The Sun. — London, England, 1859-11-24 00:00:00

MARKET AND CITY NEWS. CITY, Two o'CLocK, Altho D ,.h ts the demand for money is actively ill:atatained, and the applications at the Bank etoin :title 'numerous, very little interest is felt in the meeting of the directors at that estab i i_ - , e ,, n , t ' e s an alteration is not yet considered imm lI R -`' In most instances 2-1- per cent. is charged . for fir s t bills, as bankers and others take adv an i r , t ls a ge of the increased requirensents of the public o A ' yta ill full terms for the accommodation they afford. '4l imMediate advance in the minimum to 2 per e . eot . t , is considered improbable, because the circ f ula 41 is generally contracted at this period of the h 3:ear, and the bullion is still supported at a high millions, the total last week being nearly seventeen raillions. Ar il ; l'e P°rt has been issued by the directors of the h;lt'ean Steam - ship Company, preparatory to their thelearlY meeting, which states that after making d b usual reserve of 7 1 per cent. per annum for . e ., - .4r2eeir,ation, a mounting to £4,303 17s.—deducting vi th meet the cost of the inter-colonial ser a:ce' and defrayinc, all . expenses-4here remains an tilvailable balance of £5,914 3s. 5d., out of wluc be! 41rectors recommend a dividend of 7s. per share, f ih in g at the rate of 7 per cent. per annum free of 0 tax, at e'eants from Liverpool state that in the Cotton • , tart. k „ 'et yesterday rather more business was trans eiltoed, 7,000 bales having been sold, at a decline of elo ll ea t 1-I Gd. per lb. The Railway Share Market T o c,, cl ,, lll° t l Y; prices, however, were firmer. have-' ' fl ank of 'England directors, as anticipated,. ro at , no t made any alteration• in the terms of ills- A ll ' t 'daY, and as the supply of money continues or lillndant, and there is still a large accumulation with tilli en, it is expected that the rate will remain j n °ll , t , any i mmediate variation. slo e ` u e Stock Exchange markets to-day the sloe of business transacted has been rather th e - a : l, ' 131 4 valtes are well maintained, owing to Ivith-undanee of money, and the improved feeling sli,( z h t 7gard to Continental affairs. Purchases have tatac,',7 Preponderated, and the effect is seen in 9 6i ;' f an upward tendency. Consols have been gla ce mon ey, and 967, for account ; they have N e a c s en to 961.1 for both. The New Threes ke t ,. 44 , 94 1 95, and the Reduced at 94-1 1; Bank 22 6 --. la 2201 to. 228 ; India ditto has receded to h e e i i ditto v -,ew Loan is firm at 1041- ; and the e ,, , re s 0 n .„ 3 Do -278, ' 4 .1, -g Exchequer Bills are steady at and 30s. preen, iii loOd ii i th crate amount of business has taken place ilth e e h ,. P°r eign Stock M ar k e t , an d pr i ces remain e • ' anY important change. Turkish 6 6 pe i r Iltaz. tiro 761 to 77-1 ; ditto New, 66 to 6,; h "lan 5 per Cents, , at 1021; ditto 4 rer c e , are spw Cents at 96 1 ; Russian 41 per Cents. at 99; at 851111)eferred at 33i ; and Dutch 21 per Cents. d to 28, 1 ' ; Venezuelan 23. per Cents. have advanced T he ' ( 11 ) 3 kit Mexican has receded to 22Z. are at 1 1 i a n Marin e I nsurance Company's Shares The 1 ., J Premium. t o this dad,week's railway receipts, ascertained up 0 are in round figures as under:- 1858. Nit,e,,Weate £29,040 189 £26,569 I'lttlic\v„terni,; ............... 75 059 66,945 bri tq-Wcatern .......... 5,441 kikton ... - . ' ......... 37,304 34,788 Qr ..aate.r;o: 17 919 16,116 144eiatIsz?rthe ................. ip; e ald r , ' 4 18 7 kr,8,1-,Gland i€11:-York. s . h - ir . e . 5,613 OxioLlaciEaate-`l4err, 36 6 , 6 228 00 31,087 P r ki e i 4 l l l l l 4 \l tij o r p ee o s o tir . , . flu d .. W . Olverbampton 4 815 4,344 3,506 3 , 2 7 5 01a. ~a rghl r, ,,,, ~, 6,185 5,798 th e tow aii,lV- k-i-lasgoly b ltt 4 t Norti; '3onth-Western Q r ch.lt he .1:1 Scotland 0,,e4t \V„t"I'll ......• ... e k e eln of Caza,d,• 8,815 8,587 nrg Th ese 'abe .... 2,261 2,002 pd tQeeiPts compared with those of the same . rove of the previous year show a decided ira- I nto un i l e rt ; the increase on the Great Western ! 11, 11 -",,' t° 42,4 71, on the North Western to 13 60, 4 : ua the South Western to £1,986, on the th e rn to £1 ,085, on the Midland to £2,516, on i lnil ytillti.ll Eastern to £1,803, on the Lancashire t ? . • ° ( - 1 1 , ° :hiro to £4,060, on the North Eastern 22 9 °' ;„'',' on the Great Western of Canada to 'th e -,"" en the Great Luxembourg "to £259. been Itealings in the Railway Share Market have 14 44 4 a rather limited scale. Prices, however, P,ti ate (t ried to the extent of about : 1- to 1 per cent. a s tern, Lancashire and Yorkshire, South i 'liki l t- ' and Norh British have declined ss. ; khq°lll North-Western, Manchester, Sheffield, `lerliar,,iticein, and Oxford, Worcester, and Wel , Thaten advanced ss. • and South-Eastern, 10 s. ' 4 14 ; " re ign and Colonial undertakings con- Ilatehs4 ra t e request at about former rates. f ° kltici rt it , he nish have declined 55., Grand Trunk o kik, „ 'B* East Indian and Great Indian Penin ,yei;ro at.slightly advanced quotations: e keeed ! Stook Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are hav e il'glY inactive. London and Westminster e ht a. -111 1 P_ r °ved 58.; Oriental Bank declined 10s. ; torolevalaee and Red Sea Telegraph realise rate s. lilt, 1 4,„ 41 1.4 1 ~,,. a at 4 c( i , „ ek '. 4. 11DS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. . 2261 kr ~.. .ilt . Ito .. • ...... : . 941 i 11,,, /it p ulleod Annuities 1 ' 3 leer . -un.sols Annuitio I,lliNia Cent A, ln . . s Nt . miles tt o • _ ........ 226 ~,, ~., . , 1 8 0, _• er _ .......... 04- 1 . s, it? atixrioz 18thrt. k'&4'1,4,1:: 1859 z ajol i , for eZ.1,00? Dit,',,eq„uor 144421,001101161 !Ijitilt,;ll4s°:orP,,,ltElGFX FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. 1021 41,, 4,e Cent. 185 96 ita !kn a ' r ` - 'ent• 1858' 96 k 22 1 /Plan, Itr,Ceat. fli,,nto 41 -, t St, 5 per dent — - itiih• 4 Per kw :• 11 :tri, 6 cent .......... IVIPA 3' S cent. 0 N-,,,,,re,,n0t. ,inct l ,,lph G ,_ Cent. 3 per Cent. 331 ITinolyer Cent. ..... .... .. .. . AZ,Lnan t_zecia,.°,;lllt bit t o A p 7 o 9 per Cent decedent b ate zei , 11 (18 on the above payable in Londe*. ag; 12 Gull. 21 per Cent 6S. TWO O'CLOCK. c onsole , _. MOnnY ...... • ..... • • • mg for Account, December.. 94 ___ l`pi, ...... ''otis;,‘'lvrv.tyt . Accusilr ( )N TILE LONDfONa ANDvery 14,41anaii;VtaTEax RAILIVA.Y—An accident o 414'44 PeZl.Prackr, and which might have been ed luesday Ivraidti, ~1 sacrifice of hunin life, eeeurr donand South aotnternded by epac.'torri" i;', Ile Pleetpond station of the Lon -14 left ti..'""`waY. It appears that the 11 m a. 'and pro ,.',borl ';',o Waterloo terminus at the'fixod time, t the fog "Ri c h 'wth safety, notwithstanding the densiy o. express 114k't, 111)tevailed, un til Within a few miles of its firstFslrept.". llolla -aingstoke, where it was due at 12.15. h hivinqatiea is a very snlall place,. and the offi T cia e l t s there °Nor koods train - in charge proceeded to shunentita,a7 p' ;"'eidc,i°t'lleW the express train to pass. To e th e . the usual signals were displayed at the station and Z''t or °""(15 train, bat it would appear that, owing to the vtialisd ..:071:e:tthiaer .use, the driver the k ak i , 4 t,_ Om ,nor wore . n o l f en the at 14,4,. 0,40 approach of that train, for without any ex t p h r e ess sta trai tion a of the D. ''ott''st he xtrain rushed through . past the ' 6 ' 4 s -' 4 l'aPid rate and crushed the back portion d it is 4ti:r;htiti• The Collision was most fearful, gi to ti o illa - T v o e r i , °I a miracle that the lives lo o t f iv a e ltr e g lo a a n n nu n m g ber ki'ill'Zl)Oi9'2)terainet s:evrierrly m'agnTlificlrn(tmengine,. wtlerithenudpe; livoretrl,to).--0.f.,,t3.150 earlmproesstsbtrroallnenwteorepi , also destroyed, o as 44,14. 'R is e a numbe r of the trucks belongangoanthSil wasoas IL vat ~e.Bslitrielcs of' the passengers awful,N . vere sooi ver as howe , , I ,`Z_ IN shat hat several Were kil!ed ~ as was L ade, an d it 4,ri.fotti:nri,tx was over an investigation 11, 1 ; 111 1 0 sha,l.lat, although the passengers less bruised, yet I to ; ( "fig o f ii....1.1';g, and several were more or had. received a matter of surprise . ii, t _ tit, acumnad occurred. It may be ihi.4lll). ena,i ( f e r e l: Said stoker of the tra!n destroyed. escapedbut we are tti e ., , 'nod th44.,,,,g that the engine was , a with their Jr". *et c i„.',l,nese two men, seeing the imminent danger in t 4) .y._ jtio,,atlyew themselves down, and thus escaped (14'\-‘, Air, 4.1 e tion of the catastrophe was at . once forwarded ,t,lOO sintl.Vadham Young, the superintendent of . the e; 4 patched tnloa, and a numbey of men were immediately i4 l . th o ii, I:ender what assistane_e .n they could, and to ho t `,..! thcii,'2_lTt,fortunately, the 4 c ,1 had been cleared 6,llPed,ci."rn, at, so that the U. W on the railway was kit% \'l‘llr, r,,,„ he ensuing ses. th e ~°1 the r,_`'''tilllN.AT COURT. ti, 4 8% in ,t.enptral 91111111 ml Court, - ; 0 -T h n i e c . h commences on In addition . to I,4l4l(l°:.l(iloihCrYB ceal ni)ll.7lBaetBiot°„ b:fa heavy m between one session 14), „t c attention : iitittiQ ernp°lliitiithere are. three cases attracting a considerable ..o. pi i i i p ek.l ane u p in .. her from the (lititily)._ ttettlilioat), sadt,leslzvk bsytosouds The cruel case . of Hint, a °P-oli„ghes, th",', ur. S methurst or , r. , f bi.iimy; and the trial art suspending r d from the last trial The latter is likely . he r e'Y a c_ Peankrupt solicitor. tiB es havo'rerable time, as we the hc,,,,,1er. IM)11 sUinmoned to give evidence ag C and Mr. we understand le over fifty wi t -I::ile;ant paiilBunioured that Mr. Bovill, Q. • ' t the pro 'ke -° . -ara le ha e beck retained to conduc . q.'esti,,,ll:tt.a addition tovA lr.Poland, who ibeiro,,°7lB before the magistrate. The prlsorille Lord ttioct anglebe cleefended by Mr. Hawkins, appoiaredrinwitte, atil r qa fo r ed 9.! pglanil. Sir Alexander Cockburn f the t session, nex . 14 it i, „. Ispoanig of the business o , , tried be te hill; e4Dected that tliis important case will be Q.C. is on SHARE MARK. Share( BailwayS. 12.10 Amberg., Notting. Bost. and Easteru Junction 10 50 I.leliast and Ballymena all 13.14 fir., Wol., and Str. Val all Stock fir., La., and Ch. June 100 25 Blackburn 25 Myth and Tyne all 10 Bost.Slefd.& Mid. Coun all Stock Bristol and Exeter 100 Stock Caledonian 50 Cork and Bandon all 20 Cork, Blkrock,&Passagc' all 20 Cornwall 10 Do. A' I A roves. no div I all all 10 Do. B untilop.c.per an.; all hasbeen pd.toll.l 50 Dublin andßelfast Junc. l all 25 Dan.,Perth,& Abr.Jtme l all Stock East Anglian lOO Stock 'Eastern Counties , 100 Stock Eastern Union A Stock ! 100 Stock Do. do. 13 Stock 100 25 Do.Nw.A.(lte.E.U3ds)' 81 Stock East Lancashire lOO • 20 East Suffolk all 10 Do Stock Edinburg and Glasgow 100 Stock Edin.,Perth, & Dundee lOO 10 Forth & Clyde Junction all Stock Furness Stock Glasgow& South Westn lOO 10 Great North of Scotland all Stock Great Northern lOO Stock Do. do. A Stock lOO Stock Do. do. B Stock lOO Stock Gt. South.& Wstn.(lreld) 100 Stock Great Western Stock Do.Str.Vl.ltail Gua.Stk lOO 12 llrish South Eastern all Stock/Lancaster and Carlisle lOO 104- Do. Thirds WI Do. New Thirds all Stock Lancashire & Yorkshire 100 Stock London and Blackwall. 100 Stock Lon.,Brigliton&S.Coast 100 25 Lond. Chat. and Dover all Stock London & North Westn 100 12!, Do. Eighths Stook London& South-Westn IOC 25 L'derry & Coleraine al 25 L'derry & Enniskillen a ' Stock Man., Shef., & Lincoln lf 10 Metropolitan Stock Midland 1 Stock Do. Birming. & Derby: 1 50 hid. Gt. West. (Ireland) 25 Do. Shares 100 Newbastle and Carlisle 25 New., Aber., & Herefd: 10 Newry & Armagh (act) 20 Newry, Warpt., & Roe Stock Norfolk North. Counties Union North British Nor.Dev.Rail.&Dk. Stk Do.A Stk.— Aree.no div until 6p.c.hasbeenpdß Stock Do. B Stock Stock North-Ea stn.—Berwick 25 Do. do. G.N.E.Purchase Stock Do. Leeds Stock Do. York Stock North London 20 . North Staffordshire.... 10 No. & Sou. W. Junction Stock Oxford, Wor.,& Wolver 10 Peebles 20 Portsmouth 10 Rhymney Stock Scottish Central Stock South. N. E., Aber. Stock Stock Do. Scottish Mid. Stock. Stock Shropshire Union 10 Sittinbourne & Sheer Stock South Devon Stock South-Eastern.. Stock South Wales Stock South Yorks.& Itiv.Dun 20 Staines, Wok., & Wek. , 25 Stockton & Darlington 25 Do. do. 1855 25 Do. do. 1858 Stockton & llartlepool Stock Taff Vale Stock Do. Preference, No. 1 2.5 ThamesllavenDk&Raill 50 Ulster 25 Do. 12 10 Do. Stock Vale of Neath 10 Victoria. Station & Pim Stock, Waterford & Kilkenny , 50 Waterford & Limerick 20 West Cornwall . 10 W-end Lon. & Cry. Pal. 5 Do.A.—Arecv.nodiv.till 7 p.c. has been pd. to B 6 Do. 13 20 West London 10 Do. Ist Class 20 Do. .2d Class 50 Stock Stock Stock ELM DAY). ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. jPaid.l Closing Business Price. r. Bost. action 10 6 65 mena all Val all 8 84 June 100 77 73 all 111 124 all Conn all 6 8 • 100 90 101 100 915 915 911 all --- Issagc' all all 61 7 65 o div I reran ; :11 - Junc. l all June ' all 71 8 100 13 14 121 100 551 55 Stock! 100 37 541 39 Stock! 100 25 27 U3ds) 81 100 • all all s 7 1 ( 0 3 0 1 g 4 ;74 704 otion ee all — 4 100 estn lOO 98 99 Eland all 100 1011 1021 100 80 90 92 100 132 134 geld) 100 109 110 100 645 645 65 .Stk lOO 55 60 isle. 100 197 202 all 16 17 p . hire 100 965 at 94 7 call. 100 64 66 oast 100 112 114 1135 aver all 131• 141 145 stn 100 95 951 951 I stn. 100 945 0 54 95 .1... all Len. all 8 9 dn.. 100 35 36 35 5 3 - 100 1055 1055 1061 6 by: 100 8 3 85 Lnd) all •. all all Ad, all . 1 0 11 id.) 9 all • 100 55 57 DII. 31 31 t d 100 59 591 59 IV. 100 tiv. dB 100 ... 100 ick 100 91 911 91 11,SC 1613 4 1f 15d 4 ... 100 465 47 47 1 100 755 755 755 ... 100 105 107 ... 171 41 45 d Lon all 81 91 er. 100 3 3 3 5 31 5 all 75 81 ... all 14 16 ... 10 . 100 113 115 c . k 100 25 27 ck 100 79 81 • 100 48 47 Ir. all 31 21 d .. 100 42 4F 415 .. 100 775 775 71 75 85 .. 100 7 1 73 n. all 62 64 all 6 8 n. all 351 361 36 oi 16f .. 100 . 100 22 .. all 531 541 20 15 25 p par .. 109 ▪ 15 d 57 60 m 81 1 12 1 all 55 65 5 11 1 B all 31. 3 1 ~ all 71 :g ~ all 2 . all , ▪ All 2 PREFIMENI sITAlas. Share BallwaYs• I P aid. Closing /Widne s' Price. Done. Share' Securities. . Can.Gov.6p.c Ja. & July 10 25 Blythe and Tyne W per Do. 6c.l' b. &Aug. 10 .c. pref. (issued at 250) all Do. 6 p p. .e.Mr. & Sep. 10 f Stk; [lris. & Exet.4p.et.Stock 100 96 98 .11. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja. &J u ly 10 420 Do. do. do. Shares l4 Do. 6p.c.Ap. & Oct. 10 Stock Caledon £lO, 41 per cent 100 102 103 . S.W. Gov. sp. o. Deb. 10 . 12.10 Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2, 10 —• — D0.5p.cen.1871 to 1976 10 61 Cork & Bandon, 51 p. a all D0.5p.c0n.1888 and up 101 20 Cornwall, 5 per cent. 65 Dun. Perth,&Aber.Jun all 51 6 Deb. redeemable, 1875 101 Stock E.Angn. Class Al& spc 100 100 102 .Aus.Gt.6 pc.JantsJuly 101 Stock Do. do. Class B 6 pc lOO 112 115 .... Vict•Gov.6p.c.Jan&July 101 Stock Do. do. Class C7pc .. Stock M. Conn. Ex. 5 p et. No.l 100 111 113 Stock Do. do N 0.2 100 110 112 MISCELLA/C Stock Do. New 6 per ct. Stock 100 126 128 Stock Eastern Union, 4 per ct. 10 0 82 84 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint .. a Stock Edin.&Glas. spc shares 100 109 111 1000 Atlantic Tel. (Limited). al Stock Do. 4 p.c. gua. S. &D. 10 0 90 02 25 Australian Agricultural 1 Stock Edin. Perth,& Dun. 4 pc. 1 0 0 731 71 1 10 Australian Royal Mail . al Stock Furness, 5 per cent .... 100 10 Berlin Water Works ... al Stock Glas. &S West. cr a. 5 pe.' 100 115 117 50 British American Land I Stock- treat Northern, sp. ct. 100 118 120 50 Brf t. & Irish Mag. Tel.A . al Stock Do. spc Redm.,lop.c.pm 100 110 112 1111 11 20 Do. j 3,1 p. c. till 1862.. al Stock Do. 44 p. c. do. do. 100 Do.sp.c. Redm.,s pc. pm. 80 84 86 100 Canada Land 32 10 (it. Nh. of Seotld, Ist pl. all 10 Chan. Islands Tel.a,im ) al Stook j Gt. Sn.& W (Ireland)4 1 100 98 99 Stock Cop.Min.ofEng.&S m lt g a l p. ct. pref. Stock ... 25 Do. Preference 71 per et al 50 'mat West. (Berks and 5 Crystal Palace. al Hants) Ext. 5 p.et.. . 6 5 Do. Preference al Stock Do. Redeemable, 41 p c . t. 1 0 0 97 99 08 4 Stook Electric Telegraph lO Stock Do. Redeemable, 4p. et. 100 88 90 25 Do. New Stock Do. Irredeemable, d 0. .. 100 89 91 5 Eng. & Aunt. Cop.St.Co al Stock Do. sp. et. Redeem. Pref. 100 101 IC3 20 ' Gl.lron ScrewCol.(Lim al ' 8 Do. Birm. Pref. Shares all 94 105 .15 Gen. Steam Navigation. 14 10 Gt. West. Ches. 8 p.c.pf. 1 Great Ship (Limited) al shares all 17 18 '20 Indian & Aust. Telegr. 2s. 10 Do. do. sp. ct. pref all 10 101 5 London District Telegr. 1 Stock Do.Birming. guar. stock 100 73 75 20 London Discount 6 264 Do. Chester gnar.shares all 19 20 4 Lond.G en. Omnibus Co al 131 Do. do. do 20 Do. do do. Stock Lan. & York 6 p.c. stock 100 139 141 10 Ned. Exten. Tel. (Lim.) al Stock Do.Barnsl.St£s 3slodpe 100 25 National Discount C 0... I Stock Lon.&Brig.spc. gel. No.i 100 10 Netherlands Land al Stock Do. pref., sp. C. ...No. 2 100 S Do 8 p.c.Pref.,i ss.atl di s al Stock Do. New gua., 6p. et... 100 i 100 N.Br.&NovaScotiaLand 86 Stook Do. do. sp. c. No. 9 100 1 N.B.Australasian (Lim.) al 3 Do. do. 41 per c. shares 44 1 Oriental Gas Stock Lon.& N. W.Cov.&Nun- 1 Do. New Share* l5l eaton, sp. ct. Stock Lon.&S. W, 7 p.et.stock, 10 Ditto B 4 late 3d shares lOO 10 Ditto C 2l 124 Londondy & Cole, 1 shs. all 6 tock Peel River Land & Min IC 12 Londoudy.& Ennis 1 sh. all 10 11 50 Pen: & Oriental Steam al Stock Man.,Sh., & Lin., 6p. et. 100 122 124 50 Do. New l6 6 Do. £6 4l 1 4 ) 20 Red Sea & Ind. Telegr. 16 Stock Do. 35 per cent. 121 llaryport & Car., 4 p.c. all 16 • Do. New al ( Do. 4 per cent .. ...... all 100 Royal Mail Steam & • 12 i i Do. Stock Mid. Con. 6p. c. Stock Stock Do.Con.Bris.&Bir.6p.ct lOO 139 141 1 Submarine Teleg. Scrip. al Stock Do. 4i p. c. pref. stock lOO 102 104 1 Do. do Registered al 6 Do. with option till 1860 3 i i I , - !0 Tr.& In.Co.of Upr.Can I Stock Do. Leis. & Hit.pref. at. 100 ikl 95 94 100 Van Diemen'a Land 10 NewportAber,&c.pret.s all 94 10 p. c. redeem, at 5 p. c. p ni BRITISH M 10 Do. Perpet, 6p. c. with option till 1866 all I'l 11l Stock Norfolk Deb. 4 p.c. shares 100 Share Mines. PI Stock Do. sp. e. Ext. S t0ck,1846 106 Stock Do. 51 p. c. Pref. do. 1847 100 Stock Do. Way.Val.Ex.Sk 1847 100 Alfred Consols (Philack) 2.1 20 British Iron Stock North British, spercent 100 110 112 • Stock Do. New, gua. 5 per cent 100 108 110 Clifford Stock Nth.Dev.Rail.& Dsk.Co. 100 Devon G. Cons (Tavist.) least Bassett (Illogan). Stock N-East. irred. 4 p.c. Deb. 100 ••-• Stock Do. Ccnsol. Pref. 4p. c. 100 92 94 E. WI Russ' (Tavistk.) 6. Gam.&StAubyn(G wen.) 1 Stock Do. Berwick, 4p. c. Pref. 100 96 98 97 •—• Great South Tolgus.... 17 Do. do. do. 20 Do. Leeds, 6p. o. No. 1 l3 G. Wheal Vor (Helston) 121 Do. do. Quarters, 1846 9 ' Grenville 25 Do. York, H.& S. Pureh. 10 Ad iP Herod's-Foot 20 North Staffordshire . . all 24 Lady Bertha Stock Ox. Wr. & Wol. 6 pe. 1;4; 100 124 126 Margaret (tiny Lelant) Stock Do. Redeem., 2d gua.... 100 125 130 North Downs Stock Do. Irredeem., 2.1 gua. 100 117 120 North France all Rogan) Stock Do. 41 p.c. Db. stkin perp 100 , North Whe a l C ro fty 10 lthymney Guaranteed. 81 -- N.Wh'l Basset (Mogan) I 85 Scottish Central, new pi all 6.• Par Consols (St. Blazy). Stock Scottish N.-Eastern deb 100 90 92 20 Providence (Uny Lelnt) 10. Stock Do. 3ixer e. pref. stock 100 73 75 Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. Stock Do.A rdeen.gua.6pc. 100 118 120 SouthCaradon(St.Cleer) Stock Do. 7p. e. pref. stock. 100 South C. Brea( Mogan). 10s. South Devon, Ann. 10s. all 101 115 S Wheal Fran. (Illo,Tan) 11 10 Do. Fixed 41 per cent. all :5 Tamar Silver and Lead 1.0.6. South Eastern (Reading Mining Co Ann., 1.0 6) all 24 245 10 Tin Croft Stock Do .41 per cent lOO 103 104 Vale of Towey (farm.) 11 Stock Do. Fixed 41 p.c.lstis lOO 102 104 West Basset (111ozan).. Stock South Walcs, ;ma. 4 p.c lOO 'West Seton Stock Do. 41 per cent lOO • W. Caradon (Liskeard). . Stock S.-Yorkshire, 4 p.c. gua lOO . 83 86 Wheal Basset (Mogan). 25 Stock. and Dar. A 5 p.c all 28 29 t , ' I Wheal Buller (Redruth) 25 Do. II 6 per cent 25 Do. C 6 per cent all 3'.2 33 lWheal Mitt U. Lelal 1 Stock Waterford & Kilkenny, , Wh'l MaryAnn(Mexhe 6 per cent LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Railways. Paid. Leasing Closing' Business Co.'s. Price. I Done. Bedford and Bletehlei all 'Ln & N.* Buckinghamshire.... 100 ILn& N.W Chester & Holyhead.. 100 Do. Do. do. 5} p. et ....I 100 IDo. Do. - do. sp. et. ' 100 , Do Cl ydesdale Junction ..1 100 ICaledonin I Colchester, Stour Val.i all E.11.&E C E. Lincoln shireg.op. c 100 ;G t. North. E Union,HarwlcliShs all ;li.Counts. Do. Woodbridge ... 100 Gls.ltarr.&Neils,Dret. 100 Caledonhi Do. New lOO rDo. Gloster& Dean Forest all Gt. West. gartlpool.Dck.&Rail. all Yk.N.&Br Hull and Selby Do. i Shares all Do. Do. Shares...:... all Do. London&Greenwich . 100 S. East 96 !8 481 49 123 1'25 112 114 103 105 ' 16 17 139 142 41 41 1110 112 64 66 115 120 94 96 Do. Preference Lon.,Tilby.&Soutend lOO Peto &Co. Lowestoft, gua. 4p. ct lOO Norfolk.. Do. 6 per cent lOO Do. Manc.,lluxtn. & Matk all LN W&M Mid. Bradford Prefer ence Stock Newmarkt.,BnrvEx 5. 5.6. E.Counts guaranteed 5 p. c. Nertint.& Easin. 5 p.c. all Do. Do. do. 6 per cent. Do. 'rived 5 per cent. all Do. North Western all Midland . Preston and Wyka. I all L& N W & Lsk. Do. Shares A. all Do. — Roystn ,11 itch.,& Steep 100 Gt. North. 1:18 140 Shrewsbry& Hereford 100 IT Massey 100 105 South Staffordshire .. all !M'Clean . lot NI Wilts and Somerset.. 100 Gt. West 92 91 Wimbledon& Creyin. all !L.&Brgtn 74 84 2f 21 97 99 P 56 58 14 14i1 DOCKS. 100 - 100 - 100 - 100 - 100 - 100 - 100 102 104 Paid Closing I Business Price. Done. Share Decks. Stock Commercial Stock Do pe Wen t l'ref . Min Stock East and West India.., Stock r,onilon Stool. it. Katharine Stock :lonthamptort Sing Victoria 40 09 1\1 (19 ... reimax.c.! THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING; NOVEMBER 24, 1859, Rail wa; Atlantic , St Lawrence 1 Leased at 6 per cent I • Bom.,Baroda&Centlnd 1 a gu. 5 per cent Do. Addit. Capital A 1: Do. Do. B Buffalo and L ake Huron al Do. New al Do. Preference B affalo, Brant. &Godrich 1 11 6 p. ct. bds. 1 Aug., 1872 Do. do. 1 July, 1873 100 Do. do. 1 June, 1874 Clcutta.&S.Eastrn.Lim. 1. 3 Cape,Eastn. Prov.(Lim.) 21 Cape Town & Dock Scrip 24 Central Oude (Limited) 25.0 Ceylon Guaranteed 6p.c Demerara Eastern Bengal.gu.sp.c East Indian, Fru. sp. a lO Do. F Shares Ext 1 Do. Jubbulpore D 0.44 p.c. Bds. pay.'s9 a] Do. 44 p. c. Debentrs. a' G eelong& p. c. a] Geelong Corporation 6 1 , per cent. Bonds Grand Trunk of Canada 10 Do. 6 per cent. Pref lO Do. 6 per cent. Debentr a] Do. 7 per cent. 18 62 Do. do. 1867 *l Gt. IndiaPenin.gua.sp.e lOl Do. New, gua.s per cent I Do. do Gt S.of 21 guaranteed 5 per cent. Gt.W. of Canada Shares al Do. New Do. Bonds pay. '76,with t a ept. 101 '6O Do. do. 3 till '6O a] Do. do. ''/3 without opt al Do. 54 p. c. do. '77 do Madras, guar., 44 p. c lOO Do. do. 5 per cent lO4 Do. 4 p. c. Extension.. 104 Do. Third Ex. gua.s.p.c. Do. Fourth do. Do. do. ilelb. Corp. 6 p.c. Bonds 10 Newßrunswick&Canda. Ily.&Land(Lim.)g.6pc Class ACapitl.Share Do. do. Land do Do. do. B. Capital do / Do. do. Land do jll Oude (Limited) 5 Scinde S y r ; a Do. New 1: 8 Do. Puniaub . 5 Do. Indus. St. Flo. gig' 1, St. Andrews & Quebec A 11 Trinidad(Limited) Scrip FOREIGN RAI Antwerp & Rotterdam a, Ardennes a Bah. &S. Fran.,Lim.7p.e Belgian East. Junction a Beziers to Graissessae a Carmeaux Mine & Rail a Copiabo Ditto Extension a Dutch Rhenish Eastern of France Euphrates Valley 25 Grand Rua. Guar .5 p.c Great Central of France al Gt. Luxem., Con. shs al Italian Junction 1‘ Lake Constance & Bale al Lierre and Turnhout._ al Lombardo Venetian..., 1 Ditto New Lyons and Geneva Maria Antonia al Do. do. New Namur and Liege....,, al Do. do. ap. c. Pref al Northern of France al Do. New Shares Norwegian Trunk Pret' all Paris,Lyons, and Medit all Paris and Orleans all Recife& S. Fran. (Fern.) j 13 gua. 7 p. et. (Lim.) I Riga and Dunaburg 8 Rome and Frascati Rayal'Danish all Royal Swedish Do. 7 per cent. Pref. Sambre and Meuse all Do. per cent. Pref. . Southern of France West Flanders all Do. 5i p. c. Preference W. & N.W. of France all Western of Austria Western of Switzerland all Wiesbaden Do 8 per cent. Pref all Zealand . all COLONIAL GOVERNME: Paid, Closing Price. In 182 E 4 all 941 931 l 3 11 / Li 1 / 11 4 514 t tll 11 15! id * p 1 ii i d 5 1 Id ICO 101 5 I I id 01 974" 98, 11 19 20. X) 36 )0 02 Xll 71 111 81 Lli 72 5 1 971 9;i i 4 - - !s. If lid al 13f 13f 15 7j 7i d tll 98 102 tll 98 102 Lll 98 162 tll 92 95 0 87 89 95 88 ) 1 ‘ 3 2 5 It 9si 96, 5 11 1 d 11 - -0 - - -d all 19 19/ l 2 1 0 d 5 1 I}d 15 1/ 1 d 18 WAYS. ill 41 if ill 5 1 f'd ill f r 11 , 11 2g 21 II 11 1 d [5 5 4, d 11 25} 251 PI 6.1 7 - - P 111 11 p 9 10 34f 53 55 21 21d 5Z 13,1 8) 91 19. 20. 5 5 91 10 211 224 T SECURITIES. dd*lClosing Business Prices. Done, 1151 I 101 102 101 102 1001 1011 1144 1154 I 112 114 I 112 114 1114 1121 r6 - Fli 1104 1114 112 114 li®i 110 110 01 ,AA SOUS. ill 14e 16} ill 190 220 19 30 32 Lll Lll 41 40 40 ill 35 37 ill It 20 al 14 15 12i 107 111 al 8 9 LII 11 23 N .11 11 II al 5 51 00 104 100 (0 f p ill 1 d 1 If Lll 11 1 11 d 5 if 1 ti lf if 1 f 111 a 4i l 5 at 1 5 1 - 1 1 ill 1 1 al I I 58. par 110 54 56 Lll 77 79 .5 9 11 al 22 24 P all 6 7 51 53 a 115 125 111 36 38 ill I 1 al ; 1 6 -- 281 13 15 i 2 •00 310 25 43.5 145 150 111 121 50 55 13i 131 lf 11 17 18 31 6 I 50 55 5i Ci ' 5f 11 tlt 10 6.17.0 54/ 17s 12.4.2 5 9 1 8 1.6.6. I! t .: 7.9.4 1 nil. 11 10.6.7 18.18.9 128 6d 14 47} 10 1.7.2 0 7 10 11 46 48 I it 240 250 21 2f 140 145 21 3 5 5$ 90 2i 38.5 395 140 145 180 190 105 115 11 11 114 124, 36 38 281 291 10 Of FOREIGN MINES 20 Australian 1 Bon AccordCopper,Li m lss I d 1 p f 35 Brazil. Imp. (is. at 45 p ) 27* 20 Do.St.Jolindelßey,Lim l5 14 15 5 Do. Land and Minmg•Co all 1 Clarendon Consols Min ing Co. of Jamaica 40 Cobra Copper all i4B 50 Copiapo l6 7# 84 81 4 1 DunMoun.Cop.Ming.Co all f I # 2 Fortuna 20 General all 24 26 3 Linares all 10 114 144 5 I.usitanian 1 Mariquita all i i 1 N.lthineCop.of S.Aus.L 10 p 20 Pontgibaud Silver, Lead Mining- and Smelt all 6 7 5 Port Philip - 1 Scottish Australn. (L.) 1 # d pr 18.2.8} United Mexican Sham 100 100 20.11 100 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Joint-Stock Banks. Agra&UnitedServiceßk Auatralasia Bank of Egypt L'ank of London Brit. Col. Bk. & LoanCo liritialt North American iChtd. Bank of India, &c Clty Colonial Corn. Bank of Canada Commercial of I,indon Eng , Scot., & Ana. Ch Gen Bk. of Switzerland Lon.Char.lik.ofAustral. London and County London Joint Stock London &Westminster. Nat. Prov. of England. Do. new 70 72 8t 83 21 22 50 52 Par #P 10 20 10 17 221 23 22; 51 321 t National Bank New South Wales ... Orient .11k. CorporatiOn Ottoman Bank Provincial of Ireland Do. New South Australia Union of Australia Union of London Unity Mutual 54 56 •-- 164 17 38 $1 ~i 28 29 BRITISH MINES. S. Paid. Closing Business Price. Done. Paid. I Closing 1 Business Price. Done. Illnsiztess done LAW INTEL. THIS DAY.) COURT OF CHANCERY. (Before the Lord Chancellor and Lords Justices.) TWO APPEALS-INTERNATIONAL LAW---VENNING V, LLOYD. This was an appeal from an order of Vice-Chancellor Sir William Page Wood, directing a sum of X 5,000 to be paid into court to await the result of suit. It appears that the Scottish Widows' Assurance Com pany, incorporated by British statute, have offices in Lon don and Edinburgh. An action was previously raised in the Court of Session, Scotland, as to the same claim, and appearance entered for the parties in that court, and the question raised is whether the Court of Chancery in England has a co-ordinate jurisdiction with the Court of Session in Scotland, or a paramount or prior jurisdiction to dispose of the questions in contention between the parties. At the conclusion of the arguments of counsel their lord ships reserved judgment. APPEAL-PINDLETON V. BOOTH, Judgment on Friday. (Before Vice-Chancellor Sir William Page Wood.) PRICE V. GALVANISED IRON COMPANY.-JUDGMENT, The plaintiff filed his bill for specific performance of two indentures of leases, for 21 and 60 years, of two mines of coal and ironstone, on the lands of Lord Dunravon, :called Iyve Gunter, and Iyve Middle, in Glaznorganshire. His lordship refused to extend the terms of the 21 years lease to the GO years lease, except under new covenants and condi tions as to working the mines. The company continued to work the mines for several years, and ultimately they came into the hands of the British Bank, now represented by their official manager and assignee. His Honour the Vice-Chancellor decreed specific performance of the leases by tho company with costs granted an . injunction against working the mines contrary to the lease—settled costs to be paid by plaintiff and defendants, and remitted to chambers to take accounts of the expense of working the mines and profits derived therefrom, with liberty to apply. COURT OF EXCHEQUER. :Before the Lord Chief Baron, and Barons Bramwell and Watson.) SWINFEN V. LORD CIIELIISFORD.-RIGIITS OF COUNSEL. This was an action brought by the plaintiff, Mrs. Patience Swinton, against the defendant, Lord Chelmsford, under the following circumstances :—The plaintiff's hus band's father, Mr. Samuel Swinfen, of Swinton Hall, in Staffordshire, died and left a will bequeathing to her his large estates in that county. The validity of the will was disputed by the heir-at-law, and an issue was directed by the Court of Chancery to try the title of the parties to the suit. Lord Chelmsford, who was than Sir Frederick Thesiger was retained as leading counsel for Mrs. Swin fen, and tho case for the heir-at-law was conducted by the then Attorney-General, Sir Alexander Cockburn, the present Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Queen's Bench. The cause came on for trial at the Stafford assizes, before Sir C. Cresswell, then one of the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas. Two material witnesses for the plaintiff having been cross-examined by Sir A. Cockburn on the first day of the trial, the learned judge, on the rising of the Court, made a private communication to Sir F. Thesiger (Lori Chelmsford), that he had formed a bad opinion of Mrs. Swinfen's case; and acting on this, Sir Frederic, having conferred with the other learned counsel for the plaintiff, urged on Mrs. Swinfen the advisability of entering into a compromise. This she refused to do; but on the fol lowing morning, immediately after the sitting of the Court, Sir F. Thesiger, in the absence of his client, entered into a compromise on her behalf, whereby the estates were to go to the heir-at-law, on the condition that £l,OOO a-year was secured to her. Mrs. Swinfen repu diated this act of her counsel ; and, after various proceedings in the Court of Common Pleas and in Chancery to enforce the agreement, the cause was again sent down for trial, and resulted in a verdict in Mrs. Swin fen's favour, establishing the validity of the will. Mrs. Swinfen then brought an action against Lord Chelmsford for the injuries she had sustained by reason of his having entered into the compromise on her behalf. The first count in the declaration charged that the defendant, being the leading counsel of the plaintiff', had wrongfully and fraudu lently entered into the compromise without her sanction, and against her express direction; and the second count charged conspiracy and collusion with the learned judge who had tried the cause, Sir Crosswell Cresswell, to bring about the compromise. At the trial, which took place be fore the Lord Chief Baron, at Guildhall, at the sittings after last term, the learned judge held that there was no evidence to support the second count, and the jury found a verdict for the defendant. During the present term Mr. Kennedy, on behalf of the plaintiff, moved for a rule to set aside the verdict ; or for a new trial, on the ground that the verdict was against evidence, non-reception of evidence, and misdirection. The learned counsel, in moving for the rule, abandoned the charge of fraud against the noble de fendant and Sir Cresswell Cresswell, but contended that ,the former had committed a legal wrong in entering into the compromise. The Court granted a rule nisi on the ground of misdirection, the point being whether a counsel, who, in the exercise of his discretion, and with bona fides, for the supposed good of his client, exceeds or departs from his instructions, is liable to an action. Sir F. Kelly, Mr. M. Smith, Mr. Bovill, and Mr. Ellis now appeared to show cause against the rule ; Mr. Ken nedy, Mr. Denman, and Mr. M`Mahon appeared in its support. Sir F. Kelly was proceeding with his argument against the rule when we went to press. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Evans.) IN RE UDDER. This bankrupt was described as a licensed victualler, carrying on business at the Nell Gwyn Tavern, in the Strand, and this was a meeting for choice of assignees. Mr. Poole appeared for the bankrupt, who came before the Court on his own petition, showing debts, £2,000 ; assets, uncertain; but the bankrupt in his affidavit esti• mates the stock and furniture which will be subject to the costs and the depreciation on the sale of the property. Assignees were chosen. IN RR BROWN. This was an examination in the case of this bankrupt, a builder, in Cannon-street, but no accounts having been filed, an adjournment took place. IN RE DAVIS. This bankrupt was described as of Leadenhall Market, poulterer, and passed on accounts prepared by Mr. R. P. Ward. The debts are stated at £1,656; creditor, good debts, £476. IN RE E. JONES. This was an examination meeting, in the ease of Mr. Ernest Jones, 'who is well known in the political world. From the accounts, extending from October, 1858, to Octo ber, 1859, it appears ho owes to creditors, unsecured, £1,607 ; to creditors holding security, £35 ss. 9d. ; profits, £202 ; public subscriptions towards costs in the action of " Jones v. Reynolds," £111; amount received on account of public testimonial, £4O. Creditor, by good debts, £l5 17s. 11d. ; doubtful, Ll ss. Bd. ; property, £29 ; ditto in the hands of creditors, £135 ; copyright in various publica tions, estimated at £1,000; losses, £197; bad debts, £l2 2s. Bd. ; trade expenses, £125 lle. Bd.; Domestic, £344; deficiency, October, 1858, 4117 12s. • POLICE INTELLIGENCE-(TUIS DA E) MARLBOROUGH-STREET. PICKING POCKETS IN TOTTERRAIII,COURT-ROAD..— Thomas Macarthy and Thomas Murray, two rather artful looking fellows, the former of whom said he "did nothing" for his living, and the latter that he occasionally worked by the water side, were charged with attempting to pick pockots in Tottenham-court-road. Robinson, 151 E, proved seeing Macarthy, who was closely fallowod by Murray, make three or four attempts, and after following them as far as the Hampstead-road, he got the assistance of a constable of the S Division, who p like himself, was in plain clothes, and took them into cus tody. Welsh, the gaoler of tho court, said he knew Murray as being at this court charged with being found in a house, and he believed ho had served a long period of imprison moot also. Macarthy said it was all false, and if the officer saw him make several attempts, ho should like to know why he did not take him when ho made the first attempt. Murray said ho had never been at the court before. Mr. Bingham said he should remand them, and ordered proper inquiries to be made concerning them. Numerous complaints have boon made of late of pick pockets in the above place, notwithstanding the vigilance of the police, the victims being generally females. The Earl and Countess of Verulam are enter taining a select circle at their seat, Gorhambury Park, Surrey. The Duke of Newcastle and Lady Susan Pelham Clinton left town yesterday on a visit to her Majesty, at Windsor Castle. BANK OF ENGLAND RAILWAY STATION.—In our notice of the important metropolitan line put forward under the sanction of the Groat Northern Railway Com pany, and extending from King's. cross, via High Holborn, to the city, we find we misstated the last public street in tended to be crossed on arehes by the line, which is Loudon wall, and not Cripplegate. Close to the London-wall cross ing the Lothbury or Tokenhouse.yard the passenger station will commence. A meeting of the friends and admirers of the late Mr. Brunel is proposed to be held on Saturday, at the chambers of Messrs. Pritt and Co., Great George. street, Westminster, to consider and determine on the steps to be taken for erecting a suitable monument to his memory. THE STATUE OF RICKARD CCEUR, DE LION.—The statue of Richard 1., the model of which was exhibited in 1251, in Hyde Park, and which became so familiar to visitors to the Groat Exhibition in that year, is about to placed in Palace-yard, in the large open space opposite to the Peers' entrance to the New Palace at IVestininster. The statue, which is of gigantic proportions, is by Marochetti, TVH.. 70N. WHITBY WEDNESDAY. This morning the poll was declared by the Re turning Officer as follows : Thompson 229 Chapman He consequently declared Mr. Thompson to have been duly elected a burgess to serve in the present Parliament. Mr. THOMPSON, who was loudly cheered, said it was his pleasing duty to return the electors his best thanks, and he asked them to treat their ad versaries with that proper feeling with which they would wish to be treated themselves. With regard even to those who had voted against him, he should treat them as members of his constituency, who were entitled to all the service he could give them, an .he' say nothing which could in any way he deemed offensive or reflecting upon their opponents, and he only regretted they could not both win. (Applause.) There were a few voters who had broken their promise, but in the main they had stood well to their pledges, and his previous calculation had been very near the actual result. He would not /lbw enter into any political question, but he would thank them for the cordial and kindly feeling which had been shown to him from one end of the borough to the other. (Cheers.) Mr. CHAPMAN, the defeated candidate, also re turned thanks, observing that if it was becoming to carry off a victory with modesty and moderation, it was also becoming to sustain a defeat with cheer fulness and magnaminity. (Applause.) These were his feelings, and he could only hope that the ability of Mr. Thompson would be devoted to serve the borough most energetically. His (Mr. Chap man's) desire to promote the welfare of Whitby remained undiminished. (Cheers.) A vote of thanks was then given to the returning officer, and the proceedings terminated. STATE OF TRADE LEICESTER, Nov. 23.—The demand for all useful goods continues active, and most departments are busy. There are many orders on hand, which are now fast completing. The operatives are fully employed. In the country hosiery districts trade is in as satisfactofy a state as could be desired. There continues an improved tone in the wool market ; yarns are without material change in price; and spinners are well engaged. NOTTINGHAM, Nov. 23.—Most branches of the lace trade continue in a dull state ; a shade more has been doing this week, and a little more is expected to be done when the American buyers, who usually visit the market at this time of the year, have given their orders. No material reaction is, how ever, expected until after Christmas. Plain Mechlin nets are in slight request, and a few orders for muslin have been received. The silk lace trade continued dull, and there are no appear ances of any revival. Stocks of both silk and cot ton are low, and only as much machinery is employed as will produce for what is actually wanted. In hosiery the home trade is quiet ; in the fareign department there is an excellent busi ness doing ' • orders on hand are now completing. Yarns are dear, and silk continues very high in price. BANK RETURNS. The Bankers' Magazine furnishes the returns of the cir culation of the Private and Joint-Stock Banks in England and Wales for the four weeks ending Oct. 22. These returns, combined with the circulation of the Scotch and Irish Banks for the same period, and the average circula tion of the Bank of England for the , four weeks ending the 19th Oct. (the nearest date furnished' by their 'returns), will give the following results off - the circulation of notes in the United Kingdom, when compared with the previous month : Sept. 24, Oct. 22, 1859, f 1859. Increase. Decrease. Bank of England 21,249,045 1 21,986,505 737,466 - --- Private Banks 3,385,672 3,660,4c4 274,732 Joint-stock Banks 2,962,346 3,082,289 119,943 ' Total in England 27,597,063 28,729,198 Scotland 4,039,817 4,196,523 Ireland 6,614,144 7,254,333 United Kingdom 38,251,624 40,180,054 !1,132,135 156,706 640,189 11,929,030 And as compared with the month ending the 23d of Oct. 1858, the above returns show an increase of £1,216,144 in the circulation of notes in England, and an increase of £1,903,869 in the circulation of the United Kingdom. On comparing the above with the fixed issues of the seve ral banks the following is the state of the circulation he English private banks are below their fixed issue Tho English joint-stock banks are below their fixed issue £220,068 Total below fixed issue in England.... £964,599 The Scotch banks are above their fixed issue .. £1,417,252 The Irish banks are below their fixed issue .... £899,139 The average stock of bullion held by the Bank of Eng land in both departments during the month ending the 19th of Oct. was £17,340,730, being an increase of £468,263 as compared with the previous month, and a decrease of £2,056,896 when compared with the same period last year. The following are the amounts of specie held by the Scotch and Irish banks during the month ending the 22d Oct.:— Gold and silver held by the Scotch banks £2,456,074 Gold and silver held by the Irish banks 2,379,926 £4,836,000 Being an increase of £213,608 as compared with the previous return, and an increase of £37,360 when compared with the corresponding period of last year. THIS DAY'S SHIPPING. LONDON, Nov. 24.—Wind, E.—Weather this day at noon—Light breeze, and very fine. FALMOUTH, Nov. 23. Wind, E.S.E.—Sailed—March Hare, for St. Michael's. FLEETWOOD, Nov. 23.—Arrived off—Cloopatra, from Miramichi. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Thursday Morning. Wind S.E. Arrived—Petit Soins, from Port Madoe ; Tasmanian, steamer, from St. Thomas ; Courier and Atalanta, steamers, from Jersey; Alliance, steamer, from Havre Sailed—John Wesley, for Hartlepool ; Ceres, steamer, for London. LIVERPOOL, Thursday Morning. Wind S.E. Arrived, Nov. 23—Naomi, from Gorgonte; Balboe screw steamer, from Havre. I (Sailed—Anglo Saxon, screw steamer, for Portland ; the Osprey, screw steamer, for Rotterdam • lona, a. steamer, for Trieste; Prince of the Seas, for Melbourne. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPE.) GRAVESEND, Thursday ➢iorning. Wind E. Arrived—Chester, screw steamer, from Gibraltar; Sea Gull, from Antwerp; toh Earl of Auckland, steamer, from Rotterdam. DEAL, Thursday ➢Morning. Wind S.E.; moderate. Arrived from the river and sailed—Xephias, for Bora. bay ; Ferina, for Bilboa. A gall io t observed on the Goodwin Sands at daylight ; ,ug boat sent to her assistance; will probably be got off in he flood. ROYAL CHART ER.—A telegram received yesterday states that 1,200 sovereigns were recovered the previous evening from the wreck of the Royal Charter, but the weather yesterday being bad, no work could be performed. The lump had fast hold of a large piece of the wseck, just over where the bullion room was, and it was therefore expected that a large quantity of gold would be recovered when the work could be recommended. AFRICAN MAILS.—The African Mail Company's steamship Cleopatra sails this (Thursday) , morning from Liverpool, with the mails for the 'West Coast of Africa. The post-office box at Liverpool will be open till 9.30 a.m., and on the landing-stage, with a late fee of 6d., till 10.15 a.m. This will be the first voyage of the Cleopatra in the company's service. THE EM PEROR OF RUSSIA AND HIS POLISH Su ra ECTS.-A letter from Breslaw says : —" During the late visit of the Emperor Alexander IL a bold step was taken by a Pole, a Russian subject, which gave the Czar an opportu nity of testifying his sympathy for his subjects in Poland. M. de L—, brother of a rich b an k er and Saxon Consul at Warsaw, having metwith some difficulties on the part of the Russian authorities in Poland, on returning to his country on family affairs, resolved to have recourse to the kindness of the Emperor, who was expected at Breslaw. After several attempts to accost his Majesty, M. de seized on the occasion of the Emperor's leaving the theatre, where a most enthusiastic reception had been given him. He darted forward to the window of the Imperial carriage and presented his petition. The Emperor, after asking some questions with great kindness, took the paper and promised the writer his Imperial favour." A PRIZE FIGHT DISTURBANCE.—It having reached the ears of the police authorities that a match of the above kind would take place the deputy chief const a bl e , Major M'Knight, acting on his information, sent Sergeant Richards, from Handsworth, with three officers, to a spot between the Beggar's Bush and the King's Standing, a place near Ascott College, in the parish of Perry Barr. After remaining there from eight o'clock in the morning until one o'clock, at that hour between 1,400 and 1,500 people assembled at this spot, there being also carriages, gigs, cars, and cabs in large numbers, containing well-dressed people. A ring was formed, a referee appointed, and the pugilists— Bodger Crutchley, of Birmingham, and Posh Price, of Wallsall—stripped and entered the ring. At this moment Sergeant Itiehards announced that he was a police officer, had orderi to stop any fight from taking place, and that if they proceeded he should take down names and summon parties before the magistrates. Crutchley said, "We shall do as thereferee directs; if he says stop,' we do ; if' go on,' we shall at it." The officer then spoke to the referee, a well dressed man, iu the ring. His answer was, "We shall not stop the fight for you," and giving the signal to commence, the boxers were about to engage, when six of the Warwick shire police came up, and the next movement was that the six. policemen commenced pulling up the ropes and stakes. A fellow who attends these pugilistic matches*called out, "You won't let them fellows take the t ra p s w ill you f " At once a shower of stones and an assault of a brutal nature was made upon a handful of police by some hundreds taking part in the assault. Of course, resistance was useless, and, giving up the ropes and stakes, the police-constables took to flight. Sergeant Richards had a blow on the back of his head with a stone.. Two of the Warwickshire police were badly hurt, and one of them had some of his front teeth knocked out. We learn that Colonel Hogg and Major M'Knight are using every exertion to bring the whole of the real offenders in this disgraceful affair to sustice.—.lllr minghant paper, Share! 20. 20. 10 100 I 100 190 174 20 Stock Sto. Stock] 100 100 100 100 Stock 20 201 204 100 2.11.19 15 36i 6 921 71t# 2 THE METROPOLITAN GAS MONOPOLY. . , The delegates appointed by the various metro politan parishes to consider the question of the gas supply of the metropolis met yesterday in the court-house for the purpose of discussing and con certing the measures to be taken for accomplishing the object they had in view, namely, obtaining legislative powers to regulate, economise, and im prove the gas service in London aad its suburbs. Dr. Bachoffncr was called to the chair, and the minutes of the last meeting having been read and con firmed, • The HON. SECRETARY (Mr. Beak) reported that the necessary notices for going to Parliament had been duly advertised in the public newspapers, and that three additional clauses had been added to the proposed bill, empowering. the Metropolitan Board of Works, the Corporation of London, and other local bodies, to con tract with the owners of gas companies for a supply of gas to the metropolitan public and other lamps, and to purchase and acquire works fur supplying the same where ne cessary; to enable such authorities to levy rates, and borrow money on the security of such rates, for carrying out such objects ; and to empower them to break up streets, and lay, take up, and alter gas pipes. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of these clauses, as the report of the honorary secretary, ob .served that at present the local authorities had power to contract for lighting the lamps, but not to borrow money for carrying out that object. After an objection advanced by Mr. DowDEN, that sufficient time had not been allowed for the consideration of these clauses before they were called upon to affirm them, and an explanation from the secretary that the delegates were not bound to these clauses by accepting his report—but in the parliamentary notices it was necessary that the powers which under these clauses it was proposed to go for, should be referred to. The preamble of the bill was then put and car ried, and subsequently a resolution was come to to refer the bill to counsel, with the alterations ren dered necessary by the Sale of Gas Act of last ses sion, and the parliamentary notice which has been published, in order that it might be ready in its amended shape to lay before an adjourned meeting of the delegates, to be held not later than the 7th December. The financial report, which was then read by the Secretary, stated the receipts at £l,llO, and the expenditure at £702 4s. 6d., leaving a balance of £407 15s. 6d. Some conversation ensued as to the mode of ob taining subscriptions for promoting the bill, aft er which the meeting separated. THE ISLE OF PERIM. The last thing that we should desire at the pre sent conjuncture is to provoke a controversy with opponents who have been recommended to forbear ance towards ourselves, and if we allude, therefore, to a subject recently in favour with the French Press, it is simply with a view of placing it, by the aid of definite statements, in a light somewhat clearer than it has hitherto enjoyed. No th e m e o f complaint has b een more inexhaustible with our neighbours than the occupation of the Isle of Perim by a British force. On the motives ascribed to the proceeding we need not now insist, but it certainly received in French hands a strange description. The little rock, instead of serving for a lighthouse, was thought to have been turned into a citadel, strongly fortified, formidably garrisoned, and brist ling with cannon. As very few Englishmen had ever heard of the island even by name, and as most men had gathered their whole knowledge of the matter from these very accounts, the misconceptions on the subject have been as common on one side of the Channel as on the other, and the information which we now subjoin, and on the authenticity of which full reliance may be placed, will probably have the recommendation of novelty even with the public at home. The small island of Perim, distant 90 miles from the British settlement of Aden, at The en trance of the Red Sea, is undoubtedly in our pos session. It has been in our possession more than once, and has been more than once voluntarily evacuated, but it was last occupied in the month of January, 1857, under the orders of the Governor of Aden, with . the view of making it the foundation for a lighthouse. It is occupied by from 50 to 60 persons, and this number in. eludes only a single European, a young officer of the Bombay Artillery, who has about as plea sant a life of it as the light-keeper in a floating beacon. The rest are natives of India de tached from the Aden garrison, comprising 25 Sappers and 30 gunners. The Sappers are occupied in keepinr , up the water tank s an d store rooms—no easy task, and the defence of the place devolves upon the gunners, who, hpwever, have no guns. We need be at no trouble to inform our French neighbours of the exigencies attending any thing like a settlement on the coasts of the Red Sea. Arabs on the one side and Africans on the other are always menacing aggression, and no po sition would afford an hour's security which was not proof against sudden attack. This protection, and this only, has been provided for the 60 men stationed on the Isle of Perim. A small work has been formed of just sufficient size to contain this little garrison and its stores, and of just sufficient strength to resist the only weapons with which the probable assailants would be armed. It is mus etry-preof, and that is all, It is about as service able as a loghouso or blockhouse, furnishing a very good shelter against native marauders, but nothing more. That is literally the whole story of the sup posed fortifications and garrison. Beyond the work we have described there arc no defences whatever. There is not, nor has there ever been, a single gun on the island. The great difficulty lies in keeping up the supply of provisions. Communications with Aden are maintained by a boat which plies every 14 days between the two places, and which relieves 10 or 12 men of the garrison on each occasion, the officer in command being released once a-quarter. It is thought desirable that the provisions on the rock should suffice for three months' consumption, and the water for twice that time, but so great is the trouble involved, and so serious is the risk of privation, that it has recently been determined to establish another source of supply. For this pur pose a condensing engine and a cargo of coal were to be despatched from Aden, and these, if they have arrived, are the only pieces of engineering which the island contains. Having said this much of Perim and its garrison, we are now bpiind to say something more, and per haps our neighbours will not take our explanations any the less readily because it really contains a confession. We must needs acknowledge that, though Perim is neither a Malta nor a Rhodes, though it is not a citadel, not a fortress, not a stronghold, not a battery—though it is none of these things—yet neither is it what it ought to be —a proper lighthouse. We can, however, most truly affirm that this is the actual origin and des tination of the settlement, and that, if the design has not been accomplished, it has been owing only to those official delays and vacillations which are but too common in such proceedings. Be it re membered that Perim consults with Aden, Aden with Bombay, Bombay with Calcutta, and Calcutta with England. It did happen that, at first, the plan of putting Aden in direct communication with England, instead of sending despatches all round the circle and back again, was really allowed to prevail, but the Admiralty somehow got hold of the question, and the proper form of the light and light house had to be discussed between the independent authorities of Leadenhall-street and Whitehall. This, of course, was not conducive to expedition, and,though the controversy was terminated at last, and an engineer despatched from Bombay to com plete the surveys and plans some twelve months ago, the contemplated lighthouse has not been erected yet, To this omission, then, we must plead guilty, but if French affairs never suffer from similar delays, we can only say that our neighbours are truly fortunate in their administration. We have now told the truth about the Isle of Perim, and we may avail ourselves of the oppor tunity to add a word or two of more general pur port. France may confidently assure herself that we in England want no extension of territory or influence in the Red Sea, or anywhere else. Perhaps our convictions on this head have not been long acquired, but nothing can be more true than that at this present moment the announcement of a new British settlement in any quarter of the world would create a greater outcry in this country than in France itself. We shall, perhaps, not believed when we make this disclaimer, but will our neigh bours just look dispassion a t e ly at the argume N t s and principles now maint a i ne d in Parliament and the Press ? Is it likely that we should be intriguing or manoeuvring in the Red Sea when we are but half • contented with the tenure of India itself ? Has it not been seriously proposed that wo should resign and make over again to native rulers provinces of in finitely greater importance than all the coasts cf the Red Sea together ? The projectors of " Europe in 1860" were kind enough to allot us the Valley of the Euphrates in the new distribution—a far greater thing than the Isle of Perim ; but we should not envy the Minister who had to announce to Parliament :that the course of that famous stream would in future lie through British territory, and that the house must be pleased to make due sup plies for the occupation and protection of her Majesty's new Asiatic domain. We are possessors of colonies and dependencies which were once re• garcled as infinitely precious, and which we shall still maintain, but the value of these possessions his been unduly depreciated in the late revulsion ( f opinion, and, though/we shall not cut them adrift, our whole policy tends to give them more and e independence, and it may be confidently assumed that we shall not enter upon any new system of conquest. This is the truth of the ease. It will doubtless appear improbable in the eyes of our neighbours, and we shall not quarrel with them for their incredulity. Neither nations nor men can expect to be immediately credited with an abrupt change of opinions, and we have acted on prin. cip!es so widely different in times past that the impressions of our old policy must needs survive. Once, more, however, we repeat that what we have now stated is the truth, and anybody who makes the public opinion of England his study will very soon accept the eonclusion.-2'imes EDUCATED FEMALE LABOUR. (From the Mechanics' Magazine.) It is far easi er t o sneer a t th e " rights of woman" than to show why the wrong: of woman should not be redressed. We Englishmen, to whom "home" is the sweetest and most precious possession, are too much in the habit of seeing in woman only the raw material for conversion into wives and mothers. We think of women as the attendants and helpers of men, and nothing more. Or if more, then only when " Man is.the hunter; woman is his game; " The sleek and shining creatures of the chase, " We hunt them for the beauty of their skins." But in all this we men are wrong —stupidly, blindly, heartlessly wrong. Doubtless the great and pri mary office of woman is that of being man's "help meet." But as d ou b t l ess t hi s i s not, cannot be, her only calling. To many a woman the hope of mar riage never comes; to many more the dream of wedded life dissolves before its realisation is attained I to others, scarcely have the bridal bells ceased clashing ere the husband is tolled to his tomb; others put on with the weeds of widowhood the burden of providing for a numerous family; and so forth. On all sides we are surrounded by women whom God and Nature have cut off from man's immediate aid, and who by brain or hand must win, for themselves at least, their daily bread. It would be rather late for us now to attempt to show how few are the means by which women thus circumstanced can at present obtain liveli hoods. It is well known the one chief calling which is open to them—that of a governess—has gradually been so brought down that we have come to consider it but little, if any, superior to that of the humblest menial service; and it is equally well known that scarcely any other outlet for female activity has hitherto been deemed respectable. These facts have lately been much considered by the public, and many measures have been taken for bringing about a better state of things. The latest movements are, first, the establishment of " regis ters of women's work," to be managed by commit tees of ladies, and in which may be registered the names of any ladies who wish to become candidates for remunerative employment in charitable institu tions, such as nurses in hospitals, matrons in work houses, teachers or superintendents in industrial schools—likewise for those who desire to obtain situations as secretaries, clerks, or book-keepers, while other kinds of employment will in all proba bility gradually suggest themselves in accordance with the needs of society; and, secondly, the esta blishment of a society for promoting the employ ment of women. The committee includes several ladies of title; Viscount Itaynham, M.P., is the treasurer. A statement has been published in which various objections to the employment of women are answered. It appears also from this statement that it is the intention of the society to establish a large school for girls and young women, where they may be specially trained to wait in shops, by being thoroughly well instructed in accounts, bookkeeping, &c. ; be taught to fold and tie up parcels, and perform many other little acts which a retired shopwoman could teach them. The necessity of politeness towards cus tomers, and a constant self-command, will also be duly impressed upon them. Girls educated in this school would be capable of becoming clerks, cashiers, and tick - et-sellers at railway stations. It is also contemplated to establish workshops in connec tion with the school, where the girls might be taught other trades—trades well suited to women, but now almost exclUsively in the hands of men, such as printing and hair-dressing, for instance. As the means of the society inci eased so would the number of workshops and the variety of trades taught. No girl would be admitted to either school or workshop who did not bear a good character; nor, on leaving, would she be recommended for employment till she had passed such examinations as proved her to be competent for it. This is all most gratifying ; and in pursuance of the good work we would urge upon the promoters of these movements the immense importance of mul tiplying lady mechanics ! We want all our men for our heavier trades, such as engineers, builders, shipwrights, blacksmiths, and so forth—trades to which wo can never put a woman ; and we may very well hand over our lighter mechanical crafts to our poorer females. It is, of course, simply disgraceful to see the young women of our land forced by thou sands into vicious courses for mere want of employ in:mt, while equ a l num b ers of our young men are draining away their manly qualities behind drapers' counters, in hairdressers' rooms, and in scores of other occupations for which women would display equal, if not greater, aptitude ; and although light mechanical trades arc less obnoxious to man's man liness than such occupations as those just mentioned, they may doubtless be entrusted to women with ad vantage to both sexes. There is one trade in particular for which woman is eminently adapted, which should not be lost sight of in this discussion, viz., that of the watchmaker. Mr. John Bennett, of Cheapside, has very nobly advocated the introduction of female labour into the watch-manufacture, at the expense of much personal odium; and so effectually has he stated his case, that some of those•watchmakers who denounced his labours in this matter, aro prudently bringing up their own daughters to the business. Mr. Bennett tells us, not only that women arc in all respects competent to make watches, but that we British people are absolutely importing large numbers of women-made watches every year. The Paris Exhibition must,'he says, have opened the eyes of all but the wilfully blind to the startling fact, that quality, strength, and elegance considered, the Swiss are nearly 40 per cent. under our prices. " So striking was their superiority, except in our first-class watch," he remarks, " that I took my own eyes for a month through their principal manu facturing districts. There I found causes in active operation that explain the whole matter. From three leading manufacturers I learnt that 1,500,000 were made last year in the Neufchatel district, and this over and above the produce of the Geneva dis trict. They declare, too, that their powers of pro duction have doubled in the last seven years. The marvellous ingenuity of their tools and their skil ful economy of labour fully confirm this statement." So prosperous has been the handicraft of these in telligent-mountaineers, that thousands of men and women engaged in the trade people all the hills and valleys far and wide, from the Val de St. Imier, in Berne, in the North, down below St. Croix, looking over the lake of Geneva. Compare the thousands there, from north to south, with our manufacturers. Within the London district, including every dealer who professes and call s hi mse lf a wa t c hmaker, we had in 1851 but 4,800 in the trade. And what is the result ? That we have become customers to these very Swiss for watches for our own use at home. Thousands of women are at this moment finding profitable employment at the most delicate portions of watchwork throughout the district round Neufchatel. The subdivision of labour is there wisely made so minute as to adjust itself pre cisely to the special capabilities of every woman's individual dexterity. It is impossible to believe that the women of London will do badly what the Swiss women are doing so well. Thousands of the women of London, now in dire distress, have the power to equal and perhaps to outstrip their Swiss sisters in a rival race for an honourable and abun dant means of subsistence. "I know the realization of my suggestions to be within their reach, and I believe," says Mr. Bennett, " there aro few men of any worth who will refuse to join me in the wish that Heaven may grant that this desirable means of rescuing so many from their present misery may be speedily removed from the necessity of,news paper discussion." We agree with Mr. Bennett; and if Viscount Raynham and his colleagues would do their work effectually, they should inquire closely into this.. watchmaking question, which lies ready to their hand. In their whole movement we wish them the most perfect success. CAPTURE OF A KAFFIR IN HIGHGATE WOODS.— A Kaffir, who was in a very wild state, and who could not speak one word of English, was charged before the sitting magistrates, Mr. Folkener and Mr. Bodkin, at Highgate, under the following peculiar circumstances :—On Sunday night information was received at the Highgate Polico=sta tion that a black man was in Highgate Woods, where ho had made a cave and was roasting a sheep. Sergeant Aylett, 15 S, Daniels, 30 S, and Martin, 20 S, with a large body of constables searched the woods, here they found the greater part of a sheep, and some of it had been roasted. Upon further search a scythe was found with which he had slaughtered a sheep in a field adjoining. By daylight the inhabitants of Highgate had got the information, and a large number of people went into the wood. After a long time the man was seen by several of the people, when ho imme diately darted into a thick part of the wood, but so nimble were his movements that he was more like a wild monkey than a man, and it was very difficult to get near him.. At about 10 the following morning the man was seeumd by police-constable Bishop, 384 S, and Ridley, 124 S, and after a hard struggle he was taken to the station. In addition to haring storm the sheep the prisoner had also take n a quantity of articles of clothing. The prisoner while before the magistrates behaved in a very wild manner, -and Ni as remandcd for further inquiry, The coat was crowded to MCP, 100 Stock Stock Stock 9; 25} I 0/ 3i 101 4