The Sun. — London, England, 1855-12-12 00:00:00

MEE *P . MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLocK. The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed very quietly. Compared with Friday's rates prices of American and Surat were fd. per lb. higher. The sales were estimated at about 7,000 bales, 500 for export, and 500 on speculation. The transactions included 200 Egyptian, at 6d. to 62d., and 200 Surat, at nd. to 41d. All other prices were without change. Railway Shares further ad vanced. From Paris the accounts are unfavourable in re ference to monetary and commercial affairs. The active speculation recently noticed on the Bourse has given rise to some apprehension, and it is con sidered probable that failures will occur on the next account day. Upon the last occasion great embarrassment would, it is stated, have been ex perienced if the Bank of France had not rendered assistance to the operators. Trade appears to be in a depressed state, although at this period of the year there is generally much activity. The quotations from the Continental Bourses exhibit an improvement on previous prices, and money is becoming more plentiful in Central Eu rope, where much activity continues to exist in the sales of grain on Prussian account. At Berlin the 41 per Cents. have been firm at 1081, and the 4 per Cents. at 97i. Bank of Prussia Shares rule at 122. At Frankfort Public Securities were with out variation, at former quotations; and at Amster dam 5 per cent. Metallies were bought at 63 13-16. On the Paris Bourse Routes were in demand at an advance upon the closing prices of Monday. The 3 per Cents. rose 40 centimes for money, and 300. for the account. Considerable animation was exhibited in the latter stock, and at one time they rose to 64f. 95c., in consequence of large pur chases on account of capitalists and favourable ac counts from the London Stock Exchange. A few of the railway stocks were firmer, such as North of France, which advanced 2f. 50c., East New Scrip 2f. 50c., West of France 2f. 50c., and Geneva 3f. 750., but all others receded, Lyons 5f., Medi terranean 15f., Grand Central 2f. 50c., in conse quence of the 15t1 being settling day. According to returns published officially, it ap pears that France has been a large importer of common wines this year, in consequence of a de ficiency in the vintage. From the prohibitory decrees issued last year against the distillation of spirits from grain, there has also been an increase in their importation, especially from this country. During the month of October last the quantity of common wines imported was 29,866 hectolitres, of liqueurs 763, and spirits of all sorts 8,272. The total quantities from the announcement of the im perial decrees of 30th August, 22d September, and sth October, 1854, to the 31st October, 1855, was, of ordinary wines 463,667 hectolitres, liqueurs 17,340, and spirits 235,951. _ . English Securities are depressed in consequence of the reported fall of Kars, and the quotations are fully f to II per cent. lower than yesterday. As, however, the operators are engaged in making arrangements for the adjustment of the Railway and Foreign Stock accounts the transactions are circumscribed. Consols opened at 88 1 1 f, then rose to 83f but afterwards dropped to 88-i K. The New 3 per Cents. have been largely dealt in at 884 to 89/, and the Re duced are 88i /. Bank Stock is 209, being heavy. Exchequer Bills are 7s. to 2s. discount. The Foreign Stock Market is also weaker, parti cularly for Turkish Six per Cents., which have declined to 83 and 834, owing to the unfavourable rumour above noticed. The New Scrip is f per cent. lower—viz., 3k discount. Peruvian Four and-a-Half per Cents. have declined to 741. Spanish Three per Cents. to 39k, and the Deferred to 201 if. Sardinian are firmer, being 831, and Equador Bonds rule steady at 54. Belgian 4i per Cents. are 92. The Spanish Financial Agency have advertised the 48th auction of the Foreign Redeemable Debt, which takes place at Madrid on the 29th inst. The amount assigned for that purpose is 750,000 reals. The following are the nominal prices of foreign stocks: Grenada Deferred Bonds, 61 to 7 ; Mexican, 19 to ; Peruvian, 74 to 76 ; ditto Three per Cents., 52 to 54; Portuguese Four per Cents.. 4t to 46 ; Russian Five per Cents., 97 t 099 ; ditto Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 88 to 90; Spanish Three per Cents., 39} to I ; ditto Passive, 7 to ; ditto Deferred, 20i- to ; ditto Certificates, 41 to /. Railway Shares are generally at lower quota tions. Great Western, however, are 10s. to 15s. higher. Some of the other lines receded ss. to 10s. The French and Colonial shares are without parti cular variation, but Great Western of Canada rule flatter. Mining, Banking, and Miscellaneous Shares are generally steady. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE u CLOCK. ( ?root the OlNcial Lie. - . Buiinese , to.. Bank Stock 3 per cent. Reduced Annnitin . . 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities New 3 per Cont. Annuities . Long Annuities, expire sth Jan. 1860... Ditto 3 Years, expire sth Jan , 1860 3i Ditto 30 Years, expire sth April, 1885 l6l India Stock India Bonds, £lOOO Ditto, under £lOOO 3 d Consols /or Account B Bi 3 E i Exchequer I3llls, 20. £lOOO ..... £5OO 2 7 Rmall 5 1 Ditto Bonds, 1858, 31 per Cunt 974 8,, I , If 1859 ...... PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLO K. Fqnador Bonds Peruvian Bonds, 4i per Cent. B.rd adan Bonds, 5 per Cont. Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent. Turkish Bonds, 6 per cent B 3i i 3 Ditto Now Scrip, 4 per Cent. Dividends on the above payable In London. Belgian, 2. per Cent., ex. 25 francs — Ditto 41 per Cont.. ex. 25 francs 92 TWO O'CLOCK. Console B9l 3 THE ARREST OF COL, TUI?R. The Wurtemberg Moniteur contains a letter from Vienna, of the 6th, which says : " The affair of Colonel Turr, arrested at Bu charest, is on the point of being settled. That officer will not be given up to the English, as the British Government admits that the right is on the side of Austria in the matter." LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This Day.) LONDON, Dec. 12.—Wind this day at noon, W., lighi breeze. (PEE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Wednesday Morning. Arrived—Oriental, from Shialds. Sai;ed—Ondine, (s.), for London; Mars, Cardiff; South , Western, (s.), Jersey. LIVERPOOL, Wednesday morning. Wind S. Arrived—Elizabeth Conway, from Porto Cabello; Pro. g ross and Wanderer, New York ; Siloam, Girgenti ; Ar thur and Sillery, Quebec. - Off— J. L. Warner, from New Orleans. Sailed—John J. Boyd, for New York ; Jamsetjee Cur setjee, Bombay. QUEENSTOWN, Dec. 10. Wind N. Arrived—Covenanter, from Bombay ; Dawa, Syra her Majesty's ship Hastings. DUBLIN, Dec. 11. Wind N.W. Arrived—Charlotte, from Messina ; Majesty, Palermo, (BY BIIBMABINI AN). ICRITIAN TELEGNApn.) GIiIVESEND, Tuesday, 10.7 A.M. Wind N.W. ; tide low water; hazy and frosty. Sailed—Florence, for Demerara. DEAL, Tuesday, 9.30 A.M. Wind W.N.W., light ; frosty. Anchored—John M. Wood, from Calcutta, for London ; President Fillmore, London, New York; Gleam, London, Sierra Leone ; Hohenzollern, London, Constantinople,. THE CATTLE SHOW AND THE SOUTH-WESTERN RAIL WAY.—The directors of the London and South-West ern Railway, in order to afford persons living in the country an opportunity of visiting the Smithfield Cat tle Show, started yesterday two special trains at re duced fares to London, with the privilege of the pas sengers remaining in town until Thursday afternoon. One train came from Portsmouth and Salisbury, and conveyed between 400 and 600 persons to town. The other train came from Salisbury and Dorchester, with upwards of 600 persons. The greatest order was maintained at the terminus, notwithstanding the arrival of such a great number of persons, owing to the admirable arrangements made, which were effectually carried out by Mr. Young, the superintendent 6f the Vim oD tion, and Inspectors Norwood and Parker and Police itspector Bent, of the A division. THE SUN, LONDON ) WEDNESDAY EvE N DECEMBER 12 185 S. SHARE MARKETS. (THIS DAY.) RAILWAYS. ZLILWATII. A.mbg. Nottng. Bost and Eastn. Jnnct Belfast & Ballymena Rirming. Wolverh Stour y Birk e ihd. Lancet. di Cheshire Jnnct Do. Chozh. & Birk., £5O and 225 Cons Do., £20...„ Rlyth &Tyne original £25 (issd. at £45) Bristol and Exeter Caledonian. Carta. and Cardigan Chester di Holyhead. Cork and Bandon.. Cork, Black, & Pas Cornwall Do. A Do. B CI ha Junction DuolinikßelfastJnne )un. P. at Abyr. Jnc Do. Niw East Anglian Eastern Counties.. East. Union, A Stl De., B. Stout Do., New A East Kent East Lancashire Edinburgh & Glasgos, Edinb. and Peebles Edin.Prth DIIIIdoe Forth St Clyde Jrn.l Furness Do. Extension 'Glasgow 3t S West Great N. of Scotind. 'Great Northern . Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock Gt. Sth &West.(lre ) Great Western Do. Stour Val_ Ran Gua. Stk . Irish South-Easter , Lancaster k Carl i P Do., Thirds Do. New Thirds I..aneasil. and Yorke Do., Wst. Riding TT , . Liv.Criny.&Southi r t London & Black ws l Loral. Bright & S.Cs'. Lend. and N. Wo.ta, Du, Fifths Do.lol. ,M&B C Do. Eighths . London and S. Westn , Do., .C5O. ........ Do., £4O Ladndrrydz Col ersi Lndndrrr. & Ennisk Manch.Stiek tine)' Do. Shares, No. kfar . & un. D r Metropolitan Midland )o. Birmug. & I►er~~ Midld. G. West. (I VC, Do. Half Shares Newcastle & Carlisle Nwpt.Aberg. & arta Newry & Enniskille , Newry Warrenpoint and Rostrevor Norfolk ..... Northn.Counties Korth British North Devon, No. 1 Do., No. 2 A Deferreu Do., B Guarantee.' N. Eastern—Berwici Do. do. Extension Do.do. G.N.E. Do. Leeds Do. York North London N.&S.Wstrn.,liami - stead, and City Jn.. North Staffordshire.. North Western N. & S. Westrn. June Nuneaton, Hinckley and Leicester Ox, Wore., & Wolv Portsraonth o Aish Central Scottish Midland Shropshire Un - on South Devon South Eastern South Wales S. Yrksb. cti Riv. Dur I Do ita;nog,Wok. &WA tockton & Darli 3tcAton & Hartlep , Taff Vale Do. Pref., No. 1..... 1,,,1meS Hay. D.& R. Ulverstone & Lance Vale •), Waterfl. & Kilkenn- WaterfordliLimer ~ ls West Cornwall. West End of London and Crystal Palace Do. A . Do. B West London Wimbledn&Croyenn FOR. RIGN . • In I Do. 5 p.c. Oblgs. con. in Sh. at par till '64 Ardennes c e ig an Eaitu. Jun, Itezi ors to Gra , se , pa, Bombay, Ilaroda an r7e ntr - st:l a.§,,ri Do. )oniorarts ►ntct Rhenish Eastern of France Do. New (East Indian, g. 5 p. e Do,EY tell;i Do. do. do., '59, do.. Gd. of CanadaAi. , Do. St. Lawrence A , Atlantic do. no. Ccrt. of Deben. con. into Stk. till '6 no. Comp. 6p. e., do Gt. Central of Fran , Ot Indian Peninsnlp guar. 5 per cent Do. New 5 por cent no. Extensions.... Great Luxembourg Constituted Shares Do. Obligations Gt. Western of Canad Shams Do. New Do. Bds., payable'a, wich option till '55 Do. do., '62, p. '56 Do. do., '76, p. '6O do., '73, without option liamilton & Toronto `Do. 6 per cent._ rialto Const. & Bash Limo and Turnhout I Lyons and Genova Lyons 4 Meditorrat Madras Do. Now Maria Antonia Do. do. New Namur di Liege (witl- interest) Do. (ex interest) Northern of France D 0.201. Shs Do. 20/. 3 p. c Bde (fmy.B. h Arcs. Shs. NorwegianTrunkPre Paris and Lyons Ditto Bonds Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen... ParisCaen & Chorbrg, Do Rome and Frascati Rouen and Havre Royal Danish Royal Swedish Do. Obligations Sambre and Drient.6... Do. 5i p. coat. Pref iScindj Southern o: Frame St. Andrew's and. Quebec (A) West Flanders Do 5 per c. Pref Western of France D 0........ Zealand 0 F NT-ATOI Anstr 4) Bank of London ..... Isri. Col. bk.& La). G. •iritish N. America.) Chart& Bank of Aei, Clirtd. Brk. of India, Australia, & City Colon'al Commercial of Lowl En-. Ccot. &At , e. Ch Loud. Chart. Bk. o: Australia . Ditto Now I,ndon and Connti... Lnd.&E.Bn':; . Corp. London Joiut Stock.. bond. & Westminster National Pro.of Eng. Do. New National of Ireland.. New South Wales.... Oriental Bank of Corporation. Provincial of Ireland Do. New ............... Royal Australn.Bkg. & Gold Trap C 0.... Royal British South Australia Union of Australia Do. New ......•••••• 1 U'Lliclll U London ~ Closing Prices yesterday. 22 - ',3 3i - 31 •e• •• 74 8 16 - 15 13 - 14 9 - 8 79 - 81 mi -5,1 i 1 . 2 5i - 44 6 - 7 11 - 12 8 -8; 27 -- 29 17 - 19 18A 69} 504 - 514 94 - 9i 16A - 176 77 79 87 i - 7 - 88 71 73 120 122 102 C 4 501 60i 50 55 68 /2 6 7 6 7 ~ 77 774 94 96 94 - 944 14 1(1 U 86 7i -6; 6 5 22 - 234 id 61 64i 36 38 ••e ''. ,•• ••••.• • •• 14 4 29 30 68 - 69 B,} - 7 , 1 5 - 4 3 / 4 ,1 11 3 / 4 - 12 44 3 / 4 45 3 / 4 92 - 97 81 - 8 4 - 51 22 - 24 oo - 102 72 74 42 •-• ii 2 57; —58 i 31. -31 t 5 - 2d pai 34 - 36 ••• '''. .. - 19 - 20 Basinsbe doT e this day. LINES bit.h.SV) kT FIXED RENTALS. RAILwAxv. Leaslm h Conpan Closing enc. I yesterday. Bedford and Blot chley ... Buckghameh. Clydesdale Jc. Col. Stour Vy. Sud. and Hal. E. Lin. g. 6 pc E. Un. H. Sh. Glas. Barr. & Neila. Direct Do. New...... Glstr.dg Dn. Fr Hrtlpl. Dk. & Railway Hull & Selby Do. t Shares. Do. Shares. Lon. Greenw Do.Prefereme Lon.,Til.,&S. Lowestoft 4 per cent. Do. 6 per c' , Manch. Bxtr and Matloc . Middlesbro' Redcar Midld.Brad'7 7 Newmarket Bury Eaten._ N.& Est.s P.C. Do. 6 per et. Do. Fixeds p Prest. & W yre Do. Shrs. A Roystn.& Hit. Shef.Roth.and Goole g. 5 p. c. Shrews. &Her, S. Staffordsh. Wear Valleygr 6 per cent... Do Wiltsetomrst London St N. We , t. L.&N.W. Caledon E. Un. Si E. C Gt." . rthu. E. Count. Caldonian. Do. Weeti, Yk. New. & Berw. Y. &Nit Do._ Do S. Easton D 0........ . Peto 1 Co. , N. W & Midi& 'itekton do Darli (mt. I En. Conn. E. Count. Do Do L. & N.W Do Gt Northr Lammed) & , Yorksh. T. Brassey !CAW:can Stoekt. Darlingt Do ("ItW PREFERENI Aberdeen Do. N 0.2, 7 p. c. I tlyth and Tyne 1 Opel C. pref. (issd. at 50/ & Ex. 4 p. c. Do. 4 p. c. Shares ... oaledonian £lO ( - gloater & liolyhea•' Juan 5i per cent Do. do. Pref. No. 2. ' Do. do. Pref. No. 2 Cork di Bandons2p.e Dun.Prth A ber.J. Z. Anglian Cls. ASb Do. do. Cis. B 6 p. C. Do. do Cls. C 7 p. c. ffastorn Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No. Do. No. 2 . Do. New 6 p. c. St East I.Tn., G. 6 p. c. Do. 6/. 10 ner cent. Do. 10/. Dei)entr.Sli. Do. do. 4 per cent... East Lanca.E. 6 p. I'. &W. York. J. sths Ed Prth. &Dnn.4 p. Furness. (11as. & S.W. G. 5 p.c. Great Northn. 5 p. c Do. 5 p. C. Redeem at 10 p. c. pram, Do. 4i p. Do. 5 p. c. Scrip, Red. at 5 p. c. pm... Gt.N. of Scot. Ist Pre Gt. S. & W. (Ireland' Do. 4 per c. Prof. S , Gt. Westn. (Barks Hants Ex . 5 p. Do . con. red. 4 p.c, Dn. con. red. 4 p. c. Do. irred. 4p. C. Do. Birm. Pref. Sh Do. Chester 8 p. c.P.' Do. do. 5 p. c. Do. Birm. Gua. Stk D). Ches. Gua. Sh Do. do. do Do. do. do L ,n. &York. F. £2' Do. 6 p. c. Stock Lon.&Brigh. G. 5 p.c. Do. Pref., 5 P. c. St. Do. Now Gua - r.6 p. c. Do. do. 5 per ceitt Lon.&N. W., Coy. dz N unea' on 5 1.. et._ Lon. & S.W. 7 per ct Londy. & Co %I. Londy. & Ennis. S , . Man., Shot., 8. Lin New, £lO Do. 6 Niarypt & Carl. 4 o Do. 4 per cent Do Consol .6 p.c.Ft Do. Consol. Bristol Birm. 6 per cont. p. c. Pref. Sf , Do. Pref. 4 per cen !Do. 51. Pr. f. 4 p. c Ditto L.& IL Pref. St Norfolk Debenture Do. Prof. 4 p. c. Sto , Do. 5 p.c. Eat Do. 52 per ct . pref Do. Way. Val. 5 p.c North British N. E. Berw, 4 p.c. P Do. do. d 0.... Do Leeds6p.c..No.l Do. do. Quarters 4 Do. Vork & Prir North Staffordshire Oxford, Worcester, Wolverh..£ls, g p. Do R. Prof. 101. Sh. ( Scot. Cent. , New Pro South Devon Do. fixed, 4 per cen S. Eastern (Rcadio Ann.) of L.l Os. 6d. Do. 41, per cent . Do. Fixed 4 p c sh. :S Wales Gua. 4p. c. IDo. orkdo. 4i p p. c.... S.Ysll.4.c.Guar. Stock.& Dar. , 5 p. c. IDo. do. do iStock. & Hart]. g. p.c. till July 1, '5 6 Watertcl. & Kilk. 6 p c, 4.gus Fris &nglo Austria. Gold Anglo Californian kustralian kustralian Cordillera Nye Maria., (laden (Gd.Duehy of, Blamarvon Iron and Coal ..„. • Iritish Iron qrazilianlmp.(issue,' at £5 pm.) Do. Cocacs Sc Cuiab Do, St. John. De? Re Clarendon Cons. MT Co. of Jamaica... Cobre Copper Colonial Gold Copper Miu. of Eng Do. Prof, 7i p. cent. Copiapo.... trortuna General Gt.Nugg etVe inßeg. Great Polgooth Gt Wheal Vor United Liberty Linares Lusitanian New Granada Nouveau Monde Pontgibaud Silver Lead Min. & Smelt Port Philip Quartz Rock ithymn ey Iron Do. New Santiago de Crba South Australian Do. Scrip... Do. 10 per cent Pre Pin Croft United Mexican Waller West Mariposa Worthing Mining of Australia Ynha 90 - 93 94 - 98 • • • .... 1131 - 133 ••• '.'" - ••• - - 103 - 105 iii 1715' I'o - 115 21 - 2i 83 91 par ip 55 b 7 128 - 132 81i - 3 - 21 : 30 - 31 80 - 85 rE SHARES. 107 - 109 104 106 80 85 90 92 93 - 95 15 - 16 - 114 -12 t 57 - 59 IJ3 - )15 105 - )07 99 - 101 pa ir n 91 9i 6 6A 85 87 78 82 78 82 94-9 15i 164 9i 10 66 —63 17 18 8i 9 124 —13 i id 136 132 4•• .... ». ••• ...... •N ••• .... O. ••• ...'"' 094 12i - I2i ^ 130 - 132 91 - i 3 - 14 4 - 98 - 100 88 -96 21 - 31 • • ..... ,• • i '''' id 93 - 426 13 • 14 214 - 226 A -- _ I ~ - ~ 4 - G 2 - - 3 30 - 32 - E 3 - 67 30 35 21 par 19 20 id v 11 16 I 1 2 1 • id it 7i 1 p .. ... it - i 21 - 23 6 - 8 4} - 4i 1 - 3i 4 4 4i e this SOUTHWARK. A PRIMA DONNA TROUBLE.—Rosa Clifford, the celebrated Prima Donna at the Woolwich Theatre, was brought before Mr. Combe, and placed in the dock, charged with being drunk and disorderly at the termi nus of the North-Kent Railway, and refusing to go away when desired. George William Graves, one of the officers in the employ of the company, said that between four and five o'clock yesterday afternoon, the prisoner and another female made their appearance on the platform of the North-Kent Railway just before a train was about to leave. Perceiving that they were both drunk, the officer in charge of the train refused to take them, and they were put off the platform. They had, by some means, pur chased their tickets, but as they were drunk and not allowed to go the money was returned to them. Wit 136SS, who was on duty outside the booking-office, per ceived the condition of both, and persuaded them to leave in a quiet manner. The prisoner, however, in a haughty manner, said she should not go away for any one, not even the Chairman of the Board of Directors, and her conduct became so abusive that he was com pelled to eject her from the premises. she, however, re turned three times, and at last, finding that her conduct caused a mob to assemble and interrupt the business of the railway, he was compelled to take her into custody and lock her up. She had been in the station-house all night, and he was instructed to say, by hie superiors, that they did not, under these circumstances, require any severe punishment to be inflicted on her. Mr. Conibe—Has she ever miscondu c t e d h erse lf b efore at the railway station ! Graves—Oh, no s i r . I be li eve she has generally conducted herself properly. This is the first time I have seen her drunk. Mr. Combe—What is she ? Graves--She is an actress and prime donna at the Woolwich Theatre. I l' be ieve, sir, she wag to have performed some superior character there last night, but the audience were disappointed. Mr. Combs, to defendant— What have you to say in answer to the charge of drunkenness and misconduct at the railway station I Oh, what I have to say I'll tell you, sir. I was not drunk, and this man knows it. I had purchased my ticket with my sister, and we were having some altercation about a shilling when we were turned off the platform and rudely ejected from the railway. I feel very indignant at the insult. Graves—l can assure your lordship that she was very drunk, and more like a mad woman than anything else. Mr. Combe—What became of the other female ? Graves—She went away, sir, as soon as I told her, but the prisoner turned round and said she should not for any one, even the magistrate. Mr. Cembe to the prisoner —You must pay five shil lings for this offence. It was disgraceful of a person in your position. Prisoner--I have not a farthing with me, sir. Let me go to my husband at Woolwich. IMr. Combe—You must send for your husband or pay the money. I cannot discharge you unless you do. The prisoner was then locked up by the gaoler. THE KING OF SARDINIA AND TETE MISCELLAN FA )ITh. lb , 9 Australian Api c. tit . 23 - 29 1.1 ) all A.ust.re.ln. Royal Mai .. 1u 8, 1 2 Berlin Water Works 6. 7A 50 10 Brit. American Land 52 55 100 -12' Canada 142 f 47 St 1 1 0 Canada Gov. 6p. at Jan. ana jaly lO9 110 110 5 all Crystal Palace.. 2 - 2i 2k 5 5 Do. Preference 4 / ~- 44 4 all Crystal Pal. of Franc' ~ 1 1 Duston Iron Ore ... .. 20 11 Eastern Steam -- 5 all En.&Aus Cop Sm Co 11 14 25 24 Electric Telegraph 2O 2l 1 all Electric Teleg. of Ir „. ~. 5 all Goa. Iron Sc Collier ... ... 15 14 (len. Steam Navigat. ~. ... W all General Screw Steam ... ~. '‘'.o 10 Irish Beetroot St.ga. ... ... 20 10 Magdalena St. Naviv, ~ . .., 10 all ifediteran. Elec. Tel. 8 10 10 9 Mexican&S.Americn. 51 —6/ 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fu& ... ... 10 5 Netherlands Land.... 1 14 10 all Do. Do. 5 1 Do. 8p c P iss at Id} clis par 2 1 N. S. W. Coal &Inter. Steam Navigat. Co. ... - ... 100 80 New B. &N. S. Land ... . 1 all N. B. Australasian... 4 / 20 15 Nrth.ofEuropeStaam ... .. 1 all Oriental Gas 1 11 1 1 25. Do. " Now Shares " ... ... I all Peel Rr. Ld. & Minrl. 21 —2/ 50 all Peninsular& Orienta ... ... 68i 9 50 10 Do. Now 2 all Portland Iron Co ..• ... tOO 60 Royal Mail Steam 1 all Scot. Austral. Invest l4 li 1 4 Ditto New i — 1, i 2 all South Austral. 1.4 f 1.73 i 35 37 i A l; Submar. Tel. Seri - ) ,>. B 1 3. ' all Do. Registered., , a _ i 20 5 Trust& L. Co.U.Can. ... , no 281 yam Diemelegand 16 ri 18 ...,_ LAW INTELLIGENCE—(This Day.) COURT OF CHANCERY. (Before Vice-Chancellor Kindersley.) THE ARIGNA. MINES.-GARNER •. MOORE. This case came before the court upon the petition of the plaintiff, one of the shareholders in the Arigna Mines, praying that a sufficient sum might be paid out of the funds in court to satisfy a distress for rent, which had been put into the Arigna Mines in Ireland, and under which the whole plant and property of the company had been seized in execution. It ap peared that the distress had been put in before the lives on which the lease hal been granted of the mines had dropped, and proceedings were now being taken under the Fee Farm Conversion' Act for procuring a perpetual lease at a fee farm rent in• stead of a lease for lives renewable f_ir ever. The sum of 5,0001. was now in court to the crt lit of the cause, and it an order was not made by wh'n'i a sum would be applicable for the payment of the rent, the machinery and stock would be sold, and the whole property of the company destroyed. The Vice-Chancellor inquired if there was any affida ,rit that the rent was actually due, and who were the defendants now that Dr. Moore was dead Mr. Shebbear, who appeared for the petitioner, said that the accounts showed that the rent was due, and that, in point of fact, there was no de ,dent. Dr. Moore, by his will, left the whole of his property to his only daughter, a married lady, but the estate was so embarrassed that she had declined to take out adminis tration. The court made the order for the payment, nut of court, of the sum required, upon an affidavit being pro• duced to the Registrar that the rent was due. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. (Sittings at Guildhall, before Lord Campbell.) GADSDEN V. GOODLIFFE. This was an action brought by , the plaintiff, a corn merchant, of Mark-lane, to recover damages from the defendant, a shipping agent in the city, for a breach of a charter party. By consent of the parties, the cause was tried by his lordship without the assistance of a jury. The case was of no interest but to the parties con cerned. COURT OF EXCHEQUER. :Sittings at Guildhall, before Lord Chief Baron Pollock and a Special Jury.) WYLD V. INGRAM. This was an action brought by the plaintiff, the emi nent map publisher of the Strand and Charing•cross, to recover damages of the defendant, the proprietor and publisher of the Illustrated London News, for pirating five maps of the "environs of Sebastopol." Mr. James, Q.C., Mr. Bovill, Q.C., and Mr. Haw kins were for the plaintiff, and Sir F. Thesiger and Mr. Ruse for the defendant. Mr. James, in opening the case, said he should have no difficulty in proving his case, because the defendant bad copied the inaccuracies, in execution, existing in the plaintiff's maps, and called Mr. Wyld to depose to these facts, wino had provided a number of copies of the maps in question, crossed with limes, and numbered f o r the as sistance of his lordship and die jury in detecting the defects and prove the authorship of the publication. His lordship suggested the referring this case, it being one requiring great care in examination and measure ment of the various angles, &c., laid down. Sir F. Thesiger assented. Mr. Wyld said he wished the defendant had sugge ted it instead of driving him to trial. He had no other object in view than seeming his property from piracy. Sir F. Thesiger said he was sorry the defendant had been compelled to drive him to trial. Mr. Wyld said that was not so. A tradesman who considered himself ill-used, as be was prepared to prove he had been by the defendant, bad no alternative but to come into this court. Several names were mentioned to whom the case should be referred, but they were objected to by the plaintiff, on the ground that they were competitors in trade. He should have no objection to refer it to a gentleman possessing the requisite knowledge he knew his lordship had on the subject, or for his lordship to try it without a jury. It was ultimately referred to Hr. Webster, a barrister, combining, as the learned counsel stated, law, skill, and mechanical and other knowledge requisite to fully and fairly decide the question. A verdict was taken for the plaintiff, subject to the above reference. HARES AND WIER V. THE LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST RAILWAY. This was an action brought by the plaintiff against the Directors of the above company, for that they by their servants did assault and beat the plaintiff's wife, by thr-)wing her with force and violence to the ground, &c. The defendants pleaded first, not guilty ; and secondly, that the plaintiff's wife had entered a first class carriage without leave. That she was requested to leave the carriage by the company's servants which she refused to do, and that the assault complained of was committed in consequence. Mr. Sergeant Wilkins and Mr. Hawkins were counsel for the plaintiffs ; Mr. M. Chambers, Q.O , and Mr. Spinks for the defendants. It appeared from the opening of the learned serjeant that the plaintiff was a furniture broker, residing at No. 2, Vine-place, Bishopsgate-street, and the present action was brought to recover compensation for the damage and injury sustained by his wife. A Jewi.h charitable society, called the Widow's House, bad issued tickets for an excursion to the Crystal Palace and hack on the 21st of last August, and the plaintiff had purchased four of the tickets issued by the society, with which his wife and three daughters went to the railway ,tation at London-bridge, where the tickets were exchanged for the company's return tickets to the Crys tal Palace, and afterwards marked by one of the com pany's servants. She walked on to the platform, and after waiting a few moments the train came up, the doors of all the carriages were opened, and the public were di rected to take their places. The plaintiff's wife and his three daughters got into a first-class carriage, and pro ceeded to the Crystal Palace. The tickets included re freshments at Annerley, and, alter viewing the Palace, the plaintiff's wife and her three daughters walked there, and proceeded to the station at nine o'clock, awaiting the return of the t ra i n. U pon t h e t ra in coming up the doors of the carriages were again opened, and she and her dau g ht ers got into a first-class carriage. Shortly after, a female with a "cryin g boy " got into the carriage, which was full, when a gentleman feeling annoyed called to one of the company's servants, who ordered them out, and then asked to see Mrs. Marks' tickets. They were shown, and found to be third-class tickets, on which the servant ordered them out of the carriage, and caught hold of her by the dress, and in getting out she fell b e t ween t h e w h ee l s o f the carriage and the platform, whereby she aas so much injured that she was confined to her house for twelve days. In the scuffle, her parasol was broken. Application was afterwards made by letttr to the secre tary of the company for compensation, who declined granting it on the ground that the company's servants had informed him that Mrs. Marks and six friends were travelling in a first-class carriage with third-class tickets, and that being requested to leave the carriage, Mrs. Marks slipped her foot and fell. The Lord Chief Baron said the present action could not be sustained against the company, who were not answerable for any improper conduct committed by their servants, but the party so misconducting himself. The law with reference to a sheriff's officer (which was an anomaly in the law of England) did not apply here. To make the company li a bl e t h ey must s h ow that specific directions were given by the company to their servant to act as ho had done in this case. It svr.s ultimately arranged that a verdict should be returned for the plaintiff for 201. subject to the decision of the court above. The second plea being withdrawn, verdict accordingly. POLICE INTELLIGENCE--(This Day.) I,ELIGIOUS SOCIETIES. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—May I request you to publish in your paper the accompanying memorial to his Majesty the King of Sardini9, and the gracious reply which I had the honour to receive as chairman of the com mittee ?—Your very obedient servant, Dec. 11. SHAFTESBURY. "To MS MAJESTY VICTOR EMMANUEL 11., KING OF SARDINIA. "Sire,—We whose names are undersigned, officially connected with various societies representing almost all bodies of British Christians, desire to express to your Majesty the satisfaction which we feel in common with all our friends, at the cordial alliance which exists be- tween your Majesty and our gracious Sovereign, of which your Majesty's visit to this country is a gratifying proof. "Observing, as we have done with sincere pleasure, the enlightened policy of your Majesty's Government, we beg with profound respect to offer to your Majesty our gratefill acknowledgments for the liberty which has been granted to our fellow Christians in Sardinia, your Majesty's faithful and loyal subjects, who do not belong to the Roman Catholic Church. " We venture to assure your Majesty that the defer ence which has thus been shown t 3 the supreme autho rity of Him by whom kings reign and princes decree justice,' and who claims it as his divine prerogative to be the only Lord and Sovereign of the human conscience, has been and will be to the people of this country the occasion of many and devout thanksgivings, and of their earnest prayers, that it may please Almighty God long to preserve your Majesty at the head of a free people and a constitutional Government, and by his blessing to make your reign increasingly prosperous and happy. " We are assured that there is no greater security for the throne of monarchs on the one band, and for the prosperity of their subjects on the other, than the main tenance of the principle, that it is the right of all men to worship God and profess their faith according to their own conviction of Christian truth and duty, in every way which is not contrary to morals or good order, or to that obedience to Government which the Word of God enjoins. And we therefore humbly present to your Majesty the expression of our earnest hope, that the religious liberty which is now enjoyed in Sardinia by your Majesty's gracious favour may be secured to all classes of your Majesty's subjects by bringing the laws of the country into harmony with this great truth. "Should your Majesty, under the blessing of God, accomplish this most desirable and important object, it will not only be the greatest benefit which your Majesty could confer upon Sardinia, but it will attract to your Majesty tbe 'admiration and sympathies of all free and - enlightened nations, and history wilt record your Ma jesty's honoured name among the most renowned Princes in Italy and her most illustrious benefactors. " J. B. CANTUAR (Archbishop of Canterbury), Presi dent of the Society for Promoting Christian Know ledge. SHAFTESBURY; President of the British and Foreign Bible Society. EARROWBY, Vice-President of the Bible Society and Church Missionary Society. A: KINNAIRD, Vice-President of the Colonial Church and School Society. GALLOWAY, Vice-President of the Church Missionary Society. ROBERT BIOKERSTETH, Hon. Sec. to the Irish Church Missionary Society. C. MELBOURNE (Bishop of Melbourne), Vice-Presi dent of the Society for the Propagation of the Gos pel, Bible Society, &c. E. E. VERNON HARCOURT, Vice-Chairman of the Council of the British Branch of the Evangelical Alliance. Sir CULLING EARDLEY EARDLEY, Bart., President of the British Branch of the Evangelical Alliance. R. ALEXANDER, Major-General, Life Governor and Member of the Committee of the Church Missionary Society. PETER LA PROBE, Secretary to the Church and Mis sions of the United (or Moravian) Brethren. EDWARD STELNE, D.D., Honorary Secretary to the Committee for the Promotion of Religions Liberty. Sir THOMAS DYKE ACLAND, Bart. Vice-President of the Bible Society and Church Missionary Society. Sir HARRY VERNEY, Bart., Home and Colonial School Society. Sir S. MORTON PETO, Bart., Treasurer of the Baptist Missionary Society." And 60 others. Reply of his Majesty the King of Sardinia, read by the Sardinian Ambassador, the Marquis d'Azeglio, to the deputation, and transmitted to the Earl of Shaftes bury, Cbairman of the Committee for Promoting Re ligious Liberty : " Messieurs,- —Je vous rends grace de la marque de sympatbie que vous venez me donner aujourdhui. " Les reformes qui ont jusqui'ici marqud mon refine sont l'indice le plus stir pour juger des principes qui me dirigent. Pour titre durables, elles doivent marcher avec l'esprit du siècle et d6pendre des lois de la prudence. Je me plais h croire quo nous somraes tons d'accord our ce point. "Il m'est Men agr4able de voit les efforts tue j'ai faits pour assurer la libert4 de conscience dans mes 4tats dignement appre - :.i4s par lea principaux representans de l'epinion religieuse en A.ngloterre. Mes sujeta ont 4gale ment compris tries sentimens cet egard, et se swat montrd eu tous points dignes de l'emancipation qui leur a Ad accordde sur ce point important. " Je me plais, Messieurs, h voir dana la parite de ces tendances un trait d'union de plus entre nos deux pays. " VITTORIO EMMANUELE." Translation. " Gentlemen,—l return you my thanks for the ex prestdon of sympathy which you have this day given me. "The reforms which have hitherto marked my reign are the most certain index by which to judge of the principles that guide me. These reforms, in order to be lasting, must a ivance with the spirit of the age and de pend upon the laws of prudence. I rejoice to believe we are all agreed on this point. " It is very gratifying to me to see the efforts which I have made to insure liberty of conscience in my States worthily appreciated by the principal representatives of religious opinion in England. My subjects have equally comprehended my sentiments in that respect, and have shown themselves in every way worthy of the emanci pation which has been concede.l to them in this import ant matter. " It is a satisfaction to me, gentlemen, to see in the similarity of these tendencies an additional, bond of union between our two countries. " VITTORIO EMMANUELE." THE BANK OF ENGLAND. Increase of the Securities in the Issue Department. ( Front the Gazette of last Evening.) At the Court at Windsor, the 7th day of December, 1155—present, the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council. It having been represented to her Majesty in Council by the Governor and Company of the Bank of England, by a memorial sealed with the seal of the said Governor and Company, and dated the twenty-sixth day of No vember, ()De thousand eight hundred and fifty-five, that certain bankers, in the said memorial named, who, on the sixth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and forty-four, were issuing their own bank notes to the ex tent of sums amounting, in the aggregate, to the sum of seven hundred and twelve thousand six hundred and twenty-three pound, have ceased to issue their own bank notes, and the said Governor and Company thereupon humbly make application to be authorised, under the provisions of the Act, passed in the seventh and eighth years of the reign of her Majesty, chapter thirty two, entitled "An Act to regulate the issue of bank notes, and for giving to the Governor and Company of the Bank of England certain privi leges for a limited period," to increase the amount of securities in the Issue Department of the Bank of Eng land, and to extend the issue of their own bank notes to an amount not exceeding two-thirds of the amount which the bankers, so ceasing to issue, were authorised to issue under the provisions of that Act : Now, it is this day ordered by her Majesty, by and with the advice of her Privy Council, that the said Governor and Company shall be, and they are hereby, authorised and empowered to increase the amount of securities in the Issue Depart ment of the Bank of England to the extent of four hun dred and seventy-five thousand pounds, beyond the total sum or value of fourteen million pounds in the said Act mentioned, and thereupon to issue additional Bank of England note 3 from the said Issue Department in man ner in the said Act mentioned, to the amount of four I hundred and seventy-five thousand pounds. C. C. GREVILLE. DESPATCH FROM GEN. WILLIAMS. ( From the Gazette of last Evening.) FOREIGN-OFFICE, DEC. H. - - --- The Earl of Clarendon has received a despatch from Major-General Williams, K.C.8., her Majesty's Com missioner attached to the Turkish Army in Asia, of which the following is a copy : Kars, Oct. 31. My Lord, In my despatch of the 3d instant, in which I had the honour to detail the movements of the battle on the heights of Kars, I omitted to state that the enemy in his retreat left a tumbril on the field. I have now great pleasure in stating for your lord ship's information that immediately after the battle, his Excellency the Mushir, in virtue of the authority with which he is invested by the Sultan, conferred the second class of the Imperial Order of the Medjidie on Lieute nant-Colonel Lake for his distinguished services on that day. On Major Teesdale, Captain Thompson, Mr. Churchill, and Dr. Saudwith, his Excellency conferred the third class of that order, to mark his sense of their conduct and gallantry ; and on Messrs. Zobrab and Rennison ho bestowed the fourth class. As these decorations were received in view of the position which their courage and conduct so materially assisted in defending, I trust that your lordship will obtain for these officers and gentlemen her Majesty's gracious permission to accept and wear them. His Excellency the Mushir has also named Colonel Lake a General of Brigade in the Turkish army; Major Teesdale a Lieutenat-Colonel, and Captain Thompson a Major in that army; and his Excellency assures me that he has written for the confirmation of these ranks, so honourably won on the battle-field by the officers in question.—l have, &c., (Signed) W. F. WILLIAMS. 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Flora Denys is a charming heroiue, and her vivacity and spirit give a grace to the scenes and impart a life and energy to the proceedings. The plot is skilfully arranged and devised. The reader is allowed to perceive its purport at an early stage of the narra tive, and is thus enabled to foretell and picture the retributive justice that is at hand to denounce the offender and confound his schemes and projects. Astley Boyle is a striking portraiture. Determined and resolute, he offered a remarkable contrast to the wily man and the crafty woman who were lay ing snares to entrap him, and forming all sorts of devices to ruin his hopes and mar his career. Although he was in himself proof against them in a great measure, it was otherwise with Miss Denys, to whom be was much attached, and she was nearly entrapped by the deceivers. However, fortune favoured the right side at last, and the most satis factory part of the tale is that in which Louisa Grant is caught in the toils she had wound round others. If it is possible to suppose one situation more truly overwhelming than another for a criminal, it must have been the state to which Louisa Grant had reduced herself. She had outwitted her friend Miss Denys, she bad sup planted Astley Boyle in the favour of his uncle, and she had inveigled Mr. Boyle the milionmile into a union with her. After all these triumphs, what was the result? As they left the altar the wealthy man was arrested fir a swindler and a for gerer. The real uncle of Astley had died at the Cape, and the fictitious one was his servant, who had skilfully contrived to pass himself off for the genuine Mr. Boyle. The fraud was discovered by the ingenuity of a lawyer, who happened to be at Malvern at the time, and discovered some discre pancies between the accounts of uncle and nephew. There was great disparity between the then and now Mr. Boyle. In Australia he had promised to provide for his nephew ; he decided to repossess himself of the old place formerly belonging to the family, and to do various things of minor import ance, but which testified that his interest and affections were fixed on his first and early home, from which he had been an alien for forty years. It may be imagined that there was more than pecuniary disappointment for Astley in meeting with so uncongenial a nature as that which distinguished hislong.looked-for uncle,and the feeling of coldness was returned with full force by the new corner. He manifested the most decided aversion to his nephew from the outset, and soon toll him to follow his example and work for him self. This Astley was quite capable of doing ; but it is not an incentive to exertion to be urged to the task by one who has pledged himself to provide for you. In the bitterness of his mind against injus tice and deceit no wonder he turned a willing ear to the hints of the lawyer, who suggested that this ruthless man was not in reality at liberty to tor ment and trifle with his feelings, and that the wealth so lavishly promised and so churlishly with held, was now Astley's own. Excited by the idea, and impressed with the reasonableness of the re marks, he set out, and after some trouble and great exertion the wretch was unmasked. Astley's ge nerosity prompted him to save Louisa Grant from the consequences of her cupidity and treachery, but he failed ; and no one could regret his doing so, for it is to be questioned if she was not as great a culprit as the partner of her malice and There are some i n t eres ti ng p ersons a l so mentioned, particularly Mrs. Newton, who, by her kindness and good sense, effect e d a grea t d ea l o f goo d i n th e circle she moved in. Annie Carden is a romantic girl, who, with great enthusiasm and excitability of nature, was led astray in many of her ideas and notions from nervous sensibility and want of expe rience. Mr. Clarke, Mr. Hamilton, and some others, form an agreeable society to be acquainted with ; their various adventures and misfortunes combine to create an attractive and entertaining picture of social existence. Returns of Agricultural Produce in Ireland in 1854. Returns of Tillage, 1855. These returns, collected and compiled under the superintendence of the Registrar-General, have been presented, by Royal command, to both Houses of Parliament. The task of collection, the reader may be aware, is confided to the constabulary and metropolitan police, who are countenanced by, and receive assistance from, the boards of guardians, the clergy, and individuals of influence in the various districts. The returns for 1855 are not complete. The former comprise —let, tillage ; 2d, stock ; 3d, scutching mills ; and 4th, weeds ; to which are added, by way of appendix, rates of produce, re turned by poor law guardians, and sundry tables. Under the first head the area under the various crops and the classifications of holdings are given. From this we gather that the area under tillage was less by 126,341 statute acres in 1854 than in 1853, when the number was 5,696,951 acres, the greatest relative decrease having taken place in the provinces of Munster and Connaught, and the least in Leinsler and Ulster, the only three in which there was an increase being Down, Dublin, and Wicklow. Wheat, it would appear, had increased 84,388 statute acres, while the ' breadth under oats, barley, pease, kc., had diminished 174,039 acres, showing a total decrease on cereal growth of 89,651 statute acres. With regard to green crops there has been a steady increase since 1849, the return now being 1,404,518 acres. The return of the extent of land under potatoes shows a con siderable increase. The number of holdings in 1854 was greater than in 1853 by 4,733, the in crease extending to every class, farms above 15 and not exceeding 30 acres excepted. The number of holdings above one acre in extent in :reared in the county of Mayo by 956. It is no ticeable, however, that the increase has prin cipally taken place in the larger classes. The rates of produce (compiled from reliable informa tion by sub-inspectors of Constabulary in their re spective districts) show an increase in oats of nearly a barrel per acre, and an average decrease in pota toes of 10 2-10th barrels per acre. The quantity of tool grown to each person in Ireland is com puted at 733 lbs. (corn, beans, and peas), an increase of 33 lbs. per head over that of the preceding year. The return of stock shows an increase, as also the scutching mills ; that of weeds is less satisfactory. The return of tillage for 1855 remains in some mea sure to be confirmed, the returns for portions of certain districts not having come in, the figures, consequently, have been set down as identical with those of 1854. They may be regarded, however, as substantially correct. From these returns we gather that there has boon an increase over the preceding year on cereal crops of 87,293 acres, on green crops of 25,513 acres, on meadow and clover of 53,873 acres, and a decrease on flax to the ex tent of 54,297 acres, which, when deducted from the above, leaves a gross increase in the extent of land under crops of 112,382 acres. The decrease on potatoes amounts to 8,131 acres ; the increase on turnips, 37,327 acres. In conclusion we may express a hearty desire that similar returns were forthcoming in this country. Every care appears to have been taken in compiling them, and what is wanting to complete accuracy, we feel assured, has not been withheld by the Registrar-General, on whose supervision they reflect the highest credit. The return for the present year, we may remark, will dissipate a good deal of apprehension in con nection with the coming spring. Sanitary Reform, and Sanitary Reformers. Ed- ward Stanford. Those who are familiar with the history of sani tary progress in this country have not to learn what we feel b oun d t o s t a t e f or the guidance of others, that b e t ween th e o ffi c ials of the Board e f i Health, and c er t a i n em i ne nt engilneaeursti auth or ities to who have been called upon by various loca l furnish plans for the drainage,Sc., n d a b ap of their respec tive towns, there has long exist the inter and va former in parently irreconcileable feud; on alterations riably objecting to, being made in the plansand insisting for, and thelatter the said objections not less invariably pronouncing so oc theorieson which they were based frivolous, and the eer could give his assent ouch as no practical engineer and it being further un to. This being premised, derstood that two plans for the drainage of Lon don, in conneclion with the purification of the the metropolitan public —one Thames, are . before o ___ f Messrs. Bazalgette and Hayward the productx.!nh the most eminent engineers, and and approved the other of Mr. y Ward, a Commissioner of Sewers and successor to Mr. Chadwick, we proceed to no tice the broc hure before us. The ob j ect of the w riter, so far as we can gather, is to show that the history of the Board in connection with the d ra i na ge is a history of ignorant presu m pti on, cos tly failure, and untrustworthy reports , and that if we aro to have really effective and economi cal drainage we must not seek it at the hands of mere amateurs, whose statements cannot be relied on, but of engineers of skill and experience, who carry with them the suffrages of the profession. In pursuance of this real or supposed design, the writer indicates what is required for effective sewerage, &c., reviews the operations and theories of the officials of the Board of Health, and, hav ing lucidly explained the nature of the plan of inter ceptionoots and th a t a d voca t e d b y Mr. Ward, dissects the latter or "C om bi ne d Pl an , ' an d, fairly or other wise, contrast s it w ith the other, to disadvantage—bringing to bear on the subject a ertinent large mass of testimony and a variety of p inforraation. To the London ratepayer more par ticularly the pamphlet may be recommended for perusal, since his representatives will be called upon to pronounce a verdict on the merits of the rival. plans, and his purse and health are deeply interested in the result. It will be well, however, for him to learn also what can be said in favour of Mr. Ward's plans, and to satisfy himself that either is the b es t that can be adopted ; it being quite within the range of probability that a third may be discovered sup3rior to both its predecessors. The pamphlet contains sectional views ilMstrative of the two plans, and an a b r id gmen t o f th e Metropolitan Local Management Act by way of appendix. Bow to Make Bread at Rome. By a Mother of a Family. M. Wedlake and Co. Householders who are dissatisfied with public bread—and their name is legion—will do well to purchase this little brochure, in which the un wholesomeness of such bread, the advantages of home-made bread from home-ground flour or meal, and the desirability of an improved system of baking, aro forcibly pointed out, and several use ful receipts for bread-making given. These advan tages are,—bread from sound wheat, unadulterated with alum or any other substance producing con stipation, or acting otherwise deleteriously, at less cost than the wretched stuff prepared by the bakers' mills for grinding and sifting corn for do mestic use are, it appears, to be had at a compara tively small cost, and those who resort to them will, to say the least, be enabled to assure them selves what it is they eat under the name of bread, which they cannot do at present. More evil—more disease, and more suffering are produced by the use of impure bread than is generally believed. SIB COLIN CAMPBELL. The correspondent of the Morning Herald in the Crimea, in his letter dated Nov. 24, says : I have certain intelligence that Sir Colin Campbell is coming back to the Crimea. Some say he is to have a separate command in Asia. The Highland division are in a perfect delirium of delight at this news, and. the pipers now give out " the Campbells are coming" with a Gaelic gusto and thrilling intensity it would do your heart good to listen to. Every one who knows Sir Colin's career cannot but acknowledge the daring intrepidity of the man. We may class among "Household Words" his celebrated exclamation at Alma—" Highlanders never retire !" Those who seem well acquainted with Sir Colin Campbell expect more from his sword than, his pen. The latter will probably aim at Spartan brevity—a praiseworthy style for which Wellington was, as his grace's despatches prove, pre-eminently dis tinguished. So much for the pen. And then, as to the sword, we may proudly point not only to the present Crimean campaign, but to battle after battle, from Corunna to Vimeira, Barrosa, Tarifa, Tarragona, Osma, Vittoria, St. Sebastian and Bidassoa, and to services in America, the West Indies, China, and India. Our Highlanders have neither eyes nor ears for aught else but "Sir Colin," and for Friday next, St. Andrew's. day, when all honour will be heaped upon their favou rite hero, although absent, and hopes from their very hearts expressed that his appointment will prove a fact and not "a shave"—a fiction. The 93d have already rummaged up what Sir Colin reported of them as to Balaklava. I subjoin it : " GENERAL AFTER ORDERS. " Head quarters, before Sebastopol, Oct. 29,1851. "No. 1. The commander of the forces feels deeply in debted to Major-General Sir Colin Campbell for his able and persevering exertions in the action in front of Bala kitty!" on the 25th inst., and he has great pleasure in pub. li , hing to the army the brilliant manner in which the 93d Highlanders, under his able directions, repulsed the enemy's cavalry. The major-general had such confidence in this distinguished regiment, that he was satisfied that it should receive the charge in line, and the result proved ,hat his confidence was not misplaced. " By order, " J. B. B. ESTCOURT, Adj.-Gen." (Signed) Both Field-Marshal Lord Raglan, who issued the above order, and Adjutant• General Estcourt have gone to their "long home," but printed records prove their estimation, not only of the 93d Highlanders, but of the 42d also, with others ; and among these printed records we find that Sir Colin Campbell does not simply notice the conduct of the "sons of the kilt," but that he very properly gives all who serve their country a clear stago and no favour. Let the following extract of a letter from the Duke of Newcastle to Lord Raglan, dated Nov. 21, 1854, prove this fact : "I take the present opportunity to assure your lordship of the satisfaction with which I have received the testi mony borne by Major-General Sir Colin Campbell in his report, enclosed in your despatch of the 28th October, to the assistance rendered by the Royal Marine Artillery and Royal Marines, in opposing the advance of the enemy's ca ♦alry in the action before Balaklava of the 25th of that month." Sir Colin Campbell is, I am sure, as popular with blue-jackets as with red-coats. GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY OF CANADA. The opening of a section of this line from Montreal to Brockaifle was celebrated with great rejoicing on Satur day, the 17th of last month. A magnificent banquet was prepared at the Town-hall, and about 450 ladies and gentlemen partook of it. The CHAIRMAN, in proposing the Grand Trunk Rail. way, stated that before steamers were on the St. Law rence it used to take eight or ten days to come up by boat from Montreal to Brockville ; since then they had completed a line of canals, which enabled them to accom plish the distance in one-fifth of the time formerly occu•. pied ; but now, by means of the railway, the distance between Montreal and Brockville was accomplished in six hours, and he hoped shortly it would be reduced to four or five home. " Prosperity to the town of Brockville," and other oasts, were drunk and responded to with great enthu- sin Fm. The distance from Montreal to Brockville is about 25 miles. MARKET NEWS.—(This Day). CORN EXCHANGE. The supply of English wheat in to-day's market was chiefly composed of ➢L,nday's unsold samples. The in qniry for all kinds was so trifling that the quotations were almost nominal. _ . early 8,C0) quarters of wheat have arrived from abroad. Scarcely a transaction took place in that grain, at Monday's currency. We had a very dull sale for barley and malt, at the late decline. The arrival of Irish oats hav;ng been large, the oat trade was dull, at basely stationary prices. Beans, peas, and flour were excessively heavy. The top prico of the best town-made flour is now 7.3 s per 280 lbs. Wheat. 2,070 •RRIVAL% THIS WHIM. Barley. ( Malt. 2,180 1,659 1 2 0 8 a i ts 3 . 1 1 1: 6 i 0 06 9 : r k0 .. . 4,2'0 0 18240brls Irish •• •• Foreign } i ii i 0 1 I - BOROUGH HOP. The amount of business doing in our market is ♦ery Limited. Prices, however, arc supported. WRITECHAPEL. Large supplies of moat were on sale to-day, yet a good business was doing, as follows : —Beef, 3s 4d to 4e 8d ; mutton, 3s 2d to 4s 6 1 ; veal, 3s 84 to 4s 8d ; pork, 38 to 5s td per Sibs. by the carcase. The philologist Meier, professor at Halle, died on the sth inst. ILLNESS OF Ma. JOSEPLI STURM—We regret to state that our highly esteemed townsman has been suffering from illness of a dangerous character. The disease is erysipelas iu the head, and for several days Mr. Sturge was in a perilous condition. On Friday morning he WaS rather better.—Birminghant Journal. Mr. Bunning, architect to the C.ty of London, has been presented with aivery,hazegndisioom, by y orderdia of mondr h in is g, M b a. y his Excellency Marquis ' • th e King of Sardinia , as a memorial of his J"tY Majesty's a pprobation of the decorations at G u ildh a ll , on the 4th Dec. Her Majesty has commanded the publication of sermon preached by the Rev. Mr. Caird, of Errol, in Craithie Church, in October last, during her Majesty's sojourn at Balmoral. The sermon is entitled " The Re. ligion of Common Life." It is no secret about Balmoral (says the Glasgow Daily Mail) that Prince Albert ex- pressed his high satisfaction with Mr. Caird's pulpit discourse and appearance by stating that he p h er a i d od no to t heard a preacher -ike hi m f or s e ven years, and did not expect to enjoy a lik e pl easur e for so long a come. FIRES IN ALDERSGATE-STREET.—About half-past 12 o'clock this morning a fire broke out on the premises of Messrs. Gash, Wright, and Co., distillers and recti fiers, of Aldersgate-street, which in a very short time destroyed a large amount of property. The establish ment abuts on Castle-street, Falcon-square, and the in habitants of this confined locality were greatly alarmed for some time after the outbreak, but the timely arrival of several engines and a full supply of water haPPV' gher re lieved their anxiety in less than an hour. T portion of Messrs. Gash's premises having burnt i damage to out, the fire was readily got under wit host windows the adjoining property, beyond a few street front of the hu h r e nt itself and scorched panels. The Aldersgaut - b :10 bu s iness will soon be distillery is not damaged, and the on the spot, and Mr. resumed. The fire-escap es were his accustomed deci- Braidwood directed his co e r s p sion and energy. the last tariff), 111 11131 q uotation i n o g f gold to about per mills p lish Mint price of 3/. 17e. 10 tariff}, per PRICE 4 OF GOLD.—reTbie which, at the Eng - gold, gives an exchange of 25'27 ; ounce for standardexchange at Paris on London at short being follows that gold is about the same price and London. By advices from Hamburg N ( . 1 2.,, , 7 t: j 0 it in ' ar-s i• gold is 425 per mark, which, at the English t h e price o Mint price of 3/. 17s. 101 4 d. per ounce f or standard gold, g i ve s an exchange of 13 . 4 ; 7 ; ; and, th e exc h ange a t Ham burg on London at short being 13.5, it follows that gold is 0.29 per cent. dearer in London than in Hamburg. The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight is about 1081 per cent., and, the par of exchange between England and America bein.g 109 23-40 per cent., it f o ll ows t h at th e exc h ange i s nomi nally 1.08 per cent. against England ; but, afterm o s f ki in g . allowance for charges of transport and difference terest, the pres en t rate leaves no profit on tbe, t . r e s t ealii. lion of gold, either way between the two w tua tn 5 5 20 10 20 5 18 16 20 20 100 100 100 20 20 Paid. 100 100 14t 7 100 ail all all 00 17. al all 100 21i 54 iii 774 i 631 4 29 i 20i i 5 i i 23i 1 71 31 16i 161 (0 St. 20 6 12 1 12 21 St. St. all 1 1.) , 0 18# 100 all b 100 100 St. 124 12. 10 'AO all all all 10 8i 15 (0 ..0.6 to 5 St. 25 2i - ES. 2i i 7