The Sun. — London, England, 1858-11-16 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET A ND (JTY NEWS. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. [IA very limited business has been transacted in the Foreign and Colonial Produce Alarkets during the past few days. Prices, however, of most of the principal staples have been well maintained, as holders have not pressed sales. The continued prevalence of easterly winds has prevented the arrival of large quantities of produce, and the deliveries have been on a rather limited scale in consequence. Tea, at public sale, has realised full rates for the better descriptions, but scented qualities were slightly in favour of buyers. The transactions in sugar have been exceedingly small, and only for the immediate requirements of the trade for home con sumption. In the Refined Market, however, a fair business has been transacted, and at full values. Coffee, rice, and rum have been dealt in to a mode rate extent, at former rates ; and in new fruit the transactions have been rather active, more particu larly for the finer qualities of currants and Valencia raisins. Figs of the better qualities are scarce, and have obtained high rates. Saltpetre has met a steady demand, at about former quotations, and tallow has shown a slight improvement. The public sales of foreign and colonial wool continue to proceed with much animation, and the better descriptions fully maintain the rates esta blished at the commencement of the series. In the Liverpool Cotton-market yesterday, rather more animation was apparent, and previous rates were fully maintained. The sales amounted to 10,000 bales. In the Railway Share market a very limited business was transacted at former values. lJThe gold by the Lincolnshire has been delivered; a part has been taken for the continent, and it is expected that the remainder will be similarly ap propriated. The demand for money in the discount market continues steady, and the rates remain without the slightest change of importance. An extensive absorption is going on for railway and other pur poses. cans to the - amount of £65,000 are announced for East Indian lines alone during the month, but there is some satisfaction in knowing that a large proportion of these withdrawals, un like the proceeds of foreign loans, is expended in this country in the manufacture of rails, and other materiel. Some of the East Indian railway shares have slightly improved, but they still remain at prices quite disproportionate to the rate of :interest they yield, viz., 5 per cent. per annum. The immense supply, with which the market is flooded, is the only explanation that can be afforded, and it will probably require the lapse of many months before the public will absorb a sufficient quantity for in vestment, to float th ese secur iti es at a premium commensurate with their merit and advantages. It is stated that an agreement has been entered into between the London and North-Western and the North Staffordshire Railway Companies, which, A is expected, will result in an amicable adjust ment of their differences. Arrangements are reported to have been made by the Midland Company for leasing the " Little" North Western at 31 per cent. per annum. The market for Public Securities is very dull, and a decline of 1 per cent. has taken place, owin g to a few speculative sales. There is very little business in progress in any of the markets, and the changes are merely fractional. Consols are 971- to 98 for money, and 98 to 98.1 for account. The New Threes are marked 964 -,7 4 - and the Re duced 961 ; Long Annuities, 1 3-16 ; India Loan Debentures (2d issue), 991 a ; do. Bonds, 13s. to 14s. prem. ; Exchequer Bills, March, 335. to 365. prem. ; June ditto, 28s. to 31s. prem. ; and the Bonds ditto have been dealt in at 100,4. Business in the Foreign Stock Market is active, and prices are rather firmer, with the exception of Turkish, which are fiat, the 6 per Cents. being 92 g ; ditto 4 per Cents , 105 ; the Scrip, Ist issue, is 1 4 dis. ; ditto, 2d issue, w -7 0 being depressed. Spanish 3 per Cents. are 471 2 ; ditto Deferred, 31 ; ditto Passive, 101 ; Peruvian Uribarren, 861 ; ditto Dol lar Bonds, 821; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 471 1 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 1131 4 ; ditto 41 per Cents., 103 4‘1 ; Sardinian 5 per Cents., 941 1 ; Brazilian 5 per Cents., 1034 ; Buenos Ayres 6 per Cents., 85; and Dutch 21 per Cents., 661. In the Railway Share Market the dealings have been rather limited, and •in the few transactions reported prices have varied to the extent of about ti to 1 per cent. South-Westerns and North- Eastern (York), have improved ss. ; Bristol and Exeter, 10s.; and Chester and Holyhead, 15s. ; Great Westerns, North-Westerns, and Midlands, h ave declined ss. ; and Caledonian and G rea t Northern, 10s. In the Foreign lines scarcely a ny_ business has been done. Pe r n am b uco , "Weyer, has declined about ss. The Colo nial undertakings are moderately active, and at slightly improved quotations. East Indian have advanced 10s. ; Great Indian Peninsula, ss. ; Gr and Trunk of Canada and Great Western of Canada are also at slightly improved rates. Joint -Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are clepresssed. Oriental Bank have receded ss. London and Westminster improved ss. ; and Gene ral Steam Navigation have declined 10s. ITISII FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. 3 3 P e r Cent. Reduced Annuities . 961 1 I i sz Per Cent. Consols Annuities ilw 3 Per Cent. Annuities — " n g Annuities, expire sth Jan., 1860 1 3-16 t h Dittoibit.. t o B to DebenturesAi s s z u l e ooo — . 13 991 1 4 C onsols for Account 9Bl 8 March I; *xehequer Bills Ditto £5 ' £l,OOO, lrt °°, • sacl- Small, 1Id. hequer Bonds, 1859, 3} per Cent .... 1001 p, PR ICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. -,razilian, 5 per Cent t Ditto 1858, 41 per Cent. 971 l ' el los Ayres, 6 per Cent. • Ditto A.ccount Chan, 6 per Cent. Ditto 3 per C en t. 7B P eruvian, 41 per Ditto (Uribarren), 41 per Cent. P ortuguese, 1853, 3 per Cent Ditto Account Russian, 1822, £ St., 6 per Cent ll3 Ditto Account Ditto 41 per Cent Sardinian, 5 pe r C en t. 94i 1 Spanish 3 per Cent. 47 Ditto Account Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent — Ditto Account Ditto Passive Turkish, 6.per Cent. Ditto Account Ditto New Loan Scrip — Ditto 2d Issue Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. Dividends on the above payable in London. 13P1 —gian, 41 per Cent., En. 25f lOO rneh. Exchange, 12 Guil. 21 per Cent 661 -ceruvian. Dollar Bonds, 41 per Ct. Ex. 4s B2 June. 31 28 TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, Money Ditto Account Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston have left Z roadlands for Paris, to join the circle about to assemble at Theinvitation of the E mperor Napoleon at Compeigne. he Earl and Countess of Clarendon are among the dis tinguished personages invited by the Emperor and Empress to bartake of the Imperial hospitalities at Compiegne. The Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, h av i ng rece i ve d hert Majesty's approval, has conferred th e h onour o f knight -490d on Henry John Browniigg, C. 8., Inspector-General of the Irish constabulary. ;His Excellency . the Ambassador of F rance an d he Duch ess o f Malakoff were to come to town y es t er d ay 'rem visiting the Duke and Duchess of Manchester at Kim bolton Castle. It is not expected that any further specie remit ta'lces will for the p re sent be made to Constantinople on ac "lint of th e T ur ki s h loan. toS,ir E. B. Lytton was yesterday re-elected to the Rectorship of Glaso . ow 'University. This is t . he m on ar ly opof_ on w c a h n Eng' lishman has received this k b i l_ B. „ Peet. The opponents were Lord Shaftesbury and Mr. 3,lVlorrt.. Thomas Congdon has been appointed sur- Lloyd's Bristol and Forei Shipping at Bristol, Nike Lieutenant James Wood, R.N.N, deceased ; and Mr. S: l „j a , r ein Mertill has been promoted from Sunderland to be —ll ' l Surveyor. at'Greenock, vice Mr. Congdon promoted. ibaqNVILivEN, Nov. ls.—The Dover and Ostend la n d steamer Ruby put in here to-day at 3 p.m., and Lo h n l7 17 Passengers, mails, and baggage, which left for p.m. - t 4 llt a -4' o , • m OF THE SYDNEY "EMPIRE."—The ii"Pire newspaper has ceased to exist, and Mr. Parkes re ulailmees his j o u rna l an d hi s seat in the Assembly t o go k i., l e Insolvency Court with a debt—contracted in five tired piears--of £6O 000. The plant of the paper is adver hcive_r.r sale in the Sydney Morning Herald, but under this rtisement of the "trustees" is another from the official ev 4 e ;? ll ee, declaring that the trustees have no control what- The r e , the_p_roperty, and that their offer of sale is illegal. Asp e :licieY Morning Herald is now the only daily news ' Pub ?1 in New South Wales. , author Smith of this y which ch ever Lal some by most nself is I stamp reverin pression painful life led nd not le ; and way to avating use, his )leasing father's suitable aething pssessed T train , might ere was mid not rich no appears ndering rns, and ardent .erefore, ye left isacting ) attend ild have g fond in his t which sensible , In the descrip my pre ; works, a Holt, e agony faithful listress, of her but, as owning ,VC sus- rimage. argaret 'or they ;tors to angs of led dig [me and x is an prig ht in Mar ostering iad not lly, and :xample Lualities s to the KC; table er from Aiation to her :es she ley is a spirited sayings de, and re tone. !resting here is )f style, shining e same wonted day by ived in rd the ieve, at Id take ise dis ip, she, (ing of turn at rich he royal every- Lich the .ot into 'or in n Mel- great ire, yes rms of hurri ant of conse it fre nt was Lgerous some of r were during ral and were =urns police umber- on his SHARE 211.-IRKET.-( THIS DAY.) Share) Railways. 12.10 Amberg.., Notting - . Bost and Eastern Junction' Belfast an z 1 Ballymena Bir., Wol., and Atr. Val Birk., Lane., and Chesil Junction Blackburn !Myth and Tyne Bristol and Exeter ,Caledonian (Chester and Holyhead' Cm-k and Bancloa Cork, Blkrock,&Passage Cornwall 13.14 Stook Stock) Stock) Stock' Do. A (A. rcves• no div. Do B until6p.c.per an. • ( hasbeen pd.toß. Dublin an d Belfast Junc. Dun.,Perth,& Abr.Junc 1 East Anglian Eastern Counties Eastern Un'cri. A Stock Do. do. B Stock Do.Nvr.A.(lte.E.U3ds) East Kent East Lancashire East Suffolk Do Edinburg and Glasgow Edin.,Perth, & Dundee Forth & Clyde Junction , Furness Glasgow & South Westn Great North of Scotland Great Northern Do. do. A Stock Do. do. B Stock Gt. South.& Wstn.(lre'Al) Great Western jDo.Str.Vl.Rail Gua.Stk Irish South Eastern iLancaster and Carlisle Do. Thirds Do. New Thirds Lancashire & Yorkshire j Do. do. F £l6 Do. do. £9 shares Do. West Riding Union Do. Southport London and Blackwall Do.Newias.at £slosp.sh Lon.,BriTliton &S.Coast London & North Westn. Do. Eighths London& South-Westn L'derry & Coleraine L'derry & Enniskillen Man., She, & Lincoln Metropolitan Midland Do. Birming. & Derby. Mid. Gt. Welt. (Ireland) Do. Shares Newcastle and Carlisle New., Aber., & Herefd Newry & Armagh (def.) Newry, Warpt., & Ros Norfolk North. Counties Union North British., Nor.Dev.Rail.&Dk. Stk Do.A Stk.— Arec.no div until 6p.c.hasbeenpdß Do. B Stock North-Eastn.—Betw!ck Do. do. G.N.E.Purchase Do. Leeds Do. York • North London N. &S. Westn., Hampstd and City Junction North Staffordshire North- Western No. & Sou. W. Junction Oxford, Wor.,& Wolver Peebles Portsmouth Rhymney Scottish Central South. N.E., Aber. Stock Do. Scottish Mid. Stock Shropshire Union Sittin;rbourne & Sheer South Devon South-Eastern South Wales South Yorks &Riv. Dun Do. do Staines, Wok., & Wek Stockton & Darlington Do. do. 1854 Do. do. 1&.55 Stockton & Hartlepool Taff Vale Do. Preference, No. 1 ThamesHavenDk&Rail Vale of Neath ,Waterford & Kilkenny Waterford & Limerick IWest Cornwall W-end Lon. & Cry. Ps Do.A.—Arecv.nodiv.till 7 p.c. has been pd. to B Do. B West London • Do. Ist Class.... Do. 2d Class .. Stock Stock , Stock Stock Stock Stock' Stock Stock Stock, Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 161 1613 4 Stock, 11.6.3 11.6.3 Stock Stock 124 Stock, hock Stock Stock Stock; Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 25 Stock Stock Stock Stock Sto ck. Stock' Stock Stock' 10 Stock ! Stock'Stock! Stock Stock , 2.5 Stock Stock PREFERS: e 3 l 7 all all all 100 100 100 all all all 221 7 161 100 100 100 100 all all all 14 il l 93 94 Share Railways. Stock Stock Stock, Stock,' Stock 6.34 64i 261 27; CE SHARES. Paid./ Closing Price. Elvthe and Tyne it per C. pref. (issued at 250) Eris. & Exet.4p.ct.Stock do. do. Shares Caledon RlO. 41 per cent Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. Chester & Holyhd, si pc 'Do. do. 5 p. et. Cork & Bandon, si p. c. Dun. Pert h,& Aber.Juu. :E.Angn. Class A 7 & spc ;Do. do. Class B 6 pc.... IDo. do. Clare C 7 cc.... E. Coun. Ex. 5 p ct. No.l Do. do N 0.2 Do. New 6 per et. Stock ;Eastern Union. 4 per ct. :East Lane. 6 per ct E.& W. York. Jen. fifths, lEdin.&Glas. 5 pc shares; iEdin.Perth,& Dun. 4 pc. I Furness, 5 per cent Glas. &S Wcst.'; r• 5Pc :Great Northern. 5 p. ct 5 pc Ledm.,lQp.c.pm 'Do. 41 p. c. do. do. Do.sp.c. redm.,s pc. pm Gt. Nh. of Scotld Ist n (Gt. Sn.& w (Irelana)4 p. ct. pref. Stock Great West. (Bcrks am Hants) Ext. 5 p.ct Do. Redeemable, 4 pct I I Do. Redeemable, 4 p. ct 'Do. Irredeemable, do Do. sp. ct. Redeem. Pref Do. firm. Pref. Shares Gt. West. Ches. 8 p.c.pf shares Do do. 5 p. ct. pref Do Birming. guar. stock , Do. Chester guar. shares iDo. do. do Do. do. do. 113 117 109 113 114 116 112 114 128 130 82 84 Stock ; 71i 721 all 1100 26 131 20 ! Stock! Stock! Stock! Stock Stock Stock Stock 109 111 120 122 112 113 101 106 65 67 11} 11.1 12, Stocki 6 Stock Lan. & York 6 p.c. stocki Lon.&Brig . .spc. gu. No.l IDo. pref., 5 p. c. ...No. 2 I Do. New gun., 6 p. ct Do. do. 5 p. c . No. Lon.& N. W.Cov.&Nun eaton, 5 p. ct. Lon.&S. W, 7 p.ct. stock, late :3KI share? Londonev & Cole, shs Londondy.& Ennis sh 31an.,Sh., & Lin., 6 p. ct Do. £6 Stock', !Stock, Stock, 6 Stock 10 11 Do. allym• cent. Maryport & Car., 4 p.c Do. 4 per cent... Do. Mid. Con. 6 p. c. Stock . Do.Con.Bris.&Bir.6p.ct. Do. 41 p. c. pref. stock Do. with option till 1860 Do. Leic. & Hit.pref. st. Newport Aber,&c. pref.s p. c. redeem, at 5 p. c. pm Do. Perpet, 6 p. c. with option till 1866 Norfolk Deb. 4 p.c. shares 'Do. sp. Ext.Stock,lB46 Do. 54 p. c. Pref. do. 1847 Do. vi'ay.Val.Ex.Sk 1847 North British. 5 per cent Do. New, glut. 5 per cent N-East. irred. 4 p.c. Deb. Do. Berwick, 4 p. c. Pref. Do. do. do. 'Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Do. Leeds, 6 p. e. No. 1. Do. do. Ouarters,lB46 . . Do. Yor::, H. & S. Purch. North StaCorthhire Ox. %Tr. & 6pe. lst,g Do. do. do.. 2d g - ua Do. 44p.c. Db.stkinperp Scottish Central, new pt Scottish N.-Eastern deb Do. 3! per C7pref: stock Do.Aberdeen.gua.6pc. Do. 7 p. c. pref. stock. South Devon. Ann. 108. Do. Fixed 4; percent. South Eastern (Reading Ann.. 1.0.6.) Do .41 per cent Do. Fixed 4; p.c. Ist is, Do. New do., 2d Issue. South Wales, gua. 4 p.c. Do. 4; per cent S.-Yorkshire: 4 p.c. gun Stockton r,nd Dar. 5 p.c Do. 6 per cent Waterrord & Kilkenny,' 6 per cent. 100 100 100 100 all 95 97 85 E 7 87 89 ES 100 91 10i 16 17 91 10; 72 74 18 19 9 9; 13; 14 141 143 all all 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 3.13.4. Stock Stock' Stock, Stock Stock, 20 25 25 $ ' Stock ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. 8 61 7} 7t 66 68 14 11i 31 33 92 94 84! 85i 35 37 41 5 7 8 16 17 62 63 44 46 29 31 6ii 90 92 10.! 106 107 91 93 130 132 1931 104 i s +l 55 55 57 1061 91 i 54 1 i 6 931 35 t i 971 Business Done. Paid l Closing Business • Price. Done. 84 88 11 12 p 11 12 p 95* 95 1 Old I d 51 6j [ll 112 9 1 3 (1' 93 94 35 36 97f 981 69 71 10 11 63 65 3f 3d 55i 661 1 93 934 1 i 46} 47} 76 764 101 103 4} 41d 11 12 7i SI 27 210 7 6di 110 112 27 28 82 84 43 44 4 2d 351 36 741 75} 75 77 12 14 9 11 33 34 92 91 3 3i g 6 49 51 96 98 1102 lot 5f 61 119 121 Ilea 16.5 120 122 68 72 - 1141 143 1102 104 1 95 9,1' 1 9i 91 1 11 111 9 10 Dios no 99 100 i die p d in 23 24 120 122 99 101 lot 102 24} 242 102 104 102 104 284 29 324 334 40 43 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Railways. Paid. r a l , l :g . tCgit.g Bedford and Bletehley Buckinghamshire .... Clydesdale Junction.. Colchester, Stour Val. 1 E. Lincoln shire,g.6p.c.l E Union,HarwichSha. Do. Woodbridge ... Gls.Barr.kNeils,Drct. Ln dr N.W iLn& N.W Caledonin E.U.&E C Gt. North. E.Counts. 99 100 103 105 17 19 141 143 4 411 Do. New Gloster& Dean Forest Hartlpool.Dck. &R all Hull and Selby Do. 4 Shares Do. 1 Shares London&Greenwich Do. Preference Caledoniu Do. Gt. West Yk.N.Altr Yk.N.Md. Do. Do. S. East Do. Peto &Co Do. Norfolk Do. LN w&M Stk.& Dar Midland . E.Counts. Do. Lon., T ilby.&Soutend. Do. Barking Shares Lowestoft, gua. 4p. et Do. 6 per cent Manc.,Buxtn. & Matk Mi d sh. & Redcr, g.6p.c M id.BradrordPrf. Stk Newmarkt.,BuryEx guaranteed 5 p. c. Northn.& Eastn. 5 p.c. Do. do. 6 per cent Do. Fixed 5 per cent Preston and Wyre. Do. 4 Shares A . Roystn,Uitch.,& Shep Shf. Roth. &G 01. g.sp.c. Shrewsbry& Hereford South Staffordshire .. Wear Valley, g. 6 p. c. Do. do. Wilts and Somerset.. Wimbledon& Croydn. Imt N W L.Yk. Dn. Gt. North. Lati.& Yk T Brassey , Welean Stk.dz Dar Do. ...... Gt. West L.4kßrgta DOCKST Share Docks. Stock commercial SI ock Do 4 per Cent . Pref. Min Stock Fast and West India Stock London.... Stock St. Katharine Stock Southampton Stock Victoria 20 Do New Paid Closing Zueineas Price. Docks. 101 103 id *P 110 112 65 677 1174122 92 95 242 U 8 100 I Jr 57 59 1141 143 - --.. 10 1 ! 14991 92 93 8 9 100 6134 THE SUN, LONDON, TUE►.SDAY EVENING, NO VEMBER 16, 1858. LA TV INTI:TZLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.) Railways. Paid. Closing I Business Price. Done. ROLLS' COURT. (Before the M. aster of the Rolls, Sir J. Romilly.) JUDGMENT.- lIAWKS'NVORTII V. lIA.WKSWORTIC Antwerp dc Rotterdam Ardennes Si 51 Bah.&S.Fran.,Lim.7p.c., Belgian East. Junction, Beziers to Graissessac Carmeaux Mine & Rail Dutch Rhenish Eastern of France Euphrates Valley Great Central of France Gt. LUXCM., Con. ohs 'ltalian Junction Lake Constance dt Bale Lierre and Turnhout Lombardo Venetian Lucca ArPistojn, sp.c.pf Lyons and Geneva Maria Antonia .L Do. do. New — P par p 1 9 10 281 24 His Honour the Master of the Rolls, in delivering judg ment, said—ln this case of Hawksworth v. Hawksworth, I have looked into th e words of the will, and the expressions used by the testator, rid reconsidered the pleadings, and I retain the opinion wl 'xich I expressed yesterday, viz., that the whole of the proper ty, real and personal, undoubtedly falls under this residual" , clause. lam of opinion that the legacy in favour of the testator's daughter, Emma Green Hawksworth, vested in h er on the death of her father and mother ; and the bequest i, la favour of his wife took effect on his death, and both we re to be paid by the residuary legatees out of his residuary estate. Mr. Bagshaw, Q.C., said that the residuary legatees had already paid a sum of money into coutt sufficient to answer the special legacies in the w:11. 71 8 4} 41 pl Namur and Liege Do. do. 6 p. c. Northern of France Do. New Shrres Norweg - ian.Trunk Pref 0 tome n, gur. 6 per cent Paris,Lyons, and Medit. Paris and Orleans Recife& S. Fran. (Peru.; gua. 7 p. et. (Lim.) Riga and Dunaburg Rome and Frascati Royal Danish Royal Swedish Do. 7 per cent. Pref. Sambre and Meuse Do. 5; per cent. Pref. Southern of France West Flanders Do. 51. p. c. Preference W. & N.W. of France Western of Austria Western of Switzerland Wiesbaden Do 8 per cent. Pref Zealand Mr. Selwyn, Q.C., ast - .ed for a special declaration on the minutes. His Honour said he did not think it necessary to make any specific declaration, brit only express the declarations in the will. It was ultimately arrang ed that the declarations men tioned in his lordship's jud ! vment, to save expense, would be inserted iu the minutes, and that it would net be neces sary to go into Chambers to arrange it. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. THE NEW JE‘ WISH OATH. A rather singular occurreno a took place this morning. Mr. F. H. Goldsmid, Q.C.. of the Chancery bar, Mr. A. Henriques, and Mr. Jacob Willey, attended the Court for the purpose of taking the usual o aths of allegiance, abjura tion, and supremacy, and signing the roll. The oath of allegiance was duly admininistered and signed. Mr. Robinson, the Chief Usher., proceeded to administer the oath of abjuration, commencing with" I, Francis Henry Goldsmid, on the true faith of a Gthristian.") Mr. Goldsmid stopped the usher r, and reminded him that he was a Jew, and the oath he wl is to take was preseribed by the Oaths Bill of last session. . Mr. Robinson, on looking at the oath, was compelled to postpone the administration of tk e oath of abjuration, he not being prepared with the engrosstment of it. THE MANCHESTER AND LINCOLNSHIRE RAILWAY V. THE LONDON AND NORTH-VrESTERN COMPANY. The Attorney-General said the Court would allow him to mention the above case, which sti )Od for argument in the paper. It was a case of great ma gnitude. Lord Campbell—Certainly it is a case of great magni tude, looking at the extent of the: papers. (Latghter.) The Attorney-General—Yes, ray lord, they are contained in 91 closely printed pages, and 3f have only just received the first copy ; :it was quite iimpossible that I can be prepared to argue the case. T'he case was an issue to be tried, by order of the Master of the Rolls, at Liverpool, and then referred to Mr. Stuart orth as for Y' earovibinitroantoor,f this afterwards turned into a specialcase court, and the arbitrator had only within the last two or three days signed the case. • Lord Campbell—Do you wish the case to be postponed until next term ? The Attorney-General—l should like to hive done so but my friend Mr. Bovil objects. The case rill, I think; occupy two days. Mr. Justice Erle—How long was the case before the Master of the Rolls. The Attorney-General—Twelve months, rnr lord. Mr. Bovill said it was of great importaueetbst the case should be taken as early as possible, as it affected the station at Manchester, and the question of which line of railway the public should go. Thousands of pounds Irere involved in the question. After some further conversation, it was oranged that the case should stand first in the special paper for next 16 term. 371 7 i POLICE INTELLIGENCE. —(This Day.) MARLBOROUGH-STREET. HEARTLESS ROBBERY OF CHILDREN.--Allll Eaton, a decently dressed woman, was charged before Mr. Beadon with stealing a shawl from a little child named George Grey. There was a second charge agains; the prison er , but only one was taken. The mother said that, on the previous evening, she sent her little boy on an errand in tho street in which she lived, Crown-street, St. Giles's, and not finding him return, she at length went after him, whox she was told that he had had his shawl taken away from him by a female. James Ellis, of Brownlow-street, said he was unpacking some goods at the back of Crosse and Blackwell's, in Sut ton-street, when he hsard a child scream, alld the prisoner running, and the child running after her. He at once threw down some things he had in his hand and pursued her into Oxford-street, and after dodging round an omni bus, she dropped a shawl. He held her till a constable came, when he gave her over, and the shawl was given to the child. Mr. Beadon put several questions to the child (an intel ligent little fellow, about seven years of age) and he answered them in a most satisfactory manner, at the conclusion of which Mr. Beadon said he would have him sworn. George Grey (the child) then said that the prisoner came up to him and said if he would come with her she would give him some pudding. He told her they did not sell pudding in the street, and she then took him into a dirty corner and said she would pin his she ml for him, and she then took it off and ran off with it. The prisoner at first denied all knowledge of it, but after wards said she was guilty. Mr. Beadon—Yes, and of the most abominable thing possible. I shall sentence you to six months' imprisonment with hard labour. It is believd the prisoner is one of L numerous class of children robbers atpresent carrying on their practices among the children of working men. THAMES. DASTARDLY RODDERY.—Thomas Hoonan, a labourer, aged 42, was brought before Mr. Selfe charged with stealing five wrenching irons and a mallet, the property of Thomas Barton, a shipwright. The two men were in the employ of Young, Son, and Magnay, the eminent shipbuilders of Limehouse. On Thursday morning last the prosecutor deposited his tools in a box in the yard. On the following morning he missed five wrenching irons and a mallet, tools indisponsibly necessary to enable him to proceed with his work. The prisoner, who is a drunken, reckless, dirty fellow, was suspected, and taxed with the robbery, on which he assumed to be very indignant, and denied that he had stolen the tools. Yesterday afternoon the prosecutor found his tools at the shop of Mr. William Croucher, a dealer, of No. 109, High-street, Shtuivrell, who said he had purchased them on Friday. Creucher accompanied the prosecutor to Young, Son, and Magnay's yard, and immediately pointed out the prisoner as the individual of whom he bought the tools. The prisoner, who vehemently denied he was the thief, was given into custody. Barton identified his tools, and said the prisoner had ac cess to his box. The prisoner pleaded guilty, and added, " Settle it here as soon as you can." Mr. Self° said the prisoner had committed a most dos - to.rdly robbery in stealing the tools of a fellow-workman and he aggravated his offence by his continual denial of his dishonest act. He sentenced the prisoner to two months' imprisonment and hard labour. THIS DAY'S MARKETS. HAY MARKETS. SMITTIFIELD..— Meadow hdy, £3 Os to £4 lOs ; clover, do., £3 15s to £5 5 ; and straw, £1 ss; to £1 10s. per load. A fair average supply and a heavy demand. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow. hay, £3 Os to £4 10s; clover do.; £3 15s to £5 ss. ; and straw, £1 6s to £1 103 per lead. Trade rather dull. WittlEcHATEL.—Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 lOs ; clover, do., £3 15s to £5 ss. ; and straw, £1 78 to £1 128 per load. Both hay and. straw sold slowly at our quotations. COLONIAL. TEA.—No business of importance has been transacted in the private contract market. At public sale, about 16,700 packages of China were offered, of which about 3,677 were sold, at ful!y previous prices. Common congou is quoted lld per lb. SUGAR.—The market continues very inactive, and prices are without the slightest alteration. In the refined market rather more business has been done for home consumption, and previous rates have been fully supported. COFFEE.—The market continues very quiet, and notwith standing the short supplies, owing to the continuance of the easterly winds, prices have shown little improvement. RICE.—No change of importance can be reported in this article. A few contracts for exportation have been entered into, but there is little activity exhibited. RUM—The demand still continues very inactive, and the few transactions entered into have been at former quo tations. FRUIT.—The finer qualities of new currants still continue in great demand, at full rates; but inferior descriptions are neglected. Valencia raisins, figs, and almonds are in good demand, and the finer descriptions of figs are scarce. SALTPETRE.—A moderate business has been done, and prices have been fully supported. TALLow.—The market is very steady, and prices have an upward tendency. P.Y.C. on the spot is quoted 51s; all the year, 50s 9d ; and spring delivery, Ols to 518 3d per ewt. The Belgian journals record the marriage of four brothers to four sisters, celebrated at the same time, at Mons. A letter from Paris says :—" This was always a great place for extravagant dinners. The other day Prince Napoleon treated an assembly of connoisseurs to Chinese dishes, such as birds' nest soup, &c. The day before Yester day a still more eccentric banquet took place at the Trois Freres, at which the novel feature of rats'-tail soup was it troduced. My informant, one of the guests, a man wholly devoid of prejudice, assures me that it does not come up to ox-tail by any means. There was also a chicken killed and dressed after the Horatian Fecel ) ` — ‘ Doetus eris vivam miste mersare Falerno ' Hoc teneram ani a dish of fricassed gyntizoti, cr electric eels, on ly to be found in the muddy waters of the Nile." THE HOP DUTY. DEPUTATION TO THE GOVERNMENT. This morning, according to arrangement, a deputation from the hop-growers of Sussex, Mid-Kent, and other places, attonded at the Treasury, for the purpose of having an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for the purposeof urging the repeal of the hop duty. Mr. G. A. HAMILTON, in receiving the deputation, said he had to apologise for the absence of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, but the right hon. gentleman had been corn peled to attend at Windsor, and therefore he should have great pleasure in hearing the observations of the deputa tion. Mr. DonsoN, M.P., said the deputation consisted of gen tlemen from Sussex and different parts of the Farnham district. It would have been much larger —upwards of 500 gentlemen being anxious, by their presence, to testify the strong feeling that existed on the subject, but the Chan cellor, in his communication, requested that the deputation might be limited. The present attendance represented a large and increasing body, who felt that the excise duty on hops was unequal in its operation, and unsound in princi ple, and therefore ought to be abolished. They believed that the hop interest would never prosper until it was released from the payment of this Excise duty, which was unfair in its pressure upon articles of most unequal value, and levied upon the raw material, perfectly imma terial whether that raw material was over taken into con sumption or not. (Hear, hear.) Mr. BACON then read the memorial, which stated that the market price of hops was not regulated by the fact that a duty of 2d. per lb (or, say 19s. per cwt.) was paid upon them. The market value of hops was regulated by supply and demand, and as the demand was, so to speak, mainly limited to the consumption of beer, it followed that in a year of abundant hop growth the supply was in excess, and the market prices naturally fell to a very low figure, without any reference to the amount paid per cwt. as Excise duty. The practical effect of this was, that the duty came out of the pocket , of the planter, instead of being paid, as was the rule with duty-paid commodities, both in principle and practice, by the consumer. The state of things which obtained at present would supply a striking illustration of the operation of the duty. Sussex hops- were now selling from 40s. for ordinary to 565. per cwt. .for the very finest marks. Deducting the amount of duty (say 195.) and the net price would be 21s. to 375. per cwt. New, as the prime cost of producing these hops would exceed 48s per cwt. it followed that, at the highest price just quoted, the planter was subject to heavy losses. The memorialists confidently maintained that were there no excise duty on hops, the market price would be little, if at all, influenced by that fact, since the price was alone regulated by supply and demand, except in so far as the effect of the duty was to disturb the market and drive down prices. The operation of the tax was also most injurious, inasmuch as, owing to its collection at stated periods, May and December, it caused. the market to be glutted at those times, in order to enable the planter to raise the needful funds. The hon. gentleman then alluded to other topics, and concluded by strongly urging the necessity of a repeal of the unequal and unfair duty levied upon hops. Several other gentlemen having stated their views, Mr. HAMILTON said he should have great pleasure in laying before the Chancellor of the Exchequer the vitws and opinions of the gentlemen composing the deputation, and he felt that he need scarcely inform them that the right hon. gentleman would give the subject his best con sideration. The deputation having thanked Mr. Hamilton for his attention, then withdrew. THB WRECK OF THE JANE MARY SCHOONER. The adjourned inquiry instituted by the Board of Trade into the cause of the loss of this vessel took place yesterday at the Greenwich Police Court On the former occasion it was alleged that some of the crew had made a statement before Mr. Terry, the Receiver-General of Wrecks, that the captain was intoxicated at the time of the wreck, and had afterwards made a declaration that such statement was untrue. They, however, denied that they had made such declaration, and the inquiry was ad journed for the attendance of Mr. Terry to speak.to the fact. Mr. Terry now deposed to the first-mentioned statement having been made and sworn to by the mate and steward. On the following morning he was sent for, and they said they wished to with draw the statement they had made, as it was quite false, being made in a moment of irritation on account of their not receiving compensation for the loss of their clothes. They, however, refused to sign a declaration to this effect, as they said they would be chargeable for perjury if they did so. Mr. Traill said it was highly improper on the part of the witness to have sent in such a statement as that, without mentioning the fact of the parties refusing to be sworn to its contents, as it led the court to infer that this had been done. Captain May was then recalled, and denied the charge of drunkenness, as also that he had stated the ship could not strike soon enough for him, The mate and steward had told him they had made the charge of drunkenness because he had not offered to compensate them for the loss of their clothes, and were willing to withdraw it if he would do so. He said every one should be paid what was due, and they then said they were willing to withdraw their statement. Mr. W. T. Phillips, shipowner of Tooley-street, Borough, spoke to the character of Captain May, who he denied was addicted to habits of intemper ance. He also knew him to be an efficient seaman. Mr. Traill said the evidence was of such a nature as to cause the delay of a few days in making a report to the Board of Trade, but this would be done without lose of time. RIGHT'S OF RAILWAY EXCUR SIONISTS. - At the last county court at York, Mr. E. T. Snowdon, of that city, sued the North-Eastern Rail way Company for the sum of £5 125., for an assault committed upon him by one of their servants, and for an alleged breach of contract. It appeared from the evidence adduced, that on 16th August last the plaintiff obtained at the York booking-office six first-class tickets for an excursion to Scarborough and back, for which he paid 245. The plaintiff and his wife, and a party of friends, rode together in a compartment of a first-class carriage to Scarborough, and on returning thence at night they endeavoured to secure places t oge th er in the same way ; but while the plaintiff's friend, who had taken posses sion of a compartment of a first-class carriage, was in search of the plaintiff and his wife, two other excursionists deposited themselves in the reserved places, and refused to give them up to the plaintiff and his wife. The plaintiff thereupon got into the carriage and persisted in seating himself upon one of the arms, in consequence of which he was ulti mately pulled out upon the platform by the super intendent of the station. The plaintiff alleged that he could find no other first-class carriage, and that he and his wife returned to York in a third-class ; but the assistant station-master deposed that there was room in a first-class carriage, which went back empty. The judge said that as the plaintiff's friend had no authority to reserve the seats claimed by the former, and as the carriage was fall, the super intendent was justified in removing the plaintiff, which he appeared to have done with no more force than was necessary. As to the other allegation, that the defendants did not supply sufficient accom modation, it had been proved that they did, and therefore it seethed fo him there was no breach of contract. In such excursion trains to such places as Scarborough there was always considerable con fusion, and the same attention could not be expected as in ordinary trains. He should, therefore, give a verdict for the defendants, with costs. THIS DAI'S SHIPPING. LONDON, Nov. 16.—Wind this day at noon, N.E. ; and blowing a gale. It has been very boisterous during the night. PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 15.—Wind E. S.E. to E. —Arri ved— Nene, from Callao ; John Ferguson, from Havanna. CARDIFF, Nov. 15.—Wind E.—Sailed—Arie, for Buenos Ayres. SWANSEA, Nov. 13.—Wind for Rio Janeiro. HOLYHEAD, Nov. 15.—The cargo of the Exchange, from Liverpool, to Antwerp, which put in here on Nov. 13, has been surveyed, and ordered 'to be discharged. The gale from the Eastward continues unabated. BRIDLINGTON, Nov. 15.—For the last 4S hours a heavy gale has been blowing from E. to E.S.E., and still con tinues. GRIMSBY, Nov. 14.—The Amy (sloop), is on shorn near this place. SCILLY, Nov. 12.—A very strong gale from the East has blown for the last two days, but the whole of the vessels in port (about 60), rode it out well. (DY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) QLTEENSTOWN, Tuesday Morning. The steam-ship Europa, which left Boston on the 3d, and Halifax on the sth, has put in here, short of coals. She has on board 100 passengers, and 5,000 dols. LIVERPOOL, Tuesday Morning. Wind, E.S.E. Arrived, Nov. 15.—Enterprise, steamer, from Dundalk, after being ashore on Brazil Bank. Sailed, Nov. 15.—Harry Clay, for New York. Sailed, Nov. 16.—Phoenix, for Antigua ; Dumfriesshire, for Huan-Chaco ; British Queen, screw steamer, for Havre. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Tuesday Morning. Wind E. by S. ; tide two hour's ebb ; weather strong and cloudy. Arrived, Nov. 15—Anna, and Margaret, from Gotten burg. Arrived, Nov. 16—Lutcken, steamer, from Harborg ; Juconda, from Gottenburg. DEAL, Tuesday Morning. Wind E.S.E., very strong. No arrivals. The Gaulois is still riding, having been driven nearer the main during the night. Sharel 25 26 ? 91 2 22 39 40 81 9i 3 1 i 341 35 5 56 Id par 71 8 9k 9 9 1 23 23 51 5 24 25 BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Railways. Atlantic & St Lawrence! Leased at 6 per cent..l Bom.,Baroda&Cent.lnct gu. 5 per cent Do. Addit. Capital A Do. Do. B Buffalo and Lake Huron Do. New Buffalo,Brant&G odrich 6 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 R Dock Seep Central Oude (Limited) Ceylon Guaranteed 6p.c Demerara Eastern Bengal.gu.sp.c East Indian, ra. 5 p. c Do. C Shares Do. E Shares Est. Do. Jubbulpore D 0.41 p.c. I3ds. pay.'s9 G eelong& Mel. gua.s p. c. Geelong Corporation 6 per cent. Bonds ; Grand Trunk of Canada Do. 6 p.c. Deb: - ..n.,pay.'78 Do. 6 per cent. Pref Gt. In di aPenin.g,ua. sp. c Do. New, gua.s per cent Do. do G t. S. of Ind. Lim.—Scrip guaranteed 5 per cent. Gt.W. of Canada Shares Do. New Do. Bonds pay. '76,with ept. till '6O Do. do. '73 till '6O Do. do. '73 without opt Do. 5-4 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, I Newßrun sw ick&Can da. Ry.& Lan Lim.)g.6pc Class ACapitl. Share. . Do. do. Land do Do. do. B. Capital do , Do. do. Land do ,Northof India Tramroad Limited, Scrip Oude (Limited) Scinde Do. 1 4") Do. New Do. Punjaub ej Do. Indus. St. Flo.) St. Andrews etc Quebec A Trinidad(Limited) Scrip Paid. I all 9 4} all 161 1100 100 • 100 1. 3.0. 2s. ad 2 all 5 100 all all all ) 100 1 00 all Closing I Business Price. Doi.. lid IP t P 7i 8 13 120 80 85 77 80 74 77 - -r t 11131 I; 104 p I 1 p 16 174 37 39 75 76 12 10d 21/ 211 r p sir ip 181 21 21 d 105 108 105 108 105 107 991 100 18 181 20 201 dd iPp 2 lid 4 3dl 1p 21 214 par p id par par t p Par iP BRITISH MINES, Share Mines. I Paid. Closing I Business Price. I Done. Alfred Consols (Philack) 2.11.10 7 8 20 pritish Iron Condurrow (Camborne) 2O 50 60 10 Devon G. Cons. (Tavist.) 1 450 460 - East Bassett (Mogan). 30 95 105 - Great South Tolgus l7B 131 14} G.Wheal Alfd.(Phillac) 11.14.11 2f 3-4 - G. Wheal Vor (Helston) 8} I 1 - Lady Bertha - North Frances (Mogan) 8} 6 7 - North Wheal Crotty 7.9.4 31 4} - N.Wh'l Basset (Illog - an) nil. 6 7 - Par Consols (St. Blase) 14 161 171 •-• Porkellis Unit. (Wend.) 9 - Sortridr;e Cons. Min. Co. Si - SouthCaradon(St.Cleer) 24 1 400 410 -• South C. Brea' Illog,an). 2 I 4 3 - S. Wheal Fran. s (Mogan) 18.18.92'20 240 5 Tamar Silver and Leau Mining Co 4l 1 1 10 Tin Contr 9 31 UnitedMines(Gwennap) 40 55 65 - Vale of Towey (Caren.;• 12s li d - West Basset (lllogaii) ll 22 23 - W. C..' adon (Liskea.d) 2O 105 115 - Wheal Bas , zei, (Ilio.mn) 5l 205 215 - Wheal Buller (Red tit%) 5 180 200 - Wheal Zdwa d (Cass.) 5l 21 3 - Wheal Katy (C. Lelant) 1.7.2 8 9 - Wh'l Mary Ann (Menhe)l 8 45 47 46 Trelawney (Lisk.)l 41 25 27 FOREIGN MINES 20 Australian 35 1 B Bo ra u z A il. ce i 9 m rd p C ( o is p . p a e t r, z Li p m . .. ) . 2 1 7 01 i 1 1 p 20 Do.St.Johndelßey,Litu. 15 8 5 Do. Land and Mining Co. all 11 2} 1 Clarendon Consols Min ing Co. or Jamaica ... - d 40 Cobra Copper all 36 37 - Copiapo l6 11 13 1 DunMoun.Cop.Ming.Co } 2 Fortuna 20 General ,all 20 21 3 Linares all 81 9 5 Lusitanian 1 Mariquita all 1 1 New Granada all 1 N. RhineCop.o S.Aus.L 10 p 20 Pontgibaud S lver, '1 Mining and Smelt all 41 5 5 Port Philip 1 30 Santiago de Cuba l6l 1 1 28.2.8} United Mexican COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Paid. Cloying Business Share Securities. Prices. Done. Can D . o G . ov. 6 6 p p :c el , a b l A .Tu il l g y 1 1 00 00 1 1 1 1 3 6 1 1 1 15 7 1161 - Do. 6 p.c.Mr. & Sep. 100 113 115 - N.8.G0v.6p.c..1e. &Juli , 100 1131 1141 114 Do. oi.c.Ap. St Oct. 100 - N. S.ll. Gov. sp. c. Deb. 100 1001 1014 - NovaScotiaGov.6 p.c. St. Deb. redeemable. 1C75 100 1121 1131 113 e S.Aus.Gt.tipc.JankJuly 100 113 115 1141 - Vict•Gov.6p.c.Jan&July 100 112 114 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Share Closing i Business Share) Joint-Stock Banks. kida. ?rite. Doie. AgradzTJnitedServicenk 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 Commerci.l of London Eng., Scot., & Ans. en Gen. Bk. of Switzerland Lon. Ch ar. Bk.olAus tral. London and County London Joint Stock London &Mc stmiuster Nat. Prov. of England Do. new National Bank. 68 90 2 5 1 25 1 46 47 60 61 2ld 69 61 29 30 20.11 19 21 16} 17 New South Wiles Orient. Bk. Corporation Ottoman Rink Provincial of Ireland Do. New South Australia Do. New" Union of Australia Do. New Union of London Unity Mutual Western Bk of London 214 22 28 29 31 32 48 50 47 49 36 38 19} 091 61 06 31 33 56 58 55 67 231 241 43:it 19 17th MISCELLANEOUS. Miscellaneous.! Anglo-Mexican Mint Atlantic Tel. (Limited). Australian Agricultural Australian Royal Mail . Berlin Water Works Do New, issued at 25 die Britich American Land Brit. At Irish Mar,. Tel.A. Do. B, 7 p: c. till 1862 Do. C . Canada Ckan.lslands Cop.Min.ofEng.&Smltz Do. Preforence 7i per et Crystal Palace. Do. Preference Eastern Steam Electric Telegraph Eng. A: Aust. Cop.St.Co Europ. & Ind.Junct.Tel Europ. &Am . S tm. (Lira ) Gl.lron SerewCol.(Lim ) Gen. Steam Navigation London Discount Lond.Gen. Omnibus Co Mediter. Electric Teleg Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim ) National Disoount Co Netherlands Land Do do Do 8 p.c. Pref. .iss. at I dis N.Br.&NovaScotiaLand 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 Rhymney Iron Do. New Royal Mail Steam Seo t. Au s t On.lny.(Lim ) South Australian Land Submarine Teleg. Scrip ,Do . do Registered Tr.& Ln.Co.of Upr. Can Man Diemeu's Land all all all 15a. all all all all all Ali Paid Clo sing .. ' Price. Zusineas done all 14 16 all 330 360 19 34 35 all all 24 3i 3 40 all 40 42 all 19 21 nll 13 15 324 114 118 al! 9} 10: all 24 28 all 24 26 all 1 14 all 4 54 all 2 21 100 ,113 115 all ' 1 10n. all all 14 21 2i 1i li d d 1 11 15 18 I I la par 85 i 3 87 13 14 p 23 2 p 6 1 7 59 61 g 1 1 39 11 1.4 - pi &ii 2111 i pm 18} 12s. lall all all all all all SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. WREXHAM RACES—MONDAY. The Hurdle Race. Wee Willie . Sobieski Romance Six ran. Won i n a canter. 3 The Cefn Handicap. The Deer ............ 1 Scylla ...... 2 The Poney ...... 3 _ . The Wynnstay Handicap. Medallion Waterloo Physician 3 Seven ran. Won by six lengths. TATTERSALL'S-MONDAY. Members mustered somewhat numerously, but, beyond the settlement of the Liverpool accounts, very little busi ness was effected. The prices given below do not require comment. SHREWSBURY HANDICAP. stolon the field (offered) DERBY. 10 to 1 agst Promised Land (taken and offered) 26 to 1 agst Gaspard (t) 33 to 1 agst Rainbow (t) 33 to 1 agst Balnamoon (t) 40 to 1 agst Hal o' Kirklees (t) 40 to 1 agst Schuloff (t) 1000 to 15 agst Far West (t) 1000 to 15 agst King of Algiers (t) 5000 to 15 agst Aston (t) CROYDON RACES. Entries for the Croydon Steeplechase. About four miles. Bon Vivant, Emigrant, Dayton, Evington Lass, Tam worth, Fanny, King's Court, Omar Pacha, Liverpool Boy, The Farmer, Rateatcher, Chehnanton, Sportsman, Nigger Lass, Theodine, Fire Fly, Weatherglass, Shylock, Milk maid, Timekeeper, M by the Count, 4 yrs, G by Chatham, 6 yrs, Half Caste, and Hindoo. The weights will bi 3 published on Saturday next. 7112 FRENCH .•GOVERNMENT AND THE NORTHUMBERLAND. FARMERS. The inquiries issued by the French Government to the agriculturists of the Northern counties as to the operation of free trade have been answered in the county of Northumberland by Mr. John Grey, of Dilston, a well-known practical farmer. The queries, with the replies, are as follows : "I.j-las the area of land under culture been ex . tended or diminished ? " Diminished in some parts of the country, be cause the high price of live stock has caused land of inferior quality and in high situations to be more profitably occupied in pasture than in tillage ; but in lowlying lands and flat districts, with a climate suitable for growing corn, it has been increased by drainage. "2. - Should that area have diminished, would not that diminution have been compensated in some measure by the extension given to drainage and the consequent augmentation of produce ? " Yes ; much more than compensated by the im provement arising from draining and the applica tion of adventitious manures. " 3. What has bean the influence of the reform of the corn laws upon the agriculture of England? " The cultivation of land has been much im proved ; a stimulus has been given to the energies of farmers, who set themselves, after the first feel ing of alarm subsided, by the aid of scientific men, to study and obtain chymical combinations to in crease their crops, which, together with draining and the introduction of foreign manures, produced highly beneficial effects. A great improvement has also taken place in the implements already in use, and in the construction of new ones, by which agricultural operations are performed more cheaply, perfectly, and expeditiously. "4. Since the reform, has the yield of cultivated lands augmented or diminished ? " Greatly augmented. "5. Has the rotation of crops been altered, and in what manner? " It has in some cases, by leaving arable land for two or even three years in pasture at a time, and in others by the application of guano, bones, phos phates, &c., by which the extent o f roo t crops h as been much increased, and substituted for naked fallows, which tends to an increased production of beef, mutton, and wool, as well as to a greater return of home-made manure. " 6. Have farm-rents been lowered or elevated ? " Considerablyadvanced, particularly where farms are let on lease and provided by their landlord with good and sufficient offices. An increase of from 10 to 20 per cent. has been common, and in some cases it has extended to 25 and 30. ".7. Has the income of those who cultivate their own lands augmented or diminished ? "It ought to be augmented under judicious ma nagement, as rents have increased under good farming. " 8. What of the income of farmers, and what are the modes of lease most in us e , an d their usual length ? "Except on tillage land of 'an inferior descrip tion, where little live stock is kept, farmers are generally more prosperous. A common term of lease is 15 years ; but in cases where the farm is extensive, and improvements are to be made, in volving considerable outlay in the early part of the term, a lease of 21 years is preferable and not un usual. ~ 9. Has the marketable value of land increased ►r diminished ? " Increased. That, however,inay not be entirely attributable to agricultural improvements, but in part to the influx of gold and the success of manu factures, causing many to wish to invest the for tunes they have realised in land. " 10. What have been the average prices of wheat, and the quantities imported from abroad in each year since 1853 ? "The average price in 1854 was £3 12 4 per qr. 1855 . 3 14 8 „ 1856 . . 3 9 2 „ 1857 . . 216 4 „ I cannot tell the quantity imported at this moment, but it can be obtained from the Board of Trade, or other official sources. " 11. What has been the average produce of corn in Northumberland each year since the same date ? " I cannot answer that question with accuracy, but am satisfied that it has been much more per acre than in former periods, and that the total quantity produced in the county is greatly increased. " 12. What has been the influence of the repeal of the corn laws on the consumption of bread and the consumption of meat ? " The consumption has greatly increased of both corn and butcher's meat. The price 'of corn has been moderate and generally free from much fluc tuation, while the wages of the working classes have been good and their employment has been steady , ; so that they have been able to procure meat as well as corn, although the former has generally ruled at rather a high price. It is an undoubted fact that the lower classes in this country live now Much better than they used to do, owing to the good wages they obtain, and the general improve ment of their condition. An obvious result of the abolition of restrictions on the importation of, corn is, that excessive fluctuation and the misery of famine prices are likely to be avoided. The larger the area from which the national supply can be drawn, the less is the probability of extreme prices, because if crops should be deficient in one part of the world they may be abundant in another. "It may not be improper, in connection with this subject to remark, that although the progress of improvement has been the most rapid and impor tant since the change was made in the corn laws in 1846, it received a great impulse 10 years earlier from the Act of Tithe Commutation, which encou raged tlw application of capital to land, by' making tithes a fixed charge; instead of an exaction of the tenth of its gross annual produce." We (Ashton Reporter) have the gratification of being able to inform our readers that a letter has been re= ceived froze the Right Hon. T. ls o l u . nGibson, hison t addressed int enti o o f one of onr principal townsmen, meeting his constituents about the end this month. w ont hi h. ch T tas he right hon. member is at present with his family , suffered greatly from sickness at a French seaport. EXTRAORDINARY CHARGE OF MURDER. --:- On Friday last a man was a pprehended at Fleur-de-lys, in Monmouthshire, charged with committing a murder in one of the Welsh counties 33 year s a g o. The circumstances of the case, so far as they are at present reported, are briefly these : — ln or about the year 1826 a man named Thoma s Price, alleged to be the prisoner, lived in Carmarthenshire, where he was paying his addresses to a young Welsh woman. Another young man, named Lewis Williams, became attached to the same girl, and frequent quarrels arose between the rivals through the P oincidence of their choice. The girl herself seems first to have encouraged one and then the other, but exhibited no decided or permanent preference for either, and this increased the ill feeling be tween Price and Williams. At length they agreed to "fight out" the dispute in a field, and both repaired there alone for the . purpose. A s t rugg l e took place, in the courro of which Price got his opponent to the ground, and while in that position stabbed him with a knife. The unfortunate man died soon after, and his murderer escaped. A warrant was issued for the apprehension of the latter, but the police could never find any trace of him until l as t' week, when a man, who formerly knew all the parties, happened to be on business at Fl eur -d e-lys. Here he saw the prisoner, and declared him to be no other than Price, who committed the murder described. Price still retained his name, and had been living in the place where he was found ever since the occurrence. He was apprehended and brought before the magistrates at Newport on Saturday, but remanded before 'my particulars were gone into. Communication was at once made 1; ith the Cai marthenshire police, and the deposi tions taken et the coroner's inquest on Williams obtained. The prisoner is a gray-headed man, and, not being upon to s a y an ythi ng , was s il ent w hil e b e f ore t h e inazis traths. caled ILINIC .RETURNS. An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, cap. 32, of the Average Amount of Bank Notes, of the several Banks of Issue in England and Wales, in circu lation during the week ending Saturday, the 30th day of Oetoher, 1858. PRIVATE BANKS. Andover Bank, Andover-Heath and Co £10,167 Ashford Bank, Ashford-Jemmett, Pomfret & Co. 10,370 Aylesbury Old Bank, Aylesbury-Cobb and Co 24,895 Baldock Bank and Baldock and Biggleswade Bank, Biggleswade--Wells, Hogge and Co. Barnstaple Bank, Barnstaple- 2 Marshall and Co 9,033 Basingstoke and Oldham Bank, Basingstoke-- Seymour, Lamb, and Co Bedford Bank, Bedford-Barnard and Co. B B i i i3rm ee i s cein. te gg r tehr_ a a :d iT O u 30,430 Bewdley Bank, Bewdley-Nichols, Baker, and Co. 10,659 x bßb fo an rd ank s d, hi c r o e . Bank and Oxford Bank, Boston Bank, Birmingham Attwoods, 16,456 and o ton-Claypons and Co. Boston Bank, Boston -Gee and Co. Bridgwater Bank, Bridgwater-J. &J. L. Sealey B B rrißossrteoolleeyß;ankßd, Bank, Brki: Bri s to l-Miles, 15 , 230 gnir-ose°Mrtleihi;-.Ps, an 3 d l ri il t e ci i ria a rddipi nd Es C ort o. h . and 30,052 Boycott, and Co. Buckingham Ba n k, Buckingham- B artlett, Par rott, and Co 23,144 Bury and Suffolk Bank, Sudbury Bank, and Stow market Bank, Bury St. Edmunds--Oakes, Bevan , and Co. .................... 57,910 Banbury Bank, Banbury-J. C. and A. Gilbert 31,441 Banbury Old Bank, Banbury-Cobb and 50n.... 27,840 Bedfordshire Leighton Buzzard Bank, Leighton Buzzard-Bassett, Son, and Co Birmingham Bank, Birmingham-Lloyds and Co 26,787 Bradford Old Bank, Bradford, Yorkshire -Harris and Co. .. 12,515 Brecon Old Bank, Brecon-Wilkins and Co 6O 547 Brighton Union Bank, Brighton-Hall, West, , and Co. Burlington and Dritlield Bank, Burlington-Hard ing., Smith, and Co Bury St. Edmunds Bank, Bury St. Edmunds-- Worlledge and Co. Cambridge Bank, Cambridge-Mertlock and Co. 16,492 Cambridge and Cambridgeshire Bank, Cambridge -Messrs. Fosters 45,662 Canterbury Bank, Canterbury-Hammond and Co 31,951 Carmarthen Bank, Carmarthen-David Morris and Sons 20,535 Chertscr Bank, Chtrtgey-La Costa and Son 2,722 Colchester Bank, Colehesten-Round, Green & Co. 14,020 Colchester a n d E ssex B an k , an d W i tham and Essex Bank, and Hadleigh, Suffolk, Bank, Colchester- Mills, Bawtree, and Co. Cornish Bank, Truro-Tweedy and Co. 39,429 Coventry Bank, Coventry-Little and Woodcock 5,869 City Bank, Exeter-Milford and Co. Craven Bank, Settle-Alcocks, Birkbeck, and Co 71,770 Chepstow Old Bank, Chepstow Bank, Monmouth Old Bank, Monmouth Bank, Brecon Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank, Chepstow-- Bromage, Snead, and C o Derby Bank, Derby-W. and S. Evans and Co. Derby Bank, Derby-Samuel Smith and Co 41,214 Derby Old Bank and Scarsdale and High. Peak Bank, Derby-Crompton, Newton, and Co 27,733 Devizes and Wiltshire Bank, Devizes-Locke and Co. Diss Bank, Diss-Fincham and Co 9,875 Doncaster Bank and Retrord Bank, Doncaster.- Cooke and Co. 62,991 Darlington Bank, Durham Bank, and Stockton-on- Tees Bank, Darlington-Backhouse and Co 85,819 Devonport Bank, Devonport-Hodge and Co 10,063 Dorchester Old Bank and Dorsetshire Bank, Dor- • chester-R. and H. Williams East Cornwall Bank, Liskeard-Robins, Foster, and Co. East Riding Bank, Beverley-Bower and Co 51,194 Essex Bank and Bishop's Stortford Bank, Chelms ford-Sparrow, Round, and Co• 38,965 Exeter Bank, Exeter-Sanders and Co 27,546 Farringdon Bank and Bank of Wantage, Farring don-Barnes, Medley, and Co 7,472 Farnham Bank, Farnham-John and Jas. Knight 10,140 Faversham Bank, Faversham-Hilton and Co 6,116 Godalming Bank, Godalming-Mellersh and Keen 5,360 Guildford Bank, Guildford-Messrs. Haydon 12,654 Grantham Bank, Grantham-Hardy and Co 28,977 Hereford City and County Bank, Hereford-Mat thews and Co 15,618 Hull Bank and Kingston-upon-Hull Bank, Hull- Smith, Brothers, and Co Huntingdon Town and County Bank, Hunting dort=-Veasey and Co. Harwich Bank, Harwich-Co; Cobbold, and Co. 4,691 Hertfordshire, Hitchin Bark, Hitchin-Sharples and Co. Hereford, Ross, and Archenfield Bank, and Ross and Archenfield Bank, Ross-Morgan and Co 21,569 Ipswich Bank, Ipswich-Bacon and Co 19,727 Ipswich and Needham Market Bank, Suffolk, Had leigh Bank, Manningtree and Mistley Bank, and Woodbridge Bank, Ipswich-Alexanders & Co.. Kentish Bank, Maidstone-Randall, Mercer, and Co. Kington and Radnorshire Bank, Kington-Davies and Co. Knaresborough Old Bank and Ripon Old Bank, Knaresborough-Harrison and Co Kendal Bank, Kendal-Wakefield, Crewdson, &Co 43,871 Longton Staffordshire Bank, Longton-C. Harvey and Son 5,136 Leeds Bank, Leeds-Beckett and Co Leeds Union Bank, Leeds-W. Williams, Brown, and Co. Leicester Bank, Leicester-T. and T. T. Paget 28,771 Lewis Old Bank, Lewis-Whitefeld and Co 26,388 Lincoln Bank, Lincoln-Smith, Ellison and Co 89,024 Llandovery Bank, Lampeter Bank, and Llandilo Bank, Llandovery-D. Jones and Co 28,513 Loughborough Bank, Loughborough-Middleton and Cradock Lymington Bank, Lymington-S. and G. F. St. Barbe 3,468 Lynn Regis and Lincolnskiro Bank, Lynn Legis- Gurneys and Co 31,633 Lynn Regis and Norfolk Bank, Lynn Regis- Jarvis and Co 10,605 Macclesfield Bank, Macclesfield-Brocklehurst and Co. Manningtree Bank, Manningtree-Nunn and Co 940 Merionethshire Bank, Dolgelly-Williams and Son 10,104 Miners' Bank, Truro-Willyams and Co. Monmouthshire Agricultural and Commercial Bank, Aberg,avenny-Bailey and Co. 24,842 Monmouth Old Bank, Monmouth Bank, Brecon Bank, Chepstow Bank, Chepstow Old Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank, Monmouth- Brontage, Snead, and Co. Newark Bank, Newark-Godfrey and Riddell Newark and Sleaford Bank, and Sleaford and Newark Bank, Sleaford-Handley, Peacock, and Co. Newbury Bank, Newbury-Bunny, Slocock, and Co. 18,174 Newmarket Bank, Newmarket-Eaton, Hammond, and Co. Norwich Crown Bank and Norfolk and Suffolk Bank, Norwich-Harvevs and Hudsons .. 46,722 Norwich and Norfolk and Fakenham Banks, Nor wich-Gurneys and Birkbecks 95,786 Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Bank, Notting ham-Hart, Fellows, and Co. Nuneaton Bank, Nuneaton-Craddock and Co. Naval Bank, Plymouth-Harris & Co.. New Sarum Bank, Sarum-Everett and Co 9,900 Nottingham Bank, Nottingham-Samuel Smith . and Co 27,673 Oswestry Bank and Oswestry 01(1 Bank, Oswestry -Cromon and Co 9,515 Oxford Old Bank, Oxford-Parsons and Co 33,306 Old Bank, Tonbridge, Tonbridge and Tonbridge Wells Old Bank, Tonbridge and Tonbridge- Wells and Sevenoaks Bank, Tonbridge-T. H. and S. Beeching . 9,570 Oxfordshire Witney Bank, Witney-J. W. Clinch and Sons 10,736 Pease 'a Old Bank, Hull, the Hull Old Bank ar Beverley Bank, Hull-Pease and Co. 38,030 Penzance Bank, Penzance-Batten and Co. Peterborough Bank and Oundle Bank, Peter • borough-D. °Yorke and Co. Pembrokeshire Bank, Haverfordwest-J. and W. Walters Reading Bank, Reading-Simonds and Co. Reuling Bank, Reading-Stephens, Blandy, & Co 27,243 Richmond Bank, Richmond-Roper and Co. Rochdale Bank, Rochdale-Clement, Royds & Co. 3,271 Rochester, Chath am , an d St roo d B an k, Rochester- Day and Nicholson Royston Bank, Royston-Fordhani and Sons 9,729 Rugby Bank, Rugby-A. Butlin and Son Rye Bank, Rye-R. C. Pomfret and Co Ross Old Bank, Herefordshire, Ross-Allaway and ManDougal 12,721 Saffron Walden and North Essex Bank, Saffron 24,380 Walden-Gibsons and Co slop Bank, Shrewsbury-Burton, , Llo &Co 12,600 Scarborough Old Bank, Scarborough-Woodall 23,740 and Co. n, and Co. ... 37,217 * Shrewsbury Old Bank and Shrewsbury an d Ludlow Bank, Shrewsbury -Rocke, Eyto Sittingbourne and 'Milton Bank; Sittingbourne- Valiance and Co. Southampton Town and County Bank, Southamp ton-Maddison and Pearce 10.860 Southwell Bank, Southwell - Wyldo and Co. 11,519 Southampton and Hampshire Bank, Southampton • -.Atherley, Fall, and Co. Stafford Old Bank, Stafford-Stevenson and C o. Stamford and Rutland Bank, Stamford-Eaton, Cayiey, and Co 26,051 Shrewsbury ail Welsh Pool Bank, Shrewsbury- Beck, Downward, and Co. 20,513 Taunton Bank, 1 aunton-H. and R. Badcock 30,231 Tavistock Bank, Tavistock-Gill, Sons, and Co 8,68.5 Thornbury Bank, Thornbury-Harwood and Co 9,128 Tiverton and Devonshire Bank , Tiverton-Duns ford and C o . 11,163 Thrapston and Kettering Bank, Northamptonshire, Thrapston-Y or k an d El an d 11,760 Tring Bank and Chesham Bank, Tring-Butcher and Son Towchester Old Bank, Towchester-Percival and Co 6,743 Town and County of Poole Bank and Ringwood and Poole Bank, Poole-G. W. Ledgard and Sons 8,957 Union Bank, Cornwall, Helstm-Vivian and Co 13,337 Uxbridge Old Bank, Uxbridgt-Hull, Smith, &Co 8,877 Wallingford Bank, Walling 'ord-Hedges, Wells, and Co. Warwick and Warwickshire Bank, Warwick- Greaves and Co. Wellington Somerset Bank, Wellington-Fox, Brothers, and Co 5,371 West Riding Bark, Wakefie d and Pontefract Bank-Leatham, Tew and Co 42,7 41 Whitby Old Bank, Whitby-Si npson, Chapman, 12.C52 and Co. Winchester, Alresford, and Alto i Bank, Winches- 62,491 4,025 ter—Bulpett and CO. Weymouth Old Bank and Dorch ster Bank, Wey mouth—Elliot, Pearce, and Co Wirksworth and Ashbourne Derk -shire Bank— Arklk i fight and CO. Wisbech and Lincolnshire Bank, Wisbech—Gur neys and Co ............ 53,487 Wiveliscombe Bank, Wiveliscomb)—P. and W. Hancock Wolverhampton Bank,Wolverharnpto I—Goodricke and Holyoale Worcester Old Bank and Tewkes nuy Old Bank, Worcester—Berwick, Leeb.mere, And Co 65,786 Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverlia apton—R. and W. F. Fryer Yarmouth and Suffolk Bank, and Halesworth and Auffolk Bank, Yarmouth—Gurney ; 2 Bkkb ee k , WA Co. ssosostliitiletmottsiele ttem ,,,, .10,531 9,779 -4 !E ~~ P ~~ - Ilion. Share 20i 20i 100 100 100 17; 20 Stock Sto. Stock 100 100 20 20 20i 100 [OO Stock! 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