The Sun. — London, England, 1858-12-16 00:00:00

'.~--_ ~~ r. ting ill )f Par° about Le com- east an a. Mr. tended Bright, Ind the I order, lio had ds, said bly - few reform, s held of the Lan—he it, even E'er him. of Rus- ving all ad said he only ervative in pre- the mo- The views ete change A . Lords, :!iently se m, as wag le Liberal th them ut NOW de" the House House of powerful, com e in a Lty of th°, pinions a as, the es; [ l ey would olitical in ish to seep unovating I not wish y, but was cent land: much an ess an ad- at home• r country ince 1842, ended to hroughout ;aid, who , f our lives have done his realm r lifetime; hange fol years ago pies. We , ast. Our rth, but it tion ; it i'ithin this additional l ie p e ople d deputed men t, and I think of ;ands h°, iat I shall Irith great irmly tip ,eform As' fter which the loin posed and man C 011" John fi• luable WO' ied at Hart' native ' 3 " , voted maul s i 4 Nat Dr. Co . 110 113 : in me t a l. was a veil i is omplor' Post. )37' t y teswu . 4 complete): known. A: t a dista nce s a me rangl 16ewt.i 15. NONE." MARKET .AArl) GITI NEWS. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. The rates charged for discount accommodation !" Lombard-street are • now equal to the Bank of England minimum, which shows that the demand is rather active. It was generally expected that about this period the applications on commercial account would be more extensive ; the inquiry has also been stimulated by the settlements at the. Stock Exchange and the subscrip tion of £233,220 towards the Chilian Loan, Which ;was completed yesterday in a satisfactory manner. It is generally imagined that bankers and other capitalists will now be enabled to find Permanently i ncreas ed employment for their re sources, but at the same time there is not the 'lightest expectation of any recurrence of pressure suc h as will compel the Bank authorities hastily to remove their measure of relaxation which has lately created so much discussion in financial circles. The Orwell, from Australia, has brought 79,220 ounces of gold, valued at £316,880. About £120,000 in bar gold was withdrawn from the Bank of England yesterday for transmission to Chili on account of the new loan. The deficiency t hus created, however, is likely to be replaced by a Portion of the above Australian supply. Among the arrivals this morning is the steamer La Plata, Which has brought £160,926 in specie. The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed • fir inly, and 10,000 bales were sold at full :rates. In the Railway Share Market a moderate amount °f business was transacted, and quotations were Stead y. The advices from New York by the steamer City Of Baltimore, which has brought £22,085 in specie, report con ti nue d eas iness in the Money Market, btit the exchange is too low to admit of any ex feetation at present that gold will be forwarded in ar ge quantities to this country. Silver continues in active request at full rates, t he bullion dealers being busily employed in pre- Paring consignments for the next steamer for the East. , A meeting of the Great Luxembourg Company nas taken place this day—the Hon. Francis Scott, • 11 . P., in the chair. The report states that the line Was opened from Brussels to Arlon on the 27th of Octob er last. The traffic commenced on the whole l ine on the Bth of last month, and it gave the hectors every reason to suppose that it will become very remunerative. Up to the end of N ovember, the traffic from Brussels to Namur was yielding £1,147 per. week. As the company Was still liable to make between 15 and 16 miles of e xtensions, the directors intendto raise £320,000 for t hat purpose at Brussels,- on the , 20th instant, if sanctioned by the proprietors. The traffic of the , `teat Luxembourg line for this year was £49,042 : 8 ' 6 d., leaving net £25,649 16s. 4d., and £971 O. id. for the canal. • After the deduction of mterest on 'obligations, a balance of £2,158 6s. 4d. remained to be carried forward. Tile directors of the Port Phillip and Colonial G old Mining Company have received a remittance ° f £1,500, making the sum of £5,000 for the first dividend. The market for Public Securities is rather flatter, It decline of 1 per cent. having taken place, rwell notwith „, 'h B tanding the arrival of O from Victoria. t e withdrawal of gold the from the Bank appears .to De regarded as an unfavourable feature. Consols h ave been 971 1, and 97 to 971 ex dividend for the It cueunt. The Government broker continues his I nvestments for the Savings Banks. Bank Stock Is firm at 2251 to 227. The New Threes and the Reduced are marked 971 ; the March Exche quer Bills are 355. to 38s. prem. ; June ditto, 375. t° . 3 8s. prem. ; India Loan Debentures, 991; and 'lto Bonds, 14s. to 15s. prem. In the Foreign Stock Market an average amount business has been transacted, and prices are tl epressed. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 93 to 931; ditto Scrip, Ist issue, 1 to 1 dis. ; ditto, 2d 484 e,1 dis. to par. ; ditto 5 per Cents. are heavy at 1 0 51. Venezuela 5 per Cents. are firmer at 45 46 1 ; ditto Deferred at 171 181. Russian 5 per Cents. are steady at 113/ ; and the 41 per Cents. a t 1031 Mexican are 201 1. 'Brazilian 41 per eehts, 961; and ditto, 1858, 951. Chilian Loan has been 4 to 1 prem. The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up to this day, are in round figures as under : 18,58. . peat Western ~N o rth-Western B righton 12,830 'lighten 12,034 Midland SG uth-Eastern Great Northern 22,725 Bristol and Yorkshire liristol and Exeter 5,114 Cheater and Holyhead ..._ 1851. 27,328 53,350 12,765 11,867 29,936 15,112 25,573 18,389 5,031 4,604 East 1 3 0 ,669 Manchester, La n c as hire 5,491 ' l anchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln: North London 2,125 N,,orth Stafford ' 7,092 -,„,'iford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton 4,322 Edinburgh Hartlepool 3,267 „,-c'clinburgh and Glasgow ` l . l . B gow and South-Western `cottish North-Eastern Grand Trunk of Canada Great Western of Canada 7,684 Northern of France - Th e transactions in the Railway Share Market 111 Vre been of a moderate character, and in some few histances a slight reaction has taken place in values, notwithstanding the favourable character of the traffic returns. Great Northern have declined £1; Brighton, and North-Eastern (Berwick), 10s.; Great Western, Lancashire and Yorkshire, and North tiitish. 55.; Caledonian and Edinburgh, Perth and I) undee, have improved 5s to 10s, and Vale of Perth, £l. The Foreign lines have been at quite nominal rates, no business of importance having been re- Ported In the Colonial Market, East Indian have declined about 10s. ; Great Indian Peninsula, and host of the new East Indian undertakings con tinue at steady rates. __ _ Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares have exhibited little variation. London and County are steady at 30 ; Oriental Bank at 372- ; Australian Agricultural at 351- ; and Peel River Land have improved to 3. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 3 ,l)er Cent. Reduced Annr;ties 9 74 i k t Per Cent. Consols Annuities 41 , -ow 3 per Cent. Annuities India Stock Ditto Debentures 99/ Ditto Bonds, £l,OOO Ditto under £l,000 Consols for Account 971 March June. Dittoxchequer Bill li 35 I 3 d s, Ll,OOO, 2d. &lid... 38 1 374 8 Small, PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK Erazilian 5 per Cent. Ditto 1852, 4i per Cent 964 Ditto 1858, 41. per Cent. 951 Grenada. Now Active, 24 per Cent. kexica.n 3 per Cent — Ditto Account l'erucian 41 per Cent — Ditto Account Russian, 1822, £ St., 5 per Cent - ll3l Ditto 4/ per Cent. Turkish 6 per Cent — Ditto New Loan Scrip — . Ditto Account Ditto 2d Issue Ditto Account • par 1 d Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. Venezuela, 5 per Cent. Ditto Account Ditto Deferred 2 per Cent lB4 17t Dividends on the above payable in London. TWO O'CLOCK. Console, Money Ditto Account, ... 97 a d CRYSTAL PALACE.—ONE SHILLING DAY, Wed nesday, Dec. 15.—Admission on payment, 394; ditto by lesson tickets, 351; total visitors, 745. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT CHELSEA.—On Tuesday bight a fire broke out on the premises in the joint occupation of Mr. R. Morris, wheelwright, and Mr. W. Bonney, c hemist, No. 3, Beaufort-place,Beaufort-street, Chelsea, and was not extinguished until the building, 70 feet long by 25 feet wide, was destroyed, and the adjoining premises con siderably damaged by fire and water. The cause is un known. The loss will fall on the Imperial, Emperor, and other offices. FATAL - ACCIDENT NEAR THE RUGBY STATION. On Monday evening an inquest was held at Rugby, on lithe body of John Osborne, aged 20 years, who, while walk -41„ alongg the line to the Rugby station, in order to go by t he mail train to Wolverton, due at 3 a.m. Saturday, was caught by the train while walking on the outside of the and his head so crushed against a post that he ex pired soon afterwards. Ho had just before been talking to t he pointsman on his platform, to whom he told his inten- Vm, and who cautioned him as to the danger of walking on 4 e line at that time. The deceased was quite sober and 8414 he knew the line well, and having been a railway e n cml.pany' s servant, the pointsman allowed him to proceed vn his Way: The verdict was "accidental death," THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 16, FOREIGN SHARE MARKET.-(THIS DAY.) ORDINARY SIIARES AND STOCKS. Closing I Business Sh a re Railways. !Paid. Price. Done. - . ng usi Share Railways. i P aid. Pric e. B D one. ness 10 Antwerp & Rotterdam all 51 51 20 Ardennes all p 12.10 Ambers*., Notting. Bost. 20 Bah.&S.Fran.,Lim.7p.c 3 1 d 1 p and Eastern Junction 10 61 61 5 Belgian East. Junction all 1 14 50 Belfast and Ballymena.. all 20 Beziers to Graissessae. all 7 8 13.14 Bir., Wol., and Str.Val. all 7 4 7 1 5 Carmeaux Mine & Rail. all 2 21 Stork Birk., Lane., and Chesil. 20 Dutch Rhenish Junction lOO 66 68 6 Eastern of France ...... all 27 28 25 Blackburn 25 Blyth and Tyne all 29 31 20 Great Central of France all Stock Bristol and Exeter Stock Caledonian Stock Chester and Holyhead 50 Cork and Bandon all 20 Lierre and Turnhout... all 20 Cork, Blkrock,&Passage all 20 Lombardo Venetian... . • 8 n 3 l P 20 Cornwall all 4 4 43 20 Lucca & Pistoj a , 5 p.c.pf. all 10 Do. A r roves. no div / 20 Lyons and Geneva .... all 241 251 until° a ll P•c•P er an * all 331 Maria Antonia all 10 Do. B hasbeen pd.toß. 20 Do. do. New 50 Dublin and Belfast June. all 20 Namur and Liege all 91 9 4 25 Dun.,Perth,& Abr.Junc. all 71 8 20 Do. do. 6p. c. Pref all 21 22 Stock East Anglian lOO 16 17 16 Northern of France .... all 39 401 Stock Eastern Counties lOO 631 MI 64 1 54 1 20 Do. New Shares Stock Eastern Union A Stock 100 46 48 10 Norwegian Trunk Pref all 81 94 Stock Do. do. B Stock 100 31 33 20 Ottoman, gua. 6 per cent 7 3 1 d 25 Do.Nw.A.(lte.E.U3ds) 81 20 Paris,Lyons, and Medit. all 35 1 35 1 25 East Kent all 12 13 20 Paris and Orleans ..... , all 55 56 Stock East Lancashire loo 95 90 f Recife& S. Fran. ( Fern.) 1 9 1. i g 20 East Suffolk all 20 t gua. 7p. et. (Lim.) ... 1 10 Do - Stock Edinburg and Glasgow 100 67 68 10 Rome and Frascati .... all Stock Edin.,Perth, & Dundee. 100 271 281 281 1 20 Royal Danish all 10 Forth & Clyde Junction all 5 Royal Swedish Stock Furness Stock Glasgow & South Westn l6l 92 94 20 Sambre and Meuse..... all 73 8 10 Great North of Scotland all 10 101 10 Do. 54 per cent. Pref. ... all 91 91 Stock Great Northern lOO 108/ 109 1081 8 20 Southern of France .... all 23 23 Stock • Do. do. A Stock lOO 94 96 94 81 West Flanders all 51 61 Stock Do. do. B Stock lOO 132 134 10 Do. 54 p. c. Preference . all 9 9 Stock Gt. South.& Wstn.(lreld) 100 104 105 104 4 20 W. & N.W. of France.. all 23, 24 Stock Great Western Stock Do.Str.Vl.Rail Gua.Stk lOO 55 57 20 Western of Switzerland all 12 Irish South Eastern all -- 6 Wiesbaden 50 Lancaster and Carlisle. all 86 ? 0 6 Do 8 per cent. Pref all 161 Do. Thirds 1613 4 Do. New Thirds l6 12 13 p Stock Lancashire & Yorkshire 100 9 81 i:') 99 1 8 1 2 BRITISH POSSESSIONS. 16 Do. do. F £l6 6 f t d 9 Do. do. £9 shares 7 1 * d 3 Do. West Riding Union 1— Share Railway s . i papi. Closing 1 Business 20 Do. Southport u 4 s' Price.; Done. 11.6.3 London and Blackwall all 6 6 1 11.6.3 Do.Newiss.at £slosp.sh ll Stock Lon.,Brighton &S.Coast 100 112 114 113/ c Atlantic &St Lawrence! all 100 t Leased at 6 per cent., Stock London & North Westn 100 96 961 NI 1 i Bom.,Baroda&Cent.lnd 1 9 d 121 Do. Eighths gu. 5 percent . Stock London& South- Westn. 100 95 96 961 6 18 Do 25 L'derry & Coleraine ... all 25 L'derry & Enniskillen. all 18 Do. Addit. Capital A 6 1 par 51 6 Stock Man. Shef., & Lincoln.. 100 38 39 18 Do. Do. 8 4 1 1 par 10 MetrOp o lit a n 3 d 201 Buffalo and Lake Huron all 6 7 6 1 Stock Midland lOO 102 4 102 4 1°24 4 i 201 Do. New l6; 141 131 d. Stock Do. Birming. & Derby. 100 74 76 100 5 Bufalo,Brant..kGOdrieh 1 100 78 82 ( 3p. ct. bds. 1 Aug., 1572 1 50 Mid. Gt. West. (Ireland) all 100 Do. do. 1 July, 1873 1 00 75 78 25 Do. 1 Shares all 100 Do. do. 1 June, 1871 100 73 76 ,75 103 Newcastle and Carlisle all 25 New., Aber., & Herefd all 11/ 12 124 20 Clcutta.&S.Eastrn.Lim. 1. 3. 0. —p; par Newry & Armagh (def ) 9 20 CapeEastn. Prov.(Lim.) 2s. 1020 Cape l Fown & Dock Scrip 2s. pm 20 Newry, Warpt., & Rog all Stock Norfolk lOO 04 66 65 1 6 20 Central Oude (Limited) 2s. 6d., -- 50 North. Counties Union 3l 3 3 d 20 Ceylon Guaranteed 6p.c. 2 1 1p 4 Stock North British lOO 5 8 50 1 59 174 Demerara Stock Nor.Dev.Rail.&Dk. Stk. 100 20 Eastern Bcngal.gu.sp.c S par 1111 51 Stock Do.A Stk.— Arec.no div. Stock East Indian, gu. sp. c lOO 1081 1083 f 1031 20 Do. C Shares all - 1 until 6p.c.hasbeenpdß 100 Stock Do. B Stock lOO 20 Do. E Shares Ext. 10 1 1 4P 'Stock North-Eastn.—Berwick 100 941 SS 94; 51 41 20 Do. Jubbulpore 5 25 Do. do. G.N.E.Purchase 1613 4 1:1 1 d d 100 D 0.41 p.c. Bds. pay.'s9 all - Stock Do. Leeds lOO 48 49 48 1 1 20 G eelong & Mel .gua .sp. c. all 17 4 18 1 Stock Do. York lOO 771 774 77 871 so 5 Geelong Corporation 6 1 inn Stock North London lOO 100 10,i• per cent. Bonds 1 -'-' 10 N. &S.Westn., Hampstd Stock Grand Trunk of Canada 100 36 38 and City Junction.... .t 3 is. 100 Do. 6 p.c. Deben.,pay.'7B all 78 79 79 20 North Staffordshire. ... Iryi 131 d 131 100 Do. 6 per cent. Pref lOO 92 94 20 North-Western 10 No. & Sou. W. Junction all 7 81 20 Do. New, gua.s per cent. 4 1p 41 Stock Oxford, Wor.,& Wolver. 100 30 32 20 Do. do 4 ip 41 I 10 Peebles all _ 20 '•Gt S of Ind. Lim . —Scri p / 2 a• Par IP 20 Portsmouth 10 Rhymney lO 201 Gt. W. of Canada Shares all •17 171 Stock Scottish Central lOO 110 112 20; Do. New Stock South. N.E., Aber. Stock 100 271 28 28 * 100 f Do. Bonds pay. '76,with 1 all 106 1 08 Stock Do. Scottish Mid. Stock 100 84 86 t opt. till '6O Stock Shropshire Union lOO 46 47 46 100 Do. do. '73 till '6O all 106 108 10 Sittingbourne & Sheer. all 4 2 d 100 Do. do. 'l3 without opt all 105 107 Stock South Devon lOO 361 37 _1 100 Do. 54 p. C. do. '77 do ~. all 99 1 100 Stock South-Eastern lOO - 75 74 75 1 1 6 20 Madras, guar., 41 p. C. all 18 183 181 Stock South Wales 20 SouthYorks.&Riv.Dun all 12 14 20 Do. 11 p. c. Extension.. 15 id 1 d 20 Do. do • 18 20 Do. Third Ex. gua.s.p.c. 5 Id 1p a 20 Staines, Wok., & Wok ., all 9 11 20 Do. Fourth do. 25 Stockton & Darlington. all 3 2 4 33 1 • took Melb. Corp. 6 p.c. Bonds 100 25 Do. do. 1854 25 Do. do. 1855 7 20 Ry.&Land.(Lim.)g.6pc 10 2 11d Stockton & Hartlepool 163 Class ACapitl.Share.. Stock Taff Vale lOO .. Do. do. Land do. . .. Stock Do. Preference, No. 1 25 ThamesHavenDk&Rail 22 .. Do. do. Land d 0... j " Stock Vale of Neath lOO 85 90 90 20 c Northof India Tramroad t t Limited, Scrip ) 23 ' Stock Waterford & Kilkenny 100 to Waterford & Limerick all 20 Oude (Limited) 5 20 Do. 20 Scinde 20 West Cornwall 10 W-end Lou. & Cry. Pal all all 21 - ta g i 2P 20 Do. New s, , 5 ar tp, 5 Do.A.—Arecv.nodiv.till 7.c. has been pd. to B 3i 20 Do. Puniaub 20 Do. Indus. St. Flo bic; 5 4 p 5 , Do. p B all all 6 3 1 61 I 20 St. Andrews & Quebec A 18 10 20 We Ist Class all Do. 20 Do. 2d Class all - _-7-- Share Railways. Paid. 1 Crlorrming Business Done. Share) Blythe and Tyne it per c. pref. (issued at 250) Bris. & Exet.4p.ct.Stock Do. do. do. Shares Caledon £lO, 4i per cent Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. Chester & Holyhd, 54 pc Do. do. 5 p. ct. Cork & Bandon, 54 p. c. Dun. Perth,& 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 D0..d0 N 0.2 Do. New 6 per ct. Stock Eastern Union, 4 per ct. East Lane. 6 per et E.& W. York. Jcn. fifths Edin.&Glas. 5 pc shares Edin. Perth,& Dun. 4 pc. Furness, 5 per cent .... Glas. &S West. r. 5 pc. Great Northern, 5 p. ct. Do. 5 Redm.,lop.c.pm Do. 4i pc p. c. do. do. Do.sp.c. Redm.,s pc. pm Gt. Nh. of Scotld, Ist nt 5 Gt. Sn.& SV (Ireland)4 p. ct. pref. Stock Great West. (Berks and Hants) Ext. 5 p.ct Do. Redeemable, 41 pct Do.. Redeemable, 4 p. ct Do. Irredeemable, do. Do. 5 p. cat.Eedeem.Pref Do. Birm. Pref. Shares Gt. West. Ches. 8 p.c.pf shares Do do. 5 p. ct. pref Do firming. guar. stock Do. Chester guar.shares Do. do. do Do. do. do. Lan. & York 6 p.c. stock Lon.&Brig.spc. gu. No.l Do. pref., 5 p. c. ...No. 2 Do. New gua., 6 p. ct Do do 5 p. c. No. 4 • • Lon. & N. W. Cov. &Nun eaton, 5 p. ct. , Lon.&S. W, 7 p.ct. stock, late 3d shares ILondondy & Cole, ILondoudy.& Ennis sh. Man.,Sh., & Lin., 6 p. ct. Do. £6 Do. 3 per cent. Maryport & Car., 4 p.c Do. 4 per cent Stock) 12.10 I Stock Stock StoCk Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock' Stocki Stock Stock Stock Stock, Stock Stock Stock Stock 50 Stock Stock Stock Stock all }lOO 100 100 100 100 all 95 1 86 1 87 99 1, 164 174 10 10. 72 74 18 19 9 9i 1.; l4l 143 145 Stock! Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock '420 122 Stock] 1163 168 124 121 Stock 6 Stock 1211 Stock Stock Stock 6 Stock 10 Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Do ' Mid. Con. 6 p. c. Stock . Do. Con. Brig.& Bir.6 p.ct. Do. 44 p. c. pref. stock Do. with option till 1860 Do. Leic. & llit.pref. st. New port,Aber,&c. pref.s p. c. redeem, at 5 p. c. pm Do. Perpet, 6 p. c. with option till 1666 Norfolk Deb. 4 p.c.shares Do. 5 p. c. Ext. S t0ck, 1846 Do. 54 p. c. Pref. do. 1847 Do. Way. aI.E x.Sk 1847 North Driti sh, 5 per cent Do. New, Qua. 5 per cent : Nth.Dev.ltail.& Dsk.Co. N-East. irred. 4 p.c. Deb. Do. Berwick, 4 p. c. Pref. Stock Stock Stock Stock Stc:lk Stock Stock 103. 10 1.0.6. Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 121 123 68i 72 ,11'1 142 144 104 106 96 97 rl 9t 114 111 9 10 09 111 99 100 i dis p Do. do. do. - Do. Leeds, 6 p. c. No. 1. Do. do. Quarters, 1846 Do. York, H. & S. Purch North Staffordshire Ox. vcr. & Wol. 6 pc. Ist g Do. do. do., 2d gua Do. 41 p.c. Db. stk.in perp Scottish Central, new p 1 Scottish N.-Eastern deb Do. 34 per c. pref. stock Do. Aberdeen. gua.6 pc. Do. 7 p. c. pref. stock. South Devon. Ann. 10s. Do. Fixed 44 ner cent. South Ea stern (Reading Ann., 1 0 6) Do .41 per cent Do. Fixed 44 p.c. Ist is Do. New do., 2d issue. South Wales, gua. 4 p.c. Do. 44 per cent S.-Yorkshire, 4 p.c. gua. Stockton and Dar. 5 p.e. Do. 6 per cent. Waterford & Kilkenny. 6 per cent. d 1p 23} 24 120 122 [OO 102 loi 11 24i 25 162 104 102 104 25 25 1 i Stock. 294 29 33 34 1163 40 45 33 I Mines. Blaine's Done. 49 51 96 98 ,03 105 100 5 103 f 61 112 115 109 113 115 117 113 115 [3l 133 84 86 72 73 113 115 122 124 113 115 105 107 a 66 162 11} LAW INTELLIGENCE.-{ THIS DAY.) COURT OF CHANCERY. (Before the Lord Chancellor.) APPEAL-SCOTT V. THE MAYOR, &C., OF LIVERPOOL. The Lord Chancellor, at the conclusion of the arguments of the appellant's counsel (at the rising of the Court yester day afternoon), reserved judgment. APPEAL-SHEPPARD V. OXENFORD This is an appeal from a decretal order of Vice-Chancel lor Wood, fixing the liability of shareholders, and allowing a proof of claims against the National Brazilian Mining Association. Mr. Rolt, Q.C., is being heard for the appellant. The disputed claim is about £6,000. The arguments will continue the entire day. (Before the Lords Justices.) APPEALS-WINCHESTER BANK-RAWLINS V. WICKIIAM -WICKHAM V. RAWLINS. These are appeals from a decretal order of Vice-Chan cellor Sir John Stuart, setting aside the contract of copart nery, on the ground of misrepresentation to the plaintiff. At the conclusion of the arguments their lordships delivered judgment. Lord Justice Knight Bruce and Lord Justice Turner were decidedly of opinion that the contract of copartnery entered into by the plaintiff was null and void ab initio and in toto, and that no part of it could be enforced against the plaintiff, on the ground of mis representation, fraud, and deceit on the part of the de fendants. Their lordships affirmed the decree of the Vice-Chancellor Sir John Stuart, with the addition that the money reco vered in the action at law against Mr. Wickham's estate would go towards payment of the costs of action. Appeal sustained with costs of suit. ROLLS COURT. (Before the Master of the Rolls.) COLLINS V. COLLINS. His Honour the Master of the Rolls, at the sitting of the court this morning, said that this cause had been so con ducted that he could not give costs in the suit. HOVVOOD V. REAY. His Honour the Master of the Rolls remitted the ac counts, charges, and expenses in this suit to the taxing master, to be taxed, except those accounts on mortgages allowed by his honour, with costs. Costs of suit_ to be taxed as between solicitor and client. HASKELL V. CHAMBERS. His Honour the Master of the Rolls considered the answer in this suit sufficient to entitle him to order each of the seven trustees of the fund in question to pay the sum of £1,571 into court on or before the fifteenth day of Feb. next.—Ordered accordingly. CEN7'RAL CRIMINAL COURT. phis Day.) OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Baron Martin.) ROPER'S TRIAL. The trial of Roper, who stands indicted for feloniously setting fire to a dwelling houss, persons being therein, has been further postponed until next session. STABBING IN THE HOUSE OF CORRECTION. George Simpson, 22, polisher, a prisoner in the House of Correction, was indicted for feloniously stabbing Henry Godwin, with intent to murder him, and with a like offence upon Benjamin Norris. There was also an indictment against the prisoner for cutting and wounding, with intent to do grievous bodily harm. It will be recollected from the facts relative to this case, which have already appeared at length in The Sun, that the prisoner was undergoing a short term of imprisonment in the House of Correction, Coldbath-fields, and in con sequence of his becoming dissatisfied with the meat with which he was supplied, a quarrel arose, and he, armed with a knife, commenced a violent attack on the two warders, who were both very seriously injured, so much so that the life of one of them was despaired of. The jury found the prisoner guilty of cutting and wound ing, with intent to do grievous bodily harm. The learned Judge sentenced him to 20 years' penal ser vitude. CHARGE OF ARSON. John Cavanagh, 36, mason, was indicted for feloniously setting fire to a house in the occupation of Wm. Cropper, at Bermondsey. The prisoner pleaded not guilty. The following was the evidence offered against the pri soner : Mr. Cropper said—l am a bricklayer, residing in Snow's fields. I held a lease of a hence in Ship and Mermaid-row, Bermondsey. I have known the prisoner for three or four years. He has been in the habit of working for me. He had been working for me about a fortnight before the fire. On the day the fire took place I found fault with him for leaving his tools about. On the 29th of November I was in the house in question showing it to a person. It was perfectly empty. On the morning of the 30th I was aroused to go to the place. When I got there I found five of the stairs smoking. They had been on fire. There was a quantity of greasy rags on them and a lot of half-consumed matches. The prisoner, with the police, came to my door and first informed me of the fire. Mr. A. Jones, residing near the premises in question, said —I was returning home early on the morning of the occa sion, .when tny attentin was arrested by seeing flames issue from the window. I called out to see whether there was anybody in the house, and then ran home and called up my son, and returned to the fire, and saw the prisoner come out of the house. I placed my hand on his shoulder and asked him if he had been in the house ?" He said he had not, and then wanted to go for a policeman. I refused to let him go, and very shortly afterwards a constable came up. The constable asked the way to get into the house. The prisoner took him round to the back of the house, but I said, " You know the back door is fastened." He then said something about the front, and on the policeman putting his hand on the gate, he said, "Why the gate has been opened." I had previously seen him pass through it from the house. When we got in we found the stairs on fire. There was also a quantity of greasy rags burning near them. The prisoner threw some water on the fire. James Currence—l am a police-constable. I was at the fire at Ship and Mermaid-row. I saw Jones and the pri soner standing near the gate. I went in. The stairs were burning. There were some greasy rags burning, I saw the prisoner throw water on the fire. I found the gate open ; about three-quarters of an hour before I had tried the gate and found it fast. Dennis Plaw, another constable, gave similar evidence. Mr. Jones told me to keep my eye on the prisoner. I was afterwards told by Mr. Cropper to take the prisoner into custody. On his way to the station he said, " What is Jones going to say about it" (the fire). I said, " I don't know." I searched him, and found one lucifer match in his pocket. Another police-constable produced some rags, and a lucifer match of the same description as that found on the prisoner. Mr. Baron Martin said there was not sufficient evidence o convict the prisoner. The jury accordingly returned a verdict of not guilty. Mr. Baron Martin, in addressing the prisoner, told him it was a case of great suspicion ; and advised him to be more careful in future. CHARGE OP RAPE. Henry Rudledge was indicted for violating his own daughter, Kate, a girl about 15, years of age, and Sarah Rudledge, his wife, was indicted with aiding and assisting in the commission of the offence. Mr. Sleigh and Mr. Orridge prosecuted, and Mr. Ribton defended the prisoners, who pleaded " not guilty." Mr. Sleigh, having stated the case to the jury, called Kate Rudledge, a rather respectable-looking young woman, who said—l lived in St. George's, Lambeth. The prisoner is my father, the female prisoner my step-mother. I lived at Plumstead about 14 months ago. My father sent for me from Ireland. I arrived on Oct. 14, 1857. It was on the Friday after I came to my father's or the day preceding that my father took liberties with me. It was in . the morning early—about five o'clock. I was in the same room with my father, who on that night slept with my little brother, and his wife slept with me. I was awoke by my father coming to bed, and his wife held me in bed. I screamed, and was going to get up, when he called out, " Whist ! " struck me with his open hand, and told me to be quiet. At that time his wife was awake, and held me by the feet for about five minutes. At that time my father was taking indecent liberties with me. In about a week after the first offence was committed he again repeated it, and then continued to do so every morning for about five months. The witness here gave evidence which was quite unfit for publication. Cross-examined by Mr. Ribton—My father sent for me from Ireland. I don't recollect my father leaving Ireland. I was brought up by my aunt. When I arrived in Eng land the female prisoner was living with my father. I have two brothers. One is on board ship and the other is in some other employment. When I was in Ireland I stopped with my aunt. I went to school in Ireland. I can both read and write. I never went to dancing houses in. Ireland. The only time I ever went dancing was at the children's school parties. The female prisoner only as sisted my father once. I have told my father that his wife had gone down stairs in her night dress to meet a man. I did not tell him this till my father told me his wife had left him. I, after he had told me this, informed him about her going down stairs. There was a quarrel between the man and my father. I gave evidence before the magis trate. The charge was discharged, because the magistrate said I had perjured myself. My father told me to do so. He told me to say I was in the garden, when I was not, and heard all that passed. I never said a word about it at the Lambeth police-court. My step-mother left my father because of his ill usage. My father has charged me with burning a Protestant bible, but I did not. He threatened to beat mo if I did not find the Bible. That was a day or two before I left to go to my aunt's. My father used to threaten me with a sword. I never recollect the prisoner asking my stepmother and myself to help him to get it out of the sheath. It was an old ono. Before I left home one of the chidren I had under my care by some means burned itself. It was an accident. I did not tell my father about it until three or four days after, On the last occasion I went into rely father's bed 858. my mint was sleeping in the same room. She heard.him call me to come into his bed. She said . I might go, or he would get in a passion. When my aunt and myself left my father's house we left one of the ohildren in the bed. It was two years old. The child was left about 9in the morning. My father usually returned home about half-past 6. I never said anything about the child being left in the house to any person. It must have re mained from the time I left until I came home without the slightest attention. I know Mr. Cotter. He is a Roman Catholic priest. He recommended me to go to a certain house in London. On one occasion my father threatened to kill me if I did not come home. He was then given into custody. After my aunt came to Plumstead we went to a Roman Catholic Chapel. I used to do so on Sundays before that. Mr. Ribton having addressed the jury in behalf of the prisoner, The learned Judge summed up. The jury had not returned their verdict when we went to press. NEW COURT. (Before the Recorder.) THE FATAL FIGHT AT ABBEY-WOOD. Samuel Asqueth, aged 16, was indicted for feloniously killing and slaying George Donald M'Donald. Mr. Sharp appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Ribton defended the prisoner. The evidence adduced against the prisoner was precisely similar to that given when the prisoner was examined before the magistrate. The house surgeon of Guy's Hospital, in his examination, said, he was clearly of opinion that death was caused by injuries received during the fatal affray. In answer to several questions put to him in cross-exami nation by Mr. Ribton, who defended the prisoner, he said he would not swear that dislocation of the vertebra, might not be caused by the rough manner in which the deceased had been removed from the fatal spot, but it was highly improbable. By the Recorder—The moment the spinal cord was in jured the party would become paralysed. He would be unable to get up when he once fell to the ground. The ease for the prosecution having closed, Mr. Ribton contended that there was no case made out against the prisoner. Nothing had been brought forward to show that the injuries of which the unfortunate man died might not have been occasioned during the time that was consumed in conveying him from Abbey Wood to the hospital. The Recorder thought there was abundant evidence to go to the jury. Mr. Ribton then addressed the jury for the prisoner. The jury found him guilty, and he was sentenced to hree months' imprisonment. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.--(THIS DAY.) LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Railways. pai d, I easing Closing Business ' Co.'s. Price. Done. Bedford and Bletchley all Ln & N.W - - Bucking'aamshire IC 3 , ,Ln & N.W 99 100 Clydesdale Junction 100 'Calcdonin 104 106 Colchester, Stour Val all E.U.&E C 17 19 E.Lincolnshire,g,.6p.c 100 Gt.Ntrth. 143 ISS E Union,HarwichShs all E.Coruts. 4 4. Do. Woodbridge ICO - Gls.Barr.&Neils,Drct 100 Caledonia Do. New 100 Do. — Gloster& Dean ForeSt all Gt. West. He rtlpool.Dck.&ltail. all Yk.N.&Br Hull and Selby Do. Sh a res all Do. - - I Do. Shares all Do. — London&Greenwich Do. Prererence Lon.,Tilby.&Soutend. 100 Peto &Co 94 96 Do. Barking Shares.. all Do. — Lowestoft, gua. 4p. ct. 100 Norkilk , . Do. 6 per cent lOO Do. — - Manc.,Buxtn. & Matk all LN W&M 21 11 Midsh.& II edcr, g.6p.c all Stk.& Din ISfid.EradfordPrf. Stk lOO Midland . 99 I(,_ Newmarkt.,turyEx ) 1. 5. 6. E.Counts. i 4IQ pm guaranteed 5 p. c. ) Northn.& Eastn. 5 p.c. all Do. 5B CO Do. do. 6 per cent all Do. — Do. Fixed 5 per cent all Do: — Preston and Wyre. t all L&N 1Y) & L.Yk. J Do. 4 Shares A all Do. — Roystn,Hitch.,& Shep 100 Gt. North. 142 144 Slit: Itoth.&Gol.g.sp.c. 13 11 6 Lan..& Yk eihrewsbry& Hereford all T Brassev 94- 91 94 South Staffordshire .. all M`Cl ean Wear Valley, g. 6p. c. all Stk.& Dar Do. do wilts and Somerset.. 100 Gt. West 92 94 Wimbledon& Croydn. all L.&Brfr,tn, 8 9 I DOCKS. Share Docks. I p aid Closing f Business Price. Docks. Stock Commercial lOO Stock Do 4 perCent.Pref.Min lOO Stock East and West India lOO Stock Loudon lOO Stock St. Katharine lOO Stock Southampton lOO Stock Victoria .10 Do New lB id i 1-, BRITISH MINES. Price. Paid. Closing Alfred Consols (Philack) 2.11.10 8 9 20 British Iron (ondurrow (Camborne) 2O 50 60 10 Devon G. Cons. (Tavist ) 1 450 460 East Bassett (Mogan) 3O 150 160 Great South ToPrus., . 17s 13 14 G.WhealArd.(Phillaci) 11.14.11 3 4 G. Wheal Vor(Helston) 84 Lady Bertha lBs 6d 11 15 North Frances (Mogan) 81 7 8 North 'Wheal Cro' ty 7.9.t! 3 44 N.Wh'l Basset (Mogan) nil. 7 81 • Par Consols (St. Itlaxy) 11 16 17 Porkellis Unit. (Wend.) 9 Sortridge Cons. 31in.Co. 6s SouthCaradon(St.Cleer) '2l 405 415 Sorth C. Brea( Mogan). 2 21 3 S. IV heal Fran. (Mogan) 13.13.9 249 250 5 Tamar Silver ard Lead Mining Co 4l 1 10 Tin Crolt 9 31 31 UnitedMines(Gwennap) - Vale of Towev (Carm ) 12s 6d I West Basset (illogan) ll 224 231 W. Car: don (Vske2rd) 2O 130 140 Wheal Basset (111cgan) 5l 210 220 Wheal Buller (Redruth) 5 140 160 Wheal Edward (Cale.) 54 21 3 Wheal ttv (U. Lelant) 1.7.2 8 9 Wh'l3faryAnn(Me he 8 46 47 - Wh'l Trelawney (Lisk.)l 41 28 30 FOREIGN MINES 20 Australian 1 800 AceordCopper,Lim lOs d p 35 Brazil. Imp. (is. at L 5 p ) 27 1 2 20 Do.St.Jolindelßey,Lim l5 9 11 5 Do.L and and MiningCo all 14 21 1 Clarendon Consols Min inb Co. of Jamaica 40 Cobra Copper all 38 40 Vopiapo l6 10 12 1 DunMoun.Cop.3ling.o 3 all 1 1 2 Fortuna 20 General 3 Linares all 8 Sri 5 Lusitanian 1 Mt riquita all 4 1 1 New Granada all 1 1 N.RhineCop.of S.Aus.L 10 P 20 Poutp,ibaud Silver, Lead Mining and all 41 5 Port Philip 1 :4 1 30 Santiago de Cuba l 6l 1 11 28.2.811 United Mexican all 21 3 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Closing Business Share Securities. Paid. trices. Done. • Can.Gov.6p.c.Ja. & July 100 1161 1171 117 1 161 Do. 6 p.c.Fb.&Aug. 100 113 115 Do. 6 p.c.slr. & Sep. 100 113 115 N.8.G0v.6 p.c. Ja. &July 100 114 115 114 4 - Do. 6p.c.Ap. & Oct. 100 N. S.W. Gov. sp. c. Deb. 100 1011 1024 102 NovaScotinGov.6 p.c. St. Deb. redeesnable, 1875 100 114 115 S.Aus.Gt.6pc.Jan&July 100 113' 115 Vict•Gov.6p.c.Jan&July 100 112 114 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Share) Joint-Stock Banks. Paid. Cgcine.g I Brcte.s Agra &UnitedServiceßk Australasia Bank of Egypt Bank of Londo" Brit. Col. Bk. & LoanCo British North American Chtd. Bank of India, &c City Colonial Com. Bank or Caneda Commercial of London. Eng., Scot., & Ans. GI. Gen. Bk. of Switzerland Lou.Char.Bk.oAustral. London and County London Joint StocK London Z.': Westminster. Nat. Prov. of England. Do. new National Bank New South Wales Orient. Bk. Corporation Ottoman Bank Provincial of Ireland Do. New 'South Australia Do. New Union of Australia Do. New Union of London Unity Mutual Western Bk of London 27 28 21 11d 62 C 4 100 100 20.11 100 17t 18} 21} 21! 29 30 49 50 21k 21 291 30 20 IS* MISCELLANEOUS. Bharat Miscellaneous.: Paid. T r a ice in . g Zusineea don, 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint 030 Atlantic Tel. (Limited) 25 Australian Agricultural 10 Australian Royal Mail . 10 Berlin Water Works 1 10 Do New, issued at L 5 dis 50 British American Land 50 Brit. & Irish ISI 20 Do. B, 7p. c. till 1862 20 Do. C 100 Can ads 13 1t 150 230 :,'6 I 2i 3i 35 11 40 42 19 21 13 15 112 116 91 101 IChan.lslands Tel.(Lim ) Cop.Min.otEn., - .&Smitg Do. Preference 73 per ct Crystal Palace. Do. Preference Eastern. Steam Electric Telegraph En & Aust. Cop.St.Co Europ. & Ind.Junct.Tel Europ.&A - .n.Stra.(Lim ) Gl.lron SerewCol.(Lim! Gen. Steam Navigation London Discount Lond.Gen. Omnibus Co Mediter. Electric Teleg. Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim.) National Discount Co Netherlands Land Do do Do 8 p.c. Pref..i ss.at N.Br.&NovaScotiaLand N.B.Australasian (Lim ) North of Europe Steam Oriental Gas Do. New Shares Peel River Land & Min. Pen. & Oriental Steam. Do. New Red Sea & Ind. Telegr. Rhymney Iron Do. New Royal Mail Steam Soot.Austrin.lnv.(Lint } South Australian Land. Submarine Teleg - . Scrip. Do. do Registered ..... Tr.& Ln.Co.of Up r. Can. Van Diemeal 24 25 it - it 4 4 54 2 24 'l2 - 115 1 11 t ii d I Bil d 1 2 1} 1} 15 18 1 dis par 2 1 3 84 86 12 14 1 41) 1 25 26 7i 8 59 61 130 140 38 40 I 11 10 12 toc1; 1 Stock all all all 15s. all all all all all all 5 381 MARLBOROUGH-STREET. CAPTURE OF FASHIONABLE YOUNG PICKPOCKETS.— Henry Harris, 19, John Brown, 14, and James Reece, 21, all remarkably well dressed, and wearing loose coats, and the two former well known to the police, were placed at the bar charged with stealing a gold watch, the property of a gentleman unknown, but believed to hold an appointment at the Horso Guards. Charles W. Bolton, errand boy in the employ of Mr. Barron, 23, Haymarket, said that about twelve the previous night he saw the prisoner Harris go up to a gentleman who was in conversation with some others at the corner of Windmill-street, and put his hand to his waistcoat pocket and cut the chain of his watch and directly after saw the watch in his hand. Harris was by himself at the time, Brown being a little behind him. They went along Co ventry-street till they came to a silversmith's shop, when Reece crossed over, and he then saw the watch handed from one to the other, and distinctly saw it in Reece's hand. Seeing a constable coming he spoke to him, and he seized two of them, but Reece started off down Oxendon street. Brandig, a porter, residing at Penton-street, Walworth, proved seeing the prisoners together some time before the robbery, and following Reece down thendon-street, he (Reece) running at the top of his speed. Inspector Parke, of the C division, said a feature in the case was that in the prisoner Reeco's coat was found a cap. A constable proveil stopping Reece and taking him into custody. He was almost out of breath with running at the time. Reece cross-examined the witnesses with some degree of ingenuity. The prisoners were remanded. A MILITARY RUFFIAN.—George Henry White, a pri vate in the Coldstream Guards, was charged with commit ing an assault on Robert Markham, a foreman carpenter. The prosecutor said that he was that morning in Oxford street, near the Marble Arch, with two men who had been working with him at a job at Messrs. Coutts's the bankers, having been employed all night, when he stopped at a stall to have some coffee. They had not stopped more than a minute when theprisoner came up to him, knocked off his hat, and then took off his belt and gave him a severe blow on the head with the buckle, causing a severe wound,which bled very much. He had never said a word to the soldier. Joyce, a constable of the C division, said he was called to take the prisoner into custody, and found the prosecutor's head bleeding from a wound in it. Thomas Bensley, a carpenter, said he was with the pro secutor at the time. The soldier came up and said to him (Bensley), " Can I get through the gate ?" Witness said he did not know. The prosecutor said to witness, " I think the 'gate is shut." The soldier then said, "No gate shall stop me." He then knocked off the prosecutor's hat, and took off his belt and gave him a severe blow on the head with it. Another witness called corroborated the previous 'wit ness's evidence. The soldier made use of vile language, and threatened to strike him also. , Mr. Bingham, having animadverted in strong terms on the prisoner's brutality, sentenced him to pay a fine of £5, or two months' imprisonment. THAMES. THE DANGER OF LOOKING AT A FAT Ox.--John a well-known and active young thief, was brought before Mr. Yardley, charged with stealing a silver watch, value five guineas, from the person of Mr. George Ewen, chief mate of the ship Raby Castle, lying in the West India Dock. The prosecutor said that, on the preceding night he was looking at the carcase of a fat ox from the prize cattle show in High-street, Shad well. There was a great crowd as sembled in from of the butcher's shop where the fat ox was exhibited, and while he was admiring the noble proportions of the animal, and the mountains of fat, he missed his watch from his waistcoat pocket, and saw the prisoner, at the same time, running away from the crowd. He followed the prisoner, and pointed him out to a yoliceman. He was sure the prisoner was the young•mau who was alongside of him and took his watch. Police-sergeant Cox, 45 K, said he saw the prisoner run ning down Market-street, Shadwell. He followed him and stopped him, and the prisoner, before a word was said to him, said " It's all right; I was running after the boy who stole it." The watch was not recovered, and it had, no doubt, been handed to a confederate. He knew the prisoner well, and he had been in custody several times. The prisoner made loud protestations of innocence, and said he was no more guilty than the baby that was never born. Mr. Yardley committed the prisoner for trial. ' THIS DAI'S SHIPPING. LONDON, Dec. 16.—Wind this day at noon, S. to S.E. ; strong breeze, and dull, hazy weather. P o irrs MOUTH, Dec. 15.—Wind E .N.E .—Arrived— Tweedside (screw steamer), from Calcutta; Fire Sonner, from Callao. SOUTHAMPTON, Dec. 16.—Wind S.—Arrived—La Plata (steamer), from the West Indies. COWES, Dec. 15.—Wind E.—Arrived--Fulton (screw steamer), from Havre, and then proceeded for New York. PLYMOUTH, Dec. 15.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Quentin Matsey, from Havannah. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Thursday Morning. The Dutch screw steamer Rotterdam, from Gibraltar, passed Hurst at 10.15 a.m. Wind S., blowing fresh. Arrived—La Plata, steamer, from St. Thomas ; Amiable Virginia, from Havre; Wonder, steamer, from Jersey; Pet, from Newcastle ; Alliahce, steamer, from Havre ; Le Coq and La Poule, from Cherbourg ; Saxonia Aquiss, from Cardiff. Sailed—Cicely, for Sunderland ; Tiber, for Newport; Dispatch, steamer, for Jersey ; Havre, steamer, for Havre ; Argyll, steamer, for Carentan. LIVERPOOL, Thursday Morning. Wind S. Arrived, 15th—Cintra, screw steamer, from Oporto. Arrived, IC—lndah, Touro, from Charleston ; Baalbec, screw steamer, from Havre ; Wellington, from Nantei. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Thursday Morning. Wind S.W. ; tide high water; weather cloudy, Arrived, Dec. 15—Pilot Boat, No. 12, from Flushing ; Queeley Shia, from Bathurst ; Ann Jewit, from Antwerp ; Emma, from Ostend ; Lion, from Gravelines • Draper, from Gijon; Betie Krouk, fro m Sm y rna ; Fair City:from Gothem- borg ; New Friendship, from Gravelines ; Annabella, from Hohnstead ; Prince Albert, and Eos, from Cronstadt ; Christina, from Wolgast. An Dec. IG.—Baron Osy, from A n t werp ; M arco Bonu Sa i le d—Flora, steamer, for Amsterdam. l i v s ed , from Patras. DEAL, Thursday Morning. Wind S.S.W., moderate. Passed—Blue Jacket, for St. Thomas ; Gibraltar, for Cadiz—both from London. Anchored—Crocodile, from London, for St. Kitt's. FATAL ACCIDENT AT HALIFAX.—On Monday morning, about seven o'clock, a fatal accident happened at Messrs. John Crossley and Sons' carpet works, Halifax. A number of men were employed in repairing the gas tank, and as the foreman, John thwaites, was walking, with a lamp in his h an d, along a narrow plank which had been thrown across, he fell to the bottom of the tank, a depth of about 10 feet, his head coming in contact with th e j oints of the iron lining. The fall u nhappily proved fatal, the poor fellow's skuli haybag lieen. fractured. THE GRIEVANCES OF THE SHIPPING INTEREST. A public meeting of shipowners and others in terested in British shipping was held yesterday at the London Tavern, " to take into consideration," the language of the advertisement, " the ruinous condition of British navigation, and to adopt such measures as may be deemed expedient thereto." Mr. David Dunbar was in the chair, and the plat form was occupied by a large number of dele gates from the various outports of the United Kingdom. The following members of the House of Commons were also present :—Mr. J. C. Cob bold, Ipswich ; Mr. It. Ingham, South Shields ; J. Mellor and Mr. A. W. Young, Great Yarmouth; Mr. H. Paull, St. Ives ; Mr. Jas. Clay and Lord Ashley, Hull. The large room was crowded with representatives of the London shipping firms. The CHAIRMAN, in opening the proceedings, said that the object of the meeting was to take into consideration the depressed state of the shipping interest, a fact which needed no arguments to prove. Some time ago the Legislature thought fit to repeal the Navigation Laws, but, whatever might be the various opinions as to the expediency of that course, he did not believe there was anyone pre sent who believed in the possibility of re-enacting those laws. (Hear.) In the outset, therefore, he was anxious to dislaim, for the meeting, any idea of asking f or a reversa l o f recen t l eg i s l a tion on this matter; nor was it their intention to g o into any discussion of the policy o f th a t l eg i s lation. (Hear.) Neither was it their intention to take into their consideration the peculiar burdens to which the shipping interest was subjected, such as the local dues, the policies of assurance, &c. Another op portunity might possibly be taken for the discus sion of those grievances, but at present, acting on a resolution which had yesterday been agreed to by the assembled delegates, what it was desired to . press upon the attention of the public was the grievance under which the shipping inte rest suffered from the non-fulfilment by foreign nations of the reciprocity cla uses i n th e s t a t u t e repealing the Navigation Laws. • When those laws were repealed, a clause was introduced into the act giving her Majesty power to re-enact the restric tions of the old laws against those nations which did not grant to English vessels the same privileges which their own vessels received therefrom, and, after eight years' experience of the disinclination of foreign nations to grant this reciprocity to British shipowners, they were justified in asking her Majesty to do them justice by exercising the right which had been conferred upon them by this clause. During those eight years foreign nations had enjoyed all the benefits of the concessions then made without their having one iota of advantage in return. A gross hardship it was felt had been done to the British shipowners on this point, and their object in assembling there was to ask justice from the hands of their countrymen. (Cheers.) He had that morning received a letter from Melbourne, in which it was stated that out of 52 ships which were lying in that port only 21 were British. Mr. G. F. YOUNG moved the first resolution— " That British shipping is at present, in all its most im portant branches, in a state of most deplorable and ruinous depression,whichhas been partly caused ,and is greatly aggra vated, by the unequal competition to which, by the repeal of the Navigation Laws, British navigation is now exposed with the shipping of foreign countries." After adverting to his long absence from public life, the hon. gentleman proceeded to disavow, on be half of the meeting, any intention of reviving the controversy , of Free Trade v. Protection. It was of the last importance, not merely as regarded con ciliating the support of public men, but even to obtain a hearing from the general public, that it should be distinctly understood that they had no intention of flying in the face of the decision which had been arrived at on that question, however erroneous some of them might think it. He was there not to ask for Protection, but for simple jus- tice. (Hear, hear.) He did not wish for any new legislation, but merely that the law as it now stood should be carried into execution. It was no doubt, unfortunate that public opinion seemed to have adopted a foregone conclusion against the object for which they were striving. The great organs of public opinion, too, seemed to have adopted by anticipation a view of the question opposed to their claims, but it was clear that they had taken this course without a full examination into its merits. Still it was not for them to quail before these obstacles, but bravely to encounter them—(hear)—and he hoped that when a full and clear statement of the case had been laid before the public those who professed to guide public opinion would look carefully into it, and would endeavour to do full justice to an important British interest. When the Navigation Laws were repealed the ex pectation was held out to the shipping interest that in return for the surrender of the privileges then surrendered, foreign nations would give to them reciprocal advantages. That amiable man but ex ceedingly weak Minister, Mr. Labouchere, who proposed that repeal to Parliament, said there could be no doubt that foreign nations would follow our example, although his concurrence in the clause which enabled her Majesty to reimpose the pro hibitions in the case of non-reciprocating nations, seemed to argue that he had some misgivings on the subject. The language of Sir Charles Wood, Mr. Cobden, Mr. Bright, and Mr. Porter on that occasion was, that the effect of the surrender of these privileges must be to give an immense impetus to the increase of British shipping •, but their predic tions, instead of being verified, had failed lament ably. The most influential organ of public opinion (the Times) had lately stated that the advance of British tonnage since the repeal of the Navigation Laws had been incredible ; and, according to the Economist, that increase was more than 50 per cent., but the facts contradicted both of them. According to the Board of Trade returns, the total tonnage of British and foreign vessels entered inwards with cargoes in 1842 was 3,655,230 tons, and in 1849 it was 6,710,269, being an in crease of 66 per cent. in the eight years pre ceding the repeal of the Navigation Laws. In 1857 it was 8,731,806 tons, being an increase of 44 per cent. only in the eight years following that repeal. In the eight years preceding the repeal the British tonnage had increased from 2,680,858 to 4,390,375 tons, being 64 per cent., and the foreign tonnage from 974,372 tons to 1,680,894 tons, or 73 per cent., while in the eight years following the repeal British tonnage had increased from 4,390,375 to 5,427,534, or 24 per cent., and foreign tonnage from 1,680,894 to 3,304,272, or 97 per cent. (Hear, hear.) It was argued, however, that because there had been an increase of British tonnage and of the trade of the country since the repeal of the Navi gation Laws, therefore British maritime com merce must have benefited from that measure ; but no fallacy could be more transparent. In the first place it might be asked, had the increase in our mercantile marine been greater before the repeal of the Navigation Laws or since ; and next, had the increase since that repeal been greater in the British commercial marine or in the foreign ? (Hear, hear.) That was a nut for the journalists who strove to write down this movement to crack. It was necessary that the people of England should take these things into their consideration before they made up their minds on this question, and this was an opportunity which ought not to be passed over. He might have written a pamphlet, and shown the result much more conclusively ; but who would have read it ? (Laughter.) He might have written, too, a letter to the editor of the Times, but would he have put it in? These figures, however, stated at a public meeting, could not be suppressed, and it was for their opponents to com bat them. Still, he would do the writers in the journals the justice to say that he believed they had been misled, and that they had not paid sufficient attention to the facts of the question. (Hear.) But to return to the statistics. In 1849 the gross registered British tonnage Was 4,144,115 tons, and in 1857 it ,was 5,519,114, showing an increase since the repeal, of 33 per cent. In the same time the tonnage of the United States had in creased from 3,374,014 to 5,250,456, being an in crease of 60 per cent.; and there was very little doubt that at the present moment the gross ton nage of the United States actually exceeded our own. (Hear, hear.) That was the result which he had predicted at the time of the repeal, and it was one which had scarcely yet been -brought home to the convictions of the British people. Most people who had not studied the subject would be asto nished to find how foreigners had come in to our it commerce and run away with t he best part of In the eight years preceding the repeal of t in and clearing he na vigationd laws British shipping entering clearing out had increased a bout 43 per cent., and foreignshipping en t e red in and clearing out had increased 36 per cent., but in the eight years suc ceeding the repeal, while British tonnage had only increased 42 per cent., foreign tonnage had in creased 11 8 per c ent. In 1849 British tonnage entered inwards in the ports of London and Liver pool was 2,590,156, and foreign tonnage 1,900,209; but in 1837, while British tonnage wa s on l y 4,671,672, foreign tonnage was 3,211,420 tons. It was said, however, that we had overbuilt our selves, and that the depression was partly caused by that fact ; but he maintained that instead of that being the case we had not actually b u ilt to the ex tent which the average increase of the commerce of the United Kingdom would have justified us in building. In the eight years preceding the repeal of the navigation laws we built 1,751,913 tons, while the Americans built 1,448,842. But in the eight years following that repeal, while we had only 'built 2,947, 127 tons, the Americans had actually built 3,353,945 tons. (Hear.) It was beyond all doubt that the commerce of the United States had not in that time increased in such a ratio as to justify this increase in their building; the • increase, in fact, was accounted for by the opening which the repeal of the navigation laws had given to the American carrying trade. Our imports had increased from 1842 to 1857 from £65,000,000 to £136,000,000, . but our tonnage had not increased in anything like the same ratio. In fact, we had not built enough, but the United States had steeped in and supplied the deficiency. The British shipowners when the repeal of the navigation laws was passed, were led to believe that they would obtain an indemnity for the privileges they then lost in the counter-advantages which would then be opened to them in foreign trade, but experience had. proved the hollowness of this promise. For instance the trade with Brazil was open to all the world, but out of 41 ships which cleared out from Rio Janeiro for London last year, amounting to 13,138 tons, and employing 468 men, only 7 were British, and. only 75 of the men were British sailors. (Hear.) This was a fact which the commissioners now sit ting to inquire into the best means of manning the navy ought to t a k e i n t o th e i r mos t ser ious con sideration. On the Ist of the present month there were in London 17,258 to ns o f s hippi ng loadingfor our Australian colonies, o f w hi c h on ly 6,984 tons were British, and of six ship s l oa di ng f or Ad e l a ide not a single ship was British. (Hear.) Again, in 1855-56-57, 399,542 emigrants were conveyed to America. Of these 10.5,246 were conveyed in Bri tish vessels, and 294,296 in foreign vessels. That is another proof of the extent to which foreign ships are stepping into our trade. The last accounts from Batavia, where we have a reciprocity treaty, state. that of 29 ships lying there only one vessel is Bri tish. From Calcutta, from Singapore, and from the Chinese ports we have the same talc of vessels lying inactive. One great fallacy by which people were misled was that the interests of the consumers were benefited by the reduction of freight to the full ex tent of the 'difference which must exist between the sum paid tothe English carrier and the sum aid to the foreign carrier. That was a pure delusion. With respect to a large proportion of articles, im ported freight did not enter into the price at all. In bulky and heavy commodities freight, no doubt, constituted an important item in the cost of the article in the market in which it was sold ; but in. goods of a valuable description and not of any bulk it entered less, and it diminished gradually accord ing to the diminution of the bulk and the increase of the value, until in the most valuable it ceased to exist at all as an element of price. But there could not be a greater mistake than to contend that, if a shipload of timber were brought over by a foreign vessel at a freight of £1 per ton, instead of £2 per ton by a British vessel, the consumer therefore would get it at per ton cheaper. In all such cases the reduction of freight was added to the price of the article by the foreign producer, and he alone got the benefit. The price of an article was not regulated by its cost of production in the market, but by the proportion of supply and de mand in the market. When the Navigation Laws were repealed the ports of Great Britain did not present a single petition in favour of the measure, but the West Indian colonists did petition. Their object was to get their sugar conveyed home cheaper —not that the consumer here might have the bene fit of a reduced price, but that they might put the difference between the higher and lower freight into their own pockets. For many years he had. been an advocate of what were called the principles of protection ; but he was neither bigottcd to pro tection as a principle, nor to free trade as a princi ple. He objected to every attempt to carry out principles in themselves good to results which were pernicious. The Navigation Laws could never be reimposed in their integrity, and they ought not to be, but there was much of good in the Navigation Laws, and that good ought to be restored, or the maritime commerce of Great Britain must sink from the position which it had so long occupied. (Hear.) The hon. gentleman concluded by moving the resolution. Mr. ANDERSON seconded it, and it was carried. unanimously. Mr. S. R. GRAVES, of Liverpool, moved the second resolution : " That, after the experience of eight years, it is proved that the indiscriminate admission of all foreign shipping to the privileges of British ships has failed to induce many foreign Governments reciprocally to admit British ships to equality of privilege with their own ships, and that British navigation is, consequently, in many cases impeded and in jiu•ed by prohibitions, restrictions, and regulations inconsis tent with fair and equal competition, for the express purpose of meeting which contingency the following clause was in troduced into the Act by which the Navigation Laws were repealed, was continued by the Act 16th and 17th Victoria, cap. 107, and is now the law of the land :—' If it shall be made to appear to her Majesty that British vessels are subject, in any foreign country, to any prohibitions or re strictions as to the voyages in which they may engage, or as to the articles which they may import into, or ex port from, such country, it shall be lawful for her Majesty (if she think fit), by order in Council, to impose such prohibitions, or restrictions, upon the ships of such foreign country, either to the voyages in which they may engage or as to the articles which they may import into or export from any part of the United Kingdom, or of any British possession in any part of the world,' as her Majesty may think fit, so as to place the ships of such country on, as nearly as possible, the same footing in British ports as that on which British ships are placed in the ports of such country.'" The resolution was put and carried unanimously. Mr. ATKINSON, of hull, proposed the next reso lution : "That, in the opinion of this meeting, the time has now arrived when all who are interested in British shipping should concur in an urgent appeal to her Majesty, praying her Majesty to exercise the powers thus vested in her, and to place the ships of all such countries as may continue to refuse to reciprocate the benefits conferred on them by the liberal concessions accorded to their navigation, nearly as possible on the same footing in British ports as that on which British ships are in the ports of such countries"' Mr. WAWN, late M.P. for South Shields, seconded the resolution, which was carried unani mously. Mr. MITCHELL, in proposing the next resolu- UM),— " That with this object the address now read be approved and adopted ; that it be signed by the chairman on behalf of this meeting, and by the chairman of the General Ship owners' Society and the members of the various deputations now present from the ports on behalf of the shipping int e rests of the metropolis and of those outports respectively ; and that when so signed it be placed in the hands of the Right Hon. the Secretary of State for - the Home Depart ment for presentation to her Maje st y , " — quoted from the Customs returns of Montrose, Dun dee, and Aberdeen, to show the great decrease of British shipping, and the increase of foreign ship ping in those ports since the 'repeal of the Naviga tion Laws. The hon. gentleman also expressed his belief, founded on the Earl of Malmesbury's letter, that the present Government were anxious to do justice to the shipping interest. The resolution was carried unanimously. The meeting then separated. THISDAYS RKE TS. CORN EXCHANGE. IMPERIAL WEEKLY AVERAGES. - Wheat, 41s Od ; barley, 35s ld ; oats, 22s 10d ; rye, 38s 6d; beans, 41s 8d; and peas, 43s Bd. THE SIX. WEEKS' AVERAGES. Wheat, 41s 7d; barley, 35s 3d ; oats, 22s Ild ; rye, 31s lld ; beans, 42s 7d ; peas, tits 7d. ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK.—Wheat, 105,311; barley, 111;641; oats, 9,549 ; rye, 129 ; beans, 3,578 peas, 1,445 quarters. METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. A full average time-of-year supply of beasts were on offer in to-day's market in excellent condition. All breeds moved off freely, at fully Monday's currency—some of the primest Scots having sold at fully ss. 2d. per Blbs. We were fairly supplied wi th sheep; the quality was good. The best downs and half-breeds sold steadily—other kinds slowly, at previous quotations. Prime calves were scarce and in request, at full prices ; but inferior calves declined 2d. to 4d. per Sibs. Pigs and much cows were in fair demand, at last week's currency. Per 81bs. to sink the offal. • s. d. s. d. Crse. & in beasts 3 4 3 8 Second quality do. 3 10 4 2 Prime Lrge oxen 4 4 4 8 prime Scots, &c. 4 10 5 2 co. & inf. sheep 3 4 3 8 Second quality do. 3 10 4 4 s. d. s. d Prime crs-wool d 0.4 4 4 6 Pme. S'thdowndo. 4 8 5 0 Large crse. calves 3 4 4 2 Prime small do 4 6 5 0 Large hogs 3 0 3 6 Small porkers 3 8 4 2 Suckling calves, 17s to 20s; and quarter-old store pigs, 17s to 21s. TOTAL SUPPLY. Beasts 1,964 Sheep Calves 312 Pigs FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts l2O Sheep Calves 120 Pigs HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.---Meadow hav, Nto£4gs Od ; clover, do., £3lss to £5 Os; and straw, ss. to £1 10s. per load. A fair demand. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 8s; clover do., £3 12s to £5 Os. ; and straw, £1 5s to £1 10s per lead. Supply good, and trade dull. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 8s Od ; clover, io., £3 15s to £5 Os• • and straw, £ 1 5 s to £ 1 10s p er load. Trade dull. MEAT MARKETS, NEVGATE AND LEADENHALL.—The supplies of meat are extensive, yet the trade rules steady, as follows :—Beef, from 2s 10d to 4 s 6 d ; mu tton, 3s 2d to 4s 6d ; lamb, Os Od to Os Od ; veal, 3s 10d to 4s Cd ; pt k, 3s Od to 4s 4d per 81bs. by the carcase. SOUTIIALL, Dee. 15.—The supply of fat stock here to day was extensive, and the trade ruled heavy, as follows : Beef, from 3s Gil to 5s Od ; mutton, 3s 6d to 5s Od ; lamb, Os Od to Os Od ; veal, 4s Od to 4s 8d ; and pork, 3s 4d to 4s 2d per 81bs. to sink the offal. Romroun, Dec. 15.—Our market was well supplied to day, and a steady business was transacted on higher terms. Beef, frbm. 3s 6d to 5s 0‘1; mutton, 3s 44 to 5s Od ; veal, 3s 8d to 4% 10d ; pork, 3 s 4 d to 4s 2d per Blbs ; milch cows, £0 Os ; suckling calves 178 to 208 each.