The Sun. — London, England, 1855-11-02 00:00:00

~--~.~ • , ) E'a 4 :- k • a. , , • AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Two o'CLoca: The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed very firmly, and prices of American were id. per lb., and Surat and Egyptian were id. per lb., dearer than last week. The other descriptions were unchanged. The sales were 8,000 bales, 1,000 on speculation, comprising 319 Pernam and Maranham, sgd. to 61d. ; 200 Bahia, 5i I. to 6d. ; 400 Egyptian, 51d. to 71d. ; and 1,000 Surat, nd. to 4d. per lb. Imports for the week 25,000 bales. Yesterday was a holiday in the Railway Share Market. There has been a firm market this week for co lonial produce, and full rates have been obtained. British Plantation sugar has been in active request, and has risen as much as 3s. 6d. per cwt. as com pared with last Friday's rates. Most kinds of foreign have realised high prices, and Bengal and Mauritius sorts are 2s. to 2s. 6d. dearer. Refined brown lumps have found buyers at 625. to 635. per cwt. ; but many of the sellers asked 655. Both for Plantation and Native Ceylon coffee there has been a fair inquiry, at previous currencies. Rice has ruled firm but dull, and has gone freely at 3s. to 4s. per cwt. advance. The public sales of tea passed off very quietly. Saltpetre has been taken freely. Tallow has risen to 665. and 665. 6d. for P.Y.C. on the spot. The festival of All Saints occurring on the Ist of this month (yesterday) it was a holiday on the Paris Bourse. Although business was suspended in the Exchange, a few transactions in the Three per Cent. Rentes on the Boulevards were quoted at 64f. 10c. for money. The mass of bills falling due to-morrow, as the 4th is Sunday, will be very heavy, and the effect has already been felt in the money market ; the demand for discount accommodation having become very active. It is considered likely that some firms, whose position, for some time, has not been very satisfactory, may succumb, and a firm extensively engaged in the Spanish and Italian oil, sulphur, and fruit trade, is already reported to be in diffi culties. The liabilities are stated to be large, but we refrain from giving the name at present. The market for English Stocks is rather firmer, but had it not been for some large specula tive purchases the prices would most likely have declined, as the money market is tight, owing to the heavy amount of bills pay able to-morrow, and rumours are circulating to the effect that the Bank of England Return, to be published to-night, will show a further large diminution in the bullion. Consols opened at 87/ and are now about 87i to 88 both for money and account. The December quotations are 88 to. The New 3 per Cents. are 872- and the Reduced 861 to 87k. Exchequer Bills are 10s. to 4s. dis count. The New 2i per Ceu s. are 72. The Foreign Stock Market is generally well sup ported. Still, as corcpared. with Wednesday's closing rates, some weakness is observable in Turkish Six per Cents., which have ranged from 781 to 79. The new Scrip is steady at 3k to 3 dis count. Spanish Passive Bonds are 51, and Sar dinian Five per Cents. 841. Russian Five per Cents. are marked 95i, and Belgian Four-and- a- Half per Cents. 901 to 91k. Dutch Four per Cents. have risen to 93i. Mexican Stock is heavy at 19a to 19k, owing to the unsettled condition of the Republic. The following are the nominal prices of foreign stocks: Grenada Deferred Bonds; 18 to 20 ; Mexican, 191 to ; Peruvian, 72 to 4 ; ditto Three per Cents., 52 to 4; Portuguese Four per Cents., 43 to 5 ; Russian Five per Cents., 95 to 8 ; ditto Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 85 to 8 ; Spanish New Deferred, 19k to -a ; ditto Three per Cents., 371 2 to 8 ; ditto Certificates, 4k to ; ditto Pas sive, 4i to 54. ne last week's railway receipts, ascertained up to this day, are in round figures as follow : 1855. £25,905 57,936 14,794 14,489 28,907 20,728 18M. £23,070 52,876 13,461 15,243 27,232 17,087 Great Western North-Western South-Western Brighton Midland South-Eastern Caledonian Great Northern Lancashire and Yorkshire — North-Eastern Railway shares are generally s'eady, but in some cases we notice a decline. Great Northern, Cale donian, South-Western, and Midland are firm. The Foreign lines are inactive but steady. Great Western of Canada are again rather lower. Mining and Banking shares are without any par ticular alteration. Canada Land shares have dropped 5/. Royal Mail Steam are about 1/. higher. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE= Prom the Ofßescii Gies, • • Ftkrtn,i, Bank Stock .. , ... 3 tier•ti-Jut. Reduced Annuitiss,..., 3 per Cent Consols Anntlities , If , v , 3 per Cent. Annuities ... New 2i per Cent. Annuities 72 Lang Annuities, Expire sth lan_ 18 , 4 u 3i a Ditto 30 Years, Expire sth April, 1885 16i Ildia Bonds, £lOOO ......... Ditto, under 21000 consols for Account E tchequer Bills, 24d. 21.000 2500 lO 4 Small Exchequer Bonds 1858, 34 per Cent... 984 Ditto 1359, „ .. 981 PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLO Brazilian Bonds 5 per Cent. tilaxican 3 leer Cenis. Ditto for the Account l9a x d Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 ner Cent. £St 95 4. Sulinian Bonds, 5 per Cent. . ....... 84 Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent Ditto Passive 5 Turkie,h Bonds, 6 per cent Ditto for the Account 7Bi 981 Ditto New Scrip, 4 per Cent. Ditto for the Account 34 3 Oividenda on t"" s'ove navahti in Lemon Belgian Bonds, 24 per Cent. ex. 25 fr — Ditto 44 per Cent. Ex. 25 fr bitch Exchange, 2i per Cent. 12 Gun._ Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates . 92i HALF- "A ST T WO F7l LB 87i 88 87i i 8 Consols Ditto for tll3 k cont LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This Day.) LONDON, Nov. 2.—Wind this day noon, N.W. ; light breeze and dull hazy. weather. COWES, Nov. I.—Wind N. by E.—Sailed—Victor, for Guadeloupe. Off the port—ldalia, from Akyab. PLYMOUTH, Nov. I.—Wind N.E.—Sailed—Alma and Alba, for Sydney, N.S.W. BRIDLINGTON, Nov. I.—Wind N.—Arrived--Onder neming, from Newcastle, for Amsterdam, leaky, with loss of bowsprit, foretopmast, &c., and decks swept ; Kitty, Newcastle, for Inverness, very leaky; Naiad, Harburg, for Hartlepool, with bow stove, loss of bowsprit, &c., having been run into, whilst at anchor, by the brig Mar garet, of Sunderland. HARTLEPOOL, Nov. I.—lt is blowing very strong from the northward. The Tweed, of Shieleb, from Hamburg, a nd another brig, from Hamburg supposed to be the Mo narch, are on shore. ViTHITBY. Nov. I.—lt is blowing a gale from the north. The Maunder, of and from Grimstadt, for Newcastle, is on shore in a bad condition ; three of the crew drowned. The Hannah, of Goole, is a total wreck. L IVER POOL, NOV. 2 ,— The William Libby sailed hence yesterday for Calcutt a, but p ut back leak y , havin g struck on the bar. (PEB ELECTRIC TFLEGRAPH.I SOUTHAMPTON, Friday Morni ng . Arrived—Wonder (s), from Havre ; City of Limerick (8.), Dublin ; Thetis, Longsuncl. Sailed—City of Limerick (a), for London; Navarino, Sydney. LIVERPOOL, Friday Morning. Wind, N. Off.—DeltA. Sailed.—Ella A. Clark, for New Orleans; Town of Li verpool and Enthusiast, Pernambuco. (BY SUBMARINE ANb BRITISH TELEGRAPH. ` ! GAVESEND, Friday, 9.49 A.M. Wind W. ; tide, half hour's ebb ; hazy. Arrired.—Rensean, from Emden. DEAL, Friday, 9.34 a.m. Wind, W. ; moderate. Passed.—H.M.S. Rhadamanthus, from Portsmouth, for Woolwich. Sailed.—H.M.S. Sanspariel, for Sheerness. Anchored.—Winscales, from Moulmein ; Prince Charlie, from Colombo—both for London. The French gun-boat Baltic got on the Goodwin Sands last night. She was got off again and assisted into Rams gate harbour. LOST SIZIPS.—CALCUTTA, Sept. 22.—The Constance Emma, Abernethy, has been lost off Ras Bennas, African side of the Red Sea. Crew saved, and gone to Jeddas. The Derreau Carmichael, has b een wrec k e d a t P oore . Mem.—The Dream, Carmicheal, sailed from the Clyde, the 12th of June, for Calcutta. Hong- Kong, Sept. 15. —The Marie (Prussian brig), Pieper, has been burnt off the mat of Forma. 5 5 to 10 201 tot, SHAR MARKET S. (THIS DAY.) RAILWAYS. BitILVI T. Aberdeen ...„„, Arabg. Nottug. Bost and Eastn. Jnnet Boifasi kirraing. Wolvorh Stour Vall, y ..... Rir ny.hd. Lanes}.. lueshire Janet Chexh. 6t Birk. , £5O and £2L Gene Do., £20... ........ . ".ytb Tyn,,)rigina £25 (issd. at £4 siristol aul F.xotel Calcidonian . Carm. and Ca , digan Chester & Holyin Cork and Bandon Cork, Black, di Pa.S . 00,-,\-eal I Do. A ............. . Do. B ie Du.Ain&Belfastlune. pan. P. & . East At glian Eastern Counties Past. & Sti D.., B. Stop'_... no., New A. East Kent IJAneashire F.dinbiirgb & Clasp , Edinb. and Peebles Edin. Prth & l turd , vortb &. Clyde Tin Furness . Do. Extension Glasizow Ity S Great N. of Scotlnd, (.beat. Northern _ Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock . Gt. Sth. &West.(lr , Great Western . . D , • Stour Val Rai Gua. Stk...— ....... . Irish Soutb.Eal , Lancaster & earl 'Do., Thirds . Do. New Thirds ',awash. and York Do. Nst. Riding I. Li v :Orsoy.&Sonthi , i London & Black vr, , , Loud. Bright & Loud. and N. Weut • 11 1 / 4 , Pift.do t4& ' 3 . 'Do. Eighths I I,ondon andS, West., Do., £si) Do., £l.O I .ndndrry& Coleraie Lndudrr7. & Enialsh Ntanch.Sher. & Lineh Do. Shares, No. 1 >I.. Map. Ar. Lin. Tin Metropolitan io.lling. &Derl• Vfidid. G. Weet. Half Shares Newcastle & Nwpt.Aherg. & HrP Jewry dr, Enaiskille• vcwry Warrenpoin• ,rd Rostrevor. ortliu.Counties ( worth British ~, North Devon. No No. 2 , 'o., A Deferred . Do., A B Griaral,t,a , • Y. Eastern—Berwi , Do. do. Extension Co. Leeds Do. York North London . &S.Wetru.,Haro stead,ead, and City Jo North Sta fford el • North Western., . S. VA:A 111. Jitn , 'stun eato n Flineirl•- .x, Wore.. ,s Violv. Q ash Central -4onttish Mid tau ~ ropriliire Um . outl, Devon ;oath Eastern., Wales Vrksli. dz Riv. lin nes , w•,,._ tockton & Darli ;kton & Ilnxtle.i. Park Vale )n. Pref., No. 1.. gar. r'.& F. ITlverstone dt Lam:. •,, Neath... Waterf I. RL Kil k enti ' VAerforl &L; aim. In West ''Best End of Londe , Awl Crystal. Pa!aeo._ Do. A Do. B West London. :Wimbledn&Croy4on (Olosins Prices Wednesday. 23 - IF 4 3i 4 - 16 - 15 14 - 15 9 - 8 85 87 58 581 ilk 12 5i 4i 5 - 6 Boat aass don* thla day. Ili 68i 49 - 51 9 1 16 - 17 71 73 6i - 6i 83i 1 , 4; 68 - 69 119 - 1 100 102 50i 514 118 12 5 7 5 7 p 741 754, 94 96 92 -- 02 2 - 1/(i I lk 83 - 8 4 9 - 8 8 7 tli - 22 id 63i 644 3ti -- 38 , it - 45 • 47 251. 26.! 67 • 68! 84 -7/ ft 4/ —• 44d 1 - 126 44 45 92 97 ... .- ... 4/ - 54 23 25 'OO 104 72 - 74 41 13 1 2 563 574 - 31 5 3d 2d - pai .. .- 18 19 3 4 13- 20 4 6 goRVIGN t Do. 5 p. c. Oblgs. con. in Sh. at par till '64 Ardennes ...• Jun. teziers to Gra Rornbay, ilaroda , an ricutral india,Scri Do. hemerara ..... .„ I hit& 11)‘enish Eastern of France no, New east Indian, g. 5 p. c. Do. Eytension Do, do. do., '59, do.. Tk of Cana(laA ig. Uo. St. Lawrence & Atlantic d 0........ no. Cert. of Deben. con. into Stk. i)o. Comp, 6 p. c., do. Gt. Central of Fran It Indian Poninaul guar. 5 per cent. ►o. New 5 por cent 'O. Extensions.. (=rest Luxembour Constituted Shares Do. Obligations._ ilt.Westernof Canty': Do. New I), tSds., payable's7,l with option till '55 Do, do., '62, p. '56 Do. do., '76, p. '6O do., '73, without option IFTamilton & Toronto Do. 6 per cent. Lake °oust 81 RasTv Liorre and Turnhoat ;Lyons and Geneva (Lyons & Moditerran. Madras Do. New Maria Antonia Do. do. New Namur & Liege ( Interest) Do. (cx interest) Northern of France D 0.20/. Shs_ _ 20?. 3 p. c Bde (fray.B.ctAnia.Slis. Norwegian'FrunkPre Paris and Lyons Ditto Bonds ..... Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen... I), ariseaen & Cherbrg D 0... Rome and Frascati Nolen and Havre. rz oyal Danish Iltoial gwolisli Do. Obligations .... Fialiabre 4nci House... Do. 5i p. cent. Prof Scindo Do southern of Frxtios St. kudrew's sud Quebec (A) West Flinders Do 5 per c. Prof. Alt-stern of Franco_ Do .. .JOIN it ° 5 %1 0 ] B A ank ostr T-'4'lsfleT4 k-"S of London . . 52 54 5 4 0 al s i -- 25 • 89 " 11 ' Col, rck Amer can awk 20 4 elltr(7.'.tuat,B:riki a.,osl o i f a t i s ina i a a , 4 ... d p . a . r .d 100 50 City 100 25 .:010n; . *:1: *************** 55 - 57 WO 20 Commercial * * 20 All t 'lng.SCOt.& s. 20 all Lond.Chart. Bk of &nstrali t 151 —. 16; 20 5 Ditto New ********** ' -19 d ri 50 20 14---idon and County.. 100 50 Lila . &E. Bnkg. Corp. • - pa • • • 50 10 London Joi nt S t ock.. .. r 2P 100 20 Loud. & 'Westminster 100 35 National Pro.of Eng. 20 10 Do. Now 50 22i National t o h f all 25 all Oriental Bank of Corporation........ .• 38 40 39} ex d WO 25 e'rovincial of Ireland 52 54 1.0 all Do. New ............... 5 1 Royal Anstraln.llkg. itt Imp C 0.... ... 100 50 Royal British ..• ..• ••• 25 &LI a.uLtralia ..... 39 41 - 74 25 ( all Union of Australia.. , 72 8 9 60 10 Union p: Lou pa 28 a 301 29if 71 7i 24 2id 4 - 2 d I - 1 -- -- 354 9i lOmp 2 1 1 - 22/ - 1 9'i 2 gi 141 - 151 63 70 87— 8) 2i 31 5i 51 par 4p 4 44 2/ 3 22a 23 1. lip 99 101 109 113 110 - - 114 101 103 2'21 22i 108 - 113 5 - 6 19/ 19i r 7 9 2 - 3 4- 5/ , - 5 / - 341 11l 14 43- 41 43, - 45 ... - pm ... "*".. 20 - 21 2 - - 3 8 - 84 - 1 p Pin 3i 4 a 291 -30 i 19 - 20 10 1 • 10 4} 16 20 all all a)) all THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EN/ENING, NOVEMBER 2, 1855. Ijl j 1) 40 X KI) N LAW INTELLIGENCE—(This Day.) of thundering sophistry to gull the public for the unright eous gain of the Old Lady's private friends and public supporters. . BAUM - it -14,, 1.4!4141R , Compare, Jrll.lMi r NVednes'ay. ,usniess , his day. E (11 .tac v k e e r r y honest y and abomination trader are t rooted ot ai ed s e ü b p i voice and such banking system as the following substituted :- 1. Her Majesty's Mint to manufacture Queen's notes to the extent of 50 millions sterling, or such other amount as Parliament may deem sufficient to meet the currency wants of the 'United Kingdom. 2 To guard against forgery the Queen's note paper to be silk threaded, with the Queen's head stamped in the four corners of the note—red stamps for 11. notes, blue for 21., green for 51., and black for 101. and larger sums. 3. Government to issue the 50 millions to any bankers or banking companies who will permanently deposit 3 per cent. Consols for such amounts as may be respectively issued to them—(of course, the bankers are to receive the divi dends on the Consols.) 4. The Bank of England not to obtain more than 10 millions, and no other bank to obtain more than one mil lion. 93 -- 95 95 - 300 .131. -- 135 26 7 is IC3 - 105 12 3 / 4 13 — d 115 5. No portion of the Queen's notes to be issued to any existing banks of issue until they agree to call in all their own bank notes. 21 -- 24 6. To cover the expense of manufacturing the Queen's notes, the bankers to pay a half penny for every note. 7. The Queen's notes to be a legal tender throughout the United Kingdom. 8. Gold to continue a legal tender at 31. 17s. lOid. per ounce. - 41 - iP 56 - 58 9. No bank to enjoy any exclusive privilege. Were the above plan adopted financial convulsions could rarely, if ever, exist ; directors of the Bank of England would not so often avail themselves of prior information, and dabble in the funds; and the Times would cease to propagate such monstrous fallacies as appeared in that journal of Friday last, the 26th ultimo. During my experience, and it has not been trifling, in the foreign commerce of the empire, the most loquacious chatterers about the foreign exchanges and balance of trade have almost invariably proved to be the least informed, and consequently the worst guides upon those subjects. It may be laid down as an incontrovertible axiom that a certain quantity of legal tender money is absolutely necessary, and that that quantity should be always re tained in circulation within the United Kingdom, and, therefore, that it ought to be of such a quality as to re main wholly unaffected by whatever may transpire com mercially or politically in foreign countries. If, then, the quality of money were such as to be re jected by foreigners, would it not be a great advantage, instead of being a disadvantage? Would it not in some degree compel foreigners to take British manufactures in payment for our imports, and enable us, by the sweat of our brow and the oil of our machinery, to pay for what we can afford to consume without the slightest derangement of our currency ? And here allow me to ask the spotless Old Lady, whether the expensive and hazardous process of sending and re-sending gold and silver, to and fro across the ocean, is not rather a barbarous mode of balancing trade accounts, and whether it would not often be "more honoured in the breach than the observance ?" Whether, in short, the exchange and re-exchange between foreign traders and ourselves of what are commonly called the precious metals, which are neither of British growth, pro duce, nor manufacture, are not occasionally a great bar to traffic in more really useful commodities ? In discussing our monetary system, let every one recol lect that the oft-asserted convertibility of our present Paper Currency into Gold is an unadulterated fiction. — Yours, &c., Tuesday, 30th Oct., 1855. fir) 8 - 8i 3 - 29t - BO 83 - 85 DEVONIAN. MARKET NEWS.—(This Day). CORN EXCHANGE. The quantity of English wheat received fresh up to our market to-day was limited, and the show of samples was trifling. Most kinds were in but moderate request, yet Monday's prices were supported. The imports of foreign whea, have been only 2,570 qrs. The trade ruled dull, yet importers generally were firm. In the quotations, no change took place. Floating cargoes were firm, but not dearer. Malting barley moved off steadily, at extreme rates, but low qualities met a dull inquiry. There was a moderate inquiry for malt, at full quota tions. Old oats sold steadily—new qualities slowly, at Mon day's currency. Beans, peas, and flour were rather dull, but not cheaper. ARRIVALS THIS WERE.. Wheat. 3,39 0 Barley. ( Malt. Oats. A Flour 2,130 1 1,490 10 I 1,350 _ • 5,430 11,390 1610sks. I I I —brls. Bedford and Bletzhley Buckghamsh. Clydesdale Jc. Col, Stour Vy. Su& and Hal. E. Lin. c. 6 pc. E. Un, H. Sh. Glas. Barr. & Neils. Direct Do. New Glstr,& Dn. Fr firtlpl. Die, & Railway Hull & Selby Do. Shares. Do. Shares. Lon.&Greenvr Do. Prefereme Lon., Til., & S. Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. Do. 6 per ct. Manch. Bxtn. and Matlock Middlesbro' & Redcar Midld.Braclfd Newmarket Bury Exten N.& Est.s p.c. Do. 6 per et. Do. Fixeds p Prest. Fz 11% , y Do. 6 Shrm. A Roystn.&Rit. Shef.Roth and London N. Wcf , t. L. &N. W. Caledon... E. Un. h E. C at.Nrtt,.. E. Count. Gt. Wes. - m Yk. New. & Berw. Y. BtN Do.. Do . Easte, iPeto k Co Norfolk Do L. Sc N. W & itekton & Midland ) En. Coun. E. Count. Do Do L. & Do j Gt Northn j T.,ancael: & Gooleg.s p.c. I Yorksh. Shrews. &Her T. Brassoy S. Staffordsh. Ipf.MCLean Wear Valleygr tockt, & 6 per cent Dar , ingt Do Do. GtWes tn PREFERENCE SHARES. kberdeen .10. N 0.2, 7 p. 0. , lyth and Tync , I. 0 po c. pref. (issd. 50/ & Ex. 4 p. C. S, o. 4 p. c. Shares,,. aledonian £lO imster & H0I7 11 ": inar. 5? per cent. o. do. Pref. No. 2. 'n. do. Pref. No. 2., 'grit Bandons?jp.c 'un.Prth .dt Al , or. J. '. Anglian Cis. A Sh, Jo. do. Cls. B 6 p. c. in. do Cis. C 7 p. e. I , ,stern CO tin tieS - 110 112 107 110 91 93 94 - 96 15 - 16 4 ..• - ••• P 12 -12 i ,nsion , 5 c. No. .o. No. 2. .o. New 6 p. c. St ast (Jn., G. 6 p. c 51., 10 ner cent *o. 10/. Debentr.S).. )o. do. 4 per cent. 'as tancash . 6 p.cts .&.W. Yorlc. J. sths Prth.&Dun.4p.c. urness . :las. Sz S. W. G. 5 p.c. .neat Northn. 5 p. c ^O. 5 p. c. Redeem it 10 p. c. prem. , o. 4 p. c )o. 5 p.c. Scrip, Red. 57 - 69 jll2 - 114 JOG 108 100 102 .t 5 p. c. pm It.N. of Scot. i,41 Pre S, •!' t W. (Ireland. ' Do. finer c. Pnc. It. Westn. (Berks Tants Ex. 5 p. c).. f)o. con. red. 4 p.c. r , ), con. red. 4 p. c Do. irred. 4p.c. Birm. Pref. Sh... ) 0 . Chester 8 p. O.P. q. )o. (10. 5 p. c. d 0... )o. Birm. Gua. Stk Ches. Gua. Sh.. Do. do. do ... Do. do. do. an. &York. F. -£2' )o. 6 p. c. Stock &Brigh. G. 5 p.c. )o. Pref., 5 p. C. h:). Now Guar.6 p. i 00. do. 5 per cent.. ~ cru.&N. W., Coy. dr sruneat on 5 p. et... f.on.& S.W. 7 per ct. ,ondy. & Ocoee. Sh. .ondy. & S . Tan., Shef., & Lin. To w,410 91 9i 6 —6?, 95 80 85 64 $6 9/ 101 16 164 94 10 t;8 —7O 17 18 8i 12i 13 1# ld 130 - 135 ... "'. .- ••• '"' ••• .. - ..pi 12i - 13 £6 4arypt.StCarl.4 )u. 4i per cent 4 id. Consol.6 p.c.SI i)o. Canso!. Bristol Rirm. 6 per cent Do. 42 p. c. Pref. S Do. Pref. ce , Do. 5/. Pr• f 4 p. c. Ditto L.& H. Prof. Si Norfolk Deteature i Do.Prof. 4 p. c. St.) Do. 5 p.c. Ext Do. 51 per ct.pret. Po. Way. Val. 5 p North British - 139 94 - GG 1} - 1 4 - N. E. Reny, 4 p.c. P no, do. do Do rJeeds fi /Le No, - ,Dc. do. Quarters 4 Do. Vork . & .P , North Staffordshire . Oxford, Worcester, Wolverh..£ls, 'p Do R. Prof. IW. Sh. 96 c 8 8') —9l 3 = 100 -• 1.02 ( Scot. Cent.,New Pr South Devon Do. fixed, 4i per cep S. Eastern (Readi km.) of Ll Os. 6 , 1 ,Do. 4 , , per cent .. !Do. Fixed 4i p e eh. I S Wales Gua. 4p. c. Do. do. 4? p. c.... S. Yorksh. 4p. e. G uar. Stock .& Dar. ,5 p c. .Do. do. 4, Stock. & Hart'. g. r p, c. till July 1, '5 ; Waterfd. & Kilk . 6 p c, 13i -14 i id - pa 21k 93 95 Of - 9i 16 -18 - 2tpl ... 24 - MINES. 1 all ligur. Fr;a ......... 1 all tnglo An.strln. Gold , . 10s. all Anglo Californian -•4 20 6 I Australian 1. all ins tralian Cordillerr 1 all kve Maria. -- 1 all `3acleu (Gd. Duchy of 50 all illsonarvon Iron and Coal - 7 20 14 3ritish Iron 4l 51 35 26 ilra.zilianirap.(issne , ' at .£3 pm.) 'lO all Do. Comes & Cuiab 3 • 34 20 15 Do, St. Johr Dol Re, 28 30 1 Clarendon Cons. Mn. Co. of Jamaica Ad 40 all Cobre Copper 65 6:J 5 1 , :olonial Gold k - St. all Copper Min. of Fu; d 25 all Do. Pref. 74 p. coo ...xd x d ... 1C Copiapo 2 1 Fortuna par —ip 20 all General 1.3 —l5 1 all 'l.t.NuggetV , Auße7 • 4 1 4: all Great Polgooth 11 24 5 all Gt Wheal Vor United 1 dis par 1 all Liberty 3 all Linares 74 74 5 14 I Lusitanian 4 - 1 y 1 all , Wariquita ........ ...•. 1 all New Granada — 6 1 all Nouveau Monde 4 4 10 all Pontgibaud Silvo Lead Min. & Smelt. 141 /51 5 1 Port Philip A I 1 all quartz Rock * 50 all rthymney Iron 2l 23 15 all Do. New 6 - 8 30 12 Santiago de Cuba... 3 4 1 all South A ustralian g - 1 all Do. Scrip — 1 4 Do. 10 per cent. Pre 10 9 flu Croft ....... 3 . 18 all .Juited Mexican 34 - 4t 4i 1 all Valler 1 1 all Nest Mariposa..... I 12s. Worthing Mining o• Australia 1 all 'Tuba HIritiV,LLAP4 25 171 Australian Agric'Alt 25 27 26 us`,,raln. "loyal Mai 81 Berlin Water Work- 74 8 x d 50 10 grit. American Lan •• • 10,.: -12 Canada St. 1.00 Canada Gov. 6p. ct Jan. ana Jaly l6l 107+ 1074 64 5 all Crystal Palace..,... 14 2 14 5 5 Do. 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Co.ll.Can. 5 49 28 you Dituneley Ilauct 413 = 13 MICHAELMAS TERM. This being the first day of term, the Judges and members of the bar were received by the Lord Chan cellor, at his official residence, and entertained at break fast, according to usual custom. After which his Lord ship and the Judges repaired to Westminster Hall, and commenced the business of the Court a little bawl, two o'clock. The amount of business to be disposed of is believed to be heavy, consisting principally of new cases, the arrears in the three Courts numbering only 57 rules. Mr. Justice Wines (successor to Mi. Justice Maule) took his seat for the first time this morning since his ele vation to the Bench, in the Court of Common Plea". QUEEN'S BENCH'. (Sittings in Banco.) 'Before Lord Chief Justice Campbell, Mr. Justice Cole ridge, Mr. Justice Wightman, and Mr. Justice Earle.) The following gentlemen having recently been ap pointed Queen's Counsel, were called within the bar, and took their seats accordingly :—Mr. Whitmore, Mr. 0 verend, Mr. Boville, Mr. Jas. Wilde, and Mr. Pickering. ANDREWS AND ANOTHER V. PLUMMER, Mr. Sergeant Shee moved that that portion of the rule made in this case, on the application of the plaintiff on 22d June last, for a new trial, enjoining the payment of costs, first should be discharged. The action was brought by the plaintiff, as executor of James Andrews, for the recovery of 50/. money lent to the defen dant. The action was tried at the last Surrey Assizes, when a verdict was given for the defendant. The plaintiff after that applied to the court for a new trial on affidavits, on the ground of sur prise. The Court granted the application, making the rule absolute on the payment of costs. The motion the learned counsel now made was founded on affidavits charging gross perjury on the trial on the part of the defendant, and in the affidavits which were made by him against the application to this court for a new trial. Since that the defendant had committed the perjury, and had been committed for trial thereon. His applica tion now was not to interfere with the rule granted by their lordships other than that part which made it com pulsory on the plaintiff to pay the costs to be discharged. Their lordships directed the costs to abide the result of the trial. COURT OF EXCHEQUER. Their lordships took their Beata at two o'clock, and after disposing of a motion relating to a bill of costs, the court adjourned at half-past two o'clock. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. :Before Chief Justice Jervis, Mr. Justice Crowder, and Mr. Justice Willes.) TELEGRAPH LIABILITY.-WANDREW V. THE LOTHBURY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. This was an application for a new triAl. The action was tried at the last Guildhall sittings, and was brought by the plaintiff against the defendant to recover da mages for mis-sending a message. The plaintiff on the trial was non-suited. Their lordships took time to consider their judgment. The Court adjourned at a quarter to 3 o'clock. CRIMINAL COURT.—(This Day.) This morning being the first day of term, a special session of this court was held for the purpose of enabling the Judges to appoint the days upon which these ses sions will commence during the ensuing Mayoralty. The following are the dates :-1855 : Monday, Nov. 26 ; Dec. 17. 1856: Jan. 7 ; Feb. 4 ; March 3 ; April 7 ; May 12 ; June 16 ; July 7 ; Aug. 18 ; Sept. 15 ; Oct. 27. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—(This Day.) SOUTHWARK. CAUTION TO RAILWAY TRAVELLERS. — Robert Busband, a tall, rough-looking fellow, who stated himself to be a porter, was brought before Mr. Combo, charged with being concerned with another man not in custody charged with stealing a sovereign, the property of Margaret Webb, at the London and Brighton Railway Terminus, London-bridge. The prosecutor, a servant out of place, stated that yesterday afternoon she left Kensington by an omnibus to go to the Brighton railway station. She bad two boxes with her, containing wearing apparel, and when the omnibus arrived at the Mansion-house she alighted, as the vehicle did not go any further. As the conductor was putting her boxes on the pavement, the prisoner and another man came up to her and asked her whether she was going to the railway. She replied that she was go ing to Brighton. The prisoner then called the other man to him, and they said they were porters and would carry her luggage to the station. She allowed them to do so, and when they entered the station she pulled her purse out to pay them, and on taking out a sovereign the other man said, " Give that to me, I'll go and purchase your ticket foryou and bring you back the change, when► you can pay us both." The man then went away, when the prisoner said, " You have plenty of silver and gold in your purse, pay me, and let me go." Witness told him that she wanted the silver, and he must wait till his companion returned. She remained wait ing for some moments, when the prisoner said he would go and look after the other man. He then went to wards the booking-office, and finding neither of them return she went in search of them, but they could not be found. One of the railway officials came towards her at the time, when she told him all that bad occurred, and in the course of the evening the prisoner was appre hended. Thomas Richards, a detective officer in the employ of the Brighton Railway Company, said that about two o'clock yesterday afternoon he saw the female standing on the platform near her two boxes. He went up to her and asked her what she wanted, when she told him she had given a porter a sovereign to go and purchase a ticket for her i❑ the booking-office, and he had not re turned. She then gave him a description of the men who brought her boxes from the Mansion-house, and he went there shorly afterwards and saw the prisoner standing near the omnibuses. He went up to him and told him he wanted him for being concerned in stealing a sovereign from a female at the Brighton station. He at first denied being there, but afterwards he acknow letiged being there, and that the other man bad the lady's sovereign. When he was at the police-station he offered to pay the female the sovereign back if she did not appear against him at the police court. Witness knew the prisoner to be connected with a gang of loungers who prowled about omnibuses and railway sta tions to plunder country people of their luggage . and money. Mr. Combe said there was no evidence against the prisoner, as the prosecuirix admitted she never gave him the sovereign ; therefore he must be discharged. OUR PSEUDO CONVERTIBLE CURRENCY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—The almost universal belief that England has a sound gold currency is the treat fallacy of the age. If you, Mr. Editor, owe your type-founder 100/. he can not insist on your paying him in gold, and he must be satisfied if you tender him Bank of England notes. If your banker owes you 1,0001. you cannot compel him to pay you any part of it in gold, and you must be content if he pays you in Bank of England notes, which are a legal tender, and, consequently, it is the height of absurdity to say that the currency of England is gold. The Bank of England, or as she is commonly called the Old Lady of Threadneedle-street, is allowed to issue four teen millions inbank notes without haying an ounce of gold or silver in her coffers to give in exchange for the notes. On the 20th inst. her notes in circulation amounted to upwards of nine millions more than her stock of gold and silver : viz.,— Bank of England notes afl oat ......... 220,371,745 Gold and silver in the _Bank ............ 11,230,207 Showing a deficiency of £9,141,538 which she and the Government combined are wholly un able to meet if the holders of notes demand payment in gold, and thence the proof that our hocus-pocus currency is based upon paper which is inconvertible into gold. Therefore, it is a perfect delusion for the nation to believe that the basis of our currency is geld, and the Bank Char ter Act, which has been lauded to the skies by namby pamby statesmen is not oily a mockery of common sense, but is fraught with danger to the commerce of the king dom, especially during war, and when we have bad har vests—periods sufficiently distressing to the people without the addition of an accursed monetary system as unstable as the wind or the weathercock Times. London merchants dare not openly declare themselves opposed to the Bank Charter, for fear of their bills being refused discount by the secret conclave sitting in the Bank parlour. Hence the necessity for Liverpool and our other great commercial marts to "agitate, agitate, agitate," un til Peel's Banking nostrum is expunged from the statute book. One of the most cunning dodges ever perpetrated by the stock-jobbing Times, or the Directors of the Bank of Eng land, has been that of one of their clerks becoming the writer of the City Article in that immaculate journal which, of course, undertakes to uphold their mischievous monopoly for the quid pro quo. A nod or a wink suffices to show "what's in the wind," an d w age 0/ waggons in the funds, followed by bushel. _REPRESENTATION OF SOUTHWARK. SIR CHARLES NAPIER. A meeting of the friends of Sir Charles Napier was held in front of the Brown Bear, Southwark-bridge-road, at six o'clock last evening. A very numerous crowd assembled in the broad street beneath the platform which had been erected from ono of the windows, and upon which the hon. and gallant admiral, with his immediate supporters and committee, had taken their places. Mr. HENRY HART occupied the chair, and briefly intro duced the candidate as a sincere and open-hearted reformer to the meeting, by a hom his appearance was hailed with cordial applause. Sir CHARLES NAPIER said he thought he had explained already, as clearly as it was in the power of any man to do, what were his political views and sentiments, and if the electors agreed with him, and theinht him a fit man to represent them in Parliament, he hoped for their sup port on the day of election. To go over the ground which he had already gone over in his former speeches would neither be interesting nor amusing, but he would give the meeting, if they allowed him, a short description of the campaign in the Baltic, which he had the honour to com mand. (Cheers.) As we all knew, we were rather long in making up our mind, and in making our preparations for war. We had numerous and pretty strong hints from the Czar as to what were his intentions, and if we bad made up our minds a little sooner, perhaps we might have prevented the war altogether. (Cheers.) However that might be, after he was appointed to command the Baltic fleet, he was detained but a short time to make preparations. Ho received his final instructions on the Wednesday, went down to Portsmouth on the Thursday, and sailed on the Saturday. (Cheers.) In fact, he had so little time that he could not get a ser vant. He had neither pot nor pan to make his dinner with, nor plates and glasses to eat and drink it in. However, he sailed with the fleet at the time announced. It was in the month of March, and what the weather would be in that month, in a northern climate, we might all judge. In spite of all that the fleet sailed for the Baltic, passed through the Belt without pilots, but in safety, placed buoys in all the channels, and took soundings of the must intricate and shoaly passages. Having arrived at the capital of Denmark, he thought it his duty to pay his re spects to the King, in the hope of inducing him to join the Western Powers in resisting the aggressive designs of Rus sia ; but although the people of Copenhagen were well dis posed to the policy of the Western Powers, which were fully understood and approved, there were peculiar cir cumstances which made it impossible to get the King upon our side. Having done his best, however, to effect that object, the fleet proceeded. It got into a Swedish port, when he (Sir Charles) thought it was likewise his duty to pay his respects to the King of Sweden, to get him to sup port the Western Powers. He was received at Stockholm with the same enthusiasm as he was now received by the people of Southwark. (Cheers.) The Swedish people were all agreed about the justice and necessity of this war, and were all ready for war. The King honoured him with a kind reception, and entertained him sumptuously, when he (Sir Charles) entered minutely, as he did upon °tiltr occasions, into the reasons which he thought should induce the King of Sweden to join with France and England in this war; but Sweden was a small power, as they all knew, and the King did not see his way clearly to taking a decided part. No blame to him for that; as the guar dian of Swedish interests it was his duty in the first place to act a cautious part. But now the campaign of 1855 having been brought to a close, he would say that our Go vernment ought to use the most strenuous effarts to induce Sweden to adopt the policy of England and France. Sweden, though relatively weak, was a strong maiitime power, having 60,000 men and 200 gunboats, and it would be of immense benefit, therefore, to gain her assist. ance in any future campaign in the Baltic. After what had happened, '.nd after the design which Russia had pro claimed her determination to carry out, he did earnestly hope that our Government would use every effort to induce Sweden to join the coalition in the campaign of 1856. To return to his narrative, he took the fleet into one of the most difficult harbours of S weden, exposed to fogs and gales at that time of the year. After waiting some time for weather fit to get into the Gulf of Finland, at last he had an opportunity, and the fleet sailed ; but in the very middle of the passage a severe fog came on, in which one ship could not see another, nor see the rocks which sur rounded them. By the ability of the officers anddiscipline of the men, they got without any loss out of th a t t r yi ng position, hen one might have feared lest h a lf o f th e fl ee t should be cast ashore. (Cheers.) That showed what could be done by men whose hearts were right, and who were rightly commanded. The fleet next made its way to a Russian port, in the hope that a Russian fleet might be in duced to meet it, for in that port he knew there was a Russian fleet of 36 sail of the line. But as he believed the Russians would not show their faces if we showed the whole of our fleet, he took half of it into an extremely difficult harbour, full of rocks and shoals, hoping the Rus sians might be encouraged to show fight ; the other half of our fleet was left outside, to give assistance if the Russi ins should be enticed into a battle. Unfortunately, they had heard of us, and did not like our look, and so this offer of battle failed. He then collected our fleet, and, with the ships of our brave allies the French, went to Cronstadt, the great naval stronghold of Russia in the Baltic, to see what could be done there. But when the fleets got there they found a less draught of water than the ships required to approach Cronstadt, and it was useless attempting any thing there. There was au impression when he left England that the fleet could sail, not only to Cronstadt, but S tePeters burg, or even to Moscow. Well, after examining the de fences and forts of that stronghold, the admirals came to the conclusion that they could not, with the means then at their disposal, attack it without risking almost certain de struction, and they returned to the mouth of the Gulf o f Finland to attack anotlfer strong fortress Bomarsand. It was his intention, and that of his French ally, to attack it with the fleets alone, and they firmly believed that they might have overeomo it ; but the Governments of France and England thought fit to send land forces to join in the attack, and make the result sure. How speedily and com pletely it succeeded we all know ' • but few were aware of the importance of that victory for Bomarsund had been built expressly to overawe Sweden, if not for the purpose of conquering Sweden. Immediately after that the weather became very bad, the short summer of those latitudes end ing in the middle of August ; but before ending the cam paign the allied fleets thought they would look at another great Russian fortress, Sweaborg, where a large Russian fleet was lying. Having examined Sweaborg most care fully, however, it was found perfectly impossible to attack it at that time, and with the means which the commanders had. The British people had blamed him, at first, for not attacking that place ; but he knew his duty—he knew from long experience what ships and men could do; and it would have been wrong for him to attempt an operation which was perfectly certain to cause the loss of half our fleet, without any advantage whatever to our side. He would not speak of the manner in which he had been treated ; but he was satisfied with the course he had pursued, the more so because the campaign of 1855 was now ended, and Sweaborg was not yet taken. 'He hoped now that the Government would set every dockyard iu the country to work, and pro• vide an efficient naval force of all kinds for the campaign of 1856; for in proportion to their vigour in carrying on the war, its termination would be hastened. He hoped we were all prepared for that object, even to bear increased taxation in patience, but not to have the taxes wasted upon an idle or inefficient navy. Another reason was that there app cared to be difficulties between us and America. The Americans were our brothers, but they were extremely ambitious, and had been looking in a sneaking way after Cuba, and it was our duty to prevent them from taking possession of it. In such matters the American Govern ment were unable to control its own subjects, and we should therefore help it in putting down such attempts. No doubt the French would assist us, if ever it came to war with America ; and we must depend, in all cases, upon our ships, engines, and men. With regard to the present situation of the war —in the Black Sea all looked well, under a brave and able admiral. In Asiatic Turkey, the troops were commanded by Omer Pacha, whom he (Sir Charles) knew well ; for in Syria he had, as well as the fleet, an army of 10,000 men under his command, and Omer Pacha was under him, a good, brave, and clever officer. Now, everybody at home suffered from taxation and the high price of bread, which neither Government nor any body could lower whilst the war lasted, and which we must bear with good humour. The gallant admiral con cluded by expressing his readiness to answer any ques tions, and his pleasure at seeing so many friendly faces. He had gone through some of the Southwark manufacto ries that day, and visited the masses of the work-people, for it was impossible, with onepair of legs, to visit 10,C3 electors at their houses, and he had met with the most en thusiastic reception ; he was not even obliged to ask for their votes, but they came forward voluntarily to promise them, and promise that they would bring their friends. He did not ascribe this to any merits of himself, but to the desire of the people to see fair play, which he had not received from the Government, and which was always dear to Englishmen. (Cheers.) Dr. EvANS moved a resolution, declaring thet the meeting was perfectly satisfied with Sir Charles Napier's statement, and determined to secure by every legitimate means lira triumphant success. He remarked that it was importa nt at this time, whilst the Admiralty had the expenditure of so many millions sterling, to send some men to Parliament who were, like Sir Charles Napier, practically acquainted with that department. e Mr. BARNES seconded the resolution, with otonsere- marks upon the pretensions of the rival candelah, and was not the only successful tradesman in thedibdorscreugfe,rhie who, if he did employ a number of men, own profit. He compared such local claims with the na tional reputation of Sir Charles N a p ier. acclamation The resolution, having been carried by who said than four tidntb _acclamation, was acknowledged by the bon. aud ed gall that he was very highly gratre which consisted, in his judgment,svoifth nots o f a e r w g ee fewer d a vote of thank s t o or five thousand persons. move a question the chairman. - sa o . n the sid y' Dr. ROBERTS, in seconding this, answered which had been asked by the party of Mr..Scovell, n ame ] ti why so many medical gentlemen were active profession Sir Charles Napa©r ? One re_ason was, be 11 th t eof were displeased bo=oie conduct of one of th/ . ir William they in coming to the ugh three days before Molesworth died, to warn Mr. ScovelPs friends that there was likely to be an election. Another reason Nvas that Sir Char l es had done m uch to improve the situation of navy surgeons, and to promote medical reform This termin ated the proceedings, another meeting and it was announced that Sir Charles Napier woulda this (Friday) evening, precisely 6 o'clock , at the Duke o f Clarence, near the Obelisk. at s MR. SCOVELL. Yesterday evening Mr. Scovell met a very large number of the electors of Southwark at the Bridge house Hotel, London-bridge, Dr. CHALLICE was called to the chair, and reviewed at length the comparative merits of the two candidates ; and while dealing very fairly with Sir Charles Napier's per sonal qualifi ca ti ons , d en i e d th a t they wore such as to en title him to represent Southwark, his claim appearing to rest principally on the fact of his having been ill-used by Sir James Graham ; and he suggested that Sir Charles a best course was to oppose Sir James the first time that right lion. gentleman offered himself to any conotaueuch and of the result of such an election there could be no doubt. Mr. Scum, who was received with every possible de. monstration of respect, and was loudly applauded, after some preliminary observations, said that he would disdain to go into Parliament on the mere clamour of his warmest friends. (Hear.) His wish was to present his opinions can. didly and honestly before the electors, and to answer any question that might be put to him with perfect honesty ; and unless he did that, and could give reasons for any opinions he held, he was not fit to represent them in the House of Commons. (Hear.) He wished to advert, in the first place, to a statement which had been made by the chairman of one of Sir Charles Napier's meetings, who had thrown on him (Mr. Scovell) and his committee the onus of proving that they had not resorted with indecent haste to preparations for a new election after the death of Sir W. Molesworth. (Hear, hear.) A very few words be thought would show tjiat it was not with his side that such a fault rested. Sir W. Moleswoith died on Monday, Otte 22, and he was credibly informed that Sir C. Napier, be tween two gentlemen supporters of his, was seen 24 hours after the death of Sir William in the lower parts of the borough, engaged in a personal canvass. (Hear, hear.) Sir C. Napier's address was dated the 23rd, the day after meoeveetliln'ea) was address in the Sir His William's d ea th, an d his first meeting was on the 25th. s t ( p M u publ ic i c S wase oek dated o t f e h e 2 d 4 a t y h , on an w d hi ti h t o v s Sir W. Moleswo r th' s f uneral (Hear, hear.) He would not hav e re f erre d to the sube lace. ct but for the strong rl attack which had been ma d e on himself and his f ds. (Hear.) He had endeavour e d i n a ll his speeches to av oid any allusion to Sir C. Napier. It was true in one of his addresses he had spoken of that gallant gentleman's age, and in that be had no intention of giving o ff ence, but he thought he was justified in pointing out to the electors the respective ages of the candidates. (Hear, h ear .) He re spected age, especially when it was accompanied by that moderation, control of the passions, courtesy, and decorum which were its best ornament. If, however, his allusion to the gallant gentleman's age had given him any offence he humbly begged his pardon. (Chem.) With reference to his political opinions, he begged to state that his senti ments were now the same as those which he declared when in 1852 he asked their suffrages. He had seen no cause to alter them, or to waver in the opinions he then held. The hon. gentleman then, in terms similar to those in which he has previously spoken, stated himself to be in favour of the extension of the suffrage and the ballot, for religious equality, and the non-endowment of any religious sect by the state. He had been asked if he was prepared, under this latter profession, to separate Church and State, and he had answered "No !" (" Hear," and hisses.) Such a step would be unpractical, and amount to revolution. But he would say that of all of our institutions the Established Church the most required reform. (Hear.) He did not pretend to say that in reforming that institution he would touch it with an unfriendly hand, for by doing so he should be a traitor to his church ; but he would vote for any measure which was calculated to direct the great revenues of the church into channels most beneficial to the people—(hear) —and he would extend to the poor curate and vicar, to the working clergy, a fair proportion of the revenues of the church. (Cheers.) With regard to the endowment of religious sects, he was not for disendowing, and he was said in this to be consistent with his profession of religions equality; but he would go to Parliament to assist in car rying out practical measures ; and all he could say was that he would not consent to any fresh endowments. (Hear.) He was not prepared to disendow Maynooth. (Cheers and counter-cheers.) He knew the storm he might bring on himself by that opinion, but he would rather not sit in Parliament at all than attempt to do such an act of injustice as the withdrawal of that which was an educa tional grant. (Cheers.) The hon. gentleman then briefly state I that he was in favour of the emancipation of the Jews, for the abolition of church rates, and for the vigor ous prosecution of the war ; and if any Government shrunk from pursuing that course he was ready to oppose it, and to seek for another to supply its place. He con cluded amidst loud cheers by declaring himself ready to answer any question which might be put to him. No questions were put, and Mr. Corderoy moved, Mr. Dare seconded, and Mr. Lane supported a resolution approving of Mr. Scovell's senti ments, and pledging the meeting to his support, which was carried with every manifestation of earnestness and una nimity. Mr. ScOVELL, in returning thanks and moving a vote of thanks to the chairman, took the opportunity of stating that he was much pained to have heard it stated that some too zealous supporters of his had been instrumental in interrupting the proceedings at the meeting of Sir Chas. Napier's friends on the previous evening. He never wished such a step to be taken, and he disavowed any desire of unfairly treating the gallant admiral. He had too much confidence in his own pretensions to the support of the electors to descend to such a course. (Hear.) 3:34 43 4 50/ i t 75 41 92 a 2 22i i 7 100 St. st. 15 10 St. St. St. 100 10. 1.00 11A 'OO al I 0 a 1.0 0 10t) ' all all all all all ad 1161 7 1 E pm 131 3 / 4 30 3 / 4 dis x d Lnglish .. Irish •• • I Foreign I 1 2,570 1 METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. We had a steady demand for the few prime beasts on sale here to-day, at foil prices, but inferior breeds were dull, at barely Monday's currency. The supply of sheep was limited, and in low condition. The mutton trade was firm, at fully late rates. With calves we were scantily supplied, and the demand for veal was brisk. In some instances prices were 2d per 8113 s. higher than on Monday. Pigs changed hands steadily, at full quotations. Milch cows were dull in sale, at from 13/. to 19/. each, including their small calf. Per Sibs to sink the offals. s. d. s. d.f s. d. a d. Inferior Beasts.... 3 4to 3 6,PrimeSouthdown 410 5 0 Sewed quality.... 3 8 4 O i Large crse. calves 3 8 4 4 Prime large oxen 4 2 4 6 1 Prime small do 4 6 5 4 Prime Scots, &c. 4 8 5 O'Large hogs Inferior Sheep ...3 4 3 6 Small porkers 4 6 5 C Second quality ...3 8 4 2 S'uckling calves 21 0 30 0 Prime erse.-wlied.4 4 4 81Quarter old plgs 22 0 1:3 0 TOTAL BIIPPLI. FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts •............... 1,5Z.* Sheep 3,200 Calves 293 Elgs •••••••••••••••••••• 310 Beasts.... •• •.....•• ••.. . 440 Sheep ....•• •• .. • • •• Calve.s.••• •• ..•• ..... • 210 Pigs.;.• •• •••••••••••• NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. The trade ruled steady to-day, at very full prices. Per 81bs by the carcase. s. d. s. d. Beef, inferior 3 2 3 6 Do., middling 3 8 310 Do., prime largo .4 0 4 2 , De,, do. small .. .. 4 I .4 4 4 6 1 Fdrk, large ,3 10 4 4 e. d. s. a Mutton, Inferior 3 2 3 6 Do., middling 3 8 4 0 Do., prime 4 2 4 6 Veal 3 8 4 10 Pork, small 4 6 5 4 BOROUGH HOP. The imports of foreign hops this week are-90 bales from Hambro', 1 from Ostend, 65 from Rotterdam, and 9 from Konigsberg. The supply of Aglish is good, and we have a moderate demand at our quotations. Duty, 350,C301. Sussex pockets, 703 to 91.3; Weald of Rents, 70s to 95s ; Mid and East Kents, 80s to 120 s per cwt. COLONIAL. TEA.—The market has been quiet, and sales passed off heavily. Common Convon Bid to Od per lb. SUGAR.—The market has been again very brisk, buyers appeared early, and a large business had been done. Prices at the close of the market showed an advance of 2s to 3s. The good grocery qualities were in most demand. In the West India market a rise of is to is Gd per cwt took place. Common brown Trinidad and Jamaica sold at 49s Gd to 5./s per cwt. Ba! badoes, at 44s to 48s 6d. Demerara, 42s to 465. 1,000 boxes yellow Havannah, No. 14 at Nantes, had been sold at 35s cost and freight. Native Madras to arrive ' sold at 44s per cwt without guarantee of quality. 412 hlids Muscovado sold at 3s to 4s advance. Middling to fine bright grocery, 563 to 58s Gd, and low 53s 6LI to 54s 6d par cwt. 1,291 baskets Java sold freely at full prices. No 8 and 9 low brown 47s 6d to 50s, low to middling greyi s h y e ll ow 51 s t o 52 s 6d , an d a f ew lots good yellow 52 s Gd t o 54 s Gd per cwt. Th e R e fi ne d market had been active, and prices advanced fully 4s 6d to ss. per cwt, brown lumps 62s to 65s per cwt, and good grocery 5.)s (id to 63s per cwt. Wet lumps middling to fine 55s to 535, fine pieces, 51s Gd to 535. COFFEE.—The market had been dull, and importers have had to submit to a decline of Gd to is per cwt.. Native Ceylon brought 489 to 49s accordingly. Plantation Ceylon fine ordinary to middling coloury, 58s to 64s 6d. i 370 bags fine ordinary native Ceylon were offered by auction and bought in at 51s, afterwards sold at 503 • for other de scriptions of c o ff ee th ere h as b een no demand. RlCE.—Bengal is held for full rates at 16s 6d to 17s for good middling to very good bold Patna grain, afterwards sold at Ns 3d to 16s 6d per cwt; a floating cargo of Ar racan sold at 13s, and small parcels on the spot at 13s 40. SPlCES.—Pepper, white, is id cheaper, 363 bags Penang brought lid. for middling bold, and 64d to 71cl for da maged; 524 bags Singapore sold at 6d to 6id for good middling bold ; nutmegs, small to good bold brown, sold at 2s 3d to 4s 3d ; mace, is lld to 2s Id. SALTPETRE.—The demand is dull, and only a limited business has been done, at rather lower prices ; about 1,500 bags 801(1 ; refraction, 21i to 23s 91; refraction, 12 to 64, 36s to 38s ; and refraction, 54 to 5,41 s. TALLOW.—There has been little fluctuation in price dur ing the week, and the business done has been considerable. The trade continuing to buy freely at current rates at a later period the market rose fully ls. P.Y.C. on the spot 66s Gd, and spring months 67s Gd per cwt. Rum.—There has been rather more inquiry for this article. Demerara, good, brought 2s 10d ; fine marks, 3s per proof gallon. Jamaica, 31 per cent. overproof, realised 4s 2d per pllon. GREEN FRUIT.—The market is bare from want of arri vals, which are kept out by contrary winds. A cargo of oranges from Faro, offered at public sale by Keeling and Hunt, was bought in, the offer not being equal to the limits. New Spanish nuts in moderate demand. More inquiry for Brazils. Some cargoes of Messina lemons are daily ex pected. PRICES CURRENT. In their monthly share circular of yesterday, Messrs. James Stevens, Tripp, and Co., of Lora bard-street Chambers, address their friends as fol lows, and their resume presents a fair idea of what has been passing in the moneyed circles during the last few days : - - -- " Our prices current show a very serious decline com pared with those of last month. Government stooks, foreign stocks, railways unguaranteed as well as guaran teed, preference shares, land, bank, insurance, and every description of security, excepting a few English mines, have fallen in value. The cause must be assigned to the pressure of the money market. On the 18th ult. the Bank of England advanced their rate of discount from 51 to 6 per cent. for bills not having more than 60 days to run, and to 7 per cent, on bills from 60 to 95 days. Simultaneously the Bank of France advanced their rate from 5 per cent. to 6 per cent. At the Stock Exchange loans have been obtainable on Consols at 3 per cent., on other Government securities at 4 per cent., an on foreign stocks and shares from 5 to 7 per cent. The reason of money being cheaper at the Stock Ex change than out of doors is explained by the fact that speculative sellers for the fall have been large bor rowers of stock, or, in other words, lenders of money on stock, and the public also have purchased very largely, but more particularly in Consols ; and hence the co porative cheapness of money and scarcity of stock with the dealers. In commercial circles money is in re quest, and the returns of the Bank of England clearly demonstrate the necessity of the movement of the Bank. As compared with the corresponding period of last year, whilst, on there is a decrease of gold coin and bullion of 2,135,895 Z the of reserve notes and coin of 1,675, 996 /. ; other hand, the advances of the Bank on paper under discount have increased 4,047,0491. The notes in actual circulation are only 499,7761. lees than last year. I THE BANK CHARTER ACT. In the absence of any action by the Birmingham Chamber of Commerce, Mr. Goddard has sent the fol. lowing petition to the First Lord of the Treasury. He " thinks the Chamber should have sent a petition of the kind, instead of spending its time in the discussion of abstract propositions" : Tu the Right Hon. Lord Viscount Palmerston, First Lord of the Treasury. The Petition of Samuel Aspinwall Goddard, merchant and gun manufacturer, of Birmingham, respectfully showeth, Ist.—That an Act was passed by the Imperial Parlia ment of Great Britain and Ireland, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-four, entitled "An Act to regulate the issue of Bank of England notes, and for giving to the Governor and Company of the Bank of England certain privileges for a limited period." 2d. —That this Act was introduced and passed under the Premiership and through the instrumentality of a states man who had, for a series of years, advocated measures for restricting the issue of Bank notes, and maintaining their convertibility into gold on demand. 3d.—That the said Act, being so passed, and under such circumstances, cannot fairly be supposed to have pr mitted a greater issue of notes than required by the then existing circumstances of the nation ; but, on the con trary, the bill having been opposed by many on the ground of its fixing the limit of the issue of notes too low, and by none fur placing the limit too high—may be supposed ra ther to err in the contrary direction. 4th.—That by that Act the amount of issue, by the Bank of England, was limited to fourteen millions of pounds sterling, with the exception of such notes as it should give in exchange for gold; and excepting also as hereinafter stated. sth.—That, by the said Act, the amount of the issues of the several private and joint-stock banks of England and Wales was thenceforth restricted to the average amount of their issues during the three years preceding the passing of the said Act ; which period was notorious for a limited amount of business and of Bank-note circu lation. It prohibited, at the same time, the establish- ment of any other banks of issue ; but provided that should any of these banks cease to issue notes, an additional amount might be issued by the Bank of England on depo sit of Government securities equal to two-thirds of the amount so withdrawn. 6th.—That after the passing of the said act, the commer cial system and policy of the kingdom underwent a radical change through the adoption of what was called the " Free Trade System," and in the repeal of the Navigation Laws. That since that period the mercantile marine has vastly increased, railways have been greatly extended, the popu lation has been materially augmented, and at the present time the amount of taxation and of Government require -1 ments is much larger, causing in the aggregate greatly in creased transactions, and consequently requiring a larger amount of bank notes. 7th.—That there is no reason to suppose that the trans actions of the empire have reached their maximum. That there is no reason why labour should cease to find remune rative employment, nor why the prosperity of the commu ni4 should be chocked. Oa the contrary, your petitioner believes a state of prosperity to be the natural condition of an industrious people ; and any general adversity to be the result of a vicious system. That prosperity begets pros perity ; that the application of labour begets further em ployment; that the supplying of comforts begets wants; there being no limit whatever to the requirements of man; that the demand by society fur increased comforts has in all ages marked the progress of civilisation ; and that, as the acquisition of knowledg e en l arges t h e fied of research, so the application of labour widens its field of action. Bth.—That the experience of thirty years prior to the passing of the Act of 1814 had shown that this empire could not for any considerable period enjoy prosperity under a less issue of Bank of England notes than twenty two. millions; that, ther e fore, th e amou nt of forirteen lions fixed by th e Act of 1844, as aforesaid, with the addi tion of such further amount as the Bank mi g ht incident period ally give for gold, was too low a sum, even. for, ti a g the t that it of the passing of the said act ; but that, inn was adequate for that period , and that the wisdom of the Legislature enabled it to fix upon th P it cannot con the requirements of society at that aimp a nied as it is by a ssfently be held that that sum , ao exact, 1111112 suited to i • is sufficient for the banks, of about one million B transactions. reduction of the legal issues of private and joint-stock present time of vastly increased t. _ .ag all t ese h things into coml. notice to the 9th,—That, therefore, ki • the will exercise . r ight that,your Lordship possse 3BOB, by deration, your petitioner humbly prays that your Lordship of 11314, in giving intention of the England of the Bank of Eng Act of 1844, so alter and amend the said virture of the said Act as to place the legal tender . t circulation ßank-"e on an equal footing, compares with the present With that establishe y e said Act in reference to the requirements of the community at the time of its enact ment. 10th.—And your petitioner further prays, that in any alteration that may be made in reference to Bank issues, your Lordship will, while carefully guarding the interests of all classes, enable Bank facilities to be more thoroughly extended through the • • • agricultural districts, so that the rural labouring population, by receiving adequate wages, may be encouraged to remain; it being obvious, as your petitioner believes, that the increase of the agricultural portion of the community does not keep healthy pace with the growth an d increase of the community at large, and that it arises in a great meas ure from their labour not be ing adequately rewarded. And your petitioner will ever pray. GEELONG AND MELBOURNE RAILWAY.—A new clipper ship, the Geelong, of 500 tons, has sailed from the Tyne wish a full cargo of rails, carriages, locomotives , &c., to be landed at the company's pier, in Corio Bay. LENGTH OF SERVICE.—Last week died. in Norwich, Mr. Thomas Carver, in his 71st year. For 56 years the deceased has been connected with the Norfolk Chronicle, and for 42 lie bad held the responsible position of over seer. He was carried to the grave on Thursday by six bearers, the senior journeymen in the same establish ment, whose average period of service amounted to 411 b it o i l t . zi: years. y G o i f )° tl7l: STREET TO CLERKENIVELL. CITY IMPROVEMENT. f t h e Corporation of the City Committed o Improvement thirty houses, situated • T ' m urnmill of London, above Bull's Head-square,Bowliug-street, New-street, —E -- x T Y E x e t et r e ° r lr dtly O , F street, w ere put up to aucti on b y M essrs. an d P e ter-street, . Pullen and S on, Fore-street, C ripplegate, which will be cleared away for the purpose of carryin g i n t o e ff ec t th e formation o f the new street from F arr i ng d on - s t ree t t o Cl e rkenw , ell toward the compl e ti on of which the Com mon Council of th e cit y of London lately granted a sum o f nearly r 000/. The arc hi tect of the corporat i on "0, a waits alone the formation of the sewer (formerly called the " Fleet ditch" which is being constructed under the direction of the Metropolitan Commissioners of Sewers. Upon that being accomplished, the vaults for the erec tion of the houses on either side of the thoroughfare will be built, the pipes laid down for the gas and the water, and the pathway made for vehicles and foot-passengers , The sale will last two days. coAR .1 100 58 i i 9 8i 83 i 63i 4 37 a