The Express. — London, England, 1866-12-15 00:00:00

Pow — _ REM ARKS. 'HIS DAY.) much shorter time than hitherto. He thought they could see a very considerable increase ia their traffic, and the increase was almost certain to con tinue since as long as the ships kept time the route would b eco me more and more popular. It was also • satisfactory to note that the Australian banks WWO beginning to have confidence in the conoern, as eviden by the increased shipment of specie by - the last vessel. An estimate of the reenpts glade ,a expenditure for the year 1867, prepared by the board, showed that Lary ought to pay a dividend of 10 per cen - . , and le i xe a margin of 11,7 _5Ol. Of the 150,000 7 . of debentures, 82,5001. had been , issued, bearing interest at 6 per cent., leaving 70,0001. still to be alloited, The directors' report was unanimously adopted. The Caledonian Railway traffic return shows this week a decrease of W.V. over last year. The followit g circular of the City Offices Com- - pany (Limited) has been sent out with the notice of call. St. Cleaient's-house. Clement's - lane , Lombar d " street, London, Des l3. flir,—ln sending you the enclosed notice of call, I am instructed by the directors to inform you that, se they • • bate resolved to contine their operations to the °ample titri of the buil:tinge now belonging to the company, they do not expect that any further call upon the . e t ss will be necessary. lam also instructed to acquain you that the work.. are rapidly progressing, and nearly all ths • 1 property that is ready for occupation has been let on satin fac'eory terms.—Yours, &c., G. W. Estrinu.l., Secretary. FaIDAT EYWZO. Consols, which closed yesterday at 88i to I, ex div., for the 10th January, opened this morn ing at 86# to , and closed at 881 to i. For money the last price was 381; to ;i. The official business report is as follows :—Three per Cent. Consols, for money, 158 f: , , -.,.. i • ditto , for account, 8 8 k #, W ; Cents. • Three per Reduced , B7 R to t ; New Th ree per Cents.,B7, ,:::. -„, ; India Five per Cent. Stock, 1 06 :1, ti l i, '.l. '.,- in in de - The India Five per Cunt. Stock was a g a mand, and was dealt in at 106 i to i ex div., being - firm. Exchequer Mlis were firm at 2s. to 7s. prem. Foreign stou:a were not largely dealt in, and the variations in prices were about evenly balanced. Buenos Ayres Deferred, Chilian Four-and•a-Half per Cents., Turkish Six per Cents. of 1865, and Sardinian Bonds were in acquest, and rose 1 per cent. Brazilian of ISO and Buenos Ayres Six per Cents. were likewise 4 better, and Turkish Five per Cents. of 1865, f. On the other hand, Turkish of 1z. , :,3 and 1863 fell 1 per cent. ; ditto, of 1802, NEI bussiau of 1862, 4 ; New Granaclian, "ex all," 1 ; and Italian of 18131, ff. Bank sluir,- :nut with some inquiry. Provincial of Ireland ro. 11. ; Chartered of India, Australia, and China. and East London, 10s. ; and Imperial Ottoman, si. ; Merclumt, however, declined 10s. upon the call of 3:. per share. As regards financial shares, General Credit and Credit Fancier were tlat, and declined 2s. 6c1., while International experienced a slight rise. Prices closed as folows:—lriternaional Financial, 24 to 2; di e .: General Credit, t 2il to 21 dis. ; L - ondon Financial, 20 to 19 die. ; and Credit Fonder of England, . 9-16 to 7-16 die. MIXES.-(TRIS DAY.) Ons o'Ctoel. There i 3 ar, increased (Inland to-day for British metalsccr.r.z:::i, ..wing to the improvement in the mar;a W t. Prince of ales shares are quoted 245. to 2, is. ; Clifford Amalgamated, 5 to 6; Prosper foiled, 2 to A ; Great Vor, 14 to 15 ; and North Croft), .21 to :1. Choutales l ....1 shares are in request, and have '. improve,l to dis. to pa", the advices front the company's mint, hcin.! considered satisfactory. RAILWAYS.-(THIS DAY.) Olga o'CLocr. The railway market opened firmly this morning, but prices have since given way in sonic eases, upon a of speculative s a les. Caledonian stock continues prominently heavy, and has expe rienced a fresh reduction of 1 per cent. Great Northern A, and London, Chaucer, and Dover have also declined Metropolitan stock is now quoted 1191 to t; Great Western, 48 to ; London and North Western, 1151, to ; Midland, 118 to 1191; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 1231 to 1; Caledonian, 114 to 111;; South Eastern, 001 to 1 ; Great Eastern, to ; Great Northern, 1124 to 113 i ; ditto A, 12.1. to 1'224 ; London, Chatham, and Dover, 15 to ; and North British, 34 to There is little business in foreign and colonial lines. East Indian sha res are quted 1051 to 1061 being firm ; Grand Trunk of Canada, 18 to ; and Lombardo-Venetian 1 n to h, showing a decline of 2a. lid. t )-(la)'4:•liare Liats gee peer 4 I COMMERCIAL AND MARKETS. TALLOW 11/41ARKET.—(THIS DAY.) The market is firm al the foil )wins ;prices : Town t Blow is quoted, 4:15. :;,1.; Petersburg Y.C. on the spot, 445. ; January to March, 4 Ss. :;41. ; March, MARKET AVE!lA'ellow R ussia, wn tal 4ss. bd.low, 47.5; meltedfasttur ditto, 2.. 2Ad. ; y 34.5.; rough ditto, ISs. l;<1.; gn.aves, 114.; good dregs, es. COVENT GARDEN.—(THIS DAY.) Owing to the unfavouralds weather during the week slight check has been exptrienced in regard to supplies, but still they are ample for present rmluirements. Hothouse grapes have Advanced in pri,e. Pine -apples are plentiful. Pears still consist of Ohm liforceau, Chaumontel, Deurre Dien,auil. winter Neils apples of ribston pippin, Cox's orange pippin, and 01d nonpareil. Oranges are excellent, and c ulisist of larze arrivals from St. Wchael's, Palermo, Valencia, and Faro. Kent cobs appear to be advancing in. price. Vegetables continue abundant. Excellent simples of broccoli are now arriving front the West of England. Portugal onions realise from to 12s. per 100. l'otatosS are front ss. to 101 per ton dearer than they were last week. Flowers chiefly consist of orchids, chryaanthemuma, dahlias, pelargoniums, fuchsias, mignonette, and roses. !'KC IT. Nuts. Kent Cobs, per 100 Da, 7os toTfo oranges, per 100 ^a t'l to is Years. per dos. n, 2s to Gs rine Apples, per lb., Sato Os ushroems, p. pot is CA tO ustard & Cre,s, un onions, per hush., p an to Ss so Parsley, per sieve, Is ed to et ruinous. York Regents, p. ton 100 s to 1405 Rocks, 110 s to 1001 Flukes, Do , s 14Js Other sort , . 80s to Sas Radishes, P. 1. hum , Is to laid Sea Kale. p. punn., 2, to Ss Spinach, per bush., 2s to Ss Id Turnips, per bunch, 3d to ad Apples, per bia , hel, 41 to 8s Chestnuts. p r busli., si to 18s Gropes, per lb, 44 to 5 Lemons, per 100, 4, to mg Molous, foreign, each, 25 to ta Artichoke!, per 400 , 2 5 to as Beet, per tioz , to t. , 20 Cahhatres, per aoz , is to 21 Carrots, per bunch, 4.1 to CA C a uligovers, p dor Os Celery, per bundle, tot to Is Oel Oieumbers, each, tel to la Endive, per score, Is to Is 6,1 Garlic and Shallots, per lb.Bd Herbs, per l•utirli, Horse Ladish P. I.und, 36d to 4s Leeks, per bunch, Lettuces, per Store. is to Is 13d Mint, per bunch. 6d SMITHFIELD HAY M-ARKET.—(THIS DAY.) Mr. Charles James Easton reports trade for best bays better. Cloven remain dull, at last prioes. Primo clover, from 100 s. to 115 s. ; inferior ditto, 90s. to prime second cut clover, 90s. to 100 s. ; inferior ditto, 3Gs. to 70s. ; rime meadow hay, 755. to Ms. ; inferior 553. to .os.; straw, 365. to 445. PROVINCIAL SHARI MARKETS. - ----- LrEnasooi. DEC. 14.—Sales to-day: Great Eastern, 261 64 — Great Western, 491 61 4 B—Lancashire and Yorkshire. i tis— London and North Western, 116 116 151 161 I—Manchester. Shefileld, and Li nco lnshire, 46 51 4 1 1 5 I 5 41 1 4 1-lltdmac lltil 19—North British, 3414 l--aouta 'Eastern, 621 11;i x a 1 1 I. 001 I—Manchester, Slwffield, and Lin , ,!nsh , re i:u pre f 1 erence 6 per eta , 1-16 p.—North Eastern BerwicklBB2, West 7040 Hart lepool, TA— Bi r k e nhead, 87-1 n ited States 320. Dutch Ithenidi, S: p.--Eastern Exchange Bank , Limited , 2 d. — Royal Insurance, 21 p.—Thames and Mersey Marine Linittott. 3 p.—Atlantic Telegraph Eight per Cent., 2i. ULSCHESiIiii, DEC. 14.—ConsolidatedDEC. Bank :Limited',l p.— Ebbw Yale Company, 121 d.--flreat Eastern. : : ,`._Great Luxem bourg. 1 li--Great Northern, 112'—Ditto A. 1221 /—Great West ern. kW 8 1 5l tiAlji 71 1 1 B—Lancasidie and York shire, 1231 I—London1 —London and North Western. 11 I—Manchester, Sheffield, and llocolnshire, 411 1/ 1 !al I 41 t l5 4 ; ditto, R.O Pref., 6 1-16 —Metropolitan, 121 21-511tHan , 1191 19—Nk British. 34—North Staffo d shlre, 70--South Eastern. 621 21 14 34 4 1 601 1 —Staysley Coal and Iron Company , New, 11 p.— United Sta les 5-20 Years' Bonds, 71—Birkenhead. SSC BILKJOGICAM, DSc. It—The sales in this market to.day Wee In Nottingham Joint Stock Bank d , for cash, at 11 ilk. In :• Metropolitan Wagon shares, third issue, at 1 dia ; and Patent Shaft and Alletree shares, at 5 prn. Closing prices North Staffordshire Railway stock. buyers, at 70 ; Banking Company shares, at 3-16 dim. to Far ; Lloyd's Deakin ColEPEdy awe( at 71 to 71 pm. ; fkropshke Rank sellers ; Birmingham Financial shares, at ld dla., = Flenddol Slate and Slab shares, at 1 to 4 dla. ; and Contract shares, at 3 to 6 es. luck. • SACRED HARRONIC SOCIETY. We have heard many fine perfaemanees of Ifendelesohn's ZiticsA by this society, bet never one 000 sp l e ndid than that which was given last night at the third concert of the season. In the engagement of solo A ug ers, some change was made from tbe first announce ments, Mr. Sims Reeves being replaced, in consequence of big oc tane& illness, by Ms. T. Mohler, nd Madame Sain to-DAY (from the same alleged cause) by Miss Julia Elton: llama Lemmena-Sherrington and Mr. Santley being, as pre ,g mia ly advertised, the principal soprano and bass. vas was the first occasion of Mr. Holder's appearance at E xa terhall, and the music assigned him is of so different a a l e s from that in which he has hitherto been heard on the opera s tage that some interest was felt as to the result. yas printed announcement issued in the hall stated that Mr. Mohler had undertaken the task at very short notice, although suffering from cold. He gave his two airs with oon siderable effect, but with apparent signs of having studied mor e in the secular style of modern Italian opera than in the sublime school of sacred music. His phrasing will bear i m provement, and he should avoid those occasional sudden s perandi, which may be effective in an Italian canzonet, but are blotches in music of calm religious sentiment. He &mid also not depart from the text (musical) of the re citatives u he did in one or two cases (as, for instance, in tat beginning " Man of God ") the short passage, however (andante sostenuto, " The Lord thy God "), in this movement was very chastely sung—perhaps the best and purest specimen of vocalization that we had from Mr. Baler during the evening. This gentleman, as already s aid, possesses a voice of beautiful qua li ty, with sufficient power for ordinary requirements ; and, with a little more elevation of style and rhythmical feeling in his phrasing, he s h o uld prove valuable as an oratorio singer. Of Mr. Bentley's admirable singing in Ettialt, both in the expression of pathos and in declamatory grandeur, we lave so often s poken that repetition would be neridless. Madame Lem mens-Sherrington has now taken a high position as an in. terpreter of sacred music ; the bright and pure quality of per voice, her relined style and perfect intonation render her one of the very few of our solo sopranos who are satis factory in music of the highest class. Miss Julia Elton (who replaced Madame Sainton-Dolby at the previous con cert as well as at that of last night) is winning a good position by the ready preparation which she evinces in such emergencies. She has a contralto voioe of pure qua lity, and sings with unaffected expression—her air, " 0 rest in the Lord," was so well given, and pleased so much, as to be re-demanded. The other principal vocalists were Miss Robertine Henderson sad Miss Julia Derby ; the larger concerted pieces being sided by the steady singing of Messrs. F. Walker, Carter, N ew ry, and Smythson. The hall was completely filled ; yet (owing to the excellence of the arrangements) without crowding or confusion. On December 21 the Al noted., is to be given. Miss Glyn continues the series of her dramatic yeadinge at the St. James's Hall to audiences that in crease alike in numbers and enthusiasm. Last night the play she selected was Shakespeare's tragedy of King John, and it would be difficult perhaps to find a work in which her powers could be more severely tested. LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS TOR THE &SLOW WEER.—Monday—Actuaries, at 7, " Mortality Experience Data," Mr. Meikle ; " Limitations of Risks, Part 2," Mr. Sprague ; Roya l Academ y , at 8, " Anatomy," Mr. Partridge ; Architects, at 8. Tuesday—En&neers, at 8, Annual general meeting ; Statistical, at 8, " Combina tions, Strikes, and Wages," Mr. Waley ; Ethnological, at 8. Wednesday — Society Mr. Fergueson ; Geological, at 8, " New Telerpeton Elgi- Dense." Professor Huxley ; " Section at Litcham, Glacia tion," Mr. Wood ; " Third Boulden Clay, Norfolk," Mr. Harmer; Literature, at Bi, Italian Miracle-Play, 16th Century," Dr. Ingleby. Thursday—Zoological, at 4, g eneral business ; Linnean , at 8, " Morphology of Mal vscem," Dr. Masters ; " Introduced Plants, Sydney," Mr. Woolls ; Chemical, at 8, "Basicity of Tartaric Acid," Mr. Perkin ; "Absorption of Vapours by Charcoal," Mr. Hun ter; " Reactions of Hydronidic Acid," Mr. Chapman ; Royal, at 13i ; Antiquaries, at Bj.--Athenmum. ROBERT COOMBES'S MONUMENT.—On Thursday the monument to this well-known oarsman, who was cham pion of the Thames from 1846 to 1832, was formally un covered in Brampton Cemetery. It is made of Portland stone, and is aft. high, Gf t. Gin. long, and 3ft. 6in wide. On the top slab is the representation of a wherry bottom upwards, over which is thrown a coat and badge, and by the side are broken sculls. On the edge of the ledge are Dibdin's lines— rare thee well, my trim-built wherry, Oars, and coat. and badge, farewell. This slab is supported by four figures cut out of the solid stonework, one at each corner. The figures represent four champions of the Thames : first, Robert Coombes, in his rowing costume, holding a broken scull ; second, Tom Cole, of Chelsea, wearing Doggett's Coat and Badge, with the peculiar pineapple button ; third, James Messenger, of Kingston, with the coat and badge of the Thames Na tional Regatta; fourth, Henry Kelley, of Putney, an athlete in rowing costume. Each figure stands on an octagon dwarf pedestal. There is an appropriate inscrip tion. An address was delivered to those who took part in the ceremony by the Rev. W. G. Martin, chaplain to the Licensed Victuallers' School. FOOTBALL.—ETON COLLEGE V. GENTLEMEN OF THE CIVIL SERVlCE.—Yeeterday this great match, in which a considerable amount of interest has lately been manifested, came off on the Civil Service ground in Batter sea-park, in the presence of a vast concourse of spectators, many of whom hail come from Eon and Oxford to witness the exciting game. The Civil Service also mustered strongly, and there was a fair sprinkling of ladies, who braved the sloppy ground for a couple hours in watching the progress of the game. The ball was kicked shortly after 2 o'clock, anal from that time till the close of the match, at 4 o'clock, the game was most spiritedly con tested by the respective sides, the members of which were evidently pretty equally matched. The goal was, however, reached by the Civil Service gentlemen, who on being de clared the winners, were cheered by their friends. The following are the sides :—Eton College : J. It. Sturgis, W. D. Benson, W. C. Calvert, C. R. Alexander, F. M. C. Banbury, E. Warburton, C. Tait, H. C. llonser, B. J. Thornton, E. Lubbock. Civil Service: A Fairfield, T. Wearne, J. Kirkpatrick, It. Babington, E. Freeth, F. Deacon, J. Hogg, B. N. Thome, 0. N. Fuller, A. E. Bate man, C. J. \Vaudby. Erox CoLLEox.—Yesterdny, previous to the de parture of the scholars for the Christmas vacation, the results of the examination for the Oppiden prizes were made known at the college. The following is the list: Prizernen —l. James; 1. Hoare; 3. Arbuthnot; 4. Un thank ; 5. Thompson. In order of merit:—Young, Alexander, Farrer, Lord Elgin. and Mowbray. The ex aminers were the Rev. R. Duckworth and Sir George Young. THE LATE TRADES' PROCESSION. —A meeting of the delegates from the London trades was held last evening at Sussex Hotel, Bouverie-street, to receive a report from the demonstration committee ; Mr. George Potter in the chair. The secretary read the report, which commenced by congratulating the delegates on the great success at tending the proceedings of the 3 rd inst. Havin g given a general summary of the proceedings on that day and the toes lag at St. James's Hall on the evening of the 4th, it went on to notice the remarkable absence of the metro politan members from the latter meeting, declaring such absence to be an insult to the working men of London, and calling upon those members to give a satisfactory explanation of their absence, failing which, steps would be taken to oppose their re-election upon the next dis solution of parliament. The report then repudiated the language made use of by several of the speakers, uncon nected with the trades, at the Beaufort-house grounds, and recommended that the present organisation of the trades and friendly societies should be kept intact, in the event of another demonstration being found necessary. It concluded by announcing that a claim for special damages had been sent in by the committee to the lessee and freeholder of the Ashburaham grounds for refusing the use of those grounds for the purpoSes of the meeting, and with a strong censure on the l'olice Commissioner for withholding the promised aid of the police at the entrance of the Beaufort-house grounds. The chairman impressed upon the meeting the necessity of keening up the present organisation until a satisfactory measure of reform had plated through parliament, and suggested that arrangements should be made with the provincial trades for holding a general conference of dele ptei from all the trades in the kingdom at an early period is the ensuing year, and that arrangements should also be made, if necessary, for the trades' unionists in the manu facturing districts to march up to London on a given day to boll a national mass meeting. The suggestion of the chairman was received with loud cheers, and upon the motion of the delegate from the hatters, seconded by a delegate from the plasterers, the secretary was ordered to write to the various trades and trades' councils in the United Kingdemjnviting them to send deleg ates to London to organise a nat ional demonstration early in the ensuing year, and that the meeting should stand adjourned to that night three weeks to receive the replica. The meeting then adjourned. TEE NATIONAL REFORM UNION.—The third of a series of public meetings, by the Glossop branch of this Innon, was held on Wednesday, at Hadfield; Mr. G. Woffeuden in the chair. D'ART) OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, Dw. 11.—The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade have received, from the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, the balance-sheet of the re ceipts and expenditure of the European commission of the Danube, for the year 1865, which they publish in last night's aftzette, in accordance with article 16 of the Danube Navigation Act of the 2nd November, 1863. Symons. Mr. Selwyn, Q.C., Mr. Southgate, Q.C., Mr. Brooks bank, Mr. Swanaton, and Mr. Cutler, appeared for the different parties. Lord Romilly made an order upon both petitions for winding-up subject to the supervision of this court. One of the petitions had been orivially presented to the Lord Chancellor, and transferred to this court ; it was there fore necessary that it should be presented again. (Before Vice-Chancellor Mains.) RE OVEREND, GURNEY, AND Co. (LIMITED). Mr. Locock Webb, who appears for Mr. Oppenheitn and other creditors, asked that the adjourned summons from chambers, which appeared on the paper, might be post poned for a few days, as another summons had been taken out, which might ) ender it unnecessary to go on with the first. There was 1,500,0001. in hand uninvested, and a summons had been taken out by creditors pressing the declaration of a dividend ; but it was understood that the liquidators were about to declare a dividend of 2s. lid. in the pound. The Vice-Chancellor said be had been told that there was an examination of the directors going on which was likely to last six months, and he had told the chief clerk to take steps to have the matter brought before the court at the earliest possible moment. He would not in a case of such importance permit dilatory proceedings by useless examinations in chambers, or before a special examiner. Mr. Swanston said he appeared for Mr. Oakes who took out the summons upon which th e special examiner was appointed, and did not object to the matter standing over. Mr. Edward James had been appointed examiner, and the cross-examination had been going on for eleven days, during which two witnesses had been partially e: - .lkinincsl. It was the desire of the shareholders that the question should be brought to a judicial determination at the earliest possible date, and they had never attempted to delay the declaration of a dividend. Tho Vice-Chancellor, from what he had heard, was de termined that there should be no unnecessary delay, and that these questions should not be left to the chief clerk or to the special examiner. but should come into court. pone After some further conversation , it was agreed to post the matter till later in the day for the attendance of Mr. Roxburgh, who re pr e sents the official liquidator. When the matter was again called on, a discussion took place, in the course of which it was stated that the interest to creditors amounted to 7001. a week, some of the debts bearing 10 per cent. Thu Vice-Chancellor fully recognised the importance of determining those questions as early as possible and was surprised at the delay which had taken place. He should now stop the cross-et:smination before the special examiner, which could be productive of no good result, and direct that the three summonses should appear on the paper for uesday next, when it would be determined what course T should, be pursued. NEW QUEEN'S COUNSEL. Dr. Spinks, Mr. J. T. Schomber,t, Mr. H. Prendergast, Mr. G. M. Dowileswell, Mr. C. J. Prideaux, Mr. D. Hardy, Mr. G. Little, Mr. 11. T. Cole, Mr. J. Pearson, Mr. P. Roxburgh, Mr. T. J. Clark, Mr. 11. Cotton, Mr. K K. ICarslake, Mr. G. Druce, Mr. E. E. Kay, and Mr. T. K. Kingston, the newly appointed Queen's counsel, took their seats within the bar. -- COURT OF PROBATE AND DIVORCE. (Before the Judge Ordinary and a Special Jury.) Tociau r. DENDY (PAGE. AND OTHERS CITED TO SEE P Rot:Ey - a:4as). Dr. Deane, Q.C., and Dr. Swabey for the plaintiff ; Mr. M. Chambers, Q.C., Dr. Witinhey, and Mr. Guest for the defendant Denily ; tho Queen's Advocate, Mr. Edward James, Q.C., Dr. Tristram, and Mr. Turner for the parties cited. This case, which relates to the will of Mies Anne Alicia l Julia newly, late of Feltham, Middlesex, was only just opened when we went to press. ma a THE POLICE COURTS. (THIS DAY.) CLERKENWELL. EXTRAORDINARY comwer ur A ID:SHAND A DAT AFTER MARRIAGE. A respectably-dressed young woman applied to Mr. Cooke for advice and assistance under the following remarkable circumstances : The applicant stated that a fortnight since she was married by license and the day after she was married her husband refused to live with her, and told her that ahe must support herself. Since then he had given her nothing towards her maintenance, awl had even taken her clothes and all the money she had saved. She wished to know if he was not compelled to support her and to live with her. Mr. Cooke asked her how it was that she had not found out the character of her husband before she had married him. The applicant stated that her husband produced to her I written testimonials as to his character, and among them I one from the rector of the parish of Islington. Since her I husband had deserted her she bad been to the clergyman 1 and had ascertained that her husband had lived with that gentleman about ten years since. She thought it very hard that she should be deserted by her husband a day I after she was married, but what made the matter worse was that he had taken the whole of her money, amount- ing to about led., and he now intended to go off into the country. She did not know what the law might be, but surely she was entitled to her own money and her clothes ; and if she was not, she should like to know the reason wh It was hard to be married only one day, I and then, w hether you li ked it or not, to be separated from your husband. Mr. Cooke told the applicant th at when she married t he whole of her property, without it was vested in trustees for her separate use, went to her husband. She had better go to the parish, and the authorities would take steps to bring her husband to justice and that without delay. The applicant said that she considered it very hard to become a pauper as soon as she was married, and then left the court. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. • SOLICITOR CHARGILD WITH DISORDERLY cownucr. Mr. Alfred Guppy , so li c itor, was chargedbefore Mr. ICnoi with being drunk and behaving in a disorderly manner, 1 P o lice.eoastable Joha Fraser, 322 A, sad that about 12 LITG. B Of & dellee Nice; ictioa 'need Wing attur, ra tike redly tAIICes Wan LCh he of t4n."41, and the convicted, as that he es, and his . The first Ls far back st several The only consisted of nesses that lublimate in decomposed t there was ras adminia- ver had any ption in his scoured, but dd be found g space of 13 aggest that as • iad mercurial one ventured No doubt it t able circum if all kinds of be true, that found in the death the pri t. But there her way. A ge of Sties a the country tad found the of the tests. at expert ; but to have been a really poison at all that it H e was • coarse, blunt rois) convert& but still a very squire who de ille, whom daubs reellYin - Li," a few months :cutor said that o munlers with re patience got rumour declared The accusation uncertain amt** or i g i n ated with the chateau ; and count was on bad use he refuse d rice, and because in the commune rum the squire at ral. It was two • six months after . ;re, that Martz rmation laid by aid himself, OA have said fifty no chance l ' . fr . icon were ag e ives gave evideD!. la an d they del' . ount de Meraaville :lief of it. More . brother and the their death° took lie son alleged t? the old, living in° ' . f his death, aaa. 'oner ever adiniew Rentes closed rday thA r,onnterreaaYs ding the Intero: n, and the beet peird i tt to bedo l. ` are a bout bo a 'make, and the t „„oir in where all the e en St. Thomas en Yti and ra" of ila ,nice and Won s w " . . nia, the termini °grow der steamers .frossmosio% fornia, Gent t dealt Ig 7 " l ' . in l o g*. ;era 500 miles rap* and Panama tel ,ousandi of " I pa et" e n those P .-- f bo w ggr • expel , " ° Which could to rhieb leave Europe TUE EAXUESS, SATURDAY MN/NG, DECEMBER 15, 1866. /111Ti'LMGIEMM , &dock last night he saw the defendant at the top of the Haymarket, surrounded by a crowd of persons. The de fendant, who was drank, had taken his luggage to the White Bear Tavern, Piccadilly, but had been turned out of the house. The defendant had been about the place for five hours, and had seized hold of two respectable females arid moused them of robbing him, but although they were both hurt by the defendant they refused to charge him. The defendant addressed the magistrate at considerable length, stating that he had abstained from drink for six months, but was yesterday overcome a little through some friends who had been to the Apiculture' Hall. was a solicitor, and the member of a good and respectable family. He would admit being overcome but did not consider that he had been guilty of any disorderly con duct. His luggage we, still at the White Bear. Mr. Knox told the defendant that if he had disgraced himself as the defendant had done he would not have dared to open his lips in court. The defendant said he was a member of a respectable family and a solicitor, and that being the case he ought to show an example to the poor creatures who were so often placed in a similar position. He would ask the defendant whether he considered his con duct fitting a decent respectable man. The defendant had not only disgraced himself but the profession to which he belonged. Had the defendant been one of the miserable creatures he was in the habit of having brought before :th rso tnm he would have imposed a light fine, but e pe n he defendant's position the ma tter Te was l/ di • fferent, and the defendant would have to pay 40s. or go to prison for a month. (THIS DAY.) JUDICIAL COMMITTEE OF THE PRIVY COUNCIL (Present—Sir J. W. Co'vile, Sir E. V. Williams, and Sir It. T. Kinder,ley.) IMPORTANT JUDO NT.-COMMITMENT FOR CONTZIIPT HT • COLONIAL ratulatsurr. This was an appeal from the Court of Common Pleas of the Island of Dominica, by the Speaker (Mr. Doyle) and the members of the Lower House of As embly of Dominica, to set amide a judgment obtained by Mr. Geo. Cbaa. Falconer in an action for assault and false imprisoumeut. A verdict was obtained'for 3701., and the present appe.tl was to reverse the decision, and the question raised was an important one, as to the power exercised by the British parli ament over its mem bers. Mr. Falconer was • member of the House of Assembly, and in a debate, on being called to order by the Speaker, Mr. Doyle said to him, ' Who the devil ore you ? You are a disgrace to the house." He refused to apologise, repeated his language, and was not only re moved, but detained three days in the common gaol, and for his detention obtained damages. The question was, had the house exceeded its duty by the imprisonment. The Common Pleas held it had, and hence the damages which were appealed against. Sir James Colvile pronounced an elaborate judgment of their lordships. The question was most important, and after reviewing the power vested in houses of associates, held that the right to move for contempt and to punish for contempt were two different matters, and if both powers were required laws might be passed, but in Domi nim there was no such law, and therefore their lordships directed that the judgment of the court below was right, and dismissed the appeal with costa. Judgment accordingly. EQUITY COURTS. (Before the Master of the Rolls.) IN RE THE NoWOONO TEA COMPANY. Mr. Beggsllay, Q.C., and Mr. J. N. Higgins appeared in this matter in support of a petition praying an order to wind up this company. When the matter was before the court on a former occasion, Mr. H. B. Ince, who appeared for Mr. Barry, M.P., asked that the petition might stand over, to enable Mr.ltairy to meet cei;ain charges contained in it, and affecting him. A vet/ long affidavit had been filed by that gentleman, and it was now asked, on beha nd ff of the petitioner, that the petition might again sta over, to enable the petitioner to answer the affidavit of Mr. Barry. Mr. Selwyn, Q.C., and Mr. H. B. Ince for Mr. Barry, said that by his affidavit he had most aatisfacterily disposed of all the charges contained in the pethe ti tion. That being so, and having regard to fact that the directors of the company had, by abandoning their posts, p rev ented its affairs from being carried on, Mr. Barry had been advised—the charges against him being completely refuted—that a windies. ng If -up order would be most advantageous for all pal a counsel for the pettioner did not now ask for a winding-up order, they, exercising their discretion on behalf of, and as representing Mr. Barry, would DOW pray for such an order. Mr. Druce appeared for some of t he shareholders in the company ; Mr. Southgate, Q.C.,Whitehorne ap peared for other parties. Mr. Baggallay said that if his learned friends were willing to take a winding-up order now, be should not object, or consider why they took it. Lord Hominy made a winding-up or der accordingly. RR THE LONDON OFFICES COMPANY (LIMITED). A. petition for the winding-up of this company by the court was ordered to stand over to the next petition day. Mr. Southgate, Q.C., Mr. Cracknall, Mr. Locock Webb, and Mr. Brooksbank were the counsel in the matter. RE FREDERICK SYMONS AND COMPANY (LIMITED). In this case there were two petitions for the winding-up of this company, which was one for carrying on the business of a wine merchant, formerly carried on by Mr. Frederick are chiefly southerly and tt Valeutht and on the is very high. Bar .inetric but aoitiuues unsteady, -•t coast. Thu weather LIBP.ADY COMPANY (LI.IIITED).-(THIS DAY.) I MONEY ila RA z. a.• - --e.-- -....--- The annual meeting of the shareholders was held at noon, at the Langham Hotel, Portland-plans; ; Mr. vas o'oWClff. Rstirna, managing director, presiding. There is less demand for English government The following report w as, presented: securities, but the improvement which took place . yest erday in Consols is fully maintained. Home The directors beg to lay before the shareholders the accompanying statement of accounts for the year com mencing on the lit day of November, 1865, and ending on 1 . railway stocks showed firmness at the commence the 31st day of October, 1866. It will be seen by the . utent of business this morning, but are now flat, balance sheet that there is a sum of 2,659 a las. lid. re- sales being maiming, after the payment of all the current expenses 1 again pressed by the speculators for for the year. The directors do not intend to propose the 1 lower prices. Foreign bonds have been very little payment of any dividend on the present occasion, but . they have great confidence in believing that, when the the variations are not important. . dealt in, and paws are carried out which they are now making, they'. The other departments of the Stock Exchange are will be enabled to do so in future years. It must be borne I exceedi n gly inactive, and quotations generally ex in mind that the present arrang ement with the managing i director did not colac into effect until the commencement Ihi no movement. of the year ; and that it has taken till now to develop the \ The Stock Exchange settlement be in g over, scheme for reducing the heavy working expenses, so that the company is only just beginning to profit by the the money market is q uieter to-day. There is a change. When the managing director took office be I fair demand for discounts, however, for a Satur bad to contend against the prejudice created in the 1 day The general rate for choice bills is nto 4 mind of the public from the opposition raised by some of i • the shareholders, who have persistently endeavoured to I per cent., but occasional transactions have taken depreciate the property of the compsny. This prejudice . place at 31 The charge for short advances on has now, however, been entirely overcome, and the direc tors have no hesitation in saying that the subscribers were English government securities is 3 per cent. never better supplied with books than they are under the Consols are now quoted 88-* to 2, ex div., for new arrangements. It must not be supposed that the 1 directors have altogether escaped the influences I money, and 882 to le ex div., for the account of the almost unexampled crisis through which the corn- I (January 10). mercial world has so recently passed. Th e weekly receipts Russian scrip is inquired for, and has advanced were affected for 1101/10 few months ; but the business il , now steadily recovering. The directors have effected most ; per cent., viz., to ito 11 prem. Spanish Passive impel taut changes during the year. They have reduced Bonds have also improved fe while Turkish of the current expenses by more than 2,000!. per annum • or about 40/. per week. Thi n , too has been done with- 1865, and Mexican have declined to the like extent. out impairing the efficiecy of the staff. The busi- I Turkish Bonds of 1862 are quoted 58 to 59 ; ness has been, in fact, carried on in a much more ditto of 186.5, 324 to 2 ; Greek, 13g to i ; Spanish satisfactory manner, and with fewer bands than previously. ..,, i Commodious and convenient premises have been taken in rassive, 201, ; ditto Certificates, 13g to i ;Italian Welbeckatreet, which are excellently adapted for carrying of 1861, 55i1 to i ; Mexican, 18 i to t. on the country branch of the business ; and the directors have retained the front premises in 25, Pall-mall, as a American securities show no movement of im- West-end Branch. By this a•rangement they have con- portance. The 5-20 Bonds are quoted 71 to 71 i ; siderably reduced the rental of the company, whilst, as Erie Railway shares, 47 to 474 ; and Illinois Cen before stated, they are able to execute more work e:th a leu number of hands. The business wa n, chiefl y , carried tral, 77)2 to 7 8 . on at Pall-mall in underground kitchens, which were Anglo-American and Atlantic Telegraph Eight extremely inconvenient, amd injurious to health. The directors have introaucted a new and excellent Sys- per Cent. Preference shares are quiet ; the former tern of supplying books under the "Direct Delivery Regu- are called 15, 7 , to i, and the latter 34 to g. uoted 211 lations," and by means of cheque - o rder books are enabled International Financial share s are q to give the largest possible amount of satisfaction to sub scribers through the local agents, in both town and coun- to 2al die. ; London Financial, 194 to 1811 die. ; try. They have received a number of letters from sub- General Credit, 2; 1 , to 2i des. ; Credit Foncier, scribers, expressing their entire approval of the plan, and stating the supply of books is perfectly satisfactory. 5.':,' to a die . ; National Discount, 9i to 2 prem. ; The company's business in the city is progressing most satisfactorily, as well as that at Pall-mall. The directors m and Hudson's Bay, 16A to a . J. Thomson, T. Boand Co.ha co . nar, O. AO =- have lately taken excellent premises at Briebton, in the ' King's-road , and close to the new pier and the Grand nounced the payment of thealf-yearlydividend due Hotel. They are happy to say that t his branch is also on the lst January on the Peruvian Four-and-a very successful. The directors r egret that owing partly to the prejudices before referred to, awl to the late Half per Cent. Loan of 1862 ; also ontheFive per Cent. financial crisis, they have not been enabled to place Consolidated Peruvian Loan of 1865. The fourth as many of the debentures of the company as ]calf-year they could have wished. They trust , however, that ly redemption at par of bonds amo untin g the remainder will be taken up during the next few to 269,2001. will be drawn on theloan Ist redeemedmonths. January, months. A new edition of the 'Mo nthl y Circular,' which m akin g total amount of this is highly appreciated by the subscribers, has been issued, and a copy sent to each shareholder. In accordance with 1,038,100!. the articles of association, two of the directors. Major Far rell, R.A., and the Rev. George Fielding, M.A., retire by rotation, and, being eligible, offer themselves for re-elec tion. the a uditor', Messrs. Johnstone, Cooper, Wintle, and Evans also retire, and, being eligible for re-election, offer themselves accordingly.". The balance sheet was as follows: Capital account. -Dr.: To capital account, subscribed as follows, on 16.5,55 privilege shares, leaaraia ; on 20,645 preferential shares, 20,643 e, together, 37,2301. ; less calls unpaid, 915/. 14s. 9d. ; leaving, 36,314!. as. 3d. To de bentures, 1,1001. ; to loans, 3,460/. ; to sundry creditors, including bills payable,2d. ; to balance s per profit and loss account annexed, 2,6.19/. 19s. lla. ; a ttal, - 46,5571. Ba. 4d. to Cr.: By lease, fixtures , furniture, ac e 1,464/. Os. 2 1 . ; s purchased since 31st October, 18115, 361/. l 3 s. ral., to .- gether,l,62a/. 15s. 7d. ;by preliminary expenses, 1,359. 19s. 9d. ; less amount written off 20th December, 1841, 100!., tog e ther, 1,293/. 19 s. 91 . ; b y librar y p urchases, balance 31st October, 181.3, 39,961/. 13e. 10d. ; less amount written oil 20th December, 18eaa 2,954/. 163. 71., leaving 37,010/. 175. 31.; books purchased for library and fur sale account from Ist November, 1815, to :31st October, 1866, less discounts, ac.., 4,743/. 6s. 4.1. ; together, 41,7:41. 3s. 71., less consi-n ment, 162/. Bs.; leaving 41,5911. 15s. 7.1. By sundry'debtona including balances held by agents, 1,3221. 19s. 51. ; by cash at bankers', 5221. Dia. :-total, 46,557/. es. 41. " Profit and loss for twelve months ending 31st October, 1166.-Dr.: To expenses of management, viz.: Advertising :dad printing, 1,0162/. 193. 3d.; postage and carriage, 461/. 2s. 3d.; travelling expenses, 77/. ss. 21.; rent, rates, tales, insurance, gas, and coals, 8. - 41. Bs. 2d.; salaries and wages, 2,6621. 3s. ea.; miscellaneous expenses, 9391. 12s. 71; interest, 267/. 18s. 51.; estimated expenses of shareholders' privileges in lieu of dividend, ff 9!. ss. ; balance carried down, 3.92a1. lOs. 2.a. ; total, 10,512/. 10s. rid. ; to commiesious, 7 651. 16s. 3101.; to directors' fees, six month s, to afth April, 186 G, 2.-) ba ; to gratuity to Mr. Henry Fo wler, as agreed, 250/. ; to lance craned d0wn,2,659/. 19s. 11d.; total, 3,92 a/. 16s. 21. Cr. : By balance as per last statement, 5.0e0/. 95. 4d.-lees ____---e-•-•-. written off, viz :-Depreciation of stock, one year to 3lst October, Isaa, 2,9541. 16s. 7d.: proportion of prelitninary HAMPSTEAD HEATH.-The following correspond- cxpenses, one year to 31st October, lnrk:l, 1:10/. ; dividends ence has recently teken place :-" Hampstead, December 6, for year ending 31st October, ISGa, sl7/. las.; directors' 1866.-Dear air,-My neighbours, as well as myself, much fees for year ending :Bet October, larai, 5001., making regret that you should have commenced building on the 4.372/. 10s. 7,1.-687/. 18s. fel. By subscriptions from fat 1 Heath. Several gentlemen interested in the matter met November, 186 a, to the 31st October, 184:4. B,...tist. 1 Last night, and were advised that the only course open to 10d. ;by estimated subscription privileges at a per cent. them was an r e to law. I can assure yuu that they on 16,585 privilege shares, mere as_ makina 9067/. will do this wall reluctance, as they have no hostile feel- 17s. 1011. ; by book rules from Ist Novemher, 1560, to :31st ings towards you, and it would give great mei general satire October, Deal, 756/. 145. 1•1.-- total 10,3121. 10s. ea. ;by faction in this place if you would consent to stay all pro- balances brought down, 3,925/. 16s. ?a. Balance brought ceedings and obtain a legal decision on the real or stie w 6591. 1101. Ild. posed rights of yourself and the copyholders by an amicable The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report suit. In this manner a long and cowl litigation, as well and balance-sheet, counneucea by referring to the late as much irritation, may be avoided. Believe me your very financial crisis, and to its bearing on the affairs of the corn. obedient servant, J. GURNEY HOARE. To Sir Thomas Pans. The directors bail, he SRO, battled through their Maryon Wilson, Bart." Reply.-" Charlton House, Dec. di ffi culties, and ho believed that before this time next 7, 1866.-Sir,-Takr3 your own course -I am, air, your year the concern would be in a most flourishing condition. obedient servant, Trieste , : Marries: Wussoe." He had devoted himself entirely to the service of THE SEIZURE OF THE WAR STEAMF.R IN TIIE the company, and having 3,000 shares himself, of course he felt deeply interested in the result. If the o r d er AI-.-C FRIDAY.-1R accordance with an reductions had been commence•l earlier , instead of a order to that effect received at the dockyard yesterday the war steamer Bolivar, which was seized in the Medway a balance of 2,600/. they would have one of 4,i)00/. The rental few days since, on the supposition that she h as iu some was reduced by one-half , an gat he businesa cam'ed on in a manner that was thoroughlyisfactory to the subscrilers. way connected with the Fenian conspiracy, has been re- , fhe might, lie believed, look forward to a goal season. leased from custoay and handed over to the authorised parties appointea to receive her. From the inquiries in- One o f the largest houses which had left thern had re- ce , n t com e back to them • and they Dual large orders from stituted respectin,g her the statement made by her core- A Y r and New Zealand. If they cola.' only go on I inanaer, Captain Little, that the Bolivar was one of three .' stra 'I . vessels built in this country under the sanction of the without internal disagreements he had no doubt ae to the I future government, for the United States of Columbia, has been found to be perfectly correct, and hence the o , der that she In replying to questions from Mr. Ellits. The CHAIRMAN entered into details connecter) with the I should no longer be detained. The Bolivar still remains in the eledway, where she will complete fitting for Yen. She removal from Pall-mall to Welbeck-street in order to show is a number of hands short, but these will doubtless be that the expenses of rent and taxes had been thereby reduced by about one-half. He also stated t hat the picked up during her stay in harbour. surplus books, for which there was not sufficient room DE.STRUCTIVE FIRES IN YDRKSHIRE.-Yesterday i n Welbeck-stree' t, were stored at the Pantechnicon at a I morning a very destructive fire occurred at the naumfac- cost of not more than 10s. a week. taring village of Stanningley, near Reeds. The woollen A SHAREIVIIIIER wished to know what was the arrange mill belonging to the Providence Mill Company was all but ment made with the managing director. completely destroyed. One of the company, Mr. Roberts, The CHAIRMAN said his arrangement with the company alone lost 2,000 a worth of wool. The number of fires that I was that he was to have hell after the dividen.l was have lately occurred in Yorkshire, especially in the woollen districts, is remarkable, and their frequency is certainly . pRi , l. AB there was no dividend paid this year he got nothing. He hart been working for love. tie liked the 1 without parallel in that part of the country. . business and Omuta be sorry to see it go d own . As regarded Seventy-one South London tradesmen were fined the dividend, he was willing to guarantee it to any share at a po special session at Nevrington thi week for havine in hobler for the next ear ovalea he would undertake their ssessiou unjust weights, scales, s and measures. The ;to give him any surpl u s the re m ight be. black list comprised 17 licensed victuallers and beer re- , Mr. Eeitres moved the appointment of a committee to ' tellers, 10 chandlers, 19 bakers, 11 butchers, 3 coal and investigate the affairs of the company and report to a ' potatodealere, 9 grocers and cheesemongere, 1 ham and f u t ur e mee ting. I beef-shop keeper, and 1 fishmonger. The fines inflicted . Another SHARF.HOLDER neeonded the motion. amounted to 131/. Ifs. 4d.-S• London News. 1 Mr. Moon, a former director. deprecated the passing of The scenes nightly enacted in the open railway such a motion, eepecially after the chairman's offer to arches in the parish of Christchurch are disgraceful in the anerentee the dividend for the next year. (Laughter.) extreme. The other night the inspector of nuisances aisco- He, for one intended to accept that offer, and no doubt vered fi fty persons of all ages and both sexes huddled toae- others woula do the same. He hoped the motion would ther in one of these places, and the sight then presented , be withdrawn. was enough to cause even a City missionary to quiver. ! [The meeting was proceeding when our report left.] Decency and morality were being outraged in the most - - .aa-' 7 " .! flagrant manner, time occupants of the arch behaving more I like savages than English men and women.-Sauth London : Yesterday, after a protracted trial in the Court Press. of Conunon I'leas, Dublin, the jury gave 2001. damages RAILWAY TRAFFIC RECEIPTS.-The traffic re- • roil costs against Dr. Linawort, a schoolmaster, for ex ceipts of railways , in the United Kingdom amounted, for , . cessive punishment of a boy named Payne. the week ending December 8, on 1 9 ,711 miles, to 664,826/., and for the correspo ndin g week of last year, , The Lircrpool Mercury of to-day reports a shock on 12.482 lace last evening near miles, to 648,1621. showing an increase of i n g occurrence which took p 207 miles , and of 16,664/. The gross receipts on the fol- • the Queen's Channel Bar, resulting in the al lowing fourteen railways amounted, in the aggregate, • on 9,173 miles to 561,5421. and for the correepona most complete wreck of the Whitehaven steamer Queen, la week of 1865 on 9,034 miles, to a 59.627/., together with the death of one of her crew, and, it is also showing an increase of 139 miles, and of 10,915/. teered, the loss of some of her passengers. The increase on the Great Eastern arnounted to 971/ ; . Four handsome drinking fountains are about to on the Great Northern, to I,okaa/.; on the Great Southern placed in the streets of Bournemouth, in Hampshire. and Western, to 577/. ; on the Lancashire and York shire, to 4,1201. ;on the London end Brighton, to 1,3931. ; ALARM IN JERSEY.-The island of Jersey has on the London and South Western, to S5ll. ; on the this week been greatly excited by current reports apropos Manchester, Sheffield. aud Lincolnshire, to 1,24 G/. ;on of Head-centre Stephens, whose arrival Gn Monday by the North British, to 65.9/. ;on the North - Eastern , to steamer from St. Maio, his capture, and imprisonment in '1,431/. ;on the South-Eastern, to 511.-total, 13,394/. Fart Regent were for some timethoroughlycredited. Ame- But from this must be de ducted 09/., e de- rican gold to a considerable amount was changed at some of Use Caledonian ; 404!. on 6 the th Great the hanks on Saturday. and thus excited no small degree of crease on Western ; 151/. on the London and North Western ; suspicion. Detective officers are in the island, and the and 1,31 5 / 1 on the Midland, leaving the incresue as military at on the qui vire. It is thought not un above, 10,915/. The goods end mineral tra ffi c on likely that Stephens may attempt to make his way to those lines amounted to 353,6307., and for the cones- England by St. Maio and Jersey, as being least likely to ponding week of 1865 to 345,106/., showing an increase create suspicion. The whole of the island militia have of 8,524/. The receipts for peuengers, naecels, isa r received notice tobe prepared for assembling at a moment's amounted to 207,9121. against 205,5211., showing an in- notice, the rammons to be three guns fired from Fort crease of 2,391/. Vie traffic receipts on 52 other lines Regent. The excitement was io t ors o a subdued on Wed amounted, on 3,567 miles, to 103,2841., and for the corres- nesday by , the discovery that te l e graphic communication pending week of last ye&r, on 3,486 miles to 97,53 1 /., with the island was intercepted. The line crosses from showing an increase of 81 miles and of 5,7 ' 491. The total Pliccareatay, on the north side of the island, to Piton, on receipts of the past week show a decrease of 20,322/. as the French coast, and rumour is busy &sorbing the cessa eenn=rl with those of the preceding week, ending the lion of communication to Fenian agency by the breaking Ist of the cable by a vessel employed to drag across ft. . . • ..- - • Two O'CLOCK. Consols have advanced i per cent. since I o'clock, being now quoted BSi to 89, ex air., for money, and 89 to 1„ ex div., for the account. The distrust manifested by the public in home railway stocks has now reached a point at which it seems desirable to urge the exercise of discrimination, for, though companies in weak credit will probably bo embarrassed, or mulcted in a higher rate of interest on the renewal of their debentures, the position of most of our great railways is still sound, and the effect of the present crisis will be to place the finances of all of them upon a stronger basis. It may also be pointed out that the present quotations in clude six months' dividend. The fourth half-yearly dividend on the Monte videan Six per Cent. Loan is advertised to be paid in due course by Messrs. Maud, M`Gregor, and Co., at the London and Westminster Bank, and the sinking fund of 10,0601. will be applied in the purchase of bonds on the sth January next. The Mexican dollars by the steamer La France were sold yesterday at 45. llid. p ounce, showing no change. A purtiun were take er n for relining and the rest for the continent. The steamer Massilia is expected to reach South ampton on Tuesday next from Alexandria, with 438,0211. in gold, of which 361,0081. is from Mel bonnie, and 77,013/. from Sydney. There is no demand for bullion for exportation, and the whole, it is anticipated, will he taken to the Bank. On Change yesterday afternoon the only altera tion worth mentioniw , was a further rise in the rates for bills on Aust ' ria. The usual lint is sub joined : Amsterdam, 3 months, 11.19 to 11.19/. ; ditto, short, 11.16 to 11.17 ; Rotterdam, 3 months, 11 . 19 to 11.191 ; Antwerp, 3 months, 25.40 to 25.45 ; Brussels, 3 months, 25.40 to 25.45 ; Hamburg and Altona, 3 months, 13.84 to 13.9 ; Berlin, Cologne, &c., 3 months. 6.251 to 6.26 A; St. Petersburg, 3 months, 3to 301 ; Paris, Abort, 25.15 to 25.25 ; ditto, 3 months, 25.35 to 21.40 ; 3 months, 23.3 7 / 1 to 2.5.42 ; Frankfort-on-thl 3.3-MaZiine, 3 months, 120 to 1201 ; Vienna, 3 months, to 1:3.35 ; Trieste, 3 months, 3.35 to 13.35 ; Madrid, 3 m onths, 471 to 47A • Santander l , 3 months, 48 to 47t ; Cadiz, 3 months, 48i, to 48j; Seville, 3 mouths, 48k to 481; Malaga, 3 months, 481 to 4g A ; Valencia, 3 months, 481 to 48 ; Bar celona, 3 months, 481 to 48:1 ; Bilboa, 3 months, 47t to 47 ; Saragossa, 3 months, 48 to 47i ; Leghorn, 3 months, 27.25 to 27.30; Genoa , 3 months, 27.25 to 27.30 ; Nap des, 3 months, 27.23 to 27.30 ; Palermo, 3 m onths, 27.25 to 27 . 30 ; Messina, 3 months, 27.25 to 27.30 ; Lisbon, 90 dap' date, 511 to 511; Oporto, 90 days date, 511 to 511. At Paris, Frankfort, and Brussels, the rate of dis count in the open market is 2 per cent. ; and Amsterdam, ri ; Turin, 6 ; Hamburg, Vienna Berlin, 3i ; and St. Petersburg, 7 per cent. It is stated that arrangements were completed yesterday for carrying on the business of a large firm in the East India trade, whose difficulties have been currently referred to since Monday last. Mr. Win. Alphonse, of Newgate-street, importer of foreign goods , has suspended payment. The liabilities are upwards of 10,0001. Messrs. Love ring and Minton, accountants, are instructed by the creditors to prepare a statement of affairs. The liquidators of the English Joint Stock Bank (Limited), Mr. C. F. Kemp and Mr. H. Chatteris, have ?arranged to commence paying, on the 15th January next, a further dividend of 4s. in the pound, making, with the former dividend, a distri bution of 12s. in the pound. Due notice of the mode of application will be sent to each creditor. An order was made yesterday by the Court of of Chancery for the payment of a second dividend ss. 4d. in the pound to the creditors of the Bank of London, which wi ll be payable at the office of the official liquidator, No. 17, T o kenhouse-yard, on 21. The Thursday, Dec. 20 , an d Friday, Dec. present distribution makes a total payment thus far of 12s. inthe pound. Mr. J. E. Coleman, official liquidator of the Bank of London, dhend as issued a oned re port, which refers to the divi menti above. Accompanying this r eport, Mr. Colema n h a very complete and lucid has put fort statt of the affairs of the ban k. Among emen st other matter he gives a state ment of the liabilities of the bank on the 26th May, 1866, together with the several sets off and reductions which were effected up to the date of the declaration of the first dividend, and also another statement showing the realisation of the assets from the 26th May to the 26th November. The matter afforded is un usuall y copious ' and must therefore be re garded with satisfaction alike by the creditors and the s hareholders. In the Court of Chancery yesterday, on the coming on of the petition for winding up the Anglo - Italian Bank ( Limited), the petitioner's counsel wished to withdraw his clients' letters which intimated their intention to withdraw the I I pet i t i on , and he desi red the petition to stand over. Sir R. Palmer, for the bank, o ng b li jected to this, a nd insisted upon the petition bei argu ed or withdrawn at once. After some in he ef fectual attempts to obtain a n adjournm and the ent, t titioner's counsel withdrew t he p e ,tition, Vi ce -Chancellor made an order that he should pay the bank's costs. The meeting of the Panama, New Zealand, and Australian Royal M ail Company was held yester day. The chairman (Mr. Eden Colville) drew atten tion to the remarkable regularity with which the steamers of the company had performed their voyages, especially considering the distance run. The New Zealand mails have been delivered in a THE B..4IINSLEY CALAMITY. MANSION-HOUSE RELIEF FUND.—(THIS DAY.) Up to 1 o'clock to-day more than 5001. had been received at the Mansion - house by the Lord Mayor in aid of the fund which his lordship has set on foot there for the relief of the widows and orphans of the unfortunate men who perished in the colliery explosions near Barnsley and in North Staffordshire. The Lord Mayor has himself to-day subscribed 201., and his firm 201. ; the Earl of Belmore, 101. 10s. ; the Countess of Behoove, 21. 2s. ; Mr. H. W. Peek, 201; and many sums of 101. 105. have been received in the course of the morning, with 71. Ins. rid, from the clerks and assistants in the Bank of Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smith, and money is still coming in. The Lord Mayor has invited his brethren of the Court of Aldermen and several eminent bankers and merchants in the City to assist him in raising and dispensing the fund, and there can be no doubt that this humane movement will be conducted to a highly successful result in succour ing the bereaved families, and in making some permanent provision for them. ALARMING ACCIDENT N ON RAILWAY.THE GREAT WESTER Yesterday (Friday) an accident occurred on the Great Western Railway, at Reading, which jeopardised the lives of the passengers by the 11.50mailtrain from Swiudor. Some trucks were being shunted near the Reading station, when one of them broke away, and ran down the line some distance. Every effort was made to shift the truck, but this could not be d o ne until the train from London approached. The result was a collision, and the engine was thrown off the metals, and became deeply embedded in the earth. The passengers were much shaken and alarmed, but fortunately none were seriously hurt. The engine was considerably damaged, and a number of men were occupied several hours in clearing the line. WEATHER REPORT.-(THIS DAY.' UTCRDAT, DECIIIIBIII. 15, 8 LX. KTi W. tialm 23.14 30 S.S.W. herdeen W.S.W. Leith Ardrossan tiroeocuatle • 16 51 W. N.W. Ci.pe Clear Liverpunl '29.45 44 B.S I. Holyhead —.29.36 48 S.S.W. Penance 29.53 52 NV.s.iY. Brest Loriont *La 6. 55 W.S.W. Hoch fort. Plymouth 2955* 48 TE.S. E. Weymouth Portsmouth.. 2.9.60 44 S Inndon ....2960 W.S.W. Yarmouth... 2957 89 W.S.W. S ca rborough. 29.12 42 S. W. Shields 21.37 0 N,W. Helder On our coasts this morning the winds weßterly, light to niuderate, la. strop west coast of France. where the sea i pressure generally has increased a little. and ts again decreasing on our south-e: generally is uteri:a-A. with rain In places 1.1 =ream w. a. it 119 I% D. 9 --- I I — i 1 8. I, 2 1 1 : 2 8.W.. '" rm 14 b , 0 — 1 1 4 7 W. ro 10.:,2 . 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