The Sun. — London, England, 1858-12-24 00:00:00

7 .g. oroy.El -- MARKET AND CITY NEWS. SHA RE MARKT. E—( THIS DAY.) T. • e , • • y the Boy , J • ORDINARY SHARES AND sTocKs. :hare CITY, Two O'CLOCK. Paid, Closing Busing nan. th ( i i Railways. - Price. Done own as an au ,:, There was more activity exhibited yesterday in i writer of re" the Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets, the 1.2.10 Am berg., Notting. Boat. and Eastern Junction , 10 R 1 he consists of 'Ill . approach of the Christmas holidays, when business 50 L'ell'a; and Ballymena.. all - - whole Scriptur` 13.14 Bir Wol and Str. Val. all n 81 ,e th e e W il l be in a great measure suspended, having Stoik Birk”., Lane., " and Cliesh. rews bet .;-- u „l i 100 60 68 caused an increased demand. Most of the principal Junction „ meri t s " Or ; 25 Blackburn ' all 101 115 d families. 17 staples realised full rates. 'tea was firm, and 25 . myth and Ty ne.. all 29 31 Lai" was gi lt/I '2/ sugar and coffee realised a slight advance. Rice, Stock Stock Bristol and :xeter Caledonian and intellige fruit, and spices brought fully former rates, but • if .Stock Chester and Holyhead . 100 445 45 455 6 50 Cork and Bandon - Let narrative . aud saltpetre and - tallow was dull. P.Y.C. on the spot de- 20 Cork, Blkrock,&Passage all - - of schools .4, 0 • , alined to 50s. 9d., and spring delivery 50s. 6d. per cwt. 20 Cornwall 10 Do. A all 4/ 55 fired this abr l ~„ f A roves . no div. all The official returns relating to trade and navi- 10 Do. B until6p.c.per an. „ otices of een t i ew /i hasbeen pd.toß. "" -- - !ndix and il l '! e _ s , gallon for the eleven months ended the 30th of 50 Dublin andßelfast June. all - - 25 Dun.,Perth,& Abr.June. all 7 8 the informatio i November, have been published. From these it stock East Anglian his ability.e; appears that the total declared value of the exports Stock Eastern Counties lOO ~ 63 61 63 1 work esP ecl3 (1 Stock Eastern Union A Stock 100 47 49 50 • , from the United Kingdom during that period was Stock Do. do. B Stock 100 31 33 th, a clear oil 9,5 .. 5 _ Do.Nvr.A.(lte.E.U3ds) 85 - - £ 1 06,555,562, being a decrease of X 8,451,634 con ned, giving d 2 East Kent ali 1 2 13 ng student, '4 pared with those of 1857. The decrease is perceptible Stock 2o East .s iic Lancashire lOO 95 97 3 11 - - )y teachers in coal and culm, earthenware, haberdashery, and 10 Do - - • Edinburg and Glasgow 100 684 691 millinery, hardware and cutlery, linen manufac- glo o c c t Edin.,Perth, & Dundee lOO 28 285 tures, silk manufactures, British spirits, sheep and 10 Forth & Clyde Junction all - `StocklFurness - - and Instructi° lambs wool, and woollen and worsted manufactures, Stock!Glasgow& South Westn 161) 93 95 d Elder. t i i is 10 Great North of Scotland all 10 105 edition of , 1 and yarns. Stock Great Northern loo 106 107 107 1 Fe ll tock Do. do. A Stock lOO . 22 94 which is a ea , The importation of the principal articles is Stock Do. do. B Stock lO9 133 135 e readers• t li , larger in cocoa, coffee, wheat, Indian corn, flour, Stock Gt. South.& Wstn.(lred) 100 1043 1054 Stock Great Western most .000,114 raw cotton, rice, saltpetre, spices, rum, sugar, and Stock Do.Str.Vl.Rail Gua.Stk. 100 55 57 iven is pretr'. tea but there was a falling off in flax, hides, pro- 12 Irish South Eastern all - - 50 Lancaster and Carlisle all 8 7 n I,,crerly seek a l ' ~ 161 Do. Thirds - Broken Pu lu Pt visions, silk, brandy, tallow, wine, and sheep and 144 12 13 p nalt , 1613 4 Do. New Thirds l6 12 13 p among the '''- .g . lambs' wool. • Stock Lancashire & Yorkshire 100 98 09 99 0 11 16 ,der twelv e The shipping accounts exhibit a slight increase 9 Do . do . 29 shares ; 1 d (t in the amount of tonnage employed in the foreign 3 Do. west Riding Union 4 - - 61 20 D. Southport - Cher trade of the United Kingdom for both the entries 11.6.3 London and Blackwell all 6 61 !s, Kemp, a ll Do.Newias.at 2510sp.sh. 45 inwards and the clearances outwards. In the 4.2 I.,nzktoo ks.coast too 1 - 125 1135 1124 iir coasting trade, however, there was a declint of Stock London & North Weatn' 100 9 . 5 1 • 061 95 1 1 eating 14 Do. Eighths A a o g wor , f a correct iu e „i 108,473 tons for the entries inwards, and of 327,682 Stock London& South-Westn. 100 955 96 951 5/ "It is folln 25 L'derry & Coleraine - - tons for the clearances outwards, during the same 25 L'derry & Enniskillen all - - . A motherp . a/1, c period. Stock Man., chef, & Lincoln lOO 385 304 ling on the l ie 5 . 10 Metropolitan - -dk ?, to meet ono At a meeting yesterday of. the creditors o f Stock Midland ue Stock Do. Birming. & Derby. 100 71 76 75 turn, each li vi ii , Messrs. Metcalfe and Co., distill e r s , o f W es t H am, 50 Mid. Gt. West.(lreland) all - - ollect all tb e r rbe the liabilities were shown to be £67,126, of which 25 Do. 5 Shares .all - e lOO Newcastle and Carlisle all - - J subect. L A ;S , £20,000 are to the trade, the remainder being for 25 New., Aber., & Herefd. all 111 124 • pities, the 'l, 10 Newry & Armagh (def. 9 - - capital held. on loan. The assets were stated at 20 Newry, Warpt., & Boa all - - des, the pe,P u or Stock Norfolk lOO 65 67 • . £91,550, including £55,950 as the value of the peculiarities, is 50 North. Counties Union. 35 3 / 3 (1 lily discuss At premises and plant. A surplus of £24,324 was Stock North British lOO 685 69 58 1 4 ' Stock Nor.Dev.Hait&Dk. Stk lOO - , 'e manner. , 3 ;, e therefore - exhibited. Stock Do.A Stk.- Aree.no div. - impress on n until 6p.c.liasbeenpdß 100 - - Accounts from Liverpool report that the Cotton stock Do. B Stock ... . 100 - - , rtant historic"'.., igh.flown, es ,o, pr . Market presented a heavy appearance, and 8,000 Stock North-Eastn.-Berwick 100 94 145 91 4 z d 25 • Do. do. G.N.E.Purchase 1613 4 I- d bales were sold at slightly reduced quotations. Stock Do. Leeds lOO 4 84484 ctions are in Stock Do. York lOO 77 774 77 5 7 , nt ilnPa rlitt i 5 A The Rail Way Share Market closed quietly, and Stock North London lOO 101 103 le authore ss iv e prices tended downwards. 10 N. &S.Westn.,Hampstcl t 0 and City Junction £3 is. - - actions rein - c - - 20 North Staffordshire 175 45 3 d `er r The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer, ions are ' efo i 2O North-Western Behar, which leaves on the 27th inst. for Bombay, 10 No. & Sou. W. Junction all 74 84 is a verY, us 4 1 e Stock Oxford, Wor. & Wolver. 100 30 32 informatio n t b , o will take obt £154,822 in silver, and 882 Bove- 10 Peebles ' • „i ns much r e i gns. eo , Portsmouth l9 7 5 d 1.9 Rhymney lO - - ler readers . A meeting of New Grenada Bondholders has Stock Scottith Central lOO ill 113 112 28 281 Edited bl taken place to-day, Mr. Powles in the chair, when Stock South. Nittillgied... Stock to 10 0 0 84 , e . ,,., 6 les. Stock Shropshire Union ' 100 ''‘, '', a proposition was laid before them from the go- Marshall. f 10 Sittingbourne & Sheer. all .4 2 d vernment of the Republic, in substance as follows : Stock South Devon lOO 365 3 74 37 4 aluable we r tb ° , . .. Stock South-Eastern lOO 74i. 75 , recently P i .ig "That the interest of the Foreign active debt residue Stock South Wales St partS ° f P f i li 4411 be converted into capital, by the issue of bonds for the -20 SouthYorks.&Riv.Dun all 13 15 active debt, bearing interest from the Ist of :e t. 1859, on 20 Do. do lB - ... 20 Staines, Wok., & Wok all 9 il 3," a Most W e r t, These two r ot , the same terms as the present active debt. 25 Stockton & Darlington. all 33 34 331 '2 25 5 D D o o . . d d o o . . 1 1 85 851 221 - - Lk , to the J ° o,o l a "That the interest of the active debt shall be reduced 1 7 - - ad divorce, o t per cent. from Ist Sept., 1859 , increasing annually by f per - Stockton & Hartlepool isi - - the whol e cent. till 1875, when it would reach 3 per cent. Stock Taff Vale - - - "That the Bonds for the Deferred Debt shall bear interest Stock Do. Preferenc e , N o . 1 - 25 ThamesHavenDk&Rall 22 - - 0 0/ from the Ist of September , 1867 , at the rate of 1 per cent., Stock Vale of Neath 4 100 9 0 95 Stock Waterford & Kilkenny 100 ymphonie o til -so cle increasing -1 per cent every two years up to 1888, when it - - 50 Waterford & Limerick " - - )rte. i- eqi • would amount to 3 per cent." -20 West Cori:Mall . . 10 Wend Lon. & Cry. Pal all - - W I ed a great ' / As security for these terms being carried out, th e 5 Do.A:-Arecv.nodiv.till of 5 . 7 , p.c. has been pd. to B ',all y their isse e bis Government ag re e to appropriate for the interest . B 20 est London all irt all - - 1 and access' a - of the Active and Deferred Debts 25 per cent. of 0 10 - Do. Ist Class all - - a shilling, 0,, a the Customs dues increasing to 37 per cent., the 20 Do. 2d Class all • - hose words r o , Government in the interim to supply the deficiency. ' de the fas is° 4 - PREFERENCE SHARES. 'I Cls sing I Business A ra0 ,,, , Much discussion took place as to the acceptance Sharel Railways. ' Paid. Price. Done. days. .L . '• oi r favourites , 1 , of the. terms, which were eventually rejected as 25 Blythe and Tyne I( per . 51 'a's halls, 1 : t r iv i a unworthy of notice, seeing that the'contract already - C. pref. (issued at £ 5O) all 49 Stk Bris. & Exet4p.etStock 100 .96 98, , ner, " Ric ,- t o agreed to, although not fulfilled by the Republic, 120 Do. do. do. Shares 9 - - +he td. many ev - r Stock Caledon 210, 41 per cent 7 .1 103 105 t ° placed the bondholders in a better position- 12.10 Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. 7. 10 - - • ;ho of swe e ,is, lodies, his If There is not the slightest change of importance Stock Chester & Holyhd; 55 pc 100 - - Stock DO. do. sp. et. lOO --- - in the conditieri of the Stock Exchange Market 6 Cork & Bandon, 51 p. c. all - - S have all ° '- i i caP Dun Perth ,& Aber.Jun. all 6 65 s but a e - de. . The dulness, however, has increased, as the public • • Stoc E.Angn. Class A 7 & spc 100 100 10.3 ci, and that,4 are not operating, and the speculators are indis_ Stock Do. do. Class B 6 pc lOO 115 120 Stock Do. do. Class C pc ;me modera u a so posed to open new engagements when two or Stock K Conn. Ex. 5 pct . No.l 100 115 117 the type ,„ a three days will elapse before the markets re-open. N 0.2 100 113 115 It Will Ir. Stock Do. do Stock Do. New 6 per ct. Stock 100 131 133 So restricted has business become that it is difficult Stock Eastern Union, 4 per ct. 100 84 86 ited mean s ' ness Stock East - Lane. 6 per ct lOO - - to discover the least movement to vary the general 5 E.& w. York. Jcn. fifths all - DING. position of the markets. Aided by the plethora of ._Stock Edin.&Glas. spc shares 100 - -_ stock 'Edin.Perth,& Dun. 4 pc. 100 725 73i money, and a minimum of 21 per cent. only, Stock Furness, 5 per cent - on , Stock W , a. pc lOO 113 115 tt Reading' I'. -- values are kept in at a steady point, but Stock Gr e a t N ort hern , sp. et lOO 122 124 1 i of her ill e g es , the extreme reserve exhibited by a ll Stock Do. 5 pcßedm.,lop.c.pra 100 112 114 'he Sun of Y b i,,, Stock Do. 41 do. interested in stocks and shares denotes a want of 100 Do.sp.c. Redm.,s pc. pm 6O 64 66 nnmistilk . ,, : e a : o l , lO Gt. Nh. of Scotld, Ist pf all 101 111 confidence, which cannot be regarded as satts . fae wards Wis w „g f Gt. Sn.& iv (Ireland) 4 r ioo _ __, rtunate you, tory, when it might be supposed that the effects i p. et. pref. Stock Stock 50 .rent West. (Berks and 6 • - - in refusi n g to of last year's crisis would have been exhausted in a Hants) Ext.s p.ct liter led he r , - - shorter interval. The hesitation which induces Stockstock Do. Redeemable, RReeddeeeemmeabbllee:44f. ct. 1 100 00, 8. 95 e ST ch she has f °f capitalists to keep their money on deposit at 11 or Stock Do. Irredeemable; do 100 87 89 2 per cent. naturally excites remark, and although Stock Do'. sp. ot. Redeeni .Pr ef lOO 99 101 8 Do. Birm. Pref. Shares all 95 10 ;eneral feel sa e a favourable change may ultimately occur, there are- 10 Gt. West. Ches. 8 p.c.pf. 1g woman, .o shares all 165 175 Francis w e 'a no signs of it at present, and the markets are 10 Do do. sp. ct. pref all 10 105 Stock Do firming. guar. stock 100 72 74 - hhe adali tt .4 as dull and apathetic as can well be imagined. 264 Do. Chester guar.shares all 18 19 red child, e" 135 Do. do. do INC Consols have been 961- 97 all day. The Govern- 20 Do. do. do. afford she, - ; a - ht she filled ment broker continues his daily. investments Stock Lan. & York 6 p.c. stock 100 143 145 Stock Lon.&Brig.spc. gu. No.l 100 - - '1 ' in the Reduced Annuities. Bank Stock is Stock Do. pref., sp. c. ...No. 2 100 - - vith the e l f ' 1 ,, Ind the 0 1° marked 2251. The New Three per Cents. Stock Do. New gua 6p. ct lOO - - Of Stock Do. do. sp. c. " No. 4 100 - - led to de a a t , , are steady, at 971 1, and the Reduced are Stock Lon.& N. W.Cov.&Nun- I eaton, sp. ct. to the qf r e aj , • ' , firmer, at 971 1.. The March Exchequer Bills are stock Lon.&S. W, 7 p.ct. stock, . train to v` , ce . 375. to 395. prem. ; June ditto, 365. to 395. •; and late 3d shares lOO 163 168 1n Londondy & Cole, 1 she all - - esidenee 011 , / b me ' the Bonds are 1001. India Loan Debentures are 12 Londondy .& Ennis 5 sh. all - - a mob, w- - Stock Man.,Sh., & Lin., 6p. et. 100 122 124 l'a 90:4 I ; ditto Bonds, 16s. prem. Long Annuities 6 Do. £ 6 44 4 1p 1, the' fe e-4 be t Stock Do. 31 per cent. Ince upon to j are heavy, at 181. 14 Maryport & Car., 4 p.c all -- - Do. 4 per cent .. - - Ig worna°,, er , The Stock Exchange will be closed on Monday. 125 Do. - - Lndoned 'l' a iv In the market for Foreign Securities business Stock Mid. Con. 6p. c. Stock . 100 - - and No - 1 Stock Do.Con.Bris.&Bir.6p.ct. 100 142 144 ;•A has been steady, and, in most cases, previous quo- Stock Do. 44 p. c. pref. stock lOO • 104 106 tg the arr' ' option till 1860 3 1 1p 4 .,,ret Cations are maintained. Turkish 6 per Cents. are s depary - k he stook 6 no. P, l e t i l c i . & Ilit.pref. at. 100 9 6 97 98 doors of ', O 921 93 ; the Scrip, Ist issue, kto -I disc ; ditto, 2d ~„ ( Newport,Aber,&c.prer.s all 95 91 w back je c `a issue, -7-, to 1 dis. ; Chilian Loan has been Ito i p. c. redeem, at sp.c. pm •l p, 10 Do. Perpet, 6p. c. with 3 tly gr as ,Pi e j prem. ; Brazilian 5 per Cents. remain at 1021, and option til e l b l . B 4 6o c.shares all 115 114 10 114 hly hanu )c the 41 per Cents. at 95 to 951 ; Chilian 6 per Stock Do. sp. c. Ext. Stock,lB46 100 - - 10 Norfolk) p ders, " D uc a Stock Do. 51 p. c. Pref. do. 1817 100 - - Cents. are firm, at 1031 to 1041; Sardinian are n the n' u , A u be flat, at 901 ; and Venezuelan 5 per Cents., at' 44 ; Stock North British, 5 per cent 100 110 112 Stock Do. Way.Val.Ex.Sk 1847 100 - _ „iil yar ds Al e Stock Do. New, gua. 5 percent 100 - - .nereaSed ", 0 Austrian 5 per Cents. have been dealt in at 84 ; Stock Ntli.Dev.llail.& Dsk.Co. 100 - - ows in Wb°,, • Spanish 3 per Cents. at 474, and the Deferred at Stock N-East. irred. 4 p.c. Deb. 100 - - the cub e."' 311 ; Peruvian 41 per Cents. are marked 921 1-; 17 Do. do. do. Stock Do. 13erwick, 4 p.c. Pref. 8 1 , 00 3.4. h P ° evident -° 0 - - 20 Do. Leeds, 6p. c. No. 1. 13 - - th ditto Uribarren, 881 89, being an advance; and 121 Do. do. Quarters, 1846 .. 9 rsion in ho t 25 to. York, H. Sr S. Purch. 10 1 d 1p Mexican is quoted 20k. 20 '- North Staffordshire . . all 231 245 C r dis loo p d. over, ". id. Th e 111 1 There was about an average amount of business Stock ox.wr. & Wol. 6 pc. lsig 100. 121 123 122 Stock Do. do. do.. 2d gua lOO 105 107 athletic f e d ' transacted- to-day in the Railway Share Market, Stock Do. 45 p.c. Db. stk.in perp 100 101 103 ught 11 016 . 0 1 and most of the principal English lines show an 81 Scottish Central, new pt all - - Stock Scottish N.-Eastern deb 100 - - dashed 11 l ~ Stock Do. 34 per c. pref. stock 100 - , ,0, improvement of about 1 to' 1 per cent. Eastern lit, aria - , T h Stock Do.Aberdeen.gua.6pc. 100 - - ' Counties, Great Western, Lancashire and York- Stock Do. 7p. c. pref. stock. ice - - tiled thronu 10s. South Devon, Ann. 10s. all 105 11 shire, North-Western, South-Western, and North to his l le i e o 10 Do. Fixed 45 percent. all - - at. A. ° . 0. 0 British advanced ss. ; Midland, 10s. ; and Great 1.0.6. South Eastern (Reading Ann., 1.0.0.) all 245 25 i; but he W ils Northern, and Chester and Holyhead, 15s. Stock Do .45 per cent 'loo 103 105 pon seri.° Brightons have receded about 10s. The S tock Do. New do., 2d issue lOO - - his a 101 l dripP i . ti° foreign and colonial lines were quite neg- Stock South Wales, gua. 4 p.c. 100 - Stock Do. 45 per cent lOO :ban - - el lected, and prices were almost nominal. 20 S.-Yorkshire, 4 p.c. gua. a ll 17 19 . 251 Stockton and Dar. 5 p.e. all 29 30 Paris and Lyons declined about 55.; East Indian 254 - Do. 6 per cent al '33 34 e of ,y a poss a ss. ; and Grand Trunk of Canada 10s. Stock Waterford & Kilkenny, 6 per cent. hest naafi ° a Joint Stock Bank Shares have been inactive, but 1 yards, f lu „ prices arc steady. English, Scottish, and Aus- LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. •As immer se s fo tralian Chartered have receded about Si.;and New - opt hin t r , . Paid. Leming Closing Business then P e ' South Wales improved ss. London and West- Railways. Co.'s. Price. Done. h r ive flu ..t -e minster brought former rates. re 1 blows w e . In the Miscellaneous Market, Australian Agricul- Bedford and Bletchley all Ln & N.W - - ' his Clot' hey „,fis tural declined 10s. European and American Steam c iT y c d k e i s ngharoskire.... 100 iLn &N. W 99 100 ale Junction. 100 Caledonin 104 106 1 as he •,: 1 , and London General Omnibus Companies brought Colchester, Stour Val . . all F.U.&E C 17 19 )0k W E.Lincolnshire,g.l3p.e. 100 Gt. North. 143 145 O I° former quotations. E Union,HarwicliShs. all E.Counts. 4 4 / ce ntre of tb e Do. 'Woodbridge . 100 - - exhaustl004 . - - tat his,,, i , , - BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Do. New lOO Do west. -__ - Gloster& Dean Forest all Gt. the 1111 ' . t Bank Stock Hartlpool.Dek.&Rail. all Yk.N.Allr - 1, and k e P a i 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 9. i . 4 a Hull and Selby SO T/. New 3 per Cent. Annuities - - - .;f. 0 915 Long Annuities, expire sth Jan., 1860.... - Do. 1 Shares all Do. - - a as ... , A Ditto 30 Years, expire sth Apr., 1885.. 186 London&Greenwich . 100 S. East... 65 674 eea C ' • Do. Preference T sav e ,t India Stock - Lon.,Tilby.&Soutend. 100 Peto &Co. 94 96 , n witl l° `' Ditto Debentures 9 91 i Do. Barking Shares.. all Do. . , Ditto Bonds, £l,OOO - te Ditto under £l,OOO Do. 6 per cent lOO Do - - 100 Norfolk - -- ,e ina std to Cunsols for Account 965 7 Manc.,l3uxtn. & Matk. all LN W&M 25 11 enteric° a March June. Midsb.& Rector, gfi_p.e. all Stk.& Dar • - II Mid BradfordPrf • Stk 100 Midland . 09 lt- ~ n.lorn nfg 0 Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 2d. & 11d.. 39 I 36 9 N„ ' ' • vmarkt,BuryEx 1 , pm 5. 5. 6. E.Counts. 5 i:9 Lthy - l e o Ditto .£5OO - guaranteed sp. c. nv err t h e Ditto Small, 15d. - Nortlin.& Eastn. 5 p.c. all Do. 5B 60 Lim in ts. ' Exchequer Bonds, 1859, 31 per Cent ....• 109.5 • Do. do. 6 per cent. . . all Do. - - The rao° Do. Fixed 5 per cent. ' all Do. - - - a PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Preston and Wyre. all i t & L N . y k. W 1 5 - ~, al to a ~ o, 1021 Brazilian 6 per Cent. - - fterWor ~ 05 1 Roystn,Hitch.,& Shep 100 Gt. North. 142 144 Ditto 1858, 41 per Cent. Vir a l 103/ 45 Shf.Roth.s-G01.g.5p.c. 1811 6 Le.n.& Yk - - sS.l7,ethwssbtrayti.trHdsehrierfeor.d. alla l l m rf , B c r i a e s a s: y . 1 04 [ l l to be Chilian, 6 per Vent it t° e 0 , Mexican 3 per C en t ... 206 104 9 lion, es , Peruvian 41 per Cent - Wear Valley, g. 6p. C. all S t k .& Dar - - e t h re- Ditto Acc oust - - h e y .- io. Ditto (Uribarren), 41 per Cent. w arllig i be Sardinian, 5 per Cent. 9O Wimbledon& Croydn . . all L.&B rg t n 8 9 rows it Spanish 3 per Cent. It P eCI :; 0 8 Ditto Account Iol l Cl es ' . at Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent. - i Ditt9 Account - -314 Share Docks. I Paid Closing , Business erab l Y 0 , • Price. ! Docks. Turkish 6 per Cent. - tatiOn U o b Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. the ' l ' . to , Venezuela, 5 per Cent. - . Stock Commercial lOO Stock Do 4 perCent.Pref.Min lOO - itatte n „a Ditto Account .44 , Stock East and West India... 100 _ . . nred, " - „t Dividends on the above payable in - London. ' Stock London lOO - m ir e s 0 , --, -Austrian, 10 Gn. X, 5 per Cent. ~....... 84 , i .„ Sock St, Katharine - , 100 .. ,_,. - , . virth° lll 100 - - • 2 '• . " '' - TWO O'CLOCIt.. 5 . , 4k, ,‘ .,, ~,tuf t la,l ll. Pt° l2 inn IAV am LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. • Railways. Paid. Leming Closing Business Co.'s. Price. Done. Consols, Money Ditto Account, Jan 11 96A 7 xcl Stock Commercial lOO Stock Do 4 per Cent . Pref. Min lOO Stock East and West India lOO Stock London lOO Stock St Katharine lOO S:ock Muth anipton s lOO S ock Victoria z 0 Do New _ 1O 103 14 ipl 1 1000 Sharel Sh aie I Stock Stock] rHE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 24, 1858. FO REIGN. Railways. I Paid. C r lo ri s ce in . g I Business Done. _. • : , _ share Railways. Paid. Closing Business , Price. Done. 10 Antwerp & Rotterdam all 5 54 20 Ardennes all P 12.10 Am berr., Notting. Bost. 20 Bah.&S.Fran.,Lim.7p.c 3 i'd 1p 3 and Eastern Junction 10 ei 61 5 Belgian East. Junction all 1 1 50 Velfa; t and Ballymena.. all 20 Beziers to Graisses sao . all 7 13.11 Bir., Wol., and Str. Val. all 74 84 5 Carmeaux Mine & Rail all 2 2j Sto?k Birk., Lane., and Chesh. • 20 Dutch Rhenish 3*a Junction lOO 641 68 6 Eastern of France .....*-. all 27 28 25 Blackburn ' all 101 111 20 Euphrates Valley 2e. p 25 . myth and Tyne . Stock Bristol and Exeter 88 •20 Gt. Luxem., Con. she .. all 71 71 Stock Caledonian 10 Italian Juncti on ....... 8 . - ,Stock Chester and Holyhead . 100 444 45 461 6 20 Lake Constance & Bale all 50 Cork and Bandon 20 Cork, Blkrock,&Passage all 20 Lombardo Venetian... . 8 3 1 3 4 P 20 Cornwall all 44 5-1 20 Lucca & Pistoja, 5 p.c.pf. all 10 Do. A A raves. no div. 20 Lyons and Genera .... all 24 25 until6p.c.per an. 10 Do. B f all 331 Maria Antonia • all hasbeen pd.toß. ( all 20 Do. do. New 50 Dublin an dßelfast June. all 20 Namur and Liege all 91 9 1 25 Dun.,Perth,& Abr.Junc. all 7 8 20 Do. do. 6p. c. Pref. all 21 22 Stock East Anglian Stock Eastern Counties lOO 63 64 631 20 Do. New Shares Stock Eastern Union A Stock 100 "47 49 10 Norwegian Trunk Pref all 81 91 Stock Do. do. B Stock 100 31 33 20 Ott oman, gua . 41 per cent 7 3 1 4 25 Do.Nw.A.(lte.E.U3ds) 8/ 20 Parls,Lyons, and Medit. all 35 351 351 25 East Kent all 12 13 20 P ar i s and Orleans ...... all 55 66 Stock East Lancashire lOO 95 97 , 0 ,, f Recife& S. Fran. (Pern.) 1,, I , d lip 20 East Suffolk all '`''' / gua. 7p. ct. (Lim.) ... j " • 10 Do - Stock. Edinburg and Glasgow 100 68 1 691 10 Rome and Frascati .... all Stock Edin.,Perth, & Dundee. 100 28 284 20 Royal Danish all 10 Forth & Clyde Junction all 5 Royal Swedish - - • Stock Furness Stock Glasgow& South Westn ldl 93 95 20 Sambre and Meuse..... all 71 8 10 Great North of Scotland all 10 101 10 Do. 51 per cent. Pref.... all 91 9 Stock Great Northern lOO 106 107 10 7 i 20 Southern of France ... . all 23 2. stock Do. do. A Stock lOO.. 22 94 84 West Flanders all I 6 Stock Do. do. B Stock lOO 133 135 10 Do. 51 p. C. Preference . all 9 • Stock Gt. South.& Wstn.(lred; 100 1014 1054 20 W. & N.W. of France.. all 23 24 Stock Great Western qock 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 87 n . ' 6 Do 8 per cent. Pref all 164 Do. Thirds - ' 513 4 Do. New Thirds l6 12 13 p _ ;took Lancashire & Yorkshire 100 9S 09 99 BRITISH POSSESSIONS. 16 Do. do. F 216 6 1 (41 9 Do. do. 29 shares 7 3 Do. West Riding Union 1 6 1 Share Railways. Closing Businolis Paid. Price. , 1 , ... . 20 Do. Southport 1.6.3 London and Blackwall all 6 6 1 1.6.3 Do.Newiss.at £slosp.sh 4l all lock Lon.,Brightorr&S.Coast 100 1121 1131 1121 100 Atlantic &St Lawrence' Leased at 6 per cent., Lock London & North Weatn' 100 95 1 . 061 95 1 I 124 Do, Eighths lB Bom.,Baroda&centlnd ; 9 id i p 74 1 1 d ii. 5 percent ;ock London& South-Westn. 100 951 96 95 1 51 18 D o 25 L'derry & Coleraine... all 18 Do. Addit. Capital A 6 id par 25 L'derry & Enniskillen. all lock Man., She., & Lincoln.. 100 38 4 39 4 18 Do. Do. B 41 id par 41 10 Metropolitan 100 c Briffalo,Brant&Godrich I ', 20i Do. New 164 •15 14 d Lock Midland lOO 102 1021 1021 3 . took Do. Birming. & Derby. 100 71 76 75 50 Mid. Gt. West. (Ireland) all 6 p 100 78 82 ct. bds. 1 Aug., 1872 1 100 Do. do. 1 Jul 1873 100 •75 8 25 Do. i Shares ,all 100 Do. do. 1 June, y, 7 1874 100 73 76 50 Newcastle and Carlisle all . 20 Clcutta.&S.Eastrn.Lim. 1. 3. 0. 1 1 p 25 New., Aber., & Herefd. all 111 121 • 20 Cape,Eastn.Prov.(Lim.) 2s. 10 Newry & Armagh (def. 9 .20 Cape Town & Dock Scrip 2s. —•— Pin :0 Newry, Warpt, & Hos all 20 Central Oude (Limited) 2s. 64. -- _. ock Norfolk lOO 65 67 174. Demerara 20 Ceylon Guaranteed 6p.c 2 1 1 1P a) North. Counties Union. 31 3 / 3 4 1,_ i ;all )ck North British lOO 68 1 69 J 8 20 Eastern 13engal.gu.5p.c. 5 1 /1) lek Nor.Dev.Rail.&Dk. Stk lOO - Stock East Indian, gu. sp. c.. 100 1084 109.1 1081 981 4 )ck Do.A Stk.— Arec.no div 2O Do. C Shares all until 6p.c.liasbeenpdß 100 20 Do. E Shares Ext lO 1 - lip ' ock Do. B Stock ... . .. 100 , 20 Do. Jubbulpore 5 ock North-Eastn.— Be rwick — 100 9 4 ?44 91 1 I 5 • Do. do. G.N.E.Purchase 1613 441 . 4 1 100 D0.41p.c. lids. pay.'s9 all - Geelong Corporation 6 I Do. _ . -_ 20 Geelong& Mel-gna.s p. c. all 171 - 181 tick Do. Leeds lOO 4 48/ ck Do. York lOO 77 ni 77 1 7 per cent. Bonds Dck North London lOO 101 103 S S t tOc i lt Grand Trunk of Canada 100 36 37 361 0 N. &S.W.estn.,Hampstcl 100 Do. 6 p.c. Deben.,pay.'7B all 771 781 and City Junction £3 lg. 100 Do. 6 per 'Sent. Pref..... 100 92 94 914 0 North Staffordshire l7l 4 1 n 4 20 - Gtlndiarenin.gua.sp.c. all 21 21 0 North-Western - p 0 No. & Sou. W. Junction all 7 4 8 / 20 Do. do 4 p 4 l ick Oxford, Wor.,& Wolver. 100 30 32 Gt.S.of Ind.Lim.—Scrip, -- Peebles • all -- 20 I guaran t ee d 5 per cent. 2s. . , . Portsmouth l9 7 5 d 201 Gt.W. of Canada Shares all 161 16f Rhymney lO 20 1 DO. New ock Scottith Central lOO 111 113 112 I all 106 108 ock South. N. E., Aber. St oc k 100 28 28 1 100 opt. till ' j Do. Bonds 00 pay. '76,with ( • cic Do, Scottish Mid. Stock 100 8. " 4 ',2',2 100 Do. do. '73 till '6O all 106 108 •ck Shropshire Union ' 100 4 5 lOO Do. do. 'V3 without opt all 105 107 ) Sittingbourne & Sheer. all .4 241 100 Do. 51 p. c. do. '77 do ick South Devon lOO 361 571 371 20 Madras, guar., 41 p. c. all . 181 19- ck South-Eastern lOO 741 75 20 Do. do. 5 per cent. all 204 201 201 , ck South Wales ) SouthYorks.&ltiv.Dun all 13 15 20 Do. Third Ex. gua.s.p.c. 5 par 1p • I Do. do lB 20 ' Do. Fourth do. I Staines, Wok., & Wok.. all 9 11 Lock Melb. Corp. 6 p.c. Bonds 100 i Stockton & Darlin g t on . all 33 34 331 I Newltrunswick&Canda. - , '• :. • i Do. do. 1551 221 -- 20 Ry.& Land(Liin.)g.6pc • . ' i Do. do. 1855 7 -- Class ACapitl.Share.. 10 2 lid • Stockton & Hartlepool 164 .. Do. do. Land d 0... .. ck Taff Vale . ck Do. Preference, No. , 1 lOO .. 'Do. do. Land d 0... ''' ThamesHavenDlc&Rail 22 90— :- r N . 7 o rthoflndiaTramroad ck Vale of Neath , 10 0 ," 20 i Limited, Scrip 2B. ck Waterford & Kilk enn y 100 20 (Pude (Limited) Waterford & Limerick " all 20 Scinde ~,; 43 15 1 llp West Cornwall IV-end Lon. & Cry. Pal all —— ' 20 Do. New I! '' 5 in I 13. 101 Do.A:—Arecv.nodiv.till 20 Do. Punjaub 7 p.c. has been pd. to B 'all 3 / 20 Do. Indus. St. Flo bc; 5 fpar i p Do. B 'all 6 1 6 1 20 St. Andrews & QuebecA -18 1 West London all 10 ITrinidad(Limited) Scrip 1 i par Ipl Do. Ist Class all Do. 2d Class all • _ _ BRITISH MINES. ,Sharel Mines. Closinc , Business raid. Price.' Done. Alfred Consols (Philack) 2.11.10 73 83, 1 20 • ritish Iron , ndurrow (Camborne) 2O 50 60 10 Devon G. Cons. (Tavist.) 1 450 460 East Bvsett (Illog•ati). 30 155 165 1764 Great South Tolgus.. G.Whcal Alfd.(Phillack) 11.14.11 24 3 G. Wheal Vor(Helston) Lady Bertha lB 3 Bll t s . 1 North Frances (Mogan) 84 73 84 North Wheal Crofty 7.9.4 3 4 N.Wh'l Basset (Illogan) nil. 73 84 Par Consols (St. Blaxy) 14 15 4164 Porkellis. Unit. (Wend.) 9 Sortridge Cons. Mimeo. 6s I SouthCaradon(St.Cleer) 24 405 415 • Sorth C. Brea( Mogan). 2 24 3 S. Wheal Fran. (Illogan) 18.18.9 235 245 5 Tamar Silver and Lead Wiling Co 44 4 1 3 10 Tin Croft 9 33 34 UnitedMines(Gwennap) 40 - Vale of Towey (Carm.) 12s 6d West Basset (Illogan) l4 22 23 W. Caradon (Liskezrd! 2O 130 140 Wheal Basset (Illogan) 54 210 220 Wheal Buller (Redrutti) 5 120 240 133 5 Wheal Edward (Cal s.) 54 24 21 Wheal Kitty (U. Lelant) 1.7.2 8 9 Wh'l Mary Ann (Menhe) 8 44 46 -- WWI Trelawney (Lisk.) 44 28 30 FOREIGN MINES 20 Australian 1 Boil Accordegper,Lim lOB par 4 p 35 Brazil. Imp. (is. at 25p ) 27 1 2 • 20 Do.St.Johndelßey,llm l5 14 15 5 iDo.LandandMinmoCo all 14 24 1 'Clarendon Consols Min ing Co.- of Jamaica 40 Cohn? Copper all 40 42 Coplapo l6 10 12 1 Dunlioun.Cop.Ming.Co all w 2 For:;una 20 Gencrr.l all 20 21 3 Linares all 7 8 5 Lusitan'wn 1 IFariquita all • 1 1 New Grr nada all 4 1 N.RhineCop.o - S.Aus.L 10 3 4p 20 Pontgibaud Silver, Lead 31ining- and Smelt all 41 5 5 Port Philip 1 30 Santiago de Cuba 164 1 1 28.2.81,United Mexican all 24 2 ,24 4 . COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Share Securities. P aid . Closing Business Prices. Done. • Can.Gov.6p.c..Ta. & July 100 116 117 1164 I Do. 6 p.c.Fb.kAug. 100 113 115 . Do. 6 p.c.Mr. lx Sep. 100 113 115 N.8.G0v.6p.c. Ja. &July 100 113 114 114 - Do. 6p.c.Ap. Sz Oct. 100 N. S.W. Gov. sp. c. Deb. 100 1014 1024 NovaScotir.Gov.6 p.c. St. Deb. redeemable, 1875 100 1134 1144 S.Aus.Gt.6pc.Jan&July 100 113 115 • Vict•Gov.6p.c.Jan&July 100 111 113 112 IRELAND. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY. BOW-STREET. Henry Kelley, Elizabeth Kelley, and an elderly woman, named Wallace, were placed at the bar, this morning, charged . with having in their possession a large quantity of stolen property. Police-constable. Joy, 338 A, said—On Wednesday last notice was received by the. police that a black leather port manteau had been stolen from the roof of a cab, containing property of considerable value, and from information he afterwards obtained, he went to the prisoners' lodgings, 8, Little Wild-street, and there discovered the missing port- manteau. He questioned the prisoners how they became possessed of it, but - the most unsatisfactory answers were returned to his inquiries. A brother constable, 301 A, being in company with him, they conveyed the prisoners and the stolen property to the station-house, where the charge was duly entered against them. On opening the portmanteau it was found to contain a quantity of wearing apparel, bearing the name of " Shaw," a military coat belonging to an officer in the "Royal Marine Light Infantry," two silver gravy spoons, two ditto dessert, two ditto teaspoons, and four silver prongs, marked with the letters "L. P. S." There was also in it a fancy smoking cap, made of red, white, and blue cloth, 'a large roll of leaf tobacco, and a carpet travelling-bag. On examining the apartment, a large number of pawnbrokers' duplicates were found, all of which related to wearing ap parel, and a barrister's scarlet bag, bearing inside the words, " Phipson, Temple." Prom what he had now learned,`the scarlet bag was a part of the produce of another robbery, con mitted a short time ago, after which the learned gentle man offered a reward of £5 for a memorandum:book which was ii the bag when it was stolen. " Last, evening the Fethard police escorted into Clonmel a young, ladylike and extremely delicate girl, named Ann Wallon, and had her comtnitted to gaol on a charge of having written several seditious letters—one in particular, which wo understand eonstitutes•the head and front of her' offending, written on the 20th inst., and calling onther Ma jesty's forces to rebel and mutiny,' as the language of the committal expresses it. Inquiries ;made at the gaol have failed to elicit any information respecting the position' nd connexions of the pri soner. We could learn nothing more than that she is a native of Fethard, and that the warrant for her committal was signed by a county magistrate —we believe the Hon. Mr. Ffrench, and that the docu ments which 'it is -alleged she has written are in the hands of Mr. Monaghan, Sub-Inspector of Police. To all appearances the accused is highly respectable and intelligent. We may mention, en passant, that rumours touching her sanity freely obtained to-day. Her conduct during the preli minary investigation previous to' her committal, and her demeanour in the gaol since, are not, we understand, - calculated to sustain the imputation." - The other police-constable having given similar evidence, The female searcher at the police-station said ehe found 18 duplicates sewed round the bottom of the dress of the elder prisoner, and also in her pocket the remains of alarge silver skewer, which had been broken into bits of an inch long. Nothing was found on either of the others. Mr. Jardine asked if the owner of the property had been discavered ? The constable said he had not yet had time to make any inquiries, but if the prisoners were remanded for a week he should be prepared to go on with the case. Remanded accordingly. ROBBING A NEWS Room.—A very respectably -dressed man, a foreignei, Was charged with stealing a book from the Strand news-room. The prosecutor said he was standing at the street door of the newsroom, 76, Strand, of which he was the proprietor, at about half-past eight o'clock, when he observed the pri soner coming hurriedly down stairs. As he passed into the street he presented a very bulky appearance about the chest, and immediately he (prisoner) saw this circumstance had aroused suspicion, he ran away as fast as possible. He (prosecutor) pursued him, and on coming up with him in Maiden-lane, the book now produced, " Kelly's Post-office Directory for 1859" was taken from under his coat. He made a strong appeal to be allowed to escape, but was given into the custody of the police. The prosecutor said he had no wish to press for a severe punishment against the man, but last night he did feel much, annoyed that the directory should have been stolen, as he had only the day previous given 375. for it for the accommodation of the public. The prisoner, in answer to the charge, made a long state ment in the German language, the purport of which was that want had driven him to commit the robbery. Remanded for inquiries to be made as to character. STEALING A TEUCK--Murgaret Winch, a street vendor of caps and cuffs, was charged with stealing a hand truck, value £4, the property of the London and North Western Railway Company. Hewett, one of the porters at the War-office, in Pall mall, said last evening, about five o'clock, the truck was standing in front of the 'office, having been used for the conveyance of some heavy goods from the waggon to the interior of the house. It had been left in his care, and if it had been lost he should have had to pay for it, which would have been rather a serious matter for him in his situation, As the truck had been recovered, and the woman had been locked up all night, he had no wish to press the charge. The woman was so drunk that she seemed not to know what she was about. The prisoner said she had only taken the truck fora lark. 31r. Jardine advised her to abstain from such larks for the future, or she would in a very short time find herself inside a prison. He would let her off this time r but he should recollect the occurrence when she made her next appearance at that office. THREATENING LETTERS. The King's County correspondent of Saunders's Newsletter writes as follows : "It is but right to observe, from accounts re ceived from different districts, that in this county the receipt of threatening letters is becoming alarmingly frequent in almost all parts :of the country. -A highly respectable gentleman within the last few.days received a letter through the post office threatening him with death if he had any thing to do with certain lands. A large number of these epistles, it is believed, arc never handed to the police. On Friday night last a care taker named John Kiernan, on the demesne of the late Capt. Nesbitt, of Tubberdaly, was attacked and severely beaten by a party of poachers. An active, but up to the present an unsuccessful search has been made, and continues to bemade almost nightly, by the police in different parts of this county, fir Jas. Delany, the supposed murderer of Mr. Ely. The houses and premises of many highly respectable individuals have been surrounded by night and_ closely searched, but without effect. It is sup posed that Delany has been secreted by the ser vants in the employment of these parties, whose high character and position is above suspicion." LEGAL APPOINTMENTS. - The following appointments are announced in the Government morning paper : " Mr. Hans Hamilton, Q.C., Assistant Barrister for the county of Galway, has been appointed to the Chairmanship of the county of Armagh, vacant by the resignation of Mr. Edward 'Eckel, Q.C. Mr. W. W. Brereton, Q.C., Assistant Barrister for ne county of. Kerry, has been appointed to the county of Galway. Mr. Stephen Copingcr, Q.C., Assistant Barrister for the county of Kildare, has been appointed to thc- county of Kerry; and Mr. Thomas Lefroy, Q.C., has been appointed Assistant Barrister •for the county of Kildare. Mr. Copinger is a distinguished Itoman Catholic lawyer, who has consistently supported the Conservative party for many years, and his promotion will give general satisfaction. Mr. Lefroy's appointment is also well deserved, not only on account of his own high posi tion at the bar, but also as being son of the vene rable Chief Justice of the Queen's Bench and brother to the member for the University." Higher judicial changes are confidently spoken of as being likely to take place before the opening of Hilary Term. DUBLIN, THURSDAY MORNING. SECRET SOCIETIES -THE IN The official investigation into the charges pre ferred against the youthful patriots from Skib bereen and Bantry of being , members of a secret and illegal society commenced on Tuesday morning -in the Cork County Gaol. It was conducted with strict privacy, the press being excluded. The Examiner, however, supplies'an outline of the pro ceedings . " The magistrates before whom the investigation was -held were Messrs.: Davys and Fitzmaurice, both stipendiary .- magistrates ; Sir M. Barrington, Crown Solicitor, and Mr. Fagan, his assistant, conducting the case on behalf of the Crown; and Messrs. T. M'Carthy Downing of Skibbereen, and H. B. Julian, of Cork, defending the prisoners. Between 11 and 12 o'clock a body of the city police, armed with carbines, arrived at the gaol for the purpose, as was understood, of conducting. the accused from the place of their confinement to where the inquiry was to, take: place, and the pro ceedings com mence d a b ou t 12 o'clock. The first witness examined was the approver, whose direct examination was not over when the inquiry was adjourned yesterday evening at the hour of half past-6, and which did not terminate up to an ad vanced hour to-day. He deposed to having been present at several meetings orthe Phoenix Society, and also to the administration to himself of two oaths by -a party who has, up to the present, con trived to , elude arrest, but an active search after whom is being carried on by the authorities. He also swore that he 'had seen the - prisoners drilling _several times at night, in places a little outside the town of,Skibbereen ; but this portion of his evi dence is, we understand, asserted by the , prisoners to be-false, as they had not been drilling:on the:oc casions mentioned - by him. From- the' SlOw rate at which the direct examination is • going on, and the likelihood- of the approver being subjected -to a long cross-examination, it is probable that his evidence will not conclude before a late hour to=niorrow, and that, -as there are other witnesses to be examined, the inquiry will occupy several days'iriore. Three -witnesses arrived from' Skibbereen yesterday even ing, under the escort of a head constable and about 16 policemen armed with bayonets. They arrived in Cork by the evening - train from Bandon, and having put up in the, city last - night, they pro ceeded to the county gaol about 12 o'clock to-day, still under the strong escort which accompanied them from Skibbereen. Two of them are boys, ap-, parently about the ages of 15 and 17 years, and the other is a middle-aged man, whose appearance is that of -a- respectable mechanic: We understand -that their evidence will be with regard to drillings which they saw going on at night." • The 'Tipperary Examiner which - reached- this morning brings this singular account of the arrest of a young lady on a charge of having written Se ditious letters.:—' JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Shard Joint-Stock Banks. I Paid. C i t e in . g B r e t " Agra&UnitedScrviceßk Australasia Bank of Egypt Bank of London Brit. Col. Bk. & LoanCo British North American Chtd. Bank of India, &c City Colonial Com. Bank of Canada Commercial of London Eng., Scot., & Aus. Ch Gen. Bk. oSwitzerland Lon.Char.Bk.otAustral. London and County London Joint Stock London & Westminster.l Nat. Prow. of England. Do. new National Bank New South Wales 27 28 2 10 62 64 100 20.11 17} 18 214 22 29 30 Orient. Bk. Corporation Ottoman Bank Provincial of Ireland Do. New South Australia Do. New Union of Australia Do. New - - 49 50 Union of London . Unity Mutual Western Bk of London .211 21 20 A 8 d 1 MISCELLANEOUS. Miscellaneous. Anglo-Mexican Mint' Atlantic Tel. (Limited) Australian Agricultural Australian Royal Mail . Berlin Water Works Do New, issued at £5 die British American Land Brit. & Irish Ma•.Tel.A. Do. B, 7 p. e. till 1862 Do. C ... Canacia Chan.lslands Tel.k Lim ) Cop.Min.ot Eng.& Smltg Do. Preference 74 per ct Crystal Palace. Do. Preference Eastern Steam Electric Telegraph & Aust. Cop.St.Co Europ. & Ind.Junct.Tel Europ.46Am.Stin.(Lim ) G l.lron ScrewCol.(Lint , 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 s s. at I dig. N.lSr.dris.ToraSeotiaLand N.B.Australasian (Lim.) North of Europe-Steam Oriental Gas - Do. New Shares Peel Rirer Land & Min. Pen. & Oriental Steam. Do. New Red Sea & Ind. Telegr Rhymney Iron Do. Ne%y , R o yal Mail Steam S e ot.Austrln.lnT.(Lim ) South AustraliankLand Submarine Teleg. Scrip Do. do Registered `Tr.& Ln.Co.of Upr. Can 'Van Diemen's Land_ all all all 15s. all all p aid. Closing Price. 13 14 250 280 35i 34 I I 24 3i 40 42 19 21 13 15 112 116 91 101 1 1 2 2 112 114 I 1} 11 11 1 1 1 1 d 7 2 . Si d 1 2 11' 'll 15 18 1 1, 1 *die par 2/ 81 8 3 .12 13 251 4, 7# 8 59 61 130 140 36 40 11 10 12 LAW INTELLIGENCE.-( THIS DAY.) CITY SHERIFFS' COURT. (Before Mr. Prendergast, Q.C.) THE TALLY SYSTEM.-CLAMP V. GRIPDEN. ' This was an action to recover the sum of Bs., balance of a tally account. Plaintiff stated that defendant had goods to a larger amount, but had paid the collector all but the sum now claimed. Upon being asked for the same, defendant said he had paid the collector, but plaintiff had no account of it. The collector had left plaintiff's service. Mr. Beard, for the defendant, said he should call the collector, who would prove that defendant had paid him, and that he in turn had handed the same over to the plaintiff. Mr. Beard then called defendant and the collector, and after their evidence his Honour said he was not altogether satisfied, but must find for the defendant. A TALE OF SOME PIGS.-TURNER V. TIiURSTON. This was an action to recover 19s. 10d. for layerage of 119 pigs. It appears that plaintiff keeps a pitate layerage, near the Newgate-market, at which place it is usual to house pigs after a heavy journey, and when they are foot sore.. Thurston purchased a quantity of pigs of one Say ward, who he alleged should pay the money;. but plaintiff contended that Thurston was liable, and had promised to pay. A witness was called to prove a promise to pay. Mr. Wilson, for defendant, contended that the promise to pay was a qualified one, and that Sayward was the per son who should have paid. In fact, Thurston was only a servant to a person named Cross, a slaughterer, to whom the pigs were finally delivered. The pigs were delivered to Sayward. Plaintiff—But defendant was present. After some further evidence, his Honour said he was quite satisfied that Thurston was the responsible person, and he should give plaintiff a verdict. THIS DAY'S MARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE. This being almost a holiday market, the number of buyers in attendance was small. Fine English wheats were held somewhat firmly at fully Monday's prices; but the demand for them was inactive. In low and damp par cels very little business was transacted on former terms. •• N., S. IL There was a large supply of foreign wheat on the stands, and for all kinds the inquiry ruled inactive at previous cur rencies. Both barley and malt were a dull inquiry, and inferior parcels were a shade lower, The supply of oats was very moderate when compared with several previous market days, and the demand may be called steady at full rates. Beans and peas moved off slowly, but no actual change ,00k place in their value. Flour sold slowly at Monday's quotations. ARRIVALS TILTS WEEK. _ Wheat. Barley Malt. Oats. Flour. English. 2,560 I 1,1.50 : 730 ; 1,220 i 1,810 Irish F ore i gn 2,930 1 15,320 ; 8,570 i 1,920 sks i - Ms NEWGATE AND LE ADENHALL. The supplies of meat here to-day were extensive, and a large business was transacted, as follows : Per 811.4. by.the Carcass. s. d. s . d . d. s. d. Inferior Beef .3 4to . 3 6 I Infr. Mutton. 3 4to 3 8 IS.id. do. 3 Bto 4 0 ' Mid . do 3 10 to 4 0 Pim.larg ;CIO ' .42t0 4 4 Prime do. 46to 4 8 Do. small do. 4 6to 4 8 Veal 3 6to 4 4 Large pork.. 3 oto 3 8 j Small pork BOROUGH HOP. The demand for all kinds of hops, both new and old, has become heavy. In prices, however, we have no change to notice. Mid and East Kent pockets ..705 to 1205 per evil. Weald of Kent do ......... 52 5 to 68s Sussex do . .................. 50s to 625 ~ COLONIAL. The Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets closed yes terday afternoon for the Christmas Holidays, and will re open on the 4th January, 1859. TEA.—The market was very firm, and owing to the ad vices by the overland mail full rates are current for all qualities. SuGAR.—MOre activity was apparent, and good grocery qualities realised full rates. In the refined market a rather largo business was done and at advanced quotations. COFFEE.—The demand for good qualities of Plantation Ceylon was active, and in some instances prices improved about 6d. to is per cwt. RlCE.—There has been a good enquiry for the lower descriptions, and full values are current. Srlcts.---Prices have ruled rather easier for most .de scriptions. SALTPETRE.—Tho market was dull and prices exhibited no alteration of importance. TALLOW.—Scarcely any business has been done, and prices rule a shade lower. P.Y.C. on the spot 50s. 9d., and spring delivery 50s. 6d. per cwt. THE PRINTERS OF TIIE REFORMATION.—NobIes and people, castles and free towns, rivalled each other in zeal and enthusiasm for Luther.. At Nuremburg, at Stras burg, and even at 'Mentz, his smallest pamphlets; were emulously caught up as fast as they appeared. The sheets were hurried and smuggled into the shops, all wet from the press, and were greedily devour e d b y .,th e aspiring litera tears of the German companionship, by the poetic tinmen, the learned cordwainers: Nothing seconded Luther more powerfully than the zeal of the printers and booksellets in behalf of the new ideas.' " The works that wer c favourable to him,. " says a contemporary, " were printed by the-printers with the ,xnu i lutest .care, ,and often at their own expense,. and large numbers were struck off. Many old monks tco, who had returned to a secular life lived on Luther's works , , and hawked them through Gennany:—.Michelet's Lffc of Luther. (1.6.) W. H. Collingridge. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. NORTH-EASTERN. A special meeting of this company was held at York on Tuesday, to consider the propriety of au thorising the directors to apply in the ensuing ses sion of Parliament for powers to construct branch railways to Pateley-bridge, Church Fenton, and Harrowgate; Mr. H. S. Thompson in the chair. The secretary having read the notice convening the meeting, • The CHAIRMAN explained that the Pateley branch would extend up the Nidd Valley, and be 14 miles in length, and that the estimated cost was about £86,000. -Some years ago the Leeds Northern Railway Company obtained power to make the branch, but they were unable to raise the capital ; their estimate of the cost was £154,000. The landowners and others locally interested now came forward, and it was proposed that the railway company should allow them a guarantee of 4 per cent. on the proposed outlay. He had no doubt the line would be remunerative, and concluded by moving a formal resolution empowering the direc tors to apply to Parliament in the ensuing session for power to construct the line, provided satisfactory arrangements could be made with the landowners. Mr. PENNY was opposed to the making of the proposed branch, or to allowing any guarantee on the • outlay, and expressed an opinion that the branch might serve the interests of those who re sided in the district, but could not be of any advan tage to the shareholders. He moved an amend ment, to the effect that it was not expedient to go to Parliament for power to make the line. Mr. Farside and Mr. Sweeting supported the proposition for making the railway, on the ground that it would be remunerative. After some discussion the amendment was with drawn, and the resolution was adopted. The CHAIRMAN then proposed the sanction of the shareholders to the Harrowgate branch, which was much required to accommodate the district. It had been partly constructed by the Leeds Northern Company, but in consequence_ of not having means to complete the works they were obliged to abandon it, The inhabitants were anxious that the line should be made, either by their company or by some other company, for the accommodation of the :district ; it was therefore expedient that they should make it, rather than allow another company to come into the district and construct it. He strongly recommended the shareholders to express their approval of the proposed branch, and moved a resolution to the effect that it was expedient to construct the Harrowgate branch as proposed, and to apply to Parliament for the requisite powers. Mr. FARSIDE moved an amendment to the effect that it was inexpedient to carry out the scheme. Mr. HARRISON seconded the amendment, which was put and negatived, and the original motion was carried. - - The prce:Tdings then terminated with a vote of thanks tct the chairman. NEW REFORM CLUB IN LIVERPOOL.—A meeting of the more advance&reforniers ic;f-Liverp6Ol was held- on Tuesday night, when it was resolved to establish a reform club ; and to take premises where the members could meet for social enjoyment, and also for the purpose of promoting political reforms. IZusineds don. BANK R.ETURNS. An ACOOtt t, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria cap. 32, of the At Amount of Bank Notes, of the , several Banks of Issue in England and Wales, in eireu latfon during the week' ending Saturday, the 11th day of December, 1858. PRIVATE BANKS. Andover Bank, Andover-Heath and Co £9,303 Ashford Bank, Ashford-Jemmett, Pomfret, & Co, 11,795 Aylesbury Old Bank, Aylesbury-Cobb and Co 23,603 Baldock Bank and Baldock and 13iggleswade Bank, Biggleswade-Wells, Hogg*, and Co. Barnstaple Bank, Barnstaple-Marshall and Co 6,924 Basingstoke and Oldham Bank, Basingstoke-- Seymour, Lamb, and Co. Bedford Bank, Bedford-Barnard and Co ... 28,628 Bewdley Bank, Bewdley-Nichols, Baker, and Co. 11,130 Bicester and Oxfordshire Bank and Oxford Bank, lilicester-Tubb and Co. Birmingham Bank, Birmingham - Attwoods, Spooner, and Ce. Boston' Bank, Boston-Claypons and Co. Boston Bank, Boston-Gee and Co. Bridgwater Bank, Bridgwater-J. &J. L. Sealey 7,748' Bristol Bank, Bristol-Miles, Miles, and Co. Broseley and" Bridgnorth and ' ridgnorth and Broseley Bank, Broseley-Pritchards, Boycott, and Co. Buckingham Bank, Buckingham-Bartlett, Par rott, and Co. ... Bury and Suffolk Bank, Sudbury Bank, and Stow market Bank, Bury St. Edmunds-Oakes, Bevan, and Co. Banbury Bank, Banbury-J. C. and A. Gilbert _ 35,188 Banbury Old Bank, Banbury-Cobb and Son 27,171 Bedfordshire Leighton Buzzard Bank, Leighton Buzzard-Bassett, Son, and Co. Birmingha m Bank, Birmingham-Lloyds and Co 21,144 Bradford Old Bank, Bradford, Yorkshire-Harris and Co. Brecon Old Bank, Brecon-Wilkins and Co 62,015 Brighton Union Bank, Brighton-Hall, West, and Co. Burlington and Driffield Bank, Burlington-Hard ing, Smith, and Co .. 10,886 Bury. St. Edmunds Bank, Bury St. Edmunis-- Worlledge and Co. Canibridge Bank, - Cambridge--Mortlock and Co 14,634 Cambridge and Cambridgeshire Bank, Cambridge -Messrs. Foste rs Canterbury Bank, Canterbury-Hammond and Co 28,060 Carmarthen Bank, Carmarthen -David Morris and Sons 19,808 Chertsey Bank, Chertsey-La Costa and Son 2,514 Colchester Bank, Coleliester-Round, Green &Co 13,955 Colchester and Essex B an k, an d Witham and'Espex Bank, and lladleigh, Suffolk, Bank, Colchester- Mills, Bawtree, and Co. Cornish Bank, Truro-Tweedy and Co ' 37,471 Coventry Bank, Coventry-Little and Woodcock 5,169 City Bank, Exeter-Milford and Co. Craven Bank, Settle-Alcocks, Birkbeck, and Co 65,795 Chepstow Old Bank, Chepstow Bank, Monmouth Old' Bank, Monmouth Bank, Brecon Bank, and Ross_ and. Herefordshiro -Bank, Chepetow- Bromage, Snead, and Co Derby Bank, Derby-W. and S. Evans and Co. ; Derby Bank, Derby-Samuel Smith and Co. 37,832 Derby Old Bank and Scarsdale and High Peak Bank, Derby-Crompton, Newton, and Co. 25,907 Devizes and Wiltshire Bank, Devizes-Locke and Co. Diss Bank, Diss-Fincham and Co J 10,164 Doncaster Bank and Retford Bank, Doncaster-- Cooke and Co. ' - 56,402 Darlington Bank, Durham Bank, Id Stockt' ,ank, Durham Bank, an. .ockton-on- Tees Bank, Darlington-Backhouse and Ce 82,183 Devonport Bank, Devonport-Hodge and Co.. I. 8,410 Dorchester Old Bank and Dorsetshire Bank, Dar ehester-R. and H. Williams . ► . 43,084 East Cornwall Bank, Liskeard-Robins, Foster, and Co. East Riding Bank; Beverley-Bower and 48,645 Essex Bank and Bishop's Stortford Bank, Chelms ford-Sparrow, Round, and Co 36,525 Exeter Bank, Exeter--Sanders and Co Farringdon Bank and Bank of Wantage, Farring don-Barnes, Medley, and Co 6,913 Farnham Bank, 'Farnham-john and Jas: Knight 9,363 Faversham Bank, Faversham-Hilton and Co - .. 5,450 Godalming Bank, Godahning-Mellersh and Keen 4;699 Guildfoid Bank, Guildford-Messrs. Hayden.... 12,736 Grantham*Bank, Giantham-Hardy and C 0....:. 26,883 Hereford City and County Bank, Hereford-Mat thews and Co 11,730 Hull Bank and Kingston-upon-Hull Bank, Hull- Smith, Brothers, and Co 19,501 Huntingdon Town and County Bank, Hunting don-Veasey and Co Harwich Bank, Harwich-Co; Cobbold, and Co. 4,217 Hertfordshire, Hitchin Bank, Hitchin-Sharples and Co • 32,182 Hereford, Ross, and Archenfield Bank, and Ross and Archenfield Bank, Ross-Morgan and Co.:. 17,806 Ipswich Bank, Ipswich-Bacon and Co Ipswich and Needham Market Bank, Suffolk, Had leigh Bank, Manningtree and Mistley Bank, and Woodbridge Bank, Ipswich-Alexanders & Co.. 56,591 Kentish Bank, Maidstone--Randall, Mercer, and Co. Kington and Radnorshire Bank, Kington-Davies and Co. •Knaresborough Old Bank and Ripon' Old Bank, Knaresborough-Harrison and Co Kendal Bank, Kendal-Wakefield, Crewdson, &Co 39,749 Longton Staffordshire Bank, Longton-C. Harvey and Son 5,230 Leeds Bank, Leeds-Beckett and Co Leeds Union Bank, Leeds-W. Williams, Brown, and Co. Leicester Bank, Leicester-T. and T. T. Paget 29,545 Lewis Old Bank, Lewis-Whitefeld and Co , 22,343 Lincoln Bank, Lincoln-Smith, Ellison and C 0... 77,405 Llandovery Bank, Lampeter Bank, and Llandilo Bank, Llandovery-D. Jones and Co Loughborough Bank, Loughborough-Middleton and Cradock Lymington Bank, Lymington-S. and G. F. St. Barbe Lynn Regis did Lincolnshire Bank, Lynn Legis- Gurneys and Co. Lynn Regis and Norfolk Bank, Lynn Regis- Jarvis and Co 10,340 _ _ 6,682 Macclesfield dank, Macclesfield—Brocklehurst and Co. 13,308 Manningtree Bank, Manningtree—Nunn and Co 712 Merionethshire Bank, Dolgelly—Williams and Son 6,421 Miners' Bank, Truro—Willyams and Co. • . . 16,557 Monmopthshire Agricultural and Commercial Bank, Abergavenny—Bailey and Co. 26,361 Monmouth Old Bank, Monmouth Bank, Brecoa Bank, Chepstow Bank, Chepstow Old Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank, Monmouth— Bromage, Snead, and Co. • 12,176 Newark Bank, Newark—Godfrey and Riddell 26,035 Newark and Sleaford Bank, and Sleaford and Newark Bank, Sleaford—Handley, Peacock, and Co. Newbury Bank, Newbury—Bunny, Slocock, and Co 17,614 Newmarket Bank, Newmarket—Eaton, Hammond, and Co- . 18,691 Norwich Crown Bank and Norfolk and Suffolk Bank, Norwich—Harveys and Hudsons 47,579 Norm ich and Norfolk and Fakenham Banks, Nor wic h—Gurneys and Birkbecks 86,523 Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Bank, Notting ham—Hart, Fellows, and Co. Nuneaton Bank, Nuneaton—Craddock and Co. Naval Bank, Plymouth—Harris & C 0.... 19,551 New Sarum Bank, Sarum—Everett and Co. 8,895 Nottingham Bank, Nottingham—Samuel Smith and Co Oswestry Bank and Oswestry Old Bank, Oswestry —Croxon and Co' -.. 9,243 Oxford Old Bank, Oxford—Parsons aud Co 31,876 Old Bank, Tonbridge, Tonbridge and Tonbridge Wells Old Bank, Tonbridgo and Tonbridge- Wells and, Sevenoaks Bank, Tonbridge—T. H. and S. Beeching Oxfordshire Witney Bank, Witney—J. W. Clinch and Sons 10,628 Pease's Old Bank, Hull, the Hull Old Bank as Beverley. Bank, Hull—Pease and Co. 44,960 Penzance Bank, Penzance—Batten and Co. Peterborough Bank and Oundle Bank, Peter • borough—D. Yorke and Co. Pembrokeshire Bank; Haverfordwest—J. and W. Walters 8,482 11,497 Reading Bank, Reading-Simonds and Co. Reading Bank, Reading-Stephens, Blandy, & Co 28,11,9 Richmond Bank, Richmond-Roper and Co. Rochdale Bank, Rochdale-Clement, Royds, & Co. 2,7(1 Rochester, Chatham, and Strood Bank, Rochester- Day and Nicholson Royston Bank, Royston-Fordham and Sons Rugby Bank, Rugby-A. Butlin and Son 9,104 Rye Bank, Rye-R. C. Pomfret and Co 9,672 Ross Old Bank, Herefordshire, Ross-Allaway and MacDougal Saffron Walden and North Essex Bank / Saffron Walden-Gibsons and Co. Salop Bank, Shrewsbury-Burton, Lloyd, &Co 12 ,4 -29 Scarborough Old Bank, Scarborough-Woodall and Co. Shrewsbury Old Bank and Shrewsbury and Ludlow Bank, Shrewsburr-Rocke, Eyton, and Co 37,647 Sittingbourne and Milton Bank, Sittingbourne-- Valiance and Co. Southampton Town and County Bank, Southamp ton-Maddison and Pearce 11,191 Southwell Bank, Southwell-Wy-lde and Co .. 11,5 2 Southampton and Hampshire Bank, Southampton.. -Atherley, Fall, and Co. . 9:'6 Stafford Old Bank, Stafford-Stevenson and Co. Stamford and Rutland Bank, Stamford-Eaton, Cayley, and Co .. 26,314 Shrewsbury an 1 Welsh Pool Bank, Shrewsbury - Beck, Downward, and Co 20,948 Taunton Bank, 1 aunton-H. and R. Badeock 26 232 Tavistock Bank, Tavistock-Gill, Sens and Co ' 9,094 Thornbury Bank, Thornbury-Harwood and Co 9,045 Tiverton and Devonshire Bank, Tiverton-Duns ford and Co. Thrapston and Kettering Bank, Northamptonshire, Thrapston-York and Eland • 11,357 Tring Bank and Chesham Bank, Tring-Butcher and Son T owchester Old Bank, Towchester-Percivaland Co 6,466 Town and County of Poole Bank and Ringwood and Poole Bank, Poole-G. W. Ledgnrd and Sons 7,933 1 Union Bank, Cornwall, Holston-Vivian and Co 11,1F3 Uxbridge Old Bank, Uxbridge-Hull, Smith, &Co 9,832 Wallingford Bank, Wallingford-Hedges, Wells, and Co. Warwick and Warwickshire Bank, Warwick- Greaves and Co. Wellington • Somerset Bank, Wellington-Fox, Brothers, and Co 3,536 West Riding Bank, Wakefield and Pontefract 42,747 Bank-Leatham Tew, and Co Whitby Old Bank, Whitby-Simpson, Chapman, and Co. Winchester, Alresford, and Alton Bank, Winches ter-Bulpett and Co. Weymouth Old Bank and Dorchester Bank, Wey mouth-Elliot, Pearce, and Co Wirksworth and Ashbourne Derbyshi re Bank- 13,689 Arkwright and Co Wisbech and Linc o l ns hi re Bank, Wisbech-Gur neys 33917 and Co Wiveliscombe Bank, Wi ve li sc ombe--P. and W 448.9 - Hancock ' 11 Wolverhampt on t ank,Wo Wolverhampton-Goodricke - ,9 and Holyoake Worcester Old Bank and Tewkesbury Old Bank, Weircester-Bemick Bank, Lechmere and Co , Wolvethainpion, Wolverhampton-R. and ' W. F. Fryer 9,783 Yarmouth and Suffolk Bank, and Halesworth and Suffolk Bank, Yarmouth -Gurneys, Birkbeck, and Co. Yarmouth, Norfolk, and Suffolk Bank Great Yar mouth—Sir E. H. K. Lacon, Bart., and C 0..... 9,574 York Bank, York—Swann, Clough, and C 0.,..... 35,290 JOINT STOCK BANKS. Bank of Westmorland, Kendal £9,029 Barnsley Banking Comp an y, - .Barnsley - Bradford Banking Company, - Bradford 49,031 Bilston District Bankino-. Company, Wolver hampton Bank of Whitehaven, Whi!ehaven Bradford Commercial Banking-Company, Bradford 18,703 Burton, Uttoxeter, and Staffordshire Uni o n Bank ing Company,Burton=upOn-Trent ' Chesterfield and North Derbyshire - Banking Com pany, Chesterfield.. _ 9,920 Cumberland Union Banking Company, Work ing-ton Coventry and Warwickshire Banking Company, Coventry CoVentrY Union Banking Company, Coventry 11,113 County of Gloucester Banking Co., Cheltenham 99,820 Carlisle and Cumberland Banking Co., Carlisle Carlisle City and District Bank, Carlisle Dudley and West Bromwich Banking Co., Dudley 32,784 Derby and Derbyshire Banking Company, Derby 19,422 Darlington District Joint Stock Banking Company, Darlington • 22,172 East of England - Bank, Norwich 24,285 Gloucestershire Banking Company, Gloucester 128,470 Halifax Joint Stock Bank, Halifax 17,325 Huddersfield Banking Company, Huddersfield 31,336 Hull Banking Company, Hull Halifax Commercial B an ki ng C ompany, Halifax 14211 Halifax and Huddersfield Union Banking Co. Halifax 39,781 Ralston Banking Company, Ralston Herefordshire Banking Company, Hereford ' Knaresborough and Claro Banking Company, Knaresborough 25,471 Kingsbridge Joint-Stock Bank, Kingsbridge Lancaster Banking Company, Lancaster . ....... 60,271 Leeds Bankin g Company, Leeds 23,245 Leicestershire Banking Company, Leicester. 6.5,433 Lincoln and Lindsey Banking Company, Lincoln 60,979 Leamington Priors and Warwickshire Banking Company, Leamington Priors Ludlow and Tenbury Bank, Ludlow Moore and Robinson's Nottinghamshire Banking Company, Nottingham Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Banking Com pany, Nottingham National Provincial Bankof England, Birmingham (Head Office, 112, Bishopsgate-street, London) 414,1.58 North Wilts Banking Company; Melksham 38,745 Northamptonshire Union Bank, Northampton 71.672 Northamptonsh ire Bank 'nk Company, Northampton 1, 1 6 North and South Wales Bank, Liverpool bu,293 Parea's Leicestershire Banking Company, Leicester 51,509 Saddleworth Banking Company, Saddlewoith , 1,977 Sheffield. Banking Company, Sheffield .. 34,540 Stamford, Spalding and Boston Banking Company, Stamford ' • ' 60,783 Stuckey's Banking Company, Bristol Somerset- • shire Bank, and Somersetshire Bank, Langport . 330,100 Shropshire Banking Company, Shiffaall . Stourbridge and Kidderminster Banking Com pany, Stourbridge. Sheffield and Hallam:shire Banking Co., Sluffi.;.ld 22,979 Sheffield and Rotherham Joint Stock Banking Company, Sheffield ' Swaledale and . Wensleydale Banking Company, Richmond Wolverhampton and Staffordshire Banking Com pany, Wolverhampton - -' 27,539 Wakefield and Barnsley Union Bank, Wakefield.. 14,t;76 Whitehaa eat Joint Stock Banking Whitehaven 26,153 Warwick and Leamington Banking C0., 0., Warwick. 24,117 West of England_ and South,Wales bisfrict, Bank, Bristol " . • • ' 60,637 Wilts and Dorset - Banking Company, Salisbiar)... 70.380 West Riding Union Banking Co., Huddersfield.. 31, 6; Whitchurch and Ellesmere Banking- CoMpany, . Wbitehureh.4...... , • .. . . 4,183 Worcester City and County Bankin..- Company,P _ •, Worcester _ Cr--5,4 1 3 York Union Bank: -- York... 63,273 .sing Company, : York J4,27:-. York City and Counq Banking Company, York 86,060 Yorkshire Banking Company, Leeds • 111,805 W. W. - DALBIAC, 'Acting Registrar of. Bank Return , • Inland Revenue Offiee, Dee. 18; .1858. SERIOUS MILITARY RIOT AT WOOL . IV/CIL WOOLWICH, THURSDAY, 9 P.M. The town of Woolwich is at this period in a state of considerable excitement, arising from a serious disturbance which • has just taken place in the High-street between a large number of the Antrim Rifle Militiamen and the Royal Artillery and Royal Marines. During the whole of the evening the shops of the tradesmen in many of the principal streets have been closed; and strong armed detach ments of the various corps in garrison are at this moment parading the town, and numerous prisoners have been conveyed to barracks. Amidst the ru mours which prevail it is difficult to obtain a truthful detail of the consequences of the riot, but it is certain that a number of the military have been wounded and conveyed to hospital, and in more than one in stance dangerous bayonet or sword wounds have been inflicted. It appears that during the present week a very bad feeling has prevailed on the part of the artillery and marines against the Antrim Rifles. It is stated that on Wednesday evening an artilleryman was . severely ill used by a party of militiamen, and since that period something like an organisation appears to have taken place by some Artillerymen and Royal Marines, who threatened to be revenged. About six o'clock this evening the streets were more than usually thronged by sol diers ; and from the threats freely used it was feared that a riot would take place. About seven o'clock the militiamen, and artillerymen, and marines, in considerable numbers met. in Hare street, and a fight took place. The numbers on each side increased, arid the combatants assembled in great force opposite the premises of Messrs. Henderson, clothiers, ix the High-street, which are being rebuilt, and near which was a stack of bricks, with which the parties savagely attacked each other, large sticks being also freely used in the combat. Ultimately a strong picket arrived, but they were unable to quell the I iot, and were them selves attacked, the result being that sword wounds were inflicted. It is also stated that in several instances soldiers of the picket had their arms taken from them by the rioters. Immediately on the news arriving at the garrison, strong pickets com manded by non-commissioned officers, were sent out to secure those who were engaged in the riot ; and about nine o'clock the disturbance was quelled ; but the detachments are ordered to parade the town during the night to preserve order. No damage was done to the property of the inhabitants, with exception of some public-houses, at which the windows were broken and some other damage occasioned. THIS DAI'S SHIPPING. LONDON, Dec. 24.—Wind this day at noon, W. ; strong breeze, and very fine. FALMOUTH, Dec. 23.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Lord Palmerston, from Rio Grande ; Mathilde, from Havannah; Neptune, from Havannah. DARTMOUTH, Dec. 23.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived--Free Trade, from Shields for Matanzas. OFF THE NORTH FORELAND, Dec. 23.—Arrived—Do Seicla, from Rotterdam for Rio Grande. YAR:vouni, Dec. 23.—The competitor (schooner), of Ipswich, in passing through the Roads this morning, ran into the Highland Chief (brig), of Wisbeach, at anchor, and has been assisted into port. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH SOUTHAMPTON, Friday Morning, Wind W. Arrived—Lady Eglinton, steamer, from London ; South Western, steamer, from Jersey ; Havre, steamer, fr o m Havre ; Argyll, steamer, from Carentan. Sailed—Lady Eglinton, steamer, for London ; - Artisan, steamer, for Cardiff. LIVERPOOL, Friday Morning. Wind W. ; fresh breeze. I t blew a heavy gale last night and early this morning from W. A fiat has capsized at Holylake. The Jersey Tar, from Youghal, dragged alongside Prin cess-pier, but was got off into the basin, with bow smashed, loss of figurehead, anchor, Scc.; and, in trying to dock, sprang a leak and sunk. The Columbia, from New York, is ashore at Knott's-hole Dingle, and dries with the tide. Arrived, Dec. 23.—R. L. Lane, from Savannah; Colum bia, from New York ; Diego Casfi, from Venice ; Baraza, ftom Sines; Isaac H. Boardman, from New Orleans. (EY SEEMARINE AND BRITISH TELEORAPIt.) GRAVESEND, Friday Morning. Wind W. ; tide last hour's ebb ; very fine. Sailed—Seine and Tamais, steamer, for Paris ; Mowe, steamer, for Bremen ; Albion, steamer, for Boulogne. DEAL, Friday Morning. Wind W., moderate. Passed—Alice, screw steamer, from London, for Chrt mite ; Excelsior, from London, for Bahia, slipped from anchor and chain to avoid colliti-n, and has been supplied with others. PROPOSED DOCKS AT GREENWICH.--A, project is now on foot for the formation of extensive dock• accom amd o j d o i a n t n o n g a the h Gew, r e A e n o I; e i r c s h th , t b v n n o t h h a o t in iththe aSnodutWh°°.Elr7istecrah' Railway, and having entrances from the Thames at Green wich on the west, and Charlton on the east. The site thus selected, from the peninsularoeri form ; of th e l an d, p ossesses remarkable t k n a r b e l e o a f d v v anessetalgsesa offering n t g o thoseacll it esfor affordedthe b entry y the Ea and t and West India Docks, with the addition of a greater depth at low water, the entrances to consist of locks 90 feet and 50 feet in width, which will be capable of taking and float ing larger vessels than any other docks uptn the harnes. It is proposed to construct three docks in the first instance, comprising an Grea of about 48 acres of deep venter, in addition to which land will be taken for quays ' graving docks, w ar a ionses, t i m b er pon d s, &c. ; t h e t o t a l lefigth of frontage for dock quays being about . 9,200 feet. The cost of the docks is estimated at £.500,( 0), or £10,418 per acre of water. The board of directors of the South-Eastern Railway Company, appreciating the results likely to arise to the traffic of their line f •orn the establishment of the pro d o d u n te c l a v i i ) t p h r( t )b h a e t i c o o n o o n f t o h e e o s f c o m n e t whichdtohceliErs,rabilawveaysi,iginlilfice Surrey, and Sussex, and by the narrow gunge junction at Reading with the pottery and hardware districts, South Wales, and the western counties. It is proposed also to combine with the ducks a steam-ferry, thus affording a connection with the Blackwall- Railway, and a eenvenient access to ,the docks for merchants and. others from the EMIGRATION.—Her Majesty' s n i eastern Gov o isa f Londe Emigration Commissioners chartered two ships yesterday afternoon, the 23d instant—viz., the James Jardine, 810 tons, to sail from Liverpool for Adelaide,-South AUstralia, at ill_las, 11d. par statute Adult; and,the Glentanter, 610 tens, to sail from SoUthampton for Moreton Bay, New South Wales, at £l4 9s. Bd. per statute adult—bothvcssels to be ready for the reception p$ passengers on such day as the Commissioners may appomt between the 7th and 14th of February, 1* It I 11& li i \