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

MONEY MARKET AND COMMEROIAL INTELLIGENO CITY, Two The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed quietly but steadily, and prices of all kind s were unchanged. The sales reached 5,000 bales, 1,000 of which were taken for export. The Railway Share Market opened with a steady aspect, at a slight improvement on Monday's currency, and closed at its best point. Parties interested in the Tea trade have recently been in some doubt, as to whether the Government intended to reduce ',the duty en that staple from ls. 9d. to ls. 3d. per lb., but the question has now been settled, by the announcement that this alteration will take place on the 6th of April next. Although no decided change has occurred in the position of the general Money Market, certain symptoms are manifested which are considered in dicative of an early improvement. These consist of a slight diminution in the demand, the absence of gold withdrawals from the Bank of England, and the favourable advices from Paris with regard to the progress of monetary affairs there. At present it is different to determine whether much import. ance should be attached to these slight changes, because they have, on former occasions, proved deceptive; and as it was only on last Thursday that the directors of the Bank of England found it ne cessary to alter their minimum terms, sufficient time has not yet elapsed to ascertain the full effect of that important measure. There is very little inquiry at the Bank of England for discount, but in Lombard-street the applications are sufficiently numerous to maintain previous quotations. About 599,0001. in specie will be taken out to India by the Colombo, from Southampton, to morrow. In consequence of a recent statement that the Directors of the North-Western Railway Company, owing to the recent frauds at the Great Northern, bad adopted taw measures by which a greater 'heck would be imposed on all transfer of shares, the secretary of the Railway Department of the Stock Exchange addressed the secretary of the above Company on the subject, in answer to which he has received the subjoined letter : " London and North-Western• Railway, Secretary's Office, Easton-station, London, Nov. 18, 1856. " Dear Sir,—l beg to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of yesterday's date on the subject of the paragraph which lately appeared in the public papers, to the effect that in consequence of the late frauds the directors have resolved that no transfer shares shall be binding upon the company which have not received the assent of the directors, and that every transfer therefore will have to be submitted to them. In reply I beg to state that the Paragraph in question is wholly without foundation. The directors of this company have not passed any reso lution, nor have felt it necessary in any way to vary the manner of conducting the transfer business of this com pany. —I am, Sir, &c., "R. SAVILLE, Assistant-Secretary. "M.- Slaughter, Esq., Secretary, Railway • Department, Stock Exchange." The Funds have been very buoyant, and the advance which occurred late yesterday has been supported, while the market exhibits an active appearance. Purchases, both for investment and on speculation, have been made to a fair extent, and the improving tone of the Paris market has contributed to enhance the value of English stocks. Consols have been 931- and 93 for money. The account prices have been 931, buyers, but are now about 931 I. The New Threes are 921 1, the Reduced 921 Exchequer Bills ls. discount to I.s. premium, and the Bonds 98k 7 4 . Bank Stock is 217. The business transacted in the Foreign Stock Market has not been large, but prices have exhi bited an upward tendency. Brazilian 5 per Cents. are quotel 991. Mexican, 224 I. Turkish 6 per Cents. have improved fully 4 to 1 per cent., being quoted 914 92, and the 4 per Cents. 1, being "narked 1001. Dutch 4 per Cents, are 961, and the 21 per Cents. 654. In the Foreign Exchanges yesterday afternoon there was no alteration of consequence, but the rate ,na. Amsterdam ruled heavy. The latest advioes from New York menti on th at the course of ex change for 60 days' bills on London was at 1094, but as this quotation still admits of a small profit being realised on shipments of gold to this country, we Au may still expect remittances from that quarter. active inquiry still exists for silver, and its value tend s upwards. The dollars received by the 4 4 Mexican packet have been sold at ss. 14d. per " n ee, Which is a farther small improvement. The following are the nominal prices of Foreign stocks :—.Grenada Deferred Bonds, 6 7 ; Mexi- Ca; 22 Peruvian 41 per Cents., 76 8 ; ditto 3 Per Cents., 54 6 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 43 5 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 106 8 ; ditto 41 per Cents., 94 6; Spanish 3 per Cents., 41i 2k ; ditto New Deferred,' 23 4 ; ditto Certificates, 5 ; ditto Passive, at 64. An active business has been done in Railway Shares this morning, at a general improvement of about 4to per cent. in almost all the principal lines. Caledonian, Lancashire and Yorkshire, North-Western, South-Western and Midland ad vanced ss. to 10e., and Great Western, Brighton, North-Eastern Berwick 10s. to 15s. The French lines have also shown a considerable improvement, Northern of France, and Paris and Lyons having advanced fully V., and Central of France 55. Th e ast Indian and Canadian lines are a l so at enhanced values. In Joint-Stock Bank Shares no business of an y importance has been reported, and pri ces are with out alteration. Miscellaneous Shares have been rather active, but prices rule steady. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ON: , , O'CLOCK. ( From the Offictal List.) Bank S tock iluonels done. 217 3 per C3nt. Reduced Annuities 3 per Cont. Consols Anniiitiem 9 3i 4 § till4l..dir. 3 per Cent. A nnu iti es Rends. £lOOO Consols Ditto, under £ lOOO 2 (1 2 p for Aceo, .. Exchequer gills, uunt 93i 21d. £ l OOO .......... p 4 tuall ... Ditto Bonds,9Bi i 1858, 31 per C ent.. 3 P KICKS OF FO REIGN FUNDS AT ON 11l O'CLO I / 4 'F • Brazilian B on d s, 5 per Cont. M exican 3 pe r G ent... Ditto Account . ....... . ....... ... . ....................... 22i i Peruvian Bonds 41 p er C ent . Ditto 3 per Cent. ••, .... - Ditto Account Portuguese Bonds, 5 Cent., Con. 1841 Ditto 1853, 3 per Cent 43 Sardinian Bonds. 5 per Cent. . TurkiDitto Account .............. . ........... ....••• 9J Ditto bb Honda, 6 put. cent Account ............ . DittDitto Accounted,Guarante 4 per Cent. o •f ~ ends 0 , 1 the above Avahig. in 'nor,' Dutch Exchange, 2 t l per Co:,. 12 Guilders 651 Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates • ........ '.C W 0 O'CLOCK. Console (Money} - 9 3 i Ditto (Account) .............................. ( J 3 i The loss loss of the ship Majestic has been reported at Lloyd's. She left Liverpool on the 15th of September, with mail for Prince Edward's Island. The letters and Passengers were saved and taken to Charlotte Town by the Lucy Ann. A. GOOD CATCII.—On Friday, as Mr. Hamblin, game keeper to T. R. Rodbart, Esq., of Ald wick Court, Was practising rifle shooting with a double barrelled gun, the ball struck a yew tree and bounded a distance , - ,f 42 yards (for it was measured), when Hamblin, seeing the ball co min caught it in his hand, our informant witnessing the feat. We have seen the ball, which is flattened as though it had been fired against a stone wall. —Br idol to ugh PRICE OF GOLD.—The quotation of gold at Paris is about 6 per mills premium, and the short exchange on tendon is 25 . 20 per W. sterling. On comprimg these rates with the English Mint price of 3/. 17s, 10. 1 ,d. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is nearly 5 10ths per cent. dearer in Paris than in Lon -4°13. By advices from Hamburg the price of gold is 424 Per mark, and the short exehange on London is 13.3 per 1/. sterling. Standard gold, at the English Mint price, ill therefore rather more than ,f. he per cent. dearer in liamburg than in London. They ourse of exchange at New tent'York on London for bills at 60 days' sight is 109 i per •, which, when compared with the Mint par between the two countries, shows that the exchange is slightly against England ; and, after making allowance for charges of transport and difference of interest, the pre sent rate leaves a trifling profit on the i mportation of gold from the United State& 10C 100 100 2C 20 riii SUN, LON DON, WEDN ESDA EVENING, NOVEMBER 19 IB 5 6 TH t .9, .-' AR E :61 A R ;t.:. ET S Shr. Iraid eTj4 IS DA Y.) AYS. o W yg, ,24! 94 Closing Prices ywsterday. Buidness done this day 50 411 11 al! ,al A mbg, liottng. itr , t and Rastr,. Jurr:i Be 131;:ming. Wolverb Stour Val! ey Birk eAhd. Lancsh. 6 Cheshire Janet Do. Chesh. Birk Do. do. .... •• Blackburn , I tlyt i A.Tyneorigins £25 (issd. at £4ti ,Bristol and Fxcto Caledonian. IChester flolyhead Cork and Bandon Cork, Bia3k, 4 Paw , Cornwall LI Do. A 8 Do. B Dublin&BelfastJune 11 Dun. P. & Ab , .r. Jne K) East Anglian 11 ,Eastern Counties.... East. Union, A. Sti, (iJ Be" B. Stock__ Do., New A East Kent O East Lancashire O , Edinburgh ik Gimp 11 Rdinb. and Peebles 0 Edin.Prth EaDande , 11 I Forth & Clyde Jan 3, 0 !Furness. Do. Extension • Great N. of Scotlnd 0 Great Northern 0 Do., A. Stock 0 Do., B. Stock ...... 0 Gt. Sth. &West. are. ) 0 Great Western 0 Do. Stony Val. Rail Gina. Stk.... al Irish South-Eastern al Er-neuter & Carlisle Ai Do., Thirds..... 12 Do. New Thirds )O Lo.ocash.andYorksl 111., Wet. Riding Cu ill Do. South; or t London k 'Blackwan Load. Bright & S.Cst. Lond. and N. Westn. Do. Fifths Do.lol. 5h..M&8...0 Do. Eighths London andS. Wostn. LndnftrrydiColerain, ' Lndwirry.&Bnnlsk anch.Shef. & Linuln !s DJ., Man. & Lin. Un 1 We tropoli tan 1 Do. JL. Ricardo's - -PI arrangement.. Kidland J .)o. Birmn g. & Dort,. 31 %fidld. G. West. (Int 31 r)o. Half Shares 611 Nlewcastle & Carlie,: 611 'Vwpt.Aberg. , Towry & Enalskillp Nrewry, Warrenpoinl St. 10 , St. 10 , 50 al 'lt al 20 I 11 ~ ti , ~ 1, St. 11 25 io a ] st. to St. 1( to 3 t.ad Rostrevor. lorfolk w?"ortlin.CortritiesiT , .; North British....,, +th Devon Rail. & Dock Stock )0 Ou., A 5t0ck.,........ ')o-, B Stock )0 :N. Eastern—Ber wt. k . ) ,33 ..)o. do. Extension ~ .63 Do. do. G.N.E. Pure} , .11 Do. Leeds Do. York 10 North Lond oa ..... 1. \ .&S.Watru.,llam ! stoat and City Jn. .7 North Stafrordshir , lorth Western.... • 611 J. &S. Weatrn. Jun , iC. fa., Wore., & Wolv XI 1' t() ai 10 al A. Ur '0 1. .rtsuiouth . Rhymney ;••ottish Centri 1 Scot. N E.Abrdn St Do. Scot. Mid. St 0 , Dshire 2 'SitingbournekSheer. 11 iontil Devon south Eastern outh Wales Yrk.sh. A Riv. Du; St. I to it,. ix? 11 S nines, Wok. &Wol Stockton & Darling , .4 Do., do., 1854 3 Do., do., 1855 tiA itoekten ds Hartlep )0 rat! Vale lk) )o. Prof,. No.. 1.... l'harnes Hay. D.& R. 611 Vale of Neatly..... Lll Waterkl. & Lll WaterforldiLirnerie,, Lll West Cornwall__ Lll West End of London and. Crystal Pslsoe Lll Do. A ....... 611 Do. B .11 West London 611 , Do. Fiist Class -. 611 Do. Second Class 11 Wimbled_n&Croydon 25 25 I I 1, St. 141 St. I), 25 9,! 50 1 20 k 10 al 5 ► A: 10 al 20 a] FOR 20, ii 5 al 20 11 Antwerp&Rott.rdaao .0 Ardennes ill Belgian Eastn. June .6 Resters to Grsissesss c 9 Bombay, Bare de, and Cen. India, g. 5 p. c 11 Do. O. Buff. & Lk. Hur. Ry ,11 Carmeaux & Toulouse Coal Mines and Ry. Os. Ceylon A shares.. 1 Do. B. do.. 111 Demerara 20112 18 al loi 6 al 20 1 20 i 76 a Dutch Rhenish 1 Eastern of France 9 Do. New !S. Eastern Bengal 11 East Indian A and B, g. 5 ILe 5 Do. Ex. C, gu. sp. c 11 Do. do. D, gu. sp. c. .11 Do.4i p.c.Bnds.,'s7 11 Do. do. do., '59, do C. !Euphrates Valley Os. Eur.sln.Jn.Tel.Rail 11 Geelong tiz Melbourni guar. 5 per cent.. 11 Gd. Trunk of Caned s Do. Cert. of Deben. 100 a] +.OO a] 20 21 ?,5 al 100 al con, into Stk. till'6, 11 D o. camp, 6p. c . , do 8 Glt. Central of Fran e a Gt. In. Pon. g. sp. c. 2 Do New, guar. sp„ c .6 14reat 14112,Mnabourg 611 Ot.WesternocCanacla 8 Do. New ill no. lid., payabl e al Do. do. s ' V 76, p. '6O . II Do.ill do. '73 do. Dc,. d 0. ,, '73, withou• 4 option .............. Italian Junction...—. all L,Litt Const. dti Rasle all Lierre and Turnhout 6 Lombardo Venetian. all Lucca 6i Pist. sp. c.p. 15 Lyons and Gcneva all I,yons Mediterran all 'A adras, guar. 4i p.c all Do, do., sp. c. 10 Tio. 4lp. c. Exton 5 Do. 3d Ex., g. sp. c all Waria Antonia a ll Do. do. New al' varanr (Si Liege all Do. do,, Cp. c. Pref ,01 lorthern of France. ill NorwegianTrunkP' al Paris and Lyons h u Paris and Orleans 5 Recife & San, Fran , (Peruam.) g. 7 p. c 5 Rome and Frascati tll a Royal Swedish „„ !loyal Danish 11 Sambre and Menso,„ ll n o . 5i p. cent. Pref. Scinde, guar. 5 p. c, too a: 10 20 a: 20 1, 204 IMj q 1 ZO.; 100 'no IC a;' al 5 , al I ‘1; 20 a] 20 t! 11 I D 0... 611 southern of France_ S St. Andrew's an:' , (Znebec (A) „. Vest Flanders Lll Do. GA per c. Prof ill tip. &N. W. of Franc, 6 Western of Austria... di West. of Switzerland di Wiesbaden Lll Do. S per cent. Pref. 11 74alann .. • 20 al 20 20 41 6 a] 6 al 90 AI 27i 1 22 ; 3t. ti St. '1 st. st. t 50 a 1 1.61,1 1 1.611 St. ;101 23 I al 8t: 10 St. 10 20 11 25 1 a St. I[C 92a g! 4 8 8 17 - 18 15 - 16 12 - 13 91. ••• - 57 35 •N ' w 94 -10 i 16i - 17 4 8i 35 - 37 24 - 26 7 - 5 82 - 84 53 - 55 33} - 343 •.. 92 - 91 8 -- 84 91 - 92 78 - SO 123 125 115 117 65i 65i. 71 - 74 5t - 66 54 64 94i 94 6 g 6 i 106 —l O7 1031 103 i par i p par 1 p 1105 ••• 1 054 •• 1 id 79t - 8p 52 - 54 • s• 14-- 15 48 -- 50 3i id 3 7i 38t 82 - 83 5 - 40 !R 1 2 18 t 59 60 , 95 98 -51 r: 6f 7 10 --11 ,1 28 - 30 102 - 104 24# - 25 68 70 46 -- 48 11 15i 164 70t 714 78 80 5 3d 2 1 (1 14 16 37 39 19 - 191 41 5 6 - 8 2 - 5 - 5i .•• '.. ... 7 •-• 9 6 - 7 it 1 d— P - , - § 1p 4i -- 5 ... - ... li - li .•• - 32 i - 32. 9 - 10 22 —22 h 21a 22, i - i P 1 23 - 23, 10i - 11 76 78 2 1 4 - 3 21i - 213 1) 4$ - 24 - 243 21 - 21 p 99 - 101 1 15 120 115 - 120 108 110 ••• 4 - 41 2P - 7 :. -g. 22i ! par v " p 8 - 19} - 19 3 37 ••• 8 - 9 r( 2 - 50, 48 • - 50' id-- ip - 11 9 - _ .... -..- pm 9i ill :4 ---- 1 - 9i 32 - 3 3 i - lii JOINT-STOCK BANK b. 98 - 100 2i - 2d 64 66 ... ~ .. - ( 68 701 lei - 174 19i - 20! 19 - 20 ... - - 1 - 3P __ ci .. ... , •M ... • * 4 • r. h • 45 4 7 38 40 3i 2id ••• , 34 - 36 62 - 64 6i - ...6 A. 4d; LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS I P3 d, RAILWAYS. Bedford mid Blotchley Bnckghamdh. Clydesdsl , . Col. Stour Vy. E. Lin. g. 6 pc. E. Un. H. Sh. Glas. Barr. & Neils. Direct Do. Now_ Leasll4. Compart, Londou N. West. L. &N. W. Caledon... E. t 1 &E.O Gt.Nrti:n. E. Count. Caldoniat. 100 100 all 100 Glstr.deDn Fr llrtlpl. Dk. Railway...., Hull Selby Do. Sharoc. Do. A Shares. Lon.lt Green'"? Do. Preference Lon., Til., k. S. Do. Bark. Sh. Lowestoft gr. 4 per cont. Do. 6 per et. Manch. Bxtu and Matlock Middlesbro' Rt Do Gt. Wenn Yk. New. Berw. Y. &NM , Do Do 8. Easton Do Peto & Co Do Redc.g 6 p.c. Midld.Brautu Newmarket Bury E. G.spc N.& Est.s p.c. Do. 6 per ct. ' Do. Fixeds p c Prest. & Do. 4 Shrs. A Roysin.& hit. Shef.Rothan ,, Gooleg.6 p.o. Shrews. &Her S. Staffordsh. Wear Valleygr 6 per cent... Do Wilts&gomrst Cimfl• yesterd y. 96 - 98 98 - 102 12 - 14 133 - 136 4 ... 44 l ig = 18 12i 13 22i —23 1 108 112 1 a I PI Do L.&N. W. & Midid. !Raton & Darlingt. Midland-1 2f - 2f 90 92 p bs' 57 En. Conn. E. Count Do Do L. &N.W. Do.. Gt Northu Lancash & Yorksh. T. Brassoy M.MClean Stockt. &I Darlingt Do GtWostn I 133 - 136 71 -- 31 - 31.:k PREFERENCE SHARES. - 100 BlythandTyne lOpe; e. prof. (ised. at 501 Briik Ei. 4 p. c. . Do. 4 p. c. Shares Caledn. £lO 43 p.c. ghee. & Flo. Ott. 51 p, Do. do. Pref. No. 2. Do. do. Pref. No. 2. 'Cork dcßandonslp.c Dua.Prth Aber.J. F. Anglian Cls. A Sh Do. do. Cls. B 6 p. c. Do. do Cls. C 7p. c. Eas.Co.Ex,spcNo. Do. No. 2. 4; - 5 6 --- 107 - 112 97 - 102 - llf p -121 Do. New 6 p. c. St East Un.. G. 6 p e Do. 51., 10 per cent Do. 101. Debentr.Sl, Do. do. 4 per cent. Mast Lancash. 6p. ct fr,. kW. York. Jr. sth, Ellin. & Gl. 5 p.c. sh FM. Prth. &D un.4 p.e Earnest', 5 p. G las. & b. IV . G. 5 p.c Great Northn. 5 p. c Do. 5 p. c. Redeem at 10 p. c. prem. Do. 4 p. c D 0.5 p. c., Red. at t ii - 76 .16 118 ,09 - 115 ,03 - 101 p. e. pm... ..... .. GOT. of Scot. I at Br Gt, S. W. (Ireland, Do. 4per c. Prif. S Gt. W.(8.&11.Ex5p0 Do. eon. red. ii p.c. Do. con. red. 4 p. 0. Do. irred. 4p. c Do. 5 p. e. red. pref Do. Birm, Prof, Sii. Do. Chester Bp. C. P.' . Do. do. 5 p. c. do Do. Birm. Gus. Stk Do. Ches. Qua. Sh.. Do. do. do Do. do. do Lan. &York. F. £2O Do. 6 p. c. Stock Lon. &B. G. 5 pc No.l Do. P., Spa. St.No.2 Do. New Guar.6 D. • Do. do. 5 p. c.,N0.4 Lon.&N. W., Cov. & 'Nuneaton 5 p. et... Lon.& S.W. 7 per et late 3d Shares ... Lindy. & Color. i Sh. Londy.&Ennis.A.,Sh 5f.,5.,& L. 6 p. Cent Do. do. do. £6 Do. do. 34 per cent. Harypt .Sc Carl. 4 p o Do. 45 per cent Do. do. .!id. Consol.6 p.o St Do. Con.Br.l'.ir. epc Do. 4i p. c. Pref. St Ditto L.& H, Pref. St Now., Abor., &c., pr. 5 p. c. red. 5 p.c. pm. Do. Perpet. 6 p et. with optn. till '66 Norfk. Deb, 4 p.c. sh Do. Prof. sp. 0. St-e • Do. 5 pa. Ext.,1846 Do. 5i per e. pf.,1847 D0.Wv.V.6pc.,1847 North British N. E. Bens, 4 p.c. P Do. do. do D"dLeeds 13 ,7.. 1 D0.d0. " r Do. Yorkil. & S. Pnr., North Staffordshire.. Ox, Wo,.kW., 6 pc... Do. 6 p.c. Redeem. Soot. Cent. ,New Pref Se.N. E. Aber. g 6 pc Do. do., 7 p. c, pf. st, D0.d0., 3A p.c. pf. st. South Devon Do. fixed,4i per coat i S. Eastern (Readi ng ! Ann.) of £1 Os, 6& Do. 41 per cent...... Do. Fixed 4i p e sin. S. Wales Gua. 4 p. o. Do. do. 4i p. e....... S.Yorksh.4p.e.Guar. itock.& Dar., 5 p. e. Do. do. do. Stock. & Hartl. g. 5 p. e. till July 1,'56 Waterfd.& Kilk.6 pc 61 - 62 10 - 10 6 6 92 95 86 88 86_88 99 101 10 100 17 171 10 101 71 73 191 —20 i 9t 10 14i 151 id .37 - 139 0.4-• 135 - 137 115 - 117 .56 - 158 f - iP 66 - 70 lo• ill. ....... ... [36 - 138 98 - 100 88 - 1 - Ili* -- .. ~.. "". se. .. ..... ... [O2 -104 92 - 94 li - i , i id 1106 - 108 60 - 65 15t - 16 23 - 24 100 - 102 9i - 104 2 - 3 p 3 -3; MINES. ••• lo l e 1 a *l l l l tt ß i r g L l a o ' Ca i lifor nian . 1 :f. - . I ** i 0 7 Australian 1 all Baden (04.Ducby of' ... - 50 all Bltenar. I ron & Con ... - ... ... 20 14 British Iron 5 - 7 35 , 24 Brazilianlmp.(iksued at £5 pm.) - 21 30 all Do. Cocaes & Culab a 3} - ai 20 15 Do. St. John Milne) 18 - 20 181 1 i Clarendon Cons. Min Co. of Jamaica p - in 40 all ()ohm 54 - 56 Copper 25 all Do. Prof. nP. cent 14 - 16 2 all IFortuna ... IF. Copiapo. 8 id S P t • all l ColonialCoperM G in i . d ofE u t , 3 2 . 4 5 ....: 3 2 5 7 * . . ••• 20 all 13enc...al - 1 all i Gt.NuggetVeinßog i 7 i 4,i all 'Great Polgooth. all Gt Wheal Vor Unite i 2 _ g 1 all Liberty 3 all !Linares 7 - 7i 5 li Lusitani a n d - 1 all Mariquit a 1 - 1 all New Granada i -- li i 1 all Nouveau Monde 20 all Pontgi.Sil.& Le• Min. 8 - 10 5 1 .Port Philip - ••• 1 all Quartz Rock - ••• 50 all Rhymney Iron 2l - 23 15 all Do. New 5 - 7 30 1 511Santin.go de Cuba 2l - 2i ••• 6s. Sort. Cons. Min. Co 2i - 2i 1 all South Australian-- ... - ••• 1 ' all Do. Scrip 1 I all IDo. 10 per cent Prof • • • .. . - ... ... 4 1 !Tam. S. &L. Mi n. Co. 4-- 14 10 9 ITin Croft. ............ - 31 - 3 t 28i all United Mexican - 4 4 1 all Waller ............. •• 1 all W es t Mariposa .a - • i 1 12s. Worthing Mining of .. Australia ... - ••• MISCELLANEOUS. :50125 19 Australian Agricult. 26 - 28 27 : 1:0) . . i . : 0, 4 ) -1 0 1 0 1 ° R D ' ' i Berlinr. i I :l i 3 . t 0 . 1 6 r. pAI Watern a .. . c e . m . r . j i Royal a cl. ll 7: & Landos,;Mretikapi Works Sept . . 61 -- : 5. 100 32i Canada.. St. 100 Do. 6 P.C . p.c ;el) St ** . * A ... - se• ••• 5 all Crystal Palace.. . : I * g 1 11 1 .. : 3 3 . _---- 118 113 o 1 A fol 1 ;Di Goneeeei u enx( s to.ii t tet o r:ea n i rrnio as ,s l snTe i cs. : r o . Ei eA n ce wigome o .l cs r e.: e fliTei ca:rral ) .6 . . i *. 2i * 3 _ ...:- i.. 7.: 211 li - 2i 2 5 all Do. Preference.., sa - 5 1 4 ad Crystal Pal. of Franco ance St2o 15 Eastern Steam ... : - *** *5 1001 E Ele ctri c n. ET 1-si: : a 15 14 I Gen. Steam Navigat. .... - *** 25 11 a ali ll 4 all l' Gen. Omnibus 3i ' 1 20 10 I Magdalena St. Nai, -' - . 31 3 1 1 0 0 a al ll l 2Z, 5 Nat. Discount Co .l. • 25 1 . Do. New ... - 13 „P 10 5 Netherlands Lan.d..„ 1 - 11 1 " 10 all Do. Do. - "" 2 - 4 5 3 Do. 8 pcP iss atl d id _ 1 100 80 New B. (i., N.S. Land 18 _.. fjg „. ... N.S.W. Gov. sp.c.D. .. -- 1 ill N. B, Australasian... i -__ if• 20 , 17. Nrth.4.4BuropeSteam 3 i -- 2id 1 all Oriental Gas ........ 1 - 11 1 2s. Do. "New Shares" ti - 1 5 ail Peel Rr. Ld. & .Minrl. 2 , Ali 1 3 / 13 2i i 50 all Peninsular& Oriental 68 -7 0 50 10 Do. New 4i -51 100 &I Royal Mail Steam - 1 d ! Scot. Austral. Invest .i 1 all Ditt o N ew li - ii- - 1t 25 all South .Austral. Land 35 -3 5 i i 1 al: & 37 Omar. T e l. S cr i p i - - 1 1 al Do. itegistered.„.. t-- 1 20 5 Prost& 1.. (_ o.IT. can. 100 2 54 ? ; Van Diemen's Laud lb 16 i „. 1,. V.o),tike:.Jan&Jul7 .. •!". ... 1 LAW INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.) COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. (Sittings in Banco, before Justices Crewmen, Williams, and Crowder.) READY V. GOLDSMITH.-SLANDER. This was an action tried at the last Ipswich assizes for slander. The plaintiff is a clothier and draper of Sudbury, and the defendant is a clothier and shoemaker of the same place, and the slander complained of was that the defendant had said he had been informed by a commercial traveller, who heard it at the Rose and Crown, that there was a "screw loose" at the plaintiff's, and that in consequence he should not call on him for an order. The verdict was for the defendant. On the motion of Mr. O'Malley, Q.C., on an early day of term, a rule was granted by the Court for a new trial, and to-day it came on for argument. Mr. Prendergast, Q.C., appeared to support the rule, and was about to enter on the case, when Mr. O'Malley said he had no objection to consent to a stet processus. Mr. Prendergast accepted it, and the rule was dis charged. Buie discharged. MATHER AND ANOTHER V. LORD MAIDSTONE. This was an action tried at the last Guildford Assizes before the Lord Chief Baron, and was brought by the plaintiff to recover of the defendant 1,0001. on a bill of exchange, drawn by the Hon. F. Villiers, and accepted by the defendant. The defense was that the bill was given in error for a bill that was afterwards found to be a forgery. The facts of the case have repeatedly been before the public. Mr. James, Q.C., obtained a rule for a new trial at the commencement of term, which today came on for hearing. Mr. Justice Crowder first read a copy of the notes of the trial taken by the learned Chief Baron, and sup. plied by bim, in which he stated that he told the jury that the forgery was no defence to the present action on this bill, if they believed the plaintiff -was the bona fide holder of the bill, and to find a verdict for the defendant if they believed he had been defrauded of the bill, and that the plaintiff was not the bona fide holder of it for value. Mr. Justice Cresswell said that the application on which the rule was granted stated that the Lord Chief Baron bad misdirected the jury, in informing them that to entitle the plaintiff to recover it must be proved that he gave value for the forged bill, such question not being in issue on the trial. Mr. Lush said there was some mistake. He certainly on the trial understood the Chief Baron's remarks to be applied to the forged bill, and it was on that understand ing the motion for a new trial was made. Mr. Justice Crowder said he thought it strange when the application for a new trial was made to hear that the Chief Baron had summed up as it was alleged. How could the defendant be defrauded out of a forged bill ? Mr. Justice Cress!vell said the Court could only be guided by the notes supplied by the Chief Baron. There appeared to be some mistake, and it probably would be better to refer the case again to that learned judge. Mr. Lush said he believed all the counsel in the case took the summing up in the same view as he had stated. Mr. Justice Cresswell applied to the plaintiff's counsel. Mr. Roll, for the defendant, in answer to the appeal of the second judge, read his note of the summing up, which agreed with I. Lush's statement. He (Mr. Holl) might, however, have mistaken the Chief Baron's meaning. Mr. Justice Cresswell—Probably so ; and as the learned counsel had mistaken the Chief Baron's sum. ming up it was not improbable the jury had done the same. There could be no doubt but that the Chief Baron meant what he had written down, and it would be better to communicate with the Chief Baron before pro ceeding further. The consideration of the application, therefore, awaits a further communication with the Lord Chief Baron. The Court of Queen's Bench was this morning occu• pied with the Crown paper cases, but nothing of impor tance had oome on up to the time of our despatch leaving. COURT OF EXCHEQUER. ;Sittings in Banco, before the Lord Chief Baron, and Barons Bramwell and Watson.) HAMLYN Y. GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY-JUDGMENT. This was an action brought by the plaintiff, a master tailor in London, against the defendants, for damages for a breach of contract. The action was tried a few weeks since before Mr. Baron Martin, when it was shown that the plaintiff was induced by the defendant's train bills to take a ticket from London to Hull. On arriving at Great Grimsby, the London train being late, the train in conjunction with the defendants, belonging to another company, had left, and the plaintiff had no means of getting from Great Grimsby to Hull that night. On the following morning he proposed to go to Hull with his London ticket, but the railway officials at Great Grimsby would not allow him to proceed unless he paid ls. 4d., the railway fare. He did so, and proceeded on his journey, and the consequence was that the delay prevented him from meeting his customers, and he brought an action against the de fendants for damages. At the trial, Mr. Baron Mar tin told the jury that the plaintiff could only recover for the actual damage he had shown he had sustained, and not for general damages or inconve. nience he might have sustained. The actual damage shown was ls. 4d., the extra railway fare, and he advised the jury not to give a verdict for more than ss. damages. If the plaintiff had hired a chaise and posted on to Hull the same night he could have recovered the amount from the defendants. Mr. Wilde, Q.C., afterwards moved for a rule calling on the defendants to show cause why a new trial should not be had in this case, o❑ the ground of misdirection on the part of the learned lord who tried the case ; contend ing that the plaintiff was entitled to general damages for the inconvenience and loss he had sustained by the delay, and that should have been left to the jury. The Court took time to consider the point, and to-day delivered their judgment. The Court held that to recover damages for a breach of contract of this kind the injury must be appreciable and estimable, and not contingent, as to inconvenience and annoyance. Considering the learned baron who tried the case had acted right in di recting the jury as he did, the Court refused the rule. Rule refused, CO URT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Goulburn.) IN RE TILLRY. This bankrupt was described as of St. George's-wharf, Camden-town, contractor, &c., and applied for his certi- ficate on Monday last, the matter being argued by Mr. Chidloy for the assignees, and Mr. Linklater for the bankrupt. His Honour now gave judgment, and suspended the certificate for six months from the date of the last exa mination (15th Oct.), and then to be of the third class. His Honour animadverted on the now common occur rence of not keeping a proper cas',l account, which was particularly required by law ; the not-keeping of which afforded great facilities for fraud. His Honour granted protection for ten days, to enable the bankrupt to appeal, if he th ought proper. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.— (This Day). SOUTHWARK. CHARGE or ROBBERY.—JOItit Siltith, and William Wybrow, two miserable looking young men, were brought before Mr. Combs charged with breaking into the warehouse of Messrs. Hepburn, th e extens i ve four and five o ' c l oc k thatsleepi ng on t h e leather dressers and tanners, in Long-lane, B ermon d sey. premises,One of the s a id prosecutors' that, be t we enf apprentices, eu morning, he was roused up by hearin g a crac ki ng noise in the adj o ining warehouse, and a f terwards the indowtrampof,h feet.esaw a police-constable He go c tu o p u , stitb and, having opened the window, e pass, to whom he said that thieves were on the premises, and request ing him to go round to the outer gate and inform the watchman. Immediately afterwards he saw two men drop from the window, one into a passage from which there was no outlet, and the other into the yard. He dressed himself and went down, and saw the prisoners taken into custody. Mr. Combe asked how they gained admission into the premiees? Witness replied, by opening a window in the back, near where he slept: Tie believed that was closed when he went to bed. James Green, watchman to Messrs. Hepburn, said about five o'clock that morning a constable called him and told him that thieves were on the p rere i, ee. H e immediately admitted the officer, and they went over the place, and found the prisoners crouched up in a dark corner of the yard, and he gave them into custody. In answer to the charge the prisoners said they were houseless, and en passing the prosecutor's pre mised they saw a gate open. They entered, when they saw a man who asked them what they vaulted. They this (11 said they wanted somewhere to sleep, when he opened a window and called them up to sleep on some shavings. The watchman here informed his Worship that neither of the gates were open, so that no one cou!d have ad mitted them. Benjamin Horner, 169 M, said he had known Wy• brow some time as a suspected character, and had frequently warned him in the streets. Mr. 'Jambe committed each of them to the House of Correction for three months. THE SPEAIiBOAT EXPLOSION OA TBE MERSEY. LIVERPOOL, Nov. 18. An inquest has been held on the body of Joseph Pear inn, one of the firemen on board the steamtug Iron King, who was killed by an explosion on board that vessel while steaming on the Mersey on Saturday morn ing. The facts as to the effects of the explosion were stated in The Sun of yesterday, but the evidence of Mr. Edward James Ross, engineer, appointed by the Board of Trade to examine the machinery of passenger steam• tugs at this port twice a year, threw additional light upon the cause of the accident. He said—At the latter end of last month I was ealled on to examine the inside of the boilers and the engines of the Iron King. I made the examination, and considered everything was right, whereupon I gave a certificate. I took every precaution that I could suggest before passing the boilers. There were two safety valves. Several times since the 25th of October I have been on board the Iron King and alwitys examined the safety valves, and found them in good working order. Her boiler is a circular boiler, supported in the middle by a great many tubes, called Galloway's tubes. The boiler is made by Galloway, of Manchester. I have made a thorough examination of the boiler since the explosion. The diagram produced, No. 1, shows the state of the boiler before the explosion ; and the diagram, No. 2, shows its appearance after the explosion. I made an examination of the safety-valves, and found them in good working order. They did not appear to have been in aay way tampered with. The boiler is a perfect cylinder, both in shell and fire-furnace; it is, in fact, what is termed a high-pressure boiler. When I made the examination on the 25th of last month I should say I saw about seven or eight men working in and about the boiler. At that time I saw Mr. Griffiths, who superintends the whole of Messrs. Warden's boat 4, but I did not see the engineer on board the boat then. Something passed between Mr. Griffiths and myself on the occasion about the narrow water space between the boiler. I asked him how he found the water place, and he told me that there was a considerable quantity of scale in that place. I then told him how necessary it was to have it all removed ; and he said he had given the men strict orders to do their best to remove it. Some two or three days after this I asked Mr. Griffiths whether he had done as he promised and removed the scale. He said to the best of his belief it was removed, but that the space was so narrow that it was impossible to feel, let alone to see, down the space, but that the engineer of the boat had told him that the scale was all removed. Upon the strength of that I gave the declaration. I attribute the cause of the explosion to the collapsing of the sides of the flue of the port boiler ; and I believe the Gal loway tubes gave way f rom th e pressure of the flue. I found two of the tubes broken off about half way down. I attribute the collapsing of the flue to the scales or sediment having collected on the side of the flue, thereby preventing the water getting to the plate, which thereby came red hot. The sediment in the narrow place I have spoken of 'would have the effect of keeping the water off the plate. When the water is kept from the plate the plate soon becomes very hot, and the pres sure of the steam may then force the plate in. That is by no means an uufrequent occurrence, and it some times occurs from the boiler getting short of water. I do not consider in this case that the boiler was short of water. I consider a sufficient sediment would collect in the narrow water gauge—such as I found after the explosion—in the course of about two months ; I speak of the sediment I found on the examination which I made. If the sediment had been removed which I saw on the 25th of last month, when I examined the boiler, I don't think it Could have formed in sufficient quantity again between that period and the day of the explosion so as to cause the ex plosion. The collection of sediment is sometimes occasioned by the want of prevention on the part of the engineer, in not blowing the water sufficiently off. I am decidedly of opinion that the sediment I saw should have been removed before the steam was got up. There was no steam-gauge to the boiler. I consider that all steamers ought to have one. It was the duty of the engineer of the boat to see that the sediment was re moved before the steam was got up. I consider a steam-gauge a very great safeguard against explosions. By Mr. Aspivall—These boilers of Galloway's have not been long introduced into use on board steamers, though they have been used on land with fresh water for a considerable time. The narrowness of the space alluded to is a great objection to those boilers, because it is exceedingly difficult to clean, and also difficult to as certain whether they are cleaned or not. That objection occurs more strongly to me now after the explosion, but before I was a great advocate of these boilers. It would be quite impossible for a man to get through the narrow water space. It is not possible for a boy to get through entirely, so that it would be difficult to see whether the space was properly cleaned. As far as I know, I believe everything was done that could be done to clean this part properly on behalf of the owners and the men em ployed. I see now the non-adaptation of those boilers for the use of salt water. The jury returned a verdict of accidental death, coupled with an opinion that the boiler was one of improper con struction for the purpose. MARKET LIFEWS.—(This Day.) CORN EXCFIANGE. The supply of English wheat in to-day's market was limited ; nevertheless the demand for all kinds ruled hea►y at Monday's decline in the quotations. The general qua lity of the samples was by no means first-rate. The imports of foreign wheat are liberal, viz., 15,290 quarters. Even the finest samples met a dull inquiry, and prices were with difficulty supported. Both barley and malt moved off slowly, but no change took place in their value. We were extensively supplied with oats, which sold slowly at barely late rates. In beans, peas, and flour very little was doing, on former terms. English .. Irish •. Wheat. 580 Foreign 1 1 15,290 ARRIVALS TOTS WIRE. 1 Barley. I Malt. ^ .... ~ 4,680 I asts. I Fionr. 470 2,300 — 6020 brls. 16,850 450 scks. BOROUGH HOP. Our market is steady, and prices generally are firm. WHITECHAPEL. Beef, from 2s 6d to 4s 4d ; mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 8d ; veal, 3s 8d to 48 8d; pork, 3s 6d to 5s 2d jrr 81b by the carcase. Trade dull. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This Day.) LONDON, Nov. 18.—Wind this day at noon, N. W• ; light ails and hazy. The Louise, of Dundee, from St. Petersburg, for Lives•' pool, has been totally lost off the coast of Norway ; crew landed at Christiania. PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 18.—Wind W. to N.E.—Sailed— Istamboul, for the Cape of Good Hope. BELFAST, Nov. 17.—Wind S.—Arrived—Kennymede, from Baltimore. Sailed—Elizabeth Morrison, for New Orleans. ------- MARYPORT, Nov. 17.—Arrived—Edwin, from Quebec. GRIMSBY, Nov. 19.—The schooner Collis, of and for Colchester from Shields, sunk near tho Dudgeon on the 17th inst., after b3ing in contact with the Norval, of New castle ; crew saved. 11IEMEL, Nov. 18.—It is blowing a dreadful gale at W., bnt as yet no damage has been done to the shipping. The Haff is clear of ice. (PER ELEOTRIO TELEORAPII.) LIVERPOOL, Wednesday Morning Wind N.W. Arrived—Lydia, from Charleston ; Hawk, Quebec ; Marianne, Amsterdam • Favourite, St. John's, N.B. ; Snowden, Newfoundland. Sailed—Henry Clay, for New York; Henry, Mobilo ; Caroline, and Shepherdess, Calcutta ; Columbia, New York ; Silistria, New Orleans ; Albanian, screw steamer, Trieste ; Egyptian, screw steamer, Malta ; London, New York ; Gladiator, New Orleans ; Alegro Da Minho, Gib raltar ; tEolus, Stettin ' • Hernia, Port-au-Prince ; Neros , Rio Janeiro ; Margaret Arendina, Trieste ; Ostzee, Zurik. zee ; Henry, Mobile ; Moult, Azores ; Golden Grove, Mar seilles ; Medora, Pernambuco ; Pearl, Dordt. QUEENSTOWN, Nov. 17. Wind variable. Arrived—Gratitude, from Odessa; Dominica, Quebec. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Wednesday, 10 a.m. Wind W. ; tide three hours' ebb; raining. Arrived, Nov. 19—Sandale, from Pera ; Eliza, Dantzic ; Margaret, Guernsey ; Ring, Cronstadt ; Lionne, Grave lines; Bent, Colombo. Sailed, Nov. 19—Panther, steamer, for Boulogne ; Nep tune, Hamburg ; Alacrity, Cape of Good Hope. DEAL, Wednesday, 9.45 a.m. Wind, W.N.W. ; light and fine. Passed, Nov. 18—Dona, from London, for Santander; Robertson, from Hartlepool, for Beyrout. Passed, Nov. 19—Malcolm, from Shields, for Alexan dria ; Viscount Melbourne, brig, from the westward, for the north. Sailed—W. E. Routh, fer Naples. A rnan named Travers was yesterday remanded from the Lambeth Police-court on a charge of garrotting a Mr. Moore, residing at Pleasant-place, Lambeth. The offence was committed in Te t opic -street, between twelve and one o'clock Yesterday me ruing. The brother of Castles, the fireman on the train that came into collision on the la t inst., says that it is not true that his brother took the perilous leap" attributed to him. He was picked up v try near the spot where the engines met. Mr. Timothy, the proprietor of the extensive grana ries at Rotherhithe, was yesterday fined 20s. and costs for erecting a bridge across Rothe rhithe-street contrary to the Metropolitan Local Manage, went Act. The wolves, which still infest se ime parts of France, seem to be more than usually tron• blesome this season. The Courrier du llavre describes a great hunt which was made on Monday at Newbourg, in the department of the Eure, where the rifles of the sportsm len and the staunch ness of their Norman hounds succeet it wl in killing four of the public enemies. In llorvan th) e wolves were ob - served one night to make an attack up ,on a herd of oxen, which received them, however, at t Toint of the horn, and completely defeated them. PRUSSIA AND SWITZERLAND. The following menaoire, relative to Neuchatel, was drawn up by Chevalier Bunsen as Annex 2 to the second protocol of the conference of the 24th of May, 1852 : "The canton of Neuchatel was one of the first victims of the shocks which, in 1848, made Europe stagger. A few factious men, supported by Vaudois insurgents, suc ceeded by a coup-de-main in capturing the public func tionaries, in upsetting the legitimate Government, and in breaking, despite the clearly expressed wish of the great majority of the population, the bonds which for more than a century united the sovereigns of Prussia to the Principality of Neucbatel. "The Helvetic Confederation, under the influence of democratic and subversive tendencies, completed a revo• lution to which the population of that principality re mained a stranger. "His rights as a Sovereign and the sentiment of pro tection which he owes to his faithful subjects, who never ceased to give him incontestable proofs of their devotion, imp sed upon the King the duty, doubly sacred, of sot tolerating an attempt which, in violation of treaties, insulted his dignity' as a Sovereign and wounded his feelings of anzioas solicitude for the welfare of his subjects sincerely attached to his hoKse. At a moment, however, when various political complications seemed to require that Sovereigns should, more than ever, put a stop to anything of a nature to disturb the peaceof Europe, the King consented to make his interests subordinate to greater ones, and, without availing himself of the advan tages which the presence of a victorious army on the Swiss frontier might have offered him to regain posses sion of his country, his Majesty contented himself by showing by reiterated and solemn protests his firm re solve not to relinquish his imprescriptible right to the Principality of Neuchatel, rights guaranteed by treaties. Moreover, to remove the slightest doubts of his inten tions, his Majesty explained his wishes, as also the mo tives which dictated his conduct to the Powers his allies, and received from them, as he had reason to expect, the most satisfactory declarations, which, while recognising his rights, attested their sincere intention of lending him their co-operation to assert them. " Two years have elapsed sines then. The Neuchatel subjects of the King claim more than ever the blessings of their legitimate Government, and numerous addresses testify that the sad trials which their devotion put them to have not altered their sincerity. "The Helvetic Confederation on its part, now as for merly, turns a deaf ear to the exhortations addressed to it to induce it not only to recognise, but also to restore the rights of the legitimate Sovereign of the Principality of Neuchatel. It is evident that such an illegal state of things cannot last without serious inconveniences, the bearing of which cannot escape the discernment even of Switzerland. "His Majesty sees no better method of putting an end to it than by amicable mediation, undertaken by the four great powers, in the name of the fifth, to effect between the latter and the Helvetic Confederation a footing ac cording to historical antecedents and to reciprocal in terests. `•Switzerland herself, however much she maybe worked by political passions, cannot deny the evidence of the consideration that the establishment of such a footing be tween Prussia and the Helvetic Confederation is an indis• pensable condition of the development and consolidation of the interests of the latter, and the Federal Council will feel the more inclined to take advantage of the above•inentioned mediation, as the King is far from in sisting upori cvmditions which might even have the ap• pearance of weakening Switzerland. "Whosoever looks upon the task of settling the Neu chatel question under the point of view of the great in tereslis of order and international law which are con nected therewith must recognise that it is a task worthy of the united efforts of the great Powers. "To accomplish it, it is necessary to enregister at once (censtater) by an official and solemn act the fully adopted opinion and determined intention of the four great Powers respecting the Neuchatel question, which is the subject of this mentoire—to enregister a document to which the co-operation of those Powers in favour of the fifth Power would give international value, and which might state in the form of a protocol the mea sures they shall have decided upon to attain the desired object." STEAM NAVIGATION IN RUSSIA. The prospectus of the new Russian Steam Navi gation and Traffic Company, the statutes of which received the Emperor's sanction on the 3d of August, is published very conspicuously in the Journal de St. Petersbourg. This company, which by the extent of its resources, and by its importance to " the regeneration of the internal and foreign trade of Southern Russia," is regarded as one likely to take rank above all other existing Russian com panies, will have a capital of six millions of roubles to begin with, divided into 20,000 shares of 300 roubles each. At a future period this capital may be raised to nine millions, by the creation of 10,000 new shares, if agreed to by a general meeting of shareholders. By the 25th statute of the company, none but Russian subjects are capable of holding shares, the laws of the empire prohibiting any foreigners from taking part in the coasting trade between the Sea of lzoff and the Rus sian Black Sea ports, which is an essential part of the company's undertaking. Like the Russian-American Company, it is to be placed under the special protection of the Imperial Go vernment. The objects of its establishment are defined as being " the development of the trade of Southern Russia, and of the commercial as well as the postal communications by steamboats between that part of the empire and foreign countries." The following details are to be gathered from the company's statutes : The company is bound to keep up certain lines of communication. Between Odessa and Constan- tinople, Athos, Smyrna, Rhodes, Beyrout, Jaffa, and Alexandria, its steamboats are to ply three times a month, as well as between Odessa, the Sea of Azoff, and the Circassian coast. If it should be deemed advisable, boats from Odessa may touch at the ports of the Crimea, and also at those of the Anatolian coast, before proceeding to Constanti nople ; or a line may be established from Odessa, taking in Galatz and the ports of the Principalities, and ending at Constantinople. There is to be weekly communication between Odessa and Galatz by boats which will stop at Su lina, Ismail, and Reni ; there are also to be boats every week from Odessa to Eupatoria, Sebastopol, Yalta, Theodosia, and Kertch, as well as from Odessa to Kinbouru and Nicolaieff, on the river Boug, and to Kherson, on the Dnieper. Boats are to ply once a week between Kertch, Marioupol, Berdiansk, and Taganrog. The company are bound, moreover, to provide for 18 voyages in the year from Odessa to Trieste, calling at Constantinople, Syra, the lonian Isles, and Antona, as well as for 18 voyages in the year from Odessa to Marseilles, stopping at Constanti nople, the Piraeus, Messina, Naples, Leghorn, and Genoa. • These lines are to be opened for traffic as soon as thy` vessels can be built, but the whole system is to be' completely in operation within the period of five ye. ' s from this time. The Government will cede j to liecompany, at a price to be fixed by valuation, `ll the steam-boats belonging to the department wli. . h has conducted hitherto the postal and commercial utercourse between the different together with the wharves, ports of New Russi.. 1, s belonging to that depart warehouses, and store: went. The company is to be aim %t s led byo much per mile, the Government with a subvention calculated . allowed upon the voyages act Cally m . ade by the company's vessels. This allowanc,l during the first ten years will be at the rate of 5 rouLi'les 22 copecks copecks for for the Levant voyages, 3 roubles 49t‘ the Marseilles, and 4 roubles 7± eopetiks for the Trieste voyages ; the allowance for the B:aek Sea trips will be somewhat lower. After the fiCst ten years the subsidy will decrease regularly in each year. Above this mileage, an annual grant pf 64,000 roubles is secured during twenty years. - - - AMJRICAN ANI AUSTRALIAN MAILS• LIVERPOOL, TUESDAY. The Liverpool and Philadelphia Company's screw► steamship City of Manchester, Capt. Petrie, will sail to-morrnw at noon for Philadelphia, with passengees and cargo. She will carry a mail, for which letters and newspaper,- must be posted before 11 a.m., and with late fees before 11,...30 a.m. to-morrow, all of which must b.e marked " per of Manchester." The mails for the British and North American Royal Mail steam-ship Ary,bia, Capt. Stone, which sails on Saturday afternoon, will Close here at noon, with late fees at 1 p.m., and at the landing stage at 2 p.m. on that day. The neat inailh from the United States will be brought by the Collins steam-ship Atlantic, Capt. Oliver Eldridge, from New York, and those from the Canadian provinces by the Montreal Ocean Steam Navigation Company's royal mail screw steam-ship North American, Capt. Grange, from Quebec, both of which were to sail from their respective ports on the Bth inst.,and may be looked for to-morrow. The White Star line of packet ship, the Sardinian, Capt. B. Sheridan, will sail on Thursday (the appointed day of the line being the 20th of each month) for Mel bourne, with 240 passengers and a full cargo. She w ill carry a ship letter bag, for which letters and newspapers must be marked " per Sardinian," and posted before 9 a.m., and with late fees before 9.30 a.m. on the 20th. inst. AUSTRALIAN MAILS.—The Postmaster-General gave out con stuhle at smouA notice yesterday that the steamer European would take t i h ri Au stralian a s. m — p mM t ton , 1' e BRAZIL e n the 12th of nest months. ' • d notice from the Post- Phraiasulrxeceitvhee Portuguese ese Vice office authorities stating that, in accordance with his request, mails will be made up in that town for places at which the Brazil and Peninsular mail steamers call. The mails will be made up on the day the steamers leave Southampton. Letters from the above-named places will no longer be sent to London toefor 0 they are delivered. 20 I 1! 20 I 21 all A.ustralastA... ......... i 8 Bank of Egypt ...... 50 Bank of London Ali isri. Col. i3k.&Ln. C. ah Liritish N. American 5 Chartd. Bank of Asia 6 Chrtd. Buk. of India, Australia, & China SC City i Colon,al Commercial of TAond 11 Eng.geot. &Au?. Cht [1 Loud. Chart. Bk. of Anstrali& 1 Ditto Now 20 London and County 50 Lmo.&E.Bnkg. Corp I G London Joint Stock 30 'Loudon and Paris.,,,. tU Lond. & Westminster V National Pro.ef Eng LODo. New ........... 32. Nations I Bank d New South Wales .11 Oriental I'lc_. Corp._ i 5 Ottoman Bunk ::.. Provincia.: of Ireland ,11 Do. Now ; 11 Aus il &G., i m 0 , L*.; South Australia i tll Union of Australia.,, 2:, Do. Now.,, L 0 Union of London ._ Kit Western Bk of Load 93 57i - 37 5 7i i i i 664 6 f 51 167 i eri 1031 105 A 5 A 80$ i i 80 531 83 2i 34 .12k i e 7 34k a ni i i LION. 11 10i 211 1 f Z 7/ 50/ 1 1 100 5 100 all all all 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 -st. 100 100 100 100 all 100 100 all 100 7k i 921 d im 12 FRANCE AND PERSIA. (From the Constitutionnel of yesterday.) At this moment, when the public mind in Eng land is greatly preoccupied by the events whick are passing in Asia, certain jonrnals have indulged in a polemic of a nature to throw a doubt upon the attitude assumed by the French Government and its agents in regard to Persian affairs. The Morn ing Post, a journal which, with more or less reason, exeites particular attention at the present time, has just launched an article containing undeserved reproaches against the French Minister in Persia, which we feel called upon to answer. The French Envoy at Teheran, M. Bourree, has been there scarcely two years. He was sent during the last war, with the double object of renewing relations between France and Persia, which had been for some time broken off, and of ratifying a treaty of commerce negotiated by his predecessor, and also, and above all, to support at Teheran an interest common to England and France, an in terest born of th e E as t ern war . The principal object of his mission was to prevent Persia from leaning towards Russia ; he was at all events to obtain her neutrality. We need not say that the French Minister showed himself a zealous repre sentative of the alliance, and never ceased during the war to act in a manner conformable to the intentions of the two countries. But it appears that, independently of that grand object, difficulties of a minor nature arose; the English Minister, Mr. Murray, had some private differences with the Persian Government. We will not dwell upon the nature of this quarrel. It was one altogether of secondary interest, one with which politics c an scarcely be said to have had anything to do, but it resulted in the departure of Mr. Murray. What course did the French Minister take under these delicate circumstances? We have every reason to believe that he endeavoured by good offices to allay the displeasure of his colleague, and to pre vent him from withdrawing ; but he did not, it is true, altogether succeed. His intervention was somewhat distasteful, or, at all events, i t did not answer to the perhaps somewhat excessive require ments of Mr. Murray. The English Minister, irritated, doubtless, by his disagreeable position, became prejudiced against his colleague, and it was no doubt i n conseq ue n ce of his complaints that the English Cabinet begged the Emperor's Govern ment to tell its Minister to abstain from all inter ference with the private relations of England and Persia. The French Envoy thenceforth took care not to lay himself open to the reproach of meddling in these affairs. But now a reproach of a totally opposite nature is addressed to him, and he is accused of having shown a coldness and indifference to English interests. Listen to the Morning Post. " The French minister made no sort of effort to dissuade the Persian government from undertaking the expedition against Herat." We believe we can reply to this pretended griev ance, that without departing from the spirit of the instructions of which we have just spoken, the French envoy understood that nis government was quite alive to the great interests of England in that part of the world, and we have reason to think that our minister did not give advice, and did take steps to induce Persia to abandon the project. That his influence should not-have been strong enough to stay the course of events is not astonish ing, when we consider what violent instincts, what passionate obstinacy often directs the conduct of Asiatic governments in such cases. But here is another grievance. Our diplomacy, the Morning Post tells us, was "not inaugurated at the court of the Shah under very favourable circumstances." But we think there is reason to presume that the English Government did not think so. The mis sion confined to the French minister received the assent of the court of St. James's, whose friendly offices were then employed to smooth difficulties and insure a good reception for our envoy. He did not forget this courtesy, and conducted him self, as it behoved him to do, as a faithful re presentative of the alliance. But this is not all. " Two striking facts," says the Morning Post, " connected with the expedition to Herat deserve serious attention ; the first is, that a French officer, named Bulher, who was under M. Bourree's orders, was authorised to conduct the siege operations as engineer ; the other, that not withstanding the state of quasi hostility which exists between England and Persia, the Shah's ambassador, Feroukh-Khan has been sent, with M. Bourree's consent, on a friendly mission to Paris, carrying with him magnificent presents to the Court of France, and being assured beforehand that he will meet with a brilliant reception." Unless our information is very erroneus, we think we are in a position to reply to these new complaints. A retired French officer of engineers named Bulher did in point of fact enter the Persian service at the beginning of 1853, that is to say at a period antecedent to the commencement of the war, before the alliance, and at a time when France had no representative at Teheran. The officer in question, who no longer belongs to the French army, has become a colonel of engineers in the Persian service. He was sent on a mission having reference to the siege of Herat in so secret a man ner that . not only the French Minister, but ev en hi s own family, did not know where he was going. But as soon as the truth came to the knowledge of our envoy, he immediately, and in a most pressing manner, demanded that M. Bulher should be re called to Teheran. Letters on the subject were exchanged between M. Bourree and the Minister of the Shah. It is easily conceivable that this negotiation led to no result, and that the Persian. Government considered that it was only exer cising a right in retaining the officer who was already in its service. We have, moreover, reason to believe that, whatever may have been said to the contrary, this officer is the only Frenchman employed in the siege, which is spoken of in a tone of such alarm, although there is as yet nothing to show that the Persians are able to push this great enterprise to a conclusion. With regard to the Persian embassy, we are assured that France has in no way solicited that it should be sent to Paris. But France has sent a legation to Teheran, a treaty of commerce has been concluded, and the Persian sovereign has sees in this an opportunity to make a friendly demonstra tion towards France. Our relations with Persia, moreover, are of no recent date. The first treaties with that kingdom go back to the reign of Louis XIV. It is better known still whatrelations were established between the French empire and this distant country in the time of Napoleon I. That name which appeals so powerfully to the imagination of every people is a living remembrance among the nations of Asia. It will be easily conceived, therefore, that the Persian monarch feels himself at this moment attracted towards France, and why, according to Eastern custom, he should'send words of peace and presents to the successor of Napoleon. N o w, how would it be possible to defer to the advice given by the English journal not to receive ' the ambassador ? On what ground could the French government repulse this friendly manifes tation, when it was the first to send a legation to Persia ? How can we be otherwise than astonished at the declaration of the Morning Post, that if the Persian envoy " should receive the least encourage ment from M. Thouvenel at Constantinople, and that if he should be permitted to continue his journey to Paris the French government will ren der itself in some sort responsible for the obstinacy with which the Shah persists in his hostile pro ceedings towards England, and the fatal conse quences that may result from them ?" This assertion of the Morning Post is, it seems to us, but little in keeping with the doctrine it lately professed, viz., that the two allied governments are at liberty, where the great interests of Europe are not concerned, to follow a separate policy on certain given points, as, for example, England in Asia and France in Africa. Now, is it in any way to beleared 1 any fatal of the Persian ambassador will invo•ve toy fatal consequences ? Is there not rather re in Paris that the hope for good results from it ? It is not in that the envoy will find himself in Prevent con- France has s.bown herself desirous unfavourable to the ideas of peace uherever they may flicts and appe.ase differences, T wberan, like her rep arise ; her representative ato :tries, has faithfully satioTconciliation. presentatives All other a and we trust that to of the reproaches that have nothing will inmate followed this line ted against him. been so unjustly dii conduct, P.D..IK rOR FINSBUIAT •—A deputation from the St. Mary, Stoke N ew i n2 , parishes of St. Mary, IsPo,:zton, the Holborn District St. James:. ton, had at, interview with L L rd Palmerston, on Friday - last, for the Purpose of laying' before his ordshi Clerkenwell, sun' plan of the proposed park for F, y, an estima te the of the expense, with other particula:s, and soliciting assistance of go vernment for carryit,:g out the u d the ertak jog. His lordohip declined to give any pled n ge to the deputation as to the intentions of Gove'rnment until he had consulted with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the subject ; but:.he has since seen Mr toy ton, the vestry clerk of Islingtoto, in reference the . r, and promised that in the event o.f the passing of the bill, of which due notice has been give. n, for making Govern ment would recommend to Parl ia ment the park, the a grant of towa rds carrying out the work. 50,0001. t o comprise 300 acres of land , and the cost is eat - bust ed tft The park is proposed 200,0001., of which, be side s the anticipated Parliamen tary grant, 15 0,0001. will be required, and th is is pro , posed to be raised by a metropolitan rate of a halfpenny i in the pound during a peri.od of seven years. A depnta -1 tion from the several arishes mentioned will present a ' memorial t 1 o the Metro politan Boardof Works on Frida _ y gthem a metro next, praying to undertake the work politau improvement. as 25 1 ;it. 10 .3t. St. 111 11 A. 11 St. 11 it. 11 St. 1( 'it. 1( 101 ai 25 j el St,. 10 38i 59i i 13i i I.oi I 30i 63 2i 941 i all all all all all 100 all all all 1')0 18i