The Sun. — London, England, 1855-12-20 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLocK. The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed tamely, and steadily, at the rates current last week. The sales were 7,000 bales (1,000 for export), 00113- prising, in addition to Americans, 100 Egyptian at 6d. to 61d., and 150 Surat at 3/d. to 4/d. per lb. The Railway Share Market did not present any variable feature, and prices were firm. By telegraphic accounts from Madrid it is an nounced that the Spanish Government has agreed to propositions of Credit Mobilier at Paris, to form a branch establishment at Madrid. The operations of this society are extending far and wide over the continent, and if their affairs be judiciously managed this financial association bids fair to suc ceed beyond the most sanguine expectations. All that may be feared is, that the number of specula tions entered into by them may exceed their ability to conduct the affairs of the society with prudence. The announcement, on the Bourse, that the Spanish treaty had been concluded satisfactorily, caused the Shares of the Company to rise 25f., and there were some important purchases of Stock at this im provement. In the present doubtful state of political affairs that of finance on the Paris Bourse presents great uncertainty. Sellers display a careful and prudent reserve, and there is not much activity on the part of buyers. The French Funds, however, continue buoyant ; and, since settling day in the share market, an improved feeling has prevailed. Rail way Stocks have recovered their fall, and present a tendency to rise. West of France have advanced Bf. 75c. North of France, 7f. 50c. New Eastern Scrip, 7f. 50c. Lyons, 3f. 75c. Mediterranean, 10f. Orleans, sf. Midland, 12f. 50c. Grand Central, sf. Austrian Society, 6f. 25c., and Shares of St. Rambort were much in demand at an advance of 12f. 50c. On the Vienna Bourse a little more activity than usual exists. Shares are freely offered, and pur chasers are more numerous. Money is getting easier, and exchanges are declining. Shares of the New General Bank of Credit have fallen from 114 to 112 florins. The limited amount of stock in this undertaking issued to the publio by the founders is the cause of much dissatisfaction, espe- cially when the enormous amount of subscriptions tendered during the course of last week were announced. It is the general feeling that the amount of 15 millions out of the 60 millions should be increased. The following satisfactory resolution was adopted yesterday morning by the Committee of the Stock Exchange, putting a permanent prohibition against any transactions in the Russian loan for 8,000,0001. lately introduced in Germany with the virtual con nivance of the Prussian Government:— "It having come to the knowledge of the committee that neutral Powers have permitted subscriptions to loans to Russia within their dominions, "The Committee unanimously resolve,—That they will not, either now or at the restoration of peace, re cognise transactions in, or allow the quotation of, any loan raised by a power while at war with Great Britain. " GEO. WEBB, Secy." It is needless to say that the resolution has given general satisfaction. The advices received from Berlin contain very little information in re gard to the subscription or the dealings in anticipa tions of the issue, and the progress of the opera tion appears to be kept as secret as possible Having submitted to such low terms for the ob tainment of money, it is probable, in the event of any difficulty arising, that Russia will consent to others still more humiliating. The suspension of Mr. James Cheatham, of Manchester, has been announced with liabilities to the amount of about 100,0001. ; but, in reference to the assets, nothing definite has yet been ascer tained. Yesterday afternoon the demand for discount accommodation was rather more active than pre viously, and the rates tended upwards. There is again an absence of animation in the speculative dealings at the Stock Exchange to-day, and no very important change is expected until after the Christmas holidays. The market is even quieter than during the last few days, and the operations stated to have been on account of the Chancellor of the Exchequer are, for the present, discontinued. Consols have been at 88i f, but they ere now 88f The New 3 per Cents. have been 89 to 89±, and the Reduced 88i to 88k. Ex chequer Bills are Bs. to 3s. discount, and India Bonds Bs. discount. Bank Stock has declined to 2061. In Foreign Securities the dealings are of a limited character, and some of the quotations ruled rather lower. Turkish 6 per Cents. are steady, at 83k, and the New Scrip is a shade firmer, being 3 to 3i discount. Spanish Deferred Bonds are 21i to 22, and Portuguese 4 per Cents. are supported at 50. Brazilian 5 per Cents. are marked 100. Nothing has been done in Dutch, Spanish, Russian, Sardi nian, and Mexican securities. The following aro the nominal prices of foreign stocks: Grenada Deferred Bonds, 6 3 / 4 to 7 ; Mexican, 191 to 191 ; Peruvian, 74 to 76 ; ditto Three per Cents., 52 to 54; Portuguese Four per Cents., 48 to 50 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 95 to 97 ; ditto 4 3 / 4 per Cents., 88 to 90 ; Spanish Three per Cents., 40i to 41 ; ditto New Deferred, 21i to 22 ; ditto Certificates, 44 to 5 ; ditto Passive, 7i to 7i. The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up to this date, are in round figures asunder 1855. Great Western North-Weetern South-Western Brighton Midland South-Eastern 35,058 Caledonian Great Northern Lancashire and Yorkshire 19,594 North-Eastern 1854. £23,273 50,869 12,037 10,745 26,713 13,469 11,297 23,619 18,398 27,489 Manchester and Sheffield Oxford, Worees., and Wolverham Edinburgh and Glasgow 9,020 3,532 4,745 8,567 2,875 4,702 !Scottish Central — 2,494 2,230 ________ Railway Shares are generally steady, and in North-Western, Midland, North Stafford and South-Eastern a slight advance has occurred. Great Western are nearly 1/. higher. Great Western of Canada are rather higher, and Paris and Lyons have risen 10s. The other lines are nominally without variation. Mining, Banking, and Miscellaneous shares are inactive. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY.-CLOSING PRICES. ivrons the Official Ltiv. 1471,TP done. Bank Stock 2 ~ er tient. Reduced Annuities BB3 / 9 8 per Cent. Console Annuities Shut New 3 per Cent. Annuities luila Bonds, £lOOO . • Console tor Account BB3 1 9 81 Exchequer Bills, 21d. £lOOO , £5OO 4 3 8 Small 4 3 7 Ditto Bonds, 1858, 31 per Cent 971 8 II 1859 ft ...... 17A 8 PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. lOO Ditto Account Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent., Con. 1841 Ditto 4 per Cent S ar di n i an Bonds, 5 per Cent. ~....... ~... !_ 0 Ditto Account Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent Ditto Yew Deferred, 3 per Cent. Ditto Account Spani•li Committee Cert. of Coup. not fun 5 41 Turkkh Bonds, 6 per cent Ditto for the Account ...' . .... Ditto New Scrip, 4 per Cent. Ditto Account 3 Dividends on the above payable in brndon. THREE O'CLOCK. Consols ••• • • Ditto for the account Jan. 10 BBj 9 z d 5 5 10 RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. GREAT NORTHERN R AlLWAY.—Trstfic return for the week ending Dec. 9, 1855 ........................ £25,0 7 2 10 Corresponding week last year .................... 23,619 4 4 LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAILWAY. —Traffic re turn for the week ending Dec. 16, 1855 ...... £19,594 11 8 Corresponding week last year .................... 18,393 1 0 CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY. —Traffic return for the week ending Dec. 16, 1855 £4,762 1 0 Corresponding week last year 4,390 13 1 Increase in 1855 1.371 7 11 SCOTTISH CENTRAL RAILWAT.—TrafIio return for the week ending Dec. 16, 1855 1:2,494 5 3 Corresponding week last year GREAT LLIZEMBOURG RAILIVAT.—Traffic return for the week ending Dec, 16, 1855 . ...2278 z 2 THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EV EN I =w'G. DECEMBER 20 1855. SHARE MARKETS. A' II 8 AY.) RAILWAYS. BArcwtri. iOloaing Prices this day. d ata..:dor a ibis day. lberAeetk Ambg. I Vottng. Bout • and Eastn. Junct Belfs & P,anymena binning. Woluerh Htour Valley Birk e and. Lancsk. 4 Cheshire Juliet n o . Chesh. & Birk. £5O and £25 C4ra, Do., .£2O RlytlA & Tyn e g nai £25 (ised. at £45. Bristol and Exeter... Caledonian. Carm. and Ca. digan Chester & Holyhead, Cork and Bandon. Cork, Black, & Pas. Cornwall Do. A Do. B elle Junction.... I)uolin&BelfastJunc. Dun. P. 4Ab Jnc. Do. New East Anglian Eastern Counties East. 'Tnion, A St) Do., B. Stout Do., New A , East Kent ,East Lancashire Edinburgh & Glasgou Edinb. and Peebles & Dun+ •• Forth & Clyde Rm.: Furness Do. Extension Glaseow&S. Wee* • Great N. of Scotlnd. Great Northern Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock Gt. Sth. &West.(lre Great Western Do. Stour Val, RIC' Gua. Stk Irish South-Euu,ter j Lancaster & Carlisle Do., Thirds Do. New Thirds ILancasb.andYorks' Do., Wet. aiding ITn, iLiv.Crsby.&Southpt (London & Blackwsl Land. Bright &S.Cst. :Loud. and N. Wee.tn. Do. Fifths Do.lol.Sh..bfkß C Do. Eighthz London andS, Weetn Do., £5O Do., £4O Lndndrry&Colersia Lndndrr7. & Ennlak Manch.Shef.k.Lincl• Do. 4 Shares, No. k Tin. T Metropolitan Midland Rirmng. &Dee ' G. West. Do. Half Shares ill Nlweastle & Carli.l( Nwpt.Aberg. Hrf R. Newry & Enniakill, all Newry Warrenpoir , and Roetrevor. 0 Norfolk ....... Northn.Countieg TTn ,North British worth Devon, No. 1 Do., No. 2 • )0., A Deferred „, Do., B Guarantee N. Eastern—Berwic Do. do. Extension ... Do. do. G.N.E...turoh Do. Leeds Do. York North London . &S. Wstrn am , - stead, and City Jr... North Staffordshir North Western & S. West rn. June Nuneaton, Hinckley and Leicester Ox, Wore.. k Woly iNatemouth o.asii Central,.. Soottiehldidland •Ahropshire Un 'on ';oath Devon Soma, Eastern South Wales Yrksh. di Riv. Dun Do itaines,Wok &Wok tockton k Darn-, AtA,.:kton & Tirtrtlepi raft' Vale Do. Pref., No. L , ri-funes Hay. P.& R Olverstone Lance V,'.le of Neath... . Waterfl. & Kilkenm i`aterfor4&Limer West Cornwall__ west End of London and Crystal Palaee Do. A Do. B Wont London... Wimblerin & Croydon Antwerpdatotterdara Do. 5 p.e. Oblge. con. in Sh. at par till '64 Ardennes solglan Basitn. June riezi ors to Oral 8.11,1589. I3ombay, Baroda , au• Central nd s.Scri 1 1 Do. Demerara hitch !then; ....... Eastern of France Do. New Ftutt Indian, g. 5 p. c Do. FY:elision „. Do. do, do., '59, do.. (Id, Tk of Canada A Do. St. Lawrence Atlantic do. Do. Cert. of Deben. con. into Stk. till '6, to. Comp. 6 p. c., do Gt. Central of Fran (it I DillaT , Ponin , af - guar. 5 per cent. Do. New 5 por cent I io. Extensions. Great Luxembour , I Constituted Sharoo Do. at. Western of Caned ehar~'P Do. New Do. this., payable's7, with option till '55.. Do. do., '62, p. '56... Do. do., '76, p. DG. do., '73, witkont l option.. Hamilton & Toronto Do. 6 per cent. Lake Const. & Baal, Lierrs and Turnhout Lyons and Geneva Lyons & Mediterran Madras Do. New !if/tea Antonia Do. do. Now Namur 4 Liege (4ritl, Interest) Do. (ex interest) Northern of France D 0.201. Site Do. 201. 3 p. o Bds (fixty.B.dt Ams.Shs NorwegianTrunkPre Paris and Lyons Ditto Bonds Paris and Orleans Paris and Rowan... ParisCaen &Cherbrg. Do Rims and Frascati, Ronan and Havre , Royal Danish Royal Swedish Do. Obligations Sambre and MOUSii, no. 54 p. emit. Pre: Soi , do De... Southern of Francs St. Andrew's and Quebec (A) West Flanders Do 5 per c. Prat, A - extern of France 1 Do Zealand JOINT-s'poi Bank of London !;xi. Col. Bk.& Ln. C British N. American' Chartd. Bank of Asis i Ohrtd. Bnk. of India, Australia, & China , City :5 Colonial !O Commercial of Lond hi 1 gnEr.Seot. Sans. Cht al Loud. Chart. Bk, WI Australia 5 Ditto New London and County.. Lna. & E. Bnkg. London Joint Stock Lond. & Weetminste, National Pro.of Eng Do. New National of Irelaud New South Wales__ Oriental Bank of Corporation Privincial of Ireland' Do. New Royal Australn.Bkg k OW Trap Co._ Royal British South Australia Union of Austrtlia Do. New ........ Unigu o London r,l 22 23 31 311 ♦N .. 7 - 8 16 - 16 13 14 9 - 8 79 - 81 55j 55 11 7 : 1-2 5i - 4i 64 - 27 29 17 - 19 f 9 - 70 151 - 5q 16 - 171 80 8.5 6 - 7 88 $9 74 76 L2O 122 [O2 104 621 634 , 52 54 7 - 6 - 75 6 - 7 6 - 7pl 77 - Of 6# 94 96 94 —94 i 14 1(1 Id ik 85i S6l 7i 6 S ••• ."' s•• 22 M 23 id Cl 64, 36 -• 38 ••6 „~, 1 # 41 43 2a~ z~ 67 - 6S 8 - 5 - - 12 ' 444 45 92 - 97 li : ii 4i - Bi 22 - 24 iOO -- 102 72 74 42 14 I 11 57 58 314 32 6 3d 2d pal 34 : 36 ••• ..... - i• io 4 _ ~.Q :GN. 7i - 8 3 S 256 I -• i 1 - id 35 -35 i 9 - 10 p 21 - 211 9- 8 ! 16 - 17 62 67 82 87 3 1 3 ip 5 h 5a par p 31 - - St gi 241 24 2i -21 p 93 - 100 115 - 11) 116 - 120 104 107 23 24 112 - 117 ••• -. - P 2 a 1 Rit 12 12 6 - 71 45k -45 i - 45 ... --- pm 18i - - 194 2 2i 1 - 2i 81 i ewe tp Pin - 4 NI i ~'a~ i 9, BANKS. 90 - ~ 2 57 - 59 ii lid --• .d. E 6 - ~68; 166 17 154 -16 i 34-1 ••• •-• par 2p . iii 7 40 38 - 30 53 - 54 ... '"' *. ••• .... ev 40 - 4i* 73 - 75 8 9 30 83 SKI) Fri K)) - t.F,NTA ! t 4. *GA Bedford and Blet;hley Buckgharnsh. Clydesdale Jc. Col. Stour Vy. Sud. and Hal. E. Lin. v. 6 pc E. Un. H. Sh. Glas. Barr. & Neil& Direct Do. New °Mr.& Dn. Fr Hrtlpl. Dk. & Railway Hull & Selby Do. 4 Sharcw. Do. I Shares. Lon. & Greenw Do. Preference Lon., Til., & S. Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. Do. 6 per ct. Manch. Bxtn. and Matlock Micidlesbro' & Redcar. Midld.Brad fel Newmarket Bury Exton N.dt Est.s p. c. Do. 6 per et. Do. Fixeds p. Prest. Do. 6 Shrs. A Royetn.& Shcf. Roth and Goole g. 5 p.c. Shrews. &Her, S. Staffordsh • Wear Valleygr 6 per cent Do Wiltsleornrst ,r 1,.. ~.: V117n~47~ London N. L. &N. W. Caledon... E. Un. E. C. Gt. -4" et ,,.. E. Count. Do at. Resin Yk. New. Berw. Y. Sy NM Do., Do S. Easton Do [Pet° & Co. Norfolk.. L.& N. W & Midid. Stekton & Darliugt. En. Conn. E. Count Do C . this •` ay 92 - P 4 94 - 98 Do.. 133 t 6 - 105 12 - 13 L. & N.W Do VO - 115 24 - 2i 53 91 X 5 par 57 ip ••• ••• Northl. lancash & Yorksh. T. Brassey bl.MCloan Stockt. & Darlingt Do 730-13 ~~;r.~~ ••• ••• 7i - 1 31 -2;), "eetn. 30 - 31 80 - 85 22/ 1121 PREFEREN , Aberdeen Do. N 0.2, 7 p. c Myth and Tyne 10p, c. pref. (issd. at 501 & Ex. 4 p. c. St Do. 4 p. c. Shares Caledoulan £lO Chester & Holyhea ! Guar. 51 per cent Do. do. Prof. No. 2 Do. do. Pref. No. 2 Cork St Bandons,j p. c Dun.Prth Aber. J R. Anglian Cls. ASh Do. do. Cls. B 6 p. c Do. do Cls. C 7 p. c F.:astern Counties Ex- ss tension, 5 p. c. No. Do. No. 2 . 100 all l(Ni 100 1.00 Do. Now s p. c. St. East 11n., G. 6 p. c Do. 51., 10 nor cent Do. 16/. Delientr. Sh. Do. do. 4 per cent... East Lan ca , l.. 6 p. ets St. 10 St 13; St. St. ISt. St. all 100 10 1.00 100 100 10 1 .) 100 100 20 t 2,1 25 20 10, 2S 10 f, 100 all %11 all •11 All 10.3 100 100 LOC: all all al l 4i 8 LEAK ES. 107 - 109 104 106 ii i =4 15 - 16 • •• ""''' ••• 51 - 61 P Z 11i-12; E.kw. York..Tl Pril.&Dun.4p.q Furness, 57 - 59 '4,e.F3. &S. W•G• S c great Northn. 5 p. c Do. 5 p. c. Redeem. at 10 p. 0. prom, Do. 4 p. e Do. 5 p. c. Scrip, Red. 115 .05 - 107 99 - 101 .11 5 p. c. pm... ;7 t. of Scot. Ist Pre (It . s as W. (Ireland Do. 4per c. Pref. .4 Wostn. (Berke :Tants Ex . 5 p. ._)o. con. red. 4i p.c. 'To. con. red. 4 p. c. Do. irreci. 4p. C. Do, Birm, Pref. Sh Do. Chester 8 p. De. do. 5 p. c. do Do. Mimi, Qua. Stk ). Ches. Qua. Sh Do, do. do Do, do. do ... Lan. & York. F £2' Do. 6 p. c. Stock I Lon. & Brigh. (3.5 p.c. I Do. Pref,, 5 p. 0. St. Do. New Guar.6 p. c.l Do. do. 5 per cont.. Lon.&N. W., Coy. Nuneaton 5 p. ct Lon.& S.W. 7 per ct Londy, St. Coler. Sh. ' Londy. & Ennie 81 . Wan., Shef., & Lin. Now, £lO par 9 - 10 6 6A 85 87 78 82 78 - 82 91 —9; 1 94 10 164 66 63 17 18 84 9 124 134 1 id 132 ••• ....... woo • 11. '... ... I Do. £6 Acxypt.&C/arl.4 p o Do. 4A per cont Do Wid. ConsolM p.e.St Consol. Bristol' Birm. 6 per cent. Do. 4i p. e. Pref. S 1)o. Pref. 4i pct. col, ; IDo. 51. Pr , f. 4 p. 0.. Ditto L. EL H. Pref. St ,Norfolk Debenture lo. Prof. 4 p. o. Sty , 5 p. c. Ext IDo. 5 per ct.prof bo. War, Val, 5 p, North British N. E. Perw, 4 p.c P Do. do. do Do Leeds 6 p.O Do. do. Quarters 4 Do. York FT, &'. Por North Staffordshire.. ,Oxford, Worcester, Wolverh..£ls, 6 p.c iDo It. Pref. 101. Sb. :ot. Cent. ,New Pre pith Devon Do. fixed, 4A per con S. Eastern (Readi , u , Ann.) of Ll Os. 6d, Do. 4 per cent._ iDo. Fixed 4A p e ii. S. Wales Gua. 4 p. c. iDo. do. 4A p. e.... iS.Yorksh.4p.c.aan.r. qtocic.& Dar., 5 p. c. Do. do. do 'Stock. & !lam). g. p. c. till July 1, ,nt ;Vsl uteri& Sc. Kilk. l p e - •-p, 12} -12 i Pm Pm 111- 111 - 133 91 - V 3 n - 14 4 - 4t 97 - 99 88 - VG 2i - 34 I . -- i •• -- d 98 - 96 13 - 14 i'l -- 1 1 *` 214 - 2'4 92 - 94 8 1 ---- 94 1051 . • • ....• - o- 7 ,1 1 79 8 92i dis .. -- - • ~ 4 lir *i = lid ••• 1 all. knglo Austrin. Gold - 10s' all Anglo Californian - 20 6 \.ustralian 1 all kustralian Cordiller 1 all kvo Maria - 1 all Baden (Gd. Duchy of /, 50 all !3leariarvon Iron aw Coal l - 20 14 British Iron 4 - 6 35 26 Brazilianlmp.(issue•! at .t:.5 pm.) 30 all Do. Comes & Culab 24 3 20 15 Do, St. Johr Del R el 28 - 30xd 28/ 8 z d 1 i (Marendon Cons. Min Co. of Jamaica id - AP 40 all :lobre Copper 64 - 68 5 1 'iolonial G01d,,,,,,, St. all ':.lopper Min. of Eng 30 - 35 25 all Do. Pref. 74 p. con* 24 - 23 ... 1C o , plapo l9 - 20 2 14 ortuna -1 d 20 all .lencral l4 - 16 1 all 3,t.l'iuggetVeinFtog. 41 all Great Polvooth.... 11 -21 5 all Gt Wheal Vol. United 1 • id 1 all Liberty 3 all Al:taros. 74 - 5 14 Lusitanian - P 1 all Wariquita ........ 1 all New Granada - 1 all Nouveau Monde k 20 all Poutgiband Silver Lead Min. & Smolt. ... - 5 1 Port Philip - 1 all Quartz Rock - 50 all hyrnnoy Iron 2O - .42 d 15 all Do. New 6 - d 30 13 iantiago de Cuba..,, 4 - 4i 1 all 'loath Australian - 1 all Do. Scrip # - a 1 I Do. 10 per cent Prof 10 9 Lin Croft... ..... 4 - 44 41 4 28/ all United Mexican 4 -4, 4j a 1 all Waller 1 all West Mariposa..,,,,,. 1 12e. Worthing Mining of Australia 1 el' Yulo• • • MISCELLANEOUS. ?5 19 Australian Agricult. 28 - 30 1(' all aus :rain. Royal Mai - lt4 8 Berlin Water Wark, fi j - 74 7 50 i 0 Brit. American Lam' 47 - 50 49 Ipc .24 Canada - 1451 140 .4t DSO Canada Gov. 6p. ct Jan. arm .;sly le94 1104 1101 I ( ") all Orystal Palace..,_,,, 2 - 2i 2 5 5 Do. Praferenco ....... 4B - 4 4 all Crystal Pal. of Franc. 1 j Photon Tron Ore 20 11 Eastern Steam__ 5 all En.ea Aus Cop Sts Co 1* 1$ 25 24 "electric Telegraph 2O - 2 1 all 9ectric Toleg. of Ir 5 all Gen. Iron Se Collier 15 14 lou. Stoats Nav i gat. 1C all General Screw Stoau 20 10 iris}'. Beetroot S4alra• 10 20 alllo M mv a eo g xd d iimt a e l r E n. a s Si i . me N ee. a rT v ic i e :i . lo 5$ 10 9 1 all Nat. Pat. steam Fue' - a d 10 5 \I ethorlands Land._ 1 - 10 all Da. Do. - 3 5 1 Do.BpcPisaatli die- par 2 1 N.S.W. Coal do Inter. Stem Navigat. On. 100 80 New B. kN. S. Land - I all S. P Anstrale.sian.., 20 15 sirtli.cf EuropcSt.mn• - 1 all Oriental Gas la 1 1 2s. Do. " New Shares" . . - '. all Peel Rr. Ld.& Ifinrl 2 . 1 - 2j 50 all Peninsular & Orients. - .•• 63 4} 50 10 Do. Ne w .. -4.• p 13 4 • 2 all Portland Iron Co - 100 60 Royal Mail Steam - •... 1 all Scot. Austral. Invest. 1i - 1 1 4 Ditto Now. - 1 all mouth itustral.lian 36 - 3 1 al'. Samar. Tel. Scrip , 20 all ;in. Registered. 25 5 '.`rust& L. Co.U. Can. 100128 , VA* Dimpelf. o _ 4 4c l 16 t5l his LAW INTELLIGENCE--(This Day.) COURT OF' EXCHEQUER. SECOND COURT. (Before Mr. Baron Martin and a Common Jury.) DOLAMORE V. NICHOLSON AND OTHERS. The plaintiff in this action is a bottled beer and ale merchant, carrying on business at 32, We , tminster-road, and the defendants 'Messrs. Nicholson, Lily, and Smith, the former known as the celebrated " Lord Chief Baron" of the Coal Hole Tavern in the Strand, and the action was brought to recover a sum of money for ale and porter supplied to the defendants. Nicholson had paid 4/. 15s. 6,1. into court. The other defendants pleaded never in debted. It appeared from the evidence that Nicholson and Lily entered on the speculation of providing refresh ments in booths on the ground at the cricket match at Kingston and the Dunmow festival, where Mr. Ainsworth's flitch of bacon, about which the learned counsel for the plaintiff wittily remarked "there was plenty of gammon," was presented according to ancient custom to the happy pair who, for the first 12 months after marriage, had found the marriage state really one of bliss, and no wish had haunted their thoughts or had escaped their lips that they hAd never been married. Both events came off on the same day ; but previously the defendant Nicholson gave a person named Wiggons, a commission agent, two written orders for bottled beer and porter, which he signed in the names of Nicholson, Lily, and Smith. These orders were handed over to the plaintiff; who supplied thm goods, and the question was the terms of the bargain. Mr. Smith, in the course of the trial, was called, and swore he was no party to the spe culation and never permitted Nicholson to affix his name to the orders; consequently his name was withdrawn from the record, and a verdict passed in his favour. The case occupied the attention of the Court the greater portion of yesterday and up till one o'clock to-day, when the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff for 271. odd against the defendants Nicholson and Lily. In the Court of Exchequer, before the Lord Chief Baron, two special jury cases had been set down for hearing, but the records in both cases were withdrawn. His lordship afterwards proceeded with a common jury case, to recover a sum of 80t. advanced on cottages situated at Manchester. In the Court of Queen's Bench, Lord Campbell was engaged in hearing a part-heard case relative to a charter party, and Mr. Justice Erle, in the Second Queen's Bench Court, sitting in one of the Committee roorys, a part-heard case, Marks v. Watts and another, assignees, an interpleader action to test the validity of theplainti ff's purchase of her son-in-law's goods, who had become a bankrupt. The plaintiff, a Jewess, caused some amusement by the manner in which she answered the questions of Mr. O'Malley, one of the learned counsel for the defendants. She stated she had a great deal of money, but fenced the questions put to her where she kept it ; but, being hard pressed, said she kept notes in pockets in her stays, and gold in drawers. She evidently imagined she was divulging a great secret by her admissions ; but as to what drawers, or where they were situated, she pertinaciously refused to satisfy the learned counsel. HARWAR V. DRUM. This was an action brought by the plaintiff, formerly a pianoforte manufacturer, carrying on business in Bloomsbury-street, to recover compensation of the de fendant, a pianoforte manufacturer, of Liverpool, for in venting certain improvements in that instrument which the defendant bad patented. Thera were other claims, but which were not material. The plaintiff, it appeared, had been lately in the de• fendant's service, and whilst so employed had suggested, as he stated, the improvements in questi on , b ut w hi c h the defendant alleged were of his invention, and worked out under his direction by the plaintiff. At the conclusion of the plaintiff's case the learned counsel withdrew from the cause, and a verdict was accordingly returned for the defendant, thereby esta blishing his right to the originality of the improvements. CRIMINAL COURT-(THIS DAY.) OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Coleridge.) This morning, at the sitting of the Court, the two pri soners, Davidson and Gordon, were again placed upon their trial on an indictment, charging them with having fraudulently, within three months of their bankruptcy, obtained goods with intent to defraud their creditors. The prisoners pleaded not guilty. Mr. Ballantine and Mr. Poland were for the prosecu tion, and Mr. Montague Chambers, Mr. Parry, and Mr. Sergeant Byles was for the defence. It appeared, in the present instance, that, about the middle of May, 1854, the two prisoners had given orders, through Messrs. Beddoe, of Huggins-lane, commission agents, for some barege and other drapery goods, which they said were for the Indian market. These goods, to amount in value of 426/. 65., were manufactured by Messrs. Macmillan, of Glasgow, to whom Messrs. Beddoo were agents. Gordon said, upon Messrs. Bed doe's clerk first calling to solicit orders, that he would give an order as soon as a gentleman came from India, and sent a note to Messrs. Beddoo to call upon them, which having been done, the order in question was given. These goods were given through the prisoners, packers to the St. Katherine's Docks. A few days after the goods had been sent to prisoners, Gordon saw a gentle. man of the name of Esvart at the offices of Joseph W'indle Cole, and asked him if the house to which he belonged, the house of Ogleby, Gallander, and Co., Liverpool, conveyed goods to Calcutta. The pri soners then, upon the goods so obtained from Messrs. Macmillan and some others, obtained an advance of 1,5001. This was but a few days before their absconding. The case was proceeding when we went to press, and, as it is the intention of the prosecution to give evidence of several other instances of obtaining goods and raising money upon them just before the prisoners became bankrupts, is likely to last until a late hour at night. SURREY SESSIONS.—(This Day.) (Before T. Puckle, KN., and a Bench of Magistrates.) ROBRRRY AT A RAILWAY STATION. Thomas K emmenoe, 34, a man in the employ cf Messrs. W. H. Smith and Sons, newsvendors and advertisement contractors, was indicted fur stealing, at Lambeth, eight brass brackets, the property of the London and Sfulli- Western Railway Company. Mr. Robinson prosecuted, and the prisoner was de fended by Mr. Charnock. Thomas Bent, an inspector, employed by the railway company, stated that for a long time past a great nurn• ber of brass brackets which are used in the company's first class carriages, to support the net-work fitted up for umbrellas, ste., had besn missed, and a great deal of mystery existed as to the loss of them. It had been the duty of the prisoner on account of Messrs. Smith and Son, his employers, to paste advertisements in the second-class carriages, and at last suspicion fell upon him, as ho had been'secn to enter the first-class carriages, which he had no business to do. Witness accordingly set a man to watch him, and the first-class carriages were carefully examined on the morning of the 9th, before the prisoner went to his work. Soon after that the prisoner came as usual and went to his work, and after be had done eight brass brackets were missed from the first class carriages, and while witness was examining them the prisoner contrived to get out of the rail way station, so th a t h o b a d an o pportunity of dis posing of them. He (the inspector) went in search of him, and found him in a barber's shop in the New-cut, where he found upon him a screw-driver, which he had borrowed from the barber, and no doubt existed that he need that to u n f as S en the brackets from the carriages. Oa the edge of the screw-driver was some brass adher ing to it, as if it had just been used to unscrew some brass work. 'When wit ness to ld hi m he was charged with stealing the brass brackets, he denied all know ledge of them. No other person had been near the car riages that morning after witness had examined them to the time he missed the brackets. Mr. Charnock made an ingenious appeal to the jury on behalf of the prisoner, but a verdict of guilty was returned. The Chairman sentenced him to three months' hard ,abour in Wandsworth House of Correction. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—(This Day.) MANSION-HOUSE. CAUTION TO WATERMEN'S APPRENTICES.— William Franklin, aged 21, a waterman's apprentice, of Horsley down, Southwark, was brought before the Lord Mayor by an officer of the Watermen's Company, who charged the prisoner under the following circumstances. It appeared:from the evidence tha.t.the prisoner had for some time past been plying for hire on the river Thames a s k i ff w hi c h was without the owner's name or number legibly painted on the inside, which was an offence against one of the bye-laws of the company. The pri soner had received notice several times from the officer of the Watermen's Company to attend the hall in St. Mary-at-Hill, Lower Thames-street, where the court sat, but he had never atten d e d, and had also told one of the , constables that he would never come unless he was made. The prisoner had likewise been summoned be fore the Lord Mayor, but he was still obstinate. He was accordingly apprehended last night at a public house in Horsleydown and placed in custody. The prisoner said be was very sorry for what he had done, and hoped some leniency would be shown him. The Lord Mayor said the prisoner deserved no pity. He hal defied the Watermen's Company, and refused to attend their Court, which was a very serious offence. He (the Lord Mayor) should order the prisoner to pay a fine of 20s. and costs or twenty days' imprisonment in default. The Lord Mayor added that he was still liable to prosecution by the Watermen's Company. The prisoner was ultimately liberated on the payment of the money. SOUTHWAEIC. THIEF ROB THIEF EXTRAORDINARY CHARGE OF CONFESSION OF HIGHWAY ROBBERY.—Ann Williams, a poor miserable -looking female, was charged upon her own confession with stealing a porte-monnaie containing 71. in gold, from the person of a gentleman unknown, and a lodging-house keeper in Kent-street was charged with stealing the same from her under the following extraor dinary circumstances. Sergeant Gardiner, 25 M, stated that about 11 o'clock last night he was on duty in George-street, Southwark, when the prisoner Williams came up to him, and said she bad robbed a gentleman of his purse and 71. inwgold, and she wished to give herself up to him. Ho took her to the station-house, when she said she had not got the money, but that the landlady of the lodging. house where she lived, in Kent-street, had robbed her of it, Witness went to the lodging-house in question, and . the prisoner Williams gave the landlady into custody. Under the prisoner's bed he found, by Williams's direc tion, seven medals, used by magsmen and others to re present sovereigns among the " green horns." She said that the landlady had robbed her of the good gold, which she had stolen from the gentleman, and had substituted these for them. Witness then took them both to the station•house and locked them up. The prisoner Williams was then put into the witness box and sworn—She said that on Thursday morning, the 13th inst., at two o'clock, she met a gentleman in the Blackfriars's-road. He was much intoxicated, and she asked him to give her a shilling. He put his hands in his pockets, and said he had not got a shilling, when she said be knew he had, and she then put her band in his trouser's pocket and felt a purse. She took that out, and after a little struggling with him she got away. When she arrived in the Borough she examined the purse, and found it to contain £7 103. in gold. She chewed them to her landlady, and the latter changed ono of the half-sovereigns for her. After that she said that she had better keep the rest or the police might be after her and take them from her. She (Williams) handed the £7 to her, and she put them away. Yester day morning she asked them to be returned to her, when the lodging-house keeper banded her seven medals of the King of Hanover, stating ithat they were what she gave her. Witness knew otherwise, as the lodging house keeper rung all the pieces before putting them away, and knew they were all good money. The magistrate said there had been a good deal of roguery about the lodging-house keeper, but there was nothing for him to detain her; therefore she must be discharged. As for Williams, she had confessed to a highway robbery, and must be remanded, to give the police an opportunity to make some inquiries about her. MARKET NEWS.—(This Day). CORN EXCHANGE. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF ERITISII CORN For the week ended Dec. 20,1855, made up from the Returns of the In-peetors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wales per Imperial Quarter. WHEAT. ZARLET. OATS. ITS. I BEARS. I TEAS. 79s lid 41s 1 27s 101 553 41 its 81 49s Id TILE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGE. WHEAT. I BAILEY. 1 OATS. 811 4.1 i 41s Od , 28s 3d 533 "E id 5 B 2 1 1 " 2( . 1. P511:1.1(1 QUANTITIES OF GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK, Wheat, 112,716; 8ar1ey,121,845 ; Oats, 16,636 ; Rye, 507 ; Beans, 5,227; Peas, 2,037 quarters. MEAT MARKETS. NEWGATZ AND LEADENHALL.—There was a steady business doing to-day, at full prices. Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 8d; Mutton, 3s 2d to 4s ; Veal, 3s 10d to 4s 10d; Pork, 35 6d to 5s 2d per 81bs, by the carcase. SOUTHALL, Dec. 19.—We had a good show of stock to day, but the general.demand ruled inactive, as follows : Beef, from 3s 6d to 5s 2d ; Mutton, 3s 6d to 5s Od ; Veal, 4s Od to 5s Od ; Pcrk, 3s 6d to 4s 10d per 81bs, to sink the offal. RouroßD, Dec. 19. —Prime beasts, sheep, and calves sold steadily, at full prices. Otherwise, the trade ruled dull. Beef, from 3i 6d to 5s 2d ; Mutton, 3s 4d to 5s Od ; Veal, 4s Od to Gs 4c ; Pork, 3s 6d to 4s 10d per Blbs. Quarter-old Store Pigs, 21s to 28s each. Jaw:: d t 4; 4 * II SUN OFFICE, Six o'clock. TATTERSALL'S.—(This Evening.) NOTHING DOING. HAY MARKETS. Burr AFISLD.—Moadow hay, 4/ 5s to 6/ Os ; clover ditto, 41 15s to 6/ 15s ; and straw, ld 4s Od to 1/ Os Od per lold. A stendy trade. CIIMBEELAND.—Meadow hay, 4/ 8s to 6/ 6s ; clove] do., 41 12 to 6/ 153 ; and straw, 1/ 5s to 1/ 103 per load. Trade firm. WrirrzoilAPAL.—Meadow hay, 4/ 5s to 61 Os; clover do., 4/ 15s to 71 Oa ; and straw. 11 Ss to 11 9e per load. A. short supply, and a steady trade. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This Day.) LotinoN, Dee. 20.—Wi❑d this day at noon, E., strong breeze and fine clear frosty weather. PORTSMOUTH, Dec. 19.—Wind E.S.E., blowing a gale —Arrived—Hesperus, from Cheeme, for Bremen, with loss of bowsprit, cut water, &c., from contact with a large ship, 6th Dec, off Cape Fini sterre ; Canadian (s. tpt.), Constantinople, &c. JERSEY, Dec. 18,—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Shamrock, from Gaspe. Sailed—Souvenir, for St. Thomas. KINGROAD, Dec. 19.—Arrived—Ocean Queen, from Quebec, for Gloucester. HOLYHEAD, Dec. 18. —The Elizabeth, from Neath to Liverpool, which was on shore near Aberfrau, 15th inst., has been got off, after discharging part of cargo, and is now in the old harbour here. LIVERPOOL, Dec. 19.—The vessel which was ashore yesterday off Tranraere slip, leaky, was the Koh-i-Noor, from Cornwall. DUBLIN, Dec. 19.—The John, of Troon, was wrecked on Arklow Bank, on the 17th inst. BaYTH, Dec. 19.—The Mead, of and from London for Har tlepool, got on the Seaton Sea Rock, and is in a dangerous position, the sea being high and the wind from S.S.E. ; crew saved. LowEsTorr, Dec. 19.—The Token, of Leith ; the Emma, of Exeter ; and the George and Margaret, of Seaharn, are on shore; crews all saved. HARTLEPOOL, Dec. 19. —Wind S.S.E., blowing hard— Arrived—Concord, from Dalhousie ; the sloop Ino, from Boston, is on share at Seaton Carew ; the sloop Brougham, from Boston to Newcastle, has put in with loss of bow sprit and other damage, and must discharge. (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Thursday Morning. Arrivcd.—Despatch, (s ), from Jersey ; Alliance, (s.), Havre. Sailed.—Psyche, for Black Sea ; Wonder, (s.), Jersey ; Atalanta, (s.), Havre. LIVERPOOL, Thursday Morning. Wind Southerly. Arrived.—St. Charles, from New Orleans. Off.—Excelsior and Ashburton, from New York. Sailed.—Volant, for St. Michael's; Thomas Joaquin, Havannah; Georgians, Leghorn. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Thursday, 9.51 a.m. Wind S.E. ; tide, four hour's flood; weather flue and frosty. Arrived, Dec. 19. Great Britain, from Quebec; Lord Strangford, Guernsey ; Sostene Gottenborg ; Idalia, Am sterdam; Victoria, Gijon; Velocity, Oporto. DEAL, Thursday, 9.26 a.m. _ Wind S.E., very strong. The schooner Lelean still remains on the Goodwin, with her masts standing. OHANGES ILV THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. Several new members will take their seats on the opening of Parliament, and some writs will be moved for as moon as the house assembles. The Right Hon. Robert Lowe, having accepted the office of Vice-Presi dent of the Beard of Trade, resigned his seat, and was elected for Kidderminster on the 14th of August, the day on which Parliament was prorogued. On the same day, the Right Hon. William Cowper, having resigned his seat in consequence of his appointment as President of the General Board of Health, was re-elected for Hertford. On the 16th of August, the Right Hon. Edward Bouverie, having resigned his seat in con sequence of his appointment as President of the Poor law Board, was re-elected for Kilmarnock. These three right hon. gentlemen will take the oaths and their seats. Mr. James Rust will take the oaths and his seat for Huntingdonshire, in the room of Viscount Mande ville, who has become Duke of Manchester ; the Earl Gifford succeeds Lord Seymour in the representation of Totnes, the noble lord having become Duke of Somer set ; Captain Jolliffe will take his seat for Wells, in the room of 'lr. Robert Charles Tudway, deceased ; Sir Charles Napier succeeds to the representation of South wark, which became vacant by the death of Sir William Molceworth, Bart.; Mr. Bond will take his seat for Armagh, in the room of Mr. Ross Stephenson Moore, who died shortly after the prorogation of Parliament; Mr. M'Evoy succeeds Mr. Frederick Lucas, deceased, in the representation of the county of Meath. 011 the meeting of Parliament, new writs will be moved for Taunton, in the room of the Right Hon. Henry Labou ohere, who has become Secretary of State for the Colo nies ; for Leeds, in the room of the Right Hon. Mat thew T. Baines, who has become Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster ; for New Ross, in the room of Mr. Charles Gavan Duffy, who has retired from the repre sentation ; for Rochester, in the room of the Hon. Francio J. Villiers, who has accepted the Chiltern Hun dreds ; and for Yarmouth, in the room of Mr. C. E. Rumbold, who has intimated his intention of withdraw. ing from Parliamentary life. AN INVOCATION FROM THE ARMY. (From Punch.) To IN ILIASTRIOUS FIELD-MARSIIAL. By the service thou haat seen ; By each hour that thou haat been Under fire in trench or field, By that sword which thou dost wield First in breach or upon wall ; By thy daring actions all ; By thy charges and attacks ; By the halts and bivouacks; By the nights which thou has spent In the cold and dreary tent ; By the hard and scanty faro Thou has often had to share; By the country thou haat saved ; By the nations thou hest braved ; By the Mini 6 bolts of lead Which have whistled past thy head ; By the countless cannon-shot, Round, grape, canister, red-hot, Near thee which have plough'd the ground ; By the bombs that have burst round ; By the rockets that have dropp'd Right before thy feet—and popp'd ; By each sabre, bay'net, lance, Which thy breastplate hath made glance ; By each gallaat charger itebonyhfbetaay tletwm h slainwon e Under thee upon the plain ; By the mines which thou among, thy y bte thrust, the dust Many Oft has been when they were sprun g ; By thine honourable scars; By thy wounds in all thy wa rs ; 81 8 81 thyyyyyeahantt greati Beads he sehe a ofhl battles cut,a lecities hazardsge oe n anst c nl bylegions —by o haat run caused a n .; l ; hy ya te a n r mecrisae,ts strategic c c e forced to BBy great retreats ; Byo Bold all a d t By thy sieges and campaigns ; By thy captured ordnance-trains, By thy boots, thy spurs, thy belt, By the powder thou has smelt, By the hat, frock, all the clothes Which to thee the soldier owes, — Rest thee, Albert, rest thee now, With thy laurels on thy brow ; Rest thee, warrior, let thy fame Thou haat earn'd suffice thy name ; Rest, and, as a man of peace, Meddling with our Army cease; Martial business leave alone, B. content to InilA UNION OF COLONIAL SCIENTIFIC INSTITU TIONS WITH THE SOCIETY OF ARTS. The council of the Society of Arts, having received an application from the Jamaica Society of Arts to be taken into union of the same footing as the mechanics' institu tions of Great Britain and Ireland, have bad under con sideration for some time past the means of most effectu ally extending the benefits of the principles of associa tion and co-operation to similar societies throughout the British colonies and India. With this view they have laid down the following conditions and terms of union :- 1. The Society of Arts is prepared to receive into union any institution, established in a British colony or in the British possessions in India, for the advancement of literature and science, or for the encouragement of arts, manufactures, and commerce. 2. It shall be the duty of the officers of the Society of Arts to correspond with the secretaries of such associated colonial institutions on matters relating to their recog nised objects. 3. The productions or manufactures of a colony, trans mitted by a colonial associated institution, shall receive all due publicity by means of the society's exhibitions, publications, and discussions. 4. The weekly journal of the society, with its other publications, shall be duly forwarded to every associated colonial institution, and a portion of the columns of the journal shall be reserved for colonial discussions and cor respondence. 5. Whenever any member of an associated colonial institution, bearing a letter of introduction from its secretary, shall visit London, he may enjoy the usual privileges of a corresponding member of the S , ciety of Arts during his stay, and may have his letters addressed to him at the Society's home, in the Adel phi. _ _ 6. The council will afford their advice and vsistance to any colonial associated institution which may desire to obtain in England or France any scientific or educa tionAl apparatus, and will obtain and furnish to any co lonial associated institution reports on any produce sent over for examination. 7. A colonial associated institution shall have the pri vilege of purchasing books through the society's agency, on the same scale of reduction as is now granted to home associated institutions. 8. The system of examination proposed to be insti tuted by the Society of Arts filial] be extended so as to embrace candidates who shall have duly attended classes at colonial associated institutions, and certificates of merit shall be awarded by the society's examiners on examination papers duly authenticated and remitted from the colonies. 9. A colonial institution may be admitted into union on the same terms as a home iu.stitution—namely, an annual payment of two guineas. - By orJer, PETER LE NEVE FOSTER, M.A., Secretary. Society's House, Adelphi, London, Dec. 19. MISS NIGHTINGALE'S LIST OF THINGS NEEDED BY OUR S9LDIERS IN THE CRIMEA. A letter from Miss Florence Nightingale has been re ceived by Miss Halliday, of Manchester, in answer t one from the latter lady, inquiring the nature of the articles now most needed by our brave soldiers, those in hospital e , pecially, in the Crimea. We beg to call particular attention to this letter, as it corrects sonic misapprehensions as to the nature of the articles at pre sent really needed, and as to those of which a super abundance has already been received. Miss Nightin gale's letter is in the following terms : "Castle Hospital, Balaklava, Nov. 23, 1855. " You have my best thanks for your very kind offer of again assisting in the supply of the wants of the soldiers. Of other articles there is now such a sufficient supply that the only things which it would be now of we to send are the following :--Stationery of all kinds, threads, cottons, tapes, buttons, the small `diamond' size of Testaments and small Prayer-hooks, this size being best adapted for the space the soldier has at disposal. Books of travels, biographies, 'Constable's Miscellany,' HouseholdWords.' Of sermons and tracts, and of novels, wo have an over abundant supply. I bog also to thank you for your kind inquiries after my health, which is bettor than it has boeu.—l remain, dear madam, yours very truly, " FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE." LATEST FROM FRANCE. THE PEACE RUMOURS. The Constitution/lc/ of yesterday pronounces itself in favour of peace, and considers that the task of the allies has been accomplished. Our con temporary argues thus : "All that the Eastern war could give to France either in moral or political result, in strength, con sideration, or influence in the councils of Europe, it has granted. Why, therefore, if the precise aim for which the war was commenced has been accom plished, should not France agree to a peace on the conditions proposed since the commencement of hostilities by the Allied Pewers, provided such be the wish of Russia. France could not desire the continuation of the war unless in the view of pass ing beyond the aim stipulated in the treaty of the 10th April, when it would become a question of dismember ing the Russian empire. The latter act could alone be done at the profit of some one power. Would not France in that case require a compensation for the advantages which would accrue to our European state ? Would it not be justified in exacting that compensa tion ? But in that case it would no longer concern the Eastern war with its special aim, as the treaty of the 10th April with its particular character; it would be nothing less than the reconstruction of the map of Europe and a revision of the treaties of 1815. Certainly, if it could enter into the thoughts and policy of England to propose to France a similar measure, and it would be found convenient and proper to France to entertain the proposal, the continuation of the war with that aim in view might appear desirable to many ; and it must be admitted that a conflict of that nature, notwithstanding the sa crifices it would demand, would be popular. But the Eastern war has not called that question into existence ; it is nowise the aim with which Eng land and France armed themselves against Russia ; and from the moment when it is not question of going out of the limits of the treaty of the 10th April, there can be no reasonable motive to desire the continuation of th• war." BOURSE, Dec. 19.—The following are the last quotations : Caah. ft. e. End of Month. 4i per Conte 9l 75 —f. -e. 3 Cents per . New Loan 65 60 Bank Shares 3210 Roman Credit Mobilier l3BO Austrian Belgian Fives — Spanish Threes 4O Piedmontese B7 Home Debt 36 RAILWAYS-FOR CASH. fr. c. c Or?gsnß Northern Lyons.. .. 1150 New Ditto 755 Mediterranean 1275 Grand Central 590 Lrons Geneva Cette NEWSPAPERS AND BOOK PACKETS. "General Post-office, December, 1855. 1. On Monday the 24th inst., and thenceforward, all newspapers, whether bearing the impressed stamp or postage labels, and book packets, will be allowed to be posted at the General Post office, St. Martin's-le-Grand, from six p.m. till seven p.m., at an extra charge of one farthing each ; from seven till a quarter-past seven, at a charge of n half-penny each ; and from a quarter-past seven till half-past seven, at a charge of a penny each ; the time for posting without extra charge remaining as at present, viz., six o'clock. . . ` . ..L The time at the branch offices and receiving offices for posting newspapers will remain as heretofore, and will also be applicable to book packets. The late Samuel Rogers Esq., was the Premier Governor of the Orphan Working School, Haverstock hill, having paid a life subscription of 30 g uineas in 1792. The bar silver brought by the last West India steamer has been sold a t th e pr i ce o bt a i n ed for the previou s ar rival—namely, 61id. The shipments of specie by the Peninsular and Orien tal steamer Alma, a lthough less tha n b y the p revious packet, are again ' extremely large. They amount to 370,646/ , of which 3,7001. is gold for Suez, Ceylon, Madras, and Calcutta, and 366,9461. silver for Bombay, Madras, Calcutta, and Alexandria. Itt s understood th at the. re cent difficulties between the Central Peninsular Railway of Portugal and the English contractors, Messrs. Shaw, Waring, and Co. have been arranged. SEVERITY or THE WEATHER,—So intense was the weather on Tuesday night that the works of the great clock at St. Paui's were frozen. The clock is conse quently stopped. T HE GALES OFF THE COAST.—Ad vices from Sunder land, Shields, Yarmouth, and Lowestoft report a large number of vessels as having received damage in the south-east gale of Tuesday. The Bishop of Durham, who, on account of his great age and increasing infirmities, is unable to per form his episcopal duties, has appointed the Bishop Manchester his commissary, and he will for the a of ure administer the affairs of the diocese of Durham DR. VAUGHAN. — The Bath and Cheltenham,. Gazette says that Dr. Vaughan, rector of Brixton, recently be fore the magistrates for altering the burial register, is not, as it has been stated, the son of a clergyman. He was born on Redcliffe-hill, Bristol, where his father bad a little smithy, and a shop for the purchase and sale of old iron. ARRIVAL Or THE LORD CHANCELLOR or IRELAND IN BELEAST.—The Right Hon. Maziere Brady. Lord Chan cellor of Ireland, arrived in Belfast on Monday evening by the last train from Dublin, and drove to the Donegal Arms. Hi s o bj ect i n go i ng t o Belfast is to hold the triennial visitation commission to the Queen's College. 100 1.00 10.1 1)0 100 100 100 '.3 3, 8 i ii 17 103 $3 i 2# 3t 3 771 7 1 94i i 4 MR. BRIGHT AT MARSDEN. (From, the Times.) The speeches of Mr. Bright rather forcibly remind one of those exhibitions in which the performers are adver tised to accomplish the most dangerous feats—to ride on ever so many horses at once, to dance on their backs, dash through hoops, jump over carpets, and make the most daring somersaults, while the horses are galloping round the ring at full speed. At the Mechanics' Insti tution at Marsden Mr. Bright rode on three of his hob• bies abreast, astounded his audience by standing on his head, by leaping to the wildest conclusions, and, after setting every principle of reason, as the adepts of the circus appear to set every principle of gravitation, at de fiance, rejoiced his friends by alighting safely on his feet to receive their thanks for his extraordinary perform ance. His three hobbies were the marvels of a penny newspaper, the wisdom of the Americans, and the glories of Russian civilisation ; and he managed these with re markable adroitness, making his three horses shift their places at will, the left going to the right, the right to the left, and the middle taking by turns the position of each of its neighbours. There was a skill displayed in all this of which we can give our readers no adequate idea; and fully to understand how he managed to talk on all three subjects at once the speech itself must be perused. Still more brilliant, however, were the " dangerous feats" which were added to this remark able performance. We have in our day kad the plea sure of witnessing many dangerous exploits performed by men of facile eloquence, whe amuse us in hall and Senate as the tumblers amuse us i❑ the streets ; and w e are bound to confess that Mr. Bright has not only out done every competitor, but now has outdone himself. Such daring somersaults as Mr. Bright exhibited to the gaping mechanics of Marsden we have never hitherto seen. The first had reference to the penny newspapers; What a wonderful thing is a newspaper—not a news paper in the abstract, but a modern one, and the latest form of it—a penny one ! In the dark ages there was a fourpenny stamp on the public journals, and these w very poorly conducted, full of mere rumour for news, full of mere twaddle for opinion. About ten years ago the stamp was reduced to a penny, and immediately the character of the journals rose. The information was more copious and more exact, the criticism was more profound in thought and more elegant in expression, the moral tone of the newspaper was raised, and it ceased to indulge in scandal, and even in more harm less personalities. It needed but one thing more to raise the character of the press to the highest pitch, and that was the entire abolition of the stamp. Mr. Bright, and a few other wise men, expressed their views and the stamp was abolished. Behold the result in a penny newspaper ! Every morning you have it on your table, at least,—Mr. Bright says so,—a❑d you cannot help thinking, " What a wonderful thing is one of those peony newspapers !" A steamer comes in from the United States, clippers from Australia, mails from India and China, despatches from the Baltic, de spatches from the Black Sea, lettere from our own cor reepondent, telegraphic messages from all the great capitals of Europe—from all the quarters of the globe tidings are gathered into " that wonderful sheet ;" the news is as goo 6, the tone is as high, the writing is as powerful as in any of the old and more costly papers, and yet you get it " all for the price of one penny." A miracle for cheapness ! Suppose we grant all that Mr. Bright says. Miraculous, that information which it costs hundreds and thousands of pounds to collect from all quarters of the globe should be presented to the public in a small sheet, price one penny. It is a miracle of legalised fraud. No wonder that the papers are cheap it oosts only a few pence to get their printed matter ; they live by the scissors, being made up of cuttings from the more costly journals which Mr. Bright is pleased to depreciate. Manchester men have an inordinate admiration of cheapness. Let us suggest to the member whom Manchester no longer delights to honour, that if the London warehousemen could get carpets and calicoes by merely paying the carriage from the manufactory they could present Mr. Bright and his friends with an article a still greater mir acle of cheapness than that " wonderful sheet" which issues from the printing-presses of Lancashire and York shire. Will anybody believe that after performing this dan gerous feat, not of praising the penny newspapers—we shall not quarrel with him for that, seeing that we fur nish them with the greater part of their contents, which are really wonderful at the price of a penny—but of praising them at the expense of their more costly contem poraries, upon whom they daily depend—Mr. Bright lights upon his legs? He does, and takes another leap more tremendous than the first. It is in honour of Holy Russia. Here we have some little perception of his clever ness in shifting the position of his horses. From news papers to Russia—an easy transition ! He began with the subject of books—cheap books; then went on to cheap newspapers, and thence to Russia and books again. Books are wonderfully cheapened. Not long ago they were very scarce indeed. A few rich men had them for ostentation rather than use. Now at every railway sta. tation books may be had for a shilling which, until re cently, were sold at half a guinea. Starting in this way, he ~vent on to Russia, and to prove the advanced state of her civilisation. It was not the number of books, he had already said, that made a man powerful ; rich men still, as of old, have immense libraries for ostentaticn rather than use ; but, forgetting his own words, he pro ceeded to demonstrate the absurdity of all we say against, Russian barbarism by counting the books in the Im perial Library at St. Petersburg. It is common for new, papers to speak of " that barbaric empire," to de scribe the Czar as a savage despot, ruling over savage hordes, and to tell of the dangers which menace the civ:lisation of the south and west of Btu ope from the In roads of the northern bear. " Is it not a singular thing," says Mr. Bright, " that in St. Petersburg, the capital of this barbarous empire, a city built in modern times, there is a library, a public library, which in size ranks the third in Europe, and is said to contain 10,000 volumes more than the British Museum ?" And this is Mr. Bright's argument to prove the civilisation of Russia ! We shall not dispute the fact which he brings forward, although it might not be difficult to do so. It is not easy to farm a comparative estimate of the extent of libraries from the number of volumes, it being customary in some places to count every pamphlet as a separate volume, and in others to bind them in sets. That, how ever, is nothing to the present point. It is to the point, however, to recall Mr. Bright's own remark, that the number of books in our possession is nothing. It is the use we make of them that is to be valued. Why does not 111 r. Bright tell us the number of indivi duais who have tickets of admission to the Imperial Library at St. Petersburg, and compare it with the num ber of those who daily frequent, the reading-room of the British Museum ? Or why does he not tell us of the penny Lewspapers, or of the newspapers at any price, which are allowed to circulate in Runiia ? If the size of ono liLrary is to be taken as the test of civilisation, the incautious reader may suppose that the United States have no chance of a high place in Mr. Bright's estimation, an their libraries are nothing to boast of. The incautious reader would be very much mistaken. Mr. Bright thinks the United States of America the most favoured land the sun shines on, and, if we may judze from some of the expressions in which he ie apt to indulge, fully intends to emigrate there some rainy day. He draws a very bright picture of that pleasant land—no taxes, no beggais, no ignorance, no errey, no navy, cheap newspapers. On these he dwells a t considerable length, making only a parenthetical ob jection to slavery, and not saying a word as to the weakness of the executive Government. But the especial excellence on which Mr. Bright dwells is the smallness of the army, and the nothincmcss of the navy " Yet nobody thinks of insulting the United States. An American ii as free from violence abroa 1 as an English man ; and it is by no means certain that be is not more sure of redress, in case of insult." What does Mr. Bright mean ? Does he mean that the United States have a pious horror of war, that it is their principle not to re sent injury, and, because they are known to be of this peculiarly meek disposition, foreign states show them unusual respect ? Mr. Bright knows that the very con trary is the case, and that if the united Statesare hu u e n : un prepared f or war, th e a ttit u de they atshseume when ever ever they f anc y th e i r rights are invaded bel licose. It is ce rtainly not by acting on the principles of the Peace Society that they win upon but because they threaten t he reverse, foreign States, and itis known wr that what they threaten they can accompl ish .hen will Mr. Bright cease to practisethis inglorious tumbling? We estimate his abilities too highly believe that h e suchar ty ofStatement, hu r n e e a s soning,and wish that he were hi mse lf can be content deceivedwith by vulgar which, if it be bad taste, we have the bad taste to prefer to all the brilliancy of his sophistical arguments. A FIiTURR CAMPAIGN IN THE _BALTIC. The Slide of yesterday anticipates a future cam pai,ga in the Baltic provinces, and after having enumerated the forces possessed by Russia in these regions, which it values at 200,000 men, the jour nal thus marshals the armies which the Allies, in conjunction with Sweden and Denmark, could dis pose of if necessary : " Admitting that Sweden were to furnish 70,000 tne alid Denmark 30,000, the Western Powers would hay to furnish 100,000, or 70,000 French and 30,000 English. France could even increase her contingent if the military organisation of our neighbour were not to permit them to complete theirs, for our country possesses a military strength really formidable. Thus it constituted the French army :—lnfantry of the line, 328 battalions; light infantry (rifles), 30 ditto—artillery, 241 compa nies ; siege train, 20 di tto ; engineers, "c'i"°uc sap pers, 11 ditto—cavalry, 373 squadrons ;gendarmes firemen of Paris, 119 squadrons or companies _t' here of an of all arms, 17 companies. It is not question_ coy ea o s v e a d . r o y f , heuovernment of veterans improvised force. At the advent of t the 2d December, the arm was cavalry, and 240 327 bat talions of infantry, 813 squadrons 1 has thus only been ang. companies of artillery. mented by 80 battalions It t of ithout any offence we may infantry and 60 aqua drona of cavalry. 'S Y has been organised under the say that this great had found in Algeria the tra ditions of victory. constitutional re g ima , e c na l n ik d e to hear the roar of cannon s i n ce heard this African cann on, and it.' Europe has enemies know that it fires well. A great ex pedition to the Baltic in Algeria,' said Louis Philippe; ' Europe does no t b ear friends and is Eng landher alliance in vessels, and o ur so ldi ers will therefore not imp oss ibl e. find at Cron s pay Y tadt another Malakhoff." will TESTIMONIAL TO A CLERGYMIN.—A most chaste and elegant design in silver, from S avory ' s, i n Cornhill, with a private communion service, formed from an ancient model, has been presented to the Rev. Charles William Ord, M.A., by his congregation, upon his retiring from the charge of _the parish church of Bottishata, market. _ ".777. f St. Ben -6n ex )oint puta- lead, ronet pro r ad they ement rnuld which same no or ap who t the strict ng a a full r. 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