The Sun. — London, England, 1855-12-10 00:00:00

I!FP!Pm, MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLocx. The Liverpool Cotton Market on Saturday closed with a hardening appearance, at extreme prices. The sales were 12,000 bales, of which about 8,000 were Atneric e ans, 1,000 of which were purchased for export; 200 Egyptian, at 61d. to 8!,c1.; 4,000 Surat, at 31d. to 4id.; and 30 Sea Islands, at 10d. to 12id. In the Railway Share Market an im provement took place in prices, but the transac tions were moderate. By the latest commercial intelligence from Aus tria we learn that the traffic on the Hungarian line of railway, from Pesth to the north, has con siderably increased in consequence of the transport of wheat, flour, rye, and other breadstuffs from that province into Northern Germany. So much is this the case that the managers have been obliged to refuse taking the ordinary kinds of merchandise until the traffic i❑ grain subsides. From the Danube the accounts state that most favourable progress has been made in deepening and clearing the bar at the Sulina mouth, and, in con sequence, the first portion of about 400 vessels, laden with grain, bad taken its departure, and passed over the bar in safety. Before the war the commercial relations between Prussia and Turkey were of a very advantageous character to the former State, but on the commence ment of hostilities it will bo remembered that both trading and financial transactions were nearly sus pended. According to information from Berlin we learn that recently the intercourse is being revived, and considerable activity has commenced in the export of Prussian manufactures to the Ottoman Porte. The Continental Bourses at the close of the week continued to maintain the general improve ment caused by the rumours of approaching peace negotiations. At Vienna the Share Market was ac ti ve, and scrip was sought after at advanced prices. A rise of took place in the 5 per cent. metallics, and in the 4i per Cents. Bank Shares rose 2 florins. Austrian Railway Scrip 1. florin, and National Loan Stock fell 1. Exchange on London stood at 10.48, and on Paris at 128, both slightly re duced. The Paris opened with firmness, at previous quotations, and advanced I per cent. in the Three per Cents for the account. In Railway Shares Eastern Old Scrip rose Bf., New ditto 2f., Mediterranean 5f., Midland 10f., and West of France 2f., while Orleans fell 7f 50e., and Lyons 2f. 50e. In other stocks no variation occurred. The advices received from New York by the steamer Pacific, mention that the market for public securities had become very heavy. The specie movement was attracting considerable attention, for although the exportation to England had again been suspended the amount held by the city banks had not much increased. In the last return, how ever, there was an augmentation of 412,322 dollars in this department, but the loans and discounts were also larger by 282,488 dollars. During the week ending Nov. 23 the imports exceeded the exports by 326,206 dollars. In the breadstuffs markets there was also less animation, and a smaller quantity had been forwarded to Europe. The wheat trade is very dull and prices are fully 2s. to 3s. per quarter lower. There appears to be a disinclination on the part of the operators at the Stock Exchange to enter largely into fresh transactions at present, as much uncertainty prevails with respect to the probable result of the negociations for peace which are re ported to be in progress. The condition of the money market is also watched with anxiety, and it is not considered unlikely that a pressure may be again experienced when the forthcoming loan in stalments are due. Consols opened at 89k to 80k, but have become flatter since—viz., 891 f for ac count. For special transfer the quotation is 89k. Bank Stock is steady at 210. The New Three per Cents. have ranged from 89i to 89i, and the Reduced are 891 to 891. Exchequer Bills are marked 6s. discount, and India Bonds are also 6s. discount. For most of the Foreign Securities rather lower prices are current, and the transactions have been limited. Turkish 6 per Cents. have ruled at 84 to and 84g to 84k. The Now Scrip is flatter, being 3to 21 discount. Spanish 3 per Cents. are 39a 4, and the New Deferred 201. Dutch Bonds are firm at 64. Russian Bonds are at full rates, the 5 per Cents. being 99, and the 4 3 / 4 per Cents. 90. The Committee of Spanish American Bond holders have received advices from their commis sioner, Mr. Giro, in Buenos Ayres, to the Ist of November, in which he informs them that the Financial Minister of that State had included, in the estimate of expenditure presented by him to the Congress, a vote for increasing the remittance now made to the agents in London, on account of the dividends, from 5,000 hard dollars per month to 10,000 hard dollars per month, and that the said vote had passed the House of Representatives and the Senate. Railway Shares aro generally weaker, but in some instances, including the Great Western, South-Western, Midland, and North-Eastern and Berwick, Saturday's values have been realised. Paris and Lyons and Sambre and Meuse are with out any particular alteration. Great - Western of Canada also ruled firm. Mining and Banking Securities are without any change of importance, but Van Diemen's Land Shares have further receded. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY.—CLOSING PRICES. From the 05cial Li3L. IttlOns3, dons Daek Stock 3 per Dent. Reduced Annuities......... 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities Shut 894 1 N,,,,, 3 per Cent. Annuities ...... .......... —89 g Long Annuities., expire sth Jan. 1860... 3i Ditto 30 Years, expire 10th Oct., 1859... 3 5.16 Ditto 3) Years, expire sth Jan , 1860 3 13-16 Ditto 30 Yeats, expire sth April, 1885... 16 5.16 India Stock Shut India Bonds, £lOOO Consols for Account .. 89a 9 8/ Eveliequer Bills, 24d. 1,1000 — • •• 6 d Small 5 1 it, Ditto Bonds, 1858, 3i per Cent 9B', PP PP 1859 PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Ditto Account Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent 57 Peruvian Bonds, 44 per Cent. Ditto 3 per Cent 534 Rtusian Bonds, 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St 99 Ditto 4i per Cent Ditto Small Sp'nish Bowls, 3 per Cent — Ditto Account Ditto Yee, Deferred, 3 per Cent. Ditto Account Ditto Passive Turki,,ti Bonds, 6 per cent B4A i Ditto for the Account B4l i 31 Ditto New Scrip, 4 per Cent. Ditto for the account Venezuela Bonds„ 4.1. per Cent 26i )I , , ,, ,iends on tne above navante in hoodoo Dutch Exchange, 24 per Cent., 12 Guil 64 i THREE O'CLOCK. Consols Ditto for Account Jan. 10 ASTLEY'S AItrIIITHEATRIL—A drama founded upon Dick Turpin and his ride to York has been brought out at this theatre under the title of Boa:wood, from which it may be inferred that the popular novel of Mr. Ains- worth has supplied the dramatis portion of the piece. The circumstances of the " ride" constitute the principal incidents, and these are put into action, not only with considerable ingenuity, but are diffused over an entire ac-„ during which the renowned Dick gallops ahead of his pursuers, faces perils innumerable, jumps over gateq, shoots the guard of the mail coach, replenishes the vigour of Black Bess by mouthfuls of brandy, and finally re ceives her death groan almost within the precincts of the sanctuary. All the details of this memorable hunt, so glorious in the annals of highwaymen, are, in fact, de- lineated ; and Mr. Cooke deserves no ordinary praise for the vraisemblance of the dramatic picture, and the ex citement which ho manages to keep up appropos to this single adventure. A Mr. James Holloway is the repre sentative of the gallant Dick, and he portrays the chival ric features of the character with unquestionable force, his lamentation over the body of the exhausted animal which has borne him in safety over so many incredible mike of country being something more genuinely pathe tic than we look for at a theatre where the horse takes lawful precedence of the actor. The drama, upon the whole, is a good one of its kind, and quite worthy of the fame of this theatre, where such pieces as these are of a more congenial order than the Alma and Sebastopol melodramas which have lately prevailed, from the deafen ing artillery of whiola it is pleasant to be relieved. 20 5 20 18 SHARE MARKETS. (THIS DAY.) RAILWAYS. iOlosinr Prices this day. 22i 31 311 7i - 8 16 - 15 13 - 14 9 - 8 79 81 55?; - b 6 il 7 12 5i - - 4] 6 1 11 - 12 27 a 8 --29 , 17 - 19 684 - 69, 506 - 51, 9* - 164 - 17! 77 - 79 6 - 87i 88, 71 - 73 120 22 103 105 50 504 60 55 70 75 6 7 6 7 77; 77; - 6 1 94 96 94 - 94.1 li 1,1 tk 86 8 7 7 74 - 8§ 6 6 64 d i 641 36 - 38 ••• ....." ~ 1} i'i : i'6 29 ... 30 68 - 69 8f 5 4n 11} 12 44i 454 92 —97 • . 8,1 • 22 - 24 tiio 102 72 ...a. 74 43 4 5 11 12 574 584 31 —31 i 5 2d pa) I - 86 ••• ...... • •• ...... • •• 4 - 6 Businau dor title day. BAILVATII. lbercleen Nrabg. Notts g. Bort mid East.. Junet Belfast & liaqyrnen, Wolverb • Stour Valley e Lama,. err Cheshire Juliet )o. £5O and £25 Cons . Do., £20... Riyth & Ty n: ori gina • £25 (issd. at £4' Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cann. and Cardigan Chester d; Holyhead Cork and Bandon.. Cork, Black, d; Pas Cornwall Do. A Do. B Chaff Junction.... Duulin&BelfastJnnc. Dun. P. 4 Ab rr. Jnc. Do. New East Anglian Eastern Counties East. Union, A. BO De B Stout.— IDo., New A. 100 [OO all DO East Kent East Lancashire Edinburgh& Glaago Edinb. and Peebles Edin. Prth DU)Td. Forth & Clyde Jon. Furness . I Do. Extension.. Glasgow &S. went. Great N. of Scotlnd. Great Northern Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock Gt. Bth. &West.are Great Western Do. Stour Val lia* Gina. Stk 'lrish South-Easten Lancaster & Carlis4 IDo., Thirds 2ii 100 i 47m Do. New Thirds Lo.neash. and York , Da. Wst. aiding Liy:Crsby.&South‘ t London & Blackw. ll Lona. Bright & S.Cst. Loud. and N. Wo. tn. Do, Fifths , Do:101. MAO.. ( 'Do. Eighths . London and& West, Do., £54. Do., £40.. Lndndrry& Col era i. Lndndrr:-. & Enn:al= Maneh.Sltef.& Li nei . Do. Shares, No. Man. Lin. 11), Metropolitan Midland )0, Birmng. &Dee Midid. G. Weet.(lre, Do. Half Shares .01 Newcastle & Carlisle 111 Nwpt.Aberg.&Flrfet 8!. Newry & Enniskillar ‘,ll Newry Warrenpnint and Rostrevor 0 Norfolk Nod] tn. Counties Tin North British North Devon, No. 1 Do., No. 2 A Deferred Do., Guarantoo N.Eastern—Berwie , Do. do. Extension ... I)o.do.G.N.E.nroli Do. Leeds Do. York North London N./(LS.Wstrn.,llami - stead, and City Ju North Staffordshir, North Western N. & S. West rn. June Nuneaton, Hinckl.7 knd Leicester Os, Wore., & Wolv I'orts:-.louth o .i;iah Central ... 3nottish Midland ... Aropshiro the on South Devon South Eastern South Wales 3. Vrksh. d< Riv. Dnr. no 'Raines, Wok. &Wok tookton at Darli•- ritor.kton & Hartlepl raff Vale Do. Prof., No. 1— Thames Hay. P.& R. Ulverstono & Lancs Vale of Neath Watcrfd. Kilkenny Watcrford&Limeriek West Cornwall %Vest End of London and Crystal Palace Do. A Do. B West London..., Wimblodn & Croydon FOR ntweroiir!tntt niaro Do. 5 p.e. Oblgs. con. in Sh. at par till '64 Ardennes tietglan Eaqtn. Jum rtesi era to Gra , asf ssa Rombay, , Baroda, an nnntral India.Scri Do. Demerara Dutch Rhenish. Eastern of France . Do. Now Rut Indian, g. 5 p. c Do. FAT:A:IIOm, Pb. do. do., '59, do.. (1(l. Tin of Caw] Do. St. Lawrence it, Atlantic do. Do. Cert. of Doben. con. into Stk. till no. Comp. 6p. c., do Gt. Cohtral of Fran Ot Indian Foninsnl , guar. 5 per cent... no. New 5 por cont. r.o, Extensions. . Great Luxembourt Constituted Sham Do. Obligations... - 1 Ot.Westernof Canad ghares Do. Now.. payable's 7, with option till '55 Do. do., '62, p.'56 Do. do., '76, p. '6O Dr, do., '73, without option Hamilton & Toronto Do. 6 por cent. Lake Oonst. & Basl' Morro and Turnhout Lyons and Gonova Lyons & Moditorran. 4adram Do. Now Maria Antonia Do. do. New INamur & Liege ( with interest) Do. (ox interest) Northern of France. D 0.2.0/. Shs Do. 207. 3 p. a Bdr (fnay.B. & Anni.Shs. NorwegianTrunkPre r Paris and Lyons Ditto Bonds ...... Paris and Orleans Paris and Ronan— iParisCaon & Cherhrg. Do Rome and Frascati Rouen and Havre Royal Danish Royal Swedish Do. Obligations li Sambre and Meuse Do. bi p. cont. Pref Scindo De Southern of France St. Andrew's and I Quebec (A) West Flanders Do 5 per c. Prof western of Franco Do ,Zonland IOINT. A nstralqaio. Bank of London ..... , tri. Col, bk.& lAD C itritisb N. American Chart& Bank of Asir, Chad. Bnk. of India, Australia, & China City ................ Coniniereial of Lond. I+lug.scot. & Ans. Cht. bond. Chart. Bk of Australia ............ . Ditto Now ............. Je9don and County.. Lnd.&E.Dnlcr,•. C orp. London Joint Stock. Loud. & Weetrolnstot National Pro.of Eng. D o , New Nations) of Ireland New South Wales.... Oriental Bank of Corporation Provincial of Ireland Do. 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Do. d Shares. Lon.& Groom" Do. Preference L0n.,111., & S. Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. Do. 6 per et. Manch. %tn. and Matlock Middlesbro' & Redoar. Midld.Bradfd Newmarket Bury Exton... N.& Est.s p.a. Do. 6 per et. Do. Fixeds p Prost. & yr ,, Do. Shrs. A Roystn. & Hit. Shef.Roth and Gooleg.s p. c. Shrews. &Her . S. Staffordsb. Wear Valleygr 6 per cent Do wilteSelomrst FREFE Aberdeen Do. N 0.2, 7 p. o. Blyth and Tyne 10 per c. prof. (issd. at 501) Britt & Ex. 4 p. e. St . Do. 4 p. o. Shares Caledonian £lO Chester & Holyhea , ' Guar. 5a per cent Do. do. Prof. No. 2 Do. do. Prof. No. 2 Cork dtßandonsip.c Dun.Prth dr A bor. J Do. 00 A... ad n oog. li cc a i n iss.. C Cß ls. 76 A pp S : h cc.. . Eastern Counties Ex RENCE MAR lib. tension, 6 p. c. No 'Do. No. 2 Do. Now 6 F. 0. St Fast Un. l G. 6 p. c. Do. 51., 10 Der cent . Do. 101. Debentr.Sh. Do. do. 4 per cent Nast Lancask. 6 p.ct , &W. York. J. sthp t 4 1 ,1 Prth.&Dun.4p.e, Furness [OO all [OO all .00 10 Glas. & S. W. G. 5 p. c. Groat Northn. 5 p. c Do, 5 p. a. Redeem. at 10 p. c. prom. Do. 44 p. c Do. 5 p. c. Scrip, Red at sp. c. Pm... . Gt.N. of Scot. Ist Pre (t. S. W. (Ireland) Do. 4per 0. Pref. Sc Gt. Wostn. (Rorke Haute Ex . 5 p. Do. con. red. 44 p.c. Do. con. red. 4 p. c. Do. irred. 4p. 0. Do. Birm, Pref. Sh Do. Chester 8 p. c.P.S. De. do. 5 p. o. do Do. Birm. (qua. Stk Ches. Qua. Sh Do. do. do D. do. do Lam. &York. F. £2l Do. 6 p. o. Stock Loa. &Brigh. G. 5 p.c. Do. Prof., 5 p. c. St. Do. New Guar.6 p. c. Do. do. 5 por cent Lon. &N. W., Coy. 6 Nuneaton 5 p. et Lon. & S.W. 7 por et Londy. & Color. r h. Londy. & SI . Man., Shef., & in. Now, £lO Do. 6 !tfarypt .&Carl.4 p o Du. 43 por cent Do Consol.6 Do. Consol. Bristol k Elm. 6 per cent. . Do. 4i p. o. Pref. St IDo. Pref. 4 per cen IDo. 51. Pr( f. 4 p. c.. ;Ditto L. & Hi. Pref. SI INorfolk Debenture o.Praf. 4 p. c. Bto , 'Do. 5 p. c. Ext Dc. 54 per ct. prof._ IDo.Way. Val. 5 p 0 [ North British 'N. E. Perw, 4 p.c. P Do. do. do Do Leeds 6 p.e tNo.I D. do. Quarters 4 Do.YorklJ.&q. Pur North Staffordshire. lxford, Worcester, Wolverh.Xls, fi p.c 11)o R. Prof. 101. Sh. Soot. Cent. ,Now Pre ISonth Devon Do. fixed, 4i per o°ll'l S. Eastern (Readin Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. Do. 41 por c00t... Do. Fixed 4i p c sh. S Wales Gun.. 4p. c. Do. do. 4i p. C.... S.Yorksll.4p.c.Gus.r. Stock. & Dar. ,5 p c.' Do. do. do Stock. & flartl. g. p. c. till July 1, '55 NV atertd. & Kilk. 6 p c tgue. Fria ...... Anglo Auqrin. Gold Anglo adifornian knstrolian Instralian Cord illorti Nye Maria Roden (G(l.Diachy of 1 3103narvon Iron and Coal 13ritish Iron G Itrazilianimp.(isenwl at pm.) 11 Do. GocaeB do Cuialy 5 Do. St. Jolly Del Rey Clarendon Cons. Min Co. of Jamaica__ 11 Clobre Copper 1 Colonial Gold 11 Copper Min. of Eng 11 Do. Prof. 7i p. cent C Copiapo. A Fortuna General Gt.NuggetVginlkg Great Polgooth.... Gt Wheal Vor United Liberty • Linares.. 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Austral, Invest. Ditto Now. Routh Austral:Jan Submar. Tel. Scrip.. Revister , )d . 'Frust& L. Co.U.Can. yip! piame4'.l.Lao London & N. Wont . L. &N. W. Ca'Eldon_ E. Un. E. C urt. Nrt E. Count. Caldonlan. qt. Wosti Yk. Now , & Berw. Y. &NM Do Do S. Easton Do IPoto k Co Norfolk, Do L.& N. W & Midld. Stckton & Darlingt. Midland En. Coun. E. Count. Do Do L. &N.W Do Gt Northn Laneash & Yorksh. T. Brassey M. Mclean Stoat. & Darlingt Do IGtWestn. all all all 12s, C °sins rm.,. this day 90 - 93 94 - 98 - ••• ..... . toi 165 iii = li• do I.]: 26 - 26 83 - Al par i p b 5 b 7 iis 132 ••• - ..• - 81 3 - 2i 30i - 314 80 - 85 , 107 -- 109 104 - 106 80 - 85 90 - 92 93 - 95 15 - 16 iii : 4 111 - 12, ... - ... 57 - 59 5 115 05 - 107 99 - 101 par 1 p 9 9i 6 -- 6A 85 -- 87 78 -- 82 78 -- 82 15 9j 1 i --134 10 e 6 — 63 17 -- 18 84 -- 9 lk 124 -13 i id 130 - 182 ••• -- ... ••• ..... ... ... -- ». ... ...... /a .. '•• ..."" • • •P l2#- 12i i 2 132 P 3 li dit 98 - 100 - 96 2i - 34 4 = ii ... 34 - 36 13 - 14 id - Ps' 21i 9) t 3 9 ... ....". ••• ~. ~ .v 4 - ltr, = t - 1 A - i . - • 2 2 21 34 30 32 Ad 63 67 30 35 2d par 19 20 14 16 g - 2 1 id 74 7i -1 • v 1 -- I - 1 . . . A 7- t 3 - 8 41 - 4i - - 0 3i - 4 4 - 4i I = 1 64 - 7A 52 - 55 142 - 147 09 - 110 2 - 21 4i - 4 - 1 20 1 - 2i. 1 • •• ... ••• 8 - 10 51 - 64 1 li 2 3 f die— par i - i .~ i l~ ii 7 ii .•• - ••• ' .. - ••. r - 1 I - - 3 ii E./ 30 i i pm I 12 li i dig 99 8i 9 110 91 2 4 2 'ES. 110 91 2i i 16e IG N, MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 10, 1855. t t , t 4 4‘...; upi - Itpn MARKET NEWS.—(This Day). CORN EXCHANGE. Most of the country markets held on Saturday were dull for wheat, and prices ruled in favour of buyers. Fine barley mostly supported previous rates ; but inferior kinds were dull, and cheaper. All other kinds of spring corn, including flour, wore heavy. The continental markets still keep exceedingly high in price for nearly all articles of produce ; but the business doing continuos small. Oar American advices state that largo quantities of grain and flour wore in course of ship ment to this country. Very moderate supplies of home grown produce were received up to our market last week. The imports were only 3,630 quarters of wheat, 3,983 bar ley, 2,893 beans, 1,217 peas, 255 tares, 4,38; linseed, 1,483 rapeseed, 245 mustard seed, 372 sundry seeds, 250 sacks and 229 barrels of flour. Fresh up to our market to-day, the arrivals of English wheat, coastwise and by land carriage, were on the increase, and in improved condition. As the show of samples of both rod:and white was good, and as the attendance of millers was comparatively small, the demand for all kinds of wheat of home produce was exceedingly heavy, at a decline in the prices realised on Monday last of from 2s to 3s per quarter. The flow of foreign wheat was very moderate. Al though the business doing was limited in the extreme, no quotable change took place in value, but the tendency of prices was downwards. Floating cargoes of graia were much neglected, though they wero easier to purchase. We were but moderately supplied with barley. The trade, however, was heavy, at a fall in the quotations of fully le. per quarter. . . Malt sold slowly, at from ls. to 2s. per quarter less money. The supply was good. _ _ . .. . - The supply of oats was but moderate, and the demand for most kinds was steady, at late rates. There was a good show dbeans, and all kinds were dull, at is to 2s per quarter less money. Peas changed hands slowly, at a fall in valuo of from is to 2s per quarter. The flour trade was heavy, and country marks were 2s per sack lower. this da,y . SUN OFFICE, Sic o'Clock. TATTERSALL'S.—(This Evening). CHESTER CUP. 500 to 10 ngst Coroner (taken) TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES. 6 to 1 agst Porto Rico (taken) 6to 1 ag9t Yellow Jack (7 to 1 also laid) 7 to 1 agst Polmoodie (taken) DERBY. Bto 1. agst Flyby-Night (offered) 15 to: 1 agst Yellow Jack (offered) 22 to 1 agst Porto Rico (taken) 1000 to 40 agst Artillery (taken) NAVAL APPOINTMENTS.—(This Day. - Vice-Admiral John Cootie, K.C.8., to the reserved half-pay list in receipt of service peesion, vice Carthew, deceased. The following appointments hare been made at the Admiralty this afternoon : PAYMASTERS. J. E. G. Brown, to the Forth. Edward J. Giles, to the Thunder. ----- W. S. Crealock, to the Trusty. BANK OF AUSTRALASIA. MEETING THIS DAY. The half-yearly meeting of the directors and proprietors in this corporation was held this day at the offices of the Bank, 4, Threadneedle-street. The minutes of the last Court having been read and confirmed, The SECRETARY read the report, front which it ap peared that the accounts as to the gold discoveries were very encouraging, and would lead to the belief that a great increase of trade would follow the late depres sion. The Company's branches were in a prosperous state, and the provision made for bad debts would be more than sufficient. A dividend of 4/. per share for the half-year was rc. commended. Resolutions adopting the report, and also for the pay, ment of the dividend of 4d. per cent., were passed unani. mously. A vote of thanks to the chairman terminated the pro' ceedingN. LAW INTELLIGENCE—(This Day.) COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. :Sittings at Guildhall, before Lord Campbell and a Special Jury.) JACKSON ♦. THOMPSON. This was an action brought by the plaintiff, owner of the Baron 0 sy, Antwerp and London steamer, against the defendant, owner of the Rubicon, brig, to recover 1631., amount of damages sustained by the steamer by the brig coming into collision with her as she was moored in a tier of vessels opposite the entrance to the St. Katherine Docks, on the 17th March, 1851. The case presented no features of interest to the public. The Court of Common Pleas was ocoupied in hearing an action relative to the purchase of Railway Shares, and the Court of Exchequer an action brought by the Merchant Tailors' Company v. Truscott, for erecting premises near the plaintill's school, in Suffolk-lane, City, whereby the light was obstructed. DEPARTURE OF POLISH VOLUNTEERS. A detachment of 44 Nes, including eight officers, sailed on Saturday from Deptford, on board the Ottawa steamer, for Turkey, to join the Division of the Cossacks of the Sultan, commanded by General Count Zamoyski, which is now in the British service, and forming part of the Turkish Contingent. The men, who wore seen on board by Captain Szulczesyski, agent to the division, and wore military coats, caps, and trowser3, exhibited a martial look, and appeared in high spirits at the pros pect of soon facing the armies of their most unrelenting tyrant. The present is the fifth transport of Poles from England since the war commenced, thus making a total of 400 Polish volunteers, among whom there wero about 200 prisoners taken at Bomarsund. As the steamer was leaving Deptford Dockyard, several hundred work men assembled, and gave three cheers for Poland, wishing the Poles speedy success in their undertaking. TUE POLISH - COSSACKS. (Front the Ezaminer.) Recruiting is, we believe, going on rapidly for this corps ; and, as the men who offer themselves are generally tried soldiers, they are shipped at once for the head-quarters, near the Danube, with out going through the expensive process of training in this country. It seems not improbable that the numerous desertions which are reported by the cor respondent of the Times as having recently occurred at Sebastopol (after a long cessation) may have been occasioned by the Poles in the Russian army hear ing that the Polish corps Was at length in course of effective organisation. The subjoined letters have been sent to us for publication :- 89, Grosvenor•square, Nov. 29,1855. Sir,—The very kind letter which you have been pleased to address to the chaplain of the 2d Regiment of the Division of Cossacks of the Sultan, which I have re ceived orders to form under British authority, and which will be composed of Poles, has been forwarded to me by the editor of the Examiner, with a 51, note enclosed therein. Permit me, sir, to thank you most heartily for the attention y ou h ave b estowe d on an u ndertaking which, for as much as I know, was not intended to go beyond the circle of my own countrymen, as the idea was started at a meeting where Poles only were assem bled. Your donation, however, has imparted to the un dertaking a new character, from the manner in which it has been bestowed, and the distinguished name attached to it. Your example has been met with imitators, and on that account it calls for more than ordinary grati tude on our part. A no th er gent l eman , o f true British and generous feeling, the Rev. Edmund Mortlock, has written me a letter, which I trust will be agreeable to you to read.--(The letter in question, which enclo-ed a donation of 251., appeared iu our last week's impression.) My ever-to-be-lamented and most amiable friend, Lord Dudley Stuart, has, during the last twenty years, by untiring exertion s , k ept up the sympat h y o f the British public towards alleviating the wants and sorrows of my countrymen in exile. " Let the British public now accept, in return for their generous and benevolent assistance, our eagerness to join the valiant sons of Great Britain in that mo mentous war, which I at least may be excused for think ing cannot, without Poland's co-operation, terminate to the satisfaction of either the honour or the interests of Great Britain and her Allies.—l am, Sir, with great esteem and regard, your most obedient humble servant, (Signed) L. ZAMOYSKI, General Commanding the Division of Cossacks of the Sultan. To Walter Savage Lander, Esq. I have to request that you will permit me to send a copy of this letter to the newspapers. Sts,—Althotigh you attribute to me merits to which I am ill entitled, I must overcome my sense of demerit, and must raise no objection to the publication of the letter in question. It it can move the sympathy of oue more British heart, neither my cares nor your noble exertions will have been misapplied. With ardent wishes for the prosperity of Poland, in which the world is implicated, believe ate, Sir, your meat obedient servant, WALTER SAVAGE LANDOE. Bath, Dec. 1. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This Day.) LONDON, Dec. 10.—Wind this day at noon, N., mode rate breeze and frosty weather. P O RTSIUOUTII, Deo. 9. —Arrived—H. M. Ships Blenheim, Osborne Vivid, and Fire Queen, from Dover and Calais ; Manilla (s. tpt. 152 ) , Constantino p le ; Tele graph (s. tpt. 184), Marseilles ; Queen of the South (a. tpt.), South ampton. Sailed — A delaide (a. trans p ort 138 ), Deptford Sibelle (tpt. 5), do. ; Euro p a (a. tpt. 55), Plym ou th an d Dec. 9.—Wind N. by E.—Arriv e d —St . Th omas Malta. COWES, (packet), from Porto Plato ;'Washington, Rio Janeiro. (PER ELEOTRio TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Monday Morning. Arrived— Atalanta (8), from Havre ; Maitland, Lon don ; Maria, Havre. Sailed—City of Limerick, f or London. LIVERPOOL, Monday morning. Wind N. Sailed—Martin Lu ther, for New Orl eans ; Sea Witch, Monte Video ; New York, New York ; Elean or , 31aran ham ; Maria Iguana, Havannah ; Pride of Canada, Charleston ; Egyptian (s. s.), Constantinople. QUEENSTOWN Dec. 8. Arrived—Alabama , and R ichard and Harriett, from Callao • Villa Nova, Port Lagos ; G eorg i ana, Quebec • Eliza and Ann, St. Joh ns , New Brunswick ; Die Bront: Alexandria. (DT SIIIIMAIIINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Monday, MG a.m. Wind N.W. ; tide two hours' flood, with slight snow. Arrived, Dec. 9.—Mary Ann, from Dieppe; Elswick, Antwerp. Arrived, Dec. 10.—Adelaide (s. a. tpt. 138), from Malta. Sailed.—Gesina, for Constantinople. DEAL, Monday, 9.30 a.m. Wind E.N.E., light and variable, with snow. Passed, Dec. 9.—Galilee, for Rio Janeiro ; Frederick VII. C ons t a ntinople ; Ceres (steamer), O por t o — a ll f rom London. FRANKFORT. —The National Gazette of Berlin states from Frankfort that the Bank of this latter city has re duced its rate of discount from to to 4 per cent. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. Wheat—Essex & Kent, Red .•.. new 62814 79s Ditto •• .... old 75e 84s Ditto. White new 60s 84s Ditto•• •• .... old 78s 90s Norfolk and Lin coln, Red, old 78s 848 Ditto new •• 628 80s Rye—Old ............ —8 —s New ............ 50a 52s Barl—Orinding .•• •• 38a 428 Malting. ......•• 4ls 41s Chevaller•• •• • • 448 468 Malt—SuffolkandNor folk.... •• 74a 828 Brown 64s 703 KingstonandWare 78i 80s Malt—Chevalier •• 80s to 829 Oats—Yorkshire and Lincolnsh.,Feed 26s 30s Potato . roughei and Cork Black. ...• .. 259 28a Cork, White ..... 26s 30s Sootch,Feed. —27 s Beans—Tick Pigeons .... 46, 559 Peas—Grey .....• 419 44s Maple. ...• •• .. 43s 46s White••• •• •• —50 s Boilers • — 519 58s Flour—Town-made... 753 779 Suffolk . •• —— —58 s Stocktn &Norfolk 583 60s METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. The total imports of foreign stock into London last week amounted to 4,545 head. In the corresponding week in 1851 we received 5,831; in 1853, 4,795 ; in 1852, 4,869. iu 1851, 3,628 ; in 1850, 5,734 ; in 1849, 3,720 head. IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WHISK. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. 7 ... 7 From Beasts. Sheep. Harlingen Dordt 23 ... 52 Roaerdam 248 ... 671 ... Medemblik 6l ... 1,822 Nicu Diep l9 Hamburgh . 30 ... Amsterdam — ••• Ostend Antwerp - - Oporto 29 ... - 70 ... - 399 ... - ... - - •• • - ... 58 ... T0ta1.... 791 ... 3,619 98 ... 7 The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as follows : Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. 1854 1,098 ... 4,461 274 ... 1853 9BB 3,655 ... 128 21 In reference to our comparative table of stock shown, we may observe that the groat Christmas market was held in Smithfield this day last year ; but that it will not be held hero till Monday next, when a fine supply of stock is expected to arrive. The arrivals from Ireland last week, direct by sea, amounted to 72 beasts and 150 pigs. There was a moderate show of foreign stock in to-day's market. The supply of Irish, via Liverpool, amounted to 300 beasts and GOO sheep in good condition. From our own grazing districts the receipts of boasts fresh up this morning were but moderate. In their general quality, however, we observed a great improvement. For all kinds we had an active demand at prices fully equal to those paid on Monday last, and a good clearauco was effected. The arrivals of boasts from Lincolnshire, Liecestershire, and Northamptonshire amounted to 1,600 short horns ; from other parts of England 500 of various breeds, and from Scotland 250 Scots. Amongst the foreign supply were 130 Spanish oxen. With sheep we wore but moderately supplied as to quality, but their number was seasonably good. On the whole the mutton trade was in a sluggish state at last Monday's decline i❑ price. The top figure for Downs was 53 per Sibs. The supply of calves was moderate, and the veal trade ruled steady at 2d per Blbs above Friday's currency. The bast veal realised 5s 2d per 81b5. Pigs, the show of which was tolerably good, sold slowly, yet prices were well supported. Per Blbs to sink the offal'. s. d. s. d. Inferior Beasts.... 3 Bto 3 10 Second quality...,4 0 4 4 Prime largo oxen 4 6 4 10 Prime Scots, dm 5 0 5 2 Inferior Sheep ...3 4 3 6 Second quality ...3 8 4 2 Prime crse.-wllcd.4 4 4 6 TOTAL ISUPFLT. e. d. w d. l ! PrimoSoutlidown 4 8 5 0 ( Large erso. calves 4 0 4 8 Prime small do 4 10 5 2 Large hogs Small porkers 4 6 5 0 Suckling calves 23 0 30 0 Quarter old pi.T= 22 0 28 0 flea. ti ...... ............ 4,334 Shoop .•• • • .. •• • • .. • • •• ..22,880 Calves ..•....... •• •• .. 135 FOREIGN scrrvr. Sheep ..•• •• •• ..•• •• 1,380 Calves..• ••• •• •• ......•• 107 ...... A statement and comparison of tho supplies and prices of fat stock exhibited and sold in Smithfield Cattle Market, on Monday, Dec. 11, 1854, and in the Metropolitan Market this day, Monday, Dec. 10, 1855. Per Sibs, to sink the offals. Dec. 11, 1854.1Dec.10,1815, s. d. e. d. s. d. s. d Coarse and inferior boasts 3 6to 3 8 3 Bto 3 10 Second quality ditto 310 4 6 4 0 4 4 I'rimo large oxen 4 S 4 104 6 410 ['rime Scots, &c 5 0 5 4,5 0 5 2 Coarse and infsrior sheep 3 8 3 10,3 4 3 6 Second quality ditto 4 0 4 4.3 S 4 2 Prime coarse woolled ditto ... 4 6 410 4 4 6 Primo Southdown ditto 5 0 5 2 4 8 5 0 Lambs . 0 0 G 0 0 0 0 0 Largo coarse calves 4 0 4 10,4 0 4 8 Prime small ditto 5 0 5 010 5 2 Large hogs ...............3 4 4 23 11 4 4 Neat small porkers 4 4 5 0 4 6 5 0 Beasts.., 6,181 4,388 Sheep 22,820 22,880 ... 107 135 Pigs 240 5lO Surrtirs ON Sets, Dec. 12, 1853.—Beasts, 7,037; sheer, 25,830; calves, 253; pigs, 295. December 13, 1852.—Beasts, 6,271; sheep, 20,570 ; calves, 220 ; pigs, 310. NEWGATE AND LEADENFIALL. Since our last report the supplies of meat on sale here, slaughtered in the metropolis, have been very moderato ; but over 35,000 carcases have boon received from Scotland and various parts of England, including 50 from the Con tinent. Rather an extensive business has been transacted, as follows : Per Blbs b? the carcase. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. Beef, interior 3 2 3 6 Mutton, Inferior 3 2 3 6 Do., middling 3 8 310 Do., middling ..... 3 8 4 0 Do. prime largo 4 0 4 4 I Do., prime 4 2 4 6 De., do. small ....4 4 4 8 1 Veal 3 8 4 10 Fork, largo 3 10 4 4 Pork, small ........ 4 6 5 4 BOROUGH HOP. . We have no speculation going on, owing to tho immense stocks in the hands of the growers and factors. Fine hops are selling at full prices, but all other kinds are dull. Last week's imports were 160 bales from Hambro'. Mid and East Kent pockets, 3/ 10s to 61 Os per cwt ; Weald of Kent, 31 5s to 4115 s ; Sussex, 31 Os to 4110 s. BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. As the arrival of potatoes havebeen extensive since Mon day last the demand is heavy, and prices are rather droop ing. York Regents, 95s to 110 s ' • Scotch do., 753 to 95s ; cups, 753 to 803; Essex and lient, 75s to 95s ; Lincolns, 70s to 75s • Blues, 75s to 80s per ton. Last week's imports were 3 sacks from Antwerp, 29 bags from Antwerp, 8 baskets from Rotterdam, and 100 tons from Jersey. WOOL. We have to report a slight improvement in the demand for nearly all kinds of English wool, but more especially for short wools, at very full prices. Both foreign and colonial qualities, however, are very dull, on former terms. Last week's imports were 94 bags from namburgh 20f rom &dB, and 862 bales from Port Philip. The following aro the current rates of English wool Down togs, is id to is 3d ; half-bred hoggets, is ld to is 2d ; do. wethors, is Od to is ld ; Kont, fleeces, is 1(1 to is Pd; combing skin, 10d to is id ; Down ewes, is ld to Is Li ; Leicester fleeces, lld to is Old; flannel wool, is Od to is 2d ; blanket wool, 9d to is Od per lb. SEEDS. Fine clover seed is in steady request, at fully last week's prices, but inferior parcels command a limited sale. Canary and linseed realise extreme rates, and most other articles are selling at full quotations. Turnip,White,per bah. 22s to 258 Swede .. • • • • .. • • —e —s Mustard, 8r0wn...... 128 20e VAR°, n0w...... es 1 l 8 Tares, Winter, new 6s 6d 7s Gd Canary, per quarter .. 63e 688 Rye grass...... • • .... 245 30s Clover,RedEng, (cwt.) —8 —8 White •• • • .... • • —8 —e Foreign Red...... —8 —a White.... —s —s Trefoil, new.......... 40s 463 Carraway (new) •• •• .. 42s 44s Coriander •• •......... 26s 3(s Hemmed, per quarter 54e 60s Linseed, Eng.-3owing.. — s Crushing •• •• .• 78s 85s Baltic ••••..• • .. —5 —s 0de55a............ —s UnseedCake, pr. ton — English •• ...141 lOs 15 Os Foreign,por ton 13110 s 147106 Rape Cakes, pr ton 7110 s Si Os Rapeseed, sew, pr qr., 90s 9is TALLOW. We have had a very inactive market for tallow since Today Monday last. the demand is heavy, and fat F.T.C. on the spot is selling 66s 6d to 670 per cwt. Rough has fallen to 3s 7d per 81bs 1851. 1852. 1853. 1854. Stock this day Price of Y. C .• • • Delivery last week • • Ditto from June 1.... Arrivals last week. • Ditto from Junel Price et TO7II 68,451 48,819 42,140 33,577 36s 9d to 46s Oct ,bbs 9dto 6 4 s Oct to —s 01 'to —s Oct; 66s Oct —s Gd 3,156 3,329 1,347 2,011 57,455 57,188 58,067 43,618 290 1,926 11,16 S 1,376 89,372 , 65,309 76,900 41,175 394 61 49s 8d 145 03 . 656 64 18,960 86s 6d to 67s Od 2,751 72,508 CAR 43,753 6U 06 1031 4 LITERATURE. The louse of Elmore : a Family Ilistory. 3 Vols. Hurst and Blackett. This work is apparently the first Production of its author, and displays unusu a l t a l ent . I t i s a strik ing and original story, owing its attractions rather to the vigour of the style than to the qualities of the characters, and the narrative is rather powerful than pleasing. The characters are strongly marked, if not natural, and the events startling and im pressive, if not of ordinary occurrence. The plot of the story, however, and the incidents of the in. troduction, render a degree of singularity in the chief actors not only probable, but imperative. It is not likely that a family of children, brought up under the sole tuition of a gloomy and misanthro pical father, in a desolate house by the sea-shore, without being suffered to have any intercourse with strangers, would not be peculiar in their disposi tions, and that their characters would not be dis tinct and individual. Their father, the head of the unfortunate " House of Elmore," driven frantic by the desertion of his wife, retired with his four children to a spot where he trusted his misfortunes and disgrace were unknown. He selected a lonely house on the cliffs which lie named " The Rest," as if his undisciplined mind and unforgiving spirit could find repose in loneli ness. Well may the writer exclaim " What a crude misnomer—' The Rest !' Is there any rest but the grave for the descendants of Adam ? Is not peace of mind and body a fabled invisible on this side the mysterious nark drawn by the Great Hand ? Go not, 0 man, to the wildest solitude whore no other human footstep but thine own has trodden and say, ' There will I rest,' for life is not rest, not peace, not content, and they abide not on the earth where thou dwellest." Throughout the whole tale there runs a similar strain of sorrow, a mournful foreboding that pre vents the reader from trusting to any promise of a happy termination. The evil genius of the book is Jacques Varidon, a false friend of the father of the hero, who joins him in his solitude, and whose fatal influence transforms the father into a drunkard, the youngest son into a miser, banishes the heir from his home, and deprives the hero of his inheri tance. The daughter, a cold-hearted, evil-disposed girl of surpassing beauty, he encourages in her faults till they lead her to a fatal conclusion. The mazes of the plot we will leave the reader to unravel. A long train of misfortunes meet and finally over whelm the unhappy Luke Elmore. Deprived of his first love, he loses the wife to whom ha was devotedly attached, under most painful circum stances ; his eldest brother who is crippled for life by an accident of his causing, he sees deprived of his inheritance and struggling with poverty. His youngest brother becomes a miser, whose strongest affection is for the evil spirit of the family, Jacques Variden. His sister is a source of sorrow and shame, his father dies mistrusting him, and at length he finds himself a lonely exile in foreign lands with the stain of accidental murder on his hands. The reader may picture this remarkable narrative, de scribed with power and feeling, delineated with skill and passion, with all the accessories of minor characters and incidental occurrences to relieve the gloom of the main story, and ho will be able to understand the vigour and originality of the work. The admirers of the melodramatic school, they who love to be startled, impressed, and fascinated bya re lat ion of the crimes and errors into which the passions of mankind will lead them, rather than to be inte rested and elevated by a picture of the virtues they may attain, will find this work one of the most talented of its kind. But the impression it leaves on the mind is not pleasing ; a wild and weird-like character pervades it, a kind of fatality, as though it were hopeless to struggle with destiny, as though a doom rested on some unhappy ones that they could not overcome. Such moralising is more akin to the mysticism of the old German roman cists than to a clearer reason and a brighter faith. Tho incidents of the hero's life were appalling and bewildering, but let us believe they are uucommon. Let us also believe that more self-control, a less violent temper, a nobler purpose, and a firmer pur suit of right, uninfluenced and undeterred by temptations or disasters, would have enabled him to steer clear of many of the severest calamities of his life. Let us also believe that if there is no rest but the grave for the children of Adam, from the sorrows brought upon them by the faults of others and the cares of life, a firm pursuit of duty and a Christain faith will give to the most tried and troubled, rest for the spirit from the bitterness of remorse, and the evil consequences of passion and crime. THE ARTEIS OF THE RUSSIAN PEASANTRY. The low tone of morality prevailing throughout the Russian empire is painfully evident to all who have travelled much in that country. Among the lower orders there exists a general tendency to lying, cheating, and pilfering. Among the higher classes an equal disregard of truth obtains, bribery, corruption, and peculation pervade every public department, and the tenth commandment is held in no manner of esteem. With such examples be fore him, and with a priesthood little superior to himself in manners or morals, the degradation of the peasant is a natural consequence. With no provision for his religious or secular education, the Russian mougik has no resources beyond mere animal gratification ; and he does not consider that ho has duly honoured his patron saint, or done his duty to his country, unless he has drowned his senses in vodka on each of the church festivals which figure so extensively in the Russian calendar. This habit of drunkenness is encouraged rather than repressed by the government and the landed proprietors. Both are directly interested in its development ; the former because it swells the large revenue derived by farming out of the " otkoop" or licence to sell intoxicating drinks ; the latter, because it increases the profits derived from the sale of their grain to the distillers, or from its conversion into spirit on their own estates. The Government has utterly failed in devising any check upon the dishonesty of its officials, but among the traders in the principal towns a system has long been in existence which to a great extent keeps in abeyance' the national vices among at least a portion of those they employ. This desir able object is attained by the establishment of " artels." The artel is a voluntary association of a number of men, varying according to the custom or the exigencies of the occupation they follow. They are governed and their profits divided ac cording to regulations agreed upon among them selves, and have generally a head, elected from among their own body, called the " starost, or elder, who has the chief management of their affairs. They frequently board and lodge in com mon, but this is generally done when they are oc cupied at a distance from their families, the Russian workman being often employed in the towns during the summer, returning to his village in the winter, when the season for out-door labour is ended. The members of these associations are called " artel stchiks," and the peculiar feature of the system— that in fact in which its effect on the morals of the people depends—is the responsibility of the whole artel for the acts of every individual composing it, so far as those acts concern the relations between each artelstchik and his temporary employer. The consequence is that a breach of honesty by an artel stchik is rare—a failure of redress from the artel almost unheard of. Ore well-known class of artelstchiks is that em ployed by merch ants and trader as collecting clerks. These men are not only of tried honesty, but supe rior in intelligence and education to ordinary serfs, having some knowledge of reading, writing, IT arithmetic. B es id es th ese, th ere are important artels of carri ers , some o f w h om co ntract for the t conveyance of goo d s t o di s t an t parts of the empire. There are also artels of woodcutters, of carpenters, masons, roofers, and of other handicrafts, and in all cases th e s y s t em i s found to work for the individuals composing of ascertain thewell, not only artel, but also for their employers. We have neno means comprised in these ing the average number e associations, but it mustbfem cons iderable, as almost all the trading or manufacturing towns contain several artels ; the principle the Moravian brethren of Southern Russ ia, is, however, carried to whose its highest perfection among religious tenets form the basis of an union which takes the form of one large family. The res ults a chieved by this system commend th e mselves to the a ttention of all who consider the 1 elevation of the king class a social and moral on e of the great problems of the da working and who beg pr i n ciple of association toy, lieve the be one of the most promising means of attaining that end. Th e timo i s happily gone by when every such sug gestion was either summarily sneered down, or discussed merely as a psychological curiosity ; our lot is cast in better times. It may be true that Robert Owen's theory of " human perfectibility" was but the dream of an enthusiast, and that he learned to his cost the " living in parallelograms" was not a panacea for all social evils. It may be true that Louis Blanc's " organisation of labour" met with an unlucky illustration in the national workshops of 1848 ; we do not therefore utterly condemn the labours of those men as a farrago of revolutionary fustian. Earnest and practical so cial economi s t s , w h ose num b ers are stea dily increas ing, diligently labour to separate the w h ea t from the chaff, and to elucidate the causes of those failures, and it is to such men we a ddress ourselves, confident that every fact tending to throw a light on the imp or t an t quest i on a t issue will prove of interest to them. THE BANK CHARTER ACT AND " MERCATOR." (From the Derbyshire Courier. A letter on the Bank Charter Act, addren led to the editor of the Times, has been pl ace d in a pro minent position in that journal. It is simi e d Mercator," and is said, with what truth we k now not, to be written by Lord Overstone, the Mr. Jones Loyd, who indoctrinated Sir Robert Pool with the principles of the Bill of 1844. From the tone and tenour of this letter woare of opinion th a t th e report as to i ts authorship is cor rect. The evidence given by Lord Overstone tp3- f . ore the Parliam en t ary C omm i ttees appointed to inquire into the causes of the commercial distms of 1817, is remarkable for the total absence of an y expression of regret f or t h e overwhelming distress which had just swept over t h e country. Himself& commercial man, and fully cogn i san t o f t h e ru i n in which commercial houses older and of a higher character than that by which lie had become the possessor of immense wealth, an d of the attendant distress in which thousands of the industrious classes had consequently been involved, Lord Over stone had no feelings of commiseration to es : p ress for the sufferings of his fellow -countrymen. 4 ' The Bank," he said, " were not firm enough in main taining their position." They increased the evil by "yielding to the pressure of the times." The public ought to be taught that " they must man age their own affairs under all the regulations a n d restrictions which a metallic currency is subject to." " Measures of pressure are the only true and only sure correctives " of monetary difficulties like that of 1847. He is " not prepared to suggest" any cure of the evil. Rui ne d f am ili es an d starving operatives act as " correctives." He is moved by those things "as rocks are, When foamy billows split themselves against Their flinty ribs ; or as the moon is rnov'd When wolves with hunger pinched howl at her brightness. I'm of a solid temper, and, like these, Steer on a constant course." Lord Overstone's pamphlets have the same cha racter; they are hard, dry, and illogical. There is no sympathy expressed for the people. No regret even that stern necessity obliges him to advocate " correctives" which entail misery. No generous or benevolent hopes of a better day for the masses inspire him. His pamphlets are just suck as Sir Giles Overreach zsight write on the Currency. Of the same nature is the recent communication to the Times. I%lercator's letter tells us that "the public is more intelligent, the question better un derstood" than in 1847. We rejoice in the con viction that such is the case. The press understands the Currency Question better than in 1847, and so does the public. A great portion of the press mad• noble efforts in 1847 to enlighten the public on the subject of the Money Laws. The Morning Post, the Bankers' Circular, the Morning _Herald, the Morning Chronicle, the Daily News, the Morning Advertiser, the Sun, the Globe, and the Standard, not to mention many provincial journals, united to condemn the existing monetary system. But a most unexpected ally appeared to prop up a falling cause. This was the Gold of California and Australia. The immediate pressure being removed, and an opinion prevailing that " the gold would set all right," men left off think ing about the currency. And as the public ceased to read, the public press ceased, for the most part, to write on the subject. The true-hearted body of Currency Reformers, who believed as firmly as ever in their principles, were tempted almost to despair of the success. The current was against them. " Truths would you teach, or save a sinking land All fear, none aid you, and few understand." Some of our public papers never desisted in active opposition to the unjust and absurd Money Laws. The Sum remained staunch. The Bankers' Circular persisted in the expression of opinions hostile to the Bank Charter Act. Our own humble efforts were never relaxed. And now we rejoice to zee nearly the whole of the London preSs again advocatinc , Currency Reform, with th e a dditi on o f a new and powerful auxiliary—the Illustrated Lon don News. Many respectable and talented provin cial journals are writing on our side. The Chambers of Commerce in various parts of England and Scot land are coming forward. A comprehensive in quiry into the subject is inevitable. Mercator may feel assured that, in a very dif ferent sense from that in which he speaks " the public is more intelligent and the question better understood " than in 1847. This writer asks whether the English, French, and Turkish Loans are not sufficient to account for the high rate of interest. We reply, certainly not. Were there no loans between 1797 and 1819 ? Yet the Report of the Lords' Committee on the distress of 1847 states that " the earlier practice of the Bank of England had been to discount at a rate nearly fixed and uniform." From 1794 to 16th May, 1839, this rate never exceeded 5 nor was less than 4 per cent. In the pressure of 1839 the rate was raised for some months to six per cent., but it was reduced to five per cent. in January, 1840, and remained at four or 5 per cent. as before, till after the passing of the 7th and Bth Victoria, cap. 32 (the Bill o f 184 4). " Prior to September,. 1844," observed Mr. Horsley Palmer, the Governor of the Bank, " the Bank never re duced the rate of interest below four per cent., though there were occasions when the value of money for discount of Bills was as low as 2l per cent. in the money market." This system, in fact, produced steadiness and diminished fluctuations in the rate of discount. And now Mercator would persuade us that at the very beginning of a war, after raising a few comparatively paltry sums by way of Loan, the actual value of capital in the money market of the world is so raised that the Bank has been obliged, in order to "follow the market," to nearly double its rate of discount in about two months ! This comes of having to make arguments to support a false system. Mercator must know that it is to the efflux of a few millions of Gold, and to that almost entirely, that the compulsion of the Bank to raise its discounts must be attributed. Like an advocate with a bad cause, he can only " plead that general issue" for every evil in the world at the present moment—Thu War. _ _ Mercator tells us that the amount of circula tion "in the hands of the public at the present time is not low." By the last Bank Return the amount of active circulation was only 19,050,900/. This is low. But the low amount of the circulation does not fully represent the pressure which may occur when the circulation is diminished. In the Panic week of 1847 the amount of active circula tion was 20,318,175/.—larger than it is at present. But the pressure was then greatly more severe than it is at present, because the notes which repre sented this amount were not in reality in active cir culation, but were to a great extent locked up in the tills of bank ers an d o th ers , w h o , with ampleiT s , e means, were fearful that the operation s of Peel bill might deprive them of the onljr te m nd ea e u r mo t . ney meet ing their engagements—viz., legal v Mercator, or Lord Overste l no asks will do so in a nstotellliina " honestly" what wo wish. few follow him into the considera tion price words. Wo wish to have goldHatioi,tisngmasrakidet in Government paper money. it is unnecessary to might our circulation under the of what happen if we were to increa se existing system. not to " suspension_ of cash payments, nor on a mere i We warn all Currency_Beformersdepend on an y contrivance to supply the requisite circula tion for the want s of the count ry while the conver tibility of the bank note at a fixed rate is main tained. The evil lies in the liability to have our domestic circulation restricted, the rate of discounts raised, and trade crippled whenever, by the turn of the foreign exchanges against this country, the super structure upon which our currency rests, viz., the Bullion in the Bask, is withdrawn. It is not "un limited issues " of paper that we want, nothing of the kind. The amount is comparatively unimpor tant, provided we are secure, that it shall not be suddenly withdrawn from us. Commerce has in numerable methods of economising the circulation —bills, cheques, and clearing houses. A small nominal amount of circulating medium, in active use, and rapid change of hands, does the work as well as a torpid currency of large amount. This is the real question at issue between Currency R; formers and the Bullionists. We wish paper money - based on the whole property of by ° being country, and preserved from depreciationne a.nd his receivable for taxes ; and Lord Over_s..° o nation to party wish the circulating medium of P a th% rest exclusively on gold. years Deputy Secretary -at-War, who was for many during ins omcial caroler for the A FORMER DEITTY SEclaresr - A T -WAR.--Mr . Merry, on the 2ad . ul . t., ase . d 93. Re Was d w i e e l d l known o C w h peculiar style of his correspondence. Us retired upon n el t t o en t lr e rn anny his full pay of 2,500/. per annum, and received from the public purse , durin g his retirement the sum of 7 0 ,0001., exclusire of interest. —Civil Service Gazette. EarnEsENTATioN or Nor STAVFORMIRE.—A change is likely to take place in the representation of North Staffordshire by the resignation of Mr. Smith Child, which is contemplated. Mr. Child signified to his committee his wish to retire a few weeks ago, and Mr. Hugo Meynell Ingram, of Iloarcross-hall, Stafford shire, has been solicited to succeed him in the Censer ',naive interest. Mr. Ingram, however, has declined to be put in nom i nat i on, and Mr. Smith's committee have requested that gentleman to reconsider his decision. Should Mr. Smith still determine to retire from the re preentation of North Staffordshire, Lord Sandon will be requested to Offer himself. 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