The Sun. — London, England, 1857-12-10 00:00:00

A EA. 91 A D COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, Stir. CITY, Two o'CLocir. I - The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed I 121 heavily-, :ind prices continued to decline. The sales I 50 amounted to about 3,000 bales. The Railway 13 1 Share Market manifested an exceedingly dull ap- St. Pearance, and quotations were without any mate rial alteration. 25 25 No failures were reported yesterday, and a much More settled feeling prevails among the commercial S s ti . Mlle, although it is fully expected that other sus- St. Pensions will ensue during the next few weeks. 2 0 Several small firms are spoken of as being in an 20 e mbarrassed situation, but the improving prospects 10 19 o f the money-market neutral ise the adverse influence 50 of the opinions expressed upon this subject. Affairs 25 en the continent also are becoming quieter, although 20 it appears that the panic has extended to Warsaw. Looking at the favourable change in New York, and the increased activity of the import markets 41 India, there is some cause for congratu lation, especially as the rapid iufluz of gold Points to an early decrease in the terms of discount. Large amounts of gold aro daily 5 ,,° 11 : 1 to the Bank, and the 30 0 , 0001 . by the Tamar is expected to be similarly disposed of to day. Besides this the Essex is reported off Beachy Read from Australia with 105,255 ounces, valued at 4 12,0201. The greater part of this may also b e added to the general stock of bullion, be ,neause the requirements for export are very limited. 'wo or three other vessels, including the Suffolk a nd the Marco Polo, are on the voyage home, and W ill, no doubt, bring considerable supplies, which 11 eY greatly accelerate an improvem ent in the posi tion of monetary matters. At present the bi tuonthly shipments of silver to India are com- Paratively small, and the remittances to Hamburgh ar e not upon such a large scale as was at first ap- Prehencled. Nevertheless there is an active de 311and for this metal, and the quotation of bars is maintained at ss. 2d. per oz. standard. The demand for discount accommodation in L ombard -street, and at the Bank of England now exhibits some signs of relaxing, and as there is an a mple supply for all legitimate purposes, a much easier tone is perceptible. The rapid diminution et trade will account for this falling off in the inquiry, and, after the payments of the 4th proximo, the market will probably be still further relieved. The weekly returns published by the Bank of England will no doubt show a Stea dy amelioration, and as the notes and bullion are likely to increase, while the securities will no doubt rapidly run off, discussions may soon be heard upon the prospect of an early decline in the utininiumrate of discount. At the meeting of the Trust and Loan Company of Upper Canada, the proposed dividend at the rate of 71 per cent. was declared. The balance presented to the creditors of Messrs. ta rdgett and Picard, who have recently failed in ~ corn-trade, gives the liabilities at 85,1421., and th e assets at about 16,106/. The Indian exchanges are reported at a further sl ight improvement. During the fortnight ending yesterday the C ompany of bills drawn by the Hon. East India '° ll lpany upon their three presidencies were 2,184/. i The following are the nominal prices of Foreign Stocks :-Grenada Deferred Bonds, 5 6 ; Mexi -0,5n, 18g 181 ; Peruvian 41 1 per Cents., 75 77 ; ditto 3 per Cents., 50 52 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 43 44; Russian 5 per Cents., 104 106 ; do. 4 1 per Cents., 95 to 97 ; Spanish 3 per Cents, 40,t 41 1 ; ditto New Deferred, 25 25,1 ; ditto Certia %tog, The last week's railway receipts, ascert ained u p t this day, are in round figures as under 1857. 1856. Great We s t ern £ 25,964 £24,210 North-Westernsl,lo4 56,347 t i oatb-W es t ern "'right on 12,208 10,930 Midland Great Northern 15,588 15,309 ,?reat Northern - 22,337 23,789 treashire and Yorkshire 17,857 21,558 iestittol and Exeter 2,410 2,135 C heater and Holyhead Ldlt Lancashire 4,741 5,603 Schester, Sheffield. & Lincoln 9,144 8,853 North 32,017 29,713 ..I° l- th Stafford ~,"Iford Worcester and Wolverh 4,037 3,768 v ir " ° l l _t, ll ___ Devon nartlepool 3,104 3,037 ~e,l. l ast and Ballymena c!!nburgh, Perth, and Dundee -!huburgh and Glasgow • Glasgow and Sour h-Western Scot • 6,162 6,160 1 tub Nortb-Eastern 3,522 3,332 "'rand Trunk of Canada Great Western of Canada 9,947 14,486 There is a firm market for English Securities, and some transactions have taken place at an advance of i• to / p er cen t . S pecu l a ti ve o p era tions f or a rise preponderate, owing to the causes which have been referred to during the last few d ays, and the principal of which are the influx of I ° l l4 and the expectation of increased ease in the t he Market. The transfer books being closed St. ' l 'Ll e B _Stock Market presents a quiet aspect, but the 1 , 4 h ave in the quotations is favourable. Consols 20 ;ye been9ll and 91t g ex-dividend for account. 20 Newy are now 914 1, being very buoyant. The a TThrees are , 911 ; the Reduced, 91i ; and 100 tOm:k Stock is 2171. Exchequer Bills are 2s. dis. 10000 z s. Pm. ; and ditto Bonds 99k. ; India Stock 1 8 219, 20 In the Foreign Stock Market business has been restricted, and prices continue steady. Turkish 6 per Cents. ars 92t ; ditto 4 per Cents., 991 ; Brazilian, 5 per Cents., 98 ; and Portuguese 3 per Cents., 44. The transactions in the Railway Share Market this morning have not been large, and the varia tion% in most instances have not exceeded about tes3 I per cent. The tendency, however, is towards I himprovement, notwithstanding the unfavourable t Wan returns on many of the lines. Caledon'an Improved s s. ; Great Northern (B Stock), 15s. ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 10s. ; North-Western, .; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 55.; and Midland, ss. Brighton declined ss. ; North -I:Btern (York), 55.; and South-Western, 10s. """-„ anehester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, North Eastern, 'erviiek, and South-Eastern realised about former quotations. The Foreign lines are very quiet. Paris 1 ; 4 Lyons have declined about ss. ; Dutch, Rhenish, and West Flanders wore a shade flatter. In the Colonial undertakings business ruled very a ctive, and prices (with the exception of Grand T runk of Canada) exhibited little variation ; this lino, however, declined about 15s. Joint -Stock Bank and Miscellaneous shares are flat- London and Westminster declined ss. to 10s., 4 11 d Canada Land about 3/. PRIDES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK arm the Official t i Ank Stoolsßusineff 8 done. 217 A 17 7 1 7,: . !:eut. Reduced .Antinitioe I nd . 4 Per Cont. Annuities 90- 14 A a India Stock "lel Fie.! n E ler Acc o unt ""' 'ge 11111 b, 24d. £lOOO Ra) - , ... 2 d 2 p -equer bonds, les 4, . - s6 per Cent.... 99 i Ditto, 1 359 rill/TM( FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE t, CLOCK b i; o rkainan 5 pe t ; Cent. t ba6'ueso BAlds, 5 per Cent., Con. 1841 -- ~ D itto 1853, 3 per Cent 4l li ark ieh Honda, I; pe cent — Litto Account 92 ... Ottto Guaranteed, 4 per Cont. Dividends on the above payable in London. TWO O'CLOCK, . 91./, a x d Consols account SOUTHAMPTON, WedneBdaY. }1" Royal 2 the Princess r', ' al attended by the Duches H of Ath o lighness 1 5g.. (lady iu waiting to her Majesty) and Captain du Plat (equerry iu waiting to the Prince Consort), landed in the (2, docks, this morning, from the Royal yacht Fairy, Hon. 0 Capt. Denman, for the purpose of visiting Winchester. 2 The state carriage was brought direct into the docks, 6 and the quay and steps were covered with scarlet cloth. 2 Her Royal Highness was dressed in mourning. On the return from Winchester the Royal party embarked at 1 ".‘ o'clock for O s b orne. H er Royal Highness was received ~ on landing and embarking by Mr. Hedge r and Mr. Levy, and was graciously pleased to thank those gentlemen f.r their attention and art. , ngements. The frigate Melampus saluted as the Royal yacht steamed down the river. His Royal Highness the Prince of 'Wales will embark from the cloche on Saturday, en route from Windsor to %bora% Day.) RA.ILWAYS. Closing Pr cay yesterday. Business done this day. Paid I 17iAILWAYS. 10 A.mb.z. Nottmr. Bost. & Eastn. June._ all :Belfast & alp Birmng. %Volved , . : 1 Stour Valley 100 'Birkenlad. Lancsh. •Jheshiro Junct all Blackburn all Blyth & Tyne original £25 (iss. at. £45)... 100 Bristol & Exeter 100 Ca1ed0nian........... 100 Chester & Holyhead all Cork and Bandon all Cork, Black. & Pass all Cornwall all De. A. 8 Do. B 45 Dublin&BelfastJunc. all IDun. P. diAber.Junc. 100 !East Anglian ......... all Eastern Counties..... 100 !EasternUnion,A.stk. 100 IDo. ' do. B. 8i IDo. New A,.,......... 176'East Kent 100 East Lancashire all East Suffolk ........ 4 Do. 1 100 Edinburgh & Glasgow all iEdinb. and Peebles 100 l Edinb.Prth. &Dundee all IFortliaudClydeJunc. 100 IFurness ...... 100 Glasgow & S :Western all ,Great N. of Scot' and 100 ,Great Northern 100 'Do., A. Stock 100 IDo., B. Stock 4.00 Sth.&West.(lre). 100 G rea t Western. I 100 Do. Str.V.lt. gua.St all Irish South-Eastern. all ILancaster &Carlisle. 14f Do., Thir , is . ..... 12 Do. New Thirds 'lOO Lancaslt. &Yorkshire 6 Do., do. F 1:16 i Do., Wst. Riding Un. all Do. Southport. all London & Blackwall 100 Lond.Bright.&S.Cst. 100 London &N. Westorr all Do. Fifths all Do. ,161.5h.,M&8 0 5 Do. Eighths 100 London & S.Weatern all Lndndrry.&Coleraine all Lndndrry. & Ennisk. 100 Manch.Shef.&Lincln. 1 Metropolitan 1 Do. J. L. Ricardo's arrangement 100 Midland 100 Do. Birming. & Derby all Midland Gl.West.(lr.) all Do. Shares all Newcastle &Carlisle.. all Newpt.Aberg.&Hrfd 9 Newry & Enniskillen all Newry, Warronpoint & Rostrovor 100 Norfolk.. 3. Northn.Counties Un 100 North British 100 North Devon, Rail. & Dock Stock ...... 100 Do., A Stock 100 Do., B Stock 100 N. Eastern Berwick all Do. do. Extension 16i Do do. G.N.E.Purch. all Do. Leeds 100 Do. York 100 North London 31.1 N. &S. Wstn., Hamp stead, and City Jn 17i North Staffordshire all North Western.. all N. &S. Westrn. Juno. 100 Oxford Worcester & Wolverhampton 16 Portsmouth 10 ißhymney 100 Scottish Central 100 Scot. N.E.Abrdn. St 100 Shropshire Union 6 Sitingbourne &Sheer 100 South Devon 100 South Eastern all Do. 4i per 3 . Shares 100 South Wales... .. all S. Yorksh. RivsrDnn 10 Do. . all Staines,Wok.,&Wok. all Stockton & Darling 15 Do. do., 1854 5 Do. do., 1855 16i Stockton & Hartlepl. WO Taff Vale.... 103 Do. Pref., No. 1 22 Thames Hay. D. &R all IVale of Neath... all ; Waterfd. & Kilkenny all IWaterford&Limerick all West all Vest End of London and Crystal Palace.. all Do. A all Do. B all West London all Do. First Class all Do. Second Class all ; Wmbledon &Croydon BRITISH 10 all l Atiap. and St. Law. .9 9 Bombay, Baroda, and Cen.lnd,guar. 5 p. c. all Do. 18 Buffalo & Lake Hur 100 Buff. , Brnt. & God eh 100 6 p.c.bds., 1 Aug.,'72' Do. do., 1 July, '731 100 Do. do., 1 June, '74 2s. Calcutta and S. East. 2s6d Central Oude (Lim.) lOs Ceylon A shares 1 Do. B. d 0........ all Demerara . 2s. Eastern Bengal 100 East Indian 15 Do. C Shares all D 0.4 p.c. Bnds., '57 all Do. do. do., '59, do. all Geelong & Melbourne guar. 5 per cent. 100 Gd. Trunk. of Canada' all Do. 6p. e. Deben all Gt. In. Pen. g. 5 per c. , 4 New. guar. 5 p.c. all Gt. Wcstn. of Canada 10. 1 ,1 Do. New all 'Do. Bds., payable '57 all do., 76, p. all .Do. do., '73, do. all Do. do., '73, without option all Madras, guar. 4i p.c all Do. do., 5 per c. 10 Do. 4i p. c. Exten. 5 Do. 3(1 Ex., g. sp.c. 5 Do. 4th Ex., do, ss. , Onde (Limited) 5 IScinde, guar. 5 per c - i all iDo . all Antwrp & Rotterdam 18 Ardennes... all Belgian East. Junet 16 Beziors to Graissessac all Carmeaux&Tonlouse, Coal Mines and Ry 12 ;Dutch Rhenish all !Eastern of France all I Do. Now ....... 2s. Euphrates Valley , 18 'Gt. Central of France all Great Luxembourg 4 Italian Junction all Lake Coast. & Bale all Lierre and Turnhout 6 Lombardo-Venetian all Lucca & Fist. sp. c. p. all Lyons and Geneva all Lyons & Mediterran all Maria Antraia I all Do. New I all Namur & Liege I all Do. do. 6p. c. Pref all N °Ahern of Franco ) all Norwegia.nTrak. Prof ) all Paris and Lyons ) all Paris and Orleans ) 7it & San Fran., (Fermin.) g. 7 p. c. ) 7 Rome and Frascati,, D all Royal Danish 6 all Royal Swedish 0 all Sambre and Meuse -0 all Do. 5i per cent. pref. O all Southern of France all West Flanders 0 all Do. 5i per C. Prof IWester ofn of Austria 0 all ' W.& N.W. o f F ran ce :0 6 :0 all West. Switzerland 6 all ,Wiosbaden 6 all I Do. Bp. cent. prof. :0 all Zealand ......... :0 I all 5 I 18i1 LO I all i 0 all 10 50 10 25 10 20 0 all 0 all 9 all i 0 20 ;0 20. 0 l Ol ;0 ►,O all .6 all 5 1 !,5 all P,5 all JOINT-S' Australasia 11 B a r n it k ish of N E . g A y l t erican . Bank of Loudon. ;13ri. Col. Bk.& Lu Co C.Bk.of Ind. An.dzCh !City Colonial Commercial of Lond Eng.Scot.ALAns.C ii t Lon. Ch. Bk.of A. 14 Ditto New Loudon and County Lnd .&E.Bnkng.Corp London Joint Stock. Loud. andWestminst. National Pro. of Bug. Do. New National Bank New South Wales Oriental Bank Corp Ottoman Bank IProvine al of Ireland Do. New ll.Aus. &G.Im.Co. ;ouch Australia Union of Australia ; Do. New Union of London .... Unity Mutual Tiostrulik of Lond ill 4i - 8 -- 81-; 64i - 651 ••• - ... 8i - •94 84 - 86 77 - 77 30 - 32 7 - 9 -.- ... 3 - 5 7i 17 - 18 54 - 55 42 - 44 27 - 29 11 - 18 83 - 90 58i -- 591, tai = ii 88 - 90 9 - 10 93 - 95 79 - 81 121 - 123 97 - 99 504 --P,Ol 58 - 62 74 - 78 71 - Bip 7A -84 r, 90 - 91 i - i 5} - 5i 102 -103 - ••• d d 88 89 36 3.63 85 - 85? 59i - 6011 ••• --- ••. 1.2 -- 13 57 - 59 3t - 34 47 - 48 ... - . 92 - 93 21 - 2 503 - 511 81 - 82 90 - 93 8 - 9 4i - 41 10• = •8 29 30 10 8 d 01 - 106 21 224 45_ 46 4 3 d 32 34 63i 78 SO 12 14 8— 6 d 9 11 36 38 191 -20 i 7 - 9 21 - 3i 51 - SSESSIONS, ••• '''. ••• 1 - 4 8— 7 d .. • .• ••• . i...- 1 il ••• 06 - 107 -- 1 p 19 1941 38 39 73 75 204 21 P 18.1 184 2i lid 103 - 108 103 - 108 100 102 18 20 20 21 14 1 d par par = ipl 93 I 5/ - 6 .. •••• ••• i li 10 ..... ... 3k - - 25 -25 i '''... ••• i i = 4 3 1 - 3API ii - 25 - i - 74 14 - 19 35 - 354 8 - 9 33i -33 i 49 - 51 21 - ••• ••• -15 i 6 — p si 7 - 8 - 4 - 5 8.1 - 25 - 26 BANKS. 80 82 5 4d 40 45, • •• ..'. .. ... - ...( t 55 - 60 17i is 18 —18 ii 32 - 34 16i - 1T 32 - 34 49 - 51 20 11 St.' St. St. 50 St. St, to 20 20 20 shr.l Paid 122 j 501 j 1 1021 2 94 31 41 361 5/ 92 M li 50)1, 81 I 38i 9 84 74 181 a 1.13 t MISCELLANEOUS. moo . 900 Atlantic Tel. (Lim. ) ... . ... 25 19 Australian Agricult 21 23 10 all Australis. Royal Mail . . .. . 10 all ,Berlin Water Works 4 --5 10 2 (Brit. New iss. at 5/. d ... ... 50 40 IBrit. American Land 30 ----__ 125 1 3 0 5 7 1 1 0 1 7 7 i 6i 71 7 1 112. 1 3 00 2 I 6 c n a o n .G m o la .6pc.Jan&July 1 11 06 8 St. all Copper Min. of Eng. 27 32 25 all IDo. Pref. 7§ p. cent. 23 25 5 all Crystal Palace 1 11 1. 5 all po. Preference 4 all Crystal Pal, of France ... ... 20 all 'Eastern Steam ••• St. 100 ,ElectrieTelegraph 1 all 'Electric Tel. of Irel ... 5 08 t all . lE E n ur .d . i t us in t d .C . j o e p t . n S . m T C el e . .. I . i — 1. .. i. 11 109 all Eur.&Am.Stm4lim.) 5 6 20 ‘II Gen. Ir. Sc. Col.(lim.) ... ... 15 14 'Gen. Steam Navigat. ... ....... 20 5 London Discount 4 all Lond. Gen. Omnibur 31 - 34 20 10 Magdalena St. Navig. ... ... 10 all 111editeran. Elec. Tel. ... ... 10 81 1110. Extension Wag. ... ... 10 all Mexican& S.Americn ... . 25 5 !Nat. Discount C 0.... 21 2d 10 6 'Netherlands Laud.... i —/1 10 all Do. Do. 5 all Do.B p c.Pf.iss.at I d 2l 3 5 2 Do. Do. .. 10 1 d 100 80 New is. &N. S. Land 16 18 St. 100 N.S.W. Gov.s p.c.D. . . ... 1 all N. B. Australasian... .4 4 20 all Nrth.of Europe Steam 41 5 1 all Oriental Gas 1 10s. Do New Shares id ito 5 all Peel li r. Ld. & Minrl ll 24 n i - i 50 : all lt s P .;c e u l ob i t i in,, i . is A u lu. l i a ust r e &raTteo.li.ruiesvnecripi 4 50 10 Do. New 50 all Rhymuey Iron 100 60 Royal Mail Steam 53 77 531 85; St. 100 S. Aus, Gov. 6 p.c.bds. ... -- ... 25 all south Austral. Laud 32 34 i 1 all Do. Registered 20 5 , True. Lu. Co. Up. Can. ... -- ... 1 28, 1 ; VauDieinea'a Land.. 8 94 . 81 LE.NS ED T _FIXED RE Leasing Companies, Closing Prices yesteriar RAILWAYS. Buckghamslt • Clydesdale Je. Col.Stour Vy. E.Lin. g. 6 p.e, E. 13 , ,. H. Sh. gi a ,arr. dL Neils.Direet. Do. SQw. Glstr.&Dn.Fr. Hull -;e11)). Do. Shares. Do. i Shares. Lon. &Greenw Do. Preference Lon. TH., &S. Do. Bark. Sh. Manch.Baton. and Matlock Bradfd. Newmarket BuryE.G.spc. N.dtEst.s p.c. Do. 6 per ct Do. Fixed sp. c Prost. & Wyre Do. Shrs. A Roystn. & Hit. Shrews.& her S. Statfordsh iWearVal.g6pc Do Wilts&Somrst 'Lla. &N. W. Caladon I E.U„diE.O Git.Nortlin E. Count. 41alelom Gt.Westn. & N.M Do Do. S. Eaktern 'Do Peto &Co Do Lu. &N. W. & Midld. E. Count Do 'Do.— ..... Do L. &N. W Do Gt. North!' T. Brassoy M. Mclean Stk.dcDar Do lat. Westn. ••• ''''' ..• ''''' Blyth and Tyne 10 p. c.pref. (issd.at 501.) Bris.&Ex.4 p.c. St. Do. 4 per c. Shares , Caledn. £lO p. c Ches. & Ho. 5i p.c Do. do. 5 per cent Cork& Bandons p.c Dun. Perth. &A.ber. J E. Anglian Cls, A Sh Do. do. Cls. B 6p. c Do. do. Cls. C 7 p. c Eas.Co.Ex,sp.eNo.l Do. No. 2 Do. New 6 pr. c. St East Un., G. 6 p. c. Do. 51., 0 per cent. Do. 101. Debentr.Sh. Do. do. 4 per cent East Lancash.6 p. cts E.&W. York. J. sths Edin.&Gl. 5 p. c. Sh. Ed.Prth.&Dun.4p.c. Furness, 5 p. c Glas. & 5.W.G.5 p.c Groat Northn. 5 p.c Do. 5 p. C. Redeem at 10 p. c. prem Do. 4i per cent Do. 5 p.c., Red. at 5 p. C. prem. Gt.N. of Scot.lst Pr( Gt. S & W. (Ireland) Do. 4 per c. Pref. St. Gt.W.(B.&II.Ex.Spe !Do. con. red. 44 p.c. Do. con, rod. 4 p. c. Do. irred. 4 per lent. Do 5 p. c, red. pref. Do, Birm. Pref. Sh Do.Chestor Bp. c. P. S do. 5 p. c. do Do. Birm. Gua. Stk IDo. Chosh. Gua. Sh Do. do. do Do. do. do. 90 - 52 - 95 Lan. & York. 6 pc. St. Lon. &B. G. 5 pc. No.l Do., P., 5 p.c.St.No.2 Do. New Guar. 6p.c. Go. do. 5 p. c., No. 4 Lon. & N.W., Coy. & Nuneaton 5 F. Lon. & S.W. 7 per ct. it = 6 late 3d Shares Londy.& Color. Sh. Londy. &Ennis. Sh. M., S., &L. 6 p. Cent. Do. do. do. £6 105 108 105 10'2 120 5i 85 80 80 92 Do. do. 34 per cent. Marypt. %Carl. 4 p.c. Do. 44 per cent Do. do. Consol. 6 p. c. St. Do. Coy. Br. Biz.. 6 p.c Do. 44 p. c. Pref. St Do. L. ea H. Pref. St New., Aber., &c., pr 5 p. c. red. 5 p.c. pm Do. Perpet. 6 pr. ct Norf k. Deb. 4 p. c. Sh Do. 5 p. c. Ext. 1846 Do. 5i p.c. pf , 1847 Do.Wv.V.sp. ..,1547 North British Do. 71. Preference N. E. Berw. 4 p. c. Prf. Do. do. do Do. Leeds 6 pc. No. 1 Do. do. Qrs., 1848 Do. York H. &S. Pur North Staffordshire Ox., Wor. di Wolv. 6 p. c. , Ist guar. Do. 6 p. c. 2d guar._ Do. do. Debentr. St. Scot. Cent. New Pref. Sc.N.E.Alacr.g.6p.c. Do. do. 7 p.c. pf. St. Do. d0.3.A p.c. pf. St South Devon 15i 9 66 17 - 110 - 115 - 108 - 105 - 123 "—. or• - 67 - :19 - 111 - 103 - C 4 - 104 - 82 Do. fixed 44 pr cent. S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of 21 Os. 6d. Do. 44 per cent Do. Fixed 4i p.c. Sh Do. Now 41 pr. cent S. Wales Gua. 4 p. Do. do. 44 p. c S.Yorksh.4 p.c.Guar Stock. &Dar., 5 p. c Do. do. do. - 94 IWaterfddi Kilk. 6 pc. - 16 - - 68 - 131 - 137 - 114 - 155 - 118 - it - 65 - 131 - 10i -- 11 - 102 91 - 93 1i- 1, 1 - il 211 - k2§ 09 - 111 LOO - 102 105 - 107 65 - 70 9 - 101 21 - 22 92 - 95 90 - 92 93 - 95 12 - 14 128 - 132 - 4 1104 -10 G ••• 12 - 13 •.• 23 - 24 89 91 1 - 21 89 - 41 id AP 54 fiki - 8 - ••• ••• 30 -- 32 PREFERENCE SHARES. MINES. 13 -- 14 5 -- 7 100 -- 110 430 -- 450 90 -- 100 13 -14 i 4 -- 5 1 -- 11 I 8 -- 10 111 -- 121 4A -- 1 18i -- 191 1 4 -- 5 1i -- 2 ) 335 -- 345 ) 3 -- 41 )220 -- 230 ▪ -- 1 ▪ 3 -- 4 ••• - 21 - z•z 100 - 110 160 - 170 280 - 290 16 - 18 47 - 49 23 - 25 MINES. i a 4 d par li 2 ... - ••• 10 - 12 ...d 3i 40 10 12 id P d 14 15 8 - 8i I 5 - 6 ••• - ••• li - 2 3i - 34 BRITISH Alfred Cons. (Phillr.) British Iron Condurow (Cambrn.) Bey. Gt. Cnsls. (Tay.) E tst Basset (Illogan) Great South Tolgus Grt. W. Alfrd. Vor (lleistn.) 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. Care Brea (Illogn.) S. W. Franees(lllogn. ) Tam. S. & L. Min. Co. Tin Croft Un.Mines (Gwennap V. of Towey (Camar.) W. Basset (Illogan).. W. Caradon (Liskrd.) Wh. Basset (Illogan). Wh. Buller (Rdruth). Wh. Edward(Calstck) Wh. Kitty (U. Llant) Wh. Ma. Ann (Monht. ), Wh. Trelawney (Lis. )1 FOREIGN Australian Bon Accord Cop. (li.) Brazilian I mp. (issue d at £5 pm) Do. Cocaes 6c Cuiada Do. St. John Del Rey Clarendon Con. Min. Co. of Jamaica Cobre Copper Copiapo Dun Mountain Cop per Mining Co Fortuna General Linares all all all all Lusitanian Mariquita Now Granada Noveau Monde Pont.Sil.Lal.dg Smlt Port Philip Santiago do Cuba United Mexican LAW INTELLIGENCE.—knis Day.) Business this its, COURT OF QUEEN'S BENOIT. Lord Campbell, on taking his seat on the bench this morning, stated that in conqequience of the long list of causes entered for the Guildhall sitting, it would be necessary to open a second court. To-morrow morning Mr. Justice Erie will preside in the second court, and can inue sitting until the list vsai disposed of. No cave Of into.eat had o , Jcured up to the time of our despatch , leaving. 93 2i COURT OF EXCHEQUER. (Bet;re !Ir. Baron Bramwell and a Common Jury.) The Court was occupied in bearing a case relative to the pnrohase of a quantity of timber, of no interest but to the parties concerned. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. :Sittings at Guildhall, Nisi Prins.—Before Mr. Justice Crowder and a Common ATKINSON V. ALLEN. _ _ _ This was an action to recover the amount realised for certain goods sent to the defendant's sale-room for sale by publio auction. It appeared from the plaintiff's evidence, a publican, proprietor of the Horns Tavern , Fetter-lane, that in M arc h, 1856, be sent a quantity of household furnitur e t o th e d e fendant's for sale. The articles cost about 1001. ten years since, and he valued them, when sold, worth about 501. The goods were partly sold at two sales, and the remainder bad not been returned to him. After the sale he met the defendant one day in Oxford-street, and asked him for au account and to settle with him. He said the goods bad only realised 141. or 15/., and offered plaintiff 81. on account. He refused to take it, and plaintiff had been unable to obtain a settlement. The defendant, who did not defend the action, bad paid 71. 10.1. into Court as the sum realised by the sales. The jury returned a verdlct for 151., including the 71. 10a. paid into Court. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Holroyd.) IN UN HALL. The bankrupt was described as of Albemarle-street, Piccadilly, poulterer, and now came up for his certificate. Mr. Jones appeared for the assignees, and said that the creditors generally ware exceedingly well satisfied with the bankrupts conduct, and as far as they were at liberty to express an opinion they considered it a case in which they might recommend that the certificate should be of the first class. Mr. Park, for the bankrupt, said, that after the observations of the solicitor to the assignees he had little to say, except that the bankrupt had been forced into the court through one creditor, for a small amount, putting in an execrition ; and had it not been for that, the bankrupt would have been enabled to pay 20s. in the pound, but even as it was, the dividend would reach lls. in the pound. His Honour observed that in 1856 the bankrupt could not take up two bills. It was time they were smaller in amount ; but he ought to have called his creditors to gether immediately. Mr, Pook said there was no pressure by the creditors, and the bankrupt hoped that he would retrieve himselt during the " London season." _ . H.: Honour said that the only fact agaiust the bank- rupt was that he had not placed himself in the hands of his creditors when he found himself involved, and bad their opinion as to the propriety of his going on ; he could, therefore, only grant a certificate of the second class. IN RE PASSILORR. This bankrupt wag described as of King-street, Smith fiet.j, licensed victualler, and came up for his certificate which was granted of the second class without opposi- LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. (MEETING THIS DAY.) A special meeting of the proprietors of this company was held to-day at the Waterloo-station, for the purpose of empowering the directors to apply to Parliament for a bill sanctioning the arrangements made last session for working the traffic of the line from Wimbledon to Ep som ; for concluding the arrangements for a lease with the Salisbury and Yeovil Railway Company;for acquiring some additional laud at Exeter, in connection with the Yeovil and Exeter extension line ; for constructing a branch railway to Topsham for connecting the railway lo Exmouth, exclusively with the South-Western system, and for authorising a junction between the main line at Northam, and the Southampton and Dorchester line, and also for the purchase of several small plots of land for improving the station accommodation on various parts of the line, —W. Chaplin, Esq., in the chair. The advertisement calling the meeting having been read, The SECRETARY (L. Crombie, Esq.) read the report, which has already appeared in The Sun. The CHAIRMAN, in asking the approval of the meeting to the points mentioned above, said the report mentioned no less than nine small requests ; to some of them the shareholders bad already given their assent ; and the reason of the present meeting was, that as they were unable to comply with the standing orders last session, it became necessary to make fresh application. The Salisbury and Yeovil Railway was proceeding vigorously; and although they had concluded a lease for a time it was desirable the agreement should be regularly completed, and thereby prevent the inconve nience arising to either parties. The report next stated that there were various small plots of land which it was desirable, for the sake of economy, the company should acquire ; so he did not think that that would occasion any discussion. These plots would be pur °based without the necessity of an act of Parliament, but it was thought the best and wisest course to pursue to have the authority of an act of Parliament. The branch to Topsham was the most important, as by its means a vast amount of seaborne commodities would be brought upon the South-Western. The inhabitants of Topsham were about to make a line to join the South Devon, but immediately the South-Western project was announced, they instantly abandoned their original in teation and embraced it. The South-Western Company have agreed to work the line from Topsham to Exete r at 50 per cent, per annum—the cost of the line will be about 50,0001. The Chairman concluded by moving that the report just read be received and adopted, that the proceedings of the directors be approved, and that the necessary powers be given for application to Parlia ment. Count EYRE seconded the motion. In answer to a shareholder, the Chairman said, in making the proposed railway, there was no intention of entering into a rivalry with the broad guage system. A short discussion ensued with respect to the advisa bility of making the Topsham project, which ended in an amendment, moved by Mr. Fooks and seconded by Mr. Campion, being proposed, viz.—" That that part of the report respecting the Topsham extension be not agreed to." The amendment was put to the meeting and negatived, and the original motion for agreeing to the report was then agreed to, and, after the usual compliment to the chairman, the procedings terminated. tion. IN RE PINKSTONE. This bankrupt was described as of Birmingham, licensed victualler, and to-lay was appointed for his last examination, but no accounts had been filed and there were no assets. The bankrupt had been in castody for come time and the ea-13 was now Emdjqurned sine die, but on the application of Mr. Pook, protection was granted for three months. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.— (This Day.) MARLBOROUGH-STREET. STEALING BoOTa.—John King, a journeyman car penter, residing at No. 6, Winslow-street, was charged before Mr. Bingham with stealing four pairs of ladies' boots, the property of Mr. William Bird, bootmaker, No. 86, Oxford street. It appeared that the prisoner was employed by the prosecutor to do some repairs on the premises, and having the full range of the place, more especially where the greater po - rtion of his stock was, be (prisoner) took the;opportunity from time to time to rob him to a very great extent. Yesterday prosecutor watched him, and after prisoner had left vac his dinner, he missed four pair of ladies' boots worth 385., which he had sees per fectly safe a few minutes bef ire. Prosecutor imme diately proceeded to the station, and gave information to the police. Mills, 39 A, said he apprehended the prisoner at his lodgings, and, on telling him the nature of the charge, he denied all knowledge of the boots, but on being fur ther pressed he said be had purchased the duplicate of four pairs of boots, which he had redeemed, and after wards sold to a general dealer in Broad-street. On telling the prisoner that he must accompany him to the station, he said it was all np, he stole the boots and begged the prosecutor to forgive him. Witness subse quently went to a shop in Broad-street, where he found three pair of the stcleu boots, which he now produced. The fourth pair had been sold. William Kennedy, general dealer, 3, Broad-street, Golden-square, proved purchasing of the prisoner a duplicate for four pairs of boots. -lie got them out of pledge and put them in the window for sale. He sold one pair, and the others he gave up to the officer. The prisoner, on being called on to answer the charge, said he was guilty, and begged for mercy. Mr. Bingham said it was a very bad case, and com mitted him for four mouths. BHIPPING.-4This Day.; LoriDoN, Dee. lo,—wind this day a noon, S.W.; moderate breeze and fine. POOLE, Dec. 9.'--wind S.S.W.—Arrived—Sisters, from Labrador. TRIGNMOUTH7 Deo. 9.—Wind from St. John's, N ew f oundland. NEWPORT, Dec. B . Wind B. —A rr i ve d—T e mp eran ce, from Troon for Gib raltar; Brimo, f rom B ris t o l f or St. Thomas. N.—Arrived—Release, CARDIFF, Dec. 9.—Wind S.—Arrived—Eleanor, from Quebec ; City of London, ditto. Sailed—Finchley, for Singapore. WATERFORD, Dec. 7.—Wind S. W.—Arrived—Amazon , from St. John, N.B. SHIELDS. Dec. 9 .—Wind W. —Arrived—Elizabeth, from St. Malo. HULL, Dec. 9. —wi n d s.w.--Arrived—Anstralia, from St. Michael's. SOUTHAMPTON, b Quebec. e. 9.—Arrived—North Briton, from (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Thursday, 10 a.m. Wind W. Arrived—North Briton, from Quebec ; Despatch (s), Jersey; Enterprise, Guernsey ; Alliance (s), Havre. Sailed—Courier (s), for Jersey ; Avon (s), Brazils ; Har riet, Newport; Havre (a), Havre. LIVERPOOL, Thursday Morning. Wind W.S.W, Arrived—Ann Buckle, from Bombay; Argentina, De merlra ; Sathleeu, Prince Edward's Island ; Petrel, Old Calabar a leans; Columba, New York ; C o l o d o , Bombay and Mau ritius Sailed—Dom Pedro 11., for Rio Jan e i ro • Nazair, Gib raltar ; Freeland, Lisbon. • ..,.......• ....• (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Thursday, 9 a.m. Wi n d W., moderate flue. Anchored—Akbar, from Madras, f or L on d on . P as sed in tow—Devonsh ire, from Coringa, for London. p ass ed—Acadia, from Quebec, f or L on d on . EL, Wind S. ; tide second hou D r's eb b; wea t oher hazy. Arrived, Deo. 9—Rankin, and Bothnia, from Quebec. Arrived, Dec. 10—Leon and Leonne, from Gravellnes Caroline Brown , S t. Mic hael's ; British Queen, St. John's , Newfoundland ; Tr avell er , Ostend. . Sailed, Dec. 10—A g nes, for Singapore ; Tar, Rio Ja. neire ; Queen of th e West, M a d e i ra; Star, Bermuda. Th A e t ee fir por they THE HIGEILLNDEItS IN. INDIA.. —The following extract of a letter from India will . show the extraordinary effect produced on the native m ind by the appearance of the on this side of India have sent out to avenge the massacre of the ladies at Cawn pore. The battle of Onao disabused them of that idea, took them for women and the Highlanders were pronounced g petticoated devils.' Still they were n ll e i v g e h r la s n ee d n er t s h : e — : a puzzle. The sepoys could understand the existence a:f devils, but could not com prehend w hy they should be barelegged. At last the truth carne out. The devils were barelegged in order more conveniently to break sepoys across their knees ! A sepoy of the 733, who I, happened to be in Calcutta on their arrival, reported on his return to his regiment that the English were sending. out monsters, w ith legs like e l e phants, faces covered with hair lik e wild beasts, and blood-red eyes. The Highlanders are, in trutb, a singular con t ra st to the people of the low country. On the arri val of the 42 d a S ircar or Bengalee clerk h ad occasion to go on board the vessel. A Highlander stepped up to him, and looked at him long and curiously ; then catch ing him by the waist, ha held him above his head, exc l a i m i n g, with a chuckle of amazement, "Sandy, be thae the things we're to fecht wi'?' A sepoy is very different from a Bengalefe, being usually taller than an Eugliehulasa tho u g h he weigla less." 44. 5i 85J NATAL WONDERS. The Leviathan is certainly the wonder of the age, and many seem to have viewed her as those did on observing the progress of the Ark, mar vt lling at such a monster, and thinking Noah's proceedi, g no great mark of wisdom. We live in an age of gigantic undertakings, but in such an advanced state of science popular astonishment is proportionally subdued. Former attempts at colossal shipbuild ing created a sensation that in these days would scarcely be excited. The Great Harry Grace a Dieu of 1490, the first ship of the regular navy, was thought the ne plus ultra of marine architec ture, but she measured only aboutl,ooo tons. Then the clumsiness of the ancient form must have ren dered the vessels difficult of management, while they were encumbered with arrangements for "cross bows, lime-pots, and fire-balls in the tops, and two handed swords in the fore-rooms." There was ano ther ship built about this time, which was truly a wondrous construction, if we are to credit a contemporary description, which may have been in some degree inspired by a sight more pro digious.than had before been dreamt of. Lindsay, of Pitscottie, the amusing historian of Scotland, re lates that in 1506 King James IY. "bigged a great ship called. the Great Michael, which was the greatest and of most strength that ever sailed in England or France, for this ship was of so groat stature and took so much timber, that, except Falkland, she wasted the woods of Fife, which was oak wood, bye (besides) all that was getten out of Norway, for she was so strong and of so great length and breadth, (all the wrights in Scot land, yea, and many strangers were at her device, who wrought very busily in her; but it was year and day ere she was complete—to wit, she was twelve score foot of length and thirty-six foot within the sides. She was ten-foot thick in the wall, outted joists of oak and boards on every side so stark and so thick that no cannon could go through her ! This great ship cumbered Scotland to get her to the sea. From the time that she was afloat, and her masts and sails complate with tows and anchors elfeirino• thereto, she was counted to the kin g to be thirty thousand pounds of ex pense, bye her artillery, which was very great and costly, to wit, she bare many cannons, six on each side, with three great bassils ?), two behiud in her dock and one before, wii h. 300 shot of small artil lery, that is to say, myand arid battert falcon and quarter falcon, slings, pestilent serpeteus and double dogs, with hagton and culvering, cross bows and hand bows. She had 300 mariners and six score gunners, and had 1,000 men of war, bye her captains, skippers, and quartermasters. I As for other properties of her, Sir Andrew Wood is my author, who was quartermaster of ber, and Robert Bartyne, who was master skip per." A goodly assortment of munitions of war truly. This quaint writer authenticates his de scription, which perhaps he wisely thought might excite a doubt. "If any believe that this descrip tion of the ship be not of veritie a 3 we have written, let him pass to the gate of Tillibardin, and there afore the same ye will see the length and breadth of her planted with hawthorn by the wight who helped to make her." This ship, which was the wonder and pride of the Scots, was wrecked in 1512 on her voyage to France. It was long before they ventured on so marvellous an undertaking ; but vessels of larger size are nowadays no "fairlie" on the Olyde. A. monument to the memory of Mr. Wallace of Kelly, who represented Greenock in Parliament for 13 years, has been erectel by his late constituents. The monu ment consists of a Gothic temple, built of Aberdeenshier granite. FAREWELL OF THE JUDGE OP THE PREROGATIVE COußT.—Yesterday being the last day of the last term allowed to the court by the recent act of Parliament, there was an unusually large attendance both of advo cates and proctors. As soon as Sir John Dodson had taken his seat, the Queen's Advocate rose and said, that as this was probably the last occurrence upon which the bar as a body would be in attendance before the learned civilian as Judge of the Prerogative Court, he begged leave on their behalf, and by their unanimous desire, to express the sincere regret they felt at parting with him. Sir John Dodson (who spoke with great emotion) re turned his most sincere and heartfelt thanks for the favourable opinion which the Queen's Advocate had expressed of his conduct. He sincerely thanked them for their kindness, and bade them farewell. [Atom STISSIIIIST. I— SIGHT AND HEARING -- SPECTACLES—. POWERFUL TELESCOPES OPERA, RACE, AND PERSPECTIVE GLASSES. —S. and B. Solomon, opticians, 39, Albemarle. street, Piccadilly. Observe—opposite the York Hotel, W. By her Majesty's Royal Letters Patent for valuable and ex traordinary improvements in the most powerful and brilliant Telescopes, Camp, Race-course, Opera, and Perspective Glasses, to know the distances. These Telescopes possess such extraordinary power that some, three and a-half inches, with an extra eye-piece will show distinctly Jupiter's moons, Saturn's ring, and the double stars ; with the same telescope can be seen a person's countenance three-and -a-half miles distant and au object from 16 to 20 miles, For the waist coat-pocket, and are of larger, and all sizes, with increasing powers accordingly. The Royal Exhibition, 1851. —A valu able, newly-invented, very small, powerful, Waistcoat-pocket Clads, the size of a walnut, by which a p erson can be seen and known one and a-half mile distant. They answer every pur pose on the Race-course and at the Opera-houses. Country scenery and ships are clearly seen at 12 to 14 miles. They aro invaluable for shooting, deer -stalking, yachting, to sportsmen, gentlemen, gamekeepers, and tourists. Opera, Camp, Perspective, and Race-course Glasses, with wonderful powers. - Invaluable preserving Spectacle Lenses of the greatest transparent power. The great advantage derived from this invention is, that vision impaired becomes pre served and strengthened and very aged persons are enabled to employ their sight; at the most minute occupation—can see with those lenses of a much less magnify ing power—and they do not require the frequent changes to the dan gerous effects of f urtber powerful assistance. Persons can be suited at the most remote part of the world by send ing one of the glasses out of their spectacles in a letter, and stating the distance from the eye they can read small print with it, and those who have not made use of spectacles by stating their ago. Deafness.—New Discovery.—The Organic Vibrator, an extraordinarily powerful, small, newly-invented instrument for dearness, entirely different from all of hers surpassing anything of the kind that has been, or prof: abl) can, be produced. Being of the same colour as the sk in, is not perceptible. It enables deaf persons to hear distinctly at churchaud at public assemblies ; the unpleasant sensatie n of singing noises in the ears is entirely removed, and it affords all the assistance that possibly could be desired.-39. Ales) warlo.otruet, Piccadilly,—Opposite the York Hotel, W, IMPERIAL PARLIAMEAT. HOUSE OF LORDS—(YESTERDAY.) The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at three o'clock. BANK ISSUES INDEMNITY BILL. This bill was brought up from the Commons ;nd read a first time. Earl GREY said he understood that only one discus sion was to be taken on this subject, and a 3 the bill was to be read a second time to-morrow, and a third time on Friday, it would be very convenient if the noble earl would fix a precise day fir the debate. Earl GRANVILLE said either day would he conve nient for the Government. If it would suit those noble lords who were absent he would take the discussion on Friday. The Earl of EGLINTON said it was impossible for him to say whether that day would suit peers on his side of the house. It was ultimately agreed that the discussion should be taken on Friday. Their lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(YESTERDAY.) The SPEAKER took the chair at 12 o'clock. SIR HENRY HAVELOCK. Mr. FITZROY brought up the report on the message from her Majesty conferring a pension of 1,0001. a-year for life on Sir Henry Havelock. Colonel NORTH considered the Government should extend this pension to General Havelock's son. Cap tain Havelock had much distinguished himself during this revolt. He had gone through all the battles in which his father had been engaged, and had obtained the Victoria Cross for his valour in the field. This was a case calling loudly for a departure from the usual rule followed in granting such pensions. In the case of peerages the pensions usually extended to two genera tions, and he hoped that the peculiar circumstances of Captain Havelock would he considered by the Govern ment, and provision made that the pensio❑ now awarded to his distinguished and gallant father should descend to his son. Mr. BAGWELL concurred in the suggestions just made, and hoped the Government would extend the pension to his son's life. Mr. KINNAIRD had much pleasure in seconding the suggestion now made. He regretted that yesterday so little allusion was made to the distinguished services of two brothers•--the Lawrences. (Hear, hear.) One had gone where honours were of no avail, but he thought it was the duty of a grateful country to raise a Inonuntext to the memory of the late Sir 11. Lawrence. (Hear.) Mr. GLADSTONE :.aid he partook of the sympathy, admiration, and gratitude that pervaded all classes of her Majesty's subjects relative to the conduct of our army in India, but at the same time be ventured to suggest the inexpediency of their endeavouring to put a restraint on their feelings in the matter. (Hear, hear.) Nothing was more imprudent than that it should be let, to the Crown and the Executive Government the func tion of rewarding distinguished services without being anticipated by members of the house. He asked the house to reco►lect how much it took from the acts of grace when taken by the Government if first suggesten by individual members of Parliament, (Hear, bear.) He fully admitted the duty of the house to call the Executive Government to account if they wera in the discharge of their rewards, but here was a case, he humbly thought the Government should I e left a latitude and discretion as to the time and opportunity of doing what the Crown thought right. Colonel NO RTH said he had not the slightest intention in the remarks he had made in reflecting ou her Ma jesty's Government, but merely to support a suggestion thrown out by an hon. member last night. Sir M. FA.RQUHA.R considered Captain Havelock was entitled to the consideration of the house, and he hoped the Government would allow the pension to descend with the title to him. (Hear, hear.) Mr. BALL also concurred in the remarks made by previous speakers relative to the extension of the pension from General Havelock to his son. _ Sir J. PAKINGTON complained of the absence of the President of the Board of Control from the house when the question of General Havelock's pension was to come before it. He thought the remarks of the right hon. gen tleman the member for Oxford University were worthy of consideration, but he expressed a hope that his observa tions would not have a tendency to check on the part of hon. members those expressions of feeling which did honour to the house with regard to the great services per formed in India as did honour to the officers who performed them. It gave to the army the most legitimate assurance that their services were esteemed by a grateful country by declarations in that house on the part of the represen tatives of the country. (Hear.) He felt convinced t hat the discussion of last night and to-day would be received in India with feelings of gratitude and pride, and would be held by those distinguished men as one of their highest rewards for the services they rendered. Ho quite con curred with what had fallen from hon. members in refer ence to the continuation of the pension to General Have lock's son. (Hear, bear.) He wished now to put a ques tion to the President of the Board of Control relative to the "Cline Fund." In 1765 the great Lord Clive, on re ceiving a legacy from Meer Jaffier of 70,0001., in a noble spirit generously paid the same into the Calcutta treasury. Sir H. WILLOUGHBY called the right lion baronet to order. He could not, in considering the Message in refer ence to General Havelock's pension, introduce a different subject. The SPEAKER ruled that the right hon. baronet was out of order. Sir J. PAKINGTON considered that in supply he was entitled to pursue the course he was adopting when inter rupted. The SPEAKER reminded the right hon. baronet that the house was not in supply, according to the ordinary rules of the house. Mr. V. SMITH complained of the manner in which the right hon. baronet had alluded to his temporary absence from the house, especiallyar he had bean engaged waiting for an Indian telegram. He remarked on the impropriety of hon. members bringing forward charges of improper patronage on the part of the Court of Directors, without entering into particulars. As the right hon. baronet was out of order, he would not proceed further than to read the telegram. (The right hon. gentleman then road the telegram, which will be found in another part of our impression.) After some remarks from Sir H. WILLOUGHBY, the message was read a second time and agreed to, and a bill was ordered to be introduced PPL Y accordingly. SU . _ Mr. FITZROY brought up the report of supply. Sir J. I'd ECI NGTON said he hoped he was now in order to put the question he intended to have done when he was called to order; With regard to the " Clive fund," he read a notice of the question on Monday, but if the right hon. gentleman wished it he would give further time. Peculiar interest was now felt with reference to the fund, now that a fund was being raised for the relief of the sufferers by the mutiny in India. In 1765, I, nod Clive paid into the Calcutta treasury a legacy of 70,000/., the interest of which was to be devoted to the relict of officers and soldiers disabled in India, and the wives and families of Europeans who might die in the company's services. He wished to be informed of the present state and condition of the fund. He wished to bo informed as a piece of infor illation he had seen in the newspapers, viz., with regard to the patronage of the Court of Directors for 1858. He then found it stated that 110 infantry cadets wero to be sent in 1858 to the Bengal Native army, and that a con siderable number of cavalry cadets were also to be sent out for the same year, and he wished to know the state and condition of that army. He balieved that 46 native regiments had mutinied, and 2 been disbanded. Assum ing the to be the case, he wished to know what had be come of the 1,100 officers belonging to them. Deducting a proportion for deaths, and those holding civil offices, he thought there must be between 600 and 700 officers wholly unemployed. He put it to the hon. gentleman, if, under the circumst , nces, the present time was a fitting period for exercising such au amount of patronage. Mr. V. SMITH said he was unable thn to answer the question relative to the " Clive Fund." With regard to the second question, he gave to the Earl of Clarendon yes terday the particulars, to enable him to give an answer to a question put in the other house by the Earl of Ellen borough. He had not, therefore, the paper with him, but he would state that he was afraid the right hon. baronet had not given a correct estimate of the amount of officers lost. The appointment of cadets rested with the Court of Directors, subject to the Board of Control ; but it was a matter in which they rarely if ever interfered. The num ber of cadets appointed for 1858 was not sufficient to sup ply the vacancies that existed. It must not be considered that, when they spoke of disbanding native troops, the Indian Government intended to govern India without na tive troops, and although the estimate of the Court of Direc tors (lid not amount to much more than one-half of the native troops, formerly the number of cadets appointed would not be too many to supply the loss. It should also be remembered that the officers unemployed referred to were of a higher grade than cadets. The appointments would not be made for the sake of patronage merely, but to meet the requirements of the army. The officers now out of employment it was proposed to use in officering tho cavalry about to bo raised in this country. Sir J. PAKINGTON asked the number of troops that had mutinied and been disbanded. Mr. V. SMITH said he was unable to give an answer. Tho subject then dropped. INDIA. _ In reply to questions from Sir H. Willoughby and Mr. G. Hudson, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER complained of the inconvenience arising from the putting of questions in an irregular form. He said he hail no doubt the ap proximate estimates of the expenses that would be thrown upon the Indian revenue by the troops sent out would be laid on the table. The army estimates would be somewhat increased by the same cause ; but the amount would ultimately be borne by the East India Company, the in crease being in the nature of an advance. The Company were not now in a position to repay such advances with any great regularity; but he reminded the house that India had never boon a bu rthen u p on this country. The revenue of India was now iu a crippled state, and it might be necessary for the Company to apply to that house for temporary assistance, bat not, he hoped, to a formidable exttnt, as the Company's revenues would shortly be . suffi cient to meet a large part of the expense, and from its r?- stored credit borrow w hat it required to supply its e - The motion was then agreed to. ARMY AND l o N i. f A t h T e E e S s l M iT 9. ites of expenditure required for the army an d nav y for Ibor. WlLmove d N f A or V a E ret E u S r li n Agreed to. BANK ISSUES I DITY, NDENIBILL, . The CHANCELLOR of the EXCEIbQUEB. moved hethird reading of this bill. Sir H. WILL OUGHBY considered the house was passing the bill on insufficient evidence. Mr. VANCE hoped that in changes t hat might be made in the currency the Government would not alter the standard of value. Mr. G. HUDSON approved of the course adopted by the Government in issuing the letter in November, though he regretted its issue had been so long delayed. It should have been issued three weeks earlier. He h a d muc h pleasure in supporting the bill, though he believed it did not go far e nough. He reviewed, the panic (f 1817 and sa id he objecteu to the responsibility of i ssue being left to the directors. It was the string e ncy o f th e i ssue th a t mischief f e distrust, th e 1 al l a now. and when The a e p ff a e n c i t c o I tlie m ca e u a s e e n d he re t was to hap pened securities were of no use from the impossibility of their convertibility, 'rho Diu* Act had the effect of crippling trade, and tinning the country from a commer cial country into one of usurers. It was impossible that men could carry on trade with 10 per cent. discounts. He hoped that the Government would, on Friday, instead of moving a committee, come forwerd with an announcement that during the recess they would propose a bill that would get rid of the obnoxious part of the present Act, that limited under all circumstances the issue to the amount of bullion in the Bank. (Hear, hear.) Mr. PHILLIPS doubted that the currency had any to do with the present difficulties in theconntry. In America where a paper currency existed, and in Hamburg where there was a metallic currency the same difficulties had been experienced as they had witnessed in this coun try where there was both a paper and a metallic currency. The disasters complained of had no reference to the cur rency, but in natural causes over which the Government had no control—he believed to an excess of speculation. The only remedy was to be found in a conviction by the people of England that the terse saying of the Duke of Wellington was a correct one, viz., "that high interest means bad security." (Hear, hear.) would Mr. BAGmamake W n o E e L h L a n e g x e p i r n e s t s h e e d p a r e h , : n p t e r i h a s h t t b h a e n k G i o n v g e s r y n s m t e e m n t . It was the duty of the country gentlemen of England and Ireland to restrict the jobbing propensities of Joint-Stock Banks to pay large interests to the injury of the commer cial community. After some remarks from Mr. KIRK, Mr. ADAMS asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer to give the house an indication of the pressure put upon the Government for the issue of the letter. H m A e r b E er L h L a o d ß be o e f n th in e E bi X s p C i ll a, E o Q o U n E a ll p sa re i v d io t u li s at oc if . theT The CHANCELLOR casion he would have heard that he (the Chancellor of the oftEh x et c hi h se e s quGue Government, fe ) rt nh h me a d le ent att,ne and : l ei p r des their he ed ed ier nv h ti l e er: yo u f e o s tn t h i t o eh n fea b c y r tess s . t; statingbe Go vernment tayt looked at the authentic position of the Bank of England, and received daily accounts of their financial position. (Hear, hear.) No pressure was put upon the bank by the Government, and the Government might have withheld the letter if they had considered themselves justified in doing so. No person complained to him that the Bank had refired discounts, but that it had virtually ceased in London except at the Bank of England. It could not be expected that the Bank of England could discount at a crisis without discretion any more than at other times. He justified the Government interference, as exhibited in the paper on the table of the house, and it would be found on a reference to thorn, that on the 11th Nov. the notes in the Bank amounted to 9h8,0001., and on the following day, the 12th, 141,0001. The letter was not signed until after three o'clock on that day, and could not have readied the city in time to influence the operations of the Bank on that day. He left it to the houso to judge if that state of things did not require some interference on the part of the Go vernment. The right hon. gentleman denied that the Go vernment were influenced in the issuing of the letter, as bad been stated, by the knowledge that a deputation were about to wait on the Government, from Liverpool, or any other place. After making a verbal alteration in clause 1, as sug gested by Mr. Gladstone, The bill was road a third time and passed, and ordered to be taken to the House of Lords. GENERAL HAVELOCK ANNUITY BILL. This bill was brought iu, and on the motion of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, was read a first time and crdered to be read a second time to-inuirew. The house adjourned at 3 o'clock. THE INDIAN MUTINY. " Further papers" (No. 5) relating to the In dian Mutiny have been j ,st laid before Parlia ment and printed. These papers cover a space of some 100 pages, and consist exclusively of formal letters from the Governor-General of India to the Court of Directors of the East India Com pany, enclosing copious local details of events already known, the dates of the narratives ex tending from the 15th cf August to the 7th of October last. We gather from a perusal of these papers, that it was found necessary repeatedly to censure the Commissioner of Patna for the meagreness and unsatisfactory nature of his reports and the repeated non-fulfilment of his reiterated promises to furnish detailed information of imports ant acts and events, many of which are to the pre sent hour unexplained ;" for his keeping the Go. vernment completely in the dark as to the grounds and intentions of seine acts of a very questionable nature, and for his general gross inattention to the directions of the Ueutenant-Governor to keep him an courant of every event of moment. The Col lector of Chupra.li was censured for quitting his post unnecessarily, and for the exhibition of a discreditable degree of pusillanimity. The rising at Patna on the 31 of July is thought to have been of a purely r eligious character ; the cry of " Deen, deen," was raised, and the property of the Catholic mission was destroyed, but was nothing stolen or removed. The Burkina dames (in the Burdwan divis ion ) are stigmatised as hopeless cowards, utterly useless for protective purposes. The Sikhs of Soree behaved remarkably well, and volunteered their aid most freely and gallantly. It is stated that at Patna a plot was rife for months before the revolt, and that money was distributed and men regularly paid to excite the people to fight " for religion and the Padi shah of Delhi," while the letters found in Peer Ali's house disclosed an organised Mussulman plot to re-establish Mussulinau supremacy and to overthrow the British Government. The Patna rising was directed (as it is thought) from Oude. On the 30th of June the Lieutenant-Governor sub mitted to the Government a proposal for the im provement of the police of the lower (Bengal) pro vinces, and on the 17th of July his minute was (in the district of Behar) partially carried out. In the Patna division there was a " religious" diffe rence between the Mahonaedans and Sepoys as to the day for the outbreak of the revolt, the Dinapore mutineers wishing for Sunday, and the Mahome dans for Friday, their own sacred day, which latter was selected. The abandon men t o f th e out stations in the Behar division (in the last week of August) under instructions from the Commissioner of Patna, Mr. Taylor, was strongly disapproved, and censured as " disgraceful" by the Government, and it is further stigmatised in these papers as an " unfortunate, unnecessary, ill-judged, and per haps disastrous step." In the case of Gya, it was " utterly without excuse or palliation," and the Commissioner was at once instructed .to revoke his orders. Mr. Taylor was, in the sequel, removed from his post. The courage and good conduct of Messrs. Money and Hollings at Gya are warmly acknowledged. The gallant defence of the garrison of Arrah comes in for a fair share of notice ; it is of course anticipated by past reperts. Captain Sissmore's strange flight from Chyebasea, which was then left to the protection of the Rajah, is de nounced as " derogatory and unnecessary," so much so that his services were placed at the dis posal of the Commander-in-Chief, and he subse quently resigned his civil appointment. The Rajah of Doomraon, in spite of his protestations, is looked upon as a " time-server," and he was to be closely watched. On the 16th of August a fellow calling himself the " Bishop of Bagdad," but whose real name is Syed Hossein Shubber, was lodged in the gaol of Calcutta. His letters and papers proved that he was connected with the ex-King of Chide and his Minister Ali Nukkee Khan. The prisoner forth with prayed the Government to inquire into his case. A large sum of money, with trinkets, was found on his person. The Mahomedan Associa tion at Calcutta behaved admirably during the late Mohurrum, and forwarded a loyal address to Government at its close. Mr. Horne, the col lector and magistrate of Azimghur, has been cen sured for his want of energy in allowing the head station to be insulted for days by a rabble of armed insurgents. He was to be replaced by a better man. There is a short correspondence between the Govern ment of India and the Company on the subject of the late press law, which the Company appears to have approved without entering into the general question of the freedom of the press in India. The late successes at Delhi and Lu eknow are briefly alluded to in a despatch of the 7th of October, as to be noticed in the " Military Department." Such are a few of the more salient features of these papers, which generally refer to matters of local detail. MESSRS. OVEREND, GURNEY, & CO. (From, the Vines' City Article.) Tho following has been received from Messrs. Overend, Gurney, and Co. : " Lombard-street, Deo. 9. Sir,—The observations in your City Article this day relating to onr house render it incumbent ou us to d in o a i k o e g a s o reply, and we are glad of the opportunity of mos t unlounded misrepresentations have been in circulation up on the sub j ect. " We may state, then, briefly that we did not ask the Bank fur any more than we absolutely required on the 12th ult. to meet the extraordinary doinand arising from the failure of Messrs. Sanderson and Co., under a very excited state of the money-market, and co ncurrently at different with it an enormous drain for Ireland. The amount quoted ,A ,s i t s o c o o u n r si a d p e p re li d ca b ti e o y n o s n h d av th i g s t u )e u e i n ta m k a e a n e . times of the day, this arose simply from the coutinu having stat e d that we had a n c o ‘ r Th f e t r b e e isdemand truth u ru th p nu i s. r been to the Bank in vain ;' but, in reply t trade by a banker who called on u s at thetil a %%fquestion stated %%e had not got an answer t o our secon d application. This was cancel by th e G overnor b e i n g in committee. " As to the insinu a tio n t h a t we h ave added to the paper, it is absurd to suppose we shoul i do anything 80 contrary to our interest ; but we may state confidently that we have exerted ourselves to the utmost to render every assistance i n our power througho ut the crisis to support public credit. Wo retrain, yours respectfully, " OVEREND, GURNEY, AND CO. A. Cabinet Council was held yesterday at the official , Lord Panmure • residence of the First Lord of the Treasury in Downing. street. The Minibters present were—Viscount Palmer. Charles Wood, the E a rl Earl Granville, the Marquis of Lansdowne, th• Earl of ffarrawby, Sir George Grey, the Earl of eth er e e E ta x ry ch L eg a u b e o r 7 s h i e r re R• ht Hon• B. Vernon Smith, SI a 1 • ey of Alderleyi the Duke of Argyll, and the Right lien, M. T. Bainewe tChlearenhaircelMlorr.oBf FOR: :IGN. T E t LONDON TIT IT P ') ' 9 1,1 1 r ,17tlATC` ji 77 t 85 a 60 i 1061 18a i 'lOO 100 all 100 all 14)0 1 100 51 50 50 50 25 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 all all 100 100 100 100 100 25 10 L 0.6 16t151 lutsl Ty r?, 10, 1 8 : 5 7.