The Sun. — London, England, 1857-12-11 00:00:00

TART Da 0 'kit- A._lD ( :01YINIEROTAL rNTELLIGEIqertiI CITY, Two o'CLocx. The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday closed i 12 With a very heavy feeling and prices were fully id. 50 Per lb. lower. The sales amounted to 3,000 bales. 13 i 11( ' Railway Share Market exhibited a dull ap- St. Pearance, and values were a shade lower. 25 The week's transactions in the Foreign and 25 C olonial P ro d uce M ar k e t h ave no t b ee n very ex -Bi've, but there is a moderate demand for home St. St. co°ll ru iumption, and the quotations have undergone St. mush variation. Sugar, however, is rather heavy 50 at a alight decline ; coffee is also flat, and the tea 20 '"`posed at public sale generally went at rather 10 eakerrates. Rum has remained firm, rice is cheaper, 1 54: 0 kll4 tecoa has receded ss. per cwt. There is very 25 lit tle inquiry for saltpetre, and prices tend down- S2t b 6 ; 441 3, spices have remained dull, and tallow is St. St. The commercial public and the speculators at g ' „ 4 1 15 Stock Exchange are very anxious to ascertain st. " Contents of the Bank of England return, which I 20. st 11 be published in the Gazette this evening. That . I Will be more favourable than any presented for 0 ?tee weeks is the general impression, because the d aily sales of gold, furnished by the Australian ves- St. t i N have represented a large total. At the same time 10 there 48 been no unusual demand for gold, and it is st. 118 equently imagined that the authorities have been f4 t t: tabled to keep what they have bought. The s t. diminution, Securities" are also expected to show some itunillution, but the pressure for discounts during 7' 2 : 5 illSt two or three days has rather increased, se b; 1:14 a good deal of uncertainty is therfore felt both 1 1 6 6 1 i th regard to that item and the Reserve of Notes. s t : to..eeterday about 160,0001. in gold was sent in, and 13 throu g h the supplies received by the Essex. The 114 ! C ie movement, notwithstanding the demand for ki 1 / 4 Yer for Ilambro is very favourable to this country, 20 to d if gold from America should arrive in addition 1.3, the vessels en rou t e f rom Vi c toria, the stock of bullion in the Bank will soon attain a much higher 25 t i nt Owing to the active demand for silver, the F . . 1 ": 0 of bars h as a dvanced ss. 2id. per oz. stand- 10 a -t " . The dollars brought by the Mexican packet 10 „ j:!re sold y es t er d a y at 60id. Some lar ge or d ers st. l Zte been g iven out for the steamer to Indi a on th e st. o th inst. 50 25 , The demand for money is rather quieter out of 100 b oo rs ; but the extreme caution observed in Loin 20 - od.atreet seems to have augmented the pressure 20 at the Bank. t Bank of France return is completed to yes- 50 ay. It shows an increase of 418,257 1 . in the St. ~74 i° 1 1; a decrease of 3,889,461 1 . in the bills dis- St. unted An addition of 123,1141. in the advances st. i l u p o n railway shares ; and an increase of 25,055/. in St.t a Manta s u paid as premiums upon the purchase 25 n t gold. 25 o, 4 _ l 't the comm encemen t o f b us i ness thi s morn i ng em; l tuarket f or E ng li s h S ecur i t i es was excee di ng l y st. 0 nut, and the quotations showed an improve- 10 of to per cent. When this point was 20 4t 4 : 11 ecl some of the speculators who bought 2g do price s rea li se d th e i r p ro fits, w hi c h I t. ti o . the usual effect of producing a reac t(). There is a s t rong di s p os iti on , h owever , 20 ; o perate f or an a d vance, an d t h e continuous st. 0 0 7: 41 8 of sp ec i e h ave a very beneficial influence. St. St. I ° ll 3 opened at 91i 92 ex-dividend, but they 10 ev v " since been 91/ More recently, how- 50 °t e r; they have been 92 buyers, in consequence bt a report that better intelligence had ar- st. t T i b te4 from India. They are now 91; 92. 20 New Threes have advanced to 91 i 92 ; the 20 Re duced to 91i 92 ; and the Five per Cent. Annui - 25 . tie s to 113. Exchequer Bills are flatter, being •g 4 7„ 'lli% to par ; and the Bonds 98 ; India Bonds _!!.t. 4111 0 lowe r , v i z ., 23 a . to 335. dis. ; and Bank S St. 4 ° o k ill 217 19. 25 moderate amount of business has been trans- E 7od in th e Foreign Stock Market, and a slight 50 PWard t endency is apparent in quotations. 20 eeTurkish 6 p er C ents. ara 92k, 93 ; the 4 per 10 b,: 100 Portuguese 3 per Cents., 43i ; 5 2*, '"'uftlear 5 per Cents, 105 t ; ditto, 4i per Cents., 205 and Spanish New D e f erre d, 25. 10 fitocilie following ar e th e nom i na l pr i ces o f F ore i gn 20 IC * :--Grenada Deferred Bonds, 56 ; Mesi- 10 r itt n, 1 8/ 19 ; Peruvian 4i per Cents., 75 76 ; ° 3 per Cents., 50i 51 ; Portuguese 3 per tOO 43 44; Russian 5 per Cents., 104 106 ; do. 18 t i,Per Cents., 95 to 97 ; Spanish 3 per Cents, 40 i. 18 ; ditto New Deferred, 25 25f ; ditto Certifi 20 - %t ee, 100 100 Ream. D. Bell, Son and Co , give the following aa the • pricee of American securities : 100 ' GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Vitt Redeemable. Per Cent. 2 States 6 per Cents. 1867-1868... unit ed States 6 per Cent. Bonds 1868...103 105 `.4 STATE SECURITIES. t i abluna 5 per Cent 4 ... 78 07 . land 5 per Cent. (Sterling Bonds) ... 88 90 )717:"_ 0111 1sptts 5 per Cent. (Sterl. Bonds) 36 93 ( 13 0 =1 31 6 per Cent. Pl. Bk 1841-1871... 1! 4O 42 r ilinn oPpi 5 per Cent. U n i on Bk B on d s ... 20 2 .! te2l2lgylvania 5 per Cent. Stock T:..n 4 7 l vania 5 per Cent. Bonds ~..1877... 75 76 •ri r "9eSsee 6 per Cent. Bonds Nr irc .,_,. Pula 6 per Cent. Bonds 1886... 80 --64 . 1 % 5 per Cent. (Sterling Bonds) 1888... 80 81 , Bo s h A LOANS OF CITIES. per Cent. Vonds 1883... ntreal 6 per Cent. Bonds 1856-1865... 83 90 1 Ill yr Orlea ns 6 per C ent. Stock 1883... --- 1 R tl e L n r . dllsl Mortgage, ps. 1 Illin ois Cent ra l 7 p er Th.b 1875... 76 78 111P 101 .5 Central 6 per Cent 1815... 76 78 Bonds Central 7 per Cent. Freeland T h ' ° onds 1860... 76 78 'Buinois Central (Shares), $3O paid l2d 10 d chigan Central Bp. Cent., Convert 1860.- 75 76 k Do. do. do. 1869... 76 78 NSA York Central 7p. Cent., Convert 1864... 88 90 "2 1 York Central 6 per Cent., not k uo uvertible 1883... 68 69 "` e w York and Erie 7 per Cent. 3d Mort gage 1883... 68 72 1!1. pork and E r i e 7p. Cent. Convertible -1862.- 40 42 • York and Erie 7 per Cent. Sinking P und. tan a . 11 1% 7 per Cent., Ist Mortgage 1865... Central 6p. Cent.. Ist Mort 1880... 80 83 "uhs Railway Share Market has been very dull, although but little variation can he quoted in values. Caledonian, Great Northern, Lancashire and Yorkshire, North Western, and North British, declined about ss. Eastern Counties, and Man chester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, advanced ss. ; and Great Western and South Western, 10s. East Lancashi re , No r th Eastern, Berwick, and one or t y ro others realised former quotati ons . Th e '"reign and Colonial undertakings are quiet, and in most instances were at a slight decline, 11 1 3 on former rates. Paris and Lyons receded ss. ; Dutch Rhenish and Antwerp and Rotterdam were allade lower. Grand Trunk of Canada declined 1/. Mining Shares were quiet. Whoal Bassett brought 22, and Wheal Edwards 7 to 7*. Joint-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are steady, at former values. Oriental Bank and Union of London however declined about ss. In the Miscellaneous Market prioes were almost nominal. London General Omnibus Company brought 3j. FUNDS.—CLOSING PRICES—THIS DAY (Frain - the Offictal List;) Business dope. .. 217 i 17 19 s ilmik St oc k 1 A ; Per Coat. Reduced Annuitio 91 2 Cent Coneols linweitler Shut " a IT per Cent. Annuities 92 113 l 2 1 T T Per Cent. Annuities 'g Annuities, expire sth Jan. 1860 2 +fp" lalin I'o rsonds. £l9OO .......... ..•••••••• • 27 33 d n " Rola, tinder £lOOO 91i 211 2 1 for Account El thegner Bills, 2id. 4.4 000 3 d par ••• S 101 ..... Exchequer Bonds, 1858, 3A per Cent 9Bl • Ditto, 1 8 59 58 PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS—THIS DAY. 114 zinan 3 per Cent lBl Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent., Con. 1841 1.7g1 Ditto 1853, 3 per C en t .. ... .434 Russian Bonds, 1822, St., ....... . I0: 5 - A 4i Sitanieh Bteid 5 Ditto, 4. per C en t. • .............. s - , 3 per Ce n t. ........ .... Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Con* .. ........... Ttt.h Bonds, 6 per cent .............. 5 Ditto Account ............. 932 Ditto Guaranteed, 4 pe r Cent. .1 2 Ditto Account 100 991 Dividends on the above payable in London.. ;, 7.1/ R o'nr,nor . Consols account, Jan. 8 9 iiK x a - - The Easex has arrived from Australia with 105,255 oullues of gold, valued at 421,020/. THE SUN, L ovs D 0 N, FRIDAY EV ENIIN G, BEB 11, 1857. SHARE MXRKETS--ahis Day.) RAILWAYS. closing Pre this day. 4/ - 5 8 - 65 - 66 - 6 :*. 84 - 86 761 -77 i 30 - 32 7 - 9 - .. "3 - .5 7s 84 17 54 55 42 44 27 29 17 - 18 83 - VO . • --- • • 58i = 5.'4 .6 1 = ii, 88 - 90 9 - 10 93 - 95 79 - 81 121. - 123' 97 - 99 50 - 514 58 - 62 74 - 78 - 84; - tq; - 901 - 914 5. - 102 - 103 931 - 944 14d— 1 36 - 36.4 85 - 852 60 - 61 12 - 13 57 - 59 3i - I,f 47 - 48 92 - 93 23 - 2 50 ✓ - 51 803 - 813, 90 - 93 1 8 - 9 4/ - 43 16" ::: 28 30 10 8d 104 106 21i 224 45 46 4 3(1 32 34 63 4 . 641 12 14 .. 8— 6 d 9 11 36 38 ••• ••• - 20} ••• .- 7 - 9 3 - - Business done this day. St. St. - 25 R. Paid I ttan.watiii. 10 kmb. Nottn.q. Bost. & Eastn. June.... .J 1 Belfast & rtallymem all Btrmug. Wolverh. Stour Valley 100 : ,rkenhd. Lancsh. 6 Cheshire Junct all Blackburn all Blyth & Tyne original £25 (iss. at £45)... 100 Bristol & Exeter 100 Caledonian. 100 Chester & Holyhead all Cork and Bandon all Cork, Black. & Pass all Cornwall all De. A 8 Do. B 45 Dublin&BelfastJunc all Dun. P. &Aber.Junc 100 East Anglian all Eastern Counties 100 EasternUnion,A.stk. 100 IDo. ' do. 8i Do. New A...- 17i East Kent 100 East Lancashire ...... all East Suffolk ........ 4 Do. 100 Edinburgh & Glasgow all Edinb. and Peebles._ I 100 Edinb.Frth.&Dunde , all Forth and ClydeJunc.l 100 Furness 100 !Glasgow & S.Western all 'Great N. of Scotland 100 'Great Northern 100 Do., A. Stock 100 !Do., B. Stock ...•. tlOO l Gt' S h.&West.(lre). 100 iGreatWestern. 1.00 ;Do. Str.V.R. gna.St all Irish South-Eastern. all ;Lancaster &Carlisle. 14f Do., Thirds... 12 Do. New Thirds 100 Lancash. &Yorkshire 6 Do., do. F 116 Do., Wst. Riding Un all Do. Sonthport. all London & Blackwar 100 Lond.Bright.&S.Cst 100 London &N. Wester) all Do. Fifths all D0.,16/.5h.,M&8...e 5 Do. Eighths 100 London & S.Western all LndndrryliColoraine all Lndndrry. & Ennisk. 100 Manch.Shet&Lineln. 1 Metropolitan 1 Do. J. L. Ricardo's arrangement ...... 100 Midland 100 Do. Birming. & Derb3 all Midland G. West. (Ir. ) all Do. s Shares all Newcastle &Carlisle all Newpt.Aberg.&ilrfd 9 Newry & Enniskillen all Newry, Warrenpoint & Rostrevor 100 Norfolk.. 3i Northn. Counties Un 100 North British 100 North Devon, Rail di Dock Stock 100 Do., A Stock ......... 100 Do., B Stock .... - 100 N. Eastern - Berwick all Do. do. Extension 161 Do do. G.N.E.Purch. all Do. Leeds 100 Do. York 1.00 North London 31.1 N. &S. Wstn., Ramp• stead, and City Jn. North Staffordshire all North Western all N. &S. Westrn. June 100 Oxford Worcester di Wolverhampton 16 Portsmouth 10 nhymney 100 Scottish Central 100 Scot. N.E. Abrdn. St 100 Shropshire Uniou 6 Sitingbo - arne &Sheer. 100 South Devon 100 South Eastern..— all Do. 44 per.. Shares 100 South Wales all S. Yorksh. ItiverDur 10 Do all Staines,Wok.,&Wok. all Stockton & Darling 15 Do. do., 1854 5 Do. do., 18K5 161,Stockton & Hartlepl. 100 Taff Vale. 100 Do. Pref., No. 22 Thames Hay. D. &R. all Vale of Neath all Waterfd. & Kilkenny all Waterford&Limerick all West Coinwall all West End of London and Crystal Palace.. all Do. A all Do. B all West London all Do. First Class all Do. Second Class all Wmbledon&Croydon BRITISH POI all l Atian ' and St. Law. 9 Bombay, Baroda, and Cen.lnd,guar. 5 p.c. all IDo. 18 Buffalo 61 Lake Hur. I .00 Buff., Brnt. & Godch. I .00 6 p.c.bds., 1 Aug.,'72' Do. do., 1 July, '73 [OO Do. do., 1 June '74 2s. Calcutta and S. East. !s6d Central Oude (Lim.) 10s Ceylon A shares 1 Do. B. do. all Demerara 2s. Eastern Bengal 100 East Indian 15 Do. C Shares all D 0.4 p.c. Bnds. ,'57 all Do. do. do. '59, do. all Geelong dr Melbournei guar. 5 per cent. 100 Gd. Trunk. of Canada all I Do. 6 p. c. Deben all Gt. In. Pen. g. 5 per e 4 Do. New. guar. 5 p.c all Gt. Wcstn. of Canada 10q Do. New all Do. Bds., payable '57 all Do. do., '76, p. '6O all Do. do., '73, do. all Do. do., '73, without' option all Madras, guar. 4i p.c all Do. do., 5 per C. 10 Do. 4i p. c. Exten. 5 Do. 3d Ex., g. sp.c. 5 Do. 4th Ex., do. 1 ss. ;Gude (Limited) 5 Scinde, guar. 5 per c all Do .0 all Antwrp &Rotterdam' !CI 18 Ardennes 5 all Belgian East. Junct !CI 16 Be ziers to Graissessac 6 all Carmeaux&Toulouse Coal Mines and By 20 12 Dutch Rhenish 20 all Eastern of Franco 20 all Do. New • 20 2s. Euphrates Valley 20 18 Gt. Central of France 20 all Great Luxembourg... 10 4 Italian Junction 20 all Lake Const. & Bale 20 all Lierro and Turnhout 20 6 Lombardo-Venetian 5 all Lucca & Pist.sp.c.p. 20 all Lyons and Geneva 20 all Lyons iz Mediterran. 3i all .0 all 0 all Maria Antonia Do. New Namur k Liege .... A all .6 all 1.0 all 9 all 9 all 10 7 Do. do. 6 p. c. Prof Northern of France., NorwegianTrnk. Frei Paris and Lyons Paris and Orleans Reeife di San Fran (Pernam.) g. 7 P. c• Rome and Frascati, Royal Danish 5 all Royal Swedish :6 all Sambre and Meuse .0 all Do. 5i per cent. pref ?.0 all Southern of France gi all West Flanders LO all Do. 5i per c. Prof 10 all IW.&N. W. of France 10 6 iWestern of Austria ZO all IWest. of Switzerland 6 all Wiesbaden 6 all I Do. Bp. cent. prof, 20 all ' Zealand ......... .. ..... LO 74 hl all :0 all 15 18i 10 50 60 all all JOINT-sToi Anstrals Bank of Egypt Bank of London Bri. Col. Bk.& Ln. Co British N. American Ind.Au.&Ch' City Colonial Commercial of Lond Eng.Scot.eaus.Clit Lon. Ch. Bk.of A ast Ditto New London and County Lnd.tirE.Bnkng.Corp London Joint Stock. Lond.andWestminat. National Pro. of Eng. Do. New ............... i National Bank New South Wales Oriental Bank Corp Ottoman Bank Provine al of Ireland Do. N0w........... R.Aus.B.irCi.lm.o o . l South Australia...... Union of Australia -''Do. New Union of London , Unity Mutual Wiltrußk of Load' SSESSIONS. ... "... ... I - 8 7d }••• —. ••• ... -- • •• i .••••• 1 pi 106 -- 1 p 181. 37 38 72 75 201 21 lBl —18 i 24 2 d 1103 - 103 1103 - 108 100 - 102 18 - 19 20 - 2L 1/ - - P - P li - 111)1 - i -= ii '• .. ••• 3 - 4 6 - 5i 251 -25 i • "-- ... ii : 6 31 - 3I PI 25 7 -- 7A 18 -- 19 35A -- 35! 8 -- 9 32/ 49 -- 51 21 lidl 13A -- 15 3 A -- 6 -- 6 3 7 -- 8 20k -20 i 4$ -- 8,1 -- 8i 24A -- 26, ... - ••• BANKS. 79 81 5 4d 40 45 '6,i 2 a ••• 174 - is 18 - 184 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RE TALE. Paid' RAILWAYS. Leasing Companies. 100 Buckghamsh. 100 Clydesdale Jc. sll Col.Stour Vy. 100 E.Lin. g. 6 p.e all E. Un.ll.Sh. 100 Glas. Ban.. & Neils. Direct 100 Do. •; , ,,,v all Glstr.&Dn.Fr all Bull & Selby all Do. A Shares all Do. Shares " 25 50 25 12 all ILon.lGreenwl all Do.Preforence 100 Lon. Til., &S. 9i Do. Bark. Sh • all I Manch.Baton. and Matlock 100 Mdld. Bradfd. 5/ Newmarket BuryE.G.spc. all N.& Est..s p.c. all Do. 6 per et.. all Do.Fixedsp.c , all Brest. dcWyre 50 50 50 25 all Do. Shrs. A 100 Roys tn. & Hit. all Shrews.& Her all I S. Staffordsh.. all WearVal.g6pe A all Do it. l loo WiltstizSomrst 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 Ln. &N.W. Caledon... E.U.dtE.O Gt.Northn E. Count. Caldonian. Ot.Westn. Y. & N.M ' Do Do S. Eastern Do Peto & Co Do Ln. &N. W. Midid. Midland... E. Count.. Do IDo ..... all 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 all all Do L. &IS . W Do Northn i T. Brassey M. MCI oan Stk.&Dar Do Gt.Westn. Blyth and Tyne 10 p. c.pref. (issd.at 501.) Bris.&Ex.4 P.C. St. Do. 4 per c. Shares Caledn. £lO 4i p. c Ches. & 110. 5i p.c Do. do. 5 per cent Cork &Bandons ip.c Dun.Perth.&Aber.J E. Anglian Cls. A Sh Do. do. Cis. B Op. c Do. do. Cls. C 7 p. c Eas.Co.Ex,sp.c No.l Do. No. 2 Do. Now 6 pr. c. St East Un., G. 6 p. c. Do. 51., 10 per cent. Do. 101. Debentr.Sh. Do. do. 4 per cent East Lane ash .6 p.cts E.&W. York. J. sths Edin.& Gl. 5 p. c. Sh. Ed.Prth. &Dun. 4p.c . Furness, 5 p. c Glas. & 5.W.G.5 p.c Great Northn. 5 p.c Do. 5 p. c. Redeem at 10 p. c. prem Do. 4i por cent Do. 5 p.c., Red. at 5 p. c. prom. G t.N. of Scot.lst Prc Gt. S & W. (Ireland) Do. 4 per c. Pref. St. Gt.W.(B.&H.Ex.spc Do. con. red. 4i p.c. Do. con. red. 4 p. c. Do. irred. 4 per +cat. Do 5 p. c, red. pref. Do. Birm. Pref. Sh Do. Chester Bp. c. P. S Do. do. 5 p. c. do Do. Birm. Gna. Stk Do. Chesh. Gua. Sh Do. do. do Do. do. do Lan. & York. 6 pc. St. Lon. &B. G. 5 pc. No. 1 Do. P., 5 p. c. St. No. 2 Do. New Guar. 6p. c. Do. do. 5 p. c., No. 4 Lon. & N. W., Coy. & Nuneaton 5 r. et... Lon. & S.W. 7 perct. late 3d Shares .. Londy. & Color. Sh. Londy.&Ennis. A Sh. VI S &L 6 p Cent. bo". do. do. £6 IDo. do. 34 per cont. Marypt..t Carl. 4 p.c Do, 44 per cent Do. do. Mid. Consol. 6p. c. St. Do. Con. Br. Bir. 6 P.C. Do. 4i p. c. Pref. St. Do. L. &IL Pref. St. New., Aber., &c., pr. 5 p. c. red. 5 p.c. pm. Do. Perpet. 6 pr. ct. Norfk .Deb. 4 p. c Sh. Do. 5 /3. c. Ext. 1846 Do. 54 p.c. pf , 1847 Do. Wv. V. sp. , 1847 North British Do. 71. Preference N. E. Berw. 4 p.c.Prf. Do. do. do Do. Leeds 6 pc. No. 1 Do. do. Qrs., 1848 I Do. York H. &S. Pur North Staffordshire Ox., Wor. & Wolv. 6 p.c. Ist guar. Do. 6 p. c. 2d guar Do. do. Debentr. St Scot. Cent. New Pref. Se.N. E. Aber. g .6p .e. Do. do. 7 p.c. pf. St. Do. d 0.3 p.c. pf. St South Devon Do. fixed 44 pr cent S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. Do. 4i per cent Do. Fixed 4i p.c. Sh Do. New 4i pr. cent S. Wales Gua. 4 p. c. Do. do. 4i p. c S.Yorksh.4 p.c.Guar Stock. &Dar., sp. C Do. do. do. IWaterfddt Kilk. 6 pc. 105 106 105 103 120 85 80 80 92 BRITISH 2112 'Alfred Cons. (Phillo' 14 British Iron 20 Condurow (Cambrn.) 1 Dev. Gt. Cnsls. (Tay.) 27} East Basset (Mogan) 1456 Great South Tolgus 11/3 Grt.W.Alfrd.(Philk.) 7i Grt.W. Vor (Helstn.) 13s Lady Bertha 7h N. Frances (Illogan) N.W.Basset (Illogan) 6/15 North Wheal Crofty 1h Par. Cons. (St.Blaxy) 9 Porkellis U. (Wend.) 6s. Sort. Cons. Min. Co. 2i S. Caradon (St. Cleel 2 S. Carn Brea (IL lo g n . 19 S.W. Frances(lllogn., 4. ram. S. &L. Min. Co, 9 Tin Croft 40 Cn.Mines (Gwonnap 1286 V. of Towey (Camar. W. Basset (Mogan). 20 W. Caradon (Liskrd. 5h Wh. Basset (Illogan). 5 Wh. Buller (Rdruth). 5i Wh. Edward(Calstek' 117 s Wh. Kitty (U. Llant 8 Wh.Ma.Ann (Menht. 4i Wh. Trelawney (Lis. Closing Prices this day 90 - 92' 93 - 95 12 - 14 128 - 132 3i - 4 lloi 106 12 13 23 24 89 91 1 2i 2i 89 9 d— -51 5t 1 128 - 131 8 ••• - ••• 30 - 31 PREFERENCE SHARES. 66. 2: ii - 95 il = o*i - 110 - 112 - 108 - 106 - 123 - 67 - 19 - 111 - 1C,3 C 4 1o; - 16 - 9 t i - 68 - 14 - 135 -- 114 - 155 - 118 - , 31 - 65 - 131 - F 6 - 11 - 102 - 93 - li - i'l - 2 9i 9 - 111 - 102 ^. ••• - 107 65 - 70 9i - 101 21 - 22 92 - 95 92 - 95 92 - 95 80 11 13k a 22 1 FOREIGN Australian Bon Accord Cop. (IL ) Brazilian Imp.(issued at £5 pm) Do. Cocaes 4 Cuiada Do. St. John Del Rey Clarendon Con. MM. Co. of Jamaica Cobre Copper Copiapo Dun Mountain Cop- per Mining Co. Fortuna General Linares Lusitanian Mariquita New Granada Novean Monde Pont. Sil.LdM. & Smlt Port Philip Santiago de Cuba United Mexican Business this day POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (This Day.) WESTMINSTER. A THOROUGH STATE OF ABINDONHENT. — SArah New ton, a prostitute, was charged with being drunk, and using obscene language in High-row, Knightsbridge. A policeman stated that he was attracted last night to the High-row by screams, and on going to the spot found Vile defendant lying on her back and without any visible cause save that of drunkenness, shrieking at the top of her voice. He repeatedly asked her to get up, when she again made use of filthy expressions. With the assistance of another constable he got her to the station. The police said that she had been repeatedly charged at this court as a disorderly prostitute, and was only recently out of prison. Mr. Arnold—l think I remember her ♦ery well. (Addressing the accused)—Are you the person who, after being committed time after time, I sent to prison for want of sureties, who then wrote a number of seemingly very penitential letters to me, promising reformation, and induced me to liberate you. Defendant—Yes ; I did write to your worship. Mr. Arnold—Your letter, coupled with the repre sentations of the chaplain, upon whom you also imposed, induced me to release you, and the very next day you were brought t 3 this court charged with drunkenness, and again committed. You then again wrote penitential letters, and had your conduct been consistent with your professions, it would have been advantageous to you, and beneficial to society, instead of which you have prac tised, both towards the chaplain and myself, the most consummate hypocrisy. Your last letter, filled with expressions of penitence, stated that if you were dis charged, you would at once leave London, abandon your evil courses, and go to the country to your friends, whom you said were willing to receive you. Defendant (dropping her head)—l did say so. I have an aunt in the country. Mr. Arnold—lnstead of going to her, you are again found about the streets, making use of the most dis gusting language. Defendant Vra3 then remanded, with a view of dealing out to her a commensurate punishment upon ,proper legal process. M ARLBORO LTG lI.ST R,EET. PICKPOCKETS AT THE HANOVER SQUARE ROOMS. — William Clark alias Mack was placed at th• bar before Mr. Bingham, charged with stealing a silk purse con taining 1/. 18s., the property of Mrs. Elizabeth Margaret Bidgood, the lady of Mr. Henry Bilgood, o! No. 7, Vigo-street. The prosecutrix deposed that on the previous night, about half-past ten o'clock, she was leaving the Hanover square Rooms in company with her niece and a gentle man named Kirtup, when she felt some one pulling at her cress, and on putting her hand into her pocket to feel for her purse she found it was gone. She then observed the prisoner, who was close by her side, pushing his way through the crowd, and suspecting him to be the thief, she laid bold of his arm, and said, "You have stolen my purse.' He made no reply, and tried to get away, when the gentleman who was with her seized hold of him by the other arm. The prisoner then threw down the purse, and said, "Here's your purse ; now let me go." She picked up the purse, and found its contents 1/. 18e. undisturbed. Mr. Kirtup then called a constable, and the prisoner was given into custody. Mr. Kirtup, Surgeon, No. 7, Vigo-street, corroborated the evidence of Mrs. Bidgood. Sergeant Evans, 2 C, proved apprehending the pri soner, and on searching him, saw him throw away a leather purse, which witness picked up, and on examin ing it found it to contain Ss. 61. which was no doubt the produce of a previous robbery." The prisoner, by the advice of Mr. Lewis, his solicitor, pleaded guilty and was committed for four months to the House of Correction. MAM_FiT NEWS.—(This Day.) -------.,0%.- CORN EXCHANGE. Although only a limited supply of English wheat was on offer in to-day's market, coastwise and by land-carriage, we have to report a very dull inquiry for all kieds. Indeed, so little business was transacted that the quotations were almost nominal. To have effected a clearance, is to 2s per quarter less money must have been taken by the factors. We were well supplied with foreign wheat, and in some instances forced sales were effected at fully is per quarter beneath Monday's currency. Fine malting barley supported previous rates; but grind ing and distilling sorts were lower to purchase. Malt sold slowly, at Monday's quotations. We were well supplied with oats, in which only a mode rate business was transacted, at the late decline in value. No change in beans or peas ; but American flour was is per barrel lower. 1 0 , 2 a 4 : 2 8 00 1 ' . 21 21 7 61 1 0r „ 1,420 6k a 18, 270 14, 030bla LONDON CHARTERED BANK OF - AUSTRALIA. MEETING THIS DAY. At the extraordinary general meeting of the London Chartered Bank of Australia, held this day, the follow ing balance.sheet for the half-year was submitted : To sixth dividend of 24 per cent. for half-year ending 31st Dec., 1856, 16,8751. ; proportion of preliminary expenses for half-ending 30 th June, 1857, 581/. 4e. 4d. ; proposed dividend at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum on paid-up capital for half-year ending 30th June, 1857 (free of Income-tax), 21,000/. ; balance to next half year, 10,0921. 18s. ld. ; total, 48,549/. 2s. sd. By balance at 31st Dec., 1856, per last report, 22,9771. 6a. ld. ; balance of profit and loss in London and in the colonies for half-year ending 30th June, 1857, 25,5711. 16.. 4d. ; total, 48,5491.2 e. sd. The report was unanimously adopted. THE COTTON SUPPLY ASSOCIATION. To THE HONOURABLE COURT OF DIRECTORS OF THE EAST INDIA COMPANY, THE MEMORIAL OF THE COT. TON SUPPLY ASSOCIATION, SHEIV'ETH, —That this Association includes amongst its members the leading consumers of cot ton in England, and has been formed for the pur pose of aiding in the removal of Governmental and other obstacles to the growth of cotton in the colonies and dependencies of Great Britain, and particularly for developing the resources of British India where navigation and irrigation require to be established, and for the extended cultiva tion of cotton in every country capable of pro ducing it, for the supply, upon such terms as may be thought judicious, of seeds, cotton cleaning macbines and presses, and generally by affording information, by the diffusion of printed directions for its cultivation, by sending competent teachers of cotton planting and cleaning, by afford ing prizes for the cultivation of cotton in new fields of culture, and otherwise, as may from time to time be found expedient to promote the growth and increase the supply of cotton to this country. That your memorialists forbear to occupy the time of your Honourable Court by statements showing the vast extent and vital importance of the cotton trade of this country,affecting asit does every branch of industry and commerce, nor will they attempt to place before you the fearful evils which would inevitably follow, even a partial stoppage of the supply of an article so extensively consumed, because these are matters which, through public and private discussion have become familiar as household words, but they respectfully call your attention to the alarming jeopardy in which the manufactures and people of this country are at present placed, by an almost entire dependence upon the United States of America for that supply, as such a source is necessarily subject to be affected by a variety of circumstances beyond our control or power to remedy; they also suggest that it is matter for grave doubt and fear whether England has not reached its climax in manufactures, unless a means of further supply of cotton is provided, beyond that which America can afford, to meet the yearly in creasing demand. That it is now a notorious and well ascertained fact that the southern portion of British India is capable of producing cotton to an almost unlimited extent, and more than sufficient to meet the future wants of Great Britain, however large they may become ; and that, at the same time, it offers greater facilities for the formation of an earlier and more certain supply of that article than any other country, from the adaptability of its soil for such cultivation, and the largo amount of resident la bour which its teeming population will at once af ford ; but these facilities cannot be taken advan tage of from the want of irrigation works and really cheap moans of transit to the coast. That it is of the highest national importance that the most energetic measures should forthwith be adopted by your Honourable Court for the rapid and effectual supply of these most urgent wants of that portion of your territories to which we have adverted, because thereby, and by means of those aids, which your memorialists aro willing to afford, viz., the supplying of seeds and of cotton, cleaning machines and presses, not only will a certain and almost inexhaustible supply of the staple articles of commerce upon which England is now dependent upon foreign nations be brought into existence, and the resources of territories over which the British Government and your Honout able Court have con trol be immensely developed, but un bounded benefits will also flow to the Governments and people of both England and India. The quality of cotton pro duced in India will also be greatly improved, both by the irrigation of the soil, and the necessity which that irrigation will create for a different and more careful mode of culture than has hitherto been adopted. That your memorialists believe that neither your Honourable Court or the local Governments of India can, for many years to come, provide these urgently required works of irrigation and means of transit, and that it is only by the aid of private enterprise and by attracting and applying British capital to their construction that they can be ob tained. That, under such circumstances, it is vitally im portant that every possible facility, and the most generous and liberal assistance, should be afforded by your Honourable Court to those who are or may be willing to undertake the onerous task of raising the requisite capital and the construction of such works. That your Memorialists are informed and believe that it is the opinion of mercantile men of great experience and others, that British capitalists and the English public will not be induced to invest monies in an undertaking so novel in character as the construction of irrigation works in India, and having its base of operations so distant, unless your Honourable Court is willing to accord terms similar to, or even more liberal than, those which you have already granted to Indian Railway Com panies, including a guarantee of a minimum rate of dividend. That your memorialists, and all others desirous of increasing the prosperity of this country and of India, will view with great satisfaction the appli cation of the surplus capital of England to the con struction of public works of such vast importance as those just referred to, and. from the execution of which so much good must result ; and they confi dently hope that your Honourable Court will not allow the want of such terms and support as those just mentioned to impede or prevent such appli cation at the present time. Your memoralists therefore humbly pray that your honourable court will take into their earnest consideration the subject matter of this memorial, and adopt such measures as will effec tually and immediately remove all impediments to the cultivatio'n in British India of cotton and other staple articles of commerce, so important to the true interests of this country; that your honourable court will also encourage, by all possible means, theimme diate application of private enterprise and British capital to the construction of those works for the extension of irrigation and navigation in southern India, which are there so urgently re quired, as thereby the resources of that portion of the British empire, which is placed under your control, will be speedily and properly developed, the well-being of its inhabitants considerably augmented, the cotton-trade of this country relieved from its present unsatisfactory and de pendent state, by the substitution of a certain supply of its wants, and the commerce of England will be greatly extended. And that your Honour able Court will not hesitate to grant to those who are willing to raise capital in England and to apply it to purposes of such public utility as those referred to, liberal and generous support to enable them to effect such objects with success, and that you will not withhold from them your guarantee of a mini mum rate of interest upon such capital. And your memorialists will ever pray, &c. NOTE.—The above memorial was signed by the Presi dent of the Cotton Supply Association, J. Cheetham, Esq. M.P., on behalf of the Association, and was presented on the 28th November last, to the Honourable Court of Directors of the East India Company, accompanied by a letter stating that such memorial was meant to have reference to the Madras Irrigation and Canal Company. Similar memorials were previously presented to the Hon ourable Court by the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce, the Manchester Commercial Association, and the Glasgow Chamber of Commerce. Others of a like character will, we understand, shortly be forwarded from other com mercial bodies. The East India Coal Company have contracted with the Indian Government for the supply of 25,000 tons of coals annually for two years, it is said, on favourable terms. A NEW Boos FOR BOYS.—Just published, beauti fully illustrated and handsomely bound, price 55., " The Wolf Boy of China." OPINIONS OF TILE PRESS. — "This little book we can cordially recommend, not only for young readers but for those of larger growth. The descriptions of the celestial empire are fascinating ; the adventures and 'stapes hairbreath, are exciting enough to make everybody who reads it wish to go to China, almost as earnest as Robinson Crusoe made him look for a desert island and a man Friday. The novelty of the scenes, the strange manners and customs and the spirited manner in which the adventures are related, make the book a choice present for the class of juvenile readers to whom it is dedicated."—Athenceum. "The author of the ' Wolf Boy of China' has achieved a triumph, and many a curly-pated knot of boys, huddled together by the fireside oil many a weary winter's night, will beguile the time with these interesting pages, and feel grateful for the gift he now bestows upon them.— Dispatch. " Those who wish to teach their children without trouble something of the people with whom we and Sir John Bowring have now some matters to settle, ‘ and those who want a perfectly novel treat for their boys and girls too, will find the ' Wolf Boy of China' the very book for them."—Sun. London : E. Marlborough and CO,, Aye Maria-lane; Bath; Biwa and Goodwin• GENERAL HAVELOCK'S PENSION. (From the Times.) The question "What is constitutional I" has some analogy to the question " What is providential 1" The classical poet argued that navigation was a de ' fiance of Providence, because the sea was designed to separate one country from another. But the answer to that is, that if the sea is a providential separation, navigation is a providential remedy for it. And so now some excellent people argue against taking morphiain surgical operations, on the ground that bodily pain is an infliction of Providence ; the answer to which is, that the same Providence which sends the pain sends the morphia. In fact, this argument about Providence, and this answer to it, run through almost the whole of life and nature. Twenty years ago thousands of worthy persons thought railways impious. What business had we to think of travelling so quickly ! Was it not a proud aim at übiquity—an approach to assuming an attribute of omnipotence Z And before the time of railways old-fashioned people looked ominous on the subject of the " Rockingham" and the " High flyer." Ten miles an hour was contrary to Provi dence when men had been accumtomed to go six. All fhe great creations of art have thus been voted in their way defiances of Providence—ships, rail ways, cities—for "God made the country, and man made the town,"—as if the discovery was not in any case just as providential as the original diffi culty which it cured or diminished, as if a wheel barrow could be providential if a locomotive was not, and as if a ferryboat could be safe from the charge of impiety if the Great Eastern was open to it. The same kind of argument goes on on the ques tion of What is or is not constitutional. Thus, in the debate on Wednesday on the subject of Sir Henry Havelock's pension, it was argued by Mr. Gladstone that the " interposition of members of the House" in the case of granting rewards to public servants was unconstitutional, because the constitution made the Crown the fountain of honour. But the answer to this is, that if the con stitution gives this privilege to the Crown, the con stitution also subjects the exertion of the privilege in any case to a vote of the House of Commons ; and that men have a clear right to make remarks and suggestions on an Act to which they are called on to be parties, and to which their concurrence is necessary. Mr. Gladstone cautioned the House against meddling with the Royal Bounty, and so marring its grace, and interfering with its character as a free spontaneous act. This argument would have had something in it if the Crown, according to the working constitution of this country, acted quite independently in these matters, and without the slightest reference to Parliament. But this is not the case. The Crown gives rewards upon the recommendation of Ministers, and the Ministers represent the opinion of Parliament. That is the working constitution of this coun try. We do not say that it is so described in any written statute, or that you can give index authority for all this ; but, whether it is or is not "De Loltue's Constitution," it is the de facto constitution of England now. The Crown does not act independently, even in its executive character, but in concert with Parlia ment, and the Royal bounty is an act of the nation, and not an act of the Queen alone. It expresses the gratitude of Par!iament and the country for particular services, and therefore it is nonsense t I say that the freedom and grace of this act are int;ifered with when Parliament takes pat in the bestowal of it and offers sug gestions upon it. So for as it is the act of Par liament, E.o far it can be interfered with by the deliberations of Parliament. This sort of Parliamentary prose is like a great deal of the advice which we meet with in didac tic works, in letters from fathers to sons, in fic titious speeches of sages to young men, and in books about education and the management of families. With good and sensible hints every now and then, the great mass of the teaching of such books is, however well meant, extremely useless, simply because it is artificial, technical, and arbitrary. They lay down fixed rules on subjects which do not in the least admit of them, and make statute letter the guide in matters on which the only true guide is common sense and good feeling acting for the best according to the occasion. Nothing is easier than laying down rules, prescribing limitations, interposing vetoes, and drawing imperious distinctions. The only difficulty is to get them confirmed and ratified by common sense, acknowledged and received among men of independent judgment. Thera was Lord Grey, the other night in the House of Lords, laying down the law very strongly against all criti cism whatever upon a Governor-General of India in times of disturbance, on the ground that such criti cism might weaken his authority in India, and interfere with the effectiveness of Government. But does Lord Grey seriously think that everybody in this country is bound to keep solemn silence about every act of Lord Cauning's until this whole mu my is over and tranquillity is completely esta blished ? Is this duty imposed by conscience or by Lord Grey ? There is a reason indeed given for it —a man must be very badly off if he has not some reason or other to give—but if we are to accept such a reason as this for such a prohibition we must really accept so many reasons for so many prohi bitions that the country and Parliament might as well at once abdicate their privilege of speech alto ge.her. There is a possibility of some harm re sulting from such criticism. But we should like to know what exertion of what human function or talent in social or political life is not accompanied by such a possibility. All freedom has risks attend ing it. Everything does harm—Parliament, the press, public meetings, elections ; the only ques tion is whether the good does ner, overbalance the harm. The air we breathe has deadly elements in ir, and roast beef may be a fatal poison, but the general effect of both is more profitable than noxious to life. We cannot have all the advantages of a free dom and all the advantages of a despotism too. A despotism can do what Lord Grey wants, and pre vent all the risk which accompanies the exercise of speech, by suppressing that faculty ; but for our own part we think that the remedy is worse than the evil, and that the system which allows us to criticise a Governor-General of India is ultimately better for the Government of India than a system which ties up the tongue of a nation. These roles, that people are not to open their mouths under this, that, and the other position of affairs, would soon give us a Count do Morny's Parliament ; there would be always some reason or other why persons were not to speak. In the imagination of many there is a crisis always at hand, if there is not one actually present ; if it is present see must not speak till it is over ' • if it is approaching we shall only bring it nearer by speaking. These rules, in short, are a sort of respectable recognised fudge, to which a man gives vent when ho finds himself in a didactic humour, or in a critical humour, or, possibly, in not a very good humour—when a digestion slightly out of order is appeased by the agreeable stimulus of coercion, by the satisfaction involved in cautions and checks to his neighbour, telling him he must behave himself better and must act according to this rule and. that. How many a solemn reprimand has proceeded. from this latent cause,—how many a grave reproof, backed by the most oracular expression ? For tunately, nobody attends to these rules, nobody cares about them, nobody thinks himself in the slightest degree bound by them, and the adviser himself least of all, who, after they have answered the purpose of a temporary set down to somebody, breaks them quite coolly the next day. With all deference to Mr. Gladstone, then, we must give our opinion that the house had a perfect right to express itself as it has continued to do on the subject of General Havelock's pension. Such remarks were quite constitutional, and the occasion called for them. General Havelock is now between GO and 70, and his life is exposed to all the risks of a sanguinary war in a trying climate. To annex the pension, then, to his life only may be to give him nothing. All precedent is in favour of a continuance to the son, and certainly such distin guished services ought not to be made an exception to the rule. ELECTION INTELLIGENCE. EAST KENT.—The election of a member to supply the vacancy in the representation of the eastern division of the county of Kent, occasioned by the resignation of Sir E. Dering, on account of ill health, took place yester- day, at Barham Downs, when Mr. W. Deedes was duly elected a member to represent the eastern division of the county of Kent in Parliament, without opposition. PAISLEY.—CIose of the Poll.—Mr. Crum Ewing, of Glasgow, 767 ; Mr. Haly, of London, 98 ajority for Mr. Ewing, 669. THE GREAT BRITAIN STEAM-SHIP. The steam-ship Great Britain, bound to Bombay with the Bth Hussars, 17th Lancers, and a de tachment of the 56th Foot, was spoken 24th Oct, in lat. 9 N., long. 26 W. NABROW ESCAPE OP LADY SlTWELL. — Yesterday, between 12 and 1 o'clock, an accident, which might have resulted in a very seriois manner, occurred to Lady Sitwell. As her ladyship's carriage w as t urn i ng fromW i Waterloo-place into Pall-mall the horses suddenly took fright and started off at a very furious pace. Capt. Richard Lambert, who happened to be pausing at the time, immediately rushed before the affrighted animals, and at the imminent dadger of his own life succeeded in stopping their further progress. Beyond the fright, the fair occupants sustained no injury. 32 - 34 ... - •" 32 - 34 49 - 51 n“ .." petal my '''' "4 77i i 61 54i a i 93i 4 3i 79 80 51f 1 91 901 i 102 1 2 948 31 4i 3/ 3i 891 9 81 36 6 853 5 i i 604 i 921 a 9 2 iiii I St. St. 12 12 120 St. St. 10 x d 10 St. $ 107 6 1B i 37i Si 7 75 4 6i 6 9 # I 1 Di's. f 5 27 0 all 0 15 1 0 IG 1 all 2 all !O all 3 all 5 1i 1 all 1 all 1 all 20 all 10 16 18i all 461 6 f 334 I 17 16i 1D0... 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Gov.s p.c.D. N. B. Australasian... Nrth.ofEuropeSteam Oriental Gas Do Now Shares Peelltr. La. & Peninsular & Oriental Do. New . Rhymney Iron Royal Mail Steam Scot. Austral. Invest S. Aus, Gov. 6 p.e.bds South Austral. Land Submarine Tel. Scrip, Do. Registered Trus. Ln. Co. Up. Can. Van Dzemen'e Land 21 -7- 23 4 - 5 30 - 35 115 - 120 1081 - 1091 27 - 32 23 - 25 3 - 4 lioo id& iti - i ••• --- ••• 5 6 d ri 3i 3A A 3 21 3 14 1d 16 18 - 4 4 5 ' id ip 2 78 81 21 i 23 51 56' 1 32 - 34 11 i - i i - 94 100 1 all !O all 1 all 1 10a. 5 all all 'lO 10 i 0 all )0 60 1 all st. 100 !,5 all 1 all 1 all ?,0 5 L 28i ARRIVALS TIIIS WEEK Wheat. Barley. Malt. English 1,610 I 2,090 I 2,740 Irish Foreign 115,240 116,530 METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. For the time of year the show of beasts in to-day's mar ket was very moderate in number, and of middling quality. Most breeds sold slowly, at Monday's currency. We were but moderately supplied with sheep, which met a dull in quiry at late rates. The supply of calves was limited, and the veal trade ruled brisk, at an improvement in the quo- tations of 44 per Sibs. Pigs sold on former terms, but mulch cows were drooping in price. Per Bibs to sink tho °gala. s. d. s. d. I s. d. s. d. inferior 80a5t5....3 oto 3 2 PrimeSouthdown 5 0 5 4 Second quality.... 3 4 3 8 Large erso. calves 4 4 410 Primo largo Oiol2 310 4 2 Primo small do 5 0 5 4 Primo Soots, die. 4 4 4 8 Largo hogs Inferior Sheep ...3 2 3 8 Small porkers 4 8 5 2 Second quality ...3 10 4 01Suckling calves-21 0 27 0 Prime erso.-wlled.4 2 4 8; Quarter old pigs. 23 0 28 0 TOTAL SUPPLY: I FOREIGN SUPPLY. - Beasts Sheep and lambs Calves 250 Pigs 3OO . _ Beasts ~_ 40 Sheep and lambs l9O Calves l9O Pigs -- NEWGATB AND LEADENHALL. We had a slow trade here to-day, as follows : Per 81bs by the carcase. S. d, s. d. etc?, interior 2 10 3 0 Do., middling 3 2 3 4 Do. prime largc 3 6 3 10 De., do. small 4 0 4 4 Purk, largo 3 6 4 4 s. 4. e. d. Mutton, inferior 3 0 3 4 Do., middling 3 6 4 0 Do., prime ...4 2 4 6 Veal.... 3 10 4 10 Pork, small 4 0 5 4 BOROUGH HOP. Oar market continues in a healthy state for good and fine new hops, at fully previous rates. In all other kinds only a limited business is doing, on former terms. The show of samples is tolerably good. New Mid and East Kent pockets, 84s to 126 s ; Weald of Kent ditto, 58s to 80 s ; S ussex ditto, 54s to 75s per cwt. COLONIAL. SUGAIL—The market has been inactive, and at public sale a very small quantity was disposed of at reduced rates. The refined market is very quiet, and easier rates are cur rent. Dried goods have declined about 6d to is per cwt. COFFEE.—OnIy a moderate business has been done. Plantation Ceylon may ba quoted 6d to is per cwt. cheaper, and other descriptions also rule at easier quotations. TEA.—A very limited business has been done in com mon congou at Did usual prompts. At public sale 9,836 packages were offered, of which about 5,000 were sold, at previous rates. RICE The market is inactive, and, owing to sales being pressed, prices were rather lower. FRUlT.—Currants are dealt in to a moderate extent, and Valencia raisins are in better demand. Good qualities, value 58s per cwt. SALTPETRE.—The market is quiet. British refined is quoted 44s per cwt, being rather cheaper. TALLOW.—The market has exhibited more firmness. P.Y.C., on the spot, is 51s 6d • January to March, 52s ; and March deli very, 52s 6d per owt. LLOYD'S SHIPP — ING.--(This Day.) LONDON, Deo. ll.—Wind this day at noon, S.; ligh breeze and fine. -- - MILFORD, Dec. 10.—Wind S . W. —Arrived—Spring flower, from Quebec, with rudder gone. HULL, Dec. 10.—Wind S.W.--Arrived—Gleniffer, from Quebec. PILL, Dec. 10.—Wind S.W.---Sailed—Pet, from St. Michael's. svir A ,NsEA,, Dec. Io.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Bella Donna, from Cobuimbo. FALMOUTH, Deo. 10.—Wind S.W.—Hermine, from Akyab. PORTSMOUTH, Dec. 10.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived Henry James, from Bombay. COWES, Dec. 10.—Wind W . — Arriveci—Jonean, from Chinches. PLYMOUTH, Dec. 10.—Wind S.W.— Arrived--H.M.S. Persian, from Sheerness for Africa. (PER ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Friday Morning, Wind E. ; fine. Arrived—Para, (s), from Louden ; Lady Eglinton, (a; London ; Limerick Lass, Newport ; Atalanta, (s), Jersey Sailed—Lady Eghnton, (s), for Dublin. LIVIMPOOL, Friday Morning. Wind S. Arrived—Leo, from Montevideo ; Willi a m Tucker, Al liuev America, Ea; M erica, screw steamer. Co.A. Folli o t, C a lcutt a . runna. Sailed—Globe, Lucia;Affiance, Wind S.W. Arrived—Corinth, from Callao. 118 1081 9i QUEENSTOWN, Deo. 9. (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND Friday Morning. Wind calm ; tide fi rst h o ur's ebb ; weather hazy. Arrived, Dec.lo Akbar, from Madras. Arrived, Dec. 11—Acadia, from Quebec ; Dunkirk ; Ranger, steamer , Harlingen ; Albi on , s teamer, Boulogne ; Storm C loud, C alcutta ; Essex, Melbourne ; Galatea, Porto Rico. Wind W.S. W. ; moderate. DEAL, Frid a y Morning. Valencia: , from Hernosend, for Passed,Passed, Dec. pec. 1. 1 0 1 ..- 7 B n o a n g g me S is ; e e r rs L e uningscroff, from New castle, for Constantinople ; City of Nantes, steamer, from London, for St. Nazaire. Anchored--Charles, for Sierra Leone ; T ar , Rio Janeiro ; Lorenzo, Barbadoes ; St. C a th er i ne , Bahia—all from London ; Edward and Julia, ship, f rom Antwerp, for Cardiff. MAccording to the last accounts from Cronstadt, nearly 100 foreign vessels are locked up b y the ice in the por t and roadstead, and it is more th an probable that t h e y will not be set free until .about the m on th o f M a y next. Some of these vessels are in such i mm i nent d anger that itihad been thought i nd ispensable to discharge their cargoes, and convey the merchandise over the ice, and deposit it in warehouses in the town, COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL. At the Court held yesterday, Alderman HALE pro posed that the freedom of the City and a valuable sword be presented to Sir H. Havelock, for his heroic conduct in India; bat on its being suggestad that it was the opinion of many members of the Court that the motion was submitted too early, Alderman Hale consented to postpone it till the beginning of the year. THE VACANT GROUND IN BT. PAIII:S-CHURCITARD. A report from the Improvement Committee was brought up by Deputy BOWER, " relative to the vacant site on the south-east of St. Paul's-churchyard, with a plan for the appropriation of the same." The deputy said that the matter had stood over for some time, in consequence of difficulties which had arisen from the Coopers' Company, and in consequence of the large amount of compensation required by that body, the committee had not been able to effect an amicable ar rangement. They had proposed to give up two-thirds of tbo ground, and he considered that was enough for them to do. The view of the noble cathedral would not be obstructed, while at the same time some portion of the site might be advantageously realised. He moved that the Court agree with the committee in their report. The committee, he might say, were unani mous, and he therefore hoped there would be no further ERRE!' strongly objected t o th e re po r t. It Mr. opposition. nn thewa e q x u t e r s e t m i o e ti l m t e w a a gr s e, extremely and cons i de insignificant. riog the largeness (H ear ol The fact wag, that the committee would not have gone to that court at all if they could have helped it. He ob jected to the report further, because it proposed to deal with a piece of valuable ground. They had paid 500,0001. for Cannon-street out of the fourpenny coal-duty. wh ere was the money to come from in this case ? From the City cash, he (Mr. De Jersey) was told. This could not be allowed, and it was not right for the Court to decide to give to the public 30,0001. or 40,0001. out of the City's cash. Were they prepared to do so ! He thought not. 40,0001. or 50,0001. was not to be thrown away. But of this there was nothing in the report. There wers no figures there, and therefore he objected to the report. They ought to know what amount of money would be required, and where that amount was to be obtained. The committee were bound to furnish that information. There was another thing. The committee had full power to set out the street and appropriate the ground ; then why did tht ygo to the Court at all I Simply because they were compelled to ask leave to give away that large money value in obedience to the arbitrary will of public taste. The Architects' Institute bad intimated, through the public press, that they should look to Mr. Bunning, the City's architect, to preserve this open space to the public. He (Mr. De Jersey) objected to this species of intimida tion ; and if they pleased, they might consider him to be both a Goth and a Vandal, but he would not be called a coward, while he felt it to be his duty to oppose such a mode of giving away the funds of the Corporation in such a manner. (Cheers.) They were trustees of the public funds, and it was their duty to see that they were properly applied. The public would not subscribe a penny ; as to giving us a 5-pound note, they would see us at Jericho first. The Board of Works would not give them ape ay. They said, "No, do ityourselves ' • we know you will not cover the ground ;"—and that from men who were in the habit of insulting the Corporation even within those walls. Were they going to succumb to suc's parties as these Certainly not. (Hear, hear.) Then let them look at the value of the ground. Who ever could have thought the price of ground within the City would have reached the enormous value of 91. per foot! But it was so, wad in some cases infinitely greater. Then let them lock at the enormous increase which was taking place in the rating of the City. Let them look at the consolidat'id rate. In 1855 it was 54,0001. ;in 1856 it was 80,000/, ' Mr. PERKINS —But the cemetery has been bought, laid out, and paid for. That was the charge. (Hear.) Mr. De JERSEY—The fact was, the rates were in creasing iu an alarming ratio. They remembered when the sewers rate eas but 5,0001. Last year it was 9,0001. What was it at that moment 4 21,9001. (Hear, hear.) Let them, then, pause before they voted away so large and valuable, a piece cf ground, and well consider before they sunk so large a sum in value of corporation property, and thus involve those who in after years might follow them. He moved that the consideration of the report be adjourned to a future period. Mr. YOUNG seconded the amendment. Deputy PEWTRESS defended the committee, and con tended that there was no ground whatever for the propo sition of Mr. De Jersey. The report had been well considered for many months, and further reference was perfectly un necessary. He was sure that if they adopted m tk e e a r th op er t s ,rt of it t w ha o t u c ld o g u i r v t e ; t h a e n and greatest ho was satisfactionqui s certaintha t such to the sucb a step would give the greatest satisfaction to the body of citizens, and the inhabitants of the metropolis at large. Mr. BESLEY supported the report. Deputy LOTT, F.S A , observed that the committee had applied to the Board of Works, which body had been constituted to represent the liberties of the people, upon whose shoulders they had been brought in ; but that board had evidently given them the cold slioalder, hiving refused to have anything to do with them. He, for one, would not succumb to the opinions of the press in the matter, but he would give something up for the peoule. He thought the committee acted judiciously, and exhibited wisdom in their proceedings. He, there fore, should vote for the adoption of the report. Mr. ELLIOTT remarked that the question was one of the greatest importance. He was strongly opposed to the speech of Mr. De Jaeuey. They had there, be would not, say one of tho best, but oce of the grandest sites over whole of the metropolis, he alluded to the proximity of St. Pawl's Cathedral. (Hear.) He was for sending the report back to the committee and for allowing the vacant site in St. Paul's-churchyard to remain as it was at that time for an indefinite period.— (Oh l) oDAftNt.ehionptehdeir r eport. l Hethoug ht that the Co urt Deputy would agree with D T t h u e j e ' m Log wao quite wrong in the remarks he had made, as ao dou'ot when tbeir architect had examined the eleva tions of the proposed buildings upon a portion of the site, that officer would take care to see that they were in keeping with the magnificent dome and noble pro portions of that unrivalled building. (Hear, hear.) Mr. FRY trusted that before the Court consented the would pause before they committed themselves by giving up the site, as proposed in the report, especially when they considered the financial position of the funds of the Corporation. The worthy commoner then, in illubtration of his view, recapitulated many of the items contained in the report of the Special Revenue Com ' mittee, t ) which we referred some time ago. Mr. 13LaKft considered that the members of the Cor poration, being trustees for the public, had a right to dispose of tha ground, and pay for it out of the moneys entrusted to their charge. The proposed improvement was a public improvement, and that Court, he was assured, would be justified in doing so. Mr. De Jersey had said that that Corporation had aothing to do with the put ITc taste. He (Mr. Blake) was of a very different ai he thought it was their business not only to spend money on public improvements, but at the same time to set- that they were executed as tastefully as possibly. He should heartily support the motion. a:,-puty BOWER replied in a most forcible speech, after which the proposition was put, and carried by a large majority, and ordered to be carried into execution. Upon the question being about to be put, Mr. ELLIOTT moved as an amendment that the report be scut back for reconsideration, in the midst of much confusion, and cries of "No, no." Mr. MURRELL seconded the motion, which was nega tived, and the original motion was carried by an over whelming majority. IMPROVEMENTS IN NRWGATE-STREBT. Mr. PERKINS brought up a report from the laidge. house Committee (in the absenca of the chairmen, Mr. G. C. Graves), recommending that the committee should be empowered to treat with the Commissioners of Sewers for setting back four house. of the north side of Newgate•street. Mr. PERKINS, in moving that the Court agree with the committee in their report, said that one of the great advantages which would arise from the carrying out of this iraprovenaent would be the wideaiug of the means of access to Newgate-markent, where new so much difficulty existed as to make the crowding of the vehicles and the pressure of the people who thronged the market perfectly intolerable. (Hear.) Report agreed to. SIR H. HAVELOCK'S ANNUITY BILL. The following is a copy of this bill :—" Most Gracious Sovereign,--Whereas your Majesty by your most gracious message bath been pleased to signify that your Majesty, being desirous of conferring a signal nark of your favour and approbation on Major-General Sir Henry Havelock for the eminent and distinguished services rendered by him in commas"' of a body of Baal& and native troops in India, and particularly in she gut hnt and successful operations undertaken ter the relief of the garrison of Lucknow, recommend to us to enable your Majesty to wake provision for securing to Sir Henry Havelock a pension of 1,000/. per annum for the term of hie natural life. Therefor, we, your Majesty's most dutiful and loyal subjects, the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in Parliament assembled, duly considering your Majesty's gracious intention, do most humbly beseechyour Majesty that it may be enacted , and be it enacted b y th e Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by mad with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal and Com. 1 moos o o o 1 i . n a t: a i this I p b re e se p n a t ia P t a o rl s ia ir m H en e t n a ry sse H m a h v l e e l d ock an r d ßmua b ri y otofyn t h h eot.l f e a n the e fo fi ß l e lo c a w t th s , f : o f m o l r . sou K a u n t i h gm o h r et i n t y e. c d () , : the an natural life, Commander and d th sa e m t s a a e k o id annuity shall be de eme d to have 1 D pa e r c t ! t m h b er e e r, o l f B f s o 7 r , t a h n e d p t e h r e io fi a rst payment of January, 1858, the tAll sia t annuity n t h a day . proportionate b t h e e p paid day quarterly, o f J. an January, a h r a y t , sth day of such shall f all be m amade comm encement a onhs o a itdo sththe day of January, 1858, and such annuity shall thereafter April, the sth day of July is t t h o e 10 thd say—ona y andlyi deaatri dr eandlafnu dnsdh;d ar ti b li o y a l l I be o t the e o c s t t o h baao d lelnfr a tdl y satatnh o uhd f eee and be payable out of th i'n e receipt United of Kin g domerc H . ivotac a nri v sYno elock, or of such oth er . thesaid of Sir G Henryreat B a good and sufficient discharge . shall for bethe payment personto receive such shall bbe annuity,duly authorised partand atphpeoriencotlfe: thereof, and the sai d h im taxes and all other cbarges whatsover, except income t ix." The bill w as read a second time last (Thursday) night. Lady Peel and Mr. A. Peel returned to Whitehall gardens yesterday afternoon from visiting Mr. and Mrs Shelley, at AVington•park. FOR: ,IGN. ,1 I 11a 9A 8/ 51 6 35 i 18 171 18 25 10 L 0.6 St. St. St. St. 20 25 25 St. 94 3 79. 9