The Sun. — London, England, 1859-12-29 00:00:00

p• EDITION. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. SUN OFFICE, Six o' Clock. Share, Railways; Paid. I Closing. Business Prioe. . — ____ y t- TATTERSALL'S—(THIS _EVENING. 12.10 'Amberg-., Nottinz.Bost.l and Eastern Junction 10 64 64 • 5O nelfa:;t and Baliymena.. all - - 0 We have no alteration to report in the prices of the 13.14 Bir" Wol" and Str. Val., all 8 84 Stock, Bir, La., and Ch. :)unc. 100 764 774 11 favourites for the coming events. This being Christmas- 25 , Blackburn all 114 121 week the rooms were quite deserted. 25 'Myth and Tyne all - - 10 , Rost Slefd.& llid. Conn all 64 7 Ll Stock Bristol and Exeter I, MONEY MARKET AND CITY NElf S. S tock caledonian , 100 90 $5 95 50 Cork and Bandon , 9 - - _ ..... 10 'Carmarthen & Card!gani all --- b. CITY Two o'CLocK. 20 ,cork, Blkrock,&Passagel all - - , e 20 !Cornwall all 64 7 A roves. no div. 1 Owing to the absence of Australian arrivals and 10 'Do. A untll6p.c.per an , hasbeen pd.toß:l :fall - - I- the cessation of remittances from America the ! 10 I Do. B all - '6O Dublin andßelfastJun 1 all - - bullion dealers are having recourse to the Bank for 25 i D un., Perth,&- Ahr.Junc e :l all 8 84 fi the gold they require on continental account. 1 100 14 15 a stoolt I Plast Anglian Stock Eastern' Counties ! 100 58 59 884 h About £44,000 was withdrawn yesterday and a Stock 'Eastern Union A Stock' 100 39 41 Stock Do. do. B Stock, 100 27 29 28 $ further efflux is anticipated unless fresh consign- 25 Do.Nw.A.(l . te.E.U3ds; 84 - - d ments are speedily announced. Two or three ves- r c : ,East Suffolk - - o eels, including the Lewchew with £112,000, how- Stock 'Edinburg 'Edinburg and Glasgow, 100 824 831 Stock 'Edin Perth & Dundee 1 100 804 31 0 ever, must now be near at hand, and under these 10 h IPortii& Clyde Junction all - - 304 Stock I F arness - - circumstances the drain is not likely to become Glasgow& South Westn. 100 99 100 100 'Very extensive. - Stock k Gr eat North of Scotland all - - El Stock 'Great t Northern_ o The demand for money Stock in Lombard-street and d. A Stock lOO 95 96 at the Bank of England continues very active, and s took Do. do. B Stock lOO 133 135 1344 Stock Gt. South.& Wstn.(lreld) 100 112 114 full rates have to be paid for the accommodation StocklGre,a,t Weste r Stock I)o . o tr.Vl.Rail Gua.Stk lOO 60 62 obtained. 12 Irish South Eastern all - - Letters from Liverpool report that the Cotton StookiLaneaster and Carlisle lOO 2q 208 .• all T 7 18 p p Market yesterday closed quietly, although more 164 IDo. Thirds .61 Do. New Thirds el 17 18 p p ) business was transacted, 7,000 bales havin b e en g Sto ck sioek Lancashire & Yorkshire 100 100 1004 100 f sold at about previous rates. In the Railway Share d Blackwall. 100 65 67 i L ,o o n n . d ,B on rl a jdon Az S.Coast 100 114 115 1 Market rather less animation prevailed, but prices st i 2 o 2 s ;lll D L . o rn . stock 1 d d o . Chat, & ~k , z and th weat Dover o, l a oo ll 9 1 8 31 0 14 9 4 984 4 9 10 I if d Eighths tended upwards. f Stock LondOn& S i Tlth-Westn. 100 97 4 88 4 L The transactions in the market for English 25 L'derry & . L .,"leraine - - 25 L'derry ‘3 6 , r' r liskillen ' all 85 94 . Securities have been rather limited to-day ; but Stock Man., Sher , & Idnooln lOO 384 39 3- - d I several changes have occurred in the quotations. St i O o ck, i At one time the market was very buoyant, Consols StockLDo. Birming% &.. ) .oerby. 100 87 89 I3l lllr d tr ia o o p d ol . it , a . n ... .... 50 , Ifid. Gt. West. Oltland): all - - being 954 buyers, but they have since receded to 25 !b. - 3. A Shares .... , , all _ i - - MI a, partly in consequence of the heaviness re -12005 L .Nl N N e e w v' !, 3 A Bt b le er a . n , d it I'', e t i efd;, all 104 11 r ported on the Paris Bourse, a further decline hay- 10 1_ ewry & Arrnagil_lefos 91 - - 1 y Wsrpt, " 4 08 I '- - log taken place in the Rentes. The New Three per srockt e r w f r oii ............ ,1 1 00 59 61 1 Cents , have improved to 95 f 96 ; the Reduced 50 (North. Counties LTl llO ‘.l 34 34 t d Stock North British ........ , .....62i 64 ' remain at 95 . 1 i ; India Loan Debentures (1858) Stock ;Nor.Dev.Rail.StEdr. St La W 6 - 2 Stock I Do.A Stk.-Arec.no div, '"" are firmer at 981, - 4; ditt o (1859) a t 98 LI . ditto , i until 6p.c.hasbeenpdlt 100 _ New 5 per Cents. Stock has advanced to 1041 ; S tock 'S Y ,I? •1 3 „ thc IN grtu- S lL o s ci t c n: .. Ber;•ic . l . (l igg 9 4 - 1 ;4 944 54 ditto enfaced paper, to 961 ; but Exchequer Bills 25 ,Do. do. G.N.E.Purchase,l4l3 4 l i I d d Stock' Do. Leeds I ioo 48 481 have receded to 295. and 30s. prem. Stock Do. York 140 784 781 79 84 Only a limited amount of business is recorded in Stock North London .. .. I I ,b 107 109 20 North Staffordshire... • I % 34 d 1 3 11 Foreign Securities, and prices are steady. Turkish 10 jNo. & Sou. W. Junction , ar 84 9. 6 per Cents. are 761 to 77 ; New ditto, 63a to 10 eeles , all 7 a 84 , all ' 14 16 Stack Oxford, wor.,& Wolver.l 104 35 37 § 64; Venezuelan 2.1 per Cents. remain at 29; Spanish 20 'P or t smouth ! .10 10 I RhsgrineY - - i 3 per Cents. at 451 1, ; and Russian 3 per Cents. at Stock Scotti;h Central ' 1 20, lie 118 h N v Aber Stock! 1 0 0 \ 284 29,} 651. Portuguese 3 per Cents. are heavy at 46 ; but Mexican has improved to 22: I-. 1 I ° ° 49 S St th oc e k kl D Be° o. t gc . o - t . t - is ' i l i Mid; Stock 100 83 8.5 - Stock Shropshire Un:on 10 ISittinotourne & neer all 34 24 0 , The shares of the Ocean Marine Insurance Corn- Stock South' Devon ' 100 , ~, L-5 1 44 l'" ' 83 844 1 4 Pally are quoted 14- 1 prem.; the Universal ditto, Stock _ .,oe South-Eastern 1 00 71 74 st k I South Wales all 62 6 64 Par to i prem. ; and of the San Paulo Railway, i Stock SouthYorks.&Riv.Dun. 20 Staines, Wok., & Wok all 3 5 4 to I prem. 25 I Stockton & Darlington all 364 30 9 The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up 25 'g o o : do.o. 1855 9 to this day, are in round figures as under : - Stockton & llartlepool 161 - ~. 1859. 1858. Sock Taff Vale lOO - • Great Western ... .....- .\ all 551 5 4 North-Western .. 81,556 71,927 50 'Oster 20 2 5 3 1v l iouth-Western Zrighton 14,300 13,752 12 10 Do.. lOO 63 65 kidland 39,869 36,606 stock Victoria - e p 91 --- - Station & im 4 I llouth-Eastern - G - reat Northern Lancashire and Yorkshire Sr ...... I all 6 Bristol and Exeter - - North-Eastern - North British ..... Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton 5,210 4,616 20 Iffie o. st London all '- all - - West Hartlepool - 13 elfast and Ballymena 1,240 1,156 20 ,Do. 2d Class - Waterford and Kilkenny 312 302 —.-.----.____ -..... south-Eastern Groat Northern Lancashire and Yorkshire Xtiatol and Exeter 6,304 5,881 North-Eastern North British Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton 5,210 4,616 West Hartlepool Belfast and Ballymena 1,240 1,156 Waterford and Kilkenny 312 302 Bdiiburgh and Glasgow 5,585 5,378 Glasgow and South-Western Grand Trunk of Canada Groat Western of Canada These returns continue to show a favourable in crease on several of the principal lines. On the North Western it amounts to £9,629 ; on the South Western to £2,664 ; the Brighton, £548 ; the Mid land, £3,263 ; the South Eastern, £1,121; the Lan cashire and Yorkshire, £4,368; the North Eastern, £3,929; and the Grand Trunk of Canlda, £3,391. The transactions in the Railway Share Market have been rather extensive, but mostly in connec tion with the arrangement of the account- Prices generally are firm, and in some instances there has been an advance of about - 1 to I,- per ce at. Lanca shire and Yorkshire improved ss. Bristol and Exeter, Eastern Counties, Great Western, North- Western, South-Western, Midland, and North British, 108. South Eastern, 155., and Great Northern, £l. In the Foreign Market there bee been very little activity. Lombardo-Venetian have declined to 122' ; Great Luxembourg are 71, a.nd Pernam buco, 12 to 122. The Colonial lines are a shade firmer ; East Indian realise 1032 ; Great Indian Peninsula, 1011 ; Grand Trunk of Canada are 422 43 ; and Pun iaubs, 4}. Joint-stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are , d ull ; London and Westminster have eleclin e d 10s. Bank of Egypt, 10s.; and Commercial' of London, 68 .; Red Sea Telegraph are steady at 151; and Van Dieman's Land are 121. i Closing Share Railways. Paid. ' price. I I---- tusinesil Done. 25 Blythe and Tyne 1C perl c. pref. (issued at £5O) r Stk Bris. & Exet.4p.ct.Stock 20 Do. do. do. Shares Stock Caledon £lO, 44 per cent 12.10 Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. 61 Cork & Bandon, 54 p. c. 20 Cornwall, 5 per cent. Stock E.Angn. Class A 7 & rpc Stock Do. do. Class B 6 pe Stoc Do. do. Class C 7 po St E. Coun. Ex. 5 p ct. N o .l Stock Do. do N o. 2' Sto Do. New 6 per ct. St oc k Stock Eastern Union, 4 p er c t. 'toe Edin.&Glas. spc s h ares. 61 Dun. Perth,& Aber.J un . Stoc Do. 4 p.c. gua. S. &D , 0 Stock Edin. Perth,& D un . 4 p c : Stocky Furness, 5 per cent ....1 Stock Glas. &S West,. a. 5 1)0.1 Stock Great Northern, 5 p. et. Stock Do. 5 Redm.,lop.c.pm pc Stock Do. 44 p. c. do. do. /00 Do.sp.c. Redm.,s pc. pm 10 Gt. Nh. of Scotld, lst pf ( Gt. Sn.& W (Irel an d) 4 Stoliti ) p. ct. pref. Stock 60 I Treat West. (Berks and Rants) Ext. 5 p.ct. I Do. Redeemable, 44 p et' Do. Redeemable, 4 p. ct. Do. Irredeemable, do , Do. 5 p. et. Redeem. Pref : Do. Birm. Pref. Shares' Gt. West. Ches. 8 p.c.pf ' shares Do. do. 5 p. ct. pref Do, firming. guar. stock I Do. Chester guar.shares, Do. do. do Do. do. do. Lan. & York 6 p.c. stock I Do.farnsl.St.f.,s 3slodpe L0n.&8ri,9, - .spc.gu. No.l Do. pref., 5 p. o. ...No. 2 1 1 Do. New gua., 6 p. et , Do. do. 5 p. c. No. 4 Do. do. 41 per c. shares, Lond. Chat. and Dover , Lon.& N.W.Cov. &Nun -1 eaton, sp. ct. stock Lon.&S. W, 7 p.ct. stook,l late 3d shares 124 Lcu.`dondY & Cole, 4sh s 14 Lom'ondy.& Ennis 4sh I Stock WarL, , ll2., & Lin., 6 p. ct. 6 Do I I s r, Do .l . 3 £6 n . Stock ei . cent. 10 ~ Do. redeem. per cent. 124 I naryport & , ( ; 4 r., 4 P.c. 121 , Do. 4 per cent. • - o. Stock ' Hid. Con. 6 p. e. t." 4,00 K , • Stock 1 Do.Con.Bris. &Bir.olLez• Stock I Do. 44 p. c. pref. stock.,,,, 6 ' Do. with option till 180) Stock:Do. Leic. & Ilit.pref. st.i 10 f Newport,Aber,&c.pret.s 1 I p. c. redeem, at 5 p.c. n m 10 I Do. Perpet, 6p. c. with option till 1866 Norfolk Deb. 4 p.c.shares Do. 5 p. c. Ext.Stock,lBl6 Do. 5/ p. e. Pref. do. 1847 Do. Way.Val.Ex.Sk 1847 North British, 5 per cent Do. New, gua. 5 per cent Nth.Dev.Rail.& Dsk.Co. N-East. irred. 4 p.c. Deb. Do. Consol. Pref. 4 p. c. Do. Berwick, 4 p. c. Pref. Do. do. do. Do. Leeds, 6 p. o. No. 1 Do. do. Quarters, 1846 fo. York, H. & S. Purch, (North Staffordshire 1 Ox.Wr. & Wol.l3pc. Ist g, Do. Redeem., 2d gua I Do. Irredeem., 2,1 gua Rhymney Guaranteed Scottish Central, new pt, Scottish North-Eastern, 34 per c. pref. stock Do.Aberdeen.gua.6 pc.' Do. 7 p. c. pref. stock. South Devon, Ann. 10s.1 Do. Fixed 44 per cent.i Smith Eastern (Reading Ann., 1.0 6 ) I.Yo .41 per cent Do. Fixed 44 p.c. lst is South Wales, gua. 4 p.c. Do. 44 per cent S.-Yorkf4i..ire, 4 p.c. gm Stock. and Dar. A 5 p.e Do. B 6 per cent . Do. C 6 per cent Waterfbrd & Kilkenny, 6 per cent.. 96 98 102 104 Ot 6 1 102 112 115 104 106 114 116 113 115 128 130 84 84 111 113 90 92 77 78 tl5 117 118 120 112 114 1.06 108 88 88 98 180 Stock Stock Stock Stock 98 100 89 91 91 93 [O2 104 10 IA 17 18 loi. 101 75 78 20 21 10 104 15 154 140 142 Stock 264 13} 20 Stock ;Stock Stock Stock Stock Otock 18 120 BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. k ," Per Cent. Reduced Annuities 9si 1 / Vow 3 per Cont . Annuities todia Stoek Nue Debentures, 1858 99/ i 11 11 Ditto, 1859 b itto Bonds, Ll,OOO 0 Ditto Enfaced Paper onsol s for Account (Jan. 10) I ndia Stock for Acounnt 2l: Bi F Ditto, 159 5 p 4er Cent. IcohequerB Bills, £l,OOO, Ifd .. 301 29 Ditto £5OO 29 Ditto Small, lid. S tL•ck r , FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. `'llilian, 6 per Cent. _ Ditto 41 per cent kezioan 3 per Cent. Po bitto Account 4 , - s ortug-ue se 1853, 3 per Cent. 4 nggian 1822 , £ St., 5 per Cent — Ditto, '3 C t 1859 per en ~ 65/ 6 "Parish 3 per Cent izrkigh 6 per C en t 771 61 ~bitio New Loan v Gaeznelan 21 per Cent Dividends on the above payable in London. THREE O'CLOCK. Consols, Money Ditto Account (Jan. 10) .. 951 / s d 93 100 P 57 59 14 1441 137 130 101 106 'par p 1(4 11 93 95 7i Si THIS DAY'S SHIPPING. Westerly Dec. 29.—Wind this d a y at noon, South westerly ; with dull, rainy weather. I PonTsmoun Dec. 28. Win S.S.W. to S.W., hard.— i, ArrivedHurkaru, d, from Chippieolum ; El▪ ite Sharp, from London for St. Kitt's; H.M.S. Mersey, 4 rom Portland. RAMSGATE, Dec. 28.—The Hercules (barque) of Amster ,_u▪ ata, struck upon the Galloper, and is at anch or o ff the ' , North Foreland. SWANSEA ' Dec. 28.—Wind, W.S.W., squa ll y. —A rr i ve d ---- Hercules, from Coquimbo. SILLOTH, Dec. 2 8 . — Arrived—Eupheinia, from Quebec. B RIDGEWATER, Dec. 2 8 .—Arrived—Raceb.us and Char lotte Harrison, from Queboc. Calcutta. PENZANCE, Dec. 28.—Off port—Edmund 'Graham, from OPP MOUNT'S BAY.—John Patton, from New Orleans o r Havre; Lorenzo, from Mobile for Falmouth. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Thursd Morning. Wind W., squally, with heavy rain show( Irs. • Arrived. —Rose, steamer, from Lirerpo ol ; Alliance, 'Anler from Havre ; Wonder, steamer, fro i n Jersey. S ailed.—Allianee, er, for Havre ° l' London ; Courier, stea stea m mer, for Jersey.; 1 r ose, steamer, LIVERPOOL, Thursdlty Morning.' Wind S.W. Arrived, Dec. 28.—Anglo-axon, screw 9 teamer, from li.rortland ; Lucy, from Nantes; Mizerinm, from Mont?- de °; Dauntleas, from Bonny ; Mistleto n, from Rio aneiro ; Columbia, from New York. Arrived, Doc. 29.—Imogen from Paraiba ; Lor Elgi n, '1314 Demerara ; George Was , hington, from 19 lobila d . (BY SIJBMARIXE AND BRITISH TELEGI APR.) GRAVESEND, Thursda j 'Morning. W.S.'\V., tide five hours' ebb, weather cloudy, with Arrived, Gazelle, from ;t. Malo. DEAL, Thursday • Morning. Wind ; fresh, rain. 4 13 ° as sed—Metr,„Tie Miller, froir Calcutta, f or London; M.S. Ica on,rus,from Sheerness, for Portsmouth;futh; Brenda, \rl Lond for Cadiz. th e n E COVENTRY MURDERER. —Joh tt Kington, lirCoventry weavor, who now lies awaitin r execution in 4,„ 4ll vick Gaol, fcr the wilful murder of his 1 r ife, Elizabeth of ', l ,_ Xington, on the 12th Nov. last, is to r ny the penalty t .. 1 ' 4 0 law on Friday next. Fe continues *to confess his '''lle to his turnkeys, and talks with awfu I coolness and 0c t ,,.._ _ . ~g frotcl of the manner in which he will hold his neck, th e other revolting acts, when he stands on the drop. On 1.Z . , passing of the sentence, that firmness wb tech is unmis olpbly his characteristic signally failed him , and he was a'Red to be carried to his cell. He rer a ained deeply ),-"q_ente'd during the whole of the day until the e vening, when Vir S eemed to become more composed and r e signed to his - ad ful fate. The last execution which look place at s 1,,, t 7,,j0k was on Friday, the 14th April, 184 E ;, when Davis 0111111( .4i 4 !Illg for the murder of his wife at B 1, rmingham.— rint ngham Daily .Post. 10 11 [25 130 I 68 70 i IP 140 142 I LO2 104 1 - 1 ) 1 1 95 96 10 10} l'i 121 Ohara 111 113 110 112 93 95 98 99 1 f p o 1 p 23 24 125 127 125 130 117 120 Stock Stock Stock St oCx Stock Stock Stock 108. 1.0.6. Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 25'• Stock 100 100 100 100 all all 75 77 121 123 10! 11i 241 24f 103 104 102 104 84 87 28} 294 33 84 3 6 4. i 334 56 59 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Bedford and Bletchley f all 'Ln& N.W, Buckinghamshire .... 100 Ln& N.W Chester & Holyhead.. 100 'Do. Do. do. 51 p. ct..... 100 Do. Do. do. sp. ct. Clydesdale Junction.., 100 Caledonin Colchester, Stour Val. all E.U.&E C, E.Lincolnshire,g.sp.c. 100 Gt.North.,' E Union ,ITarwichS hs. all , E.Counts. I Do. Woodbridge „I 100 , Gliliarr.&Neils,Dret. , 100 , Caledonin Do. Now 1100 I Do. ... Gloster& Dean Forest' all (it. West. ' Hartlpool.Pck.&Rail. l all Yk.N.&Br roll and Selby Do, i Shares ! all 'Do. 1 D 0.., Shares ....—..' all Do. Londen:&Greenwiell .', 100 S. East I Do. Fret *.rence I 100 i Do. Lon.,Tilb}7.&Soutend.! 100 'Peto &Co Lowestoft, ;.-,ma. 4p. et.l 100 i Norfolk , Do. 6 per cent 1 100 Do. Manc.,BUXtn . &.I..Tatk 1 all LN W&M Mid.liradford Pveler ence Stock i 100 IMidland Newmarkt.,lluryE K. 1 15 5. e.,E.Counts I guara nteed sp. C. , j Nortlin.& Fastn. 5 p.c.l all 'Do. Do. do. 6 per cent. •• • ! all • Do. Do. Fixed 5 Der cent. , all Do. . i North Western ...... 1 all Midland i 1 'IAN W 1; Preston and Wyss. f ! all &LAI. I Do. i shares A.I all ,Do. i Itoystn,Hitelt.,& Shcp 100 !Gt.North Shrewsbry& Hereford 100 IT Brassey Do. Do. 1 1 ' •• • • 1 South Sta frordshlre ..I all M'Clean .i Wilts and Somerset..; 100 Gt. West Wimbledon& Croydrhl all j,.(trßre-tnl Docks. DOCKS. 99 101 50 51 124 I',ll 114 118 103 105 16 17 139 141 41 110 112 C 5 67 1115 120 95 97 2f n; Paid C Price I Business I Dose. Stock Commercial.. Stock Do4perCant.Pret.bliti Stock East and 'West India Stock Stock St. liana' tine Stock Southampton Stool: Victoria +0 Do New 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 104 m , .106 \ 2 Paid. Leasing ! Closing! Business Railways. Co.'s. I Price. Dens. Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Share 'HARE MARKET-( THIS DAY.) all ) 100 100 100 100 100 all 100 all all 100 4i 100 all all 10} 100 100 100 3 1100 1 ali THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 29, 1859 BRITISH POSSESSIONS, Share, Railways. 100 Atlantic &St Lawrence all 86 88 a s Leased at 6 per cent Stk Bom.,Baroda& Cent Ind 100 00i 10 0 4 Ip o gu. 5 per cent 18 Do. Addit. Capital A all 171 14 18 Do. Do. B 11 idi pa 101 1 201 Buffalo and Lake Huron all 44 51. 20 Do. New all 10 Do. Preference 100 Buffalo,Brant. &Godrich 100 6 p. Ct. bds. 1 Aug.., 1872 100 Do. do. 1 July, 1873 100 190 Do. do. 1 June, 1874 5 Clcutta.&S.Eastrn.Lim. 1. 30. par 1 p 20 Cape,Eastn. Prov.(Lim.) 2s. 20 Cape Town & Dock Scrip 3s. 11 1 d 20 Central Oude (Limited) 2s. 6d. 20 Ceylon Guaranteed 6p.c 7 4 isi 7 1 171 Demerara 20 Eastern Bengal.gu.sp.c 5 1 id Stock East Indian, gm. sp. c lOO 1021 1031 1031 3 20 Do. I` Shares Ext 5 par IP 20 Do. J übbulpore 5 par 3p 100 D 0.43 p.c. Bds. pay.'s9 all 100 Do. 43 p. c. Debentrs. all 100 101 1014 20 Geelong& Melbourne all 19 21 Bto • Geelong Corporation 6 100 per cent. Bonds Stockf Grand Trunk of Canada 100 41 43 42t 100 Do. 6 per cent. P re f a ll 95 96 9 5 100 Do. 6 percent. Debentr all 73 74 731 100 Do. 7 per cent. - 1862 100 Do. do. , 1867 all 75 77 754 100 IDo. do. 1872 all 73 75 Stock Gt. IndiaPenin.gua.sp.e lOO 1004 1013 1011 20 Do. New. gua.s per cent 6 4 d par 20 1 Gt.S.of Ind.Lim.—Scrip 110 1 id ( guaranteed 5 per cent. 201 Gt.W. of Canada Shares all 131 131 201 Do. New 100 f Do. Bonds pay. 76 " with ept. till '6O 100 Do. do. '73 till '6O 100 Do. do. "/3 without opt all 98 162 100 Do. 51 p. c. do. '77 do all 92 95 Stock Madras, guar., 43 c. 100 91 93 Stock Do. do. 5 percent 100 100 102 101 Stock Do. 41 p. c. Extension lOO 90 94 Stock Do. Third Ex. gua.s.p.c all 20 Do. Fourth do. 20 Do. do. .. all Stock Melb. Corp. 6 p.c. Bon - ,11 100 20 { Newßrunswick&Canda. R,y.&Land(Lim.)g.6pc 18 Class ACapitl.Share Do. do. Land d 0... 20 Do. do. B. Capital do. 18 __ d .. Do. do. Land d 0... ) 20 Oude (Limited) 20 Scinde q all 20 201 204 20 Do. New E$ 15 id 1 p 20 Do. Punjaub 5 1 td 41 20 Do. Indus. St. Flo. Sr).'"',all Id pi 103 I 20 St. Andrews & Quebec 18 10 Trinidad(Limited) Scrip 1 Id 1 p FOREIGN RAILWAYS. 10 Antwerp & Rotterdam all 41 4/ 20 Ardennes all p 20 Bah.&S.Fran.,Lim.7p.c 5 par 1p 5 Belgian East. Junction all 1 i t 20 IBeziers to Graissessac all ' 6 !Carmeaux Mine & Rail all 24 24 100 ,Copiabo 10 I Ditto Extension 20 ;Dutch Rhenish 20 'Eastern of France 20 'Euphrates Valley 27, p 20 Grand Rue. Guar .5 p.c 6 20Great Central of Franc e all I - - 20 Gt. Luxem., Con. she., all 7 71 20 'ltalian Junction 20 } Lake Constance & Bale all 20 Lierre and Turnhout all 20 Lombardo Venetian lO 24 3 p 124 20 Lyons and Geneva .... all 331 ,Maria Antonia all 10 'Do. do. New 20 Namur and Liege all 8,1 81 84 i 20 Do. do. 6p. c. Pref. all 191 204 16 Northern of France , all 38 39 20 Do. New Shares 10 }Norwedan Trunk Pref all 9 10 20 }Paris,Lyons, and Medit all 37 371 20 }Paris and Orleans 20 Recife& S. Fran. (Perm) } 13 1 d d 20jI g - ua. 7p. et. (Lim.) I ) 20 Riga and Dunaburg 1 8 10 Rome and Frascati • all 20 Royal Danish all 5 I Royal Swedish 4 }Do. 7 per cent. Pref. 20 Sambre and 'Meuse. 10 }Do. 51 per cent. Pref. 20 Southern of France 81 West Flanders r all 5I 5 1 10 }Do. 53T. c. Preference I all 91 10 20 W. & N.IV. of France all 221 234 20 f Western of _Austria 6 20 Western of Switzerland all 6 Wiesbaden 6 Do 8 per cent. Pref all 20 Zealand all Business Done. Paid Closing I 'Sliminess done 1 Price. MT U 2 I POLICE INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DA E) MARLBOROUGII-STREET. AN OFFICER IN TILE ARMY AND A COMMISSION AGENT CHARGED WITH DRUNKENNESS AND ASSAULTING A PROFESSOR OF DANCING.-Mr. Francis Cole, 13, Conholt terrace, Brixton, commission agent, and Mr. Hugh Neville, 138, Tatchbrook-street, captain in her Majesty's 2d Foot, were charged with being drunk and creating a disturbance at the Crown and Two Chairmen, Dean-street ; and Cole was further charged with assaulting Mr. John Caldwell, professor of dancing. ➢ir. John Caldwell, professor of dancing, Dean-street, Soho, said the defendants were in an upper room in his house, and came down to the bar with two females. The females being disorderly they were turned out. The de fendant Cole then (addressing Mrs. Caldwell, his wife) asked if she was his (Mr. Caldwell's) "woman." Ile told them immediately to leave his house, and Cole then pulled off his coat and gave him a tremendous blow on the mouth with his fist. They were both drunk. Cole said he was forced out of the house. lie had asked Mrs. Caldwell:what had offended her, and Mr. Caldwell was asleep at the time. Turvey, 208 C, said the defendants were both drunk. He saw Cole strike Mr. Caldwell, and he assisted in putting Neville out. Mr. Bingham said the defendants, at their time of life, wearing as they did decent coats, and from their position, ought to know that every man's house was his castle, and if he had got a disagreeable customer he had a right to put him out. In fact, if he did not do sn he might be fined for not keeping his house in order. If persons are disorderly they must be restrained. He should fine Cole 40s. or 14 days, and Neville ss. for being drunk. The fines were paid. TUE SCOTTISH ANTIQUARIAN MUSEUM. (From the Edinburgh Courant.) On Friday night a conversazione was held by the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, for the purpose of inaugurating the National Antiquarian Museum in the building of the Royal Institution. The invi tations were responded to by a numerous and fashionable assemblage of ladies and gentlemen, among' whom were—Lord Neaves. Lord Deas, Sir J. G. Baird, Sir John Melville, Hon. B. F. Prim rose, Lady Menzies, Miss Sinclair and Miss Cathe rine Sinclair; Professors Christison, Simpson, Lee, Lyon Playfair, Fraser, Shank More, Miller, Balfour, Allman, Fuller (Aberdeen), Mr. Robert Chambers, Mr. Cosmojnnes, Vice-Admiral W. J. It Johnston, Major-General Robertson, &c. &c. The company filled to overflowin g the library hall of the Royal S oc i e ty on th e west side of the building, where an inaugural lecture was delivered by Lord Neaves. Before proceeding with his sub ject his lordship begged to thank the ladies and gentlemen present, in name of the Antiquarian Society and its office-bearers, for the honour of their presence at the opening of the Lew rooms of the museum, and expressed a hope that they would have many such pleasant meetings on future occa sions. (Applause.) Lord NEAVES then delivered an able and inte resting address, from which we make a few extracts. Antiquarian studies, he said, may be prosecuted in various ways ; as a mere amusement or pastime, as a gratification to the taste and imagination, or as a philosophical science for the ascertainment of im portant truths. In all of these views they are a valuable resource. They abound with topics full of curiosity and entertainment. They reveal, particularly in the departments of architec ture and the other arts, a rich store of objects and ideas replete with beauty and grandeur, and they afford important illustrations for the study of history, particularly its most important branch, the history of civilisation. After remarking on the great interest and importance of various depart ments of antiquarian research, Lord Neaves went on to say—l may best follow up these remarks by giving some account of the m useum w hi c h h as b een formed by our own society. I cannot, however, proceed to do so without mentioning the debt of gratitude which we owe to her Majesty's Govern ment for the magnificent manner in which they have supplied us with accommodation in this build ing, and have also contributed to maintain the staff necessary for carrying out the society's objects. Their liberality in this respect, as well as the liberality of the Board of Trustees, to whom the detail of the arrangements was committed, certainly lays upon us an obligation to take care that everything is done on our part which can pro mote the diffusion and improvement of antiquarian science. After some observations on the mode of classification adopted in the museum, his lordship entered into some detail of the objects of more general interest which it contained. In our mis cellaneous collection, he said, we have many things that would repay attention, to which I can only allude in a cursory way. We have here the branks, an ancient Scottish instrument made of iron, and fastened upon the head, for the purpose of serving, as our catalogue tells us, in somewhat satirical phraseology, " as a corrector of incorrigible scolds." We have here, too, one of the Highland purse elasps referred to in " Rob Roy," with pistols con cealed, so that any stranger attempting to open it would be shot through the hands. We have the thumbikins, a well-known Scotch instrument of torture, much used against the Cove nanters, and of which, perhaps, one of the last victims was Principal Carstairs, who after the Re volution got a present from the Privy Council of the particular thumb-screw, the pressure of which he resisted with so much courage, and which, when he tried it, King William declared would extort from him any secret he possessed. We have another Scottish instrument of a penal kind in the maiden, that " dark ladye," as Coleridge might have called her, who bestowed her fatal c aresses on som e of th e noblest and best men that Scotland ever produced, and who may be said to be grandmother or grand aunt of that sainted female the French guillotine, who, somewhat in the same way, did so much more fearful and extensive execution. We have an im partial collection of relics and memorials, on both sides of the leading political and polemical ques tions. We have abundance of Roman Catholic re mains, not forgetting the beautiful old bell of Kil michael, Glassrie. We have John Knox's pulpit from St. Giles's Church; and we have what tradi tion has called Jenny Geddes's stool, which she hurled at the Dean of St. Giles's, on his trying to read the service -book, but as to which it is but fair to say that, by another report, the lady is repre sented to have become somewhat of a malignant, and to have burnt her stool out of joy at Charles the Second's restoration. We have copies of the covenant signed by Montrose when he began his career as Covenanter; and the solemn league and covenant, with the, subscription of Archbishop Leighton ; and we have one of the banners of the covenant, borne by the Covenanters at the battle of Bothwell Brig. We have the blue ribbon worn by Prince Charles as a Knight of the Garter when in Scotland in 1745 ; and we have a ring given to him by Flora Macdonald at parting with her. After adverting to the desirableness of having some better collection of the old Scotch dresses, and suggesting that those at least who had duplicates of such curiosities should send them to the museum, Lord Neaves noticed the addition made to the Egyptian antiquities by the valuable relics from Thebes, recently contributed by Mr. Rhind, and which were dug out under his personal superintendence, during a residence of two winters in the country. Mr. Rhind, besides that magnificent gift, had given them, in the general arrangement of the museum, the useful aid of his personal advice and assistance, and of the experience he has derived from an ac quaintance with the best museums in Europe. The learned lord concluded by commending the pursuits of antiquarian science to those of his auditors not already members of the society. He said—l am aware that there may be bitter feuds about anti quarian controversy, and that people who wish to quarrel may do so about an ancient name or monu ment, a picture, or a locality, as well as about any topic of the day ; but at least the subjects of such dissensions are beyond the reach of evil conse quences, and the disputants themselves will pro bably soon recover from their asperities. The topics on which antiquaries agree are, luckily, still mere numerous than those on which they differ; and the study, in its general effect, must be considered as eminently conducive to placidity of mind, and to the enlargement of th e f acu lti es , b y extending our sympathies, and exciti ng our interests in the his tory of the human race in all times, and in all its different aspects. (The lecture was listened to with evident interest, and was followed with cordial applause.) Mr. ROBERT CHAMBERS moved " That the thanks of the meeting and of Ihe Antiquarian Society be tendered to Lord Neaves for his learned and elo quent address"—(cheers)—and remarked that he never had the pleasure of hearing his lordship lec ture on scientific or literary subjects without at the same time experiencing a feeling of reset that, so much of his time and attention being necessarily takenhis sdighdnaifietd profession, such his evening treatsduties of as they enjoyed were so seldom bestowed up on th e com munity. intellectual uPtl ' the The company then passed to the library of the Antiquarian Society, where tea and coffee were served, and afterwards spent some time in examin ing the collection of antiquities in the museum. SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH BETWEEN LIVERPOOL AND BIRKENHEAD.—The cable was laid yesterday (Wed nesday) afternoon across the Mersey, between the landing• stage at Liverpool and the Woodside ferry. The operation lasted 10 minutes, and the cable was worked successfully during the remaining part of the day. The want of such communication between the twe stoles of the river has of late been very much felt, and much inconvenience had been suffered in consequence during the prevalent: of the late foggy weather. 21IE NAVY. The following circular has been issued from the Admiralty dated Dec.lo ; "My Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty are of opi nion that it is desirable that the defects of the fleet should, as far as possible, be made good by the artificers of the fleet ; and their Lordships therefore direct that when repairs are necessary requiring superior mechanical skill, and which cannot be satisfactorily performed by the carpenters' crew, blacksmiths, and ship armourers, the same shall be executed, when practicable, by the assistant-engineers of the fleet. "My Lords are further pleased to direct that when assis tant-engineers are thus employed in actual manual labour, upon work unconnected with their own ship, they shall be allowed increased check-money at the undermentioned rates, which are to be charged to the ship under repair in the usual way, viz. :—First-class assistant-engineers, 6s. per diem ; second-class assistant-engineers, ss. per diem ; third-class assistant-engineers, 45. per diem of 10 working hours. " When employed during a part of the day a propor tionate allowance at the above rates to be paid. "By command of their Lordships, " C. PAGET." The screw frigate Galatea, 26, 800-horse power (nominal), arrived at Chatham yesterday afternoon from Woolwich, from which port she had steamed, and was immediately taken into the second dock to be rigged and completed for the steam reserve in the Medway. Admiraltyorders have been received at Chatham for the North Star, one of the old Arctic discovery ships, which was used in the fruitless searches after Sir John Franklin, to be removed into one of the docks at that establishment and taken to pieces, it having been found that,owing to the work in which she was engaged, she is unfitted for further service. The North Star will be taken into the dock now occupied by the Rattlesnake, 26, as soon as that old frigate has been broken up. The screw corvette Charybdis, 21, which has been fitted at Chatham for the steam reserve, commenced taking her guns on board yesterday; Her armament is to be a very heavy one, and will consist of 20 8- inch guns, each of 60 cwt., and 9 feet long, which will be disposed on the upper deck, and one 68- pounder pivot gun of 95 cwt., and 10 feet long. The Mersey, 40, screw, Capt. Caldwell, C. 8., and the Fawn, 17, screw, Corn. Cator, both arrived at Spithead yesterday from Portland. The Firebrand, 6, paddle, Corn. Bruce, steamed into Portsmouth harbour yesterday from Spithead, to make good defects in hull and machinery. The Urgent, screw troopship, Com. Hire, is still detained at Spithead. She is expected to convey detachments to Kingstown, from Spithead, on her way to China. The Arcona screw corvette (Prussian), Captain Sundewald, is expected to arrive at Spithead this morning from Dantsic ; an electric message having been received from Captain Sundewald from the Downs to that effect. No. 6 transport, the Sir Wm. Peel, has arrived at the Arsenal pier, WoOlwich, and has just com menced shipping a heavy battery of siege guns and war materials for China. She is berthed stern to stem with the Adelaide, No. 5, under the hydraulic cranes, and has been fitted with care for the ser vice, particular attention having been paid to her ventilation, as she is intended to be used, on her arrival in China, occasionally as a transport for troops and an hospital ship. The engineer officers of the dockyard yesterday made a minute inspec tion of her engines and machinery, which were prondunced in first•rate working condition. The Adelaide and the Sir William Peel will embark about 4,000 tons. The Thunder, the Powerlul, the Melbourne, and the Mauritius, Nos. 1,2, 3, and 4 transports, in the same service, have already shipped full cargoes of the same description. Both ships, although exceeding 2,000 tons each, are ex pected to be ready for sea during the first week in January. The facilities of the hydraulic machi nery, the patent shot slides and tramways, extend ing to the port-holes and gangways of the ship, renders the task of shipment extraordinarily expe ditious and comparatively light to the former method, even during the embarkation for the Rus sian war, since which many important improve ments have been introduced. A detachment of Royal Marine Light Infantry' was yesterday ordered by the Lords of the Admi ralty to be in readiness at Woolwich for service on board her Majesty's steam sloop Hecate, about to be commissioned, it is expected—although not officially announced—for the River Plate, to replace the Weser, pronounced unsafe for the voyage, and dangerous to the safety of the officers and crew. The following appointments have been made at the Admiralty :—Wm. Pattullo, acting assistant surgeon, to the Queen ; J. Davenport, acting first class assistant-engineer for temporary servic, addi tional, to the Wellington, for service in the Lark • H. Perry, paymaste r , t o th e Vi ctory; and D. T . Waugh, clerk, to be secretary's clerk, to the Excel len' 21128 DAYS MARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE. IMPERIAL WEEKLY AVERAGES. - Wheat, 43s 6d ; barley, 34s ; oats, 21s ld ; rye, 28s 10d ; beans, 3h Ild ; and peas, 37s 6d. THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGES. Wheat, 43s 10d ; barley, 35s Scl ; oats, 21s 9d ; rye, 39s lld ; beans, 40s lld ; peas, 38s 10d. ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WEER.—Wheat, 132,715; barley, 90,039 ; oats, 13,275 ; rye, 276 ; beans, 6,022 , peas, 2,678 quarters. METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. Only a limited supply of beasts was on offer in to-day's market. Prime breeds were in fair request, at fun quota tions ; otherwise, the beef trade was in a sluggish state, at Monday's currency. Prime sheep were very scarce, and in demand, at full prices. Long-wools commanded very little attention. The few calves in the market were disposed of without difficulty, at extreme rates. In pigs, only a limited amount of business was transacted, and much cows were very dull. Per 811 s. to sink the offal. Crse. &inf. b eas t s 3 d. 2 3 6 Second qualitydo. 3 8 4 2 Prime large oxen 4 4 4 6 Primg Scots, &c. 4 8 4 10 Crse. & inf. sheep 3 4 3 10 Second quality do. 4 0 4 4 Suckling calves, 208 to 22s 24s to 295. s. d. s. d. Primecrs-wool do. 4 6 4 8 Pme. S'thdowndo.s 0 5 4 Largo crse. calves 4 2 4 8 Prime small do 4 10 5 2 Large hogs 3 6 3 10 Small porkers and quarter .eld store pigs, TOTAL SUPPLY. Beasts Sheep 3,194 Calves Pigs FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts lBO Sheep Calves Pigs MEAT MARKETS. NEWGITE AND LEADENHALL. - The supplies of meat are seasonably good, and the trade is inactive, as fol lows :—Beef, from 2s 8d to 4s 4d ; mutton, 3s 2d to 4s 6d ; lamb, Os Od to Os Od ; veal, 3s 8d to 4s 4d ; pork, 3s 6d to 4s 8d per 81bs. by the carcase. SOUTHALL, Dec. 28.—The supplies of stock are only limited, and the trade generally has ruled heavy, at our quotations :—Beef, from 3s 2d to 4s 8d ; mutton, 3s 6d to 58 4d; veal, 4s Od to 4s 6d; pork, 4s Od to 4s 8d per Sibs to sink the offal. ROMFORD, Dec. 28.—The demand for stock was heavy, at almost nominal currencies :—Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 8d ; mutton, 3s 6d to 68 4d ; lamb,oB Od to Os Od; veal, 4s Od to 45 6d ; and pork, 3s 10d to 4s 8d per 8113 s ; suckling calves, —s to —s ; quarter old store pigs, 20s to 275 each ; milch cows, Os to eat& HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD..—Meadow hay, £2 103 to £4 4s ; clover, £3 158 to £5 5s ; and straw, 5s to £1 lOs per load. A slow trade. CumBERLAND.--Meadow hay, £2 15s to SA 4s; clover, £3 10s to £5 Os ; and straw, £1 5s to £1 lOs per lead. Supply moderate, and trade firm. W IIITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £2 lOs to £4 4s; clove', £4 Os to £5 5s ; and straw, £1 6s to £1 10s per load. Trade rather dull. SERIOUS RAILWAY ACCIDENT NEAR SHEFFIELD. —On Monday night the passengers by a train leaving Mu bro for Sheffield were placed in considerable jeopardy, and several of them received bruises of a more or less severe character on their heads and faces. The train leaving Derby at 8 o'clock at night and Chesterfield at 9 49 was about half an hour beyond its time on arriving at the Masbro' station. The passengers for Sheffield changed carriages at Masbro', and when the train in which they had taken their seats had got fairly in motion, and was turning the curve which joins the Midland main line with the line running between Sheffield and Rotherham, it ran out of its proper course on to a siding. There was a luggage train standing on the siding, and the passenger train ran into it with some force, causing a severe shock to the 'passengers, some of whlm were pitched with great force off their seats to the other side of the carriage in which they were sitting. The train ap pears to have got out of its course by some negligence at the points, which did not appear to have been altered after the luggage train had been shunted on to the siding. When the driver of the engiike saw that the train had got out of its course, he suddenly reversed the en'ne, and did all he could to diminish the force of the shock which must inevit ably take place. Notwithstanding his great efforts, how ever, the shock was very severe, and several of the passen gers were much shaken and bruised. In a first-class car riage there were the following legal gentlemenresidint 3r . e in Sheffield :—Mr. John Chambers, Mr. Wm. Wake, Mr. Ber nard Wake ' and another gent'eman. The Messrs. Wake sat - opposite each other, and when the concussion occurred Mr. Bernard Wake was thrown violently against his brother, and the nose of the latter was very severely bruised and both his eyes deeply discoloured. Mr. Chambers was severely shaken, and sustained contusions in the loin and on the shoulder. Many other passengers were also bruised about the face and other parts of the body, but we are informed that, notwithstanding the nature of the accident, not a single inquiry was made of the passengers by any of the railway officials as to whether any of them were hurt. We have no doubt the authorities of the line will institute a proper inves tigation into the cause of the accident.—Manchestcr Bra -021121 V' THE FRENCH PREss.—The responsible editor of the Phare de la Loire has just appeared before the Cor rectional Tribunal of Nantes for having copied- from the And de la Religion the letter falsely attributed to King Victor Emmanuel, and was condemned to 400 f. fine and costs. share) 901 100 10)1 5 1 28.2.81 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Securities. P a id . Closing Prices. To 116} 11 100 114 116 100 114 116 10C 1111 1121 100 -- 100 1011 1021 100 1011 102 100 101} 102 100 111 112 100 113 116 100 -- - 100 1101 111 p.c Ja.& July Do. 6p. c. &Aug% Do. 6 & Sep r.8.G0v.0 p.c. Ja. &July . 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P .11E0ITS. 14 15 LSO 210 328 Pa] 4i 5 35 37 19 21 13 15 tOB 112 8 9 231 1 1 51 5 101 103 106 108 Pi 14 I 1 d 1 1 t 11 it I 1 4 5 1 1-, ~ 1 4d }'p 52 55 78 80 11 13 i 22 2 P 6 7 51 53 130 140 36 38 1 1 12 14 MINES. Paid. 2.11.10 16 2.7.0 7.4.0 54} 1s 12.4.2 94 84 4.3.6 1.6.6. 7.9.4 1 10.6.7" 18.18.9 18.18.0 12s 6d 1+ 47+ 10 1.7.2 MINES Closing Price. 41 6* 1 2 290 300 440 450 120 125 6 64 llt 111 57 60 144 13 1* If 4 31 3f 21 4 41 * * 224 50 53 6 5* 51 51 51 11 12 42 45 t 2N 260 2} 21 175 185 21 22 n 3i 4i 34 1 380 390 74 77 175 185 105 110 11 11 121 13} 34 36 29 30 d par I 121 201 48 49 74 81 31 _ _3l 25 26 10i 11& id par Par IP 7 I i i 2 d p 14 K BANKS. Paid.'' Closing Bus ßusiness rice. Done. 81 83 22 23 50 52 74 22 I - - '192 201 64 66 38 40 1 0 1 201 171 17 221 23 39 40 174 185 77 79 28i 291 Bitoinoo Done. 111 I CO2II2IIERCIAL TRA.YELLERS' SCHOOL. The general half-yearly meeting of the governors of this admirable commercial charity was held at the London Tavern yesterday, Geo. Moore, Esq., the treasurer, in the chair, to receive the report and accounts, and for the election of twelve children— seven boys and five girls —on to the foundation. There was a crowded attendance of commercial tra vellers and subscribers, and amongst them we noticed Mr. J. B. Walker, Mr. C. Woolloton, Mr, J. Angell, Mr. John Baggally, Mr. Charles Blower, Mr. Jenkin Jones, Mr. George Rawson, Mr. W. Skelton, Mr. W. Ridley, and others. Mr. ALFRED L. SAUL read the report, which was received with applause, as follows : " The board of mangaement again present them selves to submit their usual half-yearly report. The amounts received for subscriptions, &c., during the six months are as follow : Donations £325 Now subscriptions Old ditto Simultaneous " These items show a considerable improvement, when compared with the receipts of the correspond ing six months of the previous year. Last year the annual subscriptions exceeded those of any previous 12 months, and it is gratifying to observe that this year there is a still further improvement. In the donations, also, there is a material increase. " It affords the board much satisfaction to observe that the amount received from the simultaneous collection is greater than that of last year. About 1,400 commercial hotels in the United Kingdom were in October last furnished with the necessary papers relative to the simultaneous collection; from these 24S answers have been received, enclosing amounts varying from half-a-crown upwards, the average amount from each hotel being about 295. This appears at first sight to be somewhat incon siderable, but it must be borne in mind that only in the principal commercial hotels in the larger towns can a company of commercial gentlemen be met witk on any given day. In some particular hotels the movement met with great support ; for instance, at the Cross Keys, Hull, the amount re ceived was £lO 65.; Crown, Edinburgh, £7 18s.; Cinque Ports, Rye, £l2 ls. ; Steele's, Glasgow, £5 ; Mee's, Liverpool, £5; Batty's, Manchester, £7 14s. Gd. ; Fountain, Portsmouth, £5 ss. " The board have so thoroughly explained their views in regard to this movement in the various addresses which have been issued from time to time, that it is not necessary here to do more than thus briefly refer to the result of the collection ; at the same time, they would be guilty of a great omission if they failed to record their grateful appreciation of the kindness of those commercial gentlemen in the country who, by their advdcacy and energy, so successfully assisted this movement. " The children continue to enjoy good health ; their robust and cheerful appearance was a subject of general remark as they passed round the room on the day of the anniversary dinner. There is only one child on the sick list at Pinner at the present Pima • On the subject of education there is little to state in addition to what has appeared in previous reports. When the court last met it was ordered that a selection from the written answers of the boys in competing for Mr. Moore's prize should be printed for distribution. The instructions of the court in this respect have been carried out. The selection, published in a small pamphlet form, has been widely circulated, and with the most bene ficial effect. Few of the subscribers to the insti tution have the opportunity of ascertaining by their own personal investigation what is the character of the education imparted at Pinner ; but the pub lished answers of the boys afford an opportunity of obtaining an insight into the nature of the instruc tion communicated at Pinner, and of ascertaining the general qualifications and attainments of the scholars. At the present time there are 98 boys and 48 girls in the institution ; of these 10 boys and 1 girl are about to leave ; 7 hop and 5 girls are about to be elected, which, with 2 boys about to be admitted by purchase, will make the number of children in the establishment 149, consisting of 97 boys and 52 girls. " The board feel it incumbent upon them to acknowledge in the warmest manner the energetic and successful labours of the stewards during the past 12 months. The year has been, in a financial point of view, a very successful one, and that suc cess is to be ascribed in a great measure to the zealous and efficient manner in which the stewards have fulfilled the important duties of their office. " In conclusion, the board desire to record their sense of the Divine goodness in vouchsafing to the institution so long a career of prosperity and use fulness." Mr. C. WOOLOTON then moved, and Mr. J. ANGELL seconded—" That Mr. Moore be reap pointed treasurer," which was carried with ap plause. Mr. TURNBULL moved, and Mr. T. C. WARD seconded—" That the board of management, con sisting of 30 gentlemen, be reappointed," Mr. J. B. Walker being appointed with applause, in the place of Mr. Stacey, who retired. Mr. J. B. WALKER then proposed the reappoin t ment of Mr. Saul, as secretary, eulogising, amid general applause, that gentleman's indefatigable services in bringing on the institution to its present prosperous position. The friends and supporters of the charity were highly indebted to Mr Saul for the zealous and efficient manner in which be had performed his duties. (Applause.) Mr. CHUBB seconded the motion. Mr. POTTER, after expressing disapproval of the amount of the society's expenditure as contrasted with its income, alleging that the former was some thing like 25 per cent, of the latter, proposed as an amendment, that Mr. Sa u l b e re-elected secretary, but that his salary do not exceed £250 per annum. Mr. TOULMIN seconded the amendment. • The CHAIRMAN disputed Mr. Potter's statement regarding their expenditure, and showed that the income, owing to the late successful dinner, gave the society an increase altogether of £5OO over the preceding year. (Loud applause.) The strictest economy was exercised by the board of manage ment. Mr. SAUL (the secretary) corroborated this, and stated that there was another item to be added, showing their income for the past year was con siderably in excess of their expenditure, he alluded to the sum of £2OO which they derived from pro perty invested. (Applause.) Mr. H. HEATH (firm of Leaf and Co.) deprecated any reduction in the remuneration of the society's most important and responsible officer. Mr. J. B. WALKER, also, in an able speech pointed out the inexpediency, in a commercial point of view, of reducing the remuneration of their most efficient officer. The better the man the better the manage ment, and this could not be obtained without ade quate pay. (Applause.) The great evil in connec tion with half the establishments in London was the employment of young men at paltry and inadequate salaries, and frequently the result was the failure of those houses. If they got a good man keep him and pay him well, and if he wanted an advance and it was justifiable, give it him. (Loud applause.) The energies of such men would always uphold an esta blishment, where a cheeseparing economy would destroy it. (Applause.) This was the rationale that should regulate their transactions, and on these grounds he deprecated any reduction in the salary of their able secretary. Mr. JENKIN JONES believed that the best inte rests of the charity would be jeopardised if Mr. Potter's proposition were persisted in. It had been negatived by a crowded meeting on a former occa sion, and it was greatly to be regretted that it was brought forward again. After some further discussion the amendment was put to the vote and negatived by the entire meeting, the original motion—that Mr. Saul be re-elect e d secretary with an undiminished salary—being car ried with a demonstration of three hearty cheers. On the motion of Mr. Hewitt, seconded by Mr. Fiddeman, the report and accounts were carried by acclamation. Mr. Ridley then proposed, and Mr. Charles Blower seconded, " That Messrs. Bradbury, Green, Heath, Storey, and Brand be elected auditors for the year ensuing." On the motion of Mr. Walkerthe a cchairmanm voteoafnfo rhis thanks was passed by acclamation to ability and urbanity in presiding, and fo o rh e is rc u ia n i tiring attention to the interests o f the cmm Travellers Schools and other kindred charities of this great City; and the meeting separatel to as sist in the election of candidates, which cloc.ed w ith the poll at four o'clock. THE COLLISIONS IN THE CHANNEL—In the notices which appeared of the collision between `Le seatn ship Lyra and the schooner Sweetheart, when off the Mull of Galloway on Saturday morning, it has been omitted to mention the friendly service rendered to the former by Capt. Jones, of the Welsh schooner Petit Louis, and for which he received the co r di a l t h anks of Capt ' Wheeler of the Lyra. The Petit L ou i s, w hi ch was proceeding from Ply mouth to Glasgow, was running- up from the southward point of the Isle of Man to Corsowell Point, when the steamer Lyra was observed with signals of distress. The schooner luffed up to her under her lee, when Captain Wheeler asked Captain Jones to heave to, which the latter did, and kept with the steamer for about three-quarters of an hour. Shortly afterwards the barque Patience hove to on the windward of the Lyra, and she being the larger vessel, the steamer's boats were got out, and her passengers all transferred to the barque, as previously ',i'ecorded. The schooner which came into collision with the s.s. Thetis on Sunday morning, off Cumbraes, was 'the Brackley, not Brightly, as given yesterday.—North British _Daily Mad. General Blunt died at Southampton on Saturday Pen insular aadvancedtage.he distinguished Portuguese ee ee service, himself and i n n g the e Pundern Lord Beresford. The gallant general receivod a pension from the Portuguese Government up to the d a y s f his death. .11UNGARY. ,Prom the Correspondent of the Daily News.) PESTH, DP.e. 25. It is a peculiar feature of the House of Hapi , • . burg, even in the female line of the Lorraines, that they consistently oppose the principles of civil and' religious liberty. There is not one province of their empire which has not revolted againstthem at:some period or other on account of their oppression, and some of them were able to throw off the yoke for ever—for instance, the Swiss Cantons, Portugal, the Low Ceuntries, and lately Lombardy. The Austrian system, however, remains the same,' though it led to rebellions in Catalonia under Charles V., in Arragon under Philip 11., in Austria Proper, in Carinthia, and elsewhere, in Bohemia during the Thirty Years' - War, and six times in Hungary during the last 250 years. Indeed, the dynasty never learn nor ever forget anything; they. seem to think that their task is not to govern a large empire to the satisfaction of the inhabitants,- but to uphold the system of centralisation and the' supremacy of the Roman Catholic Church at the. continual risk of their own existence. Out of the six risings in Hungary, three were entirely successful, and resulted in treaties of peace, en suring perfect equality for the Protestants and constitutional liberty for Hungary; a fourth was• brought to a satisfactory end by the good offices of England, under Queen Anne, and the States General; one failed only by the supe riority of the Imperial armies backed by all Ger-- many; the last, though unsuccessful, left the spirit of the nation unconquered, since Francis Joseph's ultimate success was brought about only by domestic treason and Russian intervention,. all the rest of the European government loosiing apathetically upon that grandest of tragedies, a nation struggling nobly for freedom, and'crushed by a combination of despots. The Hungarians were. subdued, but not broken, and this is the reason why' ten years sufficed to wear off from their mind the terror excited by gallows, prisons, and confiscations, to steel their hearts once more for along uphill fight against the Austrian rule. The bigoted govern ment of Vienna, however, even now took the initia tive ; had it not meddled with the organisation of the Protestant church and forced quiet people of strong religious convictions into open opposition it might have postponed the crisis fOr a long while.. Not taught by former experience, those gentlemen at Vienna do their best to embitter the strife, as if they wished to provoke a collision. On the 15th inst. we were already within an inch of bloodshed, averted only by the forbearance of the population, which does not believe the present moment auspicious for armed resistance. The Protestants of the mountain ciistrict having resolved to meet on that day in the Lutheran church, in defiance of the last orders of Count Thun, for the purpose of considering the Count's notorious decree regarding the organisation of the Protestant churcl:es, the Imperial authorities shut the church up, and placed a detachment of police before the building. The members of the meeting assembled therefore in the adjoining school rooms, and hastened to draw up a protest against the obnoxious Ministerial decree. A police-officer soon arrived to dissolve the meeting, which, after a short and impressive prayer by the Rev. Joseph Szekacs, Lutheran clergyman of the Hungarian con gregation of Pesth, obeyed this order. But scarcely had the members of the district meeting withdrawn, when about 200 students of the university came, fol lowed by,several hundred respectable citizens, who had on the same morning been in the Roman Catholic church, where a mass was said for the Hungarian poet, Charles Kisfaludy, an uncle of Madame Kossuth, and who, on their return, wished to be present at the Protestant meeting. The police force,. which bad in the meantime arrived, rudely ordered them to disperse, and at once charged them. The multi tude gave way, but the students kept the armed police for some moments at bay, which allowed the crowd to get off without injury. The ringleader of the students was, however, taken into custody, when he turned out to be the son of an Austrian count in high Government office. He was at once released, upon which the excitement subsided: in the streets. The Protestant agitation still continues especially I by the provocation given by the Government offi cials. All the Protestant districts, and nearly all the seniorats having already held their meetings and voted their protestations, the agitation would now have died out in the most natural way, but the Austrian Cabinet supplies the fuel for maintain ing the fire. Though no arrests have as yet taken place, and the government claims it indeed as a merit that it has not yet proceeded to such extremi ties, still domiciliary visits were made at the houses of three superintendent administrators and of several lay members of the district meetings ; their private papers were overhauled and carried off, and 169 persons were summoned to appear before the provincial criminal court at Kaschan on the 15th of December, when the heavy snow-fall had made the roads nearly impracticable, much to their an noyance and anxiety. After a short inquest they were all dismissed except three, who are to be in dicted for exciting the people to resistance against the government ; but even these three were not im prisoned, they had only to give bail. On the other hand, the government tries to gain some clergymen over in favour of the ministerial decree, but until now with very questionable success. The Calvinist superintendent or administrator of the Danubian district soon found that his position became unten able after he had given up his opposition against the decree, and therefore resigned. The same hap pened to the Luthern clergyman of Schemnitz, to whom his congregation declared that he had for feited their confidence. But the clergyman of Szent Mikles, the Rev. Mr. Hodzsa, who in 1849 was a violent partisan of the Austrians, forgot him self even so far as to accurse and excommunicate all his congregation, in the church, before the altar, when he saw that they were unwilling to accept the decree. Such indiscreet supporters of Count Thun only fan the flame, and are scarcely of any value to the Minister. As to the Roman Catholics, their conduct is really admirable. Even the Episcopacy displays a toleration altogether unusual in any Roman Catho lic country, in order not to disturb the patriotic unity of harmony in Hungary. The Archbishop of Erlacz has given a piece of land and material for the construction of a Protestant school on one of his estates. Canons have' subscribed for the repairs of Protestant churches and for Protes tant cemeteries, since the Ministry has given orders to protect in future Roman Catholic corpses from any possible contamination by the subterraneous neighbourhood of heretic bodies. On the other hand, the Protestants freely subscribe for the erection of a splendid altar in honour of St. Stephen, in the cathedral at Gran, and become members of the Roman Catholic St. Stephen's Association. Even the attempt to get up a petition for the preservation of the temporal power of the Pope has failed, the priests having unanimously declared that by the law of Austria they have been forbidden to meddle with politics, which belong exclusively to Govern ment. I A new opportunity for expressing the wishes of the country was recently given by the Austrian Government. One of the last official acts of Baron • Bach had ben the publication of his scheme for the Organisation of the rural and civic communities. It was, however, so cumbrous and complicated that ' his successors in office could not think of enforcing it. Accordingly it was set aside, but " confidence men" (Vertrauens-manner) were appointed in every • province by the Government to discuss the subject upon the basis of Baron Bach's scheme. In • the German provinces this kind of work has gone on for the last two months without great success, since each province recommended a different system, and the presiding governors or their deputies had no instructions as to the leading principles of the cabinet. But if the work done was of little use, there was at least nowhere any collision between the confidence-men and the officals. In Hun gary, on the contrary, the Presburg confidence men, eighteen in num er, agreed that no satisfac tory law could be given but by the Diet, and ten of them at once withdrew after this declaration ; the eight remaining were ready to take the scheme into consideration as a preparatory step for the Diet whenever it should be held, but the presiding Government official dissolved the committee after a few meetings. At Oedenburg the confidence men nobody made cbtoi nd ey s s i: bp o ur r ot t pt w ohs o ee r d • lketghoaetl' resolution Diet iet l' h wase Abbot tehmaptoinw o teh f t r their d he r opinion o B e g ne i v laws. It was seconded and carried unanimously , and the confidence men at once and finally withdrew. At Pesth, Count Names proposed a similar resolution, though worded in such a way as to give less offence to the chair- • man. Count Augustus Forgach, canon of Gran, seconded the proposition. M. Pap, from Jazygia, supported it in a strong speech, as one acquainted with the views of the middle classes, and all the present confidence men voted for it, though declaring that they were not averse to dis cuss the ministerial scheme. At the end of the third meeting, however, they all withdrew, since the official paper of Vienna had declared, contrary to the facts, that the resolution in favour of a Diet had not been carried at Pesth, and that the confi dence- men continued the discussion. Thus three Hungarian districts have refused to co-operate in any extra-parliamentary legislation ; about the two remaining ones we have not yet received any information, but do not doubt that they will follow the precedents. The anniversary meeting cf the Hungarian Aca demy was again v cry remarkable for pointed sp6eches, full of patriotic sentiments and historical recollections which find their parallel in the pre. sent state of Hungary. Stook' Stock Stook t lO ock St% ~;~ Sharel 100 100 20.11 100 all all all all 100 100 100 all all all 6 28 li i i:26i 85} 5 56 51