The Sun. — London, England, 1857-12-18 00:00:00

TII E SUN, LCf N Dv() N i t F Id 0N E Y MARKETc iIIA RE MARKETS---(This Day.) LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTAL S . RAILWAYS. 1 L eas i ng Closing Prices Business Shr. Paid RAILWAYS. Companies. this day this day 0 ODIDIERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. . . , losin g tries. Business done - Shr. Paid Rau,waxe. this day. this day. St. 100 Buckghamsh. Ln.&N.W. 90 -9 2 • St. 100 Clydesdale Jo. Caledon ... 92 - 94 94 -- 25 all Col.Stour Vy, E.U.&E.O 1 2 - 14 CITY, Two O'CLOCK. 12 : 6 10 A.mbg. Nottng. Bost. St. 100 E.Lin. g. 6 p.e Gt.Northn 128 - 132 & Eastn. Juno.- .. 4 / - 51 5 5 all E. Un, lI.Sh, E. Count. 3 1 - 4 Accounts from Liverpool state that the Cotto n 50 all Belfast & Ballymena 8 - 81 Market yesterday closed heavily, and quotations In .11 - W I h d inang. o ver . St. 100 Glas. Barr. & Caldonian. Glstr.&Th were unaltered. The sales were estimated at Stour Valley 67 -68 Neils. Direct. St. 100 : irkenhd. Lancsh. a St. 100 Do. New ,II o •-' .. 5,000 bales. The Railway S hare Market closed 25 all ar. Gt.Westn - 25 ... ... 1 1 Cheshire Jim& - ... 50 all Hull & Selby. Y. & N.M. 114 - 106 105 steadily, and prices of all the leading stocks have 25 all Blackburn - 91 slightly advanced. 25 1 all Blyth & Tyneoriginal 25 'all Do. i Shares. Do - .. 12i all Do. 1 Shares. Do - £25 (iss. at £45).... ••• - ... 251 The Foreign and Col onial Produce Markets st. 100 Bristol & Exeter.-- g 5 - 87 121 all Lon.&Greenw S.Ea.stern. 12 - 13 20 all Do. Preference Do 23 -24 during the week have not been active, and in most St. 100 a1ed0nian............. 80 - 80?,, voi iBO 1 st. 100 Lon. Tn., &S. Peto &Co 9O -92 of the principal staples only a limited amount of st. 100 Chester Li Holyhead 31 .-- 33 50 all Cork and Bandon.... 7- 9 10 01 Do. Bark. Sh. Do 1- §d business has been repo rted, and chiefl y confined to 20 all Cork, Black. & Pass. ••• - ••• . 51 all Manch.Bxton. Lia.d aT.W and Matlock & Mid 2l - 21 the immediate requirements of the trade. Sugar 20 all Cornwall 3 - 5 St. 100 Mdld.Bradfd, Midland... 89 - 91 891 10 all De A. has declined about Is. to 2s. per cwt., but tea has 61 5/ Newmarket • 10 8 Do: B -- -. BuryE.G.spc. E. Count.. 3d - b been firm. Cocoa has been depressed, as also rice 50 45 Dublin&BelfastJunc ••• - ... 50 all N.&Est.s p.c. Do 54 -56 25 all Dun P. &Aber June. 7i - 84 50 all Do. 6 per 'et.. Do ... - a • and spices. In fruit a fair amount of transactions St. 100 East Anglian . - • ... has been reported, and at public sale rather lower 20 all Eastern Counties...,. 581 - 59 3 / 4 581 18 9 25 all Prest. &Wyre L. &N. W. ... - - . St. 100 ,„o , Eastern Union A•stk 40 -44 121 all Do. 1 Shrs. ADo rates were current for the lower qualities. Fine• - -. St. lo Do. do. B. ' " 2B -30 St. 100 Roystn.&Hit. Gt•Nort • • 128 - 131 new currants, and Valentia raisins, however , fu ll y 25 8 1 Do. 'New A ••• - _ 10 all Shrews.& Her T. Brassey 7 - 8 maintain their value. Coffee, owing to the scarcity 25 171 East Kent .... ..... .., 89 17 - 18 1 12 all S. Sta.flordsh.. M.MCloan 81 - - 91 steady I St. 100 East Lancashire - 9 9CI 50 all WearVal.g 6 pc Stk.&Dar. ... •.. of plantation, Ceylon on offer has been 20 all East Suffolk - ••• 25 all Do Do 3O -21 301 and commanded full value. Saltpetre, indigo, 10 4 Do. - -• St. 100 Wilte&Sonarst Gt.Westn. ... - ... St. 100 Edinburgh & Glasgow 582 - 591 and oils have been dull, but tallow has slightly im i 0 all Edinb. and Peebles.,, -.- •.. PREFERENCE SHARES. proved, P.Y.C. on the spot is now quoted 525.-all st. 1.00 Edinb.Prth.&Dundee 271 - 271 273 / 3 25 all Blyth and Tyne 10 P. the year 51s. 9d.., and January to March delivery 10 all IForthand ClydeJunc. ••• - ... c.pref.(issd.at 501.) ... - ... St. 100 Furness - -. St. 100 Bris.asEx.4 p.c. St. 90 - 92 525. 6d. per cwt. St. 100 Glasgow & S.Western 88 - 90 20 5 Do. 4 per c. Shares.. ... - ... Three meetings of the creditors of failed firms 10 all Great N. of Scotland 9 - 10 St. 100 Caledn. £lO 41 p. c. 92 - 95 have been held to-day. St. 100 'Great Northern 951 --961 963 St . 100 Ches. & Ho. 51 p.c. ... - ... St. 100 'Do., A. Stock - 81 80 1 St. 100 Do. do. 5 per cent... ... --••• The most satisfactory was th at of Messrs. Allen, St. 100 D B Stock 12 2 - 124 123 61 all Cork&Bandonslp.c. ... - •.. Smith, and Co., it having been shown that the St. 100 Gt. Sth.&West(lre) 97 - 9 9 6 all Dun.PerLh.&Aber.J. 51 - 61 St. 100 Great Western. estate will yield 2 0 s. in the p ound and leave a ... - - St. 100 ;Do. Str.V.R. glia - it 58 - 62 St. 100 Do. do. Cls. B6p. c. 105 -- 110 considerable surplus. 12 all 'lrish South-Eastern. ••• - ••• St. 100 Do. do. Cls. C7p. c. 106 - 112 The creditors of Messrs. Alexander Hintz and 5C all 'Lancaster &Carlisle. 74 - 78 St 1100 Eas.Co.Ex,sp.cNo.l4 os - 108 1061 7} 61 Co., of Mincing-lane, have determined to wind up 163, 10 Do , Thirds 7l - 8 p St. 100 Do. No. 2 lO3 - 106 103 161 12 Do.. New Thirds 7 - 811 , •• • St. 100 Do. New 6 pr. c. St. 120 - 123 the affairs of the firm, under inspection, for which St. 100 Lancaeh. &Yorkshire 921 - 034 92/ 21 3 20 all East Un, G. 6p. o. ... - ... 16 ' 6 Do., do. F £l6 ... i - i 5i purpose a committee of three was appointed. The 5 all Do. 51., l ' O per cent. ... - ..• 3 1 Do., Wst. Riding Un. - • - •.. balance-sheet is as follows :-10 all Do. 101. Debentr.Sh. ... - ••• 20 all Do, Southport....... ••• - ••• St. all Do. do. 4 per cent ... - ... Da. Ili all London & Blackwall ssl - 6 51 St, 100 East Lancash.6 p.cts. ..... - ... To sundry creditors unsecured, as per state - St. 100 Lond.Bright.&S.Cst. 102 - 104 103 / 5 all EAW. York. J. sths -.. • ment £31,899 10 7 St. 100 London &N. Western 96 - 961 95 11 61 10 9 Edin. & Gl. s p. c. Sh. ... - ... To creditors partially secured- 20 all Do. Fifths -- .- St. 100 Ecl.Prth.&Dun.4p.e. 65 - 67 66 51 Amount of claims £37,550 410 10 ' all D0.,16/.5haM&8...0 ••• - ••• St. 100 Furness, sp. a -.--. Less estimated value of I_2l 5 Do. Eighths ld - i a 4 St. 100 Glas. & 5.W.G,5 p.c. ... - ... 90 1 securities 26 225 311 St. 100 London & S.Weatern 91 - 92 St. 100 Great Northn. 5 p.c. 114 - 116 11,325 011 z 5 all laadndrryatColoraine ••• - ••• St. 1.00 Do. sp. c. Redeem. To creditors fully secured- 25 ' all Lndndrry. & Ennisk• • - ••• a 8 8 at 10 p. c. prem._ 105 - 106 Estimated value of securi• St. 100 Manch.Shef. &Lincln. 39 -40 v /40 39 St. 100 Do. 4 3 / 4 per cent 9B - 110 98 9 ties £17,703 10 3 10 1 Metropolitan . ..... ... ••• - "• 100 60 Do. 5 p.c., Red. at 5 Amount of claims 15,078 3 7 10 ' 1 Do. J. L. Ricardo's p. c. prem.6o - t 2 62 a•• '.... ••• 10 all Gt.N.ofScot.lstPly. 91 - 101 - St. 1100 'Midlandarrangement ...... 88i ..... 89 88 i 7,1 81 i 1 Surplus... £2,625 6 8 2 20 18 Gt. S &W. (Ireland) ... - ... St. 100 Do. Birming.&Derby 62 To liabilities on acceptances-- 64 63 20 18 Do. 4 per c. Prof. St. ... - •• • 50 ' all Midland G.West.(lr.) ••• - ••• For account of 9 , 118 6 Gt.W.(B.&H.Ex.spc 51 - 6 parties -.2169,118 7 8 1 25 all Do. 1 5hare5......... ••• - ••• St. 100 Do. con. red. 41 p.c. 85 - 87 87 Assumed claims on the estate 28,192 5 9 100 all Newcastle &Carlisle.. •••• - ••• St. 100 Do. con, red. 4 - p. c. 80 - 82 25 ,' all NewptAberg.&Hrfd. 12 - 13 To liabilities on bills receivable, as per St. 100 Do. irred. 4 per sent. 80 - 82 80 statement...El7l,o39 6 4 50 ' 9 Newry & Enniskillen ... - ..• St. 100 Do sp. c, red. pref. 92 - 94 94 Of which it is estimated the claims on the 20 all Newry, Warrenpoint 8 all Do. Birm. Prof. Sh.. 9 - 03 estate will amount to - ... 10 all Do.ChesterBp.c.P.S. 151 - 166 To liabilities, for goods purchased princi- St. 100 Norfolk_ - 60 10 all Do. do. sp. c. d 0.... 9 - 91 pally, on account of continental houses, 50 31 Northu.Counties Un 31 - 31 St. 100 Do. Birm. Gua. Stk. 68 - 70 and which should be paid for by them- St. 100 North British ......... 49 - 50 4 91 i 263 all Do. Chesil. Gua. Sh. 17 - 18 3,500 0 0 St. 100 North Devon, Rail. di assumed claim on the estatel3A all Do, do. do B6 - 9 Dock 5t0ck.........,,, ... -- ••• 20' al Do. do, do l3 - 131 £101,439 11 2 St. 100 Do., A Stock ......... ••• -__ ••0 St. 100 Lats& York. 6 pc.St - - ... CR. at. 100 Do., B Stock St. 100 N.Eastern - Berwick e 5 - 06 . 95 4 565 i 1 i St. 100 Lon.&B.G. 5 pc.No.l ... - ... By cash at bankers-subject to bills current, St. 100 Do P5St N 2 but considered good £5,620 11 0 25 all Do. do. Extension ... ••• - ••• St. 100 Do, New Guar, 6p.c. 132 - 137 135 25 161 Do do. G.N.E.Purch. 21 - 1 / ' '‘ St. 100 Do. do. sp. c , , N 0 .4 111 - 114 By bills receivable on hand - 50 all Do. Leeds - 53 514 21 2 St. 100 Lou. & N.W., Cov. & Considered good - 84 821 34 3 i Nuneaton s r . et... ... --... Doubtful Estimated to realise - 93 St. ,100 Lon. & S.W. 7 p erct . By sundry Debtors-considered good 131 / 14 late 3d Shares ... 150 - 155 Doubtful - 20 171 North Staffordshire.. 3 4 - 3 4 121 1 all La ate Color, 1 Sh. ... - ... Estimated to produce - ••• Bad 2,085 1 8 20 ' all North Western.. -.-- St. 100 M., S.,&L. 6p. Cent. 114 - 117 10 ! all N. & S.Westrn. June, 10 •- 8 By sundry merchandize on hand-as per 6 41 Do, do. do. £6 ... .. / - ip 5 statement, estimated at 6,187 16 2 5t.1 , 100 Oxford Worcester & St. 100 Do. do. 31 per cont. 62 - 65 By surplus securities-in hands of creditors 2,625 6 8 Wolverhampton.. .29- 30 29 301 By office furniture - 8 d 12i all Mary-pt. & Carl. 4 p.c. ... - ... 12i all Do. 44 per cent ------ 10 10 Rhymney St. 100 Scottish Central lO4 - 106 12 104 Do. do. St. 100 Scot. N.E.Abrdn. St 22 - 23 23 .. - ... £41,546 5 4 St. 100 Alid.Consol.6 p.c. St. ... - ... At the meeting of the creditors of Messrs. st. 100 Shropshire Union,,,. 454 - 461 St. 100 Do.Con.Br.Bir.6 p.c. 129 - 131 130 I 6 Sitingbourne &Sheer 4 - 3 a St. 100 Do. 41 p. c, Pref. St. 94 - 96 96 5 4 Barber, Rosenauer, and Co., a good deal of indig- 10_ 50 100 South Devon. ...... ..: 32 - 34 St. 100 Do. L. &H. Pref. St. 84 - 26 nation was expressed at the transactions of the St. 100 South Eastern .. -.. ... 671 -ai 671 184 10 all New., Aber., &c., pr. 5 p.c.red. 5 p.c.pm. ... - ... firm, and their affairs will be investigated at the 10 all , D , 0. 41 per: . Shares 7 .. 8 . -- i, . ,5 St. 100 (South Walesx d 10 all Do. Perpot. 6 pr. et. 10 - 11 103 4 • Court of Bankruptcy. The deficiency is 28,738/. 20 all 5,1 Yorksh. River Dun 12 - 1.4 d 10 all Norfk.Deb.4 p. c. Sh. ... - ... St. 100 Do. sp. c. Ext. 1846 ... - ~. Messrs. W. Powell and Co., in the Manchester 20 10 IDo. - 6 d 20 all IStaines,Woks&Wok 9 - 11 St. 100 Do, 51 p.c. pf , 1847 ... - ... _ trade, have suspended payment. 25 all 'Stockton & Darlings 35 - 37 st. 100 Do.Wv.V.sp. k.,1847 ... - ... The market for English Securities opened buoy- 25 15 Do. do., 1854 - ..a St. 100 North British . ...... .. 191 - 103 7 31 Do. 71. Preference,,,l ... - . - ..• antly, and the quotations have since been well 25 5 , Do. do., 1855 - 95 931 3 maintained, notwithstanding a few sales, which ... 163 1 Stockton & Hartleph ... - ... St. 100 Taff Vale ... - -. 17 84 Do. do. do ll - 1 d 20 13 !Do. Leeds 6 pc. No.l ... - .., took place when Consols reached 92. A little flat- St. 100 Do. Pref., No. 1 ..... . ... - ~. 121 9 Do. do. Qrs., 1848_ ... ,--•• .. 25 22 Thames Hay. D. &11. ... - ... 25 10 Do.YorkH.&S. Pur. 11 - /1 ness was of course produced by the operations, but 20191 - 204 20 all North Staffordshire 2ll - s2a the character of the market is good, and all Vale l of Neath. 20 all 'Waterfd. & Kilkenny ... - ... St. 100 Ox., Wor. & Wolv. 6 thep.c., Ist guar. ..... . 110 - 111 improving prospects of monetary affairs 50 all IWaterford&Limeriek ... - 20 all ' West Coinwall.. . - ... St. 100 Do. 6p.c. 2d guar... 100 - 102 discourage any speculation for a decline. 10 all 'West End of London St. 100 Do. do. Debentr. St. ... - ... 88 9 The measures adopted by the Bank of France and Crystal Palace 7 - 9 81 all Scot. Cent. New Pref. .. - ... will soon be followed by a similar movement here. 5 all i Do. A - 31 St. 100 Sc,,N,E.Aber.g.6p.c. 107 - 109 .Akt the present moment the Funds are much firmer, 2g a al i l l 'West London 5l - 51 54 St. 100 Do. do. 7 p.c. pf. St. 191 - 103 buyers having appeared. Consols have been 911 c 10 all Do. First Class - .., St. 100 Do. d0.3 3 / 4 p.c. pf. St. 68 -72 .•• -• ••• 20 all Do. Second Class ... - ... 25 all South Devon Ph - lOh • 92, and they are now 92 4 i•' The New Threes are 10 all ,Wmbledon &Croydon ... - ... 10 all Do. fixed 44 pr cent. ... - ... 911 i, and the Reduced 914'. Exchequer Bills, 10.6 all S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of 21 Os. 6d. 21 - 22 22 BRITISH POSSESSIONS. are ss, to ls, dis., and the Bonds, 99. Bank st. 100 Do. 4 3 / 4 per cent 94 -96 100 all :Atian. and St. Law. 1 ... - ... St. 100 Do. Fixed.4 3 / 4 p.e. Sh 93 Stock is 217. 18 9 Bombay, Baroda, and' St. 100 Do. New 41 pr. cent 92 - 95 Foreign Stocks are quiet, and prices remain with- , Cen.lnd,guar. 5 p.c. 3-t 9/ St. 100 S. Wales Gua. 4p. c. ... - ... ' ... --. St. 100 Do. do. 4 3 / 4 p. c ... - ... •ut alteration, except for Buenos Ayres and Vene- 18 all !Do. - ... auela, which have considerably advanced, the 201 18 Buffalo at Lak Hur 8 - 7d 13 100 100 Butt , Brat. & Gokich , I ...... • 25 all Stock. &Dar., sp. c. ... - .. 25 19 Do, do. do. - . former being 04 96, and the latter 29 31, Turkish 100 100 6p. c.bds., 1 Aug. ,:72 1 J"' - St. 108 I Waterfd& Kilk. 6 pc. ... _- ..„ Do. do., 1 July, 73 - - s . 6 per Cents. are 945 95 ; ditto 4 per Cents., nomi- 100 100 Do. do 1 June, '74 1 ~, - s . ~. BRITISH MINES. nal ; Portuguese 3 per Cents., 44 ;Mexican 3 per 20 2s. Calcutta and S. East. ... - ... Cants., 191 ; and Spanish New Deferred, 255 i. 20 2s6d Central Oude (Lim.) ... -•• • ... 211.2 Alfred Cons. (Philk.) 12 -13 20 lOs Ceylon A shares 1 i - lin li 2 20 14 British Iron - 7 The following are the nominal prices of Foreign 20 1 Do. B. do. „ ......... a. - ••• -. 20 Condurow (Cambrn.) 100 - 110 Stocks :-Grenada Deferred Bonds, 56 ; Mexi- 174 all Demerara. ............ I ... - • ••• 10 1 Dev. Gt. Cnsls. (Tan.) 120 - 440 san, 19 194 ; Peruvian 44 per Cents., 74 20 ' 2s. Eastern Bengal • i - 4 i a ... 27 East Basset (Illogan) 90 - 100 St, 100 East Indian .1071 - 1081 1071 8 ... 1466 Great South Tolgus.. 131 - 141 76 ; ditto 3 per Cents., 50 52 ; Portuguese 3 per 120 15 Do, C Shares l4 -- 1 41 , 16 t ... 1113 Grt.W.Alfrd.(Phills..) 4- 5 Cents 435 444 ; Russian 5 per Cents, 104 106 • .) 00 all D 0.41 p.c.Buds.,'s7 ... - ... ' 100 all Do. do. do., '59, do. ... - ... 6 1 ••• 74 Grt.W. Vor (Heist's) / .- 1 13s Lady Bertha - I do. 45 per Cents., 95 97 ; Spanish 3 per Cents., 20 all Geelong dt Melbournei ••• „. 71 N. Frances (Mogan) 8 - 9 41411 i ; ditto New Deferred, 251 I. guar. 5 per cent. .. 18 - 19 181 N W Basset (Mogan) 111 - 121 St. 100 Gd. Trunk. of Canaaa t 40 - 42 40 391 41 ~. 6115 North Wheal Crofty 4 - 5 Messrs. D. Bell, Son and Co., give the following 100 all Do. 6p. c. Deben...l 76 - 78 771 6111 Par. Cons. (St.Blaxy) 17 -• 19 ~, as the prices of American securities :- 20 all Gt. In, Pen. g. 5 pore. 21/ - 211 21 9 Porkellis U. (Wend,) 4 - 5 -. ' GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. 20 4 Do. New. guar. 5 p.c. 1 - 4 p , 44 4 .. Os. Sort. Cons. Min. Co. 14 - 11 201 all Gt. Westn. of Canada' 181 - 19 , 18 4 i • 21 S. Caradon (St. Cleer 340 - 350 245 Redeemable. Per Cent. ... United States 6 per Cents. ' 1867-1868... - 105 201 101 Do. New 1 2- 2 d 101 1 ~, 2S. earn Brea (Illogn, 31 -41 United States 6 per Cent. Bonds 1868...103 105 100 al l IDo. Bds., payable '57 ... -_. -. 19 S.W. Frances(lllogn. 220 - 230 100 al IDo. do., '76, p. '60.. 103 - 108 5 41 Sam. S. &L. Min. Co. 4 - 1 STATE SECURITIES. 100 all 'Do. do., '73, do. ....1103 - 108 10 9 Tin Croft 3 - 4 Alabama 5 per Cent •• • 78 - 100 all Do. do., '73, without' 40 Un.Minee (Gwenna.p) . . - ... Maryland 5 per Cent. (Sterling Bonds) ... 88 90 ... Massachusetts 5 per Cent. (Sterl. Bonds) ... 96 91 option 20 all Madras, guar. 41 p.c ; 181 - 191 100 - 102 .. 12s ;V. of Towoy (Camay, 1 - 1 Mississippi 6 per Cent. Pl. Bk. • 11 W. Basset (Illogan).. 21 - 22 Bonds - 211 ... . 20 W. Caradon (Liskrd.) 100 - 1101 Mississippi 5 per Cent. Union Bk. Bonds ... 20 21 20 10 Do. 41 pc. Exton ' 1 -1 d 20 5 Do. 3d • g. 5p.c . . I 4 - Iplsl 4 •. 51 Wh. Basset (Mogan). 145 - 155 ••• ' 8 Pennsylvania 5 per Cent. Stock do, ~,i a -. Pennsylvania 5 per Cent. Bonds 1877 76 78 20 ss. 'Gue (Limited) - fi -P1 54 4 5 5 , \ \Ar y l. E dw Buller ar d ( R ( c d a r i u s t t c h k ) .) 2 6 80 4 -. .. _ 2 7 90 4 Tennessee 6 per Cent. Bonds - 17 Virginia 6 per Cent. Bonds ••• - - 20 5 Scinde guar 5 per c. 14 -2 p ) 1886 80 -... Virginia 5 per Cent. (Sterling Bonds) 1888... 80 81 20 all Do ' ' . I LOANS OF CITIES. 0 wh. Ti.eiaNs.., 8 Vh.Ma.Ann (Men L h i t s . ) 2 45 3 - - 4 2 8 5 FOREIGN. FOREIG N MINES. Boston 41 per Cent. Bo nds 1883... 88 90 Montreal 6 per Cent. Bonds 1856-1865... - 10 all Antwrp & Rotterdam' 61 -6164 i New Orleans 6 per Cent. Stock 1883... - - 20 18 Ardennes 2O 7 3 / 4 Australian ............ 1- 4 .14 1 10S, Bon Accord Cop. OS) i d - par RAILROAD BONDS. 5 all Belgian East. Junct. 1. - 11 20 16 Beziers to Graissessae ... - s . ' 35 27 Brazilianlmp.(issued Illinois Central 7 per Cent. Ist Mortgage, 14 - 21 not Convertible 1875... 74 76 6 all Carmeaux&Toulouse at £5 pm) 30 all Do. Cocaes & Cuiada ... - ... Illinois Central 6 per Cent 1875... 74 76 Coal Mines and Ry. 31 - 31 31 20 12 Dutch Rhenish - 41 t 81 8 1 Illinois Central 7 per Cent. Freeland Bonds 1860... 75 77 20 all Eastern of France ... 26 - 281 211 20 1 15 i CDlito.reSnt4JonohcnoDn.elisißeiny. 10 - 11 Illinois Central (Shares), $3O paid ... 13d 12 d2O all Do. New • Co. of Jamaica • 20 2s. Euphrates Valley ... _- m 40 all Cobre Copper 37 -3939 81 Considerable activity has prevailed in the Rail- 20 18 Gt. Central of France ... - m ... 16 Copiapo - 12 11 way Share Market this morning, and a large busi - 20 all Great Luxembourg... 61 - 7 3 / 4 761 7 1 1 all Dun Mountain Cop - ness has been transact ed . Prices in mos t instances 10 4 Italian Junction . ... 2 all Po p rt e un r M a inhig Co. - 4 : -- (d 20 all Lake Collat. & Bale ..• - ... 20 all General - 14 were extremely buoyant. E a stern Counties and 20 all Lierre and Turnhout ... - ...d 3 all Linares - 8 1 Midland advanced 10s . ; Caledonian, Great Wes -20 6 Lombardo-Venetian 3/ - 4 1 p 91 10 tern, North Western, South Western, Manchester, 5 all Lucca & Pist.sp.c.p. .. - . 51/ Lusitanian - 3 / 4 d Sheffield, and London, Oxford, Worcester, and 20 all Lyons and Geneva... 25 • - 26 • 251 1 all Mariquita, --- 1 Wolverhampton, and South Eastern, 1/. ; North 20 all Lyons & Mediterran. ... - ... 1 all New Granada 33 3 / 4 all Maria Antes:la - _. 1 all Novean Monde - . Eastern, Berwick, 14 10s. ;and Great Northern, 2/. 20 all Pout. Sil.LclM. & Smlt 5 - 6 10 all Do. New - ... The Foreign and Colonial lines have also been 20 all Namur & Liege actively dealt in, and prices have also advanced. 20 all Do. do. 6p. c. Pref. 19 -20 191 30 16/ Santiago de Cuba Paris and Lyons improved 15s. ; Northern of 16 all Northern of France.. 37 - 371 371 7 28i all United Mexican 3/ -41 France, 10s. ; Lombardo-Venetian, 10s. ; Dutch 10 all NorwegianTrnk.Pref _8 - 3 9 3. MISCELLANEOUS. Rhenish, 15s. ; and Sambre and Meuse, 10s. The 20 all Paris and Lyons ...... 331 - / 33 1 4 lu 5 900 Atlantic Tel. (Lim.) ... - ... Colonial lines are buoyant ; Grand Tru nk of 20 all Paris Colonial and Orleans.... 50 - 52 31 20 7 Recife & San Fran., 25 19 !Australian Agricult. 224 - 234 23 1 Canada have risen 21 . to 21 . 10 s. ; Great Wes t ern (Pemam.) g. 7p. C. 4 - i d 8 i 10 all lAustraln. Royal Mail ... - ... of Canada, 155. ; and East Indian, about 1/. 10 71 Rome and Frascati.. ... - ..• 10 all Berlin Water Works.. 4 - 5 Mining Shares are quiet. Cobra Copper are 384, 20 all Royal Danish ......... 131 - 15. 10 2 Do. New las. at 51. d ... - ... 39, and Copiapo, 11. 5 all Royal Swedish i- i , 50 40 Brit. American Land 30 -35 Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are 20 all Sanibre and Meuse 7 -7 8 a 12 100 321 Canada ll3 - 118 115 steady. Australian and Agricultural advanced 10 all Do. 51 per cent. pref. 7 - , , St. 100 Do.Go.6pc.Jan&July 1034 - 1091 1094 9 4 about 11. ; and Bank of Australasia, 10s. 20 all Southern of France.. 211 - 2-14 St. all Copper Min, of Eng. 27 - 32 81 all West Flanders 4l - 5 25 all Do. Pref. 7a p. cent. 23 --• 25 10 all Do. 51 per c. Pref Bl - 81 5 all Crystal Palace ll - 11 11 20 all I W.&N.W. of France 25 3 / 4 - 261 BRITISH FUNDS.-CLOSING PRICES-THIS DAY. 20 6 ;Western of Austria - ... 5 all Do. Preference - 4 4 4 all Crystal Pal. of Prance ... - „. (from the Officzal List:) .. r. 4 20 all IWest. of Switzerland • ... - ••• 20 all Eastern Steam ... Business doze. 6 all Wiesbaden - 105 1031 IS , nk Stock - *" 1 all Electric Tel. of Irel. ... - ... 3 per Cem. Keduced Annuities - ... 5 all En.&Aust.Cop.SmCo 11 -J. New 3 per Cent. Annuities 9 li 8 4 i i 24 ....... -- 10 I.os.lEur. & Ind. Jctn. Tel. ~. - m India Bouts, £IOOO ... • . °ousels 1 4 Account - m 92 11 21 11 21 - 40 all (Australasia MBankßr iCisohol.fwßE.l7.A&PmLtenr,icCaon 4O. 5. M &ciao ittor Ellis, 2id79 -80 80 7914 15 1.4 Gen. Steam Navigat. .. - . 4 d par 51 d 124505 0__ -___ ~4 . 5 d 20 5 London Discount ... * if lid 31 1 i £lO3O ......•••••'•"' 5 d 100 50 Bank of London £50.1 ..........................................4 all Lond. Gen. Omnibus 31 - 31 8 a •ll l a al Bl lll 20 10 Magdalena St. Navig. ... - „„. . ...................... 2 d Exchequer Bonds, 1858, 31 per Cont.... 99 1 81 lO all Mediteran. Elec. Tel. ... - ... 20 8 ,C.Bk.of Ind.Au.&Ch ::: -' d PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS -THIS DAY. 00 50 Cityl - ••• - 10 81 Do. Extension Tele& ... - ... 55 - 60 100 25 Colonial , 10 all Mexican &S. Americn ... - _ Brannan 5 per Cent. ........................... 97 100 20 Commercial of Loud. •*. - - 25 5 Nat. Discount C 0.... 2 1 - 2 J24 i mienos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent. .••••••••••• 91 6 31 2 3 ... -- .. 20 all Eng•Scot&Aus.Cot. 171 - is 10 6 Netherlands Land. ,,, 1 - 1 1 Grenada New Active, 21 per Cent. - 20 all Lon. Ch. Bk.of A -a-t. 17 - 18 10 all Do. Do. 21 - 3 Ditto Deferred ...... 51 20 all Ditto New .. 5 all Do. 8 p.c.Pf. iss. at 1d„ 2i - 3 21 Mexican 3 per Cent l9 _ 5 2 10. Do. - 1 d Ditto Account l9l 4 50 20 London and County ~. -•.- 50 Lnd.&E.Thalang.Corp ... - .” 100 80 New B. &N. S. Land 16 - 18 Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent., Con. 1841 --St. 100 .S.W. Gov.s p.c.D. . . _ m Ditto 1853, 3 per Cent 5O 10 London Joint Stock. ~, - .:: 2n 8 - 100 20 Lond.andWestminst. ... - .. 451 1 1 all N. B. Australasian... I - i Ditto Account - ... 20 all Nrth.ofEuropeSteasni 4 - 5 ihrinleh Bonds, 3 per Om+. Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent. - 1 all Oriental Gas Ditto Account 50 221 National Bank .__ m _ ... 1 10e. Do New Shares id - l i p Turkish Bonds, 5 par cent 2sfi 20 all New South Wales .... ... _ ... 5 all Peel Er. Ld. & Minrl. 14 - 2 Ditto Account 2 5 all Oriental Bank Corp. 32 - 34 33 50 all Peninsular & Oriental 72 - 74 50 10 Do. New 5 - 6 p Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent,so all hymne, Iron Ditto Account (Dec. 31) - 56 Venezuela 4l per Cent 4ia i i 10020 20 - .3s O pr t o to v in in an c 29 311 10 all Do. New..'......... ... - •m 1 all ;cot. Austral, 1 - 11 Ditto Bonds, Deferred, 2 per Cent. - „. al B oaftalreial-d. ! I .....- Y. 4 i'7 i 2b all 100 „so.Antabs.AGuevst.r.6pl..eLa.bdnad. 32 .....-- 3 . i Dividends on the above payable in London. 25 all South Australia .....• 33 - 35 1.00 283 1 Dutch Exchange, 2:4. per Ccnl., 12 Guilders - Do. 4 per Ceut. Certificates THREE O'CLOCK. 00 25 all Union() ... 21 Do. New ............. .. ... -- ... f Australia... 60 - 52 50 ... 50 10 'Union of London •...• ... - .... 1 22/ 2 1 50 Unity Mutual ... - 11119. 1 all submarine Tel. Scrip 4- 4 1 all Do. Registered 20 5 True. Ln. Co. Up. Cana .... - ..• Van_Diemen'a Land B4 - 9 3 / 4 . Consols account, Jan. 8., 1,, ~•• 924 1a d 00 , 0 Weetrußk of liond,' m'= ma Consols account, Jan. 8.9....m0 92k i z d TUE SUN, LO' i NDPN, FRIDAY EVENII:NG, DECEMBEIR 18, 1857. adjourned for six months, in consequence of proceedings which bad been pending in Chancery. Mr. Linklater, for the assignees, asked for a further adjournment, as the proceedings had not•been concluded. It was expected that., by an arrangement with the exe cutors of Mr. V7hittingstall, the creditors under this estate, 600 in number, would receive 20a. in the pound ; but there were other persons interested, and the repre sentatives of about 20 parties would have to be consulted. The matter would again come before the Court of Chan cery in January next. The funds in that court would not permit the executors of \Vhittingstall to pay a dividend, and it had been determined not to realise part of it until the spring, as it would be injudicious at the present time to press such an estate into the market. The case was adjourned till the 24th of April next. • RIFE'S INCOME. --IN RE FRAITEI. This bankrupt was described as of Cambridge-road, Mile-end, provision merchant, and to-day came up to pees his last examination, oia accounts prepared by Messrs. Butler and Cannings. It appears that the bank rupt now owes to creditors 6,6501., and to ditto holding mortgages 1,8721., and to creditors holding security 1,1271.; and l►abilities, 3,9951. The trading from Jan. 7, 1856, to July, 1857, amounted to 23,0001., and the losses therein amounted to 1,9551., and he had re ceived 1,0001. as a gift out of his wife's income, as she was a lady of very large property. The assets were— Cash, 1501., doubtful debts, 2961.; property,3s4l.; ditto mortgaged, '2,100/4 other property in the hands of ere ditors, 7791. The bankrupt passed without opposition. THE DISCUSSION ON THE SUNDAY QUESTION. The discussion between the Rev. R. Maguire and Mr. Langley, which was noticed in The Sun of yesterday- was resumed last night at Exeter-hall, under the presidency of Mr. Baxter and Mr. Loa den, the latter gentleman appearing in the place of the Rev. B. Powell, who was prevented from at tending by indisposition. The hall was again crowded to the utmost, and the appetite for Sab batical controversy manifestly whetted rather than appeased by the contest of the previous evening. The proposition to be affirmed on the one side and denied on the other was " That the opening of the public museums, galleries, libraries, and gardens, after divine service on Sunday mornings, would tend to elevate the moral and social condition of the people." In support of it, Mr. Langley referred at some length to the mode of observing the Sabbath in some parts of the Continent, to the opening of the Dublin Zoological Gardens and the gardens at Chatsworth, and to the Sunday band experiment, as proving the beneficial influence thus produced on the moral and social character of the working classes ; and he draw the inference that an exten sion of Sunday recreation in this country would lead to a corresponding extension of benefit. On the other hand, Mr. Maguire maintained that Sunday recreation was not the true cure for moral and social evils, and in his concluding address—for, as on the previous night, both the disputants were heard twice—he warned the working men present that if the ♦iews of the League were carried out, they would ultimately lose Sunday as a day of rest. The meeting seemed to be pretty equally divided between the opposite views of the question, but no resolution was proposed at the close of the discus sion beyond a vote of thanks to the two chairmen. The proceedings last night were very animated, and at times even uproarious. BUENOS AYRKS BONDHOLDERS. A meeting of Buenos Ayres Bondholders was held yesterday afternoon, Mr. David Robertson in the chair, to consider the terms of the new decree for the arrangement of the English debt. The chairman stated that he bad to announce a most satisfactory settlement of their claims. He then recapitulated the various measures that Lad been taken to obtain this adjustment, and observe - 1 that it was creditable to the Government of Buenos Ayres that as their revenue augmented last year, their first thought had been to do justice to the foreign credi tor. The excellence of the climate, he believed, would lead to continued colonisation of the country by Europeans, and the foreign trade would steadily increase. Annexed is a translation of the law passed by the Buenos Ayres Legislature : "Art. 1. The Executive power is authorised to con clude the settlement of the debt of the London loan under the following bases and conditions : "1. To meet the interest and sinking fund on the original debt the Government will pay in 1857, the stet of 36,000/. ; in 1858, 48,0001. ; in 1859, 60,0001. ; and in 1860 and thenceforth, 65,000/: until the complete ex tinction of the capital. "2. For the amount of interest in arrear, and which may be overdue to the end of 1858, the Government will issue new bonds, which will bear the following interest: From 1861 to 1865 inclusively at 1 per cent. peraunum from 1866 to 1870 inclusively at 2 percent. per annum ; and in 1871 and thenceforth, at 3 per cent. per annum, assigning 4 per cent. per annum, or the 200 th part of their total amount for a sinking fund. "3. The Government will reserve the faculty of increasing the sinking fund of these bonds at any time after their issue with the sums which the Legislature may authorize it to employ for this purpose. " Art. 2. The mains necessary to meet the obligations determined by the foregoing articles are specially asstgied upon the proceeds of the rent of the public lands of the State, excepting those belonging to the municipalities ; and in case of any deficiency, it will he made up from the general revenues of the State, or from some special resources which the Legislature may create. "Art. 3. The State of Buenos Ayres reserves the rights which appertain thereto for a period when the Argentine Confederation may unite. represented in a general congress, with respect to this obligations assumed by this law. ' This measure has been passed by large majorities in both Houses, and the bondholders have high legal opinion that from the estates being mortgaged to the English creditors they have the right, if necessary, to call upon the Foreign Secretary to interfere in their favour. After a short conversa tion, the following resolutions were passed unani mously : "1. That this meeting having well considered the terms for the adjustment of the English debtof Buenos Ayres, contained in the Act of its Legislature, dated the 28 b of October, 1857, which has passed both houses by large majorities and become law, and as such has been com municated by the executive Government of Buenos Ayres to Messrs. Baring, Brothers, and Co., and by them to the British public, to the committee, and to the hollers of the Buenos Ayrean bonds, hereby agrees to accept the same in all its integrity. "2. That this meeting desires to express the high sense entertained by the bondholders of the honourable conduct which has characterised the whole of these negotiations and proceedings on the part of the present Government of Buenos Ayres, and in an especial manner of his Excellency Senor Riestra, its Finance Minister, and no less so of the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Buenos Ayres—au act which this meet ing trusts, as it believes, will greatly strengthen the bonds of union and intimacy between the Governments and the people of Buenos Ayres and of England, and largely increase the commercial and friendly intercourse between the two nations for the mutual benefit of both. " 3. That this meeting desires once mere to express its warm and sincere acknowledgments to the Right Hon. the Earl of Clarendon for the able an 1 friendly assistance so freely and so constantly afforded througu out the whole of this negotiation by his Lordship and her Majesty's Government, and to its ri presentatives at Buenos Ayres, his Excellency Mr. Christie and Mr. Parish, towards bringing this long-pending matter to so satisfactory a conclusion. "4. This meeting begs also to express its hearty acknowledgments to the house of Messrs. Baring, liro there and Co, the contractors of the loan, and the agents of the Buenos Ayrean Government in England, foritheir valuable and unwearied exertions for many years past, and their able negotiation of this matter at Buenos Ayres during the present year, through their talented and upright agent, Mr. George White, which has mainly led to the satisfactory result and, adjustment which this meeting has just ratified and confirmed. "5. That the cordial thanks of this meeting begiven to the Spanish American Committee for their exertions in the cause of the bondholders, and also for providing the necessary funds to defray the expenses incurred. " 6. That the amount of Deferred Bonds to be appro priated June, reward n u ts n h6 d e, e to htt odile e df rh y so o yid e teh o res f e t x h c e poe b n in o st d si s h oo s; fo l d ot e he r re s s 7 o o n ma t nm h d e i t t2eoedt to or f officers, and to pay many other charges and incidental expenses,sEpsqmn: Spanish the chairman Americana p i a m a e n d n oDni t h. Committee —namely, e hands totbe:r_t noo Robertson, n: three eEiyE g g,J.membersapannd.dp Joseph James oo o s f ei the Tacker, Esq. ; and three of the bondholders -- namely, C C a h p ael e . l, 3ll E ' s G q a ., r t e o l' b E e j es o e h d n o ll f as they think proper. GALLANT CONDUCT.— Some documents have been sent to us with a view to show the gallant and humane conduct of Capt. Percy, of the British brig Jessie, in rescuing the crew and passengers of the American packet-sbip Northumberland, Captain Spencer. The Northumberland left New York for England on the 15th Nov. with a crew of 28 men and 35 passengers, but met with bad weather on the Ist Dec. A fearful night was passed, and the next morning the vessel was disabled during a hevy gale about 2,000 miles from New York, and became a wreck. All on board would have been lost had it not been for Capt. Percy, of the brig Jessie, bound for St. John's, Newfoundland. Capt. Percy, on observing the condition of the Northumberland, altered the course of the brig, and by his exertions succeeded in saving every person on board, 63 in number. The passengers of the Northumberland all express their gra titude to the captain (Capt. Spencer) for his care, skill, and promptitude in superintending the operation of lowering those on board into the boats. [ADVERTISEMENT.] KIDNEYS, BLADDER, &C. Second Edition, Price 2s.—Practical information on the origin of Diabetes, Albuminuria , or Bright's disease, and certain - other chronic affections uE the Kidneys and Bladder in both sexes their connection with the Stomach and Liver, and only successful mode of cure Squ la arrgea— p ‘ o ‘ By Dr. Denis Cronin, 35 , Bruton -street, Berkeley rtonverof very theable pweopruklautipeoe.7_ndisweaeseeksiyaffeeting a News. Smith and Co., Op lorig-Nre. LAW INT :This Day.) COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. Sittings at Nisi Prins, at Guildhall, before Lord Camp• bell and a Special Jury.) BILLS V. SIIIIPHERD. This was an action to recover 501., for money paid and received, and on an account stated. The jury returned a verdict for plaintiff for 441. 2s. 10s., deducting 51.17 e. 2d., the actual cost in the civil action. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. (Before the Lord Chief Justice and a Special Jury.) COTTRELL V. THE GREAT NORTEERN RAILWAY. This was an action brought by the plaintiff an exten sive dealer in valuable horses, to recover damages in compensation for alleged injury to a valuable roan horse through the negligence of the defendants servants. It appeared from the plaintiff's case that he purchased the horse in question on the 11th of June last, at Spalding, which was taken on the 13th to the railway station, at that place, to be forwarded to London by the Great Northern Railway. The persons in charge of the horse, however, directed the attention of the defendants' porters to the careless manner in which they were putting other horses into the box, as likely to result in injury to the animals. They replied that the plaintiffs' servants need not give them instructions, be cause they had " boxed" more horses than the others had seen. The duty of putting horses into the hOrse boxes at the railway now devolves upon the porters of the company ; and it was alleged that the injury arose from the negligence of the defendants' porters in not tying the horse's head sufficiently ,tight up to the head of the box. The train started, and upon arriving at Peterborough a violent kinking and plunging was heard on the box, and on looking into it the porter at that station found that if the train had proceeded on to London with the horse in the state he was discovered, he would, in all probability, have been killed before arriving at the end of his destination. The porter discovered that from the length of the halter the horse bad been able to back on the starting of the train, which was a usual circumstance, and required that a horse's head should be tied np tight. The horse, from being able to rear and plunge, had got his off fore leg over one of the partitions of the box, and the near fore leg what was termed " over cast," that was over the halter. The horse when taken out was found to be seriously injured ; be was taken to Mr. Peroivali's, at Peterborough, where he remained till the 15th of July. The horse was pur chased at 651, and was worth between 1301. to 1401. ; he was sold to Sir C. Taylor for 1001., and a special war. ranty that the injury in the fore leg, caused by the accident, was not a "speedy out," the most dangerous injury a horse could sustain. The action was to recover 471., the amount actually expended by the plaintiff on the horse, the section of the Railway Traffio Act limit ing the amount of liability of the company under such circumstances to 501. COURT OF EXCHEQUER. (Before the Lord Chief Baron and &Common Jury.) GREGORY V. RIDDLE. This was an action brought by the plaintiff, who is a beer dealer, at Newport, against the defendant, who is a brewer, at Bristol, to recover damages in consequence of unsound beer supplied to the former, the complaint being that it was not according to sample. The beer had been paid for. The question which arose was whether the bulk ought to have corresponded exactly with the sample. Upon this point the Loid Chief Baron laid it down that, in the case of beer, it was not necessary that they should exactly correspond, for while the sample might remain the same, when tightly bottled up, the bulk might from various causes undergo considerable deterioration. There were some minor points of dispute which were of no im- portance. The jury retired and returned with a v•rd:et for the plaintiff, damages 311. 17s. 61, subject to certain full and empty hogsheads being returned. THE LONDON AND EASTERN BANKING 00111PANY V. J. B. STEPHENS. This was an action arising ont of the transactions in reference to the London and Eastern Banking Com- ....._ _ parry, which are now so weli known to the public by the recent examination of Mr. Stephens in the Scotch Bank- ruptcy Court. After the failure of the bank it appeared from the opening statement of the learned counsel for the plaintiff, the Oriental Bank took, under certain condi• tions, the business of the London and Eastern Bank, an arrangement having been come to that the shareholders in the latter should pay up the remainder of the calls due on the shares. Under that agreement the defendant, who was the holder of 172 shares, gave a promissory note for 8,6001. to the Oriental Bank, the amount of the remaining 0/. due on each share. Of the 172 shares, 150 of them belonged to a gentleman named Griffiths, of whom the defendant purchased them for 6,0001.. drawing a cheque on the bank for that amount. The de: fendant pleaded a variety of pleas, and amongst others that the shares were purchased on account of the bank to secure a certain gentleman being on the direction ; and, furthermore, that ho bad given a bond for the amount, which bond was for an illegal purpose. Mr. Bovill, Q.C., Mr. Lush, Q.C., and Mr. Honey- man were counsel for the Mr. M. Smith, (1.0,, and Mr. Maud were counsel fur the defendant. Mr. Bovill called the folio wing witnesses : George Clough said he was a clerk in the London and Exeter Banking Corporation till May, 1857. Mr. Stephens was manager of the bank and a director. He had a drawing account there. Mr. Griffiths had also a drawing ac count. T he b a l a nce on Mr. Stephens'e drawing accou n t was 11/. 6s. 51. The last entry was on the 11th o f A pr i l . The Lord Chi ef B aron —How came Stephens to cease to be mana ger Witness --I don't know. By resignation I suppose. Ex imination coutinued—This cheque (6,0001) was given to hi m to enter in t h e j o urnal to the debit of Mr. Stephens a n d credit of M r . Griffiths. Referring to the deposit ledger h e f o und this entry -1356, Ju l y 22, 120 shares London and Eastern Bank, purchased of Mr. Griffiths, 6,000/. This was carried to Mr. Stephens's floating account first, and then transferred to the six per cent, share account. The signatures to the various receipts to the cheques and dividend warrants were in the handwriting of Mr. Stephens. Cross-examined by Montague Smith — He did not keep the ledger hi mself. Mr. Smith —When that 6,0001. was carried to the credit of Mr. Stephens in the share account, was there a sum of 5 ,0001. to the credit of Mr. Stephens on the current account ? Witness-4 9 7 9 /. 2w. 7d. Mr. Smith —Were there similar accounts kept between other directors ? Witness—l don't know of any other. George Harrison said he was a clerk in the London and Eastern Bank in 1857. He filled up a demand of payment on Mr. Stephens. The notice to produce this document was admitted by the council for the defendant, but it was not forth coming. ,„ 7 . " "'less—The amount claimed in that notice of demand was 6 , 01 1/. 6s. sd . I n March, 1857, St ep h ens bhoeuldehlt72ofsAhiarr. Griffiths. e s i n th e bank, including the 120 ehares The promissory note given to the Oriental Batik for the calla of 50 per cent, on the shares was in M r. Step h ens ' handwriting. H e s i gne d it in witness's presence, The promissory note was for 8,6001. Cross-examined by Mr. Smith—When he filled up the notice he posted it to Mr. Stephens, at Gothic Lodge, Twickenham. Mr. Stephens' bond was given at the time the transfer of shares was made, but it was not executed till September following. It was a cash credit bond. Mr. Smith—Do you k now th a t th e s hares bought of I don't. I k now th e con t rar y. Smith — Was this t rans f er approve d o f by the Stephens were b oug ht f or th e bank I Witness—lt was app roved of after the trans f er was entered. A regulation ap prov i ng o f i t was passe d on G B r o MNi a Vffi r ri d t.thnB of Directors ? the and it wa s s i g ned by Mr. Morris, the elotho chairman.fAg Re-examined g by Mr. Bovill—The bond was signed by Mr. Stephens soon after the British Bank broke, and Stephens directed witness to place it amongst his private securities. The bond was produced, and it was found that there was no stamp or seal to it. Mr. Bovill—As this is not a bond, we will call it the c ash credit paper. The Lord Chief Baron —Yon may call it a bond just as you call a thing a bad shilling. (Laughter.) Mr. Smith contended that the plaintiff could not bond,re although th e d e f en d an t admitted it. the firm in which it was given, was to assure balance on th e account cred i t on w hi c h there w o The learned gentleman read the t er ms of the bond, which e s wa s to cover any account curren t. c T ha r bo no o alu n yd the li onldue The other was a separate account. The Lord Chief Baron said that all accounts were covered. Mr. Bovill said he feared that in his opening speech he bad thrown more discredit on Col. Yates. That was very far from his intention, as Col. Yates was a most honourable man. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiffs, for 6,0111. se. Immediate execution was applied for. The Lord Chief Baron—Certainly. The Clerk—lmmediate, or in four days. The Lord Chief Baron—lmmediate. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Fane.) THE HEMEL HEMPSTEAD BANS.--IN BE SMITH. To-day was appointed by adjournment for considera• tion of the certificate of this bankrupt, who had carried on business in partnership with Edward Fearnley Whit tiogstall, deceased, as bankers at Hemel Hampstead and Watford. Mrs DagleY applied for the certificate which had been rbirb )2bitt63t SUN OFFICE, Six o' Clock. NAVAL APPOINTMENTS.—(This Day. The following appointments were made this afternoon at the Admiralty : Lieutenant—James H. Ringrove to the Vulcan. The undermentioned Paymasters have retired with the rank of Paymasters-in-Chief :—Mr. 'William Soady, Mr. William Bowder, Mr. Thomas W. Parker, Mr. Walter Burke, and Mr. Henry South. LONDON GAZETTE--{This Evening.) NOTE.—For " Harhood," in page 4434, No. 5, of the supplement to the Gazette of the 15th instant, read " Har good " FOREIGN-OFFICE, DEC. 16, 1857. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Don Juan Pico y Villanueva as Consul at Cardiff for her Majesty the Queen of Spain. FOREIGN-OFFICE, DEC. 17. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Alfred Winter Evans as Consul at Port Natal for his Majesty the King of the Netherlauds. The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Mr. Antonio Pisani as Consul at Malta for his Majesty the King of Hanover. The Queen bas also been pleased to approve of Mr. An tonio Pisani as Consul at Malta for the Fro. Hanesatic City of Bremen. CROWN-OFFICE, DEo. 16. MEMBERS RETURNAD TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT PARLIAMENT. Borough of Ashton-under-Lyne— The Right Hon. Thos. Milner Gibson, in the room of Charles Hindley, Esq., deceased. DECEMBER 18. Borough of Whitehaven—George Lyall, of No. 17, Park crescent, in the county of Middlesex, Esq., in the room of Robert Chas. Hildyard, Esq., deceased. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, DEC. 18. The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received, through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a Despatch from her Majesty's Minister at Copenhagen, reporting that the Danish import duties on bran, oatmeal, oilcake, and husks and brand of rice, are provisionally suspended. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, Drco. 18. The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have re ceived, through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a Despatch from her Majesty's Consul at the Cape Verd Islands, reporting that in consequence of the recent inundations, no salt can be shipped from the Island of Sal, until the month of March next. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, DEC. 18. 3d Regiment of Foot—Major-General Sir Henry Have lock, Bart., and K.C.8., to be Colonel, vice Lieutenant- General Nicholas Wodehouse, deceased. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, DEC. 18, Royal B,egiment of Horse Guards—Lieutenant R. M. L. IVilliams-Bulkeley to be Captain, by purchase, vice F. W. Fitzhardinge Berkeley, who retires. Cornet Walter Palk Carew to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Wil liams-Bulkeley. John Albert Craven, Gent, to be Cor net, by purchase, vice Carew. sth Dragoon Guards—Gentleman Cadet Charles Walter Lee, from the Royal Military College, to be Cornet, without purchase, vice Daveney, appointed to the 3d Dragoon Guards. 7th Dragoon Guards—Gentleman Cadet John William Zorapore Wright, from the Royal Military College, to be Cornet, without purchase, vice Echalaz, deceased. 4th Light Dragoons—The future designation of Captain Keith to be " The Hon. Charles James Keith-Falconer," and not Keith only, as hitherto stated. 7th Light Dragoons—The Hon. Walter Harbord to be Cornet, without purchase. Military Train—Captain John W. McFarlan, from the 9th Foot, to be Captain, vice Rogers, who exchanges ; Lieutenant Noel Alleyne Harris, from 34th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Rutledge, who exchanges. Grenadier Guards—Lieutenant and Captain and Brevet- Major Edwyn S. Burnaby to be Captain and Lieutenant- Colonel, by purchase, vice Roes, who retires ; Ensign and Lieutenant William Henry arnell to be Lieutenant and Captain, by purchase, vice Burnaby ; Charles George Henry Viscount Hinchinbrook, to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Parnell. 6th Regiment of Foot—To be Ensigns, without purchase Oliver Robinson, Gent. ; George William Morland, Gent. • William Lowe Butler, Gent. ; Charles Edward Whitaker Roworth, Gent.; John Giffard, Gent. ; David Barry Moriarty, Gent. ; William Seymour Selby Lowndes, Gent. The second Christian name of Lieut. Hunt is George and not John, as stated in the Gazette of the 15th inst. 9th Foot—Captain George Alleyne Rogers, from the Mili tary Train, to be Captain, vice 121`Farlan, who ex changes. 20th Foot—Paymaster John Matthew Gibbs, from the 2d West India Regiment, to be Paymaster, vice Mosley, appointed Paymaster of the 7th Foot; Lieut. John James S. O'Neill, to ho Instructor of Musketry, vice Captain Lutyens, who resigns that appointment. 26th Foot—Gentleman Cadet Lancelot A . lgood Gregeon, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Barton, promoted. 29th Foot—Gentleman Cadet William Boycott, from the Royal Military College, to bo Ensign, without purchase, vice Hart, promoted; Gentleman adet Howell Davis, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Winn, promoted; Assist -Surgeon William Alex. Mackinnon, from the Staff, to be A ssist. -Surgeon, vice Chartres, appointed to the Staff. 30th Foot—Gentleman Cadet Malcolm M`Neill, from the Royal Military College, to bo Ensign, without purchss), vice Wray, promoted. 31st Foot—James G. Hamilton, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Inge, appointed to the Bth Light Dragoons. 34th oot—Lieutenant John Bruen Rutledge, from the Military Train, to bs Lieutenant, vice Harris, who ex changes. 36th Foot—Ensign C. S. T. Sale to be Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Hugo, who retires. 37th Foot—Geutlenian Cadet Henry A. Ingles, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Jarvis, who resigns. 44th Foot—Ensign Henry Leake to be Instructor of lins ketry, vice Captain Staveley, who resigns that appoint ment. ' 45th Foot—Robert .1. Callers'', Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Webber, promoted. 52d Foot—Gentleman Cadet Charles Middleton Prender gast, from the Royal Military College, to bo Enai,gn, without purchase, vice Beattie, promoted ; Gentleman Cadet Thomas Brett Cowburn, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, in succession to Lieutenant Hallam, deceased. 58th Foot—Lieutenant G. J. R. Wynyard to be Captain, by purchase, vice Isaac Rhodes Cooper, who retires. 60th Foot—Gentleman Cadet John East Hunter Peyton, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, with out purchase, vice Hatchell, promoted. 61st Foot—Lieutenant Thomas Maitland Moore to be Cap tain, without purchase, vice Dely, deceased; Ensign Edward W. Rumsey, from the 91st Foot, to be Ensign, in succession to Lieutenant Moore ; Gentleman Cadet Frederick John Fane, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Casement., promoted. 62d Foot—Jules Victor La Blond, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Clay, appointed to the 78th Foot. 65th Foot—Lieutenant Thomas George Strange to be Cap tain, without purchase, vice Bazalgette, deceased. 67th Foot—Gentleman Cadet George Baker, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Kingsley, promoted. 70th Foot—William Henry Ralston, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Backhouse, promoted. 78th Foot, Thomas Hinde Thompson, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, in succession to Lieutenant Swanson, killed in action. 79th Foot—Lieutenant Arthur Walker to be Instructor of Musketry. 91st Foot—Gentleman Cadet Horace Ralph Spearman, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Rumsey, appointed to the 61st Foot. 97th Foot—The second Christian name of Ensign Crespin is Champante, and not Chawpante, as stated in the Gazette of the 11th inst. 98th Foot—Gentleman Cadet William Moffett, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without:purchase, vice Gregory, promoted. 91th Foot—Gentleman Cadet Albert Lancelot Walker, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Jacob, promoted. 2d West India Regiment—Paymaster William Neilson, from the sth Lancashire Militia, to be Paymaster, vice Gibbs, appointed to the 20th Foot. 3d West India Regiment—Lieut. John O'Flanagan to be Captain, without purchase, vice Hingston, deceased ; Ensign George Stow Beet to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice O'Flanagan ; William Gair, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Beet. Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment—Paymaster Luke Fitz gerald Bernard, from the 68th Foot, to be Paymaster, vice Wardell, who retires upon half-pay. HOSPITAL STAFF. Staff-Surgeon of the First Class, James Henderson, M.D., to be Deputy Inspector-General of Hospitals, vice Barry, promoted. Staff-Surgeon of the First Class, Richard Dane, M.D., from half-pay, to he Staff-Surgeon of the First Class, vice Henderson. Assistant-Surgeon John Smith Chartres, from the 29th Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Mackinnon, appointed to the 29th Foot. BREVET. The undermentioned promotions to take place cense quen: on the death of Lieutenant -General Wodehouse, on 11th December, 1857 : Major-General Sir Duncan McGregor, K.C.B„ to bo Lieutenant-General. Brevet-Colonel Frederick Charles Griffiths, 12th Light Dragoons, and Commandant of the Cavalry Depot, at Maidstone, to be Major-General. Brevet Lieutenant -Colonel Charles Barry, half-pay as Captain, Unattached, to be Colo nel sBth Foot, to be Lieu - Major Charles La vallin Nugent, t enan t-Colonel. Montagu Smyth , half- p a y , 44th Foot, Captain Henry and Staff Officer of Pensioners, to be Major. ADMIRALTY, DEC. 14. Corps of Royal Marines —Gentleman Cadet Duncan Gordon Campbell to be Second Lieutenant. COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORDS-LIEUTENANT. Royal Rifle Regiment of Militia of the County of Den bigh—Lieutenant George Tyrwhitt Drake to be Captain, vice John Jocelyn Ffoulkes, promoted. East Sent Regiment of Militia—Robert Owen Hordern, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Brodrick, appointed to the Rifle Brigade. Inverness, Banff, Elgin, and Nairn Regiment of Militia _Captain the Hon. James Grant, to be Major, vice Sir Alexander Penrose Gordon Cumming, Bart., resigned. 4th or Royal South Middlesex Regiment of Militia— Will o ughby Burrell, Gent., to be Ensign, vi ce S cr iven, promoted. 2d Regiment of the Duke of Lancaster's Own Militia Lieut. Edmund Molyneux Seel to be Captain, vice Llm bert Disney, ..esigned. Royal Lancashire Militia Artillery—Daniel George At chison, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, vice Ford, re signed. 2nd Devon Re'giment of Militia—Henry Smith to be Ensign ; Henry,Downe C. Barton to be Ensign ; Henry Barber to be Ensign ; Christopher Wolston to be 4 Lieutenant, vice Godfrey, resigned; John P. Burnett to be Lieutenant, vice Parr, resigned ; Arthur. Wonlfe Flell Wilson to be Ensigp,_ vice Wolaton, promote 4; Hugh C. Vaughan to be - tnsign, vice Barnett, promoted P • Clarence H. Irvine to be Ensign ; Edward M. R. Rendle to be Sur. geon, vice Tucker, resigned ; Frederick V. Sandford to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Rendle, promoted. Devon Militia Artillery—Wolfran Cornwall Charles Nugent Guinniss to be First Lieutenant, vice Thomas Clarke, resigned ; William Tomkyns to be Second Lieu. tenant, vice Dunsterville, resigned. COMMISSIONS RESIGNED. let Regiment of Derbyshire Militia—Moreton Le Brookes, Captain ; Hiram Manfall, Lieutenant ; 'William. Lynch, Ensign ; Raymond W. Radford, Ensign ; Samna Ashton Pretor, Ensign. B &NKRUPTCY ANNULLED. William Benjamin Phillips, bolt manufacturer, Bir. mingham. BANKRUPTS. Thomas Tally, builder, Tudely, Kent, to surrender, Jam; 5, at half-past two, and 29th of the same month, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Thomson Webb, cheesemonger, Park-terrace, Camellea Town, Dec. 29, at half-past eleven, and Jan. 28, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. George Belsey, corn-dealer, Isle of Thanet, Jan. 12, at half-past one, and Jan. 29, at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. John Coling, timber merchant, Stratford, Essex, Dec. 29, at three, and Jan. 29, at twelve, at the Court of Bank. ruptcy. Samuel Pearce, oilman, Minories, City, Dec. 28, at one; and Feb. 3, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. William Kempson Walker, skin merchant, Wolver. hampton, Jan. 7, and 21, at half-past eleven, at the Bir. mingham District Court. John Owen and John Matthew Gutch, bankers, Wor. caster, Jan. 8 and Feb. 5, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court. Joseph Davenport, silver plater, Sheffield; Jan. 2 and 30, at ten, at the Council-hall, Sheffield. Samuel Bracegird le, timber merchant, Leftwich, Cheshire, Jan. 4 and 25, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. John Griffith Williams, ropemaker, Newport, Mon. mouthshire, Jan. 4, and Feb. 2, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. George Parsons, ironmonger, Oakhill, Somersetshire, Jan. 4, and Feb. 1, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Robert Henry Anderson, scrivener, York, Jan. 8 and 12, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. George Johnson, upholsterer, Notting-hill, Jan. 6 and 29, at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. John Britten, dealer in worsted braids, Park-road, Dal. stop, Jan. 5, at two, and 29, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. John Hubbersty, broker, Kingston-upon-Hull, Jan. 13, and Feb. 10, at twelve, at the Leeds District Court. John Walker, coal merchant, Bridlington, Yorkshire, Jan. 13, and Feb. 3, at twelve, at the Leeds District Court. John Lancaster and John Brayford, iron manufacturers, Walsall, Jan. 8, at half-past eleven, and Jan. 22, at ten, at the Birmingham District Court. William Rainford, cabinet-maker, Liverpool, Jan. 7 and 28, at the Liverpool District Court. Alfred Guttmann, lace manufacturer, Manchester, Dec. 29 and Jan. 27, at the Manchester District Court. William Wild, machine maker, Rochdale, Dec. 29, at eleven, and Feb. 26, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. , Robert Lees, cotton spinner, Priory Mills, Oldham, Jan. 4th and 25th, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. Elizabeth Onion and William Onion, coach fringe manefacturs, Drury-lane, Dec. 28, and Jan. 25, at half past ten, at the Birmingham District Court. George Ashworth, manufacturer, Manchester, Dec, 30, and Jan. 20, at one, at the Manchester District Court. Christopher Cross, cotton manufactur, Habergham Eaves, near Burnley, Dec, 29, and Jan. 26, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.: William Brown and Co., oil merchants,=Glisgow. 9 771, 1 John APDougall, cattle dealer, Rothesay. Charles Greenshields Reid, writer to the signet, Porto. hello. James Simpson, solicitor, Keith, Banffshire.l David Neill, stoneware manufacturer, Glasgow. William Bailey, juu., merchan4os, Edinburgh and Leitb4; William Hailstones, grocer, Clarkston, Lanarkshire. Patrick R. Russell, draper, Bathgate. Alex. Chalmers, grocer, Greenock. BANK OF ENGLAND. An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, cap. 32, for the Weekending on Wednesday, the 16th day of December, 1857. ISSUE DEPARTMENT. Notes issued Government debt •• .• 11,015,100 Other securities 5,459,900 Gold coin and bullion 8,925,735 Silver bollion• • • • • . • • -- .N.B. Of which two millions are issued tin der the authority of the letter from the First Lord of the Tree- _ sury and the Chancel lor of the Exchequer. £25,400,735 £25,400,731 M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. Dated the 17th day of December, 1857. BANKING DEPARTMENT. Proprietors' capital .. 14,553,000 Hest • ... ....... 3,524,832 Public deposits (in cluding Ewliequer, Commissio .ers of National Debt, Sav- Government securities (includg:DeadWeight Annuity) .. • • Other Securities •... • • 29,264,940 Notes ..... . • • Gold and Silver Coin 525,120 ings' Banks, and Dividend Accounts) 6,944,352 Other deposits Seven Day and other Bills ...... .... •• • • 893,756 £40,993,366 M, IIi. 4 ,RSHALL, Chief Cashier. Ditted the 17th day of Dec., 1857. £10,993,366 AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR. The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, come puud from the returns made iu the week ending Dec. 15, 1857, exclusive of the Duties of Customs paid or payable thereon, on the importation thereof into Great Britain : s. d. From the British Possessions in America 26 1 Muscovado, the produce of the Mauritius..." Muscovado, the produce of the East Indies 26 101 Average of the above descriptions. COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—Tats DAT. -msterdam 11 18 Gibraltar ...... •• • • three months .. 12 214 Leghorn ..... 30 7 0 gater‘laria ............ 12 2y6 Genoa Intwerp .............. 25 80 - Milan Brussels 25 • • Zlaroburgh •• •• •• •• •• 13 12'4, Naples •• • • .. 40 % Alums ...• •••••••• •• .• • • Palermo .• • • Paris ••.• • • • • ••• •••••••• 25 50 ; 51omlna •• • ... 122 k Do. three mouths . •• 26 85 'Usher .... ..•• 5114 Maneilba 26 90 !Oporto ................524 Boarae.kax . ..... .' Rio Janeiro ..... • • • •• •• Frankfort-on-llaine 122 ilitionos Ayres •• • • Berlin ................ New Yori,frO days' eight Viouna,••••• • • • • • • • • re 11 10 rric5t0.......,••••.... 11 12 Pete:lb:its ............ 33% Ractril 47% 47% Illreolona . .. Philadelphia .. OF BULLION, PER OZ: Foreign Gold in Bars .£3 17 9 i'ortugal Gold Coin • • 0 0 0 Mexican Dollars .... 0 0 0 New Dollars • • 0 0 0 Silver in bare ...... 0 5 2% El AY MA IiKET THEATRE. The Pantomime at this legitimate house is entitled The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood : or, Harlequin and the Spiteful Fairy, which will erribrace all the incidents of the well-knowa story. The King and Queen that lived once, and who had been married many years without having any children—the beautiful baby that was at last born to them—the invitation to all the fairi( s to stand godmothers to the Princess at her christening—the unfortunate omission of negleot. ing to invite a Spiteful Old Fairy, who was supposed to be dead, or under the iniuence of some spell the good ' o gifts given to the young Princess by seven of her fairy godmothers—the ' ar. rival of the Spiteful Fairy, who throws the court into dismay, by declaring that when the Princess grew to be a young woman she would prick her hand with a spindle and die of the wound—the rejoinder of a friendly fairy, the principal godmother, that she would so arrange the matter that the Princess should not die, when wounded by the spindle, but only sleep a hundred years, at the end of which a king's son would come and wake her—the proclamation issued by the Xing abolishing the use of spindles throughout the land—the growing up of the Princess till she was sixteen—her arrival with her parents and the court at a summer palace—her slipping away from 'them and finding an old woman spinning—her trying to spin herself—her wounding her hand, as foretold, and falling to sleep for a hundred years— the Friendly Fairy causing a wood to grow up and en. close the palace, and the Princess sleeping for a cen. tury ; and with her, to keep her company, all the maids of honour, gentlemen, officers, stewards, cooks, scullions, running footmen, guards, por ters, pages, and valets the passing away of the one hundred years, and a young Prince finding out the wood, while hunting, and penetrating into the palace—his waking the Sleeping Beauty, and all her attendants—the Princess and the Prince falling mutually in love at first sight, with the interference at the Spiteful Old Fairy who vows to do hers worst to destroy their ha pp ineos—th e arrival of one of the fairy godmothers of the Princess to pro. tect her—the constancy of the Prince being tried by the Friendly Fairy becoming Columbine, and using all her arts and graces to turn him from the Princess —the Prince becoming Harlequin, and the Princess following him through the world—the Spiteful Old Fairy's resolve that the Prince and Princess shall not escape her—the changing herself into Pant*. loon, and one of her familiars„ into Clown, with the final triumph of the Prince and Princess, who are ma d e happy by the Friendly Fairy. The scenery of this fairy story will be painted by Mr. William Calcott, who has achieved so much fame in all th e pantomimes produced at this house. Messrs. Morris and O'Connor give their aid to th e scenes o f the hark,. quinade. The Leclerq family h ave b ee n expressly en. gaged for this Christmas en t er t a i n ment, And will make their first appearance at the Haymarket. Louisa Leclerq (sister of toe popular Carlotta) will sustain the character of the Sleeping Beauty, and appear throughout the harlequinade. Mr. ArthurLeclerq , 7il be the Harlequin • Fanny Wright the Fr i endly 1 airy and th e Columbine ; Mr. Mackay, Pantaloon and Mr, ive due effect to Charles Leclerq the Clown. To I g Mi..B uc kstone has leased tshoemomeclahragneicapl changes , Mr. the Haymarket, f ormer ly known as Lang's Shooting Gallery, and p r emises adjoin ing adj w hi c h will now bec ome a portion of the theatre. The alteration in the prices of admissi on have caused so m uc k satisfac t io n to the publi c, to give more accommodation to the frequenters of the lower gallery on and after boxing night, t h e upper gallery wil l be abolished, and the entire space, conver t e d into one spacious gallery. The acme fr the pit to the upper boxes will from that night be so arranged that stairs from the lobby of the pit will be constructed to admit the audience at once to the upper boxes who may wish to go there. It is also determined that in the scenes of the harlequinade the system of waking them the medium of advertisements will be utterly discarded.