The Sun. — London, England, 1855-11-26 00:00:00

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'o'hief." joined r. 5. know- Lie 4th ranee, td that isional Sea. he sin )ut we Ivolves 'ellion, trans end, let." naval ressed terra- rocess A the is at MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIgENCE. CITY, Two o'CLoo.g.. The Liverpool Cotton Market on Saturday closed with firmness and a hardening tendency, without change in prices. The sales were 6,000 bales, 500 for export, comprising in addition to American, 100 Egyptian, 6id. to 60., and 1,000 Surat, 3id. to 4id. per lb. In the Railway Share Market a slight decline took place is the value of leading stocks, which closed quietly. Advices from the republic of Chili are,of a most favourable character, showing unusual energy on the part of the commercial community to develope the resources of the state. Already a railway has been constructed from Santiago to Talca ; and the Minister Antonio Varas brought forward a project to establish a Territorial Hypothek Bank, on si milar principles to that of the French Credit Mo bilier Bank, which has received the sanction of the Senate. The productive power of the country, especially in minerals, was increasing, and the faci lities of railway communication to the port had increased the exports considerably. These amounted to 66,392,080 francs for the year, and the imports to 87,141,495 f., showing a total of external trade equivalent to 6,120,000 pounds sterling, in round numbers. The quantities of the chief articles of export are as follow :—Coal, 14,000 tons ; wool, 1,354,100 lbs. ; copper ore, 330,773 quintals ; silver ore, 369,925 quintals; silver in bars, 200,574 marks; and 84,150 fanegues of wheat. The closing quotations of the Bourse on Satur day showed a reaction in the French funds of 15c. in the 3 per Cents. for money, and 25c. in the 4 per Cent. Stock for the account. Purchasers con tinued to renew dealings both for money and time, notwithstanding the small amount of business generally transacted on Saturdays. Sellers in the 41 per Cents. succeeded in raising that stock to 91 francs. The New Loan likewise advanced 15c. for the account, and 30c. for money. Bank of France Shares remained stationary at 3169. Credit Fon cier rose 10f., and shares of the Credit Mobilier marked sf. above previous prices. There were but few dealings in the Railway Market, and these produced a downward tendency. However, their depreciation was not considered of much import ance. Compared with the closing prices of Friday the following may be noticed :—A fall of 10fr. in Western of France, and 31r. 75c. in Eastern of the first concession, while shares in the New Stock are unaltered. North of France rose lfr. 20c., Austrian Society 2fr. 500., Lyons 2fr. 50c. Mediterranean fell 2fr. 50c. ; Orleans re mained at 1,115 ; Midland fell 2fr. 50c. ; and Grand Central lfr. 25 centimes. In consequence of the arrival of the King of Sar dinia at Paris on Saturday the members of the grain and flour markets kept it as a holiday. The closing prices of Friday maintain the general aver age of the week. Sales of 6,860 kilogrammes gave 66fr. 88c. per 78 kilogrammes as the average price. The stock on hand was 22,710 quintals. At Marseilles there were continued arrivals of wheat from Galatz and Roumelia, which brought 49 francs the hectolitre, and best qualities flour brought 60f. The Dutch markets are beginning to show a deficiency in the supply of rye, which is now being more generally consumed, and conse quently commands an advance of 2 florins on the week's highest quotations. In Belgium wheat has risen 70c. per hectolitre, and rye 1 f. 5c., barley is without alteration, and oats have risen 38c. Commercial news from Russia state that the Bourse there receives by telegraph from London in eleven or twelve hours the particulars of what has been doing on the Stock Exchange. The Baltic has arrived from New York, but the letters and papers have not yet been delivered. The money market had become more stringent, but commercial affairs were in an inactive condi tion. There had been an arrival of a million and a half of dollars from California. Business at Sln Fran cisco had slightly improved. The White Star has arrived from Melbourne with 89,195 cunces of gold, and accounts to 31st August, which, however, are not so late by one day as those already received via the Overland Mail. Other vessels are due and daily expected, but they will not bring much later intelligence. The wheat trade is heavy to-day, and prices are fully 2s. lower than on Monday last. . . There is a buoyant market for English securities, but business is exceedingly limited. Operations have commenced for the January account, and the " eontango" is at the rate of about 62 per cent., from which, however, a deduction for income tax has to be made. Consols for money, after being 88k to 88g, have advanced to 882 and 88g. The account prices have been 88 to 88k. The money market is rather quieter, and Exchequer Bills have improved to 9s. and 6s. discount. There have been very few transactions in the New 3 per Cents. at 87i to 88k, and in the 3 per Cent. Reduced at 872 to 87i. Bank Stock is dull at 208. A moderate business is doing in the Foreign Market. Turkish Six per Cents, are steady at 80i, and the New Scrip is at 38 discount. Spanish Bonds are at fuller rates, the Three per Cents. being 381 to 39, the ditto Deferred at 20 to 20k, and the Passive at 6i. Russian Five per Cents. are marked at 952 to 96. Brazilian Small Bonds are weak, being 99, but Equador rule firmer at 51-, and Mexican at 192. Dutch 2, per Cents. are 64 to 64, and the 4 per Cents. are 93i. The following are the nominal prices of foreign stocks : Grenada Deferred Bonds, 6 to 7 ; Mexican, 1 9 / 1 ; Peruvian, 74 to 76 ; ditto Three per Cents., 52 to 54; Portuguese Four per Cents., 4t to 46 ; Russian Five per Cents., 94 to 96 ; ditto Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 85 to 88; Spanish New Deferred, 191 to 20i; ditto Three per Cents., 38i to ; ditto Certificates, 42- to 41 ; ditto Pas sive, 5-4 to 6i. Railway Shares present a quiet appearance, but there is an upward tendency in the quotations. Eastern Counties have risen 55., and also Midland. The Foreign lines are generally nominal, but Great Western of Canada are higher. Mining Shares are dull. The Banks steady, and Canada Land Shares weaker at 132 to 1331. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. ( From th.e, Officioa Lie. rtn,ines3 done Bank Stock ..... 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 873 fi 3 per Cent. Console Annuities BB% .1 New 3 per Cent. A nnu i t i es Lmg Annuities, Expi re sth Jan., 1860 8% i Ditto 30 Years, Expire sth Jan., 1860 34 Ditto 30 Years, Expire sth April, 1883 16% India Bonds, £lOOO .......... Ditto, under £lOOO o d Consols for Account BBi Etchequer Bills, 2A d. Xl000 X5OO Small PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOI K Brazilian Bonds 5 per Cent. 99 Ditto Small Equador Bonds 11,13xican 3 per Cent. Ditto for the Account 19 ,1 Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent. XSt 93} 6 Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent Ditto for the account 39 81 Ditto Now Deferred, 3 per Cent. Ditto for the account 2O Ditto Passive Turkish Bonds, 6 per cent Ditto for the Account BOA Ditto New Scrip, 4 per Cent. Ditto for the account Dividends on the above payable in London. D itch Exchange, 2%. per Cent. 12 Gni' 63i 4 Ditto 4 per Cent. Certifleates 934 HALF -PAST TWO. 88i 88i Consols Ditto for Account A SNAKE IN THE RAGS.—In July last, Messrs. G. and J. Bush, merchants, of Bristol, warehoused a quantity of rags, ex the Seriogapatam, from Melbourne. On Friday afternoon, as same of these rags were being re moved, the men engaged were somewhat alarmed by the appearance of a large snake upwards of 4 feet in length, which, however, quickly got among the rags again, and is at present concealed in the loft. The Seripgapatam was upwards of 100 de ys on her passage from Melbourne, so that the snake must have been about eight months en sconced in the rags. The creature when disturbed ap - - peared quite lively, but it is not known whether it is a venomous reptile or not. SHARE MARKETS, (THIS DAY.) RAILWAYS. RiaLvATs. Onsinrz Vricwi i Saturday. 22 - /3 313 - ••• 7i - 7i 16 - 15 13 - 14 9 - 8 80 85 55- 56, 11 a 5i - 4A. 5 11 12 8a S t i 27 29 17 19 - 63 43 - 51 91 - 16 - 17 77 - 79 6 - Gr SG - 87 71. - 72 17 - '39 01 IC3 49 - 5,341 70 - /5 6 - 7 7 !- 75 75 ;.I.:ertWon .I.tabg. Nottrg. Be.st. and Eastn. Rind_ fftst & I;allynaer.a. 131rming. Wel ve Maur Valley Lamed,. & Cheshii.:3 Jnnet & Birk. ; £5O and E 25 Cons Do., .Z2O Rlyth StTyn 9 origins: ' £25 (i.ald. at Xl5; Hristol and Exeter... Caledonian. ...... Cann. and Ca! digat Chester & Holyhead. Cork and Bandon... Cork, Black, & Paw, Cornwall Do. A Do. B elle Junction.... DuolinezßelfastJunc. Tun. P. & Jne. Do. East Al.ql ?astern Conntiol . 5 7act. Union, A Scl B, Stot,t: l IDo New A. East Kent fast Lancashire Edinburgh& Glasgow limb. and Peebles Pdin.Prth & Durd;, , Forth & Cl; de Jun !. 'Furness . Do: Extension.. G3ase•ow &S. w.,gt.- ;Great N. of Scotlnd, IGreat Northern... D 3., A. Staek.... Do.; B. Stock Gt. St h. &West. (Ire Great Western 'Do. Stour Val Ra Gua.. Stk • !Irish South- Fa& tor , Lancaster & Carlis:. Do., Thirds - IDo.'New Thirds.. Lanicash. and York s' m., WRt. Riding Liv.ersby &Soutlipt i 3 oudon & Black wr.l Lond. Bright & %Cs I . .tctr.d. and N. West Ih. Fifths C I no• Eighths London and W ti. estn Do., Xsf; Do., £4O. Lutindrry&eolenist Lndudrrr. & EntilNk Mancli.Shef.& Li nch Do. Shares, No. Tin e; Man. & Lin. Ur Metropolitan Midland Birmng. & Der ld. G. West. (I vQ, Do. Half Shares Q 1 Newcastle & Car 11.1 Nwpt.A berg • & Hrt I Newry A; EnniskillaT i.1:1 Newry Warrenpoini and Rostrevor . .t 0 Norfolk Northn.Counties If n, North British all North Devon, No. 1 ral Do., No. g i 1 'lO., A Deferred „ 1.11 Do., B Guaranteed )0 N. Eastern-13erwic'e 20 Do. do. Extension [3 o.d o. G.N. E. "Throb LI Co. Leeds - )0 Do. York North London N .LS.Wstrn.,7gaiAr dead, and City in North Sttffordshirt• 7•Torth Western & S. Westrn. June Nuneaton, Hinekly and Leicester.. ..... . Ox, Wore., & Wolv PGrtHraouth o ;ash Central cottis h Midland ihropshiro Un'on =, , 'anth Devon iouth Eaat, , ,r south Wales ..... Vrkth. do nig. Dut: Do - ;taines,Wok. &Wol tochton 86 Darll,i •Itc. , :tkton car liratlepi 1'.1f7 Vale Do, Pref., No. liav, D.& E Ulvorstone & Lanes Vale of Neath Waterfa. & Waterforl&Liieerci West Cornwall.. West End of London and Crystal Palace Do. A . Do. West London— Winabledn & Croydon otwfir;, t tt, 20:13 Do. 5 p.c. Oblgs. con. in Sh. at paitill '64 Ardennes W,asta. Jura Prez; ers to Graisars3?, 13Q1nbay, Baroda, an flontral Incic,a,Fleri, Do. 1 - .)srocrara I)l7.tch Rhenish 'Eastern of Franco Do, New East Indian, g. 5 p.e Do, Er,;en — sion Do, do. do., '59, do.. Cld . Tk of Canada A iP DO. St. T.,awrence Atlantic do. ...... Do. Cert. of De,l)on.. con. into Stk. till '62 Do, Comp. 6 p. c., do. Gt. Coutral of Fran , Gt. Indian Peo.in=itni , guar. 5 per cent... !Jo. New 5 per cent Co. Extensions.... great Luxinnbour , Constituted Sharer' Do. Obligations Gt. Western of Caned Kltarc7 , s Do. New Do. Eds., pa.yable's7, with option till '55 Do. do., 'tl2, p. Do. do., '76, p. '6O D. do., '73, without option & Toronto) Do. 6 per cent. Lake Oonst. & BaslH Lierre and Turnhout 'Lyons and Geneva Lyons & Mediterran Niostras Do. Now !aria Antonia . Do. do. New 'Namur & Lleg( cith interest) Do. (ox interest) Northern of France D 0.201. Do. CO?. 3 p. o Bde (fmy.B.&Ams.Shs NorweglanTrunkPre' Paris and Lyons • Ditto Bonds Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen.... risCaen ck Cherbrg, Do Rome and Frascati Rouen and Havre Royal Danish Royal Swedish DO. Obligations Sambre and Mew , Do. 5i p. cent. Prof Scinde Do. Southern of Frame St. Andrew's and Quebec (A)... West Flanders Do 5 per c. Prof Western of France_ D 0,.. , Zealand JOINT-S' .k alasia Bank of London Sri. Col. Bk.& Lin. C Iritish N. American Chart& Bank of Asia Clartd. Brat. of India, Australia, & China City Colonial Commercial of Lond Eng.F cot. & Ans. Cht Loud. Chart Bk. of Australia... Ditto ' : ' Erudon and Co" Lnd . E. Bnkg. Corp'. London Joint Stock.. bond. & Weetminste T National Pro.of Eng. Do. New National of Ireland.. New South Wa Oriental Bank of Corporation Provincial cf Ireland Do. New Royal Australn.Bkg & Gold Imp Co Royal British 4outh Australia , Union of Australia New ..... Union 9. London _1 93 - 95 93i - 944 1 -1, Lh 841 - 851 8 -- 7 6i 51 214 '22 - 63 - €3, 36 - 33 • ea . ~. .. i - - l4 ii - ii 26 ... 27 67 - 68 81 - 8 d 5 - 113 - 12 441 4N 92 - 97 8i - 8 iOO 104 74 75 42 44 10i I.A 563 57:j 301 31, 5 3d 2d pa, 33 -- 35 .•• ... -^'. 1 • • ''.. - 19 21 4 - 6 'IGN. 71 - 7# 24 - 4 - 2 par ... ... 1} - 14 35 - As i 9 -- 10 I,' 201 - 21 - , 11 - 10 14 - 15 60 65 80 - 85 3 i - 3iP 5 51 id -eP - 3i - 3,1 2 -- 3 214 - 92 - 98 - 100 101 - 108 108 - 100 102 -- 22 101 - 103 5 i 6 iP 19 - 19 P I 7 9 2 - 3 4 - 54 4i - 5 35 -35 i 111 - .121 - 44t - 451 6 - ii - pm j. 6 - 20 21 - - 2i 7i - 8i i - i P ... • - pm 3i 4 2 . 94 —.3oa 18 - 19 BANKS. 90 - 92 54 - 56 w•ci do' d 151 -- 16 : 1 , 13 194 2 1 d Par -- 2p 36 :. 38 38 -. 40 52 - 54 • N "" n. N• 39 - 41 71. - 73 8 9 30 iii 31 .sint43 do, e this day. 100 311, 20 20 10 10 5 5 2; ) 10 20 5 18 53. all all 16 55 75J f 57i Gf 314 21 20j 22* 61 1 1 . i THE SUN, LONDON, MOINDAY EV.RNING, N'OTEMBER 26 1855 LTNEB r:R &BED T FIXED RENTALP. LAW INTELLIGENCE--(This Day.) MAR= NEWS.—(This Day). ELithwAto. Comp an g Closing trim Saturday. Bu, nesa this day. COURT OF CHANCERY. CORN EXOFIANGE. This was the last day of Michaelmas Term, and the Lord Chancellor will not sit again in this court till Monday next. His lordship, therefore, this morning disposed of nearly all the cases standing for judgment. WALTERS V. THE NORTHERN COAL COMPANY.-JUDGMENT. Most of the country markets held on Saturday were very dull for wheat, although the supplies were but mo derate, and prices gave way from is to 2s per quarter. The demand for barley was less active, at barely the late im provement in value. Malt ruled inactive. Oats, beans, peas, and flour were dull. The Lord Chancellor gave judgment in this case, which was argued before him in July last, upon an ap peal from the decision of Vice-Chancellor Wood. The bill was filed by Mr. Walters against the official mana ger, for winding up the affairs of the Northern Coal Company, for the purpose of obtaining an account and payment of the arrears of rent, due from the company for certain coat mines, of which a gentleman of the name of Ord bad granted them a lease, at a rental of 8501. a-year. The company was established in the year 1838, and in the following year the lease was granted by Mr. Ord, whose interests plaintiff represented. The shareholders of the company becoming dis satisfied with the directors and their management, the company was ultimately wound up under the Wind ing-up Act; and Walters being unable to obtain any rent or satisfaction from the company, it being asserted that, in the events that had happened, the plaintiff had no right to a specific performance of the lease, he filed his present bill, which the Vice-Chancellor dismissed with costs. The Lord Chancellor, agreeing with that judgment, ordered the appeal to be dismissed with costs. Large quantities of grain and flour continue to bo dis. posed of in the American markets for shipment to Europe, The continental markets are dull, yet prices are fully sup. ported. Very moderate supplies of English grain were received up to our market last week. The imports amounted to 6,580 quarters of wheat, 25,540 oats, 2,152 beans, 2,062 peas, 495 tares, 1,119, linseed, 3,284 rapeseed, 240 mus tard seed, 1,174 sundry seeds, and 13,454 barrels of flour. The quantity of English wheat received fresh up to our market to-day, coastwise and by land carriage, was very moderate, and a large portion of it was poor in qualPy, and otherwise out of condition. However, as the country markets came lower, and as the attendance of millers was limited, the demand for all kinds "of wheat of home pro duce ruled exceedingly heavy, at a decline in the quota tions realised on Monday lest of from 2s to 3s per quarter. With foreign wheat we were but moderately supplied. The transactions in all kinds were so trifling that the cur rencies were almost nominal ; but there was more disposi tion shown to make sales by some of the large holders. SCALES V. MAIIDE.-JUDGMENT. The Lord Chancellor gave judgment in this case, which came bef,re him upon appeal from the decision of Vice-Chancellor Stuart. The bill was filed by the plain tiff, one of the executors of a maiden lady named Bate man, for the purpose of foreclosing a mortgage which had been made to her for the sum of 2,5001. The ob jection by the defendant who represented the mortgagers to the plaintiff's hill was, that Miss Bateman had written letters to the relatives of the mortgagers, which in equity would amount to a declaration of trust of that mortgage, and therefore that it could not be foreclosed. Vice- Chancellor Stuart ordered the mortgage to be foreclosed, and the Lord Chancellor, agreeing with that decision, dismissed the appeal with costs. Floating cargoes of grain were mostly held at full quo tations. The supply of barley was small, yet the inquiry for all kinds was lees active, at the late improvement in value. • Malt sold slowly, at last week's currency. There was a good supply of foreign oats in the market. Prime samples moved off steadily, at full quotations. In ferior kinds were a dull inquiry. We had less activity in the sale of beans, at barely late rates. Peas moved off slowly, on former terms. STODDART V. NELSON-411DOMENT. Tfiis was also an -appeal frotu the judgment of the Vice-Chancellor Stuart, in which the Lord Chancellor now gave his decision. The testator in the cause directed his property to be sold, and the proceeds to be divided among his "cousins" living at his death, and the question in the case was what the testator meant by that word. Vieo-Chancellor Stuart held that he meant all his cousins, of whatever denomination they might be, and from that decision the parties aggrieved appealed. The flour trade was very dull, and, in some instances, prices were rather in favour of buyers. CURRENCY PER INI Wheat —Essex Kent, Red • • • new 643 to Slal Ditto.. • • old 77a 88e Ditto, White new 633 88s1 Ditt0........ old 89a 95s Norfolk and Lin coln, Red, old 813 693 Ditto new .....• 645 Bls Rye —oid —s —s Now ...... oos b2r, Barley—Grinding ••• .. 38a 42a Malting ......... 421 441 Chevalier—. . . 433 43s Malt—Suffolk and Nor- I ['TRIAL mEAsurtE. Nlsit—Chevalier •• 823 to 84s Oats Yorkshire and Liueoinst., Feed 26s 31s Potatt. ...... ..•• 283 34s Youghal and Cork 1t1ack....... 259 28s Cork, White ... 263 30s Sooteb,Food••• 273 343 Beans—Tick 421 438 •... 483 57s Peas—they •••••••••• 439 468 453 485 •• 503 54s Boilers .......... 523 56s Floor—Town-made... 75s 77s Suffolk 623 3tooktn &Norfolk 61s 62s The Lord Chancellor considered that the Vice-Chan cellor had failed in his judgment, and that the clear in tention of the testator was to benefit his "first cousins" only. The judgment of the Court below must therefore be reversed, and advertisements issued for the first cousins of the testator. f01k............ 74s 82s arovin .......... G4s 70s ithnstonandWar“ 785 803 A ppeal dismissed ; the costs of all parties to come out of the testator's estate, the language he had used having created the necessity for the suit. METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. Bedford r,nd BletAloy Buckghatash. Clydesdale ,?c. Col. Stour Vy. Sud. and Hal. E. Lin. tr. , 3 pc E. Un. H. Sh. Glas. Barr. & Direct Do. New...... Glstr.dt Du. Fr Hrtlpl. Bk. & Railwa Hull & Selby 1)o. Share;. Do. Shares. Lon. & Greenw Do. Prefer° nze L0n.,Ti1.,& S. Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. Do. 3 per et. Manch. n. and 3.latlocl Middlesbro' & Railcar. Midld.Brad.t.l Newmarket Bury Eaten , N.& Est.s p. c. Do. 6 ner et. Do. Fixeds p Pest. & y:e Do. iihr:3. A Roystn.& Hit. Shot Roth and Gooleg.s p.c. Shrews. &Her_ S. Stailertish. Wear Valleygr 6 per cent Do iViltsk'omrF.t London & Wett. L. kN. W. Un. & E. C Gt. N rtnn E. Count Caldouian Do Seam Vk. New. Borw. V. &NM, Do Easterr Peto tiz Co. tibrfoik Do L. & N. W. k Midld. Stckton & Darlingt. !En. Coun. J. Count. D 0......... L. &N.W Do Gt Nerthu Laneash & York sh. T. Brassey Stock t. & Darlingt Do 1 We:dn. 90 - 93 95 - 100 128 - 132 16 - 105 1.2 i —.13 .... yd lin . i.O • te .-.. •• • -2i 8 -- yl Rd in 56 58 •• 128 - • - 3 --2 i 81 29i - BOi 83 - 85 P EYE ILEN cE, HAB, 108 - 110 104 - 106 90 - 92 9 . 2: -:: Vi 15 - 16 53, - 6 par 12; A berdeen ... Do. N 0.2, 7 p. a... 'tlyth smirryn. , 10 pc. c. pref. (issd. 2.t 50/ iris. & Ex. 4 p. c. St. Do. 4 p. c. Shares ,:laledoulan £lO ''nester & Guar. 5i per cent Do. do. Pref. No. 2 Do. do. Pref. No. 2 Cork drßancionslp.c Dun. Prth Ahor. J 74. Anglian Cls. Sh Do. do. Cis. B G p. c • Do. do Cis. C 7 p. c Eastern Counties Ex tonsi on, 5 p. c. No. I Do. No. 2 . Po. New 6 p. Past Lin., G. 6 p. c. no. 5/., 10 per cent. 10/. Debattr.F.h. no. do. 4 per cent Fart Lane:loz. 6 p. et- York. J. sths Prth.tkiDuri.4 . o.e Furness • •. ....." ...." 57 - 59 41m. &S.W.G.iI p. C. Great Northu. 5 p. c no. 5 p. c. Redeem. at 10 p. c. prom. . !112 - 114 104 - 106 95 -- 98 )o. p. c Do. 5 p. c. Scrip, Red. Est 5 p. c. pm - SI tell. of Scot. I st Pre qt. S. -.!r. W. (Ireland• Do. 4 per c. Pr :f. qt. West.n. (Eerks ii !Tants Ex. 5 p. Do. con. red. 4 Do. eon. red. 4 p. c. Do. irred. 4p.c. Do. Birm. Pref. Sh Do. Chester 8 p. c.P.S. Do. do. 5 p. c. do Do. Birm, GUa. Stk Do. Ches. Gua. Sh Do. do, do Do, do. do Lan. &York, F. :efto Do. 6 p. c, Stjck Lon. &Erigh. 0,5 p.c. Do. Pref., 5 p. c. St. Do. New Guar.6 p. c. Do. do. 5 per cent Lon.&N. W., Coy. t'f .N'uneaton 5 p. et Lon. & S. W. 7 per ct Londy. & Coler. sh. Londy. &Ennis. 6 Wan., Shef., & Lin. New, £lO 4 I Do. .e 6 6 64 85 90 80 85 80 85 91 10 15f 164 94 10 67 69 17 18 81 9 124 134 id 130 -- 132 ••• ..... IM.• •• • - •PI 12i -- 13 krarypt.& Carl. 4 r )o. 4 ', per tout 100 I viid.Consol.s 1(Y) I Do. Conol. Bristol Firm, 8 per cant... • 1i) Do. 4a p. c. Pref. St. ' all )o. Pref. 4? ; per coo all Do. 51. Pr ,, f. 4 p. c.. 100 Ditto L. &H. Pref. SI all Norfolk Deteaturo , in° IDo.Prof. 4p. c. 100 Do. 5 p.c. 1.00 5a per ct.pref.... 100 IDo. Viray.Val. 5 p. c. !00 'North British 100 .E. Perw, 4n_.o P. 5 Do. do. do - 13 Do Leeds 6 p.c 9 Da. do. Quarters 4 , 10 Do. York &s. Pnr. all North Staffordshiro.. 100 Oxford, Worcester, wolverh. £15,8 p • 8,1 Do 11,. Pref. 101. Sh. al! Scot. Cent. , New Prot all South Devon 1} Do, fixed,4 a per cent: all S. Eastern (Readin.! Ann,) of Li Os. fid„ Git Do. par cant._ all Do. Fixed 4 p c slt. all S Wales Gua. 4p. e. all Do. 10. 4. p. c.... . all S.Yorksli.4p.e.Gluar. all Stock. & Dar. ,5 p. c., 15 Do. do. do. all Stock. & Hard. g. 5 p. e. till July 1, '5O 4. 1W aterfd. 81. Kilk .6 pc 129 - 13' 92 - V 4 - 1 4 - 96 -98 88 -UG 2i - 34 1 93 - 97 12.} -13 i -- pa, 214 - 22 9) - 93 9 - 92 ~ - ... ••• '''. • .*. 4 - lr, ••• ••• - 1 all ikgur. Fria. 1 all kuglo Anatrin. Gold ... ••• 10a. all Anglo Californian — 20 6 lnstmlian if 1 all tnstralian Cordillera ... 1 all Ave Maria —-- 1 all Soden (Gd.Duelly of if 50 all Blconarvon Iron and Coal 7 20 14 3ritiall Iron 4 56 35 20 at £5 pm.) 30 all Do. Cocftes & Culaba 2l 31 20 15 Do, St. Johr Delßey 30 —32 1 6 ilarendon Cons. MM. Co. of Jamaica ifd iP tO all Cobra Copper €s 69 676 5 1 lolonial Gold St. all Copper Min. of Eng. 27 32 2 d 25 all Do. Pref. 76 p. cent 3 —ld ... 1C - _lopiapo. l9 21 2 16 Fortuna par 20 ah le.neral l3 —l5 1 all "lt•NuggatVeinllog I if 41 all Great Polzooth 1 2 5 all Gt Wheal Vor United 1 die par 1 I all Liberty • * $ 3 all Linares 7/ 7i 5 1/ Lusitauian — 1 P 1 all Wariquita 1 all New Granada 1 all Nouveau Monde if $ 20 all Pontgiband Save] Lead MM. & Smelt. 13 14 5 1 Port Philip i— f-1 all quartz Rock — $ 50 all Rhym ney I ron 2l 23 1.5 all Do. New 6 8 30 12 Santiago de Cuba 3 4 1 all south Australian — 1 1 all Do. Scrip — 1 I Do. 10 per cent Pref 10 Pin Cr0ft...... 2811 all United Mexican 4 46 1 all Faller 1. all West Mariposa — I 12s Worthing Mining of Australia — 1 Yuba ••• • MISCELLANEOUS. 25 171 Australian A gricult. 256 266 at itus:.raln. Royal Maii 10 81 Berlin Water Works 7 76 z d 50 40 Brit. American Land WO 324 Canada St. 100 Canada Gov. 6p. et Jan. ana Jaly 167 108 108 5 all Crystal Palace. . 2 —2l 5 5 Do. Preference 46 41 4 all Crystal Pal. of Franc, 1 if Duston Iron Qre 20 11 Eastern Steam ..... 5 all En.&Aus Cop Sm Co 1} 16 25 24 Electric Telegraph 1.7 18 17i 1 1 4 11ectric Teleg. of Tr. 5 all Gen. Iron Se Collier 15 14 (len. Steam Navigat. 1C all General Screw Steam 20 10 Irish Beetroot Sup. 20 10 Magdalena St. Navig 10 all Mediteran. Elec. Tel. 8 10 10 9 Mexican&S.Amerien 51 61 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fue' 10 5 Netherlands Land.... 11 1i 10 all Do. Do. 5 1 Do. 8p c P iss at 1d 1 dis— par 2 1 N. S. W. Coal & Inter. Steam Navigat. Co. 100 80 New B. & N.S. Land 1 all N. B. Australasian — ii 20 15 firth. of EuropeStJara 1 all Oriental Gas if • 1 2s. Do. " New Shares " L all Peel Rr. Ld. & Minf:. 2 • 21 50 all Peninsular& Orienta 68 ~*0 10 Do. New — ...p 2 all Portland Iron Co 1.00 60 !loyal Mail Steam •—• ••. I all Scot. Austral. Invest. 1f 1$ 1 Ditto New — IP 25 ail South AustrA 7,an a 4 36 1 all Submar. Tel. Scrip,.. 1 all Do, ite.:,.istered. — 120 5 Trust St L. Oo.IJ. Can. 100 281, Vaal Dionien!sLand 13 15. FOSTER V. C-IiNTLEY-JUDGMENT. The Lord Chancellor also gave judgment in this case, varying the decree of the Vice-Chancellor. QUEEN'S BENCH. (Sittings in Banco, before Lord Campbell, Justices Coleri age, Wightman, and Erie.) CROFT V. LIMILRY-JUDGSIRNT. Lord Campbell said this was a case brought before the Court on an action of ejectment to recover posses sion of the house and premises known as the Opera house, on a forfeiture of the lease by reason of a breach of covenant, and the questions for consideration were— first, whether under the circumstances the lease had been forfeited ? and, secondly, if forfeiture, had there been a waver of the forfeiture ? The Court held that the defendant had broken the lease by mortgaging the theatre under warrants of attorney, but not by keep ing the theatre closed for a season. And the Court also considered there bad been a waver of the for feiture of the lease by the acceptance of rent subse quently. The agent of the plaintiff did not receive the amount paid by the defendant as rent, but accepted it as compensation, reserving the right of re-entering oa the premises under the breach of the lease ; but it was a maxim of law that money paid must be applied to the purposes stated by the person paying, and not inithe way the receiver might think fit. The Court saw no reason why that rule should ❑ot be applied to the trans action in question, and the money paid by the defen dant be placed, as he requested, towards the arrears of rent. The receiving of the money was a waver of the forfeiture of the lease, and the Court gave judgment for the defendant. CRIMINAL COURT.—(This Day.) The November session of the Central Criminal Court was opened this morning by the Rigkt Hon. David Salo mons, Lord Mayor, the Right Hon. the Ree , ,rder, Aldermen Hunter, Sir R. W. Carden, and Eagleton, Mr. Sheriff Kennedy, Mr. Sheriff Rose, Mr. Under- Sheriff Stone, and Mr, Tinder-Sheriff Rose, &c,, The first edition of the calendar contains the names of 97 prisoners. The Recorder in his charge to the grand jury congra tulated them upon the fact that the calendar was not greater than usual in number, and that the charges contained in it were not of so serious a character as they were at some of the other eessions Qf the court. Their duties, therefore, would net be of vary long duration ; and he reminded them that nearly the whole of the cases that would be brought before them had previously been investigated by magistrates of great experience and legal knowledge, and it would therefore be unnecessary for them to go into a minute inquiry or investigation of the evidence; but if a prima facie case were made out I against the parties accused, it would be quite sufficient to justify them in fi n d ing true bills. He said there were very few cases to which he con.-idered it necessary to direct their attention as involving any difficulties in point of law. One of these was a charge of manslaughter against two boatmen, which was of a very peculiar character. It sppeared that the cries of a woman were heard by the police under a tunnel upon the Regent's canal. It was quite dark, and they had no means of seeing what occurred; but it appeared that the persons accused, who were in a boat upon the canal, were asked to assist, and they lashed the body of the woman to the stern of the boat and towed her through the tunnel, and when she was taken out she was found to be dead. The surgeon seemed to be of opinion that at the time the rope was attached to the body life was not extinct ; and, if this were tte case, and the prisoners by their reckless and ignorant conduct had accelerated the death, they would then ba amenable to the charge made against them. Tic grand jury, however, must be satisfied that the woman was alive at the time the rope was attached to her before they could find the bill, and ho could not he!p expressing his opinion that the evidence upon this point was very slight. His lordship said the only reinainilg case to which he con sidered it necessary to allude as one also of a peculiar character, in which a clergyman, Dr. Vaughan, a gen tleman of high standing and E osition, and who he be lieved was the vicar of :parish in the neighbourhood of the metropolis, was charged with having made a false entry in the register of that pirish. The offence was enacted felony by an Act of P a rliament of the Ist Wil liam IV. cap. 66, and which directed that certain punishments should be inflicted upon conviction. Tile circumstances did not wear to be very clearly stated in the depositions, but from what he was able to collect, it appeared that in this() instances where per sons had died without the district over which this rev. gentleman had control application had been made to him to allow the burials to take place in the burial ground of his parish. -He was not bound to consent to such an application, but it appeared that he did so upon condi tion that double fees were paid. The offence imputed to him, under these circumstances, vas that in all these cases he had caused false entries of the residence of the parties to be inserted in the parish register, thereby . making it to appear that the death took place within the district and not without it. It was difficult to imagine a motive for such a proceeding, or that a gentleman in the position of Dr. Vaughan should have been actuated by a desire to retain the paltry additional amount to which he would be entitled, but the act of Parlament did not require any proof of motive or of object, and if the facts were proved it would be their duty to return a true bill, and if there were any answer to the charge that could only be inquired into by the petty jury. The grand jury then retired. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.) MARYLEBONE. ALLEGED PARENTAL INRIIMANITY.--A man and his wife of the name of Mann, living at No. 2, Little Brook street, Hampstead-road, were brought before Mr. Broughton on a charge preferred by M r . Bi rchmore, relieving officer of the parish of St. Pancras, of cruelly neglecting their child, Wm. Mans, aged 9 years. Mr. Birchmore having stated that he had brought the case forward in consequence of the child having been taken to the workhouse in a deplorable condition, and of the complaint of the inhabitants, produced witnesses in support of his statement. A female named Lloyd, residing in the same house, said that on Saturday morning she went into the back saw a tub, which is th e d og -kennel, in yard, where she motion. She went to it, when she saw the prisoner's son crouched up lying by the side of th e d og, wh i ch is as big as the poor boy. He was shivering, when she put a covering on him. On Sunday morning, a little after 12 o'clock, she again saw him there, when she gave him a piece of bread and cheese. On the same (Sunday) morning, about 8 o'clock, he was still there, when she gave him a cup of coffee. She further stated that the child was often provided with food by several of the neighbours. Mr. Birchmore said that he could bring forward other witnesses. _ The father said that his son was a very incorrigible youth, would not go to school and was a thief, and Mrs. M ann , who was his second wife, made a similar state ment. _ S 328, who took the prismer into custody, stated that when he apprehended the male prisoner he was hissed by the neighbours. Mr. Birchmore said that he felt it his duty to bring the case before the magistrate, as it bad excited a great sensation in the neighbourhood, and that he should di rect one of his officers to visit the home frequently. Mr. Broughton observed that there was not a case sufficiently strong to sustain an indictment, when the prisoners wore admonished and discharged. For the time of year, the imports of foreign stock into London last week were tolerably good, the total supply amounting to 5,032 head. In the corresponding week in 1851 wo received 5,148 ; in 1853, 9,018 ; in 1852, 5,135; in 1851, 7,095 ; in 1850, 3,903 ; in 1849, 5,743 ; and in 1848, 2,321 head. IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST VMS. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs From RN - Ista. Tonningen 261 -- 2 : Medemblik 63 ... 1,643 Nieu Diep 76 ... 120 Bremen , 205 itotterdam 129 Hamburgh „ 80 Antwerp - Dordt lB , . - - ... - ... - 639 ... - ... 212 - ... 81 ... - Calais — Harlingen Brake l2t) 23 ... 18 T0ta1....1,164 3,521 ... 329 ... 18 The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as follows : Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. 1854 1,325 3,513 ... 300 2 1853 1,859 6,413 ... 519 157 1852 1,063 4,604 421 42 1851 1,149 „, 5,493 358 96 1850 856 2,496 407 133 1549 907 ... 4,525 ... 235 ... 76 The arrivals of stock from Ireland last week, direct by sea, wore 43 beasts and 125 pigs. Our letters from Holland state that the demand for stock on French account has become less active. Prices, however, rule very high. The show of Irish stock this morning was composed of 400 beasts ant 1,403 sheep, ull in good condition. With foreign stock we were but moderately supplied. Fresh up from our own grazing districts the at rivals of beasts were limited, but in somewhat improved condition, All breeds sold briskly, at an adTance in the quotations realised on Monday last of fully 2d per Sibs., and a clear ance was effected. The priinest Scots sold at 5s 2d per 81bs. From Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, and Northampton shire we received 1,500 short horns; from other parts of England 400 of various breeds; and from Scotland 80 Scots, chiefly polled. There was a very limited supply of sheep in tho market, and at least a moiety of it was in poor condition. The mutton trade was active, at an improvement in value of 2d per 81bs. The best Downs were worth quite 5s 2d per Sibs. Although the supply of calves was limited the veal trade ruled heavy, at Friday's decline in value of from 6d to 81 per 81bs. The highest quotation was 4s 8d per Blbs. There was a moderate demand for pigs, and prices wore well supported. Per Sibs to sink the offal& s. d. s. d. Inferior Beasta....3 Bto 3 10 second quality.... 4 0 4 4 Prime largo oxen 4 6 4 10 Primo Scots, drc. 5 0 5 2 Inferior Sheep ...3 6 3 8 3econd quality ...3 10 4 4, ?rime erse.-wlled.4 6 4 TOTAL SUPPLY. 5. d. 8 d. ;PrimeSonthdown 4 10 - 5 2 [Large ors°. calves 3 6 4 0 Prime small do 4 P. 4 8 Large hogs Sluall porkers Suckling calves 24 0 30 0 I Quarter old pigs 22 0 28 0 1 FOASICiII SUPPLY. .3eaats .................. 4,614 j 8ea5t5•......• ........ • . 1,332 iheep .•..•..—.. .. .. .. ..21,920 Sheep .. •••••... • . .. .. .. 3,200 valves ..........•• .• •i ... 193 Calves...• .. •...........•. 161 A. statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of fat stock exhibited and sold in Smithfield Cattle Market, on Monday, Nov. 27, 1851, and in the Metropolitan Market this day, Monday, Nov. 25, 1855. Per Sibs, to sink the ofrals. Nov. S 7, 1854 INov. 26,'55. , s. d. s. d. I,s. d. s. d Coarse and inferior beasts 3 Bto 3 10;3 Bto 3 10 3acoud quality ditto 4 0 4 44 0 4 4 Prime lar g e oxen ... ............4 6 4 1011 6 410 Prime Sco ts, ite 5 0 5 2i5 0 5 2 Coarse and i n f er i or sheep ... 3 8 3 1013 6 3 8 siecond quality ditto 4 0 4 23 10 4 4 Prime coarse woolled ditto ... 4 4 4 814 6 4 8 Prime Southdown ditto .. 410 5 04 10 5 2 Lambs „ 0 0 0 o'o 0 0 0 , Large coarse calves 4 2 5 0 13 6 4 0 Prime small ditt o ... 5 2 5 6 1 4 2 4 8 Large hogs „, „. 3 4 4 6 1 1 3 1$ 4 4 .„ neat small porkers • ~ 4 8 5 0 4 6 5 0 Beasts_ ,„ 4,614 Sheep ~„ ,„ 27,210 21,920 Calves... „, ,„ „, 152 199 Pigs ... „, 310 Surrmss SAL; Nov. 28, 1853.—Beasts, 4,343; sheet, 25,350; calves, 272; pigs, 210. November 29 , 1 852.—8ea5t5, 5,273; sheep, 25,539; calves, 233 ; pigs, 260. NEWGATE AND LEADENTIALL. Large supplies of country-killed meat have arrived up to these markets since Monday last. To-day the show of meat slaughtered in the metropolis is but moderate. Ge nerally speaking the trade is inactive at our quotations. Per Blbs by the carcase. s. d. s. d. Beef, interior 3 2 3 6 Do., middling 3 8 310 I Do. prime large 4 0 4 2 De., do. small 4 4 4 6 } Fork, largo 310 4 4 Mutton, Inferior 3 2 3 6 Do., middling 3 8 4 0 Do., prime 4 2 4 6 Veal 3 6 4 8 Pork, small 4 6 5 4 • BOROUGH HOP. The high duty has had the effect of producing consider able heaviness in our market. The business doing in all kinds of hops is limited, yet we have very little change to notice in prices. The imports last week were 61 bales from Rotterdam and 161 from Hamburg. Mid and East Kent pockets, 80s to 1208 par cwt ; Weald of Kent, 70s to 955; Sussex, 65s to 90s. BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. Large supplies of potatoes arrived up to these markets last week, coastwise and by railway. Those from Scotland were in very inferior condition. The imports from abroad were trifling, viz., 38 packages from Rotterdam, 6 bags from Guernsey, 2 hampers from Amsterdam, together with 3 bags from Ireland. W. have a slow trade, as follows : York Regents, 10.1 s to 110 s; Scotch do., 90s to 1008 ; inferior kinds, 65s to 70s ; Lincolns, 80s to 90s ; Essex and Blues, 80s to 98s; Shaws, 75s to 95s per ton. Household Words Almanac. Everything Charles Dickens has adventured upon in connection with his popular weekly print of Household Words has succeeded, up to this time, to admiration. As a periodical, Household Words itself has acquired, and, let us add, most deservedly acquired, a very high reputation. Insomuch that its circulation from the outset has been what the Dominie in " Guy Mannering" would have defined as Pro-digious ! Nearly twelve volumes are already ranged in goodly order upon the bookshelves of many a household not possessing anything at all entitled to the dignity of being defined as a library : and yet collecting together in numbers from week to week, in parts from month to month, in volumes from half-year tohalf-year a workrepletefor the most part in a remarkable degree with valuable instruc tion and delightful entertainment. Then, again, the earliest offshoot of the original publication, the Household Narrative of current events, is pretty generally recognised by this time, we conjecture, as about the most succinct, and well-digested, and scrupulously authenticated epitome of passing occurrences offered as yet to the public at large as the periodical accumulation of the materials of con temporary history. Christmas after Christmas, too, have we not had, i n th e f orm of an ample threepenny supplement, such a batch of seasonable stories fsr the winter fireside as sounded no less pleasantly in the ears of young and old than the crackling of a yule log, or the bubbling of a was sail-bowl, or the sputtering of roastin g cliesnuts, or the wild sough of the night wind thing the sleet against the window-panes owtside and rum bling with a reminder of in-door comfort down the throttle of the broad old chimney. Finally, w e have before us, in connection with Household Words, another perfectly novel enterprise in its way—a sort of model Almanac for the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six, being "Leap Year," as all the young ladies in the land should take particular attention to remember ! House hold Words Almanac it is called—though it might for that matter have been designated with perfect accuracy the very Almanac of Almanacs. Four pence is the price of it. Twenty-seven pages com prise the whole store of its motley and manifold information. Its motto is reverently—"O ye nights and days, bless ye the Lord : Praise him and magnify him for ever !" It has a calendar as a matter of course for each month in due sequence— but a calendar relating to nature instead of to society. A calendar that tells off like beads upon a rosary the memorable and noteworthy events of bo tany and ornithology—reminding us of the day, for instance, when the leaves of the Goat's Leaf Honey suckle first opens, or that again upon which the song of the missel thrush becomes first audible. Besides which there are estimable notes prefixed to each quarter. Hear how these are written, for example, in illustration of the winter, and not only of the winter, but of the solar system, and not only of that, but of the stupendous and compli cated mechanism of the heavens. Firstly, there fore, baving remarked that " the length of day is determined by both movements of the earth," and that " out of - the varying proportion between day and night arise the seasons"--the Almanac ob serves :--- "The earth runs, in three hundred and sixty-five days and about a quarter, through a circle, in the centre of which stands the sun, and while so doing it turns round upon itself once in every twenty-four hours— every day. These are its two movements. The three hundred and sixty-five days and about a quarter make of course the year, but the quarters of days are not counted until they make one complete. Thus, with ex ceptions afterwards to be explained, a day comes to be added (in February) to every fourth year, which is called a Leap Year. This year 1856 is a Leap Year." Adding immediately afterwards : "The Moon is the earth's partner in the waltz about the sun, and whirls between 12 and 13 times in a circle round us—making so many lunar months—while the great circuit of the earth through its whole orbit is being made. Twenty-nine days, twelve hours, and forty-four minutes is the true period of every such revolution. The division of the year into months is of the Moon's suggesting, but an artificial means of dividing it into twelve months of unequal length has been found most convenient. A rude division of the lunar month into four quarters gave, probably, to most nations, the week of seven days. Sometimes in the course of the waltz, the moon happens to come more or less between some part of her partner and the central light. There is then, for that of the earth, a partial eclipse of the sun. Some times the earth gets between sun and moon, throwing upon the moon her shadow more or less. There is then a total or a partial eclipse of the moon. In this year 1E56 only one eclipse is visible in England, and that a partial but considerable eclipse of the moon, MhiCh will happen on the 13th of October. Remarking in conclusion : " The earth on which we live is one of a small num ber of stars, the rest of which we know by sight as planets, which at different distances and rates travel as we do in a circle round the sun. The San is a solid body, distant from the earth ninety-five millions of wiles, and is to in size as a globe two feet thick is to a pea. The sunlight proceeds from an atmosphere which hides the substance of tho sun itatlf, though waves in it pro duce breaks that are seen as shifting spots, sometimes in fact forty-five thousand miles across and varying a thou sand miles a day. The sun is a fixed star routing o❑ it siir. Of the side of the moon which is turned always to wards us, how much we see depends upon tla3 part of it that lies at any time in sunshine. Its sunlight is one moT,nlight. It contains lofty volcanoes, but no air or aater. Except the few planets of our system all the stars we see are suns ; with unseen planets like our own, no doubt enlightened by them. And the suns, also, lie in groups. Of such groups we see almost infinitely dis tant as faint cloudlets of light. But in our own firma ment the stars visible to us all are only those of our own cloudlet. This cloudlet is proportioned like a dish, and we are stationed in about the middle of its thickness. When, therefore, we look through it edgewise it seems to us like a band cr3wded with stars, and . it is called by us the milky way. Of these stars many are so distant that the light, which travels from them at the rate of 11,526,004 miles a minute, takes three or four years to reach us." In addition to which departments of the alma. nac, astronomical and otherwise, there are others of a more miscellaneous character not yet particu larised. There is a very useful one under the head of " Serviceable Information," giving hints in re gard to " The Care of Health," in reference to " The Choice of Food," in allusion to " Sleep," in the matter of "Exercise," together with sug gestions as to " The Rearing of Children," as to " Unhealthiness in Trades," as to " Sick-room Duties," as to "Air, Water, and Light," as to Do mestic Medicine," and "Domestic Surgery"—in fact "wrinkles" de omnibus rebus, including a list, ines timable in its way, of " Counterpoisons." There is another division of the Almanac, entitled " Chronicle of Progress"—wonderfully suggestive of its kind—supplemented by a series of curious anecdotes, headed " A Hindred Years Ago." Finally, there are, to crown all, tables, postal and monetary, upon the subject of income or wages, explanatory of the duration of daylight, of the value of foreign coins as compared with the English metallic money now in circulation, et cetera, et cetera ! The whole is an astonishing re pertory of facts and figures that would have been dear to the heart of Thomas Gradgrind. The Almanac will be acceptable, however, to others of a very different genus, to those numerous readers of Household Words, who may be pre sumed to love not merely these worldly stores of facts and figures, but with them and through them the glory of the awful universe. One _Hundred _Hymns : For Ragged Schools. Se lected by a Superintendent. Second Edition. W. H. Miller. Beyond all doubt the very best selection of cc Hymns" as yet brought (to our knowledge).eeaeing with in reach of the numerous and happily increasing class of our Ragged School Teachers b . en either the generality of Hymn Books Hitherto too childish, too expensive, or too have before us is a voluminous. To all this the little pocket volume It is, all most welcome and decided exception.cheap as cheap can be— things considered, as "twelvec-- shillings" a bun twopence each copy, or . admirably well com pacted It is, besides this, as by a grain or two half pacted as scarcely to . extend an ounce in weight, its d im inutive size ad m itti ng exactly nevertheless of tire, a c entenary of hymns, afford ing consequently, ampl e c h oice en ough oven, to we may theconjecture, m ost fastidious. Add e d to which the contents arein every way so ingeni ous l y adapted to the Ragged - s o hools as they are, th at every verse i n the kook may be sung with equ a l fi tness b y litt l e c hildren of five and sir, and by elder boys and g i r ls of fifteen or sixteen. W e are not aware d n— Vlre being any other work precisely of th i s c h ara cter. It seems to us altogether without any competitor. We are n o t at all surprised, there fore, to findit already in a second edition—and shall be right !glad to witness its advance very rapidly to the honours of a twenty-second edition. For the little volume appears to us to be altogether so good, so cheap, so wisely adapted to its modest but lofty purpose, and BO eminently ealeul a t e d to sow germs of b eauty an d truth in the minds of our poor, ragged, ignorant childre n - from-the -streets, that we cannot but re joice at least over the mere thought of its multi plications before long by th o u s and s an d thousands. A hundred hy mns se l ec t e d f rom sacred -song writers writers as f amous an d as popu l ar as Watts, Wesley, an d T a yl or , an d C owper , mightol children hailed as a prize for o u r ragged school expenditurec ho well be worth winning for them by the of considerably more than a few halfpence. Yet at such a merely m no inal cost may this charming little hymnbook be placed in the . hands of many and many a poor WOOL. The public sales have been concluded, and their result has been by no means satisfactory to the importers. The private contract market is heavy, and prices are barely supported. English wools, however, are held with more firmness. Last week's imports were 235 bales from Gibral tar, 541 from Algoa Bay, and 81 from Hamburgh. The following are the current rates of English wool Down top, is id to is 3d ; half-bred hoggets, is id to is 2d ; do. wailers, is Od to is id ; Kent, fleeces, is id to is lid; combing skin, 10d to is id ; Down owes, is id to is 1CI; Leicester fleeces, lid to is 00; flannel wool, is Od to is 2d ; blanket wool, 9d to is Od per lb. SEEDS. Canary is in good request, foil is producing lather mo active inquiry for linseed and tions. Cakes are steady and Turnip,White, per bush. 223 to 25s Swede . • • —s —s Custard, 8r0wn...... 12s 20s White, new • • .... Ss 11a Tares,Winter, new.... 7s Od 7s 6d Canary, per quarter .. 588 63s Rye grass • • • • • • • . 248 30s Cloyer,RedEng. (cwt.) —s White _ s Foreign Red...... —s White.... —s —s Trefoil, new.. •• 40s 463 , at very full prices, and tre ore money. There is still an rapeseed, at extreme quota quite as dear as last week. Carraway (new) 424 44s Coriander • . ........ 263 305 flempseed, per quarter Ms 60s Linseed, Eng. Sowing.. —s s Crushing 738 79s Baltic .. •• .. •• ~ Odessa .......... -0 Linseed Cake, pr. ton— p Rapeseed,. a p F E 1 I n a; e p pw e r . i t t o . p o nr n • r 7 4 3. 1:1 1991°9 s o s 0 1 1 4 4 ' B ' l9 l l 0:1 TALLOW. As the imports have considerably increased, our market has ruled heavy, and prices have been drooping. To-day P.Y.C. on the spot is quoted at 70s per cwt. Town tallow, 69s nett cash, with a limited supply on sale. Rough fat, 4s per Blbs, 1854. = s 6d to —s Od 70,6:8 52,477 33.928 33,271 1,854 37s Od to 47s Od 66s —s OdOd to 6 66 Gs Od to '7os o d —s Od to —s Od 3,121 8,767 2,087 2,141 2,912 51,080 49,458 54,028 39,900 67,604 2,900 12,413 2,410 6,400 5,259 83,164 59,307 65,241 37,171 39,743 39s 61 493 3d 583 0.1 683 64. 714 64 1851. 1852. 1853. 1855. Stock this day .... Price of T. C .• •• 1 3 II Delivery last week • • Ditto from June 1.... Arrivals last week.. Ditto from Junel.. •• Price of Town ..... all all 10 100 12' St 25 0 10 St. St. 20 50 fill 100 10 6 I()0 100 10:i 100 100 1.00 st. St. St. st. 20 12:A 25 20 t.ocl x d 55 6i PTY. tin 1031 12i d 95 31 LITERATURE. child throughout the land—a talisman of good may be against the evils of a l ong a f ter lif e o f su faring and temptation. ".A thing of beauty is joy for ever !" And so t o t h ese poor Ragg School children may be the influence exercis, long afterwards by the memory of these simr and persuasive poems of adoration, Hymns humility and submission, selected with so xnu taste and adapted with so much skill by the kind band, guided by the gentle heart, of this earns and anonymous Superintendent. THE BIRMINGHAM GAOL CRUELTIE COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH—Nov. 24. Lieutenant William Henry Austin, late governor the Birmingha m Borough Gaol, appeared to recei sentence for cruelties inflicted by him on one of the pl soners in the gaol during the time he was governor that prison. It will be remembered that the defendant was tri in August last at Warwick, before Mr. Justice Co' ridge, and found guilty of the oruelties alleged again him, which wore that in March, 1854, a boy nem( Andrews, having been committed for felony, on tl 30th March, he was placed to hard labour at tl crank, performing 10,000 revolutions per diem. 0 31st, being unable to do his work, h e w; placed on bread and water, and repeatedly punishe afterwards. On the lath April, the punishment jack( (an ordinary straight waistcoat, with straps and a leath( collar) was put on Andrews, and in that state he we. strapped to the wall, in which position he was found by or of the warders crying. Cold water was thrown ovt him, on account, as it was alleged, that he was shan, ming fainting. On 20th April, Andrews was deprive of his bed until 10 o'clock at night, and on the 27th the same month he had to perform 12,000 revolutions the crank. At 10 o'clock at night on that day b was found dead in his coil, having hung himself by hi. handkerchief and a strap to a bar of a cell windov( There were other charges relative to the defendant' not keeping proper entries, &c., in the prison boolo, with reference to the prison punishment, &c. The Attorney-General, Mr. Mellor, Q.C., Mr. Math stone, and Mr. Field appeared for the prosecution ; Si F. Thesiger and Mr. Kettle for the defendant. The learned Judge who tried the case having rent? over the notes of the evidence taken by him on the trial . , Affidavits were put in by the defendant, and read in mitigation of punishment, in one of which it was stated that the deponent believed it was not the intention o Andrews to have destroyed himself, but merely to hay& made the attempt to escape punishment ler an afenca he had committed against the prison discipline. Lord Campbell aQked why sentence wa3 not passed on the defendant at the time of conviction? He was of opi- nion that punishment should be awarded at all times when a conviction took place, and in the presence of the public who heard the trials, Mr. Justice Coleridge said the sentence was postponed on the application of the prosecution. Lord Campbell said that was an ample excuse. Sir F. Thesiger then addressed their lordships in miti gation of punishment, enforcing on their consideration the habits of the defendant, from his profession being that of strictly ccmplying with the orders and instructions of his Quperiors, and in doing what he had done he was not actuated by any feeling of cruelty towards the pri soners. The Attorney-General, in a forcible and eloquent ad dress, called upon his lordship to mark the sense of the defendant's conduct, which had been that of tyranny over those outcasts of society over whom he had con trol, and whom it was the duty of the law to protect. Mr. Justice Coleridge, in a lengthened address to the defendant, pointing out the enormity of his offence, sentenced him to three months' imprisonment in the Queen's Prison, in the first-class misdemeanants. THE IMPOSTOR ALICE GRAY. Of all the extraordinary revelations which have been made known in connection with this woman, the following, which has just come to light, is perhaps the most startling. An account was published in The Sun of November 1, 1854, of a "shocking outrage" which was committed upon a woman in the neighbourhood of Exeter on the night of the 29th of October. The cir cumstances, as then related, were these :—Very early on the morning of the 30th of October some fishermen, when off the coast near Rowderham Castle, the seat of the Earl of Devon, heard piteous cries on shore. Os putting in their boat they found a woman in a state of nudity with the exception of a shift. They immediately took her to the house of Lord Devon's boatman, and the policeman of the district having been sent for she gave an account of how she came in the condition in which she Was found. She alleged that her husband was a sol dier in one of the regiments in the Crimea, and that she had come to Exeter on her way to her friends in the south of Devon, where she expected to be shortly confined. She remained in that city a little time with one of her rela tives, and not having sufficient money to take her the whole distance by railway she determined on walking the first eight miles to Starcross. It was while on this road that ahe clalcl that she was overtaken by two or three men, who used her violently, and who, having takes away the small sum of money sh e h a d a b out her, undressed her and left her naked o n th e b eac h , s h e being at that time preg nant. Her story excited great interest, and much sympa thy was manifested. The constable, however, was deter mined to ascertain the truth of her statement, and visited Exeter, but could find no such persons as those whom she had represented as her relatives. Efforts were, however, made to secure the men whom she had accused, and policemen were sent into various towns after them, but they did not succeed. The woman then took her departure, and nothing more was heard of her till the examination of Alice Gray at Wolverhampton, when the police officer of the Kenton district, near Exeter, wrote and obtained a daguerreotype likeness of that notorious character. It was then ascertained beyond all doubt that she was the same woman who was found naked on the beach. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This Day.) Um*Dort, Nov. 26.—Wind this day at noon, N.N.E. ; light, fine weather. HARTLEPOOL, Nov.23.—The brig Alexander, of Whitby, and the schooner Glory, of Stockton, got in contact in going out and have put back, the latter stove amidships, and the former with loss of bowsprit, foremast, and maiutopmast, and considerable damage to hull. Nov. - 25.—The Edgar, from Rochester, for Shields, grounded on the bar, and with other damage from contact with the Langothland, from Sunderland, for Southampton, which also put iu here with loss of bow- sprit, and leaky. (PAR ELECTRIC/ TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Monday Morning. Arrived.—Argyll (s.), from Carentan ; Taurus, TwY. ford, and Poultons, Sunderland ; Don Arbutus, a nd Su sannah, Newport; S ou th-W es t ern ( s. ) an d Alliance (a.), Havre ; Royal Eagle, Swansea; Hannah Booth and Quee n of the West, C ar dif ; Hopewell, Swanage ; Hector Voss, Christiania. Sailed—City of Limerick (s.), for London; Atalanta (a.), Havre; La Poule, Cheriaourg. LIVERPOOL, Monday Morning. Wind N.E. Off—Capitol, from Baltimore. QUEENSTOWN, Nov. 24. Wind N.N.E. Arrived Angelika and Georgius, from Galatz ; Dora, Mogador ; Sea Queen, Alexandria ; Ariel and Trident, Flushing; Phoenix, Seville; Paquebot Victoria, Lisbon. Sailed—Leda, for Balaklava ; Acadian, Savannah. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Monday, 9.36 a.m. Wind N. 8.; tide, 1 hours' flood ; weather fine. A r rived, Nov. 2.—Susan Ann, fro m Bilb oa ; Peggy, J er sey ; y, Danzq. Sailed—Devonshire, for New York. DEIL, Monday, 9.32 a.m. Wind E., moderate. -.A. small vessel was observed at daylight this morning on the north past of the Goodwin Sands. The life-boat, with the harbour steam-tug from Ramsgate and a lugger, are gone out to h er ass i stance. The tug, with th e li fe-boat in tow is now proceeding e towards Ramsgate with colours flying, as a signal the crew 1 that crew of th e vessel is saved. Any furt h er partscu ass un known here. TIIE SUPERANNUATION PETITION TO PARLIAMENT. — Five thousand seven hundred and thirty-seven civil ser vants of the Crown have already signed this petition.— Cl'euil Service (gazette. THE GREAT EASTERN STEAMER.—Captain William Harrison, of the Royal mail ocean steam-ship A s f t r e , r c n ': has been appointed to the command of the Great EA essrs. recently launched from the building-yard f Scott Russell and Co. The Great Eastern isarrison is vessel afloat ; and the selection of Capta in l a iell be has so complimentary alike to the company w rt of Liverpool, long and faithfully served, and to the figs which can furnish men capable of has B the largest sitions in our mercantile merineo-r : 3 : t t ll h s eeblehfei g na h n e i n s e t xt p pi ? ea - . f upwards of 16 years, service of the Cunard CompaeY roved during which period he i s P ire started on his last rienced and skilful navigator.lb the British and North Alone voyage in connection :Srnatubredwayili in command of the on assume the command America, and on . rican Mail service eis LEICESTER E ARL . or. AND TUB LABOURING THE of his new The Earl of Leicester recently delivered an CLASSES.-- excellent a a d nd dre m ss ag o n n lfic t e h n e t sphoipsition and habits of the labouring classes to the members of the Dorking Agri cultural Associatio n . His Lordship' s o b serva tions ex cited a good deal of attention th roug h out t h e di s t r i c t, and he has now followed them up by taking steps for the establishment of a library, reading-room, &c., in the parish of llolkham, where workmen are to be supplied every evening 'with tea, coffee, pipes, &c., and the news papers and periodicals of the day. In the spring a build ing is to be erected in the village expressly for their ea* commodation ; in the meantime the schoolroom is to _ be suitably fi tte d up. To ren d er t h e esta bli s hment I° i some extent s e lf- sup porting every person a dmitted eek r ts privileges will be required to Pay a Pe nn ibe borne the great b u lk o f th e necessary expenditur y p ewi by the noble lord himself. :TS. For 20i 20i 100 20 1 r, 20 20 100 100 100 20 20 20 60 100 50 100 100 20 100 1i) 20 50 10 20 FOR 67 i ~~,.