The Sun. — London, England, 1854-12-19 00:00:00

2410NEY MA AND COMMERCIA.L T ELL fa ENC CITY, TWO o'CLOCK, The sales of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at 7,000 bales, including 700 American and 300 Surat taken for export. The market was heavy, and no change in prices. The sales com prised 6,000 American, 120 Pernam and Maran ham, at 6&d. to 60., 200 Egyptian, at 50 to M., and 700 Surat, at 33d. to 3i-d. per lb. Railway shares were dull. The official statement of the public income and expenditure for the year ended the 10th October is far more satisfactory, under all circumstances, than might have been expected. It appears that, notwithstanding the costly nature of the conver sion, there was still a fair balance in hand at the date mentioned, although not equal to that exist ing on the corresponding day of 1853. The com parative figures stand thus : Balances, Oct. 10, 15.3 £6,780,241 6 6 „ „ 10, 1854 5,626,529 9 11 The amount of debt created (luring the year was— Exchequer Bills £19.730,900 0 0 Consolidated Fund Bills 1,290,000 0 0 The amount of Funded Debt paid off was The excess of Income over Espendi Lure was 887,30 2 7 The English Stock market has been very ani mated for one security, Reduced Threes, in which numerous bargains have been made in prices rang ing from 91} to 911. Consols have been firmer, at 914 to Exchequer Bills have been at 4s. to 7s. premium. The New Three per Cents. realise 914 to Foreign Stocks were but little dealt in ; but an improvement has occurred in the Turkish Scrip to 61 and 51 discount. Peruvian Bonds have been firm at 70k. Spanish Deferred Stock is worth 19. Dutch 4 per Cents. have brought 91± to 91/. There has not been a bargain in any other security. The following are the nominal prices of Foreign Stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 5 to 6 ; Mexi can, 21i to 218 ; Peruvian, 60 to 71 ; ditto 3 per Cents., 48 to 50 ; Portuguese 4 per Cents., 41. to 43 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 97 to 99 ; ditto 4i per Cents., 87 to 89 ; Spanish New Deferred, 18-i to 19i ; ditto 3 per Cents., 381 to 391 ; ditto Cartificates, 5 to 5i ; ditto Passive, 4± to 41. The English Railways have improved a little in most instances, with a very limited business doing. The chief transactions have been in Great North ern, Midland, Great Western, Lancashire and Yorkshire, and South-Western. The Foreign lines have been without alteration generally, but East Indian Extension are flatter, and also Great Luxembourg. In the Colonial and other Mining Companies the transactions have been limited, and at barely pre vious rates. The Joint Stock Banking Shares have been very dull. The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Line have risen, and the South Australian Land are better. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOcF.. ( From the Oftcial List.) Bu-iness done 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities New 3 per Cent. Annuities Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 Consols for Account, 10th January Exchequer Bills, 24d. 21000 Small 4 7 PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK, Peruvian Bonds, 4i per Cent. 7OA Spanish Beads, 3 per Cent Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent. l9 Turkish Scrip 6 per cent 6A 5i d Dividends on the above payable in Londr.n. Dutch Exchange, 24 per Cent. 12 Guil 6li aDitto 4 uer Cent. Certificates.... HALF-PAST TWO. Console 9l FALMOUTH, Dec. 18.—The steam-transport No. 132 Put in here this morning, a gale with N.N.W. wind prevailing, and thick showers. The Russian couriers manage to get from Sebastopol to Moscow, by way of Odessa, in 96 hours ; from Mos cow they reach St. Petersburg by an extra train in 12 hours ; thus already 108 hours suffice, when no accidents occur, to convey Prince Menschikoff's despatches from the seat of war to the centre of government. On Saturday last, about 150 navvies in the employ of Messrs. Peto and Co., engaged for the construction of the railway from Pialaklava to the trenches in front of. Sebastopol, left town by a special train for North Shields, whence they were to be conveyed to the Austrian ter ritory. The men are to have Si. per day, and their lodging, food, and clothes found them. The total num ber to be sent out will, we understand, exceed 2,000. APOTHECARIES' HALL.—Names of gentlemen who passed their examination in the science and practice of medicine, and received certificates to practise on Thurs- • day, Dec. 14 :—Edward Russell, Liverpool ; Robert Henry Moon, Ilfrocombe, Devon ; Edward Towndrow France, Sheffield; William Moxon, Rugeley, Stafford hire. ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS.—The following gentle men having undergone the necessary examinations for the diploma were admitted members of the college at the meeting of the Court of Examiners on the 15th inst. : 17, —Messrs. Henry Wakefield, Hon. East India Corn- 20 . pang's service, Bombay ; Edmund Reeve, Brancaster, 20 Norfolk ; James Hinton, Clifton, near Bristol ; George 20 Nicholas Cheek, Hon. East India Company's service, 20 Bengal ; William Whytehead Boulton, Beverley, York- 20 shire • George Uttermarck, Guernsey ; Matthew Brown- 20 field:Milton, Gravesend ; Edward A. Rogers, Man chester ; Walter Board, Burnham, Somerset ; Joseph 100 B. Murphy, West Ella, near Hull ; and John Griffith, 2O Barmouth, North Wales. . 25 . BIRTH EXTRAORDINARY.—On Monday morning last, 25 the wife of a labouring man named Booth, living at 25 Howden Clough, near Birstal, West Riding, gave birth to four children, three boys and a girl. They were all 100 alive at the time of birth, but died shortly afterwards. R AILWA Y SLEEPERS FOR TRH CRIMEA.— During last 1 -P week the works of Messrs. Ree d a nd Co., proprietors of 1 the creosote works at the North Dock, Montwear mouth, have been employed n i g ht and da y cuttin g and 2 01 preparing sleepers for the intended new railway in the Crimea. About 20,000 of these are now ready, and 100 will be conveyed by the North Eastern R.tilway to the Tyne, where they will be loaded on board several large 100 screw-steamers, chartered by the Government, and sail 103 direct for the Crimea.—Sunderland T imes. 100 LIMIRICK COUNTY ELECTION.—The writ for holding 20i the election was received on Thursday by the High 100 Sheriff, who has appointed Tuesday, the 26 th , for the 20 nomination. Mr. Stephen De were will be seterned 5 without opposition. He is brother of Sir Vere De Vera, of Curragh Chase, nephew of Lord Monteagle. 20 and cousin of the Earl of Limerick. FOOD CONTRACTS. —During the past week the food 4 contracts for many years of the unions in Devonshire 20 have been taken (from Christmas to L a d y -da y) at prices, 20 as it will be seen, by no means so exorbitantl y hi g h as 20 many persons predicted would be paid during war time. 2 ,1 The contract for brea d at the Tiverton union has been o' accepted at 7d. to lid. per 41b. loaf ; flour, 578. p er sack ; mutton, sd. per lb. For the Totnes union con- 20 tracts for bread have been taken at 7id. to B,ld. per 41b. loaf ; seconds flour, 563. sa. for 2801bs. ; beef, sd. to 20 6.1 d. ; mutton, 5t.d., and pork, 60. per lb. ; fresh but- 16 ter, ls. 4d. ditto. A rather extraordinary fall in the 20 price of pork occurred at the Exeter market last Friday. On the previous market day the price was as high as 10s. 3d. per score, whereas on the following Friday the price fell to Bs. and 9s. per score. A very large quan- 2C tity of pigs was left unsold even at this reduction. ARMY AND NAVY SERVICES.— From a return yester if day printed, on the motion of Mr. Disraeli, M.P., it appears that the total payments made by the Bank of lc England, up to the 11th of December inst., in respect of the sum of 12,874,5051., appropriated under the 17th and 18th of Victoria, cap. 121, for the navy services of 21 the year 1854, amounted to 8,825,000/. ; the same pay - 21 meats in respect of the sum of 8,810,0591., appropriated for the army services, to 5,029,0001., and the same pay- 2 1 meat in respect of the sum of 4,583,7011., appropriated 1 to the Ordnance, to 2,950,000/. The balances of credits, 2 &c., now in the B ank are res p ect ively as follows , viz. : 2 —On account of the army, 38,1041.,• the navy, 5,0291.; and the Ordnance, 37,8361. The above payments com prise the full sums advanced up to the 11th of Decem ber ; but it will be impossible to state how much of these advances will ultimately be chargeable upon the vote of credit of 3,000,0001. (appropriated by the said act for "additional expenses") until accounts and vouchers shall have been received, including all the re turns from abroad, showing the actual disbursements for each separate service. Out of the said-vote of credit for 3,000,0001., the sum of 500,0001. constitutes the total amount of payments made by the Bank up to the 11th of December inst.; but this sum does not represent the full amount expended up to that day on account. of the vote of credit, for the reasons already stated. The ne cessary transfers from the vote of credit in aid of the I extra expenditure for navy, army, and Ordnance ser vices cannot he made until the accounts of actual dis bursements shall have been received and audited ; but any addition to the expenditure chargeable against this vote will be, pro tante, a reduction from the expendi ture as stated above, for the navy, army, and Ordnance votes. CHARGES OF FELONY AGAINST A BRISTOL MERCHANT. --The Bristol magistrates were occupied yesterday in investigating several charges of felony against an oil merchant of that city , Mr. John Gilbert, kin., and a man in his employ named Davey. Testimony was adduced id support of the presumption that the prisoner had com mitted robberies to a serious extent, from the fact that for some time past he has sold oil at a much lower rate than other persons in the trade could afford to do. The result of the investigation was, that the prisoners were both committed Davey on the charge of stealing, and Gilbert for receiving the oil, knowing it to have been rtolon SI. ARE MARKETS. (THIS DAY.) RAILWAYS. Owing Prices yesterday. I'3lll EA [LRAM 100 Aberdeen .. 8. b Nottng. Bost. audEastn. all Belfast k, Ballymena. all Binning. Wolverh. Stour Valley.. Birkenhd. Lancsh. Chcal!ire Janet all Do. Chesh. Et Eirk , £5O and £25 Cots. 19 Do., £20... 30 Myth StTytoorigina: £25 (ised. at £45 100 Bristol and Exeter 100 Caledonian. 21s. Cat inartilen and Car 3• ulgan ... all Chester & Holyhead all Cork and. Bandon... all Cork, 13:ack , & Pas, 16 C3rnwall 1# crieff Junction 45 Dahl & Bel fastJunc all I undc c Perth &Aber risen Junction ~ all 1)0. New. ...... ........ 100 w,ast Anglian all Eastern Counties 100 Eastern Union, A Stock . 100 Da., B. Stock 8:.; Do., New 100 East Lancashire 1.00 Edinburgh & Glasgow 94 Edinb. and Peebles 1.00 Edin. Prth &Dundee 1 worth & Clyde June. 100 Glasgow &S. Western 100 Great Northern 100 Do., A. Stock 100 Do., B. Stock Sth. &'West.(lre.'; 100 Great Western 100 Do. Stour Val. Rail Gna. Stk all Irish South-Eastern all Lancaster & Carlisle 14 Do., Thirds 4 Do. New Thirds_ _ 1 100 Lancash.andYorksh 19r Do., Fifths 11i Do., Wst. Riding Un all LivCrsby.&Southpt all London- & Blackwal 100 Londe Bright & S.Cst. 100 Lond. and N. Westn. 12 Do. Fifths 1 Do.lo/. 21 Do. Eighths 100 London andS. Westn 421 Do., £5O 34 Do., £4O all Lndndrry& Coleraine all Lndndrry. & Ennisk. ,100 Wancb.Shof. & Linda 44 Do., Mau. & Lin. Un 'lOO Widland 1 100 • )o. Birmng. &Derby all Akild. G. West. (Ire,) 221 Do. Half Shares all Newcastle & 5 Newnikt.BuryExten. 21. Nwpt.Aberg. &Hrfd S Newry & Enniskillen all Newry Warrenpoinl and Rostrevor 100 Norfolk .... 3 Northn.Connties Un 100 North British slid North Devon, No. 1, all Do., NO. 2 all Do., :I A Deferred all Do., B Guaranteed 100 N. Eastorn—Berwick 20 Do. do. Extension 13 Do.do. G.N.E. Purch all Do. Leeds 100 Do. York all North London E 4 Do. New £lO 111 s N.&S.Wstrn.,llamp stead, and City Jn 17? North Staffordshire_ all North Western.. all N. &S. Westrn. June. 1 Nuneaton, Hinckley and Leicester 100 Oxford, Worcestor,& Wolverhampton 6 Portsmouth LOO Scottish Central LOO Scottish Midland all ihrewsby. & Ilerefd .0 Shropshire Union Do. A, B, C,& paid up at per Cu. . dl south Devon 00 South Eastern dl South Wales 5 S. Yrksh. & Riv. Dui;', 25 St. 20 St. so 16 16i St. 20 20 50 20 10 5 20 20 5 - Do • - 8 4taims,Wok. &Wol‘ ll tockton & Darn(' itockton & Hartlepl lm Caff Vale 9 Do. £lO shares. WO Do. Prof., No. 1 21 'homes Haven Dock and 11 - tilwa7 all Vale of Neath .1 all Waterfd. & Itiilkenu3 all Waterford&Limorii•k 18 West Cornwall 3 West End of London and Crystal Palace all West London Ills. Wimblodn &Croydon all Antwerp&P.otterdam 3 Ea.stn. June. 8 Beziers to Craissossa.e 2s, Bombay, Baroda, and Central In dia,Serip Ceutral of Italy all Demerara 14 Dijon amlßesancon 10 Dutel , Rhenish all Eastern of Franco 10 Do. New all East Indian 2 Do, Extension all Do. 4?, - - p. c. Bds., PaY-I '57, cony ertiblo 1 all Do. do. do., '59, (lc 10 Gd. Janet. of France 12 Gd. Tk of CauadaA is all Do. do all Do. St. Lawrence Sz Atlantic do. Shares all Do. Bds., payable's7 with option till '55. all Do. do., '62, p. '56 all Do. do., '76, p. '6O all Do. do., '73, withon Maria Antonia 11l Do. do. Now FOREIGN. all Do. Cert. of Deben., con. into Stk. till '63 all Do. Comp. 6p. c., do. 10 Gt. Central of France all Gt. Indian Peninsula 1 Do. New 5 per cent . 1 all Gt. Western of Cana& 0pti0n........ all iiamilton & Toronto all Do. 6 per cent. 11 Lake Conist. & Basle all Lucca & l'istoja 5 p.c. pref 12 Great LUxembourg Constituted Shares all Do. Obligations_ .... _. _ _ I 0 Lyous and Gcueva 12 Lyons & Mediterrau , 16 Madras 2 Do. NOW 2 Melbourne Dk. & Ry. all Namur & Liego (witl interest)....... all Do. (ex interest) all Northern of France. all D o .20/. Sbs.late Char leroi and Erquelines guar. 3A p. c. & red. at 2211. dur. 88 yrs. from IJan. 1854 • all Do. 201. 3 p. e BdP (fmy. B. dr Ams. Shs. ) all NorwegianTrunkPref 14 Paris and Lyons all Ditto Bonds all Paris and Orleans.... all Paris and R0uen...... 10 ParisCaen dr Cherbrg all Rouen and Havre 20 Royal Danish 3 Royal Swedish all Sambre and Meuse all Do. 5 p. cent. Pref 10 Southern of France 14 St. Andrew's and Quebec (A) all West Flanders all Do 54 per c. Prof 12 Western of France UI West. of Switzerland all Wiesbaden ....... , 20 Zealand ............... 0 911 ILO all 4) all 15 5 :0 2 Basinoot done this day. 20 - 201 4 - 5 8 - 86 12i-11; 16i -, 176 - 6 93 - 95 61 -61 14 - 15 9 - 11 4 - 3 61 - 71 15 - 16 11h - 11 ... -... ... 70 - 72 53 - 55 19i - tN 67 - 69 88i -89 i 76 - 78 123 - 125 88 - 704 701 58 - 62 72 - 77 6 -8 , 6 - 8 731 - 731 51 - 5i 7i 8 i 106 107 1001 100 f a— Ati f — d * d I 83 - 84 9 8: 9 8 d 23 - 24 69 69. 41 - 42 is par 101 94.. 2 49 - 51 3$ 34 31i 32 8 10 1+ 71; 74 75 7 6i 41 3i. 12i 13 52 53 53 55 —sr' 4 P 4id 6 6§ 32 - 33 93 - 95 60 - 62 71 - 43 - 45 11 - 13 59 - 59. 28 - 29. ••• 4••• d 35 - 37 - 4 - ‘1 20 - 2 6 - 7 C 7. i - 6i .h - .--- .... a— i P - 3 _ 3ft 31 - 5 i 1 - liP 13 ii - i 8 7 9 - 8 d 10 Z 1) 413 in 16 - 174 woo id:: II; 2d par 2 d par 2 d -• parl ~ '-'-. .., dis 31 - 34 2i - 21 d —lp , ... (1. par . .•• ." •, 6i - iii ::: ii 12i -- 12, - 9k 19i - 46 48 38 40 pm 204 21, id 21 lid 7} 74 ••• ''. ... - pm ••• - 3i - ••• '''''' 5 - -5 ..• ...-. 1 I - - - 16i - 17 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 'British Colonic] Bank and Loan ComP British N . American Chrtd. link, of India, Australia, & China Colonial Commercial of Lond. English Scottish and Australian Loud. Chart. Bk. of Austral i s London and County Loudon Joint Stock Loud. & Westminstor National Provincial of England Do. New National of Ireland.. New South Wales; , Oriental Bank of Corporation Provincial of Ireland Do. New !loyal Australu.Bkg. & Gold. Imp Co South Australia Union. of Australia Do. New Me l on of lioncln..,o all all 2; 10 I'd i—d 3 2idl 21 - 22 .. - -"" • • 35 - 40 - 38 - 40 41 - 67 - 69 vv. •`-'" .... THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING DECEMBER 19, 1854. LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTAIS• LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(TDIS DAY.) Ihr I Paid Leasing Compans Clottlng Prices yesteriay. Basin:xis this day. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commisiontr Fane.) MERCANTILE FAILURES ♦ND FIRST-CLASS CERTIFICATES. IN RE MACKEY. Ibis bankrupt was described as of Great St. Helen's, Bishopsgate, merchant, and came up for his certificate. The balance-sheet, prepared by Messrs. Paul and Turner, Basinghall-street, commencing January, 1853, and ending August, 1854, shows—debtor to creditors, 5,0371. 2s. 7d. ; ditto holding security, 26,0211. ; profits, 2,0601. 10a. 2d. ; creditor by good debts, 537/ doubt ful, 1,3041. ; property in hand of creditors, 23,4321. 16s. sd. ; property given up, 6321. 7s. 6d. ; losses, 3,5291. ; trade expenses, 3581. ; house expenses, 8161. ; interest, 5271. ; deficiency, January, 1853, 2,3571. His Honour asked what the property in the hands of the creditors would realise. The official assignee could not make an estimate— a great portion of the propert.y was saltpetre, and the market was rising and likely to rise. His Honour said the expeuses were small, and consi derably under the profits ; the bankrupt was therefore entitled to an immediate certificate of the first class. THE ROYAL PANOPTICON OF SCIENCE AND . ART, LEICESTER-SQUARE. The affairs of this institution having been brought under p.ib.ic discussion by a pamphlet circulated to the sharehol lers by Mr. Alfred Rosling, we have been re quested to give insertion to the following authentic state ment of facts : In December, 1853, the institution being then in an unfinished state, it became necessary to raise a loan of 20,000/. for its completion. This was effected by means of a mortgage, Mr. Henry Hoare, the banker, of Fleet street, privately advancing part of the money, and the remainder being obtained from two City firms upon notes of hand, given by eight of th• then members of Council, the three remaining members refusing to take any share in the liability. Shortly after the opening of the institution in March last it was discovered that the fund so raised had been exhausted, and further liabilities incurred for Parliamen tary expenses, which it was necessary to liquidate. These liabilities having become pressing, a scheme was drawn up, by which it was agreed that such members of the Council as were willing to aid in extricating the in stitution from its difficulties, should take up at par, i. e., at 101. per share, 2,000 shares, which remained unsold, the previously issued shares being at the time at a dis count of 50 per cent. To this scheme those members of Coui,cil who had previously assisted the institution by their personal sewrity gave their adhesion, and the 2,000 shares having heen disposed of, an available sum of 20,000/. was realised, sufficient not only to cover all current liabilities, but to reduce the mortgage debt from 20,000/. to 12,000/. At the same time, the builder, who was made a party to the scheme, consented to take a second mortgage for the balance due to him on the settle ment of his account. As a condition of this arrangement it was stipulated. with the concurrence of the principal shareholders out of the council, that none should hereafter take part in the management of the institution who did not take part in this scheme, on the principle that power and responsi bility should go hand in hand. The three members of council who had refused to take part in the previous ar rangement, again declined to take any partin this second scheme, and in conformity with the stipulation before referred to, were requested to resign, Two of them complied with this request, but the third refused to do so. It then became a question whether the institution should be suffered to go to ruin, or whether the majority of the shareholders, including the members of Council who had come forward at their personal ex pense and risk to save the institution, should make use of the power vested in them by the deed of settlement to enforce that gentleman's retirement. After repeated and fruitless efforts to induce him to resign, the necessary steps were eventually taken, and after a discussion, which was satisfactory , to nearly all present, at a special general meeting called for the pur pose on the 14th inst., he tendered his resignation, the proxies alone which had been sent in previous to the meeting in favour of the Council, exclusive of those in the room and the votes not exercised, amounting to up wards of 4,200 out of 6,400 available votes. RUSSIAN PREPARATIONS FOR NEXT YEAR'S CAMPAIGN IN TIIE BALTIC. Si. PITAISBURG, Dec. B.—lt ought not to be sup posed in England that because Russia remained entirely passive this summer in the Baltic, and allowed her ships to be cooped up at Cronstadt and Sweaborg, that she in tends to follow a similar course in the ensuing campaign in the Baltic. It may with truth be asserted that the declaration of war took Russia by surprise, and that, with all the gigantic resources she possesses, neither the army nor the fortresses were at all prepared for active warfare. The same may be said with regard to the navy, aid to a much greater extent, both in the Baltic and the Black Sea. But the extensive preparations now making in the imperial arsenals for putting the Baltic fleet in a condi tion not only to carry on a defensive war, but even to assume the offensive, are of such vast magnitude that they ought not to be overlooked in England or thought lightly of. The most important of these measures is the immediate formation of no less than twenty-six reserve companies of sailors, or ships' crews, to replace those that may be swept off by British and French cannon-balls next summer. According to the Russian system, the Baltic fleet is divided into three divisions ; the head quarters of the first and second being at Cronstadt, and of the third at Sweaborg. The new companies or crews are to be formed of those sailors now on furlough, and those whose time of service expires on the 13th January next. The old line-of battle ship Andreas, 84, is to be con verted into a block ship in lieu of the Arsis, 74, which will be fitted for active service. The new screw three decker building here is to be called the Emperor Alex ander, and is to be ready for service by the end of March next. The impracticable old ship Emgeiten, 84, is to do duty only as a harbour-ship, and will be re placed by the Natromennia, 74, and receive the Bth equipage or crew. The old line-of-battle ship Empress Alexandra, 84, the frigate Proserpine, 44, and the brig Kasansky, 20, are to be broken up as being perfectly unserviceable. The steam squadron which, as I informed you in ' a former letter, had left Sweaborg for a cruise on the withdrawal of the British fleet, consisted of the Kam tschatka, 16, 540-horse power, carrying the flag of Vice- Admiral Tirinow ; the Smilui, 12, 400-horse power ; the Olaf, 16, 450-horse power ; the Chrabroi, 6, 300- horse power ; the Gremiasehoi, 6, 400-horse power ; the Rurik, 6, 300-horse power ; the Otwaschnoi, 6, 400- horse power ; and the Bogatyr, 6, 300-horse power— all paddle-wheel steamers. Since then another squadron has left the pert of Sweaborg and been out on a cruise, consisting of the line-of-battle ships Procher, 84, with the flag of Vice- Admiral Bumjanzow ; the Pultawa, S 4; the Brienne, 74 ; and the Vladimir, 84—towed respectively by the steam frigates Olaf, Gremasehoi, Rurick, and Smiloi. At the completion of their cruise they proceeded to Cron stadt, where they remain for the winter. There are, therefore, four line-of-battle ships and four steam frigates less now at Sweaborg than there were in the summer. 100 ;t. 100 it. 100 ;5 I all 15 all 5 all .50 all 25 all 12 all 12': all 20 all 10 all at. 100 SL too 5? all it) I 311 ~(‘ I :5 I all .23 all 3t. ;5 [Sr 12 W 50 all V 5 all it. 1100 London & N. West. L. &N. W. Caledon... Gt.Nrtlin. Caldonian. Do at. Westm Yk. New. & torw. Y.Sc,NMd, Do Do S. &Men Do Peto & Co Norfolk L. & N.W. & Midid. 'itekto]) & Darlingt. u. Count. Do .... Do N.W • &Ln&Yk Do rltNorthi: Lancash Yorksh. MClean 6tockt. Darlingt ' Oo C4tWestn ' PREFERENCE SHARES. 100 Aberdeen 100 Do. N 0.2, 7p. c. 30 BlythandTynelOper c. pref. (issd. 500 100 Bris. St, Ex. 4p. c. St. 5 Do. 4p. c. Shares 100 Caledonian £lO all Chester k Holyhea 07 - 100 ii - 96 2 2i 661 Guar. 5i per cent_ all Do. do. Pref. No. 2., all Do. do. Pref. No. 2., all Cork &Bandonsip.e, all Dundee Perth &Aber• deen Junction all EastAnglian (1:310s) .•• ...... • ..• ."—' es ••• ''''' •I 6 per cent all Do. (£5) 7 per cent 2 Do. (£7178) 7p. o all Eastern Counties Exn tension, 5 p. c. No.l all Do. No. 2 all Do. New 6 p. c. St all Eastern Union, Seri Guar. 6 per cent... all Do. 5/. 10 per cent. all Do. 101. Debentr.Sh all Do. do. 4 per cent... 100 East Lanca.sh.6 p.cts. all East and West York shire June. Fifths all Edinb Pith. &Dunde 4 per cent. 100 Glasgow &S. Western Guar. 5 per cent 100 Great Northn. sp. c 100 Do. sp. c. Redeem., at 10 p. c. prem 100 Do. 46 p.c 86 Gt.N. of Scot. Ist Pre' all Gt. Southn. &Westin. (Ireland) Eighths) 7 Do. 4 per c. Prof. St 6 Gt. Westn. (Berko & Hants Ex. 5 p. 100 Do. con. red. 46 p.c. 100 Do. con. red. 4p. c. 100 Do. irred, 4p.c. all Do. Birm. Pref. Sh all Do. Chester Bp. all Ds. do. 5 p. c. do 100 Do. Birm. Gua. Stk all Do. Ches. Gua, Stk all Do. do. de all Do. de. do ... . . 6 Lan. &York. F. £2O 100 Do. 6 13. c. Stock 100 I London and Brightm Guaranteed 5 p. c 100 Do. Pref., sp. c. St. 100 Do. New Guar.6 P.C. 100 Lon. &N. W., Coy. Nuneaton 5 p. ct 5/ -6, 5 10 St. St. 5 i - 4 - 12i - i 1 ,1 i P 131 ••• '''. •' ••• ''''" ~ 60 - 65 114 - 116 107 - 109 1 99 - 101 .•• ..." •, ... ..''' 5 London &S. Weaten Con. Thirds. ..... .... all Londonderry& Coler ••• ." • A Shares 1.11 Londy. & Ennis. A Sb. all Wan., Shef., & Lin. I Shares, 1. all Do. New, £lO . Do. £6 all' flarypt.&Carl.4p c all Do. 4. per cent 10? Do 1.00 Consol.6 p.c.St. IX Do. Consol. Bristol & Birm. 6 per cont.,.. 11; Do. Pref. 4 A per con , 10 lorfolk Debenture . 100 Do. Pref. 4p. c. Steel 100 Do. 5 p.c. Ext 100 Do. 54 per ct.pref.... ,100 . Do. Way. Val. 5 p. c. 6 -- 6A 94 -- 96 29 -- 91 92 -- 94 9i -- 101 16 -- 17 10 -10 i 71 -- 73 18i -19 i 9# -- 9 1 13} -14 i It -- id 133 4.; 135 ••• '"' a.- 2i - 3 p CO N'orth Britiih I(.0 V. E. Pony, 4 p.c. P. 5 Do. do. do. 13 Do. Leeds 6 p.c 0.1 9 Do. do. Quarters 4S 11 - 11 : i, i - P 10 D..Yorka.k Prr all Staffordshire LW Oxford, Worcoster, Wolverli.£ls, all -scot. Cent. ,New Prei 10 Do. 5 per cent all South Povon 133 - 135 - S 7 - 90 104 - 105 100 - 102 90 - 92 3i - 3il Do. fixed, 41 per cent all 3. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. 100 Do. 41 per cent all 3.Yorksh.4p.c.Guar all 3 Wales Gua. 4p. c all Do. (lc 41 p. C.... all Stockton and Dar lington, 5 por cent 5 Do. do. do. all Stockton and Hartle pool, guar. 5 p. c. till Ist July, 1856 4 Waterfd.&Kilk.6p.e. St. 20 20 20 25 I -- la 110 - 113 11 13 id par 22} —2 2 i 95 100 15 18 . ---- ••• 4 d P 2 2i - li( MINES. 1 all Agua Fria .... ....... ' 1 1 all Anglo Austrin. Gold 10s all Anglo Californian _ i t 20 6 Australian —l3 1 all Australian Cordillera 1 all Australian Freehold. 4 1 all Ave Maria ••• 1 all Baden (Gd.Daehy of) 50 all Blienarvon Iron and Coal . 20 13.5 British Iron 64 7a 35 5 Brazilianlnip.(issuea at ,U pm 2i 3 30 all Do. Cocaes & Cuiada 11 11 20 15 Do. St. John Dcl Rey 30 —32 1 1 Carsons's Crec3k 4 1 Clarendon Cons. Min Co. of Jamaica • id par 40 all Cobre Copper 46 48 5 1 Colonial Gold — St. all Copper Min. of Eng 5O 55 25 all Do. Prof. 74 p. cent, par 2 p ••• 16 Copiapo ...... —.. 1.4 16 5 all English and Austin. Copper Smeltg Co 1 —l5 2 1 Fortuna par 20 all General l4 —l6 1 all Gt.NuggetVeinßeg. a 1 33 4 Great Polgooth.• lit all Liberty A - 3 all Linares 8 9 g 3 1 all Mariquita 3 4 10 9 .Yksican&S.Americn. 7 74 1 all New Granada I • 1 all New Linares Mining and Smelting Co ... 1 all Nouveau Monde 20 all Pontgibaud Silver Lead Min. & Smelt. 155 165 5 1 Port Philip — - 1 all Quartz Rock 50 all Illiymney Iron 23 25 15 all Do, New 8 8 30 111 Santiago de Cuba-- 34 1 all South Australian__ 1 1 10 75 Fin Croft ...... ..... 1— 2 283 all United Mexican 2l —— 3 1 all Waller 1 all West Mariposa A 1 12s. Worthing Mining of Australia 1 all Yuba MISCELLANEOUS 5 all Anbin Coal and Iron ... 25 17. Australian Agricult. 36 87 20 4 Australsn.Pcific.Mail 10 all Australn. Royal Mail 10 5a Berlin Water Works 2a 2d 50 40 Brit. American Land 5 1 Brit. & Coln. Smeltg. and Reduction Co.. 100 32A Canada 9B 102 St. 100 Canada Gov. 6 p. et 'Jan. and July [C94 11151 5 all Crystal Palace 24 3 4 all Crystal Pei of France 20 5 Eastern Steam •• 25 21 ElectrieTelegrapli(A) 17 18 1 all 14 - 2ectric Teleg. of Ir. 15 14 Con. Steam Navigat. 20 all General Screw Steam 20 10 Irish Beetroot Sugar 20 10 Niag,dalena St. Navig. 10 all Mediteran. Elec. Tel. 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fue , ••• 10 5 Netherlands Land 4 11 2 1 N. S. W. Coal & Inter. Steam Navigat. 1 all N. B. Australasian... 20 12; , , Nrth.ofEuropeSteam ••• all Peel Rr. Ld. & Minrl. 24 -- 21 s'j all Peninsular& Oriental 62 zd 5 , ) 45 Do. Do. ... p 5 4 2 all Portl and Iron Co 2 —24 100 60 Royal Mail Steam 61 63 2 1 all stirstr i.tn a .Invaest,i 36 1 8 1 5 l i3l 38 1 all 'Subraar. Telegraph 1 all Do. Registered. — 1 100 28 , .JO DiMOD'ii Tie 4th 12 =l3 Mr. Mather, of Dean• Street, Newcastle, has entered into a contract with the Government for the supply of tools aid locks for the use of the army.—Sunderlanp News. _ _ Messrs. Bolckow and Vaughan, the well-known iron founders of Middlesborough, have received orders from the Government for the supply of 100 tons of cannon balls per week, the period of supply to extend over fifty two weeks.— Yorkshire Gazette. IRISH UNIVERSITY REFORM.- All official notification from the Board of Trinity College announces the con templated relaxation of the statute which debarred Dis centers and Roman Catholics from attainin g th e h onou rs and rather scanty emoluments attached t o th e scholar ships.s m some additional The board, scholarship,i it see have resolved t o cr eate " which s h a ll b e open t o students of all religious denominations, without distinc tion." They are to be called " Non - foundation Scholar ships," and will be tenable for the same period and endowed with the same emoluments' as the chartered scholarships, and the candidates for both will be exa mined at the same time and in the same subjects. Four of the new scholarships will be filled up at next Trinity Term examination. A film owning extensive FaV7 mills at Gloucester is engaged in getting ready 2,000 wooden huts for the French army in the Crimea, to order of the French Government. These huts, packed in " shocks," bound with iron hoops, will be sent from Gloucester by the Great Western Railway to Basingstoke, there trans ferred into the trucks of the London and South Wes tern line, and so delivered alongside the ship i n th e d oc k s at Southampton. ••• 95 - - 100 99 - 101 134 - 136 162 1 144 li -13 i 23 - 24 11 - 11} 2B - 2i ..• - ••• :41 - 1,3 57 - 59 134 := lie .. . .. 2i 2 d - 31 92 - 94 IN RE ADAMS. This bankrupt was described as an underwriter at Lloyds'. The debts and liabilities amount to 27,0001. The official assignee had received 1,350/., and there was other available property. His Honour considered bankrupt's conduct as meri torious, and granted a certificate of the first class. CRIMINAL COURT.--(THIS DAY.) OLD COURT. (Before the Recorder.) James Pugh, a respectable-looking man, was indicted for wilful and corrupt perju4. Mr. Montague Chambers and Mr. Parry prosecuted, and Mr. Ballantine defended. It appeared from the statement of the learned counsel, and se much of the evidence as had been gone into up to the time of going to press, thA the defendant had !formerly been in business as a tailor, but being unsuccessful in business in the year 1852 went into the employment of a Mr. Andrews, a tailor, of Cook-street, as commercial traveller. Whilst so engaged he obtained from Messrs. Grayson and Burwash, the well-known jewellers of G , olden-square, some buttons, sleeve-links, and other articles of jewellery. These he had, it appeared, obtained upon his account ; and upon Messrs. Burwash bringing an action against Mr. Andrews, the defendant not being forthcoming, they failed to prove that the defendant had the proper autho rity to pledge the credit of Mr. Andrews for the goods in question, and the verdict was given for the de fendant, Mr. Andrews. After that the than plaintiffs (Messrs. Burwash) sought to obtain a new trial, and the defendant made an affidavit ander the new Common Law Procedure Act, upon which affidavit was the per jury assigned. The case, which was of a very complicated character, was proceeding when we went to press, and not likely to conclude until a late hour in the evening. In the New Court during the day the only case■ tried were prisoners for passing bad money. It ap peared from the evidence that there are in circulation some very ingeniously constructed base gold coin, which are most difficult to detect; being stamped out of a very hard metal, and beautifully gilt. MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—meadow hay, 2/ 15s to 4/ 16s ; clover ditto, 3/ N to 5/ 15s ; and straw, 1/ 58 to 1/ 104 per load. A. moderate supply._ CumBinLANW.-- - --Meadow hay, 21 16s to 51 Os ; clover ditto, 31 Os to 61 Os ; and straw, 1/ 5s to 11 10s per load. Supply moderate, and trade firm. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, 2115 s to 41165; clover ditto, 31 Os to 61 Os; and straw, 11 5s to 1112 s per load. Trade steady. COLONIAL MARKETS. SCGAR.—The market is flat, and with no disposition to do business this week. There is a fair supply upon the market. Refined is at 428 6d to 43s for brown lumps, and 43s to 498 for grocery. Barbadoes molasses sold at 16s per cwt. The quantity of British Plantation landed last week at the East and West India Docks, was 844 hhds 59 tierces, 130 barrels. There were taken for home consump tion 1,668 hhds, 175 tierces, 373 barrels. The stock in the same places is 15,880 hhds, 2 .396 tierces, 3,262 barrels. COFFEE.—Native Ceylon was in moderate demand at barely previous rates. Or& to fine ord 41s 6d to 465. Riau.—The market continues dull, and nominally prices are a shade lower. Rum.—The market is dull, some lots of good Jamaica sold at 5s 8(1, and Leeward. 3. 31 to 3s Gd according to quality. The quantity landed last week at the East and West India Docks was 401 puns 53 hhds, there were taken for home consumption 307 puns 60 hhds, and exported 63 puns 82 hhls. The stock in the same place is 12,856 puns 3,255 hhds. SALTPETRE.—At auction- 396 bags. Bombay were , all taken in at 21s Gd to 23s for ord to good 30 to 8i per - cent. refraction. TRA.—Not much has been doing, but good fair shipping congou is steady at Sid to 10d per lb. TALLOW.—P.Y.C. has been dull at 64s per cwt on the spot, and 63. 9.1 all the year. TALLOW.—Since our last the tallow market has been quiet., and lower prices have again been accepted. On Saturday sales were made at 63s Gd, for all this year, and the market closed without animation at that price. To day the svne price was again taken for all this year, whilst for the spring months there was rather a firmer feeling. At the close of the market there was rather more dis position to buy, although no advance was offered. On the spot, new, 61s to 61. 3d ; 1853, 63s 6d ; all the oil,year, cißruee 0btfr3,eu,( 6 1:6 3 r356y s .74 sa 6 6tnt d dood. s t so o 7ssas ro; 6 cl6 3 lph(t s lahi6 9 m4tA d oso. ; mwi January enN rticoaal(L iverpoolnlAo wu6:ys6 a rs3a n . sl arrival), Tallowr runif sheepr cash; i c )a h , s , h4EI offering. s 3 a ti s t tallow i 9 l4o d swsB Gd; l linseed oil, 371 ; cocoanut oil, Ceylon 48s 6d, Cochin 49s 63. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-{THIS DI Y.) - - LONDON, Dec. 19.—Wind this day at Noon, W. ; light breeze, with fine clear weather. SOUTHAMPTON, Dec. 18.—Wind, N. Arrived—Richard Cobden, from Quebec •, Argyle (s), Carentan. PORTSMOUTH, Dec. 18.—Wind, N.W. Arrived—H.M.S. Penelope, from the Baltic ; H.M.S. Duke of 'Wellington, do. ; Breeze, Cork. Sailed—l - zlouthampton, for New York. PLYMOUTH, Dec. 18. —Wind, N.N.W. Arrived—Jensen (Swedish ship), for Constantinople ; Ranger, Corunna ; Punch, from London, for Genoa. FALMOUTH, Dec. 18,—Wi n d, N.W. Arrived—San d Luigi from Con s t ant i nople ; Got h en b urg ( s s ), L on d on, for Constantinople ; D u k e o f C or nwall (s), Dublin, for London. Sailed --Adolph - Van Nassau, for Adelaide, ; John Souchay, Demerara ; Mediterranee (French steamer), Algiers Alcides, Constantinople ; H.M.S. Calcutta, Plymouth ; Venilia, Bristol. MILFORD, Dec. 18.—Wind, N. Arrived—Economist, from Quebec. SWANSEA, Dec. 18.—Wind, W.N.W. Arrived—Bella Donna, from Quebe c ; Ali ce A nn , do. ; Pearl, Cuba ; Sir Charles Napier, d o . CARDIFF, Dec. 18.—Wind, N. Sailed—Alice, for Bahia ; R --°Yer, Constantinople ; Bella Donna, Alexand ria, Florist, Rio Grande ; Adolph, Pernambuco. HULL, Dec. 18.—Wind , n's, N.B. ; Sir I saac Newton, W. Arrived — C atharina, from Sertch ; Emily , St , Jo hn's, Richibucto ; M, B , Ta,ganro,o , Sailed—Gerelania, for St. Thomas ; Mary 'Ann, Terceira ; /fester, Copenhagen ; Arthur, Stettin. QUEENSTOWN, Dec. 17.—Wind, W.N.W. Arrived— Pakenham ' from C a ll ao , f o r Dundee; Belmont, Quebec; Athenian ( 1 a), C ons t an tinople, for Liverpool, short of coals. Sailed—B r i tannisi f or C on stantinople ; Sir A. M`Nab, London ; S a ll y , Liverpool ; Breeze, Portsmouth ; Mary Ann, London. ' (PER. ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, Tuesday, 11.21 a.m. Wind, W. Arrived—lsaac Wright, from New York—fifteen days. Wind, N. DUBLIN, Dec. 18. Arrived—Talbot, from Seville ; Mercurius, Dordt. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Tuesday, 10.3 a.m. Wind, N.W. by N. ; tide, two hours' and a half flood ; weather fine. No arrivals. Sailed—Crystal Palace, for Hobart Town; Mooresfost, Port Philip ; Saladin, Black Sea. DEAL, Tuesday, 9.53 a.m. Wind, N.N.W. ; strong, and hazy. A. large ship is observed to be on shove on the Fonr-foot North Breakhead, near Ramsgate. Sailed—Speedy, for Sydney. REINFORCEMENTS FROM CORFU. CORFU, DEc. 2. On the news arriving here that reinforcements for the Crimea were leaving England and France, his Excellency Sir H. G. Ward, with Major-General Macintosh, com manding H.M. troops in the lonian Islands, decided upon sending a regiment from this. A transport being in port at the time waiting for invalids and the wives of soldiers who had previously left this for the seat of war, they were ordered to embark immediately. Two days afterwards the regiment was ready, and the Major-General issued a general order in terms highly complimentary to the officers and men. On the regiment being ready on their parade ground at Fort Neuf, under the command of Major Goodenough, his Excellency Sir H. Ward and Major-General Macin tosh, with their staffs, proceeded from the Palace to where the regiment was waiting, and, after their forming square, Sir IL Ward addressed them as follows : _ . " Major Goodenough, Offi cers , — and Men of the 34th Itegi ment,—Having taken upon myself, in concurrence with the Major-General, the responsibility of sending you to the seat of war, I cannot see you leave Corfu without telling you how sincerely I sympathise in the sentiments which General Macintosh has expressed in general orders this morning, or without thanking you in the Queen's name for the excellent spirit which you have shown upon this occasion, and expressing to you my confidence that the honour of England cannot be in safer keeping than in your hands. I have seen few regiments since I came here that can boast of a finer body of officers or better-conducted men. "I have done all that lies in my power to expedite your passage, feeling, with the Major-General, that the fate of this campaign may turn upon a few weeks, or even days. You go to meet an enemy whose numbers and discipline it would be wrong to underrate; but you meet him in a most just cause. You will have the best troops in Europe fighting by your side ; and arriving, as you will do, in the Crimea at the same moment with other large reinforce ments both from England and France, I feel satisfied that you will reach it in time to take your part in bringing to a glorious issue the greatest struggle in which your Queen and your country have over been engaged. " Good bye ! God bless yen ! And if we meet again, as I trust that we shall do, in Corfu, may I see the word `Sebastopol' inscribed upon your colours—for that must now be the end of the campaign." _ On the conclusion of the address the men and all present gave three hearty cheers. The regiment was then ordered to march, preceded by the beautiful brass band of H.M. 71st Highland Light Infantry, followed by the band of the regiment. Then followed the Lord High Commissioner, the General, and staffs, and the Major Commanding—the regiment proceeding through the town to the place of em barkation. On the band of the 71st finishing, the band of the 34th began playing "Cheer, boys, cheer"—the men singing the air. Such a sight was never before seen here. The men looked remarkably well ; and they are commanded by a very worthy officer, Major Goodenough, whose departure, as that of the other officers of the regiment, is much re gretted. THE STEAM TRANSPORTS MEDWAY AND ORINOCO. We have been requested to give insertion to the fol• lowing : TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Pimlico, 18th December, 1854. SIB,—By the last mail from the East I have received a letter from an officer on board the Medway steam transport in the Black Sea, an extract from which I beg to annex, believing that the error referred to is not the result of any spirit of partiality in reporting the action in question, but rather of an oversight of the claims of individual ships, and that therefore you will not hesitate to do justice to the transport service by inserting this letter in an early impression of your paper, the perusal of ty.hich will give that satisfaction to the officers and men of the Medway and Orinoco which they as well de serve as those of the Cambria and Colombo. Trusting to your generosity in this respect—l beg to remain, sir, your obedient servant, M. (Extract.) " I wisl . much to see an error in the Times corrected with reference to the services performed by the transports on the day of the bombardment of Sebastopol. "The Cambria and Colombo get more credit that any other ships, whereas we did as much as them, and have net been mentioned for our services on that day. " The editor of the Times could not have been aware of what we did compared with the others, else he could not possibly have given such undue credit to two ships, to the exclusion of ours. " An officer came from the Britannia to say that the Agamemnon had signals for assistance flying, and Admiral Dundas ordered the nearest transport steamer to go and assist her. We were just heading in for her when we saw her coming out by herself ; and it turned out that she wanted another man•of-war to assist at the fort, which they might have knocked down if all the ships had been as close as the Agamemnon was. She and the Albion were ashore and gave Fort Constantine a good hammering. It is reported nearly all the gins were dismounted by the fleet ; so if they had had daylight a little longer they would have done Czar Nicholas's property no small damage. " We don't look for special mention of anything we do; but we do think wo deserve at least the same notice in the papers, which we all anxiously read, as other ships of the transport service. " The correction of this in the Times would make many a man well pleased in this ship and the Orinoco." SIR CHARLES NAPIER. POWTSMOUTH, Dee. 18.—Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Napier, K.C.8., disembarked from the Duke of Wel lington in the Fire Queen steam-tender at Spithead, shortly before nine o'clock this morning, and, with (lag at the fore, steamed up to this harbour. When off the saluting battery lie left the Fire Queen in the Port- Admiral's barge, and was steered to the town sally-port, alongside the Victoria-pier. Notwithstanding, the severe inclemency of the weather (it. had been blowing bard all night, and raining heavily all morning), and the early hour of disembarking, a large concourse of the inha bitants of Portsmouth assembled on the Victoria-pier (which was handsomely dressed in flags in token of wel come), and on the walls of the garrison, •to greet S:r Charles. These increased in numbers after he landed, and they cheered him most vociferously as he passed up the town on his way to the Port Adiniral's, where he breakfasted. Information of his arrival having been last night sent to Merchistoun-hall, Lady Napier and Colonel Napier arrived early this forenoon, at the George Hotel, to meet the Admiral, who left Portsmouth fur the Admiralty by the 4.25 train on the South-Western Railway. The gallant Admiral looked in good health and spirits. Merry peals were rung from the parish church bells in honour of his safe return. The gallant Admiral arrived in London last eyening from Portsmouth. THE WESTMINSTER PLAY. The second performance of the Eunuchus of Terence by the Westminster scholars took place last evening. The little theatre was again crowded. Among the many distinguished persons present were Lord Wrottesley, Baron Alderson, the Dean of St. Paul's, Mr. G. Come wall Lewis, Mr. R. Monckton Milnes, Archdeacon Lane Freer, Dr. Haggard, and Dr. Sutherland ; and, as before, the representation was graced by the pre sence of a brilliant assemblage of ladies. We have little to add to what we have said of the first performance on Thursday last. The play went off with increased spirit ; the young performers evidently feeling more at home on the boards. Their attitudes and ges tures were more easy and unconstrained, and they gave the points of the dialogue—the delicate traits of wit and humour with which Terence abounds—with in creased animation and effect. The best performances, as before, weee that of Parmeno by Mr. Dickson, Thais by Mr. Fisher, Thraso by Mr. Wells, Gnatho by Mr. Freeman, and Clicerea by Mr. Harrison ; but there was another part, that of Pythias, a waiting-woman, deserving of especial notice from the archness and vivacity with which it was acted by Mr. Thompson. On this occasion there were a prologue and epilogue, both spoken by Mr. Dickson, the captain of the school. The prologue contained a tribute to the memory of se veral eminent persons connected with the school who have lately died, particularly the late Mr. Clinton, the author of the "Fasti Hellenici ;" and some allusions to the great topic of the day. It has been usual for the epilogue to be a little dialogue or dramatic scene of a comic and satirical description, full of jokes upon passing events. But last night's epilogue was an address, also delivered by Mr. Dickson, in which the speaker, after saying that, in the present state of public affairs and tone of the public mind, this was no time for indulging in jests and merriment, entered into a train of reflections on the subjects most congenial to the feelings of every one at this time. This little poem, written with considerable power and beauty, and exceedingly well delivered, was enthusiastically applauded. The third and last performance takes place on Thurs day next. - - NEW YoaK.—The commercial advices from New York this week are uninteresting, and describe little ehange. The diminution in the exports of specie has had the effect of preventing an extension of the confusion 'and alarm in the money market, but there had been no definite signs of a return of confidence. The amount by the present steamer is only 32,0001., and the Baltic, which may be expected on Wednesday, will probably not bring much more. With regard to the prospects of the spring trade, in imported goods an improved opinion appeared to be entertained, the falling off in the sup plies during the past four or five months having brought the market into a better condition. The total value of the foreign manufactures taken during the first eleven months of the present year exhibited a reduction of 3,000,0001., or about 19 per cent, from that of the corresponding period of 1853, chiefly observ. able in articles of woollen and silk. Still it was likely to be long before a steady demand would again spring u p. As regards wheat and flour the possibility of the high prices lately reached on this side being maintained seems from the first to have been doubted, and hence, although a decline had taken place and the arrivals from the interior had increased, there was less activity in shipments than might have been anticipated. The canals were just about to be closed for the winter, and hence forth the quantities brought in would depend upon the facilities offered by the railroads. There had been no new failures: Messrs. Reeve, Buck, and Co., of Phila delphia, whose stoppage was announced by a former packet, have undertaken to pay all their liabilities in in stalments commencing nine months hence and terminat ing in 27 months. Their debts are 200,0001. and their nominal assets 600,000/., of which, as they consist chiefly o f questionable railroad bonds, only 250,0001. are repr( sented as available. Messrs. Selden, Withers, and Co.. o f Vkrashington, the financial agents of the State of Vir ginia, had also made an assignment. Advices a week later had been received from California, but they con tained nothing now, and the gold production continued satisfactory. From Texas the accounts show that Cara vajal, whose insurrectionary incursions have been re peatedly put down by the Mexican Government, is being encouraged by subscriptions and other aid to commence a f r esh inroad. _ FIRST BATTALION ROYAL REGIMENT, TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—Will you be so kind as to publish the following in your valuable paper ? It appears by some mistake this return was omitted when others were sent home, and people are anxious about their friendp. I have the honour to be, &c., GEORGE BELL, Colonel Royal Regiment. Camp, near Sebastopol, Nov. 27. RETURN OF KILLED ANCDOR B OUNDED IN THE AROVE . Capt. W. K. Alliz, killed, Nov. 5, battle of Inkerman Private Richard Rolf, killed, Oct. 17, before Sebastopol Private William Hutton, killed, Oct. 17, ditto Private John Walsh, killed, Nov. 5, battle of Inkerman Private William Webb, killed, Oct. 17, before Sebastopol Private Henry Burnett, killed, Oct. 11, ditto Private William Noonan, wounded, Oct. 23, ditto Lieut. J. M. Brown, wounded, Oct. 23, ditto Private John Rea, wounded, Oct. 17, ditto Private John Deverall, wounded, Oct. 17, ditto Private William Goose, wounded, Oct. 17, ditto Private William Brislawn, wounded, Oct. 27, ditto Private Robert Keenan, wounded, Oct. 27, ditto Private Peter M'Aweeny, wounded, Oct. 27, ditto Private John White, wounded, Oct. 31, ditto Private William Kenny, wounded, Nov. 4, ditto Private William Broughton, wounded, Nov 6, ditto Serjeant William Knowles, wounded, Nov. 21, ditto Lance-Corporal John E. Tye, wounded, Nov. 21, ditto MR. OLIVER'S AFFAIRS. An attempt is being made on the part of a gentleman named Evans, a creditor on the estate for about 7,0001., to make Mr. Oliver a bankrupt. The trustees under a deed of assignment, executed on the 7th of October, and advertised in the Gazette, as required by the statute, are opposed to the affairs being liquidated in bank ruptcy ; but, according to the Bankruptcy Consoldation Act, the deed is valid if signed by six-sevenths of the creditors against the minority who do not sign, provided that no petition in bankruptcy is successfully filed with in three months of the date of the deed of assignment. The three months, in this case, will not expire until the 7th of January next ; and, consequently, an adjudica tion may be founded upon this deed of assignment at any time before that day. With a view, it is supposed, to prevent an adjudication, the deed has been so securely deposited that it cannot be found ; and the object of the private examination of witnesses before Mr. Commissioner Stevenson, at the Bankruptcy Court, on Friday and Saturday, was to discover, if possible, where the deed was placed. With that view, a considerable number of persons were put under examination ; but without, as yet, leading to the discovery of the missing deed, all the witnesses disclaiming any knowledge whatever of its place of concealment. The question therefore arises, whether an act of bankruptcy cannot, nevertheless, be substantiated against Mr. Oliver. The result hinges on a point of law upon which the Court, as yet, has not given its decision, judgment being postponed until to-morrow. The examinations were strictly private, greatly to the disappointment of a large number of gentlemen who repaired to the Court in the expectation of watching the proceedings. The names of the witnesses have not transpired, but, of course, in such a case, the trustees and their solici tors as the parties entitled to have possession of the deed must have been the persons examined to account for its apparent loss. Sir George Stephen, instructed by Mr. Crosse, is the counsel for the petitioning cre ditor. The private examination was resumed yesterday (Monday), but with no better success. Mr. Commis sioner Stevenson will give his judgment on the point of law referred to above to-day. If it is favourable to the application of the creditor, it is presumed that a petition will bo allowed to be filed immediately. The.n t rus tees arc opposed to the affa irs of Mr. Olive e g o in g gor g into OM Bankruptcy Court, beca use, the y say, the rican creditors would seize all the property belonging to the estate on the other side of the Atlantic,ti and e that the interests of the English creditors would, ther an ie d r it : fire, be damaged to that extent. Ori o t u lio other hand u s s e d w , that u ; d bc while counterbalancedthis striking i.n b g e f t r h o e m case, i l ts i i r: r o lgo f creditors a number of items which, it is alleged, Iwould not bear the test of scrutiny. EXPENDITURE FOR THE ARMY, NAVY, &0.--THE WAR WITII RUSSIA. —From the account of public income and expenditure issued on Friday, it appears that the expen diture is the year ended the 10th October last on ac count of the army was 7,060,882/. ; on account of the n avy, 10,057,769/. ss. 10d. ; on account cf the ordnance, 3,690,890/. 11s. 9d. ; Kafir war, 230,0001., and the vote of credit; additional expenses, war with Russia, 220,0001. 89 SO 73 124 7041 ox aITS 73g i 1061 1001 i 84i 4 23i 691 1 RAn.wAyr; ledford and Blotchley Backglianish Clydesdale Je. E. Lincoln gr. 6 per cent. Glas. Darr. & Neils. Direct OlstrA Dn. Fr Ipl. Dk. Put ilway & Solby Do. Sharer. Do. Shares. tion.&Grecnw Do. Prcferen-•c Lon., Til., & S. • Lowestoft gr.l 4 per cent. Do. 6 per ct. ',touch Bxtn. and Matlock & Itedcar . ,li(ll.l.l3radfd northern an.' l Easternsp.e. Do. 6 per ct. Fixals p ?rest. & Wyru Do. j u Slh k a l r i e l s t ' .ihef.Roth Gooleg.s p.c. Staffordsb. Wear Valleygr 6 per cent Do Wiltskgomrst RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. GREAT LUXEMBOURG. The report of the new directors of this company— namely, Messrs. T. Close, J. Hutchinson, W. Reed, and M. Uzielli, who, on the requisition of a large and influential body of shareholders, became directors on the 11th of August last, states that the accounts which have hitherto been presented to the shareholders have not in every instance explained the mode and purposes in and for which the money had really been spent. The accounts which they now bring under the con sideration of the shareholders set forth the true nature of every item in the expenditure from the com mencement of the undertaking down to the present time. They show the large amount of money which has been spent in matters which have little or no connection with the execution of the canal and railway works. The pro ductive expenditure on the undertaking up to the present time appears to stand as follows:—Land and works on the canal, 34,3791.; land and works on the railway, 426,4391. ; on the permanent way, 80,392/. ; and rollingsteCk 39,224/. ---together 5;0,3441. There is also the balance of cau tion money due from the Belgian Government, 16,000/., as well as the sum under that head which has been transferred by the State from the funds of the cern eany to the credit of the Grand Junction Railway, 20,0001., making a total of 616,3441. They state that this must appear a Billetl amount, compared with the aggregate of the expenditure up to the present time— viz., 1 , 355 ,296/., but of which 176,3301. has been re turned to the shareholders in the form of interest upon calls, during construction, in conformity with the sta tutes. This is independent of 9,2701. interest paid on the obligations. On their accession to the board they found the actual financial position of the concern most de plorable. There were no funds whatever wherewith to carry on the works ; bills of exchange had been given to contractors, which were approaching or had arrived at maturity ; considerable debts were due to bankers and other parties in London, whe were ur gently pressing for the repayment of their advances; the credit of the company was entirely destroy e d , an the ruin of the whole property imminent. Th ere was no alternative but to make an immediate call, w hi c h was responded to by 54 , 390 shares out of about 79,000 shares in the hands of the public. The sum actu ally received from this call, less the interest, is 97,9021. which has all been absorbed by the pressing wan ts of the undertaking. The large amount of arrears is si n s peratively necessary for the payment of the works in progress, and they urgently recommend these arrears to be immediately discharged. Mr. J. Locke, civil en gineer, who has inspected the railway and the district through which the line is intended to pass, deems it ne cessary to provide a sum to complete the undertaking, with all its appliances, nearly identical with that which the company have the power to receive from future calls, front the obligations not yet issued, and from the return of the remaining caution money. They are of opinion that the portion of the line, thirty five miles in length, between Brussels and Namur, will have a considerable traffic upon it, and that it will be much above the mileage average of 2,5001. per mile now received on the Belgian States lines. The new direc tors believe that there are sufficient elements of suc cess to warrant them in recommending the shareholders, by a prompt and effectual support of an efficient administration, to rescue their property from its present position. They strongly recommend that the energies of the company be for the present confined to the making of the main line of railway. They re commend the whole beard to place their seats at the disposal of the proprietors, in order that proper per sons may be elected. Since the 31st of December, 1853, there has been paid about 270,0001. for works, land, &c., irrespective of a further sum of 20,0001. which has been deposited as caution money on the Grand Junction lines. The share capital appears to be repre sented by about 90,000 shares of 201. each, 121. called up, and the bond capital, 120,000 bonds of 41. each. These Matters are in course of investigation. There are 8,960 shares in the company's hands, against an advance of 58,000/. from the company's funds, and it is probable the money will not be forthcoming. Should this anticipation be realised, .they recommend the shareholders to authorise the distribution rateably of the 8,960 shares among the proprietors who have paid the last call of 2/., upon payment to the com pany of a similar sum per share on their allotment. Appended to the roper!: is an historical account of the share capital. It appeared that, of the 142,436 shares upon which the deposit of 2/. per share had been paid in 1845, only 36,902 remained after the third call was made, and 71. paid, the remainder of the shares hav ing been forfeited. On the 21st of July, 1848, the board determined to issue bonus shares to all holders of shares who bad paid up their calls to 71. ; every holder of five such shares might, on application and payment of 1/. per share, receive one share of 101, written up as paid. 5,839 101. shares were issued for this purpose, on which was paid 1/. On the 31st of Oct., 1848, the directors created a number of 101. shares, and bad them sold in the market for what they would fetch. In the course of three years 18,788 of these 101. shares were sold, on the average, for 365. 6d. per share, and produced 33,868/. 7 the nominal value being 187,8801. In 1849 the board ordered 3,000 10/. paid shares to be created for secret service. These shares were sent to Mr. J. Ashwell, at Brussels, to be there issued to various influential persons in Belgium, for the pur pose of securing their suppor'. No money was paid to the company for these 3,000 shares, but in their books 5,92 1 was entered as b it g rec ived f r th m and placed per co,,tra to the fano ei ig accounts : Works and engineering, 1,500/. ; land and Compensa tion, 1.925/. ; law charges, 2,500/. ; total, 5,9251. Of 60,000 Six per Cent. guaranteed shares created 42 ; 329 shares were issued to the proprietors ; 5,000 at 51. (25,0001.) to Sir W. Magnay, in connexicn with the Grand Junction Railway ; and 9,000 were disposed of in 1854 ; leaving 3,671 in the hands of the secretary. The accounts to the 31st of December, 1853, showed that 1,C93,1891. had been received in various way., and 1,064,1511. expended, leaving a balance of 29,0371. MAJOR GLAZBROOK.—We are happy to be able to correct an announcement of the death of Captain (now Major) Glazbrsok, of the 49th Regiment, which ap peared in the Daily News. Accounts from Constanti nople state that on the sth the gallant major was progressing favourably at Scutari. THE IRISH MILITIA.—An order has issued from the authorities to have the Kerry Regiment embodied. Major Verner, of the Queen's Royal Antrim Rifles, issued orders, on the 12th inst., in conformity with in structions from the Secretary at War, for the immediate embodiment of the volunteers already enrolled. THE POST-OFFICE AT BALAELAVA.—A. priVal 0 COT respondent at Malta writes : " I h .ve been informed by officers just returnei from the Crimea, that on apply ing at the post office at Balaklava for newspapers, they were desired to enter a large re out, and take their choice, as they had no time to sort them, and from the immense number accumulated together, this is an Her culean labour, and it generally results in the party taring off the ens s'opes of a number of any that comes first to hand. This will account for so many miscarrying." CHRISTMAS IN THE CRIMEA.—WO are gratified in being able to announce that Mr. Edward Churchill, of the resources s o e f of making and supp l y in g our troo p s with plum-pud dingse C hi a g lv s e p r l l e e n y d H id ot e e s l ta , b T i n is n m b e r n id t g i e n , r h e a ci s uis p i u ti t on th for to the number of 160, and which, when cut into ha ir poun da, will enable several thousands to partake of that cheer wi thout which an En g lishman's Christmas is no t complete, and we believe it is his intention to remit to Cheltenham orders that the same course may be adopted in his establishment there.—Sussex Express. --- CAMBRIDGE PARCEL FOR THE CRIMIA.—A. collection of left-off wearing apparel and other useful articles has just been made by the members of the Uni vers ity, for our brave countrymen in the hospit a l at S cuta ri Nightingale. g2os wons or dressingtf ic l le i s is : 3 .-- ; a B a ct and waistcoats followingc cons oat s i ga7nrat leendwaistcoats, r e e l 5a 265 tr o fi n a a n ' r e n r h e s e l , 140 shirts, 110 pairs of stock ings, 42 pairs of shoes, 40 caps. Several dozen pairs of gloves, muffete e s, handkerchiefs,. &c. 31 packets of tobacco, and some cigars ; 1 box of pipes, 6 packets of cocoa, and some tea ; 480 volumes of light literature, several bibles and prayer books ; a surplice, and 1 King's scholar'S-gown. The whole were received and packed by Messrs. Metcalfe, and Bulstrode, in nine large cases, weighing together upwards of one ton, and forwarded on Wednesday last by the Eastern Counties Railway Company, who kindly conveyed them to London free.— Cambridge Chronicle. P RISO NERS OF W A R.—A copy of the Convention be tween her Majesty and the Emperor of the French re specting prisoners of w ar, si g ned at London May 1 0, 1854, was laid befo re Parliament a few days .ago. It contains five articles. The first article provides that the prisoners made in the course of the present war shall be divided equally between and that whenever the two countries, w henever one of the two countries shall have maintain ed gre ater number of prisoners , a n account of the exc ess o f shall be ren dered a - expenditure every three month s , and repayment be made of the half of the amount by the Government of the other country. Depots esta. blished for prisoners in any foreign country are to be supported by both the Governments. As regards the exchange of prisoners, no distinction is to be made be tween the respective subjects of the two Governments who may have been captured, but their liberation is to be stipulated, except in special cases, according to the priority of the date of their capture. The fifth article refers to the ratification of this convention, which took place in• London on the 20th of May last. THE WRECK OF THE CHARLOTTE . —Captain Affieck . late of the Charlotte, from London and Cork for Cal cutta, with troops, wrecked in Algoa Bay in September last (as previously reported in The Stun), landed at Deal last Friday morning from the ship Shepherdess, reports his son, chief officer, steward, and butcher, and three of the ship's company saved ; 113 souls lost ; saved. 5 offs. cers, 102 men, and five women, of 27th Regiment. . A PLURALIST.—The Rev. C. A. Thurlow, who has just been appointed to the c hancellorship of Chester diocese, has at present on his hands the duties of the tollowiug offices :—Rector of . Malpas (worth 1,0001. a year), prebendiary o f York Cathedral, rural dean of Malpas, canon of Chester, and chaplain to the Archbishop of Canterbury. THE CRIMEAN ARMY FUND.—The committee of the Crimean Army Fund have freighted a steamer to con vey var ious articles of nec essi ty an d com f o rt to the troops in the Crimea. They comprise beer, wine, spirits, bacon, preserved meats, soups and vegetables, tobacco, arrowr oot, soap, stationery, ironmongery, books, &c. among the latter are 10,000 volumes collected and pre. seated by Mr, Albert Smith. s- - 2 3 I 33 1 2i