The Sun. — London, England, 1859-12-08 00:00:00

2.IOIVEY MARKET AN]) CITY NEWS. CITY, Two o'CLoc-g. The Swiftsure, from Melbourne, arrived in the Downs yesterday, after a passage of 85 days, Iv ith 73,499 ounces of gold, valued at £293,996, but it is expected that the whole of this consignment will be purchased for the Continent, as the shipments made by the bullion dealers are rather extensive. Owing to the recent decline in the exchange at New York, diminished receipts of gold may be ex pected from that quarter, but upwards of £600,000 is comiug forward from Australia, which may prove sufficient to satisfy the export demand and prevent any important reduction in the stock of bullion at the Bank of England. Small quantities of gold continue to be with drawn from the Bank of England for exportation to the Continent, £6,000 in bars having bun pur chased for that purpose yesterday. The bar silver brought by the last West India steamer has been disposed of at 61s. - 7 ,d. per oz. standard, being a decline of Id., compared with the price realised for the previous supply. Letters from Liverpool report that the Cotton Market, yesterday, closed heavily, and some de scriptions were again Id; per lb. lower. The sales amounted to 8,000 bales. In Railway Shares a fair business was recorded, at a slight advance km previous quotations. A steady demand for money is still reported., in the general discount market, but there is rather Less activity, and first-class bills are readily negotiated at 21 per cent. The market for English Securities continues quiet, but although the dealings are limited the quo tations are firmly maintained, and the tendency is still in the upward direction. Consols are now 97: for the January account. Special transfers have taken place at 971 1. The New Threes and the Reduced are firmer at 95/ to 96 ; and the New 21 per Cents. at 811. Long Annuities are 171; India New Loan Stock has advanced to 1161 1; ditto Debentures (1858) have improved to 9 , 61 97 ; ditto (1859) remain at 9QI ; the Bonds at fas. to 6s. prem. ; and Exchequer Bills at 275. to 308.. prem. A moderate amount of business is recorded in Foreign Securities, and prices are tolerably well maintained. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 78 to 78/, ditto New, 661 to 661 ; Mexican is rather flatter, at 211 ; Dutch 21 per CentS. have dn re cede t d o C4l, but the 4 per Cents. are steady at 1001, a Brazilian 5 per Cents at 1021 ; Chilian 6 per Cents. have improved to 105, and Russian 5 per Cents. to 661. The Ocean Marine Insurance Company's shares are l- premium, premium, being steady. The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up to this day, are in round figures'as under 1859. 1858. Great Western ........ £28,416 £256,032 412 North-Western 74182 6, South-Western 13,740 12,455 Brighton Midland • ..... 37160 . 16,,940 :31,601 15,366 .19 0 - South-Eastern 23,512 Great Northern Lancashire and Yorkshire Bristol and Exeter ************* 5 707 5,163 North-Eastern Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln ** 11,374 9,080 Oxford, Worcester. and Wolverhampton. 4,89$ 4,437 Edinburgh and asgow , 6,014 5,401 Glasgow and South-We5te.rn........... 7,264 6,655 Scottish North-Eastern *************** 4,290 3,600 Great Indian Peninsula *********************** 2,776 2,520 butch Rhenish ................ Royal Danish 487 448 These returns continue to show a decided and Steady improvement on. most of the principal lines. On the Great Western it amounts to £2,004, the North Western to £9,150, the South Western to £685, the Brighton to £1,285, the .Midland to £2,559, the South Eastern to £1,074, the Great Northern to £2,919, the Lancashire and Yorkshire to £4,540, the North Eastern t o L 3,945, the Man chester, Sheffield, and Lincoln to £2,294, but on the Dutch Rhenish there is a decline of £5BO. The dealings in the Railway Share Market to-day have been moderately active, and prices have shown increased firmness in several instances. Great Western and Lancashire and Yorkshire improved s s. ; and North Western and North British, 10s, Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee, Midland, Scottish North Eastern, and South -Eastern, have receded about 5.5. The Foreign lines are a shade firmer. Lombardo- Venetian are 121 ; and Paris and Lyons, 37. In the Colonial Market a decided improvement is visible. Grand Trunk of Canada fast Indict to 381 ; Great Western of Canada, 13a ; East Indian, to 102- 103; Great Indian Peninsula, to 100 and 1001; and Punjaub, to 41 44. Joint-Stock Bank shares have also shown an up ward tendency in prices. City Bank advanced 10s.; Ottoman Bank, 10s. In the Miscellaneous Market Australian Agri cultural have risen to 331- 341 ; Peninsular and Oriental Steam, to 801 ; and Van Diemen's Land, to 14g. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities.......... 95 2 6 , per Cont. Consols Annuities .......... 97 it 17 z New 3 per Cent. Annuities Now 2} per Cont. Annuities Long Annuities, expire sth Jan., 18 60 S hut Ditto for 30 Years, expire sth April, 1885 17,1 India Stock Ditto, 1859, 5 per Cent. Ditto Debentures, 1858 Ditto, 1859 Ditto Bonds, £l,OOO Ditti under £l,OOO Consols for Account (Jan. 10) Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, lid 27 3 0 27 30 Ditto £5OO • Ditto Small lld ?wen OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. tirazilian 5 per Cent. .................. 1021 Chih l i]; 6 per Cent. Mexiean 3 per Cent. Ditto Account .................... 221 itussian, 1822, £ St., 5 per Cent........ Ditto, 3 per Cont., 1859 Ditto Scrip, ........................ 1 d Sardinian, 5 per Cent. .................. Ditto Account .................... 851 Turkish 6 per Cont. .................... Ditto Account ...................... 78 Ditto New Loan .......... Ditto Account ...................... 66 51 61 Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch Exchange, 12 Guil. 21 per Cent... 644 Ditto Certiticates, 4 per Cent. ......WO .. 1051 T O' CLOG K. ConAols, Money ................ Ditto Account: (Jan.) ........ 97 a THIS DAYS SHIPPING. _ tosnOW, Dee. S.—Wind this day a t noon, East:; taodorate breeze and fine. PonTsmouTit, Dec. 7. Wind, .S.S.W., squally — Arrived—Falcon, from Bahia. • CORK, Dec. 6.—Arrived—TryWind Again, from Quehee COßK, WitrrEnAvEs, Dec. 7. , Arrived — Thompson, from Quebec. (WINDY, Dec. 7.—Arrived —James Caskie, from Quo u*e. Sailed—Clara, for Gibraltar. PLmovrit, Dec. 7.—Wind, S.S. as W.— Arrived—The ir Albuera, from London f or Hong Kong ; Norman (), from Southampton, and left for the Cape of Good Hope. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Thursday Morning. Wind E. Arrived—Seven Brothers, from Aberdovey ; Alice, from ; Fuchsia, from Sunderland ; Britannia, from e a w rY ; Lucille, frt.in Newport Alliance, steamer, from It vr e • Argyll, s teamer, fro m Carentan ; Courier, steamer, tom Jersey ; Triumvirate, from Newport. Sailed—M a yflower, fur Cardif f ; Quintus, 8 for London ; liatati, steamer, for Lisbon ; Dispa tch, steamer, for Jersey ; avro, steamer, for Havre. LIVERPOOL, Thursday Morning. Wind S.E. Arrived, Dec. 7.—Helen Ewing , from Bombay; S. E. eltiFrew, from New Orleans ; Isl and Home, from St. John 8 ; New Brunswick; Ingeburg; from Alexandria ; Aurora, front Aveiro. (ET SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Thursday Morning. Wind E. • tide, three hour's flood ; weather, fine. Arrived, 'Dec. 7.—Hans, from Rostock ; Gotsk a, from tt?ttenburg; Endraght, rom Dorcun; Geranogue, from 21lzagapatrun • Phoenix, from Porto Rico ; Balta sora, from Table 13 a y 'Great Britain, from Penang; Vesta, from Vaauritius ; Inkermann, from Calcutta; Mar ia, from Caen ; ilway, from St. Michael's; Thames, from Demerara. DEAL, Thursday Morning. Wind S. ; fine. Passed, Dec. 7.—Swiftsure, from Melbourne for London. Anchored, Dec. Dee. 7.—Clifton. for M anilla ; Lirio p e, for Vontevidto ; Sea Flower, for Launces ton ; Palm, f r om St. itiona Adrian, for Lima—all from Lon don ; her Majesty's Woaser, from the river, for the westward. Sailed.—Maid of Judah, Palestine, Alice, and all the c mitward bound. •, ll We (Pssex"' Uerah/) understand that Mr. An thony Trollope will succeed Mr. George Neal as Post-oifice Surveyor for this district. Mr. Trollope is a son of Mrs. Trollope, the celebrated writer, and is himself a talented P)Pular author. Mr. COBDEN.—lntelligence from Pa ris states that this gentleman continues indisposed, but not dange tously so. His physicians, however, still req uire him to =swain in an even temperature and avoid all exposure. great state d peter' over ir ,t th e ( Lrge P I Aitleo be o as „„ it sof g h Ow, ble 6S tb o 01l ma t co b, o den/ for PIO la ell" le ao a l Do or ; (1,0114 ar bin' is t Jog.) , 6.01 01 0 11°' gro (Yell' )9e.) bean 0 140 r )f 11 st ii nd .:14 s foA pejo ° is al to To/Ira t e P °n ld e fr wss , 0 1 s ch adr e eAo -- ed thiA r 9 . And -a? nurgle , to , out n 0 weep Loor iti; 110 c 5 i to 4 o r, -° ne t • ~f e, (3 I‘"' f ) 12r or° on aye' , 5.) • D o• La sol be of cs i t h e and pat o:, r v. l llO O jloe r°,otot h OS P' JO . LO reS tel :, 3, 9 <es. - I , ° Arof ooe, - u o oust • a te r ° 00° t V it Oe r Lar ebv iO t° statout colt t)e not vot er, 030 1 ° 11 0 1 B,IIAR 3.--1 - - - ORDINARY SHARES A Sh are I A ailwayn. 1 I . 12.10 font)er.,., Not inT. Boat! and Eastern Junction' 50 r.:elfast and Ballymena.. 13.14 %Col., and :Str.Val. l i St° La.. and Ch. June. 25 Blackburn 25 Myth and Type 10 !Bost.Slefd.& Mid. Conn ; Stock 'Bristol and Exeter Stock. ;Caledonian 50 Cork and Bandon 10 :Carmarthen & Cardigan, 20 Cork, lilkrock,& Passagel 20 Cornwall 10 I Do. A A roves no div• l 10 Do. 13 untilfip.C.Per an.; hasbeen pd.toll.; 5/1 ;Dublin andßellast June. 2.5 !Dun.,Perth,& Abr.Junc. St:r.ct ;East Anglian S';ock Eastern Counties Stock ;Eastern Union A Stock' btobk ; Do. do. B Stock 25 ; Do.Nw.A.(lte.E.U 3 ds), 20 , East Suffolk 10 Do Stock Edinburg, a nd Glasgow; Stock !Edin., & Perth, & Dundee.; 10 'Forth Clyde Junction; Stock. Furness Stock Glasgow & South W estn. 10 ' Great North of Scotland; Stock, Great Northern Stock; Do. do. A Stock Stock, Do. do. B Stock Stock (3 t. South. & Wstn.(lreld) Stock:Great Western Stock'; Do.Str.Vl.ltail Gua.Stk., 12 I Irish South Eastern ' Stock)Laneaster and Carlisle ! 16i4 jDo. Thirds leq, Do. New Thirds Stock; Lancashire & Yorkshire; stock London and Illackwall.S 45k : Lon.,Brighton S.Coast Lo n d. Chat. an d Dover; Stock,London & North Westn i l r Do. Eighths Stock' London& South-Westn. 25 IL'ilerry & Coleraine , 25 IL'derry & E Weld Man., Shef., & 10 ;Metropolitan stock! Midland B.fock Do. Binning. & Derby 51 ;Mid. Gt. West. (Ireland): 25 Do. t Shares I 100 :NeWcastle and Carlisle. 25 INew., Aber.. & Tiere I d: 10 INewry & A rmagh ( ief.) 20 ;Newry, Warpt., & Hos Stock Norfolk 50 'North. Counties Union ; Stock (North British Stock Nor.Dev.Rail.&Dk. Stk Stock Illo.A Stk.—Arec.no div. i until 6p.c.hasbeenpdß: :ITN% B Stock :INorth-Eastn.—Berwick Do. do. G.N.E.Purchase 1 Do. Leeds Do. York North London North Staffordshire No. & Sou. W. Junction Oxford, Wor.,& Wolver Peebles Portsmouth Ilthymney Scottish Central iScoth. N.E., Aher. Stock: IDo. Scottish Mid. Stock t Shropshire Union ISittingbourne & Sheer ;South Devon (South-Eastern ;South Wales South Yorks.&Riv.Dun Staines, Wok., & Wok ,Stockton & Darlington Do. do. 1855 Do. do. 1858 :Stockton & llartlepool Stock Taff Vale Stock ;Po. Preference, No. 1 ; 25 IThamesHavenDk&ltail 50 jUlsier 25 ; no. 12 10 Dc'. Stock Vale of Neath 10 Victor; a Station & Pim Stock Waterfird & Kilkenny 50 :Waterioi d & Limerick: 20 West Con:wall 10 W-end Lon. & Cry. Pall 5 ,Do.A.—Arecv.nodiv.till. 7 p.c. has been pd. to B 1 Stock Stock Stock stock ocic Stack Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock ,Stock 6 'Do: B .. 20 I West London 10 ' Do. Ist Class 20 I Do. 2d Class Share! .(THIS DAY). D STOCKS. Cloying rriee. ti el 8 si 77i 78i 11 121 6 7 100 1(2 021 83} 6i 7 15351 40147 27 20 E 3. 414 29& VI 98 99 1 104 105 94 95 1 132 134 112 114 60/ 67 55 60 19R 203 161 16t 37 p i 90 99 (15 ‘l7 113 114 14 15 971 68 1. at 171 8 9 37i 38 d 108 1084 85 87 10e 114 56 68 3i $ 4 601 611 94 941 1 14 d 48 481 78 181 105 107 4 n d 8i 94 36 33 7! Si 14 16 27 274 82 84 47 48 34 24 d 43 15 814 132 72 74 62 64 6 8 354 164 531 541 11 21 p I d par 58 ft 51 61 71 7i [ARgB CloBlllff BiSlllBll6 Price. none. 96 98 102 103 54 6 ,100 102 112 115 105 108 119 114 111 113 127 129 83 85 109 111 90 92 74 75 115 117 118 120 112 114 106 108 84 85 98 99 08 PO 88 90 91 99 102 104 9i 101 17 1S 10 104 74 70 11 20 9 10 14 lb 139 141 ,10 11 121 110 I 41 e 70 IP 139 141 102 104 94 95 PI 10 11 1I 2 111 113 109 111 91 93 97 98 1} iP id ip 23 21 124 126 1. 1 15 130 117 120 73 76 120 122 10! 11 1 23 1 241 103 104 102 104 84 87 28 20 33 34 3'‘ 33 t 8 ES '9 4 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTI. Leasing I Closing Business Railways. I Paid. Co.'s. Price. Dons. , 6 100 40 4041 121 125 113 115 103 105 1(5 17 430 141 41 4 Bedford and illetchley all 'Ln & N.W' 11 uckin vham shi re .... 100 N.W Chester &II olyhead 100 Do. Do. do. 51 p. et 100 Do. Do. do. sp. ct. Clydesdale.] unction... 100 ,Caledonin Colchester. Stour Val. all E.U.&E C. 14.1.1nc01n5hire,7.,.6p.c i 100 ,G t. North. E Union,llarwichS 100 hs E.Counts Do. Wo(slbrWe Gle.llarr.&Neils,Dret.l 100 Caledonin lio. New ......••••• I 100 Do. Gloster& Dean ' all Gt. West Hartipool.Dek.&ltailForest.l all 'Yk.N.&l3r Hull and Selby ...... all !Yk.N.Md.l Do. 1 Shares....... I all 1)0. Do. 1 Shares....... all Do. liondon&Greenwich .1 100 S. East Do. Pref erence IIOO 'Do. T,on.,'.l'ilby.&Soutend.; 100 Peto &Co , Lowestoft, qua. 4 p. et. I 100 Norfolk Do. 6 per cent ... . .... 100 'Do. Maue..llitxtn.&Matk. all LN W&NII 11id.11radford Prefer once Stock ........ 100 Midland isTeN s -markt..llttry Ex 1 ' l5. 5. O. t oun 8 griafailh el 5 p. c. Nortlin.& Eastn. 5 p.c. I all Do. Do. do. (3 per cent. all D o Do. Fixed 5 per cent.' all , North Western....... all MidlannY d . Preston and W.V.. All Do. Shares ...... A.l She p Roystn,llitch. ,& 100 t.North. 135 140 lo,:wAry& Hareford 100 ,T BraBBoy 100 105 S Do. Do. ' 1 ' •• .. par p South Staffordsh ire ..all 131`Clean l ot 104 Wilts and Some rset.. 100 (it. Wes ti 93 95 Wimbledon& Croydn. .klirgin , 74 Re DOCKS. 2} 2f 93 100 58 58 Docks. S toekleammerctal S'"ck `)o4 porCent . "'ref . Stuck gust and West India.. • ' Stock i London Stock ,St. Katharine S toek Southampton StockVietorta 140 DJ New ...... 14 14i) 1 iv - 100 - 100 - 100 - 100 - 'lOO - 100 104 1(6 q 2 Closing I B u siness 1-- Paid „rioe. 90 1 .e. I 1 1} 100 9} 100 all all all all all all all all PREFERENCE Railways. I Paid. 25 IBlythe and Tyne 10 per' C. pref. (Issued at £5O) 1 Stki Bris. & Exet.4p.ct.Stock 20 Do. do. do. Shares...... Stock Caledon £lO, 4} per cent 12.10 'Cork ic .Q, Bandon, uar.Shar 54 p. e es, No. 2.. 20 ,Cornwall, 5 per cent. .. 6} I Dun. Pert h, & Aber.Jun. Stock E.Angn. Class A 7 & spc Stock , Do. do. Class B 6 p 0... • Stock) Do. do. Class C 7 pc .... Stock E. Coun. Ex. 5 pct. No.l Stock Do. do N 0.2 Stock Do. New 6 per ct. Stock Stock' Eastern Union, 4 per ct. Stocki Edin.&Glas. 5 pc shares Stock Do. 4 p.c. gua. S. &D. Stockj E d in. Perth,& Dun. 4 pc. Stock; Furness, 5 per cent .... Stock' (31 as. .'s S West. , y. a. 5 pe. Stock Great Northern, 5 p. ct. Stock Do. 5 pc Rin ed.,lop.c.pm • i ?dock Do. 44 p. c. do. do. 100 , Do.sp.e. Redm.,sp3. pm 10 IGt. Nh. of Scotld, Ist rf I 0 ,„„,,1 ( Gt.Snat W (Ireland) i 1 1 1 p. ct. pref. Stock 50 'Great West. (Berke and llants) Ext. 5 p.ct Do. Redeemable, 44 pet Do. Redeemable, 4 p. ct Do. Irredeemable, do Do. 5 p. ct. Redeem. Pref Do. Birm. Pref. Shares Gt. West. Ches. 8 p.o.pf shares Do. do. 5 p. ct. pref Do. Birmimr. guar. stock, Do. Chester g. - ,uar.sharesl Do. do. do 1 Do. (10. do. Lan. tic York 6 p.c. stock Do.Barnsl.StEs 3810(1pc, Lon.St Brig.spc. go. No.l , Do. pref., 5 p. c. ...No. 2 Do. New gua., 6 p. et Do. do. 5 p. c. No. 4 Do. do, 44 per e. shares Ston lo Stock Stock, 3tori:% 2( Stocitj Stow. Stock Stock Stocki Stoek 100 100 100 100 all all 100 1 Stock ,Load. Chat. and Dover Lon. & N.W.Cov.&Nttn- I caton, 5 p. ct. Stook Lon lat .&S. W. 7 pct. stock, e 3d shares 125. Londondy & Cole, 4 slis i 14 !L on dondy.& Ennis sh I Stock Aan..Sh., dc Lin., 6 p. ct 6 j Do. t 6 stocV 110. 31 ner cent. 10 " Do. redeem. 6 per cent. 125 Ilaryport & Car., 4 p.c.' Do. 4 per cent 121 Do. Stock ,1141. Con. 6 p. c. Stock Stock Do.Con.Bris.&llir.6p.ct. Stock Do. 45 p. c. pref. stock 6 Do. with option till 1860, Stock Do. Leic. & Hit.pref. at. I Newport,Aber,&c. pref.& ( 1 ' p. c. redeem, at 5 p.c.n 10 ;1)o. Perpet, 6p. C. with! option till 1866 iTorfolk Deb. 4 p.c. shares Do. 5 p.c. ExtStock,lB 46 Do. 55 p. c. Pref. do. 1847 Do. Way.Val.Ex.Sk 1847 North British, 5 per cent Do. New, e• mt. 5 per cent Nth.Dev.Rail.& kl•k.Co. N- East. irred. 4 p.c. Deb; Do. Consol. Pref. 4 p. o. Do. Berwick, 4 p. c. Pref. Do. do. do. Do. Leeds, 6 p. c. No. 1 Do. do. Quarters, 1846 140. York, H.& S. Purch. North Staffordshire •1 Ox.Wr. & Wol. 6 pc. lst g' DO. Redeem., 2d pus Do. Irredeem., 2d gua.J Rhytnney Guaranteed. l Scottish Central, new pt Scottish Norett -Eastern 35 per c. pret. stock.... Do.A berdeen.gua.6 pc. Do. 7 p. c. pref. stock.' South Devon, Ann. 108.1 Do. Fixed 45 per cent.; South Eastern (Reading; Ann., 1.0.11.) Do .41 per cent Do. Fixed 44 P.C. Ist is smith Wales, gua. 4 p.c Do. 45 per cent S.-Yorkshire, 4 p.c. gua Stock. sad Dar. A 5 p.e Do. 11 6 per cent Do. C 6 per cent. Waterford & Kilkenny, !remit Stock: Stock! Stock' Stack Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock •25 20 Stock Stock Stock - 8t stock Stock Stock' Stock 10s. 1 - .0.6. Stock - Stock Stock' Stock St tick 100 all all 100 41, 100 100 100 100 100 all all St,.9ckl all 100 31 100 100 Share THE SUN, LONDON, THUESDAY EVPAINeI, DECEMBER 8, 18b14. BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Share I Closing Railways. Paid I lguanas dolts • I I Price. Atlantic & St Lawrence 100 all 82 $4 >}24 Leased at 6 per cent Stk Ilom.,Barod a& Cent.lnd 100 97 98 gii. 5 percent 18 Do. Addit. Capital A all; 17 174 118 Do. Do. B 11 1 I d 204 , Buffalo and Lake Huron all 44 514 204 Do. New all 10 Do. Preference 100 I Balfa.lo,Brant.&Godrich 1 100 6 p. ct. bds. 1 Aug., 1.8;2 100 Do. do. 1 July, 1873 100 7 0 190 Do. do. 1 June, 1874 • 5 Cleutta.&S.Eastrn.Lim.ll. 30. id 4 p 20 Cape,Eastn.Prov.(Lim)! 25. 20 Cape Town & Dock Scrip 3a. 14 14d 20 Central Oude (Limited) 2s. 6d. 20 Ceylon Guaranteed 6p.c 74 4 5 d 175 Demerara 20 Eastern Bengal.gu.sp.c 5 15 Id 44 Stock East Indian, c'll. sp. c lOO 102 1024 1021.5 3 20 Do. F Shares Ext 5 id par 20 Do. Jubbulpore S id par 100 D 0.44 .c. lids. pay.'s9l all -- 100 Do. 4i p. c. Debentrs.i a!l 98 100 20 Geelong& Melbourne Geelong, Corporation 61 1 lOO Sto. per cent. Bonds Stock! Grand Trunk of Canada ' 100 37 39 3 , 35 I i 100 'Do. 6 per cent. Pret I all 92 93 100 I ,Do. 6 percent. Debentr, all 70 73 715 100 I Do. 7 per cent. 18 62 ..., i all 81 83 100 Do. do. 1867 ' all 72 74 100 I Do. do. 1872 all 66 68 Stook ,GLlndiarenin.gua.sp.c. 100 985 995 100 905 1005 20 ID°. New, zua.s per cent. 6 4 5d 5 5 II 20 f IGt.S.ot Ind.Lim.—Scrip 110 15 ld ( guaranteed 5 per cent. 205 Gt.W. of Canada Shares all 131. 134 135 205 Do. New 100 Do. Bonds pay. ith - 1 all 98 102 apt. till ' '76 ,with -,w--- 00 100 Do. do. '73 till '6O all 98 102 100 Do. do. "1:1 without opt. all 98 102 100 ,Do. 55 p. c. do. '77 do Stock i Madras, guar., 45 p. c lOO 87 89 Stock Do. do. 5 per cent lOO 98 99 Sto^k Do. 4! p. c. Extension lOO 90 92 Stock Do. Third Ex. gua.s.p.c all 975 985 20 Do. Fourth do. 20 Do. do. Stock Melb. Corp. 6 p.c. Bonds 100 —.— Newßrunswick&Canda. 20 1 Ry.&Land(l,im.)g.6pc 18 —d Class ACapttl.Share .. Do. do. Land do 20 Do. do. B. Capital do ilB --d Do. do. Land do 20 Oude (Limited) 20 Sciude . d 4 all 195 20 20 Do. New ... . 1 0 15 t 05d 20 Do. Pintiaub 5 1 I d 4 4 I 20 Do. Indus. St. Flo. ac,,, all 15 t d 20 St. Andrews Sr Quebec A. 18 10 Triuidad(Ldmited) Scrip 1 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. ' 10 An twerp & Rotterdam all 41 41 20 i Moines all —p 20 Bah.&S.Fran.,Lim.7p.c 5 1 5d45 5 5 Belgian East. Junction all 1 20 Beziers to Graissessac all 6 Carmeaux Mine & Rail all 25 25 100 Copiabo 10 Ditto Extension 20 Dutch Rhenish 20 Eastern of France 20 Euphrates Valley 2s. p 20 Grand Rus. Guar .5 p.c 6 20 Great Central of France all 20 Gt. Luxem., Con. shs all 71 7 5 • 20 Italian Junction .. *. . . 20 Lake, Constance & Bale all 20 ILierre and Turnhout all 20 ,Lombardo Venetian lO —p 125 5 20 ,Lyons and Geneva 331 !Maria Antonia all 10 {Do. do. New 20 Namur and Liege all 81 81 $5 20 !Do. do. 6p. c. Pref. 16 (Northern of France all 37 385 20 'Do. New Shares 10 Norwegian Trunk Pref all 9 10 20 !Parisi,l.yons, and Medit all 355 36 37 20 ;Paris and Orleans on !Recife& S. Fran. (fern ): 1 „ oi II d 1 gua. 7p. ct. (Lim.) , i ''" 20 Riga and Dunaburg ' 8 10 Rome and Frascati ! all 20 I Royal Danish 1 all 5 !Royal Swedish 4 j Do. 7 per cent. Pref. { all 20 Sambre and Meuse...— . all 65 10 Do. 51 per cent. Pref. 20 Southern of France I 85 'West Flanders 10 Do. 55 p. c. Preference 20 W. & N.W. of France all 22 23 20 Western of Austria .. 20 Western of Switzerland all 6 Wiesbaden 6 Do 8 per cent. Pref all SO Zealand all COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. -- __ Paid. Closing BUIIIIIOII/ Share Securities. Prices. Dona. - 7. - - - Var7.G - Ov.6p:e J a:& July 1 - 00 115} 1165 114 5 Do. 6p.c.leb.&Aug. 100 112 114 Do. 6p.e.Mr.& Sep. 100 112 114 iN. 8.G0v.41 p.c. Ja. &July 10C 1115 1125 Do. 6p.c.Ap.& Oct. 100 N. S.W. Gov. sp. c. Deb. 104 101 102 D0.5p.cen.187 1 to 1976 100 101 102 102 Do.sp.cen.lBBB and up 100 101 1(4 1011 1 rovaScotiaGov. s p.c. St. • Deb. redeemable, 1875 100 1101 1115 ifi.Aus.Gt6pc.Jan&July 100 112 114 .... r Vi e t•Gov.6p.c..Tan&July 100 I Do. do. April & Oct. 100 1001 1101 2105 10 MISCELLANEOUS. 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint .. all 145 151 1000 Atlantic Tel. (Limited). all 190 220 25 Australian Agricultural 19 31 33 321 45 35 10 Australian Royal Mail . all I 1 10 Berlin Water Works ... all 45 45 41 50 British American Land 40 50 Brit.& IrisliMag.Tel.A. all 35 37 20 I Do. 11, 7p. c. till 1862.. all ,19 21 20 ',Do. C. .. all 114 15 100 !Canada Land 325 'lO5 1(8 10 Chan.lslands Tel.(Lim ) all 8 9 Stock,Cop.Min.otEng.&Stnitg all 25 Do. Preference 71 per ct all 23 24 5 ! Crystal Palace. 5 I Do. Preference , - • all 5 55 55 15. Stocr Do. 6p. c. Perpet. Deb lOO 99 101 Btock' Electric Telegraph lOO 104 106 25 Do. New 5 Eng. & Aust. Cop.St.Co all 15 11 15' Gan. Steam Navigation l4 1 'Great Ship (Limited) all 5 5 d 1 20 Indian & Aust. Telegr 2 s. t 1 'London District Telegr 2 ' li 20 London Discount 5 1 4 iLond.Gen. Omnibus Co. all 1 1 20 IlLgtras Irr. and Canal 1 1 1 10 Mediter. Electric Teleg. all -- 411 10 ed. Exten. Tel. (Lim.) all 45 55 25 ation al Discount CO 5 1 1. 41 10 Netherlands Land all -- 5 Dolip.c.Pref.,iss.at ldis. all I 1 1 100 .Nr.&NovaScotiaLand 80 1 N.R.Australasian(Lim ) all 5 1 1 Mental Gas 1 Do. New Shares lse. 5 d 1 p 10 Orientl. In. Steam, A 6 10 Ditto B '6 10 Ditto C 2s - Stock Peel Hirer Land & Min. 100 52 54 50 Pen. & Oriental Steam. all 79 81 . $O2 50 Do. New I 15 10 12 275 20 Red Sea & Ind. Telegr 15 1 50 Ithymney Iron 15 Do. New all 1 6 7 100 Royal Mail Steam Stock ScotAustrln.lnv.(Lim ) 100 1120 130 25 ; South Australian Land all 36 38 1 (Submarine Teleg. Scrip. all 5 1 1 IDo. do Registered \ all 5 1 10 rFr.& 1.n.C0.0f Upr.Can. 5 100 !Van DiAMOTI'I Land BRITISH MINES. —--- - -- Shale Mlnea. Paid. Closing Badness Price. Done. , Alfred Commis (Philack) 2.11.19 41 51 20 British Iron Clifford — 295 295 Devon G. Cons. (Tavist ) 1 ' 42 435 trust Bassett (Mogan) 3O 127 1324 127 East Caradon E. W'l Itus.4 (Tavistk ) 7.4.0 10 101 Gain..lrSt.Aubyn(G wen ) 541 63 63 .-- Great South Tolgua 179 134 14 131 G.WitealAlfd.(Phillack) 12.4.2 1 11 —G. Wheal Vor(flelatoll) 9 1 1 I • Grenville si 4 Ilerod's-Foot B4 18 19 Kingston Downs 4 .3.6. 4} 41 Lady Bertha Margaret (tiny Lelant) 9 45 60 1 North Downs North France a (Mogan) 1 0 5 6 North Wheal Crony 7.9.4 9. 101 N.Wh'l Basset (Mogan) 5 5 61 ..... Par Consols (St. Blazy). 11 10 101 till 20 Providence. (Uny Lelia), 10.6.7 44 46 Sortridge Cons. .Min.Co.l 109 1 1 SoutliCaradon(St,Cleer)' 11 250 260 South C. Brea( Mogan). 2 2} 21 1i Wheal Fran. (Mogan) 18.15.91574 11+21 Stray Park 18.18.0 IS 19 5 Tamar Silver and Lead Mining Co 4l 21 3 10 Tin Croft 9 5 51 Vale of Towey (Carm )1 12s 6d 4 West Basset allogan) 1 14 18 19 'West Seton i 474 385 395 W. Caradon (Liskeard) ! 10 70 75 Wheal Basset (Illogan) ' 54 180 190 ...- Wheal Buller (Itedruth) 5 1071 1121 Wheal Edward (Cals.). 6 11 11 111 Wheal K itty (U. Lelant . ) 1.7.2 12 13 WWI MaryAnu(Sftalie) 8, 34 36 Wh'l Trelawuey (Lick.))' 41 '29 30 FOREIGN MINES 20 'Australian 1 Ron AccordCopper , Lim 159 1 d par 35 Brazil. Imp. (is. at £5 p ) 27} -- 20 Do.St.Jolindelltey,Lim l5 171 18 191 20 191 5 Do. Land and MiningCo 'all 1 Clarendon Consols 311n ing Co. of Jamaica 40 Cobre Copper all 47 49 481 Copiapo l6 71 81 1 DunMoun.Cop.Ming.Co all 2 Fortuna General all 24 26 20 3 Linares al 1 l 101 114 6 Lusltan lan all 1 3lariquita 1 N.lthineCop.of S. Aus.l los. 1 p 20 Pontgibaud Silver, Lead Mining and Smelt all 6 7 5 Port Philip. 1 4 1 1 i Scottish Australn. (L.) los 1 d par i 28.2.81'United Mexican ' 1 '' : - ----------- JOINT-STOCK BANKS. ---- - ----- - ----- -- Clorlug I Business Share Joint-Stock Banks. Paid. Price. D os e. 100 Aj,,,ra&UnitedServicellk 50 71 73 . 40 , Australasia. all 81 83 25 Bank of Egypt all 21 22 100 ' ,rank of Loudon 5O 50 52 40 !Brit. Col. Bk. k LoanCo all s'o ;British North American all • 20 Chid. Bank of India. Ate 18 1 d 1 p 25 'Cli.lfer.ot In. Lon.&Ch. all - 65 4 1 100 (City 5O 100 Colonial - 20.11 'Coin. Bank of Canada all 100 Commercial of Landon 2O 19 20 20 iliing• ' Scot., & Aus. Ch all 17 1 171 20 :Gen Bk. of Switzerland all — 20 Lon Char. Bk.otAustral. all 231 231 - 50 Loudon and County _ 50 London Joint Stock 100 London AL Westminster 2O 100 'Nat. l'rov. of England 20 'Do. new lO - 50 National Bank 25 20 New , South Wales 25 ' Orient .Bk. Corporation all 20 Ottoman Bank all 174 18 18 171 181 100 Provincial of Ireland - 10 IDo. Now - 25 ' South Australia 25 ,Union of Australia all 50 1 50 50 !Union of London l2 20. 30 29 1 100 lUnity Mutual 6O = = t LA w INTELLIG-.ENCE.-(TillS DAY.) COURT OF CHANCERY. (Before the Lords Justices of Appeal.) APPEAL.-LODGE V. PRICHARD-HINDLE V. PRICHARD- PRICHARD V. HINDLE. The further hearing of these part-heard appeals was re sumed this morning. This is an appeal from a decree of Vice-Chancellor Sir John Stuart on taking executory accounts under a family settlement. Mr. Greene, Q.C., was heard for the respondent, Mrs. llindle, in support of the Vice-Chancellor's decree dismiss ing the bill, as against her, with costs, and finding her entitled to the leasehold property in question. (Before Vice-Chancellor Sir William Page Wood.) CATLEY V. ARNOLD.-JUDGMENT. His Honour the Vice-Chancellor said—This case has been adjourned from chambers, for the purpose of obtaining a declaration as to which of the properties of the two bro thers is to pay the mortgage debt of 13,600. George Ar nold and George Henry Arnold mortgaged their family estates, the former as principal, and the latter as surety, for this stun, and the question raised was, which of the two estates was primarily liable to pay this debt. Mr. G. Henry Arnold contended that his brother's estate was primarily liable in respect of the assets of his late father in his hands. His Honour the Vice-Chancellor considered the estate of George Henry Arnold primarily liable without prejudice to his taking any steps necessary to release his property, and quo ad ultra as to the leasehold property, remit the case back to chambers for the chief-clerk to complete his cer tificate. Costs of all parties to come out of the funds. COURT OF PROBATE AND DIVORCE. (Before Sir C. Creswell and a Special Juay.) SKIPPER AND SKIPPER V. BODKIN AND OTHERS. DISPUTED WILL. In this case the plaintiffs, who aro solicitors at Warwick, propounded the will of the Rev. William John Smith, a clergyman of the Established Church, who diod on the 23d April, 1859, at Cungleford Villa, Norfolk. The defendants are the heirs at law of Mr. Smith, and they opposed pro bate of the will on the ground that at the time of its execu tion he was not of sound disposing mind, and was wider the influence of the plaintiffs, who were appointed his exe enters, and others interested. It appeared that Mr. Smith, who was 81 years of age, became entitled to property to the amount of £50,000 by the will of his father, Colonel Smith, who died in 1808, leaving only two children, Mr. Smith and a daughter. In 1812 Mr. Smith retired to the family seat, where he resided until the period of his death. An estrangement hail grown up between him and his sister, who had married a Major Bodkin and removed to Ireland, Rad ho specially excluded her and her family from any benefit in his estate in the different wills which he made from 1842 to 1857, when the disputed instrument was exe cuted. He left the residue of his estate to a young man naraed Massey, in whom ho had taken an interest, and he ;made several bequests to persons with whom he had become acquainted, but who wore not related to him. The easi , , which is likely to last for some time, was pro ceeding when we went to press. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Evans.) IN RE WOODROW-JUDONIENT. This bankrupt was described as of Hyde, Isle of Wight, innkeeper, and applied a few days since for his certificate, when ho was opposed on the ground of having made a fraudulent preference; that he had traded when he knew that he was insolvent; that he had made false statements to his creditors as to the state of his affairs, and that ho had vexatiously defended an action. His Honour considered all the charges had been fully proved, and he at first considered he ought to have refused the certificate altogether, but on looking at the cases of Johnson (D. G. and M. 25), Dornford (D. G. and S. 29), &c., ho was of opinion that it would be of more advantage to all parties to adjourn the certificate for 18 months than to be of the third class, and without protection. Mr. C. E. Lewis applied for 21 days' protection to give the bankrupt au opportunity of appealing. His Hcnour granted the application on the faith that there was an intention to appeal. SHERIFFS' COURT. (Before Mr. Kerr.) TILE LAW or THE ROAD.-SUMMONING AN ALDERMAN.- COTTER V. CONDER. This was an action to recover damages from defendant (an alderman of the City of London), sustained in conse quence of the alleged negligence of defendant's servant. On the part of plaintiff it was deposed that, upon a cer tain day, a line of vehicles were upon London-bridge, of which line plaintiffs's pony-carriage and defendant's light cart formed a portion. Through the reckless conduct of defendant's driver, the pony-carriage was backed on to au omnibus pole and damaged. Plaintiff's witnesses were cross.examined by the Alderman, and said they could not see over the cart. Defendant then called his driver and a police constable, who said that the accident was unavoidable. The fact was, that there was a general "pull up" of the whole lino of vehicles, and defendant's driver had no alternation but to back with the rest. Upon this his Honour observed, that unless negligence wet° shown, plaintiff could not recover. If parties en trusted with carts and horses would play at " heads and tails," they must take the consequences. Ho had fre quently seen vehicles driven so close together as to preclude all possibility of parties crossing with safety. He was not surprised, when such a course was adopted, that acci dents occurred. Plaintiff was nonsuited. WET PAINT.-DIPORTANT DECISION .--.TEEDGETT V. PARKER. This was an action to recover £1 55., the valuo of certain articles of clothing damaged by some wet paint upon de fendant's premises. His Honour (to plaintiff)--I suppose you ran against the paint ? Plaintiff—Yes. His Honour—l am very sorry for you, but you can't re cover. Plaintiff—Ought not he to put up "wet paint ?" His Honour—No. Defendant—The painter was at work. llis Honour—lt is very clear. The paint is on your premises, and, though some protection should be afforded pedestrians, plaintiff cannot recover. Defendant said the steps were in some sort a caution. His Honour found for defendant, without costs. POLICE IN7'ELLIGENCE-(TIZIS DAY.) MARLBOROUGH-STREET. A CADMAN AND lIIS FARE.-Mr. John Freeman, de , scribed as of Bedford, Bedfordshire, was charged as fol. lows:— Edward Alexander, of 97, Westborno-street, Pimlico, cab-driver 12,741, nail that on the previous night ho was called by the defendant at the Star and Garter, Pimlico, and ordered to drive to King's-cross, which he did; and on getting there tho defendant, looking towards the ter minus of the Groat Northern Railway, said, " That's not my establishment," and said it was in Manchester-square ; and on taking him there he said again, " Oh, this is not my establishment either," and upon that he told him it was 21, Argyll-street, Regent-street, and finding that he could do nothing with him he established him in the station-house. lie had previously treated him very roughly, seizing him by the throat. His fare was 55., and his loss of time 2s. The defendant, who admitted he had been drinking, said it was all owing to the cabman making a mistake. Mr. Bingham said the perception of a man who was not sober was so confused that ho was not surprised that a poor cabman should make a mistake and not under stand him. A witness named Smith corroborated the cabman as to the assault. Mr. Bingham said the defendant had better settle about the faro first, and after that he would settle about the as. sault. Tho defendant having paid the fare, Mr. Bingham said the defendant, by doing that to the satisfaction of the driver, had saved himself 205., as he should reduce the fine for the assault from 40, to 20s. A REG UL.l.lt UTTERER OF COUNTERPEIT COINS.— ClTtrioN To PUBLICANS.—Thomas Keare, described as a general dealer, of the model lodging-house, Westminster, was charged with uttering a Counterfeit half-crown at the house of Mr. Shapland, the Ship, Wardour• street, Soho. Mary Shapland said the prisoner came in the previous night with another man, and having called for a half• quartern of gin, tendered in payment a bad half-crown, seeing which she said she would get change, and took it into her brother, who on coming out recognised the man as the same who had a week ago tendered him a bad florin in payment of a small quantity of " Old Tom." Christopher Shapland, tho brother of the previous wit ness, corroborated his sister's evidence, and said he was sure the prisoner was the same man. A constable said that ho had inquired at the model lodging-house, and found the prisoner was not known there. On searching him he found on him a bad shilling. Tho prisoner said ho hoped the shilling found on him would be examined. Mr. Bingham said there was very little doubt about that being dons, and remanded the prisoner, who, it is said, is believed to have been a frequent visitor to publicans, for a week, ordering notice to be given to the Mkt authorities. him proved fruitless, and after a desperate resistance he was seized- by several police-constables and the officers of the court and carried away to the station-house adjoining the court, where he was confined for the night. This morn ing he was very quiet. It appeared that yesterday morning the prisoner was in a drunken and disorderly state in the Commercial-road East, and was flourishing a large tin can. He went into a pie shop and bought a pie and threw it at a man in the shop. The pie missed him and struck the wall. After this the prisoner was guilty of some verrextravagant acts, and some boys gathered about him. He then began shouting and roaring, and struck the two complainants on their heads with the tin can, and felled them to the ground. His brutal conduct excited the indignation of the by standers, who seized him and delivered him into the custody of a policeman. The boys, who are the sons of respectable parents, dwelling in Stepney, gave no provocation whatever. The prisoner made an attempt to strike other boys in the road. The prisoner said he was very sorry for what he had done -he was the worse for liquor. Mr. Yardley—Do you think because you get drunk and was not under the proper control of your reason that you are to commit such scandalous and savage assaults as these with impunity. Your drunkenness is an aggravation of your offence. You have committed a brutal, unmanly, cowardly assault on two unoffending boys. There is an act of Parliament passed especially to protect helpless females and helpless children, and it shall be put in force in your caso. I sentence you to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for two calendar months. • • THE WRECK OF THE INDIAN. LOSS OF NINETEEN LIVES. LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY. By the arrival of the Hungarian we have confir matory intelligence of the total wreck of the Montreal Ocean Steamship Company's iron screw steamer Indian, and a greater loss of life than was at first reported—namely, nine steerage pas sengers and 10 of the crew. The Hungarian has brought home the first, second, and fourth offi cers ; the first, second, and fifth engineers; and 50 of the crew. The master of the Indian, Capt. Smith, remained at Halifax, and would return by the Canadian. The third officer, who had been picked up in a boat at sea, was taken to Boston, where he was when the Hungarian left. The following are the names of seven of the nine passengers and of the crew whose lives have been lost :—Lewis J. Moses, wife, and two children ; Mrs. Eickmann and infant; James Dickson. We have been unable to obtain the names of the other two passengers. One is supposed to be an Irishman, aged about 45, and the other a native of America. Crew : James Lang, joiner ; John Herron, sea man ; John E. Morgan, Seaman ; Henry Carroll, seaman; William Loss, third engineer; Robert Ritchie, fourth engineer; John Milian, fireman; James Standwell (boy), assistant-steward; Alfred Walsh:(boy), assistant-steward; and Thomas Lloyd, chief cook. _ _ The loss is attributed entirely to the state of the weather', there having been a dense fog, with sleet and snow, from within a Sew hours after the vessel left Cape Race, on Saturday, the 19th, until she struck at Marie Joseph, Gaysboro', at five o'clock in the morning of Monday, the 21st. She had 38 passengers, with crew numbering 100, 300 tons of cargo, and some specie. FINANCIAL CONDITION OF BELGIUM. The Belgian Minister of Finance has just laid before the Chamber of Representatives the balance sheet of the Public Treasury, made up to the Ist of September last : " From this statement it appears that the budgets of the years 1830 to 1857 left a total deficit of 10,265,406 f., which was reduced by a surplus in the receipts of 1857 to 7,412,621 f. With respect to the year 1858 the total receipts are sot down at 155,807,715 f., while the expenditure is only 149,050,312 f., leaving a surplus of 6,757,403 f. The current year, so far as it can bo yet ascertained, will probably pre sent a deficit of 795,957 f. The actual situation of the Trea sury is, therefore, .as follows : Deficit at the end of 1857 Probable deficit of 1850 8,208,579 f. 3c. Probable surplus of 1858 6,757,402f. 43c. Total deficit at the end of 1859.. 1,451,176 f. 60e. The annual interest on the funded debt is 15,556,605 f., the sinking fund 1,462,246 f., and annual expenses 34 696 f. Tho interest of loans contracted for the execution of public works amounts to 10,341,165 f., with 1,710,196 f. for the sinking fund, and annual expenses 50,504 f. The capital of both these debts was originally 539,988,563 L, of which the sink ing fund has paid off 240,248,616 f., leaving the actual capi tal 599,739,947 f. still to be redeemed." MISS AMY SEDGWILICS RE,4DINGS. On Tuesday this accomplished lady, whose fame has hitherto beedconfined to her impersonations on the stage, made her first appearance, at the St. John's-wood Literary Institution, as a reader, and with such unequivocal success as to establish her reputation as among the best proficients in that apparently very easy, but really difficult, art—read ing aloud. Sho gave specimens of her power both in tragedy and comedy, selecting her readings chiefly from Shakespere,, Tennyson, and Sheridan Knowles, and elicited such de monstrations of applause from the audience, which tilled the largo room, that she was called for twice in the course of the evening, and loudly cheered at the conclusion of her reading. We are very glad to find that Miss Sedgwick mill again read at the same institution on Marth the 6th. The Duke and Duchess of Manchester have passed through town from liimbolten Castle, Hunts, to join the circle assembled at Tottenham Park visiting the Marquis and Marchiones of Ailesbury. The Marquis of Lansdowne is entertaining a selec circle at Bowood. The Earl and Countess Granville are passing the season at Brighton. The Earl of Shelburne arrived in town last even ing from Bowood. The Earl and Countess of Tankerville have left town on a visit to the Marquis and Marchioness of Ailes bury at Tottenham Park, Wilts. THE CANADIAN MAILS.—The Montreal Ocean Steam-ship Company's screw-steamer North American sailed from the Mersey, at ten o'clock yesterday morning, for Portland (Maine), 'U.S., with the Canadian and United States mails, from 20 to 30 passengers, and a full cargo. THE WESTMINSTER BELL.—" Mears v. Deni son."—This cause was entered for trial for the sittings after Michaelmas Term in London, and would have been tried by Lord Chief Justice • Cockburn and a special jury. Mr. Denison had pleaded a justification to the libel with which he was charged. The cause was yesterday withdrawn, Mr. Denison having abandoned his defence. The plaintiff will therefore take a judgment by default. The enly matter re maining to be determined is the amount of damages, which, in the usual course, will have to be assessed in the Sheriffs' Court. THE BALLOT.—Yesterday evening a public meeting of the members and friends of the Society for Pro moting the adoption of Vote by Ballot was held at the Whittington Club, Arundel-street, Strand. The Hon. F. 11. F. Berkeley, M.P., was to have presided, but was pre vented by indisposition. In the absence of the hon , gen tleman the chair was occupied by Mr. J. F. Bontems. Amongst the gentlemen on the platform were General Thompson, M.P., Mr. G. Thompson, Mr. Whifehurst, Mr. Sydenham, Mr. Nodes, Colonel T. Wilson, Mr. Flt, &c. An address put forth by the society stated that there are in the present House of Commons more members pledged to vote for the ballot than in any former Parliament. The address went on to state that—" If the metropolitan con stituencies do not need the ballot so much as others, yet they are not strangers to the evils against which we seek the protection of the ballot ; and they aro equally interested in procuring the benefits we expect from Parliaments which shall be the free and genuine choice of the people. The ballot, we aro convinced, lies at the root of the political, financial, and administrative reforms sought by all classes of reformers ; and we now appeal to the enlightened under standings of the inhabitants of the Metropolis, and to the power they always exercise over public opinion, to aid us in our exertions to secure for every elector the same power of voting freely and indifferently as is possessed by our fellow countrymen in the Australian colonies." Several speeches were delivered in support of the objects of the society, and the proceedings terminated with a vote of thanks to the chairman. SAN JUAN ISLAND.—WASIIINGTON, Nov. 25.- The Secretary of War to-day received the following des patch fram Lieut.-Gen. Scott, dated Straits of Fuca, and sent by way of Leavenworth .—" Two days ago I despatched from Fort Townsend a communication to Governor Doug- lass, proposing a.temporary adjustment of the existing ditli culties on the basis suggested by the President in his sug gestions to me. There has been no answer yet, but there is no doubt the proposition will bo accepted. Everything is tranquil in theseialands."—New York Paper. OPENING OF THE VICTORIA-BP DGE, CANADA.— All Canada was rejoicing on Thursda , the 24th of Novem ber last, as tho great Victoria TubLar-bridge, the most stupendous work of the kind in the world, and the connect ing link between two important sections of the Grand Trunk Railway, was being opened on that day. The first train consisted of an engine and single car, containing about 50 persons. The time occupied in passing was about 12 mi nutes and a-half. Among the gentlemen in the car were the Hon. Mr. Cartier, Premier ; Mr. A. M. Ross, chief engineer of the bridge; Mr. Blackwall, managing director, and several directors of the Grand Trunk road. Two of the tubes are not quite finished, but the bridge is expected to be fully completed and open to traffic about the 15th inst. This will be exceedingly opportune for the trade of Canada, which is expected to derive a renewed impulse, as the water navigation has ceased. The traffic over the line is rapidly increasing. The receipts for the week preceding the opening to Detroit, which took place on the 21st ult., amounted to 60,560 dots., being 10,000 above the receipts of the corresponding period of last year. The prospects of through Western freight are very good. 211 E XA -4-- I A court of inquiry was held at the office of the ' Rear-Admiral Superintendent, in Portsmouth Dockyard, on Tuesday, in connexion with the late series of courts-martial held on board her Majesty's ship Victory, on the mutineers of her Majesty's ship Princess Royal. The members of the Court comprised Rear-Admiral the Hon. George Grey, Capt. G. T. Gordon (commanding steam reserve), and Capt. R. S. Hewlett, C. 8., of her Majesty's ship Excellent. Capt. the Hon. Thomas Baillie, late commanding the Princess Royal, with several of his officers, was in attendance. The steam transports Rhadamanthus and Indus try were yesterday admitted into basin at Wool wich to prepare for reshipment. The screw ccrvette Charybdis, which is being brought forward for the second division of the steam reserve at Chatham, is to be docked to-morrow. The Ariadne, 26, steam-frigate, Capt. E. W. Van sittart, fitting for sea at Chatham, will go out of dock to-day and take up her berth alongside the Hussar fitting hulk, where she will complete her fitments. Her blue-jackets continue to join very fast, a large numberMof fine seamen having lately arrived from Portsmouth and Plymouth. The officers appointed to this ship have all taken up their commissions and joined. The Bacchante, 51, screw, in the steam basin at Portsmouth, tested her machinery. Everything worked in the most satisfactory manner. A part of the 108 men sentenced to three months' imprisonment for participating in the late disturb ance on board the Princess Royal were yesterday discharged from her Majesty's ship Victory in Portsmouth harbour, and forwarded by train to the gaol at Winchester to undergo their sentence. The launch of the Duncan, screw two-decked ship, is to take place on Tuesday, the 13th inst. The dockyard-gates will be opened for the admis sion of-the public at 11 a.m. It is now ordered by the Admiralty that the cupola furnace on board the Colossus, 80, screw, at Portsmouth, shall not for the present be removed from that ship on her being prepared for Coast guard service. The Fawn, 17, screw, Commander R. B. Cator, was appointed to leave Spithead this morning at daylight for Portland. On the paying off of her Majesty's ship Princess Royal, 91 screw, Capt. the Hon. Thomas Baillie, at Portsmouth on Monday last, the following good conduct medals and gratuities from the Lords Com miasioners of the Admiralty were distributed • Stephens, Master-at-Arms, medal and gratuity of £l5; A. Alpe, boatswain's mate, medal and gratuity of £l5; E. Bryan, boatswain's mate, medal and gratuity of £10; William Spence, captain of after guard, medal and gratuity of £10; John Williams, captain of forecastle, medal and gratuity of £lO. A large number of the best hands in the ship have joined the Queen, 86, screw, at Portsmouth, Capt. Charles F. Hillyar, and the greater part of the ship's company aro expected to join on their return from their leave. Commander Josling and Rev. Mr. Madden, the late Commander and chaplain of the Princess Royal, have also joined the Queen on their appointments by the Admiralty. Mr. James Logan, gunner, Mr. James Brawning, boatswain, and Mr. H. W. Barling, carpenter, have been appointed to her Majesty's ship Asia, at Portsmouth, for service in the Bacchante. The following appointments were made yester day at the Admiralty :—Lieut. W. H. Heaton, to the Britannia ; Lieut. Henry Moore, to the Terror ; Lieut. Edward Barkley and Lieut. F. G. Shaw, to the Cossack; Lieut. henry 11. Boysand Lieutenant Charles R. Macdonald, to the Chesapeake. THAMES. , COWARDLY ASSAULTS ON CHILDREN. —Jamos Hall , dissipated looking-man, about 40 years of age, and de scribed as a labourer, was brought before Mr. Yardley, charged with violently assaulting two boys, named William Rowland :and Thomas Sanderson. One of the boys had been seriously injured, his head having been cut open, and he lost a large quantity of blood. The other boy.had also received a serious blow on the head. The prisoner was before Me. Selfe yesterday afternoon, and conducted himself in a most violent and outrageous manner. He cursed, raved, and swore, gave utterance to the most blasphemous language, walked' in. a hurried manner up and down the dock and repeatedly d—d the magistrate and the people in court. All efforts to quiet 1006 9211 56; 7 276 30j 2* 661 7j 991 I 'di 10311 68 7* 61i i i 94 I 5 4 271 1 811 i 1110 112 64 66 'll5 120 95 97 THE ARMY. A draught of 360 infantry and artillery has left the Indian army 'depot at Warley, E9BOX, for ent barkation to Madras. The military authorities of Woolwich have been occupied for some days in arranging a classification of the troops according to the new regulaticns issued by the Commander-in-Chief for the Army. A similar code has been issued throughout the Royal Marines by order of the Admiralty. The elassification, which has involved a considerable amount of labour, was yesterday completed, and the regulations were publicly read on the marine parade at a general muster of the troops. Each individual has been accordingly registered in the class to which his known conduct entitles him. All those whose characters are regi-tered as " bad" during the past two years now compose the class of delinquents, or second class, and on future convic . tion by court-martial of any grave offence they will be subject to corpral punishment as heretofore. Col. Tulloch, Superintendent of the Royal Carriage Department of Woolwich Arsenal, has been soli cited by the Secretary of State for War to undertake the provisional appointment of Inspector of Artil lery, for the purpose of proving and examining the Armstrong and other guns intended for distribution for the two services. The gallant Colonel, whose duties in the carriage department have latterly much increased, having accepted the appointment, pending some ulterior arrangements, yesterday attended a committee assembled in the military store department of the arsenal for the purpose of ascer taining and adopting the safest and most desirable method of packing and transporting the equipments about to be transmitted overland to China. The' committee consisted of Col. Bingham, Adjutant- General of Artillery ; Col. Tuned', Superintendent of the Royal Carriage Department and Inspector of Artillery ; Col. St. George, R.A., C. 8., President of the Ordnance Select 'Committee ; Capt. Boxer, Superintendent of the Royal Laboratories; Sir William Armstrong, C. 8., Superintendent of the Royal Gun Factories ; and Capt. Gordon, Principal Military Storekeeper. The battery intended to be forwarded by the Ovei land route is in perfect readi ness, according to stipulation, and, with the excep tion of the guns, will lie• to -day consigned to the Storekeeper's Department. to be packed for depar ture. The guns arrived yesterday from Elswick, and will be proved this morning at the proof-butt in the Plumstcad marsh. The Duke of Cambridge has expressed his intention to inspect the equipment, and will visit Woolwich for that purpose during the ensuing week. 21118 DAY'S MARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE. IMPERIAL WEEKLY AVERAGES. - Wheat, 44s 8d ; barley, 36s sd; oats, 21s 9d; rye, 39s id ; beans, 41s 9d ; and peas, 39s 3d. TILE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGES. Wheat, 43s 5d ; barley, 35a lld ; oats, 21s Od ; rye, 29a 8d ; beans, 40s 4d ; peas, 38s 9d. _^^— . , ENGLISH. GRAIN SOLD' LAST WEEK.—Wheat, 129,620; barley, 103,125 ; oats, 12,092 ; rye, 266 ; beans, 6,801, peas, 3,501 quarters. METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. Our market to-day was seasonably well supplied with beasts as to numbers, and we observed a considerable im provement in their general quality. The beef trade was somewhat inactive; nevertheless, Monday's prices wore supported. Tho show of sheep was only moderate, yet all kinds moved off slowly on former terms. Although the supply of salves was limited, tho veal trade ruled heavy, and the quotations gave way 4d per 81bs. Primo small pigs moved off steadily at extreme rates. Otherwise the pork trade was inactive. In milch cows very little was doing. Per Slits. to sink the offal. s. d. s. d. s. d. Crse. & inf. beasts 3 0 3 2Primeers-wool do. 4 2 4 6 Second qualitydo. 3 4 3 10 Pine. S'thdowndo. 4 10 5 2 Prime large oxen 4 0 4 10 Large crse. calves 3 10 4 4 Prime Scots, &c. 5 0 5 2 Prime small do 4 6 4 10 Crse. & inf. sheep 3 2 3 4 Large hogs 3 6 3 10 Second quality do. 36 4 0 Small porkers Suckling calves, 19s to 22s ; and quarter •old store pigF, 22s to 28s. TOTAL SUPPLY. POUEION SUPPLY. B eas t s 1 6OOl Beasts Sheep.. Calves . , . 3,529 .. 151 Sheep Calves Eis MEAT MARKETS. NEW GATE AND LEADENHALL. - The supplies of meat are moderately good, and the trade rules steady, as fol lows :—Beef, from 2s 8d to 4s 6d ; mutton, as 4d to 4s 6d ; lamb, Os Od to Os Od ; veal, 3s 8d to 4s 4d ; pork, 3s 8d to 5s Od per 81bs. by the carcase. SOUTHALL, Dec. 7.—The supplies of stock here were only moderate, and the trade generally ruled firm, at full prices :—Beef, front 3s 4d to 5s Od ; mutton, 3s Sd to 5s 2d ; veal, 4s Od to 4s 8d ; pork, 4s Od to 5s Od per Blbs to sink the offal. ROMFORD, Dec. 7.—Prime beasts and sheep were in good request, at very full prices. Otherwise the trade ruled inactive : Beef, from 3s Mtoss Od ; mutton, 3s 8d to 5s 4d ; lamb, Os Od to Os Od; veal, 4s Od to 4s 8d ; and pork, 3s 10d to 4s 10d per Blbs ; suckling calves, 188 to 218 ; quarter old store pigs, 20s to 26s each ; milch cows ) £l4 Os to £lB each. BAY MARKETS. .SMITHFIELD.—MOIIdOW hay, LI IN to £4 03 ; clover, £3 103 to £5 03 ; and straw, £1 4s to £1 8s per load. Trade dull. CUMBERLAND.-11040W hay, £2 l2s to £4 4s ; clover, £3 10s to £5 Os ; and straw, LI 4s to II 9s per load. A slow sale. WILITECHATEL.—Moadow hay, £2los to £4 Oa ; clove?, £3 10s to Y.. 5 Os ; and straw, £3 4s to £1 Ss per load. Supplies good; trade dull. TUE NEW JUDGE.—It was stated in-Westmin ster Hall yesterday morning that Sir Henry Keating, the present Solicitor-General, has been appointed to slimed the late Mr. Justice Crowder as one, of the judges of , tl.B Common Pleas, and that either Mr. R. P. Collier, the mem ber for Plymouth, or Mr. Atherton, of the Northern Cil• cult, will succeed to the Solicitor-Generalship. DRESSMAKERS' BILLS. . (Fie»! the Ti n es .) - ' Why won't ladies pay their bills, especially the bills of their dressmakers ? It may be all very well for marchionesses and lady-millionnaires to keep the great Court milliners and mantuamakers wait ing tor their " little accounts" for any given number of years. Upon this point we will not express any opinion, for, no doubt, the persons giving the cre dit take care to protect themselves by increase of price and interest upon payments deferred. Madame Tulle may find it quite as well worth her while to leave sums of money in the hands of her customers at the rate of 20 per cent. as to supply them with infinite caps and bonnets upon the principle of brisk basiness arid short payments. Let us leave out of the question the interests of these Rothschilds and Barins of satin and Bros-de-Naples, and turn our attention to the fortunes and position of their poorer sisterhood. It is not every lady who can afford to , pay 15 or 16 guineas for a dress. It is ,not, fortu nately, every lady who will insist upon having so costly an article when she can't afford to pay for it. ' The bulk of the female population of London who ai • not clothed by the labour of their own hands are obliged to call in the. services of a much humbler class of workwomen than those of whom we have just spoken. They can only afford to pay sums varying from three shillings to eight shillings for what is stalled the " making-up" of a dress. The Duchess of Millefleurs may, perhaps, be astonished to hear that a bonnet may be made up for a shilling, and very nicely made up, too. Ascending a little in the ranks of society, we come to a class of families who have some five or six hundred a year to spend. There aro hund re d s — we ma y a lmost say' without exaggeration thousands—of families so cir cumstanced in London. The ineome of middle •class families 'probably ranges from £5OO to £l,OOO a year. Now, let us assume that the expenditure upon dress of every female member of these families is about £2O a year, more or less. It is evident that the class of small milliners and dressmakers is called into "existence and maintained in order to supply their wants. This is a very different case from that of the distressed needlewornen ; if they were fairly dealt by, and only entered upon the business under reasonable circumstances of skill and connection, they ought not to be in a worse position than any other class of petty tradesmen. 'They would not; in all probability, be able to do more than to live from hand to •mouth and make both ends meet at the end of the year, but this is the normal condition of the greater portion of the London population living by the labour of their hands. It is, however, a fair and a legitimate business, and one that should afford means o f h onest livelihood to thousands of women. It would do so but for the downright and lamentable dishonesty of the customers who keep these poor creatures waiting for their money for indefinit e p er i o d s o f time. ile small dressmaker business is essentially a cash business, and must be transacted upon the principles of ready-money payment; otherwise the most deplorable misery and even crime will be the result. Here is an instance of the consequences which ensue when ladies decline to pay, or defer paying, the bills of petty dressmakers : Sarah ])yer, is a woman who has long borne an most excellent and respectable character. She is a widow, hard-working, and ss ell-conducted, and has a son, whom she has apprenticed to a tailor. She is in the habit of working until 2,3, and even 4 o'clock in the morning at dressmaking, in order to support herself and her son. Her character is spoken to by her landlord, with whom she has re sided 11 years, and who has :sad every opportunity of observing her conduct and her habits. Now, it appears that tlsie s poor woman had abundance of work and abundance of customers, but in too many cases the-- ladies for whom she worked omitted to pay her their . :tebts. We read in the evidence given on the trial of which we are about to speak that there were several ladies who owed her mosey— £lo, £ll, and even £l2, but she could not get a reenny from any of them. Sarah Dyer for many years past has been a customer of Messrs. School bred and Co., the well-known haberdashers in Tottenham-court-road. From this it follows that the ladies who owed her money were not only in debted to her for work and labour done, but for money paid by her for materials taken up on their own account. Things seem to have gone on with her from bad to worse, and at last, under the pres sure of the most dire and overwhelming necessity, she was driven into crime.. A short time back she entered the shop of Messrs. Schoolbred and stole from the counter a few yards of riband, a few yards of silk braid, and a reel of cotton. Of course, we cannot attempt to justify theft. The dignity of human nature requires that men and women should endure the utmost extremities of misery and starvation, and yet remain with clean hands and consciences undefiled. That is the true theory, and we know how dangerous it is to urge arguments in palliation of offences of this kind ; for even fraudulent bankers, fraudulent solicitors, and fraudulent directors ofjoints stock companies may be of opinion that they could urge something by way of excuse for their most abominable crimes. Still, even Justice, in , her sternest moods, will draw a distinction between the bankers and solicitors who make away with the fonds of their clients and the poor creatures who, under the pressure of starva tion, filch a penny roll from the shopboard of the baker or a penny reel from the haberdasher's coun ter. There can be no doubt that Sarah Dyer com mitted this offence because she could not obtain from her customers the money they owed her, and because she had not the means to purchase ma terials for the, work she had in hand. Her ease ex cited the deepest commiseration. Messrs. Shoot bred, the prosecutors, who had no choice but to in stitute the prosecution, implored the mercy of the court in her behalf. The Assistant-Judge, in giving his decision, said that he considered - this in be a case in which the greatest amount of mercy might safely be extended to the prisoner, and added, " Should what had been stated find its way into publicity, those who had so cruelly used this poor creature by depriving her so long of the reward of her labour, would understand what mist be thought of their conduct." No sentence was passed upon the prisoner, but she was ordered to be discharged at once. Now, it is a very common thing for persons of .he middle class to hurl invectives at the heads of the aristocracy for their dishonesty and want of principle in money . matters. Let justice be done. Montague-place, Russell-square, has no right to say a word against Groivenor-square or Park-lane. It is the old case of the pot calling the kettle black. One of poor Sarah Dyer's customers is said to be actually residing in Montague-place, and is walk ing about the streets of pleasant Bloomsbury with goods stolen from Messrs. Shoolbred's shop upon her back. The worst of the case is that persons in the position of this poor widow seem to be abso lutely without remedy. They dare not summon their customers into the County Courts, or they would loose their eustcm altogether. They have, then, no option between crime and starvation. We think that this is a case peculiarly deserving of public commiseration and, if we might venture to offer a suggestion which would give a turn to that public charity which will, no doubt, be exercised upon this poor woman's behalf as soon as her case is known, we would say that the best means of affording her relief is to give her employment. 1 here can be no doubt that henceforth Sarah Dyer's name will be put in the "index" of non• paying Montague-place. The best thing that can be done for her by , ladies who are shocked at the treatment she has received would be, not to send her gifts of money, but to give her work. There is something repulsive to all ideas of morality in putting, as it might be construed, a premium upon crime, even When the offence has been of so venial a character as that of Sarah Dyer. No one, however, can say that it is wrong to give her work and to pay her for the work done. Surely, there are many ladies who will be ready to do a ork of charity in such a form and for so deserving an object. STATE OF TRADE. LETCESTER, Dec. 7.—The hosiery trade in all useful branches continues good for the season of the year ; the demand is falling off, but this is always the case before Christmas. The trade generally is, however, in a very healthy and satisfactory con dition, and the season has been upon the whole a very prosperous one. The wool-market is steady, and high prices are still realised for choice sorts. Yarns are in fair request, without material change in price. NOTTINGIIAM, ith.—There is less doing this week in the lac e t ra d e . St oc k ta ki ng and the dis inclination on the put of manufacturers to produce except for actual wants render this trade extremely dull. The American buyers are not opora±ing to any extent, and orders fir other foreign markets are by no means numer ous . A goo d d ea l of ma chinery is therefore either only working short time. or standing altogether, and numbers of the lands are but partially engaged. In hosiery there is still an excellent business doing for export, and m any of the houses arc yet well engaged in executing orders ' for shipment. There is a fair amount of lousiness doing in goods for the home department for the time of the year. In the country districts t jade is fully e mploye d. There 3 remain also ar e g little ootl , o t r h the hands a stocksnls being on firm. Silks are selling at exceedingly high prices, The Lewebew left Melbourne for Englan 20th Sept. with £112,000, the Norfolk on the' 30th with £272,000, and the Anglesey on the 17th Oct. wit] ,480 , 000. a on the Including the Swiftsurc, now 85 days of t, wit a £294,000, the total amount of, Australian gold knoivn to bo at ees is thus nearly £1,000,000, rite. non'