The Sun. — London, England, 1858-11-02 00:00:00

In' NEWS. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. The markets for foreign and colonial produce during the last few days have been exceedingly inactive. In tea the transactions have been to a very limited extent, at about previous rates. Sugar has been depressed, and the operations have been Quifined exclusively to parcels for home consump tion. In the Refined Market scarcely any business has been done, and prices show a downward move ment. Coffee also continues in very limited request, and no change can be reported in values. Rice has been flat, lower rates being current for all descrip tions. In fruit a steady business has been done, and good qualities of new currants sell at full quo tations. Saltpetre is steady, but the dealings have been unimportant. Tallow has exhibited rather more activity. The advices from St. Petersburg announcing a slight frost, have caused a slight advance there, and an upward tendency is ex hibited here in consequence. The Live r p oo l Cotton M ar k et yesterday closed heavily, and prices in some instances declined. The Mks amounted to 8,000 bales. A further amount of £76,000 was withdrawn t roln. the Bank yesterday. The steamer La Plata, which sails to-day for the Vest Indies, takes out £5,046 in gold. There i s a goo d d emand for s i lver for s hi pment to the E ast; 4th and the steamer which sails on th e inst. is expected to take out a larger sum than for some time past. The price of bars, for this mail, has advanced to ss. ltd., and dollars to ss. id. Id. The demand for money is rather more active ° wing to the preparations in progress for the coin- Inercial bills due on Thursday, the 4th inst. No alteration, however, has taken place in the terms discount, although the supply of bills is rather larger. ThC following memorandum is from the Com mittee of Mexican Bondholders : The Committee of Mexican Bondholders have received MVlces from Mr. Whitehead, dated Mexico, the 3d October, With a c o p y o f a letter, dated 19th September, sent by w a y of the United States, the original of which has not yet r eached them. The agents at Vera Cruz had sent Mr. Whitehead 33,318 dollars in short bills on Mexico, t oceived froin the merchants in payment of duty bills. The question of the expenses entailed on the bondholders by taking the payment in this way Was still under discussion. Mr. Whitehead will forward this money as soon as there shall be a conducta fltal the capital to Vera Cruz. In politics the state of itt airS had not materially altered. The Government troops tinder General Casanova, at Guadalajara, had, after suffer ing defeat, pronounced, and shot their officers. On the Z t her . hand, General Vidarri had abandoned San Luis -uto si without a bl ow , and had since, according to a legram from Queretaro, been completely routed by the fo rces of the Governthent under General Miramon. It was : ai d that on property of the clergy to .the, amou n t o f of °0)000 dols. the Government was about to receive a l oan - ' lll e 500 ,000 dols. from the age n t o f a L on d on h ouse in otexi Th e , , efflux •'of specie during the n ex t f ew weeks 1 :1 11 . probably . n b so rb a large aggregate amount, it ' l 'h, in addition t o th e quant i ty already sent a Y within the la s t f or t n i g h t, has led to some i Tseussion in financial circles, relative to the in eo4,.ene ofhe m ovemen t i s lik ely to exert upon the ,op " s er : thrs the itioney.market. It i s among t h e t i me in speculati ve secur i t i es that the subject ills ta ave ost earn es tl y considered, and already the Bulls e xhibited .unmistakeable sy m pt oms of Zeesun tee ; whil e th e B ears, on the other hand, have th e en couraged t o f o ll ow ou t t h e i r op i n i ons as to tinerobabl e e ff ect of the drain of gold to the con nt. 1 The Markets, which were previously in a at ina ctive state, have, conse quen tl y , assumed a het snore dis couraging appearance. 'The d.eeliiie has t eelin " e en . eXten.iive, but a heavy and unsettled 25 Blythe and Tyne lt per C. pre c. (issued at £5O) h ouse g Pervades the several departments of the g r lk tri o. s iio & . g o x . eg l a t .. o c s t Stock some 8110 1 as the public are accustomed to when sto o k f 3 aj . ec i lo u n pr ße ; :per i . c ce o. n 2 t . of vyreat Political question is pending. the result Stock Chester & Holy e l:C1, gpc t o ts 'ch, whether for good or evil, it is impossible Sto sr CO 3 g io i likticlOil, 54 p. c pri`ureten. Such has been the effect of the appro- Stock 6 f e hili.Pert l ,&Al3e 7 r i v r h tt a i L i°ll of almost half a million sterling from the swel, Do.. I dt. elas a s sB ß 6 pc- Pc The Mated reserve, which still exceeds 19 millions. Stock 1 1 30..,d 0 0. n. Class Ex. p 7 cTir'..:i ti i , _daily movements of specie at the Bank, and Stock Do. do Noi to , variation in the continental exchanges, are glvaLos.tNernew&PiOrn,cl.peSr ct. a nxi e t y watched with a certain degree of Stei s ck . a ;i t i' l 4 -l o c. rfc. P J e c r n c . t iiil . ls . 1 , 111 )( ,. 1 e Y by the speculators but among the generkl Stock Edin.&Glas. 5 1 30 shares tin ted , who are still able to get their bills nego- Stock vudrinn.r.ertsh percent Dun. 4 , pa .. 4 , 4 :1 a fraction above 21 per cent., the question t Z t ca . rcelpc y become sufficiently important to arrest Stock Do. a. t :s 5 . et. r e oca l '!gr ia e g a s . t & po lt it r7t d n P oi s e t rn ., r ;: op.o..pn,! 12_ tinn. It is fully understood that the Turkish Slto°oCl('ll3°..sltoP-.. .0. - m . : b.:4e and. other financial payments will have to 10 a o Ni ii of S v c i n ( ti r da a s o t d ir i I;;llnutted, and up to the present time it has not Stock I P. ci. pref. Stock ... _ shown that any extensive consignments have 50 Gr l e l a a t nt vit ct (le p rk .o s t. and . a made except in connection with those arrange -nutits, Stock Do. Irredeemable, do. . Tile p , Stock Stek Do. po R R ed ed e e e e m m a a b b l l e e, 4 4 i p p . e e l . . Steck Do. 5 p. ct. Redeem.Pre . f. liol. . Funds have declined about i per cent., Con- 8 Do. Birm. Pref. Shares 4 7 sing 98 to 981 for money and the 10th, and 10 Gt s . h W ar e: s t. Ches. Bp.c.pf. t alo n for December. Very few transactions have 10 Do o do.i s 'i p i . et. P a r r ef stock N o !' Place, but these have shown diminished con- s il k Do. ChesteTguar.shares 44:ee in the strength of the market. Bank Stock l i; Do : do. go o. It ta 4 u need. to 226 and 227. The New Threes and ,Sttmt LanntiTrt.rks6llci'Lskocii. h ttve 'ed. have receded to 961 i. Long Annuities Stock m Do. 13 . re, 5 p. C. pc. g ...N0. 2 til ls b ee n dealt in at 181; the March Exchequer Stock Do. Yoe.v r c a ." 6 p. Nt..4 teel ' ,. 3 75, to 40s. ; June ditto, 31s. to 345. India Stock Lon.&N.W.Cov.&Nun eaton, 5 p ct. 90, 'is marked 225 ; ditto Debentures (first issue), Stock Lon.&S. W, 7p.ct. stock, ;-; a , late 3d shares .id the second ditto, 99-a. 121 k Londondy & Cole, 4 shs. . th e Fath eru large amount of business is recorded in st iL t r o a n n do s n h lyt?i n n . n , Ennis tta tle °re ign Stock Market,. but prices in some in- 6 Do. £6 Stock Do. 31 per cent. 03:84,h,ave declined. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 124 Maryport & Car., 4 p.c II t "t 0 Scrip, Ist issue, !,:,- 3 a prem. ; ditto, 2d, 124 I 1 113 g. 4 per cent .. C y , 4; ditt o . el ltB 4 per Cents., 105-Z. Russian 41 per Stock Mid. Con. 6p. c. Stock Steck Do.Con.Bris.&l3m6p.ct Nke„ i ,” 10 21; Sardinian 5 per Cents., 93 4 1 941; Sto3k Do. 44 p. c. pref. stock. ito -at t 3 per Cents., 201 1, ; Peruvian 41 per str 6 or Eg . . .w itheic. op tion I till pre f l . B6 t ° s . titi an . ' 91 8 92 ; Spanish New Deferred, 301 ; Bra- 10 I Newport, Aber,&c. pref.s p. c. redeem, at 5 p. e. pm Genf 6 . - Per Cents 103 ; Buenos Ayres 6 per ~ 10 Do. Perpet, 6p. c. with V iti i ;' 1 ; Equador Bonds, 151 ex div. ; Peru- 10 option - bi t _ l e l b l . 4 p.c.shares 10 01 ""nar Bonds, 781; and Dutch 4 per Cents. Stock Do. sp. c. Ext.Stock,lB46 ~,, 101 . Stock Do. 54 p. C. Pref..clo. 1867 Stock Do. Way.Val.Ex.Sk 1847 Stock oc No . rt ie l3 w ritis a h . ,: p e e; o ce eo nt 114Polle 4831 SEteti.0118 in the Railway Share Market lai t i ej , be ,en rather numerous, but most of the Stock Nth.Dev.Rait&t o cka : 413 0 1 eat lines show a downward movement of k 4 p..c..Prec (si t i Per cent. Caledonian, Great Western ; 17 Do. do. do. .n 'at 2O Do. Leeds, 6p. c. No. 1 'uti olt Northern, Lancashire and Yorkshire, 12! Do. do. Quarters,lBl6 (11 0tv . ° n, South Western, and North Eastern 25, North'° . °l l l 4 r & d • A i P re u 7 k . 4 114 .„.,. le k) have declined 10s. ; Eastern Counties Stock 'lf?, asrt.Zi Ber wi c k, 4 p r oo ft gx o . I'LL . gL o. W , o c it. 6pc. lsig k N orth Western, 15s. and North British, Stock Do. 4i p.c. Db. stk.i a n perp ti lt The Foreign lines show little alters- 8 tOCk Scottishcois N.-Eastern e Great Luxemburg and Southern of France. Stock Do. 31 3 1 ,. eA•c. pref. stock 1 4,1 4 shade flatter. In the Colonial Market East Stock Poon - p. s c . m g.l4g. 4 4 _ declined ss. ; Great Indian Peninsula, ss. ; Es. south oi e x v e e d n ii tin e n r . ce i o u s t . 1 G rand Trunk of Canada, 10s. 1.0.6. South Eastern (rteadin g . Ann., 1.0 6 ) titntt-Stock Bank Shares show a slight decline. Stock Do .44 per cent 1, q44 1 ' of Australasia have receded los. ; Bank of ;loci lig:l;l e x w ed : kp i c a 1 1: L w 0 1.6, 121 , 4 ' s s. ; London and Westminster, - ss. ; and Per ce n t gi n; a .1 4 ,.. P ... e : \ i i." l Bank, 10s. to 15s. Stockton and Dar. 5 p.c Stock Do . s7- Du Y °t o l.' l lW s Pe l a il l re, 4 p.c. gaa I'l-seellaneous Shares were steady. Electric g i Do. 6 per cent Stock Waterford & Kilkenny, kl raPh realised 115 ; General Steam Navigation, 6 percent. /tr, 4 ; Peninsular and Oriental Steam, 87 ; andl 1.1 ,_ " Mail Steam, 61 1. LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. 111 1 , 11,-(..r.'"- Stock Stock 25 Stock Stock Share' - Railways. 112 115 106 112 114 116 112 114 128 130 82 84 71 73 109 111• 120 122 111 113 101 106 61 86 111 111 all 100 100 100 100 100 all 94 96 8.5 E 7 86 88 97 99 94 104 16 17 94 10 72 74 1. 18 19 9 94 134 14i 141 143 1160 165 'l2O 122 68i 72 P 140 142 101 103 9 i 97 0 ,5 91 91 1 all all 100 ' 100 100 . 100 100 100 100 100, 8.13.4. 114 Ha 9 10 107 109 99 100 4 dis p i d ip 23 24 119 121 99 101 72 74 120 122 121 123 Icl 101 all 100 100 100 100 24 24i 102 104 101 103 2 84 2 9 33 34 38 43 18 ; ( S II PUND 4 p er „o c k S THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLO CK ),N lit. R ed 226 7 i:: : , .. ez i t . c treed Annuities 96/ / 1 I I tl ts 4 4: 4 t li 7 t li ll s s t. ° A lB nn Ann uiti at es ties 96 1 A 1 ilin ,.. itto .„ y ears e e x x pire . sth Jan., 1860 1 4 3-16 Ilit4 Steele Year ' plre sth Jan,, 1880 t to b a, expire sth April, 18155 lB} Ili t itt o eb entar e 225 0 ° 8, ( Issu e 4 99/ 0 1 4. cl t 4 / £l. o (4° bke - f 991 440 18‘ er °r42 it.eo lint t 981 4 8 v.tt, tie r n .„ March • June. mt t 500 418 , £l,OOO, 2d. &lid... 37 4n ALICEI S„, .. 40 -- 1 31 4 gu) 1 At, 01, , i(1 li k - zi tri ao to - ~- , : , _O REIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. hbiOn, 5 . 4 .. 8 ) 5 per Cent 944 'llei g, 5 Per Cent . lO3 auto. AQ 8 4 .1 Per Cent. 971 b l e t Ae ec 4: Per Cent • qtaci o o b eferred t • - - 1 t k r N- e il bitr o 4 3 p er I - Juaolidated e i N via A ceetu rt. . 11;!'itt o , 4 A , 4/ per n 2ok I ?gi ti. Ace oi , ~e nt. '4 4)1.4 0 4 ' 1822 1 z 11,.• 1 Pe r vent / 61... 14 it: 3 Pet i ? e j e C rt 931 41 - iutel, -eery, Bedford and Bletchley Buckinghamshire .... Clydesdale Junction.. Colchester, Stour Val. E. Lincolnshire,g.flp.c. E Union,HalwichShs. Ln & N.W iLn & N.W Caledonin E.13.&E C Gt. North. E. Counts. ' - 99 100 L 103 105 17 19 141 143 4 41 Do. Woodbridge . . Gls.Barr.&Neils,Dra. Do. New Gloster& Dean Forest Hartlpool.Dck.&Rail Hull and Selby Do. Shares Caledonin 110 Gt. West. Yk.N.&,87 Do. Do. 1109 111 Do. I Shares London&Greenwich Do. Preference S. Eatt Do. 65 67 11741224 93 96 Lon.,Tilby.&Soutend. Do. Barking Shares Lowestoft, gua. 4 p. et Do. 6 per cent Manc.,Buxtn. & Matk Midsb.& Redcr, g.6p.e Mid.BradfordPrf. Stk Newmarkt.,BuryEx guaranteed 5 p. c. Northn.& Eastn2s p.c. Do. do. 6 per cent Do. Fixed. 5 per cent Preston and Wyre. Do. Shares A. Roystn,Hitch.,& Shep Shfßoth.&Gol.g.sp.e. Shrewsbry& Hereford South Staffordshire .. Wear Valley, g. 6p. c. Do. do. Wilts and Somerset.. Wimbledon& Croydn. Peto &Co. DO. Norfolk Do LN W&M Stk.& Dar Midland . E.Counts. Do. L&N V &L.Yk. j Do. .... iGtNorth. Lan.Z3 Yk T Brassey M'Clean Stk.& Dar Do. ... Gt. West. L.&Brgtn jipel l , 6 -ount 301 iii l te 5„, 13 - e ! Cent • 93i- 8 1:402d IP ........................ 1 1 p , B lle . lti p i t j , 1. 1 .! nteed, 4 per Cent. ‘. l itt i _ ‘ ' Idends 011 the above payable in London. -11 4 44 , 10 G u 4 5 831 Oi tt Ex c h an : _per Cent. ert t ? eerti f i ge , 12 Uml. 21 per Cent — h 4 „cfes, per C Dollar Bonds, 4f pe en r t bt. Ex. 4s 7B l O'CLOCK. consols Money bitt o , and Account 9B 1 Account, December 9Bl i DOCKS. LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Railways. Paid. L & as , i ti n g] e g fce in . g 313,igoinnee" 2i 2i 97 99 P 57 59 141 143 Pi 91 97, 101 Paid Closing Business Price • • Docks. 101 103 P, Docks. Stock Commercial lOO Stock Po4perCent.Pref.Min lOO Stock East and West India lOO Stock London lOO Stock St. Katharine lOO Stock Southampton NO Stock Victoria 20 Do New lB MONEI MARKET AND SHARE Railways. Amber g., Notting. Bost. and Eastern Junction Jielfast and Ballymena Bir., Wol., and Str. Val Birk., Lane., and Chesh Junction .. Blackburn Blyth and Tyne Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Chester and Holyhead Cork and Bandon Cork, Blkrcck,&Passage Cornwall Do' A A roves. no div Do. until6p.c.per an B hasbeen pd.toß Dublin and Belfast June Dun.,Perth,& Abr.June East Anglian Eastern Counties Eastern Union A Stock Do. do. B Stock Do.Nw.A.(lte.E.U3ds; East Kent East Lancashire 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 IGt. South.& Wstn.(l'_•e Great Western Do.Str.Vl.Rail Gua.S;k Irish South Eastern Lancaster and Carlisle Do. Thirds I Do. New Thirds Lancashire & Yorkshire) Do. do. F £l6 Do. do. £9 shares Do. West Riding Union Do.,Southport London and Blackwall, Do.Newiss.at £slosp.sh Lon.,Brighton &S.Coasl London & North Westn. Do. Eighths London& South- Westn L'derry & Coleraine L'derry & Enniskillen Mari., Shef., & Lincoln Metropolitan Midland Do. Binning. & Derby Mid, Gt. West. (Ireland) Do. Shares Nevltastle and Carlisle ' New., Aber., & Heref(l 1 Newry &Armagh (def.' Newry, Warpt., & Ros Norfolk North. Counties Union North British Nor.Dev.Rail.&Dk. Stk Do.A Stk.— Arec.no div until 6p.c.hasbeenpdß Do. B Stock NorthEastn.—Berwic' Do. do. G.N.E.Purchase Do. Leeds Do. York North London N. &S. Westn., Hampstd and City Junction North Staffordshire North-Western No. & Sou. W. Junction 'Oxford, Wor.,& Wolver 'Peebles Portsmouth Rhymney Scottish Central South. N.E., Aber. Stock Do. Scottish Mid. Stock . Shropshire Union Sittingbourne & Sheer South Devon South-Eastern South Wales SouthYorks.&Riv.Dun Do. do Staines, Wok., & Wok.. Stockton & Darlington. Do. do. 1854 Do. do. 1855 Stockton & Hartlepool Taff Vale Do. Preference, No. 1 ThamesHavenDk&Rail Vale of Neath Waterford & Kilkenny Waterford & Limerick West Cornwall W-end Lon. & Cry. Pal 7 p.c. has been pd. to B Do. B•• West London Do. Ist Class... Do. 2d Class ... Stock Stock Stock Stock 10 Stock Stock Stock PREFERK 91 92 8 9 Sh are ORDINA.RY SHARES AND STOCKS. 6 i 6i 71 7 66 68 101 11i 31. 33 91 93 841 841 36 38 44 5 7 8 16 17i 62 63 45 47 30 32 93 95 TU.RDAY.) 'p aid. I Closing Business Price. Done. 83 2f 101 • I & 2812. Share 12.10 13.14 Stoek Stock Stock: Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Itockl Siocki Stock Stock Stock Stock Stcck Stock Stock Stock Stock 161 1613 9 Stock 11.6.3 11.6.3 `Stock Stock 121 Stock Stock Stock ' Stock' Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock' 'lOO 100 100 [613 4 13 Is. 17A all . all all all 221 7 18/ 100 100 100 100 all all all all all all all all SHARES, I Paid. Closing Business I Price. Done. 40 51 95 97 1101 103 1021 5} 61 TILE EASTERN STEAM NAVIGATION Sharel Railways. I p aid. Closing I Business Price. Done. 31 A G COMPANY. SPECIAL MEETING-THIS DAY. Antwerp & Rotterdam Ardennes Bah.&S.Fran.,Lim.7p.c Belgian East. Junction Beziers to Graissessao Carmeaux Mine & RaiL Dutch Rhenish Eastern of France Euphrates' Valley Great Central of France Gt. Luxem.,:Con. shs Italian Junction Lake Coastance & Bale Lf.erre and TurnhouL. Lombardo Venetian Lucca & Pistoja, 5 p.c.p Lyons and Geneva Maria AntOnla 51 k par Ipl1 pl 1) 1 1 9i 10 2 2 44 4 d 28. 284 A general meeting of the shareholders in this company was held this day, at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate• street. The chair was taken by H. T. Hope, Rill. The CHAIRMAN, in opening the proceedings, announced that, in pursuance of a resolution of the court of directors, passed on the 19th day of October, the Eastern Steam Navi gation Company was, on the 20th day of October last, duly registered under the provisions of the Joint Stock Companies Acts 1856 and 1857, as a limited company, wider the name of the Eastern Steam Navigation Company (limited), and that the present meeting was held to consider the propriety of dissolving the company, and the voluntary winding-up of its affairs under the provisions of the Joint Stock Companies Acts 1856 and 1857 ; and, if a resolution to that effect were passed, then to appoint a liquidator or liquidators under the said act to wind up the said com pany, and also to authorise the liquidator or liquidators so appointed, in the event of his or their selling the ship be longing to the said company to a registered company called " The Great Ship Company (Limited)," to receive in com pensation or part compensation for such sale shares in the said " Great Ship Company (Limited)," for distribution amongst the shareholders in the Eastern Steam Navigation Company (Limited), and to enter into any other arrange ment whereby the shareholders in the Eastern Steam Navigation Company (Limited) may, in lieu of cash or shares, or in addition thereto, partici pate in the profits of, or receive any other benefit from, the said Great Ship Company (Limited). It was obvious from the unfinished state of the ship that its purchase and completion could only be effected on terms - likely to be satisfactory through the instrumentality of a - new company, or an arrangement embracing a partial pay- ment in shares, affording a preference on the issue of shares to the proprietors of this company; and, with this consi deration in view, the directors and the committee of co operation, after a careful consideration of several proposals, have arrived at the conclusion that the proposal of the Great Ship Company Limited for the purchase of the vessel was the only one which they could recommend for the adoption of the proprietors. The principle of that proposal had al ready been communicated to the proprietors on behalf of the promoters of the Great Ship Company Limited, and the di rectors were fortified in the opinion they had formed as to this proposal by the fact of its having already received the written approval of a large majority of the proprietors. Several of the largest shareholders had already signified their approval of the proposed company ; and a provisional board had been formed for carrying its object into effect. It is proposed to exchange five shares in the new company for two shares in the old company ; but at the same time giving those of the existing shareholders who may wish to retire, the option of doing so, and of receiving their pro portion of the divisible assets. The working of the pro posed plan may be thus illustrated :—A holder of ten shares in the old company may avail himself of either of the following options :—He may exchange his shares for 25 shares in the new company, fully paid up —or, for 100 shares, ss. paid, subject to calls to the extent of 15s. per share, which would be his• quota—or, for 50 shares, 10s. paid, subject to calls to the extent of 10s. per share. After a short discussion a resolution appointing T. Hope, Esq., E. L. Betts, Esq., Samuel Beal, Esq., M.P., and Mr. John Yates, liquidators, to wind up the old company was agreed to unanimously. The following resolution was agreed to :—" That the said liquidations be authorised in the event of their selling the ship to a registered company, called the Great Ship Com pany (Limited), to receive in compensation, or part com pensation, for such sale share in the said Great Ship Company (Limited) for distribution among the share holders in the said Eastern Steam Naviga tion Company (Limited), and to enter into any other arrangement whereby' the shareholders in the Eastern Steam Navigation Company (Limited) may, in lieu of cash or shares in addition thereto, participate in the profitiof or receive :any other benefit from the said Gret Ship Company (Limited)." - -p 7 i Si 4} 41P1 Do. do. New Namur and Liege Do. do. 6 p. e. Pre". Nortirrn of France Do. New Shares Norwegian Trunk Pref Ottoman, gua. 6 per cent Paris,Lyo Is, and Medit. Paris and Orleans Recife& S. Fran. (fern.; gua. 7 p. et. (Lim.) Riga and Dunaburg Lome and Frascati Royal Danish Royal Swedhh Do. 7 per cent. Pref. .. Sambre and Meuse..... Do. 5.,-per cent. Pref. ... Southern of France.... West Flanders Do. 5 p. c. Pre:erence W. & N.W. of France Western of Austria Western of Switzerland Wiesbaden (Do 8 per cent. Pref Zealand A vote Of thanks to the Chairman terminated the pro. ceedings. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 2, I. INES. " The proclamation has long since been treated as a dead letter. From the first it was modified by the Commis sioners, but of late it has been wholly discarded,—having been found as impracticable in working as it is unrighteous and tyrannical in spirit. So far from confiscating the whole rights in the soil of Oude, the agents of the Govern ment are now giving the very fullest effect to Lord Ellen borough's principles of moderation. Indeed, yielding to the force of circumstances, they now find they must carry out those principles, perhaps to the extreme. It may be here remarked,' say Mr Russell of the Times, writing on the 18th August, ' that no civil officer now regulates his conduct by G overnor C ann i ng ' s proclamation,- even as it was modified by the Commissioners; and,' so much is the case otherwise, settlement-engagements for revenue have been made with chiefs who, so late as June last, attacked our police , and pl un d ere d their posts and villages!' So expired Lord Canning's proclamation. We wish the moral discredit of it could be as easily erased from the memory of the natives of India, and wiped from the fair escutcheon of British honour." Bub/in.—The " Adventures of Gerald Fitzgerald" are continued: they are narrated in a spirited man ner, and present some curious scenes of the French Revolution. Gerald encounters old friends with new faces when and where he least expects to find them. Among the most singular was the poor player he met with, and who recalled himself to his recollection as his former acquaintance the Vis count de Noe, " a part," he added, " which my ancestors have performed for some seven or eight centuries ; now I change my role every night !" " Outside a Playground" is a very sensible article on the miserable resorts of poor children, and the necessity of providing some more healthy places for them to recreate themselves, instead of wanderin g in the w ors t neighbourhoods as regards physical disadvantages and moral degradation. A paper on. " Crinoline and Whales" presents some curious de tails, and contains some ludicrous remarks concern ing the present absurd fashion in ladies' dresses. " The Half Brothers" is a most painful story, which offers a striking example of the cruelty and base ness of practical j o k es carr i e d t o an inordinate excess—how they form an excuse for those desti tute of principle and devoid of delicacy to indulge their unfeeling natures at the expense of the hap piness, welfare, and often the life of others. The peculiar cfrcumstances under which Henry Ashton met his death are very naturally described, and although the actual events that led to so sad a catas t-ophe may not be those of frequent occurrence, the most important part of the talc—its tragic con clusion—is only too often verified in actual life. " A Subterranean Adventure" is a very strange sketch, which is brought before us in a a striking ma nner. I t is likely to engage atten• tion alike from its singularity and the impressive style which characterises its delineation. There is a mournful interest attached to the remarks on " The Works of the Rev. R. A. Vaughan," inas much as their gifted author is now no more. It is said that gratitude for what he has written is mingled with sorrow that his works are so few, compared with what they might have been. Some wise reflections are made on the evils that arise from over study, and the danger of undertaking more than the strength will enable to perform. It is observed "We would warn the student against a thriftless expenditure of his powers." "A Home Fancy" is the title of some graceful verses. " Jot tings on Eclipses" furnishes some remarkable ac counts of eclipses in ancient times that will satisfy the scientific reader. " Patrick Delany, D.D.," is the subject of some well-written remarks on that distinguished man, who obtained his honours "by the sheer exercise of an intelligent mind, combined with honesty and rare industry." The details given of his life are interesting. Fraser's.--Fraser has an unusually attractive table of contents this month. " Our Failures," by a Man chester Man, is an interesting paper on some of the topics of the day, but he speedily finds his subject extending to an alarming size when he treats of miscellaneous failures, and unsuccessful attempts in general matters. "Concerning Tidiness," is an en tertaining article "on an overlooked source of human content." The writer insists that much gloom and depression might be disposed of by vigorously setting to work t o reme d y all disorder and untidiness about personal matters, and he im proves on Sydney Smith's advice to a disconsolate lady, to have always a bright fire, a kettle on the hob, and a paper of sugar-plums on the mantel piece. The author observes, with truth, that at one time it was too much the fashion to suppose, that if outward things were comfortable, a person must needs be happy, whatever his mental uneasinels, ' but that now the pic ture is reversed, and the principle of " My Mind tome a Kingdom is" is carried too far. But while fully coinciding in the justice of many of his remarks, and the spirit of all, we must suggest that the author carries his favourite sytem too far, and that the person who followed his rules minutely would be apt to degenerate into a per petual fidget and a terrible plague to all about him. The precise old bachelors and prim housekeepers of society are seldom the most cheerful and contented. The anxiety of mind which has been diverted from the great questions of life is expended on the ar rangement of a library or the preservation of a new carpet. The papers on Natural History are con tinued, and treat of Pelicans, those interesting birds, so. favourite a theme with the ornithologist and simile with the poet. The pleasing story. of " Hanworth" is co n ti nue d, an d c h ron i c les some • im portant events. Edith is engaged to her former lover, Charles Stirling, and Mrs. Ramsay dies unexpectedly abroad and leaves her daughter in a forlorn position. An article on Mr. Rarey gives a clear and precise account of his method in a man ner that will render it comprehensible even to those who have no ambition to distinguish themselves in .the character of an equine Van Amburg. The , portrait of a day without horses is amusingly sketched. A new story by the author of " Meg of Elibank," commences with promise. It is entitled " Hector Garret of Otter," and the reader becomes interested in the fortunes of the lonely young wife of the reserved and sorrowful student. A paper on the Indian Rebellion discusses the village system and the policy of annexation, censuring the former and acquitting the latter. An interesting article on two j ccent volumes on our great rebellion brings the number to a close. Bentley's Miseellany.—Several articles of interest meet the reader in this month's number. For the lovers of fiction there are two or three attractive stories, one of them entitled " The Rejection," which continues the fortunes of Ur. Canterbury's Blackwood.— There is an unusually long instal ment of " What will he do with it" in this number, which contains some important events. As the story approaches completion the interest deepens, and the different characters, who had been widely separated, appear about to meet together. The scene in which Jasper Losely confronts his deceptive associates is a most exciting one, and displays much of that grap hi c f orce of description and dramatic vividness of effect for which the author is so justly celebrated. The meeting between Waife and his erring son is touching in its mournful interest; and the reader who laments over the sad story of the aged wanderer's life, feels relief and satisfaction in reading of the interview between him and Lionel Haughton, in which the latter declares the revela- tion that had been made of his innocence, before those whom he had called friends in the bright days of the past. Some of the best passages in the work are certainly met with in the chapters now before us. " Edward Irving" is the subject of a very interesting article, which is written with vigour and ability. Notwithstanding the errors which darken his story, there is much that unde niably deserves notice and regard in the life of the remarkable man here mentioned. It is observed that his force lay in the singular truthfulness of his manner. " There was nothing marvellous in his doctrine, and his style was the noblest and most picturesque English. The piquancy of the spec tacle lay in this particular, that everybody gazing could see how the thoughts rose, how the fire burned, how the pulses of a giant nature beat." It is sad to trace the -fitful career of this singularly gifted man, through 'the phases of a brilliant blaze of renown--when, bewildered by his dazzling visions, and his marvellous success, he fell into grievous errors, and underwent extreme anguish, till, as if by a prophetic feeling, he set off for the city in whose cathedral crypt he was to lie, " while the clouds gathered in ominous grandeur about the sun which was going down at noon." The story of " The Light on the Hearth" is concluded in a very satisfactory manner ; and, after the storms that had raged round the dwelling of Trevenna, and the enemies-that-had hovered round its threshold, it is pleasing to find that its household fires are not extinguished, but peace and prosperity shed their brightness on its inmates. In the remarks made on " Buckle's History of Civilisation," there appears some just criticism of that masterly production. There is great force in the arguments relating to the chapter on Religion, Literature, and Govern ment. It is impossible not to recognise the extreme excellence and beauty of the style of Mr. Buckle. Some eloquent passages are here cited, which speak for themselves ; and there is evident truth in the concluding remark met with, that " no book lays hold of the attention more powerfully, and few re ward it more amply." There is a treatise on " Cherbourg as a Port and Fortress," which will doubtless be acceptable to many. " Lord Canning's. Reply to the Ellenborough Despatch" is the last subject that engages attention, and, without en tering into that vexed question with prejudice or acerbity, the writer of the article comments on some of the chief points with clearness and decision, and thus remarks concerning the futility of the vaunted policy of confiscation : 24 25 21 9 1 22 381 38k —p 81 9i 3 I d 341 341- 53 54 Id Ip 8 8f 9 1 91 22 23 5 5 9 9 23 24 BRITISH POSSESSIONS. 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Bank of Canada O Commercial of London O Eng., Scot., & Aug. Ch O Gen. Bk. ofSwit7erland Lon.Char.Bk.olAustral. o London and County 0 London Joint Stcck ' 0 London & Westminster 0 Nat. Prov. oZ Englnrd 0 Do. new O National Bank, O New South wales 5 Orient. Bk. Corporation 0 Ottoman Bank" O Provincial of Ireland 0 Do. New 5 South Australia 15 Do. New 5 Union of Australia S Do. New 0 Union of London 10 Unity Mutual 0 Western Bk of London 86 88 25 25i 46 47 58 60 2 20, 58 60 28 30 19 21 16i 17 20/ 21} 28 29 31 32 48 49 47 49 37i 3SI 19 201 64 66 31 33 56 58 55 67 24 25 19 17 di Paid. Closing Business Price. Done. Alfred Consols (Philack)i 2.11.10 8 9 20 British Iron Condurrow (Camborne),l 20 50 60 10 Devon G. Cons. (Tavist::. • 1 450 460 East Bassett (Illogan). 30 100 105 Great South Tolgus l7s 134 141 • G. Wheal 11.11.11 3 G. 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New 0 Red Sea & Ind Telegr Rhymney Iron 5 Do. New 0 Royal Mail Steam 1 Scot.Austrin.lnv.(Lim ) 5 South Australian Land 1 Submarine Teleg. Scrip Do. do Registered ITr.& Ln.Co. of Upr. Can IV= Diemen's Land all all all 15e. all all Paid.' Closing 'Business don. Price. 15 18 330 360 34_ 35 It 40 42 19 21 13 15 11501 120 10 24 28 1 24 26 2 113 115 1 11 2i 3 a 1 l d 7; di 1 ' 2 1 14 15 18 4 i (lie par 2t 3 86 88 12 H p 22f 23 P f 60 7} , 62 1 1i 38 39 I 4 1 t I 1415 11 12 26 of 21 I 61 60,1 } 931 3 1041 4 5 4 I 94 i} 109 I 891 93 t } 35}; 96 i 7 6 * i 58 5! 93i 3a 12f 13 65 67 27 271, 99 92 lot 101 104 105 89 91 129 131 [O2 104 541 55 55 57 100 100 100 100 100 100 83 87 111 124 p 11 124 p 94 95 1 f _ b f did di 109 11 89f 901 1 lf d 93 94 3.51 36 96} 97 . i 68 70 A 11 63 65 34 3 d 56 57 931 931 471 1 d 76 76! 101 103 i ll IV 71 C 27 29 " 7 5 e 110 112 27 28 82 84 43 45 4 2d 35 Z 6 731 74! 76. 78 12 14 7 5d 9 11 34 35 92 PI 6 61 6 1 3 a 731 4 a 8 THE NEW LORD MAYOR. This morning the ceremony of presenting the new Lord Mayor, Alderman D. W. Wire, to the Lord Chancellor, for the purpose of receiving her Majesty's approval, took place at his lordship's private residence in Eaton-square. The Lord Mayor elect was accompanied by Sir R. W. Carden, the present Lord Mayor, Alderman and Sheriff W. S. Hale, Sheriff Conder, the Recorder, the Common Sergeant, the Remembrancer, and the aldermen of the whole of the wards in the City, and a great many members of the Common Council. The RECORDER, in presenting the Lord Mayor elect, Mr. Alderman Wire, gave a brief account of his career in which he stated that mainly through his own unaided exertions he had raised himself from a com paratively humble station in society to the honourable and distinguished post of chief magistrate of the greatest com mercial city of the world. The LORD CHANCELLOR congratulated Alderman Wire, and complimented the citizens on the choice they had made. His lordship said it gave him great pleasure to inform them that her Majesty had been graciously pleased to signify her approval of the selection made by the Livery of,London of so distinguished a gentleman as Alderman Wire to fill the office of Lord Mayor for the year ensuing. The civic cortege then withdrew. MICHAELiTIAS TERM To-day being the first day of Michaelmas term, the Lord Chancellor, according to ancient custom, entertained the judges at a sumptuous breakfast, at his residence in Eaton square. Amongst the company were Sir J. Romilly, Master of the Rolls ; Lord Campbell, Lord Chief Justice of Eng land ; Sir F. Pollock, Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer; the Lords Justices Knight Bruce and Turner ; Sir Alex ander Cockburn, Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas ; Vice-Chancellors Sir R. T. Kindersley, Sir J. Stuart, and Sir W. P. Wood ; Baron Watson, Justice Erle, Justice Ryles, Baron Bramwell, Sir C. Cresswell, Judge Ordinary of the Court of Probate ; Justice Hill, Baron Channel, Justice Crowder, Baron Martin, Justice Coleridge, and a large attendance of the members of the bar, who have attained the rank of Queen's counsel and Sergeants at law. After breakfast the whole of the judges proceeded in state to their respective courts in Westminster-hall, where a great number of persons had assembled to wit ness the arrival of the procession. POLICE INTELLIG_ENCE.—(This Day). MARLBOROUGH STREET. "STRANGERS" IN LONDON.—A USEFUL CAUTION TO LADIES.--A man and woman named Parara were charged with attempting to pick the pocket of a respectable married female named Margaret Barret, under the following cir cumstances : The prosecutrix said she was passing through Cambridge street, Golden-square, on the previous afternoon, when the male prisoner, who was arm-in-arm with the female, stopped her, and asked her to direct him to Westminster-bridge. He had a pocket-book in his hand, and said he was a stranger in . London, having only just come to London. She directed him, telling him he was coming quite away from the place. She then put out her hand to direct which way to go, and then' found that the female's hand was deep down in her pocket. She exclaimed, " Oh, you robber, is that what you mean ?" when she took her hand out and they both left, and' went into the baths, and on a constable coming up she spoke to him, and he went in there and took them into custody. The anal© prisoner said it was all false. Police-constable 165 said, that on being spoken to by the prosecutrix he _went into the baths, (St. James's Baths), Dufour's-place, Golden-square, where he found the male prisoner sitting in the female's department. On telling him the charge against him, he said hQ was a stranger in London, having just come from Dublin. Cole, 317 A, a detective, said he knew both of the pri soners as the associates of thieves for some time. The female had previously been before his worship. Mr. Beadon—Then they are "strangere in London. I never give such less than the full term. Committed for three months with hard labour. THE REv. W. SMITH. --We have heard, upon what we consider to be very good authority, says the Bristol Times, that this unhappy man, whose trial and con viction for the attack on Leach created so much sensation at the Gloucester Spring Assize, died on "Wednesday last, at Lewes, to which place he was removed, on his way to Bermuda, where it was intended he should spend the term of his servitude. AN OWL'S LARDER.—A few days since an owl's nest was taken upon the farm of Mr. Parker, Burnett's Farm, near this city, with three young ones in it. The luxurious and voracious habits of the owl may be imagined from the, contents of this nest, which consists of two leve rets, one rabbit, three blackbirds, one thrush, and two larg t e trout. They were all fresh, and hal been apparently caugh during the night.—Bath Imornal. • REPRESENTATION OF MANCIIESTEIt.'- , -Two new candidates are spoken of, one being Mr. T. Fairbairn, 'Sch.() issued an address some months ago promising to come for ward, and the other . Mr. Frederick Peel. We believe it will be deeided to-morrow morning whether Mr. Fairbairn will stand. . . . MORE COMETS.—Two .small comets have been seen by a captain of a vessel just arrived at Bristol from the Azores, each about one-third in length of the great comet of Donati. REWARDS FOR SAVING LIFE AT SEA.---Her Ma jesty's Government have awarded Captain Renaud of the French barque 11Eurice, a gold medal in acknowledgment of the services rendered by him to the Hamburg steamer Aus tria, destroyed by fire on the. 13th ult., one of the per sons whom' he rescued being a British subject. The under mentioned rewards have recently been awarded by the Board of Trade :—To Wm. Harrison, fisherman and pilot; Th os . Cuthbert, joiner ; Th os. K naggs , j o i ner; and Wm. Lace, miner, the sum of 10s. each, in consideration of their meri toricus conduct in putting off in a coble and saving two Mal from. the William Clowes sloop, wrecked off Port Mul - on the 6th inst. To William Horland a silver medal, for his gallantry in saving life while serving on board the Glencoe, of Whitby, on the occasion of the wreck of the said vessel tear Mullion CM ; =the 18 th 111 t. family. The fair widow's duplicity and selfishness do not seem likely to go unpunished. Mr Dudley Costello's story of " Faint Heart never won Fair Lady," also progresses, and tells us some wonderful events. Monkshood's ".Mingle Mangle" gives us a portrait of llalzac, who, it is observed, was to French prose what Malherbe was to French poetry. One of his biographers says of him, that " he introduced a harmony and precision of style which were before unknown in French prose, and which acquired him the name of the most eloquent writer of his time, and the reformer of the French language." An• other eminent man receives a tribute, though his labours have not been repaid with the same ex tended reputation—Sievers, one of the most worthy of the statesmen of the reign of Catherine 11. of Russia. His memoirs have recently been published under a fearful-looking name at Leipsic, and will prove valuable to the historical student. " Some of the ways in which John Bull spends his Money," is the title of an amusing article which indicates some of the domestic slavery which goes on among us, by which the lares and penatos of an establish ment are elevated into Molochs and Juggernauts, which demand human victims. The handsome house, the formal dinner party, and various other uncomfortable ways of spending money are satirised as voluntary martyrdoms. The French Almanacks for 1859 furnish a lively topic. Ancient hunt ing in Ireland is described with animation. The poetical contributions are not above mediocrity, Colburn's New Itfonthly.—This magazine opens with a criticism of " Carlyle's History of Frederick the Great," and ends with a paper on " Voltaire and the President de Grosses." The two quarrel some friends are thus brought into comparison by the reader. History has awarded to both a place among her great men, but it is very questionable if either of them left the world better than they found it. The great Frenchman does not appear to much advantage in his corre s p on d ence w i t h M . de Grosses , which will amuse the reader by its absurdity and pettiness. The clever author of " Ashley" gives us the cominencement of a new tale, under the attractive title of " A Night with the - Gliats:" prothises considerable interest, and is sufficiently uncommon to excite the atten tion of the reader. A youth having eclipsed all his companions at a public school, in an examina tion, is locked up in the church by one of them in revenge, as he 18 practising the organ in the twilight. He finds himself compelled to pass the night there, to his great dismay, but reconciles himself to his f a t e , an d goes t o sleep. He is pre sently aroused by steps and voices, and finds two gentlemen have come into the vestry and are searching the registers. One of them takes advan tage of his companion's turning away to cut out a leaf of the register—all the while watched by the unseen schoolboy. What results will follow we shall learn in the next number. " Home Life in Norway" gives us some curious pictures of Nor wegian life, taken from , a new work, by Theodore Mugge, entitled " Life and Love in Norway." Another Scandinavian story is translated from the Danish, by Mrs. Bushbv, and entitled " Too Old." Mr. Gladstone's " Studies on Homer," receive a long, but not very complimentary criticism. Mr. Rowsell gives us an article on " The Cathedral —the Crucifix—the Confessional," but it is not equal in clear, practical sense, and straightfor wardness to m any o f hi s previous essays. An amusing paper on " Alexandre Dumas and his Pets," exhibits some of the absurdities of that writer's marvellous tales, which certainly compete with the famous Baron Munchausen. Another entertaining paper recounts some of the adventures met with by a traveller while spending his even ings at inns. Colburn's United Service.—The United Service Magazine opens with an article on " National Se. curity from War and Invasion," which attributes most of the deficiencies in our services to undue favour in patronage. It is justly observed that " additional millions to the outlay on our mili tary establishments would not effect so much as an earnest disposition on the part of the authorities to promote merit, and to bestow employment and reward upon proved efficiency." Those who earnestly desire reform in such matters will find this paper repay perusal. Th ose w h o are con templating emigration to India will find many hints for their instruction in a paper entitled " The Colonisation Mania." It strongly advises all who have means and energy to go out to India and endeavour to develop her dormant qualities ; but not to anticipate an El Dorado, where gold is to be had for the looking for it. An essay upon manly exercises for soldiers is written with sense and spirit. Regular exercise might be practised with advantage by members of many other professions than the military. The third part of a new Life of 'Wellington, continues the narrative of his career, , and leaves the great- captain, after the siege of Badajoz, lamenting the loss of the numbers who had fallen in the assault, and the unbridled cruelties of his soldiers. All the naval and mili tary intelligence of the month is given in full,, and the editor's portfolio contains its usual criticisms on public questions. - PATENT STEAM BOILER. (From. the Derby Reporter of October 29, 1858.) We have been much pleased with an inspection of a patent boiler, made at the locomotive works of the Midland Railway Company here, which appears to be a step in the right direction. The ordinary way of making boilers is by bending plates of a uniform thickness to the required circle, and strongly riviting them together round the edges, and where connected to flat ends, angle irons of a strong sec• tion are introduced. Up till a very recent date it was believed that the rivetted portion of the boiler was as strong as any other part of it, but the prac tical experiments of Mr. Fairbairn demonstrated that if the strength of an ordinary boiler plate was assumed to be 100, then a joint secured by a single row of rivets was equal to 56, and, it double rivetted, 70 ; in other words if a boiler was made of plates capable of resisting 1001bs. per square inch, it would be only safe to use 561bs. of steam in it if single rivetted, and 70Ibs. if double rivetted. The new plan of making boilers, as introduced by Messrs. Alton and Fernie, of the locomotive department here, is to increase the strength of the plates at this weak point of all boilers, and instead of rivetting the plates on the flat part to one another, to bend the plates to a right angle and rivet the flanges together, thus angle irons are entirely dispensed with at the flat ends, and instead of the joints being the weakest part of the boiler, they are by far the strongest. They claim as their invention an entirely new form of boiler plate, rolled thicker along the edges or sides for a certain distance and gradually turning into the body of the plate. These plates they bend and flange, or, as the case may be, they rivet on flat to the boiler. In ordinary boilers placed over a fire, or having an internal flue containing it, the plates next the fire gradually get thin and have to be replaced. The locomotive boiler shell is quite removed from the direct influence' of the fire, but being subjected to double the pressure of ordinary boilers, and having to sustain some particular strains consequent on its being attached to the engine, it waers differently to an ordinary boiler. Some were pointed out to us which had a narrow seam or strip worn out along the inside edge of the joints, but the greatest amount of wear seemed to be on those plates that had angle irons attached to them, and on the opposite side from the angle iron ; and inside the b o il er we saw plates wh i c h had a channel worn out two or three feet long, half an inch wide, and three-eighths of an inch deep, or nearly the whole thickness of the plate ; indeed, some plates we saw were cut clean through, which had only been at work three years. Now, the new plates are made sufficiently wide in the thick part for properly jointing, and also to stand twice the amount of wear at the joints. So that in the new boiler, if the plates are strong enough in the body to resist a 1001 b. per sq. inch pressure, the joints being made extra thick, are also able to resist the same or rather more pressure, and consequently an equili. brium of strength is maintained throughout the whole boiler. Angle irons, as explained to us, are Very expensive to keep in repair. When bent and welded they arc punched, and one side is rivetted to the boiler shell and the flat ends of the boiler to the other side of the angle iron, but the fibre of angle iron runs in the direction of the punched holes, making them, e ven when of the strongest - sec tions liable to crack from hole to hole. By the new plan the plate itself is turned over to form the angle, and the fibre of the iron runs in the right di rection, and a whole row of rivets and the consequent weakening of the plates are thus saved. A very beautiful adaptation of, the new invention was pointed out to us in the mannfacture of the steam domes. These being made from the same plates allow of the flanges being turned and faced, and thus good joints are secured. The plates area capital job, and a credit to the Lowmoor Iron Com pany, who are the sole manufacturers of the patent plates. We have been thus particularin describing what we believe to be a first invention; and which, m e understand, has received the commendations of a large number of eminent engineers, and we would recommend our engineering fr i e n d s to see and exa mine the boilers themselves, and would especially recommend the invention to those about ordering BANK RETURNS. An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victor* cap: 32, of the Average Amount of Bank Notes, of the several Banks . of Issue in England and Wales, in circu lation during the week ending Saturday, the 16th day or October, 1858. PRIVATE BANKS. Andover Bank, Andover-Heath and Co £11,362 Ashford Bank, Ashford-Jemmett, Pomfret, & Co. 11,525 Aylesbury Old Bank, Aylesbury-Cobb and Co 26,660 Baldock Bank and Baldock and Biggleswade Bank, Biggleswade-Wells, Hodge; and Co. . 24,544:. Barnstaple Bank, Barnstaple-Marshall and Co.:. 8,230. Basingstoke and Oldham Bank, Basingstoke- Seymour, Lamb, and Co. Bedford B an k, B e df or d-B arnar d an d C o 31,943 Bewdley Bank, Bewdley-Nichols, Baker, and Co 9,826 Bicester and Oxfordshire Bank and Oxford Bank, Bicester-Tubb and Co. 16,650 Birmingham Bank, Birmingham - Attvroods, Spooner, a n d C o Boston Bank, Boston-Claypons and Co Boston Bank, Boston -Gee and Co. Bridgwater Bank, Bridgwater-J.& J. L. Sealay 8,257 Bristol Bank, Bristol-Miles, Miles, and Co. Broseley and Bridgnorth and Bridgnorth and Broseley Bank, Broseley-pritchards Boycott, and Co. 17,923 Buckingham Blile, Buckingham-Bartlett, Par rott, and Co. 26,196 Bury and Suffolk Bank, Sudbury Bank, and Stow market Bank, Bury St. Edmunds--Oakes, Bevan, and Co. Banbury Bank, Banbury-J. C. and A. Gilbert .. 33,455 Banbury Old Bank, Banbury-C r obb and 50n.... 28,221 Bedfordshire Leighton Buzzard Bank, Leighton Buzzard-Bassett, Son, and Co. Birmingham Bank, Birmingham-Lloyds and Co 26,211 Bradford Old Bank, Bradford; Yorkshire-Harris and Co. Brecon Old Bank, Brecon-Wilkins and Co 48,3,55 Brighton Union Bank, Brighton-Hall, West, and Co. Burlington and Driffield Bank, Burlington-Hard ing, Smith, and Co 12,222 Bury St, Edmund* Bank, Bury St. Edmunds-- IV orlledge and Co. Cambridge Bank, Cambridge-Mertlock and Co 13,284 Cambridge and Cambridgeshire Bank, Cambridge -Messrs. Fosters 47,816 Canterbury Bank, Canterbury-Hammond and Co 33,411 Carmarthen-Bank, Carmarthen-David Morris and Sons 20,635 Chertsey Bank, Chertsey-La Coste and Son 2,735 Colchester Bank, Colchester-Round, Green, &Co 15,103 Colchester and Essex Bank, and Witham and Essex Bank, and Hadleigh, Suffolk, Bank, Colchester- Mills, Bawtree, and Co. Cornish Bank, Truro-Tweedy and Co. 40,197 Coventry Bank, Coventry-Little and Woodcock 5,340 City Bank, Exeter-Milford and Co. Craven Bank, Settle-Alcocks, Birkbeck, and Co 72,510 Chepstow Old Bank, Chepstow Bank, Monmouth Old Bank, Monmouth Bank, Brecon Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank, Chepstow - Bromage Snead, and Co .. 9,507 Derby Bank, Derby-VT. and S. Eva ns an d C 0..,.. 9 665 7 • Derby Bank, Derby-Samuel Smith and C 042,059 Derby Old Bank and Scarsdale and High Peak Bank, Derby-Crompton, Newton, and Co. 26 939 Devizes and Wiltshire Bank, Devizes-Locke and , Co. Diss Bank, DisS-Fincham and Co 10,190 Doncaster Bank and Retford Bank, Doncaster- Cooke and Co 62,863 Darlington Bank, Durham Bank, and Stockton-on- Tees Bank, Darlington-Backhouse and Co 85,210 Devonport - Bank, Devonport-Hodge and Co 9,682 'Dorchester Old Bank and Dorsetshire Bank, Dor chester-R. and H. Williams 45,599 East Cornwall Bank, Liskeard-Robins, Foster, and Co East Riding Bank, Beverley-Bower old Co 51,397 Essex Bank and Bishop's Stortford Bank, Chelms ford-Sparrow, Round, and Co 41,497 Exeter Bank Exeter-Sanders and Co 28,007 Faningdon Bank and Bank of Wantage, Farring don-Barnes, Medley, and Co 8,178 Farnham Bank, Farnham-John and Jas. Knight 8,633 Faversham Bank, Faversham-Hilton and Co 7,169 Godalming Bank, Godalming-Mellersh and Keen 5,38,5 Guildford Bank, Guildford-Messrs. Haydon 13,197 Grantham Bank, Grantham-Hardy and Co 27,953 Hereford City and County Bank, Hereford-Mat thews and Co 14,411 Hull Bank and Kingston-upon-Hull Bank, Hull- Smith, Brothers, and Co Huntingdon Town and County Bank, Hunting don-Veasey and Co. Harwich Bank, Harwich-Cox, Cobbold, and Co. 4,324 Hertfordshire, Hitchin Bank, Hitchin-Sharples and Co. Hereford, Ross, and Archenfield Bank, and Ross and Archenfield Bank, Ross-Morgan and Co 20,389 Ipswich Bank, Ipswich-Bacon and Co 20,047' Ipswich and Needham Market Bank, Suffolk, Had leigh Bank, Manningtree and Mistley Bank, and Woodbridge Bank, Ipswich-Alexanders & Co.. 64,708 Kentish Bank, Maidstone-Randall, Mercer, and Co. Kington and Radnorshire Bank, Kington-Davies and Co. Knaresborough Old Bank and Ripon Old Bank, Knaresborough-Harrison and Co. 18,82.5 Kendal Bank, Kendal-Wakefield, Crewdson, &Co 44,500 Longton Staffordshire Bank, Longton-C. Harvey and Son 5,231 Leeds Bank, Leeds-Beckett and Co Leeds Union Bank, Leeds-W. Williams, Brown, and Co. Leicekter Bank, Leicester-T. and T. T. Paget 30,933 Lewio Old Bank, Lewis-Whitefeld and Co LincolnJ3ank, Lincoln-Smith, Ellison and Co 87;944 Llandovery Bank, Lampeter Bank, and Llandilo Bank, Llandovery-D. Jones and Co .... 29,318 Loughborough Bank, Loughborough-Middleton and Cradock Lymington Bank, Lymington-S. and G. F. St Barbe 3,630 Lynn Regis and Lincolnskire Bank, Lynn Legis-- Gurneys and Co. 34,700 Lynn Regis and Norfolk Bank, Lynn Regis- Jarvis and Co 11,531 Macclesfield Bank, Macclesfield-Brocklehurst and Co Manningtree Bank, IVlanningtree,--Nunn and Co 1,316 Merionethshire Bank, Dolgelly-Williams and Son 9,488 Miners' Bank, Truro-Willyams and Co. Monmouthshire Agricultural and Commercial Bank, Abergavenny-Bailey and Co. Monmouth Old Bank, Monmouth Bank, Brecon Bank, Chepstow Bank, Chepstow Old Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank, Monmouth- Bromage, Snead, and Co. Newark Bank, 4Tewark-Godfrey and Riddell Newark and Seaford Bank, and Sleaford and Newark Bank, Sleaford-Handley, Peacock, and Co. Newbury Bank, Newbury-Bunny, Slocock, and Co 20,398 Newmarket Bank, Newmarket-Eaton, Hammond, and Co. . 17,687 Norwich Crown Bank and Norfolk and Suffolk Bank, Norwich-Harveys and Hudsons 48,170 Norwich and Norfolk and Fakenham Banks, Nor• wich-Gurneys and Birkbecks 104,544 Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Bank, Notting- 9,541 ham-Hart, Fellows, and Co. Nuneaton Bank, p atonßa nkiyNmunoutcha-toniifis & Co Nuneaton-Craddock and Co. 240 3,596 78 Naval New Sarum Bank, Sarum-Everett and Co. 10,315 Nottingham Bank, Nottingham-Samuel Smith and Co 27,748 Oswestry Bank and Oswestry Old Bank, Oswestry -Croxon and Co. 9,887 Oxford Old Bank, Oxford-Parsons and Co. 28,810 Old Bank, Tonbridge, Tonbridge and Tonbridge Wells Old Bank, Tonbridge and Tonbridge. Wells and Sevenoaks Bank, Tonbridge-T. H. and S. Beeching 8,571 Oxfordshire Witney Bank, Witney-j. W. Clinch and Sons 11,343 Pease's Old Bank, Hull, the Hull Old Bank ar Beverley Bank, Hull-Pease and Co. 36,067 Penzance Bank, Penzance-Batten and Co. Peterborough Bank and Oundle Bank, Peter borough-D. Yorke and Co. Pembrokeshire Bank, Haverfordwest-J. and W Walters Reading Bank, Reading-Simonds and Co Reading Bank, Reading-Stephens, Blandy, & Co 28,047 Richmond Bank, Richmond-Roper and Co. 7,018 Rochdale Bank, Rochdale-L-Clement, Royds, & Co. 3,131 Rochester, Chatham, and Strood Bank, Rochester-. Day and Nicholson Royston Bank, Royston-Fordham and Sons 1 1 0 2 ;05 3 , 8. 1 5 Rugby Bank, Rugby-A. Butlin and Son Rye Bank, Rye-R. C. Pomfret and Co ll,lBl Ross Old Bank, Herefordshire, Ross-Allaway and 4,687 MacDougal Sar va on me bsoWn_alGdeinaLdanNd Co . orth Essex Bank, Saffron 24,924 Salop Bank, Shrewsbury-Burton, Lloyd, o.- i & vo C o o d . a . ll . 13,136 Scarborough Old Bank, Scarborou, 23,812 and Co. Shrewsbury Old Bank and Shrewsbury and Ludlow Bank, Shrewsbu-Rocke, Eyton, and C 0..... 38 , 201 Sitti ng bourne and Milton Bank, Sittingbourne- Valiance and Co. Southampton Town and County Bank, Southaanp ton-Maddison and Pearce ................... 10.858 Southwell Bank, Southwell-Wylde and C 0....... 11,487 Southampton and Hampshire Bank, Southampton.. -Atherley, Fall, and Co. ........ ...... 2,943 Stafford Old Bank, Stafford - Stevenson and Co. .. 13,768 Stamford and Rutland Bank, Stamford-Eaton, Cayley, and C o Taunton e Shrewsbury, lainwi a l rd Ve , l a s u h d P c o o ol . Bank, Shrewsbury- 26,920 ' 21,105 launton-H. and R. Badcock 28,489 Tavistock Bank, Tavistock-Gill, Sons, and Co. Thornbury Bank, Thornbury-Harwood and Co 9,597 Tiverton and Devonshire Bank, Tiverton-Duns ford and Co. Thrapston and Kettering Bank, Northamptonshire, Thrapston-York and Eland Tring Bank and Chesham Bank, Tring-Butcher and Son Towchester Old Bank, Towchester-Pereival and Co 7,340 Town and County of Poole Bank and Ringwood ' and Poole Bank, Poole-G. W. Ledgard and Sons 9,232 Union Bank, Cornwall, Helston-Vivian and Co 13,932 Uxbridge Old Bank, Uxbridge-Hull, Smith, &Co 9,930 Wallingford Bank, Wallingford -Hedges, Wells, and C 0.6, 1 25 Warwick and Warwickshire Bank, Warwick- Greaves and Co. Wellington Somerset Bank, Wellington-Fox, Brothers, and Co 5,811 West Riding Bank, Wakefield and Pontefract Bank-Leatham, Tew, and Co 42,807 Whitby Old Bank, Whitby-Simpson, Chapman, and Co. Winchester, Alresford, and Alton Bank, Winches ter-Bulpett and Co. Weymouth Old Bank and Dorchester Bank, Wey mouth-Elliot, Pearce, and Co. Wirksworth and Ashbourne Derbyshire Bank . Arkwright and Co. Wisbech and Lincolnshire Bank, Wisbech-Gur neys and Co 54,019 Wiveliscombo Bank, Wiveliscombe-P. and W Hancock 6,690 Wolverhampton Dank, Wolverhampton-Goodricke and Holyoake Worcester Old Bank and Tewkesbury Old Bank, Worcester-Berwick, Lechmere, and Co Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhampton-R. and W. F. Fryer Yarmouth and Suffolk Bank, and Hale,sworth and Suffolk Bank, Yarmouth-Gurneys, Birkbeck, 014•Coilo immtimmitmomemettmet. _._,•ali - sy his kg lfil ise 3n far ' of at- Sto0:1 Sto. f Stock, 20 ioo 100 100 Stockl