The Sun. — London, England, 1859-12-22 00:00:00

113RICET AND CITY NEWS. CITY, Two o'CLocic. The general demand for discount accommodation continues active, and the applications during the last few days have increased at the Bank as well as_ in the open market, where full rates are paid for the negotiation of commercial bills. It is expected that the inquiry will be further stimulated during the next two or three weeks, but an advance in the minimum rate of discount is not looked for at pre sent, owing to the accumulated resources of the national establishment, and the approaching release of the half-yearly dividends. Letters from Liverpool report that in the Cotton Market business was quiet, and prices had a down ward tendency. The sales were 6,000 bales. The Railway Share Market closed with rather more activity, and quotations exhibited a slight improve ment. , A call of 15s. per share, amounting to £50,625, becomes due to-morrow on the Victoria Station and Pimlico Railway. The 24th annual meeting of the National Provi dent Institution took place to-day—S. H. Lucas, Esq., in the chair. Mr. Marsh, the secretary, read the report, which was highly satisfactory, and stated that the amount assured in the past twelve months had exceeded that of either of the two preceding years. The claims arising through deceased members had amounted to £109,546. The balance of receipts over expenditure for the past year was £134,134 155., which, added to the capital stock of the institution, made the total £1,755,685 6s. 11d., invested in Govern ment and other securities. The total annual in crease was £283,546, and the number of members was 12,966. The report was well received, and adopted unanimously. After the re-election of directors and auditors a cordial vote of thanks was given to the chairman and directors and to Mr. Marsh, the secretary of the institution. _ . There has been very little alteration to-day in the position of the Stock Exchange markets, the deal ings having been too limited to cause any change of importance. Quotations, however, are well maintained, as there is nothing in monetary or political affairs to create depression. Consols have been 95: I all day. The upward tendency of the French Funds is exercising a favourable influ ence upon the market hero. The New Three per Cents. and the Reduced are steady at 954 n Long Annuities, at 171 ; and Exchequer Bills, at 28s. to 31s. prem. ; India Loan Debentures (1856) have advanced to 97! ; ditto (1859), to 971; ditto, enfaced paper, is 96; the New Loan Stock is firmer, at 1041 The transactions in Foreign Securities have been rather limited, and prices are steady. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 763- to 773 ; ditto New, 64 to 65 ; Mexican are firm at 22,3 ; and Dutch 4 per Cents., at 101 ; Venezuelan 23- per Cents, remain at 29; Sardinian, at 85; Spanish 3 per Cents., at 451 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., at 461; and Chilian 4f per Cents., at 871. _ _ The Ocean Marine Insurance Company's shares are 1} to 1 premium, and the Universal ditto, I prem. Business is reported in the San Paulo Railway at kto I prem. . _ The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up to this day, are in round figures as under : 1859. 1858. Great Western . £30,178 £28,916 North-Western 72,534 66,552 Month-Western Brighton Midland louth-Eastern Great Northern 27,147 23,479 Lancashire and Yorkshire Bristol and Exeter 6,039 6,630 North-Eastern Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln ... 11,053 9,527 North British Oxford. Worcester, and Wolverhampton 4,686 4,399 West Hartlepool Dublin and Wicklow Edinburgh and Glasgow 5,615 5,192 Glasgow and South-Western 6,890 6,457 butch Rhenish Grand Trunk of Canada Great Western of Canada These returns show a satisfactory increase in Most of the principal lines. On the Great Western it amounts to £2,262, on the North Western to £5,982, on the South Western to £1,116, on the Brighton to £583 ; the Midland, £1,658 ; the South Eastern, £1,066 ; the Great Northern, £3,668 ; the Lancashire and Yorkshire, £4,220; the North Eastern, £969 ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, £423 ; Grand Trunk of Canada, £3,296, and Great Western of Canada, £124. The transactions in the Railway Share Market have been very limited, and in some instances less firmness has been displayed in prices. Edin burgh, Perth, and Dundee, Lancashire and Yorkshire, Manchester, Sheffield and Lincoln, Midland, North Eastern (York), and South Xastern have declined 55., and Great Western 10s. North Western improved 6s. and South Western, 10s. The Foreign and Colonial undertakings have been very inactive, at about previous prices. Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares have been at almost nominal values. Ottoman Bank declined ss. Commercial of London, and London and County brought former rates. Royal Mail Steam have declined about 10s. SitlTlsll FINDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 3 per Cont. Reduced Annuities 951 1 New 3 per Cent. Annuities 954 1 Antis. 30 Years, expire sth April, 1885 l7l India Stock Ditto Debentures, 1858 971 1 Ditto, 185 9 • • • 9 71 Ditto Bonds, £l,OOO Ditto Enfaced Paper Pontiols for Account (Jan. 10) India Stock for Acounnt — Ditto, 1859, 5 per Cent. Exchequer Bills, £1,000,114 31 DitIOBI OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. ChiHan ' 6 per Cent — I' Ditto 41 per cent B7l Ilexioan 3 per Cent. Ditto Account Peruvian 41 per Cent — Ditto (Uribarren), 41 per Cent. Portuguese, 1853, 3 per Cent. Sardinian, 5 per Cent Ditto Account Spanish 3 per Cent. 45/ I , Swedish, 4 per Cent. Turkish 6 per Cent Ditto Account Ditto New Loan Ditto Account Venezuelan 21 per Cent — Ditto Accoant Dividends on the above payable in Londoa. Dutch Exchange, 12 Guil. 21 per Cent... Ditto Certificates, 4 per Cent. TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, Money Ditto Account (Jan. 10) .. 951 d THE COURT.— Her Majesty the Queen, his Royal Highness the Prince Consort, his Royal Highness th e Prince of Wales, the Princesses Alice, Helena, Louisa, and Beatrice, with the Princes Arthur and Leopold, ac companied by the ladies and gentlemen of the Court, ar rived in Portsmouth harbour yesterday morning, at 11.30 kra. on board the Royal scre w y ach t Fairy , Captain the /ton. Joseph Joseph Denman, from Osborne, en route for Wind sor, under the customary loyal demonstration from the shipping at Spithead and in harbour, and from the saluting battery of the garrison. On her Majesty and the Royal family disembarking from the Fairy, at the landing "age of the Royal Clarence-yard, the august party were received by Major-General Sir James Yorke Scarlett, Admiral W. Bowles, C. 8., Capt. Hastings, C. 8., Colonel Somerset, C.B. Colonel Luard, Colon el Conn olly , C olonel Hon. Shafto Adair, aide-de-camp, Town-Major 'lreton, Colonel Anderson, R.M.L.1. , Flag Lieutenant Robinson, Mr. Noddall, Master -Att en dant of Clarence yard, and a guard of honour composed of 1 03 men of the Royal Marine Light Infantry, under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Maxwell, with the colours and splendid band of th e co rps. A special train with the Royal carriages was in waiting at the Queen's private station in the Cyt ranee -yard, in charge of Mr. Beattie, locomotive superin tendent, and Mr. Godson, chief superintendent tot the S outh-Western Railway. The Royal party immediately entered the carriages of the train, the guard of honour pre senting arms, and the band playing the national anthem, and started at once for Basingstoke, Mr. Stevens, station- Master at Gosport, had the superintendence of the train at *he Queens private station. Mr. RUSSELL'S INDIAN DIARY.—We are glad to see that the new work on India by Mr. William Howard Usual, tho correspondent of the Times in the Crimea and the East, i s announce d f o r publication by the firm of Rout _edge and Co. It is entitled "My Diary in India," and we reel confident will prove very attractive to readers of every class, but especially to those who take an interest in the affairs of our Eastern Empire. As lie accompanied the Co mmander-in-Chief through the two campaigns in Oude and in Rohilcund, visited the principal cities of Upper India, lived for a time in the Himalayan hills, and travelled over a large extent of the North-west Provinces, he has had a wide field of observation ; and in addition to the opportu ity of seeing Indian warfare, ho met many of the most re l!tarlrable men in India, and witnessed many phases of In - Rian life, both native and European. His position afforded 4, Peculiar advantages and facilities for collecting stores Information, and brought him into contact with persons (. all clas s e s , m ilit ar y an d c i v ili ans . Th e "Diary," we may be Sure will be no less entertaining than instructive, abound with spirited narratives of adventure, and with those glowing passages of description which impart so winning a ttite4 to all Mr. Russell's writings,—Daily News, Dec. O. WARE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. - . Railways; ei 61 8 85 78 79 115 125 6i 7 102 104 93 03i 6i 7 8 8i 7/ 8 14 15 58 59 39 41 27 29 82 83 30 30} 99 100 106 107 94 96 133 135 111 113 691 6JI 60 62 202 205 16 171 p 16 1710 90 100 65 67 114 115 134 141 98 98} 971 98 j 38 3 1 81 d 109 1094 86 89 10 11 all 100 3i 100 100 59 61 34 2d 62 62i 1 94T 951 d 48i 481 78i 7J 107 109 4 Si di Si 941 35 37 68i I 98 4 1 1 974 1091 i Closing I litudizeis raid. Frio, Elf i Anaberg., Notting. Bost. and Eastern Junction ,lielfa4t and Bal ißir., Wol., and Str.Val. La.. and Ch. June Blackburn IBlyth and Tyne Bost. SI efd. & Mid. Coun Bristol and Exeter :Caledonian (Cork and Bandon Carmarthen & Cardigan Cork, Bikrock,&Passag,el Cornwall A roves. no div Do. A Do. B until6p.c.per an hasbeen pd.tol3 , Dublin an d Belta st June Dun.,Perth,& Abr.Junc (East Anglian ) Eastern Counties Eastern Union A Stock I Do. do. B Stock Do.Nw.A.(lte.E.T.J3ds)l East Suffolk I Do Edirburg and Glasgow, 'Edin.,Perth, & Dundee I Forth & Clyde Junctions Furness Glasgow & South Wes tn , !Great North of Scotland! (Great Northern ! Do. do. A Stool- Do. do. 13 Stock Gt. South.& Wstn.(lreld) Great Western Do.Str.Vl.Rail Gua.Stk i Irish South Eastern Lancaster and Carlisle Do. Thirds Do. New Thirds Lancashire & Yorkshire London and Blackwall. Lon.,Brighton & S. Coast Lond. Chat. and Dover London & North Westn' Do. Eighths London& South-Westn L'derry & Coleraine L'derry & Enniskillen ) Man., Shef., & Lincoln , Metropolitan Midland Do. Birming. & Derby Mid. Gt. West. (Ireland) 'Do. Shares Nevrcastle and Carlisle New., Aber., & Heref Newry & Armagh (clef.) Newry, Warpt., do Atha Norfolk North. Counties Union North British iNor.Dev.liail.&Dk. Stk i llo.A Stk.—Arec.no di v until 6p.c.hasbeenpdß , ,Do. Stock . _ !North-Eastn.—Berwiek Ino. do. G.N.E.Purehasel Do. Leeds Do. York ;North London Worth Staffordshire No. & Sou. W. Junction. Oxford, Wor.,& Wolver Peebles Portsmouth Rhymney Scottish Central South. N. E., Aber. Stock ' Do. Scottish Mid. Stock Shropshire Union Sittinzhourne & Sheer '' South Devon South-Eastern South Wales South Yorks. &Riv. Dun Staines, Wok., & Wok. 1 ;tockton & Darlington I Do. do. 1855 Do. do. 1858 Stockum & Ilartlepooll 'Taff Vale IDo. Preference, No. 1 ITh aloes HaTenDk&ltail 'Ulster Do. Do. Vale of Neath Victoria Station & Pim Waterford & Kilkenny ,Waterford & Limerick West Cornwall W-end Lon. & Cry. Pal ip.e. has been pd. to Ti' Do. R .. !West London Do. Ist Class IDo. 2d Class PREFERENI ri, - .R7101 Share Railways. 1 F e d. / Closing Basilan Prfoe. I Thum 25 Blythe and Tyne 1C per c. pref. (issued at £5O) all j l s oo tk B n r o i . s s . p & .c / . % R x e c d t p • m 4 . o P .., • s ct .pc.. S N. t o O poin. k 2 1 1 1 1180001 0° 00004 18 _ 96 06__6_ 12 _ 98 i 20 Do. do. do. Shares took Caledon ZlO, 11 per cent 100 102 104 1021 12.10 Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. all 6y Cork & Bandon, 51 p. c. all 20 Cornwall, 5 per cent all 61 Dun. Perth,& Aber.Jun all 51 6 Stock E.Angn. Class A 7& spc 100 100 102 Stoc. Do. do. Class B 6 pc lOO 112 115 Stoc Do. do. Class C 7 pc. Stoe ,E. Coun. Ex. 5 pct.NO.l 100 114 116 Stoc ' Do. do N 0.2 100 113 115 Stock Do. New 6 per ct. Stock 100 128 130 Stoc:. - Eastern Union, 4 per ct. 100 84 84 Stoc , Edin.&Glas. spc shares 100 111 113 Stoc .1 Do. 4 p.c. gpa. S. &D. 100 90 92 Stoc Eain.Perth,& Dun. 4 pc. 100 76 77 (Roc , ' Furness, 5 per cent .. . . Stoc (Gas. &S West. , _ , a. 5 pc. 100 115 117 Stoc Great Northern, sp. ct. 100 118 120 Stoc• Do. 5 pcßedm.,lop.c.pm 100 112 114 Stoc Do. 41 p. C. do. do. 10 (It. Nh. of Scotld, Ist pt all -- stoc I G t.Sn.& W (ireland)4 1 100 9 8 99 p. ct. pref. Stock 150 Great West. (Berke and aunts) Ext. 5 p.ct, . 6 s s st t toooc c e 1 1 0 . apr It .tsio e enB d t... e r,rpi e 5 mable, 41 p et. 100 98 100 994 Stock Redeemable, D D o o s. . hlarrreesemab le4, do .c . t lO O 1:11 19 89 71 Stock Do. sp. ct. Redeem.Pret 100 102 104 !I; Do. Birm. Pref. Shares a" 10 101 1 99 18 31 91 10 Gt. West. Ches. 8 p.c.nf. 10 Do. do. sp. ct. pref all 104 104 Stock' Do Birming. guar. stock 100 75 76 264 Do. Chester guar.sh ares all 20 21 131 Do. do. do 20 Do. do. do. Ssttooce DLaon.B. k arn Y g o i r .s k t fi x p sgu .c 3 . s.i s Nod toc opc. k i i 1 1 100 00 00 : 39 141 : Stoc la i . N e e a N d v s p. ; ugh. shares c e . e , t 11. 6 . p. et. . 1 100 Stoe Do. do. sn. c. No. ii 100 5 Do. do. 44 per c. shares 47 25 . L ou d. Chat. and Dover all 224 Stock Lon.&N.W.Cov.&Nun- 100 _ Stock Lon.&S. W, 7 p.ct. stock, 121 Londondy & Cole, 4 aim. all 12} Londondy.&Enni 8 1 eh. all 10 11 Stock If an.,Sh., & Lin., 6p. ct. 100 125 130 6 Do. £6 44 i ip Stock Do. 34 ner cent. 10 Do. redeem. 0 per cent 5 4 ip 121 Matjport & Car., 4 p.c. all 121 f Do. 4 per cent all _ ( Do. Stock Mid, Con. 6p. a. Stock Stock IDo.Con. Bris.&Bir.6p.ct. 100 139 141 Stock I Do. 41 p. o. pref. stock lOO 102 104 6 I Do. with option till 1860 3 1 # p Stock, Do. Leic. & Hit.pref. st. 100 95 96 10 f Newport,Aber,&c.pret.s 1 a ll 10 le} jo. c. redeem, at 5 p.o.nm I 10 Do. Perpet, 6p. 0. with option till 1866 all 1' 121 Stock Norfolk Deb,4 p.c.shares 100 Stock Do. sp. c. Ext.Stoek,lB46 10G Stock Do. 51 p. 0, Pref. do. 1847 100 Stock Do. Way.Val,Ex.Sk 1847 100 _ Stock North British, 5 per Cent 100 111 113 Stock Do. New, gua. 5 percent 100 110 112 Stock Nth.Dev.Rail.& Dik.Co, 100 Stock N-East. irred. 4 p.c. Deb, 1 00 Stock Do. Consol. Pref. 4p. 0, 1 0 0 9 1 93 Stock Do. Berwick, 4p. o. Pref. ' OO 03 99 17 Do. do, do. 20 Do. Leeds. 6p. a. No. 1 l3 121 1 Do. do. Quarters.lB46 , -— 25 Do. York. ff.& S. Purch lO 0 4p 20 North Staffordshire ... Stock Ox. Wr. & Wol, 6 pc, Istg• 100 125 127 Stock Do. Redeem., 2d gua.., ' 100 123 130 Stock Do. Irredeem., 2d gua. 100 117 120 10 Rhymney Guaranteed. 8j /3/ Scottish Central, new p t a— Stock Scottish North-Eastern 100 Stock 31 pert. pref. stool- 1 100 78 75 Stock Do.A ber deen,gua,6 pc,' 100 lip) 124 Stock Do. 7p. e. prof, stock,' 100 10s. South Devon, Ann. 105.1 all 10} 111 10 Do. Fixed 41 percent.' all --. 1.0,6. South Eastern (Reading' Ann.. 1.0.6.) all 24 241 Stock Do .41 per cent lOO 103 104 Stock Do,Fixed 41 p.c.lstis lOO 102 104 Stock South Wales, gua, 4 p ,o, 100 - -.- stock Do. 41 per cent . . Stock S.-Yerkshire, 4 p.c. gua, 100 84 87 25 Stock. and Dar. A 5 pa, all 28f 294 25 Do. B 6 per cent 25 Do. C 6 per cent all 34 334 Stock Waterford & Kilkenny, 6 percent.- , 100 56 59 Share Mines. Paid. 1 ,. Closing 818111086 Price. Done. Alfred Consols (Philack) 2.11.10 4} 5} 20 British Iron l6 1 2 Clifford — 290 300 Devon G. Cons. (Tavist ) 1 440 450 East Bassett (Illogan) SO 117} 122} East Caradon E. WI Itusel (Tavistk.) 7.4.0 13 131 18 Gam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen., 512 'V ; 63 Great South Tolgus. —17 s 14} G.WhealAlfd,(Phillaci) 19„.4.2 1 1} —G. Wheal Vor(Helston) 9 } } Grenville ... 5 1 Herod's-F00t.... 8 22 23 Hingston Dow:„ 4.3.6 41 5 Lady Bero: ia North i et (dny Lelant). 94 80 55 Downs "'• North France al llo„..aan) 10 5 ' 5} .-- North Wheal Crofty 7.9.4 9 10 -- N.Wh'l Basset (Illogan) 5 5 6 6. Par Consols (St. Blazy). 1} 11 12 2$ Providence (Uny Lelnt) 10.6.7 45 47 441 Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. lOs 8 — SouthCaradon(St.Cleer) 1} 250 26 4 6 South C. Brea( Illogan). 2 2} 3} S Wheal Fran. (Illogar) 18.18.9 165 175 Stray Park 18.18.0 20} 21} 5 Tamar Silver and Lead Mining Co 4} 21 3} 10 Tin Croft 9 4 5} Vale of Towey (Caren,) 12s 6tl 1 West Basset (Illo:„In) l4 17 18 West Seton W. Caradon (Liskeard). 10 72 75 Wheal Basset (Illogan). 5} 175 185 ..---- Wheal Buller (Redruth) 5 105 110 Wheal Edward (Cale.) 6 11 1; -- Wheal Kitty (U. Lelant) 1.7.2 12} 13} Wh i lMaryAnn(Merthel 8 34 36 lefh'l Trelawney (Lick.) 44 29 30 FOREIGN MINES 20 Australian 7l 4 1 1 BonAccordCopper,Lim. 15 6 4 d par 35 Brazil. Imp. (is. at Z 5 p.) 27} 20 Do.St.Johndelßey,Lim. 15 19 20 5 Do. Land and Mining Co. all 1 Clarendon Consols Min ing Co. of Jamaica 40 Cobro Copper all 48 49 Copiapo l6 7} 8} 1 DunMoun.Cop.Ming.Co all I 4 2 Fortuna 20 General all 25 26 3 Linares all 10} 11} 111 4 s Lusitanian 1 Mariquita a ll 1 N.RhineCop.of S.A us. L le s . pa r 4 p 20 Pontp;ibaud Silver, Lead Mining and Smelt all 5 7 5 Port Philip 1 4 4 1 Scottish Australn. (L.)... 10s i d it p 48.2.84 United Mexican ...... all 1} 2 ROLLS COURT. (Before Sir John Romilly.) ItOORE V. MOORE.-JUDGMENT. His Honour the Master of the Rolls said—l am of opinion that this legacy taken by the testatrix out of the residue of her husband's property, being ono-third, was a specific gift to hor, and that the application of it in the purchase of £6OO Reduced Consols was a specific application of that part of the residue. The £6OO Reduced Consols standing in her own name, and transferred to her own use, I consider io be an appropriation to her own use of that part of the residue of the testator's property, and that she takes it ab solutely to that extent. It was so found in the case of Lee v. Lee. The specific fund could not have been traced if she had simply sold it out and mixed the price with her own money, but she added it to the amount necessary to purchase the £6OO 3 per Cent. Reduced Consols, and being a specific be quest the legatee must be entitled to take so much of the share as will make up a third of the residuary estate, out of the estate. Costs out of the estate, COURT OF CHAN CERY—DEc. 14. (Before the Lord Chancellor.) JUDGMENT.-APPEAL--MOULTON V. EDMONDS. This was an appeal from an order of the Master of the Rolls on his chief clerk's certificate holding that the title, extending over sixty years, offered by the vendor to the purchaser of the premises in question, was a good and sufficient title to the property. The Lord Chancellor was of the same opinion, and dis missed the appeal with costs. (Before the Lord Chancellor and Lords Justices.) COOK V. STURGES.-PETITION BY ORDER. This was a petition to transmit £1,500, surplus as sets, from the Insolvent Debtors' Court to the Accouu tant-General in this Court, pursuant to an order of Vice- Chancellor Sir John Stuart, and Lords Justices on appeals. Mr. Malins, Q.C., supported the petition. The money is in Console, in name of the Commissioners of the Insolvent Debtors' Court. Mr. Rogers, Mr. Hoffman, Mr. Pellet, Q.C., and Mr. L. Russell were heard in the cause. The Lord Chancallor recommended a reference to counsel. Their Lordships dismissed the petition with costs, with out prejudice to the petitioner to make any other applica tion that may bo necessary. (Before Vice-Chancellor Sir William Page Wood). JUDGMENT-IN RE NEW ENGINE COAL MINING COMPANY. Two questions arose in this case—lst, whether the com pany had undertaken to sink a pit in the Forest of Dean, and work it with new machinery; and 2d, whether the company had taken a sub-lease of the mines in question. His Honour the Vice-Chancellor was of opinion that the company by their agents had undertaken to sink a pit, and had obtained a sub-lease under their agreement to work the mines in question, and remitted to Chambers to ascertain the expense of making the pit in pursuance of the Judge's order, and the liability of the shareholders in re spect of such sub-lease. Costs of the official manager to bo paid out of the estate. COURT OF BANICRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Goulburn.) IN RE ERNEST JONES. This was a meeting for consideration of the tertificato of this bankrupt, who is well known in the political world. There was no opposition. Mr. Murrough appeared to support, and attributed the bankruptcy to the failure of a speculation—the Cabinet newspaper —which would, no doubt, have been successful had it not been for a malicious libel which was published. That libel had excited great publio attention, and a sub scription was being raised and money was coming in fast until the name appeared in the " Gazette." No creditor opposed, but, on the contrary, all sympathised with the bankrtipt. Ho (Mr. Murrough), therefore, asked for a certificate of the first class. His Honour said that he could only grant a certificate of the second class. Certificate of the second class accordingly. SHERIFFS' COURT. (Before Mr. Kerr.) SIIWANTGALISM-" A CA TAMARAN" , ---TRAINER V. NIABY, Plaintiff is a domestic servant, and sought to recoVat wages actually earned, a month's wages in lion of notice, and board for a month. His Honour struck out the item forlboard, and told plaintiff sbc could not recover that. Mr. Beard (for defender ;,j said the wages actually earned (I6s. Bd.) had been, wiftx costs, paid into court. Plaintiff stated t,,iat in consequence of her having a few words with thf, cook defendant summarily dismissed her. Mr. Bel A—Did you not shako your fist in the cooks face? Platatif—No. _ - lir. Beard—Did you not call her a cataran ? (Laughter.) Plaintiff—Yes. His Honour—The right name is Catamaran. Plaintiff—l did not call her very bad names. Mr. Beard then contended that plaintiff having grossly misconduoted herself could not recover a month's wages. The cook was called, and denied that sho provoked plaintiff, who called her a very vulgar name. Mr. Maby said he hoard of the quarrel, and sent plaintiff away. His Honour thought that plaintiff was entitled to a month's notice. In all cases of quarrels with and between servants, it was the duty of the master to have a strict in quiry. The cook might have been as much in the wrong as the Verdict for plaintiff for the wages in lieu of notice. CHB LAW OF PAIV:NERSHIP.-NASA V. BOTWHIGHT. This was as as7Alon to recover an amount for herrings delivered to P. stall! in Billingsgate. Mr. Br-chanan called the plaintiff, who said that one Coop was in partnership with defendant, and had th o g:Jods. Defendant had often paid parties for goods sup plied to Cooper. None of those parties were present. Mr. Stammers, for defendant, elicited from plaintiff! that defendant when asked for the money repudiated the trans. action. Botwright not being present, an adjournment was granted; his Honour remarking that defendant ought to be present. POLICE INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.) 3IAItLBOROUGH-STREET. SAVAGE ASSAULT ON A WAITER AT A TAVERN.— Auguste Lasselin, a tall, respectable. looking foreigner, living at-21, Warwick-street, was charged before Mr. Bingham with the following savage assault on Alfred Pepperell, waiter at the White Bear, Piccadilly The complainant said that shortly after twelve overnight he was ordered by his master to turn a female out who was very noisy, when the defendant caught hold of his hand, and thrusting one of his (complainant's) fingers into his (defendant's) mouth, gnawed it for at least two minutes, causing him great agony. A constable fortunately coming up, ho was released from the defendant's hold. _ . Brown, 304 A, said he saw the defendant fly at tho com plainant like a tiger, and bite his finger. He was obliged to throttle the defendant to make him loose his hold. ___ The defendant (in French) said, seeing the woman ill used he, like a man, interfered. Mr. Bingham said—l believe you understand English, and will take care to make you do so before you leave this Court. You are charged with putting the finger of a waiter into your mouth, and biting in the manner of a bull dog or wild beast. The waiter was; putting out :a noisy woman, which he had a right to do. The neat time you interfere on behalf of a woman you fancy is ill-used, don't use your teeth; and do not, at such a time of night, again too readily interfere on behalf of women who frequent pub lic-houses at such a time. Fined £3, or a month. RETIREMENT OF ONE OF TUE CLERKS.—Mr. William Bishop, who has for upwards of 40 years filled the office of one of the magistrate's clerks at this court, has retired, universally respected by all persona connected with the court and by those having business to transact with him. Mr. Edward Leigh, late third clerk at Bow-street, took his place to-day for the first time at the clerk's table, being ap pointed to the vacancy created by Mr. Bishop's retirement. SNOW BLOCKADE ON THE NORTH BRITISH RAlL WAY.—Edinburgh, Tuesday Evening, Since Sunday morning there has been a complete blockade of the traffic on the main line (Edinburgh and Berwick-on-Tweed) of the North British Railway, arising from the drifting of the snow into the heavy cuttings between Cookburnspath and Innerwick. The snowstorm which took place at the end of last week was felt with great severity in the smith-eastern counties of Scotland, and especially on the coasts of Had dingtonshiro and Berwickshire. The consequence has been that, while the inland branch of the North British Railway has only been kept open with great difficulty, the traffic on the coast line to the east of Dunbar has been brought to a perfect stand-still. The stoppage of traffic on this lino is unprecedented during its 13 years' existence, but we be lieve the snowstorm has been heavier and the drift more severe than any that has boon experienced since the line opened. For several miles along the line the snow is lying from three to four feet deep, and at some p o i n t s w h ore the banks are high the drift deposit is a great deal deeper. The morning train on Sunday (the evening express from London) cleared its way with great difficulty, but the ordi nary train which followed stuck fast in the accumulating drift. The line was again reported clear y es t er day (Mon day) morning, but two trains in succession attempted the passage and stuck fast. The latter was the mail train, duo here at 116, and, notwithstanding the efforts of three en gines attempting to plough through the snow, the obstruc tion could not be surmounted. The trains for Newcastle, York, and London, leaving Edinburgh, have since been despatched by the Kelso, or inland lino, which communi cates with Tweedmouth, and the down trains since yester day forenoon have come by the same route, th ou gh all three or four hours late, owing to the great amount of snow en the North-Eastern and North British lines. It is stated that several trains are still embedded in the drift, the pas sengers and mail bags having been taken back to Berwick and brought here via Kelso. For the present, the traffic on the main line extends no further than Dunbar, but the thaw that has occurred to- day will doubtless facilitate the efforts being made to re-open the line. LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Leasing Closing Busines s Railways. Paid ' Co.'s. Prise. Dam. Bedford and Metalleyl Buckinffliamshire I Chester & Holyhead ! Do. do. 5i p. ct. Do. do. 5 p. ct. ' Clydesdale Junction Colchester, Stour Val G E IDl U sioo n i .I. i n o N7 n reio ll watodN a r he wl vs c i l e S r h .c. s t Gloster& Dean Forest art!pool.Dck.&Rail Hull and Selby Do. Shares Do. Shares Lon (I on &G reenwich Do. Preference Lon.,Tilby.&Soutend Lowestoft, rom. 4p. ct Do. 6 per cent Manc.,Buxtn.& Matk Mid. Bradford Prefer ence Stock Newmarkt.,BuryEx ) guarantcel 5 p. c. j Northn.& Eastn. p.c Do. do. 6 per cent. Po. Fixed 5 per cent North Western Preston and Wyro. Do. Shares A. Boys tn, tch., Shep 6brewsbry& Hereford Do. Do. South Staffordshire .. Wilts and Somerset.. Wimbledon& Croydn. Share Dooka. all , Ln& N. 1 071 100 , Lna 100 Do. 100 IDo. 100 'Do. 100 jraledonip, E.U.&141 Ci Gt. North., !141Counts, Caledonir lot. West. Yk.N.AEBr ;vI.N.Md. I no. 1 s. East Do. IPeto &Co. Norfolk.. Do. LN W&111 100 Midland . 5. 5. A. E.Counts. all :Do. .... all all 'Do. all IMidland all 11.&N VIT) j all Do. 100 100 IT Brasso;! all M'Clean . 100 Gt. West all 'L.Atllrirtn 93 100 i iP 57 89 14 144 137 139 103 105 10 104 11p j 93 95 LI 74 86 DOCKS. Paid Closing Buineas ! Prioe. Doze. Stock Commercial lOO ~ Stock , Do 4 per Cent. Pref. Min l 100 ... itock'East and West India.., 100 -. Stock:London . • 100 StockiSt. Kathariuo ' 100 stoeVlSouitumpton lOO -... Victoria .....•••••••• 100 104 10A Stook 1 to iDo New ..teamessessa! 2 e ;; 100 i5O 31 ,124 t 6 !114 116 103 105 I 16 17 139 141 q 41, 1110 112 M 68 ,115 120 1 95 97 2f 21 7 11 3 117 119 29 30 83 85 47 49 3? 2# d 43i 444 , 1 83 M 72 74 62 64 6 8 354 36i 55} 500 2f 35 p I 3 65 d jp 6 6 6i THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 22, 1859. Sharel Railways. [Atlantic do St Lawrenc Leased at 6 per cent. Bom.,Baroda Cent.lnl gu. 5 per cent Do. Addit. Capital .11 Do. Do. Buffalo and L ake Huron Do. New Do. Preference Buffalo,Brant.&Godricb 6 p. et. bds. 1 Aug., 1812 Do. do. 1 July, 1873, Do. do. 1 June, 1874 Clcutta.&S.Eastrn.Lim. Cape,Eastn.Prov.(Lim.) Cape Town & Dock Scrip Central Oude (Limited), Ceylon Guaranteed 6p.c 1 Demerara Eastern Bengal.gu.sp.c I East Indian, gu. 5 p. c , Do. F Shares Ext 1 Do. Jubbulpore Do..ii p.c. B - d s . p ay. '59 Do. 45 p. c. Debenti .3 G eelong& Melbourne ilGeelong Corporation 6 per cent. Bonds Grand Trunk of Canada, Do. 6 per cent. Pref Do. 6 percent. Debentr i Do. 7 per cent. 18 62 I Do. do. 1867 . I Do. 00. 1872 , Gt.lndial'enin.gua.sp.c 1 Do. New gua.s per cent Gt.S.of Ind.Lim.—Scrip guaranteed 5 per cent. Gt.W. of Canada Shares Do. New Do. Bonds pay. '76,witb ept. till '6O Do. do. '73 till '6O Do. do. "/3 without opt Do. 5i p. c. do. '77 do Madras, guar., 44 p. c Do. do. 5 per cent Do. 41 p. c. Extension Do. Thud Ex. gua.s.p.o Do. Fourth do. Do. do. Melb. Corp. 6 p.c. Bond€ Newßrunswick&Canda. Ry.&Land(Lim.)g.6pc Class ACapitl. Share Do. ao. Land do Do. do. B. Capital do Do. do, Land do. . Oude (Limited) Scinde pi -A.' Do. New ca a L. Do. Punjaub Do. Indus. St. Flo Ec A ,,, i3 " St. Andrews SE Quebec Trinidad(Limited) Scrip FOREIGN Antwerp & Rotterdam, Ardonnes Bah.&S.Fran.,Lim.7p.c. Belgian East. Junction Beziere to Graissessac Carmeaux Mine & Rail Copiabo Ditto Extension Dutch Rhenish Eastern of France Euphrates Valley Grend Rus. Guar .5 p:c Great Central of France Gt. Luxem., Con. she ' Italian Junction Lake Constance & Lierre and Turnhout ' Lombardo Venetian Lyons and Geneva Maria Antonia Do. do. New Namur and Liege Do. do. 6 p. C. Pref Northern of France Do. New Shares Norwegian Trunk Pref Parls,Lyons, and Medit Paris and Orleans Recife& S. Fran. (Fern.) gua. 7 p. et. (Lim.) Riga and Dunabur(r Rome and Frascati Royal Danish Royal Swedish Do. 7 per cent. Pref Sambre and Meuse Do. 5i per cent. Pref. Southern of France West Flanders Do. 54 p. e. Preference . W. & N.W. of France Western of Austria Western of Switzerland Wiesbaden Do 8 per cent. Pref Zealand COLONIAL GOVERNME. Share _ Securities. --li ....._ an.ov.6 p,c.J a. & July Do. 6p.o.Fb. &Aug. Do. 6 p.c.Mr. At Sep. N. B. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja. &J uly Do. 6 p.c.Ap. & Oct. . S.W. Gov. 5 p. c. Deb. D0.5p.cen.1871 to 1976 Do.sp.cen.lBBB and u p ovaScotriaGov.6 p.c. S. Deb. redeemable, 1875 .Autl.Gt.6 pc.Jan&July .... ict•Gov.6p.c.Jan&July Do. do. April & Oct. Paid. MIS CELL. !Anglo-Mexican Mint .. Atlantic TeL (Limited). Australian Agricultural ,Australian Royal Mail. Berlin Water Works British American Land Brit. ,It Irish Mag.Tel.A. Do. B, 7 p. c. till 1862 1 Do. C Canada Land Chan.islands Tel.(Lim ; ICop.Min.otEng.tSmlig Do. Preft , renee 7i per ct Crystal Palace. IDo. Preference Do. 6 p. c. Perpet. Deb Electric Telegraph Do. New English & Aust. Copper Gen. Steam Navigation. Great Ship (Limited) Indian & Aust. Telegr London District Telegr London Discount Lon d. G en. Omnibus Co Madras Irr. and Canal Mediter. Electric eleg. ed. Exten. Tel, (Lim.) ational Discount Co etherlands Land o 8 p.c.Pref.,iss.at id's ' .Br.&NovaScotiaLand .B.Australasian (Lim ) riental Gas o. New Shares I rientl. In. Steam, A Ditto B Ditto C Peel River Lard & M:n Pen. & Oriental Steam Do. New ~ Red Sea & Ind. Telegr. Rhymney Iron. Do. New Royal Mail Steam Scot,Austrin.lny.(Lim ) South Australian Land Submarine Teleg. Scrir 1 , )o. do Registered r.& Ln.Co.ol Upr.t a n. Van Dieman'a :and 100 all all all BRITISH MINES. I rail Il Closing 'Business dons Price. 86 88 994 1004 174 11 id! par 41 bid 5 t 61 par 1 p li Idl 102 f 10 31 par ip Par IP 100 101 19 21 41 43 95 98 73 74 85 87 75 77 73 75 1001 1011 d par I Id 131 131 71 98 102 98 102 98 102 92 95 91 93 100 102 90 94 d - -al - --di 20 201 id 1 p i& i d PI Id ip AYS. 41 4i *7 i - 1- tut) 21 21 1 d 21! 284 2i 3pl 14 20 38 39 9 0 37 374 85 67 ;d Id 64 7 9 94 21 22 51 54 94 10 224 234 SECUR: Closing Prices. 114 116 114 116 111} 1121 1110 111 !14 IS 180 210 33 34 4i 5 35 37 19 21 13 15 107 110 8 9 23 24i 1 14 5 81 tca 10,3 105 97 par i If 11p I I 1 d 1 1 ( lj t 1 4: 1 t I 1 ; 1 I i 1 Pi ".1 .... 50 54 78 80 11 13 22 24 13 6 -/ s° , 52 125 135 36 38 12 13 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Shard Joint-Stock Banks. !Paid. Closing I Badness Price. Dose. 100 lAgra&UnitedServiceßk 40 l Aukitralasia 25 I i ank of Egypt 100 Eank of London 40 I Brit. Col. Bk. & LoanCo 50 British North American 20 Chtd. Bank of India. &c 25 Ch.lter.ot In. Lon.&Ch. 100 (Colonial 1001 C Co o l m on . ial 20.11 Bank of Canada 100 ;Commercial of Landon 81 83 224 234 50 52 1191 20,1 65 66 20 lEng , Soot., & Aus. Ch. 20 'Gen Bk. of Switzerland' 20 Lon. Char. Bk. of Austral. 50 London and County 50 London Joint Stock ... 100 London & Westminater 100 Nat. Prov. of England 20 Do. new 60 National Bank 20 New South Wales 25 Orient .11k. Corporation 20 Ottoman Bank 100 irrovincial of Irel an d 10 Do. New 25 South Australia 25 Union of Australi a 60 l'Union of Londo n 100 Unity Mutual 101 20} 17i 18 - - 221 . 23} ni 39i 17 18i 77 79 281 296 --2, -• 1 9 11 33} 3 I:17i 11 LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.) THE EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF PERJURY. ROWLEY V. THE LATE MRS: ROWLEY. At the Westminster Police Court this afternoon, the ad journed proceedings in this case were again proceeded with. Mr. Sleigh, as formerly, appeared for the Hon: Mr. Rowley, and Mr. Metcalfe for the late Mrs. Rowley. Mr. Rowley, in cross-examination by Mr Metcalfe, said— I was 18 years of age when I was married. I was born January 18, 1833. I don't remember giving instructions for my breakfast when I went out. I see by that lam described as 20 years of age. If I did represent myself as 20, it was to save the lady the pain of having married a boy of 18. She was forced to marry. Her mother did not know that she was married. My stepmother and some other relatives were present for Mrs. Rowley's sake. I don't recollect on the very day of the marriage asking her to sell out her £2,000. I knew she had that money before I was married, as she offered to pay my debts before the wedding. It was, I believe, sold out in about ten days after the wedding. I paid £lOO to Mrs. Lambert, on the part of Mrs. Rowley, and banked the rest. My mother did not go down and obtain £9O of that sum on my behalf. Lady Langford thought I had been caught by the mar riage. Mr. Metcalfe—A very great catch, certainly. (Laighter.) Witness--My mother was very much offended by my marriage. I went abroad after my marriage. I don't remember how soon the circumstances at Maurice's Hotel took place. I was only there a week. It must have been about the middle of the week. I distinctly state that Mrs. Rowley was locked up at her own request. The reason my wife did not lock herself inside was that she said I was so dreadfully jealous that I had better do so, and then I should be certain she was safe. I have been jealous of my wife, as I have seen her kissing a gold charm that had been given to her by a gentleman. That was the only time I ever locker' her up. Mrs. Rowley told me she was continx ,ar : being made love ' to. Mr. Burt was th e up n" .me of the gentleman who was in Mrs. Rowley' and to whom she had an objection. I hay' s room, been to the theatre before I returned to my apartmeafr_. at Maurice's . I took supper before I left for home. e had a quarrel at Calais. The windows of our agar' ground. When I returned to w' ,ments opened to the ware I had been sitting, I wish tho blind u p. I t o ld ' found Mrs. Rowley u n dr ess i r. g herself before the window ner I thought the proper thing for a lady to do before P lue undressed herself was to shut the shutters, as the %nen who were smoking their cigars could see her, 'fie quarrelled about the blinds or the shutters. I d'Jn't recollect whether there were eurtains to the window, s. I have sworn that I did not tear her bonnet. I untied:it. Here is a portrait of the lady ; you will see that if I utitied her bonnet it would fall off. The witness here handed in a black profile of a female with a small bonnet, and he continued, " Here is one of me done at the same time." (Much laughter.) Mr. Metcalfe—You said you wore a wide-awake at the time. Witness-4 cannot say what became of the lady's bonnet when I untied it. It must have fallen into the road. She was not cross when I untied her bonnet. I can make no mistake about that. [We shall continue the case in our late edition.] THIS DAY'S SHIPPING. LONDON, Deo. 22.—Wind this day at noon, Light breeze from the Southward, and mild clear weather. PORTSMOUTH, Dec. 21. Wind, VT., squally.—Arrived —Celerity, from London for Nassau. PLYMOUTI, Dec. 21.—Wind, N.W.—Arrived—Hazard, from Buenos Ayres. (BY ELECTRIC TELE(IRAPII.) SOITTHiIIPTON, Thursday Morning. Wind, calm ; weather, hazy and frosty. Arrived, Dec. 21— Courier, steamer, from Jersey ; Parana, steamer, from Plymouth. Arrived, Dec. 22—Havre, steamer, from Havre; Sultan, steamer from Lisbon. Sailed, Dec. 2 1—Trafalgar, for Cardiff; Argyll, steamer, for Carentan; Le Coq, for Cherbourg; Wonder, steamer, for Jersey. LIVERPOOL, Thursday Morning. Wind, W.N.W. Arrived, Dec. 21—Lancaster and Hartford, from New Orleans; Henr- i Cooke, from Bathurst; Alethea, from Valparaiso; 'zenith, from St. Michael's; Balbec, screw steamer, from Havre ; Colima, from Hamburg ; Adelgunde, from Br amen ; R. Gertrude, from Harlingen ; Perseverant, from Antwerp. Arrived, Dec. 22.—Joseph Rowan, from Bombay ; John 'o' Gaunt, from Calcutta; Victor, from Singapore; Portena, from Rio Janeiro ; S. G. Owens, from Charleston ; Governor Langdon, from Mobilo ; Cordelia, from Wilmington ; Ga zelle, from Prince Edward's Island ; Charlotte, from Mar seilles ; Mehemet Ali, from Gibraltar ; Cost ros, from Gua diana; J los Mario, from Nantes ; Victoria, from Memel. Sailed.—Athenais, for Melbourne. (BY S'CrSHARINB AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Thursday Morning. Wind, W.S.W. ; tide, four hours' flood; weathor very fine, with light wind. Arrived, Dec. 21.—Aerselia, from Shanghai ; Scotia, from Port Wallace ; Earl of Hardwick, from Madras ; Cor rinulzio, from Foo-choo-Foo. Arrived, Dec. 22.—Red Jacket, from St. Michael's. DEAL, Thursday Morning. Wind, W. by N. ; moderate. Passed Gibraltar, screw steamer, from Cadiz, for Lon don ; Cantho, from London, for Malta ; Ferdinand, from London, for Lisbon ; Helachina, from London, for Genoa. Anchored—Wave Queen, for Terceira ; Muffer Frier Junggie, for Cape of Good Hope—both from London. Sailed—Henry Clark (in tow), for London, with the rest of the homeward bound. SPIRIT LICENSES IN THEATRES. Yesterday a meeting was held at the Pheasant tavern, Stangate, for the purpose of taking mea sures to procure a repeal of the section in the Act of the sth and 6th Wm. IV., which permits the sale of spirits, wines, &c., in theatres. Mr. HARRIS, who occupied the chair, stated the object of the meeting. He regretted that many of the theatres were being converted into public-houses —baribeing set up in the pit, the boxes, and the gallery to supply the public with spirits, wine and beer, and whatever else they wanted. This, however, applied to some of the managers only. Others—and amongst them were the most respect able managers in London—were quite opposed to the sale of spirits, &c., in their theatres. It was quite contrary to the intention of the Act of Parlia ment that theatres should be converted into tap rooms, and the most respectable portion of the public were opposed to any such system. If the managers of theatres would only produce good pieces and pay good actors, they would draw the public to their houses without the additional excitement of a public house. It was also unfair to the licensed victuallers, who paid highly for their licenses, that managers of theatres were allowed to lease their theatres for the sale of drink. (Hear, hear.) Mr. CLARKSON said he was quite unconnected with managers or licensed victuallers, but he came there to state that the actors, as a body, were quite opposed to, and indeed disgusted with, the practice of selling spirits, &c., in theatres. It was bringing odium and disgrace on the profession of the drama. He begged, therefore, to move the following resolution :—" That in the opinion of this meeting the recent alteration, by which the lessees of theatres have been enabled to sell wines, spirits, &c., is highly impolitic, dangerous to the safety of the public, and subversive of the best interests of the drama." Mr. CHAPLlNseconded the resolution, which was carried unanimously. A petition to Parliament, setting forth the wishes of the meeting, was moved by Mr. ADAMS, and was unanimously adopted, after which the proceed ings terminated. HOMER V. TAUNTON-THE HINCKLEY FRAME WORK KNITTERS' STRIKE—LIBEL.—This case Was re sumed yesterday in the Court of Exchequer. The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff on both issues—damages, I& FAST LIFE.—On hears of little Toussoun Pasha, heir apparent to the Viceroy of Egypt, visiting Paris and London with his suits, and chatting fluently in French and English, all at the precocious age of seven. Let us hope the young Egyptian may turn out too fast, as well as Tou-sown.—Punch. LAMENTABLE SUICIDE.--On Tuesday last an in quest was hold at the Plough Inn, Boddicote near Banbury, before Mr. J. Churchill, coroner, on the body of the Rev. George Mawson Nelson, 8.D., late Follow of Magdalen College, Oxford, who committed suicide at his residence, Boddicote Grange, by shooting himself with a gun on the previous day. The first witness who was examined was William Townsend, footman to the deceased, who stated that he had been in the service of the rev. gentleman about nine years, and during the last six weeks or two months ho had witnessed a great change in his conduct. On Monday morning, when he was removing the breakfast things, he asked deceased how he was, and he said he felt better, but he was afraid he should soon be as bad as ever. It appears that the deceased subsequently went into tho library, where Mrs. Nelson and other ladies were assembled, and after re maining there some time ho retired to his dressing-room and was never se en aga i n a li ve . M rs . N e l son werirM - ffie dressing-room to see if the deceased was there, and tapped at the door, but received no answer; and on one of the servants reaching the window of the sleeping-room by means of a ladder, the deceased was found lying on his side, with his back towards the door, and a gun and walking stick near to him. There was no doubt that deceased had committed the rash act, as the door was bolted on th e inside and the gun had recently been discharged. 1t appeared from the evidence of Dr. Rye, •f Banbury, whe had attended the deceased during the past month, that he had often complained of want of sleep and great di ffi culty in arranging his accounts. He was fre quently in a very exc ited state as to ordinary matters of business, and at tho request of Mrs. Nelson he saw the deceased on Sunday last, after he had been to church, when ho found him suffering under the delusion of his supposed pecuniary difficulties. He prescribed an opiate, which deceased took with the best possible effect, and was much better on Monday morning; but he gave di rections that he should be watched, as he thought his ex cited state of his mind was such as might induce him to commit suicide. The jury, after a short deliberation, re turned as their verdict—" That deceased shot himself with a gun while labouring under temporary insanity." The Rev. J. D. Gould, vicar of Boddicote, was present during the inquiry. The melancholy event has created great excite ment in the neighbourhood. The deceased was a gentle man of large fortune, and has left a wife and one daughter. And as compared with the month ending the 20th of Nov. 1858, the above returns show an increase of £1,157,129 in the circulation of notes in England, and an increase of £1,895,065 in the circulation of the United Kingdom. On comparing the above with the fixed issues of the seve ral banks the following is the state of the circulation : Ihe English private banks are below their fixed ' issue The English joint-stock banks are below their fixed issue £221,603 Total below fixed issue in England.... £1,001,758 The Scotch banks are above their fixed issue .. £1,761,227 The Irish banks are below their fixed issue .... £1,091,364 The average stock of bullion held by the Bank of Eng land in both departments during the month ending the 16th of Nov. was £16,861,459, being a decrease of £479,271 as compared with the previous month, and a decrease of 11,860,817 when compared with the same period last year. The following are the amounts of specie held by the Scotch and Irish banks during the month ending the 19th Nov.:— Gold and silver held by the Scotch banks £2,568,227 Gold and silver held by the Irish banks 2,550,152 15,118,379 Being an increase of £282,379 as compared with the previous return, and an increase of £160,488 when compared with the corresponding period of last year. T 111 S DAY'S MARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE. IMPERIAL WEERLY AVERAGES. - Wheat, 43s 8d ; barley, 35s ld ; oats, 21s 9d; rye, 30s Od ; beans, 41s ld ; and peas, 39s ld. - - - THB Six virEince AVERAGES. Wheat, 433 81 ; barley, 35s lld ; oats, 21s 9d ; rye, 30s ld ; beans, 41s Od ; peas, 38a Ild. - ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD L .IST WEEK.—Wheat, 124,600 ; barley, 92,097 ; oats, 12,693 ; rye, 199; beans, 6,136; peas, 2,146 quarters. METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. About an average time-sf-year supply of beasts was on offer in our market to-day. Fer all breeds the demand was heavy in the extreme, and prices were nominally 4d per 81bs lower than on Monday, the top figure being 4s 8d per Bibs. The show of sheep was limited, yet sales progressed slowly, at late currencies. We have to report a dull in quiry for calves, the supply of which was very limited, at about previous rates. Pigs were very dull, and there was scarcely any demand for mulch cows. The market will be held as usual on Monday next. Per 81bs. to i s. d. s. d. Crse. & inf. beasts 3 2 3 6 Second qualitydo. 3 8 4 2 Prime large oxen 4 2 4 4 Prime Scots, &c. 4 6 4 8 Crse. & inf. sheep 3 4 3 10 Second quality do. 4 0 4 4 Suckling calves, —s to —s 22e to 28s. link the offal. s. d. s. d. Primecrs-wool do. 4 6 4 8 Pme. S'thdowndo.s 0 6 4 Large crse. calves 4 2 4 8 Prime mall do 4 10 5 2 Large hogs 3 6 3 10 Small porkers and quarter •old story pigs. POARIGN SUPPLY. Beasts 196 Sheep Calves Pigs 100 1 100 190 S took 100 1 100 100 100 Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock all 100 1R all all all 1160 100 11.3 0. 12s. 6d 103} 21 05 1 /3 i T5l 74 101 4 64 ,AIT; TIES. Business Done. 1161 # STEAM ON COMMON RO.4DS. Now that a British steam carriage is in actual and regular service in the United States, while not . one American carriage is in such service in this or any other country ; now that English machinists are supplying not only the roads of South America, India, and Australia, but districts all over the world that have no roads, with traction engines, while American mechanics, whose plans are already proved to be better, have not secured the least liberal en couragement; now that steam vehicles are employed in the streets of London to haul loads which horses cannot conveniently draw, while the more practicdble carriages which sometimes venture in our streets draw only the anathemas of our progressive people; now that steam waggons are in the actual service of the British Government, while the authorities of our own city have refused to license public steam vehicles to run within its limits—it is time for us to glorify ourselves upon a second stride in nationri, progress and wealth. The first was the surrP:ader of our transatlantic trade to the iron screw I. : Lips of foreign countries. We are wont, in e phrase, to styl e ourse l ves a " smart Trr, -very-day aopie, the tr English " pl o dd ers " and " old fr and somehow happens that our neighh ,gies et it in advance of us chronologically, 'ours are a trifle in the little matter of steamsh ;'d not intrinsically, in in the minor ite y m , of steam agriculture, in puddled steel and cos , burning the P tr ' ifling sundries of prowess in the ma locomotives. Our Yankee notions • r aufac - tures of clocks, tools, and sailing vesse). . is indeed unquestioned, and our our docks' .4 may be counted by the hundred (in that thr but people a r e so e xacting now- a -d a y s art r , -y will doubt our entire pre-eminence in the sli- ,f engineering' if we a ll ow th e E uro p eans t o ahead of us in any particular. Let us, there- Lore, devote a passing thought to the subject of steam ou common roads, to see if there is really anything in it worthy of our distinguished consi deration. Steam carriages ran successfully on common roads in Great Britain before railways were introduced, and were driven off by the extreme and unrelenting opposition of the land and stage 'owners, backed by the House of Lords. Railways evaded and by more brilliant promises overcame this opposition, and superseded the common road service of both steam and horse coaches. What was the result? In attempting to cover the whole ground their proprietors have saddled themselves with 1,500,000,000 dols worth of way and equipment, two thirds of which have been sunk because the traffic was not in proportion to the outlay. The conclu sion, therefore, that railways at 170,000 dols per mile, and capable of a regular speed of 50 miles an hour, are hardly necessary for a traffic whieh may be economically accommodated at 15 miles per hour on the public highway, and at a less working cost than that of horses at six miles per hour—this con clusion is not sufficiently outrageous to evoke legis lative opposition in England. Meanwhile, in the United States the stock of railways that penetrate the wilderness of new States for hundreds of miles have not been above par in most cases. Even in well-settled New England districts short branch roads have not been found to pay interest, even at slow speeds. Railways between cities and through populous towns are indeed the foundations of our national wealth ; but the accommodation of small, short, stage-coach traffic, and the feeding of main lines by s pl en did , level, and costly roads of iron have been found to pay about as well as would the running of the Great Eastern between New York and Staten Island. Shall our rural districts, i.e., several hundred th ousan d m il es of highway—depend for ever on horse-power at six miles an hour, or can this speed be doubled, or quadrupled, and that at a reduced expense ? Here are boundlesa regions cut off from progress, isolated from enterprise, and dammed out of the channel of wealth, by the simple want of cheap and rapid communication with great steam highways. Is it totally impossible to. open up this cemparative wilderness by any known means short of railroads at 40,000 dols. a-mile ?—Nets York Times. BANK _RETURNS. The Bankers' Magazine furnishes the returns of the cir culation of the Private and Joint-Stock Banks in. England and Wales for the four weeks ending Nov. 19. These returns, combined with the circulation of the Scotch and Irish Banks for the same period, and the average circula tion of the Bank of England for the four weeks ending the 16th Nov. (the nearest date furnished: by their returns) will give the following results of the circulation of notes in the United Kingdom, when compared with the previous month : Oct. 22, Nov. 19, 1859. 1859. Increase. Decrease. Bank of England 21,986,505 21,936,370 30,135 Private Banks . 3,660,404 3,624,780 85,624 Joint-stock Banks 3,082,289 3,080,754 1,535 Total in England 28,729,198 28,661,904\ 67,294 Scotland 4,196,523 4,510,498 313,975 Ireland 7,254,333 7,445,8581 191,525 United Kingdom 40,180,054 40,618,260 1 438,206 TOTAL SUPPLY. Beasts Sheep 2,112 Calves Pigs MEAT MARKETS. NNVIDATIS AND LEADENHALL. - The supplies of meat are very large, and an extensive business is doing, as fol• lows :—Beef, from 2s 8d to 4s 6d ; mutton, 3s 4d t• 4s 6d lamb, Os Od to Os Od ; veal, 3s 10d to 4s 8d ; pork, 3s 441 to 5e Od per 81bs. by the carcase. SOUTMALL, Dec. 21.—The supplies of fat stock are only moderate ; nevertheless the trade generally has ruled in active, at about previous prices :—Beef, from 3s 4d to 55 Od ; mutton, 3s 8d to 5s 4 d ; veal , 4 s Od to 4s 10c1; pork, 4s Od to 4s 10d per 81bs to sink the offal. ROMPORD, Dec. 21.—Primo sheep sold readily, at very full prices. Otherwise, the trade is much less active : Beef, from 3s 6d to 58 Od; mutton, 3s 8,1 to 5s 4d; lamb, Os Od to Os Od; veal, 48 Od to 4s 8d ; and pork, 3s old d to o 4s 8d per 81bs; suckling ca lves, 14s to 19s ; quarter stre pip, 22s to 28s each ; mach cows, £l4 Os to £lB each. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD. —Mw hay,lsa to £4 43 ; clover, £3 153 to £5 5s ; and straw, i 1 6s to £1 103 per load. Trade steady. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, £2 189 to £4 43 ; clover, £4 Os to £5 58 ; and straw, £1 63 to 123 per lead. A steady demand. WILITECHATEL.—Meadow hay, £2 163 to £4 4s; clove?, 4a to £5 10s ; and straw, £1 6s to £1 10s per load. A short supply, and a good demand. COAL MARKET—DEC. 21. (Prim of Coal per Ton at the close of the market.) a. d. Byass's Bebside West Hartley .15 6 Clark's West Hartley..ls 6 Wylam 16 0 Bower's West Hartley 15 6 Lambert's West Hart- Walls End. s. d. Belmon' . 18 6 Heugh Hall 19 6 Framwellgate . . ..19 6 Russell's Hetton ...... 20 0 Benson.... • lB 6 Kenos 2O 0 South Hartlepool 19 9 Whitworth 15 6 , Clen n ell l5 6 Montague Garesfield l7 6 Powell's Duffryn Steam 22 6 ley 15 6 Hastings Hartley 15 6 Earsden Hartley l5 0 Walls End. Northumberland 16 0 Byron Ships at mark, 22—Sold, 18. THE UNIVERSITY OF PESTR: A Hungarian, in a letter to a contemporary, says :—" As so many statements, partly untrue, partly malicious fabrications, have 'recently appeared in the journals respecting the movements of the youths of the Pesth University-, I feel myself called upon to give a true statement of the matter for judgment abroad, and supported by facts, to clear the character and se•ntiments of the students. The University , Jf Pesth is the only Universityof Hungary. It was founded by the liberality of a few patriots of Wigll standing, and not by Austrian rulers, as lyas been stated. Under the reign of Queen Maria Theresa it was sanctioned under the name of " University of the whole kingdom of Hungary." Ttic endowments of the University of Pesth are so great that, with the exception of Oxford, no other University in Europe can equal them; and as the Hungarian has but one country he has also within the borders of that country but one University where he can procure the necessary means for his mental cultivation. It is now ten years since the hand of fate has weighed heavily upon my nation ; since then it has been deprived of all its most sacred treasures, and, finally, it has been deprived of that which shields a nation from destruction—its national language. Even the smallest people on earth has its rights, and even when deprived of everything else it still has one anchor left, a last resource—.' it lives on in its language and in its customs." I do not know who the first man was who con ceived the abominable idea of attempting to shatter the rock which had stood the brunt of the storms of centuries; at all events, he went to work with a heavy hand when he resolved to substitute a foreign language for that of a strong nation like Hungary, which, despite the severe blows that it has re ceived, has by no means remained backward in cul tivation and manners. Whether the attempt will succeed or not, it is nevertheless an undeniable fact that the Austrian Government carne to the conclu sion " that the Hungarians are no longer Hun garians, but Germans ; ' and from that moment the German language was introduced into the schools and public offices. I Will not dwell longer upon this act of injustice, and will start therefore from the point when the youth of the Hungarian University recently ad dressed a petition to his Majesty the Emperor Francis Joseph, the substance of which was that it was impossible to learn in a language which was not their mother tongue, and which the majority under stood very slightly or not at all. Having stated so much, I will briefly relate what took place, as also the consequences of the step taken by the students. When, last autumn, the Government granted as a boon that the Hungarian language might be used in the lower schools, but that the German was to be used at the University (out of 75 subjects only 8 are delivered in Hungarian, and the examinations are made in German), the idea struck the students, en couraged by their parents, of making their wishes known in a petition. Shortly afterwards the peti tion was presented to Count Haller, the Adlatus of the Governor of Hungary, who advised the students to address themselves to the Ministry. A new peti tion was accordingly drawn up, direct to the mo narch, which commenced as follows :—" Following the example and the advice of our parents," &c., and stating the source whence it originated. This petition ought to have been presented by the heads of the University, but as the students looked upon them rather as enemies than as friends (the Rector Magnificus and most of the professors can not speak a word of Hungarian) they resolved to 'select a commission from among themselves to pre sent their petition to his Majesty. Having selected nine deputies, and the petition having been signed by all the students of the University, including the non-Hungarian students (554 altogether), a day was fixed for the departure of the deputation for Vienna. I now come to the fact which many Austrian journals and correspondents have misrepresented. The rector of the University was informed of the intentions of the students on the evening of the 23d of October. He at once issued a notice requesting the deputation to wait upon him the following morning at nine o'clock. All the students re sponded to the notice, and, in virtue of the 63d article of the University Regulations, it was de manded that a sitting should be held, presided over by the heads of the Colleges. After many pros and cons the sitting was held in the great hall under the presidency of the rector, who first addressed the students in Latin; but when he began to address them in German he was compelled, in consequence of the universal shout of " Neon ertj\ik" (we don't understand it), to stop short. A Hungarian pro fessor, universally esteemed, was Urn called upon as interpreter to declare to the students that the presentation of the petition was prohibited, and that those selected for the deputation woald be regarded as guilty of offending the law, and be punished ac cordingly. But, as he could not comply with the reiterated request of the students to show them any such enactment in the regulations, the nine members of the deputation declared that, even at the risk of having their prospects in life destroyed, and being imprisoned for the step they intended to take, they should not desist from their intention. After this declaration the sitting broke up in perfect order. On the following day the deputa tion proceeded to Vienna, despite the good advice of the police authorities, who endeavoured to dis suade them from the step at the railway station. On reaching Vienna they did everything in their power to procure an audience of the Emperor, but all in vain. Even his Excellency the Minister Count Thun would not receive them. Having exhausted every means, a promise was made to them that their petition should be placed in the hands of the Emperor. The deputation ofnine was cited before the police at Vienna, and cross questioned. On their return to Pesth they were again interrogated ; it has still to be seen whether they will be subjected to punishment. However, the members of the deputation, as well as every Hungarian, are prepared for everthing, for, if ever, it is now that the Hungarian saying holds good, " Ateglaalt Matyas Kiraly, oda az igarzag." (King Matthias is no more, and with him justice has dis appeared.) TILE 87',111E DUBS. Attention has been repeatedly called to the Stade dues, an impost levied upon shipping at the mouth of the Elbe by Hanover in defiance of the law of nations. The case of these dues has been care fully isvestigated by a Select Committee of the House of Commons in the Session of 1858, when the unani mous resolution was reported, "That the Stade tolls are injurious to British trade ; that Hanover renders no services in return ; and that the Treaty under which this country has temporarily submitted to the payment of these dues should be terminated." In pursuance of these resolutions notice was given by Lord Mslmesbury to the Hanoverian Govern ment to terminate the Treaty of 1844, and the late Administration declared in Parliament that this ill-advised Treaty would expire on the 14th of August last. The change of Government which occurred a short time before the period of the ex piration of the Treaty rendered a postponement unavoidable. Lord John Russell, on coming into office, explained in the House of Commons, on the 18th of July last, that he thought it advisable to refer the question with regard to the Stade dues . once more to the law officers of the present Administration, and that it would be necessary that the Treaty with Hanover should be renew ed for a limited period in order to gain su ffi cient time for negotiation with Hanover. It was s b h e o t u w l d e e n be the re n t e w w o e d G f o o v r e s r inx the 14th of February e a s t e h e e e t oia,egr expire pa e ti e yr d e on n i n o e n n e s h n s s t , e h s q a o u t next. In the meantime another step has been taken, which cannot fail to facilitate a final settlement of this ve xatious question. The Government o f Bel gium has considered it advisable to follow the ex ample of the British Government, by giving moth* to Hanover for the termination of their Treaty of February 22, 1842, with regard to the Stade dues. We understand that this notice has been served e w r ith ß aarovnieNwootfhoemonbc,eio.tfintgheme2a3nds to N upon the Government of Ha nover by a no t e o f t h e November n last, ls t o Belg ianbeMem provide for the abolition of the Stade dues on the principle of an equitable compensation. A similar determination appears to exist on the part of the Dutch Government, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Holland having declared in the Second Chamber, on the 26th of November, 1858, that the Government of the Netherlands would be dispbsed to negotiate with Hanover for the aboli tion of the Stade dues on the same principles as those which, to the satisfaction of all contracting parties, were adopted in the case of the Sound dues, The Stade dues seem, therefore, to have now at last arrived at their doom. The Government of Hanover will have either to allow a settlement of the question on the principles of justice and of in. ternational law, or to forego the impost altogether, as the States principally concerned in the naviga tion of the Elbe have now, by the termination of their treaties, liberated themselves from the self imposed liability of paying these tolls. It is to be hoped that the British Government will not lose so favourable an opportunity of bringing to a close this long-pending question, so as to release us for ever from an impost which is unjust in principle, and which, in its unequal operation, presses with pecu liar weight upon British shipping. be a of ar- old ith led the 11 0 Ca 0 ler of Fa of A Sharel 12.10 13.14 Stozk Stock Stock Stool: Stock Stock Stock 16 Stock, Stock Stock 25 Stock, 12 Stock , Stock 10 Stock Stock Stoc k 50 Stock , Stock Stock Stock Stock 25 Stock Stock' Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock S'tock StOa StoCk Stock Stock 12 10 Stock , 10 Stook 16} 100 100 li 10l 01 100 all alr all all all all all all 83i i 100 10 8t001• Stock Stookl stock 100 Stook all all all all all 1011 101 101 51 b 1171 1021 102 102 92 i