The Sun. — London, England, 1856-12-02 00:00:00

• 71 7,7 Tri Ln, f~~~ ~~ . F~~. Ir'TZLLIGEN‘..; CITY, Two o'OLo In the Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday there was a steady business transacted, without any alte ration in prices. The sales amounted to 7,000 bales, 5,000 of which were taken by the exporters. The Railway Share Market exhibited a firm ap pearance. The progress of trade in Manchester during the past month is thus reviewed by Messrs. M'Nair, Greonbow, and Irving :-- "As will hare been apprehended no animation has characterised this market since the date of our last monthly circular, in consequence of the stringency con nected with money matters and the high prim nece, Barfly requiring to be paid for discounts, as at the period in question was intimated. A further necessity having been imposed upon the Bank of England to prevent the efilex of bullion from this cauntry, that institution on the 13th, with ocher restrictive aecompaninients, limited the discount of bills not having more than 90 days to run to 7 per cent. ; and excluded those of a longer date,—a proceeding which of course had the necessary effect of restricting operations, and of inducing increased caution on the part of buyers gentrally to operste. The cense quences of these influential measures have not had the effect which, in other times and under different circum. stances, they might have produced. They came upon this market when• it was in a very healthy state, and when the docks of staple pr •cinctinns were unusually sinali with the great hulk of' producers heavily under contract. Had it been otherwise the • consequence of such measures would have proved highly injurious. The stability of the trade of this, as well as of that, in almost every other manufac turing district, has been able to bear the burden neces- Itrily imposed-:.—and to resist trots its soundness the e 'naequetices which accompanied the commercial con vulsion which attended the year of 1847, when distrust and the absence of confidence were everywhere present. The valuable feature of the present time is that of secu rity and stability supported upon a basis cf solidity in all the mercantile operations of the s day. No speculative Movements, so far as this market is concerned, can be noticed ; and legitimate transactions are the geeernine Principle. November is proverbially au inactive month,— a matter which may be named in ext-nnatinn of dimi nished transactions. Those in the present one wii;, how ever, greatly exceed those calculated upon, and justify the poeitien of the market, as already pointed to. An important feature, as connected with this market, arises , from that of teotton, which has sustained the value of that artiale during the month with remediable firmness, Considering the preAsure of the money market. Trans attune during the month have very slightly exceeded those required by spinners for consumption, and for the best consuunieg qualities prices have cc =reply declined ; hut ter the ordinary and the middling qualities of Arneriean the decline has been to the l extent of id ( - 1 .to . per lb. C ons id era bl e irregu arity in prices here has' lately prey:died ; and so they continue. Cuteracts still continue in farce for both goods and yarn., with undiminished fineness on the part of those who possess them. Some descriptions have declined, whilst others remain firm." • The general money market remains without any ehange.of importance, but the demand is tempo raPiy increased by the liabilities having to be dis charged next Thursday. Still there is no pressure, and at current quotations the supply is abundant for all purposes. The best descriptions of paper are negotiated. at 6/ per cent., but for good com raercial bills the Bank minimum is generally slcacted by the bill brokers. While the 13allk Directors continue to support their flotations at seven per cent., it is not to be sup- Posed that capitalists will consent to lower rates e xcept for long-dated paper, which, owing to the P r obability of a sensible decline in the value of acc ommodation before it arrives at maturity, is comparatively easy of negotiation. As the ci reutnstancea which have induced the Bank authorities to continue their restrictions, when it is iMagined a reduction might with safety have been made, are not known to the public, it is impossible to form any accurate opinion with regard to the precise period when a decline in the minimum can be expected. It is not generally supposed that it will take place next _Thursday, although a good deal of anxiety will no doubt be felt to ascertain the result of the usual parlour Meeting. As usual at this period Messrs. Letts and Son have issued their Diaries for the New Year. These Publications, which are to be found in almost every co unting-house, are, if possible, more complete than hitherto. Public securities are rather flatter than they Wer e duri ng o ffi c i a l hours yesterd a y, a d ec li ne o f i having occurrdd. This weakness is wholly to " e ascribed to the settlement of the monthly ac „"lint, 'which now absorbs chief attention. the mark et on these occasions is always rather variable. " 1" the commencement of business the quotations were about the same as at the close yesterday ( after i ho urs ), b u t th ey su b sequen tly b e came lower. No w again th ere i s more fi rmness , a nd the market „ 'PPears strong. Consolshave been 94i I, 94 to I, , t/114 941 for money and Thursday. The January Vs has b een a b out 94i 93 . E xc h equer Bills ');° Maintained at 4z. to 7s. premium, - and India °° ds are 2... premium. The N ew Th ree per i ll ts• are 93i 1, an d the Reduced 92i 93k. ank Stock is 216 L T 'lt he Foreign Market is a l mos t neg l ec t e d . tilk iSh 6 per C en t s . h ave b ee n d ea l t i n at 94 I, 6" the 4 p e r C en ts. at 10.1 i 102. Sp an i s h 3 per 0 : °44 . are m ar k e d 43, and Dutch per Cents. u. These are the culv securities iu which bar have been officially recorded. " ' l4 the Railway Share Market this m orn i ng a I : Ae rate amount of business has been trans ac t e d , Nltl prices have ruled not quite so buoyant. G rea t orthern, Great Western, Lancashire and York ' shire, North Western, South Western, North 4. llBter n, Berwick, and South Wales were slightly Pressed ; t h e F renc h li nes , h owever , ex hibi ted a marked improvement, and Great Central of • h, ran cc, Northern of France, and Paris and Lyons - 0 : 70 advanced about 10s. to 15s. The Canadian, set Indian, and Belgian lines ruled steady. Joint ° c l c 'Bank an d Mi sce ll aneous Sh ares a ll ru l e 'the firmer. 4t The following are the nominal prices of Foreign :--Grenada Deferred Bonds, 6i 7 ; r) 22 ; Peruvian 41 per Cents., 76 8 ; ditto per Cents., 54 6 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 44 6 . , Russian 5 per Cents., 106 8 ; ditto 4 per it s., 94 6; Spanish 3 per Cents., 421 f ; ditto ditto , e w Deferred, 23h 24; ditto C er tifi ca t es , 5 I ; Passive, 6 SII FUNDS THIS DAY.—CLOSING PRICES. ( from the Offietal List.) "e‘ h • • , "11. • demi, i nk Stock . 2E6 I$ V i a k,ent. Reducad Annuitieo• twat Cent. C onsols Annaitieb lets 3 par " . 4 h ent. Ann u iti es 931 11 i 1 Loag Annuities, expire sth Jan. 1860 2 13-16 Dltto 3t , Year, expire sth Ap r il , 1 88518 . In,ii, 'Ponds, . ..... . . ....... (o: A (tem= ..................... : ... : Consols Bxelicqter Bills, 2ie. • £lO OO , _ .................... 7 4 P :500 .......................................... 7 4 p . Iroall • . ........ 7 4 Ditto Bonds, IESB, 36 per Cent..... 98 3 / 4 p ..... . s . itto, 1E59 .. ..................... 984 A: PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS TFIIS DAY. 4eßican 3 per Cent 1 , Ditto Account 22i pertivisat Bonds 4? per Cent • 77 °llll7 .nese Bonds, 5 per Cent., Con: 1841 -_ Ditto 1853, 3 per Cent . •45 a t to Account .... . 4 5 3 /4 g ar Ho l o g, ; per Cent. • 13 r • .- h RO:.dv, 3 per Cent .. .. ,iitto Account • ••• . l3 lt t® r,, New Deferred , 3. per Cent. ~ . ". 4 to Account ...... ••••• 24 1 : Oitte Passive , :,,i Tttll!Bt, committee flert.of f',oup. not futl. 51 b l4 h Bonds, 6 per ce2t Ditto Account , tto r., 101 i 2 1 r" . G uaranteed, 4 ter Cent. ',to Account .. ...... b.teh o b i +, e,,c th Aan e s! - .nre oavabl e i n . 1)an...J., 24, per Cen.;., 12 Guilders 66 Itto Account ' THREE O'CLOCK, Litt 1 / 4 . on 94 t 0 (Decem " be) r 4) ' , INN,. • Vm, ,740118 ATTEIPT TO RUIN A BANE —Last week til,",:"" BririAton i'xamineo a vitiations attemnt was 11 ' l i ; t 2 Cause a " ran" upon the County Pink. The in -1:011,t. h'"9, whOever le is, put anonymous letters into the stat e - ,,''''' e l 4 , addressed to various individuals, containing bani,"„snts calculated to throw discredit on the above 41, 4 7 - - -uhe bar our of a "run" might have seriously d —nvernenced e not the bank, but a great number of melepleitors a nd 4 thes who do business at the bank. But ma n , 4 / 4 4 , "ler instantly took measures to show that he hal I,,: f . a.° Y to- ►~ee/at once any " run, ' and confidence 444 e tlettec ter th--4, toed,reat A. reward of 1001. has been offered nA the evil-minded person who wrote Put the anonymous letters in the postboxes. St. 25 200. 2(4 100 100 100 100 10: 30 106 :7• rilE GUN, LONJ;ONI TUI - 4]SDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 2 i /856 S HA:it:o MARKETS —(This D y). I.W YS. ApsILWATS Clnging Pr es this Jay. Business done this day 9i Ambg. Aoc‘;:aa.l3o, , &nd 1 111 Am. Jnnct lial fast it 13:laymen Birmit ye Stover Vc liey.. . Birkeuhd. i vies; Cheahlro Juno:., che3h. I Birk D 0.,, do. Blackburn (iesd. at. kirieto: and le.zr,te Cheater dc Hoiyhea. Cork and Bandon Cork, Black, its Fe Do. A Do. B Dnb!imtßelfastJurc !Inn. p. Jne 50 liliI ili al I I al 27L 22 all 25 all q$ all it. 100 St. 100 St. 100 bu all 20 all 20 all 10 all 10 8 50 4r; !A all 314 100 10 2.11 St. 100 St. [0 4.5 84 East Av;llAn &stern Clountie S De., B. Stock „. Do., Now A...., East Kent jil m , f i rm P.SlF.hire East Suffolk Do. Edinburg» dz1413w , • Edinb. enf.l Feebler, F lEdin Prth r)arl I • & elyd Jun PIIIIIf , SS , Glasgow 4 S. Westrb Great N. of Seotln, Great Northern Do., A. Stock..., Do., B. Stoott , &West. , lT. Groat w-,Ttc,rA..,., '3,, 'lt. - our Gaa. & iDo., Thirds Do. New Thirds, f.,,nuash . Do._ Southi or;. London & Black Load. Bright & C bond. ani N. Wr,f, Dc, rift h 8 I Do.lol.Bh.plvi*,' , l to. Ittglaths . Landon andS. We-4 , ..1(1. - actrryea k:ol 0r3,. , .4anch.f-lho?.k Lth , qotrooolitan Do. J. L. Ricardo's arrangement,.. 10. tlinang. & Dor Aiditi. G. West. (I )0. Half She.ro4.. Cewcastle CarEK; iwpt.Aber,g. &Er; qorg - ry ty, :.7.!51. )ff - e-ary , WY.rrinap: • n Iwstre vet. ail tn Ali ...... North !:trittsi, qi•h ' r rosntl Rail, Dock Stock 0., A Stock. ~, ,'B Stock N. Eastera- 7 i3eis.v — . 1. • Ezieraio• • Leed. orth .4 4 3',S.Vistru.,flaa stutri, and City J North Stallo:rds:i , ortb Western.. .tz'S.Westrn. Jr' • a., 4 . 0 re., W. Enyinnoy . otti•:; Scot. N E.Abrdn St Do. !.:00 - . .St 3itingbou rue lz She t,,,,ii cum •,a Lt. lkstor +nth ..... - r-e!). 4 My. nps. vc,k, I S t:cicton & Da- ing 1 , 4 , , do., 1554.. Do., do., 1855.. .041-Jc74 1-hrt4 .ff Yak.. Noy" k iLtv 4) . . Vtl ct.' Beath - i r tte7r,i. is IZiiant atertorlezLl:Lor. 'iostCQr nil Crystal CryEtttiPeacc Do. B la,) ~,, 1 . 2 • Do. Fiist Class Do. Second Class 'Annbl 4 -- 4 83 9 IP3 - 19, 163 17 . 13 14 92 94 581 h 9; 39 40 "se .• -- ... 94 - 10 19 20 9i 35 j 24 - 26 7 - 5 85 E 8 54 - 55 35 - ,96 7 — 7! 90i 91 76 78 110 12. i '3 Ho - 7J 60 65 70 74 5 4 54 g. 97 97 7 110 112 [054 10gi 20g 21 10i 10/, .OT/ 108?. 82i - 82 54 56 3i 11 50 52 3i - 38i .. 39 85 - 86 4f 3 ; • 3 24 84 19 61 62 95 98 5i 5 7z tO 11 28 30 - 74 81 3 6 8 2 - 4 - 5i coLoNr g 5 p. 111 Do. Ceylon A shares, Do. B. do Tasteru Bengal ... .7 , 4? Y,tPa . A and B, 4. F.l ••• •••••• Do. Ex. C, gu. 5 p. c Do. do. D, gu. 5 p. c. Do.Cj ~. lc, de. d 3eolong Melbourm guar. 5 per cent.:; • Trunt Cana& io. Cert. of Deber.l. mu. into Stk. •io. Comp. S p, c., rl , • ;t, in, Pen. g. sp. c Do New, guar. 5 p. c Wolvirn of Ottaat , Do. Now 'E' Do. do., '76, p. '6O. Jo. do., '73 do. Dr,. do., '73, withou option.. arl 7Ls , guar. 4 p c 5 p. c. c. Exton Do. 3d EX., g. sp. c guar 5 p. c Po 4t. ndre~ an IfOlt Inm ! Ardennes i - I ii -- 1$ - ),3 2,11) 22. E 22i, 21i - 22 IN • Ili 76 7,3 21$ 21i 18 I ' p 24;- 5 2$ 2ir 99 - 100 117 :•12 111 - 122 109 111 1 194 -20 i! 2 . 2 - 22 P - 2,1 t~iC;~d~r 6,f 1;e, :4p —dp i 5) 53 Eadn. June. erg to Gn ssnqs , e I Buff. & Lk. Hur. Ry. Carzetoaux & Toulouse Coal Minos and Ry. astern of Franc, 0 'TAW.. Euphrates Valley ... Eur. , ot. Ceutrai of FraL e treat Luxembourg,.. Italian JUnction ..zskt Conn. k lissi - I.terre and Turnhout Lombardo Venetian. Lucca I Pist. 5 p. c.p. Lyons and Gcnova Ateditekrraz. Antozlis ... Do. do, New I 1 33 A 3 9i 10. P 5i - 6 ; N 51 - 6 - 6ip 9 - 10p1 mn r & Liege Do. do., C p. c. Pre: gorthern of Fran,t gorwegianTrinkPre Paris and Lyons .... Ptri. aria 0;10.o, iiacife & San. Irmo., (Perham.) g. 7 p. c . Rome and Frascati D0.n 1 , 6 1, Royal Brieflish 8i 9 19i 23 38 - 384 8 - 9 51 - 54. 52 - 51 7i au all ...± all all ,amore send Meuse )0 . F T. cant. Pref. Annt;hrirn of France As'. Flanders 5 A ;,or c. Prof„. &N. W. of r'remet Western of Austria... A'es ,, of Switzerland [Wiesbaden Do. Sper cent.Prot ZOlNT4i'oi 7 ~; i,T6 ;h R~!: '•ank of Egypt Bank of London 1.0)!. i - i pl 1g 9 -9.; 9 - 4; 4i 91 9 33) 346 6 - lip F 4 4.> 15 all 1 WO 102 fd• ip 63 1911 016 86 5i 91 9O i i 1131 G 9 i7O 69i ti it , n f.2ar Nand. Bank of Asia .1-irtd. Bilk. 4ustrAii a , & chi na Oity ...... Colonial Commercial of Lond Knevleo t. A Ans. Cht Lond. 0 - trii.t. 13), ,1 A.ustralia „ , _ - ...P Ntrtv ....... Lonion !Ind Clount Bnkg. Corp. ,London-Joint Stock.. bond. Wearaicstor N'stiona.l Pro.ef 'ALT Do. N. ' , Tallow 1 8ank....... ••••• Nrra , anutt, Ottoman Bank ...... Provincial a Ireland, Do. Now .............. Aus B tzilo Im Cr, Aonth Australia ...... TTnico of knstrelia 1) , ., Nom' rj,,),, • •i• -;;;;;;; Unity Mutual Went= B f Loud 17i 96i i 1 7i .06 51 6 .07i i ?.. i $ 503 3 851 5 i 19 fili 1 97 12 27i 7 70 19} 18i 73 EN 80 224 12 214 ? 11 101 111 75 6 21i I 54 7} 7 li 5i i 238 i 4 51a 121 i A. I it.Lf St. t L. :•3t. iC St. 1.0 , 0 l eti St. 01 2' , I St IL( it, St. I x] lU St 2 St. !to, St. ( 1.0 10 1 r.' it. 110 St. 1 10 St.llo 3t. ilO at. 10 , 7 3, St. l+. 17 8! 20 1.;: A 5 20 al St. lf" st: !ii St. 100 10 all 0.6, all St. 1(. 10 al St. ,101 St. 101 25 I 5 1 1 1 Al 35 I 2i 30 al 20 1, 1 40 A 1 5 1 25 1 a] Mall 20 all ! all 4.1: all 5 all 5 1 1 , 60 1 a' 30 I 1 38i 544 i 1.0 28i I a; I a.] 1 I.‘, 1 d 68 70 25 10 10 50 100 St. i 7 17 20} 21 20 - 20.! 1 - 3p 7.: 5i 2 1 --- 1 d 18 19 20 i 321 3 49; 4 i 3fq a d 134 i i .7 , 5 - 37 ...... 61 69 7 - 9 11 - 8- d p• • 5d 681 7i 274 2u 100 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS ~~Yn1~!,~ Ei~~iL~~ere. ledford a::d. Blotlhley Buckgharash. . Col. Stour Vy. E. Liu. g. 6 pc - . E. Ern. H. Sh. Glas. Nails. Direct Do. Now ,11 Glstr.egs Du Fr 11 Hrtipl. Dk. Railway... :J;) al? Hull & Selby 75 all Do. Sham. all Do. Shares. 1 2 4 all Lon.ztGreeniv All Do. Preference St. 100 Lon., Til., Ar_ R. 10 31 Do. Bark. Sh. 3t 100 Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. 3t. 1(10 Do. 6 per et. all Manch. Vxtn and Matlock 11 Micileebro• Rerl.c.g 6 p.c. Bra , ' t. Newmarket Bury E. G.spc 50 all .N.dlEst.s p.c. 0 all Do. 6 or et. 5( all Do. Fixeds p c 15 all Prost. &Vy yr t 2. all Do. film. A St. 100' Raystn.& Hit. :Sg Shef.Roth.ary' Gooleg. 5 p. o . ,11 Shrews.&ilar 0 S. Staffordsh, 11 Wear Vallcygr 6 per cent.. 50 I nit, LO , lff: C Ocapaag. Lon lot & N. We-t.. L. &N. W. Cale don,. E. 11 ez.E.C. Gt. Nrti:n. E. Count. Closing Prices this day 1100 St 110 25 I all 5 i 8.% St. 110 a] 10,; al J) [ sj tfl Si 5. 12 ii 50 I a: WiltßAr,`!nrirst I Do .., Gt. ',lost: , Yk. New. & Berw. Y. &IVA Do.. S. Easter Do IPeto Co.& Do ...... ... !Norfolk Do L.& N. IV & 'ACM. Stekton Darling t. En. Conn. E. Count. Do L. &N.W. Gt North! , Llncash& Yorksh. T. Brassey bi.MCloan Stock t. & Da.riingt. D 0....... . IGtWostn. PREFEHENi 97 - 98 98 -- 102 12 - 14 133 -- 135 4 ... 43 107 - 109 Business this day 12i - 1 ; 3 -- 221 -23 A 110 - 114 0 1 P, 21 -- 2i 90 - £2 r 55 - 57 132 - 1.!5 7i Si 3i 3 d 33 - BlythandTyne lOpo c. pref. (ised. at 501 10 Brie. & Ex. 4p. a. k%' Do. 4 p. c. Shares . Caledn. £lO 41 P.C. )0 ' Ches.& iio.Gu. 10 Do. do. Prof. 5 per o. 11 Cork taßandonb,,,p... .t Dua.Prth .4s A ber J. 2 E. Anglian Cls. ASh 10 Do. do. Cls. B6p. c. 11 Do. do Cls. C7p. c .11 Ets.Co.l 7, K,spoNo ,11 Do. No. 8. ll Do. Now 6 p. a. S: ,li East Un., G. 6 p. c .11 Do. Si., 10 ner cm! ail Do. Iti. Dobentr.Sh. al} Do. do. 4 per cent. East LaneaA. 6 p.ct all E. kW. Yor. J. sth -4 Edin. & Gl. 5 p.c. sh )0 Ed. Prt1i.&D0n.42. , - )0 rumens, sp. c. t) qlas. &B. W p.c . XJ Ureat Northn. sp. c )0 Do. sp. a. Redeem. at 10 p. c. prem. Y Do. p. c 30 D 0.5 p. c., Red. at t Gil Gt.N. of , leet.lstPr, 1f) Gt. S. icW. (Ireland .4 Do. 4per a. Prof. S k it. 'CAB. tH.Exspa .)0 Do. con. red. Ai p.c. 00 Do. eon. red. 4p. 00 Do. irrerl,, 4p. a. 00 Do. sp. c. red. pref al Do. Birm. Pref. S. all Do. Chester Bp. all D 6. do. 5 p. a. do. iOC, Do. Birra. Gua. SO; all Do. Ches. Ong,. Sh. all Do. de do 'fl Do. do. d 0..... .... Lan. &York. P. 20 , Do. 6 p. c. Stock 1 L0n.&8.G.5p0.N0.1 Do. P., Spo. St.No.2 Dc. Now Gnar.6 p. • Do. do. 5 p. c.,N0.4 Lon. &N. W., Goy. Nuneaton 5 p. at... I [in.& S. W. 7 per et late 3d Shares ... 11 i. ody. & Color. Londy.& EnDIF.A Si! ‘f.,5.,& L. 6 p. Cent Do. do. do. 4.5 )o. do. 3j pct cent. ill ifarypt .& Carl. 4 p al )u. 4?: per cent . 0: Do. do. 0 =Ed. p.e St 0 D'o. Con.Bi.Nr.6pc K) Do. 4t; p. a. Prof J t 10 Ditto 1.. & El. Prof. St New., Aber., dtc., pr. 5 p. c. rod. 5 p.c. pm. 6 Do. Perpet. 6 p et. with optn. till '66 ll Nerfk. Dab, 4 p.c. sh Do. Pref. 5 p. c. St 0 Do. 5 p a. Ent.,1846 10 Do. siperc.pf,lB47 10 Do. Wv. V. C0a.,1847 10 North Pi-WO' Do 71. Preference ... ! P. Pew , p . c . r Do. do. do :3 Do Lcedsti p.e erns 9 Do. do. Qr.„1845... .0 Do.Yorklt& .11 North Staffordshire. oz, ,g 0 !Da. 6 p.c. Redeem. .11 pct. (lent. ,Now Prof 0 Sc.N. E. A.ber. g 6 pe Do. d0.,7 p.c, pf. st. D0.d0., 30 p.c. pf. st South Devon Do. fixed, 4 j per cent S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. Ai Do. 4i per cent 611 Do. Fixed 4i pc sh )0 .3 Wales Qua. 4p. a )0 Do. do. 4 p. 0.... ill 3.Yorksh.4p.c.Guar dl ltock.& Dar., sp. c .5 Do. do. do `1 Stock. & ITartl. g. .' P. o. till July 1,'56 Waterfd. & Kilk. 6 p c St. 101 [or ~~~ ~i ‘t. J tol SHARER. 95 :- i Li 5 I al to. St. 10' Bt. ;10 4 St. 'lO St. , 100 St. il.OO 4! - 5 6 - 107 - 112 103 108 4 6p 3' 75 - 77 i - 6 - 118 iO9 - 111 103 - (1 - 63 - 10, fi - 6 93 - P 5 St. 1106 1 a 2. : 12 1 St. 10 at. 10 St. 10 St. ;10 10 86 88 99 - 101 10 103 161 10 -- 73 75 193 20 10, 141 /et 37 133 r• 139 - 142 115 - 117 ~M .~ wti 157 - 159 o $ l- ' GO - 70 '137 - 139 98 •- 100 1 88 - 1 - li 102 -IC4 92 -A4 lf ‘i : i 4 1107 - 108 i'il = ;:ii 23 - 24 101 - 111 10 -10 i 274 -• 281 2 --3 r 2 k- 3 MINIKES. all liluglo Californian kndrallan 11 (Baden (Gd.bnehy of) 11 l alsonar. Iron tG .4 13ritish Iron 6 Brazilianimp.(iesned at 25 pm.) 11 Do. Comes ST Cniabi .5 Do St. John Del Roy Clarendon Cons. Min Co. of Jamaica 11 Cobro Copper Colonial Gold 11 Copper Kim of Eng al Do. p. sent Copiapo Fortara Dencal. ... . [Gt.NuggetVdnßeg. Great Polgooth. Gt Wheal \Tor Unite . ] 11 Lib in - ty 11 Uneros Lnsitanian li 4ariquita. n New Granada 11, Nouveau Monde 11 Pontgi. Sit. & Le. Min 1 Port Philip 611 (Zuartz Rock ill Ethymney Iron 11 Do. Now .5 Santiago de Cuba , s. Sort. Cons. Min. Co 611 'S‘oll.tll kustzalian al Do. Scrip 611 Do. 10 per cent Prof L Taro. S. &L. Min. Co. 9 iin Croft Unitod Mexican ill Waller dl West Mariposa 2s Worthing Mining of Australia . 31.1bUic. fiustralttn &gricult. kusirr.la, IteVil Mail all fierlin Water Works 311. t. American Land Canada 6 1. 00.6 p. c. Jan & july WO Do. 6 p.c. F e b & A ug WO Do. 6p c. Mar & Sept > 4l Orystai Palace all Do. Preference.. a l •lrystal Pal. of France Duston Iron Ore lsi Eastern Steam...... LOO 43ectric Telegraph all Electric Teleg. of Ir all En. &Aug Cop Sin Co all Gen. Ir Sc Col (lira.) 14 Gen. Stcana Navigat. all general Screw Steam 5 London Discount all Loud. Gen, Omnibus 10 Magdalena St. NaTio Mediteran. Pec. all NexieP,:i&S.Amerien. 5 Discount Co. Do • New 5 Netherlands Land..., all Do. tto. 3 pe,SpcPissatld 1 De, Do. 80 New D. &N. S. Land N.S.W. 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The two men named Burgess and Pierce, charged with being concerned in the daring robbery of gold bullion on the South-Eastern Railway in May, 1855, were again placed at the bar before the Lord Mayor for further examination. His Lordship, in order that no delay might arise in proceeding with the ease, sat half an hour earlier than usual for the disposal of the ordinary night charges. Since the last examination a brass wire fence or screen has been erected at the back of the dock between where a prisoner stands and the public, which prevents any communication with the prisoner without being instantly detected. .On the last occasion a serious charge was made against a man named buckombe, livery-stable keeper, of-Lower Mitcham. It was stated by a witness, but denied by Duckoinbe, that Pierce said to him—" Make 'way with thetn—destroy them," which it was su;:posed referred to something connected with the charge. The public interest appears to increase as the case proceed•, and, as on the three former occa sions, a large crowd of persons congregated around the Mansion-house. Tester, late a cle!k in the superintendent's office, implicated in this affair, is not yet in custody. It will be recollected that he left the company's service some mouths since, and is at present engaged on one of the Swedish railways. Sergeant Thornton, and another detective officer who has charge of the case, left this country on Friday last and proceeded to Sweden, but it is feared that, as no treaty of extradition exists between the two countries, that some difficulty and delay will arise in apprehending him. Saward, alias the "barrister," continues to elude the vigilance of the police. Mr. Bodkin, itistru3ted by Mr. Rees, appeared for the prosecution ; Mr. Wontner for Pierce ; and Mr. Lewis, Ely-place, for Burgers, Several of the directors and officials of the South- Eastern Railway Company were present during the examination. A At half-past one o'clock, the prisoners were placed at the bar. Mr. Bodkin said that the prosecution had ascertained that for certain Tester would be in custody and placed at the bar on the next examination. On a former occa sion he suggested that this should be only a formal exa mination, because he believed it would be a saving of much valuable time, but the advisers of the prisoners objected to it, and he thought it advisable to fall in with their views. He was now prepared to go on with the case, and should call evidence to trace the Bank of England notes, and also certain articles found in Pierce's houne. The Lord Mayor said he thought that, after the state ment made by Mr. Bodkin with reference to Tester, that it would be much better to further remand the pri soners till next Monday; or, if they went on to-day, not to take evidence to affect Tester, because, when he was in custody, it would have to be gone all over again. Mr. Bodkin said it would be impracticable to take tl evidence as suggested. Mr. Wontner said that he should have no objection to a remand, provided Mr. Bodkin could assure him that Tester would be in custody by tho next examina tion. Mr. Bodkin said it was impossible for him to give such a promise. Mr. Lewis asked if Tester was now in custody in Sweden? Mr. Bodkin—No. Mr. Lewis—Then we shall gain nothing by the ad. jonrnment. Mr. Bodkin--The government of Sweden has inter fered in the matter to a certain extent, and we have the strongest grounds for believing that Tester is in custody. Mr. Lewis aked how the Swedish government had interfered or could interfere in the matter Mr. Bodkin—They could interfere, either by appre hending him, or by preventing his leaving their juris diction. IL WM ultimately arranged that the further examina tion of the prisoner 3 should be adjourned. Mr. Lewis complainei that Burgess had not sufficient exercise in the gaol, and that his health suffored in con sequence. The Lord Mayor said the prisoners should have every facility given them for exercise that the accommodation of the gaol afforded. Mr. Bodkin the - i called the following formal evidence. Mr. C. Bessell, who prove) that his wife died on the 18th of May, when he resided at Shepherd's-bush. (This evidence was given to confirm the statement of Agar, Fanny Kay, and the servant girl, relative to what occurred about that time.) Mr. P. Long, No. 5, Crown-terrace, Haverstock-hill, said Pierce lived with him. He took the lodgings on Dec. 18th, 1854, and remained there until the 18th of June, 1855. Witness received rent from him, and from' his appearance he believed him to be in very prosperous circamstances. He paid witness very well, generally by instalments. Ho paid about 131. altogether. Oa the 21st of May he owed 31. 10s., which ho afterwards paid, and cleared up everything befcre he left. Mr. John Carter, of 14, Upper James'-street, Camden town, said he was a beer retailer. The prisoner Pierce rented a house of him, No. 3, Crown-terrace, and entered into possession on 4th of June, 1855. His engagement was from the 18th June, but he entered it before. He remained there about 12 months. The prisoner Pierce was the person of whom he spoke. He then wore his hair much shorter than now. Mr. John Charles Rees, the solicitor to the prosecu tion, deposed that, in consequence of information that he had received, he proceeded on 22d of September last to No. 3, Cambridge-villas. There were two storeys to the house, and he described the number of the rooms and the general appearance of the house, particu larly that of the wash-house in the garden, and which agreed with that of former witnesses. He examined the fire-place in the front room of the first floor. He had it taken out and discovered three fire-bricks, and between them a piece of iron was found. The chimneys were also examined. They were perfectly white and calcined- The flooring boards in front of the fire-place were exa mined, and found to be burnt in various places. They were such marks its meal in a fluid state were likely to produce. On the next day the boards were taken up, and beneath them he discovered a quantity of small particles of gold, which witness produce& The par ticles corresponded in size with the cracks in the floor. He had not had them tested. Cross-examined by Mr. Wontner—There was no mortar in the chimney, and the bricks seemed to have been calcined. That might be a curious description of chimney, but he did not know. He was a judge of gold but not of chimneys mrei.sesHaes sdeenstcfroibreEdurbgyesAs,gwarh,obcuatinheetofohuinsdohnaomgboelrds By Mr. Lewi s —H e h a d f oun d suc h a h o l e on th e premises last Good Friday, to be examined about the rob bery. He did not tell him it would be bet ter for him if he would disclose all he knew about the robbery. He fixed on that day as being a quiet one. He did not mention to him to the best of his belief the Secretary of State's name, and that he might obtain a pardon. He certainly did not use the Secretary of State's name in the seese conveyed by Mr. Lewis's questions. Nothing was said that if he would make a disclosure of the robbery he should go free. The general effect of his answers was that " he knew nothing and bad nothing to disclose." Witness did not reply to him, " You had better tell me and I will apply to the Secretary of State." ' Witness took down some of the prisoner,s statements, but lad not got it with him; ho doubted if he had that exami nation by him now. By Mr. Bodkin—At that time he bad bad no commu nication with Agar. He examined others as well as Bur gess. He found no gold in Pierce's house, but ho found a hole there, as described by Agar, where the gold was deposited. The hole bad been recently filled up with dust, amongst which, was some green fresh-looking loaves. Lewis—Did from th e directors, you tel Burgessbut h t at you that would use you had no but h y cr Mityyour . influence uence and secure hie] if he would di sc l ose every - Wag. Witness—No. B iiiirgese-- , Are you on your oath, Mr. R ees ? Mr. Rees—Yee. The prisoner was desired id remain silent. Burgess—l can stand here ae;l hear many things but this Is too much. It was when Hall one of the supposed receivers of the goki).was in custody. Mr. Rees—Yes. By Mr. Bodkin—Burgess persisted in saying he knew nothing about it. Bmma May, of 18, London-street, Greenwich, domes tic servant to Mr% Olding, said, she formerly lived A 't the Marquis of Granby public-house, New-cross. Ohe, identified the prisoners, described two others, supposes to be Tester and Agar, as using the house about the time of the robbery. They used to go into the bar parlour. She had seen them there many times. When the parlour was full they went into the next room. They used to come about 7 or 8 o'clock in the evening. Sometimes they came between 11 and 12 in the morn ing. She saw them there a short time before the left (two years come February next). By Mr. Wontner—The room they used when the bar parlour was full was a public one. By Mr. Lewis—The Marquis of Granby was near Burgess's residence. He frequently used t o b e alone. He used to mix with the public generally. By Mr. Bodkin—When he came alone he used t 6 say, " Emma, are my friends come ?" She replied, if they were there, "Yes," and be joined Pierce and the other two. • Mr. Bodkin slid that that was all the evidence he proposed then to give. The prisoners were then remanded till Wednesday (to•morrow) week. POLICE INTELLIGENCL'.—(This Day.) SOUTHWARK. IMPUDENT ROBBERY or A WATCH.—JuIia Neal, a young fellow described as a hawker, was brought before Mr. Burcham, charged with stealing a watch and chain, value five guineas, the property of Sarah Dennis, under the following, circumstances The prosecutrix stated that she lived with her husband in Foxall-street, Bermondsey, and she knew the pri soner as coming to see his grandmother, who also resided in the same house. On Tuesday last, the 25th ultimo, about six o'clock in the evening, he came and asked for his grandmother. Witness told him she was out, when he said he had got some shirts!to make, and would bring them to her in the course of the evening. Na caine and sat near the fire, and witness hal occasion to go back• wards and fetch scene coal. While there she heard the prisoner cull out that he would go and fetch the shirts, • and that he would soon return, at the same time he left the house. On her return to her room she missed her watch and chain, which she had left a minute or two previously on the mantelpiece. She immediately went in pursuit of him, and could not find him. She then gave information to the police, but nothing could be seen or heard of him until last night, when a constable took him into custody in the Borough. The prisoner here said that there was another female in the room when he left, and she must have seen if he stoic the watch and chain. Mr Burcham asked the prosecutrix if such was the fact ? She replied that there was a young woman in the room, but she was not near the tire. Mr. Burcham said it appeared to him to be a very impudent robbery, and be should remand the prisoner until Friday, for the other young woman's attendance, and to enable the police to make further inquiries about him. EXTENSIVE ROBBERY BY SPANISH DANCERS. ( From (ulignami's Messenger.) The Tribunal of Correctional Police on Saturday tried four members of the company of the Spanish dancers, who for some time past have been giving performances at the Theatre de La Porte St. Mar tin, for robbery. The accused were M. P. Mariono, 30 years of age, formerly a notary in Spain, but now director of the company in question ; Perres, one of the dancers, who is now in flight, and who was tried by default; Mlle. Pilar Ferrer, alias Pe regrina Morales, 22 years of age, danseuse ; and Mlle. R. Ferrer, 20 years age, also a danseuse, her sister. The elder female prisoner is remarkably pretty; the younger is somewhat less so. When the prisoners were placed at the bar, the president addressing Moxo said, " You are accused of nu merous robberies in jewellers' shops in complicity with Pilar Ferrer." Moxo answered, " I have certainly been to various shops with that lady, but I never stole anything from them. I went to a shop in the Rue Rambuteau to purchase a watch chain, but not finding one of the sort 1 wanted 1 ordered one of the price of 400 f. to be made, but I did not take anything. I after wards wanted another for Regina, to whom I am to be married, but as I did not want to give the same price for it I went to an other shop.'' "In all the shops to which you went chains were missed afteryou left. In one on the Boule vard Poissonniere two chains were missed ; in an other, in the Rue Rambuteau, one chain ; in a third, in the Rue Michel le Comte, nine ; and some of these chains were afterwards found in your possession. How do you explain that ?" " I can give no explanation. If any robberies have been committed I did not take part in them. INly position and that of my family are such as to free me from all suspicion ! " "How is that, though engaged to be married to Regina, you went to all the shops with Pilar !" " I wanted to surprise Regina, and besides she is enciente six months, and cannot walk much." " You lived with Re gina as her husband, and Pilar, though married, lived with Perres ?" " I thuught that Pilar was married to Perres." " What ! you did not know that she is the wife of a Spanish officer ?" " No. As to Regina, my connection with her commenced at the Italian Opera at Madrid, and we came to France together because her parents wished to take her from me ! " " You deny that you had anything to do with the robberies ? " " Yes, I deny it. I took nothing, and did not know that anything had been taken." The president then interrogated Pilar Ferrer : " You are aware that you are accused of "raving stolen ar ticles of jewellery from shops ? " " 1 went into shops to look at jewellery, but never took any thing ;-1 ant incapable of that." " How do you explain that some of the articles said to have been stolen were found in your possession ? " " I touched nothing--I affirm it "Answer my question. Some of the stolen articles were de posited by your sister in the hands of a third person, and as she did not go to the jeweller's shops she could not have taken them ?" "My sister could not have deposited the objects in a house in which we had no friends." "As to yuu, Regina," said the president, addressing the third prisoner, "it is alleged that on the 21st Oct. you begged Mlle. Balotta, a clanseuse, to take care of two parcels for you. She consented, and on her return from the theatre she had the curiosity to examine them ; she found about fifteen watch chains, two watches, three mantelets, some ornamental fringes, and other articles. Where did you get all these things'?" " I knew Mlle. Balotta at Brussels, and we quarrelled, so that if the parcels had been made, I should not have taken them to her." " You deny having been to her residence ?" "Yes sir !" "Moxo and your sisters were arrested, and it was after that that you took the parcels to Balotta ?" "When my sister was arrested I was not at home, and knew nothing of her arrest." " You borrowed sf. from Mlle. Balotta to pay for your cab?" "I did not go to her house, and consequently could not have borrowed 5 fr. from her." " You even re turned at midnight for the parcels ?" " I left our residence at . 11 o'clock with Parres to inquire of the commissary of police after my sister, but went nowhere else." "Mlle. Balotta says that you left three chains, and told her that they were for her and her sister." " I could not dispose of things which I had not." M. Audouin, Boulevard Pots sonniero, M. Reux, Rue Rambuteau, M. Bubuis son, R'ae Michel le Comte, and T. Renard, of the same street, all jewellers, then severally deposed that Maxo and Pilar had gone to their shops on pretext of making purchases, and that after their departs tre they had missed various chains and other articles,. Dubuisson, who was robbed of some chains, said that, on perceiving the robbery, he had followed the couple and had given them into cus tody. " Yes," added Pilar, "and you caused us to be searched, but found nothing on us !" Mlle. Balotta being absent, her mother was called, and she swore positively to the deposit by Regina in her daughter's hands of three parcels containing watch chains and other objects, also that Regina had with Perres called for the parcels late at night, and that she had given her two daughters watcl chains and left a third lying on the floor. Madame Balotta added that her daughter and herself hav ing fears, from something that Perres had said, that the chains we're not honestly come by, had deposited them with the commissary of police. The concierge of the house in which the prisoners had liyed, said that Perres, after the arrest of Pilar and Moxo had gone away, saying that he would drown himself in the canal, and had not since returned. The !war being now late, the tribunal adjourned the further hearing of the case for a week. MAWSET NEWS.—(This r ay.) THE POST•OFFICE DIRECTORY. FOR 185'r. KELLY AND CO. It has nearly attained its grand climacteric, this wonderful Post.Ogice London Directory—for the present (1857) is actually the 58th y ear o f it s publication ! During more than half a century, therefore, it has been steadily "growing with the growth" of the enormous capital, of which it may be regarded as a not inappropriate type or repre sentative. That it comprises from 2,000 to 3,000 densely-printed pages octavo—that it weighs so many pounds avoirdupois in paper and printing ink —that it embraces within its ample scope twelve separate departments—that it is (marvellous to relate) entirely worked through the press within the space of five weeks—that each distinct atom in this vast world of information has had to un dergo a scrupulous and independent revision— that all has had to be carefully, and at the latest moment, sifted, collated, arranged, and accurately tabulated—that all this, and a great deal more, has positively and literally been accomplished dur ing the annual process involved in the compilation of this huge mammoth of a Directory is an old, old story enough, one as familiar and as much a mere matter of fact to the Londoner as Fleet-street or Piccadilly. Beycnd all the accustomed merits of the work, however, each year brings to it, from some one quarter or another, a variety of remark able and appreciable improvements. The now rapidly approaching year of grace 1857 has, in this respect, very considerably surpassed many of its most notable predecessors. It brings—of course —the old twelve divisions of the Book : the Law, Court, Streets, Trades, City, Postal, Banking, Official, Assurance, Conveyance ) Commercial, and Parlia mentary. But scattered up and down through these—by no means as a matter of course—a diversity of very admirable and acceptable inno vations. Conspicuous among these are the changes suggested by the newarrangements now in progress for the ultimate division of Londcn and its suburbs into 10 grand postal districts—Northern, Southeon, Eastern, Western, East Central, West Central, North Eastern, South Eastern, North Wester; South Western. Arrangements set on foot by Mr. Rowland Hill, the Guiding Genius of St. Martin's le-Grand, under the encouraging supervision of his Grace the Duke of Argyll, as Postmaster- General. Immediately these new arrangements are completed, the facilitation of the different postal deliveries in the metropolis will become apparent to the vast aggregate of its two millions and a half of population. For the better carrying out of which scheme, it has been jtri!iciously sug gested by the Post-office authorities that the ini tial letter of the particular district in which any locality lies shall be legibly inscribed upon any letter despatched to any part of London or its vicinity as one of the most important items in the Direction. Hence we find, between pages 161 and 860, the appropriate initial letter or letters in every instance appended to each place throughout the whole of the ample range of the Street Directory. Ex. gr. : Halkiu Terrace, Bel grave Square (S.W.)—Caledoniau Road (N.) — Newington Butts (S.)—and so on, throughout. Again, a really remarkable improvement is ob servable in the mere circumstance that the map, the beautiful and comprehensive map illustrating the Post o.olce London, Directory of late years, is no longer bound up with the volume as a sort of folding frontispiece—liable, each time it is consulted, to be torn or crumpled wofully—but instead of thus making, clumsily, part and parcel of the volume, is coloured, mounted, and glazed, so as to become, at once, more useful in every way and much handsomer. Its range, too, is extended—the map, besides dis tinctly displaying to view the ten new postal districtsrecently proposed, enlarging its area north wards to Leighton-marsh and Golder's-green— southwards to Dulwich and Lewisham—eastwards to Upton and Charlton—westwards to Chiswick and Old Oak Common. The Corrections, as usual with the great model Directory, are some of them astonishingly recent—quite astonishingly, several of them, by reason of the necessary complication of some of the very latest of these prompt and exact emendations. The creation of Lord Talbot de Mala,hide, an English Peer, gazetted only as re cently as the 18th ultimo, will be found, for in stance, duly entered at pp. 2229, 2237, and 2259 in the Parliamentary Directory. W. J. Robson, again, the convict, has been carefully erased from divers parts of the volume, in which the name appeared last year as that of a respectable person having a recognisable habitation. Sir Alexander Cockburn, be cause of his very recent elevation to the bench as the Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas, in place of the late Sir John Jervis deceased, has necessitated alterations in no less than eight separate and distinct divisions of the East (Vice London Directory. It scarcely requires to be added after all this, that the magnum opus of the Messrs. Kelly and Company is entitled in 1857, more fully than ever to the popularity it has now enjoyed so long and so very deservedly, a popu larity- which, by destroying rival, after rival it has now fairly monopolised, and one which has ex panded' and ripened with the " Londoners Pro per " into a really genuine Pride, and an unaf fected Admiration. THE SUNDAY TIMES ALMANACS. FOPS 1857. E. T. SMITH. The enterprising lessee of Drury Lane Theatre is also, as everybody knows by this time, the inde fatigable proprietor of the Sunday Times news paper. We don't know what he may be besides— but at any rate, there is no doubt at all about it, that lie stands conspicuously before the metropo litan public in both those characters. Here, in the latter capacity especially, namely, as a news paper proprietor, and yet at the same time in some sort also as a theatrical manager and sole lessee of a Theatre Royal, and that Theatre Royal one 'no —isless im E p . o T rt . an s t m th i a th ia ,s the st T o h w e a a l t i re T R i ozl, p An almanack as entirely o f the StagelvAa as ever Tip, in " Littl e porrit," was il l ti a s i 7 0 1 f n a - bal:toe the y e e , Streets Streety. Look at it—look at the grand —in a e id ln tabulated calendar generalthe memorabilia wont the rbeicrotrhd btahttisles proof of this. What are deathit ? poets, according h ihisto rians, o t . o e r e a i a a rt n ii eo s en , o h t f e l) heroes, kings, and f so forth—not the anniver orteoosa,nt coup-d'etats, or of sangui nary revolutions :but dian, such o ' , in lieu of all this, the notifi cation ; particular day there was born into the world, or there died out of it, such a trap aa comedian, such a singer, such a dancer, such dramatist , such a composer, such a Theatrethat upon such a day such a was opened, that upon such an other day such another Theatre was burnt ; that So-an •So the Clown appeared for the d first time up on th e L on d on B oar ds at such a time, andat such another time So-and-So the Ha rl equin leaped his last leap in spangles through the old swing flap, in the old conventional s t y le familiar to all the fr e quenters of the grand old glorious Christ mas Pantomimes. Apart from the histrionic tinge or flavour thus pleasantly imparted to E. T. Smith's Sunday Times Almanack the said Almanack is replete with an extraordinary diversity of both agreeable and thoroughly useful attractions. It is, for one thing, a capital Directory. And fol another a first-rate Parliamentary Intelligencer. Its Time Tables are as complete as could well be desired. It has a, " record of the Turf —a record of the Year — and a neesPraele, especially noted, it comprises an rting, and Theatrical. The, w record of the Progr ess of Agriculture.an invaluable Add e d t o w hOl b l r e hi :a i rc h e °, b o " ch u e— Gitr e e (price sixpence) constituting a rea ll y d e lightful milange of miscellaneous d information. The accounts from . New York thi s wee k describe as decided improvement in the stock market. Erie Railway has advanced from 601 to 62, Panama from 91 to 95 Reading from 77 to 82, and Ne w Y ork Central from. 851 to 88. Illinois Central remained at 1152 to 116.. The rate of exchange having fallen to a point at which. shipments of specie are u npro fi ta b le the banks were ex tending their loans, and the rate of discount had declined 1 per cent. It was not expecte d , however , that the depression in the rate of interest would be prolonged. According to statements from Washington, President Pierce has proposed to New Granada that she should cede to the United States municipal control over the Panama Railroad route, the cities of Aspinwall and Panama, and strip of territory on cash side of the route. It is contemplated that the Government of New Granada should be asked nominally to give up the sovereignty oC the route, although the practical result would be the same. "I n s h or t," it is said, I , we 'tfe to have the sub stance of the thing without the name. HAY MARKETS. SMITHF (ELD.—Meadow hay, 2/ lOs to 4/ 8s ; clover 31 lOs to fi/ Ss; and straw, 11 48 to 1/ Os per load. Trade steady. CumnEu GAND.—Meadow hay, 21' 12s to 4/ lOs; clover do., 3/ lOs to 5/ ss; and straw, it bs to 11 lOs per load. A moderate supply and a fair demand. WIIITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, 2/ lOs to 4/ 8s ; clover do., 3/ lOs to 51 lOs; and straw, 1/ 5s to 1/ lOs per load. A. moderato demand. COLONIAL. TEA.—The market has been very quiet, with no material alteration in prices to notice. SUGAR.—There are several large parcels announced for public competition during the week, and it is expected that the market will bs rather better supplied. The private transactions reported have not been extensive, but firm prices have been current. COFFEE.—A good demand has been experienced for both plantation and native Ceylon, and fully previous quotations have in all instances been maintained. RioE.—For low qualities there has been a brisk demand, and rather higher prices have been realised ; but other de scriptions have ruled steady at previous rates. Rum.—The market has been steady, and little or no alteration in values can be reported. TALLOW.—There has been an increased demand, and the market has exhibited considerable buoyancy. P.Y.C. in all positions is now quoted 59s per cwt. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This Day.) LONDON, Dec. 2.—Wind this day at noon, W. ; light breeze and fine clear sharp frosty weather. PORTSMOUTH, Dec. I.—Wind N.N.W. to N.E.—Ar rived—Mandy, from London, for Shanghai, with loss of jib-boom, &c., having been in collision on the 28th ult., off Dungeness, with the brig Lily Dale, Exeter. Alma , from London, for Mauritius, with bow stove and loss of head and cutwater, having been in collision with a vessel during the night, about 20 miles west of Beachy Head. PLYMOUTH, Dec. I.—Wind W.—Arrived—Selina, from Hull, for Cadiz, leaky. FALMOUTH, Doc. I.—Wind N.—Arrived—Alma, from Alexandria. DARTMOUTH, Dec. I.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Pau lina, from Yarmouth, for Civita Vecchia. GLOUCESTER. Dec. I.—Arrived.—Wallace, Renfrew shire, from Quebec. NEWPORT, Nov. 29.—Wind W.—Arrived.—William Broaham, from Gloucester, for Sierra Leone. SWANSEA, Dec. I.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Pargo, from Coquimbo. COPENHAGEN, Nov. 20.—The Frecfau Minna, from St. Petersburg to England, put in here on the 13th inst., with considerable damage by ice, and is leaky. RANGOON, Oct. 3.—The wreck of the Tanjore, from London, wrecked at the mouth of the river on the 6 th Soptember, has been sold. (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Taeaday Moroni?... Wins' &E.. for New York ; Cath er i ne, Gibraltar Arrived—Timora, screw steamer, from Hamb urg . Sailed --Caravan , Groyhouud, St. Mi c h ae l' s ; Bellona, and St. Domingo ; QUEENSTOWN, Nov. 30. Wind N.N.W. Arrived —Cardiff Lam, from Galatz ; E. A. Soullara, Callao. DUBLIN, Dec. 1. wind N.N.W. Arrived —Joseph and Mary, from Stranraer. KINGSTOWN, Dec. 1. Wind N.N.W. Arrived—Enterprise, from Aux Cayes; Vittorioso, Alexandria. (BY SUBSIARWE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Tuesday, 9.30 a.m. Wind, NW ; tide last hour's ebb, weather moderate, and cloudy. Arrived, Dec. 2—Matilda, from St. Petersburgh. DEAL, Tuesday, 9.26 a.m. Wind N.W., moderate. Anchored, Dec. 1.-11himiee Okrowills, from Bombay, for London. • The commercial details by the overland mail yesterday are generally satisfactory. At Calcutta there bad been an improvement both in cotton goods and metals, and at Bombay a fair amount of business bad taken place at steady prices. From China the advises describe mode rate activity in imported goods at Canton, while at Shanghai an advance had been realised. PROPOSED FINAL ARCTIC SEARCH. The following letter Las been addressed to the Editor of the Tioica:— Sir,—llaving read, during a short absence from Lon don, the article in your journal of the 27th on the pro posal to make a final search for the relics of the Franklin expedition, in which any name is mentioned, I beg to call your attention to the real object of the persons with whom I am associated in recommending this project to the consideration of ber Majesty's Government. As a full explanation of our ♦iecvs is given in the me morial presented last summer to the First Minister of the Crown, I earnestly hope that you will do me the favour to print that documont, a copy of which is now enclosed. If this request should be complied with, your readers will then see the brolid distinction between the wished for restricted search aald all former expeditions sent in pursuit of our rnisE.in i ; . countrymen, in none of which, however, it may be observed, did any Inca of life occur among the numerous eflicers employed, save in the case cf poor young Bellot. In short, as we now know precisely where to go, and also that the voyage along the coast of the mainland of North America has been s-uccessfully made to and fro by Capt. Collinson in a sailing ship (i.e., to within a short distance of the circumscribed track to be examined by ex ploring parties), and further, as this distinguished Arctic officer pledges his reputation that be can with much greater facility take thither a large screw vessel and bring her safely back, I trust that the public will be induced to Mink that, my friends and self have not advocated a visionary scheme which might lead to indefinite re searches.—l remain, sir, your very obedient servant. llownicK I. Mu:am:Haw. Belgre.,ve-square, Nov. 29, " TO THE EIGHT HON. VISCOUNT I'ALMEESTON, G.O B. "Loudon, June 5, 1856. " Impressed with the belief that her Majesty's missing ships, the Erebus and Terror, or their remains, are still frozen up at no great distance from the spot whence certain relics of Sir John Franklin and his crews were obtained by Dr. Rae —we, whose names are undersigned, whether men of science and others who have taken a deep interest in Arctic discovery, or explorers who have been employed in the search for our lost countrymen, beg ear neatly to impress upon your lordship the desirableness of sending out an expedition to satisfy the honour of our country, and clear up a mystery which has excited the sympathy of the civilised world. " Thie request is supported by many persons well versed in arctic surveys, who, seeing that the proposed expedi tion is to be directed to one limited area only, are of opinion that the object is attainable, and with little risk. " ',Ye can scarcely believe that the British Government, which to its great credit has made so many efforts in various directions to discover even the route pursued by Frankiin, should cease to prosecute research now that the locality has been cleat ly indicated where the vessels or their remains must lie--including, as we hope, records which will throw fresh light on Arctic geography, and dispel the obscurity in which the voyage and fate of our countrymen are still involved. " Although most persons have arrived at the conchs. sion that there can now be no survivors of Franklin's expedition, yet there are eminent men in our own coun try and in. America who hold a contrary opinion. Dr. Kane, of the United States, for example, who tins dis tinguished himself by pushing further to the north in search of Franklin than any other individual, and to whom the Royal Geographical Society has recently awarded its founders'-g.ild medals, thus speaks (in a letter to the benevolent Mr. Grionell)—'l am really in doubt as to the preservation of human life. I well know how glad I would have been had my duty to others permitted me to have taken refuge among the Esqui maux of Smith Strait and Etah Bay. Strange as it may seem to you, we regarded the coarse life of these people with eyes of envy, and did not doubt but that we could have lived in comfort upon their resources. It required all my powers, moral and physical, te prevent my men from deserting to the 'Walrus settlements ; and it was my final intention to have taken to Esquimaux life had net Providence carried us through iu our hazardous escape.' "But, passing from speculation, and confining our selves alone to the question of finding the missing ships or their records, we would ()Werra that no land expedi tion down the Back River like that which, with great difficulty, recently reached Montreal Island, can satis factorily accomplish the end we have in view. The frail birch bark canoes in which Mr. Anderson conducted his search with so much ability, the dangers of the river, the sterile nature of the trtsct near its embouchure, and the necessary failure of provisions, prevented the com mencement, even, of such a search as can alone be satisfactorily and thoroughly - Accomplished by the crew of a man-of-war—to say nothie g of the moral influence of a strong armed party remainkog in the vicinity of the spot until the confidence of i the m otives be obtained. "Many Arctic explorers, indepe udent of these whose names are appended, and who art' absent on service, have expressed their belief that there are several routes by which a screw vessel could s) closely approach the area in question as to clear up all doubt. "In respect to one of thesecourses, or ihat by Behriug Strait, along the coast of North America, we know that a single sailing vessel passed to Cambridge Bay within 150 miles of the mouth of the Back River, and returned home unscathed, its commander having expresseed his conviction that the passage in question ie so constantly open that ships can navigate it without el fliculty in one season. Other routes, whether by Rege at Inlet, Peel Sound, or across from Repulse Bay, are preferred'. by officers whose experience in Arctic matters entitles them to every consideration ; while, in referer ce to two of these routes, it is right to state that vast quantities of provisions have been left in their vicinity, "Without venturing to suggest whielt of these plans shonld be adopted, we earnestly beg your lordship to sanction without delay such an expedition as, in the judgment of a committee of Arctic voyagers and geo graphers, may be considered best adapted to secure the object. "We would ask your lordship to reflect upon the great difference between a clearly-defined voyage to a narrow and circumscribed area, within which the miss ing vessels or their remains must lie, and those former necessarily tentative explorations in various direction, the frequent allusions to the difficulty of which, in re g;ons far to the north of the voyage now contemplated, have .L'd persons unaeqeainted with geography to sup pose that such a modified and limited attempt as that which we pro 9 ese involves; further risk, and may call for future researches, Ti.e very nature of the former expe ditions exposed them, it is true, to risk, since regions had to be traversed which were totally unknown, while the search we ask for is to be.directed to a circumscribed area, the confines of whkeh hae-e already been reached without difficulty by one of her 3i, t a.iestY's Vess els * " Now, inasmuch as France, aK er re p eated fruitless efforts to ascertain the fate of L a ferouss, no sooner heard of the discovery of some relics of that eminent na vigator than she sent out a searching 515 sedition to col lect every fragment pertaining to his vessel.'- so we trust that those Arctic researches which have reflecte d. much honour upon our country may not be abandoned at the very moment when an explanation of the wanderinge,and fate of our lost navigators seems to be within our grasp. "In conclusion, we further earnestly pray that it may not be left to the efforts of individuals of another and kindred nation, already so distinguished in this cause, nor yet to the noble-minded widow of our late lamented friend, to make an endeavour which can be so much more effectively carried out by the British Government. " We have the honour to be, &c., " E. Beaufort " L. Hs'rner R. I. Murchison W. H. ,31 1 ilten F. W. Beechy Lyon Play fair Wrottosley T. Thorp E. Sabine C. Wheatstone Egerton Ellesmere W. J. Hooker W. Whewell J. D. Hooker R. Collinson J. Arrowsmith W. H. Sykes P. La Trobe C. Daubeney W. A. B. Hamilton J. Fergus R. Stephenson p . . B. De Stzrelecki J. E. Portlock '.e s T. Smyth C. Pi azzi Smyth A. m a ; endie C. W. Pasley G. Rennie R. Faeroe J. P. Gassiot E. G. Fishb. lurns G. B. Airey Robert Brown John F. Burgoyne G. Maoartney sif the Royal Navy, who have " The following officers fter Franklin, and who are been employed in the search is_ previously expressed now absent from London, hat final search above re themselves to be favourable to the "eptains Sir James commended :—Commodore Kellett ; -nney, Sir Ro- Ross, Sir E. Belcher, Austin, Bird, Omme • Magnire ' bert M'Clure, Sherard Osborn, Inglefield, ' ldrich 111 'Clintock, and Richards ; Commanders A ''ton Mecham, Trollope, and Creeewell Lieuts, Liam, and Do.. all s' )041 :5.f a'