The Sun. — London, England, 1853-12-02 00:00:00

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The market closed heavily without any change in prices. The sales com prised 4,000 American, 200 Egyptian, at 51d. to 7 0.; 700 Surat, at 3d. to 4id.; and 10 Sea Island, at 2s. per lb. Railway Shares were very dull. Operations in Colonial Produce have this week been influenced by the position of the money mar ket, and they have been almost exclusively for im mediate requirements. Sugar has been firmly held, although buyers do not offer such full rates. In coffee very little has been done, but prices gene rally are firm. Tea has been animated, the news from China causing speculation in anticipation of an advance. Rice has declined, tallow is firm, and cochineal and jute are rather cheaper. Iron has receded. Cotton has been dull. Referring to the state of the Dried Fruit Trade at Liverpool, Messrs. Houghton and Levy remark of currants as follows : "The quality of 1853 fruit to hand at this market is better than was anticipated, several parcels now landing are superior to any of last year's production and do not bear such strong appearances of the disease. The dull ness which has lately prevailed in the fruit market gene rally, and in which currants have so much participated, and so unusal at this period of the year, will, we fully anticipate, be presently followed by a sudden reaction as Christmas advances, and evident signs are, the last few days, visible in the London clearances, but high prices and large crops of English green fruits have hitherto Considerably interfered with the consumption of other descriptions. The arrivals consist of about 550 tons of 1852 and 1853 fruit, and the clearances for home con sumption and export reach 110 tons, against 45 in the previous month, but we were then without any exports." The condition of the Silk Market is thus de scribed by Mr. Henry W. Eaton : "As might be expected, our market has continued comparatively quiet during the last month, there is therefore little to add to the annexed statistics, which it will be seen still shew a large delivery. In Chinas some further business has been done in Tsatlees and Tay- Imams. In Cantons also a few small parcels have been taken, chiefly of the coarser descriptions, for export as well as home consumption. The expected early arrival, however, of the "Challenger" and "Nightingale," bringing a large portion of the silk known to be on the Way, has naturally induced buyers to hold back until these silks are fairly on the market, which will be the case in the course of a week, when I think a re sumption of a fair current business may be expected. The advices from Shanghai by the mail just in, are only a few days later than those reported on the 14th ult., and merely state that the insurgents still held posses sion, and that no more silk had come down from the interior. In Bengals, the finest descriptions have been rather neglected, owing in some degree to the suspen sion of the demand for export, and may be quoted lower. The good B and C sizes still sell readily, but the com mon qualities of native silk, which are at the moment inferior even for sort, may be bought at easier rates. In Brutias and Persians there is scarcely a transaction to report. In Italian silk a few throwns have been sold at a reduction, but in raws there is little alteration." In the Bankers' Magazine for December wegob serve a well-timed article upon " Stock Exchange Defaulters." The writer treats the matter in a proper spirit ; for while making every allowance for those unavoidable losses and misfortunes which may overtake even the comparatively prudent when once engaged in speculation, he draws a pro per distinction between the mere non-payment of " differences" arising therefrom, and breaches of trust as between broker and client. The immediate occasion of this prominent notice of the subject is the case recently brought before the Court of Al dermen, where a stockbroker who had failed, or at least been " involved" by his time dealings, no less than four times, received considerable sums from various parties for the purpose of investing them, but applied them to his own use. The unfortunate sufferers may well lay their loss at the door of the Stock Exchange Committee, which allowed Mr. Le Grand, the defaulter in question, to remain a member after three times failing, with out instituting stricter inquiries into his means, habits of business, and private speculations. Usually they are not so lenient, as it is well known that great difficulty exists in obtaining re-admission to the " house" even after one failure. We hope the lesson, in this instance, will not be lost upon the " proper authorities." There is a very satisfactory change in the appear ance of the English Stock Market, and although the business doing is not extensive, greater buoy ancy prevails. The fact that no advance was made yesterday in the rate of discount, and the hope that the decrease in the bullion may not prove so large as was anticipated, have had a; good effect, and as the settling day approaches, it would appear that the " contango" gets smaller, being nowl-16 to only. Consols have been 94i to 95 for Transfer, 94 a to 95 for the Account, and 941 to 95k for January. The New 31 per Cents. have been 95 to 954, and the 3 per Cents. 93 to Bank Stock is steady at 217, and India Stock at 250 to 253. Exche quer Bills are 3s. to Gs. premium, being still rather heavy. Foreign Stocks are very quiet, and for the most part only nominal. Russian 5 per Cents. have been at 111 to 111 i, being steady. Sardinian Bonds are quoted 89, Dutch 24 per Cents. 64, and the Four per Cents. 95i. Railway Shares have been better in most cases, but Great Northern are an exception, having dropped a little. Lancashire and Yorkshire, Mid land South Eastern, and Caledon ian are all hi g her. Belgian Shares are dull, though firm, and French very quiet. The Gold Mine Shares are neglected, and there is not much doing in the Joint Stock Banks. The Australian Agricultural Land Shares are 1/. to 2/. higher. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY. (Prom the Official List.) Business done Bank Stock ... ..... 217 3 per Cent. ReClrced Annuities 934 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 944 6 5 47,- 5 New 31 per Cent. Annuities 95 Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 India Stock 250 3 India Bonds, £lOOO .....•.,•••• • ...... ••••••••• Ditto, under £lOOO par Consols for Account Exchequer Bills, id. £lOOO ......................... £5OO 6 3 p Small 6 3 p PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. — Ditto New, 1852, 41 per Cent Mexican 3 per Cent. Portuguese Bonds, 4 per Cent 4l Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent. £St lll 811 Ditto 4} per Cent Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent... .... . Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent 45 5i Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch Exchange, 2 per Cent. 12 Gull CA Ditto 4 per Cent. Certifieates . ... THREE O'CLOCK. Consols 944 5 Ditto December Account 94i 5 LONDON AND VIRGINIA GOLD AND COPPER MINING COMPANY.—A meeting of the London and Virginia Gold and Copper Mining Company was held yesterday, when a report of the preliminary proceedings was adopted. The property to be worked is the Eldridge Mine, the amount of purchase-money being 5,0001., with a further interest to the vendors after stipulated returns shall have been secured. The balance in hand. exclusive of the amount to be paid for the mine, is stated at 7,9801., which the directors anticipate will be suffi cient, without any further call, to develope the under taking. Economy has hitherto been exercised in the general expenditure. FINANCIAL AFFAIRS of RIISSIA.—It appears that the amount to be remitted to this country by Russia for dividends, &c., during the next four months will pro bably be from 300,0001. to 400,0001., or nearly one-half the total which has just been summarily removed. The two Russian loans known in the London market are the Five per Cents. of 1822, for 6,500,0001. ; and the Four and-a-Half per Cents. of 1850, for 5,500,0001., of which latter 220,0001. has been redeemed. The proportion of the former still held in this country cannot be ascer tained, but it is supposed to be large. The half-yearly dividends on the two fall due respectively on the Ist of January and the Ist of March next, and will amount to about 280,0001., while a further sum of 110,0001. is re quired in January for the annual withdrawal of 2 per oent, of the loan of 1850, according to the conditions of he contract. The aggregate funded debt of Russia, home and foreign, is estimated at about 50 , 000 , 00 01. THE ALLEGED MADER Alt DEPTFORD.—Last night N IL W. Payne, the coroner, and the jury, assembled far the third time at Guy's Hospital, to pursue the inquiry into the circumstances attending the death of Thomas Brosnahan, alleged to have been murdered at Deptford, by Russian sailors, on Tuesday, the 22d ult. The prin cipal facts of this case have already appeared, and the evidence yesterday was only in corroboration of the pt e vious evidence. The jury, after a short consultation, u nanimously returned P. verdict of mansl ,ughter against Gustoff Brunel, Andreas Alkola, and Hovi Gustoff Khronolma. TRH ROYAL SOCIETY.---The anniversary of this society was held on Wednesday, the Earl of Rosse, president, in the chair. His lordship delivered his annual address, after which the Copley medal was presented to M. Dove, of Berlin, for his work on the distribution of he a t ove r 1 1 2 . e surfa ce of the ear th ; an d the Royal me d a l t o M r . Charles D arw i n, the eminent natura li st, for his works 4°,l l natural history an d geo l og y. After th e meet i ng ne.fellows o f th e society and their f r i en d s di ned together at t h e Freemasons' Taverns the Earl of Rosse, presi "nt' tie chair. . LAW INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY). COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner G-oulburn.) FAILURE OF AN EX-UNDER-SHERIFF. -IN RE SEAGRIN. This bankrupt was described as of Winchester, scri vener, and had been under-sheriff for Hampshire. To day was appointed for his last examination. Mr. Bagley appeared on behalf of Shelley, Esq , the high sheriff, and claimed to be allowed to examine the bankrupt as to monies received by him in his ca pacity of under-sheriff on behalf of the Crown. No proof was tendered, but an affidavit was made by Mr. Simmons, the present under sheriff, that a debt was due. His Honour held that the learned counsel had no locus standi to examine a bankrupt in order to make out a debt. Mr. Bagley made a nearly similar application on be half of Lady Mildmay, to whom bankrupt had been land steward and agent, and he had rendered an account as being indebted to the amount of 1,2661., but it was expected that he was indebted in a much larger amount. In this case also his Honour overruled the applica tion, as it amounted almost to filing a bill of discovery ; but the parties might com e before the court under its original jurisdiction by petition or motion. Mr. Lawrance, for bankrupt, appled for an adjourn ment, as Messrs. Hart, Brothers, the accountants, had not been able to make out the accounts, in consequence of the books being taken by the solicitor to the assig nees to investigate, and the accounts were very compli cated. The solicitor to the assignees consented, and the ad journment took place. IN RE SHIELDS. This bankrupt was described as of Lime-street, mer chant, and to-day was appointed for choice of assignees. The preliminary accounts prepared by Messrs. Robin son and Knowles, shows, Dr., 3,6911. 10s. 4d. The as sets are likely to be considerable, but depend on the re sult of consignments to the Brazils and South Ameriea. SECONDARIES' COURT. (Before Mr. Secondary Potter.) THE LAW PROPERTY ASSURANCE COMPANY V. GUNNEL. This was a writ of inquiry to assess damages on a bond, given to secure a sum of money advanced to de• fendant. There were several sureties, but the company only proceeded against defendant as the principal. The sum claimed was 241.—0ne quarter's instalment and interest—and the jury gave a verdict for that sum. SMITH V. JACKSON.- COLLISION ON THE RIVER. The plaintiff is the owner of the Alpha collier, and defendant is a licensed Trinity pilot, and the action was brought to recover damages sustained by a collision with the Camden trader, which was under the pilotage of the defendant, who, as pilot, was responsible for the da mage. Defendant suffered judgment to go by default. Mr. Ritchie, one of the members of Lloyd's, surveyed the ship, and considered that the charge of 811. lls. 6d. for repairs was a fair charge, and 181. 18s. for six days' demurrage was also fair. He considered the charges rather under, as the damage was occasioned by pure accident. The jury made a deduction from the demurrage, and gave a verdict for 951. CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Justice Talfourd). EXTRAORDINARY CASE. A youth named Robert Prescott, aged 16, described as a box maker, was indicted for feloniously sending to Louisa Weston a letter demanding of her the sum of 71. 10s., with menaces, and without any reasonable or probable cause for so doing. The prisoner, who was re spectably dressed, pleaded not guilty. Mr. Robinson appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Giffard for the defence. The prosecutrix was the keeper of an eating house in Finch-lane, in the City, called "Louisa's Chop House," and some short time ago she received a letter written in a large schoolboy hand, demanding the sum mentioned in the indictment. The first part of the letter was in these terms : " Madam, I am truly sorry to trouble you, but I am much in want of a little money. Now the fact is, I know your secrets, and unless you wish to be made the laughing-stock of your waiters, and to be made a thing to be despised by those who do not sell their virtue, you will send me 71. 10s. I have spent more than a hundred times the amount in your house, and if you send me the money I promise you that it shall be faithfully returned within three weeks. You need be under no apprehension that this demand will be repeated, as it is my intention to sail for America in a short time, but if you seek to find me out you shall rue it before to-morrow's sun sets." The letter then proceeded to specify the manner in which the money was to be sent. It was to be made up into a small parcel, and directed to "Mr. Jackson, at the Criterion Coffee-house, Borough." This letter had not the desired effect on Mrs. Weston, for instead of complying with the request it contained she called in the police, and consulted them as to what she should do in the matter. They advised her to send the money, and then the guilty party, whoever it was, would fall into their clutches. She did so, and in the evening, when the prisoner presented himself at the Criterion Coffee-house to demand the parcel, it was handed over to him by a policeman in plain clothes, and he was in duced to sign a receipt for it. Immediately afterwards he was made acquainted of the situation in which he had placed himself, and was told that he must consider him self in custody unless he could give some satisfactory ex planation of his conduct. He said he would do so at once, as the fact was, he had been made the tool of a man who was waiting for him at Kennington Church, and he asked the officer to go there with him. The offi cer consented to do so, but when they got there no such man was to be found ; and the prisoner now shifting his *round, declared that he had been kept so long at the coffee-house that the man had gone away in the belief that he would not return, or that the parcel had not been sent. He admitted having written the letter, but he did so at the earnest entreaty of the man, who told him that lie had lost hundreds of pounds and his charac ter in the prosecutrix's house, and he was anxious to get to America, where he hoped to retrieve his lost reputa tion by pursuing an honest course of life, instead of in dulging in gambling propensities. The man added, that he was afflicted with St. Vitus's dance in the right hand, which incapacitated him from holding a pen, or he would not have troubled him to write the letter. The prisoner still persisted in this story, but the jury were not more disposed to believe it than the police, and without hesitation they at once found him guilty of the offence imputed to him, but recommended him to mercy on account of his youth. It appeared that up to the present charge the prisoner had borne an unimpeachable character, his mother being a respectable, hard-working woman, and his friends were at a loss to accour-t for his writing the letter. The Court sentenced him to be imprisoned in the House of Correction for six months, directing that the first and last week of the term should be in solitary confinement. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. - (THIS DAY.) EXTRAORDINARY DELUSION.—Captain James Goold, a tall gentlemanly-looking man, with a most melancholy expression of countenance, was brought before Mr. Hard wick, charged with being a wandering lunatic, dangerous to the public at large, wandering in Regent-circus, in the parish of Saint James's. The accused, who is evidently of unsound mind, and who for some time has been labouring under very strange delusions, was formerly in the 11th Regiment of Foot, and in order to test the state of his mind, two detective officers were deputed to watch him, and, if necessary, to take him into custody, and bring him before the magis trate, so that evidence might be produced by persons who were well acquainted with the defendant as to the soundness or unsoundness of his mind. Sir Michael Craigh and Colonel Champorey were in attendance in the magistrate's room. Sergeant Lockyer, of the detective force, on being sworn, said—About 7 o'clock last night, I saw Captain Goold in Regent-circus, Piccadilly, and from his manner saw that he was very excited ; he twisted his umbrella about, and struck it on the ground in a very excited state. I followed him with Sergeant Smith up Regent street. He kept on looking about him as if to observe if any one was following him. I then missed him, and at about half-past seven o'clock I saw him come out of No. 2, Suffolk-place, Pall-mall. He wandered about till he came to Waterloo-place, when he went and stood in a doorway. I then took him into custody and con veyed him to the station. He said people were per secuting him and endeavouring to ruin him. Mr. George Hillas Armstrong, surgeon, 39, Duke street, St. James's, said defendant lodged in the same house with me in March, 1851. I met him on the stairs, and he charged me with being - in his room. I told him I had not. He said I had been looking over his shoulder, and that a number of people were annoying him, and putting combustibles into the fire. I assured him it was not the case, and he became calm. At that time I took him to be not capable of managing his own affairs. Mrs. Beverley—l live at 2, Suffolk-place, Pall-mall. Capt. Goold came to lodge with me in February last. While he was in my house, he said a monstrous system of persecution had been dealt out to him in my house— that be had spies over him, and that the Queen, Prince Albert, the Duke of Cambridge, and Lord Bentinck were pursuing that system of persecution in order to get possession - of his writings. He also said persons were placed in the house to steal his papers—that the salt bad ground glass in it, and had a most fearful effect on his health. His conversation was rambling and uncon nected. I had several otherconversations w►th him always to the same effect. He broke the panel of the door, and knocked a hole in the wall. On the first of November last be left. I since decided that he was a lunatic in two points-- religion and politics. Mr. A. T. Balderson, surgeon, Poland-street, said— I am of opinion from what I have heard and seen, that defendant is of unsound mind. Defendant said—l am in a very peculiar position, and was not aware so many persons would be produced against me. Last night I was coming out of an hotel in Piccadilly, when I was arrested. I asked by what authority I was arrested, when I was taken to the station-house. It was a singular thing my perception was so strong that I recognised who the officers were at the first glance. Mr. Hardwick said the course he intended to pursue was out of a kindly feeling towards the unfortunate gen tleman. He had good reason to think that his (Capt. Goold's) mind was not in a fit state for him to be at large, and he (Mr. Hardwick) proposed to remand him till to-morrow. The defendant, in great excitement, protested strongly against such a course being pursued, contending that the magistrate had no power to detain him.. He oven• tually became more calm, and was removed. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 2, 1853. MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) &EARN MARKETS-(THIS DAY). CORN EXCHANGE. BRITISH RAILWAYS. Fresh up to-day, the receipts of home-grown wheats, coastwise and by land-carriage, were on a very moderate scale ; hence, the show of samples was limited. The de mand, however, for all kinds, owing to the large arrivals of flour from New York, both here and at Liverpool, ruled heavy, and Monday's pikes were barely supported. Upwards of 17,000 quarters of foreign wheat have come in this week, and the supply on the market to-day was good. All kinds sold slowly ; but we have no material change to notice in the quotations. Floating cargoes were neglected. Holders of barley were somewhat firmer than on Mon day, but no improvement took place in prices. There was only a moderate sale of malt, on former terms. Good old oats were scarce, and the turn dearer. New qualities moved off slowly, at Monday's decline. Beans, peas, and flour were dull. ARRIVALS THIS WEER. Barley. I Malt. 1,560 1,520 GOO 17,2.0 I 3,050 I English .. Irish •• • • Foreign .. Wheat. 1,510 Oath. Flour. 310 1,480 1,000 5,360 , 2,0'0 sks 10,000 brl SMITHFIELD. The supply of beasts on offer in to-day's market was very moderate, and of inferior quality. Most breeds were in fair request, and Monday's advance in the quotations was well supported. Sheep- the numbers of which were by no means large—were steady, on former terms. The primest old Downs sold at 5d per 81bs. The supply was limited. Pigs moved off steadily, on former terms. Mitch cows were dull in sale, at from 14/. to 19/. each, including their small calf. Per Sibs to sink the offals. s. d. s. d.' Inferior Beasts.... 3 0 to 3 4 Second quality.... 3 6 3 10' Prime large oxen 4 0 4 4 Prime Scots, dzc. 4 6 4 8 Inferior Sheep ...3 0 3 4 Second quality ...3 6 4 2 Prime crse.-wlled.4 4 4 6 s. d. s. d• Prime Southdown 410 5 2 Large crse. calves 3 8 4 4 Prime small d 0... 4 6 410 Large hogs 3 4 4 0 Small porkers 4 2 410 Sucklingcalves ..21 0 28 0 Quarter old pigs 20 0 26 0 TOTAL SUPPLY. Beasts .: .......... 1,116 Sheep ... • • .• 4,940 Calves .. • • ........ •.• • .. 210 Pigs .•••••.•••. • • • .• • • • • 340 FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts ........ . 360 Sheep .................... 5.0 Ca1ve5...........• .. ...... 140 NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. An average business was transacted, at fully Monday's currency. _ Per Sibs by the carcase. s. d. s. d. Beef, inferior 2 8 3 0 Do., middling 3 2 3 6 Do., prime large 3 8 3 10 Do., do. small 4 0 4 2 Pork, large 3 4 4 0 s. d. s. d. Mutton, Inferior 2 10 3 6 Do., middling 3 8 4 2 Do. prime 4 4 4 8 36 4 8 Pork, small 4 2 4 10 1 Veal BOROUGH HOP. Our market is very moderately supplied with all kinds of hops, the inquiry for which is in a sluggish state, at last week's prices. The imports are 307 bales from Ostend, 544 ditto from Hamburgh, 3 ditto from Rotterdam, and 194 ditto from Antwerp. The following are the prices : New Mid and East Kent pockets, 141. lOs to 201. Os ; new Weald of Kent ditto, 11/. 15s to 13/. 13s ; and new Sussex ditto, 101. Os. to 121. per cwt. COLONIAL. SUGAR.—There has been a firm market for British Plan tation, and publicly, Bardadoes has realised 33s to 38s 6d for low mid to fine, and 32s for inferior. Demerara, goo brown, sold at 32s to 32s 6d, and mid at 33s to 33s 6d. East India—Mauritius has been heavy, and only a portion of the small quantity offered by auction found buyers, and brown was taken in at 275, and some other samples were sold at 33s 6d. Bengal has .been rather dull of sale also. Cossipore was taken in at 40s to 41s, fine yellow, less hold grain, was sold at 38s 6d. to 395. Low yellowish white Benares at 365, mid to good yellow at 32s to 34s 6d, and grey at 30s 6d to 31s 6d, ord to good brown was taken in at 27s to 29s Gd. Madras partly found buyers, damp common brown to mid yellow, at 28s 6d to 31s. Foreign—Cuba at auction went rather cheaper, low to good heavy brown, 318 to 32s Gd., and low to good grey and yellow, 33s to 358 6d. Havana was taken in above the value, mid to good brown, 33s to 355. and mid good grey and yellow, 358 to 38s 6d. Pernambuco partly sold at 35s Gd to 37s Gd for low to good white, and at 34s to 355. Gd. for mid to good bright yellow. Refined brown lumps have been in request, at 448, and grocery at 40s to 51s. COFFEE.—There has been a tolerably firm but an inac tive market for most descriptions in the absence of public sales. Some plantation Ceylon has been taken for export at full rates privately, and by auction GOs 6d to 62s have been paid for good mid. Native has been firm at 67s for good ord, being the previous quotations. Holders have not pressed sales. Mocha has realised 77s to 80s for good fair to long berry. Cocon.—There has been a slight decline, Trinidad sell ing at 31s to 32s for mid grey and red. Grenada brought 27s 6d to 31s for mid grey to good dark red. RlCE.—Madras has been held firmly for parcels afloat. Bengal has been lower with little doing. RUM. —The demand has been limited, but there is no change in prices. COTTON.—Business has been inactive. Surat has been sold at 2Rd to 20 per lb. COCHINEAL.—The latest sales have been in Teneriffe blacks at 5s to 5s 4d, silvers at 4s 9d to 4s lid, Honduras silvers, mixed to good pea grained, 4s 3d to 5s id, and Mexican silvers 4s 5d to 4s Gd. _ TALLOW.—This article has been firmer, P.Y.C. having advanced to 56s 3d to 56s 6d per cwt, on the spot. TEA.—The transactions have been more limited within the last two days, but still a good business has been done at is 3:ld per lb for common congou. GREEN FRUIT.—The arrivals have consisted of three cargoes of oranges from St. Michael, two from Terceira, one from Fayal, vid Bristol and railway, a cargo of Lisbon, per steamer. The Fayal, and portiop of the latter, sold by Keeling and Hunt, at public sale, went at a reduction of 2s per box. Several cargoes of Messina lemons have ar rived, which has caused a reduction in the price. Black Spanish nuts have further advanced 2s per barrel. Sellers of Barcelona at 475., the high price of the latter has checked the demand. The grapes, from Malaga and Almeria are landing out of condition, sound parcels are in request. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, Dec. 2. —Wind this day at noon, E. ; light breeze, and fine weather. There were 7° of frost last night. Coax, Nov. 30.- -Wind, S.W. Arrived—lneomparavel, St. Übes. SHIELDS, Dec. I.—Wind, N.W. Arrived—William Skee, Cronstadt. Sailed—Adrian, New York; Elizabeth Hamilton, do. ; Philip, do. • Adeline, do. HULL, Dec. I.—Wind, S.W. Arrived—Urania, Richi bucto ; St. Jacob, Quebec. GLOUCESTER, Dec. I.—Arrived—Alas, St. John; Revel, Quebec ; Rover's Bride, do. WEXFORD, Dec. I.—The Teign, of Torquay, from Glas gow, was ashore on Tacomsham Strand; does not appear to be much injured, t at lies badly ; crew saved. HULL, Dec. I.—The Woodhouse reports having been in contact with a sere steamer ; supposed to be the Marshall, from Hamburg to this port, which has not yet arrived. PORTSMOUTH, Dec. I.—Wind, S.S.E. to E.S.E. Ar rived—Morning Star, Ceylon. Off port—Agricola, Syd ne, N.S.W. PLYMOUTH, Dec. I.—Wind, E.S.E. Arrived—Eagle. London for New Zealand ; Baudywine, New York, for Havre. Sailed—Sir Thomas Gresham, Adelaide ; Hope, Coast of Africa. WAINFLEET, Dec. I.—The Helen Maria, of Bath, St. John's, N. 8., to Hull, is on shore at Theddlethorpe, and discharging part of her cargo ; expected off this night's tide. The Equator, Quebec to Hull, came on shore at North Somercotes, but got off with the tide. BRIDLINGTON, Dec. 2.—(per Elec. Tel.)—The Sir Ed ward Hamilton, from St. Petersburg, is on the rocks on the north side of Flambro' Head, and likely to become a total wreck. GRIMSBY, Dec. I.—The Glory, from Carlsund to Lon don, put in here to day with damage, having run down the Orion, from Agger Canal to London ; crew of the Orion saved and landed here by the Orion. MALAGA, Nov. 21.—The Columbus , from Torevie j a to Frederickschaid, put in here, Nov. 21, making much water, and will have to discharge to be hove down and repaired. PARIS, Dec. I.—The Don Juan, arrived at Havre, re aposrutsahkeanvinbgrigp,asaspedpa, r N en o t v ly . l A 6 m ., e i r n ic l a a n t : 44 0 f N. o lo u n t g 2 . 00 47 ta W ns . : with six windows painted on stem, round-house standing, masts, tackle, and boats gone, two anchors and a patent windlass on board; appeared to have been previously boarded. SWANSEA, Dec. I.—Wind, S.W. Arrived—Henrietta, from Cuba. CLYDE, Nov. 30.—Wind, W. Arrived—Robins, from New York ; St. Mango, Picton ; Bannockburn, Quebec ; Gem, Ibrail. LOWESTOFT, Dec. I.—Wind, S. Arrived—Neptunus, from Frederischald, for London, with bows and bulwarks damaged, having been in contact with the Elizabeth Noore. FALMOUTH, Dec. 1.--Wind, S., strong. Arrived—Na varino, from Singapore ,• Lamorna, Alexandria. BRISTOL, Dec. I.—Wind, S.W. Arrived—Tonquni from New York; Titania, St. Michael's. Sailed—Porto Nova, Africa. PETERHEAD, Nov. 29.—Arrived—Venus, from Cron stadt, for thindee. SUNDERLAND, Nov. 30.—Wind, S.S.W. Arrived — Anna Cat. arina, from Quebec. Sailed—George Canning, for Carthagena. TAGANROG, Nov. 12.—The S. N. Nicolo, Marooff, with 444 chetw of wheat for the Tuscan brig Fausto ; and ti.e S.N. Nicolo Aivchaffsky, with linseed for the Belgian brig Petronella —have sunk ; the former is a total less, but about 70 chetw of linseed have been saved from the latter. DUNDEE, Nov. 30.—The Vesta, from Cronstadt, for this port, which got on shore on the Abertay Sand, Nov. 28, has become a total wreck. LEGHORN.—The Innocenza, of and for Naples, from Marseilles, was lost off the island of Giglei, Nov. 19 ; crew saved. RAMSAY (Isle of Man), Nov. 30.—The Baltic, from Miri michi to Liverpool, which.was stranded north Of this place, Nov. 25, has been put on shore, having had bowsprit and foretopmast carried away, and lost anchor and chains, by collision in the bay with the Woodbine, which has put in with loss of bowsprit, foremast sprung, and other damage. The Baltic has commenced discharging cargo. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY, 10.30 A.M. Wind S., moderate, and fine. Arrived—Genevieve, from Pernambuco ; John Bunyan, Bombay ; Penninghams, Alexandria. Put Back— Edward Johnstone, for Mobiba, having been in contact, off Holyhead, with the Wansfell, from Bombay; and Diana, for Africa, with loss of mainioom. (BY SUBMARINE AND EUROPEAN DEC. NDTELE 2, 10 TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, A.M. 20 17i 20 20 20 20 204 110 20 2 1d 11 li 2à - lid ii -- 15 3p 2 2 d 3 4 p p - —14 p 2i 3 p 2 —li d P 11 —14 d ..• - .d 10i 11 2 2 ld p - 8 - 8i 34i .7- 34i ... - 7i -- Sixd 16i -- 16ip 41 43 32i 33 2 4 p id par 19 20 par— 1F 1 - 9i - 10 .- • . - 6 Id 4 = 3id 231 1 7i 81 lh 9i i 5 9 i i LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. „ Leasing Closing P r i c e s B us i ness Stir. Paid l ItAILWAT9. Coming . this day. this day. IA all Bedford and Ln.&N.W. Bletchley St. 100 Buckghamsh. L. &N.W. 101 103 102 3 / 4 50 all Clydesdale Jc. Caledon 51 52 St. 100 E.Lincoln. gr. 6p. cent Gt.Northn 143 146 145 25 all Glas. Barr. & Caldonian. Neils. Direct. 2; all Do. New Do. — 25 all Glstr.&Dn.Fr Clt.Westn. 30 32 100 all lirtlpl. Dk. & Yk. New. Railway & Berw.. 50 all Hull & Selby Y.&N.Md. 108 110 25 all Do. . 3 / 4 Shares Do ......... 54 65 12 3 / 4 all Do. Shares Do 2 63 27 3 / 4 12i all Lon.diGreenwlS.Eastern l3i 14 3 / 4 13 3 / 4 20 all Do.PreferencelDo 25 —26 St. 100 'Lowestoft g r.l 4 per cent...iNerfolk St. 100 , D o . 6 per ct...iDo — 53, all 'Maneh.l3xton.Ln.&N.W. and Matlock & Midld. 21 3 50 all Middlesbro' & Stcktou & Reilcar Darlingt. 100 all 'Miclld.Bradfd ;Midland... 99 101 50 all ;Northern and' Eastern sp.c.lE. Count.. 60 62 60 50 all Do. 6 per ct. !Do — 50 all Do.Fixedsp.clDo . _ 25 all Prest. & Wyre L. &I'S . W &LndiYk 12 3 / 4 ' 12 Do. ?; Shares. Do — St. 100 IRoyan.&llit.lGt.Northn 142 145 St. 100 IDo.Shepth.St. Do 142 145 25 18iShef. Roth. & Lancash.& Goole g .5. p. c Yorksh.•l d 12 9 3 / 4 ',3. Staffordsh.. Mrl.l..ele.fin 2 lid 50 all WearValleygr Stockt. & 6 per cent Darling. . 25 all Do Do 3oi --31} 011 St' 100 Wilts&Somrst Gt.Wostn 9B 100 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 40 all Australasia B3 85 40 all British Colonial Bank ... ... and Loan Company 50 all British N. American ... ... 20 2 Chrtd. link.of India, Austral., and China ,id idis 25 5 Chrtd. Bnk. of Asia. 1,1 idis 100 25 Colonial 100 20 Commercial of Lond ... ... 20 10 English Scottish and Australian Chrtd ll id 20 15 Loudon Chrtd. Buk of Australia i 1 p 50 20 London and County ... ... 50 10 Loudon Joint Stock ... ... 2GI G i 100 20 Lond.andWegtni?nst ... ... 100 35 National Provincial of England 20 10 Do. New — ... 50 22i National of Ireland ... ... 20 all New South Wales ... 25 all Oriental Bank Cor poration 100 25 Provincial of Ireland ... ... 491 10 all Do. New • ... 5 1 Royal Australn. Bkg and Gold Imp. Cb id— par 25 25 South Australia — ... 25 all Union of Australia 73 75 75 2. Do. Now % 8 i 50 10 Union of London 40 all ,Union of Madrid I ... ... MISCELLANEOUS. 5 5 I Aubin t,octi and Iron .. . . 25 ri Australian Agricult. 40 42 40A 40 lA 20 12 Australsn.Pcitic.Mail ~. ... 10 8 Australn. Royal Mail ... --... 10 2 Berlin Water Works.. . ... 50 38. Brit. American Land •65 70 5 1 Brit. & Coln. Smeltg. and Reduction Co ... ... 100 32i Canada Company _. 5 5 Crystal Palace li -_ 2 .. p 6i 5 2 Do. New li li 4 2 Crystal Pal. of France! ... ___ 20 3 Eastern Steam .. ... _ .. 25 20 ElectricTclegraph(A), 17 1.6 25 15 Do. (B) ' 12 11 1 1 Electric Tel. of Irel ... l5 14 Gen. Steam N av i ga t .. . ..• 20 18 General Scre w St eam . . . • 20 7i Irish Beet roo t S ugar . ... ••• all Nat. NNacttilePLlSdsteaLamnFd!l. .i i .i a . 2i 20 6 3flagdaleua St. Navig. „ •• • 10 1 Australasian.,. 21 — i i ; 2 IN. S.W. Coal & Inter -1 all N, B, A . N us a t y i 1 A Do. New ........... .... 50 5 allail P p e e e n l iii ß s l uia % La , r 20 10 Nrtli.ofEurop—eSteam cti M ic i n li tal ri. .. a . -- 1113 — r5l 39i 50 25 Do. 2 I all !Portland Iron Co i :.• -- ••• 100 6O Royal Mail Steam ..- ••• 1 1 all iScot.Austral.lnvest li — l c 25 25 South Austral. Land 35 ---- 1 all (Sub mar i ne T e l egra ph hd 1 ) 53 ar, ! 15 100 28 Van Di emen 's Land 114 CITY IMPROVEMESTS.—TRE NEIV STREET FROM CARET STREET TO FETTER -LANE.—Yesterday the plans and sec tions of the new street proposed to bo formed by the Metropolitan Improvement Commissioners from Carey. street to Fetter -lane, were deposited at the office of the Clerk of the Peace, SOSBions•house , Clerkenwell, and at tofParliament. a s wide as Fleet -street, with ith largestra i ght o gees th e d re q uired es ign shows h y t h t h e .t it A i c s the oth er intended to con houses on either side. The street line, and it is stated that it is intended to extend it to Farringdon-street on the east, and t o Long-acre on the west, passing through Clare-marke t , to effect which the course. There is no line will soon be sold. stree t must take a semicircular doubt but that the sites on th Amlikely ong the purchasers, it is Cor poration will appear, as the that the Scottish ilsiug 14.1 r a aa..a _ 0 . governors are desirous of 11 %0 1u 11A.av 2ozu 1 ,4;.., 0 .g g o thoruhfax ____ METROPOLITAN AND GENERAL FREE HOLD LAND SOCIETY. Last evening a very fully-attended meeting of the directors and shareholders in the Metropolitan and General Freehold Land Society was held at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street. The chief business of the evening was to ballot, for the ninth time, for 80 rights of choice of allotments on the estates possessed by this successful society--40 for those members who preferred the rotation list, and 40 from the ballot section. Shortly after the hour appointed, eight o'clock, the chair was taken by J. G. Philps, Esq. A great number of new shares having been taken up among the gentlemen present, and the usual routine business having been transacted, The CHAIRMAN rose, and said it gave him very great pleasure to witness such a numerous attendance that evening. In opening the business of the evening, it might be as well to inform the meeting that it was the intention of the directors to alter the number of rights of choice to be balloted for that evening from thirty, the number originally intended to be drawn, to forty— (cheers)—and it was the intention of the directors to use their utmost exertions to greatly increase that number on the next meeting of the shareholders. Gentlemen, said he, at this enterprising time it required something more than a bill thrust into the hand by the perambulating adver tiser, or animated sandwich, as he has been facetiously termed by one of our greatest writers—it required something more than this to induce the public to attend a meeting of this description. A society, in order to become worthy of the support of the public, must have existed for a time long enough to be come entitled to that support ; it must be well and widely known both as regards respectability and security beyond the mere handbill or advertisement. Englishmen at this time of day reasoned before they attended a meeting of this description ; they wished to ascertain what had b een done and what wasi ntended to be done, and having done so, in order the more fully to be satis fied, they determined to attend a meeting and judge for themselves whether such society was worthy to be con sidered as a safe and solid undertaki ng . It was with feel ings such as h e ( t h e Chairman) had just expressed that he i beheld the ve r y f u ll and respectable attendance n that room that evening. It showed most this society did p ossess t h at ingredient con Which lusively that to the support of th e thi n ki ng portion of c th en d e titl m e blic it . Gentlemen, one of the m any b enefits of freeholiciland societies was that it greatly extended the franchi se , and for this one fact alone they d eserved the most extended support. He (the Chairman) firmly believed and trusted that they would go on extending the franchise till the voice of every one would be heard and the power of every one felt. A movement few had contemplated had now taken place, and that movement he could at tribute to nothing but the spirit of fairness which pre vailed in freehold land societies, and in no society more so than in the Metropolitan and General Freehold Land , Society. (Cheers.) It was not in the nature of men, generally speaking, to attend at meetings of this desorip. tion without the hope of getting something— (laughter) —and he trusted that the greater part of those present that evening would not be disappointed. The great spirit of commerce had now entered into freehold land societies- -that commerce which caused a spirit of emula tion to exist in the bosom of the poorest as well as of the highest in the land—that commerce which induces the poor - iboy to spend his last 2d. to purchase a link in order to assist them in threading their way through a fog —(laughter) -he thinks he has made a good investment of his capital, though you, for whom he made the pur chase, may think otherwise. Now, when commerce had done all this, was it to be wondered at that it should creep into their society ? It might have occurred to some one pre sent to ask himself what benefit he would derive from being present at this meeting ; he would tell those who had thought so that, by joining this society, they were placing upon themselves the necessity of providing means to ob tain that which they would one day find to be the best investment they had ever made. Gentlemen, during the past year we have had 600 drawn rights. (Cheers.) That he (the chairman) considered something more than nothing. (Cheers.) He advised those shareholders who might be so fortunate as to obtain rights that evening to hold tight, and property that was at the present time worth only 3 or 4 per cent., would in a very short time realise at least from 10 to 12 per cent. In addition to the 600 drawn rights, the society had marked off 200, and the simple fact of so doing very plainly showed that the remainder stood a very good chance of soon obtain ing theirs. Their subscribed capital amounted to 15,0001. —(cheers)—and he only hoped the society might continue to receive the same amount of support as hitherto, and they would have nothing to complain of. He begged to thank the meeting for the patience with which they had listened to the few observations he had felt it his duty to make—(cheers)--and he would resume his seat by assuring the assembled shareholders that no exertions would be wanting on the part of the directors to further the general interests of the society. If any gentleman had any question to put to him respecting the society he would have great pleasure in answering him to the best of his ability. Mr. WEST, with the permission of the chairman, would like to make a few observations. With respect to the estate of the society situated at Barnes, he had great pleasure in informing the meeting that the whole of the drainage work had been completed. It had been very up-hill work for one of the directors, and he hardly knew how the society generally would be able to thank him. Nothing could be safer as an investment for saving than this society. They had had larger su ms d e p os it e d with them, and by this means they had been enabled to purchase property which would greatly benefit the whole of the shareholders. It was a well-established fact that there could not be a safer commodity for the in vestment of money than land. The estate lately pur chased by the society at Barnes was, in his estimation, quite equal to the estate situated at Stoke Newington, the property of the National Society. The manner in which the roads had been laid down had been the ad miration of all who had had the good fortune to see them, and those who had not he advised to lose no time, but go at once and satisfy themselves of the truth of his assertions. The CHAIRMAN then called for the appointment of three scrutineers, and said he would prefer having the names of three gentlemen who had not officiated before in that capacity, as fresh names in the detailed proceed ings of a society like theirs always looked b es t. ( Ch eers .) 11,1 r. Jesse Turner Mr. Crofts (of Croydon), and Mr. Thomason (of Wandsworth) were then appointed scruti neers, and the seals on the ballot-box having been veri fied and removed, the balloting for the eighty rights of choice then took place. At the termination of the drawing, The S ECRETARY announced the numbers as follows : 804, 791, 803, 798, 2943, 3127, 800, 810, 2385, 2576, 2886, 1643, 2418, 802, 2863, 2880, 808, 2078, 3029, 2737, 2911, 820, 805, 679, 815, 2470, 2468, 2908, 788, 813, 2952, 2020, 2443, 811, 2225, 1942, 814, 2444, 726, 790, 801, 807, 1647, 816, 678. 727, 2876, 2669, 729, 799, 2131, 3020, 730, 818, 320, 819,.3035, 2767, 797, 789, 3019, 2446, 809, 817, 2499, 677, 319, 806, 2484, 680, 796, 3104, 728, 2203, 3157, 812, 2581, 2358, 2028, and 2838. A vote of thanks was then given t o th e Ch a i rman, who briefly acknowledged the compliment in a neat speech, in which he passed a high eulogium on the assi duity of Mr. White, the secretary. The proceedings then terminated. CUSTOMS RETURN. Wind N.E., fine and frosty, two hours' flood. Arrived—Star (s), from Rotterdam ; Hanover (4), n o t. terdam_; Adonis (s), St. Petersburgh ; Neptune (s), H am . burgh. DEAL, FRIDAY, 9.18 Wind S., moderate, and fine. _ iassod— c raymouth Castle, from Calcutta, for London ; Cecilia Lorti6a, Arica, for London ; Rival, London, for Newport ; Mary Lyn, north, for Gibraltar. RAILWAYS. 100 Aberdeen Ambg. Nottng. Bost. & Eastn. Juno Belfast & Ballymena Birmng. Wolverh. & Stour Valley Birkenhd. Lancsb. Cheshire Junct Do. Chesh. & Birk., £5O & £25 Cons Do., Blyth & Tyne original £25 (iss. at £45) Bristol & Exeter— ICaledonian all !Chester & Holyhead all ( Cork and 13audon all 'Cork, Black. & Pass 1.0 ,Cornwall 45 Dublin&BelfastJune. all Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction ....... all Do. New all East Anglian (X 25 L. & E. & L. dr D.)..... all Do., (XlB E. & H.).. all 'Eastern Counties..... 100 ;EasternUnion,A.stk. 100 IDo., do. B 8i IDo,NewA(lateThirds) 100 !East Lancashire 100 3i 100 1 100 100 100 'Edinburgh & Glasgow Edinb. and Peebles 1 Edinb.Prth. &Dundee (Forth and ClydeJunc. Glasgow & S.Weatern Great Northern Stk Do., A. Stock IDo., B. Stock . ;Gt. Sth.&West.(lre. 'Great Western....... Irish South-Easters. Lancaster &Carlisle Do., Thirds Lancasn. &Yorkshiie Do., Fifths . ..... Do., Wet. Riding Un Leeds Northern Liv. Crsby. &So uthpt London & Blackwall Lond. Tilb. & Sthend. Lond. Bright. & S. Cst. London & N. Western Do. Fifths __ _ 1D0:,161.5h.,M&8...C1 Do. Eighths London & S.Western Do., X50. Do Landrry.&Coleraine Lndndrry. & Ennisk. Manch . Shef. &Lincln. Do., Man. &Lin. Un. Do. Birming. dr Derby Midland G.West.(lr.) Do. h Shares Newcastle &Carlisle.. Newmarket Do. Bury Extensions Newpt.Aberg.&Htfd Newry & Enniskillen N ew ry Warrenpoint & Rostrevor N0rf01k......... Northn. Counties Un North British North Devon, N 0.1., Do., No. ....... Dc., A Deferred Do., B Guaranteed North London N.& S. Wstn., Hamp stead, and City Jn North Staffordshire North Western N. & S. Westrn. June Nuneaton, Hinckley, and Leicester Oxford Worcester & Wolverhampton Portsmouth Scottish Central Scottish Midland Shrewsbury & Birmg Do., L. & N. Wcstn Guaranteed Stock Shrewsby. & Herefd Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor. W. Min.) Do. Halves, do Do. Oswestry Shropshire Union Do. A, B,C, &D, fully paid up at per cent. South Devon South Ea5tern......... South Wales.... S. Yorksh. River Dun Staines,Wok.,&Wok. Stockton & Darling Stockton & Hartlepl Taff Vale Do £lO shades Do. Pref., No. Thames Haven Dock and Railway Vale of Neath Waterfd. & Kilkenny Waterford&Limerick West Cornwall West End of London and Crystal Palace West London . Wmbledon &Croydon York Newctl. & Berw. Do. Extensions ; Do. G.N. E. Purchase York & N. Midland Closing Prices this dIU• 201 - 20 51- 51 9 - 10 12 10 al 17 - 19 5i - 40 - 98 551 -55 i 16 -- 17 , 14 -16 454 - 454 8 - 84 5i - 51 3t 4 12i- 13i 42 - 44 30 - 32 64 - 66 61 - 63 4 - 23& gi -- 66 58 -- 59 128 - 130 102 104 82,E —82 i 88 . -- 90 11 -12 p 66A 6d 13i -- 14 8k - 1 - lip 97 - 18 102 -102 i ip - 6P 76 78 12 11 d 11 9d 23 - 24 - --d 62i - 63 36' - 38 64 56 id par 41 - 40 24 3 6 8 51 53 3f 3i d 31 32 S— 10 - 51 6 -... 51d 8 85 par 2 p 38 - 39 j) - 91 56 - 57 60 - 62 55 8 0 2 lidis 14 16 7 8 U 12 3i 3id 15 -- 17 604 -61 i 334 34 4 -- 2 3 - 4 27 - 30 21 3 15 - 16 5 - 7 . . .. - • 8 - 9 64 65 8i 8.1 a 4 -- 3ict 48 49 FOREIGN. Antwrp & Rotterdam Belgian East. Junct Beziers to Graissossac Central of Italy Charleroi & Erquelin Demerara Dijon and Besagon Dutch Rhenish East Indian Do. Extension Gt. Indian Peninsula Gd. Junct. of France Gd. Trunk. of Canada Shrs. and Bonds Gt. Central of France Gt. Westn. of Cauad Shares Do. bonds(l iss. )1857 Do. bonds (2 i55.)1873 Hamilton & Toronto Do. 6 per cent........ Lake Const. & Basle Lucca and Pistoja, 5 per cent. pref. ...... Luexembourg Do. (Railway) Do Do. (Canal) Do. 6 p. cent. pref Lyons & Mediterran, !Madras Maria Antonia IDo. New Melbourne Dk. & RY• Namur & Liege (with interest Do. (ex interest) Northern of France 'Do. 201. 3 p. c. Bds [fmy.B. &Ams. She. ] NorwegianTrnk. Pref Paris and Lyons Do. bonds Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen Paris and Strasbourg Paris CacnB.:, Cherbrg Quebec & Richmond Rouen and Havre Royal Danish Royal Swedish !Sambre and Meuse r)o. 5. per cent. pref I S.E. of France Southern of France St. Andrews & Quebec Upper India Scrip West Flanders Do. 5A per c. Prof Western of France West. of Switzerland ,Wiesbaden 'Zealand Baldness done this day. 5 1 5 iii 55 i 14 I N I 13 i 13 PREFERENCE SHARES. Aberdeen ...........-1 Do., No. 2, 7 p. c... Blyth & Tyne 10 per et. pref. (iss. at£so) Bristol & Exeter 4 pr cent., stock. .. Do. Do., shares Caledonian £lO Chester & Holyhead Guar. 5i per cent Cork&Bandon 5 p.c Dundee Perth&Aber deen Junction EastAnglian (£3101) 6 per cent... Do. (E 5) 7 per cent Do. (E 7 17s) 7 p. ct Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No.l Do., No. 2 Do., New 6 p. c. St Eastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent Do. £lO Deben. Sh EastLancash. 6 p.cts East & \Vest Yorksh Junction Fifths Edinb.Prth.&Dundee 4 per cent. Glasgow & S.Westernl guar. 5 per cent. Great North , - 5 p.c ' Do. 5 p. c.,Redeem., at 10 p. c. pram Do. 4 4 per cent. Scrip Gt. N. of Scot. ,lst Pref Gt. Southn. &Westn. (Ireland) Eighths Do. 4 per ct. pref. St Gt. Westn. (Berks & Hants Ex. 5 p. c.) Do. con. & red. 4i p.cl Do. do. 4 per cent Do. irredeem. 4 p. c Lan. & York. F. £2O, Do., 6 p. c., Stock Leeds Nn. 6 p. c. No. 1 Do. Quarters,lB4B London and,Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. c Do. Pref., 5 p. c. St Do. Convertible, 5 p c., 1852. Do. New Guar. 6 p.c Lond. & N. W., Cov & Nun., 5 per cent London & S. Western, Con. Thirds Londondemdi Color. Shares , Londy. d; Ennis Sh Manch. ,Shef., dt Lin., Shares, No. 1...... Do. New, £10......... Marypt.cSlCarl. 4 p. c. Do. 4i per cent . Do. Mid. Consol. 6 p. c. St. Do. Consol. Bristol & Birm. 6 per cent Do. Pref. 4i per cent Norfolk Debent. Sh Norfolk Extension Do. Pref. .5i per ct Do. Way. Val. 5 p c North British . North Staffordshire Oxford Worcester & Wolverh. £15,6p. c Do ot. Cen., Now Pref Shrews& Birm. N. G Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor.W.Min),B p. c. Do. 5 per cent South Devon Do. New S. Eastern (Reading Ann.,) of £1 05.6 d. S. Yorksh.4p.c. Guar. Waterfd.&Kilk. 6p. c. York Newcastle and Berwick,lp.r.Pref Do York& N. Midland H k S. Purch ... --- xd ii = la 6 - 61 5 1 - 4 - 6 - i P plk -- li 1* -- lip 13i -- 144 2 0:i - 21 - ... 3 - 31 lii = ii:i 109 - 111 a A PI 8i - 8j 6i 99 101 95 100 95 100 id par 140 142 2 - 3p in - 134 si 7a 9a 10 par ip ••• p •.• - ••• 1 139 141 i id 94 - 96 106 - 110 2i . - ii 104 - 106 i - 1 p 9i -- 10 16 -- 16413 10 -- 104 12 -- 14 Par - 4P 24 -- 24} 19 7- 20 95 98 4 1 4 i id psr MINES. 1 i P d .. . par d ip 2§ 3 ---- —... ... 1 d 11 - 13 1 id o 5 6 21 21 36 3 la par 44 46 1 l i— 12 iP i 62 67 5 7p - 14 3d 16 • IP 21 —24 d I d d -10 ... 12 d 1 par I 74 7i id par i - iP i d rt r - i # p 31 - 33 9 - 10 5 - 6 5 7 3 3 := c c 11 d 1 4d Agna Fria Anglo Austrin Gold' Anglo Californian ... Australasian Australian Australian Cordillera Australian Freehold I Ave Maria Baden (Gd.Daehy of) BlEenarvon Iron and Coal British Anstrin. Gold British Iron Brazilianlmp. (issued at £5 pm Do. Comes k Cuiada Do. St. John Del Rey Carsons's Creek Cobra Copper Colonial Gold Copiapo . Copper Min. of Eng. Do. Pref. 7 p. cent. English and Austin. Copper Smeltg. Co General Gt.NuggetVeinScrp Do. Registered Great Polgooth Lake Bathurst.. Liberty Linares Lond.&Californ. Gold Quartz Crush. Co Mariqnita Moxicau&S.Americn New Granada. New Linares Mining and Smelting Co Nouveau Monde Pontgiband Silver Lead Min. & Smelt Port Philip Quartz Rock Rhymney iron Do. New Santiago de Cuba South Australian Tin Croft United Mexican West Grauada.. West Mariposa Worthing Mining Australia Yuba.. ANESTHETIC VIRTUES OF ETHER. (From the Zoist for October. ) TIIE PROTEST AND PETITION OF JAMES ESDAILE, ESQ M.D., SURGEON, 11.141.1.C.5., TO THE MEMBERS THE AMERICAN CONGRESS. OF Respectfully sheweth,—That the writer, a British subject, and a surgeon in the East India Company's Service, has read with great astonishment the following statement in a report of the Select Committee appointed by the United States Government, to decide who dis covered the anaesthetic virtues of ether, so that Congress might bestow upon him a reward of 100,000 dollars. The report says : " At various periods, and in various ages, hope has been excited in the human breast that this great agent (the weans of producing insensibility to pain) had been found ; but all proved delusive, and hope as often died away, until the discovery now under consideration burst upon the world from our own country and in onr own day. The n, and not till then, was the time-cherished hope realis that the k n if e would loose its sting, and that blood might follow its edge without pain." take theliberty In defence of truth and justice, I mu st to inform Congress, that this statement i s not our commit, correct, but is perfectly untrue, and t only in h ignorant or tee have been greviously misled by culpablyt of suppressing corrupt witnesses— corrupt to the +,„ wh at is stated in the important evidence oPee*d assertion, I have respect report. In support of . this el in April, 1845, hay fully to represent to Congress , that ;a l performing a painless ing succeeded on the flit operation upon a P ere • e l i n f e j r t t h th e e r, m a e n i d meri wi c th tra su n c c h e'sulcceprsos ; aecuted the subject still ba d performed seventy-three estdo. that in eight montf any of them of the gravest This Messrs. whiCh p painless operationst,mrof scription ; acr e !, London :, w in aB lB u 46. • work is cail Loll e f i rn, a , I L e A ni _ anu eries. m- me eeriste i n India and was immediately re- ' In July, 1846, I reported to a t r o ds th o e f printed in 17, f I n dia, that I had performed Governraec s inless operations, and offered " to satisfy one hundre d „,„b e r opfpersons, in the Government had anY2,7i,e of the truth of my co statements." The Go eeenue--t-'herenpon appointed a committee to report :peronarannaesmeric operations to be performed by me in their presence. Six severe operations were performed by me in the presence of the committee during a fort night that they sat, and the committee arrived at the following general result on the question of pain during the mesmeric surgical operation witnessed by them : " That in three severe cases, there is no proof v Weyer that any pain was suffered ; and that, in the three other cases, the manifestations of pain during the op era ti on are opposed by the positive statement of the patient that no pain was experienced." The Government in remarking upon the report of the committee to the chairman, said : " So far has the possibility of rendering the most serious surgical operations painless to the subject of them been, in his Honour's opinion, established by the late experiments, performed under the eye of a committee appointed for the purpose, as to render it incumbent on the Government to afford to the meritorious and zealous officer, by whom the subject was first brought to its notice, such assistance as may facilitate his investigations, and enable him to prose cute his interesting experiments, under the most favour able and promising circumstances. With this view, his Honour has deteriained, with the sanction of the supreme Government, to place D r . E s d a il e , f or one year, i n c h arge of a small experimental hospital, in some favourable situa tion in Calcutta • in order that h e may , as recommen d e d by the committee, extend his investigations to the appli cability of this alleged agency to all descriptions of awes, medical as 'well as surgical ; and of all classes of patients , European as well as native." During the year of experiment, forty ca pital mesmeric operati ons were performed in the Mesmer i c Hospital, and at tho and o f th e y ear put mew You! 40442:tr-OaM in a minute of the Governor-General in Council, and was rewarded by being made a Presidency surgeon of Calcutta, that the natives might continue to enjoy the s benefits of mesmerism. So that painless surgery by I means of mesmerism had been reduced by me to a re gular every-day system in Bengal, long before either had been heard of. Of which fact., Congress may still farther satisfy themselves, by referring to Dr. Htiffnagle, Consul for the United States, at Calcutta, who in October, 1846, assisted at the removal of a scrotal tumour weigh ing 103 lbs. ; of which the patient was quite uncon scious, and ultimately perfectly recovered. The simple and notorious fact is, that painless surgery by means of mesmerism, years before ether was heard of, was as common in my hospitals as it has since be come in Europe under the influence of chloroform, and nearly three hundred capital mesmeric operations had been performed by me before leaving India two years ago. This being the actual state of the case regarding th e history of painless surgery, the American Congress will perceive that I am fully justified in asserting that their committee have been misled by ignorant or corrupt wit nesses ; and that, however deserving of reward the dis coverer of ether may be, he was only copying by a drug what had been already done by myself and others, by a much safer and pleasanter natural power mercifully im planted in the human constitution. Congress will, I doubt not, be indignant at the daring and unprincipled suppression of evidence that I Lave exposed to them, and will he at a loss to imagine the motives for such an offence. As politicians, the members of Congress must be aware of the perverting, distorting, unfair represen tations of party spirit, by which history itself has be come "a lie," according to a celebrated English states man. Unfortunately this vice is not confined to politics, but exists in all professions, and in an intensely dis graceful degree, I lament to say, in that of medicine. Mesmerism from its birth has been excommunicated by the doctors without knowledge or examination, and all the medical journals having rashly and ignorantly pronounced against it, afterwards conspired together in defence of their wrong-doing, and trusted to extinguish the obnoxious doctrine by keeping the medical profession and the public in total ignorance of the matter. Theisr have hitherto succeeded so well in this, that it is pos sible the medical witnesses examined by your committee may only have been labouring under the most gross ignorance in giving their evidence ; but the American Congress will not lower itself so much in the eyes of the civilised world as to adopt the verdict of an ignorant and incompetent jury. If, on the other hand, it shall appear that important evidence has been deliberately suppressed by the witnesses, then the world will expect that Congress in its wisdom and justice will repudiate the report of its committee, and severely punish those who would mislead it. It is with no inteition of competing for the dollars in question that I have taken the liberty to address you (although the man who proved that painless surgery could be practised on a whole people, might look for some reward), as th ese seem i rrevoca bly destined to “ one of three citizens of the United States," who had the sense to see k f or some drug by which to imitate n w e h w a t judicial ehadial inquiryalre ady r e d c o o n m e m b e y n demesmerism. bby theßut in the determine which o f my th ree i mitators is to ne b ni e m th i luckycommittee, gs e r , e t s o winners of the dollar s , I respect f ully petition Congress to be permitted to adduce proof in support of what I have now advanced, by whi c h an honourabletopportunity will be afforded for correcting th e errors commit tee'sinesili 3 report, and Congress will be saved the h sanctioning by its high authority anoth er o f the lies of history. I have the honour to be, Your most obedient servant, JAMES ESDAILE. M.D. Fairmount, Perth, Scotland, Bth August, 1853. TOTAL LOSS OF THE BARQUE MERIDIAN ON AMSTERDAM ISLAND. ( From the Overland Commercial Gazette, Oct. 18.) Pon Louis, Oct. 18.—The wreck of the Meridian, and the incidents connected with this sad event, pos sessing more than usual interest, we have been anxious to give in our Overland a more detailed account than has yet appeared. We have been seconded in our at tempt by several passengers from that ill-fated vessel, who have most willingly and kindly placed at our dis posal their written notes, and have also afforded us much information verbally. It is, therefore, with great satisfaction that we publish the following narrative, con fident as we are that it is correct and impartial. The Meridian, a barque of 579 tons register, Captain Richard Hernaman, commander, left Gravesend on th e 4th of June last, with 26 chief cabin passengers, 58 steerage passengers, and a valuable cargo, for Sydney, New South Wales. She was a very fine vessel of her class, A 1 at Lloyd's for 13 years, and only a year old. Her timbers and fittings were of live oak and teak and her iron work was of a very superior description. The spars of the Meridian were of great size and strength, being, indeed, large enough for a vessel of 900 tons, and these enabled her to carry a great press of sail, though they also made her very crank, and consequently very uncomfortable as a passenger ship. She had a remarkably fine passage up to the 20th de gree of south latitude, but afterwards she was delayed by calms, contrary winds, and squally weather, especially atter passing the Cape of Good Hope, soon after which she encountered a rather smart gale. It did not, how ever, last very long, but on the night of the 23d of August, when the vessel was in about lat. 38 50 S, and long. 74 20 E, a heavy gale sprang up, and the captain altered his course, and bore tip for the island of Amster dam instead of St. Paul's, which he wished to si4ht, in order to correct an error which he imagined might exist in his chronometer. The gale increased the next day, and the weather was very thick, but the course steered E by S enabled the vessel to go freely before the wind. A few minutes before seven o'clock a sea struck the ves sel, and partially inundated the 'tween decks, after which the captain ordered the course to he altered to E. About a quarter past 7 in the evening, just as the tea. things in the cuddy had been cleared away, and the chil dren (of whom there were 41 on board) were being put to bed, a sudden shock made the vessel stagger violently. At first it was supposed that the Meridian had run foul of another vessel, there being no look-out on the fore castle ; but five or six more violent shocks, and a peculiar grating sound at the bottom of the vessel, convinced the passengers that she had struck upon rocks and such proved to be the case, for the Meridian had gone ashore on the south-western point of the island of Amsterdam.. s T t h ai e rs c , ap a t n a d in N , v Il as po s n we th p e t ofiffrsthy a seaalarm, almostrushed u i p m mthediat the poop afterwards. The officers and crew, and some of the male second-cabin passeng ers , soug h t refuge in the rigging and maintop, and the p assengers in the chiefcabin and second cabin awaited there ed. the certain death w hi c h foraofttihmeeseseeeonnid cabin edimpa mg over them. Th e situa tion Passengers was distressi ng in th e extreme. Al mos t as so on as the ship st r u c k l arge quan tities of wat er poured down the hatchways, an d th e cabins on th e l ee side ofthe starboardside, 'tween decks filled so f as t, that it w as w i th the utmost difficulty where they e3 t , he p a s sen gers got o ver to theremainedfor mo re th an two hours up to their waists in water, and many of them having no other covering than their night clothes. They were rescued from this position by about half-past ten o'clock in consequence of the exertions of Mr. Edward Tulloch, the second mate, Mr. 'Worthington, the third mate, and Charles Snow, one of the seamen, and were placed in the cuddy. About half-past one o'clock the main-mast which bad been gradually sinking for some time, fell over the side, with all the rigging standing, towards the rocks, thus forming a bridge by which the passengers' might cross over from the wreck to the shore. At the same time the vessel parted in two, at the after hatch way, and when the morning dawned nothing was seen of the fore part of the vessel but a small portion of th e forecastle. The po o p , however, remained entire, and afforded some kinddeemed o e f shelter safe toattempt to the majority a of passage pa sengers , till it was . t: the shore. This was safel by Worthington)sx o'clock on the following morning. Mr. and Snow, as well as Mr. Tulloch, again making themselves conspi cuous by their gallantry in helping the women and children over. The only persons who lost their lives were the captain, the chief cabin cook, Thomas George, and a Swiss steerage passenger named Pfau. For the first two nights the men and most of the women and children lay down on the bare rocks, with no other covering than the clothes in which they stood upright, but providentially they had been supplied as soon as they landed with abundance of new flannel and red and blue serge shirts, which formed part of the cargo, and were cast on shore. A small quantity of provisions was also got together, but not more than enough for ten days' consumption, and that according to a dietary scale, which was barely sufficient to support life. The first two days a biscuit a day was served out to adults, but this ration was afterwards reduced to half a biscuit a fo all hands, p r oundoffr coshhilpdorrekn each, t h,hnt; the days e v rest h of ttheeythimacel that they remained on the south-west portion of the island a, herring a day and half of a mouldy biscuit formed the chief o n p t a h r e t t o h f i r t d h e d i r a y m a e l a t ne afters t o h f e subsistence g general move was made to a point about a third of a mile distant from the wreck, where it had been found practical to ascend the r e w e t a cl n iff d , a o s n ig t n h a e l t p o o p st d, o e f which c h w a i n th e t n 4 am r a l s encampmentrts, t s w , was f d o r y m a r e d s d , o in f g wh fo i l t l e o fl w a i n n n g e , l atottrsaereNt-eed theasa fig was cruising a b ou t the island, and, b This, on the morn ano.tice of a whaler who in conse quence of a gale sprangwhichu but who was up unableto hold, any communication with the passengers until the Wednesday morning, when he sent a boat round by the coast, which signalised them to set out at once, and travel in the direction from which the boat had Come. Both parties expected that it would be impos-ible for all who had been shipwrecked to leave the island that very evening, but both were painfully disappointed ; a violent gale sprang up, and drove the whaler out to sea, and the shipwrecked emigrants, who thought that they had, at the utmost, a day's walk before them, had to accomplish a three days' journey of an appalling nature, through a dense jungle, by the side of the cliffs, and with ! a still scantier allowance of food than before. When they arrived at the point where they expected to be embarked, on the north-eastern side of the island, the vessel was not there, and for two days they subsisted on I raw cabbage and a few limpets. Most happily for all, on Monday, Sep. 5, when there was only cabbage enough remaining for a single day, and water was only procurable at the distance of a mile, a distance which it was impossible for many of them in their exhausted an d emaciated state to have walked, they were taken off by Captain Ludlow, of the barque Monmouth, belonging to the United States, the whaler already referred to. On board of this vessel they received every attention that a large-hearted benevolence could suggest, and they reached Maui-hilts just three weeks after they had been rescued from a triple death by drowning, cold, and starvation' Pm 66 7 fi 102 i 2 231 i 621 i I 8 I 10 9j 12 11i 64i 4 5 all 13.5' 24i all all all all all all 9 all all 121 2 110 si 9 101 101 100 i 11 ~y ~ 50 161 St. 1.96 261 13i 20 20 20 20 20 25 100 3i 100 2.2 all 161 100 8 100 all 51s. 100 20 83.2 i 30i 1 6j 6 48i i 1 10 1 1 all all 104 100 100 all all all all 12& 11 i 5 i i