The Sun. — London, England, 1855-11-29 00:00:00

, . . MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. LT Y , Two o'CLOCIE. The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed with some animation, and firmly. Compared with last Friday's rates, the prices of all kinds were extreme. The sales were estimated at from 9,000 to 10,000 bales. The sales included 40 Bahia, at 6d. to 61d. ; 250 Egyptian, sd. to 'ad. ; and 1,000 Surat, 3id. to 4id. The Railway Share Market ruled very quiet, and the business done was small in extent. Yesterday, on the Paris Bourse, the Rentes of the 3 per Cent. Stock nearly recovered their pre vious fall, having risen 30c. for money and 15c. for the account. The 4i per Cents. were heavy at a fall of 25c. for the account, and a rise of sc. for money. In the Share Market affairs looked better, and there was much animation amongst sellers for the approaching day of settle ment. Bank of France Shares fell 10f., and shares of the Credit Founcier advanced sf. Credit Mobilier fluctuated in price, but maintained an improvement of 10f. on the highest quotation of last week. Everything was quiet in the Rail way Share Market, and speculators had left the main lines to speculate in the smaller railroad shares. Of these the Saint Rambert were much in demand, at an advance of 2f. 50 centimes. By telegraph from Hamburg we learn that, ac cording to the most authentic commercial advices, Sweden and Denmark have entered into a treaty to maintain the free exportation and importation of grain between the two countries. Advices from Adelaide mention that the two great mines, the Burra Burra and the Kapunda, were in full work again, and the aggregate exports of the colony would be increased in consequence. The smelting of ore by the English and Australian Copper Company at Kooringa, near the Burra, would shortly be in full work again. The Port Philip Company have received advices from their resident director at Melbourne, dated Bth September last. He states that great difficulty continued to be encountered in the prosecution of the mining works, in consequence of the Colonial Government not having determined on the grant ing of mineral leases or making other sufficient regulations for the protection of the company. The diggers had been attracted by the richness of the mineral to the locality in the O vens district in which for some months past this company has been working, and have so disturbed the operations of the company that the resident director had determined on sus pending the workings until better protection could be obtained, which it is to be hoped the Colonial Government will see the policy of affording, there beingabundant occupation for mining companies if duly protected. The resident director was making a shipment of 15 tons of tin ore, containing gold, to E ng l an d, and the assay office was continuing at Work. There is rather a quiet market for English Secu rities, but it exhibits considerable firmness. The demand for stock on the part of the public con tinues, and the easier state of the money market produces confidence. Consols have been 89i to 89 i for money, 891 to for account, and for January 89i I. The New 3 per Cents. are 88, E to 881, and the Reduced 88 to 881. Bank Stock is steady at 209 to 210, and India Stock 226. Exchequer Bills are 7s. to 3s. discount, and India Bonds Os. discount. Foreign securities are steady, but very quiet. Turkish 6 per Cents. are supported at 84 to 81k, and the New Scrip ruled fiat at 3i to 32 discount. Dutch 2i per Cents. have risen to 61, and Spanish 3 per Cents. to 39k and 39i. Portuguese Small Bonds are 45 to 46, and Danish 3 per Cents. 81. The official shipping returns for the month end ing Oct. 31, compared with those of the correspond ing period of 1854, show a satisfactory improve ment. In the foreign trade of the United King dom the amount of British tons employed was 3 87,877 against 380,446, and of foreign tons 273,472 against 209,617 tons as regards the en tries inwards. The clearances represented a larger extent of tonnage by 229,564, in which British shipping participated. The vessels engaged in our coasting trade exhibited an increase in the clear ances of 193,351, and in the entries of 309,107 tons compared with the last year. Last night, at the Institute of Actuaries, the first meeting took place of the London branch of the International Society for obtaining a uniform Decimal System of Measures, Weights, and Coins, established on the 24th September last, at Paris. The chairman, J. B. Smith, Esq., M.P., stated that the meeting was a preliminary one, for the Purpose of electing a committee to draw up a scheme for the information of the public on this import ant question, which was ultimately agreed to. Jas. Yates, Esq., M. A.,F.R. S., who had been present at the meeting in the Palace of Industry at Paris, gave a succinct account of what had taken place on that occasion, when the Baron James De Roths child was elected president, and himself, with J. B. Smith and the Earl of Shaftesbury, were nomi nated vice-presidents f,r England. The attend ance was small. Its intentions were too general, many consider, to become practicable. The following are the nominal prices of foreign stocks : Grenada Deferred Bonds, 61 to 7 ; Mexican, 19i ; Peruvian, 74 to 76 ; ditto Three per Cents., 51 to 53; Portuguese Four per Cents., 41 to 46 ; Russian Five per Cents., 95 to 97 ; ditto Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 86 to 88; Spanish New Deferred, 20 to 20k; ditto Three per Cents., 38 to 39i ; ditto Certificates, 4i to 4i ; ditto Pas sive, 6i to 6i. The arrangement of the speculative account in the Railway Share Market takes place to-morrow, and the attention of speculators and others is chiefly occupied in the necessary preliminaries. Lancashire and Yorkshire, North Western, Mid land, and North Eastern—Berwick, are all higher. Great Western of Canada shares are scarcely so firm. In Mining, Banking, and Miscellaneous shares there is less business doing. Canada Land shares are 51. to 10/. higher. . _ The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up to this date, are in round figures as under :- 1855. 1854. £23,345 £20,516 53,430 49,395 12,389 11,468 11,300 11,296 28,759 26,282 16,145 14,497 11,849 11,204 25,774 21,477 19,916 18,268 30,897 29,164 5,611 5,083 5,302 5,086 9,818 8,779 4,541 4,234 3,726 3,610 Great Western North-Western South-Western Brighton Midland South-Eastern Caledonian Great Northern Lancashire and Yorkshire North-Eastern Bristol and Exeter East Lancashire Manchester and Sheffield Chester and Holyhead Taff Vale Oxford, Worcester, Ind Wolver hampton 8,662 2,762 BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE Ii'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) Bustneeb don• Rank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities........ ..„. 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 11 , aw 3 per Cent. Annuities ........ , ... L Annuities, Exp're sth Jan., 1860 • Ditto 30 Years, Expire sth April, 1885 161 India Stock India Bonds, £lOOO . . Ditto, under 111000 6 d Consols for Account B9 Etchequer Bills, 2d. £l000 Small Ruheciner Bonds 1858, 3i per Cent. Ditto 1859, ~ ... PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLO , S Danish Bonds, 1825, 3 per Cent Bl Portuguese. Bonds, 5 per Cent., Con. 1811 Ditto Small ... 46 5 S panish Bonds, 3 per Cent 39i 9 1 Tnrkish Bonds. - It 'nrkien 6 per cent Bl* 80; Ditto for the Account Bli a Ditto New Scrip, 4 per Cent. Dividends on the above payable in London. - Desch Exelmge, 2i per Cent. 12 Gull 64 HALF-PAST TWO, Consols Ditto for Account B9i 3 THE ROBBERY AT CLARIDGE'S HOTEL.—We under - stand that the stated "extensive" robbery of jewellery at the above hotel is, in fact, of a trifling character, the property lost not being of a greater Thine than G. THE gUri, LONDON, THURSDAY ENTEN;Nn NOVEMBER 29, 1855. LINES !, SED KI XNIr RAlLwx7h. Compan C l'4lllL yester la). Bedford and Bletchley Buckghamsh. Clydesdale Col. Stour Vy. Sud. and Hal. E. Lin. g. 6 pc E. Un. H. Sh. Glas. Barr. & Neils. Direct Do. New._ Glstr.dr Dn. Fr Hrtlpl. Dk. & Railway London ic N. Wc.A. CaMon E. Un. E C Gt.Nrttin E. Count Caldonian 90 - 93 95 - 100 128 - 132 Hull & Solby Do. Shares. Do. Shares. Lon.&Greenw Do.Preferewe Lon.,Til., &S. Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. Do. 6 per ct. Manch. Bxtn. and Matlock Middlesbro' & Redcar. . Midld.Bradfd Newmarket Bury Eaten N.& Est.s p.c Do. 6 rer ct Do. Fixeds p Prest. & yre Do. Shre. A Roystn.& Hit. Shof. Roth and Goole g. 5 p. c. Shrews.&Her. S. Staffordsh. Wear Valleygr 6 per cent Do Wilts&lorerst Gt. \Testa Yk. New. & Ben*. Y.&NM Do. Do 168 I S. Bastes- Do Peto Js Co 12i -: 13 d 1121 —117 k Norfolk Do L. & N . W & Midid. Stckton & Darlingt. Midland 24 - 24 89 - Gl all all all all all 1.00 18d En. COlll3. I E. Count. D 0... id E 5 b 7 Do.. L. &N.W Do fis iii Gt Northn Lanoash & Yorksh. T. Brassey M. MClean Stoat. & Darlingt D 0... ...... ltWes tn. 71 - 3 - 2i I 294 - 304 83 - 85 SHAKE, 107 -- 109 104 -- 106 80 - 83 90 ---• 92 1 100 5 100 all 93 - 95 15 - 16 ii 2 6. par 11i 121 57 - 59 112 - 114 104 - 106 96 - 99 i i d n 91 -9/ tO St. 20 50 all 100 10 100 1100 100 all all 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 all 511 all 100 all all 100 6 -- 6i 85 -- 90 80 -- 85 60 -- 85 15i -- 1 6} 94 10 67 . 69 17 -- 18 8} -- 9 1k -- 13 id 1;10 - 132 20 12i 25 20 10J 25 10 ..0.6 JO 5 St. 25 all all 11 an all all all al l •• • .... *IN • •4 , 1 ... 129 -13' 92 - 11 - 4 - 4 ••• ---- •N 1 11 - 2i - tom Fria „. Anglo Austria. Gold Anglo Californian knatralian 144 5 97 - f 9 88 - 90 21 - 34 •• ••• f fd 93 - 95 12i -13 i id - Pa' 9') 93 9 - 96 ... - *.- .Buitnes, this ...ay 18 die ••• - • •.. 4 -- ltr ••• -- ••• 2/ - 2ikl 'ES. instraliau Cordillera Ave Maria Baden (Gd. Duchy of) Shonarvon Iron and Coal .. British Iron. grazilianlmp.(isamx: at £5 pm.) 4 - 5A Do. Coaes k Culab k Do. St. John Del Rey ellarendon Cons. Mi•• Co, of Jamaica....,' Cobre Copper Colonial Gold Copper Min. of Eng Do. Pref. 7} p. cent , Copiapo. Fortuna General pni 13 Gt.NuggetVeinßog. Groat Polgooth Gt Wheal Vor United Liberty Linares Lusitanian Mariquita Now Granada Nouveau Monde Pontgibaud Silver Lead Min. & Smelt Port Philip quartz Rock Rhymney 1r0n..., Do. New - lantiago de Cuba >math Australian Do. Scrip Do. 10 per cent Pref Pin Croft... United Mexican Waller West Mariposa Worthing Mining o 1 Australia Yuba 2 - 23 - 2/ -- 31 30 -- 32 W - iP 63 - 67 27 32 3 id 18 20 par 13 —l5 1 - z 1 • - id 1 7i 1 13 - 14 I - 1 21 - 23 6 - 8 3 - 4 1 - I , .. all all all 129 3 3 / 4 - 4 - 1 ipso "''' woe x d MISCELLANEOUS. 25 173 Australian Agricult. 26 27 27 le all Amaraln. Royal Mai - 4* 5 10 83 Berlin Water Works 7 73 d 60 40 Brit. American Lane ' 1IX) 323 Canada — 140 140 5 St. WO Canada Gov. 6p. ct Jan. ana ;idly 1073 1084 109 5 all Crystal Palace. 2* 21 2* 5 5 Do. Preference 4 all Crystal Pal•of Franc( 1 Duston Iron Oro 20 11 Eastern Steam — 5 all En.&Aus Cop Sm Co 1* 11 25 24 Electric Telegraph 176 •-• 183 1 '.ll Electric Teleg. of Ir. 5 all Gon. Iron Sc Collier .•• 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat. 1Z all General Screw Steam 20 10 Irish Beetroot Sugar 20 10 Magdalena St. Navig . 10 all Aecliteran. Elec. Tel. 8 -- 10 10 9 Vrexie,an&S.Amoricn 64 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fue, . 10 5 Netherlands Land.... .1/ 10 all Do. Do. 5 1 Do. 8p c P iss at 1 d die— par 2 1 NT. S. W. Coal do Inter . Steam Navigat. Co. ... 100 80 New B. & N.S. Land 1 all N. B. Australasian — 20 15 Nrth.otEuropeStaan 1 all Oriental Gas 1 2s. Do. " New Shares"— 5 all Peel Rr. Ld. & Minrl. 2 24 2 4 50 all PeninsularScOrienta 683 50 10 Do. New ...p 15 2 all Portland Iron Co 100 60 Royal Mail Steam ••• 1 ,a 1 Scot. Austral. Invest. 1j 1 1 Ditto New I 25 all South Australapod 34 3 1 al; Submar. Tel. Scrip_ A 1 all Jo. Registered I — 3 20 5 I'rnst& L.Co.U.Can. 100 284 , Tau Diontonerland 13 p 15 14 ANNIVERSARY OF THE POLISH ISSU RECTION. This day being the 25th anniversary of the Polish in surrection of 1830, the Polish exiles resident in London attended the funeral service at the Roman Catholic chapel, Sutton-street, Soho-square, for the repose of their countrymen who fell in this and other national struggles, after which they assembled in Sussex Cham bers, Duke-street, St. James's, where a meeting was held. Colonel Chevalier WIEROINSKI occupied the chair, and in opening the proceedings warned his countrymen to be on their guard against the Polish doctrinaires, who maintain that the present is not the time for the Poles to take any part in the war against Russia. Eighty-six years of the most dreadful national calamities—four par titions, and the dungeons of the spoliators are filled with Polish martyrs ; and while in all parts of the world the bones of Poles bleached on every battle-field, and the Polish blood flows profusely everywhere, these cold cal culators tell you now it is not yet time. Oh ! my brethren !—(continued he)—Now, and now only, is the right time to show to Europe and to the world that Po land is not dead—that she is ready to perform her old task of watching over and shielding the liberties and the independence of the civilised part of Europe. Captain CHAS. SZULCZEWSKI proposed the first reso lution, which was as follows : " That the Polish exiles in this meeting a'sembled de clare solemnly and conscientiously, on behalf not only of themselves, but also of their countrymen, whether dragged unwillingly to serve in the armies of the Czar, or subject in their homes to the degrading oppression of his govern ment, that the resolution of the whole Polish nation again to constitute itself into an independent State, openly asserted iu arms this day 25 years ago, so far from having been shaken or diminished by the unparalleled civil and religious persecution which the Polish people have suffered in the meantime, has become, on the other hand, oven yet more deep, unwavering, and immutable. In proof of which solemn declaration they appeal to the indisputable fact that Polish prisoners taken during the present war, to wh ttever class of life they may belong, seize with avi dity the first opportunity offered them of entering the ranks of the allies, and fighting against their former oppressors." After observing that the vitality of the national spirit, and the devotion of the Poles for their country, have not suffered any diminution, continued thus : Since the ultimate downfall of Poland in 1831—since the event that made us all exiles, we have never met to commemorate that event under such important circum stances for us as the present. There have been, since then, it is true, various periods of great commotion in Europe, which have. raised our hopes and made us put forth new energies ; but at those periods the wisest among us were always fully aware that if we were to succeed it would be in spite of governments, armed with an extent of national power which their sympathis ing subjects did not possess, and that, therefore, our chances of success were so much the less, and were, indeed, dependent upon the overthrow of those governments. Now, however, it is very different. Though not avowedly, and not even designedly, the mightiest powers of Europe are now leagued to gether to do battle for Poland—for whoever fights against Russia fights for Poland ; and, though timid politicians may shrink from acknowledging it, the restoration of Poland must be one of the consequences of the present war, or the war will prove to have been waged in vain. Now, therefore, it is not only the popular sympathies but the governments of Europe that are enlisted in our cause, and the governments of Europe, backed by the enormous strength bestowed by the full and hearty con currence of their people, and the restoration of Poland has become one of the essential conditions for the resto ration of peace in Europe. But, if this be so, fellow countrymen and fellow-exiles, the part we have to per form and the duties we have to fulfil are also different, and it behoves us to take a serious view of our position, and to make up our minds to consider no sacrifice too great to secure, when the time comes, the open and willing aid and co-operation of those who are now perhaps only fighting our battle because they cannot help it. While addressing you on a recent melancholy occasion, when we had met to do honour to the memory of the truest and noblest friend that any oppressed nation could ever boast of, Lord Dudley Stuart, I took the liberty of alluding to the unmerited reputation for disunion which has ever clung to us as re nation, and to the diversity of opinions entertained in the emigra tion as to what ought to be the form of government in Poland, should our beloved country ever be restored to independence. I would now fain dwell further upon the subject, and beg you to reflect that if the hopes which have been so frequently frustrated should at length be realised as a consequence of the present war, our country will, in this ease, have been restored through the aid of a European coalition ; and that, as has been truly observed by our countryman Count Valerian Krasinski, in one of the many works which have made his name illustrious in exile—we cannot, therefore, expect that the form of Government to be introduced among us will be left en tirely to our own decision. What we have to do now, in expectation of the propitious event is, therefore, to train our minds to acquiesce readily in whatever neces sities the conjunctures of the times may impose, and to sacrifice even cherished theories and predilections in the cause for which we have made so many other sacrifices. To do this will, I think, be the more easy, if we will but , take an unbiassed survey of the world's, history ant ob serve, that no nation was ever founded and no state ever developed itself according to political theories. The principles of a nation's growth, the elements of its great ness, lie hidden in the innermost recesses of its being, as, also, in the nature of the country which it inhabits. To seek out, to recognise, and to nourish these, is the task of the patriot and the statesman— and we have all been so long absent from our country, so many forces of which we have hardly any know ledge have been in action there during our quarter of a century of exile, that, should we over be restored to it, we would have much to learn before we could be in a position to judge what would be the best possible form of government for us. That, in the first instance, it would be sufficiently free to allow of its being gradually improved we have a guarantee in the principles that govern the present war, and render it so popular throughout Europe ; and with this assurance we ought to rest contented for the present ; for, to recommence our national life with dissensions on the subject of preconceived theories, whose adaptation to the circum stances of the country we had had no means of test ing, would, indeed, be to prove that the early dis cords that have made our intestine broils proverbial in Europe did not spring from our old absurd constitution, hut in reality had their root in the national character. On the other hand, by discarding all subjects which have hitherto proved apples of di,cord amongst us, by work ing together with one heart and one hand, and bringing all our energies to bear on the first great task before us —the reconquest of our country by faithful service iu the armies that are now combating Russia —we shall,on our side, be giving the best gu a r a ntees for the fut ure, we shall be acqui r i ng th e esteem of those Governments without whose aid we can hope to achieve but little, and we shall be gaining the confidence even of those who have chosen to number the Polish emigration among the rankest revolutionists and firebrands of Europe. In saying this let me not be misunderstood as wishing to cast any blame upon those peoples, who, having in vain exhausted all other means to secure their rights, trampled upon by foreign despots, have atlength had recourse to arms to free themselves from the hated yoke. To number ourselves among such has ever been our greatest glory ; but I do deeply deplore that, owing to the aberrations of a few members of the emi gration, the name of the Poles should have become, in the minds of so grew a number of persons, identified with the cause of those visionary politicians of all na tions, who would subvert all existing governments and overthrow all established institutions in order to create a new world out of the chaos ; and it i 3 because I think that irreparable injury is done to our cause by allowing such impressions to gain ground that I have taken the liberty of addressing you on the subject, and that I would implore all of you who think with me to seize every opportunity for proving that not only is the restoration of Poland an event necessary in the conservative in terests of Europe, but that the Poles also deserve to be numbered am eng the conservative and progressive nations of Europe, inasmuch as they wish nothing more than to be put in possession of their country, and quietly to develope its resources and capabilities according to the laws which nature and history may have pointed out as the most appropriate. It is by acting in accordance with such principles that we shall be most effectually aiding the cause of political liberty throughout Europe, and help ing to promote the liberation of the other nations, who are sighing under a yoke similar to that which weighs upon Poland ; for nothing has contributed more to rivet the chains of these nations than the wild schemes with which their names have been associated. The eyes of the Western Governments of Europe have at length been opened to the fact that R uss i a is the great revo l u ti on i st of Europe ; and, this truth being once recognised, it will not fail to work out its consequences, which must plead advantageous to all oppressednatemonusn,trayndt,ofinitasilyfo,rlmeaedr to the restoration of our beloved independence. Col. PRZTIRMSKI Seconded theanresolution. LuslKowsKl Lieut. JACKOWSKI proposlutiFd,on seconded, the followi n g evo : aaseru eled on this national anniver o that the will soon find "That the Poles, sary, have some reason to land under tyheirown to themselves on their na tive 6 consider it their duty lenders he the s Y 'th e eir illustrious chief, bief Prince and commanders, and ex press their gratitude t through his unremitting labours, wh° ' . sa •ulties, has succeeded in pl ac - Ad am Czartoryski, and amidst insuperable di on so elevated a footing ing the cause of our be forecountry the civilised world ed andL ieutenantGLElNlcH F. N. ZABA, Esq"ll7°tsion' seconded, the third re which. was as follows : "ThatPolish . exiles, in retern for the it is the chit,' of genearous hospitality which the English re their righteous war against Russia e c i o n n g se c q o u m e p n o ce sed of of at p l o e l a e s s t ) Allied Governments the efficient assistance whimacrheran(yioubf one-fourth of the gnss ian Polish troops officered by proved devotion to their contribute • and therefore this meeting country, can 'aloe° tenders its sincere thanks to ' the English Government for to perform e this service, by decreeing enabling the Poles the formation of a distinct Po i l l is corps under the com a Ilene°illustrious in the annals of mend of ZamsYski , Poland." and Major Giolgud Li eu t enan t Jlakowiez proposed, seconded the following resolution, which is as follows: " That this meeting offers its grateful ack now l e d gmen t s to the most noble the Marquis of Breadalbane, tho Presi dent, and to the Council of the Literary Association of the Friends of Poland, for their unceasing endeavours to keep before the eyes of the English public the real condition and just claims of the Polish nation, as well as to alleviate the sufferings of Polish exiles in this country." Mr. Golczewski, a young Polish gentleman, who has recentle escaped from the clutches of the Czar, and came to England as a volunteer to the Division of Cossacks of composed by hirapelf, breath: , the Sultan, recited, a poem, ing most patriotic senthaesga,ancl readiness of the young generation of the Poles to shed their blood for their much-oppressed country. After a vote of thanks to the chairman the meeting separated. SHARE MARKETS. (THIS DAY.) RAILWAYS. EAnwi.xo. Aberdeen A.mbg. Nottng. Bost. and Eastn. Junct... 11 Belfast & Ballymena.. 11 Birming. Wolve 711 Stour Valhi._ Birk eand. Lanai:. Cheshire Junct...... 11 Do. Chesil. & Birk.. £5O and £25 Con, 9 Do., £20.......... .... 11 Rlyth &Tyne original £25 (issd. at XV; O Bristol and Exeter... ,Jaledonian. s. Caren. and Cal digan Chester & Holyhea 11 Cork and Bandon 11 Cork, Black, & Pas a. 8 Cornwall 11 Do. A 8 Do. B elle Junction :5 Du olin &Belfast June 11 Dun. P. &Ab 1i Do. N• ...... . O East Anglian 11 Eastern Counti.l.s.. O East. Union, A. Stir .00 De., B, Stovt 8i Do., New A.. 7 East Kent I 141ast Lancashire Edinbnrgh di Glasgo Edinb. and Peebles.. Ediu. PAL & Dun (1., 9 Forth & Clyde Jun .11 Furness 11 Do. Extension 10 Glasgo & S West Lll Great N. of Scotind. 10 Great Northern... ~ 0 Do., A. Stock O Do., B. Stock 0 Gt. Sth. &West.(lre ) 0 Great Western O Do. Stour Val. Rai 1 Gua. Stk 11 Irish South-Eastern II Lancaster & Carlisle 41 , D0., Thirds 7 Do. New Thirds lAncash. andYo rkmt , Do., Wet. aiding Lin. dl Liv.Crsby.&Southit 11 London & Blackwall O Lond.Bright&S.C..i. ILo — nd: and N. Wean, 1.6 !Do. Fifths 5i D0.101.3h.,M&8 0 21 Do. Eighths KV London and& Westn ►7 Do., £50.. i 8 Do., £4O dl Lndndrry& Col ere Lie ill Lndisdrr7. & Ennlsk. xl Manch.She , '.k Lind. Ali Do. Shares, No. 1 2s. Do., Mail. k Lin. Tin. 1 Metropolitan Xi Midland 3t. 100 Do. Birmng. &Derby -50 all Hiclid. G. West. (Ire, ) 25 all Do. Half Shares no All Newcastle & Carlisle 2F all Nwpt.Aberg. & Hrf 1 8 Newry & Enniskille.r! 611 Newry Warrenpoint and Rostrevor.. 0 Norfolk 3.1 North n.Conntios North British., all North Devon, No. 1 all Do., No. 2 all Do., A A Deferred all Do., B Gnarantee , l 100 N. Eastern—Berwiel: 20 Do. do. Extension 13 D0.d0.0.N.E. all DO. Leeds Do. York 00 North London 1, .&S. Wstrn.,Hamr stead, and City Jn.. 1.7: North Staffordshir.... Ll. North Western al *T.& S. Westrn. June 1 Nuneaton, Hinckley and Leicester 't Wore., Wolv 3 .'ortsnioutil o Alsb Central..... Scottish Midland... 'hropehire 10 - If,on ...1 south Devon ionth Eastern ►ll 7outh Wales L 5 -3. Yrksh. & Riv. Dm, 5 Do 4 itaines,Wok &Wok 1 tockton Darli • L6t 41.c.Ikton & linrtlepl. raff Vale .. ')o. Pref., No. L._ 21 I"3inee Hay. P.& R. Ulverstone & Lancs all Vale n` Neath all Watered. & Kilkenny all Waterford&Limeriel all West Cornwall.. 8 I West End of Londor and Crystal Palace 11 Do. A 3 Do. B .11 West London. 11 Wimbledn & Croydon 01.ising erica* yesterday. 21i •- 12i 3 - 3} - 8 16 - 15 13 - 14 9 - 8• 80 - 85 55 - 55 11# 126 5 - 6 11 - 12 9 k - 27 -- 29 17 - 19 Eli - 68 49 - 51 91 - 16 - 17 ... 77 -- 79 6 - 6A 871 - FB4 71 - 73 .18 - :20 101 - 103 494 - 50 50 55 70 -75 6 - 6 - 7 76 - 6 64 93 95 93a 94 la Idl gd 85 86 8 7 64 • 5a 22t 22i I id 63 63 36 38 ••• .•• - ii : id 26i ~ 27i 67 - 68 8i 8 d 5 4ad 11 12 44i 95i 92 —97 4 - 51 •.. .65 lot 73 75 43 45 101 )14 57 58 301 315 5 2d pa 33 35 "'"^ • - - i'i l - i6i 19 21 4 - 6 FOREIGN. 11 k ntw erpdt Rat rdrzu :0 Do. sp. c. Oblgs. con. in Sh. at par till '64 0 Ardennes 4 Belgian Fastn. June 0 &mien to Grai Baena, Bombay, Baroda, an l Central India,Scriir AI Do. 611 Demerara 1 Dutch Rhenish 11 Easter► of France .0 Do. New 11 East Indian, g. 5p c .0 Do. Eitension Xll Do. do. do., '59, do.. 0 Gd. TL of CanadaA is. Do. St. Lawrence Atlantic do. '0 Do. Cert. of Deben., con. into Stk. t111'6:3 ii Do. Comp. 6p. c., do. .0 Gt. Central of ant , ill Gt. Indian Penindule guar. 5 per cent... I Do. New 5 per cent 2 Do. Extensions. 3 Great Luxembonr: Constituted Sham a Do. Obligation...... a Gt.WestornofCana4 Shares 5} Do. New NB Do. Bds., payable's7, all with option till '55. Do. do., '62, p.'56 al Do. do., '76, p. '6O i 1 DI:, do., '73, withou option Hamilton & Toronto 11 Do. 8 per cent. 7 Lake. Const. & Basle 11 Lierre and Turnhout ,0 Lyons and Geneva .4 Lyons ' Mediterran ,11 Andras 0 Do. New 11 51aria Antonia ' Do. do. New Namur & Liege (wit' Interest) ill Do. (ex interest) Lll Northern of France. ill Do .201. Sim Xll Do. 201. 3 p. (fmy.B.&Ams. Shs. ) ill NorwegianTrankProf Paris and Lyons Ditto Bonds dl Paris and Orleans di Paris and Ronen... . ParisCaen Cherbrg al Do 5 Rome and Frascati Lii Ronen and Havre Ali Royal Danish 5 Royal Swedish ' Do. Obligations (I 1 Sambre aid Meuse 11 Do. 5 p. cent. Pref 3 Scincle Do 11 Southern of France .6 St. Andrew's and __ Quebec (A) '2 1 West Flanders...., Do 5i per e. 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Shortly after two o'clock the chair was taken by his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge His ROYAL HIGHNESS, in opening the proceedings, stated the object for which they had assembled, and then in glowing language eulogised the invaluable exertions of Mi-s Nightingale. The following resolutions were agreed to unani- mously :- 1. That the noble exertions of Miss Nightingale and her associates in the hospitals of the East, and the invaluable services rendered by them to the sick and wounded of the British forces, demands the grateful recognition of the British people. 2. That it is desirable to perpetuate the memory of Miss Nightingale's signal devotion, and to record the gratitude of the nation, by a testimonial of a substantial character, and that, as she has expressed her unwillingness to accept any tribute designed for her own personal advantage, funds be raised to enable her to establish an Institution for the training, sus:;enoce, and protection of nurses and hospi-- tal attendants. 3. That to accomplish this object on a scale worthy of the nation, and honourable to Miss Nightingale, all classes be invited to contribute. 4. That the sums so collected be vested in trustees, and applied for the purpose expressed in the second resolution, in such manner, and under such regulations, as Miss Nightingale shall from time to time approve ; the sub scribers having entire confidence in her experience, energy, and judgment. 5. That with a view to secure, under all circumstances, the appropriation of the funds raised, to the purpose ex pressed in the second Resolution, Miss Nightingale be re quested to name a Council (selected from the Committee) to co-operate with her ; and who may represent her until her return to this country ; or in the event of any suspen sion of her labours. 6. That a committee be formed to carry into effect these resolutions ; and that the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert and Mr. S. C. Hall be requested to act as honorary secretaries. AUSTRALIA- MELBOURNE, AUG. 29. The following is the intelligence brought by the White Star and the Kent : The Donald M'Kay came into the bay on Sunday the 26th, making rather a long passage of 82 days. She only adds some intervening details to the later news which we had previously received ley a vessel from the .Cape and by another vessel from the Mauritius, bring ing the news up to the taking of Kertch, the operationi in the Sea of Azoff, and the taking of the Mamelon, which we hope may be confirmed by the White Star liner of the 20th of June, now daily expected. There has been a tolerable demand for gold for ship ment by the White Star, the price remaining at 31. 16s. 6d. with exchange at par, freight at 4d., and insurance 21 per cent. as before. The quantity of gold cleared at the Custom-house up to yesterday to the White Star was 27,793 ounces. The escorts of last week brought down 43,554 ounces, making the total this year per escort up to the 24th inst. 1,275,589 ounces. The shipments are as follows : Previously reported 1,504,074 Per Tornado to Calcutta 5,419 Per Telegraph to Sydney 4,081 Per Oliver Lang to Liverpool 71,802 Per Bombay to Hong Kong 250 Total 1,585,62t3 Our last week's arrivals were 1,114 Departures 317 797 Addition upon the whole year to the 25th of August, 40,172. There is a good deal of complaint of want of employ ment, but I think less than a month or six weeks since. At a public meeting held at Prahren last Friday, one of the members for the county in the chair, it was pro posed to memorialise Sir Charles Hotham not to send home the "appropriate moiety" of the land fund to im port more labourers at the present moment, but to expend it in recommencing the public affairs. Flour and grain do not give way in price. The various mills range from 371. to 421., and for seconds 351. to 401. Chilian is 361. Wheat ranges from 15s. to 17s. per bushel. The Donald Bl'liay brings news to the effect that there is a decided renewal of shipmehts to Australia. Some of our commercial men fear that the shipments are likely to be to too great an extent. Ido not think it very likely that such will be the case, because our prices (except in a few articles) have not risen to an ex tent to excite undue speculation. Stocks of piece goods or "soft goods," as they are called here, are still ►ieavy. Still I think that in moderation this is a good time to begin, and I reiterate my opinion that we have before us a period of prosperous trade. The Select Committee of the Legislature of Tasmania is proceeding firmly and consistently with its investiga tions into the abuses of the convict department, so far as the property and interests of the colony are concerned. They have addressed Sir Henry Young to permit the officers of the convict department to be examined, but Sir Henry's answer has not reached us here. I hope his answer will be favourable ; if otherwise there will be some very irritating discussions. As I mentioned in my last, it is very likely to grow into a privilege ques tion, the interests of which will extend to the other colonies, and may even be deemed worthy of attention at home. Our Legislature stands prorogued from the 4th Sept. to Oct. 2, but not for the despatch of business. It is thought that it will be further prorogued for about a month or six weeks. There is a vacancy in the Council for North Bourke, the county in which Melbourne stands. MELBOURNE, SEPT. 12. The Ben Nevis, with the mail of the 20th of June, has not yet made her appearance. This is her 84th day out. The Champion of the Seas, the ship of the sth of July, is considered due, her passage having extended to 69 days. The reports from the several gold fields as to the suc cessful results of quartz-crushing are fully borne out by the arrivals of the weekly escorts. At the beginning of last week a gentleman interested in a quartz-crushing machine at the new diggings of Mount Blackwood brought down a specimen, the result of one day's work by a machine lately set up there. It was a lump of amalgam, weighing 115 ounces, and was purchased by a gold broker of Melbourne at 74g. per ounce, being Hotel bears a charmed life ; it was licked by the flames but, having only one window on the side nearest the con flagration, the engines kept it from igniting. The value of property destroyed is estimated at about 20,0001., of which nut more than 6,0001. or 7,0001. is covered by insurance. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. MELBOURNE WHOLESALE PRICES CURRENT. A rgus-office, Saturday evening. Trade still continues excessively dull ; excepting a few transactions for the interior the past week has been one of even fewer transactions than many of its prede cessors. Among other causes for this state of things, the fact that the banks are taking steps to limit their credits very considerably stands foremost. An impres sion is gradually gaining ground that the number of firms engaged in trade, especially in the retail branches, must be gre fitly reduced before anything like a return to a healthy state of things can be expected. In the mean time a want of confidence exists, and, except with houses of known character and credit, there is little dis position on the part of the importers to make other than cash sales. There have not been many additions to our stocks, but the fair wind towards the close brought up one or two general cargoes. Grain—Scotch oats are firmer, and a disposition is shown to hold out for higher rates Lin the face of large quantities now over-due at this port, and of the coming spring, with its promising supply of green stuffs. Holders are of opinion that at the present rates ruling in England exportations thence will entirely cease. Building Materials—A dulness prevails throughout this trade. Prioes are nominal for slates, and transac tions in timber have been for small quantities only. • Groceries—There have been arrivals (of cane.ll34, but prices have not given way. Liquors. —A decline of from 9d. to l.s. per gallon has taken place in brandy, caused by the receipt of large parcels from Sydney, and by the fear that the ne cessities of some houses in that city will induce them to make further attempts to realise in this market. Other spirits are unaltered. Metals.—The iron-market shows no signs of recovery; sales are still reported ex ship at rates much below our quotations. Sundries.—Sales of English coal have taken place on the wharf as low as 30s. per ton. There is nothing doing in drugs. MELBOURNE LABOUR MARKET, Sept. B.—Want of employment is still the leading feature of this market. Alth.ugh many engagements of both male and female servants are daily taking place there appears to be no diminution of the number of unemployed. The orders from the gold-fields for female servants aro on the in crease, and good servants are freely accepting a slight increase of wages over the Melbourne rates. The Geelong and Melbourne Railway Company con tractors are offering Bs. per day for good navvies. The current rates for the week are as follows :- With Rations.-Married couples, without families, from 601. to 901. per annum ; ditto, with families, from 50/. to 701.; gardeners, 451. to 551.; grooms, 401. to 501.; stockkeepers, 45/. to 601. ; hutkeepers, 251. to 351.; ge neral farm servants, 20s. to 255. per week ; ploughmen, 20s. to 255. ; bullock drivers, 20s. to 255. ; do, on the roads, 255. to 30s. Weekly rations consist of 121 b. beef or mutton, 101 b. of flour, 21b of sugar, ilb. of tea. Without Rations-Compositors, ls. 6d. and ls. Bd. per thousand ; do., by the week, 41. 45. ; pressmen, 51,; carpenters, Bs. to 12s. per day ; masons, Bs. to 12s. do.; plasterers 7s. to 11s. do. ; bricklay er s, 7s. to lls. do. ; blacksmiths, 9s. to 12s. do. ; quarrymen, 108. to 12s. do. ; wood-splitters and fencers, 6s. to Bs. per ton ; labourers on the roads, 9s. to 10s. per day. Wood, water, and tents found. per annum ; female do., 251. Male cooks, 401. to 50 /. to 301. ; thorough servants, 22/. to 271. ; housemaids, 171. to 221. ; laundresses, 25/. to 351. ; nursemaids, 101. t) 151. LAW INTELLIGENCE—(This Day.) QUEEN'S BENCH. (Before Lord Campbell and a Special Jury.) DEPOSIT AND GENERAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY V. AT RE, JUN. This was an action brought by the above company to recover of the defendant, a solicitor, carrying on business at Bristol, the sum of 2001., and interest for desposit call, and interest on 200 shares in the above cornFany. The defendant, amongst other pleas, pleaded fraud on the part of the company. Mr. Sergeant Shee and Mr. Baddely were for the plaintiff, and Mr. M. Smith, Q.C., and Mr. Phipson for the defendant. Mr. Sergeant Shee, in stating the case to the jury, said this company was completely registered under the provisions of the act, in 1352, and the action was brought to recover 2001., with interest thereon, in re spect of shares in this company, apl,li3d for by the defen dant, and allotted to Lim by the company in April, 1854. In consequence of that allotment the defendant became liable for 10s. deposit on each share, but which had never been paid. In July, 1354, he wrote to the secre tary of the company, stating it was inconvenient for him then to take the shares, but he signed the deed of settle ment on the 9th of August. In November the direc tors made a call of 10s. per share on all shares issued, but the defendant had refused to pay either the deposit or call, and the present action was brought to recover those amounts with interest thereon. Evidence was then given of the registration of the deed of settlement, and the defendant's name being re gistered on the 9th August, 1855. Mr. Drylo, the secretary, at Mr. Knox . , the ac countant, produced the documentary evidence relative to the application and allotment of the shares, and the resolution of the directors ordering a call of 108. per share. Mr. Smith said the defence to this action was, that the defendant, on agreeing to take these shares, was de ceived in the grossest manner respecting the actual state of the company by the agents of the company and the directors. The directors were desirous of obtaining an office at Bristol, to establish an agency there, and the defendant having chambers to let, situate in Bridge street, Mr. Thomas, the agent, applied to him for them, and he became the landlord of the company at Bristol. It would appear that the company was projected in 1851 by a person named Howden, who was thrown out of the concern, and in 1852 the certificate of complete registration was obtained. Before that it was repre sented there were 5,034 shares subscribed; but, on inves tigation, it was found a great number of the persons named as shareholders were insolvent, and others in fants, children of theofficers of the company. The society commenced business, and at the time when the defendant was induced to take shares the company was in an in solvent state, the receipts of all kinds being insufficient to meet the expenses. By the powers of the deed, the original capital was to be 100,0001. in 20,000 shares of 51. each, with permission to increase the capital as re quired. Capital being required, the company, in order to raise it, said it was necessary to create new capital, in order to increase their loan business ; but so far from that being the fact, the money was required to clear the company from its difficulties ; and Mr. Thomas, the Bristol agent, applied to the defendant to become a shareholder, representing to him that the company was a first-rate one, that the directors were men of wealth and responsibility, and that the shares wore all paid up in full, and wished him to take 400 shares. He (the learned couneel) should produce before them in evidence , the former manager (Mr. Bevan), now undergoing sen tence for embezzlement, who would prove that the society, at this time, was in a bad state; notwithstand ing, he wrote to Mr. Thomas, desiring him to stick to his friend and get him to take shares, because the com pany wanted money, and that if he got him to take shares he would give him a check for 501., instead of paying him 201. commission, which would be a very pretty Christmas-box for him. He begged him not to fail, and to stick to him. Ultimately the defendant ap plied for 200 shares, and after that Bevan went down to Bristol, saw the defendant, and reiterated to the de fendant what Thomas had previously stated with reference to the flourishing state of the society. The learned gentleman then referred to a printed report issued by the company, stating the capital of 100,0001. to be fully paid up, and that the shares were held by most respectable persons. He also referred to a report of a Committee of Directors, drawn up in ' the handwriting of Lord Drumlanrig, appointed to investigate into the affairs of the company, which stated the existing difficulties of the company arose from three causes :—First, that it was a mistake in the first instance in limiting the subscribed deposit to 10,0001., which ought to have been 20,0001. ; secondly, that it was unfortunate there was no person in the di rectory experienced in the insurance business, and that consequently the expenditure had been larger in the management of the concern than it ought to have been. If 10,000/. were raised, with 2,300 t. money out on loan, it would clear the company, who owed their hankers 0,5001., and bad other liabilities amounting to 12,0001., and that each director should increase hie stake 1,000 shares. The report further alluded to the bankers re quiring a material guarantee for the debt owing to them by the filling up of the share list. The position of the directors was critical, but by proper management they might be saved from gettting into a worse position. After some further remarks on the financial state of the company, he called John Ayre, jun., who deposed that he took the shares, and signed the deed, from the representations of Mr. Bevan and Mr. Thomas of the flourishing state of the society and the responsibility of the directors. When he afterwards found from these persons the true nature of the society, he repudiated his engagement. He never had any scrip, nor received any profits. (Laughter.) Mr. C. W. Bevan, the late manager, deponed that he was at present undergoing a sentence of 18 months' im prisonment, for embezzlement, at the prosecution of the company. The letter referred to, written to Mr. Thomas, was in his handwriting. What he told Mr. Ayre, relative to the stability of the directors and the flourishing state of the society, was untrue. Many of them were not first-rate men, nor had they paid up all on their 500 shares. Many of the persons who signed the deed were not responsible men. 5,000 shares had been signed for by " stags," on the payment of 6d. per share. (Laughter.) One of these stags signed his name twice, once in full, and the other abbreviated. Some of the - names in the deed were those of persons under age. There were only from 8,000 to 9,000 shares paid on at the time to which ho alluded. On one occa sion the directors paid back the money paid on 1,000 shares, in consequence of a quarrel between this person, and Mr. Morgan, and the Board. Mr. Princeps was stated to be an East India merchant, but he was known as a "guinea man ;" that was a person who was on boards, and was paid aguinea forsuch attendance. In April, 1854, the company owed 15 ; 0001., including money borrowed to lend again ; the only money available at that time was 5001. cash at their bankers, and the money lent ; there was no vested property, as stated in one of the financial statements, and which had been produced. The balance sheet was made up to meet the public eye. There was, however, at the time, money in agents' bands. The report of the committee of directors, in Lord Drumlan rig's handwriting, but not signed, witness found after he left the company, amongst his papers. He did not purloin it, al had been represented. Cross-examined—He was tried in July last ; he did noternbezzlel,B34/.; he was tried for embezzling 38/.; the directors now believed him innocent. One of the direc tors, named Riddle, had informed him that he bad been outlawed by the Commercal Bank. He did not see any children sign the deed. He had been visited by the defendant once in prison and bad also been visited by the plaintiffs. The defendant had not promised to use his influence to get him a commutation of sentence, but Mr. Knox, on the part of the directors, when witness went to Cheltenham as evidence for them on a trial ,said the directors would make him a present of borne. thing handsome if they got a verdict against Mr. Perks. He had a conversation yesterday with persons belonging to the company respecting an application for cammutatton of sentence; he had been told that Mr. Ayre had promised to use his influence through the member for Bristol to get a commutation of his sentence, but he did net believe it, and be told Mr. Knox so at Chelten ham. Lord Campbell—These memorials to members of Par liament shock me exceedingly. They are attended with great mischief. Mr. Sergeant Shee said he wished there were pains and penalties attached to them, . and then members of Parliament would not be so importuned. Mr. Thomas, the Bristol agent, corroborated the evidence relative to the representations made to Mr. Ayre as to the flourishing state of the company. He wrote in a letter to the company that Mr. Ayre had a notion he should become a director, and had alluded to the expenses of the company being great. He suPPose d his attention must have been called to the expense. The directory r e fe rre d to a Bristol board to be estab lished. By Lord Campbell—He believed Bevan under the auth or ity of the board, notwi was acting tli n sta T3l,!nterms strange manner in which he wrote him,usi g "stick to him," "no humbug," it C. ceived his 50/. Witness never re . _ This was the defendant's case. [The remainder will be g'en in our las t edition.] CRIMINAL COURt—erhis Day.) OLD D Lord C O U Chiefß T• Baron.) . (Before the CIIARGE O r R.___ Daniel Lorden, 38, labo urer , was fobrituhßeDE w ilful murder of his wife, C at h er i ne indicted Lorden. The prisoner was also charged with the liKe off ence upon the coroners inquisiticn. Mr. Bodkin and Mr. Clarke conducted th e prosecu tion. The prisoner was defended by M r . P arry. It appeare from the opening statement of the learned counsel for the prosecution that the priso ner h a d for inerly been a weaver, but had bee n una bl e to sup port himself by that occupation since Christmas last, and from that time he had maintained himself and his family by working as a labourer at the docks. The prisoner, his wife, a daughter 18 years old, and two sons, aged respectively 12 and 14 years, occu pied a single room in a house in Parliament-court, near the Artillery -ground, and it appeared they were in very distressed circumstances and that on the even ing of the 17th September a raffle was to take place at a public-house in the neighbourhood, out of which the prisoner and his family were to receive .some benefit. The prisoner, his wife, his daughter , . lci n , - , eton, other of his relations, and a man named Kingston, b were at this raffle, and it appeared that . p e r r i e s o n n i Z was very much intoxicated, and during the a quarrel took pl ace between him an(01.5 turned out som e of his wife's relations, and the prisoner w of the room with considerable violence. The party left the puhlic•bouse soon after 12 o'clock at night, and it appeared that Kingst n accompanied the deceased and her daughter to their hou-e, and they had a pot of leer at the d-or. At this time the prisoner came home, and he appeared to be very angry at finding King. ston with his wife, and he went into hi, own room and threw a piece of wood out of the window, which struck Kingston, who challenged the deceased to fight, and he came down stairs and they had a scuffle together, and both fell to the ground, The prisoner, after this, went again into his own house, and it appeared that his con- duct was so violent that the deceased and his daughter were afraid to go into their own room, and remained on the staircase until the morning, when the two eons went out to their work. The (laughter subsequently went away, and it appeared that the unhappy deceased shortly afterwards went into the room where the prisoner was, and almost immediately afterwards there were the sounds of a scuffle, and the deceased was heard several times to shriek out mur• der. After this had occurred some lodgers in the house heard the deceased leave her room and go down stairs, and she was followed by the prisoner, and in a short time the cries of murder were repeated, and the prisoner was then heard to leave the house. Very soon after this the deceased woman was seen in a sitting posture upon the landing of the staircase, and at first it would seem that she was thought to be asleep, but it was eventually dis covered that she had received a stab or wound in the throat, and that she was quite dead. It appeared that immediately after the fatal occurrence had taken place the prisoner proceeded to the police station and said that he had come to surrender himself for killing his wife, and a constable was sent with him to his residence, and the prisoner then handed to the constable the knife with which the fatal wound had been inflicted. The prisoner subsequently made another statement in which he Ad mitted that he had stabbed his wife. The above facts were established by the evidence of numerous witne3ses, but in the course of the cross-exami nation by Mr. Parry it was elicited that the accused was a woman of most drunken habits, and that she was in the habit of constantly getting drunk and coming home late at night, and on these occasions it was her custom to behave with great violence to the prisoner, and he bad on several occasions left the house to escape from her. It also appeared that there was a suspicion that the deceased was on too intimate terms with Kingston, and that she had admitted that she had stayed out all night with him at a coffee shop. It also appeared that the prisoner was not addicted to habits of intoxication, but that he was a very hard working, industrious man, and that during the time he was engaged as a weaver he was frequently employed from 10 in the morning till 12 at night to endeavour to support his family. It also appeared that upon one oc casion during a paroxysm of fury the deceased had bitten the prisoner on the leg, and he was still suffering from the injury ho received upon the occasion. Mr. Parry made an eloquent address to the jury on behalf of the prisoner, and he urged that although there was no doubt that the prisoner had caused the death of his wife, yet that, under the POLICE INTELLIGENCE. —{This Day.) SOUTHWARK. SHOP-LITTING.—Mary Brown, a decent-looking fe male, far advanced in pregnancy, was brought up charged with stealing six pieces of silk ribbon from the shop of Mr. Jones, linendraper, Newington-causeway. The prisoner pleaded guilty to the charge, and the magistrate committed her to the House of Correction for three months. 5 5 20 10 20 I 1 10 I 18 , 4 18 a, al 20 1: 20 li 20 11 ~00 25 t oo 171 IV al 20 11 5 5 ! 20 t hr. I V, St. t 22 I 1! 25 al t.llO St. 10 10 61 20 I t 10 10 50 41 23 n 1 .st. Iv St.. 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York S. Prir North Staffordshire. Oxford, Worcester, Wolverh. £l5 , 6 p.c Do R. Prof. 101. Sh. Scot. Cent., New Pre South Devon Do. fixed, 4i per cent S. Eastern (Readiup Ann.) of £1 Os. gd. l Do. 4i per cent, '. Do. Fixed 4i p c sh S. Wales Gus,. 4 p. c Do. do. 4A p. c.... S.Yorksh.4p.c.Guar. Stock. & Dar. , 5 p. c. Do. do. do Stock. & Hard. g. 5 p. c. till July 1, 'sg ynterfd. & Kilk. 6 p c LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This Day.) LONDON, Nov. 29.—Wind this day at noon, N. ; light airs. PLYMOUTH, Nov. 28.—Wind E.N.E.—Arrived — Her Majesty's steamer Dee, from Woolwich. Sailed—Her Majesty's steamer Rhadamanthus, for Woolwich. COWES, Nov. 28.—Wind N.N.E.—Sailed—Adolph, for Sydney, N.S.W. DOTER, Nov. 28.—Wind N.E. to E.N.E.—Arrived— Fregga, from Rio Janeiro, for Copenhagen. FALMOUTH, Nov. 28.—Wind N.E.—Off the port—Van- guard, from Calcutta ; Nelson, —. MARGATE, N0v.21.- -Part of the lowerrsasts, topmasts, yards, a quantity of standing and running rigging, long boat, three small spars, &c., have been landed, partly here and partly at Whistable, from the wreck of the Robert, from Cardiff for London, lost on the Tongue Sand. (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Thursday Morning. Arrived—Wonder (s), from Jersey; Percival, Newcas tle; Caledonia, Sunderland; Alarm, Newport; Alliance (s), Havre. Sailed—Despatch (s), for Jersey ; Atalanta (s.), Havre ; John Wesley and Urania, Sunderland; Bosphorus (s.), London. LIVERPOOL, Thanday Morning. Wind N.N.W. Arrived—Vision, from Foochoofoo. Off—Eleanor, from Quebec. Sailed—Black Prince, for Pernambuce. DUBLIN, Nov. 28. Wind W. Arrived—George Ann, from Alexandria; Nonsuch, Leghorn. QUEENSTOWN, Nov. 27. Wind N.E. Arrived—Jane M`Donald, from Flushing ; Worthy of Devon and Economist, Quebec ; Nicholas, Rio Grande; Asia, Callao. Sailed—Helmich, for Malta. (BY SUBMARINE ANli BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, TIMIS lay, 9.55 a.m. Wind N.W. ; tide, four hour's ebb ; fine. Arrived, Nov. 28.—Fayaway and Farmers, from Seville; VESSELS SPOKEN' WITH. Wanderer, Callao to Queenstown, Nov. 9, 38 N 43 W. Forfarshir,, Callao to Queenstown, N ov . 10, 39 N., 41 W. Muscongas, of Charleston, Nov. 15, 42 N., 21 W. Sedulous. London to Balaklava, Nov. 11, 36 N., 9 W. Baltic, New Orleans to Liverpool, Oct. 27, lat. 24, long. 79. War Eagle, for Bombay, Oct. 8, 25 S., 24 W. Margaret, Liverpool to Coast of Guinea, Nov. 17, 49 N., 8 W. Primula, Mauritius to London, Oct. 20, 3 S,, 1R W. Scbomberg, Liverpool to Australia, Oct. 27, 7 N.,27 W. John S. Harris, Cardiff to Havanuah, Nov. , three miles north of Ilavannah. Laconic, Mobile to Liverpool, Oct 30, Ist. 38, long. 68. Colonel Cutts, Liverpool to New Orleans, Oct. 24, 43 N., 32 W. Ariel, for Sydney, N.S.W., July 25, off Tongataboo. Ellen (British ship), standing S.W., Oct. 4, 58 S., 79 W. Terror, of Sydney, N.S. W., July 20, at Port Resolution. J. L. Warner, Now Orleans to Liverpool, Oct. 27, 24 N., 80 W. Lady Franklin, Oct.. 23, 6 S., 31 W. Bee, from Liverpool, Oct. 24, 1 S., 31 W. Raleigh, Callao to Cowes, Oct. 25, 1 N., 30 W. Bengal, from Ceylon, Nov. 9, 38 N., 43 W. Entaw, Honduras to London, Nov. 9 (out 33 days and short of provisions), 80 miles S.E. of the Hook. Tonawanda, Liverpool to Philadelphia, Nov. 1, 46 N., 42W. Red Gauntlet, London to Sydney, N.S.W., July 1, 5 N., 16 W. Edward Herbert, Liverpool to Valparaiso, July 2, 5 S., 18 W. Blanche, Liverpool to Batavia, July 17, 22 S 30 W. MARKET NEWS.—(This Day). CORN EXCHANGE. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN For the week ended Nov. 29,1855, made up from the Returns o: the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns In England and Wales por Imperial Quarter. WHEAT. 1 EARLEY. 1 OATS. ITE. I IM AM. I rEss . 82s ld 40 4 1 d 28s Id 152 s 93 5lBl Ol 5" " THE SIX WEEKS' .Av.ENAGE. WHEAT. BARLEY. OATS. 1 HIE. i 'JEANS. t SEAS. 79S 101 39s 53 58s 21 : 515 7cl 1 Ms 311 i 50, 7 A QUANTITIES OF GRAIN SOLD LAST WERK. Wheat, 131,952; Barley, 103,394 ; Oats, 19,261 ; Bye, 470 ; Beans, 6,024 ; reas, 2,151 quarters. ------ NEAT DEN IIALL. The trade rul e d LsA f 3s 4d to 4s 6d; Mutt on NEWOATIC AND .......13,,f; f rom . steady, as follows . v 1 35 4d to 45 Gd. ; Pork, 3s 6d t o 5 8 2 d M ARKETS. 3s 6:1 to 45 8 d ; arecas,o. p e r 81bs, by thf,c A.— The show of each ki n d o f stock SOUTHALL, Nov . wi , but moderat e, and t he trade ruled steady, to -day and s heep were rather dearer than last w ee k. B ee f , Mutton, 3s 6d to 5s Od ; V ea l , 38 61 to 4a B r easts ark6d3tso 5 6( 5 1 ; t0 4810(1 per Sibs, to s i n k th e offals. eaß;oarroitn, Nov. 28.—We had a steady trade to-day, as follows : —Beef, from 3s 6(1 to 5s 2d ; Mutton, 3s 8d to 5s Id ; Veal, 33 8d to 4s 8 : ; Pork, 3s 6d to 4s 10d per Sibs. Quarter-old store Pigs, 22s to 28s each. E.,kY MARKETS. ------- SMITEITIELD.—Meadow hay, 41 4s to 61 63 ; clover ditto, 4/ 108 to 71 Os ; and straw, 11 4s 03 to 1/ ls 10d per load. A moderate demand. CUMBERLAND. —Meadow hay, 418 s to 61 103 ; clove] do., 41 12s to 71 Os ; and straw, 11 5s to 11 104 per load. A fair demand. WH ITE OI IAPEL.—Meadow hay, 4/ 5s to 6/ Os; clover 1/ 10a to 7/ 7s; and straw, 1/ 4s to 11 lOs per load. Trade steady. THE LATE MARQUIS OF LONDONDERRY.—The friend° and admirers of the late Marquis of Londonderry W . set on foot a subscription with a view to erect a inownu ment to his memory on his estate in the county Ireland. This monument is proposed not only of 1): til: tes a t ' imony bute of friendship to the late marquis, to his military services. The Doperiobru.ot with the who was on terms of friendship a nd : ntica towards the late marquis, has sent • 501. as a subscriptionfa:oche French, monument. ~,D lL— The grocers of on Monday night, gc d ehr:s at the meeting at F w li h ‘t ic u h D Liverpool B a n b l e s a l d s s l a o li c n E i o a t t h i G o e nßr °enfiocfrYt Ye n a l a s - t i meetingfn formally m the l i y sale e s t a ot l i s s u b g e a d r . who have been selling sugar and other articled by abstracted a certain quantity of the pound, or half pound, from the g on Tuesday T e y o f sugar purchased from one of the mem slot achpepaeparlyise_otbiftailnat Itatebhteeeh;wgarvaeoi h'a' as g r t s hht , e , f ac committeetash'aeemp which was s ix drachms short in th e h a l f pound. In the 10 districts of the town, where th e grocery frauds have "b: su er most largely practised, there is a strong feeling of indigration against these dishonest tradesmen.—Maria chestcr Guardian. PEACE MANIFESTOES.—The Peace Society, taking ad. vantage of the high prices of provisions, has been phi* carding our streets, for some days back, with large bills. bearing the title, " Th e War and Potatoes," in wine:: it is affirmed that but f or th e war th e price o f potato and other arti c l es o f f ood would b e considerablY lower' —alasuoto Daily Mail. "~: 76i i 61 93i I 63 i i 23 71 I