The Sun. — London, England, 1859-12-21 00:00:00

• 3 10ABY HARKE2' AND CITY NEW& CITY, Two o'CLocit. Although the export demand for gold continues active, the receipts from Australia and America are sufficient for the purpose, and the consequence is that very little movement is reported in the bullion department of the Bank of England. The metallic reserve, therefore, still exhibits an immense accumulation, the total last week b eing within a few thousand pounds of seven teen millions sterling. Moderate consignments are received from the United States, notwithstand ing the recent decline in the exchanges, and largo quantities of specie are known to be coming for- Ward from Victoria ; under these circumstances it is expected that the bullion will continue at a high Point until the payment of the dividends next month ; and, in stimulating the circulation of coin, Will no doubt lead to a temporary diminution. In the Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday, only a Very small amount of business was transacted, and prises were unaltered. The sales were 4,000 bales. The. Railway Share Market closed quietly, and a slight decline was apparent in quotations. The foreign exchanges yesterday afternoon ex hibited a slight decline in the rate on Hamburg. The demand for money in the general discount Market yesterday rather increased, and it is ex- Pected that greater activity will prevail during the next few days, owing to the requirements of the commercial community. The rates charged for accommodation remain without any change of im portance. The market for English Securities presents a very quiet appearance, business being curtailed in Consequence of the approaching holidays. Specu lation is exceedingly dull, and very few bargains itl'e recorded on behalf of the investing public, Rhose attention has been lately diverted to new joint-stock projects. Consols have been 95-:- 1, being per cent. higher than at the close of the market Yesterday. The New Three per Cents. and the Reduced Annuities are firm at 95Z y ; India Loan Debentures (1858) remain at 97; ; ditto (1859) } Ave improved to 971 a ; Exchequer Bills are 28s. to 311. prem. A fair amount of business has taken place in the Foreign Stock Market, and prices are tolerably 'well supported. Turkisk 6 per Cents. are 77 to 7 71 ; ditto New, 641 to 64• x, ; and the 4 per Cents. 10 4 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents. are firmer, at 461; Dutch 21 per Cents., at 661 ; Mexican are steady, at 221 a ; and Sardinian, at 841 to 85 ; Chilian 4 Per Cents. are flat, at 871; ditto 3 per Cents; are blarked 72. The Ocean Marine Insurance Company's shares Ire lz to 14 premium, and the Universal ditto, prem. The San Paulo Railway Shares are quoted to prem. A very moderate amount of business has been transacted in the Railway Share Market, and se- Vera! of the principal lines show less firmness in Price. Great Western, Brighton, North Western, and Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln declined ; and Eastern Counties and Great Northern, 10s. The Foreign lines have shown little variation. }labia and San Francisco are at 5 ; Lombardo- Venetian have improved to 12: to 13; and Per nambuco declined to 121 121. In the Colonial Market Grand Trunk of Canada declined to 411 ; Great Western of Canada are Steady at 131, ; and East Indian at 1021 1031. Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares temain inactive, at former prices. Bank of Egypt, however, have declined ss. ; and London and County improved ss. ; Peninsular and Oriental Steam, Peel River Land, Van Diemen's Land, and berlin Waterworks realised former quotations. lII.ITIWN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. a Per Cont. Reduced Annuities 9 51 a i New 3 per Cent. Annuities India Stock Ditto Debentures, 1858 97 Ditto, 1859 r ‘nns o l s f or Account (Jan. 10) India Stoek for Acounnt Ditto, 1859, 5 per Cent. Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, lid 3l Ditto Small, lid. 2B ?iiLICIES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. t hilian, 6 per Cent Ditto 3 per Cent. __Ditto 41 per cent goxiaan. 3 per Cent. , n Ditto Account .. 2211 f rorturueso 1853, 3 per Cent. Ditto Small ' tiardinian 5 per Cent — Ditto A ccount IPanish 3 per Cent. — Ditto Passive Turkieh 6 per Cent 77 Ditto Account Ditto New Loan Ditto Account Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. Dividends on the above payable in London. batch Exchange, 12 Guil. 2f per Cent 661 6 TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, Money Ditto Account (Jan. 10) 9sf I x d THIS DAY'S SHIPPING. LONDON Dec. 21.—Wind this day at n oon, S.W ; moderate breeze, and fine mild weather. , PORTSMOUTH Dec. 20. Wind, S.S.W., to S., blowing bard. —Off portLEarl of Hardwick, from Madras. 14 ' PLYMOUTH, Dec. 20. Wind, S.W.—Arrived—Parana IR), short of fuel; Laguna, for Havanno ; Contest, for New -14, 611 21dialld. CARDIFF, Dec. 20.—Wind, S.W.—Sailed—Celeretat, lor Bahia • Charles and Pauline, for Cayenne; Amerika, for St. Thomas. NEWPORT, Dec. 20.—Arrived—Ensign, from London for Fernando Po. FALMOUTH, Dec. 20.—Arrived—Ernst Merck (ss), from Janeiro, with damage • Grypskerk, from ditto ; Ego atum, from Taganrog; Joseph, from ditto; Alfred, from tdondon for St. Michael's; Lady Eglinton (ss). from Lon 'ion for Dublin. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOETHAMPTON, Wednesday Morning• Wind W. A rapid thaw set in last night, and heavy showers of rain, with strong wind. Arrived.—Umpire, from Glasgow; Ceres, steamer, from Dublin. Sailed.—Bentley, John Clements, and Voctis, for Sun derland ; Express, for Jersey ; Indus, steamer, for Alex 431dria ; Ceres, steamer, for London. LIVERPOOL, Wednesday Morning. Wind W., fresh. Arrived, Dec. 20.—Gondar and T. J. Rodger, from Charleston ; Elba, screw steamer, from Patras ; Picayune , from New Orleans ; Excelsior, from St. Michael's ; Viscaya , 4 001 Rabat; Princess Royal, from Odessa; Feronia, from • ;: .Taganrog; Robert Parker, from St. John's, N.B. Sailed, Dec. 20—Rosalie, for Montevideo ; Pleiades, for Galveston. Arrived, Dec. 21—Red Coat, from St. Michaels. Off the Port—The Jane E. Walsh, from New Orleans. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAM) GRAVESEND, Wednesday Morning. Wind W.S.W., very strong; tide, four hours' flood; Wtather very cloudy, with heavy hailstorm. Arrived, Dec. 20—Alival, Crescent, Ann, and Sagaltiel, from Guernsey ; Eagle, and Eglantine, from Sundswall ; Crispin, from Guernsey ; Ellen Murray, from Jorsoy; Alma Little, from Ramsgate, with wre cked g oo ds. Arrived, Dec. 21 —Treaty, from . Vivier. DEAL, Wednesday Morning. Wind S.W. by S. ; very strong. No arrivals. A ship at anchor, with foretopmast and bowsprit gone ; s upposed to have been in collision with the City of Delhi, Which ship has lost her jibboom. Name, &c., of the former 411 ip at prosent unknown. Mr. J. S. Mansfield, at present stipendiary ma- Vstrate of Liverpool, will take his seat on the bench of Worship-street (London) Police Court on January the sth. MASENTING •MINISTERS.—Mr. G. H. Curtiss, of Northgate-street,' Canterbury, having addressed a letter to his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, the General Commanding-in-Chief, informing him that some 300 of the troops belonging to the Canterbury gar eon regularly attended Divine service at the Wes 4cYan Chapel, and requested to be informed whether the officiating minister was not entitled to the same remu neration paid to the clergy of the Establishment under s andhir circumstances, he has received the following answer t o his communication :—" War office, Pall-mall, S.W., Dec. 7 , 18 59 Sir,—With reference to that portion of your letter of the 18th ult., suggesting the propriety of remu herating Wesleyan ministers for officiating to the troops of • that denomination, lam directed by Mr. Secretary Herbert to inform you in reply, that similar proposals have been fre ntly considered, but that it has not been deemed expe lent to make any alteration in the present regulations in l egard to th e p a y men t o f th e c lergy for their services to the t° °Ps.—l am, sir, your obedient servant, W. R . GODLEY. ... 411 r . G. H. Curtiss, Northgate-street, Canterbury." PALL OF AN IRON RAILWAY BRIDGE.—A large crosseddg, supported on massive cast-iron beams which the railway near the Walton Station, suddenly gave ' Iv ay about two o'clock on Friday morning, and fell a heap of ruins on th e li ne. F or t una t e ly no one happened to be Passing at the time, and precautions were immediately taken to Prevent further accident. Tho bridge connected a high la tle and Walton. It is believed that the intense frost which } l l rvailed during the night caused the cast-iron beams to five way. The railway was obstructed until noon when, the aid o f a l arge num b er o f wor k men, th e r ubbish was c 2eared away. The passenger traffic was not stopped, as Passengers got out of the carriages and walked round the o bstructi on , where another train was in readiness.--Liver -1 Pi l o? Post, ATARKB7S.-(TIIIS DAY.) ,RDTTARY SHAITES AND 3TOCES. Railways; Paid. ti 64 8 R 4 78 79 114 12k Bi 7 102 UM 03 P3i 6.1 7 8 8i 8t 14 15 5Si 544 39 41 27 29 82 83 30 30} 99 100 108 107 94 96 133 135 111 113 691 Mt 60 62 202 205 161 174 p 16 174 p 99 100 55 67 114 115 134 144 A t ast d 109 1091 80 89 10 11 all 100 3i 100 100 59 61 3i sd l 62 6941 94 951 d 48 481 74 70 107 109 4 31 d 1 91 35 3V 14 16 71 8 16 100 100 11 101 91 100 all all all 117 119 29 30 83 85 147 49 34 24 d 434 444 83 84 7 2 74 62 64 1 6 8 354 364 531 584 24 3 P I d p 03 581 1 6 61 100 I 00j I 94 1141 984 97; 88} 109} 9 83} i Closing I Business Prioe. 4 47:1 Aniberg., Notting. Bost and Eastern Junction Belfast and Ballymena Wol., and Str. Val Bir., La., and Ch. June Blackburn Blyth and Tyne Bost. Slefd. & Mid. Coun Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cork and Bandon ,Carmarthen & Cardigan , 'Cork Blkrockotrassage, I • Cornwall A rcves. no div. Do. A un til6p.c.per an.' 111 Do. B hasbeen pd.toß. Dublin and Belfast June. ,Dun.,Perth,&Abr.June East Anglian 'Eastern Counties Eastern Union A Stock Do. do. B Stock DiNw.A.(lte.E.U3ds) 'East Suffolk Do TEdinburg and Glasgow Edin.,Perth, & Dundee Forth & Clyde Junction Furness Glasgow & South wester I Great North of Scotland Great Northern Do. do. A Stock Do. do. B Stock t. South.& Wstn.(lreld) Great Western 'Do.Str.Vl.Rail Gua.Stk Irish South Eastern ! Lancaster and Carlisle !Do. Thirds IDo. New Thirds Lancashire & Yorkshire London and Blackwall. Lon ~Bri ifh ton &S.Coast Lond. Chat. and Dover London & North Westn'l Do. Eighths London& South-Westn 1 L'derry & Coleraine 1 L'derry & Man., Slief., & Lincoln Metropolitan Midland Do. Birminf.T. & Derby Mid. Gt. West. (Ireland) Do. 4 Shares Newcastle and Carlisle New., Aber., & lleref Newry & Armagh (def.) Newry, Warpt., & Rog Norfolk North. Counties Union North British Nor.Dev.Eail.&Dk. Stk Do.A Stk.— Arec.no div I — until fip.c.liasbeenpdß' Do. B Stock North-Eastn.—Berwick !Do. do. G.N.E.Purchase' Do. Leeds , Do. York ,North London North Staffordshire No. & Sou. W. Junction Oxford, Wor.,& Wolyer Peebles Portsmouth Rhymney Scottish Central South. N.H., Aber. Stock Do. Scottish Mid. Stock Shropshire Union & Sheer 'South Devon I South-Eastern South Wales SouthYorks.&Riv.Dun Staines, Wok., & Wok Stockton & Darlington Do. do. 1855 1110. do. 1858 (Stockton & llartlepool `Taff Vale Do. Preference, No. 1 }ThamesilayenDk&Rail Ulster Do. Do. Vale of Neath (Victoria Station & Pim Waterford & Kilkenny Waterford & Limerick West Cornwall 1W -end Lon. & Cry. Pal IDo.A.—Arecv.nodiv.till 7 p.c. has been pd. to 13 Do. B .. West London Do. Ist Class Do. 2d Class Stock Stock Stock stock; 12 10 Stock PREFERENCE MARES. Share Railwaya. Paid. e. Blythe pre f a . n (i (issued Tyne a r £spertiiiris. & Exet.4p.ct.Stock I Do. do. do. Shares Caledon 210, 44 per cent Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. Cork & Bandon, 54 p. c. Cornwall, 5 per cent. Dun. Pertli,& Aber.Jun E.Angn. Class A 7 & spc Do. do. Class B 6 pc Do. do. Class C 7 pc E. Coun. Ex. 5 pct. No.l Do. do N 0.2 Do. New 6 per ct. Stock Eastern Union, 4 per ct. Edin.&Glas. spc shares Do. 4 p.c. gua. S. & D. Edin. Perth,& Dun. 4 pc. Furness, 5 per cent .... Glas. &S West. (2' a. spc. Great. Northern, 5 p. et. Do. 5 peßedro.,lop.c.prn Do. 44 p. c. do. do. Do.sp.c. Redm.,s pc. pm Gt. Nh. of Scotld, Ist pt ( Gt.Sn.dt W (Ireland) 41 1 p. et. pref. Stock Great West. (Berke and Hants) Ext. 5 p.ct. . Do. Redeemable, 4i p et Do. Redeemable, 4 p. et Do. Irredeemable, do Do. 5 p. et. Redeem. Pref. Do. ]firm. Pref. Shares Gt. West. Ches. 8 p.e.pf shares Do. do. 5 p. ct. pref Do. Birmiug. guar. stock Do. Chester guar.shares Do. do. do Do. do. do. Lan. & York 6 p.c. stock Do.Barnsl.St.£s 3slodpc Lon.&Brig.spc. gu. No.l Do. pref., 5 p. o. ...No. 2 Do. New gua., 6 p. et N Do. do. 5 p. c. No. 4 Do. do. 44 per c. shares Lon d. Chat, and Dover' : Lon.& N. W.Cov.&Nun eaton, 5 p. et. ; Lon.&S. W, 7 p.ct. stock, late 3d shares Londondy & Cole, 4 shs Londondy. & Ennis 4 sh r Wan.,Sh., & Lin., 6 p. et riDo. P 6 Do. 34 per cent. I Do. redeem. 6 per cent. 3laryport & Car., 4 p.c. Do. 4 per cent... Stock' 12.10 sr k Stock{ Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock, Stocl Stoc Stoc Stock Stoc Stock 5 25 Stock' all }lOO 100 100 100 100 all Do. Mid. Con. 6 p. c. Stock Do.Con.Bris.&Bir.6p.ct Do. 4f p. C. pref. stock Do. with option till 1860 Do. Leic. & Hit.pref. Newport,Aber,&c.pret.s, p. c. redeem, atsp.o.nm Do. Perpet, 6 p. o. with option till 1866 Norfolk I)eb. 4 p.c.shares Do. 5 c. Ext.Stock,lB46 Do. 6 p. c. Pref. do. 1847 Do. ay.Val.Ex.Sk 1847 North British, 5 per cent Do. New, gua. 5 per cent Nth.Dev.Rail.& Dalt. Co. IN-East. freed. 4 p.c. Deb. Do. Consol. Pref, 4 p. c. Do. Berwick, 4 p. o. Pref. Do. do. do. Do. Leeds, 6 p. c. No. 1 Do. do. Quarters,lB46 Do. York, H.& S. Purch. North StalTordsh ire Ox. Wr. & Wol. 6 po. lat g Do. Redeem., 2d gua Do. Irredeem., 24 gua. Ithymney Guaranteed. Scottish Central, new pi Scottish North-Eastern 31 per c. pref. stock. ... Do.Aberdeen.gua.6 pc. Do. 7 p. c. pref. stook, South Devon, Ann. 10a. Do. Fixed 4f per cent. South Eastern (Reading Ann., 1.0.6.) Po .4f per cent Do. Fixed 4k p.c. let is South Wales, gua. 4 p,o, Do. 41 per cent S.-Yorkshire, 4 p.c. gua 'Stack. and Dar. A 6 p,e, Do. 13 6 per cent ..., Do. C 6 per cent Waterford & Kilkenny, 6 percent.- Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock I Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 10s. 1.0.6. all 100 100 100 100 all all Stock, ;Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock' 100 100 100 100 100 Closing Prioe. 98 98 102 104 54 6 100 102 112 115 105 108 114 116 113 115 128 190 84 86 110 112 90 92 78 77 .15 117 .18 120 [l2 114 [O6 108 86 88 98 99 98 100 89 91 91 93 102 104 10 104 17 18 1o i lof 75 76 20 21 10 101 18 15i L 39 141 100 SUE I 100 I 100 Stock Sto. I Stock' 100 100 100 100 Stook Stock Share Itaihvays. Atlantic 4 St Lawreno Leased at 6 per cent. Bom.,Baroda&Cent.ln( gu. 5 percent Do. Addit. Capital A Do. Do. Buffalo and Lake Huron Do. New Do. Preference Buffalo,Brant.&Godrich 6 p. ct. bds. 1 Aug., 1872 Do. do. 1 July, 1873 Do. do. 1 June, 1874 Clcutta.& S.Ea strn . Lim. Cape,Eastn. Prov.(Lim.) Cape Town & Dock Scrip Central Oude (Limited)l Ceylon Guaranteed 6p.c Demerara Eastern Bengral.gu.sp.c East Indian, zu. 5 p. c Do. F Shares Ext Do. Jubbulpore D 0.44 p.c. Bds. ay.'s9l Do. 44 p. c. Debentrs. Geelong& Melbourne Geelong Corporation 61 per cent. Bonds Gi•and Trunk of Canada Do. 6 per cent. Pref Do. 6 percent. Debentr Do. 7 per cent. 18 62 Do. do. 1867 Do. do. 1872 , Gt.lndiaPenin.gua.sp.e , Do. New, gua.s per cent ' Gt.S.of guaranteed 5 per cent 1 Gt.W. of Canada Shares l Do. New Do. Bonds pay. '76,withi opt. till '6O Do. do. '73 till '6O Do. do. 'V3 without opt Do. 54 p. c. do. '77 do Madras, guar., 44 p. c Do. do. 5 per cent Do. 4f p. c. Extension Do. Third lix. gua.s.p.c Do. Fourth do. Do. do. Melb. Corp. 6 p.c. Bonds Newßrunawick&Canda. Ry.,llLand(Lim.)g.6pc Class ACapitl.Share Do. do. Land do Do. do. B. Capital do DO. do. Land do (hide (Limited) Scinde 4 4 Do. New Do. Punj sub Do. Indus. St. Flo Erg' St. Andrews & Quebec A Trinidad(Limited) Scrip 10 11 t 25 190 i I 68 70 i IP [39 141 102 104 95 96 P 10 101 I`l 12% 11 113 1(;1 112 91 93 97 99 1 f p n ip 23 24 125 127 125 130 117 120 73 75 120 122 102 11j 24 241 103 104 102 104 84 87 284 204 33 34 3q44 384 56 59 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. ! Leasing Closing Busine FOREIGN MINES Paid.! Railways. Co.'s. Price. Done.' 20 Australian 7l 1 1 I — 1 Bon AccordCopper,Lim. 158 ilt par a 35 Brazil. Imp. (is. at £sp.) 271 Bedford and Bletchley all Ln& N.W .. .! 20 Do.St.Jolindellley,Lim. 15 19 20 Buckinghamshire.,,.. 100 1 1. n& N.W, 00 100 Chester & Holyhead.. 100 'Do. 5O H 501 5 Do. Land and Mining Co. all Do. do. 51 p. ct..... 100 ,Do. 1 Do. do. sp. ct. Do. ll4 118 40 Cobra Copper all ,48 49 Clydesdale Junction.. 100 ;C a ledoni n 103 105 Colchester, Stour Val. all ililli.SEE CI 16 17 Cspiapo l6 71 81 1 DunMoun.Cop.Ming.CO all 1 1 E.Lincolnsliire,g.6p.c 100 Gt.North.;l39 141 2 Fortuna E Union,HarwichSlis all Iltl.Counts.l 41 41 20 General . all 25 28 Do. Woodbridge . 100 1 Gls.Barr.&Neils,Drit: I 100 Caledonia Do. New lOO IDo. b Lusitanian uita Hartlpool.Dck.&Rail. all IYk.N.&Br 1 N.RhineCop.of S.Aus.L 10s. par p 1 1 Hull and Selby Do. 1 Shares all I Do. Do. I Shares all i l Do. London&Greenwich . 100 S. East... 84 88 1 Scottish Australn. (L.)... 100 1 d 1 p I D o . Preference _____ L on ., , rilby.&Soutend. 100 'Pao &Co. 95 97 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. ________ Lowestoft, gua. 4p. et. 100 ;Norfolk, . _ ra il6c., . . i r_ 100 IDo. Closing Business Share' Joint - Stock Banks. Pahl. PBeruxcetnnt&Matk. all LN W&M 21 2; Price. Doug. Mid. Bradford I're e I , nee stock ........ 100 Midland . 93 100 5. 5.6. E.Counts I 1 p 100 Agra&UnitedServiceßk 50 40 Australasia all 81 83 all Do. 67 60 25 Bank of Egypt all 221 231 Me all Do. — 100 Pank of London 5O 50 52 501 no. Fite a 5 per cent,. 40 Brit. Col. Bk. & LoanCo all Northall litl N lan w d i . 14 144 00 ? British North American all NNDoeog‘r.inidaltrona':.rn&okttpilee..eja!suctsren:Pi.'ls:l.cpx....l,... al l , 1) 0 . 20 ;Clad. Bank of India. &c 18 194 201 all & L. yk . -- 25 , Cli Mer of In. Lou &Clt• all 100 , City Pre . sto n W a e n si d er W n yre ... .. . f Roystn,Hitch.,& Sliep 1 I .... par 1 p I T G t er a ° s r s t e h y . 1 10 37 3 1 10 3 5 0 Sbrewsbry& Hereford' 1 1 01 D S o on t . l o t i li S S h t a a l tr .e o s r . ds . D l . : Staffordshire A ... ! al l al ' I M ): C . lean • 1:1 11 Business 2 1 110 5000 22:00111 LL G e(C'j oo e nn u lir nnidd:otolinisneankra:.lanointkawt:lSllC:sfvtoCAlnkutaz:atary. Landon.le r :n h. d a aa 2 2°2 2 0 1 11 0 5 1 11 1 1-171 _2 : l - 804 Wilts and Somerset-1 100 Gt. West 93 95 Wimbledon& Croydn 1 all Ldialruin, 74 84 2O L on.Char.Bk.otAustral. all 221 231 23 _ DOCKS. Share Docks. I Pale Closing o Done. 100 Nat. Prov. of England. 35 20 Do. ne w lO ---_ ______ bQ National Bank 25 StocklCommercial lOO ... 20 New South W a l es Stock IDo 4 per Cent . Pref .311 n. 100 ..., 25 Orient .11k. Corporation all 381 3 94 Stock' East and West India... 100 20 lOtternan _Rank all 171 181 18 StockiLon don lOO 100 'Provincial of Ireland .. 25 77 79 Stock St. Katharine lOO -..- 10 IDo. New Stock outhampton lOO 25 South Australia Stock icturta 25 Union of Australia a ll '4O DJ New imasemea.t 2 fill 50 Union of London l2 281 291 \ 100 IJulty /UAW OO ..., = 1 SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENIN6, DECEMBER 21, 1859. BRITISH POSSESSIONS. LAW INTELLIGENCE.(THIS .DAY.) CLERKENWELL COUNTY COURT. (Before Mr. Sergeant Jones.) THE FINSBURY ELECTION.-LIABILITY OF COMMITTEE. FOREIGN Antwerp & Rotterdam, Ardennes Belgian East. Junction Beziers to Graissessac Carmeaux Mine & Rail. Copiabo Ditto Extension Dutch Rhenish Eastern of France Euphrates Valley Grand Itus. Guar .5 p.c Great Central of France Gt. Luxem., Con. shs Italian Junction ILake Constance & Lierre and Turnhout Lombardo Venetian Lyons and Geneva Maria Antonia Do. do. New Namur and Liege Do. do. 6 p. c. Pref Northern of France Do. New Shares Norwegian Trunk Pref Paris,Lyons, and Medit Paris and Orleans Recife& S. Fran. (fern.) gua. 7 p. et. (Lim.) Riga and Dunaburg Rome and Frascati Royal Danish Royal Swedish Do. 7 per cent. Pref Sambre and Meuse Do. 5i per cent. Pref. (Pest of France 'West Flanders Do. 54 p. c. Preference . W. & N.W. of Prance Western of Austria Western of Switzerland Wiesbaden Do 8 per cent. Pref Zealand COLONIAL GOVER' Securities. an. - gOv.6 p.c ra7i July Do. 6 p.c. Fb. & A ug. Do. 6 p.c.Mr. & Sep. N. B. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja. &July Do. 6 p.c. Ap. & Oct. N. S.W. Gov. 5 p. c. Deb. D0.5p.cen.1871 to 1976 Do.sp.cen.lBBB and u p ovaScolliaGov.6 p.c. S. Deb. redeemable, 1875 .Aus.Gt.6 pc.Jan&July Jet •G ov.6o.c.Jan&July Do. do. April & Oct. MISCELL. Anglo-Mexican Mint .. Atlantic Tel. (Limited). ,Australian Agricultural Australian Royal Mail. Berlin Water Works British American Land Brit. & Irish Mag.Tel.A. Do. B, 7 p. C. till Met. Do. C . Canada Land Chan.lslands Tel.(Lim ) Cop.Min.otling.&Smag Do. Preference 74 per et Crystal Palace. Do. Preference Do. 6 p. c. Perpet. Deb Electric Telegraph Do. New English & Aust. Copper Gen. Steam Navigation. Great Ship (Limited) Indian & Aust. Telegr London District Telegr London Discount Lond.Gen. Omnibus Co Madras Irr. and Canal Mediter. Electric Teleg. Ned. E3qen. Tel. (Lim.) rational Discount Co retterlan do Land ►o 8 p.c.Pref.,lss. at idle. tir.&NovaScotiaLand r. B. Australasian (Lim.) Oriental Gam Do. New Shares Orientl. In. Steam, Ditto B Ditto C Peel River Land & Min Pen. & Oriental Steam Do. New Red Sea & Ind. Telegr Rhymney Iron Do. New Royal Mail Steam Scot.Austrln.lnv.(Lim ) South Australian Land. Submarine Teleg. Scrip. Do. do Registered Tr.& 1.n.C0.0f Upr. Can. Van Diemen's Land BRITIS Mines. Alfred Console (Philack) British Iron Clifford Devon G. Cons. (Tavist ) East Bassett (Illogan) East Caradon E. WI Russl (Tavistk.) Gam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen.) Great South Tolgus.... G. Wheal G. Wheal Vor (Helst on i Grenville Herod's-Foot Ilingston Downs Lady Bertha Margaret ( uny Lelant) North Downs North France s Rogan) North Wheal Crofty N.Wh'l.Passet (Illogan) Par Consols (St. Blasy). Providence (Uny Lelnt) Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. SoutliCaradon (St.Cleer) South C. Brea( Illogan). S Wheal Fran. (Mogan) Stray Park Tamar Silver and Lead Mining Co Tin Croft Vale of Towey (Carm ) West Basset (Illogan) West Seton W. Caradon (Liskeard). Wheal Basset (Illogan). Wheal Buller (Redruth) Wheal Edward (Cals.). . Wheal IL itty (U. Lelant) i WWI Mary Ann (Meithe)i Trelawney ( Lisle. ; lo itnainess dos* Crrsioein.g E 6 88 994 1001 174 11 (11 par 4: bid 11001 5 1 61 par i p 14 1 I 1 1021 1031 par Par it) l all oo all all all all leo 100 !1. 3 0. 3s. 2s. 6d, 7* all 100 101 19 21 41 43 95 96 73 74 85 87 75 77 73 75 1001 1011 d par f Id 131 13} 71 61 d 98 102 98 102 98 102 92 95 91 93 100 102 90 94 I } d! - -d 20 204 3# 1 p id VIP Id ip - AYS. 41 41 w --I I }gyp) 2 21 1 1d 1 4t 414 25t 261 21 3 p 4i 41 38 39 —p 9 10 37 37i 55 67 /d Id ai 7 9 91 21 22 51 51 94 10 22 23i SECUR: Closing Prises. 14 15 180 210 33 34 4i 5 35 37 111 in 13 15 107 110 8 9 234 241 1 1 51 4 5 101 103 105 107 par 1 p 11 li i 1 1 1 d 111 1( i 4 1 I 1 i 1 i i P 50 64 78 80 11 13 i i - P 22 24 6 7 50 52 [25 135 36 38 i 1 11! 13 MINES. Paid. 2.11.19 16 80 2.7.0 7.4.0 qt 7.9.4 5 1{ 10.6.7 18.18.9 18.18.0 Closing Price. L # 51 I 2 MEN.-BARR V. WORTH. This was a claim to recover £3 ss. for printing some squibs for the last election at Finsbury. Plaintiff was called, and said that defendant gave the order himself, and never said it was to be charged to Mr. Cox. Mr. Jay produced plaintiff's bill, and on the top wag written " Cox's Election." Plaintiff said he put that on the bill to distinguish it. Defendant was a committeeman, and deputy-chairman to Mr. Cox. Mr. Jay said anybody must have known that the squibs were intended for Mr. Cox. Who else could have said " All men are equal?" (Laughter.) The squib was abu sive of Sir Samuel Morton Peto, a most inoffensive man, and no one but Mr. Cox would have abused him. Defen• dant was by some strange chance absent now ho was wanted. He had been present all the morning. His Honour said perhaps discretion was the better part of valour in his case. Plaintiff had sworn that defendant ordered the things, and defendant was clearly liable. These matters were generally arranged between the candidate and his committeemen, and there should be no repudiation of a debt of this kind by the candidate. Verdict for plaintiff. POLICE INTELLIGENCE -(THIS DAY.) MARLBOROUGH-STREET. A GENTLEMAN OBLISED TO TURN CAB-DRIVER. , -- John Patmore, a cab -driver (badge 1,956, cab 2,272), was charged with being drunk and incapable of driving his fare, as follows Thomas Lindsay, a constable of the C division, said his attention was called to the defendant's cab, a little after 12 overnight, by seeing a gentleman on the box driving. He stopped the cab, and on looking inside saw the defen dant fast asleep and very drunk. Inspector Webb, of the C division, said the statement of the gentleman who came to the station was that he found the cab in the Gray's-inn-road, and that after the man had driven him from place to place he (the driver) lost himself, and perceiving that the man was in a state of intoxication he mounted the box and drove himself home, having first, for the man's safety, put him inside, and that he had just reached his home in Jermyn-street when he was stopped by the constable. Mr. Beadon asked for the defendant's license, found that he had been charged with drunkenness about two months ago; and, addressing the defendant, said that if ho came before him again he should certainly send his license to the commissioners. Ho was driving a gentleman at the time, and so drunk that he was obliged to be put inside and the gentleman to drive himself. He should fine him 20s. or a month. THAMES. HEARTLESS DESERTION OP CHILDREN, AND EXEM rLARY PUNISHMENT.--Thomas Corrigan, a tall, able bodied man, about 27 yoars of age, and by trade a brick layer, was brought before Mr. Yardley charged under the Vagrant Act with refusing to maintain his two children, one aged six and the other four years, and leaving them chargeable to the Poplar Union. It appeared from the evidence of Mr. W. B. Foster, as sistant relieving-officer of the Poplar Union, that the pri soner was a widower and in the receipt of good wages, and that by the exercise of a little frugality he could maintain his children and himself comfortably. Instead of doing en ik however, he indulged in sensual gratifications, and totally neglected his little ones, who were for some weeks half starved. In September last he abandoned his children, and they were found by a police-constable on the steps of the White Horse public-house, Bow, in a state of destitution. They were taken to the Poplar - Union-house, and have ever since been maintained at the expense of the ratepayer% The guardians of the union very properly directed the ap prehension of the prisoner, and that it should be followed up by a prosecution. The prisoner, in defence, said he had been out of work for some time, and that when he got into work he would reimburse the union and maintain his children. Mr. Yardley—You appear to be in excellent condition— full of health and able to work. You are a bricklayer, and there has been plenty of work for people in your trade. Mr. Foster said that for a long time since the children were abandoned the prisoner had been earning 4s. 6d. per day, or 275. per week, and in this statement he was con firmed by Mr. Want, another officer of the union. Mr. Yardley animadverted with considerable severity on the heartless conduct of the prisoner, and said it was not to be tolerated that men, who became the father of children, should cast the burden of maintaining them on the rate payers. The prisoner had been earning 275. per week. Many industrious and frugal labourers maintained their families on a less sum than that. Ho should make a severe emscuplu of the ptibuLter as a warning to others, and he con victed him as a rogue and vagabond, and sentenced him to be imprisoned for three months in the House of Correction, and hard labour. The prisoner —Will you make it less, Sir ? Mr. Yardley—Not ono day less. If you don't support your children when you come out of prison you will be committed again. THIS DA Y'S MARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE. A very limited supply of English whoat was on offer in to. day's market, in but middling condition. Fine dry sam ples sold without difficulty at Monday's currency. Other wise the demand ruled inactive on former terms. The amount of business doing in all foreign wheats was very moderate ; nevertheless, importers were firm, and prices were well supported. Floating cargoes of grain were firm. We have to report a fair demand for most kinds of bar ley, at full currencies. New malt was quite as dear as on Monday; but old parcels were easier to purchase. Tho supply of oats was limited, and the oat trade ruled steady, at extreme quotations. Boans and peas sold on former terms. Tho flour trade was steady. No supplies have come to hind from abroad. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK Wheat. Barley Malt. Oate. Flour. English l,BlO / 3,620 1,580 : 11,350 1 430 Irish - --- - r‘! . rvign 440 I i .2,260 21270 °"-- 1 —aka blo. BOROUGH HOP. Our market is vory firm for all now hops, and prices are well supported. . WHITECTIAPEL. Trade much less active, as follows : Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s 4d ; mutton, 30 14d to 4s 6d ; lamb, Os Od to Os Od ; veal, 4s Od to 4s 8d ; and pork, 3s 641 to 4s 10d per 81b., by the carcase. COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—YISTERILLY. Amsterdam Ditto Rotterdam — 11 15} 11 15 Antwerp Brussels — 25 25 25 SO Hamburgh Paris Ditto Marseilles - -25 321 25 37 1 117 i Frankfort on Maine — 117 12 61 Vienna -12 55 Trieste -12 58 12 62 Petersburgh —* 34 34f Madrid Cadiz — 49 50 Leghorn —3o /71 30 321 Genoa - -25 42/ 25 471 Naples Palermo — 121 121 Messina — 1211 121 Lisbon 62 521 62 Oporto Rio Janeiro — • • • • New York — • . • • Foreign Gold in Bars (Staudard)....per oz. LS 17 9 Mexican Dollars Silver in Bars (Standard) lf 0 6 2 South American Doublons THE VICTORIA CROSS.—We understand that shortly after the return of her Majesty and the Prince Con- sort and royal family to Windsor Castle from Osborne, it is hor Majesty's intention to invest several officers and men to whom the Order of Valour has been awarded for their respective "deeds of daring." It is announced that the payment of the half yearly interest on the bonds of the Victor Emmanuel Railway £BOO,OOO loan will take place on and after the 2d January. On the application of the prosecutors, the re• mainder of the sentence on Archibald Freeman, timber broker, who was ordered twelve months' imprisonment with hard labour at the Central Criminal Court last March, for misappropriating a bill of lading, has been remitted. Alfred was his partner, released uabo NOVEL MODE OF irOUSEBREAKING.—On Monday, two men of indifferent character, named Tranter, were charged before the county magistrates at Wolverhampton with breaking into the house of Wm. Smith, an old man, with the local reputation of a miser, who lives near Patshull, and alone, and who is employed as a shepherd under Lord Dartmouth. One evening, a short time ago, a man came to Smith's door, and delivered a message as from the land lady of a publiehouse in a neighbouring hamlet, to the effect that one of her cows was taken ill, and that she wished Smith, who is reputed skilful in cattle complaints, to ex amine it. Ho accordingly went, and ascertained that he had been hoaxed. He remained, however, at the inn for some time. On his returning home he found that his house door had been opened by forcing back the bolt, and that about £lOO in notes and gold, which had been hid in the seat of a hair-bottomed chair, had been st o l e n. Several witnesses gave evidence to having seen the with another man, loitering about Smith's door previous to the robbery; and they were remanded for a wee k for fur ther evidence. prisoners, along HEALTH OF LONDON .DURING THE WEEK. (E•om the Report of the Registrar-General.) The total number of deaths registered in London in the week that ended last Saturday was 1,289, being the same as that of the preceding week. In the ten years 1849-58 the average number of deaths in the weeks corresponding with last week was 1,218 ; but as the deaths returned for last week occurred in a population that has increased, they should be compared with the average raised in pro portion to the increase, namely, with 1,339. It appears from this comparison that the deaths that occurred last week were less by 50 than the num ber that would have been shown if the average rate of mortality for the second week of December had prevailed. The births in last week exceeded the deaths in the same time by 542. Small-pox, from which there were 45 deaths, shows a small increase on the previous week, when there were 40. Eight occurred in the Smallpox Hospital. There were 83 deaths from scarlatina; this complaint seems to be very prevalent in the sub-district of St. John, Westminster, where it was fatal in seven cases. There were 8 in Islington and 4in Rotherhithe. Diphtheria carried off 6 persons. The most fatal disease in the list now is bronchitis, from which 164 persons died, while 184 died from phthisis. In the corresponding weeks of ten previous years the average number from bron chitis (corrected for increase of population) was 153. The deaths from pneumonia, or inflammation of the lungs, were 76, the corrected average being 113. Eleven infants died by suffocation, 1 by murder. The following are the ages of 5 nona genarians, whose deaths are recorded, v i z ., 92, 93 , 95, 97, and 99 years. Of bricklayers 1 died in the week, of bricklayers' children 12; of carpenters 3 died, of carpenters' wives 1, of carpenters' children 19 ; of masons 2 died, of masons' children 2 ; of painters 5 died, of painters' children 2 ; of plasterers 3 died, of plas terers' wives 1, of plasterers' children 4. Last week the births of 952 boys and 879 girls, in all, 1,831 children, were registered in London. In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1849- 58 the average number was 1,598. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 29.940 in. On the first three days the mean daily barometrical reading was above 30 in. The barometer fell from 30.57 on Sunday, the highest point in the week, to 29.54 in. on Friday, the lowest point. The mean temperature of the air in the week was only 24.6 deg., which is 11.3 deg. below the average of the same week in 43 years (as determined by Mr. Glaisher). The mean daily temperature was below the average throughout the week, and on the last four days the extent of this depression was remark able ' • on Saturday the mean temperature was 17.3 deg. below the average. The highest point attained in the week by the thermometer in the shade was 40.4 deg. on Monday; the lowest point was 15.5 deg. on Saturday, or 16.5 deg. below the freezing point of water. On the latter day the mercury never stood higher than 28 deg. The range of tem perature in the week was 29.9 deg. The mean daily range was 8.7 deg. Saturday was colder than any day since December 22d, 1855, the mean tem perature of which day was 21.5 deg., whilst that of last Saturday was 22.8 deg. Snow fell on Wednes day and Friday. A dense fog prevailed on Sunday (the 11th), and great darkness in the afternoon. On that day the air was calm, and while the tempera ture of the Thames was 41.2 deg. the thermometer in the air never exceeded 32.5 deg. The difference between the mean dew-point temperature and air temperature was 4.9 deg. The mean degree of hu midity of the air was 82. The wind blew generally from the north. Rain was measured in the week to only the hundredth part of an inch. THE WEATHER AND THE PARKS. The weather continued yesterday as on the pre ceding day, fair and open, with a fresh breeze, which increased towards evening, with a good deal of dust flying about. The temperature, which during the night had been as low as 17 deg., rose at 9 a.m. to 25 deg., when the barometer stood at 29.35, and at noon the temperature further rose to 33, and in the evening stood at 34, with a fall of snow. Skating continued during the day with unabated spirit. On the Serpentine the ice was about five inches thick, and of a uniform glassy smoothness. During the forenoon it was calculated that there were about 6,000 on the ice, in cluding several members of the Skating Club, who had a marque erected on the bank in Kensing ton-gardens for their accommodation. A racecourse was made below the bridge, and several matches run by skaters, which tended to increase the excit ing character of the amusement, and tended also to test the strength of the ice by the large number who congregated arcund the winning-post, whom certain ominous noises from beneath could not deter from collecting together. Fortunately nothing Ee -1 rious occurred. Several persons were, however, brought to the Receiving-house with severe cuts and bruises, which were attended to by Dr. Chris tian. One lad received a severe cut on the eye brow ; another had his arm broken, and was re moved to St. George's Hospital. About half.past three o'clock a lady met with a severe accident in crossing the ice from a gentleman skating with a stick in his hand, which struck her in the eye. She was taken to the Receiving-house and afterwards removed to her residence. Two foreign ladies, said to be from Holland, excited considerable attention during the forenoon by their graceful skating. In St : James's-park the ice was about four inches thick, bat from its having been broken daring the early period of the frost the surface was in ge neral very irregular, yet it was densely crowded, principally by juveniles sliding. There was only one accident, and of a trivial nature. It was calculated there were about 4,000 in the Regent's -park, where the day's amuse ment was also unmarked by any accident. Several enthusiastic skaters even continued the sport by torchlight, but the great majority proceeded home wards when evening set in. One gentleman from the country, who was tempted to indulge a little too long, found himself m i nus hi s coa t, i n re t urn f or which he had a pair of skates left him, and in his endeavours to find the possessor of the former had recourse to the good graces of Mr. Williams, super intendent of the Humane Society. FATAL EXPOLSION OF KITCHEN BOILERS. Owing to the recent severe and frosty weather several explosions of kitchen boilers have taken place near Liverpool. On Saturday the boiler in the kit chen of Mr. Arnold Baruchson's house, at Bootle, suddenly exploded with a loud noise, but fortu nately no persons were injured. About moon on Sunday a most frightful explosion took place at the residence of Mr. Sharpe (of the firm of R. S. Sharpe and Sons, coffee-roasters), Woburn-hill, Green-lane, near Liverpool, which it is feared will result in the loss of life to one of the inmates of the house. It appears that about the hour named above a domestic servant named Shaw had just come down stairs and was in the kitchen, in the act of preparing dinner for the family, when the boiler attached to the kitchen range exploded with a fearfully tremendous report, which was heard for a considerable distance around the neighbourhood. The only persons in the house at the time, in addition to the unfortu nate young woman Shaw, were Mrs. Sharpe, and an invalid daughter, who were in an upper apart ment, the latter being confined to her bed. The shock to Mrs. Sharpe and her daughter may be imagined when we state that the explosion had the effect of lifting the chairs and the bed on which Miss Sharpe was lying almost a foot above the level of the room floor. Mrs. Sharpe ran down stairs in a frightful state of alarm, and on looking into the kitchen was horrified on seeing the whole of the kitchen range blown out, and in fragments scat tered about in various places. All the furniture and other articles in the apartment were also destroyed, and the walls, from the floor to the ceiling, were covered with the liberation of steam consequent upon the explosion. The whole of the kitchen window, including the framework, had also been blown out, and forced to a considerable distance from the house ; and, as a further proof of the extent of the explosion, the drawing-room window was shivered to pieces. In a corner of the kitchen the poor girl Shaw was lying in a shockingly mutilated state. She was frightfuly scalded and burnt, and her face was one mass of blood. Large pieces of the boiler and other parts of the range were also resting upon her, as well as portions of the debris, so that it may be said she was almost buried beneath them. Mr. Pritchard, surgeon, of Fair field, and two other medical gentlemen, were in immediate attendance, but we regret to say that they considered her recovery impossible , and at the time our parcel was despatched her death was momentarily looked for.-11fanchester Examiner. THE ICEBERGS IN THE RlVER.—Yesterday, the traffic on the river, particularly below bridge, where large accumulations of immense blocks of frozen snow and ice had been driven, was greatly impeded, few of the below bridge steamboats plying, whilst the traffic of those above bridge was altogether suspended. In consequence of the severe weather and the difficult navigation through the ice, an in crease of pay is given to lightermon who convey goods and coals to and from the docks and the various wharves on the river. The large Continental, Scotch, and Irish paddle steam vessels are obliged to be very cautious, and much delay and inconvenience is occasioned in endeavouring to avoid the large blocks and fields of ice, which are of unusual thickness, and the tugs, which are of great strength and power, find considerable difileuity itt making headway against the ileittiAg MUNN, Dulness Done. 115 105 4 Stock Stock 1031 21 [TIM. Business Done. Business Doze. 12! § § 14J § CITY SEWERS. Yesterday the commissioners assembled. at Guild hall—Deputy Christie in the chair. PUBLIC INDICATORS. __ The subject of public indicators was again brought before the court, by a deputation consisting of the churchwardens of St. Michael's, Cornhill, and a number of inhabitants, who presented the following memorial : " To the lion. the Commissioners of Sewers of the City of London,—We, the undersigned hankers, merchants, common council of the ward of Corn hill, churchwardens of the parish of St. Michael, occupiers of premises in Cornhill, and persons fre quenting the Royal Exchange, having learned that your hon, court is about to authorise certain persons to place an indicator in the Royal Exchange buildings, feel it incumbent to represent that we consider such an erection detrimental to the property in the vicinity, offensive, unnecessary, and tending to cause obstructions, and therefore respectfully and earnestly remonstrate against any such authority being given." AG*2I3AILY, churchwarden, who acted as spokes man to the deputation, said the memorial bore 125 signatures, which represented an enormous amount of wealth, embracing those of all the bankers of the neighbourhood, and most of the principal commer cial firms, and that with time the number of sig natures might have been increased to ten thousand. The site chosen for the obnoxious indicator was singularly inappropriate, for the indicator if erected there would obstruct the traffic to the Royal Ex change, Lloyd's, and all the bankers, and in fact would block up the only open space in the city of London. It was consequently regarded in the light of an intolerable nuisance, and the inhabi tants hoped the commissioners would rescind the permission they had given for its erection. Mr. Deputy HARRISON reminded the court that as at their last meeting they referred the matter to a committee, the memorial also should be referred ; at the same time he gave notice that at the next meeting of the commission he should move the re vocation of the permission previously given for the erection of the indicator. In the course of the discussion which followed some remarks were make upon the conduct of the churchwardens, in questioning the power of the commission, by the summary way in which they originally interfered to prevent the erection of the indicator in defiance of the official permission given, and Mr. Baily explained that the inhabitants had adopted that line of action simply because they saw no other means by which the immediate erec tion of the indicator could be prevented, and not with any idea of disrespect to the commission, or of questioning their authority. The motion was then agreed to. THE METROPOLITAN BOARD OF WORKS. - _ Mr. Deputy LOTT called attention to a commu nication received from the Holborn Board of Works, stating that that board had passed a reso lution censuring the appointment by the Metropo litan Board of a standing counsel, at a salary of £BOO a year; and moved a resolution of concur rence in that censure, at the sa me ti me th a t it ex pressed the thanks o f the commission to Mr. De puty Harrison and Mr. H. Lowman Taylor, who, as members of the Metropolitan Board, had almost alone opposed the appointment. The motion was agreed to. TRAMWAYS IN TIIE CITY. Mr. HAYWOOD, surveyor to the commission, brought up a report upon the subject of iron tram ways, which was ordered to be printed and circu lated among the members of the court. SANITARY STATE OF TIIE CITY. Dr. LETIIEBY, medical officer of health, presented his usual weekly reports, from which it appeared that, notwithstanding the sudden fall of the tem perature to an unusually low degree, the state of the public health within the City was highly satis factory. ST. GEORGE'S-IN-THE-EAST. Last night a public meeting of inhabitants of the parish of St. George's-in-the-East was held in the schoolroom of St. Mary, with a view to memorialise the Queen, and to petition Parliament in reference to the recent unhappy disturbances in the parish church and the differences between the rector and the parishioners. Mr. Churchwarden Thompson acted as chairman. Some 200 people were present, a small proportion of the inhabitants of the parish, but the extreme inclemency of the weather may have partly accounted forthe paucity in the attend ance. Mr. Smith, a parishioner, moved a resolu tion, prefaced by a speech, stating that " the con duct of the Rev. Bryan King, the rector, in his many innovations in the forms and practices of per forming Divine service in the parish church, and the unseemly decorations of the Communion table, so as to resemble a Roman Catholic altar, contrary to the faith aid feelings of the Protestant parish ioners, and calculated to lead to Romanism in its most idolatrous form, together with litigation, and also the introducing police into the parish church, rendered him unworthy of their esteem or respect ; and that the meeting pledged themselves to use every legal means in their power to abolish those innovations and decorations, and not to cease their endeavours until a law be obtained to prevent any repetition of such innovations and practices in future." The resolution was seconded by Mr. Her bert and carried with only a single dissentient. On the motion of Mr. Neale, seconded by Mr. Hopkin son, it was also rosolved, " That the recent attempt to enforce an obsolete penal Act against certain persons who were summoned by the police for pre ferring to say the public prayers of the Church, in stead of singing them, was most unbecoming and cruel, especially when it was considered that the said Act was passed in the reign of the Popish Queen Mary to aid her design of burning out and throttling English Protestantism; and that the resorting to a law of such a nature, whioh mani festly retained its place in the statute-book by an oversight, was evidence as to the antl national spirit of the 'Tractarian party." A memo rial to her Majesty, as the supreme head of the United Protestant Church of England and Ireland, was also adopted on the motion of Mr. Toon. The Imemorialists stated that they had heard with deep concern and knew from 17 years' sad experience in their parish church that men had received holy or ders in the Church who taught doctrines at vari ance with the Thirty-nine Articles, contrary to the Word of God ;(the source of England's greatness), hostile to the stability and supremacy of the Throne and the integrity of the empire, and who also used ceremonies unsanctioned by law anu hymnals con tainiag many Romish errors. They prayed that her Majesty might be graciously pleased to issue a Royal commission, with all needful authority, com prising honourable and loyal persons, free from Tractarian principles and practices, to examine any clergyman holding office or preferment in the Established Church charged with promulgating erroneous doctrines ; and should he be found guilty of teaching any anti-Christian, or anti-Protestant, or unscriptural doctrine, or using any Popish deco ration, vestments, or genuflexions, to deprive him of his office or preferment, and to appoint another clerk of honest Protestant Evangelical report, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, to fill such vacant office or preferment. They likewise prayed her Majesty to command the publication of a Protestant catechism and hymn book—sound, comprehensive, and purely Christian in doctrine, to be read and learnt by heart by all the children taught in the schools of the Established Church in the kingdom, and to make it a breach of Church discipline, sub jecting to a like privation any clergyman who should introduce any other catechism or hymnal, or neglect to have the authorised catechism and hymns thoroughly taught to all the children in the sehools under his care and management. " Believing," they added, " that a commission such as they sup plicated her Majesty to issue would in due time restore order, peace, and prosperity to the Estab lished Church, faithful worship to God, and loyalty and devotedness to her Majesty, they humbly sub mitted their petition to the Throne , praying that her Majesty, blessed with health, might long enjoy a happy reign in righteousness andhholin beloved aaned, by the grace of God, continue to be t e . heartsd popular monarch living and reigning the d of her faithful subjects , and a nursing mother t the true Protestant Church." A petition Par liament read ef a and d d u o e p t t i c e d g , sette rth, w i n hi g ch rea w t as de a ta ft i e l rw th a e rds mode Divine service in the church during the last seven teen years, the period of the present rector's incum bency, adding that in 1843, when he entered on the living, .the parish was, to use his own words, " distinguished for its loyalty to the Sovereign and dutiful attachment to the Church," but that in consequence of his obstinate and overbearing con duct many of the parishioners had been alienated from the Church of England, while the once nume rous congregation at the parish church had been reduced to a few scores, and that in a parish of 48,000 people. The speaker s dil a t e d chiefly upon the circumstances which had given the parish its great notoriety of late, an d ex p resse d w h a t they believed to be the general wish of the petitioners to return to a simple form of Protestant worship. They completely carried the audience along with them, and the resolutions and memorials were adopted with acclamation. COLLIERS' STRIKE IN SCOTLAND.—The greater portion of the colliers employed at the Duke of Buccleuch's pits at Canonbie have struck work, owing to some misun derstanding with the superintendent. It is said that the men intend making a personal application to the noble pro prietor, requesting his interference ; and this course is re commended by several influential gentlemen in the dis trict. It is very desirable that some arrangement should be made without delay, as the pits afford tho only supply of coal to a wide district of country,—Scotsman. THE MOULVIE AND THE LATE BILL TRANSACTIONS. Some three years ago, after Lord Dalhousie had annexed the Kingdom of Oude, London was amused by a spectacle of Asiatic splendour. A mysterious lady, who had absorbed a fraction of about onefive-hundredth part of the dignityof Queen Consort of Oude, and who was covered with veils and mufflers enough to excite and baffle all the vulgar inquisitiveness of London society, had come over to us to win back by persuasion what the Seraglio had been the principal cause of the Kim; of (hide's losing. She had bearers, and kilitn - mtgar:;, and pun kaliwallahs, and vakeels, and baboon in her suite, and an English, or, at any rate, a Eritish master of the ceremonies, to keep her steps straight and her dignity untarnished in this foggy and smoky clime. It was whispered, also, by the few favourite lion hunters whcse modest ambition was gratified by the exhibition of the Princess at some suburban soiree, and by the multitude who were attracted by Royal progresses which outshone Mr. William Cooke's entrance at the head of his piebalds into a provincial town, that this veiled lady was the pos sessor and distributor of unbounded wealth. She lolled in her carriage among bags of gold mohurs, which flew playfully about at her command, and alighted in the waistcoat pockets which she desig. nated. Diamond necklaces wriggled off like pet snakes at her command, and snapped themselves round the neck of the wife or daughter of some in fluential senator. Pearl-drops were tossed about by her like jujubes, and she had shawls enough to fill up the Valley of Cashmere. She was come— the Nemesis of India—to buy us up wholesale, to seduce our whole House of Commons, to obtain the impeachment of Lord Dalhousie, and the triumphant restoration of the King of Oude and the King of Oude's Zenana in all their old prerogatives of killing and plundering. We do not say that this was so, but this was the view of the matter taken by many grave and com municative persons who always see further into futurity than any one else. There was a great deal of mystery and a great deal of scandal, and prosaic people who do not believe in Oriental romance were cried down when they ventured to laugh at the whole thing. and to predict that it would end in these impudent Mussulmans being fleeced to the flesh. The doings of this cunning Embassy are now re vealed. The Moulvie Mohammed Nuseer Ooddeen Khan Bahadoor—who, upon the strength of this long string of uncomprehended names and incon sistent titles, has been a godsend to many an empty i g- tin roon t s h —room come ilas before an English Co u rt todr aN\in]ill co-been cheated out of a bill of exchange for £6,500. It was a very mean thing to complain. All his old associates will be very much shocked to find that he could do such a thing. It was a breach of all tacit understanding that so small a matter should be higgled. at. But let us hear the poor Moulvie account of the transaction. He came over here, for what purpose we know ; and, if Mr. Roy may be believed, lie is in the habit of boasting that he has found some persons ready to receive his ad vances. Somehow or other £140,000 seems to have slipped through his fingers, and in September, 1858, the vakeel was au sec. Now, for the father of all " Men in the Moon" this was an unpleasant predi cament. But the Vakeel had friends. There was Mr. Henry Chard, of Sunbury. The Moulvie there chatted with the ladies, played with the children, and " smoked in every room of the house." Mr. Chard, in some transactions which Mr. Roy calls " an old story," went by the name of Alleyne, but probably the Moulvie knew nothing about such matters. There was also a Mr. Roy, a solicitor of the highest respectability, who is a solicitor to the London and Westminster Bank, and appears in the Law List with stars and daggers, denoting that he belongs to all the professional societies for putting down discreditable practices, and. for protecting everybody against fraud. Mr. Roy was also bro theran-law to Mr. Chard. The two brothers-in.- law were, doubtless, won by the agreeable con versation and delightful society of this desirable Mahomedan, for Nuseer Ocildeen Khan was often at Sunbury. At last Chard and the follower of the Prophet made an alliance offensive and defensive against the whole world. They wrote an agreement, and sealed it with oaths, that they would " never cheat or deceive each other, espe cially in pecuniary matters." Who suggested this extraordinary agreement we are not told, but it seems to have been intended to secure an advantage to the contracting parties to which the rest of mankind were not to be admitted. When this was done Mr. Chard, taking a deposit of some £5OO worth of railway debentures as a collateral security, and five signatures in blank to five dif ferent pieces of stamped paper, advanced his friend the Bahadoor £5OO. These pieces of stamped paper, were as Nuseer Khan understood, to be. filled up for £lOO each, and then to be completed accord ing to the Indian custom of bills of exchange. Subsequently he borrowed another £6OO, making in the whole £l,lOO which he now owed Chard. The reports which this Indian Barillon had made to his master of his successes among English states men drew in due time a further remittance, and the Moulvie, being now in funds again, wrote to Chard to come and receive his £l,lOO and give up his bills and railway debentures. Chard came and took his money, but forgot to bring the bills. The usual excuses and promises were made, and there was a by-play in which the names of Lord Forth and Mr. Dempster Heming appear. But as time passed the old }Endo° grew more and more uncomfortable, and lie seems to have grown impor tunate with all the members of that charming coterie at Sunbury for a return of these five £lOO bills. Meantime Chard had persuaded him to take his brother-in-law, Mr. Roy, as his solicitor, and Roy in that capacity is consulted about arrangements pre vious to the Moulvie's ultimate retreat to his own country. Mr. Roy tells him that the first thing to do is to pay his liabilities, and then for the first time according to this ambassador's own account, which the jury seems implicitly to have believed—Nuseer Khan heard from Mr. Roy that there was a bill outstanding in his name to the amount of £6,500. Mr. Roy was quite sure that ho would have to pay this bill. In fact, Mr. Roy, according to his own account, had been the " vaqueel " of his brother-in-law, Mr. Chard, and of a certain Mr. Oakeley, in discounting it. This Mr. Oakeley had travelled in the East, and knew all about the Oude case. He was a client of Roy's, and he agreed to discount the bill. He proved that he had given £5,000 for it t o M r . R oy , w h o a l so proved - that he had handed the money over to Mr. Chard. Chard is unhappily in such delicate health that he cannot appear ; but Mr. Roy, and his partner, Mr. Cartwright came forward to ex plain the whole transaction. Mr. Roy was, indeed, quite certain that before the bill was discounted he showed it to the Moulvie, who was smoking at the time, and gave a sort of guttural grunt affinnatory of the proceedings. It turns out, of course, that this bill for £6,500 is the present condition of one out of those five pieces of stamped paper which the Hindoo signed in blank. There are four others. Of these, two are satisfactorily accounted for as being filled up for sums of /1,000 each. What value the other two may bear, or where they may be, the report of the trial does not inform us. The undisputed point in the case is, that the Moulvie never received any more money than the £l,lOO. The two points which were left for the decision of the e i ju n ry it w s e c r r e e — ati fi o r z s l t ; l a v , h ld e , th s e e r co t ri h d e ly b , ill w w h as ethr Mr. efraudu lent Roy, at the time he was acting as solicitor for Mr. Oakeley, who discounted it , had reason to believe that it was a fraudulent document which his client was discounting. The jury decided both th ese q uestions in the affirmative, and upon revi ew i ng ' all the circumstances we ca n see n o reason to ques tion the soundness of their decision. This case is one of the scandals of which the pre ' sent time is far too rife. We recount its incidents with much shame, but with no sympathy for any of the parties concerned. The corrupt Indian jobber who comes over here with his lacs of rupees to bribe our public men, and who falls into the hands of a snug little family party, is certainly neither by his character, nor by his objects, nor by his conduct, deserving of any pity. Mr. Oakeley, " who had travelled in India, and knew all about the Oude affair," most richly deserved to lose his money when he advanced it with such knowledge. Mr. Chard, and Mr. Dempster Homing, and Lord Forth do not make a figure in the affair in the least degree creditable to them. But what shall we say to Mr. Roy, the solicitor of the London and West minster Bank, and a member of the Incorporated Law Society of the United Kingdom ? We must leave him to be dealt with by his own clients and by his own colleagues. The moral of this case is twofold. It shows that a man is never more liable to be made a dupe than when he overestimates the corruptibility of mankind. It adds, also, another blot to the fame of our middle classes, and gives them one more warning that their respect for cha racter is becoming too lax, and their toleration of doubtful reputations dangerous to public morals.— Times. FATAL ACCIDENT TO A SKATER.—Yesterday ai inquest was held before Mr. Waklcy, at the Duke of Hamilton Tavern, New-end, Hampstead, on the body of Mr. Thomas Pryer, aged 20, residing in Bernard-street, Regent's-park-road, who was drowned in a pond at the Vale of Health, Hampstead, on Thursday evening last, while skating. The deceased, in company with his brother, had been enjoying the pastime from eight till ten o'clock; and when they were about to leave the ice gave way and he was immersed. His brother tried to render him some assistance, but was unable to do so because he was im mersed also, but was rescued by means of a rope. When deceased was taken out he was unconscious, and animation could not be restored. 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