The Sun. — London, England, 1857-12-17 00:00:00

. ORMIDTAL COURT.--(This Day.) OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Crowder.) Joseph skinner, respectably attired, egad 50, was indicted under the bankruptcy laws,with having fraudu lently con cea:ed a portion of his property with intent to defraud his creditors. Mr. Sergeant Ballantine, Mr. Salter, and Mr. Law rence, appeared for the prosecution, and Messrs. Metcalf aid Poland defended the prisoner. Skinner, who had been out on bail, having sur rendered, The trial was proceeded with, bat it entirely failed from want of evidence, and was stopped by the learned judge, who:directed the prisoner to be acquitted. The prisoner was again indicted with Thomas Frank lin, George Skinner, and Ann Skinner, for conspiring, but the evidence being similar to the preceding case, The whole of the parties having surrendered, a verdict of not guilty was returned, and they were discharged. This case terminated the business of the session. MONEY MARKET LID COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, Two o'CLoCK. The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday mani fested a very fiat appearance, and values of all descriptions were unaltered. The sales were esti mated at 4,000 bales, 1,000 of which were taken by the speculators. The Railway Share Market closed quietly, and prices were without any mate rial alteration. Judging from the comparative absence of failures in London during the last few days, it would appear as though the crisis, so far as the metropo litan firms are concerned, has almost expended its influence, but the letters from some of the manu facturing districts are more unfavourable. Several houses are believed to be on the eve of sußpension in Bradford, Leeds, Manchester, and other places. In addition to Messrs. Saafield, announced at the commencement of the week, it is now stated that the acceptances of Messrs. William Cheeseborough and Son, largely engaged as woollen dealers, have been dishonoured. The embirrassments in this ease are alleged to be merely temporary, strong hopes being entertained of the requisite assistance being rendered them. 'Considering the stagnation of trade, the partial stoppage of the mills, and the losses incurred through the American panic, it was not to have been expected that this branch of business could have remained unscathed. At a meeting of the creditors of Messrs. Gor rissea and liuffel held to-day, Mr. Ed. Cohen, in th© chair, the following balance-sheet was submitted. To sundry creditors, as per statement £84,131 12 3 To creditor holding security...£7,7s7 0 0 Estimated value of security 7,000 0 0 757 0 0 To liabilities on acceptances, viz. : k Provided for since the sus pension £255,898 7 3 Not yet provided for, but which it is expected the drawers will meet Assumed claimonthe estate 19,332 2 6 19,332 2 6 £471,914 2 8 To liabilities on bills receiv able, as per statement £337,296 16 6 Of which those considered likely to prove claims amount to X 21,643 11 1 Less cash and surplus securities retained by bankers 2 157 1. 7 19,486 9 6 1,600 0 0 To liabiliti es on c h ar t er parties £125,310 4 3 CB. / 1 7 bills receivable on band — Considered good, as per list Do. belonging to other parties £2,601 18 0 1 4 sundry debtors—considered good 61,179 1 6 Doubtful ...215,346 17 2 Estimated to produce B a d -----E67,570 1 6 )31 un sdry merchandize on hand—as per Itatement estimated at 11,070 0 0 £83,980 16 11 A dividend of almost 13s. 4d. in the pound may therefore be expected. A. committee of three gentlemen was appointed for the purpose of wind ing up the estate under inspection. The capital of the firm, at the commencement of the year, was about 6,3811. The intelligence from New York, furnished by the Atlantic's mails, is again encouraging, as it proves that the recovery from the wreck produced in the crisis is progressive. The most satisfactory &attire to us is the remittance by this opportunity, C.a., about 60,000/., which will be followed by Probably a larger amount in a day or two, per the Africa. As the sterling exchange was 1081 to 1091, it is imagined that we shall henceforth receive regular supplies. About 115,0001. in gold was taken into the Bank of England yesterday, and it is thought that the above American ,supply will be similarly appro priated. The demand for money is much quieter, and in Lombard -street, where the supply is large, bills are discounted at 1 per cent, below the Bank minimum. The national' establishment is therefore relieved, and with continued arrivals of specie, together with a rapid declension in the stock of securities, its administration will soon be enabled to lower the terms to a more reasonable pc int. • No alteration has been made at the Bank meet ing to-day, but it was generally imagined that any measure would be postponed for the present. It has been resolved to wind up the affairs of Messrs. Bardgett and Picard, under inspection. The Funds are buoyant, and, despite a few sales -Of stock, the quotations are fully maintained. At present they are a fraction higher, as purchases are ' , Burned in consequence of the certainty felt in a speedy reduction in the rate of discounts. Our financial prospects are certainly much more satis factory, and although 10 per cent. is still the cur !eat charge, the public are warranted in looking f orward with increased confidence to the events of the next few months. Consols have been 91 and 912 The New Three per Cents. are 91i a, and the Reduced, 91± ; Exchequer Bills are 4s. discount to par. and the Bonds are 98i 99. In the Foreign Stock Market a firmer tone is apparent, and prices are all higher. Turkish 6 per Cents, are 94i 95, and the 4 per Cents. 100. Spanish 3 per Cents. are 41;1 ; Ditto Deferred, 25 i ; Grenada Deferred Bonds, 5i ; and Sar dinian 5 per Cents., 85. The following are the nominal prices of Foreign Stocks :--Grenada Deferred Bonds, 5 6 ; Mexi can, 181 1.9 A ; Peruvian 4i per Cents., 74 rG ; ditto 3 per Cents., 50 52 ; Portuguese 3 per dents., 43i- 44/ ; Russian 5 per Cents, 103 105 ; do. 4i per Cents., 95 97 ; Spanish 3 per Cents., 41411 ; ditto New Deferred, 25k I s . The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up to this day, are in round figures as under :- . Great Western 8 £27,051 North-Western South-Western Brighton 11,866 12,248 Midland tionth-Eastern Great Northern 25,573 23,288 Lancashire and Yorkshire 17,901 21,597 Bristol and Exeter 5,031 5,099 Chester and Holyhead 4,758 6,383 East Lancashire Lancast er an d Carlisle Manchester, Sheffield, & Lincoln .9,046 9,136 North Stafford Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverh 4,001 3, 810 South Devon . ~. 2,204 West Hartlepool 3,102 3,421 Waterford and Limerick Edinb urg h, P erth, and Dundee Edinburgh and Glasgow Glasgow and South-Western Scottish North-Eastern 3,170 3,020 Grand Trunk of Canada Great Western of Canada 9,408 14,298 Rather more activity has been apparent in the . R ailway Share Market, and some of th e p r i n cipal lines have advanced about +to per cent. ; others, however, have declined to a slight extent, owing to the unfavourable traffic returns. Caledonian, Great lfortherns, Lancashire and Yorkshire, Brighton and • 'M anchester, Sh e ffi e ld, and Lincoln ad vance d 13 .2' ; Eastern C oun ties, 10s. ; and North- Eastern (Berwick), North-Eastern (York), and 757ir T't LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, C R 1 8 6 7 8. U. 4 PI South-Eastern, 1/. Great Western, North- Western, Midlands, Scottish North-Easterns, and Vale of Neath declined ss. The Foreign lines are inactive, but prices are a shade firmer. Northern of France advanced 10s. ; Dutch Rhenish, ss. ; Great Luxembourg, ss. In the Colonial un dertakings prices wore depressed. East Indian re ceded ss. ; Grand Trunk of Canada, 10s. ; and the Debentures, 10s. Mining Shares are quiet. Cobre Copper are dealt in at 39k, and Alfred Consols at 13. Joint-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are a shade firmer. London and Westminster im proved ss. ; and Union of London, ss. In the Miscellaneous Market no change of importance has taken place. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. (From the Ojfictal Businessdone. per Cent. Reduced Annuities 9ls 3 per Gent, Consols Antwities Shut 92a Now 3 per Cent. Annuities 9l- 3 a [Ala Bonds, 11000 T)itto, tinder £lOOO 35 d Um, sots for Account Ezdiequor 2V, 1000 S atilt Fxchequer Bonds, 1808, 3i per Cent 99 81 Ditto, ./.859 PR i.CES OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Grenada New Active, 21 per Cent. Ditto Deferred SA iardinian lion4s, 5 per Cent. Ditto Account B5 por Cent. Ditto Account ttc ew Deferred, 3 per Cent. Ditto Account T us 1,-ends, 6 per cent Ditto Account 94 1 Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. Dividends on the above payable in London. TWO O'CLOCK. . 91 a d Consols for account CRYSTAL PALACE COMPANY. (MEETING THIS DAY.) An extraordinary meeting of the shareholders was held this afternoon, at the Bridge-house Hotel, to elect four new directors, on terms of the resolution of the general meeting of the 13th Aug. last, to receive a re• port from the directors, and to consider the propriety, and, if thought expedient, to authorise the directors, under the 11th section of the Crystal Palace Act, 1856, to effect agreement with the proprietors of shares in the company, for the conversion thereof into tickets of ad mission into the building and grounds of the company. The following gentlemen offered themselves for seats in the direction :—Mr. Henry Sandford Bicknell, Mr. George England, Mr. Charles Horsley, Mr. Reginald Read, Mr. E. P. Spiller and Capt. B. Walter. Most of the addresses, issued by the candidates were very divert. ing, promising all sorts of advantages to the shareholders if sent into the direction. Mr. Spiller enforced his peculiar fitness for the office in the following terms:—"ln addition to my pecuniary qualification I have for many years taken a deep interest in the promotion of the fine arts. I have travelled all over Europe, an d have visited the principal cities and towns in France, Belgium, Holland, Prussia, Austria, Sardinia, Switzerland, Naples, and the Italian States, and spent a considerable time in the i❑spectien of the public buildings, museums, galleries and collections of art in those cities, especially those of Florence, Pisa, Dresden, Milan, Venice, Genoa, Rome, Naples, and Pompeii. Notwithstanding the earnest appeals of expectant directors, and the exciting add-esses which were printed for distribution, the atten dance of the shareholders at the commencement of the business was very scanty. Mr. T. N. Faugusiensosr, chairman of the Board of Directors, presided. The report an (abstract of which has already appeared in The Sun), was taken as read. He said that the principal question which the share holders would have to consider was the taking up of the debenture stock, for unless the share. holders did this there would be very little use in die. cussing the remaining business for the whole interests of the company were involved in the proposition, he should have to make upon this subject. He found that Mr. Fuller had published a letter in which the fol lowing statement appeared—" If I read the report of the directors correctly it appears that they have now brought the affairs of the company to a stand still no. less you will immediately place at their disposal 220,000/. more." Now that implied that debts had been contracted and that this was wanted to meet them, but such a statement conveyed a totally erroneous impression. He might state that the capital of the company had been practically closed since 1855. Everything bad been paid, and at present there was no undisputed accounts Every debt that had been incurred had been paid out of revenue. The capital in round numbers stood thus, it present an original borrowed capital 1,000,0001. on debenture debt, or what the directors now proposed to substitute, a debenture stock, 250,000/. ; preference capital, 150,0001.; making a total of 1,400,0001. Against that they had the freehold of the building, with 200 acres of land, the building and its contents, and the surplus revenue for the present year of 10,000/. or 12,0001, He asked the shareholders to protect the directors from incurring temporary losses in order to en able the company to tide over its present difficulties. Since the publication of the report he had received nu merous promises of support. The Duke of Devonshire had proposed to take 2,5001. additional stock. He moved the following resolution That in the opinion of this meeting it is of the utmost importance for the interests of the cempany that the balance of the amount of debenture stock, authorised by the resolution of the mooting of July 30, 1857, should be forthwith subseribed, and this meeting pledges itself to use its best endeavours to attain this object, and requests the directors to provide a form of application for subscrip tion to the stock to each shareholder in the company who has not already taken up his allotment, with a copy of this resolution, and with an earnest appeal to come forward and lend his aid, by himself and his friends subscribing to the stock ; and in order to sccure the substantial relief of the company, it shall be a condition of this subscription that a sum of not less than 120,00/. on the whole shall be subscribed before the individual subscriptions shall be held binding• After a slight discussion of an amicable nature, the resolution was carried unanimously, a remarkable cir cumstance in connection with the meetings of the com pany. The CHAIRMAN moved the second resolution, as follows :—" That the terms of the report presented to the mee ing to-day to the board of directors, be, and. are hereby authorised to agree with any proprietor for the conversion of the shares in the company into tickets of admission into the building and grounds of the com pany, pursuant to the 11th sec. of the Crystal Palace Company Act, 1856, and that the board of directors be requested to pass a resolution authorising admision by these tickets to the palace and grounds on Sunday alter• noons as a gratuitous privilege, and without any money payment io be made directly or indirectly to the com pany for such privilege. Mr. BILLINGS asked if the eating and drinking was to be permittet on Sundays ? The CHAIRMAN—Yes, under Christmas-day and Good Friday regulations. Captain Yourso moved an amendment, " That the admission of visitors to the Palace and grounds on any part of the Sabbath, by any means, was a violation of the law of God. (Hisses and cries of "Oh, oh This, tin a commercial nation," &c., &c. The mover was proceeding to refer to the commandments forbidding work on the Lord's Day, when A SHAREHOLDER suggested that the less theological the argument was made the better. The CHAIRMAN also urged on Captain Young the proprietyof abstaining from discussing the question in a theological manner. Captain YOUNG said the proposition was also in violation of the charter. He adopted his present c urse from a desire to do to his neighbours as he wished to be done by. He believed such a course as that proposed by the directors would be a serious injury to every class of the community. He denied that they were to look at the undertaking as a commercial transaction only and ignore the law of God. It was to that, he believed, they had to attribute much of their present unfortunate difficulties. (Cries of hear, hear, no Exeter-Hall lectures, hisses, &c., &c.) The hon. gentlemen continued to address the meeting, amidst considerble disturbance, saying that the voice of the public was as 30 to one against such a movement. The CHAIRMAN said that he approved of doing to his neighbour the same as he wished to be done by. He, g a s s ruonu d dn i a r dy e s c f t or o no r in , a s p l o uiv s ni s dn e ag s y se ,i d nan t dt h ha e evan p ile r e i idg vilege of entering the it and e v e h r y e ( w H i s e h a e r d , h t o e a r e . ten d T that he charterprivilege d d b h t ooi shareholders.mutnrhsoheetlofoodf, ) c o ntemp l ate the admission of shareholdera, and w ith reference to the clause in the charter clo s i ng the Palace on Sunday, had been stated by the Earl o f D er b y that it was ,i t intro duced under a mistake. (Hear, hear.) Tne shareholders in the Crystal Palace Company only asked for the priv% lcges enjoyed by the fellows a n d mem b ers of th ei Zoological and Botanical Gardens. Mr. Lows considered that Captain Young had been used exceedingly ill by the meeting in not lis tening to him, He (Mr. - Lowe) was opposed to his brother directors on this point, both in a religious and commercial point of view, and he proceeded to argue that as a commercial speculation the p ropose d change would result injuriously to the undertaking. He believed it would cost the company 30,0001. to gain 5001. latTiohne. CHHAelßll%)teAliNevs:idd the the r r e e s s u n l l t t w w a e s u a l d rn h a e t te of s p u. differente c to that stated by Mr. Lowe, and he asked the company to try if. If it was found to be a failure they could easily retrace their steps. [We will give the conclusion in our last edition.] SHARE IVIARI , 3', - ZTS—ahis Day.) RAILWAYS. Closing PrlC% yestcr Tay. Business done this day. EIILWATS. Paid A.mbg. Noting. Boat. & Eastn. Junc..... Belfast & B2.llmam FB irmng. Wolverh. d Stour Valley irkenhcl. Lancsh. ti Cheshire Junct Blackburn Blyth & Tyne original £25 (iss. at £45)... Bristol es Exeter Caledonian. Chester dr Holyhead Cork and Bandon Cork, Black. & Pass Cornwall De. A 8 Do. B 45 Dublin&BelfastJunc all Dun. P. &Aber. June 100 East Anglian all Eastern Counties 100 EasternUnion,A.stkl 100 Do., do. 8.......... ..,. 8i Do. New A 17iEast Kent ... 100 East Lancashire all East Suffolk 4 Do. 100 Edinburgh & Glasgow all Edinb. and Peebles. 100 Edinb. Prth. &Dundee all Forthand ClydeJunc. 100 Furness 100 Glasgow & S.Western all Great N. of Scotland 100 Groat Northern 100 Do., A. Stock 100 Do., B. Stock 100 Gt. Sth. &West. (Ire) 100 Great Western. 100 Do. Str. V.ll. gua. St all Irish South-Eastern. all Lancaster & Carlisle. 14! Do., Thirds 1.2 Do. New Thirds 00 163 161 1 St. 11 20 tli St. ,11 St. 111 10 I 1 5t.,11 25 1 St. 111 St. 10 St. 10 50 al 25 a 00 a] 25 al Lancash. &Yorkshire 6 Do., do. F 116 Do., Wat. Riding Un ill Do. Southport. 31 London & Blackwall Lond. Bright. & S. Cst. 0 London Sc - N.'Western 11 Do. Fifths 11 Do. ,16/.5h.,11&13 6 5 Do. Eighths London & S.Waatern al LndndrryliColeraine Xll Ludndrry. dg Ennisk. )0 Manch.ShefALineln. 1 Metropolitan ...... 1 Do. J. L. Ricardo's arrangement )0 Midland )0 Do. Birming. & Derby .11 Midland G.West.(lr.) Lll Do. Shares al Newcastle &Carlisle ill Newpt.Aberg.&Hrfd 9 Newry & Enniskillen Newry, Warrenpoint & Rostrevor N0rf01k..... Northn. Counties Un North British ...... North Devon, Rail. & Dock Stock Do., A Stock Do., B Stock N.Eastern—Berwick 11 Do. do. Extension ill Do do. G.N.E.Purch. 1 Do. Leeds Do. York North London N. & S. Wstn., Hamp stead, and City Jn St.lll St. St. 100 25 a 25 1 50 a] St 110 St. 1.0 10 31.1 20 1' 20 al st.ll 20 1 , 10 11 St. 101 St. 101 St. 101 .7 I North Staffordshire.. Ell North Western .11 N. dg S. Westrn. June K) Oxford Worcester & Wolverhampton .6 Portsmouth .0 ithymney Scottish Central Scot. N. E. Abrdn . St J Shropshiro Union .... 6 Sitingbourno &Sheer. 00 50 1 1 / 4 St. 1( 10 a St. 101 20 al 20 1 1 / 4 20 a] 25 al 25 1, 25 !South Devon ;South Eastern 11 Do. 4i per . Shares 10 South Wales ill S. Yorksh. River Dun LO Do. . al Staines,Wok.,&Wok ill Stockton & Darling .5 Do. do., 1854 5 Do. do., 18N5 Stockton ds Hartlepl 00 Taff Vale.. tO Do. Pref., No. 1 2 Thames Hay. D. &R all ,Vale of Neath. ..... 11 Waterfd. & Kilkenny .11 Waterford&Limerick 11 West Cot nwall .11 'West End of London and Crystal Palace 11 Do. A Do. B n West London St. St. 1G 25 2! 20 a] 20 al 50 al 20 a] 5 I al ,11 Do. First Class 11 Do. Second Class Wmbledon&Croydon 20 I w 10 al 20 al BRITISH POI 8 - 8 65 - 66 --- ... .9 - 9i 85 - 87 78i - 79 30 -- 32 7 - 9 3 -- ... ... ... 7' - 8i 16i -17 i 57 - 58 42 - 44 27 - 29 17 - 18 83 - 90 58 - 59 iii : ii3l 88 - 90 9 - 10 931 - 94 1 2 78 - 80 121 - 123 97 - 99 51i -51 i 58 - 62 74 - 78 7 - Bipl 7A - 91 - 92 1.02 - 103 941 --94 i ••• ti ld 1i ••• 89 89 36 ----. 37 871 -88 j 61 - 62 12 = 13 57 - 59 31 - 3i 48 - 49 93 = 94 2i - 2 ti 51 - 52 81i - 82 t j 90 - 93 8 - 9 4A - 41 • • 16 - •*ii 28 30 10 8 d 104 106 21} 22 45/ 44 4 — 3 6 d 32 34 G 5 66 78 80 12 11 d 8 6d 9 11 35 37 ••• -•••• ••• i . 6i = 26 7 - 9 51-- SSESSIONS, i - i 8 7d }.•• —. se• ••• - ••• i - 1 1' i 0 ;I f 18 19 33 39 73 76 21 211 18 —18 i 21 —24 d !103 - 108 403 - 108 1 100 102 18 19 20 21 r d - 5i - 6 ••• ...w ••• i - 1 ••• ••• 33- 5 - 25 3 / 4 - 26 - 6i = d 3i 3ip ••• - •• 24 - 25 71 - 7. 19 - 19. 361 - 361 8 - 9 331 49 - 51 2 - 101 13 -- 7 -- 8 201 -- 21:10 4$ -- 81 -- 8i 25 -- 26 BANKS. 79 81 5 4d 40 45 55 - GO 174 is 18 —18 i 32 - 34 16i - 174 33 - 49 - 61 ... •.• ... Iwo .. ed O N •••• and LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Paid Riumars. 100 Buckghamsh. 100 Clydesdale Jc. all Col.Stour Vy. 00 'E.Lm. g. 6 m 1.1 E. Un. H. Sh. 10 Glas. Earr. & Neils. Direct. 10 Do. New 11 Glstr.&Dn.Fr 11 & Selby .11 Do. Shares 611 Do. 4 Shares al Lon.&Greenw .11 Do. Preference 10 Lon. Til., &S. 94 Do. Bark. Sh. .11 Manch.Biton. and Matlock 10 Mdld.Bradfd. 54 Newmarket BuryE.G.spc. .11 N.&Est.s p.c. al Do. 6 per et Do.Fixedsp.c 11 Prest. & Wyre Jl I Do. Shrs. A 10 Roystn.& Hit. 11 IShrews.& Her 11 S. Staffordsh 11 WearVal.g6pc 11 Do.. Wilts&Somrst Leasing Companies. ciosinz Prices y ster tar Ln. &N. W. Caledon... E.U.&E.O Gt.Northn E. Count. Caldonian. Do Gt.Westo. V.Zz Do ......... Do ......... S. Eastern. Do ......... Peto &Co. Do. ....... La.&N.W. & Midld. Midland... E. Count.. 90 - 92 93 - 95 12 - 14 128 - 132 31 - 4 Do ......... IDo ... ..... - ••• l'l4 - 106 Do ......... L. dxN.W. 12 13 23 24 89 91 1 40 89 9 1 Id 54 56 Do Gt.Northn,l2B 131 T. Brassey 7 8 M.Meloan 8 51 iStk.dzDar. Do 3O 32 Gt.Weetn — 1E SHARES. ••• -- ••• 90 - 92 a or; - 81 -• 64 166 -- 110 106 - 112 105 - 108 103 - 106 120 - 123 ••• ••• 65 - 67 ••• - ••• 13 - 115 .05 - 106 98 - ICO 59 - 61 - 10.1 5i - 6 85 - 8T 80 - 82 80 - 82 92 - 94 9 - 15i - 16 9 - 9i 57 - C 9 17 - 18 6 - 9 13 - 13,3, 132 - 137 111 - 114 1150 - 155 114 - 117 - P 61 - 64 129 - 431 94 - 96 84 - 86 ••• - ••• 10 - 11 IIF6 - iiii 93 94 li 1 d lf - ft 21i - 223 1 109 - 111 1100 - 102 105 -- 107 65 70 91 10 21 - 22 94 - 96 93 - 95 92 - 95 PREF ERENI 25 all Blyth and Tyne 10 p. c.pref. (issd.at 50/.) St. 100 Bris.& Ex. 4 p. c. St. 20 5 Do. 4 per c. Shares St. 100 Caledn. £lO 4 p. c St. 100 Ches. di Ho. 5} p.c St. 100 Do. do. 5 per cent 64 all Cork&Bandonsip.c 64 all Dun.Perth.kAber.J St. 100 E. Anglian Cls. ASh St. 100 Do. do. Cls. B 6p. c St. 100 Do. do. Cls. C7p. c St. 1100 Eas.Co.Ex,sp.cNo.l St. 100 Do. No. 2 St. 100 Do. New 6 pr. c. St 20 all East Un., G. 6p. c 5 all Do. Si., 0 per cent 10 all Do. 101. Debontr.Sh St. all Do. do. 4 per cent st. I I St. 11 St. 11 St. 11 St. 11 St. 11 St. 11 LOO I X) East Lane p.oto. ill E.&W. York. J. stho 9 Edin.& Gl. sp. c. Sh. )9 Ed.Prth.&Dun.4p.c. X) Furness, sp. c....... Glas. & 5.W.G.5 p.c. ►0 Great Northn. 5 p.c. ►0 Do. 5 p. c. Redeem. at 10 p. c. )0 Do. 4i per cent l 0 Do. 5 p.c., Red. at 5 p. c. prom. 11 Gt.N.ofScot.lstPr( 8 Gt. S &W. (Ireland) .8 Do. 4 per c. Prof. St. 6 Gt.W.(B.&H.Ex.spc 10 Do. con. red. 4i p.c. 10 Do. con. red. 4p. c. 10 Do. irred. 4 per lent. 10 Do sp. c. red. pref. ill Do. Birm. Pref. Sh 11 Do. Chester Bp. c. P. S 11 Do. do. 5 p. c. do 10 Do. Birm. Gua. Stk 11 Do. Chosh. Gua. Sh 11 Do. do. do 1 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 Gnar. 6p. c. Do. do. 5 p. c., I 1 o. 4 J Lon. & N.W., Cov. Li Nuneaton 5 r. .00 Lon. &S.W. 7 per ct.'l 20 14 20 14 50 I St. 10( St. 10( St. 10( St. 10( 8 al 10 al 10 a] St. 10( 261 a] 13i al 20 a St. 101 St. 101 St. 101 St. 101 St. 101 St. 1101 St. 11 12} 12i St. 11 St. 101 126 al 12 a' 126 11 St. 10 St. ID St. 10 St. 10 10 a] 20 12i 25 20 St. lato 3d Shares ill Londy. & Color. Sli. ill Londy.&Ennis. Sh. )0 M., S.,&L. 6p. Cent. 4i Do. do. do. £6 „ )0 Do. do. 34 per cent. ill Marypt. & Carl. 4 p.c. ►ll Do. 4. per cent .0i Do. do. )0 Mid. Con sol. 6p. e. St 10 Do. Con. Br. Bir. 6 p.c 10 Do. 4i p. c. Pref, St 10 Do. L. &IL Pref. St ill New., Aber., &c., pr 5 p, c, rod. 5 p.c. pm 1 Do: Porpot. 6 pr: et. II Norflt.Deb.4 p.c. Sh. ) Do. sp. c. Ext. 1846 Do. 5i p.c. p!, 1847 Do Wv V 5p 1. , 1847 )0 North British 34 Do. 71. Preference X N.H. Berw. 4p. c. Prf 8? Do, do, do 13 — Do. Leeds 6 pc. No. 1 9 Do. do. Qrs., 1848... 10 Do. York H. &S. Pur. all North Staffordshire.. 100 !ox., Wor. & Wolv. 6 p.c., Ist St. 100 St. 10 8i a St. lr St. 11 St. 25 10 150. 6p. c. 2d guar... 10 Do. do. Debentr. St. \ .11 Scot. Cent.Ncw Pref. )0 Sc.N.E.Abor.g.6p.c. )0 Do. do. 7 p.c. pt. St. )0 Do. d 0.31 p.c. pf. St ill South Devon ill Do. axed 43 preent S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) of £1 Os. 6d. 10 Do. 4i per cent 10 Do. Fixed 4i p.c. Sh )0 Do. New 4i pr. cent )0 S. Walos Gua. 4 /3. c, )0 Do. do. 4i p. c ill S.Yorkeh.4 p.c.Guar ►ll Stock. &Dar , sp. C L 9 Do. do. do. Watorfd& Kilk. 6 pc St. 10( St. 10( St. 10( St. 101 St. 101 20 al 25 al 25 11 St. 101 BRITISH MINES. 1. Alfred Cons. (Philk.) 4 ritish Iron 0 Condurow (Canihrn.)j 1 Dev. Gt. ens's. y.)' •A East Basset (Illogan) .86 Great South Tolgus t 3 Ott W. Alfrd. (Philk.) 7 Grt.W. Vor (Helstn.) 3s Lady Bertha N. Frances (Illogan) N. W. Basset (Mogan) lb North Wheal Crofty * Par. Cons. (St.Blasy) 9 Porkellis D. (Wend.) 19. Sort. Cons, Min. Co. S. Ca.radon (St. Cleer) 2 S. Cam Brea (Illogn.) 9 S. W, Frauces(lllogn.) ram. S. k L. Min. Co I Tin Croft 0 Un.Minee (Gwennap) !fs t V. of Towey (Camar.) .4 W. Basset (Illogan) 0 W. Caradon (Liskrd ) ;A Wh. Basset (Illogan) Wh. Buller (ildruth) Wh. Edward(Calstek; 78 Wh. Kitty (U. Llant' Wh. Ma. Ann (Menht. Wh. Trelawney (Lis.) 12 -- 13 6 -- 7 100 -- 110 430 -- 450 90 -- 100 13i -- 141 4 - -- 5' i - 1 i - 1 A - 9 11i -12 i 4 - 5 17 - 19 4 - 5 14 - 340 - 350 - 4i 220 - 230 - 1 3 - 4 "i - 1 21 - 22 100 -11 q, 145 - 155 280 - 290 6i - 7i 16 - 18 45 - 48 23 - 25 FOREIGN s Australian )s. ion Accord Cop. (IL) Brazilian) ,(issued at 45 p m ) dl Do. Com es & c u i a d a L 5 Do. St. John Del Roy 4 Clarendon Con. Min. Co. of Jamaica II Cobra Coppo r .6 CoPlaPo .... . 11 Dun Mountain Cop per Minin g c o 11 Fortuna 11 General 11 Linares ************ liLusitanian ************* ll Mariquita 11 New Granada 11 Noveau Monde 11 P0nt.5i1.1414.4 &A t 1 Port Philip ******* Santiago do Cuba: *** ** United Mexican ****** ** 900 Atlantic Tel. (Lira.) 19 !Australian Agricult. all lAustralis. Royal Mail all (Berlin WaterWorke 2 Do. Now iss. at 51. d 40 Brit. American Laud 32. Canada ............. 1 00 Do.Go.6pc.Jan&July 3.11 Copper Min. of Eng. dl Do. Prof. 71 p. cent. dl Crystal Pa1ace......... all Do. Preference .... dl Crystal Pal. of France Il Eastern Steam ........ )0 Electric Telegraph ;11 Electric Tel. of Ire!. II En.drAust.Cop.SmCo Os. Eur. & Ind.Jetn. Tel. Eur.&Am.Stm.(lim.) 11 Gen. Ir. Sc. Col.(hn.) 4 Gen. Steam Navigat. 5 London Discount ... 11 Lond. Gen. Omnibus 0 Magdalena St. Navig. n Mediteran. Elec. Tel. ;1 Do. Extension Toleg. 11 Mexican& S.Amerien 5 Nat. Discount C 0.... 6 Netherlands Land.... al Do. Do. ............ 611 Do.B p.c.Pf. iss. at 1 (1.1 2 Do. Do. ........ New B. &N. S. Land N.S.W. Cov.s c . D g. B. Australasian,. 11 Nrth.of Europest earo 11 Oriental Gas ....... 0. Do Now Shares ....... Jl Peelßr. 14. & Minrl. 11 Peninsular* Oriental 0 Do. Now .......... ll IRhymney Iron ... I a o yal Mail Steam. .... 11 scot.Austral.lnvest: )0 S. Aus, Gov. 6 p.c.bds. a south Austral. Land Lll Submarine Tel. Scrip al Do. Registered 5 Trus.Ln.Co. Up. Can. :83 Van_Diemou's Land.. MINES. i a i d par 1i 24 10 - 11 38 - 40 10 - 12 id I id 13 14 8;-- 1?; •• • ''' ••• 5 -- 6 A la 2 31 - 3i miscELLANEous. 21i 1: i*i , 4 4 - 4 5 - . 30 35 13 - 118 1094 27 -.32 23 - 25 14 - - 4 Ais = iiii ••• ••-• ... li --- li 'IA _. gi lid 31 3A 2i 3 24 3 16 14 18 1 d 4 -- a-: l; = if 2 7 5 31 - 6 - 75 21 -23 p 51 - 66 1 -1/ 32 - 34 I - i fl - i •... --- ... 8A - 94 Business this day LAW INTELLIGENOE.—knis Dan COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Comm6sioner Holy°ld.) IN ER COLTMAN. This bankrupt was describ©d as of B. ompten, draper, and came np to pass his last examinal.ion. Mr. Sleigh appeared for the assignees, and did rc; oppose the bankrupt's passing on the accounts, but still there were circumstances requiring explanation which would be elicited at a private examination. Mr. Beard, from the office of Mr. Buchanan, applied for an allowance to the bankrupt from the previous examination to the present. The allowance was granted, and the bankrupt passed. IN RE BRITTEN. This bankrupt carried on business on an extensive scale as a fringe-merchant, in Noble-street, and had applied to the Court under the Private Arrangement Act, but the proposition was not satisfactory to the creditors, and on the application of Mr. Dalton and Mr. Pook (Coleman-street) the case was adjourned into open court, and thus became a bankruptcy. The amount of the debts and liabilities, or the amount of the assets, did not transpire at this meeting. (Before Mr. Commissioner Fane.) IN NE GOODERED.-THE PICCADILLY SALOON. This bankrupt obtained a certificate of the third class, .he assignees not opposing. IN RE SEARS AND SEARS. These bankrupts had been printers in Ivy-lane, and were granted first class certificates, (Before the Chief Commissioner.) THE ROYAL BRITISH BANK.- IN BE HUMPHREY BROWN. In this case an application was made for an adjourn ment, in the same way as the directors of the Royal British Bank. The meeting was adjourned till March, when it is expected the trial will have terminated. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (This Day.) MARLBOROUGH-STREET. THIEVES IN DIFFICULTIES.—James Button, John Jeffcoat, and William Sarsfield, three young men, well Beadon, charged with being found Mitering stout puklic streets for the purpose of committing a felony. Sergeant Crocker, 9 C, deposed that on the previous afternoon, he was in Prince's-street, Leicester-square, in company with Colo, 317 A, and Joy, 338 A, when his att 'n , ion was attracted to the prisoner Button, who was looking very earnestly in at a jeweller's shop window. He watched him, and after a while he was joieed by the prisoner Sarsfield, who, after speaking to him, walked shout 30 yards away and stood looking on. The prisoner Jeffcoat then cline up In an apparent hurry and went into the shop, where he remained a minute or so, and then came out and proceeded a short distance up the street till he arrived at another jewellers' shop into which he went, the other prisopers watching him all the time. As soon as Jeffcoat came cut of the second shop he walked as fast as be could up the street, into Crown Court, followed by the others. Witness then called to Cole and Joy, and with their assistance took them into custody. On searching Sarsfield witness found two pairs of boots, with the principal marks obliterated, in his pockets. These, no doubt, formed part of the proceeds of a robbery they had recently committed. Cole, 317 A, proved receiving charge of the prisoner Jeffcoat, and on searching him at the station found a gold ring, and a lady's ornamental case containing a silver thimble, tablets, and other articles in silver. Joy, 338 A, searched Button, and found upon him 30 duplicates relating to watches, silver pencil cases, and chains. In defence, Sarsfield said he was hard up, and pur chased tho boots in the "lane" to sell again so as to make a small profit. Jeffcoat said he was in difficulties, and eo was Button, of whom he bought the ring and case, to g ive him a lift. Button said he really was in difficulties, and was a jeweller by trade. The duplicates related to his own property, which he bad been obliged to pledge to buy bread. Mr. Beadon said it was most likely they were in diffi culties, as they called it, and he should remand them till Monday next. WESTMINSTER, LAMENTANLE respectable-looking artisan, waited upon the magistrate this morning, and solicited his assistance under the following distressing circumstances : Applicant said that on last Tuesday evening, his son a child only eight years of age, was playing in Grosvenor-row, Pimlico, when he met with a very lamentable accident. He was knocked down by a horse in a cab, and the wheels of the carriage passed ever him. His jaw-bone was fractured, aid his head was otherwise very much hurt, and he was now lying in a very hopless condition. Mr4Arnold—Do you apply for redress against the driver I Applicant—Yes; I want a warrant. Mr. Arnold—There will he two questions for you to consider, whether you wish the man punished for the offence of carelessness or negligence, if guilty of that, or whether you seek compensation for the injury the child has sustained Applicant—l don't want the man to escape without punishment. Mr. Arnold—Was the occurrence the effect of acci dent, or was the driver to blame ? Applicant —The driver was decidedly to blame, and was on the wrong side of the road. I did not see the occurrence myself, but others did, and had there been a policeman there he would have been Riven into cus. tody ; but as there was not, he drove off, but his num ber was taken. Mr. Arnold—lf you wish compensation, you may sue the proprietor of the cab in the County Court ; but if you wish to punish the driver, you may summons him here. - - ~... Applicant said he would consider the matter. THAMES. AN IMPORTANT CONVICTION OP AN INCORRIGIBLE DEALER IN ILLICIT SPlRlTS.—Elizabeth Saunders, a woman about 40 years of age, was brought before Mr. Yardley, charged with having in her possession five gallons of illicit spirits, the produce of a private still without a permit, and before paying the duty thereon. Mr. Frederick Bagster, an officer of inland revenue, said he met the prisoner last night on Tower-hill, w►th a bundle iu her apron. He stopped her and Paid what have you got there ? On which she let fall to the ground three bladders, which contained five gallons of raw spirits 23 over proof. He asked her if she had a permit to which she replied, no, I make it myself, and want no permit. The prisoner —It's all false, another woman dropped the skins containing the spirits. Mr. Bagster said that another woman was in the pri soner's company and she was taken to the station-house and searched ; nothing was found upon her. The skins dropped from the prisoner's apron. Prisoner—lt is all false, air ; I did not let them fall. He is telling falsehoods. Mr. John Vanstone, Supervisor of Excise, confirmed the statement of Mr. Bagster, and said the prisoner bad been repeatedly convicted for working a private still, being the proprietor of a private still (for which she was fined 1001.), and other offences against the marine laws. There was another woman, one of the same family, apprehended with spirits in her possession, and he had to appear against her at the Mansion-house at 1 o'clock that day. The prisoner—lt is all false. I was never in custody before—never. Mr. Bagster and Mr. Vanstone have told nothing but lies about me. Mr. Yardley—Mr. Bagster and Mr. Vanstone have inform me that you are a most incorrigible offender, and I believe them. You have been already fined 100/., and I cannot inflict a less sentence upon you. You are fined 1001., and, in default of payment, six months' imprisonment and hard labour, The failure was announced yesterday of Mr. Edward Smith, a woclstapler, of Bermondsey, with, it is be lieved, liabilities of some magnitude. The directors of the National Provincial Bank of England announce a half-yearly dividend at the rate of 8 per cent. per annum. A meeting of the holders of Buenos Ayres Bonds is convened by the committee for the 17th inst. Letters from Hamburg contradict the recent report of the suspension of Messrs. Heine and Fleischman, and also that of Messrs. Hamilton, Koch, and Co. SALE OF TOLLS IN KENT AND SORREL—Yesterday, at one o'clock, the trustees of the New-cross Roads, which are situated in the counties of Kent and Surrey —Mr. Jackson in the chair—assembled at the Green Man Inn, Blackheath, to sell by auction, for one year, commencing at 12 o'clock at night on the 31st of Decem ber, the tolls arising at the several toll-gates and bars in that district. These comprised the Green Man, Peck ham, Lewisham, Lee, Dartford-hill, and Bromley Gates, &c. This was an adjourned meeting, in consequence of no bidding having been made at the former meeting. Last year the above gates and bars realised 11,4901. The chairman said that they would now put them up at 11,4001., but there was no offer, though there was a large attendance of lessees in the room. The chairman after this, having consulted with the trustees, offered the property at the sum of 11,0001. Upon this, the bidders were Mr. Ambler and another gentlemen, when after an active competition between them, they were parted with to Mr. Ambler for 11,4101. CITY OF GLASGOW BANK—ITS OPENING.—The City of Glasgow Bank will resume business at an early date —in all likelihood within a few days. The deposit fund and the guarantee fund have swollen out to a very fine total—there being already about 90,0001. subscribed to the one and 250,0001. to the other ; but, meanwhile, a deputation of the directors and the manager have been in London, and there, on Saturday last, they made arrangements with one of the most eminent city banking firms for an adequate supply of ready money. The de tails we do not know, and have no right to know ; but it is enough to say that the telegram contains the vic ris "All is arranged." Even with this help, there will, we presume, be considerable forbearance requisite on the part of the Edinburgh banks ; but, from what we have heard, we have no great fears that, on the day of its opening "the City" will be called on by them to pay up all the claims which they hold against it. The Western Bank having now fairly lapsed, we look to the re-open ing of " the City" as one of those points from which we will date a return of local confidence and commercial ease,—Olosgow COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. • The bills of Messrs. William Cheoseborough and Son, the largest woollen dealers in Bradford, have ben returned yesterday to a considerable' amount. It is believed, however, that the difficulty will be only temporary, that the bills in question relate to a specific transaction, and that the firm hold wcol to cover them amply, and which will be realised forthwith. A general and permanent suspension of their operations is therefore not apprehended. A circular bas been issued by Messrs. S. C. Lift ter and Co., a large woollen firm at Halifax, whose 1 suspension was announced on Monday, assur i ng their creditors that they are certain of their ulti mate ability to meet all claims in full, and that the other concerns in which Mr. Lister is a partner are in a perfectly sound state. Private letters, and also the Manchester Exami ner, mention that Mr. Yewdall, of Rawdon, near Leeds, a very extensive operator in wools, has found it necessary to obtain indulgence from his creditors. He is said to have had the acceptances of Messrs. S. C. Lister and Co. returned upon him for a heavy amount. A report on the affairs of the Western Bank of Scotland is to be submitted to a meeting of the shareholders to-morrow at Glasgow. It has been drawn up by Mr. James M'Clelland, and will, it is said, give a faithful account of the actual position of the establishment so far as it could be ascertained from a diligent examination of all the books. The annexed relates to the suspension of MOMS. Willey and Co., announced yesterday " 27, King-street, Cheapside, Dec, 16. sir,—With reference to the statement hi by Money Article in the Times of this motoing, we beg to state that although it be true that the liabilities of R. Wiley and Co. are between 40,0001. and 50,0001., the assets of the firm are estimated to a very considerably larger amount ; and measures are now in course of arrange. ment, assented to by a very large majority of the credi tors, which will doubtless enable the firm to continue their business, to pay their creditors 20s. in the pound, and leave them a very considerable surplus. " We trust you will deem it bat just to give publicity to this letter in your to-morrow's Menetary Article. " We are, sir, &c., " VAN SANDALT and CUMMING, " Solicitors for R. Willey and Co., and for carrying into effect the arrangement." ME LONDON GAS MONOPOLY.-APPLI CATION TO PARLIAMENT. Yesterday the adjourned meeting of delegates from the metropolitan parishes on the subject of the recent amalgamation and districting of the Londe - i Gas Com panies, was held at the Court-house, Marylebone, for the purpose of considering the necessary steps for checking the evils of monopoly which have already arisen in consequence of such arrangements on the part of the gas companies. Dr. Bachhoffner, of Marylebone, was in the chair, and the parishes represented, were—Se. James's, Wept nin ster, St. Pancras, Marylebone, Islington, Strand Dktrict, St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, Westminster District,Tlolborn District, Hackney; Lambeth, Camberwell, Paddingtcn, Limehouse, Wandsworth, Fulham, Hammersmith, Newington, Surrey, Clerkenwell, St. George's, Hamlet of Mile-end Old Town, &e.; each deputation attended by the vestry clerk or surveyor. The court-house was filled. The CHAIRMAN having opened the proceedings, a correspondence was read between the Equitable Gas Company and the vestry of St. Martin's, with a view to show that some statements charging that company with having increased their price and acted in an arbitrary manner, were incorrect. This was admitted to be so on the part of St. Martin's, by Mr. Lamb, one of the representatives from that parish. Mr. BEALE, of St. James's, then proposed a series of resolutions, which had been printed and sent to every metropolitan vestry and district board. The two first resolutions were adopted unanimously. They were—" That it is desirable that the metropolitan parishes should concur in a united application to Parlia ment, by petition, or on the motion of the metropolitan members, for a committee of inquiry into the existing arrangements for the supply of gas to the metropolis." "That a committee consisting of one member from each district be appointed to prepare such petition, to communicate the same to all other parishes, and solicit the affixing of the common seal of each vestry or district board to such petition, and that the same be entrusted to the respective borough members for presentation." The third resolution, calling upon the metropolitan gas companies to meet the metropolitan delegates and co-operate with them in an appeal to Parliament, to fix a maximum chargg for the supply of gas, was ultimately withdrawn, after a long discussion, the majority present voting that any expectation of such cu-operation from the gas companies would be use!ess. It was further resolved that a deputation, composed of the representatives of the various parishes, wait upon the Home Secretary to represent the evils of the existing monopoly, and to solicit the aid of the Government in protecting the interest of the ratepayers, by supporting the proposed committee of inquiry. That the whole of the metropolitan members be invited to join the proposed deputation. A. committee to draw up the petitions to Parliament having been appointed, thanks to the chairman termi nated the proceedings. THE MASSACRE AT CAWIVPORE. The following is an extract from the letter of an officer of the Madras Fusileers " Cawnpore, Oct. 28. " I went the other day to see the house of horrors where the unfortunate women and children were mas sacred. At the entrance I found a gibbet, and under it the carcase of a wretch who had just been hanged as a spy. " It is a small brick building built in a square, the rooms opening into a small court-yard in the centre. The place is still strewn with fragments of clothes and lots of shoes. The walls in places aro sprinkled with blood, and the mats on the floor appear to have been drenched with it. On carefully examining the walls I found scratched en the plaster behind a door the follow ing—written apparently by the wife of a European sol dier, of whom there were several shut up there : " Countrymen and women, remember the 15th of July, '57. Your wives and families are here in misery and at the disposal of savages, who have ravished both young and old, and then killed us. Oh !oh ? My child ! my child ! Countrymen, revenge it !' I don't think anything would appeal so strongly to the feelings of our countrymen at home as this simple statement of misery. It is expressed and spelt as above and seemed to have been scratched with the point of a knife. The walls of the little room where it was written were spattered with Llood, and the plaster cut in several places with swords. "I went to see the intrenchment where Wheeler de fended himself so long. It is a low mud bank about three feet high, surrounding two large buildings that were formerly hospitals. The walls of these are literally rid dled by round shot, and the roofs of both have fallen in. It seems quite miraculous, when you look at the wretched defence, how men could have held out one day, much less many days, against a host well armed, and plovi led with big guns and every requisite material. They oiust have been arrant cowards —as, indeed, we know they were--for they never dared to come out into the open, but fired from the cover of some half-finished barracks near the intrenchment. If with the small force we have had hitherto we have been able to command vic,ory, what will it be when England's armies now arriving march through the country ? In six months India will be more entirely in our power than it has ever been before." GENERAL IlevELocies DESPATCH.--In the Guardian of last evening we find the following observations cn General Havelock's despatch :—" The general a euld appear to be guilty of writing a bad hand, and may not possess the power of very clearly expressing him self, for the printer has been obliged to leave several blanks, has made nonsense of several passages, and a hash of gallant names that every reader of Indian news must be familiar with." It may obviate a re petition of similar remarks to state that the despatch in the form in which we have it was received at Cal cutta from Cawnpore by telegraph, and is less enig matical than most communications similarly trans mitted. STATE OF EMPLOYMENT IN MANCHESTER. The weekly return of the state of employment in 236 of the factories and workshops of Manchester, up to yesterday, sh ,ws an increase of the numbers unemployed and of those on short tune. Of the whole number of mills and workshops 54 only are working full time with full com plement of hands, and 50 with less than their fu'l com plement ; 109 are on short time, and 23 are stopped altogether. This is a decrease of son full time and an increase of 4 that have stopped. Of the work people only 15,493 are working full time, against 17,587 the previous week ; 21,766 have gone on short time, against 19,88 8 • and 9,185 persons are wholly unemployed, against '8,909 in the previous week. NORTH NORTHAMPTONSHIRE ELECTION.—The con test in this division has terminated in the return of Mr. George Ward Hunt, W havinga d en h o o b e t , a i n t e h d e a conservative f ca ndidate, that gentleman 326 in a constitu enc y of 3,900 registered electors, Mr. o f Fitzpatrick V ernon, son of the President of the Board of Control, too k the field only at the eleventh hour, and the neglected state of the register, the absence of a pre under circumstances of extreme disadvantage, owing to the struggle. The battle, commenced by the spontaneous vions canvass, and the general default of preparations for action of a few electors, has been entirely one of prin ciple, and the result is considered to open a most encouraging prospect of success at the next election, before which the register will be greatly reformed to the advantage of the liberal party. SIN4IILAR ACCIDENT.—FALL OF AN ICE-WELL.— Considerable consternation wile excited yesterday in th e ne i g hb ou rhood of Great Cambridge - street, and Gold smith-street, Hackney - road, owing to the f o ll ow i ng somew h a t r e markable occurrence. It seems that f or a long time an immense ice - well has existed there, and commencedi employed in repairing during the the la s in day tra internal brickwork, t o to decay. Shortly after they had left work yesterday m orning the inhabitants were startled from their seats •by a noise resembling a convulsion of nature. It was found that the side walls of the well had fallen in, and the ground around, for the space of at least 50 feet, had followed, and several of the back walls of the yard on either side had been hurled down. Fortunately, as no one was in the well at the time no lives were sacrificed. IPreparations have been made for shoring up the adjoin ing property, and it is hoped tbat no further m ischief will ensue. 11 Atian. and St. Law. 9 Bombay, Baroda, and Con. Ind,guar. 5 p. c. 11 Do. 8 Buffalo di Lake Ilur 0 Buff. , Brnt. do Godch 0 ti p.c.bds., 1 Aug.,'72 l Do. do., 1 July, '731 10 Do. do., 1 June,'74 l !s. Calcutta and S. East. 36d Central Oude (Lim.) Os Ceylon A shares 1 Do. B. do. 11 Demerara. 2s. Eastern Bengal .00 , East Indian 5 Do. C Shares al D 0.4 p.c.l3nds. '57 al Do. do. do., 's9;do. al Geelong & Melbourne guar. 5 per cent. Gd. Trunk. of Canada in Do. 6p. c. Deben Gt. In. Pen. g. 5 per c 4 Do. New. guar. sp. e al Gt. Westn. of Canada N Do. New J 1 Do. Bas., payable '57 al Do. do., '76 p. '6O 11 Do. do., '73 , do. I ' Do. do., '73, without option .1 'Madras, guar. 4. p.c 11 Do. do., 5 per c .0 Do. 4/ p. c. Exton 5 Do. 3d Ex., g. sp.c 5 Do. 4th Ex do is. Oude (Limited) 5 IScinde, guar. 5 per e all Do A A I rd t rn Rotterdam Belgian East. Junct. 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(Front Purclt 1 How did wo ever coma to live an hereditary peerage ? How is it that we are bles3.2d with art aristocracy, and enjoy the advantige of a House of Lords ? These questions are suggcAel by a state.. ment made by Colonel North, speaking in the othep house on the pension granted to Sir Henry Have. lock. Colonel North is reported to have said " Captain Havelock hail participated in all those battles which had gamed for his father such world• wide renown ; he had highly distin:luished himself as an officer, and had received for his gallant con. duct . the Victoria Cross. He thought., therefore, • that this was a case calling most loudly upon' them to follow the general practice, which was to grant such pensions for two generations. (Hear, heard.) He hoped the circumstances of Captain Havelock would be considered by the Government, and that the sa me pension so deservedly awarded to his die. tiuguished father would be made to descend to him." If acts like those of Havelock Senior, accom panied by similar acts on the part of Havelock Junior, ate not enough to ennoble and enrich all future Havelocks, how came anybody in the House of Lords, except Lord 0 verstone, the capitalist, to be enriched and ennobled ? It may be a very sound principle to reward deserving men in their own persons merely ; but if this principle is t o b 3 adopted by the Government, of course they intend to let the Peerage and the House of Peers die a natural death. Suppose the Duke of Cambridge had taken Delhi; suppose the exploits of Havelock and Contralti had been performed by the Earl of Lucan and the Earl. of Cardigan, would not bii Royal Highness have instantly received a truncheon like that which half been wielded in the mouths of so many cannons by another Royal Highness ? Would not two noble earls have been exalted into two more noble dukes, and would they not have been decorated with any and every star, gayer, ribbon, cross, medal, or other distinctive bauble which they had not earned, or at least had not received, already ? _ A. thousand a-year is a good income in these times, but if the services of such a mams Rani •141.1. bCk. --1 • 1 services, Mr. Bull, do you consider to be werth five,—to say nothing of ten or twenty ? What has any ex-Chancellor, except Lord Brougham done for you that can be for a moment Lamed in com parison with the exploits of General Havelock Of what use to you is any one of your Bishopsitt comparison with that hero ? Either you underpay him shamefully, or you excessively overpay them. It is true that the dignity of a Peerage may necessi tate the difference, and Havelock's pension' may suffice a commoner, but if Havelock is to remain a commoner, - of course no more Peers wiil be created, and the Upper House will be allowed to expire. THE NEW REGIME IN WHITECROSS-STREET! PRISON. PROTEST OF THE PRISONERS. To the Right Worshipful the Lord Miyor end Alder, men of the City of London. We, the undersigned, some debtors, others alleged to be debtors, and all detained in the prison under civil process, here protest against any and every enforces went of a certain body of rules and regulations pro• mulgated to us on the 12th inst. by certain members of your honourable court, and then and there affirmed to have been read and signed on the 7th Nov. last by Sir G. Grey, her Majesty's Secretary of State. 1. Because they are a violation of oar rights as defined for us by Magna Chaste and the common law of England. The English debtor in the eheriff's keeping loses none of his civil rights except in the indispensable custody of his person, and is Exempt from, all restrictions and obstructions not absolutely and indisputably re. quired for his safe and orderly detention. To obstruct access to him on the part of his family, friends, or busis ness connections at reasonable times, to stand between him and the reasonable amount of food or drink he or his friends are enabled to pe.vide fur him, to classify him with, and identity him in, the punishment of men found guilty of fraud by the ordinary legal tribunal. simply because his debt leads to a more protracted detention, and to subject hitn to a vast number of painful, injurious, and degrading restrictions not in dispensably and indisputably required for such safe and orderly detention, is opposed to the whole spirit of English legislation, both as regards debts and dobtors, and is illegal and unconstitutional in the very proper. don in which it is cruel and unnecessary. 2. Because they are a clear and palpable violation of the 52,1 Geo. 111., c. 109, and 55 h Geo. o. 98, by which the prison was built and regulated, and which gave at once astatutory recognition, as well as interpre tatien of the Common Las Rights of the inmates of this prison, which no subsequent legislation has ever im paired, much less repealed or annulled. By the first of these statutes it is enacted that the power of making by. lawsfor the government of this prison shall rest with the al dermen of the city of London, with the sanction and approval of the Chiet Justice of the Court of Queen's Beech, of the Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas, or of the Chief Baron of the Court of Exchequer ; and that all by-laws made for such government shall be null and void if not in conformity with the letter and spirit of the said statute. It further provides, by ex. press enactment, that any prisoner entering within these walls shall be permitted freely and without molestation to have brought to him whatever food, inclusive of wine or beer, in moderate quantities, may be proper and necessary for him. It likewise provides that there shall be yards or airing grounds capacious enough to, afford sufficient air and exercise to the prisoners, and when it was found that the first yards so made (much larger than those we now have) were too small and con. fined to afford such sufficient air and exercise, the afore• said second statute was immediately passed, which, after declaring such defect to exist, distinctly provided that certain of such airing grounds should be laid together in order to give full effect to the just, reasonable, and emi. neatly benevolent design which the legislature, speak. ing by the mouthpiece of Sir Samuel Itomilly and Mr. Wilberforce, and other eminent statesmen, bad so deli. berately and solemnly intended. 3. Because at a moment when the enlightenment of the age is so directly set against imprisonment for debt, and the other phases of moral and sanitary deprivation, it is the worst possible use of the Ci•y funds, required for so many higher objects,to employ them for the purpose of cooping up in narrower yards and under wore stringent regulations, professional and business men, already under confinement in the clwet and most densely inhabited portion of the most populous city in the world. • 4. Because the severities levelled against prisoners who omit to file their petitions or schedules are directed precisely against those who have often the highest claims to the sympathies of right minded men, its/Amuck Ias --first, many have no means, and can obtain no hon. ourable means, of defraying their passage through the Insolvent .Court : secondly, same men would bear any inhumanity rather than be deprived of their civil rights, and publicly stigmatised by their country as insolvent defaulters ; while, thirdly, others who have property not available at the moment, or held it on the testamen. tary condition of not going through the court, or who suffer under other cau es equally anomalous, do not present the cases to which the present state of our in• solvent legi,lation applies. _ G. Because these new rules and regnlations wantonly interpose a number of mischievous obstructions between the irnpris.med debtor and the tna,nagement of these business transactions on which the safety of his house. hold and his own liberty immediately depend ; while they involve a crui-1, heurtless, and most iniquitous vio lation of all those affections of domestic lite which are dearer to the poor debtor in the ht ur of his utmost need and bitterest affliction than even to the w.althiest of hie legislators. The debtor, suddenly snatche I away from his family, his home, and his most pressing business en. gagements, as imp rtant perhaps as they may be multi. famous, is prohibited from receiving his wife, children, relations, or indeed any visitor on the Sunday, or front seeing them but on certain special days in the week during short intervals of time, and then only in a publio reception room, under the direct surveillance of the gaol authorities. , 6. Th-cause, in a great commercial city like this, the ill-fortune that has visited our hearths, and which yon thus, perhaps, make fatal and incurable, may reach at any unforeseen moment any family in the community; and it is not well that the prospect of so horrible an eventuality, as that now presented by Whitecross-street, should exist in the social atmosphere of, we will not say a free and Christian country, bub even of the most bar. barons of empires, under the most despotic of legielatures. 7. Because the position of certain classes of prisoners suspected of nothing worse than debt, and sometimes undeserving,f e r than us u nn the se e a no t guilty even of that is made so p enal b y thos e regu . l a tions that the great incentive to order — fear of pun ishment, will, for many minds, be wholly destroyed,. for confinement in the refractory ward, unless it be :hut which h , at thee:, but new h w a i r ts d y mae l sytyra you b not w be worse o rs the d to preposterous name of an improvement, condem ns large a u v r e r g n r eye body liye a of f unf o rtunate, torture, citizens. 8 and finally. Because whatever additional rules an d required regulations were required i n this prison so far only as they might increase ti e were comforts ail enlarge the privilege s o f th e inmateq \Vhatever the irregularities that ha ve mar k ed i ts past history, they are traceable not to the system, but to the negligent and indiscreet taanuer in which it has been ac ninistered,and just as you would smile at the John Gilpins who would break the fine spirit of the steed becau se t he y canno t ride, so m us t we gr i eve over the incompetency or malice of men who, when asked for the bread of a wise and careful administration, averge the impertinence of the demand by giving us the scorpion of a venomous and tyrannical coercion. [Signed by Ninety-three Prisoners confined in Wards 6,7, and 7 Right.] y e m a n respected. connected —We regret . to state that a young gentleman with the Indian service about a . year since, has just returned, not only widowed, but terribly mutilated. The Sepoys have cut her tongue out, and inflicted other injuries. The lady, thic r i t: y h T o e e w i t h U o ELT O ma rrie df aa melancholy circumstance has created much sensa tion, for it Las brought the horrors of the-war before us in their reality, and not the least in the parish from whence the lady went forth, so short a time since, in the bloom of beauty, to th e enjoyment, as it was believe, of a very happy lot in life,--Bristol Mirror. IGN. 89i 94i 122 211 331 66j / 7B i 61 I 171 i St. Ili . ~ 14i J 7 ~ (GI ,. 11 .. I 21 :. ~li 1000 25 10 10 10 100 : Bt, 11 51 a] 20 1 St. ,1l 10 I it 11221 109 1