEW COUNTY COITZT JUDGE AT LI,Y.ReOOI.—It is Mated by a correepewdent that the woommer of Mr. lima &hey, a county court judge at Ltmegoool, will bo Mr. Jooph Pollock, of Manchester. Mr. Potluck, although a young, is a rising mend& rof the bar, with a very biding practice in the Laucirahire sessions circuit, and acomiderable share of business usually at the assizes. He has for several year, been the judge of the Court of Hamra for the hundred et Salford. benne power to try hues to the amount of .50i. Tilt NIANCHESTER REFORM CONFERENCE DE 111101,TILATIN. Thu important conference of parlia mentary reformer., &minuet] for by the committee recently appented, is intended to be opened on Wednesday next, at Italic et 11 o'clock ; and the evening meeting, at the Free Trel , 1101, will he addressed by both the borough mem bers, by Mr. Cobdea, and other gentlemen. 'the colu mn, a nave already, we believe, received communications from mod oh the principal towns of Lancashire and York shire, intimating that deputations will attend on the occa- Mon and they have also received letters from different part. of the country, expressing strong interest in the pro- Medina-. which will certainly he regarded with earnest at tention Icy thu public mind throughout England.—.l/ats cites& r Eraniiner. tioNAttat CoNcv.RT AT NIANCTIEATER.—A concert fur the benefit of the unemployed refugees residing in Man chester, who were comp a nion s of Louis Kossuth in llungary. CAW off on Tuesday evening in the theatre of the Mechanics' institution. The aerviees of the whole of these performers were given gratuitously, and the proceeds of the vveniag will exceed 2 . !., a sum which will be very useful to the unfortunate refugee., to whose service it is mtended lu b. applied.—Manchrstrr F—ramitter. ht IXx or !molt POOL—Yesterday, at a meetin of the board o f g uar di ans o f th e ll o lh ora U n i on , J. I . llumphries, Esti., in the chair, it was stated that there had la en a large inerew of pour fur the pad week, arising ed. My from the MMus of Irish poor. Mr. Cottle wished to knew how far permins returning to the union after they hail beef. pa...cif home could he punished. Mr. James said that it was flail: oft to firing the law into operation against the claim referred to by Mr. Cottle. The board, after some die ns...oft upon the matter, voted a sum of .10'. towards the espense of sending back to their 01111 country a uumlier of Irish tampers. A ease of this order is reported in our police columns. AtTEMPTED 3ICIROs ft OF A HOMAN CATHOLIC mem extraordinary attempt at murder was made es Tuesday evening, in the very heart of the metro- Few the last fortaight • mission has been held at the Sow in Catholic school-house, in Leopard's -court, Baldwin's gart:sn•, Orey'reina-lanc, for the Italiaus resnlent in the utlinourhood, nail tau Capuchin friar+, who arrived from Home about • fortnight ago, ofilciote every day in their full cunonscals. Ou Tuesday night, about 11 o'clock, after the rungiegation had dispeased, the Itev.llr. Ferrati, an Italian eler,t) smut, who hail Inlet emitting the Capuchin friars in ithouting, while leasing the chapel was attacked by three natthr..t, Iblippftd tram their garb to be Italians, who 'mocked him down one of them stabbed him with a keg stiletto, and the whets heat him about the head with their hots in a most brutal manner. His erica alarmed the in mates of one of the hums • in la.opard'a-court, who threw up a window to ascertain the WNW. This no doubt saved the life of the rev. gentlemen, as the noise iearnsed his a...silents, and they . Ulide their escape. The rev. gentleman was picked op in an inwseible state, and Liken to a surgeon's, where it was found that the wounds he bad received were not so severe as had holm anticipated. The instrument with which the attack was made seems to have graced along the kit jaw -bone, um!, instead of entering the side of the neck, as was doub:;ess intended, entered the buck part of the shoulder, WO struck against the bladebonc, indicting a flesh wound. His face was greatly . disfigured. After his wound was dressed he was removed in a cab to the Mai.' deuce of the lit v. Mr. Kyne, in Hyddelton-square, Rosa. tnan-street, Clcrlsenwell. It is supposed that the attack woo made in consequence of sonicipasasges iu a sermon de liver, d b) the rev. gentleman at Rosoman.street Chapel on Sundae lust. Great prejudices against the school appears to hai:• canted in the minds of some Italians fur some time . pa s t,n ' a d d made n . ff other two pe at i t ie lc ii k i. cofonaneehrtetdalwliti:uif.: have lately f which the two fehowing are instance.: On the arrival of the two Caput bin friars in London the Her. Dr. Faa, an Italian elergynisn, to whom they were known, engaged lodgings for them in Dove-court, leather-lane and on calling to see them a few days afterwards he was k nocked down by two or three ruffians, who violently assaulted him. On that meosiou, as upon this, Cc delinquents escaped. Some few days previously one of two balks (Sisters of I.rey) who teach at the LeopariCs.rourt School was also attacked in the viciney with such violence that she burst a blood reset', and now lies in a very precarious state. SUICIDE AT CAltaftl tLTON.—Yesteniny, an inquest was held before Mr. W. Carter at the Grajhuued Inn, Canhaiton, Surrey, as to the. deat hl of Mrs. Hannah Mary Ann Orgill., aged 2i years. The deceased was the wife of blr. Honert Orgill, the proprietor of the Queen 'ravens, Carshaiton, and for ',me time past bend been labouring clothr a delusion that the neighbours believed she had negheted one of her children. Ou Saturday morning last the deetneed got up earlier than usual and W 1,4 discovered in the lower part of the bowie by her husband w a ndering about in her night dress. He directed her to r,Gre to her room, and shortly afterwards he heard a he.try full. Ou going to her bedroom, he found the decease.' bleeding from a wound in the neck, and Laving called a neighbour, aster. tarried that deceased had cut her throat with a razor, which was lying on the dressing table. Medical aid was procured, but the deceased died from the effects of the iejuriet. Ver.. dirt--- Insanity." IRELAND. DUBLIN, Nov. 26. The following cases appear at the head of the list of city special jury cases to be tried at the present after term sittings of the Queen's Bench : James Birch r. the Right Hon. Sir William Meredyth S'merville, Bart., work and labour; Anne Dopping, widow, r. Frederick Lucas, libel published in the Tablet newspaper. The Cork, Reporter gives a positive contradiction to the statement that the packet station committee formed in Dublin, had reported in favour of Galway. The committee have not as vet made any report whatever, nor conic to any decision on the subject. The Sligo C'humpiun states that Biblxmism is in creasing extensively in the vicinity of Sligo. INCUMBERED ESTATES COURT, DUBLIN.- SATVADAT. IN TUE MATTI& Or Till ESTATE Or JOAN O'CONNELL, Mr. Decry, Q.C., applied to have the decision of Mr. Commissioner liargreave, with reference to a claim for • lien preferred by his client, Mr. T. W. Murphy, set aside, and said claim allowed. Counsel stated that Mr. Murphy had acted as solicitor for Mr. John O'Connell and Mr. 3lor pan J. O'Connell on various occasions, and that the priscnt claim was a hen for costs incurred by his client while con ducting elections, and other matters for the benefit of those gentlemen. Mr. Deasy contended that the lien should be Taid out of the funds ari s i ng f rom th e sa l e o f t h e property. he amount of the claim was 3,0001. Mr. Rogers, on the other side, submitted th it Mr. Murphy bad forfeited his lien by taking a bond for 3,0001., from the Messrs. O'Connell, and could nut, therefore, be allowed to fall back on his original claim. The court were of opinion that the ruling of Mr. Commis sioner llargreave should be confirmed with costs, to be paid out of the estate. COLTS REVOLVERS. At the meeting of the Institution of Civil En gineers, held on the 25th inst., a paper was read on the application of machinery to the manufacture of rotating chambered-breech fire-arms, and the peculiarities of those arms, by Colonel Samuel Colt, U.S., America. The communication commenced with an historical ac count of such rotating chamber fire-arms as had been dis covered by the author, in his researches alter specimens of the early efforts of armourers for the construction of repeat ing weapons, the necessity for which appears to have been long ago admitted. The collections in the Tower of Lon don, the United Service Museum, the Rotunda at Wool wich, Warwick Castle, the Mueie d'Artillerie, and the Hotel Cluny, at Paris, as well as some ancient Eastern arms, brought from India by Lord NVilliam Bentinck, de monstrated the early efforts that had been made to product arms capable of rapidly firing several times consecutively without the delay of loading after each discharge. Draw• ings of these specimens were exhihitesl, comprising the match-lock, the pyrites wheel-lock, the flint-lock, down to the percussion-heel, as adapted by the author. Among the match-lock guns some had as many as eight chambers, ro tatiug by hand ; mid the length of the chambers, as well as the thinness of the barrel, showed the bad quality of the gunpowder at the period of their construction. Some of the pyrites wheel-luck guns had also as nanny as eight chambers, and rotated by hand; one of them, made in the pith century, hail the peculiarity of igniting the charge close behind the bullet, burning backwards towards the breech; an arrangement identical in principle with that of the modern Prussian " Needle Gun," for which great merit has been claimed. The flint leeks induced more determined efforts, but all were abortive, as the magixines for priming, and the pan covers were continually blown off on the explosion of the charge. In deed from the earliest matchlock down to the present time, the premature explosion of several chambers, owing to the simultaneous ignition of the charges, from the spreading of the fire at their mouths, hail been the great source of diffi culty. In some of the mood ancient specimens, orifices were bprovided in the butt of the barrel fur the escape of the ullets in case of esplostone, whilst others had evidently been destroyed by this action. In a brass model of a pistol of the time of Cuarles 11., from the United Service Mu seum, there was an ingenious attempt to cause the chamber to rotate, by mechanical action, in some degree similar, but more complicated, than the arms constructed by the author. The " Coolidge " and the "Collier" guns, both flint guns of compa ratively modern manufacture, exhibited the same radical defects of liability to premature explosion. The invention of Neck's patent breech, and the Rev. Mr. Forlyth's in troduction of the detonating or percussion guns, which latter principle, with the necessary mechanical arrange ments for the caps, was essential to the safe construction of repeating fire-arms, constituted a new era in these a capons ; and the author, recognising the peculiar wants in a country whose inhabitants were constantly moving onwards towards new settlements, where the pioneers were repaired to pro tect themselves and families, by their personal prowess, frequently against fearful inequality of numbers, irons the attacks of the aboriginal Indians, whose peculiar mode of warfare could only be coped with by rapid and repeated firing, it was natural that attention should be directed to the production of self-acting repeating arms. The author, being fully cognisant of these wens, but en tirely unaware of any previous attempts to produce such weapons, made a series of experiments on skeleton fire arms, which were very successful ; but subsequently he tell into many of the errors of his predeceseors, fur, by covering the breech and the mouths of the chambers, simultaneous explosion of several charges constantly occurred. This in duced the restoration of the arms nearly to their original skeleton form, and the result was the production of the present perfect arm. The means for manufacturing these arms on a large scale was the main point of the paper; fur, unlike the system adopted in Eugland and on the Con tinent, of making fire-arms almost entirely by manual labour, the several parts comprising these weapons are, in Cul. Colt's manufactory, forgisl, planed, shaped, slotted, drilled, tapped, bored, sided, and even engraved by ma chinery, to sash an catent, that 10 per ceut. only of the value of the arm goes for hand labour in finishing and ornamenting; 90 per cent. being executed by automa ton machines, guided by women and children, whose labour was represented by 10 per cent., leaving 80 per cent. for the machinery. The action of these machines was described ; and it appeared that though, like a cotton, or LIZ mill, the numufactory, at first sight, ap peared intricate, yet that each part travelled independently through its course until at length the finishing workmen had ouly to put the several parts together, almost indiscri minately, and the uniformity was no precise that little or no fitting was required beyond removing the " burr " or rough edge left by the machines. This was a point of great importance, especially in a country of such extent as America, where the necessity for sending arms from one district to another for repair might be attended with serious consequences. The arms now manufactured by the author, and of which numerous specimens were exhibited, were of the simplest construction ; the lock consisted of only five working parts contained in a luck frame cut out from the solid metal, into which the bre ch arbor was firmly inserted, and by it rigidly attached to the barrel in such a mauser as to regulate, with the greatest precision, the contact between the end of the barrel and the mouths of the cylinders, so as to pre vent any serious escape of lateial fire. Ihe Tanning of the cylinder was accomplished by a self aeting 'eve r, to which motion was given by ttie act of draw ing back the hammer; at half-cock the cylinder wis free to rotate in one direction, for the purpose of loading and putting the cape on the nipples, the form r operation being rapidly accomplished by the conversion of the ramrod into a joiatcd lever attached to the barrel, by which means the bullets were rammed home so securely, that no patch or wadding was required. 'ltie grooves in the barrel were of a peculiar spiral, commencing almost straight, aes the breech end, and terminating at the murale in a curve of small radius. The bullets were either of cylindrical or conical shape; and from semi, di egrams of several practice targets sent from Woolwich by Colonel Chalmere, R.A., for exhibition at the meeting, it appeared that even by Men un accustomed to the use: of this particular arm, great precision of thing could be attained, as with a small revolving belt pistol, at a distance of fif t y yards, out of torty-eight shuts, twenty ! five bullet s took e vet, within a space of one foot square, and of them thirteen bit the bull's-eye, which WA* only six inches in diameter; the whole unrulier of shots striking the target. This was the first American communication that had I been brought before the institution, and it was received ' with acclamation ; and in the discussion which minuet, in which the Honourable Abbott Lawrence (United States minister). Captain Sir Thomas Rawlings, Captain Sir Edward lieleher R.N., Captain Riddell, 1t.A.,. Mr. Rielnuels, Mr. Miles, mid the members of the council took part, the meat flattering testimosiy was given ed the cal.. ciency of the Colt resolvers in active service, and the strongest opinions ea to the necessity of their use in all frontier warfare, and that without this arm it was almost impossible, except with au overwhelming force of troops, to cope with savage tribes. TR' President announced, that the discussion on this subject would be renewed at the nest meeting, Tuesday, Dec. 2, when the mechanical construction of the arm would be mere particularly catered into. C.tnunrixa, Nov. 26.—At a congregation holden this day, the undermentioned degrees were couterred : M.A. Charles King, Trinity College; D. Jsrman, St. John's College; C. W. Dyer, Esunanuel Coll Ne. B.A. Alemsader. Dennistoun, Trinity College; John iinisy frereh. Trinity ; A.:ley Con". r, St. John's CJI.I I.._e; i red. Francis Truy, Christ's College. SPANISH BONDHOLDERS. A meeting of the bondholders opposed to the pro posal made by the Spanish government tor the arrangement of the public debt, called at the instance of Lieutenant- General Sir John Fitzgerald, to receive from Mr. Oliveira, who has lately returned from Madrid, " such information r would" (aczording to the advertisement) "place the Spanish bondholders in full posscs,ion of the sentiments held in that capital of the justice of the claims of the Bri. tish creditors,' was hell yesterday, at the London Tavern. There were present ImMles tieneral Fitzgerald, Rear-Ad miral Wallis, Major Dungan, B. Oli ve i ra , EN., J. Lowe, Ext., 11 Bowden, Esq., J. Luker, Esg., Mr. Tindal Atkin son, and a considerable n u mb er o f th e dissentient bond holders. General FITZGERALD intimated that he had called the meeting believing that matters of great importance would be communicated to the bondholders; and he believed that, when they heard the information Mr. Oliveira hod to give, they would be well satisfied at having assembled together. He suggested they should elect a chairman, and proceed to the business of the day. Sir JO!' was then unanimously voted to the chair ; which having taken, he stated that he had called the meet ing to acquaint the bondholders that Mr. Oliveira had been kind enough to undertake to communicate all the in formation he possessed as to what had occurred at Madrid in respect to the posi lion of the bondholders. (Hear.) He knew not what magic power the Baron Bothahild possessed, but the fact was indisputable that his innuenee with the eons. mittee was such that the proposal of the Spanish gover 1111 l ent was accepted, hut with the addendum that a certificate should be attached to each bond to the effect that the Spanish government would be willing, at the end of five years, to consider the means by which the 50 per cent. of the interest remaining due should be settled. With this condition it appeared the bondholders were ready to accept the proposal. But Senor Banjo, the royal commis sioner, when informed that such a certificate would be re quired, said at once plainly and honestly that no such cer tificate would be given, adding that his orders were to issue the bond., on the condition that half the interest due was to be confiscated. Seeing thus that the terms Baron Rothschild stipulated fur were not acceded to, he (Sir J. Fitzgerald) did expect that the committee would have at tempted to do something better for the bondholders; but, for reasons which he could not understand, the committee still tulle-red to the proposal, and recommended the bond holders to convert their bonds on the terms offered. But they must not be deceived ; the moment they accepted that proposal, all claim for the arrears was gone. They might protest, but what eared the Spanish government for the protest when the bonds were converted? His advice to the bondholders was, "Do not convert your bond*, but stand out, and you will obtain better terms." (hear, hear.) Mr. BENJAMIN OLIVEIRA, who said that he had felt a little hesitation when asked to attend the present meeting, because he feared that his position with respect to the com mittee of bondholders ought to prevent his compliance with the request of Sir J. Fitzgerald ; hut after maturely weighing all the bearings of the case, he came to the conclusion that his duty to the whole body of bondholders, of whom the committee was but the representati re, overrode the particular nature of his relations with them. As the circumstances which iaduced him to go out might not be known to all of them, he had drawn up a narrative of his proceedings from the very commencement. Ile was particularly anxious that ail the facts should he accurately placed before the meeting, and he therefore entreated their patient attention while this narrative was read. (Cheers.) The document, which was exceedingly lengthy, com prised much correspondence, and other papers, which have been already published in ester's°. Having stated the nature of the preliminary arrangements, Mr. Oliveira says : —" I left London on the lith of September, and waiting a day or two in l'aris to consult Baron James Rothschild and some other friends, proceeded at once, and arrived at Ma drid in the night of the 20th of September. I carried two letters of introduction from Mr. Capel, one to Mr. Weis weiller and one to Lord Bowden ; and also a memorial to Bravo Murillo, of which copies were enclosed to those gen tlemen." The memorial called his Excellency's attention and that of the ministry to the hardship inflicted upon the bondholders in the reduction of their coupons to per cent. of their amount, before funding them into the New Deferred Three per Cent. Stock. Them hardships having been enumerated, the memorial proceeded as follows: " The committee having now detailed the hardships thus inflicted on the bondholders with their coupons detached from the bonds, have to request that your Excellency and the ministry over which you preside will originate a project for the amendment of the law fur the settlement of the debt, to the extent of raising the provision made for the dividends in arrear, so that they may he funded at their full value, or nominal amount in the New Deferred Three per Ceat. Stock; not doubting that the wisdom and Justice of the Cortes will provide the additional means required for that purpose." Tne narrative then proceeded to detail M Oliveirs'e negotiations with Breve Murillo and their results, the full particulars of which have already appeared. The substance of the various despatches written to Mr. Capel was also given. The following are the principal concluding passages: . . . Asa specimen of the morale which pervade. society at Madrid upon the question of treating any public matter, I think it right to acquaint the committee end the bond holders that, before I had been in Madrid 48 hours, a very delicate intimation was conveyed to me, evidently with authority, to the effect that, if I would treat of my own and my immediate friends' rights, that a transaction might be entered into, by which we should have our coupons secured at par, and I could write to the holders at large, stating the impossibility of doing anything on their behalf. "That such compmmises have been effected with parties upon fonuer occasion+, I have received abundant proof ; and, iu such cases, it is Riot uncommon to confer a deco ration as a cunpensation for such services to the state, and the betrayal of the sacred rights entrusted to the nego tiator. "The small amount of success obtained upon tke present occasion must be ascribed entirely to the want of co-opera tion or support on the part of the London committee, a fact that was speedily communicated to the enemy by its faithful organ at Madrid, and from this moment every means was adopted to disconcert my measures. It became obvious to the government that, at the meeting of the chambers, a strong opposition would manifest itself upon the question orate set tlement of the debt, involving the stability of the cabinet. It was therefore resolved. per far end Nefas, to get rid of the negotiation that had just been re-opened reative to the cou pon.. Hence the article in the (Intern (government jour nal), of the 17th Oct., carefully sent to all the capitals of Europe for publication, in which some very nice distinctions were drown as to the minister's real views and statements. The opposition journalists immediately detected this tins worthy ruse, and exposed its shallowness in some very strong artiehs, denouncing the law for the regulation of the debt as having failed in satisfying any of the parties inte ested, and announcing, iu udennee, that it would be made the ground of fierce contention in the Chambers. From all this it remains only fur me to add, that if the coupon holders are firm in resisting any attempt at compromising their claims, and resolutely oppose the introduction of the home three per cents. into our market, sooner or Liter they will be met and satisfied in full. In order to promote their interests with success, it appcars desirable to loran a com mittee devoted to this particular claim, and having iu its number none of those parties who have so shamefully de serted their rights. Whenever favourable opportunities i present themseltes, a person of position and character, and , above all, an Engiiskinau, should he deputed to Madrid, to • urge an equitable settle:in tit of the immense interest at stake in the 10,000,00GL Spanish overdue coupons, threat ened with confiscation." Mr. proposed the thanks of the mestina to Mr. Oliveira, for the satisfactory statuuent he had made of tlie result of his visit to Madrid. The resolution was carried uoianimoZli. — Admiral WALLACE then toured the appointment of a committee, in accordance with Mr. Atkinson's surrestion, viz. Sir John Fitzgerald, Major Dungan, Mr. Oliveira, Sir C. Kirkpatrick, Mr. Tindal Atkinson, aul Mr. Lea, with pow.r to add to their numbers; which was also carried unanimmutly. The CIIAIRMAN wished to add, as showing the feclin of the press upon the subject, that in the C0n :611414'1,4nel of Friday lase It was stated that thi re yea, no doubt the dtbt would be settled or better term', especially as Narrarz and Lis friends would shortly reimuic the go vernment of Spain. (Rear, hear.) Ile was 1111110LIS that they should have a good working committee, mud for that purpose he should be happy to receive the names of any gen tlemen present whom might he wihing to serve upon it. A vote of thanks then piromed to the chairman, which terminatathe proceeding,. A SUPPLEMENTAL CIIARTER 1143 been granted to the Royal Coiniumsioners ti- the Exhibition of s. i , autbo• rising thew to dispose , of the surplus in their bands. • PitOJECIED UILN-Orr 01 COLLIERS.—We have received a communication to the effect that ths collier* in the district about Ashton, Oldham, de., baring income dis satistisd with their present nee of wages, have formed an extensive union, with Mr. W. P. ltaberts, the miners' attorney-general," as their legal adviser, and have served their employers with a printed notice, and a list of alvaneed wages; and that, their demands not having been compiled with, they have turned out at weird of the large collieries about .isliton and Oldham. Accompanying this communi cation is a printed copy of the notice referred to. It is dated "November 3, 18i1," and is addressed "To the owner of -- colliery," and after intimating that the wages are low, mid that the community are obtaining coal " at a pries much below its value," the notice dins concludes:— "We lave unanimously come to the conclusion to claim a nearer approximation to an equivalent for the duties we have to perform; and in toqrteeu dap from the above date, wo shall expect to be paid wording to the annexed rates below. Yours must earnestly, yet resmetfally,— The Miners is your tnaploy."—. l / a ndSesler Goverfion. ADNIIIIALTT, Noy. 26.-I'4O)lO7lON.—J. TOMS, to be Acting Boatswain. BdILWAYS. THIS DAY. Tyro o'Ctoct. This is " ticket day" in the railway share market, and the progress of the arrangements for the settle ment of the account has induced an extraordinary degree of movement. The market opened at a wild advance, prices running rapidly up from 10s. to 2/. per share, with a marked advance in Caledonians, Chester and Holyheads, South Westerns, Manches ter and Shcffields, Midlands, North British, North Stafford', South Easterns, Berwicks, and York and North Midlands, besides many others. A reaction subsequently ensued, but the market is now firmer again, at considerably higher rates than those which ruled at the close of business yesterday, but with a decidedly unsettled character. The tendency of speculation :appears to be decidedly upward. Some details of the settling will be found under the head of money market. lIIIAILES AND $1 .~..di 1 13; OirO - .W01v . . iStojcrCalleY• 301 Birkenhead, Lanendtire,& Chet. Jun.. late 331aatid too Bristol and Suter 50 'Caledonian . SO !Cluster and Holyhead .. 45 'Dablln sad BelfastJnne.. all i Dundee, Perth, and Aber- : dean Junction .. ...I 15 Bast Anglian 423 L. & e I awl . 13 Do. (s an a. n.) 24 Erten Wardle§ 2 Eastern Union, Class A.. Cate X. U. Sb.) is Dm etas B and C dltw 55 Last Laatiatair• 61 Llo. Plea shares 60 East !aye& India Doska andllires:liSiccas;r7.. Ediabargh and Glasgow ellninsrah, l'erth,Dondei Orr/ Northern ... Do. shares,A, Defense De. d shares, 8, G rerCi. Cit. South. and Wert. (Ire. Wirt Western ... Lancaster and Cat lone Laacsehire and Yorkshire 49 H 27 :9 SI 61 174 17i 5. 121 111 35; ani 63 Hy 79 el 6 1 9 1 P 9l 57/ 281 Do. rifer_ ... , .. i Dn. Ward 'Wing Union Lade Norsbern .. /um. 1 Lamas and Blaekvall 7 l Lon., Brighton, a ti. Coon a Norta.Westerr. Do. do.. 8 stares ... ... Do. lifili. . .. .. Do. CIO sb.,/4.iind B.iC, l Lowlan Sr nouth-Western ‘ Do., E a ... ... ... .', Do., A: i 0 . . ... . lblantb.,llim., and Mance . Hanch.,nbef. oath:awls& Do. Man.a Lin& Eike likliand .. ... ... ... Do. &rm. and Derby .. Midland GI eat ttestern(T) Newmarket .. Newport, Abergavenny, and Hartford... .. Newry and Enniskillen .. Nortalk du 31 "" 7i 7 105 _96_ 1161 1161 Si pm 1 1 I! 70 13 36 71 6: As 0 6 „ 28 Ti 32 33 3 31 die 56 1 1 87 23 30 8 Si ii Ile die 17forthern Counties enior 22 24 141 IV Ms .; 21 dl.• 7 7 11 7 els 4 die 44 le4 pm I 4 15 9 10 OF t, 4 0 4 die I,i4otth British. ..._....._ ....._- ... ... ... HNoirth Staffordshire.. ... i North Devon .. ...1 North &South iitst.innial (Ilford, Wore.,llt Weiner. I ileotteth Central ... ...i losttleh Midland ... ...I I lb. New . 3browy. 7t Bins., Clan A 1)o. Clam B. . ottrownbu6 anu Chester Do. (h.reutry 14 N 7 $ 10' 114 1 41. Si S 14 16i Ws 20 S 2ii 37 27 4 3 i Am 7 ti II IS 16 13 die rrouTsDier:onrn U nion !South Wilco Stirling and Dunfermline fi*Jmkton and Hartlepool.. name.liavenDoel.tliall Waterford soul Limerick .1 We-t (7 .rn0,.11 York,Newcantle &Berwick 1)o. do. Xitesmons _lM.G.l7:LE.Porritare IBti I! 1 al 1 „ 21 23 I L 174112 LEASED AT FIXED REND 401 , HirminehumatualordJunci celletulypd,oreatguar: aster (lea.. to (it. Weet.i 224 SI soi Ditto wathout £guarantee, (katag to Great'nestem 20 33 &11 Bann., %V 01.., and Dudley' oallehr.rpd,ortrangutar.l (leased to Great Western; $ 10 pa Into without agnatenter (trawl to timtWasleire: 7 fl pa ,udisgbasa.blre Om* to London& N.WeeteillV in leg 'etlealtne Jumbo (lased to Caledotatag. 41 40 astLinceruh-guar.6p.Cr.. (lord to Ot. Northern) 32 124 C 111 $ I et. et I be i so IS 1 16. 1 14 u 100 47;1 2 "14 9,;; all I Mita 174 1 L I - 10 Clraitili - le 5 Ea ,01.5aesstar ileasedtionstWeitilis I j 24puk Sd 'llu!lit9elby(Liarkfallid 144 Intl 2:o I Do. 'hubs I 2 bo a j et- Yod!k _ ohms, &No) 24 23 5' ...reds& Bradford klidland4Cojlj 12f London nail Greenwich' (waded to Sown Eastern 11 f 12f 30 Ditto rneferenne (ditto) 24 22 20 114neeetoft Gum:Out:att ; (wed to Norfolk) 20 Nor th ernsatastern 5 per% (lensed to EiALCIIIIII66II. •-•— DI Ditto claw 5 per Desk.' 34 34 23 PrestoskWyre Lou.l ast.iLoac.iiT oft' 42 44 11 'Ditto Humes (A) (Sino ) 2f 2.1 20 Dead., Guild., and Reigate' (lakee Ito Mouth Bram' 21 21j 6; lloymton and Ilitebln to Great Northern , 0 11,411o.nbeprelb liaten.(dlttoi If 2 r 9, South Atallbrdettire Vaned' ta Mr.YYLean'2 24 11. 21 Wear Pally. sp. CL rand (lewd to ntortuonetlear 1 211 22 100 Wilts It Somerset (lewd to Great Western 2l 22 ritareligncs SHAREIL aledos 111 .Lsa LIP ... _ 1 71 11 13 Cho.ter .761 11:4515.a6 1 134 16 all Uunler, Penh, and Ater , leen 3:111, 1 ioa ... I I 3 AP. I.` Kant Inpliaa(3l.loslfip.Ct 23 21 61 Kastern Counties ratens ,1 5 2or t.l. Ku. 7 I Irm 6 . Ditto do. Ko. 2 1 aia 1 pa IJ to. New r per Cent. Arol/ 113 .11 29 ! Poat.l.:6l.mot nova. ; p.(l 19 :01 I : 1 Oloburgl, Partb. and Dundee, 11 per Coot . 11 I Ala I : ;Ch.:at Nor luso 3 pet:Oral 131 1 1 2 3. 1 6 :65 , et.Koleeleable4erlp 6 1 pea 1:131.3in %We Ara( 111676th0 12 II ,s 6 Lan..a.h!re*Tork*. VSZ WO ,110. 6 per (kat. Sock . 133 133 WO Loadoo,Brlabt."l.l6l6l, Prsi.Spart.%.6took,l93l. IGO 00. Now Gut. n per Cm:. 139 111 1), Loasloa it N.War.'Coo.lll I Koatato) 3 per pm : 3 lioorlooll1WW•Aora M 2. !: pi ii 11330J11101.9sUse. t03.,N01' 1 1 421 II I Do. Sew 114 ... .. II /71 pit WO ' Ng! 0r.c.1.6,14./c11...p.Ct 133 3 131 3 1 1./.1.... Prealesco ' i 1 dla SO Nor74* Exten.wa... IS i* I Do.Cusraoteol 3. FTC': 4 41 1 North 1 1 / 1 111.11 ... ... i 41 3 111 North I..ufordshlre ' el Ostold. Wm:tutor, sa I Wolver., 115.6 2.;a: Coot; 111. par •lre "...self rrn.NewCoar.l 91 lei hp , ...ft Chem A ;Nor. W. . Ilia. 1 pa! ()at— , 132 "6 • 49st!. hero 1 ... .. 'II 14 York. Noreast:e.l Bery 1 GL11.....1 of Lag.parib • 151 161 i/7119 D!lto Tar l /121.111..1.1L11.1ttre1e I lAs " I I , I le I* SI 23 U 12 IT I 25 1 , 011E.14:1 ILI id 19e !Ilon!cri.e au' .111,ens 101 0 .Cactra. Vrenew (VLersal, le i t jolt:eh lawnds4 ... .. 21 13 ,E.Lst le.liwa . ... . 1 3 wt In Len reninisla.. I 41 110. 111 NI Lateadzwre .. .. ... 6i 1 1 1) , .. f.llailway ) ... .. I 1 2 f DD. ;Canal) ... ... .. is; r; Marie Air..)014 .. .. .. 10 0. Do. do. New ... ~. 0 0 laser sod !sane ... ~ 10 0 Scrtbern a Proms .. „. li I 'Jr:eerw n..lll.a.lewai ... Se 0 • Ain+ a.,1 (Nosed ... .. 20 Sit :Dirls and Soon . . M , A .Paria and thrusbftei .. am ! V aosar red !1.1..ra ... ... * 1 :a Airlift tad Maw*... IS Ilc ifoure oul Naltas . : I . • 52a... 21..a.teri .. ... ... ILWAL9. -- 101 171 I? 4 dle 3 ;,1). ti 31 S! 61 144 113 4j Aim 34 31 Si Si as Si tl J I 3 94 419 II Si 7 he following are this day's sales for the account : ORDINARY SHARES AXD STOCKS. Alwr.leen, 11l 12 ; June., 5} I j Ca4e44nian, 17 16 j; Clitadvr and ilolillead 22 114 i ; E.Anglian (2.5/. L. atilt g. and L. and D.),44; do. (181. E. and H.), 3 ; E. Counties, 6(; H. Union, (B. & C.), 31_ ; E. Lancash., ; Edinburgh Perth & Dundee, 6 ; Great Northern, 18 174; Great Western, 851 ; Lancashire and Yorksh., 581 ; Leeds North., 1-'4 ; London, Higlitoo, and South C 03,., 96; London and South-Wes.crn, 871 7 ; Manchester, She:field, and Utuoloshirc, ); Midland, 671, 1,1, 61 ; Midland, Birmingham, and Derby, 28 ; North British. ; North S:affordahire, 10; Oxford, Wor cester, and Wolverhampton, 161 ; Scottish Central, Ilj ; Shrewsbury and Birmingham, Class B, ; Shropshire Union, 31; Suuth Eastern, 21) ; York, .Newcastle, and Bei wick, 19 1; ditto :Intension, 11 ; 0. N. E. Putchase..s:: lurk and North Midland, 221 LINES LE %SEil AT FIXED RENTALS. Wear Valley, guaranteed 6 per cent., 28. I'ItP.FEUXYCE SH•ItES. -•-- --- Caledonian 101., 71 8j ; Eastern Counties Extension, per.; Midland Preference, 4f ; York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 0. N. of E. Pur., 4. YORNION SHARI.. Paris and Rouen, 23i. MONEY MARKET. THIS DAY. Two o'CLocc. The English stock market to-day has ruled very , steady, and rather more firmness was shown in the earlier part of the morning than fur the last day or two. Stock continues to be absorbed by the government broker, who has again operated in lte dared Threes, and the French news is considered a shade more re-assuring as regards the prospect of tranquillity being preserved. The chief move ment in the Stock Exchange to-day, how ever, is in the railway share market, which is extraordinarily active, prices at one time, to use a broker's expression, actually "running wild." No announcement of any change has been made from the Bank of England to-day, though some people are still disposed to look to the result of each weekly court of the directors with interest, in hopes of a reduction in the raie of discount. The account price of Consols was quoted ,1 higher than yesterday at the commencement of business this morning, viz., 981 to but the present rate is identical both fur money and 11th Dec., at 984 to 1. 'I he official report includes: Three per Cent. Consols Annuities, 934, 1-; ditto for Account, 982,4. Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities, 973, 984971. New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Annuities, 981, 99. Long Annuities, 7, 7 1-16. Annuities expiring 1859, 6 11-16, 1. The market for the unfunded securities is pretty well supported, at the advanced rates lately noticed. Exchequer Bills rule at 535. to 568. prem., and In dia Bonds at 625. to 655. prem. Few transactions are marked in the foreign in vestments to-day, the settling principally engaging attention. Brazilian Bonds are well supported, and encouragement has been afforded for some op era lions in Buenos Ayres Bonds at a higher figure. This stock, however, is quickly affected by a bomparatively small amount of business, the market being very " narrow." Mexican are flat. The price of Spanish Threes is well supported, but no business has occurred in the so-called active p or ti on I of this debt. Much indignation i s e x p resse d I with the exposure of the tricky attempts of the Spanish government to " burke" the new movement against the confiscation of one half of the coupons by the offer of capitalising the entire coupons of its chief promoters, on condition of their using their influence with the holders here to give up the contest, on the plea of the impracticabi; ' lity of their demands being acceded to by the Spanish government. The circum stance ought scarcely to be regarded with surprise, as it only illustrates the Spanish system.; but there is not the less truth in the inquiries which we hear of what faith can possibly be placed in an adminis tration that descends to such degrading chicanery ? The official report of the morning's transactions is as follows:—Austrian Bonds, Five per Cent., 731. Brazilian Bonds, Five per Cent., Old, 931, ; ditto New, 1829, 92. Buenos Ayres Bonds, 48. Dutch Four per Cent. Certificates, 90,1, 1. Mexican Bonds, 234. Portuguese Bonds, Five per Cent. Converted, 35; ditto Four per Cents., 341, 331, 311. Spanish Three per Cent. Bonds, 39:, 40. There is very little doing in the Californian gold shares to-day, and prices are scarcely changed. Pre sent rates are: Aguu Fria, 11 to 14 prem. West Mariposa, par; Ave Muria, die to par. Nouveau Monde, 4to 3 premium. Golden Mountain, k to premium. The railway traffic returns continue to present the same features as noticed by us fur some weeks past, a slight increase over the figures fur the same pc-1 riod of last year being presented in nearly-1 every instance, so that the returns must be considered very satisfactory. The London and North Western return for the last week is 40,166/., against 39,6061. in the corresponding week of 1850, being un increase of 5601. ; Midland, 21,1061., against 20,5291.—increase, 8771.; the Lan cashire and Yorkshire, 15,9231., against 14,9011. — increase, 1,0221.; the London and South Western, 8,564/., against 7,6B9l.—increase, 875/.; the Great Western, 14,3531., against 13,1371.—increa5e,1,21614 the York and North Midland, 7,6211.. against 7,1111. —increase, 5131. ; the Bristol and Exeter, 3,770/., against 3,3111. increase 459/. ; the York, /Newcastle, and Berwick, 13;1031., against 13,37 71.—increase, 261. ; the Great Northern, 10,390/., against 6,2l6l.—increase, 4,0811.; the North Staffordshire, 5,1921., against 4,B44l.—increase, 318/. ; the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 6,4391., againts 6,o23l.—increase, 414/. Yesterday being continuation day in the share market, the preliminary arrangements were iu pro gram. In the afternoon the following rates prevailed:— London and North Westerns, to 4 continuation. Great Westerns, 3 to 1 continuation. Midlands, 1 to 3 continuation; no givers at 4. Lancashire and Yorkshire, 3 to 3-16 continuation. York and Bervricks, 8 per cent. continu York and North Midlands, 1-16 to 3-16 continua tion. South Westerns, 4 to : continuation. lirightons, I to 4 continuation. Great Northerns, lenders to 1-32 continuation. Oxford and Worcesters, 1-16 to continuation. Caledonians, 1-16 to 3-16 continuation. To-day the rates of "contango" rule as under: London and North Western, to continuation. Great Westerns, 1 to 1 continuation. South Westerns, to per share continuation. Midlands, 4to continuation. Lancashire and Yorkshire, : to j continuation. berons, 1-16 to continuation. Yorks, tenders to 1-32 continuation. Caledonians, 1-16 toe continuation. The account proves a very heavy " bull" one, and, owing to the above high rates of "continuation" being demanded, money sales were in some instances prompted, and induced a temporary feeling of flat ness in some descriptions, but from this the marked has recovered. The chief operations this account have been for parties in the country. It is interesting to notice that the abundance of money, and the demand for eligible investment, which cannot be satisfied by the English govern ment stocks at their present high range, is now pro ducing a decided effect upon the markets for shares in most of the great branches of business conducted by joint-stock enterprise. Thus the preferable de scription of bank shares, dock shares, steam boat shares, insurance shares, &c., all evince an upward movement. Prices of bank shares are very well supported with a good amount of business offering, especially in London and Westminster shares, which have rallied, after showing a little weakness in the beginning of the week. Australasia, Colonial, and Union of Lon don shares are all very firm. The sales reported are as follows :—Australasia (inl. paid), 38i, 4 ; Colonial (25/. paid), 101; London and Westminster (201. e aid), 28 1. 2 9 ,,20, ; National Provincial of England (33.. pain), 40 1 Oriental Bank (Anporit , t ion :2;/. paid), 271; Union of Am,:rulia .' s :2.l/. paid), 35); Cnion of London (la paid), 15;, 1. From the Committee 9f Sp an i s h 80ndh0i...,„ we have the following Madrid, Nov. al, 18.51. My dear Sir,—l have to th an k y o u t o : the communica thins contained in Mr. C o ll e tt' s l e tt er o f th e 13,h, an d h ope that you will have come to a reciprocal satisfactory agree ment with Senor Rurrajo respecting the conversion, and that the issuing of the committee's coupons certificates will at a mercer less distant period facilitate the definitive set tlement of these sacred claims.—l remain, my dear sir, your most obedient servant, DANIEL WEISWEILLEIL-- James Capel, Esq. F.S4OLISLI FUN DB.—Tnis Day. Dank St,k. 2141 I'4 I"ag Al.ltuitres. 3 per C Ca helucvl, ...:4 4 111 , iLlM ack. 1Y.2/ 4i 3 per Ca. ent...la. yd) $ I 'lit. D. kr01a.1,..aP,. es,. Q.L. St tax ea COIOOII, f.gi 1 Exchequer 13116.1. CM. as. 131. tlasuula for Acct., :NJ $ YOILEIG 44 per Cl. Beleien. RS 90 51.. z Ct. 6; 9 • Po. New. 848 6 pi et. Bu m°. Ayrre. 415 5 1.4 r Ct. 110.140. 1. , 1 3 3 per Ct. ChM:m.l4 6 3 per Ct. 1140i.h. ;48 21 pew CL 94 4 par Ct. Dutch. 8.9 904 Nqua•kw. 3 k 1 per Ct. tirettakle, 14 15 iimadielmal pat I FUNDS. 3 Mt 11. Neilite.n. 4 6 p.n. Ct. Peruvian. di Ditto Pee. ie.!. 401 lk 8 per 0.. Purt‘preiin. 4; T 6 per Ct. Itnintnn. 111 13 41 per Ct. Itu.A3n, 1(.2 1 I Ver ct. spankh. Arlin . Sti 1 3 per et. Sial,iyh. 3,4 44 P3. , ,41. I u ho. Ct. Vellenl4-4,1. 35j 61 thierre4 12 13 11 to Cloothr prior Yesterday. 114 114 54 5 9 10 11 10 dls 78 80 I 1 Thf 21j 23 21 Cs Gi 7k fisies to-day up to I pau.Naoey L 1 U Si I 4 , t Gs el 34 3,1 13i :31 COMMERCIAL AND MARKETS. MINCING LANK—THIS DAY. St GAIL—The public sale 4 of 3,000 holes went off well .• a port of the sound bou g ht i n ; th e d amage d so ld at full pikes. Refined without alteration. Cirotery lumps, fair to tine, -13 s. Gil. to 4Ss. COPITN.—The public sale of 200 casks plantation Ceylon is going oaf at yesterdsrs currency. There arc buyers of good ordinary native Ceylon at 10s. ; sellers ask 41s. TRA continues steady. COTTLIN.-701) bales of Surat sold in public sale at the late advance paid by private contract. SPICES remain steady. Itch continues dull of sale. ICIL—The demand eontinues good ; a large bminc4s was done on 'Change yesterday at :W. advance on last week's prices. In other articles no material alteration. NIAItKET.—TILIS DAY. The Tallow market remains without alteration, at former quotations, viz.: Town Tallow 36... 6d. nett cash; Peters burgh I.C. on the spot, new, 37a. to 37a. 3d. ; old, 36. 3d. to 365. lid. ; lam three months, iliv. 9a. ; January and March. 375. 3d. MrtIIFIELD HAY MARKET. THIS DAY. Mcwrs. Cooper and Davis report a large supply and heavy trade, at the followi ng quo t a ti ons :—Prime Meadow it.tv, 70... to 7.55.; inferior, foOs. to fins.; Ruwen, ON. to ; Clover, GM. to 80s.; second cut, 60s. to 70s. Strew. 225. to 255. COALS.—LoNnog, NOT. 2.6.—CLose or Tor. Mtn, ILET.—Bate's West Hartley, ns.; Buddies West Man ley, 15s. Gd. ; Carr's Hartley, 1.18. Gd. ; Bean's Prim rose, 150. Gd. ; Hastings' Hartley, 150. 6,1. Long ridge's West Hartley, 15.. 6.1. ; Newcastle Hartley, 155.; North I'ercy Hartley, 155.; Tanlield Moor, 16.. ;West Hartley, 16..; Walls End Clark, 15s. Gd.; Walls End Clennel, los. 65. ; Walls End Northumberland, 175.; Walls End Bell, 195.; Walls End Belmont, 19s. ; Walls End Braddyll, 20.. ; Walls End Helton, 20s. ; Walls End Plummer, 19s. 35.; Walls End Denison, 18s. 9d.; Walls End Hartlepool, 20s. ; Walls End South 19.. ; %Valli End Thornley, 19s. ; Walls End West Kel loe, 189. 6d. ; Walls End Whitworth, 16s. Nixon's Merthyr and Cardiff, 211.—Shipt at market, 24 ; sold, 22. LOCAL SHARE MARKETS. LITZ/WOOL. Nov. 26.—The market is better to-day, with a good demand fur all kinds of leading blocks. '1 he Ml lowing are the transactions :—Ambergate and East Junc tion, 34 d.—Caledonian, IG—Ditto (pref. 'hares), 7,7, —Lan cashire and 'Yorkshire, 574 I—Ditto (fifth share.), K d.— Leede Northern (late Leeds and Think), 131—London and North Western (new 1 shares), 3 4 1 p.—Midland, 561 1 — South Eastern and Dover, 21 4 .4 4 t 1--York and North Midland, 211—Dutch Rhenish, 5 4 la-16 Id. MiNcitcsisu, Nov. 26.—We have not had a very brisk market, but prices have been firm, and sales were made of Leeds Stock, at 574 ; Dover", 20 11-16 ; Sheflields, 30,1 31; Chester and Birkenhead", 164 ; and East Lancashire', 1.11. BIRMINGHAM. Nov. 26.—The market was firmer to-day. Coventry and Nuneaton' were done at 2) pm., and Shrop shire Unions at 31. Bs. 9d. die. Leans, Nov. 26.—There has been but slight variation in the market this morning, as compared with yesterday morning, with the exception of Midlands, which have rallied to 571 (ruin .16. The other closing salts were as Ibllows; East Lancashirrs, 151 ; East and West Yorkshires, 91; ditto, PTO's., 5) ; Caledonians, 1.51. fel. 3d. (having opened at 16) ; LCINIS Northern", 131 ; Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston, 34 die.; NorthWesterne, 121. Bimini., Nov. 26.—The market wee active and prima firm, and a good amount of business done. Bristol and Extter, 791 to 79; South Eastern and Dover, 201; Great Western Original Shares, 841. PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 26.—A court-martinl, com prising Admiral Superintendent Prescott, president; Cap tains Yates, of the Britannia; IL D. Chads, of the Excel lent; Henderson, of the Blenheim; and Commander Cris pin, of the Victoria and Albert, assisted by Mr. Grectham, deputy judge advocate of the Sect, assembled un board the Victory, flag-ship, to-day, to try Mr. John Cloodrick Cam bell, assistaut-surgeon of the Helena, 18 (which arrived from the West Indies on Friday last), on a charge of drun hawse. Lieutenant Wilson deposed to being officer of the watch on board the Helena between 10 end II o'clock on the night of the 10th of September last, the ship then lynig in the harbour of Antigua, in the West Indies, when tka prisoner came on board iu a state of intoxication, using eery violent language. He was carried into the boatswain's cabin, where he was secured, a sentry being placed at the door. Witness admitted that the prisoner might possiffiy have got into the state of excitement he saw him in from other causes than from drink. The condition of the prisoner was also deposed to, to a similar effect, by Mr. G. A. Water., master of the Ilelena, who, however, added that the prisoner had been very i closely engaged during the day in his duties on shore, and est board time ahip, being much exposed to the pun, and hee -1 Lag a large number of patients to attend to. The chief Mlldical officer of the Helena, Mr. John T. Caddy, said, in his opinion the prisoner's condition on the night in ques tion wu attributable to no other cause than that of drink. Xr. Caddy, in crow-examination, admitted he had had a difference with the prisoner, and had refused him his certi ficate. The general sobriety of the prisoner was acknow ledged by all the witnesses. The defence was then read by Mr. A. Low, a solicitor of Portsea, in which it was urged that the prolonged exposure to the sun in the performance of his duty, joined to a debilitated state of body from previ ous illness, was calculated to produce the symptoms deposed to by the witneesee; and in proof of this a letter was read from Dr. Metiers:lsom ' R.N., who hail ettended on the pri soner during a serious Illness he had hail at Hasler llospital. A narrative was given oft the prisoner's services, particular mention being made of his having volunteered his assistance when the cholera wu raging so intensely at Jamaica, and which rather then do two other medical officers in the navy had resigned their commie/ions. In reference to this circum stance, a letter was read to the curt, written by Admiral the Earl of Dundonald, cowman-ler-in-chief of the station at the time, in which the prisoner's conduct was warmly eutogierd, and in which it was further stated that a report hail been forwarded to the Lords of the Admiralty upon it. Several certificates of good character, &c., were also put in; after which Commander De Courcy was examined for the defence. lie said that, after the alleged net of drunken ness on the lOth of September, he had ordered the prisoner to resume nix duties as usual, but that he was to consider himself a prisoner at large. After a considerable time had been occupied in coming to a decision, the court found the prisoner guilty, and adjudged him to be dismissed her Majesty's service ; but, on account of his meritorious con duct at Jamaica during the prevalence of cholera, they re commended him to the favourable consideration of the Admiralty.—The Asia, al, was brought down the harbour to day, and taken into the basin preparatory to going into dock to have her defects male good.—The Sharpshooter, swain-vessel, au taken into the Sidon dock to-dry. DRY s' _..—.....rrs.—Annexed is a comparison of the present prices of wheat, Hour, and bread in London and Paris:—The highest price of wheat of the first quality in Paris is 25f. per 14 hectolitre, which is equal to 385. thl. per quarter; and the highest quotation of white wheat of tho first quality in London being 455. per quarter, it follows that wheat is nearly IG4 p er cent. dearer in London than in Paris. The highest quotation of dour of the first quality in Paris is 26f. 30c. the 100 kilogrammes, which is equal to 295. 8.1. per sack of 2201 b. English; and the highest quota tion of flour in the London market being 385. per sack, it follows that Hour is 28 per cent. dearer in London than in Paris. The highest quotation of the second quality of white Hour in Paris is 26E 70c., which is equivalent to 275. ?er sack of 2801 b., and which, as compared with the quota tion in London of 295. fur household Hour, shows that this description of flour is nearly 74 per cent. dearer in London than in Paris. The price of bread of tho tint quality in Paris is 20e. per kilogramme, which is equal to about 44€1. tin 11b. loaf English weight ; and the average price of bread in London (which, however, varies even in the high-priced aH. per 4th., it follows that bread is about 44 per rent dearer in London than in Paris. The attend goo fier ul bread is quoted at the. per lii!nzeinnme in Paris, which is equivalent to about 31d. per 41h loaf. :i 3 Si 1 831 f 3 lII3i 23i 17i 61 16 i 131 is; flf I 19 19/ 14 13 239 9