The Sun. — London, England, 1860-11-30 00:00:00

ie Tstria ng, we Tong united nastier, )ssee, at ge, the )1v ed to longer e front Lmps of I irectly to left, aged in ' I called o com in ad ced to ilikiao, i made made then a ace on :hmitz, , n; and t from Are of id not ritable r some and by ► came ,tery of is pos- ;moral at im- non, of on us ; ace, in nonly's se cir les. In savage 7 of 12, , by the by the cavalry The T were at skill Dm this ,ed, the o just able to ne t and village whilst on the vigour . It of the .om an of the 3eneral ;erne in y with ad for nfilade . Our ed in Bred all spec pisod es orning o latter )ot sol with- mover, skstry. ?Noting itteriee corn. ced on ith the o'clock n■ th e ;anise mdered 'e seta e Sen. armies l, that pass- Id see ; d after (tug ,ooo to X /M -ad the 13 over doh I 11 the try. I I the MO'S'EY MARKET AND CITY NEWS. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. The dealings in the Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets during the last few days have not been very extensive, although a slight improvement was apparent upon the announcement of the reduction in the rate of discount by the Bank of England. Suggars have slightly improved in value. For coffee a moderate inquiry has prevailed in the private market, but no public sales of importance have taken place, and prices have been steady. Rice and spices have been in limited request and at reduced rates. A seasonable business has been done in fruit, and owing to the smallness of the stocks of raisins prices have shown an upward tendency. The public sales of colonial wool have been well attended, and previous prices fully main tained. The tallow market, however, has been depressed, and prices have declined 6d. to 9d. per cart. ; P.Y,C on the spot being 60s. 6d. per cwt. A better feeling prevailed in the Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday owing to the announcement that the Bank of England had reduced the rate of dis count, and prices improved about Id. per lb. The sales amounted to 10,000 bales. Notice has been given that 38 Danish 5 per cent. special bonds, amounting to £5,500, have been drawn and cancelled. A meeting has been called of the London Char tered Bank of Australia for the purpose of declaring a dividend, and to consider a recommendation for the issue of new shares for the remaining portion of the capital authorised by the charter. The Atlantis has arrived from New York with £16,000 in specie. Operations in the discount market having been suspended until the deeision of the Bank of Eng• land Directors was announced, the market is now rather more active, but it still exhibits a tendency towards increasing easiness, choice bills having been negotiated as low as 41 per cent. The American exchange excites some anxiety, but it is scarcely supposed that any large exportation of gold will take place from this country. It appears that the magisterial interference with the street-vendors of fruit has already been unfa vourably felt by the importers, and active steps are being taken to put an end to the needless Persecution lately adopted at the Mansion House. The Market for Public Securities opened steadily, but later advices from America reporting increased stringency in monetary circles have caused renewed fatness. Consols, which have been 931 , are now 93 } I. The American exchange and the expected flow of gold now engage attention, and it is stated that a large number of sovereigns have been obtained to-day for transmission to New York. The New Threes and the Reduced are steady at 91 1 2; and Exchequer Bills at 4s. to ls. dis. ; India Loan is firm at 103; ; and ditto 5k per Cent. Rupee Paper at 102. Foreign Securities have been dealt in to a mode- Tate extent, but prices show a downward tendency. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 73 to 73i ; ditto New, 88 ; Spanish have receded to 49k ; Mexican to 21 1; but Brazilian 4k per Cents. remain at 89 ; and Chilian are firm at 1021. Business in the Railway Share Market continued moderately active, and prices, in most instances, Showed a farther improvement. Bristol and Exeter and South Eastern improved ss. ; Great Western and North Eastern, Berwick, 10s. ; and Lancashire and Yorkshire, and * North Eastern, York, 15s. Caledonian receded 10i,,and Midlands, ss. to 10s. The Foreign undertakings were almost neglected, ' lllO change of importance being apparent in prices. At the meeting of the Trust and Loan Company O f Upper Canada, to-day, the report was adopted, nd the proposed dividend at the rate of 8-1- per cent, per annum was declared. In the Colonial Market, Grand Trunk of Canada, treat Western of Canada, East Indian, and Great Indian Peninsula realised previous rates. Joint-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares were flat. Landon and Westminster, however, improved 55.; and Chartered of India, Australia, and China, ss. Peninsula and Oriental Steam declined about £2. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. 1 per Cent. Rwluced Annuities 92 11, b Per Ceuu. Consols 2........ities -aw 3 per Cent. Annuities India Stock .. . Ditto a per Cent Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent. — Ditto 61 per Cent. bat() Bonds £l.OOO 9 die i)itto under 11,000 ~Coacols for Account, Dec. 6. C hequer Bills, £ l,OOO, 1Ic l tto £500 FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Brazili an 6 per Cent Ditto 41 per Cent, 1860 .... 891 9 Chilean I per Cent ;Wean per Cent .. 211 ''Parish2 per Cent . Ditto Vessive nanish Cert. of Coup. not funded.. T urkish 6 per Cent .. D itto New Loan Ditto Account Dividends on the above payable in London. TWO O'CLOCK. Console, Money Ditto Account 931 4 THE EMPRESS OF THE FRENCH IN MAN- CHESTER. Hut. Majesty Eugenie, Empress of the French, accom- Partied by her suite, arrived in Manchester about 25 minutes after twelve last night, and is staying at the Queen's Hotel. The first intimation of the intendedvisited was conveyed in a telegram from Marquis de la Grange, which reached Mr. Johnson, of the .Queen's, about half-past four o'clock yesterday afternoon, its object being to reque'st that apart raeuts might be prepared for her Majesty and suite. The was wholly unexpected. Uer Majesty travelled by the mail train which left the }/n ebanan-street Station, Glasgow, at four o'clock, and was due at the Victoria Station here at midnight. t he train reached Preston at 10 minutes before 11, or a quarter of an hour after time. There were not more than 6 0 to 80 persons on the platform when the train drew up ; but some of these were guilty of a piece of rudeness, which we hope they will heartily regret. fo r ve very well tr a i n h ad no sooner stopped at th e s t a tion, than three or u ell d resse d f ema l e s scrambled upon one of these platforms, and before the officers knew what had hap pened, others followed the bad example, so me men being a mongst the i n t ruders. Pushing fora peep through the gloved doors, those upon the platform kept up C hatter of " There she is," " That's her," " Why al le's asleep," and so on. All this attracted the attention of t he inmate s o f th e sa lo on; an d t h e M arqu i s d e l a G ra nge eme rging from the other en d, b egge d th a t suc h anno ying ‘,...! t duct might be stopped. At thi s ti me M r. Wil son, M r . laektnore, and some other gentlemen w ere p u lli ng o ff the . 41 . - lutattives ; but the work was not an easy one, and great I :_ at qlfulness was necessary to prevent a repetition of the • T he train had to be divided at Preston; and while this wa s k • uenag done the number of spectators was considerably at . - ' 4 ed. The Manchester portion, with the Empress, Z t tod agai n a few minutes 'after eleven. The crowd b r red, oe • but the over-eagerness of some of their number ought its own reward, the blinds of the saloon being dr o p., down quite closely. likoltan was reached at eight or ten minutes before mid bg't• Hero the greeting given to her Majesty was really C‘nusiastic. We should think that nearly 1,500 persons Ira a ssembled ; and the Bolton Companies of Rifle be t anteers supplied a strong guard of honour, under t co z comm an d of Captain Gordon. The guard, with ; LI. rifles and their bayonets fixed, stood in line, the ti t r ,, cer9 in front ; and a military salute was given as the '"lll.drevr up. The band of the corps was present, and el le , p c :„ up the French national air ; and the crowd e. a .b, --e ' in that hearty:ringing style so peculiar to " Lan- T h ure lads." Again and again the cheers rang out. Empress was evidently as much surprised as she Pleased. Up went the saloon curtains ; and her b o , j ° Bt 3r) with her face beaming with pleasure, continued th ; p lll ,,, gher acknowledgments, thus the more intensifying 4-Insiasm. The members of the suite rose and stood hmd the Empress. raft l ength, at three minutes before twelve , the train 11/ ( L ~ off, amidst an almost deafening parting cheer. At nu , - " 8 Gate th ere was more c heering, and here, by cora nd °f the Empress, the Marquis de la Grange inquired . " 3 / 4 15 of the station at which the train had last stopped ; th us showing how much the Empress had notic e d her re e:,Ption in Bolton. the train arrived at the Victoria Station about 20 minutes 41ter twelve. When the signal bell announcing the ap- Prow, " the train rang, the most eager excitement pre vailed and car riage on her Majesty alighting from the railway c.ar wh7c,she was received with a hearty outburst of cheering, beenll was continued until the royal party drove off to the n's hotel, where the fine suite of state apartments had said "gaged for the accommodation of her Majesty and Besides the carriage occupied by her Majesty, which drawn by two splendid greys, was another of a similar ' 3. c l ) and an omnibus for the attendants and luggage. SHARE MARKET.-(THIS DAY.) ORDINARY SHAttES AND STOCKS. Share Railways. ! rail ! Closing I Business i Price. Done. 50 Belfast and Ballymena all 13.14 Bir., Wol , and Str. Val. all 81 81 stock IRirk., La., and Ch June lOO 81 83 25 Blackburn 25 Blyth and Tyne all 10 Bost. Sleaf. and Mid.Co all 64 7 stock Bristol and Exeter stock Caledonian 10 Carmarthen & Cardigan all 50 Cork and Bandon 1 2 0 0 n (lo o rk A , I ( ll upi rock., tPassage all --- -- 20 Cornwall .. p7;t . 5 .. n . ; . li . iv all 61 5 1 ntil6pc peran Anglianh&a Belfasts be en t f all EDublin 10 Do B ' Dun., Perth, &Ab. June. all 74 " 0025c591: d. -3i t ut ° c l-3 . aal l l l —7 ---: 100 161 171 stock Eastern Counties lOO 51 .52 stock Eastern Union, A stock 100 38 40 stctm Do do Bdo 100 27 29 25 Do Nw A. late EU3d s . 136 stock East Suffolk st ock Edinburgh & Glasgow 100 826 8 34 stock Edin. Perth, & Dundee 100 284 29 10 Forth & Clyde Junction all stock Furness stock kk Ca n a o sg do a A nd s S toc . W k estern 100 113 114 , 10 Greatall . Nthn. of Scotland 'L Mo ck Great Northern no Hof 1114 11 0 4 100 lle 111 !took Po do B do ltock Gt. S. kW. of Ireland 100 112 114 Mock Great Western ,tock Do Str Val gua. stock 100 60 62 1 2 Trish South-eastern all —• ..., rl9 tock Lancashire & Yorkshire 100 118 1186 "at 118 194 tock London and Blackwall 100 61 63 62 tack Lon., Bright...r S Coast 100 114 115 tock Lond., Chat., and Dover 100 50 52 tock Lond. &Nth. Western 100 1001 1001 took Lond. & sth. Western.. 100 931 Oft 914 25 L'derry & Coleraine .. all 25 L'derry & Ennisaill en all 101 11 ~ Lock Man. Shef. & LinPoln .. 1 0 0 48 181 4 8 4 50 Maryport and Carlisle.. all 124 Do do 4 shares.... all V) Metropolitan 5 3 24d Lock Midland .4.0. Do new 'ock Do uirming. & Derby 100 106 108 50 Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland all 25 Do 4 shares all 25 3114 Kent . . .. .. .....• • • all 10 Do, Cray Line 00 Newcastle and Ctrlisle all 10 Newry & Armagh, def 9 7 6 d 20 Newry, Warnpt. & Ros all ock Norfolk lOO 53 55 54 50 N• hn. Counties Union 3l d ock North British.. ock Nor.Dev.Rail&Dk.stoct 100 ock 13, A stk ; k recs no d. until 6pch as beenpd.B 100 ock Do B stock . .. ock Nth. Eastern—Berwick 100 1021 1036 1, 4 at 15 Dodo, C.N.E. purchase 16134 p 414 P )ck Do Leeds ....... ...... 60 ock Do York - .ck North London 10 Do new 5 16.4 North Staffordshire 174 32 4 1 144 10 N. and S. W. Junction 12 Not. & Grantham Rail ll 8 86 $1 10 Teebles - - Portsmouth 10 Rhymney all ock Scottish Central ck Scot N. E., Aber. stock 100 331 341 ick Do Scot. Mid. stock lOO II 88 89 ek Shropshire Union lOO f 49 51 O Sittingbourne & Sheer, all 6 7 , ck South Devon ck South Eastern . ...... ck South Wales ck S. York. and River Dun 100 77 79 O Staines, Wok,. and Wok all 6 8 5 Stockton & Darlington all 396 tni 404 5 Do do ll 91 101 p2l ek Taff Vale lOO ck Do Pref. No 1 lOO I 5 ThamesHavenDk&Rail 22 -- 0 Ulster .'• all. 551 561 p 5 Do 20 2 3p 10 Do • ck Vale of Neath I Victoria Sta. and Pim all 111 111 5... c Waterford & Kilkenny 100- ) Waterford & Limerick all I ) West Cornwall ) West London all Do let class .. •..... all 1 Do 24 class . " ik Westllartlepool Harbr and Rail lOO tk West Midland—Oxford 100 45 47 k Do. Newport 100 42 44 k Do. Hereford 100 83 85 stock stock stock stceic stook stock stock stock stock stock stock stook stock %lock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock 6.4.0. stock stock stock stock stock stock stock 25 stock stock stock 10 19.16. stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock PREFERENCE SHARES. Closing Business Share! Railways. Paid Price. Done. 25 Blythe and Tyre 10 per c. pref. (issued at £5O All Bris. p.ct.stock 100 94 96 n Do do. h. Shares stock Caledon £lO, 45 per cent 100 100 102 stock Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. 100 64 Cork & Bandon, 51 p. c. all 29 Cornwall. 5 per cent. 64 Dun.Perth&Aber.Jon all 52 64 stock E.Angn.Class A 7 &sp.c lOO 99 101 stock Do. do. Class B p.c.._ 100 111 113 stock Do. do. Class C 7 p.c... 100 106 108 stock E. Coun. Ex. sp. c. No.l 100 109 111 stock Do. do. No. 2 100 108 110 stock Do. New 6 per ct. stock. 100 124 126 stock Eastern Union, 4 per ct. 100 86 82 stock Do. 5 per cent. guar... 100 stock Edin.*Glas.sp.c. shares 100 111 113 stock Do. 4p. c gua. S. &D. 100 90 92 stock Edin. Perthk Duo. 4 p.c. 100 774 785 stock Furness, 5 per cent .... 100 stock Glas.& S. West.g.a. 5 p.c. 100 120 122 stock Great Northern, sp. et, 100 117 119 stock Do.sp.c.Redm., 10 p.c.pm 100 111 113 stock Do. 45 p. c. do. do. 100 Do. sp.c. Redm. 5 p.c. pm 80 85 87 10 Gt. Nh. of Scotld. let pf. all stock Gt. Sn. & W(lreland)4 1 100 98 100 p. ct. pref. stock SO areal. 'west. (1)crIto aw l 'Tants) Ext. sp. ct 6 stock Co. Redeemable,4s p.ct lOO 99 101 stock Do. Redeemable, 4p. ct lOO 90 92 stock Do Irredeemable, do lOO 91 93 stock Do. 5 p.ct. Redeem. Pref l OO 102 104 8 Do. Birm. Pref. Shares, 10 Ot. W. Ches. 8 p.c. pf.sh. all 174 184 10 Do. do. sp. ct. pref all 104 102 stock Do Birmg.guar. stock lOO 76 78 264 Do. Chester gua. shares all 20 21 135 Do. do. do. 20 Do. do. do. stock Lan.&York 6p. c. stock lOO 137 139 stock Do.Barnsl.st.£s 3s 10d pc 100 stock Do. 6 per c. (E. Lan.) 100 stock Lon.& Brig. 5 pc.gcn.Nai 100 116 118 stock Do. sp. c. No. 2 100 116 118 stock Do. gua. 6p. stock Do. do. 5 p.c. No. 4 100 116 118 stock Do. do. 41 per cent lOO 103 105 5 'Do. do. 4-5 p. c. shares., all stock Do. 7p. ct. Pref. stock. 100 152 155 stock Do. 6p.c. do. (Vir.E.&C.P.) 100 130 134 stock Do.4p.c.S.(div.dettil '65) 100 69 71 stock Lon. Chat. and Dover lOO 90 92 stock Lon. and N.W. Coy. and Nuneaton, sp. et._ 100 116 118 stock Lon. ds SAN', 7p. ct. stock 100 150 155 stock Do. 44 per cent lOO 2s. 6d. Do. (Prtsm. perpl anns. of 2s. 6d.. .... all 121, Londondy. k Cole. 5 sill all 125 T.ondony. k Ennis. 4sh f all 124 13 stock Ilan. Sh. &Lin. 6 per ct 100 125 130 6 Do. :£6 stock Do. 34 per cent 10 Do. redeem. 6 percent 5 I I P 124 7,larynort k Car., 4p. c all 124 Do. 44 per cent. all stock liid. Con. 6p. stock lOO stock Do. Con. Bris. & Bir. 6 p.c lOO 136 138 1365 stock Do. 44 p. c. pref. stock lOO 101 103 6 Do. with option till 18 3 -; stock Do. Leic. k Hit. pref. st. 100 94 96 stock Norflk sp. c. Ex. st. 1846 100 stock Do. 51 p. c. Pref. do. 18471 100 stock Do.sWay.Val.Ex.st.lB47l 100 stock North British, sp. 0. 100 110 112 stock Do. New, gua. sp. c. 100 108 110 10) Do. Bor. Un. g. pf. shs 1 4 1 p 10 ( Do. do. do. all stock Nth.Dev.R ail. &Dck.Co. 100 stock N-East.Cons.Pref. 4p. c., 100 93 95 934 stock Do. Berwick, 4 p.c. Pref.' 100 90 101 17 Do. do. do 8.13.4. p ip 20 Do. Leeds, 6p. e. No. 1 13 124 Do. do. Quarcers, 1848 9 'l5 Do. York, ' & S. 10 Purch. 10 p I p 20 North Staffordshire... all 23 24 10 Rhyroney Guaranteed. all 85 Scottish Central, new p all stock Scottish North-Eastern 3 4 p. c. pref. stock._ 100 stock D o.Aberdeen,gua.6p. 100 122 124 stock Do. 7p. c. pref. stoc 100 130 133 10s South Devon, Ann. 1 all 105 11 10 Do. Fixed 44 per cen all 1.0.6 South Eastern (Readin Ann., 1.0.6) stock Do. 45 per cent stock Do. Fixed 100 101 103 p.c. 1s t ls. 100 101 103 stock south Wales, gua. 4 p.c. 100 90 92 stock Do. 44 per cent. lOO 99 101 stock S.-Yorkshire, 4p.c. gu 100 85 88 25 Stock. lc Dar. Asp. c. all 274 284 1185 25 Do. B 6 per cent a ll 325 335 25 Do. C 6 per cent all 325 334 stock Watrfd & Kilkny, 6p. 100 45 48 stock W,Mid -Oxf let Gua st 100 125 127 stock Do. 2d do 100 122 124 stock Do. Newport 5 p.c.pf.re( 100 99 101 s tock Do.Perpet. 6 p.c. p stock t 186 1011 123 125 Do. till 1869, I st is. 100 1 115 .118 121 Do, do. 2d is. 74 LINES — LEASED - AT FIXED RENTALS . i rail l Leasing , ;Closing Business ßailways. 1 Co. s. , Price. Done. ---- 'ii - ei — WW .. . Recii - ore and Bletchley, all 1, ____ .._ 6 Chester & Holyhead 10 0 Do ....... 125 127 Do. do. 54 per cent. 10 113 115 Do . Backinghamshire lOO L D n o. & N. iv 5 9 2 7 4 534 Do. do. 5 per cent 100 Caledonin 102 104 Clydesdale Junction 1 00 E inco Colchester, ins hi re Stour 4.6 V p a c l : l a o l o l 4 44 E.Union,Harwich She all E.Counts. Do. Woodbridge lOO ...... Gls.Barr.&Neils,Drct 100 Caledonin GE.tl.-IN'tErthe.lll3s6 13177 Do. New ... lOO Do. .• •• • • Gloster& Dean * Forest all ,Gt. West I TartlpooLDck.& Hail. all lYk.N.&lir Hull and Selby all , 1 k.N.11.1d. 110 112 Do. 4 Shares _•• • • Lanc.& Carl. gua.s P.C lOO n.& N.W 205 209 London & Greenwich 100 . East:.. 61 63 Do. Preference Lon.,Tilby.& Soutend. 100 eto &Co 9O 92 Lowestoft, gua. 4 p.ct. 100 orfolk Do. 8 per cent.. lOO o. — Manc.,Buxtn. & Matk. all ;I. NW&M 34 31 Mid. Bra dtord Prefer- 1 ence Stock.-- .. 100 !Midland 96 98 Neguwmaraanrkttee.,Rd 5 p uryE . . e. x 5. 56! E.Counts 4 4 p Northn.& Eastn. 5 p.c. all 'Do. Do. do. 6 per cent .. . all Do. — Do. Fixed 5 per cent. all 'Do. — North Western Preston and Wyre. i all L&NWI k L.Yk. I Do. 4 Stares — . A. l all Do. Roystn.Hitch.,& Shepi 100 Gt. North. 135 137 Shrewsbry& Hereford 100 T.Brassey 103 105 Do. Do. 1 1 P South Staffordshire .. all M‘Ciean.. 104 11 Wilts and Somerset.. 100 Gt. West. 92 91 Wimbledon X Croydn. all L. & Brgtn 74 84 IMIrS. - _____ Share) Docks. Paid. @losing I Business i Price. Done. I stock (Commercial lOO stock Mo. 4 per Cent.Pref.Min lOO stock ;East and West Indies lOO stock ;London lOO stock I,S t. Katharine... lOO stock Southampton lOO stock i Victoria . ... 1 100 100 102 30 Dol New ~.... .....- e ' I 4 ip 12 10 stock stocx stock stock stock stock THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 30, 1860. BRITISH POSSESSIONS. losing Share' Railways. Paid. C p rice. Business done 100 Atlantic &St Lawrence' all 75 77 ok IBom.,Baroda&.Cent Indl 100 95 96 95 Gu. 5 per cent.. 18 Do, Do. 13 16 11 1 d 204 Buffalo and Lake Huron all 4 4 54d 201 Do. New I all 10 Do. Preference .... 100 I 13uffalo,Brant,&Godr* 100 75 80 6 p. et. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 100 Do. do. July 1, 1873 100 67 72 ' 100 Do. do. June 1, 1871 100 67 72 5 Clcutta.&S.Eastn. (Lim` 3 id pr 20 Cape,Eastn.Prov. (Lim.) 25.: 20 Cape Town & Dock Scrip 5 1; 11 d 20 Ceylon Guarantd. 6p. c. 71 11 1d 64 174 Demerara.. 20 lEastn. Bengal gu. sp. c 10 14 14d stock East Indian, gu. sp. c. 100 101 102 1014 20 Do. F Shares Ext _ all d pr 20 Do. Jubbulpore all d pr 100 Do. 41 pc. Debentrs, all 99 106 100 Do. sp. c. Deb., 1864 all 1001 1011 20 Geelong & Melbourne all stock Geelong Corporation 6 per cent. Bonds stock Grand Trunk of Canada 100 24 25 24 i 100 Do. 6 per cent. Pref all 76 78 100 Do. 6 per ct. Debentr all 46 41 100 Do. 7 per cent. 1862 100 Do. do. 1867., all 47 50 100 Do. do. 1872 stock Gt. IndiaPenin.gua.sp.c lOO 961 971 071 20 Do. New gua. sp. c 8 1d 4 d 20 Gt. South.of India (Lim) guaranteed 5 per cent. all 21 Ifd 201 Gt. W. of Canada Shares all 10i 114 11 201 Do. New .. .. .. .. _ 18 91 91 d 100 Do. Bonds pay. '76, with opt, till '6O 100 Do. do. '73 till '6O all 95 100 100 Do. do. '73 without opt all 14 3 100 100 Do. 51 p. c. do. '77 do all 90 03 stock Madras, guar., 41 p. c l,OO 85 86 ' stock Do. do. 5 per cent .• stock Do. 41 p. c. Extension 100 88 89 ' 20 Do. Fourth do l5 14 11 d 20 Do. do all stock Melb.Corp. 6p. o. Bnds lOO 20 Newßrunswick dc Canda Ry.&Land(Lim.)g.6pc all 5 7 Class A Capital Share • Do. do. Land do 20 Do. do. B Capital do. • Do. do. Land do. ...... 20 iOude (Limited) ...... :. 55. stock IScinde .......... e 4 4,; 100 984 994 i 20 (Do. Punjaub .... a: ,0 10 g, d 141 20 IDo. Do. ........ ti all d f ( stook I Do. Indus. St. Flo. 4g. 100 93 95 1 20 IS tAndrews & Quebec A 18 i 10 ;T _ rinidad (Lim.) Scrip.. 1 4 4 d - FOREIGN RAILWAYS. 10 Antwerp & Rotterdam all 5/ 51 1 20 (Ardennes .... ...... .. all —p 20 Bah.&S.Fran...Lim.7p.e. 10 14 14.1 5 i Belgian East. Junction all 4 4 1 20 tßeziers to Graissessac.. all f 6 ICa” - neaux Mine & Rail all -- c 100 'Copiapo & all 10 Ditto Extension all 3 214 20 Dutch Rhenish ........ 16 31 214 a 20 Eastern of France .... all 24 25 20 Grand Rus. Guar. 6p. c. 6 ' 20 Do. do. all —e: 20 Great Central of France all 20 Gt. Luxem., Con. ails—. all 64 64 20 Italian Junction .. ... all Y 20 Lake Constance & Bale. all 1 20 Lierre & Turnhout .... all -- 20 Lyons & Geneva. 331 Maria Antonia 10 Do. New . ... 20 Namur & Liege 20 Do. 6p. c. Pref. 16 Northern of France all 881 391 , 16 Do. New Shares .—.. 15 10 Norwegian Trunk Pref all 71 81 20 Paris,Lyons, & Mediter all 354 361 20 Paris & Orleans .. . „ A f ' Recife & S. Fran. (Peru C . —34 d of ; 0 1 1 R i g g u a L tt 7 D P On et a . bu li r : : •. :: : 1143 41— 10 'Rome & Frascati 20 (Royal Danish all C 5 Royal Swedish 4 Do. 7 per cent. Pref all al 20 Sambre & Meuse 10 Do. 51 per cent. Prof all Si R 4 $4 20 San Paulo, lim, g. 7p. c 2 li id tl 20 S.Aust. &Lomb Venetin 12 4 1 is d 20 Southern of France.— all 20 21 84 West Flanders 30 Do. 51 p. c. Preference all 91 9/ fo 20 ,W. & N.W. of France 23 'Western of Austria 6 20 IWestern of Switzerland all 6 ' Wiesbaden 6 Do. 8 per cent. Pref all 20 ;Zealand Share: 6 1 282281 7.4.0 12.13.9 1 5.14.6 ' 8.12 4.10.6 1.8.0 15i 9.18.9 1k 10.6.7 1 3 *, l all 124.18.01 !lie 6dl JOINT-STOCK B Agra&UnitedService Bk Australasia Bank of Egypt Bank of London Bank of Turkey British North American Chtd.Bank of India, &c. Ch. Mer. of In. Lon. is Ch. City .. 'Colonial . ,Corn. Bank of Canada.. 'Commercial of London . Eng., Scot., Aus. Ch.. IGen. Bk Switzerland' Lon. Char. Bkof Austral' ,London and County .. ;London Joint Stock .. I Londen & Westminsteri ;Nat. Prov. of England .1 I Do. new ( National Bank ........ New South Wa1e5...... Do. new Orient. B. Corporation Ottoman Bank Provincial of Ireland Do. new..... • South Australia Union of Australia Union of London Unity Mutual.. ...... d 3 2 2} ...- 28 29. die. 43 45 8 10 I 9 2i 21 23 id par 1 9i 10ip id 5 * a 14 2 1 ,ANKS. 82 64 65 67 18i 194 51 53 t i 57 59 22i 23 34 • 36 70 72 39 41 100 100 20'11 100 21 22 141 15} 24! 251 144 15 1000 30 32 5 51 30 32 35 37 18 20 13 15 110 114 32i. 10 stock stock stock stock stock 24 25 28 30 N 101 106 ICB 93 96 2 1 21 21 1* 1 (I' 1 2 *t 11 2 4 11 3 2 I 1 i I 1 iw i 1 stock , 8 50 74 76 13 14 17 174 p 17 19 5 8 46 48 129 135 34 35 100 stock' I -1 5 7 1 J 10 1071 1061 LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(TIIIS DAY). COURT OF EXCHEQUER. (Before the Lord Chief Baron and a Common Jury.) TYLER ♦. MWGFORD. This is an acticn of damages for injury sustained by the defendant's van running against the plaintiff on the 20th of August last, knocking him down and causing a compound kaoture of his legs in Queen-street, Walworth. The plaintiff, George Tyler, painter and glanier, Queen street, Walworth, said he was crossing the road opposite his shop-door with a child in his arms, when he was knocked down by the wheel of the defendant's van. The wheels of the van went over him and broke his leg. He was taken to Guy's Hospital, where he remained five weeks, and he now sought to recover compensation for the injury. Cross-examined—He said he had been asked by a friend to go over to a publichouse to have a glass of perter. Was not drunk, but had some porter in the coarse of the day. The defence set up was, that the plaintiff was intoxicated at the time the accident occurred, and therefore the blame and inconvenience arose through his own fault. The driver said he called out as loud as he could, but no notice was taken of his warning. The place where the plaintiff was knocked down was not a regular crossing. The jury returned a verdict for the defendant. CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) OLD COURT. (Before the Recorder.) lUROLARY. John Cooper, labourer, aged 21, John Jones, shoemaker, 20, George Gibbs, tailor, 21, and Ellen Davis, 21, were charged with burglary in the dwelling-house of Richard Cordman, and stealing therefrom nineteen shawls, and five mantles, value £5O. It appeared that the prisoners were seen lurking about the premises in question throughout the night on which the burglary was committed, and that Cooper was caught in the house and the other male prisoners near, assisting him to remove the goods. The. female prisoner was only connected with them from the fact of her having been seen frequently in their company during the night, and having assistel them in moving the property after it had been removed from the scene of the burglary. The jury returned a verdict of guilty against all four of the prisoners. Two previous convictions of stealing from the person were proved against Cooper, three previous convictions of felony were proved against Jones, and he had only just completed his sentence of four years. Two previous con victions of felony were also proved against the female pri soner, who had just completed three years penal servitude. A previous conviction, the sentence for which only expired in October, was proved against Gibbs. The learned Recorder then sentenced Cooper to eight years' penal servitude, Jones and Gibbs to six years, and Ellen Davis to four years. This concluded the business of the session. POLICE INTELLIGENCE-ITRIS DA I.) MARLBOROUGH STREET. A Boot THlEr.—George ; Brown, a lad of 18, was charged with stealing a book, " Foster's Letters on the Condition of the People of Ireland," from the shop window of Mr. Charlton, bookseller, 417, Oxford -street. From the evidence of James Leggett, assistant to Mr. Charlton, it appeared that he missed the volume from the showboard of the shop about 7 the previous evening, having seen it safe there a short time before. He could identify the book by shop marks inside. Mr. Tyrwhitt having asked the prisoner whether he would be tried by him, and he assenting, he was committed for 14 days with hard labour. THIS DAY'S 111ARAETS. CORN EXCHANGE. There was a full average supply of English wheat on offer here to-day, but the bulk of it was the remains of Monday's unsold samples. the *Attendance of millers was limited, and the demand for both red and white qualities was heavy in the extreme at almost nominal quotations. To have forced sales, further depressed rates must have been submitted to. In foreign wheat—the imports of which are nearly 23,000 qrs.—most to nothing was doing, and all inferior kinds were lower to sell. Floating cargoes changed hands slowly on easier terms. Fine samples of barley supported previous rates, but other kinds were dull and rather cheaper. The malt trade was in a sluggish state, at barely Mon day's quotations. Good sound oats were held on former terms, but damp parcels gave way 6d per qr. Beans and peas were unaltered in value. The flour trade was very dull. • ARRIVALS Tuif WEEK. Wheat. Barley., e italt. Oath. Flour. English 2,210 4,790 1 610 630 ; 1,370 Irish — 246 - 1,140 , Forsign 22,820 18,160 51,280 / 1,820 sacks 3,000 brls. . ~ TILE RIGHT BON. FREDERICK PEEL AT BURY. Last evening the Right Hon. F. Peel, M.P., ad dressed his constituents in the theatre at Bury. The building was tolerably well filled, the committee having issued 1,500 admission tickets. The chair was taken at half-past 7 o'clock by Mr. 0. Walker, the chairman of Mr. Peel's election committee. The CHAIRMAN having briefly introduced Mr. Peel, The Right Hon. GENTLEMAN, after the cheering had subsided, said he understood the object of the meeting was to afford him the opportunity of addressing his constituents on the late session of Parliament, and the course which he had thought it necessary to pursue as their representative. He was ready to attend the meeting because he felt it to be the only opportunity he had of acknowledg ing their kindness to him, They had always left him a wide discretion to vote as he pleased on any question. Very many members of Parliament had addressed their constituents. on the last session, and , he thought their speeches were generally unfavour able to the work that had been done. He saw no ground for the complaint which some people had made respecting the length of the speeches that had been delivered is Parliament, except so far as re lated to the Reform Bill. The statute-book for the last session of Parliament was a bulkier volume han any that had preceded it, and that was a pretty good test of the quantity of work done. Where was the promised Reform Bill, that for the conso lidation of the law, and that for the consolidation of the bankruptcy law. It was a misfortune that they had not been passed this year, as they must again come before Parliament on a future session. The first vote he gave during the last session was in favour of the French treaty. With regard to the wines of France, he thought they would never dis place the hold which beer had upon the people of this country. He did not hesitate to vote for it, because he thought it would enhance the commer cial intercourse between France and England— (applause)—and would promote the interests of the people of both countries. It was surprising how small had been the commercial intercourse between England and France hitherto, but the treaty would turn the thoughts of the warlike people of France to peace and commerce. It had been said it was a one-sided treaty, but the fact was that if free trade was what they had found it to be in England, France would not rest till she had more of the advantages of free commerce. Speaking of the financial mea sures of the past session, he said they obliterated the last traces and vestiges of protection ; they did away with the differential duties in favour of colo nial timber growers, colonial wine growers, Eng lish clockmakers, riband makers, silk manufactu rers, and many other branches of trade. These duties were the remains of a once powerful family, but they were not less at the present time injurious on that account. He thought it to be his duty to vote for the Customs' duty on paper to be the same as it was to the English papermaker, for he saw no reason why papermakers should not be put on the same footing as regarded protection as every other trade. (Applause.) Nor could he see why the price of paper in this country should be made dearer than it otherwise would be through the medium of a tax which took more out of the pockets of the people than it put into the Exchequer. The financial mea sures of the last session were remarkable for the work of simplification of the Customs' tariff, which was commenced some. 20 years ago „under the auspices of the Government of which his father was the chief. In 1840 the Customs' duties were levied upon 1,000 articles, but at that period indirect taxation had been carried to its extreme limit, and then it was that that Government resolved to have recourse to direct taxation, and the plan was then commenced, which had been carried out ever since, to the complete relief of industry from that burden of taxation; and no sooner was that course entered upon than the trade of the country revived. Now they were only levied upon about twenty articles. (Hear, hear.) He thought these changes rendered memorable the past session. He held that the House of Commons could not toojealously maintain its exclusive right over the taxation of the country. (Hear, hear.) Through their representatives the people now taxed themselves ; and with regard to the repeal of taxation, he thought the House of Lords ought to be satisfied with a mere passive acquiescence. The House of Lords, he believed, had been led to pursue the course they did on account of the majority respecting the repeal of the paper duties having dwindled down to what it did. He thought, at the same time, that the House of Commons had consulted its own dignity in recording the protest which it did against the course pursued by the House of Lords. He believed such large sums had never been voted in any session as in the last for the army and naval defences of the country ; 90,000 seamen and marines, or just double the number voted in 1853, were voted for the navy. The great expense that the navy had entailed upon us mainly resulted from our having to reconstruct our vessels of war in order to enable us to sitstain our maritime superiority. The same thing, to some extent, might be said of the army, there having of late years been a complete revolution in the con struction of our firearms and ordnance. It was doubtful, however, after all, whether the Volunteer movement had not been the means of winning from other nations, that respect in which this country was now held. The failure of the Reform Bill was mainly attributable to the indifference of the coun try. It was a question surrounded with difficulties, but could not be allowed to sleep. Finality had long been given up. If they wished it the laws of this country could no more be stationary than the progress of the people. If they could not have progress at the rate they could desire, at least they should have some progress. Progressive legislation was in favour at the present day, and he held it was wiser to remove them gradually than to remain until a demand would be made to wipe them all off in a day. The country felt alarmed at the numbers which the late Reform Bill would have admitted to the franchise ; but the mere hands holding up the State the stronger it would be. He did not think the working classes wanted more than a fair share of political power—(hear)—or more than would enable them to act in harmony with the other classes for the common wealth. (Applause.) What had been the sympathies of England with regard to the ques tion of Italy all well knew. The amalgamation of the Italian States had been the act of a great man. (Cheers.) The one opinion had been that England ought not to have interferred with the quarrels of the Italian people, and while being passive herself she should also insist that ether nations should be the same. That was the principle of non-inter vention enunciated and laid down the very first night of the session, declared repeatedly through out the course of it, and steadily adhered to since, and they could only wish that it had been observed in former times as it was likely to be in the future. (Applause.) The right hon. gentleman then pro ceeded to justify his having taken office in the present Administration, :and afterwards resumed his seat amid loud applause. In reply to several questions the right hon. gentleman stated, on the question of the ballot, that when before the house he voted against; it ; he was in favour of interference with the hours of labour, so far as regarded women and children ; that he was opposed to the flogging of soldiers for trivial offences, and that he was in favour of soldiers, as he was of all other men, rising by merit in the trade or profession they had chosen. A vote of confidence in the right hon, gentle ma nhaving been passed the proceedings termi nated. A recent number of the Toronto Leader, one of the organs of the Canadian Ministry, states that the Go vernment, in view of the Grand Trunk Railway Company's application for relief, will immediately appoint three com missioners to institute an inquiry into the affairs of the company. The commissioners are to be Mr. Grant, manager of the Northern Railway, and Messrs. Langton and Thudieu. The same paper mentions that the advances of the Bank of Upper Canada to the company were made upon the security of its property in - Vermont, New Hamp shire, and Maine. It consists of the rolling stock property and entire interest of the company there, and is fully and unquestionably ample to cover the amount. A previous judgment is removed in favour of the bank, so that there is no creditor before it. Probate of the will of Miss Maria Pearce was yesterday granted to Mr. Pearce, of the firm of Pearce and Corritz, of Long-acre. The will was disputed, as being drawn up contrary to the act, end also as having been made under undue influence, NFAVGATE AND LEADENIIALL. There is a fair demand for prime beef and mutton at full prices ; otherwise the demand was very inactive at barely late rates. The supplies of meat are seasonably good. Per Blbs by the carcase. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. Inferior beef 2 4 2 8 Middling mutton 3 10 4 0 Middling d 0.... 210 3 4 Prime do ..... 4 2 4 4 Prime large do.. 3 6 3 8 Veal Do. small d 0.... 3 10 4 2 Small pork 4 6 4 10 Large p0rk..,... 3 10 4 4 Inferior mutton.. 3 0 3 8 BOROUGII HOP. The supply of hops on offer is only moderate. For all kinds the demand is in a very inactive state at the annexed quotations : New Mid and East Kent pockets.. Wealds Sussex Yearlings per cwt. £6 Os to £lB Os sOs to 15 Os sOs to 9 Os sOs to 10 Os COLONIAL. TEA.—The demand has been very limited, and prices have shown no change of importance. KUGAII.—The market has been more active, and previous rates have been well maintained, particularly for British West India. In the refined market rather less business has been done, but prices have undergone no change of im portance. COPPED.—No public sales of importance have taken place during the last few days; prices, however, are firm in the private market for both foreign and colonial descrip tions. RicE.—The demand has been very limited, and but few dealings have taken place, prices generally showing a downward tendency. FRUIT —A moderate demand has been experienced for all descriptions. Raisins of good quality aro in demand, owing to the smallness of the stocks cn hand. Currants sold at full prices. . SALTPETItE.—NO sales of any importance ye been reported, and prices ars un altered. Woot,.—Tlie public sales have gone off steadilythrough out the week at the rates established at the commencement of the series. TALLow.—The market has shown increased depression and prices have given way 6d per cwt. P.Y.C. on the spot 60s. 6d., and spring delivery 61s. per cwt. WIND AND WEATHER REPORT. Tan DAY, N Ardrossan, S.E. ; dull Ayr, S.S.E. ; dull Belfast, E.; dull Birmingham, N.E. ; dull Brighton, S.W.; dull Bristol, S.E. ; rain Cambridge N.E. ; wet Cardiff, N.E. ; rain Carlisle, E. ; dull Chatham, E. ; cloudy Cork, S.S.E. ; fog Deal, S.S.E., light Derby, N.E. ; rain Dublin, N. E. ; dull Dumfries, N.E. ; dill Dundee, E. ; dull Edinburgh, E.S.E. ; damp Falmouth, calm ; fog Glasgow, N.B. ; damp Goole, N.W. • wet Gravesend, S.E. ; fine Hartlepool, N.W. ; very wet Harwich, S.S.E. ; cloudy ov. 30, 9 Holyhead, E.S.E., light; cloudy Inverness, S.W.• cold Kingstown, S.W. ; dull Leeds, N.E. ' • wet Limerick, calm • foggy Londonderry, E. by S. ; dull Manchester, N.E. ; dull Middlesborough, S.E. • dull ' Milford Haven, S.E. • cloudy Newcastle ou Tyne, S.E .; rain Newmarket, N.E. • dull Norwich, E., light; fine Peterborough, E. ; fog Port-Glasgow, E. ; cloudy Southampton,N.N.E.;cloudy Stockton-on-Tees,N.E.; rain Suiderland, N.E. ; wet Wakefield, N. ; dull Waterford, S. • fine Weymouth, N. ; rain Wolverhampton, N.E.; dull York, N.E. ; rain CARELESS DRIVING.—In the Court of Exchequer yesterday, Mr. Cranfield, the omnibus proprietor, brought an action against Mr. Goldsmith, the brewer, to recover the amount of damage done to one of his vehicles by a dray belonging to the defendant. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff, damages £6 6s. WESTMINSTER PLAY.—lrhe Trinummus of Plau tus will be performed by the Queen Scholars of West minster on the following nights :—Friday, December 14 ; Tuesday, December 18 ; Thursday, December 20, with the addition of a Prologue and Epilogue on the last two nights. THE CLERKENWELL SESSIONS HOUSE.—The whole cost of the alterations amounts to £13,700, being about 4f per cent. over and above the estimated price. RAILWAY COLLISION.—We learn by electric telegraph from Darlington that a collision took place yes terday at Croft between the goods train and some empty coal waggons. The extent of the injury done was not known. The South mail was delayed for syveral hours. CAPTURE OF SLAVERS.—TWO slave ships have been captured in the Mozambique by her Majesty's ships Brisk and Lyra. Admiral Keppel was in the Brisk at the time one vessel was caught, having on board 840 slaves, who have been sent to Mauritius. The other slaver was captured by the Lyra, a vessel disguised as a merchantman, and carrying French colours ; her size is 352 tons, and she is a very handsimo and fast sailing craft. This is Com mander Oldfleld's 15th price. _ It is reported that the Sardinian Government have resolved to issue £4,000,000 of Treasury bonds. Dr. Briggs has been appointed Roman Catholic Bishop of Beverley. A Fix.—" Miss, will you take my arm P " "La ! yes, and you too." " Can only spare the arm, Miss," hastily replied the bachelor. "Then," said Miss, I can't take it, as my motto is to go the whiele hog, or none at all."—American Paper. A WARNING —The following r.otiee appeared on the west end of a country, meeting-hccuse :—" Anybody sticking bills against this church will be prosecuted accord. ing to law or any other nuisance." BRTTISH MINES. 1 Closing Business 1 Paid.! Price. Done 2.11.10 16 nil , 31- I Mines. Alfred Consols (Philack) Bii.tish Iron Clifford Devon G. Cons. (Tavist ) , East Bassett (Illogan) East Caradon 1 E. WI Russel (Tavistk ) I Gant&St.Aubyn(Gwen.) l !Great South Tolgus 1 IG.Wheal Alfd. (Philack) G. Wheal Vor (llelston) ( Grenville IHerod's-Foot Hingston Downs Lady Bertha Mar - garet (Uny Lelant); North Downs North Franeei (Illogan) N.Wli'l Basset (1110 ; an) North Wheal Crofty Par Consols (St. Blazey) Providence (Uny Lelnt.) Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. South Caradon(St.Cleer) IS. Cam Brea (Illogan) IS. Dev. Iron &Gen., Lim ;S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan) ;Stray Park I,Tamar siiv.& Lead Min Tin Crort • Vale of Towey (Carm.) West Basset (Illogan) W. Caradon (Liskeard)r West Seton Wheal Basset (Illogan gVheal Buller (Redruth Wheal Edward (Cals. Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant 'Wheal Mary Ann (Men. j Wheal Treiawney (Lis. FOREIGN MINES. Australian BonAccord Copper,L lm. Brazil. Imp. (is. at £.; p., Do. St.Johndel Rey,Lim Do. Land and MmingCo.l Clarendon Con s.MinCo.l Cobre Copper Copiapo . DunMoun.Cop.Ming Co Fortuna. General Gt. N. Cop. of S. Austr Kapunda (Limited) Linares 7O , 15s 271 t 15 all ILusitanian ... iMari quits, !N. RhineCopof S. Aus. L Pontg . ibaud Silver,Lead Minin and Smelt Port Philip Scottish Austrin. (L.) United Mexican Worthing (Limited).... all 1 108. ail all 19a. all 128.6 cl 44 46 18 19 MENT SECURITIES. 102; !OLONIAL GLOVER: Can. Gov. 6 p.c.Ja. & July Do. 6p. cent. 1879 1)0. 6p. cent. 1880 Do. 6p. cent. 1882 Do. 6p. c. Feb. Aug. Do. 6 p. c. Mar. & Sept. Do. 5 per cent Do. Scrip N.B.G ov. 6p.c. Ja.&July Do. 6p. c. Ap. Jz Oct. N. S. W. G ov. 5 p. c., 1866 Do. 5 p. c., 1871 to 1876 Do. 5 p.c.,1888 & upwdv Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p. C sterling, 1875 lOO S.Aus.Gt. 6 p.c.1878 dz up lOO Vic. Gov. 6p.c. Ja.&July 100 Do. do. 6 p.c. Ap.ScOct. 100 ,113 118 - 100 1112 100 'll2 100 1021 103 i 82 I - 100 100} 107} 100 1 - -- 100 100 101 100 100 101 100 99i 1001 4071 1084 408 110 - - , 106} 106] MISCELLANEOUS. Anglo-Mexican Mint Atlantic Tel. (Limited) Australian Agricultural, and CcED ß hr e loey r .aße l nc i tt n .ra. Water (Limited) CB a. British ,ElespirTagi, n i m ana. eTindlia e etdsec e r gelT i d.rc A. pi n . h(( (Lim.) I Do. 13,7p.c.ti111852 (Lim.); im Cop.Min.ocEng.,.&Smlig. I Do. Pref. 7i percent, ; Do. Pref erence Do. 6p. c. Pei Deben Do. New English &Aus. Copper Gen. Steam Navigati Great Ship Limited) Do. 174 p at Preference Lon. District Tel. (Lim London Discount (Lim L.G. Omnibus Co. (Lim ) Madras Irr. and Canal Mediter. Electric Teleg Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim ) National Dis. Co. (Lim) Nerbit.Coal&lron (Lim ) 1 Netherlands Land e i sostiaatil, sAn d I N N O D op int P tit.oa c° : .s r .3s v l e a a ttfaesS.Shares Australasian (ens, m . d). ))t. Ditto C. Peellt.Lnd.& - Min.(Lim.y Pen. Sr Oriental Steam . Do. New RedSea&lnd.Tel.g.4ip.e Rhymney Iron Do. New Royal Mail Steam Scot. Austin. Inv. (Lim ); South Australian Land; Subrearine Tel. Scrip , Do. do. Registered I Do. do Tr. & Ln. Co, of Upr.Can 1 Van Diemen'eLand 100 all all a 7.1 all 6 281 RUGBY AND D UNCB URCH GONSER• V 4 TIVE ASSOCIATION. RUGBY, THURSDAY NIGHT. The annual meeting of thi s assoc i a ti on t oo k p l ace to-day. The objects it professes to have in view are," the promotion of pure breeds, exhibiting cattle in a store state, and also for encouraging the feed ing of them at a mature age." But the words " Conservative Association,"conspicuously displayed on the front page of the catalogue, betrays its real purpose, which is also pretty well understood in the district. The " show" was small, but considered an average one. The dinner took place at the Eagle Hotel— advertised to be precisely at half-past two o'clock, it was past five before the cloth was removed. Rather less than 100 persons, chiefly the farmers of the district, sat down. The Earl of Dalkeith presided, and among those by whom he was sur rounded were Lord Ingestre, M.P., Mr. Spoimer, M.P., Mr. Newdegate, M.P., the Hon. Colonel Scott, Mr. C. M. Caldecott, of Rugby Grange, &c. The usual loyal toasts were duly honoured. Mr. C. M. CALDECOTT gave "The health of the new President, the Earl of Dalkeith." The Earl of DALKEITII briefly returned thanks, assuring the company of the warm interest he took in the success of the association. As to the benefits arising from these associations, there could be no doubt whatever. One improvement which he had noticed that day consisted in the arrangements for housing the cattle; he believed the good effects of this would be seen at subsequent shows. The noble earl concluded by toasting "The County 'Members." That they enjoyed the confidence of their consti tuents there could be no doubt whatever, and he congratulated the county on having two such men to represent them. The toast was drunk with much applause, fol lowed by the chorus, " They are jolly good fellows," Lord Ingestre acting as fugleman. Mr. NEWDEGATE first returned thanks. He said their kindness was a proof that he had not been altogether unsuccessful in his endeavours to prove grateful for the long-continued honour they had conferred upon him in allowing him so long to remain their representative. He thanked the noble chairman for the kindness with which he had proposed the health of himself and his hon. col league. It was a great honour to him, standing there as a member of the House of Commons, to find that another member of that house should think fit to speak as the chairman had done of his services. He, the noble chairman, had a higher sphere before him, and in fulfilling his duties as he had done so admirably in the House of Commons, he was pre paring himself to become a member of the Senate of the United Kingdom, a body of which every Englishman feels proud ; for the conduct of that illustrious assembly, the House of Lords, never stood higher than at the present time. That house had not yielded to the clamour of the House of Commons, but had shown this session, when the House of Commons, lending too facile an ear to the eloquence of Mr. Gladstone, refused to pass one of the most dangerous financial schemes, and the House of Peers had resumed their ancient right; and had let the people of this country have the full benefit of knowing that the laws of this country, though they are passed by the advice it may be primarily of the House of Commons, yet it is with the consent of the Lords spiritual and temporal. They had taken a great part, a great step, in the history of this country in these eventful times ; but they had done that which they were justified in doing, in consequence of the dangers which the reckless policy of the Government had brought upon them, and the country was grateful. Mr. Bright thought he had made a great hit in his reform agitation when he wished to persuade his neighbours that the Peers should be treated as nonentities. He said the Peers represented the land; but what would Mr. Bright say when the representatives of the majority of the people—their peers—refused to con sent to a scheme of representation ? Mr. Bright was very discontented with the state of education. He (Mr. Newdegate) did not know whether those pre sent had read his letters to the people of Rother ham, or his speeches at Wakefield, but Mr. Bright said that the most highly educated classes were the most ignorant of political economy, and that the labouring classes shared the ignorance of their more educated neighbours. He (Mr. Newdegate) asked them whether it was not possible that the ignorance might be with the speaker. Such a thing might never cross the imagination of Mr. Bright, but still it was an inference from his own assertion. He believed the fact to be this, that Mr. Bright was alarmed at the state of feeling which his own doctrine and the examples of the school to which he belonged had produced among the productive classes. In the manufacturing districts, he says, are combined to obtain a higher rate of wages for their labour all the school for which Mr. Bright is the organ ; having inculcated for 20 years the ex clusive dogma of political economy—buying in the cheapest, and selling in the dearest market. How, then, can he turn round and complain if be sees people acting on the dogma he has enforced P He also says that there are co übinations of employers as well as employed. We know that is true; it was by the combination of employers that the whole system of this country has been destroyed It is unreasonable to expect that the employers should regulate the rate of wages unless they can regulate the prices. Well, he need not tell them. that it was by the operation of that which was called the Anti-Corn Law, or the Financial Reform Association, as it was called at another time, or the operations of the Peace Society, which brought about the Russian war, that the State was fairly driven from the ground of regulating prices in accordance with that which they believed to be the requirements of the population. These combi nations had an effect on prices ; if they wanted an , illustration, look at the distressed condition of the riband weavers at Coventry. He had an address from a meeting at which he was present, in which it was stated that 50,000 persons were so destitute that their destitution could not be met by the charitable exertions of their neighbours, and almost overpowered the means the Poor Law placed at their disposal. He appealed to the sympathy of his countrymen for aid to meet the exigencies which had been produced by a policy which Mr. Milner Gibson said had been carried out for the interest of the community, but, as it appeared, without regard to these suffering classes. (Hear.) There was a cold flippancy in the manner in which he (Mr. Gibson) said free trade must not be interrupted by considerations for the interest of the riband weavers. He also expressed a hope, though the new policy had prostrated them, that they would find that their trade was placed upon a sound basis. That was like knocking a man down, and, when he was fiat, saying that he had a sound basis. Mr. Bright at Wakefield went on to say, after having striven for years to set class against class, that he hoped the course he had adopted would justify the work of God. Did he believe that internecine strife was that which the merciful Creator desired should prevail among the nations of the earth ? Was that his meaning ? If not, why did he appeal in justifica tion to the Divine Author of all mercies as an autho rity P He appealed to them, and the country at large, for sympathy on behalf of those suffering men in Coventry whose interests had been sacri ficed to the interests of the State and the community at large. They surely should be considered not less than the men who had been wounded in a general engagement, and the public should come and give their active sympathy to mitigate the evil. (Cheers.) It was said that the state of things which had existed in this district for some months was not solely 0.. t solely to be attributed to the French treaty. n_ would admit that the season which had ju st p assed was against the producers of these ar ti c les of indus try ; but the manufacturers of L commenced operations, and were onceohad again more were inin full work, while the looms of Switzerlandy operation, and in the United St a tes the trade was brisk for all articles of this manufacture; but in England the trade remained paralysed. This could h not be attributed to the s tate of affairs on the Con tinent, or to the changes of fashion, or to the e s unfa vourable season, for it these were the causes why should they not also have operated in Lyons and other places ? however, from disregarding distress, arose disregarding the wise reservation of Sir Robert Peel in the adoption of the French treaty. That wise statesman reserved from 10 to 15 per cent. upon all articles, which with other contingenc es , was equivalent to a protection of about 30 per cent. upon labour. Mr. Gladstone, casting aside that Act, struck down at once the whole duty up on imports, at a time when nobody complained of the prices or the quality . of these articles of luxury. It had been said that it was not a prosperous t ra d e, but within his (Mr. Newdegate s) own knowledge there were men who, within the last 15 years, were s imply nothing but weavers, who had accumulated £30,000, most of which had been expended in im proved machinery. He also knew that the export trade was greatly increasing ; and he knew another fact, of which all present were cognizant, the abodes of the working population during that period had been much improved, and many large factories had been erected; and their wives and daughters knew also that such had been the application and skill of the artisans that the ribands of Coventry coped at the Great Exhibition with those of France. There was, then, nothing in the condition of this trade that could justify such a sacrifice as £300,000 when we wanted it ourselves during a period of difficulty. The sacrifice was made to conciliate another country, and he therefore appealed for aid to remove the misery which this policy had caused among our operatives at home. The hon. gentleman tinned h trust you will not think I eifir cos detained Tea too long upon this subject with such a masa of suffering in this neighbourhood. Ido net know you wish your representative to ignore it . When your agriculture suffered in 1849 and 18430 under the repeal of the Corn Laws you urged me to represent your interests. Would you have me be silent now when your neighbours are cast down by the same policy ? I know you would not. As Conservatives you will not adopt either the policy or the temper of the policy of the Cobden-Bright school. Yon Rill not say that, because thes a men were deluded by the men who sold you, you will, therefore, withhold your sympathy from them in the time of danger. You will not, in the spirit of hounding on class against class, in the spirit of internecine malice, turn against these men and say " You shared in the abolition of Protection 14 years ago, so suffer now. We will not help you That is not according to the spirit of true Conservatism. The meaning of true Conservatism is to preserve good feeling between class and class. It may be the spirit of revolutionism to stir up class against class ; but it is not the spirit of a constitu tional Conservative. His object is to thrive, but not against his neighbours. His sympathy is ever hearty, and I am sure that you will extend a help ing hand to those wh o so em i nently want it. I see that I have been accused of wasting the time of the Howe of Commons. Mr. Bass, the member for Derby, and Mr. Norris, have included me in the category of the great talkers of the house, and, by way of proof, one said that I had risen in my place 103 times during the last session. Now I have not had an opportunity of looking to the papers, and if I had, as I have had something to do with statis tics, and think I could show how eminently defec tive statistics may be when viewed without due consideration of the circumstances to which they relate, you would not have expected me, W h en I clearly foresaw the suffering which is now so rife over so great a portion of my constituency, th at I could sit dumb and silent in my place. I was almost alone. The members for Coventry, Mr. Ellice and Sir Poseph Paxton, having honestly tried what negotiations might do with Mr. Gladstone—a very hopeless task—succumbed for the convenience of their party. My hon. colleague being absent front the house by reason of domestic affliction, I was left alone. I honestly confess—and I think you will support me in the opinion —that it was time to try, by a vigorous rally of the Conservative party, if we could not stay the mischief at least to expose it in the House of Commons, and, if possible, to provide some remedy for - the evil. But that was not the cause of my rising so frequently. There were two bills introduced into the house, which were supported by two factions. In accordance with the principles you sent me to represent I felt it my duty to oppose the one and to seek to remodel the other. I am said to be an unsuc cessful politician, but I succeeded in three of my objects. I exposed the factions which promoted these bills ; I succeeded in stifling the Professional Oaths Bill; I succeeded, with the aid of Mr. Selwyn, Mr. Macaulay, and Mr. Henley, and the high authorities who sat around me on the Conservative side of the House of Commons, in procuring that the Roman Catholic Charities Bill should be so remodelled that, instead of establishing Cardinal Wiseman's usurped tyranny i n this country over a large amount of its real property,. and over the whole of the community of ourMornan Catholic fellow-subjects ; that, instead of allowing, contrary to the old constitutional 1 aws of this country, .cases relating to property in England to be drawn for decision at Rome, that the Roman Catholics should have access to the courts of this country, and should feel that though England is a Protestant State, she will do justice to her Roman Catholic subjects. But, how was it, my lord, that I have had occasion to rise so often ; why was it that I termed the pro ceedings on these two bills fictions ? The Profes sional Oaths Bill made this proposition, which I think you will be astonished at :—lt proposed that no lawyer should take the oath of allegiance on being admitted to the bar. Now you know that our friends the lawyers arc the advisers of the people. You would, lam sure, go to a lawyer if you wanted to solve a question of difficulty in con stitutional law. Mr. C. M. CALDECOTT—Aad pay Gs. Bd. for it. Mr. NEWDEGATE —And willingly. (14aughter.) Because they are the recognised constitutional teachers of the people, and they surely ought to be allowed to acknowledge their allegiance to this Constitution which it is their duty to defend. (Hear.) Is it not becoming that they should give a guarantee for the doctrines they inculcate ? Surely it is, and the opinions of the great majority of the legal profession were strongly in favour of the oaths being continued as they are. The bill to repeal them was in the hands of Sir Francis Goldsmid, the Jewish member for Reading, and Mr. Ewart. They became alarmed at the prospect of discussion, and postponed the bill till late in the session, trusting that they might find an opportunity of passing it late at night, the house becoming day after day more exhausted. Night after night, and week after week, as my honourable-colleague knows, I had to remain with some ten or twenty mem bers I could collect to protest against this bill. It is thus that jobs and bad legislation are thrust through the House of Commons, but I am happy to say that at last Lord Palmerston awoke and the bill was withdrawn,—a civil expression for being kicked out of the house. Again, I felt that th© forms of the house needed alteration, and I proposed that no new debate should be commenced after one o'clock in the afternoon. I have seen the house continually legislating when thoroughly exhausted. I have seen the Speaker almost dropping from his chair. The House of Commons, though it did not sanction my proposal, agreed to consider it in com mittee next session. Now, to my great surprise, Mr. W. Ewart, one of the gentlemen who had been most active in abusing the forms of the house, has followed up my motion by one of his own, and on the principle of " the greater the sinner the greater the saint," has been paraded through the newspapers as the man who would reform the practice of the House of Commons. (Laughter.) Mr. SPOONER also briefly returned thanks. At the present time we were in a most peculiar position ; let them look at the position of England ; look at that of Europe ? was there one among them who did not believe that it was the duty of England to maintain our national independence and our national character s We ought to keep ourselves perfectly free ; and of all things it ought to be the duty of members in the next session of Parliament to endeavour to relieve as much as possible that labo rious class of our fellow-countrymen upon whom the national taxation pressed most heavily. FirATERMEN'S STEAM-PACKET COMPANY. The 20th annual meeting of this company was held yesterday at the London Coffee-house, Lud gate-hill—Mr. Francis in the chair. The CHAIRMAN said he was sorry he could not congratulate them on the satisfactory state of the accounts, but he could say that the company had no debts and no e mbarrassments. (Hear.) They were, however, deficient in their receipts in consequence of the inclemency of the weather. The SECRETARY read the report, which stated that the receipts during the past twelve months amounted to £22,431 and the working expenses to £25,383, showing a deficiency of £2,952, added to which the amount of dividend (£1,492) paid on the of 25th of November , 1859, made a to t al deficiency £4,444 ; but ded uctin g therefrom the balance stan ding to the company's credit on the 30th of together and £322 September, 1859, amounting to £4,116, past rem a y in ea a r, ba m la a n k c in oe profit on the shares purchased :to . the debit of the by the £4,438, to directors thereduring t h w ould the company of £6. The falling been about £6,000, and they h in the receipts had effect a reduction of more than had not been able to between Norwich and Ipswich £1,500. The traffic success ful, under favourable circ had been so direc tors thought it ought to :amstances, that the They had had the super-heating be prosecuted with vigour. all their steamers, and apparatus fixed to the result. They were now closely watching repair the T had found it impracticable to down a new Father Thames, and had therefore laid The CHAIRMAN boat to replace her. report, which having then moved the adoption of the Mr. ~,0 1 , aving been seconded, I N SE, in reply to several questions said the ctpital of the c onn was £29,277. The statement of accounts included The £2,000 which the everycompan y owed o f the la s t company.year had been paid, but this year it Id een borrowed again and lie was afraid thetadness of the season would require them to borrow more. The cost of supply ing the superheating apparatus to the vessels amounted to rather over £2,000. Before adopting it they had tried it in the Osprey and the result was a saving of 25 per cent., on others there had been a saving of 15 per cent. The report was then adopted unanimously. On the motion of Mr. TowsE, 226 shares which the directors had purchased since the last meeting were cancelled. On the motion of Mr. LANG, seconded by Mr. ARNOLD, a pension of £l2O a-year was voted to Mr. Dixon. Messrs. Jennings and Towse, the retiring direc tors, were unanimously re-elected. Messrs Lang, Vidler, and Ellis, the retirinc , auditors, wore re-elected. The meeting was then made special for altering the deed of settlement, the effect of which I was that the directors' remuneration was raised from £lOO to £3OO a-year, and the auditors' froth three to seven guineas. SMOKING IN A RAILWAY CARRIAGE.--At the Greenwich Police •court, yesterday, a bank-clerk, named Foster, was fined 40s. and costs for smoking in one of the carriages on the London and Brighton Railway. Id :--- )ment Litt of 'eking oted- wring 4 but I die- the who long Eirst. d 17 :alm s !dory from i k fool; nus, Rol- rida, gua, nee, ace, on ; the Irge ~;,+ t ;+ ~, f 2 ■