The Sun. — London, England, 1856-11-19 00:00:00

(ENE Y MA AND KET COMDIFROTAS , ., INTELLIGIINC.?A CITY, Two o'CLoos.. The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed quietly but steadily, and prices of all ki n d s were unchanged. The sal©s reached 5,000 bales, 1,000 of which were taken for export. The Railway share Market opened with a steady aspect, at a slight improvement on 'Monday's Currency, and closed at its best point. Parties interested in the Tea trade have recently been in some doubt, as to whether the Government intended to reduce the duty on that staple from ls. 9d. to ls. 3d. per lb., but the question has now been settled, by the announcement that this alteration will take place on the 6th of April next. Although no decided change has occurred in the position of the general Money Market, certain symptoms are manifested which are considered in dicative of an early improvement. These consist of a slight diminution in the demand, the absence of gold withdrawals from the Bank of England, and the favourable advices from Paris with regard to the progress of monetary affairs there. At present it is different to determine whether much import. ance should be attached to these slight changes, because they have, on former occasions, proved deceptive; and as it was only on last Thursday that the directors of the Bank of England found it ne cessary to alter their minimum terms, sufficient time has not yet elapsed to ascertain the full effect •f that important measure. There is very little inquiry at the Bank of England for discount, bu t in Lombard-street the applications are sufficiently numerous to maintain previous quotations. About 599,0001. in specie will be taken out to India by the Colombo, from Southampton, to morrow. In consequen ce o f a recen t s t a t ement that the Director s of the North-Western Railway Company, owing to the recent frauds at the Great Northern, had adopted new measures by which a greater Oheck would be imposed on all transfer of shares, the secretary of the Railway Department of the iStock Exchange addre ,, sed the secretary of the above Company on the subject, in answer to which he has received the subjoined letter : " London and Nortb-Western Railway, Secretary's Office, Euston station, London, Nov. la, 1856. " Dear Sir,—l,t eg to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of yesterday's date on the subject of the paragraph which lately appeared in the public papers, to the effect that in consequence of the late frauds the directors have resolved that no transfer shares shall be binding upon the company which have not. received the assent of the directors, and that every transfer therefore will have to be submitted to them. In reply I beg to state that the paragraph in luestion is wholy without foundation. The directors of this company have not passed any reso lution, nor have felt it necessary in any way to vary the manner of conducting the transfer business of this corn. pang. —I am, Sir, &c., " R. SAVILLE, A ss i s t an t-S ecretary. M. Slaughter, Esq., Secretary, Railway Department, Stock Exchange." The Funds have been very buoyant, and the advance which occurred late yesterday has been suPported, while the market exhibits an active appearance. Purchases, both for investment and nu speculation, have been made to a fair extent, and the improving tone of the Paris market has contributed to enhance the value of English stocks. Consols have been 93k and 93i for money. The account prices have been 93i, buyers, but are now about 93i t. The New Threes are 92i 1, the editced 921 Exchequer Bills ls. discount to 18. premium, and the Bonds 981 Bank Stock is 217. The business transacted in the Foreign Stock Market has not been large, but prices have exhi. bited an upward tendency. Brazilian 5 per Cents. are quoted 991. Mexican, 221 4. Turkish 6 per Cents. have improved fully 1 to 1 per cent., being quoted 914 92, and the 4 per Cents. 1, being Marked 1004. Dutch 4 per Cents, are 961, and the 21- per Cents. 651. In the Foreign Exchanges yesterday afternoon there was no alteration of consequence, but the rate en Amsterdam ruled heavy. The latest advices from Nevr York mention that the course of ex change for 60 days' bills on London was at 1091, but " t his quotation still admits of a small profit being realised on shipments of gold to this country, we may still expect remittances from that quarter. !Au active inquiry still exists for silver, and its allies tends upwards. The dollars received by the last Mecticau packet hav e b een sold at ss. lid. per e Which is a farther small improvement. The following are the nominal prices of Foreign Stocks ;--Grenada Deferred Bonds, 6i 7 ; Mexi can, 22 4; Peruvian 41 per Cents., 76 8 ; ditto 3 per Gents., 54 6 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 43 6 ; Russian 5 per Cents. Cants., 9 4 6, 106 8 ; ditto 41 per fi g ; Spanish 3 per C en t s., 411 2f ; ditto ve Deferred, 23 / ; ditto Certificates, 5 ; ditto ?aseive, 5i 64. An active business has been done in Railway Shares this morning, at a g about togeneral improvement of I A- per cent. in almost all the principal lines. Caledonian, Lancashire and Yorkshire, North-Western, South-Western and Midland ad vanced ss. to 10s., and Groat Western, Brighton, North-Eastern Berwick 10s. to 158. The French lines have also shown a considerable improvement, Northern of France, and Paris and Lyons having advanced fully 11., and Central of Franc e ss. The East Indian and Canadian lines are also at enhanced values. In Joint-Stock Bank Shares no business of any ireportance has been reported, and prices are with out alteration. buMtpricesiscellaneous Shares have been ra th er act i ve, rule steady. 11 SR FUNDS THIS DAY.—CLOSING PRICES. (Front the Official List.) !Ing , ne3s don e , 3 perer hank Cent. lied Stooks ... . ........................ .... 217 aced.o Annuities ............. 92 i i I 11 3 Per Cert. Console Annnities .......... ~.. P 34 ti Nei" 3 per r;ent. Annuities .... .............. 92 India Bonds, 1:10110 ....... .. ............. ... Cons Ditto, under £lOOO ........................... 2 d 2 p ols i'or Account ....................... . ....... 93 tzeliegner Hills, 2Ad. 4rull£looo ........... ...... ...... . .................... ................ . ...... . ............... 3 p Ditto Bonds, 1858, 3i per Cent........... 98i PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DIY. trazilian Fonda. 5 per Cent. .................. 99i Ditto Now, 1852, 4i per Cent. •.. ....... 981 t qUador New Consolidated„ ............ ...... 14i %Wean 3 per Cent .............................. Ditto Account . . ............... Peru ttovian Bonds 4l per Cent ................. 22i................ Di 3 per Cent. ........... .... .............. Ditto Account ................... ..... ... . ... 55 Portuguese Boucle, 5 per Cent., *Con. 1841 Ditto 1853, 3 per Cent ........................ 45 Sardinian liou4s, 5 per Cent. . ........ .... o Account ................. . ....... 90 1 TurkiSpanish Committee Cert. of Coup: ..... . fun. 5/ -Dittbh Bonds, 6 per cent ................... o Account ............................... 91A 2 i DiDitto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. ............ 1 00 a - tto Account .................... . ...... ... 100 Dividends ci , the above I-savable in Ler dim Dutel, Exchange, 21 per CeW,., 12 Guilders 65/ 5 Ditto 4 per • Ccut. Certificates ........ ...., 96i 6 TIIREI% O'OL ocur. ec,,,soh. (money) ........................... 93a Ditto (Account) December 4._ ......... 933 I mARKIT—N—EWS.—(III6 P. , ay.i CORN EXCHANGE. • The s upply of English wheat in to-day's market w as 'at united ; nevertheless the demand for all kinds ruled heavy Mnday's decline in the quotations. The general qua -4t of the samples was by no moans first-rate. l he imports of foreign wheat are liberal, viz., 15,290 rinarters. Even the finest samples mot a dull inquiry, and pri eeit were with dirfienll t 0 0 y supported. Place in th e i r va l ue. troth barl ey and malt moved off slowly, but n o c h ange „,.k Newly" e were extensivel al barely late raty es supplied with oa t s, w hi c h sold . +- Tr ' beans peas, and flour very little was doing, on former `vine. " Wheat. 360 20 20 17 20 100 100 100 20 ARRIVALS MR WARR. I Barley. I Malt. Oats. 1 l'lon 7 r o _.., ..... i 4 ..... i‘ , 2,3 ,: n 0 1 6020 — brls. 4,110 1 -- ' '''" I —........... I 440 ack3. BOROUGH HOP. Our market is stoady, and prices generally aro firm. 100 100 100 20 L 8 al 20i 11 6 al 100 100 a, 20 1 21 10 1( 20 al 20 a, 6 5 al 0 20 20 al 20 1, 20 16 al to sl 20 j 20 Li , I it, q . i ngli h i 4 t i ' - -•• tOrei gn " i 1 15,290 WEEITECHAPEL. Il eef, from 2s Gdmutton, 3 3 4(1 t o 4 8 8(1 ,veal d to 4s 8,1 • pork, 3s 13d to 5s 2d per 81b by the carcase. ade dull. ' zlr. Timothy the proprietor of the extensive grana- I lea at notherbithe, was yesterday fined 20a. and costs for erecting a bridge across Rotberbithe•treet contrAry t • the Metropolitan Local Management Lot• IRE SUN, LoN DON, WEDN ES DA TH% fi ki ARE MARKETS ;THIS DA Y.) NAILLv A YS. sh. 7. ii.ArLvrA ye Closing Rice• this say. Bnalnem done this day 50 13i, ‘1 31 T al 27ii al 22 I a] 25 a] 9i ii:nbt 4 .. f3o9t 371,1 Brit::. Bo1f:& liadyrriona. ill nfrrsing . Wolvcrh Stour Valley di IlirkeJlid. Lai:l,o_l.. a: Choehire Cho:th. St Birk.pl Do., (10...._..... .... Blackburn filyth &Tynor!iri ,a, £25 (issd. at £46 ,Bristol and Axetor.„, Calcdoninu. !Chester h liolyhcad Cl , rk and Bandon., Cork, Black, Papa 10..rawr,11 at. it ( ) SL ,10 al 20 al 10 , a. Do. A Do. B 5 Dnbiitt4Bolfastjune, di Dun. P. di Aber. Jnc. 10 East Anglian .11 Eastern CoauLies.... /0 East. Union, A SO .0 , 110 e., B. Stock 'Do., New A ... .7.:East Kent 10 East Lancashire 10 Edinburgh 401s.sgo .11 Edinb. and Peebles 10 Edin. Prth 4 D nude' .11 IForth & Clyde Jan,. )0 !Furness di Do. Extension........ al Great N. of Scotlnd )0 Great Northern K) Do., A. Stock )0 Do., B. Stock /0 Gt. Sth. &West.(lre ) /0 Great Western 10 Do. Stour Val. Stk 11 Irish South-Eastern n Lancaster & Carlini, .4f Do., Third 5........ 2 Do. New Thirds Laneash. andliorks , Do., Wst. Riding Cu al Do. South.' or dl London & Blackwall 10 Loud. Bright &SA:Rt. )0 !Loud, and N. Wostn [6 II Do, Fifths 5 41 13 0. 1 0i.5h.,M&8 f. 241.D0. Eighths 1001 Lon. on and S. Westu., di Lndnirry&Colarain, dl [.ndndrry.& Eanisk )0 Wanoh.Shet.& Linchi 2s. D Man. & Lin. Un I tfetropolitan 1 Do. J L. Ricardo't l arrangement ..... 10 Midland )0 )o. Birrang. &Dee Yfidld. G. West. (Ire :>o, Half Shares dl f ,, wcastie& al , iwpt.Aberg. &Hrf 8i 'awry &Enniskillc ill Icwry, Warrenpolni , and Rostrevor 'forfolk 3} iortbn.Conntiosil, )0 North British )0 ith. Devon Rail Dock Stock )0., A. Stock )0 )0., B Stock iN.lCastern—Berwi. ;33 . 0 , do. Extension 04 i)o.do. - Pure' .3 Do. Leeds 10 1 )0. York 10 forth London I, .&S.Wstrn.,Ham stead, and City J , 7 North Stafrordshirt.. orth Western..„. 611 4. &S.Westrn.,lnne )x., Wore., it.; %Yoh , .4 'r•rtsrnouth 9 Rhymney . 0 ,I ( , ottisli Central 1) Scot. N E.Abrdn St. le Do. Scot. Mid. St 10 2 SitingbournekSheer. 61. ientt, Devon Wi South Eastern „ )0 outh Wales 4. Yrksh. 3z Riv, Du. i)o .............. • ....... 11 S aines,Wok. &Wr-: .11] Stockton & Darli ng 4 Do., do., 1854 ... 3 Do,, do., 1855.•... d A•ockten di Hartle', St. X 1 liaff Vale ..• ........ St. ~)0 50,. Pref., No.. 1.... 25 Tg.), rilames Hay. D.& L. 20 all Vale of Neath ....... 20 all Vi'aterfd. & Kilkenu 50 all N'%terfordezLimerie 20 all West Cornwall, 10 all Vest End of London 5 all 50 4 25 al St. ,101 20 1 al St. 10 3t.1 1i 25 1' it. 110 to 10 al 3t. FLO 10 ial S. 101 St. Ili it. '1 gt. 11 50 Al 16); 1! 1191 110 20 1 lli et. ii 25 al St. If 9: 2e 91 St. 10 it. 10 50 al It I a] 20 I ,k 1 it. I t; 4t. 1 . 1 St. U st.ll 25 I 1, St. !Oi St. 1( 10 3! 20 1' 20 r.l 10 al it. to; at. 11 I a: :0 tO tai 2 5 l. 25 , and Crystal Palaoa Do. A 5 M al 10 al 20 al J 1 Do. B .11 West London 11 Do. Fllst Class 11 Do. Second Class,. n Wimbledn &Croydon FOREIGN. 1I I Antwerp&Rott , rdtm 0 Ardennes ........ all Rolgian Eastn. 16 %siert; to Graiescest e 9 Bombay, Baroda, an d Cen.lndia, g. 5 p. c ,11 Do. O Buff. & Lk. Hur. Ry. 11 Canneaux & Toulouse' Coal Mines and 10s. Ceylon A shares...— 1 I Do. B. do ill Demerara L 2 Dntch Rhenish ill Eastern of France [9 Do. New !s. 'Eastern Bengal ~.... ha East Indian A and B, g. 5 P.'' 5 Do. Ex. C, gu. sp. c di Do. do. D, gu. sp. c. .11 D 0.4 p.c.Bnds.,'s7 ill no. do. do., '59, do. 's. Euphrates Valley Os. Etir. 11 Geelong Melbournt guar. 5 per cent (I‘d. 'Trunk of Canals all Do. Cert. of Deb en, con. into Stk, tillp g a7lBl t o : C C e o rt mp. d;1 o 6 P f * e all lit. Tn. P en. g. S P. e• 2 Do New, guar. sp. c Fran do C 16 Great Luxembourg all Gt. Western of Omar) 8 Do. New...ill Do. lids . ~ payable 's'i all Do. do. '76. p. 60 all Do. do. , '73 do. 11 . 1 1 Dr, do., '73, without antion .............. 4 Italian Junction....,, dl Lake Const, Raml, 11 Li erre and Turnhout Lombardo Venetian. ill Lucca & Pist. sp. c.p. .5 Lyons and Geneva 11 Gyons Moditorras, Madras, guar. 4 p.c al Do. do., sp. c. L5O Do. 3d 3 4i E p ;. c :g Ext . sp e . n c 11 Maria Antonin 11 Do. do. Now ,p varanr & Liege .... dl Do. do., 6p. c. Pre' al Northern of i - sues 11 riorwegitnTrunkPre dl Paris and Ly0n5.,..,. Paris and Orleans.. 5 Recife & San. Fran., (Pernam.) g. 7 p. a, 5 Rome and Frascati. Al i Royal Danish . .... ••• it Royal Swedish ,11 inuabre and Meuse Xll Do. 5i p.'cent. Prof 5 Scindo, guar. 5 p. c al D 0... 11 southern of Franco.. 3 St. Andrew's ano Qnebec (A).,. 21 Vest Flandors Xll Do. 5,4 per c. Pref„ W. &N. W. of Franc, 6 Western of Austria._ sll West. of Switzerland Lll Wiesbaden . ,11 Do. 8 per eent.Pref. 11 7 . ettinwl , ........ 8 - 17 - 18 ] 5 - 16 12 - 13 91 - 93 671 - 57; 35 37 16 i -17 f 9 94 35 -- 24 - 26 7 -f; 82 84 53 - 55 33 - 34 7 91 8 - 91 - 92 78 - 80 .23 125 15 117 66 66 71 - 74 5,1 64 5} 64 94 95 64 -6, 107 IC9 104 104. P 4 -- Wei - 106 343 - 35 1 id - A - 45, 53 - 55 •a• 15 48 - 50 3i - 38 39 .•• . ... •• 821 - 831 5 - 31 - 2i 18 -18, 59 60 95 98 J 5} - 5t 6f - 7 2 10 - 11 28 - 30 !02 - 104 24i - 25" 68 70 46 48 1+... 16 161 71i - 711 78 - 80 5 - 3 2 - 1 14 16 4 7 39 1 19 - 19!, 41 5 6 -- 8 2 - 4 .5 - 54 .•• ..... .., 7 7 7 -6 - 1i - 14 11 - 2 p i - li ~ ... a 1 P 4i -- 5 li - li 1k - 33 - 336 9 - 10 22 - 22} 211 - 22. - - P 23 - 23 10i - 11 76 -• 78 3 - 31 21a 2 4 14p 4i • 5 241 -24 i 2/1 -21 p 99 - 101 115 120 115 - 120 108 HO - 6p', 7A - 19 20 21i 22 } par i r i P 8 - 8i 19 -19 i 37z - 371 8 - 9 50; - 51iI 49 -- 51 par i pl 17 - 19 - 9 3 9 i 8 z - 94 .... •» - pm .. - .. 94 - i ii - gi 33 - 34 6 - lip , ... - ... "." . . . 37A / 50/ ii 1 50/ LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS COaltArt London & N. Wo , t. L. &N .. . 'iv'. Calerion , ;E. IcE.O G. E. Count. Cl.on- ' 7icos, this d 96 - 98 98 - 102 12 - 14 133 13' 4 4i • •• ... •• • Gt. Wee= Yk. New. Borw. Y.SzNAL - • 106 - 108 Do i 43 Dp ot El o aa t t c e: o f Do ...... . Norfolk Do L.& N. V, 7 & Stck ton & Darlingt. En. Coun. E. Count. Do Do L. & N.W Do IGltNortlth LAncash Yorksh. T. Brassey M. Mclean (Stoat. & Darlingt GtWostn. 12i -- 13 22i - 23 108 112 1 13: 211 - 2i so 92 p 1 55 - 57 133 - 136 ..•• ~. 7i Ri 3i 3id 33 - :34 90 - 92 JOll4 U-STOOIt BANKS. .11 .I.ustra.lLL;la .8:i Bank of Egypt 10 Bank of London .11 Bri. Col. bk.&Ln. C .1. British N. American 5 Chart& Bank of Asia Chrtd. Bilk. of India, Anstrrid a '' City ; 5 Colonial .... ‘) ifJ Commercial of Lond 11 Entr..cot.&Aus.Clit 611 Lond. Chart. Bk. of Australia... .. al D itto New... i 0 'Landon an d County Lrt.&E. Bnkg. Corp .0 London Joint Stock 10 London and Paris .t 0 Lond. & Westminster National Pro.of Eng 10 Do. Nary :2 National Bank dl New South Waler tn.', k. Corp [5 Ottoman Bank Provincial of Ireland 611 00. New 1 Et Aus B &Go lm Cc .11 (iontb netralia Union of Austr.lla 2 iDo. New thliOra 0fgm71077 Western Bk of Lond 98 - 100 2i - 2d 64 66 - - 1i Ail 68 - iv f6i - 174 - 19i - 20; 19 - 20 ••• 1 - 3P ...d' • •11 ••• • 45 4 7 38 40 3i 2id 34 36 62 64 61— 71 ••• - 6 s. 4 d l'A:d, .11 lAclrord aud Blotchley Buckgharasii. . 11 Col. Stour Vy. 1t) E. Lin. g.t3p.i. 11 E. Un. 11. Sti, 10 Glas. Barr. & Neils. Direct 10 Do. N0w...... 11 Glstr.tts Dn Fx .11 Hrtlpl. Dk. k Railway__ 50 all Hull & Selby 25 all Do. Shares. 1'):1 all Do. k Shares. 12i all Lon.&Greenw 20 all Do. Preference St 100 Lon., TR., 10 31 Do. Bark. S. it 100 Lowestoft 4 per cent. , Do. 6 per et. .11 Manch. BY:tu. and Matlock .11 Middleebro' k, Redc.g 6 p.c. )0 Midld.tiraitto Newmarket Bury E. G.spe 11 N.& Est.s p.c. 11 Do. 6 per et. ill Do. Fixeils p c .11 Prost. klv yr -11 Do. t Shrs. A Royntn.& Hit. 8 Shof. Roth and G10010g.5 p.c. ill Shrews. &Her .0i S. Staiiordsh. .11 Wear Valleygr 6 pear cent 11 Do Wilts&flomrst ' ItAiLwan. 54' St. 11.4 3:.: , -4 101 5 al St. !to( St. ;IA 10; ft: St. I.(N 5 a 0I al St. I IL, 50 I al so I al 'S a, al St. lt; •F, 10 a] i 2 11 a] th St !II .It. I u] at. SC i• ciii al Sit al St. 1 10 St. l 0 a; t al 10 al 20 al 10 al St. al St. la St. 11 St. 11 dt. 1 1l St. li St. U 11 100 0 al St. 101 PREFERENCE SHARES. ►ll FllythandTyne 1 Opc c. prof. (issd. At 5% 'XI rgis. AD EL 4p.c. Si 5 Do. •a p. c. Shan 's .. 1 0 Ualedn. £lO 4i pc. 10 Ohm & 110. an. 5;, p , .11 Do. do. Prof. No. 2. .11 Do. do. Pref. No. 2 ►ll Cork daßandonsip.c ►ll Dua.Prth .kir Aber. J 2 E. Anglian Cis. A SI: X) Do. do. Cls. 11 6p. c )0 Do. do Cis. 0 7p. e il Ras. Oo.Ex, spcNo. .11 Do. No. 2 . 11 Do. New 6 p. a. St 11 East Un., G. 6 p. c Lll Do. 51., 10 per cent al , Do. 101. Debentr.Sl). Xll Do. do. 4 per cent. )0 East Lanca-h. 6p. et , dl P.ol'. York. J. sth 4 Edin. & Gl. 5 p.c. sh X) Ed. Prth.&Dnn.4p., )0 Furness, sp. c X) Glos. &8. W. 0.5 p. c )0 Great Northn. sp. )0 Do. sp. o. Redeem at 10 p. c. prom. X, Do. 4 , 1 p. c 10 D 0.5 p. c., Red. at ►ll Ot.N. of Scot. let Pr, )0 Gt. 5.4 W. (Ireland' .4 Do. 4per c. Pvt. S 6 Gt. IV.(B.&ll.Exspc 10 Do.con. red. ai p.c. 10 Do. con. red. 4p. c 10 Do. irred. 4p. C. _ Do. 5 p. c. red. pref Xll Do. Birm. Prof. S , l 1 1 Do. Chester Bp.o. P. ,11 Do. do. 5 p. c. do )0 Do. Birm, Qua. Stli .11 Do. Ches. Qua. Sh.. 11 ,Do, do. do 11 Do. do. do ........ • 6 Lan. &York. F. - t 20 10 Do. 6 p. c. Stock )0 Lon. &B. 6.5pc. No.l )0 Do. P., 5 pc. St.No.2 10 Do. New Guar.6 P. k% 10 Do. do. sp. c.,N0.4 10 Lon.&N. W., Coy. 417 Nuneaton 5 p. ct 10 Lon.k 5.W. 7 par ct late 3(1 Shares 11 Lundy. & Color. a Sh. 11 Dondy.& Minis. aSh 00 74.,5.,& L. 6 p. Cent 4 Do. do. do. 10 Do. do. 3i per cent. 11 Niarypt .& Carl. 4 p o 11 Do. 4 A per cont .0' Do. do. ) Nfld. Cousol.6 p.c St 1 )o. Con.Br.clir. 6pc N. 4a p. c. Prof. Ft ) Ditto L. &H. Pref. St. Now., Aber., &c., pr. 15 p. c. red. 5 p.c. pm. 6 Do. Perpet. 6 p ct. with optn. till 'BB 611 Norfk. Deb, 4 p.c. sh )0 Do.Prd. 5 p.c. St )0 1)c. 5 pc. Ext.,1846 10 DQ. 54 por c.pf ,1847 10 Do. Wy. V.50c.,1847 10 North British 10 N. E. Fe rw, 4 p.c P. !Do. do. do a Do Leeds 6 p.e :No.l 9 Do. do. Qr5.,1848... 0 Do.YerklT.& S. Per. 11 North Staffordshire. KI Ox, Wo, kW., 6 pc_ 100 Do. 6 p.c. Redeem. all Scot. rJent..New Pref )0 Se.N.E. Aber. g 6 pc dl Do. d0.,7 p.c. pf. st. )0 D0.d0., 3i pf. st. .11 South Devon Do. fixed, 4 per cent S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. Do. 41 per cent 1 Do. Fixed 4i p c ah 100 S. Walos Qua. 4p. o 100 Do. do. 4i p. 0 all S.Yorksh.4p.c.Guar all Stock. & Dar., sp. c 15 Do. do. do all Stock. & Hartl. g. 5 p. c. till July 1, '56 all I Watorfd. & Kilk. 6pc 105 al 20 7 1 al 50 al 20 1 35 21 -- 100 4! - 5 6 -6, [O7 - 112 97 - 102 P - -12; • •• ..... 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COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. :Sittings in Banco, before Justices Cresswell, Williams, and Crowder.) READY V. GOLDSMITH.-11LANDER. This was an action tried at the last Ipswich assizes for slander. The plaintiff is a clothier and draper of Sudbury, and the defendant is a clothier and shoemaker of the same place, and the slander complained of was that the defendant had said he had bee❑ informed by a commercial traveller, who heard it at the Rose and Crown, that there was a "screw loose" at the plaintiff's, and that in consequence he should not call on him for an order. The verdict was for the defendant. On the motion of Mr. °Walley, Q.C., on an early day of term, a rule was granted by the Court for a new trial, and to-day it came on for argument. Mr. Prendergast, Q.C., appeared to support the rule, and was about to enter on the case, when Mr. O'Malley said he had no objection to consent to a stet processes. Mr. Prendergast accepted it, and the rule was dis- charged. Rule discharged. MATHER AND ANOTHER V. LORD ItAIDSTONX. This was an action tried at the last Guildford Assizes before the Lord Chief Baron, and was brought by the plaintiff to recover of the defendant 1,0001. on a bill of exchange, drawn by the Hon. F. Tiniers, and accepted by the defendant. The defense was that the bill was given in error for a bill that was afterwards found to be a forgery. The facts of the case have repeatedly been before the public. Mr. Janes, Q.C., obtained a rule for a new trial at the commencement of term, which today •a mo on for hearing. Mr. Justice Crowder first read a copy of the notes of the trial taken by the learned Chief Baron, and sup- plied by him, in which he stated that he told the jury that the forgery was no defence to the present action on this bill, if they believed the plaintiff was the bong fide holder of the bill, and to find a verdict for the defendant if they believed he had been defrauded of the bill, and that the plaintiff was not the iona Ali bolder of it for value. Mr. Justice Cresswell said that the application on which the rule was granted stated that the Lord Chief Baron had misdirected the jury, in informing them that to entitle the plaintiff to recover it must be proved that he gave value for the forged bill, such question not being i❑ issue on the trial. Mr. Lush said there was some mistake. He certainly on the trial understood the Chief Baron's remarks to be applied to the forged bill, and it was on that understand ing the motion for a new trial was made. Mr. Justice Crowder said he thought it strange when the application for a new trial was made to hear that the Chief Baron had summed up as it was alleged. How could the defendant be defrauded out of a forged bill ? Mr. Justioe Cresewell said the Court could only be guided by the notes supplied by the Chief Baron. There appeared to be some mistake, and it probably would be better to refer the case again to that learned judge. Mr. Lush said he believed all the counsel in the case took the summing up in the same view as he had stated. Mr. Justice Cresswell applied to the plaintiff's counsel. Mr. Holl, for the defendant, in answer to the appeal of the second judge, read his note of the summing up, which agreed with 117b4 Lush's statement. He (Mr. Holl) might, however, have mistaken the Chief Baron's meaning. Mil, Justice Cresswell—Probably so ; aad as the learned counsel had mistaken the Chief Baron's sum- ming up it was not improbable the jury had done the same. There could be no doubt but that the Chief Baron meant what he had written down, and it would be better to communicate with the Chief Baron before pro ceeding further. The consideration of the application, therefore, awaits a further communication with the Lord Chief Baron. The Court of Queen's Bench was this morning occu pied with the Crown paper cases, but nothing of impor tance had come on up to the time of onr despatch leaving. COURT OF EXCHEQUER. 'Sittings in Banco, before the Lord Chief Baron, and Barons Bramwell and Watson.) 11A141LI: La soTn.adnGo Rn,E7A.taTiognNaiOnbßrsTtoHutihnetNdbßye.fketlhnLdeWa.p:ltaß—i:JtfiljoffD:dalfamEmNaagTst.eers tai T lo h r is in for a breach of contract. The action was tried a few weeks since before Mr. Baron Martin, when it was shown that the plaintiff was induced by she defendant's train bills to take a ticket from London to Hull. On arriving at Great Grimsby, the London train being late, the train in conjunction with the defendants', belonging to another company, had left, and the plaintiff had no means of getting from Great Grimsby to Hull that night. On the following morning he proposed to go to Hull with his London ticket, but the railway officials at Great Grimsby would not allow him to proceed unless he paid Is. 4d., the railway fare. He did so, and proceeded on his journey, and the consequence was that the delay prevented him from meeting his customers, and he brought an action against the de. fendants for damages. At the trial, Mr. Baron Mar tin told the jury that the plaintiff could only recover for the actual damage he had shown he had sustained, and not for general damages or inconve nience he might have sustained. The actual damage shown was is. 4d., the extra railway fare, and he advised the jury not to give a verdict for more than ss. damages. If the plaintiff had hired a chaise and posted on to Hull the same night he could have recovered the amount from the defendants. Mr. Wilde, Q.C., afterwards moved for a rule calling on the defendants to show cause why a new trial shoul d not be had in this case, on the ground of misdirection on the part of the learned lord who tried the case ; contend ing that the plaintiff was entitled to general damages for the inconvenience and loss he had sustained by the delay, and that should have been left to the jury. The Court took time to consider the point, and to-day delivered their judgment. The Court held that to recover damages for a breach of contract of this kind the injury must be appreciable and estimable, and not contingent, as to inconvenience and annoyance. Considering the learned baron who tried the case had acted right iu di renting the jury as he did, the Court refused the rule. Rule refused. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Goulburn.) IN RE TILLEY. This bankrupt was described as of St. George's-wharf, Cam'►en-town, contractor, &c., and applied for his certi ficate on Monday last, the matt , er being argued by Mr. Chidley for the assignees, and Mr. Linklater for the bankrupt. Hisand suspended the tifi months jtigm from d th en e t, date of th e l as t cercaton for Honour six now m g exa mination (15th Oct.), and then to be of the third class. His Honour animadverted on the now common occur rence of not keeping a proper cask account, which was particularly required by law ; the nain-keeping of which affoi dad great facilities for fraud. His Honour granted protection for ten days, to enAble the bankrupt to appeal, f he thought proper. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.— (This Day.) SOUTHWARK. CHARGE or ROBBERY. —John Smith and William, WI/brow, two miserable looking young men, were brought before Mr. Combe charged with breaking into the warehouse of MesrP. Hepburn, the extensive leather dressers and tanners, in Long-lane, Bermondsey. One of the prosecutors' apprentices, sleeping on the premises, said that, between four and five o'clock that morning, he was roused up by hearing a cracking noise in the adjoining warehouse, and afterwards the tramp of feet. He got up, and, having opened the window, he saw a police-constable pass, to whom he said that thieves were on the premises, and request ing him to go round to the outer gate and inform the watchman. Immediately afterwards he saw two men drop from the window, one into a passage from which there was no outlet, and the other into the yard. He dressed himself and went down, and saw the prisoners taken into custody. Mr. Combs asked how they gained admission into the premises? Witness replied, by opening a window in the back, near where he slept. He behaved that was closed when he went to bed. James Green, watchman to Messrs. Hepburn, said about five o'clock that morning a constable called him and told him that thieves were on the premi-es. He immediately admitted the officer, and they went over the place, and found the prisoners crouched up in a dark corner of the yard, and he gave them into custody. In answer to the charge the prisoners said they were houteless, and on passing the prosecutor's pre mises they saw a gate open. They entered, when they saw a man who asked them what they wanted. They said they wanted somewhere to sleep, when he opened a window and called them up to sleep on some shavings. The watchman here informed his Worship that neither of the gates were open, so that no one could have ad mitted them. Benjamin Horner, 169 M, said he had known Wry brow some time as a suspected character, and had frequently warned him in the streets. Mr. Combe committed eaoh of them to the House of Correction for three months. THE STEAMBOAT RIPLOSION 01. TILE MERSEY. LIVERPOOL, Nov. 18. An inquest has been held on the body of Joseph Pear am, one of the firemen on board the steamtug Iron King, who was killed by an explosion on board that vessel while steaming on the Mersey on Saturday morn ing. The facts as to the effects of the explosion were stated in l'he Sum of yesterday, but the evidenoe of Mr. Edward James Ross, engineer, appointed by the Board of Trade to examine the machinery of passenger steara tugs at this port twice a year, threw additional light upon the cause of the accident. He said—At the latter end of last month I was sailed on to examine the inside of the boilers and the engines of the Iron King. I made the examination, and considered everything was right, whereupon I gave a certificate. I took every precaution that I could suggest before passing the boilers. There were two safety valves. Several times since the 25th of October I have been on board the Iron King and always examined the safety-valves, and found them in good working order. Her boiler is a circular boiler, supported in the middle by a great many tubes, called Galloway's tubes. The boiler is made by Galloway, of Manchester. I have made a thorough examination of the boiler since the explosion. The diagram produced, No. 1, shows the state of the boiler before the explosion ; and the diagram, No. 2, shows its appearance after the explosion. I made an examination of the safety-valves, and found them in good working order. They did not appear to have been in any way tampered with. The boiler is a perfect cylinder, both in shell and fire-furnace; it is, in fact, what is termed a high-pressure boiler. When I made the examination on the 26th of last month I should say I saw about seven or eight men working in and about the boiler. At that time I saw Mr. Griffiths, who superintends the whole of Messrs. Warden's boats, but I did not see the engineer on board the boat then. Something passed between Mr. Griffiths and myself on the occasion about the narrow water space between the boiler. I asked him how he found the water place, and he told me that there was a considerable quantity of scale in that place. I then told him how necessary it was to have it all removed ; and he said he had given the men strict orders to do their best to remove it. Some two or three days after this I asked Mr. Griffiths whether he had done as he promised and removed the scale. He said to the best of his belief it was removed, but that the space was so narrow that it was impossible to feel, let alone to see, down the space, but that the engineer of the boat bad told him that the scale was all removed. Upon the strength of that I gave the declaration. I attribute the cause of the explosion to the collapsing of the sides of the flue of the port boiler ; and I believe the Gal loway tubes gave way from the pressure of the flue. I found two of the tubes broken off about half way down. I attribute the collapsing of the flue to the scales or sediment having collected on the side of the flue, thereby preventing the water getting to the plate, which thereby came red hot. The sediment in the narrow place I have spoken of•would have the effect of keeping the water off the plate. When the water is kept from the plate the plate soon becomes very hot, and the pres sure of the steam may then force the plate in. That is by no means an unfrequent occurrence, and it some times occurs from the boiler getting short of water. I do not consider in this case that the boiler was short of water. I consider a sufficient sediment would oollect in the narrow water gauge—such as I found after the explosion—in the course of about two months ; I speak of the sediment I found OR the examination which I made. If the sediment had been removed which I saw on the 25th of last month, when I examined the boiler, I don't think it could have formed in sufficient quantity again between that period and the day of the explosion so as to cause the ex plosion. The collection of sediment is sometimes occasioned by the want of prevention on the part of the engineer, in not blowing the water sufficiently off. I am decidedly of opinion that the sediment I saw should have been removed before the steam was got up. There was no steam-gauge to the boiler. I consider that all steamers ought to have one. It was the duty of the engineer of the boat to see that the sediment was re moved before the steam wag got up. I consider a steam-gauge a very great safeguard against explosions. By Mr. Aspivall—These boilers of Galloway's have not been long introduced into use on board steamers, though they have been used on land with fresh water for a considerable time. The narrowness of the space I alluded to is a great objection to those boilers, because it is exceedingly difficult to clean, and also difficult to as certain wheth,r they are cleaned or not. That objection occurs more strongly to me now after the explosion, but before I was a great advocate of these boilers. It would be quite impossible for a man to get through the narrow water space. It is not possible for a boy to get through entirely, so that it would be difficult to see whether the space was properly cleaned. As far as I know, I believe ,everything was done that could be done to clean this part properly on behalf of the owners and the men em• ployed. I see now the non-adaptation of those boilers fur the use of salt water. The jury returned a verdict of accidental death, coupled with an opinion that the boiler was one of improper con struction for the purpose. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This Day.) LONDON, Nov. 18.—Wind this day at noon, N.W. ; light aiis and hazy. The Louise, of Dundee, from St. Petersburg, for Liver. pool, has been totally lost off the coast of Norway ; crew landed at Christiania. PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 18.—Wind W. to N.E.—Sailed— Istamboul, for the Cape of Good Hope. BELFAST, Nov. 17.—Wind S:—Arrived—Kennymede, from Baltimore. Sailed—Elizabeth Morrison, for New Orleans. MARYPORT, Nov. 17.—Arrived—Edwin, from Quebec. GRIMSBY, Nov. 19.—The schooner Coln., of and for Colchester from Shields, sunk near the Dudgeon on the 17th inst., after being in contact with the Norval, of New castle ; crew saved. MEMEL, Nov. 18.—It is blowing a dreadful gale at W., but as yet no damage has been done to the shipping.' The Haff is clear of ice. (PER ELNOTRIO TELEMittPR.) LIVERPOOL, lirbcinesday Morning Wind N.W. Arrived—Lydia, from Charleston ; Hawk, Quebec ; Marianne, Amsterdam ; Favourite, Bt. John's, N.B. ; Snowden, Newfoundland. Sailed—Henry Clay, for New York ; Henry, Mobile ; Caroline, and Shepherdess, Calcutta ; Columbia, New York ; Silistria, New Orleans ; AlbauiAn, screw steamer, Trieste ; Egyptian, screw steamer, Malta ; London, New York; Gladiator, New Orleans; Alegro Da Minho, Gib raltar ; .zEolits, Stettin ; Hernda, Port-au-Prince ; Neros, Rio Janeiro ; Margaret Arendina, Trieste ; Ostzee, Zuri k zee ; Henry, Mobile ; Moult, Azores ; Golden Grove, Mar seilles ; Medora, Pernambuco ; Pearl, D'ordt. QUEENS GOWN, Nov- 17. Wind variable. Arrived—Gratitude , from Odessa; Dominica, Quebec. (Br SUBMARINE A.ND BRITISH TEE,EGRAPFL) GRAD Wednesday, 10 a.m. Wind W. ; tide three horns' ebb ; Arrived, Nov. 19—Sandale, from Pera ; Eliza, hantzic ; Margaret, Guernsey ; Bing, Cronstadt ; Lionno, Grave lines ; Trent, Colombo. Sailed, Nov. 19—Panther, steamer, for Boulogne ; Nep- tune, Hamburg; Alacrity, Cape of Goo, - 1 Ho . pe. DEAL, Wednesday, 9.45 a.m. Wind, W.N.W.; light and fine. Passed, Nov. 18—Dona, from London, for Santander ; Robertson, from Hartlepool, for Beyrout: Passed, Nov. 19—Malcolm, from Shields, f, w Alexan dria ; Viscount Melbourne, brig, from the weAtward, for the north. Sailed—W. E. Routh, for Naples. A man named Travers was yesterday remandek i from the Lambeth Police-court on a charge of garrot, ting a Mr. Moore, residing at Pleasant-place, Lambeth. The offence was committed in Temple-street, between t , welve and one o'clook yesterday morning. The brother of Castles, the fireman on the train: that came into collision on the Ist inst., says that it i e not true that his brother took the " perilous leap" attributed to him. He was picked up very near the spot w : hers the original met. PRUSSIA AND SIVITZgRLAND. The following nientoire, relative to Neuchatel, was drawn up by Chevalier Bunsen as Annex 2 to the second protocol of the conference of the 24th of May, 1852 : "The canton of Neuchatel was one of the first victims of the shocks which, in 1848, wade Europe stagger. A few factious men, supported by Yauiois insurgents, suc ceeded by a coup•de-main in capturing the public func tionaries, in upsetting the legitimate Government, and in breaking, despite the clearly expressed wish of the great majority of the population, the bonds which for more than a century united the sovereigns of Prussia to the Principality of Neuchatel. "The Helvetic Confederation, under the influence of democratic and subversive tendencies, completed a revo• lution to which the population of that principality re mained a stranger. "His rights as a Sovereign and the sentiment of pro tection which he owes to his faithful subjects, who never ceased to give him incontestable Drools of their devotion, imp sod upon the King the duty, doubly sacred, of iot tole? atm , * an attempt w hi c h, i n v i o l at i on o f treat i es, insulted his 'dignity as a Sovereign and wounded his feelings of anxioas solicitude for the welfare of his subjects sincerely attached to his hoase. At a moment, h,wever, when various political complications seemed to require that Sovereigns should, more than ever, put a stop to anything of a nature to disturb the peace of Europe, the King consented to make his interests subordinate to greater ones, and, without availing himself of the advan tages which the presence of a victorious army on the Swiss frontier might have offered him to regain posses sion of his country, his Majesty contented himself by showing by reiterated and solemn protests his firm re• solve not to relinquish his imprescriptible right to the Principality of Neuchatel, rights guaranteed by treaties. Moreover, to remove the slightest doubts of his inten tions, his Majesty explained his wishes, as also the mo tives which dictated his conduct to the Powers his allies, and received from them, as he had reason to expect, the most satisfactory declarations, which, while recognising his rights, atte,ted their sincere intention of lending him their co-operation to assert them. "Two years have elapsed since then. The Neuchatel subjects of the King claim more than ever the blessings of their legitimate Government, and numerous addresses testify that the sad trials which their devotion put them to have not altered their sincerity. "The Helvetic Confeleration on its part, now as for merly, terns a deaf ear to the exhortations addressed to it to induce it not only to recognise, but also to res Lore the rights of the legitimate Sovereign of the Principality of Neuchatel. It is evident that such an illegal state of things cannot last without serious inconveniences, the bearing of which cannot escape the discernment even of Switzerland. "His Majesty sees no better method of putting an end to it than by amicable mediation, undertaken by the four great powers, in the name of the fifth, to effect between the latter and the Helvetic C infederation a footing ac cording to historical antecedents and to reciprocal in terests. "Switzerland herself,however much she maybe worked by political passions, cannot deny the evidence of the consideration that the establishment of such a footing be tween Prussia and the Helvetic Confederation is an indis pensable condition of the development and consolidation of the interests of the latter, and the Federal Council will feel the more inclined to take advantage of the above•mentioned mediation, as the King is far from in sisting upon conditions which might even have the ap pearance of weakening Switzerland. " Whosoever looks upon the task of settling the Neu chatel question under the point of view of the great in terests of order and international law which are con nected therewith must recognise that it is a task worthy of the united efforts of the great Powers. "To accomplish it, it is necessary to enregister at once (eonstater) by an official and solemn act the fully adopted opinion and determined intention of the four great Powers respecting the Neuchatel question, which is the subject of this mernoirer—to enregister a document to which the co-operation of those Powers in favour of the fifth Power would give international value, and which might state in the form of a protocol the !mea sures they shall have decided upon to attain the desired object." STEAM NAVIGATION IN RUSSIA. The prospectus of the new Russian Steam Navi gation and Traffic Company, the statutes of which received the Emperor's sanction on the 3d of August, is published very conspicuously in the Journal de St. Petersbourg. This company, which by the exteneof its resources, and by its importance to " the regeneration of the internal and foreign trade of Southern Russia," is regarded as one likely to take rank above all other existing Russian com panies, will have a capital of six millions of roubles to begin with, divided into 20,000 shares of 300 roubles each. At a future period this capital may be raised to nine millions, by the creation of 10,000 new shares, if agreed to by a general meeting of shareholders. By the 25th statute of the company, none but Russian subjects are capable of holding shares, the laws of the empire prohibiting any foreigners from taking part in the coasting trade between the Sea of Azoff and the Rus sian Black Sea ports, which is an essential part of the company's undertaking. Like the Russian-American Company, it is to be placed under the special protection of the Imperial Go vernment. The objects of its establishment are defined as being " the development of the trade of Southern Russia, and of the commercial as well as the postal communications by steamboats between that part of the empire and foreign countries." The following details are to be gathered from the company's statutes : The company is bound to keep up certain lines of communication. Between Odessa and Constan tinople, Athos, Smyrna, Rhodes, Beyrout, Jaffa, and Alexandria, its steamboats are to ply three times a month, as well as between Odessa, the Sea of Azoff, and the Circassian coast. If it should be deemed advisable, boats from Odessa may touch at the ports of the Crimea, and also at those of the Anatolian coast, before proceeding to Constanti nople ; or a line may be established from Odessa, taking in Galatz and the ports of the Principalities, and ending at Constantinople. There is to be weekly communication between Odessa and Galatz by boats which will stop at Su lina, Ismail, and Reni ; there are also to be boats every week from Odessa to Eupatoria, Sebastopol, Yalta, Theodosia, and Kertch, as well as from Odessa to Kinbourn and Nicolaieff, on the river Bong, and to Kherson, on the Dnieper. Boats are to ply once a week between Kertch, Marioupol, Berdiansk, and Taganrog. The company are bound, moreover, to provide for 18 voyages in the year from Odessa to Trieste, calling at Constantinople, Syra, the lonian Isles, and Antona, as well as for 18 voyages in the year from Odessa to Marseilles, stopping at Constanti nople, the Piresus, Messina, Naples, Leghorn, and Genoa. These lines are to be opened for traffic as soon as the ♦essels can be built, but the whole system is to be completely in operation within the period of five years from this time. The Government will cede to the company, at a price to be fixed by ♦aluation, all the steam-boats belonging to the department which has conducted hitherto the postal and commercial intercourse between the different ports of New Russia, together with the wharves, warehouses, and stores belonging to that depart ment. The company is to be aided by the Government with a subvention calculated at so much per mile, allowed upon the voyages actually made by the company's vessels. This allowance during the first ten years will be at the rats of 5 roubles 22 copecks for the Levant voyages, 3 roubles 491 copecks for the Marseilles, and 4 roubles 7/ copecks for the Trieste ♦oyages ; the allowance for the Black Sea trips will be somewhat lower. After the first ten years the subsidy will decrease regularly in each year. Above this mileage, an annual grant of 64,000 roubles is secured during twenty years. AXERICAN AND AUSTRALIAN MAILS. LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY. The Liverpool and Philadelphia Company's screw steam-ship City of Manchester, Capt. Petrie, will sail to-morrow at noon, for Philadelphia, with passengers and cargo. She will carry a mail, for which letters and newspapers must be pasted before 11 a.m., and with late fees before 11.30 a.m. to-morrow, all of which must be mat ked " per City of Manchester." The mails for the British and North American Royal Mail steam-_hip Arabia, Capt. Stone, which sails on Saturday afternoon, will close here at noon, with late hes at 1 p.m., and at the landing stage at 2 p.m. on that day. The next mails from the United States will be brought by the Collins steam-ship Atlantic, Capt. Oliver Eldridge, from New York, and those from the Canadian provinces by the Montreal Ocean Steam Navigation Company's royal mail screw steam-ship North American, Capt. Grange, from Quebec, both of which were to sail from their respective ports on the 86h inst., and may be looked for to-morrow. The White Star line of packet ship, the Sardinian, Capt. B. Sheridan, will sail on Thursday (the appointed day of the line being the 20th of each month) for Mel bourne, with 240 passengers and a full cargo. She w i ll carry a ship letter bag, for which letters and newspapers must be marked " per Sardinian," and posted before a.m., and with late fees before 9.30 a.m. on the 20th. inst. AUSTRALIAN MAILS.—The Postmaster-General gave notice yesterday that the steamer European would take out the Australian mails on the 12th of next months. BRAZIL MAILS.—Mr. Priaulx, the Portuguese Vice- Consul at Southampton, has received notice from the Post -office authorities stating that, in accordance with his request, mails will be made up in that town for places at which the Brazil and Peninsular mail steamers call. The mails will barnacle up on the day the steamers leave Southampton. Letters from the above-named places will no longer be sent to Loudon before they are delivered. fm 12 92A d 11071 i 18k 18 t 27 i 6j 2 6 i pm 35i .... 3 .... 1 .. 2 .... 3 . 1 • 2 . 8 PRANCE AND PERSIA. (From 414 CorsetiNtionnel of yesterday.) i At this moment, when tLe public mind in Eng land is greatly preoccupied by the events which are passing in Asia, certain jonrnals have indulged in a polemic of a nature to throw a doubt upon the attitude assumed by the French Government and its agents in regard to Persian affairs. The Morn ing Post, a journal which, with more cr less reason, excites particular attention at the present time, has just launched an article containing u n d eserve d I reproaches against the French Minister in Persia, which we feel called upon to answer. The French Envoy at Teheran, M. Bourree, has been there scarcely two years. He was sent during the last war, with the double object of renewing relations between France and Persia, which had been for some time broken off, and of ratifying a treaty of commerce negotiated by his predecessor, and also, and above all, to support at Teheran an interest common to England and France, an in terest born of the Eastern war. The principal object of his mission was to prevent Persia from leaning towards Russia ; he was at all events to obtain her neutrality. We need not say that the French Minister showed himself a zealous repre sentative of the alliance, and never ceased during the war to act in a manner conformable to the intentions of the two countries. But it appears that, independently of that grand object, difficulties of a minor nature arose ; the English Minister, Mr. Murray, had some private differences with the Persian Government. We will not dwell upon the nature of this quarrel. It was one altogether of secondary interest, one with which politics can scarcely be said to have had anything to do, but it resulted in the departure of Mr. Murray. What course did the French Minister take under these delicate circumstances ? We have every reason to believe that he endeavoured by good offices to allay the displeasure of his colleague, and to pre vent him from withdrawing ; but he did not, it is true, altogether succeed. His intervention was somewhat distasteful, or, at all events, it did not answer to the perhaps somewhat excessive require ments of Mr. Murray. The English Minister, irritated, doubtless, by his disagreeable position, became prejudiced against his colleague, and it was no doubt in consequence of his complaints that the English Cabinet begged the Emperor's 0-overn merit to tell its Minister to abstain from all inter ference with the private relations of England and Persia. The French Envoy thenceforth took care not to lay himself open to the reproach of meddling in these affairs. But now a re p roac h of a totally opposite nature is addressed to him, and he is accused of having shown a coldness and indifference to English interests. Listen to the Morning Post. " The French minister made no sort of effort to dissuade the Persian government from undertaking the expedition against Herat." We believe we can reply to this pretended griev ance, that without departing from the spirit of the instructions of which we have just spoken, the French envoy understood that his government was quite alive to the great interests of England in that part of the world, and we have reason to think that our minister did not give advice, and did take steps to induce Persia to abandon the project. That his influence should not have been strong enough to stay the course of events is not astonish ing, when we consider what violent instincts, what passionate obstinacy often directs the conduct of Asiatic governments in such cases. But here is another grievance. Our diplomacy, the Morning Post tells us, was " not inaugurated at the court of the Shah under very favourable circumstances." But we think there is reason to presume that the English Government did not think so. The mis sion confined to the French minister received the assent of the court of St. James's, whose friendly offices were then employed to smooth difficulties and insure a good reception for our envoy. He did not forget this courtesy, and conducted him self, as it behoved him to do, as a faithful re presentative of the alliance. But this is not all. " Two striking facts," says the Morning Post, "connected with the expedition to Herat deserve serious attention ; the first is, that a French officer, named Bulher, who was under M. Bourree's orders, was authorised to conduct the siege operations as engineer ; the other, that not withstanding the state of quasi hostility which exists between England and Persia, the Shah's ambassador, Feroukh-Khan has been sent, with M. Bourree's consent, on a friendly mission to Paris, carrying with him magnificent presents t o the ourt of Franoe, and being assured beforehand that he will meet with a brilliant reception." Unless our information is very erroneus, we think we are in a position to reply to these new complaints. A retired French officer of engineers named Bulher did in point of fact enter the Persian service at the beginning of 1853, that is to say at a period antecedent to the commencement of the war, before the alliance, and at a time when France had no representative at Teheran. The officer in question, who no longer belongs to the French army, has become a colonel of engineers in the Persian service. He was sent on a mission having reference to the siege of Herat in so secret a man ner that not only the French Minister, but even his own family, did not know where he was going. But as soon as the truth came to the knowledge of our envoy, he immediately, and in a most pressing manner, demanded that M. Bulher should be re called to Teheran. Letters on the subject were exchanged between M. Bourree and the Minister of the Shah. It is easily conceivable that this negotiation led to no result, and that the Persian Government considered that it was only exer . cising a right in retaining the officer who was already in its service. v We have, moreover, reason to believe that, whatever may have been said to the contrary, this officer is the only Frenchman employed in the siege, which is spoken of in a tone of such alarm, although there is as yet nothing to show that the Persians are able to push this great enterprise to a conclusion. With regard to the Persian embassy, we are assured that France has in no way solicited that it should be sent to Paris. But France has sent a legation to Teheran, a treaty of commerce has been concluded, and the Persian sovereign has seen in this an opportunity to make a friendly demonstra tion towards France. Our relations with Persia, moreover, are of no recent date. The first treaties with that kingdom _ go back to the reign of Louis XIV. It is better known still whatrelations were established between the French empire and this distant country in the time of Napoleon I. That name which appeals so power fully to the imagination of every people is a living remembrance among the nations of Asia. It will be easily conceived, therefore, that the Persian monarch feels himself at this moment attracted towards France, and why, according to Eastern custom, be should send words of peace and presents to the successor of Napoleon. Now, how would it be possible to defer to the advice given by the English journal not to receive the ambassador ? On what ground could the, French government repulse this friendly manifes tation, when it was the first to send a legation to Persia ? How can we be otherwise than astonished at the declaration of the Morning Post, that if the Persian envoy " should receive the least encourage ment from M. Thouvenel at Constantinople, and that if he should be permitted to continue his journey to Paris the French government will rea der itself in some sort responsible for the obstinacy with which the Shah persists in his hostile pro ceedings towards England, and the fatal conse quences that may result from them ?" This assertion of the Morning Post is, it seems to us, but little in keeping with the doctrine it lately professed, viz., that the two allied gove rnments are at liberty, where the great interests of Europe are not con cerne d , to follow a separate p o licy certain given on in Asia and F rance i n Afr i ca. points, as, for example, England any fatal of the Persian ambassador will involvee n Now, is it in any way to be feared that the fatal consequences ? Is there not ratbertr in Paris to hope for good results from it ? ' that the envoy will find himselflt eoneiliation. unfavourable to the ideas of pease ash to prevent France has shown herself desirous isnnaotmosphere rover they may con flicts and appease differences n t r i e ., has faithfully presentatives in all other coa and we trust that followed this line of conduct, reproaches that have arise ; her representative at'Tewherau, like her re nothing will remain of the . h. directed against im. been so unjust l y PARK FOR FINSBURY. A deputation from the parishes of St. Mary, Islington, the Holborn District, St. James, Clerkenwelly and St. Mary, Stoke Newin Purpose of laying before his lordship 8 proposed park for Finsbury, an estimate of e ton, bad an interview with Lord Palmerston, on Prida g g pleat last,h e e of x of p r et the e e , with otherintentions declined particulars , too fgive iGv e 0 and v er t 1 I Soliciting n nt assistance of government for h fo a r ne c e a l r l r o y r in of g a o n u y t the ple d u g n e d t e r o t until takt h il i the Exchequer a a thehad dep utation s consultedu e i c s t alsr d b t u wos t hit h tihhi e e has since seen Mr. Layton , the vestry clerk of Islington, in reference thereto, and promised that no tice has been given, for makft!g g of t t h h e e park,bil bill ,of which Govern ment due i n the would e r v e e c n o t m o m f the end Pa to s P si a n rl lament a grant of 50,000 k towards carrying out the work. The park is proposed tary grant, 150,0001. will 200,000/ , of which, besidesb e t the required, an to comprise 300 acres of 1 .and, and the cost is estimated at posed to be raised by a metropolitan rate of a halfpenny in the pound d • uring a period of seven years. A deputso tion from th e p th ar is li i a s m p: several parishe s mentioned will present a memorial to the Metropolitan me Board of Works on Friday next, praying them to undertake the work as a metro. politao improvement. 1114 34 4 94i i 38; 1 31 59i i 97 24 131 101 i 71 7 so 1 al 1 ,11 6 al 4 a ..... 31 - 3,_ - 1- ES 1001 7 4 i 16 I 2i a 2i 4 3i 95