The Sun. — London, England, 1853-11-21 00:00:00

it cir on of , the coali n has romi whom eague new hat of cet is vious few Mi of tingly them. )at on ,ne of mid be ; yes , an ; day, iing f the ter of 3 first L, and a the 0 I's - Y 2tl.=.i, AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. ..._The sales of cotton at Liverpool on Saturday 'me estimated at 5,000 bales, of which 1,000 Ame rican Were taken on speculation. The market closed tamely without alteration in prices. The sales comprised 4,500 American, 150 Egyptian, at . b _uld. to 6id , and 300 Surat at lid. to aid. per lb. ."ailvsray Sh . ares were quiet, but firm. The Grain Market is steady this morning for Wheat, but barley is lower. :The ship Port Wallace, from Melbourne, b ergs accounts of July 4, and 10,108 oz. of gold. The Childe Harold, from Sydney, has accounts of old. 11l 20, and 2,335 oz. of gold. These dates are The vessels, Merchantman and Time and Truth, have been taken up to convey emigrants from P lymouth. The New York accounts record more activity and nigher prices for stocks at the latest date. The money market, however, was exceedingly tight. The banks were contracting in all the leading de partments. There had been several failures and many others were expected to follow. The weekly return of the City Banks showed a decrease of 30 7,693 dols. in the discounts, and an increase of , 2 ,5 1 -65,515 dols. in the deposits, of 191,808 dols. in the circulation, and of 905,208 dols. in the specie. . 1 4 foreign manufactures there was very little doing, operations being carried on for immediate wants on 1 y. The imports were falling off. The shipments of Specie from New York during the week ending Nov. 5, amounted to 1,561,231 dols. The exports Llling the first week of Nov. were nearly double those of the whole month last year. Advices from California mention that the wing news was satisfactory. The markets were depressed, owing to the dearness of money and the heavy imports. The Saint Lucia " Palladium" of the 17th Sep tember, mentions that the French colonists are bestirring themselves in a manner well worthy of themselves, and of the critical situation in which they have been placed by the sudden emancipation of their slaves. In addition to the efforts made by the ladies of Guadaloupe, through the agency of Madame Riby, we learn that the commercial firm of Ch. Chevalier, of Nantes, are under en gagement for the importation of African immi grants upon a large scale into the French Islands. It would also appear that an offer has been made to the French planters, by one of the first houses in London, to procure them a supply of labourers from Madeira. Upon these several schemes and their practicability as regards Martinique, the editor of La France d'Outre 111er has some excel lent remarks. _ Another important advantage of the French Islands, and of which they are justly proud, is the % steam communication established among them for local purposes. The St. Pierre and St. Louis have ben for some time in active employment, and a third steamer, called the Madinina, recently built at Nantes, is expected out. We also find mention ?fan Insurance Company about to be established I?. Paris, with the title of " L'Egide de la Pro- N'llice," chiefly with a view to colonial operations. The Java coffee sales of the Netherlands Trading Company at Amsterdam went to 2 florin higher. The railway meetings announced are the fol lowing Company. Date. Place, &c. Xillarney Junction Nov. 30, Dublin. Limerick and Ennis Nov. 23, Limerick. Manch., Sheffield, & Linc Dec. 7, Manchester. Waterford and Kilkenny Nov. 30, London Tavern. The amount of gold and silver exported from Southampton in the Peninsular and Oriental Steamer Euxine on Saturday was 481,9601. The Principal portion to India and China. The English Funds have been exceedingly quiet, both as regards real and speculative business, and Prices continue very firm. There have been bar gains in Consols at 95 and 951 for transfer, and at 90 to f..u. account. The " backwardation " has ceased, the account price being even a shade higher than that for money. The New 31 per Cents. have been 951 to 96i and the 3 per Cents 94 to 94 4 - . Bank Stock has been well supported at 217 to 218. East India Stock has been steady at 250. India Bonds are at Is. premium. Foreign Securities are quiet but firm generally. Portuguese 4 per Cents. are rather heavy at 41-i. Spanish New Deferred Bonds realise 22 to k, and the 3 per Cents. 461. Mexican Stock has advanced to 25, 1 . Buenos Ayres Bon;ls are worth 62. The Swedish 4 per Cents. have been at 93, the Belgian 4-11 per Cents. at 95, and the Dutch 4 per Cents. at 9q. The Railway Shares have generally improved, with moderate transactions. Great Northern, Caledonian, and Midland have been most dealt in. French Shares are quiet, but Sambre and Meuse, Namur and Liege and Luxemburgh have further advanced. The Gold Mine Shares have been steady, the Land Companies' higher, and the Banks without alteration. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY. (Prom the Official List.) Business done. l'auk. Stock —. .... . . ....... .................. 217 18 Per Cent. Reduced Annuiiies 941 4 tPer Cent. Consols Annuities 95 / k dew 31 per Cent. Annuities 96 b 5 i 6 8 5,1 6 410 .„ ng Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1 86 0 uitto 30 Years, Expire sth Jan., 1860 5l India Stock 250 India. Bonds, £lOOO 1 p cousols for Account - Exchequer Bills, ld. £l000 2500 • 6 p PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per ... . Cent ........ . 62 3 Rican 3 per Cent. .., Ditto for the Account f s ernvian Bonds, 41 per Cent. 7l rortngnese Bonds, 4 per Cent 4la 1 ttussian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent. £St lll i Ditto 4i per Cent 97A 'srdinian Bonds, 5 per Cent 921 1 Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent 46if Punish New Deferred, 3 per Cent. 22k 2 Swedish 4 per Cent...—. ....... ..... _ Di;ldenda on the above payable in London. Relgian Bonde 4i per Cent. ex. 25 fr - 95 Dutch Exchange, 24 per Cent. 12 Guil 6:3k Ditto for the Account 6 34 Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates THREE O'CLOCK. Consols Ditto December Account LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAL LONDON , Nov. 21.—Wind at noon, N.N.W. ; light breeze, and fine weather. MARGATE, Nov. 20.—The Diligence, Hartlepool to Ba tavia, got on the Kentish Knock on the 17th November, str kiing hard—was assisted off, and is now at anchor in Margate Sands. RAMSGATE, Nov. 20.—A light brig was seen running t hrough the Gulls to the Eastward yesterday afternoon, and was observed to get in collision with a French Go .lvcrnrnent steamer, which shortly afterwards took her in tow, apparently for Dover harbour. Both vessels are sup Posed to have sustained damage. DEAL ,Nov. 20.—Wind, W.S.W. Arrived—Pacific, fro m Callao ; Earl Grey, Valparaiso ; Tuscan, Belize, With loss of foretopsailyard ; Kathay, New York ; Kora- Quebec ; Helios, do. ; Emma, Taganrog ; Charles, St. - nes. Arrived rom the River—Asiatic, for Port ; Alberton, Cape Coast Castle ; Albertina, for Ten eriffe. PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 20.—Wind, S. Arrived—B.M.S 91, from the Coast of Africa. LYMOUTH, Nov. 20.—Wind, N. Arrived — Ab i g ail, f rom Quebec ; Margaret Ann, do. FALMOUTH, Nov. 19.—Wind, S.W. Arrived—Dos Anti- Da, from Havannah ; Bertha, New York. Nov. N.—Wind, N.N.W.Arrived—C ttherine Jamie • from London, for New South Wales; Abagim, from o ndo n , for New York. Saile l—Octzeon for New Or nealls• Off Port—Emma, from Taganrog ; s Apolliue, from a. ICosvEs, Nov. 20.—Arrived—Hermann (s), from New freight 495,097 dollars for London, and 198 , 214 " 11 80-4; for TA 'lVre . NO% W.S.W. Arrived— .l-r"g°. from Buctouche. Oil Yort—Helen, from Monte lu eo f P IS/MAIM, Nov. 19.--Wind, S.S.W. Arrived—lda, r " 1 o .nebec. th !litiLL, v. O 0 Wind, N.W. rrived—Violet, from et , Commerce, do. tu.—Wind, S.W. ArriVe.l--Triuraphant New York, fur Falmouth, with loss of topgallant oN in bulwarks gone, sails split, Ste., and captain lost cerb 'n ro a d. IZYERPOOL, Nov. 20.—The Liverpool, Shields to New Las foundered at sea ; the master, his wife, a lady ..tipnger, and thirteen of the crew drowned ; first mate tat) four men have arrived at New Orleans.—(See Ply- Paragraphs of the 11th and 13th Oct.) la,„lo.—The Milicite (ship), from e e on 4th Oct. for Liverpool, is a total wreck. vr ki rToN. Nov. B.—The Talisman, hence for Newcastle, 104 on Cape North, Oct. 28. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) lv Vir* d S.W., f res h breeze, LE LIVERPOOL, A.M. e. ONDAY, 10.30 Ito,„ ; l7 ed—Tancred, from Calcutta ; George Fyfe, Islay ; St e us, New York ; Alarm, Bomb a y ; G er tr u d e , St. Gan e ns ; Catherine , Pictou ; Alice Gill, Montreal ; egs Alotandria. • C " :1)°1 t - -Endymion, from Calingapatam. QUEENSTOWN, Nov. 18. .Wind, moderate. ma t in—Prival an , f rom H am b nrg h f or N ew Y or k , w ith 4 ter and eleven others dead. (B/ SUBMARINE AND EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH.) CUSTOMS RETURN. Arrived Tina GRAVESEND, MONDAY 10.15 A.M. N.W. moderate and hazy. Tide, low water. 4 4;R61mA and Henry, from Messina; Helen, Chester, Guernsey. Al A J?Kl5l' !Vs Tills PEA 37,. CORN EXCHANGE. About an average business was transacted in wheat in the larger country markets held on Saturday. In prices no material change took place. The barley trade was heavy, at a decline of 2s per quarter. Malt was offering on lower terms. Oats, peas, and flour were steady. Beans were is to 2s dearer. Advices from New York to the s t h inst., state that wheat and flour were in brisk request, and dearer. The Continental markets have continued tolerably firm for most descriptions of produce. Up to our market last week, the arrivals of English grain were very moderate. From abroad we received 24,2 '9 quarters of wheat, 5,475 barley ; beans, 122 ; peas, 2,506; tares, 181; linseed, 700; rapeseed, 214; mustard seed, 170 ; fine dry seeds, 164 ; flour, 1,191 sacks, and 3,058, barrels of flour. The quantity of Erglish wheat received fresh up to our market to-day, coastwise, was but moderate. By land carriage, the receipts were small ; hence, the show of sam ples of both re ,, and white was by no means extensive. On the whole, the attendance of buyers was good, and a fair average business was transacted in wheat of home produce, at last Monday's quotations. There were several inquiries for forward delivery parcels, but without leading to much business. Notwithstanding that the supply of foreign wheat was seasonably extensive, the demand for that article was steady. In the quotations we have no change to notice. Floating cargoes were quite as dear as last week. Landomiska, 65s ; fine Galatz, 66s to 68s • Taganrog, 62s ; a nd Egyptian Laide , 50 s p er q uarter, all Charges included. We were well supplied with barley, which sold heavily, at a decline of from is to 2s per quarter. Malt—the show of which was good- ruled dull, at is to 2s per quarter less money. With oats we were well supplied, yet tbe inquiry for them was active, at 6d to 1s per quarter more money. There was an active demand for beans, at a rise in price of quite Is. per quarter. Peas sold steadily at full quotations. There was only a moderate sale for flour, on former terms. CURRENCY PER IMPFIRIAL MEASURE. .‘!!! . _ .-ted new 62 72s Oitto •••• • • .. .. old 62 71• ditto, White new 62s 78s Ditto .. • . .. old 65s 82s lorfolt Awl t•- ;.;oln, Red, old f9s 6Ss tto new • • 59 , 66 ty > -Old , Ous OOs •. • . 80. —Grindint: Yflntln.'• •.. Vir.r ...It—Suffolk and Nor folk • • • • • • .. Crls ilrown .• • .......... 48 5 s 707.astou and Ware 6(2), €3s 31. 81 31. 32e 40 , 4 s 42' 47s Malt .—(Thevaller • • •• 65s to 71s - Yorashir. and CAncolask., Feel 25s Potato ••• • • .... 78s 30s Voughal and Co:k Black... •.. 24s 2gs • !ork, White ... •. 25s 28s scotch, Feed. i 6 2 ;,sl49—Tick 42 51s Pigeons . 45 57s .... • . 42, 45.: 'Maple .. • • •... .. 45 48s White... •. • . • . 55 58; iioilers „ 6!s 66s r'l. ur—Towu-m , ide.. 70s 75 9 iatfolk • • • • • 55, qtollkta & Norton , 54s 58s SMITHFIELD. The imports of foreign stock into London last week were good, viz., 8,574 head. Daring the corresponding period of 1852, we received 4,873 ; in 1851, 7,036 ; in 1850, 6,191 ; in 1849, 5,587 ; in 1848, 4, 61; and in 1817, 3,193 head. IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WEEK. From Beasts. Rotterdam 523 Ostend Hamburgh 2O Dordt..... 42 Bromvershaven 20 Amsterdam 1 Harlingen 782 Calais New Antwerp. Si peep, ... 1,733 314 497 166 1,5;25 Lamas. Tonuingen .. 90 ... 1,149 Calves. Pigs. 305 ... 76 - - 14 ... - 92 107 14 ... - 5 ... 13 31 ... - Total ... 2,161 176 ... 5,745 The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as under : Beasts. 552 761 .S5l 1,538 850 1,772 849 1,097 LB4O 94S Sheep. 3,500 4,567 :3,844 4,138 3,173 ... Lambs. Calves. 258 367 38 230 140 Most of the foreign beasts at hand since our last have been in very middling condition ; but some very superior crows in milk have come to hand from Rotterdam. In the general weight and condition of the Dutch sheep, a great improvement has lately taken place. We were well supplied with foreign stock to-day. On the whole, a good business was transacted in must kinds. The arrivals of beasts fresh up from our own grazing dis tricts were moderately extensive as to numbers, and in fair average condition. Their general weight, however, was by no means heavy. The weather being favourable for and the attendance of both wn and country buyers good, the beef trade ruled strong, and last Monday's prices were well suppor.ed. The best Scots realised 4s 6d per Sibs. From Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, and North amptonshire, we received 2,800 short horns ; from other parts of England, 300 of various breeds ; and from Scot land, 56 Scots. There was a slight increase in the supply of home-fed sheep. Prime Downs moved off steadily, at full prices, viz., 5s 2,1 per Blbs ; but half-breds were the turn in f ,- vour of the buyers—the top figure being 4s 101 per 81bs. Long wools met a slow sale, and, in some instances, the curren cies had a downward tendency. With calves, we were tolerably well, but not to say heavily, supplied. The veal trade was r..ther firm ; ueverth less, last Monday's prices were barely supported. The priciest calves realised 4s 6d to 4s 8d per Slbs. There was a lair demand Per Slbs to si or pigs, at full quotations, [uk tits offals. s. d. s. d.' Interior Beasts.... 2 8 to 3 0 Second quality.... 3 4 3 8 Prime large oxen 3 10 4 2 Prime Scots, &c. 4 4 4 6 Inferior Sheep ...3 0 3 41 Second quality ...3 6 4 2j Prime crse.-wlled. 4 4 4 61 d. s. d. s. 'Prime South down 410 5 2 Large crse. calves 3 6 4 2 !Prime small d 0... 4 4 4 8 Largo hogs 3 4 4 0 Small porkers 4 2 410 Suckliugcalves ..21 0 27 0 Quarter old pigs 20 0 26 0 TOTAL SUPPLY. Beasts ................. 5,628 Sheep , ....28,260 Calves .. ••.. • • ••• .. 244 A statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of fat stock exhibited and sold in Smithfield Cattle Market, on Monday, Nov. 22, 1852, and this day, Monday, Nov. 21, 1853. Per 81bs, to sink the Was. Nov. 22, 1852. N0v.21,1853 s. d. s. d.s. d. s. d Coarse and inferior beasts ... 2 2to 2 4 2 Bto 3 0 Second quality ditto ... 2 6 3 0 3 4 3 8 Prime large oxen 3 2 2 83 10 4 2 Prime Scots, &c 310 4 0 4 4 4 6 Coarse and inferior sheep 3 0 3 4 3 0 3 4 Second quality ditto 3 6 3 8,3 6 4 2 Prime coarse woolled ditto ... 310 4 2 4 4 4 6 Prime Southdown ditto 4 4 4 6'4 10 5 2 Large coarse calves 2 8 3 6 3 6 4 2 Prime small ditto 3 8 4 0 4 4 4 8 Large bogs 210 3 6 3 4 4 0 Neat small porkers ... 3 8 310 4 2 410 Beasts... ... 4,776 5,62 E Sheep 25,150 28,26 C ... ... 211 284 Pigs 365 30l SUPPLIES ON SALE, Nov. 24, 1851.—Beasts, 4,768 ; sheep 27,890; calves, 227 ; pigs, 460. Nov. 25, 1850.—Beasts, 4,343 ; sheep, 23,420 ; calves 131; pigs, 390. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Although the supplies of meat continue seasonably good and extensive business is doing, prices are freely sup ported. Per 81bs by the carcase. s. d. s. d. Beef, inferior 2 62 10 Do., middling 3 0 3 4 Do., prime large 3 6 3 8 Do., do. small 3 10 4 0 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 Veal 3 4 4 6 Pork, small 4 2 4 10 BOROUGH HOP. We have a steady, but by no means brisk, demand for fine hops, at full prices. Low and inferior qualities move off slowly, and previous rates are barely supported. Last week's imports were 566 bales from Hamburgh, 44 from Rotterdam, 3R2 from Antwerp, 264 from Ostend, 10 from Ghent, and 4 from Dunkirk. The prices are as follows : New Mid and East Kent pockets, 151. Os to 201. Os ; new Weald of Kent ditto, ill. lls to 131. 13a ; and new Sussex ditto, 101. ss. to 121. per cwt. BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. Rather largo supplies of potatoes arrived coastwise last week. The imports were 1,100 tons from Rotterdam, 60 ditto from Hambro', 5 ditto from Amsterdam, 2 ditto from Antwerp, 39 bags from Bremen, 2 barrels from Madeira, 366 sacks from Dublin, 23 dito from Waterford, and 1 558 begs from Belfast. Trade is dull, as follows :—Shaws, 1 1 )0s to 120 s ; Regents, 140 s to 165 s ; foreign, 110 s to 140 s per ton. WOOL. The public sales of wool have been brought to a close. The quantity offered was 53,826 bales colonial, and 9,124 East India, China, &c. Of that supply, 13,000 bales were withdrawn, leaving about 22,000 bales for the neat series. The average decline in prices hae beenPid per lb. ; but East India parcels have gone at a fall of 3d per lb. In the pri vate contract market English wools have given way quite lid per lb., although the quantity on offer is by no means large. Last week's imports were only 8 bales from Madras, 21 from Antwerp, 20 from Leghorn, 29 from Hamburgh, and 110 from Mogadore. SEEDS. The supplies of linseed being small, the demand for that , rticle is less active. Prices, however, are well supported. illeack Sea, ex. ship. 535. ; Archangel, 44s ; and Riga, 42s ner quarter. R A peseeo is quite as dear as last week. 'lost other seeds are selling on former terms. Linseed and rape cakes continue to move off steadily, at full prices. rarnip,White, per busb. 18s to 219 1 Swede • • 20s 23s Mustard, Brown • ...... 10s 13s White, new ...• .. 14s I6s r sres,Wlnter, new .. 7s Gd 8s Od Spring ...• 08 Od 9 Od Inary, per quarter • 65s 709 ;ye grass.. •.. •• 28s 34: RedEnp,. (cwt.) 44s 64s White •• 48s 059 Foreign Red...... 449 62s White.... 5i s 65s trefoil, new.......... 19s 24s Carraway.. ........ 42s 48e Coriander .. .• ........ 10. 15, Hempseed, per quarter 33s 3gs Linseed, Eng. Aowing 58c *2B Crushing ...• 51v 57s Baltic •• • • i9i 54s Odessa •••••• • • • • 513 A 55s Linseed Cake, pr. ton — English •• . 91 lOs 10 10s Foreign,per ton 9? Os 11 lOs Rape Cakes, pr ton 6 1 0 , 6' lOs Rapeseed, New, pr Ist 30 'fb 311 Os TALLOW. About an average business is doing in our market to-day. P.Y.C. on the spot, 56s 9d 575, and for the spring 58s per cwt. Town tallow. is 56s per cwt. net cash. The ship ments from St. Petersburgh are 102,056 casks, against 83,386 in 1852 ; 103,227 in 1851; and 117,116 in 1850. 1850. I 1851 N 53. .1_ ;tock this day .. 43,23 50,"23 68,140 ' 4 .831 1 33, , ,(1 - , --- .... ' 37s Od 37s Od to 37s Od tc 47s 6d 155 s 9d to Price of Y. C. ..•• [to 37. 6 d 37s 3d' 37s 3d to 47 , 9d 57s Cd Delivery last week .• . 2 894 1.791 3,131 ',917 2,277 1,735 4,063 1 ilt - to from June 1.... i 44,341 ; 45,0,38 44,720 i 45,691 12,- 41 Arrivals last week.. 1 5 , 084 1 1,382 1,394 Dittofrom June 1.... 62,099 70,347 76,327' 46,894 62,881 Prise of Town ...... 39a 6d ! 394 6d 39s 6d i 49s 3d 58s Od FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts • • .. . • • • . .• 2.1 - 0 Sheep .. • • • • • • .. • • • 6,270 Calves . ••• • • .. • • 244 THE SUN, LIONDON, MONDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 21, 1853. shr 2;T^T 7 7 7lg T.).ATTY, PREFERIRNOB SHARF,s 44.1 41Ty1i T i t t*t .; 7-r 11- 1 -jr, ri BRITISH RAILWAYS. Abert 'Do., No. 2, 7 p. e Blyth & Tyne 10 per ct. pref. (iss. at£so) Bristol & Exeter 4 pr cent., stock.... Paidj RAILWAYS. Closing Prices this day. Business done this day. IDo. Do., shares . Caledonian £lO . 98 Chester & Holyhead Guar. 5i per cent Cork&Bandon 5 a p.c 1 Dundee Perthdaber deen Junction EastAnglian (€3los) 6 per cent. Do. (£5) 7 per cent.. Do. (#;7l7s) 7 p. ct.. Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. c. No.l Do No. 2.. Do., New 6 p. c. St Eastern Union, Scripl Guar. 6 per cent Do. £lO Deben. Sh EastLancash. 6 p.ets East & West Yorksh Junction Fifths Edinb. Prth.&Dundee 4 per cent. Glasgow & S.Western guar. 5 per cent Great North , . 5 p.c Do. 5 p. c. ,Redeem., at 10 p. c. pram Do. 4A percent. Scrip Gt.N. of Scot. ,lst Pref Gt. Southn. &Westn. (Ireland) Eighths Do. 4 per ct. pref. St Gt. Westn. (Berke till Hants Ex. 5 p. c.) Do. con. & red. 44 p c Do. do. 4 per cent Do. irredeem. 4 p. c. Lan. & York. F. .1;20, Do., 6 p. c., Stock Leeds Nn 6p. c. No. 1 1 Do. Quarters, 1848...1 London andßrighton l Guaranteed 5 p. 0... Do. Pref., 5 p. c. St. Do. Convertible, sp. c., 1852. Do. New Guar. 6 p.c. Loud. & N. W., Coy. & Nun., 5 per cent. London & S. Western, Con. Thirds Londonderry& Coler. Shares Lowly. & Ennis. Sh Aanch.,Shef.,&]Lin,,l Shares, No. 1 Do. New, £lO liarypt. &Carl. 4 p. c Do. 4ij per cent Do ..... Consol. 6 p. c. St. Do. Consol. Bristol & Birm. 6 per cent.... Do. Pref. 4 per cent. Norfolk Deoent. Sh. Norfolk Extension... Do. Pref. 3 per et... Do. Way. Val. 5 p c North British ...... North Staffordshire.. Oxford Worcester & Wolverh. £15,6 p. c. Do Scot. Cell., New Pref Shrews& Birm. N. G Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor. W. Min),B p. c. Do. 5 per cent.. south Devon .. ' Do. New 3. Eastern (Reading Ann.,) of 21 08.6 d. 3. Yorksh.4p. c. Guar. Waterfd. &Kilk.6p. c. York Newcastle and Berwick, 4 p.e.Pref , Do York& N. Midland H ' & S. Purch UNTVFIRqITY INTETT,TnEivr'R. OXFORD, SECOND PUBLIC EXAMINATION, MICHAELMAS TERM, 1853 The following class list has this afternoon been issued by the examiners in Literis Humanioribus : * CLASS I. Beck, James Price, exhibitioner, Oriel College. Brodrick, George Charles, commoner, Balliol College. Butler, Arthur Gray, scholar, University College. Campbell, Lewis, exhibitioner, Balliol College. Fremantle, William Henry, commoner, Balliol College. Goschen, George Joachim, commoner, Oriel College. Inge, William, scholar, Worcester College. Bekewich, Arthur, commoner, Balliol College. Lothian, Marquis of, nobleman, Christ Church. Stebbing, William, scholar, Worcester College. Thorley, George Earlam, scholar, Wadham College. Wood, Charles James, exhibitioner, Brasenose College. CLASS Alderson, Charles Henry, scholar. Trinity College. Beesley, Edward Spencer, Bible clerk, Wadham College. Cockson, Charles Alford, exhibitioner, Oriel College. Herbert, Robert George W., scholar, BalHal College. Jackson, Henry Mather, commoner, Trinity College. Norton, David Evan, commoner, Oriel College. Wiles, Edmund Henry L., exhibitioner, Queen's College- Woodhouse, Thomas, commoner, St John's College. CLASS 111. Atkinson, James Augustus, scholar, Exeter College. Behrends, John Bernard, scholar, St. John's College. Bramston, John, com moner , B a lli o l C o ll ege . Cole, Robert Eden George, commoner, University College. Davidson, Jonas, P. F., scholar, Lincoln College. Kingston, Thomas Lawrence, commoner, Balliol College. Maude, Thomas Wm., commoner, Balliol College. Stowell, Thomas Alfred, commoner, Queen's College. Style, Charles Montague, scholar, St. John's College. Thomson, Ninian Hill, exhibitioner, Balliol College. Williams, John Lewis, commoner, Jesus College. CLASS IV. Branson, George, demy, Magdalen College. Brewster, Herbert Charles, commoner, Queen's College. Carey, Alfred Henry, commoner, Exeter College. Carr, Thomas William, commoner, Wadham College. Coke, George Francis, commoner, E xeter C ollege. Gordon, Adam Stephenson, commoner, Oriel College. Gray, Edward Benjamin, commoner, Exeter College. Gresson, John George, Bible clerk, E xe t er C o l lege. Hayward, Henry Rudge, scholar, Pembroke College. Newnham, Philip H. commoner, Wadham C o ll ege . Pain, Thomas Holland, scholar, Brasenose College. Poole, Henry, commoner, Pembroke College. Young, William Henry, exhibitioner, Pembroke College. J. M. WILSON, M. PATTISON, Examiners. B. JOWETT, W. 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Count Do Do dtLn& Yk Do IGt.Northn Do Lancash.dri Yorksh MrMClean Stockt. & Darling Do Git.Wosta Closing Prices this day. 102 - 103 1 50 - 52 142 - 145 io ii 108 -- 110 54 -- 65 26 -- 27. 13h -14 h 25 -- 26 2 - 3 99 -- 101 60 - 62 1142 - 145 1142 - 145 2 slid 30i -31 i 98 -- 100 Business this day, SUN OFFICE, Six o'Clock. TATTERSALL'S. (THIS EVENING.) DERBY. 6 to 1 agst Autocrat (taken). 10 to 1 agst King Torn (taken). 25 to 1 agst Acrobat (taken). 25 to 1 agst Ruby (take 30 to 1). 33 to 1 agst Marsyas (taken). 40 to 1 agst Neville (taken). 40 to 1 agst Hesse Cassel (taken). ABERYSTWITH RACES. ARRIVALS.—Emeralda, Harkaway, Shamrock, and Petworth. St. Hilier is expected. FRIGHTFUL MURDER IN NORFOLK. Another barbarous murder, accompanied by highway robbery, was committed at noon-day in West Norfolk, about twelve or fourteen miles from the spot where a man was shot down and robbed by Groom, who was executed in Norwich last year. The unfortunate victim, Lorenzo Beha, was a silversmith and jeweller, who re sided in Norwich. He had two assistants in his shop at Norwich, to whom he left the care of his business while he travelled through the country to obtain orders, and to sell his jewellery. He usually carried a box of gold and silver watches and other jewellery in a bag, sus pended from a stick on his shoulder, and his custom was, when he sold goods to the country people, to take payments in small instalments. Amongst other places which he thus visited at regular intervals, were Welling ham and Tittleshall, villages in West Norfolk, about two miles apart, and about nine miles from Fakenham, at the latter of which he was last seen alive. About mid way between Wellingham and Tittleshall the road is bordered on one side by a plantation, and on the other side Tittleshall-common and a plantation meet. Be tween one and three o'clock several persons passing this spot on their way to Dereham market, ob served a quantity of blood in the middle of the road, but continued their journey without stopping, having no suspicion that a brutal murder had been committed on a spot so much frequented, and in the middle of the day, and supposing that a horse or some other animal had been taken ill, and been bled there. At half-past three, however, on the same afternoon, John Robinson, a butcher, residing at Tittleshall, who had walked over to Wellingham, reached this spot on his way back, and his attention having been arrested by the great quantity of blood on the road, he stopped to look at it, and he observed that some portions of it had been partially covered by dirt scraped from the road. Observing also that there was a trail of blood to the hedge, and that the trail was continued through the fence into the ditch of Tittleshall-common, he made another search, and discovered the body of Beha, with the legs towards the hedge, and the coat collar turned up as if the murdered man had been dragged by his coat through the fence. By the side of the body lay a box of jewellery unopened, and also a large hatchet, such as is used for felling timber. The blade of the hatchet was covered with blood and hair, and it was evidently the wea pon by which the unfortunate man had been murdered. His trousers pockets were turned inside out and rifled ; but in his waistcoat pocket a watch was found still going. His head had been nearly severed from the body by a blow at the back of the neck, and there were four deeply cut wounds across the temples and face, any one of which must have caused instantaneous death. The right eye was also driven in wards to the depth of an inch. Indeed, the poor man appeared to have been felled like an ox, and dragged through the fence into the ditch. On searching the clothes of the deceased more minutely, his account-book was found, soaked with blood, in one of his pockets, but the keys of his box were gone. No suspicion was generally entertained as to the perpetrator of the murder until late in the evening. A man named William Webster, also a butcher, was driving in his cart from Tittleshall to Wellingham, shortly before one o'clock on the same day, when he saw a man in the plantation adjoining the ditch where the body was found, and he observed that the man stooped as he approached, to hide himself. Webster stated this circumstance at Wellingham as soon as he heard of the murder, but he did not say that he knew who the man was. At ten o'clock at night, however, he went to the residence of Mr. John Hooks, at Tittleshall, one of the parish con stables, and said that he could not rest until he had in formed him that the man whom he had seen in the planta tion was Wm. Thompson, a labourer, who resided with his father atTittleshall,and was frequently employed in telling timber. Mr. Hooke and Mr. J. Moore,another parish con stable, proceeded to Thompson's house, found him in bed, and ordered him to rise and dress himself. He did so, putting on different clothes from those he had worn during the day with the exception of his slop, on which some spots of blood were observed. On the bed, and not at all secreted, the constables found a pair of trou sers, the legs of which and the left pocket were soaked with blood, and in a lower room they found a pair of " highlows," in the lace holes of which blood was obser vable. They asked the prisoner for his hatchet, but he could not produce it, and he made no statement in ex planation. He was apprehended, and taken to the Griffin Inn, Tittleshall, there being no police station nearer than Fakenham. On the following day Webster identified the prisoner as the man whom he had seen in the plantation, just before the murder was committed ; and two men, named Roper, who were at work on Friday, some little distance from the plantation, stated that they met the prisoner coming in the direction from the Ilace where the body was found. He seemed to be in great haste, and perspired profusely. They asked him what o'clock it was, and he pulled out a hunting watch, which was loose in one of his trousers pockets, and said it was half-past one. This watch has not yet been found. When the prisoner and the house were searched, the keys of Beha's box were not dis covered, nor was any money found ; but at four o'clock on Friday afternoon the prisoner went to Moore, the parish constable, and paid him a debt of 1/. 2s. 6d. He also paid several other small debts the same afternoon. When at Moore's house, his face was tied up, and he stated as a reason why he was not at work that he was ill, and had been to the doctor's. This statement turned out to be false. Mrs. Moore observed when he paid the money that he had a purse similar to that which Beha carried, and that in the purse was a quantity of gold and silver. On Saturday morning the prisoner was taken before Mr. F. Keppeli and Mr. llarwell, two of the county magistrates, at the Bull Inn, Litchatn. Several witnesses having been examined, the prisoner was remanded till further evidence could be adduced. Thompson is about 20 years of age, and his appearance is superior to that which is generally characteristic of his class. He listened attentively to the evidence, but ap peared to be quite calm and unconcerned. STRAND THEATRE.—This snug little theatre has lately been entirely re-embellished by Mr. E. Bradwell, and now presents a most cheerful appearance. Miss Rebecca Isaacs still continues to hold the part of directress, and, like most ladies who have been venturesome enough to preside over our London temples of dramatic entertain ment, she has been extremely successful. The new musical piece by Mr. E. Stirling, The Pet of the Public, is nightly received with great applause, and has proved a decided hit. We never heard Miss Isaac's vocal powers to greater advantage than in the songs of " Love's gentle language," "Pretty Madeline," and "The trumpet's loudy calling," which she introduces into her part, which, it is needless to mention, is the most prominent in this operatic trifle. In addition to this we find that during the week the performances will consist of General Burgoyne's opera, The Lord of the Manor, and the romantic melodrama, The Miller and his Men , with the whole music of Sir Henry B isho p , being the first time this favourite production has been brought out here. WEST AFRICAN MAILS.—The Postmaster-General has given notice that the west coast of African packet will not be despatched before the Ist December next, and that letters will be in time for her on the 30th instant. THE PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL COMPANY. This company are about to commence the Bombay contract almost immediately. The Colombo, a new ship just built for the company and which was to run to Alexan dria, will be sent to India. THE WEST INDIA COMPANY.—This company purpose shortly extending their trunk line from St. Thomas to Navy Bay, and performing the whole distance to the latter place in about 20 days. When the Panama Rail. way is opened, the English mails for Australia and all parts of the Pacific will reach Panama in 21 days. DEPARTURE OF THE AMERICAN MAILS.—Oti Saturday forenoon the British and North American Royal Mail steam-ship Europa, Captain Neil Shannon, sailed from eupcahaebenpl heavy vcs c mu a i r eao g err o htaai non o nd, f the Mersey for New York, with the usual mails for the United States and British possessions in North America. Eighty passengers and a large SOUTHAMPTONmerchandise on m freight. A left Oriental yesterday Company's (sund (Sunday) morning, n p g E , boo off 100 boxes e h os eooEf passengers.asspt e c lndia e, t h e a n vT d ahl ue China eEoufx iwn mails.which c h has stSanhkeeeanrhl nearly s b4oB u uo p t, o w l6 a oB r lo d . o s , usual nearly quantityal l for I n o d f i aan d merchandise of O v n a f r r i e o i u g s h t s lieh ad descriptions.the The new steam-ship Colombo, which was expected on Friday, has not yet arrived. THE SPA GAMING Rooms.—The general receipts of the company that carries on the gaming-house at Spa have this year amounted to 564,000 fr., and the expenses of the establishment to 120,0001., leaving a net profit of 444,000 fr., of which 195,000 fr. go to the Government, and 186,592 fr. to the shareholders, after deducting from ITT:id:Thu PACKETS.—The the profits, the charges of the administration, the por tion of the hospitals, and that of the charitable fund for the poor of the commune. NOTTINGHAM, Nov. 17.—The lace and hosiery trades the same as we have reported them present no new features this week, efaocrharfeenwial4in,eienkgsipnausctl: preparations are being made for far the so far as actual sales are concernLclie;xatetntdheed hsaumstreiestsinne worsted yarl,s being LEICESTER, Nov. 17-- pou o nd, there is nothing the home and foreign tradoeswiinnggofodsw er spring. again reduced one penny Worsted spi nners are doing in the warehou ses working pe r e b r ut sho t r o t ti i i m ue m . ed L ia o te ng order. wools have declined in price. BRADFORD, Nov. 17.-Wools - There is but little in any doing kind of combing wools ; the spinners find , at the prices sought, it is impossible to cover cost, and they prefer their machinery being idle. 100 1 83' lAberdeen ...... Ainlig. Nottng. Bost. & Eastn. Junc....... ,Belfast & Ballymena IBirmng. Wolverh & Stour Valley Birkenhd. Lanesh & Cheshire Junct iDo. Chesil. & Birk., £5O & £25 Cons Do., £20. .. Blyth & Tyne original I £25 (iss. at £45) Bristol & Exeter ,Caledonian. Chester & Holyhead Cork and Bandon— Cork, Black. & Pass Cornwall Dubliu&BelfastJune. Dundee Perth &Aber- deen Junction . all Do. New ......... ..... all 'East Anglian (X 25 L. & E. & L. & D.) all .Do., (£lB E. & 11.) all 'Eastern Counties 100 EasternUnion,A. stk 100 Do., do. 8.......... • Si Do,NewA(lateThirds) 100 'East Lail eashire !100 'Edinburgh & Glasgow 3. Edinb. and Peebles .100 Edinb.Prth.&Dundec 1 Forth and ClydeJunc. 100:Glasgow di S. Western! 'lOO Great Northern Stk ! 1(A) Do., A. Stock 100 !Do., B. Stock ..... 100 Gt. Sth.fstWest.(lre.) 100 'Great Western....... 11 iiinn South-Easter.. all Lancaster & Carlisle , Thirds , • LaticasJ. dr Yorkshirel ,Do., Fifths 1)o. Wst. Riding Un. Leeds Northern...... Liv. Crsby. & So nth pt. London & Black wall Loud. Till). & Sthend. Loud.Bright.&S.Cst. London & N. Western Do. Fifths Do. ,16/.811.,M&B 0 Do Eighths London At S. Western Do., ....... Ludwin7 &Coleraine & Euuisk. `..,l"anelt.Siter.&Lineln, Do. , Man. & Lin. Un Midland IDo. Birming. & Derby Midland kV cst.(lr. ) Do. i, Shares N eweastle & Carlisle. Newmark et........... Do. Bury Extensions Newpt•Abcrg.&Htfd. Newry & Enniskillen Newry Warm/Ipoint & Ro-strevor... N0rf01k......... ...... . Northn. Counties Un North British North Devon, No.l. IDo., No. 2............ De., 3 ; A Deferred Do., B Guaranteed North London N. & S. Ws tn. , Hamp stead, and City Jn North Staffordshire North Western N. & S. Westrn. June Nuneaton, Hinckley,] and Leicester ` Oxford Worcester dz.; Wolverhampton Portsmouth Scottish Central ...... Scottish Midland Shrewsbury & Birmg Do., L. & N. Westu Guarantoed 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 SouLII Eastern South Wales S. Yorksh. Rivar Dun Staines,Wok.,SzWok. Stockton & Darling (Taff & liartlepl ITatf Vale I Do .1.'1.6 shades IDo. Pref., No. 1 Thames Haven Dock and Railway Vale of Neath......... Waterfd. & Kilkenny Waterford&Limerick West C0ruwa11........ West End of London and Crystal Palace.. ;West Loudon Wnible ou &Oroydoz York Newetl. dtßerw. 'Do. I 'Do Extensions :Do. G.N.E. Purchase ;York & N. Midland FOREIGN. 2 1 - 2i 4i i 6 - 6 4 -4 5 - 54 14 -- lap 14 -- 10 13i -- 14 20i -21 i 3 - 34 Ifi 6 : iii 108 - 110 i - i P 8 - 81 6i 7 99 101 95 100 95 100 id pal 140 142 PEMBROKE COLLEGE. An exhibition founded in this college by Mr. Ed mund Boulter is no w vacan t. I t i s o p en i n the first in stance to the relations of Mr. Boulter, or of his wife, or of his uncle-in-law, M r . Michael Wall. Such candi dates are required to apply to the master of the college before the 3d of May, 1854. BRASENOSE COLLEGE. Two scolarships are now vacant, open to all members of the University of not more than one year's standing, and to all other persons not more than nineteen years of age. Candidates are required to call upon the principal with testimonials of good conduct, on or before Satur day, December 3. * So great a number of first classes in the final exami natio❑ has not been awarded since the Easter term, 1837, when there were twelve. The most ever known was in 1833, when thirteen were awarded. CAMBRIDGE, Nov. 19. VOLUNTARY EXAMINATION IN HEBREW. The following students have satisfactorily passed the voluntary examination in Hebrew : Examiner—W. H. Mills, D.D., Regius Professor of Hebrew. W. Ayerst, 8.A., Caius. J. Stnallpiece, 8.A., John's. C. J. Bird, 8.A., Trin. J. G. Tiarks, 8.A., John's J. Metcalfe, 8.A., Christ's. B. Tjrwhitt, 8.A., Clare. A. Po wnall, 8.A., Cath. POLITICAL ECONOMY. The lectures of Professor Pryme on the principles and history of the above-named science, will commence on Tuesday the 21st of February next, and be continued every Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. INTENDED VISIT OF HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCE ALBERT. A meeting of the heads of houses was holden on Satur day morning, at Trinity Hall Lodge, whereat arrange ments were made for the fitting reception of his Royal Highness the Prince Chancellor. The Prince, in com pany with the Duc de Brabant, is expected to arrive at Trinity College Lodge, about eleven o'clock en Tuesday morning, and to remain there until Wednesday afternoon. The royal party will, during the mornings of Tuesday and Wednesday, visit the different colleges, the public library, and other objects of interest in the University. At five o'clock, on Tuesday, the Prince Chancellor will hold a reception of the members of the Senate, at Trinity College Lodge, and afterwards the royal party will dine with the Vice-Chancellor, Mr. T. C. Geldart, at Trinity Hall Lodge. A meeting of the town council has been convened for Tuesday morning, to take into considera tion the propriety of presenting addresses of congratula tion to his Royal Highness the Prince Albert and his Serene Highness the Due de Brabant. A rumour is current that the Prince Chancellor will (in person) con fer a degree upon the duke, but nothing is yet known here for certain with regard to it. BANQUET TO THE NEW MAYOR OF GRA VESEND. On Thursday last, as a compliment to Mr. Dobson, the newly•elected Mayor of Gravesend, 150 of the prin cipal tradesmen of the town invited that gentleman to a banquet at the New Falcon Hotel. It was gratifying to observe that parties of all sects in the town mingled on this occasion, to do honour to their chief. Mr. Dobson presided, and Dr. Ridge acted as vice-chairman. After the usual loyal toasts had been disposed of, and the National Anthem sung by several professionals from London, Dr, RIDGE proposed the health of the Mayor. He said that the assemblage of the respectable tradesmen of Gravesend, without distinction of party or sect, now before him, augured well for the future harmony and prosperity of the town. They had been too long divided amongst themselves, but happily, as the evening proved, they were all united in the conviction that the time had arived when they ought all to pull together. They had now at the head of their magistracy for the ensuing year a gentleman of their own choice, and sure he (Dr. Ridge) was that such choice would be amply justified—(hear) — by that gentleman's conduct as chief magistrate of their ancient borough. (Cheers.) For himself he must say, that he had the utmost coralence that their highly i re spected and popular Mayor would consult the interests of all the inhabitants without reference to party or sect ; that all his efforts in his official capacity would b e directed to promote the prosperity of the borough, and the harmony and good feeling that should exist between all parties. (Cheers.) The meeting he had the honour to address was the most remarkable ever held in his time in the town. It consisted of men o f a ll part i es in politics, and of different opinions in religion, but united in the common bond of mutual kindly feeling, as he was sure it would be united to do full honour to the toast, which it was a gratifying duty to propose, He would give them the health of the May or , an d l ong n life to hit (Great cheering.) The toast was drunk with " nine times nine, and one cheer more. The MAYOR (when the cheering, oft repeated, had subsided), expressed the deep gratification at the enthusi astic feeling with which the large and respectable as semblage of fellow-townsmen met that night had reci procated the cordial and kindly terms in which the Vice chairman referred to him, and to his desire to promote the prosperity of the borough. The assemblage before him, and the social feeling which animated it, were highly creditable to the town. They did honour to him by inviting him to preside over them, but more honour to themselves, because of the good motive that induced them to assemble —namely, to sink all differences in the great object of cordial co-operation in promoting the general interests of the town. (Cheers.) They should ever find him ready to aid them in such objects—always ready and willing to hold out the hand of fella wehip to every fel low -townsman sincerely desirous to promote the prosperity of the borough. (Cheers.) He knew in such pursuit o t no party, no sect, n o d is ti nc ti on o f rank, and n_ differ ence of opinion; and he thanked them from hisheart for the kindness with which they responded to the toast of the Vice•chairman. (Cheers.) "The Magistrates of Gravesend," "The Tradesmen of Gravesend," and other appropriate toasts having drunk and responded to, the party at a late, but not been unseasonable hour, broke up. COAL HOLD TATIIIIN, STRAND.—On Saturday, a num ber of gentlemen met at this celebrated theatrical hostelry, to take a parting glass of wine with J ohn M'Grath, Esq., previous to his embarking on his voyage presided over back to Hobart Town. The meeting was by E. T. Smith, Esq., the Lessee of the m Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, supported by a e nuber of thea cals and members of the press, who had formed a friend ship with Mr. M'Grath during his recent short residence in England. The Chairman, in an eloquent speech, alluded to the occasion of the assemblage, and, in speak ing of Mr. M'Grath, and the regret felt by his friends in losing so valuable an acquisition to the intellectual coteries of the Coal H ole, said that no man within his (the chairman's) rec ollection had so s p eed ily won and secured the good will of a large circale, how ofstervaenrg,ersnalnans had Mr. M'Grath. That g entlern n amongst them well recommended by the Press of Australia. One of the chronicles of th at great coun try reported a dinner given . t o Mr. M'Crrath by mo re than a hundred friends, on hs few de l p e a s ratiunrtehefocro course co untry—he was happy to find than of that evening had been present to shake him by the band, and wish him, with the blessing of God, a cheer ful voyage back, and a i prosperous res u lt t o th e ex t ens i ve commercial speculation which had i n d uce d th e v i s it o f himself and his worthyw partner, Mr. Gayler, to this their mother cou n t ry. Mr. M‘Grath's health was drunk most rapturously,mi expressed 4,1 C1 all the kind and flattering enco rme s r p . 0 .. . 11 d , responded t o by the esteemed chairman were in a brief, feeling, and sensible speech by IYI tirath. The evening was enlivened by several excellent so ngs from Mr. William Cockburn, and some matchless specimens of eloquence from several of the leading members of the newspaper press, . .• : - t - 77 77 1 - 17 - 7, .STRIKE 4 .—LABOc(R:=.O uEsviom th: c Ovid describes ages of gold tit' tOtsi; °Anal b:Virotrsticis, general notion of the state tkf:AlieseillesintoSsi,ehi s eidi persdns of sanguine piety, appeireio testisAllsfiar•Mn't tion to the Paradisaic time ; andatise of our day seem to regard the tendeisety ofleentiOtss in like manner casting back to the period of an aureous dispensation —using the term not in a mere metallic, but in a moral and mental sense. It seems to us pretty evident that there is a general expectation among mankind that they will be able to live by their wits, and not at all by their hands ; and•that, not in the sweat of their face, but in that of their brains, shall they henceforth eat bread. The old fashioned superstition, which hinted that we were to work for our bread, is altogether exploded. Talk is to supply the place of labour. If we can describe how a thing is to be done, the world will dispense with the ceremony of our doing it. The ancient aphorism about "deeds not words," is a mere antiquated imbecility. We are all to live comfortably by scheming, exchanging, trucking, or projecting—to repose upon the productive energy of the past, and all resolutely to resolve, that each, for himself individually, will not trouble himself with the pursuit of that venerable humdrum social heresy called " an honest calling." The Church is one huge corporation of unproduc tive consumers. Indeed, a rector calls himself an incum bent. The cure of souls is by the clergy themselves termed a "living," and a tenth of the produce of the land is yearly immolated to the Moloch of their maw, for which they re turn or reproducej ust—nothing. Than another detaohment of " gentlemen of England who live at home at ease," are the managers of our hospitals, schools, and charit able trusts, from the Earl of Guildford, up or down, to the chapter of Rochester. There is also the entire body of the territorial aristocracy, and that enormous, alarming i class of the comm un it y w h o " l i ve upon the i r Money, or have " retired upon their property ; ' who do nothing, produce nothing, replace none of the waste they make, but dissipate and annihilate in consumption far more than a numerical rateable share of the produce of the country. We shall say nothing of the Army and Navy, but pass on at once to the new class of syphons and absorbents, mere whirlpools and maelstroms of the means of the country —the surveyors, engineers, contractors, directors, and officials ofrailway companies, not forgetting parliamentary agents and counsel, who, according to the belief of Robert Stephenson, no mean authority, have sucked in fifty millions of the money of the people to raise them to the condition of doing nothing for themselves, but of "having everything found." One of the few true and clever things which Robert Owen demonstrated was the exposition of the pyramid of British society, as derived from the census, in which he showed, by a series of wooden cubes, fitted to each other, and proportioned with perfect exactness to the classes composing the elements of the populati on , a foundation of producers at the base, and then piled cube after cube above this, to show the extent of the superincumbent mass of idlers and non producers whom these former had to support. A. great body of exchangers, distributors, and hitherto useful members of society, have followed the example of their betters. They, too, must "live upon their money." They are tired of the slow progress of saving and gaining which go on in the warehouse, or behind the counter. They must take their capital out of their business to make a fortune all at once in railway stock, or purchase in freehold land societies. Others must find nuggets in Australia, or better still, fleece the nugget seekers when they come, and cheat the nugget finders when they go ; but at all events, put the success of a scheme of life on the cast of a die, and by one lucky hit, if pos sible, " retire upon their means,' , or descend to social zero until the wheel of fortune turns round again to give them another chance with the "bones.". These early closing associations, and half-holiday conventions, and reduction of hours at factories, and restrictions of mill hours, and so forth, have all the same object in view, the living as much as possible without work ing ; and now, at last, we can scarcely feel surprised that the working classes proper should " better the instruction," and that their own wits, and those of the fellows who trade upon their ignorance or their pre judices, should be set to work to solve that universal problem, the greatest amount of pay for the smallest quantity of work. The Ten Hours' Bill—the movement to exclude women and children altogether from factory and out-door work—the additional breakfast and dinner minutes—the two hours on Saturday, and now this strike for an addition of 10 per cent. to wages, already higher than they were, and that too at a time when money is scarce, trade drooping, food dear, war immi nent, and raw material advancing in price —all these have but one tendency, and one end, to get as much, and to do as little for it as the worker can. This sum mer we have been in what is called the "mortar-tub." The contractor, at last, fairly confessed that. he could not complete his engagement. He could not get his men to work except how and when they pleased, and to speak a word to them was to insure their imme diate departure. We were saluted by the solitary brick layer's labourer with solicitation for beer—the only brick layer was absent without leave two days per week—the carpenter came and left at his pleasure, as the fumes of liquor permitted him—the plumber was hunted by his wife from his work to the public-house—and now the bell-hanger has been drunk for ten days, and has not completed in that time work that could have been man aged in two. One painter was paid off for the same cause, to make room for a worse. These are literal facts in the experience of a single individual in a small under taking , and when masters are appealed to, their univer sal answer is, " If we say a word to them they will all leave together, and no work will be done at all." Is this a picture of general application ? Can any candid working man deny that it is an " ower true tale?" How many of them work six, or even five days a week ? If their wages can afford a Saint Monday and a Saint Tuesday, :Sunday junketting, a Monday expedition in subscription waggons, often a Tuesday of headache and idleness into the bargain, where is the evidence of under pay • payment 2 Their employers cannot a ff or d suc h indul gences to themselves. If they were absent as often, and as long from their business as their men are, they would soon have no business at all. This is not a teetotal leo ' ture. We are not going to sing psalms, or preach ser mons. But neither are we going to listen to cant and trash about " down-trodden sons of la bour,"when the state of the case is really what we have described it. And we must go further, and add, that these strikes and riots have proved what we have often asserted, that there is a wide-spread conspiracy among the idle, turbulent, and drunken, to domineer over the peaceable, frugal, and industrious, and to compel thousands of industrious families, by in timidation and violence, to starve iu vagrancy, and to beg the streets, in order to carry out the great aim of the worthless of all classes, to get as much and do as little for it as possible. Unfortunately, with all the warnings received from emigrants, America and Aus tralia make the discontented operatives here thoroughly reckless. They have always i n th e i r mind the impres sion that, however bad their conduct, and desperate their circumstances, they can always "clear out" for the diggings, or lowa, or Wisconsin. It is many years since we recorded our opinion, that the real doubt in re ference to the advantages of free trade was not whether it would realise all that it promised, but whether it would find the people strong enough in intelligence and virtue to sus tain the rush of prosperity which was is store for them. That is really our chief difficulty now. We are yearly becoming less productive Every class is trying to shirk work ; and the time has come, now more than ever, when all must be plainly told that, if we do not produce we cannot consume—that none can reap if none sow— and that, to pay 10 per cent, more money for doing 20 per cent. less work (and that must be the end of it), is absolute ruin to all, but especially to the operative classes themselves. The 10 per cent. is not saved, t b l u ie t e b a t a e i f n . T , o e r e d r a a y t er d a bd r u hake if n . s — a f t u he Saint rd ay, r e Monday net and im proved, but dissipated and lost—wives are beaten into drunken drabs, children are neglected into before e o artificial wants and severe habits give rags and pickery—simple us the horror The waste 4f time, labour, paloadcefittloseindlouil,ggeiongcee.andwrloeveseoef ease,befo sustained. T The fearful In • and:„l and money mi misery cannotth a that wi 11 0 %1 oz. production, must come to an end in crease of consumption, unaccompanied by a correspond. ing enlargement of e xhaustion of c ommo di t i es . F rom we an ticipate an ext reme scarc ity an d February diminished to capital efo oe and and these strikes . will have brought upon the labouring classes an amount of privation la mentablevery high :were . l e rs, spoke we would merely ad in to co ntemplate, ne but which it will take years of the interests of m or • employers, go on in their insane career. Al denial and sufftirbiengeatpoitryfsetee made the money market easier, and raised Al ready they have t the t . They have just struck a e time wh en masters Consols. vise the working classes to found they w ere be g innin g to over-trade. B y p roduc ing lit tle theyf or ced up prices to all, but especially to themselv es , as m ay be seen in the cost of coals ; and if they could get a week in place of 30 5., the only result would h e th a t :I ° l e . loaf would be at 5 5., and the whole stock f or 12 months con sumption would be eaten up in six, l eav i ng us to suck our paws or stew our old boots until next harvest, while fuel would be so dear that colliers would work only one day a week as a great favour, and at last we would not command as much fire as would boil an egg. These are not hypothetical results, as witness prices in Australia, which are the result not of scarcity of supply, but of abundance of money. Depend upon it those men were not mere wiseacres who declaimed against luxury and indulgence. There was some truth at the bottom which e s d u a o b f t d h e e a p s r e i a n l c e ip n l o e t w g suggested e y t s h t e e sumptuarydarr nernarrangements n . a L t u u x re ury to mankind. Idleness in one man can only be sustained by double work by another. Superfluity to . a workman now will certainly be redressed by indigence hereafter. if nobody works, soon nobody shall eat. If 10 per cents of the capital of the country is spent without any thing more in the shape of production to show for it, the waste must be made up by less pay and more work, or the future privation will be all the greater. There is no one class of the community free from the censure which these propositions imply. We have been all gambling with fortune to find a royal road to competency without legitimately earning it. It is high time we resolved to " keep the shop, that the shop may keep us." DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT BRIGHTON. —Shortly before daybreak yesterday (Sunday) morning a fire broke out in the Cirens, in Edward-street, and so rapid was the progress of the flames that, notwithstanding the prompt attendance of the police force, who directed the hose from the water company's mains upon the building, i n less than half an hour the roof fell in, and the edifice was totally destroyed, together with a refreshment booth ad joining. The circus has recently been used for a variety of entertainments, and during the past fortnight a series of dissolving views has been exhibited. Th e pictures and apparatus con nected with this exhibition are totally destroyed, the prop rietor estimatin g his los s at 8001: The or i g in of the fire has not been ascer tained, but, a s the visitors were allowed to smoke within th e b uilding it is e conjectured that the disaster may have been caused by the ashes of a pipe or cigar ha.vingbeen careless ly hrlawn among the sawdust with which the flooi.' stre wn . ~~~ Pigs St. 20 100 100 all all .00 42 34 all all 100 100 4V 2 174 ail 100 5 174 74 all 20 20 10 10 17 all y 10 1 St. 10 St. 20 20 50 20 all 51s. 100 100 56 i 'IN I 46 324 ' 86 54 6 61 2 60 128 k 83 2i 3 2i 66i I a 10 13a 103 2 33 3 12i 2 i 7841 201 30 29A 30k 12 111 62 1 2i li 4, 1 , 4 a i 1 6. i x new 7* I in 81 11A A 74 J 2 5 lli a new 981 91 8i Si i Do.. 100 100 100 6 100 10. 100 100 St. St. St. 20 15 ah 8 10 25 10 1.0.6 MINES. 1 all Agua Fria - i P li 1 all Anglo Austrin. Gold d ... par 10s. all Anglo Californian ... d —/pn?xn 10 2 Australasian l/ i d 20 6 Australian 3 -- 4 it 1 all Australian Cordillera i d / 1 all Australian Freehold. i A d 1 all Ave Maria i # d 1 all Baden (Gd. Duchy of) /d par 50 all Bhenarvou Iron and Coal .., ...... . ..... .. . .. . . .. 1 all British Austrin. Gold A 1 d 3 20 13.5, British Iron 8 10 35 242 Brazilianlmp.(issued at £5 pm 54 61 61 30 all Do. Cocaes & Cuiada 21 2i 21 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 37 38 37A 8 1 A Carsous's Creek id par 3 40 all Cobra Copper 44 46 5 1 Colonial Gold a 111 3 3, ... 15 Copiapo. i n - 121 St. all Copper Min. of Eng. 60 —7O 25 all Do. Pref. 7 p. cent. 5 7 p Pm 5 all E nglish Copper m e ItAustin.g. Co. 2i 3 d 20 all General l4 —l6 2 all Gt.NaggetVeinSerp i . ip 2 Do. Registered 36 all Great Polgooth 2A 2 d I all Lake Bathurst — i d / 1 all Liberty — d i 3 all Linares 1 ... 12 1 all Lem]. &Californ. Gold Quartz Crush. Co i 1 all Mariquita. ... id par i 10 9 Mexicau&S.Amerien. 7 7 1 all New Granada 3 idi 1 all New Linares Mining and Smelting Co ... ... 1 all Nouveau Monde i iP 1 1 20 all Pontgiband Silver Lead. MM. & Smelt. ... ... 5 1 Port Philip i Id 1 all Quartz Rock Ad— p l k i 50 all Rhymney Iron 3l 33 32 15 15 iDo. New . ... 30 lliSantiago de Cuba 4 5 4'2 1 1 all South Australian . d 10 7 Tin Croft ............. . 4 6 288 all l United Mexican 3l 34 31 1 all .'% alio'. A I d 1 all i West Granada i g d 1 all ''.', - .st Mariposa id par i 1 12s.:W'orthing Mining of , ... ... Australia 1 all Yuba i — id 3 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 40 I all Australasia — ..• 79i 40 all British Colonial Bank ... ... aud Loan Compaq 50 all British N. American ... ... 20 2 Chrtd. Bnk.of India, Austral., and China id 4dis 25 5 Chrtd. fink. of Asia. 1 idis 4i i 100 25 Colonial 'lOO 20 Commercial of Lond. ... ,„ 20 10 English Scottish and Australian Chrtd... 1 —14 d 20 15 London Chrtd. Bnk of Australia i 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 22i National of Ireland .., ... 20 all New South Wales 25 all Oriental Bank Cor poration 100 25 Provincial of Ireland ... ... 10 all Do. New • 5 1 Royal Australn. Bkg and Gold Imp. Co id— par 25 25 South Australia — ... 41 i 25 all Union of Australia 73 75 Do. New 7. Si 50 10 Union of London 40 all Union of Madrid MISCELLANEOUS. 5 5 'Aubin Coal and Iron ... ... 25 17i Australian Agficult. 43 44 43 4 i 20 14 Australsn.Pcific.Mail ... ... 10 8 Australu. Royal Mail ... ... 3i 10 2i Berlin Water Works . . . . 50 384 Brit. American Land 63 &7 5 31 Brit. & Coln. Smeltg. and Reduction Co ... .., 100 32A Canada Company ... ... 5 5 - Crystal Palace lO —li p 6 i f 5 14 Do. New 1 it 3 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 .., _ ... 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 li :14 2 1 N. S. W. Coal & Inter- Stem. Nay. Co 1 all N. B. Australasian i— IP li i 1 1 Do. New. .. ... 20 10 Nrth.of Europe S t eam - 6 all Peel Rr. Ld. & Minrl. i 1* 5a a 50 all Peninsular & Oriental ... ... 74 50 25 Do. 2 all Portland Iron Co 100 60 Royal Mail St eam ••• --- ••• ... I all Scot. Austral, Invest li lip 211 25 25 South Austral. Land 35 37 1 1 all Submari ne T e l egrap h id par 100 28i Van Diemen's Land 14i 152 IMPROVEMENTS AT THE NATIONAL GALLERY.--Con siderable alterations have recently been made at the National Gallery. The rooms have been newly papered and painted, and an additional door swinging .on its hinges has been placed at the top of the stairs to pre vent the rush of cold damp air which has heretofore pro duced so much chill on the surface of the pictures, as well as discomfort to the visitors in the winter season. The greatest change effected is, however, in the arrange ment of the pictures, an endeavour having been made, as far as the space and materials would admit, to class them in different schools. On one side of the west room hang the Venetian pictures, on the other side various Italian schools. The middle room is occupied entirely with Flemish and Dutch art, and in the east are ar ranged the works of Claude and the Pouisins. The small north apartment is devoted to. Spanish pictures, and the south to a miscellaneous collection from all quarters. 10 all 14 all 2O la 10i 'oo i 121 20 2 - 3 pl 12i - 13, 9 par p 140 142 i id 2i . - ii 103 - 105 8 - i P 9i 1(4 16 —l7 p 10 1(4. 13 15 par— 2 P 24 —24 i 19 20 96 - 99 41 - 4i .d par' 15i i - 1., per . per here rovi iaiu- they rture r, to Old. 7 lb.; .091, men, nano The early liana 'hips, They, ussia, which -esent SAL. ince ; rson. was i was enly, t der ) of Y a lien wag ` -t i ,~ 204' 0 20 66 I.li 7i 49 i