The Sun. — London, England, 1858-12-31 00:00:00

...------ - " i !s in Algeria ° their suboliss°l/ ules and regt!la• works of pen on the I°t ia _ ?,• The Minister •ganisation of s ted among W. ° , of the civil 115' lottery ; a c °l/1 1 . the articles a nd e artists. There i the loth 3 1 *, e distributio n ach, will be 5016 of )nthly return 1 the differer: export duti es ! Le highest Pr ice market of ga t ' that of Charl e ' i s 16f r . 40e. ill ts of Toule us , e ' he lowest 1411 ' is of Metz, V er t 'he average I°ll 'e leing 54c. arre with gj le ; ►f that name, t respecting fo r rand-than dmiral dmiral Hug° as awarded one Ind class di tta : i undred and cie , .ouragc and t h e d quarter of continues flat, ittle variation' and 72f. 9 0e ' l 50c. ; Austria ns to 883 f. 75C.; Ahern, 585 f. t° to 1,003 f. 75c* ions : 1 0 6 i' 0 0 , A) (5) Y 40 43 2/3 t• AccouDij 1388 1 , ro 10 05 , • • 84a 683 62 ‘' 7 .• 3 • . 531 50 ;0 .. 50 0 607 o o 5 697 05 420 0 5 64 1 sf. 14c. ; lc. ; money, A' hich was d ile this morning' having "be e : ly few journ 3 ' If any interest' iat the island Po, and for ' an agreement the Duch' ° vial deposition These bank, 3111NGT0 7 ` 1, TI uRSDAY•• PhiladClP ll/61 Washingt on► ly this morn‘ the 18th in S " in specie 011 L Says :—CQP; re devoid 0 - )t in sessiost to Mondsl• lion given D the uncoi l : the appoin t nd, instead o f d officers, 95 0 will, before ttions to th e eems proPe!' iberal in b° inister of the returned t ° vers to nice reen Me%le° mail, vita , has arriv e ' w with th e e passengw ident's MC Belknap, 30 DEC. 18. 1095 for stef' course, speci e that a hea°l hiesday. 1 1 is quite log' , cipal drawer° it 2,500 baleff i with steadi tplands. with a IM— ;hascs for ov ex, with sal e° 7hite wester n o 1 dol. tier, with fas t lute souther ° t 70C. to 7 6 c; ere taken at ; of cotton at ed at 3s. 9dl at 305., an d els shoe peg s sere was 11°- ion of the cotton war ; a t llac. to Lies, and the ek foot uP g exchang e *el, id. to rwere 3,500 ;o-day wer e Middling small, but Iles to-dalt -day 1,700 rIoN. MONEY iIIARKET AND CITY NEWS. CITY, Two o'CLocK. A fair amount of business has been transacted in the private market for foreign and colonial produce during the past few days. The public markets are still closed for the Christmas holidays. Tea has been firm, owing to the advices from China by the overland mail. In sugar the dealings have been limited to immediate requirements, and holders demand fully late quotations for all descriptions. Coffee has been rather inactive, as well as fruit and spices. Indigo and saltpetre have been in fair re quest, and tallow has exhibited considerable firm ness, P.Y.C. in all positions being now quoted 51s. 3d. per cwt. In the Liverpool Cotton Market, yesterday, a fair amount of business was transacted, and prices 'were unaltered. The sales amounted to 3,000 bales. The Railway Share Market closed quietly, and quotations were heavy. - There is still an active demand for discount ac commodation. Fully 2f, , per cent, is charged in the general market for the negotiation of first class paper, and the supply of bills continues to increase. It is expected that the inquiry will be sustained during the ensuing fortnight, but some relief will then be experienced through the distribution of dividends, not only on Consols, but also on a variety of other securities. At the Bank the inauiry is very brisk, there being more activity in the Discount office than for several months past. On the Stock Exchange also loans have been negotiated to a con siderable amount, and at enhanced rates. To-morrow (Saturday) the half-yearly dividends are due on the subjoined Foreign Stocks :—Aus trian 5 per Cents., Dutch 2f per Cents., Peruvian 41 per Cents. (Regan, Arica, and Tacna), ditto Uribarren, Portuguese 3 per Cents., ditto 3 per Cents. (1856), ditto (1857), Russian 41 per Cents., Spanish 3 per Cents., ditto Deferred, and Belgian 21 per Cents. An extraordinary meeting of the Trust and Loan Company of Upper Canada has been held to-day, at which the directors were empowered to exercise the borrowing powers of the company, by virtue of the 10th clause of the act of Parliament of Canada, passed in 1858. At the meeting of the British Telegraph Com pany, held to-day, the resolution passed at a former meeting, for the transfer of its business to the British and Magnetic Telegraph Company, was confirmed unanimously. The market for English Securities opened flatly, but it has since exhibited more firmness, and the quotations have risen -4. per cent. There is an expectation that the revenue state ment will be very satisfactory, and pur chases have been made in consequence. The Government broker 'has bought £17,000 Reduced Annuities for the Savings' Banks. Consols opened at 961- 1, but they have since rallied to 961 Bank Stock is heavy at 2241. The New Threes and the Reduced are steady, at 971 ; Long Annuities are 18 3-16ths ; India Loan Debentures:are marked 99 1 i. The March Exchequer Bills are 375. to 395.; June ditto, 375. to 395. prem. The market for Foreign Securities continues quiet, and prices are without any material alteration. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 92 to 921 ; ditto Scrip, Ist issue, 11 to 11 dis. ; ditto, 2d issue, 11 to 11 dis.; ditto 4 per Cents., 1051. Chilian Loan is marked par to 4; prem. ; Portuguese are steady at 481 1; Spanish 3 per Cents. at 48 ; ditto Deferred at 31,1 ; and Venezuelan 5 per Cents. at 441. Peruvian (Uribarren) are flat, at 88.1, ; but Dutch 4 per Cents., however, have improved to 1011. Messrs. D. Bell, Son, and Co., give the following as the prices of the American Securities : Redeemable. Prices. United States 5 per Cents 1867-1868 102 104 Do. 6 per Cent Bonds Alabama 5 per Cent. Bonds - •78 Kentucky 6 per Cent. Bonds lB6B-72 92 Maryland 5 per Ct. Str. Bonds - 96 Massachusetts 5 per Cent. Str. Bonds Ohio 6 per Cent. Stock Pennsylvania 5 per Ct. Stock Pennsylvania 5 per Ct. Bonds Tennessee 6 per Cent. Bonds. Virginia 6 per Cent. Bonds Virginia 5 per Cent. St. Bonds Boston 5 per. Cent. St. Bonds Illinois Central 7 per Cent. Illinois Central 7 per Cent. Illinois Central 6 per Cent (Preelands) Do. shares, 60 dols. paid Michigan Central 8 per Cent Do. do. shares New York Central 6 per Ct., not convertible . New York Central 7 per Ct , convertible, from June 15, 1857-59 Do. do. shares New York and Eric, 7 per Ct , 3d mortgage .. New York and Erie 7 per Ct., convertible New York and Erie, 7 per. Ct , sinking fund Do. do. shares Panama 7 per Ct., Ist mort gage Str. Bonds, not cony Do. do., Ist. do. 1886 103 104 98 100 83 85 87 871 84 86 87 -.89 86 88 90 92 81 83 80 82 1877 Divers 1886 1888 1860 80 82 34 32 die 1869 84 86 45 50 1883 1864 1833 70 72 1862 45 48 1859: 1865 45 48 16 18 1875 About an average amount of business has been recorded in the Railway Share Market to-day, and prices generally are firm. Great Western, Lan cashire and Yorkshire, South Western, Midland, North British, and North Eastern (Berwick), im- proved ss. ; Caledonion, 10s., and North Western, £1 ; Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee, declined 10s., and Great Northern, ss. No transactions have been reported in the foreign market, and prices are nomi- nal. The Colonial lines arc inactive. East Indian are steady at 109 ; Grand Trunk of Canada, 361- 37 ; and Great Western of Canada improved to 16Z ; and Great Indian Peninsula realised 211. Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares show a slight improvement. Bank of London have advanced 10s.; London and County, 65.; Union of Australia, ss. ; Electric Telegraph have declined to 110. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 3 per Cent: Reduced Annuities 971 / New 3 p er C en t. A nnu iti es Long Annuities, expire 6th Jan., 1860 — Ditto 30 Years, expire sth Apil, 1885 lB 3-16 India Stock Ditto Debentures 99 i I Ditto Bonds, £l,OOO Consols for Account 9 31 I March June. Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 2d. & 11d.. 39 39 7 Ditto ZOO Ditto Small, lid PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Peruvian 41 per Cent Ditto (Uribarren), 4/ per Cent. -4 Portuguese, 1853, 3 per Cent. Spanish S per Cent.. — . Ditto Account _ Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent. — • Ditto Account Turkish 6 per Cent. — Ditto Account .. 921 Ditto New Loan Scrip — Ditto Account • Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. - • ,_Ditto Account venezuela. 5 per Cent. s . Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch Exchange, 12 Gull. 2A per Cent -- Ditto Certificates, 4 per Cent. TWO O'CLOCK. Consols for Account 961 1 id SUICIDE OF A PHYSICIAN AT SOUTHSEA.-Dr Engledue, of Gloucester-house, Southsea, a phy 81.eian of considerable eminence and having a very exten eive practice in that neighbourhood, :committed suicide Yesterday morning by swallowing a dose of prussic acid. Dr. Engledue had during the past fortnight been Confined to his residence with symptoms of derange 'tient of the liver and other digestive organs, which had Produced great taciturnity even towards his-family and his closest friends, and great depression of spirits. Between -seven and eight o'clock yesterday morning his sister, Who resided with him, heard him moving about in his own Chamber, and upon entering the room found that he had just thrown himself upon his bed, life being then, or soon after- Wards, extinct. Dr. Engledue was the younger brother of Captain J. R. Engledue, superintendent of the Peninsular aad Oriental Steam Packet Company's ships at South- Anipton. In April of 1856 an audacious burglary was "omitted at the house of Mrs. Humphreys, a widow lady residing at Stamford-hill, by four men in masks. An en trance was effected by digging a hole through the kitchen 1 " 1 ,,,.. 11 , when the ruffians proceeded to tie the hands and feet the old lady and hervervant girl, the only inmates of the threatening to murder them, if they spoke. Pro *l'lY-to-the. amount of £1,006 was then carried of. One man was convicted and sentenced to death for the crime, but the others have hitherto chaded detection. " Murder will out however, and so in the present case, for a man named Gibson, one of two caught breaking into the pre- Plises of Mr. King, Sambrook-court, the other day, has been identifi e d by th e servant g i r l as t h e b urg l ar w h o ti e d h er tet t(wethm r . She is enabled to do so from the accident of mask .having -fnilen from his_lace, and__litua , g 13.er - to _see _his face. ltilms3 Ile mad replace 44`inford-Jitrury • 1875 1875 SHARE 111A.R.KET.-('HIS DA r.) Share] Itailways. A tax rg.. Notting,. Bost. and Eastern Junction i.'clfaAt and Ballymens., Wol., and Str.Ye], Birk., Lane., and Chesil, .Tunction • Blackburn I Blyth and Tyne 'Bristol and Exeter .... Caledonian Chester and Holyhead C:Jrk 'And Bandon Cork, Illkrock,&Passage Cornwall Do. A { A mires ' no div until6p.c.per an Do. B hasbeen pd.toß : Dublin and-Belfast June ' Dun.,Perth,& Abr..lunc East Anglian Eastern Counties Eastern Union A Stock Do. do. B Stock 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 Gt. South.& Wstn.(lreld) Great Western Do.Str.Vl.Rail Gua.Stk Irish South Eastern Lancaster and Carlisle Do. Thirds Do. New Thirds Lancashire & Yorkshire' DO. do. F £l6 Do. do. £9 shares I Do. West Riding Union Do. Southport ,London and Blackwall, IDo.Newiss.at Eslosp.sh. Lon.,Brighton S.Coast London & North Westn Do: Eighths London& South-Westn, L'derry & Coleraine L'derry &, Enniskillen. Man., Shef., & Lincoln} Metropolitan Midland • Do. Bfrming. & Derby. Mid. Gt. West. (Ireland) .Do. Shares New - castle, and Carlisle New., Aber., & Herefd Newry & Armagh (def.) Newry; - Watpt., & Ros Norfolk North. Counties Union North British Nor:Dev.Rail.&Dk. Stk Do.A Stk.— Arec.nodiv until lip.c.hasbeenpdß Do. B Stock North-Eastn.—Berwick Do. do. G.N.E.Purchase: Do. Leeds ,Do. York 'North London N.•&S.Westn:, Ilampstd and City Junction North Staffordshire North-Western No. & Sou. W. Junction Oxford, Wor.,& Wolver Peebles Portsmouth Rhymney Scottish Central Scoth. N. E., Aber. Stock Do. Scottish Mid. Stock Shropshire Union Sittn g bourne & Sheer "South Devon South-Eastern South Wales South Yorks.& 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 I 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 . 12.10 13.14 Sto2k, Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock' 12 14 96 97 Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock , Stock Stock, Stock Stock! 16134 Stock] 11.6.3 , 11.6.3 Stock , Stock 124 Stock 5 1 Rock 39 394 lon 104} 77 79 Stock Stock Stock{ Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 25 Stock Stock, Stock; all 100 3} 100 100 Stock 100 100 100 1613 4 £3 le. 17i all all 100 all all all 22f 7 161 100 100 100 100 all all all 12i 65 67 34 S d 61 614 94 151 1 I d 48 49} 77 78 [Ol 103 4} 4 d 13i 8i 13 7 30 32 PRI43FErtTNIN , 112 114 28} 281 85 87 45 47 4 2d 37 38 75 75} 76 78 13 15 all all all all all 90 95 6 61 3 6 i of ORDINARY SHARKS AND STOCKS. 6 1 6J 71 81 66 68 101 111 29' 31' 94 05 88 84 16 47 89 84 48 * 7f 41 51 1 2 1 8 7 1 64 641 47 49 31 33 - - 2 6 3 69 i 29 94 98 10 10 1061 107 i 21 93 133 135 104 551 i 1 561 051 55 57 87. n 12 13 p 12 13p 98Id 100 d p 106} 56 1 f 99 11 111 113 1 95 i 96 1 1 I d 911 94 97 6; 7f 4 95,f 391 40 1 . 3 1 i 6 4 6 1 611 1 i 95 4; 49 I 78 ; 754• 76 p aid. Closing Business Price. Done. Railways. Blythe and Tyne IC per c. pref. (issued at 250) & Exet.4p.ct.Stock Do do. do. Shares Caledon £lO, 44 per cent Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. 'Chester & Holyhd, 51 pc Do. do. 5 p. ct. Cork & Bandon, 54 p. c Dun. Perth,& Aber.J mt E.Angn. Class A 7& spc Do. do. Class B 6 pc IDo. do. Class C 7 pc E. Conn. Ex. 5 p ct. No.l 'Do. do. • N 0.2 'Do. New 6 per ct. Stock Eastern Union, 4 per ct. East Lane. 6 per ct E.& W. York. Jen. fifths Edin.&Glas. 5 pc shares Edin. Perth,& Dun. 4 pc. Furness, 5 per cent &S West. a. spc Great-Northern, sp. ct Do. 5 Redm.,lop.o.pm Do. 41 pc p. c. do. do. Do.sp.c. Redm.,s pc. pm Gt. Ah. of Scotld,.lot pt I Gt. Sn.& W (Treland) 4 p. ct. pref. Stock great West. (Berke and Hants) Ext. 5 p.ct Do. Redeemable, 44 p ct Do. Redeemable, 4 p. et 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 Birming. guar. stock Do. Chester guar.shares I Do. do. do Do. do. do. Lan. & York 6 p.c. stock, L on. .& Brig.spe. g,u. No.l Do. pref., 5 p. C. ...No. 2 Do. New gua., 6 pact Do. do. 5 p. c. No. 4 Lon.& N. W. Coy. &Nun - eaton, 5 p. ct. ' Lcm : &S : W, 7 p.ct. stock, late 3d sliares Londondy & Cole, shs London dy.& Ennis sh Man.,Sh., do Lin., 6 p. et Do. X 6 Do. 31 per cent. Maryport & Car., 4 p.c Do. 4 per cent 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. & Ilit.pref. st. NewportAber,&c. pref.s p. c. redeem, at sp. c. pm Do. Perpet, p. c. with option till 1866 Norfolk Deb. 4 p.c. sh arm Do. 5 p. c. Ext. S t0ck.1846 Do. 54 p. c. Pref. do. 1847 Do. Way.Val.Ex.Sk 1847 North British, 5 per cent Do. New, atm. 5 per cent Nth. Der. R ail. & IDsk.Co. N-East. irred. 4 p.c. Deb. Do. Berwick, 4 p. c. Pref. Do. do. do. Do. Leeds, 6 p. c. No. 1. Do. do. Quarters, 1846. . Po. York, H. & S. Purch. 'North Stafrordshira Ox. wr. Wol. 6 point g Do. do. do., 2d gun . 'Do. 44. p.c. lib.sfic.in perp Scottish Central, new pt I Scotti sh N.-Eastern deb Do. 34 per c. pref. stock Da.Aberdeen.kint...6 pc. • Do. 7 p. c. pref. stock. South Devon, Ann. 10s, Do. Fixed 44 per-cent. South Eastern (Reading 'Anil., 1.0 6 ) Do .44 per cent Do. Fixed 44 p.c. Ist is Do. New do., 2d issue South Wales, gua. 4 p.c Do. 44 per cent S.-Yarkshire, 4 p.c. grua Stockton and Dar. 5 p.m Do. 6 per cent Waterford & Kilkenny, 8 per cent. :E SHARES. raid.l Closing rrice. 49 51 96 98 !103 105 6 64 100 103 113 118 109 112 115 117 113 115 131 133 84 86 73 74 113 115 ?22-124 112 114 106 108 et 10/ 111 95 97 86 IS 88 90 100 102 91 lot 16i 17 10 104 72 74 18 19 9 9 13 14 143 145 120 122 163 168 123 125 68 72 142 144 104 106 96 97 9 i 91 114 114 9 10 115} 15 111 113 99 100 I} din p d ip 231 241 121 123 106 108 101 103 Stock ] Stock Stock Stock! Stock' Stock Stock 10s. 1.0.6. Stock stock Stock Stock Stock 2511 251 I Stock, 10 11 24a 23 103 105 103 105 17 19 29 30 33 34 44 47 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Railways. I p. m. ! Leasing !Closing Business •Co.'s. Price. Done. Bedford and Bletchley all tLn & N.W Buckinghamshire . ... 'lOO Ln &N W 99 101 Clydesdale Junction.. 100 Caledonia 104 106 Colchester, Stour Val. - all E.U.&E C .17 19 E.Lincolnshire,g6p.c: 100 Gt.Nerth. 143 145 E Union,HarwichShs. all E.Counts. '4 4} Do. Woodbridge . 100 - Gls.Barr.&Neils,Drct. 100 Caledonin Do. New lOO Do. — Gloster& Dean Forest all Gt. West. H a rtlpool.Dek.&Rail. all Yk.N.&Br Hull and Selby all Yk.N.Md. 111 113 Do. Shares all Do. - I Do. Shares all Do London&Greenwich . 100 S. East 65 674 Do. Preference Lon.,Tilby.&Soutend. 100 Pato &Co 94 96 Do. Barking Shares.. all Do. — o 6 perLowe stof t,nt.. ee 4p.gua...... .. 100100 Norfolk Do —...._ D__ Manc.,Buxtn. & Matk. all LN W&M 2.4 Midsb.&Redcr,g.6p.c. all Stk.& Dar Mid.BradfordPrf. Stk. 100' Midland . 99 lt.. Newmarkt.,BuryEx Pm 1 5. 5. 6. E . c o unta. i ipi guaranteed 5 p. c. ) Nortbn.& Eastn. 5 p.c. all Do 58 60 i Do. do. 6 per cent. . all Do Do. Fixed 5 per cent'. all Do Preston and Wyre. t all L&N W Y1r...1 471 Do. 1 Shares A. all Do. - Roystn,Hiteh.,& Shep 100 Gt.Nortn. 142 144 Shf.Roth.&Gol.g.sp.c. 18 11 6 Lan.& Tic Shrewsbry& Hereford all T Brassey 94 South Staffordshire .. all M'Clean . lo} 13 Wear Valley, g. 6p. c. all Stk.& Dar Do. do. Wilts and Somerset lOO Gt. . ..... i --- 9& Wirabledon& Croydn all L.All 3 rgtni' 8 0 DOCKS. —.........--..-. I . I Paid Cl Ori.ng Business Share Docks. Price. Docks. -.......--.........../. / Stock Commercial lOO Stock Do 4 perCent.Pref.Min lOO - Stock East and West India lOO Stoc London lOO 1041 Stock St. Katharine Stock 100 Stock Southampton lOO Btock i lathes lOO 101 ' 103 20.)14‘,Nes •••••.sas.••••• •18 idi ,i p , Share! Business Done. THE 'SUN, !LONDON ; _FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 81, 185$, FOREIGN. - Share Railways. „, aid. l Closing I Business Price. Done. ;Antwerp Az Rotterdam (Ardennes ' Belgian East. Junction Illeziers to Graissessaa iCarineaux Mine & Rail 'Dutch Rhenish 27 27 Eastern of France Euphrates Valley Great Central of France Gt. Ltixon. Con. sha Italian JunCtion - pi 7i 7! Lake Constance & lial; Lierro and Turnhout Lombardo Venetian Lucca & Pistoja, 5 p.c.pf Lyons and Geneva Maria Antonia Do. do. New . . Namur and Lieae Do. do. 6 p. c. Pref Northern of France, Do. New Shares 3* 4* pl Norwegian Trunk Pref. Ottoman, gua. 6 per cent Pa ris,Lyons, and Medit. Paris and Orleans Recife& S. Fran. (Fern ) gua. 7 p. ct. (Lim.) Riga and Dunaburg Rome and Frascati Royal Danish Royal Swedish Do. 7 per cent. Pref. Sambre and Meuse Do. 54 per cent. Pref. Southern of France West Flanders Do. 54 p. c. Preference W. & N.W. of France Western of Austria Western of Switzerland Wiesbaden Do S per cent. Pref Zealand Shai 1.00 18 18 Atlantic & St Lawrence; Leased at 6 per cent..) IBom.,Baroda&Cent,lnd; gu. 5 per cent Do Do. Addit. Capital AI Do. Do. BI Buffalo and Lake Huron I Do. New Buffalo,Brant.&Godrich p. ct. bds. 1 Aug., 1872 Do. do. 1 July, 1873 Do. do. 1 June, 1874 Clcutta.&S.Eastrn.Lim. Cape,Eastn. Prov.(Lim.) Cape Town & Dock Scrip Central Oude (Limited) Ceylon Guaranteed °p.c Demerara Eastern Bengal.gu.sp.c East Indian, gu. 5 p. c Do. C Shares Do. E Shares Ext Do. Jubbulpore D 0.44 p.c. Bds. pay.'o9 Geelong& Mel.gua.s p. c. Geelong Corporation 6 per cent. Bonds Grand Trunk of Canada Do. 6 p.c. Deben.,pay.'7B Do. 6 per cent. Pref Gt.lndiaPenin.g - tta.sp.c Do. New, gua.s per cent Do. do Gt.S.of Ind.Lim.—Scrip guaranteed 5 per cent. Gt.W. of Canada Shares Do. New Do. Bonds pay. '76,with opt. till '6O Do. do. '73 till '6O Do. do. "/3 without opt Do. 54 p. c. do. '77 do Madras, guar., 44 p. c Do. do. 5 per cent Do. 4/ p. c. Extension Do. Third Ex. gua.s.p.c Do. Fourth do. Melb. Corp. 6 p.c. Bonds Newßrunswick&Canda. Ry.&Land(Lim.)g.6pc Class ACapitl.Share Do. do. Land do Do. do. B. Capital do iDo. do. Land do Northof India Tramroad Limited, Scrip Oude (Limited) Scinde Do. t g Do. New - Do. Punjaub Do. Indus. St. Flo., St. Andrews & Quel tTrinidad(Limited) 2 2 ( ol 100 100 10 20 t Co!. :bee A Scrip all all J lOO 100 all 100 all 2a. se. \ 15 i all 24 25 Of 21 22 39 401- 8 f 9f 3 1 d 35 351 55 56 Id fp 7 23 23 6 9 23 24 36} 7 61 I 9 POLICE INTELLIGENCE.--(THIS DAY.) MARLBOROUGH-STREET. ROBBING A. CHILD.—A DARING THIEF.—John Brown, a determined-looking fellow, who has several aliases, and is well known to the police ; was charged with stealing a silk umbrella, of the value of 205., the propertyof Mr. Thomas Mumford, of 6, Arden-street, Little Windmill-street, under the following circumstances : Thomas Mumford, a little boy nine years of age, said he was going home the previous evening, with the umbrella under his arm, when the prisoner came up and asked him the way to some street. He told him he did not know, when he said " You're a fool," and seized the umbrella and ran away. Witness called " Stop thief," and ran after him, and somebody stopped him. The umbrella was not quite !tew, but was worth 20s. Prisoner-20s. I why, he says it is not new. George Peart, of 10, Richmond-street, Newport-street, said he saw the little boy running after the prisoner, calling at the time " Stop thief I" The prisoner had at the time a silk umbrella under his arm. lie pursued him, and saw him, after running a short diStance, return without it, not having the timbiella with him. It had a white handle. Prisoner—Oh, yes, you were told that by the father of the child. The prisoner, in a very surly manner, ha%ing pleaded guilty, Mr. Beadon said it was an exceedingly bad case—robbing a little child in the street—and was one the law required to be punished with great severity, that it might deter others from doing a similar thing. Committed for six months, with hard labour. THE LIVI.N - GSTON'E PXPEPITIOAT: (Front the Cope A rgus of Nov.. 20.) Last week letters were received here from Dr. Livingtone and other members of the exploring expedition to the Zambezi River. The news they contain of the progress of the expedition is alike important and interesting. They had reached Tete, where a supply of coals for the steam-launch was obtained, the first ever taken out of the earth in that country. Dr. Livingstone's Makololo friends, whom he had left at Tete previous to going to England, were found to be still there awaiting his return. A letter received by Governor Sir George Grey from the reverend doctor contains some inte resting details relative to these matters. Sir G. Grey, we may mention, has availed himself of every opportunity to assist the expeditionists, and his kindness is gratefully acknowledged by Dr. Living stone, who afterwards proceeds to say : " I shall commence, without preface, in the middle of things, by saying that I have just come down from Tete to the mouth of the river (Kongone) and will start in a day or two for the same point. The gentlemen there (at Tete), through the influence of Major Lecard, at once acceded to my proposi tion to get nie some coals, and in three or four days we were furnished with a ton and a half, the very first ever dug in this country. The engineer pronounces them to be of a very good kind, though being from the surface, where, in the bank of the Muatize, they have been exposed to the action of air and floods for ages. Mr. Thornton, the geolo gist, thinks equally well of them. They contain very little sulphur. I could not ascend the river (Re vulene) into which the Muatize flows, to load at the seam itself, as there were only a few inches of water at a bar across its confluence with the Zam bezi, but large canoes brought them down. At other times of the year we could have sailed up in this launch, which draws 2ft. Gin., with the greatest ease. There is no end of the finest (specular) iron ore ; so with coal (of which many- seams or parts of an immense seam crop out) and ,iron.; surely some thing will yet be done in Africa. This was the first thing of the steamer kind ever seen at Tete, and we were visited with as much interest as is the Levia than. Foremost among our visitors were my Makololo companions. They grasped my hands and arms convulsively, and lullilooed for joy.. About 30 of them have died from small-pox, and six were killed by a rebel chief, who, in defiance of Portu guese authority, holds a stockade at the confluence of the Luenya. This grieves them and me more than anything. The excuse is he did it in a fit of drunkenness. There were three such rebels, half caste Portuguese of Goa, who defied the Portuguese. One, who had a stockade at the mouth of the Shire, has just now been conquered by the Governor of Killimane. The war has been against us, though we have gone from one side to the other, without molestation, as friends of both, or rather as English, for it is the English name that was our passport. I came one night to a party after dark, and created an alarm, but that was quelled when I called out Mglze.' The river is now nearly at its lowest ; and, unlike the muddy rivers of the west, it may be styled one of sand; there is very little mud comparatively. Be low Lunata it is spread out to from one mile to three in width, with many islands. In the wide parts I experienced considerable difficulty, and especially in one part called Shigogo ; but when we approached Lupata, where all the river is in one body, our difficulties end. At Kelira Basa we shall have another obstacle to surmount. It is described as a number of rocks jutting out of the stream, and narrowing the channel, which is deep and tortuous. There is no waterfall, but we shall go and examine it carefully as soon as we get . up ; and, this being low water, we shall be able to give a clear idea of the whole. If we could travel as geographers do, with the legs of a pair of com passes, we might have been there long ago. At present we are taking up our luggage from stage to stage, and having been deceived by a false report on the engine of this vessel it is rather slow work. It consumes an enormous quantity of fuel, and half our time, when we have no coals, is spent in woodcutting. This, however, led to our discover ing that lignum vitae abounds, and there is also ebony, and teak, or African oak ; but we cannot bet say how much. The canoes pa s s us and look ack at the ' Asthmatic,' as I call her now. The vessel herself is all very well, though drawing much more than was predicted; but, the engine turns out a wretched piece of gingerbread when worked on wood alone. From the information I formerly received from the Portuguese, "I believe that the river could be navigated during only six or nine months in the year, but it is now not far from its lowest, and I begin to think that a vessel drawing only two feet might run the whole year ; but this we shall be able to decide next month. It begins to rise again in that fol lowing The Portuguese ought to do something in the lighthouse way, and if they would only be at the expense of a few piles at three places all obstructions from shallow ness of water would vanish. Taking the river as a whole, there is no lack of water—witness the reports of Captains Gordon and Bedingfield ; and, though it is now eight or nine feet lower, it has still much the same appearance, and always makes me won* how our easy-chair geographers could imagine it all to come out of a great interior sandy desert.' When it spreads out into several channels a few piles driven in at the part above where the water takes the swing into a shallow one would in one flood effect what is now done by snags,— create a deep channel. A few piles would widen the Kongone canal in one year." He suggests that some sort of beacon should be erected at the mouth of the Kongone, to prevent persons being misled and going into the Luabo instead. It appears that when the Pearl first entered the river the steam launch Ma-Robert was immediately put together although the day was Sunday ; and this circumstance has been censured by some persons who were ignorant of the motives which led to it. But the best reply to such criticism is given by Dr. Livingstone himself, who in the concluding portion of the letter above alluded to, says : "When I came in among mangrove swamps . . . . I pushed on the work with all haste to get out of the Delta. People, I hear, blame me for this; but they would have blamed me much more had I lost nearly all the expedition. . . We take quinine daily, and the short illnesses we had have partaken more of the character of common colds than fever. Here, in the mangrove swamps, two of our number, who are now better, had, in addition, a dry skin for some hours. But with quinine and care I see no obstacle to passengers going up to Tete from that disease, and there begins the healthy country. Yet it is not to be trusted either ; irre gularities must be avoided." It is stated, that Capt. Bedingfield, R.N., who accompanied the expedition as surveyor, has re signed, and is to withdraw from the expedition. BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Railways. all 9 i PI par tar • 6 7 14} 130 78 82 75 75 73 76 P 161 I 100 100 100 1. 3. 0. 2s. 2s. 6d, 2 all 5 100 all 1 1081 109 ,IP - -p paid. Closing Business Price. Dens. 91 8i 108f* 171 18 .36 37 76 78 91 92 211 21 1; 161. 44 4 d 106 108 106 108 105 107 99 100 181 194 20 21 2 101 4 3dl 1 2ll 22 11 p P 4P par 1 p P par IP BRITISH MIRES. Share! Mines. Paid. \ Closing Business Price. Done. • Alfred Consols (Philack) 2.11.10 I 74 84! 20 pritish Iron Condurrow (Camborne) 2O 10 Devon G. Cons. (Tavist ) 1 450 460 East Bassett (Illog,an) 3O 170 180 Great South Tolguis.. - G.WhealAlfd.(Phillaci) 11.14.11 24 3 G. Wheal Vor(l:leiston) 84 4 Lady Bertha North Frances (Mogan) 81 71 84 North Wheal Cro 7.9.: 3 - N.Wh'l Basset (1110., ,, ran) nil. 71 8 -- Par Consols (St. Blaxy) 14 151 16 Porkellis Unit. (Wend. ) ; 9 Sortridge Cons. Min. Co.: 6e I SouthCaradon (St.Clee:.) • 24 405 415 - South C. Brea, Illogar • 2 24 3 S. 'Wheal Ft an. ( I lo,;ar 18.18.9 2:'o 20 5 Tamar Silver and Lead' Mining Co 44 L 14 10 Tin Croft 9 .1.4 34 United 3I es(G w - ennap) 40 - - Ale of Towev..(Carm ) Its 6d f ' West Basset (Illogan) l4 22 21 W. Ca adon (Liskeat (I) 2O 130 140 Wheal Basset (Mogan) 54 210 220 ' Wheat BuPer(lled .uth) 5 120 140 Wheal Edwa d 54 24 24 'Whee Kitty (U. Lelant) 1.7.2 8 9 Wh'i Mary Ann (Menhe) 8 45 47 -- Wh'l Trelawney (List) 44 29 31 ' FOREIGN MINES 20 r Australian 1 Boa AccordCopper,Llm, 108 par p 35 Brazil. Imp. (is. at £5 p.) 27 1 2 20 Do.S:„Johndelßey,Lim. 15 134 141 5 Do. Land and Mining - Co. all 11 24 1 Clarendon Consols Min ing Co. of Jamitica 40 Cobra Copper all :0 42 Coplapo l6 10 12 1 DunMoun.Cop.Ming.Co all 2 Fortuna • all 1 1 20 General - all 20 21 3 Linares all 7 81 8 5 Lusitanian 1 Mariquita all 1 Nevi Granada all f 1 N.lthineCop.or S.Ars.ir, 10 f p 20 Po - itgibaud Silver, Lea d Minim:: and Smelt. all 44 5 5 Port Philip 1 30 Santiago de Cuba 164 1 1 28.2.8 f 'United Mexican COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Share Securities, Paid. Closing Duarte," - Prices. Doie. Can.Gov.6p.c.Ja. & July 100 116 1164 116 Do. 6 p.c.Fb.&Aug. 100 113 115 Do. 6 p.c.slr. k Sep. 100 113 115 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 1011 1021 NovaScotiaG ov. 6 p.c. St. Deb. redeemable, 1875 100 113 114 S.Aus.Gt.6 pc.Jan&July 100 112 114 Vict*Gov.6p.c.Jan&July 100 1 111 113 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Closing 1 Business Shard Joint-Stock Banks. I raid. Price. Done. Agra&UnitedServiceßk Australasia Bank of Egypt Bank of London Brit. Col. Bk. & LoanCo British North American Chtd. Bank of India, &c City Colonial Com. Bank of Canada Commercial of London Eng., Scot., 4 Aus. Ch Gen. Bk. o Switzerland Lon.Char.Bk.ofAustral.l London and. County London Joint Stock London do Westminster.' Nat. Prov. of England. Dp. new National Bank . 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 28 100 100 20.11 100 'all - 20 all all all 2 lid 624 634 17 174 211 100 :100 211 Sh arel ~_ 1000 20 Id MISCELLANEOUS. Miscellaneous. Stock) S;ockl red.! Closingliturineas dons Anglo-Mexican Mint' Atlantic Tel. (Limited) Australian Agricultural Australian Royal Mail . Berlin Water Works Do New, issued at £5 die British American Land Brit. & Irish Mag. Tel.A. Do. B, 7 p. c. till 1862 Do. C Canada Land Chandslands Tel (Lim.) Cop.Min.of Eng. & Smltg Do. Preference 7i per ct Crystal Palace . Do. Preference Eastern Steam Electric Telegraph Eng. & Auct. Cop.St.Co Europ. A Ind.Junet.Tel Europ. &Am. Stm. (Lim ) Gl. Iron Screw Col. img Gen. Steam Navigation London Discount Lond.Gen. Omnibus co Mediter. Electric Teleg Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim ) National Discount Co Netherlands Land bo do Do 8 p.c. Pref.,i s s. at Idis N.Er.&NovaScotlaLand N.B.Australasian (Lim.) North of Europe Steam Oriental Gas Do. New Shares Peel River Land & Min Pen. & Oriental Steam Do. New Red Sea & Ind. Telegr Ehyraney Iron Do. New Royal Mail Steam Soot. Austrin. Inv.(Lim ) South Australian Land Submarine Teleg. Scrip Do. do Registered 'Tr.& Ln.Co.of Upr. Can Wan Dismars 13 14 16s. all all MO • 280 35 ' 36 1 2; 3; all Jai 40 42 19 21 13 15 112 116 91 101 24 *5 2 2 110 112 1 11 2 1 f If If d 6 7 I I d 1 2 1 2 Z 18 1 1 1 I ii pra 2/ 3 81 83 12 13 At 24 7 8 to 61 125 140 38 40 * LO 12 BANK RETURNS. The Bankers' Magazine furnishes the returns of the cir ciliation of the Private and Joint-Stock Banks in England and Wales for the four weeks ending Nov. 20. These returns, combined with the circulation of the Scotch and Irish Banks for the same period, and the average circula tion of the Bank of England for the four weeks ending the 17th Nov. (the nearest date furnished by their returns), will give the following results of the circulation of notes in the United Kingdom, when compared with the previous month : Oct. 23," - Nov. 20, 1 1858. 1858. Increase. Decrease. ....____,....._ -- -----. Bank of England... 21,004,502 21,077,449 72,947 Private Banks . .. 3,503,957 3,456,409 . 52,548 Joint-stock Banks... . 3,1)09,595 2,970,917 38,678 Total in England,: , 27,523,054 27,504,775 18,279 Scotland - Ireland ' 6,690,882 6,835,115 144,233 United. Kingdom 38,276,185, 38,723,195! 447,010 • , to. tock'i THAMES. DESERTERS FROM TILE ROYAL NAVY.-- Charles M'Lachlan, a seaman, was brought before Mr. Yardley, charged with deserting from her Majesty's ship Hannibal. Dunaway, a police-constable, No. 129 H, stated that he went to the house, No. 10, Old Gravel=lane, St. George-in the-East, this morning, and found the prisoner there, and, in answer to his questions, said his name was M'Lachlan, and that he formerly belonged to the Hannibal man-of war, and left her at Malta two years ago, soon after peace was proclaimed. The prisoner exactly answered the de scription of a man who deserted from the Hannibal. Mr. Yardley—But the Tranufbal is out of commission now. Dunaway—Yes, sir, it is. The prisoner is a 10 years' man, and he admitted that'to be so. The prisoner said he had formerly given himself up at the rendezvouson Tower hill some time ago, and the people there would have nothing to do with him. Mr. Yardley—Take him to the rendezvous, where he perhaps can be identified, and then convey him to the receiving-ship off the Tower: • Dunaway said that when he brought the last deserter from the navy before his worship he was directed to convey him on board the Crocodile, but the commanding officer on board said he would have-nothing to do with him. He then took the deserter to the rendezvous on Tower-hill, and the people there laughed at him and said they would not receive him. He asked where he was to take deserters from her Majesty's ships, and the reply was, " Take them where you like." He then took the deserter to Woolwich, and the Commodore said he was glad the police were look ing after deserters tram the navy, and they were the very sort of men that were wanted, andwould be punished when detected. Mr. Yardley--Talte this man to Woolwich, It appearing that the prisoner had been discharged from a schooner a fortnight ago, when he received a balance of £9 for his services on a voyage to the West Coast of Africa and back, and that his clothes were detained by a lodging house keeper, the itagistrate requested Dunaway to obtain the man's clothes, and said if they were not delivered to him he would grant a summons. THIS DAYS MARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE. Coastwise, a fair average supply of English wheat -1,860 quarters L-has come fresh to hand this week, but the receipts by land carriage this morning were trifling. Al though the attendance of millers was small, the demand for most kinds of home-grown wheat was steady, and in some instances selected samples were the turn dearer when compared with Monday. For foreign wheat there was an improved inquiry, but no change took place in the currencies. The barley trade was very dull, owing to a large influx from abroad-13,910 quarters—and late rates were barely supprAted. We had a dull inquiry for malt, at the late decline in value. Oats, beans, and peas realised previous rates, but the demand for them was by no means active. The flour trade ruled steady. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley Malt. Oats. _ English 1,860 2,130 ; 2,030 ; 2,150 Irish - 130 4 Foreign .. 6,200 i 13,910 I 14,220 ; I 220 sks 460 blit Flour. 1,580 NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. The supplies of ineatitaiViitherincreased to=day, and the trade generally has ruledheavy, as follows : Per Blbs. by the Carcass. s. d. s. d. Inferior Beef. 3 oto 3 4 Mid. d 0..... 3 6to 3 8 Pm.larcedo. 3 10 to 4 0 Do. small do.' 4 2to 4 6 Large pork.. 3 oto 3 8 d. s. d. Infr. Mutton. 3 2to 3 6 Mid. do 3 Bto 4 2 Prime do. 4 4to 4 8 Veal 3 4to 4 2 Small pork BOROUGH HOP. We have no change to notice in the general position of this market. Useful new hops are selling freely, at full prices, but all other kinds are much neglected. Mid and East Kent pockets .. 70s to 120 s per cwt. Weald of Kent do Sussex do 505 to 62s „ COLONIAL. The public market for foreign and colonial produce remains closed, but will re-open, on the 4th January. TEA.—There has been a good demand in the private contract market, and business to some extent has been done at full prices --common congou being quoted Hid. per lb. Su GAL—No public sales have taken place ; full rates, however, are current in the private market, and in refined descriptions no change can be reported. ,COFFEE.—There has been a fair inquiry for native Ceylon at aliout late quotations, but other descriptions are dull. bukiness transacted has been confined to a few patcels of low quality, at abolit previous rates. SALTPETRE.—A limited inquiry has been experienced, but no alteration can be reported in prices. TALLOW.—The market has exhibited rather more firm ness. P.Y.C. on the spot is quoted 51s 3d, and for spring delivery 51s 3d per cwt. THIS 1)41'8 SHIPPING. LONDON, Dec. 31.—Wind this day at noon, N.W.; moderate breeze, and weather thick and hazy. COWES, Dec. 30.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Bremen (screw steamer), for New York ; has on tleight 52;000 dols. for France. TRIGNMOTJTH, Dec. 30.—Wind Go Forward, from St. John's, Newfoundland. PLYMOUTH, Dec. 30.—Wind W.—Sailed—Anne, for Gibraltar. _ _ PORTSMOUTH, Dec. 30.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Cupid, from Alexandria ; Denmark, from Copenhagen for Santa Cruz, with martingale and bobstay chains carried away. RtimouTH,Dec.,3o.--WindW.—Sailed—Salto (steamer) for Monte Video. NEWPORT, Dec. 30.—Wind for St. Thomas. , _ _ _ DIFF, Dec. 30.—Wind W.--Arrived—Newbattle, from Gibraltar. died—Nero, for Rio Janeiro ; Ostend, from Rio Janeiro. QUEENSTOWN, Dec. 29.—Wind N.—Arrived—Ann Thompson, from Moulmein; Regina, from New Orleans. Sailed—Hydespas, for Bombay. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Friday Morning. Wind calm, thick fog. Arrived—Purveyor, from S‘Vanage ; Ondine, steamer, from London; Marquis of Bute and Lively, from Seiham ; Caledonia, Light and Sign, Clara, Blue Jacket, Ally, and Woodlands, from Sunderland ; Cornelia, steamers. Sailed—Hft,mmonia, steamer, for Hamburg ; Dorset, for Sunderland. LIVERPOOL, Friday Morning. Wind S.S.W. Arrived, Deo. 30—Westmoreland, from New Orleans. Sailed, Dec.'3o—China, for New Orleans; Water Sprite, for St. Michael's. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Friday Morning. Calm and foggy ' • nearly high wate r . Arrived, Dec. 30—Angelina, from Gottenburg; Vic toria, from Dantsic. DEAL, Friday Morning. Wind S, by E., moderate. Passed—Odessa, screw steamer, from London, for Con stantinople. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AND Loss OF THREE LIVES. —Yesterday morning, between the hours of one and two o'clock, A fife, which terminated, we regret to say, in the loss of three lives, broke out in London passage, a very narrow thoroughfare, leading frol Whitecross-street to Oolden•lane, St. Luke's. The premises were in the occu pation of Mr. Charles Wrench, cane-dresser, London passage. The scene immediately after the alarm was heart rending ; mon and women rushing from their houses un dressed, with their children in their arms, and most of them in a state almost of frenzy. The husband a few minutes before had, been frying some salt in the back room, for the Pttkpose of relieving the toothache, from which the wife was guttering, and on coining down stairs he found the back room in flames. He at once rushed into the court, leaving the door open. The wind carried the flames up the stair case, rendering the escape of the inmates impossible. The Are-es - calls promptly arrived, also the Whiteeross-street engines, the station of which is only a few yards distant. The, premises, however, wore entirely gaited before the fire was extinguished. As soon after as possible, the Engineers commenced a search for the missing persons. Mrs. Wrench was found sitting on a box in the front room, with her arm partly out of the window, and her child Eliza Wrench, aged seven months, on her arm. The eldest boy, Charles Wrench, aged nine years, was found on the first floor backroom, up in the corner, burnt to a cinder. Shells having . been procured the bodies were conveyed to St. Luke's workhouse, ;Ind baba:nation has been forwarded to tit!) 01'00r. And as compared with. the month ending the 21st Novem ber, 1857, the above returns show an increase of £265,488 in the circulation of notes in England, and an increase of £367,041 in the circulation of the United Kingdom. On comparing the above with the fixed issues of the seve ral banks the following is the state of the circulation : The English private banks are below their fixed issue The English joint-stock banks are below their fixed issue £331,440 Total below fixed issue in England.... £1,278,966 The Scotch banks are above their fixed issue .. £1,296,069 The Irish banks are above their fixed issue .... £480,621 The average stock of bullion held by the Bank of Eng land in both departments during the month ending the 17th of Nov. was £18,721,776, being a decrease of £675,850 as compared with the previous month, and an increase of £11,000,792 when compared with the same period last year. The following are the amounts of specie held by the Scotch and Irish banks during the month ending the 20th Nov. : Gold and silver held by the Scotch banks £2,496,145 Gold and silver held by the Irish banks 2,461,746 £4,957,891 Being an increase of £179,251 as compared with the previous return, and en increase of £486,160 when compared with the corresponding period of last year, CHURCH RATE FOR WOOLWlCH.—Yesterday afternoon a vestry meeting of the rate-payers of Woolwich was hold to consider the question of making a church-rate for the ensuing year. The chair was occupied by the Rev. Henry Brown, A.M. (rector). The estimates for the rate having been read, Dr. Richardson moved, and Mr. Webber seconded, that a church rate be made of 2d. in the pound. The Rev. T. Tuffield (Congregational minister) opposed the rate. After some discussion the motion for making a 2d. rate was put, and lost by a large majority, one of the church wardens (Mr. Jolly) voting against the rate. Mr. Church warden Dixon demanded a poll infavour of the rate, which was fixed by the chairman to take place on Tuesday and Weidaaday LITERAI'U B. Narrative of Services in the Jeration 0f CAN, Peru, and Brazil, from Spa. 4 and Portuytuse Domination. By Thomas, ..,arl of Dundonald, G.C.8., Admiral of the Re 'd, Rear-Admiral of the Fleet. 2 vols. Ridgwa y. The illustrious Earl of Dune ild, who , has but very recently entered upon the .oghty-fourth year of his age, having been born as fa back as the 14th of December, 1775, here, in thca: two remarkable volumes, offers to the world a ftag'inent of a great historic vindication. Forty years ago this heroic sea captain—one of the most dauntless 'commanders that ever trod the deck of a line-of-battile-ship, one whose personal daring has certainly nes 'el. ea( n in the annals of the Royal Navy of Englind been surpassed—accepted the command of the maritime forces first upon the west and afterwards upon the east coast of the South American Continent; and there by a series of the most brilliant exploits sue ceeded in effecting the liberation of Chili, Peru, and Brazil from the domination of the Spanish and Portuguese Governments. During an interval of fully two years and a half, Lord Dundunald, then known to fame by his courtesy title as Lord Cochrane—as symbolic of the truest heroism, a name second only to that of Lord Nelson—conducted a war of independence, now in the waters of the Pacific for the establishment of two republics, now in the waters of the Atlantic for the consol- dation of the authority of a new constitutional Sovereign. To the unhesitating valour, to the indomitable perseverance, to the saga city and determination of this true -hearted Sailor--Chili—Peru--Brazil—each in turn owed, under God, the boon of its political. liberation. The Chilians and Peruvians were alike in succession wrested from the Spanish Monarchy, by the genius, the skill, and the matchless bravery of this great maritime commander-in-chief. It was to the protecting and sustaining influence of his strong arm that his Imperial Majesty Don Pedro I. owed his elevation to a throne no longer the appanage of Portugal, by the name, style, and title of the constitutional Emperor of the Brazils. For these "resplendent services Lord Dundon4l4l received a - recompense in every respect worthy of the despicable repute ever since then appertaining to those three liberated, but utterly contemptible and degraded governments. The gratitude of Chili, of Peru, of Brazil to their sailor-liberator, might be cxpressed by what would equally 'well express the influence, since their liberation, exercised by them for good or for evil on the rest of the world—a nought ! Nay, -the flagrant and monstrous ingratitude' displayed by -the .three peoples to whom Lord Dundonald had been princi pally instrumental in giving freedom and indepen dence was, in reality as it happened, far worse than nothing. The commander-in-chief of the Chilian, Peruvian, and Brazilian navies, remained actually for years and years not simply unpaid but literally out of pocket, through his heroic services to the three governments. Repudiating his claims— claims emblazoned in characters of- blood and flame upon the first pages of their history—the Ministers of the " Constitutional Emperor," the provisional rulers of the twin Republics, had the mean ness to deny to Lord Cochrane and the gallant crews manning his little squadron even the very prize-money won by their life-blood ! The tricky evasions, the petty shifts, the miserable quibbles, the systematic swindling and chicanery by which justice was thus denied to the heroic band of sailors to whom the Chilians, Peruvians, and Brazilians were indebted for their independ ence—will be found by those who care to read the melancholy record, related in these two volumes, beyond the possibility of any future misapprehen sion. So old a story and yet so new a story as this, a narrative so old in the events to which it has reference, and yet so entirely new in the vast majority of its revelations, demands at the outset obviously a word or two explanatory of its tardy publication. The venerable hero who has penned it was the first to recognise this necessity for an nouncing to his readers the reason, first of all of the protracted reticence, and secondly of this eventual announcement of his wrongs and record of his achievements. Prudence dictated the delay. Hon our prompted the ultimate publication: Subjoined, however, are the very words of the narrator : "It may be asked, why—with the clear documentary evidence in my possession—and now adduced—l have for so many years endured an amount of obloquy and in justice, which might at any time have been set aside by its publication ? The reply is obvious. The withholding , of ,my claims by the Governments of both sides the South American Continent, and the ruinous expense to which I was put on account of Chili, entailed upon me many years of pecuniary difficulty. To have told even the truth—un hacked as I then was by the British Government—Would have been to have all my claims set at 'defiance, so that compulsor) discretion was a sufficient reason for my silence. It was long before I could induce a British Minister to satisfy himself of the rectitude of my conduct—the sound ness of my claims—or the dishonesty of those who, be lieving me to be powerless ' laughed at reiterated demands for my stipulated_rights. Yet. more, I have never sought frilm those to whom I gave liberty and dominion. " There is, however, a reason for the present publication, of which I have never lost sight. Amidst all the injustice which it has been my lot to sustain, I have ever deter mined—for the sake of my family—to whom my character is an ,heir-loom—that no obloquy shall follow me to the grave, for none have I merited. On the day these volumes see the light, this resolution will be partially fulfilled." That 'noble intention is here, in truth, completely and signally realised. But how realized ? By the production in these two mournful volumes of a series of the most lamentable details of the most despicable turpitude on the part of the chiefs of the three liberated Governments. We lino* scarcely any more melancholy annals of blended valour and baseness—valour the most heroic, repaid by base ness the most paltry well imaginable. Gladly do we turn from the darker portions of the 'picture to those radiant with the glory won in the South American waters by the daring of the iron-hearted Earl of Dundonald. No one can surely ever read without. emotion of achievements like those with which Lord Cochrane and his sailo rs captured the forts of Valdivia; and cut - out the Spanish frigate the " Esmeralda." The former conquest was pro nounced immediately after, by Zenteno (in de fiance of whose orders the deed had been done), to be " the act of a madman :" Zenteno adding that the victor " deserved t 3 have lost his life in the attempt," and that even afterwards he ought to lose his head "for daring to attack such a place without instructions, and for exposing the patriot troops to such hazard." Yet this (so-called) madcap feat, was, notwithstanding, triumphantly accom plished. And as to the cutting out of the Esmeralda —that, surely will, henceforth live in the • naval annals of the world as an act of heroism that sets at defiance the possibility of its being ever sur passed ! A less dauntless heart than that of COCH RAN-I: might have hesitated before the enterprise. " This design," he writes himself, for we shall give his own modest narrative of the. achievement— " This design was to cut out the Esmeralda frigate from under the fortifications, and also to get possession of another ship, on board of which we had learned that a million of dollars was embarked for flight, if it became necessary ; my opinion being that if such display of power were mani fested, the Spaniards would either surrender -the capital or abandon it. „ "The enterprise was hazardous, for since my former visit the enemy's position had been much strengthened, no less than 300 pieces of artillery being mounted,on shore, whilst the Esmeralda was crowded with the best sailors and marines that could be procured, these sleeping every night at quar ters. She was, moreover, defended by, a strong boom with chain moorings, and by armed blockships ; the whole being surrounded by twenty-seven gun-boats; so that no ship could possibly get at her. " For three days we occupied ourselves in preparations, still keeping secret the purpose for which they were in tended. On the evening of sth of. November, this was communicated to the ships by the following proclamation : " ' Marines and Seamen,—This night we are going to give the enemy a mortal blow. To-morrow you will pre sent yourselves proudly before Callao, and all your com rades will envy your good fortune. One hour of .courage and resolution Is all that is required of you to triumph. Remember, that you have conquered in Valdivia, and be not afraid of those who have hitherto fled from you. " ' The value of all the vessels captured in Callao will be yours, and the same reward in money will be distributed amongst you as has been offered by the Spaniards in Lima to those who should capture any of the Chilian squadron. The moment of glory is approaching, and I hope that the Chilenos will fight as they have been accustomed to do, andothat the English will act as they have ever done at home and abroad. '‘ COCHRANE.' " On issuing this proclamation, it was stated that I should lead the attack in person, volunteers being requested to come forward, on which the whole of the marines and s eamen on board the three ships offered to accompany me. As this could not be permitted, a hundred and sixty sea men and eighty marines were selected, and after dark were placed in fourteen boats alongside the flagship, each armed with cutlass and pistol, being, for distinction's sake, dressed in white, with a blue band on the left arm. The Spaniards' I expected, would be off their guard, as, by way of ruse, the other ships had been sent out of the bay under the charge of Captain Foster, as though in pursuit of some, vessels in the offing—so that the Spaniards would consider themselves safe from attack for that night. " At :ten o'clock all was in readiness, the boats bei ng formed in two divisions, the first commanded by my g ag _ captain Crosbie, and the second by Captain Guise--my boat leading. The strictest silence, and the, exclusive use of cutlasses were enjoined; so that, as the oars were muffled, and the night dark, the enemy had not the least suspicion of the impending attack. " It was just upon midnight when we neared the small opening left *the boom, our plan being well-nigh frus trated by the vigilance of.a guard-boat, upon which my launch had luckily stumbled. The challenge was given, upon which, in an under-tone, I thrqateued the occupants of the boat with instant death if they made the least alarm. No reply was made to the threat, and in a few minutes o u r gallant fellows were al ongs id e th e f r i g .kt e in, boarding' at several points simultaneously. 4t The Spaniards were completely taken by surprise—the whole, with the exception of the sentries, being asleep at their quarters--and Phil great was the havoc made amongit them by the -elle cutlasses whilst . they were recovering themselves. 4.Zetreating to the forecamtie; they there made a gallant stand, and it was not until the third charge that the positito 4 w aß carried. The tight was for a short time reuWeduithe.-Quarter-cleck, where the Spaaibh marines fell to a man, the rest of the enemy. leaping overbeartand info the hold to escape slaughter. "Qn boarding the ship by the main chains, I was knocked back by the butt end of the sentry's musket, and falling on a thole pin of the boat, it entered my back near the spine, inflicting a severe injury, which caused me many years of subsequent suffering. Immediately regaining my footing, I reascended the side, and when on deck, was shot through the thigh, but binding a handkerchief tightly round the wound, managed, though with great difficulty, to direct the contest to its close. " The whole affair, from beginninglo end, occupied only a qua rter of an hour,:ourtloss beinel I killed and 30 wounded, whilst that of the Spaniards was a hundred and sixty, many of whom fell under the cutlasses of the Chilenos before they could stand to their anus. Orcater bravery I never saw displayed than that of our oullantfellows. Be fore boarding, the duties of all had been appointed, and a Party was told off to take possession of the tops. We had not been on deck a minut 3, when I hailed the foretop, and was instantly answered by our own men, an equally prompt answer being returned from the frigate's maintop. No British man-of-war's crew could have excelled this minute attention to orders." It is amusing, certainly, to find it related of the -- Animate hero who led that boarding party on is he deck of the Esmeralda, under the shadow of th. 300 guns of th e C a ll ao fort i f i cat i ons —it i s amusing, we say, to find it recorded of such a man that, upon his return to England, some time after wards, " Having," says he himself naively, in re lating the circumstance— "Havillg occasion to wait upon the then Attorney-Gt se ral relati ,, e to a patent which I had in hand, he brusquely inquired whether I was not afraid to appear before him ? On my repl - fing that I was not aware of having reason to fear appeariw in the presence of any man, he told me the question had been officially put to him, whether I could 1 e punished undt' the Foreign Enlistment Act, for the part I had taken in the liberation of Chili, Peru, and Brazil ? To this I replied, thst 'if Government was indiscreet enough further to persec. :me for having thrown open to. British commerce the largest %id for enterprise of modern times, they could take what st-- g they chose, for that I, having 4 accepted service in South .n.erica before the passing of the act, was not afraid of the rx querif P. of having infringed its provisions.' It is dm needless s,l say that nv such Prosecution was instituted, though the All was rood, de spite the national benefits conferred." Almost everything in thebistory of this remarkably man, by the way, is pretty well of a piece in regard 'to his treatment. Again and again has he been tl7e victim of calumny and injustice, the most cruel and. the most flagrant. And in every single, instance his character has been completely and resplendently vindicated. During several, years his name—the name of this Sea Bayard —was struck off the navy list of England. •oSo wrongfully, that many years have now happily gone by since he was reinstated •in all his professional honours, honors won, as the world knows, with a sword of terror in. the grasp of a hand without a Stain ! Thomas Earl of I)undonald, Admiral of the Red, Rear-Admiral of the Fleet, Grand Cross of the. Bath, and wearing the symbols of divers other orders .of knighthood, now in his eighty-fourth year, is - regarded .by every one familiar with the history of - the last half .century not simply with respect - slue to a.great man but with the sympathy and admiration due to a great man contending heroically during a long life against a world of un deserved misfortunes. . Before closing his prefatory,remarks to the work here under consideration,- Lord Dundonald says, with a touching earnestness " My reputation as a British seaman is to me' of the highest moment, and it shall not be sullied after my death by the aspersions of thoso who wilfully revenged the thwarting of their anti-Imperial designs, by imputations which can alone enter into the minds of men devoid (:)f generous impulses, and therefore incapable of appreciating higher motives." Yet later, he adds the following important announce ment " It is my intention, if God spare my life, to add to these memoirs a narrative of my former experience in the British navy, and, what may be of greater utility, an exposition of that which, from jealousy and oilier causes no less un worthy, I was not permitted to effect. To these I shall add a few remarks upon my connexion with the liberation of Greece, developing some• remarkable facts, which have as yet escaped thenotice of historians. These reminiscences of the past will, at least, be instructive to future genera tions, and if any remarks of mine will conduce to the per manent greatness and security of My country, I shall deem the residue of my life well spent in recording them." Fervently do we pray - that the life of Lord Dun donald may yet a while be spared to the country he has served so , often and so gloriously—that the truthful pen may record the heroic deeds the unsullied sword has accomplished. , The Two Mottoes. By the author of "Summerleigh Manor." Parker. This is another of those instructive and interest ing works for young people which have lately bcome so numerous. The story is rendered very attrac tive by the discrimination manifested in the descrip tions of the several characters. That of Emmeline is perhaps the most successful. There is something very engaging in her gentle nature, which shines conspicuous by the side of the meretricious brilliancy of Cecil, whose fascinations of manner are soon lost sight of in her vanity and selfishness. A great deal of skill is displayed in the account of Dr. Aytoun. The miseries that result from the indul gence of a hasty temper are here strikingly exem plified, and the details are given in a manner that forcibly impresses the mind of the reader. No mere statement of facts ever brings home the sub ject to the thoughts compared to a practical illus tration. The scenes that took place at the depar ture of Hector, and those that immediately followed them, are true in the depths of their suffering . and intensity of their endurance. A more painful ordeal cannot well be imagined for a young girl of Emmeline's temperament than that which she had to undergo on this melancholy occasion. Faulty as Hector was, it is evident that his father was the most to blame, since he set no example of self restraint himself in the control of his passions. Few trials more deeply affect, or painfully agitate, a feeling disposition, or a sensitive nature, than domestic discord and family quarrels ; and this is powerfully represented in the story before us, Cecil Egerton is of a very different class to her cousin. She was enthusiastic, and determined to achieve something grand, but all her plans and projects at last centred in the indulgence of some selfish wish, or personal gratification. There could be no peace in such a life, no rest for such a mind. Very different was her defiant nature to the calm spirit of endurance with which Emmeline bore her weary lot, so much more painful than the portion allotted to Cecil, who yet never ceased repining at every trouble with a vehemence that perplexed and dismayed all who belonged to her. Once, in a dreamy mood, they were choosing mottoes, and •Cecil decided on "Excelsior," while Emmeline selected " She hath done what she could." They could not have chosen more consistently with their characters. The fitful fever of Cecil's course, which promised so much, performed worse than nothing. Ever seeking to be higher than she really was, she deteriorated rapidly, because she sought to rise for the sake of being conspicuous, not to become better in any way, to complete any undertaking noble or useful. Emmeline, on the contrary, faithfully fulfilled whatever duty lay nearest to her. She strove with all the force of her weak nature to do what good she could, and her efforts were signally , blessed. Many a wayward temper, and an impa tient spirit, may take a lesson to heart from the perusal of this excellent story, and derive pleasure and profit from the study of its characters. I . A Handbook of _Railway Law. By Arthur Moore. One vol. Pp. 400. W. H. Smith. The Secretary of the Dublin and Wicklow and Kingston Railways has here in this goodly volume compacted together the whole of the Railway Law of the United Kingdom. His ability as a compiler in this way he has already evidenced beyond dispute by his able " Compendium of Irish Poor Law," and his valuable " Statistics of Union and County Divisions." His experience beyond this in regard to railway management has eminently qualified him for the yet more important work he has here brought to a atisfactory completion. It contains the whole of the Ptiblic Railway Acts from 1838 to 1858 inclusive—the fruits of more than twenty years of railway legislation. It accompanies these acts with other subsidiary statistics connected in one way or another with them. The whole is preceded by an introduction comprising within it a large store of statistical and financial information. Everything, moreover,_ is so arranged in the volume that the varied contents may be consulted with the greatest facility. Otherwise, to express it in th e a and a copious analytical index ment upon the title-page—there simple announce atlhleestwok difficulty is preciselyin the Jeso"tnuottest„hfeorremiss, Altogether the ethsmerof reference. way of was wanted in the railway world, and in many hundred direc tions, we doubt not, will in that world prove eminently acceptable. The great chess match. at Paris ''between Mr. Morphy and •M. Anderssen has been brought to a close by the American winning the two remaining games. At the termination, the score ran thus :—Mr. 3forphy had won seven games , M. Andersson one ; and two were draws. It may b e re membered that the winner of s e ven g a m e s was to be the victor. • SPANISH AMERICAN BONDHOLDERS.—The Com mittee of Spanish American bondhoeders have received the following letter : Committee of Spanish American Bond holders, 11, Austinfriars, London, Dec. 30, 1858.—Sir, in the City article of your journal of the 29th inst. an extract is given from a message from General Castro, Provisional Chiof of Venexuela, to the National Convention, in which •is stated The committee of Spanish American Bondholders have not considered themselves called upon to pe.bli ;h.' I beg to state to you, on behalf of the committee, that the reason why they have not published this document is that it he a never reached them. All the information affecting the foreign debt contained in the said. extract , together wit h additional matter, is however edinprised in the comnumica lion made by the committee to the newspapers on the 16th inst., of the contents of Mr . 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