The Sun. — London, England, 1859-02-05 00:00:00

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C h er bourf,; ( i Vectis, rota COP _ e ar rye, stism:., rood Hor Morniiig• amen, frQ° MornlIIg• itio e ' Isfornins. _—si t BAY. her s any ° v et r, Air Lie a the li nk 38 c10ti 1 , 0 461 0 v• her 011 is The f a ' it ye t thfl ift l i i i, y beau tv v ect i. io at fi.L. d are of k i 3 n- 111°11 t o , „ L OS and la ° 7 c ittl shing en o beforeoo , it l poor fiect and r e eto. rery .1 1 101 V EY DIA REF?' A IVD CITY NE WS. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. The changes exhibited in the Bank of England return for the week ending last Wednesday are not of a very important character. A small addition has been made to the bullion through the recent arrivals of Australian and American gold. The exports o f spec i e cont i nue l i m i te d , an d a large por tion of the late imports is yet to be disposed of, but it Is generally supposed that it will be sent into the atonal establishment. The demand for money 1 exceedingly quiet, but the increase in the other securities and the enlarged circulation of notes, sh oNv that during th e p er iod emb race d th e autho rities had experienced a more active inquiry for acc ommodation. This movement, however, is attri butable to the satisfactory condition of the revenue, the Treasury balances having been augmented to the extent of half a million, which has trenched upon the private deposits. Annexed arc the par ticulars Active Circulation .. L 20,999,690 Increase 288,905 Mullion „ „ .. 19,294,022 Increase .. • . • • 116,168 .• • Rest 3,282,838 • •. Increase .. 24,069 'ublic Deposits 7,026;233 Increase .. .. 506,180 Other Deposits 14,582,157 Decrease .. 455,147 Seven Day,and other Bills .. 806,800 Decrease .. 60,570 Government Securities .. 10,696,147 Decrease .. 2,660 Other Securities .. .. 16,785,549 Increase .. • • 189,929 Notes U nemp l oye d .. * * 12,100,035 Decrease .. • 221,065 The comm erc i a l bill s due yesterday, the 4th of the 'month, were met in a satisfactory manner, nr important failures having taken place. Money was in rather more request, but obtainable at previous rates. The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed With a very steady appearance, and 7,000 bales Were sold at full rates. The foreign exchanges yesterday afternoon ex hibited an advance in the rates on Vienna and Trieste ; the quotation for Amsterdam was also slightly higher. Since Monday last the imports of *specie have been about £432,724, and the exports £195,828, exclusive of the following shipments direct from London to the Continent during the week ending Thursday last :—Gold coin, Boulone, 300 oz.; ditto b ars, M g ogadore, 2,5000 z. ; ditto ditto, Hamburg, 11,6480 z. ; silver coin, Boulogne, 6,0000 z. The market for Public Securities has again pre sented an unfavourable appearance. Political ,a.frairs continue to affect values, and the pub lication of Louis Napoleon's pamphlet, just on t he eve o f settlement, has added to the uneasy feeling lat e ly ex hibi ted. Consols have been ' t & 9 5 and 941, but the present price is 941 1, b oth for money and the Bth inst. For the next ac count they are a fraction higher. A very limited a mount of b us i nsss has b een recorded. T h e New threes are 951 1 ; the Reduced, 95,11; India Loan Debentures 98-2- 99 ; ditto Bonds, 235. prem. ; Ex chequer Bills, 33 5 . t o 37 5 . p rem . ; an d ditt o B on d s, __ 4 ""1. Bank St oc k i s 228 ; an d Ind i a d i tto, 221 2221. The re is increased depression in the Railway Market to-day, and most of the principal shares have g )cr ieneed a further decline of from ss. to 20s. A moderate business is doing, with a preponderance of sales. C aledonian have declined £1; Eastern °llll ties 15s. ; Great W e ste r n, 15s. ; L on d on an d urest ern, £1 B r ighton;, 10s. ; N or th W es t ern , 15 s . ; South North Midland, £1 ss. ; North British, 10s. ; Eastern (Berwick), 15s. ; North Eastern (York), lo s. ; North Eastern (Leeds), 10s. All active business has been transacted in the Colonial Market. Giland Trunk of Canada has been in considerable request, at from 32/ to 331, ex. the interest. East India are heavy at 1011„ and Great Indian Peninsula at 991. Foreign Railways are inac tive. Lombardo-Venetian Old Shares are 7188, and the New Shares 59 6. Joint -Stock Banks and Miscellaneous Shares are generally unaltered. , In the F ore i gn S toc k M ar k et the transactions nave been of a very limited character, and quota tions have exhibited a material decline. Turkish 6 Per Cents. receded to 891 90 ; ditto Scrip, Ist issue, to 774 781; ditto, 2d issue, to 8 71 discount ; Russian 5 per Cents., to 1121; Portuguese 3 per Cents.,! to 451 ; and Venezuela 5 per Cents., to 429. Mexican are steady, at 191 I. The Aus trian' and Chilian Loans are neglected at previous Prices. „The Port Philli p G o ld C ompany has received ili ghly satisf ac t ory advices from that colony, w hi c h represent the profit on the operations for the month of Novemb er at rather more than £2,000. A re the m ittance of £1,500 has been received, completing amount required for new machinery, and " 1,0 00 on account of second dividend. ta BR ITISH FUND S—CL OSING PRICES. nk Stock Per Cent-Reduced An nu iti es 228 li:it:lee/it. Consols Annuities 3 ri p e g l lie : * ties 9 94) 1 India Stock Cont. Annuities 222 i 1 laatt°solsl3°fllodrsi l i Ot o t 23 95 41 :_ .: e tt h o March June. ° Ze al % 13 , ills, il 000 2d. & lid.. 34u3 I Ditto .f.;"100 ' ' D' 11d. 'l44equer Bonds, 1859, 31 per Cent .... 1001 R e . /'OREIGNent FUNDS - -CLOSING PRICES. xlean per C Dittop A, Ce 011.1# . 191 1 ii, u .A ll ese, 1853, 3 p er C en t. ur ri , sslan, 1822, £ St ., 5 per Cent ll2± kleh 6 per Cent. :ei)Dniitt::too . A. A. c e c e w c° o llll .4n Lo t t au 89 81 77t 8 it i ez u. rs e-la, per Cent. "ividends on the above payable in London. TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, Money B 4l it • Ditto March CITY OF LONDON THEATRE. A dom es ti c drama, under the title of " Waiting for the Verdict," taken from Soloman's celebrated Picture, has been produced at this well-conducted establishment with signal success. 'We never re collect witnessing such a complete triumph. In several sc enes t h ere i s scarcely a dry eye in the theatre, so impressi ve i s th e ac ti ng o f M r. W . Searle and Mr. Edmiston Shirra. The latter gen tleman is rising rapidly in public favour, whilst Mr. Searle is firmly established. The acting, also, of Miss Augusta Clifton is thoroughly appreciated by the audience, if we may judge from the applause sho nightly receives. The comic acting of Mr. 'William Gommersal and Miss M. Victor is a gem, perfectly convulsing the audience, especially in their duets. Mr. Saville and Mrs. Archer made the most of two very un pleasant parts. The piece is admirably mounted ; the trial scene is the most perfect set ever witnessed 0 11 the stage, and carried out most fearfully true to nature. The picture is most excellently struck. Mr. Nelson Lee's 205th comic pantomime continues its triumphant career. We advise all who wish for a first-class entertainment to visit the City of Condon Theatre, Messrs. Johnson and Nelson Lee being capital caterers. TESTIMONIAL TO THE EDITOR OF THE " LAW , TIMEs.9,—A testimonial from the Solicitors of England and Wales has just been presented to the "Editor of the -Law Times." It is a large silver centrepiece, consisting of a richly c h ased vase standing on a square plinth, with four Panels for the inscription and armorial bearings. It is sup ported by four heraldic horses in frosted silver. The in scription is as follows :—The Testimonial of the Solicitors of England and Wales, to Edward William Cox, Esq., pre sented in recognition of his unwearied and successful en deavours, as Editor of " the Law Times " to promote the mental, moral and social advancement of their branch of the Legal Profession. 1858. It was designed and manu factured by Mr. Metcalf Hopgood, of 202, Bishopsgate street, on whose taste and skill it reflects the greatest rediti Professor W. Sterndale Bennett's new cantata, "The May Queen," will be performed at the St. James's Hall on Wednesday evening next, February 9th, on which Occasion Mr. Sims Reeves will sing the tenor music for the first time in London. This will be the first performance of Dr. Bennett's extremely clever work si nce its represents _ tion. at Windsor Castle, and there can be no doubt that the interest already excited will ensure a large and fashionable a ttendance. The band and choir of the Vocal A ssoc i ation, under the direction of M. Benedict, will number 400 per ormers. FATAL ACCIDENT.—An accident, we regret to say, attended with fatal consequences, occurred on Thurs dap in connection with the opening of Parliame n t. A la Y named Margaret Bruce, who resided at Kingsland green, was s t an di ng near the corner of Parliament-street tearnodwl3driwdags very dense, to witness the procession, where the when suddenly a rush took place, a nd she was forc e d to the ground, and when extricated she wa s i n an ins ensible condition. She was taken without delay to Westminster Hospital, and attended by the house ge9lll Who prolloluzeed life to be extinct, THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 5, 1859. THE FRENCH ARMY. Whatever may be the resolve of the ruler of France with respect to the difference with Austria, one thing seems to have been generally ascertained and admitted—the people of France display no alacrity, no eagerness, or desire of war. On the contrary, the reports of every provincial authority concur in representing the population as more than indifferent to the martial struggle in prospect. This, with respect to some classes, is perfectly na tural.. The French have become almost altogether a commercial or industrial people, When one goes amongst them, there is but one cry heard—that of a desire faire des affaires ; and to pursue fortune and advancement is the only path that is left open. But the peasant is a stranger to these calculations; and he especially is the depository of all those im perial traditions of glory which have introduced the Legion of Honour into so many cottages. Still the French peasant shakes his head at the mention of war ; and the French housewife does more. She corrugates her brow, and looks unutterable things, indicative of the strongest aversion to mili tary glory, and the price at which it is to be pur chased. A number of causes kindle the aversion of the French peasant class for war. There is a horror of the excise, or of what are called the droits reunis, and a kindred dread of the new taxes which come in the shape of centimes additionnels. But we will confine ourselves, for the present, to a description of what especially disgusts tho French, men and women, with war—the conscription; and the new regulations which have come to reinforce it. The French conscription during the reign of the Bourbons, legitimate or quasi, raised nominally every year 80,000 youth of twenty-one years of age. Of these 80,000, however, scarcely more than one-half joined their regiments ; and those who did join generally got placed on the reserve, and were sent home after four years' ser vice. A father of a family who wished to exempt his son from service did so either by subscribing a yearly sum of no great amount, or by paying down about £6O for a substitute. The Con scription, in fact, did not fall heavy upon the rustic communities, and mothers when they did part - xith their sons, felt that it was but for a year or two. Since 1853, and especially now, the con scription is quite another thing. In the first place, those who do join the army remain in it for at least eight years. If they have learned a trade they forget it ; if they have a sweet heart they lose her. Next of all, it is no longer 80,000 conscripts, one half of whom join their corps, but 100,000 conscripts, all of whom must either join or pay. When 100,000 are taken, the result is, in general, that all the valid or war-worthy youth of the district are taken, All, indeed, do not join the army. But the parents who do not suffer the loss of their children suffer severely in pocket. To explain this, it must be stated that the Em peror Napoleon has introduced a new law, called that of the notation de r Armee. This law abo- STOCKTON AND DARLINGTON. lished the old system of parents supplying each an especial remplacement for their sons, which certain companies used to furnish. The Government now receive the money, and in return grant the exemp tion. Instead, however, of laying out this money in paying young recruits, it is handed over to the credit of the army dotation. Of the 100,000 men raised for the Conscription, not 80,000 enter the depots ; therefore the Government receives redemp tion from 20,000 or 25,000 conscripts whom it really does not replace. The price of redemption is about 3,000 f., or £l2O. Multiply this by 20,000 or by 25,000, and we have the sum of £3,000,000 sterling raised annually upon French parents, and chiefly from peasant parents, for their offspring, and this over and above what was raised or paid previous to 1850. The French Emperor, or his War-office, makes a very good use of this money. It engages soldiers to re-enlist, gives all who do so increased pay, with great advantages at the expiration of their service. In a word, the condition of the real, permanent soldier is very much improved by the regulation of this dotation of the army. But the increased burden of taxation thrown upon the peasant classes by these additions to the Conscription-law, and by the increased and unnecessary number of conscripts taken, weighs not the less, especially upon the rustic population, and inspires it with sentiments of diminished respect for military exigencies and glory. Another fact well worthy of remark is, that notwithstanding all the advantages promised and offered to those who will devote themselves exclusively to the career of arms, they are not taken advantage of, at least not in the proportion that might be expected. If a French soldier sees that he has no chance of becoming an officer, he in general quits the service. So many comrades pass over him and gain epaulettes that he is disgusted, so that it is with the utmost difficulty that the War Administration is able to maintain a sufficient number of first-rate sous-officers in a regiment. Another mistake which the above faCts will cor rect is the too general supposition that, in conse quence of the large number of naval and military conscripts raised annually, the number of both ser vices must be almost on a war footing ; but in truth no more soldiers swell the army from a conscription of 100,000 than used to do so from the old one of 80,000. The increased number is merely an affair of finance, and augments the dotation, not the number of the army. The aim of the Emperor Napoleon has been to increase the efficiency and the well being rather than the number of his army, and for this we are most ready to give him due credit, _ being convinced that the more the expense of the soldier is increased, the more impossible will it become for any country or government to keep up multitudinous armies. These, however, are incidental considerations. What we have sought to explain is the repugnance to war and to a military establishment which is evinced and avowed by the French peasant, and which already shows on bow very tottering a basis is built a military monarchy when it is made to repose upon universal suffrage. Let it here be remarked that what is true of one expected belligerent is true of the other. For Austria has adopted not only the French Conscrip tion, but the recent additions to it respecting re engagements. Here, then, are two great empires which have destroyed every institution save the army. They have centralised all authority, and leave nothing between their Emperors and the people, from which people are raised at once the men and the funds to compose and support the army. The population have but to give utterance to one cry of dissent or dissatisfaction with the system, and ' the entire fabric of power crumbles like a piled up pack of cards.—Daily News. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN. The directors of this company state in their re port that the net revenue for the half-year ending the 31st Dec. last, after deducting interest on loans and all other preferential charges, amounts to £202,480, to which £4,853, the surplus from June last, is added, making a total balance available for dividend of £207,334. From this sum the directors propose that a dividend shall be declared, payable on the 21st inst., at the rate of £5 15s. per cent. per annum, amounting, on £7,197,855 of capital paid up, to £206,938, leaving a balance of £396. Tho increase in the gross revenue for the last half year, over the corresponding period of 1857, amounted to £22,802, of which £16,953 was from passengers and mails, £6,323 from goods and mer chandise, but there was a decrease of £474 from rents and sundries. The total receipts on 2871 miles for the half-year amounted to £468,662, the work ing expenses to £177,722, the taxation to £22,882, and the net revenue to £268,059. The improve ment in the receipts was not produced by any ex traordinary cause, but was a gradual increase of the traffic spread over the whole system of the com pany's lines. The traffic returns since the com mencement of the year 1859 also show an increase in the receipts. Considerable progress had been made in providing the additional stock necessary for working the new lines about to be completed. Before the close of the present year the company will be working (including the Portsmouth line, already opened) upwards of 120 miles of additional railway. The sum of £19,202 had been expended on this account. A considerable sum had been ex pended, at the cost of revenue, in improving and altering the old stock of carriages. The permanent way continued to be maintained in good order. A further portion of the main line had been renewed during the past half-year, at an expense of £10,553, charged against revenue. A similar expenditure on the main line under this head might be expected each half-year, the increased mileage run and the additional trains required in connexion 'with the new lines creating a considerable increase In the wear and tear on the old line. The doubling of the Southampton and Dorchester line for the 36 miles from Southampton to Wimborne was completed, whereby the working of the traffic on the line was much facilitated. The contractor was proceeding rapidly with the works on the Exeter extension line. Some delay had occurred in finishing the station , works at Salisbury, at the junction with the Salisbury and Yeovil line ; but there was no doubt that the first portion of that line to Gilling ham would be ready for opening early in the spring. The new line from Wimbledon to Epsom, which this company had agreed to work, will be opened on the first of March next. The directors had also agreed to take the railway recently com pleted by an independent company, between Epsom and Leatherhead, at an annual rent of £2,000, with ' further conditions for 44 mergence with WA COM. pany's general undertaking. Acting on the reso lution passed at the special general meeting on 27th Oct. last, the directors had concluded an arrange ment with the Portsmouth Company for a lease of their undertaking for 999 years, at a rental of £lB,OOO a-year, subject to such other incidental conditions as the directors had considered just and proper. The Portsmouth line was opened for traffic on the Ist of January, and trains were run ning over it, pending the application to Parliament for the lease. An arrangement had been concluded with the Stokes Bay Railway and Pier Company, by which the company was to lease and work that undertaking in perpetuity, at an yearly rent of £l,BOO, but the arrangement was to cease if the sea service between Stokes Bay and the Isle of Wight should at any time not be sufficiently worked or provided for by tho Stokes Bay or Ferry , Com pany. The directors regret that the proposed lease by this company of the Portsmouth Railway had led to differences with the Brighton Company. With regard to the charge of breach of faith made by the Brighton Company against the board, the directors feel that they have a full and satisfactory reply. The board thought the time had arrived for calling the attention of the proprietors to the subject of the remuneration of the direc tors. In August, 1846, the:salary of the board was increased from £l,OOO to £2,000 per annum; the capital account of the company was then £2,636,585; it was now £7,197,533. The gross receipts of the year were £365,355 ; they now amounted to £862,516. The miles of railway open were 105; and there were now 287, with 120 more miles in pro spect. The qualification of directors had been since 1846 raised from a holding of £l,OOO, not paid up, to a holding of £3,000, paid up and held for twelve months. The report of Mr. Beattie states that the cost per mile for the locomotive department had been at the rate of B.old. per mile, showing a decrease of ex pense of £1,488, or 0.60 d. per mile, as compared with the corresponding half of 1857. The saving had in part been made by improvements in the engines to economise fuel, whereby nearly three tons of coals had been used to one ton of coke, and the same results had been obtained by one ton of the former as by a similar quantity of the latter. The comparison stood thus during the six months ending Dec., 1857 ; the cost per train mile for fuel was 2.68 d. ; last half-year it was 2.43 d. ; the de crease therefore bad been id. per mile, notwith standibg the proportion of goods train mileage had been greater. The amount expended in the car riage department had been £12,959, or at the rate of 1.92 d. per train mile, giving a total expenditure of £67,039 for both departments, or 9.93 d. per train mile, as compared with 10.25 d. for a similar period in 1857. The capital account showed that £10,074,776 had been received, and £10,125,561 expended, leaving a balance of £50,785 against the company. The directors of this company state in their report that the receipts for the six months just ended, in cluding the balance of £1,653 brought from the pre ceding half-year, amounted to £193,697, and the expenditure to £111,487. The half-year's accounts contain a debit of £5,545 in part payment of the Parliamentary expenses of last session. Tho dis posable balance, after payment of all interest, pre ference dividends, and other outgoings, amounted. to £37,000. This sum was fully equal to the pay ment of a dividend at the rate of 91 per cent. per annum on the ordinary stock, and, if sanctioned by the proprietors, would make the dividend for the year 1858 9 per cent., leaving a balance of £3,000 for the next account. BRITISH POSSESSIONS. SHARE MARKET.-(THIS DAY.) ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Share Railways. I ra& Closing I Business Price.: Done. 1 . . Share Railways. Pa id . I Closing 1 Business Price. Dons. 100 Atlantic &St Lawrence all 78 79 Leased at 6 per cent.. 12.10 Amberg., Notting. Bost. Bom.,Baroda&Cent.lnd 9 i 4 d and Eastern Junction 10 61 61 ei 18 gu. 5 per cent 50 Belfast and Ballymena., all 18 Do . all —' 13.14 Bir., Wol., and Str.Val. all 8 9 18 Do. Addit. Capital A 6 1 1 d Stock Birk., Lane., and Chesh. 18 D o . Do. B 44 1 1d 4 Junetion lOO 67 69 201 Buffalo and L ike Huron all 7 7 25 Blackburn - d 25 Blyth and Tyne all 31 83 32 1 100 85 90 Stock Bristol and Exeter 6 B p uff o a t l . o, bd ßr e a . n i t A .& o G .g od .o r B ich 72 Stock Caledonian Stock Chester and Holyhead 50 Cork and Bandon all • 20 Clcutta.&S.Eastrn.Lim. I. 3.0. 4d par pas 2 10 0 0 C C D o oorn r . A k, w ß a l l kr l ock,&Passage all 20 Cape,Eastn. Prov.(Lim.) 2s. 2 1 all /A roves. no div. 20 Central . Oude (Limited) 2s. 6d. -- 10 Do. B until6p.oper an. all c. 20 Ceylon Guaranteed 6p. 2 4 1 p e hasbeen pd.toß. 174 Demerara 50 Dublin andßelfast June. all 20 Eastern Bengal.gu.sp.e 5 4 4 44 25 Dun.,Perth,& Abr.J unc. all 91 10 ' S took East Indian, gu. sp. c lOO 101 102 1011 4 Stock East Anglian 100 151 104 20 Do. C Shares all - Stock Eastern Counties lOO 61 62 614 4 4 20 Do. E Shares Ext. 10 par 4 p Stock Eastern Union A Stock 100 2945 47 1 20 Do. Jubbulpore 5 3 Stock Do. do. B Stock 100 100 D 0.41 p.c. Bds. pay.'s9 all - 25 Do.Nw.A.(lte.E.U3ds) 84 20 G eelong& Mel.g-ua.s p. c. all 19 20 25 East Kent all 9'l 13 l 96 a sto. c Geelong Corporation 6 1 1 00 _ Stock East Lancashire lOO •. t per cent. Bonds 20 East Suffolk all Stock Grand Trunk of Canada 100 33 31 334 24 34 3 10 Do Stock Edinburg and Glasgee lOO 2947 ow . 100 100 Do. 6 per cent. Pref..... 100 89 91 Stock Edin.,Perth, & Dund 20 Gt.lndiaPenin.gua.sp.c. all 100 101 994 1004 26990 29 4 9 2 10 Forth & Clyde Junction all 20 Do. New, gua.s per cent. 4 i 4d 3 4 1 Stock Furness 96 98 Stock Glasgow & South Westn. lat f Gt.S.of Ind. Lim.—Scrip 1 2s. ___ • _ 10 Grea t aorth of Scotland all 10 101 • 20 ( guaranteed 5 per cent. ) Stock Grea Northern lOO 104 104/ 201 Gt.W. of Canada Shares all 161 101 Stock Do. do. A Stock lOO 86 88 87 201 Do. New Stock Do. do. B Stock lOO 136 138 100 c Do. Bonds pay. '76,with all 105 107 Stock Gt. South.& Wstn.(lreld) 100 105 106 I opt. till '6O Stock Great western Stock Do.Str.Vl.Rail Gua.Stk. 100 56 V 100 Do. do. '73 without opt all 102 104 12 Irish South Eastern.... all 100 Do. 54 p. c. do. '77 do 50 Lancaster and Carlisle. all 85 90 20 Madras, guar., 4/ p. c all 17 18* 161 Do. Thirds 1613 4 Do. New Thirds l6 12 13 p 20 Do. 41 p. c. Extension.. 15 184 19 Stock Lancashire & Yorkshire 100 94 1 95 854 1 4 1 16 Do. swoeusd d ih d. pßoitr F dtoin £ 6s.o.h l6 uarneiso.n. 6 7* j 4d d 20 Do. Third Ex. gua.s.p.c. 10 1 1 d 20 Do. Fourth do. Stock Melb. Corp. 6 p.c. Bonds 100 3 Newßrunswick&Canda. 2 9 0 Do . South p ort 11.6.3 London and Blickwall all vi " At Class ACapitl.Share.. 11.6.3 Do.Newisa.at £siosp.sh 44 .77,, , A—,, 109 s 1 .. Do. do. Land do. . .. i Stock Lou. ,Thighton &S.Coast 100 ir '',.,v,' 0 . . , 1 4i 4 20 Do. do. B. Capital do l• 10 43 d l Stock London & North Westn 100 9 4 4 - ' .. Do. do. Land d 0... 121 Do. Eighths I 71 1* 1 d c Northof India Tramroad 20 2s. Stock London& South-Westn. 100 941 95 95 4 4 / Limited, Scrip 25 L'derry & Coleraine ... all 20 Oude (Limited) 25 L'derry & Enniskillen. all 20 Scinde .3 15 4 1 p Stock Man., Shef., & Lincoln.. 100 364 371 36 1 i 1 20 Do. 10 Metropolitan 3 d ~ 20 Do. New ir , 5 1 d par Stock Midland lOO 1001 1 0 1 101 4 1 1004 4 20 Do. Punjaub _ g ci, 6 1 Stock Dd. Birming. & Derby lOO 75 77 20 Do. Indus. St. Flo. Wog' 5 i a 50 Mid. Gt. West. (Ireland) all 20 St. Andrews & Quebec A 18 25 Do. 4 Shares all -- 10 ,Trinidad(Limited) Scrip 1 4d 4Pi 100 Nevftstle and Carlisle all I 25 New., Aber., & Herefd all 12 13 10 Newry & Armagh (def ) 9 FOREIGN. 20 Newry, Warpt., & Roe all Stock Norfolk lOO 64 66 ! !Morel Railways. r Paid' Pr i ce. Done. Closing Bnsinsos 50 North. Counties Union 3l 3 1 I d Stock North British lOO 61 62 614 2 - Stock Nor.Dev.Rail.&Dk. Stk. 100 Stock Do.A Stk.— Arec.no div. 10 Antwerp & Rotterdam all 41 5 until 6p.c.hasbeenpdß 100 20 Ardennes - all —r Stock Do. B Stock lOO — 2 O Bali.&S.Fran.,Lim.7p.c. 3 Stock North-Eastn.—Berwick 100 92 83 924 4 5 Belgian East. Junction all f 25 Do. do. G.N.E.Purchase 1613 4 1 1 d d 20 Beziers to Graissessao. all 7 Stock Do. Leeds lOO 4 7 4 84 47 1 5 Carmeaux Mine & Rail. all 2 21 Stock Do. York lOO 77 18 784 20 Dutch Rhenish Stock North London lOO 101 103 6 Eastern of France ...... all 26 , 261 10 N. &S.Westn., Hampstd 20 Euphrates Valley 2O. P and City Junction.... £3 Is. 20 Great Central of France all 20 North Staffordshire.... 174 4f 44 d 134 18 20 Gt. Luxem., Con. she all 64 64 20 North-Western 10 No. & Sou. W. Junction all 7 8 20 Lake Constance & 15110 all Stock Oxford, Wor.,& Wolver. 100 30 4 31 4 20 Lierre and Turnhout... all 10 Peebles all -- 20 Lombardo Venetian... . 8 4 4p871 $4 20 Portsmouth l9 7 5 d • 20 Lucca & Pistoja, 5 p.c.pf. all 10 Rhymney lO 20 Lyons and Geneva .... all Stock Scottish Central lOO 115 117 334 Maria Antonia all Stock South. N.E., Aber. Stock 100 274 28 271 20 Do. do. New Stock Do. Scottish Mid. Stock 100 86 88 20 Namur and Liege all 81 81 Stock Shropshire Union lOO 46 47 20 Do. do. 6p. c. Pref..... all 20 201 10 Sittingbourne & Sheer all 4 2 d 16 Northern of France .... all 354 361 Stock South Devon lOO 371 885 20 Do. New Shares Stock South-Eastern lOO 72 41} 13 73 24 10 Norwegian Trunk Pref. all 84 91 Stock South wales , 100 7 3 741 74 20 Ottoman, gua. 6 per cent 7 4 8 d 20 South Yorks.& Ifiv.Dun all 14 15 20 Paris,Lyons, and Medit. all 324 331 32 20 Do. do lB 20 Paris and Orleans ...... all 51 63 20 Staines, Wok., & Wek all 811 Recife.k S. Fran. (Peru.) 9 2 1 a * d 25 Stockton & Darlington all 35 4 36 4 20 I gua. 7p. et. (Lim.) ... 25 Do. do. 1854 221 -- 20 Riga and Dunaburg.... 4 .25 Do. do. 1855 7 10 Rome and Frascati .... all - - Stockton & Hartlepool 161 20 Royal Danish all Stock Taff Vale lOO 5 Royal Swedish Stock Do. Preference, No. 1.. 100 4 Do. 7 per cent. Pref. 25 ThamesHavenDk&Rail 22 20 Sambre and Meuse all 6 7 Stock Vale of Neath lOO 89 91 ' 10 Do. 51 per cent. Pref. ... all 9 9' Stock Waterford & Kilkenny 100 20 Southern of France .... all 20 20', 50 Waterford & Limerick all 81 West Flanders all 5 5 20 West Cornwall 20 W. & N.W. of France.. all 23 24 10 W-end Lou. & Cry. Pal, all 5 Do.A.—Arecv.nodiv.till 20 Western of Austria .. . 6 7 p.c. has been pd. to B all 3 31 20 Western of Switzerland all 6 Wiesbaden 20 West London 5 Do. B all 61 64 6 Do 8 per cent. Pref.... all 10 Do. Ist Class all 20 Zealand all -- 20 Do. 2d Class all rtEPERIM Share Railways. Paid.l Closing Trice. 25 Blythe and Tyne IC per o. pref. (issued at £5O) Stk Bris. & Exetip.et.Stock 20 Do. do. do. Shares tock Caledon £lO, 41 per cent 12.10 Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. Stock Chester & Holyhd, 51 pc Stock Do. do. 5 p. et. StokCork & Bandon, 51 p. c. Dun. Perth,& Aber.Jun. E.Angn. Class A 7 & spc Stock Do. do. Class B 8 pc.. , Stock Do. do. Class C 7 pc Stock E. Coun. Ex. 5 pct. No.l Stock Do. do N 0.2 Stock Do. New 6 per ct. Stock Stock Eastern Union, 4 per ct. Stock East Lane. 6 per ct 5 E.& W. York. Jcn. fifths Rock Edin.&Glas. 5 pc shares Stock Edin. Perth,& Dun. 4 pc. Stock Furness, 5 per cent Stock Glas. & S Wee. g a. spa Stock Great Northern, 5 p. ct. Stock Do. 5 Redm.,lop.c.pm Stock D0.:4 pc l p. c. do. do. 100 R edm.,s Pc. pm 10 Gt. Nh. of Seotld, Ist pf jGt. Sn.& W (Ireland) 4 p. et. pref. Stock reat West. (Berks and Hants) Ext. 5 p.ct.. . Do. Redeemable, 41 p Do. Redeemable, 4 p. et. Do. Irredeemable, do.. . Do. 5 p. ot. Redeem. Pref. Do. Birm. Pref. Shares Gt. West. Ches. 8 p.c.pf shares Do. do. 5 p. ct. pref Do Birming. guar. stock Do. Chester guar.shares Do. do. do Do. do. do. Lan. & York 6 p.c. stock ton.&Brig.spc. gu. No.l Do. pref., 5 p. a ...No. 2 Do. New gua., 6 p. ct Do. do. 5 p. c. No. 4 Lon.&N.W.Cov.&Nun eaton, 5 p. ct. Lon.&S. W, 7 p.ct. stock, late 3d shares Londondy & Cole, 1 shs Londoudy.& Ennis 1 sh Man.,Sh., & Lin., 6 p. ct Do. £6 Do. 31 per cent. Maryport & Car., 4 p.c. Do. 4 per cent Do. Mid. Con. 6 p. c. Stock Do.Con.Bris.&Bir.6p.ct. Do. 41 . p. c. pref. stock Do. with option till 1860 Do. Leic. & Hit.pref. st. NewportAber,&c.pref.s p. c. redeem, at 5 p. c. pm Do. Perpet, 6 p. c. with option till 1866 Norfolk Deb. 4 p.c. shares Do. 5 p. c. Ext. Stock,lB46 Do. 51p. c. I'ref. do. 1847 Do. Way.VM.Ex.Sk 1847 North British, 5 per cent Do. New, gua. 5 per cent Nth.Dev.Rail.& tosk.Co. N-East. irred. 4 p.c. Deb. Do. Berwick, 4 p. c. Pref. Do. do. do. Do. Leeds, 6 p. c. No. 1 Do. do. Quarters, 1846. 180. York, H. & S. Purch North Staffordshire . nx Wr. & Wol. 6pc. lsVg Do. do. do., 2d gua Do. 41 p.c. Db. stk.in perp Scottish Central, new pi Scottish N.-Eastern deb Do. 31 per c. pref. stock Do.Aberdeen.gua.6 pc. Do. 7 p. c. pref. stock. South Devon, Ann. 10s. Do. Fixed 4/ per cent. South Eastern (Reading Ann., 1.0 6 ) Do .41 per cent Do. Fixed 44 p.c. Ist is Do. New do., 2d issue. South Wales, gua. 4 p.c. Do. 44 per cent S.-Yorkshire, 4 p.c. gua. Stockton and Dar. 5 p.e. I Do. 6 per cent Waterford & Kilkenny, 6 per cent. Stock 50 Stock Stock Stock Stock, stock 264 134 20 Stock Stock Stock Stock Stack Stock Stock 121 12 1 Stock 6 Stock Stock Stock Stock 6 Stock 10{ Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock] Stock Stock Si Stock Stock Stock Stock 10s. 1.0.6. Stock S took Stock Stock Stock all I 1 oo 6 100 100 100 100 all Business Done. ai [l6# 174 Sharel 30 5 25.2.841 Share Securities. raid. Closing Prices. Business Done. ITIEN. Can.Gov.6p.c.Ja. & July Do. 6 p.c.Fb.&Aug• Do. 6 p.c.3lr. & Scp. N.B. Gov. 4 p.c..Ta. &July Do. 6 p.c. Ap. & Oct. N. S.W. Gov. sp. c. Deb. NovaScotiaGov.6 p.c. St. Deb. redeemable, 1875 S.AUB. Gt. 6 po.Jan&July Vict•Gov.6p.c.Jan&July 100 100 100 100 100 100 113 114 115 116 115 116 111 112 Business Done. 90,1 1001 1131 I 11141 1124 13 100 111 112 109 111 107.109 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 104 Closing I Business Joint-Stock Banks. Paid. p r i ce . Done. 25) 25 Stock 49 51 91 96 1103 105 6 64 100 103 113 118 108 112 115 117 114 116 132 131 81 83 75 76 113 115 120 122 111 113 107 108 64 041 102 11 91 93 84 E 6 85 87 98 100 10 10} 161 171 10 101 73 74 19 20 91 10 141 141 140 142 1120 122 1163 163 1122 124 i 11 68 70 141 143 104 105 96 98 91 10 111 12 9 10 .12 114 98 99 i dis p 4cl p 23 231 [23 127 110 112 97 100 10 11 244 25 103 105 103 105 16 17i 29 30 33 34 49 5: LINES LEASED AT FIXED REN' Closing Business Price. Done. Railways. raid. I Leasing Co.'s. Bedford and Bletehley Buckinghamshire Clydesdale Junction. Colchester, Stour Val. E.Lincolnshire,g,.6p.c. E Union,HarwichShs. Do. Woodbridge Gls.Barr.&Neils,Drct Do. New Gloster& Dean Forest ITartlpool.Dck.&Rail Hull and Selby Do. Shares Do. Shares London&Greenwich Do. Preference Ln& N.W Ln& N.W Caledonin E.U.&E C Gt.Nerth. E.Counts. Calcdonin Do. Gt. West. Yk.N.&Br Yk.N.Md. Do Do. .. S. East Do. . Peto &Co Do. Norfolk Do. LN WiCM Stk.& Dar Midland . . E.Counts. Do. Do. Do. Lon.,Tilby.&Soutin4. Do. Barking Shares Lowestoft, gua. 4 p. Ct Do. 6 per cent Manc.,Buxtn. & Matk Midsb.& Reda, 7, 6 _1 3 .e Mid. BradfordPrf. Stk N ewm arkt.,BuryEx gua ranteed 5 p. c. Northn.& Eastn. 5 p.c. Do. do. 6 per cent Do. Fixed 5 per Preston and Wyre. Do. Shares A. cent. Boys tn, Hitch.,& Shep Shf.Roth.&Gol.g.sp.c. Shrawsbry& Hereford South Staffordshire .. Wear Valley, g. 6 I). c. Do. do. Wilts and Somerset.. Wimbledon& Croy6n. L&N Wi & L.Yk. 5 Do. Gt. North. Lan.& Yk T Brassoy M'Clean Stk.& Dar Do. Gt. West L.&Brgtn DOCKS. Share' Docks. 98 100 HA 108 17 19 L 42 144 4 4/ [ll 113 65 67/ 115 120 90 92 2/ OS ICO P 58 80 11 1 1! 90 92 8 Stock 1 Commercial lOO Stock Do 4 per Cent .Pref. Min lOO Stock East and West India lOO Stock London ... . Stock St. Katharine.... . Stock Southampton ....... .. Stock Victoria 20 Do New ....tat, ...... 18 'ALB. 99 2 i pm Cl os ing Business I Paid p r i ce . Done. 1142 144 BRITISH MINES. Mines. Alfred Consols (Philack) ritish Iron Condurrow (Camborne) Devon G. Cons. (Tavist ) East Bassett (Illogan) Great South Tolgus G. Wheal Alfd.(Phillack) G. Wheal Vor(IIelston) Lady Bertha North Frances (Illogan) North Wheal Crofty N.Wh'l Basset (Mogan) Far Consols (St. Blaxy) Porkellis Unit. (W end.) Sortridge Cons. n.Co. SouthCaradon (St. Cleer) South C. Brea( Illogan). S Wheal Fran. (Illogan) Tamar Silver and Lead Mining Co Tin Croft UnitedMines(Gwennap) Vale of Towey (Carm.) West Basset (Illogan) W. Caradon (Liskeard) Wheal Basset (Mogan). Wheal Buller (Redruth) Wheal Edward (Cals.) Wheal Kitty (U. Lelant) Wh'l Mary Ann (Menke) Wh'l Trelawney (Lick.) Australian Bon AccordCopper,Lim Brazil. Imp. (is. at p ) Do.St.Johndelßey,Lim Do. Land and MiningCo Clarendon Consols Min- ing Co. of Jamaica Cobra Copper Copiapo DunMoun.Cop.Ming.Co Fortuna General Linares Lusitanian Mariquita New Granada N.RhineCop.of S.Aus.L Poutgibaud Silver, Lead Min ing and Smelt.... Port Philip Santiago de Cuba United Mexican COLONIAL GOVER raid. \ Closing Prini 2.11.10 74 si 24 34 460 470 200 210 12 13 21 31 t 1 I 1 6 7 2i 7 8 16 17 , 17s 11.18.8 18 . 8 8 9 td i 7.9.4 nil. I t 420 43u 2 2t, 225 • 235 18.18.91 4} 9 40 12s 6d li 20 i 5 5i , 1.7.2 8 4} 1 11 4 4k FOREIGN MD i I 20 22 8.5 70 20 230 20 130 2} 2} 11 12 47 49 33 35 / P 1 10 12 lt 2i 'MEN' 38 40 10 12 1 * 1 20 2 8 1 1 1d i P 41 5 1 1 2 3 T SECU: Share 100 Agra&UnitedServiceßk 50 40 Australasia all 90 92 901 25 Bank of Egypt all 255 261 26 100 Bank of London 5O 40 Brit. Col. Bk. & LoanCo all 00 British North American all 57 59 20 Chtd. Bank of India, kc 10 2 11d 100 City 5O 61 63 100 Colonial 20.11 Corn. Bank of Canada all 100 Commercial of London. 20 20 Eng., Scot., & Aus. Ch. all 161 17 164 20 Gen. Bk. of Switzerland all 20 Lon.Char.Bk.otAustral. all 211 22 50 London and County 50 London Joint Stock 190 London & Westminster. 20 100 Nat. Prov. of England. 35 761 1 20 Do. new lO 50 National Bank 25 20 New South Wales 25 Orient. Bk. Corporation all 39 40 20 Ottoman Bank all 204 204 201 Provincial of Ireland 10 Do. New all 2.6 South Australia 25 Do. New l7l 25 Union of Australia all. Do. New 2O 50 Union of London lO -- 100 Unity Mutual 55 - -- 100 Western Bk of London 50 191 181 d MISCELLANEOUS. Shari Miscellaneous. Paid.l Cloning ' Business dons Price, 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint'.. all 121 131 1000 Atlantic Tel. (Limited), all 240 270 25 Australian Agtiailtural 19 34 86 NI 10 Australian Royal Mail . all 4 1 10 Berlin inter Works ... all 21 31 10 Do New, issued at 25 dis 3 50 131ritish American Land 40 60 Brit. & Irish Mag.Tel.A. all 39 41 20 Do. B, 7p. 0. till 1882.. all 19 21 20 Do. C. k • 100 Canada Lahti 321 114 118 10 Chan.lellinds Tel.(Lim ) all 94 101 cop,Min.ofEng.&Smltg all Do. Preference 71 per et all 23 25 0 Crystal Palace. 5 Do. Preference all 41 5 20 Eastern Steam.. ill Stock Electric Telegraph 5 Eng. & Aust.VCD.ELCo all 1 14 Europ. & bid.junct.TeL 10s. - Rill'Ork&Am.Stm.(Lim.) all 14 2 20 . qi.honScrewCol.(Lim , all n 2 1 40: lyLs.m3DrooeeoeennntridBh.ddi.petSo. Exton. Discounta nt m e. no Electric N. Omnibus n v e i Navigation. n lal l4 — 64 — 7 bus Co. a 5 ll 1 11 1 11 d ) Teleg. all an Pr d e s f n L is an s.a d t ldis. all 1 1 4 100 t N or .t ie r. n & t ::: S s co y:e t . i .. a s. L t.e. a a. n m. d . NND: o ll d o Ac t i ial Discount Co 5 1 d ll '142 10 1 11stralasian (Lim all all 1 4 2 1 5 Peel River Land & * l a a 5 20 North of Eu ro pe 80 15 15 . 1 18 1 42 - 416 p - 3 - a r 1 Do. New Shares ll 50 Pen. & Oriental Steam . 50 Do. New i.t,ll 0 84 85 84/ 01 50 20 Red Sea & ..... Tele Rhymney Iron 15 Do. New I°l RoyalS cot.A 31 us a t i r l in S . t I e n a v in .(Lim ) a 6°R l l l l 125 74 i 37 471 131 4 25 South Australian Land. all 37 3 8 1 Submarine Teleg. Scrip. all I 1 1 Do. do Registered all 20 ITr.& Ln.Co.of Can. 5 rfag Dieineo Pi . 11 —no.-- TRAFFIC RETURNS FOR THE WEEK. Miles Opened. Receipts. Railways. ,-------_, ~._------.----„, 1859. 1838. 1859. 1858. • . • • - ,-- X X Ballymena and Portrush... 35 35 - - Bedale and Leyburn lO 10 105 76 Belfast and Ballymena 65 65 927 1,120 Belfast and County Down 2O 17 - - Birkd., Lane., & Ches. June 32 32 2,427 2,262 Blyth and Tyne 2O 13 1,368 1,036 Bristol and Exeter llB 117 5,313 5,199 Caledonian - 198 13,314 12,915 Ches.&llolyhead(witliMold) 91} 94 - - Cockermouth & Workington 8- . ... 8 - - Cork and Bandon 2O 20 246 255 Cork, Blackrock, & Passage 6l 61 197 152 Dceside l7 17 211 178 Dublin & Belfast Junction 56 56 1,161 ' 1,095 Dublin and Drogheda 6.3 03 1,340 1,339 Dub. & Wicklow(in.Kingst ) 401 401 1,195 1,264 Dundalk and Enniskillen Dundee and Arbroath 174 174 421 646 Dundee, Perth, & Aber. Jun 3l 31 1,061 851 East Anglian 674 674 838 977 E.Counties,Nrlk.,&E.Union 489 489 23,181 22,069 East Kent l9- --,- 240 - E. Lancashire(in.Blackburn) 111 105 6,370 5,324 Edinburgh and Glasgow Edinburgh, Perth,& Dundee 78 78 2,791 2,713 Forth & Clyde Junction Furness Glasgow & South-Western. 1831 1831 6,079 5,907 Great Northern 283 283 22,972 22,9 1 4 Great North of Scotland Gt.Southn. & Westn.(irind ) 229 2034 5,934 5,701 Great Western 466 466 26,705 25,648 [Lull and Ifolderness fnverness & Aberdeen June. 57 15 551 - Irish South-Eastern 254 25} 195 190 Killarney Junction Lancaster and Carlisle (in. Kendal and Windermere) 100 1001 6,001 5,497 Lane. & Yrks.(in.Blackburn) 28 289 23,260 20,050 Limerick and Foynes 2 20 4 . 360 93 101 349 Llanel 46, 35 London ly & North-Western London and Blackwall 5 v. 1,248 1,253 London & South-Western . 321 287. 12,724 11,701 Lond. Brighton, &S. Coast. 202 18:-. 11,623 10,949 L'derry and Enniskillen Lond., Tilbury, & Southend.. 4 40 918 859 llan.,Sheffield, & Lineolnsh. 173 1731 10,406 9,178 Blanch. S.Jun.& Altrincham 9 q 823 792 Maryport and Carlisle Midland Midland G t.Wes tn. of hind 177 177 3,808 3,228 Monkland 52 62 1,466 1,317 Monmouthsh. Rail. & Canal 44 44 1,901 2,216 Newcastle and Carlisle 7B 78 2,600 &mu Newport,Abcrg.,& Hereford 50 43 1,352 1,030 North British (in. Dalkeith) 149 149 4,539 4,272 North Devon 35 33 335 31..5 N or th-Eastern 7364 720 32,649 30,634 North London 9 9 2,123 2,205 North Staffordshire 233 233 6,885 6,069 North-Western 404 464 - - N. Yorkshire and Cleveland 104 - - - Oxford, Wore., & Wolver O4 01 4,115 3,731 Peebles lB 18 104 169 1,841 1,491 St. Helen's Canal & Railway 30 30 Scottish Central Scottish North-Eastern ll5 115 3,485 3, 410 Shrewsbury & Birmingham 294 294 1,512 1,219 Shrewsbury and Chester.,. 48 48 2,618 2,241 Shrewsbury & Hereford - - Shropshire Unior 291 2 689 701 South Devon - 2,168 1,904 South-Eastern 3Ol 301, 16,294 16,172 South Wales l7l 171 6,621 6,428 S. Yorkshire and River Dun 108 108 3,005 2,568 Stockton and Darlington Taff Vale 54 54 3,853 3,522 Ulster 52 30 1,403 1,232 Ulverstone and Lancaster Vale of Neath 254 251 1,328 1,550 Warrington and Stockport l2 12 - - 261 Waterford and Kilkenny 3l 31 233 Waterford and Limerick West Cornwall 271 2 74 664 627 W.Hartlepool Harbr.&R ail. 39 39 3,514 2,781 Whitehaven Junction l2 12 414 352 Whitehaven & Furness Jun. 35 35 474 371 W'haven,Cleator,&Egrmnt. 7 7 269 118 FOREIGN AND COLONIAL. Antwerp and Rotterdam 52 52 057 667 Austrian B2B 673 26,323 23,7716 Belgian Eastern Junction 264 264 229 211 Buffalo and Lake Huron Detroit and Milwaukie 1854 140 1,332 9 17 Dutch Rhenish Grand Trunk of Canada 879 849 0,044 5,961 Great Indian Peninsula l3O 884 - - Great Luxembourg 122 38 1,768 808 ' Great Western of Canada 294 ' 283 6,172 8,440 , Lombardo-Venetian 285 285 10,357 5,571 Lyons and Geneva 142 107 3,133 1,649 ' Madrid, Saragossa &Alicant 284 224 6,528 5,597 Maria Antonia' 2l 21 - - Northern of France 574 574 42,126 40,000 ' Norwegian Trunk 44 44 284 200 Paris, Lyons, & Mediterrn B4l 781 65,368 53,797 Paris and Orleans 922 857 44,031 35,469 Paris and Strasburg 979 838 43,483 34,167 P Royal Daniell 69 69 415 367 t Sambre and Meuse 6B 68 1,221 1,097 Southern of France 777 773 ;15,092 10,871 West Flanders IW. And N.W. of France 716 598.,29,767 5 25,066 THIRD EDITION. SUN OFFICE, Six o'Clock. P .4RL LIMENTARY REFORM. MEETING IN THE CITY THIS DAY. A public meeting of the electors of the City of London was held this afternoon, in the Guildhall, to take into consideration the propriety of a reform in Parliament. _ _ At half-past one the majority of those present seemed to belong to the working classes ; and the assemblage altogether bore a very different appear ance to that which usually fills the Guildhall when subjects of importance are under the consideration of the citizens of London. The chair was taken at two o'clock by the Right Hon. D. W. Wire, Lord Mayor. His LORDSHIP, in opening the business of the meeting, said he had convened the present meeting in compliance with a requisition, numerously signed, in order that the electors of the City might express their opinions upon a subject which was creating immense interest in the country—he meant that of the reform of the representation of the people in Parliament. He trusted that the order of the meeting, as arranged by the requisitionists, would not be disturbed. They had arranged the speakers, and he trusted that their proceedings would be con ducted with order and regularity. Mr. Ernest Jones would now submit the first resolution. Mr. ERNEST JONES said that although London had been late to move in the cause of parliamentary reform, he trusted that good would result from the great gathering which he then had the honour of addressing. He stood there not to advocate the opinions of any particular class, but to help on the great work of reform. (Cheers.) The resolution he had the honour of submitting to them was to to the effect that no measure of reform would be acceptable to all classes without it guaranteed to all equal justice. (Cheers.) Mr. Bright had submitted to them a reform bill, and he had said he was in favour of manhood suffrage, but notwithstanding that assertion, he thought the bill hardly went far enough, as according to its provi sions nearly four million men would be kept out of the pale of the constitution. Why was this ? Were not these four million men as good as any of those now before him. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) He (Mr. Jones) did not believe that manhood suffrage could be fully carried out. There must be some restrictions necessarily, but he would not go so far as Mr. Bright, who declared that the working classes were indolent and de praved. (Cheers.) But while he (Mr. Jones) agreed that a line of demarcation must be drawn some where, he would not say that the 4,000,000 he pro posed to enfranchise were depraved and indolent. He was not for putting power into the hands of a mob which would go about from place to place and turn the elections—(hear, hear) —but he would give the honest, respectable work ing man his vote—a vote ho was as much entitled to as the greatest nobleman in the land. (Cheers.) He again said the working classes were entitled to a vote, though the Reform Bill of 1832 excluded I , llcm from it. (Hisses.) But what he advocated was the enfranchisement of the 4,000,000 of the work ing classes. He thought they should be protected by the ballot. (Cheers.) Mr. Bright believed in the ballot. He (Mr. Jones) believed in the ballot ; and the working classes believed in the ballot. Why, then, should not the working man be pro tected by it ? Mr. Bright thought that no measure of reform would be complete without the ballot was conceded, and he felt that the meeting agreed with him that any of the many propositions which did not contain that protection to the honest voter ought to be rejected. (Hear. hear, and cheers.) In some of the manufacturing districts the cottages were built by the employers, and without the em ployed agreed to live in them their labour was re fused. Was that a state of things that ought to be endured? The effect of enfranchising the working man would be to ennoble his feelings and to make him feel he had a stake in the peace of the country. (Cheers.) What he (Mr. Jones) wanted, was to enfranchise the floating population. (Hear, hear.) He asked the meeting what opposition could stand against 4,000,000 enfranchised working men—(cheers)—and if Mr. Bright did not choose to endeavour to enfranchise these 4,000,000 he would. (Cheers.) In the event of the working man getting a vote, he hoped it would be a sub stantial thing, not an illusion. (Cheers.) The panacea for the present evil was manhood suffrage, but he would guard it with this safeguard, that the elector applying to be registered should have resided six or 12 months in one district. (Hear.) Then, with respect to property qualification, what could be a more noble qualification than man him self ? (Cheers.) No machinery, no ship, no palace, was as beautiful as man. He wished particularly to guard them against accepting any instalments of reform. Instalments were shams, and if they were to be content with them he felt confident that would be the only thing they would ever get. (Cheers.) Therefore he wanted no instalments. The working classes were now, after some difficulty, on the first step of the political ladder; but if they were satisfied with Mr. Bright's bill, that would throw them off, and then all the work would have to be done over again. He for one would oppose such a sham and single handed he would take the field against it. (Cheers.) He felt sure he could not be accused of cowardice --(cheers)—and he knew full well the working classes were no cowards; and if the meeting ap proved, they would take the field together against Mr. Bright, and bid him stop his bill, as it did not go far enough, and at the same time tell him they meant to have reform in earnest. He would now take the opinion of the meeting with respect to his view of manhood suffrage, and he called upon those in favour of his resolution to hold up their hands (The whole of those present did so amid loud cheers). He was sure he should receive such a response as that, and he felt great pleasure that his lordship perceived that the meeting was u nanimously sly in favour of manhood suffrage. (Hear, h With respect to the agitation about foreign inva sion, he looked upon it as p ure delusion. He did not think for a moment that f o reign potentates cared much about i nvasion. Their chief object ap peared to him to be to cut each others' throats. (Laughter and cheers.) After a few other obser vations, Mr. Jones concluded by formally moving this resolution :—"That no extension of the franchise can be considered satisfactory that does not secure a just share of political power to all classes of the community." (Loud cheers.) Mr. P. TAYLOR said he felt great pleasure in seconding the resolution. Ho was going in a short time to Newcastle, and it would afford him great satisfaction to tell the people there of the noble manner in which London had done its duty. (Cheers.) The Loup MAYOR then put the resolution to the meeting, and it was carried amidst loud cheers. Mr. WHITEHURST, of the Ballot Society, said he came forward at that moment to break through a rule that had been laid down for the guidance of the meeting, viz., that only a certain set of speakers should address the meeting, and only a certain set of resolutions be submitted. (Cheers.) He did not come forward, as some might sup pose, to ask the meeting for a resolution in favour of the ballot, because he knew full well that in the Guildhall of the City of London he should be sure of receiving an enthusiastic approval of it. He came forward to assert his right to address the meeting, and break through a rule which was ( worthy only of Cheers.) France and other despotic countries. The motion he wished to make was, that the thanks of the meeting be given to the Right lion. the Lord Mayor for his kin dness in calling and pre siding over the present meeting. (Cheers.) Mr. E. JONES felt it an h o nour . to second such a reso lution, and he called upon the meeting to adopt it with three c heers. lie then put the resolution to the mee ting, and dec lared it carried, immediately after which three hearty cheers were given for his lord- ship. The LORD MAYOR said he thanked them for the manner in which they had received the resolution. and haTing congratulated the meeting for the SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BETTING AT MANCHESTER—FRIDAY. Considering that the acceptances for the Chester Cupand the Liverpool Steeplechase have been well circulated, the betting upon those events is unprecedently dull—indeed, speculation altogether seems to be almost at a stand still ; and our list of prices, given below, is principally made up from offers that were made against horses during the after noon. For the Derby, 500 to 25 was taken about Merry man, and 1,000 to 50 would have been taken abo ut Mus j id; Electric would be backed for money at 20 to 1 but 100 to 6 continues to be the current offer against him. Beyond what we have already said, comment would bo superfluous. CLOSING PRICES. LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. 15 to 1 agst The Brewer (take 100 to 6) 16 to 1 agst Ghlka (offered) 100 to 6 agst Jealousy (take 20 to 1) 20 to 1 agst Weathercock (offered) 20 to 1 agst Little Charley (taken freely) 22 to 1 agst Tease (take 25 to tel a 100 to 3) 28 to 1 agst Jean du Quesne ( l 28 to 1 agst Escape.(tak© 100 t 3) 100 to 8 apt Westminster (take 40 to 1) 40 to 1 agst Glautius (taken) NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES. 100 to 8 agst Little Agnes (offered) DERBY. 100 to 6 agst Electric (take 20 to 1) 18 to 1 agst Musjid (take 20 to 1) 20 to 1 agst Merryman (taken freely) 30 to 1 agst Volcano (take 100 to 3) CHESTER am 20 to 1 apt Drogheda (offered) 2.5 to 1 agst Polestar (offered) 28 to 1 agst Pensioner offered) 100 to 3 agst Bankrupt! take 40 to 1) 35 to 1 agst Underhan (take 40 to 1) 40 to 1 agst Rara Avis (offered) 40 to 1 agst Physician Offered) 40 to 1 agst Raspberry (offered) 50 to 1 agst Gorsehill (wanted) 50 to 1 agst The Brewer (take 66 to 1) 50 to 1 agst Master Bagot (take 500 to 8) PORTSMOUTH, Feb. 4.—A large steamer, ship rigged, reported similar in size and appearance to the Himalaya, is on shore on the Peel Bank, Western Channel, but is expected to come off with the good tide, WW I ' S,W., Melvin hard thick weather. attentive and peaceable manner in which the proceedings had been conducted, concluded by saying that whenever a requisition was presented to him for convening a meeting on any constitu tional question, he should always have great plea sure in complying with such a request. (Cheers.) The meeting then broke up. THIS DAY'S MARKETS. COVENT GARDEN. The supplies of fruit and vegetables continue on a full average scale, and a steady business is doing, as follows : FRUIT. s. d. s. d. Pine apples, per lb 5 oto 8 0 Colonial do., each 0 oto 0 0 Grapes, per lb 5 otolo 0 Foreign do 1 6to 2 0 Melons, each 0 oto 0 0 Peaches, per doz 0 oto 0 0 Nectarines, per dz 0 oto 0 0 Apples, per bush. 2 oto 5 0 Pears, per doz 1 oto 6 0 Oranges, per 100 3 6to 10 0 Lemons, per 100 3 6to 7 0 Apricots, per doz 0 oto 0 0 o. d. 8. d Cherries, per lb 0 0 to 0 I Filberts, per lb 0 6 to 0 9 Cobnuts, per lb 0 10 to 1 0 Almonds, per bus 24 0 to 0 0 Walnuts, per 100 0 0 to 0 0 Figs, per doz 0 0 to 0 0 Strawberries,rpto 0 to 0 0 i Gooseberries, Bv. 0 0 to 0 0 Currants, per do. 0 0 to 0 0 Plums, per do. Greengages, pr do. 0 0 to 0 0 Raspberries, prptlo 0 to 0 0 ABLER. Shallots, per lb Horseradish, p bn 1 6 to 3 0 Parsley, per ditto 0 2 to 0 4 Celery, per ditto 0 9 to 1 6 Beet, per doz. Parsnips, per do. 0 0 to 0 0 Small salad, p. pn, 0 0 to 0 0 Hushrooms,p potl 0 9 to 1 3 Artichokes, pr da 3 0 to 5 0 Cabbage letts,p sc 0 0 to 0 0 Endive, per score 0 0 to 0 0 Radishes, dz hods 0 0 to 0 0 Tomatoes, pr h KV 0 0 to 0 0 Walnuts, per 100 0 0 to 0 0 Chillies, per ditto 0 0 to 0 0 Capsicums, per do 0 0 to 0 0 Rhubarb, per bun 0 10 to 1 6 Asparagus, pr do. 0 0 to 0 0 Sea kail, per pun. 1 0 to 1 6 N - EGE 6 T. Greens, dz bunch 2 6to 3 Cabbages, pr do. 010 to 1 3 Savoy do., pr do. 010 to 1 3 Cauliflowers, pdz 4 oto 6 0 Brocoli, per bh 010 to 1 6 Old potatoes,p tonBo oto 105 0 New ditto, per lb 0 oto 0 0 Peas, per sieve 0 oto 0 0 Turnips, dz bunch 4 oto 6 0 Carrots, pr bunch 0 3to 0 5 Cucumbers 2 oto 3 0 Garlic, per lb Sorrel, per sieve 0 oto 0 0 Spinach, 0 9to 1 0 Brus. sprouts, h.s. 1 3to 1 9 Old onions, dz bun 1 oto 1 6 New do., per bun 0 oto 0 0 French brans, h.s. 0 oto 0 0 Leeks, per bunch 0 2to 0 3 NE` GATE AND LEADENHALL. Turkeys, 4s Od to lOs Od; poults, Os Od to Os Od each; geese, 48 Od to 7s Od ; goslings, Os Od to Os Od ; ducklings, Is 9d to 3s Od; rabbits, is Od to is 9d each; wild do. , 10d to is 2d ; pigeons, 84 to is 2d each; large Surrey fowls, 6s Od to 9s Od; chickens, 5s Od to 8s Od; barn-door fowls, 38 Od to Os Od ; capons, 4s Od ; hares, 2s 6d to 36 6d ; grouse, Os Od to Os Od each ; pheasants, 2s id to 36 6d; ptarmigan, Os Od to Od ; woodcocks, 3s 6d to 4s 6d ; snipes, 10d to is 3d ; teal, is 6d to 2s Od; wild ducks, 3s 6d to 4s Od; widgeons, 2s Od to 3s Od ; plovers, Os 9d to Os is Od each ,• guinea fowls, Os Od to Os Od ; roasting pigs, 4s Od to 7e Od each; Ostend fresh butter, is ld to is 2d; English, Is 2d to is 5d perlb ; English eggs, lOs Od to Ils Od ; French do., 8s Gd to 9s Od per 120 ; leverets, 2s Od to 3s Od each. BILLINGSGATE. Salmon, 2s 6d to!3s Od ; trout, Os Od to Od ; eels, 8d to Is ; prawns, 2s Od to 3s; pike, skate, sturgeon, andhalibut, 6d per lb. Turbots, 3s Od to 18s ; cod, 2s 6d to 18s Od; brills, 2s Od to lOs Od ; doreys, 2s Od to 7s Od ; mulltts, 6d to 2s Od ; lobsters, 6d to 2s 6d ; crabs, 6d to 2s 6d ; plaice and garnets, 4d to is Od each; soles,_4d to 2s 6d per pair; common oysters, 16s to 20s ; natives, 40s to 42s per bushel ; whitings, 4s Od to 12s Od ; haddocks, 5s to 15s Od ; smelts, is 6d; flounders, is Od to is fid per dozen; mackerel, 255; fresh herrings, 8s; bloaters, 5s to 8s per 100; carp and tench, 2s to 3s per brace. NEWPORT. Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s 4d ; mutton, 2s 10d to 4s 4d ; lamb, Os Od to Os Od; veal, 3s 4d to 4s 6d ; :and pork, 2s 8d to 4s Od per 81bs IVHITECHAPEL. . B2ef, from 2a 10d to 4s 4d; mutton, 2s 10d to 4s 2d ; lamb, Oa Od ; veal, 3s 4d to 4s Gd ; and pork, 2s Sd to 4s Od per 81b., by the carcase. BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from 6d to 7d; of household do., 44d to 6d per 41b loaf. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, 31d to 3.1 d ; 641 b to 721 b, 3fd to 4d ; 721 b to 801 b, 4d to 41d ; 801 b to 881 b, 4fd to 41d 881 b to 961 b, 44d to sd; 961 b to 1041 b, 5d to sid. Horse hides, 8s Od to lOs Od ; calf skins, light, 3s to 5s Od ; ditto full, Os Od to 7s Od ; polled sheep, 8s 6cl to lOs 6d ; half-breds, 7s Od to 8s 6d ; Downs, 5s 3d to Gs 6d ; lambs, —s Od to .—s Od. HAY MARKETS. SMITIIFIELD.—MeadOW hay, £2 15s to £4 105 ; cloirer, do., £4 Os to £5 Os • and straw, £1 5s to £1 10s per load. A . fair average supply, and a heavy demand. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, £2 158 to £4 10s; clover do., £4 Os to £5 Os ; and straw, £1 6s to £1 10s per lead. Trade dull. _ _ _ --- WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £2lss to £4 lOs ; clover do., £4 Os to £5 Os ; and straw, £1 5s to £1 10s per load. Both hay and straw sold slowly at our quotations. Fl?om THE GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT WAR OFFICE, Fr•.n. 2. Tho Queen has been graciously pleased to give orders for the appointment of the Right Hon. Sir John Young, Bart., K.U.C., M.G. some time her Majesty's Lord High Commissioner in and for the - United States of the lonian Islands, to be an Ordinary Member of the Civil Division of the Second Class, or Knights Commander*, of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath. ST. JAMES'S PALACE, FEB. 1. The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Hon. Spencer Cecil Brn.bazon Ponsonby, now Extra Gentleman Usher to Her Majesty, to be Gentleman Usher Daily Waiter to Her Majesty, in the room of Sir Henry William des Veen; Baronet, resigned. DOWNING-STREET, FEB. 2. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Colonel Sir Henry Knight Storks, K.C.8., to be her Majesty's Lord High Commissioner, in and for the United States of the lonian Islands. FOREIGN-OFFICE, FEB. 1. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Robert D. Merrill as Consul at Sydney for the United States of America. The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Don Jorge Zammit y Romero, as Vice Consul at Malta; of Don Enrique de Azurmundi, as Vice Consul at Newcastle-upon - Tyne ; and of Don Candido do Pedrorena, as Vice Consul at Southampton, for Her Majesty the Queen of Spain. DUCHY OF LANCASTER, FEB. 2. The Queen has been this day pleased to appoint Sir Robert Tolver Gerard, of Garswood, Bart., to be Sheriff of the County Palatine of Lancaster, for the year ensuing. THE PRINCE OF WALES'S COUNCIL CHAMBER, FEB. 3. John Tremayne, of Il[efignn,in the county of Cornwall, Esq., has been appointed Sheriff of the county of Cornwall. CROWN-OFFICE. FEB. 4. MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT PARLIAMENT. Borough of Boston.—William Henry Adams of the said borough, Esq., Recorder of the borough of Derby. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, FEB. 4. MEMORANDUM. The undermentioned Officers having obtained First Class Certificates at the School of Musketry, at Hythe, have been appointed by the General Commanding in Chief, with the concurrence of the Secretary of State for War, to act as Instructors of Musketry to the following regiments of militia Ensign William James B. Junor, Stirling Militia. Lieut. Edward George M'D. Ick, 2d Cheshire Militia. Lieut. Manly M. Palmer, Limerick County Militia. BANKRUPTS. S. Russell, engraver, Gravesend, to surrender Feb. 18 and March 18, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. G. Conen, plumber, Stowmarket, Suffolk, Feb. 22, at three, and March 22, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. H. Ford, draper, Beaumont-square, Mile-end, Feb. 11, at:twelve, and March 17, at one, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. H. Barfield and J. W. Martin, grocers, Woolwich, Feb. 15, at half-past twelve, and March 18, at twelve, at the Bankruptcy. broker, Liverp oo l, F e b. 15, at eleven, n Montgomery, ad:my, k 3larch 9, at two, at the Liverpool District Court. _ Tf.liandell, builder, Devizes, Feb. 15 and March 15, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. R. L. Marshall, coachmaker, Lanivet, Cornwall, Feb. 16 and March 14, at eleven, at the Exeter District Court. SCOTCH BANKRUPTS. D. Mathieson. and H. Mathieson, bootmakers, Glasgow. W. Murray, hotelkeeper, Edinburgh. W. Gregor, cabinetmaker, Coatbridge, Lanarkshire. J. S. Matheson, jeweller, Elgin. J. Hackett, commission agent, Edinburgh. W. Snodgrass, sheriff's officer, Stewarton. BANK OF ENGLAND. An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, cap. 32, for the week ending on Wednesday, the 2d day of February, 1859 ISSUE DEPARTMENT. Notes issued £33,099,725 Government Debt X11.01 5 . 1 ° 6 Other Securities .. 3.459& Gold Coin & Bullion 1/3• 624, Th v Silver Bullion ..• • 1-33•090,726 __„ _, , ~... B ANKING , £33OO972 D S EPARTMENT. Proprietors' t,apt ial Government 5em .£14,553,000 titles (ineiuding nest Public Deposits (in- miry, ......... £10,696,147 eluding Exche- Other Securities .. 10,785,540 quer, Savings' Notes ............ 12,100,035 Banks, Commis- Gold and Silver missioners of Coin ............ Na tional Debt, and Dividend Ac counts) Other Deposits.. • Seven Day and o ther Bills 869,297 .110,251,028 £40,251,14% ESIIALL, Chief Cask*. ed Feb. 3,1859 h ru mours of wars on the Continent people's mi nds, MixES—Althong foyr drawn into milisi°; e ei ct e be and pre market was well supported during the greater part vent their speculatinb,ll except a fall," we find the \anvit d h a o f n e e ar po o w n e a r ll o s r id ; ,.t t h ha cr t , m aff e demand for leading mines existed. Before the close, however, shares in man •y cases were Satter, and a greater desire e ol‘flitnhiengweek, and a good exhibited to sell. Lead and tin mines are best supported, as apprehensions exist that copper mAy slightly decline. Lead containing good quantities of silver is in great request, and one mine has lately sold a parcel as high as £2B per ton. Rosewarne shares have been very largely dealt in, and a d vance d t o 75, but owing tea few sel lers appealing, and an attempt to run them down the price receded, and left o ff a t 55 ; the bottom level, the 80 east, ii worth £2O per fm. ; the 80 west, £6 to L 7 ; great interes attaches to cutting the lode in the 70 in about a week, which may again cause a great rise in shares.—lifining Journal of this day. REVIVAL OF OXFORD RACES.--We are glad to learn that.a movement is on f oot for the revival of Oxford Races. The matter having been taken up by the energetic sheriff of the city of Oxford, John Stevens, sq., we_hir no fear of the result. Still, as the future of Oxford Es ea s is involved in the me etin g of 1859, we can only expresB. hope that the nobleme n and g entlemen of the.co.un..... 4" tr.wilita_ subscribe liberally towards this desirable °IVO Life.