The Sun. — London, England, 1860-12-13 00:00:00

THIR D EDITION. SUN OFFICE, Six o'clock. 2 1 ATTERSALL'S-(THIS EVENING). There were . few members present, and no business of any Importance was transacted. 3 101VEY 111ARICE2' AND CITY NEWS, CITY, Two o'CLocK. About £72,000 in gold was sent into the Bank of England yesterday. The Directors of the East Indian Railway Com- Pally invite subscriptions for £1,500,000 5 per Cent. Debentures, redeemable in 5 years, with the option of renewal for a similar period. The instal bents to be 25 per cent. on allotment, and 25 per sent, in each succeeding month. The prospectus of the New 6 per Cent. Turkish Loan undertaken by M. Mires, of Paris, was issued yesterday afternoon, and the amount which It if' , proposed to raise, instead of being £18,000,000 as previously reported, is stated at £5,000,000, hut 14 1 ii, it is supposed may be regarded as a preliminary operation. Obligations of £2O each are to be issued at the price of £l2 10s., which is, equivalent to 621 per cent., but, allowing for the immediate acinimulation of interest, discount for the comple tion of instalments at once, &c., the quotation is reduced to about 591 per cent. These concessions, although attractive at first sight, reflect very Unfavourably on Turkish credit, since the previous 6 per cent. Loans were placed at the compara tively high rate of 85 per cent. Another objec tion to this new candidate for public favour is the depreciated value of the second 6 per cent, stock, Which can be purchased at 571 to 58i. It is arranged that the Loan shall be redeemed at par in 36 years, and special revenues farmed last year for £1,282,560 are to be assigned for the payment of interest and the gradual liquidation of the debt. The scheme has met with a very cold reception at the Stock Exchange, and it is considered very doubtful whether M. Mires Will be successful in obtaining any great support from English capitalists. The Bank of England directors, at their meeting today, did not find it necessary to modify their discount regulations. The Atrato has arrived from the West Indies, With £295,195 in specie. A fair amount of business was recorded in the Liverpool Cotton Market, yesterday, and prices were steadily maintained. The sales were 10,000 bales. Continued dulness is apparent to-day in the English Stock Market, which opened firmly, not withstanding the Turkish Loan, and the Uncertainty felt with regard to Chinese affairs. Consols con tinue steady 92t s, ex div., for the account. The diminished shipments of gold to the United States and the expectation that the Turkish ,Loan will On. float probably give some support to values. The New Threes are steady at 921 ; the Reduced St 921 ; India 5 per Cent. Enfaced Paper is flat 8 4 95 ; ditto 51 per Cent. is firmer at 101/ ; and Exchequer Bills remain at ss. to 2s. dis. In Foreign Securities rather more business has been recorded, and prices show increased buoyancy. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 71i to 721 ; ditto Now, 4 71, to 581 ; and ditto £lOO Bonds are 59 ; Bra zilian 5 per Cents. are 991 1 7 ; ditto 41 per Cents. have improved to 861 ; Spanish Deferred to 41! Z-; ditto Certificates to 61 ; Russian 5 per Cents. are steady at 106 ; and ditto 41 per Cents. at 941. The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up is this day, are in round figures as under :- 1860. 1859. Great Western £29,809 £30,408 North-Western 75,234 74,446 South-Western Brighton 13,698 13,110 kidlands 40,400 36,482 B outh• Eastern .. 17,137 17,006 Qreat Northern 24,014 24,839 Lancashire and Yorkshire Bristol and Exeter .. e,445 5,539 ~.._North-Eastern ..,.West Midland Edinburgh and Glasgow 6,124 5,618 Glasgow and South-Western. 8,212 7,197 Grand Trunk of Canada (Wrest Western of Canada These returns are not quite so satisfactory as of late, a decline being apparent on several of the Principal undertakings. On the Great Western there is a decrease of £599, the South-Western of £289, and the Great Northern of £825. The North-Western shows an increase of £7BB ; the Brighton, £5BB ; the Midland, £3,918 ; the South- Eastern, £l3l ; the Lancashire and Yorkshire, £2,445 ; the North-Eastern, £2,662 ; the Grand Trunk of Canada, £3,132 ; and the Great Western of Canada, £1,168: The Railway Share Market has continued mode rately active, and a slight improvement has taken Place in the rates realised for several of the prin oipal undertakings. Great Western, London, Chatham, and Dover, North Western, North liritish, and South Eastern, have improved 55.; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 10s.; and Midland, £l. The Foreign and Colonial undertakings have shown little -variation. Antwerp and Rotterdam are dealt in at 5: 5.t ; Grand Trunk of Canada at 24t 25 ; Great IV extern of Canada, at 111 - 3 4 ; East Indian have declined to 101 ; and Scinde, to 991. Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares oon tinue dull. Ottoman Bank have declined Ss.; Crystal Palace Stock improved £l. .e, BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. l oank Stook _.. Ver Cent. Reduced Annuitie s 92a i a ~. etv 3 per Cent. Annuities Audis Stock. •.. . . . ... Ditto Basked Paper, 4 per Cent Ditto 5 per Cent Ditto ii p e r Cent. bat° Debentures, 1858 961 f Ditto 1859 Ditto Bonds £l,OOO Ditto under £l,OOO . lO dis ....Consols for Account, Jan. 10 4 achequer Bills, £l,OOO, lid Ditto Small ~ FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSI NG PRICES. zrazilian 6 per Cent ........... 551 t Ditto 4t per Cent, 1860 ........... .. • • 86 i Mexican $ per Cent — Ditto Account — ....... 211 1 New Grenada Active, 3} per Cent. ...... Ditto Deferred Portuguese 3 per Cent 1853. ... 47 1 Russian 5 per Cent. 1822, £ St .. 106 Ditto 4i per Cent 94i 5 Spanish 3 per Cent_ — Ditto New Deferred 4ll i Ditto Passive .. 221 Spanish Cert. of Coup. not ; funded....... 6' I Turkish 6 per Cent • • Ditto New Loan Ditto Account Ditto 1100 Bonds Dividends on the above payable in London. THREE O'CLOCK. Console for Account, 10th Jan., ex div.. 921 1 TILE RISCA COLLIERY EXPLOSION. EISCA, TUESDAY EVENING. None of 00136 bodies wh ich, at the time of our last report, still lay buri ed beneath the ruined work ings of the mine, have as yet been recovered, not- Withstanding the 2onstant and unwearied efforts Which are being mile to reach them. Three of the men who were brcsight up dire ctly after the explosion have since died of their injur.ies, making .the total number of deaths by to this time 142. in our report of Monday the name of Mr. Palmer. of the Malago Vale Pit, one of the, volunteers who have worked so indefatigab l y in the difficult and dangerous task of clearing the mine, was by a typo • graphical error spelt " Palmes." Mr. Brown, of Machyn , Mr. Bevan, Tredegar, Messrs.. Jacobs and Gibson , of Mach y n, Mr. Blay !en, of Abercarne, Mr. Ovington, of Abersychan, and Mr. Gwillim, of Abercarne, have also rendered jllvaluable assistance. Mr. Robotham and Mr. Godwin, surgeons of the • neighbourhood, have relieved each other night and l aY at the mouth of the mine since the w ork be g an, but fortunately no accident has happened, and their Eervices have not been needed. lIENcH FISHING BOATS ON THE ENGLISH COAST.—The .2ifoniteicr publishes the following note : " Contrary to At t. 5 of the Treaty of 1826 between England a nd France, French fishing -boats of more than 60 tons /I.,leasurement, w hen compelled by stress of weat her to put 14t0 Lowestoft, were subjected when coming from ports southward of Boulogne to pilot dues calculated according t° th eir draft of water, and which am ounted for the road ,t ead to 4s. p er foot on entering, and 2s. 6d. on leavin g ; and . r . or the p or t to l s. 6d. p er f oo t in winter and is. 3 d. in slim 'n,r, both on entering and leaving. On the remonstrances ( p the French Consular agent at Lowestoft, the Corpora tion,,of the Trinity Aouse has given the necessary erdc 7.s v,_ "le pilots of that port for the boats in question to be ' w neefortb. exempted from the above charges. ' ptain - She , and Th• r can- 1 eon- t was with seeded d had 1 been earth- Forest leave vlartha forces. ius had mt Was that he all the ;ely the dull at rate of ), were in Lon to Eng- xa WA .eased to dia, has ,s, idea that regi' ►ort upon ice to re -3r cent. of particular specially ictual sire 'floral." ddressea Eth inst., ferenee to n the 6th .at officers on the lei ninal list, registered with the mural." ailing off ig by no rear. In ;dives ill knitting I is, holf- Vools are ere is no i the lace ust tran can take at hardly foreign ities, but went are ncy good° orders in It change* ifacture.re ings Noll; id state 01 rease the Lre being id frame' ntly em' t, 52s 701; b eau ', 470 , 568 9d ; as, 490 6d; at 63,19 9 ; ,758 i Pall EL not to a 4 roved cow L the iuota he general sheep was pa, at ♦err i 5e 8d per , ably good, more doing 'ere much s. d. s. d . , .4 86 ‘ .5 46 6 3 84 : 4 64 4 0 4 0 6 4 81 store pith PPLY 30, ‘ 91U •••• 196 meat Lu ll follows;: 2d to Z i 6d p; les of stocic I steady, ' a to 5s 6d, It, 46 2d to c on off er . ed pr' gd to 58 d pork, 4 r ° is . qua rto 1 4 , /1 4 00 Od ; close r 6 per loaa• ) £5 6e; to £1 16° E 5 5 0 Od I to £1 pleasant' ie house je ad must be tely. Fe ;ruder. complain" . She did f 0, tie rig, where► iled all bet from th e the eat's exercise of nt season board Of Lb , b oard , [ ou.Pla''' S RARE 211ARKET.-(THIS DA Y.) ORDEN ARY SVIAtiES AND STOCKS. Paid Closing ßusinems Share, Railways. I *; Price. ; Done. 50 illeitast and Ballymena, all 13.14 ; Bir., Wol , and Sir. Val. all 84 81 stock ;Birk., La., and Ch Junc lOO 81 83 25 Blackburn 25 }Myth and Tyne all 10 Boct. Sleaf. and Mid.Co all 64 7 stock Bristol and Exeter ... • 100 97 09 stock Caledonian 10 Carmarthen A Cardigan all 50 Cork and Bandon all 20 Cork, illrock., O'assage all 20 Cornwall . all 6 84 • A (A gets no div. a ll 10 Do 10 Do B tll6 pc peran all basbeen toB 50 Dublin A Belfast. June. all 25 Pun., Pert h, AAb. June all 74 St stock East Anglian lOO 16 17 stock Eastern Counties lOO 52 62 5 1 4 stock Eastern Union, A stock 100 36 38 Steog Do do Bdo 100 2* 28 25 Do Nw A, late Ell3ds. 134 stock East Suffolk stock Edinburgh A Glasgow 100 8 7 89 stock Edin. Perth, & Dundee 100 29 294 10 Forth A Clyde Junction all stock Farness stock Glasg. and S. Western 100 114 116 10 Great Nthn. of Scotland all stock Great Northern lOO 4094 1104 110 stock Do do A stock stock Do do 'Ft do stock Gt. S. AW. of Ireland 100 ;112 114 stock Great Western stock Do Str Val gua. stock 100 60 62 12 Trish South-eastern all , stock Lancashire A Yorkshire 100 120 12044 119 1 ' f stock Loudon and Blackwall 100 62 64 stock Lon., Bright.. &S Coast 100 1115 117 116 stock Loud., Chat., and Dover 100 52 14 stock Load. &Nth. Western 100 102 1024 1021 stock Lond. A 4th. Western lOO 944 954 25 L'derry & Coleraine all 25 L'derry A Enniskillen all 104 11 stock Man. Slief. A Lincoln 100 484 49 50 Maryport and Carlisle all 124 Do do 4 shares—. all 10 Metropolitan 5 34 24d stock Midland 6.4.0. Do new stock Do Pirming. & Derby 100 107 109 50 Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland all 25 Po A shares nit 25 Mid Kent.. all 10 Do, Cray Line 100 Newcastle and Carlisle all 10 Newry A Armagh, def 9 7 6 d 20 Newry, Warnpt. A Ros all stock Norfolk.. .. •.. 100 54 66 50 Ntlin. Counties:Union stock North British . 100 634 64 stock Nor.Dev.Rail&Dk.stoeir 100 stock D' A stk ; A recs nod. until 6pch as beenpd.B 100 stock Do Ti stock ... 100 stock Nth. Eastern—Berwick 100 1044 105 105 25 Do do , (I.N.E. purchase 16134 P 41) stock Do Leeds 100 63 US stock Do York stock North London 10 Do new 19.16.4 North Staffordshire 174 21 24 1 * 10 N. and S. W. Junction - ?; 12 Not. & Grantham Rail ll 81 Sf 10 Peebles Portsmouth 10 Rhymney - • stock Scottish Central stock Scot N. E., Aber. stock 100 334 34 stock Do Scot. Mid. stock lOO 87 89 stack Shropshire Union 10 Sittingbourne A Sheer. all 6 7 stock South Devon stock South Eastern ..... • 100 844 85 85 stock South Wales stock S. York. and River Dun 100 77 79 20 Staines, Wok,. and Wok all 6 8 25 Stockton A Darlington all 41 42 25 Do do ll 10 11 p stock Taff Vale . .... • • stock Do Pref. 'No 1 lOO 25 ThamesHavenDk&Rall 22 50 Ulster . •• 25 Do 20 2 34p 12 10 Do .. : stock Vale O. f Neath 13 Victoria Sta. aod Pim all I 113 11; stock Waterford A Kilkenny 100 50 Waterford & Limerick all 20 West C ,, rnwall 20 West London all j 10 Do Ist class .. • all 20 Do 2d class .. . all stock WestlTartlepool Hai : br and Rail lOO stock West Midland—Oxford 100 47 48 stock Do. Newport 100 42 44 stuck Do. Hereford 100 83 85 PREFERENCE SHARES. Closing, Business Share Railways. (Paid Price. Done. 25 Blythe and Tyne 10 per 1 c. pref'. (issued at £5O stk.' Rris. & Exet.4 p.ct.stock 20 IDo. do. do. Shares took Caledon £10,41 per cent I tock Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. 61 .Cork & Bandon, 51 p. c.i 28 ,Cornwall, 5 per cent 61 I Dun.Perth&Aber..Tun tock lE.Angn.Class A 7 &sp.c took 'Do. do. Class B 6 pt took Do. do. Class C 7 p.c took E. Coun. Ex. sp. c. No.l took ;Do. do. No. 2 took 'Do. New 6 pet ct. stock. took lEastern Union, 4 per et. took ; Do. 5 per cent. guar... took Edin.&Glas. sp.c. share took Do. 4p. c gua. S. &D. took iFdin. Perth& Dun. 4 p.c. took 'Furness, 5 per cent .... took GI as.& S. West.g.a. 5 p.c. took ;Great Northern, 5 p. ct. tock 'Do.sp.c.Redm.,lop.c.pm took Do. 41 p. c. do. do. 100 Do. sp.c. Redm. 5 p.c. pm 10 Gt. Nh. of Scotld. Ist pf. Gt. Sn. & W (Ireland) 4 tock p. et. pref. stool - 50 Great West. (Berks and Hants) Ext. 5 p. ct. took Co. Redeemable,4l p.ct. took Do. Redeemable. 4 p. ct. took Do Irredeemable, do took Do. 5 p.ct. Redeem. Pref. 8 Do. Ilirm. Pref. Shares. 10 Gt. W. Ches. 8 p.c. pf.sh. 10 Do. do. sp. et. pref dock Do Birmg.guar. stock 261 Do. Chester gua. shares 111 I Do. do. do. 20 Do. do. do. stock Lan.&York 6p. c. stock , tock Do.Barnsl.st£s3s 10d pc stock Do. 6 per c. (E. Lan.) ;took Lon. & Brig. 5 pe.gu. No 1 dock Do. 5 p. c. No. 2 ;took Do. gua. 6 p. C. stock Do. do. 5 p.c. No. 4 stook Do. do. 41 per cen'. 5 Do. do. 41 p. c. shares stock Do. 7 p. et. Pref. stock stock Do. 6p.c. do. (W.E.&C.P 1 stock Do.4p.e.S.(div.def. til '65) stock Lon. Chat, and Dover stock Lon. and N.W. Coy. and Nuneaton, 5 p. et stock Lon. & S.W, 7p. ct. stock stock Do. 4A per cent 2s. 6d. Do. (Prtsm. perpl anns. of 2s. 6d..... ..... 124 Londondy. & Cole. 1 sh. 121 Londony. & Ennis. 1 sh stock Iran. Sh. &Lin. 6 per ct. 6 Do. £6 stool Jk Do. 31 per cent 0 Do. redeem. 6 per cent 2 ',laryoort & Car., 4p. c 21 Do. 4 3 / 4 per cent. )ck Irid. Con. 6 p c. stock 1 )ck Do.Con.Bris. & Bir. 6 p.c. )ck Do. 4 3 / 4 p. c. pref. stock 1 6 Do. with option till 1860 )ck Do. Leic. & Hit. pref. st. 1 >ck Norfik sp. c. Ex. st. 1846' ] )ck Do. 5 3 / 4 p. c. Pref. do. 18471 )ck Do.sWay.Val.Ex.st.lB47l oak North British, sp. 0. ' ock Do. New, gua. sp. c.... 101 Do. Bor. Un. g. pf. shs 10 Do. do: do. ock Nth.Dev.T? ail. &Dck.Co. ock N-East.Cons.Pref. 4p. c. ock Do. Berwick, 4 p.c. Pref. 17 Do. do. do 20 Do. Leeds, 6p. e. No. 1 12 3 / 4 Do. do. Quarters, 1848 15 Do. York, &S. Purch. to North Staffordshire 10 Rhymney Guaranteed, 8 Scottish Central, new pf ock Scottish North-Eastern 3 3 / 4 p. c. pref. stock :ock Do.Aberdeen,gua.6p.c.l took Do. 7p. c. pref. stock lOs. South Devon, Ann. 10s. 10 Do. Fixed 4 3 / 4 per cent. 1.0.6 South Eastern (Reading Ann., 1.0.6) took Do. 4 3 / 4 per cent tock ',outh Wales, prua. 4 p.c. took ttoocekk li i ; ), C: err i e 3 / 4,c4e p n . p c t. . c . 1 st is. gua., 25 Ste , ck. & Dar. Asn. c 21 Do. B 6 • • 25 Do. C 6 per cent stock Watrfd & Kilkny, 6 p. ;took -Oxf Ist Gua stk ;to o, Do. 2d do ;took I Do.Newport 5 p.e.pf.red. stock DO. P i Zp . e t t il . l 6 p lB . 6 c 9 . , p l i . 18 t1 6 8 6 . stock 123/4 Do. do. 2d is. TALS. I.n.t N.W 98 100 Do. 53 534 Do 125 127 Do. ll3 115 Caledonia 102 104 ITITJAE C 16 17 Gt.Nortli. l3s 13 7 lE.Counts. 4i 4i ...... Ce m lodonin i Do, iat. West. Yk.N. Md. D 0...... . all !Do. 100 In.t NAV' 100 I.S. East 100 IDo. 100 Peto Co. 100 Norfolk 100 Do. all LNW&M, 3}31 97 99 4P 55 57 100 Midland 5. 5 6 E.Counts all Do. all Do. all Do. all Midland all L& NW L.yk, all Do 100 Gt. North. [ 100 T.Brassey 1 • . ... all APClean 100 Gt. West. , all L.dz Brun 15 151 435 137 104 105 10} 1 1 98 95 _ 74 8i Paid.! Closing Business Price. Done. 95 97 101 103 204 214 51 61 99 101 111 113 106 108 110 112 108 110 124 126 80 82 111 113 90 in 117 119 1111 113 104 106 85 87 98 100 99 101 90 92 91 93 102 104 94 10 174 184 I 101 101 76 78 20 21 10 104 151 151 137 139 116 118 116 118 138 141 116 118 103 105 1 152 155 130 134 (19 71 90 92 116 118 150 155 12i 13 11)1 70 72 f IP 136 138 102 103 95 96 111 113 109 111 93 95 102 104 P in P IP 23 24 100 100 100 all all 122 124 1130 133 104 11 231 244 101 103 101 103 90 92 99 101 85 88 274 284 994 334 \324 oaf, 45 48 124 126 123 125 93 101 123 125 1115 1,1,0 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RE Leasing l Closin Business R a ilways. P aid ' Co.'s. Price, I Done. Bedford and Bletchley Buckinglituishire . • . • Chester & Holyhead.. Do. do. 5a per cent. , Do. do. 5 per cent., Clydesdale Junction. Colchester, Stour Val. E.Lincolnshire,g6p.c. E.Union,Harwich She, Do. Woodbridge Gls.Barr.&Neils,Drct.' Do. New Gloster& Dean Forest Hartlpool.Dck.& Rail, Hull and Selby • • Do. Shares ..... Do. 1- Shares Lanc.& Carl. gu a .s p.e 1 London & Greenwich' Do. Preference „ Lon.,Tilby.& Souten . d.' Lowestoft, gua. 4 p.ct. Do. 6 per cent.. „ Manc.,Buxtn. & Mid. Bradtord Prefer ence Stock.... . Newmarkt.,Buryix. guaranteed 5 p. c . Northn.& Eastn. 5 p. 0.1 Do. do. 6 per cent Do. Fixed 5 per cent North Western Mid Wyro, Do. Stares ....... Roystn.HitchSlarewsbry& Hereford Do. ' Sout h Staffordshire Shep Wilts and Somerset Wimbledon & Croydn 100 100 100 100 100 all Sharel 100 100 100 all all all all Docks• Ln stock Commercial ............ 1 100 stock Do. 4 per Cent.Pref.3lin., 100 stock East and 'West India .. , stock London ................ ! 100 c% stock !St. Katharine.......... 1 100 {}tuck Southampton .......... 100 stook 'Victoria ..„....1 100 1 0 1 103 Anglo-Mictican 12 :1ut Atlantic Tel. ( 11 •:imited) Australian ;•,gricultural Berlin Y ater (Limited) , BritiOi American Land B. i.Mag. Tel. A. (Lim.) r,o. 13,7p.c.ti111852 (Lim.), ;Do. C. (Limited) , Canada Land Chan.lslands Tel. (Lim)! Cop. 11Iin.ofEng.&Smltg. Do. Pref. 7 per cent Crystal Palace Do. Preference , Do. 6 p. c. Pei yet. Deben. 'Electric Telegraph .. •• I Do. New English & Aus. Copper Gen. Steam Navigati in Great Ship limited) Do. 174 p ct Preference Lon. District Tel. (Lim.) London Discount (Lim. L.G. Omnibus Co. (Lim. I Madras Irr. and Canal 'Mediter. Electric Teleg. 'Med. Exten, Tel. (Lim.)i National Dis. Co. (Li m. ) ; Nerhu.Coal&lron Netherlands Land Do.B p.c.Pref..issastl dis. N. Br.&NovaSeotiaLand i N.B.Australasian (Lim.) Oriental Gas (Limited). Do. New Shares (Lim.) Orint I. In. Steam(.im.)A Ditto B. Nit() C Peelß.Lncl.&Min.(Llm ) Pen. & Oriental Steam Do. New RedSea&lnd.Tel.g.4ip.e Rh coney Iron Do. New i Royal Mail Steam Scot. Austin. IDv. (Lim ){ South Aws,trallan Land' (Submarine Tel. Scrip tDo. do. RegiaterlA Do. do. Tr. & LA. Co.ofUpr.Can. Ye.3a DiewealLaild eir• 100 THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 13, 1860. BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Share Railways. Paid. Closing Businandone Price. 100 Atlantic &St Lawrence. all 77 7:1 79 stk I Born.,Barodak.Cent Ind 10 0 95 96 95 Gu. 5 per cent g i 18 Do, Do. B 16 15 1 d 20/ Buffalo and ',axe Huron l all 41 55d 20/ Do. New 10 Do. Preference .... . all 6/ 7 100 i Buffalo,Brant,&Godricit sp. et. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 100 75 80 100 Do. do. July 1, 1873 100 67 72 100 Do. do. June 1, 1874 100 65 70 5 Clcutta.&S.Eastn. (Lim , 3 Id pr 20 Cape,Eastn.Prov. (LiirC 25. 20 Cape Town & Dock'Scrip 5 1/ 11 d 20 Ceylon Guarantd. 6p. c. 75 15 1 d 175 Demerara. all 20 Eastn. Bengal gru. sp. c 10 1; 11 d stock East Indian, gu. sp. c. 100 101 102 11/1 20 Do. F Shares Ext..... all d pr 20 Do. Jubbulpore all d pr 100 Do. 4/ pc. Debentrs all 99 100 100 Do. sp. c. Deb., 1864 all 100/ 101/ 20 Geelong & Melbourne all stock Geelong Corporation 6 per cent. Bonds .... ' lOO stock Grand Trunk of Canada 100 24/ 254 241 100 Do. 6 per cent. Pref all r 79 78/ 100 Do. 6 per ct. Debentr all 49 51 50 1 100 Do. 7 per cent. 1862 100 Do. do. 1867 all 48 52 100 Do. do. 1872 stock G't.lndiaPenin.g,ua.sp.c lOO 97 98 9/5 5 20 Do. New gua. sp. c 8 1d / d 20 lGt. South. of India (Lim) guaranteed 5 per cent. all 2 ltd 201 Gt. W. of Canada Shares all 10 f 11 20 Do. New 18 9f 9i d 100 Do. Bonds pay. '76, with opt, till 'GO 100 Do. do. '73 till '6O . . all 95 100 100 Do. do. '73 without opt. all 93 96 100 Do. 5/ p. c. do. '77 d 0... all 90 D 3 stock Madras, guar., 45 p. c... 1,00 85 87 87 stock Do. do. 5 per cent ... 100 94/ 05/ 965 stock Do. 44 p. c. Extension 100 88 89 20 Do. Fourth d 0........ 15 15 15 d 20 Do. d 0..... .... all stock Melb.Corp. 6p. e. Inds. 100 20 Newßrunswick&Canda Ry.&Land(Lim.)g.6pc all 5 7 Class A Capital Share .. Do. do. Land d 0........ 20 Do. do. B Capital do. .. all 5 7 Do. do. Land do. ...... 20 Oude (Limited) ........ 55. stock Scinde .......... 0 ',1 4 .z 100 99 100 995 20 Do. Punjaub .... i zs , g 10 1/ d lid 20 Do. Do. ...., • • citi allQ f stock liDo. Indus. St. Flo. g, 7 0 ,1, 100 91 96 20 ISt. A ndrews & Quebec A 18 10 ITrinidad (Lim.) Scrip.. 1 I 1 1 d FOREIGN RAILWAYS. 10 Antwerp & notLerdam all 55 51 20 Ardennes..... ...... .. all I —p 20 IBah.&S.Fran..Lim.7p.e. 10 11 lid 5 Belgian East. Junction all i 1 20 IBeziers to Graissessac.. ail 6 ICa- - neaux Mine & Rail all 105 115 100 s 'Copiapo ......&...... all 10 1 Ditto Extension .... all 3 25,1 20 Dutch Rhenish ........ 16 25 931 20 Eastern of France .... all 235 245 20 Grand Rus. Guar. 6p. c. 6 20 Do. do. all 20 Great Central of France all 20 Gt. Luxem., Con. shs... all 65 65 20 Italian Junction .. ... all 20 Lake Constance & Bale. all 20 iLierre & Turnhout all 20 'Lyons & Geneva .... all 335 ( Maria Antonia .... all JO .. Do. New ... ........ all 20 Namur & Liege ........ all 75 71 20 Do. 6p. c. Pref......... all 195 204 16 Northern of France.... all 885 395 16 Do. New Shares 10 Norwegian Trunk Pref all 75 15 20 Paris,Lyons, & Mediter all 355 365 20 Paris & Orleans ..... 20 I Recife & S. Fran. (fern ) gua. 7p. et. lim l3 35 21d 20 Riga & Dunaburg l4 ' 10 Rome & Frascati 20 (Royal Danish.... 5 Royal Swedish ........ all 4 Do. 7 per cent. Pref.... all 20 Sambre & Meuse ...... ail 51 55 10 Do. 55 per cent. Pref... all 85 Ai 20 San Paulo, lira, .7p. c. 2 I/ 54 20 S.A list. &Lomb Vcue,..n 12 54 1 d 135 5 20 'Southern of France.... all 20 21 85 West Flanders all 55 6 10 Do. 35 p. c. Preference.. alt 91 9/- 20 'W. & N.W. of France .. all 21/ 22/ 20 IWestPrn of Austria.... 6 20 j Western of Switzetlano all 6 Wiesbaden ...... . . .... ' all .. 6 iDo. 8 per cent. Pref.... all 20 (Zealand BRITISH MINES. Share Mines. Paid I Closing Business Price. Done lAlt-edCoy•io (PAilae_. ,2.11.10 11.4.10511 Iron Cl of d I nil nevo.l G. Cora. (Tavis Li 1 Ersi; B?F.,((11a;;•an) 1 30 East Cfo adon 19.14.6 :E. W'l Russel (T,viso , ); 7.4.0 G am. &S n(Gwen :1 511 Great Sot.tnTolzus I 17s heal Alfd,(Philsek)l`ll3.9, G. Wheal Vor (HelstGn: , 9,1 Grenville 5.14.6 Iflerod's- Foot— 3! 4} E 220 230 410 420 1174 122 i 101 111 11 111 $7 29 91 10 1} 11 1 11 21 31 31 13 31 3/ 11 1 I 53 55 . a.._ Kingston Downs 4.10.61 Lady Bertha Margaret (Uny Lelant). 9% iNorth Downs 24 - North Franee4 (Illogpnll 11% ✓ N.Wli'l Basset (Ill° ,an;! 15s • ' 'North Wheal Crotty 9.18.9 Par Consols (St. Bla7eyi 1- g 20 Providence (Uny Lel& ) 10.6.7 'Surtridese Cons. Min.Cc 14s - ISouthCaradon(St.Cleer), 1% S. Carn Brea (Illoga n) 1 3% 1 S. Dev. Iron &Gen. - , Lim all S.Wheal Fran. (Illogan; 1 18.1q.5! jStray Park 124.18.0' 5 l'ainar Lead Min. a.% 10 Tin Croft , 0 Vale of Tow (C:ri.i ) 6d 41 4f 31 4i 4 b 101 111 91 11 45 47 1 1i 300 310 3i * 115 155 49 51 2 *" --- West Basset ( 111‘ ov,an).. W. Caraclon (Liskeard) , 5 Weat Seton Wheal Basset (Illo;raiq 58 Wheal Bpller (Red . ; r.l.h) 5 Wheal Ethwill. (Cal..), 12 Wheat li.itty(U.Lelani) 1.7.2 'Wheal Ma7Arn(?lei.): 8 IWheal Treiawney (Lis.)! 5i 51 8: 17 i 18i 76 78 350 370 120 125 135 145 11 1/ 17 18 20 22 17 19 - :7_ 1 _. ~ they might expect that, great as was the success of the past year, it would be exceeded by that yet to come. (Cheers.) Mr. GRIFFITHS wished to know whether the foreign business of the society was remunerative or not ? The CHAIRMAN, in answer to the question, said the foreign business was most certainly remunera tive. (Cheers.) A brief discussion then took place, in:which the Chairman, Mr. Farren, Mr. Griffiths, and several other gentlemen took part, at the termination of which The CIIA/RMAN pnt the formal resolution for the adoption of the report, which was carried unani mously. A resolution re-electing the retiring directors— Edward Solly, F.R.S., William Tabor, Esq., and H. WI Thornthwaite, Esq., was carried unani mously, and the election of George Lowe, Esq., F.R.S. as a director to fill the vacancy caused since the last meeting was also agreed to. The CHAIRMAN said, on the part of himself and colleagues, he begged to return thanks for their re-election. His greatest ambition was to see the society continue in its present successful condi tion, and he assured them that his best exertions would ever the used to further and promote that success to the utmost. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) Mr. LowE moved the re-election of the auditors —viz., Messrs. G. H. Sadbury, William Webb Venn, and William Whitelock. Mr. SOLLY said it would afford him great pleasure to second the motion. The Chairman submitted the resolution' to the meeting, when it was carried unanimously. A vote of thanks having been awarded to Wil liam Tabor, Esq., for his conduct in the chair. The CHAIRMAN acknowledged the compliment. He felt very great pleasure in receiving the thanks of the shareholders, but before he declared the business of the afternoon closed, he thought there was another gentleman who highly deserved the best thanks of the whole body of the share and policyholders (cheers) —he meant their valued manager and acting friend Mr. Farren. (Cheers.) The chairman then paid a very graceful tribute to the abilities of Mr. Parren, and proposed that a cordial vote of thanks be given to him for his exertions during the year just closed. The resolution was put to the meeting and car ried amidst loud cheers. Mr. FARREN said it was very gratifying to re ceive the thanks of the directors and the meeting. He would not detain them at that late hour with any long speech, but simply say he sincerely thanked them for the kind manner in which his services had seen recognised. (Cheers.) The proceedings then terminated. G.RESIIAM LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY ANNUAL MEETING.-(THIS DAY.) The ordinary general annual meeting of this society was held this afternoon, at the offices 37, Old Jewry, for the purpose of receiving a report of the directors for the year and quinquennial, ending July 31, 1860 ; and to transact the business required by the deed of settlement. William Tabor, Esq., chairman of the body of directors, presided. The usual routine business having been trans acted, _ _ The MANAGER (Edwin Farren, Esq.) read the directors' report as follows : " The year ending July 31, 1860, being also that of the quinquennial period for the declaration of bonus, the direc tors beg to report to the general meeting the results of the past year, and also of the valuation that has been made. " The new proposals for assurance offered to the Society during the past year have been 1,689 in number, for the insurance of £879,166. " Of these 502 have not been deemed sufficiently eligible, or have been cancelled, and the remaining 1,187 have bet n completed, insuring £638,820, and yielding £19,564125. 6d. as new premiums. " The general income received from premiums for the year exclusive of interest and annuities has amounted to £101,310 lls. 10d. " The amount of olaims paid in respect of deaths has been £27,690 4s. Od. " The funds at the close of the year bearing interest, ex clusive of deposits, amounted to £230,106 Cs. 2d. " The accounts of the year have already been circulated among the shareholders, after having b3en duly examined month by month by the auditors, and being certified as correct, are now submitted for approval and adoption. As the basis for the declaration of benus the number and amount of the policies existing on the society's books at the termination of the year, and of the premiums payable in connection with such policies, have been carefully ascer tained, and found to be as follows : " Policies 6,696, insuring £2,962,591. Premiums pay able £101,310 lls. 10d. per annum, exclusive of interest on investments. Policies for annuities, 193 in number for £5,852 per annum. " These amounts it will be readily allowed would repre sent a very large extent of business collected together, policy by policy, even over a long series of years. But its relative magnitude and importance will be estimated still more highly when it is stated that the bulk of such busi ness has been so recently acquired, that the average dura tion of the whole of the society's contracts, taken together, but little exceeds three and a half years' duration ; and, therefore, as business transactions obviously rest upon a very favourable basis as matters of computation for future profits, compared with an equal amount of existing assur ances long ago transacted. " The directors wish particularly to point to the very striking character of the short average duration of the pre sent existing contracts of the Gresham, because they believe so large an accession of comparatively new business to be unprecedented. " Indeed, the recent accession of the great bulk of the society's business has exercised so great an influence upon the results of the general valuation, that, supposing what may be called the prospective system of deter mining gross profits to be wholly relied on, no less a balance would appear than £206,121 14s. 11d., as the present' value of the excess for profits and expenses, as set forth in the debtor and creditor account prepared in that respect, and appended. " Acting, however, on the side of caution, the directors, though confidently believing that not only such a balance will ultimately accrue, but even a greater one, have re solved to adopt a course which, without trenching on the future as to profits to come, will be in strict relation to the cash statement, also appended. This course will be to limit the amount on the present occasion to be appropriated by way of bonus to £40,000 or about one-fifth of the pro spective balance. " The adoption of this amount, the directors firmly be lieve, will fulfil all fair and reasonable expectations in con nection with the growth of the society's business, rapid as it has been, and enable the actuary to apportion, out of the 80 per cent. that is assigned to the participating policy holders, bonuses to the various policies that will bear com parison with any of the advantages held out by other societies. As a proof of this it may be stated, that the sum named will enable an addition to be made to the sums assured of some of the oldest policies of not less than 8 per cent., in addition to the former bonus of 1855, or a reduction of pre mium, in some cases, amounting to 22 per cent. for the five years ensuing ; while the more modern policies will share no less advantageously, considering their recent ad mission upon the books. " It is proposed to afford all the usual options to policy holders in choosing the appropriation of profits to their own policies, and the directors feel confident that the vari ous results will show that their recommendation will even tually satisfy all parties concerned. " The directors who retire on the present occasion, but' who are re-eligible, and are recommended by the board as the list to be elected for the year ensuing, are Edward Solly, F.R.S., William Tabor, and W. H. Thornthwaite, Esqs., who offer themselves for election accordingly. The directors also beg to recommend for confirmation the elec tion of George Lowe, Esq., F.R.S., who has acted in the interim as director,:to supply a vacancy that has occurred since the last election. " The auditors who retire, and who. being re-eligible, again offer themselves for election, are Messrs. G. H. Lad bury, William Webb Venn, and William Whitelock. o' The directors having thus declared the chief elements of the past year's transactions, and submitted the relative accounts of such, and of the general valuation as the basis of the declaration of bonus, have only to reiterate their sincere desire to uphold the interests of the society, en trusted to their charge, by every means in their power, and thus continue to secure for the Gresham that large share of public confidence which its extensive transactions so clearly show it has already been enable to command. Statement, skewing GENERAL PROSPECTIVE BALANCE inclusive of future Profits and Expenses, in connection with existing transactions, July 31, 1860. DR. To present value of £2,962,591 assured by 6,696 policies, and of 193 annuities £1,609,161 14 11 Paid-up capital 21,712 0 0 Sundry depositors 4,520 0 0 Sundry outstanding known claims and charges waiting settlement .. Prospective balance 4,000 0 0 206,121 14 11 £1,815,515 9 10 On. By present value of £101,310 lls. 10th per annum premium income £1,610,829 3 8 Deposit fund 4,520 0 0 Realised assets, less deposits, as per cash statement 230,166 6 2 £1,846,515 9 10 Statement, chewing GENERAL CASH BALANCE, exclusive of Assraance and Annuity Fund, in connection with existing transactions, July 31, 1860. Po paid-up capital Sundry deposits Sundry outstanding known claims and charges waiting settlement Assurance and Annuity Fund, exclusive of premium income ... 153,253 1 7 General cash balance 51,201 4 7 4,000 0 0 £231,686 6 2 Cn. By Deposit Fund Realised assets, less deposits, viz.:— Cash in hand and cur rent account £22,318 14 4 Public funds.. Mortgages and other securities £4,520 0 0 £230,166 6 2 £234,686 6_ 2 The CHAIRMAN said he must congratulate the shareholders on the state of the society's affairs, and also on the amount of business transacted dur ing the past year. The report was so full, and entered so minutely into the transactions of the last year, that he thought he need not on that occasion detain them by any length ened observations. (Hear, hear.) The society had been extremely successful in its operations ever since its establishment, and it was now in a position that very few offices could boast of, as the income of the society was from policies alone, now upwards of £lOl,OOO. Without further preface he would resume his seat by moving the adoption o" the report just read. Mr. SMEE said he rose with great pride and satisfaction to second the motion of the chairman. The Gresham, he thought, was in a proud position, and one that must be a matter of congratulation to the whole body of shareholders. The business done showed that great exertion must have been exer cised to produce so successful a result. He had, in company with the chairman, that afternoon verified the whole of the stock in bank, and the shareholders might rest perfectly satisfied that everything was as correct as the most cautious could desire. lie must congratulate all the share holders on the success that had attended the labours of the society for the last year a success that must have exceeded the expectations of the most sanguine. That success, he felt certain, would not lead to any relaxation of the activity of the directors ; and, that being the case, LAW INTELLIGENCE.-( THIS DAY). COURT OF CHANCERY. (Before the Lord Chancellor.) APP2AL-JUDGMENT-DUNOOMBE V. GREENACRE. This was an appeal from a decision of the Master of the Rolls overruling the demurrer to the plaintiff's bill. The Lord Chancellor said looking to the allegations in the bill, I agree with the Master of the Rolls in thinking that the demurrer ought to be allowed. The testator charged his land with a legacy of £lOO in favour of his daughter, who was afterwards married, payable six months after his death. His lordship was of opinion that her hus band had no right to interfere with the legacy, and that it should remain in court till disposed of according to equity. The Master of the Rolls protected a married woman from the misconduct of her husband in attempting to make away with profits belonging to her. His Lordship dismissed the appeal with costs. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. THE LEATHER TRADE AGAIN-IN RE MARSHALL. Mr. Albert Turner (Sole, Turner, and Turner), for the bankrupt, applied for a further adjournment. The accounts had not yet been filed, though every exertion had been made to do so. The Commissioner observed that these adjournments made the matter very expensive. It should be borne in mind that by the adoption of such a course the assets were materially diminished. Mr. Turner said that the accounts were very voluminous. Commissioner—What are the assets? The Official Assignee—They are put down at £lO,OOO. Commissioner—ln that case perhaps no harm will accrue from granting the adjournment. Adjourned accordingly, and allowance increased to £4 per week. ANOTHER CASE.-IN RE JOHNSON. This bankrupt was described as of Hackney-road, boot and shoemaker, and to-day was appointed for the certificate meeting. The Commissioner found, by the report of the official assignee, that the balance-sheet commencing July, 1859, does so with a deficiency of £Bl. The unsecured creditors are £1,254, and the profits £2,295. The assets are : good debtors, put down at £lO7 (realised £B7) ; property, £6SB (realised £474). The bankrupt had been in business 15 years, and commenced without any capital. The books had not been well kept, and there was no cash book at all. Mr. Sorrell, of Mark-lane, for the assignees, did not oppose. The bankrupt had been in business a long time, and though the creditors were naturally angry at losing their money, yet they felt that this was not a case calling for opposition. A. memorial from a number of the creditors had been handed to him (Mr. Sorrell). The creditors therein stated, expressed themselves satisfied with the con. duct of the bankrupt. Mr. Marshall, for the bankrupt, hoped that his Honour would take into consideration the memorial of the creditors, and the Commissioner, after reviewing briefly the facto' awarded the bankrupt an immediate certificate of thi second class. POLICE INTELLIGENCE-(TBIS DAY. MARLBOROU(H-STREET. A CURIOUS DEFENo3.—Rachel Clifton, alias Rache Williams, a woman known to the police, was charged be , fore Mr. Tyrwhitt with stealing a gold watch, of the value of £6, from the person of George Lynes, 18, Crown-court, a servant. From the evidence of the prosecutor, it appeared that he met the prisoner at Surridge's, at the corner of Coventry street, having at the time a watch in his pocket. After some conversation in French he accompanied her home, and there missed his watch. Ho told her he would give her in charge, and she went with him for that purpose, but on the way she gave him the slip, and he had seen no more of her from that time (the 4th) till this morning, when he gave I her in charge. The prisoner said she met the prosecutor at Tagg's, in Castle-street, where she had some tea, and afterwards went with him to Surridge's wine-vaults and had several quarterns of gin. This was at five in the morning. Pro secutor said he had no more money, so would ms watch, which was refused she ch.o went with him to a where he ..cut into a house and got a half-sovereign, and then they went and had .ome D.or., gin and some mutton chops, and after that some more drink at Nat Langham's. She did not remember much more, for she was not exactly sober, having had more drink—in fact she had been drinking all night on her own account, and was getting pretty intoxicated at that time. Prosecutor denied having shown his watch at Surridge's, and the prisoner replied that he did, for he showed it to the " carrotty man." Amies, 343 A, said he had been to Surridge's, and there he was told that they came in with a Frenchman, and that they stood at the bar drinking gin all the while—about four hours—and that the prosecutor wanted another quer tern of gin, offering his watch for it, but it being seen that he was much intoxicated, this was refused, and he then left with the female. Mr. Tyrwhitt said that supported the prisoner's ease. It appeared to have been a regular drinking match, and no jury would convict on such evidence. If the watch was afterwards found she could be given into custody again. He should now discharge her. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BETTING AT MANCHESTER-WEDNESDAY, Very little change occurs in the Derby betting, but occa sionally a few bets are booked. Most of the inquiries we hear are about animals that have already figured in the betting, and any one disposed to lay a little over the price can be accommodated, but business moves along very quietly. Closing prices : BERET. 6to 1 agst Dundee (offered) 100 to 8 agst Big Ben (offered) 100 to 6 agst Diophantus (taken) 100 to 3i agst Nautilus (taken) 50 to 1 agst The Drake (taken) 50 to 1 agst Forester (taken) The following five were backed aga inst the field for tb! 2,000 Guineas Stakes :—Kettledrum, Diophantus, Klan koff, Nautilus, and Russlop. PENEWSPAPERS IN PARIS. —Paris possesses at pre sent 503 newspapers ; 42 o! these, as treating of politics and national economy, have to• deposit a security in the hands of the Government; 460 are devoted to art, science, litera ture, industry, commerce, and agriculture. The most S a dent of the latter is th Cs Journal des I CiVatis 2 and dates from the year 1665. FOREIGN MI NES. 20 I Australian 1 IBonAccordCopper,Lim lss 4 d 35 'Brazil. Imp. (is. at ip 'i 274 2 24 20 L o.St.Johndel Rey,Lim 15 285 29 285 5 )o.Land and Mining Co.; all 1 Clarendon Cons.MinCo. dis. 40 ;Cobre Copper al! 43 45 Copiapo 1 Dunilloun.Cop.Ming,Col all t 1 2 !Fortuna. 20 IGeneral all 21 23 2 IGt. N. Cop. of S. Austr 1 par 5p 14 Kapunda (Limited) 1 15 14 p 3 iLinares all 95 105 flO 5 ILusitanian 2 p ip 1 Mariquica all 1 IN.RhineCopof S.A , is.L , 125.6 d. Id 20 I Pontgibaud Silver.Leadl, I Mining and Smelt all 5 6 6 [Port Philip 1 1 Scottish Austrin. (L.) los. 1 281.84 United Mexican . all 1 2 1 Worthing (Limited) all 4 1 24 1 Do l9s. JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 100 Agra&UnitedService Bk 50 82 l 4 40 Austyal...sia all 25 Bank of Egypt all 195 20 100 'Bank of London 5O 50 a 2 20 !Bank of Turkey 50 [British North Americ:.n all 57 59 20 'eh td.Bank of India, ,tsc all 225 224 25 1 1Ch.Mer. of In. Lon.sc Ch all 34 36 100 City 100 .C010nia1..... 2011 ;Corn. Bank of Canada., all 100 [Commercial of London. 20 21 22 20 lEng., Scot., & Aus. Ch.. all 141 154 20 Gen. Bk .ef Switzerland 4) 20 Lon. Char.Bkof A vstral nTi 255 26 254 50 ,London and County 20 50 ILondon Joint Stock .. 10 305 100 I f ondon & Westminster 20 ' 100 ,Nat. Prov. of England . 42 20 'Do. new .. 12 50 I Nation al Bank 25 20 New South Wales.... all 20 Do. new 25 l Oricnt. B. Corporation 20 ;Ottoman Bank .. . 100 ,Provincial of Ireland 25 10 Do.new all 25 South Australia 25 Union of Australia all. — . 50 ;Union of London 100 (Unity Mutual... . 60 j COLONIAL GOVERNMENT r.SEOURITIES. Cau.Gov. ic,p.c.Ja. &July' 100 112, 117 Do. 6p. cent. 18701 11c,;0 1 = 80. g ii. cep*.,. 1 1 , 8:i.-2 i O 6 f - _ Do. 6p. c. Feb. AL Auct le° 111 113 Do. 6p. c. Mar. & Sept 100 111 113 i Do. 5 per cent lOO 104 101 101 3} —I I Do. Scrip B2 I - - N.B.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July[ 100 144 1091 Do, 6p. c. Ap. & Oct.' 100 N, S.N. Gov. sp, c., 1866 100 1001 1011 Do. sp. c., 1871 to 1876 100 1004 101? Do. 5 p.0.,1888 &limy& 100 1001 101 k - . 1001 f Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. aterlinv,, 1875 lOO 103 109 S.Aus.Gt. 6 p.c. 1878 &up. 100 IDS, 110 110 Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July 100 1 _ _ I Do. do. 6 p.c. Ap.&Ocr. 10 , , 11071 108 , 1071 1 107} 108 MISCEI kN OUS. 101 13 14 31 33 41 51 30 32 35 37 18 20 13 15 110 113 23i 24i 28 30 . 1 100 112 108 110 93 96 24 1 21 2a 1} 1 d Is l 2}} 2 4 11 lfd 3 2d' * 1 i 1 i l l } pr 50 56 73 75 13 14 17 18 p 17 19 5 6 46 48 180 135 33 35 it I 5 t 7 t :9 10 1081 1171 112 110 113 ) 207 211 01 03 115 120 93 97 30 291 1011 PROPOSED LEGISL.4TION OX DRALYAOE. A public meeting was held yesterday at the Hanover-square Rooms to consider the necessary steps to be taken to secure legislative facilities for the improvement of outfalls and arterial drainage generally throughout the kingdom. The Earl of Romney presided, and there was a considerable attendance of landowners arid agriculturists, among whom were Sir J. V. Shelley, M.P., Sir J. 'Tyrrell, Sir H. Vavasour, Mr. Skelton, Mr. Fisher Hobbs, Mr. Robert Smith, Mr. H. Corbett, &c. The CHAIRMAN explained that the object of the meeting was to consider what steps ought to b e taken to promote an improved system of sewerage and drainage throughout the kingdom. He strongly objected to the system upon which the landowners were called upon to maintain the drainage and sewerage of the land. He believed that the principle of taxing land for the purposes of sewerage was very old, though at the present time it only existed in comparatively fow districts. At the same time the powers which were given by local acts were found to be insufficient and inconvenient, and many places requiring improvements were neglected simply because the legislative sanction had not been obtained to acts which were purely local. No doubt objections might be made to the sort of legislation which it was now proposed to adopt on the ground that it was an interference with the rights of private property, but any one who had considered Mae subject knew that property could never be held so as to he an obstruction to public interests, and that private rights must inevitably give way to public convenience. He believed that if the Legis lature were appealed to they would not be found backward in providing a remedy for the injury which the agriculturists suffered. Sir H. VAvasont said that the existing statutes relating to the drainage of land had proved alto gether insufficient. It was impossible for any one resident in a town to realise the state of the country, and the present year was a most disastrous one to the farmer. The occupiers of low lying arable farms had been injured to an almost incalculable ex tent, seeing that they had the rain of successive weeks to contend with. It was not so much the ex cess of the rain that had fallen this year as the fact of the water remaining on the soil which injured the land. There had already been several Acts of Parliament relating to general drainage, the most recent of which was the 3d and 4th William IV., c. 22, but the existence of commissioners and other local powers rendered them almost nugatory. Small thready drains, indeed, existed, but the common outfall was in most cases a sluggish stream, gene rally running into a canal, at the junction with which the course of the water was still further im peded by a dam, and as long as the powers of local acts existed, it was utterly impossible to improve the drainage. They heard much of the damage to land from game, but more injury was caused by want of drainage in a single day than from all other causes put together. A change in the law of drain age was absolutely necessary for small proprietors, and they must urge the Government to lose no time in preparing a broad and simple measure relating, to drainage, so as to put an end entirely to the pre sent wasteful and most unsatisfactory state of things. The Chancellor of the Exchequer was call ing upon them for every shilling they could spare, and when the rental of half a county was spent on a single ship, and the national debt had a tail as long as a comet, they could not afford to be fettered by statutes passed at a time when England was a second-rate Power and a wheat-exporting country. (Hear, hear.) Sir J. SHELLEY inquired whether, in the opinion of this meeting. the bill introduced some time ago by Mr. Mills was sufficient to effect the object in view, and if so would give notice, immediately on the meeting of Parliament, for its re-introduction. He fully concurred in the necessity for legislation on the subject, and thought that if a second measure were brought in it would be carried. The CHAIRMAN believed that no bill had been prepared, and understood that reference would be made to the bill of 1852. Sir J. SHELLEY believed that such a bill as that of 1852 would never be carried, because circum stances had since arisen which had increased the im portance of the subject. If the landowners would take the matter into their own hands he had no doubt they would succeed. Sir H. VATASOUR then moved the following reso lution :—" That this meeting considers that a com prehensive public measure of arterial drainage and the improvement of the outfalls is highly essential to meet the requirements of the present advancing state of agriculture." He also proposed :—" That a deputation from their meeting wait upon the Secretary of State for the Home Department to impress upon him the measure at the earliest possi ble period of the ensuing session." Sir J. SHELLEY seconded the resolutions, which were carried unanimously. Sir J. TYRRELL wished some explanation to be given as to what was meant by arterial drainage. Mr. DENTON.—River reform generally; power to deal with rivers and all other streams ; the clear ing away of drains, and where necessary, of mills —a point which it was perhaps rather dangerous to touch upon ; and the clearing of all outfalls into the sea. Sir J. TYRRELL thought the explanation unsa tisfactory. Mr. B. THOROLD.—AII that was meant was power to remove all impediments in the main water courses or arteries, and those engineering works ' which wore erected upon Sir George RRnnie's prin ciple for the mere purpose of feeding the canals. Mr. S. CHILTON believed that if the proposed measure were carried the property in the districts affected by it would be enormously benefitted. The valley of the Thames, for instance, where there were thousands of acres not worth 10s. per acre would be made worth 50s. per acre. The same might be said of almost all the valleys of the country. The following gentlemen were named as the deputation :—The Earl of Romney, Sir J. Shelley, Sir H. Vavasour, Mr. Chilton, Mr. Heathcote, Mr. Langston, Mr. Bailey Denton, Mr. A. Clark, Mr. Grantham, Mr. Fisher Hobbs, and the Rev. J. Clutterbuck. GALLANTRY OF A PILOT CREW. The Northern Ensign reports the following : " We stated in onr last that a vessel, supposed to be a foreigner, was tossing about our coasts on Tuesday, with her mainmast, Sc., carried away, and evidently in great distress from want of a har bour to run to. Observing from Staxigoe the dis abled conditiou of the vessel, and infrring from the flag of distress that assistance was greatly needed, five men formed the resolution of proceed ing to Ackergill, a distance of several miles, and of endeavouring to reach the distressed vessel by means of one of the fishermen's boats there. This was soon after mid-day. After more than an hour's hard row inc,, and just as darkness was comi n g on, the y reached the vessel off Noss Head. The wind was blowing with almost hurricane violence, and a terrific sea, which often threatened to engulf the boat and her brave crew, broke upon them, at times'completely covering the boat. It was with no ordinary diffi culty that the pilots—George Bain, John Wares, Peter Gunn, George Manson, and "William Bruce —managed to get on heard the vessel, in conse quence of her heavy pitching and the roll of surf. The vessel proved to be a Norwegian schooner, in ballast, with a crew of seven men, driven to this coast by the violence of the gale, by which they were overtaken on their voyage from France to Norway. According to the statement of the cap tain they had proceeded far on their voyage when overtaken by the storm. On the previous evening when about 17 miles off Aberdeen the vessel was struck by a huge wave, which threw her upon her beamends and shifted the ballast, which was thrown upon the cables, by which the crew were deprived of their use, and among other injuries sustained by the (mew one of them had one of his legs broken. In this condition the vessel was tossed about but som e time, the crew anticipating not hiug death every moment. Running before the fore and sea they foun d themselves on Tuesday re noon on the shelterless shores of Caithnedss, elFowor, four days none of the crew had vehntur b pi e lots they and when they were boarded were in a state of extreme eaxslbLayoursettieounnthaenadanwase were preparing to run their vessel . e would have been Sinclair's Bay, where theriraescap brief consultation, i n all but impossible. f which the captain Acommittedte his vessel to the charge of the pilots, they resolved to brave the terrors of ther than run any ri s k „ the Pentland Firth They t herefore r o r e a e n e d ethe farvh e e before this coast. tvh~n the he wind, but she ha d s carried away. W for.4oPsailyalhwe o Dun asea was terrific, and the strongest eansbv' Head wa s felt that the vessel wouldfounder. held on, and the schooner was in a apprehe_osi,eit, Still ti ph° f ew minutes bounding over the fierce waves of the Pentland Firth. Seldom if ever has a vessel in ballast crossed the firth in such a storm. Passing Canticle Head in almost pitch darkness, and amid wind, rain and surf, the danger was more imminent than ever. At one time they found themselves within a few yards of the rocks, and imagined instant death was staring them in the face. The poor sailors, unable to render the slightest assistance, stood in hopeless suspense, till, after passing Switha, th e y were assured that the danger was over. By fi ve o'clock they reached Stromness harbour in safe:: after four days of the utmost anxiety, sufferaienegl, wasa danger. In a few minutes after the moored, Too much cannot be said in daring and intrepidity of these men. h o occupy the is always precarious, but the p 1: 12 rheelisre callingthe villages from Wick to Staxigneilunever shrink from danger when their herviceu are required." PORTSMOUTH DEFE YOBS. The new Hillsea lines for the defence of Porte mouth, its harbour, dockyard, and arsenals, from the . I attack of an enemy landward, have made consider able progress during the past summer, and the cora lpletion of the inner or main line is now being pushed forward with great vigour, 1,500 men being at this time employed in their construction, 5;10 in laying material, and 1,000 in preparing it. The huge piles of brickwork which form the casemated batteries for the central bastion have been standing now nearly 12 months, and not a crack or flaw of any kind can be discovered in any part of them, notwithstanding the extraordinary amount of rain which has fallen during the past six months, and. the swampy nature of the ground on which they have been built. The lines extend from the shore of the harbour of Langston, at their eastern, to that of Portsmouth harbour, at their western extremity, the earthen line of parapet and ditch being conti nued well along the shores of each harbour, the more effectually to cover the flanks of the works. This inner line of the defences consists of two im mense bastions, with 10-gun casemate() batteries on each flank, and connected by curtains with demi bastions at each end with casemated batteries. The bastion trace thus presents three fronts, with exte rior sides of nearly 800 yards in extent. Each case mated flank forms an obtuse angle, with the apex inclining inwards. The interior of the casemates is most massive, and would seem destined to bid defi ance to any artillery that may at any future time be brought against them. In the rear of each gun are quarters for the requisite number of artillerymen to work it. These are tha only batteries or quarters for troops which have been constructed along the main line of defence; consequently, while a heavy cross fire may be kept up over the defences and ground in front of the position, not a single gun is seen pointing directly to the front, nor is an embra sure open to an enemy. The faces of the bastions are, like the curtains, of earth, with a base of 116 feet, a command of 30 feet, and in every part exposed to artillery fire,presenting 26 feet depth of parapet. The summit of the whole line is well traversed with a parapet for rifle fire, and with the terrepleins, hav ing a slope of two feet to the rear. Along the rear of this line runs a military road from east to west for the conveyance of materiel, &c., to the different batteries, while alongside this road is being con structed a large drain, which will intercept the natural drainage of the land from the base of the works, and also receive the sewage from the new barracks now being constructed for the mounted batteries of Artillery. The remainder of the de fences of the Hillsea lines have not yet made much progress, but preparations are being made to push them forward as rapidly as possible in the spring. These will consist of a ditch in front of the inner line we have already described, 150 feet wide, closed at each end by machinery when required, at high water, so as to enable the holders of the works to always retain a certain depth of water in front of their inner lines of defence. In advance of this ditch will be constructed two hornworks of an equilateral triangular shape, of enormous size and strength, armed with casemates a /a Hare, in a similar man ner to the main line, with which it will be connected by covert ways, drawbridges, eac., and affording a safe means of egress and ingress in the event of sorties, &c., being required. Through the western work will pass the turnpike road, while through the eastern one the lines of the South - Western and. South Coast Railways enter and make their exit. In front of these two works will run the channel connecting tha harbours of Portsmouth and Lang ston, and which will be widened from its present extent, 60 feet, to 200 feet, and also deepened suffi ciently to allow of first class gun vessels to pass along in front of the defences from one harbour to the other—an important consideration in the event of au enemy advancing to attack the position. The position along its entire extent will be deflated tram any artillery which can be planted against it on Portsdown or elsewhere, to the distance of about 150 yards in the rear of the inner lines. The lines as they will thus stand, when complete, might be fairly termed impregnable, paltwith starnling the proximity of Portsdown ; but a very important element of its strength lies in the nature of the ground in front, as affording the only way by which an enemy could advance. For 600 yards on the opposite side of the channel to that on which the works of defence are situated the ground has a gradual descent along its whole ex tent, right and left, so that by simply cutting the sea walls at high water the whole of this would become inundated, and form an impassable barrier to an enemy. Beyond this 600 yards Portsdown begins its ascent, and continues until it attains its greatest altitude above high water, 444 feet above high water mark, at a distance of 2,300 yards from the Hillsea lines. These heights have been made, many engineers say, far too much of, considering the strength of the works at Hillsea, and the com position of Portsdown itself, the latter being nothing but chalk, and therefore quite incapable of being turned into a Torres Vedras affair. £650,000 has been named by the Defence Comtnission as the sum required to fortify these heights, which are seven miles in extent, and for the purpose of carry ing this out, Colonel Ross, R.E., and staff are already in possession, and have marked out the sites for the various forts, which are recommended to consist of four forts of 30 guns each, two of 25 guns each, and three of 12 guns each, with flanking lines of escarpment at Farlington and Fareham. The ground, however, is not yet broken. The ap proach to Portsdown-hill will be sufficiently guarded at its western extremity by the chain cf connected forts extending from Stoke's Bay to Prater Lake, and by the advanced line of detached works from Hill-head, opposite Osborne-house,t its Old Ford, near Fareham. The app roach to eastern extremity will be, however, entirely unpoirnot tected; while, strange to say, this is the on t ly o l t ? our ei e : rapr toted miles to from which an enemy, landing on an coasts mare hisin the appearance. English sea Bill,ean s.boeym few from Chichester, is the only water to land spot in the Channel which would afford an enemy smooth in a south-west wind, and without a single on gun to The landing once effected . opposite their landing. and a base of operations would couple of batteries, Selsea Bill could be fortified sufficiently with a be at once secured. r_HIS DAY'S SHIFTING. ~, D ec . 13.—Wind this day a t noon—North- Easterly ;LDN"'" ~ fresh breeze, and flue 'weather, but rather dull D ee . 12.—Wind S.E.—A rrived—John Banks, froman(Ectoblit,i; 11)A favor, and sailed f or S ydney ; Ascendant, from _.. tha 'laver, and sailed Port Philip. COWES, Dec. 12.—Wind N.N.W.—Arrived—Fulton , steamer, from Havre, and loft for New York. CARDIFF, Dec. 1 2.—Wind calm—Arrived—Reflect, from Bombay ; Assumption, from Pernambuco ; Oceanus, from Cuba. CWANSEA, Dec. 13.—Wind N.E.— for Rio Janeiro. Arrived —City QUEENSTOWN, Dec. 11.—Wind N.W.—'k; ; left on the N.F.—Sailed—Jules Louis, of Baltimore, screw steamer, from N Ist hist ; Trafalgar, from Demerara, Mary port. efuawdYsailed for Mary .„,d W.N. Dec. 12.—Iv ea "i y, Lady Milton, from Quebec, sprung. OFF PORTSMOUTII, Dee. from London for Hong Xong'_ I'2.—Wind .-- CLYDr, Dec. , or yard, Ann Augusta, and ....... and with foremast 12. —Arrived —Georgiana, N arrived—Martha's Tia j.ara_lane, from New York. Y ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAXPTON, Thursday Morning. 'Wind E. Arrived from f rom Quebec, pi a Portsmouth ; Palatiaa, fromLim e fr r o ic i l :a t -wSatoeurtfhoradm;ptAonulasmtetarma, steamer,er.from fjreosi;YiLe;ids_bi‘ol-unnar.Y Jane , c l e Billy, for Newcastle ; Ripen, steamer, for exandria ; liavre, steamer , for Havre ; At a l an t a , s teamer, f A or i Guer „ e y ; Umptre, for Jersey ; Mechanis's Own, for Newport. ( B y SUBMARINE AND MAGNETIC TELEGRAPIL) GRAVESEND, Thursday Morning. Wind N.E. ; tide two hours' flood; cloudy. Arrived, Dec. 12—T asso, from Dantsic ; Dublin, at eamer, from Bordeaux; Samuel Abbott, from Landscrona ; La martine, and Tom Cringle, from Gothenburg ; Otto, from Randers; Vesta, from Kioge. DEAL, Thursday Morning. Wind N.N.E ; fresh, with rain. Passed—Leda, screw steamer, for Oporto ; Resala, for Alicanta—both from London. Anchored—Commodore, from the west for London. )tain !ship , has r the ILS. yield 1 . ) ;2i 10 stock 25 stock stock stock stock 100 stock 100 all all all all 5 281 S i I 38i 17t 1 WIN t I I