The Sun. — London, England, 1858-12-20 00:00:00

point of iponsate . t l emus .mirat ion. y of Lod passages, iminated, crtis of the hivalrens cuharity, tempera it is that lanitnouti Witness 'eel, here .ord Pal and his he earlier ccessar7 . - hester tndantly might Pere, for hat not an ell- Lat cha tions:— arlier in we mean, e tumults February, :s,smoulin s endental, c dreamer ber a cer- then for ce. This ll s hrub, of consti n one of 0 o f the Evelyn Ivies, in- Puritans ly as the ) fashion whenever bitions of rticulturo. last ; so 7ho knew Ly formance, high state refrain of tree when u abreast onument ; were hung ing closed 3 little oil Yet the sere stood solitude now and ling point tin temple thirsty of le shadow dragglei something a shade of at, it Was ❑ot to be and ; it is 'ht, but of Reform/ m, rooted/ 1 of con- Highland Dhu be grewthf 6tion after the storms• seared by ) vigorous successive de. And/ on already bile in the ontinuallY orn soil of y now and sunder the yet firmer )ns." titude of mrprised Disraeli, binet, par he British ntatives of 311 in turn, ent among vernment, )they of the ttive of the 2ct sueces ;t Earl of celebrated as Lord ; back, by our ewe me, to the ler infor e find an with an ;ed with Ld to find he Mini d we be ' the Go •ehensive ) coming njectures ied pub- L pseudo- L an hon. NONEY ...41ARKET AND CITY NEWS. CITY, Two o'CLocK. The ad`-ices from most of the manufacturing districts state that during the past week there has been little change to report in the general state of trade. At Bradford the transactions in English wools have been limited, and for piece goods there had only been a demand sufficient for imme diate requirements. Yarns were firm and fully 811Pported former quotations. At Leeds the deal -1116,,s had been exceedingly restricted in most of t he Warehouses, but the manufacturers of the town and neighbourhood were busy in the preparation o f spring goods. The hosiery trade at Leicester continues active, and in many departments con siderable orders still remain unfinished. The iron trade of South Staffordshire is quiet, but prices are "Peeted to improve. At Birmingham no change can be reported in the various trades of the town and its vicinity ; most of the wholesale trades are maki ng preparati o n s for stock taking. At Shef field and Wolverhampton there has been a good demand for the common kinds of cutlery and hard ware goods, chiefly for the United States, and prices are s t ea dy. B us i ness at Manchester has b een dull, but for goods suitable to the India and `lna markets there is still a moderate inquiry. I n the Liverpool Cotton Market on Saturday an ave rage amount of business was transacted, and prices were fully supported. The sales amounted 0 10 ,000 bales. The Railway Share Market closed Bteadil Y, and quotations were without any material change. An active demand for money is still experienced ill the general discount market, and very few bills are now neg o ti a t e d un d er 2,1 per cent. It is in terred, from the character of the inquiry, that this increased animation will be continued until the L a nuary dividends are paid, when the market may °c favourably influenced by the large amount of capital then liberated. a . the 4th inst. the amount of specie deposited M the New York City Banks was £5,500,000. The advises from New York, received to-day, mention the demand for money had slightly i ncreased, but there had not yet been 4 1111 3 - extensive movement in trade. Althou g h be general aspect of commercial affairs m a y ue exceedingly quiet, there can be no doubt that a gradual recovery is taking place, and during the e nsuing year an important impulse will probably b giTen to all branches of mercantile enterprise. t'yeeulation in stocks and shares was still avoided, Public throughout the United States being r i te as reluctant as the capitalists are in this trY to embark in any description of adventure. The New York steamers are bringing larger re mittances of specie, notwithstanding the unfavour beable Position of the exchange. About £36,000 has e n announced this morning by the Africa. Du ring t the next few days a large aggregate quan tity of specie will become available, viz., £133,722 1 ," 3 ; the Niagara, from Alexandria, £160,800 by La Pl ata, from the West Indies, 'and £316,880 by the "riven, from Australia. A large portion of these au gment will, it is thought, remain here and the stock of the precious metals lodged at t he Bank of England. The market for English Securities opened with a ! i ll and rather a heavy appearance, but symptoms °` improvement have since been witnessed. Specu lation as well as bona fide dealing is still very much curtailed, and the market, consequently, remains in all inactive state. Consols have been 961 I, and o 9 7 ; the New Threes and Reduced Annuities ar e 'narked 97-1 ; East India Debentures, 991 bei ng 4 per cent. lower ; and Exchequer Bills, 365. t 0 39 5. prem. ; East India Stock was quoted 230, a nd Bank Stock 2251 227. Foreign Securities are also rather quiet, but in most instances they are steadily maintained at pre 'ions quotations. Venezuela have not recovered, th e' speculators, as well as the holders, being very anxious for the arrival of the commissioner who, i t is presumed, has been entrusted with the arrange kent of the debt. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 921 93 ; t he New Scrip was a dis. for the Ist issue, and dis. for the second. Spanish are 47i1 48; Russian 4 1 per Cents. were 1031; Peruvian 41 per Cents. were 921 ; and ditto Uribarren, 871 881. A very limited amount of business has been transacted in the Railway Share Market, but a slight improvement may be noticed in several of „ t he principal, undertakings Great Western, North Western, South Western, and North Eastern (\erk), advanced ss. Chester and Holyhead, Great A orthern. Lancashire and Yorkshire, Midland, and South Eastern, 10s. Eastern Counties have de clined about ss. No dealings have been reported in the Foreign Market, and prices are quite nominal. T he Colonial undertakings have been flat. East Indian have receded about 10s. to 155., and Grand Trunk of Canada 5s Joint-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares 13110 w a downward tendency. Bank of Egypt have declined ss. • London and Westminster, a. Elec• tile Telegraph have improved £l. B RITISH FUNDS FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. .u., ank Stock , x ,." Per Cent. Reduced Annuities 9 7* k •L' 4 , ew 3 per Cent. Annuities Ditto Debentures Stock -nitto Debentures D itto Bonds, £l,OOO ' l3 E:sola for Account 96-1 f March June. R xchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 2d. &11d... -- 38 Ditto t5OO, 36 I 39 D itto Small, lid. - Exchequer Bonds, 1859, 31 per Cent .... 1001 I PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian 5 per Cent. Ditto 1852, 4i per Cent. Ditto 18.58, 41 per Cent. Sa Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cent. ......... ....: Ditto Deferred lBl e hilian, 6 per Cent • 104 Ditto 41 per Cent. Scrip I P • G renada New Active, 21 per Cent. Ditto Deferred Peruvian 4i per Cent Ditto Account .., Ditto (Uribarren), 4i per Cent. tiussian, 1822, £ St., (per Cent — Ditto 4i per Cent. Sardinian, 5 per Cent. 9Ol '''Peaish 3 per Cent. — Ditto Account • 4B 71 Turkish 6 per Cent. Ditto Account Ditto New Loan Scrip — Ditto Account Dividends on the above payable in London. batch Exchange, 12 Guil. 21 per Cent... Ditto Certificates, 4 per Cent. TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, Money Ditto Account, The last bulletin received by telegraph of the health of the Empress Dowager of Russia is satis factory, the fever having disappeared and the Cough sensibly decreased. On the 29th of November 50 French soldiers, belimging to the garrised of the Fort des Rousses, entered the Dappenthal, and advanced as far as the moor. of Grevine. This unceremonious Occupation of a part of the Federal territory has created a great sensation in Switzerland, and the Federal Council is about to ask the French Govern ment for an explanation of its conduct. OR. PINEY MARRIED.--A correspondent of the Weekly Register states that it is confidently asserted by man y Tractarians that Dr. Pusey' h as been married to Sellon, better known as "Lydia ye Superior." The Weekly Register says that the statement has reached them from other sources. The Weekly .Register of Saturday states that the ,Rev. C. R. Rowlatt, M.A., late Cu rate of West Thurrock, Essex, has been received into the Roman Catholic Church. The' same paper also states that F. C. Bumand, Esq., 8.A., of King's Coll ege , Cambridge, and of Cuddesden College, Oxon, has been received this week into the Roman Catholic Church by Dr. Maiming. THE EVENING SERVICES AT ST. PAUL'S.—Yester y evening the fourth of the special e venin g services was ueld under the dome of St. Paul's. The number of persons Who attended was larger than on any previous occasion, not withstanding the wetness of the night. Mr. Townsend, M.P. for Greenwich, on Saturday last, was again examined in the Bankruptcy Court at great length. His Honour deferred giving judgment. Letters from Melbourne mention that the Patent Slip h a d been opened, and had been found to work most satisfactorily, but it was not of sufficient power, it was to be feared, for the largest class of vessels. MEERSCHAUM-WASHED PIPES—ARE THEY IN- JlTltious P—Sundry reports have been rife in different quarters, respecting the injurious effects resulting from the smoking of these coloured pipes. In consequence of these reports, the Lancet of this week gib the results of eight analyses of the colouring matter used to colour these pipes. In 1 10 instance was arsenic or any other injurious substance found, the colour in each case consisting of a coating of Viell lac dissolved in alcohol. The "Magic pipe," so called because it becomes coloured almost immediately when s moked, is washed over with a solution of nitrate of silver, Which is decomposed by the heat, the oxide of silver which colours the pipe being set free, sous as A hipped a ,ve taken , us naval Board of 'ard on U, Capt. a Satur- under T. dyed in her pre- I a very to the coa t the was to cer was assassi- inlander ibraltar on Fri °rough, nturion, United the 'Cu- le Rug , ize, but instrua► The id, has ably to G. W. ide the to. Ply of tits is to be Royal ception Lel fleet n, and sent to uth, s praise during vomen Hawk , gingers , essels • t, from 'mat in Sheer tion of Lient• ce, she when was steam ieveret veret's )rte 10 ins at by the been 7 ve at r anis) t •d, on ar the high AL SHARE MARKET.-(THIS DAY.) ORDINA :Y SHAKES AND STOCKS. I ' Closing Business Share (Paid. Railways. Price. Done. 12.10 Aniberg., Nottin g. Bost. and Eastern Junction 10 64 64 50 Belfast and Ballymena all 13.14 Bir., Wol., and S. tr. Val all 74 84 Stock Birk., Lane., and Chesh Junction lOO 66 68 25 Blackburn 25 IBlyth and Tyne all 29 31 Stock Ilristol and Exeter Stock ,Caledonian Stock ;Chester and Holyhead 50 ;Cork and Bandon all 20 ICork, 111krock,&Passage all 20 Cornwall 10 Do. A all 44 44 A rcves. no div. all until6p.c.per an. f 10 Do . 11 all hasbeen pd.toß. 50 Dublin and Belfast June. all 25 Dun.,Perth,& Abr.Junc. all 7 84 Stool-East Anglian lOO lf 174 Stock Eastern Counties lOO ,63 644 634 4 Stock Eastern Union A Stock 100 47 49 Stock Do. do. B Stock 100 31 33 324 25 Do.Nw.A.(lte.E.U3ds) 84 25 East Kent all 12 13 Stock East Lancashire lOO 93 97 96 4 20 East Suffolk all 10 Do Stock Edinburg and Glasgow 100 684 691 Stock Edin.,Perth, & Dundee. 100 28 1 281 10 Forth & Clyde Junction all Stock Furness Stock Glasgow & South Westn la, 93 95 10 Great. North of Scotland all 10 104 Stock Great Northern lOO 107 108 10 74 7 4 Stock Do. do. A Stock lOO 92 93 Stock Do. do. B Stock lOO 132 134 134 Stock Gt. South.& Wstn.(Treld), 100 104 i 1054 1044 StocklGreat Western Stock; Do.Str.Vl.Rail Gua.Stk lOO 55 57 12 !Trish South Eastern all 50 !Lancaster and Carlisle all 86 N 161 4I Do. Thirds 1613 4;Do. New Thirds l6 98 12 13 p StockiLancashire & Yorkshire 100 99 98 4 9 16 IDo. do. F £l6 6 4 d 9 I Do. do. £9 shares 7 * d 3 tDo. West Riding Union 4 20 I Do. Southport 11.6.3 London and Blackwall all 6 64 u 11.6.3 Do.Newiss.at £slosp.sh 44 Stock Lon.,Brihton &S.Coast 100 113 114 ll3 Stock London & North Westn 100 95 4 06 95 4 6 1 121 Do. Eighths Stock London& South-Westn lOO 95 4 964 96 25 L'derry & Coleraine 25 L'derry & Enniskillen all Stock Man., Shef., & Lincoln lOO 38 39 38 1 10 Metropolitan 3 d Stock Midland lOO 1014 102 1024 2 4 Stock Do. Birming. & Derby lOO 73 75 50 Mid. Gt. West. (Ireland) all 25 Do. i Shares all 100 ( New ca stle and Carlisle all 25 'New., Aber., & Herefd all 114 124 10 Newry & Armagh (def ) 9 20 Newry, Warpt., & os all Stock Norfolk lOO 65 6 7 50 North. Counties Union 34 34 3 d Stock North British lOO 58 684 Stock Nor.Dev.Rail.&Dk. Stk lOO Stock Do.A Stk.— Arec.no div until 6p.c.hasbeenpdß 100 Stock Do. B Stock lOO Stock North-Eastn.—Berwick 100 941 044 94 25 Do. do. G.N.E.Purchase 1613 4 1t 4 d 4 Stock Do. Leeds lOO 48 49 481 Stock Do. York lOO 764 774 7 7 6 1 Stock North London lOO 101 103 10 N. &S.Westn., Hampstd and City Junction £3 Is. .„,. 20 North Staffordshire 174 4 4 d 14 1 20 North-Western - 10 No. & Sou. W. Junction all 7 4 8 Stock Oxford, Wor.,& Wolver lOO 3 0 32 31 30 4 10 Peebles all 20 Portsmouth 10 Rhymney lO Stock Scottish Central lOO 111 113 Stock Scoth..N.E., Aber. Stock 100 284 284 Stock Do. Scottish Mid. Stock 100 84 86 Stock Shropshire Union lOO 46 47 10 Sittingbourne & Sheer all 4 2 d Stock South Devon ,100 36 i 37 4 37 Stock South-Eastern lOO 74t 75 75 } Stock South Wales 20 SouthYorks.&Kiv.Dun all 12 14 20 Do. do 20 Staires, Wok., & Wek all 9 11 25 Stockton & Darlington all 324 33 4 2.5 Do. do. 1854 224 —.-- 25 Do. do. 1855 7 Stockton & Hartlepool 164 Stock Taff Vale lOO Stock Do. Preference, No. 1 25 ThamesHavenDk&Rail 22 Stock Vale of Neath lOO 87 92 91 Stock Waterford & Kilkenny 100 50 Waterford & Limerick all 20 West Cornwall 10 W-end Lon. & Cry. Pal all 5 Do.A.—Arecv.nodiv.till 5 7 p.c. has been pd. to B all all 3 Do. 20 West London 10 Do. Ist Class all 20 Do. 2d Class - Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock PREFEREN Share] Railways. 25 Blythe and Tyne lt per c. pref..(issued at £5O) Stk Bris. & Exet.4p.ct.Stock 20 Do. do. do. Shares took Caledon £lO, 44 per cent 12.10 Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. Stock Chester & Holyhd, 54 pc Stock Do. do. 5 p. ct. 61 Cork & Bandon, 51 p. c c 4 Dun. Perth,& Aber.Jun StocklE.Angn. Class A 7 & spc Stock[Do. do. Class B 6 pc Stock[Do. do. Class C 7 pc Stock E. Coun. Ex. 5 pct. No.l Stock Do. do No.2 Stock Do. New 6 per ct. Stock Stock Eastern Union, 4 per ct. Stock East Lane. 6 per et 5 E.& W. York. Jcn. fifths Stock Edin.&Glas. spc shares Stock Edin. Perth,& Dim. 4 pc. Stock Furness, 5 per cent Stock Glal. & - S Weat.g a.spc Stock Great Northern, 5 p. et Stock. Do. 5 pc Redm.,lop.c.pm Stock'Do. 44 p. c. do. do. 100 [Do.sp.c. R edm.,s pc. pm 10 I Gt. .h. of Scotld, lst pf Stock' Gt. Sn.& W (Ireland) 4 ; p. ct. pref. Stock 50 [Great West. (Berks and Rants) Ext. 5 p.ct Do. Redeemable, 44 p ct. Do. Redeemable, 4 p. ct. Do. Irredeemable, do. . Do. sp. ot. edeem.Pref. Do. Birm. Pref. Shares [Gt. West. Ches. 8 p.c.pf. shares Do do. 5 p. ct. pref Do Birming. guar. stock Do. Chester guar.shares [Do. do. do Do. do. do. Lan. & York 6 p.c. stock Lon.& Brig.spc. gu. No.l Do. pref., 5 p. a. ...No. 2 Do. New gua., 6 p. et Do. do. 5 p. c. No. 4 Lon. & N. W.Cov. &Nun eaton, 5 p. ct. Lon.&S. W, 7 p.ct. stock, late 3d shares Londondy & Cole, 4 shs Londondy.& Ennis 4 sh & Lin., 6 p. ct Do. £6 Do. 31 per cent. Maryport & Cr.r., 4 p.c Do. 4 per cent. Stock Stock Stock Stock stock 26 13k 20 Stock) Stock Stock Stock; Stook' Stock; Stock] 12 12 Stock Stock Do. - Mid. Con. 6 p. c. Stock Do.Con.Bris.,&Bir.6p.ct • Do. 44 p. c. pref. stock Do. with option till 1860 Do. Leic. & Hit.pref. st. Newport,Aber,&c. pref.s p. c. redeem, at 5 p. C. pm Do. Perpet, 6 p. c. with option till 1866 Norfolk Deb. 4 p.c. sh area Do. 5 p. c. Ext. Stock,lB46 Do. 54 p. c. Pref. do. 1847 Do. Way.Val.Ex.Sk 1847 North British, 5 per cent Do. New, gua. 5 per cent Nth.Dev.R att.& Drk.Co. N-East. irred. 4 p.c. Deb. Do. Berwick, 4 p. c. Pref. Do. do. do. Do. Leeds, 6 p. c. No. 1. Do. do. Quarters, 1846 80. York, H. & S. Purch. North Staffordshire • . Ox. Wr. & Wol. 6 pc. lA . ,g Do. do. do., 2d gua. : Do. 44 p.c. Db.stk.in perp Scottish Central, new pt c Scottish N.-Eastern deb c Do. 3a per c. pref. stock Do.Aberdeen.gua.6 pe. c Do. 7p. c. pref. stock. South Devon. Ann. 10s. Do. Fixed 44 per cent. i. South Eastern (Reading Ann., 1 0 6 ) Stock Do .44 per cent tock Do. Fix 4 p.c. Ist is Stock Do. New ed d 0 .4 ,2d issue Stock South Wales, gua. 4 p.c. Stock Do. 44 per Cent 20 S.-Yerkshire, 4 p.c. gua. 25) Stockton and Dar. 5 p.e. 25 , Do. 6 per cent StockiWaterford Sz Kilkenny, 6 per cent. - 12i I I Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stcck Stock Stock Stook Stock Stock 1.0.6. LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Railways. 1 Leasing Closing Businesi Paid. co.'s. Price. Pone. , ) Bedford and Bletchley all ILn & N.W - Buckinghamshire .... 100 Ln & N.W 99 .100 Clydesdale Junction.. 100 Caledonia 10 4 106 Colchester, Stour Val. all E.U.&E C 17 19 E.Lincolnshire,g.6p.e. 100 Gt. North. 143 145 E Union,HarwichSba. all E.Counta. 4 44 Do. Woodbridge . 100 - Gls.Barr.&Neile,Drcl. 100 Caledonia Do. New lOO Dm .... Gloster& Dean Forest all Gt. West. Hartlpool.Dck.&Rail. all Yk.N.kßr Hull and Selby Do. Shares all D 0....... -- - I Do. Shares all Dm ...... London&Greenwich 1 6 17 5 41 6 22 74 4 Do. Preference Lon.,Tilby.&Soutend lOO Peto &Co. 94 96 Do. Barking . Shares all Do. — Lowestoft, gua. 4p. et lOO Norfolk ~ Do. 6 per cent lOO Do. — - Manc.,Buxtn. & Matk all LN W Pat 24 11 Mid sb. & Redcr, g.6p.e. all Stk.& Dar - Mid.BradfordPrt. Stk. 100 Midland . 99 161 Newmarkt BurvE Pin guaranteed 5 ' 9 -p. c. 5. '' 5 6 E.Counts. I I F Northn.& Eastn. 5 p.c. all Do. 5B 60 58 Do. do. 6 per cent. . all Do. — Do. Fixed 5 per ce n t . t. all Do. — Preston and Wyre. 1 all L&N W 1 & L.Yk. Do. 4 Shares A. all Do — _ Rovetn,Hiteh.,& Shep 100 IGt.North 142 144 Shr.Roth.&Gol.g.sp.c. 18 11 &Lam& Yk Shrawabry& Hereford all T Brassey 91 91 South Staffordshire .. all M'Cl ean . 104 104 104 Wear Valley, g. 6p. c. all Stk.& Dar W rio nte and Somerset.. do all D° 100 Gt . West. 92 94 Whnbledon& Croydn. all L.&Brgtn 8 9 Share Docks. DOCKS. I Paid Stock Commercial Stock Do4perCent.Pref.Min Sock East and West India Closing 'twines" Price. Docks. Stoek London lOO ) Stock St. Katharine lOO Stock Southampton lOO Stock Victoria lOO 101 103 20 DONeWlets.••su.... ' 18 k P ;, Closing Business Paid. Price. Done. 49 51 96 98 1103 105 6 64 100 103 115 120 109 112 115 117 113 115 131 133 84 86 72i 73i 113 115 1122 124 1113 115 105 107 1 Cr 4 4313 1 101 111 all 1 100 6 100 100 100 100 all 95 97 86 £8 87 89 99 101 9i 10 16i 17f 10 10 72 74 18 19 9 9 131 14tf 143 145 120 122 163 168 21 123 68i 1P 72 142 144 104 106 9tisi 97 P 91 114 11! 8 10 109 111 99 100 i Os p 100 100 100 100 100 id fp 241 L2l 123 LOS 107 101 103 101 11 241 25 103 105 103 105 284 29 33 34 40 45 1312] THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 20, 1858. Vni-fPIGN Closing Busin.ss Share Railways. I Paid. Price. I Done. [Antwerp & Rotterdam) Ardennes Bah. &S.Fran.,Lim.7p.c IBelgian East. Junction Beziers to Graissessac. ICarmeaux Mine & Rail Dutch Rhen*h ;Eastern of France 5} 51 * d pi& 1 ! gld 27 28 —P Euphrates- Valley - Great Central of France Gt. Luxem., Con. 8116 Italian Junction Lake Constance & Bak Lierre and Turnhout Lombardo 'Venetian Lucca & Pis toj a, 5 p.c.pf Lyons and Genera Maria Antonia Do. do. New Namur and Liege Do. do. 6 p. c. Pref. Northern of France Do. New Shares Norwegian Trunk Pref Ottoman, gua. 6 per cent, Paris,Lyons, and Medit. Paris and Orleans Recife& S. Fran. (Fern.) gua. 7p. et. (Lim.) Riga and Dunaburg Rome and Frascati Royal Danish • Royal Swedish Do. 7 per cent. Pref. Sambre and Meuse. Do. 5i per cent. Pref. Southern of France West Flanders Do. 54 p. c. Preforence W. & N.W. of France Western of Austria Western of Switzerland Wiesbaden Do 8 per cent. Pref Zealand - 7} 71 3} 3 i P - - 241 25 9} 9/ 214 - 22 40 40 - - P 8 4 9 i 3 1 .1 35 i 35 1 55 36 id ip 7k 8j 9} ~ 23 23 51 6 9 91 23 24 BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Share, Closing Business Railways. Paid. Price.: Dole. Atlantic & St Lawrence', Leased at 6 per cent..! Bom.,BarodatttCent.lnd, all 9 all Id par gu. 5 per cent Do Do. Addit. Capital Al Do. Do. Buffalo and Lake Huron 204 204 LOO t ...... 44 all 161 100 100 100 1. 3. 0. I d part id par i 6 4 15 . 14 d Do. New 1 Buralo,Brant&Godrich l p. Ct. Ws. 1 Aug., 1872 Do. do. 1 July, 1873 Do. do. 1 June, 1874 Cicutta.&S.Eastrn.Lim. 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 73 82 75 78 73 76 28.6 d, 2 all 5 100 all lip 174 20 Stock, 1 eSi 169 1 1 IiPI Do. Jubbillpore Do.4i p.c. lids. pay.'s9 G eelong& Mel.lnia.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. India Pen in. gua. sp. c Do. New, gua.s per cent Do. do Gt. S.of Ind. Lim.—Scrip guaranteed 5 per cent. Gt.W. of Canada Shares Do. New all all ) 100 1 00 all 100 all 171 18i Sto. Stock 100 100 36 38 78 79 92 94 21 1 21 1 IP par ip 10 17 4 31d 106 108 20 1 M 100 I Do. Bonds pay. '76,with €pt. till '6O Do. do. '73 till '6O Do. do. '%3 without opt. Do. 5.} p. c. do. '77 do Madras, guar., 4f p. c Do. do. 5 per cent Do. 41 p. c. Extension Do. Third Ex. gua.s.p.c Do. Fourth do. Melb. Corp. 6 p.c. Bonds, Newßrun swick&Canda. Ry.d:Land(Lim.)g.6pcl Class ACapitl.share Do. do. Land do Do. do. B. Capital do Do. do. Land do INorthof India Tramroul, Limited, Scrip Oude (Limited) Scinde Do. Do. New Do. Punjaub Do. Indus. St. Flo. bt,:;" St. Andrews & Quebec A Trinidad(Limited) Scrip THIS LAY'S MARKETS. LAW INTELLIGENCE.-( THIS DAY.) COURT OF CHANCERY. (Before the Lord Chancellor.) APPEAL-SCOTT V. THE MAYOR, &C., OF LIVERPOOL.- JUDGMENT. They Lord Chancellor—affirming the decision of Vice- Chancellor Sir John Stuart—was of opinion that the clause in the contract—to submit and refer all matters in difference as to the value of plant or work to be taken by the Corpo ration to the engineer of the works as arbiter—was a good and valid agreement, and his decision was binding on both parties ; and that the plaintiff was excluded from applying to a court of equity in law as a separate tribunal to adjudi cate upon his claims. _ _ _ His lordship dismissed the appeal with costs. The effect of this decision will be to entitle the Corpora tion of Liverpool to take plant and work performed at the engineer's valuation. ROLLS COURT. (Before the Master of the Rolls, Sir John Romilly.) MAYNARD V. WRIGHT. This was a question on the construction of the will of the late Charles Henry Maynard. After directing payment of all his debts he gave certain bequests and legacies to his wife, to be paid out of his personal estate. He directed his executors to invest his money in stock, and divide the dividends between his wife and children : after his wife's death, to be divided among his three sons and three daughters, or their children, or such of them as shall leave issue, the survivor to take the share of the predecessor and the children to take the share of their parents. The testator made a distinction between his children and the issue of the children who were ultimately to succeed. The respondent contended that the ultimate destination to the issue of the grandchildren or great grand children of the testator could not be distinctly ascertained, and the will was void from uncertainty. His Honour considered, on the authority of decisions in similar cases, that where classes were referred to in the will the destination is clearly good. He made a declaration in support of tile will. Costs to be paid out of the estate. CORN EXCHANGE. Most of the country markets held on Saturday were but moderately supplied with wheat. For all kinds the inquiry ruled very inactive ; nevertheless, scarcely any change took place in prices. The barley trade was rather heavy, on easier terms. In all other produce the transactions were limited. Throughout the Continent wheat has ruled heavy, and previous rates have been with difficulty supported. In the United States more firmness has been apparent both for wheat and flour. The arrivals of English produce into the Port of London last week were moderate. The imports were less extensive, viz., 8,070 qrs. of wheat, 12,196 of barley, 17,964 of oats, 37 beans, 1,470 peas, 3:50 tare; 8,775 linseed, 2,110 rape seed, 130 mustard seed, 5 sundry seeds, 1,054 sacks and 5 barrels of flour. Fresh up to-day, coastwise, the arrivals of English wheat were only moderate, and the receipts by land-carriage were trifling, although the show of samples was rather limited, we experienced a slow sale for most kinds of wheat of home produce. However, compared with Monday last, no change took place in the quotations. The general condition of the samples was tolerably good. There was a large supply of foreign wheat on offer. Fine dry samples were held at full quotations, but the demand for them was inactive. Low and damp parcels ruled heavy, at next to nominal currencies. In floating cargoes of grain very little was passing. We were fairly supplied with barley, and all kinds were very dull. Prices had a drooping tendency. Malt was very dull, and is to 2s per qr. cheaper. The show of oats was tolerably good, and the oat trade ruled heavy, at the late decline in value. Beans and peas were heavy, but not cheaper. In flour only a moderate business was transacted, at last week's prices. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. Wheat—Essex and Kent, red, new 37s to 435 Ditto, old ---8 --8 Ditto, white, new 4os 48 $ Ditto, old —B - - 5 Norfolk and Lincoln, red, old 36s 44s Ditto, new ns 44s 32s 36s 24s 30s 36s - s Rye—Old New Barley—Grinding...., .atalting; ._ Chevalier, 37a Malt—Stift& and Norfolk s4s Brown s2s Kingston and Ware s6s Chevalier • • 6BB Oats—Yorkshire and Liucolnsh., Feeding 2ls Potato 27s Youghal and Cork, black ... 22s Cork, white 24s Scotch, Feeding 24s Beans—Tick 141 1081 11 364 7 92i i 211 Pigeons 37s Peas—Grey Maple White Boilers Flour—Town-made Suffolk 3OB Stockton and Norfolk. 248 . IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WEEK. From. Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. Oorto Rotterdam Antwerp Medemblik Harlingen. Ostend - Bremen .. 2.. Boulogne. „ ..... • . Calais 4 3dl I Total 555 3,756 161 9 61 METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. The total imports of foreign stock into London last week were 5,734 head. In the corresponding week in 1857 we received 1,986 ; in 1856, 1,896 ; in 1855, 4,326 ; in 1854, 2,828 ; in 1853, 5,165; in 1852, 2,711; and in 1851, head. 106 108 105 107 1 991 87 1 " 81 201 20i id I d par p par p 2 lid `"''' • • •.-• 1 2lf 2 2 p iP d P f p par f p par fp 42 • • ---•-: 7.. 42 The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as follows : Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. 1857 3lB .. 1,473 .. • . 195 .. -- 1856 405 .. 1,193 .. .. 285 .. 12 1855 783 .. 3,522 . • .. 21 . , --- 1854 1,076 .. 1,588 .. -rt.- . . 155 .. 9 ,853 876 .. 4,053 .. .. 226 .. 5 There was a moderate supply of foreign stock on offer here this morning, in fair average condition. Considering that the great market was held on Monday last, the supply of home-fed beasts on sale was rather ex tensive, and the general quality of the stock was prime. The attendance of buyers was rather limited, and all breeds of beasts moved off heavily, at a decline in the quotations realised on this day se'nnight of about 4d per Sibs—the ex treme value of the best Scots being 4s 10d per 81bs. About 1,400 beasts came to hand from Lincolnshire and the midland counties, 300 from Norfolk, 700 from other parts of England, 70 from Scotland, and 300 from Ireland. There was a large supply of sheep in the market for the time of year, and their condition and quality were good. For all breeds we experienced a slow sale, and prices had a drooping tendency. The best old Downs realised 6s per 81bs. Prime small calves moved off slowly, on former terms, but inferior descriptions of veal were very dull, at Thurs day's decline in the quotations. _ _ _ Pigs were in moderate supply, and sluggish request, at last week's currency. Per 81bs. to sink the offal. 8. d. a. d. Primeers-vrooldo4 44 .6 Pwe. S'thdowndo. 4 8 5 0 La: ge crse. calves 3 4 4 2 Prime small do 4 4 5 0 Large hogs 2 13 3 4 Small porkers ; and quarter-old store pigs, s. d. s. d. Crse. Sc inf. beasts 3 2 3 6 Second qualitydo. 3 8 4 8 Prime large oxen 4 2 4 6 Prime Scots, &c. 4 8 4 10 Crse. & inf. sheep 3 4 3 8 Second quality do. 3 10 4 4 Suckling calves, 17s to 20s 17s to 21s. TOTAL SUPPLY. FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts 3,260 • Beasts.. Sheep 16,750 Sheep Calves Pigs 3BO IPigs A statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of fat stock exhibited and sold in the Great Metropolitan Cattle Market, on Monday, Dec. 21, 1857, and this day, Monday, Dee. 20, 1858. Per 81b*, to sink the offals. Dec. 21, 1857. Dec.2o, 1858. s d. s. d. s. d. s. d. Coarse and inferior beasts • , 3 4to 3 63 2to 3 6 Second quality ditto 3 8 4 0 3 8 4 0 Prime large oxen 4 2 4 4 4 2 4 6 Prime Scots, &c. .• . •4 6 4 8,4 8 41 0 Coarse and inferior s h eep 3 2 3 83 4 3 8 Second quality ditto 310 4 03 10 4 4 Prime coarse-woolled ditto : Prime Southdown ditto • 5 0 5 4j4 8 5 0 • Lambs Large coarse calves • 310 4 6,3 8 4 2 Prime small ditt o . . 4 8 5 04 4 5 0 . • • • Large hogs 4 0 4 612 10 3 4 • Neat small porkers • . 4 8 5 2 , 3 6 4 2 • Beasts . . 2,350 3,260 Sheep and lamb s , 11,450 16,750 Calves , 56 193 Picts .. . . 140 380 SUPPLIES ON SALE, Dec. 22, • 1856.---Beasts, 1,587 ; sheep and lambs, 9,040; ca l ves 81; pigs, 230. Dec. 24, 1855.—Bea s t s, 1,158'; sheep and lambs, 5 ,750 ; calves, 4 ; pigs, 150. NEWGATE AND. LEADENIIALL. Although very lar ge supplies of meat are on sale here for Christmas consumption, an most kinds at extreme qu o t at i ons. extensive business is doi n g in Per 81b5. by the Carcass. s. d. a. d. Inferior Beef 3 4to 3 6 Mid. d 0..... 3 Bto 4 0 Pm.larce do. 4 2to 4 4 Do. small do. 4 6to 4 8 Large pork.. 3 oto 3 8 Infr. Mutton. Mid. do .. • • Prime do. .. s. d. 3 4 to 3 8 3 10 to 4 4 4 6 to 4 8 3 8 to 4 8 3 19 to 4 4 Veal Small pork BOROUGH HOP. The show of most kinds of hops has become less exten sive. For good and useful qualities the demand continue s steady, at full quotations ; b ut all other k i n d s are a dull inquiry, at barely late rates. The imports last week were only eight bales. Mid and East Kent Pockets ..70s to 120 s per cwt. Weald of Kent do s2s to 688 Sussex do sos to 62s ~ SEEDS. A moderate business has been transacted in linseed at about last week's quotatioa s . R ape an d oil seeds have been in request at very full quotations. In other seeds no quot able change has taken place. Cakes have changed hands to a fair extent at late rates. T urn ip,White,p.bus. l 2s t o u s Swede • 1 6 ,1 is , Mustard, Brown 108 'l 3 : White, new... • 12s 16, Tr.res,Winier,new 14 sOd 1680 d Old —s Canary, per quarter 72s 7 g , Bye grass, new 228 Cl ov er, Red Eng., et. 508 6 RB White Foreign Red 4Bs 56 g White 56s 6g, Trefoil, new. 2 os 22$ Carraway Coriander l2B 14s Hemp Seed, per qr 38s 42s Linseed,Eng.sowing 68s 708 Crushing Baltic -8 —s Odessa Linseed Cake, p. ton English 9 10s 10 108 Foreign, p ton 9 2s. 641 10 15s Rape Cakes,p. ton 510 s 6 103 Rapeseed, p. qr Cs 68s TALLOW. demand for tallow has become Since our last report the less active, and pricsm have had a drooping tendency. To day P.Y.C. on the spot is selling at 50s 6d to 50s 9d per cwt. Town tallow, ols nett cash. Rough fat, 2s 91d per 81bs. 32,705 Cris 6d to —s Od 1,617 47,179 1,464 43,884 65s 6d 1855. Stock this day.... price of Y.C. Delivery last week Ditto from June 1 Arrivals last week Ditto from June 1 Price of Town .... 1856. I 1857. 19,679 1 17,464 1 33,473 68s 0d to 58s 3d to 528 6d to Od —s Od —s Od 1,507 2,336 2,848 70,246 74,414 63,580 2,015 1,224 1,107 48,210 74,898 83,947 678 Od 608 3d 55s 9d 33,448 52s 6d 50s 9d 2,366 62,924 2,550 84,805 53s 6d BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. Since Monday last the arrivals of potatoes, coastwise and by land carriage, have been seasonably good, and in fair average condition. The imports have amounted to 250 tons from Dunkirk, 371 from Rouen, 213 from Calais, 74 from Ternenzen, 40 from Hambro', and 284 from Antwerp. A fair average business is doing in most kinds, as follows —York Regents, 80s to 1008 per ton ; Lincoln's, 80s to sq. ; Essex and Kent; 70s to 80s; foreign whites, 46s to 50 8 ; do. reds, 45s to 70s WOOL MARKET. There is very little inquiry for either foreign or colonial wool, nevertheless prices of all kinds are well supportfd. Owing to the high rates demanded by holders, English wool is very dull. 1.31 t week's importations amounted to 42 bales from Constantinople, 33frow eibraitar, 1,104 from Sydney, and 133 im itetrabro' EVANS V. ANGELL. The testator by his will bequeathed all his lands, copy hold, leasehold, freehold, and messuages in Crous, in the county of Surrey, with their " pertinents ;" and the ques tion raised was whether the word "pertinents" included other lands belonging to the testator in the adjoining parish of Lissford and other parishes. His Honour the Master of the Rolls was of opinion that the lands in Lissford and other parishes belonging to the testator did not pass and were not included under the word " pertinents "in the testator's will. His Honour doclared that the demise of the lands in question must be confined to the testator's lands in the parish of Crous, and did not extend to his lands in other parishes. SHERIFFS' COURT. (Before Mr. Prendergast, Q.C.) HOMEOPATHY AT A DISCOUNT.-CANTON V. HUSTLER. Plaintiff is a lithographic printer, and defendant is the proprietor of Bradley's Food for Poultry. The action was brought to recover VO for 100 show cards. Plaintiff said ho had the order from a traveller, named Cooper, who received it from a Mr. Kimber at defendant's office. Cooper had been subposned but did not appear. Mr. Beard, for defendant, said that his client was not liable. Kimber had given the order. The goods might have been delivered, but in the absence of Cooper and Kimber it was impossible to say under what circumstancos the order was given. His Honour—What is the matter with Cooper? Mr. Beard—He writes from Peckham and says he had been confined to his bed, and as there is no homoeopathic doctor at Peckham, he has been doctoring himself. (Laughter.) His Honour thought as soon as the fact was known Peckham would be inundated. Plaintiff.—Mr. Hustler promised to pay £lO. Mr. Beard—Defendant denies that, and, besides, if your Honour wishes to do justice to these parties, you will ad journ the case for Cooper's evidence. His Honour—We ought to have Cooper, and you may have an adjournment. TAXING A DOCTOR'S BILL.--HALL V. BROOKS. This was an action to recover a doctor's bill, which, upon being handed up, his Honour said, " was a heavy one indeed." _ _ _ Defendant—lt was a great deal more than that, only we had Mr. Lawrence down and he taxed off nearly half. His Honour—lt's very fine running up a heavy doctor's bill, and then getting one of the first surgeons in Europe to tax it. That costs something. Ultimately, an order was made at 10s. per week. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.) MARLBOROUGH-STREET. ROBBERY AT MESSRS. HOOPER'S COACH FACTORY.— Horace Gallop, of Townsend-cottages, St. John's-wood, a coach carver, formerly in the employ of Messrs. Hooper, the well known coach makers, of Little Windmill-street, was charged with stealing a bag of horse hair and a quan- tity of workmen's tools. From the evidence of John Packhouse Lake, foreman of the factory, ft appeared that his attention was called by a person who heard the door of the factory shut at an unusual hour. On approaching the factory he saw the prisoner and a person in conversation, and as soon as the former saw him approach he started off. On examining the door of the, factory he found that it had been forced appa rently from the inside, and as he had fastened up the factory when he left he had no doubt the prisoner must have been concealed therein at the time. The horse hair produced had been taken from a carriage cushion, and on examining the factory he found a quantity of tools belong ing to the workmen missing. Jay, the detective officer, who had charge of the case, said he found the bag of horse hair at the prisoner's lodg ings, Townsend-cottages, St. John's-wood, but at first he could not tell the extent of the robbery. Thomas Reed, a workman employed at the factory, and liv ing next door to the factory, deposed to seeing the prisoner outside the factory at the time in question with some of the tools in his possession. On saying to the prisoner, " That the mystery was found out, that they had lost a quantity of tools, and that different persons had been accused and some discharged," the prisoner said, " I'm done," and asked him to let him take them back, and on his sending for the fore man he ran away. A workman, named Bolt, 'having identified some of the tools as his property, and Jay having detailed the circum stances of the prisoner's apprehension, the prisoner was remanded. AMERICA. THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE. LIVERPOOL, SUNDAY. The Royal Mail steam-ship Africa, Captain Shannon, arrived in the Mersey a little before eight this morning, having sailed from New York on the Bth inst. She brings 66 passengers and 187,000 dols. in specie. The Africa was off Point Lynas at half-past ten last night, but waited outside for water. Congress met on the Gth inst., and, having been duly organised, the President's Message was handed in as follows : THE MESSAGE. " Fellow-Citizens of the Senate and Houso of Representatives. _ _ " When we compare the condition of the coun- try at the present day with what it was one year ago at the meeting of Congress, we have much rea son for gratitude to that Almighty Providence which has never failed to interpose for our relief at the most critical period of our history. One year ago, the sectional strife between the North and the South, on the dangerous subject of slavery, had again become so intense as to threaten the peace and perpetuity of the confederacy. The applica tion for the admission of Kansas as a state into the Union fostered this unhappy agitation, and brought the whole subject once more before Congress. It was the desire of every patriot that such measures of legislation might be adopted as would remove the excitement from the states, and confine it to the territory where it legitimately belonged. Much has been done, I am happy to say, towards the accomplishment of this object during the last session of Congress.. THE KANSAS QUESTION. • "The Supreme Court of the United States had previously decided that all American citizens have an equal right to take into the territories whatever is held as property under the laws of any of the states, and to hold such property there under the guardianship of the federal constitution, so long as the territorial condition shall remain. " This is now a well-established position, and the proceedings of the last session were alone wanting to give it practical effect. The principle has been recognised, in some form or other, by an almost unanimous vote of both houses of Congress, that a territory has a right to come into the Union either as a free or a slave state, according to the will of a majority of its people. The just equality of all the states has thus been vindicated, and a fruitful source of dangerous dissension among them has been removed. " Whilst such has been the beneficial tendency of your legislative proceedings outside of Kansas, their influence has been nowhere so happy as within that territory itself. Left to manage and control its own affairs in its own way, without the pressure of external influence, the revolutionary Topeka organisation, and all resistance to the territorial government established by Congress, have been finally abandoned. As a natural consequence, that fine territory now appears to be tranquil and pro sperous, and is attracting increasing thousands of immigrants to make it their happy home. " The past unfortunate experience of Kansas has enforced the lesson so often already taught, that resistance to lawful authority, under our form of government, cannot fail in the end to prove disas trous to its authors. Had the people of the terri tory yielded obedience to the laws enacted by their legislature it would at the present moment have contained a large additional population of indus trious and enterpising citizens, who have been deterred from entering its borders by the existence of civil strife and organised rebellion. " It was the resistance to rightful authority, and the persevering attempts to establish a revolu- tionary government under the Topeka constitution, which caused the people of Kansas to commit the grave error of refusing to vote for delegates to the convention to frame a constitution under a law not denied to be fair and just in its provisions. This refusal to vote has been the prolific source of all the evils which have followed. In their hostility to the territorial government they disregarded the prin ciple, absolutely essential to the working ,of our form of government, that a majority of those who vote—not the majority who remain at home, from whatever cause—must decide the result of an elec- tion. For this reason, seeking to take advantage of their own error, they denied the authority of the convention thus elected to frame a constitution. I e " The convention, notwithstanding, proceeded to adopt a constitution unexceptionable in its general features, and providing for the submission of the slavery question to a vote of the people, which, in my opinion,they were bound to do under the Kansas and Nebraska. Act. This was the all-important question which had alone convulsed the territory, and yet the opponents of the lawful government, per sisting in their first error, refrained from exercising their right to vtoc, and preferred that slavery should continue rather than surrender their revolu tionary Topeka organisation. " A • wiser and better spirit seemed to prevail before the first Monday of January last, when an election was held under the constitution. A ma- jority of the people then voted for a governor and other state officers, for a member of Congress and members of the state legislature. This election was warmly contested by the two political parties in Kansas, and a greater vote was polled than at any previous election. A large majority of the mem bers of the legislature elect belonged to that party which had previously refused to vote. T.he anti slavery party were thus placed in the ascendant, and the political power of the state was in their own hands. Had Congress admitted Kansas into the Union under the Lecompton constitution, the legislature might, at its very first session, have submitted the question to a vote of the people, whether they would or would not have a conven tion to amend their constitution, either on the slavery or any other question, and have adopted all necessary means for giving speedy effect to the will of the majority. Thus the Kansas question would have been immediately and finally settled. " Under these circumstances I submit to Congress the constitution thus framed, with all the officers already elected necessary to put the state govern ment into operation, accompanied by a strong le- commendation in favour of the admission of Kansas as a state. In the course of my long public life I have never performed any official act which, in the retrospect, has afforded me more heartfelt satisfac tion. Its admission could have inflicted no possible injury on any human being, whilst it would, within a brief period, have restored peace to Kansas and harmony to the Union. In that event the slavery question would ere this have been finally settled, according to the legally expressed will of a ma jority of the voters, and popular sovereignty would thus • have been vindicated in a constitutional manner. "With my deep convictions of duty I could have pursued no other course. It is true that as an in dividual I had expressed an opinion, both before and during the session ofthe convention, in favour of submitting the remaining clauses of the consti tution, as well as that concerning slavery, to the people. But acting in an official character, neither myself nor any human authority had a power to rejudge the proceedings of the convention, and declare the constitution which it had framed to be a nullity. To have done this would have been a violation of the Kansas and Nebraska Act, which left the people of the territory ' perfectly free to form and regulate their domestic institutions in their own way, subject only to the constitution of the United States.' It would equally have violated the great principle of popular sovereignty, tke foundation of our institutions, to deprive the people of the power, and if they thought proper to exercise it, of confiding to delegates elected by themselves the trust of framing a constitution without requiring them to subject their constituents to the trouble, expense, and delay of a second election. It would have been in opposition to many precedents in our history, commexciug in the very best age of the republic, of the admission of territories as states into the Union without a vote of the people approv ing the constitution. " It is to be lamented that a question so insigni ficant when Tiewed in its practical effects °II the people of Kansas, whether decided one way or the other, should have kindled such a flame of excite ment throughout the country. This reflection may prove to be a lesson of wisdom and of warning for our future guidance. Practically considered, the question is simply whether the people of that territory should first come into the Union and then change any provision in their constitution not agreeable to themselves, or aecomplish the very same object by remaining out of the Union and framing another constitution according to their will ? In either case the result would be precisely the same. The only difference in point of fact is, that the object would have been much sooner attained, and the pacification of Kansas more speedily effected, had it been admitted as a state during the last session of Congress. "My recommendation, however, for the imme diate admission of Kansas failed to meet the appro bation of Congress. They deemed it wiser to adopt a different measure for the settlement of the question. For my own part I should have been willing to yield my assent to almost any constitu tional measure to accomplish this object. I there fore cordially acquiesced in what has been called the English Compromise, and approved the Act for the admission of the State of Kansas into the Union,' upon the terms therein prescribed. " Under the ordinance which accompanied the Lecompton constitution the people of Kansas had claimed double the quantity of public lands for the support of common schools which had ever been previously granted to any state upon entering the Union ; and also the alternate sections of land for twelve miles on each side of two railroads proposed to be constructed from the northern to the southern boundary, and from the eastern to the western boundary of the state. Congress, deeming these claims unreasonable, provided, by the act of May 4, 1858, to which I have just referred, for the ad mission of the state on an equal footing with the original states, but upon the fwidamental condi tion precedent' that a majority of the people thereof, at an election to be held for that purpose, should, in place of the very large grants of public lands which they had demanded under the ordinance, accept such grants as had been made to Minnesota . and other new states. Under this act, should a majority accept the proposition offered them, it should be deemed and held that the people of Kansas do not desire admission into the Union with said constitution under the conditions set forth in said proposition.' In that event the act authorises the people of the territory to elect delegates to form a constitution and a state govern ment for themselves, whenever, and not before, it is ascertained by a census, duly and legally taken, that the population of said territory equals or ex ceeds the ratio of representation required for a member of the House of Representatives of the Congress of the United States.' The delegates thus assembled shall first determine by a vote whether it is the -wish of the people of the proposed state to be admitted into the Union at that time, and if so, shall proceed to form a constitution, and take all necessary steps for the establishment of a state government in conformity with the federal consti tution.' After this constitution shall have been formed, Congress, carrying out the principles of popular sovereignty and non-intervention, have left the mode and manner of its approval or ratifi cation by. the people of the proposed state' to be prescribed by law,' and they 'shall then be ad mitted into the Union as a state under such consti tution, thus fairly and legally made, with or with out slavery, as said constitution may prescribe.' "An election was held throughout Kansas, in pursuance of the provisions of this act, on the 2d day of August last, and it resulted in the rejection, by a large majority, of the proposition submitted to the people by Congress. This being the case they are now authorised to form another constitu lion, preparatory to admission into the Union, but not until their number, as ascertained by a census, shall equal or exceed the ratio required to elect a member to the House of Representatives. " It is not probable, in the present state of the case, that a third constitution can be lawfully . framed and presented to Congress by Kansas, be fore its population shall have reached the de signated number. Nor is it to be presumed that, after their sad experience in resisting the territo rial laws, they will attempt do adopt the constitu tion in express violation of the provision of an act of Congress. During the session of 1856, much of the time of Congress was occupied on the question of admitting Kansas under the Topeka constitution. Again, nearly the whole of the last session was devoted to the question of its admission under the Lecompton constitution. Surely it is not unrea sonable to require the people of Kansas to wt. before making a third attempt, until the number of their inhabitants shall amount to 93,420. During this brief period, the harmony of the states, as well as the great business interests of the country, de mand that the people of the Union shall not for a third time be convulsed by another agitation on the Kansas question. By waiting for a short time, and acting in obedience to law, Kansas will glide into the Union without, the slightest impediment. THE TERRITORIES AND NEW STATES. " This excellent provision, which Congress has applied to Kansas, ought to be extended and ren dered applicable to all territories which may here after seek admission into the Union. " Whilst Congress possesses the undoubtedpower of admitting a new state into the Union, however small may be the number of its inhabitants, yet this power ought not, in my opinion, to be exercised before the population shall amount to the ratio re quired by the act for the admission of Kansas . Had this been previously the rule, the country would have escaped all the evils and misfortunes to which it has been exposed by the Kansas ques tion. " Of course, it would be unjust to give this rule a retrospective application, and exclude a state which, acting upon the past practice of the govern ment, has already formed its constitution, elected its legislature and other officers, and is now pre pared to enter the Union. " The rule ought to be adopted, whether we con sider its bearing on the people of the territories or upon the people of the existing states. Many of the serious dissensions which have prevailed in Congress and throughout the country would have been avoided, had this rule been established at an earlier period of the government. • " Immediately upon the formation of a new ter ritory, people from differentstates and from foreign countries rush into it, for the laudable purpose of improving their condition. Their first duty to themselves is to open and cultivate farms, to con struct roads, to establish schools, to erect places of religious worship, and to devote their energies generally to reclaim the wilderness and to lay the foundations of a flourishing and prosperous com monwealth. If, in this incipient condition, with a population of a few thousands, they should prema turely enter the Union, they are oppressed by the burden of state taxation, and the means necessary for the improvement of the territory and the ad vancement of their own interests are thus diverted to very different purposes. " The federal government has ever been a liberal parent to the territories, and a generous contributor to the useful enterprises of the early settlers. It has paid the expenses of their governments and legislative assemblies out of the common treasury, and thus relieved them from a heavy charge. Under these circumstances nothing can be better calcu lated to retard their material progress than to divert them from their useful employment by maturely exciting angry political contests among themselves,prematurely g for the benefit of aspiring leaders. It is surely no hardship for embryo governors, senaibrs, and mem bers of Congress to wait until the number of inha bitants shall equal those of a single congressional district. They surely ought not to be permitted to rush into the Union with a population less than one half of several of the large counties in the interior of some of the states. This was the condition of Kansas when it made application to be admitted under the Topeka constitution. Besides, it re quires some time to render the mass of a popula tion collected in a new territory at all homo geneous, and to unite them on anything like a fixed policy. Establish the rule and all will look for ward to it, and goverm themselves accordingly. " But justice to the people of the several states requires that this rule should be established by Congress. Each state is entitled to two senators and at least one r epresentative in Congress. Should the people of the states fail to elect a Vice-Presi dent, the power devolves upon the Senate to select this officer froin the two highest candidates on the list. In case of the death of :the President, the Vice-President thus elected by the Senate becomes President of the United States. On all questions of legislation, the senators of the smaller states of the Union have an equal vote with those from the largest. The same may be said in regard to the BRITISH MINES. Shiirel Mines. Paid. \ Closing lineman Price. Done. Alfred Consols (Philack) 2.11.10 8 9 20 B ritish Iron Condurrow (Camborne) 2O 50 60 10 Devon G. Cons. (Tavist ) 1 450 460 441 East Bassett (Illogan) 3O 150 160 Great South Tolgus... 17s 13 14 G. Wheal Alfd.(Phillack) 11.14.11 21 3 G. Wheal Vor(Helston) 84 4 Lady Bertha North Frances (Illogan) 81 7 8 North Wheal Crofty 7.9.4 3 4 N.Wh'l Basset (Illog,an) nil. 71 11 Par Consols (St. Blascy) 11 16 17 Porkellis Unit. (Wend.) 9 Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. 68 —• SouthCaradon (St.Cleer) 2; 405 415 South C. Brea( Illogan). 2 2; 3 S. Wheal Fran. (Illog-an) 18.18.9 248 250 6 Tamar Silver and Lead Mining Co 4; ; 1 10 Tin Croft 9 31 3; UnitedMines(Gwennap) 40 - Vale of Towcy (Carm ) 12s Gd West Basset (Illogan) ll 22 23 W. Cavadon (Liskeard) 2O 130 140 Wheal Basset (Ille: - ran) 5l 210 220 216 Wheal Buller (Redruth) 5 130 150 Wheal Edward (Gals.) 5l 21 3 Wheal Kitty (U. Lelant) ,1.7.2 8 9 Wh'l Mary Ann (Menhe) 8 44 46 - Wh'l Trelawucy (Lisk.) 41 28 30 FOREIGN MINES 20 Australian 1 Bon AccordCopper,Lim lOs pa t p 135 Brazil. Imp. (is. at £5 p ) 27 1 2 20 IDo.St.Johndelßey,Lim l5 12 13 13 1 5 IDo.Land and MiningCo all 14 21 1 Clarendon Consols Min ing Co. or Jamaica 40 Cobra Copper al 38 40 Copiapo l6 10 12 1 Dun Moun.Cop.Ming.Co all 2 Fortuna 20 General all 2 0 3 Linares all 8 8; 6 Lusitaroan 1 Mariquita all 1 1 New Granada all 1 N.RhineCop.of S.Aus.L 10 1 p 20 Pontgibaud Silver, Lead Minin; and Smelt all 41 5 5 Port Philip 1 30 \Santiago de Cuba 164 1 1 28.2.84 United Mexican COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Closing Business Share Securities. Paid. Prices. Done. Can.Gov.6p.c.Ja. & July 10 1 P 116 117 116/ 17 161 Do. 6 p.c.Fb.&Aug. 100 113 115 Do. 6 p.c.Mr. & Sep. 100 113 115 N.8.G0v.6p.c. Ja. &July 100 114 115 1131 - Do. 6p.c.Ap. & Oct. 100 N. S.W. Gov. sp. c. Deb. 100 1014 1021 NovaScotiaGov. 6 p.c. St. • I)eb. redeesnable, 1875 100 114 115 S.Aus.Gt.6pc.Jan&July 100 113 115 Vict•Gov.6p.c.Jan&July 100 112 114 JOINT -STOGY BANKS. Closing I Badmen Sharel Joint-Stock Banks. Paid. Price. Done. AgradlrlinitedServiceßk Australasia Bank of Egypt Bank of London 27 28 27 I Iti:ICCol. Lk. & Loan Co. British North American Chtd. Bank o India, &c City Colonial Com. Bank of Canada Commercial of London Eng., Scot., & Aus. Ch Gen. Bk. of Switzerland Loa.Char.Bk.olAustral. London and County London Joint Stock London & Westminster. Nat. Prov. of England. Do. new 21 10 62 64 100 100 20.11 100 13 18 211 211 29 30 National Bank . INew South WaleB Orient. bk. Corporation Ottoman Bank 49 50 Provincial of Ireland Do. New , 'South Australia .. Do, New . Union of Australia. Do. New Union of' London [Unity Mutual Western Ilk of London 21; 21; 20 AS d MISCELLANEOUS. Sharei — Miscellaneous.: 1000 Anglo-Mexican Mint' Atlantic Tel. (Limited) Australian Agricultural Australian Royal Mail . Berlin Water Works Do New, issued at £5 die British American Land Brit. .k Irish Mag.Tel.A. l l Do. B, 7 p. C. till 1862. * Do. C 100 10 Stock 25 5 5 20 Stock 'Canada_ _ __ _ Chan. Islands Tel.(Lim.) Cop.Min.otEug.&Smltg Do. Preference 71 per ct Crysts.l Palace. Do. Preference Eastern Steam Electric Telegraph Eng. & Airt. Cop.St.Co Europ. & Ind.Junct.Tel Europ.&Am.Stm.(Lim 1 GLlron ScrewC6l.(Limi Gen. Steam Navigation London Discount Lond.Gcn. Omnibus Co Mediter. Electric Teleg. Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim.) National Discount Co Netherlands Land o do DoSp.e.Pref.,iss.at Idle N.Br.&NovaSeotiaLand N.B.Australasian (Lim ) North of Europe Steam Oriental Gas Do. New Shares Peel River Land & Min Pen. & Oriental Steam Do. New Red Sea & Ind. Telegr Rhymney Iron Do. New Royal Mail Steam Seot.Austrin.lnv.(Lim ) South Australian Land. Submarine Teleg. Scrip. Do. do Registered Tr.& Ln.Co.of Upr . C an. IVY Diewen'a Land Paid.\ Closing Business dons Price. 13 14 250 280 35j 3 2i 3 1 -- - 40 42 19 21 13 lt 112 116 91 101 24 25 1 5 4 - It 2 2 112 114 L 11 i ii If 1 1 if H all all all 15s. all all 7t Si 1 f i d 1 2 1} 11 15 18 i I . 1 die par 2; 3 81 83 12 13 25; 26; 7i 8 59 61 130 140 38 40 li i I it 10 13 THIS DAI'S SHIPPING. LONDON', Dec. 20.—Wind this day at noon, light airs from the westward, with clear weather. COWES, Dcc. 19.—Wind W—Sailed—Amelia Maria, for Calcutta. PLYMOUTH, Dec. 12.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Soriden; from Quebec ; Zantra, from St. Petersburg ; Sonnet Orneo steamer), from London for Melbourne ; Blue Jacket , from ondon for Barbadoes; Preston (steamer), from London for Barbadoes. PORTSMOUTH, Dec. 17.—Wind W.N.V.—Arrived— Laughing Walter, from Callao ; H.M.S. Curagoa, from the Mediterranean. DARTMOUTH, Dcc. 19.—Wind W.—Arrived--Santa Anna, from Havre from Havannah. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH SOUTHAMPTON, Monday Morning. Arrived—Lota, from St. Michael's ; Regent, from Swan sea ; Raglan, from Newport ; L'Etoile, from Carentan ; Lady Eglinton, steamer, from Dublin; Niagara, steamer, from Alexandria ; Argyll, steamer, from Carentan. Sailed—Clara, for Sunderland ; Constant, for Newcastle; Lady Eglinton, steamer, for London; L'Etoile, for Caren tan ; Pilot, for London. LIVERPOOL Monday Morning. - Arrived, Dec. 12—George Arkle, frOm Mauritius ; Agnes, from Demerara ; Mexican, from Laguna ; Itosita, from Minatillan ; Normandy, from New Orleans ; It. Cobden, from Savannah ; Medallion, from Charleston ; Albyne, from Quebec ; Eclipse, from Alexandria ; Immacolata, from Catania ; Briard, from Naples ; Providence, from Leghorn; Elizabeth, from Dieppe ; and Union, from Ostend. Arrived, Dec. 20.—Thornton, from New York ; St. Peter, Laguna, Bertha, Maracaibo, James Hackett, • and Confi dence. all from Seville; Fame, from Alexandria; C. R. C., front Monopoli. Rothsay, for Port Natal, has put back. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Monday Morning. Wind W.; tide, half flood; weather fine. • Arrived, Dec. 19.—Ornen, from Aalborg ; Guiddana, from St. llelena ; Minarca , from Petros ; Germania, from Cronstadt ; Slentor, from Demerara; Countess Malmesbury, from Messina. According to the last accounts from China the impression seemed to be that a further movement in the rate of exchange a dverse to England was to be expected, but that it would be checked by the first few arrivals of specie from this side. It is reported that the Royal Commissioners for 1861 are about to plant their three great roads, viz., Exhi bition-road, Cornwall-road, and Prince Albert's-road, with lime trees. Mr. Graves, of Pall-mall, the print publisher, is about t to erect a monument over the grave of Sir Robert , he c great engraver, in the church of St. Paul, Strang e Covent-garden. ACCIDENT TO REAR-ADMIRAL WILSON.—We regret to hear that while Rear-AdmiralWilson, of the How, was walking on the road near his residence, on Wednesday evening week, he lost his footing on the shot ice, and in falling broke his leg.—Kendal Mercury. DELIVERY OF LETTERS ON CIIRISTMAS-DAY.—On Saturday, by command of the Postmaster-General, notice wa s issued at the chief office, St. Martin's-le-Grand, that on Saturday next, being Christmas-day, there would be no delivery of letters, &c., within the limits of the London dis trict post after twelve at noon. HEREFORDSHIRE ELECTION.—The election of a member of Parliament for this county, in the room of the late Mr. Booker Blakemore, took place at the Shire Hall on Saturday—R. S. Cox, Esq., High Sheriff, presiding. The number of persons present was not large, and included afew of the leading Conservative gentry. The only can didate was Lord M. W. Graham. No other candidate was proposed* and his lordship was therefore declared duly I gettede thie tt ,, 1854. 1858. _~ _ • --- _