The Express.
London, England, 1851-12-11 00:00:00

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VICARIME.—COMI% 00d, Devon, diocese Exeter; value
401/., with residence; patron, Bishop of Exeter; Bev. 11.
G. Adams, deceased.
CANONI/T.—Welton-Painshall, in the Cath-dral of Lie-
coln value Gl. • patron, Bishop of Lincoln; Rev. W.
Palmer, act-eased.

CHARGES AGAINST A CLERGYM,LN.-COM-

MISSION OF INQUIRY.
The conduct of the Rev. henry Nathan, rector of
Jordanstown, in Pembmktshire, has been a source of much
animadversion, and certain charges have ken preferred
against him, Which have been inquired into by a commis-
sion consi,ting of the following clergymen : The Rev. J.
Evans, of Llanlyaidy ; Rev. George Harries, of LAterston;
Rev. Thomas Watts, of Haverfordwest ; and the Rev. J. P.
Williams, of Whitchurch. The Rev. J. Evans presided,
and the commission sat at the Town-hall, Fishguar.l. The
charges were, that the rev. gentleman had been repeatedly
intoxicated within the last two years, to the scandal of his
profession and religion ; and it was farther alleged that he
hid, on several occasions, used indr•cent and abusive lan-
guage, unbecoming his office. Mr. Nathan was present, and
denied the allegation.
The first witness in support of the charges was Thomas
James, who lived at the parsonage of Jordanston, as tenant
under the defendant front year to oar. Last spring he saw
Mr. Nathan sitting by his fin:snit.. lie said lie had been
devilish ill, and aopearsel as though lie had It,. a drinkiug
spirits. He often swore, and witness had no ste,l him to
bed drunk. Heard hint say that he would 'hoot Mr.
Richardson, the party who had served him with a notice
from the bishop to have Fisheuard church.
Another witness, named 1) James, living at Rendre-
vach, in the saute parish, deposed that he wtut to the de-
fendant's house to collect poor-rat..., when the rev. gentle-
man came in and swore at the witness; asked flint what Ip,
was &dug is the bow with his (Mr. Nathan's) wit', mid,'
taking up a knife, threatened to kill witness, who went out,
followsd by the defendant, to the gate, with the knife in
big hard.

CIIAILAINCY.—To the British Residents at Canton;
Rev. C. J. W. Barton, deceased.
MARTERSHIVA. Lanem.ter Royal Grammsr School ;
Second Mdcterdlip at First A.—istant Mastcrship ;to he
graduate.; of Oxford or Cambridge; application before De-
cember 17.

stourh;idge Grammar School, Woreester*hirc ; Under-
3...4stership ; sa:Ary 9a, residence, and a bonus; testi-
monials before December 20.

SOCIETY OF ARTS.—PitoFESSOR OWEN'S
LECTURE.

Yesterday evening, the Theatre of the Society of
Arts was excessively crowded, to hear l'rofisamor Owen
lecture on " The raw animal and vegetable products used
in manufactures." The learned Proteesor directed his
attention on this occasion exchi,ively to the animal products,
as exhibited iu the Crystal Pei tee. After a modest dis-
claimer of arty especial knowledge of raw materials as applied
to manstiecturee, anal a passing compliment to the concep-
tion of the Great Exhibition, the learntd professor pro-
ceeded to i.ive precedence to wool, as the most important of
animal products used in manufectaarta. His well instructed
hearers hardly retpaired to he told that it was a
all="8:1141eldalrall Nature It Lei eh teprocide iha d
for the
of the hair a most ingenious machinery, consisting
of the bulb and the capsule, through a hich the
animal secretions were gradually matured into wool.
Ilavine explained the anatomical construction of wool
and heir, by the aid of large diserams, the lecturer
noticed the fact that the are of sheea occupied
a greater number of the human race than tall other oceans-
none put t arther. From the depths of Central Asia to the
newest stet s of America, the pastoral life was followea, so
that, judging by the number of human beings employed in
its cultivation, wool was the most important of ail the
animal products used in manufactures. NI ithreepeet to the
origin el the Ovine race, the l'...heontographimil Society had
negatively a,eertained that they did not exist in the plies
woe period. end therefore it might re asenably be concluded
that they wets tally coeval with man. They were not ori-
ginally natives of Europe, but were brought over by the
Asiatic tr:bcs in their migrations ; but both in Asia and in
Enrope they were mentioned by the more ancient sacred
and profane writers. Herodotus 'poke of the rat, and
Steals, of the wool derived horn sheep, and the Bible
was Ina of pastoral allusions. The classical author,
of Greece and Home described the sheep of North
Africa, of Lybia, and of the country which now was
Ciressesia. They passed across the Eumne sea into Greece
where Homer celebrated the ducks of Thrace and Themaly,
and in Green, was situated the famed Arcadia, the abode of
l'an, the pastoral paradise of the poets. Sheep were next
found in Spain, then in Italy, and lastly iu Germany mid
Gaul, where Caesar fauna Pe:curia ma nos nioneros and the
various processes for improving the staple of the wool.
Mogen(' spoke of the method of clothing the sheep as 'hie.,
to preserve the fleece. and a curicas illustration of the value
of that prnccs was afforded at the late Exhibition. (Beer,
hear.) The most successful exhibitors were the Austrians,
next Saxony, then Silesia, and then the Zollverein. The
American wools were distinguish, al, and next to them came
the Itu.nd an. Spain exhibited her merinos rs good
as they. were a century ago, but without any of the
recent maprovemeras. The French had shown them-
selves must ingenious in producing a stew wool
of unusually silky texture, and so valuable had
the jury thought the improvement that they wearied the
council medal to the exhibitor of the nuselty. The climate
of England was unfavourable to the tine descriptions of
wools, and consequently we drew on Australasia, Tannania,
and the Cape for the greater part of our supply. The feet
was that our immense population made it necessary that
the English farmer should direct his attention principally
to mutton, not wool. (Hear, bear.) Next to wool CUM
the specimens of hair and bristles, principally from Russia,
and from thence the transition was easy to whalebone, an
al :unsinous tissue, nearly akin to hair. The learnea pro-
feesor again had recourse to his diagrams, nod elaboretcly
explained 'ho mode in which the baleirie plates were
formed, and their use to the whale in the e epture of mod-
lases mad ermine', and subsequently to man in the fabri-
cation of various articles. But while man lan-
tanaal to attack the great monster of the deep
for the purposes of commerce, even the smallest
insect dial not escape his enterprise and cuniatity. Silk
of the most valuable kind was obtained from the larva, of
the Chiaese moth, and had been long imported into Europe,
before the introduction of the silk worm into that poet of
the world There was no mention of silk 0111014 the Ile-
brews; lacked, the first regular account of it was to be
found in that must extraordinary book the Hietoria
Animalie Si Aristotle, in which he described the custom of
rearing the cocoons, as practised in the Island of Cos. Basil
found in the trancormations of tic ill: worm an ingenious
argument for the remrreetian, and Galen recommended the
use of silk for tying up the blood.vesscls. Various other
notices of it were scattered among ancient authors, and it
was well known that from the earliest times it had b u
used in the costumes, civil and military, of the Chi-
nese. According to l'rocopius it was first introduced
into Europe in the rein of Justinian, by too
Nestorian monks who brought a few eggs to Constantino-
plc. Fur six centuries the culture of the silkworm was
confined to the Greeks of the lower empire, and iu the
twelfth it was carried to Palermo, anal thole,: to France,
Spain, and Italy. In the late Exhibition, the French had
receive al the council med al for raw silk. Another, and the
most beautiful of raw animal products, was the plumcge of
birds, and next eeme the more homely. but extremely useful
article horn, in which the Irelian specimens at the Crystal
l'alacc had distanced all compel:tura Ivens, more beautiful
and more valuable came next in order, and mention must
be made of the extraordinary pair of tusks weighing 3251h5.,
which had been sent over from the newly discovered lake
in South .tfrica. Tortoiseshell, another epidermal production
came next ; andthen, fir more costly, the previous pearl, the
result of a disease in a certain species of shell fish,
The best came front the Indian Seal., but some of a pale
colour had been contributed from Oniagh, in Irritant], and
from Aberdeen, in Scotland, fr.,:n which it might he in.
(erred that Tacitus had some f ,untlatiou fur his allusions to
British pearls in the life of Agricola. An allusion to—_
thee-of-pearl and the shells used for cameos closed this
branch of the subject, from which the professor proceeded
to discuss the various substances used in making glue and
gelatine. In the manufacture of these articles the French
tied surpassed all CUMPI titers, a fact which might mainly
be attributed to their possession of cons enient abattoirs in
all the great towns where all the membranes, tendons, de.,
of animals might be carefully preserved, The ladies had no
doubt admired the beautiful flowers of gelatine in the Exhi-
bition, but would probably be surprised to learn that their
material had been obtained from dead rats. (Laughter.)
This article exhausted Professor Owen's long catalogue of
animal products, and, aft :r a few concluding words, lie re-
sumed his seat amid the loud and continued cheering of
the company.
Pie. (lit y. moved, and Mr. SCOTT RCARrT,T, pecfmdel,
vote of thank, to the lecturer, observing that to l'rufessor
Owen they owed the completeness of Class IV. in the Exhi-
bition, as he had sent circulars all over the world to collect
specimens.
The tote passed by acclamation, and the sconce termi-
nated.

hlr. 11. 1.. Williams, an inhabitant of Fishguard, had
seen Mr. Nathan at duff. :era times intoxicated, anal on the
10th of April last saw him in 114 own garden knock LOWII
his wife, tear elf her cap, kick her whilst on tho teraund,
and swear that he would murder her. Ile ea led her by a
most opprobrious name, anal he bad used the same rile lan-
guage to the wife and daughters of the witness. This tes-
timony was corroborated by the wite of the witneas.
T. Lloyd, superintending constable, anal four other mit-
t:Caret., proved that they had seen Mr. Nathan drunk, and
heard hun curse and swear, and use the most unbecoming
language.
'I he chairman of the commission, at the close of the pro-
ceedings, stated that there had been sufficient evidance pro.
iaiced fur instituting further proceedings against the lice.
Iknry Nathan.
The Ikv. gentleman has a wife and six children.

PREVENTIVE AND REFORMATORY

SC 1100 LS.

A conference of gentlemen interested in the esta-
blishment of Preventive and Reformatory Scheel, was held
at Dee's Royal Hotel, Birmingham, yesterday morning.
The chair was occupied by Mr. D. Hill, Q.C., the recorder
of the borough, and amongst those present were—Mr. Alex.
Thamson, Aberdeen; Mr. Addericy, M.P.; Mr. Llthe.
Ragged Schools Union, Loudon; Co Rev. Francis Bishop,
Domestic Mission, Liverpool; Mr. Joseph Sturgc, Binning-
ham; Mr. D. I'ower, Recorder of Ipswich; Mr. T. Mac-
gregor, Ragged Schools, London; Mr. J. Fletcher, in-
spector of ; Mr. T. R ynolds, Bristol; the Rev. W.
C. Osborne, chaplain to the Bath Gaol; the Rev. J. (
chaplain to the lionse of Correction, Preston; Mr. G. Ed-
monds, cleric of the peace, Birmingham; Mr. R. K. Doug.
Ins; Rev. J. held, chaplain of the Berkshire Gaol, Read-
, hip ; Mr. W. Whitmore; the Rev. T. 'furrier; Mr. W.
Scholefleld, M.P.; Mr. MonCston M.l'.; Mr. J.
Hubbach (secretary), Liverpool; Mr. W. Itathbone, Liver-
pool; Mr. Robert .Martineau, Birmingham; the IL.v. G.
T. Bull, Birmingham; the Rev. Sidney Gedgo.
The CHAIRMAN, in introducing the business of tha
me( miser, dwelt at considerable length upon the necessity
of taking steps for the ;,reveotion of juvenile mime, and la-
mented that, as a criminal judge, he was compelled to ad-
minister a revengeful system of criminal jurisprudence.
Mr. PO tVER, the Recorder of Ipswich, gave some bite.
resting details with respect to the SUCCeIi ai refmaiatory
instructions. Ile Menne,' fifteen thi,ves, some of whom
were the cleverest and most accomplished ones in England,
null of whom had become reformed and were now indus-
trious and honest members of soci-ty. Ile concluded by
movin.t the following resolution :—'• That the present con-
el•tion and treatment of the perishing and dangerous chases
of children and juvenile offenders deserve the consideration
of every memb,r Or a Christian community."
Other resolutions, declaratory of the views of the confer-
ence, were moved by Mr. W. Whitmore and deputies from
various parts of the country, and agreed to.
A public meeting, in furtherance at' the objects of the
conference, is to be held at Dee's Royal Hotel this evening,
wb of sp.cehcs are expected to be delivered by Mr. 11111,
Q.C., Mr. Power, :!'erjeunt Adams, and other advocates of
preventive and reformatory mbouls.

STORM AT EDINDURGII.—Use Sunday evening and
Monday morning Edinburgh was visited by a furious gale
of wind, veering from the west to south-west, which was
nth ruled by the lass of one life, several casualties, and con-
siderable damage to property. The gale commenced about
IsiX or seven o'cleek on Sunday evening, and razed with
altncst uninterrupted fury till next morning about nine
o'clock, when it gradually subsided. A great number of
chimneys, scaffoldings, and other light erections were
thrown down, and several public bnildingi were slightly
injures! by the gale. A man named John Harper, while
working in the Grassmarket, was struck on the head by a
stone iliAudged from u housetop by the wind, and was
killed on the spot. Tl.. wind being from a landward di-
rection its influences were not attended with any serious
results in the Firth, so fir as we have learned. Vr.nu East
Lothian we learn that the gale was severely felt there, and
that a great many trees were torn up and wooden structures
blown down in various quarters. 'Much damage was also
suffered in Glasgow, and some perNoas were hurt by falling
materials.—J di,sturgh Courant.

FIEF. is THE SfEAND.—Yesterdny morning,
about four o'clock, a fire broke out in the lower part of the
house No. 129, in the Strand, occupied by Messrs. Ayck.
bourn and Co., patent float manufacturer, and 3lr. Ed-
ward Jones, u surgeon dentist. The engines were on the
spot in a very short spate of time alter the fire broke out,
and the firemen exerted themselves with great energy to
subdue the flames, which were progressing with frightful
rapidity, and thrt.iteir d the destruction of the adjoining
buildings on either side. The inmates were rescued and
kindly aided:by theirneighbours, by whose means they were
safely brought over tit roofs of the adjoining houses.
Within the louse which has been burnt not re vestige
cc-
maius—the premisrahave born thoroughly gutted, ..n from
eke slender materials which support the front there is great
danger of it. comino down. The fire raged for about an
hour and a half, and notwithstanding the hour at which it
broke out, a considerable crowd bad collected in front of
the burning mass. The pre:nises were insured, but con-
siderable loaf will be oce.',ioned to the occupiers of the
house.

PRESERVATION OF VEG,TABLE. p.T DESSICCATION
AND Costrunsatois.—Arnotrist the remarkable patented in-
ventions for which a Council Medal was given in the French
dvartment of the Great Exhibition were divers specimens
of alimentary vent table substances, titled and compressed oy
a process which is the invention of the chief gardener of the
National Horticultural &ciety of France. These alimen•
tory preserves, whit h are manufactured in Paris by a com-
pany, have been approved and adopted by the French Mi-
nister of Marine for provi- losing toe navy of that country.
Ti:e mode of operation employed in the desiccation of the
vegetables is as follows: They are fiat placed in ovens
heated to the moderate temperature, of 4S degrees, by which
they are deprived of superabundant moisture and reduced
in weight by seven-eighths. Thence they are taken and
placed in a hydraulic press, which reduces their volume to
the smallest possible maim—. The extent to which this
c9:'.ipression is carried may be judged from the fact, that
from 1.3,000 to 18,000 rations of a quarter of a pound each
can be stowed in one cubic yard. It appears from the ex-
periments made before a commissioner appointed by tho
French Minister of Marine, that by the pro-
ems of Messrs. Chollet and Co. the drying of vege-
tables may be performed without the loss of taste, smell,
colour, or of their nutritious quality, that by the simple
operation of immersion for half an hour in tepid water
their natural juices arc restored to their original I:rtues.
Thi. last result is the more precious as, in restoring to
their pristine form the vegetables thus dried that natural juice
is restored also which constitutes the wholesomeness or the
plant. The drying of plants by the usual method materially
alters all succulent ones. They turn black, and lose their
usual colour, without the hope of restoration; their best
qualities become decomposed; their juices ferment under
not a very high temperature; their primitive elements
become commingled or mix in such a manner as to
change them entirely ; the taste and smell are disagreeably
affected thereby, and they become not only unfit for food,
but dangerous to health. If the drying process usually
adopted be curried too use there remains but stringy and
tough fibres, retaining, it is true, some pretensions to smell,
but utterly devoid of all juice, and incapable of r.ceiving the
impulse which is given to them by the new invention of M.
Masson. The report of the tortoni:tee appointed by the
French minister conclude as follows: Vegetables dned by
the process of M. Masson are in a state of perfect preserva-
tion. Theyofier, by very simple means, wholesome and agree-
able provisions. It would be most advantageous to use
them on board ship, instead of tho beans now in use. It
would not be advisable to abolish altogether sauer kraut,"
but to alternate it with cabbage, thus obtaining all the
advantages of a mixed diet. The vessels of the fleet should
not alone benefit by this new invention, but it should be
used in such of our colonies as hare not the advantage of
fresh vegetables. These vegetables have been tried on
board the French ship Astrolobe. Cabbages on board that
ship have been taken from their packages atter a whole
year's voyage, and have been found in good and excellent
preservation, meeting with approval at the different messes
to which they were distributed.

REPRIsENTATION or GREENWICIEL—Dcar-Admird
Houston Stewart yesterday issued an address to the electors
of this borough, announcing his intention, in compliance
with • requisition, of coming forward as a candidate
as soon as the calling of Admiral Dundas to foreign
arnica shall render the representation vacant. Ihe
admiral says, in his address As a member of
the present government I shall naturally be expected
to support it, and in doing so, I am convinced that I
promot, the wiwst and happiest policy for our coun-
try—a policy which, hitherto, by God's blessing, has, under
the guidance of the consistent statesman who now holds
the first place in her Majesty's/councils, preserved to us
the blessings of peace with for ips countries, and tran-
quillity with comparative ph nty at home, amidst the
crash and confusion of European revolutions. • •
I am • sincere protestant, but have all my life long desired
that the same liberty of conscience which I claim as my own
right should be possessed by others, and that all should he
free to worship according to its sacred dictates. Should
you send me to parliament, I will do my best to protect and
forward the rights and interests of your borough; and I
hope that the fact of my being a sailor to my trade may not
be considered an objection to my becoming the representa-
tive of an intelligent and industrious community, seated on
the broad and busy banks of ' Old Father Thames.' "
ENORMOUS PENALTIES.—ErASION Or DOCK AND
TowN Dee —lt is said that frauds to a large amount
have been discovered in connection with these departments
of the local revenues, and that proofs have been obtained,
in the case of one house in the town, of seventy shipments
having been made, amounting in all to about 5,000 t as,
which have been entered as 3,000, the difference being
pocketed by the agents here, acting for a firm in the
country. Penalties, it is said, to the amount of 40,0001. or
50,001 N. have been incurred. Until the matter, however,
assumes a more definite shape we do not feel at liberty to
go further into particulars.—Lirerpool Courier.
AMONG THOSE PERSONS KILLED DCRLNG TUE PRE-
SENT FRENCW RIVOLITTION (says a correspondent) wen I
Mr. Charles Hoffe, whose friends reside in Southampton.
Mr. Iloilo was an intelligent and amiable man, and was
for many years connected with the press in Paris; his
knowledge of several languages rendered him peculiarly
adapted for such a connexion. His mother is an aged
widow lady residing at Southampton, and to whom the
disastrous news of her son's death was a sad blow. Mr.
Hoffe was • widower, with two young children, who are
staying in Southampton. It was only a week or two since
that he came to England to see them.

LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 11, 1851.

RAILIVAYS.

THIS DAY.

Two o'Ctoca.
The share market is not characterised by any de-
gree of activity, but a firm feeling generally prevails,
and the tone to-day is more settled than at any
time since the French crisis. The full advance
of yesterday is in all cases maintained, and
in several instances a further improvement has been
tstahli-hed, including Lancashire and Yorkshires,
Midlands, North Staffords, Scuth Easterns, and
York and North Midlands. The satisfactory cha-
racter of the traffic returns stimulates confidence.
French shares are rather flat, and fractionally
lower rates are in most cases submitted to.

les to-thy up
to I p.m.

80 ;9
15 14j 15i
191

111
S!
I2t
SS
Wife

153 i i $

14
7
941
115J1

5545

1 I 1

201 I

111 IS
In
11411

MONEY DIAL ET.

THIS DAY.

Two o'Cr.ocx.

The market for the home funds remains well sup-
ported, for though some little weakness was shown
at the commencement of business it soon passed off,
' and quotations are now the same as at the
close of the market yesterday. The main features of
the market during the last week, it is noticed, have
been almost identical with those presented by the
Paris Bourse, the course of which has been closely
followed by prices here. With the final close of the
account in Consols which has formed the chief ob-
ject of attention in the Stock Exchange to-day,more
scope will be given to operations.
The settlement has progressed satisfactorily, with
the rate of "continuation" to next time generally
ruling at 3-16 per cent., which would make the
value of money 2t per cent. per annum. It must,
however, be remembered that the account just com-
menced is an unusually long one, extendian to'
the 16th of January. The price of Consols
opened rather worse at 97:k to .! for money,
but it has since returned to yesterday's quo-
tation of 971 to I for cash, and 96 for tho January
account. This is the only stock in which there have
been transactions to any cxtent, though another par-
cel of Reduced Threes has been taken by the go-
vernment broker at 97:;. The official business
report is as follows : —'three per Cent. -Consols,
97i, 2 .1 • ditto for account, 9;L ; Three
per amt. Reduced, 96Z' ; New Three-and-a-
Quarter pee Cents., 96, 971, 98 ; Long Annuities,
1860, 6 13.16, 7 ; Bank Stock,

Exchequer Bills rule at the slightly depressed
rate of 4;s. to 50s. prem., but India Bonds maintain
thcir former quotations of :13s. to ells. prem. There
is little busmess doing in the floating debt.

The tendency of the foreign stock market is im-
proving ; Russian Four-ar.d-a-llalf per Cents., Sar-
dinian and Spanish Threes, attracting investments.
On speculative account there is nut much improve-
ment, but Mexican Bonds are :timer. The
sales of the morning nre complied in the
following list: viz. Belgian Four-and-a-Half per
Cents. 88. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., is,
381. Equador Bonds, 3. Mexican, 211, 1. Peru-
vian Five per Cents.,lBlo, 881; ditto Deferred, IL
Russian Four-and-a-Half per Cents.. 1031, , 101.
Sardinian Five per, Cent. Bonds, St cx div. Spa-
nish Active Five per Cents., 20.! • ditto,:flireo per
Cents. .101, 2, 10, 1. Venezuela Three-anda-Quarter
per Cents., 311.

Tho Californian gold mining shares are firm at'
about former quotations. Several descriptions are
now officially marked in the Stock Exchange list,
the rcqui-ite forms having Leta complied with. Pre-
sent rams are as follows :—Agua to & pin.;
Nonvea Monde, tto r 1 prem.; Anglo Californian :
to 1 prem.; Gulden Mountain, par to I.prein.; West
.Mariposa., ills. to par; Ave Maria, ms. to par.
The =Unity tragic returns, instead of a falling off,
are actually beginning to exhibit even a more fa-
vourable emnpurison with those for the corresponding
period of year, than has Leen noticed of late.
On many lines the difference between the yearly
figures is 64:1 easing. The London and North
Western return for the last week is :15,636!., against
37,791!. in the same week of 1830, being an increase
of 8431.; the Midland, 21,240/., against 19,35. W.—
incrcuse, 1,345/.; the Lancashire and Yorkshire,
17,2231., against 14,7841.—increase, 2,439/. ; the
London and South Western, 8,009!., against
7,399/. increase, 610/. ; the Great Western,
11,12:1. age:net 13,431/. increase, 6711.; the
York and North Midland, 7,664/. against
6,Bl4l.—increase' 8301.; the York, Newcastle, and
Ilemick, 11,0241. against 13,615/.—increase, 3731.;
tho Great Non:min, 10,414!. against 6,4Bll.—in-
crease, 3,9334 ; the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lin-
colnshire, 6,517/. against 6,osU—increase, 1961.
The Consol account which will be brought to a
liquidation to-day opened on the 12th ult. with
Consols for the 11th Dec. ut 93.4 to 1. The daily
fluctuations of prices since, as between the highest
and lowest rates, both for money and time, are sub-
joined :

NOT. If

14.......

Coay.'s far
Maori.

'Consols
Dec.

for AC:.
.11.

lii

I Ilighemi:

96
93
941
91
et
99

94
901
911
954
071
97.

Des.

e 7
07
07,1

943 Ni
991

.
The highest money prico during the period em-
braced in the account being 99i, and the lowest 9G'„
the extreme fluctuation is shown to be 2 per cent.,
being larger than Sro many months.
In Bank shares the transactions have been mode-
rate, wah prices scarcely altered. Australasia and
Oriental Bank shares are well supported. Sales are
reported as follows :—Australasia (la paid), 40,
391, 39' ; London Joint Stock (la paid), 18 ;
London and Westminster (201. attid), 29, 1, 29 ;
Oriental Bank Corporation 231. paid), 281;
Provincial of Ireland (25/. pai ), 46 451, 43 ;
Union of Australia (2:4 paidj, 3.5 t ; Union of Lon-
don (10/. paid), 151, 11, 15.
Prices of 1)ock shares have remained firm, and
East and West India stock has risen 21., being worth
143. Commercial Stock is quoted 851 ; London,
1181 ; St. Katharine, 81.
Steam-boat shares maintain their price, and Pen-
insular and Oriental are still looking up. Present
quotations are: °Literal Steam Navigation, 27I;;
Peninsahr and Oriental, 7.2, 71, 72; ditto New (10/.
paid), 17, 161; Royal Mail Steam, 804, 80, 1.
Insurance shares present no change. In one or
two instances at the close of last week, where sales
were pressed, a nduction had to be submitted to, but
prices now stand at their f:rmer range.
Miscellaneous shares arc quoted as follows in the
official list :—Assam Tea Company, 9; Australian
Agricultural, 15; Australian Trust, 201, 1; Anglo-
Mexican Mint, 211; Canada Company, 49 ; Hud-
son's Bay Stock, 20G; l'riee's Patent Candle Com-
pany, 231 cx die.; South Australian, 231; Van
Diemen's Land, 1. Eketrie Telegraph (A) shares,
20/. paid, 29.

ENCILIsiII NUN Tig.—Tnis Dia.
11=k Stack, 214, 151 Lnn; Annuities,
3lt r Ct. Ruth:sot `•'l4 i Int% duet, shut
3 pes C't. Consult, liii bitto 80nd...1,900L5% COs.
31 Per Ct. Consols, i Ezeinguitrbillo. MOW. 411. ON.
Cowls for Amt., 1J Jan., CO

Polllllo'
4} per CL 13eLrlan. 87
6 per CL Brulltark.
Do. No; 914
8 pee Ct. Ilona, A TM. 47 54
6 per CL Chi.lan, 97 11,9
3 per CL Chill.. 4
3 pee Ct. 1:4966. 7i 7
24 per CL Puwh. :7 9
4 pee CL Latch, 68 Al
Evader, 24 31
1 per CL flreastl4 131.111.1.
5 p

( FUNDS.
3 per et. Meow 24:
6 per Ct. Petallan. Sof SO
Ditto Defernad. 44 6
6 per 4.1. Portarol6^. 90 3
6 tar CA. Ituolea, 110 12
43 par airrisa, lu2 4
2per etpt..B, Adler. 29 3
per e . 41
Do. re. 4/
2lper CL Varssuell, 33
Do. Deferred, 11 IJ
r Cent-dr:1411

NAT/ONAL AND PARLIAMENTARY REFORM ASSO-
CIATION.—A numerously attended meeting of the friends of
the Association, was held in the Beaumont Institution, Mile
End road, on Tuesday, for the purpose of advancing the
cause of parliamentary reform. Mr. HALLAM, church-
warden of St. Paul's, Shadu ell, took the chair. Letters of
apology were read from Sir William Clay, 1.1. P., and Mr.
W. D ilhams, M.P., expressing their regret at not being
able to attend the meeting, but giving their concurrence in
its objects. Various gentlemen, among them Mr. Thomp-
son, M.P. addressed the meeting, and resolutions of usual
character laving been carried, the proceedings terminated.

[THREEPENCE.

COMMERCIAL AND MARKETS.

MINCE% LANE.—THIS DAY.
SVC/Alt.—The market continues dull ; about 1,010 bags
damaged ll.tvannah sold in public sale nt their full nil-
tive value, :ids. 61. to :144. 1,200 mat. of Manilla were also
offered, held for full prices, and all bought in at 279. to
325. (Id. Ilefined market without alteration.
COFFEE.-540 hags of good ordinary native Ceylon wero
offered, and bought in much above tho market value, Its.
TEA.—The market rem •Ins inactive.

Spices —Pimento : trigs sold heavily in public
?Ile, at ed. to 5,1(1. per lb. Mace sold at Is. 10d. to 2s. Id.
Nutmeg., 2s. to 2s. 2d.
Corrox.—No tr.uulactions of importance reported.
Markets aro again dull to-day.

TALLOW 31AltKET.—TIIIS DAT.
The market quit. The delivery was again large yes-
terday, being now 1,700 casks for the half watt. Present
quotations are as annexed .—Town Tallow, 365. 6.1. nett
cash; l'etersburgh V. C. oa the spot. new, 371. to 365. 0.1.-
3Gs. ; thr.:u months, 3..;0. lid.; January anti
March, 375.

SMITHFIELD HAY II.IItILET.—TIIIS I)AY.
Ittet,rs. Cooper shdlvis report a bri.k trade, a.. the
following quotations :—Pricn, noiat ow Hay, 70s. to 765.;
inferior, 80.. to Wk.; Ito,. en, 00,. to 03.. ; 70s. to
80s. ; second cut, to 700.; Straw, 225. to 255.

COALS.-LONDON, Die. 10. -CLOSE or TUB MAR-
- Date's West Itartley, 15s. ; liuddli's West
Hartley, 63. ; Carr 's ilutley, hi., id.; Chou...
16s. Od ; Davison's West Hanky, 151. 6d. ; Emlywell„
17.. ; Iloward's West Ilartley Netlt rtoa, 144. lid. ; Long-
ridge's West Hartlen 15*. 6.1. ; North Percy 'Lathy, 1.5 . ;
Ilarznsworth West ilanley. his. 6,1.; Tanneld Meor, MS.;
Townley, 1.1..63. ; Tyne Math, lie. 11.; West Wy;-un,
rd. ; Wylant, In.. 61.; Walls End Burrilame, 16*. ;
Walk Ead Ikll oral Drown, 17*. Dd. ; Walls End Clark,
16s. ; Walk End Clennel, 16s. ; Walls End tio%forts,
17s. Od. ; Walls End Ilarton, 17s. 61. ; Walls End North-
umberLtrul, ilia. !al. ; Wails End Riddell, 17,4.61. ; Eden
Main, 18s. ; Lantbton l'riturosu, 16*. &I.; Walls End 'tell,
ISt. ; Walls End Delmont, ; Wall* End Draddyll, 195.;
Walls End lletton, 193. ; End Haswell, 19s. ; Walls
L inalnoit, ; Walk Ead l'lumint r, ISs. &I. ;
Walk End Mussel's lietton, IS*. 9d. ; Walls End S:.otton.
18s. ; Walls End St.wart's, 19*. ; Walls Eml lion
tleptiol, 191. I Wall* End Kellor, 194.; Walls End West
litAlte, 171. 61.; Walls End .Maclenn'A Tees, 17A.; Walls
End Seymour Teo', 17s. &I. ; Cowen Ilartley, Lk. ;
Nixon's Merthyr and Canlitr. 215.; Whitworth coke, 21E.-
Ships at roarkot,l4s; sold, 68.