The Sun. — London, England, 1858-11-20 00:00:00

'le spectators d scarcely a teran, it was 0, and was ain-General, aly, the neW )mpany and exhibited to r a general Orward and tying " God 'the ground. torious relies ave of Man- emony, the a grand de pilate finale )le order just ops there is a Part of the Tied by the np consist of Train, and ot, 2d batta ts, with the Staffordshire [3. Cork Rifle er regiment it has been 3t and good T when sta tee. Yester iment, 1,000 and in a will leave for LIMEBS. , Nov. 19. any's steanl ch was com d from stress She brought were landed r passenger* i the Ceylon. :filers, which !d this after )ated by the ers, of whom and 96 for she has 600 into dock far to Bremen, I to-night by conia experi ight easterly strong gales ng the entire ew a perfect xemendously ove to for 36 ed, but there weather was le Needles at ler and light Ind and Cape ttity of parts .ed to be part 1 a white rail T west longi sed numerous ce the follow' D 30 N., long• apposed to be her foretop emen barque l the British , long. 16 55 long. 12 W., showing No. he Hamburg HI. Lure and pro- Zi Calcutta the ex-King9 ;ht from their on Thursday conveyances, leading front ;rand Trunk lie 2d Bengal of her Ma ty. This W as unders, Com' imanney, the id some other A squadron off as an ad need moving:. 1 the deposed khtaad Shah a concubine) , ancers on all r;c containing a were jewan Lnd an infant. it's wife were remaining at • The third ;um, another er female ta me store carts s; these con' s, four in each ng each. 10 Ty well until the bridge Of 11 of a sudden :.art, probably was assisting 7 dig. to do 0, t attempt to iver. As the ras not of the site direction , with the re' boat, a lamp' plete capsize. 0 minutes or 'Hoek having need its move ig ground at rther accident . the 2d Fug , and by half ty. In came, sons occupy a taut enclosure Lana, and two rounded by IL -3 are securely d with swords he enclosure , )n are thrown Leers, a whole rte prisoner! , losed camp is Lancers and ieut. Omman mclosure. By rful, and the Lghing behind regard their Oct. 13. t part of - the Lied Aled, and rose in revolt s estan. A cool ie general emir troops to ehas- ?rench Ar W on of the 121 b. on ThursdaY wich. He was s recently been, on of the ribanu aajor's appear attention, not e envoy of our of his having dangers of the ;ht arm at the lON AT BO"" a at Boston ( 11 the m a gistrates. per i n t en d en t of id been ordered every Sunday? -Mr. Hubbell. : y proceelin,s , 15 bring on us th e tes, do not pro" liberty of th" ,red, I dare sal , bench several men were cora len resolved by at liberty to night choose• rescinded." --- der to the men ought up DiB - I would lay '—Mr. Noble been brought ry widely from pland : Evlr o attend their , the Duke of self in strong ny application Le Watch Cora 'ord Jfercury. A-- MONEY 21.1 A TANI) (.; .1 2' .1' NE TTS. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. The return from the Bank of England for the week ending the 17th inst. shows some very favour able features. The bullion, owing to the falling off of the demand for the Continent, and the slight addition made by part of the gold brought by the Lincolnshire, shows an augmentation. In the re serve of notes there is an increase of nearly half a million, the circulation having been curtailed. The variation in the other securities is unimportant ; showing that, notwithstanding the Bank MilliMlllls is higher - than the rate current out of doors, there still continues to be a fair amount of business transacted at the national establishment. In the private deposits there is a slight increase, and the public deposits also show a gradual accumulation. In the other items of the balance-sheet there is little change of importance ; they will be seen in the subjoined table : Active Circulation .. £20,733,055 Decrease .. .. 255,980 Bullion .. .. 18,638,916 Increase .. 136,089 Rest .. 3,144,886 , Increase .. .. .. .. 4794 Public Deposits .. .. .. 6,821,973 Increase .. .. .. .. 148,392 Other Deposits .. .. .. 12,561,558 Increase .. .. .. . .. 270,876 SeVen Day and other Bills .. .. 819,068 Decrease .. .. .. .. 18,632 Government Securities .. .. 10,808,591 Decrease .. .. .. .. 876 Other Securities .. .. .. 14;711,033 Increase .. .. .. .. 13,311 Notes Unemployed .. .. .. 11,766,315 Increase .. .. .. .. 438,93.5 As will be seen by these particulars that the de mand for money continues limited, the active circu lation having diminished. In the general market the inquiry during the last few days has become much quieter, and, owing to the plentiful supply, first class bills are again negotiated as low as 21 per cent. The opinions lately expressed that a reaction was about to take place in the tendency of financial affairs, are thus proved to have been premature, and as fay.aS can be judged from present indications, there is no immediate probability of any movement of the kind. It is true that a large number of engagements have to be met during the next few weeks, which will absorb an important aggregate amount; but it is imagined that the resources o the market will bear its withdrawal without seriously affecting the value of accommodation. In the Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday a fair amount of business was transacted, at fall rates The sales were estimated at 8,000 bales. The Rail-, way Share Market closed with a dull appearance, but prices tended upwards. Arrangements have been made for holding an Australian Exchange at the Jerusalem Coffee-house, at two o'clock daily, until negotiations, now pend ing, for carrying out the project on a larger scale, are completed. An institution of this kind has long been required, and the temporary accommodation thus afforded by Messrs. Harper and Burne, is highly approved by parties connected with the colonies. Since Monday last the imports of specie have been about £236,000, and the exports £171,756, exclu sive of the following shipments, direct from Lon don to the Continent, during the week ending Thursday last :—Gold coin (Boulogne), 280 ozs. gold coin (Belgium), 1,591 ozs. ; gold bars (Bel; glum), 4,000 ozs. ; silver coin (Boulogne), 3,200 ozs. The English Stock Market has continued very dull, but the few transactions recorded have not caused any variation of importance in values. Consols have been 981 for money, and 98 for the account. Some support has been given to the market by the Bank Return and the increased easiness of the money market. Bank Stock has been dealt in at 225. The New Threes and the Re duced Annuities at 9611 ; the New 21 per Cents. are flat, at 82 ; the March Exchequer Bills are 365. prem. ; June ditto, 325. prem. ; and the Bonds 100 i ; India Loan Debentures, 991 8 ; and the Bonds, 1 ls. to 14s. prem. Foreign Securites are moderately active, and prices are firm. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 921 93 ; ditto Scrip, Ist issue, s dis. par; ditto 2d, t to 1 prem., being steady. Russian 5 per Cents., 1131 114; Venezuela 5 per Cents., 41 - 3 , 7 ; Belgian 41 per Cents., 1001 ; Dutch 2/ per Cents., 661 ; and ditto 4 per Cents., 1011. In the Railway Share Market the transactions have been on a very limited scale. Caledonians' have improved about 15s. ; and North-Westerns, 10s. ; Midlands declined ss. ; and North British, Ss. ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, Brighton, North- Eastern (Berwick) and South-Eastern were at about former rates. The Foreign and Colonial under takings have been almost at nominal rates. East Indian have receded ss. to 10s. ; and Great Indian Peninsula, ss. ; Great Western of Canada brought previous rates. Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares have been in very limited request. National Bank brought 40. Atlantic Telegraph shares have been dealt in at 320 to 325, and Peninsula and Oriental Steam at 861. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Bank Stock 3per Cent. Reduced Annuities 96 14 per Cent. Consols Annuities No w 3 per Cent. Annuities Xe yr 21 per Cent. Annuities India Stock Ditto Debentures 99 i t Ditto Bonds, £l,OOO Ditto under £l,000 Consols for Account OBl March J une. Exchequer Dills, £l,OOO, 2d. &lid... 36 f Ditto Small, 11d. Exchequer Bonds, 1859, 31 per Cent. lOOl 1 FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Brazilian, 5 per Cent. Ditto 1858, 41 per Cent • ... 98& Gre e k Peruvian, 41 per Cent. Ditto (Uribarren), 41 per Cent. Russian, 1822, £ St., 5 per Cent ll4 131 Turkish, 6 per Cent. Ditto Account Ditto New Loan Scrip — Ditto Account Ditto 2d Issue Ditto Account Venezuela, 5 per Cent. Ditto Account Ditto Deferred 2 per Cent Dividends on the above payable in London. Austrian, 10 Gu. £, 6 p er C ent. Belgian, 41 per Cent., Ex. 25f lOOl 1 Dutch Exchange, 12 Guil. 21 per Cent 661 Ditto Certificates, 4 per Cent. TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, Money Ditto Account 9Bl i MINES.—The little flashes of excitement which burst out now and then, and lead us to expect a reaction that shall last, and break up the dull monotony that has so long continued in the general as well as in the Mining Market, have not yet led to the results we have looked for. Business to a certain extent is doing, and inquiries are made almost daily for mining investments as well as for mere s peculations, but not, on the whole, to the amount that we Wight reasonably, looking to the abundance of money and g ( Kal price of metals, have expected by this time.-2ffining Journal of this day. NEW INDIAN RAILWAY.—It is a good omen for Ben ga l railways that the Government in India has con 81ted to guarantee five per cent. on the Mutlah Rail way, the capital for which is estimated at a quarter of a It may well be called an important under taking, f or by milting Calcutta at once with a good narbou r on the Mutlah, having ready access to the sea, and only thirty miles land carriage, it will render valu able services to the trade of Calcutta. The cost of car- I Zing goods by the railway from the new town of Port ''''utlah Calcutta will be about 58., sad the railway fares 4. 'or passengers will le moderate. The distance is an hour's r un- The commercial traffic will be enough to pay, but part of the suburbs of Calcutta through which the line passes ar e Populous, and will afford a good return. The Mutlah line and harbour heve had to contend wtth much discour agftaent, but now both are under favourable auspices. The u nion of the Mutlah line with the East Indian, by a bridge acros s the Hooghly, will be a most desirable measure.— Zea4er. now TO LEARN HINDOSTANEE. — The promoters q Vie use of Roman type in India have obtained the pub lication b y L ongmans o f a c h eap Hi n d os t a nee manual at elf--a-crown, and by the Bible Society of a Hindostanee te stament at once shilling, of which thirty thousand copies ? to be printed ; part of these are to be English and bMiostanee, so as to favour the study of Hindostanee persons about to proceed to India. As is ,11,,e1l kn ow n by phil o l og i s t s an d li ngu i s t s th e New estament is one of the best books from which an adult it I learn a language, as being known to the learner, ''lPPlies its own vocabularly and dictionary, and a prac eal grammar, furnishing a good stock of words ; and the It)) onunciation.being afterwards acquired, and the grammar llefly studied, the learner is in a position to read common. °ll Es. to write a little, and begin his practice in conversa rn, for practice is the main thing in learning a language or ong c sPeako common soldiers, will on his way out obtain con etance with Hindostanee, which his camp intercourse Nvill improve, and he will become qualified as an employe-interete a nd to engage in civil pursuits and uncovenante 441318 ) otherwise beyond his capacity,-., Loner, SHARE MARKET.-( THIS DAY.) ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS, FOREIGN Share Railways. P"4A. Closing I Business '"*l Price. Done. • Share Railways. i l Paid. I Closing Business Price. Done. 10 Antwerp & Rott er d an , all 5/ 61 20 Ardennes all - - p 12.10 Amberg., Notting. Bost. 20 Ball.&S.Fran.,Lim.7p.c 3 1 d i P and Eastern Junction 10 61 61 61 5 Belgian East. Junction all 1 1 1 50 llelfaat and Ballymena.. all - - 20 Beziers to Graissessaa all 9 10 13.14 Bir., Wol., and S tr. Val. all 71 71 5 Ca rmeanx Mi ne & R a il a ll 2 21 Stock Birk., Lane ., and Chest]. 20 Dutch Rhenish Junction lOO 66 68 6 Eastern of France ...... all 28 28f 25 Blackburn - - P 25 Blyth and Tyne all 30 32 20 Great Central of France all Stock Bristol and Exeter Stock Caledonian -... 8 - - StockiChester and Ho'yhead - 50 Cork and Bandon all • - 20 Lierre and Turnhout .. all - - 20 C,ork, Blkrock,&Passag,e all - - 20 Lombardo Venetian..., 8 41 44 p 20 Cornwall all 4 4 4 1 10 Do. A 20 Lucca & Pistoja, 5 p.c.pf. all - - t .. A. reves. m no div. f all _ 20 Lyons and Geneva .... all 25 26 10 Do. B " ntil6p.c.an. all - - 34 Maria Antonia all - - hasbeen fa-toll 20 Do. do. New - - 50 Dublin andßelfast June. all - - 20 Namur and. Liege all 4 91 9 1 25 Dun.,Pert h.& Abr..) um all 7 8 20 Do. do. 6p . c. Pref a ll 21 22 Stock East Anglian lOO 16 17 16 N or th ern o f F ra nce .... all 401 Stock Eastern Conn aes lOO 62 63 621 20 Do. New Shares - - p Stock Eastern Union A Stock 100 44 46 Stock Do. do. 11 Stock 100 29 31 10 Norweg ian Trunk Pref. all 81 91 25 Do.Nw.A.(lte.7.lU3ds) 81 - - 2 2 0 0 P O a tt r o is T L a y iv i i s i . a a . 0 6 d pe m r e ce di n t t all 1.5# 3 38 1 1 d 25 East Kent all 11 12 20 Paris anti Orleans ..... all 56 57 Stock East Lancashire lOO 93 95 Recife& S. Fran. (Pern.) 1 9 4 id 8 1 20 East Suffolk all - - 20 gua. 7 p. et (Lim.) •• • 1 10 Do - - 20 Riga and Duniburg.... 4 - -- Stock Edinburg and Glasgow 100 63 1 61 4 10 Rome and Frascati .... all - - Stock Edin ., l'erth , & Dundee. 100 2CI 274 20 Royal Danish all - - 10 Forth & Clyde Junction all - - 5 Royal Swedish - - Stock Furness - - 4 Do. 7 per cent. Pref. .. all - - Stock Glasgow & South Westn l6b 91 93 20 Sambre and Meuse. ... all 71 8 10 Great North of Scotland all 10 101 10 Do. 51 per cent. Pref. ... all 9 9 9 Stock Great Northern lOO 107 1071 1071 7 20 Southern of France.... all 231 23 Stock Do. do. A Stock lOO 22 94 84 West Flred2• - s Stock Do. do. B Stock lOO 130 132 10 Do. 51 p. c. Pre:erence . all 91 91 Stock Gt. South.& Wstn.(lreld) 100 1 03 i 101 20 W. & N.W. of France.. all 24 25 Stock Great Western - 6 - - Stock Do.Str.Vl.llail Gua.Stk lOO 54 541 20 Western of Switzerland all - - 12 Irish South Eastern al , - - 6 Wiesbaden - - 50 Lancaster and Carlisle. all 84 88 6 Do 8 per cent. Pref all - - 16 Do. Thirds - - 1613 4 Do. New Thirds l6 11 12 p Stock Lancashire & Yorkshire 100 951 96 95 1 1 BRITISH POSSESSIONS. 16 Do. do. F 416 6 1 21 , 1 9 Do. do. £9 shares 7 t t d 3 Do. West Riding Union 1 - - Share Railways. P a p . Closing Business 20 Do. Southport 11.6.3 London and Blackwall all Di ei 6 i 11.6.3 Do.Newiss.at £5105p. sh 4l - - 1 Atlantic &St Lawrence all - - Stock Lon.,Brir;•liton &S.Coast 100 1 91 1 1 911 911 1 1 100 121 112 Leased at 6 per cent.. Stock London & North Westn 100 121 Do. Eighths Stock London& South-Westn lOO 93 9 1 93 1 18 ( gu. 5 per cent 18 Do all - - 25 L'derry & Coleraine ... all - - 25 L'derry & Enniskillen. all - - lB Do 18 Do. Do. . Addit. Capital A 6 14 B 41 141 i P. Stock Man., Shef , 35 4 & Lincoln.. 100 36 1 10 Metropolitan 3 - - d 201 Buffalo and Lake H 1 p Huron all 71 8 Stock Midland lOO 971 981 9 4 Si 201 Do. New l6l 131 12fd Stock Do. Birming. & Derby. 100 69 71 100 Buffelo,Brant&Godrich 1 6 p 1 0 0 8 0 . 85 50 Mid. Gt. West. (Ireland) all - - . c... bds. 1 Aug., 1872 100 Do. do. 1 July, 1873 100 77 80 25 Do. 1 Shares all - - 100 Do. do. 1 June, 1874 100 74 77 100 Newcastle and Carlisle all - - 25 New., Aber., & Herefd all 101 11 20 Clcutta.&S.Eastrn.L m. 1. 3.0. - - p 10 Newry & Armagh (def ) 9 - - 20 Cape,Eas tn. Prov.(Lim.) 2s. - - 20 Cape Town & Dock Scrip 2s. - - pm - 30 Newry, Warpt., & Ros. all - - ~. Stock Norfolk lOO 63 65 - 20 Central Oude (Limitea) 2s. 6d. - - 50 North. Counties Un'on 3l 31 3 d 20 Ceylon Guaranteed 6p.c. 2 f lip 4 Stock North British lOO 561 57 56 1 1 171 Demerara - - Stock Nor.Dev.Rail..lrDk. Stk. 100 20 Eastern Bengal.g u.,.p.c 5 par 4p Stock Do.A Stk.- Arec.no div. Stock East Indian, gu. sp. c lOO 1071 1071 1071 1 1 until 6p.c.hasbee . npdß 100 - - . 20 Do. C Shares all - - Stock Do. B Stock lOO - - 20 Do. E Shares Ext. 10 1 11p Stock North-Eastn.-Berwick 100 921 931 921 20 Do. Jubbulpore 6 - - 100 D 0.41 p.c. Bds. pay.'s:' all - 25 Do. do. G.N.E.Purchase 1613 4 1 1 d 41 - Stock Do. Leeds . 100 461 471 20 Geelong& Mel.gua.sp.c. all 17 18 Stock Do. York lOO 75-1 761 751 Sto. I Geelong Corporation 6 1 100 - - Stock North London lOO 101 103 per cent. Bonds ) 10 N. &S.Westn., Hampstd Stock Gr.-,nd Trunk of Canada 100 37 39 100 Do. 6 p.e. D.en..pay.'7B all 76 78 78 171 and City Junction.... '33 . 1 5 . - - O 100 Do. 6 per cent. Pref lOO 88 92 90 20 North Staffordshire.— 17/ 41 41 d 20 Gt.lndiaPenin.gua.sp.c all 21 211 211 20 North-Western 10 No. & Sou. W. Junction all 74 81 20 Do. New, gua.s per cent. 4 #p 20 Do. do 2 fp 21 Stock Oxford, Wor.,& Wolver. 100 27 29 10 Peebles all - - 20 f Gt.S.of Ind.Lim.-Scrip i 2e.. - , ( guaranteed 5 per cent. Far zp pm 20 Portsmouth 10 Rhymney lO • - -2% Do. New ' 76 •w i t h I all 105 108 Stock Scottish Central lOO 110 112 Stock Scoth. N. E., Aber. Stock 100 27 28 ) Stock Do. Scottish Mid. Stock 100 82 81 all 105 108 Stock Shropshire Union lOO 43 44 100 1° D EP ooe..PdV.tni'ld7l3B' pl ay . i l till '6O 60 100 Do. do. '73 without. op: all 105 107 10 Sittintourne & Sheer. all 4 2 d 100 Do. 51 p. c. do. '77 do Stock South Devon WO 36 1 3 61 20 Madras, guar., 41 p. c. all I fl 1 84 - Stock South-Eastern lOO 7 1 1 7 5 20 Do. do. 5 per cent. all 20 . 2( :,' Stock South Wales 20 SouthYorks.&r. v.Dun all 12 14 • 20 Do. do lB - - 20 Do. Thild E. gua.s.p.c. 5 i , . 20 Staines, Wok., & Wok all 9 11 20 Do. Fourth do. - 1 25 Stockton & Darlington. all 321 334 took Melh. Corp. 6 p.c. Borg:, 100 NertBrunswic‘t&C. -cla ) 25 Do. do. 1854 221 -- - 25 Do. do. 1855 7 - - f lO 2 lid - Stockton & Hartlepool * 161 - - L tock Taff Vale lOO - - took Do. Preference, No. 1 - - 2 7 0 1 D " 0 0CR .. 1 7". s&B c 4l I 'A o o .. aC' B ; d LandP C l ; a il . p n IS i d; t r. ) a: l r: d e. P: o c: . ); 0 . , 4 3 d .. Do. do. Land d 0.., 1 25 ThamesHavenDk&Rail 22 - - took Vale of Neath lOO - - took Waterford & Kilkenny 100 - - 20 No L r i t m ho i f e l d, nd s ia ci T ip ramroad I 2s. 20 Oude (Limited) J. - 50 Waterford & Limerick all - - 20 Scinde 44 15 1. lip 16 1 20 West Cornwall 10 W-end Lon. & Cry. Pal. all - - 20 Do. New r. t', 5 1 i IP. 5 Do. A.-Arecv.nodiv.till 20 Do. Punjaub 7 p.c. has been pd. to B all 3 31 5 Do. B all 61 61 20 Do. Indus. St. Flo. 47," 5 par 1 p 20 St. Andrews Sr Quebec A 18 10 Do. let Class all - - - - 20 West London all - - 10 Trinidad(Limited) Scrip 1 par 1p 20 Do. 2d Class all - - Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 25 Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 10 Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 25 Stock Stock Bedford and Bletchley Buckinghamshire .... Clydesdale Junction .. Colchester, S tour Val. E.Lincolnshire,g.6p.c. E Union.HarlrichSlis. Do. Woodbridge Gls.Barr.&Neils,Dret Do. New Gloster& Dean Forest Hartlpool.Dek.&Rail Hull and Selby Do. Do. 1 Shares London &Greenwich Do. Preerence Lon ~Tilby.&Soutend Do. Barking Shares Lowestoft, gu a. 4p. ct Do. 6 per cent Manc.,Buxtn. & Matk M id sb.& Redcr, g.6p.c Mid.BraCordPrt. Stk. Newmarkt.,BuryEx guaranteed 5 p. c. Northn.& Eastn. 5 p.c. Do. do. 6 per cent Do. Fixed 5 per cent. Preston and Wyre. Do. Shares A Roystn,Hitch.,& Shep Shf.Roth.&Gol.g.slo.c. 81irewsbry& Hereford South Staffordshire Wear Valley, g. 6p. c. Do. do Wilts and Somerset Wimbledon& Croydn Ln & N.W Ln& N.W ICaledonin E.1.1.&E C Gt. North. E.Counts. Caledonin Do. Gt. West Yk.N.A.r. • Yk.N.Md. Do. Do. S. East Do. Peto &Co Do. Norfolk Do. LN W&M Stk.& Dar Midland . E.Counts. Do. Do. Do. L& N & L.Yk. Do. 99 100 102 104 17 19 141 143 4 41 Gt. North. Lan.& Y 1 T Brassey 111‘Clean Stk.& Dar Do. 24 21 Gt. Arest. l L.&Brgtn DOCKS. 98 100 i IF, 57 59 91 9 1 1. 10 101 92 93 8 9 q2i 2 I "'" Closing ! rosiness Price. ' Docks. 100 100 100 100 100 100 FRUIT. a. d. a. d. Pine apples, per lb 4' oto 6 0 Colonial do., each 0 oto 0 0 Grapes, per lb 2 6to 5 0 Foreign do 0 9to 1 6 Melons, each Peaches, per doz 4 o'. 010 0 Neer.' Inca, per dz 0 oto 0 0 Apples, per bush. 2 oto 5 0 Pears, per hf-1 - ,ieve 0 6to 3 0 Oranges, per 100 1 oto 1 6 Lemons, per 100 4 oto 8 0 Apricots, pa* doz 0 oto 0 0 VEGETABLES Greens, dz bunch 2 oto 4 0 Cabba'es, pr do. 010 to .1 3 Savoy 10., pr do. 10 to 1 3 Cauliflowers. pdz 2 0.0 4 0 B:ocoli, pzr bh... 0 Bto 1 0 Old po.si oe3,p ..on 2 10 to 4 10 New dito, pFr lb 0 0;o 0 0 Peas, per sieve 0 oto 0 0 Turnip 3 dz bunch 2 oto 4 0 Carrots, pr bunch 0 3to 0 5 Cucurabeis, e. ch 0 2to 0 4 Garlic, per lb .... 0 6to 0 8 Sorrel, per see 0 oto 0 0 Spinach, perdu... 0 9to 1 0 Bros. spouts, 1 6to 1 9 Old onions, dz bun 1 oto 1 6 New do., per bun 0 oto 0 0 Frenchberus, h.s. 2 oto 4 0 Leeks, per bunch 0 2to 0 3 ioo I 101 103 18 I } Pi THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, NO cEINIPER, 20, 1858. LAW INTELLIGENCE.-( THIS DAY.) CHANCERY COURT. (Before Vice-Chancellor Sir John Stuart.) SHORT MOTION FOR I ECREE-BROOK V. PRESTON. This was a motion for the plaintiff, by his counsel (Mr. Elmsley, Q.C.), for a general inquiry as to whether it was fit and proper, and for the benefit of the testator's estate and•those interested therein, that any and what debts due 'to the estate should be ascertained and brought in, and those due by the estate should be paid; and in particular whether a debt of £15,000 was due to the testator by the defendant, Mr. Preston; and for a certificate as to what debts are due to, or by, the testator's estate. Mrs. Preston, by her counsel (Mr. Russel), made a similar application to secure her interest in the estate. His Honour (the Vice-Chancellor) granted an order for general inquiry, with liberty to Mr. Preston to lay before his Honeur, at Chambers, any proposal in reference to the payment of any debt due by him. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.(This Day.) MARLBOROUGH-STREET. SINGULAR CHARGE OFFRAUD AT SKITTLES.—WiIIiam Thorp, of 5, Gloucester-place, Walworth-common, was charged with defrauding Mr. Henry Hutchings, a dentist, of 2, Great Suffolk-street, of a watch and guard chain, by means of skittle sharping. The prosecutor said that five years ago, while waiting for an omnibus, the prisoner got into conversation with him, as also did another man, and shortly after they asked him to have something to drink. He went with them to a house, and one of them asked him whether he thought it possible to throw a skittle ball 40 yards. A bet was then made, and he was asked to hold 455. for a bottle of wine. They then got him down in a cellar like a dungeon, got his watch from him, and made him sign an I 0 U for £5. In answer to Mr. Bingham, the prosecutor said he was only 17 at that time, and did what they told him as he was frightened and was not used to such things. They said he must go with them; they had brandy and water, and seemed to have plenty of money. The prisoner called himself his "friend," and said he lived st 9, Southwark-square. The constable produced a gold watch and guard, the pro bate of a will, and three fiash notes found on the prisoner. The prisoner said none of the property belonged to him. Mr. Bingham said if there was no other evidence he did not think he should proceed further. It was five years ago, and he did not think it would be safe. The flash notes had better be detained. • Pm The prisoner was then discharged. THIS DAYS MARKETS. COVENT GARDEN. Our market is heavily supplied for the time of year. Generally speaking the demand is steady, as follows : s. d. s. e. Cherries, per lb.. 0 oto 0 0 Filberts, per lb .. 0 6to 0 0 Cobnuts, per 100 lb 0 6to 0 9 ' Almonds, per busl4 oto 0 0 Walauts, per 100 1 oto 2 0 Fil,s, per d0z..... 0 oto 0 0 Strawberries, prpto 0.0 0 0 Gooseberries, 4. sv. 0 oto 0 0 Currants, pct. uo. 0 oto 0 0 Plmns, per do. .. 0 oto 0 0 Greengar . .ces, pr do. 0 oto 0 0 Raspberhes,prp:lo oto 0 0 Shallots, per lb .. 0 6to 0 8 Horseradish, pbn 1 6to 3 0 Paisley, per ditto 0 2to 0 4 Celery, per ditto 0 Bto 1 6 Eeet, per doz. .. 1 6to 2 0 Parsnips, per do. 0 otoo - 0 p. pn, 0 oto 0 0 liushrooms.p pod 2 oto 2 6 Articliokes, pr dz 2 oto 5 0 Cabbage leits,psc 0, oto 0 0 Endive, per score 1 oto 1 6 Radishes, dz finds 0 oto 0 0 Tomatoes, pr hsv 3 6to 5 0 Walnuts, per 100 0 oto 0 0 Chilies, per ditto 0 oto 0 0 Capsicums, per do 0 oto 0 0 Rhubarb, per bun 0 oto 0 0 Asparagus, pr do. 0 oto 0 0 Sea kail, per pun. 0 oto 0 0 NENVGATE AND LEADENHALL. Turkeys, 4s Od to 8s Od ; poults, Os Od to Os Od each • geese, 4s Od to 7s Od; goslings, 4s Od t o 7 s Od ; d uckl i ngs , Is 9d to 2s 9d; rabbits, is Od to is 6d each; wild do., Cd to is Id ; pigeons, 6d to NBd each ; l arge S urrey f ow l s, 5s Od to Es Od ; chickens, 4s Od to 6s Od ; barn door fowls, 3s Od to 5s Od ; capons, 4s Od ; hares, 2s 6d to Cs Od ; grouse, 2s Od to 3s Od each; pheasants, 2s Od to 38 Od; ptalinigan, Os Od to Od ; woodcocks, 23 6d to 3s Od ; snipes, Os 9d to is Od ; teal, 6d to 03 9d; wild ducks, is 6d to 2s widgeons, Os 10d to Is 3d; plovers, Os Cd to Os 10d each; guinea fowls, Os Od to Os Od ; roasting pigs, Cs 6d to 78 Od each; Ostend fresh butte?, is Od to is 2d; English, is 2d to is 4d per lb; English eggs, 13.3 Od to 14s Od ; French do., lOs Od to 12s Od per 120; leyerets, 2s Od to 3s Od each. CHINA AND ITS TRADE. £1,730,000 worth of cotton goods. "But to return for a moment," continued the lecturer, "to such ob jects of exports as China is likely to offer to our commerce. By Lord Elgin's treaty a part of Chinese Tartary is thrown open to our trade in about 40 degrees of latitude, a colder region than 10 deg. of greater latitude would produce in the western world. I will add to this that Russia has lately added a free port at the mouth of the grpat river Amoor, opening an intercourse with a tem:- tory, wrested at one time or another from the Chinese, computed at half a million of square miles. I will take this opportunity of saying that, instead of entertaining absurd and unfounded fear s o f th e power of Russia, because she has established thus a communication with the Pacific and maritime in tercourse with China and Japan, without going round the Cape of Good Hope, we ought rationally and peacefully to avail ourselves of such natural advantages as her establishments hold out. Dan ger to us, 'politically, from her establishments, is quite out of the question, and obvious at the first glance. He then referred to the import trade of China, especially to the opium branch of it. His own recollection of the opium trade of China, he said, dated 44 years back, at which time the annual consumption was said to be about 2,000 chests, of the value of £500,000 ster ling. When British capital and enterprise came into the Indian field, after the opening of the trade in the year 1814, a vast and natural increase took place in the import of opium into China, and in 1831, shortly before the overthrow of the tea mono poly, the quantity amounted to 18,760 chests of 1401 b. weight each, and of the value of £2,800,000. In 1849 the quantity had risen to 49,870 chests, and last year 70,300, valued at £7,200,000. Speaking ' of the effect of the use of opium on the health and morals of the Chinese, he said it was his conviction that, at the utmost, it was not worse than our own stimulants, every one of which might be abused, but might also be used with impunity, and often with advantage, and he quoted the opinion of Sir B.Brodic, that the effect of opium was not so much to stimulate as to soothe the nervous system. The lecturer then continued as follows :—The Chinese Government at one time, but does so no longer, charged us with poisoning its subjects with our opium. If, however, we look back to the procla mations which were put forth on the subject before the war of 1842 we shall find that the moral branch of their argument was a mere make-weight to assist the real one, which was that opium was rob bing China of its precious metals, and thus threat ening to reduce the empire to -beggary; for the Chinese are firm and implicit believers in a foolish doctrine, in which we were ourselves believers, too, that gold and silver are the only substantial wealth. At the time in question the precious metals had been constantly leaving China, for the plain reason that they were cheaper and more abundant in China than abroad. They had for some years before been, as they have now for some years back been doing, constantly flowing into China. The constant cry of Chinese functionaries before 1842 was, " The black dirt is always coming in, and the pure Sycee sil ver always going out." Not a word is now said about the " black dirt." Indeed, opium goes at pre sent under the polite name of " the foreign medicine," and is as regular and open a branch of trade as are silk and tobacco. A regular import duty is even levied upon it as upon any other article of importation. The Chinese, in fact, have come to their senses, although the process was a painful and tedious one that brought it about. Our inter course with China dates from the year 1683, only five years before the Revolution, and from that time and down to 30 years back woollens formed our chief exports to China; indeed, they had long done, although not for so prolonged a time, to every . country in the world. They were then our princi pal manufacture, and I take this opportunity of expressing the strong suspicion I entertain that in time they may become so again, taking rank of cotton. Let us for a moment look back to the na ture and history of our trade in woollens with China. The Chinese have hardly any woollen manufacture of their own, in this matter differing wholly from their condition as to silk, cotton, and even linen, represented by what we choose to call grass-cloth, but which is, in reality, the produce of a species of nettle. They have, notwithstanding, been familiar with broadcloth, although not Eng lish, ever sinco they had intercourse with Euro peans, and most probably long before. While the East India Company held a monopoly of the trade of China their staple export was always woollens, and their management of this branch of trade is worth describing even now, not only as a curious illustration of the mismanagement of a monopoly, but also of the dulness and ignorance that so long submitted to it. In the five years ending with 1813, inclusive, being the last of the Company's entire monopoly, from the Cape of Good Hope to the Straits of Slagellan, their export of woollens amounted to 248,616 pieces of all kinds. In the five years ending with 1831, or within two years of the close of their Chinese monopoly, the quantity had declined to 162,578 pieces ; or, in 18 years' time, no one can tell why, had fallen off better than 79,000 pieces. But since the era of free trade with China, in 1834, there had been a still greater de cline in our export of woollens, for on the average of the five years ending 1857 the total number of pieces, exclusive of X 5,50 worth entered by theyard, was only 74,189 pieces. A noble lord to whom I have On Wednesday afternoon there was a large as sembly of the merchants, manufacturers, and other leading inhabit2nts of the borough of Leeds, in cluding most of the members of the Leeds Chamber of Commerce, at the Hall of the Leeds Philosophi cal and Literary Society, to hear a lecture " On China and its Trade," by Mr. John Crawfurd, F.R.G.S., of London, late Governor of Singapore. Among the gentlemen present were the Rev. Dr. Hook, Vicar of Leeds ; Mr. H. C. Marshall, Dr. Heaton, Dr. Pycmont Smith, Mr. J. Botterill, Mr. J. Kitson, Mr. J. Gott, Mr. J. H. Shaw, Mr. D. Lupton, Mr. W. S. Ward, Mr. T. Wilson. Mr. W. Chadwick, Mr. J. M. Tennant, Mr. T. Nunneley, Mr. P. O'Callaghan, &c. Mr. CRAWFURD commenced by saving that he proposed giving a rapid sketch of China and its trade, more especially with a view to our own commercial intercourse with the em pire. The proper country of the Chinese peo ple contained an area of about 1,400,000 square miles—fully twelve times the size of the United Kingdom. It extends from near the 18th deg. of latitude to the 40th deg., and had a breadth and length of about 1,500 miles each. Some portion of it, therefore, was within the tropic, while part of Chinese Tartary had climates approaching in severity to the temperature of Siberia. About one half of the surface, of China was said to consist of mountains, with, however, frequent fertile valleys between, while the other is an alluvial, well watered, and therefore fertile plain. Two mighty rivers, with numerous affluents and branches, are striking characteristics of the physical geography of China. These traversed the whole country from west to east; disemboguing in the Yellow Sea. To their existence must be ascribed much of the civi- [isation of China, since, at one and the same time hey multiplied the fertility of the land and afforded cheap and easy means of intercommunication. The two rivers in question were the Yangtse to the south, and the Hoangho, or Yellow River, to the north. The first of these was the greatest river of the Old World, and the American rivers only were comparable to it. It was said to be navigable for 800 miles by vessels of considerable burden, and was certainly so for 200 miles for ships of the line. On the banks of the river were situated some — of the largest commercial cities of China, and the plain watered by itself, its affluents, and branches was stated to peopled by 100 millions of inhabitants, or 27 parts out of 100 of the whole population of the empire. The Yellow River, although also important, was of much inferior value to the Yangtse. The population of China, accord. ing to the census of 1813, and there was no ground to believe that it has since diminished—amounted in round numbers, without including its northern dependencies, to 362,000,000, which was equal to six times the population of the Russian empire, and full twelvefold that of the United Kingdom. The population was very unequally distributed, follow ing, as was to be expected with a people chiefly agricultural, the ratio of the fertility of theland. In spite of its fertility, and the means which it possessed of maintaining its population, China was an over peopled country. The mass of the labouring classes did not earn above 4d. a-day, while the necessaries of life were as dear as in England ; and it was poverty that drove the people into brigandage, rebellion, and imigration, and had also, in fact, been the cause of the present rebellion, which had now lasted five years. Emigration had been going on among them for two centuries, and was now more rife than ever. In search of gold they had gone to California and Australia, in each of which coun tries there were believed to be at present 50,000 Chinese labourers. The civilisation of the Chinese went back almost historically for 4,000 years. Im memorially the Chinese had lived under the same laws and mstitutions; and these, howeveiiimperfect in the judgment of civilised Europeans, had been sufficient to give such security to life and property as to have created a stability, industry, and inge nuity unknown in any other country of Asia. In physical strength and vigour of constitution the Chinese were far superior to any other Asiatic peo ple, and in their capacity of bearing alternations of climate they were even superior to Europeans. The sensuality of the Chinese was undisguised, and they were the least imaginative people in the world. —the very antithesis of the poetic temperament. With. many superstitions, they had little religio n and no bigotry, the only exception to their religion being what had been called " worship of ancestors," —a powerful sentiment, which has kept them by the tombs of their forefathers, which, indeed, they never quitted without the hope of returning to them. The national vanity of the Chinese was egregious, and they admitted of no equals. This had evidently arisen from their having never known equals. All the nations in their neighbourhood were infinitely below them in sense and civilisation. The politics and philosophy of the present Chinese were those of Confucius, who was a contemporary of Pytha goras, who lived 2,000 years ago, and of Mentius, who was a contemporary of Aristotle. The Chinese were bad sailors and worse soldiers. Their ships were unsightly and clumsy, and were probably con structed much as they were 2,000 years ago. But the Chinese, though difficult to move, were not im movable. They received the Indian religion of Bud dha in the second century of the Christian era, and from India they had cotton and the art of weaving it as late as the 13th century. Even within the comparatively short period they had been known to Europeans they had submitted to considerable changes. The poppy—an exotic of China—was made known to the Chinese by the Mahomedan merchants, who frequented their country before Europeans. It was at present largely and openly cultivated by them. The Chinese had long received and extensively cultivated and used tobacco and maize, and the manufacture of the Prussian blue, or the prussiate of iron, which used at one time to be a considerable a r ti c l e of import from England into China, was introduced into the country by a common Chinese seaman. After these remarks about China and its people, continued Mr. Craw furd, he would proceed to the subject of commer cial intercourse. China produced gold, silver, copper, tin, zinc, lead, iron, steel, quicksilver, coals, and of all these it was itself the chief consumer. Gold and silver it had as often ex ported as imported. The staple vegetable pro ductions of China are very various. In the warm south there is rice, sugar-cane, and cocoa palm ; in the temperate region, tea, silk, and cotton ; and in these and the cold wheat and millets, with a very great variety of pulses, oil-giving plants, and the almost übiquitary maize. To the mineral and vegetable products, now that Tartary was thrown open, might be added wool, hides, horses, and tallow. The great staples of China, however, at present, were tea and silk, and those he would consider in detail. Mr. Crawfurd pro ceeded to give a history of the cultivation of tea by China, and of its importation to this country. China, he said, from soil, climate, cheap labour, and the practice and experience of 2,000 years, had a natural monopoly in the production of tea. Tea was first introduced into this country about the year 1650, and the consumption rapidly increased until, at the commencement of the 18th century, it averaged, perhaps, half a million of pounds per annum. After quoting the lines of Pope in refe rence to Queen Anne drinking tea— " Here now great Anna, whom those realms obey, " Does sometimes counsel take; and sometimes tea," for the purpose of illustrating his (Mr. Crawfurd's) belief that tea was at that time pronounced " tay," the lecturer said that at the beginning of the present century our consumption of tea was 20,000,0001 b. a•year, and in 1833 it amounted to 30,000,0001 b. Now, under the auspices of free trade, it was about 65,000,0001 b. The wholesale price of this was estimated at about £5,000,000 ; and tea, when the duty was at its highest, yielded a revenue to the State of £6,000,000 per annum, which was about three times the whole revenue of the State when Queen Anne was drinking tea and taking counsel at Windsor, and Marlborough was fighting the battle of Blenheim. The quantity of tea produced in China must be immense when it was considered that it not only supplies its own 300,000,000 (every man, woman, and child being a tea drinker who can aflbrd it), but also the whole of the world, Japan and Tonquin alone excepted. The quantity exported annually by land and. water could not be less than 100,000,0001 b. What was of more consequence was that there seems, Mr all Tactical purposes, no limit to the supply. ithin the last hundred years the Chinese con sumers themselves had been more than doubled in number, requiring something like a double supply of tea. Within the present century our own consumption had been more then trebled. America, within the last 72 years, had added some 20,000,0001 b. to the demand on China, yet all this had no effect in raising the cost of teas in China. The lecturer next referred to another great staple of Chinese export—raw silk . He briefly glanced at the ancient re cor ds trade, describing the cultivation of t h e slk worm, of and then stated that from 112,000 s i aloneo f sil k , th erel were exported last year 2 e value of which was esti mated and it The prices given wer e of course exor bitant, a £10,000,000, or twice the value of the out-bidt a t b b r e o ug Chineseto England.a proceeding wasac ur e ; s e r oi t ff a sp i ve their own market, which, iln e k i t -s li e lna v t ered in, would in due time make us manufacturers of silk for the Chinese, as we were of cotton for the Hindoos. Mr. Crawfurd also referred to the exportation of minor articles for China, such as coffee, camphor, cassia, and , rhubarb. Of the grand staple of Chinese manufacture—silk— England imported last year something less than £llO,OOO worth, while _ she furtholied the Cilium With eihoye the pleasure of being known, and whose virtues and active public benevolence I greatly respect, although I cannot extend my respect to his commercial and economical notions, used such figures as I have just quoted in favour of his proposal to suppress the opium trade. On that occasion he insisted that if you only extirpated the poppy in India, and de prived the Chinese of the power of smoking its produce, the Chinese would take at once to broad cloth and calico. I believe, however, that I can furnish you with a more reasonable account than does this assumption of Lord Shaftesbury, of the large export of woollens under the monopoly and the smaller under free trade. his lordship's notice, indeed, strikes me to be very much on a line with a project of the French Government, if such a one could be supposed possible, as increasing the con sumption of French silks in England by stopping our supply of French brandy ; or a still madder one of our own Government, prohibiting the dis till ition of rum in our colonies, and its importation to England, in order to increase our supply of sugar and promote the cause of sobriety and morality. In the good old time China was, in every branch of it, a monopoly. An obstacle to the con sumption of our manufactures necessarily exists in the poverty of the great mass of the Chinese people. A coat of Leeds broadcloth would, no doubt, be a great comfort to a Chinese day-labourcr, but the man that earns but 4d. a day, who pays as high for his bread as an English labourer, and ten times as much for the condiment of salt, cannot afford to wear even the coarsest broadcloth. Although, however, tl‘e great body of the Chinese people be very poor, I ought to add that there are in the vast mass some millions in very easy circumstances, and many thou sands, the consumers of birds' nests and sea cucum bers, for example, living in luxury. Another pal pable obstacle to a wide consumption of our manu factures by the Chinese is found in their possession of manufactures of their own, generally far superior to those of any other Eastern people. A hundred years ago they were more a manufacturing people than ourselves. The nations of Europe, indeed, long continued to consume Chinese silks and cot tons, and it has only been in comparatively recent times that we have excelled them in their fabrics. They, as well as the Hindoos and Japanese, quilt their tissues with cotton for a winter dress ; and al though clothing of this description is but an indif ferent substitute for woollens, it is a cheap one. To make the Chinese consumers of our manufactures we must furnish them with cheaper and better than their own, as well as with such as are equally suited to their tastes and habits. This, it is obvious, is a condition indispensable to our supplying them. To the obstacle opposed to the extension of our com mercial intercourse with the Chinese from custom and transit duties, I am not dispo sed to attach much importance. The import duties are in no case high, and at four out of the five ports which have been open to us since 1842 they are evaded by a compromise between our merchants and the ChineSe officers. What the Chinese trade is likely to grow to may be inferred from the progress of the conveniently situated port of Shanghai, whi c h lies on a branch of the great river. I take my ac count of it from that given in the interesting letters of the able correspondent of the Times, Mr. W. Cooke, who lately published them in a small con venient volume. Shanghai, the very name of which was before unknown to Europeans, was established as a port open to European trade in 1842. In 1856, the 14th year from its establishment, its imP orts amo unted to £11,922,806, of w hi c h £4,287,290 was bullion. It exported, chiefly in tea and silk, nearly to the same value. Notwithstanding this fair pro spect of improverent in ouicommercial intercourse with China, I will not take upon myself the re sponsibility of recommending any increase of in vestments in the China markets. 'We are bound in prudence to watch and wait the progress of events. Besides, I am addressing great merchants and ma nufacturers, and I am not myself a merchant or a manufacturer, although I have sometimes had the vanity to fancy tht.t I might have become one had I been properly educated. I know well the wide gulf that lies between talking of business and prac tising it. I think of that gulf and become discreet and silent. (The lccturer, who had been frequently applauded in the ( ourse of his lecture, concluded amid the general acclamation of the meeting.) At the close of the lecture Mr. Crawfurd was unanimously elected an honorary member of the Leeds numphical And LaterarY Society, 911 the PREFERENCE SHARES. Share' Railways. 25 Blythe and 'l'yne V per c. pref. (issued at £5O) Stk Brie. & Exet4p.ctStock 20 Do. do. do. Shares Si I& Caledon £lO, 44 per cent 12.10 Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. Stock Chester & Holyhd, 54 pc Stock Do. do. 5 p. et. 61 Cork & Bandon, 56 p. C 61 Dun. Perth 4 Aber.Juu Stock E.Angn. Claw; A 7 & spc Stock Do. do. 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Land anti Hiding4l all 11 21 1 Clarendon Consols Min ing- Co. or Jamaica d 40 Cobra Copper all 36 37 Copiapo l6 11 13 1 DunMoun.Cop.Min7.Co :all 1 2 Fortuna 20 General all 20 21 20 3 Linares all 8 9 5 Lusitanian 1 MP riquita all 1 1 New Granada all 1 N.RhineCop.o'S.Anz.L 10 1 p 20 Pontgi baud Si' ver, Lea. Mining and Smelt all 41 5. 1 5 Port Philip 1 30 Santiago de Cuba 164 1 1 28.2.84 United Mexican all 21 34 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Share • Securities. Paid. Closing Business Prices. Done. Can.Gov.6p.b..Ta. & July 100 115 117 . 1161 151 16 Do. 6 p.c.Fb.&Aug. 100 113 115 Do. 6 p.c.Mr. & Sep. 100 113 115 N.8.G0v.6 p.c. Ja. &July 100 1131 1141 Do. 6p.c.Ap.& Oct. 100 N. S.W. Gov. sp. C. Deb. 100 1011 1011 NovaScotiaGov.6 p.c. St. Deb. redeemable, 1c75 100 1121 1131 S.Aus.Gt.6pc.Jan&July 100 113 115 1141 Vict-Gov.6p.c.Jan&July 100 112 114 113 121 JOINT-STOCK BANKS, Closing Buidness Joint-Stock Banks. Paid.' p r i m Dolie. 100 Agra&UnitedServiceßk 50 40 Australasia all 25 Bank of Egypt all 254 261 100 Bank of London 5O 49 Brit. Col. Bk. & LoanCo all D 0 British North American all 20 Chtd. Danko." India, Are 10 3 2;(1 100 City 5O 60 d 2 100 Colonial 25 20.11 Corn. Bank of Canada all 100 Commercial of London. 20 20 Eng., Scot., & Aus. Lb. all 164 17 20 Gen. Bk. of Sv itzerland all 20 Lon.Chrr.llk.otAustral. all 22 225 50 London and County 50 London Joint Stock 100 London & Wcstminstu. 20 100 Nat. Prov. of England. 35 20 Do. new I 10 59 National Br , lc 25 40 20 New ,South Wales 25 Orient. bk. Corporation all 20 Ottoman 13.rnk ell 19/ 191 100 Provincial of Ireland 10 Do. New all 25 South Australia 25 Do. New 174 25 Union of Australia all 25 Do. New 2O 50 Union of London lO 100 Unity Mutual 55 100 Western Bk of London 50 20 18 d : 100 MISC ELLANEO US. us. ral.lsing CI 0 Share Miscella n eous. Anglo-Mexican Mint Business dons 1000 Atlantic Tel. (Limited). all"' 310 340 25 Australian Agricult ura l 19 34 325 20 35 10 Australian Royal Mail . all all 1 10 Berlin Water Works ... - 1 1 10 Do New. issued at 1 die 3 _ 2 " 3 " 50 British American Land 40 50 Brit. & Irish Matr.Tel.A. all 40 42 20 Do. B, 7p. c. till 1862 all 10 21 20 ,Do. C.•. 100 Canada 324 110 115 10 Cliandslands Tel.(Lim ) all 104 Stock Cop.Min.bfEng.&Snrtic - : all —.— 25 Do. Preference 74 per et all 24 28 5 Crystal Palace. 5 Do. Preference . all 4/ 5/ 20 Eastern Steam all 2 2/ Stock Electric Telegraph lOO JI3 115 all 24 24 21 20 GLlronScrewCol.(Lim.) all .St.oo. 15 Gen. Steam Navigation. 14 1 9 0 5 .I.: } E : u n u r:o o . p p & l r r A l . s C J:u m P n l a O l s l — 1 1 20 London Discount .• .••• 5 1/ 1/ d 4 Lond.Gen. Omnibus Co. all 11 1/ 1/ 10 Mediter. Electric Tele , :". all 10 25 1 0 Na ti o nal MNee Netherlands 10 Do do all 1 2 e E r l x a n t D e d n iss, 0 . I T , au e n l n . dt ( L c i o n . ) all s 7 2 4 8 4 d 5 Do 8 p.c. Pref.,iss. at ldis. all 1 1/ 14 100 N.Br.&NovaScotiaLand 80 15 18 1 1 N.B.Australasian (Lim.) all 1 20 North of Europe Steam all 1 Oriental Gas 1 Do. New Shares lss. 1 die par 5 Peel River Land & Min. all 2/ 3 __, 50 Pen. & Oriental Steam. all 85 87 bt4 50 Do. New lO 13 14 p 20 Red Sea & Ind. Telegr. 2 y 50 Rhymney Iron 15 Do. New all 6/ 7 100 Royal Mail Steam 6O 59 61 1 Scot.Austrin.lnv.(Lim ) all 14 111 25 South Australian Land. all 38 39 384 1 Submarine Teleg. Scrip. all / 1 1 Do. do Registered all I 1 20 ITr.& Ln.Co.of Upr. Can. 5 -- 10 0 IV= Diemen'a laud •ea n;l4 11 12 BILLINGSGATE. Salmon, is 9d to 2s Od ; trout, Os Od to Od • eels, 8d to is ; prawns, 2s Od to 4s; pike, skate, sturgeon, andhalibut, 6d per lb. Turbots, 2s 6d to 20s ; cod, 280 d to lOs Od; brills, 2 s Od to lOs Od; doreys, is Od to 5s Od; mullets, 6d to is 6d; lobsters, Gd to f...s Od ; crabs, 6d to 2s 6d ; plaice and garnets, 4d to is 0(1 each ; soles, 3d to 2s 6d per pair ; common oysters, 16s to 20s ; natives, 40s to —s per bushel ; whitings, 2s Od to lOs Od; haddocks, 3s to 18s Od ; smelts, 2s Od ; flounders, is Od to is 6d per dozen; mackerel, 40s; fresh herrings, 4s; bloaters, 6s per 100; carp and tench, 2s to 4s per brace. NEWPORT. Beef, from 2s 6d to 4s 2d ; mutton, 2s Sd t. 2 4s 2d lamb, Os Od to Os Od ; veal, 38 4d to 4s 4d ; and porn, 2s td M 4s Od per 81bs WHITECHAPEL Beef, from 2s 6d to 4s 2d; mutton, 2s 8d to 4s 2d ; lamb, Os Od to Os Od; veal, 3s 4d to Is 4d; and pork, 35 4d to 4s Od per 81b. BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from 6d to 7d; of household do., 4:d to 6d per 41b loaf. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, 3fd to 34d ; 611 b to 721 b, 3/cl to 4.c1 ; 721 b to 801 b, to 4',d ; 801 b to CBlb, 441 to 5d ; 881 b to 961 b, 5d to 51d; 961 b to 10d1b, 51d to 6d. Horse hides, 9s Od to 108 Od calf skias, light ; 2s 6d to 4s ; ditto full, 6s 6d to 7s Od ; polled sheep, 7s 9d to 98 6cl; half-breds, 6s Od to 78 Od ; Downs, 4s 3d to 5s 9d ; lambs, —s Od to •—s Od. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD. •-- Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 lOs ; clover, do., £3lss to £5 ss; and straw, £1 ss. to £1 10s. per load. Supply good, and trade dull, at barely stationary prices. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 lOs ; clover do., £3 15s to £5 ss. ; and straw, £1 6s to £1 108 per lead. A slow inquiry. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 lOs ; clover, do., £3 15s to £.5 ss. ; and straw, £1 7s to £1 12s per load. Both hay and straw were in slow request, at our quotations. COURSE OF EXCIIANGE.—Y] Amsterdam :STERDAY. Ditto Rotterdam Antwerp Bruysels 3 Months. 11 16! • 11 16; . 25 27J . • 25 27] 11 141 11 17 11 17 25 3! 25 32i 13 7 25 15 2.m! 25 114 10 54 10 55 Hamburgh Paris Ditto Marseilles — 25 30 Frankfort on Maine Vienna Trieste 118 k 10 50 10 51 Petersbur;sh Madrid Cadiz Leghorn 341 491 49t 29 7.7.1 491 491 29 85 25 50 41 1 123 123 52 53 Genoa — Naples Palermo Messina -- Lisbon Oporto Rio Janeiro New York — 25 45 123 123 1 521 524 E.I. Co ' sbls. House big. 60d Calcutta, Co.'s rupee --- 26 231 Bombay ditto Madras ditto — 26 23f East India Company's, Bills drawn from the 24th ult. to, the Bth inst. Bem;al £1,201 5 0 Madras • 0 0 0 Bombay £1,201 5 0 Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard) per oz. X. 3 17 9 Mexican Dollars Silver in Bars (Standard) „ 0 0 0 THIS DAI'S SHIPPING. LONDON, Nov. 20.—Wind this day at noon, W. ; blowing fresh and hazy. SOUTHAMPTON, Nov. 19.—Arrived—Magdalena, from the West Indies • Saxonia, (steamer), from New York, ha s exrienced ver y weather. CARDIFF, Nov. 19.—Wind E.N.E.—Sailed—Prince Frederick William, for the Cape of Good Hope; Emeline, for Monte-Video. OFF TOIVEY, Nov. 19.—Arrived—North America, (s.), from New York, for Bremen. HOLEYHEAD, Nov. 19.—Wind S.S.W. to W.N.W.— Arrived--Virgnia Ann, from Liverpool, for Charleston. QUEENSTOWN, Nov. 18.—Wind N.E.—Sailed—Ger trude, for New York. OFF DONAGHADA, Nov. 20.—Arrived—Anglo-Saxon, (s.s.), from Quebec. HARTLEPOOL, Nov. 19.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrived— Corneee, from Quebec. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Saturday Morning. Wind calm, fine, and frosty. Arrived. Foyle, steamer, from Dublin; Despatch, steamer, from Jersey; Magdalena, steamer, from West Indies; Saxonia, steamer, from New York; Havre, steamer, from Havre. Sailed.--Wonder, steamer, for Jersey ; Alliance, steamer, or Ha vre ; Foyle, steamer , for London. _ _ _ Wind W.N.IV. LivzitrooL, Saturday Morning. Arrived, 19th.—Lunar, and Amethyst, from Cronstadt. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) . GRAVESEND, Saturday Morning. Wind N.W. ; tide half flood, weather, moderate, with fog. _ _ - Sailed, Nov. 20.—Planet, steamer, for Hamburg ; Bo russa, steamer, for Harburg ; Adler, steamer, for Brezilen ; Seine, steamer, for Boulogne. DEAL, Saturday Morning. Wind W.N.W., moderato& Passol—Friend, from London, for Gibraltar ; Maria rabeluaidua, frow Loudon, for LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Railways. L eas ing Closing Business Paid. Co.'s. Price. Done. Share Docks. Stock Commercial Stock Do 4 per Cent Pref Stock East and West India Stock London Stock St. Katharine Stock Southampton Stock Victoria *.to Do New 1110 112 65 674 11711226 192 95 141 143 49 51 96 98 1 102 104 5f 6i 1119 121 1160 165 120 122 68 - 72 141 143 102 104 951 974 r 91 91 I 111. 11 9 10 108 110 99 100 i dis p d 24 244 120 122 99 101 10 10a 241 241 102 104 102 104 284 29 32i 33i 40 43 Share) ~_ motion of Mr. Shaw, seconded by Mr. Nunneley, both of whom expressed their obligations for the valut ble information which had been afforded by the paper. THE RIVAL OMNIBUSES. It is very natural that the General Omnibus Company should desire to monopolise the public passenger traffic of the London streets. Equally natural is it that the Saloon Omnibus Company should endeavour to establish an opposition to this monopoly. So long as the contest between the rival 2i , sociations was conducted in a fair and legitimate manner the public had no right to inter fere between them. But when the rivalry degene rates into a public nuisance, and when the limbs and lives of those persons who wish to travel by the conveyances of one of the rival com panies are endangered by the violence of the servants of the other, surely the time has arrived when a remedy should be found. From choice, neither Parliament nor the public would wish to meddle in the affair at all. We had much rather that the road were left open to all without restraint or check, so that the persons engaged in the trade have sufficient discretion and good sense not to make their quarrels and jealousies a source of annoy ance to the town. If this should not be the case, then there is no other alternative than that of handing over the regulation of the trade to the Commissioners of I'olice, or some other properly constituted authority. The police would receive strict orders to notice all infractions of the regu lations, all disturbances of the public order, and to cite the offenders before the police-courts, and so, no doubt, an end could be put by the strong band to such disgraceful scenes as have taken place for some time back in the London streets, in eq,nsequence of the rivalry of the omnibus pro prietors. Still, we had much rather not be driven to so extreme a measure. We had much rather leave the omnibus proprietors to themselves, if they will but abstain from such practices as must render interference imperatively necessary. The form which the dispute has assumed is that of a prosecution for an alleged conspiracy insti tuted by the Saloon against the General Company. Now, "conspiracy," as every practical lawyer knows, is a skittish mare to ride. An accusation of this kind is ever found more difficult of proof than any other, so hard is it to rivet firmly all the links in the chain of necessary evidence. In the present case, for example, it may require no small amount of trouble and ingenuity to fix upon the directors of the General Company a guilty knowledge of lie acts of their drivers and conductors. It may be, and Nye think it is, as clear as noon-day that Vie practices complained of hav e a c t ua ll y t a k en place, but it is not so easy to establish the series of crimi nal acts to the satisfaction of a jury. Not one, but many acts of the like kind, must be proved, that it may appear there was a criminal design. It must then be shown that the directors were cognisant of the acts of their drivers and approved them before they can be brought m peril upon a charge of conspiracy. The common sense of the question is, of course, that this was so. Every man who has walked about the streets of London for some time past must have seen the omnibuses of the Saloon Company undergoing the process of " nursing." Surrounded as they were by the vehicles of the rival company, it was impossible that a passenger could either enter or alight from one of the Saloon Company's conveyances without being exposed to danger. It would require a very robust fa thin deed to believe that the directors of the General Company are the only men in London who were in ignorance of these discreditable struggles. In such a case sufferance and express direction are twin • sisters. We are not, however, inclined to spectf, ate upon the chances of the prosecution, nor to enter upon the charges made by one company against the other, as far as the mere interests of the companies are concerned. We would rather treat the ques tion as one of public convenience and public order. If these gentlemen cannot come to terms, and so arrange their mutual relations as to abate the public nuisance, no doubt in three or four months' time an act of Parliament could be obtained which would effectually deprive them of all power of mischief for the future. This is the very wise suggestion which Mr. Paynter, the presiding magistrate at the West minster Police-court, threw out on Thursday last, when it seemed more than doubtful if the compa nies could be brought to arrange their differences out of doors. The professional gentlemen employed by the General Company at first expressed their acquiescence, speaking on behalf of their clients, in the recommendation of the magistrate. Mr. Edwards, however, on behalf of the prosecution, stated it as the conviction of those for whom he was acting that the difficulty in the way of an arrange ment was, that it would be impossible for them to trust to the promises of the opposite party. Mr. Paynter proposed that the whole matter should be referred to Sir Richard Mayne, who would be wil ling to arbitrate upon the matter, and lay down rules for the regulation of the traffic. If the rival companies take the true viewjaf their own interests they will adopt this practical method of escaping from a very awkward dilemma without hesitation If what they want be justice—and either side would be unwilling to admit that they want more —this they will surely obtain from a gentleman of the high character and discretion of Sir R. Mayne. From him they may obtain a speedy and uncostly settlement of their disputes, whereas, if they persist in litigation, no one will be benefited save the pro fessional gentlemen engaged. The General Com pany, as it would appear, are anxious to establish monopoly. Be it so ; but let them carry out their design by furnishing for the public accommodation more comfortable vehicles, and running them at a cheaper rate than their rivals. They may depend upon it that the public arc not in a conspiracy to ride in bad omnibuses when there are better ones to be found. They may also be very certain that all attempts to get rid of rivalry by violence and wrong will surely end in their own grievous loss and discomfiture. IRELAND. DUBLfS, FRIDAY MORNING. A tolerably circumstantial account of the at tempted assassination of Mr. S. M. Gason. a magis trate of the county of Tipperary, published in the Daily Express of yesterday morning, is declared by Saunders of this morning to be totally' 'without foundation. The Express of to-day is silent upon the subject. The affair is altogether a mystery. THE SCHOOLMASTER IN DONEGAL A correspondent o Saunders's New s l e tt er sup plies some curious statistics in connection with the march of education in the Gweedore district. The writer says : "I have now lying before me a copy o f th e Warder of the 13th inst., in which the.proceed ings, papers, and resolutions bearing on the at tempted assassination of the Rev. Alexander Nixon are fully set out. Among those I find the names of 94 tenants—of course the principal men who in their own persons, and representing the tenantry not only of their own, but also of the neighbour bouring townland, amounting to. more than 1,500 person--imiting in a petition to the Executive, praying a remission of taxation imposed on the district for lawless proceedings , expressing great contrition for the same, promising amendment for the future, and confessing that the allegation of destitution which wrs lately presented to Parlia ment was devoid of foundatio n . Having read all this fine composition, will i t b e credited in the 19th century—an epoch of diffused knowledge —will the Times believe this astounding fact— that there was not a single man among th e 94 subscribers who could write his name; and it may be safely inferred that if there had been ene among the remaining 1,500 who could, he would have been called on to perform the important part of writing his name ? Will the English people believe this fact, after squandering such immense sums for education ? What else can arise than murder, robbery, and the total disorganisation of the social system, from such a horrible state the Executive institute a searching inquiry into the cause of thi s f r i g htf u l d es tit u ti on o f th e common rudiments of education ?" VACANCIES APPOINTMENTS AND PROMOTIONS IN THE CIVIL SERVICE. —Foreign Department. —An Attacheship at Paris has become vacant by the death of Mr. G. E. Denys. Law Department.—The Recordership . of the borough of Folkestone has become vacant by the death of Mr. E. D. Brockman. Customs.—Mr. Nansom, collector of Leith, has retired on superannuatior. Mr. Thomas Matthe'vs Wearne, collector at Exeter, has been appointed collector at Leith. Mr. James Donelan. collector at Londonderry, has been appointed collector I t Exeter. Mr. William Bellamy, comptroller at Greenock. has been appointed collector at Londonderry. The office c f comptroller at Greenock is to be abolished. Mr. A. Lambe, comptroller, Dublin, is about to retire, and the office to be abolished. Mr. William Bindley has been promoted from sixth class clerk to .be fifth class clerk in the office of Comptroller of Accounts for the London Docks. Inland Revenue Department. Stamps and Taxes Branch.—Mr. H. Woodger, surveyor, Camden town, has been promoted to be inspector of taxes of Bir mingham, in succession to John Lee, Esq., deeeafed. Mr. D, Cumberland, surveyor of taxes, Blackburn, has been promoted to Camden-town, vice Woodger. Mr. F. Blake, surveyor of taxes, Paddington, has been promoted to St. George's, H a nover-square. Mr. R. Mayne, surveyor, Kensington, has been promoted to Paddington. Mr. W. Mayne, surveyor, Liverpool, has been promoted. to Ken sington. Mr. E. H. Row, surveyor, N h ot a t s in t g e h e an n l, ap h p a: in bee te n d appointed to Liverpool. Excise tranch.—Mr. James Mac fadean,sur,eng-geTheharsa:mbe-eaexsnamsar:inpsoetilt.eadrt7 ec pe t r o v r s of . r l , nver collector of Elgin Collection. Mr. Thomas Watts, survey ing-general-examiner,ness Collection. Mr. Bat tersea district, has been aprointedto Hinckley distri t. Mr. John Harper, - sup rviEor tut Hinekleyidistri e t h as in en ap peititekYto Datterboat ficrilkov,xttc, I