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

8111 - 44 LONDON, WEDNESDAY nvANlNet t DECEMBER, IL issi; MONEY MARKET SHARE MARKETS. (THIS DAY.) -"- RAILWAYS. AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLOO The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed very quietly. Compared with Friday's rates prices of American and Surat were id. 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 Gd. to 62d., and 200 Surat, at 32d. to 40. 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 4i per Cents. have been firm at 1081, and the 4 per Cents. at 97g. 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. Meta Hies were bought at 63 13-16. On the Paris Bourse Rentes were in demand at an advance upon the closing prices of Monday. The 3 per Cents. rose 40 centimes for money, and 30c. for the account. Considerable animation was exhibited in the latter stock, and at one time they rose to 64!. 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 15tk 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 I to II per cent. lower than yesterday. As, however, the opprators are engaged in making arrangements for the adjustment of the Railway and Foreign Stock accounts the transactions are circumscribed. Consols opened at 88a f, then rose to 831 but afterwards dropped to 88i f. The New 3 per Cents. have been largely dealt in at 881 to 89k, and the Re duced are 88 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., 311 discount. Peruvian Four and-a-Half per Cents. have declined to 744. Spanish Three per Cents. to 39k, and the Deferred to 204 Sardinian are firmer, being 834,. 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 reels. The following are the nominal prices of foreign stocks: Grenada Deferred Bonds, 61 to 7 ; Mexican, 19a to ; Peruvian, 74 to 76 ; ditto Three per Cents., 52 to 54; Portuguese Four per Cents., 44 to 46 ; Russian Five per Cents., 97 to 99 ; ditto Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 88 to 90; Spanish Three per Cents., 391 to ; ditto Passive, 7 to 7i ; ditto Deferred, 201 to ; ditto Certificates, 4i to I. . _ Railway Shares are generally at lower quota tions. Great Western, however, are 10s. to 15s. higher. Some of the other lines receded ss. to 108. 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.—CLOSING PRICES. Prom th 4 Wicsoa Lid. linsinos. aan• Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities._ 3 Der Cent. Console Annnitles Shut New 3 per Cent. Annuities Long Annuities, expire stb Jan. 1850... 3i Ditto 3) Years, expire sth Jan , 1860._ 34 Ditto 30 Years, expire sth April, 1885 Di 5-16 India Stock Slut India Bonds, £lOOO Ditto, under £lOOO 3 d Console for Account .. 881 11. i Exchequer Bills, 24d. El000 E5OO Anis!! Ditto Bouds, IPSB, 34 per Cont.. 97i B,',- 71 If „ 1859 PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. F.qus.dor Bonds Grenada New Active, 14 per Cent. Ditto Deferred 64 Peruvian Bonds, 4§ per Cent. Bardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Spanish Solids, 3 per Cent Ditto Now Deferred, 3 per Cont. Tarkith Bonds, 6 per cent 8 3 .4 1 3 21 31 Ditto New Scrip, 4 per Cent % 4 a Dividends on the above nayable in London. Bclgian, 2i per Cent., cx. 25 francs Ditto 43 per Cont.. ex. 25 filmes ... 92 A THREE O'CLOCK. Console - _ Ditto for Account Jan. 10 ... ...... THE .4.R.RLST OF COL, TU.RR. . The Wurtemberg Moniteur contains a letter 11.01 n Vienna, of the 6tli, which says : . a 'The affair of Colonel Turr, arrested at Bu s.rest, is on the point of being settled. That ofl Icor 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." 5 5 20 10 20 5 tO 18 RAT.l, , r,t .myer.it .. • . Azahg. Nottng. Bow and Eastn. Junot . Belfast Ft BelymenA. Birming. Wolverb Btour Vail( y Birk e jhd. LanaL. A Cheshiro Junct Do. Chesil. & Birk. £5O and £25 Con. Do., £20... Rlyth & Tyne origins, £25 (bud. at .44 Bristol and Motor., Caledonian. ...... Carm. and Ca) dip': Chester & Holyhear., Cork and Bandon Cork, Black, & Pas , Cornwall Do. A Do. B J Duo! i &BelfastJunc. Dun. P. & Ate Jnc. Do. N .w East Areian Eastern Counties. East. "Tnion, A. Stl Ds., B. Stovit.... Do., Now A 100 101) Pr 1 vv. thla da . 22 3 71 100 LOG' all 3/ 3A 7i - 8 16 - 15 East Kent vast lAneashire Fdinburgh & Glasgo Edinb. and Peebles , Edin. Prtli & Dun Forth Si Clyde Jo n Furness Do. Extension 13 - 9 8 79 -81 54f 54 all 1.00 00 00 iGlaszow&S Great N. of Sootlnd. Great Northern 11 12 64 - 7 Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock_ I 8 27 29 17 - 19 i Gt. Sth. ktVest.arr, Great Wastern Do. Stour Val Ra!: Gna. Stk .. Irish`youth-Eas Lancaster & Carlis:e 'Do., Thirds Do. Now Thirds I.d.neash.andYorks' Do., Wst. aiding Ur.. Liv.Craby.&Southpt Loudon & Blackwa.l Lond, Bright & S.Cs' . Lond. and N. Wef tn. D. Fifths Y. 84 --- 69, 504 - • 51! 9t 9] 16i - 171 77 79 6i - 7 B'} 88 71. 73 .20 122 02 'O4 50i 514 50 55 70 n 5 6 7 G 7 77 77i ••• 91 96 93f - 941 3 a 85A - A, - '64 6 5 IDo,IO/. t3ts.. hiA03...C1 Do. Zighths . I London and S. Westn Do., £5O Do., £do. Larindrrydi Col eras Lndutlrr:-.& Ennist , Manch.Shef.li Linen Do. Shares, No. Do., Man. k Lin. Un. Metropolitan Midland ... v•, - 64 - 64, 36 38 11)o. Birmng. &Derb Midld.G. West. (I re, Do. Half Shares all Newcastle& Carlisle xll Nwpt.Aborg. &Hrf iq Newry &Enniekille. till Newry Warreupoint and Rostrovor. ..... . 0 Norfolk Northn.Countios North British ~ 1} 42 48 29 30 North Devon, No. I No. 2 DX) 20i 100 ?0 20 20 a 16. )(-) 213 io., A A Deferred Do. ; B anarantt , s• Y. liastern—Berwie Do. do. Extension Do.do. l'urel. Do. Leeds Do. York FOR q tvifir tt ran I Do. 5 p.a. Oblgs. con. in Si. at par till 'ti4 Ardennes twipan Pla,an. Jun, flaziers to (Ir.Aaft•iyat t i:ombay, Baroda, an • Central India.Scri. Do. Demerara 10 4. 10 4 67i • 68i 8# - 7i.. 5 - 4i -- 12 444 454 97 81 - 8i 4t - 51 22 - 24 100 -- 102 72 74 42 •-• 4 11 2 57 58 :41f 31 5 • 2d - pa; 4 -- 6 4:(4-.:431* a this day. 23 2j 54 i i lli 8i I i 50a 17i 16} 87i 8i 60i i li 50& Pla 774 i 7 1 Of 91f 931 1 4 31 7 631 4 29 i 671 81 A I 20 4 i 151 5 h I 23} f 99j 44 ad .1 LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This Day.) INDON, Dec. 12.—WInd tills day at noon, IT., light bre°. to. (PER ELECTRIC TRLIZORAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Wednesday Morning. Ar, dived—Oriental, from Shields. Sai t od—Ondine, (s.), for London ; Mare, Cardiff ; South. West t rn, (s.), Jorsoy. LIVERPOOL, Wednesday morning. W'indS. Ar t•ived—Elizabeth Conway, from Porto Cabello ; Pro gress :and Wanderer, Now York ; Siloam, Girgeati ; Ar thur sand Sillery, Quebec. QUEHNESTOWN, Deo. 10. Wiz id N. Arr ived—Covenanter, from Bombay ; Dawa, Syra; her DI Lajesty's ship Hastings. DUBLIN, Dec. 11. '.ind N.W. A q eived—Charlotte, from Messina ; Majesty, Palermo. (BY SUBMARINE AND 'BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Tnesdav, 10.7 a.m. id N. W . ; tido low water; hazy and frosty. Bak ted—Floreueo, for Demerara. DEAL, Tuesday, 9.30 a.m. Wi ntl W.N.W., light ; frosty. chormi—John M. Wood, from Calcutta, for London ; Pre4 .dent Fillmore, London, New York ; Gleam, London, Eller ra Leone ; Hohenzollern, London, Constantinople. Ts CATTLE SHOW AND ME SOUTH-WESTERN RAIL. W. VT .—The directors of the London and South-West en s. Railway, in order to afford persons living in the ntry an opportunity of visiting the Smithfield Cat tle Show, started yesterday two special trains at ra dix es 1 fares to London, with the privilege of the pas- Bengt TS remaining in town until Whursday afternoon. One train came from Portsmouth and Salisbury, and con` .eyed between 400 and 500 persons t, town. The 1.0 1 er train came from Salisbury and Dorchester, with sal wards of 600 persons. The greatest order was smaisitained 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. Youn4, the sup. rhtendeot c.f the station, and Inspectors Norwood and Parker and Pollee inspector Bent, of the A diTieion, 'North London .... . &S. Watrn., Flarn . ! - stead, and City Jn Noel. S taffordshir , North Western N. & S. Westrn, June Nuneaton, Hinckley And Leicester Ox Wore.. WoIY. Poitsraouth o.tleh Central.., !Scottish Midland Ahropshire Un'on south Devon ' Reath Eastern Routh Wales S. Yrksh. & Riv. Dar Itainet4, Wok. &Wok tooktor, Darn 4tc.z.ktou 4 tlrrtlep! raff Vale.. Et:). Pref., No. I._ Itay. D.& 11. Ulverstone & Lanes Vale iii Neatly.. Watertl. & Kiikentir 'Vaterfor4l&Limer West , Yost End of Lon4nr* and Crystal Palaoe.. Do. A Do. B West London. Wimbledn &Croydon I)utcb Rheniph Fastern of France Do. New East Indian, g. 5 p.c _ Do. EY'..ension Do. do. do., '59, do.. Gd. Tk cf CanadaAiA Do. St. Lawrence R. Atlantic do. 1)o. Cert. of Deben., con. into Stk. CRT.' Coro. 6 p. c., do Gt. Central of Frau (it. Indian Peninsuit guar. 5 per cent... Do. New 5 per cent r.o. Extensions. ( ;rent Luxembonr. - Constituted Shane, Do. Ot.Westernofeftnad Do. New D•;. payable's7, with option till '55.. Do. do., '62, p. '56 Do. do., '76, p. '6O D. do., '73, withoui option Toront, 00. Ef per oent._ Cont.m 8a,41 , Liorre and Turnhout Lyons and Genova t,yons & Moditerran Niadraa Do. Now Maria Antonia Do. do. Now Namur di Liege interest) Do. (ex inter,st)..., N'orthern of France. D 0.201. She 1)0. 20/. 3 p. c Bds (fray. B. & Alms. as NorwegianTrunkPre Paris and Lyons , Ditto Bonds Paris and Orleans..., Paris and R01m... ParisCaen ea Cherbrg Do Rome and Frascati Rouen and Havre Royal Danish Royal Swedish . Do. Obligations Sambre and Meuse... Do. 5i p. cent. Pref Scindc , Do Southern of France.. St. Andrew's and Quebec (A), .. West Flanders Do 5 per c. Pref Western of France Do. Zealand all 18 all AU JOINT-8' lA.ustrAdmi&.. Bank of London — . ........ tiri. Col. fik.&LD C. ritigh N. American Cbartd. Bank of Attip. Chrtd. Bak. of India, Australia, & China City ...... Colonial ................ . Commercial of Loud. Faig.cot.&ku.s.Cht. Loud. Chart. Bk. of Australia . ............ Ditto New ............. London and County.. Lnd.&;E. Bak g. Cprp. , London Joiut Stock.., Lou d . & Wostininstel National Pro.of Eug. On. NOW National of Ireland Now South Wales.... Oriental Bank of Corpon,tl , u rrovineial of Treland Do. ............. '.Loyal Australn.Bkv. l tmn C 0..• - • Royal 8riti5h......... Union jf 1)o. New ... Union 0 London s 'ION. 74 - 8 . - 2.1.1 2/ - 211 par 4 , 1 - 34 -- ?,5 9 - 10 p' 20i 21 9i - 8i 15it 16 6;3 64 82 87 2i 31p, 5 51 id i 3 2 3 23t - 2 4 - 2p 98 - 100 115 - 11 1 116 • 120 104 107 22i 234 112 - 117 . ...a 6 - FP, lsi —19 i 5 - 54 - 44 12 1.2 t ..• 6 74 44i - 4 5 4i ia ... 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Shares ... •.3aledoninn .Cl.O "'hostel- & Holyhes. , Guar. 51 per cent Do. do. ref. No. 2.. Do. do. Pref. No. 2.. Cork dtßandonsip.e. Dun.Prth .& A her. J. Z. Anglian Cie. A Sh. Do. do. Cls. B 6 p. c. Do. do Cls. C 7p. c. Eastorn Counties Ex tension, 6 p. o. No Do. No. 2 . Do. New 6 g. e. East Un., G. 6 p. c. Do. Si., 10 per cent Do. lfli. Debentr.n. Do. do. 4 per cent... gast Lulea-1.6 p. of g.&W. York. J. sths gd Prth.&Dun.4p.c Furness . & S. W. 0.5 p.c. Great Northn. 5 p. c Do. 5 p. c. Redeem . at 10 p. c. prom Do. 43 p.e. Do. 5 p.c. Scrip. Red. at 5 p. c. pm... t. N. of Scot. lit Pre (It. W. (Ireland, Do. !per o. Pref. Westn. (Berke ffant.v Ex . 5 p. c). Do. con. red. 4 p.c. D 9. con. led. 4 p. c. Dv. irreil. 4p. c. Do. Birm. Pref. Sh Do. (Pester 8 p. c.P.S. Da. do. 5 p. c. d 0... D.. Birm. Gua. Stk D Ches. Gus.. Sh.. ). do. do D do. d 0. ....: L tn, &York. F. £2 D ). 6 p. c. St.,ck Lon.&Brigh. 0,5 p.c. Do. Pref., 5 p. o. St. Do. New Guar.() p. c. Do. do. 5 per cent Lon.&N. W.,•Coy. Nuneaton 5 p. ct.. Lon. & S.W. 7 per ct Londy. & Color. ISb . T,ondy. & Ennis. S! ', Wan., She., & in, New, £lO no. £6 Aarypt.&Carl. 4 n 0 !)1). 4i per coat—. no Aid. Consol.6 p„;:. Do. Consol. Rirm 6 per cent. Do. 4i p. c. Pref. S Do. Pref. 44 per co Do. 5/. Pr f. 4 p. e.. Ditto L. & H. Prof. St Norfolk Detentun, too. Prof. 4 p. c. St, , Do. 6 p.c. Eit !IQ. 5i per ct. pref.. Do. Way'. Val. 6 p c North British NI. B. Pam. 4 p.c P kDo. do. do Do Leeds 6 p.c;.No. ' Do. do. Quarters 4 Do.YorkW& fhir North Staffordshire. Ixford,Worcestor, Wolverh.Xls, f. p... Do R. Prof. 101. Sh. .ot. Cent. , New Pre South Do von Do. fixed, 4 per con S. Eastern (Readim Ann.) of £1 Os. 641. Do. 41 , por cent..... IDo. Fixed 4i p c sb. S. Wales Gua. 4 p. c. iDo. do. 4i P. c.,.. S. Yorksh.4p.c.Guar. Stock. & Dar. ,5 p c". Do. do. do 1 I Stock. Sr Hartl. g. t 1 p. o. till July 1, '56 Watcrtd. & Kilk. 6 p c RENUE 3HAltS;:'+. Agar Fria, . . knglo Austrin. Gold Anglo Californian ~ &mitre lian tustralian Cordilleras' kyo Maria. Baden (Gll.Duchy of filomarvon Iron anal Coal Britimh Iron firazilianlmp.(issue , t pm.) Do. Cocaes & Culab Do. St. Johr Del Roy llaremlon Cons. Min Co. of Jamaica...... Cobre Copper eolonialGold Copper Min. of Fur Do. Pref. 7i p. cent Copiapo. Fortuna General Gt.NuggetVeinßog Great Polcooth Gt Wheal Vor United Liberty Linares Lusitaniau Nlariquita. Now Granada Nouveau Monde Pontgiband Lead Min. & Smolt Port Philip quartz Rock ithyrnney Iron New Santiago de Cuba.. South Australian. Do, Scrip._ Do. 10 per cent Prof fin Croft United Mexican :Valler Went Mariposa..... ., Worthing Mining o' Australia Yuba.. . ..... 11SCELLA Australis... A A.itszalu. Royal Ma Berlin Water Workt 3rit. American Lan.' Canada . Canada Goy. 6 p. et Jan. anct July Crystal Palace..,... Do. Preference Crystal Psl.of Franc. Duston iron Ore Eastern Steam..... Eu.dilk.us Cop Stn Co Electric Telegraph Electric Teleg. of Tr Gen. Iron Sc Gen. Steam Navigat. General Screw Stean Trish Beetroot Swa Ilagdaleua St. Navi. vl °di term. Elec. Tel. Aczioatt&S.Amerien Nat. Pat. Steam Fue Netherlands Laud Do. Do. Do. 8 p e P iss at 1 d N. S. W. Coal & Inter. Steam Navigat. Co. New B. & N. S. Law I N. B 4.llBtralasian Nrtb.of EuropeSt• Jaz, t)riental CiL9........ Do. " New Shares " Peel Rr. Ld. & Minrl Peninsular& Orion a Do. N0w...,.. Portland Iron C 0.... 'loyal Stea.”l Scot. Austral. Inver , Ditto New. Affuth Austr3.l.;:jan Snbmar. Tei.ScriP.. 1). Re,ri st Trust Si L. Co. U. Cali. Pia Diemeu'ir Laud (70atc, , ,n IL I W. E. Lin. & E. C..... Gt. Nrti E. Count. Caldoninn. D 0....... Gt. Stesra Yk. New, k Berw. Y. k N Do., Do S. Baste. Do Peto k Co Norfolk Do L.& N. W & Midld. Stekton & Darling t. En. Conn. 3. Count 110 L. & N. W. fit North [Awash & Yerksh. T. Brassey 11f. I,S Clean Stockt. & Darlingt )t.WHPtII. 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This Ca'G came before the court upon the petition of the plaintiff, one of th z.ilareholders in the Arigna a‘lloeP, praying thst a suflisient sum might be paid out of the funds in c dirt to satisfy -, a .distress for rent, .which had been put into the .Arigna Mines in .Ireland, and under which the, whole phmt and property of the company bad been seized - - execution.. It ap , peared that the distress had been put. In before the lives on which the lease bad 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.r ever. The sum of 5,0001. was now in court to the credit of the cause, and if an order was not made by which a sum would be applicable fur the payment of the rout, the machinery and stock would be sold, and the whole property of the company destroyed. The Vice• Chancellor inquired if there was any affida vit that the rent was actually due, and who were the defendants scow that Dr. Moore was dead ? Mr. Sheblatar,'Who appeared for the petitioner, said that the accounts showed that the rent was due, and that, in point of fact, there was no defendaut. Dr. Moore, by his will, left the whole of his property to his only daughtei, 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, out of court, of the gum required, upon an affidavit being pro duced to the Registrar that the rent was due. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCFI. (Sittings at Guildhall, before Lord Campbell.) GADSDEN V. GOODLIFVE. 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 Cuief 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 be should have no difficulty in proving his case, because the defendant had copied the inaccuracies, in execution, existing in the plaintiff' s m a p ? , an d called "Mr. Wyld to depose to these facts, who had provided a number of copies of the maps in question, crossed with line' and numbered for the as sistance of his lordship and the 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 dow n . Sir F. Thesiger assented. Mr. Wyld said be wishes the defendant had suggested 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 he was prepared to prove he had been by the defendant, had 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 lordihip had on the subject, or for his lordship to try it without a jury. It was ultimately referred to Mr. 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. MARKS AND Walt 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 throwing 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 an d M r . H aw ki ns were counse l 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, Bishopegate-street, and the present action was brought to recover compensation for the damage and injury sustained by his wile. A Jewish charitable society, called the Widow's House, bad issued tickets for an excursion to the Crystal Palace and back 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 4ation 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 phaintiff'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, after 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 train. Upon the train corning up the doors of the carriages were again opened, and she and her daughters got into a first-class cerriage. 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 between the wheels of the carriage and the platform, whereby she was 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 letter 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 liable they must show that specific directions were given by the company to their servant to act as he had done in this case. It was ultimately arranged that a verdict should be returned for the plaintiff fur 20/, subject to the decision of the court above. The second plea being withdrawn, verdict accordingly. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—(This Day.) SOUTHWARK. A. PRIMA DONNA IN TROUBLE.—Rosa Clifford, the celebrated Prima Donna at: he Woolwich Theatre, W 33 brought before Mr. Comb©, 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 Graver, one of the officers in the employ of the company, said that between tour and five o'clock yesterday afternoon, the prisoner and another female made their appearance on the platform of the North-Kent Rail way 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 They had, by some means, pur put off the platf rm. chased their tickets, hut as they were drunk and not allowed to go the money was returned to them. 'Wit ness, who was on duty outside the booking-office, per eeived the condition of both, and persuaded them to leave in a quiet manner, The prisoner, however, in a haughty manner, sail she should riot go away for any one, not even the Chairman of the Board of Directors, and her conduct became so abusive that ho was coin. palled to eject her from the premises. She, however, re turned three times, and at la s t , finding th a t h er con d uct 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 Fay, by his superiors, that they did not, under these circumstances, require any severe punishment to be inflicted on her. Mr. Combe—Has she ever misconducted herself before at the railway station ! Graves—Oh, no sir. I believe 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 prima doinut at the Woolwich Theatre. I believe, sir, she was to have performed some superior character there last night, but the audience were disappointed. Mr. Combe, 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, air. 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 womati than anything else. Mr. Combe—What became of the other female ? Graves—She went away, sir, as 80011 as I told her, but the prisoner turned round and said she should not for auy one, even the magistrate. Mr. Combe to the prisoner—you must pay five shit- Hugs for this ("fence. 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. Mr. Combe—You must send for your husband or pay the money. I cannot discharge you unles s you do. ' The prisoner was then locked up by the gaoler. Etwitll) 4. It -- ----- SUN OFFICE, Six o'Clock,. SPA/N. MADPAD) Dec. -7.—The Carlist izsurration - in Catalonia is_ again stated -to be completely sup pressed, and the last band of insurgents to be "an nihilated." The Gazette says that the Government is aware that attempts were being made to create disturbances in that province, but that it does not fear them. The same journal says that the loss of the Spaniards in the affair with the Moors at Melilla was only 4 officers and 12 soldiers, but that that of the Moors was 100 killed and a great num ber wounded. The number of deputies who con tinued absent themselves from the Cortes was 85. The export of wheat from the port of Bilboa in the months of October and November was 58,053 fanegas, and of flour 171,477 fanegas (the fanega is equal to an English bushel.) A Madrid letter says :—" The Minister of Finance has received no communication relative to the establishment in this city of a branch of the Credit Mobilier of Paris, by English and French capitalists, which some newspapers say has" been resolved on." SWITZERLAND. The conflicts which have arisen in the cantons of Neufchatel, Fribourg, and Vaud, respecting the establishment of the railroads which are to connect central and western Switzerland, have determined the central Government to submit to the federal assembly a measure which will decide that question. The assembly is to meet on the 21st January to consider the matter. THE RING OF SARDINIA AND TUE I.ELIGIOUS SOCIETIES. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sp.,—May I request you to publish in your paper the accompanying memorial to his Majesty the King of Sardinia, 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 HIS MAJESTY VICTOR EMMANUEL IL, KING OP 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 coruial 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 grateful acknowledgments fur 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 aqiure your Majesty that the defer ence which has thus been shown t, 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 lon 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 qn the other, than the main tenance of the principle s 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 humbiy present to your Majesty the expression of our earnest hope, that the religious liberty which is now enjoyed in Sardinia by your Majesty's eracions favour may be secured to all classes of your Majesty's bubjects 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 Serdiiiia, but it will attract to your Majesty the admiration and bympatbies of all free and enlightened nations, and - history will record your Ma jesty's honoured name among the most renowned Princes in Italy and her - moat-illustrious benefactors. " J. B. CANTUAR (Archbishop of Canterbury), Presi dent of the Society for Promoting Chriatian Know ledge. SHAFTESBURY, President of the British and Foreign Bi)le Society. YIARROWBY, 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 BICKERSTETH, HOD. 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 TROBE, Secretary to the Church and Mis sione of the United (or Moraviau) Brethren. EDWARD STEANE, D.D., Honorsry Secretary to the Committee for the Promotion of Religious Liberty. Sir THOMAS DYKE ACLAND, Bart., Vice-President of the Bible Society- and Church Missionary Society. Sir HARRY VERNET, Bart., Home and Colonial School Society. Sir S. MORTON PETO, Bart., Treasurer of the Baptist Missionary Society," And 69 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, Chairman of the Committee for Promoting Re ligious Liberty :-- " Meskieurs, —Je vous rends grieve de la marque de sympathie quo vous venez ins donner aujourdhui. "Les reformes qui ont j marqu6 mon regne soot l'indice le plus sur pour juger des principes qui me dirigent. Pour titre durables, elles doivent marcher avec l'esp - At du siècle et dependre des lois de la prudence. Je me plais croire quo nous sommes tous d'acoord sur co point. "II m'ezt Men agreablo do voit les efforts quo j'ai faits pour assurer Is liberte de conscience dans toes tats dignement applai63 par les priucipaux representans de l'epinion rgiigiense en Angleterre. Dies sujets out 6,;ale ment compris rues sentimens cot cljard, et se soot montr33 en tour points dignea de l'emancipation qui lenr a 6..6 accord4o sur ce.point important. "Jo me plais, Messieurs, s voir dans la perite de ces tendances uu trait d'union de plus entre nos deux pays. " VITTORIO EMMANUELE." Translation. " Gentlemen,—l return you my thanks for the ex pression 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 rue. These reforms, in order to be lasting, must advance 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 le 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 conceded 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. "vrrromo EMMANUELE." DEATH OF JONES THE PUGILIST.—The prize fight which took place yesterday between Madden and Jones has terminated fatally. One of the principals in the affair, Jones, died this morning, at Long Reach, at about half-past two, from the injuries he received during the fight. ILLNESS OF ME. JOSEPH STURGII.—We regret to state that our highly esteemed townsman has bees 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.—Birniinghant Journal. Tier Maje,ty has commanded the publication of the 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 Comm or Life." It is no , ecret about B.slnioral (says the Glasgow Daily Mail) that Prince Albert ex pressed his high satistaction with Mr. Cainfa pulpit discourse and appearance by stating that he had not heard a preacher like him for seven years, and did not expect to enjoy a like pleasure for so long a period to come. Films 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• moat abuts on Castle-street, Falcon-sgeare, and the iu• habitants of this confined locality were greatly alarmed for souse time after the outbreak, but the timely arrival of several engines and a full supply o f water happily re lieved their anxiety in less than an hour. The lliOnr portion of Messrs. Gash's premises having burnt itself out, the fire was retidily got under without damage to the adjoining property. beyond a few broken windows and scorched panels. The Aldersgwastreet front of the distillery is not damaged, and the business will soon be resumed. The fire-escapes were on the spot, and Mr. Braidwood directed ,his corps with his accustotned deci sion and energy. 'Do.., i pin 'ES. 20 68i 9 LITERATURE, Malvern; or, the Three Marriayes. By Mrs. Ilubback, authoress of the " Wife's Sister," and "May and Deeember." 3 vols. Skeet. This is a light and pleasing story, with plenty of variety in the incidents, and a number of eharae terkto form the dreanatis peronee. Flora - Denys •is asehatming heroine, and her vivacity and spirit give 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 he 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 fur a criminal, it must have been the state to which Louisa Grant had reduced herself. She had outwitted her friend Miss Denys, she had sup planted Astley Boyle.in the favour of his uncle, and she had inveigled Mr. Boyle the milionnaire into a union with her. After all these triumphs, what was the result? As they left the altar the wealthy man was arrested ft r a swindler and a for gerer. The real uncle of Astley had died at the Cape, and the fictitious one was his set vane, 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, awl discovered some discre pancies tetween 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 at nature as that which distingu'shed hislonL -'ooket'-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 told 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 prov:de for you. In the bitterness of ids 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 Ast!ey'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 ill-will. There are some interesting persons also mentioned, particularly Mrs. Newton, who, by her kindness and good sense, effected a groa t d ea l o f good i n the circle she moved in. Annie Carden is a romantic girl, who, with great entliusasm and excitability of nature, was led astray - in many of her ideas and notions from nervous sensibility and want of expo rience. Mr. Clarke, Mr. Hamilton, and sonic 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 bo irds of guar di ans, the clergy, and individuals of influence in the various districts. The returns for 1855 are not complete. The former comprise -Ist, 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 Leinster 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, &c., 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 1834 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 increased 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 food 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 1834. They may be regarded, however, as substantially correct. From these returns we gather that there has been an increase over the preceding year on cereal crops of 87,293 acres, on green crops of 25,513 acres, on meadow and clover o f 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 laud 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. Eel , ward Stanford. Those who are familiar with the history of sani tary progress in this country have not to learn what we feel bound to state for the guidance of others, that between the officials of the Board of Health, and certain eminent engineer s who have been called upon by various local authorities to furnish plans for the drainage, Si7c., of their respec tive towns, there has long e xisted a bitter and ap parently irreconcileable feud; the former inva riably objecting to, and insisting on alterations being made in the plans so called for, and thelatter not less invariably pronouncing the said objecti ons frivolous, and the theories on which they were based such as no practical engineer could give bis as sen t to. This being premised, and it being further un derstood that two plans for the drainage of Lon don, in connection with the purification of the Thames, are before the metropolitan public —one the production of Messrs. 13azalgetto and Hayward and approved by the most eminent engineers, and the other of Mr. W ard , a Commissioner of t)roceed to of th e Sewers and successor to Mr. Chadwick, we no tice the brochure before us. The object writer, so far as we can gather, is to al l o w that the history of the Board in connection on with the drainage is a history of Ignorant reportspresumption, ; ana costly failure, and untru s t wor th y that if we are to have really effective and economi ed 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. pursuance of this real or supposed design, the wrier indicate s w h at is reuired for e f f ec t iv e sewerage, &c., re v i ews the operations and theori es of the offi c i a l s o f t h e Board of Health, and, hav ing lucidly exp l a i ne d the nature o f t h e plan of inter ception and that advocated by Mr. Ward, dissects the latter or "Combined Plan," and, fairly or other wise, contrasts it with the other, to its manifest disadvantage—bringing to bear on the subject a large mass of testimony and a variety of pertinent information. To the London ratepayof wore vat 4 tieularly the pamphlet may bt, reec.)aimended for erusal, 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 Le 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 best that can be adopted ; being quite within the range of probability that a third may be discovered superior to both its predecessors. The pamphlet contains sectional views illustrative of the two plans, and an abridgment of the Metropolitan Local Management Act by way of appendix. How to Make Bread at Home. By a Mother of a Family. M. Wedlake and Co. Householders who are disNatisfied 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 homemade bread from home-ground flour or meal, and the desirability of an improved system of baking, are 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 actin(); otherwise deleteriously, at a 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. SIR COLIN CAMPBELL. r The correspondent of the Jlloning Ileraici 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 Auia. 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 Alrna—" Highlanders never retire l" Those who seem well acquainted with. Sir Colin Campbell expect more from his sword th his pen. The latter will probably aim at Spartan brevity —a praiseworthy style for which Wellington was, as his grace's de,pltches prove, pre-eminently die tinguished. So much far 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 Coruena to Vnneira, Barrosa, Tarifa, Tarragona, Osma n Vittoria, St. Selmstian and BidasFoa, and to services in America, the West Indier, C , ins, and India. Our Highlanders have neither eyes n a- ears for aught else but "Sir Colin," and for Friday next, St. Andrew's. day, when all honour will I e heaped upo n their favou rite hero, although absent, and hopes from their very hews expressed that his app .intm.nt will prove a fact and not "a shard"--a fiction, The 93d have already rummaged up what Sir Colin reported of them as to Ba'aklava. Isubjoin it : " GENERAL AFTER ORDERS. " Head quarters, before Sebast,pol, Oct. 29, 1554. "No. 1. The commander of the forces feels deeply in debted to Major-General Sir Colin Campbell for his able a•od persevering exertions in the action in front of Bala klava on the 25A:1 inst., and he has great pleasure in pub li•hirig to the army the brilliant manner in which the 931 Highlanders, uuder 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 that his confidence was not misplaced. " By order, " J. B. B. ESTCOURT, Adj.-Gen." (Signed) Both Field-Marshal Lord Ragla", who is3ued 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 42 , 1 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 stage 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 satisfactio❑ 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 Itoyal Marino Artillery and Royal Marines, in opposing the advance of the enemy's ca valry 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. THE BANK OF ENGLAND. Increase of' the Securities in the Issue Department. (Prom the Gazette of last Evening.) At the Court at WindAor, the 7th day of December, 1855—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 (fat:A the twenty-sixth day of No vember, or e 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 pounds, 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 fur a limited period," to increase the amount of securities in the Issue D-partment 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 he, and they are hereby, authoriseri 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 notes from the said Issue Department in man ner in the said Act mentioned, to the amount of four hundred and seventy-five thousand pounds. C. C. GREVILLE. GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY OF CANADA. The opening of a section of this line from Montreal to Brockvire was celebrated with great rtjoicing ou 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 rteamers were on the St. Law rence it used to take eight or ten days to come up by boat from Montreal to 13rockyille - ; since then they had completed a line of canals, which enabled them to accom. pli.sh the distance in one-fifth of the time formerly occur 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 hours. "Prosperity to the town of Brockville," and other toasts, were drunk and responded to with great enthu siasm. The distance from Montreal to Brockville is about 125 miles. MARKET NEWS.--(This Day). CORN EXCHANGE. The supply of English wheat in to-day's market was chiefly composed of ➢londay's unsold samples. The in quiry for all kinds was so trilling that the quotat!ona wero almost nominal. t• early B,COO 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 having been largo, the oat trade Was dull, at basely stationary prices. Beaus, peas, and flour were excessively heavy. The top price of the best town-made flour is now 73s per 280 lbs. ARRIVALS 1.17 1 1 , e 0 Iy. ijso Malt. Oats. ° 6S 2 23,130 „ 100055... — I I 4,2 v 8240br11 Wheat. 2,470 . 4 nglish .. Irish .... foreign } 7,770 BOROUGH HOP. , The amount o f b us i ness loin i n our market is very g united. Prices, howev e r, are supported. m WHITECHAPEL. LlrZo sunplics of moat wer o o n sale to-day, yet a good busines s w a s doing, ns follo w. : Beef, 3s 4d to 4s 8d tuutton, 38 2d to 4s t t ; veal, 38 8d to 4s Sd ; pork, a s Gi to 5 s t , : l per Sibs. by the carcase t g o ol t d he a l t as P t a ta. ri r s ift) is , PRICE OF English Mint price of 3/. 17s. 100. per which, at the ng mills .-- premium Th e (according quotation of for standard g ol d , gives an exchange of 25'27 ; Ounce about 4 per E and, _ t h e exchange at Paris on Lond on at s h ort b e i ng 25.27 A , it follows that gold is about the same price in Paris and London. fly advice, from Hambur the g price of gold is 425 per m ar k , w hi c h , at t h e E ng li s h Mint price of 3/. 174 10! i d. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13.48 ; and, the exchange at 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 ije bills at GO days' sidlt is .about 108.1 per cent, 31 “ .1 ,: e t ;n0 . par of exchange between England and Amerca ._-_ , ...._ia: 109 23-40 per cent., it. follows that the exchange is""" transport and difference nally 1 03 per cent. against England ; but, after of snakingin. allowance for charges of the transmis terest, the present rate leaves no profit sion of gold either way between th.itocountries. di 10 20 20 20 4-0 - 1 100 40 50 25 100 100 100 20 20 I i.ll 1 50 all all 31. Pi 161 lit,. St. St. St. :0 1.0.6, all all all all all 0 St. 20 St. 15 St. ht 1 () 0:4 100 100 100 1100 all all 10. 100 100 1 100 :tOO 100 100 100 100 10 20 20 20 all all all all 40 5 St. 25 All all all 12a all 24 all all . 00 21i 13 I