The Sun. — London, England, 1859-12-21 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET VD CITY NEWS. _..,~.~ - CITY, Two O'CLOCK. Although the export demand for gold continues active, the receipts from Australia and America are sufficient for the purpose, and the consequence is that very little movement is reported in the bullion department of the Bank of England. The metallic reserve, therefore, still exhibits an immense neeitimilation. the total last week being within a few thousand pounds of seven teen millions sterling. Moderate consignments are received from the United States, notwithstand ing the recent decline in the exchanges, and large quantities of specie are known to be coming for ward from Victoria; under these circumstances it ZS expected that the bullion will continue at a high point until the payment of the dividends next month ; and, in stimulating the circulation of coin, Will no doubt lead to a temporary diminution. In the Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday, only a very small amount of business was transacted, and prises were unaltered. The sales were 4,000 bales. The Railway Share Market closed quietly, and a slight decline was apparent in quotations. The foreign exchanges yesterday afternoon ex hibited a slight decline in the rate on Hamburg. The demand for money in the general discount Market yesterday rather increased, and it is ex pected that greater activity will prevail during the next few 'days, owing to the requirements of the Commercial community. The rates charged for accommodation remain without any change of im portance. The market for English Securities presents a very quiet appearance, business being curtailed in consequence of the approaching holidays. Specu lation is exceedingly dull, and very few bargains are recorded on behalf of the investing public, Whose attention has been lately diverted to new joint-stock projects. Consols have been 95a 1, being Per cent. higher than at the close of the market Yesterday. The New Three per Cents. and the Reduced Annuities are firm at 95 ; India Loan Debentures (1858) remain at 97! ; ditto (1859) have improved to 97!a ; Exchequer Bills are 28s. to 31s. prem. A fair amount of business has taken place in the Foreign Stock Market, and prices are tolerably Well supported. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 77 to 77 1 ; ditto New, 641 to 641 ; and the 4 per Cents. 10 4 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents. are firmer, at 46i ; Dutch 21 per Cents., at 661 ; Mexican are steady, at 22f ; and Sardinian, at 841 to 85 ; Chilian 4i Per Cents, are flat, at 87i ; ditto 3 per Cents: are Parked 72. '.The Ocean Marine Insurance Company's shares are lz to 11 premium, and the Universal ditto, preen. The San Paulo Railway Shares are quoted to s prem. A very moderate amount of business has been transacted in the Railway Share Market, and se `feral of the principal lines show less firmness in Price. Great Western, Brighton, North Western, and Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln declined 58 • ; and Eastern Counties and Great Northern, 10s. The Foreign lines have shown little variation. /labia and San Francisco are at 5 ; Lombardo- Venetian have improved to 12: to 13; and Per alnbuco declined to 12i 121. , In the Colonial Market Grand Trunk of Canada aeclined to 411-; Great Western of Canada are steady at 131 ; and East Indian at 1021 1031. Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares remain inactive, at former prices. Bank of Egypt, lowever, have declined ss. ; and London and el Qunty improved ss. ; Peninsular and Oriental St eam, Peel River Land, Van Diemen's Land, and li 13 erlin Waterworks realised former quotations. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. a perg ir Cent. Reduced Annuities 9si a i A " 3 per Cent. Annuities '& 411 8. 30 Years, expire sth April, 1885 • bl),..itto Enfaced Paperr q uiia Stock 95/ 6 'to Debentures, ISSB r , Ditto, 1859 Ormol u for Account (Jan. 10) I ndia Stock for Acounnt — „Ditto, 1859, 5 per Cent. n xchequer ills, £ 3,000, lid.. Ditto Small, B lld. 28 FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. th -enos Ayres, 6 per Cent ... .• •• • - C Ditto Deferred 'Lilian, 6 per Cent Ditt o 3 per Cent. tibiae 4/ per cent wt extaaa 3 per Cent. P m A a c l e e ount I,`.llturueso 1853, 3 per Cent. 4 411 ) tt i o t . t : 46f .Psian, 1822, £ St., 5 per Cent SardinianDitto per Cent. 5 er Cent bitt P 84! 5 1., 0 Account * l4l isli 3 per Cent. I)...tiiittttoo A N ex cw on D n e t ferred, 3 per Cent. 331 1 iiitto Passive tir kigh. 6 per Cent 77 Ditto Ditto Account 641 1 5 Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. b Dividends on the above payable in London.. 401 ExchrAnge, 12 Guil. 21 per Cent 661 6 THREE O'CLOCK. Consols, Money Ditto Account (Jan. 10) .. 95! a x d THIS DAY'S SHIPPING. kod 1.1 "bolf Dec. 21.—Wind this day at noon, S.W ; 1 , -4311 te breeze, and fine mild weather. h it ;TUTSMO UTI I, Dec. 20.—Wind , S.S.W., to S., blowing. : s sOff port—Earl of Hardwick, from Madras. (ef alltouTu, Dec. 20. Wind, S.W.—Arrived—Parana s uort of fuel • L a for Havanno ; Contest, for New dlaud. agun tor - tI, I :PP, Dec. 20.—Wind, S.W.--Sailed—Celerepts, kii‘Tss.ttriall•oinCharles and Pauline, for Cayenne; Amerika, 'WPoitT, Dec. 20.—Arrived—Ensign, from London for 411111 ( 1 0 Po F A • iti o .- 4 tourir, Dec. 20.—Arrived—Ernst Merck (ss), from kt i -al le,,iro, with damage ; Grypskerk, from dit t o; irom Taganrog ; Joseph, from ditto ; Alfred, from (104',°11 Or St. Michael's; Lady Eglinton (ss). from Lon 'c'r Dublin. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) wi nd SOUTHAMPTON, Wednesday Morning.' w. Ni n, , a PId thaw set in last night, and heavy showers of A r c,Yth strong wind. utzbii i: Z s3 .--llmpire, from Glasgow; Ceres, steamer, from del .— Bentley, John Clements, and Vectis, for Sun klacht"..; Express, for Jersey; Indus, steamer, for Alex . Ceres, steanier, for London. LIVERPOOL, Wednesday Morning. A I "fr es h. „ W., :iai. v ?d, Dec. 20.—Gondar and T. J. Rodger, from 4 rori l fy s t° ,l ; Elba, screw steamer, from Patrai Picayune, tr Orleans ; Excelsior from St. Michael's ; Viscaya, Rib Princess Royal, from Odessa ; Feronia, from 4' .1 1 1.° g ; Robert Parker, from St. John's, N.B. ClaiCe-q% Dec. 20—Rosalie, for Montevideo ; Pleiades, for n. Ofi ti + Zed, c. 21—Red Coat, from St. hae. th e P D ort—The Jane E. Walsh, from Mic New ls Orleans. l ir EIVIIMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPII.) • GRAVESEND, Wednesday Morning. tLe W ind W.S.W , very strong ; tide, four hours' floo d , t t h ri er 'very clou ' dy, with heavy hailstorm. r:aved, Dec. 20—Alival, Crescent, Ann, and Sagalt iol, ,criß i l„ tl etzis„ ey ; Eagle, and Eglantine, from Sun A l ma . 4 iittr e — Vt'Orri Guernsey ; Ellen Murray, from Jersey; Aasora Ramsgate, with wrecked goods. Dec. 21—Treaty, from Vivier. Vi A DEAL, Wednesday Morning. X o uu. s.mr . by S . ; ve r y strong. arrivals. kimnik anchor, with foretopmast and bowsprit gone; * llteh -ae ,_ . 1 ' to have been in collision with the City of Delhi, —44 1 p lost her jibboom. Name, &c., o f th e f ormer P at p resent unknown. allll,l__E VICTORIA CROSS.—We understand that t or - iwY titter the return of her Majesty and the Prince Con . - t l a IL and royal family to Windsor Castle from Osborne, i n to I,7l.,MaJestra intention to invest several officers and me . teep - e ".ra • the Order of Valour has been awarded for their . k e r tive " deeds of daring." N tr . ~ J - . S. Mansfield, at present stipendiary ma o - f Ar ni t of Liverpool, will take his seat on the bench te _ _ . ti2sip-atreet (London) Police Court on January the sth Curtiss, of 14. SENTING MINISTERS. —M r . G. H. orthgate-stret' Canterbury, having l ett er addressed a i q ette to ~ i his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, the 4 00 ' 4 col/in:landing-in-Chief, informing him that some N o et the troops belonging to the Canterbury Wes he ley: regularly attended Divine service at the Wes ths tto...ehaPel, and requested to be informed whether erte,ueiating minister was not entitled to the same remur alkiPcel. paid to the clergy of the Establishment nude to his circumstances he has received the following an swer 7 111 communication :—,, War office, Pall-mall, S.W., iDec. Nr442459 Sir _with reference to that portion of y. cur e r tin of the yth ult., suggesting the propriety of rem ti : that denomination g w esiean ininasters for officiating' to the troops of 4 to itt, lam directed by Mr. Secretary Herbe rt quizta you in reply, that similar proposals have been fr ( I rlieia Y considered, but that it has not been deemed expc t it to make an alteration in the present regulations i a t to g o wl to the payment of the clergy for their services to th e k r 13 (.1 am, sir, our obedient servant, W. It. GoDLEY . ' 11 . • Clutiaa)lNOrthgate• street, Canterbury." ....0.04, SHARE MARKE7S.-( THIS DAY.) ) D YTIATZT S A , t MTD SVOCA:i3, Closing Buiness Share Railways. i l Paid. prioe. Share) Stkl 120 Stock 12.10 Stool 60 Stock] Stock , Stock Stock Stock, Stoe: Stoo: Stoc'' Stoc] Stoc] Stool Stock Stock', Stock' Stock' Stock! Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock; Stock Amberg., Notting. Bost. and Eastern Junction nelfast and Ballymena Wol., a and Str. Val Bir.. La.,and Ch. June 'Blackburn I Myth and Tyne I Bost.Slefd.& blid. Conn ' ;t7 , •f_ „ !:.I,,louian :Cork aatl 1 Carmarthen & Cardigan' Cork, Blkrock,&Passage . Cornwall .. A roves. no div. A Do. B t until6p. c. per an. hasbeen pd.toß. Dublin andßelfast June. D un., Perth, & Abr. J une East Anglian Eastern Counties Eastern Union A Stock Do. do. B Stock Do.Nw.A.(lte.E.U3ds) l East Suffolk Do Edinburg and Glasgow Edin.,Perth, & Dundee Forth & Clyde Junction Furness Glasgow & South Westn Great North of Scotland Great Northern Do. do. A Stock Do. do. B Stock Gt. South.& Wstn.(lreld) Great Western Do.Str.Vl.Rail Gua.Stk ;Irish South Eastern !Lancaster and Carlisle Do. Thirds I • IDo New Thirds , Lancashire & Yorkshire ILondon and Blackwall. !Lon.,Brigliton &S.Coast; ;Loud. Chat. and Dover! London & North WestnT Do. Eighths ondon& South-Westn L'dt:rry & Coleraine ,L'derry & Enniskillen 'Man., Shet., & Linooln INletropolitan Midland (Do. Birming. & Derby Mid. Gt. West. (Ireland) IDo. Shares ('Newcastle and Carlisle New., Aber., & Herefd:, !Newry & Armagh (aet.)l ;Newry, Warpt., & Hos Norfolk North. Counties Union North British Nor.Dev.Rail.&Dk. Stk IDo.A Stk.— Arec.no div until 6p.c.hasbeenpdß Do. B Stock North-Eastn.—Berwickl Do. do. G.N.E.Purchase 1 Do. Leeds Do. York North London North Staffordshire... l, iNo. & Sou. W. Junction! !Oxford, Wor.,& Wolver I Peebles 1 !Portsmouth Rhymney Scottish Central South. N. . E Aber. Stock' Do. Scottish Mid. Stock' 'Shropshire Union ISittingbourne & Sheer ; .South Devon 'South-Eastern , South Wales South Yorks. & Riv. Dun :Staines, Wok., & Wek :Stockton & Darlington : IDo. do. 1855 Do. do. 1858 Stockton & llartlepool Taff Vale Do. Preference, No. 1 : iThamesHavenDk&Rail ;Ulster Do. Stock) Stock Stock all 100 31 100 100 161 100 100 ( Do. 'Vole of Neath Victoria Station & Pirt Waterford & Kilkenny( Waterford Sr Limerick I West Cornwall W-end Lon. & Cry. pal ; ,Do.A.—Arecv.nodiy.till 7 p.c. has been pd. to (Do. 13 (West London IDo. Ist Class Do. 2d Class li 100 9} 100 all all all all all all all all Blythe and Tyne 1C per c. pref. (Issued at £5O) Brie. & Zxet4p.et.Stock Do. do. do. Shares Caledon £lO, 45 per cent Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. Cork & Bandon, 6,1 p. c. Cornwall, 5 per cent. Dun. Perth,& Aber.Jun E.A ngn. Class A 7& spel Do. do. Class B 6 pe 1 1)o. do. Class C 7 pc E. Conn. Ex. 5 pct. No.l Do. do. N 0.2 Do. New 6 per ct. Stock Eastern Union, 4 per ct. Edin.&Glas. 5 pc shares Do. 4 p.c. gua. S. & D. Edin.l'erth,& Dun. 4 pc. Furness, 5 per cent Glas. &S West...! a. spc Great Northern, 5 p. et Do. 5 pc Redm.,lop.c.pm Do. 45 p. c. do. do. Do.sp.c. Redm.,s pc. pm Gt. Nh. of Scotld, Ist pf Gt. Sn.& W (Ireland) 4 p. et. pref. Stock Great West. (Berke and Hants) Ext. 5 p.ct Do. Redeemable, 45 p et Do. Redeemable, 4 p. et Do. Irredeemable, do Do. sp. ct. Redeem. Pref Do. Birm. Pref. Shares Gt. West. Ches. 8 p.c.pf shares Do. do. 5 p. et. pref Do. firming. guar. stock Do. Chester guar.shares Do. do. do Do. do. do. Lan. & York 6 p.c. stock Do.Barnsl.St£s 3810dpc Lo n &Brig.spc. gu. No.l Do. pref., 5 p. 0. ...No. 2 Do. New gua., 6 p. ct Do. do. 5 p. c. No. 4 Do. do. 45 per c. shares Lond. Chat. and Dover Lon.& N. W.Cov.&Nun eaton, 5 p. et. Lon.&S. W, 7 p.ct. stock, late 3d shares Londondy & Cole, 5 she Londondy.& Ennis 5 sh illan.,Sh., & Lin., 6 p. et I Do. £6 .Do. 35 per cent. Do. redeem. 6 per cent. Maryport & Car., 4 p.c. , Do. 4 per cent Do. !Mid. Con. 6 p. c. Stock iDo.Con.Bris.&Bir.6p.et. Do. 45 p. c. pref. stock 1 Do. with option till 1860 [ Do. Leis. & uit.pref. st.l NewportAber,&e.pret.s' p. c. redeem, at 5 p.c. n m Do. Perpet, 6 p. c. with option till 1866 Norfolk Deb. 4 p.c. sh ares Do. 5 p. c. t0ck,1846 Do. 55 p. c. Pref. do. 1847 Do. Way.Val.Ex.Sk 1847 North British, 5 per cent Do. New, gua. 5 per cent Nth.Dev.ltall.&Dsk.Co. N-East. irred. 4 p.c. Deb. Do. Consol. Pref. 4 p. c. Do. P.erwick, 4 p. c. Pref. Do. do. do. I Do. Leeds, 6 p. C. No. 1. Do. do. Quarters,lB46 . Do-York, H.& S. Parch. 'North Staffordshire .... Ox.Wr.& Wol. Do. Redeem., 2d gua Do. Irredeem., 2d gun Rhymney Guaranteed Scottish'Central, new pt Scottish North-Eastern 3a per c. pref. stock .Do.Aberdeen.gua.6pe Do. 7 p. c. pref. stock, South Devon, Ann. 10s. Do. Fixed 47 percent. South Eastern (Reading Ann., 1.0 6 ) Do .441 per cent Do. Fixed 41 p.c. Ist is South Wales, gua. 4 p.c Do. 4i per cent S.-Yorkshire, 4 p.c. gun Stock. and Dar. A 5 p.e Do. B 6 per cent Do. C 6 per cent Wat,..7ford & Kilkenny, 43 per lent. - 81 St wk Stock Stock Stock 10s. 1.0.6. Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock xr ,be )rt PREFEREI Railways. ci Nt 8 84 7$ 79 114 124 ei 7 102 101. 93 1,3, (si t 7 8 84 7t 14 15 58 69 39 41 27 29 82 93 30 30} 99 ICO 466 107 94 96 133 135 111 113 69} 091 60 ' 62 202 205 MI 174 p 18 174 p 90 100 65 67 114 115 134 144 98} 68f f 974 6 8 , 81 91 109 104 86 69 10 11 59 61 34 Td 62 624 94 951 1 1 d 48 481 78 70 107 109 4 n d 8i 14 35 37 71 4 14 16 117 119 29 SO 83 85 47 49 34 24 d 43i 44? 83 54 7 2 74 62 64 8 8 35i 365 55f 6413 2f 3f p' 63 d pi 65 1581 i 115}1061 I I Ogi i i 99 1 68 1141 14} 98 1 1 1 97i 38} 109} 9 i 481 76.1 I 131 rruntD EDITION. SUN OFFICE, Six o' Clock. COURT OF CHANC.ERY-(THIS DAY.) (Before the Lord Chancellor.) JUDGMENT.-APPEAL-MOULTON V. EDIWONDS. This was an appeal from an order of the Master of the Rolls on his chief clerk's certificate holding that the title, extending over sixty years, offered by the vendor to the purchaser of the premises in question, was a good and sufficient title to the property. Tho Lord Chancellor was of the same opinion, and dis. missed the appeal with costs. (Before the Lord Chancellor and Lords Justices.) COOK Y. STURGES.-PETITION BY ORDER. This was a petition to transmit 4500, surplus as sets, from the Insolvent Debtors' Court to the Accouu tant-General in this Court, pursuant to an order of Vice- Chancellor Sir John Stuart, and Lords Justices on appeals. Mr. Malins, Q.C., supported the petition. The money is in Consols, in name of the Commissioners of the Insolvent Debtors' Court. Mr. Rogers, Mr. Hoffman, Mr. Follet, Q.C., and Mr. L. Russell were heard in the cause. The Lord Chancallor recommended a reference to counsel. Their Lordships dismissed the petition with costs, with out prejudice to the petitioher, to make any other applica• tion that may be necessary. (Before Vico-Chancellor Sir William Page Wood). JUDGMENT-IN RE NEW ENGINE COAL MINING COMPANY, Two questions arose in this case-Ist, whether the com pany had undertaken to sink a pit in the Forest of Dean, and work it with new machinery ; and 2d, whether the company had taken a sub-lease of the mines in question. His Honour the Vice-Chancellor was of opinion that the company by their agents had undertaken to sink a pit and had obtained a sub-lease under their agreement to work the mines in question, and remitted to Chambers to ascertain the expense of making the pit in pursuance of the Judge's order, and the liability of the shareholders in re spect of such sub-lease. Costs of the official manager to be paid out of the estate. LAW INTELLIGENCB.-( VHS DAY. CLERKENWELL COUNTY COURT. (Before Mr. Sergeant Jones.) THE FINSBURY ELECTION.-LIABILITY OF COMMITTER- MEN.-BARB V. woßTll. This was a claim to recover £8 ss. for printing some squibs for the last election at Finsbury. Plaintiff was called, and said that defendant gave the order himself, and never said it was to be charged to Mr. Cox. Mr. Jay produced plaintiff's bill, and on the top was written " Cox's Election." Plaintiff said he put that on the bill to distinguish it. Defendant was a committeeman, and deputy-chairman to Mr. Cox. Mr. Jay said anybody must have known that the squibs were intended for Mr. Cox. Who else could have said " All men are equal?" (Laughter.) The squib was abu sive of Sir Samuel Morton Peto, a most inoffensive man, and no one but Mr. Cox would have abused him. Defcn dant was by some strange chance absent now he was wanted. Ho had been present all the morning. His Honour said perhaps discretion was the better part of valour in his case. Plaintiff had sworn that defend ant ordered the things, and defendant was clearly liable. These matters were generally arranged between the candidat&and his committeemen, and there should be no repudiation of a debt of this kind by the candidate. Verdict for plaintiff. POLICE INTELLIGENCE-(TIIIS DAY.) MARLBOROUGH-STREET. A GENTLEMAN OBLIGED TO TULIN CAB-DRIEB3.-.- John Patmore, a cab .driver (badge 1,955, cab 2,272), ivas charged with being drunk and incapable of driving his fa re, as follows : Thomas Lindsay, a constable of the C division, said lie attention was called to the defendant's cab, a little after 12 overnight, by seeing a gentleman on the box driving. He stopped the cab, and on looking inside saw the defts dant fast asleep and very drunk. Inspector Webb, of the C division, said the statement of the gentleman who came to the station was that he knead the cab in the Gray's .inn -road, and that after the man had driven him from place to place he (the driver) lost himself, and perceiving that the man was in a state of intoxication he mounted the box and drove himself home, having first, for the man's safety, put him inside, and that he had past reached his home in Jermyn-street when he was stopped by the constable. Mr. Beadon asked for the defendant's license, found that he had been charged with drunkenness about two months ago; and, addressing the defendant, said that if he carne before him again lie should certainly send his license to One commissioners. He was driving a gentleman at the tiro e, and so drunk that he was obliged to be put inside and the gentleman to drive himself. He should fine him 20e. or a month. !THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 21, 1859. 12 10 Stock tock l 173 75 120 122 100 100 100 100 all all 10 11} 24 24} 103 104 102 104 84 87 28i 20i 33 31 34 33i 56 59 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. i Railways. Paid . 1 Leasing i Closingi Business •1 Co's. Price. Done. Bedford and Bletchley all Ln & N.W I .. .. Buckinghamshire.... 100 iLn& N. W 99 100 Chester & Holyhead.. 100 Do. 5O 51 501 Do. do. 54 p. ct..... 100 Do. Do. do. sp. ct. 1 100 , Do 1114 116 Clydesdaleiunction.. 100 flaledonin 103 105 Colchester, Stour Val. all 141.11&14 C 18 17 ,E.Lincolnshire,g.ep.c 100 Gt.Nortil. 130 141 E Tinion,Darwichns all IC.Counts. 41 41 Do. Woodbridge .. . 100 Gls.Barr.&Neils,Drct. 100 ICaledonin Do. New lOO I Do. Gloster& Dean Forest all Gt. West. HartNool.Dek.Scßail.l all Yk.N.&Br Dull and Selby all .Ylc.N.Md. 110 112 Do. 1 Shareff all IDo. Do. 1 ,Sli ares ell 'Do. London&Greenwich . 100 S. East 64 66 Do. Preference Lon.,Tilby.&Soli•tend lOO Peto &Co. 95 97 Lowestoft, gua. 4p. ct lOO Norfolk .. _ Mk ' m ilo nn . 6 c. p ,B er ux ce t n n t . zz .. i Mid.itradford Prefer ence Stock Newma?k-t.,BuryEx 15. 5. 6111 Counts / a F guara nteed 5 p. 0. Northn.& Eastn. 6 p.c. all Do. 57 59 Do. do, 6 per cent all Do. Do. Fixed s per cet all 'Do. North Wo k stern all (Midland . 14 141 Preston anci Wyro. all I&L&N W Do. 4 Shares .... .. A. all jDo. — Roystn,Hiteb.,&Shep 100 IGt.North. 137 139 Shrewsbry& HAreford 100 T Brassoy 103 105 Do. Do. 1 .... par 1 p South Staffordshire Wilts and Somerset lOO ,lit. West 93 95 Wimbledon& Croydn all I..&Brgtn 74 84 DOCKS. Docks. I Paid Closing Dustmen' Price. Done. Stock Commercial lOO Stock Do 4 perCent.Pref .111 n lOO Stock East and West India lOO Stock London lOO Stock St. Katharine lOO Stock outlutmpton ..... Stock. wtoria ................. 100 104 106 40 DJ New 4pi• i No ssaiMll l e 2 a COLONIAL GOVERII Securities. iiov.6p.c.Ja.&July & J Do. 6p.e.F'o.&Aug. Do. 6 p.c.Mr. & Sep. N.8.G0v.6 p.c. Ja. &July Do. 6p.c.Ap. & Oct N. S.W. Gov. sp. c. Deb. D0.5p.e,en.1871 to 1976 Do.sp.ccn.lBBB and up NovaSootiaGov.6 p.c. S. ' Deb. redeemable, 1875 Aus.G t6pc.Jan&July Irict•Gov.6p.c.Jan&July Do. do. April & Oct. Share 12.10 13.14 Sto?,k Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 16 163 Stock Stock Stock etock Stock Stock' Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stocki Stock, Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock, Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 83 i Urn rE MARES. 44 t 4 .1 Closing Paid Business Price. Done. all 1 100 96 98 102 101 51 6 100 102 112 115 105 108 114 116 113 115 128 130 84 86 111 113 90 02 76 77 115 117 ClB 120 2 114 106 108 86 88 98 90 100 100 100 100 all 98 100 89 91 91 93 [O2 101 10 IA 17 18 10i 10 75 76 20 21 10 10i li 15i [39 141 10 11 [25 130 f.B 70 P it il) 139 141 102 10 , 1 95 96 P 10 10} l'i 121 lls 106 1 111 113 110 112 91 93 PS 99 1 99i 92 103 n IP 23 24 125 127 1125 130 1117 120 195/ ~~ ~.3' ~` 100 Stir 18 18 20 4 20 Stock 20 20 100 100 Sto. 1 Stock 100 100 100 100 100 Stook 8 tock Share, BRITISH POSSESSIONS. ;:,. Atlantic & St Lawrence Leased at 6 per cent.. Bom.,Baroda& Cent Ind gu. 5 percent .. Do. Addit. Capital A Do. Do. uffalo and Lake Huron' Do. New Do. Preference Buffalo,Brant.&Godrich 6 p. et. bds. 1 Aue,.., 1872 Do. do. 1 July, 1873 Do, do. 1 June, 1874 Clcut ta. &S. Eastrn. Li Cape,Eastn. Prov.(Lim.) Cape Town & Dock Scrip Central Oude (Limited) Ceylon Guaranteed 6p.c Demerara Eastern Bengal.o - 11.5p.c. East Indian, g . u. ' s p. c Do. F Shares Ext Do. Jubbulpore D0.44p.c. Bds. pay.'s9 Do. 44 p. c. Debentrs. Geelong& Melbourne Geelong Corporation C per cent. Bonds IGiand Trunk of Canada Do. 6 per cent. Prof Do. 6 per cent. Debentr Do. 7 per cent. 18 62 Do. do. 1867 Do. do. 1872 Gt. In diaPenin. g, u a.sp.c Do. New, gua.s per cent Gt. S. of Ind. Lim.—Scrip guaranteed 5 per cent. Gt.W. of Canada Sham Do. New Do. Bonds pay. '76,with opt. till '6O Do. do. '73 till '6O Do. do. '73 without opt Do. 54 p. c. do. '77 do Madras, guar., 44 p. c Do. do. 5 per cent Do. 44 p. c. Extension Do. Third Ex. gua.s.p.o Do. Fourth do. Do. do. Melb. Corp. 6 p.c. Bonds Newßrunswici&Canda. Ry.&Land(Lim.)g - .6pc Class ACapitl.Share Do. do. Land do Do. do. B. Capital do Do. do. Land do Oude (Limited) Scinde Do. New h e Do. I'unjaub • Do. Indus. St. Flo. tt, t ,' : " St. Andrews & Quebec Trinidad(Limited) Scrip all all all }lOO 100 1. 3 0. AIL all all all all all all all all all all 'MEN' Paid. ! ( 710 , '71 . " I • 1 ' • -• . ktp 86 88 004 1001 17& it X4l pa d r, 51, 5} 6} 88 711 1001 par i p ii Idl id 102} 1031 par ig Paz 1031 42 1; 954 6 1011 if 12; 13:1 1 8 1 i 12} i 12 1 FOREIGN Antwerp & Rotterdam Ardennes Bah.&S.Fran.,Lim.7p.c Belgian East. Junction Beziers to Graissessac Carmeaux Mine & Rail Copiabo Ditto Extension Dutch Rhenish Eastern of France Euphrates Valley Grand Rus. Guar .5 p.c Great Central of France Gt. Luxem., Con. ohs Italian Junction Lake Constance & Bale Lierre and Turnhout Lombardo Venetian Lyons and Geneva Maria Antonia Do. do. New INanilir and Liege. Do. do. 6 p. c. Fief Northern of France Do. New Shares Norwegian Trunk Pref. Paris,Lyons, and Medit. Paris and Orleans IRecife& S. Fran. (Peru.) gua. 7 p. et. (Lim.) Riga and Dunaburg Rome and Frascati Royal Danish Royal Swedish Do. 7 per cent. Pref. Sambre and ➢Leuse Do. .51 per cent. Pref. Southern of France West Flanders Do. 51 p. c. Preference W. & N.W. of France Western of Austria Western of Switzerland Wiesbaden Do 8 per cent. Pref Zealand 100 10 Stook Stock Stook' Stock 100 Stock EOUS. MINES. :TIBS. Business Done. -Will 112 } 102 I 102 1,10; Hi 11 Share Mines. Paid. Closing Basiseso Price. Done. Alfred Consols (Philacsk) 2.11.19 44 55 20 British Iron Clifford Devon G. Cons. (Tavist ) 1 440 450 East Bassett (Illogan) SO 1175 1221 East Caradon E. WI Rued (Tavistk ) 7.4.0 13 135 124 5 411 Gam.diSt.Aubyn(Gwen.) 544 61 ; 63 Great South Tolgus l7s 14 141 144 I G.W heal Alfd.(Phillaekl 12.4.2 1 11. G . Wheal Vor (Helston 91 5 4 Grenville 5 34 4 Herod's-Foot 8 22 23 Hingston Downs 4.3.6 44 5 Lady Bertha Margaret ( tiny Lelan.t) 95 6 1 0 65 North Downs North France s 'Mogan) 10 5 5i • North Wheal Crofty 7.9.4 9 10 N.Wh'i Basset (Illogan) 6 5 8 -- Par Console (St. Blazy). 13 11, 12 20 Providence (Uny Lelnt) 10.6.7 45 . 47 48 Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. 108 8 4 SouthCaradon(St.Cleer) 15 250 266 South C. Brea( Illogan). 2 21 31 S .Wheal Fran. (Mogan) 111.18.9 '.f 5 175 Stray Park 18.18.0 204 211 214 5 Tamar Silver and Lead Mining Co 4i 21 31 3 10 Tin Croft 9 4 51 Vale of Towey (Carm ) 12s 6d West Basset (Illogan) l5 17 11 West Seton W. Caradon (Liskeard) lO 72 75 Wheal Basset (Mogan) 55 175 185 Wheal Buller (Redruth) 5 105 110 Wheal Edward (Cals.). 6 11 15 Wheal K i tt y (U. Lelant) . 1.7.2 121 131 WWI Mar Ann (Menhe 8 34 36 iS'li'l Trelawney (Lisk.) 44 29 3Q -- - FOREIGN MINES zu IA ustralian 1 13on AocordCopper,Lim lss * d par 4 35 Brazil. Imp. (is. at £5 p.) 274 -- 20 Do.St.Johndclßey,Lim. 15 19 20 195 I 5 Do. Land and Mining Co. all 1 Clarendon Console Min ing Co. of Jamaica 40 Cobra Copper all 48 49 Copiapo l6 74 84 1 DunMoun.Cop.Ming.Co all t 4 2 Fortuna 20 General - all 25 26 3 Linares all 104 115 5 Lusitani an 1 Mariguita all # I i I 1 N.RhineCop.of S. A.ns.L Us. par r ip al 20 Pontgibaud Silver, Lead Mining' and Smelt all 4 7 5 Port Philip 1 it 1 Scottish Australn. (L.)... 10 8 id ip 28.2.81,United Mexican ...... all 14 2 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Sharei Joint-Stock Banks. (Paid. Closing 1 Busines s Price.. I Done. 100 Agra&UnitedServiceßk 50 40 Australasia all 81 83 25 Bank of Egypt all 224 231 224 100 Bank of London 5O so 52 501 1 40 Brit. Col. Bk. & LoanCo all ft() British North American all 20 Chtd. Bank of Endiadkc 18 19/ 204 1194 25 Ch.Mer.of In. Lon.&Ch. all 100 City 5O 65 66 100 'Colonial 25 -- 20.11 Com. B an k o f Canada all 100 Commercial of Lyndon 2O 104 201 20 Eng , Scot., & sus. Ch all 174 18 20 Gen Bk. of Switzerland all 20 Lon.Char.Bk.ofAus.tral. all 224 234 23 60 London and County 100 London & Westminster. 20 -- 100 Nat. Prov. of England. 35 20 Do. new lO 6O National Bank 25 20 New South Wales 25 Orient .3k. Corporation all 385 391 39 20 Ottoman Bank all 174 185 18 100 Provincial of Ireland 10 Do. New - 25 'South Australia 25 Union of Australia all 504 i 50 nion of London l2 281 294 281 4 100 Unity Mutual I ,u 00 .... .. MISCELL. knglo-Mexican Mint Atlantic Tel. (Limited) Australian Agricultural Australian Royal Mail . Berlin Water Works British American Land Brit. & Irish Mag.Tel.A. Do. B, 7 p. c. till 1862 Do. C Canada Land Chan.lslands Tel.(Lim ) / Cop.Min.otEng;.&Smltg Do. Preference 71 per ct Crystal Palace. Do. Preference Do. 6 p. c. Perpet. Deb Electric Telegraph Do. New English 4 Aust. Copper Gen. Steam Navigat i on. ! Great Ship (Limited) Indian & Aust. Telegr London District Telegr 1 London Discount 'Lond.Gen. Omnibus Co. Madras Irr. and Canal Mediter. Electric Teleg. ed. Exten. Tel. (Lim.) ational Discount C 0... etherlanda Land o 8 p.e.Pref.,iss.at lag .Br..kNoyaSeoti al, and, it Au a Mal as asian (Lim a Do. New Shares Irientl. In. Steam, A.. Ditto B 1 Ditto C Peel River Lai u& Min Pen. & Oriental Steam Do. New Red Sea & Ind. Telegr Rhymney Iron Do. New IRoyal Mall Steam Scot.Austrin.lnv.(Lim ) ;South Australian Land (Submarine Teleg. Scrip IDo. do Registered ;Tr.& Ln.Co.of Upr. Can IVan Diemen's Land BRITIS: THAMES. HEARTLESS DESERTION OP CiIILDREN, AND EXEM PLARY PUNISHMENT.—Tkomas Corrigan, a tall, abi'e bodied man, about 27 years of age, and by trade a brick layer, was brought before Mr. Yardley charged under the Vagrant Act with refusing to maintain his two children, one aged six and the other four years, and leaving the m chargeable to the Poplar Union. It appeared from the evidence of Mr. W. B. Foster, a. s eistant relieving-officer of the Poplar Union, that the pzi soner was a widower and in the receipt of good wages, acid that by the exercise of a little frugality he could maintain his children and himself comfortably. Instead of doing however, he indulged in sensual gratifications, and totally neglected his little ones, who were for some weeks hs if starved. In September last ho abandoned his children, az Ld they were found by a police-constable on the steps of aLe White Horse public-house, Bow, in a state of destitution. They were taken to the Poplar Union-house, and have ever since been maintained at the expense of the ratepayers. The guardians of the union very properly directed the sa:p prehension of the prisoner, and that it should be followed up by a prosecution. The prisoner, in defence, said he had been out of wotrk for some time, and that when he got into work he worild reimburse the union and maintain his children. Mr. Yardley—You appear to be in excellent condition-- full of health and able to work. You are a bricklayer, an .d there has been plenty of work for people in your trade. Mr. roster said that for a long time since the childre n were abandoned the prisoner had been earning 4s. 6d. per day, or 275. par week, and in this statement he was co It firmed by Mr. Want, another officer of the union. Mr. Yardley animadverted with considerable severity o.n the heartless conduct of the prisoner, and said it was not /to be tolerated that men, who became the father of children, should cast the burden of maintaining them on the rate payers. The prisoner had been earning 275. Many industrious and frugal labourers maintained the it families on a less sum than that. He sh ou ld make a sever re example of the prisoner as a warning to others, and he col t victed him as a rogue and vagabond, a n d sen tenced him to be imprisoned for three months i n the Hou se of Correctia a, and hard labour. per week. The prisoner —Will you make it less, Sir ? Mr. Yardley—Not one day less. If you don't supp ort your children when you come out of prison you will ;be committed again. THIS DAY'S MARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE. A very limited supply of English wheat was on offer in to• day's market, in but middling condition. Fine dry Bata' plea sold without difficulty at Monday's currency. Otha r wise the deinand ruled inactive on former terms. The amount of business doing in all foreign wheats vas very moderate; nevertheless, importers were firm, ax 'd prices were well supported. Floating cargoes of grain were firm. We have to report a fair demand for most kinds of bAT' ley, at full currencies. New malt was quite as dear as on Monday; but ald parcels were easier to purchase. The supply of oats was limited, and the oat trade rated steady, at extreme quotations. Beans and peas sold on former terms. The flour trade was steady. No supplies have come to hand from abroad. ARRIVALS THIS * WERTZ Wheat. Barley Malt. Oats. English l,BlO / 3,620 11,580 1 k 1,350 ; Irish Foreign 440 , 12,260 j 2,270 1 i Flour •4 431) -ih r. - ivi 3. BOItOUGII HOP. Our mark - et is very firm for all new hops, and plus V° well supported. WHITECHAPEL. Trade much less active, as follows : Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s 4d ; mutton, 3s :4c/ to 4s ; lamb, Os Od to Os Od ; veal, 4s Od to 4s 8d ; an.d pork, oil 6d to 4s 10d per 81b., by the carcase. On the application of the prosecutory, the re mainder of the sentence on Archibald Preernao, timber broker, who was ordered twelve months' imprisonme at with hard labour at the Central Criminal Court last Mew 21, for misappropriating a bill of lading, has been remitted. Alfred Skeen, his partner, who was convicted at the same thee, was released about a month or two ago. HEALTH OF LONDON DURING TILE WEEK. (From the Report of the Reyestrar-General.) The total number of deaths registered in London in the week that ended last Saturday was 1,289, being the same as that of the preceding week. In the ten years 1849-58 the average number of deaths in the weeks corresponding with last week was 1,218 ; but as the deaths returned for last week occurred in a population that has increased, they should be compared with the average raised in pro portion to the increase, namely, with 1,339. It appears from this comparison that the deaths that occurred last week were less by 50 than the num ber that would have been shown if the average rate of mortality for the second week of December had prevailed. The births in last week exceeded the deaths in the same time by 542. Small-pox, from which there were 45 deaths, shows a small increase on the previous week, when there were 40. Eight occurred in the Smallpox Hospital. There were 83 deaths from scarlatina; this complaint seems to be very prevalent in the sub-district of St. John, Westminster, where it was fatal in seven cases. There were 8 in Islington and 4in Rotherhithe. Diphtheria carried off 6 persona. The most fatal disease in the list now is bronchitis, from which 164 persons died, while 184 died from pbthisis. In 'the corresponding weeks of ten previous years the average number from bron chitis (corrected for increase of population) was 153. The deaths from pneumonia, or inflammation of the lungs, were 76, the corrected average being 113. Eleven infants died by suffocation, 1 by murder. The following are the ages of 5 nona genarians, whose deaths are recorded, viz., 92, 93, 95, 97, and 99 years. Of bricklayers 1 died in the week, of bricklayers' children 12; of carpenters 3 died, of carpenters' wives 1, of carpenters' children 19 ; of masons 2 died, of masons' children 2 ; of painters 5 died, of painters' children 2 • of plasterers 3 died, of plas terers' wives 1, of plasterers' children 4. _ _ Last week the births of 952 boys and 879 girls, in all, 1,831 children, were registered in London. In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1849- 58 the average number was 1,598. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 29.940 in. On the first three days the mean daily barometrical reading was above 30 in. The barometer fell from 30.67 on Sunday, the highest point in the week, to 29.54 in. on Friday, the lowest point. The mean temperature of the air in the week was only 28.6 deg., which is 11.3 deg. below the average of the same week in 43 years (as determined by Mr. Glaisher). The mean daily temperature was below the average throughout the week, and on the last four days the extent of this depression was remark able; on Saturday the mean temperature was 17.3 deg. below the average. The highest point attained in the week by the thermometer in the shade was 40.4 deg. on Monday; the lowest point was 1:5.5 deg. on Saturday, or 16.5 deg. below the freezing point of water. On the latter day the mercury never stood higher than 28 deg. The range of tem perature in the week was 29.9 deg. The mean daily range was 8.7 deg. Saturday was colder than any day since December 22d, 1855, the mean tem perature of which day was 21.5 deg., whilst that of last Saturday was 22.8 deg. Snow fell on Wednes day and Friday. A dense fog prevailed on Sunday (the 11th), and great darkness in the afternoon. On that day the air was calm, and while the tempera ture of the Thames was 41.2 deg. the thermometer in the air never exceeded 32.5 deg. The difference between the mean dew-point temperature and air temperature was 4.9 deg. The mean degree of hu midity of the air was 82. The wind blew generally from the north. Rain was measured in the week to only the hundredth part of an inch. THE WEATHER AND THE PARKS. The weather continued yesterday as on the pre ceding day, fair and open, with a fresk breeze, which increased towards evening, with a good deal of dust flying about. The temperature, which during the night had been as low as 17 deg., rose at 9 a.m. to 25 deg., when the barometer stood at 29.35, and at noon the temperature further rose to 33, and in the evening stood at 34, with a fall of snow. Skating continued during the day with unabated spirit. On the Serpentine the ice was about five inches thick, and of a uniform glassy smoothness. During the forenoon it was calculated that there were about 6,000 on the ice, in cluding several members of the Skating Club, who had a marque erected on the bank in Kensing ton-gardens for their accommodation. A racecourse was made below the bridge, and several matches run by skaters, which tended to increase the excit ing character of the amusement, and tended also to test the strength of the ice by . the large number who congregated around the winning-post, whom certain ominous noises from beneath could not deter from collecting together. Fortunately nothing se rious occurred. Several persons were, however, brought to the Receiving-house with severe cuts and bruises, which were attended to by Dr. Chris tian. One lad received a severe cut on the eye brow ; another had his arm broken, and was re moved to St. George's Hospital. About half.past three o'clock a lady met with a severe accident in crossing the ice from a gentleman skating with a stick in his hand, whichstruck her in the eye. She was taken to the Receiving-house and afterwards removed to her residence. Two foreign ladies, said to be from Holland, excited considerable attention during the forenoon by their graceful skating. In St. James's-park the ice was about four inches thick, but from its having been broken during the early period of the frost the surface was in ge neral very irregular, yet it was densely crowded, principally by juveniles sliding. There was only one accident, and of a trivial nature. It was calculated there were about 4,000 in the Regent's-park, where the day's amuse• ment was also unmarked by any accident. Several enthusiastic skaters even continued the sport by torchlight, but the great majority proceeded home wards when evening set in. One gentleman from the country, who was tempted to indulge a little too long, found himself minus his coat, in return for which he had a pair of skates left him, and in his endeavours to find the possessor of the former had recourse to the good graces of Mr. Williams, super intendent of the Humane Society. FATAL EXPOLSION OF KITCHEN BOILERS. Owing to the recent severe and frosty weather several explosions ofkitchen boilers have taken place near Liverpool. On Saturday the boiler in the kit chen of Mr. Arnold Baruchson's house, at Bootle, suddenly exploded with a loud noise, but fortu nately no persons were injured. About noon on Sunday a most frightful explosion took place at the residence of Mr. Sharpe (of the firm of R. S. Sharpe and Sons, coffee-roasters), Woburn-hill, Green-lane, near Liverpool, which it is feared will result in the loss of life to one of the inmates of the house. It appears that about the hour named above a domestic servant named Shaw had just come down stairs and was in tho kitchen, in the act of preparing dinner for the family, when the boiler attached to the kitchen range exploded with a fearfully tremendous report, which was heard for a considerable distance around the neighbourhood. Tho only persons in the house at the time, in addition to the unfortu nate young woman Shaw, were Mrs. Sharpe, and an invalid daughter, who were in an upper apart ment, the latter being confined to her bed. The shock to Mrs. Sharpe and her daughter may be imagined when we state that the explosion had the effect of lifting the chairs and the bed on which Miss Sharpe was lying almost a foot above the level of the room floor. Mrs. Sharpe ran down stairs in a frightful state of alarm, and on looking into the kitchen was horrified on seeing the whole of the kitchen range blown out, and in fragments scat tered about in various places. All the furniture and other articles in the apartment were also destroyed, and the walls, from the floor to the ceiling, were covered with the liberation of steam consequent upon the explosion. The whole of the kitchen window, including the framework, had also been blown out, and forced to a considerable distance from the house ; and, as a farther proof of the extent of the explosion, the drawing-room window was shivered to pieces. In a corner of the kitchen the poor girl Shaw was lying in a shockingly mutilated state. She was frightfully scalded and burnt, and her face was one mass of blood. Large pieces of the boiler and other parts of the range were also resting upon her, as well as portions of the debris, so that it may he said she was almost buried beneath them. Mr. Pritchard, surgeon, of Fair field, and two other medical gentlemen, were in immediate attendance, ,but we regret to say that they considered her recovery impossible, and at the time our parcel was despatched her death was momentarily looked for.—Manchester Examiner. THE ICEBERGS IN THE RlVER. — Yesterday, the traffic on the river, particularly below bridge, where large accumulations of immense blocks of frozen snow an d i ce h a d been driven, was greatly impeded, few of the below bridge steamboats plying, whilst the traffic of those above bridge was altogether suspended. In consequence of the severe weather and the difficult navigation through the ice, an in crease of pay is given to lightermen who convey goods and coals to and from the docks and the various wharves on the river. The large Continental, Scotch, and Irish paddle ~team vessels are obliged to be very cautious, and much delay and inconvenience is occasioned in endeavouring to av~ id the large blocks and fields of ice, which are of unusual thic.kness, and the tugs, which are of great strength and p ow e. r, find considerable difficulty in making headway aga in t the floating masses. CITY SEWERS. Yesterday the commissioners assembled at Guild hall—Deputy Christie in the chair. PUBLIC INDICATORS. The subject of public indicators was again brought before the court, by a deputation consisting of the churchwardens of St. Michael's, Cornhill, and a number of inhabitants, who presented the following memorial : " To the Hon. the Commissioners of Sewers of the City of London,—We, the undersigned bankers, merchants, common council of the ward of Corn hill, churchwardens of the parish of St. Michael, occupiers of premises in Cornhill, and persons fre quenting the Royal Exchange, having learned that your lion, court is about to authorise certain persons to place an indicator in the Royal Exchange buildings, feel it incumbent to represent that we consider such an erection detrimental to the property in the vicinity, offensive, un necessary, and ten d ing to cause obstructions, and therefore respectfully and earnestly remonstrate against any such authority being given." Mr. BAILY, churchwarden, who acted as spokes man to the deputation, said the memorial bore 125 signatures, which represented an enormous amount of wealth, embracing those of all the bankers of the neighbourhood, and most of the principal commer cial firms, and that with time the number of sig natures might have been increased to ten thousand. The site chosen for the obnoxious indicator was singularly inappropriate, for the indicator if erected there would obstruct the traffic to the Royal Ex change, Lloyd's, and all the bankers, and in fact would block up the only open space in the city of London. It was consequently regarded in the light of an intolerable nuisance, and the inhabi tants hoped the commissioners would rescind thet permission they had given for its erection. Mr. Deputy HARRISON reminded the court that as at their last meeting they referred the matter to a committee, the memorial also should be referred ; at the same time he gave notice that at the next meeting of the commission he should move the re vocation of the permission previously given for the erection of the indicator. In the course of the discussion which followed some remarks were make upon the conduct of the churchwardens, in questioning the power of the commission, by the summary way in which they originally interfered to prevent the erection of the indicator in defiance of the official permission given, and Mr. Baily explained that the inhabitants had adopted that line of action simply because they , saw no other means by which the immediate erec tion of the indicator could be prevented, and not with any idea of disrespect to the commission, or of questioning their authority. The motion was then agreed to. TILE METROPOLITAN BOARD OF WORKS. Mr. Deputy LOTT called attention to a commu nication received from the Holborn Board of Works, stating that that board had passed a reso lution censuring the appointment by the Metropo litan Board of a standing , counsel, at a salary of MO a year; and moved a resolution of concur rence in that censure, at the same ti me t h at it ex pressed the thanks f the commission 'to Mr. De puty Harrison and Mr. 11. Lowman Taylor, who, as members of the Metropolitan Board, had almost alone opposed the appointment. The motion was agreed to. TRAMWAYS IN THE CITY. Mr. HAYWOOD, surveyor to the commission, brought up a report upon the subject of iron tram ways, which was ordered to be printed and circu lated among the members of the court. 1 00 101 19 21 41 43 95 96 73 74 85 87 75 77 73 75 1001 1011 d par 1 44 13f 131 71 61 98 102 98 102 98 102 92 95 91 93 [OO 102 90 94 i } d 20 20i id 1p idl) id jp - AYS. 4f 4 - - - 131 I hr IP i i 1 2i 2f 1 j d 1 .1f 41 dl 25} 281 1 7 7} 2 3p 1 19 20 6 1 38 39 9 10 P 37 37i 55 17 fd 6} 7 9 9t 21 22 51 51 9i 1 224 234 SECUR: Closing Prices. 116 iii} 114 116 114 118 111} 1121} 11014 1021 1014 1024 11011 1021 111 112 113 11Z 11101 111 14 15 180 210 33 34 4i 5 35 37 19 21 13 15 107 110 8 9 231 24 14 51 101 103 105 107 par I 11 11 i i 1 d 1 /11 I f 1 4 1 2 - _ I 1 Ii 1 iIP 50 54 3 80 11 13 p 22 44 6 7 50 52 [25 135 36 38 1 11 12 13 SANITARY STATE OF THE CITY. Dr. LETHEBY, medical officer of health, presented his usual weekly reports, from which it appeared that, notwithstanding the sudden fall of the tem perature to an unusually low degree, the state of the public health within the City was highly satis factory. ST. GEORGE'S-IN-THE-EAST. Last night a public meeting of inhabitants of the parish of St. George's-in-the-East was held in the schoolroom of St. Mary, with a view to memorialise the Queen, and to petition Parliament in reference to the recent unhappy disturbances in the parish church and the differences between the rector and the parishioners. Mr. Churchwarden Thompson acted as chairman. Some 200 people were present, a small proportion of the inhabitants of the parish, but the extreme inclemency of the weather may have partly accounted forthe paucity in the attend ance. Mr. Smith, a parishioner, moved a resolu tion, prefaced by a speech, stating that " the con duct of the Rev. Bryan King, the rector, in his many innovations in the forms and practices of per forming Divine service in the parish church, and the unseemly decorations of the Communion table, so as to resemble a Roman Catholic altar, contrary to the faith aid feelings of the Protestant parish ioners, and calculated to lead to Romanism in its most idolatrous form, together with litigation, and also the introducing police into the parish church, rendered him unworthy of their esteem or respect ; and that the meeting pledged themselves to use every legal means in their power to abolish those innovations and decorations, and not to cease their endeavours until a law be obtained to prevent any repetition of such innovations and practices in future." The resolution was seconded by Mr. Her bert and carried with only a single dissentient. On the motion of Mr. Neale, seconded by Mr. Hopkin son, it was also resolved, " That the recent attempt to enforce an obsolete penal Act against certain persons who were summoned by the police for pre ferring to say the public prayers of the Church, in stead of singing them, was most unbecoming and cruel, especially when it was considered that the said Act was passed in the reign of the Popish Queen Mary to aid her design of burning out and throttling English Protestantism; and that the resorting to a law of such a nature, whioh mani festly retained its place in the statute-book by an oversight, was evidence as to the antl national spirit of the Tractarian party." A memo rial to her Majesty, as the supreme head of the United Protestant Church of England and Ireland,• was also adopted on the motion of Mr. Toon. The memorialists stated that they had heard with deep concern and knew from 17 years' sad experience in their parish church that men had received holy or ders in the Church who taught doctrines at vari ance with the Thirty-nine Articles, contrary to the Word of God '(the source of England's greatness), hostile to the stability and supremacy of the Throne and the integrity of the empire, and who also used ceremonies unsanctioned by law and hymnals con tainiig many Romish errors. They prayed that her Majesty might be graciously pleased to issue a Royal commission, with all needful authority, com prising . honourable and loyal persons, free from Tractarian principles and practices, to examine any clergyman holding office or preferment in the Established Church charged with promulgating erroneous doctrines ; and should he be found guilty of teaching any anti-Christian, or anti-Protestant, or unscriptural doctrine, or using any Popish deco ration, vestments, or genuflexions, to deprive him of his office or preferment, and to appoint another clerk of honest Protestant Evangelical report, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, to fill such vacant office or preferment. They likewise prayed her Majesty to command the publication of a Protestant catechism and hymn book—sound, comprehensive, and purely Christian in doctrine, to be read and learnt by heart by all the children taught in the schools of the Established Church in the kingdom, and to make it a breach of Church discipline, sub jecting to a like privation any clergyman who should introduce any other catechism or hymnal, or neglect to have the authorised catechism and hymns thoroughly taught to all the children in the schools under his care and management. " Believing," they added, " that a commission such as they sup plicated her Majesty to issue would in due time restore order, peace, and prosperity to the Estab lished Church, faithful worship to Clod, and loyalty and devotedness to her Majesty, they humbly sub mitted their petition to the Throne, praying that her Majesty, blessed with health, might long enjoy a happy reign in righteousness and holiness, and by the grace of God , continue t o be the beloved and popular monarch living and rei g nin g in the hearts of her faithful subjects, and a nursing mother to the true Protestant Churc h. " A petition to Par liament, which was afterwards read and adopted, set forth in great detail the mode of conducting Divine service in the church during the last seven teen years, the period of the present rector's incu tn _ bency, adding that in 1843, when he entered on the ,iving, the parish was, to use his own words, " distinguished for its loyalty to the Sovereign and dutiful attachment to the Church," but that in consequence of his obstinate and overbearing con duct many of the parishioners had been alienated from the Church of England, while the once nume rous congregation at the parish church had been reduced to a few scores, and that in a parish of 48,000 people. The speakers dilated chiefly upon the circumstances which had given the parish its great notoriety of late, and expressed what they believed to be the general wish of the petitioners to return to a simple form of Protestant worship. They completely carried the audience along with them, and the resolutions and memorials were adopted with acclamation. COLLIERS' STRIKE IN SCOTLAND.—The greater portion of the canters employed at the Duke of Buccleuch's pits at Canonbie have struck work, owing to some misun derstanding with the superintendent. It is said that the men intend making a personal application to the noble pro prietor, requestinghis Interference ; and this course is re commended by several influential gentlemen in the dis trict. It is very desirable that some arrangement should be made without delay, as the pits afford the only supply of coal to a wide district of country.—Scotemans THE MO UL VIE AND THE LATE BILL TRANSACTIONS. Some three years ago, after Lord Dalhousie 'had - annexed the Kingdom of Oude, London wab' amused by a spectacle of Asiatic splendour. A mysterious lady, who bad absorbed a fraction of about onefive-hundredth part of the dignityof Queen Consort of Oude, and who was covered with veils; and mufflers enough to excite and base all the vulgar inquisitiveness of London society, had come over to us to win back by persuasion what the Seraglio had been the principal cause of the King of Oude's losing. She had bearers, and khitmutgars, and pun kahwallahs, and vakeels, and baboos in her suite, and an English, or, at any rate, a British ,master of the ceremonies, to keep her steps straight and her dignity untarnished in this foggy and smoky clime. It was whispered, also, by the few favourite lion hunters whose modest ambition was gratified by the exhibition of the Princess at some suburban soiree, and by the multitude who were attracted by Royal progresses which outshone Mr. William Cooke's entrance at the head of his piebalds into a provincial town, that this veiled lady was the pos sessor and distributor of unbounded wealth. She lolled in her carriage among bags of gold mohuns, which flew playfully about at her command, and alighted in the waistcoat pockets which she desig• nated. Diamond necalaces wriggled off like pet snakes at her command, and snapped themselves round the neck of the wife or daughter of some in fluential senator. Pearl-drops were tossed about by her like jujubes, and she had shawl s enoug h to fill up the Valley of Cashmere. She was come— the Nemesis of India—to buy us up wholesale, to seduce our whole House of Commons, to obtain the impeachment of Lord Dalhousie, and the triumphant restoration of the King of Oude and the King of Oude's Zenana in all their old prerogatives of killing and plundering. We do not say that this was so, but this was the view of the matter taken by many grave and com municative persons who always see further into futurity tlian any one else. There was a great deal of mystery and a great deal of scandal, and prosaic people who do not believe in Oriental romance were cried down when they ventured to laugh at the whole thing,•and to predict that it would end in these impudent Mussulmans being fleeced to the flesh. The doings of this cunning Embassy are now re vealed. The Moulvie Mohammed Nuseer Ooddeen Khan Bahadoor—who: upon the strength of this long string of uncomprehended names and incon sistent titles, has been a godsend to many an empty drawing-room —has come before an English Court to complain that he has been cheated out .of a bill of exchange for £6,500. It was a very mean thing to complain. All his old associates will be very much shocked to find that he could do such a thing. It was a breach of all tacit understanding that so small a matter should be higgled at. But let us hear the poor Moulvie account of the transaction. He came over here, for what purpose we know ; and, if Mr. Roy may be believed, he is in the habit of boasting that he has found some persons ready to receive his ad vances. Somehow or other £140,000 seems to have slipped through his fingers, and in September, 1858, the vakeel was au sec. Now, for the father of all " Men in the Moon" this was an unpleasant predi cament. But the \raked had friends. There was Mr. Henry Chard, of Sunbury. The Moulvie there chatted with the ladies, played with the children, and "smoked in every room of the house." Mr. Chard, in some transactions which Mr. Roy calls " an old story," went by the name of Alleyne, but probably the Moulvie knew nothing about such matters. There was also a Mr. Roy, a solicitor of the highest respectability, who ii a solicitor to the London and Westminster Bank, and appears in the Law List with stars and daggers, denoting that he belongs to all the professional societies for putting down discreditable practices, and for protecting everybody against fraud. Mr. Roy was also bro ther.in-law to. Mr. Chard. The two brothers-in law were, doubtless, won by the agreeable con versation and delightful society of this desirable Mahomedan, for Nuseer Ocddeen Khan was often at Sunbury. At last Chard and the follower of the Prophet made an alliance offensive and defensive against the whole world. They wrote an agreement, and sealed it with oaths, that they , would " never cheat or deceive each other, espe cially in pecuniary matters." Who suggested this extraordinary agreement we are not told, but it seems to nave been intended to secure an advantage to the contracting parties to which the rest of mankind were not to be admitted. When this was done Mr. Chard, taking a deposit of some £5OO worth of railway debentures as a collateral security, and five signatures in blank to five dif ferent pieces of stamped paper, advanced his friend the Bahadoor £5OO. These pieces of stamped paper, were as Nuseer Khan understood, to be filled up for £lOO each, and then to be completed accord ing to the Indian custom of bills of exchange. Subsequently he borrowed another £6OO, making in the whole £l,lOO which he now owed Chard. The reports which this Indian Barillon had made to his master of his successes among English states men drew in duo time a further remittance, and the Moulvie, being now in funds again, wrote to Chard to come and receive his £l,lOO and give up his bills and railway debentures. Chard came and took his money, but forgot to bring the bills. The usual excuses and promises were made, and there was a by-play in whioh the names of Lord Forth and Mr. Dempster Heming appear. But as time passed the old Hindoo grew more and more uncomfortable, and he seems to have grown impor tunate with all the members of that charming coterie at Sunbury for a return of these five £lOO bills. Meantime Chard had persuaded him to take his brother-in-law, Mr. Roy, as his solicitor, and Roy in that capacity is consulted about arrangements pre vioiis to the Moulvie's ultimate retreat to his own country. Mr. Roy tolls him that the first thing to do is to pay his liabilities, and then for the first time according to this ambassador's own account, which the jury seems implicitly to have believed—Nuseer Khan heard from Mr. Roy that there was a bill outstanding in his name to the amount of £6,500. Mr. Roy was quite sure that he would have to pay this bill. In fact, Mr. Roy, according to. his own account, had been the " vaqueel " of his brother-in-law, Mr. Chard, and of a certain Mr. Oakcley, in discounting it. This Mr. Oakelev had travelled in the East, and knew ail about the Oude case. He was a client of Roy's, and he agreed to discount the bill. He proved that he had given £5,000 for it to Mr. Roy, who also proved that he had handed the money over to Mr. Chard. Chard is unhappily in such delicate health that he cannot appear; but Mr. Roy, and his partner, Mr. Cartwright came forward to ex plain the whole transaction. Mr. Roy was, indeed, quite certain that before the bill was discounted he showed it to the Moulvie, who was smoking at the time, and gave a sort of guttural grunt affirmatory of the proceedings. It turns out, of course, that this bill for £6,500 is the present condition of one out of those five pieces of stamped paper which the Ilindoo signed in blank. 'There arc four others. Of these, two arc satisfactorily accounted for as being filled up for sums of £l,OOO each. What value the other two may bear, or where they may be, the report of the trial does not inform us. - The undisputed point in the case is, that the Moulvie never' received any more money than the £l,lOO. The two points which were left for the decision of the jury were—first, whether the bill was fraudu lent in its creation; and, secondly, whether Mr. Roy, at the time ho was acting as solicitor for Mr. Oakelcy, who discounted it, had reason to believe that it was a fraudulent document which his client was discounting. The jury decided both these questions in the affirmative, and upon reviewing all the circumstances we can see no reason to ques tion the soundness of their decision. This case is one of the scandals of which the pre sent time is far too rife. We recount its incidents with much shame, but with no sympathy for any of the parties concerned. The corrupt Indian jobber who comes 'over here with his lacs of rupees to bribe our public men, and who falls into the hands of a snug little family party, is certainly neither by his character, nor by his objects, nor by his conduct, deserving of any pity. Mr. Oakeley, " who had travelled in India, and knew all about the Oude affair," most richly deserved to lose his money when he advanced it with such knowledge. Mr. Chard, and Mr. Detnpster Homing, and Lord Forth do not make a figure in the affair in the least degree creditable to them. But what shall we say to Mr. Roy the solicitor of the London and West minster Bank, and a member of the Incorporated Law Society of the United Kingdom? We must leave him to be dealt with by his own clients and by his own colleagues. The moral of this case is twofold. It shows that a man is never more liable to be made a dupe than when he overestimates the corruptibility of mankind. It adds, also, another blot to the fame of our middle classes, and gives them one more warning that their respect for cha racter is becoming too - lax, and their toleration of doubtful reputations dangerous to public morals.— Times. FATAL ACCIDENT TO A SKATER.—Yesterday an inquest was held before Mr. Wakloy, at the Duke of Hamilton Tavern, New-end, Hampstead, on the body of Mr. Thomas Pryer, aged 20, residing in Bernard-street, Regent's-park-road , who was drowned in a pond at the Vale of Health, Hampaead, on Thursday evening last, while skating. The deceased, in company witn his brother, had been enjoying the pastime from eight till ten o'clock ; and when they were about to leave the ice gave way and he was immersed. His brother tried to render him some assistance, but was unable to do so because he was im mersed also, but was rescued by means of a rope. When deceased was taken out he was unconscious, and animation could not be restored. A verdict of accidental death was returned. •,