The Sun. — London, England, 1857-12-04 00:00:00

GENERAL HAVELOCK'S GRAND TRIUMPHAL MARCH THIS EVENING (FRIDAY, 4th December), will be produced the New Grand Descriptive Composition, by M. Jullien, entitled THE INDIAN QUADRILLE, awl GENERAL HAVELOCK'S TRIUMPHAL MARCH, performed by M. Jullien's Orchestra, assisted by the drums and fifes of the Grenadier Guards, the Coldstream Guards, and the Scots Fusilier Guards ; and a Grand Chorus, " Rule Britannia," and " God Save the Queen." New Fife Polka, by M. Jullien, with double Orchestra. The magnificent decorations which were prepared for the Sal Masque will remain during the continuance of these Con. eerts. The whole theatre will be ornamented with wreaths and garlands of flowers, in gold, silver, and colours. The decorations have been prepared by Messrs. Chabot and Co., who were earged with the decorations for the grand ball at the reception of the Emperor Napoleon 111. at Stuttgart, and who were engaged, at a great expence, for the express purpose of arranging at her Majesty's Theatre a display which will be seen for the first time in this country. The Concert will commence at 8 o'clock. Prices of Admission—Promenade, Is; Upper Boxes, s. ; 2 Gallery, Is. ; Dress Circle, 2s. 6d.; Privat e B oxes, 10 s. 6d. and upwards. p ro sp•etases, with full particulars, may be had at the Box. office of the Theatre ; of all the principal libraries ; and at Jullien and Co.'s, 214, Regent-street. A Mozart Night will be given To-morrow (Saturday; Dee. 5, the anniversary of Mozart's Death. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.- M. JULLIEN'S GRAND BAL M A S Q U E. —ln consequence of the great success of the Bal Masque, N. Jullien will give a SECOND, and positively the last this season, at the end of the Second Series of Concerts, on MONDAY, Dec. 21.—Applications to be made at the Box Office of the Iheatre. T HEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET, Lessee—Mr. J. B. Buckstone. PHIS EVENING, to commence at Seven o'clock. with a new Comedy, entitled AN UNEQUAL MATCH. Princi pal characters by Messrs. Bnckstone, Compton, Chippendale, W. Farren, Miss Amy Sedgwick, Mrs. Buckingham White, •n Mrs. E. Fitzwilliam After which, a new farce, by the author of Box and Cox, entitled TAKE CARE OF DOWB, in which Mr. Buckstone will snatain an original ch tractor. Concluding with THE FISH OUT OF WATER. Sam Savoury, Mr. Compton. Orchestra Stalls (which may be retained the whole of the evening), 6s. each. (No charge for booking.) First Price. s. d. Second price. k d Press Boxes 6 0 Dress Boxes 3 0 Tipper Boxes 3 Upper Boxes OU_ 2 0 rif.. ER MAJESTY'S THEATRE, GREAT CLASSICAL CONCERTS. SECOND MENDELSSOHN NIGHT. Idadlle. Jetty Tres, Madame Raddersdorf, Miss Arabella Goddard, and M. Edouard Remenyi. The highly Successful INDIAN QUADRILLE, and ~ 2 Oil:. T. iwer Gallery 1 0 Lower Gallery 0 6 Upper Gallery 0 6No half-price to Upper Gallery. R OYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Proprietor, Mr. Charles Kean. THIS EVENING, will be performed Salcspere's Tragedy •f KING RICHARD 11. King Richard 11., by Mr. Chas. ; Q'ieen, by Mrs. C. Kean. Preceded by a new farce, in one act, entitled A CASE OF CONSCIENCE. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI, Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster. THIS EVENING, will be performed THE MIDDY ASHORM. Miss Marie Wilton. After which, a new romat.tie drama, called THE LEGEND OF THE HEADLESS MAN, and in which Mr. Benjamin Webster and Madame Celeste will perform. Pollowed by the original Apropos Sketch, entit.ed THE DRAPERY QUESTION ; or, Who's for India Y Messrs. Wright. P. Bedford, C. Selby; Miss M. Wilton and Miss Alary Keeley. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.—Lessee, Mr. Dillon.—Under the joint management of Was LOUISA PYNE and Mr. W. HARRISON. THIS EVENING, will be pe formed Balfe's new opera, THE ROSE OF STILLE. Characters by Miss Lon'sa Pyne, Mies Susan Pyne, Miss Marian Prescott, Mr. Weiss, Yr. A. St. Albyn, Mr. G. Honey, fir. Wallworth, and Mr. W. Harrison. Conductor, Mr. Alfred Mellon. To conclude with the new Farce, entitled A PAIR OF PIGEONS. Mr. G. Honey ant Miss Cuthbert. Private Boxes, £2 12s. 6d., £2 25., and £1 11s. 6d. ; Stalls, 6s. ; Dress Circle, ss. ; Upper Boxes, 4s. ; Pit. 25.; Gallery, Is.—The Box Office is now open daily, from 11 to 6, under the direction of Mr. Chatterton, jan. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessees, Messrs. Robgon and Emden. TFIIS EVENING, will be performed a new and original o medietta, by Sterling Coyne, Esq., called WHAT WILL THEY SAY AT BROMPTON ? Mr. Robson, cte. After which, LEADING STRINGS. To conclude with the original Extravaganza, by Robert Brough, Esq., called MASANIELLO. Messrs. Rob. a n, Cooke, Danvers, dtc. ; Misses Swanborough, Thirlwall, Maghee, Bromley, and Mrs. Melfont. Commence at half-past Seven. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Creswink. THIS EVENING, will be performed THE WIFE'S RE VENGIt. After which, INDIA., 1857. Messrs. Shepherd, Ores 'wick, W. Smith, Vollaire, B. Potter, Widdicomb, Belnaore, Tapping ; Miss M. Untrue, Miss Webster, Miss Chalmers, Miss Johnstone. To conclude with WELLINGTON FIGGS. CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.— OPEN EVERY EVENING.—The follow , T 1 company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance o tections from all the popular OPERAS, MADRIGALS, CHORUSES, GLEES, DUETS, dce., viz. :—Miss Russell, Mrs. Badzey, Madlle. Marietta, Mrs. Palmy - re, Afiss Bru sell, and Madame Marietta; Herr F. Jonghmane, Mr. Benshaw, R. Grover, T. Arrant, S. roles, J. Barker, W. Melling, Senor Antonio, E. L. [lime, and Mr. St. A byn; Messrs. S. Collins, W. 1. Critchgeld, and E. Mack key. Pianoforte, Mr. Cecil Hicks; harmonium, Master 11 illiams; Director, Herr F. Jonghmans. Commence at even o'clock precisely. Suppers, &c., until twelve o'clock. then anything desired by "the hard calculators" can be procured. It is even more easy to cook a report than an account. There is some difficulty about facts and figures —none whatsoever respect ing the speculative opinions of interested and pre judiced persons. Sir G. C. LEWIS will bring for ward the subject. There is not the slightest ground for further inquiry, He ought to be pre pared with some definite measure on which the opinion of Parliament may be taken ; and if not the all-important question ought to be taken out of his hands by some independent Member. The Indian difficulty is also to be shelved, if possible. There, too, procrastination is the order of the day. Public opinion was tested by soi disant semi-official organs. One contemporary announced that the Company's Government was to be abrogated, ; and, having probably exceeded the appointed limits, and being duly snubbed for the offence, the words were easily swallowed. In deed, it would appear that " words" were regarded as the most dainty viands in the vicinity of Printing-house-square. The promised Reform Bill was subjected to a similar ordeal. It, too, is to be brought forward in February. Delay is the great point. Get rid of that, and all that is wanting will be accomplished. We are glad to find that Mr. GREER, the inde pendent Member for the county of Londonderry, is about to move an amendment, on the motion for a select committee, to the effect that they be instructed to inquire into the operation of all the laws affecting the currency in Great Britain and Ireland, and report what amendments, if any, they may consider desirable. We trust that Mr. GREER, one of the moat promising members of the new Parliament, may succeed in his motion. The Act of 1844 is condemned—all that is wanting is to know what will be its substitute. Another curious similarity yet remains to be noticed, in the contrast of the two Sepoy Revolts, occurring at a distance of half a century from each other—the minor and local mutiny in 1806, at Vellore, and the far more terrible and disastrous defection of 1857, infecting the whole of the vast native army distributed over the Bengal Presi dency. In both instances advantages of the most opportune kind imaginable were seized in the very nick of time in transitu for China ! It is simply, of course, a coincidence, but for once a happy coincidence. Immediately upon the arrival of the Marquis of CORNWALLIS as Governor-General (on the 28th of July, 1805), at Calcutta, it was manifest that the finances of India were deplorably crippled. Happily the emergency was dealt with then promptly and effectually—then, when the Com pany's forces were upon the very eve of receiving the shock of a certainly merely partial, but at one moment an apparently formidable military insurrection. The immediate requirements of the army were supplied by detaining the treasure destined for China. Precisely as the yet more urgent wants of the army—need of men and not only of specie --were provided for during the pre ' sent yearof grace 1857, by detaining the troops des tined for China, the regiments then passing by the coast of Hindostan on their way to extricate Am bassador BOWRING, and Admiral SEYMOUR, and Consul PARKES from their difficulty at Canton, the difficulty of contending with an empire con taining a population of 400,000,000, armed only with two or three line-of-battle ships and half-a dozen frigates. Fortunately for us in each in stance, precisely what we most wanted was there actually at hand. Without the necessity of any delay whatever, there, in 1805, was the money we most needed—there, in 1857, were the troops which we had only to divert for a while from their progress towards their original destination, for the purpose of applying their ready arms to a more imminent and pressing emergency. Scarcely bad L)rd CORNWALLIS been a quarter of ayear in India (with defection beginning to threaten our Government far and wide), when death pre maturely closed his labours on the sth of October, 1805, at Gaseepore, in Benares, when his Excel lency was on his way to place himself at the head of the army, with a view, if possible, to cut the Gordian knot with the edge of the sword rather than with the axe of the fasces. Death and disease, if they have happily spared the Governor- General and the Council at Calcutta, have mate rially added to our embarrassments of late in Bengal, by striking down, one after another, in rapid succession, a series of Commanders-iu-Chief. Sir GEORGE BARLOW then succeeded to the supreme command in council, on the demiseof the Governor- Genera], the Lord CORNWALLIS—as Gen. WILSON ultimately succeeded in due course to the supreme command in the camp before Delhi, on the death or secession of his various military predecessors. Then, too, peace was signed with SCINDIA on the 22d of November, and with HOLKAR on the 24th of November. While now-a-days —a butter augury let us hope than the making of peace —we have preserved peace in 1857 with both SCINDIA and HOLKAR, in spite of the most malign influences and the most, sinister prognostications. Apart, however, from any mere augurics of this kind—have we not glorious deeds 4- ) celebrate 7 HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tins DAT—Morn., 27 min. aft. 3—Even., 55 min. aft. 3 To-Monnow—Morn., 20 min. aft. 4—Even., 45 min aft. 4 THE WEATHER—SUN OFFICE, DECEMBER 4. THERXOMICTER, IN THE SnLDE. 56—highest since noon yesterday. 49—lowest this morning and during the night. 52 —this day at noon. BAROMETER. 30.09—up again —very changeable of late. WIND, Westerly; fresh, with fine sunshiny weather. There was a heavy storm of rail and wind last night from 30 to 12. • i f (r, • Cit, „ Ally, LONDON, FRIDAY, DEC. 4, 1857. Well, the Speech has been delivered—the de bate has taken place. It was strictly in accord , ance with our anticipations. There were allusions to the violation of the law, and the propriety of an Act of Condonation, by which the lapses of the Old Lady of Threadneedle-street from the precise regulations established in 1844 should be forgiven. But still, according to Lord GRANVILLE, they are to be continued without modification in all their stringency. It is not at present the in tention of the Government to propose any change in the Bank Charter, but merely " to propose the reappointment of the committee that sat last session." This, as we have already stated, Is "the old dodge," that should be emphatically protested against. It is the Fabian policy carried ant by Sir CHARLES WOOD in the, winter session DEPUTATION I I t . OIT ER HE ICK M I E v R i c i ltr if T . TAILORS' ra d o e a p s n ' t a C . ( I ) O 3E n of 1847. The organ of the " hard calculators" pANir T 0 CE P from the Merchant Taylors' Company, consisting of the has endorsed that extravagant draught on public credulity. "Don't legislat e w hil e th ere i s excite- m a u a d a i t e e n r c s e n y d e st wardens, ed a y a t and e c k I i e n r g k il a l: d p t a h l a e c h o v; n t o i u l Fi r ar e o ms f e a no n tf ment," is at one moment the cry. "D on ' t l eg i s- to hi s R oyal Highness Prince Frederick ' late, because there is no publi c f ee li ng on t h e Park, Prussia e the Countessf re e d o o f na j eo,fsethyaatnadncji:andty Cl eme n t inefraternity rknearVilliers subject," is the answer on another occasion. Si r l eave , t own t o - morrow for Middleton CORNEWALL LEWIS is about to ask for an i n d em - Bice3ter. The Earl of Aberdeen arrived at Argyll House last nay for a limiter!' time. We trust, however, that evening from Haddo House, N.B. The noble earl TcahmarestdoxyLlaosntdonTbje neaxesetaafiehs,ashciauviitnegrleeclot Had d d f o on sio consistent monetary reformer will be deceived by the specious pretext, or will sanction the in- his recent i)111”14. C,l. the Hon. Alexander and MIT demnity until th e p oss ibilit y o f a s i m il ar app li ca - Gordon have a rr i ve d i n t own f rom t h e north. The Earl Amherst b as t a k en th e E ar l o f C arnarvon's tion is aver t e d . mansion in Grosvenor-square for a term of years. In every respect delay and procrastina- The Earl of Lincoln, M.P., has arrived in Dover t" street from Clumbe r P ar k, N o tt s . s eems to b e th e Ministerial Policy. The Earl and C o u n t ess o f Li s b urne h ave arr i ve d at The Bank Charter Act has been violated. It has Claridge's Hotel from Gloucester. totally failed in its objects ; but there is to be an The Duke cf Richmo n d h as arr i ve d a t his residenc e iniuiry. There a re in Portland place, f rom G oo d woo d. Th e E ar l o f M arch, ample grounds for legi.sla- M.P., has also come to town to attend to his PArlia. COIL The evidence 'before the Committee of the mentary duties. e archioness Mara of Aileaur has left town House of Lords, and the a d mirable report de- on Th a visi t to the Duchess i of ) Wellingt b on, y at Strathfield- 1 livered by that truly noble body, gave all th e i n . says, where a sel ec t c i rc l e i s assem bl e d . formation that could be required, The Marquis and M arc hi oness o f S ta ff or d arr i ve d i n . There is not town lacit evening from Lilleshall Shroshire. p the slightest necessity for a dditional evid ence. The Marquis (if Northampton ' and Lard and Lady No use in ringing the changes betw een Mr S. A tin l : y t ne Compton have returned to town fr o m the: can : rn t a h m a Ztilou", JONES LOYD and Lord OVERSTONE. Oa the fur. rll The Earl o f Ell en b oroug h h as arrived in town from P >lmer inquiry seventeen witnesses were ex-mined, ' . near Cheltenham, for the meeting of But it is a_ rrTi vheedEaatrl 41 1 w atcrredati,milYt;rrnokds h v i r ti e g and thirteen were opposed to the Act. Straffordo f Carlisle House and the last Hon, even i n C g la , a rflreosmHo Castlewar d oven more easy to select witnesses than to Crounteie Sydney puck a committee. There must have returned to be some tow V n is company fors ognnieal w . e w e t s er p e m t t hey have been entertaining respect to public opinion in the one case, but not d e o at t n t th E . Tr . r: e l e s r d and the Ron. Miss Shaw Lefevre the slightest in the other. Take Lord OVERSTONE, • Hau ence te, of last evening, the Governor, and Deputy-Governor of the Bank f a r r o rV m ivies ifeckfitld Park, The receipts of the cutitom-house at -Ray re in the of England, a n d half-a-dozen directors, whose `Month of November amounted to 2,408 826 f Opinions are already k an ,„ , an d , f or decency's sak " 1 a f a lling off of 279,154 francs as comparedi wriatisetßisebecno7 few persons who entertain oppcsite views, and responding period of last year. before our 30,000 warriors (sent from England expressly to deal with the mutineers), have reached the seat of war—before Sir Comic CAMPBELL has had time to arrive at head-quarters ! Has not Delhi been taken, and Cawnpore visited with vengeance, and Lucknow relieved, and even Bit boor, the residence of the infamous NINA Sams, desolated I The field has already, indeed, been reaped. Sir COLIN and his 30,000 will find little more to d• than the work of gleaners. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 4, 1857. SHARE MARK&TS--(This Day.) P.AILV7 A,5. Cloalnt Prices this day. Business done this day. LATEST NEWS HAMBURG, DEC. 2, EVENING. - - - The Senate and the bourgeoisie have decreed that insolvent merchants, before being declared bankrupt by the Tribunal of Commerce, shall be placed under an administration named by their creditors. In Stoekholm several failures of very large amount have taken place. The Danish Government has advanced five millions of francs as a loan. Two directors of the Copenhagen Bank are to proceed to Hamburg to redeem some of the pro , tested bills. MARSEILLES, Dec. 2. Advices from Malta of Nov. 27 state that the Elba left two days before to effect the laying down of the submarine cable to Corfu. From Constan tinople the 20th, letters state that a Turkish admiral had taken his departure for the Euphrates to superintend the blasting of the rocks which lie in the bed of the river and impede the navigation by steamers. In Persia the dis turbances by the Turcomans had extended to four provinces. The brother of the governor of Aster abad had been wounded, and was blockaded in Bugimurd. Troops were advancing to his as sistance. MARSEILLES, DEC. 3. Intelligence from Athens, of the 26th ultimo, states that the Ministerial crisis is over. MM. Boulgaris and Scalisteris have retired. M. Miaulis, Minister of Marine, is to be Presi dent of the Council. M. Privilegios, Senator and ex-Minister, is to be Minister of the Interior. M. Rhallis, President of the Court of Cassation and ex-Minister, is to be Minister of Justice. FRANCE. PARIS, THURSDAY EVENING. The Emperor loft Paris this morning for the forest of Rambouillot, for a shooting excursion. A Council of Ministers, at which the Emperor presided, was held yesterday at the Tuileries. The Patric says :—" The marriage of Don Pedro, King of Portugal, is fixed for April next. The bride will, about that period, proceed from Germany to England, whence a small squadron, commanded by the Duke of Oporto, brother of the King, will convey her to Lisbon." BOURSE, Dec. 3.—The following were the last quotations : Cash. tr. End of Month. 44 per Cents - :. 3 per Cents 67 50 67 70 Bank Shares 3023 Credit Foncier 535 Credit Mobilier 732 50 Roman Do. Account 727 50 Austrian Belgian 44 riedmoutese (5) B7 50 Home Debt RAILWAYS-FOR CASH. Orleans Northern New Ditto 727 50 Strasburg Lyons and Med 862 50 Grand Central New Ditto. Geneva AUSTRIA. According to a Vienna letter in the Post Gazette of Frankfort, the Austrian Government intends, after effecting the reduction of its army, to keep 100,000 men in Hungary and the German pro vinces, 100,000 in Italy, and 50,000 in "Vienna and the environs. HAMBURG. HAMBURG, DEC. 1. I informed you that yesterday had been a day of the greatest gloom and calamity which our Bourse had ever yet experienced, resulting in the suspen sion of payment by the following prominent firms of this place and the neighbouring town of Altona —l, C. J. Johns, Sohn, tea and colonial house ; 2, C. von Leesen, banking-house, whose operations are extensive with Sweden ; 3, Reimarius Nachfol ger, insurance affairs; 4, Busse() and Halskr, banking business with Sweden ; 5, G. Kruhers aud Co., Rus sian and Finland merchants ; 6, T. P. N. Jahnke, money-changers ; 7, Cordes and Gnmerneyer, corn affairs ; 8, UllLerg and Kramer, Swedish agents, failed as expected ; 9, Kruher and. von Ove ,, , large export. trade ; 10, T. F. Kalckralno, in surance agency ; 11, Waget er and Enet ; 12, Bach and Rasps, a young and highly respectable corn and butter house, stopped iu consequence of the suspension of the house of Jahnke, the money changer ; 13, T. P. Christie and Co. ; 14, Lltntr and Uhde, South American trade (all these Ham burg houses); 15, C. T. H. Eschells, banking ope rations with Sweden and Norway ; 16, Barbech and Wall, the same kind of business as the abiive-men tioned ; and 17, Eschelles Sohne, colonial trade, of Altona. The first-class firm, C. M. Schroder and Co., of which Senator Schroder is the chief, was for some hours also on the suspended list, but at a later period received sufficient assistance to go on. The great majority of the above -named houses are said to be only in temporary embarrassment, holding acceptances of houses that, up to the pre sent moment, were supposed to be quite firm, but which are sufftring from the effects of the want of confilence. All the prompt and energetic steps hitherto taken have so far availed but li•t'e. Only imagine the amount of close upon 500 mil lions' worth of cools of all kinds being at this mo• ment warehoused and in port on account of the merchants, and such a general want of confidence existing ! There is mid als )to be about GO mil tons of silver in the bank ; but, on the other band, up to only a few days ago local bills, amounting to the sum of 310 mill ons of marks, were passed th sigh the Stamp-office preparatory to being ac cepted, long and short ; and, besides these►, there is a mass of returned and prosested bills from all quarters, the real amount of which is not known. 4 o'CLocy, Upon visiting the 'Change at the usual business hour I was informed of the following fortln r stop pages :—Conrad Warnecke, a very old-standing firm, considered to have been worth 2,000,000 masks. His business was confined principally to colonial produce, especially sugar. This failui e will involve an immense circle of friends in Ger many, Denmark, and Sweden, with which latter country he was connected in bill transactions. T. C. Bahro, a shipowner and general merchant, has this morning committed suicide, in consequence of his embarrassments. Lorent am Ende and Co., a very old firm, carry ing on busin ess w ith D enmar k , S we d en, and Nor way, and several other firms, have b-en mentioned as having suspended payment to-day. Besides .11amburg there are a number of Altona firms mentioned of great consideration. AMERICA. [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.] LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY MORNING. The ITuited Msil steam ship Adriatic has arrived with advices from New York to the 23d ult. She has brought $390,325 specie ou freight. Tee IV etv York Courier and Inquirer of the 23d says : "The money market at the elose of the week shows a decided improvement ; the only drawback during the week bas been the unfavotirwble advices from Europe, and these advices are only unfavourable compared with those received previously ; they are no worse than we anticipated after tha suspension of our banks, and are exactly what experience foretold. The favourable changes during the week are the steady return of confi- dence and activity to business, and the large shipments that are being made to the sea-board of produca and cotton. The first is too evident to need proof, the second is shown by the rapid decline of New York exchange throughout the country. The bank statement will undoubtedly show a large increase of specie, and in excess of the receipts from Europe and California, in consequence of large receipts from the interi'r. It would not be an extravagant estimate to place the preset t amount of specie in the bank at 24,000,000, although the average will pro bably show less. There was an active stock-market to. day, and quotations generally are higher. The rise, however, has not been uniform, and prices fluctuated in proportion to the activity of speculation in cartain direc tions. There is, nevertheless, a steady advance in prices, rich, although regulated in a measure by speculation, is, f, r a eeries of days, al ways in proportion to the in crease of commercial pro , perity." Cotton was dull ; flour bad advanced in conse quence of the threatening aspect of affairs along the line of the Erie Caual ; wheat steady ; ashes flat ; molasses steady, at a reduction ; sugar lower ; tobacco in better request ; iron quiet ; freights dull. The New York Journal of Commerce, quotes ex change on London 109 k to 110 for short sight. The United States Mail t.teain-ship Atlantic, hence, had arrived at New York. The quotation for middling uplands cotton was about 12c. The Nicaraguan Minister had been received by the President. Advicea from Havannah report that sugar has declined. The United States fligate Niagara has arrived a' New York. MONEY IVIARKE k.:ID COMMERCIAL iNTMLIGENCE. The following are the nominal prices of Foreign Stocks .—Gren;lda Deferred Bonds, 5 to 6 ; Mexi can, 19/ 19i ; Peruvian per Cents., 76 77 ; Ditto 3 per Cents., 51. 52 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 43-4; Rus s i an 5 per Cents., 104 106 ; ditto per Cents., 95 to 97 ; Spanish 3 per Cent., 401 411 ; ditto New Deferred, 25 251. Messrs. D. Bell, Son and Co., give the following as the prices of American securities : GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Redeema United States 6 p er C en t s . 1867-1868b...1e. Per 105 Cent. United States 6 per Cent. Bonds lB6B-103 105 STATE SECURITIES. Alabama 5 per Cent Maryland .5 per Cent. (Sterling Bonds) Ilassachnsetts 5 per Cent. (Sterl. Bonds) Mississippi 6 per Cent. Pl. Bk Bonds lB4 l-1871... 40 Mississippi 5 per Cent. Union Bk Bonds ... 20 Pennsylvania 5 per Cent. Stock ............ 70 Pennsylvania 5 per Cent. Bonds ......... ...1877... 75 Tennessee 6 per Cent. Bonds ... Virginia 6 per Cent. Bonds 1886... 80 Virginia 5 per Cent. (Sterling Bonds) 1888_ 79 LOANS OF CITIES. SoPton 4,i per Cent. Bonds 188 3... 83 Montreal r 6 per Cent. Bonds 1856 -1865... New Orleans 6 per Cent. Stock ......... ... 88 90 ... 36 9 i 42 2! 72 76 RAILROAD BONDS. Illinois Central 7 per Cent. Ist Mortgage, not Convertible .. .............1375... 76 78 Illinois Central 6 per Cent 1375... 76 78 Illinois Central 7 per Cent. Freeland Bonds 1860... 76 78 Illinois Central (Shares), $3O paid 141 13 d Michigan Central Bp. Cent., Convert 1860... 76 78 Do. do. do. ...... I 869... 76 78 New York Central 7p. Cent., Convert 1864... 88 90 New York Central 6 per Cent., not - - 1 Convertible 1883... 76 £0 New York and Erie 7 per Cent. 3d Mort gage 1883... 68 72 N. York and Erie 7p. Cent. Convertible 1862... 33 40 N. York and Erie 7 per Cent. Sinking Fund 1875.., 40 45 Panama 7 per Cent., Ist Mortgage 1865... - Pennsylvania Central 6p. Cent.. ist Mort 1880 ... 80 82 Intheßai w lw e a r y e o S f h a are v,, M ry tearlliimeti.thais characte r , and morning, the transactions a decline of about 1 t o I p;r cent. took place on some of the principal lines. Caledonian, Eastern Counties, Great Northern, and Brighton receded 10s. Lanca,-hire and Yorkshire, North-Western, Midland, North-Eastern Berwick, and Noah Staf ford 5s , and Edinburgh and Glasgow, and Great Western 1/. The Foreign a• d Colonial lines havo been inactive. Great Luxembourg and Lombardo- Venetian have declined about ss. Grand Trunk of Canada, and Great Western of Canada, are it teldy. East Indian have declined fully V. Mining Shares are quiet, and in Joint-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares a very limited business has been done, at about former quotations. FTISIT FUNDS.--CLOSING PRICES --THIS DAY. (From tie Official List;) Bus!nets done. 6 nk Steck ... 216 14 3 per Cent. itedueed Annuities 904 $ A 3 per C6ut. Consols Annuities,.,,,, . 9lf il 1 4 1 NOW' 3 periCent. Annuities 903 i 90 i ilia Stoc). 2lB 1,112. Bondi', ElOtql *)itto, under £lOOO 25 d 0 A cols for Account Ex , netr.er Bills, 2;u. .10'.)0 . .. ••• t.'f,flO S all 3 p la. ......... Exchequer Bonds, 1858, 34 per Cont — Ditto, 159 PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS—THIS DAY. Brazilian 5 per Cent. ... ............ Mexican 3 per Cent ........ . Cent — Ditto Account ............. Portuguese Bonds, 5 pe r C ont., Con. 1841 --- Ditto 1853, 3 per Cent ..... Lu l l i l t :a to n , i 4 ;o i a i d e s ; Cent, l,22 . .... !., 5 per 1. 1 6 i 51 Ditto Small ••• giv-dinian Gon'ls, 5 por Cent. . ..... 852 D:tto Account Tkli a Ir. li Ponds, 0 per cont... Ditto Account 9li 2 14 pato Guaranteed, I per Cent, Dividends on the above:payable In London. Dutch Exchang.,, 26 per Con';., 12 Guilders 62a Do. 4 i.er Cent. Certificates O'CLOCK. Consuls, money ..... . THREE 911 i Ditte_account (December 7) x tl WESTMINSTER PLAY. —The Ade lphi of Terence wif be represented by the Q teen's scholars of St. Peter's College, Westminster, (.11 Tuesday the 15tb, Thursday the 17th, and Monday the 21it Dee., on the two latter eveniegs with the addition of the Isiologue and Epilogue On this occasion new scenes will he exhibited, front drawings taken at Athens and Pompeii, by Mt• C. R. CockereF, 13. A., under whose kind au-piees as an old Westminster the restoration has been effected. A N ASSIZE WITHOUT CALENDARS.- •No calendars have been printed for the Kent winter assize, which was opened yesterday. The South, Eastcrn Gazette says : " As our readers are aw are, a dispute h as existed for some time past, whether the cost of these document!, should ha borne by the high sh er iff, or defrayed out of the county rates, and as th e respons i b ili ty h as no t b een satisfactorily fixed, n one h ave been publis h e d. This it. a matter of serious inconvenience to all who have business at the assizes—connsel, att; , rneys, grand jurtrs, prasecuWrs the public." , and defendants—no less than t, . = Accounts from Liverpoo ClTY, Two o'Cl. l ihetitio n that the Cotton Market yesterday closed heavily, and values slightly declined.. The sales amounted to 6,000 bales, 1,500 of which were taken by the speculators. The Railway Share Market exhibited a quiet appear ance, and prices were without any material alteration. Produce Markets have again been very quiet this week, and the occurrence of failures seems to have caused increased depression. All things considered, however, the purchases chiefly for immediate wants have been to a fair extent, and the prices have born well supported. In sugar a mod era t e amoun t o f business was done, and a rise of ls. per cwt. was established. A few speculative purchases were made, but they were not of importance. Coffee is dull an 3 steady ; co coa realises forme r p r i ces ; r i ce is rather che a p er ; a nd spices are generally rather heavy. Tallow is firmer, viz, 51s. per cwt. for Y.C. on the spot. About 12,000/. in gold was sold to the Bank of England yesterday, and as the withdrawals during the past week have been limited, the return to appear in this evening's Gazette will no doubt ex hibit a large increase under the head of Bullion. With regard to the Reserve of Notes and the Other Securities there is not a very sanguine feeling, as the pressure for money has been severe, owing to the prepa:ations for tho pajments to-day, the 4th of the month. These engagements are believed to be rather heavy, and more than usual interest is felt to as certain how they will he met. Several failures are predicted in consequence of the difficulty eaperi• enced in getting discounts, and the stoppages on the Continent and at Lome. The demand for money is active, and full rates are paid for accom modation. Subjoined is a memorandum from the Committee of Mexican Bondholders : " The committee have advices from Mr. Whitehead, dated Mexico, the 3d ult. The agents of the bond holders had collected for the dividend fund, partly in bills and partly in cash, altogether about $57,823 —viz., in Vera Cruz, $32,430 ; in Colima, $24,546 ; in MazAtlan, San Blas, and Guaymas, $846, which would be shipped as opportunities occurred. The present packet brings $12.000 from Vera Cruz, but in Tampico nothing had as yet been received. Mr. White head bad had an interview with the new Minister of Finance, Senor Payno, and had obtained from him the recovery of $12,326 in Colima, which are included in the above aggregate amount. The Government was contemplating a loan of $5,000,000 to pay off floating debts. At the date of Mr. Whitehead's letter the Pre sident had not yet obtained the extraordinary powers for which he had asked, but later accounts through the United States state that fact. With the exception of the trouble which sundry vagrant predatory bands caused in some parts of the Republic the country was quiet." _ _ - Telegraphic information has been received of the arrival of the Tumar at Alexandria. According to the message she has 131,000 our-ces of gold, and 15,000 sovereigns on board. A balance sheet has been issued by Messrs. San derson, Sandeman, and Co., which shows a surplus of 105,9611. ; but this liable to some diminution, as there are upwards of 2,000,000/. of bills which have not yet run off. The market for English Stocks is rather heavy to-day, and sales have preponderated. Many of the speculators are deterred from " carrying ovet" by the heavy " contango," viz., per cent., and moreover by the unfavourable influences which from time to time may be caused by the Parlia mentary debates. The discussion last night has been much canvassed in the City, and may in some measure have produced the heavy tone now perceptible. The quotations, however, have under gone little variation, and they are now within a frac tion of what they closel at yesterday. Consols for money had been 91f and 91 to 91i, but the pre sent quotation is 91 to 91}; and for January 8, 911 4. The New Three per Cents, have been 90 to 901 ; and the Reduced, 904 ; Bauk Stock is 216 to 218 ; and India dit o, 218 ; Exchequer Bills are 4s. el's. to par ; and the Bonds, 971 to 981. Thera has been very little animation in the market fi ir Foreign Securities, and prices are flatter. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 914 to 92 ; Ru=sian 45 per Cents., 961; Mexican 3 per Cents., 191 ; Por tuguese 3 per Cents., 434 ; Brazilian 5 per Cent s ., 975 ; Dutch 24 per C en t s ., 62i ; and ditto 4 per Cents., 96. 20 25 25 25 0 I all .8 9 8 ! all )0 100 !O 2s. 2s6d 0 lOs n 1 .74 all, ;t. 100 O 15 O all O all O all It. 100 )0 all 9 all O 4 9i all Di 101 O all O all O all O all n all ;0 all O 10 O I 58. 0 1 all all T 18 5 all 6 I all * 12 O all 0 18 0 all .6 4 :0 all 0 all 5 1 all ?.0 all 13i all 10 all 0 all .6 all .0 all 0 all 10 7i 20 all 5 all 20 all 10 all 20 all 8i all 10 all tO all 1 10 0 all 6 6 all ' 6 all !CI all 41 - 5 8 -8, 62 - 63 .•• -9, 81 - 86 751 - 76. 30 .- 32 7 - 9 . • •• --- •• 3 - 5 • •• •• •• 74 -8, 17 - 18 54 - 55 42 - 44 28 - 30 17 - 18 83 - 90 59 - 60 = 27, 88 - 9 - 93 - 79 -- 120 - 97 - 50i - 58 - 74 - 78 - 7 i - 91 - 91] - .02 - 104 941 - 95, Id it 88 89 ••• .'..'. •I• • ... ... 35. - 36 84i - 85 58 - 60 ••• --- •.. 12 - 13 57 - 59 31 - 34 47 - 48 .. ..... .., - 93 2 - 2 501 - 51) Sl - 82] 90 - 93 8 - 9 4f - 4f ... 8 . - 9 28 30 8 6d [O4 106 211 224 45 46 4 3 32 34 62 631 7 . 8 12 14 8 6d 9 11 36 38 19i -20 i 7 - 9 ?. 4 --- 51 5 4i 84i 761 i 6 59 60 934 79 12144 98 504 49i 50 91 90j f 1 51 103 94t 5 85 41 i 57i 47i i 9 2 i i 51i 1 82j 121 13 79 xd LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Leasing Closing Prices Business Shr. Paid RAILWAYS. Companies. this day this day St. 100 Buckghamsh.' lin.&N.W. 88 92 St. 100 Clydesdale Jc. Caledon... 93 95 25 all Col.Stour Vy E.U.diE.O 12 14 St. •00 E.Lin. g. 6 p.e Gt.Northn 128 132 5 all E. Un. H. Sh. E. Count. 31 4 St. 00 Glas. Barr. dt Caldonian. Neils.Dircct. St. 100 Do. New Do 25 all GlAr.&Dn.Fr. Gt. Westn — 50 all Hull di Selby. Y. & N.M lO4 106 25 all Do. 1 Shares. Do • ••• 121 all Do. 1 Shares. Do • .•• 12i all Lon.diGreenw S.Eastern l2 13 20 all Do. Preference Do 23 —24 St. 100 Lon. Til., do S. Peto &Co B9 91 10 I 9i Do. BArk, Sh. Do 1 j 51 all Manch.Thiton. and Matlock & Midld. 21 21 St. 100 Mdld.Bradfd. Midlald B9 91 61 51 Newmarket BuryE.G.spc. E. Count Bd p 50 I all N.diEst.s p.c. Do 54 56 50 all Do. 6 per ct.. Do 50 all Do.Fixedsp.c Do 25 all Prest. & Wyre 41\ . W — 121 all Do. 1 Shrs. Do • •.• St. 100 Roystn.dtHit. Gt.Northn.l27 130 10 all Shrews.& Her T. Brassey 74 12 all S. Staffordsh.. M. MClean 8j 9 50 all WearVal.g6pc Stk.diDar. 25 all !Do.. Do 3O 32 St. : 100 !Wilts&Sornrst Gt.Westn — I PREFERENCE SHARES. 88 - 9(:) -- ••• ... ••• a - 105 -- 108 - 105 - 102 - 120 - 110 115 108 105 123 ••• "' 65 - 116 - 103 - 101 - 62 - 9. - 5i - 85 - 80 --- 80 - 92 - 15i -- 91 -- 66 -- 17i -- 9# -- 131 -- 1132 - 137 111 - 114 150 - ]55 115 - i - 60 - 118 i P 65 L 29 - 131 94 - 84 - E 6 = 99 = 101 91 - 93 1i- 111 1 - 21A - 109 - 111 99 - 101 i - 05 :: loi 65 - 70 9i - 10 21 - 22 AfINES. 13 -- 14 5 -- 7 100 -- 110 430 -- 450 90 -- 100 13i. -- 11; 4 -- 6 1 - 1 10 11i 123 4A 5 4 8 s 19 5 3 2 335 345 3i - 220 - i - 3 - 41 23t) 1 4 - 22 - 23 100 - 110 160 - 170 280 - 290 - 7 16 --18.1 48 - 50 23 - 25 BRITISH Condurow (Cambrn.; Dem. Gt. Cnsls. (Tay. F.; Ast Basset (II ogan; Great South Tolgus Grt.W.Alfrd.(Philk.; tGrt. W. Vor (Helstn.; Lady Bertha N. Frances (Illogan) N.W.Ba.sset (Illogan) North Wheal Crofty Par. Cons. (St. Blaxy) Yorkellls U. (Wend.) Sort. Cons. Min. Co. S. Caradon (St. Cleer) S. Cam Brea (Illogn.) S.W. Frances (Illogn. ) Cam. S. & L. Min. Co Tin Croft tin. Mines (Gwennap) V. of Towey (Camar.) W. Basset (Illogan) %V. Caradon (Liskrd.) Wh. Basset (Mogan). Wh. Buller (Rdruth). Wh. Edward(Calstek) Wh. Kitty (U. Limit) Wh. Ma. Ann (1f enlit. ) Wh. Trelawney (Lis. ) * 7i 1 10s, 5 27 10 all 0 15 1 6 10 1 all I all 2 al l `LO al l 3 al l 5 1i 1 al l 1 al l 1 al l !O al l 5 1 10 16i 18A all MISC: 000 900 Atlantic Tel. (Lim. ) 25 19 Australian Agricult. 10 all Australn. Royal Mail 10 all Berlin Water Works 10 2 Do. New iss. at 5/. d 50 40 Brit. American Land 00 32. Canada 3t. 100 Do.Go.6pe.JankJuly St. all Copper Min. of Eng. 25 all 1)o. Pref. 71 p. cent 5 all Crystal Palace 5 all Do. Preference 4 all Crystal Pal. of France 20 all Eastern Steam it. 100 ,Electric Telegraph 1 all Electric Tel. of Irel 5 all En.&Aust.Cop.SmCo 1.0 10s.!Eur. & Ind.Jctn. Tel. 9 all 'Ear. & Ain. Stm.(li m.) !O all ,Gen. Ir. Se. , .5 14 Cen. Steam Navigat. 5 . London Discount 4 all Lon& Gen. Oinnibut 30 10 ;Ma g dalena St. Navig, 10 all Mediteran. Elec. Tel. .0 Si 110. Extension Teleg. O all Mexican& S.Aineries: ;5 I 5 Nat. Discount Co. 6 INetherllnds all ,Do. Do, . all IDo.B p e.Pf.iss.at Id. 2 1.)o. Do. ............ 80 !New R. &N. S. Land 100 N.S.W.' Gov.s p.e.D. all N. B. Australasian all Nrth.ofEuropeSteam all 'Oriental Gas 10s. Do New Shares all Peellir. 1,(1. all Peninsulas. dt Oflentall 50 50 50 100 10 I Do. Now_, all IRhymnoy Iron 60 loyal Mail Steam all ;cot. Austral. Invest 100 4. Aus, Gov. 6 ri.e.bds all iouth. Austral. Land all submarine Tel. Scrip all Do. Registered 5 Trus. Ln. Co. Up. Can 281 f Van Diemei!e, Lana 'Alfred Cons. (Philk.) British Iron ... ...... FOREIGN Australian Bon Accord Cop. (ii.) Brazil ian isued at 1:5 pm) Do. Cocaos do Cuiada Do. St. John Del Rey Clarendon Con. Min. Co, of Jamaica...— Cobre Copper Copiapo Dun Mountain Cop, per Mining Co ,Fortuna • General Linares Lusitanian Mariquita New Granada Noveau Hondo Pont.SiL Ldhr, di Smlt Port Philip Santiago de Cuba United Mexican 1071 7 1101 13 3 8 101 0211 2 121 106 I ti , MINES. 4 d pax 13 - 2 ••• ---- ••• 10 - 12 - 33 40 10 l2 I —d 13 15 1:1 - 8 = F Li - 2 3i - 3j BOLTS. 21 - - 5 30 - W 118 - 125 105 - 107 27 - 32 23 - 25 14 - 14 1 3 i - 1 100 - 105 ••• ..... ••• '1 ..... li .. • -- ... 5 - 6 •• 2 • •. 3 1 _. 31 I 2 -- 3 2 3 1d 1G i - 4 4 5 id l 2i4p 14 76 73 61 —71 V 21 23 ... --- ••• 1 - I• i - t - .., - -.• ••• 81- V 4 3 i I 91 i THE GOVERNMENT AND THE BANK Or ENGLAND. The following copies of correspondence between the First Lord of the Treasury and the Chancellor of the Excheqiier and the Bank of England re3peoting the enlargement of their issues beyond the limit fixed by the Bank Act of 1844 were laid upon the table of the Home of Commons last night : " Downing-street, Nov. 12. " Gentlemen,—Her Majesty's Government have ob- served with great concern the serious consequences which have ensued from the recent failure of certain joint-stock banks i❑ England, as well as of certain large mercantile firms, chiefly connected with the American trade. The discredit and distrust which have resulted from these events, and the withdrawal of a large amount of the paper circulation authorised by the existing Bank Acts, appear to her Majesty's Government to render it necessary for them to inform the directors of the Bank of England, that. if they should be unable in the present emergency to meet. the demands for discounts ad advances upon approved se curities without exceeding the limits of their circulation prescribed by the Act of 1814, the Government will be prepared to propose to Parliament upon its meeting a Bill of Indemnity for any excess so issued. "In order to prevent this temporary relaxation of the law being extended b3yon , l the actual necessities of the occasion, her Majesty's Government are of opinion that the Bank terms of discount should not be reduced below their present rate. " Her Majesty's Government reserve for future °onside• ration the appropriation of any profits which may aril. upon issues in excess of the statutory amount. " Her Majesty's Government are fully impressed with the importance of maintaining the letter of the law, even in a time of considerable mercantile difficulty; but they believe that, for the removal of apprehensions which have checked the course of monetary transactions, such a measure as is now contemplated has become necessary, and they rely upon the discretion and prudence of the directors for confining its operation within the strict limits of the ext. gencies of the case.--We have, &c., . - " PALMERSTON. " G. C. LEWIS. "To the Governor and Deputy-Governor of the Bank of England." " Bank of England, Nov. 13. " My Lord and Sir,—Having laid before the Court of Directors the letter received from you yesterday with respect to a further issue, if necessary, exceeding the limits of the circulation prescribed by the Act of 1844,' we have now the honour to inclose a copy of the resolution of the Court thereupon. "We have, &c., , " SHEFFIELD NEAVE. " BONAMY DOBREE. " To the Right Hon. Viscount Palmerstou, and the Right Hon. Sir George Cornewall Lewis, Bart." "At a Court of Directors at the Bank on Friday, the 13th of November, 1857 : " Resolved,—That the Governors be requested to in• form the First Lord of the Treasury and the Chancellor of the Exchequer that the Court is prepared to act in confor mity with the letter addressed to them yesterday. " ' JOHN BENTLEY, Secretary.' " Downing-street, Nov. 27. "Gentlemen,—ln our letter to you of the 2th inst. i'fo informed you that if, in thp state of commercial discredit and distrust which had arisen, the directors of the Bank of England should be unable to meet the demands for dis counts and advances upon approved securities without ex ceeding the limits of their circulation prescribed by the Act of 1814, the Government would be prepared to propose to Parliament, upon its meeting, a Bill of Indemnity for any excess so issued. It appears from the return of the Bank of England for the week ended Wednesday, the 18th of November, that the directors had at that time issued from the issue de• partment to the banking department 2,000,0 A/. of notee on securities in excess of the limit fixed by law. " As, therefore, the contingency contemplated for the proposal of a Bill of Indemnity has occurred, and as the session of Parliament is now at hand, we are desirous of receiving from you such an explanation with respect to the course which the directors have pursued in regulating their issues of notes since the 12th inst. as they may be able to furnish to us for the information of her Majesty's Goveru•. moat. "We have, &c., _ ." PALMERSTON. "G. C. LEWIS. "The Governor and Deputy-Governor of the Bank of England." " " Bank of England, Dec. 2. My Lord and Sir,—We have the honour to acknow ledge the receipt of your letter of the 27th inst., request ing s such an explanation with respect to the course which the directors of the Bank of England have pursued in re galating their issues of notes since the 12th inst. as they may be able to furnish for the inft , rmation of her Majesty's Government' " In complying with this wish it may be well to allude to the position of th e B an k o f England accounts anterior to the receipt of the letter of the 12th. "On the 24th of October the bullion in the issue depart ment was 8,777,000/.; the reserve, 4,079,0001.; the notesin the hands of the public, 19,76.i,000/. ; the discount and ad vances, 10,262,000/. ; and the deposits, 16,126,0001.; the rate of discount at the Bank being' 8 per cent, for bills having not more than 95 days to run. " In the following week a great shock of credit and a con sequent demand on the Bank of England for discounts arose from the failure of the Liverpool Borough Bank, whose re discounted bills were largely held by the bill-brokers and others in London. The effects of this and other failures, however, up to this time, had not occasioned any alarming pressure on the resources of the Bank, or great disquietude in commercial affairs in London. "On the sth of November the reserve was 2,914,0001., the bullion in the issue department 7,919,0001., and the deposits 17,265,0001. The rate of discount was advanced to 9 per cent., and on the 10th of Nov. to 10 per cont. " The continental drain for gold hal eea'ed, the Ameri can demand had become unimportant, and there was at that time little apprehension that the Bank issues would be in adequate to meet the necessities of commerce within the legalised sphere of their circulation, " Upon this state of things, however, supervened the failure of the Western Bank of Scotland and the City of Glasgow Bank, and a re newe d di scre dit i n Ireland, Causing an increased action upon the English circulation by the abstraction in four weeks of upwards of two millions of gold to supply the wants of Scotland and Ireland ; of which amounts more than one million was sent to Scot land and 280,0001. to Ireland between the sth and 12th of November. " This drain was in its nature sudden and irresistible , and acted necessarily in diminution of the reserve, which on the 11th had decreased to 1,462,0001. 1 and the bullion to 6,666,0001. " The public became alarmed, large deposits accumu lated in the Bank :of England, money dealers having vast sums lent to them upon call were themselves obliged to re sort to the Bank of England for increased supplies, and for some days nearly the whole of the requirements of cont• naerce were thrown on the Bank. Thus, on the 12th. i t discounted and adv ance d t o the amount of 2,37 3 , 0 °° 11 which still left a reserve at night of 581,00. 1. " Such was the state of the Bank of England accounts on the 12th, the day of the publication of the letter from the Treasury. The demand for discounts and advances con tinned to increase till the 21st, when they reached their maximum of 21,616,000/. " The publi c h ave a l so requ i re d a muc h l arger quantal of note s th an usua l at t hi s season, the amount in the ir hands havi ng r i sen on th e 21 st to 21,554,0001. " The B a nk h ave since the 12th under the authority of the letter fr om the Treasury iseed 2,000,0001. of not es in excess of the limits of the circulation prescr ib e d by the Act of 1841, , and h ave passe d securities to the issue de partment to that amount. s' That, however, is not the measure of the amount actually parted with by the Bank, which has not exceeded 928,0001., the remainder of the 2,000,000/. having been r e .. tained as a re serve o f no t es in the banking departments which, at the same time, also held 407,0201. in coin. We subjoin a statement of accounts from the 11th Nov. to the 28th inclusive, from which it will be apparent that the Bank continued to meet all the demands for discounts and advances, on approved securities, to remedy the com mercial discredit an d di s t re ss mentioned in your letter of the 12th inst., sas occasioned by the recent failure of r a r; tain joint-stock banks in England and Scotland'asZtl e a l the of certain large mercantile firms chiefly connected Am eaAmerican traolefa'ragne djoaingt!satovcaktedbanbkys.the subsequent em barrassment between and Doe. 1 amou nted th e publicNov.ov. " In discounts and advances , th e sums sup . p n lied to the N aggre gate to 12,645 0001. vernor. BSIIIONEFAIIyELDDONBERAEVE,ED. Gepouvteyrn-Gor. o "To the Right Hon. the First Lord of the • Treasury anti theßight Hon. the Chan cellor of the Exchequer." JAMES WILSON. Treasury Chambers, Dec. 3. INVERNESS AND ABERDEEN JUNCTION RAILWAY. This line from Nairn to Dalvey is expected to be opened on or about the 9th of December. ANTI-SLAVERY MEETING AT NEWCASTLE. —On Thurs day night Mr. W. Craft held a public, meeting in the Lecture-room, Newcastle. The chair was occupiel by the Mayor. After Mr. Craft's lecture, which was lis tened to with much sympathy. Mr. John Mamma moved, and the Rev. Thomas Rowland seconded, the following resolution : —" That Mr. Craft and the Ameri. can Anti-slavery Abolitionists deserve our warmest support and sympathy, and that American slaveholding d,mandd the condemnation of all men, especially of those professing to be Christians and lovers of civil and religious liberty."—Northern Daily Express. RAILWATB. Paid. 45 all 100 'all 100 100 lti 100 all 4 100 , Ambg. Nottng. Bost. I & Eastn. . Belfast k Ballymena Birmng. Wolrerh. Stout. Valley Birkenhd. Lancsb. & Cheshire Junct Blackburn ...... Blyth & Tyne original £25 (iss. at £45)... Bristol & Exeter Chester & Holyhmi Cork and Bandon Cork, Black. & Pass Cornwall D. A Do. B Dublin&BelfastJunc Dun. P. &Aber.Junc. East Anglian 'Eastern Counties Eastern Union,A. stk Do., do. Do. New A ••• ...... 900 !East Kent ............ East Lancashire ..... i East Suffolk ........ Do. !Edinburgh & Glasgow !Edinb. and Peebles Edinb.Prth.&Dunde Forth and Clyde June Furness....... ...... . Glasgow & S. Western Great N. of Scotland (Great Northern 20 I 1 St.' St. Do., A. Stock Do., B. Stock . ,Gt. Sth.&West.(lre). iGreatWestern. Do. Str. V. R. gua. St Irish South-Eastern. Lancaster & Carlisle. Do. Thirds- ...... [Do. New Thirds [Lancash. &Yorkshir. Do., do. F £l6 ... Do., Wet. Riding 13n. Do. Sonthpc.rt. London & B]ackwar Lond.Bright.&S.Cet London & N. Wester; Do. Fifths Do. ,10/.5h.,M&8...0 Do. Eighths London & S. Western Lndndrry.&Coleraine Lndndrry. & Ennisk. 51anch.Shef. &Lincln Metropolitan Do. J. L. Ricardo' arrangement Midland Do. Birming. & Derb: Midland West.(lr. Do. Shares Newcastle & Carlisle Newpt.Aberg.&llrfd Newry & Enniskiller Newry, Warrenpoin & Rostrevor 100 !Norfolk.. 100 100 all all all all St. 100 St. 100 St. 100 25 all 25;161 50 all St 100 St. 100 10 31.1 100 100 'lOO 6 100 1100 Northn. Counties Un North British ....... North Devon, Rail. a Dock Stock .......... Do., A Stock Do. B Stock ..... N. Eastern Berwick Do. do. Extension Do do. G.N.E.Purch. Do. Leeds Do. York North London N. & S. Wstn., Haw stead, and City Jn. iNorth Staffordshire. North Western.. N. (St S. Westrn. June Oxford Worcester & Wolverhampton Portsmouth all all all all all all 'Rhymney Scottish Central Scot. N. E. Abrdn. St Shropshire Uniou Siti ngbourne &Sheer South Devon South Eastern Do. 4i por3 . Shares !SouthWales S. ltorksh. RivwrDun ,Do (IStainos,Wok.,kWok. Stockton & Do. do., 1854 I Do. do. ; 185 Stockton dt Hartlepl Taff Vale Do. Pref., No. 1 Thames Hay. D. &R. Vale of Neath . Waterfd. & Kilkenny Waterford&Limeriek West Coi nwa11........ West End of London and Crystal Palace Do. A Do. B NVost London Do. First Class Do. Second Class... Wmbledon&Croydoni Atian. and St. Law. Bombay, Baroda, and ' Cen.lnd,guar. sp. c. Do. FOR Antwrp &Rotterdam Ardennes Belgian East. Junct Beziers to Graissessac Carmeaux& Toulouse Coal Mines and Ry Dutch Rhenish Eastern of Franco Do. New Euphrates Valley GL Central of France Great Luxembourg Italian Junction Lake Const. & Bale Lierre and Turnhout Lombardo-Venetian Lucca ei Pist.sp.c./,. Lyons and Geneva Lyons & Mediterran Maria Anteuia Do. New Namur & Liego Do. do. 6 p. c. Pref. Northern of Francs NorwegianTrak. Prof Paris curl Lyons Paris and Orleans Recife di can Frax., {Perham.) g. 7 p. c. Remo and Fruzati, 1 Royal Danish I - i ••• - ••• i- 1 p 106 - 107 - 1 pi 19 194 38 39 , 72 74 20i 21b' - I P 181 181, 2i 103 - 108 ,103 - 108 1 100 102 ld 20 20 2L 11 —d, d *d pi ii = lip! IGN. Royal Swedish.....,,. Sambre and Mouse... Do. 5i per cent. pref. Southern of France.. West Flanders...... Do. 5i per c. Pref W. et N. W. of France Western of Austria,., West. of Switzerland Wiesbaden .......... Do. S p. cent. prof. Zea1and........... BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Buffalo ea Lake Hur. I 8 7 d Buff. Brnt. & Goich. fi p. Ads., 1 Aug.,'72 f*" • " Do. do., 1 July, '73, ... Do. do., 1 June, '74 Calcutta and S. East. Central Ouda (Linn.) Ceylon A shares Do. B. do. ~.. Demerara . Eastern Bengal East Indian i i i Do. C Shares D 0.44 p.c.Bnds. ' '57 Do. do. do. '59, do. 'Geelong dr do., guar. 5 per cent. 'GIL Trunk. of Canada; Do. 6 p. c. Deben ,rt. In. Pen. g. 5 pore IDo. New. guar. 5 p.c Gt. Wcstn. of Canada , Do. Now !Do., Bds. payable '571 Do. do., "76, p. Do. do., '73, do. Do, do., '73, without option Madras, guar. 44 p.c Do. do., 5 per c. Do. 4i p. c. Exten. Do. 3d Ex., g. sp.c. 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Furness, 5 p. c Glas. & 5.W.G.5 p.c Great 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. Ist Pr( Gt. S & W. (Ireland) Do. 4 pert. Pref. St. Gt. W. ( B. &H. Ex.spc Do. con. red. 4i p.c. Do. con. red. 4 p. c. Do. irred. 4 per tent. Do 5 p. c. red. pref. Do. Birm, Pref. Sh Do.Chestor Bp. c. P.S Do. do. 5 p. c. do Do. Birm, Gua. Stk Do. Chesh, Gua. Sh, Do. do, do. Do. do. an.fi Lan.& York. 6pc. St. Lon. &B. G. 5 pc. No.l Do. , P., 5 p. c. St.No.2 Do. Now Guar. 6p.c. Do. do. 5 p. c., No. 4 Lon. & N.W., Coy. & Nuneaton 5 p. ct_ Lon. & S.W. 7 perct. late 3d Shares ... Loud y. & Color. # Sh. Londy. &Ennis. Sh. N., S. , &L. 6 p. Cent. Do. do. do. £6 Do. do. 3i per cent. Marypt. &Carl. 4 p, c. Do. 44 por cent Do. do. \ Congo]. 6p. c. St. Do.Con.Br.Bir.6 p.c. Do. 4i p. c. Pref. St. Do. L. &H. Pref. St. Now., Aber., &c., pr. sp. c. rod. sp. pm. Do. Porpet. 6 pr. ct. vorfk. D ob. 4 p. c. Sh. Do. 5 p. c. Ext. 1846 Do. 5i p.c. pf , 1847 Do.Wv.V.sp. ..,1847 North British Do. Leeds 6 pc. No. 1 Do. do, Qrs., 1848 Do. York /I. & S. Pur North Staffordshire Ox., Wor. & Wolv. 6 p.c., Ist guar. Do. 6 p. c. 2d guar Do. do. Debentr. St Scot. Ceut.Now Pref Sc.N.E.Aber.g.6p.c Do. do. 7 p.c. pf. St Do. do.3i p.c. pf. St South Devon IDo • fixed 4i pr cent. S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. Do. 4A per cent Do. Fixed 4, 1 , p.c. Sh Do. New 4.e pr. cent S. Wales Gila. 4 p. c. Do. do. 4 p. c S.Yorksh.4 p.c. Guar Stock. &Dar p " c Do do. do. Waterfd& Kilk. 6 pc. BIIITIIS. BARRETT—On the Ist inst., at Court Lodge, Shorn°, Kent, the wife of Tuffeell S. Barrett, Esq., of a son and heir. BERNEY - On the Ist inst., at Croydon, Surrey, the wife of Edward Berney, Esq., of a daughter. DEVONSIIIRE—On the 3d inst., at 12, Albert-road, Regent e• park, Mrs. T. 11. Devonshire, of a sou. llMEiter. MILLER—On the 2d inst at 41 Victoria-street,Wes CM - o f tho wife of John Fisher . Miller, Esq., barrister -atriaw, a (laughter. MARRIAGES. DOWRIOGIN-FRAZER-Ou the 2d inst., St. Jamess, Picrlt] dilly, by the R ev . Spencer R. Drummond, assisted by th • Rev. A. Hi. Frazer, Major M. If. Dowbiggin, to Frances Ann, only daughter of Colonel Frazer. GREENFIELD —NEWMAN—On the 2d inst., at St. John's Church, Redhill, Surrey, by the Rev. H. Gosse, George Greenfield, Esq., Harlow, Essex, to Jenuma, daughter of Mr. Thomas Newman, brewer, of Tunbridge .wells. DEATHS BALLY—On the 2d inst., after a short illness, William Ford Bally, Esq., of 18, Sion-hill, Bath, aged 5 9. FOR3YTII —On the 2d inst., at Liverpool, Thomas Forsyth, Esq,, aged ()S. FORSYTII — On the 2d iust., at 1, Little Newport st r eet, Mr. Forsyth,Wit iaul aged 50. GURNEY—On the 2d inst., at Burlingham, Norfolk, after a ft:l , v hours' illness, Mary, relict of the late R. H. Gurney§ Esq., aged 64. JOHNS x —On the 26th Nov., at Camden-town, John Johnson, Esq., of the Tithe-office, London, aged 54. LAWS-011 the 3d inst., after a short illness, at Watford, Herts, John Laws, seu., for many years of the Clarenclat Hotel, age I 63. WILSON —On the 3d inst., Mrs. Wilson, relict of Mr. Jcsel h Wilson, of Foster-lane, Cheapside, aged 64. LONDON : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG; of No, 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun °Mee, No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the county of Middlesex, Friday, December 4, 057. st. st. St. 100 2611 14 20 . St. 100' 100 100 100 all