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

.C7...._ _ _ -- - - ,41.16, ___ _ _ _ • • THE SUN, LONDC ....-................... dir - E. 3ION EY MARKET AND (;IT Y .N Ell' S. SIIA.R.E MARKET.-( THIS DAY.) ____ _ FOREIGN. ÷ 1,.,,,. Closing I Business + Share Railways. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. ' '''''" Price . I Done. rinibs, F•S•A" CITY, Two O ' CLOCK. y! &e. Closing Business F Knowril, An active demand for money is still experienced Share Railways. Paid. Price. Done. 10 Antwerp & Rotterdam all 41 51 20 Ardennes all - -- - 1) 'both in Lombard-street and at the Bank. Besides 12.10 Amber* Notting. Bost. 20 Bah.&S.Fran.;Lim.7p.c. 3 1 d 1P 3 ~, of knoWledge the and Eastern Junction 10 61 04 5 Belgian East. Junction -all 1 1} e- re of the commercial community in this uniu: -, , 50 Melfast and Ballymena.. all - - 20 Beziers to Graissessaa.. all - -- Fully Whir l are extensive, as usual at this period of the 13.14 Bir., Wol., and Sir. Val. all 75 81 5 'Carmeaux Mine & Rail. all 2 21 Tilaintallig Stock Birk., Lane., and Chesh. 20 Dutch Rhenish l5 3 3id .1 preceded it; Year, several heavy calls are being paid, and hence Junction , 100 66 65 6 Eastern of France 25 Blackburn - - p es them. Mr• the slight pressure now a pp arent . Many are o • for 25 Blyth and Tyne all 29 31 20 Great Central of France ' all - - and young, disposed to think that the inquiry will be Stock Bristol and Exeter A learn so me- Stock Caledonian - - sustained even after the engagements, which Stock Chester and Holyhead - - naa nn simple , er 50 Cork and BndonLierre and Turnhou... all - -, will arrive at maturity during the next fort- 20 are familiarlY Cork, Blk ro ck , &P assage all - - 20 Lombardo V ene ti an. .. . 8 34 4 i P night, are provided for, and the impending issue of 20 Cornwallall it 51 20 Lucca & Pistoja, 5 p.c.f. all - P lost suerfici al A rcves. no div. . 11 20 Lyons and Geneva .... all 24 25 Australian debentures, and the anticipated loan for to 105 pp:: AB untll6 p. c . per an. I iii --- __- class who are3.3l Maria Antonia all - - rant of leisure Russia, are referred to as operations likely toasbeen pd toB2O Do. do. New - - Dublin andßelfastJunc . h• all - - 20 Namur and Liege all 01 91 i little volatile exerc i se vxercise an important influence upon the general 25 Dun.,Perth,& Abr. Tur c. all 7 20 Do. do. 6p. c. Pref all 21. 22 and extent 01 Stoelr East Anglian lOO •1 . 17 16 Northern-of France.... all 39 101 course of financial affairs. The supply of capital Stock Eastern Counties lOO 63 64 64 } 20 Do. New Shares - - p nd condens e( '47 49 available in the open market has already beenS toc k Eastern Union A Stock 100 10 Norwegian Trunk Pref. all 81 91 subjoin a fey S tock Do. do. B Stock 100 31 33 20 Ottoman, gua. 6 per cent 7 3 1 4 much reduced, and yesterday the demand at the 25 Do.Nw.A.(lte.E.U3ds) 81 - - 20 Paris,Lyons, and Medit. all 3 5 ssi 25 East Kent all 12 14 20 Paris and Orleans ...... all 55 56 Rank was stimulated by the discount-brokers, who Stock East Lancashire lOO 96 97 LIGHT. ced 20 c Recife& S. Fran. (rem.) 1 9 id ip mto be comPc- were also among the applicants for accommodation. 20 East Suffolk all - - 1 nma. 7 so. ct. (Lim.) ... ) ' ing to the theory 10 Do - - 20 Rila and Dunaburg. - ... ; 4 - - -bratcs 1 ,, Letters from Liverpool report that the cotton Stock Edinburg and Glasgow 100 68 + 6 95 10 Rome and Frascati .... all - - , i ray vi tie Stock Edin.,Perth, & Dundee. 100 281 29 29 20 Royal Danish all - - 10 Furness Forth& Clyde Junction all - - I upon the 01) . market yesterday closed steadily, and 9,000 bales 5. Royal Swedish - - s question sil°‘ c ,'loo - --, 4 Do. 7 per cent. Pref. - - light must Ps! were sold, at previous quotations. On the Stock Stock Stock Glasgow & South Westn. la) 94 96 20 Sambre and Meuse all 7/ 8 ' 1,000,000,000 il': Rxehange rather more activity was apparent in 10 Great North of Scotian(' all 10 101 . 10 Do. 51 per cent. Pref. adulations in 81 railway shares, and prices tended upwards. Stock Great Northern lOO 1061 1071 107 20 Southern of France .... all 23 2.3 Stock Do. do. A Stock lOO 91 93 8/ West Flanders all 51 61 whilst the effec: Stock Do. do. B Stock lOO 133 135 10 Do. 51 p. c. Preference . all 9 0 'kin an inch, 3a , A further advance of kd. per oz. standard has Stock Gt. South.& Wstn.(lrekl; 100 1041 1054 20 W. & N.W. of France.. all 23. 24 ' time."--Ifi ° taken place in the silver market, the supply being Stock Great Western - - Stock Do.Str.Vl.Rail Gua.Stk lOO 55 57 20 Western of Switzerland all - - limited and the demand active. The exports during 12 Trish South Eastern all - - 6 Wiesbaden - - stO 50 Lancaster and Carlisle. 111 87 9 2 6 Do 8 per cent. Prof all - - magination IL, t , the next few weeks are expected to be larger than travels. Wu ° for some time past. 165 Do. Thirds - - 1613 4rDo. New Thirds l6 12 13 p . , ,' asks Sir Job! Stockl Lancashire & Yorkshire 100 98 100 99 1 3 ____ bat of the The principal topic of conversation in financial is Do. do. F £ l6 6 i p BR I T ISII POSSESSIONS. 1 one e 192° 9 Do. d o. £9 shares 7 d p els over ~a circles's' the formal announcement of the Australian 3 Do. West Riding Union 1 - - our of the 1 0 . 1 ";, Railway Loan. The total amount, authorised by 20 Do. Southport - - Shansi Railways. - ' raid. Closing Bij .‘ s s ii i i i rs Price. ,-/ • with our eY.ellu:'' J 11.6.3 London and Blackwell. all 5 4 61 finer occtieS in. tIV the Government of Victoria is £8 , 000 , 000 , and of 11.6.3 Do.Newiss.at £ slosp.sh. 41 - - 100 Atlantic &St Lawrence 1 all - d )all shot . ce; , t this large sum, Z 7,000,000 will be negotiated • Stock Lon.,Brighton &S.Coast 100 111 113 112 11 Leased at 6 per cent. its full spee° , l i , ~ in Stock London & North Westn 100 95 5 96 5 96 1 11 1 1 18 Bom.,Baroda&Centlnci 1 9 Yet light traCc /he London market. The present operation, how- 124 Do. Eigh th s Stock London& South-Westn lOO 94 5 9 5 5 95 5 1 gu. 5 percent 18 Do ~. all - - es. . ever, merely consists of a portion, viz., one million 25 L'derry & Coleraine ... all - - For 1842 for the 18 Do. Addit. Capital A 6 par Ip, or sterling, in 6 per cent. debentures, payable 25 L'derry & Enniskillen. all - - ~.. 18 Do. Do. B 41 par Ip' gues, w h i ch. n .,i, Stock Man., Shef., & Lincoln.. 100 39 394 "y 4 ined at the Po i ' half yearly, and secured on the Colonial re- 10 Metropetan 3 - - d 244 Buffalo and Lake Huron all 51 61 Liam Richards ° Stock Midland lOO 1035 1041 103 ,5 5 1 20,1 Do. New - 165 15 It d ,to venues. Tenders are invited for these securities, Stock Do. Birming. & D b 100 77 79 78 1 100 f Burale,Brant.&Godrich / 100 78 8 , , 82 from the silo f cr y. 1 6p. ct. bds. 1 Aug., 1872 1 Lain a velocitY °, and the adjudication is appointed to take place on 25 50 Mid. Gt. West.(lreland) all -- • - 100 Do. do. 1 July, 1873 100 75 78 Do. 1 Shares all - - Fie Astronoillicar the 7th pros. . The security being perfectly satin- 100 Newcastle and Carlisle all - - 10 4 Do. do. 1 June, 1874 100 73 76 25 New., Aber., Sr Herefd all 111 121 ,20 Clcutta.&S.Eastru.Ltic. 1. S. 0. 1 1 P factory, and interest offered equally favourable, it le Newry A, Arma•l. (def ), 9 I - 20 C. / A*, EliS tn. Prov.(Llm.) 2e. - - A. Ai' • . * 20 Newry, Warp..., & Ros all - - 20 Cape Town dr Dock Scrip 28. - - pm oceans is - ls expected that numerous applications will be sent '2O Untral Oude (Limited) 25. 6d. - - 100 65 67 • 1 rade °. Stock Norfolk 2O Ceylon Guaranteed 6p.c. 2 1 111) graphica t o to the committee of the Australian Banks, who 50 North. Counties Union 3l 34 3d' 171 Demerara - - [ the mass o f ta Stock North British lOO 61 611 61 } the Hiraalar'!' have undertaken the contract. A payment of 5 per Stock Nor.Dev.RaiL&Dk. Stk lOO - -- 20 Eastern Benge.git.s!).c. 5 1 SP lock East Indian, gu. sp. c.. 100 108.: 1094 109 Stock Do.A Stk.- Arec.no div. Wok miles, or 0 cent. on the amounts asked for must be paid before- 20 Do. C Shares all - - 1 eof rna.'nesiaT' until6p.c.hasbeenpdß 100 - - 20 Do. E Shares El._ 10 - --p 0 a ble Stock Do. B Stock - - „,„, i , 109,339-44 c ~,9 • hand, and the balance will have to b© subscribed Stock North-Eastn.-Berwick 100 14 15 ra - 1 I 20 Do. Jubbulpore 5 - - RI to be butl ou the Ist February, when the debentures may be ait 25 Do. do. G.N.E.Purchase 1613 4 1 5 d 4 100 D 0.41 p.c. Bds. •pay. a. all - - 20 G eelong& Mel.g na.s 7). c. all 17 18 i.dmitting, "-Stock D o. Leeds lOO 48 49} obtained. Unlike most financial projects of thisGeelong Corporation . G 1 100 - .)s, which is ra? r , e ,Stock Do.. York lOO 77 78 Sto. [ per cent. Bonds 1 lore than dou b le kind, the whole amount will be immediately secured, Stock North London lOO 101 103 Stock Grand Trunk of Canada 100 36 37 3 7 6 5 10 N. &S.Westn.,Hampstd 100 Do. 6 p.c. Deben.,pay.'7.9 all 76 78 ournal, No. 1 6 ' a instead of receiving it in instalments spread over a and City Junction £3 Is. -- , 100 Do. 6 per cent. Pref lOO 91 92 it two miles, 8 3 ', 20 North Staffordshire 171 4 1 4 a ars that therel' Period of several months. Although the sum 20 North-Western •• • • all 13 131 20 Gt.lndiaPenin.gua.sp.c. all - 211 21i ness of one ral now to be raised is only one million, it will 10 No. & Sou. W. Junction all 75 8 4 20 Do. New, gua.s per cent. 4 i P 20 Do. do .4 p' nit a transfer.' _de Stock Oxford, Wor.,& Wolver. 100 3 0 32 20 r Gt.S.of Ind.Lim.=-Scrip tend, with other periodical engagements, to Peebles all - - 1 2s. - - 10 4 6 1 10 4 8 1 d 1 84 re of half a 'n it ( guaranteed 5 per cent. • 20 Portsmouth astronomers vr. to stimulate the demand for money, and im- 20i Gt W. of Canada Shares all 164 165 lf} a length of t''" 10 Rhymney Stock Scottish Central lO - - 100 112 114 24 Do. New 100 1 Do. Bonds pay. '76,with 1 a l3 ll part increased fi rmness to the rates of discount. t Stock Scof h. N.E., Aber. Stock 1® 2 85 28 5 ( opt. till '6O al salt have 13° Speculation is rife with regard to the price at Stock Do. Scottish Mid. Stock 100 85 87 Stock Shropshire Union lOO 45 47 100 Do. do. '73 till '6O Which these new securities will be negotiated. 100 Do. do. '73 without opt 10 Sittingbourne & Sheer. all 4 2 d all 0506 107108 ARTH. 100 Do. 51 p. c. do. '77 do Stock South Devon lOO 37 38 374 20 Madras, guar., 41 p. c. all 181 19 sis reported to The views of those who intend to subscribe, how- Stock South-Eastern lOO 75 751 20 Do. do. • 5 per cent. all 205 20/ cllength of Vir e ' ever, will be more satisfactorily ascertained a few S tock South Wales _..th A2O South Yorks. '..'i R Iv. Dun all 20 Do. 45 p. c. Extersion.. 15 d 4 d universe wi'- days prior to the adjudication. At present the 20 Do. do 2O Do. Thn•d Ex. gua.s,p.c. 10 1 1) , vain boast; fc a ' the • 18 - 13 -15 20 Staines, Wok., & Wok all 9 11 20 Do. Fourth do. rrent along,- - , m prospective price ranges between 106 and 109. Lock Melb. Corp. 6 p.c..llonds 100 - - it were poasn 25 Stockton & Darlington. all 33 M Newßrunswick&Canda. A general court of proprietors of the Canada 25 Do. do. 1854 221 - - 20 / Ry.&Land(Lim.)g.6pc 10 2 11d arth, the trans' 25 Do. do. 1855 7 - Land Company was held to-day-Charles Franks, - Stockton & Hartlepool 161 - - class ACapitl.Share.. .. Do. do. Land d 0... .. MEGRATIL •,.., lisq., in the chair. The report gave a statement of Stock Taff Vale lOO - - 20 Do. do. B. Capital do. m 4 3 d Lphic ageocY• i d, transactions in Canada from Ist January to 3d Stock Do. Preference, No. 1 - - .. Do. do. Land d 0... " - zinc and Cl a 25 ThamesHavenDk&Rail 22 - - 20 ( Northof India Tramroad - 2s. ie Electric Telei December, 1858, as follows :-Land sold, 1,379 Stock Vale of Neath lOO 2 0 95 ( Limited, Scrip 12,000 milea.S, acres at an average price of 20s. 7d. per acre, Stock Waterford & Kilkenny 100 - - 50 Waterford & Limerick all - - 20 Oude (Limited) 20 Scinde 55. - - „...; 15 - 1 14p a hold the aci i , 20 West Cornwall rgo decoraPt t and land leased 11,312 at 445. ld. average per to W-end Lon. & Cry. Pal. all - - 20 Do. New V. Z 5 p 4 p months, so t he _ acre, together 12,691 acres. The land leased and 5 Do.A.-Arecv.nodiv.till 20 Do. Punjaub There are 8 15° , Converted into freeholds was 25,703 acres at 17s ! 5 D0 7 . p 8 .c. has been pd. to B all 3 3 all 01 20 Do. Indus. St. Flo. be,7 5 i 1 P 20 St. Andrews & Quebec A 18 - - acid ;it refiYir e e . • • ' ' 20 West London all - - 10 Trinidad(Limited) Scrip 1 par 1P he charge 1s 1. .; ' ' 4ll ld. that leased for five years, 2,981 acres. The 10 Do. Ist Class all I- - °nibs, of 9i lll ' 20 Do. 2d Class all - - teceipts for 1858 amounted to £37,530 currency. BRITISH MINES. It was stated by the Chairman that the directors , PREFERENCE SHARES. I paid. I Clos in g i B us ine ss ne. , 1 Closing Business ilmanacs. had sold the harbour of Goderich to the Buffalo Share Railways. Share Mines. Pat'' . Price. Done. l the adval r and Lake Huron Company for £13,000, which they 2.5 Blythe and Tyne IC per _-.--- ranee posses s ' "loped would be the means of -increasing the valuec. pref. (issued at £5O ) all 49 51 (Stk Bris. & Exet.4p.ct.Stock 100 96 18 - Alfred Consols (Philack) 2.11.10 7 4 81 20 pritish Iron y contain e!" of their surrounding land districts. The accounts 20 Do. do. do. Shares 9 - - - Condurrow (Camborne). 20 - - n works et P tack' Caledon £lO, 41 per cent 100 103 105 10 Devon G. Cons. (Tavist.) 1 45Q, 460 xc,o Were passed, and a.dividend for the half year of 12.10 ',Do. Quar. Shares, N 0.2 . 7.10 - - . -- East Bassett (Illogan). 30 170 180 o.e post,-010", 303 - per share was declared. . Stockrhester & Holyhd, 51 . 100 - - - Great South Tolgus.... 176 124 13 e dates °' Stock Do. do. sp. ct. - - - G.Wheal Alfd.(Phills.ck) 11.14.11 24 acessary . 1 °; Increased depression is apparent In ' the market 61 Cork & Bandon, 51 p. C all - - -G. Wheal Vor (Helston) 8.5 1 Ld a series eL for English Securities. Sales continue to be made st oc k6l Dun. Perth,& Aber.Jun all 6 64 E.Angii. Class A 7& spc 100 100 103 - Lady Bertha - North Frances (Illogan) 81 7 si ity are give ° by the speculators, who are influenced lby the in- StocklDo. do. Class B 6 pc.... 100 113 118 - North Wheal Cro ft y 7.9.4 4 'hts and MO - S t o ckiDo. tck do. Class C 7 pc .... 100 109 112 - N.Wh'l Basset (Illogan) iill. 71 81; creased demand for money, the augmented ex- sE. Coun. Ex. 5 pct. No.l 100 115 117 - Par Consols (St. Blaxy) 11 151 161, la The amoun t stock Do. do N 0.2 100 113 115 •-• Porkellis Unit. (Wend.) 9 - - i ed. is some - Portatian of specie, and announcement of the Stock Do. New 6 per ct . Stock 100 131 133 - Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. •6s 1 I,' of specific Victoria Railwa Loan. Consols sent] y have consequentl y gtocklEastern Union, 4 per ct. 100 84 86 Stock East Lane. 6 per ct lOO - - - SouthCaradon(St.Cleer) ,24 405 415 i - Sorth C. Brea( Illogan). . 2 21 3 ad very into" receded to about 96.1- t, and the market appears 5 E.& W. York. Jcn. fifths all - - -S. Wheal Fran. (Illogan) 18.18.9 230 240 arliamentS o'. 'very feeble. The New Three per Cents. and the Stock Edin &Gies. spc shares 100 - - Stock Edin:Perth,& Dun. 4 pc. 100 73 74 • 5 Tamar Silver and Lead Mining Co 44 1 11 ns since 1 11° are tockiFurness, 5 per cent .... 100 - - 10 Tin Croft 9 31 3i Reduced are heavy at 971- 1 •; Lon.. Annuities S time, will bec, Stock'Glas. &S West. ga. 5 pc. 100 113 115 - UnitedMires(Gwennap) 40 - - 18 3-16ths ; India Loan Debentures are steady at Stock Great Northern, sp. ct. 100 122 121 - Vale of Towey (Carm.) 12s 6d 1 5 outward err S Do. spc Redm.,lop.c.pm 100 112 114 99 1 i; and the Bonds 165. - twein. The March Ex- Stock Do. 4i p. c. do. do. - West Basset (Illogan) l/ 22 23 rd, and theloo 106 108 - • . Caradon (Ltske:rd) 26 130 140 old shining Chequer Bills are 365. prem. ;dune ditto, 395. prem., 100 Do.sp.c. Redm.,s pc. pm. 60 Cl 66 651 - Wheal Basset (Mogan) 5l 1 210 220 -10 Gt. Nh. of Scotld, Ist of. all 105 114 - Wheal Buller (Red uth) 5 120 140 Lilly enhanc e and Bank Stock is marked 2251. stock c Gt. Sn.& W (Ireland) 4 1 100 _ Wheal Edward (Cal s.) 54 2} 25 t p. ct pref. Stock ... ) - Whea' Kitty (U. Lelant) 1.7.2 8 9 almanaelcs Business in the Foreign Stock Market is quiet, 50 Great R est. (Berks and 6 • - - - Wh'l Mary Ann (Mt nlie) 8 45 47 [so excellent and prices in general show a slight dowriward Hants) Ext. 5 p.ct.... - - Wh'l Trelawney (Link.) 41 29 31 1 are am Stock Do. Redeemable, 41 p ct. 100 53 97 that the Pr e- tendency. Turkish 6 per Cents. are heavy at 94 Stock Do. Redeemable, 4p. ct. 100 86 es FOREIGN MINES to 92 ; ditto Scrip, Ist issue, 11 to 1 din. ; ditto, 2d Stocki Do. sp. et. Redeem. Pref. 100 09 101 101 20 ,Australian 7} 4 I issue 11 to Id' Chili= Loan is marked par to , , din. 8 Do. Birm. Pref. Shares all 91 101 1 10 Gt. West. Ches. 8 p.c.pf. 1 Bon AccordCopper,Lim. 100 par 1 p 35 Brazil. Imp. (is. at £5 p.) 27 1 2 59, Dean e 1 • 1 - prem.; Portuguese 3 per Cents. are steady at 481; shares 10 Do. do. 5 .. p. ct. pref all 10 10 1 5 Do. Land and Mining Co. all 1/ 2} Grenada D e ferred have receded to 51; Dutch 4 per St oc k D o Birming. guar. stock 100 72 .74 1 Clarendon Consols MiL- I manac. i t Cents. to 100 3 •an d Brazilian 4 1 7 per Cents. to 95 • •ing Co. of Jamaica ... j -- d and cooking 265 Do. Chester guar.shares all sIl 18 0 ; 1: i , 131 Do. do. do 4O Cobra Copper all 40 42 ditto, 1829 and 1839, have been dealt in at 102 ; 20 Do. do. do. : and poetrit Stock Lan. & York 6 p.c. stock ICO 143 145 1 DunMorn.Cop.Ming.o 3 all 1 Veneznelan 5 per Cents., however, are rather Stock Lon.&Brig.spc. gu. No.l 100 - - Iful or emus" 2 Fortuna ions will be firmer, viz., 441. Stock Do. pref., sp. c. ...No. 2 100 - Stock Do. New gua., 6p. ct... 100 - - 20 General 3 Linares all 20 2 all 7 81 8 The Duns' The- last week's railway receipts, ascertained up Stoek,Do. do. sp. c. No. 4 100 - - 5 Lusitanian Factored 11 to this day, are in round figures as under :- Stock Lon.& N.w.Cov.&Nun- 1 Mpriquita all 1 eaten, sp. ct. 1 Nerr Granada all } known City 1858. 1857. Stock Lon.&S. W, 7 p.ct. stock, 1 1 N.RhineCop.of S.Aus.L 10 1p 4 DU sekeeer s, Great Western 191 Londondy & Cole, 4 she all - - 20 Pontgibaud Silver, Lead p Mining and Smelt.... all 41 5 S and a CO" 'North-Western South-Western Bri g ht on 13,752 13,188 6 Do. £ 6 44 4 .fl , 28.2.85 United Mexican all 12121 , Midland South-Eastern - - Do. 4 per cent. .. ...... all - - COLONIAL GOVERNMENT. SECURITIES. , Great Northern - - Share Securities. ' Paid. C p le r s ice in s g . Business Lancashire and Yorkshire - - Bristol an d E xe t er - Ir. Barnun;', North-Eastern - Can.Gov.6p.c.Ja. & July 100 116 1164 : 1165 16 Chester and Holyhead - Do. 6 p.c.Fb.&Aug. 100 113 115 3,987 4,127 Stock Do. Leic. & Hit.pref. st. 100 96 97 - Do. op.e.Mr. & Sep. 100 113 115 1141 14 ey.making EASt Lancashire 5,710 . 4,004 Newport,Aber4c. pref.s 1 all g i. 9 1 ation about „Lancaster , and Carlisle p c. redeem, at sp. c. pm j `, Arledge, WO ",,lanthester, She ffi eld, and Lincoln - N.l D l. o Gyv. 6 6 p p . . c c... A J p a...r o u e l t y . 100 100 113 114 - N. S.W. Gov. sp. a Deb. 100 1011 1021 lie has often _uxford, 'Worcester, and Wolverhampton 4,616 4,143 option till 1866 all 111 115 - NovaScotiaGov.6 p.c. St. ting money West Hartlepool Deb. redeemable, 1875 100 113 114 dinburgh and Glaso-ow - S.Aus.Gt.6pc.Jandauly 100 112 114 frankness , . 5,373 4977 Stock Stock D DO o.. 5 54 p p. e. e E i x ,r t e ltoc du k . , l l B4 B4 7 6 1 1 00 00 - -___ - Vict•Gov.6p.c.Jan&July 100 111 113 Glasgow and South-Western self he 11° 5 Grand Trunk of Canada Stock stnek N D o o r . t i h va ß v r .l it r i a s l h .E , s x p .S e k rc l e S4 n 7 t 1 00 00 - - 10 one can Great Western of Canada 7,051 10,9 07 Stock Do. New, gua. 5 per cent 100 - - JOINT-STOCK BANKS. - Lombard o -V ene tian 7,977 7,0 01 StocklNth.Dev.ll ail. & Dsk.Co. 100 - - Closing Badness Share] Joint-Stock Banks. Paid. Price. Done. red on from The transactions in the Railway Share Market s st t o oc c k k T T) O , T - 1:: B a : t ivr i r i c r k e d , 4 . 4 p p . . c c . . Deb. 1 1 00 00 -- ,9 - 100 Lption, save to-day have been of a moderate character. Some of 17 Do. do. do. , 813.4. 4 die p 20 Do. Leeds, 6v. C. No. 1. 13 - - 100 A grakUnitedServiceßk 50 - - the crowd , the - principal lines, however', show a slight im- 121 Do. do. Quarters, 1816 . 9 - - 40 Australasia all - parts-one2s Po. York, H. &S. Parch . 10 4 d 1p 104 25 Bank of Egypt all 27 28 provement owing to the favourable character of 20 North Stafrordshiro .. . all • 235 241 the otherloo Bank of London 5O 1 - - ch is aSSO - the traffic returns. South Western, Edinburgh, Stock Ox. & Wol. 6pc. lst • g• 100 121 123 108 Stock Do. do. do., 2d gua. lOO 106 108 4O Brit. Col. Bk. & Loan Co. all , - - 50 British North American all - - first Par t Perth and Dundee, and Manchester, Sheffield, and Stock Do. 41 p.c. Db. stk.in perp 100 lei 103 20 Chtd. Bank of India, drc 10 ' 2 lid Stock Scottish Central, new pt all - - 60 621 631 63 100 City e which is Lincoln advanced ss. ; Great Western, North Scottish N.-Eastern deb 100 - - 100 Colonial - n, and also 20.11 Com. Bank of Canada all - - 'Western, and South Devon, 10s. ; and Chester Stock Do. 31 per c. pref. stock 100 - - Stock Do.Aberdeen.gua.6 pc. 100 - - Le relation s 100 Commercial of London. 20 , - - were ranch and Holyhead,lss. ; Eastern Counties, Lancashire Stock Do. 7p. c. pref. stock. leo - - 10s. South Devon. Ann. 108. all 104 11 20 Eng., Scot., & Aus. Ch. all 1 17 171 and Yor kshi re, Midland, and North British de- 10 Do. Fixed 44 per cent. all - - 20 Gen. Bk. of Switzerland all - - rZ but were 20 Loa.Char.Bk.ofAustraL all 1 215 221 : 1.0.6. South Eastern (Reading 50 London and County - • - 295 nes. elined 55., and Brighton £l. The Foreign lines Ann.. 1.0.6.) all 244 25 50 London Joint Stock .• . 10 - - 335 xeatise on I are at quite nominal rates. In the Colonial Market Stock Do .41 per cent lOO 103 105 100 London &Westminster. 20 .... - carers rose Grand Trunk of Canada have improved 10s. ;Great Stock s Do. Fixed 41 p.c. lst is stock Do. New do., 2d issue lOO - - 100 Nat. Prov. of England. 35 - - 20 Do. new lO - - tisfaetOrily Stock South Wales, gua. 4 p.c. 100 - - 'Western of Canada, ss. ; and East Indian, 10s. 50 National Bank 25 - - or Alfred Stock Do. 44 per cent lOO - - 20 New South Wales - - Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares 20 S.-Yorkshire, 4 p.c. gas. all 17 19 25 Orient. Bk. Corporation all - - etor of his2o Ottoman Bank all 211 215 with more show no material variation. London and County 25 1 Stockton and Dar. t 5 p.c. d all g 30 i 25 Do. 6 per cen - narvellblB have declined to 291, and Canada Land have im- stock Waterford & Kilkenny, Proved to 1141 115. 6 per cent. 25 South Australia - - all - - • was con' '25 Do. New - - iole world' BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. 25 Union of Australia 25 Do. New all - - 20 - - I this high Bank Stock - 50 Union of London lO - - rd 4 , h u nt' 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 974 4 7 Railways. Paid . Leasing I Closing Business 1 Co.'s. Price. Done. 100 Unity Mutual 55 • - 1--. The A9w 3 vier Cent. Annuities , • , Closing Business are Railways, Paid. Price. Done. 10 Antwerp & Rotterdam all 41 51 • 2O Ardennes all -1) 10 A mberg., Notting. Bost. 20 Bah.&S.Fran.;Lim.7p.e 3 1 d 1P 3 and Eastern Junction 10 61 61 5 Belgian East. Junction -all 1 11 i 0 Melfaat and Ballymena.. all 20 Beziers to Graissessaa all -- .14 Bir., Wol., and Btr. Val. all 71 81 5 Carmeaux Mine & Rail all 2 l d o4rl, Birk., Lane., and Chesh. 20 Dutch Rhenish l5 3 Junction - Valley 100 66 65 6 Eastern of F r a nce .... , all 2 7 2 7/ 15 Blackburn all 101 111 20 Euphrates .. 2s. P :5 Blyth and Tyne all 29 31 20 Great Central o f 'ranee ' all )ck Bristol and Exeter )ck Caledonian )ck Chester and Holyhead O Cork and Bandon all 20 Lierre and Turnhout... all —, O Cork, Blkrock,&Passage all 20 Lombardo Venetian.... 8 3 4 4 4 P O Cornwall all 4 1 5 } 20 Lucca & Pistoja, 5 p.c.pf. all EA raves. no div i all 20 Lyons and Geneva .... all 24 25 O Do. A until6p.c.per an 331 Maria Antonia all B a ll 20 Do. do. New O Dublin andßelfast June. all 20 Namur and Liege all 91 91 5 Dun.,Perth,& Abr. Turc. all 7 20 Do. do. 6p. c. Pref all 21. 22 ,c 1; East Anglian lOO •1 . 17 16 Northernef France .. _ all 39 401 Eck Eastern Counties lOO 63 64 61 1 20 Do. N ew Sh are s Eck Eastern Union A Stock 100 47 49 10 Norwegian Trunk Pref all 81 91 , ck Do. do. B Stock 100 31 33 20 Ottoman, gua. 6 per cent 7 3 1 d 5 Do.Nw.A.(lte.E.U3ds) 81 20 Paris,Lyons, and Medit. all 35 351 5 East Kent all 12 14 20 Paris and Orleans ...... all 55 56 ek East Lancashire lOO 96 97 20 f Recife& S. Fran. (rem.) / 9 id 4„ ) East Suffolk all t bus. 7p. et. (Lim.) ... ) 'a" ) Do - ck Edinburg and Glasgow 100 684 69 1 10 Rome and Frascati .... all , ck Edin.,Perth, A Dundee. 100 28 29 29 20 Royal Danish all ) Forth & Clyde Junction all 5 Royal Swedish ek Furness ck Glasgow Az South Westn 161) 94 96 20 Sambre and Meuse..... all n 8 ' 1 Great North of Scotian(' all 10 101 • 10 Do. 51 per cent. Pref. ... all 9} 9 ck Great Northern lOO 10 01 1074 107 20 Southern of France .... all 23 2.3 ck Do. do. A Stock lOO 21 93 8/ West Flanders all 51 61 ck Do. do. B Stock lOO 133 1 35 10 Do. 51 p. c. Preference . all 9 0 31c Gt. South.& Wstn.(lrekl; 100 104 1 10 54 2 0 W. & N.W. of France.. all 23. 24 ,1c Great Western :lc Do.Str.Vl.Rail Gua.Stk lOO 55 57 20 Western of Switzerland all Trish South Eastern all 6 Wiesbaden Lancaster and Carlisle. all 87 ?2 6 Do 8 per cent. Pref all } Do. Thirds , 4 rDo. 'New Thirds l6 12 13 p , ;k1 Lancashire & Yorkshire 100 9 8 100 99 1 1 ____ _____ __ _ ______ Do. do. F £l6 6 i p BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Do. do. £9 shares 7 d p Do. West Riding Union 1 Sharai Railways. IPaidl C E . la rree ia . Dean. Businass Do. Southport 3 London and Blackwall all 5 ; 6 i 3 Do.Newiss.at £slosp.sh 4l Do 1 Atlantic &St Lawrence 1 all k Lon.,Brighton &S.Coast 100 111 113 112 II k London & North Westn 100 95 ; 116 4 961 ;; i ; Leased at 6 per cent.. Bom.,Baroda&Cent.lnd 1 9 i Do. Eighths k London& South- Westn lOO 94 1 95 4 95 4 18 / p c . , 5 percent 18 .t. all L'derry & Coleraine ... all 18 Do. Addit. Capital A 6 par Ip, L'derry & Enniskillen. all ~,,a 18 Do. Do. B 41 par }p' k Man., Shef., & Lincoln.. 100 39 39 4 ''''l Metropetan 3 d 201 Buffalo and Lake Huron all 51 61 k Midland lOO 103/ 1041 103 1 1 1 20:, Do. New - 16: 15 14 d k Do. Birming. & Derby lOO 77 79 78 ; ~,, j Burale,Brant.&Godrich / 409 78 8 , , 82 ""'" t 6 p. ct.. bds. 1 Aug., 1872 $ Mid. Gt. West.(lreland) all —— • - 100 Do. do. 1 July, 1873 100 75 78 Do. 1 Shares all 10 4 Do. do. 1 June, 1874 100 73 76 Newcastle and Carlisle all ,20 Clcutta.&S.Eastrii.Liin. I._b. 0. 1 1 P New., Aber., & lterefd all 11 1 12 1 20 CapA, ERB tn. Prov.(Lim.)2s. Newry Ac Armegh (4ef.), 9I -- 20 Cape Town & Dock Scrip 2s. Pia Newry, Warp—, & Ros all '2O Untral Oude (Limited) 25. 6d. -- k Norfolk lOO 65 6 7 20 Ceylon Guaranteed 6p.c. 2 1 1 1P North. Counties Union 34 3 4 3 d' t North British lOO 61 61 1 61 1 171 Demerara 20 Eastern Benge.gu.sp.e 5 1 11) lc Nor.Dcv.Rail.&Dk. Stk. 100 -- lock East Indian, gu. sp. c lOO 108: 1094 109 c Do.A Stk.— Arec.no div. 20 Do. C Shares all - I until 6p.c.hasbeenpdß 100 20 Do. E Shares Er_ 10 —p k Do. B Stock k North-Eastn.—Berwick 100 94 4 / 5 ' lll 1 x do. G.N.E.Purchase 1613 4 1 4 d 4 100 Do.4i p.c. Bds. pay.'an all - D 0.20 G eelong& Mel.g na.s ”. c. all 17 18 k Do. Leeds lOO 48 491 It Do. York lOO 77 78 sto. f Geelong Corpora Cod G 1 100 -- k North London lOO 101 103 / per cent. Bonds ) Stock Grand Trunk of Canada 100 36 37 37 6 / N. &S.Westn.,Hampstd 100 Do. 6 p.c. Deben.,pay.'7B all 76 78 and City Junction.... £3 Is. , 100 Do. 6 per cent. Pref lOO 91 92 North Staffordshire .... a 174 4 4 4 2O Gt.lndiarenin.gua.sp.c. all - 211 21i North-Western No. & Sou. W. Junction all 7 4 8 1 ' 20 Do. do .4 p' t Oxford, Wor.,& Wolver. 100 3 ° 32 2 „, Gt.S.of Ind.Lim.=-Scrip / 2e. _ _ Peebles all '/ f guaranteed 5 per cent. • Portsmouth Rhymney lO 201 Do. New c Scottish Central lOO 112 114 j 100 Do. Bonds pay. '76,with 1 all 106 108 c Seol h. N. E., Aber. Stock 100 28 ; L 8; opt. till '6O c Do. Scottish Mid. Stock 100 85 °‘ 100 Do. do. '73 till '6O c Shropshire Union lOO 45 47 100 Do. do. "13 without opt. Sittingbourne & Sheer all 4 2 d all 110506 107108 100 Do. 51 p. C. do. '77 do .. all, 99 100 r South Devon lOO 37 38 374 20 Madras, guar., 44 p. c. all 184 19 c South-Eastern lOO 75 754 20 Do. do. 5 per cent. all 204 204 c South Wales SouthYorks.:::-Rlv.Dun all 13 15 20 Do. Third Ex. gua.s,p.c. 10 I p Do. do lB 20 Do. Fourth do. Staines, Wok., & Wek.. all 9 11 took Melb. Corp. 6 p. c. -Bonds 100 Stockton & Darlington. all 3 3 34 Newßrunswick&Canda. Do. do. 1854 2 2; 20 / It y .&Land(Lim.) g .6 p c 10 2 11d Do. do. 1855 7 Class ACapitl.Share.. Stockton & Hartlepool 161 Do. do. Land d 0... .. c Taff Vale lOO 20 Do. do. B. Capital do. ,„ 4 3 d c Do. Preference, No. 1 lOO .. Do. do. Land d 0... " ThamesHavenDk&Rail 22 ( Northof India Tramroad c Vale of Neath lOO 90 95 20 t Limited, Scrip 2s. c Waterford & Kilkenny 100 20 Oude (Limited) Waterford A Limerick all 20 Scinde ..4 15 - 1 11p West Cornwall W-end Lon. & Cry. Pal, all 20 Do. New r, 8 5 P i P g. Do.A.—Arecv.nodiv.till 20 Do. Punjaub 7 p.c. has been pd. to B all 3 4 20 Do. Indus. St. Flo beg' 5 I 1 P Do. B all 6 1 20 St. Andrews Az Quebec A 18 West London all Ist Class all 10 Trinidad(Limited) Scrip 1 par IP I Do.— Do. 2d Class all --7 --_ ..,......wrnrClT. MllrlkrtPe ,reatise on are at quite nominal rates. In the Colonial Market Stock Do Al per cent lOO los Ma 100 London &Nestminster. 20 -... Stock carers rose Grand T run k o f C an ada have improved 10s. ; Great s tock Do. New do., 2d issue. 1 00 - - - - isfactori l Y 20 Do. new lO - - Stock South Wales, gua. 4 p.c. 100 - - Western of Canada, ss. ; and East Indian, 10s. 50 National Bank 25 - - or Alfred Stock Do. 41 per cent lOO - - 20 New South Wales - - Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares 20 S.-Yorkshire, 4 p.c. gua. all 17 19 ctor of his 25 Orient. Lk. Corporation all with more show no material variation. London and County 251 Stockton and Dar. 5 p.c. all 29 ao 25 Do. 6 per cent al 33 34 20 Otteman Bank all 214 21/ ItarvellbU S - have declined to 29i, and Canada Land have im- Stock Waterford & Kilkenny, proved to 1141 115. 6 per cent. - 10 Do. New all - - . was COIL' 25 South Australia - - 1010 world , 25 Do. New - BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. 25 Union of Australia all LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. 25 Do. New 2O - - 1 this high Bank Stock - 5 O 5O Union of London lO - - rd ~ hula" . 3 ,Per Cent. Reduced Annuities 971 1 7 i Leasing I Closing Bushing 100 Unity Mutual 55 • Co. less. Th e L ong Annuities, expire sth Jan., 1860.... - I• , to tile Ditto 30 Years, expire sth April, 1885.. 18 3-16 Bedford and Bletchley all Ln & N.W - - MISCELLANEOUS. If no righ t India Stock - Buckinghamshire ... . 100 iLn & N.W 99 101 Ditto Debentures 9 91 1 1 Clydesdale Junction. 100 , Caledonia 104 106 P a id . Closing le "hum - Ditto Bonds, £I,OOO rho vend s C onsols for Account 9 64 1 E.Lincolnshire,g.ep.e. 100 Gt.Nortli. 143 145 E Union FlarwichShs. all E.Counts. 4 41 - )t scrupl e March June. Do. Woodbridge . 100 - 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint .. all 13 14 in g c usto• t rx it c t h o e m au o e o r Bills, 4000, 2d. & l',.d. . - I - Gis.Barr.&Neils,Dra 100 Caledonia - - 1000 Atlantic Tel. (Limited). all 250 280 36 I 39 Do. New lOO Do. - - 25 Australian Apiculture] 19 351 361 . Barnuin 10 Australian Royal Mail . all / 1 Ditto Small, ltd. - - nificatioll Hartlpool.Dck.&Rail. all Yk.N.kllr - - 10 Berlin Water Works ... all 24 31 , d "puff: " PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Hull and Selby - - Brazilian 5 per Cent. - Do. 4 Shares all Do. - 50 British American Land 40 - - net on hi s Ditto 1829 & 39, 5 per Cent . lO2 Do. 1 Shares all Do. - - 50 Brit. & Irian Mag. Tel.A. al l 40 42 excellent • Ditto 1858, 41 per Cent. 95 London&Greenwich - all 19 '2l et Was 3 Chilian, 6 per Cent. - Do. Preference 100 Canada Land 34 112 116 1141 15 So als ° Ditto 3 per Cent. Scrip Do. Barking Shares. all Do. A Grenada New Active, 24 per Cent. - Stock Cop:Min.ofEng.&Smltg all - - ¢ )peneu. Lowestoft, gua. 4p. et: 100 Norfolk .. - - Ditto Deferred at at o 481 Do. 6 per cent lOO Do. ..•. .. - - 5 Crystal Palace. Portuxueie, 185; 3 per Cent. Lants, de - Turkish 6 per Cent 92 li Midsb.& It ecicr, g.ep.e. all Stk.& Dar •- - 5 Do. Preference all 5 51 IS as e% " Ditto New Loan Scrip ll 1 d Mid.BradfordPrf. Stk. 100 Midland . 99 IG. pm 20 Eastern Steam S' Lock Electric Telegraph all 2 21 100 110 112 „ ig h the Ditto Account guaranteed 5 p. c. Do. Northn.&do.6 per cent....5.c 5. a a 5 1 1 . 1 1 0. 5 Eng. & Awl. Cop.St.Co. all I 11 .. - 10 Europ. & Ind.Junct.Tel. 10s. - east 11 05 . V"ezuelai 5 per Cent. 9 Europ.&Am.Stm.(Lim.) all 11 2 ii,; o in. .'" Ditto Account . t . s .. _ 5B l I_ 6o } , 20 Gl.lron ScrewCol.(Lim. all - - Dividends on the above payable in London. Do. Fixed 5 per cent. all Do. - - by so le I Dutch Exchange, 12 Guil. 24 per Cent - Preston and Wyre. 1 all L& NW 1 - ___ & L.Yk. ) 15 Gen. Steam Navigation. 14 - - 20 London Discount 5 1 / d o , as gen 4" 1 Ditto Certificates, 4 per Cent. Roy s i tn Shares h.,& Sh A ep 1 211 00 D a:North. 142 144 4 Lond.Gen. Omnibus Co. all 11 11 of the m TWO O'CLOCK. 10 Mediter. Electric Co . all - - iudiencet - - • 10 Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim.) all 6 7 Consols for Account Shrcwsbry& Hereford all T Brassey 91 9f 25 National Disnount C 0... 5 I f d ho hea rd • South Staffordshire all M'Clean . 101. 101- 10 Netherlands Land , 6 - - e told. Wear Valley, g. 6 p.c. all Stk.& Dar - - 10 Do do all 1 2 BRECONSHIRE ELECTION.-At Brecon, on Tues • Do. do. An or day, Major G. C. Morgan, son of Sir C. Morgan, of Wilts and Somerset lOO IGt. west. 93 95 100 N.Br.&NovaScotiaLand , 80 15 18 ma y be Tredegar-park, was returned without opposition for the Wimbledon& Croydn all L.&Brgtn i 8 9 1 N.B.Australasian (Lim.) all I 1 Late of ft county, in the place of the late Sir John Bailey, Bart. The - - --- 1 Oriental Gas 8 1 21 118 83 p 3 ar all ; 1 disettoS. hon. and gallant member was represented by his father, DOCKS. 1 Do. New Shares beim" . unable to attend himself from severe illness. The 5080 5 P pm :e n : . N R ke i w v ci e ri r e L n a t n al d s & te l% ana lin e . l a all xinun is Docks. Paid Clilsing Business gallant major, who distinguished himself in the cavalry Share hat e` , charge Price. sally 111 ' , charge at Balaklava, is a moderate Conservative. The Revue et Gazette des Theatres states that as Docks. ' lO 12 13 20 Red Sea & Ind. Telegr 6 I ip d bett er Commercial Stock lOO 50 R hymney Iron Mine. Ristori was last week about to leave Florence for - 15 Do. New all 7 8 sample s Stock Do4perCent.Pref. 3l in. 100 100 Royal Mail Steam Naples, with a company of performers, to fulfil an engage- Stock East and West India... 100 - 60 60 61 lfortable , l d 'lent of a month, she was told by the Neapolitan charge Stock London lOO - 1 Soot.Austrin.lnv.(Lim.) all 125 140 25 South Australian Land. all 38 40 100 - e n they i affaires that his government had interdicted her person- Stock St. Katharine Stock lSouthampton lOO - 1 Submarine Teleg. Scrip.. all ;1; 7 0 . how all y from entering the kingdom,. though her per f ormers, on • stock,Victoria d , en -landu:tg . and obtainin,7, regular authorisation from the 4 , )D o N ew lB id *pi 20 Tr..kl.n.Co.otUpr.Can. 5 - - 44a gt ollisht do so. 1 Viat Diemen § Land ..%, Jae .10 1a THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 30, 1858. LAW INTELLIGENCE.-( THIS DAY.) COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Conmissioner Evans.) IN RE J. POLDEN AND J. A. POLDEN. DR. LIVINGSTONE. 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, 18.56—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 (£l5O on realisation of stock) ; 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. Commissioner 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.-MACFAR LANE, JUN., V. RAIT 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 he 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 en 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 muck to .do as they could gat- 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, andiat five o'clock he was told to takehis coat and "stick," as his services could Ee 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 ease there had been a downright re fusal to do some work handed to him by the overseer. Mr. Inwood, 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 him, but instead 'of doing the corrections he 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.:lnwood, who said he expressly told the lad 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 defendantii it was insisted that a composi tor was bound to wait till the proofs came out. His Honour said, upon the evidence before him, he had a downright refusal to work, and he must find for defendants. Intelligence has been received from Dr. Living item up to the 4th of October. Writing on that late 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 ntering 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 six 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 • and 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 are going to build a fort and custom house at this or the Luallo.—With kind regards, &c. "D. LIVINGSTONE." A 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. PLYMOUTH, Dec. 29.—Wind N.N.W.--Sailed—lndus, for Callao. FALMOUTH, Dec. 29.—Wind N.N.W.—Arrived—Diana, from Matanzas. SWANSEA, Dec. 29.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Pomonce, from Newfoundland for Cork, with loss of bowsprit and foretopmast. (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. _ _ _ LtvEnrooL, Thursday Morning. Wind S.S.W. 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. Wind N., moderate. Passed—Dominica, from Odessa, for London. EXTRAORDINARY ADMINISTRATION OF THE GAME LAWS AT GAINSEOROUGH.—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 Mach 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. 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 following him, as a matter of course, to ascertain the cause, found the unfortunate man on his back, in the road oppo site the tavern, in the agonies of death. Mr. Davis, sur geon, Great Hampton-street, was immediately sent fo'r, 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 Buffo- , cation. The jury, under the coroner's direction, in this state of facts, returned a verdict of "Accidental death from suffocation."—Biintingliam 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 plate 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 Gerson who had watched his 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 cireumtsances. 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 much 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 following morning (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 lefthis 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 mortent 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 apolex, 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, m £2O shares, of which only £BOO,OOO will be issued in the first instance. Deposits, not exceeding in the aggregrate one-half the capital, may be re ceived at interest. The company are to discount home and foreign bills, to make advances on warrants and goods, to grant limited loans on Government securities for 90 days and on mortgages for six months, to collect 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 tho 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 loans 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.—Times. 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 clipicmatique 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 driver, 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. Beard was obliged to declare, amid roars of laughter, that he might; be a good cab-driver but he was a bad witness. A verdict was given for the plaintiff with costs. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS I) 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 months 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 LODGERS. —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 wont for a constable, and on her return found they had locked the door and refused her admittance. The female threatened she would do for her. They broke 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 bound over in the sum of £2O to keep the peace. THAMES. ROBBING A CAPTAIN IN A BROTHEL.—Sarah Johnson and Elizabeth Daly, women of the town and the most low and infamous of their class, were brought before Mr. Yardley charged with stealing 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 _ _ _ Air. Yardley begged of him to speak up and make him solf understood. He (Mr. Yardley) did not well under stand the English spoken north of the Tweed and upon the Tyne, and he wished the witness to be as distinct as possible. _ _ It appeared that the prosecutor_ met the woman, " Miss Johnson," as he termed one of the prisoners, and went borne with her to an infamous house, No. 5, Philip-street, close to the Shadwell railway station, and he was soon re lieved of his pocket-book and his pur se , con t a i n i ng £9 10 s . in gold, by , " Miss Johnson," and she handed both to the prisoner Daly, who went down stairs with them. The other prisoner soon followed, and left the captain alone. As soon as he had dressed himself 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 heard Johnson say, I have got all his money, on which Daly said, it serves the - right. On hearing from the captain that he had been robbed, he went after the prisoners, and found them at two o'clock this morning drinking gin at the Bedford Arms public-house, Bedford-street, Stepney. He took them into custody and then went to the room in which the robbery was committed, and found the captain's pocket-book and purse, but no money The prisoners both protested their innocence. Mr. Yardley—l suppose there is not the least chance o obtaining this foolish man's money ? , Marsh—Not any, sir. Mr. Yardley ordered the depositions to be taken, and, as the prisoners refused to plead, committed them for trial at the sessions. SUICIDE FROM LONDON-BRIDGE. —Yesterday morning, at au early hour, a well-dressed elderly man com mitted self-destruction by- throwing himself from the pa rapet of one of the recesses of London-bridge. It appears the unfortunate man was observed to be loitering on the bridge, when he suddenly rushed into 0, recess before the police could come up with him, mounted tho parapet, and jumped into the centre of the river. An alarm was raised, when boats and the drags of the Royal Society were put into requisition, but the body had not been found up to last evening. Ho is described to be about 5 feet 7 inches in height, hair inclined to be grey, and dressed in a black frock coat, trousers, and waistcoat. MR. MONCRIEFF, M.P., ON PARLIA MENTARY REFORM. In accordance with the request of his constituents Mr. 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 of reform exertions had been made, and measures introduced by those whom I have been accustomed to follow on such questions, and that they in truth were entitled to take the head of the question of reform. I felt that as regards Scotland, considering the measure introduced under Lord John Russell's Government, and of which I was the hand, that wo 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 sav we had any great encouragement to persevere in that proposition ; and, in particular, I do not remember that when _ -- - _ . ,rd Jolin 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 determined, 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 county franchise—occupancy franchise to £lO a year, and occupancy in burghs to £6, of rating fran chise, in England ; and lie 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'fornierene had done. (Hear, hear, and some hisses.) I also had been instructed to draw a Reform Bill for Scotland. I am not at liberty, as it never was kid 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 for 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, azd 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 by 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 are 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. I'll 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 I am only sorry that there arc 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 hero, 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 iu 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 comity 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 many advantages that the English fain would have, and I have i doubt will soon adopt. (Ch eers. ) A nd 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 its, Us matter is the greatest blunder any party could commit. (Hisses and some applause.) The question is a household suffra ge — a t a ll events suffrag e depend ing on the occupation of tenements within the burgh. Well, then, let us fix where the line is to ba 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 18.32 we proposed ayeduction 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 applause.) Gentlemen, I . have thought it necessary to say these few words—to make these few ex planatory 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 "intelligence and independence also, is peculiarly .well fitted to wield it—cheers)—l say the class—the upper class of our working people—(renewed 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 mean merely to say in education and intelligence, but in a steady and steadfast view of publieaffairs. 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 not,--by an voluted effort among themselves. they will restore to Scotland its old. reputation—restore to Scotland the position whiclt it held in the eyes of Europe, as not only a nation intolerant of tyiafiny_ and prbud 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 thathe 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, that it would 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 previon9 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 receipt.s. This-arrange ment followed the abandonment of the projected Fareham awl Portsmouth Railway some years since, when by an agreement between the two companies which received the sanction of the legislature, the South-Alrestern 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 sin gle line of railway from Godalming 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 corn mittecs 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 must be arrived at by the 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 Companycalled upon their directors to lease the direct Portsmouth line 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 subject. As a matter 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 werk 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 passage 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 Direct 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 empl o y es of his company. The first step taken was to relay the point rail, but not being able to effect a passage forcible ono to the main line by this me ans , they n forcible possession of the engine placed upon the up-crossine-, and ran it into a The Brighton and South Coast adherents had Scott t his mus teredtlimeh. train strongly, aerosst h dey hbaedfo lifted t A ed lr. _main line, and thus prevented another oss ih ra i on f the going on to Portsmouth. Mr. Scott kept h y is train across na,i b y oth lines of the Brighton and South Coast . for two or three hours, during which time all traffic up and down was stopped ; but at length, 'finding that all his efforts to get forward were vain, he retired in order, and retraced his journey to Godalming. circumstances considered it is tlwild get is very • fortunate no more serious consequences oc curred than the delay of the up and down pasen gers on the Brighton and South Coast Railway ; for both parties were determined, and their united forces on the spot (fortunately not called into action) are said to have amounted to More 500 men. 'The Brighton Company are 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 Cbmpany advertise a reduction of fares between London and Portsmouth and Brighton, with other advantages.