The Sun. — London, England, 1853-11-24 00:00:00

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Colliers' Handicap.—Collier, Jupiter, Filly by Game boy, Solyman, Effiie Deans, Game Tommy, La Belle, Margaret of Anjou, Filly by St. Leon, Heda, Roger Thornton, Cassy. Hurdle Race.—A]l here but Brunette. Steeple Chase. —General, Melon, Simple Peter, Daphne, Tomboy, Ringleader, Beresford, Derby Dilly, Crabbs, Topsy, Widow Macree, Plantaganet, Dearest Mae, Labyrinth, Theodine, Prince, Blue Stockings, Royal Blue, Alias Purdon, Union Jack, Augean.— Bourton and Comeaway expected. Handicap, One Mile.—Collier, Heliotrope, Tempest, Jupiter, f by Gameboy, Soiyman, Effie Deans, Geldir g Ugly Buck, Tumbler, Game Tommy, Voucher, Beth gelert, fby St. Leon, Brother to Mrs. Taft, La Belle, Roger Thornton, f by Gameboy, Cassy, Augean.—Gay- Nd expected. ABERYSTWITH RACES -YESTERDAY. OPEN STEEPLECHASE. ?worth .... Es 111 erell. . liarkaway . Shamrock .. St.Helier.... MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The sales of cotton at Liverpool, yesterday, Were estimated at 5,000 bales, of which 700 Ameri can and 500 Bahia were taken for export. The lieket closed heavily without alteration in prices. Sales comprised 3,750 American; 500 Bahia, at 6d. to 6d.; 300 Egyptian, at 6id. to 7d.; 500 Surat, at 2kd. to 4d., and 50 Sea Islands. Railway Shares Were heavy at rather low prices. There will be letters received to go per Golden Age steamer, by the agents in London, Messrs. Grindley, owing to the Post-office not having come to an arrangement. The New York accounts, by the Arctic, notice Some slignt improvement in stocks, though tilt market was still in a very unsettled state. In fo reign manufactures there was not much activity ; but desirable articles, which were wanted for im mediate use, commanded full prices. Imports were steady, and mostly of spring goods. In the resent advices from California it was stated that large amounts of gold dust were coming into the Market daily, and that some nuggets of extraordi nary size had been obtained. The importance and necessity of association and the application of ma chinery had caused an organisation of several com panies, which were realising good profits. Sydney dates of August 19 had been received at San Francisco on the 16th October, being a few days later than those which arrived here by the Argo. It is said that notwithstanding the gold discoveries, agriculture had not been at all ne glected, and there had been a large breadth of land Sown owing to the high prices of breadstuffs which prevailed some time back. Although the large im- Ports had caused a decline, this was gradually re covered, owing to their cessation. The enhanced Prices of wool and tallow had fully compensated the graziers for the high rates of wages they had been compelled to pay. The mining accounts allowed signs of revival and prosperity. There was ranch complaint as to the condition of the road, but it is pleasing to know that the first section of the Sydney railroad will be completed before the end of next year. Exchange on London, drafts against gold, 1 per cent. premium. Freight was per cent. Ground rents were getting dearer. Although the actual amount of money here must be equal to all present requirements, the demand, as well as the charge for it, is increasing, and in Lombard-street, 5 per Cent. is currently asked for the discount of very good paper not having long to ran. The further amount, 400,000 dollars, received from New York this morning, shows that until corn and cotton are shipped the balance will be in our favour. The English Funds have recoverel partially the decline of yesterday afternoon. Consols opened rather heavily at 95y to g, but they are now 951 to The New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been 95i to 961, and the Three per Cents. 94i to g. Bank Stock is worth 2161 to 218, and India Stock 253. Exchequer Bills are ss. to Bs., and India Bonds 4s. premium. Foreign securities have been more active, but sellers rather predominate. Brazilian Now Stock is worth 951 to 961- ; and Buenos Ayres, 65 to ; Mexican are scarcely so good, being 25 to I ; Portuguese Small Bonds are at 381 ; Russian Five per Cents. have been 111 to Y ; Sardinian stock is Worth 911 to 92. The last week's railway receipts ascertained up to this day are in round figures as under 1853. 1852. Great Western North-Western 48,505 50,049 South-Western Brighton 11,087 10,744 Midland South-Eastern ......• Great Northern Caledonian and Edinburgh and 14,883 13,819 Glasgow Lancashire and Yorkshire York and North Midland,Neweastle 26,974 23,790 and Berwick, and Leeds Northern The Railway Share Market has been rather fluc tuating, and is weaker for some of the English lines, in which, however, a fair business is doing. Foreign shares are rather cheaper, but a good deal dealt in. The Gold Mine Shares have been very firm, and the Land Companies' scarcely so high. The Australian Bank has advanced. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. ( Prom the Official List. ) Business done Sank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 9 4.1 g i a per Cent. Consols Annuities 9 S FI 1 ,, i New 3/ per Cent. Annuities 96& 51 6t Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 India Stock 253 India Bonds, £lOOO Ditto, under £lOOO Consols for Account Exchequer Bills, ld. £l000 2500 8 6 9 5 p Small 8 6 9 5 p PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. — Ditto New, 1852, 44 per Cent • Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent 65.; 5 Danish Bonds, 1825, 3 per Cent — Ditto 5 per Cent. Mexican 3 per Cent. Ditto for the Account 251 x c Portuguese Bonds, 4 per Cent Ditto Ex all over-due Coupons 3BB Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent. £ St lll A Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent 92 1t Dividends on the above payable in London. Belgian Bonds 4. per Cent. ex. 25 fr HALF-PAST TWO .... 4 p ~.. 95H Consols 951 Ditto December Account 9si i MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN ror the Week ended Nov. 24, 1853, made up from the Returns of tt e Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wale- , Per Imperial Quarter. WHEAT. BABLET. OATS. I BEANS. I PEAS. 721 94 ' 42s ad 126 i Od I 43s I 1 d I 52s 64 56s 7d THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGE. ,:erßiavr. I BARLEY. I OATS. I R. I BEANS. PEAS. Os :94 41s 2d 21s lid 41s 5d 48s 6d 523 4d DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. 'BLOT. DAltalr• I OATS. I ZTE. BEANS. PEAL 11 1 is Od is Od is Od is Od is Od ls Od QUANTITIES OF GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK. 'heat, 65,173; Barley, t 8,943; Oats, 15,100; Rye, 236 ; Beans 4,497; Yeas, 2,386 quarters. HAY MARKETS. B , I t:THIPIELD. Meadow hay, 21 lOs to 5/ 15s ; clover 4/ Os to 6/ 103; and straw, 1/ 14z to 212 s per lo a d ' A L mod trate supply, and a steady trade. ; , C YMB4ELAND.—MeadowISs to 5/ 15s ; clover supply-""'°, 4 / la to 6/ 6s ; and straw, 1/ 18s to 21 4s per load. totrably good, and trade rather dull. Otto hay, 2/ 12s to Si 143; clover 414 0 4/ Os i n 6/ 10s ; and straw, 1/ 14 s to 2/ 2s per load. xrade MEAT MARKETS. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL.—The supplies on offer were large, yet the demand was steady, a t v er y f u ll prices. Pal, from 28 8d to 4s Od ; Mutton, 2s 10d to 4s d ; 3s 4d to 4s 66; Pork, 3s 4d to 5s Od. per Blbs, 8 by t he carcase. SOUTHALL, NOV. 23.—Our market was seasonably well lII PPIIed with eac h ki n d o f s t oc k, i n w hi c h a good business Zan doing. Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s 4d ; Mutton, 3s 4d to suL 24 ; Veal, 3is Gd to 48 2d ; Pork, 3s 4d to 4 s 8d p er to sink the offal. k e /4), loonn, Nov. 23.—The general demand a t thi s mar• ff; t cl - day ruled steady, and the quotati ons are as to c 40 Ws ,— Beef, from 2s 8d to 4s Gd; Mutt on , 3 s 6d 53 2(1 ; Veal, 3 s 4d to Is 4d ; Pork, 3s 4d t o 4 s &I pe r 8114 s Quarter old Store rigs, 20a to 204 each, Y vb ~.~ COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, Nov. 23. The Queen, with the Duchess of Brabant, attended by the Duchess of Sutherland, the Countess Gustave de Lannoy, and the gentlemen in waiting, left Windsor by a special train of the Great Western Railway at a quarter past 9 o'clock this morning, and proceeded to Buckingham Palace. Her Majesty and her Imperial Highness visited 'West minster Abbey, went over the Houses of Parliament, paid a visit to the Duchess of Gloucester, and then re turned to Windsor Castle, where they arrived a little before two o'clock. Mr. Oliveira, M.P., had an interview with the Duke of Newcastle yesterday at the Colonial•office. The Commissioners for inquiring into the state of the Corporation of the City of London held a meeting yes terday at the Privy Council-office in Downing-street. The commissioners present were the Right Hon. H. Labouchere, the Right Hon. Sir John Patteson, and G. Cornewall Lewis, Esq. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon at the Foreign-office ,Downing-street. The ministers present were the Earl of Aberdeen, Lord John Russell, the Lord Chancellor, Earl Granville, the Duke of Argyll, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Viscount Palmerston, the Earl of Clarendon, the Duke of Newcastle, the Chan cellor of the Exchequer, Sir James Graham, Sir Charles Wood, the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, and Sir William Molesworth. The Council sat three hours. The Rev. Dr. Colenzo and the Rev. Dr. Armstrong will be consecrated to the sees of Natal and Graham's Town in the parish church, Lambeth, Surrey, on Wed nesday, the 30th instant. CBE QUEEN AND THE DLCIIESS OF BRA RANT AT WETMINSTER ABBEY AND THE HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT. Yesterday morning, shortly before 11 o'clock, her Majesty, accompanied by the Duchess of Brabant, and attended by the Duchess of Sutherland, and other ladies of her suite, arrived at Westminster Abbey, in three carriages, and were received at the western entrance by a few of the authorities, the visit being strictly of a private nature. Her Majesty pointed out to her royal guest many of the monuments and objects of interest, particularly the newly erected statue of the late Sir R. Peel. The party remained in the sacred edifice for upwards of an hour, and left by the south transept door. They then paid a visit to the New Houses of Parliament, entering by the Victoria Tower, and after examining the various portions of the build ing, took their departure for Windsor. The royal party were conducted through the building, in the absence of Sir Charles Barry, who is oonfined to his residence by an attack of influenza, by Mr. Edward Barry, and Mr. Thomas Quarm, the chief Clerk of the Works. THE FOG OF YESTERDAY. ALARMING AND FATAL ACCIDENTS. During the whole of yesterday the metropolis and suburbs were again visited by a dense fog, rivalling in intensity that which prevailed during Tuesday, and almost a continuation of the same fog. From about five o'clock in the evening the streets presented a most singular appearance ; torches and lanterns flashing about in all directions, completely bewildering the unfortunate pedestrian. The omnibuses, cabs, and other vehicles in the principal streets, generally formed themselves into a sort of procession, and travelled along at a slow pace, headed by the conductors with links, &c. At the London Docks the utmost confusion prevailed, the various heavy waggons being brought almost com pletely to a stand-still. In the Camberwell New-road a man was knocked down by a light cart and severely injured, and in the London-road an elderly lady slipped from the kerb-stone and fell into the road, dislocating her ankle. At the approaches of the various bridges the accidents were numerous, the horses losing their foot-hold, owing to the slippery condition of the road way, thus causing the greatest obstruction to the traffic. The greatest confusion prevailed among the shipping below bridge, particularly in the upper and lower pools, and in Greenwich and Blackwall reaches. Several of the large foreign, Scotch, and Irish steam-vessels, unwilling to run the risk of passing through the pools (over crowded with colliers) to their customary moorings, brought up at Blackwall, where they landed their passen gers and cattle. The river steam-boats above Blackwall discontinued running altogether, and very few left Black wall for places down the river, the obscurity of the atmos phererendering the passage extremely hazardous. About half-flood (4 o'clock) nothing could be seen of the ship ping save the passing lights of steam-vessels ; captains shouting and bells tolling to warn passing vessels of their proximity to others, and spars snapping as colli sions occurred, of which there were unfortunately many instances. A large timber-laden ship, in backing and filling up to the Commercial Docks, got athwart hawse of a tier of smaller vessels, and caused them to drag their anchors, carrying away their jibbooms and two top gallantmaats, and in order to get clear the rigging had to be cut away. A large steamer came into collision with a schooner between Blackwall and Woolwich, when the latter lost jibboom and foretopmast, and sustained serious damage to head and bulwarks. It was stated that a barge was run down and sunk in Gallions-reach, the crew (a man and a boy) saved; the particulars, however, could not be ascertained. The injury sus tained by shipping in spars, rigging, and topsides be tween Blackwall and London-bridge, must have been very great. At St. Thomas's Hospital two sufferers were re ceived. The first is William Reddte, of Bexley, whose waggon was drawn off the road by the horses, and ran against a post. This threw him off the shafts, and the wheels passing over his thighs, produced a compound fracture. The second case is that of Mrs. Smith, of Lewisham, who lost her way on Blackheath, and fell down a gravel pit 12 feet deep. Both her thighs were broken, and she has sustained other injuries. A youth named Edward Field has also been admitted into the London Hospital. His father was driving across Bow common a van drawn by two horses and heavily laden with timber, the property of Mr. Rigby, of Westmin ster. The lad was carrying a link, but he slipped off the footpath into the road, and was immediately run over by the off hind wheel. His right thigh bone was found to be fractured and the ancle smashed. It is feared that his accident will terminate fatally. Several other accidents have also occured in different parts of the suburbs. At the various railway stations a rich harvest was reaped by a large number of men and boys, who, with the greatest independence, demanded, and in most cases obtained, as much as a shilling a-piece for links, or for their escort for a short distance, and in several instances where the unsuspecting pedestrian paid for this accom modation beforehand, he was surprised to find his escort vanish in the fog without fulfilling the contract. On the North Kent and South-Eastern lines the various trains were considerably delayed, and, to prevent any accident, each of them was individually telegraphed. As on Tues day, the whole of the above-bridge steamers were pre vented from running, as were also the Greenwich and Woolwich steamers. Towards 9 o'clock in the evening the atmosphere gra dually cleared ; and the metropolis is to-day free from fog. SEVEN PEOPLE DROWNED.—The fog on Monday at Stourbridge was the occasion of several fatal accidents. Between seven and eight o'clock in the evening two young women, sisters, named Sarah and Eliza Payton, who were on their way home from work, missed the bridge at the Wordsley Dock, within a very short distance of their home, and walked into the water. The sons of Mr. Webb, who has a timber yard adjoining the dock, heard an alarm, and with some difficulty got both the young women out of the water, but not until one of them, Eliza, was past recovery, and the other appears to be in a somewhat precarious state. Two young women, sisters-in-law, named Reece, with a young man named Alfred Hampshire, who was courting Miss Reece, were present when the unfortunate Paytons were brought to their house ; and Miss Reece having observed to Hampshire that they had better go to look for her father, who would be by the canal side, they started together, and it appears soon met the father, with a lighted candle sheltered between his hands. The father joined the party, and almost immediately afterwards the whole four walked into the water together. The services of the Messrs. Webb were again called into action, and all were brought to land, but not before life was extinct in both the females. A young man, named Joseph Ridley, married and having one child, was also drowned in the same neighbourhood, as he was returning home from his work. Also a boy called Mail, and an Irishman, name unknown. A boy who had been occupied in bedding up a horse in a stable on the Stourbridge Canal side, in endeavouring to find his way home, walked into the canal and was drowned. Leeds has for the past three days been enveloped in a dense fog, which has rendered it necessary to light up places of business during the day. On Tuesday night it was so dense that it caused a cessation of traffic through the streets, objects being undistinguishable within a couple of yards. We regret to add that some accidents happened to persons missing their way, but in no case was it of a very serious nature. A meeting which was to have been held in Cowper street, City-road, for the purpose of the working men of London considering the propriety of assisting the weav ers and spinners now on strike at Preston, was post poned by the chairman in consequence of the density of the fog. THE CHRISTMAS LOTTERIES AND THE GOVERNMENT. —ln consequence of the great increase of lotteries announced to be drawn at Christmas next, and the sub ject having been brought under the notice of the law officers of the Crown, notices will shortly be issued, through the Commissioners of Police, to all persons pro moting such gambling, that, if persevered in, they will render themselves liable to prosecution, and will be pro ceeded against for penalties, under the provisions of the act for the suppression of lotteries and other gaming. Mr. Booker, M.P., met with a serious accident on Wednesday afternoon. He was walking through his works at Pentyrch, when he unfortunately struck his foot against a projecting piece of iron and was thrown violently to the ground, thereby causing a fracture of the small bone of his right arm.—Hereford Journal. THE NORTH OF EUROPE.—The North of Europe Steam Navigation Company's screw steam-ship Scandi navian arrived in the Humber on Monday night from Gothenburg with a large general cargo and 44 casks of ' silver coin, value about 50,0001., consigned to Messrs. Thomas Wilson, Sons, and Co. This is the sixth arrival of specie from Gothenburg within the last six weeks, amounting altogether in value to about 150,0001. When the Scandinavian left the weather continued mild, with ;light frosts at 'light. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 24, 1 8 53. WARN MARKETS-(THIS DAY). UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. BRITISH RAILWAYS. CAMBRIDGE, Nov. 23. Notwithstanding the inclement state of the weather, his Royal Highness the Chancellor was out early this morning. At ten o'clock he visited King's College, where the magnificent chapel and library were inspected. The Senate-house began to fill by half-past ten, and before eleven o'clock the galleries were crowded with undergraduates. From the judicious arrangements which had been made, less inconvenience was ex perienced than might have been expected, the ladies being admitted at a side entrance. Punctually at eleven o'clock the Royal carriages arrived, and the Prince, in his robes of office, accompanied by the Vice-Chancellor, Dr. Geldart, with the Duke of Brabant, Ceunt Lansnoy, a oGw n fir d tteihyi s l ae uo ' n d V I de aecrnooglidaetGdhuoWear undergraduates. e a, r d , esH a n and r eattendedSenate by th e h o H o o s n e Col. pr e • ceded by the Esquire Bed e l s , am id t h e d ea f en i ng c h eers o a f vin e g oll c e o g n es v , er t s h ed e a c s a h p o u rt t t w im a e s summoned, and the Prince took his place as Chancellor, and assistel in passing the different supplicate and graces relating to the business of the day. The following supplicat was then presented by the Public Orator :—" Corn Princeps Celsissimus, Dux Bra bantim, Leopoldi Belgarum Regis Filius natu maximus, honoribus vestris augeri velit, placeat vobis ut Cesissi mus Princeps prwdieatus, habits natalium et dignitatis ratione, cooptetur in ordinem Doctorum in Jure Civili." This having duly passed the non-regent and regent houses, the Public Orator presented the Duke, address. ing the Chancellor and Senate in a very eloquent Latin speech. He began by congratulating the University upon the great interest shown by his Royal Highness and the endeavours made by him to promote the learn ing, arts, and science of the British nation ; and, after gof e th lo e gised me moryßelgtihanesßealngdiaothpeeople who had so nobly won their independence, and, pursu ing their laudable course of manufactures and comme rce, complimenting of t the late thQeue K en in , he had shown themselves worthy of the free i nstitut ions which had been conferred upon them. He, in conclu sion, presented the youthful Duke to the Chancellor, who with the usual forms admitted him to the degree of D. for of Laws. were then admitted by the Prince ad eundem , gradan The following gentlemen of the University of Oxford John Thomas Cyril Stacey, A.M., Pembroke College. Edward Wilberforce Unwin, A.M., Merton College. Albert Charming Abdy, LB., Worcester College. Henry Gordon, A. 8., St. Mary Hall. His Royal Highness then adjourned the congregation till 2 o'clock, and proceeded to the lecture-room of Pro fessor Willis (the Jacksonian Professor). The subject was the machinery used in the manufacture of ropes, which was admirably illustrated by working models. At 2 o'clock the Prince visited and inspected the public library, and at 3 went through the Observatory. After having visited as many of the colleges as his time would permit, he finally left by special train at 4 o'clock. With the exception of the severity of the weather, his Royal Highness's visit has gone off most satisfactorily. Dr. Tatham, the Master of St. John's College, yes terday met with an accident while inspecting some works at the Senate-house. A piece of wood on which he was standing gave way, and be received a severe blow upon his head, hut he is not considered in any danger. The Vice-Chancellor presided at the Congregation at 2 o'clock, when the following degrees were conferred:— RAILWAYS. Closing Prices yesterly. Badness deny this day. BACHELOR OF LAWS. Edwin Barton, of Christ's College. MASTER OF ARTS. William Henry Hawker, Trinity College. Thomas Edward Hodgson, Joseph Greathead, Christ's College. George Henry Farr, Pembroke College. Alfred Bligh Hill, Jesus College. •. • BACHELORS OF ARTS. Theodosius William Hathaway, George Taberer, Frederic Nottidge Ripley, St. John's College. Alexander Green, Robert Nares, William Francis Jex Blake, Caius College. Robert Denn Long, Corpus College. John Headley Lewis, Christ's College. Francis Tofts, Queen's College. Edward Hawley, William Watson Wood, Sidney College. The following Graces passed the Senate : On the recommendation of the Fitzwilliam Manage. ment Syndicate : To raise the salary of Mr. Massey, the Curator of the Library, from 701. to 1001. a-year, in consideration of his long and faithful services, and the duties which his office requires him to discharge in the library. On the recommendation of the Fitzwilliam Manage. ment Syndicate : To fix the salary of the Curator of the Pictures at 801. a-year. That the appointment of the Curator of the Pictures be for five years only. To appoint the Master of Corpus Christi College a Syndic of the Pitt Press. To appoint Mr. Thompson, the Professor of Greek, a Syndic of the Pitt Press. To appoint Mr. Rigg, of St. John's College, a Syndic of the Pitt Press. To appoint Mr. W. G. Clark, of Trinity College, a Syndic of the Pitt Press. To affix the Seal to the Presentation of the Rev. John Gibson, of the University of Dublin, elected to the Per petual Curacy of Acton Round. To allow Mr. Sykes, of Downing College, to resume his Regency. To appoint Mr. H. E. Perowne, of Corpus Christi College, an Examiner of the Classical Tripos of the ensuing year, in the place of Mr. Russell Day, of King's College. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY. LONDON, Nov. 24.--Wind this day at noon, E ; light breeze, and slight frost. There have been 7 degrees of frost for the last two or three nights. OFF DOVER, Nov. 23.—Kent, from London, for Port Philip. PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 23.—Wind, E. Sailed—H.R.M.'s s. Navarin, for Kamsehatka. COWES, Nov. 23.—Wind, E. Sailed—Humboldt (s), for New York. POOLE, Nov. 23.—Wind, S.W. Arrived—Juno, from Newfoundland. PLYMOUTH, Nov. 23.—Wind, E. Arrived—Creole, from Rio Grande ; Lady Peel, Quebec. Sailed—Dahlia, for Sierra Leone ; Chorister, Buenos Ayres. FALMOITH, Nov. 23.--Wind, S., strong breezes. Ar rived—Johanna Catharina, from Penang ; Sophia, Quebec ; Estrella (s), and Anita (s), from London, both for New Grenada. OFF HASTINGS, Nov. 23.—London, New York. OFF BONCHURCH, Nov. W. Palmyra, Demerara. DARTMOUTH, Nov. 23.—Wind, S.E. Arrived—Topsy, from Prince Edward's Island, for London ; Alarm, New foundland, leaky. &c. FoWEY, Nov. 23.—Wind, S.E. Arrived--Royal Ade laide, from Quebec. TORBAY, Nov. 23.—Off Port—The Charles Brook, with damage during a gale. BELFAST, Nov. 23.—The Gondola (brig), Troon to Cuba, is on shore at Millisle, has been floated off, and towed into Donaghadee. MUMBLES, Nov. 23.—Arrived—Charles, from Coquimbo. CLYDE, Nov. 22.—Wind, W.S.W. Arrived—Cuthbert, from New Carlisle ; J. and C. Jost, Newfoundland. QUEENSTOWN, Nov. 22.—Wind, S.S.E., blowing strong. Arrived—Eleonora, from Bahia ; President Fillmore, New York ; Perseverance, Dublin , for Quebec. O ff Port—lon, from Callao, and proceeded for London. Sailed — Medona, for Santa artha. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY, 10.30 A.M. Wind S.S.E., fresh breeze, and raining. Arrived—Grenada, from Quebec ; Gromatteo, Alexan dria ; Daring, Smyrna ; Enterprise, Islay ; Robarts, Jamaica. Off—Lord Stanley, from Quebec ; Lauriston, Smyrna. (BY SUBMARINE AND EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH.) CUSTOMS RETURN. G R AVESEND, THURSDAY, 10 A.M. Wind S.E., hazy ; five hours ebb. Arrived —Star, from Quebec ; Warner Groningen ; Marie Louise, Odessa ; Gerhardina, Gal atz ; Pearl, Guern sey ; Amaran te, Konigsberg • Admiral Nelson , Gu ernse y ; Tuscan, Belize • Childe Harold, Sydney ; Jubil ee, Guern sey ; William , ' Guernsey ; Masianna, Zante ; Melanira, Patras ; Eagle, Guernsey ; Energy, Gothenburg ; Manuel, Danzig ; Tiven Sodskende, Aalborg ; Themis, Danzig ; Sophia Everlina, Jacobstad ; Antie Brous, Rig G a • Emma, Taganrog ; Ann Jewets, Antwerp ; E n deavour, uernsey ; Diana, Skive ; Trusty, Guernsey ; Caroline Louise, C e . phalonia ; Clio, Malaga ; Concordia (s), Rotterdam ; Baron ), Rotterdam ; Osy (s), Antwerp ; Hanover (s), Rotterdam City of Rot terdam (s), Rotterdam. Sailed—Magnot, (s.), for Harlingen ; Queen, Har lingen ; Dinapore, Madras ; Holland, (s. Ceres, (s), Rotterdam ; Rainbow, (s), Antwerp ; Seine, (8) Lion, (s), Harlingen ; Panther, (a), Ostend Boulogne ; Menai (s), Calais ; Neptune, (s), Hamburg ; Stadt • drecht, Dordt. DEAL, THURSDAY, 9.55 A.M. for London ; Royal Alice, Wind S., fresh. passed —Surge, ma 0 d John Brooks, from London, for New Tobago; sydneyh. re ____ Belgian war schooner Louise Marie, Antwerp, to the coast of Africa. • G t e Remains —Vier ezus rs, from London, for Port 14 OTIdO from Sydney, P hili rq p. Baue Surge reports having boarded a water-logged b r i g , Charles Camaton, of Whitehaven, abandoned, near Cape Finisterr e. STATE OF TRADE. ( From the Manchester Guardian of yesterday.) ROCHDALE, Nov. 21.—We he ha fi v r e m p had b r.e u e t e a f sl w a e Ck ol m ' tahre krmoeeut mar merchants aenne instanceswe r notwithstanding tewff ae sr iteagk eine s forNv al but there is little doing. flannels, maintains an d its n p u r u i c m e e s HALIFAX, NOV. 19.—The worsted trade in our piece hall is still in a very unsatisfactory state. T he demand is exceedingly limited, and prices are quite unremu ner,tive. The aspect of the yarn market has under gone no noticeable change. The spinners are compelled to curtail their operations ; and they feel that, with the present price of the raw material, lower rates can not be acceded to. As the goods in the hands of the staplers are low, the money market somewhat easier, and the rates asked by the growers very high, wool has rea lised an advance ; but the transactione not ext a e b ns etter ive. HUDDERSFIELD , Nov 22. —There ha s are s been demand for goods to -day than last week, although there has not been any large quantity sold. Merchants have generally offered prices that the manufacturers were un willing to take , as the reduction would have been more than the recent fall in the price of wool would admit of. A fair business has been done in some of the wool ware houses. Aberdeen ....... Ambg. Nottng. Bost & Eastn. June Belfast & Ballymena Birmng. Wolverh. & Stour Valley Birkenhd. Lance!. & Cheshire Junct Do. Chesh. & Birk., £5O & £25 Cons Do., , Blyth & Tyne original £25 (iss. at £45) Bristol & Exeter Caledonian.. ...... Chester dr Holyhead Cork and Bandon Cork, Black. & Pass Cornwall Dublin&BelfastJunc Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction East Anglian (425 L. & E. & L. & D.) (!Do., (XlB E. & H.) Eastern Counties lEasternthaion,A. stk. Do., clo. B Do.NewA(lateThirds) East Lancashire ... Edinburgh & Glasgow Edinb. and Peebles... Edinb.Prth. &Dundee Forth and ClydeJunc. Glasgow & S. Western) Great Northern Stk.. Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock Gt. Sth.&West.(lre.) Great Western.. Irish South-Easters. Lancaster &Carlisle Do., Thirds..... Lancase. &Yorkshire Do., Fifths ....... Do., Wst. Riding Un. Leeds Northern Liv.Crsby.diSoutbpt London & Blackwell Lond. Tilb. & Sthend. Lond.Bright.&S.Cst. London & N. Western Do. Fifths D0.,1.6/.5h.,M&8...0 Do. Eighths London & S. Western Do. £4O. ...... Lncindrry.&Coleraine Lndndrry. & Ennisk. Manch.Shef. &Lincln. Do., Man. &Lin. Un. Midland ......... Do. Birming. & Derby Midland G. West. (Ir. ) Do. Shares Newcastle dr Carlisle Newmarket . •• Do. Bury Extensions Newpt.Aberg.dtHtfd. Newry & Enniskillen Newry Warrenpoint & ROstrevor N0rf01k......... Northn. Counties Un North British ...... . North Devon, No.l Do., No. 2...... ...... Dc., A A Deferred a 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. ds Horefd 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 Eastern South Wales.. S. Yorksh. River Dun Do Staines ,Wok. , &Wok. Stockton & Darling.. Stockton & Hartlepl Taff Vale Do £lO shades Do. Pref., No. 1 Thames Haven Dock and Railway Vale of Neath. Waterfd. & Kilkenny Waterford&Limerick West Cornwall West End of London and Crystal Palace.. West London Wmbledon &Croyden. York Newctl. & Berw. Do. Extensions 1 2 . Do. G.N.E. Purchase York & N. Midland 20 -- 4 1 - 5 9 - 10 12 —lO dl 17 - 19 - 96 -98 56. - 57 16A -17 i 13 - 15 - .. 45 - 46. 71 - 81 5i 4 41 13i - 131 44 - 46 31 - 33 65 - 67 61 -- 63 22 - 24 86 - 87 59 - 61 129 - 131 102 - 103 83 - 84 -- 90'' 664 -- 67 6t 13t 8 1 —14 p 97 98 lon —10.3 i d I — 4 77 78, 12 11 d 11 10 d 214 - 224 - -d 6.3 - 634 35 - 37 54 56 4d par —4,4 d 52 54 4 —3 d 30 31 8 10 -2: 64 - 7i 51 ... 53 51 5# d i 8 so par —2 p 38 - 39 89 - 91. 55 - 57 60 - 62 55 - 60 2 - 15 - 17 8 11 - 13 31 - 3d 16 -- - 18 61i - 62. 34 35 4 - 2 3 - 4 2 7 7 - - 30 2k n. 14 -15 i 8 = 9 65i i 8g - 8d 4 -- 3d 49 50 FOREIGN. A3twrp &Rotterdam Belgian East. Junct. Beziers to Graissessac Central of Italy Charleroi & Erquelin Demerara Dijon and Besnon Dutch Rhenish East Indian Do. Extension Gt. Indian Peninsula Gd. Juliet. of France Gd. Trunk. of Canada Shrs. and Bonds Gt. Central of France Gt. Westn. of Canada Shares Do. bonds(l i55.)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) 20i It 0 Do Do. (Canal) ... Do. 6 p. cent. prof. Lyons & Mediterran Madras Maria Antonia Do. New Melbourne Dk. & Ry Namur & Liege (with interest Do. (ex interest) Northern of France Do. 201. 3 p. c. Bds [fmy,l3. &Ams.Shs ] NorwegianTrnk Pref Paris and Lyons Do. bonds Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen Paris and Strasbourg Paris Caen& Cherbrg. Quebec & Richmond Rouen and Havre Royal Danish Royal Swedish Salbre and Mouse Do. 5,3 per cent. prof S.E. of France Southern of Franco St. Andrews & Quebec Upper India Scrip West Flanders 2 1d 26 - l i d 13 - 15 li - 2Ap 3i — t a n i t II) 2f 2p 2 —ld xin I— i P 2 lid ..• - ..• - 101 -- 11 61 - 7 1 -- 21 1 -- 21 - P ... 4 . — lpan ... - ... 8 - 8 34 . - -7- aii Biid 15/ 16ip X 118 W 9i xin 10i 68 7 8 i II 34; I new 41 43 321 32ixdan 2 4 p 2d par 19 20 pa l r 1 p i d 91 9i Do. 56 per c. Pref Western of France West. of Switzerland Wiesbaden Zealan sd sm id - - par 2 4p 5' id —parxn 14 ld 7i Bip 4 - 9i I I x in LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Sbr. Paid RAILWAYS. c L o e m a p Sing . Closing yes yesterday Pri ces I LS d e ll; 50 all Bedford and Lu.&N.W. Bletchley St. 100 Buckghamsh. L. &N.W. 101 103 50 all Clydesdale Jc. Caledon... bl b 3 St. 100 E. Lincoln. gr 6p. cent Gt.Northn 142 145 25 all Glas. Barr. di Caldonian. Neils. Direct. 25 all Do. New Do — 25 all Glstr.&Dn.Fr. Gt.Westn 3O 32 100 all Hrtlpl. Dk. & Yk. New Railway & Berw.. 50 all Hull & Selby Y.&N.Md. 108 110 25 all Do. Shares Do 54 55 121 all Do. 1 Shares. Do 26i —27 i 121 all Lon.diGreenw S.Eastern l3i —14 i 20 all Do. Preference Do 25 —26 St. 100 Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent... Norfolk St. 100 Do. 6 per et.. Do 5i all Manch.Bston. Ln.diN.W and Matlock & Midld 2 3 21 50 all Middlesbro' & Stckton & Redcar Darlingt. 100 all Midld.Bradfd 99 101 50 all Northern and Easternsp.c. E. Count.. 60 62 50 all Do. 6 per et Do • ••• 50 all Do.Fixedsp.c Do . 25 all Prest. & Wyre L. &IS. W diLndrYk 122 12 Do. Shares. Do — St. 100 Roystn.&Hit. Gt.Northn 142 145 St. 100 Do.Shepth.St. Do 142 145 25 I.Bi Shef. Roth. & Lancash.& Goole g.5.p.c Yorksh . . d 12 gi S. Staffordsh.. MrMCloan 2 lid 50 all WearVall•ygr Stockt. 4k 6 per cent Darling . 25 all DO.• Do 3oi —31 i St. 100 Wilte&Somrst Gt.Westn 9B 100 21 20i 4i 5 56i 6 I 5 i i 13k PREFERENCE MARES. Aberdeen Do., No. 2, 7 p. e... Blyth & Tyne 10 per ct. 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 (X. 3 10s) 6 per cent............ Do. (25) 7 per cent.. Do. (1;717s) 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 Debeu. Sh... EastLancash. 6 p. cts East & West Yorksh Junction Fifths I Edinb.Prth. &Dundee 4 per cent. Glasgow & &Western guar. 5 per cent. Great North , 5 p.c. Do. 5 p. c., Redeem. , at 10 p. c. prom . Do. 4 4 percent. Scrip Gt. N. of Scot. , 1 st Pref Gt. Southn. &Westn. (Ireland) Eighths Do. 4 per ct. prof. St 1 Gt. Westn. (Berko & Hants Ex. 5 p. c.) Do. con. & red. 44 p.c Do. do. 4 per cent , Do. irredeem. 4 p. c Lan. & York. F. £2O, Do., 6 p. c., Stock Leeds Nn. 6p. c. No. 1 Do. Quarters,lB4B London and,Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. 0 Do. Prof., 5 p. c. St Do. Convertible, 5 p c., 1852 ~ ......• Do. New Guar. 6 p.c Lond. & N. W., Coy & Nun., 5 per cent London & S. Western, Con. Thirds Londonderry& Color Londy. & Ennis. Sb Hanch. ,Shef. , & Lin., Shares, No. 1 Do. New, £lO Do., £6 ...... Starypt.&Carl. 4 p. c. Do. 4i per cent all 10 100 100 Do ...7. ...... Consol. 6 p.c. St. Do. Consol. Bristol & Birm. 6 per cent.... Do. Pref. 4? per cent. Norfolk Debent. Sh. Norfolk Extension... Do. Prof. 5i per et... Do. Way. Val. 5 p c North British ..... North Staffordshire.. Oxford Worcester & Wolverh. £15,6p. c. Do Scot. Cen., New "2 - :ef Shrews& }firm. N. G Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor.W.Min),B p. C. Do. 5 per cent South Devon Do. New .... .. . S. Eastern (Reading Ann.,) of £1 Os.6d. S. Yorksh . 4p. c. Guar. Waterfd. &Kilk. 6p. c. York Newcastle and Berwick,4 p.c.Pref. 10 all 14 all Do York& N. Midland H k S. Porch , - ad 6 = iiii 6 -- 6i 4i 44 5# -- 5 i 1h -- lip 14 -- 10 13i-- 14 20; -- 21& 3 - 31 liii =iii 'lO9 - 111 4- i P 8 - 8i 6i 7 I 99 101 95 100 95 100 d par 139 141 2 - 3 pl 12i 13, 94 — 10 par • • • '''''' 139 141 id 23' - 25 104 - 106 i - 1p ii 1 14 16 —l7 p 10 —10 i 13 15 par— i P 24 —24 i 19 20 96 - 99 41- 4i id — WI MINES. 1p d... par d Aprran 11 d 3 —4 A I d id par 11. i 3 d i 8 10 5.1 6f 21 2f 36 38 fd par 44 46 P 11 i ti i —12 f 60 70 5 7p 2i— 3d 14 16 i • ft' 2i— 2d i— i d i d— par 10 ... 12 Id 7 - par 7 7} id par .• - ... i . - IP 31 - 33 5 - - 6 5 - 7 3s 4 d is id part id Agua Fria Anglo Austrin. Gold Anglo Californian Australasian Australian Australian Cordillera , Australian Freehold Ave Maria Baden (Gd. Duchy of) Blrenarvon Iron and Coal British Austrin. Gold British Iron Brazilianlmp.(issued at £5 pm Do. Cocaes & Cuiada Do. St. John Del Rey Carsons's Creek Cobre Copper Colonial Gold Copiapo Copper Min. of Eng Do. Pref. 71 p. cent English and Austin Copper Smeltg. Co General. Gt.NuggetVeinSerp Do. Registered Great Polgooth Lake Bathurst Liberty Linares.. Lond.&Californ.Gold Quartz Crush. Co Mariquita. Mexicau&S.Amerien New Granada New Linares Mining and Smelting Co Nouveau Monde Pontgiband Silver Lead Min.& Smelt Port Philip Quartz Rock Rhymney Iron ,Do. Nov Santiago de Cuba 'South Australian 'Tin Croft United Mexican Waller West Granada !West Mariposa „Worthing Mining of Australia !Yuba FREE TRADE FREEHOLD LAND SOCIETY. Last night a very large and influential meeting of the shareholders and supporters of this successful society was held at the Hanover-square Rooms. Among the gentle men on the platform were Lieut.-Colonel Dickson ; S. M. Martindale, Esq. ; Thomas A. Pott, Esq. ; Jenkin Jones, Esq. ; Rowland Stagg, Esq. ; E. Solly, Esq. ; George Tyler, Esq. ; F. Twynam, Esq. ; T. C. Grattan, Esq. ; R. Tr ess , E sq . ; T . C . Inwins, Esq. ; Captain John Bishop-Culpeper; Major-General Sir W. Clayton, Bart. ; H. E. Canney, Esq. ; W. Dickinson, Esq. ; J. Gate, Esq. ; J. Gimson, Esq. ; W. S. Hodgkinson, Esq. ; S. P. Hook and F. West, Esqs., solicitors to the society ; and Mr. Vigers, surveyor. Shortly before eight the chair was taken by T. C. Grattan, Esq. The CHAIRMAN, in opening the business of the evening, said, in despite of the unfavourable state of the weather, he felt happy in the presence of so many ladies and gen tlemen, who had favoured them with their presence—it was an honour he deeply appreciated. It was by mere accident that he occupied the position he did. They had been disappointed, through indisposition, of the attend ance of the gentleman who had promised to fill the chair that evening, and in the emergency he could not refuse the solicitations to preside. The dense fog prevailing had upset all their arrangements. The programme had been most beautifully arranged—everything was in the most precise order—hut the state of the atmosphere had upset them all. Although it had done all this, yet it had done them a great favour, it showed the society by the large attendance this evening, that the public at large do take a great interest in the success of the Free Trade Freehold Land Society. He would not enter into the object of the meeting, that would be done by the gen tlemen who would follow him—he would conclude by calling upon Mr. West to move the first resolution. Mr. WEST, in moving the first resolution, said—At this time he need not enter into the working of freehold land societies, they were well worked out, and perfectly understood by every one. Since the establishment of the first freehold land society in 1850, up wards of 4,000,0001. had b een su b scr ib ed, and estates to the value of between 5,000,0001. and 6 ,000,000/, had been pur chased and distributed among he could not say how many members. Freehold land societies prevent the person wishing to purchase a plot of l an d from goingtoacer tain class of persons, he would ca ll them jobbers. After an estate had been purchased, roads made, drains laid down, it was distributed among the members at the wholesale price, which effected a very large saving. This society had two very important objects in view ; the first and main one was to place it in the power of every man to obtain a piece of freehold land—(cheers)--the second one was to offer a sound and secure investment for the savings of the industrious. He was sure that most of them would bear him out in the assertion that if a per son wished to purchase a 40s. freehold, out of a free hold land society, the expenses of solicitors, conveyancing. title, &c., would amount to one-half or two thirds of the price of the ground. In this society all that expense is obviated, and the member gets it conveyed to him with out one shilling of the expenses. As an investment for saving, the security was most complete. There was no fear of depreciation, but a clear and decided gain, the 401. invested soon becoming 601. Not so in building socie ties, which many of them, no doubt, knew to their cost. (Hear.) In some societies, a list of which he held in his hand, the shares brought 861. premium and more ; in another, 361. shares, brought 101. premium ; in another the 601. share brought 201. This society, established only on the 15th of August last, had issued 1,300 shares, and possessed a subscribed capital of 60,0001., and all this has been effected in the short space of three months. He thought he need not say that such a society as this deserved their utmost confidence ; he begged leave, therefore, to move—" That the rapid progress made by this society, and its firm establishment, demand the con fidence of the public, and entitles the committee of management to the thanks of the shareholders." The CHAIRMAN, after passing a high eulogium on Col. Dickson, called upon him to second the resolution. Colonel DICKSON, after thanking the chairman for so flattering a compliment, said he had merely done his duty, and he had done no more than any of his collea gues, with whom he had the happiness of being sur rounded. Mr. West had told them of the success that had attended the society since its foundation, on the 15th of August last, and that in only three months they had disposed of 1,300 shares. Another large society—he (Col. Dickson) would not mention names, because it would be unparliamentary, but this he would say, it was not the National—had disposed of 1,500 shares, but to effect that they had to visit twenty-one places : viz., Norwich, Brentford, Kingston, Croydon, Reigate, Hampstead, Ipswich, Chelmsford, Colchester, Great Yarmouth, Gravesend, Greenwich, Woolwich, Deptford, Rochester, Stratford, Derby, Nottingham, Liverpool, Putney, and Ealing. Now, look at the expenses that must have been incurred in holding those one and twenty meetings ; we have had but one meeting ; and we have issued 1,300 shares. (Cheers.) Our expenses have been a trifle or mere bagatelle ; economy in societies like ours is everything. It did not do to go headlong the first year, for we all know the difficulty of pulling in, the difficulty lay not in the expenditure, but in recovering the effects of a lavish outlay ; therefore, economy was the safest, the wisest, and the best course to follow, and that course was followed by this society in all its proceedings. (Cheers.) As one of the foun ders of this society, he (Col. Dickson) assured them it deserved their utmost approval, and that approval he was proud and happy to say, up to this time it had received. And when he could bring so pleasing a statement of affairs before them, he did not think he was asking too much, if he asked one and all present to give the society their combined and hearty support. (Cheers.) The gallant gentleman then read the resolution, and resumed his seat amid applause. The resolution having been put to the meeting by the Chairman, it was carried unanimously. Mr. MARTINDALE, in moving the second resolution, said—That after the clear, lucid, and forcible manner in which the claims of the society had been laid before them, he would leave that, and touch slightly upon another part of the subject. To enter into the prin ciples of the Free Trade Freehold Land Society would be impossible, from the length of time it would necessarily occupy ; but this he would say, that it was their wish and their desire, first, to elevate the position of the shareholders in the social scale ; second, to ex pand a taste for the arts and embellishments in the con struction of houses, and their third desire was to succeed in carrying out the two first mentioned. Of the vast importance of such an object none could entertain a doubt. In every part of the world was their language heard, in every part of the world was their power felt. Most of us had heard the American anecdote, that where there was a riot and a pound of tea, there, in ten minutes, was an English frigate sure to appear for its protection. (Cheers.) He could not better describe this country than in the language of one of old, o' John of Gaunt : This royal theme of Kings, this seeptred Isle, This earth of Majesty, this seat of Mars This fortress built by nature for herself Against Invasion and the hand of war ! This happy breed of men, this little world; This precious stone set in the silver sea, Which serves us as the office of attack, Or as a sure defence at home Against the envy of less happier lands ; This blessed plot of earth !—this realm ! This England ! (Great applause.) Is it not worth while to have a plot of land in that same England ? (Applause.) Why, for the trifling pleasure of foregoing one cigar a-day a man would pay for his freehold. (Applause.) Besides other great advantages, this society possessed a register for the disposal of the rights obtained to choose allotments on the estates of .the society, where the shareholders m ay positively realise sums varying from 501. to 1501. for as many shillings. If this was not a strong argu ment, he did not know what was. He had great pleasure in moving the resolution as follows :—" Th a t the now fully recognised and appreciated principles of the society leave no doubt as to its ultimate success, and warrant the continued and energetic support of its members." Mr. Urrwric felt much pleasure in seconding the resolu tion. The plans before the meeting would convince every person present that the committee had done some thing—and that something entitled them to the support of every one present. Those fortunate enough to pos sess allotments on the estates of the society might, with out the slightest difficulty, realise from 301. to al. pre mium for the property. It was proposed on the estate situate at Beckenham, to build villas, and certain plans were laid down so that one allottee would not be allowed to depreciate the property of another by the erection of a building not in conformity with the rest. (Cheers.) At Camberwell it is proposed to erect houses of the value of from 251. to 301. per annum. This class of houses was more required than any other, and a more eligible situation for the erection of such could not be found. Mr. C. Dickens in his excellent publication, "House hold Words," said the poor clerk with his 1501. a year, se had the gre a t es t difficulty in the world in find in g a hou suitable for himself and his family , he must take any accommodation he can get or put up with the m ostiueen . venient lodgings. By the plans o f this society , eini : o some extent would be remedied. It was determine' tion of this society in all future purchases fe , rteothoebitar sihnenroet. only the best, but the very best property holders. (Cheers,) and The resolution was then p ut b y the Chairman, carried unanimously. Mr. JENEIN JONES then rose to move the theiuryd rere solution, and said, judging from appearances/. mark he might ' make would be occupyingdesirous of devoting to the the time that ladies and gentlemen seemed taking of shares. a lthough ( al l a o u t g t e h d . He (Mr. Jones) could h h e a w ve uu n l o d r o u b t j h e e e- r tion in moving the resolu tion, not have had this meeting held until he h those two beautiful esta tes among t er .) Immediately surveyor had made his report, tttmeesylv h e ad . L _ ne arly every member hof theeXecutive committee doubled his shares, so anxious wa e s ry he to possess a slice of those person who was f or t unate desirable estates ; and every enough to get might calculate upon the ' reali sation of from / 0 to 100 per cent. for his capital. lie would not further detain an anxious assembl y , b ut sim plymove—" That the wide-spread formation of freehold land societies throughout England incontestably proves that their advantages are thoroughly understood by those c l asses , and the people more especially benefitted by them ; and however they may differ in particular objects, they a re of great national impo r t ance, and admit of fur ther extension,' Mr. H. E. CANNEY briefly seconded the resolution. The CHAIRMAN then put it to the meeting, and declared it carried. In answer to a question asked by a gentleman in the body of the meeting, Mr. VIGERS, the surveyor to the society, said that on the Camberwell estate the allotments would be 15 feet frontage and 50 feet depth. On the Beckenham estate, within view of the magnificent Crystal Palace, the allotments would consist of 37 feet frontage, and vary St. 20 100 81 all all 100 4i 100 44 17i all 100 20 st. St. St. 2.2 100 100 100 100 all LOO all 15 2.2 all 16i 100 8 100 St. 10 St. 25 St. 25 25 St. pm 661 4 98 1021- 6 i 3 24 13i i 74 ' 3 63 2,1 31 3 53i 30} 30 65i i 49 3i 25 124 14 12i St. St. St. St. St. 20 all 13.5 244 all 15 aA 1 10 1 1 all all all all 12s. JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 40 all Australasia B3 40 all British Colonial Bank and Loan Company 50 all British N. American 20 2 Chrtd. Bnk.of India, Austral., and China 4d jdis 25 5 Chrtd. link, of Asia. 1 idis 100 25 Colonial 100 20 Commercial of Lond 20 10 English Scottish and Australian Chrtd 1 id 20 15 London Chrtd. Buk of Australia 4— 1 p 50 20 London and County 50 10 London Joint Stock — 100 20 Lond.andWestminst — 100 35 National Provincial of England 20 10 Do. New ••• 50 224 National of Ireland — 20 all New South Wales .••• 25 all Oriental Bank Cor. portion 100 25 Provincial of Ireland ... 10 all Do. New .. 5 1 Royal Australn. Bkg. and Gold Imp. CS,. 4d— par 25 25 South Australia — 25 all Union of Australia 73 75 21 Do. New 74 84 50 10 Union of London •• • 10 all Union of Madrid MISCELLANEOUS. 5 5 Aubin Coal and Iron 25 174 Australian Agricult. 444 454 414 20 14 Australsn.Pcific.Mail 10 8 Australn. Royal Mail 10 2i Berlin Water Works.. ... 50 384 Brit. American Land 63 67 5 1. Brit. & Coln. Smeltg. and Reduction C 0... 100 324 Canada Company 5 5 Crystal Palace ......... 1 —2kp 7 6 71 5 1i Do. New ll 2 41 4 2 Crystal Pal. of France 20 3 Eastern Steam. ....• • • 25 20 Electric Telegraph (A) 17 19 25 15 Do. (B) l2 14 1 1 Electric Tel. of Irel 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat 261 20 18 General Screw Steam 20 74 Irish Beetroot Sugar 20 6 Magdalena St. Navig. 1 all Nat. Pt. Steam Fuel 10 4 Netherlands Land l4 Ed 2 IN.S. W. Ccal & Inter- Stem. Nay. Co — . 1 all N. B. Australasian 11 1 i Do. New •e. • ••• 20 10 Nrth.ofEuropeSteam 5 all Peel Rr. Ld. & Minrl. 51 50 all Peninsular & Oriental ••• 50 25 Do. do , 414 2 all Portland Iro n C o ••• -- 100 60 Royal Mail Steam 63 1 all Scot. Au s t ra l, I nves t l4 25 25 South Austral. Land 37 39 1 all Submarino Telegraph 4d par, 100 28 1 Van Diemen's Land 154 161 BROTHELS.—THE GREAT NUISANCE OF GREAT CITIES. —The Marylebone vestry have had their attention called to the number of brothels in Charlotte-street, where they are kept open, and without disguise, to the great nuisance of the neighbourhood, and the great danger of its property. One of th e h o us es is conducted in the most flash style, by afemale rejoicing in number less aliases. Gentlemen drive up in coaches and four, in dog-carts with two footmen behind, and in vehicles having two mounted postilions, while the " ladies " of the establishment also drive out i in coaches and four, re turning home at night intoxicated, two of them some times occupying the box seat. A notice to quit was served on a brothel-keeper in Norton-street, who closed the house, and removed to another in the same street, opposite the clergyman's house, where the party resumed business as brisk as ever. 1001 pro l Pm 13i 14 1094 10} 10. 1411 1 in depth from 200 to 300 feet, and even a quarter of a r i acre could be had, if required ; and this, be it rem em. bered, in a vicinity where the owners are asking one guinea a foot for their land. A gentleman, who gave the name of Ely, here asked the chairman whether he would permit him to address a. few sentences to the meeting. The CHAIRMAN said it would afford him the greatest pleasure in doing so. Mr. ELY having taken his place on the platform, pro-. ceeded, in a v e ry humorous and original style, to address the meeting, declaring himself to be an ex-Lancashire clodpole, an ex-anti-corn-law leaguer, and to be well known to Joseph Hume. (Cheers.) His remarks ap. plied chiefly to the difference of the system of acreage prevailing in Jersey and in London. Mr. RICH then moved a vote of thanks to the chair. man. Capt. BisHor-CuLrErER said he felt very great plea• sure in seconding it. Col. Dicssox then put it to the meeting, and declared it carried enthusiastically. The CHAIRMAN having briefly acknowledged the com. plinient, the proceedings, which had been of the most agreeable description, terminated. REDUCTION OF THE DUTY ON IRON JIV FRANCE. (From the Times.) The Monitcur of yesterday contains a decree of the French Emperor, reducing the duties on wrought iron imported into France by the mari time zone about 10 per cent., and the duties on cast iron by about 30 to 40 per cent., from the former rate. The effect of this measure seems to be to equalise the duties on foreign iron by reducing them to the rate previously levied on Belgian produce only ; and a similar measure has been applied to coal, the duty having been lowered. in the restricted zone from sd. to 3d. per 100 kilos. As far as it goes, this removal of a mischievous differential duty, which limited the supply, in jured the revenue, and benefitted no one but a small class of ironmasters, is creditable to the Imperial Government ; and it ought to be well understood in France that it has been adopted. solely from a view to the national interests of that country, and not as the result of ne gotiation with any foreign Power. Our wonder has long been much more excited by the per tinacity with which France has continued to set an artificial and excessive price on raw material's of primary necessity to the progress of mechanism and civilisation, than by her declining to open her ports to an important medium of exchange with this country. But we are aware that public opinion in France is so little formed on these subs jects that the Government has more difficulty in carrying such a measure than in doing many other things of a less creditable character. If it were not that the huge population of this metro polis has submitted and still submits to pay a large municipal duty on coal under the ob noxious form of an octroi, we should say that no impost could be devised more intolerable to an intelligent community, more onerous to manufac tures, more irksome to the comforts of the middle classes, or more cruel to the necessities of the poor. In the climate it is our fate to inhabit, and with the pursuits and employments which constitute the chief subsistence of this country and of the North of Franco, cheap fuel is one of the greatest blessings we can en joy ; and the duty of 5 francs a ton levied on sea in the French ports acts as a restriction on all the productive powers lost by that increase in the price of the article. It will now be reduced to 3 francs, and we trust before long it will disappear altogether. Strictly speaking, and in a narrower view of the subject, this country has no interest in supplying France with the raw material for those works of industry and of art in which she is our most brilliant competitor, and the demand for British coal and iron abroad only tends to increase the price of those commodities to the home con sumer. With the exception of the class of coal owners and ironmasters, the direct advantage of this change is in favour of France, who obtains what is essential to her manufactures and railroads on easier terms. But the indirect advantage to other nations largely compensates for this differ ence. We acquire a more extensive medium of exchange with that country ; we unite by closer ties the industry and the material welfare of two great nations ; and we strengthen those common interests which are independent of the vicissitudes of mere political combinations. Some recent measures have a tendency to show on the part of the French Government a marked improvement in the soundness of its views on political economy. In the course of last summer we had occasion to comment with severity on the measures taken by the Government to interfere with the trade in corn, and to limit the price of bread, and we observed that such solecisms were incredible in a country which had produced nearly a century ago, and still retains in its political lite rature, M. de Turgot's admirable letter on the corn trade. A few days ago we had the satisfac tion to publish an able paper from the Moniteur, in which the State journalist exposed and repudiated in the most formal manner the fallacy of State interference to lower prices in times of scarcity, and wound up a very sensible argument by quoting that very paper by M. do Turgot to which we bad alluded. It appears, indeed, that all the exertions made by France up to this time have only secured one-third of the quantity of corn required to make up her average con sumption, and the Government has fairly tohi the country 1 hat it must look for relief in this emergency to no other source than to the natural operations of trade. The reduction of the duties on coal and iron is another proof that in the Colin• cil of State, charged with the preparation of these measures, and in the mind of Louis Napoleon him self, there is a disposition to relax the prohibitive system of France ; and, as these inordinate duties have been so long upheld by powerful class interests, it is probable that no Government not exercising absolute and irresponsible power could have pro. vailed over the prejudices and influence enlisted in their support. The price of corn in France is about as high as it is in England, and the distress in many of the rural districts is augmented by the failure of the vintage, the destruction of vines by the preva loefutaldl is d e e a s s o e r , ip a t n i d on t s h . e g l r n eat ti r ie ise s i o n u t t le o v f al F u ra e onfowines France olive crop has n o t b een favourable, and even the t produce of the s ilk- growers i s b elow e w the average. But work is abundant. aad wages are high ; for, although it is not in the power of a Government to avert the visitations of Providence, or to convert scarcity into abundance, these evils are diminished in proportio n t o th e energy and industry with which the population is enabled to meet them. For this reason the removal or reduction of every species of tax which is a burden on the productive power of the nation is a seasonable relief, and , at a p eriod of high prices especially, it is most unadvisable to permit the restrictions arising from natural causes to be aggravated by restrictions imposed by man. For the general welfare of all classes of two sth primary pity every e heap for ir they an te d e e n he r ap mo conditions,fu re el oarreleee into branch of industry down to the ordinary wants of domestic life ; and we tr ust that the success of this i n duce a ter limited experiment wi ll t freedom and resolu- he French Governs ment to proceed with gre tion to relax the bonds which have hung so long on the foreign trade of the country. SOUTH SEA STOCK. — Much dissatisfaction is expressed at their present position by the holders of the 3,662,7841. South Sea Stock which falls due on the sth of January, and the a mount of which cannot be distributed owing to the directors having failed in the last session of Parlia. ment to obtain an act empowering them to do so. The bill for the purpose was thrown out, in i conseq ri u g e h n t ce of a plan b ein g included in it for converting the South c ontended, eCnoclme t n h y a i t n t t h o e a se t o r b u le t ct e s o s m h p o a u n lP and have been sought by separate bills. According to an advertisement on Mon. day last, however, it appears that the application to ma d e next session is to be in a similar form, and, as there is considerable dang er that it will again encounter a prolonged opposition from the legal profession, under the fear that the creation of a trust company may tend considerably to do away with litigation, complaints are very naturally made that the rights of those proprietors who feel no interest in this part of the question, and w ho merely wish to have the a moun t o f their stock' paid to them as soon as possible, should be thus inconside• rately tampered with. _ . STOCKPORT, DISLEY, AND WHALEY BRIDGE RAILWAY: —This contemplated new line has long been imperatively called for by th e wants of the populous districts through which it is designed to pass. The absence of railway communication in the present day acts depreciatingly upon the value of property. Even this is felt in coin• paratively thinly populated places, but it becomes a stilt more serious evil in a district rife with mills, manufac. tories, and operatives. A direct line of communication between the populous manufacturing town of Stockport and Whaley Bridge has long been a desideratum, and the present project is intended to supply it. The wh (Iles country the inte n d e d line will traverse is teeming with and p eo pl e which loudly demand the benefits is f railway transit. In undertakings of this kindan there o one great object to be kept in view, and theatibs,ewnailtlisit prove a safe investment ? If this question . agitate th e news. e any e c factorily answered it is scarcely nece ssary p other, as the fact of its being payable rov to es of the par ties about to carry the work into operation 2 sity of the project. The next question for the public to enquire is, the c haracter Looking at the names ats f g en tlemen of high standi ng , r, O we can say that the provisional committee the iis p e r o o m s r :o e c s e ti nd g. large property, 1 ' the i ncrease d facilities f o r ir commercial pursuits, b u t on gratulate the pu blic gnot ues tionable integrity. We con . only upon the prosp ec t o f acc ount of the business•like and honourable men who bring out the resources comforts of the district by projecting and to the social - have stood forw ard to an d add commencing an undertaking fraught with be ne fit to all. We hear tily wish the works may be comm ence d with 11, ittle delay as possible. _:.