The Sun. — London, England, 1856-11-29 00:00:00

dONE Y MARKET .4Nli COM Y:T3F INT.ELLIGENO,7,. 43ITY, Two The Cotton Market at Liverpool yesterday closed steadily, without alteration in prices. The sales were estimated at 6,000 bales. The Railway Share Market closed firmly, at an improvement in quota tions generally. The Bank of England Return, completed for the week ending last Saturday, is exceedingly favour able, the reserve of notes has been largely aug mented, and the bullion has received an addition of upwards of 200,000. As it is believed that 4 00,0001. to 450,0001. of the Australian arrivals have gone into the national establishment, the Mock of the precious metals must now reach nearly ten millions and a quarter. The next re turn therefore will probably be Still more satisfac tory, and if the position of the institution continues to improve an early reduction in the minimum terms of discount may be expected. Yesterday there was an active inquiry for money, but this is attributable to the settlements on the Stock Ex change, and to preparations for the bills which will become due on the " fourth" proximo. The follow* table exhibits the principal items 14 the Bank Return, and the alterations they pre sent when compared with the previous balance sheet : Active Circulation _ Decrease .. £19,542,970 386,450 9,897,636 213,469 3,263,571 8,922 5,106,831 182,046 9,735,455 377,913 858,122 37,709 10,454,867 3,002 Other Securities Decrease Notes unemployed Increase Bullion ----- Increase _ Rest Increase Public Deposits Increase Other Deposits Decrease 'liven-Day and other Bills Decrease G - overnment Securities Decrease The official return of the exports of the precious metals from the port of London for the week end ing Thursday last is as follows : Gold Coin Hamburg 25 Oze. Silver Specie The following are the nominal prices of Foreign Stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 6i 7 ; Mexi can, 22i g ; Peruvian 4i per Cents., 76 8 ; ditto 3 per Cents., 54 6 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 4 4 6 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 106 8 ; ditto 44 per eents., 94 6; Spanish 3 per Cents., 41/ 2,1 ; ditto i k iew Deferred, 23k 1; ditto Certificates, 5 ; ditto Passive, 6 A firm market has prevailed for English Securi ties to-day, and the tendency in prices has been Upwards. In the morning there was a slight ad -I:ftnee, but it was not maintained. There have Peen a few sales by parties who were desirous of Beeuring their profits, but the transactions in the aggregate have been limited. Consols for transfer have been 941 and 94g, for the December account 94 1411 c1 fbr January 95i I. The New Threes are 93 4 the Reduced 93 3 / 4 I. E xc h equer Bill s 3 s . t o °EI• premium, and the Bonds 98 3 / 4 . Pereign Stocks have been very dull. In Turkish e Per Cents. there have been numerous dealings at 9 3 to 96i. The latest quotations are 95i, 96 The 4 per Cents. have been 1021 g. Spanish 3 Per Cents. have realised 42 ; Russian 4i per Cents. 9 4, 96 ; Peruvian 76i, 77k ; and Mexican 22 to 22i. In the Railway Share Market to-day an active business has been transacted, and almost all of the leading lines have exhibited a decided improve ment. Chester and Holyhead, East Anglian, Great Northern, Great Western, Norfolk, and South-Eastern improved 10s. ; North-Western, North-Eastern, York, Brighton, 15s. to 1/. ; and East Lancashire 21. to 21. 10s. The East Indian, Preach, and Canadian lines were also rather firmer. joint-Stock Bank Shares have been dull, but Prices ruled steady. ta ln Miscellaneous Shares th e t ransac ti ons h ave ""en limited, and quotations in one or two in atauces have improved. Electric Telegraph Corn n..,l3l4lY's Shares advanced 21., and Peninsular and "'""ltrAl Steam 15s. 'FISH FUNDS 'PHIS DAY AT ON i.; :rCl,Oklk, (iron) the Official List.) 3 Per Cent. Reduced Annuities lit i t el :„,Cent. Consols Althaltiefi P4t d i li i - c. Per Cent. Annuities - "Lit 'Bonds, £lOOO C DI+ 1- - 0 , under £lOOO °!aola for Account 15/chequer Bills, 20. kl000 tteo 5 3 p Small D itto Bonds, 1858, 34 . per Cent. 984 Ditto 1859 ?ft 1 984 p I OES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE o'ol4o , 'ls .....ean 3 per Cent 22 A . h; u:man Bonds 44 per Cent Wan Bonds, 1822, St., 5 per Cent — Ditto li per Cent. • 951 6 13Pmlif h ilowts, 3 per Cent vu,Ditto Account 4 ihb , iond s , 6 p e r cent ' lO Ac t ° b i , eoun 96 A 5i 6,1 53 Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. Account 102; a Dividends on me above ,nyanto in London , TWO O'CLOCK. Nionsols (Money) Ditto Account Ditto Account (January) . 3 p - 9 4 1 i t.We understand that J. S. Stock, Esq., of the Western t e e b nit e Recorder of Winches ter, bas been a pp ointe d to 4 - I, ecordership of Exeter. rendered vacant by the ' l ', l ,°rnoti on of Mr. Sergeant Sinlake to that of Bristol. re corded SUPERANNUATION INIQUITY. —We last week re a-,`,,"ed the death of Mr. W. H. Miall, landing waiter , -- ; l3o uthampton. This is another melancholy instance 1 - , t hei hardship of the superannuation-tax. Mr. Miall been in the service upwards of 16 years, during 0 101 1 time he must have paid 2001. to the fund, which - ally" entirely lost to his family.—Civil Service gazette. . I :enders will be received by the Emigration Commis 4110bers on the 4th of Dec. for the hire of ships to pro ed respectively to Sydney and Melbourne. These 4thmust b e rea dy t o rece i ve passengers b e tween the 4 th and 31st of Jan. We (Glasgow Daily Mail) understand that one of the '.OOOl. subscribers in this city to the Atlantic Telegraph V i terprise is Mr. Thackeray, who presented his subscrip 'on on Saturday. At the recent Schiller festival, at Leipsic, an oration 1_ 46 delivered by Dr. Prutz, a professor of Halle, which t 1" 111 so ardent and enthusiastic that it seemed to recall ` ll ,e sentiments of 1848. The police of Saxony were 4 :trilled, and an intimation has been given that the "o chiller Society will be dissolved if any more such -"Peeches are made. NORTR EASTERN RAlLWAY.—Yesterday a special Illeetin g of the shareholders of the above company was held at Y or k ; H. S. Thomson, Esq., the chairman, pre eding, T he chairman asked the assent of the are holders , first, to an application to Parliament for power to construct a branch (12i miles long) from the Bishop 'Auckland line to the Conside Ironworks. The esti mated oost was 10,0001. per mile. This branch would °Pen out a large coalfield, and also would be used for the conveyance of iron from the Conside Ironworks. He presented a calculation, according to which the proprie- T tr , t° ra would obtain 7 per cent. for the outl ay l on this work. he next question was with reference to the directors 4PPlying for power to amalgamate the Hartlepool Dock a nd Railway Company with the North-Eastern Company 111 accordance with the agreement contained in the lease Wanted in 1848. He moved resolutions embodying these 14. °Pcsitions, and Mr. Leeman, deputy chairman, se °ended the same. Mr. Simme, of Leeds, deprecated, in st rong terms, the ruinous policy of making fresh additions tO their capital in the present state of the money market. 'Le moved, as an amendment, " That no branches or tztensions be allowed while money is worth more than 14 e average dividend of this company." Mr. Gregson, :1 Newcastle, seconded the amendment, but the resolu 'oa was carried by a considerable majority. Ny, 11 "los, BRADFORD, AND HALIFAX JUNCTION RAIL. Friday a general meeting of the shareholders 11 the above railway was held at the Great Northern t h 4il waY Station, Bradford. Edward Akroyd, Esq., the _ .airrnan of the railway, presided. The reports sub ;tted to Septte meeting stated that the quarter endirg the t h _ t . ll of pember last presented, on comparison with 11! c orresponding quarter of last year, an increase in 2 7eiver traffic of 4231. 13s. 5d., and in goods traffic of • 1 . 85. Bd. Preparations were being made for de tlei °Pin g goods traffic on the Gildersorne branch, and fa works on the Ardsley branch were proceeding satis thi °ril Y• There would be no difficulty in completing doeßradford, latter line so as to be opened simultaneously with Bradford, Wakefield, and Leeds Railway, which it ,11 1 , 1: !_,ede and w hi c h wo uld fo rm it s sout h ern out l et. A lu end at the rate of 6 per cent, per annum was agreed a rog er ve fund bal.Tancehe r eceipt s of 174/, ordeofred the to brailwa e carriedfor to the the qua rter endi ng y the 30th of September have been, fur ergZi x !gers, 3,7401. ; for goods, 2,322/. Several other of theitecra make up a total of 6,2261. The ex p en dit ure le avin railway for the quarter has been about 2,600/., m oi g a balanoe applicable for dividend of about T`. HE SUN, LON DoN, SA TURI)A, v SHARE MARKETS-(mss Day). tWY. Paid . ) Closing Price , yesterday. Business done this day Ambg. audErasta. 1 - 31faat Birming. WAverli. Stour Valley Birk e2hd. 3uneL.,. [Da. Chesh. Do.. do. Blackburn ftlytt, - &. Tyne crigina £25. (issd. at £4 Bristol and Faete Chester 4 frotyh-, , a, Co - ‘ , . 4 .1 - and 8.,nd0,.. Cork, Blank, ci Pa?, Corn 80. A Do. B Dublin4Belfast,llThe & Jnc East Anglian &stern Counties.. Er.st. A Si 'Be., B. Stock... Do., New East Kent East Lanc.Ahire .„ East Suffolk Do. Erlinburgb Jz t-illtsg Edinb. flue, Peebles Ediu.Prtt &nand.: Forth & 0171 'an nIP ,Glasgow & S. Westrr jGreat N. of Scotlnd Graat Northern Do., A. Stock Do., B. 5t0ck....... Gt. Sth. &West.(lre ) Great Western Do. Stour Val, Ra` Gua. Stns Irish South-Eastern Lancaster St Carlisti Do., Thirds Do. New Thirds Lancash. andVork al‘ Do., Wst. Riding Un Do. Southl ort London & Blackwa`i Lon& Bright & S.Ce Loud. and N. Weett. ,Da. Fifths D0.101.8h.,24&13,„C Do. Eighths, London and S. We Lndndrrydt rol e rai Lndndrry. & Ennisk 4anch„Shef.& Linen Metropolitan Do. J. L. Ricardo's arrangement...... Alctlrina +O. iiirmng. &Der'. 4hlld. G. West. (I. po. Half Shares.... lk+wcastle& Carlir.l Iwpt.Aberg.&ilrf 4ewry & Enniskilir Jewry, Warrenp•o;ni 3.nd if.ostrovor: lorfolk 4 ortlin.Countics l North th Devon Rail. 6: Dock Stock , 0., A Stock.. B Stock .... N. Eastern—Beres , , e. do. ExtensioL L; , o. Leeds )O. York Yorth London..,, ''•.kS.W . strn.,Fiarr• stead, and City J_• 'forth StaCordshb... • orth & S.Westrn„Jur +a., Wore., c iz Wol, .rta-uonth Rhymney atigh Scot. N E.Abrdn St. Do. Soot, Mid. St- ISitinebournekSheer. • , uti. Dovou ,south Eastern.. outh Wales ;. Yrk eh. 4 Riv. Pa sinek, wok. /kw° Stockton & Darling Do., do., 1854 Do., do., 1855 , to zkten tz Hartlep 'aff Vale.. •o. Pref., No. I._ ^+-rimes Flay. D.& R. Val(' Neath___ Waterfd. & Kilkenn Water ford&Limer , • West Cornwall__ Nest End of Londoi and Crystal Palace. Do. A ...... Do. B West L0nd0n...., Do. Fiist Class Do. Second Class... Wimbj,ln k("lrovfinn COLO. .e , tu Day • Isar° aft , Con.lndia, g. 5 p. Do. Ceylon A shares..,, Do. B. do ‘etner4rA Eastern Bengal ... Last Indian A and B, g. sp. Do. Ex. C, gu. 5 p. c Do. do. D, gu. 5 p. c. D 0.42 p.c.Bnds.,'s7 f)o. do. do., '59, dn Geelong ft Melbourne guar. 5 per cent.. Gd. Trunk of Canada Do. Cert. of Deben, con. into Stk. Do. Comp. 6 p. 0., do. Gt. In. Pen. g. 5 p. c. Do New, guar. 5 p. c )t. Western of Canada Do. New Do. Bda., payable 'b . , Do. do., '76, p.'60.. Do. do., '73 do. Do. do., '73, withon option.... Madras, guar. 4 p.c Do. do., 5 p. o. Do. 4i p. c. Exten Do. 3d Ex., g. 5 p. c Scinde, guar. 5 p. c. D 0... St. Andrew's and Quebec (A)... FOIL: ntwerpßott. rdam Ardennes ,solgian Eastn. June. :I.9iers to Grai seem? c Buff. & Lk. Hur. Ry. Cannes.= & Toulouse Coal Mines and Ry !)nteh Rhenish Eastern of Frans ►o, New Euphrates Valley Central of Fran, e great Luxembourg, Italian Junction Lake Const. & Basle Lierre and Turnhout Lombardo Venetian. Lucca de Pist. 5 p. c.p. Lyons and Geneva Lyons & Itlediterran Sfaria Antonia Do. do. New Namur de Liege Do. do., G p. c. Pref. Northern of France NorwegianTrunkPref Paris and Lyons Paris and Orleans., Recife & San. Fran , (Pernam.) g. 7 p. c Rome and Frascati Royal Danish ...... Royal Swedish Sambre and Meuse._ Do. 54 p. cent. Pref. Southern of France West Flanders Do. sis per c. Pref._ 'W. &N. W. of Franc( Western of Austria West. of Switzerland Wiesbaden . Do. Spec cent. Pref. Zealand ..... 10INT-STI )(: Australasia ......... Rank of Egypt Bank of London Bri. Col. Bk..&Ln. C British N. American Chartd. Bank of Asia Chrtd. Bak. of India, A.ustralin, & Chinal City Colonial Commercial Lord En g.gcc.s.t. &Ate. CU Lend. Ch ^t. 'Bk. of knetritlia. Ditto Now London and County Lind. &E. Bak g. Corp London Joint Stock Load. & l iVostminster National Pro.of 'Eng Do. New National Dank New South Wales__ 'Oriental Pl. Corp , Ottoman Bank Provincial of Ireland Do. Now It Aug B &Go Im +pith Australia 'Unioa of Austrpli a ::: [ Do. New. «»...,»•.. i•..;n,...f Unity Mutual Western kcf Loncll 8} 8 18 - 19 16 - 17 13 - 14 91 93 58i 59 : 38 40 P 64 - 10, 18 - 19 9 OB 35 :17 24 26 7 - 5 84 - 88 54 55 . 34} - 35: 93 - 95 7 - 91 92 78 - 79 .23 125 15 117 69 70 60 62 63 72 51 64 54 5i 07 97 6i 7 [O9 111_? LO5 106 - 1 p t #P 107 - 108 ... - ... t! 82 - 82 53 - 55 13i 14 49 51 3i 3 d 38 39 85 86 4 3 2i !84 - 19 60 61i 95 98 5a sio fit 7.1 10 11 28 29 03 105 25 25 68 70 4S 49 14 ... 1 17l 184 733 74 71 80 5 3 d 2 1 14 1C 38 40 ... - ... 191 -19 i 6 - 8 2 - 4 5 - 5i 7 9 I 9L. - I r ~. -..... . ii = fi ••• - ••• 22f - 23 21p 22 - .. - ••• 21i - 22 10i - 11 76 - 78 21i -21 i 1 11 , , 24i 2i - 99 - 100 115 120 115 - 120 108 110 191 - 2 0 4 22 - 221 A - - 2 - 2ip IIGN. 61 7i 7 i - 2 p P 5} 54 le 331 S3i 104 - P 3t 5 5t 5 1 - RP 8i - 6i; 81 - 8 i 191 -19 i 37i - 381 8 - 9 531 -53 i 50 - 52 i - i pl 18 - 20 16 - 9 - 96 81 - 94 - pm 4 1 1 - 94 - 9 336 344 - 161 . ...^ ••• 11 BA WKS 100 102 63 - 65 ... ... ( 1 68 - 70 fi 201 -20 i 19i - 202 - I - 3p 45 - 471 38 39 2} s- 2d 35 37 65 - 67 7 - 8 11 8 a 7 sd, LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS RAILWAYS. :Tedford Blot:hley Buckg.ha.raßb. Clydosdal:: ••. Col. Stour Vy. E. Liu. g. 6 pc. E. Un. 11. Gias. Barr. & Neils. Direct Do. Now Glstr.d;Dn Hrtlpl. Dk. & Railway... Hull & Selby . Do. Share D 0..; Shares Lon.&Greenw Do. Preference Lon.,Til., Do. Bark. Sh. Lowosteft . 4 per cont. Do. S per et. Manch. Bxtn and Matlock Mildleebro' at Redc.g 6 p.c. Midld.tsraupl Newmarket Bury E. C4.spc N.St Est.s p. c. Do. 6 per ct. ' Do. Fixeds p c Prest. & AN , yr Do. Shr, A Roystn.& Hit. Shef.RottLar Gooleg.s p. c. Shrews. &Hcr S. Staflordsh. Wear Vali ygr 6 per cent Do Wilts&nomrst :: o tranb. Lcatiot, N. We-t. L.tzN. E. U. &E. C Gt.Nrtr•r~. E. Count. Caldoniwt. I Do Gt. Sfear.n Yk. New. Berw. Y.SzNAL Do Do 8. Bub Do Pot° it Co Do 'Do L.k N. 'W. &1(1., Stckton Darlingt. Midland-1 En. Conn. E. Count Do Do & N. W Do Gt Northi , Lancash & Yorksh. P. Brassey M.Melean Stockt. & Darlingt Do ICltWestn. Closing Prices yesterday 96 - 98 98 -- 102 12 - 14 133 - 135 4 ... ••• ""' 1107 :169 12j 13 221 23 110 - 114 1 PI 2# -- 23 55 - 57 132 - 135 - 8 4 31 - 33 - 34 SO - 91 PREFERENCE SHARES. BlythandTyne lOpel c. pref. (issd. , t 501 Eris. & Ez. 4 p. c. St Do. 4 p. c. Shares ... Caledn. £lO 4} p.c. 94 - 96 rDhos. fro. an.l; p. Do. do. Pref. 5 per e. Cork esßandonb Dua.Prth .Qt Aber.J. E. Anglian Cis. A Sty Do. do. Cls. B 6 p. Do. do Cis. C 7 p. c. Eas.Co.Ex,6pcNo Do. No. 4 . 4} - 5 6 : 6 167 . - 112 97 - 102 4 ip - Do. New 6 p. o. S. East Un., G. 6 P. e Do. 51. 10 per con. Do. 101. Debentr.Sr. Do. do. 4 per cent, East Lanca,h. 6p. et, E..sz W. York. J. sth , Edin. & Gl. 5 p.c. sh Ed. Prth.&Don.4 Fume*, 5 p. c.... Glee. & S•W • 0 . 5 Great Northn. 5 p. r Do. 6 p. 0. Redeem. at 10 p. c. prem. Do. 4 p. c Do. SP. c., Red. at Gt.N. of Scot. Ist Pr, Gt. S. &W. (Ireland Do. 4per e. Prof. S Gt. W.(B.k.H.Exspe Do. con. red. 4i p.c. D. con. red. 4 p. Do. itTed. 4p. c. Do. 5 p. 0. red. pref Do. Birm, Pref. SI, Do. Chester 8 p. c.P. Do. do. 5 p. C. do Do. Birm. Gua. Stk Do. Ches. Gua. Sh. Do. do. do - 75 - 77 116 118 109 - 111 103 - 105 61 - 63 91 - 104 6 93 -• 95 86 88 99 101 10 - 10* 16i 17i 10 - 10 A 72 - 74 194 - 20 9i - 10,1 141 - 15 1 38 141 Do. do. do ...... Lan. &York. F. J 20 Do. 8 p. c. &colt Lon. &B. G.spc. No.l Do. P., 5p c. St.No.2 Do. New Guar.6 u. Do. do„ 5 p. c.,N0.1 Lou. &N. W., Cot. .s Nuneaton 5 p. et . L)n.& S.W. 7 per et late 3d Shares ... L ndy.& Coler. Sh. Londy.&Ennis.i ch 61.,5.,& L. 6 p. Cent Do. do. do. £6 ... 1353 - 141 115 -.117 1157 - 159 in 66 70 Do. do. 3,1 per cent. Nfarypt.& Carl. 4 p Do. 4# per cent Do. do. Nfid.Consol.6 p.c.St Do. Con. Br. sir. 6pc Do. 4i p. c. Pref. S t Ditto L. & B. Pref. St l New., Aber., &c., pr. 5 p. c. red. 5 p.c. pm. Do. Perpet. 6 p et. with optn. till '66 Norfk. Deb, 4 p.c. oh Do. Pref. 5 p. o. St , c Do. 5 pc. Ext.,1846 Do. sAper c.pf ,1847 Do. iffy. V.5pc.,1847 North British...... Do 71. Preference N. B. Berw, 4 p,o„ Do. do. do Do Leeds 6 p.c -.No. a De. do. Qre.,1848... Do.Yorkrl.& S. Pur North Staffordshire,. Ox,Wo,kW IDe. 6 p.c. Redeem. [Scot. Cent. ,New Pret Sc .N. E. Aber. g 6 pe Do. d0.,7 p• c. pf. et. D0.d0., 36 p.c. pf. st South Devon 137 - 139 98 - 100 88 - ::0 1 - lii ••• '''''' ••• 102 -104 92 94 id i id 1107 - 108 16 = Do. fixed, 4 per cent S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. Do. 4i per cent Do. Fixod 4i p c sh S. Wales Gus. 4 p. c Do. do. 4i p. c ... S.Yorkeh.4p.o.Guar. Stock.,k Dar., 5 p. C. Do. do. do. Stook. & Hartl. g. 5 p. o. till July 1,'66 W aterfd. & Kilk. 6 p 1 23 - 24 101 - 103 9i -- 104 27 28 2 - ••• - ••• 3 -3; MINES. 10e all !Anglo Californian ... - ... 20 7 ' Australian I - 1 1 all Baden (Gd. Duchy of) ... - ... 50 all Eleanar. Iron & Coal . . - ... 20 14 British Iron .6 - 8 35 265 Brazilianlmp.(issued at £5 pm.) - 2 30 ; all •Do• - Comet) tr. Cuialxil 34 -.3/ 20 15 Do. St. John Donley 16 - 18 1 4 Clarendon Cons. Min. Co. of Jamaica p - IP I 40 all Cobre Copper ._ 55 - 57 5 15 Colonial Gold of Hui, 30 : .. .r* St. all Copper Min. , _ .... 27 25 all Do. Prof. 7i p. cent , B ..... 15 ... le, Copiapo i 2 all Fortuna - ad ... - ••• 20 all Genetal 4 1 51 4 a aa a l l ll l l ll Z GLi t r tb ;; N e a vhr t u t g P yo g a o e i lco o o c r t i h u nß .: o " , 1 e t .. z... ; l i. 1 7i - 71 3 all Linares - . 5 15 Lusitanian ld 1 ' - 2 1 all Ma.rignita 1 - 5 1 ' all New Granada 1' all Nouveau Monde 2) all IPontgl. Sil. & Le. Min 8 •- 10 5 1 'Port Philip - ..• 1 all Quartz Rock - ••• 50 all Rhymnoy Iron 2l - 23 15 all Do. New 5 - 7 30 15/ Santiago de Cuba 24 -2/ ... Cs. Sort. Cons. Min. Co. 21 - 21 1 all South Australian ... - ... 1 all Do. Scrip • ••• 1 all Do. 10 per cent Pref ... - ... ... ' 45 Tam. S. St L. Min. Co. - 15 10 9 Tin Croft .... ...... ..... 3 - 3 285 all United Mexican 3 - 4 4 1 all Waller 1 all West Mariposa .• -. IF" 5 ''. i 1 12s. Worthing Mining of Australia - . 4 . ALISCBLLANBOUB. - 25 19 anstralian Agriailt. 25 - 27 10 .1 /Luanda. Royal Mail 10 all , Berlin Water Works 54 - 5 i 50 40 Brit. American Land 100 3-4 Canada ll7 - 122 121 20 St. %41 C. Go. 6 p.c. Jan&.; aly 1131 1144 114 St. 100 Do. 6 p.c. Feb & Aug ... - - St. 100 D o. 6p c. Mar & Sept -.- 5 ail Crystal P a l ace 25 -24 5 all Do. Preference.. .... - 5 t 4al Crystal Pal. of France . 1 1 h Duston Iron Ore .. - - '-' 20 15:1 Eastern Steam. - . St. 100 - Electric Telegraph._ 96 - 97 96/ 81 1 all Electric Teleg. of IL ... - - 5 all Eu.diAus Cop Sm Co ji - li 25 all Gen. Ir Sc Col (lim.) ... - ••• 15 14 Gen. Steam Naylor,. .. - 11 all General Screw Steam 6 - 6i 61 20/ 5 Loudon Discount ••• - ••• . 4 all Lond. Gen. Omnibus 3/ - 31 20 10 Magdalena St . Naym , - - 10 all Mediteran. El ec. Te l . - 8 - 10 10 all MexicankS . A m - ericn. 3 34 25 5 Nat. Discount Co.._ 4 _ i p 25 1 Do. New .. .. - - pll 10 5 Netherlands Land 1 li 10 all Do. Do. .. . . 3_ 4 5 3 Do. 8 pcP iSti atl Ci Id - 5 1 Do. Do. 100 80 New B. & N.S. Land 15 - ' 0 . . . N.S.W. Gov. sp.e.D. ... _ . 1 all N. B. Australasian i _ 20 175 Nrth.ofEuropeStaam 3/ _ 4 2 2id 1 all Oriental Gas 1 - II 1 2e. Do. "Now Shares" ..... ip 5 all Peel Rr. Ld. & Minrl. 21 - 2f Pm 50 all Peninsular& Oriental 68 - 70 70 50 10 Do. New - 54 155 100 60 Royal Mail Steam 1 All Scot. Austral. Invest ll •-•• )1 1 all Ditto New ll - la 25 all South Anstral•Land 35 ..... 37 1 sr. Submar. Tel. Scrip i - 1 1 all Do. Registe r ed....- 2 --: 1 20 5 7 ,,, inte-14.C0.11 Cis , . 100 285 Van Diemen's Land lbi 165 k C ... ~. V.o9,6p.c.JAn&July ... te „, Business this day 23 Ll at. , t. ;t. ,5 ti cf) St. 10 )5 25 20 20 17 20 20i 206 too 100 100 an all all all 10 22 all 19A 93 91} 1241 114 'Of 70i 691 70 9 7i i 110 11 1061 f j li 1071 8 7i 8 351 6 51 82i a i f 85i 63 6 i 74i 80 79 1 i ••• ' 190 5 Elw) 100 100 100 100 1.( 100 100 !100 100 100 100 St. 12 100 4i 100 all 10i 100 100 100 100 101 l St. St. St. Bt. 7 St. 100 all 100 100 all all fkA. NG, XlO EMBI+:.f. 29 1856 LAW INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day;) COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Evans.) IN RE STRAHAN, PAUL, AND CO. A petition was presented iu this case as to the pay ment out of C3urt, but was agreed to without discussion. IN RE PILLEY. This bankrupt was described as of Aldermanbury, tailor, and his examination had been adjourned, the accounts being unsatisfactory. Mr. Macpherson now tendered a new balance-sheet, and a further adjournment was taken for two months. POLICE INTELLIGENc2.—(This Day.) THAMES. EXTENSIVE AND DARING. ROBBERY.--John Edwards, a carman, aged 28, of No. 10, Greeli Bank, Wapping, and Henry Gaylor, 20, of Middle Grove-street, St. George-in-the-East, who have been in custody a fort night:, were brought up on remand, charged with stealing two horses, a van, 1 hogshead of sugar, and 1 puncheon of treacle, value 150/. Mr. Charles Young, for the prosecution, said the pri soner Edwards was in the employ of a respectable town carman, and that on the morning of Saturday the Sth inst. he was sent with his master's team to land a hogshead of sugar and a puncheon, which he was to deliver at a wharf at London-bridge, to be shipped on board a Hull steamer. The hogshead of sugar, 17 owt., was received into the prosecutor's van in Denmark street, and the puncheon of rum in the Back-road, St. Georges-in-the-East. The prisoner Edwards drove his horses and van towards Cable-street, where he pulled up and went into a coffee-shop. In his absence some one got into the van and drove away. The horses and van were found the same night in Sheppard-street, Bromley, near the Widow's Son public-house. ' The hogshead of sugar and the puncheon of rum had been taken out of the van, and had not since been recovered. Edwards absented h imself for a week, when he returned to Mr. Butler, his master's foreman, and said he had been walk ing about the streets, night and day,, since the robbery was committed. He was given into custody, and Gay lor was apprehended the same day, It would be proved that the prisoners were known to each other, and tbat Gaylor, who had formerly been a carman, and was con nected with another daring van robbery of a similar cha racter some time ago, was in Capel-street near the coffee shop which Edwards entered on the day of the robbery. The property had not yet been recovered. The prisoners were again remanded for a week. MARKET NEWS.—(This i. ay ) COVENT Fair average supplies of prc ,he trade ruled steady, as fol ARDEN. .nce were on sale to-day, and Lows Pine apples, per lb. 3s Od to 6s Colonic I do., ea. Os Od to OS Od Grapes, per lb is Od to 4s Od Foreign do Os Od to Os 0,1 Melons, each 3s Od to 5s 0,1 Peaches, p. d0z.... 3s to 8s Od Nectarines, do. 2s Od to 8s Od Apples, p. h. sv. 3s Od to 8s Od Pears, per doz. Os Od to Os Od Oranges, per 100..3s 6d to 9s Lemons, p. doz. Os 8d to is 3d Apricots, p. doz. 2s Od to 6s Od Cherries, per lb. Os to as 01 VEGET. Filberts, per 1b...10d to is 3d Cobs., p. 100 lbs. 110 s to s Almonds, p. lb. Os Od to Os Od Walnuts, per 100 6d to is Od Figs, per doz is to 3s Od Strawberries, per pottle Od to Od Gooseberries, per half sieve ... Os Od to Os Od Currants, p. do. Os Od to Os 04 Plums, per do. 2s Od to 5s Od Green gages, do. 4s Od to 7s Od Raspberries, p. potl. Od to Od 'ABLES. Shallots, per lb. 4d to 6d Horseraddish,l p. bun. 28 to 5s Parsley, per do. 2d to 4d Celery, per do Os 9d to 2s Od Beet, per doz. is Od to 2s Od Parsnips, per do. is Od to Os Small salad, p. pun. 2d to 6d Mushrooms, p. potl. ls to ls 6d Artichokes, each ...4d to 8d Cab. lettuces per 5c0re......... Os 9d to is 3d Endive, per do.. ls Od to 2s Od Radishes, per doz. hands ls to 2s Od Tomatoes, p. hf.sv. 4s to 6s Oil Walnuts per 100...0s 8d to is Chillies, per 1001 s Od to Is 6d Capsicums, per 1001 s Od to 2s Rhubarb, p. bundle Od to Od Asparagus, per 100 Os Od to Os Sea kail, per pun. Os Od to Os Greens, per doz bunches 9d to 2s 0-1 Cabbages, per doz 9d to is 6d Savoy do., p. do. is Od to 2s Od Cauliflowers, do.Os Od to 3s Od Brocoli, per do. Os 9d to is Od Old potatoes, per ton Os to New do., per do 65s to 120 e Peas, per quart 9d to is Oct Turnips, per bunch 2d to 4d Carrots, per bunch.. Ad to 6d Cucumbers, each 2d to is Oct Garlic, per 11) 4d to Os 6 , ..1 Spinach, p. sieve 25 6d to 4s Od Sorrel, per sieve Od to Os Brussels sprouts, per do 3s Od to 4s Od French beans, p. do.Os Od toosl Old onions, p. bus. 5s Gd to 7s New do., per bunch Od to Od Leeks, per do ld to 2d NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Turkey Poults, 52 Od to 7s Od ; Geese, 5s to 6s 6d each ; Ducks, 2s Od to 2s 6d • tame rabbits, Os to Os Od each ; wild do., is to is 6,3; Pigeons, 5d to 8d each ; large Surrey owls, Os Od to Os ; middling, 2s Od to 3s Od ; Chickens, is 6d to 28 3d ; Capons, 35 6d to 4s 6d ; Hares, 2s 6d to 3s 6d ; Grouse, 2s 6d to 2s 9d each ; Pheasants, 3s 3d to 3s 6d ; Partridges, is 3d to is 9d ; Guinea Fowls, is 9d to 3s Od ; Roasting pigs, 6s Od to 8s Od each. Ostend fresh butter, 12s to 13s Od ; English do., 12s Od to 15s 6d per dozen lbs. ; English eggs, 98 6d to 168 ; French do., 7s to 88 Od per 120; Leverets, Os Od to Os each. NEWPORT. Beef, from N 10d to 48 4d ; mutton, 3q 4d to 4s 8d ; veal, 38_ 6d to 4s 6d; pork, 3s 8d to Oi 2d.per Elbe., by. the car case. Beef from 2s 8d to 4s 4d ; mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 8d ; veal, 3s 10d to 4s 6d ; pork, 3s 10k1 to 53 4d per 81135., by the car case. BILLINGSGATE. Turbots, 2s 6d to 20s ; Brills, is Od to les each ; Salmon, Os Od to Os Od per lb ; Cod Fish, 2s Od to 10s each ; Soles, 3d to is 3d per pair ; Eels, 8d to Is per lb ; Lobsters, 6d to 24 6d; Crabs, 6d to 2s 6d ; Whitings, 3s Od to 6s per doz. ; Common Oysters, 12s to 16s ; Natives, 50s to —s per fish. ; Mackerel, 30s to —s per 100 ; Smelts, Os 6d to 2s 6d per doz.; Skate, 6d to Od per lb; Shrimps, is 6d to 2s 6d per gallon ; Bloaters, 5s Od to 8s Od per 100 ; Fresh Herrings, 4s to Os per 100; Scotch do., Od ; Sprats, Os Od to Os Od pei bushel ; Doreys, is Od to 10s each ; Haddocks, 4s to 12s per doz. • Pike, Od ; Sturgeon, 6d per lb ; Prawns, 5s Od to Os; Mullets, 6d to 2s 6d each ; Plaice, 4d to is each ; Halibut 6d per lb ; Flounders, is 6d to 2s Od per doz. ; salt fish, Od per lb, . _ BREAD. The prices of 'wheaten bread in the metropolis are from 9d to 9ad ; of household ditto, Tad to E;d per 4 lb loaf. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, 4jd to 4id; 641 b to 721 b, 5d ; 721 b to 801 b, 5.1 to sid ;‘ 801 b to 881 b, sid to sid ; 88 to 961 b, 5d to 6d; 96113 to 1041 b, 6d to 6id ; 1041 b to 1121 b, 6id to 7d ; upwards, —d to —d ; horse hides, 8s Odto Os Od ; Calf skins, light, 3s 01 to 4s Od ; ditto full, Os Od to Os Od; Polled Sheep, 7s Od to Ss Od ; Rents, 5s 6d to 6s 6d; Half-breds, 5s 6d to 6s 6d Downs, 4s Od to 55 Od ; Shearlings, Os Od ; Lambs, Os Od. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, 2/ 108 to 4/ 8s ; clover do., 31 10s to 5/ 83; and straw, 1/ 4s to 1/ 9s per load. A moderate supply and a steady demand. CUMBERLAND. —Meadow hay, 2/ 12s to 4/ 8s ; clover do., 3/ 106 to 5/ 5s ; and straw, 1/ 4s to 1/ 9s per load. Both hay and straw sold slowly, at barely late rates. WHITEOLIAPEL.—Meadow hay, 2/ 108 to 4/ 6s ; clover do., 3/ 10s to 51 10s; and straw, 1/ 4s to 1/ Os per load. A fair average supply and a sluggish trade. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This Day.) LONDON, Nov. 29.—Wind this day at noon, N.W. ; light breeze and fine clear frosty weather. PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 28.—Wind E.N.E. to E.—Arrived —William Wallace, from Shields, for Gibraltar, with loss of bowsprit and cutwater, covering-board split, and one man lost overboard, from collision with a brig off Shore ham on the 27th inst. Sailed—Balaklava, for Sydney, N.S.W. •' Abyssinian, the Cape o f G oo d Hope; Northum berland, New York. PLYMOUTH, Nov. 28.—Wind E.N.E,—Arrived—John Bartlett, from Singapore, for Bremen. FALMOUTH, Nov. 28.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Cosmos, from Calingapatam. LIVERPOOL, Nov. 28.—The wreck of the Silas Wright floated off and was near the New Brighton station. The wreck of a vessel of about 200 tons, on her beaus ends. was passed on the 19th Nov., by the Blackburn, arrived here from Calcutta. BRIDLINGTON, Nov. 28.—During a heavy gale on the night of the 25th inst., at Yarmouth, a three masted schooner, painted black, with white quarter boards and round stern, is feared to have foundered. SOUTHTHAMPTON, Nov. 28.—Sailed—Constitution (a.), for New York. WATERFORD, Nov. 27,--Wind N.W. by W.—Arrived —Ellen, from Trinidad. GLOUCESTER, Nov. 28.—Arrived.---Alabama, frow New York. YARMOUTH, Nov. 28.-- The brig Adler, of and from Hamburg, for Liverpool, is on shore north of Winterton ; she will partly discharge to be got off. SWANSEA, Oct. 28.—Wind N.W. — Arrived—Geraldine, from Caldera ; Pearl, Cuba. (PER ELECTRIC TELEGCRAPR.) LIVERPOOL, Saturday Morning. Wind N. Arrived—Dane, screw steamer, from Gibraltar; Douro, screw steamer, Oporto. Sailed—Titania, for Palma ; General Wyndham, Syd ney ; Dunsandale, Melbourne ; Sir Robert Peel, New York ; Moppett, Akyab ; Starlight, Africa ; Emma Good win, Gibraltar ; Catherine, Lisbon ' • Margaret Jane, Genoa ; Luck, Lisbon ; Jenny L i nd , Lisbon. QUEENSTOWN, Nov. 27. Wind N.W. Arrived—Margaret, from Callao ; Aurora, Demerara ; Ore Aurelius, Smyrna. Wind W. Arrived—Ellen, from Trinidad. THE RECORDERSHIP OF THE CITY OF LONDON. This afternoon a Court of Aldermen was held at the Guildhall—the Lard Mayor in the chair—to receive a communication from the lion. Stuart Wortley, her Majesty's Solicitor-General, relative to his resignation of the office of Recorder. The letter, which stated the acceptance of office under Government by the hon. and learned gentleman was read, and it also announced his desire to place the office of recorder in the hands of the court. A discussion took place relative to the acceptance of the hon. and learned gentleman's resignation at once, by which much inconvenience would arise to the numerous suitors in the Lord Mayor's Court. A motion was the❑ made that the letter be received and entered on the minutes of the court, to which an amendment, was moved, that the resignation of the Recorder be accepted, but which, on a division, was 1(7.4, two only voting for it. . . . The motion for the acceptance of the letter, And that it be entered on the minutes of the court, was then agreed to. Notice of motion was then given that the Cuurt do proceed to the electio'n of a Recorder at its next sitting ; and also that the thanks of the Court be given to the Hon. S. Wortley for the admirable manner in which be bad discharged the duties of Recorder. The 'LORD MAYOR stated that as the Commo❑ Ser geant would be engaged very much till the appointment of a recorder, it was necessary that an assessor should Le appointed to the Lord Mayor's Court, and he (the Lord Mayor) therafore moved that the next senior officer, Mr. Prendergast, should be so appointed. This did not appear to meet with the approval of the Court, and the Town-Clerk was asked and consented to act as such till the appointment of a new recorder. The Court then broke up. Naval and tYlitnary intelligence. The volunteers froin the depot of the 40th Regiment, at Cd'hathana Barracks, having been accepted, they will proceed to join the regiments into which they have volunteered as soon as the necessary arrangements for their removal from the Provisional Battalion, Chathan4 have been completed. The 26th company of the Royal Engineers, under the command of Capt. G. E. L. Walker, R.E., will leave the head-quarters of that establishment at Brompton Barracks, Chatham, this morning, for Gravesend, where they will embark on board the Appoline, for Bermuda. The 33d company of the Royal Engineers are expecting an order to proceed to Halifax. An Admiralty order arrived at Sheerness yesterday, di recting that the fittings of the floating battery Trusty, which had been placed between decks preparatory to the experiments that were to have taken place at Shoeburyness, should he taken out, and, further, that all the stores which had been sent on board to equip her for that purpose should be returned into store at the yard. This order is being carried out by Captain Edward P. Halsted, of the Edinburgh, Commander Lloyd, with a party of seamen and carpenter's crew of that ship, was engaged during yes terday dismantling and returning her stores, and she is to be returned to her former moorings. The experiments, therefore, will not take place at present. The Chasseur screw steam floating factory vessel arrived at Sheerness yesterday, and is placed under the orders of Captain Edward P. Halsted, of the Edinburgh. The Chas seur is to be made available for the repairs of the machinery of the steam squadron of reserve at Sheerness until the Volcano marine engine steam factory can be sent thither. The assistant engineers belonging to the steam squadron of reserve are to be called upon to carry out any repairs or alterations found necessary by Captain Halsted, and the present superintendent engineer, Mr. Pearce, for the steam squadron of reserve. The screw stems gun-vessel Roebuck, of 350-horse power, in temporary command of Master-Commander Allen, of the Admiralty yacht Vivid, having embarked stores, is ordered to be hauled out of Woolwich basin to-day, and will sail immediately for Portsmouth. The steam transport Clarendon, 900 tons burden, arrived at Woolwich . on Thursday evening from Balaklava, laden with 28 32-pounder guns, 60 tanks, and 150 tons of provi sions, which she is to discharge at the Arsenal. The hired schooner Elizabeth Thomas sailed yesterday morning from Woolwich, laden with Government stores for Dublin. A contract vessel, the Prince of Wales, hauled alongside the Arsenal wharf at Woolwich, yesterday morning, for the purpose of shipping gun carriages, platforms, &c., for Portsmo utb. T.HE NEW BISIOP OP RIPON. Lord Melbourne exclaimed on one occasion that " he was sure the bishops died on purpose to plague him." By the trouble which the vacancy of Ripon has given to Lord Palmerston he must have been forcibly reminded of this exclamation. _ _ More than two months have been occupied by the con sideration of this question. It was at the end of Septem ber that we ventured on a caution with reference to an appointment which seemed very undesirable and yet very probable. We are aware of a letter, written from a certain deanery in the west of England, which stated that the Premier's letter, offering the bishopric, was hourly expected to arrive. We could only attribute the influence exerted in favour of this very reverend gentleman to the senior member of the Cabinet, inasmuch as it was in educational matters that the dean was eminent. In this department his knowledge was great, but in the higher qualifications for a bishopric he was lamentably de ficient. The chair might almost as reasonably have been offered to Sir Benjamin Brodie or Sir Edwin Landseer, both great men in their way, but both unknown as theolo gians. A little consideration showed Lord Palmerston the prac tical absurdity of such a choice, and we heard no more of the dean. The University of Cambridge was next scruti nised, and for two or three weeks it seemed likely that either a popular head of one of the smaller colleges or one of the divinity professors would be selected. Gradually, however, these became " dissolving views." The Nor risian Professor, the last of the three, dropped out of sight about ten days since. Then the very natural and proper principal was again remembered, that the spiritual ruler of the west riding bishopric should be one who had known something of town work and of large parish management. Three of the best of the London clergy were brought under the Premier's notice by different friends, who had personal knowledge of their qualifications. On this day weak Mr. Dale was considered to stand first on the list. And we incline to believe that had the bishopric been regarded merely as a reward for past services none would have been considered to have a higher claim than the laborious vicar of St. Pancras. But the diocese of Ripon is a post of hard duty, and Mr. Dale, though not sixty years of age, bears the outward appearance of a man of more advanced years. For the Church's sake, therefore, and for the well-being of the populous diocese of Ripon, it was judged expedient to select a man possessing the vigonr of middle age. Mr. Bickersteth, the present rector of St.-Giles's parish, became, therefore, the final choice. He is the nephew of the late Lord Langdale, being the son of the late Rev. John Bickersteth, the rector of Sapcote. He has been for about 14 years a laborious and successful parish priest. His first post was at Reading, from whence he was sum moned to take the incumbency of a new church at Clap ham. His labours in that place were so highly appreciated that it was only with much diffiulty that he could be per suaded to accept the rectory of St. Giles-in-the-Fields. In chhi last parish he has shown during the last four or five years eminent administrative talent, united with the higher qualifications of a Christian pastor. It is not to be denied that Lord Palmerston's Church appointments present the most favourable aspect of his Premiership. To have placed four such men as Mr. Vil liers, Mr. Baring, Dr. Tait, and Mr. Bickersteth upon the episcopal bench within a single year, is a circumstance scarcely to be paralleled in the history of any statesman of modern days. And when the future historian shall un dertake the task of estimating the merits and detects of Lord Palmerston's Administration, there will be at least one point on which the impartial chronicler will find it impossible to avoid awarding to him the mood of warm and decided praise.—Morning Herald. STATE OF TRADE. MANCHESTER, Nov. 23. The market has shown no improvement since Tues day, and the operations in cloth continue to be on a small scale, but prices are mostly well supported. In some cases manufacturers have been willing to take rather easier terms, but stocks are low, and prices leave too little margin of profit to give the buyer much advan tage. There is some accumulation in the stock of long cloths, but only such as a fair demand would remove in a few day , . Narrow T cloths of low weights are in re quest. In domestics there is no change, but some little progress has been made in limiting production by an in creased resort to short time. Printing cloths are quiet, and in shirting cloths prices are rather unsatisfactory owing to the limited demand. The yarn market is still flat, and buyers are operating with much caution in the present drooping state of the market for the raw material. Doubled yarns, from No. 40 upwards, are still in good request, and very full rates are given for early delivery. In most other kinds of twist the buyer has a slight ad vantage. For linen goods of most kinds, Messrs. Richardson, Tee, and Co. remark in their weekly circular of this day :—" The demand continues active, and prices are generally sustained, while some of the lower class of Scotch goods, which are difficult to get woven, have again risen in price, although they were relatively dear, compared with the better kinds, prior to the last ad vance. Goods suited to the Am( rican trade are in re quest, and the home trade houses are operating with confidence at present prices for the spring trade. The markets are exceedingly firm, And stocks are everywhere low." The private letters from Paris yesterday are encourag ing. Since the last return the ;million in the Bank has experienced an increase of 800,000/. About 520,0001. 4 this has been received within t,lu past three days in consequence of the purchases of Australian gold iu Louden, but there was a general &coder:ict but y towards an influx not only at the Pari s establishmen at the branches. The existence of 'Prince Gortsch akoff's circular affords matter of dispute to two oir three highly polemical journals of Brussels. The . Independarece maintains the affirmative, the .Nord the negative proposition. The question is only owe of words. Both admit that the Prince has transmitted to the representatives of Russia abroad a doicument on the subject of Bolgrad and the of psis ed nts, on in which the union of a congress W e itis. Whether it is called a circular or a memorandum matters little: THE FRENCH AND ENGLISH PRESS. The turn of the Union has arrived to break its lance against the British press. True, its argu.- ntents are not novel, nor are its deductions inspired I with the best logic, but then it accompanies its task with such goodwill, that the following long extract is perfectly justified : " The English public, like all publics, is diffcult to please, but three ideas succeed at the present moment in gratify ing the cockneys, whom we ought to respect in their capa city of members of meetings, getters up of addresses, and arbitrators in the last stage of political affairs. These three ideas are coolness towards France, reconciliation with Austria, and anger towards Russia. These views may be developed with more or less vie-our, with more or less brilliant var i a ti ons accor di ng t o individual tastes and inclinations, but the groundwork is identical. Add to thi s a reduplication o f th e patriotic arrogance and national pride possessed by every good Englishman, and we shall be able to form an exact idea of the current of public opinion on the other side of the channel. Of course, we are possessed of sufficient coolness to reduce certain boasts to their exact value ; we do not ascribe to ourselves any pe culiar merit at not feeling any alarm at theSe attitudes of Ajax defying all the gods. When the Morning Post or the Morning Adve , ti,ser, intoxicated with their own ar ticles, depict Great Britain as prepared, on the morrow of the Easternu war, to descend alone into an arena where she was fortunate enough not to be isolated, we content ourselves with reflecting on Inkerman, and that recollec tion suffices. When we listen to clamour respecting the non-execution of treaties, the violation of conventions, the had faith of the contracting parties, we ponder on the fact that the Black Sea was to have been evacuated on the 28th October, and that the British fleet is still stationed there; that the convention of the Straits has been placed again in vigour, and that British vessels of war have nevertheless passed up the Dardanelles ; then we reflect on punic faith, and that idea is again sufficient. When we see the Times allude to its country as th© first Musaulman power, when we see it intimate to the Sultan the order to understand and practise the duties of a leal Knight of the Garter, we smile at this ridiculous pretension, at this bad joke; and this smile suffices to us. But other and more serious reflections pass before our mind, for if we carefully examine matters we find that the mask of exaggeration of the public papers conceals a very serious political situation. Now it appears that our influence, our demands, our interests are for ever opposed and slighted by England at Constantinople; no one can be ignorant of the secret of the recent ministerial revolution, and the last coup de theatre, which has re sulted in the definitive retreat of Aali Pacha, the nego tiator at Paris the vizir favourable to France, will suf fice to open the eyes of the most incredulous. Thus Lord de Redcliffe has overthrown a Ministry which was, so to say, protected by our good feeling. Moreover, the Ambassadors of France and Russia insist on the accom plishment of a treaty which has only a few months' exist ence ; they demand the evacuation of the Black Sea and the evacuation of the Principalities. Lord Redcliffe and M. de Prokesch, formerly adversaries, now tenderly united, oppose this reasonable invitation, and the occupation continues. The same representatives are united against us in the settlement of the questions relative to the or ganisation of the Principalities, to the convocation of the Divans of the two provinces, to the capital question of the union of these fractions of a Christian and independent country. Finally, a difficulty has arisen respecting the Island of Serpents and the town of Bolgrad • here France and Russia are of one opinion with reference to the mode of solution. Who adds daily to the difficul ties and venom of the debate ? England again. And the Neuchatel question? What can be clearer ? Are the treaties not explicit? Is the right of Prussia not evi dent? The Berlin cabinet announces that, so far from hav ing recourse to force, it will submit the question to the appreciation of Europe, and it demands that the question be submitted to a congress. One government, it is said, alone opposes this, and the semi-official press of only one country takes the part of Switzerland. is it necessary to say that this country is England, that this press is the English press? And yet the London journals hurl fire and fury against the French press. It is the latter that com promises the friendly relations of the two countries ; it obeys a coalition of monarchists, of partisans of absolute power, and of Jesuits. We certainly had not expected to have met the Jesuits in this affair, but the Morning Post is not particular. The invectives are cast forth with such energy that the patience of the most phlegmatic has been lost on this: side of the channel. The Debate, that ancient champion of the entente cordiale, recalls John, Bull to a more decent attitude; and even the Constitu tienad, the prudent Con,stitutionnel, which has scarcely recovered from its recent disavowal, inflicts a severe lesson on the English journalists. Let the British press cease to complain of the irritation of which it has been the prin cipal cause ; let it comprehend, once for all, that France likewise possesses national susceptibilities, which must not be wounded in vain ; that permanent interests, rights, and traditions exist which even revolutions have not succeeded in destroying, that there is a common stock of patriotism and of principles on which the nation never encroaches ; France occupies in the world a rank, and in the East a preponderance, which she intends to maintain ; France has suffered to. much from revolution not to be its adversary on the continent. As long as England will present itself as the leader of ideas and politics opposed to those we have named, her journals must not be sirprised at exciting such little sympathy on oar shores' Hamburg advices state that the rate of discount has receded to 5/ per cent. At a meeting of the South Australian Copper Com pany, held yesterday afternoon, it was agreed to reorganise the undertaking and to provide a limited .amount of capital to carry on the works, the latest ad vices being tegarded as favourable. ACCIDENT IN WATERLOO•ROAD.—An accident of a very serious nature occurred last night in the Waterloo road. The carriage of Mr. Hawes, of Montague House, Russell-square, in which were two daughters of that gentleman, was proceediug over Waterloo-bridge at a steady space. On reaching the Surrey side of the water the horses took fright, and galloped furiously for some distance down the road. Nearly facing the railway ter minus the carriage came in contact with a cab, and the horses immediately commenced kicking violently. The ladies were not rescued until they had sustained some severe injuries, but the wonder is bow they escaped at all with life. UNCLAIMED DIVIDENDS.—The Bank of England, in , concurrence with the Government, have lately adopted an excellent and considerate course with regard to un claimed dividends. By Act of Parliament all stock on ' which the dividends remain unclaimed for ten years is transferred to the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt, but in performing this process the Bank now address a communication to the parties in teresed, acquainting them that their names appear in the Bank books, and that if they will take measures to establish any claim they may have, all proper assistance will be afforded them. Formerly books containing the names of every person holding stock on which the dividends had been unclaimed for ten years used to be published at stated intervals, but they offered great facilities for fraud, and after the celebrated Fletcher forgeries they were discontinued. Since that period some method has been wanting to prevent the State from taking undue advantage of cases of accidental neglect, and the present plan appears in this respect to afford everything that could be desired. Yesterday, at the Auction Mart, Messrs Norton, Hog gart, and Trist submitted for sale some valuable free. hold sugar estates in the island of Tobago. The first lot comprised the Richmond estate, containing about 1,150 acres of land, 80 being in cane cultivation, the remainder in pasture and wood, with dwelling-house, eight-horse power engine, still, boiling and curing houses, &c., a supply of the necessary manufacturing implements, and the live stock, consisting of 10 mules, 22 oxen, 14 cows, 3 steers, 4 heifers, and 3 calves. The second lot comprised the Glamorgan estate, containing 270 acres (79 in cane cultivation), with dwelling-house, out-build lugs, large and substantial works, and 80 heads of live stock. The third lot comprised the Goldsborough and Goodwood estates, containing together 1,080 acres, with dwelling-houses, steam-engines, out-buildings, labourers' cottages, still, and 77 heads of live stock. An annuity of 1501., during the life of a gentleman aged 65, was chargeable on this lot. A sale was not effected, the three lots being brought in at the respective sums of 1,4801., 1,480/., and 2,4801. VACANCIES, APPOINTMENTS, AND PROMOTIONS IN THE CIVIL SERVICE.— General Post-office.—The postmaster ship of Lymington has become vacant by the death of Mr. Galpine • Mr. John W. Margett's, clerk to the post master of ixeter, has been appointed clerk in the Money-order Department. General Poet-office. The Emigration-office.—Mr. Butler and Mr. Compton, super• numerary extra clerks, have been appointed permanent extra clerks, vice Messrs. Fayrer and Bailey, resigned ; two vacancies have been created by the promotion of Messrs. Butler and Compton. Legal Department. — Mr. Sergeant Kinglake has been appointed recorder of Bristol, iu the room of Sir A. Cockburn, appointed chief justice of the Common Pleas. Customs,—There are three vacancies for tidewaiters and boatmen at Llanelly. Ap pointments.—Mr. IL Forder has been appointed a searcher in London ; Mr. G. H. Hill has been appointed a clerk in St. Katherine's Docks ; Mr. Jas. D. Hearn has been appointed a clerk for general business in Lon don ; Mr. J. F. Parker has been promoted from third to second class searcher at Southampton ; Mr. E. Sharp has been promoted from fou rth to third cass searcher at Sonthampton. South A ustralia.—Mr. Oliver Keble Richarelson has been appointed first assistant secretary in the Colonial Secretary's Department ; Mr. E. W. Hitchin has been appointed second assistant secretary in the Colonial Secretary's Department ; Mr. G. WT. Hawkes has been appointed assistant treasurer in the Colonial Treasury ; Mr. J. L. Raining has been aps pointed assistant a uditor-general ; Mr. J. W. Lewis has been appointed deputy postmaster-general. New Zea land.—Mr. A. W. Shand has been appointed postmaster at the Chatham Islands ; Mr. J. J. Stanaway has been appointed harbour-master of Kaipara.—Civil Service gazette. WELLINGTON AND BLUCHER..--A short time since the present Duke of Wellington visited the lunatic asylum at Colchester, and wrote his name in the visitors' book, accompanied with a donation of 501. The same day it happened by chance that the nephew of the celebrated Prussian general, Blucher, an officer in the German Legion, went to see the aforesaid asylum, anti wrote his name also in the visitors' book, placing it immediately under that of the Duke of Wellington, and uniting both names by a brace. He then wrote a letter to the Duke, sa ying that he had visited the asylum a short time after him, and seeing the Duke's signature in the visitors' book, he could not refrain from joining once more toge ther two such renowned names, but hoped his grace would pardon the liberty he had taken, more particu larly as his present circumstances prevented him from presenting the lunatic asylum with 501. He immedi ately received a letter from the Duke asking in what way he could be of service to him. Blucher answered that if his grace would send him 100/. it would be of considerable advantage. Two days passed, and no an swer came to band, whereupon Blucher wrote again as follows :—•" If the Duke of Wellington had- waited two days for Blucher at the battle of Waterloo the victory would not have been gained." A c heque for 100/. arrived as soon as possible , accomp anied by very kind letter from the Duke of Wellington, with renewed assurances from his grace that he would be most happy at any fuure eriod to be of service to ene his father's illustrious companion in _arrasth—Blucher.phew of 1161 1371 8i 98§ 90 WATERFORD, Nov. 27. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Saturday, 10.12 a.m. Wind variable ; one hour's flood ; fresh and fine. Arrived, Nov. 28 Lambourn and Ebenezer, from Guernsey • Rival, Algoa Bay. Afrived, Nov. 29—Dover, from Gravelines. DEAL, Saturday, 10.5 a.m. Wind N.W., moderate. Passed, Nov. 23—Brudwig Auguste, from London, for Seville ; Jane Morrice, from Algoa Bay, for London ; Headrick Jan, from Batavia, for Rotterdam. Sailed—Ramble and William Hammond, for London. At the Insolvents' Court yesterday Mr. Commissioner Phillips directed that the debt of an Odd Fellows' society, of which Hales the giant was treasurer when he was landlord of the Craven Arms, should be paid in full before the other creditors were thought of ; thus settling the point whether, by a recen t act of P ar li amen t, such societies were entitled to priority. A company is in course of formation for running om nibuses between Charing-cross and the Post-office, aid other similar distances, at a fare of twopence. • • LITERARY GOSSIP, NOVEMBER, 1856. 'Christmas Books appear to be at a discount. Not th e glimmering hope of one from any masterhand Yet time was, and not so very long ago either, when the approach of December gave promise of a shower of parti-coloured five shilling volumes of rarer attraction, as surely as of " cakes and ale," of holly and of misletoe. No premonitory advertisement' cheers us now with a prospect of a fairy burlesque about Prince Bulbo and the Magic Ring, by W. M. Thackeray, or of another marvellous Carol in Prose by our incomparable Dickens. Meanwhile, hovi ever, we are consoled, on one hand, by a long che rished hope that London may yet, in due course, be entertained by a repetition of the Four Lectures on the Four Georges by Michelangelo—of the " bar nacles," not of the brush and chisel—Titmarsh, Not Buonarotti ! And on the other, in addition to the monthly instalments of " Little Dorrit," have a delightful foretaste, through advertise ment, of a fresh batch of winter night's Itanle;n but regard, this season, not to the Holly Tree to o r lhe Boat's crew o f the Golden i) s h i Mary, cast away on the high seas, and wonderfully preserved from shipwreck ! Hugging our knees, like poor old Maggy, we lean forward— open eyed, open eared, with a rub of the hands and a smack of the lips, eager to'catch the first syllable-- our appetite whetted by the relish of anticipation ! In lieu of his old drolleries of the "Comic Almanack," there comes to us from the hand of George Cruikshank, a shrewd acid little pamphlet, in which he reveals, oddly enough, through the quaint woodcut of the title page—how it comes to pass that the " Bubble" Company (The General Industry Life and Fire Assurance and Sick Fund Friendly Society) blown out of a few dirty soap suds by one J. W. Howell, came to be —Burst ! It is a characteristic warning enough from the hand of one of our great living moralists —(for Hogarth with his master-brush was after all not one jot more of a moralist, in his way, than Cruikshank has been, in his, with his master-pencil) —wholesome and welcome beyond all words of ours can express in this age of Bubble Blowing, Swindling, R oguer y, and Embezzlement. Scarcely has Mrs. Browning emerged once more from her Florentine retreat with a grand, new, golden, glorious ,poem in nine books—" Aurora Leigh" (about which we shall have to say more anon, elsewhere)—when Mr. Procter charms us anew into attention by the announcement of cer tain forthcoming " Dramatic Scenes" never before published. Pleasant tidings for all those who appreciate—and who does not ?—the Poetic and, in many respects, the essentially dramatic genius of Barry Cornwall. Another and a not less popular, though a much younger poet—the poet of a later generation—Dr. Charles Mackay, pipes a sylvan prelude to his new book of songs by the mere utterance of its sweet, suggestive title—" Under Green Leaves." It is - the promise, that title, as of the warbling of a nigh tisgale. Another poetic Charles, the Rev. Charles Kingsley, one of the most prolific and remarkable writers of the age, 'wakens our expectation by intimating that there is now in active preparation in the press a new volume of verses from his pen of glamour, classically entitled " Andromeda." Sir illiam Napier's introductory volumes (vols. I. and II.) of the History of his heroic brother Sir Charles Napier—the Great Sir Charles Napier, the Sir Charles Napier—the Conqueror of Scinde, the Administrator of Scinde, the Hero of Meanee—are looked forward to, just now, with the most eager cu riosity. Nobody doubts but that such a writer upon such a subject, must perforce result in render ing the groundwork in its way a masterpiece of military biography. Less than this could hardly be expected now, in the fullness of his rare intel lectual powers, in the ripened vigour of his virile and rhetorical style, from the immortal historian of the great war in the Peninsula ! It is as if Tacitus were to have undertaken the biography of Hannibal. Only that then the annalist would have lacked what is not lacking here, the inspirit ing incentive of the most ardent fraternal appre ciation. _ _ _ A young adventurer simultaneously in the fields of art and letters—one certain of the kindliest wel come if only for his dear father's sake—Thomas Hood the Younger ("Hood's Own"—Son)—is to present to the English public this season his maiden work as Author and Artist—a gift-book seasonably published, and called alliteratively " Pen and Pen cil Pictures." The collective republication of the winter season, beyond all others, facile princeps, without any manner of doubt, is the one an nounced to appear in six shilling monthly vo lumes, by Messrs. Chapman and Hall—the Com plete Works, re-edited and revised, of Thomas Car lyle : great as the historian of the French Revolu tion, greater as the analyst of the genius of Goethe, greatest of all as the biographer of Oliver Cromwell. Conspicuous among the magazine announce ments, on the other hand, is that of a new sorial story, to begin upon the let of January, in Frazer's Magazine, a tale entitled " The Interpreter," and written by Major Whyte Mellville, the young sol dier-novelist, who is to Regina what Col. Hamley is to Maga, one of the most lively and original among all her recent contributors. THE HOLY PLACES. The Moniteur publishes the following letter from Jerusalem, dated the Bth of November "The firman and vizierial letter which concede to France the ground which forms the site of the ancient church of St. Anne arrived at Jerusalem on the 29th Oct. Three days afterwards, on the Ist Nov.—All Saints Day —the French Consul, accompanied by the Governor, Kiamil-Pasha, and by all the Mussulman and Christian members of the Council of the province, proceeded to the ancient sanctuary, and solemnly declared that it was taken possession of in the name of the Emperor, to re erect it from its ruins, and to restore it to the Christian worship. After this ceremony, and after the keys of the Holy Place had been publicly placed in the hands of the representatives of France, the judicial autho rities, in presence of all assembled, and aided by the members of the Consulate, proceeded to mark the boundary of the new French property, which the French Consul had immediately enclosed. "This events has filled with joy all the Christians of the Holy City, who bless the name of France and her august Sovereign. The Mussulman themselves, who moreover entertain a great respect for the name of the Virgin Mary, and who look upon the church of St. Anne as a venerated spot, did not display any dissatis_ faction at a concession which they consider a mark of gratitude of their Sovereign for the great services ren dered recently by France to their country. " Until the new consecration of the church of St. Anne only short masses will be celebrated there on por table altars within the sanctuary itself of the church. This morning the French Consul, accompanied by all the members of the Consulate, attended the two first masses, which were held for their Majesties the Emperor and Empress." REPRgSENTATION OF SOUTHAMPTON. SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDAY. A rumour, to the effect that Mr. James, one of the Liberal candidates for the representation of this borough, had retired in favour of Mr. Weguelin, the governor of the Bank of England, has been freely circulated to-day. This, however, is quite at variance with the truth, a communication having been received from Mr. Jatnee to-day to the effect that he is determined to go to the poll. A meeting of Mr. James's friends (upwards of 100) was held this evening at his committee-room, when it was made known that the cauvass in his favour was pro gressing in a most satisfactory ,manner. A deputation from the London shipwrights have visited this tow n t o induce the Southampt on shipwrights to vote for Mr. J a mes, who defended t h e former in their late legal contests. Meeting of the electors in the large electoral ward of St. Mary's have been addres se dwith success for the last two nights by t he adheren ts o f James. M r exertionsWeguelin's are watching with The friends of the Hon. E. Butler totorvar fdriehnisdsinatnerd,sstsup.porters are using every lit some degree of interest the on the Liberal side. f the large r ailwa y terminus et Lon will become part o It is reported that wh en the ne4.sTtrheoetzstbHeossopuittahl side of the Thames is c om p leted, don bridge. c cur rYesterda yedy,wahr which terminatedtfeLrnnotno_s treti,d fatally,a ß y o ) ro a tuae.lah fr s. ightful s les rz a aassh c e: 2:m i d dsw e ei n seya t s over her. a in g g ed th 4 e B —THE ANTICIPATED Conrno - near S tao t . G s,at e g. sTog Thomas's s mu C a, hs h ,i u sa r hii c h op , sa w ; si h tea e di n , K ihat the professional gentlemen s d to corns to a compromise of shortly goise o traz c otg. yye e , Ladditadßeneaornauweivainedddlyi admission. anar conveyed a oirt g the con t es t between the officers and parties appointed under the two julisdictions have been in close conference as to the conditions on which the consolidation tion prevailing ofthe pberoliceefedthinagts should the p p r oposed take pase d arr an gement p I ace dit is will be settled before the lapse of many days. The nature of the arrangement is, that Mr. Harding, the official manager, shall band over to Mr. Lee, the official assignee, all the assets in hand, for the purpose of distriblition among the creditors. Mr. Harding, the official manager, it is understood, will continue to discharge the duties more properly belonging to his office. He will settle the amount of contributories, decide on the a mount of call which it is necessai y should be made on the s hareholders, and take the requisite steps for enforcing payment of those calls. It is estimated that the assets of the bank will realise about Bs. in the p o und, and this sum will be distributed by Mr. Lee ; the remaining 125., to be called up from the shareholders, it is u nderstood, will be die. tributed by Mr. Harding.—Morning„. Advertieer. 1100 R 1 4 ,100 I 100 all 10s. 1 al! 2s. all too too 100 20 20 251 6 50 i 381 61i 2 22j i 77 . 21 5! 244 4 10i i 99 5 1 22* I lla 53a I 91 1 9 'l,k l , 1 '3 all lu() all all 100 3 100 all 1...10 a1t all 183