The Express. — London, England, 1861-01-01 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 1, 1861. THE JOINT STOCK PROJECTS OF 1860. The crop of joint-stack projects presented during the year has been large ; but, .with few excep tions, much indifference has been displayed by the public, and only the preferable ones have met with substantial support. The firm position which has been taken up by the new marine insurance companies forms an interesting feature. The Ocean Marine, with a capital of 1,000,0001., quickly followed by the Universal Marine, with a capital of like amount, was established towards the latter part of 1859. On the 15th of February, 1860, the Louden and Provinold Marine (capital 1,0 4 , 4 0000 was launched, and on the 14th of May the Thames and Mersey Marine (capital 2,0iiii,0001.). All these undertakings are iu full operation, and are well thought of. The Thames and Mersey Marine was, perhaps, I fens the speculators' point of view, the lii eut successful joint-stock project of the year. Anima* the other new oompeides which have been established this year are the City of London Brewery (capital 600,0001.), the London and South African Bank (400,000/4, the Labuan Coal (100,000/4, the South Emden' Railway of Portu gal (7341,000/4, the Rake Gas (100,0001.), the East India Irrigation and Canal (first capital 2,1100,000/4, and the Central American Piers (1 1 bell/41k ). The Algerian Railways shares (2,900,000/4 were chiefly left t) be absorbed by French capitalists, should they think tit ; but the Atlantic and Great Western Railway Company of New York have been successful in placing an issue of 1,000,000 dollen of first mortgage Seven per Cent. Fonds. la the list of undertakings which have been foniied with more or less incomplete subscription hate are the National Bank of Turkey (nominal capital 1,000,00014 ; the Uni versal Lime !eight (300.00014 ; the Buenos Ayres and Sae Fernando Railway (150,00014; the Nerbodda Cost and Iron (190,000/4; the Queen's Hotel (50,00014 ; the Isle of Wight Railways ( I ;:eOOO/.); the Pneumatic Despatch (250,000/4; the United Kingdom Electric Telegraph(l3o,oool4; and the I:ellirera Compauy of Sweden (830,00014 At limit ten companies foamed this year have already beeu wound up, are now undergoing that process, or were withdrawn for want of support vii., the Rio du Janeiro Drainage (630,000/4i the Pusan Discount (230,00014; the Great Northern Palace (400,000/4 ; the Anglo-Luso- Brazilian Steam (400,000/4 ; the Hull West Dock (41,0,0000) ; the Himalayan Tea(250,0001.); the Imperial Theasalian Mining (100,0001.); the Canliff and Caerphilly Iron (100,0001.); the Royal Crenserne Gardens (100,000/4 ; the Dar rens East Mining (20,000/4 ; and the Millwall Iron (50,0001) Others may be regarded as still pending. such as the Great Kanawha (200,000/4 ; the Brighton H0te1(75,000/4; the St. Helier Water (40,00014 ; the Great Cappagh Mining (60,000/4; the Respryn Copper (23,00014 ; the Cotton Com pany (100,0001); the'Truet and Agency Company of Australasia (500,00014 ; the Croydon Sewage (30,00014 ; and the East India and London Ship ping (300,0001.) Then there is a long list of new projects of a miscellaneous character, whereof it may be said that some preserve their vitality, that others are defunct, that a third batch are neither exactly alive nor yet dead, and that others again are believed to be in operation, though appealing very little to the public oye. In this somewhat extensive category may be classed the King's-cross Patent Wheel Company (50,00014 ; the Colonisa tion Assurance (100,00014 ; the Oriental and Co lonial Cotton, Flax, and Fibres (100,0000; the Winter Palace and Yacht Hotel (40,00014 ; the Gas, Engineering, and General Iron Works (30,00014 ; the Fitarnaurice Light and Port able Gas (50,000/4 ; the Llandudno Royal Hotel (47,00010 ; the Folkestone West Cliff Hotel (60,000/4 ; the Great Moelwyn Slate (50,0000 ; the Oakerthorpe Iron and Coal (120,0001.); the Scottish Consols Mining (30,0001.); the Muawell Hill Lend (140,000/) ; the Portugal Land (75,00014 ; the Anglo-Spanish Tin Stream ing and Mining (30,0001.); the Manchester and Milford Railway (556,0001); the Llantrissant Hematite Iron Ore (150,0000 ; the Cheshire Patent Salt (30,0001.); the Royal Hotel and Hunt Club (40,0001) ; the Lower Taldrews Slate (25,00014 ; the South Devon Marine Hotel (60,00014 ; the Greenwich and Woolwich Railway (200.000/.) ;. the National Freehold Cemetery (125,00014 ; the Westminster Chambers (130,0001); the Cwm Amman Anthracite Coal and hen (50.0001); the Great Northern and Midland Coal (50,00014 ; the Moseley Green Coal and Coke (75,0001.) ; the Burry Port Coal (40,00014; the Mirkside Pig Iron (30,0001.); the Plough Hotel (33,0001.) ; the Coventry Cotton (250,00014 ; the Anglo- Spanish Smelting and Silver Mining (360,0001.); the British Slate (75,000/4 ; the Worcester,Brom yard, and Leominster Railway (200,000/4 ; the Wheal Ellen Mining Company of South Australia (60,000/4 ; the Metropolitan Consumers' Coal (50,000/4 ; the General Mining and Smelting of Savoy (160,0001.) ; and the Portuguese Railways (1,400,000!.) A goodly list this, the reader will think. The recapitulation is instructive, as illustrating the ceaseless activity of joint-stock enterprise. There is no want under the sun which the class known av " promoters " of public companies will not mid, &ale to supply, provided the public will en trust them with the requisite amount of capital. Mining, railways, steam navigation, gas, hotels, colonisation, cotton-manufacturing, cotton-growing, agriculture, the interment of the dead-are all embraced in the programme of that cosmopolitan wide; the " promoter." He is occasionally very useful in his way, from his faculty of combining people for a useful object ; but lie too often leads them into baseless ventures, and then lie becomes very mischievous. Without the enumeratem above given, the public would scarcely have imagined that so vast a variety of new projects had been submitted within a single year, but the fact is that the list might have been greatly extended. We may remark that if au; of the companies re ferred to are anxious to submit a statement of their position, many of their shareholders and subscribers would be very glad to receive it, pro vided it contain an abstract of the accounts. erFOFICIRATION >R ROPMILII DA LE We (Bo ry rim./ an told that sib 16.1404.11 Manufacturing racy are endeavouring to treat with Richard Ashworth, Li., for the purchase of his extensive works at Fall Bent, ine,koln.g th. mdl, machinery. cottastes, kc. Appointed vainer. Lev. made an esaudaation of the property. awl the eriunated value ie mow We understand that the con. cern luta Leers &rabbeted very presperously. Si*" lISITM I MITT or ODD F KLLOW M. —The annul meatier of the North Loudon District was held yer ter.lay. at Atralirton's Hotol, Flest-itreet, fifty five delegates berm prieest. It w..tatol that 77 members tad 66 wives .1.1 durum the year; Mr Harris, Marc Antony Lodges w:•. elected Gmod M 11$!, aster forand iar. be-putt' Grand seer . wen elerted to the nest A. )f. : t Holton ; the district calker+ were empowered to colle ct voluntary oustributious for approywalliag a burial ground. and also to obtain a re turn of members belouveg to the sodu,,,, er corp .. an Easter festiyal was ale, non. It w as resolved to meeker:he two ;vinare annually ty, 31,, t ,,,,, iitnn Benefit Societies' Asylum. Leave was given to Open hr.) new kiagee. Four distr.w gifts of V. each were yotsd to two members and two mi , tows. The meeting adj..,,, ed to day, to dirpcoe of routine %Moms. •'IIUY OAS CONSUMBRS" COMPANY. An extraorilinary general meeting of the share holders of this' company was held at the London Tavern yesterday ; Twos. Poetics, Eel. chairman of the dire r . tors, in the chair ; to r e c e i ve and consider the report of the directors relative to the management of the works on the expiration of the present contract with Mr. CrolL The CHAIRMAN said the meeting was assembled in pur suance of a resolution passed at a meeting of the share henna in October, by which the directors were directed to mature • plea for carrying on the works after the ex pidition of Mr. (toll's leans. He was sorry to lay that he had no matured plan to lay before them, and that arose out of some very unpleasant cirenmatencee which had taken place at the board, at which there had been disunion ever since the month of August. He had maintainel a steady oppositioli to propositions which had been brouOt before the beard relative to the renewal of Mr.'Croll'v lease, and to two other propositions that that gentleman should have the sole control of the company end all its affairs. These propositions he bad felt it his duty to oppose in the interests of the shareholders. In taking this course he haul had to oppose gentlemen with whom he had been on friendly terms for years, but be had °mooed them because he thought the course they were bent on would have led the common to ruin. He should hays to ask the shareholders whet these matters had all been brought before these, whether they approved of his coodact or not, If they did not, he hoped they would tell him, and he would retire ; but if they did approve of it, he waa will ing to continue to devote himself to their service. He was sorry that Mr. Cmll should, nearly IR mouths before his contract expired, have thrown the apple of discord among the director*. He bail to charge some of the do - rotor with having concocted, unknown to him 1111 their chairman, measures cut and dried to thrust down thew throats, whether they would or not. The first pro position made was that the lame should be prolonged six mouths. There seemed to be hardly any objection to that; and when it was verbally made by Mr. Croll he did not offer any objection to it, but be toed him they could not go into it that day as their business was done, and he asked him to put his proposition in writing. On the following heard day Mr. Croll gave hen a letter which he said eon. tuned all that he required, and that he could not depart one jot or tittle from ht To his surprise that letter contained a meposatioo to extend the lease four years and a half, Mr. Croll to pay an additional sum of 2,000/. a year ; 10 UAL if them rental increased 50,0001. orlio,ooo/. &yam they would ge t nothing by it. Now he (the chairman) sever contemplated leasing the works to anyone after the present lease was out. The weeks of so other compesly were leased. The Impe rial Gas Company paid 10 per cent., and had reduced the prise ef gas Id. pet thousand feet, and the phoenix paid rt per cent. and carried over to a reserved fund some thou mods of pounds ; and he asked why should the shareholders of Ws compauy part with their property to one man that lee weight put into his pocket ..,,00(Y. or 6,0001. a year. He believed that if their property, instead of being under the metro! of • single hulividnal was properly managed by an 'diciest board of directors, they would receive 10 per cent., I which wee the largest amount the act of parliament al lowed them to divide, and they would also be able to reduce the price of ins. He (the chairman) had succeeded in getting a resolution passed which gave him the power of heingl, , tOre the shareholders the minutes of what had ' taken since last August, and when they h a d h ear d them t ey would judge.' Kr, HODDr, the secretary, then lead the minutes of the venous meeting,' of the boanl from August 23, leeo, to the present time, relative to Mr. (.lull's contract. At the brit meeting the board considered a proposition to prolong the contract for six months, and postponed the consideration of it. At the second, the letter referred to by the chairman was read, proposing that the contract should be prolonged for four veers and a half, making it terminate in June, 1866, Mr. Cain paying an increased rental of 2,0001. a year. A resolution was moved, that the offer he accepted; and an amendment, that the consideration of it be postponed till the following meeting. Four voted for the amendment and four agaivat it, whereupon the chairs man gave hie casting vote in favour of the amendment. ()n = 6 20 it was moved and seconded that it be a recornmen from the board to the shareholders to accept Mr. Cecil's offer, which was put and negatived. On Nov. fal a committee of the directors was appointed t o consider th e resolution pawed at the meeting of the shareholders in October. On the 13th December the chairman presented • letter signed by a number of eluireholders, requesting the directory' to take the management of the works into their own hands on the expiration of the lease, and he moved • resolution to that effect. A letter was then read from Mr. Croll, offering to become managing director on the expire tioo of his to ee ' he not being bound to attend the meetings of directors, and having the control of all the officera of the company, nil deo having the power of deciding on the quan tity awl quality of the gee supplied, his salary to be 500 f. • year,with an increase if the dividends were increased ; and he appended the further condition that his lease should be extended sit months. A resolution was put that the offer be approved and recommended to the shareholders, but it was negatived by six to four. Six. Croll being present put in another proposition, which differed somewhat in its details from the former one, and the amended proposi tion was referred to a committee. This committee reported that in their opinion the act of parliament precluded their accepting the offer, and they engirded that the matter should he referred to an extraordinary general meeting. A reaohninu was moved "That this board regrets that the act of parliament prevents the directora accepting Mr. Croll's offer," and this having been put from the chair, the numbers appeared for the :notion five, against it five,where apes. the chairman gave hie cast* vote against the motion. Mr. LIDDELL asked Mr. era whether he had any claims agaialli th e oompuey. Mr. Caou. rephed that he had relinquished large claims weinst the company from the commencement of the lease. He was not to be taken by surprise in answering a question of that kind without thought and oansideration. He wished to be treated fairly, but the conduct of the chairman had been anything but what it ought to have been. Mr. LIDDELL said perhaps the claims would come by and by. He regretted that the directors had not presented say report. He quite agreed with the chairman, who, be bed, had the Intereet of the shareholders at heart. At the present time Mr. Croll appointed all the servants of the company and paid them, and the company were re sponsible for their acts. He was glad to fled that the con tract was about to terminate. He believed that the facility ef making gas on their premises was very great, and that they could parttime cosh for considerably lees than the Impend or the City of London Companies. He was pre pared at the time to offer Mr. Croll a considerable amount of money if he would relinquish the works to them. Mr. Ciotti—Allow me to save the time of the meeting. I shall fulfil my contract to the letter. I shall not give up the Imam till the expiration of my time. Mr. MACON/a—There is ono matter which it is import ant we should understand. Does the knee °Detain • condi tion that Mr. Croll should keep up the gasometers and retorts The CHAULII/3—That he should leave them in proper repair. r. MAUGUAN—Sitppoee that the SLUM bad feelint exists an the termination of th e contract which exist s now , there not a danger that Mr. Croll would lease the peons:dere and retorts empty! The CHAIIIMAI Mid rarely no mnn who bad any degree of honour or honesty about him would allow the supply of ps to fall abet toa the plea that hie contract did nut compel bin after 12 o'clock on a certain day to have anything to do with the works. He trusted that Mr. Ora would come into an arranierneet which would allow them to take the works, so that there would be no cenintion in the supply. Mr. entt. -- Allow me to answer that. I fulfil all the oon ditiona of the lease provided I band over the gashoklere and other materials in a fair date of repair without one singlefoot of pis in the paholdemand, if I am to be twitted and to he talked to in the manner in which Mr. Pocock ha talked to me lately, I shall certainly think it my duty to fulfil the ereditions of the lease. The CHAIRWAN—I all for as explanation of those reenerke Mr. Caon—Yon bare misreprmented me over and over ~Tbe I...HAIRMAN—When ! Mr. Cants,-Yon have Mice you came into the room. Mr. JANES said he was the solicitor of this compeny originally, and upon his retirement from the profession in 1851 the shareholdera did him the honour of electing hunt° be one of the directors. He continued a director for nearly 12 month., and he then resigned his seat, and he did not Intend to oprear there again. He bad come, however, to eller his advice am to what they ought to do in the present state of their affairs. The scene they had witnessed at that Meeting mug have given every man of proper feeling wet pain. He could not any when he left the board that he did not anticipate melt would he the result. He whammed across at the board which would have prevented any man of proper feeling remaining at it. It was a com plete bear-garden, and there wag nothirig like burinem. He was worry to Sind that that had continued to the present time. There ought now to be some alteration. He was speaking of the board collectively. There were gentlemen on it for whom he had great rasped Me moved " That this meeting be adj o ur ne d ti ci. the next half.yearl' meeting, end that a committee of share holders be hereby appointed to consult with the director., into the position and management of the company. and to prepare some plan for its proper manage. meat on the termination of Mr. Cron's contract, with power to null for all papers and &eminent., and to get snob professional sod other assistance as thee may consider 0001/1h wary, and that such committee cote.i.i of Megan. Rim, Nicholson, Newman, Kerry, Liddell, Straban, Blake, Brick . 1 1 1111, James, and Major Beresford." • Mr. CLOT heartily approve of your suggettion, and of the names yon have selected. Mr. MAUf:MAN seconded the rnotioo. ML MLARZ supported it and said a more plain and un varnished statement than that presented by the chairman was never presented to a meeting, and it here the aspect of simple truth. Ind Mr. Crell forget that within a period of two veers he asked him categorioilly to answer the question whether he had any claim upon the company except sash as was periodically settled, mid that he replied, " I nabs& Wieldy p ledge myself that I have no claim against the coon:any Mr. (Amu,- .1 Wig perfectly sincere, and I repeated the same dill= at a later date ; but because I hove relinquished certain things I do not see why they should not be charged for the future, though not for the pest Mr. BLAir. Mid Mr. Croll could mot conceal his anxiety to °Luiz, a renewal of the contract Ike believed that Mr. eroll got a profit out of them of something like 5,0001. • year, and he ihaaraged him to deal the statement. Mr. caoLL—I ready to deny it ; Ido not my whit profit I_ gst. ' Mr. KERRY exprwteed his regret that so much setionway should be shown. He wm delighted to hear Mr. Crell sy he approved of Mr. James's motion, and he would now sok him if he would abide the derision of lite committee of shareholders. Mr. eitoix. —You cannot ask no midi a thing. I cannot place myself in the bands of Mr. Blake after the way in which he hae expressed himself. Mr. Kama then asked Mr. James to Mate the position the company would be in when the Few expired ou the 3lirt December, MI, and whether Mr. Cron could leave them with empty gasometers. Such a proceeding would create ea immense amount of inconvenience and might lead to disaster. said it was three years niece be saw the con. tract, sod he bad hardly expected to be called tip* to Lo uver the question today. He wu sorry to hear Mr. ("roll make a threat. There were Courts of Chancery, and if they wore to tindentand what he said as a threat— Mr. CeoLt.—l do not siiTtiatr; one moment. (Cries of "You did.") What I stated was simply this, without going into any point in the lease, that if I were treated in the way in which there was an attempt to treat me, I should take care and fulfil the conditions of the lease. Mr. JAIO9I—At the terminatioe of your contract will you hand over the geeholdere in a state in which we can cae tinue the supply? Mr. Cnott—l will take care to give no answer at the present time. Mr. Jamie—lt will be one of the duties of the committee to look into this matter ; and, if Mr. Cad does not alter his mind, to take care that the public are not incon venienced- Mr. Caoi.t. said his anxious desire was to do everything he could for the company, cud to leave it in the best position. Mr. NICHOLSON thought Mr. Croll would carry out his emaract without throwing any unreasonable obstacle in the way of the company at its conclusion. He naked if Mr. Croll would meet the committee, in order that they might reconcile all differences Mr. Csou.—With the greaten pleasure, but I should like it to be understood that meetiop of the committee are not to be called without my knowing of it. Mr. Ntrilotnotr—Certainly not. Major BIUMPOIID asked Mr. CroLI whether he would allow the committee to go on the works at reasonable times. Mr. Osou.—Catainly not. Major Buturoto—Ou no occasion Mr. CaoLL—Why ask me I have mid I shall be pleased to meet the eossunittes. The CHAIIMAX said Mir. Oran had told him that he should avail himself of blunt not to allow the dime. to ten go on the works wi savi ng twenty.four hours' octane, and he gave u a rums octane , some director had been on the works and-said sons questions of the managing man relative to the proms of making the gas, and the awning on of the again of the company, and he told him that all those questions must come from himself. Mr. CIOLL complained that this statement was only partly true, and that the Chairman had given a wrong colour to the transaction. After some further discussion on this poiot, the motion was pet and carried. Major BialtWORD moved a vote of thanks to the Chair mea and those directors who had supported him, which was also *greed to ; and the meeting, which had lasted two hours and a quarter, then separated. GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY COMPANY OP CANADA. The following is a report just issued by the London directors of thin company. To it are appended reports from Mr. Blackwell, the managing director ; Mr. Manly, the general manager ; and Mr. Mackenzie, the locomotive superintendent : " The London directors of the Grand Trunk Railway I Company of Cade, in referring annexed report of lir. Blackwell, the „ of Mr. Shaoly, the general manager, and ma c?f a fi i 7Mackenzie, the locomotive su perintendent, for the detail, of the operations of the com pany in Canada, avail themselves of this opportunity to state shortly to the bondholders and shareholders the pre sent financial position of the company. All are already aware of the inability of the directors to raise the 1,500,00 W. money as authorised by the shareholders at their me etings is London and Canada last spring, which sum was maired., together with the calculated proem& of then emoting as sees, to relieve the company from ro rging liabilities ; to defray the expense of additiooal stock, sidings, and station accommodation necessary to w the hue efilmently, and to meet during the current year the claims for intermit on the bonded debt. As ended in the report of the London directors of 27th Oetober last, the requirements, including the unpaid arrears of interest on hoed. up the present time, and after allowsmoe for the depreciated value of assets uo. sold to liquidate existing engagements, amount in London in round numbers to 1,706,000 f., in Canada to 350,000 f., to which must be added, in ceder to place the road and rolling stock in efficient condition 600,000f.—malrim a total of 2,556,00 W. When the London directors were con vl of the impossi bility of elation; In England, on any terms, the necessary funds for working the line with efficiency, economy, and I snomes, they immediately called the attention of their colleagues m Cane& to the necessity of applying any sur plus receipts of traffic beyond working expense, in the mode specified by the erste of the Canadian parliament. The Comedian direction took, as was its duty, legal advice as to the proper app li cation of such traffic receipts; and in conformity with lapel authority in Quads, which, however, is at variance with high legal opinions in England, employed the surplus 4= =id what Is considered in this country as strictly • ' in meeting pressing claims for part expenditure in expenses, in fuel and stores, the settlement of which claims was deemed necessary to prevent the stoppage of the read. There has not been a sufficient surplus of income over working ex =On which all legal authorities both in England and unite to clam the rents of existing lessee) during this current half-year, to meet the payment of the interest due on the let of January, 1861, on the first preference bonds ; and the absence of all remittances from Canada for this or for any other object forces upon the directors the painful necessity of leaving the intend due on the let of January in !theism., pe n the exiting &sada] otrug. Ars of the company. All these facts combine to press open all interested in the existence of the Grand Trunk road, whether in Canada or England, the urgent neeessite of providing promptly the means of preserving the undertaking from the ruinous confusion which moat arise from the want of money and of credit, and from the conflict of various claims and protracted litigation ; and for that parpoee , as the shareholders are aware, the Canadian board of directors me morialised, last mummer, the government to take the pressat• condition of the company Into its early consideration, for the purpose of devising some pito by ( which the interests of all MDMMId, whether in England oe anada, might be pro tected from &audios. The directors in London deem it to be their duty on this occasion to refer to that memorial, on account of the nsiemaception of a portion of the Omiadian prom of the motives which dictated that address to the govemmest. It would be am absurd as false to pretend that the directors were sot guided in that step by the wish to save the capital invested in England in the undertaking from total ties; but it is equaßy incorrect to suppose that they wished to im any additional burden upon the people of Camila. The have as little the deaire, as the right, to dictate or suggest any particular measure to the Canadian legisla ture ; but they believe that the relief prayed for, to restore the credit of this company, might be afforded without any Inman of the taxation of the Canadian people, or any permanent addition to the debt of the province. The di rectors would most willingl y have avoided, if possi ble, any further appeal r legislative interferenoe, and for that purpose would have r ecommen d e d the shareholders to submit even to onerous con ditions, had there been means of raising the money required from the mourns or credit of the company ; but all efforts for that object having been exhausted in vain, they venture to ask the Canadian people calmly to consider whether their interests are not so far identified with them of the company ' as to desire the continued operation of the road and its I further development ; to meet the growing wants of the =sr or whether it is prefer.ible , by the refusal of all Leistance to re-establish the credit of the company. which may cost the province nothing, but which may add Incalculably to its further wealth and prosperity, to leave this undertaking in a state of doubtful existence, I sad of most limited efficiency ; and by its sad failure to check the infix of British capital into the pprroovmoe for future public works, and for the farther dmslopeesnt of its future resource*. It is unnecessary to pause for a moment to explain that a direction, Intr. whelmed by an enormous floating debt, and met at every moment by discredit and litigation, cannot, economically or efficiently, deal either with the local wants of the province, sr secure tor it that transit trade with the Western States which has always proved a source of iocraisil t azin . to the mercantile, prodndmg, and labouring o the countries through which it pusses. The irectors, there fore, concur in the opinion recently expressed in the report of the London committee of bondholders, that the ob viously prudent course ie to await tho calm decision of the Canadian people through their legislature, after the re cap of the provincial commission of inquiry , and after wards to appoint an English commission of investigation Into the management in Canada and the future prospects of the company. In the meantime, they venture to sug gest the propriety of united action onthe part of all classes of bondholders sad sharehoklen, and the abstmence from legal proceedings, which they fear may injure all, to the permanent benefit of none ; and for that purpose recommend the appointment of a select committee to confer with the directors as to their choice of the commissioners to be here after nominated for the inquiry in Canada, and also to obtain preliminary information from the officials who are at preempt in England, and are able to tarnish such information as to the details and mode of keeping the &eremite in ' Canada." TRADE CaTALOGCLn. " One carnet but be struck with asteabltntent at the innumerable ways is widen an enterprising tradesman appeals to the public with a view to in crease his trade. Printing la all ita branches, sasisted by the skill of the wood engraver, seems In the present day to be one of the media most generally employed Is spreading the know ledge of various manufactures. Them arts have ably been bmught Into use by Mr. Benson. the eminent watchmaker al Ludgate-hill, " -. s has weight, by amene of an ' Illustrated Pam, phlee cominflop of nearly 00 pp.. and contalnlog upwards of tog bautlful design* for watches, elockw. dm., with an elaborate de ecriptlou of every oonstructlos of watch now made - . to nudges persona Ilvtm to any pert of the world to select the watch bees adapied tor their ase, and hem It forwarded fres by pest. - --Ign, August St.—{Advertisement.] THE DISTRESS IN COVENTRY. COVENTRY, MONDAT. The (Settees among-the riband wearers eontintea without any "diminution In point of numbers, and since Wednesday last has been isimensed in intensity in conse quence of the tunumal severity of the weather, even at this season, the J iliudoor avocations of the weaver rendering a deficiency of fuel a privation scarcely lees endurable than the want of food. • The efforts - of the committee were, on Friday and Saturday, vigorously directed to affording relief to sufferers Iran this cause ; and, in addition to blanhets and other articles of clothing, several hundred* remivesl tickets in those two days for a supply of coals. It was a sad spectacle ib witness is mane of the streets hundreds of men accuetbmed only to the delicate work of the loom, many of them of respectable appearance, turn out with barrows to convey from the cal yards the fuel which their tickets entitled them to. On Friday the autinommitteo, appointed by the general relief committee to cousider the question of giving es. ployinent to the recipients of relief, issued a notice that ' they were prepared to give three days' employment at la. per day of six hours to AlO ableborlied men, 100 fur the pariah of St. Michael and 100 for Trinity parish, the were to be paid in addition to the present allowance for relief. Now but those receiving relief from the fund were to be employed. The work consists of clearing the gorse on Hentsalheatli, in the immediate neighbourhood of the town, the committee having made arrangements with the " Freemen's Trustees:" to whor.i the "common" belongs, for this purpose. There can be no doubt that the application of a " labour list," as. the condition of relief on • more ex tended scale than that which is at present given from the "Relief Fund," is judiciously devised with • vies/ of pre venting parties to wham a larger allowance is necessary from imposing on the tend by not seeking employment in riband weaving, as nut weaver whp can get work at his loom at Is. a day is likely to leave it for heavy out-door employ. meat at the same rate, eapecially et this season of the year. There ia no 'doubt, 'Could the raw damp weather, with abundance of half4hawed snow under foot, continue, that the work um Beerodl-common will severely test the endurance of a class of men who have throughout their lives bees accustomed to dry Soon, the covering of • roof, and the warmth of a fire, in pursuing their avocatioec In the pariah of St. Michael the number of applicants for employment for the current week was only 48, but in Tri nityperial,where the great body of outdoor weavers is found, not only the full complement of 100 have been employed, but additional appliagioes have been made, which cannot, consistently with the regulations of the committee, be enter tained for the present week, TEE FOREIGN CORN TRADE. --•-- (From the Mark•7ane !Ivrea.) . . The Pori', market has continued to rise gradually, there have been some fluctuations in the weather. The roads have been bad, and as hikers have for some time been only buying from hoed to mouth, they have had to paymore for choice parcels ea the spot, say 66 and even 67k. per 157 kilos. (equal to 43e. per 2601 be. F. 404.4 The four marks here become worth 64f. 50e. per 157 Ulm. on the spot Wena. 6d. per 38016..). In wheat, also, the movement has upward, sellers demanding le. 6(1. per qr. more ; but the reel adman has exceeded Is. De Brie wheat, weighing 5911 e. per bushel, has sold at 22f. 20c. per heck. (51s. per qr.) ; old 60110. Bourgogne, Lit. 38c. (Mc Id.) Rye has been firmly held at the former price -23f. per 115 Wm (35e. fici.) Barley had also immured to 21f. per 100 kilos., sad good oats were worth rather more- Pkardy at 81. 21e. per hest. (18a per ); De Belli at 91. 88e. t23e.) Fine Rapeseed said at 431. per 100 kilos. Tares 18f. per hem. (41s. lid. per qr.); and atomised, both new sod old, remained firm or dearer, new to 148 L, old 128 f. per hale. Almost all the country wheat markets had risen, very many If. per Inch (2s. 3d. _per qr.) At Bordeaux prices bad risen to 25i. per h ee l. (5Te. 3d. per qr.) for intr. chum on English account. At Nantes the avenge price announced was 2 if. 11c. per beet. (535. per qr.) The Christ mas holidays bad quite stopped business at Moonlike, but holders of wheat or all kinds were firm, and flour was rising. There has been snow at Toulouse, with some appearance of cold weather on the 22nd of Demenher. From Liege they write that snow bad fallen a week pre. ,ions to the 26th December, with intone frost. But the altered temperature, though forotinahle to thrashing, had not lowered the sates of wheat. !Rooks were small. In anticipation of a decline, some offers of wheat for delivery at four months from January had been made at is. to 2s. pee quarter lower rates. For wheat on the spot rata were firm, and oats were rising. Flour, to Os. 6d. per 2801bs. No variation is noted in prices at Antwerp. New Baltic was worth file. 3d. per quarter, and fine American 64e. 6d. Some Besairabian had been taken at Ms. per quarter on spemlation. Swedish rye, 345. Bd. per o , new satire 320 to 6d. Swedish barley 335. 3d. ; 31s. 6d. The markets in the interior, being obstructed 1100 W, were dull. At Cologne there had been a heavy fall of snow, with the thermometer 4 degrees below zero. Prima were very firm, in consequence of • Belgian demand. lembotte flour 435. per 21301b5. Wheat on the spot, 55e. per qr. ; for Mehl or May, 545. 6d. Most of the markets in Switzerland had father given way ; but Zurich was dearer for wheat. in Holland prices were well sustained, the range for wheat being 345. to 72a. per qr. ; rye, at 295. 3d. to 40a. 6d. Other grain was arm. Lead-carrisge was impeded by mow at Maastricht. Wheat, to 57e. 6d. per qr. An ins inquiry for wheat obtained at Mayence. The s bowing markets were making provision for the winter. Cold had also set in • and this, together with from England, Holland, and B elgium, and the Ming off of supplies from Hungary, tended to rates prices, the best wheat having risen to 375. Bd. per qr. Rpe was also in great demand, at full pains. The weather at Berlin was complete winter. The prices, after some fluctuations, had reverted to their Jointer state. The Royal College of Apiculture had published the result of last year's harvest in Prussia, whigh was es follows : Wheat 97 per cent. of an average yield, rye 99, oats 100, peas 89, barley . 92, potatoes 66, beet ot 96, Oil seeds 98, cabbages, turnips, ke., 91. Notwithstanding the favourable advicea from England, the Odessa market has been heavy ; this has been mostly in coasequence of the bed state of the mods, which has raised the intro of transit ; there has been, however, no change in prices, excepting rather more favour for Ghlita and &ode mirks whaspA and an advance of sd. to 7d. per quarter on oats. The week's bonbons was about 25,000 quarters of pain; Chicks and Sandomirka wheat, to 46e. per qr. . . - New York advice, were mud) more cheerful, there belts i=dmossid for the low gradm of flour, and many holders to sell at former mtge. Superfine Mate 4€l. 30e. to 4d. 50e. (18s. 6c1.), extra to Id. Me. per bet Ild.), chase. State (18a. and toned hoop Ohio to sd. (20e. 7d.), Ca nada 4d. 80e. to 7d. (19s. 9d. to 28s. 9(1.), saperfine Balti- more 4d. The. to sd. 10e. (19e. 4d. to 215.). Wheat also was with some opeeulative demand. Chimgo 1 dollar per Medal (335. 4d.), Itilwaukis Club 14. sc. (335.), prime red Western Id. 12c. (37a 4d.), fair white Canadian ld. 21e. (414. 4d.)—all per 49611 w. Barley 70 to 85 mots per bush., oats 36 to 37 °ante, rye 62 to 63 cents. Indian corn firmer ; mixed 59 mats per bushel, flat yellow 62 to 63 cents. THZ OLD AND NEW YZAIL—Last night it prim ties which has been adopted for many years past by the Weisma Methodists, and by some other bodies of dimes - ten, but which has never prevailed to any great extent in the establishment, was followed by several beneficed cler gymen of the Church of England in the metropolis. The parish chinch of St. (lenient Daum. in the Strand, wee opened for service shortly after nine o'clock. Prayers were said, and afterwards an appropriate sermon was preached by the Rev. Richard limp , Killick, M.A., of queens' College, Cambridge, the newly-appointed rector, and at Its elms the Holy Communiee was administered, the whole meek* being brought to an end a few millets, after the new year had set in. At St. Mark's church, St. Mervlebotte a similar service was performed by the Rev. J. C. M. S.C.L., the minister ' • at Berne:edam church, by the Rev. W. Duncan Long, LA. the rector ; at St. Anne '., Soho, by the Rev. Nugent Wilde, M.A., the rector ; at St. Mi chael's church, Burleigh-street. Strand, by the Rev. A. G. Reimart, M.A. of St. John's College, Cambridee, the incum bent: at West-street Epi.copal Chapel, St. Gilm'a, by the Rev. R. W. Mhos, M.A. the minister ; at St. George the Martyr,Southwark, by the Rev. Hugh Allen, M.A., the rector, and in other places by their respective incum bents. In many more churches the new y ear will be in animated by an early communion this morning. The night was observed with peat solemnity in Great Queemetmet, Handel-street, Sloaue.square, and tlie other poi omoalWeeleyan Methodist chapels of the metropolis. Amongst the mem. ben of this religious denomination the last night of the year is termed " Watch night," from the ciicumstanoe that ever since the foundation of the society by John Wesley, they have assembled in their chapels, and have watched in the midst of their devotions the departure of the old year. At about live minutes before 12 a deep silence prevails, and as soon an the clock strikes 12 they all rise from the attitude of prayer, and having mug a hymn, depart for their homes. Amongst the other religious denominations no recognised system of watching ^ prevails, but in manycongregational or independent chapels special services were held last night. At the National Scotch Church, Crown-court, the Rev. Dr. Cumming bad a special service for young men, and an nounced that on this (Tuesday) evening he sboultideliver a lecture, the subject being a retrospect of the year. THZ EASTERN CIICRCHEA.—For some months past Bishop Coataodioa, of Brume, has been in the capital under ecclesiastical arrest" on very grave eth •W -charges, brought against him by a large number of his people. With these, however, untried, the patriarch has sent the bishop back to his diocese. A numerous deputation of the Trost respectable portion of the Greek community of Brous' im mediately left with a protest to the Porte ageinst thin act of episcopal whitewasg. We further learn that in con sequence of all this scandal to religiin mid murals at Broom, as also of the other clerical administrative abuses which flourish there, more then MO of the most respectable families of the local Greek community are on the eve of publicly embracing protestantism. Prote.tant tenets, indeed, are said to have made most singular progress both amorist the Greeks and Armenians of Emilia, notwith standing the oounter-effortr of &number of zealous Lawirista and other Roman catholic missionaries who hove done their best to draw the waverer' into their fold, with besides other promised advantages, the minnow of prompt sad effective French " protection."—Lensur Herald. tab) Inttlligenct. INSOLVENT DEBTORS COURT. —DEC. 31. (Before the Chief Commissioner.) CI HE ARTHUR PLISWB.-PETITION 0110118,1Ei). This insolvent, who applied under the Protection Aet, had base an auctioneer, at King's Lynn, Norfolk. Ate was opposed by Mr. Dowse for acreral creditocs. and Auppurted by Mr. flargood. The point ut the case was whether the debts exceeded 3001., as the insolvent had petitioned as a trader. It mr that the insolvent had emitted a debt due to a Mr. L ' ' s y li r il e ° ,one of the partite opposing, and he alleged that the creditor had executed adeed of assignment, which he made last March for the benefit of his creditors. The sasigonlent woe produced in court, and it turned out that Mr. Lyre bad not executed the deed. It was admitted that the debts were beyond the amount allowed to traders under the Protection Act. ' The cou;idiuniseed the petition for the want of inrie diction. _ _ (Before Mr. Commissioner Nichols.) TN RE J. PAGL -THE LAW OP DEBTOR AND CREDITOR. This insolvent was discharged under the act 27 years ago, sad the tawgnees who were appointed were both dead, as abo some of the creditor. Piero was, however, property in the can, and is a conntry paper the creditors had been requested to attend by an advertisement at a place " where they would hear of something to their advantage." Mr. Macrae, who mentioned the case as Saturday, ap plied for the appointment of a new aaai in order that the midden or their representatives m • t be paid. The learned counsel raid the case showed the heaufit of the law as administered in this court, where creditors who received no dividend at the time frequently were paid in full out of suniequently acquired property. Traders and non-traden were by this court placed on the time footing with respect to future property th e law requiring the old creditor to be satisfied, providedthe debtor at any time appeared to be able to do so without inconvenience to himself or his new creditors. He might also mention with regard to the ad mirable arrangement of the records of this court, that on going into the country department the proceedings were found in a few minutes, although the case bad been heard 27 veers ago. Sly Commissioner Nichols directed the appointment of a new assignee to issue upon the executors of the deceased assignees filing an account of any assets they had received from the ratan. THE POLICE COURTS. BOW-STREET. Yesterday beings ppoi niedlortlelOrther bearing of the case of M. tans Deader, who was summoned on the prose cution of the Treasury for keeping an illegal lottery, all the parties were in attendance at the appointed hour—t hree o'clock. - Mr. Sleigh, the counsel for the defence, said, is award anee with the understanding arrived at at the last examina tion, M.Detbier had completely abandoned his undertaking. Tho establishment had been closed, no further ticket. bad been issued, and it had been announced that the den V would not take place. Under these circumstencest he h that the government would withdraw from the prosecution, and that the matter would here end. He was sorry to say that M. Dethier had been premed very much by some, be would not say vindictive. creditors, and that proceedings in bankruptcy had been commenced spinet him. He, how ever, would resist those proceetlings. It ought also to be mentioned that M. Dethier, anxious to fulfil his engagement with the public as far as he could do so without offending against the law, had iuseited advertisements in the news papers, offering to deliver to every holder of a shilling ticket a portion of the cake to the value of one shilling— namely, a pound. That day (yesterday) had been appointed for this purpose ; but he was sorry to say that the pro- ceedings in bankraptcy alluded tolled so interfered with the oontemplated arrangements, that M. Dethier bad not yet been able to commence the delivery of the cake. This, however, showed his disp o sition to keep faith. Mr. Metcalfe, the counsel for the prosecution, said that for the very reason that the defendant bad fixed that very day for the distribution alluded to, although he bad not carried out that announcement, it would certainly be desir able that the matter ebould dead over for the present. It had been originally announced that the lottery would con tinue until the sth January. Mr. Henry thought there could hardly be any objection to adjourn the awe till after the sth Jan. Mr. Sleigh would be happy to assent to the adjourn. ment, which would only give another opportunity of show ing how completely M. Dethier was Acting in good faith. The are was accordingly adjourned, and the pasties left the court. MURDER IN GLASGOW. About oue o'clock ou Sunday moruitig a fight seems to have been going on on the west aide of High-street, Glasgow, • short dietanee from the Cron, between two men one Lamed Wm. Clark, alias Nell Coyle, the name of the other being unknown. Coyle was knocked Ito the ground once or twice, and a young man named John Gall, who does not appear, from anything we have been able to learn, to have been in company with either the one party or the other, but merely one of the crowd, stepped out to take Coyle's part, saying it was a shame that ho should be so used, and that lie walnut getting fair play. He then turned to Coyle, and putting his hand on his shoulder and clapping him, advised him to go home. Coyle, without any previous notice, turne,l abruptly round, and, lifting his hand, was men by the bystanders to strike Gall with considerable force about the belly. Gall :nireediately doubled up, and cried out, "I am gabbed ; for God's sake go for a doctor !" He then, with his hand on the wound, mu down the street, through the arch under the Cross steeple, end catching • kap-poet at the corner of the street, swung round it once, and then fell fiat on his face. The aid of Drs. Chalmers and Finlayson was promptly procured, and these gentlemen immediately ordered the wounded man to be removed to the Royal Infirmary, where he expired about four o'ckok on Sunday morning. It was found that deceased had re ceived a blow with some sharp instrument in the groin, which had severed the femoral artery and resulted in his bleeding to death. Immediately after dealing the fatal blow Coyle made off down Saltmarket, followed by • number of the crowd. He ran up close No. 18 of that street, where his further program was °Winded by an iron gate, which wee locked, and he was then apprehended by two constables. The close was afterwards searched, and a clasped knife, much stained with blood, was found within • yard or two of the spot where Coyle was arreeted. He is a returned convict, and has only been at liberty some three mouthe, after having undergone seven years' penal servi tude. His character and nature may he guessed when we state, that while he was undergoing that sentence he wee the terror of all in any way . brought into contact with him, both wardens and fellow-prisoners. Since his apprehension Coyle has maintained • dogged silence, not dropping one word either as to his guilt or innocence. The deceased, who was !et years of age, was an engine fitter to trade, and was a quiet, sober, inoffeneiye youth, and not given to interfering in street brawl,. He re sided in Clvde.street, deilerston, with a widowed mother, of whom he was almat the sole support. —North, British Mail. Tat EXTRAORDINARY ATTEMPT AT BIURDER IN DEBIT:I.—On Saturday evoniog the police bailed the fol lowing description of Joseph Dwyer, who Mande charged with having, between the home of six and seven o'clock oa the evening of the 27th Inst., discharged a leaded pistol at ODA William Mulholland with intent to kill and rob him, and inflicted on him a wound, in • stable in Blackwell parade, in the city of Dublin, as reported in our columns yesterday :—" He is nineteen years of age ; five feet eight inches high ; slight make ; thin polo carbuncled fare ; dark brown h air • full brown or blue eyes ; down cast kink ; was dressed' in dark clothes ; hat somewhat wore, end rather large for him, which gives him nn awk. ward apparent*. He wean a watch and chain. He is well educated, and is a native of North Kingetreet, in this city. One of his fingers must be severely cut, it keying been bitten by Mulludlauil iu a struggle which en ured subsequent to the discharge of a pigtail." A reward of 501„ was offered for the apprehension of the prisoner, which took place on Sunday after-n*ou, iu a house in Church street, by Superintendent Gernon, of the I) divisioo. He was at once taken to the police-station at Bridewell-lane, where he wee identified shortly afterwards by Mulholland as the paver. who attempted to shoot him. His fingers showed tlio marks of the bite inflicted by hie intended Tur tles. He will be brought up to Capel-street Police-office to-day. Credit must be given to the police fur the i sigibuice with which they prosecuted the m place arch. The n which the prisoner wee found was suited for the purposes uf con. calmeut. When arrested he was greatly affected, and his meaner since his arrest is that of a person who feels the horror of the position in which be is placed. Toss MURDER ST DROWNLVO IN THE RIVER CLYDE—To this osse, on iiiettodar, at the Clieurow Circuit Court. John M'Fadyen was forted guilty by the jury of the murder of the child Alexander Shields. His counsel craved a verdict of Malady. The jury accompauied their verdict with a strong recommendation to mercy. The prisoner was 111 conibmned to death at Olanow on 111th January neat, but the general expectation seems to be that the sentence will be remitted on the ground of imbecility. FATAL GITN ACCIDENT. —OR u trsday last, Mr. Alex:loam Bone, son of Mr. Bone, farmer, Blackburn, near Lauder, met his death by the accidental discharge of his gun while shooting on his father's farm. He had left the house only a few minutes. and when about 200 yards from it he stumbled end dropped the gun, and made a snag h at it to save it from falling, when it went off and shattered hie right arm and forearm in at dreadful manner. He reached his own holm, and medical masteries wee procured from Lauder, but before it arrived he had sunk from the severe ' hemorrhage. He has left a widow and very young family to deplore his lam A traveller just returned from Syria informs as that such ts the widespread celebrity of the " Royal Victoria, Sherry ' that in Damascus this favourite vine Is held In the !Oiliest repute, and the happiest means of raining the favour of Ex' intish travvtleni Is to prvsent them with a 'daunt the '• Royal Victoria Sherry." 11.1 A elegant wine it vonsigned exchulr,ly to the Zurepoin and Colonial Wise Company. of 12 . 2. Pall mall. and sold by tisyr I at the low prier of Pie. tar dOZttl bottles and caeca lachidod ps'in; the f•arrlage on sin dozen to any station to &gland or W ales.—{Ailvertomeent. MARXET& LONDON WIEKLY DOCK Rirruise.—DlC. 29. ithipurkLiDellverd.L'r. Well 1569. iltraia—Weat ludLa casks Mauritius bags neva and Madras bags Pima; 00,•4 Yurftibl ,W.t. ..... ...pk;• 917 20,667 6,261 578 11,74 2,412 masa 3,128 98,238 3,721 317,445 12 WI • 88 6.12/ 1,175 10,012 422 0,805 10,112 1,014 38,352 Moat& Ceylon SDCOA—W.I. x I Z T V.I. Ci 2, 97 2,818 [10403 40,470 04,330 337,4E0 oe 3,,V21 'Me' 3,Sts 3 , 0 * - MOW TALLOW.—We ventured to affirm in our circulate of the 15th and 22ad October last that the greater part of the oversold accounts for this ear bad been settled by the large business t for the period at that time. The opinion we then expressed ban teen fully justified by the closing up of the remaining con. tracts for October and December delivery. There was very little to settle to-tley, and the " ca," even, were supplied with tallow without any diMenlV. The market, consequently, closes very4 there etly. But little speculative business bass been done . On the spot is a steady demand, and , most the lower dosariptioni of tallow have been cleared oft the market within the list few days. Our quotation are :—New Y.C., 00e. • old, 59a. ; ualwacked, 58e. 6d. to 56e. 9d. ; January to March, 60a., MUM idlers ; March, ells.'3d. to 60s. 6d. ; April to Jane, 58e. 6d. ; Oet. to Dee., Me. 6d., sailers ; Math American, 595. ; South American. We. to Mle. 3d., first *Pee Aus tralian beef, 57a. 3d. to 575. 6sL, scarce ; town tallow scarce, neadaally quoted 58e. 6d. net cash ; rough fat, 3s. (From the Circular of Messrs. Smith and Charles, dated Monday evening.) OcriToN.—Livalron, Doe 31.—The Bilis of cation to day are estimated at 8,030 bake. The turbot clines steadily at the prim of FrMay leak CORN. —ThIRTFORD, Die. 29.—The wheat to-day at mar ket in good supply; a great part very inferior ; the WS sam ples made rather more money, say la per load,coarme parcels almost unsaleable. Barley in large offer, the fined parcels only supported former prices. Oats a dull trades Peas and beans support last week's prices. Wheat from 26e. to 44e. per load ; barley, 20s. to 435. per qr. ; oat; 20e. to Mk per qr. ; peas, 265. to 295. per load; beans, 28e. to 33e. Per load. OATTLE.—Livntrocn, DEC. 31.—The supply of dock was seasonably extensive ; a fair demand for both cattle and sheep, at full prices. Beef, tad. to ad. per lb. ; mut ton, sea. to sp. COAL& —LOMOS, Delo. 21.—Huddle's West Hartley, 17s. 6d.; Byam's Bebeide West Hartley, 17s. dd. Clerk's West Hartley, 174. 3d. ; Davison's West Hartley, 17s. 6d. ; Howard's West Hartley, 17s. 3d. ; lozobert's West Hartley, 17s. 3d. ; Walker Primrose, its. 3d. ; Walls End Belmont, 22a. 6d. ; Walls End Durham, 225. ; Wells End Damon, 245. 6d. ; Walls Rod Heim); Hall, 235. 6d. ; Dims) and Ditffryn Halting, 24a. 6d. Ships at market, 24 ; sold, lb. TRAFFIC RETURNS. Miles Pas- Iter- Total, TotaI, RAILWATS open 'engem chazdise 1850 1859 Week ending Dec. L Z £ Grand Trunk otCsatada 970 4.078 10,478 14,556 10,t.75. Week ending Dec. 29. month Eastern — 10,913 3,194 20,107 20.282 London, Brighton, and 14 224 12,850 2,015 15,774 14,007 WEATHER REPORT. MINI= IL MMUS 9 to 9 LIL B. L M. D. P. C. I. ------ —.—.. --- .7 3175 39 37 8.8. L 7 9 o GI .. 29.70 17 36 &L 3 9 o 1130wic2 39.75 40 Ss &L 6 9 0 Com almens .. 30.16 23 Z.N.L 4 POETRUSH .. 19.56 39 37 ' Wag: W. 8 2 0 GAMUT .... 19.51 46 64 B.W. 4 * 6m ROLL Unman Vaunt* 226N410r7 29.68 49 48 & 1 m YAlatount Lowixor Lan *lrene 30.42 20 &L 6 Bt Zs* 29.61 34 31 NIL . 2 le 0 DOVER tan 30 38 N.N.W. 5 f PORTSMOUTH 29.06 49 47 W. 3 f PLYMOUTH PI:MARCY 133333 Bain Raiding Luzon 30.38 54 M.W. 0 0 11XYLANATION. B.—Dernmeter corrected end reduced to 82 deg. 94 mem men of as Inch diminution marl, three hundred) to Made. M.—Motet pdat). D.—Direction (I to If—estimated)). C e. clouds (detached): (Um); overcast (d letter repeated angina itXPLAKATION. using and reduced to Sit deg. gl man sea vertirel rise, causing &beet emainagredat a; and each 10 deg., above al dog., causing It he increase. E.—Exposed thermometer tamed bulb (for evaporation end dew aof wind (true—uotmagnetle). F.—Fares C.—Cloud (1 to 9). I.—lnitials: b, blue Ay; f tog; h, Mil; 4 lightninc mist, at tali); r, rain; a, snow; t. thunder. • eita—thus, rr. much rain. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. 04A37“.T1E8. Joseph Jones—A do;patelTfroars 17e; SsrleZiss . of the 11th Dec. says The Joseph Josses tram Cardiff for this park WWI Yesterday. 1g mlies from Pao • rOutre, and beau= a total 10% crew sated."—New York. Dec. It 31artoo7affor) (schooner:, fltelehl lallihewl. Is alechlbg Weer* yesterday afternoon, imbibed stays. went on shore, and was wrecked . eme 111511 drowned.—.Bt. Michael's, Dec. 11. Oberon chip;, from New Orleans to Liverpool, was hard agrottnd at the bar, at Pass a rthstre on the Bth Dec. two tow-boob were alongside assisting to get her off.—New York, Dec. 14. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. Add Advice ma from Africa forlaverpool, Noy. $O, Ist $0 N, too U from London for Melbourne, Nov. t 5, let 3.53 N, lon as - Lo w. Sue Jacket tehlp), from Liverpool for ManWa, Nov. Z. lat 7.31 N, 100 15.30 W. embed t baolue), Qum Ilverpool for Melbourne, Nov. 3f lAEA . .N, too 59..20 W. FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT AT KIDDREMINSTER, YESTERDAY'.—An accident of an appalling kind took place near the Kidderminster Station of the West Midland Rail way, by which a platelayer immediately lost his life. A fast train leaves Worcester at 10.25 a.m., only stopping at Kidderminster for passengers hooked to the north. Yester day morning the weather was rather misty, and it wu per hap owing. to this cause that the accident occurred. Thomas Smith, the platelayer in question, was on the Hoe Brook viaduct, a mile south of Kidderminster, when this train came up. He was evidently aware of its approach. for he had signa ll ed to another man on the line below him to get from between the metals. He himself, however, neglected to do so in time. The consequence was that the front part of the engine caught him, and he wan hurled on to the line. The train immediately passed over him, cutting off his hoed and one of his arms, sad otherwise mutilating his body in the most frightful manner. The train was proceeding at the rate of about 35 miles an hour at the time of the accident, sod was pulled up about a quarter of a mile from the spot where it occurred. 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