The Sun. — London, England, 1856-12-18 00:00:00

LeioNE Y MARKET COMA L'iktf..l.; AL INTELLIGE'9.OI„. gITY, Two o'ULOI,- REDUCTION IN THE RATE OF DISCOUNT. Until a late hour yesterday afternoon the im pression generally prevailed that the Ban Directors would not, make any alteration in the rate of discount to-day. Then, however, when the subject began to be more carefully considered, and it was recollected that, unless they availed them selves of the present opportunity, nu modification could be effected this year (next Thursday being Christmas Day) some change of opinion ensued, and during the early part of this morning a reduction to 6 per cent. was spoken of as certain. This view has proved correct, for, after a very brief discussion, the direc tors separated, with the announcement that the minimum was lowered to that quotation. The general position of the establishment was known to have improved in a degree that would warrant increased discount facilities being granted, especi ally as the Reserve of notes on the 6th inst., when the last return was completed, had risen above 5,Q00,000/., but it was thought that the active de mand for money, the tenacity with which the autho rities of the Bank of France retained their restrictive regulation, the continuedinflux of gold to the conti nent, and the advance in the rate of discount at Ham burg,might have induced them to defer the measure until the commencement of the new year. This relief, therefore, coming as it does earlier than was expected, cannot fail in affording the greatest satis faction to the mercantile community, whose confi dence in a revival of business early in the spring will consequently be greatly increased. The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed With firmness, and prices were extreme. The sales amounted to 10,000 bales, 3,000 of which were taken on speculation, and 500 for export. The Railway -Share Market opened quietly, but subse quently improved, and closed at about the rates current on Tuesday. The ➢Magdalena, arrived from the West Indies, brings $1,025,485, or about 205,0971., in specie. Trade at Jamaica was exceedingly dull, but with the approach of Christmas increased animation was expected. In Demerara commercial affairs were also in a quiet state. By this opportunity there are advices from Sydney to Sept. 11, which is 13 days later. At that period the wool market was active, and full rates were current. There are very few letters and papers in town, and the information relative to the recent gold discoveries is exceedingly Meagre. An improvement of above Y per cent: took place on the Paris Bourse yesterday, in consequence of extensive purchases by the speculators. Railway *hares were generally at enhanced rates. A rumour Was circulated on the Bourse that the application Linde by the Syndicate of Bankers for permission to form a Societe Anonyme had been unsuccessful, the period not being opportune for the formation Of any new company, especially of such an extent as the one proposed. The English Stock Market opened firmly at a slight improvement, and as soon as the Bank Directors' decision became known, a further ad 'Pence took place, and the quotations are now buoyant, although the transactions are not very numerous. Consols have been 93 8 , 93; and Pak to 94. Exchequer Bills have declined to 3s. and 4s. premium. The Bonds are 98k, and India tends is. discount to 2s. prem. Bank Stock ruled heavy at 217 i. The New 3 per Cents. are 931 to 9 4, and the Reduced 93i 4. In the Foreign Market very few bargains have been recorded, but higher quotations are current. Turkish 6 per Cents., from 941 to 95, have risen to 95 and 951, and the 4 per Cents. are nominally firmer. Spanish Certificates have been dealt in at 6, Sardinian 5 per Cents. at 881, Dutch 2i per Cents. 65k, and Belgian 4flper Cents. 98. The transactions reported in the Railway Share larket this morning have not been very exten sive, but prices have in most instances shown a slight upward movement, having been influenced by the reduced charge for discount announced t his morning by the Bank of Engl an d. South 4estern advanced 10s. to 155., Caledonian 155., Xanchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 10s., and " S outh-Western about ss. Paris and Lyons ad ...tancod 11., Namur and Liege 55., and Grand 'Q'llnk of Canada ss. The East Indian lines rule The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up to this day, are in round figures as under :-- 1856. 1855. North-Western Western ct orth-Western 59,053 58,472 t a utti-Western 15,..r1at0n 12,248 10,636 2 1 - I dhind na uth-Eastern ... 14,865 15,058 C aledonian I . 4 rea,t Northern ' 4 ,%lntashire and Yorkshi re Lancaster and Holyhead and Carlisle q u orth London gorth Stafford 0 6,570 6,443 S hrewsbury Worcester, :and Wolverh 3,879 3,532 and Chester gchn b urg h and Glasgow G rand and South-Western G reat Trunk of Canada Norther n Western of Canada 14,298 11 ,831 A lorther n of France The following are the nominal prices of Foreign 18 tecks :- Grenada Deferred Bonds, 6 7 ; Al ex i_ !an, 24 I ; Peruvian 41 per Cents., 76 78 ; ditto u Per Cents., 54 6 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 14 46 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 106 8 ; ditto 41 per C ents., 95 97; Spanish 3 per Cents., 42 1 ; ditto D eferred, 24 I; ditto Certificates, 51 6 ; ditto Passive, 51 6. Joint-Stock Bank Shares have been almost n eglected, the only business done having been in ~ '°lnmercial of London, which improved about 10s., 1-10 .ng marked 28. ' Miscellaneous Shares have also been very in active. Peninsular and O r i en t a l Steam declined t° 6 8, being a fall of about IL, and Electric Tele graph were 94, also a decline of IL to 1/. 10s. Canada Land Shares are at steady quotations. B RITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONF. O'CLOCK. (From the Offietal List:) Basinese done. Itank Stock 3 Per Cent. Red uce d A nnu iti es New_ 3 per C en t. A nnu iti es '"%ig Annuities, expire sth Jan. 1860 24 Ditto 30 Years, expire sth April, 1885 l7 15-16 media Bonds, £ lOOO 2 Ditto, under 21000 1 d Console for Account 93i Exchequer Rills, 24d. £loo'. ......... .. £5OO . ........................... 5ma11.............. .......... Ditto Bonds, 1858, 34 per C ....... 98. Cent • PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONF. O'CLOCK. Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent. ....... Turkish Committee Cert. of Coup. not fun. 6 xurkieh Bonds, 6 par cent Ditto Account Dividends on the above Payable in Londor. trench Renter, 4i per Cent. Ditto 3 per Cent. 67f. 50c. ex 25f. 20c. Belgian, 21 per Cent., ex. 25 francs ........ - Ditto 4i per Cent.. ex. 25 francs b utch Exchange, 2 per Cen.;,., 12 Guilders 65 1 TWO O'CLBC 6. Consols (Money) Ditto Aecotutt Yeeterday morning a fire occurred in the premises of d• S. Maw, surgical instrument-maker, No. 11 , Al.. 48 gate-street, City. The damage is estimated at several thousand pounds. Yesterday afternoon a fire happened in the extensive i' ° rka of Mr. Waller, engineer and barge builder, carry 411g on business in Upper Fore-street, Lambeth, and extended t o t h e r i ver s id e. It was not ext i ngu i s hed until at damage bad been done. IR - Yesterday Lord Campbell announce d the death of Qr• Goodrich, one of the Masters of the Court of ue en ' s Bench. r , MR. THAOKERAY IN GLASG OW .—N ow th a t the an t:(lllrits connected with Mr. Thackeray's lectures on the t our Georges" have been made up we are enabled to I,ltte that the Glasgow Athenmum has clearAd nearly 1 0 /- by speculation. For his four lectures Mr. „ rays a ckeceived only 1051., having at the same time , 4 . )17 11e under an obligation not to re-deliver them, or to 517 e any other lectures in Glasgow during the present vtioter. He considered that he had been " done," and, 4 cco rd • . log to all accounts, was but indifferently success vi' I n disguising his emotions. Mr. Thackeray h a d pre ,19813, received 200/. for delivering the same lectures in ' lll blirgh.—Ologoio Citizen. THE SUN, LONDON,_ THURSDA 't EVENING, DECEMBER. 18 iB5 SHARE MARKETS—(This Day.) ;„W Shr. nwrLwkis, Clofting Pnc yeEte I ty. Business done this day Si 9 19.1 -- 20 171 - 18 131 - 14, 93 - 95 62,i - 62. 36 - 38 . , • • "'" .. ••• ••• - . to 1 8 - 19 94: 3 8 40' 26 - 28 7 - 88 - 51 - 55 : 36 - 36 94 - 96 7 - 73 83 - 89 74 76 120 125 12 114 69 69 70 - 74 51 6i 54 64 96f 96 F 7 11 112 [OS - 1064 203 21 104 10k d [o7i - 108 .•• •••l. 82.1- - 82 54 56 . '-".. 50 52 3i S d 39i 44 .• ' ... 84 - 85 41 3i Asa 3 2i - 19 60 61 96 99 6 - 7 10 - 11 29 - 30 'O6 108 26 24 70 72 48 50 1i 1 174 'B , 73 73 80; 81: 5 3 d 2 1 14 16 28 40 19 -20 6 8 2 - 4 S - 5i 7 • 9 1 - li "i = ii 2 ~ 2~p 24 - 22 itt - Ili 75 - 80 21i - 224 1 -11 1$1,: 24 -24 i 24 -25 p 99 - 100 117 122 117 - 122 109 111 204 -20 i 22f -22 i $ 21 1 -14 p 2} - 2ip Lti l ! 9I 50 i tli , f 3/i 41 I ali 27i1 al' 22 all 25 all 26 j all St. 1100 St. 10 , .1 St. ; 100 50 all 20 all 20 all 10 all iahog. And Eastu. is fast Virelverl , Stoar „ tirkeAhd. Larval.. • Cheshire Jnnot_ Do. Chesh. 4 Birk. )0., do. ..... Blackburn ctyth &Tyne ergi ,, r , £25 (issd. at ;ristol and Exetor. diedoniar.. ....... ;heater 4 Holyheao Jerk and Bandcm Cork, Black, 4 Pax - jornwall Do. A Do. B L)nblindlßelfastJunc Dan. P. 4s A.l - er. Juc. East Anglian....... Eastern Counties.. East.nnien. A St, De., B. Stock. Vo., New East Kent Lancashire ..... East Suffolk Do. ' Edinburgh 4 (Rug, Edinb. and Peebles Edin.Prth Dun& j north & Clyde Jun Furness Glasgow & S. Westrn Great N. of Scotind. Great Northern Do., A. 5t0ck...... , B. Stock Gt. oth. &West.(lre ) Great Western...... . Do. Stour Val. Rai Gna. Stk Irish South-EasterL Lancaster & Carlis: Do., Thirds Do. New Thirds Lancash.andYorkmi Do., Ws 1 . .. Riding Un Do. South] ort 'London & Blackwa' iLond. Bright & S.Cs• Lond. and N. West' I Do. Fifths Do.lol. Sh. WO, , ( Do. Eighths London andS. i.ndndrrydsColerain. lindndrry.& Ennisk If anch,Silet&Linche Nietrorllita.n Do. J. L. Ricardo's arrangement Widland •)o.Birmnic.&Derb Aidld.G.West.(lre Do; Half Shares Nrewcastle& Carlielt Nwpt.Aberg. &lid( ievrry Nrewry, Warrenpoint And R - ostrevor: lorfolk orthn.ConntiesTY , North British....„ Jth Devon Rail. Dock Stock ')O., A Stock , B Stock. Y. Eastern—Berwic k !io. do. Extension Do.do. G.N.E. ?nrch Do. Leeds Do. York North London *.&S.Wstrn.,Fiam stand, and City Jo.. North Staffordshir, . forth Western & S. West rn. June 'Wort., & Wolv. (.rtsmouth Rhymney ottish Central Scot. N. E.Abrdn St. Do. Scot. Mid. St ~ ,,p phire SitinabournekSheer. 'until Devon 3outh Eastern ;oath Wales ~ Yrksh. la Riv. D a 4'aines,Wok. &Wot tcokton & Darling Do., do., 1854 Do., do., 1855 4ozkten he Hartlep gaff Vale )o. Pref., No. 1 Phames Hay. D.& B. Vale of Noath Waterfd. & Kilkenn Water, forddcLirner , e • West Cornwall Vest End of Londoi and Crystal Palace. Do. A ......, ........ Do. B West London Do. Pint Class .. Do. Second Class.,. AceN•nc COLONIAL. UtG., .L>tsruLth., .1.• Cen.lndia, g. 5 p. ci Do. Ceylon A shares...— Do. B. do iemerarb Eastern Bengal , &net Indian A and B, i• P. • Do. Ex. C, gu. sp. c Do, do. D, gu. 5 p. c. 00.4 i p.c.Bnds.,'s7 Do. do. do., '59, dc Geelong & Melbourne guar. C per cent... (..4d. Trunk of Canada Do. C..rt. of Deben, con. into Stk. till'6:3 Do. Comp. 6 p. c., do. A. In. Pen. g. 5 p. c. Do New, guar. 5 p. 4t.Weatern of °saw] r Do. New Do. Bds., payable 'L Do. do., '76, p. '6O Do. do., '73 do. Do. do., '73, withou' option.. Madras, guar. 4 # p.c Do. do., 5 p. C. Do. , q p. c. Exton Do. 3d Ex., g. 5 p. c i Sends, guar. 5 p. c. D 0... St. Andrew's and Quebec (A),,. 4i } troRFIGN. k ntwerp&Rett,rdo mI Ardennes ...... ....•••• dolgian Eastn. June Reziers to Graissessac Buff. & Lk. Ilur. Ry. Carmeaux & Toulouse Coal Mines and Ry. i hatch Rhenish,,,,,,, Eastern of France 1)0. New ......... Euphrates Valley,,, E ur. (It. Central of Fran cy 4reat Luxembourg Italian Junction Lake Coast. & Basle Lierre and Turnhout Lombardo Venetian. Lucca & Pist. 5 p. c.p. Lyons and Geneva Lyons la Moditorran. Maria Antonia Do. do. New Do, do., " C L r ie . 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. 5 p. cent. Pref. Southern of France 'Vest Flanders Do. & per c. Prof tv. &N. W. of France Western of Austria West. of Switzerland Wiesbaden • Do. 8 per cent. Pref. Zealand ....... -JOINT-81N kustralania ...........• Bank of Egypt ...... Bank of London .... itri. Col. Bk.&Ln. C. British N. American Chartd. Bank of Asia Chrtd. Bnk. of India, 4.113tr&il China City Cloknial Commercial of Lond it ,, g.tioot.&Aus.Cht Lend. Chert, Bk ci Australia Ditto New London and County Lna. &E. Enk g. Corp London Joint Stock Loud. & Westminster National Pr.ef Eng Do. New.... .. . National Bank New South Wales Oriental Bk. Corp.., Ottoman Bank Provincial of Ireland bo. New K Aus B &Go im Cc 'South Australia 'l7niGa of Do. New ~f Lonroll Unity Mutua1,.,,,,, Wogtoni Bk of lionct 14 - 2tp - P 58 - - ip 32 -32 i 9 - 10 - p 5 „, 4i - 5 5i p - • *AI ..••• ... •• - ...,, 6 - 6ip 9 - 1.60' • 7 i 8 19 - 191 37 - 3' . 8 - 8. 541 -54 i 51 53 - 18 20 1 Eit 94 -- torn 4i 44 94 10 34 —34 i lip It BANKti. 98 - 101 id pa] 63 65 ... ''.. ... 1 d 68 -- 70 17i -- 18 20 - 21 igi .- 20 1 -• 3P ... "" .N .v MO. «• 38 391 di 35 - 37 66 - 68 7 - 9 10 -- Cd l 6 ;„ 4d TINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Rhr.?a~ l RAILWAYS. Beeord "Bletnble), L.f) Lackgllarnsti 1 elydes tat all Col. Stour Vy. 1.00 B. ban. g. gpc all E. Un. H. SI I.OU Glas, Barr. & Neils. Direct 'lOO Do. New...... all Glstr.dg Dn Fr all Hrtipl. Dk all Hull & Selby all Do. Shareg. all Do. f Shares. all Lon.BcElreenv all Do. Preference i lOO Lon. , Til., S. ' 3I Do. Bark. Sh. 100 Lowestoft gl' 4 per cent. 100 Do. 6 per ct. all Minch. Bate. and Matlock all Middleebro' Redc.g 6 p.c. Drfidlci-liradf , i 54 Newmarket Bury E. G.spe all N.& Est.s p. c. all Do. 6 per ct. all Do. Fixeds p c all Prest. &lk all Do. 6 Shrs. A to () Roystn.&llit. )8j Shef.Roth.an , i Gooleg.s p.c. all Shrews. &Tier. 10i S. Staflordsh. s.ll Wear Valleygr 6 per cent all Do 1.00 Wilts&C;orarst oalyan N. Wu •t. L. &N. llx . EpIT &E. CI Glt.ilrti:i. E. Count. Do .., 97 9S 98 102 11 - 13 /33 136 4 ... 4i Gt. Wont) Yk. New. $ Berw. Y. &NH D 0......... Do_ 1 . Eastern Do Peto Co & Do ... "" Norfolk Do 107 - 109 • .• - L.& N. 1 17 & &Orton & Darlingt., Midland.. En.'Coun. E. Count Do 2i-2 Do.. L.&N.W Do Qt Northl Lancash & Yorksh. T. Brassoy MC lean Stoekt. & Darlingt Do 91 - 93 I 56 - 58 GtWestu. 132 - 135 8f - 94 33 - 34 89 - 91 Closing Prices .i yesterday. 12 - T 3 22. 23 .12 - 114 1 Pi Basineas this day 921 PREFE itENCE SHARES. - 100 - 5 6 - 113 108 41) 11P 4 i - all BlythandTyne lOpe o. pref. (issd. at 501 100 Bris. & Ex. 4p.c. St 5 Do. 4p. c. Shares .. 100 Caledn. £lO 4i pc. 100 /Thos.& Ro.Gn. 5. pc 100 Do. do. Pref. 5 per c. 1 all Cork &Bandonblp.e. 1 al Dua.Prth .61 Aber.J. 2 E. Anglian Cls. ASh 100 Do. do. Cls. B6p. e. 100 Do. do Cls. C7p. c. all Ens.Co.Ex,spcNo. all Do. No. 2 all Do. New 6 p. 0. St all East Un., G. 6p. c. all Do. 51., 10 per cent all Do. 101. Debentr.Sh. all Do. do. 4 per cent... 100 East Lancash. 6p. cts all E. kW. York. J. StIIF 4 Edin. & Gl. 5 p.c. sh 100 Ed.Prth.&Dun.4p.c 100 Furness, sp. c 100 Glas. & S.W. G. 5 p.c. 100 Great Northn. sp. c 100 Do. sp. c. Redeem. at 10 p. c. prem. 100 Do. 4i p. c 60 Do. sp. c., Red. at t - ••• ..... ••• '.. . • • 6 "..* . ... , F6 t •• .... ~ i 2 119 09 - 111 .02 - 104 p. c. pm. all Gt.N. of Scot. lat Prt. 100 Gt. S. &W. (Ireland 14 Do. 4per c. Pref. S 6 Gt" •W (B 4 ,03 F:xspc •. 61 - 63 9i - 10, 6 - 95 - 97 100 I Do. con. red. ti p.c. ,t. 100 Do. con. red. 4p. c t. 100 Do. irred. 4p. C. 100 Do. sp. c. red. pref all Do. Birm. Pref. Sh all Chester 8 p. c. all Do. do. 5 p. c. do. 100 Do. Birm. Gua. Stk all Do. Ches. Gua. Sh.. all Do. do. do all Do. do. do 6 Lan. &York. F. £2O 100 Do. 6 p. 0. Stock 1100 Lon.&B. G1.5pc.N0.1, 100 Do. P., sp c . St.No.2 100 Do. New Gluar.6 P. 100 Do. do. sp. c.,N0.4 100 Lon. &N. W., Coy. & Nuneaton 5 p. et... 100 Lon.& S. W. 7 per ct late 3d Shares ... all filndY.& Coler. Sh. all Londy.&Ennis.iSh 10C &.,5.,& L.,6 p. Cent 44 Do. do. do. £:6 . 100 Do. do. 34 per cent. all kiarypt.& Carl.4p o all Do. 4{ per cent......, 103 Do. do. 100 Aid. Consol .6 p.c.S!. 100 Do. Con.Br.Nr. 6p .- 100 Do. 4i p. c. Pref. t 100 Ditto . L A . b & o r H . dr P e ref. , I) S r. . t 5 p. c. red. 5 p.c. pm. 6 Do. Perpet. 6 p ct. with optn. till '66 all Norfk. Deb, 4 p.c. sh 100 Do. Pref. 5 p.c. St .! 1100 Do. 5 pc. Ext.,1846 100 Do. siperc.pf.,lB47 100 Do. Wv.V.5pc.,1847 100 North British 1 87 - 89 99 • 101 10 - 104 16i - 171 10 - 10 73 - 75 • 194 - 20 9i - 104 141 - 151 •.• - .39 112 .. .... ... 139 - 142 117 - 119 6. ''" ... 157 - 66 - i - 70 • •• • e . 137 - 98 - 89 - 1 - li ... iiii -iiii 3,3 Do 7/. Preference lou N. E. Berw, 4 p.c. P. 8i Do. do. do 13 Do Leeds 6 p.c 9 Do. do. Qre.,1848... 10 Do.YorkH.& S. Per. all North Staffordshire.. 100 Ox, Wo, &W., 6 100 Do. 6 p.c. Redeem. all ,Scot. Cent. ,New Pref I 100 Sc.N.E. Aber. g 6 pe all Do. d0.,7 p.c. pf. st. 100 D0.d0., 33 p.c. pf. st all South Devon all Do. fixed, 43 per cent all S. Eastern (Reading 92 94 lf /d .. . jd p 106 : 108 114 - 116 105 - 110 17 - 18 Ann.) of £1 Os. 100 Do. 44 per cent all Do. Fixed 44 p c eh 100 8 Wales Gua. 4p. a ,100 Do. do. 44 p. o. I all S.Yorkeh.4p.c.Guar. all Stock.& Der., sp. c. 15 Do. do. do . all Stock. & Hartl. g. 5 p. o. till July 1, '56 all Waterfd. & Kilk. 6p c 22i -23 i 101 - 103 10 - 274 -• 28i 2 -- 3p 21 - 3i MINES. LUa ' all lAuglo Californian 20 7 Australian •— 1i 1 all Baden (Gd. Duchy of) 50 all Blsonar. Iron & Coal 20 14 British Iron 7 8 35 264 Brazilianlmp.(issued atIZ pm.) - 2 g) all Do. Comes & Oulab% 3i 31 3} 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 15 17 1 6 Clarendon Cons. Min Co. of Jamaica p iP 40 all Cobro Copper . 5 F Colonial Gold ••• 2 8 . t,2 all Dce 000pr. Copper tipualpneoaf Mi .. 7 f p o f . Ling nt 3 12 0 25 —2 5 71€ 4 all id 20 all Genua.l 1 all Gt.NnggetVeinßeg. 4i all Great Polgooth. 1 531 1 , aa a ll l ll l G Liu t bn W earr h teys ea . lVor United 4 7; 5 81 S 5 114 Lasitanian 1 all Mariquita •• 1 all New Granada — 6 R all Nouveau Monde 2) all Pontgi.Sil.& Le. Min 9 11 5 1 Port Philip — 1 all Quartz Rock ••• 60 all Rhymney Iron e 23 25 15 all Do. New 7 9 30 151 Santiago de Cuba 2l 24 Os. Sort. Cons. Min. CO lll4 21 1 all South Australian — 1 all Do. Scrip • ••• 1 all Do. 10 per cent Prof 44 Tam. S. &L. Min. Co. • 1 -- 1 10 9 'rin Croft 3l -- 34 281 all United Mexican 34 4 1 all Waller • • • 1 all West Mariposa — •• 1 12s. Worthing Mining of Australia MISCELLANEOUS. 23 19 k nstralian Agrionit. 24 25 25 10 it *ingrain. Royal Mail ... 10 all tterlin Water Works 50 40 drit. Lana • I s oo t. G na o o . 2„, ll9 123 St:ili7vocoel 11);;;.. 66p; _ rec...cmr. j aeabrus, t s j Aenup ly gt 171 1 . 7 : 1 5 all Crystal Palace•••••••• 2 21 5 all Do. Preference 54 54 4 all Crystal Pal. of France --• 1 Dnoton Iron Ore \ 20 15A Eastern Steam . St. 100' Eloctric Telegraph 9l 96 941 1 all Electric Toleg. of Ir • 5 al) En.&&us Cop Sm Co 1 1 1 1 1 2 5 all Gan. Ir Se Col (lim.) ••• "15 14 Gen. Stettin Navigat. 11 all General Screw Steam 5 20 5 London Discount 5 4 all Lond. Gen. Omnibus 3i —2O 10 Magdalena St. Navig • 10 all Mediteran. Elee. Tel g 10 10 all Mexican&S.Arnericn. 31 25 5 Nat. Discount Co — 25 1 Do. New 10 all Do. n 4.1 5 3 Do. Bp c Pi ssatld 5 1 Do. Do. P n 100 80 New B. & N.S. and 15 2 N.S.W. Gov. sp.c.D. 1 41 N. B. Australasian.., 0 2 1 0 al) / O N r r i t e h n . t o a f r u G r as opeStaam 1 2s. Do. "New Shares" 6 all Peel Rr. Ld. & Minrl. 2/ _ P PM bl all Peninsular& Oriental 168 70 68 50 10 Do. New 4 6 p 100 60 Royal Mail Steam 1 1 Scot. Austral. Invest — 1. 1 all Ditto Now l4 25 all South Austral. Laud 36 38 1 al: Snlomar. Tel.SeriP•.• 4 1 1 al Do. Registered.... 1 20 5 Trlgt& 1,. eo.ll.Omi. 100 28,1 Van Diemen's Land 16 'A! 18 VOl OP halta 111 / t". it, It • • • • LAW INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.) COURT OF EXCHEQUER. (Before the Lord Chief Baron and a Special Jury.) THE SADLEIR FRAUDS - FULLARTON V. RHODES AND ANOTHER. This was an action brought by the plaintiff for the recovery of a bill of exchange for 7001., drawn by Messrs. Dunn, Hatterley, and Co., engineers, of Manchester, and accepted by John Sadleir, and accepted by him on behalf of himself and the defendants, his co-directors in the Royal Swedish Railway Com pany. Mr. Hugh Hill, Q.C., and Mr. Melhuien were coun sel for the plaintiff ; Mr. Wilde, Q.C., and Mr. Phipson counsel for Mr. Edmonds ; and Mr. M. Chambers, Q.C., and Mr. Aspinwall for Mr. Rhodes. Mr. Hugh Hill, in stating the case to the jury, said that this was an action upon a bill of exchange for 7001., drawn by Messrs. Dunn, Hatterley, and Co., and ac cepted by the defendants ; and the substantial grounds of defence were, first, that the acceptance of the bill was not theirs ; and, secondly, that if it were so, Messrs. Dunn, Hatterley, and Co., the drawers of the bill, had obtained it by fraud without consideration, and that the plaintiff was not the bona fide holder of the bill for value, having taken this bill before it had attained maturity. So that, in point of fact, the two questions to be decided were, whether the defendants were bound by this acceptance, and if so, was the plaintiff the bona fide holder of the bill for value, having taken it before it became due. The bill was dated Manchester, Jan. 28, 1856, and was drawn by Messrs. Dunn, Hatterley, and Co., and directed "to the Chairman and 'Directors of the Royal Swedish Railway Company," and the body of the bill was as follows Three months after date pay to the order of ourselves in London the sum of 7001., value received;" and it was accepted payable at Messrs. Mae terman and Co.'s, bankers, London, for self and co directors--John Sadleir, Chairman of the Board of Directors, 12th May, 1856. The plaintiff was an iron merchant in Manchester, and the defendants at the date of the acceptance, and for a long time prior and some time after the acceptance of the bill, were directors of the Royal Swedish Railway Company. Messrs. Dunn, Hatterley, and Co., the drawers of the bill, were engineers and contractors, and were in the habit of dealing with plaintiff for iron. In January and February, 1856, they were indebted to the plaintiff, who was the holder of two bills of theirs, on• for 3001. and another for 2241. Bs. 31, one of which wou!d become due on the Bth February, and the other on. the 18th February. These bills had been paid by the plaintiff in the ordinary course of trade into his bankers, Messrs. Brookes and Co., bankers of Man chester, and there was besides this a sum of 901. and 1001. due from Messrs. Dunn, Hatterley, and Co., to the plaintiff. On the 4th of February, the cashier of Messrs. Dunn, Hatterley, and Co., called on the plaintiff, and produced the bill in question, and he tendered it to him with which to retire the two bills for 3001. and 2241. Bs. 3d., the balance to go against what goods had been had since their drawing. The plaintiff asked if the bill wao a good one, and he was informed that it was, and that he would be safe in taking it; and having reason to believe the statement, he took the bill and retired the others when they came to maturity. That was the mode in which the plaintiff became possessed of the bill, and he therefore, in the strongest sense of the word, became the bona fide holder of the bill for value. He had no reason to suppose, nor had any one then to suspect, any thing improper on the part of the Royal Swedish Rail way Company through the conduct of John Sadleir. The learned counsel having stated the facts in connection with the establishment of the London Directory of the Royal Swedish Railway Company, and the mode in which he sought to make the defendants liable, and called the following evidence : Mr. Fullerton deposed to the facts of his transaction with Messrs. Dunn, Hatterley, and Co., as detailed by the learned counsel. In his cross-examination by Mr. Chambers he said that Messrs. Dunn, Hatterley, and Co., afterwards compounded with the creditors, and arranged to pay the full liabilities in four years, by instalments of 2s. 6d in the pound. Witness did not accede to that arrange ment. The Lord Chief Baron—What is your defence ? Mr. Chambers and Mr. Wilde said that the defen dants could not be sued as directors, and that Mr. Sadleir had no authority to bind them. Mr. Hollingsworth, former secretary to the Royal Swedish Railway Company, deposed that he knew the defendants as directors in Loudon of this company during the time he 'was secretary of the London board, in the latter part of 1855 and the beginning of 1856. John Sadleir was chairman of the board at the time. The bankers of the directors were the London and County Bank, and Messrs. Masterman and Co. The accounts were sent in and examined by witness, who reported them to Mr. Sadleir. The small accounts were paid by cheques, and in the case of larger accounts by bills drawn for stated periods. The Lord Chief Baron—You must show me that the bills were given by the defendant's sanction. Mr. Hill—l propose to show the particular course of business, and by doing that I render them liable. The Lord Chief Baron—lt is essential to show that a general authority has been given to the chairman that will fix the defendants, but I think the evidence of the general mode of business is admissible. Witness—The greater part of the bills were drawn upon the chairman of the directory, and accepted by , himself and copartners. The Chief Baron—On what authority ? Witness—The acceptances were prepared by himself. , The Royal Swedish Railway Company was a foreign company, with a board of directors in London, having an office in Cannon-street. The acceptance in question was drawn by him, and accepted by Mr. Sadleir. He be lieved it was for railway carriages, &c. The Chief Baron—Were the bills accepted at a board of directors ? Witness—No, my lord. Mr. Hill—Was a book kept ? Witness—Yes. The directors met at a certain time, or when they chose, and examined the bill book. It was always in his possession. Mr. Hillier, the present secretary, wa s ca ll e d an d pro . duced the billhooks. Mr. Hollingsworth recalled—The board met on any day when there was business. The nominal day of meeting was Wednesday. The Chief Baron—Have you any books of the board's proceedings? Witness—One that was kept by Mr. Edmonds. Mr. Wilde—The book is here if it is wanted. Mr. Wilde—ls the bill book here ? Witness—No. The Chief Baron—Who has it ? Witness—There were two bill books. The Chief Baron—One that was made public, and another that was made private ? Witness—No. The Chief Baron—Then, what is the meaning of it ? Witness—Our book was kept for the entry of those bills which were drawn for the payment of goods, and the other for bills drawn to raise money to be sent to Sweden—the money borrowed by Mr. Sadleir for the purposes of the company. Mr. Sadleir borrowed money for the company on his own authority. Mr. Hill—Have you the other bill-book here (the private one) ? Witness—Yes. Mr. M. Chambers—lt is Sadleir's book ? Witness—l don't call it so. Mr. Wilde—lt is indorsed with his name. The Chief Baron—ls this bill of 7001. in that book ? Witness—Yes. Mr. Chambers—The book that has got Sadleir's name on it? Witness—lt was not there when I parted with it. I did not know the bill in question was for goods, and of February, the day of Sadleir'a d l en th w er e e r f e or d e ra p w u n t b i y t t in be th e a b t air b m oo a k n . alo T n h e e . bi T ll b s e fr b o i m ll I made up to the 17th death. - b S o owke Mr. Hill—Had you any conversation with Mr. Edmonds at any time respecting bills of Exchange ? Witness—Yes, occasionally. Mr. Hill—Do you remember that in December, 1855, in consequence of a message from Messrs. Masterman, you saw Mr. Edmonds ? Witness—Yes. I told him that Messrs. Masterman and Co. had sent for me, and informed me that the bills drawn and accepted by Sadleir alone on the directors could not be paid by them, but that they must have the signature of two other directors, and be countersigned by myself. Evidence :was then given to show that a number of bills drawn in the manner objected to after that noti• fieation of Messrs. Masterman, were advised by the board, and the first advice of payment bore the names of J. Rhodes, one of the defendants, R. Gilman, J. Maeternoau, jun., and J. Sadleir, English directors. Mr. Cra.ib, clerk to. Messrs. Masterman and Co,, prAuced the order for payment and the bills referring to them. The Chief Baron—Were you in the habit of paying the bills without the names of two directors ? Witness—No ; I think, however, I have a few. The Chief Barr:Li—You had an order in each particular case? Witness—Yes. By the Foreman—Did you ever pay a bill without an order ? Witness —No. The Chief Baron—Of course. Bankers don't conduct their business as variable as the wind blows, but on principle. Most of the bills with orders of payment were pro duced, but there were orders without bills, and vice versa. Mr. Hollingsworth, recalled, said there were directors to the company in Sweden as well as London. The Chief Baron—Was the board here and there considered as one authority, or distinct ? Witness—Distinct. The Chief Baron—ln what way ? Each could not have direction over the affairs of the company ? Witness—No ; the Swedish directors bad the ma- nagernent of all out there, and the English directors had the management of money matters here. [We shall give the continuation in our last edition.] SECOND COURT. (Before Baron Martin and a Common Jury.) SAMONELLE V. FRANCIS. The plaintiff and defendant in this case are printers. Mr. James, Q C., for the plaintiff, stated that Mons. Jullien, when he was director of the concerts at the Surrey Gardens, was in the habit of drawing up pro grammes, which he sent to the newspapers for publica- tion. These the plaintiff reprinted and sold as genuine bills ; and the defendant, to protect himself, printed on his bills that they were false and spuriou.. This rernal: , he also applied to a guide -book which the plaintiff had issued. M. Jullien, who was called, said that in the early part of the last year he entered into an arrangement with the directors of the Surrey Gardens to conduct their concerts. The programme was sometimes composed by himself, at other times it was entrusted to Mr. Jarrett, his secre• tary. The concerts took place every night, and the pro gramme was al ways drawn up early on the previous day, because the Times would not take the advertisement after 2 o'clock in the day. He very frequently male alterations in the programme up to a few hours of the concert, in consequence of the indispbsition of perform ers, or from other causes. Baron Martin said there was the Guide to the Gar dens, about which there was a libel, which certainly could not be entirely justified. Perhaps a• settlement between the parties might be arrived at. After a consultation, a verdict fur the plaintiff, with 40s. damages, was agreed to. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Goulburn.) IN RE ROSS. This was an adjourned examination meeting, under :he estate of this bankrupt, a shipo.vner of Brunswick• ,errace, Commercial-road East. The Commissioner said if he remembered rightly, this case was one in which there was a squabble between the shipowner and captain. The shipowner had filed a bill of discovery against the captain. Mr.Lawrance, who supported, replied in the affirmative An adjournment was ordered. IN RE PORTER.-SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST AN ATTORNEY. A choice of assignees was held in this case. The bankrupt was a wine merchant, of Brabant-court. A serious and important question arose in this case. There not being sufficient creditors present at the last meeting, it was alleged that at the instigation of Mr. Marshall, the solicitor, a creditor for £l2 had been manufactured in the person of Mr. Snell, which the bankrupt swore was a fictitious debt, and he never owed Snell a farthing. Mr. Marshall denies the accu sation, and said be knew nothing of Snell but as an acquaintance. Snell has disappeared, and was not pre sent. The matter was adjourned for Mr. Snell to be served with a summons. Mr. Marshall promised to do all he could to produce Mr. Snell. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. —(This Day.) MARLBOROUGH-STREET. UTTERING A FORGED NOTE.—Joseph Bick more, a young man, 23 years of age, was brought before Mr. Bingham, charged with uttering a forged 5/. note. Mrs. Warren, the wife of Samuel Warren, landlord of the Salisbury Arms, Bear-street, Leicester -square, stated that yt sterday evening, shortly after 7 o'clock, the pri soner entered the bar in a" hurried manner, and called for a bottle of the best gin, with which she supplied him. He then put down on the counter what appeared to be a genuine 51. bank note, and requested her to be quick in giving him the change. Having a few days previously taken a forged 101. note from a man of the prisoner's description her suspicions were aroused, and on ex amining the note before her she at once detected it to be a forgery. She asked the prisoner where he got the note from, and he replied a gentleman in Princess street gave it to him, but he did not know his name. He then wished her to give him back the note, which she declined, and told him she should detain him until he fetched the gentleman. She subsequently called her husband to accompany the prisoner to Princess-street, and in their way there he gave the prisoner in custody. Remanded for a week. A letter, dated .Constantinople Dec. 8, says ;---" Mr. Layard, M.P., arrived the day before yesterday. He has lost nothing by waiting, for nothing has been as yet done in the Bank business, except the appointment of a commission by the late Ministry to investigate the re spective claims of the competitors, and even this com mittee is not likely to remain as it was packed by the late Ministry." GENERAL TOM THUMB.-4mong the fashionable ar rivals, we hear of that 15f this wonderful speci wen of diminutive man, We are informed that he has not increased in stature since he last visited England. It is stated that be has made the resolution to follow his "Resolute," and present himself to the British pub lic. His levees commence at Christmas. EXTRAORDINARY SALE OF FRENCH AND ENGLISH CON MISSAMAT STORES —Yesterday and the previous days this week a large quantity of stores, which were sent for the supply of the French and English armies in the Crimea, were sold byauction at the Commercial Sale Rooms, Mincing-lane, and at the sale rooms of Messrs. Adams, Pudding-lane ; a great portion of the property (the third sale) being by order of the Frenoh Consul-General. There was considerable competition for the various lots, each of which, with the exception of the wines, went off at remunerative prices. The effect of the Cattle Show on the metropolis gene rally can be judged by one instance alone, that of the London General Omnibus Company, in whose receipts for the week in question it occasioned an increase of 2,0001. A shower of rain that fell during one afternoon of the Show week, lasting from four to half-past five only, is calculated to have made a difference of 2001. against the company. "To BE SOLD CHEAP, a first-rate garrotte whlk, in a dark parish, where the police are never seen. The property lies in the direct neighbourhood of several rich squares that dine late. The present proprietor will part with the walk at a very low figure, and throw in an adjacent park as well, for the simple reason that , he is about, in connexion with two or three members of Parliament, to try his hand as a Bank Director. The receipts have, for the last three months, averaged as much as 351. a week, and watches (with the exception of the Police watch) are to be met with at every other corner. Apply to "Neck or Nothing," Scotland-yard. N.B.—The lighting the very worst in London." — Punch. ONE EACH.—We read in the Normandie :—" A most extraordinary fact has just occurred in the neighbour hood of Cont!ville, for which scientific men will find it difficult to account. The daughter of a fisherman, Marie C—, who married about a year ago Jonn D—, a negro sailor, native of an English colony, has just given birth to twins, a girl and a boy. The former is white like the mother, and the latter black like the father." OUR NORTH AMERICAN COLONIES.—On Tuesday even ing the Hon. Judge Haliburton, of Nova Scotia (author of Sans Slick), addressed a full meeting of the members of the Manchester Athenaeum, in the library, on the position and prospects of the North American colonies. At the close of the lecture a vote of thanks to the learned judge was moved by Mr. James Crossley, who said the address had been full of " wit, humour, information, and amusement," and seconded ;by Mr. Alderman W. B. Watkins, who announced the presence of the Hon. Mrs. Haliburton. COUNTY CHIEF CONSTABLES.—The unrestrained au thority which county chief constables have to fine, reduce in rank, and dismiss those placed under their control is (as was observed when thelPolice Bill was before Par liament) a thorough disgrace to the country. The ma gistrates in one of the Yorkshire Ridings have just passed a wholesome resolution, to the effect that before their newly-appointed chief constable punishes any of his men the ground of complaint shall come before them in petty sessions, when and where the accusation shall be made and the accused heard in defence. This is a most judicious and wise step, and one which must give general satisfaction. It should be adopted in every county ; for it is monstrous that a chief constable should have the power of punishing those under him whenever he pleases and in any manner his fancy or his prejudice leads him ; and the punished party has no one to appeal to, no redress, however unjustly be may have been treated. We repeat it is'a disgrace to the country, be cause it is utterly at variance with common sense and the ordinary rules of justice. 'lt is un-English, and the Yorkshire magistrates have done themselves high credit and set an example worthy of being followed in every county, and we trust it will be. A chief constable dare not do that with his domestic servants which he, with impunity, does with his constables. If he did the law would teach him better conduct. That the Legislature should have left, as it has done, county polioe chief con stables unrestricted and unfettered is a sad reflection on English law making. It is to be hoped that the Govern ment inspector will pay due attention to the movements of chief constables. Tux GRAND TRUNK AND GRAND JUNCTION RAILROAD. —The Boston Journal says—Among the passengers by the steam-ship Canada, which sailed from this purt on Wednesday was S, S. Lewis, who goes to England to complete and ratify the bargain between the Grand Rail road Company of Canada and the Grand Junction Rail road Company of this city. Mr. Lewis has already once crossed the Atlantic upon this errand, when the main features of the arrangement between the two companies were agreed upon, which are, that the Grand Trunk Company shall furnish to the Grand Junction Company the su'a of 500,000 dole., one-half of which shall he ap plied to the liquidation of the floating debt of the Grand Junction Company, and the remainder to the improve ment of its property, rendering its wharves, &c., con venient for the transaction of a largely increased busi ness. The Canada directors of the C4rand Trunk Com pany give ti.eir assent to the arrangements, and that of the London directors, there is nodoubt, will be obtained by Mr. Lewis. In case the project is carried out the European steamers of the Canada company will bring their goods to this port, from whence the Canada por tion will be sent forward, the light freight over the Eastern railway, and the h, avy by propeller to Port land. It is the intention also of the Canada company, when the project is fully carried out, to run a propeller once a fortnight between Liverpool and this port, with freight for New England and Canada, in which case we shall have at least a weekly communication by steam with England. Boston will then be the Atlantic depot of the large and daily increasing trade of England with Canada, and will also by this rpute be enabled to extend its trade with the great West of our own country. DELIVERY OF LETTERS. The Postmaster-General, anxious to promote rapidity and correctness in the delivery of letters, has, for postal purposes, divided Loudon and its environs into ten districts, each to be treatel, in many respects, as a separate town ; and to render this arrangement effectual, he earnestly requests that every means may be taken by the public for causing letters to be directed according to the district for which they are intended. Initials will suffice, and for the house at which this notice is left the iuitials are W. C., the district being the Western Central. In the direction of a letter, these initials should be legibly written in a separate line, and should in all cases end the address, thus : _ _ JAMES Tnomrsex, Esq , 500, High Holborn, W.C. Or, when the letter is from the country, thus : JAMES THOMPSON, Esq., 500, High Holborn, London, W. C. Among other means of inducing this practice, it is sug gested that, when convenient, each resident of the Western District should add the name of the district, or the initials, to his own address inside his letters when writing to his corre spondents, and on his address card. Also, that if in busi ness, he should give the name of the district, or the initials, in the heading of bills or invoices, in advertisements or placards, and on any article of manufacture which may bear his address. Correspondents not attending to the above arrangement, should be requested to use the initials in reply. Information as to the district in which any locality is in receiving -house in London and its eluded may be had at any euvirons, or at any head post-offic e in provincial towns, at all of which alphabetic lists of streets, dz.c., will be kept for reference. The British Postal Guide, which can be procured (price M.) at any head post-office, will hereafter contain a similar street list showing the district initials : and like information, the Postmaster General is assured, will be given in the London Post Office Directory for the year 1857, in the part headed " Street Directory." The following additional information may prove useful : TABLE OF DISTRICTS, Names. Eastern Central District Western Central District ... Northern District North Eastern District._ Eastern District South Eastern District Southern District South Western District Western District North Western District If the initial letters be thus regularly appended the depart ment will be able to assort with facility and correctness the country letters, according to their respective districts, before they reach London in the morning. By a recent improvement about 60,000, or fully one-third, of such letters are already so assorted with as much correct• ness as circumstances allow —a change which has greatly ex pedited the delivery; and it is hoped that, if the previous assortment with full facility for correctness, can be extended to all, this advantage, seconded by other improvements now in progress, will eventually secure to the public the benefit of a further and important acceleration of the morning deli very throughout London. By command of the Postmaster-General. ROWLAND MILL, Secretary. Genes-al Post-office, Dec., 1856. Initials. E. C. W C _ . . .... N. E. . S. E. S. W. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.--(This Day.) LONDON, Dec. 18.—Wind this day at noon, W. ; mo• derate breeze and hazY. PORTSMOUTH, Dec. 17.—Wind N.W.—Arrived.— H.M.Str.'s Retribution and Resolute, from Cowes. Off the port—Adelaide, from Antwerp, for Cape de Vesds ; Pay! Jones, Antwerp, for Buenos Ayres. PLYMOUTH, Dec. 17.—Wind W.—Arrived—Hannah Jane, from Rio Grande. Sailed—Centipede, for Malaga. FALMOUTH, Dec. 17.—Wind valiable. —Arrived—Ara- Minta, from Liverpool, for Fernando Po, with loss of sails and bulwarks. RAMSGATE, Dec.l7.—The Sultana (s.s.), from London, for Lisbon, has commenced discharging cargo, a small por tion of which is damaged. CARDIFF, Dec. 17.—Wind W.—Arrived.—Satisfac tion, from Barcelona. HOLYHEAD, Dec. 17.—Wind S.W. to W.—Arrived.— Orkney Lassfrom Liverpool, for Bahia. SOUTHAMPTON, Dec. 17. —Arrived—Magdalenna (s.), from the West Indies. SCILLY, Dec. 15.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—Vasco de Gaina, from Quebec, for Hull, leaky, &c. NEWPORT, Dec. 17.—Wind W.—Sailed.—Janet Kid ston, for St. Thomas. ELECITRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIYERPOOL, Thurticiny Morning. Wind N.N.W. Arrived—Jenny Jones, from Iquique ; Josephus, St. John's, N.B. ; May Queen, Mobile ; Simoon, New York. Sailed—Milan (s.s.) for Trieste; Beline, Ceard ; Mary Ann Rolliot, Calcatta ; Lea, Bahia; Castro, St. Lucia. QUEENSTOWN, Dec. 16. Wind S. Arrived—Amacordia, from St. Andrew's; Kate, Que bee; Isabella, Ibraila. Sailed—Thessalia, for Lisbon. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Thursday, 10.7 a.m. Wind S-W ; five hours ebb light and hazy. Arrived—lndia, from Dantsic ; Martha, Lisbon ; Nep tnnus, Odessa; Uncle Billy, Antwery ; Horeb, Antwerp; Sate, Antwerp. DEAL, Thursday, 9.55 A.M. Wind W., moderate, and fine. Anchored near the Tongue Lightship on the 17th.—Cori• pore, ship, from Antwerp, for London. Passed—Hope, from London, for Mobile; Somerin, London, Port-au-Prince. Sailed—Hugh, for Hull. MARKET NEWS.—(This Day.) CORN EXCHANGE. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISEI CORN For the week ended Dec. 18,1856, made up from the Returns of th e Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Walt e per Imperial Quarter. WHEAT. iSABLEY. OATS. MM. I BEAM. 1 PEA., sei Id ( 43s 11 23s 51 42s Id 43s 71 41s 10d THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGE. WHEAT. BARLEY. I OATS. RIE. BEANS. PEAS. 62s Si 45s Id I 25s 3d 40a 11l 45s 6d 43s Id QUANTITIES OF GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK. Wheat, 107,808; Barley, 102,457 ; Oats, 20,941; Bye, 44 ;Bean., 6,303; Pei.% 3,642 quarters. MEAT MARKETS. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL.—The trade was less active to-day, yet prices were supported. Beef, from 3s Od to 48 6d ; Mutton, 3s 6d to 48 Ed; Veal, 4s Od to 5s O 1; Pork, 3s 10d to 5,5 4d per 81bs, by the carcase. SOUTHALL, Dec. 17.—T0-day's market was well supplied with stock, in which a good business was transacted, as follows :—Beef, from 3s Gd to 4s 10d; Mutton, 3s 6d to 5s 2d; Veal, 48 Od to 5s Od; Pork, 4s Od to 5s Od per 81bs, to sink the offal. ROMFORD, Dec. 17.—We were well supplied with fat stock, which sold readily, on higher terms. Beef, from 3s 6d to 5s Od ; Mutton, Is Od to 5s 4d • Veal, 4s Od to 5s Od; Pcrk, 4s 0,1 to 5s 2d per Sibs. Quarter-old store pigs, 23s to 29s each. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, 2110 s to 41 4a ; °lover do.; 31 103 to 51 53; and straw, 11 3s to 11 8s per load. Trade dull. CUMBERLAND. —Meadow hay, 2/ 128 to 4/ 8s ; clover do., 3/ lOs to 5/ 5s ; and straw, 11 4s to 1/ N per load, A moderato demand. WIIITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, 2/ 103 to 41 4s ; clover do., 3/ 106 to 5/ 8s; and straw, 1/ 3s to 1/ 8s per load. Trade slow. CRYSTAL PALACE.—One Shilling Day.—Yesterday. Admissions on payment, 497; do. by season tickets, 275 ; total visitors, 772. Mr. Charles Forder, belonging to her Majesty's Customs at Southampton, has been appointed at the head of the Tide Surveying Department at Cardiff. THE MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, Wednesday. -- The Royal Mail Company's steamship Atrato, Captain Woolley, sailed to-day with the West India and Mexi can mails, 88 passengers (including whom were assis tant surgeon Webb, Lieutenants Luke and Green, and the Rev. J. Henry, for Callao), specie value £5,000, jewellery value £7,000, and a full cargo. The Penin sular and Oriental Company's steamer Sultan, Captain Neil Cook, also left to-day, with the mails for the Peninsular Ports, 35 first-class, 18 second, and 11 deck passengers; bar gold, value £28,913, and a good cargo. Among the Sultan's passengers were the Hon. Captain Elliott and family, for Gibraltar ; Captain Westropp and lady, for Cadiz, &c. The United States mail steamer Fulton leaves Havre to-day, and Cowes at daylight on Thursday morning, with the French and English mails for New York. GORDON CUMMING'S EXHIBITION.—Yesterday being the 400th time that Mr. Gordon Cumming has appeared before tho public to portray his exploits and adventures in South Africa, the occasiou was signalised by the intro duction of several new views and features connected with the lion hunter's career, tending to enhance the interest of the exhibition. The whole representation is a highly satisfactory one, exhibiting a graphic and inefface able picture of the interior of a continent, which is already enjoying a large share of public attention, and is probably destined to awaken still greater interest at no distant period. If any doubts have existed in some minds as to the accuracy of the narratives, they are now, indirectly at least, removed by the testimony of Africa n missionaries, and among others of Dr. Livingston ; and however wonderful Mr. Cumming's adventures m ay appear, there is now nothing on the face of things to impeach their perfect credibility. CHICAGO AND THE ATLANTIC SEABOARD. At a fleet ing of the Board of Trade of the City o a f fe Ce w la r s ewtna,r_k:cio.n, at their rooms on Wednesday, Nov. 19, S. R o gi3 e W ' p hel ' i in the chair, Wm. Bross, Esq., made the commercial importance of the Canadian Railway, and offered the following preamble Grand Trunk tines, which were seconded by George lb'4 G a ib n b d ,: e o q lu : and were unanimously adopted : " Whereas A. the Grand Trunk Railway has recently been end for travel and traffic between Montreal and Toronto, which neoting lines, gives Chi cago another e Atlantic seaboard ; therefore , thoroughfare wi t with can the - gratulations of the Board of resolved—That the con be hereby tendered t o the T citizensrade ooff Canada y o o n f Chicagothe suc cess of this important commercial enterprise. Resolved —That we regard with special favour the establishment of a line of propellers between this city and Montreal, connecting therewith ocean-going steamers, and that in our judgment when once the advantages of this route are fully known it will be triumphantly sus tained by the rapidly increasi ng i mport and e p xport trade of the West. R Resolved—. That the growing com merce of the Lakes re quires gteatly increased facilities of transit to the ocean , and that we respectfully urge upon our C a nadian neigh bours the .importance of enlarging the Welland Canal, and the construction of the Georgian Bay and Ontario Ship Canal, should the route be found practicable, at as early a day as possible. Resolved—That the congratula tions of this board be presented to the citizens of Mon treal at the suocess of their great railway festival on the 12th and 18th 100 100; 17 1 100 11:1 4 100 25 St. 20 10 st. 50 61 1.9 St. It. 1 too .o 1 1 ;t. '0 8, !O 411 it.l t. 100 t. 100 t. ioo I too 15 j 23 15 jl6+ ate 00 >t. 100 .0 31 [0 I all it. t, .0 1 9 st. 10) 31. la .0 2 ;t. 1 WO :5 I ;15 I 3 it. 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The incidents and I interest lie in the futile endeavours of Mr. Wind fall, a generous, sensitive gentleman, to get resi dential possession of Clover Cottage, a per f ect " love" of a place, lately left him by his godmother; which said cottage the said godmother had tent to a clever and pretty little widow, Mrs. Wily. Th e widow is, of course, reluctant to experience the fate of her first parent, and be turned out of Eden —so adroitly parries all Mr. Windfall's attempts at ejection, wail Cupid draws up Articles of Peace, ratified by the seal of Hymen.. With the acces saries of a dinner-loving friend, an honest lawyer, a village Poet Laureate, - a lady confidante, and a few other scene-shifters, the drama is fairly sus tained and agreeably concluded. Clover Cottage is thus rhapsodically described by "Florio," the sentimental minstrel, who strikes his " wild guitar " whenever a pic-nic or holiday feast is in the ascendant. On the strength of this extract it may be imagined that the book is very read able : " Imagine the rosiest, cosiest, sunniest, honeyist, liest and doveliest, balmiest, and lamb-lest, neatest, sweet ! est, and completest cot, cottage, nest, no o k, d en, h erm i t - I age, or whatever else there is at once snug and beautiful 1 in all the world—imagine that, and you have Clover before your mind's eye as perfectly as it was a picture by Gains borough.' " Or figure to yourself, if you prefer it, an extract made by Atkinson or Rowland from as many charming rural re treats as there are perfumes that go to the composition of " mulles fleurs." Clover was nut so much cottage as otto, or concentrated essence of cottage. It was just the bonny thing that blab would choose to tickle your fancy with, if she wanted to drive you cottage-mad. You know that form of insanity ? The Sylvios and Pastorellas are very subject to it at tender ages, and the fit generally comes on when the 'young May moon is beaming, so that there is no question of its being a form of lunacy, though one of the mildest. " Clover, you must know, had the most powerful natu ral orchestra that ever ravished the human ear. Black birds thrushes, larka, linnets, finches, and doves, in short all the Sweet Unpaid, sang, piped, warbled, and cooed the livelong day in'the woods and meadows that encom passed it ; and the moment night came, the nightingale— melodious roue —turned it into day again with his inces sant nocturnal performances. Moreover, combining sub stantial comforts with airy delights, this fortunate spot could boast of the happiest family circlet of cows and calves, kids aad rabbits, pigs and guinea-pigs, lambs, lamb• kins, and lambkinets, that ever bleated or grunted, frisked or capered, nibbled or browsed. Then its flower-garden, which hung on a southern slope, was a wilderness of sweets and a blaz e o f co l ours ; 't o what can I compare it but a variegated robe suspended in the sun, or an eastern carpet on which my lady's maid has spilled a whole casket of odours ? The kitchen-garden was the flower-garden re peated or prolonged, with the necessary substantial differ ence of containing all manner of delicious fruits and escu lent roots and herbs, from the melting peach to the hot horse-radish, which grew, let me tell you, at a prudent. distance from the monkshood. The side of the dell oppo site to the garden was not covered with green velvet, but with a smooth verdant turf that looked as like green vel vet as possible ; and finally, down in the bottom of this romantic hollow, ran, sp a rkling and foaming, a stream abounding with trout of the finest flavour, while across it was flung a rustic bridge, uniting the two sides of the valley, and completing the loveliest picture in the loveliest shire of the loveliest country in Europe." STABBING BY A YOUNG GENTLEMAN. At the Borough 13,nci yesterday (says the Brighton ' Gazette of this day)—present A. Bigge, Esq , and Lieut.- Colonel Fawcetti—Charles Henrich, a young gentleman, 19 years of age, the son of Lady Henrich, who is now staying in Brighton, was charged with wilfully stabbing Julia 13iondell Paine, a young woman, who from -the nature of the wound she received was unable to attend the examination, a certificate to that effect having been sent from the hospital. Mr. Lamb appeared for the prisoner. Policeman Harley stated—This morning, about a quarter before one, I saw the prisoner come oat of the Volunteer public-house. He said to me, "Hallo, old boy, I think I know you ; I have seen you before ;" and I said, "Yes, I believe you have." He said directly, " I have been to the Casino to-night, and if I had Knight ,here, who keeps the Casino, I would stab him to the heart," and he then showed me a knife. It is a long-bladed clasp knife, opening with a spring back. I said, " You must be joking ; you cannot mean that ; give me the knife." I took the knife out of his hand, and closed it, and I gave it to him, and told him to put it into his pocket. As soot as I gave it to him he opened it again, and said, " carry this home in my hand open, and the first person that interrupts me I'il stab him." Julia Paine was standing close behind us at the time. She had come along the New-road by the Pavilion wall. He said, " Hallo, old girl, how are you getting on," making use of obscene language at the same time. She replied, "I don't know you, sir." The prisoner got the knife open in his hand, and he made a stab at her, and said, "How would you like this ?" It was an underhand stab. In a moment she said, "Oh, you have murdered me." She then put her hand inside of her dress, and when she took it out again it was covered with blood. Finding that she was seriously wounded in the grain, I told the prisoner I should take him into custody on the charge of wilfully stabbing the girl. He said nothing further than that he would go with me to the ball, when I said I should take him there. I brought him to the Town-hall, and a man and woman who were passing by came with the girl to the ball. Mr. Penfold, the surgeon, saw the girl at the ball, and she was afterwards taken t o th e h ospital. I was dressed in policeman's clothes. When he threatened Knight I thought it an idle boast, otherwise I should not have given him back the knife, after I bad first taken it from him. I saw no enmity on his part. Be was not so drunk but what he could walk as well as I could. He stabbed the girl before I had a chance to take the knife from him again, otherwise I should have done so. He did not attempt to move after he had made this thrust. Colonel Fawcett—Was there any expression of regret after be had wounded the girl ? No, not in the least ; the more the other way, for he seemed to exult in it. Mr. Henry Penfold, surgeon to the police force, stated that he was called to the Town-hall about two o'clock this morning, and found the girl, Julia Blondell Paine, in apparent alarm and pain. He found a punctured wound situated a little above and to the outside of the centre of the left groin. The wound was a fresh one, but it was not then bleeding. He did not think it advisable to make any further examination, as it was highly dan gerous in that situation. The wound was about three quarters of an inch in width. The wound was perpen dicular. The clothes were saturated with clotted blood. Conceiving she was in danger, he took her in a cab to the hospital, and left her there in the care of the house surgeon. He thought a deep-seated artery might have been wounded, or that the covering of the bowels might have been injured. The Bench ultimately decided upon remanding the pri soner till Saturday. Mr. Lamb applied to have the prisoner admitted to bail, but the application was refused. THE ADVENTURES OP DR. LIVINGSTON. The adventures of Dr. Livingston during his many of travel in the interior of Africa constitu te a remarkable e o a n ila the of episode in the history of modern g eo graphical discovery. of the From west to east he m ade his way across that mysterious eca o s u t u c t o ry as , t f . rom w ,L o o a a r n e d , o o , f on co t u h r e so w , g es i t, o t o o Quillimane , raut of th this weary travel, but Dr. Livingston seems to have satis the details t tewntigzhnearire,aswtoo doubt h v t al n u o e t, of hi e g eographicale highe s t iim portance. . portance. In order to appreciate the rea l d fi iesd P c o v e e a r e i es e , h and fatigue which he must have undergone,amount of labour neces sary to give a thought to the mournful it is but capable men who have fallen vi • list of gallant and Afri can discovery. Dangers from e xposure victims to the cause of from length of way, from hostile to intense beat, from wild animals, from at and treacherous natives, dire torment of thirst, from starvation, from the still more disease in various forms , m miasmatic swamps, and fr om Afri can discoverer and, al as be confronted by the high-spirited men hav ee ! how many strong, prudent, Every honour, we Succumbed in the_ r struggle ! Livings ton during his stay in trust, will be shown to D so . on o 'll f- B e - - sumo his pilgrim's England, for lie is the staff, He has fairly earne d consi deration and respect of his i gi l j us long exertions in behalf of human' country . humanity, and by the en with which he has prosecuted researches which will, in all probability, be attendedse° with great results. Dr. Livingston's last travels rri to have b between 10 and 18 S., or thereabouts, een prosecuted He speaks of rivers, of negro nations in the interior ruled by politic laws and humane customs, some of W hich might be copied with advantage by communities of higher pretensions to civilisation and refinement. Dr. Livingston found in the course of his travels that the great obstacle to intercourse with the negro races of the interior Proceeded, not from the negroes themselves, but from the borderers interposed between the negroes and civilisation, who are resolved to keep the trade between the blacks and the external world in their own hands. The same diffi culty has been encountered by adventurers who have en deavoured to penetrate into Africa from the north or from the east. The defeat of Captain Buttons reoont attempt to penetrate into Eastern a verAfric is an example of this traditional, and not, perhaps, y unnatural policy. Sometimes it is the Moor, sometimes the Arab, sometimes the negro chief, sometimes the lßoer who stops the way ; but fur the present it is eflectually stopped. The task of clearing away such obstacles is not one which will be exe cuted in a day, nor in a year. The problem oannot be re solved by violence, nor by a coup-de-maize. The confidence of wild tribes, who have been studiously trained t o j ea l ousy of the white man s approach, and who are ever i n hostilit y,- so that the friendship of the one means the hostility o f the other, must be slowly overcome before the f • ertility of Africa is pressed into the service of mankind. We would that we had grounds before us on c ould reasonably come to the conclusion that th e which we up of Africa means the extinction of slay . opening gre at service which the world demands fro th is the production of cotton. The constitution e Peculiar conditions of th e white the negro race man seems unfitted for labour und er th of place and atwosphere requisit e for the cultivation of th a t i n Af r i c a may this necessary staple. Now, granting be found localities in abund ance the growth of cotton, a n d that admirably adapted for in Africa, too, labour, if properly applied, is forthcoming negro cultivate the soil with the iila in abundance, will t he regularity of result necessary certainty of purpose a nd Even if, contrary to our for commercial thispuises he so, will not the negro present expectation, should labour of slaves? ploy the compulsory Rillproprietor e mploy . Will not the only result obtained be a change in the venue ofthe Southern States of the American Union slavery from territory . of on to the vast Africa? We do not assume to speak upon sufficient grounds, and should be glad, therefore to hear the conclusions upon so important a matt er a t Whi c h an eye-witness, such as Dr. Livingston und ou bt e dl y i s , m ay have arrived .—Time. 71 i 511 i St. 25 1)0