The Sun. — London, England, 1856-11-24 00:00:00

a. a.m. ....--. ..-, ~..., ... NI f ALM V .A. N 11... V A. • 9 , ig ONE Y MARKET SHARE MARKETS— Day). LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS __ ~- K l, 5hr.1r . 0.,,t. RAILWAYS. 11,3461 h I Closing Prieesi Rosiness COMNIERCIAL INTELI,II - 3-EMor , ,i, , -t, Ai tW ‘ 'VS. Companb.' Saturday. ' this day -- —.... ....tom ---....................... ..................... , • ..- - 4. Sh.. I raid 4.zi,wave ••vogins Price- Ru t h l ess done 50 all Bedford and [/Judea & OTT Y , Two , Y 1 •I.,cit - h Saturlay. this day. Blot:Ailey ... N. West. ~. . --- —...—....--..... ' ---. St. 100 Buckghamsh. L.N.W.& 96 -- 98 The Liverpool Cotton Market on Saturday - 1 i ' 9 Ambg. Nottng. Bo St Iki Clydesdal , Caledon... 98 - 102 closed quietly, and prices of z.. 11 descriptions were 50 all Bastn. Am:: 4 44 25 a ll C o l •Stour Vy. EX. &E.O 12 —l4 all ielfast & datlymei ... - - 3 .WO E. Lin. g . 6 pc. Gt.Nrt.in. 133 136 unchanged. The sales amounted to 5,000 b a l es . , A all 3irming. Wolvorh 5 1 all E. Un. H. SI:. E. Count. 4 ... 49 The Railway Share Market ruled quiet, prices Stoll: Valley . 84 —Bl St. 1100 Glas. Barr. & Caldoniau. were fully maintained, and a. moderate amount of ~; all , 4 0 1 r h k e :a h h i : 6 . Lana, J unet. • 17 - 18 Neils. Direct St. 100 Do. N0w.,,... ,Do business was transacted. 274 ail IDo. Chosh. a Birk., 15 16 25 all Glstr.ds Dn. iriGt. Worm ... ... 22 al a al l l l l o Ck d b o Urn . " . " 12 13 Tlae commercial advices from New York mention 100 all Hrtlpl. DDS. & 119, . Now. that there was rather less demand for money at the 25s l 1 :7 -th Wrynoorigiriti •.• -- ••• Railway & Berg. ... -- ... Si) all Hull & Selby Y. ts NMG 106 101 latest date, but the rates were fully supported. £25 (issd. at X- .. --- 25 all Do. 9 Shares. Do st. 10U . r ietoi and Huts 91 —93 91 12i all Do. 1 Shares. Do i First-class bills were disco un t e d a t 10 to 12 per 1. 100 , .A,lcdonian. 57 - 579 579 1 121 all Lon.&Greeny El. Easton 129 -13 cent., and inferior descriptions at 12 to 15 per St. 100 Chester II Holyhead 36 - 38 364 20 all Do. Preference [Do 229 - 239 cent. The banks were still contracting their dis- s _o . a_l i l a C o o r r k k , a ß n la d ok ßar p o aa r ... 2 ..... A 0 al. St 100 Lon. TiL, 10 34 Do. Bark. Sh. 'Do Ar S.lPeto dc Co lOB 11 9 , 1 P counts, and the last weekly returns showed a di- 20 all Cornwall .. - 2 St. 100 Lowestoft gr. minution in this respect of 638,4.54 dollars. The 10 all Do. A 4 per cent Norfolk... ... - ... 10 , 8 Do. B specie movement is described as being more 50 45 Dublin&BelfastJunc ... .p , 5A all Manch. Bate. L.&N.W favourable, the shipments having been compare- 15 all Dun. P. & Aber. Joe. 94 104 and Matlock At Midld 2l —2l St. 10 East An lian . 53 all Middlesbro' & Stckton & tively limited. In the week ending the Bth inst. 30 all I ltastern touniieZ ' 17 9 4 7. 1 ; 91 Redc.g 6 p.c. Darlingt. ... - .. the exports of gold and silver amounted to St. :100 ~a sst. 'lntim, & St, '35 '.' 37 St. 100 Midld.Bradt,, Midland 9O .- 92 631,287 dollars. During the same week the ex- it. 110 u Be., B. Stock... . 24 -26 64 54 Newmarket 11 ) 8 4 Do., New A......, ... - , Bury E. G.spc En. 001112 . p - i ports of merchandise exceeded the imports to the 25 179 East Kent 50 all N.&Est.6p.c. E. Count. b 5 57 value of 955,223 dollars. The stock market has St. 100 East Lancashire .... 81 23 50 all Do. 6 per ct. Do 20 a'l East Suffolk been excited and very buoyant, but the day before 10 ' 4 Do these advices left prices rather tended downwards. ,t. 100 Edinburgh&Ulaegi 53 -55 1 3 .0 t all Edinb•and Peebles .. - 124 all Do. 9 Shre. ADo . - •.• There is much less inquiry for money in Lom- ... 100: Edin.Prth &Dun& 339 344 31 St. 100 Roystn.&llit. GtNorthn 136 136 25 181 Shef.Roth.am! Lancash bard -street as well as at the Bank of England, and to all Forth & Clyde Jnn: .. -- 1 * Goole g. 5 p.c . Yorksh. ... ... in consequence of the favourable symptoms which _St,• 1 00 Furness. 92 91 10 all Shrews.&Her T. Brassey 74 81 bp•,100 Glasgow & S Westrn . 12 10/ S. Statlordsh . M.MClean 31 ---34 d are apparent the probability of an early decline in 10 ' all Great N. of * ScoV.nd .. 8 " 8 . 9 50 all WearValleygr Stockt. & the • minimura term of discount is now exciting 11 . 10 0 Great Northern ... 909 919 6 per cent... Darlingt. ... ... some attention. Even before the last Bank return 4 '; : 1 100 Do., A. Stock 75 - 77 77 25 all Do Do 33 - 34 D . 0.,...8 . . Stock . ~. . 123 . 1 . 5 1244 St 100 Wilts&gomrst GtWestn B9 91 88 •TNA, ~,,i-si:,,i_A .. ',....5ii•-,,. ~f inrraticAd enn fi rlitnnA WAR - .1 , 1912 r 94 &mbg. Nottng. Ho and Bastn. Juno_ all ielfast & iiaLlymei all .31rming. Wolverh Stour Valley ali , iirkeand. Laticsl'. Cheshire Junet 141 , Do. Chosh. a Birk., all 'Do. do. .. ..... .... all Blackburn all 1:7-t1:1 &Tyne origirin £25 (issd. at Xi IUO ;ristol and Ruts 100 ' :alcdonian. 100 ;Mester & Holyhead all Cork and Bandon all Cork, Black, & Pas , all Cornwall all Do. A , 8 Do. B 45 Dublin&BolfastJtmc all Dun. P. & Aber. Jne. 100 East Anglian 1 all 'Eastern Counties.. 1.00 .7m.st. 'Tninn, & St 10 9 He., B. Stock , 8i Do., New A , 17 East Kent 100 East Lancashire ... , all East Suffolk 4 Do. 100 Edinburgh & Ulaegi , all Edinb. and Peebles :100 Edin.Prth 4 Dundtt all Forth & Clyde Jnn.: 100 Furness. 100 Glasgow &S. Westr n . I all Great N. of Scoti.nd 100 Groat Northern... 100 Do., A. Stock 100 Do., B. Stock 130 Gt. Sth. &West. (lre ), 100 Great Western.. 100 Do. Stour Val. Rai Qua. Stk all Ilfish South-Easto rt all Lancaster & Carlisl4' I 1.0D0., Thirds 12 Do. New Thirds 1 100 I Laucash.andltorkel i 1 DD., Wst. Riding Un all I Do. South' ort all ;London & Blackwali 100 Lond.Bright&S.Cs! 100 'Loud, and N. West; 16 Do. Fifths 5i;D0.101.6h,,,M& ( 2 'Do. Eighths...., OC 1 London and& West:.. all L , ududrry&Colerain. all Cindndrry. & Ennisk !Ai 'Tanch.Shef.&Linch 1 Aetropolitan 1 Do. J. L. Ricardo's arrangement...:.... looYalial.n. ... ....„ ~ RC; ; i o , Riming, &Dero ; . ai 'Mid. G. West, (Ire, all Jo, Half Shares all Newcastle & Carlialf all Nwpt.Aberg. &Hrf Pi Newry & Enniskill, all Newry, Warrenpoinl no commercial advices from New York mention that there was rather less demand for money at the latest date, but the rates were fully supported. First-class bills were discounted at 10 to 12 per cent., and inferior descriptions at 12 to 15 per cent. The banks were still contracting their dis counts, and the last weekly returns showed a di minution in this respect of 638,4.54 dollars. The specie movement is described as being more favourable, the shipments having been compara tively limited. In the week ending the Bth inst. the exports of gold a►nd silver amounted to 631,287 dollars. During the same week the ex ports of merchandise exceeded the imports to the value of 955,223 dollars. The stock market has been excited and very buoyant, but the day before these advices left prices rather tended downwards. There is much less inquiry for money in Lom bard -street as well as at the Bank of England, and in consequence of the favourable symptoms which are apparent the probability of an early decline in the • minimum term of discount is now exciting some attention. Even before the last Bank return Was published a feeling of increased confidence was engendered through the diminished pressure for accommodation, and the favourable character of the monetary advices from Paris. When this balance Wh's presented, however, it was at once supposed that the turning point in the crisis had been at tained, and in the expectation that a further ameli oration would soon take place, the inquiry for discount accommodation is comparatively limited. A parcel of 60,0001. in gold, by the James Baines, was taken into the Bank of England on Saturday, and there seems a reasonable prospect of a further amou n t being retained in this country. The shipments of specie last week amounted to 601,500/., and the imports to 1,516,7001. The following are the nominal prices of Foreign _ _ _ 8 -8, 90i 91! 75 - 77 L 23 125 Ll 5 117 66i 66i 60 62 687} 71 - 74 94i 95 95 i I ~ ... ... 6 i q 107 -- ICB i 1031 104 P p I I 105 j - 106 I 108 1044 i 106} 6 i 34i - 3i! 1 - Stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 61 ) - 7 ; Mexi. can, 22,} 1; Peruvian 41 per Cents., 76 8 ; ditto 3 per Cents., 54 6 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 44 6 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 106 8 ; ditto 41 per Cents., 94 6; Spanish 3 per Cents., 411 2/ ; ditto Deferred, 23& 4; ditto Certificates, 5 5 ; ditto Passive, 6 6i. SO- 53 55 81 got 54 .Ci —~ .a a 15 About 300,000/. of Australian gold, by the James Baines, will be deposited in the Bank :of England to-day. • There is again a buoyant market for Public Se curities, a further advance of to per cent. IN mad i‘ostrevor:.... K. , lorfolk 31 "forthn.Countios VI Jorth British._ ~ 48 50 3 i Sid 38 39 [OO 'Nth Devon Dock Stock .00 )o. , A Stock , •.• . ... having taken place in the quotations. The im proved appearance of the money market encourages speculation for a rise, and the public are invest ing to a fair extent. The fact also that some of the gold recently received from Australia has been sent into the Bank of England has imparted a firmer tone to the market. Consols opened at 941 g for the 6th proximo, and have since been 94: The January quotations have been 95 to 95i, and 9 4i 95. For money they have been 941- I and 94 to I. The New Three per Cents. are 93! ; the Reduced 92i 93k. Exchequer Bills, 2s. to 4s. , B Stock .... (k N.lautern—Berwi n du. Extension 163 )I.do.G.N.E.l'nro) Do. Leeds _ _ 82. . 81 —41 a 3 2t 18 —18 i 59. 60i 95 98 100 'Jo. York 100 North London..,, 3. 1P ' 4 .&S.Watrn.,llam simid, and City Jr: 74„ North Staffordahit,. ri North Wostern.... all S. Weatra. Jun Won., & Woh. 14 rtsmonth ........ 9 fthymney . - 51( 7. 10 - 11 27 - 29 .0 Scot. N E.Abrdn St Do. Scot. Aid. St 02 104 24i 25 68 70 46 48 14. 16 7 70i 71 3 79 81 5 - 3 d 2 .... 14 1 6 37 39 prem., being better ; and the Bonds 98i Bank Stock is 217. 2 ISitinebournekS hear. Foreign Securities have also been at enhanced rates, Turkish 6 per Cents. have been as high as 941 bit have since receded to 931 94. The 4 per Cents. are 100 MI. Spanish Threes have been 41 4.21. Portuguese 3 per Cents. 45i g. Dutch 2i per Cents. 64q, and Buenos Ayres, 86. A moderate amount of business has been done in the Railway Share Market this morning, and an improvement in the value of some of the leading lines may be quoted to the extent of about per cent. Caledonian, Great Western, Lancashire and Yorkshire, North• Western, South-Western, and Midland were about ss. higher ; Brighton and South -Eastern were at previous quotations. The Canadian lines ruled firm, and Northern of France advanced Y. Joint-stock Bank shares have exhibited but little alteration, with the exception of Bank of Egypt and Ottoman Bank, Which have slightly improved. Miscellaneous shares have also shown a slight improvement. Canada Government 6 per Cents. advanced 55., and London General Omnibus Company about ss. a I.) , voti ionth Eastern 00 onth Wales . I 1, Yrksh. h Riv. Du a ll A ainpc, Wok. &Viro Stockton & Darling 12 00., do., 1554...... 3 Do., do., 1855,..... qoekten d Hartlet t Calf Vale .... • )o. Pr e f. , N 0... 1... '2 'flames Hay. D.& R all Vale of Neath ...... al, Waterfd. & Kilkenn all WaterforddaLimerie• all West Cornwall ..... all West End of Londo, and Crystal Palace.. all Do. A ....... . all Do. B -al West London all Do. Fi, st Class all Do. Second Class all Wimbledn = • .•• 19 - 19 4j - 5 . 6 - 8 2 - 4 5 - 5i .. ~- ... le '''' ... 7 9 9 cou.Day a., Con.lndia, g. 5 p. c all Do. I 10s. Ceylon A shares...—. 1 Do. B. do 'A ail ~nnerara i - li - i. ::: ii BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY IT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Official List.) 2s. Eastern Bengal all fast Indian A and B /twines dont. Rank Stock 3 Per Cent. Reduced Annuities No Cent. Cons o l s Annu i t i es !44 , 3 /4 # 4 ew 3 per Cent. Ann u iti es l .......... ............. Consols , under or Account 21000 par 4 pEx hequer Bills, 21d. 94i .......... iron)] ............... """"""••• 5 p Ditto Bonds, 1858, 3i per Cont. .......... OSi PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOt n Brazilian Fonds. 5 per Cent. ........ ..... —.. Ditto New, 1852, 4} per Cent. ......... Buenos Ayres Bonds, per Cent. ............ 17 Ditto Account ••.. ........ 86 Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent., Con. 1841 Ditto 1853, 3 per Cent ....................... 453 Ditto Account :Sardinian g 442 s onds, 5 per Cont. . Ditto Account .... J 2 13 Pabl.h Rnvds, 3 per Cent 4ll Ditto Account 42j Turkieb ends, 6 per cent Ditto Account Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. Ditto Account ernt% t. • anovp .arsN, tr r,7 Dutch Exchange, 21 per Cen'.l., 12 Guilders 64i TWO O'CLOCK. Consuls (Money) Vay „ Ditto Account (Ja nuar y) g• 513. 5 Do. Ex. 0, gu. sp. c ill Do. do. D, gu. sp. c. all D 0.4 p.c.Bnds.,'s' all 1)o. do. do., '59, dr . al] Geelong k Melbourne guar. 5 per cunt. . all ;el. Trunk of Cana& all 00. Cert. of Delia,, con. into Stk. till 'e do. Comp. 6p. c., a ll (3t In. Pen. g. sp. c 2 Do New, guar. sp„ c a !1 :0.,. Water) of Cauo 8 Do. NOW Do. Bds., payable al Do. do., '76, p. '6O Do. do., '73 do. al I Dr.. do., '73, withou 22 - 22 ' lf - 22 22, •• • . 23 - 24 10i - :11 76 - 78 21$ - 21$ I - lir 24 -24 2 - 2sp 99 - 101 115 120 115 - 120 option all tfadras , guar. 4i p.c all Do. do., sp. c. 10 Do. 44 p. c. Eaten 5 Do. 3d Ex., g. sp. c 5 iciade, guar. sp. c .411 D 0. ., 8 3t. Andrew's an,. ,nebec (A)....... .. 108 110 14 20 21i 221 par r - P, all • ntworpdißott rdatn 1.0 Ardennes all iolgian Easln. June 16 inaiers to Orn , ssna ß , c 10i Buff. & Lk. Ilur. By. a Carmeaux & Toulouse Coal Mines and Ry. 12 I ) ntch Rhenish all Eastern of France 19 .o. .. 2s. Euphrates Valley,,, 108. Eur.,.ln.Jn.Tel.Rail. 18 ;t. Central of Fran c 16 Oree.t Luxembourg 4 Italian Junction all Lake Const. & Basis all Lierre and Turnhout 6 Lombardo Venetian. all Lucca & Pist. sp. c.p. 15 Lyons and Geneva all Lyons es Mediterran all Maria Antonia a ll Do. do. NeSr al Nittrinr di Liege all Do. do., Gp. c. Prof all Northern of France au NorwegianTrunk_Pre all Paris and Lyons all Paris and Orleans 5 Rocifo & San. Fran., (Pernam.) g. 7 p. c. 7i Rome and Frascati all Royal Danish all Royal Swedish sO Sambre and Menge_ all Do. 5i p. r - , t. Prof. all southern Frar .._. West F' all Do. 5 per c. Pref I all W. dr N. W. of Francs 6 Westerner Austria West. of Switzerland all Wiesbaden all Do. 8 per eent.Pref. all Z •alan • T PR OPOSED DEPOT BATTA LION AT ABERDEZN'.—CoIoneI bdie, with t wo engineer officers, visited Aberd e en o n uraday, with a view to ascertain if sufficient accom- II:Iodation could be found there for the erection of a bar. 2cks. with r ifl e pract i ce ground, for a battalion of ,000 troops. The provost and magistrates accom panied Colonel Mudie, pointing est a spi t on the south a ide of the river at the base of the eastern brink of the Grampian chain, where it abuts into the German Ocean, and which was considered to be very favourably situate for military practice. A military depot at this point, would, it is believed, be of great advantage both to the service and a s a means o f d efence on this part of the east coast of Scotland. SP/tANGE DEATII.—An investigation having been in• stituted into the sudden and mysterious death of a young 'woman when in company with an elderly man at a re staurant on the Boulevard de Sebastopol, the following explanation of the affair has been arrived at :—The cabinet in which the two persons were placed to take their dinner being rather cold a small portable calorifere was brought in, containing burning embers and charcoal. As long as the door was fre quently open e d t o a ll ow the waiters to enter with the dinner the quality of the air was not sensibly deteriorated, ut whend afterwards the door remained shut the carbonic disseminated itself and produced the effects alreadygansa nemda., The man has since so far improved as to leave no o n ubt of his ultimate recovery. The body of the night, Orhassubeaenv given ii t e to her friends, ATROCIOUS MUEDER.—On Saturoay Marning last, while Thos. and John M axwell, nd ' were on their way home to Durham Town, a miners,newly•erete village near Bathga,te,Linlithgowshire, they were attacked by two men named Peter IVPLean and Wm. Ma i ,,, s , l i i, also miners, assisted by M`Lean's wife and daughtcr. Thos. Maxwell, who was found dead on the road, w as webbed to the heart several times with a knife, and his body otherwise fearfully cut and mutilated, there being no less than seven wounds inflicted upon him. The other brother was ale° stabbed and severely wounded. The nir- it der is the more alarming from the cool and premeditated e' manner in which it was committed. It is reported that 2 ( 11 - 'Lean purchased a knife for the purpose of committing u ,.., M urder upon o ne o f the brothers Maxwell. The same ilo criminal is also said to have stated that he has not got too sati sfaction, becau se h e h ad not murdered the brother he intend e d . I t seems that there had been come dispute AI T. between the parties who lived in adjacent house, nn the iebject of religion—the brothers being Roman Catho- 2 t- , 1 i05,, and the other parties Orangemen. On the informa- 1 1,, Lion of the young man who survived the police officers 5 6' p!oceeded to apprehend the murderers. It is said that no t ,h,e officers found the men in the very act of washing the IN !mood from their hands. With the aid of their neigh- 20 41-inre, one of whom was knocked down by the womae, eo all of them were apprehended and lodged in Linlithgow 20 MI. The Maxwells and the Other party in custody are If all I • ~ r lsh. They had all been indulging freely in drink, 20 ,INOIV STORII.—The past week has be 4 e l n stormy and . I t o ° , °1(1 .. A good deal of snow has fallen. 1i...0,13, Tfrhoem_t_hue Braes of Glen , livat, dated Wednesday, says 255 Rix or eightwith melees, and in sheltered places it is much ...neer. At Tonaintoul, on Tuesday, the s now Was up- 50 wards of 12 i n . 4 Th„,..., inches in depth ; sleet fell on Wednesday, and , 100 "4"2" 4 good foal of snow ,— /Citti 4Tourn4e. INO JOINT-S' all A.z.tralaaia.... . ,••• 1 ' Bank of Egypt !A.; Bank of London ,al . ;ri. Col. 1111.& lin. C i.ll i*itiah N. American '-• Chartd. Bank of Asia 6 ' , B td. upk. of India, Australia, tiy China, 250 (lity 5 jolqutal. 20 lommurcial of Lon& kil i'tr.geot.ZzAns.Clit. all Gord. (hart, Bk of 9.astrali a • all litto New 20 Lonlon and 50 i ino.&E. Bnkg. Corp 10 London Joint Stock 20 Gond. ik Westminster 3f. riztion..tl l` .. r0 , , , f 'gT/ g 10 Do. Haw .......... 22 Nation a l Bank. . all New South Walni ..r wental i-k. corp 15 Ottoman Bank ... , Provincial of Ireland sit Lo. Now 1 ti One B &3o Ira n ~. 4,nth instralia, a u •I - jnion of latstralia 2 ;D o . Now , 10 1 ';"'•-- - - 1 • ' ' ll '''' 51 ;0 .117nity Mutual.... .. . Wenera ilk of idcludi PREFERENCE SHARES. ... • - ~ ... -- .. ... - -100 4i - 5 6 - 107 97 11 - ••• ..... • •N c so* • . ON .... •I es "'"'" ii io ••• .. 166 : 118 109 - 115 103 --- 101 61 - 62 10 - 10 o. .... 6 - 6 93 - 95 86 - 88 99 - 101 10 - 105 'l6 - 17 , 10 - 10: 71 - 73 19 - 20 , 9i - 101 - 151 '137 139 ... .. 136 - 138 115 - 117 - 159 5 - iP 66 - 70 • c • os -- ... 136 - 98 - 88 - I"' - 1 - 102 -104 92 - 94' eipo -- ~ I - id 1107 109 • • • 60 - 65 16 - 16 23 - 24 100 - 102 9i - 104 27 -• 28 2- 3 p ..• -. .•• 3 - 3i 112 102 all BlythandTyne lOpel c. pref. (load. at 501, 100 Brie. & Ex. 4p.c. St 5 Do. 4p. c. Sharer* I'lo Caledn. £lO 4} p.c. 100 i[Ches. &Ho. Gn. 5 a . 100 Do. do. Pref. 6 per c. all Cork ABandons6p.e. all Dua.Prth .dtAber.J. 2 E. Anglian Cie. ASh 100 Do. de. Cis. B 6 p. 4. 100 Do. do Cis. C7p. c. all Has. Co.Ex,spcNe all Do. No. 2 all Do. New 6 p. o. Si all /Cast Un.. G. 6 p. all Do. 51., 10 per con. all I Do. 101. Debentr.Sl). all I Do. do. 4 per cent.. 100 East Lanoa9h. 6p. ots all E. &W. York. J. sth, 4 I Edin. & Gl. 5 p.c. sh 100 Ed. Prth. &Dun. 4 p. • 100 Furness, sp. c.... lou Glas. & B.W. G. 5 100 Great Northn. 6p. 100 Do. sp. c. Redeem. at 10 p. c. prem. 106 Do. 4i p. c 60 D 0.5 p. c., Red. at t P. C. pm— • all Gt.N. of Scot.istPre 100 Gt. S. &W. (Ireland' 14 Do. 4per 0. Pril. 8 6 Gt. W.(B.&H.Exspc 100 Do. con. red. 44 p.c. 100 Do. con. red. 4p. c 100 Do. irred, 4p. C. 100 Do. sp. c. red. prof all Do. Birm. Pref. Sh all Do. Chester Bp. . all Do. do. 5 p. c. do. 100 Do. firm. Gua. Stk all Do. Ches. Gua. Sh all Do. do. do all o. do. do 6 Lan. &York. F. 20 100 Do. 6 p. a. Stock 100 Lon. &B. G. 5 pc.No.l 100 Do. P., spc. St.No.2 100 Do. New Guar.6 l„ 100 Do. do. sp. c.,N0.4 100 Lon.&N. W., Cov. Nuneaton 5 p. at „. ' 100 Lon. &S.W. 7 per ct late 3d Shares all L )ndy. St Coler. Sh 11l Londy.& Ennis. Sh 10 , L. 6 p. Cent 44 Do. do. do. a ... 100 Do. do. 31 per cent. all Siarypt.& Carl. 4 p all Do. 4i per cent 10! Do. do. 1100 Nfld. Consol.6 p.c.St 100 Do. Con.Br.lir. 6p c l 100 Do. 4i p. c. Pref. t 1 100 Ditto L.& H. Pref. St 0 I New., Aber., &c., pr. f sp. c. red. 5 p.c. pm. 6 Do. Perpet. 6 p ct. with optn. till '66 all Norfk. Deb, 4 p.c. sh 100 Do. Pref. 5p.0. St 100 Do. 5 pc. Ext.,1846 ,100 De. siperc.pf.,lB47 100 Do. Wv. V. 6 pc.,1847 ! 100 North Britifiln 3i Do 71. Preference ... lOn N. E. Per, 4 p.o, t' 1 83 Do. do. do 13 Do, Leeds 6 p.0..1%70.1 9 Do. do. Qrp.,1848 10 Do. York H.& Prir all North Staffordshire 100 thr, Wo, 4 :W., 6 pc._ 100 Do. 6 p.c. Redeem. all Soot. Cent. ,New Pref 100 Sc.N.E. Ab9r. g 6 pe all Do. d0.,7 p. c. pf. at. 100 Do. do., 34 p.c. pf. st all South Devon all Do. fixed,4i per cent all 8. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. 100 Do. 4i per cent all Do. Fixed 4i p c sh 100 S Wales Gus. 4p. a 100 Do. do. 4i p. c all B.Yorksh.4p.c.Guar. all Stock.&Dsr., sp. c. 15 Do. do. do all Stock. & Hard. g. & p. c. till Jnly 1,'56 ' all Waterfd.& Kilk. 6pc MINES. ... ---• .•. i --. 1 . . .. - 6 - 8 - 21 3! - 3i 18 - 20 54 - 1 56 30 35 25 '27 14 16 fl - id 1 : 1 2 - 2A •.• 7i id - - S 10 21 - 23 5 - 7 21 - 2i 2i - 2i .... ••• 31 - 3t 3 3 / 4 - 4 ••• ..... ••• a .. a sae «.- OUB. 26 - 28 51 di 118 113 [l3 2 - 5# -- 5' "."` 93 - 95 1 - - 6 7 at ii R 10 2} 2 . --- 1 3 4 i d AP - 22 3 4 1 - 14 P r , iP 3 70 —54 r 66 68 1$ 35 •••• I i - ; 16 se 4 all I.luglo Californian 7 Australian. all Baden (Gd. Duchy of; all Blredttr. Iron & Co& 14 British Iron 26i Brazillanlmp.(iesued at £5 pm.) all Do. tomes & Cuiab 15 Do. St. John Del Rev Clarendon Cons. Mi.- Co. of Jamaica all Cobre Copper Vi Colonial Gold all Copper Min. of Eng all Do. Prof. 7i p. cent le Copiapo. all Fortuna all Gencial all Gt.NuggetVelnßeg all Great Polgooth.... all Gt Wheal Vor Unite': all Liberty all Unarm 14 Lnsitanian all %iariquita all Now Granada all Nouveau Monde all Pontgi.Sil.& Le. Min 1 Port Philip all Quartz Rock all Rhymney Iron all Do. New 15i Santiago de Cuba..... 6s. Sort. Cons. Min. Co. all South A.ustralian..,.. all Do. Scrip all Do. 10 per cent Prel 4i Tam. S. &L, Min; co, 9 Fin Croft all United Mexican all Waller all Wost Mariposa 12s. Worthing Mining of Australia MISCE: 19 `‘netralian Agricult. :kustraln. Royal Mail all Berlin Water Work 40 Brit. American Land 3. t Canada O. Go. p.c. Janla my 100 Do. 6 p.c. Feb & Aug LOO Do. Gp c. Mar & Sept all Crystal Pa1ace........ all Do. Preference.. al Crystal Pal. of Franc. Thaston Iron Ore 15t Eastern Steam...... 100 Electric Telegraph... all Electric Teleg. of li. all En.diAus Cop Sm Co all Gen. Ir Sc Col (ulna.) 14 Gen. 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Registered.... 5 reoßtt L. 00.17. or 283,, Van 'Diemen's L an d I YO)ot:p.O.Jaztaula :ON. - 7 - - 2 p p 5 - if - 9. 33 iOj 8 P 3 - 3i p 4/ .d 43 4ip ••• ... 8 i -95 P .• 19} 19 8 i 37 - 37. 8- 9 - 50/ - 51 48 -50 par -- i pl 17 - 19 • - - 9 - 9j 8 - 94 ••• 4g - 9t - 9i 33 -34 -13 p BANKi-. 148 100 2i lid 64 66 • ...PI - 65 - 70 •O, ••• 16i 17 . 4 19i 20; 19 20 1 - 3p ••• -- ...... • •• .... , .. .•• 45 47 38, —.40 21d 34 _ 62 efri 7 46 . s oi i d, St. 10 ?,( RI in 20 8i 10 20 20 THE SUN, LON DON, MONDAY EVENING, NO VEMRE'R 24 1856 THE ROYAL BRITISH BANK. IMPORTANT JUDGMENT. LEE V. AITCHESON. This morning Vice-Chancellor Kindersley gave judgment in this important case, which was in effect to decide the question in whom the right to distribute the funds was vested amongst the creditors and depositors. In his opening observations, his Honour alluded to the circum3tances that had led to the present proceedings, and also to the different motions that bad been made in the cause. The present proceedings involved a new legal point, and on a late occasion he bad noticed the fact, but it was not the wish of either party that it should be settled by an action at law, and he, therefore, had undertaken to settle the point as far as it was possible for him to do so. His Honour then at great length alluded to the intention and effect of the Winding-up Act with respect to proceedings like the present, and said the first question he was called upon to decide was, in whom was vested the legal title to the effects and estates of the Royal British Bank ? and in viewing the whole of the circum stances connected with this case, he could come to no other conclusion than that the legal right was vested in the official assignee under the bankruptcy. The second question he had to decide was, whether there was any grounds upon which this Court was called upon to in terfere with the legal right of the official assignee in the distribution of the funds. He did not see that there was any equitable right for such interference with respect to the property of the bank. Snob, therefore, would be the decision of the Court. This being his judgment the nex‘, thing that bad to be considered was the books and papers at present in the hands of the official manager. Now having decided that the proceedings are to be gone on with in bankruptcy, he thought the whole of the books, papers, &c., at present in the hands of Mr. Harding ought to be given up, and he should make an order to that effect, because if he did not do so, he did not see that any proceeding that might be instituted for their recovery could be successfully resisted, and, having arrived at the decision he had done, and which he bad already mentioned, he thought he was bound to render every assistance in his power to effect a speedy settlement of the affairs of the bank. In making this order be should direct the expenses incurred by the official manager, Mr. Harding, to be ascertained, and deducted from the funds already in hand. The injunction that had been obtained by the learned counsel for the keeping the proceedings of the bank in state quo until the decision of the Court was given with respect to the authority of the official assignee and the official manager was decided, and would therefore now be dissolved. Then there remained the question whether any contempt had been committed by Mr. Lee and Mr. Johnstone. There could be no doubt that whenever a receiver had been appointed by this Court, and that receiver was interfered with by cer tain persons, those persons would be guilty of contempt, and this Court would always punish t h at contempt and vindicate its authority. Mr. L ee an d Mr. John after h stone hade had di been sturbedMr. Harding in his po ssess i on , appointed by this Co ur t, and therefore they had committed a contempt. The proper course for those persons to have pursued would have been to have applied to this court to ascer tain whether their authority was sufficient, and had it been so, they would have been justified in acting as they had done. But they had acted otherwise, and there could be no doubt but that both Mr. Lee and Mr. Johnson had been guilty of contempt, but he thought that contempt was committed more through not being suffi ciently informed than any other circumst ance - , and, tak ing into consideration that all steps against Mr. Harding in the Bankruptcy Court had been withdrawn, that jus tice would be satisfied by the Court in this instance passing over the proceedings. The payment of the costs of the rule nisi would be paid out of the estate. In reply to an observation of Mr. Rolt, His Honour said he should not make an order for the immediate banding over of the funds in hand by Mr. Harding. The expenses properly incurred in the col lecting and realising the assets would have to be ascer tained, and atter that had been done then would be the proper time to make the order. A discussion here took place relative to the payment of certain other expenses, in which his Honour observed that the struggle in the present case was not so much as to the speedy distribution of the funds, but as to who should receive the percentage. He should therefore make no immediate order for handing over the money, as the legal expenses of Mr. Harding must be ascertained and paid before the money passed from the authority •f this court. Sir F. Kelly addressed a few remarks to the court relative to an appeal before the Lords Justices, but no permission being necessary it was not noticed by his Honour. The appeal is to be made to the Lords Justices imme• diately, but his Honour refused to make any order bind- ing the court not to part with the money of the bank until that appeal was disposed of, During the delivery of the judgment by the Vice- Chancellor the court was densely crowded, and the greatest excitement prevailed during the whole of the proceedings. CRIMINAL COURT.—(This Day.) OLD COURT. - The first sessions during the present mayoralty com menced this morning. The Recorder, in charging the grand jury, observed that they would perceive that the calendar contained about the usual number of offences, but there was nothing in any of the cases to be submitted to them involving any question of difficulty. There war, he regretted to observe, an increase in crimes of a serious description, which called for the most serious consideration and such a circumstance was to be exceedingly regretted. One of the offences that seemed particularly on the in crease was that of highway robbery with violence. The calendar contained a case, of murder the whole facts of which would be submitted to them in due course. With respect to any question of law that might arise therein they would have nothing to do, but their duty would simply be to hear the whole of the evidence that would be adduced before them, and upon the facts then elicited it would be their duty to find a bill accordingly. With these few observations he should remit the grand jury to the performance of their duty. After a short absence several true bills were brought up to the court and the trials proceeded. Up to the time of our report leaving nothing of the slightest interest occurred in either of the courts. POLICE INTELLI :GENCE.—(This Day.) MA RLBOROUGH-STREET. RUFFIANLY ASSAULT ON A FEMALE.--.Micltael Fitz gibbon, an ill-looking old fellow, was placed at the bar before Mr. Beadon, charged with violently assaulting an elderly woman named Jane France, of 3, Park -street. The prosecutrix, whose head was bandaged up, stated that she was on her way home on Saturday night, about half-past 12, and when in Oxford-street the prisoner stopped her and asked her ;f she knew where he could get some drink. She told him the public-houses were closed, and he then invited her to take coffee with him. She ac cepted his invitation, and after leaving the coffee-house he made a very improper proposal to her, which she in. dignantly rejected. The prisoner then struck her a dreadful blew between the eyes, knocked her down, and immediately ran off. A constable pursued him, and took him into custody. Police-constable 202 C said, about half -past 12, on Saturday night, he was in Southmolten-street, when be saw the complainant and the prisoner standing near the corner, in conversation together, and ail at once the prisoner struck the woman on the head and felled her to the ground. She fell with the back of her head against the kerb, and broke her comb, several of the teeth of which entered her head. Witness pursued the prisoner and took him into custody, and the watnan was subsequently taken to the hospital, whete her wounds were dressed. The prisoner, in defence, said he was very drunk at the time, and having an idea that;the woman had robbed him h knocked her down. Mr. Beadon said that was a most lame defense to such a charge. The prisoner had been guilty of a violent and unprovoked assault upon a defenceless woman, for which he must be severely punished. 1 10 (Hr. Beadon) should therefore commit him to the House of Correction for one month, with hard labour. HUDDERSFIELD MECHANICS' I . N . ,21'11T. llET:o::neTr::Larno nual soiree in connecti?n , with this institution is to be held on Wednesday and 1111..rsday next, and promises to be of an unusually interesting character. Lord e-ode 'al:I:n:1 ditriha zich, M.P., the Right Hon. Sir J. , S. Pakington M.P., present on the and Rev. opt C A ic l o o rea a n l . j . ;S o : of : - G onv y t. e rh t i n b zh . e , Oa ' s i v i i eiw.,:Pvaidci.ehl,cd3e.NntpTaetriddeCHa.y.S3l'reaTvc. S ee l n V i ri invitations)\' n c ng k d l t i et a ohr m etbhee presidency of general l the will Friday da.y able; Lord Goderich, and the soiree will be held on the follow ot°n and to entertain honour Major to visit Hud- GinegueeVraenti)%dbiattn is sy also so public p o r p e o c s e e r ci A! but it is not q h u ial it: t ce a g il in bi ttat " th n e cili g e en qdr6g6vld at all curing the week, an Intilnation having been received on Friday whica throws doubts upon the cPailtiOn, THE GOLD BULLI' )N ROBBERY. FURTHER EXAAIINA.TION OF THE FRISONE RS. MANSION-HO ETSE.T(THIS DAY.) The further examination of the prisoners, Willia2n, Pierce and James Burgess, charged with the gold bul lion robbery on the Sunth-Eastarn Railway Company, in May, 1855, was resumed this morning before the Lord Mayor. The publication of the evidence of Agar, detailing the adroit and daring manner in which this robbery was effected, has much increased the curiosity of the public in respect to him and. the parties implicated, and a more numerous crowd of persons than on either of the former examinations assembled in Mansion-house. street several hours previous to the commencement of the business, eager to gain admission to the court. A rumour was in circulation early in the morning that Seward, alias the " barrister," was in custody, and would be placed at the bar with Burgess and Pierce, which probably tended to increase the number of persons assembled in front of the Mansion-house. The same admirable arrangements for the accommo dation of the representatives of the press were made by the Lord Mayor, assisted by Mr. Goodman, the chief clerk, and Mr. Sewell, as on the two former examina tions. Precautions were taken to prevent the court from being. overcrowded. Twenty-five witnesses were summoned to give evi dence to-day ; and in order to prevent confusion or de lay in their attendance, they were provided with printed cards, stating they were witnesses in the case, signed by Mr. Rees, solicitor to the company. Mr. Bodkin, instructed by Mr. J. C. Rees, solicitor to the South-Eastern Railway Company, again appeared to prosecute. Mr. Wontner defended Pierce, and Mr. Lewis, of Ely-place, defended Burgess. Alderman Sir R. W. Carden, Alderman Salonsons. and Alderman Carter were on the bench during the examination of the prisoners. Mr. Tuelon, Mr. Coles Child, and other directors of the line, with Mr. Abel, to whom some of the stolen gold belonged, were also pre sent, and accemmodated with seats on the bench. At half-past 10 o'clock the prisoners Burgess and Pierce were placed at the bar. They were both as cool and collected in their demeanour as on the previous occasions, though they looked somewhat - paler. Bur gess still retains his dress as a guard of the South. Eastern Railway. Pierce anxiously looked round the court, and both prisoners evidently appeared surprised after what was said at the last examination that Seward and Tester were not placed in the dock beside them. Mr. Bodkin said he intended, to-day, first, to com plete the case as regarded Pierce's house, and if there was time then to go to another branch of the case. It would be necessary for him to ask by and bye for a further remand of the prisoners. Charlotte Painter was the first called—She deposed that she was 15 years of age, and resided at 15, South ampton-street, Vauxhall. She lived with two persons named Adams, in Horleyford-street, and had to nurse a child. She was there by day and went home to sleep at night. She had seen the prisoner Pierce, at Adams's house iu Harleyford-street, and he went by the name of Peckham. Mr. and Mrs. Adams removed from Harleyford-road to Cambridge Villa, Shepherd's.bush, but at what tune she could not say. Pierce assisted Adams to move hie furniture. Soon after that she left Agar's service ; it was jest before Christmas, 1854. She spent her Christmas with her parents, and after that Agar called on her parents, and she was taken by him by cab and 'buss to Cambridge-villa. She slept there then, and took care of the child. She was mostly out by day with the child. She recognised Fanny Kay as Mrs. Adams. Pierce continued to visit Agar at Cam bridge Villa whilst she remained in Agar's service the second time, about the 18th May, 1855. He then came more frequently than at the Harleyford-road. His visits were sometimes at meal times, and others not. She bad known him to be there the best par of the day. Agar was sometimes at home when he came and sometimes not. When Agar was at home Pierce and he used to go to the wash-house, but she did not know what they did there. On one or two occasions she heard hammering and knocking. On one occasion she went to the wash-house to fetch an article, but Agar refused her admission, saying she could not come in. She saw two boxes in the wash-house about that time. One was a green coloured one, which she thought she would know again if she saw it. She went into the wash-house for anything she wanted when the men were there. She had moved the boxes to sweep under them, and from that she found the white one was heavy. When Pierce and Agar were at work in the wash-house a vice was fixed on a pieee of board against the window She found it fixed when she went there, and it remained when she left. Once she saw a leather courier bag in the house. It was brought into the back parlour by Agar. " She never saw any other bag then but that. Agar and Pierce went out together with the bag on one occasion towards evening, but she could not say when was. She used to sleep in the first floor back room which had a common small stove in it. No fire was . lit there to her knowledge. She used to retire at vari• ous hour?, sometimes as early as eight o'clock. Pierce had always left before she went to . bed. Examined by Mr. Wontner—She could not re member the date when she left Apr's. The child had gone to nurse before she left. She was cer tain Mrs. Bessill, who resided next door, died before she left Agar's. She left a few days after that. The can ►as bag was drab colour. Agar and Pierce brought the bag into the back parlour whilst she was having her tea, She had great difficulty in moving the boxes in the washhouse. She had to push them along. Both boxes had been there as long as she lived at Shepherd's-bush. The washhouse was kept un locked, and she could go there when she liked. Cross-examined by Mr. Lewis—Her mistress was at home when Agar brought home the bag. He put it on a chair behind the door. She believed Agar carried the bag out openly later in the evening. She did not see him go out of the street door. She did not recollect if he wore a great coat or cloak. She believed Agar re turned after she was in bed. Fre shall give the conclusion in our last edition.) Racing Fixtures for 1857. FEBR ARY. Liverpool Spring ... MAI 25 ,CH. Northampton 25 Croxton Park 31 Nottingham Spring 3 Warwick Spring l7 Coventry 23 Newmarket Liverpool l5 Nottingham 21 Stamford 23 Goodwood AUG . Brighton Brighton Club I Lewes Wolverhampton lO Reading ll SEPTE -UST, I Ludlow 13 York 18 Radcliffe 24 I Egham " 25 Warwick Lichfield 8 Doncaster 15 IMBER. I Leieester 23 Newmarket F 0 29 OCTO Chester Autumn 6 I Wrexham 8 I Bedford Richmond 8 I BER. Yorkshire II H Club 8 Newmarket S 0 l2 Warwick Autumn 2O , Newmarket H 26 NO/EMBER. Worcester Autumn 8 I Shrewsbury Autumn ...17 Liverpool Autumn lO I Ludlow Autumn • 2O CRYSTAL PALACE.--HALF-CROWN DAY, Saturday, Nov. 22. --Adtni=sions on payment, 505 ; ditto, by season tickets, 2,220 ; total visitors, 2,725. THE RECORDERsHIP OF BRISTOL.—Mr. Serjeant Ring lake has been appointed to this office. THE AMERICAN MAILS.—The British and North Ame rican royal mail steamship Arabia, Capt. James Stone, left the Mersey on Saturday afternoon, at two o'clock, for Boston, with the usual mail, 92 passengers, and a full cargo. A VALUABLE PocKETßoofc.—A German gentleman, who was a passenger from Melbourne by the James Baines, had his pocket picked in Liverpool, on Saturday night, of a pocketbook containing Australian bills on a London bank for 10,0001. bank- , otes to the amount of M., and a number of letters of introduction. The 700,0001. of gold broug'it by the James Baines was delivered on Saturday, and about 60,0001. has been sold to the Bank. A considerable further proportion will probably remain here, but no estimate can yet be formed, as the amount t 9 be taken for the Bank of Franoe will depend in a great measure on the advices from Paris on Monday and the total of bills that may be remitted thence.—Times. The fact of the Bank bullion having experienced an increase of 154,0151. during the past week, has caused some surprise to be expressed that the advance of the rate of discount to 7 per cent. should have been resolved upon. It must he remarked, however, that this increase of bullion was not more than should have taken place two or three weeks back from the reflux of the coin paid for dividends, and that so far from there being any sign at the time the Bank determined upon the advance o fa favourable turn in the foreign exchanges, they were gra dually assuming a worse appearance. If the James Baines and the Lightning bad still kept out, the position of the money-market at this moment would have been such as to induce the public to congratulate themselves upon timely precautions having been taken.—Times. EDINBURGH, PERTH, AND DUNDEE AND SCOTTISH CEN TRAL RAY.LwAyt.-4-Traffio return for the week ending Nov. 16,1856 £ 6 , 600 - 7 1 Corropondiug week bat yea um 5,566 17 7 MARKET NEWS.—<This Day.) CORN EXCHANGE. Most - of the country markets heid on Saturday were moderately supplied with wheat, for which the demand ruled heavy, at drooping prices. Barley was very dull, on lower terms. Oats, beans, peas, and flour were all rather in favour of buyers. The continental markets continue heavy, and prices con tinue to give way. The supplies of wheat have rather in creased. Large quantities of grain continue to be shipped to Europe from the United States. Up to our market last week the arrivals of home produce were rather on the increase. From abroad we received 43,551 qrs of wheat, 14,762 barley, 25,611 oats, 2,321 beans, 1,170 peas, 909 tares, 12,070 linseed, 870 rapeseed, 967 sacks, and 9,879 barrels of flour. The supply of English wheat received fresh up to our market to-day, coastwise and by land carriage, was only moderate ; kut there was a slight improvement in the general condition of the samples. Owing to the large im ports from abroad, millers purchased English qualities with great caution, and the trade was dull in the extreme, at a decline in the quotations realised on Monday last of from 4s. to ss. per quarter. At that amount of depression very little progress was made in sales. There was a very large quantity of foreign wheat in the market, and some anxiety was manifested by the impor ters to sell, owing to high rates of discount. A few tran sactions took place, at 2s per quarter less money, and the trade ruled exceedingly dull. In boating cargoes of wheat no sales took place. The supply of barley was large, and the trade ruled at 1 8 to 2s per quarter less money. Malt sold slowly at barely late rates. There was an immense show of Irish and foreign oats, consequently the trade was dull. Fine old corn realised about previous rates, but new qualities were is to 2s per quarter cheaper. Beans were very dull, and 3s to 4s per quarter cheaper ;han on Monday last. In peas very little was doing, at 2s per quarter less money. We had a dull sale for flour, and prices were drooping. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. Wheat—Essex do Kent, Red .... new 52s to 663 Ditt0........ old —3 —ll Ditto, White new 543 728 Ditt0........ old —s —3 Norfolk and Lin coln, Red, old —s —3 Ditto new ...• .. 52s 67s Eye—Old ............ —a —s New •• •• •• 38s 423 Barley—Grinding ..• .. 35s 398 Malting ......... 368 42s . . 44s_ 349 Malt—SnfrolkandNor folk.... 66s 75s rown....- 639 61s lust) nandWare 76e 783 Malt—Chevalier •• •• 7Gs to 77s ;Oats Yorkshire and tacolnek.,Feed 23s 25s Potato . •• •• 25s 313 Youghal and Cork Black. •• •• 20s 221 Cork White . • • .. 2ds Elootih,lreed.•• .. 25s 29s teams—Tick ......... 40s 44s Pigeons....•••••• 42. 453 Peas—Grey ......•• •• 38s 41s 42s 45s 42s 46! Boilers 41s 46s Flour—Town-made... 58s 60s Suffolk .......... 45s 483 Btooktu & Norfolk 45s 483 METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. Moderate supplies of foreign stock were received in the port of London last week, the total supply amounting to 4,363 head. In the corresponding week in 1855 the imports were 5,032 ; in 1854, 5,140 ; in 1853, 9,043 ; in 1852, 5,135; in 1851, 7,096; and in 1850, 3,903 head. IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WNSE. From Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Twining 2Ol Rotterdam 260 Medemblik B6 ... 1 Nien Diep •• Harlingen Dordt l2 Amsterdam • • • Schiedam Ostend • .• Bremen l6 Calves. Pigs. 820 ,687 72 ••• ... - ••• - 337 ..• ... 46 ... 5 9 77 ..• •.• - 173 ... ••• ... - ---• ..• 3 ... ''""' • .• T0ta1..., 861 3,166 282 ... 59 The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as follows : Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs 1855 1,164 3,521 329 18 1854 1,325 3,513 ... 300 ... 2 1853 1,859 6,413 .„ 519 157 1852 1,063 4,604 .„ 421 ... 42 1851. 1,1 t 9 5,493 358 96 1850 856 ... 2,496 407 ... 133 The general quality of the foreign beasts at hand since this day se'nnight has been tolerably good. The sheep have come to hand in fair condition, and the calves con tinue of excellent quality. The supplies of foreign stock in to•day's market were but moderate. From our own grazing districts the receipts of beasts fresh up this morning wore tolerably good as to number, but their general qu,dity was by no means first-rate. For the best Scots and short horns we had a fair demand, at last Monday's quotations, the top figure for the former breed being 4s Iod per 81bs ; otherwise the beef trade ruled heavy, and prices were a shade lower. The arrivals from Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, and Northamptonshire amounted to 2,020 short horns ; from other parts of England, 400 of various breeds; from Scot land, 130 Scot', and from Ireland, 700 oxen. We had a better show of English sheep, but that of Irish and foreign was comparatively small. The best Downs and half-breds were in fair request, at full prices ; but other kinds of sheep moved off heavily at a decline in value of 2d per 81bs. There was only a moderate number of calves in the mar ket; nevertheless, the veal trade ruled rather heavy, at Friday's decline in value. The highest price was 6s. per 81bs. Pigs were in moderate supply and fair request, at laal week's cure ncy. Per Sibs to sink the Wilds. 8, Inferior Beftsts....2 Second quality.... 3 Prime large oxen 3 Prime Scots, &c. 4 Inferior Sheep ...3 Second quality ...4 Prime ors& -wiled. 4 I. d. s. d.! 8. d. Sto2 10 PrimeSonthdown 5 0 5 2 0 3 611 Argo crse. calves 3 8 4 4 8 4 4Pritne small do 4 8 5 0 6 4 10/Large hogs 6 31G Small porkers 4 6 5 2 0 4 4lSuckling calves-23 0 30 o 6 4 BlQuarter old pigs.2l 0 28 TOTAL SUPPLY. I FOLEIGN /SUPPLY. Beasts •• •• •• •• •• •• Sheep •• •• •• •• •• 22,120 Sheep .• •• •••• •• •••••• 2 100 Calves .•• ..•• ..•• •• • 163 Calves...• •• •• ..•• '4) A. statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of fat stock exhibited and sold in the Great Metropolitan Cattle Market, on Monday, Nov. 26, 1855, and this day, Monday, Nov. 24, 1856. Per Elbe, to sink the offals. Nov. 26, 1855. ;Nov. 24, '56. s. d. s. d. Is. d. s. d. Coarse and inferior beasts 3 Bto 3 10:2 Bto 2 10 Second quality ditto ... 4 0 4 43 0 3 6 Prime large oxen ... ... 4 6 4 1013 8 4 4 Prime Scots, &c „, 5 0 5 2 ; 4 6 410 Coarse and inferior sheep 3 6 3 813 6 310 Second quality ditto ... 310 4 4,4 0 4 4 Prime coarse woolled ditto 4 6 4 8;4 6 4 8 Prime Southdown ditto 410 5 25 0 5 2 Lambs 0 0 0 0 ;0 0 0 0 Large coarse calves ... 3 6 4 0,3 8 4 4 Prime small ditto 4 2 4 84 8 5 0 Large hogs 310 4 413 8 4 4 Neat small porkeia 4 6 5 0 1 4 6 5 2 Beasts... ... 4,614 4,990 Sheep ... 21,920 22,120 Calves... ..„ 199 163 Pigs „, .„ „, .„560 1 360 m Surrs ox Seta, , Nov. 27, MC—Beasts, 4,566; sheep, 27,240 ; calves, 152 ; pigs, 310. November 28, 1851.—Beasts, 4,313; 5heep,25,35); calves, 272 ; pigs, 240. NEWGATE AND LEA.DENHALL. The supplies of both town and country killed meat on sale here to•day were seasonably good, and in much better condition than for some time previously. Generally speaking, the demand ruled inactive, as follows : Per Blbs by the carcase. s. d. s. d. Beef, interior 2 4 2 10 Do., middling 3 2 3 6 Do. prime large 3 3 4 0 Do., do. small 4 2 4 4 Park, large 3 8 4 4 s. d. S. d 30 3 4 ,3 6 4 0 .4 2 4 6 ,3 6 4 6 48 5 4 Hutton, Inferior Do., middling Do., prime Veal Perk, small BOROUGH HOP. There is not quito so much activity in our market as of late, nevertheless prices generally are well supported. The supply of hops in the market is rather extensive. Mid and East Kent pockets, 3/ 10s to 5/ 15s per cwt.; Weald of Kent, 3/ 5s to 4/ 15s; Sussex, 31 Os to 31 16s. BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. Since our last report the arrivals of potatoes have been only moderate. The trade, however, is in a sluggish state at our quotations. Last week's imports were 153 bags, 16 baskets, and 19 casks from Rotterdam, 203 bags, 6 mats from Dordt, 30 bags, 14 hampers from Amsterdam, and 13 bags from Limerick. York Regents, 100 a to 110 s per ton; Kent and Essex do., 90s to Ms; Scotch do., 803 to 90s • ditto cups, 50s to 100 s; Lincolns, VOs to 100 x; blues, iOs to 00s per ton. TALLOW. The amount of business doing in our market is very moderate. Prices, however, rule high. To-day P.T.C. on the spot is quoted at 58s 3d per cwt ; town tallow, 56s 3d nett cash ; rough fat, 35 lad per 81bs. 18527133; 1854. 1855. 1856. 52.477 1 33,928 j 33.271 19,854 15,325 47s Od to; 56s Od 66 s Odto 703 Od to 58s 3d —s Od tc , —8 Od 66s 6,1 ! =a Od to P Od 3,767 2,087 2,141 2,912 2,428 49,458 i 54,028 39,900 { 67,604 64 , 8 47 12,413 2, 410 6,400 5,259 4,743 59,307 ; 65,241 i 37,171 39,743 63,192 49. 31 58' Od 68s 61 I 71s 6d Stock this day !rice of Y. C 1 Delivery last week .• Ditto from June 1 .... Arrivals last week.. Ditto from Junel Price of Town 58s 9(1 STATEMENT OF TALLOW SHIPPING AT ST. PETERSBURG. 185 . 18 53. 1852. Casks. Ca s k s. Casks Tallow despatched from Cronstadt to ---- Oct. 22, 0.8. In ships loading and lighters 5,209 Total loaded off from Rt. Petersburg... 1 12 0 • ,00 102,423 In ships frozen In and lighters, in 1852.. 3,700 Total at the close of the navigation. 105,123 52,717 --- London Liverpool ..... ... .. .. .. Bristol... • •• • • 5,555 3,6 00 3,240 Other English pone ......... - 8, 050 5 ' 230 Ireland ..••. .. r . ......... Scotland .... •. .. ...... Germany ...... .... France., . •• , 9,290 189 America ...... , . ~ .. 5 378 Total, .106,791 106,123 79,017 WOOL. The b re ee h n as p b a e id en : a full average attendance of buyers at. the public sales h e ld s i nce our l as t re port, and the followpg prioos have Australian —Clean sheep's 'lod to 2s Bd, scoured le 9d to 2s 9d, do. lambs' 2s to 2s Bd, band washed is 4d to is 11d, skin is 4d to is 7d, do. baridwashed is 5d to is 9d, pieces is 4d to is Bid. V an pienaen's Laud Clean sheep's le 10d to 2s ld, scoured ls togs 20,1arab' is lld to 2s sd, skin is 6id to is Bd, j oc ks t o 44:1 010 Bd, grease lld to is 2d. Capo—Clean sheep's is 4d to 2s, scoured is 4d to is 11d, handwa.thel is `,>.d to is Sd, lerati r ii 5d to . 18 9d, pieces is Id to is 6d, grew iQd to la St. St. St. St. 60i dO 721 11 St. 10 10 Sc, 7 St. 17 20 5 St. 22} 25 10 1.0.6 22 20 10# 35 5,1 - 130 20 6i I at, 1 25 P 37i 10 28i 1 1 1 10 10 SoJ 100 St. 17i 5 25 15 27 i 42i 1161 16& f 1131 i I I 25 5 6 4i 3 i I South Australian—Clean sheep's is 7d to is 11d, scoured is 84 to 2s, handwashed is 8d to 2s, lambs' is 8d to 2s 2d. skin is 4d to is sd, do. handwashed is to 4d, pieces is 44 to is 6d, grease 104 to is per lb. Numerous parcels of !foreign have sold at from 3,;d to is per lb. Last week's imports were 36 bales from Archangel, 229 from Mogadore, 31 from Hambro', 602 from the Mauritius, 819 from the Cape, and 104 from Adelaide. By private contract very little is doing. The following are the current rates of English wool Down teas, is '54 to Is 5d ; Dow n ewes, is 3d to i s 44. half-breShogs, is 44 to is 5d ; half -bred wethera, is 3d to is 31d; Kent fleeee§, is 3:ld to Is 4d; Leicester do., 1.3 34 to is 44 ; flannel 'wool, lld to is 4d ; blanket wool, 9d to is 2d : combing skins, lld to is 24 ; and old akin,"]. , 44 to la 6d per lb. SEEDS. Linseed—the imports of which continue goo - A ..--rnovell off slowly, ou former terms. In rape, very litt' A e is doing. Cakes, however, are in request, at full quotati one. Canary is selling at high rates; but the demand for it is by no means active. The few samples of closer seed in the market are very dear to purchase. In other seeds only a limited business is doing, on former terms. Turnip,White,p er bush. 20s to 21e 5wede........ .. —s —s Mustard, 8r0wn.... • . 16 8 224 White, new.... • • lOs 138 rares,Wlnter, new.. •• 5s Od 58 ii a Canary, per quarter .. 70s 111031 ) Rye grass (new).• —•• 24s 28, Clover,RedEng . (cwt.) -- s _ s White •.••.. • • --a — s Foreign Red.. • ... — s — s White • ... —s — s Trefoil, new.. •• . .. •• —5 ----, iiCarra , ,cay ..... 4 0 4 42s ; Coriander.....,,, • ••• 20 M B ; FP2mpseed, per quarter 488 52 s Linseed, Eng. Sowing • • 62s 643 t Crushing .. •• .• .. 528 60s 1 Baltic .. • • ...... 51s 603 Odessa .......... 59s 6.58/ Linseed Cake, pr. ton— English .. ...101 5s 111 Os Foreign, per ton 101 11110164 Rape Cakes, per ton 51 151 61 15s Rapeseed, pr qr....." 86s sa NATURAL MARBLE PAINT FOR EXTERIORS. Monsieur Claudot, architect, at Verdun, has recently made a discovery which promises to prove of the greatest l utility to architecture, despite all the nonsense Mr. 'Ruskin, Mr. Street, and the rest of the realists, may say about the abominations of stucco, the hypocrisy and sham of external facings, and which consists in the formation of a coating of natural marble on surfaces of build. ings. M. Claudot was led to his discovery by remark• ing that up to the preseet time the powerful affinity of hydrate of lime for carbonic acid has not been di rectly. turned to useful account ; nor, consequently, the force of aggregation, which is the result of this chemical combination. In common mortars this cohesive and hardening force acts indirectly, because they contain but a small quantity of hydrate, which is not enaployedin con ditions favourable for the development of the powers of affinity. Hydrate of lime does not exist in a state of nature, - Sl34i carbonic- acid, from always acting in what may be termed an aggregating sense, some times produces a contrary effect. In fact, . when . the carbonic acid is in excess, it dissolves the car bonates of lime, and forms calcareous, laminated, sac charoid, and concrete productions, such as the translucid marbles of Faros, Carrara, and alabaster. After having observed the great affinity of carbonate of lime for car bonic acid, when pure, and in large quantities, finely divided, and remarked the effects of saturation, which augments its density by 0'436, the inventor was in duced to believe that this powerful affinity might be made of direct use in the production of mortar or facing. In order that this affinity may act to the fullest extent possible, not only must the hydrate of lime be perfectly pure and free from the presence of foreign bodies, such as sand, &c., but it must be employed in such a manner, as that each molecule of hydrate may be exposed to the action of the acid—that is to say, that actual contact may take place ; and M. Claudot was thus naturally led to the invention of a natural marble paint. In taking the common calcareous stones from the neighbourhood of Paris, which are composed of 0 . 97 parts of lime, a marble paint was obtained as pure as the marble of Carrara, and which acquired considerable density. But limestones, not so rich in lime, may be employed, and excellent coatings obtained. The modus oporandi is as follows:—The lime is em ployed alone, ground very fine, and applied as a wash, having the consistency of milk, by means of a brush. When a compact and smooth coating has been obtained by successive washes, it soon acquires, in the course of a few days, a degree of hardness so as not to be removed by the nail. Within two or three months, according to the conditions of the atmosphere, the hardness of the coating becomes equal to that of marble, and acquires the same impermeability. That this hardness and impermea bility are the natural results of the saturation of the lime by the carbonic acid absorbed from the at mosphere may be easily proved by secluding a por tion of hydrate of lime from the atmosphere, when it will be found to remain permeable and soft., No mortar composed of lime and sand pozzolana becomes impermeable until years after its application, —not even those which are termed hydraulic, which is due to the presence of the sand, and by the little freedom !afforded to the action of carbonic acid, of which the volume, proportioned to the quantity of hydrate employed, can only be 0.07, which is dis seminated by the sand. In the natural marble paint the surface acquires the brilliancy and polish of marble almost immediately, and the hardness of marble, as before explained, in from two to three months. The cost of material for a square yard of sur face is a halfpenny ; and a workman can easily lay on and finish a square yard in an hour. The natural marble paint may be applied to any holding surface, with which It intimately unites, and, by means of colours, .may be made to assume the appearance of any marble. From its impermeability and resistance to frost it offers a means of. preserving existing buildings ; arid, in a sanitary point of view, for interiors, will prove of the greatest utility, as it may be washed down like Minton's tiles. We sincerely trust that some of our architects will try their hands on this new preservative and decorative material, which may be made to con duce so much to the comfort of our homes and the em bellishment of our cities. London houses faced with marble, instead of wearing the air of dinginess now so repulsive, will become, at all events—whatever their design—cheerful and clean.—Building New.. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This Day.) LONDON, Nov. 24.—Wind this day at noon, W.N.W. ; fresh breeze and fine. PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 23.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrived— Balmoral, from Maulmain ; Birzapore, London, for Syd ney, N.S.W. PLYMOUTH, Nov. 23. —Wind W. N. W.—Arrived—Star of Peace, from London, for Melbourne ; H.M.S. Raleigh, Portsmouth. SOUTHAMPTON, Nov. 23.—Arrived—Bulldog, from the eastward. DOVER, Nov. 23.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Labeduree, from St. J ago de Cuba, for Bremen. BRIDLINGTON, Nov. 22.—The Industry, from Newcastle to London, foundered lest night off the Spurn, after being in collision with a schooner, which did not appear to sustain much damage, and proceeded ; crew saved. Avn, Nov. 22. - The Martha, from Belfast, is on shore to the southward, apparently without damage. QUEENSTOWN, Nov. 22. Wind W.—Arrived—Niger, from Callao ; Enterprise, Aux Cayes ; Etwy, Laguna. The brig Iris, with white painted ports and English en• sign flying in foretopmast rigging was passed on the 29th Oct., in 41. N. 40. W. BERWICK, Nov. 2?.—The Sarpsborg, from Sarpsborg, arrived here leaky and with damage to bows, from colli sion with the smack Ranger, in 53. N. 3. E. ; the latter is also supposed to have received injury. (FEB ELEOTBio TELEGRAPH.) LIVEBPOOL, Monday Morning Wind W.N.W. Arrived—Christopher Newton, from Algoa Bay. Off—Sillery, from Bombay; Toronto, Quebec. Sailed—Moscow, screw•steamer, fur Constantinople. QUEENSTOWN, Nov. 22. Wi n d W.N.W. Arrived—lsia, from Odessa; Elny, Laguna; Enterprise, Aux Cayes. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Monday, 10.23 Wind W. ; tide nearly high water ; fine. Arrived, Nov. 23.—Royal Arthur, from Taganrog; Hu ron, Demerara ; Caroline, Guernsey ; Popanope, Colombo; Queen, Fredei iekstadt. Arrived, Nov. 24.—Employ, from Dantaic ; Fiery Cross, Foo-Choo-Foo ; Rapid, Guernsey; Georgina, Malta; Camilla, Launceston. DEAL, Monday, 9.55 n.m. Wind W.N.W., strong. Arrived—lslander, from London, for Barbadoes (not Highlander, Barbadoes, London, as was reported on the 23d). Passed—Holyrood, screw steamer, from London, for Limerick. Anchored— Priscilla, from Cuba ; Challenge, Cadiz ; Mary Robi ns , C alcutta—all for London; Soa NyinPh, London, Launceston. COAL CELLAIIS.—The winter's supply of fuel is oftie) much importance for the preservation of the structu r estot the of Loudon, as well as for the domestic comfort amiss occupants, that a word of caution may not Dome ° lor a long time this time of the year. Coals have beenet higher now time low in price, and are not likely of the fuel sold steam and trading navy ; but the (O d a in Y a wider ratio that the transport-servica has liberateitidiosgo much of the under that denomination than Some the of t h e cost e a r. p f coal, the r. . a y s a i s r : ii h s rl ee u s t t . q railroad, is extremely varied ab arie ualities on market. only more swift burn and H it yield greater good, even at 18s. per ton, ash. The The sta-borne coal is, cheap • g y reat object is to have ing, and producing more half as long again ' , it is manifestly.. more way to procure it is to however, heat, aod the best and economical even at 2 tie. only the right sort, respectableand the is wharfinger or to a well-known often sent in a shaly cha racter,factor, only burns in large masses, and then ful minates to fo a r ra th a t t a stony particles about the room, minates and shoo of a quantityincombustible waste, always leaving extinct in small stoney , unless con stantly becoming and A. new mode of establishing trade stautly dressed. .. It is ds some notice. for some busy corn of a company over the door d m e rl o n n agent to take two or three small shops bb h . half shop windows, to paint the name, not or. 1 but to circulate cards and handbills at every door , d•• to deliver ' them if possible to the servants, announcing a great Megatherion Company of all the cardinal points, as establi.hed at No. 99, Berkeley -square, No. 500, Sloane-Nuare, and No. GA of an indiv i dual, Portman-square. The prices are stated. An orOer follows, but when the coals are posted - then conies the shale, the &Oleg* the heart-burniugs, The slag, and the charge of 245. per ton ! If you remonstrate, the touter, a t first supplia ll t , becomes insolent, and tells you that it is only the price_ of second quality. The article was certainly screrc4; and all is slack but payment. It was well to °'?rtvo" that many persons from foolish economy, neglec tthe keep up fires in bedrooms and spare rooms during winter, leavin g ra i n an d d am p free scope for wreck.-- Building .4110., - . ,—....zi