The Sun. — London, England, 1857-11-21 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLocK. Accounts from Liverpool state that the Cotton Market yesterday closed heavily, and values con tinue to declino. The sales were estimated at 2,000 bales. The Railway Share Market closed flatly, and at a considerable decline in prices. The Bank of England weekly return, which is completed to Wednesday last, exhibits some re markalile features, and it is evident that the strain upon the resources of the establishment has been exceedingly severe. Acting in conformity with the Treasury letter, the authorities have issued 2,000,0001. more notes, and an equal amount of Government Securities bas been transferred from the • Banking to the opposite side of the Issue department. The Bank have also sold stock to the extent of 1,000,0001., and the other securities have accumulated to the amount of four millions ; the total now being upwards of 30,000,0001. The -Reserve of Notes, through the over-issues, has in creased, and the decline in the bullion has not been 5 ° important as was expected. During the last few days about three-quarters of a million is under- Stood to have been sold to the authorities, so that their position is now supposed to be stronger than at the date of their account. The principal items, and the changes they present, are as subjoined : Active Circulation Increase Bullion ................... ....... 6,484.096 Decrease ......... 686,412 ;.Rest ......... Increase .................... 69,141 Public Dep os it s Increase Other Deposits Increase Seven-Day and other Bills 829,544 Decrease Government Securities Decrease 3,037,694 Other Securities Increase Notes unemployed ployt Increxse • • 190;475 The official return of the exports of precious metals from the port of London for the week end ing Thursday last was as follows : §Gold Coin Boulogne ... 4,500 On. Bars Brlgium ... 2,000 „ „ liSiiver Coin A rise took place yesterday afternoon in the rates of continental exchange. The failure was announced yesterday of Messrs. J. R. Thomson and Co., in the Cape trade, with liabilities estimated at 300,0001. The asset., how ever, will probably yield a surplus. The Market for English Securities appears rather lau9yant, notwithstanding the Bank return and the difficulty experienced in obtaining accom modation. Some satisfaction has been produced by the arrival of the Persia, and a good deal of curiosity has been felt to ascertain what amount of specie she has on board. A mode rate business has been done, but specula tion is quiet. Consols for money were 892 i 89a and 89i 90. For the account they were 90 to 90 1 and 901 I. The present quotations are 89a and 90 to 9.0 k respectively. The New Three per Cents, are 882 ; the Reduced, 881 89 ; Ex chequer Bills, 14s. discount ; the Bonds, 98i ; and India Bonds, 455. to 355. discount. Bank Stock 214. Rather a large business has been done in Foreign Stocks, and prices are well maintained. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 871 88 ; ditto 4 per Cents, ; Spanish 3 per Cents., 411 ; ditto Deferred, 251 ; Brazilian 5 per Cents., 981 ; Chilian 6 per Cents., 101 ; Danish 5 per Cents., 102 ; Mexican 3 per Cents., 188 ; Peruvian 4i per Cents., 751 ; Por tuguese 3 per Cents., 43/ ; Russian 5 per Cents., 1051 106 ; Sardinian 5 per Cents., 89 ; and Dutch 2i per Cent s ., 951. The following are the nominal prices of Foreign Stock s .—Grenada Deferred Bonds, 5i to 6 ; Mexi- Can 184 3 ' 8 j Peruvian 4i per Cents., 74 76 ; ditto Per Cents. —— • Portuguese 3 per Cents., 4 76 ; Russian 5 per Cents., 104 106 - Ditto 4i Per Cents., 94 96 ; Spanish per Cents ., 40i 41 ; ditto New Deferred, 25 254. In the Railway Share Market this morning the transactions have been unimportant. A decline of about per cent., however, is apparent upon some of the chief undertakings. North-Western, South- Western, Midland, and North-Eastern (York), de clined ss. ; Great Western, 10s. ; and Scott'sh Centrals, 15s. North British improved about ss. The Foreign and Colonial lines are ste .dy. Grand Trunk of Canada advanced 55., and East Indian about ss. Paris and Orleans realised 51. Mining Shares were very quiet, at former quota tions. Joint-Stock Bank Shares were dealt in to a mo- derate extent, but exhibited no important altera tion in values. In the Miscellaneous Marko', Royal Mail Steam realised 51 to 54k. BRUISE{ FUNDS.—CLOSING PRICES—THIS DAY, (From t he Official Listil Business done. Sank Stock 3 per k.nt. Reduced Annuities 3 per (sent. consots Annuities B/I it 9 0 Newl4'Taw per Cent. Annuities 88 4 2i per Cent. Annuities India Stock India Bonds, .tiluut) .. • CoLsols for Account Ex'' ~,er 4 1111 s, 20. £lOOO, l4d V.sou S .all . .••• 00000 ••• 8 12 d Fachequer Bonds, 1858, 31 per Cent._ 9.1 Ditto, 109 I RICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS—THIS DAY. Brazilian 6 per Cent. Cailian Bonds, 6 per Cent lOl. Danish Bonds, 3 pee Cent., 1825 Ditto 5 por Cent., Mexican 3 per Cent Peruvian Bonds , 4i per Cent Ditto Account Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent., Cou. 1841 - - Ditto 1853, 3 p er Cent Russian Bonds, 1822, t: St., 5 per Cont.... 105; 1 Sardinian Bowls, 5 p er C ont. • 89 finsnish per Ce nt . 'Ditto Account 41 Ditto New Deferred, 3 per C en t. Ditto Account Turkish I:onds, p,:r cent... Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. Ditto Account Dividends on the above payable in Loudon. Belgian 9 1 per Cent., ex. 25 francs Do. 41 per Cent.. ex. 25 francs~. Consols, money ... Consols account.... TWO O'CLOCK. 90 His Excellency Count Clareptowilch is expected to leave the residence of the Russian Legation in a few days for St. Petersburg, The Duchess of Athol' has left the St. George's Hotel, to take her turn as lady in waiting on her Ma jesty. Lord Huntingfield has left the St. George's Hotel for Heveningharn-hall, Suffolk. _ _ The Earl of Lonsdale, who has been detained in town some weeks by indisposition, is now much better, and able to take out-door exercise. The Earl of Roden has joined the Countess and Lady Maria Forester at the Queen's Hotel, Upper Norwood. The Countess (Dowager) Somers has left town for Rome, to visit the Earl and Countess Somers, who have arrived there from a tour in Greece. Lord and Lady Brougham arrived in town a few days sinc e, from Br oug h am H a ll. The noble and learned lord has since left town for his chateau at Cannes. Her lady- Ship remains in town. ,e Lady S tuart de Rothesav has left town to v i s it th eH )u r n ,,i t ess (Dowager) of Hardwicke, at Tittenbanger, 9 where the Countess (Dowager) of Caledon is also eyin g . I%i IN EB.--Th • • days has been e n 'tuning Tee demand share market for the last few h as shares, than for some weeks past. shares, the rise or falienorehieflY occupation and profit to thes for small grculative per share in which gives af terdealers. Good progressive mines are also inquired tu )1:11 preference to dividend stocks, which are likely unprecedented drop in the stoaefnchlffected by the almost ?,rd last week. Not withstanding the amount Not market is in rather a pecula business doing, the very slight circumstances affect T T position, and r ©eatT he Sdteanteler,,Sf do not like to ii ereve their stock inP theeeoBf.p mars9lers is the money matters, and the appearance signal f it. ,lower quotations and wide B:that 13tht, those who must sell have to do so at a sa g e p r. rEc : P e ' s ; a ten se Oa the other band, a demand ler share l')°t!'ary rise, and a difference betw , en buying and s e pi n t e , %,, tr 4 of as much as It. on 10/ shares. We i; - 1 ini n e eß e lY heard of a transaction in any of the large dividend kll i ,..), and 'ewer quotations are generally g i ven.— a journal of this day. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 21, 1857. This Dly. RAILWAY". Closing trim this day. Business dons this day. Si SI RAILWAYS. ---1 12ii St. St. St. 50 20 20 10 10 Pai.d 1 100 100 100 all all all all 8 Ambg. Nottng. Bost. & Eastn. Junc Belfast & Ballymenf Birmng. Wolverh ti Stour Valley .. Birkenhd. Lanesh a Cheshire Juliet Blaet burn ...... Blyth k Tyne original £25 (iss. at £45)... Bristol & Exeter.... ' I Chester & Holyhead 'Cork and Bandon Cork, Black. & Pass Cornwall Di. A Do. B Lblin&BelfastJunc. 20 all 'Eastern Counties St. 100 ;Easterelnion,A.stk. St. 100 Do., do. B 25 8A IDo. New A 25 East Kent ... St. 100 East Lancashire ..... 20 all East Suffolk ...... 10 4 ; Do. St. 100 iEdinburgh& Glasgow 0 all ;Edinb. and Peebles 't. ,100 'Edinb.Prth. drDunde 0 I all .Forth and ClydeJunc. St. I 100 Furness . ....... St. 'lOO Glasgow & S.Wester 10 all Great N. of Scotland St. 100 ,Great Northern St. ' 100 Do A. Stock 1100 IDo., B. Stock ..... St. 100 ; Gt. Sth. &West. (Ire. St. 1100 Groat Western. St. 1100 Do. Str.V.R gua. St 12 I all Irish South-Eastern. 5C ; all 'Lancaster &Carlisle. 161, ...... . 161 12 Do. New Thirds St. 100 Lancash, &Yorkshir 16 6 Do., do. F 116 3 , + Do., Wst. Riding Un 20 all Do. Southport...... 113 all London & Blackwal St. 100 Lond.Bright.&S.Cst St. 100 London Sr N. Wester 20 all Do. Fifths 10 all Do. ,10/.5.h.,M&8 0 123 5 Do. Eighths • 100 London & S. Wester 25 all Lndndrry.&Colerain• 25 all Lndndrry. & Ennisk St. 100 Manch.Shef.&Lincln. 10 1 Metropolitan 10 1 Do. J. L. Ricardo's arrangement ...... Midland Do. Birmi ng. & Derb‘ Midland O. West. (Ir.) Do. 3 Shares . Newcastle & Carlisle.. Nevvpt.Aberg.&Hrfd Newry & Enniskillen Newry, Warrenpointi & Rostrevor N0rf01k...... ......... Northn. Counties Un North British ..... North Devon, Rail. & Dock Stock Do., A Stock ......... Do., B Stock ...... N. Eastern Berwick Do. do. Extension _ Do do. G.N.E.Purch. Do. Leads Do. York North London N. & S. Wstn., Hamp stead, and City Jn North Staffordshire North Western N. & S. Westrn. June Oxford Worcester & Wolverhampton Portsmouth Rhymney Scottish Central Scot. N.E.Abrdn. St Shropshire Union . . 'Sitingboarne &Sheer. ISouth Devon South Eastern........ Do. 43 pen . Shares South Wa1e5......... .. IS. Yorksh. River Dun St. 'lOO St. 100 50 all 25 all 100 all 25 ' all 50 9 20 all St. 100 50 3i St. 100 St. 100 St. 100 St. 100 St. 100 25 all 25 16 50 all St 100 St. 100 10 31.1 20 20 10 St. 17i all all .100 , 20 i 10 100 100 16 100 11C0 100 20 20 20 - Dun. P. &Aber. June East Anglian 100 2s. 2s6cl 108 tD0............ ...... Staines,Wok.,&Wok Stockton & Do. do., 1854 Do. do., 18C5 ; Stockton & Hartlepl Taff Vale Do. Pref., No. 1 Thames TTay. D. &R ; Vale of Ncath. ...... IWaterfd. & Kilkenny IWaterford&Limerick West Col nwall West End of London and Crystal Palace Do. A Do. B West London Do. First Class Do. Second Class._ Wmbled.on &Croydon r Atian. and St. Law. I Bombay, Baroda, and Ccn.lnd,guar. 5 p.c. Do. Buffalo & Lake Ilur.l Burt , Brut. & 6 p.c.bds.,l Ang.,721 Do. do., 1 July, Do. do., 1 June,'74 l !Calcutta and S. East. !Central Oude (Lim.) 'Ceylon A stares Do. . 1 2,. do. DeT.nerara . eastern Bengal East Indian Do. C Shares 11 I D 0.44 p.c.l3nds.,'s7i ,11 Do. do. do., '59, do.' .11 Geelong dr Melbourne guar. 5 per cent. 100 'Gd. Trunk. of Canada ! 11 Do. 6p. c. Deben ! ill !Gt. In. Pen. g. 5 pore ' 4 iDo. New. guar. 5 p.c ; all Gt. Westn. of Canada! ill! Do. New all ,Do. Bois., payable 's7i all I Do. do., 76, p.'6o ' all IDo. do., '73, do. ! all ;Do, do. ,'73, without 20ii . 20i 100 . 100 100 100 option a ll 'Madras, guar. 4 p.c ! ‘ all ! Do. do., 5 per e. 10 I Do. 41 p. c. Exten.' 5 Do. 3d Ex., g. 5p.e.1 5 I Do. 4th Ex., do ' ss. Onde (Limited) 5 ISeinde, guar. 5 per c 9.11 I Do - 8 - 81 62i - 63 ••• . 8/ - 9i 82 - 84 731 - 74 29 - 31 7 - 9 3 - 5 • •• •• 7i -8 , 174 - 18. 52 - 53 42 - 44 28 - 30 17 - 18 87 - 83 57 -5) 26 - 27 88 - 90 9 - 10 92 - 93 79 - 81 121 - 123 96 - 98 47i - 48 55 - 60 72 - 76 7 - 8 ;- 7- 8 ; 89 - 89 - 102 ]O3 934 - 94 . _ lid ld 84 85 1 zi - 36 81 -81 i 54 - 56 ii - ii ••• •• 56 - 58 3 - 34 46j - 473 iioi 9.4 2i - 2i 471 -48 k 77i - 78 92 - 95 4B - 4i 28 - 29 8 - 101 - IC3 213 - 2 68 -- 7024 33 - 23 31 - 33 603 - 61 78 FO 12 14 8 6d 9 11 37 39 is = Zo 7 - 9 21- 3 54- 5 BRITISH POSSESSIONS. ••• ••• d P S— 7 d 1 ••• —• ••• .. ••••• ..• i- 1 r 1103 - 10 - 6 Pi 19 -- 201 35 -- 37 66 -- 68 201 -- 201 i P 17i -- 171 31 —21 d 100 - 105 100 - 105 99 101 18 19 201 20 11 1 d d par d par id : fp. 11 IA a twrp & Rotterdam 8 Ardennes.. . .11 Belgian East. Junct _6 Beziers to Graissessac , al Carmeaux& Toulouse Coal Mines and Ry l 2 Dutch Rhenish dl Eastern of Franco 111 Do. New Zs. Euphrates Valley 18 Gt. Central of France 111 Great Luxembourg... 4 Italian Junction all Lake Const. & Bale all Lierre and Turnhout 6 Lombardo-Venetian all Lucca & Pist.sp.c.p. all Lyons and Geneva , all Lyons &. Mediterran. all Maria Antonia all Do. New all Namur & Liege all Do. do. 6 p. c. Pref all Northern of France all NorwegianTrnk.Pref all Paris and Lyons all Paris and Orleans 7 'Recife & San Fran , (Pernam.) g. 7 p. c 7i Rome and Frascati, all Royal Danish all Royal Swedish all Sambre and Meuse all Do. 5i per cent. pref. all Southern of France all West Flanders all Do. 5,1 per c. Pref . all W.&N.W. of France 6 ,Western of Austria_ all all Wiesbaden io.s p . cent. all West. of S w it zer l an d all Zealand ........ .. ..... JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 40 all iAustalasia 25 18f Bank of Egypt, 00 50 Bank of Lond on 7 5 d 131 12i 40 all Bri.Col.l3kAtLn. Co 40 45 50 all , British N. American .. 20 8 C.13k.0f Ind. Au.d i Ci i ... ''' 100 50 City 100 25 ,Colonial 100 20 !Commercial of Loud ...... = ••• 20 all Eng.ScotAzAus.Clit l7 -- 17; 20 all ,Lon.Cti. Bk.of Aust Hi 171 171 20 all Ditto New 00 20 London and County ~. - ::: 50 Aind.&E.l3nkng.Corp ... ... ..• 50 10 London Joint Stock. ... _ ... 25 100 20 I Lor.d.andWestrninst, .., _ ... 41 40 100 35 ;National Pro. of Eng. ... _ ... 20 10 iDo. New.. 22. 3 1 . National Bank . ... ... 20 all !srow South Wales— ... ... 25 all O r i en talt Bank Corp ,34 3g 3 , 4 5 20 20 !Ottoman Bank ...... 1 16,; M I 16i 300 15 P ro vinc al of Irelandi ... ... 10 all IDo. New. .............. ... ... 5 1 11.Aus.B.&G.Im.Co. ... ... 25 all S o uth Australia ...... 31 —3 3 , A 25 all Union of Australia... 47 4 9 w 2A iDo. Now 6 7 50 10 Union of London ..., ... ... 20i 19,i 100 50 Unity Mutual '4.. -. ..•d 100 .i.l Westrrifik of Loud ... ..0:1$ 5i - 6 “. i ••••• •• 1• 4 - 41 6i - 6i 2 , q - 25 - ... - ii = 5i ii - igl 23 - 24 6i - 7 18i - 183 34 - 344 8 - 9 32 -32 i 49 - 51 21 lid' 6 -- 6 7 -- 8 20i -- 21, 4t -- 5 8 -8! 24t -- 2o 1.11 ...... ••• INES LEASED AT FIXED KENTALS, Paid RAILWAYS. Leasing Companies. Closing Prices this day I. 100 t. 100 5 all ;t. 1100 5 all It. 100 it. WO 5 all all 15 all 2A, an 124 i all ;() I all it. 100 .0 91 5 all ;t. !100 6i all all all all Bnckghamsh. Clydesdale Jc. Col.Stour Vy. E.Lin. g. 6 p.e E. Un. H. Sh. Glas. Barr. & Neils. Direct. Do. \Tow Glstr.&Dn.Fr Do. Shares Do. 4 Shares Lon. &Greenw Do. Preference Lon. Tit., &.9.1 Do. Bark. Sh. Manch,Baton. and Matlock Mdld. Bradfd. Newmarket BuryE.G.spc. NAtEst.s p.c. Do. 6 per ct Do. Fixed sp.c Prest. & Wyre 2i all It. 'lOO Do. A Shrs. Roystn.& Hit. all ISh;ews. & Her' .2 all IS. Staffordsh.. i 0 all ;WearVal.g6pe 5 all D 0... ,, it. 1100 Wilts,Stßongrgt PREFEREM Blyth and Tyne 10 p. c.pref. (issd. at 501.) Bris.SLEx.4 p.c. St. Do. 4 per c. Shares Caledn. £lO 4. p. c Ches. & Ho. 51 p.c Do. do. 5 per cent Cork &Bandonslp.c Dnn.Perth.kAber.J E. Anglian Cls. A Sh Do. do. Cis. B 6 p. c Do. do. Cls. C 7 p. c Eas.Co.E ,, ,sp.c No.l Do. No. 2 ....... Do. New 6 pr. c. St , East Un., G. 6 p. c. Do. 51., 10 per cent. Do.lol. Debentr.Sh. ;Do. do. 4 per cent East Lane ash .6 pets l E. &W. York. J. sth 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. prom Do. 4i per cent ..... Do. 5 p.c., Red. at 5 p. c. prem. G t.N. of Scot.lst Prc Gt. S & W. (Ireland) Do. 4 per c. Pref. St. Gt.W.(B.&H.Ex.spe Do. con. red. 4i P.C. Do. con. red. 4 p. c. Do.e 5 ir; C. ed. 4 re p d er rant. Do Do. Birm. Pref. Sh o.Chester Bp. c . P. S Do. do. 5 p. c. do Do. Birm. One. Stk Do. Chesil. Gua. Sh Do. do. do Do. do. do .13 Lan. & York. 6 pc. St Lon.&B. G. 5 pc. No. 1 Do. ,P., 5 p. c. St. No. 2 o. New Guar. 6 p.c. Do. do. 5 p. c., No. 4 Lon. & N.W., Coy. di Nuneaton 5 p. ct Lon. & S.W. 7 perct late 3d Shares Lon dy. & Color. i Sh Londy.&Ennis. i Sh NI., S.,&L. 6 p. Cent Do. do. do. £6 ... Do. do. 3i per cont Marypt. N Carl. 4 p.c Do. 4i per cent Do. do. %lid. Consol. 6 p.c. St Do. Con. Br. Bir. 6 p.c Do. 4i p. c. Pref. St Do. L. &11. Pref. St New., Aber.. &c., pr 5 p. e. red. 5 p.c. pin Do. Perpet. 6 pr. et Norf k. Deb. , ' p.c. Sh Do. 5 p. e. Ext. 1846 Do. 5i p.c. pf , 1847 Do.Wv.V.sp. ~1847 North British Do. 71. Preference I 1 N. B. Berw. 4 p. c.Prf Do. do. do Do. Leeds 6 pc. No. 1 Do. do. Qrs., 1848 Do. York El. &S. Pur INorth Staffordshire Ox., Wor. & Wolv. 6 p. c. , Ist guar. Do. 6 P. c. 2d guar Do, do. Debentr. St Scot. Cent. New Pref. Sc.N. E. Aber. g.6p.c. o. do. 7 p.c. pf. St. Do. do.:q p.c. pf. St uth Devon o. fixed 44 pr cent S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of El Os. 6d. Do. 4i per cent Do. Fixed 44 p.c. Sh Do. New 4) pr. cent S. Wales Gua. 4 p. c. Do. do. 4. p. c S.Yorksh.4 p.c.Guar Stock. & Dar., 5 p. c, Do. do. do. Wttterfd& Kilk. 6 pc. Ln. &N. W. I Caledon E.U. di E. C Gt.Northn E. Count. Caldonian. G West,: 11, I`,l r, S. Eastorn, Peto & Co I Do Ln.&N.W. & Midld. E. Count Do Do L. &N. W Do Gt. Northr T. Brasse; M. MCloat Stk.&Dar Do D 0.., lat.w, 90 - 92 93 - 95 12 - 14 127 - 130 3A - 4 I 1 - iiia 12 - 13 2L3 - 234 89 - 91 1 - §t 2f - 88 - 90 id 4P 51 sti 125 - 130 7i - 8 8 3 - 9 : 30 - ii Z SHARES. 89 - 91 90 -- 95 ii : 6 106 - 112 110 - 120 104 - 107 1 - 105 119 - 122 ... '''' .... 65 - 67 [ll3 115 107 - 109 100 - 102 60 - 62 10 - 10 - 6i o 84 -- 86 80 -- 82 81 -- 83 94 -- 96 9 -- 94 1 15i -- 16'1 9} -- 66 -- 68 17i - 181 - 8i -- 94 131 -- 13 130 - 135 111 - 113 155 - 160 - - 60 - 63 128 - 00 93 - 45 83 - 85 ... - ••• 10 - 11 -100 89 - 91 li - lz 1 - 41 21i - t 25 106 - 103 98 - ICO i)i - iii 65 - 70 9i - It 21 - 22 103; 1181 BRITISH MINES. Mired Cons. (Philk.) British Iron Condurow (Cambrn.). Dev.ot. Cnsls. (Tay.)l IFast Basset (II ogan)l ,Great South Tolgus I G rt. W. Alfrd. ( Philk.) Grt.W. Vor (Hclstn.) Lady Bertha N. Frances (Illogan) N.W.Basset (Illogan) North Wheal Crofty Par. Cons. (St. Blaxy)1 Porkeilis U. (Wend.). Sort. Cons, Min. Co I ,S. Caradon (St. Clcer)l S. Carn Brea (lllogn. S.W. Frances(lllogn.) S. & L. Min. Co Tin Croft Un.Minee (Gwennap) V. of Towcy (Camar.) W. Basset (Illogan).. W. Caradon (Liskrd.) Wh. Basset (Mogan). Wh. Buller (Rdruth). Wh. Edward(Calstck) Wh. Kitty (U. Llant) / Wh. Ma. Ann (Menht. )1 Wh. Trelawney(Lis.)l 15i -- 6 -- 7 100 -- 110 430 -- 450 90 -- 100 13i -- 14 . 41 -- 5 2i -- 3} 1i -- 10 -- 11 12 -- 13 5 -- 5A 19 -- 20 4A -- 2 - -- 21 335 -- 345 5 - 6 ,230 - 240 II - if 3 - 4 - 226 - 23, 100 - 110 170 - 180 2,J5 - 310 7i - 7i 149 - 51 123 - 95 FOREIGN lAustralian Bou Accord Cop. (Ii.)" Brazilian Imp.(issued at £5 pm) Do. Cocaos di Cuiada Do. St. John Del Rey Clarendon Con. MM. Co. of Jamaica . Cobre Copper , Copiapo Dun Mountain Cop per Mining Co. Fortuna General Unarm; Lusitanian Mariquita New Granada_ Noveau Mondo Pont.Sil.LdM.&Smb Port Philip Santiago do Cuba United Mexican MINES. 4 d par 11 2 u'-- 13 39 41 10 12 id pi idi 14 15 7i - 8f la Ad 5 - 6 li 2 31 3a MISCELLANEOUS. Atlantic Tel. (Lim. ) Australian Agiicult. Australn. Royal Mail Berlin Water Works Do. New iss. at 51. d Brit. American Land Canada Do.Go.6pc.Jan&July Copper Min. of Eng. Do. Prof. 7; p. cent Crystal Palace Do. Preference Crystal Pal, of France Electric Tel. of Irel. E l e Eastern ctrie T S c r e a g m raph En.&Aust.Cop.SmCo Eur. & Ind.Jctn. Tel. iEur.& Ain . Stm.(lim ) ;Gen. Ir. Sc. Col.(lim.) IGen. Steam Navigat. London Discount Lond. Gen. Omnibus , Magdalena St. Navig. Mediteran. Elec. Tel. Do. Extension Teleg. IMexicau& S.Americn Nat, Discount Co 'Netherlands Land., iDo. Do. all 10 all 8i all Do. 8 p c.Pf.iss.at I d. IDo. Do. t New R. &N. S. Land N. S.W. Gov.s p.c. D. N. B. Australasian... Nrth.of EuropoSteiun Oriental Gas lEt Do peci N pa e .wShares. 14. dim init. Peninsular 4 Oriente; Do. Now hymney Iron loyal Mail Steam ~c ot. Austral. Invest. S.Aus, Gov. 6 p.c.bds. South Austral. Land Submarine Tel. Scrip Do. Registered ITrus. Ln. Co. Up. Can !Van,Ptemett's Laul ii 1 ii 4 - 5 30 - 35 10 - 120 ,07 - 108 27 - 32 23 - 25 - 3i - 4 97 - 93 ••• " li -i l ..i -: 'd' ••• ••• D 3 i i (-7: 2 (i 3i - 23-2. i - 2 3 li lid 16 1S 4 - 5 - 5 R i id iP li 2 72 74 5 6p 21 —23 ••• ----- ••• 1 --- 11 30 - 33 8 I s"~~.~ ski Business this day and Mr. H. Browne were counsel for the Crown. Sir F. Kelly, Mr. Sergeant Shee, Mr. Boville, Q.C., and about a dozen other learned gentlemen appeared on the part of the defendants. Sir F. Thesiger said he appeared to show cause against several rules that had been obtained against the defendants in this court, but before doing so he explained the absence of the Solicitor•Generalin the case, that it might not be considered he was neglecting his duties. During the time of the vacancy of the office he (Sir F. Thesiger) was applied to by the Government to prose cute, to which he consented, and he assumed the respon sibility of advising the proceedings. When the learned Solicitor-General received his appointment, bc found him (Sir F. Thesiger) in his present po sition, and be very handsomely declined to in terfere. The learned counsel then proceeded to show cause against 15 rules that had been obtained by the de fendant, which might be consolidated and regarded as one for the purpose of their lordships' consideration. They, however, varied in some respects, and it was necessary therefore to distinguish between them. Four of the rules were obtained on behalf •f Mr. Stapleton, M.P., Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Cameron, and Mr. M‘Lood, and were very large indeed, requiring the prosecution to supply them in writing with particulars of the specific off:nces intended to be charged against them under each of these counts ; then there were also four rules to show cause why they should not be furnished with particulars, in writing, of the specific statements of the charges to be relied on under the 2d, 4tb, 6th, Bth, 9th, 10th, and 11th counts, and one confining the particulars to what was called the even counts, including the 12th count, par ticulars of which had been ordered by Mr. Justice Crompton. The learned counsel then proceeded to argue that the counts in the indictment were sufficiently explicit, and it was for the Court to say whether or no the counts were of a sufficiently explicit character to give the defendants a adequate knowledge of the offences they would have to answer on the day of trial. _ _ _ After a lengthened argument in which Mr. Sergeant Ballantine, Mr. 11. Brown, S r Fitzroy Kelly, Mr. Sergeant Sine, and Mr. Edwin James took part, the counsel for the prosecution, on the intima tion of the Court, consented to abandon the general counts in the indictment, and to furnish the defendants with the particulars of the overt acts to be relied on at the trial, and not to give evidence on any other of which notice had not been given. . Sir F. Kelly, e■ the part of Mr. Stapleton, applied for additional particulars with reference to the ba!anee sheet stated to be falsified, particularly with reference to an item of 810,204/ 0. ld. for convertible securities, &c., &c., without which he would be unable to answer the charge. A similar application for particulars was made on the part of Mr. Cameron by Mr. Digby Seymour. The Court were unanimously of opinion that the fur. Dishing of particulars should be left to the discretion of the prosecution, observing that the accounts referred to had been supplied by the defendants. Application re fused. Further proceedings were stayeil till Wednesday, when the particulars ►n reference to the indictments are to be furnished, that the trial might take place at the after term of the sittings at Guildhall, MARY LBBONE _RATEPAYERS' ASSOCIATION. A. meeting of the ratepayers of Marylebone, members and friends of the Parochial Association of No. 5, or Bryanston Ward, took place on Thursday eveni..c, at Mr. Perim re's, the Seymour Arms. Seymour-plate, Bryanston-square, for the purpose of celebrating and consolidating local self-government principles in the representation of the ward in the vestry of St. Maryle bone. Mr. Thos. Potter, the old and long-tried Marylebone reformer, presided, and Mr. Edmunds occupied the vice chair. He was supported by Mr. Churchwarden Soden, Charles Carr, Brooks, Houghton, Cooke, Kitchen, Cock, Major Davis, Mr. D'lffanger, see., and other re presentatives of the ward and influential ratepayers The CHAIRMAN, in proposing the toast of the evening, dwelt at some tenth on the struggles which the trades men of Marylebone had to get rid of the old selects and to Bemire the principles of local government, as esta blished by Hobhouse's Act. (liver.) The ward system of the Metropolis Act had dissevered that powerful asso ciation for public objects, which formerly existed ; but at the same time he hoped that they should all unite as one man to send such Men only int ) the vestry of Marylebone as would maintain inviolate the constite tional principle of the right of Englishmen to manage their own affairs. Mr. D'IFFINGER, sen , reTonded for the vestry of Mat ylebone. Mr. CARR proposed "The Vice-Chairman," and " The Health of the Chairman." " Mr. Churchwarden Soden," " The Public Press," and other toasts having been given, the proceedings ter minated. MARKET NEW;.—(This Day.) COVENT The supplies generally wer steady, at our quotations : GARDEN. re moderate, and the trade is Pine apples, per lb. 4s 03 to 6s Colonial do., ea. OS 01 to Od Od Grapes, per lb 2s Od to 4s Foreign do Os Od to Os Od Melons, each ls Od to 4s Od Peaches, p. doz. 3s to 6s Od Nectarines, do. ...4s to 5s Od Apples, p. h. sv. is Od to 2s 6d Pears, per doz ...ls to 4s Od Oranges, per 100.20 s to 24s Lemons, p. doz. is Od to 2s 03 Apricots, p. doz. OsOd to Os Od Cherries, per lb. Os to Os Od TIT. Filberts, per 100 lb 30s to 35e Cobs., p. 100 lbs. Os to Os Almonds, p. lb. Os Od to 10d Walnuts, per 100 is to 3s Od Figs, per doz Os to Os Od Strawberries, per pottle Gooseberries, per half sieve ....Os Od to Os Od Currants, p. h. sv. Os 01 to Os Plums, per do. Os Od to Os Od Green gages, per b.sv.Os to Os Raspberries, p.potl. Od to Od VEGEI Greens, p. doz. bun. 2s to 3s 6d Cabbages, do. is 6 , 1 to 2s Od Savoy do., p. do. Os Od to Os (id Cauliflowers, do.2s Od to 4s Od Brocoli, p. bun. Os 6d to I s Od Potatoes, per ton 90s to 160, New do., per cwt. OsOd to Os Peas, per h siov Os Od to Os Od Turnips, per bunch 2d to 4,1 Carrots, per bunch... 4d to 6,i Cucumbers, each Gd to Os 9d Garlic, per lb. 6d to Os &l Sorrel, per sieve Od to O. Spinach, p. d0...1s Od to 2s Gd Brussels sprouts, per half do is Od to 3s Od. Onions, p. bush Os 04 to Os Od New do., per bunch Od to Od French beans, per half-sieve 2s Od to 3s 0:1 Leeks, per d 0......... 2d to 3d ABLER. Shallots, per lb Gd to 8d tiorseraddish, p. b. Is6d to 4s Parsley, per do. 2d to 4d ' Celery, per do Os Gd to is 6d Beet, per doz. is Od to 24 Od Parsnips, per do. Os to Os Od Small salad, p. pun. 2d to 3d Mushrooms, p.ptl.ls6 , lto2s 6d Artichokes, each 6d to 8d Lettuces, per scr. 1s 61 to 2s Endive, per Joz. is to is 6d Radishes, p.d.bun. is to Is6d Tomatoes, per hsv.Ms to 4s Od Walnuts per 100 ...0d to Od Chillies, per 100 Os Od to Os Od Capsicums, per 100 Os Od to Os Rhubarb, p. bun. Od to Od Asparagus, per 100 Oa Od to Os Seakail, perpun.Os Od to Os Od Turnip greens, per bush Os Od to Os Od NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Turkeys, 5s Od to 9s Od ; Ponlts, 5s 04 to 7s Od; Geese, 5s Od to 8s 04 each ; Goslings, 5s Od to 8s 04 ; Duck lings, 2s 3d to 3s Od •, tame rabbits, Is 3d to is 94 each ; wild do., 8d to is 2d ; Pigeons, 64 to Is each ; large Surrey Fowls, 5s to 9s; barn-door do., 38 64 to 5s Od ; Chick, ens, 4s 03 to 65 01 per couple; Capons, Os 04 to Os; Hares, 2s 01 to 3s Od ; Grouse, 2s 04 to 3s od each ' • Pheasants, 3s OJ to 4s 04 ; Partridges, is 64 to 2 s 3 d ; Woodcocks, 2s 64 to 3s ; Snipes, is to ls 6d ; Teal, Os 94 to is 3d; Wild Ducks, la 64 to 2s 34; Widgeons, is Od to is 64; Plovers, 6d to 0894 each ; Guinea Fowls, Os Od to Os ; Roasting pigs, 55 94 to 105 Od each. Ostend fresh butter, —s to —a 04 ; English do., is 2d to la 44 per lb. ; English eggs, lOs 04 to 13s 03; French do., Os Od to lls 0.1 per 120; Leverets, 280 d to 3s 04 each. NEWPORT. Boef, from 2s 10d to 482 d ; mutton, 3s Od to 4s 6d ; lamb, Os Od to Os Od; veal, 38 2d to 4s 4d; pork, 3s 8d to 53 4d per Blbs., by the carcase. WHITECHAPEL. Beef, from 2s 8d to 4s ; mutton, 3s 01 to 4s Gd ; lamb, Os Od to Os 01; veal, 38 4d to 4s 4d ; pork, 3s 10d to 5s 4d per 81bs, by the carcase. BILLINGSGATE. Turbots, 2s Gd to 203 ; Brills, 2s Od to 108 each ; Salmon, Os Od to Os Od per lb ; Cod Fish, '23 6 l to 15s each ; Soles, 4(1 to 2s Gd per pair; Trout, Os Od to Od per lb ; Lobsters , 6 d to 3s Od; Crabs, 6d to 2s Gd; Whitings, 3 s Od to 12 s per doz. ; Common Oysters, 16s to 20s ; Natives, —s to s'Js per bsh. ; Mackerel, 40s to Os par 100 ; Smelts, Od to 3063 per doz.; Skate, Gd to Od per lb; Shrimps, Os Od to Os Od per gallon ; Bloaters, 4s Od to es Od per 100 ; Fresh Herrings, Ss Od to Os per 100 ; Scotch do. , O d ; S p rats, Os 0(1 to Os 0(1 per bushel; Doreys, 24 01 to 10s each ; Haddocks, 4s to 12s pei doz.; Pike, 6(1 ; Sturgeon, 6d per lb ; Prawns, 5s Od to Os; Mullets, Os Gd to is 6d each; Plaice , Od to Os each ; Halibut, 6d per 113 ; Flounders, is Od to is Gd per doz. ; salt fish, ' Od per lb ; Eels, 8d to Is ; Carp, is to 5s ; Tench, is to 5s per brace; Gurnets, Od to Os. BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis aro from 'lid to 811; of household ditto, 61 to 7d per 4 lb loaf. HIDES AND SKINS Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, 41 to —(1; 641 b to 721 b, 411 to 40 ; 721 b to 801 b, 41(.1 to 4id; 8016 to 881 b, 4id to 4id ; 381 b to 961 b, 4id to 5d ; 961 b to 1041 b, 51 to —(1 ; 1041 b to 1121 b, 51 to 54d ; upwards, —d to —d ; horse hides, lie 0(1 to —s 01; Calf skins, light, 3s 03 to 5s Od ; ditto full, 8s 6d to Os Od ; Polled Sheep, 5s 01 to 6 s 6(1 ; Rents, 3s 91 to 48 6d; Half-breds, 3s 91 to 48 6d; Downs, 3s 21 to 3s 61; Lambs Os to Os 01 ; Shearlings, Os 01to Os 01 HAY MARKETS. 5511THFIELD.—Meadow hay, 21 103 to 41 Os; clover, 31 10a to 51 Os; and straw, 1158 to 11 101 per load. A. fair average supply, and a sluggish demand. CUMBERLAND. —Meadow hay, 21 Ss to 41 Os; clover, 31 8s to 51 Os ; and straw, 11 Is to 11 103 per load. Supply good, and trade rather dull. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, 21 Ss to 41 Os ; clover, 3/ 8s to 51 as ; and straw, 11 4s to 11 93 per load. Trade dull, at barely stationary prices. • COURT OF QUEEN'S 13ENCII. (Sittings in Banco before Lord Campbell and Justices Coleridge and Wightman.) E MBEZZ LEMENT OF 1,0001. BY A POOR-LATECO LL E c t THE ROYAL BEITISH BANS.—THE QUEEN V. ROAMS AND OTHERS. TOE.—Yehterday, at Birmingham, a man named Henry This morning was appointed for hearing the argu- Gibbs, for . many years one of the poor-rate collectors meets •f counsel relative to the rule obtained by the of ezzl i n g 1,0001.. t h e the mag ist ra t es mone moneys of the above defendants against the A ttoi ney-General, for par. guardians. A remand was applied for, without any tlethcehaprgareish, embezzling brought Tieulara relied on to prove the charges of conspiracy and particulars being stated ; but it is understood that the fraud preferred against them. prisoner's defalcations were discovered on Thursday by The Court was densely crowded. Mr. Dallas, the Mr. Hunt, the district auditor. Finding that detec- American Minister, was accommodated w ith a seat on tion was inevita ble, Gibbs admitted that he had appropriated moneys to his own use, and a further the bench. exam i n ation showed defalcations to the amount stated, Sir F. Thesiger, Mr. Sergeant Ballantine, Mr, Webby, . These extend over two Sears, LAW INTELLIGENCE.--(This Day.) COURT OF C HANCERY. THE REDPATEE FRAUDS. Before the Lord Chancellor and the Lords Jastices.) THE PREFERENCE SHAREHOLDERS OF THE GREAT NORTH- ERN EA.ILWAT.--REDPATH'S FEAUDS,-*HENET V. THE GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY. The Lord Chancellor gave judgment in this case, which was an appeal from a decree of Vice Chancellor Wood, made on the 24th of August last, during the long vcca tion. The proceedings arose out of the frauds of Leopold R•dpath, who, it will be recollected, during a series of years fraudulently falsified the share books of the company, and appropriated for his own purposes a sum exceeding 200,0001. In consequence of these frauds it became necessary to ascertain which of the funds of the company should make good the defalca tions occasioned thereby. The sum of 243,9231. ss. Bd. was the net revenue applicable for dividends for the half-year ending the 31st December, 1856. At that time, however, the forgery of stock by Redpath had been discovered, and as it was very difficult to distinguish the valid stock from the forged, no dividend could safely be paid, and as the holders of the forged stock appeared to have purchased it bona fide and for value the company determined to apply to Parliament for an act to render the spurious stock valid, and to authorise the payment of dividends thereon. The adoption of this course was recommended by the directors in their report to the company of the 4th of March, and the directors then added that they could not take upon themselves to propose or support any bill which should throw any portion of the loss upon the preference shareholders. The directors also introduced into Parliament a bill re o'lnieing as valid the spurious stock, and authorising the purchase of an equal amount of stock out of capital which the existing acts of the company still authorised them to raise. When this bill was laid before Lord Redeadale, as the chairman of committees in the House of Lords, he insisted that the loss should be paid out of revenue, and within a limited time, and objected to the creation of fresh capital. Subsequently, on the 12th of March, a general meeting of the company was held, and it was then resolved, after considerable di-cuseion, "That no dividend be declared : but that this meeting m cons idersent mentioned ned desirable inh t e directors't at t the r b e a p l o a rot: he s ofo should b 243, e a923p/p. ied ss. 8.1., to meet the losses caused by Redpatb, referred to in the directors' report, and that the directors be and are hereby requested and authorised so to apply the said balance when and in such a manner as they may con sider roost beneficial to the company." An amended bill was thereupon introduced into parliament, which, like the first, made valid the spurious stock, and required the directors to apply the above-men tioned net baler cc of revenue, and any monies to be received by the company from Redpath'e estate, in paying the expenses occasioned by hie frauds, and in purchasing from time to time stock to the amount of that forged, and forthwith cancollinz the same ; ar.d as to any surplus that might remain, to apply the same, as far as it would extend, in payments in order to the different classes of the preference shareholders for the dividends to which they would have been entitled if the said net revenue had been apportioned as dividend at the general meeting of the 12th March. By the 139th standing order of the House of Commons it is provided that " no railway company shall be authorised to alter the terms of any preference or priority of interest or dividend which shall have been granted by such com pany, in pursuance of, or which may have been con firmed by, any previous act of parliament, or which may otherwise be lawfully subsisting, unless the committee on the bill report that such alteration ought to be allowed, with the reasons on which their opinion is founded, together with the number of preference shareholders who have aseented to or dissented from much alteration." The bill was introduced iuto Par- Lament without reference to this standing order, as a bill which did not by its provisions affect to deal with any right of preference shareholders. There being some doubt, however, whether the bill might not indirectly be held to have that effect, the preference shareholders appeared before the select committee of the House of Commons, and endeavoured, although without success, to have a clau.e introduced expressly recognising their rights. Upon the bill going to the House of Lords, where no such standing order exists, the directors, apps- rently thinking that something to authorise the confis cation of the rights of the preference shareholders ought to appear on the face of the bill, proposed, after the latter had again failed to pracure the insertion of an express clause in their favour, to add to Clause 3, which directs the application of any possible surplus, as already men tioned, the words : " and thereupon the said sum of 243,9231.55. Bd, shall be considered t 3 have been duly di vided among all classes of shareholders in the company.' This addition was opposed on the third reading, but on a division was carried by the majority of 53 to 7. It was, bow ever,objected to in the House of Cornmoas,and the bill was returned by them to the Lords, the reason stated for their disagreeing to the amendment being " because the sait's a mendment, if adopted, would decide a question of law in dispute between the preference and ordinary shareholders of the Great Northern Railway Company, which ought to be left to the decision of a court of law." The Lords thereupon did not insist upon their amend ment, and the bill as it now stands passed. Under these circumstances the present suit was instituted. The plaintiffs are the holders of an aggregate amount of 135,0001. of the four descriptions of preference stock issued by the company. The first description of Great Northern Railway preference shares are 5 per cent, perpetual, and were i ssue d un d e r the provisions o the Great Northern Railway Acts Ame ndment Act of 1849, which empowered the compa n y , with the assent of three-fifths of the votes at any general meeting, to guarantee dividends not ex ceeding 7 per cent. per annum, in preference to the payment thereof on ordinary shares. The next descrip tion of preference shares are 5 per cent., redeemable at a premium of 5 per cent., issued under the authority of the Great Northern Railway Act No. 1, 1851, which enabled the company to raise 750,0001. for completing the railway by new shares, on which the company, with the assent of three-fifths of the votes at a general meet ing, might guarantee the payment of dividends not ex ceeding 7 per cent, per animal, in preference to the payment of dividends on the ordinary shares of the corns pang. The third description of preference shares was issued wider the Great Northern Railway Company's Increase of Capital Act, 1853, by which the company was authorisi d to raise 750,0001 by the creation of new shares, bearing and receiving dividends at 4t per cent. per annum in pros ference to the payment of dividends on the ordinary shares of the company, redeemable at six months' notice on payment of 10 per cent. premium'. The last pre. ference shares were issued under the Great Northern Railway Act, 1855, whereby the company were authorised to raise the further sum of 1,000,0001. by shares, the holders of which shonld be entitled to fixed dividends at 5 per cent. per annum, in preference to the payment of dividends on the ordinary shares. The certificates of all these shares referred to the acts of Parliament under which they were created. The object of the suit was to obtain a declaration that the plaintiffs and other pre. ference shareholders were entitled, before any dividends should be paid to the ordinary shareholders, to be paid full dividend s from the 30th of June, 1856. The bill a l so sought to res train the company by injunction from declaringor paying dividends to the ordinar y share holder, regard to each right of the plaintiffs andh o wi l the der other holders of preference stock. The Vice- Chancellor hill in effect that the plaintiffs and other before any payment of dividends holders of preference stock were entitled to be paid tom the ordinary original stock—the A dends out of the profits realised by the company, from r hh t oo h lf d e je ß ur : g e t (), 0 c k ut of such profits, and that a per any dividend on the ordinary original t s to h to e c t 3 k h o e o t petual injunction be issued to restrain the defendants from dateocclakr,iwngithoroupti‘ryeinggard to the righte of the preference stock holders to be paid in priority their dividends from the 30th of June, 1856. The Vice-Chanc e ll or a l so de. Glared that the 3 d s ection of the act of 1857 was cumuls• tive, by way of se curit y for, and not in substitution oft such h to pr pay theeferenced paints costs. lvidlen'Thecompany were also or dered The company on behalf of the ordinary shareholders, now appealed from this decision. His lordship having, at great length, gone through the whole of the acts constituting the company, and also those empowering the declaration of dividends, said be was of opinion that the judgment of the Vice-Chancellor,. in favour of the preference shareholders, must leo affirmed The appeal was therefore dismissed with costs. THE SECOND UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPT TO LAUNCH THE LEVIATHAN. A mechanic writes to a contemporary as follows : —ln my letter of the 7th inst. I was bold enough to say, " Whether Mr. Brunel waits for the spring tides of next month, or whether he waits for the Greek Kalends, I do not believe be will be able to force the Great Eastern down her present ways into the water." Anticipating the tides of next month, and having tried in vain to f orce th e L ev i a th an dowu her ways while they we re un d er water' he tried to move the great monster ship yesterday while the upper part of her ways was dry. He sum e led by his hydraulic presses in thrusting back the piles and hard solid earth by which heir reaction was sought to be prevented, without caus ing the Leviathan to budge a single inch. All the manual labour he brought to bear on his numerous windlasses removed yesterday from the lighters on the river to a firm basis in the ship-yard, failed to produce the slightest effect. He then tried his stationary engine, at the rear of the bow of the ship, only to break his cables, as he did on the previous trial. Now, what kept the Leviathan so snug in her cradles, as yourreporter facetiously observes ? Fric tion—the friction of iron ou iron. Mr. Brunel has committed the gross mechanical blunder of creating the same retarding force between the surfaces of the cradles and the ways as he made use of for checking her progress down those ways shoald her velocity have proved too great. His mind seems haunted with one idea—ell his arrangements are very per fect, only in one direction—and that is to prevent the great Leviathan giving him the slip and rushing into the water. Yet when he removes every impediment, when he applies all the force he can muster, hydraulic, manual, and steam, the vicious jade refuses to budge one inch. What keeps her back She rests ou a hill ; why don't she slide down ? Simply because that uncommonly useful mechanical retarder, fric tion, won't let her. The experiments of yesterday and the 3d instant prove most satisfactorily that Mr. Brunel's new-fangled mode of launching ships is a great failure. I believe her builder, Mr. Scott Russell, would have had her in the water long age had the matter been left to him. I need not point out her builder, however, as I think any other shipbuilder would have accomplished the launch as well. The shareholders have the consolation of knowing, however, that their engineer, by two costly experiments, has proved the magnitude of the force of friction even on an incline of one in twelve, when flat iron surfaces are mid° to slide on a sharp ridged surface. The cost of these two experiments, it is to be hoped, will be fairly stated when the ac counts of the Great Eastern Company are next audited, as they will afford an interesting feature of the next great work on shipbuilding and naval architecture. We have been told that the pressure per square foot of the Duke of Welliniton on the ways by which she was launched was considerably less than that of the Leviathan on her ways. That launch was accomplished successfully without danger, be cause the old well-tried and established method of launching was had recourse to. Your reporter states that had wood been made to slide on wood the ways would have fired—at least that this is the opinion of scientific gentlemen. I marvel where they got their science. If anything can be learnt from the experiments of one Count Rumford, who was a man of science, it is this—that almost the only plan of procuring an unlimited supply of heat is the friction of dry au, faces of metal on one an other. Mr. Brunel, I believe, has taken the best means he could d , -vise to fire his ways, and I fancy be was rather afraid of it in his expert firemen on board the ship. I hope, sir, that the principles of friction will be a little better understood than they were before Mr. Brunei's two costly experiments. A YOUNG .LADY'S ADVENTURE. The following incident is related by a corre spondent of the Cheltenham Examiner of Wednes day :—" On a cold, thick foggy day last week my bailiff and a neighbour, walking home from market on the old turnpike road, overtook a ladylike, well dressed young worn quite alone, silently travel ling the same way. They passed on, but observed that the f rlorn one kept a few paces behind them. They continued for about two miles walking on, but wi , hout speaking to the stranger. At length the neighbour came to his residence and left. his friend, who walked on towards the farm. It ap peared extraordinary to see a young lady some miles from a town, on a lonely road, iu a dense fog, at seven o'clock in the evening in November, and out of kindness he asked her where she was going. The poor thing answered, Ido not know.' Why, where did you come from ?" " Oh, from " What, so far off as that Yes, I have been walking all day, and have had nothing to eat. Oh, lam very unhappy I' At this time they had arrived at my lodge ; the bailiff, feeling the impropriety of leaving a beautiful and lady like young craaturc in her exposed condi tion, and knowing there was a spare bed there, called to the housekeeper and explained the case, when the good Samaritan at once took the wan derer in, made tea for her, prepared her a bed, and trew ed her like her own chid. It soon became known in the house, and other supervision was in stituted, and an arrangement made that in the morning two poor but respectable women should accompany the young lady to her home, a distance of 12 or 14 miles. They did so, and on arriving at the mansion of the young lady's parents, after a four hours' walk, a piece of dry brea I and cheese and is. to each woman was sent from the drawing room. Toe coachman had been riding about all night in different directions in search of the young lady ; the footman had been all over the village, the whole neighbourhood uneasy and anxious, and the restoration of the lost sheep was valued at 2.:, as a reward for two poor women walking nearly 30' miles, and in the most affectionate manner taking care of an interesting fellow creature, who might, but for that vary kindness, have been lost to her family for ever." Rides and Reveries of Mr. rEsop Smith. Edited by Peter Query (Martin F. Tupper). Hurst and. Blackett. Many readers are already familiar with those essays, from their havinir, appeared in the pages of the Dublin University Magazine ; but they are hero presented in a concise form, with several additions. They are the production of the talented author of The Count Reverden has arrived at the Brunswick "Proverbial . Philosophy," whose former work ob - Hotel, St. James's. The Vi-eount and Viscountess tamed so large a share of public favour. They Villamille have left the same establishment for Paris. possess a quaint originality, and display consi- LONG'S HOTEL —Arrivals : Count Weatphosley and derable knowledge on an immense variety of and Count Arnaud de Jeanti West, from Paris ; Sir topics. The style is vigorous in many parts, and Humphrey de Trafford, Bart., from Trafford Park ; in all it is flowing and unconstrained. The thought. Mr. William Norris and Rev. Wm. Bird, from Norfolk ; ful and studious who desire to dwell upon subjects Mr. John Blundell ; Mr. Maynard Colchester, from of importance, and weigh well the causes of effects, Glouchester ; Count Jaroszynski, Mr. George Dew- instead of being merely sati lied to behold the re hurst • and Mr. J. A. Taylor and Mr. W. Taylor, from sults produced by such effects, will delight in this Monsley Court. I. volume, wherein is displayed a correct Judgment SIR JAMES BROOKE.—Letters received in Neri ( ois in most things, and an independent spirit which state that Sir James Brooke of Sarawak is about to shrinks not from boldly avowing its honest comic visit this country. Borneo was tranqeil, tions. It is not every one who cares for such RELIEF TO THE HOMEWARD BOUND — The f o llowin g is a copy of a letter received at Lloyd's yesterday writings, but for those who appteciate them an in morning :-- " Admiralty, 19 ti November, 1857. Sir.— tellectual garner-house is here provided, stored lam commanded by my Lords' Commissioners of the with the harvests of no barren soils. The purport Ad m i ra lty to acquaint you, for the informa t i on of the and tenour of these compositions are well C o mmittee for for Managing the Affairs of Lloyd's, that trated by the following observations on galloping : the endermentioned vessels have been ordered to pro- " Sometimes rashness is the truest wisdom ; see Clive teed frozi the ports stated against their names to cruise and Lake and Gough and Napier passim: and when it's in the chops of the Channel, for the purpose of assisting no use considering because things must be done, give the bomewarci4tound trade :—From Portsmou'h, the them their heads. Sea Lark ; DevonpCrt, the Nautilus; Cork, the Wizard : ' " That same independent daring and dashing spirit ditto, the Adone.—Signed B. OSBORNE. Captain G. A. of galloping is in old .lEsop's very blood and bones ; to Halsted, R.N., secretary, Lloyd's." , be a wild Arab, free as the air he breathes—to court RE D UCTION OF THE AUSTRIAN ARMT.— Rumours or rather than shun the report of eccentricity, simply be this event have been current for sonic time, and have cause it leaves him so much the freer to do as he likes— been contradicted by several German papers. A Vienna to be one of the incornprehensibles of society, licensed to telegram, of November 18, states that the reduction has have his own way and to speak his own word—to leap been officially sanctioned, and a Vienna letter of Nov. your ditches of etiquette, break your fences of usinalitY, 15, in the Cologne Gazette says :—" The Emperor ordered and make a dash at the current truth of any sort when and the reduction of the army in an autograph letter, dated as fast as he wills—that's the same spirit which my gal- October 27, addressed to the Archduke William, who is lopping Brenda infuses into me when she makes the an charged with the execution of this important measure. exulting Bashi-Bazouk ! " It is certain that all the central divisions of infantry will m , be suppressed, and that considerable reductions w i l l be - ine subjoining remarks on self-knowledge are very striking, and contain assertions that are verified by made in the cavalry and artillery. It is not vet known whether the depot battabons will be reduced." the experience of every day : VACANCIES, APPOINTMENTS, AND PROMOTIONS IN THE " Seldom, seldom indeed, few and far between are CIVIL SERVICE.—The Foreign Department : The Con- Truth's domiciliary visits to some folks : and rarer far sul-Generalship of Venice has become vacant by the than swan's song, the scarce heard murmurs of that an death of Mr. G. Harris ; salary, 7001. Government gel's tongue. There are people, Peter, the most tinplate. Emigration Commission : A vacancy has occurred in sant, censorious, and annoying in the world, who have the Permanent Extra Class by the resignation of Mr. I no idea that they are not general favourites with all folks; Fry. General Post-office : A vacancy in the Circulation there are men intolerably mean, who would be astonished Department has occurred by the death of Mr. Win. J. to hear they are not specially laudable for liberality ; Plant. Customs : Mr. J. S. Chase has been appointed women, of exasperating tempers, who verily believe a clerk at London Docks ; Mr. F. J ohnson has been themselves most gracious and desirable ; , .a r n y d kn e o v t e t n y appointed a weigher at Liverpool ; Mr. G. Re y nolds has obeldren, Peter, as our little Jenny th ere knows, wile, been promoted from second to first clerk at Weymouth. suppose themselves infallible judges of en Mr. P. M‘Dowall has been promoted from assistant point." The " Coursing Canzonets," as the verses which were written in the saddle are termed, are some of tidesurveyor at Newport to be tidesurveyor at Rosslare, They are spirited, and flow in a Wexford, Inland Revenue Department—Excise Branch: Messrs. A. Malley, Collector of Ship ; Wm. Knasp, se are brilliant or humorous as Collector of Bath ; and R. Flamank. Collector of Staf- lively uen them v l e e t r . r y au l, ford, have retired from the service. New South Wales : 4 , ‘ e eiftzesp V - 3 it e c i r it omi l i e g d Vl e ea:le i % t dcl i:l l7mritti Mr. R. Jones has been appointed a member of the Exe. ' cutive Council, Sydney ; the Hon. C. Cowper has been ' Pleasure a a ' appointed Colonial Secretary and Registrar of Records ,on his horse at an early hour— . of New South Wales ; the Hon. James Martin has been \ " With glad and gra t e f u l t ongue t o j o in appointed Attorney-General of New South Wales ; th e The lark at his matin hymn." lion. Richard Jones has been eppointed Colonial Tres-, Hi s surer and Collector of Intermit Revenue of New South wanderings are now over, but there may .be Wales ; the Hon. Terence Aubrey Murray has been many who now and hereafter will hold them in appointed Secretary tor Lands and Public Works ; this Hon. Alfred James Peter Lutwyche has been appointed i r , •meinbrance, and regard the reveries of the rides with a favourable glance. Solicitor -General of New South Wiles. Canada :—Mr, ' --- ------1:7;—"---____ ____ --- Eleazer David David, of Montreal, has been a i ted ; TESTIMONIAL TO VALOUB.—A-01 Registrar and Treasurer of the Trinity House p o p t o vi n ongst the soldiers who treal, in the room of Mr. James Holmes , resigned distinguished services, was George ; on. received at the hands of her Majesty the Victoria cross, Mr. , as a reward Joseph Amiable Hervieuxof St. , Jerome, h as b een a . Walters, formerly a serg eant in t h e 49th Regiment, but pointed R listrar for the c o u n ty o f Tereeheee, i n theP who at tb e time of the distrib ution was a c onstable in room of Mr. Joseph Lashaine rest il g s ned ; Mr. Vs illi am the division o f m etropolitan police. The cross w as Gurd, of the township of Moore, ' been appointed ft awarded to Walters for having, at the risk of hi s own Landingwaiter and S earc h er in her has Majesty A few days since 's Customs.— savedlife, the life of General Adams before Sebastopol. Civil Service Ga ze tt e . 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The subjoined extract, which is from the Ocst !Deutsche Post, shows that there is a commercial as well as a monetary crisis here : " Half the wool which was sent to the last Pesth fair remained unsold, and there was little or no demand for manufactured and half-manufactured twist, yarn, &0., goods. The manufacturer, who for some time held back. his goods because he had not confidence in the persons who wished to purchase, now sees his magazines over stocked with things which he cannot sell at any price. The only consolation is, that a, soon as the present stagnation is over, there will, as a matter of course, be an unusually great demand for all kinds of manufactured goods. The best possible proof that commerce is at a standstill is, that the bill portfolio of the Bank is not so large by 6,000,000f1. as it was in the month of Octobo ." The Austrian Bank has lent 1,000,000f1, for three months to the Trieste Bourse Deputation, which will employ it in discounting local bills of exchange. We learn from Prague that large quantiti es o f si l ver have during the last few days been exported into Germany, and it appears very natural that such should be the case. As long as the rate of discount of the Austrian Bank is 3 and 4 per cent. lower than that of other countries it will pay well to export silver, and the fact must be perfectly well known to those persons who a few days since counselled the Minister of Finances to leave the rate of discount at 6 per pent. A financier re lates that M. Pereire, of Parii, has written to one of his correspondents in this city that the French Bank would like to borrow a certain sum from the Austrian National Bank, which, as you are aware, now has very nearly 10,000,0001. in silver in its cellars. That the Imperial Government is not likely to authorise the Austrian Bank to lend money to its French contemporary need hardly be said. If the information be correct, M. Pereire's latter be gins—" Who would have thought that France would ask Austria, &c. LITERATURE. The Lady of Giyane. By the Author of "Mar garet and her Bridesmaids," &c. 3 vols. Hurst and Blackett. The numerous admirers of those fascinating works, " Woman's Devotion," and " Margaret and her Bridesmaids," will welcome these volumes, which are worthy of the gifted author of their pre decessors. Yet, although equal in ability, and pos ses,ing the same attractive style, it is to be ques tioned if this story has the same interest, in consequence of the peculiarity of the plot. - Lady Maria is an odious woman, and notwithstanding the skill with which she is pourtrayed, the passages in which she appears are necessarily painful, and jar upon the feelings. Selina, her daughter, is very well described to us as an instance of what over strained sensibility will produce. It is satisfactory to find her removed from the dominion of her mother, who had been guilty of such cruel treat ment towards her. Uriel, the heroine, is a delight ful character, and interests from first to last, as she is revealed to notice by the vivid light and with the imps ssioned force of genius. There is afreshness and novelty in all the incidents concerning her, she was born at sea in a storm, and might have exclaimed, in the words of the song— CI The waves were white, and red the morn, The noisy hour when I was born, And never was heard such as outcry wild As welcomed to life the ocean child. " The . raging tempest was synonymous of Uriel's .voyage of life, in which she was continually " drift ing among the breakers," and in which there were ity:umerable shoals and quicksands. The old fashioned, kind hearted Doctor Blaize, who hailed the advent of the heroine, is one of the most worthy of the personages here met with. His after-meet ing with his beloved charge, is very pleasing, and most ingeniously arranged. The happy years " Nellie," as she was familiarly called, spent at the cottage were a blessing to her. The lull and. calm refreshed her spirits, and renewed her strength for the on-coming strife and struggle. Her position in the house of the lady of Glynue was a strange one, and nothing but the greatest self-control, sand the highest endeavours could have cartied her safely through the work, and conducted that work to a glorious termination. The author of this novel has a thorough knowledge of human nature, which is here and theta made manifest in a striking manner. Mr. and Mrs. Grant, for instance, aro admirable specimens of self-sufficiency and bigotry. They, and they alone, must be in the right, as if they had received supernatural knowledge, as if they had beheld celestial visions, or as if the gates of Paradise themselves could only open at their touch. S'eiy different were Mr. and Mrs. Bernard, who were true labourers in their Maa• tar's vineyard, and who, in their lives and actions, "Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way." The Lady of Glynne has many merits; it is sus• tained by lofty principle, and rendered attractive by considerable taleata, while the freedom and freshness of its style, invest it with a charm and a grace, and the tone of deep feeling with which it is pervaded, declares its spirit to be that of the true and the genuine. FOR: IGN. 103 27i I 14s( 11/*3 ~nliß 100 St. 1 20 31i 1 95 3a 54 4