The Sun. — London, England, 1856-11-20 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COM7I:II.RCIAL INTELLIGENOt, CITY, Two o'CLocs._ The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed heavily, and prices of all descriptions were un altered. The sales were estimated at 6,000 bales, 500 of which were taken by the exporters. The Railway Share Market closed buoyantly, at a considerable advance on the rates of Tuesday. Advice& from St. Petersburg state that the Neva is covered with ice, and it is also reported that 200 vessels have been frozen in off Cronstadt, and will not be able to get away this winter. From Paris the accounts arc highly encouraging both as regards the aspect of monetary affairs and the movements ou the Bourse. There is less pres sure for discounts, and the next monthly return of the Bank of France, it is thought, will be very satisfactory. The advance in the .Rentes yesterday was about per cent., and the values of Railway Shares materially improved. At the same time it is mentioned that speculation is dull, and the en hancement is solely attributed to bona fide pur chases for investment. The arrival of the James Baines and the Light ning from Victoria, which was announced this morning, has given much satisfaction to all parties ; interested in the course of monetary affairs, be- cause it will not only tend to increase confidence 1 here, but also render material assistance to the French market. The amount brought by these 3 vessels is about 1,254,1561., viz., 173,539 ounces of gold by the James Baines and 140,000 by the Lightning. The Atlantic has also been reported from the United States, but her specie 5 7 3 ' freight has not yet been stated. For several days a past the withdrawals of gold from the Bank of 16 England have been very limited, and as the re 'Pittances by these ships will prevent any further 23 reduction in the stock of bullion at present, V t . ! although the g rea t er par t , it is supposed, will be .4t. purchased for transmission to the continent, there 20 is some reason for anticipating that in this respect t 2 future Bank Returns will be more favourable. The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up 25 to this day, are in round figures as under :- 81:. 1856. 1855. 9 Great Western North-Western Sonth-Western Brighton 13,448 12,539 it Midland South-Eastern 18,340 17,988 if Caledonian 12,490 11,759 0 Great Northern Lancashire and Yorkshire Bristol and Exeter 6,037 5,692 Lancaster and Carlisle Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln 9,878 9,464 North London North Stallard Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverh 4,167 3,816 Shrewsbury and Chester West Hartlepool Edinburgh and Gl asgow Glasgow and South-W es t ern Grand Trunk of Canada Great Western of Canada 15,268 13,190 Northern of France The returns are very favourable, as they gene rally exhibit an augmentation in the receipts compared with those of the corresponding period Of 1855. The Directors of the Bank of England, at their sitting to-day, have made no alteration in their terms of discount. As the Lightning has arrived at Liverpool to-day, after the long interval that has elapsed since we had advice, from the Colonies, we hope that every facility will be afforded by the Liverpool Post office so as to insure the early delivery of the mails to-morrow morning. The English Stock Market has been a shade flatter, but the transactions are numerous. At the commencement of business Consols were 934 for money, and 934-1 for account. In consequence Of a few sales on account of the Greeks, and the rumour that the Bank will not lend on stock during the shutting, they have been rather lower, viz., 93i for money, and 93i for the 4th prow. Owing to the pause which has occurred in the up. ward movement many parties who bought at ewer prices have been induced to realise their profits. Exchequer Rills remain at ls. discount t° is. premium, and the Bonds are 98i. East India Bonds are 2s. premium. The New Threes are 92i a, and the Reduced 92i 4. Bank Stock is 215 to 217, and India Stock 2261. Foreign securities are dull, but steady. Turkish 6 Per Cents, are 924 2, and the 4 per Cents. 1004 -2, being firm, though less buoyant than yesterday. Russia n 41 per Cents, have been 951, and Sar dinian 91. Mexican Bonds are supported at 221 1 , a nd Brazilian Bonds have been marked 1004. Dutch 2i per Cents, are quoted 651, and the 6 Per Cents. 961 The following are.the nominal prices of Foreign Stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 6i 7 ; Mexi can, 22 ; ; Peruvian 41 per Cents., 76 8 ; ditto 3 per Cents., 54 6 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 43 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 106 8 ; ditto 41 per Cents., 94 6 ; Spanish 3 per Cents. 41i 21 ; ditto New Deferred, 231 ; ditto Certificates, ; ditto Passive, 6 1. There has been a rather active bumsionrenssintranpsacted in the Railway Share Market this have, however, exhibited a downward grice, and most of the chief lines are quoted tendency, to per cent. lower than yesterday's aboutclosi rates. Caledonian, North-Western, South_ and North British receded fully 5, orth Northern and South-Eastern ; and ; Great Eastern (Berwick) 1/. Gr e at Western, MiNdland , Edinburgh, Perth, and Dund ee , and one or two others have bean steady. The East Indian and Canadian lines have been well supported; and the principal French lines have shown an advance o f about ss. to 103. Joint Stock Bank Shares have been inactive, but in one or two instances rather higher rates have been obtained. Bank of Australasia advanced 10s. London and County 10s., and Union of Australia, 55. Miscellaneous shares are without any material alteration. Victoria Government 6 per cents. are 110. 111IITD3H FUNDS THIS DAY.—CLOSING PRICES. (From, the Offictal List ) Rank St oc k 217 15 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities . 3 per Cent ('nnsole Annuities c ' New 3 per Cent. Annuities ...... 92 s3s $ Long Annuities, expire sth .Tau. 1860... 2 13-16 Ditto 30 Years, expire sth Jan., 1860 3 1-16 Ditto 30 Years, expire stit April, 1885.. • 17i India Stock India B on d s 226 . £lOOO Ditto, under MOO Console for Account .. ... .. ' 2 P -Exchequer Bills, 24a. ''''''''''''''''''''''''' 931 Estalo4oll3.. ''''''''''''' ........ . .................. Ditto Bonds, 18E8, 4;3; ...... Ditto, 1359 ............. 98 PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS TFIL DAY. Brazilian Fonds, 5 per Cent. . 99 , ... Ditto Small ...................... . ........ Mexican 3 per Cent.......... 9.2 Peruvian Bonds 4i per Cent...., , . .. .......... . 2 8 Ditto Account Insets:l Bonds, 1822, St., 5 per Cent Ditto 4,i per Cent. . ..................... 951 5 Sardlnial Bonds, 5 per Cent. .............. tritto Acco un t 91 99; Sp aniEh Bonds, 3 per Cent 4 21 2 Ditto Account 42i Tarkibh Bonds, 6 per cent Ditto Account D itto Guaranteed, 4 per C en t. Ditto Account Dividends on the above 'mole in 1, des. batch Exchange, 22-, per Cen;., 12 Guilders 6.5 i Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates THREE O'CLOCK. Consols (Money) Ditto (Account) Deeember 4. tr 3 It is intended to lay down a double line of rails on the Ta Vale Rail way, to accommodate the increasing traffi c . The four Barone of the Exchequer yesterday finally decided that the decision of Mr, Baron Martin, in the recent case tried before him, relative to the "through " ticket, taken by a person on the Great Northern Rail way from London to Hull, was correct. A rule for a new trial was refused. An extensive system of swindling has been discovered, and the persona iq.lplicated were yesterday placed before Mr. Seeker at the Southwark P olicecourt, and re inanded. The old dodge of ordering goods of tradesmen to be sent home, and then getting possession of them without the money, is the course pursued. Mr. Morton, of Bedford.street, and Mr. Sacknaore, of Bak, r-street, Portroae equare are amongst the Sufferers. The names of the parties in ' cu , tody sre Charlee Bond and his wife Sarah, Alfred Fennell, and his wife Jeniirna. 20 2 0 17 20 20 20 20 33 41 a' 10." sEARE MAIiiKETS ITTiIS DAY.) IAIIJ‘..AYS. r. !Paid (;!nting Prices ibis Jay. Maness dnno this day A rio W k 9 4 i 0 .$1! All 17i1 Ail 2! all 15 all all l A.rabg. tro;.,z.ng. and flast , ..,, ,Tract... Bolfagt. Bi rm i t ;g, Wolvc rh Stour Vr.l.lcy Birk oalid. , Chochlro Jnnct Choesh. Do., do. ...... Blackburn I}ilYth 24T:fot £25 (issci. at ZIE Bristol sr..: Iten M. 100 IChcster k liolyhead 'L) all 'Cork and Bandon JO all Cork, Black, dE P 0 all Cornwall all Do. A LO 8 Do. B SO 45 iplibtin&Beirasti u7.c. 35 all iD;in. P. 4 A1)..;1'. Jnc. It. 100 i East An gl 1 c a......... . lO all 'Eastern It. 100 j East. Union, A SO it. 100iJilla., B. Stock „ Its 8i 1Do„ New 5 17: 2 , East Kent t. 100 East Lnacashire It. 100 Edinburgh &Glasgo , 10 all Edinb. ane. Peebles.. It. 100 jEdin. Prt:. Dun de , 0 all 'Forth ;.z, Clyde Jon.t. It. 100 !Furness . 10 all jDo. .:11xtension .0 all Great N. of Scotlnd It. 1100 'Great Northern . 100 Do., A. Stock ...... 1 00 Do., B. Stock ..... IOOGt Sth. &West.(lre.) I Great Wester.t.. ...... 100 Do. Stour Val. Rail Qua. Stk all 'lrish South-Eastern all Lancaster Cr.rlish 141 Do., Thirds 12 Do. New Thirds 100 Lauessh.and7orkl , l,. Dc., ',Vet. Riding Un all Do. South' ort all London & Blackwall 100 Lond.Bright&S.Cat 100 Lond. and N. Wostu 16 Do. Fifths D0. 101 .5h.,1!&13...C1 24 bo. Eighths.... 100 i London andS. Westr ' all Ludn irry4Colerain. all Ludndrry. & Ennlsk 100 Waneh.Shef.k Linch R2s. D.., Man.& Lin, Ur. 1 Ketropolitan 1 Do. J L. Ricarclo'l arrangement LOU liilland . 100 )e.Birinng.&Derl‘ all 41d1d. G. West. Oro an Half Shares sll Nrweastle & Carlini, all Nwpt.Aberg. &Ha 8i NTewry &Enniskilk *ll Newry, Warrenpoini and Rostrovor 1X orfolk 3i 4 orthn.Connties ur [JO North British [OO iith. Devon Rail & it. b., 4t. St. Dock Stock 100 Do., A Stock 100 B Stock ..... 100 N. Eastern—Berwi k 233 Jo. do. Extension ~ 16i Do. do. (I.N.E. all Do. Leeds ;_OO Do. Y0rk........... 100 North Lon lon ..... 3/ I, V.StS.Wstrn.,Hani: at-ad, and City Jn.. North Staffordshire. al `Forth Western...._ all 'T. &8. West rn. n I , 'r' ix., Wore., & War 14 ',,rtaiuonth ....... 9 Rhyluney sottish Central 10.) Scot. N E.Abrdu St. Do. Scot. Mid. St :00 ;./r-nshire 2 SitinebournekShesr. all i9atri 1),:vou ... oath Eastern....., 100 'oath Wales . 1. ...... Yrksh. Riv. Du 1). all S•ainet,,Wok. AiVo ! . tockton & Dar;lug 14 Do., do., 1851 , 3 Do., do., 1855„ k; ito *tea ck Hartlep L"aff Vale L. )o. Pref, No.. 1 22 charnes Hay. D.Sz R. all Vale of Neath All Ratorfd. Kilkenw all VaterforddrLimeric!. all West Cornwall. . all ' , Vest End of London and Crystal Palace. all Do. A all Do. 8...., .. all West London all Do. Fhrat Class .. all Do. Second Class_ all Wimbledn St Croydon 4 - 41 8} - 17 - 18 15 - 16 12 - 13 - 57 3t •N ~ • • • "-' . 9i - ili! 17 - 18 9 85 37 24 - 26 7 - 5 81 - 53 - 55 33j - 34 Ai - 91 8 - 84 91 92 7? 79 123 125 115 117 6G66 71 - 74 54 1 - 6i 6 - 944 95 - 6 107 - leB 104 104, - - 47 1.055 - 106 31,E 1 i d - 53 b 5 1 "". H - 15 48 - 50 3i - t=rl 38 39 82 83 5 - 40 - 18 -18 2 i , 59 CO 95 - 98 5 1 10 - 11' 28 - 30 !62 104 24i —25 e, 68 70 . 46 48 lf „, 16 17 71 i —71 i 79 81 5 3d 2 —1 ,. 14 16 37 - 39 lo• , , 19 - liii 4i - 5 -' ... 6 - 8 2 - 4 5 -45 i ~ - ... •• .... • • • 7 - -6 FOREIGN. all ritwor t ,...tiNutt Su. nt 10 Ardennes all Belgian Emtn. Junc 16 Beziers to Graissessr c 9 Bombay, Baroda, and Con. India, g. b p. c all Do. 10{ Buff. & Lk. fur. Ry all Carrneaux & Toulouse. Coal Mines and Ry. 10s. Ceylon A shares_ 1 Do. B. do all Demerara 12 Dntoh Rhenish ..... all Eastern of Franco ~ 19 albo. New 2s. 'Eastern Bengal , all East Indian A and B, I g. sp. c 5 Do. Ex. C, gu. sp. c all Do. do. D, gu. sp. c. all D 0.4 p.c.Bnds.,'s7 all Do. do. do., '59, do. 2g. Euphrates Valley 10s. Eur. In.Jn.Tel. Rail all Geelong Melhournt guar. 5 per ePut. all Gd. Trunk of Canada all Do. Cert. of Deben. con. into Stk. all Do. Comp. 6p. c., do 1 8 1(4. Central of Fran , e all iGt. In. Pen. g, 5 p. c. 2 cDo New, gum'. 5 . 16 Great Luxembourpg all !Gt. Western of Canada 8 Do. New... all Do. Eds., payable '5; a ll Do. do,, '76, p.'60..: all Do. do., '73 do. all 'Do. do., '73, without a ll option*. .......... . 4 Italian Junction-... all Lake Const. & Bra t ]: Lierre and Turnhout 6 Lombardo Venetian. all Lucca & Fist. sp. c.p. 15 L yons and Ge nova Lyons @ Mediterran all Niadras guar. 4 p. c all Do. do,, sp. a, ... 10 Do, 41 p. c. Exton 5 Do. 3 dEx., g. sp. e Maria Antonia ..„ All Do. do, Now ....... all Namurdi Liege.,.... all Do. do., CP. c. Prof all Northern of France. all NerwegianTrunkPre• all Paris and Lyons..... all Paris and Orleans. 5 Recife & San, Fran., (Perham.) g. 7 5 Roma and Frascati.. ali Royal Danish ..... all Royal Swedish all Sambre and Meuse.. all Do. 5. p. cent. Pref., 5 Salado, guar. sp, c. a11D0... .................. all southern of France.. 18 St. Andrew's rale Quebec (A)... ...... p.ll Vest Flanders ....... a ll Do, 5A per c. P re f .. „11 W.IIN. W. of Franc, 6 Western of Austria... All West, of Switzerland all Wiesbaden .. all Do. Sper eent.Pref. 111 7(.41610 I) i 1P 4i 5 ••. - li - 33 - g 1 - lip 33i 22 - 22 18 - 22 - 22 i - 23 - 23 10i - 11 76 - 31 - 21i - 241 - 2$ - 99 - 115 - 115 - 211 I s t 5 24i 2p 101 120 120 108 ng 4i - - 8 i : 21i par 194 - 37; - 8 51 49 20 22 1) 19t 37 9 - 51 par 17 - i - 9 - 8i ••• ... Pm 4g - 91 - 336 - , - 344 lip 511 1 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. all tastralnitr. 18,1 flank of Egypt 50 Bank of Loudon :1 1 l ii it r i ii, Ti 5 Ohartd. Bank of Asia 6 Chrtd. T , T:I ,- ,. r.,4 India, A7stra:in, & China . N li . k k lic ra l frica C n 50 City 25 Colonial 20 Commercial of Lund ,l 1 Eng.Scot.ScAus.Cht all Lond. Chart. Bk. of Austaltlia. .... , . all Ditto Now . 20 Lond on and County 50 Loa.& E. 'LI Ilk g. Corp 10 London Joint Stock ' 30 London and Paris 20 Lond. & Westmlnstm 3.5 National Pros! Eug 10 Do. Naw ....... 22!, Nation a l Bank.... , ill New S ou th Walez sp Oriental Pk. Corp.., 15 Ottoman bank ... 2., Provinci a l o f Ireland all 100. New ......... 111 1 R Ans B tzGo ICC C; South Australia ..... all Unic.h of Australis... 2J, Do. lqiw c 10 Union 4if Londo n 50 Viit4tern 13 of Loud 98 --:11 --- 00 24 • 2d 64 66 I ••• •• ' •••P ••• 68 -• 70 •... "''''' ••• 16i --• 174 - 24;) 19 -- 20 1 - 31; ••• • • • ...d ••• ''.- •N ••• .... e.. .1, ••••' . • 4i 44 38 40 3 2d S 4 62 - 64 6i - 7 ii ••• 6 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS shr.raa. RAILWAYS. Lela.\ Ctomm. Tinstnm, compan-. this day. t this 5 1 '; all Bed:ord e.ro Lund= & l ( Ntobley N. Wo•,t. Bnchglmuvli ILAN.W. 96 98 at rt , ,)o pelydendai , 98 102 ` l5 all Col.Stour Vy. EAT &E.O 12 14 S 'lO 'E. Gt t 133 -- 135 •1 .nr • 5 all E. Un. H. Sh, E. Count. 4 46 St. 100 alas. Barr. & Caldonian. Neils. Dire( t I ••. St. ) 100 Do. New__ '.Do ••• ••• 25 all Glstr.d Dn Fr l at. Wosul ••• ••• 09 all IHrtlpi. Dk. & I.lc. Now. Railway.... & Berw. . 60 all Hull Sr.. Soiby IY. &N M' 106 ICB 25 all Do. } Share. Do 12), all Do. Share. iDo • -- ••• I "). 13 14 all Lon.&Greenr IS. Easter 12 j 20 ali Do.Preforoncc 'Do 226 236 St 100 Lon., TH., & Pet° Ar. Co 108 112 t 1091 10 3i' Do. Bark. Sh. 'Do 1 1 r St 100 Lowe , itoft, 4 per cent. NcTfnft ••• ••• 6t. 0)0 Do. 6 per ct . Do .• all Manch. i3xtn. L.& N. TA' and Ilailock &Mi ild. 2} 2f '0 all Middleshro' & atckton & • Redc.g 6 p.e. Darlingt. it. Midld.ilraitt.i Midland 9O 92 906 , 36 5} Newmarket Bury E. G.spc En. Conn. p f SO all N.& E9t.5 p.c. E. Count. 55 57 all Do. 6 per ct. Do.. . ••• ••• 50 all I Do. Fixeds pc Do all Prost. & y:, L. & N.W — .26 all Do. 6 Shra. A Do It k4O Roystu.& Hit. atNorthn 133 136 ,5 18} Shof.Roth.an Lancaah& Goole g. 5 p.c. Yorksh. all Shrows.&Fler T.Brassoy n 8} 2 10' S. Staffordsh, 3f 34 , 1 0 all Wear Valloyg: Stockt. &' 6 por cent... Dariingt ') I all Do. Do 33 24 33} 3 t 1100 Wilts&3omrstiatWestn 1 90 92 PREFERENCE SHARER. ••• ...... 11, - ... - 100 4! - 5 6 - 64 - 112 102 97 - i P tlt - ••• ''" • ••• "-' • • • • ... M. • ••• • l•• -.". • , .14 - ii ••• 1 . 6 _• 118 109 - 115 103 - 101 01 - 62 10 - 10. .. - 6 - 6 93 - 95 86 88 99 - 101 10 10[3 16t —17 i 10 106 71 73 196 9i —10 i 14i —15 i id [37 139 . ..." .... 136 - 138 115 - 117 it. "'"" ...• 157 - 159 ••• -- ••• i - tP 66 - 70 1136 - 138 98 - 100 88 - 1 - li 'lO2 -104 92 - 94 li - i i = P ,107 - 109 60 - 65 16 -16 i 23 - 24 1100 - 102 1 9t - 101 2'T - 28 2 - 3p 3 -3; 91 12), 157 12i, zoi st 91i 4 -.0 78i 66 i 6k ri 61 I - St all Blythandiyne lOpe, c. prof. (iSS(I. at 501 100 Brio. & Ex. 4p. c. St 5 Do. 4p. c. Shares ... 1 4 -1 Caledn. £lO 41 p.c. 100 t Chos. & Ho. an. 5 t pi ~.,1 Do. do. Prof. No. 2. all Do. do. Px ef. No. 2. all Cork 4sßandonsip.c all Dua.Prth .(StAber.J. laill 2 l: DDD E OOO. E. Anglian NNdoeow.6 s c2i. o pc 1. 0 8 7 .A .p Sc. S c h. 100 Do. da. Cl s . B6p. c. All Flas.Co.Ex, &p c N o . nil all ;East Un., G. 6 p. c all I Do. 51., 10 nor cent all Do. 101. Del;entr.S), all Do. do. 4 per cent 100 East Lanca ,, h.6p.ets all 1. 1 ).1;W. York. t stlo 4 Edin. & Gl. 5 p.c. sh 110 c! Ed. Prth.kDun.4p.e 100 FurnesP, sp. c 100) Mae. &S. W. 0.5 p. e 100 Great Northn. 5 p. c 100 Do. 5 p. a. Redeem at 10 p. c. prem. 1.0 ( , Do. 4A p. c 60 D 0.5 p. c., Red. at f p. c. pm... . ..... . all Gt.N.ofScot.lst Prt 100 Gt. S. &W. (Ireland' 14 ) Do. 4per c. Prof. S 6 i Gt. W.(B. tH.Exspc 100 Do. con. red. it p.c. lt, 100 Do. con. red. 4p. c. ,t. 100 Do. irred. 4p. c. t. 100 Do. sp. c. red. pref 8 all Do. Birm. Prof. Si 0 all Do. Chester Bp. c.l'. 0 all Do. do. sp. c. do.. 3t 100 Do. Birm. Gua. Stk all Do. Ches. Gua. Sh • : i all Do, do. do (~ all Do. do. do 6 6 Lan. &York. F. 120 t. 100 Do. 6 p. c. Stock t. jlOO Gon.&B. G. 5 pc.No.l t. 100 Do. P., spc. St.No.2 t. 100 Do. New Guar.6 1)... 1 . 100 Do. do. sp. c.,N0.4 t. 100 Lon.&N. W., Coy. Ili Nuneaton 5 p. ct... t. 1100 Lon.& S. W. 7 per ct late 3d Shares ... 24 all ..,only. & Color Sh. 24 all Londy. & EnniFLiSh t. 10C, 1f.,5.,& L. 6p. Cent, 5 ‘q Do. do. do. £6 ... t. 100 Do. do. 34 per cent. all k•inrypt .&Carl.4p o 1 all Do. 4{ per cent 1 10 1 Do. do. ~ 100 \lid. Consol.6 p.c.St 100 Do. Con.Br.ilir.6pc 100 Da. 4i p. c. Pref. St 1. 100 Ditto L.& H.Pref. St )all N ... ew., Aber : , &c., pr. f t)p. c. red. 0 p.c. pm. ) 6 Do. Perpet. 6 p ct. with optn. till '66 I all Norfk. Deb, 4 p.c. sh 100 Do. Pref. 5 p.c.Bt , c, 100 Do. 5 pc. Ext.,1848 100 Do. siporc.pf ,1847 • 100 D0.Wv,V,6pc.,1847 . 100 North British . 100 N. E. Pony, 4 p,c, P 83 Do. do. do 13 Do. Leeds6p.w.No,l i 9 Do. do. Qre.,1848...1 10 Do.YorkEl.& S. Pur all North Staffordshire. 100 Ox,Wo, 4 .:,W.,6 pc._ 'lOO Do. 6p. c. Redeem. all 'Scot. cent. ,Now Prof 100 Sc.N.E. Aber. gG pe ( all De. do., 7p. c. pf. st. 100 Do. do., 3A p,c. pf. st all south Devon all Do. fixed,43 per cent all S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. 100 Do. 44 per cent all Do. Fixed pc eh 1100 3. Wales Dna. 4p. c 100 Do. do. 4i p. c 1 all S.Yorksh.4p.c.Guar all Stock. & Dar., sp. c 15 Do. do. do all 'stock. & Hartl. g. 6 p.c. till July 1, '56 5 I all Waterfd.&Kilk.6pc MINES. all Av.& Frix .inglo Californian 7 Nustralian all Baden (Cid. Duchy of ; all i Blffinar. Iron & Coal 14 !British Iron 266 Brazilianlmp.(iesned at £5 pm.) all Do. Co eaes &T. Cuiaba 15 Do. St. John Del Roy Clarendon Cons. Min - Co. of Jamaica all Cobre Copper 1 Colonial Gold ' all 'Copper Min. of Eng all Do. Pref. 7i p. cent lE Cepiapo allFortuna all General all Gt.NnggetVeinßeg. all Great P01g00th...., all Gt Wheal Vor Unito all Liberty all 11.4aAree a l l 4 l llA Ma lg r i i ta qu n i i t a a n . ....... all Now Granada all Nouveau Monde all Pontgi.Sil.tz Le. Min 1 (Port Philip all Quartz Rock all Rhymney Iron all Do. New 15 Santiago de Cuba Os. Sort. Cons. Min. Co all South Australian all 'Do. Scrip... all Do. 10 per cent Prof 4 Tam. S. &L. Mi n . C o. 9 !Tin Croft United Mexican all Waller all West Mariposa 12s Worthing Mining of Australia . .; i - 1• 5 - - i l - 2 3, - 3i 18 - 20 P in 54 56 30 35 25 27 14 16 i #d I = 1 i - 24 7 Ti id —t, i i - i 6 10 21 - 23 5 - 7 21 - 2i 2i - 2t .•• ..• 3i - 3i 3 - 4 ..• •••• ••• MISCELLANEOUS. 19 Australian Agricult. all Anstraln. Royal Mail all Berlin Water Works 40Brit. Am er i can Land Canada u - (I.oos6p.c.Jan&inly 190 Do. 6 p. c . F o b & Aug Do. all 6p c. Mar & Sept all Crystal Palace.. Do. Pre ference.. al l Crystal Pal. of France Duewn Iron Ore 15 Eduitern Steam 100 Electric Telegraph all Electric Teleg. of Ir. all En.diAns Cop Si Co all Gen. Ir Sc Col (lira. 14 Gen. Steam Navigat. All General Screw Stamm all Lond. Gen. Omnibus 10 Magdalena St. Navig all Aediteran. Elec. Tel. all l'iroxican&SAmericsi. 5 Nat. Discount Co. 1 Do. N aw Netherla n d s La n d all Do. Do 3 Do. 8p c P iss at 1 d 80 New B. &N. S. Land N.S.W. Gov.sp.c.D. all N. B. Australasian.., 17i Nrth.ofEuropeStsam all Oriental Gas. 2s. Do. "N ew S hares " all Peel Rr. Ld. & Minrl. all Peninsular& Oriental 10 Do. New 60 Royal Mail Steam al Scot. Austral. Inreet all Ditta New All South tkustral.Land all Sal:mu:re Tel. Scrip all Do. ReL;isterod 5 TriatAr 1, Cri.17.0,31• Van Diemen's Land is. V.ol.hp.eattrikaUll 26 - 28 ••• - 5i - 5i .13 - 118 .13 - 1.13 2 - 93 - 95 1 •-• 13 6 7 3 #- 311 2i _ a -- 3 is 18 _ 35 __ 1 P 2$ _ 68 66 3 t lb 1W MUM ---• 6011 94 i Si i 1071 103? 4 3i 106 54 i 34i i 30; i 80 i 9i 4.Si I 4t. 100 38 St. 20 io 19 18/ 3 18k 59 16!ii 14} i 14 11 i 11 st 25 221 I 25 11 10i l2o 1 77 21 21i 16j MORE FRAUDS ON THE GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY. We stated in The ,S'itn of yesterday that other frauds would no doubt shortly be discovered i❑ the accounts of the Gfta,t Northern Railway Company. To-day our anticipations have proved correct by the discovery of another large fraud perpetrated in the accountanfa office. This morning Clerkenwell Police Court was crowded to excess to hear the charges preferred against Mr. NV. Snell, the chief clerk in the accountant's office, who was placed at the bar before Mr. Tyrwhitt, charged with embersling a sum of nearly 1,000/., the monies of the company. Mr. Leitch appeared for the prosecution. From the evidence it appeared that the prisoner had been chief clerk in the accountant's office, and in that situation all the cheques drawn by the directors were placed in the hands of Mr. Thynolds, the accountant, and by him given into the custody of the prisoner. One cheque for 5001., drawn in favour of the Provident Fund, and dated 11th of July, was appropriated by him to his own purposes. Yesterday, when asked to make up his accounts, he said he was a defaulter to the extent of 1,0001., and that he was very sorry. Mr. Reynolds told him he must consider himself in custody. The facts having been shortly gone into, the prisoner was remanded for a f ew days. LAW INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. (Sittings in Banco, before Lord Campbell, Justices Wightman, Coleridge, and Erle.) THE QUEEN V. THE CHIEF COMMISSIONER IN INSOLVENCY Sir F. Thesiger moved for a mandamus against Mr. Law, Chief Commissioner in Insolvency, commanding him to make an order for the payment of the surplus of an insolvent's estate, under the 92d section of the Ist and 2d Victoria, chap. 110, which enacts that in any case where a surplus remains after discharging in full an insolvent's estate, it shall be lawful for the Court, on application duly made, to order that all such property so remaining shall be vested in the person whose debts have been so discharged, or his exe cutors, administrators, or asigns. The insolvent, in this case, was a person named George William Dyson ; he became an insolvent, and on Bth July, 1850, after he had filed his schedule, he sold "all other his estate and effects to a Mr. Cooke for 3,0001." After paying the insolvent's debts, a surplus remained of about 4,000/., and the insolvent, subsequently to executing the deed t• Cooke, petitioned the Court a second time. The Chief-Commissioner proposed to dispose of the surplus by appropriating it towards the liquidation of the debts under the second insolvency, which was objected to by Cooke, and a writ of prohibition had been obtained from the Lord Chancellor to restrain the Chief Commis siener from disposing of the insolvent's estate other than under the first insolvency. Lord Campbell—You contend that the order referred to is a ministerial act and that the Chief Commissioner has no judicial discretion in the case, and that it is im- perative on him to make the order. Sir F. Thessiger—Yes. The Chief Commissioner has refused to make any order with regard to the sum. Lord Campbell—Take a rule. Rule granted accordingly. COURT OF EXCHEQUER. (Sittings in Banco, before the Lord Chief Baran, and Barons Alderson, Bramwell, and Watson.) ARANGUREN V. SCHOLFIELD AND ANOTHER. This was an action brought by the plaintiff, a Spaniard, to recover a sum of 7901., the amount of a bill of ex. change which the defendant had accidentally thrown into the fire and destroyed, under the belief that it was a piece of waste paper. A rule Ras obtained at Cham bers, before ➢Tr. Justice Crowder, staying proceedings, in the case, the defendants being willing to pay the amount, on the plaintiff giving them security, as an indemnity against their being sued by any other per son on the bill. Mr. Manisty having shown cause against the rule, Mr. Burney supported the rule. The plaintiff was anxious to try the case. The rule obtained stayed th• proceedings in the case because the plaintiff, being a Spaniard, was unable to give the required security, and in effect he was prevented from recover ing the amount. Already three months' time had been lost, whereas the plaintiff might have gone to trial and obtained a verdict. The Court made the rule absolute, giving at the same time the defendant two days to plead. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (This Day. SOUTHWARK. CAUTION TO PIIBLIOANS. UTTERING COUNTERFEIT SHILLINGS.—fohn, _Hayes, a middle-aged, dirty-lookin g man, was brought befora Mr. Burnham, charged with uttering two counterfeit shillings at the Rose public house, Snows-fields, Bermondsey. Henry Ballard, barman at the above house, which is held by Mr. Joseph Carter, stated that on the pre vious evening the prisoner came in and asked for a pint of porter and a screw of tobacco, for which he tendered a shilling, which witness examined and found to be a counterfeit. He bent it and threw it back to the prisoner, who then asked to be trusted. Witness told him he could not trust, and as Mrs. Carter was coming from the bar parlour he bolted out of the house. Mrs. Carter then asked witness if that man had tendered a bad shilling. He told her he bad, when she said he ought to be given into custody. Witness then went after him, and saw him leave another public. house close by, which he entered, and ascertained that he had unsuccessfully tendered one there. Witness again went after him and gave him into custody. On the way to the station he saw him drop a shilling in the gutter, which he picked up, and believed to be the one tendered to him. Eliribeth Carter, the landlady of the Rose public. house, said she knew the prisoner. On Tuesday evening he came into her house and was served by her with a pint of half-and-half. He gave her a shilling, and she handed him the change. She had some suspicion of the coin as it felt so smooth, consequently she placed it by itself on one side. On the following day she carefully examined it and ascertained it to be a counterfeit. That same evening she was sitting in the bar parlour when she saw the prisoner throw eontething down which the bar man said was a bad one, and the❑ the prisoner left the house. She went to the bar and asked her servant whether the man who had left had tendered any bad money, and on his replying in the affirmative she sent him after the prisoner. Witness produced the shilling which she took of the prisoner, and it seemed to have been cast in the same mould with the other. Mr. Burcharn remanded the prisoner until Saturday for the attendance of tho Mint solicitor, as he thought it a case for him to take up. There could be no doubt of the character of the prisoner. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. DESPERATE ASeAULT ON A CONSTABLII.—John Hag. gerty, a ruffianly looking fellow, was charged before Mr. Bingham with violently assaulting Goddard, 302 A, under the following circumstances. The constable, whose head was dreadfully cut and bruised, stated that on the previous night he was at the top of Crown street, Soho, when he saw the prisoner carrying a bag with something heavy in it, on his shoulder. He followed him to a marine store shop in the same street into which he went, and taking a lot of lead from the bag placed it in the scale. 'Witness entered she shop and asked prisoner where he got the lead from. The prisoner pretended to know nothing about the lead he bad put in the scale, and said he was about baying some lead, and not selling any. Witness told him lead was not sold that way, and taxed him with stealing it. The prisoner again denied all knowledge of the lead, and at that mo ment the shopkeeper came out and said he was about buying it of the prisoner when he (the officer) came in. Witness then took the prisoner into custody, with the lead produced, weighing 521b5., in his posses. sion. Ou the way to the station-house the prisoner became very violent, and swore he would not go to the station. He then kicked witness in a dangerous part of his person, and felled him to the ground, and while he was lying on the pavement he kicked him again about the head and face, and nearly knocked out one of his o yes. At length, after a desperate struggle, lie suc ceeded in conveying him to the station-house. Mr. Charles Field, the owner of several houses in Dudley-street, identified the lead as having been stolen from the roof of one of his houses. The prisoner denied the oharge of stealing the lead, but admitted striking the officer in self-defence. Mr. Bingham committed the prisoner for two months for stealing the lead, and a month in addition for the assault on the constable. The borough of Chesterfield is at present in an awk ward predicament, in consequence of being without a mayor. Owing to a blunder committed in the borough, a chief magistrate cannot be elected until the 9th of next November. The Ifartlepool Custom-house robber, a man of the name of Wilson, bas been apprebended, t r i e d , and sen tenced to four years' penal servitude, 95 4i 3 1361 7 1071 i 113 k I ;~~~r ~.:~itt.ot~ SUN OFFIOE, Six oiaock. SHREWSBURY RAOES.—(This Day.) (BY LLECTRIC TELEORAPII.) 60/. PLATE. Plausible Baroda Dolly Varden Seven ran. STEWARDS' CUP. Leamington Octaria. Agra Eleven ran. COPELAND NURSERY HANDICAP. M. Dobler Lima Nine ran. COLUMN HANDICAP. Lord Alfred.. Titterstone.... Moonshino.. Nin© ran. Won by two lengths. 50/. PLATE. Diana Uzella Van Eyck Nine ran. BEATEN STAKES. Catherine Parr Maid of Cadiz Meton MONK MOOR HANDICAP. Alfred Inder.. BarGda Eight ran. NEW RACE. Garnet Di pthong colt D warf Six ran. WELTER CUP. Red Rose Lough Bawn Little Tom Seven ran. THE ROYAL BRITISH BANK. BANKRUPTCY COURT—(THIS DAY). (Before Mr. Commissioner Holroyd). This afternoon a private meeting was held under this estate, on an application by Mr. Linklater, for an order calling on the whole of the directors to file a balance sheet from the formation of the company, in 1849, to the time of the stoppage. Mr. Reed and Mr. Mason opposed, and considered that it would meet all useful purposes that each director should render an account for the period in which he had been in office. His Honour suggested that an account should be pre pared with rests, so as to distinguish the separate ac counts, and that each director might verify his por tion. The case was ultimately adjourned until Tuesday so that copies of the proposed order might be given to Messrs. Linklater and Mr. Mason. THE GOLD ROBBERY ON TUE SOUTH EASTERN RAILWAY. Since the examination of Agar, the detective officers, Thornton and Smitb, in whose hands the case is, have been actively prosecuting their inquiries, and it is ex pected that they will be in a position in the future ex aminations to corroborate Agar, not only in the main facts, but the whole of his details. The cabmen who conveyed Pierce and Agar nightly to the station before the robbery took place will be produced, as well as the cabman who drove them there on the night of the rob bery, and the cabman who on the morning following took them to Paddington, and then to Euston -square, and also the chambermaid who showed Agar to the bed room in the public-house in the Borough under the pre text of washing his hands, but in reality to take an im pression in wax of the keys of the iron safe which Tester brought to him. With respect to the manner in which Fanny Kay be came acquainted with the robbery, it appears that though her suspicions were aroused at the time, the actions of Agar and Pierce were so guarded that she could not ascertain what they were engaged about, and although they answered her inquiries as to what they were doing when they were engaged in melting the gold, by telling her " leather apron weaving" (a cant term for " mind your own business") the circumstances remained fresh in her memory, and it was not until Agar was convicted for forgery and uttering, and after she visited him, in company with Pierce's wife, at Pentonville prison, that she was informed of the gold robbery by Mrs. Pierce. Possessed with that knowledge, it would have been thought that Pierce would have acted towards her and her child in a more friendly spirit, and not have risked, by his conduct, the probability of her betraying him. The threat used by Mr. Lewis at the last examination, that he would have Fanny Kay watched to her house because she refused, by the advice of Mr. Bodkin, to state her residence, has been so far baffled by the pro secution, and they have taken means to effectually pre vent her being tampered with between the present time and that of the trial of the prisoners. THE EUPERATES VALLEY RAILWAY. Mr. Andrew, the chairman, and Sir John M'Neill, the engineer-in-chief of the Euphrates Valley Railway Company, had an interview yesterday with his Excellency M. Musurus, the TurkiAi Ambassador. General Chesney and Sir John M'Neill, having com pleted the preliminary survey of the first section of the proposed Euphrates Valley Railway, viz., from Seleucia to Aleppo, and made a general examination of the country between the Mediterranean and the Euphrates, the General returned to Constantinople to complete the negotiations for the firman, while Sir John M`Neill has arrived in this country, having left a portion of the en gineering staff to make detailed surveys. Sir John reports that there is every facility for making a harbour in the vicinity of the ancient port of Seleuaia, near the mouth of the Orontes, and that the country via Antioch, Killes, and Ailam, to Aleppo, presents no engineering difficulty, and that the railway may be con structed for 8,0001. or 9,000/. per mile. By making a detour a rich settled country, dotted over with towns and villages, is accommodated, and branch lines will he unnecessary. A large traffic is in existence. According to the toll-boqks, at a bridge on the Orontes, more than 1,200 laden camels and horses passed per diem. The charge for the conveyance of goods from Aleppo to Alexandretta was 81. per ton, but the usual rate is 31.155. The price of oats at Aleppo in October last was 18s, per quarter, and at Antioch, about 40 miles distance, 275. per quarter. Besides being the most important portion of the railway, from the Mediterranean to the Persian Gulf, the section from Seleucia to Aleppo is in itself a complete work, having a port at one end and the chief emporium of Mesopotamia at the other, to which the traffic from India, Bagdad, &c., converges. DUTY ON TEA. Various rumours having been circulated that it was doubtful if the Government intended to reduce the duty on tea from ls. 9d. to ls. 3d. before April, 1858, and the question being of great importance to the trade, an inquiry has been addressed to the Board of Customs, to which the following reply has been received " Custom House, Nov. 17, 1856. " Sir, I am directed by the Commissioners of her Majesty's Customs to acquaint you, in reply to your ap plication of the 11th inst., that the reduction of duty on tea from ls. 91 to is. 3d. per lb., will take place on the tith April, 1857.—1 am, sir, your obedient servant, " W. MACLEAN. "To S. Sampson, Eq., 18, Little Tower-street." LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This Day.) LONDON, Nov. 20.—Wind this day at noon, W.; light airs and hazy. PORT9MOUTH, Nov. 19.—Wind N.N.W. to W,N.W —Sailed—Eastern Monarch, for Bombay ; Ra leigh, India; H.M.S.'s Vuloan, Meisey, and Covenanter, the Cape of Good Hope. PLYMOUTH, Nov. 19.—Wind N.—Arrived—Midlo thian, from Cardiff, for Callao, bore up to stop a leak. FALMOUTH, Nov. 19.—Wind N. GRIMSBY, Nov. 19.—Wind N.—Arrived—John Two zell, from Blyth, with loss of bowsprit, jib-boom, and much damage to bows and stem, having been run into on the 17th inst., off Flainborough Head, by the ship Mo narch, of London. ASERTSTIVITM, Nov. 19.—Wind W.— Arrived—Buttus, from Quebec. BEAT:MARIS, Nov. 19.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrived— Avon, tram Quebec. YARMOUTH, Nov.l9.—Arrived—George Rolfe, from St. John's, N.B. (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Thursday Morning Wind N.E. Arrived—Matilda Wattenbach, from Calcutta; Iverige, River Congo ; Bragauza, Oporto ; Glenalva, Bombay ; Lady Ebrington, Arica. Sailed—Herald of the Morning, for Melbourne. The James Baines may be expected up to-morrow. QUEENSTOWN, Nov. 18. Wind W.N.W. Arrived—Mary Aun, from Rabat ; Village Gill Alen. andria. Sailed—Native Lass, for Coast of Africa. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Thuriv_isy, 9.08 Luz, Wind W. ; tide three hours' ebb; cloudy. Naval and Military Intelligence. The following district order has been promulgated on the retirement of Lieut.• Colonel Dalgety from the ap pointment of Assistant•Quarterma-ter-Gen era l at Ports mouth : " Adjutant-General's•ofce, Portsmouth, Oct. 30. "Lieut.-Colonel Dalgety's present state of health, in jured through the heavy and incessant labour consequent upon the embarkation of troops for the Crimea, being such as to prevent his return to the district as Assistant-Quar termaster-General, the Major-General takes leave of him with sincere regret at the loss of so able and zealous an officer, of one by whom the duties of the department were so thoroughly understood, and who continued at his post even when urged by the Major-General himself to lay up for a while. " By order of the Major-General commanding. A. A. NELSON, Major, "Deputy-Assistant-Adjutant-General." The following circular memorandum relative to the Medical Staff Corps has been addressed to the officers commanding regiments and depots of cavalry and in fantry at home and regiments serving in the Mediter ranean "Horse Guards, Nov. 10. " Commanding officers of regiments are hereby directed to furnish returns to this department of men of their regi ments not over two years' service, who may ba considered eligible for service in the Medical Staff Corps, and be will ing to be transferred thereto. " They must be able to read and write well, and be of regular steady habits, good temper, and possessed of a kindly disposition. " By command. " G. A. WETHERALL, Adjutant-General." The annexed memorandum has been issued in a ge- neral order : " Horse G uar d s , Nov. '7. " His Royal Highness the General Commanding•in- Chief publishes, for the information of the officers of the army, in reference to the Memorandum No. 624, dated " Horse Guards, July 27, 1853,' the annexed copy of a letter from the Colonial Department, by which it appears that the mitt of of the waste lands in the Australian colo nies, and the power of making regulatio ns f or t h e disposal of them ( with the exception of Western Australi a and New Zealand, as before notified), is now vested in the local Legislatures. " All applications, therefore, for grants of land from officers resident in those colonies must henceforth be made to the local authorities. " By command of his Royal Highness the General " Commanding-in• Chief. " G. A. WETHERALL, Adjutant-General." " Downing-street, Sept. 18. " Sir, —ln reply to your letter of the 10th inst., I am direoted by Mr. Secretary Labouchere to request that you will state to his Royal Highness the General Command ing-in -Chief, that in all the Australian colonies, with the exception of Western Australia, the control of the waste lands and the power of making regulations for the disposal of them, is now vested in the local Legislatures, and that in all requests from officers resident in the colonies the Secretary of State can only suggest an application to the local authoritios.—l have, dtc., " F. ELLIOT. " Major-General Sir Charles Yorke, K.C.8., &c." Her Majesty's ship Raleigh, 50, sailing frigate, Com modore the Hon. H. Keppel, C. 8., left Spithead yester• day afternoon for the East India and China station. Her Majesty's steam frigate Shannon, 51, Captain W. Peel, C. 8., left Spithead yesterday afternoon for the west ward. Her Majesty's steam troopship Vulcan, Commander Furneaux, left Spithead yesterday afternoon for the Cape of Good Hope, with German Legionaries. The Covenanter freight ship sailed from Spithead yes terday for the Cape of Good Rope with a body of the British German Legion on board. The Eastern Monarch Indianian sailed from Spithead for Bombay yesterday. Arrangements have been made to retain in the dock until completed the Caledonia, seamen's hospital ship, fitting out at Woolwich for the purpose of replacing the Dreadnought, in consequence of the facility of access which this arrangement affords to the numerous artisans employed therein. A "STRANGE LORD." A young man of the name of John Lowes or Lowis, who, we believe, is a native of Wetheral, and who is supposed to be a ticket-of-leave convict, stole two young bullocks, on Friday night, out of a field on the North Scough farm. Lewes has been in the neighbourhoods of Penrith and Wigton during the last ten months. On Saturday morning he sold the bullocks to a dealer, tell ing him that they belonged to Mr. Biwetead, of King Harry, to whom he said he was head man. After becoming possessed of the money, the first thing he 1, did was to go to the shop of Mr. A tkiuson, draper, where he purchased a new suit of black clothes for 3/. 195., which were sent after him to Mr. Robertshaw's, the Castle beer-house at Penritb, be having left Carlisle on the Saturday evening by the train for the former place. He had also purchased at Carlisle two or three gold rings, and a fine long gold chain. On Sunday he made a tour to Ulla water lake with some Penrith young men, where hespent the afternoon in a larkish manner. On Monday morning be hired a fine spanking grey hunter at the New Crown Hotel, and was one of the field of sportsmen with the Lamont harriers, and cleared all that he came at. es Wednesday he did the like mounted on the same steed. As early as 6 o'clock on Friday morning he again en gaged his favourite hunter, and dressed in first-rate hunting style, having on top boots and spurs, yellow buckskin breeches, light coloured waistcoat, neat dark jacket, jockey shape, yellow leather gloves, one of which he had not on, in order to display two gold rings on his left hand, a gold chain round his neck, a good whip, a cigar in his mouth, and thus equipped be started off in high glee to the hunt on Broadfield, near Hesket, where he was surmised to be some "strange lord," and he a;3B considered to be the most plucky and best rider in the numerous field. After the hunt, instead of returning to P,snrith with his horse he rpde down to Carlisle, where he reviained, we believe, at the Newcastle Railway sta tion hotel over night. On Friday evening the police at. Penrith received information of the robbery ; suspicion 1 immediately fell upon the "strange lord ;" and Inspec tor Robinson, who surmised his whereabouts to be at or in the neighbourhood of Carlisle, was on Saturday after. noon despatched by the evening train in search of him, but on arriving he found that the " strange lord" had left Carlisle about 20 minutes before the arrival of the train. The officer being thus foiled in his pursuit, and their not being anotbeY train for Penrith till evening, he did not reach that place till after 6 o'clock. The" strange lord" arrived at Penrith between 6 and 7 o'clock contrary to the expectation of many, who felt confident that hehal gone off with the spanking ;minter. A policeman had been set to take him in the Crown yard, but was absent on other business when Lowes rode in, On dismounting, he told Vickers, the head ostler, that he would just step over the way to Pattinson's, , the British Queen beer house, where he had his other' clothes, and change his dress, and would presently return' and pay the two days' hire for the hunter. Vickers, however, knowing that the police had been inquiring after hinN, followed him to Pattinson's, but before he got there Mr:'. I'. had informed the " strange lord " that the police hat! been inquiring atter him. He changed his clothes, ant: told Vickers that he would go with him to the Crown Motel and pay Mr. Dixon for the horse hire himself. Both proceeded over the street and down the yard, and Vickers; iu high glee, stepped up the step into the house, but the "strange lord" did not follow him as he expected ; he deliberately wa ;k-, d through the passage into the street, and Ous made his escape. Vickers, on looking about for his man ; found that he was not there. Search was made for him by the pollee all over the town and some neighbouring villages, but io was not again heard of till Sunday morn ing; when, it is ~, ,a id, he called at Deletnain, the residence of E. W. Hassell, F. , :i., and asked the gardener for a job in his line. Ile had breakfast there, and very soon left. Although information of the robbery and a description of the thief have been diffused both far and near, be has not been beard of since last Ounday morning.—Carlisle Patriot. MARKET NEWS.—;This Day.) CORN EXCHANGE. GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH COini For the week ended Nor. 20,1856. made ap from the Returns • Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and OF. s per Imperial Quarter. WHEAT. I EARLEY. 1 Card. 1 RYE. 1 IBE•Ne. PEAS 64i 41 1 46 s 74 26s 21 41s 71 47s 31 43s 21 THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGE. WITEAT. BARLEY. OATS. R 1). , BEANS. PEAS 655 5.1 455 4d f 26s 5d 403 91 46s id 44s 54 QUANTITIES OF GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK Wheat,lo9,B4B ; Barley, 98,0 0 ; Oats, 14.399; Rye, 189 ; Bean , 5,210; Peas, 3,298 quarters. MEAT MARKETS. NEWGATE AND LRADENHALL. Each kind of meat sold steadily, at full prices. Beef, from 2s 8d to 4s 4d ; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 8d ; Veal, 3s 8d to 4s 8d; Pork, 3s 61 to 8s 4d per 81bs, by the carcase. SOUTHALL, Nov. 19. —The supplies of stock in to-day's market were moderate, and the trade generally ruled Aeady, as follows :—Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 8d; Mutton, 3, 8,1 to lis Od; Veal, 3s 10,1 to 4s 10d ; Pork, 3s 8,1 to 4s 10,1 per Sibs, to sink the offal. ROMFORD, Nov. 19.—We had a fair demand for all kinds of stock, at full quotations. Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 10,1 ; Mutton, 3s 8d to 5s 2d ; Veal, 4s Od to is Od; Pork 3s 8d to 5s 4d per Blbs. Quarter-old store pigs, 21s t o 275. HAY MARKETS. SMITIIFIELD.—Meadow hay, 21 lOs to 4/ 10s ; clover do., 31 10s to 61 103; and straw, 11 4s to 1/ N per load. . fair demand. CUMBERLAND. —Meadow hay, 2/ 12s to 41 lOs ; clover do., 31 108 to 5/ 10s ; and st raw , 11 5 s to 11 lOs per load. Trade dull. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, 21 10s to 41 10s ; clover do., 31 10s to 51 10s; and straw, 1/ 4s to 11 N per load. A slow trade. GUANO ISLAND IN TIIII PACIFIO.—The American Guano Company has again despatched an agent to the secret guano island in the Pacific, with i n structions to load a vess e l, an d arrangements have been made with the Panama Railroad Company to forward the same at the rate of 5 dole, per ton. In case of success !uch . as is anticipated, says the Journal of Conoi cc, it is thought this route will be the channel for,.s future importations, as vessels can make three voy a year from the island to Panama, New York ; and an inferior class of vessels ca b ' can f e or the ployed, compared with such as would be required instead of one to voyage round Cape Horn. The a g ent goes to San Fran cisco with means to procure a suitablevessel , Islands, directed to proceed thence to the Sandwich implements, where he is to take on board the necessary o f 20 Kanakas, _. and is already provided, and ship h a crew son is to accompany the selected by Dr. Judd, ffi e w rs i o n se th s e o coMPa"Y ex p .dition. The b o what c transpired in connection with least discourage .3' , are not in the Commodore Mervin@ s visit to the guano Mande. LI rERATURE. Cornelius Agrippa. By iHenry Morley, author o " Palissy the Potter," &c. 2 Eols. Chapman and Hall. There is something melancholy in the moral of these memoirs. They record the life and fortunes of a scholar who declared the Vanity of Arts and sciences, of a courtier who bitterly confessed how vain are the promises of kings, of a theologian who was twice excommunicated by his Church, of one who had the courage to save the life of a supposed witch, and has yet been contemned for professing magic. With vast and varied stores of learning , good birth and position, an honourable nature a nd affectionate disposition, Cornelius Agrippa died penniless, disgraced, and forsaken, an exile, and a wanderer. His life commenced under favourable auspices. He was born at Cologne, in 1486, his full title being Henry Cornelius Agrippa Yon Nettesheim, but he only retained the two names by which he is best known. His family had been for many generations in the service of the house of Austria, and his first entry into life was in the capacity of secretary to Maximilian the First, Emperor of Germany. He was employed by him on several missions' one of which, an adven turous exploit of his own planning, nearly caused his death in Catalonia. On another occasion he was despatched to the court of Henry VIII., but this was some years later. He tra velled about France and Germany, studying deeply languages, sciences, and various branches of learn ing, but most especially directing his energies to questions of theology and philosophy. It was at this time that, unfortunately for himself, he wrote those three books of Occult Philosophy, or the practice of Magic, upon which his enemies founded their accusations. He was afterwards sent by the Emperor to take part in the Italian War, w as taken prisoner by the Swiss, but was subsequently released ; and, obtaining a scholarship, settled at Casale and engaged himself in war and study. One of the many disappointed wishes of Agrippa's life was to found a settled home where he and his family might enjoy their domestic happiness un molested. His early love of courts and adven tures was soon exhausted, and, having married a wife to whom he was much attached, he wished for nothing better than to obtain some position which would afford him independ ence, and where he could pursue his favourite studies unmolested. A succession of accidents broke up each establishment that he formed. In this instance the battle of Marignano interfered. He lost his manuscripts, and by the victory of the French was reduced to beggary. For many sub sequent years his life tells the same tale ; a long and weary waiting on the favour of princes, re ceiving flattering promises and valuable appoint ments, but never his rightful salary, constantly besieging his patron and influential friends with a family of young children to provide for, his misfor tunes were varied by his constant theological dis putes. These, indeed, were in a great part the source of his other troubles. He received the offer of the post of Physician to the Queen-Mother of Frame, and gladly accepted it. At the Court of Francis I. he met with honour and consideration, but no salary. After some time the Queen commis sioned him to exercise his astrological knowledge for her. He expressed his vexation iu a letter to his friend the Seneschal of Lyons, regretting that the Queen-Mother could find lira no more worthy employment. This letter was imprudently shown to the Queen, and deeply offended her. The unfortunate physician made another mistake in prophesying the success of Bour bon. Louisa of Savoy, ambitious, avaricious, and unscrupulous, was slow to forgive an affront. Finding himself left to starve, Agrippa resolved to leave France, but could obtain neither passports nor funds. After many miserable months, he at length contrived to get his family in safety to Ant werp. There he tried the patronage of another monarch, Charles the Fifth, and, as usual, obtained a place, but no pension. As usual, too, he gave offence, the bitterness of his many disappoint ments escaping in his chief work " On the Vanity of Arts and Sciences." This offended both the Emperor and the monks, with whom he had al ready many quarrels. His complaints unheeded, his works attacked, his name branded, he escaped from threatened execution. to France, where he was imprisoned by Francis for his quarrel with the Queen-mother. Finally, on the intercession of a few friends, he was released. Penniless and home less he was taken into the house of a gentleman at Grenoble to die, being only in the forty-ninth year of his age. Truly he bad earned the right to say all learning was vanity ! He was buried in a convent of the Dominicans, and a bitter and unchristian epitaph testified to the endur ing malice of his enemies. He left a family of young children, but their fate is unknown. His was not a character formed for success. Always free spoken, giving his opinion freely on men and things in an age when truth was dangerous, and suffering persecution for his opi nions, and yet not openly embracing the party to which he really belonged, he stood as it were be ween the two great opposing currents of the day —resisting both, combining with neither. What wonder that he suffered wreck ? What his bio grapher calls a defect of judgment prevented him from leaving his own church ; thus he lost the sup port of the Reformers, while his open war on the corruptions of the monks aroused their vengeance. " All the neglect and contumely that he was con demned to bear while living—even all the power of the calumny by which his memory has until this day been overwhelmed, are traceable to the one cause : that in the momentous struggle of his age he laboured very righteously and bravely, but alone. He was a solitary knight in the great battle, and unluckily the side on which he called himself a combatant was that against which he dealt all his blows." Not the least interesting portion of the work to the scholar will be the summary of Agrippa's famous work on the "Uncertainty and Vanity of Sciences and Arts." In speaking of it the author observes, "The wide range of study shown in the whole work it was not possible to represent within these limits. Agrippa had tried nearly every art that he found wanting—a courtier in Austria, a soldier in Italy, a theologian at Dole, a lawyer at Metz, a physician in Switzerland, an ex perimenterin optics and mechanics, a deepersearcher than perhapsauy other man of his age into the philoso phy of the ancients ; student of the Cabala, sworn possessor of the secrets of the alchemists, master of the Hebrew, Greek, and Latin languages, and among modern tongues, not of his own German only, but also of French, Italian, Spanish, and English. He was not a reviler from without, but satirist from within, of the uncertainties and varieties of the imperfect art and science of his g a y." After attaining all this l earn i ng , w hi c h yet brozight him neither fame, nor fortune, nor good name, well might he take for the motto of his essay the bitter words—" Nihit scire felicissima vita." This life forms the last of a series. Mr. Morley purposed writing the lives of three scholars of the same age, but differing in country, character, and fortune. Bernard Palissy, the Potter of Saintes, unknown and unheeded in his life, yet now the most regarded of the throe. Jerome Cardan, the Italian physician and mathematician, who attained honours, wealth, and di gn iti es , now littl e k now n or heeded ; aid Corneliu s A gr ipp a , p ersecu t e d and suffering during his career, and since frequently stigmatised as necromancer and magician. These ibree lives, of the French peasant, the Italian of the middle class, and the German of noble birth, displtv in three different aspects the life of a scholar n the sixteenth century. The series is now complete. The last biography will not perhaps e so popular as its predecessors, as its standsauthobreen baldly forward in support of one who li much and The remarkable career, that promised l s e o sson on the dis paraged and traduced, but it is not lesshaisteresting. achieved so little, reads so bitter ec th form so sad a fallacy of human hopes and ex d p appointed life and trelancholy fruitless endeavour, tale of human suffering and taations, the dis appointed reality. The more instructive or tartefeiwmplirle'esssiovef that t e r _ i i rch v ul e a°rue , no d cause to shank students of the present successfully accomplishing his nd disinterring the lives , r i" E le forgotten scholars from and writings of these a l‘ r i d r. uo l\ u lo s rl ulle fo r r tak so ing, th ne ,ith which three centuries same time that he has the dust and rubbish be t the has acquired for himself had hidden them. I . l e , be in the same path, are well employed done them good eervhice field I. If literature, and dis playeda standing-place abilitiesit i n: , f f eyourable light, We his own ain approval of trier future, asluredly n i see king the aim is n o less worthy wh en they strive to their aim L . injustice that the past has rendered to trust „1., i ft weh the shall powers ag 0 f the meet living' y h i n i T . remedy th© the dead. SUDDEN DEATH OF MR. IOGIE, TiIII P # UBIIISHER. We re g ret to have to announce the sudd en d e ath of Mr. Davidßogue, the well-known publisher, of S,`. Bride's, passage, Fleet-street. The e vent was entirely t ' n l oo k e d for, the deceased gentleman not having suffered from any premonitory indisposition. On Tuesday Mr. Boge'e was M the City, transacting his usual business. On this evening of that day he was at borne with his family at his residence in Camden-town and retired to re st in his accustomed h ea lth and spirits. About 8 o'dock yesterday morning he complained of a sudden sense of suffocation, almost immediately afterwards became speechless, and in two or three minutes had ceased to exist. Th e d ecease d was for many yea's in partnership with Mr. Tilt, at whose retirement be oarried on the rightnessbusiness a a l n o d n e s , tr a a n ig d ia w fe a r s w g a r r e d a n t e ly ss markedr athell his transaction , . Mr. Bogue was abo ut 45 y ears of a g e, and has left a wid o w a nd bye uhildren.re whichee erespected fo 19 li 3p 1 2ii f 10f 27 8 20i 19 301 THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 2O, 1856 34 i 10 28A 1 1 IA 50 100 St, 40 50 100 1 26 16 i 27i 7 26 6i 3i