The Express.
London, England, 1851-12-23 00:00:00

COMMISSION ON HAINAULT FOREST.

Yesterday the commissioners resumed their in-
quiry at the Angel Inn, blond. Mr. W. James again ap-
peared on behalf of the crown, and, as before, the majority
of the commoners were represented by Mr. Mindere.
It having been ascertained that thu several patties in-
terested were each represented,
Mr. COMIIIkii.IIICT Cooke said the proceedings were ail
journed hum the last day to afford the commoners an
101+0r:unity of considering Mr. James's statement on h.,
half of the crown, and of determining what course they
would pursue with respect to it. liu would now call upon
1 Mr. Ilandare to state what view the commoners took of
their position.
Mr. Mandate said that, in accordance with an arrange-
ment entered into at the last meeting, he had called a
meeting of the commoners and others interested in the
enclosure. At that meeting resolutions were adopted to
the ellimt that the proposition of the crown to take three•
fourths of the whole forest, Loving only one-fourth for the
commoner., was wit a proposition the latter could en-
tertain. They thought the whole forest was clearly imuf-
ticient to satisfy the demands of all parties, and, that b.:ing
the case, they wished him to urge on the representatives of
the crown tne propriety of abating the crown's demands in
favour of the commoners. Without disputing their legality
they wished the claims of the crown to be reduced to two-
thirds of the King's-wood, leaving iinc-third to he divined
amongst the commoners. This view he communicated to
the crown, and he hail received an answer which would
probably now be repeated.
Mr. Uraves, a commoner, amid it was important to con-
sider how ouch a division might be subsequently affected
by Bir Charles Ifuloe's claim.
Mr. James observed that the claim mast be settled with
the crown.

Mr. Walton, on behalf of the commoners of Chigwell
and Lambonine, and other gentlemen representing other
partiin, iutimat“l that they would accept one-third.
Mr. Morison, au at•igament boiler, oltiected to the mix-
ing up of the claims of tha teikignment holder. with thu.e
of the common,n, contending that they stood on a very
different footing.
Mr. James asked what Mr. Morison required ?
Mr. Morison expected full compensation either in money
or in land. _

Mr. James said the set of parliament did not provide for
that. A certain portion must be set aside for the crown,
and the rest lett for the assignment holders. lie was will-
ing, in order to prevent litigation, to accept two-thirds for
the crown, it being understood that on the third assigned
W the commoners, the crown would remove all the large
timber, leaving the rest to provide for the assignment
holden.

Mr. Morison held that one-third was not sufficient for
the assignment holders; the whole forest would not be
enough. One thou.and acres would be utterly imsdequate
to provide 30,000 faggots, the number required.
Mr. James said the act made no distinction between the
rights of the commoners, aud those of the assignment
holders.
Mr.

Wetherell thought the first question
whetlicethe parties were willing to accept nue-third as
a a utheient compensation for all their right..
Mr. Morison mu't distinctly di sent from the proposed
arrangement. It would extinguish the righta of the W-
ait( n men t holders.
Mr. "

Cooke said the probable result of the
investigation would be the setting out portions of hod
to be held in severalty, under thc authority of the Enclosure
Commissioners.
Mr. Itallslar, said it appeared to him, as an assignment
holder, that 1. acres of Lind fur each assignment holder to
cut wood from would be sufficient.

Mr. James observed that if he were compelled to call
evidence, and to rely on the rights of the crown, the e6•ct
might be to reduce one-third to the one-fourth. lle could
prove that the crown was entitled to more then three-
fourths
of the whole.
Wm. Laver was then examined by Mr. Morison on the
question of the sufficiency of one-third to provide sufficient
wood for the assignment holders. Ile said there were 73
assignments, requiring in the aggregate 33,000 six-foot
faggots annually, and that one-third of the forest would
not tse sufficient for the purpose.
Mr. lisildare asked whether one-third would beisufficient,
providing the pollards wire kept iu the saute state as those
in the lordships ?
The witness believed it would not. . _

Ilr. Robert Driver, of the government surveyor's office,
on being examined by Mr. Cilardiner for the Woods and
Forests, deposed that he had been over the ground, and,
alter making a careful examination, had come to the con.
elusion that, if the woodmen properly managed, one-third
would amply satisfy the claims of the Assignment Waller..
Ile etimated that one acre And a hail hail supplied each
assignment during the last 12 years.
Mr. Clutton, another surveyor, gave similar testimony.
For several years the wood had been ill-managed, a good
deal too much had been cut, and the contemplated removal
of timber by the crown would encourage the growth of the
pollards. The witness then entered Into some calculation.,
the result of which was to show that 900 acres with 4d
pollards per acre would be a sufficient provision.
Ilr.Conionissioner Cooke said that in any allotment which
micht be made the commissioners would take care to secure

41 per sere.
.str. James said it must be understood that the crown
would cut all the timber that was worth cutting.
It was then deterutimd that one-third in value of the
King's-wood was the quantity which ..:I"tild be allotted to
the emmultiers as a body, in lieu of all their rights in
the Kinst's-ssusial ; the precise sclectiou to be made being
reserved. . . .

Lenience was then taken as to the value of the widows'
cluims; and it appeared there were about 21 claimants, who
had all been accustomed to accept a money payment of ds.
per annum as a full satisfaction.
After some consideration 151. per annum, or 10s. each,
was fixed upon as a money payment In 30 widows.
Mr. Commissioner Cooke said he wished to remark that
'eery occupier of land within the outer boundary of the
retest would still powers the right to turn cattle into the
King's•wood.
Some discussion and arrangements ensued with regard to
the Netting out of the roads.
The commiasioners intimated that steps would be taken
for carrying out the division and settlement which had been
determined upon, and then adjourned sine die.

WINCHESTER COLLEGE.—Tho Goddard Scholar-
ship Ime this year been adjudged to Frederick Morshead
(..eholar), Albert A. Fisher (scholar), being second in merit.
The Denman Prises (fur mathematics) have been awarded,
the senior to William 11. Burley (commoner), and the ju-
nior to Robert 11. Shakespear (commoner).
LOST ON THE Alootts.—A young man residing in
Sheffield had a very narrow escape last Sunday night of
perishing by a very miserable death. His aame is Charles
Stratford, by trade • silver plater, lodging with his brother,
in I'itt•street, \West-►treet. On Suudsy morning he and a
companion of the name of James Illy:he walked over from
Sheffield to ilathentagc. Late in the afternoon they let out
from llathersage to return home. Instead of keeping to the
main road they attempted to cries the moors by a footpath.
At d e'clock in the evening, it being they dusk, ou coming to
the head of a brook, they disagreed us to which was the
proper side of the stream to take, and they separated, having
tint agreed to meet at Ringinglow. Blythe soon found his
way to the high road, and d in due time at Hinginglow.
StratMrd was not so fortunate lie had not been alone but
a short time when he found himself enveloped iu dark'. a.,
rendered complete by a dense fog. Not fancying a night's
lodging in such an inhospitable region, he made great efforts
to find a tangible track, or to attract the attention of come
passer by. But forced marches to and fro and loud shouts
were unavailing. Hour after hour pa“ed away, seeming in
length like so many days, but nu relief came, our any change
except an increasing sense of fatigue and hunger, accompa-
nied by an evil omen—drowsiness. Nut daring to accept
the cold damp ground an a couch, lest his weary frame and
heavy eyelids should enter on their lust long sleep, he''
rambled about the live long night, now tumbling over a hil-
luck and bruising himself, then walking up to Ins waist in a
quagmire, and with great difficulty dragging out his stitf.•c-
lag limbs by the aid of adjacent tufts of ling. The hope of
escape during the continuance of the thrkness gradually
Weame weaker. Devoutly, therefore, did the poor hollow
wish for the return of daylight. Some time about 4 o'clock
in the morning he heard at a distance the noise of a vehicle
and he hailed it with a cry of " Lost ! lost ! " Heaasheard
by the man with the vehicle, who coolly replied that he
might go to -- a certain place which he had no desire to
I visit. A night whose length appeared more like an unhappy
lifetime at length Caine to an end, but not so the oppricsim
darkness. About 9 o'clock in the morning, hearing the
wheels of a cart, he summoned his remaining strength and
shouted lustily. The driver of the cart heard him, and
shouted in reply. As it was impossible to see each other the
manwith the cart told him toremaiu still and he would send
his dog to him. The sagacious dog seem found the way to the
weary rambler and brought the two men together. The
humane owner of the dog assisted Stratford into the cart, and
conveyed him to the public-house at Itinginglow, where he
alighted in a truly wretched plight from the combined effects
of cold, fatigue, hunger, and bruises reused by frequent
falls. The inhabitants of the locality consider his preserva-
tion almost miraculous. None but a strong frame could
have survived. The people at the inn quickly prepared him
some hot ale, of which he drank freely, but his limbs were so
benumbed that they dared not permit him to rest. Ile was
compelled to continue skipping about the room for a consi-
derable time, and being quits overcome by fatigue and
drowsiness he fell and hurt one of his elbows very severely.
The influence of heat, aided by friction to the limbs in time
restored the young mua to an approximation to his usual
state. Ile remained at tho inn all night, and after a period
of refreshing sleep he returned to Sheffield on Tondo.:
morning, to the great satisfaction of his friends, to whom his
unexplained absence had been a source of much uneasinem.
Wo understand that his frame is so much affected that he is
unable to work. The time that he was rambling about on
the moor alone was between 16 and 17 hour,.—Oiseffield
Tittles.

LAW AMENDMENT SOCIETY.

Last evening a general meeting of the members of
this society took place at the offices in Itegent-street ; Mr.
EDWIN Imo in the chair.
The minutes of the last meeting having been read and
confirmed, a report was brought up by the special com-
mittee appointed to inquire whether the principles of low
and equity eau t^ administered in the same court and by
toe mac form of procedure ; and, in making such inquiry,
to have regard to the provisions and operation of the New
York code. The report (which was the third upon the same
subject) was as fellows :
t• In their two previous reports, your committee have
shown the evils of the existing distinction between law and
equity, and have suggested the outlines of a scheme by
which they believe that this distinction may advantageously
be abolished. In their present report, they propose to deal
with what may be deemed the administrative part of the ques-
tion, and to show by what means the desirable object of fusing
law and equity may most ettectuallyand speedily be carriedout.
The pr...paration of a code of procedure, without which it is
obvious that a system of fusion could not be made to work,
must of necessity consume much time, and will require great
labour, diligence, andskill. Unfortunately, there never was
an occasion which called more imperatively for despatch, for
unless a complete reform In the procedure of the superior
courts be at once commenced, there is too much reason to •
fear that their jurisdiction will very soon be absorbed by the
county courts. Should this most disastrous, but not
unlikely, event occur, the country will be visited by the
tor:evens misfortune of seeing the administration of jo,tice
ft:taste:Teel to tribunals whose procedure is very imper-
fectly organised, and to judges, of whom it is no disparage-
mmt to say, that however competent they may be to dis-
charge their present duties, they arc quite unequal to the
task of undertaking the summary administration of the
whole law of England. There is, then, not a moment to be
lost itl commeucing this great work ; and it is mortifying to
retket, in so great an emergency, how much time and talent
have recently been wasted in the researches of learned
commissioners into the separate ;departments of law and
equity, when it is manifest, that they might have been so
much better employed in preparing a code of proce-
dure, which might even yet preserve Westminster 11.011
from the formidable competition of the county courts.
Your committee, therefore, recommend that the co-opera-
tion of influential members of both houses of parliament
should be earnestly sought, in order to bring the question
as soon as inisible, and in the most impressive manner,
and. r the sorbing consideration of the legislature ; and shay
further suggest, as the most efrective mode of proceeding,
that steps should be taken to insure, in either house, the
moving of an address to her Majesty, containing resolutions
to the fullowing effect:
. .

" Ist. That the principles of law and equity ought to be
administered in the same cowl and under the same system
of procedure ; the equitable rule in eases of conflict con-
trolling the legal.
2.01. That a paid commifsiou ought to be forthwith ap-
pointed to prepare a code of procedure for the purpose, of
earning out the above reform.
" such a code can be prepared, your committee arc of
opinion that the amalgamation of the jurisdictions should not
be, atte.upted, as they believe that it would be Idglrly vex-
atious to introduce a system of provisional pr..cedure which
would of necessity be extremely imperfect, and would, more-
over, be liable to be swept away just as it was beginning to
lie under-toad. Still, there is no reason why law amend
silent should stand still during this period of preparation,'
fur there ore many important changes of procedure which
are sure to be adopted in any system of fusion, and which
without inti,dueing any embarrassment, could not fail to
give much present relief to the suitors. Such alterations
utigh be immediately effected by a number of short bills,
which your committee suggest should be introduced into
parliament as early as possible after the recess.
" The following ore some of the bills referred to :
" lot. A bill to require all pleadings, whether at law or in
equity, to he verdietl on oath, and to alsolsli all objections
as to the form of pleadings, except the objection that they
are calculated to embarrass or mislead.

--"2nd. A bill to substitute, in all vied voce exami-
nations for written interrogatories, and the interrogating
part of the bill in equity.
"Sril. A bill to enable courts of common Low to grant
injunction ant discovery, and to appoint a receiver.
" ith. A bill to authorise judges at common law to try
questions of fact without the intervention of a jury, unless
either of the parties to the action should require such inter-
. vention, and to authorise judges in equity to try questions
of fact with the intervention of a jury, if any of the parties
to the suit should require such intervention.
' "Sth. A bill to abolish motions in arrest of judgment and
not o6sloote rendiuto, and to enable parties who have de-
murred, and have had judgment against them, to plead
over.
" 6th. A bill to empower defendants in courts of law to
set up equitable defences.
"7th. A bill to enable the parties to any action or suit,
at any stage of the proceedings to agree upon any question
or questions, either of how or of fact, to be submitted to a
court or jury, as decisive of the merits of the cause.'
"Bth. A bill to consolidate and amend the law as appli-
cable to commissions and mandamuses to examine wit-
nesses.
" 9th. A bill to direct that the evidence which, under the
present system in Chancery, is taken by the examiners of
the court, should henceforth be taken before the cqui:y
judge.
" 10. A bill to abolish the rule in equity respecting the
non-publication of evidence.
" Your committee feel persuaded that the alterations
here prap 'seal would, in theintelves, be material improve-
ments iu the present system; and further, that they would
operate most beneficially in smoothing the way for the
ultimate establishment of fusion."
Afrer some discussion upon general t:•pio connectod
with the laws ho the United States the furtlicr consideration
of the report was adjourned to the next meeting.
A vote of thanks was then passed to Mr. Fuld, and the
business terminated.

COMMERCIAL AND MARKETS.

MINCING LANE.-THIS DAY.

SUOAll.—This article shows no symptom of improvement;
a large portion of the public sales are being 'ought in or
withdrawn for wont of buyers at previous rates. ltetined
without alteration; grocery lumps, 431. 6d. to 4Ss.
COVFEP..—The pu'ilic sales are going off heavily. Mocha
sold at a slight
T►a.—The near approach of the holidays has suspended
business in this market.
Corrox remains steady.
ltrar. —Tho government contract is to be taken on Friday
next.

l'immo sold in public sale at about previous rates, 31
to 41 per lb.
Markets generally have been inactive to-day.

TALLOW NIAILKET.—THIS DAY.
The market i...teady to-flay at the following prices :
Town Tallow, 375. net ca,ll; Petersburg Y.C. on the spot,
new, 9J. ; old, 3tis. da. ; new year (842), &is.; January
and Mara, 3;-.

SMITHFIELD HAY MAIDEET.—THIS DAY.
Mears. Cooper and Davis rot ort prices as follows: Prime
Meadow Iloy, 70s. to 755.; inlrtior, 555. to 6.55.
559. to 639. Clover, 70s. to SO.; second cut, GU. to 725.
Straw, 225. to Ms.

COALS.-LONDOX, DEC. V.-CLOSE OF VIE MAR-
-Bromabill Hartley, 13s. 6d.; Burnhope, 114. 91;
Carr's Hartley, 114. lid. ; Howard's We,t Hartley Nether-
ton, 14s. 6d.; Tanßeld Moor, Iss. ; Tanfield Moore Bute,
155.; Tyne Maine, I Is. 3.1. ; Inns, I6s. Od. ; Wall► End
Bell and Brown, 16s. 3d. ; M alls End Benham, IGs. ;
Walls End Clark, 11s. 6d.; Walls End Gosforth, Lis. 3d. ;
Walls End Ilarton, 16s. 3d. ; Walls End Ilebburn, 161.
Eden Main, 16..9.1.; Lambton Primrose, IGs. 9.1.; Walls
End Belmont, IGs. 651.; Walls F.ud Londonderry Prim-
rose,l4s. ; Walls End North Heston Lyons, 16s. ; Walls
End Pendier, 16s. 6d.; Walls End Stewart's, 181.; Walls
End Iled.th Hall, 17.. ; Walls End South Hartlepool,
17s. 6d.; Walls End South Kelloe, 17s. ; Walls End
Adelaide Tees, 174. ; Walls End South Durham,
ltis. 3d.; Derwentwater Hartley, 14s. GEL; Hartley,
145. Gd. ; Nixon's Merthyr and Cardiff, '2ls.; Sidney's
Hartley, 155.--Ships at market, 1'27; Bald, 61.

A NEW POLICE STATION is about to be erected
within Hyde-park, near;Albert-gate, and the Commission- j
era of Police are to defray the expense'.
THE COMMISSIONERS OF WOODS AND FORESTS.-1
A parliamentary blue bleak has just keen issued tontainirg
the report of the Commissioners of Woods and Forests,
dated 30E: July bat. 'the total receipts of the commit- ,
goners for the year 1850.51 amounted to 1,338,027/.los. 5d.,
and the expenditure to 841.333 .11..10,1 , leaving a butane
of 496,0541. 4s. 7d., of which 240.6161. 2s. 3d. was In cash,
an.. 246,0184 2s. 2d. was due from individuals. The liabi-
lities of the commissioners on the 31st March last were
1,238.1:31/., of which 1,228,4501. was for principal due, and
29,9831. 16s. 81. for interest.
PENNANT AND CRAIGWEN MINING COMPANY.
—The Master in Chancery Tioney has arrpointerl Mr. 11.
C. Harding, with Merrs. Tucker as the solicitors, to be
ts R. Ist manager to wind up this company's affairs.
WONDERFUL REVrItsE OF FORTUNE.—By the re-
cent death of MI. Henderson, of the Grange of Barry, Mr
Thomas Low, who for the last sixteen years has been em-
ployed as a dock-gate man at the port of Dundee, has suc-
ceeded to an inheritance of about 41,000'. On Tuesday
last Mr. Low rrsigned his situation at the docks, where his
weekly wages were under 1!. a week to enter on the pos-
session of the above handsome legacy. lis is upwards of
sixty years of age.—Edinburgn ;Vanes!.

REVIEW OF TIIE CORN TRADE DURING
THE PAST WEEK.
(From the Mark-14w Baiwess.)
BRITISH.
The character of the weather has been decidedly
unfavourable for the condition of the wheat of this year's
growth, and the indifferent order in which the samples have
come to hand has no doubt caused purchasers to act with
greater caution than they might otherwise have done. Au
interval of sharp frost would Ise of great Isenelit in harden-
ing the grain in stack, and would do much towards improv-
ing the general tone of the trade.
The advices from Scotland are to about the same effect as
from the English provincial markets. The supplies had, it
seems, proved rather more than sufficient to satisfy the con-
sitroptive demand, and, purchasers having declined to buy
beyond what they required fur present use, the tendency of
prices had been downward.
In Ireland, the upward movement in the value of wheat
and Indian corn appears also to have received a cheek; but
there is reason to believe that the sister isle will continue to
require considerable supplies of those articles, and any per-
manent reduction in prices is therefore improbable. Oats
had not been brought furward very freely, and, though
somewhat less saleable than Whim, the prices current were
relatively above those at which the article has lately been
selling in the English markets, hence there is no encou-
ragement to consign.
We do not recollect a week for a long time put in which
so little business has been done at Mark-lane as during that
now about to close.
The arrivals of Wheat coastwise into the port of London
Uwe not been particularly large, and nearly the whole of
what has come to hand has gone direct into the hands of
the millers. The show by land carriage samples from the
; neighbouring counties has been very small, but there has
been a total want of activity in the demand ; and trilling as
has been the available quantity, it has proved amply
sufficient to satisfy the inquiry. The operations were
equally restricted on Friday as on Wednesday, and in the
absence of sales of any importance, quotations remained no-
minally unaltered.
For nearly a fortnight we have received no supplies of
Wheat from abroad, and though the deliveries front gra-
nary have nut been on an extensive scale, still there can be
no doubt that stocks must have been diminished mere or
less. Holders appear to be satisfied that no further arrivals
of consequence will take place until the spring, and that all
the finer qualities of old wheat in the kingdom will be
wauted fur mixing. Hitherto, however, the demand for
that purpose has been 1111112141a11y small, and we have again
to report a very dull week. The town millers have
sufficient on hand to provide for their immediate sours, and
scarcely any country buyers have visited Mark-lane since
our last. In this position of affairs the operations hsve
been on quite a retail scale, but where sales have been made
former terms have been realised.

he transactions in floating cargoes have also been coin-
paratively trifling this week, owing partly to the paucity
slaters, and turther to the very high pretensions of sellers.
Red Polish Odessa has not been offered below 335., and for
floating cargoes of Saide 265. lid. per qr., cost, freight, and
insurance, has been asked.

The consumptive demand for Flour has been slow, and
the bakers have declined purchasing beyond what they have
needed for immediate use. The nominal top price of town-
minor mune,' flour has not varied, nor have fresh country
marks been sold cheaper than before. Thu receipts from
Frame have amounted to 3,491 sacks, and front America
22,663 barrels have arrived, without, however, producing
any effect on prices, tine qualities being quite as dear at
the close as in th.: beginning of the week.
The supply of home-grown barley has been liberal, viz.:
10,040 qrs.: nearly the whole has, however, gone direct to
the tnaltsters and distillers, and the quantity exhibited at
Mark-lane has been lets than might have been expected.
On Wednesday scarcely any business was done, and the
operations were not more extensive than on Friday, though
factors would, on the latter occasion, have submitted to
some further reduction, if sales could thereby have been
facilitated.

We have received no barley from abroad during the last
eight days, and full terms have consequently been asked fur
good grinding qualities.
Malt hus moved off very slowly, but we have no change
to report in its value.
The market has been only moderately supplied with Oats,
and a larger proportion of the arrival is from our own coast
and Scotland this week than has been the case of late; the
receipts from Ireland as well as from abroad having fallen
off. The dealers have displayed no siva of being in any
immediate want, and the operations both on Wednesday
and Friday were on a retail scale ; tames consequently
found it impassible to recover any portion of the late de-
and prices were certainly not higher at the close than
in the beginning of the week.
Beans have excited very little attention since Monday,
and the few sales effected have been at about the rates then
current.

hito boiling peas, though freely offered at the late abate-
ment, have hung very heavily on hand; and, from present
appearances, a further decline seems probable.: Other kinds
of peas have likewise been difficult of disposal.
The reports from Ireland relative to Indian cora are not
quite so encouraging as they were last week; but holders
of floating cargoes have, nevertheless, insisted on very full
terms.

RAIL WA Es.
THIS DAY.

_
Two o'Cincx.
There is a slight increase of activity to-day in the
market for British railway shares, which continues
to manifest considerable buoyancy. Soon after the
opening of business, with a larger proportion of
purchasers offering, a rise was established
in most descriptions, extending more especially
to Caledon'ans, Eastern Counties, Great West-
erns, Lancashire and Yorkshires, North Westerns,
South Western, Midlands, North British and South
Eastern*. With the decline in Consols, a little in-
action is now perceptible, but prices are still better
than those of yesterday.
French shares continue to engage a good deal of
attention, and prices have ruled at a furtter advance,
especially, for Northern, Orleans and Bordeaux, and
Paris and Strasbourg. As we write, however, the
feeling is a shade flatter.

MONEY MARKET.

THIS DAY.

Two o'CLoca.

There is still only a limited amount of movement
perceptible in the English stock market, notwith-
standing the further rise of I I per cent. in the Paris
Rentes, advised by telegraph yesterday aftc,rnoom.
Prices opened quietly this morning at yester-
day's improvement, and so remained for some
time, but a decline of has since occurred, although
no business has as yet been concluded at the full
reduction. 'tumours are never wanting by way
of accounting for a movement of this cescription,
and to-day the reason assigned is, a revival of the
reports of dissensions in the cabinet. It may bo
noticed, however, that with the increased facilities
afforded by the submarine telegraph, the markets
are now more liable to be acted upon by orders based
upon considerations of foreign affairs, and the move-
ments of the continental bourses, and which are
otherwise in many cases unsusceptible of ready ex-
planation.

Consols opened 97 to 4, and are now quoted only
96i to Z ex div. for the January opening, but no
bargains have as yet been reported at a lower figure
than 97. The official business statement comprises
only :—Three per Cent. Consols for account, 974,
97; Three per Cent. Reduced 971, f, ; New Three-
and-a-Quarter per Cents., 984, ; South Sea Old
Annuities, 971.
The market for the floating debt presents a strong
appearance. Exchequer Bills opened 495. to 525.
prem., and have since risen another shilling, being
now quoted 50s. to 535. prom.
The foreign stocks are generally very firm, and,
where any change in prices is to be noticed, it is in
a favourable sense. New Grenada and Portuguese
Bonds are both better to-day. The sales of the
morning have been rather more varied than usual,
and extend to the following descriptions, viz.:—
Brazilian Old Five per Cents., 95, ; ditto New
Five per Cents. (Rothschild), 954 991 ; ditto New
Five per Cent. (Rothschild), 95. Belgian Four-and-
Half per Cent. 911. French Five per Cent.
Renters, 102 fr.; ditto Three per Cents., 65fr. (ex-
change, 25f. 25c.) Granada One-and-a Half per Cent.,
141. Mexican Bonds, for account 31st December,
291, 27. Peruvian Five per Cents., 1849, 90; ditto
for account, 904; ditto Deferred, 4(11. Portuguese
Four per Cents., 331, 4, 33. Russian Four-and-a-
Half per Cents., 1021. Sardinian Five per Cents.,
85. Spanish Active Five per Cents., 204 ; ditto old
Three per Cents., 401 ; ditto New Defeed Three
per Cents., lal.
' The market for the Californian gold mines is
steady, with rather less doing than for the last two
or three days, when the business was by no means
unimportant. The fluctuation is confined to Ague,
Frias and Ncuveau Mondes, and the price is quoted
14 to 11 prom. for the limmer, and 7, to 3 prem. fur
the latter, other descriptions remaiuing as before.
The subjoined calculations show the rate per cent.
per annum yielded by the various securities cited at
the average of the prim; which ruled this day.
Where the asterisk (*) is prefixed it is to be under-
stood that the share rate of interest is leas the in-
come tax. It will be seen that in every case we tako
the rate of interest last declared us the basis of our
calculation. To render the calculation strictly accu-
rate, the proportion of interest which may have
accrued since last dividend period should, in each
case, be taken into account:
rkree per ('rat. Corneas (shut) paid per oeat./0 0 0
Three per Cant. Redtua..l priee 974 3 1 6
New Three-and-a-Quarter per 91 IP 3 3 91
Bank ogees (die. at the rate of 71 per
cent. per annual)
taloa Steak (din. 10i per cent. per an ) (shut) 90 U 0 0
naelotswer Bills tint. 14sL per stay, alla. pm. 2 1 6
East Indian sharer, Int. paid (guaran-
teed dlr. 5 per cent. per annum) 2l 4 3 61
Great Winters.* T.ltsu eh. (am at the
rate et 1 per cent. per annum) 156 so 4 13 01
Lancashire and Tork.hire £lOO

Btock•idiv. at the WC o(2 per cent
per anti.) SS
London and Routh Weetern•
(dividend at toe rue of 34 per LCI2I.
per 110012121).
Landon end North
.18.eaterav Stock

(ay. at the ISIS of pereent. per

Midland• ittock(dlv. at the Meet ti per

(Tot. per MIL)
South &Intern.•_ Stock (Inv. on tho

3 8 Ile

1 3 4

1 14 0
4 $ 10