The Sun. — London, England, 1857-12-01 00:00:00

VtfCb Mbttton SUN OFFICE, Seven, o' Clock. GREAT NORTHERN RAIL WAY. ADJOURNED MEETING THIS DAY. The adjourned general meeting of the shareholders in this undertaking was held this day at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street—Mr. E. Denison, M.P., Chairman of the Board of Directors, in the chair. The former meet ing, it will be recollected, was adjourned to enable the directors to appeal to the Court of Chancery, relative to the liability of the preference shareholders to participate with the ordinary shareholders in the losses arising from Redpath's defalcations. On Saturday week last the Lord Chancellor and the Lords Justices delivered their decision, placing preference shareholders in the same position as guaranteed stook, and re li ev i ng them from the losses accruing in consequence of such defalca tions. The meeting was v er y numerously attended, and m uch angry feeling was display e d b y th e shareholders throughout the whole of the proceedings. The chairman and directors were received with l ou d c h eers, i nterspersed with a few hisses ; the former predominated to a great extent. The SECRETARY having read the advertisement con vening the meeting, and its object, Mr. HUGHES, before the commencement of business, called attention to the use of proxies, urging that if they used now the proxies issued for a former occasion they were illegal. (Cries of " No, no," "Hear," and uproar, with cries of "Don't be bullied down by any one.") He referred the legal advisers of the directors to the 7th Victoria, which provided that a proxy for one meeting might be used by the directors at another. ("Hear," and uproar.) The CHAIRMAN said that they were assembled to con sider the report of the directors issued in August last, with one that had been recently issued. The assets for the first half-year of 1857 left an available balance for A dividend of upwards of 183,0001, after paying the interest upon the debenture bonds. He should now content himself with asking the meeting to receive the report that had now been in their hands for the last two or three months. Mr. WILSON—Won't you reply to the remarks stated by Mr. Hughes, and condescend to give us your opi nion on the legality or iilegality of using such proxies. (Hear, hear, and confusion.) The CHAIRMAN—I now move the reception and adop tion of the report. (Cheers and hisses.) Mr. HEATH rose to make some observations on the reports. (Cries of " Off, off," hisses and cheers.") iChe CHAlRMAN—Practically speaking, you are too late. You should have spoken before I put the ques tion. (Hisses and uproar ; a voice---" Do you moan to bark all expression of feeling on the report.") Mr. HEATH, after some difficulty, was listened to for a few minutes patiently, in the course of which he re plied to the paragraph in the directors' report relative to the conduct of the preference shareholders. He at tempted to defend the latter, but he was soon assailed with hisses—(cries of " Off, off," " Time, time," and " Question, question"), which continued throughout his address, and prevented his being heard with any degree of accuracy. Mr. JOSIAH WILSON asked if the meeting was called upon to peas the accounts for the last half-year ? The CHAIRMAN—I have asked you to receive the report ? After some remarks from several shareholders, Mr. BILLINGS opposed the report, on the ground that the statements contained in it were incorrect. He characterised the publishing of the holdings of every individual shareholder as a breach of commercial trust. It was not money that made the man, but his conduct, and a small holder might be as good a manager, and have as great a desire to promote the undertaking as a large holder. He denied that preference Qbareholders were partners in the concern, but mere money lenders. The arguments of the directors relative to the detection of Redpath's forgeries were as cracked as "Big Ben." (Laughter.) Mr. GREENING charged the directors with a deliberate untruth in what they had published in the 6th paragraph of the second report issued, and dated 26th November. Mr. WILLIAMS and other gentlemen at'empted to ad dress the meeting, but were unable to obtain a hearing. Mr. HUGHES called on the chairman to preserve order. (Cries of " The meeting is pecked," and uproar.) Mr. J. WILSON again rose to address the meeting, and was met with cries of " Spoke." The CHAIRMAN—Yon are out of order. You have already spoken on the motion. (Cheers, and cries of " Shame.") Mr. J. WILSON--I have not spoken to the question ; I merely asked a question. The CHAIRMAN--I have no objection to hear your eloquent speech. It rests with the meeting. , Hisses and cries of "Insult.") Mr. VALENTINE KNIGHT rose to Address the meeting, and was met with cries of " Another preference share hold,r," to which he replied "he was sorry for those unfortunate shareholders who were not." (Hear, and laughter.) He called on the meeting to calmly cmlider their position, and lauded the management of the line by the chairman and directory, though he condemned that gentleman's haughty feeling in the chair towards tbe meetlne. He should support the adoption of the report. Mr. GEISLER (a member of the committee of share holders) rose to propose a resolution sanctioning the expenses of the committee. The CHAIRMAN said he was out of order, but would call on him at the proper time. He then sail that before he put the motion for the adoption of the report, he would make one or two remarks. If he, had ever said anything discourteous to any one, it had been in conse quence of provocation g i ven at t h e t i ree, and he was very sorry for it. (Loud cheers) He reminded them that a person occupying the responsi'le position he held had a great deal to go through. Ho was ready to let bye- ones be bye-zones, and forget all that had passed, and he asked them to do the same. Mr. HUGEIES—Does that inc!ucle your observations in your report ? (Cheers and hisses.) The CHAIRMAN sail he made these remarks purely from personal feelings, never having intended in his life to insult any one. (Cheers.) He had been on many occasions provoked, and had no doubt spoken at the time candidly what he meant. (Cheers.) He then put the motion which had beer seconded, which was carried, two only billing up their hands against it. The CHAIRMAN then moved the payment of a divi dend in accordance with the terms of the report, re marking that the preference shareholders would be paid in fell, which had ever been the desire of the directors. Mr. VAL. KNIGHT (4 preference shareholder) seconded the motion. Mr. BILLINGS (a preference shareholder) said that if the preference shareholders were not pni4 interest he should consider the directors had robbed him. Tee motion was put and c t . ried, two only holding up their hands against it. The CHAIRMAN declared the motion carried, and said an effort would be male to pay the dividends in a fort night. — Mr. GREENING (a third clans preference shareholder) moved a vote of censure on the chairman and directors, in the course of which he opened up the case of tb9 preference shareholders. He said the qu.stion was, whether they were liable for the thousands aGd tens of thousands of pounds of dividend the shareholders ought to have received. The speaker read varion extracts from the chairman's previous speeebe., is the course of wEis::h he was desired to "cut it short," but ho angri'y replied, "I shall u:e my discretion Rhea that." He proceeded at great length, and amidst much confusion, to reiterate most of the charges that have been urged against the directors for their conduct with reference to the Redpath frauds, and the subsequent litigation with regard to the prefer ence shareholders. Mr. HUGHES seconded the motion. his wish was to blame the Cha'rman alone, because it was well known that he was the autocrat and despot of the line, and the directors only his puppets. (Cheers, and cries of " No, no.") It was quite clear from the investigation that had taken place that the chairman had sufficient knowledge in time to prevent the perpetration of the Redpath frauds. He bad therefore ben guilty of gross negli- gence sufficient to render him personally liable with his colleagues for the losses inflicted on the shareholders. Ha protested against the nse of proxies on this occasion, and said he should take means to prevent the using of them if the directors persisted in doing so. Mr. SCOTT proposed an amendment, as a meats of amicably acttling the question, to the effect that the directors were chargeable with neglect in placine , too much confidence in the offieials of the company and the secretary in affixing his signature to the dividend warrants, as presented to him in bundles, without checking the amounts ' bad been guilty of the grossest ne g li gence , an d had afforded a temptation to the commission of crime , and hence the means of precipitating the issu e of 219,0001. fraudulent stock, bad thereby forfeited the confidence of the shareholders, and ought to be super seded. - Mr, Lrcic seconded the amendment. Mr. FEN WICK defended the conduct of the secretary from the attack that had been made upon him, urging that it would have been impossible for any one to have guarded against the villainy of such au insidious vaga bond as Itedpath. Mr. Sergeant WELLS advised the meeting not to adopt a course that secede tend to the injury of the railway stuck. Ile eulogized the managem en t o f th e li ne b y the directors, illustrating it ovai o referenc e t o th e wee kl y milli receipts greater in s to 23. zil oo a capital o f 11 ons,proportion th ant n hereceipts on a n y Bich other lheine said . He emanated fro condemned this atta c k on the di rec t ors , profes s i onal agitators and wm wou ld-he railway reformers. man, but he . did Mr. WATERS (one of the committ ee ) said that they had done their best to benefit the une considered the secretary a truly honest tu d n ta : not posFess sufficient ability for the efficient discharge of the duties of the office. Ho then referred to the a pointment of the secretary,. alleging that it was ow'rk , t p o the chairman, who made i t a condition on his tatting It's a falsehood. Leon Lampert BANKRUPTS. office. The SECRETARY—It is not true. Cheers. o ) fficial to surrender, D. fm:a uckzptei foreign mining avant, Fenchurch-street You never uttered a grosser falsehood. ( 11 , at half-pist * two% and Jan. 12, at Mr. WITHERS, af;er referring to the many s tjw,,W2n,.ina2,t.3:Dbaeatte,e;arrtaito. -pit two, Sheffield. t i h ron t Lu i e uaci la b n ai , i S , s h h e e ffi tn el e d h , l. Dec. 12 and that had been named as the victims of their wrath, said _Th _masGorrery, at the we atchmaker, Sheffield, Deo. 12 and that probably the " auditors" were as much to blame as Bachrach, merchant, Dalston, D.3c, 11, He, any of the officials. (Freer, he and laughter.) Jan. Louis u 2 i 3 s , a l, i t y o t . 7 3 , however, did not intend to charge them with negle.ct of duty, but the real party to blame was the unscrupulous at three, and Jan. 12, at two, at the forger who bad fallen into the hands of the law and William *Lake, tailor, Oxford, ourt of Bankruptcy. c 14, and Jan. 18, at been justly punished. It was ' impossible to get their tw e lve, at , Lake, Court of Lisnkraptcy, money back again, and the b.: at thing they cou'd-now _Henry E. Moss, rershant, Li verpool, Dec. 11 do was to forget tie past, accept the ghairel au's hand- . ,at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court, , and Jan, COMMISSION SIGNED BY THE QUEEN. Worcestershire Regiment of Militia—C a pt a i n H enry Mayne to be Paymaster. COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORDS LIEUTENANT. Tower Hamlets—Edmund Charles Johnson, Ejq., to be Deputy Lieutenant. King's Own Light Infantry Regiment of Militia Joseph Hamilton, late Lieutenant, Armagh Militia, to be Lieutenant ; Win. Lawson Tewart, Gent., to be Ensign. County of Lincoln--John Hassard Short, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant. Royal North Lincoln Militia—Augustus Charles Short, Gent., to be Ensign. Worcester Regiment of Militia—Thomas O'Beirne, Gent., to be Assistant-Sur g e on . 2d Regiment of Royal Cheshire Militia—Lieutenant George Lewis Cuming to be Captain, vice Aldwell, re signed ; George Walker, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Reade, appointed to he 62d Regiment : Edward William Plowright, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Howard, deceased. Royal Gloucestershire Regiment of Hussar Yeomanry— Lieutenant Robert Stayner Holford to be Captain, vice Paul, resigned ; Cornet Henry Morgan to be Lieutenant, vice Holford, promoted ; John Henry Grevillo Smith, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Morgan, prom o t e d ; G eorge Acland Ames, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Henry Metcalfe Ames, resigned. _ _ 3d or Mike of Lanceater's Own Regiment of Royal Lan cashire Militia—Gracchas Hall, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Robert Blackmon), promoted. Royal Cardigan Militia—Edmund Lloyd, Gent., to be Ensign, vice James Morice, appointed to the Turkish Army. Inverness, Banff, Elgin, and Nairn Regiment of Militia —Thomas Brown to be Ctptain, vice David Davidson Manson, deceased. Northamptonshire Militia—Ensign Charles Jennings to ba Lieutenant, vise William Evans, removed. [The foliowing appointment is substituted for that whieh appeared in tile Gazette of the 20th Nov. last :—] Noithamptonshire Militia—Henry Charles Chaves Lit cena, Gent., to be Ensign. some apology for anything angry that he might have said, and look forward to the future management of the directors to speedily retrieve their position. He called upon the mover of the motion and amendment to withdraw them, so as to enable the shareholders to become a united company for the mutual benefit of all interested. (Cheers.) Mr. J. WILSON (preference shareholder) proceeded to address the meeting, remarking that those who objected to hear what speakers lead to say had better leave the meeting. He called on the shareholders to ask for an explanation of the law charges in connection with the Redpath frauds, more especially with reference to the appeal to the Lord Chancellor. The uproar and confusion at this time was very great, two or three shareholders speaking at once. Order having been restored, After some remarks from Mr. J. WILSON, The CHAIRMAN, in reference to remarks that had been made on his personal and written observations, said that he challenged them to find a railway chairman who had had such strange language used towards him as be had, and if he had not had the most sincere respect for those whose property was embarked in the undertak ing, and that be was not at liberty to be affronted at those observations, no consideration would have induced him to remain, as chairman of the board of directory. (Cheers.) He had done his duty to the shareholders and the public, and no taunt or language used as it had been towards him would drive him from the position he then occupied. Knowing, as he did, that he enjoyed with the directors the confidence of the majority of the shareholders—(chers)—referring to the motion of censure, he said that in February or March last, when Mr. Greening was in possession of as many facts relative to the Redpath fraud as now, he was a candidate for the direc tory, but rejected, and in August he gave notice of the present vote of shareholders. Mr. HUGHES—But you would not have him as a director. (Rear, and cheers.) The CHAIRMAN—You are right, and that explains the present motion. (Cheers.) Mr. GREENING denied that he was aware of any infor mation relative to the affair until after the report of the committee was issued. The CHAIRMAN then proceeded to defend the conduct of the directors and officials relative to the Redpath defalca tions, and in doing so gave a history of their proceedings, which has been so often and so fully placed before the public. When the discrepancies were dis covered he informed the secretary that unless they were found out by the next time be came to town, he would put in a new set of clerks, and bottom the thing in spite of them. The consequence was, that the secretary and the assistant took such measures as to discover that there had not been errors but frauds com mitted, and on the following day having satisfied himself they were so, he took the necessary measures for the issue of a warrant against Redpath that led to his apprehension and subsequent conviction and transports tion. (Hear, hear.) He had no desire to shrink from a vote of censure if the meeting thought the directors deserved it. He bad taken the responsibility on himself, and would take all the chances of the verdict, feeling confident that he might appeal to them and Mr. Greening that the directors' conduct was in this respect blameless. (Cheers.) Mr. GREENING—I mast say I think otherwise. (Hisses ) The CHAIRMAN said the meeting might throw as much dirt on him as they pleased, but that would not induce him to throw it on others. He vindicated, ae he had done from the first, the conduct of all the officials con nected with the line (except that consummate villain, Redpath) and expressed his belief that they were free from the slightest tinge of fraud. On the part of himself and directors, he should meet the motion of censure with a direct negative, but he asked the mover of the amendment reflecting on the secretary to with draw it. (Hear, hear ) Mr. Snow accordingly withdrew his amendment.! Mr. CROOKSON tLea moved another amendment ex. pressing a vote of confidence in the directors. The CHAIRMAN said that, on the part of the directors, he would rather the second amendment was not put, and, with the permission of the mover and seconder, he would rather not put it. Uttimately the second amendment was also with drawn, and the original motion was put and negatived by a large majority, amidst loud and repeated cheeriog. Mr. GREENING declined going to a ballot. This closed the business of the ordinary meeting. It was then made special, to consider the report of the committee appointed in August, and to pass a resolution Lcr discliarging the expense incurred by them in pur suing their inquiry, amounting to 5661. Mr. GEISLER, one of the committee, moved resolu tions to that effec'. Mr. Sergeant WELLS objected to the payment of the amount, characterising the affair as a jet). The com mittee was oateneiLly appointed for investigating the liedpsth fraud-, but the first 20 pages were devoted to the question of railway policy. That was a difficult ques tion, yet these gentlemen, Messrs. Geisler, Malinke and Waters, had thought proper to enter on an investiga tion of a question with which they were incompetent to deal. (Cheers ) The CHAIRMAN objected to the payment on public grounds. He declined to ask the shareholders to con tribute one farthing t )wards his answer to it. (Caeer Mr. Mailers intimated that if the amount was not paid he should endeavour to enforce it in a court of law. Philip A. A. Juncker, merchant, Liverpool, Deo. 16, and Jan. 12, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Samuel Stocks, cloth merchant, Huddersfield, Dee. 21, and Jan. 18, at twelve, at the Leeds District Court. John Rothery Hubbard, wool merchant, Leeds, Dec. 14, at twelve, and Jan. 13, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. SHARE MARKETS--This Day.) RAILWAYS. Closing Price, this day. Business dons this day. William Lord, cotton manufacturer, Lancaster, Dec. 11 and Jan, 15, at twelve, at th e Manchester District Court. Joseph Dunkerioy, silk manufacturer, Macclesfield, Dec. 11 and Jan. 7, at eleven, at the Manchester District Court. Joseph Harris, chemical manufacturer, Bolton, Dec. 15 and Jan. 11, at one, at the Manchester District Court. John Picketing, brush maker Bury, Dec. 18 and Jan. 22, at one, a t th e Manchester District Court. John Williams, plumber, Harley Kings, Worcester, Dec. 11, at half-past ten, and Jan. 9, at half-past eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. George Whitwill, shipowner, Bristol, Dec. 15, and Jan. 12, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. John Abram, cabinet maker, Manchester, Dec. 15 and Jan. 15, at eleven, at the Manchester District Court. John Kin.. Westrop, glove manufacturer, Staining-lane, Dec. 16 aneJan. 18, at one, a t th e Court of Bankruptcy. Charles Edward Handy, apothecary, Darlaston, Staf ford, Dec. 11, at half-past ten, and Jan. 9, at half-past eleven, at the Birmingham District Conrt. John Mapp the younger, licensed victualley, Gray's-inn lane, Dec, 14, at one, and Jau. 18, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. James Low, builder, Rayleigh, Essex, Dec.ll, and Jan e 14, at twelve, at the Court of Cankruptcy. SCOTCH SEUESTR Thomas Campbell, hotel Q keeper, Musso A.TlONS lburgh. Thomas Sadler, commission merchant, Glasgow. Colin Sharp APLaws, merchant, Glasgow. William Power, general agent, Glasgow. G. and G. Douglas, watchmakers, Glasgow. George Birrel, manufacturer, Dunfermline. George Cleghorn, glass and china merchant, Edinburgh COURSE OF EXCHANGE.- THIS DAY. Amsterdam ........ .... 12 19% Gibraltar • Ditto, three months .. 12 3 % Leghorn • • •• •• •• • •• •• •• 30 75 Botterdam .• •• ••.• •• Antwerp •12 3%, Genoa ***** • • • • •• •• ..•. 26 45 5 0 Brussels .............. 25 90 Venice........•• - Bartiburgh .• •• •• •• •• • • 13 1334 Naples • • • • .........• 41% Altena •• •• • • •2 •• •• • • • • P a l erm o • • • • • * 121 Paris• • •• •• .• ...•• • • •• •• 21 50 Messina • • ... 124 Do. three months . • . 26 10 Lisb on .. •......., •• 52 Marseilles ............ 26 15 O porto •• 5,2% Bourdeaux ...• „ Rio Janeiro Frankfort-on-Heine ••.. 122 Buenos Ayres Berlin • • 'New York,6J days' sight Vienna .........••• .... 11 1n Philadelphia .. Trieste— •• ••• • •• •• 11 15 PaICES OP BULLION, PER oz: eetersbarg ............ 33 Foreign Gold in Bars £3 17 9 Ntadrid .........., 47% 'Portugal Gold Coln •• 0 0 0 Cadiz .........•• 48li !Mexican Dollars .... 0 0 0 B‘reciona ............ ' New Dollars .....• 0 0 0 Seville.. .. Silver in bare 0 0 0 Ultimately the resolution fur the payment of tho committee's expenses was carried. A vote of thanks to the chairman and .irectors termi nated the proceedings, which commenced at 11 o'clock in the mernivg, and terminated at 4 o'clock in the after noon. LONDON GAZETTE—(This Eveninz.) PALACE OF WESTMINSTER, LORD GREAT CufAiIIBEIILAIN'S OFFICE, Nov. 30. All Peeresses, en announcing their intention of being present on the occasion of the opening of Parliament, on Thursday the 3d Dec., will have places reserved for them in the House of Lords, if the annou ncemen t b e made at this office before fiv e o'clock on Wednesday, the 2,1 inst. Peers' eldest sons will have tickets for the Peen' eldest Sons' ELK forwarded to them, upon a written or personal application at the office. iv o strangers can be winaittod except by a ticket from the Lord Great Chamberlain. The doors will bo opened at 12 o'clock. WILLOUGHBY DE ERESBY, FOREIGN-OFFICE, Nov. 30. The Queen hay boon pleased to approve of M. Alphonse Marion as French Consular Agent at Bathurst. The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Don Alexandra Pisani as Vice-Consul at Gibraltar for the Mexican Republic. VICTORIA CROSS. Erratum in the London Gaz,)tte of Friday, the 20th Nov. In list of recipients of the Victoria Cross—For Assist.- Surgeon William Henry Thomas Sylvester, 23d Regiment, real. Assist.-Surgeon Henry Thomas Sylvester, M.D., 23d Regiment. HORSE GUARDS, S.W., Nov. 30. GENERAL ORDER.—No. 691. In consideration of the distinguished services per formed by Col. Sir Araladale Wilson, Bart., and K. 0.8., of the Bengal Ai tillery, at the siege of Delhi, tho Quen has b :en graciously pleased to comman d th at h e be pro moted to the rank of 2 , lajor-General in the Army, in con formity with the 10th clause of the Royal Warrant of the 6th October, 18.54, and that his Commission shall bear date the 14th September, 115 7 , the day on which the troops under his command stormed and carried the, ramparts of the city of Delhi. By order of his Royal Highness the General Command ing-in -Chief. G. A. WETHERALL, Adjutant• General, WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, DEC. 1. BREVET.—Colonel Sir Archdale Wilson, Bart. and K.C.8., of the Bengal Artillery, to be Major General in the Army. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, Dna. 1. Royal Artillery—The promotion of the undermentione d Officers to bear date 17th Novemb^.r in lieu of 27th Oct., 1.57, as stated in the Gazette of 27th ult.:-- Captain Alfred Wilks Drayson. Captain Cadwallada r William Elgee. Second Captain William Lambert Yonge. Second Captain Charles Booth Brackenbury. Second Captain Edward Markham. Second Captain Henry Richard Porter. ADMIRALTY, Nov. 28. Second Lieutenant Rose Lambart Price to be First Lieu tenant, vice Sharp, resigned. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, DECE:III!BEA 1, 1857. LITERATURE, ART, d:c. We have before us, by the kindness of a friend, a very curious blue book in English literature, a folio volume of some two hundred pages, containing the names of existing proprietors of some of the most remarkable copyrights in English literature. It is, of course, incomplete, and in some points, we suspect, inaccurate ; but what it professes to give it gives —a list of works in respect to which notice has been given to the Commissioners of her Ma jesty's Customs that a copyright exists, and that the introduction of pirated copies from abroad must be prohibited under an act of the present reign by the officers of her Majesty's Customs. It is, at least, a list of notices given by publishers ; though Mr. Moxon, strange to say, h as no t attended to his own property and to the property of his authors. The name of Mr. Tennyson, for instance, is not to be faind throughout the folio. - This Custom House blue book dispels msny po pular beliefs current in society. Thus the often repeated story that Lord Macaulay had sold his Whig history to the Messrs. Longman for an an nuity is to be upset by the Custom-house fact that the old List srian is the proprietor of his own copy right. We could mention other expressed opinions that will not sand the test of the book before us. These, however, we shall not at present seek to dis place, but shall content ourselves with mentioning the more remarkable revelation to be gathered from a careful perusal of this guide for Custom house officers at the seaports of England, Ire land, Scotland, the I.le of Man, and Berwick upon-Tweed. Thus, though Lord Macaulay posse - _ , ses the copyright of his "History," he is not by the return made from the Row the proprietor of his "Essays" and his "Lays." The Messrs. Long man own the " Essays" and the " Lays." Mr. Murray is the proprietor of Lord Mahon's " His tory of England." Lord Campbell has kept his " Lives of the Chief Justices," but has sild his "Lives of the Lord Chancellors." The Messrs. Blackwood are the fortunate proprietors of Sir Archibald Alison's History. Mr. Hallam retains his own copyrights. Mr. Carlyle is the owner of the " French Revolution ;" but Messrs. Chapman and Hall are the proprietors of " Cromwell's Spot ches." Mr. Dickens has a share in every one of his works; but has only one copyright in his own hands—" Oliver Twist"—bought back from Mr. Bentley for, we believe, five times the sum Mr. Bentley gave first. Mr. Thackeray is a first share holder with Bradbury and Evans in " Vanity Fair" nr.cl " Pendennis," and joint shareholder with Smith and Elder in his "History of Henry Esmond." Eir W. Napier's " History of the Penin fsular Vat" is part the author's and part the pro pc-soy of Messrs. Bo o n e . M r . B orrow h o l ds " The Bible in Spain," but has sild " Lavengro." Mr. Cunningham is the propretor of 11;s "Handbook i of London," and Mr. Ford has sold his " Hand bsok of Spain" to the Tonsois of Albemarle-strest. Dr. William Smith has not a single shahs in any of his admirable Dictionaries. Bradbury and Evans possess the copyright of Mr. Forster's "Life and Adventures of Oliver Goldsm th." Dr. Lsyard is the proprietor of his three books about Nineveh. Mr. Ruskin holds all his own copyrights but oue—" The Seven Lamps of Architecture," and that is the property of Smith and Elder. Mrs. Jameson possesses her " Legends of the Madonna," and her "Legends- of the Monastic Orders." Mr. Warren has no pecuniary interest in his " Ten Thousand a Year," or his " Diary of a Lite Physician." Aytoun has sold his " Lays " and Bar r y C ornwa ll retains a half share in his "Songs." Sir Bulwer Lytton's copyrights we cannot understand. —Sunday paper. ROW TO GEP ON IN THE WORLD. Of all the ill-used sons of misfortune s mit' en down 1, by this commercial panic, surety none can prete n d it to the symp at hi es o f the benevolent-minded public with so good a claim as our merchant citizen, Mr. JJ Michael Jamieson M'Haffie. Mr. M'Haffie is a young man, and may be supposed to lack a little expel tents of the ways of the wicked world. He bas not altogether m tde himself master of the ordi nary mode of conducting business. The old style of adding penny to penny and pound to pound did not exactly suit his peculiar disposition. He was rather of an inventive turn, and could devise a - system of his own with less trouble than he could acquire the routine of onerous trade. Business in -; its customary aspect was too tedious and too roundabout. It was too slow. He ,could, out of his prolific brain and fertile imagination, discover t a short and easy method of doing business—a plain, straightforward, simple and comprehensive plan that required little trouble, and no great amount of !' book-keeping. If a man's debts must Le paid, and ' he has no money of his own, it stands to reason that the next best thing to do is to pay with the money of other people, and if everybody did so, it could make little difference to the community, and would come to neatly the same thing in the end, !' besides being much more convenient to those who are not incumbered with the root of all evil. The dis covery of so simple a principle might have entitled Mr. Michael Jamieson M'Haffie to an honourable place in the museum of commerce, had it not been for the pressure of the commerc al crisis, which, ' unfortunately, prevented th e ex p er i men t a l trial of the new system from arriving at complete ma turity. Money became dear, and an imaginary profit of 2,8001., which constituted Mr. M`Haffie s whole available funds on the 20th August, 1857, persisted in disappearing. Cotton fell, and the available fund vanished. But now came the opera tion of the discovery. "I ordered 600 pietas of goods from Heugh, Balfour, and Co., and handed them to Messrs. Colquhoun. Mr. Colquhoundrew on me a bill for 3001. against those goods which he discounted, and handed me the proceeds, which I applied in paying roast house, 1501., &c." "On the sth Oct. I bought from Messrs. Beith and Johnstone 1,000 pieces of jacenets. I handed 500 pieces to Godfrey Pattison and Co., and 500 pieces to William Denholm on same date. I owed money to those parties," and not having the money I paid them in the jaconets, because "I viewed buying jaconets, or any other goods, as a simple piece of - finance." Very simple, no doubt, but, unfor 1 . - tunately, not altogether successful. The jaconets might, perhaps, have been paid in loog ells, the 4 long ells in Paisley shawls, and the Paisley shawls iu a cargo of gridirons. So long as it is only a " simple piece of finance" it can make no dif ference. Short'and simple no doubt, and tut for the crisis no one knows how long the thing might go on. But the crisis comes, and - the enterprisin,,u, ingenious, and inexpefetwei Mr. Michael M'Haffie discoVers that there a screw loci() in the machi nery of his admirable system. A help.° at the coast—rent 150/. ; a- house in town--cost of some body's money or somebody's jacoupts—sav 2,500 i.; a furnished establisment for a female " friend " such " friends"as do occasionally help inexperienced young men to the bottom of the hill called ruin ; with liabilities to the extent of 10,0001. to 20,000/., and assets consisting of a little wine, a few cigars, and a dog-cart ; these are the rather, amusing and instructive adjuncts of Mr. Michael MUlaffie s ca reer of two or three years of fast life on the new system. " Henceforth let all young mon taka heed How in this conjuror's book they read." '—Glasgow Commonwealth. - 8 - 83 62 - 63 - ii = -6i s 4 E 46 76f - 76:1 29 - 31 7 - 9 •.• --- ... 3 --- 5 -.411 7 i -- 17 -- 18 j 54 -- 44 55i1 42 4 -- 27 -- 30 17 - f§ 83 - 90 ••• . 6 : 6 ia : ia • •• .... ~ 88 - 9 - 92 - 76 - L2O - 97 - 51 - 58 - 72 - 91 - 5 - 5i 102 - 10! 95 - 954 lid i t! 88 89 •• ..... sot 35 ia 83 - 83. 57 - 59 12 - 13 57 - 59 3i - 3,f 48 - 49 52 -- 2i - 2 50 - 51 80 - 82 90 - 93 8 - 9 4j - 41 28 30 8 6 d 'lO3 105 21A 22 45 - 47 4 3 d 32 34 63 631, 78 FO 12 14 ts 8— 6 d 9 11 36 38 20.} - 20 7 - 2ii _ 4,1 5 77i i 6 17:3 55 i 28i 8 RAILWAYS. Paid 8 1 171 100 all 100 25 all 25 all St. 100 10! 1 10! 1 St. 1 100 St. , 100 50! all 251 all 00 ! all 25; all all St. 100 50 33 st. 100 St. 100 St. l loo St. 100 St. 100 25 j all 25 161 50 all St LOO St. 100 10 31.1 Northn. Counties Un North British ........ Do., A Stock ...... Do., B Stock ...... Do. York North London N. & S. Wstn., Harp] stead, and City Jn. North Staffordshire.. North Western........ 20 20 10 St. 17i !all all 100 Scottish Central Scot. N E. Abriln. St iShropshire Union Sitingbonrne &Sheer )South Devon South Eastern Do. 4i pers . Shares ISouth Wales 9. Yorksh. RiverDnn IDo . 164 100 100 Staines,lVok.,&Wok. Stockton & Darling Do. do., 1354 Do. do., 1355 Stockton & Ilartlopl , 'ray Vale Do. Pref., No. L , 'Thames Hay. P. Silt IVale of Neath all all all all all all Wo.teral. & Kilkenny Waterford&Limeriek West C0inwa11........ West End of London) and Crystal Palace 1 Do. A Do. B West London Do. First Class_ Do. Second Class, Wrablcdon &Croydon • N ttng Bost. o Eastn. Belfast & Ballymena Birmng. Wolverh. Stour Valley Birkonhd. Lancsh. di Cheshire Junet Blackburn Blyth & Tyne original £25 (iss. at £45) Bristol do Exeter !Chester la Holyhead Cork and Bandon Cork, Black. & Pass ;Cornwall Da. A Do. B ,Dublin&BelfastJunc IDan. P. dr,."..ber.June East Anglian Eastern Counties EatsternUnion,A.stk ,Do. ' do. 8..... ...... Do. New A ....... :East Kent East Lancashire ..... ',East Suffolk Do. 'Edinburgh & Glasgow ,Edinb. and Peebles I Edinb.Prth. &Dundee Forth and Clyde June. Furness....... Glasgow & S. Western Great N. of Scotland Great Northern Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock Gt. Sth. &West. (Ire) Great Western. I Do. Str. V. 8.. gua. St f i trish South-Eastern. 'La,neaster & Carlisle. Do., Thi r , is Do. New Thirds lancash. &Yorkshire Do., do. F £l6 ... Do., Wst. Riding Un. Do. Soutbpurt. London & Blackwall Lond.Bright. & S.Cst. London & N. Western Do. Fifths Do. Al. 5h.,M&8...0 Do. Eighths London 4 S. Western Lndndrry. &Coleraine Lndndrry. & Ennisk. Manch.Shef.&Lincln. Metropolitan Do. J. L. Ricardo's arrangement .... Midland . Do. Dirming. di Derby Indland 0. West. (Ir. ) Do. Shares . . Newcastle dr Carlisle Newpt.Abcrg.drllrfd Newry dt Enniskillen Newry, Warrenpoint dr Rostrevor Norfolk_. North Devon, Rail. di' Dock 5t0ck............, N. Eastern Berwick. ' Do, do. Extension 'Do do. G.N.E.Purch Do. Leeds N. dx .s'. Westrn. June. Oxford Worcester & Wolverhampton— Portsmouth 0 Rh ymney 105 - 108 - 105 - 102 119 - •• • - ••• ''" - 116 - 108 - 100 - 61 - - 5i - 85 - 80 --- 80 - 93 - 15. -- 9i -- - 9i - 1150 - • •• ..... ••• - i - 60 --- 129 - 131 94 - 36 / 1 4 - EG 10f = 99 - 101 90 92 1,1 1 d 1 - 21i - 109 - 111 90 - 101 105 - 107 65 - 70 0 1 i - 10 21 - 22 BRITISH MINES. I Alfred Cons. (Philk.) ,British Iron ..... Condurow (Cambria.) Dev. Gt. Cmls. (Tay.) Gast Basset (Il'ogan) Great South Tolgus G rt. IV. Alfrd. (Ph ilk. ) Grt.W. Vor (llelstn.) Lady Bertha N. Frances (Illogan) N.W.Basset (Illogan) North Wheal Crofty Par. Cons. (St. Blaxy) Porkellis U. (Wend. ) Sort. Cons. Min. Co S. Caradon (St. Cleer) S. earn Brea (Mogi%) S.W. Frances(lllogn.) Pala. S. & L. Min. C Tin Croft Un. Mines (Gwennap V. of Towcy (Canar.) W. Basset (Illogan).. W. Caradon (Liskrd.) Wh. Basset (Mogan). Wh. Buller (Rdruth). Wh. Edward(Calstek) Wh. Kitty (U. Llant) Wh. Ma. Ann (Menht. ) Wh. Trelawnoy (Lis. ) 1713 i -14 i 5 -- 7 100 -- 110 430 -- 450 90 -- 100 -- 41 -- 5 - 1 -- 2 1 -- 8 -- 10 12 -- 13 19 -- 20 4 -- 5 1i -- 2 335 -- 345 4 -- 5 220 -- 230 -- 1 3 -- 4 1 - 22 - 23 100 - 110 160 - 170 280 - 290-1 7 -7/ 16 - 18 48 - 50 23 - 25 FOREIGN MINES. 10 all Antwrp &Rotterdam' 5/ - GA 61 6 20 71 Australian - I 20 18 Ardennes-. ... - ••• 1 10s. Bon Accord Cop. (li.) .1 d - par 6 all Belgian East. Junct. i - 1 20 16 Beziers to Graissessac ... - 35 27 Brazilianlmp.(iasued ... , ' 1 6 all Carmeaux&Toulouse at f 5 pm) 1 - 2 Coal Mines and RY• 4 - 4 f 30 all Do. Cocaes & Cuiada ... - ... i 20 12 Dutch Rhenish - 51,: 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 11 --13 1 20 all Eastern of France Co. of Jamaica 20 all Do. New - 41 20 2s. Euphrates Valley ... ... - ... 16 Copiapo - 12 20 18 Gt. Central of France ... - ... 20 all Great Luxembourg... 5i - 64 6 4 1G 4 Italian Junction •• -- ••• /if ma o i i n in in t g ain co C . o . p .. • id _ i p ~ i id 20 all Lake Const. & Bale .. - .., - 15 14 i 20 all Lierro and Turnhout -.- ...d .8 - 84 20 6 Lombardo-Venetian 33 - 3i p 9; i i 1 , 4 - 5 all , Lucca & Pist.sp.c.p. ... - .. ' a - 4 20 all I Lyons and Geneva... 24 -25 i - i i 2- 1 513:2 all aaalaa 1 11111 l 1 MI j N LGFII2: o ea r junpnr i laiteetunglii..e'llainsiitaan Granada 20 all Lyons & Meditcrran. ... - ... 1 all Novean Hondo ••• - ••• 331 all Maria Ante - . 215. - ... , 20 all Pont.Sil.Ldif.ls Snit 5- 6 10 all Do. New • - ... 5 1 Port Philip 20 all Namur 1c Liege - 71 30 16/ Santiago de Cuba ... 1i - 2 20 all Do. do. 6p. c. Pref lBi -19 • 284 all United Mexican 34 - 3 3 34 16 all Northern or Franc s .. 35 - 351 351 10 all NorWegianTrak. Pref 8 - 9 MISiCELLANEOUS. 20 all Farb an d L yons - 33A - 51 - 331 3 3 20 all Paris and O r l eans.... d 9 l i i ' 1 2 M 5 r9 ° ll tiantic Tel.(l ustralian Agri m en . A. 22 --- 13 20 7 R thecife San Fran., 10 all laln. Royal Mail .., ._... (Perham,) g- 7 P. c. 2f •- 1/d Austr 10 all ,Berlin Water Works 4 - 5 10 73 Rome and Frwati... ... - ••• 10 2 'Do. New iss. at Si. d.. - 20 all Royal ])shish.,,,, 13i - 15 4, 5 all Royal Swedish,,,,"... 3 - i ! 50 40 'Brit. American Land 30 - ii, 100 323 Canada ll5 - 125 120 20 all Sambre and Meuse_ 64 - 6t 10 all Do. 54 per cent. pref. 7 - 8 St. 100 Do.Go.6pc.Jan&July 105 - 107 106 4 20 all Southern of Franco.. 204 - 21 St. all ;Copper Min. of Eng. 27 - 32 30 8; all West Flanders..,, di - 5 25 all ;Do. Pref. 7§ p. cent. 23 -25 5 all 'Crystal Palace 10 all Do. 51 per C. Pref , 81 - 811/ - 14 20 all V'T.drN.W. of France 25 - 26 5 all Do. Preference 4 all Crystal Pal. of France 7.. . 20 6 ,Weskrn ofAustria.„ - ••• •• 20 all Eastern Steam 20 all (West. of Switzerland :.. -•-• ... - ... • St; 100 ElectricTelograph - 105 all I ; W zo i a e l s a ba: 4 l . o . n .... . ...... :: ..:...... .:...... _-- 2.::_________ ••• 1 all Electric Tel. of Ire). ... -•• 6 all 1 Do.B P. cent. prat, - -• 20 6 t al o l 6.!E E ti n r .dt . 4 Au i s fi t i C . j o e p t . u Sut T e l o 1 - 11 14 1 k 10 5 9 all 'Bur. &Ain•Stm.(lim ) -•41 51 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 20 all Icon. Ir.Se.Col.(lim.) ... - - 10 all {Australa . ,80_ 85 84 . 15 14 flon. Steam Navigat. ... - - 25 18i1Bank of Egy p t ....... I 5 _ 4d 20 5 London Discount ... 21 1 1 00 50 B an k o f L0 n d 0 n,..,,,... 140 _.45 4 all 1.40nt1. Clop. Omnibus 3;1 -- 31 40 all Bit ColC o , Bk.& Ln. C - •• 20 10 Magdalena St. Navig. ... - ... ••• 10 all ;D o. diteran. Elec. Tel, ... - ... 50 all British N. American ... - •••_, 20 8 C.Bk.of Ind•An.&Ch ... - •••" i .,. 1 10 81 1 Extension Teleg. .., - ... 10 alt ' Mexican& S.Americo ~. - ... 00 50 City ..................... 5 , ) - 61 uu ' 25 5 ;Nat. Discount C 0.... 21 - 23 21 00 1:5 f:olonial . ........... -... ••• - ••• 10 6 ;Netherlands Laud.... i -- 11 00 20 Commereial of Lend. ... - ••• .20 all Eng.Seot.&A.ns.Cot. 18 - 134 19 - 3 10 all Do. Do. , 5 all Do.B p c.Pf.iss.at Id 2 - 3 2 20 all Lon• Ch. Ilk .ofA zt, 13 - 181 - 1 -° 5 2 Do. Do. - 11-0 20 all Ditto New ............ ~ 100 80 New B. &N. S. Land 16 - 18 50 29 London and County .. -- ..: 28 i St. 100 N.S.W. Gov.s p.c.D. . . - ... 91 ... 50 I.,nd.&E.Bakng,Corp .., - ~. 1 all N. B. AUstralasian... .1 - 4 50 10 London Joint Stock. ... - • • 1 ,- A - 1. 20 all Nrth.ofEuropoStoain 4 - 5 CO 20 Lomi.andWestininst. .'.. - ..: ''' ''-' 1 all. Oriental Gas - 11 Do 35 National Pro. of Eng. ... -•-• 1 10s. Do New Shares id - iP 0 10 Do. N0w.,,,,,,....... .. - ... 5 all Veolitr. Ld. & Minrl. li - *li '.:O 223 National Bank .. • ... . ... - •" 50 all Peninsular 4 Oriental 74 - 76 74i 5/ 20 all New South Wales 50 10 Do. New . 6 - 7p16 3 25 all Oriental Bank Corp. 33 - :34 33A / 50 all Rhymney Iron 20 20 Ottoman Batik ...... 163 - 17./, 17 17 11110 all a a 6 1: 1 1 4, TDV3 ' ic ru : itio lo u. Y sma t ß a . . DL l A elu.ieg. kta u iatin s cso t eto il t el • T a .; S u l eee .:l .L a an. Scrip Steam '8;1...3. - 2 f 1 .3 .4 1 . , " 3 . )0 45 Provinc a] of Ireland .., - ••• LO all Do. New.... _ .. - ~, St. 100 S. Ans, Gov.6p.c.bds. ... - - ... 5 1' R•Ans.B.StG.Im.6 O . ~. - ... 25 all Month Austral. Land 31 - 33 5 'all South Australia :.. 31 - 33 5 all Union of Austtalia..„ 49 - 51 503 50 .......... •• • .. " . 20 100 4 ;7, to 2 Union of ......... . . _ ..: 245. 0 II Iti ty Mutual. ... . ... - ...d .. 0 V Westrn B 1 of Lol .. :' d .--- ... ~.0 all Atian. and St. Law. [S 9 Bombay, Baroda, and Con.lud,guar. 5 p. c. .8 all 'Do. • l Buffalo es Lake Hur. r I BufT. , Brut. & Godch. 6 p.c.bds., 1 Aug.,'72 Do. do., 1 July, '73 100 Do. do., 1 Jane, '74 10 2s. Calcutta and S. East. 10 2s6d Central Oudo (Lim.) 10 10s Ceylon A shares tO 1 Do. B. do. 174 all Dem.erara ;0 2s. Eastern Bengal it. 100 East Indian !40 15 Do. C Shares 10 all D 0.44 p.c.Bnds.,'s7 0 all Do. do. do., '59, do. O all Geelong Zt Melbourne guar. 5 per cent r.t. 100 Gd. Trunk. ofCanada .00 all Do. 6p. c. Deben 20 all I Gt. In. Pen. g. 5 pare 20 4 IDo. New. guar. 5 p.c 2) all 'Gt. Westn. of Canada 20i 10:3 Do. Now 00 all Do. Bds., payable '57 00 all Do. do., '76, p.'6 o ._ 00 all Do. do., '73, do. 00 all Do. do., '73, without option 20 nil Madras, guar. 4. P.C 10 all Do. do., 5 per C. 10 10 Do. 4i p. c. Exten .10 5 Do. 3d Ex., g. sp.e .10 5 Do. 4th Ex., do 10 ss. Onde (Limited) !O 5 &lode, guar. 5 per c ;0 all Do !O 18 l 100 !: Cs 100 FOREIGN. BRITISH POSSESSIONS. 51 ,3 51 921 2 77 6 98 1 52 11 21 1; 92 14 I 5i 1041 39 951 1 4 3/ 88i / 311 83i i 4 3 i i 3 59 76 8 p, 8 ;-• 91A 92.323 503 i 8l i 2 1 46i 5 79 zd - ft 8 7d ... - ... i -- 1 p 1 10G - 107 -18 pi 19} - 19,1 38 - 40 4 72 - 75 21 - 211 - 1 18 1 - ' 23 - 1103 - 108 1103 - 108 'lOO 102 20 18 20 - 21 i 1 4 d d 3 p,p d id : i..ip 1071 61 19$ 7636 21$ 1 18} 101 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Pald RAILWAYS. Leasing Companies. Closing Prices this day 100 100 all 100 all 100 Buckghamsh. Clydesdale Jc. Col.Stour Vy. l E.Lin. g. 6 p.e E. Un. H. Sh. Glas. Barr. &I Neils. Direct. Do. New Glstr.&Dn.Fr Hull & Selby Do. Shares Do. i Shares Lon.&Greenw Do.Preforence Lon. Til., &S. iDo. Bark. Sh. Manch.Baton. and Matlock Mdld. Bradfd. ,Newmarket BuryE.G.spc. N.&Est.s p.c. Do. 6 per et.. Do. Fixed sp. c Prest. & Wyre Do. Shrs. A I Roystn.& Hit. Shrews .& Her S. Staffordsh.. all WearVal.g6pc all Do 1100 Wilts&Somrst st. ►v St. 101 St. WI St. 101 6i a 1 St._ lO St. 10 St. 10 St. 10 St. 101 St. 10 20 al 5 a] 10 a] St. al St. 101 St. 11 St. 11 St. 1 St. 11 St. I 100 1 10 I al 20 1 50 St. 10( 10 al 10 .al 26 3 2 al 13 3 / 4 al 20 . a St. 1O( St. 11 St. 11 St. 11 St. ;I( st. !1( 123 a: 123 a St. !101 St. 1101 i S S SII . t 2 t t2 . . ; 1 1 1 1 0 01 1 a 12 a St. 110( 10 a] 10 al St. 101 St. 10( St. 10( St. 10( St. ili 123 1 25 11 20 al St. 101 St. lk St. IC Si a St. 104 St. 1.01 St. 101 25 al 10 al 1.0.6 St. 1 St. ii St. 1( St. 1( 25 1 al 108 2112 :0 14 .. 20 !274 144' 11/ G/ lb 5 44 0 9 .. 40 12s 6 791 Ln. &N. W. E.U.dgE.O Gt. Northn E. Count. Caldonian. Gt. Westn. & N.M Do S. Eastern Do Peto &Co 1 Do 1 Lu. &N. W. & Midld. Midland... E. Count Do Do ... Do L.dIN.W Do Gt. Northoj T. Brassey M. MClean Stk.d/Dar Do Gt.Westn. D 0..., 88 - 92 93 - 95 12 - 14 128 - 132 3i - 4 104 - 106 12 13 23 24 89 91 1 §d 2i - 2$ 89 = 91 id clp 54 56 1 126 - 130 74 - 8 84 - 9 ••• - ..• 30 - 32 PREFERENCE SHARES. Xll Blyth and Tyne 10 p. c.pref. (issd.at 501.) )0 Bris. & Ex. 4 p.c. St. 5 Do. 4 per c. Shares.. )0 Calcdn. £lO 4? p. c. 10 Ches & Ho 5i p.c. Do. do. 5 per cent .111 Cork &Bandons p.c. .11 Dun.Perth.&Aber.J. O E. Anglian Cls. A Sh. O Do. do. Cls. B 6p. c. O ,Do. do. Cls. C 7 p. c. 0 Ea.s.Co.Ex,sp.cNo.l 0 Do. No, 2 0 Do. New 6 pr. c. St 611 East Un., G. 6p. c. .11 Do. 51., 0 per cent. 611 Do. 101. Debentr.Sh. dl Do. do. 4 per cent 10 East Lane ash .6 p.cts dl E.&W. York. J. sths 9 Edin.&Gl. sp. c. Sh. Ed.Prth.&Dun.4p.c. O Furness, sp. c • Glas. & 5.W.G.5 p.c O Great Northn. 5 p.c 0 Do. 5 p. c. Redeem at 10 p. c. 0 Do. 4i per cent IDo. 5 p.c., Red. at 51 p. c. prem. .1. Gt.N. of Scot.lst Pre . 8 I Gt. S di W. (Ireland) 8 'Do • 4 per c. Pref. St. Gt. W. (B. &11. E x.spc 0 I Do. con. red. 44. p. c. IDo. con. rod. fp. C. 0 Do. irred. 4 per )ent. 0 Do 5 p. c. red. pref. 611 Do. Birm. Pref. Sh.. 11 Do. Chester Bp. c. P. S. o. do. 5 p. c. do Do. Birm. Gua. Stk dl Do. Chesil. Gua. Sh 11 Do. do. do. .1 Do. do. do Lau. & York. 6 pc. St. I Lon. &B. G. 5 pc. No.l D o. , P., 5 p.c. St. N 0.2 Do, New Guar. 6p.c. Do. do. 5 p. c., No. 41 Lon. & N. W., Coy. &I Nuneaton 5 p. et... Lon, & S. W. 7 par ct. _ _ _ late 3d Shares 11 ' tondy.dr. Color. al Londy. &Ennis. a Sh. )0 M., S.,&L. 6p. Cent. 4 Do. do. do. £6 ... )0 Do. do. 34 per cent Marypt. & Carl. 4 P.C ►ll Do. 4. per cent o: 2 ' Do. do. 0 Mid. Consol. 6 p.c. St 1 Do. Con. Br. 13ir. 6 p.c Do. 41 p. c. Pref. St Do. L. ez H. Pref. St New.,Aber., &c., pr sp. c. red. 5 p. c. pm Xll Do. Perpet. 6 pr. ct ill N'orfk.Deb. 4p. c . Sh. 10 Do. sp. c. Ext. IS4f; O Do. 51 p.c. pf , 1847 O Do.Wv.V.sp. O North British 3 Do. 71. Preference )0 N.B. Berw. 4 p.c.Prf £q Do. do. do 3 Do. Leeds 6 pc. No. I 9 Do, do. Qrr., 1848 .0 Do. York 11.&S. Pur dl North Staffordshire Ox., Wor. & Wolv. 6 p.c., Ist I Do. 6p. c. - 2(1 guar.. 10 Do. do. Dcbentr. St. 11 Scot. Cent. New Pref. O Se.N.E.Aber.g.6p.e. O Do. do. 7 p.c. pf. St. O Do. d 0.3 p.c. pf. St 11 South Dcvon in Do. fixed 4i precut. in S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os, 6d., _ _ s D . y o Do. r 4:: . e 4 r p c . e e n . a t u a r . Do. Ffxecl43 p.c. Sh. Do. New 4 , 1 pr. cent S. Wales Gua. 4 P. C. Do. do. 4:1 p. c Stock. &Dar., 5 p. c Do do. do. Waterfddi Bilk. 6 pc. - 90 - 95 ••• .. - 64 108 - 105 122 Business this day 130 i 'lOO I 54 25 12i St. 10 Do . 6g 181 1311 11 1 POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—Nov. 30. MANSION-HOUSE. He was remanded till Wednesday,and'bail was refused. Three girls named Catherine Casey, Sarah Long, and Sonora Connor were charged with begging in Cornbill on Saturday afternoon. Police-constable 416 proved the offence, and said that he found 7d. upon the prisoners. They were sentenced to 7 days' imprisonment with hard labour, and the Lord Mayor expressed his regret that he was not empowered to commit their mothers for a similar period. CLERICENWELL.—A tall powerful-looking fellow, who gave the name of Thomas Preston McCarthy, aged 38, described on the police-sheet as a tobacco manufacturer, residing at 53, Burr street, Lower East Smithfield, was placed at the bar before Mr: Corrie, charged with carrying and conveying in St. John-street, Islington, one cask containing two hundred weight of foreign manu factured tobacco, liable to forfeiture under a law of the customs ; also with assaulting the officers in the execution of their duty. A solicitor attended to proecute on behalf of the Board of Customs. The prisoner, it was stated, was well known to the officers as one of the most expert and daring smugglers on the banks of the Thames, and in ad dition to pursuing his unlawful calling in the most open manner, has often been heard to say (he being a very strong man) that he would never be taken alive by any single or two men. When engaged in carrying any of the contraband goods,- he always drove a very fast and high-spirited horse, so that he managed to make his escape, although he has been followed a great distance by the Excise officers. Information having been forwarded to the proper authorities that the prisoner was about moving a quantity of tobacco that bad not paid the duty, the case was put into the able hands of Mr. Superin tendent Evan, of the Thames police, who watched the prisoner's movements, and saw him at the Islington toll-gate, in a chaise cart, paying the toll. He told the officer of customs to seize the horse's head, while he and another officer got isto the cart. As soon as Mr. *Evans got into the cart, he said to the prisoner, " McCarthy, I want to know what • yuu have got here ?" pointing to the cask, when he said, " All right," and began beating his horse very violently. Mr. Evans then said to the prisoner, "McCarthy, you know me," upon which he re plied, " No, Ido not, you —," and then seizing him by the collar, pushed him against the side of the cart, and leaning all his weight upon Mr. Evans' chest, threwhim completely over head and heels into the road. Fortunately Mr. Evans was not much hurt, and at once got into the cart to the assistance of the constable, whom the prisoner had pushed over the seat, when another desperate struggle ensued. At last the prisoner was got out of the cart, when he plunged and kicked violently, and knocked the skin off the shins of the superin • tendent's legs. By this time a mob of between 200 and 300 persons, many of them of the lowest cha racter !had assembled, and theprisoner, both in Irish and English, called upon them to rescue him, and it was with the greatest difficulty that the officers could retain him in custody. Other assistance hav ing arrived the prisoner pretended to be very much the worse for liquor, and while the police were draggin g him to the Islington- g reen police-station, he tried all he could to throw the men down, and thus to make his escap:. When at the police-station his conduct was so violent that he-had to be hand cuffed, and his boots taken off. The tobacco was taken to the Custom-house stores, and it was found to be of the value of 112/. 6'. 9d., including the duty. The prisoner, in defence, said it was his first offence, and he was very sorry for what he had done. He was the worse for liquor, or he should not have assaulted the officer. He did not know what the cask Gout Ained, and had been employed by a man to carry it. Mr. Corrie said it would be better for the pri soner to say who it was that employed him. It was a pity that he should suffer for another person. ,The prisoner said he would never tell who em ployed bill]. That was not his game, and he would sooner die first. Mr, Currie said if the prisoner liked to be obsti nate ho must take the consequence 9. He then ordered him to pay the sum of 337/. 3s. 3d., or in default of payment nine months' imprisonment in the House of Correction. The prisoner, who treated the matter very coolly, was then locked up. SOUTHWARK. —The two coloured girls, fugi tive slaves fro m K en t uc k y, who were oriinally brought up at this court on a charge of begging, and who were discharged by the magistrate, and have since received some advice from him and sonic assistance from the poor-biz appeared yesterday to state that th e y h a l received a letter from a per son at Brighton, offering to take thorn both into his service. They handed the letter to Mr. Bur cham, and sail the writer had called that morning, and wanted them to go to Brighton at once. Mr. Burcham observed that the letter was anony mous, and recommended the girls to tell the per son, if he called on them again, to wait upon him at this court. Some further assistance was then given them out of the contributions which persons interested in the case have forwarded, and an American gentle man in court handed in 21., to be applied in pro curing them some warmer clothing. - THAMES.—John Stephens, 60 H, and John Brown, 186 H, the two constibles charged with causing the death of Wiliams, a sailor, by violence towards him in Ratcliffe-highway, were re-exa mined. They had been remanded to await the result of the coroner's ii quest, which took place yesterday, and will be found in another part of our columns. The magistrate, after hea' ing some evidence, said there was no case against Stephens, and dischargel him, and direct?d him to go into the witness-box and state what he knew of the matter. He then discharged Brown also, remarking that the officers left the court without any imputation on their character. GREENWICH.—CharIes Hartley was charged with wilfully altering a telegraphic signal at the Doptford station of the London and. Greenwich Railway. _ _ John Stebbing, who has charge of the telegra phic signals at the Deptford station, stated that on the arrival of the 10.25 train from London on the previous night, he telegraphed, as usual, to the man at the North Kent Junction, to "Stop all down," and received a signal that the notice had II arrived. Ho then l e ft th e s i gnal room to attend to the outside danger signal, when he heard a sound from the gong, and a Pign al , wa s received from the man at the junction, acknowledging the ' receipt of a message frnn Deptford of " All clear." He had not sent such a message, and he then saw the prisoner coming out of the signal room. It was immediately after found that an improper s,in nal bad arrived at Greenwich to the effect that the up line was blocked, which was not the case. The prisoner was the only person in or near the signal ro-m at the time the - at messages were sent, and was accordingly given into custody. He was as sistant to a vrocer at Deptford. The magistrate, after referring to the act, de cided to s en d th e pr i soner f or t r ial, when Mr. Rees applied f or a reman d, in order thet thatopsreorvveiceof the the prisoner bad been four years Great West ern Company, a fact of importance, as in showing that the prisoner knew the nature and im portance of these signals. The prisoner, who merely remarked that lie h a d m been four months only the employ of the Great Western Company; was Or.* ratuanded. Thomas Piper, jun., and John Young were re examined on the charge of unlawfully disinterring aid exposing bodies in a state, of decomposition in the Roman Catholic burial-ground in Mcorfielde. Mr. Mitchell, inspector of the City police, Dr. Letheby, and other witnesses, deposed to the great qnantity of human remains which was exposed iu the burial-ground, and the sickening and dangerous character of the effluvia which arose from them. it was admitted that Messrs. Piper and Young, when the nuisance was complained of, did every thing that was suggested t obviate it. The Lord Mayor thought it would be satisfactory to all parties that the case be submitted to a jury. The defendants said they should reserve their defence, and entered into their own recognisauces in 401. each to meet the charge at the sessions. The Lord Mayor has received 51. from T. C. for the poor-box. William Broodie, a respectably-dressed Scotch man, was charged with stealinz a great coat. Mr. J. N. Jones, warehouseman, iu Newington Butts, said he was in Cheapside News-rooms at two o'clock to-day, and placed his great coat at the back of one of the settles. He presently moved away to another spot, and had not long been there, when he saw the prisoner in the act of bolting off with his coat. He called to him, " Holloa, where are you going to take that coat to I" Prisoner came back in a state of great excitement, and said he was taking it away thinking it was his own. He had no coat of his own there, and witness took him down stairs to the proprietors, and he was given into custody. White, constable No. 3, said he searched the pri soner, and found on him 6d. and some keys. Many coats, capes, and umbrellas have lately been stolen from the same place.. Prisoner—l took my own coat there and placed it near the prosecutor's, and mistook his for mine, which I looked for and could not find. 32 1 80 93 .I:IItAfINGHAM CATTLE AND POULTRY SHO W. BIRMINGHAM, MONDAY EvEinro. The annual exhibition-of cattle and poultry " 5 opened to the public this morning. The exhibition this year is a week earlier than usual it also opens and closes a d a y ear li er i n the week than it has dbne in former years. The change was adopted for the purpose of meeting the views of exhibitors of stock who are desirous of competing at the Smithfield show this week. Under present arrangements they will have a much better opportunity of doing E° than if the stock was detained at Biogley Hall LIP' til a, lat's hour on Friday,evening. This show, in the unanimous opinion of practical men, possesses extraordinary merit in all reveal!. There are many new exhibitors, and from the pol3l' tion they have taken, the council hitiv every reason to congratulate them on the numerous accessions to the ranks of their supporters. In the cattle department the Herefords tali() this precedence in numeric a l s t reng th an d aggrega''' excellence, as well as in the order 'of the prize list. Tho entries are far more numerous than on sal former occasion, and it is no e x a ggera ti o n to °l' d that they have seldom, if e ver , b een equa lled/ and never surpassed. The first class for oxen or steers contains a splendid array of the " white faces," cule of which, sent by Mr. John Shaw, of HuntsburY" hill, Northamptonshire, obtained no less than three distinctions, namely, the first premium of 101:, th e extra prize of 201. as the best Hereford in all th e four classes, and the gold medal as the best ,o x or steer of any b ree d. i t i s a very perfect an imal all points, large, heavy, and symmetrical, and ripe in quality, amply deserving the laurels it has we n ' Its age is four years and three months.' Mr. Win' Heath, of Ludham-hall, Norwich who in forme; years carried away th e palm from his opponents, had to content, himself with the second place. Th e steers, though not e qua l t o th e oxen , are s till au mirable' as are also th e cows . Th e one belonging to Mr. Philip Turner is an extraordinarily _good beast, being full in the girth, compact, and mar' ing a large amount of superior beef. She is ell years and two months old, • and has had three calves. She is a good example of what may be so' complished by judicious feeding. The far-famed short-horns, without presenting any very remarkable features, are upon the whole well represented, the names of the most successful " growers " of this favourite breed being met 'with in the catalogue. The animals in the ball on this occasion are rather m ore numerous th an th e y rare 12 months ago. The cows surpass any other of the short-horn classes in merit ; one of them, the pro perty of Col. Townley, receives the gold medal ! le the best cow or heifer, as well as the first prise 1 3 her class, and the extra premium of 201. as th e most meritorious abort-horn of any age in the ex" bibibition. The quality of the heifers will be:on derstood when it is stated that out of five entries, four gain either prizes or commendations. The show of Davons was good, especially ad re-, gards the division occupied by oxen or steers, whe re the competition was very close. B o th the Pio", fell to the lot of the Earl of Leicester. One of th ew animals received a special prize, given by the noble. president o f th e assoc i at i on, Lord Ward, to c onsist of a silver cup, or other piece of plate, of the 'Val" of 251., for the best ox or steer of any kind or age , bred and fed by the exhibitor. In compliance with the wishes of a number of gentlemen, whom the council were desirous to coll - t ciliate, a class with a s i ng l e premium was opened for long-horn ox en or s t eers, b ut there were o nly three entries, and the animals were of an inferior description. The Scotch breeds were poorly represented'; there were only two specimens in the yard ; th ee.) were West Highlanders, and were both sent by Mr. Ralph Sneyd, of Keole Hall, Staffordshire. - In the extra classes the successful competitors_ this year were r ewar d e d w ith t wo p re miums at 51. each, in place of the silver medals hereto fore conferred upon them by the judges. Viscount Dillon, of Ditchley-park, Oxfordshire, was adjudgliti the prize for oxen or steers ' • and to the Earl o f Lichfield the one for caws an d heifers ; the latter noble lord sending a handsome short-born cow, which was prevented by the want of a duly authen ticated pedigree from entering the ranks of her own race. The show of sheep is superior to that c o h f ar l a a c st rfur year. o The Shropshires fully maintain the character size, shape, and quality which they have acquired. The Leicesters are also much above the average, both for wool and mutton, and Lord Walsingbam , a Southdowns were distinguished by uniformity and excellence of character. The show of pigs was as large as usual. The poultry exhibition excels the best which has yet taken place in this town. On this occasion the number of silver cups is increased, a fact which has probably helped to stimulate competition. To-day the hall has been thronged from the MC" meat the doors opened. The attendance included a large number of the nobility and gentry from all parts of the country. Country Markets. CHELMSFORD—Nov. 27. • Our market to-day was firmer, best sorts of wheat being from is to 2s per quarter dearer than last week; inferior, is dearer. B ar l eys a l so rose l s . Everything firm at-last week's prices. Theat, white, old, per s. qr. 53 new 41 old 4t new 44 Barley 33 Chevalier 35 Grinding 30 Halt 73 Chevalier 75 7! 8. 1 s. m. 56 I Oats, per qr 24 SO 56 I Peas, Partridge 4l '44 49 White 38 46 49 Boiling 4O .47 40 I Dun 40 ,42 42 Beans Tiek 40 43 33 ' Harrow ticks 41 '45 77 Mazagan 37 4 1 Ditto, new 37 40 red, Of4cial Statement of the Qua] in the port of London, froi Nov. 22 to Nov. 28, both it intities of Corn, &c., recei v ed ►m the following porta, from nclusive. I j A IS Colchestor Harwich , 25 Leigh hiaMon 25 360 . , -400,80( - 109 f 3E6 a .51 2BO ..... 220 25 670 COLCHESTER= Nov. 28. Not a large supply of wheat, and the trade brisker for all descriptions at an advance of 1s to 2s per qr. Good malting barley in demand, at 2s to 4a-more money. Beans and peas the turn against the buyer. Prices to-da,ywere as follow :—Wheat, white, 52s to 5$ ; rod, 46s to 525; barley, 38s to 44s ; oats, 26s to 281 ; boanF, sfazaga,u, 36s to 40s ; middle and small, 42s to 48s; pea-, white, 40s to 46s ; grey, 40s to 41s. KIRKCALDY—Nov. 28. We bad a fair supply of barley, but small of wheat and oats. Sales ready for all sorts, and all fine parcels were 13 per qr. higher. Whoat. Bar !or. First Oats. I Peale. 2es Od Os Ud 22s Od Os Od 18s OJ I Os Cd Second Third 32s, Od 22s 01 COAL MARKET.—Nov. 30. Prices of Coals per ton at the close of the market a. d.! Walleend, ke. Schelde's Hartley 17 6 B, 8 d. _ Jell's Primrose l3 6 Hough Hall 18 0 Haswell Gas 14 0 NiXOß'll Duffryn, 21 6 1 toward's West Hartley Frauthellgate lB 0 Netherton 1 7 3 Whitworth l6 0 North Percy Hartley ...15 6 Russell's 'Tatou ' 18 9 Tanfield Moor l3 0 South Kelloe 18 - 6 Ward's West Hartley _l5 6 South Hetton. ..... l9 • 3 Wylain l6 0 Toes • , 19 6 Morpeth West Hartley 16 9 Shincliffo 17 6 West Riding Hartioy..,l7 0 South Durham ~ ~,,17 6 Hartlepool Hetton 18 6 Cassel) 18 6 Gibson l7 6 %%amebae ... ,17 0 Wallsend, &se, Gostortli l7 0 Eden Main Haswell 19 9 Ships at market, 80 ; sold, 66. 18 3 BIRTHS. OF A SON. On the 28th ult., at 1, Hamilton-place, the Lady Char lotto Baukes. On, the 29th ult., at 15, Sussex-square, H y d e -park, tbe wife of Colonel A rc hib a ld Li ttle, of 1131.'s 9th Lancers' OF A DAIJOHTIFj On tho 28th ult., at Surbiton-hill, the wife of Rowity Richardson, Esq. On the.2Bth ult., at Denna-hill,Kent, the wife of Lieu t ;pant-Colonel Montressor, Grenadier Guards. MARRIED. On the 25th ult., at St. George's, Hanover•square , Christopher Other, Esq.; of Elm House, Wensleydale, .to Eliza Anne, daughter of the late Thomas March Lamb, Esq., of Middlehaixi, Yorkshire. DIED. At 31, Blanclford-square, James King, Esq., of Irra wang, Iluntat'd River, New South Wales. On the 28th ult., at Grove Lodge, Brixton, Thos.Willis Muskat, E-q., aged 76. . On the 27th ult., suddenly, Mr. John Stevenson, of Ciipplega,te-huildiugs, city, and Harloyford-placo, Ken nington, aged 6T, On the 27th ul'.. at Haydon, Wells, Somerset, Jan Haughton, Esq., J.P., aged 78. On the `.:6th ult., at Holles-streqt, Cavendish-square , the Rev. W. Provis Trolawney Wickham, aged 56. On the 26th ult., at 2, Grosvenor-road, Higlibury New park, Charles Wix, Esq. . • On the 25th ult., at Haremme, Etchingham, Sussex, John Suopp Esq., aged 63. 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