The Sun. — London, England, 1856-12-01 00:00:00

King at once accepted, though it was not in ac- THE WEST INDIA MAIL, cordance with national customs for his Majesty of _ Bankok to accept hospitality at the hands of any ARRIVAL OF THE ATRATO. - subject • yet the grand scale of the preparation s i n - , SOUTHAMPTON, Nov. 29. duced him to commit, on this occasion, a breach of royal etiquette. Tile Royal Mail Comp any ' s s t eam - s hi p Atrato,e King's brother, however, had Captain Woolley, arri ve d t hi s even i ng at 7 . 3 0 his suspicions about this grand entertainment , awl advised the Kingo'clock, from the West I n di es with the usual mails was intended to do so not to gn, feeling ‘ certai n th a t i t in charge of Lieut. Morris, R.N., Admiralty agent. me grievous bodily h arm to , On her homeward v o y age t h e At rato exper i ence d him. The Ki n g, havi n g accepted, did not lik e to , fine weather, with a h eav y swe ll f or a wee k. betray symptoms of distrust, p er h aps without i The latest dates brought by th e At ra t o are— cause ; so resolved on an expedient, w hi c h was to [ send, dressed in his usual royal a tti re , w hi c h may ;Tampico be presumed as prescribed f or suc h an occas i on, City of Mexico Greytown — 5 Barhadoes would be so bulky and extensive as to greatly con- Vera Graz — 6 Jacmel - 11 coal the person, a courtier who very much resem- Santa Martha ..... 7 Antigua — 12 bled the King in height, figure, and face. The Colon - 9 St. Kitt's ......... —.13 about midnight ; th e pseuo King accordin g ly, Trinidad — 9 Nevis — 13 followed by the regal retainers and men of the Havana — 10 Porto Rico court, arrived at that hour, and was at once con- Carthagena .--16 i ducted to a throne p re p are d f or hi s M a j esty. No The Atrato brings on freight 459,315 dols. on sooner had he seated himself than the whole affair ' merchants' account, 5,000 dols. for the dividends, blew up, destroying this man who had been unfortu- 416,072 ounces of gold dust and bars, 2,2341. of nate enou g h to he like the King, and seven other , plata prua, 1,8001. of jewellery, 67 serous of cochi- Persons who stood near the throne. Thus was the neal, 28 serous of jalapa, 2,6001. of pearls, 1621. of King of Siam's life saved by the sagacity of his old silver plate, 2 packages of vanilla, 169 bags of brother; and a valuable life his is, for he is a very cocoa, 218 cases of cigars, 106 bales of tobacco, 3 enlightened man for an Asiatic, and can write a j cases of nutmogs, 15 packages of Panama hats, 6 letter himself in English. Whether this narrative, I bales of sarsaparilla, 2 cases of t or t o i ses h e ll, 50 which is b e li eve d t o h e s t r i c tly t rue, h as appeared cases of succades, and a general cargo, consisting in the Calcutta or other Indian papers, the writer of 67 packages. of these lines knoweth not." , The latest news received at Vera Cruz is, that Gen. Oriliuela, with a part of the garrison of the city of Puebla, had pronounced against the dictato rial power of Senor Comontort, proclaiming the Constitution of 1844, and the annulling of the laws depriving the clergy and the army of their privi leges and ordering the property of the Church to be sold by auction. The Government troops had made their appearance at the city, and occupied many important points, as in the event of the movement not being quickly subdued it would extend itself. It has been followed already by similar movements at Tampico, Queretaro, and many other towns. General Almonte has arrived, by the Atrato, as the Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipoten tiary of Mexico, to settle the Barron difficulty. A large amount of specie is expected by the next mail. CHINA SERIOUS DISTURBANCE AT CANTON. HONG KONG, Oct. 18.—The mail steamer Malta left this on the 15th for Ceylon with the letters to England. At tht time of her departure the chief topic of interest was the state of the matters to the northward, the progress of the rebellion, and the disagreement between the United Stares consul and the Chinese customs authorities at St'angbai arising out of ale death of Mr. Cunningham. Since the departure of the Malta public atten tion has been arrested by the serious state matters have assumed at Canton, and the probability of a rupture between our Government and the Chinese arising . k,tut the frdowing circumstances. The Chinese mandarins a vessel (lorcha) under English colours, and cut oil ',le off the crew. The British consul demanded au exp;ina tion, but the mandarins had thought proper to give the consul no reply. Commodore B. Elliot, of H.M.S. Sybille, seized a mandarin junk, and sent her into Hong Kee 'from whence she managed to escape during the night. H. M.'s weamer Sampson, Commander Hand s , w ith H.M.S. Encounter, left ong Kong, at 1 p.m. to day (Oct. 18th) for Whampoa, with a large force of marines and blue -jackets. Admiral Sir Michael Sey mour is fortunately on the spot, and, if we may judge by his recent determined conduct at Japan, he wi'd not be disposed to stand much, if any, nonsense. It is both expected ai.d hoped that his Excellency. Sir John Bowring will insist on the Gates of Canton being opened this time, for until free rslmittance is obtained into the city we cannot look for that respect and security which guarantee the continuance of peace and the advancement of trade. The circumstance of our baying a large fleet of ;hips of war in the Chinaseas offer a very favour able opportunity to adjust several matters which have :remained long out standing. The subjoined extracts from the Overland China Mail, of the 15th instant, will furnish particulars of eve: tits since last mail The Overland China Mail has the following from Shanf ;hai of the 7th October : Mo. it exciting news is reaching us from the west and north. Some of the accounts arc well authenticated; others not so. Troubles thicken on all sides, both among the imperialists and the insurgents. The accounts of the advance of Mongols, Manchus, Bantle rmen, and Imperial Commissioners, are as current as eves but now quite stale ; and it is uncertain whether ny of them are on the march. Meantime, the imperial chest i s proclaimed empty, and all schemes to replenish it hays been found unavailing. Pure silver is hard to be got, Iv hile paper money iron cash will not circulate. Great .concern is felt, too, in the capital, on account of the sca,-city of provisions. Tii' stores at command are not au tale, and the prospects of imcr.-ase are positively Dad. IThe latest intelligence from Nicaragua, received via Aspinwall, is to the effect that everything is quiet in tut ire;erior, and Walker has forces posted at San Carlos, Zaripiqui, and other points. Thosteamers of the Nicaragua line from New . York and New Orleans had arrived, the former with 300 passengers and the latter with 29 for San Francisco. The two steamers also brought 450 men for Walker, well provided with ammunition, arms, and provisions. At Costa Rica the coffee crop is ripening and promises to be a large one. The news of the pillage of Granada by the allies, which was received here by way of San Juan del Norte, had not reached San Jose. Files of papers to the 10th inst., from Jamaica, furnish us with the following items : " Thehealth of the island still continues very unsatisfactory ; fever prevailing to a considerable extent, and assuming, in the ease of newly-arrived Europeans, the type of yello,v fever. Contrary to all previously received opinions this type of fever has prevailed, in au almost epidemic fever, at New Castle Barracks, situated at an elevation exceeding 3,000 feet above the level of the sea." COMMERCIAL EXCHANGES. Ox LoNuoN.—Jamaica, and Colonial Banks-90 days, per cent, premium; 60 days, 1 per cent. premium ; 30 days 1 per cent. premium. Private bills, at par. ON . NEW YORK.-60 days, 3 per cent, premium on 4s. Merchants' bills, 1i per cent. premium. We have dates from the South Pacific, viz.:— Valparaiso, October 15 ; Callao, 26 ; and from Melbourne to the 29th of August. rue intelligence is extremely meagre. From Chiii we learn that Government has deter mined to repeal the duties on the exportation of copper. This duty produces at present about half a million of dollars. AMERICA. r E SUN, But the most exoitinv fact we have heard, if indeed it be afa ct, is the death of V a :g ,g, and that, too, by one of tie fellow:4, the Northern King. It is ba rdly po , sible that all these accounts that have been crnni ng in during the last ten days, about domestic quarrels among the kings at Nanking, can be without some ftiu ndation. But even if they be true, the TA Ping Irpoarrection survive, and may spread and increase, arid these long-haire.t men ultimately become masters c f the Empire. Duri!:g the summer, and until very re(:f , ntly, the imperialists have bten compelled to retire h , r o re their advancmg In K a ang Si, th , imp, realists are, by all accounts of friends Lod foe , , g-tti ,, g the worst ~ f it, a , ,d holes. 'bey soon ra' ily, will have to retire frlru very ctv, or all be cut to l nieces. Full MAU. —A man bas been brought, to confess having .killed Mr. Cunningliant, and im to be exec cuted fiyrthwith, so that all pretext on the part of the Uni!ted States Consul to longer withhold pay ment et export duties has been tFilien away. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. BOMBAY, Nov. The ( 0 eland mail from London, of the 26th September, reached Bouil,ay early on the morning of the 23,1 October, ' Per Pm 'insular and Oriental Company's steamer I , Torna. Our money market during the past fortnight has become, as we satieipated, slightly tighter, and the hanks in con i'equen co have raised their rates of interest 1 per cent. all round. Gov ernment and other securities are lower, viz. :—Sicca Fours, 89; Company's Fours, 84k; Do. Fives, 1011 ; Bank ° f Bo ro bay Shares, 31 per cent. premium; Oriental Bank Corpo ration Shares, 55 per cent. premium. The Dewallee holidays terminated on the 30th ultimo, and rein ce, business has been resumed.- Money is gradually coming into demand, and we expect the banks will com mence very soon raising their rates of discount. The rnonsoi )n season terminated very favourably, and a very good harvest is reported from almost all parts of the interior. Cott on Piece Goods—The market has been tolerably steady, and business done to a fair extent. The sellers are More free since business has been resumed, owing to a rise In this rates of exchange. Grey shirtings 40 inches, of all descriptions, are in fair request ; 45 inches also in fair at. Grey Jacconets are in inquiry. Grey madapol lams, 2ilbs., are rather dull; others are in moderate re qrtes%. Grey long cloths up to 71lbs. are dull; Blbs. and uPw ards are in moderate inquiry. G rey T cloths of all de scriptions are in fair request. Domestics are rather dull ale. laleaehed and Fancy Goods.—Bleached shirtings, low, are. in demand; middling and higher are less inquired for. Bleached madapollams, low, are in Blight request, while Other s are dull. Cotton Yarns.—Both mule and water have been toler ably steely, and there has been no change in value ; trans actions done to a limited extent. Dyed and orange are dull; and Turkey red and green are in fair request. Metal'.—English bar and hoop have slightly declined ; White sheets and nail rod, both round and square, remain at the are value as last reported ; but the market for the Whole is pretty steady. Cotton Wool. —The market continues to exhibit consi derable 'activity ; the prices for goods on the spot have de clined a li ttle ; while for arrival of old and new crops ad vanced a .nd considerable purchases have been made. °Piun i.—The market has been very active, and of the new O r o p a moderate quantity has been imported ; but ° wing to th e f res h ness o f t h e drug muc h diffi cu lt y h as beenfelt in selecting a good dry cake, and in consequence as high as Fts. 1,077 has been paid for the best parcels. Freights have been very steady, and have advanced, for Liverpool o to 3/. 10s., for Lond on t o 31 . s s. t o 7.6, an d f or China tlts. 12 per candy. Exelar.nge opened with a small scale of first class pap cal at 2. 10., and gradually adv ance d t o 2 s. 2d. Lal d raw n bills and documents hav e so ld a t 2 s. l i d. to 2s. 2,11., and `2s. 24d. Court bills, 60 days' sight, Calcutta, 97i ; l as.d.ras, 30 days' sight, 91; China, . 0 days' s ight, 221. CALCUTTA, Our. 23. IMPORTS.—We are happy to be able to report an im kroved aspect in our import market, especially as regards Ztritish cotton piece goods and metals, which have attracted very fair attention, and native dealers have evinced greater activity in making purchases since the resumption of busi ness on the 15th inst. i ns E t. X . P ,, O f at t r e a r .— th S e i nc ethe result , busiae,s on the 15th e ta holidays, transaction s h ave b een sma ll, owing t o the scarcity of exp or t a bl e at tides, and high prices demaraiaa for them.' FREIGHTS the fac e of th e l arge amount of tonnage s available, and th e small supplies of Britain and Eu rope have tn been o p roduce, rates to Great amount of transacti ons for fir maint a i ne d. A fair to 31 15s for dead weight, and o 3 n i. and Liverpool at 3/ 5s some instances as high a s 3/ a s for j ut for light fr e ight ;in EXCHANGE —The Market open.4l e. after the h o lid y e a t 2.1 a for first-class hills ; but in consequence amount received flora China (about of the lar g e acs) which have been thrown on the market, the rate h as ri 'Which a c o nsiderable amount of busine a sinn t) 2.14, at The loc a l b a nk, have been sellin g a t 2 l a to 2 13. been done. The markst report el oePi fir the mail for firs - t class credits at six months' sight at '2.1, 7 i. The money markat i•olitinues eaay, and aceonomodatio in obtained on very favu , able terms. The -1A per Cen:. loan progresses but very slowly. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 1. The mail ship Canada has arrived, with advices from New York to the 18th, and Halifax and Boston to the 19th ult. She has brought $320,707 specie on freight. On the 22d ult. the Canada passed the royal mail steamer Persia, and on the 30th ult., off Hook Light, pasled the royal mail steamer Africa, both hence fir New York. Ti.ie screw steamship City of Washington, hence, came to an anchor inside Cape May on the evening of the 17th ult. ; and the royal mail steamship Niagara, hence, had arrived at Halifax ou the 22d Advii.,cs from Tampico contradict the report that Gen. Canales had joined Vid.turri. The Texas had ;o:rived at New York with advises from Nicaragua, and $120,000. Everything was Walker was preparing for further hostilities. A false rumour was current that the Lancaster Bank had supended payment. Half of the town of Three Rivers, Canada, had been wrecked in Lake Superior, and 35 people drowned. In the New York money market there was some slight relief, not in the rate for loans, but in faci lities for obtaining discounts inside the bank. Rates ware extravagantly high. Confidence was being restored, and capitalists were more inclined to invest. The Bank statement was favourable. The loans were increased over one million, as the stock market bad recovered from depression, and the tendency was upward. Exchange on London was 1084 to 109 i. Cotton was steady, at the decline established on the previous Saturday. Flour was dull, at rather lower rates. Freights were firm. There is no later commercial news by Halifax from New York, Thursday, the 20th, being the Thanksgiving-day. The steamer Marian was spoken off Nantucket, without tidings of the Lyonnais, or her boats. NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 18. Middling cotton, Ric. The steamer Washington had arrived out. GLASGOW, SUNDAY. The Edinburgh steamer arrived in the Clyde this morning with 38 cabin and 92 steerage passengers. She left New York on the 15th of November, and passed a large iceberg on the 21st, the first of the season. M. Cabet, founder of the Icarian community at Nauvoo, Illinois, died on the 9th, aged 69. Sales of cotton, New York, on the 14th, about 1,800 or 1,900 bales; middling uplands at about 12c., and New Orleans at about 12p. Markets closed with a firmer feeling. BLOCKADE OP NE iv GRANADA. CHINA MARKETS, EXCHANGE AND BULLION.—Canton, Oct. 13—Oriental Bank Corporation on London at 6 months' sight, 4.8. ; " India, 220 Rs. ; gold, dole. 22.10 ; Canton Sycee, 10.6 Per cent prem ; duty Sycee, 11.1 ; other bills on London at 6 months' sight, 4.9 to 4 S. ; on India, 220 Rs. Shanghai, he t. 7- On London, 7.8 to 7.6 ; on Calcutta. 350 Rs. ; drafts on Canton and Hong Kong, 34 per cent. die., and lie xican dollar s a t an equivalent rate. Manilla, Sept. 6 iOn Lo n d on, 6 months ' sight, 4.4; 30 days ' sight, to A 1.3 ; on Banton and Hong Kong, 13 per cent. preui. ; moy' li; per eprt. nrcirn. Silver, South American and Spanish dollars, 13 per cent. We'll' I,9PFUAL—C inton, Oct. 432 dole. ; T o , 42 ' ) dols. ; Bentires, new, 4724 ; 3 6 1'• ; TuTkey, 400 dols. Shanghai, Oct. 7—Malwa, new, a dole!. ; Patna, new, 305 dols. tea RE IGHTS AND TONNAGE.—Cant on —T o L on d on, 2/. f or MaShanghai —To London, P. 10s.for tea, 5 /. to 6/. for silk; to New York, 10 dols. per 40 feet. fi r nila----To London, 2/. 100. per 20 cwt. ; sugar, 3/. 105. ten of light freight ; to United States, 8 dole. per ton ; Austr alia, light freight, 3/. 10s. per ton. - Instructions were sent by the mail to-day to the Commander-in-Chief of the naval station at Jamaica to establish a blockade of the p its of New Granada, on the Spanish Main, in conse quence of the refusal of the Government of that country to carry into effect, after being repeatedly called on to do so, an agreement formally concluded with a British subject—Mr. James Mackintosh. Forbearance, it is known, has been carried to its utmost limit, not only by our present Foreign Secretary, but by his predecessors iu office, in their dealings with this and the other Central and South American Republics, owing to the allowance made for their immaturity and the peculiar circumstances of their position. But, with the exception of Chili, which has pursued an honourable course, such as to cause its securities to take a leading rank iu the European money markets, they have almost all sunk to a depth in which every reliance upon their good faith has been extinguished. Each act of spoliation submitted to has merely been the precursor of something worse, until, -relying upon their weakness and the indisposition of the British Government to use coercion, their treatment of British claimants has been such as to cause the sufferers constantly to contrast their own position with that of citizens of the United States under similar circumstances. It may be hoped that the course now adopted in the case of New Granada will exercise a wholesome influence, especially on Venezuela and Mexico. The Christmas number of the Household Words is to be entitled " Wreck of the Golden Mary ; being the Captain's Account of the great Deliverance of her People in an open That at Sea." CREW OF THE STEAMER NEVA.--DOVER, Nov. 30. — Twelve seame n were landed here this morning from the Prussian barque Danzic, of Danzic, part of the crew of the Nova , teatner, of Hull, bound from Cronstadt and Gutten',urg to Hull. On the 25th just ,in a gale of wind, the Neva sprung a leak, and struck with a heavy sea, puctinj the fires out. She went down about 100 miles from the coast of Jutland. All the crew took to the boats, and were picked up about an ltrur after they left the steamer by the schooner Bedford, of .Dubdue, bound to London, on the 26th. Part of the crew (12) were put on board the Prussian barque Danzig. On the 12 men landing at Dover, they were immediately taken •, t A; um Sanwa F 100); where they were abundantly pro. ..eiesterday alti,rnoen, Dr. TAlt, the rei-entlys r ; : lcinted vided with everything, and snot f ree b y th e Soutb-East int°l3ot Lo n d, c, preached his fir 4 ~p rscopa inGD, era Railway by the 5 .45 t ra i n to L oudon. P reparat i ons Ili en.. „..` u e occasion of the re-openingiof St. James's Church, ' were made at the Dover S a il ors ' Rome for the remainder "gulY, after the recent alteration s . 1 of the crew and passengers at any hour of the night. LON DUN, MONDAY E V NIN G, DECEMBER Fl, 856 SHARE MARKETS--(This D y). RAILW..IYS. Shr. !Paid Aan.w..t re. Cloging Price, Business done this lay. I this day 94 Arabs. Wottng. Boat and Eastn. Jnnet. all ficlfast & .i3ally haehs . all Binning. Wolverh Story: Va11ey,,,,,_ all Birkeithd. Lanai Cheshire Juliet ~ *l l Do. Cliesh. dt Birk., all 'Do., do. all Blackburn ...... . all Blyth iv.ryne origina] ssd. at .£46 1 100 Bristol a nd Exeter 100 Caledonian. 100 Chester A Holyhead all Cork and Bandon all Cork, Black, ar PisE. all Cornwall all Do. A 8 Do. B 45 DublimlßelfastJunc all Dun. P. A Ah- , r. Jnc, 100 /East Anglian....... all Eastern Countios.. 100 '‘Jnlnn, A St: 10 , Be., B. 5t0ck...... 8i Do., New A.....„ 17 ~ l East Kent 100 I Mast Lancashire al East Suffolk 4 Do. 11(X) Edinburgh d4;4lsegu all Edinb. and Peebles. 100 ! Edin.Prt &Dan& all [Furth & Clyde Jun,: 100 !Furness ..,..,. ...... 1 00 'Glasgow d r S. Westrr all Great N. of Scotlnd 100 Great Northern 100 Do., A. 5t0ck.,.,, ,,. 100 Du., B. 5t0ck........ 1.30 Gt. Sth. &West.are.; 100 Great Western........ 100 Do. Stour Val, Ral qua. Stk all Irish South-E.:aster:l all Lancaster & Carlisle 14i Do., Thirds 12 Do. New Thirds,..... 100 Lancash. andYorksh Do., Wet. Riding Un. all Do. Southport ...... all London BlackwB.ll 100 Lond.Bright&S.Cst 100 Loud. and N. Westn. 16 Do. Fifths 5 Do.lol. 2A ' Do. Eighths.... 106 London and% Westn. all LudndrrydsColerainc too all ~.47 ,as e in u c hd rry. . she & nn f.t E Lin is c k ip 1 l.fetrepolito.n 1 Do. J. L. Ricardo's, arrangement 1.00 Widlancl 100 10. Birmag.&Derb: all ttidld. G. West. (Ire, all :) , e. - Half Shares 311 Cewcastle& Carlisln all 4wpt.Aberg. &Hrfel 8 Mowry &Enniskille all ?lowly, Warr enpoint and Restrevor...., 100 - forfolk 3 F ortlin.ConnticaUn ,North British....... 100 'Nth Devon Rail. Dock Stock 100 >o., A Stock. 100 )o. B Stock 100 td.liastern—Berwi h 23; )o. do. Extension 163G.N.E. i'ure all Do. Leeds 00 ; - ro. York LOO Xorth Lomicu 4 -4, - 8i 18 - 19 16 - 17 13 - 14 92 - 94 581 - 59: 39 - 40 111 . &S. WS tr n. , Harm st%d,an•l City Jn. 74 North Statrordshir, ki forth Western 8. Westrn. Jun, .x., Wore.. & Was. 14 .rtsolorith 9 Rhymney L ' otti h 0e rztr , .' LO' Scot. N E.Abrdn St tth Do. Scot. Mid. St 00 4 • , pahira TM' 2 SitinebournekSheer • fl,' Altti DoVOLI South Eastern .00 o uth Wsles Yrk sh. Riv. Du .:'4LJit'r3l Mtittto 11 SUN OFFICE, Slx o'clock. DERBY. 12 to 1 agst Blink Bonny (offered) 20 to 1 agst Tournament (taken) 22 to 1 agst Goldfinch (taken) 30 to 1 agst Saunterer (taken) 30 to 1 agst Schiedam (taken) 33 to 1 agst Glenmasson (taken) 33 to 1 agst Ackworth (taken) 40 to 1 agst Anton (taken) 50 to 1 apt Lambourne (taken) tyIONE Y MARKET ANL .701IMERCIAL INTF.T.T.TGENOIs, CITY, Two o'CLootc Accounts from Liverpool state that the Cotton Market on Saturday closed heavily, but prices of all descriptions were unchanged from the current rates of the previous day. The sales amounted to from 6,000 to 7,000 bales. The Railway Share Market was buoyant, and prices of all the leading stocks again advanced. The state of trade in the manufacturing districts is described in the letters received this morning as being quiet, as the high quotations still current in the discount market continue to impede operations. Increased confidence, however, is entertained, and soon after the commencement of the new year it is thought business will become more profitable. Meanwhile stock taking, and the execution of outstanding contracts, will be sufficient to produce activity in the warehouses. Moderate supplies of gold continue to arrive from America, notwithstanding the unfavourable position of the exchange, and from Mexico, also, there are remittances to a fair extent. From these two places about 420,000 has been announced this morning, and it is expected that about the next Mexican packet will bring between 2,000,000 and 3,000,000 of dollars in specie. There is a brisk inquiry for discounts this morn ing in all directions, owing to the preparations for the payment of the commercial bills due on Thurs day next, when the Consol Account has likewise to be arranged. During the next two or three days, therefore, there is likely to be increased stria gency. In all cases the minimum charge is fully paid, except where the paper is of a very first.rate character, when 61 or 6 . 4 per cent. is demanded. The colonial wool sales, at which about 52,000 bales were offered, closed on Saturday. Through out the series the biddings were animated, and an advance of lid. to 2d. was firmly established. In the advices from Shanghai it is stated that the extraordinary price of the Carolus dollar, 92 of them only being obtained for 100 teals of silver, being about 351 per cent. above their intrinsic value, had induced the pawnbrokers, those engaged in the E cloth trade, and, in fact, the chief portion of the I commercial community, to petition the:lntendant 4 of Souchow Singkeang to order foreign merchants 2 . to use the Sycee silver, not dollar , , as the circula tive medium, and also to prohibit native dealers depreciating d o ll ars o th er th an C aro l us . 1 From 30,0001. to 35,000/. in gold was taken from s the Bank of England on Saturday for the Con tinent. s. St. tit TATTERSAWS.—(This Evening.) The English Funds have.been rather flatter this morning, probably owing to a desire on the part of some of the speculators to realise their profits rather than to "carry over" at the high charge made for that operation. The varia tion in prices, however, is not very important, and the market exhibits a considerable degree of strength. Consols have been 94J for money, and next Thursday, and 95 for January. The New Threes are 9311 4, and the Reduced 93 /. Bank Stock is flat, being 215 to 216, and India Stock is 227. Exchequer Bills have risen to ss. and 6s. premium, and the Bonds 981. East India Bonds have been 2s. discount, to 2s. premium. The Foreign Market is dull and rather heavy. Turkish 6 per Cents. are about 952 to 96, and the 4 per Cents. are nominally steady. In the former business has been recorded at 951 a 2. Spanish 3 per Cents, have risen VI 42i I, and the New De ferred to 234 24. Dutch 24- per Cents. have been dealt in at 66. Mexican at 22k. Peruvian 42 per Cents. at 77 to 78, and Chilian at 104. The following are the nominal prices of Foreign Stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 62 7 ; Mexi can, 221 g ; Peruvian 44 per Cents., 76 8 ; ditto 3 per Cents., 54 6 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 2 0 44 6 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 106 8 ; ditto 41 per 20 Cents., 94 6; Spanish 3 par Cents., 421 ; ditto l o o x, New Deferred, 232 24 ; ditt o C ert i f i cates, 5 ; 2o ditto Passive, 6 25 The Railway Share Market has exhibited a very I N steady appearance, and most of the principal lines 2000 . have fUlly ma i n t a i ne d previous quotations. t Bristol and E xe t er, E ast Anglian, South- 20 Western, North British, and South Wales have 2 2 : 3 1 advanc e d a b ou t s s. to Ws. An active business has too" been done in Grand Trunk of Canada, at a slight improvement, as also in Great Central of France, too and Paris and Lyons. Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares rule 20 rather firm. Union of Australia advanced 11. J9.fl BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY.—CLOSING PRICES. (from the Official List.) Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 215 16 3 per Cent, Consols Annuities 934 3 i Now 3 per Cent. Annuities , 941 R i i 93i 4 India Stock ~ ..A Initip , Howls, xliTho . .., •••• ....... Ditto, tinder £lOOO 2 p 2 d Consols or A ccount 94; i i I Ric:l,l3oer Bills, 21d. El000 E5OO 5 6 p Smell 5 6 p Ditto Bonds, 1858, 31 per Cent 9B? Ditto, 1359 PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. Chilian Bonds, 6 per Cent lO4 Mexican 3 per Cent 22i Ditto Account 22 Peruvian Bonds 4i per Cout 7B Ditto Account ••• Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent., Con. 1841 Ditto 1853, 3 per Cent Ditto Account i(ussian Bonds, 1822, -13 St., 5 per Cent._ 107 Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent. . ......... Sp,x,;i h t3ol.ide, 3 per Cent — Ditto Account Ditto iv ew Deferred, 3 per Cent. Ditto Account Swedish Bonds, 4 per Cent. . Turkish Bonds, 6 psr cent 9sa i Ditto Account Ditto Small . 95i Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. — Ditto Account pi menus 1 , - the above ,avatoe to tordoo. D utch Exchange, q per Cent., 12 Guilders 66 THREE O'CLOCK. Consolg(Money) Ditto (December 4) 94f /1 A Cabinet Council was held en Saturday afternoon, at the official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury in Downing-st. GAMBIA, WESTERN COAST OF AFRICA.—The military buildings, defences, barracks, and stores at this station, have been transferred from the War Department to the Colonial Government, and placed solely under the dis posal of the Governor. This highly judicious measure, adopted by Lord Panimure, will prove not only benefi ciala to the colony, but one of great economy to her Ma y vnt.— Caledonian Mercury. s THE MURDERER MARLEY.— 1 mmediately after the theentence of death w as passed, M ar l ey was removed into interior of Newgate and the wh o l e o f hi s c l o thi ng taken from hi m , and subjected to a most rigorous search, in order to ascertain that he had nothing concealed by which he could commit s elf - destruction. During this process the nonchalance and coolness which he evinced &ring hisltrial seemed gradually to forsake him, and on being subsequently conducted to the condemned room, his courage completely failed, and the wretched man ca.t himself upon the pallet completely overwhelmed with grief. Two turnkeys were placed in the cell, and till the time arrives for his exeoution he will never be left alone day or night. THE WEATHER.—NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, Saturday Night. —An intense frost prevails in this town and neighbourhood. On Friday morning the thermometer kept outside rooms of the Literary and Philosophical Society stood at 30 degrees, and this morning it went down to 25.5 degrees. A thermometer kept at &navel!, iiear this town, by Mr. Thomas Di,oe, 11,...s as 2 been a s l ow 2 degrees. and the same and even greater citq)lc,'-'lin.li bsb occurred lu other pitt(Wb. The cuuntry for mites round is coveted with snow, and there is a large quan tity of floAtiog ice in the river. all a , neß,We.k. kW 0. Stockton & Darling 12A Do., do., 1554 3 Do., do., 1855 14. •:togkton Hartlop 7alT Val° 'o.Prof., No. 1,, ~ '2 Hay. D.& R, all Vale of Noath...„,„ %11 Tatorfcl. & Kilkenn .117 4'aterford&Limorie • 9AI West Cornwall. ..... all.'ir?!9.t End of Londf, And Crystal Palace. all Do. A all Do. 13_ tli Virect Loidcnj. all Do. First Class all Do. Second Class_ .11 Wimbl.trin itr.r..'rev. ^7 9 isarkml,, Oen. India, g. 5 p. c all Dc. , 10s. Ceylon A shares.., , 1 Do. B. do ad e , merara 2s. Eastern Bengal all tact Indian A and B, g• P. 5 Do. Ex. C, gu. sp. c all Do. do. D, gu. sp. c. all Do.4i p.c.Bnds.,'s7 all ‘)o. do. do., '59, do rdl Geelong Melbourne guar. 5 per cent. all lel. Trunk of Canada all Do. Cert. ofDebon. con. into Stk. 01'6:- all t)o. Comp. 6p. c., do. all It. In. Pen. g. sp. c. 2 Do New, guar. sp. c all '4t.'Western of Canad 8 Do. Now • it Do. lids., payable all Do. do., '76, p. '60... all Do. do., '73 do. air Do. do., '73, without option all vadras, guar. 41 5 p.c all Do. do., sp. c. 10 Do. 4i p. c. Exten 5 Do. 3d Es., g. sp. c 5 icinde, guar. sp. c, all Do 18 St. Andrew's and Quebec (A) , ell ‘ntwerptsßott, rdam 10 Ardennes all lelgian Eastn. Juno 16 lezi ere to Graiesesere 103 Buff'. & Lk. Ilur. Ry. all Carmeaux & Toulouse Coal Mines and Ry. 12 ')uteh Rhenish all Eastern of France 19 10. New 28. Euphrates Valley 10s. Eur, 8 4t. Ceutral of Fran, e 16 Treat Luxembourg 4 Italian Junction all Lake Conn. & Basle all Lierre and Turnhout 6 Lombardo Venetian. al) Lucca &Piet. sp. c.p. 15 Lyons and Geneva all Lyons et Mediterran. all Maria Antonia all Do. do. New all Namur & Liege all Do. de., Cp. c. Fret, all Northern of France all rforwegianTrunkPref all Paris and Lyons all Paris and Orleans 5 Recife & San. Fran , (Pernam.) g. 7 p. c 71 Rome and Frascati all Royal Danish all Royal Swedish all Sambre and Meuse_ all Do. 54 p. cent. Pref. all ionthern of France ell vest Flanders all Do. 6 4 per c. Pref all W. &N. W. of France 6 Western of Austria all West. of Switzerland all Wiesbaden ... . all Do. 8 per cent. Pref r.ll Zealand JOINT-8 1 1 all Australasia 18- Bank of Egypt 50 Bank of London ~ all Bri. Col. Bk.&Ln. C all British N. American 5 Chartd. Bank of Asia 6 Chrtd. Bnk. of India, ____ _Australia, & China 50 City 25 Colonial. 20 Commercial of Lond all Eng.Scot.&Ane. Cht all bond. Chart. Bk. of Anetralia all Ditto New 20 London and County.. 50 Lnd. &E. Bnk g. Corp. 10 London Joint Stock.. 20 Lond. & Weotminstel 35 National Pro.ef Eng 10 Do. Naw e... 22r National Bank all New South Vialea all 'Oriental Fk. 15 Ottoman Bank 20 Provincial of Ireland all Do. Now 1 13AueB&GoImC: CI 31nth kr.stmlitt ai • • . •, l ) 10 2 -•• T n ir m ..f I,ontion 50 patty Mutual 64 vrent4rniug of 4,,0ni COLONIAL LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS RAILWAYS. &like CO at p ans Closing Prloos this day London & N. Wost. L. SIN. W. Cale do n... E,, U. &EX Gt. Nrtim. E. Count. Caldonian. Do Gt. Westn Yk. New. & Berw. Y. 80416, Do Do IS, Easterr, Do Peto hC CO Do ... liforfolk Do L.&N.W. & Midi& Stekton & Darlingt. Midland.. !En. Conn. E. Count. IL. &N.W Do Gt Northn Lancash & Yorksh. T. Brassey M. Helm) Stockt. & Darlingt Do IGtWeetn. 97 - 98 98 •p• 102 12 - 14 133 - 136 4 ... 44 ~N ~~ ~.. Rii : 109 12i --13 224 -23 i I 110 - 114 § 1p --~ ,~, 21 - 2i 90 - 92 p 59 - 57 ~ '-'• ... N .... ... .• ..." ... 132 -- 185 84 3 d 33 - 89 - Bhr..PCd, 3 St .11. 1 0 ) 0 0 St. 25 1 all 5 all Bt. jlOO 3t. 1100 t 5 all )0 all 50 all Z 5 all L 2 all 2 all St. 100 .0 3t. 100 St. l loo 5 ?) all ) It. 100 ;4 54 50 all 30 all 50 all .15 all [24 all 3t. 100 15 183 [0 all .2 101 ;0 all !6I all ;t 1100 Bedford and Bietchley BnckghaTush. Clydesdai .?c. Col. Stour Vy. E. Lin. g. 6 pc. E. Un. H. Sly. Gifts. Barr. & Neils. Direct Do. New...... Glstr.tflDn Fr Hrtlpl. Dk. & Railway__ Hull & Selby Do. Sharei. Do. Shares. Lon.&Gree UV? Do. Preference Lon., Til., & Do. Bark. Sh, Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. Do. 6 per ct. Manch. Bxtn. and Matlock Middlesbrni R3dc.g 6 p.c. Mid Id. lira , Newmarket Bury E. G.spc N.& Est.s p. c. Do. 6 per ct. Do. Fixeds p c Prest. & yr, Do. Shrs. A Roystn.& Hit. Shot Roth_au Goole g. 5 p. c. Shrews.&Her S. Staffordsh. Wear Valloygr 6 per cent_ D 0... Wilts&orarst PREFERENCE SHARES. - 96 - 5 - 6 -- 112 - 108 SI all BlythandTyne 10pei a. prof. (issd. at 501 1.00 Brig. &Ex. 4p. c. St, 5 Do. 4p. c. Shares 100 Caledn. £lO 44 p.c. 100 pChee.&Ho.Gn.s3 pr 100 Do. do. Pref. 5 per c, 1 all Cork &Bandonso.l3, all Dua.Prth .drAber.T. 2 B. Anglian Cls. A Sh. 100 Do. do. Cls. B6p. e. 100 Do. do Cls. C7p. c. all Flas.Co.Ex,spcNo t all Do. No. 2 all Do. NOW 6 p. o. St all East Un., G. 6p. c. all Do. 51., 10 per cent all Do. M. Debentr.Sh. all Do. do. 4 per cent 100 East Lancash.6p.ath all E. k.W. York. J. stl - . 4 Edin. & Gl. 5 p.c. sh. 100 eld. Prth.L . Drin.47.e 100 Furne , r, sp. c., 100 Gies. &S.W.G. o p. c 100 Great Northn. sp. 1.00 Do. sp. c. Redem. at 10 p. c. prem.., 100 Do. 44 p. c 60 De.s p. c., Red. at p. c. Pm all Gt.N. of Soot. lst Pr WO Gt. S. W. (Irolan.l 14 Do. 4per o. Prof. S 6 lt. W.(11. tH.Exsps LOO Do. con. red. 4 p.c. 100 De. con. red. 4p. c 100 Do. irred. 4p. e.. . 100 Do. sp. c. red. pref all Do. Birm, Pref. Sh.. all Do. Chester Bp. all Do. do. 5 p. c. do.. 100 Do. Birm. Sth all Do. Ches. Gua. Sh. all Do. do. do all Do. do. do 6 Lan. &York. F. i2O 100 Do. 6 p. o. Stock 100 Lon. &B. G. 5 p0.N0.1 ilOO Do. P., 5p a. St,No.2 100 Do. New Gnar.6 1100 Do. do. sp. c.,N0.4 w o Lon.&N. W., Coy. di tinneaton 5 p. ct... 100 Im.& S.W. 7 per ct late 3d Shares ... all L Indy. & Coler. Sh. all Londy. & Ennis. Wh 100 4 1.,5.,& L. 6 p. Cent 44 Do. do. do. £6 ... allloo vr D a e r . y d p o t . o p c a r r i . c 4 e p n t. o all Do. 44 per cent 10i Do. do. 100 Consol.6 p.c St 100 Do. Con.Br.Nr. 6pc 100 Do. 44 p. c. Pref. 100 Ditto L. &H. Pref. St ) New., Aber., &c., `"".• C sp. c. red. 5 p.c. pm. 6 Do. Perpet. 6 p ct. with opts. till 'a all Norfk. Deb, 4 p.c. sh 100 Do. Prof. 5p.0. St 100 De. 5 pc. Ext.,1846 100 Dq. 54 per c. pf ,18471 100 Do. Wv. pc.,1847i 100 North British . 102 -IC4 Do3l 71. Preference ... i 1U 6 N. E. Forw, 4 p.c : P. 83 Do. do. do 13 Do Leeds 6 p.cs ~ .No: 1 9 Do. do. Qre.,1848... /0 Do. l'orkH.Sr 8. Pnr. 1 92 94 14 i d i 2 id Ell !North Stafr.ordshiro. 110() 10x, Wo.AzW : , g pc.. 107 - 108 . _ . 100 De. G p.c. Redeem. all Scot. gent. ,New Pre( 100 • Sc.N. E. A.tler.g 6 pe all Do. do 7p.c. IA st. - ••• 100 D0.d0., 3 fp.c.pf. st. all I6outh Ii)c;;n. iT - 18 all Do. fixed,4 per cent all S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. 100 Do. 4i per cent all Do. Fixed 4i p e sh 100 S. Wales Gina. 4p. c 23 - 24 101 -.103 10 - 104 100 Do. do. 4} p. c - all S.Yorkeli.4p.c.Guar. all Stook.& Dar., sp. c. - iii -. 28i 2 - 8 p 15 iDo. all Stock. & Hart'. g. 5 1 p. c. till July 1,'66 Ipt Waterfd.& Kilk. 6 pc, .•• 0* ••• 2i - 3k MINES. 10s all nglo Californian . . . 20 7 lAustraliau — 1 all Baden (Gd. Duchy of) ... 50 all Blamar. Iron & Coal ... 20 14 British Iron 7 8 35 264 Brazilianlmp.(iesued at 2,5 pm.) 30 all Do. Cocaos & Cuiaba 34 31 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 16 18 17 1 4 Clarendon Cons. Min, Co. of Jamaica p in 40 all Cobre Copper ~ 5 14 Colonial Gold ••• St. all Copper Min. of Bug 30 35 25 all Do. Pref. 7i p. cent 25 27 1C Copiapo l3 15 2 all Fortuna 3 ad 20 all General 1 all Gt.NuggetVeinßeg — 44 all Great Polgooth. - 5 all Gt Wheal Vor United 2 24 1 all Liberty 3 all Linares 7i 8 7/ 5 1i Lusitanian ld 1 all Hariquita. it 8 1 all New Granada — 1 all Nouveau Monde I 2) all Pontgi.Bll.& Le. Min. 8 10 5 1 Port Philip • ••• 1 all Quarts Rock 50 all Rhymney Iron. 2l 15 all Do. New 5 7 30 15i Santiago de Cuba 24 21 6s. Sort. Cons. Min. o 23 23 24 1 all South Australian — 1 all Do. Scrip. 1 all Do. 10 per cent Pref •••, 44 Tam. S. &L. Min. Co. 1 10 9 Tin Croft 3 3 284 all United Mexican 3 4f 1 all Waller ••• ••• 1 all West Mariposa 1 12s. Worthing Mining of Australia •■•. MISCELLANEOUS. 25 19 Australian Agricult. 25 27 261 10 all &marsh. Royal Mail . . . . 10 all Berlin Water Works 54 5 . 1 50 40 Brit. American Land ... 100 34 Canada.. ll7 122 122 St. 00 C.Go.6p.c.Jan&Jnly 1131 1144 114 St. 100 Do. 6 p.c. Feb & Aug St. 100 Do.6p c. Mar & Sept . . . • 5 all Crystal Pa1ace........ .24 2 . 1 24 5 all Do. Preference. si 51 4 all Crystal Pal. of France .„. 1 3 Duston Iron Ore 20 154 Eastern Steam ... . St. 100 Electric Telegraph... 96 —98 J 1 all Electric Teleg. of Ir. „ „ 5 all En.&Aus Cop Sm Co 14 1i 25 all Gen. Ir Sc Col (lim.) 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat. 11 all General Screw Steam 6 6i 64 21 5 London Discount ... 4 all Lond. Gen. Omnibus 31 31 20 10 Magdalena St. Navig 10 all Itediteran. Elec. Tel. 8 10 10 all Aexican&S.Amerien. 3i st 33 25 5 Nat. Discount Co. ---- p5l 25 1 Do. New 10 5 Netherlands Land._ 1 1i 33 a 10 all Do. Do. 5 3 Do. 8 pePissatld id 413. 5 1 Do. Do . d— ip 00 80 New B. & N.S. Lan d 15 20 N.S.W. Gov. sp.c.D. 1 all N. B. Australasian 20 174 Nrth.ofEuropeSteam 34 id 1 all Oriental Gas 1 1 2s. Do. "New Shares" p Ap Pm 5 all Peel Rr. Ld. &Minrl. 2i 50 all Peninsular& Oriental 68 50 10 Do. New 5 6 p 154 DO 60 Royal Mail Steam 1 all Scot. Austral. Invest ll 13 1 all Ditto New ll 14 1 5 all South Austral.Lar4l 36 38 1 t•I" Submar. Tel. Scrip 3 1 1 1 Do. Registered..., 3 1 10 5 Trust& L. Co.U. Cap. 100 283 Van Diemen's Land lbi 164 16 u. ,„ MARKET NEWZ.—(fbis Day.) CORN EXCHANGE. Most of the country markets held on Saturday were rather scantily supplied with English wheat, and the de mand for most kinds ruled steady, at full prices. Fine barley supported former terms, but other qualities were heavy. Most other kinds of produce moved off slowly at barely late rates. The French markets have been rather dull for wheat ; but advices from other quarters state that a steady busi ness has been lately passing in that grain, at full prices. The arrivals of English grain up to our market, last week, were only moderate. From abroad the imports amounted to 27,882 quarters of wheat, 2,774 barley, 9,628 oats, 673 beans, 1,825 peas, 560 tares, 7,680 linseed, 3,240 rapeseed, 54 mustard seed, 2,270 sundry seeds, 339 sacks, ) and 36,785 barrels of flour. IThe supply of English wheat received fresh up to our market to-day from, the home counties was very moderate, but there was a further slight improvement in the condi tion of most of the samples. There was a fair attendance of both town and country millers. The demand for al kinds of w heat of home produce ruled steady, and last Monday's quotations were well supported ; in some in stances prices were rather in favour of sellers. There was rather a large quantity of foreign wheat on the market, fresh as well as ex granary. Importers were fi rm in their demands, and an improved amount of busi ness was tram,, cted, in most descriptions, at full prices. Floating cargob: 4 were held at extreme rates, but sales were comparatively s:Iall. The show of barley wael only moderate, moat of the late arrivals having been worke(i off, and the barley trade ruled steady, at full currencies. Malt was in fair supply and sluggish request on former terms. There was a fair demand for oats, and late rates were well supported. Fine corn was 6d dearer. Beans were in improved request , but not dearer. Peas sold to a fair extent, on former terms, except white qualities, which were is to 2s per quarter cheaper. We had an improved demand for flour, at very full prices. The show of American was large. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE, Wheat—Essex & Kent, Red new 493 to 633 Ditto•• • . .... old —a —8 Ditto, White new 54a 72s Ditt0........ old —e .—s &orfblk and Lin coln, Red, old —8 —s Ditto new ...... 493 65s Ryn—Old ............ —s —s, Now .......... 338 4281 Barley—Grinding .•• •• 34 e 386 1 Malting ......... 35s 39s Chevalier.. •• . . 42e 483 Malt—Suffolk and Nor folk .......... 66s 75s Brawn 638 618 Kingston and Ware 768 735: Malt—Chevalier .... 76s to 77s Oats Yorkshire and Lincolnsh., Feed 23s 25s Potato 248 29s Youghal and Cork Black. 20s 22! Cork,White ..... 24s 27s Scotch, Feed... •• 24s 29s Beans—Tick •• •• •... 38s 41s Pigeons •• •• 41s 44s Peas—Grey ..•• •• •• .• 36s 39s Maple. .• •• 40s 43s White 4ls 43s Boilers • • .• •• •• 41s 43s ' Flour—Town-made... 583 60s Suffolk •• •• 453 48s Stocktn & Norfolk 453 48s , METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. The imports of foreign stock into London last week were tolerably good for the time of year—the total supply amounting to 4,014 head. In the corresponding week in 1855 we rreeived 5,992 ; in 1854, 5,689; in 1853, 5,642; in 1852, 3,824; in 1851, 6,5;;3; and in 1850, 5,703 head. IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WBAK. From Beasts. Hamburgh ll2 ... Ostend Harlingen Dordt 32 ... 158 Rotterdam__ 207 641 Medemblik 129 ... 1,523 Tonning 286 ... 55 Frederickstadt 181 Amsterdam 26 Schiedam Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs 1 ... ..--.. - ... 112 - -- ... -- ... 386 ... - ... T0ta1.... 996 2,897 ... 121 The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as follows : Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. 1855 1,540 4,246 175 31 1854 1,430 3,889 ... ... 369 1 1853 _1,163 4,086 ... ... 327 1852 543 3,762 476 43 1851 9ll 5,174 381 124 1850 1,438 „. 3,765 ... ... 299 ... 196 The purchases of stock in Holland on French account have not increased of late, and only a limited number of beasts and sheep are being bought up in Spain, owing to their unusually high value. To-day's market was but moderately supplied with fo reign stock, the quality of which was good. The arrival of beasts from our own grazing districts was seasonably good, and in improved condition. For nearly all breeds we had a steady demand, and, in most instances, prices were 2d per 81bs higher than on Monday last. The best Scots sold readily at 5s per 81bs. From Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, and Northampton shire we received 2,000 short-horns, from other parts of England 700 of various breeds, from Ireland 700 oxen, and from Scotland 200 Scots. There was only a moderate show of most breeds of sheep, the quality of which was by no meats prime. On the whole, the mutton trade ruled firm, at prices quite equal to those realised on Monday last. The primest Downs realised 5s 2d per 81bs. There were 500 Irish sheep in the market. The supply of calves was limited, and the veal trade ruled firm, at an improvement in value of 4d per Sibs. The top figure was 5s 4d per Sibs. Pigs sold to a moderate extent. In prices no change, took place. Per Sibs to sink tho offal'. 8. d. 8. (I.! H. , 1. Interior Beasts.... 3 oto 3 4 Prime Sonthdown 5 0 5 2 / Socend quality.... 3 6 310 Large crse. calves 4 0 4 8 Prime large oxen 4 0 4 6 Prime small do._ 410 5 4 Prime Soots, dm 4 8 5 0, Large hogs Inferior Shoop ...3 6 3 10)Small porkers Second quality ...4 0 4 Onekling calves 23 0 30 0 Prime crse.-wlled.4 6 4 SI Quarter old pigs 21 0 28 u FOREIGN SUPPLY. Ensts „„.• •• ........•• •• 5,280 BeastS•• •••••• .• •.•• •••• . 580 Sheep Calves •••• .• 121 Calves,..• ••••••• • • • • • • • 62 Pigs .. •• .... ***** ••• •••• no Pigs•••• •••••••••••• •• • • • • TOTAL SUPPLY. A statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of fat stock exhibited and sold in the Great Metropolitan Cattle Market, on Monday, Doe. 3, 1855, and this day, Monday, Dec. 1, 1856. Per Slbs, to sink the offals. Dec. 3, 1855. Dec. 1,1856. s. d. s. d. d. s. J. 3 Bto 3 10,3 oto 3 4 4 0 4 4 1 3 6 310 4 6 4 104 0 4 6 5 0 5 24 8 5 0 3 4 3 63 6 310 3 8 4 2!4 0 4 4 4 4 4 64 6 4 8 4 8 5 05 0 5 2 0 0 0 010 0 0 0 4 0 4 104 0 4 8 5 0 5 44 10 5 4 310 4 43 8 4 4 Coarse and inferior beasts Second quality ditto Prime large oxen Prime Scots, dze Coarse and inferior sheep .„ Second quality ditto Prime c oarse woolled ditto Primo Southdown ditto Large coarse calvos Prime small ditto Large hogs ... _ _ Neat small porkers ,„ 4 6 5 0 Beasts... ... ... 4,754 Sheep 25,500 Calves... 117 Pigs 824 &Prins ox SALs, Dec. 4, 1854.—Beasts, 4,995; sheep, 26,080; calves, 165; pigs, 410. December 5, 1853.—Beasts, 4,751; sheep, 21,090; calves, 91; pigs, 240. 14 6 5 2 5,280 20,100 121 350 NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. The supplies of both town and country killed meat on sale to-day are seasonably extensive, and the trade gene rally is rather inactive as follows : Per Bibs by the carcase. a. d. s. d. Beef, inferior 2 4 210 Do., middling 3 3 6 Do. prime large 3 8 4 0 D•., do. small 4 2 4 4 Pork, large 3 8 4 4 _ 0. d. s. d. Mutton, Inferior 3 0 3 4 Do., middling 3 6 4 0 Do., prime 4 2 4 6 Veal 3 6 4 6 Perk, small 4 8 5 4 BOROUGH HOP. The supplies of new hops are very extensive, and a fair average business is doing in most kinds at full prices. Last week's imports were 50 bales from Harburg. ➢iid and East Bent pockets, 3/ 10s to 51 15s per cwt.; Weald of Sent, 3/ 5s to 4/ 14s; Sussex, 3/ Os to 3/ 16s. CAPT. COLLINSON, R.N., ON THE PROPOSED ARCTIC SEARCH. Captain Collinson has addressei the following letter to the Times:— Slr,—ln your leading article on Thursday, relative to the continuance of the search for Sir John Franklin and his cownitnious, you have riot unfairly summed up the results of the expeditions hitherto sent in quest of our missing Countrymen. "There is not a doubt that hardships have been un dergone and perils encountered ; but the assertion that the crews of th e a b an d oned ships were withdrawn by ' a miracle almost' is not warranted by the facts related in the journals now before the public. " So long as no else was obtained to the route pursued by the missing vessels after leaving Beechey Island there was a necessity that every nook and corner of the Arctic Sea should be examined, entailing what we know now to be much unnecessary hazard and fatigue. This case is now different ; we know the exact spot where to go to ; we know the confines of the arta within which the record of their voyage remain have been reached by a vessel ; we know that the travelling parties from the Enterprise could have traversed the very route pursued by the crews of the Erebus and Terror after they aban doned their vessels, and we are aware that that ship re turned in safety to England. Yet, in the faqe of all this, you call upon the British public to discountenance what you are pleased to term "so outrag,emni-a pro ceeding." After the labour, the anxiety we have undergone, you call upon us to forbear when the noble object which has occupied the attention of the whole civilised world for the last ten years is fairly within our grasp. Setting aside the question as to whether there are any survivors or not, we owe to the memory of these 135 Englishmen, whose lives have fallen a sacrifice in the accomplishment of a ,great geographical problem, to the satisfaction of their friends and relatives, that the mystery attending their fate should be cleared up. We owe it to our national honour that what we have begun should be accomplished, and that we should not deprive our fellow-countrymen who may hereafter be in difficulty of that firm trust in succour whi c h, h as hitherto formed a bond of union in distress. Sir, I have been brought up in the persuasion that pers everance i n a good and noble cause is one of the attributes of the Anglo-Saxon race ; let us not permit th e s l ur o f aban doning the fate of our missing countrymen, to surmise to be handed down to posterity when we h ave it i n our power without serious risk to place the matter beyond a doubt. I have trespassed longer upon your columns than was my intention, but I hope what I have said will lead you as well as your readers, to count the cost of permitting the timelto pass away without an attempt to recover the records of an expedition which now forms a portion of the history of the world. • BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. Since our last report the arrivals of potatoes, coastwise and by railway, have been only moderate. The imports have amounted to 10 baskets from Dordt, 18 bags from Harlingen, 59 bags and 341 baskets from Rotterdam, 23 sacks and 4 bags from Amsterdam, 21 bags from Schie dam, 30 tons from Jersey, and 114 bags from Guernsey. The demand is steady as follows : York Regents, 100 s to 110 s per ton ; Sent and Essex do ., 90s to 100 s ; Scotch do., 80s to 903 ; ditto cups, 90s to 105 s ; middlings, 503 to 60s ; Lincolns, 90s to 100 s ; blues, 80s to 90s per ton. lere has been a steady business s have had an upward tendency. t is selling at 59s per cwt ; town lett cash ; rough fat, 3s 2id per Since our last report ti doing in tallow, and prices To-day P.Y.C. on the spot tallow, 57s 9d per cwt. n 81 be. 1853. 1854. 1855. 11856. .1_ Stock this day ?rice of Y. C Delivery last week • . Ditto from June I .. Arrivals last week.. Ditto from Junel.... Price of Town .. 50.222 476 3d to —s Od 4,331 53,789 4,076 63,383 49 , 31 32,330 57s Od tO —s Oct 2,992 56,772 494 65,735 58q Od 31,192) 21,023 ) 15,931 t.,0 65 s 6dto 693 3d to 59 8 Od 65s 9.1 —s Od —s Od 1,707 2,153 2,063 41,607 69,757 66,910 2,628 3,322 2,669 39,799 43,065 65,861 67s 0,1 70s 9d 60s 3d STATEMENT OF TALLOW SHIPPING AT ST. PETERSBURG. Tallow despatched from Cronstadt to Nov. 5, 0.5.• ............... 109,640 In ships loading and lighters 2,360 Business this day ... - ... - 901 ....... 9i •- 10 19 - 20 35 24 - 26 7 - 5 85 - 88 54 55 34 in; .. .^s' , 93 - 95 7 -7; 90} - 77 - 79 123 - 125 115 - 117 69j - 70 70 - 74 5 i - 0i 97 97! ••• 6 i -- 7 110 - 112 -.1°64 20. - 21 10t - 104 [o 7i 108 ,f - 36 82 - gi 53 - 55 13i - ii, ••• 50 - 52 38 i ... 39j 85 i - 86 4f -. 3 - 2i 18 4 - 19 61 62 95 -- 98 6t 10 28 - 29 03 205 26 - 27 68 70 48 50 lh 1 18i 10 73 - 74. ''' ••• 19i - 19 - 6 8 2 5 of . i - 1 'Li = ij - 23 2417, 221 - a•• 214 - 10i - 114 76 - 78 21 1 i -- 21 i 24i -24 i 2t - 2ip 99 - 100 115 -- 120 115 - 120 19i - 22 - , - '2 - :can. - 7i 1$ -, 11 li - 2413 i - i P 5.1 - 5} 11 -14 p 32k - 334 94 - 104 i- i P 5 - 5i 51 - 54 •M .."... N• 6 - 6ip 9 - 10] •• 8 # - 8 19i - 20 38 - 38 8 - 9 - 53 50 - - 52 i- i P 8 -.. 9 9 4 .1 13 13 47 9 i - 9i - 344 BANKS. 100 - 102 d-; ip 63 - 65* - ...pl a 68— • 70 17 - 174 20} 19J - 20: ••. •••.. .. 1 .•••• 3p ••• """ .. 38 = 5 2 -13 d 35 37 67 - 69 7 - 9 11 i'd 7 5d St. St. 25 20 YOB,. 93 581 39 40 19 i I 9 1 i 913 1 121; 115 69i 70 69, Pm I 20 97k I 7 f I Si 1101 111 1 064 106 1 1 51 St. 168 i 71 35i i 82 i i 61i i 96 28i 9 Si Si Si Si Si 181 L 2 73f 44 4 12 80/ § 80 79 1 St, 121 i 1 11 10k 111 76 21i 7} 130 20 1 221 i 3 5 1 i a 11.8 121 ni i 37i 10 i 53/ 2 1 8 1 1 10 10 50 100 St. 104 18 494 i i 1 38 13h i i z d 6$ 7i 27f e 41 iDo.. i 3 Fm ••• ••• .6f - 0 19i - 14 - 39 139 - 142 115 - 117 ~- ~.. .57 - 159 ''" ... - ... i - 130 66 - 70 '`'. ••• 137 - 139 98 - 100 1 88 - (.0 1 - li ....' Gee '''' e... 100 J la 75 20, 10,i 15i (893 108 74 1856. 1853. 1852. Casks. Casks. Casks. Total loaded off from St. Petersburg....ll2,ooo 102,423 In ships frozen In and lighters, in 1852.. 3,700 Total at the close of the navigation. 106,123 82,717 London - 52,037 71,100 4 7, 460 Liverpool ..... ......... 9,576 11,600 12,910 Bristol.. • Other English ports 9,751 8,050 5,230 Ireland . 977 330 2, 2 7 0 Scotland Germany . .... France.. America .... • • •• • • • — 5 378 Total— —109,640 106,123 79,017 WOOL. The public salesof colonialwool have been brought to a close. Throughout they have ruled active, and prices have aduriood Id to lid per lb. Waco our loot the following atoll SEEDS. The imports of linseed continue liberal, ald the demand is heavy, on rather lower terms. Rapeseed is quiet. C a l. outta, G2s to Gls on the spot, and 63s for arrival. Linseed and rapeeakes nre rather flat. Canary and clover seed are held at very high rates. in other articles only a limaed business is doing. Turnm,winte, per bush. 203 to 21s Carrawc.) Swede ..—— •• —s —s Coriander Sinsi.ard, 8r0wn...... 165 22s Hempseed , per quarter 483 52s White, new....., 10• s 13 E,Linseed, Eng.iowing • • 62s 64s Tares,Winter, new.. •.530d 5s 6d Crashing .• ••• • •• 523 „,. 603 Old•• •• •• •••••• — 8 —s Baltic —•• •• •• 5 " "us Canary, per quarter - • 70s 80s Odessa ......... 40s 65s Ry e grass (new) •• .• • • 24s 255 Linoeed Cake, pr. ton— CloYer,ReclEng. (cwt.) —s —, English —10! 5s 111 Os White •• • • .... •• —s —s Foreign, per ton 10i 111 10t ed Foreign Red...... —3 —s Rape Cakes, per ton 51 lbs 61 15s White.... —s —s Rapeseed, Pr qr. ...... 36s SEII I Trefoil, new.. •••••• •• —3 --d EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY. (Meeting this Day.) This afternoon a general meeting of the shareholders of this company was held at the London Tavern —R. Walters, Esq., the newly appointed Chairman of the Board, presiding—to receive the result of the poll for the election of a director in the room of Mr. Wadding. ton, M.P., resigned. The CHAIRMAN, after regretting the scrutineers were unable to give the result of the election on Friday, pre. sented to the meeting the following result of the election : FOR MR. MALINS. Propri 46 etors. St cc k . V otes. Personal votes £73,540 1,141 Proxies 1,376 1,224,220 24,957 1,422 £1,297,760 26,0 S FOE ME. LOVE. Personal votes 250 £362,230 6,092 Proxies. 1,315 £1,686,810 Majority for Mr. Love 28,473 The CHAIRMAN then declared Mr. Love duly elected. Mr. LOVE returned thanks for the honour done him, and assured the meeting it would be , :er,:r3 to carry out improvements in the conduct of the company that should be for the benefit of all, and which he had es• plained in his address to the shareholders. Mr. Ma.LINs thanked the shareholders who haq voted for him for their support. His being in a minority would not affect his endeavours to save the property of the shareholders. (Cheers.) Mr. lIATNES stated to the meeting that, in Feb. next when, in accordance with the ordinary course of affairs, Mr. Packe, a director, would resigii, he should move that Mr. J. T. Norris be elected to fill the vacancy. (Hear, hear.) A SHAREHOLDER said that he was informed that on a former occasion a proprietor, named Acland, attended and addressed the shareholder.?, not only as a proprietor, but as a paid advocate for Mr. Love. Mr. ACLAND said the hon. proprietor had no right to ask the question, but out of courtesy to him he would answer it. He came there with no other purpose than t o promote the advantage of the company. If a man was paid or not it did not affect his argument, otherwise Christianity was in danger, because the parsons were paid for preaching it. ("Oh, oh," and disapprobation.) Mr. Acland said he bad not received any money for his cervices on that occasion, nor did lie expect to do so. The tLanlis of the meeting were unanimously awarded to the scrutineers and officers of the company. A similar vote of thanks was awarded the chairman, afier which the meeting separated. have been paid : Australian—Clean sheep's is 10d to 2 9d, scoured Is 6d to 2s 9d, do. lambs' 2s to 2s 10d, hand washed Is 4d to 2s, skin is 4d to is Bd, do. handwashed is 5d to is 10d, pieces is 4d to is 9d. Van Dsemen's Land— Clean sheep's is 10d to 2s 2d, scoured is Od to 2s 3d, lambs' is lld to 2s sd, skin is 4d to Is Bd, locks is 4d tp is Bd, grease lid to ls 2d. Cape—Clean sheep's 1s 4d to 2s LI, scoured is 4d to 2s Od, handwashed is 2d to is 9d, lambs' is 5d to is 10.1, pieces is 4d to is 7d, grease 10.4,d to is 4d. South Australian—Clean sheep's is 7d to 2s Od, scoured is 8d to 2s 2d, handwashed is 8d to 2s, lambs' is Sd to 2s 2d, skin is 4d to is ad, do. handwashed is 2d to is 6d, pieces is 4d to is 6d. New Zealand —Clean sheep's is 6d to 2s 4d, other kinds is 2d to is lld per lb. Last week's imports were 88 bales from Mogadore, 20 from Leghorn, 152 from Hambro', 1,609 from Launcest on , 508 from Bombay, 11 from Antwerp, 1,155 from Sydney, 597 from Algoa Bay, Privately, the market is steady. The following are the current rates of English wool :- • Down tegs, is Sd to is ; Down e wes , i s 3d to is Id . half-bred liogs,'ls 4d to is ; half-bred wethers, 18 3d to is 3td ; Kent fleeces, is 30 to is 4d; Leicester do., is 3d to is 4d ; flannel wool, 1141 to is 4d ; blank,t wool, 9d to is 2d : com bi ng s ki ns, lld to is ; bud old skin, ls 4d to is 6d per lb. • LLOYD'S SIIIPPING.—(rhis Day.) lig .p h o t li b T re s e m z o e tr a T n n d , LONDON, Dec. I.—Wind this day at noon, W. A • d—Galatea, from New Zealand. fi N n o e v c . le at ar e_ shar r p ri f v r e osty weather. RA.IISGATE, Nov. 30.—Wind W.N. W.—Sailed—See Nymph, for Launceston. The George Foster, of and from Dansic, for Toulon, got on the Goodwin Sands this morn crew. ing, becam e wa t er l ogge d , an d h as been abandoned by the Terabrneeende:,wf: Henry d a i n e d tress. FALIIOUTII, Nov. 29.—Wind N.N.—.Axrived—Wilhelni towed m in ß b i y o t J b a n ne u ir n o i . ted. iv. LIVERPOOL, Nov. 30.—The sm sta se te k s H o e . n ) DUBLIN, Nov. 29.—Wind W . , —.A rrived —Golden has Betsy C r D o Light,nOs V t aEfdßr from m an and Nov.t Gothenburg, a leak when about 100 j 3 o O h .— n' sThe N.B . s Neva p nl 13 ( s g . ) , o f and miles from Jutland, and after being pumped for 36 hours was abandoned and foundered on the 25th ult. ; crew and passengers picked up by the Belford Star, of Dundee, The mate, engineer, and 10 of the crew arrived here this morning, by the Danzic, of Danzic, bound for Liverpool having been transferred from the Belford. HULL, Nov. 30.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Fanno, from Richibucto. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Monday, 10.30 aaM. Wind, WNW ; low water ; li g ht and haz y. Arrived,Woodside, Y ; North St ar , Taganrog ; Penbric ket, Trinidad ; Eleanor and J. Davis, St. John' s, Newfoundla nd ; George Rams a y side Calcutta ; Joseph, Gunman3%ll—Comely, from St. Petersburg ; Willi am Rainbow, Nina, Loma, Stranger, and D ane b org, all from Cronstadt ; rcuisa, Matanzas, and Gazelle, all from Riga ; Eastern Star, Foo ; Duchess of ' , Northumberland, Pen ang ; I\D,reanwtzyico;rkE;mAmnausEmlizaaria,Hmeranidrioans ; e, Kangaroo, F on -Ch oo - B om b a y; City of Norwich, T onn i ng ; Phoenix,Vassenia. Bilb oa ; William Libbey, Calcutt a ; Wi lliam Hammond, Alexan dria ; Wild Roses, and Charlotte, Hpparanza; a Emilie, St. Petersburg. DEAL, Monday, 10.5 cm. Wind N.W., hazy. Arrived, Nov. 30 . — Margaret Pollock, from Quebec, for London ; John Wood, f rom Mauritius, for London ; Semi ramis, from Singapore, for London. Passed, Nov. 30.—Euroelydon, from London, for Bom bay; Progres s , screw steamer, from London, for Lisbon; Lucille, from London, for Demerara. Weather so h azy unable to state whether the George Foster is still on t h e Goodwin, or has b ee n got off dunng the night. SIR R. BZTHELL AT ATLESBIIIIY.—The new Attor• ney - General, Sir Riebard Bethel!, addressed his con. stituents, at Aylesbury, on Saturday afternoon, and was very warmly received. On th• motion of Mr. Gibbs, a ♦ote of confidence in Sir Richard WAS carried without a dimentient. 111 204 22 # r ,lAr any 20i 29i f