The Sun. — London, England, 1858-12-30 00:00:00

111 21 7 .ET .11 A I?.E. T 21 7 7) CITY NE rrs. CITY, Two o'CLocu. An active demand for money is still experienced both in Lombard-street and at the Bank. Besides the requirements of the commercial community - , which are extensive, as usual at this period of the year, several heavy calls are being paid, and hence the slight pressure now apparent. Many are disposed to think that ,the inquiry will be sustained even after the engagements, which will arrive at maturity during the next fort night, are provided for, and the impending issue of Australian debentures, and the anticipated loan for Russia, are referred to as operations likely to exercise an important influence upon the general course of financial affairs. The supply of capital available in the open market has already been much reduced, and yesterday the demand at the Bank was stimulated by the discount-brokers, who were also among the applicants for accommodation. A further advance of yd. per oz. standard has taken place in the silver market, the supply being limited and the demand active. The exports during the next few weeks are expected to be larger than for some time past. The principal topic of conversation in financial circles is the formal announcement of the Australian Railway Loan. The total amount, authorised by the Government of Victoria is £8,000,000, and of this large sum, £7,000,000 will be negotiated in the London market. The present operation, how ever, merely consists of a portion, viz., one million sterling, in 6 per cent. debentures, payable half yearly, and secured on the Colonial re venues. Tenders are invited for these securities, and the adjudication is appointed to take place on the 7th prox. The security being perfectly satis factory, and interest offered equally favourable, it is expected that numerous applications will be sent to the committee of the Australian Banks, who have undertaken the contract. A payment of 5 per cent. on the amounts asked for must be paid before hand, and the balance will have to be subscribed on the Ist February, when the debentures may be obtained. Unlike most financial projects of this kind, the whole amount will be immediately secured, instead of receiving it in instalments spread over a period of several months. Although the sum now to be raised is only one million, it will tend, with other periodical engagements, to stimulate the demand for money, and im part increased firmness to the rates of discount. Speculation is rife with regard to the price at which these new securities will be negotiated. The views of those who intend to subscribe, how ever, will be more satisfactorily ascertained a few days prior to the adjudication. At present the prospective price ranges between 106 and 109. A general court of proprietors of the Canada Land Company was held to-day—Charles Franks, Esq., in the chair. The report gave a statement of transactions in Canada from Ist January to 3d December, 1858, as follows :—Land sold, 1,379 acres at an average price of 20s. 7d. per acre, and land leased 11,312 at 445. ld. average per acre, together 12,691 acres. The land leased and converted into freeholds was 25,703 acres at 17s. ; and that leased for five years, 2,981 acres. The receipts for 1858 amounted to £37,530 currency. It was stated by the Chairman that the directors had sold the harbour of Goderich to the Buffalo and Lake Huron Company for £13,000, which they hoped would be the means of increasing the value of their surrounding land districts. The accounts were passed, and a dividend for the half year of 30s. per share was declared. Increased depression is apparent in the market for English Securities. Sales continue to be made by the speculators, who are influenced 'by the in creased demand for money, the augmented ex portation of specie, and announcement of the Victoria Railway Loan. Consols have consequently receded to about 96t I, and the market appears yery feeble. The New Three per Cents. and the Reduced are heavy at 971 : 1; Long Annuities are 18 3-16ths ; India Loan Debentures are steady at 991 -1; and the Bonds 15s. prem. The March Ex- chequer Bills are 365. prem. ; June ditto, 395. prem., and Bank Stock is marked 2251. Business in the Foreign Stock Market is quiet, and prices in general show a slight downward tendency. Turkish 6 per Cents. are heavy at 911 to 92 ; ditto Scrip, Ist issue, 11 to 1 dis. ; ditto, 2d issue, 11 to 1 dis. Chili= Loan is marked par to prem.; Portuguese 3 per Cents. are steady at 481; Grenada Deferred have receded to 51; Dutch 4 per Cents, to 1001; and Brazilian 41 per Cents. to 95; ditto, 1829 and 1839, have been dealt in at 102 ; Venezuelan 5 per Cents., however, are rather firmer, viz., 444. The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up to this day, are in round figures as under : 1858. Great Western North-Western South-Western Brighton ' - Midland South -Eastern Great Northern Lancashire and Yorkshire Bristol and Exeter 5,881 North-Eastern Chester and Holyhead East Lancashire 5,710 Lancaster and Carlisle Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton 4,616 West Hartlepool Edinburgh and Glasgow 5,373 Glasgow• and South-Western Grand Trunk of Canada Great Western of Canada 7,051 Lombardo-Venetian 7,977 The transactions in the Railway Share Market to-day have been of a moderate character. Some of the principal lines, however, show a slight im provement owing to the favourable character of the traffic returns. South Western, Edinburgh, Perth and Dundee, and Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln advanced ss. ; Great Western, North Western, and South Devon, 10s. ; and Chester and Holyhead,lss. ; Eastern Counties, Lancashire and Yorkshire, Midland, and North British de clined 55., and Brighton £l. The Foreign lines are at quite nominal rates. In the Colonial Market Grand Trunk of Canada have improved 10s. ; Great Western of Canada, ss. ; and East Indian, 10s. Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares show no material variation. London and County have declined to 29-1, and Canada Land have im proved to 1141 115. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. tank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 974 k 7 Now 3 per Cent. Annuities Long Annuities, expire sth Jan., 1860 — Ditto 30 Years, expire sth April, 1835 lB 346 India Stock Ditto Debentures 9 91 i I I Ditto Bonds, £l,OOO Ditto under £l,OOO • l5 Consols for Account 9 61 11 I March June. Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 2d. & Ifd.. I Ditto £500 Ditto Small, I.ld. FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Brazilian 5 per Cent. Ditto 1829 & 39, 5 per Cent lO2 Ditto 1858, 44 per Cent. 95 Chilian, 6 per Cent. Ditto 41 per Cent. Scrip par Danish, 1825, 3 per Cent. Ditto 5 per Cent. Grenada New Active, 2i per Cent. Ditto Deferred Mexican 2 per Cent 2ok Portuguese, 1853, 3 per Cent. Ditto Account Russian, 1822, 2 St., 5 per Cent ll3 Ditto 41 per Cent. Sardinian, 5 per Cent. so Spanish 3 per Cent Ditto Account • 471 Spanish Com. Cert. of Coup. not funded 0 i Turkish 6 per Cent. , 92 1/ Ditto Account Ditto New Loan Scrip li 1d Ditto Account Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. Venezuela, 5 per Cent. Ditto Account ~.., * 44 Ditto Deferred 2 per Cent l7l 16k Dividends on. the above payable in London. Dutch Exchange, 12 Gull. 21 per Cent — Ditto Certificates, 4 per Cent. THREE O'CLOCK. Consols fur Account 96/ 1 ad BRECONSIIIRE ELECTION.—At Brecon, on Tues • day, Major G. C. Morgan, son of Sir C. Morgan, Bart., of Tredegar-park, was returned without opposition for the county, in the place of the lato Sir John Bailey, Bart. The hon. 4nd gallant member was represented by his father, being unable to attend himself from severe illness. The gallant major, who distinguished himself in the cavalry charge at Balaklava, is a moderate Coisecvative. abs, F.S.A.I :nown," &c. , f knowledge this unp ly- maintains 3receded ; them. Mr. d young, for learn some' uple manner e familiarly it superfici al lass who are it of leisure ittic volume id extent Of condense d Lbjoin a felt EMT. to be compose d to the theell ay vibrates ? Ton the ePt le tuestion shoar! lit must ips D 0,000,00 0 m $ ulations in an rhilst the deet n an inch, aa,u me."—ffunt agination t°, avels. Wh a " asks Sir John Dne beat of the over 192, 00° r of the world th our eyelid?' er occupies in ll shot directl, s full speed, et light travels r 1842 for th e tee, w hi c h eor ed at the Pol - LM Richardson .om the sum to in a velocity Astronomioa' )teens is esti' raph i ca l miles ;he mass of the he HimalaYal• bic miles, or IS of magnesium" 19,339.44 cal° to be but 3 00 , twitting, , which is more re than double erne, No. 1 6 ., two miles, an d rs that there is ess of one mil°, it a transfer 01 of half a mile, tronomers length of the l salt have Ot RTIT. is reported to :length of wire+ Lniverse with rain boast; for rent along th e t were p 05 50 rth, the transit LEGRAPIL ALIO agency zinc and eels' t Electric Tel 12,000 miles° hold the eat' decomposl: tenths, so that There are 0° ,,, cid ; it requir`" Le charge is re' 101bs. of nitlic lmanaes. the adven ance possess' contain eV 1 works of e e post-offic e , ) dates cessary in; a a series a' ty are give n lits and niec' The amoun t )d is sow of specifi c id very ints irliaments 3S since th e time, will be mtward aP" d, and th e nd shining .bly enhance almanack 9 so excellen t are among hat the pre' 59. Dean° lmanac. It and cooking and poetry' Ad or arane" ions will be The 111 n 'aetured by known City msekeepers , s and a Co' vlr. Barnun,l, ey-making, ation abow' %ledge, wit ° he has often ting money frankness , ',self he has no one eau ;red on fro° the crowdf parts—ne e the other ,eh is ass 4 3; first par t which In, and as ° ie relation s were mol l 7c, but wer e ries. EF 4; ; ,---,--- . SHARE MARKET.-( THIS DAY.) FOREIGN. THIRD EDITION uY SHARES AND STOCKS. Railways. Cloning I liusin, , ss Paid. price. Done. SUN OFFICE, Six o'Clock. TATTERSALLS'-(THIS EVENING.) Very few members were praient, and no bets o: any importance came under our notice. LA TV INTELLIGENCE.-( THIS .DAY.) COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Evans.) IN RE J. POLDEN AND J . A. POLDEN. These bankrupts were fishing-tackle manufacturers, carrying on business in Castle-street, Leicester-square, and to-day came up to pass their last examination. The balance-sheet extends over a period of nearly two years— from January, 1856—and shows—Debtor to creditors, £517 liabilities on bills receivable, £433; profits, £295; surplus, January, 1856, £289 ; cash introduced by J. Polden, £240. Creditor—By good debts, £69 ; property, £246; losses, £256 (Xl5O on realisation of stock)l trade expenses, £503; partners' drawings, each, £142 10s. Mr. A. Warrand appeared for the assignees, and Mr. J. Cook for the bankrupts, who passed unopposed. (Before Mr. Commisstmer Fane.) • RE WALTON AND WALTON. The bankrupts are ship and insurance brokers, of Grace church-street, and to-day was appointed for hearing argu ments on the application for a certificate. Mr. Cotterill appeared for the assignees ; Mr. Sargood as counsel for the opposing creditors; Mr. Linklater and Mr. Lawrence for the bankrupts ; Mr. Cannings (Butler and Cannings) was in attendance as accountant for the cre ditors. Mr. Sargood proceeded to address the Court at great length, and the case was proceeding when we went to press. It is understood that there is a perfect answer to all the charges brought against the bankrupts. SHERIFFS' COURT. (Before Mr. Prendergast, Q.C.) PRINTERS' APPRENTICES.-IMPORTANT CASE.-41ACFAR LINE, JUN., V. BAIT AND CO. Mr. Blakely appeared, for the plaintiff; Mr. Gibson for the defendants. Plaintiff is a lad, a compositor, and _de fendants are printers, of Newgate-street. The action was brought to recover the sum of 30s. for two weeks' wages in lieu of notice. The evidence of the plaintiff went to show that ho was discharged at 5 o'clock on Saturday morning, under the following circumstances :—He had been at work from 9 o'clock the previous morning, and about 1 on Satur day morning, having finished his composition, and waiting only for his proof, he obtained a promise from one of his fellow apprentices to do his portion of the corrections. He then asked one of the defendants if he could go, and was told that he must wait for his own proofs, as the others had as much to do as they could get through. About four o'clock, one of the defendants brought him a proof which did not belong to him and told him to do the corrections. Plaintiff grumbled a little, but did the work, andlat five o'clock he was told to take his coat and "stick," as his services could be dispensed with. On the part of the de fendants it was admitted that the custom of the trade allowed an apprentice a fortnight's notice provided he behaved him self, but in the present case there had been a downright re fusal to do some work handed to him by the overseer. Mr. Inwoed, one of the defendants, stated that when he handed plaintiff the first piece of proof to correct, plaintiff was very unwilling, and said if he did anybody else's work he should charge for it. Witness said, of course, and plain tiff did his work. A second piece of proof was then given to hith, but instead of doing the corrections ho put the proof upon the frame of the person who set the matter. A question then arose as to the custom of the trade and as to the right of an overseer to set the compositor to do another compositor's corrections. It was stated that it was the custom, when the work was very much behind, for such a course to be taken, and for a charge to be made. Plaintiff said that he thought :the piece handed to him had been corrected, and that the galley was pulled. This was denied by Mr. :Inwood, who said he expressly told the lid to correct the marks. His Honour said he thought it was too much for a lad like plaintiff to work so many hours, but he took the work and must abide by the rules of the trade. The only ques tion was, how long was plaintiff bound to wait for his proofs to come out ? Plaintiff's father, who said he had 36 years' experi ence, said it was not usual to wait longer than one hour, but on the part of defendants it was insisted that a composi tor was bound to wait till the proofs came out. His Honour said, upon the evidence bcfore him, he had a downright refusal to, work, and he must find for defendants, THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 80, 1858. DR. L7VINGSTONE. THIS DAI'S SHIPPING. LONDON, Dec. 30.—Wind this day at noon, S.W. ; light breeze, and hazy. SHEERNESS, Dec. 29.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Suome, from Belize. _ _ _ PLY3LOUTH, Dec. 29.—Wind N.N.W.—Sailed—lndus, for Callao. FALMOUTH, Dee. 29.—Wind N.N.W.—Arrived—Diana, from Matanzas. SWANSEA, Dec. 29.—Wind S.W.=Arrived—Pomonee, from Newfoundland for Cork, with kiss of bowsprit and foretopmaat. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Thursday Morning. Wind W. ; rain. Arrived—Norman, steamer, from Cape of Good Hope ; :Foyle, steamer, from Dublin ; Wonder, and Atalanta, steamers, from Jersey ; Alliance, steamer, from Havre ; Parramatta, Robert Bruce, and Sir William Wallace, steamers, from London. Saileed—Eveline, for Cardiff; Foyle, steamer, for Lon don; Dispatch, steamer, for Jersey ; Liverpool, packet, for Rotterdam. Wind S.S.W. LIVERPOOL, Thursday Morning. Sailed—Alma, for Bombay ; Levant and Coromandel, for Calcutta ; Albatross, for Savannah ; Albion, for Madras ; Martha, for Bombay; Great Western, for New York. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Thursday Morning. Wind calm ; tide last hour's flood ; weather foggy. Arrived, Dec. 29—John Arthur, and Gladiator, from Dantsic ; Mecca, and Countess of Camden, from Gothen burg ; Red Rose, from Cronstadt ; Harlingen Hafen, from Grebbestadt ; Tetta Margretta, from Agger ; Exchange, from Alexandria; Eva, from Gothenburg. Arrived, Dec. 30—Roman from Marstrand ; Harmony, from Memel ; Southern, from Dantzic. Sailed, Dec. 30—Herefordshire, for Bombay; Neptune, for Hamburg. DEAL, Thursday Morning. Vied N., moderate. Passed—Dominica, from Odessa, for London. EXTRAORDINARY ADMINISTRATION OF THE GAME LAWS AT GAINSBOROUGH.—At the last petty ses sions holden at Gainsborough, a case was heard exhibiting the necessity of some alteration in the existing Game Laws. The magistrates on the bench were Sir Charles H. J. An derson, Bart. ; W. Hutton and ,H. H. Bacon, Esqrs. ; and the Revs. G. Hutton and J. H. Pooley. Two men, named George Wilkinson and William Fairbanks, were charged with trespassing in pursuit of game on lands be longing to Sir Thomas Beckett. A watcher, named. Codd, had heard a shot about 4.30 on Sunday afternoon, and on repairing to a part of the wood he saw two men, one of whom was putting a gun in his pocket. He addressed them, and he was now quite sure that the defendants were the men. No additional evidence whatever was given. For the de fence six witnesses were called, three for each of the defend ants, who swore distinctly that they were with the prisoners, in their respective houses, from soon after dinner until after 4.30 in the afternoon, and during that time neither of them went anywhere. Each of these witnesses was sub jected to a rigorous cross-examination by the bench, but they failed entirely in shaking in the least their testimony. Notwithstanding this, however, the bench convicted both prisoners, and inflicted the full penalty, with costs.— Manchester Guardian: Intelligence has been received from Dr. Living stone up to the 4th of October. Writing on that date from the Kongone River, to the Rev. W. Thompson, he states:— "My dear Mr. Thompson,—l could not possibly write you by last opportunity from the Zambezi ; but there was so little to communicate you were no loser. We have now had more time to look about us, and I think we have ascertained the point that entering this river at the time we did is nearly quite" safe, if no delay takes place among the mangrove swamps. We have been favoured with fair health, and have had ailments more like common colds than fever. Two of the party are now at Tete, and the others hope to join them shortly. We got a ton and a half of coals there, the first ever taken out of the earth in that country ; and as the Por tuguese have shown a great deal of public spirit, we are almost sure of a larger supply when we return. My poor fellows received me with joy. They had been taunted by the Tete people that their Englishman would never return but they hoped on, and have amassed quantities of beads, to take back to their own country. Thirty of them died of small-pox, and sib were killed by a rebel chief at the confluence of the Suneya. The confidential servant of Lekwebu is with me now on board the launch, which is so small we could not bring more of them down, though they were anxious to come into our service. We found the country in a state of war, and the Portuguese were too busy with that to help us with canoes. It is finished now, and my old friend, Major Lecard, at once assisted us with luggage ; but it has quite depopulated the land adjacent to the river. We see the river in this month at its very lowest ; a*d as it spreads out into from one to three miles in width, the broad parts are very difficult. When we get up to Lupata our difficulties vanish, for above that point it is in one or two channels of about 1,000 or 1,200 yards broad. I admire its size more than ever. When I came down in a canoe it was full, and I saw but one channel where now are two or three. If the Portuguese would be at the expense of a few piles driven in, to effect what 'snags' sometimes do now, deep channels might be secured for the whole year. They arc going to build a fort and custom house .at this or the Luallo.—With kind regards, &e. " D. LIVINGSTONE." DEATH FROM EATING A CHRISTMAS DINNER.— On Tuesday night an inquest was held at the Leopard Inn, Goode-street, on the body of a respectable man, 59 years of age, named William Thornton, a jeweller, living in Slade lane. The circumstances are of a most melancholy and singular character. Being acquainted with Mr. Southall, the Hope and Anchor Retail Brewery, Lodge-road, the de ceased went there to enjoy his pipe and glass on Christmas day. • The landlord sent out to him from his table a plate of roasted turkey. Very soon after Mr. Southall was sur prised at seeing his guest rush past the bar window, and in the e p ro a a v d is op following him, as a matter of course, to ascertain the cause, unfortunatef s o ite und th t e he tavem,inthe back, man agonies on h of i death. sur geon, Great Hampton-street, was immediately sent for, po but medical aid was of no avail. It was ascertained that in the act of eating deceased had attempted to swallow a piece of the turkey, measuring four inches long, and one ounce in weight. This had stuck in the throat and produced suffo cation. The jury, under the coroner's direction, in this state of facts, returned a verdict "of suffocation."—Bit mingh am Post. DARING ATTEMPTED ROBBERY IN FLEET STREET.—Last night, about seven o'clock, a most daring and nearly successful attempt at robbery took place at the shop of Mr. Attenborough, silversmith, at the corner of Bell-yard, Temple Bar. The persons in the shop were alarmed by hearing a loud crash as if part of the plats glass front had been suddenly smashed, and it was observed that there was a large hole in one of the panes. which is of considerable thickness, part of the extensive stock of jewel lery being also missing. The manner of the glass being broken was soon explained by a tall, powerful man being brought back into the establishment who had been seen suddenly to dash his fist through the glass and grasp a number of gold chains, and, in fact, all that lay in his reach. So quick was the thief in his movements that he would, in the confusion, have escaped with his valuable booty, if he had not been promptly seized and held by a person who had watched lus movements. When the at tempt was made several persons were talking together near the shop door, and others were looking at the jewellery in the window. FATAL EFFECTS OF INTEMPERANCE. —Yesterday evening an inquest was held at St. Ann's Vestry, Dean street, Soho-square, before Mr. Langham, deputy coroner for Westminster, on the body of Mrs. Sarah Simpson, aged. 32, a married woman, whose death occurred under the fol lowing deplorable circumtsances. Mr. Henry Simpson, confectioner, of No. 63, Wardour-street, Oxford-street, de posed that the deceased was his wife. She had unhappily, for the last three months, given way to habits of intemper ance, drinking rum and gin to excess. On Sunday last she was very muc intoxicated, and was falling about. Witness lifted her up, and laid her upon a sofa. This was about six o'clock in the evening. Witness locked her in the room and went home with his brother to the Euston-road. He returned between six and seven o'clock on the followino - , m orning (Monday), when he found his wife dead in the same position upon the sofa in which he had left her. The jury expressed their surprise and indignation at the poor woman being left 13 hours without any one with her. In answer to questions from the coroner, the husband admitted that when he left his wife both himself and brother were in toxicated, but he (the husband) was not so bad as not to be able to find his way home again. Mr. Fernandez Clark, sur geon, 23, Gerrard-street, said he had made a post mortem examination, and found the liver double the natural size, the result of excessive use of ardent spirits. It was what is termed a " nutmeg liver." He had attended deceased for two years professionally. She once attempted to destroy herself by poison. She died of apoplexy, from drinking. The jury commented upon the frightful effects of drink, and returned a verdict in accordance with the medical evi dence. The accounts from Paris state an expectation that the contemplated scheme for a new loan bank will be shortly put forth. It appears that it is to be called the Commercial and Manufacturing. Credit Company, and that its captial is fixed at £1,600,000, in L2O shares, of which only £BOO,OOO will be issued in the first instance. Deposits, not exceeding in the aggregrate one - ha lf the ca p ital, may be re ceived at interest. The company are to discount home and foreign bills, to make advances on warrants and g oods, to gra nt limited loans on Government securities for 90 days and on m ortgages for six months, to colle ct divi dends and' debts, and to receive securities upon commis • sion for safe keeping. The advances on Government securities and mortgages are each to be restricted to a fifth of the subscribed capital, but the transactions in bills, war • rants, &c., seem to be left to discretion. The total liabili ties of the company are never to exceed six times the amount of the capital. Subject to the consent of the Minister of Finance, subscriptions may be made to foreign l o ans and foreign companies. It is impossible to measure the prospects of an institution of this kind by English custom, but the results of analogous establishments in Europe and America have not been such as to encourage expectations of great or sustained success. On the other hand, there seems nothing in its plan inconsistent with steady profits, provided it is not made subservient to Go vernment or speculative influences. — Trues. PROPOSED NEW CLUB.—A club, we are informed, is in contemplation whose object will be to give an oppor tunity of meeting together and promoting a friendly inter course between the higher classes of English society and foreigners of distinction, either belonging to the corps diplomat ique or otherwise, visiting this country. It is to be combined on new principles, a sort of revival of the defunct Coventry Club, and having some features of a musical character.—Morning Post. A QUEER. WITNESS.-PRESTON V. JOHNSON. Plaintiff sought to recover £6 damages done to his cab, through the carelessness of the driver of defendant's 'bus. Mr. Beard appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. B. Hut chinson for the defendant. The case was fully brought home to the defendant. The only feature in it was the con duct of plaintiff's driven who tried the patience not only of the two solicitors and his Honour, but of every one else in court. This witness (Snow) was asked in what position his cab was. Witness—My cab was . Well if he had not pulled his horses' heads off, it wouldn't have happened. (Laughter.) This question was varied and repeated by Mr. Hutchinson, but he only obtained the same answer. His Honour then essayed, but with no different effect ; and, finally, Mr. Board was obliged to declare, amid roars of laughter, that ho might; be a good cab-driver but he was a bad witness. A verdict was given for the plaintiff with costs. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-(TIIIS D AY. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. A DANGEROUS WOMAN.--Fanny Sutherland, a female who has been at this court on two or three former occasions, was brought up charged, on a warrant by Shillingford, one of the warrant officers, with threatening to take the life of Florence Ludford. The complainant said that, on the 23d inst., at eight in the evening, she was in Regent-street, between Swan and Edgar's and St. James's Hall, when the prisoner came up with another female, having a knife under her arm, and, making use of the most violent language, said she would have her life for having her bound over for three mouths at this court. Shillingford said there was another female in court who had a similar charge against her. She was well known as a very' , violent woman. Walsh, the gaoler of the court, said that she had been brought to the court with a man named " Brighton Joe," and another, for creating a disturbance in the street, with the intention of committing a robbery, and bound over for six. months, and she had been put under recognisances since. Ann Octer said she had threatened to have her life three times. Mr. Beadon said she had been twice put under bail for her violence, and he should now order her to find one surety in £2O for three months. UNPLEASANT Lotoonus.--Joseph Betts, described as a solicitor, and Caroline Betts, were charged as follows : Mrs. Lamb, of 88, Charlotte-street, said that on the previous night the accused, who were lodgers in her house, were making a violent noise, and she requested them to desist; and as they would not, she got out of bed and went for a constable, and on her return found they had locked the door and refused her adthittance. The female threatened she would do for her. They broko nine windows and all the glass in the place. A constable proved seeing the female throw a quantity of water and ashes out of the window; They were creating a great disturbance. The complainant was locked out and refused admission. The male defendant was b ound over in the gum of £2O to keep the peace. THA MES. ROBBING A CAPTAIN IN BROTHEL.--Sarah Johnson and Elizabeth Daly, women otf the town and the most low and infamous of their class, were brought before Mr. Yardley charged with steali,lg a pocket-book and a purse containing £9 10s. in gold_ from the person of Captain Thomas Wood, the master of the ship Truth, now lying off Greenwich. The prosecutor commenced his evidence in a low tone in a northern dialect, on which Mr. Yardley begged of him to speak up and make him self understood. He (Mr. Yardley) did not well under stand the English spoken no rth of the Tweed and upon the Tyne, and he wished the - witness to be as distinct as possible. _ It appeared that the proseet dor met the woman, "Asks Johnson," as he termed one ) of the prisoners, and went home with her to an infamotts house, No. 5, Philip-street, close to the Shadwell railwx y• station, and he was soon re lieved of his pocket-book and: his purse, containing £9 10s. in gold, by "Miss Johnson and she handed both to the prisoner Daly, who went d own stairs with them. The other prisoner soon followod, and left the captain alone. As soon as he had dressed h: iluself he went after the pri soners, and called out lustily • for the police. A constable named Henry Marsh, 469 K,, just before saw the prisoners advancing towards him, and b {gird Johnson say, I have got all his money, on which Daly gab 3, it serves the --- r i g ht. On hearing from the captain that he had been robbed, he went after the prisoners, and folio d them at two o'clock this morning drinking gin at the Bedford Arms public-house, Bedford-street, Stepney. H e took them into custody and then went to the room in whiiAl the robbery was committed, and found the captain's pc leket-book and purse, but no money. The prisoners both protest od their innocence. Mr. Yardley—l suppose t here is not the lout chance of obtaining this foolish man's money ? Marsh--Not any, sir. Mr. Yardley ordered tho lepositions to be taken, and, as the prisoners refused to plc o', committed them for trial at the sessions. Share! Share 12.10 13.14 Stoel Stock Stock Stock Stocir Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock, Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 16/ 1613 Stock 11.6.3 11.6.3 Stock Stock 124 Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 25 Stock Stock Stock stock Stocks Stock) Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock' 25 Stock Stock Ain el g., Notting. Bost. and Eastern Junction !Zelfa.tt and Ballyymtr►ena Bir., Rol., and Str.Val Birk., Lanc., and Chesil Junction Blackburn Blyth and Tyne Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Chester and Holyhead Cork and Bandon Cork, Blkrock,&Passage Cornwall Do. A E A roves ' no div. until6p.c.per an. Do. B hasbeen pd.toß. Dublin andßelfast June. Dun.,Pertli,& Al.v. June East Anglian Eastern Counties Eastern Union A Stock Do. do. B Stock Do.Nw.A.(lte.E.UZds` East Kent .. East Lancashire . East Suffolk .. Do Edinburg and Glasgow Edin.,Perth, & Dundee. Forth & Clyde Jurction Furness Glasgow & South Westn. Great North of Scotland Great Northern ... Do. do. A Stock.. Do. do. B Stock Gt. Sobth.& Wstn.(lreld: Great western Do.Str.Vl.Rail Gua.Stk [rich South Eastern.. Lancaster and Carlisle. Do. Thirds Do. New Thirds. Lancashire & Yorkshire Do. do. F £16 .... Do. do. £9 shares Do. West Riding Union Do. Southport London and Blackwall Do.Newiss.at £slosp.sh Lon.,Brizhton &S.Coast London & North Westn Do. Eighths London& South-Westn L'derry & Coleraine L'derry & Enniskillen ] 3lan., Shef., & Lincoln Metropolitan Midland ... Do. Binning. & Derby. Mid. Gt. West. (Ireland) Do. Shares Newcastle and Carlisle New., Aber., Sr Herefd Newry Sz 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 . North-Eastn.—BerWick 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 South Yorks. & Riv. Dun. Do. do Staines, Wok., & Wek Stockton & Darlington Do. do. 1854. Do. _ do. 1855 . Stockton & Hartlepool Taff Vale Do. Preference, No. 1 ThamesHavenDk&Eall Vale of Neath Waterford & Kilkenny Waterford & Limerick West Cornwall W-end Lon. & Cry. Pal. Do.A.—Arecv.nodiv.till 7 p.c. has been pd. to B Do. B West London Do. Ist Class Do. 2d Class PREFER: Share' Railways. INCE Blythe and Tyne IC per c. pref. (issued at 2.50) Bris & Exet 4p ct Stock 20 Do. do. do. Shires Stock Caledon £lO, 44 per cent 12.10 Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. Stock Chester & Holyhd, 54 pc Stock Do. do. 5 p. ct. 61 Cork & Bandon, 54 p. c. 61 Dun. Perth,& Aber.Jun. Stock E.Angn. Class A 7 & spc Stock Do. do. Class B 6 pc Stock DO. do. Class C 7 pc Stock E. Coml. Ex. 5 pct. No.l Stock Do. do N 0.2 Stock De. New 6 per ct. Stock Stock Eastern Union, 4 per ct. Stock East Lane. 6 per ct..... 5 E.& W. York. len. fifths stock Edin.&Glas. 5 pc shares Stock Edin. Perth,& Dun. 4 pc. Stock Furness, 5 per cent .... Stock Glas. &S West. a. 5 pc. Stock Great Northern, 5 p. ct. Stock Do. 5 pc Redm.,lop.c.pm Stock Do. 44 p. c. do. do. 100 Dco.s . p : c. Redm„s,9. pm ~ A I Closing E al u• Price - 49 51 96 98 1103 105 6 64 100 103 113 118 109 112 115 117 113 115 131 133 84 86 73 74 Gt. Xh. of Scotld; lsi Gt. Sn.& W (Ireland) 4' p. ct. pref. Stock Great West. (Berks and Hants) Ext. 5 p.ct.. Do. Redeemable, 41 p et Do. Redeemable, 4 p. ct Do. Irredeemable, do.. Do. 5 p. ot. Redeem. Pref Do. Birm. Pref. Shares Gt. West. Ches. 8 p.c.pf shares Do. do. 5 p. ct. pref Do Miming. guar. stock Do. Chester guar.shares Do. do. do Do. do. do. Lan. & York 6 p.c. stock Lon.&Brig.spc. gu. No.l Do. pref., 5 p. c. ...No. 2 Do. New gua., 6 p. ct Do. do. 5 p. c. No. 4 Lon.&N.W.Cov.&Nun eaton, 5 p. ct. Lon.&S. W, 7 p.ct stock, I ate 3d shares Londondy & Cole, sits. Londondy.& Ennis sh. & Lin., 6 p. et. Do. 26 Do. 31 per cent. Illaryport & Car., 4 p.c. Do. 4 per cent 113 115 122 124 112 114 106 108 Cl 66 10 , 1 111 88 97 86 E 8 88 90 100 102 91 101 161 171 10 10 72 74 18 19 9 9 131 14 143 145 1120 122 1163 168 123 125 as h 72 tP 1 Do. Mid. Con. 6 p. c. Stock Do.Con.Bris.&Bir.6p.ct Do. 4i p. c. pref. stock Do. with option till 1860 Do. Leic. & Hit.pref. at. Newport,Aber,&c. pref.s p. c. redeem, at 5 p. c. pm Do. Perpet, 6 p. c. with option till 1866 Norfolk Deb. 4 p.c. shares D% 5 p. c. Ext. Stock,lB46 Do. 51 p. c. Pref. do. 1847 Do. Way.Val.Ex.Sk 1847 North British, 5 per cent Do. New, gua. 5 per cent N .Dev.R ail. & Dsk.Co. N-East. irred. 4 p.c. Deb. Do. Berwick, 4 p. c. Pref. Do. do. do. Do. Leeds, 6 p. e. No. 1 Do. do. Quarters, 1846 Do. York, H. & S. Purch. North Staffordshire Ox. Wr. & Wol. 6 pc. Ist g Do. do. do.. 2d gua Do. 41 p.c. Db. stk.in perp Scottish Central, new pt Scottish N.-Eastern deb Do. 3. pert. pref. stock Do. Aberdeen.gua.6 pc. Do. 7 p. c. pref. stock. South Devon. Ann. 10s. Do. Fixed 41 percent.' South Eastern (Reading Ann., 1.0.6.) Do 4 per cent Do. Fixed 41 p.c. Ist is Do. New do., 2d issue South Wales, gua. 4 p.c Do. 41 per cent .._Yorkshire, 4 p.c. gua Stockton and Dar. 5 p.e Do. 6 per cent Waterford & Kilkenny, 6 per cent. . . . Closing Business Railways. Paid. Price. I Done. 10 Antwerp & Rotterdam all 4; 54 1 20 Ardennes all p i g., Notting. Bost. 20 BalL&S.Fran.,Lim.7l).c 3 * d 4 ,p 3 Eastern Junction 10 61 61 5 Belgian East. Junction all 1 1/ t and Ballymena.. all 20 Beziers to Graissessite all -- Vol., and Str.Val. all 75 81 ! 5 Carmeaux Mine & Rail all 2 24 Lanc., and Chesil. 20 Dutch Rhenish ~.. 34d li o n lOO 66 68 6 E as t ern o f France ...... all 27 27 1 11111 and Tyne all 29 31 20 Great Central of France all 1 and Exeter nian r and Holyhead rid Bandon all . 20 Lierre and Turnhout... all llkrock,&Passage all 20 Lombardo Venetian.... 8 3 5 4 5 p all all 41 55 20 Lucc a & Pi s t o j a , 5 p .c.p f . all A rcves. no div I all 20 Lyons and Geneva .... all 24 25 until6p.c.per an all 335 Maria Antonia all hasbeen pd.toll. 20 Do. do. New a ndßelfast June. all 20 Namur and Liege all 9 4 94 ertli,& AIK. lune all 71 8 20 Do. do. 6p. c. Pref. nglian lOO 16. 17 16 Northern of France .... all 395 405 i Counties lOO 63 64 434 20 Do. New Shares i Union A Stock 100 47 49 10 Norwegian Trunk Pref all 85 95 do. B Stock 100 31 33 32 5 20 Ottoman, gua. li per cent 7 3 111 w.A.(lte.E.U:3ds) 84 - - 20 Paris,Lyons, and Medit. all 3.5 355 ent - incashire lOO 96 97 iffolk all 20 Riga and Dunaburg.... 4 - - rg, and Glasgow 100 68 5 69 4 89 5 10 Rome and Frascati .... all 'erth, & Dundee. 100 281 29 29 20 Royal Danish all 'll ; Clyde Junction all 5 Royal Swedish 100 Pre. v & South Westn 1(A) 94 96 '2O Sambre p and Meuse. f ... all 7; 8 orth of Scotland all 10 101 10 Do. 54 per cent. Pref. ... all 95 9 orthern lOO 1061 1071 107 20 Southern of France .... all 23 23 i. A Stock lOO 91 93 92 84 West Flanders all 5/ 6 i. B Stock lOO 133 135 10 Do. 55 p. c. Preference . all 9 9 h.& wstn.(lreld) 100 104 5 1054 20 W. & N.W. of France.. all 23 24 'astern rl.Rail Gua.Stk lOO 55 57 20 Western of Switzerland all uth Eastern all 8 Wiesbaden ar and Carlisle. all 8 7 R 2 - 6 Do 8 per cent. Pref all - -de Thirds l6 12 13 p ire & Yorkshire 100 98 1 1 100 99 ; i 10. F 416 6 p BRITISH POSSESSIONS. 0. £9 shares 7 P h Riding Union all 4 -- —— Share' Railways. (Paid. Closin g Business ,port and Blackwall all 54 61 _ ss.at 4,5105p.5h. 45 ghton &S.Coast 100 111 113 112 11 12 100 Atlantic &St Lawrence all & North Westn 100 95 1 9 65 96 4 414 4 i Leased at 6 per cent..l iths k South-Westn lOO 91 1 954 95 ; 5 percent. 18 WO. all & Coleraine & Enniskillen all 18 . Do. • Do. B 4 1 par 41) 1 Let, & Lincoln lOO 39 39 1 39 1 i 4O litan 10 0 1034 1045 103 1 1; 1 20,1 Do. New 164 145 135 d ling. & Derby. 100 77 79 78 5 100 f Buffalo,Brant&Gedrich 1 10 0 78 82 82 t 6 p. ct bds. 1 Aug., 1872 ) West. (Ireland) lOO Do. - do. 1 July, 1873 100 75 78 axes all 10 . Do. do. 1 June, 1874 100 73 76 te and Carlisle all ier., & Herefd all 11 5 12 5 20 Clcutta.&S.Eastrn.Lim. 1. 3. 0. 5 4 p 20 Cape,Eastn. Prov.(Lim.) 2s. Armagh (def.) 9 20 Cape Town & Dock Scrip 2s. pm Warpt, & Roe all 20 Central Oude (Limited) 2s. 6d. -- 100 6 . 5 6 7 ()unties Union 3l 31 8 d 20 Ceylon Guaranteed 6p.c. 2 1 lip tish l o o' 61 614 61 * 175 Demerara 20 Eastern Bengal.gu.sp.c 5 1 ip Rail.&Dk. Stk. 100 lock East Indian, gu. sp. c lOO 1085 109 109 .—Arec.no div. 20 Do. C Shares all - I.c.hasbeenpdß 100 20 Do. E Shares Ext lO —p )ck lOO --.— „„ „ 20 Do. Jubbulpore 5 tstn.—BerWick 100 94 95 l' 2l 8 s .N.E.Purchase 613 4 1 i d d 100 D 0.41 p.c. lids , pay.'s9 all - 20 Geelong& Mel.gua.s p. c. all 175 18 174 4 Is lOO 4 494 100 77 78 77 4 sto. I Geelong Corporation 6 I 100 ,ndon lOO 101 103 1021 2 per cent. Bonds Stock Grand Trunk of Canada 100 36 37 37 51 stn., Hampstd 100 Do. 6 p.c. Deben.,pay.'7B all 76 78 y Junction.... 43 is. 100 Do. 6 per cent. Pref lOO 91 92 affordshire.... 17f 44 4 d 20 Gt.lndiaPenin.gua.sp.c all 214 214 astern - 20 Do. New, gua.s per cent. 4 4 grr 1. W. Junction all 7 4 „„ 8 1 20 Do. do 4 14p 1 Vor.,& Wolver. 100 3 ° " 20 Gt.S.of Ind.Lim.—Scrip 1 , c all t guaranteed 5 per cent. j - Lth 10 201 Do. New :lentral lOO 112 114 E., c Do. Bonds pay. '76,with Aber. Stock 100 28 4 28 4 100 t ept. till '6O ish Mid. Stock 100 85 87 100 Do. do. '73 till '6O all 106 108 T U n i on l OO 45 47 100 Do. do. "i 3 without opt. all 105 107 on e 1 urne & Sheer alloo 4 2 d 37 38 371 100 Do. 51 p. c. do. '77 do ~ all 99 100 91) stern lOO 75 75 1 20 Madras, guar., 45 p. c. all 181 195 IS 20 Do. do. 5 per cent. all 2C4 21 les ks. & Riv. Dun all 13 15 20 Do. Third Ex. gua.s.p.c. 10 ti 1 P 5 18 i2O Do. Fourth do. --lock Melb. Corp. 6 p.c. Bonds 100 p & Darlington. all 33 34 Newßrunswick&Canda. 1854 _ 22 4 2O lty.&Land(pm.)g,.6pc 10 2 lid _ 1855 7 & Hartleool 16 4 ..7. Class ACapitl.Share.. p : .. Do. do. Land d 0... .. 100 20 Do. do. B. Capital do. , 10 4 3 d ranee, No. 1 .. Do. do. Land d 0... - avenDk&Rail 22 I Northof India Tramroad 2 eath lOO 90 95 2 0 Limited, Scrip s. 1 & Kilkenny 100 20 Oude (Limited) I & Limerick all 20 &in& ...: 15 1 lip nwall in. & Cry. Pal. all _.! 20 Do. New e ~.° 5 p 4 p recv.nodiv.till --- 20 Do. Punjaub a been pd. to B all 3 4 t , 20 Do. Indus. St. Flo et..7 5 tI p all 6} l 1 20 St. Andrews & Quebec A 18 idon all WM Trinidad(Limited) Scrip 1 par 4p ass all I ass all - _. .._ 142 144 104 106 96 97 4 P 01 11i 111 9 10 111 113 99 100 i die p d 231 VI 121 123 106 108 101 103 10 11 24i 25 103 105 103 105 17 19 29 30 33 34 44 47 'BRITISH MINES. Business Done. Mines. I Closing Business Paid. Price. Done. Alfred Consols (Philack) 2.11.10 74 84 20 B ritish Iron Condurrow (Camborne) 2O 10 Devon G. Cone. (Tavist ) 1 450 460 ' East Bassett (Illogan) 3O 170 180 Great South Tolgus l7s 121 13 G.Wheal Alfd.(Phillaci ) 11.14.11 24 3 G. Wheal Vor (Helstor) 84 Lady Bertha North Frances (Illogan) 84 74 84 North Wheal Crofty 7.9.5 3 4 N.Wh'l Basset (Illogan) nil. 74 81 -- Par Consols (St. Blaxy) 14 154 16 1 ' 154 Porkellis Unit. (Wend.) 9 Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. 6s ! I SouthCaradon(St.Cleer) 24 40 415 South C. Brea( Illogan). 2 24 3 S. Wheal Fran. (Illogaro 18.18.9 250 240 5 Tamar Silver and Leau Mining Co 44 / 11 10 Tin Croft 9 31 31 United3lines(G wer nal i) 40 - Vale of Towey (Cahn ) 12s fid 4 1 West Basset (Illogan) l4 22 23 , W. Cai.adon (Llskezrd) 2O 130 140 Wheal Basse.; (Illogan) 54 210 220 Wiles! Buller (Reds•uth) 5 120 140 Wheal Edward (Cal s.) 54 21 21 Wheal, Kitty (U. Lelaut) 1.7.2 8 9 W Mar Ann (3lenlie) 8 45 47 - - Wh'l Trelawney (Lisk.) 44 29 31 FOREIGN MINES 20 Australian 1 800 AccordCopper,Lim lOO par 4 p 35 Brazil. Imp. (is. at 25p ) 27 1 2 20 Do.St.Johndelßey,L:m l5 134 144 5 Do. Land and Miningee all 11 24 1 Clarendon Console 3l;r - ing Co. of Jamaica 40 Cobra Copper all 40 42 Copiapo l6 10 12 1 DunMoun.Cop.3lin?,•.Co all 4 2 Fortuna 20 General all 20 2 3 Linares all 7 84 8 5 Lusitanian 1 MP riquita all 1 1 New Granada all 1 N.RhineCop.of S.Aus.l lO 1 p 20 Pontgibaud Silver, Lead "" Mining and Smelt all 44 5 5 Port Philip 1 30 Santiago de Cuba 164 1 1 28.2.81 United Mexican COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Share Securities. Paid. Closing Busines s Prices. Done. - Can.Gov.6p.e.JP. & July 100 116 1161 4161 16 Do. 6p.c.Fb.&Aug,. 100 113 115 Do. 6 p.c.Mr. & Sep. 100 113 115 1141 14 N.8.G0v.6 p.c. Ja. &July 100 113 114 -- Do. 6p.c.Ap. &Oct. 100 N. S.W. Gov. sp. C. Deb. 100 1014 1024 1011 NovaScotiaGov.6 p.e. St. Deb. redeemable, 1875 100 113 114 S.Aus.Gt.6pc.Jan&July 100 112 114 Vict•Gov.6p.c.Jan&July 100 111 113 10 Stock 50 Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 26 13 20 Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock, all 1 100 100 100 100 100 all all all 100 100 100 100 ICO IC3 100 100 3.13.4. Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock. Stock 8i Stock Stoct Stock Stock 10s. 1.0.6. Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 20 251 25 Stock In 6 65i 4 105 4} all 100 100 100 100 100 11! I :1 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Sharel Joint-Stock Banks. 20.11 Paid• Closing I Busbiess Price. Done. LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Railways. L ea sing Closing Business Paid . Co.'s. Co.'s. Price. Done. Agra&UnitedServiceßk Australasia Bank of Egypt Bank of London Brit. Col. Bk. & LoanCo British North American Ch td. Bank of India, &c City Colonial Corn. Bank of Canada Commercial of London Eng. ' Scot., & Aus. Ch Gen. Bk. of Switzerland Lon,Char.Bk.ofAustral. London and County London Joint Stock London & Westminster. Nat. Prov. of England. Do. new National rank New South Wales Orient. Bk. Corporation Ottoman Bank Provincial of Ireland Do. New South Australia Do. New Union of Australia Do. New Union of London Unity Mutual Western Bk of London 27 28 2 lid , 621 631 17 17a 211 221 211 211 100 :100 io 18 - al 581 231 B e dford and Bletchley all Ln & N.WI - - MISCELLANEOUS. B uc kinghamshire . lOO ,Ln & N.W 99 101 Clydesdale Junction 100 ,Caledonin 104 106 Shari _ Miscellaneous. Paid.l Cl9rsioein! Zusiness done Colchester, Stour Val all E.U.&E C 17 19 18 p E.Lincolnshirea.op.c 100 Gt. North. 143 145 ______ E Union,HarwichSha all E.Counts. 4 44 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint'.. all 13 14 Do. Woodbridge . . 100 ...... - - Gls.Barr.&Neils,Dre . t. 100 Caledonin - - 1000 Atlantic Tel. (Limited). all 280 Do. New lOO Do - 25 Australian Agricultural 19 353 363 351 10 Australian Royal Mail . all 4 !, Gloster& Dean Forest all (It. West. - - 10 Berlin Water Works ... all 23 31 Hartlpool.Dck.&Rail. all Ylt.N.&Br - - Hull and Selby - - 50 British American Land 40 - Do. 4 Shares all D 0....... -•- - 50 Brit. & Irish Map.f.Tel. A. oat 40 42 Do. 1 Shares all Do. ...... - 20 Do. B, 7p. C. till 1862.. all 19 21 100 Do. ..... 11711221 20 Do. C Do. Lon d r o r n ef & er G e r n ee co nwich . 100 S. East .. 65 671 671 eo• 94 96 951 100 Canada Land 324 112 116 1141 15 Lon.,Tilby.&Soutend. 100 Peto & • 10 Chan.lslands Ta(Lim ) all 91 101 Do. Barking Shares.. all Do. ...... - - Stock Cop.Min.otEng.&Smltg all - - Lowestoft,Do 25 DO. Preference 71 per ct all 24 25 100 Do. •. •..... - - 5 Crystal Palace. P ct. 100 Norfolk .. - - Manc.,Buxtn. & Matk. all LN W&3l 21 it . 6perce gu nt a. 4 5 Do. Preference all 5 5 Midsb.& Redcr, g.6p.c. all Stk.& Dar - 20 Eastern Steam all 2 2 pm Stock Electric Telegraph lOO 110 112 Mid.BradfordPrt Stk. 100 Midland •. 99 IG. 99 Newmarkt,BuryEx I 5 Eng. & Aust. Cop.St.Co. all ' 1 11 guaranteed sp. c. 5 ' 5. 6' E.Counts. 1 1 p 10 Europ. & Ind.Junct.Tel. 10.. 4 - - Northn.& Eastn. 5 p.o. all D 0....... 58 60 . 9 Europ.&Am.Stm.(Lim.) all 11 2 11 1 Do. do. 6 per cent. . all Do. ... ... - - 20 GL - Iron ScrewCol.(Lim , all - Do. Fixed 5 per ce n t . ' t. all Do. - - 15 Gen. Steam Navigation. 14 - - Preston and Wyre. I all L&N W i & L.Y k . - - 20 Lond on Discount 5 1 d Do. 1 Shares A. all Do. - - 4 Lond.G en. Omnibus Co. all 11 1 1 1 10 Mediter. Electric Teleg. all - - Roystn,Hitch.,& Shep 100 Gt. North. 142 144 Shf.Roth.&Gol.g.sp.c. 1811 6 Lan.& Yk - - 10 Med. Exton. Tel. (Lim.) all 6 7 25 National Discount Co., 5 1 1 d Shrewsbry& Hereford all T Brassoy 91 9 10 Netherlands Land 6 - - South Staffordshire .. all M ' Clcan . 101 1011 lO Do do Wear Valley, g. 6 p.c. all Stk.& Dar - - all 1 2 Do. do. - 5 Do 8 p.c.Pret,iss.atldis. all 11 2 Wilts and Somerset lOO Gt. West. 93 95 100 N.Bt&NovaScotiaLand 80 15 18 Wimbledon& Croydn all L.&Brgtn 8 9 1 N.B.Australasiatt (Lim.) all 1 1 20 North of Europe Steam all - - --- - -L------ 1 Oriental Gas DOCKS. 1 Do. New Shares lss. 1 tits par -.--_- 5 Peel River Laud & Min. all 24 3 Sh are Docks. I Paid Closin g 1 Business 50 Pen. & Oriental Steam. all 81 83 82 D Price. I ocks. 50 Do. New • lO 12 13 1 20 Red Sea & Ind. Telegr 5 1 1p 81 50 Rhymney Iron Stock Commercial lOO -- Stock Do 4 perCent.Pref. M in lOO - 15 Do. New all 71 8 0 Royal Mail Steam BO 60 61 Stock East and West India... 100 - 10 Stock London lOO - 1 ScotAustrin.lnvaira.) all 125 140 Stock St. Katharine lOO - 25 South Australian Land. all 38 40 . Stock Southampton lOO . 1 Submarine Teleg. Scrip. all l} Stock Victoria lOO 101 103 1 Do. do Registered all 3ii .:C Do New lB id iPi 20 Tr.& l Ln.Co.of Upr. Can. 5 - Ivan Diemen 's Lau4 „. us .to # 'o" Share' MR. MONCRIEFF, 2ILP., ON PARMA- MEN TA liY RE:FORM. In accordance with the request of his constituents Mt. Moncrieff, M.P., Dean of Faculty and late Lord Advocate . of Scotland, addressed a second public meeting at Leith, on Monday evening last. • The HoN. GENTLEMAN having alluded to some other topics, came to the subject of Parliamentary reform. He said—l stated at the meeting which was held the other day here, that I was not inclined to follow new leaders on this matter of reform ; that I saw no reason for it ; that I did not profess myself a disciple either of the Derby Government or of Mr. Bright on this matter—(cheers and hisses) —because it seemed to me that I had far safer guides to follow ; and that on this very matter q reform exertions had been made, and measur introduced by those whom I have been accusto to follow on such questions, and that they in t were entitled to take the head of the question reform. I felt that as regards Scotland, considerin the measure introduced under Lord John Russell's Government, and of which I was the hand, that we really had little occasion to learn political Opinion on this question on the other side of the Tweed— that we had been befOrehand with them—that in truth, if they had followed when Lord John Russell gave the signal in 1852, we might have had much less trouble on the question—much less agitation at the present day. And, gentlemen, this bill introduced in 1852 was a bill introduced for the purpose of lowering the franchise, both in the counties and burghs. In counties we proposed to reduce the franchise to £2O, and by the subsequent bill introduced in 1854 we pre posed to reduce the property and the occupancy franchise, I should say, to £lO. In regard to pro perty franchise, we proposed in 1852 to reduce it to £5, and that, I think, would have been a very ma terial and very available gain and accession to pro perty constituencies. (Hear, hear.) At the same time it is right to explain, as I explained the other day, that my subsequent study of this question has led me to be of opinion very clearly that it is not so much property qualification as occupancy qualifi cation of counties that we are to look to for the most available accession to the constituencies. (Loud applause and murmurs of dissent.) In re gard to the towns, in 1852 we proposed a £5 occu pancy franchise. I cannot say we had any great encouragement to persevere in that proposition ; and, in particular, I do not remember that when Lord John Russell introduced his bill in 1852, we received from those who are now very zealous re formers any very great amount of encouragement or support, or that that proposition, which I sus pect, is about as liberal as any that have hitherto been, or are likely to be, made, met with the sup• port and encouragement to which it was entitled. (Cheers.) We are told that there is now about to be a rating franchise. (Applause.) I own I don't quite understand what a rating franchise is or is to be—(hear, hear) —but I know this, that in 1852 we were very anxious to find some mode by which upon a valuation already in existence, the franchise might be deterinined, in order, if possible, to avoid the necessity of parties giving in claims and prov ing the value of their subjects, and in order, if we could, to assimilate the mode of registration to that which had been adopted in England, where overseers for the poor both in county and burgh made out the lists of voters. Well, at that time, gentlemen, we considered very carefully whether the poorrate as then and now levied could be made available for that purpose. (Hear, hear.) Gentlemen, it was impossible to do so—(applause) —because, so far from being like the English poor rate, where unluckily they have had an able bodied poor law for many years, which I trust is not one of the importations from Scotland into England—(a laugh)—l say it was found impossible because, in the first place, the English poor rate was universal, in Scotland it was only partial—in England it was imperative, in Scotland it was not imperative ; thirdly, because in England it was confined to a rate upon real property—a man's' lands and heritages—while in Scotland it was not so confined, but might bo levied on personal pro perty. (Hear, hear.) Therefore, in 1852, it was found impossible to adopt the poor rate—to make it the means of valuing the subjects which were to give the franchise, and it was not proposed at that time to do anything of the ' kind. (Hear, hear.) Well, gentlemen, that bill in 1852, as you well know all of you, met with but a cold reception from the country, and the resignation of Lord John Russell's Government necessarily put an end to it. (Applause.) Well, the Derby Government entered in 1852 ; but in 1853, under the Government of the Earl of Aberdeen this question again came to be considered, and in 1854 Lord John Russell brought in another Reform Bill, in which, as I have already said, he proposed to reduce the comity franchise—occupancy franchise to £lO a year, and occupancy in burghs to £6, of rating fran chise, in England ; and he proposed also to enfran chise every one who paid 40s. of assessed taxes to the Government. (Applause.) Gentlemen, I re-. gret to say that the bill met with no more support from our now ardent reformers than the formerone had done. (Hear, hear, and some hisses.) I also had been instructed to draw a Reform Bill for Scotland. lam not at liberty, as it never was laid on the table of the House of Commons, to say any thing as to its terms, except this, that, along with the Reform Bill, there was another measure that Lord Aberdeen's Government introduced into Scot land fbr that year. It was a measure intended to do away with the inconvenience we found arose from having no general valuation of counties and burghs. He introduced the Valuation Bill, and that is now passed into law, and instead, therefore, of parties now being obliged to draw upon the poor rate assessment, or the prison-rate assessment, or any valuation made for mere taxation, there is what England has not—there is the valuation of this country, of all lands and heritages, houses and lands in burgh and county, with the annual value of each made up year by year, with the name of the pro prietor, and the name of the occupant ; and there —if you really wish to have a household franchise —there and there alone is the place where a states man ought to find it. (Cheers, and marks of dissent from the back of the room.) Not only so, gentlemen, but the poor-rating—the rate for the support of the Poor b r law—must be made up from the valuation roll. The value that is set down in the valuation roll, wherever the assessment is laid on lands and heri tages, must be taken from the valuation roll; and after the poor-law assessor has got his valuation, then in one parish he takes off a certain amount ; in another parish he may take off less—and so the old assess ment under the poor-rate goes on—(hear, hear) — but they aro all based upon this valuation roll. Well, then, I say, what is the reason why these gentlemen who came down from the London Reform Association choose to encumber us with a rate franchise ? (Cheers.) It is utterly impossible to carry it—(renewed cheers)—while they have ready made to their hands a machine infinitely more convenient and perfect than any they have - had in England for their very purpose. tell you why. Why the proposal was made by men who, probably, knew nothing earthly of what the Scottish Poor Law was, and who never had heard of the Scottish Valuation Bill—(hisses and cheers)—and you may depend upon it that this is the fact_ It is not.the first time by any means that we have been offered presents of this kind from the other side of the Tweed—(a laugh)—and lam only sorry that there are many on this side of the Tweed who don't look more scrupulously at these presents. (Applause.) I;have known in the course of my political life five or six instances in which propositions have been got up—got up with some degree of support in Scotland—to introduce English institutions here, when in reality, when we came to look more closely into the matter, we were far better off ourselves than our brethren who were inclined to be so benevolent and humane to us. (Hear, hear, and laughter.) For instance, there is the bankruptcy law. I remember one year there was an im mense agitation in Scotland to introduce the English bankruptcy law into Scotland—a great agi tation and great pressure. Well, we resisted it as well as we could, and in time it was found that the English bankruptcy law was about four times as expensive as our own. (Hear, bear.) In 1856 I introduced a measure which cleared away a good many obstructions that had gathered round our own system ; and I believe it has now brought our law to a state which it is admitted in England is much preferable to their own. (Cheers.) And yet, for the time the storm waxed very strong, and it was all we could do to resist the apparent pres sure - which was brought to bear. (Hear, hear.) Then, again, as to sheriffs' courts, people were found who said, " Give us the English county courts here. They are a great improvement introduced into England. Give' us English county courts." Why, gentlemen, English county courts were just an imitation of the Scotch sheriff courts upon a very reduced and insignificant scale, and the men who now clamour for the English county courts seem not be aware that in Scotland we have the full benefit of those institutions, and have had for many years, with a great ninny advantages that the English fain would have, and I have no doubt will soon adopt. (Cheers.) And so, gentle men, this matter of the rating franchise stands in the same way. (Hear, hear.) To take in-the poor assessment as an element in this matter is the greatest blunder any party could commit. (Hisse s and some applause.) The question is apparently household suffrage—at all events suffrage depend ing on the occupation of tenements within the burgh. Well, then, let us fix where the line is to be drawn. "I am not disposed, nor am I prepared, to go the length of household suffrage. I don't think household suffrage would be of any benefit to the people but I am quite prepared to consider the question upon the valuation we now have, how low the occupancy franchise Should be reduced. In 1852 we proposed a reduction to .£5 in the franchise for burghs, and to £lO in the counties. - I Still remain of opinion that this was a perfectly safe proposition. (Applause.) I don't mean to tie myself down to figures on either one side or the other, but all I say is, that on the principle upon which in 1852 I was ready to support and did., support it, I am still ready in Parliament to con sider how the franchise—a great boon in itself, and, of great service to the institutions of the country —may be best and most safely and liberally ex, tended to those classes of the community who can independently and intelligently exercise it. (Great laauk.) Gentlemen, I have thought it necessary ay these few words—to make these few ex natory remarks—because perhaps what I said the other day was somewhat concise and curt upon this matter. I don't think you will expect me to go further upon the question of the franchise. (Hear, hear) It is very plain that an extension of the suffrage is an experiment that at all events may be made with perfect safety. (Cheers, and marks of dissent.) It is impossible to deny that outside the pale of the present franchise there lies a vast amount of intelligence quite as able to wield that political weapon as those in whose hands it is placed at present. (Loud cheers.) About this I can have no doubt at all ; and Igo further, because I say that outside the pale of the present fran chise there is a class which, for int e lli gence an d independence also, is peculiarly well fitted to wield it,—cheers)—l say the elass—the upper . class of our working people—(r enewed cheers and hisses)—the artisans—especially the skilled artisan —all of whom are persons of as much mental culti vation certainly, and often more, than those who nominally now are within this magic circle of the franchise. (Applause.) And I know no class, gentlemen, which has increased more—l don't meen merely to say in education and intelligence, but in a steady and steadfast view of public affairs. I know no class that has gained more position.during the last ten years than the class of which I speak. (Cheers.) I say *it rests with the working classes themselves ; and I trust some day or other—when it may come I know Rot—by an united effort among themselves, they will. restor e to Sc o tl an d it s o ld reputation --restore to Scotland the position which it held in the eyes of Europe, as not only a nation. intolerant of tyranny and proud of its freedom, but a nation that holds the education of the people, down to the very lowest, to be a blessing beyond all . price and value. (Loud and general cheering.) And there it is I would found the franchise. Not that I see my way to an education franchise in the direct mode—although even in that matter I am not so sure that means might not be devised by which the possession of intelligence itself—of intel lectual acquirements—might be made, without the test of property, the foundation of the franchise. I am not prepared to say that is hopeless, at least, in a limited degree; and I trust and hope it may be tried in a limited degree, or in some degree or other, for I know no better test of a man's power to give a vote for a member of Parliament—l know no better test than showing that he understands what he is doing, that he has made the best use of his own opportu nities—that he has acquired that amount of intelli gence which a voter ought to have—a far better intelligence in many instances than the occupying of houses either rated to the poor or valued in the valuation roll. (Cheers.) For, after all, it is a very clumsy criterion of intelligence on the part of the community that we are obliged to work with the materials we have—that we are obliged to take measure—l mean measure both of men and things —by a measure not applicable to all; and we have taken in this matter of the franchise, for want of a better, the occupancy of a house or possession of property as being a certain criterion of a man's intelligence or independence—l say it is a clumsy test in detail ; but, on the whole, it works very well. But I can conceive better tests than this— (hear, hear)—and I say I hope to see the time when possession of information and intelligence, testified in a more direct way, may admit the possessor to the franchise. (Hear, hear.) When I say I would base the franchise on this, what I mean is, I want to see education, by which I mean merely the teaching of a man, the training of his faculties to perceive, and judge, and discriminate political as well as other truths—l want to see this so diffused • that the Legislature shall be quite sure, in handing the boon of the franchise to any man, th a t it wou ld be well and duly exercised.". (Cheers.) SOUTH-WESTERN, AND BRIGHTON AND SOUTH COAST RAILWAYS. The facts relating to the dispute 'which has just arisen between these two companies were not quite correctly given in the notice we published yesterday of what had occurred at Havant on the previous day. The correct state of the case is as follows : For several years past both companies have worked the Portsmouth traffic together, the South-Western receiving two-thirds and the Brighton and South Coast one-third of the total receipts. This arrange ment followed the abandonment of the projected Farelam and. Portsmouth Railway some years since, when by an agreement between the two companies which received the sangtion of the legislature, the South-Western purchased a moiety of four and a half miles of the Brighton and South Coast main line, from the Cosham junction to Portsmouth, and shared the expenses of building the present station at the latter town. When the Direct Portsmouth Railway was projected it received an active opposi tion from both the Brighton and South-Western Companies, but the bill having passed in 1833, a joint agreement was entered into by the two esta blished companies not to afford any facilities to the new and competing railway. -In the last session of Parliament the Direct Portsmouth, then nearly completed as a single line of railway from Godalmin g to Havant, sought Parliamentary powers to run over the Brighton and South Coast main line from Havant to Portsmouth—a distance of about eight miles. A sharp contest took place in the com mittees of both houses ' • but at length the amended bill having passed the Commons, its preamble was declared proved by the Lords, subject to an agree ment as to terms, which the committee ruled m us t be arrived at by thel engineers of both companies, or by an arbitrator mutually appointed, before the running powers sought could be exercised. Shortly after this decision had been pronounced, the share holders of the South-Western Company called upon their directors to lease the direct Portsmouth lino upon the terms it had been offered to them, viz., £lB,OOO per annum, and this policy was carried by large majorities at two meetings called for the purpose of considering the subiect. As a natter of course, the rival engineers could not agree as to terms, and Mr. Harrison, the engineer of the North Eastern Railway, was appointed arbitrator by mutual consent of the three companies interested. Mr. Harrison has been engaged on the arbitration for some weeks, but has not yet made his formal award. This was the state of matters last wcrk when the South-Western Company advertised their intention to open the Direct Portsmouth line for passenger traffic on the Ist of January, at the same time giving notice to the Brighton Company that they would run a goods train over the new railway and through the Havant station on the morning of the 28th inst., and on each succeeding day. The Brighton Company met this notice by warning the South-Western that their passa ge through the Havant station would be opposed until the terms for using the railway from Havant to Portsmouth had been decided upon, in pursuance of the legislative direction to that. effect. Attempts at arrangement having failed, the Brighton Company on Monday night removed the down points at the junction of the Di rec t Portsmouth line with their own railway, and placed an engine over the up-crossing —thus shut ting off all means of getting upon the main line. The South-Western goods train was not ex pected until 9.58 a.m. ; but Mr. Scott, who had it under his charge, took time by the forelock, and arrived at Havant at 7 a.m., with a strong muster of platelayers and other employes of his company. The first step taken was to relay took point rail, but not being abl e t o e ff ect a pasbage on. to the main line by this means , they neat forcible possession of the enFine placed upon `e up-crossing, and ran it i n t o a si di ng. The Bri ton, and South Coast adherents had by this time ntus tered strongly, and before Mr. Scott could get hia train across they had lifted another rail on the main line, and thus prevented the possibility of his going on to Portsmouth. Mr. Scott kept his train across both lines of the Brighton and South Coast Railway for two or three hours, during which tiro all traffic up and down was stopped ; but at finding that all his efforts to get forward were vain, he retired in order, and retraced his journey to Godalming. All circumstances considered it is very fortunate no more serious consequences oc curred than the delay ofth s e o u u p th an coas ddo t w ß n za way ssen : gers on the Brighton and forcesin b c r t both) on partieshe w ere determined, and their united spot (fortunately not called. into t are said to have amounted to more than 500 men. • The Brighton Company arc about to apply for an injunction to restrain the South-Western from running traffic off the new Portsmouth Railway on to their main line; and in order to carry out their announced intention of opening the new line on the • Ist of January, the latter company have advertised that trains will run on that day to and from Havant, between which„ place and Portsmouth their passengers will be conveyed in omnibuses. The Brighton Company advertise a reduction of fares between London and Portsmouth and Bri(Thton i other ttaTantag•es. ~-