The Sun. — London, England, 1859-12-28 00:00:00

k „,.‘ -MONEY MART - CET AYD CITY NEWS. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. The demand for discount accommodation con tinues exceedingly active, and the applications both at the Bank of England and in Lombard-street have increased. The rates charged for negotiating commercial securities, however, remain unchanged, owing to the plentiful supply of money which is still at the command of the banking and discount ing establishments. It is probable the inquiry will be fully maintained for some days longer as the settlement of annual accounts will provide tempo rary employment for a large aggregate amount of capital. At the Stock Exchange, where business is very quiet, loans can be obtained at easy quota tions. The Foreign Exchanges yesterday afternoon ex hibited a slight decline in the rates on Amsterdam and. Hamburg. The bar silver brought by the last West Indian steamer has been sold at ss. 2d. per ounce standard, bein g an advance of id. on the price realised for the Previous supply. The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed quietly, and prices had a downward tendency. The sales were only 4,000 bales. In the Railway Share Market a fair amount of business was transacted, and quotations were rather firmer. It has been decided by the committee of the Stock Exchange that Monday next, the 2d of January, shall be a settling day in the Debentures of the East Indian Railway Company's 5 per Cent. Loan of £1,600,000, and transactions are to be officially recorded. A meeting has been convened of the East and West India Dock Company, for the purpose of de claring- a dividend. The transactions reported to-day in the market for English Securities have been very limited ; but continued firmness has been exhibited, notwith standing the paucity of business, and the decline on the Paris Bourse. Consols are supported at 95 eX dividend for the 10th proximo. The position of monetary affairs, and the expectation of favourable results from the Congress, impart firmness to the quotations. The New Three per Cents. have im proved to 95r4 y ; the Reduced to 981 ; India loan Debentures (1859) to 984 ; ditto New Stock, is steady, at 1041 -7-; the Bonds are 6s. Prem.; ditto enfaced paper, 96. Exchequer Bills remain at 295. to 325. prem. Business in the Foreign Stock Market continues rather quiet, and prices show little alteration. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 76f to 77f ; ditto New, 6 4 to 65 ; Mexican 3 per Cents. have receded to 22 1 ; Sardinian to 851 ; Spanish 3 per Cents. to 45 1 ; Russian 3 per Cents. to 65; ; and ditto Scrip toy discount. Venezuelan 21 per Cents., however, are firmer at 29. The Ocean Marino Insurance Company's shares are 11. prem. ; and Universal ditto, prem. The shares of the San Paulo Company aro quoted prem. The allotment will take place to- Inorrow. In the Railway Share Market there has not been, l unch activity. Prices, however, have continued L i nn. Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, and North Eastern (Berwick) have improved ss. ; Lan, eashire and Yorkshire, Midland, and South Eastern,. ,„ I°3 .Caledonian, £1 ; Great Northern and B righton have declined ss. In the Foreign Market no change has taken place in prices. The Colonial undertaking have been rather flatter. Ci rand Trunk of Canada have declined about 10s. ; and Great Western of Canada, ss. East Indian d Great Indian Peninsula remain at about Pre l'icls quotations. Joint-sto c k B an k an d Mi sce ll aneous Shares con tinue to be moderat e ly dealt in at former prices. B a nk of New South Wales have improved ss. ; T i stralian Agricultural, ss. ; and Peninsular and u tiental Steam, 10s. a BRITISH FUNDS--CLOSING PRICES. w" Oeut. Reduced Annuities 1 ; A '''' . 3 ber . Cent. Annuities 951 11 I t ule. 30 Years, expire sth April, 1885-- 17/ tn dilt Di. Stock 44 Debentures, 1858 — " Di ds, £l,OOO bi t ,1859 9 Bl 1 I Fon v Ditto Enfaeed Paper a i ' l pola for Account (Jan. 10) " 1 St for 11 ., le Ditto, 1859, 5 p erp Cent. e, e hequer illa, £l,OOO, lid k to Small, 11d FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Br it n. 9 "'lan 5 per Cent. ti Ditt o 41 per cent k:xivar t 3 per cent. ftil,l'uese, 1853,3 per Cent. a L an, 1822, £ St., 5 per Cent "°, 3 per Cent., 1859 654 8 Ditto Scrip, g aM blian 5 per Cent. B5 i Aftni g h ' ... Ditto New uent 451 ioiftttoo N p r ssi D ve eferred, 3 per Cent. l3a 10 1 y;,,T.h Com. Cert. of Coup. not funded 4l TL'_ißti 6 per Cent v, "1.6 New Loan nezuelan 21 per Cent 29 8; Dividends on the above payable in London. THREE O'CLOCK. Conßols, Money Ditto Account (Jan. 10) .. 951 1a d 17-B TORS IN FRENCH SECURITIES. The f (Fivna the Times.) i t ort f o l io case will operate as a caution to th e g, ll investors in French securities not to place curnents in connection with them in the h ands °f agents at Paris : i ll ir 41 , difficulty has lately arisen in recognis rt re sale i n thi s country o f F renc h s t oc k, w hi c h, Vitbl to form a precedent, may materially interfere att,„, 4l vestment s in French securities, hitherto un lieeT'sd with the objection now raised by an emi t -flanking firm in Paris. R. 1 3, and C, gen tl emen we ll known in London fe w l E,' l l respectability, invested in their names a th e ears ago a large sum of money in actions of . tilt a -6tri k of France, and they allowed the certifi °f the t ransact i ons t o rema i n w ith their aft er (who al so ac t as b ro k ers ) i n P ar is. Soon diNZ th ey authorised the bankers to receive the )11 1 - o ' Bll da and to pay them to X Y, British subjects, v u3ll .._ally wintered in the south of Europe. count' having died, A, B, and C sold in this e ert the French actions, but on presenting the th e 1 1 ," e ato of sale, duly vouched by a public notary t o duankers demanded that the title of A, B, and C th e 1 )8 ° should be disclosed, as also the adhesion of oe the persons beneficially entitled to the stock th ey "e death of X Y, the bankers alleging that if right w ere a trust affecting the capital they had a theact to investigate it, and to have the consent of lik v i„ eBt ui quo trusts to the sale. Remonstrances e eo l _,g Proved unavailing, and the amount being Ve—r e rable, the demand was complied with, and a et7l's detention in Paris became necessary, besides and il P in g English and French notaries, English 13ritifill'erich solicitors, declaration of the law by the bag g, Consul in Paris, ratification by the Em- Air • " 40 legalisation at the office of Foreign airs, e. The trouble of doing all this has been i g r eat, and the costA, B, and C nearly £lOO n to for r. le included 300 f. to the objecting bankers c , _lieu. correspondence.' know Ans ,tthoejulas\tviryin France and England is too well well the 1: w,ncn they such exactions, the public will do purchase foreign securities, to hold h ew er tP' and not to let it remain with the banker, ever respectable:, . . PRICE OF GOLD.—The quotation of gold at Park London is 1,1,1 about i per milled, and the short exchange on Lon . 4 .10 p er Li • • ~. i• . Mintrling. On comparing these rates "Zusti price of :£3 17s. 10id. per ounce for s dearer tri l , d, it appears that gold is at about 2-10ths per cent. .-raris than in London By advices from Hamburg the vi tan itil d tn arol ° trz,l 7sold,ni! 423 per ' mark, .and the short exchange on 14 31 per £1 sterling. Standard gold at the Illaglish Mint price is therefore about 1-10th per cent. dearer in Hamburg than in London. The course ?H ti n ge at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight ' 3 about 1091 per cent , which, when compared with the Mint t'Pportions between . the two countries, shows that the ex _Viange is about at Par ; and, after making allowance for Charges of transport and difference ' of interest, the present tate leaves o profit on the imno vtati United St a t es 81100 KING DEATH Or A FARMER AT on of gold from the Z.--A. shocking accident occurred at the Worcester Corn -Kitchange on Saturday evening. last, which unfortunately resulted in the death of Mr. Jones, a farmer residing In 1-.cvvltesbury, and a rezular frequented of the exchange. In 'Tent of the building there is a cornice, which runs along tho Font length; this composed of bricks and cement, as an i mitatio n of stone. It is supposed that the recent frost had cracked the cement, and that the thaw which commenced own Friday hscl loosened ths cracked part. As Mr. Jones as leavi ergoe exchange at about half-past three o'clock 'gas aftn, a mass of bricks and cement fell, part of Nyhi li struck him on the head and caused almost immediate death ; the bricks falling from a great height fractured the Eil:peceased's skull in a terrible manner. Afedical aid was rocured alinnst iininediately, but the oor fellow only lin ered for about ten minutes after the occurrence. The deceased was highly respected by the corn merchants and f anners in and near Worcester. 12.10 'Amberg., Notting. Bost. and Eastern Junction ' Delfast and Baliymrna Itir„ Wol., and Str. Val lair., La., and Ch. June Blackburn Myth and Tyne Bost.Slefd.& Mid. CAM Bristol and Exeter ... • 'Caledonian 'Cork and Bandon Carmarthen & Cardigan Cork, Blkrock,&Passagel Cornwall 10 ID°. A (A roves. no div 10 Do. B untihip.c.per an., hasbeen pd.toß. 50 , Dublin andß elfast June. 25 Dun.,Perth,& Abr.Junc Stock , i East Anglian Stock Eastern Counties Stock , Eastern Union A Stock, Stock Do. do. B Stock 25 Do.NW.A.(Ite.E.U3ds)I 20 East Suffolk 10 Do Stock •Edinburg and Glasgow, Stock jEdin.,Perth, & Dutidce,' 10 (Forth & Clyde Junction' Stock Furness Stock' GI a sgow & South Westn 10 Great North of Scotland Stock Great Northern Stock! Do. do. A Stock Stock Do. do. B Stock Stock :Gt. South.& Wetn,(lreld)! Stock !Great Western Stock ,Do.Str.Vl.Rail Gua.Stk I 12 !Irish South Eastern Stock Lancaster and Carlisle 104 IDo. Thirds 154 ;Do. New Thirds Stock, Lancashire & Yorkshire,' Stock 'London and Blackivall.! Stock !Lon.,Brighton dzS.Coastl 25 'Loud. Chat. and Dover , Stock ;London & North Westn' 12i I Do. Eighths Stock jLondon& South-Westn 25 IL'derry & Coleraine 26 ;L'derry & Enniskillen I Stock Jian., Shef., & Lincoln ' 10 !Metropolitan Stock!Midland Stock jDo. Birming. & Derby. 50 ;Mid. Gt. West. (Ireland) 25 ' !Do. Shares 100 Newcastle and Carlisle 25 New., Aber., & Herefd 10 iNewry & Armagh (act.) 20 *Newry, Warpt., & Roe Stock Norfolk 50 'North. Counties Union Stock North British • Stock Nor.Dev.Rail.&Dk. Stk. Stock , Do.A Stk.— Arec.no div.; until sp.c.hasheenpdßl Stock!Do. B Stock Stock , North-Eastn.—Berwick! 25 I DO. do. G.N.E.Purchase! StockiDo, Leeds Stock' Do. York "St ock !North London 20 !North Staffordshire 10 INo. & Sou. W. Junction Stock ;Oxford, Wor.,& Wolvcr 10 'Peebles 20 Portsmouth 10 IRhymney Stock Scottish Central StockiScoth. N.E., Aber. Stock Stock Do. Scottish Mid. Stock Stock'Shropshire Union 10 ISittingbourne & Sheer Stock South Devon Stock 'South-Eastern Stock !South Wales Stock SouthYorks.&Riv.Dun 20 ;Staines, Wok., & Wok 25 !Stockton & Darlington 25 IDo. do. 1855 25 , Do. do. 1858 !Stockton & Ilartlepool Stock Taff Vale Stock Do. Preference, No. 1 25 IThamesllavenDk&Rail 50 'Ulster 25 , Do. 12 10 ! Do Stock Vale of Neath 10 I Victoria Station & Pim Stock Waterford & Kilkenny 50'Waterford & Limerick 20 ;West Cornwall 10 kW-end Lon. & Cry. Pal 6 jDo.A.—Arecv.nodiv.till, 7 p.c. has been pd; to It Do. B I West LondOn • 13.1 i Stork Stock Stock of 6i 8 8i 78 79 lli 121 64 7 102 104 93 ni 61 7 all 100 3} 100 100 8 Si 14 15 57& 584 39 41 27 29 82 F 2 29 90 99 .100 1 166 107 (9f 96 1133 135 111 113 68 691 460 62 201 206 17 175 p 17 175 p 905 991 65 67 114 115 1:11 145. 971 es' a 9,1 085 S 4 9 374 384 - di 1081 109 86 89 10 11 59 61 34 I d 82 624 1 041 951 14 1 d 48 48} ' 781 781 107 109 4 31d 81 01 35 37 7 * 8 1 14 16 116 118 286 2 9 83 85 47 49 34• d 43a (f 83 831 72 74 62 64 6 8 , 35i 864 941 i 6 27/1 8 1061 7 95 134 31 70 emi 1 to 100 i i 100 4 651 114/ ;ll 971 $ i 83# 95 9 49 79i 163 100 100 10e 91 100 • all all all 5 20 10 20 Do. Ist Class Do. 2d Class all all all all all NSI 50f 3 f l p *d 63 65 p 8 431 ••M. •••• 831 4} PREFEREMI ARES. e Closing RBusingShar Railways. Paid 1 .. 1 *i Price. I Done. 25 Blythe and Tyne 1C per) c. pref. (issued at Z5O) all 1 Stk Bris. & Exet.4p.ct.Stock 100 96 98 20 Do. do. do. Shares l4 . took Caledon £lO, 4/ per cent 100 102 101 12.10 Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. all 61 Cork & Bandon, 51 p. c. all 20 Cornwall, 5 per cent. 61 Dun. Perth,& Aber...Tun all 5/ 6 Stock E.Angn. Class A 7 & spe 100 100 102 Sto k Do. do. Class B 6 pc lOO 112 115 Stoc Do. do. Class C 7 pc I 100 104 106 Sto E. Coun. Ex. 5 pct. No.l i 100 114 116 St 'Do. do N 0. 2; 100 113 115 Sto Do. New 6 per et. Stock 1 100 128 130 Stoc Eastern Union, 4 per et.l 100 81 86 Ftock Edin.&Glas. spc shares 100 111 113 S toe Do. 4 s.c. gua. S. &D. 100 90 02 Stock Edin. Perth,& Dun. 4 pc. 100 76 77 ol !Roc Furness, 5 per cent „ _ 100 Sto - Glas. &S West. 7 a. 5 pc, 100 115 117 119 Stock Great Northern, sp. et. 100 118 120 Sto Do. 5 pcßedm.,lop.c.pm 100 112 114 Stoc Do. 41 p. c. do. do. 100 Do.sp.c. Redm.,s pc. pm, 80 88 88 8 7 10 Gt. Nh. of Scotld, Ist pt.' 1 all et i Roo , 1 Gt p .S: t ..& pr T e ViV o l e a i n c d . ) 4. 100 98 100 Rants) Ext. 5 p.ct 1 6 „7 1 00 — 100 Gal shares " I all 17 18 50 t4eat West. (Berks and Stoc Do. Redeemable, 41 p et.! 100 ,"' , Q 2 ''2 Stock Do. Redeemable, 4p. et.' 100 89 '' - - Stock Do. Irredeemable, do , 100 91 93 1031 4 Stoc Do. sp. et. Redeem. Pref 1 100 102 101 8 Do. Birm. Pref. Shares; all 10 /01 10 Gt. West. Ches. 8 p.c.pf , 10 Do. do. sp. et. pref i all 101 10/ Stock Do. Birming. guar. stock; 100 75 78 75 i 261 Do. Chester guar.sharesl all 20 21 135 I Do. do. do 20 ; Do. do. do. ; all 15 151 Stock; Lan. & York 6 p.c. stock, 100 139 141 Stock( Do.Barnsl.St.Zs 3slodpe, 100 Stock Lon.&Brig.spc. gu. No.l 100 118 120 Stock Do. pref., sp. c. ...No. 2 1 100 118 120 Stoc Do. New gua., 6p.ct 1 103 Stock. I I Do. do. sp. e. No. 41 100 118 120 5 Do. do. 4 5 per c. shares 41 25 Lond. Chat. and Dover all Stock Lon. &N. W.Cov. &Nun- eaton, sp. ct. ! 100 Stock Lon.&S. W, 7 p.els.stook,l 1 late 3d shares ; 100 125 ; Londondy & Cole, 1 mhs 1 all 121 Londond , %& Ennis Ish all 10 11 Stock Man.,Sh.; & Lin., 6p. ct 100 125 130 6 11)0. £6 45 4 ! Stock , Do. 31 per cent. 10 Do. redeem. 6 per cent. 5 4 i p 121 Maryport & Car., 4 p.c. all 124 I Do. 4 per cent... Do. Stock Mid. Con. 6p. c. Stock, 100 Stock Do.Con.Bris.k.Bir.6p.et: 100 140 142 Stock I Do. 41 p. c. pref. stock lOO 102 104 1 0 3 6 I Do. with option till 1860. 3 1 1 p Stock; Do. Leie. & Hit.pref. st., 100 95 96 10 Newport,Aber,&e.pret.s; ), all 10 101 ( p. c. redeem, at 5 p.c. n rn; $ 10 Do. Perpet, 6p. e. with option till 1866 all 1' 121 S took , Norfolk Deb. 4 p.c.shares 100 Stockl Do. sp. c. Ext. Stock,lB46 101, Stock' Do. 51 p. c. Pref. do. 1847 100 Stock Do. Way.Val.Ex.Sk 1847 100 Stock' North British, 5 per cent 100 111 113 Stock' Do. New, gua. 5 per cent 100 110 112 StockiNth.Dev.Rail.&D‘k.oo. 100 Stock N- East. irred. 4 p.c. Deb. 100 StocklDo. Consol. Pref. 4p. c. 100 91 93 Stock Do. Berwick, 4p. c. Pref. 1 00 98 99 17 Do. do. do. 20 Do. Leeds, 6p. c. No. 1 l3 ..... 125 Do. do. Quarters, 1846 -— 25 Do. York, IT. &S. P urc h., 10 0 IP 20 North Staffordshire .. .1 all 23 24 Stock Ox.Wr. & Wol. 6pc. lst4, , 100 125 127 Stock Do. Redeem., 2d glut— . 100 125 130 Stock Do. Irredeem., 21 gua.l 100 117 120 10 Rhymney Guaranteed.) 81 81 Scottish Central, new pt, al Stock Scottish North-East ern 100 Stock 31 per c. pref. stock....! 100 73 75 Stock Do.Aberdeen.gua.6pc.i 100 120 122 Stock Do. 7p. c. pref. stock. 100 10s. South Devon, Ann. 10s. all 101 111 10 Do. Fixed 41 per cent.; all -- 1.0.6. South Eastern (Reading' Ann., 10 6) all ,24 241 Stook' Do .45 per cent lOO 103 104 1031 Stock' Do. Fixed 41 p.c. Ist is lOO 102 104 Stock South Wales, gua. 4 p.c lOO ll Stock Do. 45 per cent lOO Stock S.-Yorkshire, 4 p.c. gua lOO 1 84 87 25 Stock. and Dar. A 5 p.c all 281 291 25 Do. B 6 per cent 25 Do. C 6 per cent all 34 331 Stock Waterford & Kilkenny, 6 per cent. ( 100 56 59 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. - -- - - - - -- Paid. 1 Leasing I Closing Radium Railways. • Co.'s. ; Price. Dons. 1 ' 1 Bell - on - 1 and 11l etnitley all .Ln & N.W' .. .. Buckinghamshire.— 100 Jill& N.W I 99 101 Chester &II olyhead.., 100 'Do. .. 50 51 Do. do. 54 p. ct..... , 100 ;Do. .......1124 1'26 Do. do. sp. et. llOO 1D0.........114 116 ClydeadaleJunction ' 100 .Caledonin 103 105 Colchester, Stour Val 1 all E.U.&E Ci, 16 17 E.Lincolnshireg.6p.c 1 100 IGt.North.ll39 141 E Union,HarwicliShs all !E.Counts.l 41 44 Do. Woodbridge .. lOO I Gls.BarrAttNeils,Drct. 100 ICaledonini Do. New lOO j Do. — Gloster& Dean Forest) all Gt. West. I Hartipool.Dck.&ltail.' all jYk.N.&l3e Hull and Selby Do. 4 Shares all Do. - Do. 1 Shares all IDo. — London&Greenwich Do. Preference I 100 !Do. ll5 120 Lon.,Tilhy.&Soutend., 100 I Peto &Co 195 97 Lowestoft, gua. 4p. ct. 100 Norfolk I Do. 6 per cent • ' 100 Do. I Manc.,Tluxtn.&Matk I all LN W&M I 21 2/ Mid. Bradtbrd Prefer-' I once Stock Newmarkt.,PoryEx I ~. ! _ ~)..5.6. E.Counts I I i p ' gmaranteel sp. c. 1 1 Northn.& Eastn. 5 p.c I all j Do. i 57 59 Do. do. 6 per cent. ..., all Do. I Do. Fixed 5 per cent., all Do. i North Western , all Midland ! 14 144 Preston and Wm , . f 1 all i I.i , L.yk. Do. 4 Shares N.! all Do. I -- ttoystn, Iti tcli.,& Shop. 100 Gt.Nortli.ll37 139 Shrewsbry& 11,:teforil[ 100 T Brassoy lin 105 Do. Do. 1 .... par 4 p South Staffordshire .. all IM'Clean . 104 11 Wilts and Somerset. . 1 100 Gt. West 93 95 Wimbledon& Croydn.l all !L.&Brirtn 74 84 - DOCKS. Share Docks. I rail i Closing Business Price. Bone. , ! Stock i Comrnercial 1100 .... Stock ;Do 4perCent .Pref .Min 1 100 .-- Stock Eatst and Wcat India--; 100 Stock!London ' 1100 - .. GI StocklSt. Katharine 1 100 St ocklSriiithampton ! 100 titockictorta. .. ' l' 100 104 106 0 Ina New ...t.c.......t\ 2 Ei 'HARE MARKET.-(TATS DAY.) ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Railways. Closing Business Price. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESI DAY EVENING, DECEMBER 28, 1859. THIN 1) EDITION. BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Shan, Railways. 100 Stk 18 Atlantic & St Lawren Leased at 6 per cent Bom.,Baroda& Centln gu. 5 per cent Do. Addit. Capital A Do. Do. B Buffalo and Lake Huron Do. New Do. Preference Buffalo,Brant&Godrieb 6 p. et. bds. 1 Aug., 1872 Do. do. 1 July, 1873 Do. do. 1 June, 1874 Clcutta.&S.Eastrn.Lim.' Cape.Eastn. Prov.(Lim.) Cape Town & Dock Scripi Central Oude (Limited) Ceylon Guaranteed 6p.c Demerara Eastern Bengal.gu.sp.c East Indian, gu. 5 p. c Do. Shares Ext Do. Jubbulpore Do.4i p.c. Bds. pay.'s9 Do. 4i p. c. Debentrs. Geelong& Melbourne . • Geelong Corporation 6, per cent. Bonds Grand Trunk of Canada' Do. 6 per cent. Pref 100. 6 per cent. Debentr Di„. 7 per cent. 18 62 Do. do. 1867 Do. do. 1872 G t. India i'enin.gua.sp.c Do. New. e ua.s per cent Gt.S.et guaranteed 5 per cent. Gt.W. of Canada Shares Stock stock all all all } lBO 100 1. 3 0. All a:1 an }lOO . Do. New Do. Bowls pay. '76,with ept. till '6 O Do. do. 73 .11 'GO Do. do. a' Do. opt. Do. 5i p. c. do. 7do Madras, guar., 43 c. Do. do. 5 per °.'a Do. 4/ p. c. Extension.. .I Do. Third Ex. gua.s.p.c., Do. Fourth do. Do. do. Melb. Corp. 6 p.c. Bonds Newßrunswick&Canda. Ry.dtLand(Lim.)g.6pc Class ACapitl.Share , Do. do. Land do Do. do. B. Capital do Do. do. Land do Oude (Limited) Scinde Do. New g Do. Punjaub "), Do. Indus. St. Flo. ,ti St. Andrews & Quebec A Trinidad(Limited) Scrip /8 58, 15 all all 18 ,AIII; Paid • osing Isusiness dole Price. 86 88 99i 100; 17i lf (11 pa If i s 5I t par * P 14 Idl cf 1021 1031 par IP par 1p 9911.0 t 4 103 21 41 3 •#6 1 81 95 72 3* 85 75 4i 101 5i 13 12; 13 4iii FOREIGN 19 Antwerp & Rotterdam 120 Ard9n n es 20 Bah. &S. Fran., L i m.7p.c 5 _Belgian East. Junction 20 Beziers to Graisses sac. 6 Carmeaux Mine & Rail 100 Copiabo 10 Ditto Extension 20 Dutch Rhenish 20 Eastern of France 20 Euphrates Valley 20 Grand Rus. Guar .5 p.c 20 Great Central of France 20 Gt. Luxem., Con. ohs 20 Italian Junction 20 Lake Constance At lisle 20 Lierre and 'Turnhout 29 Lombardo Venetian 20 Lyons and Geneva 3.3 k Maria Antonia 10 Do. do. New .- 20 Namur and Liege 20 Do. do. 6p. c. Pref. 16 Northern of France 20 Do. New Shares 10 Norwegian Trunk Pref 20 Paris,Lyons, and Medit 20 Paris and Orleans 20 I Recife& S. Fran. (Pern.). grua. 7 p. ct. (Lim.) 20 Riga and Dunaburg 10 Rome and Frascati 20 Royal Danish 5 Royal Swedish 4 Do. 7 per cent. Pref. 20 Sambre and Meuse. .. 10 Do. 5i per cent. Pref. .: : 20 Southern of France $ West Flanders 10 Do. 5 p. c. Preference 20 %V, & N.W. cf France 20 West..'rn of Ilkiwtria 20 Westen: of Switz;rland 6 'Wiesbaciel: 6 Do 8 per cent., Pref...,. 50Zea1and.................. . ____ COLONIAL GOVE shAie Securities. IIE~ Closing TIES. :an.Gov.6p.o JR.& Julyl Do. 6p. c. Fb. &Aug. Do. 6p. c. Mr. & Sen. r.B.Gov.A p.c. Ja. Do. 6p.c.Ap. & Oct.! r. S.W. Gov. sp. c. Debi D0.5p.ccn.1871 to 19761 Do.sp.cen.lBBB and up rovaScotiaGov.6 Deb. redeemable, 1875, .Aus.Gt.6pc.Jan&July; 'ict•Gov.6p.c.Ja.n&July Do. do. April & Oct. Paid. Prices. llfi 113} 1114 116 1114 110 11111 112 f ' 112 1 102 102 102 102} 112 111 Business Done. 117} 101 101 1101 I -- 'llOl 111 1111 1 110. (111. Apr I 1 oc. 1„,.... , . 1 ~‘•,, ---. --- , MISCELLANEOTJS. — 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint .. all 114 15 1000 Atlantic) Tel. (Limited). all •80 210 25 Australian Agricultural 19 321 331 33 10 Australian Royal Mail. all -- 10 Berlin Water Works ... all 1 41 5 60 British American Land 4C, ; 50 Brit.& Irish Mag.Tcl.A. all ;35 37 20 'Do. B, 7p. c. till 1862.. all il9 21 20 Do. C all 13 16 100 Canada Land 321 08 112 10 ;Chan.Tellinds Tel.(Lim ) all 8 9 Stooli'Cop.Min.otEng.&Smltg all ' 25 Do. Preference 74 per ct all ' 231 24 234 5 ,Crystal Palace. 6 Do. Preference all 5} 5 Stock Do. 6p. c. Perpet. Deb lOO 101 103 Stock Electric Telegraph lOO 106 108 25 Do. New 5 English A Aust. Copper all 11 11 15 Gen. Steam Navigation. 14 1 Great Ship (Limited) all 1 1 20 ilndian A:, Aust. Telegr 2s. 5 i London District Telegr 2 1 1 d 20 London Discount 6 1 4ti 44 4 ond.Gen. Omnibus Co all 1 1 1; ' 20 Madras Irr. and Canal 1I 4 1 2 10 editer. Electric Teleg. all 10 ~ ed. Exten. Tel. (Lim.) all 4 , 5 25 ; ation al Di seoun tCo 5 1 4 d 10 "etherlands Land all 6 •o 8 p.c.Pref.,iss.at ldis all i 1 100 I .11r.&NovaScotiaLand 80 1 i . B.Aust fa] asian (Lim ) all ; 1 1 • dental Gas 1 "Do. New Shares • 1 5 s. r } ip 10 . /lent!. In. Steam, A 6 10 Ditto B 6l -- 10 Ditto C 2a. - - Stock Peel River Land & Min. 100 52 55 52 60 Pen. A Oriental Steam. all 78 80 791 9 60.. 10. New l5 11 13 • 20 . ted Sea & Ind. Telegr. - 15 1 1 p 50 thymney Iron 15 Do. New all 6 7 100 Royal Mail Steam Stock IScot.Austrin.lnt.(Lim ) 100 g3O 140 132 25 (South Australian Land. all i 36 38 . 1 iSubmarine Teleg. Scrip. all / 1 1 4 Do, do Registered all 1 1 $0 r.& T.n.Co.of Upr.Can. 5 100 1 an Dipmpn's Land .. '285 .12 14 BRITISH MINES. Share) Mines. Clotting Paid. price. Basinons Done. Alfred Consols (Philack) 2.11.1+ 41 51 20 British Iron l6 1 2 Clifford — WO 300 Devon G. Cons. (Tavist ) 1 1140 450 East Bassett (Illogan) 3O 120 120 East Cara don ..... 2.7.0 6 61 E. WI Russl (Tavistk.) 7.4.0 125 121 12 111 . 1 Gam.&St.Aubvn(Gwen.) 541 61 63 •-• Great South Tolgue l7s 14/ 141 G.Wheal Alfd.(Phillack) 12.4.2 1 15 G. Wheal Vor(Helston) 91 'Grenville Herod's-Foot B.l 21 221 Hingston Downs 4.3.6 4 4; Lady Bertha 1 Margaret (uny Lelant). 04 60 55 524 North Downs • 24 5 51 'North France s llogan) 10 5: 51 North Wheal Crofty 7.9.4 9 10 N.Wh'l Basset (Illogan)' 5 55 ai l Par Consols (St. Blazy), , 11 11 12 29 Providence (Uny Lelnt) 10.6.7 45 47 Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. 10s SouthCaradon(St.Cleer) 15 250 260 South C. Brea( Mogan). 2125 21 S Wheal Fran. (Mogan) 18.18.9;175 180 'Stray Park 18.18.0 21 22 6 Tamar Silver and Lead Mining Co 44 21 31 10 !Tin Croft 9 4 5 1 Vale of Towey (Carm ) 12s 6d West Basset (Illogan) l4 17 11 , West Seton W. Caradon (I.iskeard) lO 74 77 76 Wheal Basset (Illogan) 54 175 185 Wheal Buller (Redsuth) 5 105 110 Wheal Edward (Cals.). 6 11 1; Wheal Kitty (U. Lelan t 1.7.2 124 131 Wh'lMaryAnn (Meshe 8 34 36 WhlTrelawney (Lisk. 41 29 30 FOREIGN MINES 20 Australian 1 Bon AccordCopper,Lim. 15s 4d par 35 Brazil. Imp. (is. at £5 p.) 275 20 Do.St.Jolindel Itey,Lim. 15 181 191 184 194 5 Do. Land and Al iningCo. all / 1 Clarendon Consols Min ing Co. of Jamaica... 4 d 40 Cobra Copper all 48 49 i - 431 8 Copiapo l6 7 4 84 1 DunMoun.Cop.Ming.Co all I 1 2 Fortuna 20 General all 25 26 3 Linares all 101 114 5 Lusitanian l ar 1 Mariquita all 1 1 N.RhineCop.of S.Aus.L lfs. par p 20 PontgibaudSllv,cr, Lead Mining and Smelt all 5 7 5 Port Philip 1 1 4 1 Scottish Australn. (L.)... 108 id 4 p 28.2.81 United Mexican JOINT-STOCK BANKS. , Share Joint-Stock Banks. 1 aid. Closing I Business prim Done. 100 Agra&UnitedServiceßk' 50 40 'AustralaMa all 82 84 8251$ 25 Bank of Egypt all 22 23 100 Pank of London 5O 50 52 40 Brit. Col. Bk. &LoanCo all 50 British North American all - 20 Clad. Hank of India. & , 1 18 191 205 25 Ch.Mcr.of fn. Loli.&Cli all - 100 City ; 4,0 65 66 100 Colonial ; 25 33 90 20.11 Corn. Bank of Canada ! all 100 ;Commercial of Landon 2O 1 0 1 201 20 Kng Scot., k Aus. Ch all 175 171 20 ,Gen of Switzerland all 20 ILon.Char.Bk.otAustral. all 221 23 22 50 [London and County 50 !London - Joint Stock 10 33 100 London & Westminster. 20 100 Nat. I'rov. of England. 35 20 Do. new lO 60 National Bank 25 20 New South Wales 25 ! Orient .15k. Corporation all 39 40 39f 20 ,Ottoman Bank 174 181 100 Provincial of Ireland 10 ;Do. New - 25 South Australia 25 'Union of Australia all I 50 'Union of London l2 1284 29J 100 Vvity Mutual OO hir es SUN OFFICE, Six o' Clock. SPAIN. The Madrid j ;ournals of the 23d have arrived. Mr. Buchanan, t he English minister, had given a grand dinner, at which were present the Countess de Montijo, M. Mon, M. Martinez de la Rosa, and other eminet tt persons. The Pope has given the Grand Cordo, n of the Order of Pius to the Mini sters of Foreign . kffairs and Justice, also to M. Rios Rosas. The sul 'marine telegraph to Africa was working regular ly—it runs from Ceuta to Tarifa. The intelligence from the seat of war is insignifi cant. Several of 1 the Moorish horses had been taken in the late engagements ; they were all small, and generally of a gr( 7 colour. POLICE INTIMLIGENCE-(TRIS DAY.) MART ;BOROUGH-STREET. Tn E KNIFE.—JoI in Gilbert, of 6, King's-court, Berwick street, Soho, was charged with the following ill-usage of his wife, Catherine Gilbert, and cutting her in the hand with a knife. Inspector Webb said the wife was not able to attend, but a medical gentleman was present who had attended her. Charles Godwin, 206 C, said he was called to the house, 6, Kemp's-court, at a quaff ter past seven the previous even ing. Ha found the prisoner, who was drunk, sitting on a chair, sad his wife with a severe wound in her hand and bleeding from her finger, and crying bitterly. She said the prisoner had been beating her about the head, and had cut her fing3r with a knife, threatening at the same time that he woul I kill her. The wife went to the Marlborough mews station, and was attended by a surgeon. Sergeant James Kay, 16 C, said he wont at a quarter past tam) this morning to see the prisoner's wife. He found her in bed with her head and finger bandaged up. She was in an unfit state to attend the court to-day. Dr. James Henderson, of 31, Great Marlborough -street. said he attended the woman. She was suffering from an incised wound of the finger, And a wound on her head, which appeared to have been done by her head coming in contact with a wall. There were also some marks on her neck. The woman is still suffering from the effects of ill treatment, and scarcely fit to attend the court. Mr. Beadon, upon this, said he should remand the pri soner for a week, to see the result of the injuries the woman had received. What have the representatives in this proSaic age of the Hugh of Vermandois, the Raymond of Toulouse, the Godfrey of Bouillon, and the Stephen of Blois of the e l even th century, to do, i n com parison with the deeds of those energetic knights ? They have not to march through hostile popula tions, trusting to miracles for subsistence on their way. They go forth with all the comforts of steam conveyance and an excellent Co mm i ssar i a t, and with all the modern appliances of rifled guns tied a fleet to protect their flank. They have 40,000, or, as oar correspondent now reckons them, 30,000 soldiers, who boast themselves the bravest and best disciplined i n th e wor ld. Th ey l an d un d er t heir own guns, and comf or t a bl y b arrac k t h emse l ves in their own city or encamp under their own walls. They have before them not a conquering race in the full career of conquest, but a poor beaten herd of . mingled race s , w h o h ave l os t a ll con fid ence i n their destiny, and whose very re li g i on t eac h es th em to despair. The immediate feat proposed to them is not to meet the hosts of Soleyman or Saladin, to march a miserable seven leagues along the coast and to take a wretch e d littl e town, t h e i nhab i tants of which have already settled among themselves by which particular path among the mountains they shall take their flight. Ye Red Cross Knights why do ye hesitate to do so small a matter ? It can not be that your courage fails you, for we know you are brave men. But if your resolution holds, surely it is time to begin. For weeks this great in vading host has been besieged in Ceuta by the con temptible enemy they went to invade. No one ever believed that the Moors could in serious fight meet the disciplined Spaniards. Far down in the. Tell and towards the borders of the Sahara, where there are sandy plains and wild mountain passes, we dreaded for our Spanish friends some notable reverses ; but here, on the seacoast, almost in sight, of Cadiz, we cannot appreciate this terrible diffi-. culty of a seven leagues' march a n d this hurried call for reinforcements. With rifled cannon and Toledo steel they cannot be afraid of those clumsy matchlocks and doubtful muskets which England, Belgium and France have exported to Africa at different times, or even of those accurate long barrels which the Portuguese smith made for a former Moorish Emperor. The Spaniards are equipped with the best European rifles, while, for effective purposes, the Moors are not much better armed than they were in the days of the Ramiros, who thought nothing of slaying 70,000 Saracens is a single fight. These Christian apostles of the sword are surely not alarmed at the stories they are told that 100,000 men may possibly attack them on their march; 30,000 regular troops ought to thrash 300,000 undisciplined and almost unarmed militia. Their forefathers used to do something of this sort, or the present race of Spaniards would not now have to go over the Straits to meet a Moorish enemy. 30,000 Europeans against 100,000 Orientals ! It would be foul shame to our Euro pean blood to doubt for a moment what the issue of such a conflict must be, or to hesitate to pierce suah an impediment. Let the Spaniards consider what we English have done in India against Such odds ; or let them remember what their own Campeador, or Cortez, or Pizarro thought of them ; or, if they want to have their confidence strength ened, let them remember how in this very Empire of Morocco the French fought and gained the battle of Isly at greater odds than these. It is not by building redoubts and cutting down cork trees while an Arab encampment is in sight that the Westerns have been accustomed to beat the Oriental races It is not in resisting fanatical charges that the Chris tian chivalry of old or modern times gained glory among the nations of the West. But we are told these 30,000 Spaniards aro all recruits. So much the better. There is nothing like a recruit for a dash. It was with raw recruits that the Saracens came from their deserts and the Turks from their wilds. It was with raw recruits that the Generals of the French Republic overran Europe and that we won Waterloo. No man fights like your recruit if he has just learnt his drill and has a steady nerve. He doesn't know the danger. The real old soldier is much more chary of his life ; he has seen battle fields after the work was done, and has been struck ' by the inconvenient consequences of a general. actim. He knows that something comes after the fiery excitement of a charge, and the cries of " Water !" ring in his ears. Depend upon it, for this terrific march of 21 miles along the seacoast, with a fleet to accompany them, 30,000 recruits ought to be quite as good as 30,000 veterans. These Spanish heroes must excuse our impa tience. We have come very unwillingly to look upon this great spectacle. We have no taste in the present age for a bull-fight, an auto da fo, or a re ligious war. Whenever the performance may com mence we know we have something disagreeable to go through; we are, therefore, a little impatient to have it over as soon as possible. Why, then, is not the curtain pulled up ? Why do we still hear little more than the tuning of the instruments? By this time at least the first act ought to have been got over. As to the taking of Tetuan, it was expected to occupy only the first scene of the enter tainment. This boggling about, moving along a little fringe of seacoast, and this hesitation to at tack the Mussulman herdsmen who are encamped just out of the range of the Spanish rifled cannon, is by no means what we were invited to admire. When we found that this Holy War was deter mined upon, we,had hoped to see in it something as little sanguinary, and, if not as comical, at least as picturesque as possible. We had all proposed to ourselves that the grave Spaniard with his solid regiments would form on the Arican coast and march steadiiy onwards from post to post and from city to city; while the children of the Prophet would scamper before him in every variety of grotesque attitude of haste. We had expected to hear in de scription how " Paterfamilias" of Morocco found himself encumbered by the multiplicity of his domestic felicities and impeded in his flight by their number and portliness. We had anticipated vivid accounts of villages with all their inhabitants as sembled round the O'Donnell of the ninth Crusade, their heads on the earth and their haunches in the air, declaring themselves ready to listen to all the General's arguments against the Prophet. But, in stead of all this, the ridicule really seems to glance towards the other side. Unless the Spaniards soon make up their minds to march these twenty-one miles we shall begin to think that they are not, with all their artificial advantages, so much better than the Moors as we thought they were.—'Mmes. 11118 DAY'S MARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE. The quantity of English wheat received fresh up to-day was only moderate, yet, on the whole, thorn was a fair show of samples. Good and fine samples were in moderate re quest, at full quotations. Otherwise, the demand ruled somewhat heavy at late currencies. In foreign wheat—the show of which was tolerably good —very little was passing. Prices, however, were supported. Floating cargoes of grain commanded very little atten tion. Wo had a fair demand for barley at full quotations. So few transactions took place in malt that the currencies were almost nominal. The oat trade was firm, and good sound corn was the turn dearer. _ Beans, peas, and flour commanded full prices, but the business done was only moderate. ARRIVALS THIS WEER' Wheat. Barley Malt. Oats. English :860 / Iri 2,890 1 250 1,2. - ,0 i sh Foreign 62o_, 12,450 I 4,870 ( 150 sks. • I i 930 bls. Flour. 630 BOROUGH HOP. Although very little business is doing in our market, prices generally are well supported. THAMES. FEROCIOUS ASSAULT.—A WAGGON ROBBERY PRE YEN7TED.—Joseph Dennis, a tall ruffian, who is well known to the police, and has been mixed np with many of the serious horse and cart robberies in the district was brought before Mr. Yardley, charged with attempting to steal goods from a waggon, and with committing a mur derous assault on Mr. Edwin Stiff, a butcher, carrying on business in Cable. street, Wellcloso-square. Mr. Stiff, who had received very severe punishment, and whose face was bruised, is a most respectable tradesman. He has been a great sufferer by thieves in his own shop, and has often materially assisted the police. Last night he was standing at his shop door and saw a heavily-laden waggon drawn by two horses passing along the street. The carman in charge of the waggon and a boy were on a box in front. The goods were covered with a tarpaulin, the end of which was hanging loosely behind. A man was behind the van with his head concealed under the tarpaulin in the act of removing one of the bales of goods close to the tail of the van. The prisoner and two others were follow ing a short distance behind the waggon ready to receive anything that might be removed. He followed the waggon with the determination of calling the attention of the police to the operations of the gang, who appeared evidently dis concerted when they saw him watching them. He followed the waggon about 150 yards, when the prisoner suddenly rushed across the street and struck him a heavy blow on the eye with his clenched fist and knocked him down. His eye was cut open and he bled copiously. The prisoner beat him and kicked him while ho was upon the ground, and he was nearly stunned with the blows, and should have been murdered if he had not entered an oil shop and sought protection. Police-constable Langton, No. 128 H, heard cries of " Police ! " and " Murder ! " last night. He found the prosecutor covered with bloo& and quite exhausted, and the Prisoner engaged in a deperate struggle with people who were trying to secure him. He soon succeeded in taking the prisoner into custody. Inspector Griffin, of the K division, hero said the prisoner was a regular waggon thief. _ _ _ Police-sergeant Barnes and Police-constable Dunnway, of the II division, said tho prisoner had been twice convicted for stealing goods out of waggons, and ho had been six times in custody for assaults on the police and others, and repeatedly fined and imprisoned. The prisoner was the most dangerous thief and ruffian in the district. Mr. Yardley directed Mr. Bowdler, the second clerk, to take the depositions formally, and committed the prisoner for trial en two charges—for attempting to steal goods and for the assault on Mr. Stiff. SPORTING INTELLrGENCE. BETTING AT MANCHESTER--TUESDAY. THE DEUEr. Bto 1 agst Umpire (offered) 12 to 1 agat Thormanby (taken) 12 to 1 agst Nutbourne (taken and offered) 12 to 1 agst Mainstone (taken) 12 to 1 agat Buccaneer (offered) 25 to 1 agst High Treason (offered) 25 to 3 agst Upperhand (offered) 40 to 1 agst Restes (taken) Nothing else mentioned. RACING FIXT 'RES FOIJ 1860. LTA 1117. Derby Spring 2B FETSIt Lincoln Spring 15 Nottinghn►u Spring ....21 Liverpool Spring Shrewsbury Spring 7 Loventry l3 Warwick ;Spring 20 Northampton 27 Croxton Park 3O ,IL. York Sprng 17 Epsom spring 20 Newmar3cet 1' 8 23 Ar: Newmarket C 9 Catterick Bridge 11 Think l2 M. Chester 1 Doncaster Spring 8 Salisbury lO Bath 15 T. Harpeneen Epsom ...... Manchester 3O Ilungerford 3l Ju Ascot Hampton l3 Newton 13 Odiham 19 libury Club 20 NE. Stockbrf lgo 2l Winches ter 22 Chelmsfn rd 26 Nowcastlki 26 Jr Newmarket J. 3 Carlisle Worcester 5 Liverpool Abingdon 12 'LT. Nottingham 17 Stamford .••••••.."' 19 Marlborough 20 Goodwood 24 Au( Brighton Brighton Club 3 Wolverhampton Reading 8 Plymouth 14 @ford l 5 OUST. Egliam ................ 21 York .... .............. 22 Stockton . ............. 23 Lichfield . ............. 27 IDerby ................ 24 SEPTE Warwick Doncaster 11 Leicester l9 Monmouth ............ 20 Manchester Autumn....2l Newmarket • F.O. ........ 25 )71Bit. Newmarket: 1 - 1 .......... 22 Worcester .A.uturau ...... 30 ;1111E/t. Shrewsbury Autumn...l3 OCT , Bedford 3 Newmarket S 0 8 NOTE Hereford LiTerpool Autumn 7 THIS DAY'S SIIIPPING. LoNnow, Dec. 28.—Wind this day . at noon. Light breeze from tho southward, with rain at times. The Va letta (s), from Alexandria, arrived at Marseilles at 9 o'clock this morning. - - PORTSMOUTII, Dec. Wind, S.W., blowing strong. —Arrived—Maggie Miller, from Calcutta; Greenwich, from Algoa Bay, roports that on the 9th inst., in 23 N, 22 W, she was thrown on her beam ends fi r four hours in a hurricane. Sailod—Phcenician, for Sydney. Put back— 11.M.5. Urgent, for Iceland, with machinery damaged. - - PLYMOUTH, Dec. 27.—Arrived—lIalitax, from Cuba. POOLE, Doe. 27.—Wind, W.—Arriwed—Sylph, from Newfoundland. NEWPORT, Dec. 27.—Arrived—Battv, from Dublin for St. Thomas. Sailed—Liffey, for Jamaica . FALMOUTH, Dec. 28.—Arrived—Edit h, from Buenos Ayres, with part of cargo thrown overboa rd. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPIt.) LIVERPOOL, Wedne sdny Morning. Wind S.S.E. Arrived, Dec. 27 —Osprey, from Bonny. Arrived, Dec. 21—R. A. lleirn, from t itvannah. (BY SUBMARINE. AND BRITISH MAI:MAY . 3O GRAVESEND, Wedne. lay Morning. Wind tide last hours' ebb, weather cloudy. Arrived, Dec. 27—EdiPso, from Guatem a la. Arrived, Dec. 28—Agnes Frost, from Guernsey; Peace, from Memel. DYAL, Wednesday Morning. Wind S.S.W. ; moderate. Anchored—Blue Jacket, fron- London; fot• Mosel Bay, The bar silver brought by the 'West India mail has been disposed of at 62d. per ounce, being id. advance on the price obtained for that by the previous packet. Sales have, however, been effected in the meantime at the present rate, and also at 62hd. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—Errs's (Homceoputhic Chemist) COCOA..—This esteemed preparation is sold by the prin cipal grocers at Is. 6d. per lb., in Ilb., lib., and Ilb packets. Each packet is labelled " James Vpps, HOMO3O • pathic cbemiit s London." 'SPAIN AND MOROCCO. The Crusade of the nineteenth century seems to falter. We cannot recognise in it the zeal and promptitude of the old religious war. A few months since, Spain did indeed resound with a certain clangour of arms. There was a hum of savage en thusiasm in thatkingdom which might almost have made us imagine that Peter the Hermit and Wal ter the Moneyless had come again to life and tra velled into Spain—the one to revive the fanaticism of old times and the other to preserve the normal condition of Spanish credit and finance. But as this ' movement goes on there is a lack of the romance and chivalrous self-devotion which ought to make up for thd want of a reasonablo object. If the coun trymen of Don Quixote had meant to do the thing according to precedent they ought, like the Council of Clermont, to have cried out unanimously, " It. is the will of God—it is the will of God!"—they should then have precipitated themselves en masse across the Straits. They ought by this time to have swept Saracens and Berbers and Moors dawn into the Great Desert, and to have erected the Cross over the domes of Fez and Morocco. The old Cru - •aders with 20,000f00t and 1,500 horse besieged Jerusalem only five weeks before they stormed it, and washed the streets of the Holy City with the blood of the infidels. It surely is a proof of the deg eneracy of modern fanaticism that O'D onne ll , the Crusader of the nineteenth century, has been for weeks in the land of the unbelievers, at the head of 40,000 Chris tians, and has done nothing but stand upon the de fensive. WHITECHAPEL. The supplies of meat are only moderate. Generally speaking, the demand is inactive, as follows : 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 ; and pork, 3s 6d to 4s 10(1 per 81b., by the carcase, _ Mr. DAVID M'LAREN seconded the Motion. He said that the railway interest was becoming so powerful in Parlitment that the general interests of the public were scarcely regarded, and the rail way companies themselves had a sort of parliament to which their leading men were sent, where they united their interests as against the public ; and he believed the time was not distant when a league would have to be formed in order to protect the interests of the private citizen and trader against this combined monopoly, with which it was quite useless for individuals to contend. He held that railway power had "increased, was incrcasing,and ought to be diminished." Mr. T. G. STEVENSON hoped a strenuous oppo sition would be given to the amalgamation, for if it succeeded he believed they would not only have -to pay double fares, but the rates for goods would be immediately raised. The 111 ASTER said—The object of the amalgama tion bill was substantially to produce efficiency and economy in the working of the different companies, and if means were taken to secure that the interests of the trading community would not be injuriously affected. If they should see that there was no mate rial raising of the rates proposed, or that clauses could be introduced for the peotection of trade, he thought the question was well worthy of their con sideration in that view. The Chamber of Com merce had agreed to consider any representation that might be made to them by the railway com panies for the purpose of protecting their interests, but he did not think it the least likely that the railway companies would come to them. It was for the mercantile bodies, having seen the bill, which was now printed, and a copy of which had been sent to him, to put themselves in communication with the railway companies if they felt themselves aggrieved. If they were altogether opposed to the amal g amation and would not go into details', he could understand them ; 'but he thought it would be very foolish, considering the enormous power of these companies and the great funds at their dis posal—(hear' hear)—to enter into any contest with. them. He thought at least they would do them selves no harm by seeking an interchange of views with the railway companies. He admitted that under the proposed bill, which he had not expected, several of the rates were considerably raised, and se far the mercantile community might have good cause for remonstrance and representation ; but at the same time they would allow him to say this, that all the railways were-monopolies in the district which they served, with the ex ception, perhaps, of the termini. Take the case of the Landon and North Western, which was an immense series and aggregate of amalgamations extending from London to Carlisle, and they had on that railway the most moderate rates, and he had never heard a whisper of dissatis faction with these amalgamations. _ Mr. DUNCAR M'LAREN asked Mr. Cowan if he would state what was the difference in the rates for goods and passengers on the Edinburgh and Glas gow as compared with the North-Western ? Mr. COWAN said that the London and • North ' Western rates for passengers were 21d.. 2d., and Id. By the proposed Amalgamation Bill they would be iespectirely 3d., 2d., and lid. For coals the London and North Western charged 1/d. ' per mile per ton for less than fifty miles, and Id. for over fifty miles. By the proposed amalgama tion the rates would be 21d. for twelve miles, and 2d. for fifty miles. Mr. J. F. MACFARLAN urged the most decided opposition to the amalgamation. Mr. D. NPLAREN said the policy which the com pany had all along pursued in reference to the pro posed amalgamation had been amply justified by the information which they had now received as to the increase of rates to take place on the conveyance of goods between Edinburgh and Glasgow. The statement made at the meeting of the Chamber of Commerce was to the effect that if they would meet with the railway directors, the latter were prepared to concede a good deal in the way of lowering the-rates. The chamber taok the I,iberty of doubting the correctness of that opinion : and the wisdom of that course had been confirmed by what the chairman had stated. (Hear, hear.) They had been favoured with very accurate tables of the rates charged by the London and North Western, the present rates of the Edinburgh and Glasgow, and the rates proposed to be charged by the latter under the Consolidation Bill. These tables showed a proposed increase in almost every particular on the already comparatively high rates charged by the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway. Take, for instance, bar iron ; the rate per ton was to be raised from 21d. to 3d. per mile, while the charge upon the London and North Western was only lad. under fifty miles, and ld. a mile for fifty miles and upwards; so that the Edinburgh and Glasgow rates were not only much higher at present, but they were to bo further increased. A similar increase was, he saw, to•take place in other articles. For ex ample, the rate for sugar on the London and North- Western was 23d. and 2d., under and above 50 miles; on the Edinburgh and Glasgow line it was at pre ,sent ncl., but it was to be increased under the Con solidation Bill to 3d.; then the rate for cotton, which was at present 21d. and 30., was to be in creased to 4d.; and so on with regard to other arti cles. These were some of the fruits promised already by that amalgamation which the chairman had hoped would have tended to lower instead of increas ing the rates. He thought the information now pro duced amply justified the chamber in opposing the proposed measure. (Hear.) Another thing which had been stated was that the effect of the amalga mation that had taken place in connection with the London and North-Western lines had been not e to increase the prices, but the reverse. But it ought to be remembered that the amalgamations on those lines were altogether of a different character from those proposed in the present case. They were all of the nature of elongating the line, or taking in new branches; and instead of the London and North- Western getting a monopoly of the trade to the principal towns along its extended line, as was the object hero, the very opposite result took place, and it met with new competitors both to Manchester and Liverpool. The Great Northern had now an entrance into Manchester, and the Great Western into Liverpool, to both which towns the London and North Western had the exclusive entrance till within the last few years. Inshort, the p rogress and tendency of the railway amalgamation in the south was to break up monopoly and introduce free trade in railway communication ; but the very cell verse was what was proposed here ; we had free trade already, and it was proposed that we should give it up for a monopoly.. Under these circum stances, and for the reasons so ably adyaneed by- Mr. Livingston, he thought there should be no hesitation as to the company, and the inhabitants of Edinburgh generally, giving this amalganiation scheme their most determined opposition. (Cheers.) Mr. Livingston's motion was then unanimously adupted. A movement is on foot for a submarine cable aetosi the 30 miles bdiveen - Land's-end and the Scilly Islands, which would then be the best pc;frof'&l/1 for 'ships arriving at the Channel for orders. As an advanced wes tern station the point would also be one of great advantage at any time for a naval rendezvous. The expense would be altogether insignificant, and a subsidy for the purpose is being sought from the Government on national grounds. fourth of a mile from the depot. Oa. Thanksgiving day, 'Wright and his. family had visited at his father's, distant between 1 and. 2. miles. The fol lowing day, with hiswife and sister. 'he walked over to Wells River, less - than a mile, and after Making some purchases, they returned together soon after noon; talking pleasantly. Soon after reaching home he stepped out of the kitchen into an adjoining bed room, and lay down on the bed. About 3 o'clock he arose, and coming out, tbld his sister to leave the house forthwith, although he had previously asked her to remain all night. She immediately put on her cloak, while Wright ordered his wife's brother, who chanced to be present, to be off, and directly sprang upon his wife, as she stood leaning over the stove, attending to the stewing of a few apples. Holding a butcher knife in one hand he seized her with the other, and crushed her down upon the floor as she imploringly exclaimed, " Why, Frank, what do you mean ?" while her brother, sadly de ficient in courage and presence of mind, ran for the neighbours. right stood astride hiS prostrate wife thrusting at her repeatedly with the knife, regardless of the screams of his two youngest chil dren, twin girls of two years; and as his sister started for the door he bounded after her and struck her vio lently upon the hack, nearly knocking her down, and cutting through her cloak and all her under .clothing wounded her slightly, although the blade Was very dull, especially near th e point: She escaped him; however, and fled towards Wells River, giving the alarm as she went. The . assassin meanwhile burst into the apartment occupied by the family of Mr. Deming, the male members of which were absent, no one being present except. Mrs. Deming and her daughter Mary, the former of whom ran for assistance, and the latter went into an adjoining room and fastened the door. Wright attempted no ' open it, calling on her to let him in, but did not succeed in forcing the door. It would seem that he had then returned to his own rooms, and after restoring the fatal knife to its accustomed place in the cupboard, he went into his bedroom and 'fried to shoot himself with a gun, snapping the cap, but missing fire. Soon the neighbours, in breathless haste, came gathering round the house, and, villagers from Wells River, but all feared- to ;•;o in, knowing the desperate cha racter of the man, and believing him to have fire arms within, and that he would shoot any one who should dare to enter. On the arrival of. Mr. Slack, of the " Coossuck House," guards were stationed around the building, and four or five men, armed with axes and pitchforks, went into the kitchen. There the murdered woman . was lying on the floor, with her feet drawn under her, and her head resting against a door. Her clothes were saturated With blood, and dark pools -covered the floor about her. . Her countenance had a mild and pleasant expression. Th e men then proceeded to the bedroom, where Wright was found lying cross wise on the bed, with his gun beside him. He was instantly seized and the gun taken care of. A knife was found in one' of. his pockets, anti a bottle -of spirits. His captors bound him' with a rope., Ho offered no resistance, and assured them that there was no necessity for confining him, as he did not wish to escape. He confessed his crime, express ing Much, regret, and stated as a reason for the deed that his wife had been criminally intimate with' his elder brother 'William, remarking, " I should like to have got one grip at Bill's throat." At various times he had aenversed with his friends in relation to his domestic troubles, stating that he had caught his wife and brother 'William together several times, and said he had talked with William, and told him to keep away, and he had promised to do so. It is a matter of notoriety that William seldom visited his brother's house' except when in toxicated, and on one occasion he had aroused his brother's diger to. such a degree that he threaten'ed to kill him. He had offered - similar threats of vio lence to his wife, saying one night that he would have her life before morning. It• is known that he had a conversatibn with his brother upon this sub ject some three weeks before the tine of the murder. The citizens, nest awaiting the process of arrest, had substituted handcuffs in, place of the rope upon his wrists, and three men took him in charge, and plac ing him in a carriage with 'themselves, started for Haverhill Gaol just at dusk. As they were passing along, the culprit.reitesated his statements concern ing his wife's infidelity with much positiveness, sa,:ng he had last seen her in the act about three weeks before. At the.same time he manifested much sorrow on account of his fatal deed, weeping and moaning bitterly. The unhappy wife fold Mary Deming a few days since that Frank was jealous of her, and she seemed to resent it as an indignity. On the other hand, some persons think that the pri soner's statements statements cohcerning his wife's inconstancy were merely fabricated for effect. It is said that Mrs. Wright maintained' an unblemished reputation during her residence in Bradford, while her husband is thought to have transferred his affec tions from his wife to another woman, after which he tried to obtain a divorce, but was frustrated mainly by the efforts - of .his sister. Upon a poSt modem examination three wounds were found upon the person of the deceased. The fatal wound was in the left breast; the blade of the knife used was seven inches long, and one and a-half inches in width. It entered just below the nipple, sever ing two ribs, thence elan tingdown ward tOthe heart, making an incision in the side of it two and a-half inches long at the base, -and with a maximum depth of one and a half inches. Her dedth must have been instantaneous. The fu:netal service oc curred. on Sunday, and was largely attended. The prisoner was born in Reigate, Vt.,: and is a shoe maker by trade. He is a rather sMall, - thick-set man, very healthy' and muscular, and has alwayS prided himself- very muele Upon his. strength and prowess in hand-to-hand fights. He has the repu tation of a hard drinker, and for eight or ten days preceding the murder he was almost constantly under the influence of intoxiCatin . g, liquor. His disposition is savage, morose, and 'Vindictive, as his appearance indicates. He was not very indus trious, and has no property for the' support of his - four young children--the two eldest boys, of seven and four respectively, and the two youngest twins, as before stated. At present they find a home with. their father's brother, JameS. The public feeling against the prisoner was so strong that mady persons proposed lynching him, instead of sending hini to gaol; the betteropinion prevailed, however, and on Saturday a warrant was issued, and, after examination, he was committed to await his trial next spring. " WHAT IS A QUARTER AT SCHOOL P"--At the Wakefield County Conrt on Wednesday last, the Rev. Jas. Taylor, Head Master of Qaeon Elizabeth's Grammar fitthoel, sued a' Mr. Hall for 'the amount incurred by a quar ter's tuition of his two sons, and a quarter's notice. The time for opening the school after the Christmas vacation was on the 21st of January. Mr. hall had given notice to Mr: Taylor at Christmas that, his F en would leave at the end of the ensuing quarter. The eldest boy left the school on the sth of April in the present year ; the youngest on the 21st of April. Mr. Taylor said his quarter ended on the 25th of March, and, the boys having remained at the school till the middle of April, he now claimed for a quarter up to Midsummer, and also for a quarter's notice. The Judge said he thought Mr. Taylor wauld not be able to sustain WS claim. People did not always send their boys to school to a given' day. If he had given notice for Midsummer, and his boy did not come home till the Ist of August, he should not expect to pay for another half-year. The Judge (to Mr. Taylor).—Did you ever in form Mr. Hall when your quarter ended ? Mr. Taylor.—l should have felt it as necessary to inform him that Saturday was the end of the week. (A laugh.) He had been a schoolmaster 30 years, and all that time his bills had been made to terminate the quarter on the 25th of March. The Judge.—Do you make any deductions where the boys are sent to school ,beyond the quarter-day : Mr. Taylor. —No ; he never made any deductions. He never charged but for the quarter. Mr. WeAtmoreland (who appeared for the defendant)—You see, your Honour, thereciprocity is all on one side. ' (A laugh.) Mr. Taylor said there was no school in the kingdom where the 25th of March . was not understood to be the end of the quarter. Mr. Westmoreland—There is no school in the kingdom where the mastvr would insist on such 7 a claim ! ..except in Wakefield. The Judge—ilo you make any distinction in your charges between the 'lorig and the short , quarters ? Mr. Taylor—No. The Judge—Then you take the long with the short ; it acts both ways ? Mr. Taylor said he considered it a great injustice that he should be compelled to talc'e a boy Irma Christmas to the infddie:a&'April as one quarter. II i s,II ennui. considered that. the plaintiff had not mule out his nice, :Ind raN'i - ; a. verlict fox the defendant, with costs.--4;ceds.l22tellige22o2% - URYIN 0 AN EMPrY CoFfiN.--rA curious circum stance occurred at Sandgate last'wcek. It appeals that a body was found ashore, and interment, ordered by the co roner. The'coffin was 'supplied and put in the shed near to where the corpse lay. • '['he. sexton, a discreet and care ful man, took the hearse fur the corpse, and on inquiry was referred to . the shed; where he ( saw the coffin, and, with assistance, put it in the hearse and conveyed it to the ceme tery; the clergyman read, the service over it, and all was thought to - be - finished; in - the evening, however, Mr. Graves sent to the sexton to know when he was cooling for the corpse. The worthy sexton at once saw his mistEke— he had buried the coffin only. The coffin was quickly dug up, and the corpse properly interred on the next day. ,South-Eastern Gazette. 100 101 19 21 41 43 95 96 73 74 85 87 75 77 73 75 1001 101i' d par; I id 131 lsi d 98 102 98 102 98 102 92 95► 91 93 100 102 90 94 1 i - -d -d 20 204 id 1j) id 1 p id ip 'AYS. 41 —0 Par in 1 I 21 21 1 f d 41 41 d 25& 261 21 3 8 Fl 19f 20} 38 30 9 10 37 371 55 57 Id Id 134 7 9 94 21 22 51 rof 94 1 224 234 SECUR THE SCOTCH RAILTPAY AMALGAIIIA TIM QUESTION. A special meeting of the Merchant Company was held on Friday, in Edinburgh, for the purpose of considering a motion, of which notice had been given by Mr. Josiah Livingston, to the following effect:—" That a special committee be appointed for the . purposo of co-operating with other public bodies in concerting and carrying out the most strenuous opposition to the proposed amalgamation of the Caledonian, Edinburgh and Glasgow, and Scottish Central Railways." Mr. Charles Cowan, Master, presided. Mr. JOSIAH LIVINGSTON at some length proposed the above resolution. He referred to the successful opposition made to a similar scheme in 1853, and said, the cost of that battle to the public bodies in Edinburgh was £2,400. But let them look at the matter in the shape of a debtor and creditor account. He found that the ordinary rate on goods between Edinburgh and Glasgow while the amalgamation was contemplated was lls. Bd. per ton; butin 1854 after the amalgamation scheme was defeated, it fell to Bs. 10d. per ton, being a difference of 25 per cent. The traffic in 1852-53 averaged £4,500 per week, so that the gain to the public (not the loss to the railway) was at the rate of £1,125 per week, or ~ £8,500 per annum, certainly a very satisfactory return for the capital expended. Now, he would suppose that the railways got this bill carried through, and what would the consequence be in a pecuniary shape ? He believed it was not a very ex travagant supposition to make, that the rates would be raised at least ten per cent. The amount of traffic on the Edinburgh and Glasgow last week was £s,64B—ten per cent. on this would be £562 per week, £2,248 per month, £29,224 per 'annum, taken from the pockets of the public. Taken from the public but not , pocketed by the railway companies, for they would always find that a rise of rates was not a rise of returns. The traffic fell off in nearly an equal proportion, but it was no less on that account taken from the public; it was taken from them either in money or in money's worth—in money if they had to pay — the increased rate, in money's worth if they were thereby deprived of the accommodation which. by taking advantage of it at the lower rate, they had shown to be worth that rate to them. In other words, if they sllowed this bill to pass for the grudging of £2,400, which the opposition cost them before, they should even on this most moderato calculation be mulcted of this sum every month._ WIFE MURDER .'Ar AMERICA. (From the Keu• York TrAtom.) On the afternoon of Friday last the inhabitant); of Wells River, Vt„ and vicinity, were thrown into a state of wild excitement by the committal of a dreadful murder. The scene. was the little village of Woodiville, in the northern part of Haverhill, N.H., just opposite Wells River (Vt.) Village. The victim was a beautifnl woman, some twenty-four years of age, the wife .of Franklin S. Wright, and the murderer her own husband. It is • but a few years since they were married at Wells River, not • long after which they went to Bradford, Vt., where they lived six pars. In 'the early part of last September they removed. to Woods vine, and iri connection with . another family, by the name of 'Denting, occupied . aai old, unpainted, two,storey house, about one- - of ite. Share el all all all all all all all all all all 71 7 14 f