The Sun. — London, England, 1858-11-24 00:00:00

that f the ns re found king a time. , ray to . M. series May, emieal nts or mists, of the &ions, pertain ?ressed bodies and of rogen ; im and with iat the. thorn:, Lt some on, and of the eir• n England f October. the Scotch rage circu eks ending )y , their re •culution I with tho Decr'se• I ._, Lie 24th o increase of [, and a de -1 Kingdom, iics of the dilation £895,987 292,70. £l, 18 8 ,740 075,04 0 £336,388 ak of Eng" ig the 20th 49 9 2,7 J 6 inef611 , 44 ) last year• eld by the ng the 234 £2,322,879 2455,76 1 £4,778, 0) she prevl oo spared with at thenieet' Edinburgh of our e ol°. right exedir reference to tt the waY en of a' Dios, neeting, ap q t 1, and ha4l of those you y countrY - 7. wo uld ha vo ight for niY, Arallace out Scotian°, :e the side 01 MONET MA AND. CITY NE TVS. -~- CITY, Two o'CLocI. The inquiry for discount accommodation is very quiet, notwithstanding the low rates at which ac commodation can be obtained, and at the Bank of England few applicatiocs are received, because first elass paper can be negotiated 4 to per cent. lower in the open market than at the national establish ment. In a few days, however, the demand may be stimulated, by the liquidation of the speculative accounts in foreign stocks and railway shares, as well as the preparations for the commercial en gagements of • the 4th of the month; but it is Presumed that the effect will not be import ant or permanent, the available supplies of capi tal bein g so 'largely in excess of the current cr" tr:7 l n • 9"--? %" 1 1." '-- IC:A.ISi' loans, on:?. o already been announced, while others are in course of arrange• meat, and, as they are likely to be supported, the drain which commenced with the Turkish Loan m ay be continued during the next few months. At present, however r tha contemplated projects are 144 -sufficient numerous to justify the impression that the exportation of the precious metals for t hese purposes will direct the, whole of Lae consignmentS: likely to arrive • from Australia a nd other sources. Al,though occasional fluctua tions may ensue, it is therefore imagined that the s tock of bullion Will be maintained at a high point for some time to come, and an impression also pre that money will continue at easy rates, until renewed activity is experienced in all departments business. . . The silver market continues very quiet, but the decline in the China Exchanges, which is equal to about 2 per cent at Sh ang h a i, an d 1 per cent at 'long Kong; will, it is imagined, lead to increased r emittances. The dollars by the last West India steamer have been sold at ss. Id. per ounce,rand the b ars at ss. 14-d. per ounce standard. The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed steadily, and prices- were unaltered. The sales Were estimated at 6,000 bales. In the Railway Share market very little business was transacted, and quotations slightly receded. The India and China mails reached Malta on the 2 3d inst., and are expected on Monday morning. At the extraordinary meeting of. the Calcutta and South-Eastern Railway Company, to-day, a resolution was passed for reducing the capital to 4250,000, the amount upon which the Indian authorities has 'agreed to guarantee 5 per cent. interest. The official returns relating to trade and navi gation for the ten months ending Oct. 31, 1858, h ate just been published. From them it appears that the total declared value of the exports from the United Kingdom for the ten months was £98,5 79,126, against £106,721,381 in the like period of 1857, showing a decrease of £10,142,155. The L. d ecrease is perceptible in coals and culm, e t il . nla, earthenware, haberdashery and millinery, rdwares a n d cutlery, linen manufactures, :en, lead, salt, silk manufactures, thrown silk, 1 : 4 1 ), British spirits, refined sugar, sheep and lamb's °Q, and woollen and worsted manufactures, but f there is an increase in beer and ale, cotton manu factures and cotton yarn. The importation of the e r"neipal articles' were large as regards brimstone, co c ' e , n a , coffee, wheat, oats, Indian corn, flour, raw ,_, 4 a, fruit, hemp, spices, rum, sugar, tea, and provisions, but trey were smaller in live animals, barley, saltpetre, raw silk, tallow, timber, wine, a nd sheep and lamb's wool. , The shi pp i ng accounts s h ow a s li g ht i ncrease i n 4 - le amount of t onnage em pl o yed in the foreign trade of the United Kingdom for • the entries in 'Wards, hilt there is 'a decrease in the clearances ° lltwards. Ili the coasting trade the tonnage em ployed has been rather less, for both the entrances inwards .and the clearances outwards, compared With that of the same period of 1857. c , A heavy tone pervades the market for English S ecurities, in consequence of the decline in the Eastern exchanges and the introduction of new b° 4llB . Sales have been made to a small extent , i t the transactions are unimportant, and there is eansequently very little fluctuation. Consols the about 981 I for money, and 981 for 7 th proximo. Purchases for invest nt are ta nk s till conducted on an exceedingly limited s le. an , lc Steck is marked 2241; the New Threes and th e neduc e d, 961 97 ; the New 21 per Cent. An nuities, 821 ; the June Exchequer Bills, 31s. to 345. Stan; . and the Bonds are steady at 100 1. India has been dealt in at 227 ; and ditto Bonds at Ilk to 14s. prem. Market tran sac ti ons recorded in the Foreign Stock _tarket ar e li m it e d, and prices in some instances ;XII ibit a sli g ht d ec line. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 2 1 i - ; ditto Scrip, Ist issue, 1 to 1 dis.; ditto, 2 d issue, 1 1 prem., being heavy ; Brazilian 5 per C e nts. are 103 ; ditto 41 per Cents. (1858), 97 98 ; E qu,ador N ew C onso lid a t e d, 161 17; Mexican, 201;1 Belgi an 41 per Cents., 1001 f A ustr i an 5 per Cents., 84; and Peruvian 3 per Cents., 741. Business in the Railway Share Market-has been rather- inactive, and prices are flat, most of the r ine•pal lines s howing a decline of about 1 per cent. Eastern Counties, Great Northern, Lancashire and ,Yorkshi re , No r th Western, Midland, and North British, have each declined about ss. ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 10s. ; and South Eastern, 15 s. The Foreign and Colonial Lines have been l t i very limited request. Great Western of Canada have improved 55., and East Indian ss. ; Geelong, and Melbourne have declined Ss. Joint Stock Bank Shares have been dealt in to a limited extent, and prices *are rather firmer. City tank have improved 15s. ; London and West iniuster, ss. J'a the Miscellaneous Market Canada land de- Ire(' about £2 ; Peninsular a nd Oriental Steam, —B "and Royal Mail Steamhave improved about ss. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. aßank Stock 6 1 , Per Cent. Reduced Annuities , z Cent. Consols Annuities dew 3 per Cent. Annuities I ,:i 21 , per Cent. Annuities iiong Annuities, ire expire sth Jan., 1860 1 3-16 India Stack . . - Ditto Debtntul:e . s ..................... Ditto 2d Issue Ditto Bonds, £l,OOO bitto under £l,OOO 11 14 C onsols for Accou n t 981 1 March June. l x xchequer Bill s , £l,OOO, 2d. &lid... 36 9 j 31 4 Exchequer Bonds, 1859, 31 per Cent .... 1004 FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Brazilian 5 per Cent. Ditto 1858, 41 per Cent 9B 74 V 410041825 5 per Cent. CAA_ ar New Consolidated P Dlt"ri 3 par Cent. — Account - nlvian 44 per Cent Ditto Account ti 9 3 41 4 Ditto (Uribarren), 41 per Cent. Ditto 3 per Cent. — Ditto Account Russian, 1822, £ St., 5 per Cent — ~,, 11 Ditto 41 per Cent. !'„/'kitth 6 per Cent. 92 1 -2 1/i.,tto Account Illtfa - .)7@w Loan Scrip — Ditto Amount Dividends on the above payable in London. klistrian, per Cent., 10 Gu. £, 5 per Cent. l ' .84 elgian, _ - 41 Ex. 25f lOOl THREE O'CLOCK. Consols, Money Ditto Account TUE SPECIAL SERVICES AT ST. PAUL'S CATllE '''kin--We are desired to state that the Dean and Chapter St. P au l' s pro p o se to open the cathed ral for s p ecial even ag services as an experiment, from Advent Sunday, Nov. in,: Easter in the following yea r . The service will corn t-„'llse sternen o'cloek, The public will be admitted at the weside doors from the area facing Ludgate-hill. he north door will be closed in order to give a fair trial warming process, not yet completed. The smith door v 4 ill b e open to the Right Hon. the Lord M a y or and the - lerities of the City,"-the clergy of the cathed ral, and the n fpittee, with tickets. The choir will be admitted, with i a lTs the south-eastern postern doo r, o pp osite Wat- T , t,4tieet. re sermon on the 28 th Nove mber will be Da fp i t4 pishop of London, that on the sth eceraber by the De 44 4t: • TUE OLD LUCKNOW CIARRNow,r-_,lfp§terday even tpie. anniversary of the relief of the beleagt - iaed eity of -i;449t_, by General Havelock, was celebrated by the slit, 9sickr§ 9f the garrison by a banquet in the Pink for thin th,o jloudon Tavern. Covers were laid The fentellS plateaux from the Poliguac coll; Olen occupied the °entre, end along the sides, thlintervals, were arranged the unique Stowe claret cup, and Lo uise e n i t? Quinze fountains, with s everal rare reli q ues of the J period. The chair was taken by Major-General Sir B ea u ghe, K.C.B. supported by Majors R. P. Anderson, 34 , fth e a m u, Lawrenc,e, Forster, and Denning ; Captains Ear. zActeller, Waterman, and Ruggles, &e. 611.41ZI:: MARKET. -( THIS DAY.) ORDINARY SHARES AND STOC Railways. Paid. 12.10 A: Wt Nottiwr. Bost. al;41 Eastern .ItincJon 10 50 '4.111t,t and llallinena :11 I 13.11 Bir., %vol., and , otr.‘":11 • all Stock I;irk., Lane., and Chesil Juection lOO 25 il:ackliurn 23 I tlyth Pnd Trio all Stock . I;ristol and Exeter Stock 'aliilonian Stock f 'll,:ter and 1101yhead , 100 50 ( 'ork and Bandon ' all 20 ( 'ork, 111krock,&,l'assa:::(• all • 20 'Cornwall • all li 1:: 4 10 Do, A ;‘• rev"' no div • {all 10 Do. B all —-. liaslimn pd.to I t.' 50 Dublin and Belfast .1 nee., all 23 Dun.,l'ertl),Ar, Abr.:lune all i 7 8 Stocl, !East A ntrlian Stock; Eastern Counties , 104) ri! ra 62 Stock' Eastern Union A Stocki 100 44 41; St -•' 7 ‘7 ,, ,,. B ss.-.0 , 4T, WO 20 1 . ..!', f),... , :i -- ..i : ; 2:. ? —,,,, , .S.- • -- . 4 4 20 East Suflolk 10 - Do Stock Edinburg' and Glasg - ow Stock Edin.,Perth, & Dundee 10 Forth & Clyde Junction Stock Furness Stock llas.f.4:ow & South wesin 10 Treat North of Scotland Stock Great Northern Stock Do. do. A Stock Stock Do. do. B Stock Stock 3t. South.& wstn.(Treld) Stock Great Western Stock Do.Str.Vl.Rail Gua.Stk 12 (rich South Eastern 50 Lancaster and Carlisle 16/ Do. Thirds 1613 4 Do. New Third 4 Stock Lancashire & Yorkshire 16 Do. do. F £l6 9 Do. do. £0 shares 3 Do. West Riding Union 20 Do. Southport 11.6.3 London and Blackwell 11.6.3 Do.liewiSs.et £slosp.sh Stock Lon.,Brizhton &S.COasi Stock London & North Westn 124 Do. Eighths Stock London& South-Westn 25 L'derry & Coleraine ..: 25 L'derry & Enniskillen. Stock Sian., Shef., & Lincoln 10 Aletropolitan Stock Ilidland Stock Do. Birming. & Derby 50 Slid. Gt. West. (Ireland, 25 Do. 4 Shares 100 NT eiveratlo and Carlisle 25. New., Aber., & Herefd 10 Newry &. Armagh (def 20 Newry, Warpt., & Ros Stock Norfolk 50 North. Counties Union Stock North British Stock Nor.Dcv.Rail.&Dk. Stk Stock Do.A Stk.— Arec.no div until 6p.c.hasbeenpdli Do. B Stock North-Eastn.—Berwick Do. do. G.N.E.Purchase I Do. Leeds Do. York North London N. &S. Westn., Hempstd and City Junction North Staffordshire north-Western No. & Sou. W:Junction Oxford, Wor.,& Wolver Peebles Portsmouth Ithympey Scottish 'Central lcoth. NE., Aber. Stock Do. Scottish Mid. Stock Shropshire Union 4 .ittintrbourne & Sheer South Devon South-Eastern 4 outh W ales iouthYorks.&Riv.Dun Do. do taines, Wok., & Wok.. Stockton & Darlington. Do. do. 1854 Do. do. 18,55 tockton & Hartlepool Taff Vale no. Preference, No. 1 l'hamesHavenDk&R ail Vale of Neath Waterford & Kilkenny Waterford & Limerick West Cornwall W-end Lon. & Cry. Pal Do. A.—Arecv. nodiv. till • 7 p.c. has been pd. to B Do. B West London Do. Ist Class Do. 2d Class ✓3 P 5 64 6.1 204 27 90 92 10 104 107 107 i 93 95 130 132 103 104 5.1 54} 55 57 Shan , 84 88 11 12 p 11 12 y 95} 951 1 oid f cl 5 1 Gi 111 112 901 011 d 93 94 mi 36 971 98;: 69 n. 11 12 63 6.5 31 3d 56t 561 921 93 1 d' 464 4 74 76 102 103 41 44d' 11 12 7 84 27 29 110 112 27 28 83 85 43 41 35 74 d 72 74. 12 14 9 11 32 33i 6 61 3 3,1 0 6/ Buoiness Done. 6 ;: I 'Mt 3 8.4 Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock all all 221 1 01 100 100 100 100 all all all alt all all all all PREFERENCE SHARES. Sharel Railways. 25 Blythe and Tyne lt per c. pref. (issued at £5O) (Stk Brie. & Exet.4p.ct.Stock 20 Do. do. do. Shares took Caledon £lO, 41 per cent 12.10 Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. Stock Chester & Holyhd, 51 pc Stock Do. do. 5 p. ct. 6 k Cork & Bandon, 51 p. c. Dun. Perth,& Aber.Jun. Stoc E.Ang - n. Class A 7 & spc Stock Do. do. Class B 6 pc Stock Do. do. Class C 7 pc Stock K Conn. Ex. 5 pct. No.l Stock Do. do N 0.2 Stock Do. New 6 per at. Stook Stock Eastern Union, 4 per et. Stock East Lanc. 6 per et 5 E.& W. York. Jen. fifths Stock Edin.&Glas, 5 po shares Stock Ediu.Perth,& Dun. 4 pc. Stock Furness, 5 per cent Stock Glas. &S West.; a. 5 pc. Stock Great Northern, 5 p, et. Stock Do. 5 Redm.,lop.c.pm c Stock Do. 45 p. c. do. do. 100 Do.sp.c. edra.,s s pc. pm. 10 Gt. Nh. of Scotld, , lst pf. Gt. Sn.& W (Ireland)4 p. ct. pref. Stock 9-mat West. (Berks and Hants) Ext. 5 p.et Do. Redeemable, 44 p ct. Do. Redeemable, 4 p. ct. Do. Irredeemable, do Do. 5 p. ct. Itedeem.Pref. Do. Birm. Pref. Shares Gt. West. Ches. 8 p.c.pf. shares Do do. 5 p. ct. pref Do Binning. !mar. stock Do. Chester g,uar.shares Do. do. do po do. do. Lan. & York 6 p.c. stock Lon.&Brig.spc. gu. No.l Do. pref., 5 p. 0. , ..No. 2 Do. New gua„ 6 p. at.. do. 5 p. c. No. 4 Lon.& N. W.Cov. &Nun eaton, 5 n. ct. Lon.&S. W, 7 p.et. stock, late 3d shares Londondy & Cole, 1 atm Londondy.& Ennis 1 sh. Nlan.,Sh„ & Lin., 6 p. ct. Do. £6 Do. 3-1 per cent. liMaryport & Car., 4 p.c Do. 4 per cent ..... Do. Mid. Con. 6 p. c. Stock IDo.Con.Bris.&Bir.6p.ct. Do. 41 p.. c. pref. stock Do. with option till 1860 Do, Leicot Hit.pref. at. NewportAber,&c.pref.s P.C. redeem, at 5 p. o. pm Do. Perpet, 6 p. c. with option till 1566 Norfolk Deb. 4 p.c. sh aro Do. 5 p. a, Ext,Stook.lB4o Do. 54p. a. Pref. do. 1847 Do. Way.Val.Ex.Sk 1847 North British, 5 per cent Do. New, gua. 5 percent Nth.Dev.ltall.& N-East. irred. p.c. Deb, 4 f. North Do.p Do. r. B t4oddii. : oo apr:s4d. Quarters, uco. Staffordshire desptr p s ei pref. Ir . n.s:P. peril stook Do. Leeds, 6 p. c. No. 1. Do. York, H. & S. Puroh . . Ox.wr. & Wol. 6pc. Do. do. do., 2.d gua Scottish Central, now pt Scottish N.-Easterndeb Do.Aberdeon.gua.a pc. Do, zp. 0, pref. stook. South Devon, Ann. los. Do. Fixed 41 per cent. South Eastern (Reading- Ann. LOA.) Do .41 per cent ... Do. Fixed 41 px, Ist is , Do. New do., 2d issue,l S ou th Wales, gua. 4 p.o. Do. 41 per cent S.-Yorkse, 4 p.e. Stockton and Dar . 5 p,e, Do, 6 per cent Waterford & Kilkenny, 6 per cent. ... . Stock 40 Stock Stock Stock, Stock StOck 26 Stock Stock Stock, Stock, Stock Stock' Stock 121 1 0 4 Stcek stock 121 121 Stock Qtock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 10s. . Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock all 1100 100 100 100 100 all 25 25 Stock Paid. ' Closing I Business Price. Done. 5i 6} 112 115 100 113 114 116 112 114 129 131 82 84 71i 72i 109 111 120 122 112 113 104 106 94. 60 . 101 11} 95 97 85 E 7 87 89 .98 100 10 101 1131 171 10 101 72 74 18 19 9 31 11 1 142 144 Stock Stock, Stock Stock 49 51 96 98 1 103 105 1119 121 1160 165 119 121 141 143 102 104 95} 97 1P' 91 91 all all 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 8.13.4. 114 111 9 10 .08 110 99 100 4 dit p fel ip 237 1 214 120 122 99 101 .101. 101 1 241 25 102 104 102 104 LINES LEASED A' I Paid, Railways. 284 29 32i 334 41 44 99 I FIXED RENTALS. Leasing Closing Business c o .t L Price. Done. 251 261 3 21(11 60 62 16} 17 22 221 1% 191 20 18 dl . 3texi .IS 3 C II E n L t LANEOUS. Miscellaneous, Paid .\ lii Bedford and Bletchley all In & N.W • Sh l a o re Buckinghamshire „ „ 100 In & N,W 9 9 1 00 ..._ Anglo mroits... all ali ____ Closing all FIT&E C 17 19 1000 Atlantic Tel. (Li mited) . alMail al9 11 : 4)::50.15 11 1.3 u 4 s l iness done Cly Colchester, des d alet Stournot o v n ,; 100 ' C A ! ledon 1 n 102 104 E.Lincoltishire,g.6p.c. 100 Gt. North. 141 143 _____ _ E Union,liarwich Shs. all E.Counts. 4 44 Do. Woodbridge . 100 - Gls.liarr.&Neils,Drc ' t 100 Caledonia 10 Berlin Do. New lOO Do. — 25 Australian Agricult 10 Australian Roy Gloster& Dean Forest all Gt. West. all •1 1 Hartlpool.Dck.&llail. all Yk.N.&Br water Hull and Selby 34 3 Do. 5 Shares all Do. — 50 British American, Land 40 Do. 5 Shares all Do. — '5O Brit. & Irish Maz.Tel.A. all London&Greenwich Do, Preference all 13 15 100 Canada Lon..Tilby.&Soutend. 100 Peto &Co. 92 95 325 110 115 110 Do. Barking Shares.. all Do. — 10 Ckan.lslands Tel.(Lim.) a il , 9 Lowestoft, gua. 4p. et. 100 Norfolk .. :Stock Cop.Min.olEng.&Smltg ail I W I Do. 6 per cent lOO Do. — 25 Do. Preference 75 per et all 24 26 Manc.,lluxtn. & Matk. all LN WA 2/ 21 5 Crystal Palace. aridsb,& II eder, g.r.p.c. all Stk.& Dar . 5 Do. Preference all 4k 5 5 Mid.BradfordPrt Stk. 100 Midland .98 100 20 Eastern Steam all 2 2 Newmarkt,BuryEx ) !Stock Electric Telegraph lOO 113 115 guaranteed sp. c. • •• L . 55 6 E Counts. 5 5 p 5 Eng. & Aust. Cop.St.Co. all 1 15 Nortlin. & Eastn. 5 p.c. all Do. Do. do. 6 per cent. . all Do. — 9 Europ.&Am.Stm.(Li:n.) all 2 21 Do. Fixed 5 per ce n t .. all Do. — 20 GLlron ScrewCol.(Lim.) a ll _ ..._ Preston and Wre. all " 6 NW ) 15 Gen. Steam Navig ation. 14 y _ ..._, & L.Yk. 20 London Discount 5 1} .11 d Do. 5 Shares A all Do. — 4 Lond.Gen. Omnibu s C e all it 1 nay4tP,lTl#PhAr Shep iqo Gt. North. 141 143 10 Meditpr: gleotrio Tell, a ll _ shf,ltaiii.&Ciol.g.hp.o. 14 11 8 I,rin,4 yk 10 Med, Exton. Tel. (Lim.) all 75 8 Mire wsbiv& Hereford au P Biasseyl 44 it 21 National Discount Co 56 I 5 d South Staffordshire .. all M'Clean , 10 105 10 Netherlands L and — Wear Valley, . g. op. c. all Stk.& Dar all 1 2 _ 10 Do do .. . ... . Do. do. Wilts and Somerset lOO Gt. West 92 93 92 1 100 N. lir.&NovaScotiaLand 80 15 IS Wimbledon& Croydn all L.&Brgtn 8 9 1 N.B.Australasian (Lim.) all 4 i 20 North of Europe Steam all DOCKS. 1 Oriental Gas .......... all I 1 1 Do. New Shares . . ... 15s. 5 dim par Share Dactz, I P.m Closing NusinesB . 5 Peel River Land &11 • Iin. all 21 , 3 '". rose. I Maks. 4 Do, New Pen, & Oriental Steam, all 85 87 851 ----_ 50 ' 20 Red Sea & Ind. Telegr 2 I IP Stock no 4 perCent.Pref .1. In Stock A i mmercial ......... .. t. 100 —.. 100 ._ 50 Rhymney Iron 15 Do. New all 7 1 Stock East and West India... 100 100 _ 100 Royal Mail Steam Stock London: ............... . 1 ScotAustrin.lnv.(Lim ) all 1 1 1 1 1 1 . Stock St. Katharine.......... 100 03 25 South Australian Land all 38 3 1 9 --1 Submarine Teleg,'Scrip, all 1. 1 Stock Southampton .......... 100 Stock Victoria 100 101 103 10'21 1 Do. do Registered all i 11 ' 'lO ,Do New lB 0 4 I ) ! 20 Tr.& Lu. Co, of Upr. Can, 5 .. .„-- _ 1 100 Van 1)14440411 lAutil ,• NIL 1 1 VI alt 100 31 100 100 100 100 100 1613 4 100 100 100 C 3 is. 174 all all 100 all Closing . Price. Gil: ail 7k 71 GG es 101 • 11; %9 31 te! 01 S.ll 44t4 30 :17 1074 4 7 Mi 4 951 I 110 f 91 vol. i 6 93} i 98 a 36j6 921 461 7 7,51 121,13 121 74 4 72 FOREIGN 14-1 W IXTELLIGENCE.-(11118 IMF.) Sharel • Railways. Closing Price. Done. • ROLLS COURT. (Before the :Master of the Rolls, Sir John Romilly.) IN III; Till HAWAII:AI/ COMPANY—rEnnox ..Intwerp & Rotterdam all Ardennes i all Pah.&S.Fran.,Lirn.7v.e 1 3 11,1glam East. junction; all Iteziers to I Iraisseisao all (!arineanx .Aline & Rail all )iil - ch Eheni,h Easl - ern or En:Pee all Euphrates Valley tlreat Central of France! all (IL Liix An., Con. Mts. all Italian .lunetion . Lke Csl onance & 11;04 1 L -, erte and Turnhout ; Lom:tardo Venetian..! ! 8 & l'istoja,sp.e.p" ! all Lyons mild (leneva all Maria Antonia ..... ! all Ito. do. New ! all Hauntr and all I to. do. t. p. e. Pi•et • all Nort ',tern of France all I to. New Share; orwe!dan Trunk Pre" all I'l,lll,gna. l!er cent! . 7 !,11 5 1 5a - -p par p 1 11 9 10 1 44- : 2$ 24- d. '7l 8 41 4r p 214 2; Ili 91 214 2? 3..1,} 4114 91- 3 . e! . . gua. 7 p. ct. (Lim.) ... Riga and Dunaburg.... Rome" and Frascati ) , all all all all all 7i 8 all 9 91 all 23 23 all 51. 51. all 9 Oa, all 24 25 6 n: I Royal Danish Royal Swedish Do. 7 per cent. Pref. Sambre and Meuse. Do. 55 per cent. Pref. Southern of France West Flanders Do. 5} p. c. Preference W. A: N.W. of France Western of Austria Western of Switzerland Wiesbaden Do S per cent. Pref..' Zealand THIS DAYS MA RKETS. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 24, 1858. and Crown on the kith September. I saw the dery i,ed conic in. She remained there about an hour and ten minutes. I saw the prisoner there. When she loft she was not drunk. She and two of us had three pots of beer. lam sure she had nothing else. When she left lam sure shewas sober. Ex:un hied by Mr. Sleigh—l knew the deceased. She had not been in that public-house sha, the 30th of March. By Barod Braiwell—She did not drink the same quan tity of beer as the men. She only took a sup now and then. The magistrate's clerk said-L-I accompanied Mr. Paynter to the hospital on the I took down the words of the deceased. She said, " I don't know how I got hurt. I think I of out of the window. Pray don't hurt Min.. Ilia mother has been here and told ate he is nearly out alas mind." The surgpon of the W'sstiniiister Hospital Ah.scribed tio injuries sustained by the deeeasol. When the mif,krtunate woman. WaS iu the illlspital 01l tile iStil sill. Said she thullgilt 411 , e hall got out of window. .She afterwards saill, '' Isaac irz -•- ( 1 , 1"- • T perfectly conscious that she was dying. Cross-examined by Mr. Sleigh—Whenever the deceased was left alone for any short time after her admission to the hospital to the time of her death, she relapsed into a state of stupor. By Baron Bramwell—l think the deceased ivas perfectly conscious when she made the statement I have alluded to. Mrs. Beath said—The deceased was my daughter. When I saw her in the hospital she was perfectly sensible, and she thought she would never recover. On the Sunday previous to her death she told me the prisoner struck her on the head twice with the poker. The police-constable who took the prisoner into custody, said, when he did so, Harmond said, "It's a serious job, and I must suffer for it." _ George Winstone—l am a shoemaker. I live in New Tothill-street. On the day following the occurrence I was in Rochester-row police cell on suspicion of being a deserter. The matter was investigated, and I was discharged. While I was in the cell the prisoner was brought there. In a few minutes afterwards Harmond asked what I was there for, and I told him on suspicion of enlisting for a soldier. I asked him what he was in for, and he said, " Mine is a much more serious offence, and I expect it'll turn out a bad job." I asked him what it might be. He replied, "Have you not heard yet ?" I said, "No, I was locked up all last night." He said, " What ! not about the woman that was thrown out of the window." He then said, " I had been out working for my living ; when I returned home I found my wife was out. I went to look after her, and I found her drunk. I remonstrated with her for being drunk, and then we had some words together, and she called me a foul name. This exasperated me, so that I hit her upan the head with a poker. I locked the door and put the key in my pocket. The window was up, it being warm weather, and the bed stead, which was a French one, reached within three inches and a half of the window sill. She flew to this win dow, and called out Murder I' - and Police I' I was exasperated at that, and gave her a push. She being a weighty woman, out she went. (Sensation in court.) I had no intention of throwing her eut—it was the spirit of the moment." The police came to the cell and took the pri soner out, and he was away about an hour. On his return he said, " I have been to Westminster Hospital to hear my wife's deposition taken," and then repeated a great many of the facts that have been given in evidence. Mr. Sleigh then subjected this witness to a severe cross examination, during which he elicited that eight years ago he had been in custody on a charge of felony. _ _ Baron Bramwell—When a man has been convicted of a crime, and for eight years afterwards has conducted him self in a proper and respectable manner, I think it quite sufficient to guarantee him a character for trustworthiness. If the learned counsel does not intend to go to the jury upon the point of disbelief of the witness, I think that to rake up matters which had taken place eight years ago is a great and needless cruelty. (Cries of " Bravo," which were instantly repressed by the officers of the court.) Mr. Sleigh—l consider I have a right to make the in quiries I have done. It is not in my instructions to throw any discredit on the witness's testimony. The learned gentleman then, in a very able speech, proceeded to address the jury on behalf of the prisoner, strongly pointing out the doubtful nature of the prisoner's intention. The learned Judge having summed up, The jury returned a verdict of "Manslaughter." The learned judge then sentenced him to penal servitude for life. Paid BRITISH POSSESSIONS. S liano i Railways. 100 181 18 Atlantic & St Lawrence! Leased at 6 per cent.. Bom.,BarodaSzCent.lnd gu. 5 per cent ... Do Do. Addit. Capital A Do. Do. Buffalo and Lake Huron 20 1 204 [OO i Do. New Buffalo,Brant.&Godrieh 6 p. ct. bds. 1 Aug., 1372 Do. do. 1 July, 1873 Do. do. 1 June, 1871 Clcutta.& S. Eas trn Um. Cape,Eastn. Prov.(Lim.) Cape Town & Dock Scrip Central Oude (Limited) Ceylon Guaranteed 6p.c Demerara Eastern Bengal.gu.sp.c East Indian, gu. 5 p. c Do. C Shares Do. E Shares Ext Do. Jubbulpore Do.4i p.c. Eds. pay.'s9 G eelong& Mel.gua.s p. c. Geelong Corporation 6 per cent. Bonds Grand Trunk of Canada Do. 6 p.c. Deben.,pay.'7B Do. 6 per cent. Pref Gt. IndiaPenin.gua.sp.c Do. New, gua.s per cent Do. do 17i 2() Stock Sto. Stock 20 20i 20i 100 Gt.S.of Ind.Lim.—Scrip guaranteed 5 per cent. Gt.W. of Canada Shares Do. New Do. Bonds pay. '76,with spt. till '6O. Do. do. '73 till '6O Do. do. '73 without opt. Do. 54 p. c. do. '77 do Madras, guar., 44 p. c Do. do. 5 per cent Do. 41 p. c. Extension Do. Third Ex. gua.s.p.c Do. Fourth do. ➢ielb. Corp. 6 p.c. Bonds Newßrunswick&Canda. Ry.&,Land(Lim.)g.6pc Class ACapitl.share.. Do. do. Land d 0... Do. do. B. Capital do. Do. do. Land d 0... Nodliof India Tramroad Limited, Scrip Oude (Limited) Scinde Do. Do. New Do. Punjaub • • Do. Indus. Rt. Flo. St. Andrews & Que Trinidad(Liniited) bec A Scrip i m " I Closing Business Price.: Done. 1 all 9 al l 474 all 161 1100 100 100 1. 3. 0. 2s. 6d 2 all 5 100 all par # p P 74 71 131 13 d 80 85 77 80 74 77 1 lipl par 1p 107 i 107 f all all 1100 100 all 100 all ma 4 1 lip 6 5; 17 18 38 39 78 80 90 92 21} 211 aP par ip 181 14 21- 21 105 108 105 108 105 107 99-, 100 IS t 18 201 201 kd 1 1P 371 79 81 211 Pm lot 2 lid, 4 3 ill 20 11 1 1 21} 21t0 I 1- - P1 p par p ar i Par IP 1 . 011. JUDGMENT. /Ms-Honour, the - Master of. the lions, in delivering judg nWnt, said—l have taken time to consider this ease, and on reading. over carefully the evidence - laid before ate, lUM of opinion that the value of the park taken by the company must be taken as property in possession. I fully admit the inineiple of those eases referred to in the arguments,—that where there is a reversion taken by a company the person entitled 'to take the reversion would only be entitled to take so much as would fairly correspond to the value given. They would lie entitled to receive that as full compensation of the value of the property taken at the time. It would be the full and absolute value of the property taken, but this is not a ease of that description. I have now looked the evidence and examined the aLree►utv►t tl►at was entere►l into, and I 1-'44-r. rr-e)`l` was let out ~f~:' it . . and•that the Dean and Chapter of Westminster is entitled to the dividends or value of the property taken as parties in possession. I have looked into all the eases on the subject, and I do not think they are of a different description from the case I have stated. Judgment in favour of the Dean and Chapter of West minster. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Goulburn.) EN RE THE PLURSTEAD, &C., PURE WATER COMPANY. To-day was appointed for hearing a petition to wind up the affairs of this company, but the solicitor to the petition said he was not in a position to proceed, as there was an other petition in Chancery, and it was therefore desirable that the hearing should be adjourned without a day, with liberty to apply when prepared. The application was granted. The petition was very lengthy, but, as the merits were not gone into, publication of the charge's would be prema ture. THE NATIONAL DEODORISING COMPANY. An audit meeting was held in this case. The assets were only £l7O, and the costs of the official liquidation £3O. • His Ifonour remarked on the expenses of so small an estate, but ultimately the accounts were passed. WESTMINSTER COUNTY COURT. THE LONDON GENERAL OMNIBUS COMPAi4Y-COVINGTON V. 31ACNAMA1:A AND OTHERS, Mr. Beard appeared for the defendants. The action was brought to recover' damages for an injury done to plaintiff's 'bus in the Kingsland-road, on the 21st of October ultimo. To prove his case plaintiff called his coachman, con ductor, and a passenger and police-constable, who deposed that on the day in question plaintiff's and defendants' 'busses were travelling the same way. Defendants' coach man drew to the off side, and upon plaintiff trying tq,pass in the rear defendant pulled across it with his wheel,' cut plaintiff's horse's shoulder, and injured the 'bus. Mr. Beard said this was a case peculiarly calling for both sides to be heard. In the present action he was able to call most respectable witnesses, who would prove, beyond a doubt, that the entire fault lay with plaintiff's coachman, who endeavoured to pass' defendants'. bus at a gallop on the near side when there was not room. To rebut the evidence adduced for plaintiff, Mr. Beard called two passengers, who said that the injury occurred entirely from plaintiff a coach man endeavouring to pass when there was no room. His Honour said, on the face of the evidence he should find for defendant, whose witnesses had given their evi dence with a truthful demeanour, not to be questioned. He could not doubt their evidence. He could not say he was satisfied with that of plaintiff's coachman.. Judgment for defendants, with costs. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT (This Day.) • OLD COURT. (Before Baron Bramwell and Justice 11111.) THE CASE OF OLIVER. William Lemon Oliver, stockbroker, was placed at the bar and pleaded Guilty. The indictment charged that he being a broker, and entrusted with security for the sum of £5,000, with certain directions to apply the same, did un laWfully convert to his own use part thereof, to wit, the sutra of £1,610 ; and that he did urdwfully transfer and con vert to his own•use certain valuable securities entrusted to him for safe custody ; also that he feloniously uttered a forged cheque purporting to be a transfei of 100 £5 shares in the stock of the Crystal Palace Company. TIIE ALLEGED MURDER IN WESTMINSTER. Isaac Harmand was . indicted for the wilful murder of Sarah Farrell. The prisoner pleaded not guilty. Mr. Bodkin appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Sleigh defended. Mr. Bodkin, in stating the case to the jltry, said the trial of the case had been postponed last ses'sion, on account of the absence Of a female whose evidence was very material; but notwithstanding the greatest exertion, the police had been unable to discover her. But they had found out a very important witness, whom in the course of the trial he should place before them. This witness's name was Winstone, and it appeared that when th; constable went to the public-house to seek for information relative to the missing female.. Winstone said to him " Aint you the constable who took the man out of the cell at the police court," and he replied, " Yes." Winstone then said, " I was the man who was in the same cell with the prisoner all the night of the 15th of September, and he told me all about it. I was in custody for desertion. The reason the witness was not produced at court before the magistrate was, that he was not discovered until after - the prisoner's committal. The learned gentleman then called the following witnesses: William Henry Mawby.—l lately resided at 5, York street, Westminster. I occupied• the second-floor. I know the prisoner at the bar. I have heard him called out of doors, "Bandy." There was a female who lived with hint as his wife. They occupied a back room on the same floor. I recollect the prisoner coming home on the 15th of Sep tember' and asking Mrs. Clarke for his wife. She told him she was from home. He then said, " When she came home he would do for her, that he would stick a knife into her." Ho appeared to be Have been drinking. He broke a quantity of crockery. After he had laid on the bed for a short time his wife re turned, and he got up and said he would do for her, and took up a knife. She ran down stairs and out of the house. He remained in the room a short time after, she left and Then went out. About 10 o'clock at night they both re turned, and I heard the prisoner say to the woman— " You've had a fair turn with me to-day, and now it's my turn." I heard the woman say, " Pray let me out," and he replied, " No. Now I have got you I'll do for you." I then heard the window open. I heard the prisoner then say, "You're out of the window and I'm off." I went into the pasiage and saw the prisoner running down stairs. Mr.• Seaton stopped him, and he said, "My wife's jumped out of the window." He asked him why he allowed her to do so, and he made no reply. We went into the yard, which belonged to a coach factory, and was not connected with the house No. 5, and there found the woman lying in a state of insensibility. I have frequently heard the pri soner threaten the woman. There was scarcely a night that he did not quarrel with her. Cross examined by Mr. Sleigh—l never heard the woman make the slightest reply to the prisoner when he threatened her. On the contrary, she always took up her work, and sat outside on the stairs until he was quiet before •she re turned to the room. I only knew the deceased as a lodger in the, house. I never spoke to her. Lucy Ann Mawby—l am the wife of the last witness. I remember the prisoner coming home about five o'clock in the evening. I heard him and his wife quarrelling. They went out, and returned about iCko'clock. I heard , them go into their room, and afterwards heard the door locked. I heard the woman ask the prisoner to let her out. He replied, "No ; now I've got you I'll do for you." I heard the window open, and then, I heard the prisoner go'down stairs, at the same time saying, I'm off." I never heard the deceased use bad language. ' James Seaton—l reiided in the first floorof No. 5, York- street, on the 18th of Sept. I recollect the night of the oc- currence. I saw the prisoner come down stairs. I asked him where he was going, and he said his wife had jumped out of the window. I asked why,he allowed her to do so, but ho made no reply, but kept going downstairs. I told him I giculd go with him. We went into the back yard, and there we found the poor woman. The prisoner mado no attempt to lift her up, and another person present called him a scoundrel, but he made no reply. I should think he was quite sober. Cress-examined by Mr. Sleigh—lt was not evident that the prisoner had been drinking. He did not appear to me to be labouring under the influence of liquor. William James—l formerly resided at NO: 5, York-street, Westminster, I occupied a room on the first floor. I recollect the night of Sept. • 15. About ten o'clock I heard the prisoner and the deceased returned, and I heard her say " Is that you Mrs. Seaton, we're all drunk to-night." They then went into their room, and I immediately afterwards heard the noise of scuffling. After a few minutes the noise ceased and instantly Ikll4. Ward gave the alarm, saying• " That fellow has thrown his wife out of window." I opened my door, and saw that Mr. Seaton was quite close to him. I accused him of throwing his wife o,u,t of window, and he said, "How could I throw her out of tle Window:" I then said why did you not protect her, and he replied, " Oh,—give her a leg up." He did not say he had given her a leg up. When I saw the body of the unfortunate woman, I said this woman has never thrown herself out of window ; if she had done so she would be in a very different position to that in which she was. On the prisoner being accused of the act he said, "He knew a little of the law, and they could all go and be d--d. Ile did not appear to me to have been drinking. Mathilda Almand—l reside at 2, Queen-square-place, which is at the back of York-street. On the night of the 15th of September, I heard a heavy fall, and I wept to the window to see what it was, when I saw the prisoner at the . window of the opposite house with a candle in his hand. He said, "There's a woman in the yard, and she's dead. She fell out of this window." Will m Harris, a eeal-porter, said-1 was at the Rose CORN EXCHANGE. Fresh up, to-day, the arrivals of English wheat:were very limited, and, as a good clearance of the stands was effected on Monday, the show of samples was small. For most kinds there was a fair inquiry, at full prices. The business transacted, however, was trifling. The imports of foreign wheat are only 2,230 quarters nevertheless, there was no disposition shown on the part of the millers to operate, and the quotations were next to nominal. In floating cargoes of grain very few transactions took place. _ _ - Fine malting, barley supported previous rates, but other kinds were inactive, on former terms. Oats were firm, and quite as dear as on Monday. Beans, peas, and flour were far from active, on former terms. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley Malt. Oats. Flour English 960 1 280 1 350 1,410 1 710 Irish Foreign 2,230 I 2,280 i ---12,360 40 skii I bls WHITECHAPEL. For each kind of meat we had a fair demand as follows Beef, from 2s 6d to 4s 4d ; mutton, 2s 8d to 4s 4d ; lamb, Os Od to Os Od ; veal, 3s 4d to 4s 4d ; and pork, 28 6d to 4s Od,per 81b. BOROUGH HOP. Good and fine new hops are in fair request, at full prices. All other kinds rule heavy, at barely late rates. THIS DAI'S SHIPPING. LONDON, Nov. 24.—Wind this •day at noon, E. ; moderate breeze, and very severe frost. CLYDE, Nov. 23.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—CaNsar (steamer), from Havannah ; Corra Linn, from New York. • DARTMOUTH, Nov. 23.—Wind E.—Arrived—Andro mache, from Callao. POOLE, Nov. 23.—Wind N.E.—Sailed—Mary, for Tobago. HARTLEPOOL, Nov. 22.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrived— Change, from Quebec. CROOKRAVEN, Nov. 22.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Forest Queen, from Rio Janeiro. SWANSEA, Nov. 23.—Wind E.—Arrived—Diana, from the Cape of Good Hope. FLEETWOOD, Nov. 23.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Kate and Ann, from Matanzas. (1w ELECTRIC TELEGRATII.) SOUTHAMPTON, Wednesday Morning. Wind N.N.E. Arrived, Nov. 22—Hamburg, steamer, from Spanish ports ; Wellington, from London ; Slate, from Middles borough ; Tybro, and President, from Neath ; Gazelle, ' Ally, Commerce, Effort, George, and Marquess Bute, from Sunderland ; Liberty, frofn Waterford ; Nova Pluta, from Bargos ; Wonder, and South-Western, steamers, from Jersey ; James Canada, steamer, from Cardiff; Pearce, and Bessie, from Havre ; Gipsy, from Newport. Arrived, Nov. 23—Ceres, steamer, from Dublin ; Alli ance, steamer, from Havre ; Mermaid, from Newport. Sailed, Nov. 22—Clara ' for Sunderland ; Vestal, for Newport; Dispatch, and Atalana, stetuners, for Jersey ; Havre, steamer, for Havre. Sailed, Nov. 23—Ceres. steamer , for London, LIVERPOOL, Wednesday Morning. Wind S. Arrived, Nov. 23—BeBona, and Breeze, from Romme ; Gambia, from Huelva ; Adelgunde, from Hambro; Staad, from Harlem. Arrived, Nov. 24—Maria, from Gioja. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH . TELEGRAPH.) GRAVES uND, Wediesday Morning. Wind E.S.E. ; tide, low water; clody. Arrived, Nova 23—Thundersall, from Sarpsberg. Arrived, Nov. 24—Helechina, from Aalborg ; Charles Jackson, from Callao ; Emperor, from Rouen ; Tertius, from Dunkirk ; Dido, from Saltdallam ; John Wray, from Rouen ; Mow e, steamer, from Bremen ; Herko Prins, from Gottenburg. Sailed, Nov. 24.—Metiopolis, steamer, for Guernsey ; Albion, steamer, for Boulogne ; Rhine, steamer, for Ant werp ; Holland, for Ostend ; Concordia, steamer, for Rot terdam ; Sir E. Banks, for Calais. DEAL, Wednesday Morning. Wind S. S. E moderate. Passed.—Bora, from London, for Cardiff; Sylvia, from Sheerness, for Carthagena. CONVOCATION OF THE PROVINCE OF YORK.—The Hon. and Very Rev. the Dean of York (acting as the Com missioner of the Archbishop of York), and the Rev. Canon Harcourt, accompanied by the deputy registrar and the se cretary to the Archbishop, after divine, service in the Cathedral at York on Friday morning last, proceeded to the Chapter-house of that place, where Her Majesty's writ of prorogation was read, after which the Dean prorogued the meeting of the Convocation of the Province of York until the 14th of January next. A PETRIFIED WIFE.—A few days since a gen tleman residing in Rising Sun, Indiana, who had married a second time, wished to remove the body of his wife to a new cemetery. Preparations were made to that effect, and labourers opened the grave in the usual manner ; but when they reached the coffin they could not lift it, so great was the weight. After obtaining considerable assist ance, however, the men succeeded in raising the coffin from the tomb' They then could not resist the temptation of peering into'the coffin, and learning the reason for its un usual weight, and found, instead of the remains of a corpse, a stone figure, the exact counterpart of the woman who had died. This strange story soon spread, and hundreds and thousands of persons were present to see the strange spec tacle. The husband took the body of his departed spouse home, and has it there now, where it is visited by hundreds of the curious and scientific. The body seems to have been petrified, and to have become a perfect stone woman. The probability is that the body has become adipocere, and will, before long, melt or erurable. — cincinati Jn'uirer, BRITISH MINES, Share) Mines. Paid 1 Clueing .l. Alfred Consols (Philack) ! flritish Iron Condurrow (Camborne) Deeon G.' Cons. (Taoist.) East Bassett (Illogan). Great South Tolgus G. Wheal Alfd.(Phillack) G. Wheal Vor(Helston) Lady Bertha North Frances (Illogan) North Wheal Crony N.Wh'l Basset (Illogan) I'ar Consols (St. Blaxy) Porkellis .Unit. (Wend.) Sortridg - e Cons. Min. Co. SouthCaradon (St.Cleer) South C. Brea( Illogan). S. Wheal Fran. (Illogan) Tamar Silver and Lead 2.11.10 17s 11.14.11 8' 18s 6d 84 I 7.9.41 nil. 1 Mining' Co Tin Croft UnitedMines(Gwennap) Vale of. Towey (Cana.) West Basset (illogan).. W. Cara don (Liskeard). Wheal Basset (Mogan). Wheal Buller (Redruth) Wheal Edward (Cale.).. Wheal Kitty (IJ. Lelant) Wh'l IllaryAnn Ole/the Wh'l Trelawney (Lick. ) 4 4 i 3 50 60 450 460 105 110 13} 141 2f 3 1 ' I 1 f 7 11 31 4f 7 8 16f 171 1401 4115 5 30 28.2.81 21 3 ',220 240 18.184 4i 9 40 12s Gd I 1 3i 31 70 80 22 23 140 120 210 220 180 200 21 3 8 9 46 47 26 28 1.7.2 4 8 42 MINE'S 111# 4) 8 9 It 2} Business Done. 7 1 . i 1 71 161 171 36 37 11 13 ]ll 20 2 8 9 1 1d 1 * t i P 41 61 1 1 21 3 3f# Paid. Closin ;• Business COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Share Prices. Done. Securities. Can.'Gov.6p.c..Ta. & July 100 1154 1174 114 3.6 Do. 6 p.c.l o b.&Aug. 100 113 115 Do. 6 p.c.Mr. & Sep. 100 113 115 N.8.G0v.6p.c. Ja. &July 100 1134 114} Do. 6p.c.Ap. & Oct. 100 N • S.W. Gov. sp. C. Deb. 100 1014 1024 1024 NovaScotiaGov.6 p.c. St. • Deb. redeemable,lB7s •100 1124 1134 113} S.Aus.Gt.6pc.Jan&July 100 113 115 Vict•Gov.6p.c.Jan&July 100 112 114 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Share\ Joint-Stock Banks. Agra&UnitedServiteßk Australasia Bank of Egypt Bank of London Brit. Col. Bk. & LoanCo British North American Chtd. Bank of India, &c City . , • Colonial Com. Bank of Canada Commercial of London. Eng., Scot., & Aus. Ch. Gen. Bk. oSwitzerland Lon.Char.Bk.otAustral. London and County London Joint Stock London & Westminster. Nat. Prov. of England. DO. new National Bank New South Wales Orient. Bk. Corporation Ottoman Bank Provincial of Ireland Do. New 100 100 20.11 100 South Australia Do. New Union of Australia Pao. Closing I Busbies. Price. Dote. Do, New . lUnion of London . 22 1 I 28 Unity Mutual Western Ilk of London Australian . Boil AccordCopper,Lim. Brazil. Imp. (is. at £5 p.) Do.St.Johudelßey,Lim. Do.l, and and Mining Co. Clarendon Consols Min ing Co. of Jamaica Cave Copper Copt apo DuuMoun.Cop.Ming.C6 . Fortuna General Linares Lusitanian Mariquita New Granada N.RhineCop.of S.Aus.L' Pomtgibaud Silver, Lead Mining and Smelt.... Port. Philip Santiago de Cuba United Mexican FOREIG ?! If 1t01 7 ,1L GROGRAPIII(UL SOCIEIT: --1--- A crowded meeting of this society was held on Monky .evening at Burlington-house, Sir it. I. Murchison, president, in the chair. Amongst those present were the light lion: -Sir Pakington, the Earl of Albermarle, Lord A. Churchill, Sir T. Fre mantle, Sir C. Nicholson, Sir J. Sheil, Sir J. Login. Admirals Sir T. Herbert and it. Fitzroy, Generals Phillips and Alexander, the Bight lion. .1. Wort ley, M.P., the lion. A. Kinnaird, M.P., Mr. Joseph Locke, M.P., Mr. J. A. \Varre, M.P., Mr. IL W. Grey, M.P.; Captains Sir E. ]ielcher, W. 11. Hall, Byron Drury, it. Barnett, and E. - Wilmot, It.X.; Cols. Everest and Sotheby, &c. Sir J. Pakington, Mr. J. Locke, M.P., Mr. Ald. lose, and Mr. E. Beldam, were presented upon their election as Fel lows of the Society. I.ord Ashburton, Viscount Cran -1,111 `4'; r ~_...,. I . !. ~,* . ; J. •,:.- fain the Hon. Sudeicy C. G. H. Tracy, the Rov. Richard Leah, 8.A., and Messrs. James Barrett, John Botterill, Francis W. Davis, R.N., John Donne, Edward J. Hawker, David Kaye, Joseph Mayer, James Piacott, H. Birch Rey nardson, J. Northcote Ryder, and Theodore Uzielli were elected Fellows. The papers read were "Notes, Geographical and Commercial, on the Gul of Pecheli and the Peiho River," by Captain S. Osborn, R.N., F.R.G.S., her Majesty's ship Furious. The first portion of the paper bore reference chiefly to the geographical and commer cial aspects of the countries passed in the journey from Shanghai to the Gulf of Pecheli, her Majesty's ship Furious having been one of the ships that accompanied Lord Elgin in his journey up the Great Canal to Tien-sin, where the late treaty was signed. The author dwells upon the rapid strides Shanghai has made during the last 16 years, on its favourable position and climate, and its extensive import and export trade, amounting to nearly £27,000,000, Various causes have combined to force' the old canal traffic between Northern and Southern China into a coasting trade—such as the rebellion ' in the valley of the Yang-tse-Keang, the occupa- tion of Tching-Keang-foo, and to the change in the course of the Yellow River. After describing the shoals which run out from the Shantung coast, Capt. Osborn urges the necessity of an active nautical sur vey, which he considers ought not to be confined to British surveyors, and remarks that all the many mil lions worth of property carried to and. fro on the coasts and on the rivers are indebted for safety to the charts of English officers. The second portion of the paper referred to the Gulf of Pecheli and the Peiho river. The author remarked upon the secure anchorage in the Min-tao Straits, affording a gene ral rendezvous for the trading junks, and furnished a description of the anchorage off the Peiho River. The Peiho has its source in the highlands not far from Pekin, and runs for the greater portion of its tortuous course through a level country, the velocity of its stream, rather than the volume of its waters having scoured out a narrow bed in the stiff clay which forms the substratum of the plain of Chi-le. This scouring force, however, becomes so weakened as it approaches the sea, owing to the low level of the shores allow ing a constant overflow, that, instead of cutting a 12 feet channel straight out into the Gulf of Pe cheli, the depth of the river suddenly decreases, and the river discharges itself over an area of several miles. in extent. The author notices particularly the altered course of the Yellow River, which empties itself in the gulf 200 miles north of its original mouth ; and the mud banks that were forming there, threatening to block up the navigation of the river to Pekin. The paper contained some observations upon the direction of the tides, and character of the country in ascending the Peiho, with a descrip tion of the towns, the customs of the inhabitants, and on various other subjects. Capt. W. H. Hall, R.N., and Mr. Lockhart corroborated Capt. Osboin's statements respecting Shanghai and the altered course of the Yellow River, which confirmed - the account given by Mr. Lockhart in a paper he had read before the society last session, and which was printed in the " Proceedings" and copies sent out to Lord Elgin and other authorities on the China station. The second paper read was "On the Search of Leichardt and the Australian Desert," by the Rev. W. B. Clarke, of Sydney, F.R.G.S. The meeting then adjourned to December 13th. THE FIRE AT DONABATE. Saunders furnishes detailed particulars of this calamitous fire, and adds that Mr. Mill. does not believe it to have been the work of an incendiary. His neighbours do not, however, agree with him in this opinion. The account runs thus • " A fire of a most alarming nature, resulting in the destruction of one of the most extensive and model-like farmsteads in the county of Dublin, and entailing considerable loss of property, took place last night in the haggard of Mr. John Mill of the townland of Corballis, parish of Donabate, within half a mile (on the sea side) of the railway line be tween Dublin and Drogheda, and about a mile southward of Donabate station. The residence of Mr. Mill, with the capacious out-offices connected with the haggard and farm, were built upon the rising ground immediately adjoining the estuary of Malahide, on the north side, where was also erected a remarkably fine thrashing mill, worked by steam. On my arrival at the haggard and farm-yard to-day the scene which presented itself was one of desolation and ruin—the spacious hag gard was thickly strewn over With the debris of burned corn, in which were embedded, in every direction, numerous broken implements and frag ments of machinery ; while the bared and blackened walls of the barn, engine -house, and other ranges of out-offices too plainly indicated that the devour ing flames had made merciless ravages in and around the buildings. The following particulars I have ga thered from Mr. Mill and other parties on the ground, who had been eye-witnesses of the devas tation during the night. It appears that about eight o'clock on Friday night the first alarm was given, when it was observed that a rick of hay (about 30 tons), standing near the extreme north end of the :haggard, and piles of straw which. covered mangel and potato pits in the same locality, were in a blaze. Immediately afterwards the flames spread with extraordinary and fearful rapidity to some cow houses attached to the barn, thence to the barn, which was in compartments, adjoining which was the engine-house of the thrashing ma , chine which also caught fire, and again communi cated with a splendid range of 'stonebuilt offices, used for stall feeding, and measuring some 80 feet in length. Simultaneously with the burning of the outhouses the flames from the vast hay-rick communicated also with the large stacks of wheat. oats, barley, &c., which stood promiscuously around and in less than an hour's time the entire—number ing nine stacks—were enveloped in one terrific blaze, sufficient to strike ;the stoutest heart with awe ; while the reflection of the flames illumined the heavens for miles around. It was astonishing to ob serve with what fleetness the fire reached from the north to the south extreme of this large and well stocked haggard ; but this is accounted for from the unusual aridity of corn, hay, and straw, farmers having declared that for some :30 years past hag gard stacks have not been half so free from moisture, or so parched up, as at present. The roofs and inte rior of the buildings were soon demolished, while the corn stacks all appeared doomed to irretrievable destruction, notwithstanding the most vigorous ex ertions on the part of each and all who attended to render every assistance in their power, with a view of saving the property, and arresting the progress of the flames, The Donabate constabulary, under Constable Moclair, were soon on the ground. There were also present the Swords police, under the command of Sub-Inspector M. B. Kelly, and Head•constable Johnston and party from Malahide barracks. All the farmers in the neighbourhood, with their assistants , a lso attended, including Mr. Marks, of Beaverstown, Mr. Martin, of Balcarriek, &c. The tenants and labourers of Mr. Chas. Cobbe, j.p., D.L., of Newbridge-house, Donabate (the proprie-or of the townland), with Mr. Win. Dou gall at their head, rendered valuable assistance, as did also Mr. Mill himself, and every one connected with the farm. I have been informed that there was not to be seen an idle or unwilling person in the haggard throughout, and that such were the exertions of the police and peasantry—so intrepid and reckless—that it is nothing short of providen tial that no accident occurred to life or limb. How ever, such was the mastery which the fire obtained, that no appliances at their command could rescue the buildings enumerated, and which are now laid waste. They were supplied with water from a pump in the farm-yard, and from the estuary close by. They succeeded in saving the dwelling-house an'd stables, and also a quantity of the corn. I understand that one of the servant girls assisted like a hecoilie in entering the cow-houses, and after disconnecting OW chains 9r roves 'witl ww94 the cattle worc bound to their cribs, drove them out upon the flrnt at an early stage of the fire, so that all the live stock are saved. The barn, with its contents, : is, burned, and the.offices met alike fate. Everythilig belonging to the steam-thrashing mill, except the engine and boiler, shared the destruction.' The tall brick chimney, however, still nobly stands its ground in the midst of the devastation. . The 'fine rick of hav, like the corn stacks, is in smouldering ruins. Some mangel, potato, and turnip piles, are partially burned. My. Mill estimates:the 'damage of all between £I,OOO and £1.200 ; but, it is a for tunate circumstance fbr hint that the entire is. in sured, lie has no particular moon to suppose that the bunting was the work of an incendiary, or the result of malice. In consequence of the imperfect manner in wh'.elt his grain cropswere cut, he threat ened to introduce reaping machine.: on his farm at eno tune. lie is spoken of here as a most generous and:charitable person, and a good neighbour.whohas ever shown a desire to make all about him comfort- tit ! a •.117z-f - - trict. A very remarkable coincidence has been spoken off here to-day, that two valuablo farm steads have been burned down this week—one at Corballis, in the county Meath (Mr. Taylor's), and the present burning at Corballis, in the county of Dublin. The farms are 16 miles apart." TIMID EDITION. SUN OFFICE, Six o'Clock.7 NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. The following promotion was made this afternoon a' th Admiralty:— Mr. A. C. May, mate, has been promoted to the rank of lieutenant. PRUSSIA. We have now the official returns of the poll at he election in the first instance (Urwahl) of the .2th of November for Berlin : No. of Electors. 2,582 9,525 66,845 First Class... Second Class . No. Polled. 1,997 5,781 26,380 Third Class Total .... 78,252 .... 34,158 This is exclusive of the military, who vote by themselves. -In the provinces the proportion of those who polled to the total number of electors is very much smaller. In many country districts hardly a sixth or even an eighth part of the clanli fied electors appeared at the poll. The classifica tion system has led in various places to almdst ludicrous consequences. In one district, vs here the first class was composed of two Wahimanner, they elected each other. In another instance, one elec tor found himself the sole constituent in Class 1, and elected himself and his son. In the third class incredible stories are told of the ignorance of the voters, e.g., the Prince Regent has been voted for as AVallunann in several districts ; and one elector, by way of showing his steady attachment to the Throne, nominated the King. STRANGE STORY. An account, it may be remembered, was given in September of a very curious affair having oc curred at Calais. A young man of gentlemanly appearance arrived in that town to embark for England, but being prevented doing so by want of a passport, spent several days in the place under the surveillance of the police. He then obtained permission to go into an excursion steamer to Ramsgate on promise of returning in the evening, and, as there was a good deal of mysteryabout him, a police-officer was, unknown to him, eharged to watch over him. During, his absence at Ramsgate orders arrived from Paris by telegraph to arrest him on the charge of having attempted to commit a murder and robbery in the department of the Seine-et-Marne, and the moment he landed he vas arrested. Having been conveyed to the office of the commissary of police, he jumped through a -- windOw, took to flight, and attempted to commit suicide: by leaping into one of the docks, but was rescued when half-drowned. This man, whose name is Pesty, Was afterwards given up to the authorities of the Siete et-Marne, and the day before yesterday lie was brought to trial before the Court of -Assizes of the department on the charge of attempted murder and robbery. The case excited great interest. The prisoner, who seemed much affected, said, in - answer to questions put to him, 'that he was 24 years of age, and a farmer of Beaune-la-Rollande, in the Loiret. The following singular facts were then stated :—A shepherd, named Masson, was in the evening of the, Ist Sept. last driving a flock of 250 sheep from BranSles to a place beyond Nemours. At some distiinee from the latter town he was overtaken by a man in a light cart, who, putting his horse into a Walk, expressed admiration of his flock and got into conversation with him. Having ascertained the direction whith he was going, the stranger drove on to Nemours, andafterthe shepherdhad reached that town again overtook him in his cart, and descending from the vehicle began chatting with him. After a while, on passing through a wood, he 'suddenly 'drew a double-barrelled pistol from his pocket and discharged it at the shepherd, woundinK i him in the head with the ball of one barrel, and in the neck with that of the other, after which he beat him about the head with the butt-end of the pistol. The shepherd fell bathed in blood, and his assailant thinking he .was dead dragged him into the wood. Thip man then 'examinedthe shepherd, as if to make sure that he was dead, fired his pistol again at him, wounded him again, and left him. ' The sblp herd remained senseless some time, and when he recovered he found his flock had disappee'red, but that his dog was by his side licking his wounds. lie managed. to get to the nearest farmhouse, stated. what had 'occurred, and had his wounds dressed. The gendarmes immediately made aisearch after the assailant, and had little difficulty in finding Who he was. They learned that a man whose appair once corresponded exactly - with the description which the shepherd gave of him, had, a. few hours after the attempten murder, arrived •at a place called Chateau-Landon with a fleck of 250 sheep, and had there placed them under the care of one Lejeune, shepherd to Pesty, jun., of Beaune-la-Rel lande, who was driving a flock of 100 sheep,fro' Bransles for his master. This Lejeune was fount at Beaune-la-Rolland° with the /50 sheep, una he stated that it was his master himself, young Pesty, who had confided them to hiin: He added that Pesty, on arriving at, the village, had joined him, and remarked—" I 'shall get into trouble about those 250 sheep ;. they are stolen, and the shepherd who was driving them has been murdered !" Lejeune further stated that Pesty made a similar statement to his (Pesty's) father, on which the latter, with great emotion, cried out, " If it be you who have committed the crime, the best thing you can do is to kill yourself!" On that young testy at once took to flight, and was no more heard of by his own people until after his arrest at Calais. The shepherd recovered from his wounds, and his recovery was mainly owing to the dog having licked them. After that incident Pesty was confronted with Masson, and the latter distinctly recognised him. Pesty himself, after some vain denials, admltted his guilt, and also that he had deliberately preinedi tated the murder of the shepherd. This man was, of course, the principal witness against hin,.and ho created some sensation after giving his evidence by remarking, "It is a sad thing to say that a fellow creature attempted to take away my life, and that a poor dog was the principal means 'of saving me !" Pesty's crime, it was stated to the court, is perfectly inexplicable, inasmuch as he is the son of a most respectable man of good property, was in comfort able circumstances himself at the time the crime was perpetrated, married to a charming young wo man of 19 years of age, is the father of a child still in the cradle, and had received a good education. It appears, however, that last year he was tried for stealing 19 sheep, but was acquitted. The jury declared the man guilty with extenuating circum stances, and the Court condemned him to hard labour for life, also to pay 6,000 f. damages to the shepherd.— Ga /ignani. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BETTING AT MANCHESTER.7-7TOsbAT. CHESTER CU?. 50 to 1 agst Ravenstondale (taken) 50 to 1 agst Whistler (taken) 1000 to 15 agst Arsenal (taken) 1000 to 15 agst Prioress (taken) , 1000 to 10 agst Rocket (taken) 1000 to 10 agst Fearful (taken) DERBY. 10 to 1 agst Promised Land (taken) 15 to 1 agst Marionette (taken) In the foreign exchanges yesterday, there was, in most instances, a slight improvement; Vie4ua Tricste, however, were rather low, • 1 ers I.lld ,ue red !, 9, ore last 'ire was of s of clis ight was s, in In 3-57 lean the aday was NNI ____z_