The Sun. — London, England, 1857-12-17 00:00:00

CRIMINAL COURT.--(This Day.) OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Crowder.) Joseph Skinner, respectably attired, aged 50, was indicted under the bankruptcy laws with having fraudu lently concealed a portion of his property wish intent to defraud his creditors. Mr. Sergeant Balluntine, Mr. Salter, and Mr. Law rence, appeared for the prosecution, and Messrs. Metcalf arid Poland defended the prisoner. Skinner, who had been out on bail, having sur- rendered, The trial was proceeded with, but it entirely failed !rota want of evidence, and was stopped by the learned Page, wholdirected the prisoner to be acquitted. The prisoner was again indicted with Thomas Frank lin, George Skinner, and Ann Skinner, for conspiring, but the evidence being similar to the preceding case, The whole of the parties having surrendered, a verdict of not guilty was returned, and they were discharged. This case terminated the business of the session. MONEY MARKET COMMERCIAL INTELLTGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLocir. The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday mani fested a very fiat appearance, and values of all descriptions were unaltered. The sales were esti flated at 4,000 bales, 1,000 of which were taken by the speculators. The Railway Share Market Closed quietly, and prices were without any mate hal alteration. Judging from the comparative absence of failures I n London during the last few days, it would appear as though the crisis, so far as the metropo litan firms are concerned, has almost expended its Influence, but the letters from some of the manu facturing districts are more unfavourable. Several houses are believed to be on the eve of suspension in Bradford, Leeds, Manchester, and other places. In addition to Messrs. Saafield, announced at the commencement of the week, it is now stated that the acceptances of Messrs. William Cheeseborough 411 d Son, largely engaged as woollen dealers, have b een dishonoured. The embarrassments in this e ak) are alleged to be merely temporary, strong '°Pea being entertained of the requisite assistance b eing rendered them. Considering the stagnation ?f trade, the partial stoppage of the mills, and the losses incurred through the American panic, it was !tat to have been expected that this branch of business could have remained unscathed. At a meeting of the creditors of Messrs. Gor tiesen and Huffel held to-day, Mr. El. Cohen, la the chair, the following balance-sheet was submitted DB. anndry creditors, as per statement £84,134 12 To creditor holding security...£7,7s7 0 0 Estimated value of security 7,000 0 0 757 9 To liabilities on acceptances, viz.; Provided for since the ans .... Pension £255, 8 93 7 3 Not yet provided for, but which it is expected the drawers will meet Assumed claimontheestate 19,332 2 6 19,332 2 4371,914 2 8 % liabilities on bills receiv 14ble, as per statement £337,296 16 6 Of which those considered likely to prove claims amount to £21,643 11 1 Less cash and surplus securities retained by hankers .. 2,157 1 7 //=•••••• 19,486 9 liabilities on charter parties . ; £125,310 4 3 11 7 bills rece i va bl e on h an d Cß. ha e onsidered good, as per list '"u• belon g i ng to other parties £2,601 18 0 ill indrY debtors—considered Rood 61,179 1 6 Doubtful £i5,346 17 2 kitimated to . p . ;educe ad ........ 3,235 13 6 £67,57 9 1 6 statementinind tI estimated handiz 4t on hand—as per 11,070 0 0 £3,980 16 11 A dividend of almost 13s. 4d. in the pound may therefore be expected. A. committee of three tentlemen was appointed for the purpose of wind up the estate under inspection. The capital v at the firm, at the commencementof the year, was Clout 6,381/. The intelligence from New York, furnished b y the Atlantic's mails, is again encouraging, as it proves that the recovery from the wreck produced 1 , 11 tile crisis is progressive. The most satisfactory ure to us is the remittance by this opportunity, 2 4 ., about 360,0001., which will be followed by p r obably a l arger amoun t i n a day or two, per the , l ca. As the sterling exchange was 108 1 to 10 9 1 , .:11 imagined that we shall henceforth receive ar supplies. ot A bout 115,0001. in gold was taken into the Bank ih Ougland yesterday, and it is thought that the v ° American supply will be similarly appro priated, I ,o ll edemand for money is much quieter, and in li lbard-street, where the supplyis large, bills are T i t s counted at 1 per cent. below the Bank minimum. " national establishment is therefore relieved, 411(1 with continued arrivals of specie, together with 4 rapid declension in the stock of securities, its , liti tniniatration will soon be enabled to lower the Wins to a more reasonable pant. No alteration has been made at the Bank meet ing to-day, but it was generally imagined that any Measure would be postponed for the present. It has been resolved to wind up the affairs of 4 esars. Bardgett and Picard, under inspection. The Funds are buoyant, and, despite a few sales stock, the quotations are fully maintained. At Present they are a fraction higher, as purchases are L ea tinled in consequence of the certainty felt in a W ee dY reduction in the rate of discounts. Our r4ancial p rospec t s are cer t a i n ly much more satis el/447, and although 10 per cent. is still the cur r6llt charge, the public are warranted in looking 342rIvard with increased confidence to the events of 11 6 ke ne x t f ew months. Consols have been 91 lid 91 1 The New Three per Cents. are 91i and the Reduced, 91k ; Exchequer Bills are 4s. discount to par. and the Bonds are 981 99. In the Foreign Stock Market a firmer tone is apparent, and prices are all higher. Turkish 6 per fin tits. are 94i 95, and the 4 per Cents. 100. 'Danish 3 per Cents. are 411 ; Ditto Deferred, 26 1 ; Grenada Deferred Bonds, 5i ; and Sar dinian 5 per Cents., 85. The following are the nominal prices of Foreign Sta cks :—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 56 ; Mexi :4ll) 18i 194 ; Peruvian 44 per Cents., 74 ' 6 ; ditto 3 per Cents., 50 52 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 43i 444 ; Russian 5 per Cents, 103 105 ; do. gi p at . Cents., 95 97 ; Spanish 3 per Cents., 4 1414 ; ditto New Deferred, 25± The lust week's railway receipts, ascertained up tn this clay, are in round figures as under 1857. X 27,323 Great Western liorth.Western Ig°rlth-Western 12,765 It. • 11866 , -4 tidland astern hton 29 , 936 o tith-E 15,112 r , B Great North ern 25,573 vsl,neashire and Yorkshire 17,901 is tol and Exeter • 5,031 Cheater and Holyhead ,1 1t Lanc as hi re 4,753 , Ao caster and Carlisl e Manch e ster She ffi eld, & Lincoln 9,046 North Stafford Gaford, Worcester, and Wolverh 4,001 South Devon 2,204 We' d t H artlepool . 3,102 3,42 i Nterford and Limerick v , , dinburgh, P ert h, and Dundee .. 2,843 2,788 - Edinbur g h an d G lasgow .. •. 4,901 4,857 Scotti s h N ort h - Glasgo w an d South-West .........ern Eastern r 3,170 3,020 Grand Trunk o f Canada Oat West ern o f Canada 08 Rather more acti v it y h as been appar 14,298 Railway Sh are M ar k et, t in the and some o f the principal l ines have advanced about to per cent. ; others, however, have declined to a slight extent, owing to the unfavourable traffic returns. Caledonian, Great N'ortherns, Lancashire and Yorkshire, Brighton and Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln advanced ..„.• Eastern Counties, 10s, ; and North- Ll4eiatern (Berwick), North-Eastern (York), and 1856. £27,051 59,058 12,843 12,248 28,500 14,865 23,288 21,597 5,099 4,699 6,383 5,321 9,136 6,570 3,810 South-Eastern, 1/. Great Western, North- Western, Midlands, Scottish North-Easterns, and Vale of Neath declined ss. The Foreign lines are inactive, but prices are a shade firmer. Northern of France advanced 10s. ; Dutch Rhenish, 5 2 . ; Great Luxembourg, ss. In the Colonial un dertakings prices were depressed. East ludian re ceded on ; Grand Trunk of Canada, 10s. ; and the Debentures, 10s. Mining Shares are quiet. Cobra Copper are dealt in at 39,1, and Alfred Consols at 13. Joint-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are a shade firmer. London and Westminster im proved ss. ; and Union of London, ss. In the Miscellaneous Market no change of importance has taken place. BRITISH FUNDS.—CLOSING PRICES —THIS DAY (Irons the Official Lists) _ Buelneesdorie. 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities A 9l 3 per Cent. Console Annuities Shut 92$ Ne,v 3 per Cent. Annuities 9ll ow! Annuities, expire sth Jan. 1860 2 leis Bonds, £lOOO ' dtto, under i;1000 35 d Um. sole for Account Ex3hequer Bills, 2d; £1000 Situ 4 d par Snail • • Exchequer Bonds, 1858 , 3 6 per Cent._ 99 p 81 Ditto, 1859 PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS—THIS DAY. Brazican 5 per Cent. Ditto Account (Dec. 31); m EDo., 1829 and 1839, 5 per Cent ...... 95; urenada New Active, 21 per Cent.l ...... Ditto Deferred 54 3 Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent., Con. 1841 Ditto 1853, 3 per Cent 441 3/ Ditto 1856, 3 per Cent. 44s Sardinian Bowls, 5 par Cent. Ditto Account ... Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cont. Ditto Account Ditto new Deferred, 3 per Cent. Ditto Account T rk ri ,onds, 6 per cent Ditto Account 944 A Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. Dividends on the above payable in London. IHRE.I3f;O I OLOCK. Consols account, Jan. 8. 9ll 2 x d LAW INTELLIGENCE.--(This Day.) COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Holroyd.) IN RE COLEMAN. This bankrupt was described as of Brompton, linen. draper, and came up to pass his last examination. Mr. Sleigh appeared for the assignees, and did not oppose the bankrupt's passing on the accounts, but still there were circumstances requiring explanation which would be elicited at a private examination. Mr. Beard, from the office of Mr. Buchanan, applied for an allowance to the bankrupt from the previous examination to the present. The allowance was granted, and the bankrupt passed. TUE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 17, 1857,. IN RE BRITTEN. This bankrupt carried on business on an extensive scale as a fringe-merchant, in Noble-street, and had applied to the Court under the Private Arrangement Act, but the proposition was not satisfactory to the creditors, and on the application of Mr. Dalton and Mr. Pook (Coleman-street) the case was adjourned into open court, and thus became a bankruptcy. The amount of the debts and liabilities, or the amount of the assets, did not transpire at this meeting. (Before Mr. Commissioner Fane.) IN BE GOODERED.-THE PICCADILLY SALOON. This bankrupt obtained a certificate of the third class ; ,he assignees not opposing. (Before the Chief Commissioner.) THE ROYAL BRITISH BANK.-- IN RE HUMPHREY BROWN. In this case an application was made for an adjourn ment, in the same way as the directors of the Royal British Bank. The meeting was adjourned till March, when it is ,xpected the trial will have terminated. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (This Day.) MARLBOROUGH-STREET. THIEVES IN DIFFICULTIES.--James Button, John Jeffcoat, and William Sarefield, three young men, well known to the police, were placed at the bar before Mr. Beadon, charged with being found loitering about the public streets for the purpose of committing a felony. Sergeant Crocker, 9 C, deposed that on the previous afternoon, he was in Prince's-street, Leicester-square, in company with Cole, 317 A, and Joy, 338 A, when his attention was attracted to the prisoner Button, who was looking very earnestly in at a jeweller's shop window. He watched him, and after a while he was joined by the prisoner Sarefield, who, after speaking to him, walked about 30 yards away and stood looking on. The prisoner Jeffcoat then came up In an apparent Lurry and went into the shop, where he remained a minute or so, and then came out and proceeded a short distance up the street till he arrived at another jewellers' shop into which he went, the other prisoners watching him all the time. As soon as Jeffcoat came cut of the second shop he walked as fast as he could up the street, into Crown Court, followed by the others. Witness then called to Cole and Joy, and with their assistance took them into custody. On searching Sarefield witness found two pairs of boats, with the principal marks obliterated, in his pockets. TheQe, no doubt, formed part of the proceeds of a robbery they had recently committed. Cole, 317 A, proved receiving charge of the prisoner Jeffcoat, and on searching him at the station found a gold ring, and a lady's ornamental case containing a silver thimble, tablets; and other articles in silver. Joy, 338 A, searched Button, and found upon him 30 ' duplicates relating to watches, silver pencil cases, and chains. In defence, Sarefield said he was hard up, and pur chased the boots in the "lane" to sell again so as to make a small profit. Jeffcoat said he was in difficulties, and so was Button, of whom he bought the ring and case, to give him a lift. Button said he really was in difficulties, and was a jeweller by trade. The duplicates related to his own property, which he had been obliged to pledge to boy bread. Mr. Beadon said it was most likely they were in diffi culties, as they called it., and he should remand them till Monday next. WESTMINSTER. LAMENTABLE OCCURRENOE.—A respectable-Looking artisan, waited upon the magistrate this morning, and solicited his assistance under the following distressing circumstances : Applicant said that on last Tuesday evening, his son a child only eight years of age, was playing in Grosvenor-row, Pimlico, when he met with a very lamentable accident. He was knocked down by a horse in a cab, and the wheels of the carriage passed over him. His jaw-bone was fractured, said his head was otherwise very much hurt, and he was now lying in a very hopless condition. Mr.;Arnold—De you apply for redress against the driver I Applicant—Yes • I want a warrant. Mr. Arnold—There will be two questions for you to consider, whether you wish the man punished for the offence of carelessness or negligence, if guilty of that, or whether you seek compensation for the injury the child has sustained ? _ . . Applicant—l don't want the man to escape without punishment. Mr. Arnold—Was the occurrence the effect of acci dent, or was the driver to blame / Applicant —The driver was decidedly to blame, and was on the wrong side of the road. I did not see the occurrence myself, but others did, and had there been a policeman there he would have been given into cus tody ; but as there was not, he drove off, but his num ber was taken. Mr. Arnold—lf you wish compensation, you may sue the proprietor of the cab in the County Court ; but if you wish to punish the driver, you may summons him here. Applicant said he would consider the matter. THAMES. AN IMPORTANT CONVICTION OT AN INCORRIGIBLE DEALER IN ILLICIT SPIRITE4.--EliZabetn Saunders, a woman about 40 years of age, was brought before Mr. Yardley, charged with having in her possession five gallons of illicit spiri t s, the produce of a private still without a permit, and before paying the duty thereon. Mr. Frederick Bagster, an officer of inland revenue, said he met the prisoner last night on Tower-hill, with a bundle in her apron. He stopped her and said what have you got there ? On which she let fall to the ground three bladders, which contained five gallons of raw spirits 23 over proof. Ile asked her if she bad a permit to which she replied, no, I make it myself, and want no permit. _ _ The prisoner —It's all false, another woman dropped the skins containing the spirits. Mr. Bageter said that another woman was in the pri soner's company and she was taken to the station-house and searched ; nothing was found upon her. The skins dropped from the prisoner's apron. Prisoner—lt is all false, sir ; I did not let them fall. He is telling falsehoods. Mr. John Vanstone, Supervisor of Excise, confirmed th e statement of Mr. Bagger, and said th e prisonerbad been repeatedly convicted for working a p r i va t e s till , being the propriet o r of a private still (for whi c h s h e was fined 1000, and other offences against the marine laws. There was another woma n , one of the sam e f am il y , apprehended with spirits i n her possession, and he had to appear against her at the Mansion house at 1 o',clock that day. The prisoner—lt is all false. I was never in custody before—never. Mr. Bagster and Mr. Vanstone have told nothing but lies about me. Mr. Yardley—Mr. Bagster and Mr. Vanstone have inform and me that you are a most incorrig ible offender, and I beli eve cannotioon a le them.ia Y nd, ou have have been already fi ned 1001., fined defaultsen te o n f ce puapyomneynzu.six Yon are gnprocinment mid hard lalnur. JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 40 all !Australasia 179 81 80 125 18i Bank of Egypt 100 50 ;Bank of London 4O 45 40 all 'Bri. Col. Bk.& Ln. Co ... 50 all British N. American 20 8 'C.Bk.of Ind.Au.&Ch ...d 00 50 City 55 60 100 25 IColouial 100 20 Commercial of Lond — 20 all }Eng.Scot.&Aus.Cat l7l 18 17i 18 20 all ILon.Ch. Bk.of Aast lB 184 17A 20 all (Ditto Now • ••• GO 20 'London and County 28 ... 50 Lnd.&E.Bnkng.Corp 50 10 London Joint Stock. ... 100 20 Lond.andWestminst. 451 i 1 6 100 35 National Pro. of Eng. ... 20 10 Do. New ... ... 50 22. National Bank 20 all New South Wales 25 all Oriental Bank Corp. 32 34 20 20 Ottoman Bank 100 25 Provinc al of Ireland •-• 10 all Do. New 5 1 R.Aus.B.&G.Im.Co. 25 all 6'outh Australia ,33 — 35 25 all Union of Australia_ 49 51 22 Do. New 50 10 ►Union of London 211 124 100 50 Unity Mutual ... . , ...d 100 Nostrulik of Lod' d SHAIIE MARKETS---(This Day.) RAILWAYS. RAILWATO. 1f A.lnhcr. Nottng. Bost. & Eltn. June..... all Belfast & BaHymen' all Blrmng. Wolvorh. 4 Stour Valley 100 B'rkenhd. Lancsh. d Cheshire Junct all Blackburn ....... all Blyth & Tyne original £25 (iss. at £45)... 100 Bristol & Exeter 100 100 Chester & Efolyheae all Cork and Bandon all Cork, Black. & Pass all Cornwall all De. A 8 Do. B 45 I nblindrßelfastJunc all Dun. P. &Aber...Tuna 100 East Anglian .... all Eastern Counties 100 EasternUnion,A. stk 100 Do., do. B. 8. Do. New A 17. East Kent 100 East Lancashire ... all East Suffolk 4 Do. 100 Edinburgh & Glasgow all Edinb. and Peebles._ 100 Edinb. Prth diDunde , all Forth and ClydeJunc. 100 Furness 100 Glasgow & S.Western all Great N. of Scotland 100 Great Northern 100 Do., A. Stock 100 Do., B. Stock 100 i Gt. Sth. &West.(lre) 100 Great Western. 100 Do. Str.V.R. gna.St all Irish South-Eastern. all iLancaster & Carlisle. 14f, Do., Thirds 12 Do. New Thirds 100 Lancash. &Yorkshire 6 Do., do. F 116 Do., Wst. Riding Un , all Do. Southport I all London & Blackwall 100 Lond.Bright.&S.Cst. 100 London &N. Western all Do. Fifths Do. Eighths London & S.Weatern Lndndrry.&Coleraine Lndndrry. & Ennisk. Manch. She f. Metropolitan Do. J. L. Ricardo's arrangement Midland Do. Birming. & Derby Midland O. West. (Ir. ) Do. Shares Newcastle &Carlisle Newpt.Aberg.&Hrfd Newry & Enniskillen Newry, Warrenpoint Rostrevor Norfolk. Northn. Counties Un North British North Devon, Rail. & 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.. N. & S.Westrn. June. Oxford Worcester & Wolverhampton Portsmouth Rhymney Scottish Central ... Scot. N. E. Abrdn . St Shropshire Union Sitingbourne &Sheer South Devon South Eastern Do. 4i pers . Shares South Wales.. S. Yorksh. River Dun ,D 0.......... . Staines,Wok.,&Wok.l Stockton & Darling Do. do., 1854 Do. do., 1855 Stockton & Hartlepl Taff Vale._ Do. Pref., No. Thames Hay. D. &R. Vale of Neath.... Watorfd. & Kilkenny Waterford&Limerick West West End of London and Crystal Palace Do. A Do. B West London Do. First Class Do. Second Class Wmbledon &Croydon BRITISH Atian. and St. Law. Bombay, Baroda, and Cen.lnd,guar. 5 p. c. Do. Buffalo & Lake Hur Buff., Brut& God ch 6 p. c.bds., 1 Aug.,'72 Do. do., 1 July, '73 Do. do., 1 June, '74 Calcutta and S. East. Central Oude (Lim.) Ceylon A shares Do. B. do. Demerara . Eastern Bengal East Indian Do. C Shares Do. 4 p. c. Bnds. ,'57 Do. do. do. '59, do. Geelong & Melbourne guar. 5 per cent. Gd. Trunk. of Canada Do. 6 p. c. Deben Gt. In. Pen. g. 5 pert Do. New. guar. 5 p.c Gt. Westn. of Canada, ~ Do. New iDo. Bds., payable '57 iDo. do., '76, p.'6o 'Do. do., '73, do. Do. do., '73, without 2s6d lOs all 10 all all all all option Madras, guar. 4i P.C Do. do., 5 per C. Do. 4/ p. c. Exton. Do. 3d Ex., g. sp.c. Do. 4th Ex., do Oude (Limited) Scinde, guar. 5 per 0 Do Antwrp & Rotterdam 'Ardennes Belgian East. Junct. Beziers to Graissessac Carmeaux& Toulouse Coal Mines and Ry Dutch Rhenish Eastern of France Do. New • Euphrates Valley Gt. Central of France Great Luxembourg Italian Junction Lake Const. & Bale Lierre and Turnhout Lombardo-Venetian Lucca & Pist.sp.c.p. Lyons and Geneva Lyons & Mediterran Maria Antenla Do. New Namur k Liege Do. do. 6 p. c. Pref Northern of France NorwegianTrnk. Pref Paris and Lyons Paris and Orleans Recife & San Frei , (Pernam.) g. 7 p. c Rome and kissaiti.. 1 Royal Danish Royal Swedish , Sambre and Meuse_ Do. 5i per cent. prof all Southern of France all West Flanders all Do. 5:3 per c. Prof. all W.& N. W. of France 6 Western of Anstiia all I West. of Switzerland all Wiestaden all Do. Bp. cent. pref. all Zealand Cloattur Pr+ces yester ay. - 5 8 - •8? - •• • .... •IN 9 - 9,i 85 - 87 79 - 791 30 32 7 - 9 3 - 5 71 - 8. 16. - 17 57 - 58 42 - 44 27 - 29 17 - 18 83 - 90 58 - 5D i'4 = ii 88 - 90 9 - 10 953 - 963 79 - 81 122 - 124 97 - 99 514 - 51i l 58 - 62 74 - 78 74 - BiP - 91i - 924 102 - 1 04 941 - 951 14 , 1 1 d 89 84 37 = ii 871 - 88j 1 61.- 62 ••• ---- ..• 12 - 13 57 - 59 31 - 34 49 - 50 34 = 95 2i - 51 -52 i 82 - 83 90 - 93 8 - 9 4i -4. f • • 1Z;• - 'i 28 30 10 8 d 104 106 21 224 45i 464 4 3 di 32 34 65 78 SO 12 14 a 8 6d 9 11 35 37 ... -- ." 19i -- 201 7 - 9 21 - 31 - ISSESSIONS. ••• .""" ••• 4 - i ••• -- •.• 1 8 7 d 1 .1. • "" •• • ••• ••• I ...• 1p 1 - i 1061 -- 107i ! 1 -- Ilip 18 19 38 39 73 76 21 —21 j PI 18 -- i 18A 2t lid 103 - 108 103 - 108 100 - 102 'lB - 19 20 - 2t - - P ••• 5i - 6 ••• •••• ••• i - 1 ••• ••• 3A - -5/ 25 5 - 26 6i - 3 i - 3ial ii - 25 74 7i 19 194 361 —36 a 8 9 321 331 49 51 2 - 101 I.'a 15 A i 6 i 6 i 7 8 201 20] 4 41 8 81 25 26 IN ~ ••• ''.. •11 ... -.".. .. ••• "'" • Business dons this day. LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Leasing [Companies. Closing Prices this day RAILWAYS. Paid! 100 100 all 100 all 100 1 100 51 Buckghamsh. Clydesdale Jc. Col.Stour Vy. B.Lin. g. 6 p.( E. Un. H. Sh. Gi N ia e s iis. B D a ir rr. ect dr . Do. New Glstr.&Dn.Fr Hull St Selby Do. Shares Do. 4 Shares Lon. & Greenw Do. Preference Lon. Til., &S. Do. Bark. Sh. Manch.Bxton. and Matlock Mdld. Bradfd. Newmarket BuryE.G.spe. all N.&Est.s p.c. l all Do. 6 per et all Do. Fixed sp. c all Prest. dL Wyre all Do. Shrs. A 100 Hoystn.& Hit. all Shrews. & Her all S. Staffordsh all WearVftl.g6pc all Do 100 ,Wilts&Sonarst Ln.&N.W. E.U.&E.E Grl.Nortlin E. Count. Caldonian. 1D0.., 90 - 92 93 - 95 12 - 14 128 - 132 3 - 4 Gt. Westr.' Y.&N.M Do Do U}4 - 106 S. Eastern Do 12 13 23 24 89 91 1 qd 89 2 2a 91 ad 41) 51 56 Peto &Co ' Do Ln. &N. W. do Midid. , Midland... E. Cotiht Do Do Do L. dc N . W.) ... ••• hi Gt. Nort 428 131 T. Brassey 7 8 M. Mclea n 81 9 1 ,StkADar. ... ••• Do 3O 32 Gt.Westu ... PREFERENCE SHARES. Blyth and Tyne 10 p. c.pref. (issd.at 50L) J Brim. & Ex. 4 p.c. St. 5 Do. 4 per c. Shares Caledn. XlO 4A p. e )0 Ches. & Ho. 51 p.c X) Do. do. 5 per cent._ Cork&Bandonsip.e. $ un.Perth.&Aber.J. )0 E. Anglian Cls. A Sh. 19 Do. do. Cls. B 6p. c, X) Do. do. Cls. C7p. c. Eas.Co.Ex,sp.c No.l /0 Do. No 2 /9 Do. Now 6 pr. c. St al East Un., G. 6 p. c al Do. 51., 10 per cent al D 6. 101. Debentr.Sh al So. do. 4 per cent X) EastLancash.6p.ets dl EAW. York. J. stlo, 9 Edin.& Gl. sp. c. Sh. X) Ed.Prth.&Dun.4p.c. )0 Furness, sp. c )0 Glas. & 5.W.G.5 p.c )0 Great Northn. 5 p.c )0 Do. 5 p. c. Redeem at 10 p. c. prem )0 Do. 4i per cent ..... X) Do. 5 p.c., Red. at 5 p. c. prem ill Gt.N.ofScot.lstPr( .8 Gt. S& W. (Ireland) _8 Do. 4 per c. Pref. St. 6 Gt.W.(B.&II.Ex.Spe 10 Do. con. red. 4i p.c. )0 Do. con. red. 4 p. c. $9 Do. irred. 4 per vent. )0 Do 5 p. c. red. pref. al Do. Birm. Pref. Sh ill Do. Chester 3p. .P. S 11 Do, do. 5 p. c. do 10 Do. Birm. Gus. Stk al Do. Chesh. Gua. Sh Al Do. do. do. 61 Do. do. do 00 Lan, & York. 6 pc. St )0 Lon. &B. G. 5 pc. No.l 10 D0.,P.,5p.c.5t.N0.2 /0 Do. New Guar. 6p. c. )0 Do. do. sp. c., N 0.4 )0 Lon, &N. W., COV. & Nuneaton 5 r . et )0 Lon. & S.W. 7 perct St. 11 20 St. 11 st. st. 20 5 a, 10 a] St. al St. is 10 I al 20 I 50 i St. 101 8 a 10 a 10 al 26i al 13 al 20 a St. W St. 101 St. 101 st.lli late 3d Shares 120 all Londy.& Color. OSh 123 all Londy.&Ennis. 4Sh St. 100 t S.,&L. 6p. Cent 6 43 Do. do. do. St. 100 Do. do. 31 per cent. 120 all Marypt. & Carl. 4 p.c. 12 all Do. 43 per cent 120 104 Do. do. St. 100 Ifid.Consol.6 p.c. St St. 100 Do.Con.Br,Bir.6p.e St. 100 Do. 43 p. c. Prof. St St. 100 Do. L. &H. Prof. St 10 all New., Aber., &c., pr 5 p.e.red. 5 p. c. pm Lll Do. Perpet. 6 pr. et dl Norfk.Deb.4 p.c. Sh )0 Do. sp. c. Ext. 1846 )0 Do. 53 p.c. pf , 1847 )0 Do.Wv.V.sp. 1.,1847 )0 North British 33 Do. 71. Preference 10 N. E. Berw. 4 p.c.Prf j 83 Do. do. do .3 Do. Leeds 6 pe. No. 1 9 Do. do. Qrs., 1848 .0 Do. York II.&S. Pur 11 North Staffordshire 0 Ox.,Wor. & Wolv. 6 p.c. Ist guar. 0 Do. 6p. c. 2el guar_ 10 Do. do. Debentr. St. al Scot. Cont. New Pref. Sc.N.E.Aber.g.6p.c. )0 Do. do. 7 p.c. pf. St. )0 Do. d 0.30 p.c. pf. St South Devon Xll Do. fixed 43 pr cent ill S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of El Os. 6d. Ki Do. 43 per cent 10 Do. Fixed 40 p.e. Sh 10 Do. New 43 pr. cent 0 S. Wales Gila. 4 p. c. 10 Do. do. 43 p. c x .11 S.Yorksh.4 p,e ear 11 Stock. &Dar * ,5 p. c .9 Do. do. do. Waterfd4Kill . 4 . 6 ..... 10 10 1 St. 11 St. 11 St. 11 St. 11 si. 111 20 E 12i I 25 11 20 9.1 St. 101 St. 1 10( St. 101 8 a' St. 10 St. 10 St. 10 25 a 10 a] 1.0.6 a] St 10 St. 10 SL 101 St. 10 St. 10 20 a] 25 a] 25 11 St. 101 0 . 0 92 92 = 95 5/ - 61 ••• - 105 - 110 106 - 112 L 1.05 - 108 403 - 106 1120 - 123 Ei - 67 ii --- lii 05 - 106 98 - 110 59 - 61 - 85 -- 8T 80 -- 82 80 -- 82 92 -- 94 9 -- 9'1 . ! 15i -- 162 9 -- 9 68 -- 70 17 -- 18 86 -- 9 13 -- 13. 1132 - 137 1,111 - 114 1 150 - 155 111 - 117 11 - iP 61 -- 64 129 - 131 94 - 96 84 - 86 ••• - ••• 10 - 11 laa -102 92 94 li 1 d •.• ••• - I 21A - 24 109 - 111 100 - 102 105 ::: 107 65 - 70 91 - 101 21 - 22 94 - 96 93 - 95 94 - 95 BRITISH Alfred Cons. (Philk.)l , :ritish Iron .. . ..... Condurow (Camebrn.) Dev. Gt. Casts. (Tar.) East Basset (Illogan) A 6 Great South Tolgus.. l 3 Grt. W. Alfrd. (Philk.) 7i Grt.W. Vor (I.loletn.) .3s Lady Bertha ........ N. Frances (Illogan) N. W. Basset (Mogan) 'l5 North Wheal Crofty A Par. Cons. (St.Blaxy) 9 Porkellis U. (Wend.) is. Sort. Cons. Min. Co. !A S. Caradon (St. Cleer) 2 S. Carn Brea (Illogn.) L 9 S.W. Frances(lllonm.) lA ram. S. &L. Min. Co. ; Tin Croft . . ............. 0 Un. Mines (Gwennap) .s; V. of Towoy (Camay,) .A W. Basset (Mogan). !CI W. Caradon (Liskrd.] ;A Wh. Basset (Illogan). Wh. Buller (Rdruth). Wh. Edward(Calstek 7s Wh. Kitty (U. Llant Wh. Ma. Ann (IVlenht. Wh. Trelawney (Lis. FOREIGN Anst • )s. Bon Accord 7 13razilia nlmp.(isaned at .C 5 pm) ........ 11 Do. Cocaes dt Cniada .5 Do. St. John Doi Roy 4 Clarendon Con. Min. Co. of Jamaica.,,,, al co bro Copper L6Copiapo .............. a Dun Mountain Cop• . per Mining c o . aiFortuna 611 Goneral alLinares 1i Lusitanian al Mariquita Xll New Granada J 1 Novoan Monde 11 Pont. Sil.LdM. Split 1 Port Philip Santiago do Cuba United Mexican ••• 20 1, ••• . ... G 1: ... 1 5 4, 10 9 ... jll 20 7 1 1C 35 2' 30 I al 201 ... I 11 1 I 30 li 28i a] MINES. 1 12 -- 13 1 5 -- 7 100 -- 110 430 -- 450 90 -- 100 Di -- 14 4 - - 5 - 1 8 - 9 11} -12 A 4 - 5 17 - 19 4, - 5 340 - 350 220 - - 233 - 1 3 - 4 "i - 1 21. - 2 2 100 -110 i 145 - 155 280 - 290 6t - 71 16 - 18 45 - 48 23 - 25 MINES. Ti=r 4 d par ii 24 ... - •" 10 --. 11 1 38 - 40 10 - 12 • id P id 13 14 8i -- Si id .b_6 . ••.:, --- ... 1.4 -_ 2 31 -_ 31 MISCELLAmr, 1000 25 10 10 10 50 100 900 Atlantic Tel. (Lim. ) 19 Australian Agricult. all Australn. Royal Mail all Berlin Water Works.. 2 Do. Now iss. at 5/. d 40 Brit. American Land 26 Canada O Do.Go.6pc.Jandauly 11 Copper Min. of Eng. 11 Do. Pref. 76 p. cent U Crystal Palace 11 Do. Preference U Crystal Pal. of France 11 Eastern Steam O ElectricTelograph U Electric Tel. of Ire'. 11 En.&Aust.Cop.Smeo )s. Eur. & Ind.Jetn. Tel. 11 Eur. &Am. Stm.(lim,) 11 Gen. Ir. Sc. Col.(lim.) .4 Gen. Steam Navigat. 5 London Discount 11 ILond. Gen. Omnibus .0 Magdalena St. Navig. dl Moditeran. Elec. Tel. IDo. Extension Teleg. 611 ' Mexican tic S.Amerien 5 'Nat. Discount Co 6 'Netherlands Land 0 all St.ili 10 I II 20 %I 15 1 , 20 Do. Do. 11 8 p.e.Pf. iss. at I d 2 Do. Do. O New B. &N. S. Land O N. S. W. Gov. sp.c. D. 11 N. B. Australasian... 611 Nrth.ofEuropeSteam ,11 Oriental Gas Os. Do New Shares 11 Peelßr. Ld. do Minrl 11 Peninsular & Oriental O Do. New all Rhymnel Iron )0 Royal Mail Steam 11 Scot. Austral. Invest 10 S. Au% Gov. 6 p.e.bds 11 South Austral. Land 611 Submarine Tel. Scrip II Do. Registered 6 Trus.Ln.Co. Up. Can. 3 Van Diewou'a Laud.. 100 I 1 st. 111 20 I al 3.1 50 al 50 11 50 a] 100 61 St. IL 1 I a] 21i ••• -.. 4 "• ...... 5 30 35 113 -- 118 1084 -- 109' 27 -- 23 1 25 - ‘ 1 -- la 3i 48 in,l-• - ... -"" - 105 ••• •••• li ....., fi ••• ..... ...., ..-. 44 5l 3i 2 ' _.._ Id' 3 2 A __— ii i 29 li 3 5 --.. 3 14- 1 d 16 __ is i ----- 4 - 5 1 - 2 73 ,1:- 75 6 p 21 -._ 2 3 51 - 5 6 1 -. 32- ii i - i ... ---. 94 ... 8 4 '""' Business this day COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. The bills of Messrs. William Cheaseborough and Son, the largest woollen dealers in Bradford, have been returned yesterday to a considerable amount. It is believed, however, that the difficulty will be only temporary, that the bills in question relate to a specific transaction, and that the firm hold wool to cover them amply, and which will be realised forthwith. A general and permanent suspension of their operations is therefore not apprehended. A circular has been issued by Messrs. S. C. Lis ter and Co., a large woolle❑ firm at Halifax, whose suspension was announced on Monday, assuring their creditors that they are certlin of their ulti mate ability to meet all claims in full, and that the other concerns in which Mr. Lister is a partner are in a perfectly sound state. Private letters, and also the Manchester Exami ner, mention that Mr. Yewdall, of Hamden, near Leeds, a very extensive operator in wools, has found it necessary to obtain indulgence from his creditors. He is said to have had the acceptances of Messrs. S. C. Lister and Co. returned upon him for a heavy amount. A report on the affairs of the Western Bank of Scotland is to be submitted to a meeting of the shareholders to-morrow at Glasgow. It has been drawn up by Mr. James McClelland, and will, it is said, give a faithful account of the actual position of the establishment so far as it could be ascertained from a diligent examination of all the books. The annexed relates to the suspension of Mess's. Willey and Co., announced yesterday : " 27, King-street, Cheapside, Dec. 16. 11 ‘ Sir,—With reference to the statement itt h 5 Money Article in the Times of this morning, we bel. to state that although it be true that the liabilities of R. Will-y and Co. are between 40,0001. and 50,000/., the assets of the firm are estimated to a very considerably larger amount ; and measures are now in course of arrange ment, assented to by a very large majority of the credi tors, which will doubtless enable the firm to continue their business, to pay their creditors 20e. in the pound, and leave them a very considerable surplus. " We trust you will deem it but just to give pnblieity to this letter in your to-morrow's Menetary Article. " We are, sir, &c., " VAN SANDAU and CUMMING, " Solicitors for R. Willey and Co., and for carrying into effect the arrangement." TILE LONDON GAS MONOPOLY.-APPLI CATION TO PARLIAMENT. Yesterday the adjourned meeting of delegates from the metropolitan parishes on the subject of the recent amalgamation and districting of the London Gas Com panies, was held at the Court-house, Marylebone, for the purpose of considering the necessary steps for checking the evils of monopoly which have already arisen in consequence of such arrangements on the part of the gas companies. Dr. Bachhoffner, of Marylebone, was in the chair, and the parishes represented, were—St, James's, Westmin ster, St. Pancras, Marylebone, Islington, Strand District, St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, Westminster DiArict,lfolhorn District, Hackney, Lambeth, Camberwell, Paddingtr n, Limehouse, Wandsworth, Fulham, Hammeremitb, Newington, Surrey, Clerkenwell, St. George's, Hamlet of Mile-end Old Town, &c.; each deputation attended by the vestry clerk or surveyor. The court-house was filled. The CHAIRMAN having opened the proceedings, a correspondence was read between the Equitable Gas Company and the vestry of St. Martin's, with a view to show that some statements charging that company with having increased their price and acted in an arbitrary manner, were incorrect. This was admitted to be so on the part of St. Martin's, by Mr. Lath, one of the representatives from that parish. Mr. BEALE, of St. James's, then proposed a series of resolutions, which bad been printed and sent to every metropolitan vestry and district board. The two first resolutions were adopted unanimously. They were—" That it is desirable that the metropolitan parishes should concur in a united application to Parlia ment, by petition, or on the motion of the metropolitan [ members, for a committee of inquiry into the existing arrangements fqr the supply of gas to the metropolis." "That a committee cousisting of one member from each district be appointed to prepare such petition, to communicate the same to all other parishes, and solicit the affixing of the common seal of each vestry or district board to such petition, and that the same be entrusted to the respective borough members for presentation." The third resolution, calling upon the metropolitan gas companies to meet the metropolitan delegates and co-operate with them in an appeal to Parliament, to fix a maximum charge for the supply of gas, was ultimately withdrawn, after a long discussion, the majority present voting that any expectation of such co-operatioe from the gas companies would be useese. It was further resolved that a deputation, composed of the representatives of the various parishes, wait upon the Horne Secretary to represent the evils ot the existing monopoly, and to solicit the aid of the Government in protecting the interest of the ratepayers, by supporting the proposed committee of inquiry. That the whole of the metropolitan members be invited to join the proposed deputation. A committee to draw up the petitions to Parliament having been appointed, thanks to the chairman termi nated the proceedings. THE MASSACRE AT CAJFIVPORE. The following is an extract from the letter of an officer of the Madras Fusileers : " cawepore, Oct. 23. "I went the other day to see the house of horrors where the unfortunate women and children were mas sacred. At the entrance I found a gibbet, and under it the carcase of a wretch who had just been hanged as a spy. " It is a small brick building built in a square, the rooms opening into a small court-yard in the centre. The place is still strewn with fragments of clothes and lots of shoes. The walls in places are sprinkled with blood, and the mats on the floor appear to have been drenched with it. On carefully examining the walls I found scratched en the plaster behind a door the follow ing—written apparently by the wife of a European sol dier, of whom there were several shut up there : " Countrymen and women, remember the 15th of July, '57. Your wives and families are here in misery and at the disposal of savages, who have ravished both young and old, and then killed us. Oh !oh ? My child f my child I Countrymen, revenge it I' I don't think anything would appeal so strongly to the feelings of our countrymen at home as this simple statement of misery. It is expressed and spelt as above and seemed to have been scratched with the point of a knife. The walls of the little room where it was written were spattered with blood, and the plaster cut in several places with swords. "I went to see the intrenchment where Wheeler de fended himself so long. It is a low mud bank about three feet high, surrounding two large buildings that were formerly hospitals. The walls of these are literally rid dled by round shot, and the roofs of both have fallen in. It seems quite miraculous, when you look at the wretched defence, how men could have held out one day, much less many days, against a host well armed, and provided with big guns and every requisite material. They must have been arrant cowards—as, indeed, we know they were--for they never dared to come out into the open, but fired from the cover of some half-finished barracks near the intrenchment. If with the small force we have had hitherto we have been able to command victory, what will it be when England's armies now arriving march through the country ? In six months India will be l more entirely in our po wer than it has ever been before. commandwoof d t e h h e o 3 u d s u h ff a :, b v e a e c n a n c t o n b f y e r t r h e e d d on e a t o a . f o Lieut.-General Ma jor-General - n G er en l r Henry Havel , cic. TSmihe , f ia a . a i b u wi r io e i to ii l t a a s opf ii o n sro n , m o o u ef n m c ß e a d y ogrnmi e to s un t d e d rday ofes.ey, with, Mr. Edward t i e b, 5. li ev ed, t h h a e lf- N ye a a t r io ly na d l iv y d r o o n v d in a c t ia t l h ß e an rate of of 8 Englandp A le' me r c e ed e ni t atr i c g pnt:° o rur f sna t el h ioen e f au m holders of Buenos Ayres Bonds is convened by the committee for the 17th inst. Letters from Hamburg contradict the recent report of the suspension of Messrs. Heine and Fleischman, and also that of Messrs. Hamilton, Koch, and Co. GENERAL HAVELOCK 'S DESPATCII.—In the Guardian of last evening we find the following observations on General Havelock's despatch :—" The general v‘euld appear to be guilty of writing a bad hand, and may not possess the power of very clearly expressing him self, for the printer bas been obliged to leave several blanks, has made nonsense of several passages, and a hash of gallant names that every reader of Indian news must be familiar with," It may obviate a re petition of similar remarks to state that the despatch in the form in which we have it was received at Cal cutta from Cawnpore by telegraph, and is less enig maticai than most communications similarly trans mitted. 4atitttott SUN OFFICE, Six o' Clock. CRYSTAL PALACE COMPANY. (MEETING THIS DAY.) An ex'raordinary meeting of the shareholders was held this afternoon, at the Bridge-house Hotel, to elect four new directors, on terms of the resolution of the general meeting of the 18th Aug. last, to receive a re• port from the directors, and to consider the propriety, and, if thought expedient, to authorise the directors, under the 11th section of the Crystal Palace Act, 1856, to effect agreement with the proprietors of shares in the company, for the conversion thereof into tickets of ad mission into the building and grounds of the company. The following gentlemen offered themselves for seats in the direction :—Mr. Henry Sandford Bicknell, Mr. George England, Mr. Charles Horsley, Mr. Reginald Read, Mr. E. P. Spitler and Capt. E. Walter. Most of the addresses, issued by the candidates were very divert. ing, promising all sorts of advantages tothe shareholders if sent into the direction. Mr. Spiller enforced his peculiar fitness for theoffice in the following terms:—"ln addition to my pecuniary qualification I have for many years taken a deep interest in the promotion of the fine arts. I have travelled all over Europe, an d have visited the principal cities and towns in France, Belgium, Holland, Prussia, Austria, Sardinia, Switzerland, Naples, and the Italian States, and spent a considerable time in the inspection of the public buildings, museums, galleries and collections of art in those cities, especially those of Florence, Pisa, Dresden, Milan, Venice, Genoa, Rome, Naples, and Pompeii. Notwithstanding the earnest appeals of expectant directors, and the exciting addresses which were printed for distribution, the atten dance of the shareholders at the commencement of the business was very scanty. Mr. T. N. FARQUHARSON, chairman of the Board of Directors, presided. The report an (abstract of which has already appeared in The Sun), was taken as read. He said that the principal question which the shark holders would have to consider was the taking up of the debenture stock, for unless the share. holders did this there would be very little use in die. cussing the remaining business for the whole interests of the company were involved in the proposition, he should have to make upon this subject. He found that Mr. Fuller had published a letter in which the fol lowing statement appeared—" If I read the report of the directors correctly it appears that they have now brought the affairs of the company to a stand still un less you will immediately place at their disposal 220,000/. more." Now that implied that debts had been contracted and tbat this was wanted to meet them, but such a , statement conveyed a totally erroneous impression. He might state that the capital of the company had been practically closed since 1855. Everything had been paid, and at present there was no undisputed accounts. Every debt that had been incurred had been paid out of revenue. The capital in round numbers stood thus at present :—Original capital, 1,000,0001. : bor rowed money on debenture debt, or what the directors now proposed to substitute as debenture stock, 250,0001. ; preference capital, 150,000/. ; making a total of 1,400,0001. Against that they had the freehold of the building, with 200 acres of land, the building and its contents, and the surplus revenue for the present year of 10,0001. or 12,0001. He asked the shareholders to protect the directors from incurring temporary losses in order to en able the company to tide over its present difficulties. Since the publication of the report he had received nu merous promises of support. The Duke of Devonshire bad proposed to take 2,5001. additional stock. He moved the following resolution : " That in the opinion of this meeting it is of the utmost importance for the interests of the company that the balance of the amount of debenture stock, authorised by the resolution of the meeting of July &), 1857, should be forthwith subscribed, and this meeting pledges itself to use its best endeavours to attain this object, and requests the directors to provide a form of application for subscrip tion to the stock to each shareholder in the company who has not already taken up his allotment, with a copy of this resolution, and with an earnest appeal to come forward and lend his aid, by himself and his friends subscribing to the stook; and in order to secure the substantial relief of the company, it shall be a condition of this subscription that a sum of not less than 120,0001. on the whole shall be subscribed before the individual subscriptions shall be held binding." _ _ After a slight discussion of an amicable nature, the resolution was carried unanimously, a remarkable cir cumstance in connection with the meetings of the com pany. _ _ - - The CHAIRMAN moved the second resolution, as follows :—" That the terms of the report presented to the mee ing to-day to the board of directors, be, and are hereby authorised to agree with any proprietor for the conversion of the shares in the company into tickets of admission into the building and grounds of the com pany, pursuant to the 11th sec. of the Crystal Palace Company Act, 1856, and that the board of directors be requested to pass a resolution authorising admision by these tickets to the palace and grounds on Sunday after noons as a gratuitous privilege, and without any money payment to b• made directly or indirectly to the com pany for such privilege. Mr. BILLINGS asked if the eating and drinking was to be permittee on Sundays The CHAIRMAN—Yes, under Christmas-day and Good Friday regulations. Captain YouxG moved an am endment, "That the admission of visitors to the Palace and grounds on any part of the Sabbath, by any means, was a violation of the law of God. (Hisses and cries of "Oh, oh r ) This, in a commercial nation," Ste., &c. The mover was proceeding to refer to the commandments forbidding work on the Lord's Day, when A SHAREHOLDER suggested that the less theological the argument was made the better. The CHAIRMAN also urged on Captain Young the propriety c 0 abstaining from discussing the question in a theological manner. Captain YOUNG said the proposition was also in violation of the charter. He adopted his present c urse from a desire to do to his neighbours as he wished to be done by. He believed such a course as that proposed by the directors would be a serious injury to every class of the community. He denied that they were to look at the undertaking as a commercial transaction only and ignore the law of God. It was to that, he believed, they hid to attribute much of their present unfortunate difficulties. (Cries of hear, bear, no Exeter-Hall lectures, hisses, &c., &c.) The hon. gentlemen continued to address the meeting, amidst oonsiderble disturbance, saying that the voice of the public was as 30 to one against such a movement. The CHAIRMAN said that he approved of doing to his neighbour the same as he wished to be done by. He, as director, possessed the privilege of entering the grounds on a Sunday, and availed himself of it every Sunday from living in the neighbourho od, and be wished to extend that privilege to the hareholders (Hear, hear.) The charter did not contemplate the admission of shareholders, and with ref rence to the clause in the charter closing the Palace on Sunday, it had been stated by the Earl of Derby that it was intro duced under a mistake. (Hear, hear.) Tne shareholders in the Crystal Palace Company only asked for the privi leges enjoyed by the fellows and members of the Zoological and Botanical Gardens. Mr. Lowe considered that Captain Young bad been used exceedingly ill by the meeting in not lis tening to him, He (Mr. Lowe) was opposed to his brother directors on this point, both in a religious and commercial point of view, and he proceeded to argue that as a commercial speculation the proposed change would result injuriously to the undertaking. He believed it would cost the company 30,0001. to gain 5001. The CHAIRMAN said the result was a matter of specu lation. He believed the result would be different to that stated by Mr. Lowe, and he asked the company to try it. If it was found to be a failure they could easily retrace their steps. After some further discussion, the amendment was negatived by a large majority. Capt. YOUNG• demanded a scrutiny. Every share holder should have permission to record his views on the question. The CHAIRMAN said it could not be done personally. It must be by requisit oa of 12 shareholders holding 300 shares. Mr. BUCKLEY proposed another amendment—that the adneission on Sundays should only be to the grounds, and not to the Palace and grounds. Mr. BELLEYS said the distinction was like admitting the public to hear Mr. Spurgeon in the Surrey Gardens and sot in the hall. (Laughter ) The CHAIRMAN said the stalls would be closed on Sundays. , This amendment was also negatived by a large majority. A. SHAREHOLDER suggested tbat a Sunday admission should be considered a " double ono" in the case of married men—(laughter)---that they might take their wives there free—(laughter)—giving 61 admission for 60. Mr. FULLER said that in a commercial point of view to improve the property, the admissions should be 100 instead of 60 for each share, as proposed by the directors. He moved an amendment to that effect. The CHAIRMAN said that as the value of the shares rose, the mode of admission might be altered. The amendment was negatived by a large majority. Ultimately the original resolution was carried by an overwhelming majority, four only holding up their hands against it. The CHAIRMAN said that railway communication to the Crystal Palace was of vital importance to them. They all knew that the West End Railway proper would be opened for trafficin April. Another project was under consideration, viz., for the extension of the Battersea t tion to the Chelsoa side of the river by a bridge aeross the river, and then along the Grosvenor Canal to a sta tion within a few yards of Buckingham-palace, at the end of Victoria-street. They were not to be asked to contribute tov.rards this undertaking, but a suggestion would probably be made at a future day that the railway company should be paid a small amount for every passenger conveyed by them to the palace. The meeting then proceeded to the election of direc tor& Mr. BILLING suggested that one of the new directors should be an artist. The CHAIRMAN then announced the names of the can didates, and the amount of their shares :—Mr. England, 377 ; Mr. Bicknell, 35G ; Mr. Horsley, 200 ; Mr. Read, 107; Mr. Spitler, 337 ; and Captain \Vatter, 100 shares. The names were put to the meeting, an d the chairman declared the show of hands to be in favour of C a ptain E. Walter, Mr. Bicknell, Mr. Spitler, and Mr. Horsley. Mr. READ demanded a poll, which was granted. A vote of thanks to the chairman terminated the proceedings. NAVAL APPOINTMENTS.—(This Day. The following appointments were made this afternoon at the Admiralty : Lieutenants—John Trevener, to the Cameos. Mates— P. W. Pollew, to the CalypFo ; S. C. Keppe (acting), to the Renown ; L. M. Mallett, to the Canri briars. Midshipmen—A.. F. Collier, to the Curacoa ; 11. M'lnroy, to the RenoWn ; W. Stewart, to the Renown; G. J. B. Elphinstone, to the Cambrian. 100 3i 100 100 17i all all LlOO 17 17 574 Bk 71 81 27k 8 89i 94i 6 79 122 i 97 511 1 i 2 li 91i i I 103 2i 3 9 4 i 1 fi 89} 9 f 90 37i i 87/ 8 7i 8k 614 2 93t 41 i 1 5 Bli 824 3 13k i i I 181 18 38i 9 81 75 6a a li 1 St. 11l St. Ili 115 14 109 1 THREATENED ABOLITIO V OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS. (From Puna.) How did we ever come to have au hereditary. peerage ? How is it that we are blessed with an aristocracy, and enjoy the advantage of a House of Lords / These questions are suggested by a state ment made by Colonel North, speaking in the other house on the pension granted to Sir Henry Have• lock. Colonel North is reported to have said : " Captain Havelock had participaied in ail those battles which had gained for his faller sutth world wide renown ; he had highly di. , tinf - Jtished himself as an officer, and had received for his gallant con duct the Victoria Oro:is. He though', therefore, that this was a case calling most loudly upon thenz to follow the general practict., which was to grant such pensions for two generations. (Hear, heard.), He hoped the circumstances of Captain Havelock would be considered by the Government, and that the same pension so deservedly awarded to his dis. tinguished father would be made to descend to:k him." If acts like those of Havelock &miler, accom panied by similar acts on the part of Havelock Junior, ate not enough to ennoble and enrich all future Havelocks, how came a n yt, of l y i n the flousa of Lards, except Lord 0 verAone, the capitalist, to be enriched and enu ,, bled 7 It may be a v er y soun d principle to reward deserving men in th e i r owa per d ous merely ; but if this principle ii to b.) ad o p te d by the Government, of course they intend to let the Peerage and the House of Peers die a natural death. Suppose the Duke of Cambridge had taken Delhi; suppose the exploits of Havelock and Outram had been performed by the earl of Lucan and the Earl of Cardigan, would not his Royal Highness have instantly received a truncheon like that which has baen wielded in the mouths of su many cannons by another Royal Highness ? Wo&d not two noble earls have been exalted into two more noble dukes, and would they not have been decorated with any and every star, gar er, ribbon, cross, medal, or other distinctive bauble which they had not earned, or at least had not received, already A !thousand a-year is a gool income in those times, but if the services of such a man as Have lock are worth only one thousand a year, whose services, Mr. Bull, do you consider to be worth five,—to say nothing of ten or twenty ? What has . any ex-Chancellor, except Lord Brougham done for you that can be for a moment earned in coin- . parison with the exploits of General Havelock t Of what use to you is any one of your Bishops in comparison with that hero ? Either you underpay him shamefully, or you excessively overpay them. It is true that the dignity of a Peerage may necessi tate the difference, ant Havelock' pension may suffice a commoner, but if Havelock is to remain a commoner, of course no more Prers svi;l be created, and the Upper House will be allowed to expire. THE NEW REGIME IN IVIIITECROSS-STREET' PRISON - . PROTEST OF THE PRISONERS. To the Right Woriihipful the Lord Nliyor and Alder; men of the City of Loodeu.. We, the undersigned, soule debtors, others alleged to be debtors, and all detained in the prieon under civil process, here protest against any anti every enforce ment of a certain body of rules and regulations pro• inulgated to us on tee 12th inst. by certain members of your honourable court, and then and there affirmed to have been read and signed on the 7th Nev. last by SiS G. Grey, her Majesty's Secretary of State. 1. Because they are a violation of our rights as defined for us by Magna Charts and the common law of England. The English debtor in the sheriff's keeping lo,es none of his civil rights except in the indispensable custody of hiS person, and is ex:npt hum all restrictions and obstructions not absolutely and indisputably re quired for his safe and orderly detention. To obstruct access to him on the part of his family, friends, or busi ness connections at reasonable times, to stand between him and the reasonable amount of food or drink he or his friends are enabled to prevde for him, to classify him with, and identify him in, the punishment of men found guilty of fraud by the ordinary legal tribunals simply because his debt leads to a wore protracted detention, and to subject him to a vast number of painful, injurious, and degrading restrictions not in. dispensably and ie.disputably requ,red for such safe and orderly detention, is opposed to the whole spirit of English legislation, both as regards debts and debtors, and is illegal and unconstitutional in the very propor. tion in which it is cruel and unnecessary. 2. Because they are a clear and palpahle violation of the 52d Geo. 111., c. 109, and 65,h Geo„ c. 98, by which the prison was built and regulated, and which gave at once astatutory recognition, as well as interpre. tation of the Coalmen Law Rights of the inmates of this prison, which no subsequent legislation has ever im. paired, much less repealed or annulled. By the first of these statutes it is enacted that the power of making by. lawsfor the government of this prison shall rest with the al. dermen of the city of Loudon, with the sanction and' approval of the Chief Justice of the Court of Queen's Bench, of the Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas, or of the Chief Baron of the Court of Exchequer; and that all by-laws made for such government shall be null and void if not in conformity with the letter and spirit of the said atatate. It further pro)ides, by ex. press enactment, that any prisoner entering within these walls shalt be permitted freely and wiihout molestation to have brought to him whatever food, inclusive of wine or beer, in moderate quantities, may be proper and necessary for him. It likewise provides that there shall be yards or airing grounds capacious enough t& afford sufficient air and cxerciee to the prisoners, and when it was found that the first yards so wade (much larger than those we now have) were too small and con. fined to afford such sufficient air and exercise, the afore. said second statute was immediately passed, which, after declaring such defect to exist, distinctly provided that certain of such airing grounds should be laid together ire order to give full effect to the just, reasonable, and emi. uently benevolent design which the legislature, speak. ing by the mouthpiece of Sir Seniv,i Itomilly and Mr. Wilberforce, and other eminent statesaien, had so deli. berately and solemnly intended. 3. Because at a moment when the enlightenment of the age is so directly set against imprisonment for debt, and the other phases of moral and sanitary deprivation, it is the worst possible use of the Ci:y tui,d , , required for so many higher objeets,to employ them for the purpose of cooping up in narrower yards and under more stringent regulations, professional and business men, already under confinement in the clo , et an i most densely inhabited portion of the most populous cAy in the world. 4. Because the eeveriti es levelled against prisoners who omit to file their petitions or schedules are directed prebisely against those who have often the highest claims to the sympathies of right minded men, iraamuch as—first, many have no means, and can obtain no hon ourable means, of defraying their pa, , sage through the Insolvent Court ; secondly, some men would bear any . inhumanity rather than be deprived of their civil rights, and publicly stigmatised by their country as insolvent defaulters ; while, thirdly, others who have property not available at the moment, or held it on the testanaen. tary condition of not going through the court, or who suffer under other cau es equally anomalous, do not present the cases to which the present state of our in. solvent legislation applies. 6. Because these new rules regulations wantonly interpose a number of mischievous obstructions between the imprisoned debtor and the management of these business transactions on which the safety of his house hold and his own liberty immediately depend ; while they involve a cruel, heartless, and most iniquitous vie. lation of all those affections of domestic life which are dearer to the poor debtor in the hour of his utmost need and bitterest affliction than even to the wealthiest of hia legislators. The debtor, suddenly snatchel away•frora his family, his home, and his most pressing business en. gagements, as important perhaps as they may be multi farious, is prohibited from receiving his wile, children, relations, or indeed any visitor on the Sunday, or from seeing them but on certain special days in the week during short intervals of time, and then only in a publics reception room, under the direct rvedlacce of the gaol authorities. 6. Because, in a great commercial city like this, the ill-fortune that has visited our hear,bs, and which you thus, perhaps, make fatal and incurable, may reach at any unforeseen moment any family in the community; and it is not well that the prospect of so horrible an eventuality, as that now presented by Whitecross-street, should exist in the social atmosphere o f, we will not say but even of the moat bar. empires,abaronsaonfdC the position hrtis under Christian y ' souu b o e it o i th t e r f tamuoesrt lnclass es despotic se ofe eof legislatures. ouer 7. free Because suspected of nothing worse than debt, and sometimes not guilty even of that is made so penal by those rept. latione that the great incentive to order—fear of punishment, will, for many minds, be wholly destroyed, for confinement in the refractory ward, uuennodlneedssseerarivtni condemns everydayturned e to whichthe can n hardly em ayiitl2) ertaoeyym b en e w moy teonnbet o ,o rs ff e tb eru r the under a t u ffi n e a t o e f , a b n u i m t large preposterous body o f u nf o n r citizens. 8 and finally. Because whatever additional rules and regulations were required in this prison were required so far only as they might increase the comforts sod enlarge the privileges of the inmates. Whatever the irregularities that have marked its pat history, th e y are traceable not to the system, but to the negligent and indiscreet manner in which it has been adininistered,and d just as you would smile at tha John Gilpies who would break the fine spirit of the steed hecaugo they cannot malice ride, so must we grieve over the incompetency a y wise and of men who, when a , leed for the " bread per o tinence of the careful administration, averge the scorpion o demand by giving us tyrannical coercion. t -three Prisoners confined: the. l i n ' a venomous and [SignedinbyvvNaTes y, d "6 7, and 7 Bight] respected t c h le a r t gy a rul lin i ff tbii lady,city, who married a gentleman connected with the SIIP t ° b l e to Indian service about a year since, has just returned, not CdnautiEgLi daughter of f r, We e t h r i e g g h r l e; only cut her tongue out, and inflicted other injuries. The widowed, but terribly mutilated. Th e s epor have melancholy circumstance has created much sensa tion, for it bag brought the horrors of the war before us in their reality, and not the least in the parish from whence the lady went forth, so short a time since, in the bloom of beauty, to the enjoyment, as it wgel believe, of a very happy lot in life.--Bristol Mirror. 18 I 20i 100 100 20 ti t St, St. j 20 20 10 St. FOR: IGN. 83 79 i 21/ 33i 66j I 107 i 16k 7$ I 61 / 7i I St. 10 ••• 1: ... 1 I a , 1 I a] 11221 4 1 Ti i