The Sun. — London, England, 1856-12-02 00:00:00

RONEY MARKET COMA r_NTTELLAGEN , OfT?, Two s;Cto,:h,. In the Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday there was a steady business transacted, without any alte ration in prices. The sales amounted to 7,000 bales, 5,000 of which were taken by the exporters. The Railway Share Market exhibited a firm ap pearance. The progress of trade in Manchester during the Past month is thus reviewed by Messrs. M‘Nair, Greenhow, and Irving : " As will have been apprehended no animation has characterised this market since the date of our last monthly circular, in consequence of the stringency con• booted with money matters and the high prices nece , - aarily requiring to be paid for discounts, as at the period In question was intimated. A further necessity having been imposed upon the Bank of England to prevent the efflux of bullion from this country, that institution on the 13th, with ocher restrictive accompaniments, limited the discount of bills not having more than 90 days to run to 7 per cent ; and exclu.led those of a longer date,—a proceeding which of course had the necessary effect of restricting operations, and of inducing increased caution en the part of buyers generally to opeNte. The c,nse quences of these influential measures have not had the effect which, in other times and under different circum stances, they might have produced. They came upon this market when it was in a very healthy state, and when the• stocks of staple pr ductions were he avily malt with the g rea t h u lk o f p ro d uc e rs " e avily under co n t rac t. H a d it b een o th erw i se t he consequence of such meaeires would have Proved highly injurious. The stability of the trade • f this, as well as o f th a t, i n a l mos t ever y o th er manu l ae uri ng 'district, has been able to bear the burden nec•-s -,ullY imposed—and to resist from its soundness the "sequences which accompanied the commercial con vulsion which attended the year of 1847, when distrust T he the abs ei , ce o f con fid ence were everywhere present. I:he valuable feature of the present time is that of secu rity and stability, supported upon a basis of solidity in all the mercantile operations of the day. No speculative movements, so far as this market is concerned, can be noticed ; and legltimate transactions are the governing Principle. Noteem her is proverbially an inactive month, — a matter which may be named in ext• nnation of dimi nished transactions. Those in the nresent one will, how ever, greatly exceed those calculated upon, and justify the position of the market, already pointed to. An 14 leertant featur e , a s connected with this m ar k e t, ar i ses f rom that of cotton, which has sustained the value of that article during the month with remarkable firmness, c onsidering the pressure of the money market. Trans actions durinc , the month hav e very s li g h t l y exceeded those required by spinners for consumption, and for the best consuming qualities prices have sc.rcely declined ; but for the ordinary and the middling qualities of American the decline has been to the Iltent of 4d. to ;id. per lb. C ons id era bl e irregu arity in prices here has lately prevailed ; and so they continue. Contracts still continue in force for both oOOd g an d yarns, with undiminished firmness on the part f those who possess them. Some descriptions have declined, whil s t o th ers rema i n fi rm. " e _The general money ma r k e t r ema i ns w ith ou t any ' a dage of importance, but the demand is tempo rajilY increased by the liabilities having to be dis (2"arged next Thursday. Still there is no pressure, 7 11 d at cu rren t quo t a ti ons t h e supp l y is a b undant 5. (31. all purposes. The b e st d escr ip t i ons o f paper are negotiated at 6i per cent., but for good cor n tag "eial bills the Bank minimum is generally acte d by the bill brokers. While the 1541114 Directors continue to support their taotations at seven per cent., it is not to be sup- Po sed that capitalists will consent to lower rates ex cept for long-dated paper, which, owing to the Pr obability of a sensible decline in the value of ,accoramodation before it arrives at maturity, la. c omparatively easy of negotiation. As the circumstances which have induced the Bank A uthorities to continue their restrictions, when it is .Itoagined. a reduction might w ith sa f e t y h ave b een made, are no t k nown to t h e public, it is impossible to form any accurate opinion with regard to the precise period when a decline in the Minimum. can be expected. It is not generally supposed that it will take place next Thursday, although a good deal of anxiety will no doubt be felt to ascertain the result of the usual parlour Meeting. As usual at this period Messrs. Letts and Son h ave issued their Diaries for the New Year. These AUb lieations, which are to be found in almost every eou nting-house, are, if possible, more comp l ete th an hitherto. Public securities are rather flatter than they Wer e during official hours yesterday, a decline of having occurred. This weakness is wholly to be ascribed to the settlement of the monthly ac mants Which now absorbs chief attention. Ile Atrk tike On these occasions is always ratber variable. Q.ommencement of business the quotations Were about the same as at the close yesterday (after hours), but they subsequently became lower. " af;ain there is more firmness, and the market "PPearli strong. Consols have been 94g 4, 94 to a 94 i for money and Thursday. The January kliees has been about 94./ 95. Exchequer Bills are maintained at 4s. to 7s. premium, and India elnlda are 2s. premium. The New Three per a. are 93i 4, and the Reduced 921 93i. ai * Stock is 21611. Foreign Market is almost neglected. T urkish 6 per Cents. have been dealt in at 95i 2, a nd the 4 per Cents. at 1011 102. Spanish 3 per are marked 43, and Dutch 24 per Cents. '• • These are the only securities in which bar gains have been officially recorded. In the Railway Share Market this morning a It qerate amount of business has been transacted, 1411 , 4 prices h ave ru l e d not quite so buoyant. G rea t No rthern, Great Western, Lancashire and York- Shi re, l ,. North Western, South Western, North ; 48t ern, Berwick, and South Wales were slightly de pressed ; the French lines, however, exhibited a marked improvement, and Great Central of tra nce, Northern of France, and Paris and Lyons hav e,, advanced about 10s. to 15s. The Canadian, S-vst Indian, and Belgian lines ruled steady. Joint k Bank and Miscellaneous Shares all rule rat her firmer. The following are the nominal prices of Foreign 4304 :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 64 7 ; Mexi ca▪ n, 22 1; Peruvian 41 per Cents., 76 8 ; ditto `) per Cents., 54 6 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 44 6 ; R uss i an . 5 per Cents., 106 8 ; ditto 4 per Cents., 94 6; Spanish 3 per Cents., 424 2 ; ditto New Deferred, 234 24; ditto Certificates, 5 ; ditto passive, 6 4. BRITIgIi FUNDS 'PHD , DAY It7' ()NB cl,( (From the Official List.) oosvnes, don e. Bank Stock 3 psi vent. Reduced Annuities 3 per Cent. Consols Atinnitie, o4k 4 4 I 4.17 oar 'went . . Annuities Long Annuities, expire sth Jan. 1860 2 13-16 Ditto 30 Years, expire sth April, 1885 lB Indic Bnnds, ...,.... 2 p Consols ,r or Account E , , , ,eqrer Rills, k:i 7 Small 7 p p l' MOPS OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK ariani t h golds, 3 per Cent 11 \1” 1,, , Romig, 6 per cent — Ditto Account D.tto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. Ditto Account ' , I “ enos on the aboTe savable In Loneor, Dutch Exchange, 2 per Cen:;., 12 Guilders 66 TWO O'CLOCK. e6nsol s (M on ey ) Ditto Account 95 95i Ditto Account (January) k 20 INFAMOUS ATTEMPT TO RUIN A BANK. —Last week `Nays the Brigh,ton Examiner) a villanous attempt was b l ade to ca use a " run " upon t h e C oun t y B an k. The in en diary, w h oever he i s, put anonymous l e tt ers into the e°st - boxes, a dd resse d to var i ous i n di v id ua l s , co n taini n g statements calculated to throw discredit on the ,bove 1 - 3411 k. The bar e rumour of a "run" might have seriously i con venienced not the bank, but a great number of de positor s and Others who do business at the bank. But the manager instantly took measures to show that he ,14111 ready to me e t at once an y " run ," an d con fidence Z lb ,een restored. A. reward of 1001 h as b e en offered e detec ion of the evil- m i n d e d person w h o wr ote -"`,,HE Put the a non y m ous l e tt ers i n t h e post b oxes. WESTERN FISHERIES.—The herring season has comm enced on the coasts of Dorsetshi re an d D evons hire, va-t numbers have been taken near Dawlish and , 31111 a Regis. Immense shoals of sp ra t s , w ith their esual atten*dants, the gannet and the gull, have also tanincgregated on severa l p ar t s o f th e coast and have been - aol '4l in myriads by the fishermen. They are now being rills at Lym e for agricultural purposes, as tfieh besprat a valu a bl e manure for the land. The ,ries at generally have been successful this season, particularly C avl ish, where many large captures of mackerel have la rgo ell Placa. Many persons have been induced, by the D Profits that have been realised, t) invest capital in porohase of boats and nets. rtiE SUN LON DON, rUESDA Y EVE , ING, DECEMBER 2 1858 SHARE MARKETS —(This D y). W• Y R Shy. Paid , k,ALILWA 'l6 9 Ambg. and Baetu. Jiin•sr. 411 B.lfaE , al . Birmiug. olverh Stour Val!, y... all Birke.±d. LAII F.' eleshire ;,unc , Do. Ches . !, ez all r;ifi , do. all Blackburn ... all ~ s t.:(t ,st fyas g £25 (issd. at L 4 100 Bristol and 10) IG'r.:erlonia7, 100 10heater all !Cork and Thud. al' !Cork, Mark, 4 Pre all ICortiwz,) all Closing Pnea yesterday. i~~ 27± 22 25 .t. it) 55 al Pl,OO 1 14 9 Do. A Do. B tDublin&Belf,vstJui ,, Dun. P. A) ,rn, East Augllma.... Eastern Counties. ,7 41.5 t. Tr. inr , A Sr, Bs., B. Stock NEM' East Kent Ea,st Suffolk Do . Eilinbur , i) ctr Alas,_ lEdinh. an?. Peebles !en `Furness. .. (Glasgow & S. Westrn Great N. of Scotin. , 'Great Nort.lie... Do., A. Stock B Stock_ Gt. Sth. ) Great Westei,;,.„ I) ,, Stour Val Gina. 5tk....... I.asl !,,71,! aster hl. Oar 1 Do., Thirds Do. New Mirth..., Laneash. and York Do. , 'Vet Do. Southi orz, London St Black 'Load. Bright S. a. 'Loud. ani N. D. Fifths De.loi.dh.,!W&ll 4 Do. Eighths London andS. Wolfe. Lndudrry.& Wanch.Shef.t. Line!, Wetropolitan Do. J. L. Ricardo's arrangement..... Kidlano ..o. Biraing. & I )al !Edict. G. West. ri ;)o. Half Share, , ., N.ewcastle& CarliFl Nwpt.Aberg. &Hrf Newry &Euniskil. Newry, Warrenpo'ni tnd ttostrevor. 'orfoik orthn.ConntieP North British._ ' nth Devon Rail Dock Stock A Stock , B Stock N.Eastern—Ber , . , k 0, do. Exter,sio.; .do. G.N. it. I Do. Leeds )0. York. North London.... stoma. and Cit) j • . `North Stafferdslii , orth Western... • . A S. Westrn fil • Wore„ e Wote . • Jonth ..... Rbymney . Ott' -t Scot. N E.Abrdn St, Do. scot. .szio. St , SitinebournekSheer. aL, 31 - att Ea torn .,.. mtb 'Nalco arkßhl. 4s Business done this day 19i i a 9 .; i 91 9O 4 A nP,,. tErn , g , {I,W Stockton & ~, do., MI Do., do., 1855 +c,,,ktoa thrtip ,fr G9g 17i 64 111 106 5i 1074 i 82 I 50A 1. 39 Pref., No. 1. •arm-; flay, r).Bz Vale ►Vaterfd. & fUlien) slnterfor , l4l.lmer West Cornwall... vast End of bond. , nd Crystal Do. A Do. B 854 5 West London „. Do. Fiist Class Do. Second Class Wimhl b 61i 1 97 8O 80 THE GOLD BULLION ROBBERY. FURTHER EXAMINATION OF THE PRISONERS. MANSION-HOUSE-(THIS D AY .) The two men named Burgess and Pierce, charged with being concerned in the daring robbery of gold bullion on the Sonth-Eastern Railway in Ma!, 18E5, were again placed at the bar before the Lord Mayor for further examination. His Lordship, in order that no delay might arise in proceeding with the ease, sat half an hour earlier than usual for the displral of the ordinary ❑ight charges• Since the last examination a brass wire fence or screen has been erected at the back of the dock between where a prisoner stands and the public, which prevents any communication with the prisoner without being instantly detected. On the last occasion a serious charge was made against a man named Dackombe, livery-stable keeper, of Lower Mitcham. It was stated by a witness, but denied by Duckombe, that Pierce said to him—" Make 'way with them—destroy them," which it was supposed referred to something connected with the charge. The public interest appears to increase as the case proceeds, and, as on the three former occa sions, a large crowd of persons congregated around the Mansion-house. Tester, late a clerk in the superintendent's office, implicated in this affair, is not yet in custody. It will be recollected that he left the company's service some months since, and ii at present engaged on one of the Swedish railways. Sergeant Thornton, and another detective officer who has charge of the case, left this country on Friday last and proceeded to Sweden, but it is feared that, as no treaty of extradition exists between the two countries, that some difficulty and delay will arise in apprehending him. Saward, alias the " barrister," continues to elude the vigilance of the police. Mr. Bodkin, iustruated by Mr. Rees, appeared for the prosecution ; Mr. Wontner for Pierce ; and Mr. Lewis, Ely-place, for Burgess. Several of the directors and officials of the South- Eastern Railway Company were present during the examination. At half-past one o'clock, the prisoners were placed at the bar. Mr. Bodkin said that the prosecution had ascertained that for certain Tester would be in custody and placed at the bar on the next examination. On a former occa- sion he suggested that this should be only a formal exa mination, because he believed it would be a saving of much valuable time, but the advisers of the prisoners objected to it, and he thought it advisable to fall in with their views. He was now prepared to go on with the case, and should call evidence to trace the Bank of England notes, and also certain articles found in Pierce's house. The Lord Mayor said he thought that, after the state ment made by Mr. Bodkin with reference to Tester, that it would be nanch better to further remand the pri soners till next Monday; or, if they went on to-day, not to take evidence to affect Tester, because, when he was in custody, it would have to be gone all over again. Mr. Bodkin said it would be impracticable to take the evidence as suggested. Mr. Wontner said that he should have no objection to a remand, provided Mr. Bodkin could assure him that Tester would be in custody by the next exaeaina tion. Mr. Bodkin said it was impossible for him to give such a promise. Mr. Lewis asked if Tester was now in custody in Sweden? 137 Mr. Bodkin—No. Mr. Lewis—Then we shall gain nothing by the ad journment. Mr. Bodkin—The government of Sweden has inter fered in the matter to a certain extent, and we have the strongest grounds for believing that Tester is in custody. Mr. Lewis asked how the Swedish government had interfered or could interfere in the matter? Mr. Bodkin—They could interfere, either by appre hending him, or by preventing his leaving their juris diction. It was ultimately arranged that the further examina tion of the prisoners should be adjourned. Mr. Lewis complained that Burgess had not sufficient exercise in the gaol, and that his health suffered in con sequence. The Lord Mayor said the prisoners should have every facility given them for exercise that the accommodation of the gaol afforded. Mr. Bodkin thea called the following formal evidence. Mr. C. Bessell, who proved that his wife died on the 18th of May, when he resided at Shepherd's-bush. (This evidence was given to confirm .tbe statement of Agar, Fanny Kay, and the servant girl, relative to what occurred about that time.) Mr. P. Long, No. 5, Crown-terrace, Haverstock-hill, said Pierce lived with him. He took the lodgings on Dec. 18th, 1854, and remained there until the 18th of June, 1855. Witness received rent from him, and from his appearance he believed him to be in very prosperous circumstances. He paid witness very well, generally by instalments. He paid about 131. altogether. On the 21st of May he owed 31. 10s., which he afterwards paid, and cleared up everything before he left. Mr. John Carter, of 14, Upper James'-street, Camden town, said he was a beer retailer. The prisoner Pierce rented a house of him, No. 3, Crown-terrace, and entered into possession on 4th of June, 1855. His engagement was from the 18th June, but he entered it before. He remained there about 12 months. The prisoner Pierce was the person of whom he spoke. He then wore his hair much shorter than now. . Mr. John Charles Rees, the solicitor to the prosecu- tion, deposed tbat, in consequence of information that he bad received, be proceeded on 22d of September last to No. 3, Cambridge-villas. There were two storeys to the house, and he described the number of the rooms and the general appearance of the house, particu larly that of the wash-house in the garden, and which agreed with that of former witnesses. He examined the fire-place in the front room of the first floor. He had it taken out and discovered three fire-bricks, and between them a piece of iron was found. The chimneys were also examined. They were perfectly white and calcined The flooring boards in front of the fire-place were exa mined, and found to be burnt in various places. They were such marks as me al in a fluid state were likely to produce. On the next day the boards were taken up, and beneath them he discovered a quantity of small particles of gold, which witness produced. The par ticles corresponded in size with the cracks in the fhor. He had not had them tested. Cross-examined by Mr. Wontner—There was no mortar in the chimney, and the bricks seemed to have been calcined. That might be a curious description of chimney, but he did not know. He was a judge of gold but not of chimneys By Mr. Lewis—He had found such a hole on the premises as described by Agar, but he found no gold there. He sent for Burgess, whe came to his chambers last Good Friday, to be examined about the rob bery. He did riot tell him it would be bet ter for him if he would disclose all he ' knew about the robbery. He fixed on that day on being a quiet one. He did not mention to him to the best of his belief the Secretary of States name, and that he might obtain a pardon. He certainly did not use the Secretary of States name in the sense conveyed by Mr. Lewis's questions. Nothing was said that if he would make a disclosure of the robbery he should go free. The general effect of his answers was that " he knew nothing and had nothing to disclose." Witness did not reply to him, " You had better tell me and I will apply to the Secretary of State." Witness took down some of the prisoners statements, but had not got it with him ; he doubted if he had that exami nation by him now. By Mr. Bodkin—At that time he had had no commu nication with Agar. He examined others as well as Bur, gess. He found no gold in Pierce's house, but he found a hole there, as described by Agar, where the gold was deposited. The hole had been recently filled up with dust, amongst which was some green fresh-looking leaves. By Mi. Lewis—Did you tell Burgess that you had no authority from the directors, but that you would use your influence and secure him if he would disclose every thing. Witness—No. Burgess—Are you on your oath, Mr. Rees ? Mr. Rees—Yes. The prisoner was desired to remain silent. Burgess—l can stand here and hear many things but this is too much. It was when Hall (one of the supposed receivers of tb.egole),was in custody. Mr. Rees—Yes. By Mr. Bodkin—Burgess persisted in saying he knew nothing about it. Emma May, of 18, London-street, Greenwich, domes tic servant to Mr. Olding, said, she formerly lived at the Marquis of Granby public-house, New•cross. She identified the prisoners, described two others, supposed to be Totter and Agar, as using the house about the time of the robbery. They used to go into the bar parlour. She had seen them there many times. When the parlour was full they went into the next room. They used to come about 7 or 8 o'clock in the evening. Sometimes they came between 11 and 12 in the morn ing. She saw them there a short time before they left (two years come February next). By Mr. Wontner—The room they used when the bar parlour was full was a public one. By Mr. Lewis—The Marquis of Granby was near Burgess's residence. He frequently used to be alone. He used to mix with the public generally. By Mr. Bodkin—When he came alone he used to say, " Emma, are my friends come ?" She replied, if they were there, "Yes," and he joined Pierce and the other two. Mr. Bodkin said that that was all the evidence he proposed then to give. The prisoners were then remanded till Wednesday (to•morrow) week. LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS Li RkthwAva, ;.e ~. T3cdforti 131 , 1tCh10:: Clydesilai Col. Stour Vy. E. Lin. ti pc. E. Un. H. Sit. Chas. Barr. & Neils. Direct Do. Now._ N. Woti. L.&N.W. K.IT 801.0 E. Count. Closing Prices yesterday Glstrol Dr, Fr Hrtlpl. Dk Railway Hull k Set F;c Do. Share,. Do. Shares. hon.& Greeuw Do. Prefers u , ..e Lon., Til., Do. Bark. Sh. Lowestoft 4 per cent Do. 6 per ct Manch. Bxtn. and Matlock Redc.g 6 p.c. . • Newmarket Bury E. Mr), N.& Est.f; p.c. Do. 6 per et. Do. Fixcds p c Prest. & yr Do. Shrs. A Roystn.& Hit Shef.Roth.an Gooleg p.c Shrews. &Her S. Staffordsh. Wear Valleyr 6 per cent... Gt. ‘Ces Yk. New. & Berk. Y. & N M Do Do 97 98 98 -- 102 12 - 14 .33 -130 4 ... 4i all all 100 31 100 8. Emit() - Do Pot° & Do . . Norfofl Do L.& N. W & Midld. Stekton & Darlingt. Midland [O7 - 1.09 En. Conn. E. Coz Luc,. D 0... 12. j - 13 224 - 233 10 - 114 j 0 1 Pi St. .?5 D 0.., Do IGt North . . Lancash& Yorksh. T. Brassey M.MClean Stockt. Dar ingt IDe GtWostn,, WiltEk .•omrst 2a 21 55 57 132 135 7i - 8i 3i 3 d PREFBRENCE Bly Lk and Tyne c. pref. (issd. Brig. & Ex. 4 p. c. Do. 4 p. c. Shares .. Caledn. £lO 41 p.c. ilhes.&ifo.Gu. ;Do. do. Prof. 5 per e. Cork dißandonfitp.c. Du a. Prth .6r A her. J. M. Anglian Cle. A Sh. Do. de. Cls. B 6 p. c. Do. do Cis. C 7 p. c. Eas.Co.Ex,;pc Nr‘ 94 96 St. SZ, 'it. 3t. 100 100 1i1) 100 100 Do, New 6 p. c. St East Un., G. 6 p. c. Do. 5i., 10 ner cent. Do. I DI. Debentr.Sh. Do. do. 4 per cent East Lancash. 6p. eV , E. tz . W. York. J. sth, Edin. & GA. 5 p.c. sh Ed. Prth.&Dml.4 P. , Furness, 5 p. c. Glas. &S. W. G. 5 p.c. Great Northn. S p. Do. 5 p. c. Rode ,, m at 10 p. c. prem. Do. 41 p.c ,D 0.5 p. c., Red. at Gt.N. of Scot. lat Pr:• Gt. 5.4 W. (Ireland Do. 4per c. PrQf. S Gt. W.(13. H. Exsp, Do. con. red. 4i p.c. Do. con. red. 4 p. c Do. irre(l., 4p. c. Do. 5 p. c. red. pref Do. Birm. Pref.. Si. Do. Chester 8 p. c P Do. do. 5 p. c. do Do. Birm. Gua. Stt Do. Ches. Qua. Sh. Do. do. do 4i 5 6 6i 100 100 100 100 Do. do. do Lan. &York. F. / 20 Do. 6 p. c. Stock Lon. &B. o.spc. No.l Do. P., ape. St.No.2 Do. New Guar.6 r. Do. do. 5 p. c.,N0.4 Lon.&N. W., Cov . Nuneaton 5 p. ct. Lon.& S. W. 7 per et IU , 100 10u !lOt 1100 110;. late 3d Shares ... L • ncly.Sz Color. Hh Londy.&Ennim. Nt.,B.,St i,. 6 p. Cent Do. do. do. £6 tn 7 - 112 103 - 108 iP 61, 2 - )2 110'; 1 4i 1100 Do. do. 3,1 per cent. Nlarypt .4k Carl. 4 p o Do. 4; per cent__ . Do. do. lid. Consol.6 )0. Clon.rir.Z:ir. 6p( Do. 4i p. c. Pref. >t Ditto L. St H. Pref. St New., AlNr., drc., pr. 5 p. c. red. 5 p.c. pm. Do. Perpet. 6 p ct. with optn. till '66 Norfk. Deb, 4 p.c. sh Do. Prof. 5 p.c. s, •• Do. 5 pc. Ext.,1846 Do. 5i perc.pf ,1847 Do. Wv. V. pc.,1847 North Britigh Do 7/. Preference N. E. I - e-vr, p.c. F. Do. do. do Do Leeds 6 p.e ..No. I Do. do. QrP.,1848... Do. Yorkq. North Staffordshire ox,Wo, p(... I De. 6 p.c. Redeem. Scot. lent. ,New P' e f ISc.N.E. Aber. g 6 pe !Do. d0.,7 p.c. pf. st. D0.d0., 3. p.c. pf. st South Devon 10 100 1100 100 !100 $ 75 - 77 11 - 8 - 118 1109111 1.03 105 gt. St. 100 <A ai St. 100 5 all St. 100 25 all 10 i all 1.0.6 all Do. fixed,4i per centi S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. M. Do. 4i per cent...... Do. Fixed 44 p c sh. S Wales Gua.4 p. o. Do. do. 4i p. c.... S.Yorksli.4p.c.Guar. Stock.& Dar., 5 p. C. Do. do. d ,;teck. & Hartl. g. 5 p. c. till July 1, '56 Waterfd.&Kilk.6pc 61 - 63 1 9i - 104 1 100 100 all 1 all 15 all 6 -i. - 93 --- 95 86 - 88 99 101 10 - 100 16i -17 i 10 10 73 -- 15 19. - 20. 9i - 10,1 141 -- 154 '39 142 139 - 142 115 - 117 157 - 159 fir 66 - 70 137 - 139 98 - 100 88 - 1 -1; !lo —lO4 92 - 94 1 d 7 id is 108 17 - 18 23 - 24 101 - 103 10 104 1103 j 3a 2 3P "i 2 ii 1071 Business this day MINES, Ws all 'Auglo Californian _ ... - ... 7 Australian i - 1 I all (Baden (Gd• Duchy of) ... -. ... ',O all Bblnar. Iron & Coal ... -.. ... 40 14 British Iron 7 - 8 Z 5 266 Brazilianlmp.(issued at I-.'5 pra.) - 2 ;0 ali 'Do. Cocaes b Cuiab - 3i '7O 1.5 Do. St. John Delße7 16 - 18 1 ; Clarendon Cons. Min Co. of Jamaica hp - *r ) 10 . ail Cobre Copper .... - 57 5 IA. Colonial Gold - - 25 all Do. Prof. 76 P. °°' t 13 _ 15 . 1 , , Copiapo St.' ! all Copper Min. of En.,„ 30 25 2 3 2 5 7 B - d 2 all Fortuna -- ••• 20 1 all .Gentdal . 1 1 all Gt.NuggetVelte .ln g. i - A 4i all Great Poigooth. is - i 5 ' all Gt Wheal Vor Unite 1 2 - 2 1 I ail Liberty . - -- 3 all Linares lli - 8 5 1 i Lasitanian ld - 1 ! all Ataxic:Fait& . $ - i 1 all New Granada - 6 1 all Nouveau Monde - I 21 all Pontgi.Sil.& Le. Min. 8 - 1@ 6 1 Port Philip - ••• 1 all Quartz Rock 50 all Rhymney Iron 2l - - 23 15 all Do. New , 5 - 7 30 15i Santiago de Cuba • 24 -- 2i 6s. Sort. Cons. Min. Co. 21 - 21 ' 1 all South Australian..... ... - ... 1 all Do. Scrip ••• ••• 1 all Do. 10 per cent Pref _ - ... ... 4:1 Tam. S. &L. Min. Co. - 1 10 9 Tin cr0ft...... . . 3 - 3 284 all United Mexican 3' - 41 1 all Waller ••• - ••. 1 all West Mariposa if - i 1 12s. Worthing Mining of _ . 4 Australia ... M.IsaL6LLANEOI7I3. _ 25 19 anstralian Agricult. '25 - 27 10 i i tustrala. Royal Mail .. - ... 10 all Berlin Water Works 51 --5 i 50 40 Ltrit. American Laud ... • - 100 3,4 Canada.. ll7 - 122 St. 'l' .:. G 0.6 p.c. Jati&jall 1131 1144 1131 141 St 100 Do. 6 p.c. Feb & Aug ... - St. 100 Do. 6p c. Mar & Sept ... - -- 5 'it i crystal Palace.., 2i - 28 5 all Do. Preference 54 -- 51 4 a.l Crystal Pal. of France - - 1 1 Dust on I ron Ore .. .• - - 20 15i Easte rn S tenta - - St. 100 .iaectric Telegraph 96 - 95! 1 all Electric Talcs. of Ti, ..• - 5 all En.&Aus Cop Sm CO 1} li 25 all Gen. Ir Sc Col (lira.) . - ..• 15 14 Gen. St eam Navigat. .. ... - 11 all tlenoral Screw Steam 6 - 64 20'i 5 London Discount - ... 4i B 4 all Loud. Gen. Omnibus ' 3i - 31 - 36 20 10 Magdalena St. Navin . 10 all \lediteran. Elec. Tel. 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BY SPANISH _ _ DANRS SOUTHWARK. yo l u ni ng Puf f D el E io N w T dßeosesrsibEeßdY as a hAawWkAeEtw.io was sbrlzn brought before a Mr. Bureham, charged with stealing a watch and chain, value five guineas, the property of Sarah Dennis, under the following circumstances : The prosecutrix stated that she lived with her husband in Foxall•street, Bermondsey, and she knew the pri soner as coming to see his grandmother, who also resided in the same house. On Tuesday last, the 25th ultimo, about six o'clock in the evening, he came and asked for his grandmother. Witness told him she was out, when he said he had got some shirts to make, and would bring them to her in the course of the evening. He came and sat near the fire, and witness had occasion to go back• wards and fetch some coals. While there she heard the prisoner call out that he would go and fetch the shirts, and that he would soon return, at the same time he left the house. On her return to her room she missed her watch and chain, which she had left a minute or two previously on the mantelpiece. She immediately went in pursuit of him, and could not find him. She then gave information to the police, but nothing could be seen or heard of him until last night, when a constable took him jute custody in the Borough. The prisoner here said that there was another female in the room when he left, and she must have seen if he stoic the watch and chain. Mr Burcham asked the prosecutrix if such was the act ? She replied that there was a young woman in the room, but she was not near the fire. Mr. Burcham said it appeared to him to be a very impudent robbery, and he should remand the prisoner until Friday; for the other young woman's attendance, and to enable the police to make further inquiries about him, (From Calignani's Messenger. ) The Tribunal of Correctional Police on Saturdp y tried four members of the company of the Spanish dancers, who for some time past have been giving performances at the Theatre de La Porte St. Mar tin, for robbery. The accused were M. P. Marione, 30 years of age, formerly a notary in Spain, but now director of the company in question ; Perres, one of the dancers, who is now in flight, and who was tried by d e f au lt ; Mlle. Pilar Ferrer, alias Pe regi Mlle. n rin a M. Ferrer,orales, 2220 y years ag so e f , age, danseuse ; and m sister. The eld er f ema l e prisoneralso a d is a ns e remarkably use, r pretty; the younger is somewhat less so. When the prisoners were placed at the bar, the president addressing Moxo said, " You are accused of nu merous robberies i n jewellers' shops in complicity with Pilar Ferrer." Moxo answered, " I have certainly been to various shops with that lady, but I never stole anything from them. I went to a shop in the Rue Rambuteau to purchase a watch chain, but not finding one of the sort 1 wanted I ordered one of the price of 400 f. to be made, but I did not take anything. I afterwards wanted another for Regina, to whom I am to be married, but as I did not want to give the same price for it I went to an other shop." "In all the shops to which you went chains were missed after you left. In one on the Boule vard Poissonniere two chains were missed ; in an other, in the Rue Rambuteau, one chain ; in a third, in the Rue Michel le Comte, nine ; and some of these chains were afterwards found in your possession. How do you explain that ?" " I can give no explanation. If any robberies have been committed I did not take part in them. Aly position and that of my family are such as to free me from all suspicion !" " How is that, though engaged to be married to Regina , y ou went t o all the shops with Pilar !" " I wanted to surprise Regina, and besides she is enciente six months, and cannot walk much." " You lived with Re gina as her husband, and Pilar, though married, lived with Perres?" "I thought that Pilar was married to Perres." " What ! you did not know that she is the wife of a Spanish officer ?" " No. As to Regina, my connection with her commenced at the Italian Opera at Madrid, and we came to France together because her parents wished to take her from me ! " " You deny that you had anything to do with the robberies ? " "Yes, I deny it. I took nothing, and did net know that anything had been taken." The president then interrogated Pilar Ferrer : " You are aware that you are accused of having stolen ar ticles of jewellery from shops ? " " I went into shops to look at jewellery, but never took any thing ;—I am incapable of that." " How do you explain that some of the articles said to have been stolen were found in your possession ? " " I touched nothing—l affirm it !" " Answer my . question. Some of the stolen articles were de posited by your sister in the hands of a third person, and as she did not go to the jeweller's shops she could not have taken them ?" "My sister could not have deposited the objects in a house in which we had no friends." "As to you, .Regina," said the president, addressing the third prisoner, "it is alleged that on the 21st Oct. you begged Mlle. Balotta, a danseuse, to take care of two parcels for - you. She consented, and on her return from the theatre she had the curiosity to examine them ; she found about fifteen watch chains, two watches, three mantelets, some ornamental fringes, and other articles. Where did you get all these things ?" " I knew Mlle. Balotta at Brussels, and we quarrelled, so that if the parcels had been made, I shouldelot have taken them to her." "You deny having been to her residence ?" "Yes sir !" "Moxo and your sisters were arrested, and it was after that that you took the parcels to Balotta?" "When my sister was arrested I was not at home, and knew nothing of her arrest." " You borrowed sf. from Mlle. Balotta to pay for your cab?" "I did not go to her house, and consequently could not have borrowed 5 fr. from her." " You even re turned at midnight for the parcels ?" " I left our residence at 11 o'clock with Perres to inquire of the commissary of police after my sister, but went nowhere else." "Mlle. Balotta says that you left three chains, and told her that they were for her and her sister." " I could not dispose of things which I had not." ' M. Audouin, Boulevard Pois sonniere, M. Reux, Rue Rambuteau, M. Bubuis son, Rue Michel le Comte, and T. Renard, of the same street, all jewellers, then severally deposed that Moxo and Pilar had gone to their shops on pretext of making purchases, and that after their departure they had missed various chains and other articles. Dubuisson, who was robbed of some chains, said that, on perceiving the robbery, he had followed the couple and had given them into cus tody. " Yes," added Pilar, " and you caused us to be searched, but found nothing on us !" Mlle. Balotta being absent, her mother was called, and she swore positively to the deposit by Regina in her daughter's hands of three parcels containing watch chains and other objects, also that Regina had with Perres called for the parcels late at night, and that she had given her two daughters watch chains and left a third lying on the floor. Madame Balotta added that her daughter and herself hav ing fears, from something that Perres had said, that the chains were not honestly come by, had deposited them with the commissary of police. The concierge of the house in which the prisoners had lived said that Perres, after the arrest of Pilar and Moxo had gone away, saying that he would drown himself in the canal, and had not since returned. The hour being now late, the tribunal adjourned the further hearing of the case for a week. MARKET NEWS.—(This Oay.) HAY MARKETS. ------ SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, 2/ lOs to 4/ 8s ; clover do., 3/ lOs to fl Ss; and straw, 1/ 4s to 11 9a per load. Trade steady. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, 2/ 12s to 4/ lOs; clover do., 3/ los to 5/ 5s ; and straw, 11 sto 11 10s per load. A moderate supply and a fair demand. WILITEOHAFEL.—Meadow hay, 2/ lOs to 4l 8s ; clover do., 31 lOs to 5/ 10s; and straw, 1/ 5s to 1/ lOs per load. A moderate demand. COLONIAL. TEA.—The market has been very quiet, with no material alteration in prices to notice. SUGAR.—There are several large parcels announced for public competition during the week, and it is expected that the market will be rather better supplied. The private transactions reported have not been extensive, but firm prices have been current. COFFEE .—A good demand has been experienced for both plantation and native Ceylon, and fully previous quotations have in all instances been maintained. RICE.—For low qualities there has been a brisk demand, and rather higher prices have been realised ; but other de scriptions have ruled steady at previous rates. Rum.—The market has been steady, and little or no alteration in v alues can be reported. TALLow.—There has been an increased demand, and the market has exhibhed considerable buoyancy. P.Y.C. in all positions is now q uoted 59s per cwt. LLOYD'S SHIPONG.--Celis Day.) LONDON, Dec. 2.—Wind this St noon, W. ; weather. light breeze and fine clear sh ar p frosty t. N.E.—Ar- PO R TSMOUTH, Dec. I. — Wind N.N.W. with loss of rived—Mandy, from London, for Shanghai, Alma, jib-boom, &c., having been in collision on th'4 28th ult., off Dungeness, with the brig Lily Dale, Exeter: from London, for Mauritius, with bow stove and . . lolo of h e ad and cutwater, having been in collision with a cessel during the night, abo ut 20 miles west of Beachy Had. e PLYMOUTH, Dec. I.—Wind W.—Arrived —Selina, from' Hull, for Cadiz, leaky. FALMOUTH, Dec. I.—Wind N.—Arrived—Alma, from Alexandria. DARTMOUTH, Dec. I.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Pau lina f r om Yarmouth, for Civita Vecchia. GLOUCESTER Dec. I.—Arrived. —Wallace, Renfrew shire, from Quebec. NEWPORT, Nov. 29.—Wind W.—Arrived. —William Broaham, from Gloucester, for Sierra Leone. SWANSEA, Dec. I.—Wind N.lV.—Arrived—Pargo, from Coquimbo. I COPENHAGEN, Nov. 25.—The Frecfau Minna, from St. Petersburg to England, put in here on the 13th inst., with considerable damage by ice, and is leaky. RANGOON, Oct. 3.—The wreck of the Tanjore, from London, wrecked at the mouth of the river on the 6 th September, has been sold. (PER XLICOTRIO TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Tuesday Morning. Wind S.E. Arrived—Timora, screw steamer, from Hamburg. Sailed—Caravan, for New York ; Catherine, Gibraltar and St. Domingo ; Greyhound, St. Aliehael's Bellona, Santander. Wind N.N.W. Arrived—Cardiff Lass, from Galatz ; E. A. Soullara Callao. QUEENSTOWN, Nov. 30. DUBLIN, Dec. 1. Wind N.N.W. Arrived—Joseph and Mary, from Stranraer. K IN GSTOWN, Dec. 1. THE POST-OFFICE DIRECTORY. Fox 1857. KELLY A.ND CO. It has nearly attained its grand climacteric, this wonderful Post - Office London Directory—for the present (18in is actually the 58th y e ar o f it s publication ! During more than half a century, therefore, it has been steadily "growing with the growth . ' of the enormous capital, of which it may be regarded as a not inappropriate type or repre sentative. That it comprises from 2,000 to 3,000 densely-printed pages octavo—that it weighs so many pounds avoirdupois in paper and printing ink —that it embraces within its ample scope twelve separate departments—that it is (marvellous to relate) entirely worked through the press within the space of five weeks—that each distinct atom in this vast world of information has had to un dergo a scrupulous and independent revision— that all has had to be carefully, and at the latest moment, sifted, collated, arranged, and accurately tabulated—that all this, and a great deal more, has positively and literally been accomplished dur ing the annual process involved in the compilation of this huge mammoth of a Directory is an old, old story enough, one as familiar and as much a mere matter of fact to the Londoner as Fleet-street or Piccadilly. ,Beyond all the accustomed merits of the work, however, each year brings to it, from sonic one quarter or another, a variety of remark. able and appreciable improvements. The now rapidly approaching year of grace 1857 has, in this respect, very considerably surpassed many of its most notable predecessors, It brings—of course —the old twelve divisions of the Book : the Law, Court, Streets, Trades, City, Postal, Banking, Official, Assurance, Conveyancr; Commercial, and Parlia mentary. Rut scattered up and down through these—by no means as a ,matter of course—a diversity of very admirable and acceptable inno vations. Conspicuous among those are the changes suggested by the new arrangements now in progress for the ultimate division of London and its suburbs in to 10 grand postal districts—Northern, Southern, Eastern, Western, East Central, West Central, North Eastern, South Eastern, North Western, South Western. Arrangements set on foot by Mr. Rowland Hill, the Guiding Genius of St. Martin's le-Grand, under the encouraging supervision of his Grace the Duke of Argyll, as Postmaster- General. Immediately these new arrangements are completed, the facilitation of the different postal deliveries in the metropolis will become apparent to the vast aggregate of its two millions and a half of population. For the better carrying out of which scheme, it has been judiciously sug gested by the Post-office authorities that the ini tial letter of the particular district in which any locality lies shall be legibly inscribed upon any letter despatched to any part of London or its vicinity as one of the most important items in the Direction. Hence we find, between pages 161 and 860, the appropriate initial letter or letters in every instance appended to each place throughout the whole of the ample range of the Street Directory. Ex. gr. : Halkin Terrace, Bel grave Square (S.W.)—Caledonian Road (N.) — Newington Butts (S.) —and so on, throughout. Again, a really remarkable improvement is ob servable in the mere circumstance that the map, the beautiful and comprehensive map illustrating the Post Office London, Directory of late years, is no longer bound up with the volume as a sort of folding frontispiece—liable, each time it is consulted, to be torn or crumpled wofully—but instead of thus making, clumsily, part and parcel of the volume, is coloured, mounted, and glazed, so as to become, at once, more useful in every way and much handsomer. Its range, too, is extended—the map, besides dis tinctly displaying to view the ten new postal districtsrecently proposed, enlarging its area north wards to Leighton-marsh and Golder's-green— southwards to Dulwich and Lewisham—eastwards to Upton and Charlton—westwards to Chiswick and Old Oak Common. The Corrections, as usual with the great model Directory, are some of them astonishingly recent—quite astonishingly, several of them, by reason of the necessary complication of some of the very latest of these prompt and exact emendations. The creation of Lord Talbot de Malahide, an English Peer, gazetted only as re cently as the 18th ultimo, will be found, for in stance, duly entered at pp. 2229, 2237, and 2259 in the Parliamentary Directory. W. J. Robson, again, the convict, has been carefully erased from divers parts of the volume, in which the name appeared last year as that of a respectable person having a recognisable habitation. Sir Alexander Cockburn, be cause of his very recent elevation to the bench as the Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas, in place of the late Sir John Jervis deceased, has necessitated alterations in no less than eight separate and distinct divisions of the Post Office London Directory. It scarcely requires to be added after all this, that the magnum opus of the Messrs. Kelly and Company is entitled in 1857, more fully than ever to the popularity it has now enjoyed so long and so very deservedly, a popu larity which, by destroying rival, after rival it has now fairly monopolised, and one which has ex panded and ripened with the " Londoners Pro per " into a really genuine Pride, and an unaf fected Admiration. PROPOSED FINAL ARCTIC SEARCH. The following letter has been addressed to the Editor of the Times : Sir,—Having read, during a short absence from Lon don, the article in your journal of the 27th on the pro posal to make a final search for the relics of the Franklin expedition, in which my name is mentioned, I beg to call your attention to the real object of the persons with whom I am associated in recommending this project to the consideration of ber Majesty's Government. As a full explanation of our views is given in the me morial presented last summer to the First Minister of the Crown, I earnestly hope that you will do me the favour to print that document, a copy of which is now enclosed. If this request should be complied with, your readers will then see the broad distinction between the wished for restricted search and all former expeditions sent in pursuit of our missing countrymen, in none of which, however, it may be observed, did any loss of life occur among the numerous officers employed, save in the case of poor young Bellot. In short, as we now know precisely where to go, and also that the voyage along the coast of the mainland or North America has been successfully made to and fro by Capt. Collinson in a sailing ship (i.e., to within a short distance of the circumscribed track to be examined by ex ploring parties), and further, as this distinguished Arctic officer pledges his reputation that he can with much greater facility take thither a large screw vessel and bring her safely back, I trust that the public will be induced to think that my friends and self have not advocated a visionary scheme which might lead to indefinite re searches.—l remain, sir, your very obedient servant. RODERICK I. MURCHISON. Belgrave-square, Nov. 29. "TO THE RIGHT HON. VISCOUNT PALMERSTON, G.C.E. " London, June 5, 1856. "Impressed with the belief that her Majesty's missing ships, the Erebus and Terror, or their remains, are still frozen up at no great distance from the spot whence certain relics of Sir John Franklin and his crews were obtained by Dr. Rae—we, whose names are undersigned, whether men of science and others who have taken a deep interest in Arctic discovery, or explorers who have been employed in the search for our lost countrymen, beg ear fleetly to impress upon your lordship the desirableness of sending out an expedition to satisfy the honour of our country, and clear up a mystery which has excited the sympathy of the civilised world. " This request is supported by many persons well versed in arctic surveys, who, seeing that the proposed expedi tion is to be directed to one limited area only, are of opinion that the object is attainable, and with little risk. " We can scarcely believe that the British Government, which to its great credit has made so many efforts in various directions to discover even the route pursued by Franklin, should cease to prosecute research now that the locality has been clearly indicated where the vessels or their remains must lie —including, as we hope, records which will throw fresh light on Arctic geography, and dispel the obscurity in which the voyage and fate of our countrymen are still involved. " Although most persons have arrived at the conclu sion that there can now be no survivors of Franklin's expedition, yet there are eminent men in our own coun try and in America who hold a contrary opinion. Dr. Kane, of the United States, for example, who has dis tinguished himself by pushing further to the north in search of Franklin than any other individual, and to whom the Royal Geographical Society has recently awarded its founders' gold medals, thus speaks (in a letter to the benevolent Mr. Grinnell)—`l am really in doubt as to the preservation of human life. I well know how glad I would have been had my duty to others permitted me to have taken refuge among the Esqui maux of Smith Strait and Etch Bay. Strange as it may seem to you, we regarded the coarse life of these people with eyes of envy, and did not doubt but that we could have lived in comfort upon their resources. It required all my powers, moral and physical, to prevent my men from deserting to the Walrus settlements ; and it was my final intention to have taken to Esquimaux life bad net , Providence carried us through in our haza rdous escape. "But, passing from speculation, and confining our selves alone to the question of finding the missing ships or their records, we would observe that no land expedi tion down the Back River like that which, with great , difficulty, recently reached Montreal Island, can satis factorily accomplish the end we have in view. The frail birch bark canoes in which Mr. Anderson conducted his search with so much ability, the dangers of the river, the sterile nature of the tract near its embouchure, and the necessary failure of provisionv, prevented the com mencement, even, of such a search as can alone be satisfactorily and thoroughly accomplished by the crew of a man-of-war—to say nothing of the moral influence of a strong armed party remaining in the vicinity of the spot until the confidence of the natives be obtained. " Many Arctic explorers, independent of thae whose n mes are appended, and who are absent on service, have expressed their belief that there are several routes by which a screw vessel could s closely approach the area in question as to clear up all doubt. "In respect to one of these courses, or that by Bebring Strait, along the coast of North America, we know that a single sailing vessel passed to Cambridge lay within 150 miles of the mouth of the Back River, and returned home unscathed, its commander having expressed his conviction that the passage in question 4 a so constantly open that ships can navigate it without .1 fficulty in one season. Other routes, whether by Rego: it Inlet, Peel Sound, or across from Repulse Bay, ars preferred by officers whose experience in Arctic matter 3 entitles them to every consideration; while, in referei. ce to two of these routes, it is right to state that vast quantities of provisions have been left in their vicinity , " Without venturing to suggest whise of these plans should be adopted, we earnestly beg your lordship to sanction without delay such an expedition as, in the judgment of a committee of Arctic voyagers and geo graphers, may be considered best adapted to secure the object. "We would ask your lordship to reflect upon the great difference between a clearly-defined voyage to a narrow and circumscribed area, within which the miss ing vessels or their remains must lie, and those former necessarily tentative explorations in various direction, the frequent allusions to the difficulty of which, in re gions far to the north of the voyage now contemplated, have led persons unacquainted with geography to sup pose that such a modified and limited attempt as that which we propose involves further risk, and may call for future researches. The very nature of the former expe ditions exposed them, it is true, to risk, since regions had to be traversed which were totally unkno wn, while the search we ask for is to be directed to a circumscribed area, the confines of which have already been reached without difficulty by one of her Majesty's vessels. " Now, inasmuch as France, after repeated fruiVess efforts to ascertain the fate of La Perouss, no sooner heard of the discovery of some relics of that eminent na vigator than she sent out a searching expedition to col lect every fragment pertaining to his vessels, so we trust that those Arctic researches which have reflected much honour upon our country may not be abandoned at the very moment when an explanation of the wanderings and fate of our lost navigators seems to be within our grasp. " In conclusion, we further earnestly pray that it may not be left to the efforts of individuals of another and kindred nation, already so distinguished in this cause, nor yet to the noble-minded widow of our late lamented friend, to make an endeavour which can be so much more effectively carried out by the British Government. " We have the honour to be, &c., " E. Beaufort " L. Horner R. I. Murchison W. H. Fitton F. W. Beechy Lyon Play Lair Wrottesley T. Thorp E. Sabine C. Wheatstone Egerton Ellesmere W. J. Hooky' . W. Whewell J. D. Hooker R. Collinson J. Arrowsrdith W. H. Sykes P. La Trobe C. Dauheney W. A. B. Hamilton J. Fergus R. Stephenson P. E. De Stzreleoki J. E. Portl ook W. H. Smyth C. Piazzi E.4myth A. Majendie O. W. Pa.sley R. Fitzroy 4 Rennie E. G. Fishbourne j, P. Gassiot Robert Brown G. B. Air ey G. Maoartney Johel F. Burgoyne "The following officers of the Royal Is . ravy, who have been employed in the searcliafter Freia. in, and who are now absent from London, have previo usly expressed themselves to be favourable to the final es 'arch above re commended :—Commodore Kellett ; Capta ins Sir James Ross, Sir E. Belcher, Austin, Bird, Ommat 'nay, Sir Ro bert M'Clure, Sherard Osborn, Inglefieltl, Maguire, `Clintock, and Richards ; Commander s Aldrich, Mecham, Trollope, and Cresswell ; Lients. 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Eng.Scot.&Arts.Cht. Lond. Chart. Bk. of Australia all Ditto New 2U Lon lon and County ' 50 & E. Bnkg. Corp 1() London Joint Stock , 20 Loud. & Westminstei r National Pro.of "Eng 10 Do. New 22' National Bank AI New Scan Wales P 'qrieate-1 Bk. .5 Ottoman Bank Provincial of Ireland 41 Do. Now R Am B &Go Im er, nth kustralia 11 tunic.a of Australia.: 2 iDe. Now. OC /MN. MO to Lo . 1, nd i , IlJnity Mutual Western Bk of fond 20 I l' 100 5 100 100 2 2C) I IL] 50 ll 100 5 100 5 21i ) 2 11 10i 38 x d 13i i 6sl, 7i THE SUNDAY TIMES ALMANACS• FOR 1857. E. T. SMITH. The enterprising lessee of Drury Lane Theatre is also, as everybody knows by this time, the inde fatigable proprietor of the Sunday Times news paper. We don't know what he may be besides— but at any rate, there is no doubt at all about it, that ho stands conspicuously before the metropo litan public in both those characters. Here, in the latter capacity especially, namely, as a news paper proprietor, and yet at the same time in some sort also as a theatrical manager and sole lessee of a Theatre Royal, and that Theatre Royal one no less important than the Theatre Royal, Drury-lane —is E. T. Smith's Sunday Times Almanack. An almanack as entirely of the Stage Stagey, as ever Tip, in " Little Dorrit," was of the Streets Streety. Look at it—look at the grand tabulated calendar—in proof of this. What are the memorabilia recorded in it ? Not according to general wont the birth and d ea th of poets, histo rians, heroes, kings, and so forth—not the anniver saries of great battles, of coup-d'etats, or of sangui nary revolutions : but, in lieu of all this, the notifi cation that on this particular day there was born into the vorld, or there died out of it, such a trage dian, such a comedian, such a singer, such a :lancer, such a dramatist, such a composer, such a p l ,intomimist ; that upon such a day s9cia a Theatre was opened, that upon sue b h urht, an other* day such another Theatre wasd for the . that So-and• So the Clown a first time upon the London Boardpsspae and at such another time So-and- through leaped his last lea in . y swing flap, in the old conv angles all the frequenters of the ; from t ar s e uch a time, Boards, the Harlequin the old . . eniional style familiar to rand old glorious Christ the histrionic tinge mss .Pantnuaimes- Apa rr ti , imparted to E. T. or flavour thus pleaslaens 2 ,l.lmanack the said Smith's 8142 ' ' ' clay T l ii t i e with an extraordinary. Alinanack is diversity of rep b s' t , 'lt is, ea.7reeablo and thoroughly for one thing, And for another a first-rate iii'o•encer. Its Time Tables are tthh:el:ror"icreesssixopfeuce) constituting a really useful a capital a li t t i r r a e c ct to io r n y 1 • Parliamentary icuoteuld w ell be desired. It has a as complete as ri a r 0 cso i V g riocfultthuereY. Year —and record of and Theatrical. The i t especially no - tod, it comprises an r w e h co ic r h d , of whole beechui e delightful mitclitg P c of miscellaneous 0 ,. ueral, Sporting, and invaluable " Oraeleb"ts information. - .--=----- Th e accounts from New York this week describe a decided improvement hi the stock market. Erie Rail 95 I, way h a s advanced f rom 6017 ,to 62, Panama from 91 to Reading from 77 to 82, and New York Central from (BY SUBI.I -- MUNE AND BRITISH TEaCtItAPII.) ra B5l to 88. Illinois Centi al remained at 115 i to 116. Wi n d , NTh . GRAVESEND, Tuesday, 9 . 3 ° ' a.nd Tye rate of exchange havillg fallen to a point at which 1 cloudy. w ; tide last hoor's ebb, weather moderate, shipments of specie are unprofitable the banks were ex- Arrived, Dec. 2-111atilda, from St. Petersburgh; tending their loans, and tho rate of discount bad declined * 1 . lier _cent. It was not expected, 'however, that the Wind N.W. DEAL, Tuesday, 9.26 p.m: moderate. depn,fion. in the rate of int wistwwonld be prolonged. Anchored for London., Dec, I.—llhirciee Ob:rowills, from BomhaY, da that he should According Pierce bas proc °6,-, ^' New Orana to . to staWments from asbington, President ."' cede to the United of Aspinwall and The commercial the cs ties det a il s by the overlandrinil yesterday ', Panama Railroad route, on each side of the route. Sl'ates men iclpal control over the a a r n e . generally satisfactory. At Calcutta there had been Panama, and strip of teriits.G.'7vermnent of New Granada at Bombay t ‘ u e lt to w h o a u v l e d t ja b: a the ub provem en t b o th i n co tt on goo ds and metals, and It is contemplated that the to ,-• ;i3 „ I n the sovereignt of a f a i r amount o f b us i ness h a d taken place at ' should be asked ri,minally e re a . r steady prices. From China the advices describe mode- the routt, although, it t h i e s P sa r i a c t tl , c , :s l, rate activity m imported goods at C iptop„, while at same. Shanghai an advance had been realised. A 1 stance o7thitetshilinTwithout the name Wind N.N.W. Arrived—Enterprise, frQr4 Aux Cayes; Vittorioso, Alexandria, all 10e. 1 I'l 2s. 41.1 40 a' 5 1 0C -) 5i 3 23i i 5 i i 541 a 49i i