The Sun. — London, England, 1855-12-06 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLoc K. The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed very firmly at extreme prices for the ourrent qua lities, but new American descriptions, from 5/d. to 61. per lb., were cheaper to purchase. The sales were 10,000 bales, comprising 300 Pernam and Maranham at 5/d. to 7d., 900 Bahia at 6d., 100 Egyptian at 6d. to 71d, 2,500 Surat at 3d. to 4id., and 60 Sea Islands at 10d. to 111 d. per lb. The Railway Share Market was steady at about Tuesday's prices. Advices from Havre mention that there is an unusual demand for cotton in that market ; and that the direct trade with America continues to increase. Sales of 2,500 of inferior New Orleans took place at 90f., and for ordinary qualities at 93f. and 94f. Another lot of 3,000 bales changed hands at 84f. for inferior, 85f. 50c. for middling Orleans, and 88f. for good middling. Sugar at this market continues to fall. Reports from the principal grain markets through out Belgium show a further tendency to fall. The quotations are lfr. 75c. less per hectolitre for wheat, and lfr. 40c. for rye, which has caused a fall in the price of bread from 30c. to 24c. in many localities. On the Paris Bourse yesterday, the French Rentes showed a further tendency to decline, hav ing receded 10 centimes for the 3 per Cents., other securities falling in proportion. In the Share Mar ket those stocks which had advanced rapidly dur ing last week declined as suddenly, especially in those of the Credit Mobilier, which fell 45 francs in two days. In other Foreign Bourses there is not much variation upon previous quotations. At Vienna the 5 per Cents. are 73i, New Loan 98, New Bank Shares 934. Exchange on London has gone down to 10-48, and on Paris 1281. At Bai lin the 4 per Cents. are 971, and the 41 stock of 1854, 108 k. Bank Shares 1211. At Frankfort the 5 per Cents. are 65k, the 41 per Cents. 58k. Bank Shares 993, and on the Madrid Bourse there is a tendency to rise. The 3 per Cents. rule at 34 98, and New diff. 20 80. Accounts from Brussels state that the Minister of Finance has presented a project to prorogue the law of the 31st December, 1813, to the Ist January, 1857, which authorises the Government to suspend or to re-establish the import duties on coal. The departure of the Marco Polo from Liver pool with the Australian mails was deferred until titiß morning, which is one day later than the time pointed by the postal authorities, on account of I ftb tide not serving on the sth. The owners announced on the 4th that yesterday's day " rail from London would be in time, but this Was no accommodation, as it left at 8 o'clock a. In. Much dissatisfaction has been expressed in th e City that the vessel was not further clayed an hour or two, as by this arrangement yesterday's 6 p.m. mail would have been in time, " t ' the mercantile public would have then had tic advantage of an entire day. The arrival of the Phoenician is announced this "Ailing from Sydney, with 13,702 ounces of gold and 11,029 sovereigns, making a total of about 6 ,0171. This is the fourth vessel from Australia 11 at has lately arrived with large gold re mittances ; but unfortunately, owing to the date of the foreign exchanges, the principal I art has been transmitted to Paris. In the present instance it is believed a portion of this sum ill find its way across the Channel. Other yes eels, however, are expected ; and, if the present peace rumours turn out to be well founded, there is every expectation that the money market will become easier and trade experience some revival. At the commencement of business some depres sion was exhibited in the quotations of the English Securities ; and although this has not been wholly recovered, the market is now much firmer. The settlement of the account is passing off satis factorily. Consols opened at about 901 but have since been soi ; and for account the prices have ruled at 90,T, to 91. The New Three per Cents. have fluctuated from 89k to 90, and the Reduced from 891 to 891. Bank Stock is steady at 209 to 2101. Exchequer Bills have risen ls., being 6s. to 2s. discount, and India Bonds are ss. to ls. discount. There has been less steadiness in the quotations of the Foreign Stocks, especially in Turkish 6 per Cents., which have ranged from 84/ to 854, at about which latter values they are now quoted. The New Scrip has been 24 to 24, and at present rules at 2i discount. Russian 44 per Cents. are 891 to 90, Peruvian 44 per Cents. 76, (Milian 6 per Cents. 101, and Brazilian 5 per Cents. 99k, Dutch 2 per Cents. are marked 64, and the 3 per 18 17 Cents. 934 to 93i, being at steady rates. 20 The following are the nominal prices of foreign 30 stocks : Grenada Deferred Bonds, 64 to 7 ; 4 0 0 Mexican, 191 to 20 ; Peruvian, 75 to 76 ; ditto io Three per Cents., 52 to 54; Portuguese Four per 10? Cents., 44 to 46 ; Russian Five per Cents., 97 to 99 ; 41 5 ditto Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 88 to 90; Spanish New Deferred, 204 to 21; ditto Three per Cents., I . O X I 39/ to 404 ; ditto Certificates, 41 to 4i- ; ditto Pas- too sive, 6! to 7i. 20 Although the transactions in the Railway Share 5 Market are circumscribed the quotations in several 4 - , instances show a slight improvement. This is most t s observable in the Caledonian, Eastern Counties, Great Western, North Western, South Western, 4 and Midland. The . North Eas t e rn-Berwick are " fully 10s. better. The foreign lines are particularly 20 quiet. Great Western of Canad a shares further IlKi tended upwards. The traffic returns of this line i too 100 are steadily improving. Mining Shares are firm and also those of the Joint Stock Banks. Peninsular and Oriental dropped about 2/. Van Diemen's Land have fur- l(crn ther advanced 1/. 10s. 20 The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up 20 to this date, are in round figures as under : tO 1855. 1854. 20 £23.189 £20,466 31 ' 55,129 48,297 12,398 10,153 1° 11,361 10,527 , 0 28,129 26,458 16 15,339 13,652 20 11,308 11,340 :0 26,406 21,835 20,173 18,471 10 31,257 28,085 20 10,037 9,631 1 , 0 ,, 3,255 2,832 7 6,036 5,430 ;?, 2,376 2,279 id 12,077 7,413 10 Great Western North-Western South-Western Brighton Midland South-Eastern Caledonian Great Northern Lancashire and Yorkshire North-Eastern Manchester and Sheffield Aberdeen and Scottish Midland Glasgo w and South-Western Scottish Central Great Western of Canada BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY.—CLOSING PRICES ( Prom the Officiat ) - - Bu.inem. em, Bank Stock 3 per uent. Reduced An nu iti e s ... 3 per Cent Consols Annuities Now 3 per Cent. Annuities 5 per Cont. Annuities. ll5 Long Annuities, expire stb Jan. 1860... _ , Ditto 3) Years, expire sth Jan., 1860 3 13-16 India Bonds, £lOOO . 1 5 d Ditto, under £lOOO 5 Consols for Account 9Ol / 1 i 90i Exchequer Bills, lid. £lOOO =malll 5 i Dtto Bonds, 1858, 3i per C ent 971 Elk ...... - 97 i Si PP ' 1852 If PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Ditto Small Chilian Bonds, 6 per Cent lOl 2i Mexican 3 per Cent. Peruvian Bonds, 4i per Cent. Russian Bonds, 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St — Ditto 41 per Cent Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent. 6 conisb Bonds, 3 per Cent — • Ditto Account 4O Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent. Turkith Ronda, 6 per cent — Ditto for the Account B5 41 51 5 1 41 I Ditto New Scrip, 4 per Cent. - Ditto Account 2l i Aid Dividends on the above payebic. in London. Dutch Exchange, 21 per Cent., 12 Ga... 64 Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates • 931 i _ .. THREE O'CLOCK. Cone°la (for money) - 90 Ditto for Account Jan. 10 TEE SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES.—The Lord Advocate of Scotland has agreed to bring in a bill for the reform of the Scottish Universities next session of Parliament, provided that the various parties more immediately in erected shall agree on the heads of a feasible and prow. foal measarc . - 6 40 50 25 20 100 100 100 20 20 ~~~ SHARE MARKETS. (THIS DAY.) RAILWAYS. aA(Lw,kyc, . . Atabg. tiottng. Poet and Eastn. all Belfast & Ballymena. all Binning. Wolve rb Stour Valley Birk eihd. Lancsl.. Cheshire Junct...... all no. Chesh. di Birk., £5O and £25 Co one. Do., £20...—....... • all Rlyth Sz Tyne origins.; £25 (iced. at .£4:= 100 Bristol and Exeter... . 100 Caledonian 61s. Cann. and Ca , digan at. Chester do Holyht a ) all Cork and Bandon 3 all Cork, Black, dz Pas , () 18 Cornwall 0 all Do. A 0 8 Do. B 0 1' 1.4 (hie Junction 45 DuAndzßelfastJunc. all Dun. P. dr Jnc. all Do. N-w ...... 100 East ALglian all Eastern Counties.. 100 Past. Union, A Sti B Stoet... . 8i Do., New A..,,,_ 74 East Kent 10 ast Lancashire 100 Edinbnrghdz Glasgc , all Edinb. and Peebles . . 100 Edin.Prtb drDund.-,, 9 Forth & Clyde Jun 3. all Furness . all Do. Extension 1(►0 Glaseow & S all Great N. of Scotlnd. 100 Great N orthem t,. 100 Do., A. 5t0ck...... t. 1 00 Do., B. Stock t. 1)0 Gt. Sth. &West.(lm ) t. 100 Great Western t. 100 Do. Stour Val. Rail Gus. Stk all Irish South-Eastern all Lancaster & CariWe 0 1 .4 f Do., Thirds..... .6 7 iDo. New Thirds ~, , „ It. 100 j Lan cash . and York s' 3 !Do., Wet. Wine Ur. I) all iLiv.Orsby &South ,- . 1; 1 all London & Blackw;.ll It. 100 Lond. Bright & S.C-it. It 100 Lend. and N. Westr , O 16 Do. Fifths 0 54 D 0.1.01. . 24 ?A ' Do. Eighths ...... It. 100 London andS. W O *7- Do., £51;.. O .t 8 Do., £40.. 5 a ll Lnndrry& Col erail O all Lndndrr-. & Ennlsk It. ,00 Mancli.thief, Linel. 5 all Do. Shares, No. 1 2t. `l2s. Du„ Man. & Lin. Uri 0 1 Metropolitan • t. 100 Midland t. 100 I Birmng. & Bee, 0 all Midld. G. West. (I re. 5 all Do, Half Shares 0 011 Newcastle & Carlisb all Nwpt.Aberg. &Hrtl (1 Rt, N e wry & O all Newry Warrenpoin( and Rostrevor It. 1..0 Norfoll 0 3i Northn.ConntiesUn t 100 North British 6 all North Devon, No. 1 6 all Do., No. 2 8 all ..0., A Deferreil all Do. B Gnara.ott , t. 10(i N. Do., 5 20 Do, do. Extension ... 5 13 D , ),do. G.N.E. Push O a:) Do. Leeds t. !On Do. York t. ICJ North London 1 , 3 N .&S.Wstrn.,Harn - stead, and City Jo O .7 North Staffordshi? 0 a t North Western „, 0 all N.& S. Westrn. Juno. O Nuneaton, Hinckley tnd Leicester. L. ox, Wore.. k Wolv 8 ',,rts:aonth t. ! Central , Scottish Midland it, itio ~!,repshire Un-ort 1 a south Devon v. 1 Eastern O all 4outb Wales . 1: Vrksh. 4 Ely. Dn :1 4liner', Wok. &Wo'.,. tookton & Darli & 1-Ir.rtlep v a l e )o. Pref., No. 1.. . .. rl Imes }Tay. f).& R. Ulverstone & Lanes. RA] Neath.. . Waterti. & Kirk ennT, a' ',Vaterford&Limer. , all West Cornwall 8 West End of London and Crystal Palace.. all Do. A ....... .. 3 Do. B 'j West L0nd0n..........' all Wimbledn&Croydon pllr 7, • 40 Do. 5 p.c. Oblgs. con. in Sh. at par till '64 10 Ardennes 4A ~e ig an Eastn. Juno ' 10 fiesiers to Grvss , eB4- 4 , Banda, ano rl.ntral Ind a,Scri r all Do. ai I Demerara _ 11 1)ntot• Rhenish . 111 Eastern of France 10 Do. 'Cow , 111 Foot Indian, g. 5 p.e 10 On Estension Po. do. do., '59, do.. 20 GM. The!' CanadaAig 1 Do. St. Lawrence k 70 lAtlantic do 00. Cert. of Deben. con. into Stk. &I) Do. Comp. 6p. c., do 10 Gt. Central of Fran all Gt Indian Peninsula guar. 5 per cent. .. Po. New 5 per cent 2 I•o. Extensions. . 13 qi:eat, --- Luxembour Constituted ShareE all Do. Obligations... '1 Int.Wostern of Canarl ql.arPß N Do. New _n Do. Elda., payable's7 with option till '55 all Do. do., '62, p. '56 all Do. do., '76, p. '6O . ! all Dr.. do., '73, without option 20i1 all Hamilton & Toronto all Do. 4 per oent. 17 Lake Cong. A Baal' all Lierre and Turnhout W Lyons and Genovt 14 Lyons & Mediterran all Madras 10 Do. New all Maria Antonia all Do. do. New a il Namur & Liege Cvit.) interest) qil Do. (ex interest)... all Northern of France. all Do.2ol.Shs. all Do. 201. 3 p. o Bdr (fmy.B.&Ams.Shs. all NorwegianTrtmkPre: 16 Paris and Lyons all Ditto Bonds all Paris and Orleans all Paris and Rouen... 16 ParisCaen & Cherbrg all Do 5 Rome and Frascati all Renen and Havre all Royal Danish 5 R.oyalSwedish all , Do. Obligations nliSambre and Meuse., all Do. 54 p. cent. Pref 5s Slinde all Do all Southern of France 16 St. Andrew's and Quebec (A), el! West Flanders all Do 5, per o. Pref 18 Western of France all Do . all Zealand JOINT-8' all 50 Bank of London all Bri. Col. sk.& Lin. C all . iritish N. American 5 Chartd. Bank of Aeia 4 clluytd. Bnk. of India, Australia, & China 50 City 25 _ 20 Commercial all Plng.cot.&ku s .oht. all Lond. Chart. Bk. 0 1 Australia ....... 5 Ditto New . . 20 Vndon andVonay 50 Lud.&E.Bnkg. Corp. 10 London Joint Stock. 20 Loud. &We 35 National Pro.of Eng. 10 Do. New 22 3 / 4 National of Ireland.. all New South all Oriental Bank of Corporation. ...... 25 Provincial of Ireland all Do. New ............... 1 Royal Australn.Bkg. & (4 ,1 a Imp C 0.... 50 Royal British all , orith Australia ... all Union of Australia -2 Do. Now lava . . of oa „„1 ICloains Mel this Q.), 22i - .K .~ .8 16 - 15 13 - 14 9 - 8 79 - 81 56 - 56 6 - 11 - 12 - 27 -- 29 81 17 - 19 c 9 70 50i 51 9* f,i 16 —• 17 •••,. ...... . 77 79 6 - 6 4 , 88 -89 i 72 +- 74 119 21 103 - 105 50 50ji - 75 - 8 8 3 / 4 776 ••• .... -- 61 94 96 94 —94 i 11 - Idl - th 86 87 7i - id 61 64 i1 36 38 • V 4 - 44 - 46 28 ... 67a - 684 8. 8 d 5 11 - 12 443 / 4 45 i 92 97 4- 54 22 - 24 I® -- 102 72 74 43 15 i 1 ,2 574. 584' -31 - 31 5 - 3d -- pa, -- 36 .• 9 ".. 19 - 20 19- 4 21 - 6 GN. 7i 8,1 3 24 2 nj par i ; - 351 - IA 9 - 10 0 20 - 21 * 9 16 - 17 65 70 85 90 3i -- 4 p 51 id ip ••• - ••• 31 - 4 2/ - 3 24 -- 244 2 - 2ip 98 - 100 115 - 11 1 116 - 120 104 107 '23 24 112 - 117 ...al 6 _ , 7 'DI - 2 - 3 51 • - 26 12 1.2 45§: -45 i ii. 1 ie ••• - pm i B 3 / 4 - 194 - 2$ 2i - 2i 8 - 81 i - IP ••• ••• ... - pm Si - 4 - iii - 30 1 18 - 19 BANKS, 91 t-'3 54 - 66 li i d - d 59 - 61 16 17 1 IPar —2 p -. - ... ON ..... .. a e•-• - - ... 37 - 39 38 - 40 53 - 54 0441 "' m ' we .0 —" or 39 417 73 3 - 75 30 9 iii St.ll , 5 5 20 10 20 5 20 18 THE SUN, LOIN DON, THURSDAY EVEN 11. CI DECEMBER 6, 1855. .137,"110. , ,4 e this da. 221 31 80 56 i a i 6 81 i I 77 1 1 I 4 FiF,D 1 7 TXRD I.!F:NTA.II). all all 10.) 100 ILariwta, Zl,, 411 fro ,JJA, . COMpaY) Lonc L. &N. W. 'alfolon E. Un. E. C... Ut. *r-t, E. Count. Caldoni.o. Do. Gt. Weati. Yk. New. & Berw. Y.&NM Do.— .... Do S. Haste. D 0...... . Peto k Norfolk. Do L. & N & Midid. I Stekton & Darli ngt,. Midland .. En. Conn. E. Count. C vs , TI this day 90 - 93 94 - 98 1130 132 Do L. &N.W Do 103 - 105 12i - Qt Northi Lancash & Yorksh. T. Brassey M. MClean Stockt. & Darlingt Do 112 i -117 i - 89 ---- ~l par ip 57 iii :: iii 7i 4 3 -- 26 1 Wilts&n'o , crst atWeetn. 301 - 314 83 - 85 PREFERENCE SIIAREb. A berdeen ...... Do. N 0.2, 7 p. a... Myth a.ndTyne c. pref. (issd. at 501 flris. & Ex. 4 p. 0. St. Do. 4 p. c. Shares Caledonian £lO "hester & Holyhe" :.4uar. 5i per cent.. Do. do. Pref. No. 2.. Do. do. Pref. No. 2.. Cork dtßandonsip.e. Dun. Prth .dt A her. J. Z. Anglian Cls. A Sh Do. do. Cls. B 6 p. c. Do. do Cls. C 7 p. c. Kastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. Nn I Do. No. 2 Do. New 6 r . a. St, gast 1.1 n., G. 6 p. c no. 51., 10 per cent Do. 161. Debontr.SE. Do. do. 4 per cent.. Nast tancast.. 6 p. etc P. &.W. York. J. sths tid Prth.kDun.4p.c. Furness gias. &5.W.G. 5 P c great Northu. 5 p. !), x 5 p. 0. Redeem at 10 p. 0. prom 1),). 4A p. Do. 5 p.c. Scrip, Red. itsp.c.pm... th.N. of Scot. Ist Pre 'lt. S. "z W. (Ireland Do. 4per c. Pr.f. 4t. West,. (Berk s ;rants Ex. 5 p. c).. Do . con. red. 4. p.c D 9. con. red. 4 p. c Do. irred. 4p.c. Do. firm. Pref. Sh Do. Chester p. Ds. do. 5 p. 0. do Do. Bina. Gua. Stk Do. Ches. Gust. Sh Do. do. do ....... ..••• Do. do. do ...... ...•• Lan. &York. F. £2 , rlo. 6 p. c. St,,ck Lon. & Bri gb. G. 5 p. c. no. Pref., 5 p. c. St. Do. New Guar.6 p. e. Do. do. 5 per cont.. bon.&N. W., Coy. Nuneaton 5 p. ct. Lon.& S. W. 7 per et. Lowly. & Color. A Sh. riondy. & Ennis.. S . Kan., Shot., & Lin, Now, £lO io. 'Tarypt.&Carl.4 C ) 0. 4 per c0nt...., I (id. Consol.6 p.c.St Do. Consol. Bristol • Ri rm. R per cent. (Do. 4i p. c. Pref. S , Do. Pref. 4 4 ; per ce• Do. 51. Pr f. 4 p. c. Ditto L. & H. Pref. Si Norfolk Debenture Do. Pref. 4 p. c. St' Do 5 p.c. Est _ 111‘ , . 5A per ct. pref._ !Do. Way. Val. 6 p. c. North British N. E. Perw, 4 p.c P Do. do. do 1 - )o Deeds 6 p.c Da. do. Quarters 4 Do.YorkH,& Per North Staffordshire. Oxford, Worcester, Wolverh. Xl5. 6 p, , Do R. Prof. lot. Sh. Scot. Cent. ,New Pre' (south Devon Do. fixed,4i percent' S. Eastern (Readi , knu.) of £1 Os. 6d. Do. 4 1 , por cent._ I Do. Fixed 4i p c sh. IS. Wales Gua.4 p. C. Do. cleft. 4i p. c.... S. Yorksh . 4 p.c.Guar. Stock. & Dar. 5 P c. 'Do. do. do Stock. & Hartl. g. p. c. till July 1, ;Wutertd. & Kilk. 6 pc u+. krllw knee Austria. Golf' Anglo Californian %..ustralian astraliaTl Cordillera kye garis. (ol.Duchy of qlrenarvon Iron anf' Coal ..,„. British Iron 3razilianlmp.(issue • at VI pm.) Do. Coeaes & Cuiab Do. St. John Del 11 e 5 (3larendou Cons. Min Co. of Jamaica__ ICobre Copper ... I Colonial Cold.: Copper Min. of Map Do. Pref. 76 p. eon , Copiapo Fortuna. general 7t.Nugg3tVeinßeg. Great Polvonth Gt Wheal Vor United Liberty Linares. Lusitanian Kari qui ta. : New branad; ----- Nonvean Monde Pontgiband Silver Lead Min. & Smelt Port Philip I .quartz Rock Rhymney Iron I Do. New iantiago de Cuba.... `to nth Australian.... Do. Scrip.. Do. 10 per cent Pre [tin Croft ....... , United Mexican "Faller Nest Mariposa..,.. . Wortking Mining o' Australia Yuba— 107 -- 109 104 - 106 80 - 83 90 - 92 93 - 95 15 - 16 q : 4 ••• - ••• 11 7 ; ti t -. t t 57 - 59 113 - 115 105 107 98 - 100 par 4 n 9 -- 9i ••• 6 = 6A F 6 - 88 78 - 82 78 82 9 - 15i - 164 9. 10 r;6 -6i 17 - 18 8 - 9 124 - 134 1k - 130 - 1.32 ••• ...... ... ... -- ... ...rl 121 -• 12i - .•• •• 130 •- 132 92 - 94 2 - li 4 -4; 98 - 100 88 -SO 2i - 3i I id 95 - 97 i 3 - 14 - Ps' 214 - 2 4 4 9) - 93 9 94 ... ~ ~~. 1:P 2~ - ~#~+' I I - 44 -- 54 21 23 2r 31 30 -- 32 Ad ir 63 67 27 32 3 ld 13 20 14 —l6 I # 4d n— id 1 r 21 - 23 6 - 8 4i - 4i 1 - 4 4 - 4 3 / 4 1 ... '""" MISCELLANEOUS. 25 174 Australian Agricult. 27 28 27 1r all Ansizain. Royal Mai . — Iti 84 Berlin Water WorlEE . 7 74 7 50 40 3rit. American Lan, 53 10,) 32; oanada L 45 150 St. 1.00 Canada Gov. 6p. et Jan. ana July lO9 110 1094 5 a ll Crystal Palace 2 2i 5 5 Do. Preference 4, 4 all Crystal Pal. of Franc. 1 Dnston Tron 0re..... 20 11 Eastern Steam 5 all En.&A.us Cop Sm Co 14 14 25 24 Electric Telegraph... 1 all Electric Teleg. of Ir. 5 all Gen. Iron Sc Collier 15 14 len. Steam Navigat. 1e all General Screw Steam 15 14i '2O 10 Irish Beetroot Saga . 20 10 Magdalena St. Navi 10 all Mediteran. Elec. Tel 8 10 10 9 Aexican&S.Americn 6 64 61 I 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fun 10 5 Netherlands Land._ 1 14 10 all Do. Do. 5 1 Do. 8 pcP iss atl d 4 die— par 2 1 al. S. W. Coal & Inter. Steam Navigat. Co. 100 80 New B. &N. S. Land 191 1 all S. B. Australasian 4 a 20 15 rth. of EuropeStaam ••• .•, 1 all Oriental G as .... 1 2s. Do. " New Shares " — 1 / 4 0 peel Er. Ld. & %hurl. 24 24 2 sl' all Peninsular & Orients 6 II 5.) 10 Do. New 2 all Portland Iron Co 1 00 60 'loyal Mail Steam 75 1 dl scot. Austral. Invest. 14 1 4 Ditto New * 2 til ;oath 3 B , ibmar. Tel. Scrip... _ a ll v o. Registered. — 20 5 Crust& L.Co.U. Can. P10uW1.)_ 1 444 )4 l 8 IT 161 17 this Jit: LITERATURE. Lilliesleaf. By the Author of " Margaret Mait land," &c. 3 vols. Hurst and Blackett. This work, we are informed at the commence ment, is a concluding series to the " Passages in the Life of Mrs. Margaret Maitland of Sunnyside," which some time ago appeared. The numerous readers who admired and appreciated that excel lent production will be gratified to renew their in tercourse with so pleasing a circle as the one which is there met with ; while those unacquainted with the previous story will find no difficulty in enter ing at once into the interest and being acquainted in the details. In this particular the plot is ex ceedingly well arranged, the authoress having con nected the links of the two narratives so that they might be read as one, while at the same time this second division could be perused per se, without diminution to its comprehensiveness or effect. The change we mark is the natural one, to be expected no less from the lapse of time than from the effects of circumstances. The characters have not altered in themselves, but the great difference of the posi tions in which they are placed calls forth other qualities and developes hidden traits. Mary, the daughter of the Manse, the niece of Mrs. Margaret, is the most interesting of the group. The trials and doubts that she encountered in youth were nothing to the cares and troubles that are here chronicled. Grace, on the contrary, was almost entirely sheltered from the storms that lowered over the dwelling of her early friend. Allan Elphin stone of Lilliesleaf, who was the husband of Mary, was not to be compared to Claud Maitland, who married Grace. Allan was possessed of a restless spirit, and, with a good disposition and excellent intentions, he wanted stability and was deficient in self-control. There could not have been more try ing deficiencies to one who, like Mary, had been bred up all her life in strict rule and principles— who had the highest motives for exertion, and the purest pleasure in their fulfilment. There was more of romance in the circumstances of Grace and her young sister Rhoda, but the interest is attracted to Mary; she is the centre to which the thoughts turn and the object on which the attention fixes. No one can fail to be concerned in her behalf. She appears so true to herself and to her family—too generous to allow to any one that it is her husband who is in fault, while at the same time she will not deny her own convictions, nor sacrifice her principles of right to present convenience. She might have joined Allan, and left behind her the plans of her y oung days, or she might have set herself up as an isolated instance of virtue beside her husband and his giddy set. But she contrived to effect the change by adopting neither course. Mary had early learnt not to be conformed to the world ; but the work of her maturity was to in duce her husband to fulfil the harder task of being transformed from the world, in which he took no real interest, nor derived any substantial enjoy ment. Not that she desired him to stay at home. The possessor of large estates had many public duties to perform, and must necessarily mix much in society ; but then Mary desired that he should aspire to an exalted standard, and be intimate with the noble in spirit, the upright in conduct, and the superior in intellect. Allan had chosen the most frivolous of the differing grades of society, and it was not in such an atmosphere that his cha racter could derive vigour, or his good feelings and impulses have scope for advance or development. Grace's trials were totally different, but during the comparatively brief period of their duration they were severe. Her father was a most unfeeling and unprincipled man, and could not but he con trary to Grace in all his undertakings. Not con tent with trying to rob her of her mother's pro perty, he was constantly importuning her for money, and at last insisted on leaving in Grace's care her step-sister Rhoda. Grace would willingly have re fused, but she knew not how to reconcile to herself leaving the young girl to the care of such a man, while in her quiet home she might learn right, or would be sheltered from wrong at least. Rhoda came, and very little peace was there for a time at Oakenshaw. She would not be satisfied, and, with her vagaries and impatience, she ren dered every one as unsettled and un purpose-like as herself. It was some time before the benign influence of Aunt Margaret could at all calm or pacify this unruly guest, but after a little while her gentle but firm manner had some effect. Rhoda is what a passionate affec tionate disposition may be imagined to be ; with no ono to direct her or gain any of her confidence from attachment she suffered greatly. Yet with all the better nature shining through the clouds of her errors, she does not attach or interest like Grace or Mary. It is to be questioned if any of the characters possess the genuine simplicity and earnest devotion of the narrator of the passages here described. In her calm retirement years passed by Margaret Maitland without working any of those deadly changes, or exerting any of those baneful influences, which those experience who are engaged in the turmoil of the world, or mixed up with the hardening cares of social exis tence. There appears truth in the remark she made at the conclusion, that "it takes the like of me, a single gentlewoman, unacquainted with fash and trouble, to carry pure to the end of mortal days the first grand thoughts of youth." It might be declared with appropriateness of the declining years of such an existence— "Thy thoughts and feelings shall not die, Nor leave thee, when grey hairs are nigh, A melancholy slave ; But an old age, serene and bright, And lovely as a Lapland night, Shall light thee to the grave." There is a pleasure to be derived from the perusal of works like the one before us that the most bril liant compositions may not always afford, and an advantage to be gained that mere power of language, or graces of expression, may not possess. We feel that what passes before us is natural, that the real and likely are described in life, both in thought and action. In the details of the simplest occurrences in the home life of Grace or Mary there is truth, and that is so well depicted in all the various phases of their careers that the impression is vivid and the realisa tion complete. Whether it be a solemn warning or a simple lesson to be conveyed there is no disguise or mystery ; we " learn from the wisdom of age, and are cheered by the sallies of youth." There is n)t the same grandeur that characterises "Adam Gramme of Mossgrey" to be recognised in these pages, nor are they endued with the same attract ing interest that so enthrals the attention of the reader of " Harry Muir." Many m ay prefer the first portion of the story, when Grace and Mary appeared in their spring of youth, to the latter days of the strife and struggles of maturity ; but for all these objections or counter-attractions there is an undeniable merit apparent in " and a charm in the conclusion of a noble life, that awakens sympathy and engages admiration. The pure in purpose, the l o fty i n th oug ht, the glorious in ac tion, are the themes here descanted upon, and the deeds here wrought. The lover of simple narrative will be pleased by the conciseness of the plot, and the few characters met with, while the thinker will acknowledge the influence of those better feelings, those mighty aspirations, that give principle to be the guide of motives, and inspire the spirit of self sacrifice and devotion. We are shown in their native energy and intrinsic strength those bright and enduring qualities and attributes which ap proach the most nearly to the standard of excel lence, and adorn and elevate the mean and simple of human existence. Men and Wemen. By Robert Browning. 2 vols. Chapman and Hall. Fifty portraits of men and women, lightly sketched off in profile by , the cunning hand of the a uthor of " Paracelsus.' Blooming with youth, wrinkled with age, ugly as sin, beautiful as virtue, gentle and simple, matron and maiden, bearded veteran and smooth faced stripling—here they se verally are, one and all pencilled delicately in pen-and-ink miniatures, kit-cat, full-length, sit ting, standing, some of them, indeed, literally speaking likenesses. It is b y a happy thought that Mr. Browning has thus strung together as in a motley coronal fugitive pieces, as varied in sparkle, and colour, and value, as would be a circlet formed of gold, and lead, a nd silver, and tinfoil, and peb bles, and pearls, and bits of coloured glass--beryl, and flint, and topaz , and clay, and malachite. For the several fragments making up the whole of this Strange poetic chaplet are no less singularly contrasted with each other than materials thus respectively, as the case may chance to be, most precious or most worthless. It is as if we had had poured into our hands the unsifted produce of some rich digging newly discovered and hastily worked upon the auriferous banks of the grand old Pac tolus—an occasional nugget of rare size and purity glittering out among a predominating mass of commonest sand and rubble. Mr. Browning comes anew before h is readers with this advantage--that it is now some time s ince the iss ue of his last me trical production. He has this no less obvi ous disadvantage, however that that last effusion of his was a n e g re gious failure to all intents and purposes. We speak, of course, in allusion to his scareely comprehensibl e and decidedly repulsive poem entitled "Christmas Eve and Easter Day"—a poem wholly unadorned by a single beauty, save in the instance of one solitary couplet where the fountains in the Piazza of St. Peter's, at Rome, were exquisitely described as-- " Growing up eternally Each like a musical water-tree '" Disappointed, however, in the instance of this latest OUtPOUrbag Of our alithoeo thoughts in yer sification, we could not but remember with plea sure many another worthier ebullition of his ge nius. Whether we laid aside with the sadness of chagrin " Christmas Eve and Easter Day," or, on the other hand, took up " Men and Women" with the eagerness of expectation, we could not but call to mind with a deep sense of intellectual obli gation the music and the fragrance resulting from the concord and the beauty of his " Bells and Pomegranates." We could not but muse with a certain degree of satisfaction over the memories of the dim " Sordello " and of the mysterious " Para celsus." We could not but recognise the high dra matic power manifested in " The Blot on the 'Scutcheon." Above all, we could not but cherish in our most grateful recollection the lyrical splendour of "Pippa Passes"—to our mind Robert Browning's undoubted masterpiece. Remembering " Pippa Passes" thus gratefully, although we were driven perforce to cast aside with scorn the moon-struck rhapsody of " Christmas Eve and Easter Day," we have recently taken up with hopeful curiosity the two newly-printed volumes of verse from the same hand, quaintly designated for want of some better title " Men and Women." The leaves of these volumes we have since then turned over with varying sensations of satisfaction and disap pointment. We have been revolted, for example, by the clever flippancy of " Bishop Blougram's Apology" —an apology in which superstition and irreligion are jumbled detestably together in very frightful antithesis. We have been charmed by the graces scattered profusely over the genial stanzas dedicated to the subject of " Old Pic tures in Florence." We have listened with alternating emotions to our author's mus ings comfortably "By the Fireside," and picturesquely " Among the Ruins." We have looked, with him, now "Up at the Villa," now " Down in the City." We have heard him sing of the corpse of " Evelyn Hope" and of the ghost of " Fra Lippo Lippi"—celebrating here " A Tocatta of Galuppi's," here again a fugue of " Master Hugues of Saxe Gotha." Startled may be one while by some such poetry as this : " So your fugue broadens and thickens, Greatens and deepens and lengthens, Till one exclaims—' But where's music, the dickens ? Blot ye the gold, while your spider-web strengthens, 131.,,keu to the stoutest of tickens " Or bewildered by versification as incoherent as the following— " Who thinks Hugues wrote for the deaf ? Proved a mere mountain in labour ? Better submit—try again —what's the oleft ? 'Faith, it's no trifle for pipe and for tabor-- Four flats—the minor in F. Friend, your fugue taxes the finger. Learning it once, who would lose it ? Yet all the while a misgiving will linger— Truth's golden o'er us although we refuse it— Nature, thro' dust-clouds we fling her ! Hugues I I advise meet panel, neT (Counterpoint wo Tghlraeree,s Four, like Five,Gorgon) word, straight I unstop the Full . Organ, Blare out the mode Palestin I. Bid oclear the arena ! Say the While in the roof, if I'm right there — ...Lo, you, the wick, in the socket ! Hallo, you sacristan, show us a light there ! Down it dips, gone like a rocket What, you want, do you, to come unawares, Sweeping the church up for first morning prayers, And find a poor devil at end of his cares At the foot of your rotten-planked rat-riddled stairs ! Do I carry the moon in my pocket ?" Dropping perchance at another moment upon a crazy little scrap of interrogative quatrains such as the subjoined— " MEMORABILIA. " Ah, did you once see Shelley plain. And did he stop and speak to you ? And did you speak to bin] again ? How strange it seems, and new ! But you were living before that, And you are living after, And the memory I started at— My starting moves your laughter ! I crossed a moor with a name of its own And a use in the world no doubt, Yet a hand's-breath of it shines alone 'Mid the blank miles round about— For there I pinked up on the heather And there I put inside my breast A moulted feather, an eagle-feather— Well, I forget the rest." Decidedly, after all, we very much question whe ther a single one among these fifty minor poems by Robert Browning can add one leaf of bay to the garland worn by him for some time past as the poet of " Pippa Passes," of the " Blot on the 'Scut cheon," of " Sordello," of " Paracelsus," and (genw•ally) of "Bells and Pomegranates." Frag mentary verses "In Three Days," "In a Year," " In a Balcony," about " A Light Woman," and a " Patriot," and " Before," and " After," and " Popularity," and " Misconceptions," pieces re lating to "Saul," and '' Protus," and " Cleon," and " De Gustibus"—and for that matter, too, De Oninibus—may be sprinkled sparsely here and there with poetic beauties without materially tend ing in any way to enhance the writer's literary reputation. Particularly when, as in the present instance, these beauties are plentifully intermingled with eccentricities, and prejudices, and absurdities, and platitudes beyond the grasp of the most for bearing reader's capacity for either patience or for giveness. Altogether the ground opened to us by this new work from the hand of Mr. Browning, though it may be starred at intervals with the primrose, and the violet, and the lily, and the car nation, is bristling all over,with the nettle, and the thistle, and the burdock, with - " Agari, and fungi, and mildew, and mould" — mental weeds, and brambles, and parasites, as un sightly as unprofitable. The Life of Jeanne D' 41bret, Queen of Navarre. By Martha Walker Freer. 2 vols. Hurst and Biackett. It will be remembered that some time ago a Life of Marguerite D'Angoulerne, was published, being the first that had ever appeared in this country. The same authoress who so ably recounted the his tory of the brilliant sister of Francis the First has now given us the memoirs of her daughter. very different, however, are the histories of t he two suc cessive Queens of Navarre —one, the favourite of the King, the idol of the court, surrounded from her earliest youth by flatterers and admirers, with almost paramount influence over her powerful bro ther ; and, though she favoured the new doctrines, yet her support of them was rather evidenced by the concessions she obtained for others than by the persecutions she endured herself. Far other wise was it with her daughter. Of a more serious and resolute disposition than her mother, Jeanne had not that beauty and those winning manners that endeared Queen Marguerite to all around her. Her early education, too, was unfavourable ; by the command of her uncle, Francis 1., she was brought up alone in the gloomy castle of Plessis-les-Tours. King Francis, who always regarded his brother-in law, Henry of Navarre, with jealousy and sus picion, feared that ho intended to bestow his daughter's hand on Prince Philip of Spain. Sor row, deceit, and rebellion darkened the life of Queen Jeanne. She met with neglect and insults from the court over which her mother reigned pre eminent, her husband neglected and deserted her, and the unhappy religious disputes of the period sowed dissension among her subjects. Her unfail ing energy, great penetration, and undeviating rec titude of purpose, upheld her through all the snares and misfortunes which lay in her path, and though her zeal and warmth of temper led her to indiscreet or extreme ants, still in that age of bigotry, perse cution, and intolerance, Queen Jeanne appears a bright exception. She was possessed of great de termination of character, which manifested itself at a very early age. King Francis had resolved that she should marry the Duke of Cleves, the brother of Henry the Eighth's fourth queen. To this marriage the Princess Jeanne strongly objected, and finding her entreaties of no avail she took the extraordinary measure of drawing up a protest in the presence of some of her household, both on the day of her betrothal and of the marriage ceremony, which was afterwards performed, though the Prin cess remained under the care of her mother. When it is considered that the Princess had only com pleted her twelfth year this determination must be regarded as singular, although it is supposed she had the secret approbation of her father. King Francis remained unmoved until the Duke of Cleves, alarmed by . the presence of the Spanish army, made submission to the Emperor, which so affronted the French sovereign that he took his niece's protests into consideration, and obtained a dispensation annulling the marriage. Jeanne, however, does not appear to have chosen very wisely for herself, for Antoine de Bourbon, Duke de Vendome, was a consort quite unworthy of her. She survived him ten years, the most eventful of her life, as sole ruler of Bearn and its adjacent provinces, and guardian of her son, the great Henri Quatre. She was the ruling spirit of the Huguenots, their wisest counsellor, and in the hour of defeat and despondency she was the one to rally and en courage them. Aided by great natural acuteness and a love of truth, which enabled her to detect its counterfeit, she alone, of all the Huguenot , leaders, put no faith in the treacherous over- I tures of the Court. Catherine d e Medicis was her inveterate enemy. in the foundn the Queen of Navarre an opponent she could -neithe bribe, intimidate,. nor deceive ; and so well known was this aversion that, on the death of Jeanne, it was everyw here believed by the Huguenots that it was the work of poison. The King himself is said to have given credence to the rumour. A medical examination, however, proved this accusation to be unjust. " While Jeanne lived," says the writer, " her political sagacity saved the leaders of the Huguenot party from the snare subsequently laid for them by Catherine de Medicis. Had she lived no such fatal slaughter would, in all probability, have stained the annals of French history." She always prevented the simultaneous presence of the Huguenot chieftains and their followers in Paris. her penetration saw that it might be turned to their ruin, as was sub sequently the case, when King Charles, exasperated by his mother's hints and the threats of the Hu guenots on the attempted assassination of Coligny, was persuaded that they intended some hostile demonstration in the streets of his capital. The authoress has executed her task with ability and success, and with a moderation and impartiality which are especially to be commended. These qualities, which are most valuable in an historical writer, are more precious as well as more rare in writing of such an age as that of Jeanne d' Albre t, when the bitter ness an d v iolence of religious in tolerance was at its height. The style is clear and concise, as in th e p rece di ng w or k, without being dry or uninteresting. Considering the great diffi culty of the task she has undertaken to a compa ratively inexperienced writer, the number of moving characters, the vast importance of the po• litical events, and the fact of its being, though a distant era, one so conspicuous in the history of nations that its chief features are known to most readers, the authoress may be congratulated on the successful result of her researches. LAW INTELLIGENCE—(This Day.) COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. (Before Mr. Justice Erie and a Special Jury.) THE QUEEN ON THE PROSECUTION OF ALEXANDER 11`GEACHT ALLETNE ♦. COTLE.-NEW TRIAL. Tbis was an indictment for perjury, arising out of a late prosecution and conviction for conspiracy against the Alleynes and D'Arcy, to defraud Capt. Kennedy of 7,3001. That an American mare belonging to Holder Alleyne, known as " Fanny Jenks," but named by him " Pigeon," would trot a certain number of miles within a given time, but that the mare becoming lame, and consequently unable to trot the match, Cap tain Kennedy was induced, by the false pretences of Alexander M‘Geachy Alleyne, at the instance of his brother, to pay over the whole amount of the wager to Holder Alleyne. The two Alleynes and D'Arcy were tried in December, 1851, before Lord Campbell and a special Middlesex jury, and found guilty, and sentenced Alexander M`Geachy Alleyne to six months', Holder Alleyne to 12 months', and D'Arcy to two years' imprisonment in the Middlesex House of Correction. D'Arcy had since died. The Alleynes afterwards brought a writ of error to set aside the sen tence, and their being no joinder to the writ it was allowed, and it was subsequently set aside on the ground of collusion. The Alleynes afterwards indicted Captain Kennedy, Mr. Newton, his solicitor, and the defendant Coyle, for co ns pi r a c y t o d e f rau d t h em o f 5,5001. ; indicting the latter separately for perjury, which last chaige was tried in February last before Lord Campbell. The defendant was found guilty, and sentenced by his lordship to two ye ars ' i repr isoninOnt in the Middlesex House of Correction, and in consequence of that conviction the Alleynes were pardoned. At the following term the defendant applied to set aside the verdict, on the ground of the absence of a material wit ness, which was granted, and the case came on to-day for re-hearing. The Attorney-General, Mr. Kemp, Q C., and Mr. Huddlestone appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. James, Q.O , and Mr. Hawkins for the defendant. The alleged perjury, on the part of the defeudant, was his swearing that Alexander M`Geachy Alleyne was present at a conversation between Coyle and Holder Alleyne, at the Plough Hotel, Cheltenham. The trial, in all probability, will occupy the whole of to-day and a portion of to-morrow, when we shall pub lish an outline of the evidence and the result. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—{This Day.) THAMES. ROBBERY OF LEAD BY A WORKMAN.-- William Young, a journeyman bricklayer, in the employ of Mr. James Thomas Heather, builder, of Brown's-lane, Spitalfields, was brought before Mr. Ingham charged with stealing 25 lbs. of lead, the property of his employer. Police-constable George Winder, No. 38 K, stated that he saw the prisoner in a marine stare-shop in Pop lar, New Town, last night. There was a quantity of lead in a scale, and the shopkeeper was weighing it, and about to pay for it, when witness stepped in and stopped the transaction, and took the prisoner into custody. He said his name was Dickenson, and that be was a brick layer, and that the landlord of the Wellington knew him well, He went to the Wellington in Canning-town, and saw the landlord, who said the prisoner's name was Young. Mr. Heather, the prisoner's master, was in the public.house attending a meeting, and said that the lead was his property. Mr. Heather, the prisoner's master, said the lead was stolen from a building in the course of erection in Can- Mng-town, near the Barking•road railway station. He last saw the lead six weeks ago. The prisoner, in defence, said his master gave him the lead for some extra services performed by him. Mr. Ifeatht, ; _ Cant bgalria tbs. - prisoner the lea I, but the latter persisting in the assertion, and that he could bring a witness to prove the truth of his de fence, the magistrate remanded him until to-morrow, and directed the police-constable who bad charge of the case to direct 'the witness mentioned by the prisoner to attend the Court to-morrow. MARKET NEWS.—(This Day). CORN EXCHANGE. lENER kL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the week ended Dee. 6, 1855, made np from the Returns or the peetors, In the clifiereut Cities and Towns In England and Wat. s oer Imperial Quarter. WISELY. BARLEY. t OATS. RTE. 1 REARS. PEA 83. id 42s 31 , 28s 'Ol 53s Od 53s 31 52s Id THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGE. WHEAT. • BARLEY. t OATS. I SAE t BEANS. t PEAS. 80s 10.1 40s 01 , 28s 4d , 523 0,1 51s 10d j 51 QU NZTITIES OF OR tIN SOLI) LAST WEEK. wheat. 117,405; Barley, 119,076 ; oats, 20 5 5 1 ; Rye, 395 ; Beans, 5,156; I'eas. 3,055 quarters. MEAT MARKETS. NEWGATR AND LEADENHALL.—Wo had a moderato demand to-clay, at full prices. Beef, from 3s 4,1 to 4s 6tl ; Mutton, 3s 2d. to 4s 6 1 ; Veal, 3s 10(1 to 4s 10(1; Pork, 3s 6(1 to :39 2d per 81bs, by the carcase. SOUTHALL, Dec. s.—The supplies of stock on sale in to day's market were seas , nably good, and the trade ruled heavy, as follows :—Beef. from 3s 6.1 to 4s 10d ; Mutton, as 6d to 5s 0(1 ; Veal, 3s 10d to 4s 101; Pcrk. 3s Gd to 4s 10(1 per glhs, to sink the offal. ROMFORD, Dec. s.—Sheep were vey dull and rather cheaper. Other kinds of stock were firm. Beef, from 3s 6;1 to tis Od ; Mutton, 3s 61 to 5s 0(1; Veal, 3s 101 to 53 , ; Pork, 3s Gd to 4s 10d per Sibs. Quarter-old Store Pigs, 22s to 28s each. HAY MARKETS. SMlTFinzT.D.—AleaTow hay,4/ssto6/ 01 ; cloves ditto, 4/ 15s to 71 03 ; and straw, 1/, 4s Od to 1/ 10s 0d per lc•au. Trade firm. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, 4/ Ss to Cl Gs: cicvei 4' 15s to 7/ Os : and straw, 11 5i in 11 10i pear load. A moderate supply, and a steady demand. WarrEcHAPEL.—Meadow hay, 4/ 53 to S i Oa; cloves do., 4' 10s to 71 70 ; stud straw, 1/ 4i to 1/ 9i per load. Supply rather limited. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This Day.) ONDON, Deo. s.—Wind this day at noon, W. fresh breeze and fine. PORTSMOUTH, Dec. s.—Arrived—Abigail, from Que bec. Sailed—Sydney (s. tpt.), for Deptford; Meander, for the Downs. Cowes, Dcc. s.—Wind N.W.—Arrived - Louise, from Callao, and sailed for Antwerp ; Comet, Rio Janeiro. SOUTHAMPTON, Dec. s.—Wind N.—Sailed—Hermann (s.), for New York. DARTMOUTH, Dec. s.—Wind N.—Off the port—Phoe nician, for Sydney, N.S.W. PLYMOUTH, Dec. s.—Wind N.W.— Arrived—Gwalior, from London, for the Swan River. Sailed—Petrel, for New Orleans, MILFORD, Dec. s.—The Camelion, from Amsterdam to Liverpool, put in yesterday, with damage, and having on beard the mate and soven of the crew of the Dutch ship Echo, from Amsterdam to Liverpool, with which vessel she bad bee❑ iii contact, :30th Nov., off Bard Fey Island. The latter was not seen afterwards, and, from the report of the mate must have sunk. (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Thursday 31 orning. Arrived—Despatch, (s.), from Jersey ; Neptune, Swan sea ; Caroline, Youghal ; Gleaner, Tralee. Sailed—Alderwaan, for Cardiff; Wonder, (s.), Jersey Alliance, (s.), Havre; Henry Duncan, Poole. LIVERPOOL, Thursday Morning. Wind N.N.W. Arrived—Gazetteer, from New Q York. uEENsTONVN, Dec. G. Wind N.W. Arrived.—Stefano,fro m Syra; Bianco, Leghorn ; • AI, and Emily, Syra. ueona, Off.—Spy, f ro m M Barb deo. Sailed. Jessie, foros. (By SUBMARINR ANL , BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, ThllTß‘lay, 10.15 a.m. Wind ; tide five hours' flood ; weather strong and cloudy. Arr i ve d Dec. sth. — Mystery, from Smyrna : Patriot, Denis Dublin Lass, Guernsey ; T a lb o t, Mogador ; Me ; lona, Guernsey ; Dispatch, T.Jddewalla ; Forrest, Dantsio. Arrived Dec. 6th. — Johns, from Seville ; Catharine, m oga dor ; Calder, Demerara; Bee, Nieuport ; Geraldine, Guernsey. Sailed.—Santiago, for La Guayra; Ascendant, Mau ritius. DEAL, Thursday, 10 A.M. Wind N.W., fresh. Passed in tow.—Challenger, from China. Anchored. —Eagle, from Chines! ; Borland Brig, Wes ward ; Stamboul ' Callao. Passed. —Her Majesty's steam-ship Inflexible, from Portsmouth, for Woolwich ; Royal Victoria, Hull, for Charleston ; Caroline, London, for Cardiff. THE ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY.—Even in g meeting, Monday, the 10th December, half-past eight o'clock. Papers to be read : —l. Notes on the geo graphy of Central Africa, from the late researches of Livingston Monteiro, Garcia, and other au thorities, b y James Macqneen, Esq., F.R.G.S. 2. Geographical cotes on Siam, with a new map on the lower part of the lieu= River, by /Larry Farker, Esq. , T.E,GS. 64 i i i I 68 7i 84 574 8k i 31t i 35i 2l 1 241 # i 71 1 i 113 115 46 4 1 r. r • ' I I 4rt 11 SUN OFFICE, Six o'Clock. TATTERSALL'S.—(This Evening). DERBY. Bto 1 agst Fly-by-Night (offered) 9to 1 cost Wentworth (taken) 10 to 1 agst Ellington (taken) CHESTER CUP. 1000 to 10 agst Yellow Jack (taken) 500 to 5 agst Mirage (taken) FRANCE. BOURSE, Dec. 5, Two o'Clock.—The market was firm at the opening, but large sales for realisatica having been afterwards made, prices rapidly de clined from 67f. to 66f. 60c. Mobilier and Rail way Shares firm. Half past Three.—There has been a slight im• provement at the close, but with a fall on yester day's quotations. The following are the last quo. tations C lsh. 4i per Cents 3 per Cents New LoAn fr. e. 91 CC 67 End of Month. —f. - -c. 67 70 Bank Shares 3160 Roman CrMit Mobilier 1315 Austrian Belgian Fives 93i Spanish Threes Piedmontese — Home Debt RAILWAYS-TOR CASH. Orleans Northern - I.J . VMR Mediterranean 1270 Grand Central 585 — l.,‘ ons Geneva 670 Teste Cette 7OO Austrian C0rn....... 730 . AUSTRIA. A letter from Vienna, of the Ist, says :—" Th• Empress of Austria is again in an interesting situa tion. Baron Prokesh left this morning for Trieste, whence he will proceed to Constantinopl e . A t r i a l which has been going on for the last 18 months, of certain persons charged with attempting to revolu tionise Hungary, has just ended in the condemna tion of the culprits to various periods of imprison ment. The chief, named Darnaskia, was con demned to death, but the Emperor has commuted his sentence into 12 years' imprisonment in the fortress of Konigingrat z." THE DANISH ORDER OF THE ELEPHANT.—The Order (,f the Elephant, conferred by the King of Denmark on General Canrobert, is a remarkable distinc tion, the order not being generally given, except to members of reigning hou-es, or to the highest digni taries of foreign powers. and even the latter only receive it en very exceptional occasions, In conferring it on General Canrobert, the Danish Government wished at the same time to perform an act of courtesy towards the Emperor of the French, and to pay homage to the bravery and talent of his Envoy. ANECDOTE OF SIR Conisr CAMPBELL.— It is stated in connection with Sir Colin Campbell's recent visit to Windsor Ca , te, that in the course of the evening her Majesty made S r Colin bit on the sofa beside her, and pointed out to him that the army in the Crimea could not get on without him, and that be must return. The gallant old soldier is said to have been so much affected by his Sovereign's kindly language as to have burst into tears, and to have assured his Royal hostess that he would do anything for her, saying, " even carry a market for your Majesty 1" CITY BATHS AND WASHHOCSES. The subject of public baths and wa , hhouses for the City of London is at the present time engaging the attention of a sub committee of the corporation, specially nominated to consider not only the petition of the guardians of the West London Union, recently presented, but also the general question—the admitted great social want of such institutions within the City. Nothing at present, as far as we are informed, has been definitely determined ; but we hear that the report of the committ e e will probably include a recommendation to the Court of Common Council to appropriate the western portion of Farring don Market for such an establishment. As a market, this building yields but a very nominal rental indeed to the corporation ; the lose, therefore, that would have to be sustained in the transfer is unworthy of conside ration. THE NEW ARCHDEACON OF STAFFORD.—The vaeatcy caused by the lamented death of Archdeacca Hobson has at length been filled up, by the appointment of the Rev. Henry Moore, M.A., vicar of Eccleshall and of Penn. It was, we understand, the wish of the Lord Bishop of the diocese, in whom the appointment is vested, to have the archdeaconry, which is of very great extent, divided, and to appoint one archdeacon for the northern and another for the s , uthern portion of this county. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners, however, have ultimately declined to sanctio❑ the proposed alte ration TrarerA anion Chronicle. A CUSTOM-HOUSE OFFICER TRIED FOR MURDER.— The Court of Assizes of the Basses-Pyrenees three days ago tried a customs' officer named Pantos fur an at- tempt at murder. The indie meet alleged that, in the night of the sth January last, whilst he and a comrade were on the watch for smugglers in the mountains near o.<ses, they saw three men approach with bales of goods, and that he, without any necessity, fired at one of them, named E'chessare, and wounded him so seriously that his life was fur a long time in danger. The answer of the prisoner was, that as he was trying to arrest Etches ,are, the latter resist. d him, and that in the struggle his musket accidentally went off. The evi fence proved that th e man's statement was correct, and the jury acquitted him. TUE PRESS IN PRUSSIA.—The President of the Prus sian Police has just adilressed the following circular to the Berlin press :—" During the last session of the Chambers the journals did not alwas observe proper liscretion in reporting the discuseions and the reports of committees. Sometimes they publi-hed prematurely re ports which could not beef any utility to the public in eerest, particularly on certain itnpoitant questions, and at other times garbled statements of the discussions Which only led to incorrect joid,./ment, of their meaning and hearing. The Director of the Police is. therefore, compelled to rec.inirne:•d for the future the greatest re serve on the part of the journals:. The law on the press if the 12•11 May, 1851, which guarantees complete liberty to taith , ul rep• its of the public sittings of the C , .amber, does t ot, extend that permi;gion to what takes place in the private sittings of committees." SUICIDE.—The clerks employed at the rnairie of the Ist arrondissement were two days ago rather surprised at the n on-appearance of one of their colleagues, who bad been in the office for 30 years, and had never during that time been absent for a single (lay or irregular in his time of coming. As he did not appear on the follow ing day they sent to Lis residence. The porter of the house having replied that he had not seen him, the coin tnissary of police was sent fo r , an d on t h e door of the missing man's room being opened, his body was found suspended by a cord attached to three nails driven into the wall in the doorway between two rooms. He Lad only a shirt and drawers on, and there was a deep gash in the throat, from which the blood had flowed in a stream, and fallen in a p)ol at his feet. A razor was at tached by a string to the right hand. It was at first supposed that he had been murdered and a fterwards hanged, and the razor placed as it was found, to remove suspicion of fuul play, but on examining s OlllO papers it was found that he bad determined on suicide in conse quence of being annoyed for the payment of some trifling debts. SUSPECTED MURDER.—As a gendarme was three mornings ago proceeding along the road from Paris to Bordeaux, in the commune of Aussac, near Angouleme, he §aw two dead bodies lying in a ditch, each with dreadful wounds in the head, which had evidently been inflicted with some blunt instrument. There were no indications of any struggle having taken place, but from blood on the road, it. appeared that one of the men had been killed there, and then dragged into the ditch, whilst as to the other, it appeared that he had been killed in the ditch as he was crouching down, in the hope pro bably of not being seen. One of the men was recognised as a farmer named Allard, of Fenetre, the other as a farmer named Regnier, of Chez-Rousseau, and both were proceeding in company to gaffes, in a cart drawn by three mules. This c ar t was afterwar d s f ou nd in a wood, and a sum of money, supposed to amount to 2,200 fr., was discovered to have been taken from it. No trace of ROBBERYthemnrde A r N er p m has u b ß e D e E n itT d ._ isco he vered. police of Clermont have arrested a man on suspicion of being the mur derer of the woman found dead a short time ago on the top of the Puy-ile•Dome. The man belongs to the de partment of the Creuse, and was arrested in his native village, where he had gone to visit his wife and family. Strange to say, he went hom e th oug h h e k new th e police had been inquiring after him. Some articles of dress and jewellery, supposed to have belonged to the victim, were seized in his house. The man when taken was exceedingly civil to the police, and not only expressed no surprise at his arrest, but did not even ask why it was effected. On being conveyed to Clermont, he was interrogated at great length by the examining magistrates, and he replied withperfect composure ; he did not deny having been with the murdere d woman, 'hut as-erted positively that it was not he who had com mitted the crime. Hr was c ~,fronted with the body which still remains at the hospital, and was not at all affected. A large crowd assembled to see him taken to and from the hospita l, and his sister, who , ; s married bystandersinapar oxystn of indignation, at Clermont C st l r e i r k m e o h n ,i t m , attempted , . ut prevented he r , Muni s-- F A RM AT THE POLITECHNIC.-11r. Pepper has lately add ed to the attractions at the Polytechnic a the l arge An d very perfect model of Tipt ree H a ll F arm , th e sce ne of Mr. Mechi's well known experiments in scientific agriculture. The size of this model is such as to enable the system of housing and feeding cattle which Mr. Mechi has pursued with so much success to be understood at a glance ; and to facilitate the examination, the model. list (Mr. Merrett, architect and surveyor, Fetter-lane), has made the roofs of the buildings removable. Every thing, therefore, is plainly seen—the steam engine the cattle sheds, the piggeries, the corn stacks, and all the accessories of th e f arm -y a rd. One great feature of Mr. Mechi's plan, in connection with the feeding of stock, is the substitution of open boards for straw, whereby the, sheds are kept clean and dry, and the liquid manure low izt,o tanks, L'O Z I tb.eue to bo distributed over Oa gelds FOR: 61 89 73 'WI 5011 94 1 i 51 I 81 8 "4 1 31 & 64/ 60t Itt 100 all 1;F 100 100 all 100 10 A 100 100 100 10+ 100 ,100 1100 [OO all St. L 2 12i 10 6 126 126 it: S. no 1 f()0 00 100 00 1100 20 12A 25 20 25 to [AM. 20 20 20 25 40 5 St. i 5 1661 101 ri i 122 4 71 i