The Sun. — London, England, 1857-12-29 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET e ;JD COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, CITY, Two o'CLocE. Letters from Live:pool mention that the Cotton Market yesterday closed with an improving ten dency, and values of most descriptions were fully maintained. The sales amounted to 10,000 bales, of which 2,000 were taken by the speculators, and 1,000 by the exporters. The Railway Share Market closed quietly, without any material altera- tion in prices. In the Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets there is very little business, owing to the holidays, but the few transactions concluded privately ex hibit no change of importance as regards quo- tations. The advices from America, which report a re sumption of specie payments by the banks, state that on the 12th inst., the stock of specie in those establishments exceeded $26,000,000, while the circulation was only $348,000. The loans and dis counts amounted to $96,600,000. During the year, up to that date, the shipments of specie from the port of New York were about 8,300,0001. There is a good demand for money to-day in discount channels, but no pressure, and the appli cations are not greater than can be fully accounted for by the usual arrangements at the termination of the year. The terms charged in Lombard-street are at least A per cent. below the minimum, and as the supply is abundant, a further reduction of the official rate is soon expected. Owing to the daily receipts of gold at the Bank, the total of bullion Will soon reach eleven millions and a quarter, and if the greater part of the amount received by the Suffolk and the America is sent in, the next two balance-sheets will exhibit a material augmenta tion, besides a further marked improvement in the notes and other securities. During the week ending Dec. 11, the receipts on the Great Western Railway of Canada were 10,9071. against 13,0751. in the corresponding week of 1856, the falling off being 2,1681. It is stated on the Stock Exchange that the Bank of France have made a further reduction in the rate of discount, viz,, to 5 per cent., but this requires confirmation. The English Funds have manifested renewed buoyancy, the speculation for the rise being stimu lated by the general improvement of the Money Market. It is thought that when the dividends are paid, and the transfer books are re opened numerous investments will be made, which must have the effect of sustaining values. Occasianally, however, the upward movement is checked, and at the present moment the prices are rather flat, in consequence of few sales. Consols have been 9394, but they are now a t the former point. The New 3 per Cents. are marked 94±, and the Reduced 941. Exchequer Bills are par to 2s. premium, and India Bonds 255. discount. In the Foreign Stock Market a fair amount of business has been transacted, at rather higher prices. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 97k and the 4 per Cents. 162 g ; Mexican 3 per Cents. are 20i ; Peruvian 4i per Cents. 77 ; Russian 4k per Cents. 98k ; Spanish New Deferred, 261 I ; and Milian 6 per Cents. 1021. Tlae following are the nominal prices of Foreign Stocks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 5 6 ; Mexi can, 201 201 ; Peruvian 4k per Cents., 76 78 ; ditto 3 per Cents., 52 53 ; Portuguese 3 per Ceara., 44k 45k ; Russian 5 per Cents, 106 108 ; do. 4i per Cents., 97 99 ; Spanish 3 per Cents., 41j141 ; ditto New Deferred, 26 261. A rather active business has been done in the Railway Share Market, and in most instances an adviance of about 1 to 11 per cent. has been realised. Lancashire and Yorkshire, North British, South -Eastern, and Midlands, improved 10s. ; Caledonian, Great Northerns, North Westerns, North Eastern (Berwick), and North Eastern (York), 1/. ; and Eastern Counties, and Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 11. 10s. ; Great Westerns were rather flat, and declined about 10s. ; and Brighton receded 1/. The other lines dealt in fully supported former quotations.. the'Foreign lines the transactions were limited, and prices ruled rather flatter. Paris and Lyons and Northern of France receded about 5.. The Colonial undertakings have been exceed ingly active, particularly the Canadian. Grand Trunk have advanced as much as 41., and Groat Western, 1/. East Indian remained firm. Mines, Banks, and Miscellaneous Shares have been quiet, and little variation can be reported in vakues. Canada Land advanced about 4/. enITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE o'CLO;i% (Pram the Official Liel:l Busineesdcae. 8 Per Cott. Reduced Amenitie s 43 Per Cent. Console Inmates ... Shut New 3 p er Cent. Annuities 934. 4i la Ma Bends, £IOOU .......... .....-- ..... r) itto, under £lOOO %IA sois fur Amount ............ ... -•- zohequer hills, 2td. £IOOO HO 2 3 p par . 25 d . 938 4 PRIORS OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK Milian Bonds, 6 per Cent ...................... 102., Mexican 3 per Cent Peruvian B on ds, 4t per Cent 77 Russian Bonds, 1822, E. St., 5 per Cont..— Ditto, 44 per Cent. 11110Ani5h Bonds. 3 per Cent. Ditto New Deferred, 3 per 26 Cent. •Ditto Account .... ~, 261 Turkish Bonds, 6 per cent ... . ,Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. Dividends on the above payable in London. TWO o'ol,ool, . ~. 931 x. d Consols for account Among the quickest passages of the sailing transports to the East has been that of the Agamemnon, which left Dartmouth on the 14th Aug. and arrived at Calcutta on the 16th Nov. The Champion of the Seas and the James Baines Pailed from Portsmouth on the 9th Aug., but di not reach Calcutta until the 17th and 19th Novemberd respectively. REDUCTION OF TIE SHIP LITTER RATE OF POSTAGE. —On the let January next and thenceforward, the Bri tish rate of postage upon letters te despatched from any r port of the United Kingdom b y a steamer or sailing vessel , will be r educed ship, whether to 6d. the half ounce, in all cases whore it now exceeds that sum. The *barge upon letters above half an ounce in weight will increase according to the scale for charging inland letters. Letters conveyed by private ship from this tountry to France or Belgium will continue liable to a combined British and foreign rate of foarpence the half-ounce ; the letters conveyed by private ship to Rolland, Hamburgb, or Bremen, will still be charged With a combined British and foreign rate of eightpence the half-ounce, as heretofore.—By command of the Post maater-General, ROWLAND HILL, Secretary. DETERMINED SUICIDE IN THE LONDON FIELDS, RAM/MT.—Yesterday morning information was issued frotri the metropolitan police stations of a most de ter- 1 mined suicide i n the London Fields, Hackney, by a weltdressed man about 28 years of age, who committed self-destruction by shooting himself, under the fellowiag circumstances :—lt appears the policeman on duty in the London Fields heard the report of fire arms. He immediately repaired to the spot whence the sound proceeded, and discovered the deceased lying .on the ground, blood issuing from the mouth, and ap parently lifeleps. The finger of the deceased's right hand was partially bent, and within a few inches of a pistol recently discharged. A shell was procured, and the body taken to the dead house to be owned and the inquest held. ACCIDENT TO COMMANDER LAKE.— Commander Lake, `R .N., inspecting commanderis rounds fth s ecoast-guard, Rams gate district, while on during a dark night 'last week, met with a very severe accident. He was approaching one of the coast-guard stations near Deal, when his horse, being frightened by some one running out, threw him t o the g round and bro ke his thigh. THE IRONMASTERS OF YORKSHIRE. —The dispute be tween the masters and men at the Park-. : ,ate Iron-works and Midland Iron Company is at an end. The men re turn to their work this day (Monday) at former prices. The attempted reduction of 10 per cent. wifl, however, take effect without further notice, should wages suffer a corresponding reduction in tho Staffordshire districts, Reductions of from 20 to 30 per cont. have been made in the wages of those engaged in the iron trade of Wales and the north of England. C ALEDONIAN RAILWAY COMPANY. —An extraordinary meeting of the Caledonian Railway Cou pall ur y was held in Glasgow, on Tuesday afternoon, fur the purpose of gun. ranteeing in perpetuity fixed dividend a t a rate not exeere ing 5 per cent, per annum, upon those of the Caledonian Railway Granton shares in regard to which notice had teen given by the holders thereof of their desire to receive a fixed guaranteed dividend in perpetuity, in lieu cf the proportion appertaining to the shares held by them respectively, of the net profits arising from the railways and works authorised by the Caledonian Railway (Granton Branches) Act, 1857." Mr, William Johnston, chairman of the company, occupied the chair, and explained that the guarantee extended only to the stock rained by the Caledonian CJnepany, and that the Duke of Buccleuch's 30,0001. of stock was unguaranteed. A resolution approving of the proposed guarantee was unaohnowily carried. MARKETS---,This Day.) RAILWAYS. Closing Prices yesterday. RAILNIATB. A.mb,g. Noting. Bost. di Eastn. June.— . Belfast & Ballymen• Blrmng. Wolverh. Stour V-dley •• Birkonhd. Lanesh, Cheshire June.-- Filack bur n Blyth S. Tyne original .£lls(iss. at £4.i) Bristol dz Caledonian-- ..... Chester Sr Holyhead ,Cork and Bandon Cork, Black. & Pass. ICornwall I D. I Do. 8.. DublindiEelfastJune. Dun. P. &Aber. June. (East Anglian ......... Eastern Counties...... ' EasternUnion, A. stk, IDo. ' do. B. /Do. New A.... (East Karp ........ East Lancashire / East Suffolk .....• Do . Edinburgh & Glasgow Edi nb . and Peebles Edinb. Prth. &Duna& Forth and Clyde June. Furness Glasgow & S. Western Great N. of So.otl and ,Great Northern St. 100 Do., A. Stock St. 100 Do., B. Stock ..... St. 1100 'Gt. Ll-•,/•,-West.(lre) St. 'lOO ,Great Western. St. 100 ,Do. Str.V.R gua.Sl 12 all Irish South-Eastern. 5C all Lancaster &Carlisle. 16i, 1. , P! Do., Thirds 16i 12 Do. Now Thirds St. 100 Lancash. &Yorkshire 16 6 Do., do. F £l6 3 i Do., Wst. Riding Un 20 'all Do. Southport , 11} all London & St. 100 Lond.Bright.& S.Cst St. 100 London &N. Wester , .1:0 all Do. Fifths 10 all D0.,16/.5h.,M&8...0 I2i 5 Do. Eighths St. 100 London & S. Western b all Lndndrry.&Coleraine 25 all Lndndrry. & Ennisk. St. 100 Manch.Shef. &Lincln. 10 1 Metropolitan 10 , 1 Do. J. L. Ricardo's arrangement Aidland Do. Birming. & D erb:k Aidlaud G.West.(lr.) Do. i Shares Newcastle & Carlisle.. Newpt.Aberg.&Hrfd Newry & Enniskillen Newry, Warrenpoint & Rostrevor Norfolk_ Northn.Counties Un North British North Devon, Rail. d Dock Stock Do., A Stock Do., B Stock N. Eastern Berwick Do. do. Extension Do do. G.N.E.Purch Do Leeds Do. York North London N. & S. Wstn., Hamp stead, and City Jn.. North Staffordshire.. North Western.. 11 N. &S. Wostrn. June. 10 Oxford Worcester & Wolverhampton..... 20 16 Portsmouth 10 10 Rhymney St. 100 Scottish Central St. 100 Scot. N.E.Abrdn.St St. 'lOO Sh.opshire Union . 10 \ 6 Sitingbourne &Sheer, 50 100 South Devon.. ..... St. 100 South Eastern 10 all Do. 4i por3 . Shares ,t. 100 : South Wales all 'S. Yorksh. RiverDnu 10 Do.. all I Staines,Wok.,&Wok. 5 all Stockton & Darling„.' 5 15 I Do. do., 1854 5 5 Do. do., 18K5 16i Stockton & Hartlepl t. 100 Taff Vale t. 100 Do: Pref., No. 1 5 22 Thames Hay. D. &R 0 all Vale of Neath 0 all Watorfd. & Kilkennyj 0 all Waterford&Limerick 0 all West Cos nwall O all I West End of London and Crystal Palace.. 5 all Do. A 5 all Do, B O all West London O all i Do. First Class 0 all Do. Second Class .0 all , Wmbledon &Croydon St. 100 St. 100 50 all 25 all , 00 all 25 all 50 9 20 all St. 100 50 3 St. 100 St. 100 St. 100 St. 100 St. 100 25 all 25 161 50 all St 100 St. 1.00 10 31.1 20 1' 20 a] 10 St. i 10 BRITISH all !Atian. and St. Law. 9 Bombay, Baroda, and Cen.lnd,guar. 5 p.c. all ;Do. .... 18 Buffalo & Lake Hur. 100 Buff. , Brut. & Godch.l 100 1 6 p.c.lxls., I Aug.,'72 Do. do., 1 July, '73, 100 Do. do., I June, '74 2s. Calcutta and S . Fast. l 2s6cl Central Oude (Lim.)' 10s Ceylon A shares 1 Do. B. do. all I DCDlCrara 2s. Eastern Bengal 100 !East Indian 15 Do. C Shares all D 0.4., p.c.Bnds.,'s7 all Do. do. do., '59, do. all 'Geelong & Melbourne guar. 5 per cent 100 l ad. Trunk. of Canada, all Do. 6p. c. Deben...l all Gt. In. Pen. g. 5 pert. 4 I Do. New. guar. 5 p.c. all ,Gt. Westn. of Canadal 10.' 2 Do. New all Do. Bds., payable '57, all iDo. do., '76, p.'6o all ,Do. do., '73, do. all ,Do, do., '73, without option all 'Madras, guar. 4i p.c all j Do. do., 5 per C. 10 I Do. 4i p. c. Exten. 5 Do. 3d Ex., g. 51).0. 1 5 i Do. 4th Ex., do. ss. 'Oudo (Limited) 5 ISciude, guar. 5 per c all Do Business dons this day. 20 20 20 20 FOR: all Antwrp & Rotterdam' 18 Ardennes all Belgian East. Juliet 16 Beziers to Graissessac all Caruieaux& Toulouse Coal Mines and Ry 12 iDutch Rhenish all Eastern of France all Do. New 2s. Euphrates Valley 18 Gt., Central of France all Great Luxembourg... 4 Italian Junction all Lake Const. & Bale all I Lierre and Turnhout 6 Lombardo-Venetian all Lucca & Pist.sp.C.F. all Lyons and Geneva ... all Lyous & Meditcrran i all Maria Antezia 1 all Do. New 1 all Namur & Liege 1 all Do. do. 6 p. c. Prof all N orthern of Franco , all NorwegianTrnk.Pref I I all Paris and Lyons ) all Pars and Orleans i ) 7 Reeife & San Frau., (Pernarn.) g. 7 p. c. ) 7i Rome and Frascati... ) all Royal Danish . 5 all Royal Swedish 0 all Sambre and Mouse , 0 all ')o. 511 per cent. prof, 0 all Southern of France 8i all West Flanders 0 all ,Do. 5i per c. Pref . O all W.& N. W. of France O 6 Western of Austria... O all ,Wctt. of Switzerland 6 all ..YV lesladen .„ 6 all Do. Bp. cent. prof. I I 0 all Zealand JOINT-STO I : 0 all . 5 18il 0 50': Andralasia 25 20 all all Bank of Egypt 'Bank of London Bri. Col. Bk.& Ln. Co ' l 'British N. American C. Elk. of Ind. Au.&Citi. City 35 10 22i all all 20 'Commercial of Lond. Eng.Seot.ikAus.Cat. Lou. Ch, Bk.of A IDitto New ' London and County Lnd.&E.Bnkng.Corp London Joint Stock. Lond.audWestminst. National Pro. of Eng. Do. New National Bank New South Wales , Oriental Bank Corp Ottoman Bank I,Provine al of Ireland Do. New South Australia i Union of Australia.,. Now - Union of London Unity Mutual....., N6strul 3 k of Loud, 'ION. 61- • • ..... 1 - 31 - 4; - 26* - it 7_ 7i 19 374 8 331 21i 4i 84 26. Pad RAILWAYS. 100 Buckghamsh. 100 Clydesdale Jo. all Col.Stour Vy. 100 E.Lin. g. G p.e all E. Un. 11. Sh. 100 Glas. Barr. & Neils.Direet. 100 I Do. `icw all Glstr.SzDn.Fr all Hull klt Selby all Do. Shares all Do. 1 Shares all Lon.&Greenw all Do. Preference 100 Lon. Til., &S. 91 Do. Bark. Sh. all Manch.Bxton. and Matlock 100 Mdld.Bradfd. 51 Newmarket BuryE.G.spc. all N.&Est.s p.c. all Do. 6 per et.. all Do.Fixedsp.c all Prest. & Wyre all Do. Shrs. 100 Roystn.& Hit. all Shrews.& Her all S. Staffordsh.. all iWearVal.g6pe all Do I. 100 !Wilts&Somrst 50 25 12 121 50 50 50 25 Leasing Companies. Ln.&N.NY .1 Caledon...l .E.U.diE.O Ot.NorthL , E. Count. Ca,idonian. Do Gt. \Vestal, Y. Do Do S. Eastern Do Peto & Co ] Do La. &N. W &11d E. Count. IDo Do I L. &S. W Do Gt.Northr T. Braesey M. MCleau Stk.diDar Do IGt.Westn. St. St. St. 50 50 25 St. 20 100 100 100 all 120 00 100 20 4i - N I 8 - 8 68 - 70 91 - 9i 8-; - 881 8.” - 84. 33 - 35 7 - 9 i A = .ii - - 8I 18i - 19 58 - 59 40 - 44 29 - 31 i 7 - 18 92 - 94 611 -- i 6; - 30! 85 - 9 - 97l - 85 -112 97 - 541 - 58 - 76 - 79 71 - Sip 7#- 8p - 944 ... ''' •.- 5h - 6h 105 - 107 1 96L1 - 97 .e• ..... •• - 94A - 95 • •_• 40 - 40. ... ..... 891 - 90 63 - - 65 ... ...'. ..' .•• - ••. 12i - 13 ••• ..... •' 59 - 61 31 - 3i 50 - 51 ••• ..... 6 . 6 - 67 2 - 1 52 2 = 63: 84: 90 - 95 ..• 3a 3 8i - 30, 1 1 31 10 8 d 104 - 106 24 - 25 46 - 48 4 -3 , 33 - 35 70 - 72 78i —79 i 12 —11 : 8 6d 36 - 38 ••• -- ••• ••• -. ••• is := ... ^- ••• -" ••• '''''' 7 - 9 3 - 3. 5i - 6 ... -'" ••• ''''.. 0.• '..... SSEBBIONS. •.. ••• •.. 6i Nal 180 85 78 82 75 80 - 11? - lh 110 --111. - 2 pi 19 - 19) - 4G -- "48 83 -- 85 21i -- 221; 1 -- 1191 19i 11 d 1108 - 112 108 - 112 101 - 103 19 - 201 , 24 -22 i - r i 1 - 1 p i 1 - ii : i-pl BANKS. 79 -- 81 4 - 40 - 45 ... - . ... '6a 7.1 '66 is 15 17i --184 32 - 34 181 - 18 ... ...... ... 33 - 35 49 - 51 „.. ... d ill i-- md x(3l 10 THE SUN, PREF ERENC all Blyth and Tyne 10 p. c.pref. (issd.at 501.) 100 Bris.&Ex.4 p.c. St. 5 Do. 4 per c. Shares .00 Caledn. £lO 4A p. c LOO Ches. do Ho. 51 P.C LOO Do. do. 5 per cent all Cork&Bandonsb.c all Dun.Perth.&Aber.J 100 E. Anglian Cls. ASh 100 Do. do. Cls. B 6p. c 100 Do. do. Cis. C7p. c 100 Eas.Co.Ex,sp.c No.l 100 Do. No. 2 100 Do. Now 6 pr. c. St all East Uu., G. 6p. c all Do. 51., 10 per cent all Do. 101. Debentr.Sh all Do. do. 4 per cent 100 EastLancash.6p.ots all E.&W. York. J. sths 9 Edin. &GI sp. c. Sh. 100 Ed.PrthADun.4p.c. 100 Furness, 5 p. c ..... 100 Gilts. do S.W.G.5p.e. 100 Great Northn. 5 p.c. 100 Do. 5 p. c. Redeem. at 10 p. c. prem.... 100 Do. 4. per cent 60 Do. 5 p.c., Red. at 5 p. c. prom. all Gt.N. of Scot.lst Prt- 18 Gt. S &W. (Ireland) 18 Do. 4 per c. Pref. St. , 6 i Gt.W.(B.&H.Ex.Spc 100 I Do. con. red. 44 p.c. 100 I Do. con. red. 4 p. c. 100 Do. irred. 4 per tent. 100 Do 5 p. c. red. pref. all Do. Birm. Pref. Sh.. all Do.ChesterBp.c.P.S. all Do. do. 5 p. c. d 0.... 100 Do. Birm. Gua. Stk.. all Do. Chesh. Qua. Sh, all Do. do. do ' al Do. do. do 'UV Lan. & York. 6 pc.St. 100 Lon. &B. G. 5p c. No. 1 100 D0.,P.,5 p.c.St.No.2 100 Do. New Guar. 6p. c. 100 Do. do. sp. c., N 0.4 100 Lon. & N.W., Coy. & Nuneaton 5 F . et... 100 Lon. & S.W. 7 perct. late 3d Shares .. all Londy. & Color. iSh. all M n &Ennis. 100 ~ S.,&L. 6p. Cent.' 41 Do. do. do. £6 ... .. 100 Do. do. 31 per cent. all Marypt. & Carl. 4 p.c. all Do. 4 per cent 10i Do. do. 100 Mid. Consol. 6 p.c. St 100 Do. Con. Br. Bir. 6 p.c 100 Do. 4i P. c. Pref. St 100 Do. L. dtll. Pref. St all New., Aber., &c., pr 5 p.c.red. 5 p.c.pm all Do. Perpet. 6 pr. ct ' all rsl orf k. D eb. 4p.c. Sh 100 Do. sp. c. Ext. 1846 100 Do. 5i p.c, pf , 1847 100 Do.Wv.V.sp. ~ ,1847 100 North British 3i Do. 71. Preference 100 N.E. Berw. 4 p.c.Pri 8i Do. do. do 13 Do. Leeds 6 pc. No. 1 9 Do. do. Qrs., 1848_ 10 Do„York 11. &S. Fur. all North Staffordshire 100 Ox., Wor. & Woly. 6 p.c. Ist guar, 100 Do. 4. c. 2d guar._ 100 Do. do. Dobentr. St. all Scot. Cent. New Pref. 100 Se.N.E.Aber.g.6p.c. 100 Do. do. 7 p.c. pf. St. 100 Do. do.3i p.c. pf. St. all South D o ev: l Os. 6a. all Do. fixed ili pr cent. all S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) 100 o. 46 por. cent_ 100 Do. Fixed 46 p.c. Sh. 100 Do. Now 46 pr. cent 100 . Wales Gua. 4p. c. 100 Do. do. 44 p. c all S.Yorksh.4p.c.Guar all Stock. & Dar., sp. c 19 Do. do. do. 109 Waterfd& Kilk. 6pc Business this day BRITISH 121 Alfred Cons, (Plink.) 14 British Iron 20 Condurow (Cambrn.) 1 Dey.Gt. Cnsle. (ray.) 27l East Basset (Mogan) 1 1486 Great South Tolgus 1113 Grt.W.Alfrcl.(Philk.) 7i Grt.W. Vor (llelstn.) 13s Lady Bertha 7i N. Frances (Illogan) N.W.Basset (Illogan) 6115 North Wheal Crofty 1 Par. Cons. (St.Blaxy) 9 Porkellis U. (Wend.) Gs. Sort. Cons. Min. Co. 2i 2 S. Caradon (St. Cleel S. Cam Brea (Illogn. 19 S.W. Frauces(lllogn. 4. Tam. S. &L. Min. Co, 9 Tin Croft 40 Un.Minos (Gwennap: 1256 V. of Towey (Camay., 1.4 W. Basset (Illogan)., 20 W. Caradon (Liskrd. Wh. Basset (Mogan) 6" Wh. Bullerptiriith). 5i Wh. Edwar (Calstck) 117 s Wh. Kitty (U. Llant) 8 Wh.lfa.Ann (Ifenht.) 4 Wh. Trelawney (Lis.) :0 7-4 1 10s. 15 27 ',CI all 0 15 1 i XI 1 all 1 I all 2I all 0 all 3 all 5 11 1 all 1 all 1 all 16 18A all MISCELLANEOUS. 1000 900 Atlantic Tel. (Lim.) , 25 19 'Australian Agricult. 241 261 10 all Australn. Royal Mail 10 all Berlin Water Works.. 4 5 10 2 Do. New iss. at si. d •.• 50 40 Brit. American Land 30 35 100 321 Canada ll2 117 117 St. 100 Do.Go.6pc.Jan&July 1101 1111 112 11 St. all Copper Min. of Eng. 27 32 25 all "Do. Pref. 7§ p. cent. 23 25 5 all ,Crystal Palace ll -- 11 a 5 all I Do. Preference 4 all I Crystal Pal. of France .„ ••• 20 all 'Eastern Steam St. 'lOO ,ElectricTelograph 102 103 1 all Electric Tel. of Irel. • 5 all En.&Aust.Cop.SmCo 11 10 10s. Eur. & lud.Jctn. Tel. 9 all Eur.&Am•Stm.(lim.) 41 20 111 Gen. Ir • Sc. 15 1.4 Gen. Steam Navigat. 20 5 London Discount o w, 4 all Lond. Gon. Omnibus 3i 34 20 10 Magdalena St. Navig. 1 1 0 0 a B ll i M D e o d . i E te x i t . s e n. nsi E o l n ce. Tc T ic e g l. . 10 all Mexican& S.Americn 25 5 'Nat. Discount C 0.... 11 11.1 10 6 INetherlands Land.... 1 —ll 10 all ,Do. Do. 5 all 8 p.c. Pf. iss. at 1 d — 3 5 2 Do. Do. 100 80 'New B. &N. S. Land 16 18 St. 100 N.S.W. Gov.s p.c.D. 1 all N. B. Australasian—. 20 all Nrth.ofEuropeSteam •• • 1 all Oriental Gas 1 10s. Do New Shares id ip 5 all Ld. & Minrl , 2 21 21 50 all Peninsular & Oriental 72 74 50 10 Do. New 50 all Rhymney Iron 100 60 1.03 , 9,1 Mail Steam 5l 56 1 all ;cot. Austral. Invest. 1i St. 100 S.Aus, Gov.6p.c.bds. 25 all South Austral. Lan 33 35 1 all Submarine Tel. Seri 1 all Do. Registered 20 5 Trus.Lu.Co. lip. Can. 1 1 281,Iran Dannoiee Land 9 FOREIGN ••• ..." 5i -- 86 -- 81 -- 81 -- 93 - 91- 15A -- 91 -- 67 -- 17 -- 8i -- 131 -- ••• ..."'. Australian Bon Accord Cop. (li.) Brazilian I mp.(issue d at £5 pm) Do. Cocaes & Cuiada Do. St. John Del Roy Clarendon Con. Min. Co. of Jamaica Cobra Copper Copiapo Dun Mountain Cop- pc Mining C 3 Fori.una General .. Linares .. Lusitanian Mariquita New Granada Novoan Mondo Pont. Sil.LdM. & Snilt Port Philip Santiago de Cuba United Mexican Closing Prices yesterday 92 - 94 95 - 97 12 - 14 128 - 132 31 - 4 1108 - 106 .•• ••• 12 13 23 24 92 91 1 ad 2j - 28 89 - 91 par iP 51 Oti 128 - 131 74 - 8 - 9 31 - 32 83 - 85 SHARES. 89 - 91 4 1 -- - ei.. ••• --- - 6 -• 6 105 - 110 110 - 114 105 - 108 103 - 106 121 - 124 ••• -- ••• 67 - 69 15 - 117 106 - 108 97 - 99 60 - C 2 9 - 10; 132 - 137 112 - 115 1150 - 160 lit - 317 63 ,-- 0 ••• 130 - 131 95 - 97 85 - 87 ... -- .... 104 -- 11 Iffi - 103 94 - 96 1 - . - 4 1 21i - *42 .11 - 112 .01 - 103 110 - 112 ,02 - 104 70 - 72 - 10! 22 - 22,,1 94 - 96 93 - 96 MINES. 12 13 5 - 7 80 - 90 1 120 - 440 90 - 100 13 - 14 4 - 5 1 - 11 - 1 8 - 9 11 - 12 4 5 16 18 4 - 5 W - li 340 - 350 3 - 4. 220 - 230 - 1 3 - 4 i - 1 21 - 22 i l ° 42 7 - 1. 1 5 T 280 - 290 61 - 7i 14 - 16 45 - 48 1 23 - 25 581 9 42 99 85 4 51 4 105 971 i I 401 1 r B9 90i 10 90i 8 9 i 901 20 20 50 St. 84 31 41 131 14 24i I 2i i 50 48i 50i 27i 8 28 20 i 12d 61 i MINES. 4 d par li 24 16' - il 37 - 39 11 - 12 -1) -- id 13i -14 i 8; -- 8 1i -- Ad t ••• .... • 5 - 6 •• lo 2 31 4i Moatis Lana Longford _ Eleven ran. GUILDHALL. READING RACES.—(This Day.) (BT ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) THE CALCOT PLATE. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.— (This Day.) William Jones, remanded, charged with having por tions of a silver snuff-box in his possession, supposed to have been stolen. Police-constable 152 stated that he met the prisoner in Barbican, on Tuesday, the 22d, and suspecting him, be asked him what he had got. Prisoner replied, "only a bit of silver he had found in the City.' 'On examining it, the policeman found it was a silver snuff-box that had been bent and broken up. The prisoner gave the name Jones, but refused to give his address. The policeman had since ascertained that the prisoner had given a false name. Alderman Gabriel—ls the prisoner known at all I Springate (she gaoler)—No, your worship. Alderman Gabriel—Has his real name, and address been discovered ? Policeman —No. Mr. John Probert, surgeon, 6, New Cavendish street, deposed that on Saturday morning, the 19th, between 6 and 7 o'clock, he went from his house to Devonshire-place, New-road, in a hired cab to visit a patient. Afterwards he found that he had left his silver snuff-box in the cab. The broken pieces produced were parts of it. The inscription ou the inside of the lid and the crest on the outside had been erased. Alderman Gabriel (to prisouer)—What have you now to say to the charge? Prisoner—l found it in the City about 8 o'clock in the morning ~f the day I was taken into custody. Alderman Gabriel—Do you stil refuse to give your real name and address ? Prisoner—l don't like to give it because it might do me much harm. I know 1 did wrong in keeping the silver after I found it. A. friend of the prisoner's came forward and stated his real name was William Nevitt, and that he resided in one of the streets leading out of Fitzroy-square. Alderman Gabriel remanded the prisoner for another week to enable the police to make further enquiries about him. WESTMINSTER. DISGRACEFUL OUTRAIE AT ST. BARNABAS CHURCH.-- William Richardson, a shoemaker, was charged with being drunk and conducting himself in the following reprehensible manner : Frederick Weaver, porter at St. Barnabas Church, Pimlico, said that last evening the defendant came to the entrance of the sacred edifice and made a most dis graceful disturbance. At about 8 o'clock witness had reason to leave the door of the church for two or three minutes, and on his return found the defendant there intoxicated, declaring he would have satisfaction, and imputing to witness that he had robbed him. He used the most violent language, and threatened to give wit ness two inches of cold steel, and witness becoming alarmed sent for a policeman. Mr. Paynter—Was there service in the church at the time ? Witness—Yes, sir, and it was as much as I could pos sibly do to prevent his rushing in amongst the congrega tion. He said if he could only get one or two more of the same mind as himself, he would go in. Mr. Paynter—Did he collect any people ? Witness—A. mob of above 150 whom he endeavoured to excite in every way in his power. An engineer, who was entering the church at the time, proved that the defendant also abused him very grossly. He remained until the congregation dispersed, using, as the ladies left the place, the most disgusting language. Defendant, when asked what he had to say to the charge, said he was thoroughly ashamed of himself. Mr:Poynter. —And so you ought to be. This is not a common disturbance. I can make some allowance for the license people claim at holiday time, but this is too bad. I shall fine you 205., or 14 days, and require you to enter into reoognizances for your future good be haviour. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. EXTENSIVE ROBBERY BY ♦ GENTLEMAN'S COACHMAN, —James Mackinder, a coachman in the service of Thos. Albert Gladstone, Esq., of Gunnesbury, Middlesex, was placed at the bar before Mr. Beadon, charged with stealing the sum of 1301. iu bank notes, the property of his master. The prosecutor deposed that the prisoner bad been in his service for about seven week,. On Wednesday, the 23d inst., understanding that a Mr. Pickling, a horse dealer, had a pair of horses which would just suit him, to dispose of at Aldridge", in St. Martin's-lane, he gave him 1301. in bank-notes, with directions to proceed there, and endeavour to purchase them at that price. This was about 12 o'clock at noon, and in the course of events the prisoner ought to have been borne with the horses during the afternoon. The prisoner, however, never raturned, but absconded with the money, and prosecutor saw no more of him till he was in custody. In reply to Mr. Beadon the prosecutor said he re ceived a very good character with the prisoner from his coachmaker to whom he (prisoner) was well known. Police-constable 300 A, said from information he had received, he west I tst night to Longhorn's public-house, in Cagle-street, Leicester-square, and on entering the parlour saw the prisoner there. He accosted him by name and reqiiested - h'ins to coma out, as he wanted to speak with him. The prisoner said his name was not Mackinder. Witness told him it was no nee his denying ' his name, and that he must consider himself in custody for stealing 1301. belonging to his master. The prison.; who was in liquor, laughed and said he only stepped it with some money his master had given hies to purchase horses with. Witness subsequently searched him, and found 301. in notes, and 191. 105. in gold upon him. John Pickling, horse-dealer, Norfolk-yard, Bayswater, proved that, on the 23d inst., he had a pair of horses for sale at Aldridge's, St. Martin's -lane. Ile saw the pri soner there, who told him he was authorised to purchase them by his master for 1301. The horses were, how ever, bought in ; but at a eubsequent period of the day, the prisoner offered hien 1351. for them, which he agreed to take. The prisoner said he had gat the money to pay for them, and would meet him in a bout half-an-hour and give him the amount. Toe prisoner never returned, and he saw no more of him till this of morning. et all the money. Committed for trial. sa id he g very b drunk and The prisoner, in defence, MARKET NEWS.—(This Day.) HAY MARKETS. SIIITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, 21 10s to 41 Os; clover, 3/ 103 to 5/ ss; and s t ra w, 11 Os to 1/ 103 p er load. A slow trade. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow bay, 2110 s to 4/ Os; clover, 3/ 103 to 5/ Oa ; an d s t raw , 11 5s to hlOB per load. Trade steady. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, 2/ 103 to 4/ Os ; clover, 3/ 103 to 5/ 5s ; and straw, 1/ 5s to 1/ 103 per load. Supply good, and trade dull. COLONIAL. The foreign and colonial produce Tuesday men on en oil ts are now closed for the Christm as h o lid ays , but reop, he sth January. Privately a few transactions have been entered into, and previous rates have iu most instances been supported. descriptions, at about former r ates, bat onl y a small TZA.—A dispo s iti on h as been shown to ope rate in Com mon Congou at 12d, b u t se llers have not come forward. Straws.—There h ave b ee n some inqu i r i e s for colonial quantity has bee n s o ld a t fully former values. COFFEE—The market is quiet for all descriptions, with no change whate ver t o re p o rt in prices. RlCE — There are a f ew sellers for cash, at rather lower rates ; only small lots however, have been sold. RUM—No business 'whatever his been done, and prices are quite nominal. SALTPETRE—There have been a few inquiries for the finer descriptions, but no sales were reported, and prices are unaltered. TALLOW—The market is steady. P.Y.C., on the spot, 535; January to March, 535; and March only, 53s 6d pet owt. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This Day.) Lorrnots, Dec. 29.—Wind this day at noon, N.W.; light breeze and fine, but hazy. COWES, Dec. 28. Wind calm. —Arrived—Mirage, from London, for St. Michael's; Amalia Maria, Sunderland, for Calcutta. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Tuesday Morning. Thick fog, and calm. Arrived-- Dorothy, from Newcastle ; William, packet, Sunderland ; Ann, Shields ; Dispatch, steamer, Jersey ; Flora, steamer, Dublin ; Havre, steamer, Havre; J. and S. Martin, Dunkirk. Sailed—Wonder, steamer, for Jersey ; Alliance, steamer, for Havro ; Argyll, steamer, Carenton ; Alhambra►, steamer, for Gibraltar. LIVIMPOOL, Taesday Morning. Wind S.W. Arrived—Abeona, Macelo, Pomona, Bonny, Calpe, screw steamer, Scilly, Queely, and Miss Nightingale, from St. Michael's ; City of the Sultan, Maceio ; Ranger, Antigua. Off—Maringo, from Charleston. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Tuesday Morning. Wind W.S.W. ; tide four hours' flood ; hazy. Arrived, Dec. 28 -Henrietta Sophia, from Dantsio ; Regent, Elsinore. Arrived, Dec. 29--Howe, steamer, Bremen; SwanleY, Jamaica ; Zwei Zusters, from Bremen. Sailed, Dec. 28—Nonpar e il, f or St. Michael's; Ferdi nand, Rochfor3, United States. Sailed, Dec. 29. -Premier, f or Bombay; Salamanca, Kurrachee ; California, Bombay,- Bl e nheim ' Madras. D EAL , Tuesday, 9 a. 131. Wind calm ; very thick and hazy. The ship Glenmama, from Sunderland, for Bombay, has been assisted clear of the Breake Sand and anchored, bay ing slipped an anchor and chain, which will be restored to the ship. Anchored--Epsom, for H ong K on g ; an d Rose, for Genoa--both from London. Passed- Paris and London ( s . s .), f r om Paris, for Lon don. THE OUTWARD PENINSULAR MAIL.—The Peninsular and Oriental Comphny's steam ship Alhambra, Captain J. K. Joy, left Southampton yesterday with the usual Peninsular mail, twenty passengers, 14,9401. in specie, and a full cargo. RUSSIAN RAILWAYS. Recent financial advices from Russia furnish some interesting particulars. It is said the total of I bullion in the fortress of St. Petersburg and at Mos cow exceeds 20,000,0001. On the other hand, the paper circulation is estimated at nes rly 120,000,0001. and the rate of exchange continues at a point that must involve great loss to all who have to make foreign payments. Practically, the currency is in convertible, since the Government allow only very small quantities to be exchanged for gold, although occasionally, when the depreciation, as measured by the rate of exchange, threatens to go on too rapidly they allow certain defined amoants to be shipped by the leading bankers. With regard to the grand railway scheme, of which, according to report, the English public may expect to hear more the mo ment they may be again disposed to get rid of their money upon any invitation, the latest particulars are as follows :—The company have about 4,000 versts of line to construct in 10 years, at a cost of about 45,000,0001. Their first issue was about 12,500,0001. Of this they retained one-fourth for Russia, on which 371 roubles was required as a first instalment on each share of 125 roubles. When the Government reduced the rate of interest on Bank deposits, on the Ist October last, from 4 per cent. to 3 per cent., the directors took the oppor tunity of offering 5 per cent. on all payments in full, and of this the shareholders readily availed themselves. At the present moment, therefore, about 96,000 out of the the 150,000 shares rest rv. d for Russia have been entirely paid up. Of the shares issued in other countries only a small pro portion have been paid in full. On the Warsaw line the road is finished for about 120 versts, and the distance has been performed in two hours and a-half. Only the Imperial family, however. have as yet travelled on it, the opening to the public being delayed f:s usual by all kinds of difficulties. It was now expected to take place in a few days. In the meantime two goods trains were being inn daily, the receipts of which were about 1,0001. per week. The company have a numerous staff of French engineers at Moscow, and in the south, making surveys ; and the Russian engineers are alleged to bit very indignant at their being set aside. The present price at St. Petersburg of a share of 125 roubles is 3 premium, but in Poland they have been far from popular. The affairs of the Riga and Dunaburg Company are said to be making progress but slowly. The Government have accepted their caution money of about 100,0001. The concession is not yet signed, a multitude of obstacles being raised on trifling points, but which wore expected soon to be adjusted. LECTURES AT THE INNS OF COURT. The following is a prospectus of the lectures to be delivered during the ensuing educational term by the several Readers appointed by the Inns of Court :-- " CONSTITUTIONAL LAW AND LEGAL HISTORY. "The public lectures to be delivered by the Reader on Constitutional Law and Legal History will comprise the following subjects : "The Reign of George 11., the Progress of our Juris- prudence, the State Trials and Debates in Parliament. The Reader will thee trace the Origin and Progress of our Constitution through the Reigns of the Plautagenets, the Tudors, and the Stuarts. "In his private classes the Reader will follow the same course. "Books.—' Tindal or Bellham's History of George the Second ;" Blackstone's Commentaries, by Kerr, vols. 1 and 4 ; Political Register and Annual Register during the Period ;" Parliamentary History,' Hallam's Constitutional History,' Statute Book," Preface to Gilbert on Uses,': by Sugden ; ' Bracton's Treatise,' ' Matthew Paris,' Reeve's History of the English Law,' Sullivan's Lectures,' Fortescue de Laudibus Legum Anglite' (Amos's edition), History of the Con stitution,' Creasy on the Constitution.' "EQUITY. "The Reader on Equity proposes to deliver during the ensuing educational Term a course of nine lectures on the following subjects : "1. Oa the General Principles adopted by Courts of Equity with reference to Trusts and to Equitable En cumbrances on Real and Personal Estate. "2. On Notice and Registration. " 3. On the relief afforded in Equity against Penal ties and Forfeitures. " 4. On the Nature of Legal Mortgages, "5. On the Equitable Rights and Remedies of Mort gagors and Mortgagees. "6. Oa the Jurisdiction of the Court over Charities. " The Reader will continue with his senior and junior classes the general courses of equity alrtady commenced. He will also continue in the senior class and continence in the junior t 3 exoiain Cie leading rules of pleading equity from the work of Lord Redesdale. "THE LAW OF REAL_ PROPERTY. "The Reader on the Law of Real Property proposes to deliver in the ensuing educational term a course of nine public lectures on the followin .; subjects : " 1. The Insolvency Acts BO far as they affect the Law of Real Property. " 2, On Conditions of Sale. "3. -A cornpari6on between the Old , and New Law with respect to Wills. " 4. The Statutes lit of Victoria, cap. 26, and 15th and 16th of - Victoria, cap. 24. " 5. The decisions upon those Statutes. "In his private classes the Reader on the Law of Real Property will refer more particularly to the cases cited in the public lectures. He will also endeavour to go through a complete course of Real Property Law, using the work of Mr. Joshua Williams as a text-book. JURISPRITDENCE AND THE CIVIL LAW. "The Reader on Jurisprudence and the Civil Law proposes to deliver in the course of the ensuing educational term nine public lectures on the following subjects : "1. The Influence of certain Theories of the Roman Juri,consults on li.ternational Law, and the Existing Relations of Sovereign States to each other. " 2. Crimes and Delicate. " 3. Ancient Codes : their Nature and Influence. " 4. The conception of Equity, and the Forms it has assumed in various system of Jurisprudence. "5. The development of the Ronan Law. " With his private class the Reader will proceed through the principal departments of Roman Law, using as his text book the Systema Juris Romani Hodie Usitati, Latin edition of Mackeldey (beginning at page 132). " The Reader will endeavour to form a second class for the study of the Elements of Roman Law. This latter class is intended for gentlemen who have no previous acquaintance with the Roman jurisprudence. He will read the Institutes of Justinian, beginning at their commencement. "COMMON LAW. "The Reader on Common Law proposes to deliver during the ensuing educational term nine public lectures ; the first six of which will be on the Law of Contracts, and the three remaining lectures on the Law of Bail ments, as under : " THE LAW OF CONTRACTS. . . " Lecture I.—On Contracts generally ; their Nature and Classification. " Lecture 2.—On Special Contracts. "Lecture 3.-0 a Contracts between Landlord and Tenant, and Remedies incident thereto. " Lecture 4.—Of Simple Contracts and the In gredients in the Right of Action ex-Contractu. " Lecture 5 will he devoted to an inquiry respecting the Nature of Implied Promises. " Lecture 6.—A general view will in this lecture be taken of Mercantile Contracts and Remedies. " THE LAW OF BAILMENTS. "Lecture 7.—The Nature and Classification of Bailments, with especial reference to the case of Cogs v. Barnard.' Lord Raym, 909, will be considered. " Lectures 8 and 9 will be devoted to an examination of the Law applicable to various classes of Bailees, Common Carriers, Innkeepers, and others. " With his private class the Reader will consider the Law of contracts and of Bailmeute according to the plan above indicated, illustrating the subjeots treated of by reference to recent cases, and to the following works Smith's Mercantile Law' (ed, by llowdeswell), and Leading Cases' (4th ed.), ' Story on Bailments' (sth ed.), Broom's Commentaries on the Common Law. 6 ' By order of the Council, 4 • RICHARD BETHELL, Chairman. "Council Chamber, Lincoln's-inn, Dec. 18." " The following are the days and hours for the delivery of the public lectures by the Readers appointed by the Inns of Court, and for the attendance of the private classes : "The Reader on Constitutional Law and Legal His tory, at Lincoln's-inn Hall. Public lectures, Wednesday, 2 p.m. First Lecture, the 20th Jan. Private lectures, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, at hall-past 9to half-past 11 a.m. First class meets on the 21st January. Classes meet in the Bombers' Bealing - room. - "The Reader on Equity, at Lincoln's-inn Hall. Pub. lie lectures, Thursday , at 2 p. m . , first lecture, Jan. 21. Private lectures, Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, at a uarterst 3 and a quarter-past 4 p.m. First class meets on the -pa 22d Jan. Classes meet in the Benchers' reading-room. "The Reader on the La w of Real Properly, &c., at Gray's-inn Hall. Public lectures, Fridays, at 2 p.m. first lecture, Jan. 15. Private lectures, Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, at a quarter to 12 a.m. to a quarter to 2 p.m. ; first class meets on Jan. 18. Classes meet in the North Library. "The Reader on Jurisprudence and Civil Law, at the Middle Temple-hall. Public lectures, Tuesdays, at 2 p.m. ; first lecture on Jan. 19. Private classes, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, at a quarter to 4 p.m. ; first class mee ts on Jan. l. Classes meet at 4, Garden-court, Temple. "The Reader on Common Law, at the Inner Temple-hall. Public lectures, Mondays, at 2 p.m. ; first lecture, Jan. 18. Private classes, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, from a qurter to 12 a.m. to a quarter to 2 p.m. ; ,first class meets on Jan. 19. I Classes meet at the I nner Tem p le-hall. " Note.—The educational term commences on Jan. 111, and ends on. March 30. 1 "The first meeting of each private class will take place on the usual mornin or evening of meeting next after the fi at public lecture on the same subject ." IVORI'IIUMB ERLAND A D DURHAM DISTRICT BANK. NEWCASTLE, SATURDAY. A speeial meeting of the shareholders of this com pany was held to-day at the hank, "for the purpose of assenting to the said company registering itself as a company other than a limited company, under the Joint-Stock Banking Companies' Act, 1857." Mr. W. B. OGDEN, the acting director, was called to the chair, and explained that the effect of register ing themselves under the act in question would b that the separate property of individual shareholders could not be affected by legal proceedings. There were some actions already pending, and the parties suing would be in a condition to issue executions against the separate property of any one share holder, whichever they might deem best to select. But if they placed themselves under the provisions of this act, the shareholders individually would be protected, and the funds of the bank alone could be proceeded against. Mr. JONATHAN PRIESTMAN having moved, and Mr. J. GRW, of Dilston, seconded a resolution for registering the company as suggested by the chair man. Mr. BAINBRIDGE, as the representative of a large shareholder, asked whether it was the intention of the directors, after taking the bent fit of this act, to take advantage also of the winding-up clauses of the act of 1856, and appoint liquidaters ? That would dispense with the necessity for a compulsory winding-up, such as was provided for in previous acts, and he was firmly conviuced that if they did not take that voluntary step for the satisfaction of the creditors, even of the debtors and of all parties, they would at last come into the Cow t of B tnk ruptey, or the Court, of Chancery, under the com pulsory clauses, for he did not think the creditors of the bank would submit to be unrepresented in the process of winding-up. He believed such a mea sure as he suggested to be absolutely required tor the ultimate safe=ty of the whole concern, while it would give great satisfaction to the whole mercan tile community if they took steps to make their affairs properly known. He recommended that another meeting should be held, with a view of adopting his suegestion. The motion of Mr. Priestman having been put an, i carried unanimously, The CHAIRMAN stated, in reply to a question, that the amount for which actions had as yet Leer raised by creditors was comparatively small, not exceeding 8,000 t. Mr. FAIRS said it would be the most satisfactory mode of investigation to have an inspection of the affairs of the bank, under the authority of the Board of Trade, according to other provisions of tb.e Bank ing Companies' Act, and the directors might now undertake to call a meeting to consider that pro posal. It was clear that there must be a full and proper examination without delay. The committee of shareholders, appointed the other day to aet along with the directors, could not be expected to devote sufficient time to it, and it would be more satisfactorily done under the authority of the Board of Trade. Mr. GREY supported the resort to one or other of the two plans now suggested, it being the obvious interest of all parties in this miserable affair, that the business should be wound up at the earliest possible period, and at the least expense. After some conversation, The CHAIRMAN, in reply to questions addressed to him. gave a ready pledge on the part of t he directors, that they would agree to any mode of inspection which the shareholders might call for, and that they would takethe initiative by calling a meeting of the shareholders, to consider the pro posals now made by Mr. Bainbridge and Mr. Fairs, as soon as ever it should appear desirable. This pledge appeared to give general satisfaction, and the meeting then separated. THE BUCKINGHAMSHIRE ELECTION. been actuated by a feeling of public duty in offer - ing himself to represent the county on this occa sion, and that they would also feel that, &hough ho had been unFuccessful, that this result was owing to the peculiar circumstances under which the election had taken place, and that it ought not to be looked upon as any-picofof a dimiou tiou in the Comervative cJunty. (Cheers.) A vote of thank; to the Hi2ll Sheriff was then proposed by Captain HAMILTON, and seconded by Mr. CAvENnisli, and carried unanimously ; and The Mall SHERIFF having briefly returned thanks, the proceedings of the election terminted. TIIE INDIAN MUTINIES. -~ MARCH OF THE AVENGERS. "It was a glorious sight," says an officer, "to witness the troops under Grant marching proudly along, one solid mass of stalwart fellows, of robust and vigorous frames, but active and energetic— under thorough discipline, and every man having an air of firm determination. The natives gaze at the Highlanders with astonishment and dread, and style them (with reference to their garb) 'the ghosts of the murdered Englishwomen risen to avenge I.' The Delhi column looked as if they had had hard fighting and great exposure, but th e men were i n capital spirits. The Bth and 75th wer e i u mouse colourrd dr e , ses, which looked odd at fi rs t, b ut un que-tionahly was a capita colour to fight in, as it is so difficult to perceive it at a distance. The Sikhs were dres-ed in the same way. Two of our guns were drawn by elephants, which somewhat asto nidied the Royals, and would rather create a sea , 'a:ion at Woolwich."—Letterfrom Bombay. REINFORCEMENTS WANTED. AYLESBURY, DEC. 28. OFFICIAL DECLARATION OF THE POLL. This morning, at eleven o'clock, the official de claration of the numbers polled for the respective candidates at the recent election took place at the Town-hall. Mr. Cavendish, the successful candidate, was ac companied by a good many of his principal sup porters, among whom were Messrs. Darvill, Cooper, the Rev. Mr. Phillimore, Mr. A. Tindal, the Rev. Mr. Erle, Mr. S. M. Gibbs, Mr. Z. Phillips, the Rev. Mr. Gates, Messrs. Watson, Benson, White, Payne, &c. Captain Hamilton, the defeated can didate, was also accompanied by a number of gen tlemen connected with the Conservative parts-, areong whom were Messrs. Lowades, Franklin, J. and T. Parrott, Baynes, Fowler, Bennett, &c., and the hall was nearly filled with electors and others. PHILIP WROUGHTON, Esq., High Sheriff of the county, then stood forward and declared the num bers polled for the candidates to be as follows : Caveudish . 1,617 Hamilton Majority for Mr. Cavendi‘h and lie, therefore, declared that gentleinan to have been duly elected as a knight of the shit e 'repre sent the county of Bucks in the present Parlia ment. (Great cheering.) Mr. CAvnisrnrsrr then stood forward to address the electors, and was received with vociferous cheering. He said that before alluding to his own personal feelings, he must congratulate his friends and the supporters of Liberal principles in the county of Bucks upon the great triumph they had achieved. (Cheers.) He was not so conceited as to suppose that it was his own political merits that had carried him through successfully in this con test ; but he felt that he owed his success entirely to the exertions of the Liberal party in the county, and to their determination to support Liberal principles. (Hear, hear.) He returned them, however, his most sincere thanks for the time and trouble they had expended in his cause. He had been induced to come forward originally upon the understanding that if he did so there would have been no contest ; and he regretted that they should have been taken from their homes, embroiled in a contested election at this season of the year. He would not now detain them any longer, and should only again express his sincere thanks for the honour they had conferred upon him, and he trusted he should never do anything that would induce them to regret the confidence they had reposed in him. (Cheers.) Captain HAMILTON then addressed the electors, and, after some preliminary observations, be said he felt it a duty be owed to those gentlemen who had given him their support on the present occa sion, and also to the Conservative party in the county, to state the reasons that had induced him to come forward as a candidate, and to say what appeared to him were the reasons fer the defeat they had experienced. At the time the notice ap peared of the vacancy in the representation of the county by the elevation of their late honourable member to the peerage, he had not the least inten tion to offer himself as a candidate ; and when he received a requisition most numerously signed by tenant farmers of the county, calling upon him to do so, he still refused, because he considered that there were many other gentlemen who, by their wealth and position, were much better qualified to represent this large Conservative county in Parlia ment than himself. When, however, lie found out that no other gentleman would come forward, and he had received a large number of letters from gentlemen of great influence in the county, ten dering him their support, he felt, it incumbent upon him to offer himself at the eleventh hour ; but, under the circumstances, any other result than the one that bad taken place, could hardly have been anticipated. (Hear, hear.) He had called it a defeat of the Conseivative party, but he thought he ought to have hardly used that expression, as it ap peared to him they had n ot, in p oint of act, been defeated, but had merely sustained a check. (Hear, hear.) His honourable opponent issued his address on the 12th of December, and although the names of four gentlemen were put forward as being candidates in the Conserva ive interest, his own being the last, they all declined the honour except himself, and his address to the electors was not issued until the 18th, and be had only two days to canvass the county, and they had been defeated because they av , re out•tepped at the commencement. (Cries of " Hear, hear,' and "No, no.") He had only been able to attend at Newport Pagnell on the Wednesday, and at the High Wycombe market on the Thursday, and that was the whole of the canvass he had been able to make. If he had had an opportunity to have canvassed the whole of the county, he believed there was no doubt that he would have been returned. (Cheers, and cries of " No, no.") The hon. candidate then said, that although when he was in Parliament he had supported the proposi tion for the admission of the Jews into the House of Commons, ho feared that, on the pre: sent occasion, the Jewish influence in the coun had been used against him, and that the screw had been put on in influential quarters to prevent his election. (A cry of "We are fighting you with your own weapons.") He had certainly not asked the Rothschild family for their support, but he believed that all their influence had been thrown into the scale for his opponent. (Hear, bear, and interruption.) In conclusion, he said that in the event of a vacancy in the representation of the county pledged himself place again on t anyfut u forward will occasion, b aesiit re presentative presen tative of the Conservative feeling of the c ounty. (A cry of "And come you warmly received as you have been now," and laughter.) He hoped that the Conservatives of the county of Bucks would feel that he had only Once master of Ludinow, Sir Colin Campbell will, it is said, pause for reinfcrcemeuts ; an l as 3,500 men were reviewed at . Calcutta on the 23rd, those reiliforcemeuts cannot be long wanting. C Lvalry alone will be the arm in which our weak ne,:.s will be shown. Tire Ist Dragoons, unable to obtain horses at Calcutta, were sent away on that account t 9 Madras ; and it is painful to think that Alter mon , hso! waning of E! iglish cavalry arrivals, ro to:riligemolit; should have Umn made for re mounts. A NEW KING OF DUDE. The capture of Lucknow will not, it is needless jo say, produce the submission of Oude. The rebels have placed a boy on the throne, and keep him in state at Fyzabad—a city of 100,000 inhabi tants, defended by a large fort with a wall, a ditch, and round towers, lately repaired, and new en trenchments. Here the last great stand may be expected. and the royalty of Oude must finally perish. BRAND FOR THE SEPOY MUTINEERS. It will be seen by our Legislative Council report of Saturday that a Bill was introduced into the Council by Mr. Peacock, and read a first and a second time, for the purpose of enabling Govern ment to order Sepoys to be marked with the letter "M" for mutiny, and the letter " D" for desertion, in the same manner as European soldiers are now liable to be marked with the letter "D" . for desertion,—Bengal Ifurkaru. NANA SAHIB. It seems that the mutineers resented the tend ency of the chief of Jaloun to favour our authority by floggin g him severely, then banging him by the heels, and bringing him afterwards a prisoner to Jaloun, where Jaiea Baiee, a grandson, I believe, of the Maharajah Scindia, has been set up as a pup pet prince in conjunction with Nana Sahib. It is stated that the respective shares of each of these new potentates in the revenues of Jaloun are four annas for the Jaiee Baiee, twelve annas for Nana Sahib, giving the latter the lion's share. This wily chief is at no great distance from Jaloun, acting in concert with the Ranee of Jhansi. MURDER OF LIEUTENANT NEVILLE. Lieutenant Neville, proceeding to Bombay to meet his intended bride, recently arrived here in the!Windsor Castle was killed at Pali Puttun, where his boat lay at anchor for the night. The follow mg account of his death has been published : It appears that Lieutenant Neville started from Ferozepore in a country boat, and as his boat was dropping down the stream by a place called Jum lera, on the Sutlej, a party of the rebels, numbering 40, hailed the boatmen from the bank to put to. - The request being backed by threats that they would be fired upon iu the event of note compliance, was at once obeyed, when the boat was attacked. A conflict ensued between the ill-fated occupant and the rebels. Lieut. Neville is said to have made a stout resistance, cutting down two of his assailants, but being himself wounded, he was seized and car ried off to the rebel camp. He offered to pay the sum of 2,000 rupees as a ransom for his iife, and the party who made him a prisoner agreed to the arrangement. But no sooner was he taken before the chief of the insurgents than a command was issued to put him to death, which was done in the most diabolical manner. The Commissioner, Major Hamilton, visited the scene of murder soon after, and I hear picked up a few relics belonging to the unfortunate man. 0 1 rnonoos not 10 whomio 0 E: w ei & C e h r e t a l i n O T I Ct y , II O a R O r O . C , we go the O r f e c t the possibility of a man concerning himself for the good of the country at large, or extending his re gards beyond the circle of his kindred or friends. And yet, after all, the ingratitude and the cruelties which horrify humanity, and put the cannibal to shame, are plants of Oriental growth, and which have always flourished in the East. The natives treat each other just as they have treated the Eng lish who have recently fallen into their hands. They have no idea of captivity, unless associated with torture or extermination. To burn or punch out .the eyes, or burn the bowels out, are matters of every day occurrence, from the earliest periods of their history down to the present time. The interposition of the British Govern ment is being perpetually called upon to shield the native subject from the inflictions of his sovereign or chief. We have had within the past five years before us the memorials from Baroda, from Kattiawar, from Ajmere, Kotah, and other places in Rajpootana, all to the same effect ; and if monstrous tyranny fell short of bodily torture or capital infliction it was to the British Government that even this much of mercy was to be ascribed. The eyes of Europe have now for the first time been opened to the condition of India and the character of its people ; and such things as those that until now have been of constant occurrence must never again be suffered to appear. A stern iron despotism, never stooping from its dignity or flinching from its duty, must take the place of that goodnatured and well-intentioned combination of compromises, coercions, checks, and temporisinga hitherto looked upon as the masterpieces of an Eastern administration. Brooking no resistance on the part of those we rule, it will be the first duty of the rulers to provoke none ; and exaetieg propriety in others, to show an example of unbend ing rectitude in ourselves. The time will come, but not now, when public employment and emolu ments may be reopened to the native ; when it does arrive the first test of his deserving the coun tenance of the civilised is the renunciation of the badges of barbarism. There can hereafter be no communion betwixt light and darkness, and he who claims the privilege of being guided by "native custom" must renounce the hope of European countenance or sympathy. The Bengal mutineers have done nothing more than indulge in the•ealle. tolliS of their caste and country, and nothing beyond what was sanctioned by custom and by creed. With men who think such things permissible did opportunity occur we can have no intercommunion whatever. Front the perfect facility with which in fanticide, suttee, slavery, and thuggee—all great institutions of the country—have been put down, we have no doubt whatever that half the other pri vileges and usages we fear to meddle with would vanish were we only bold enough to face them. The use of greased cartridges and the readiness with which all castes travel together by rail add to our convictions on these subjects. A caste man and a native custom man—adverse as both must needs be to progress and to the advancement of the'great human family—are the enemies of the ccmmon wealth, and ought to be made to contribute many times more to its government than those who are its friends. Were the highly orthodox triple-taxed struck from the list of justices and of Government house visitors, andassured that public employment to o b l k l e o o s k m e o d k f e o r; the by Bmin them,rah most pro we should fi n d caste wast vanish bably discovering, as in the case of suttee, that the Vedas and Shasters were never in reality meant to have been interpreted as they have hitherto been— : Bombay Telegraph and Courier. .... THE OVERLAND MAILS,--The Calcutta and China mails are expected to reach London to-morrow at 6 a.m. or 4 p.m. Letters and newspaper s for Calcutta and Madras, and f or any p ar t of the Be n g al or Madras Pre sidencies, inte n d e d to b e f o rwarded by the mail of the 2d January, should be a ddressed "via Marseilles and Bombay." [ADvEnTisnmaNT.l KIDNEYS, BLADDER, &C. —. 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