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. ever comp licated , and more than ever is attention directed to the movements of the Emperor . Remembering what he said last New Year ' s Day , what he may say on the approaching New Year ' s Day is expected with intense interest . He seems still eminently master of the position , and the world , as far as it can depend on one individual , waits on him . The funds were tolerably steady to-day , as they have been throughout the week . They have undergone some temporary fluctuations , but they have gravitated about Consols at 95 J . To-day Consols closeTl at 95 $ , sellers . Other Btocks and shares are also steady . At Paris there was yesterday and the day before a considerable fall in the funds , and yesterday the Three per Cent . Rentes were done at 68 f . 80 c . To-rday , the telegram brings a recovery to 69 f . 20 c , so that the decline there , which is said to have had a local cause , is stopped . More , however , depends in Paris on the stock market than here . It gives the line to general business , and business people get dispirited there when the funds fall . That they have recovered is for Prance in general an advantage . There is no demand for money on our Stock Exchange , where the settlement of accounts to-day was accomplished without any difficulty . At the close of the year all parties are desirous to stand as well as possible in their bankers' books , and in consequence speculation is now eschewed . There is no activity in . the markets . . We subjoin the Bank returns . BANK OF ENGLAND . An Account , pursuant to the Act 7 th and 8 th Victoria cap . 32 , for the week ending on Wednesday , the 2 Sth day of December , 1850 : — . ¦ . ISSUE DEPARTMENT . Notes issued ...... £ 30 , 609 , 455 Government Debt £ ll , 01 . j , 100 ' Other Securities .. 3 , 450 , 900 Hold Coin ABullion 10 , 134 , 455 Silver Bullion .... ——£ 30 , 609 , 4 . 55 £ 30 , 000 , 455 BANKING DEPARTMENT . Proprietors' Capi- Government Secutal ...... £ 14 , 5 VI . OOO rities ( including-Rest 3 , 15 ti , r > r . 'J Dead "Weight Public Deposits ( in- Annuity ) . £ 10 . 925 , i : > 7 eluding Kxclio- Other Securities .. 10 , 007 , 580 qiier . Savings' Notes . y . / SO / VO Banks , Comhiis- Gold and Silver Bioner * of Kn- Coiu 075 , 590 tjunnl Debt , and Dividend Ac' counts ) 0 , 804 , 730 Other Deposits .... 13 , 071 , 410 Seven . Day and other Bills 703 , 60 : ! £ 41 , 2 SU , 31 t > £ 41 / 289 . 310 SI . MARSHAL , ! , .. Chiof Cashier . Dated December 20 . 1850 .
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Fkiday Evening . — Though the Mincing-lane markets are , as usual at this period , closed for the holidays , there has been during the last few days a "brisk flomand for the articles usually soM there , which has continued to-day . There arc no public sales , but privately a good business has been done , at what prices has not transpired . A speculative demand , however , is said to have arisen ^ which would indicate a rise in the markets when they re-open . •»
The corn market continues steady—rutlier dull than otherwise — throughout the kingdom . At Mark-Inno , to-day , the trade was slow , without any material change in prices . Steadiness , in truth , has now taken tho place of fluctuation . In all quarters of the empire business continues good , and we can only hope that the new year may conic in oven better than tho old ono closes .
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CoNTiNisNTAi , It ah , ways . —Tho works of tho Jura Railway , commenced some weeks since , arc in full activity . One workshop , which employs 107 ope ? rativos , is opened on tho lino from Bourg tQ JJosuncon , and two otfoors , at which 100 workmon nro employed , on tho lino botwoon Mouclmrd and Pontiirlicr and at Mosnay . It is calculated that if the French railway companies open 1 , 400 kilometres of now railways , as thoy proposo to do , thoy will roquiro 207 , 200 tons of iron . Tho General mooting of tho Leghorn and Jfloronco Hull way Company lias approved the purchnso of tho two railways from Lucca to l isa , and ' from Lucoiv to 1 'intoin . J . ho shareholders acloptoil this resolution in consoquonoo of thq local Govornmont having declared that , it the Leghorn to FJoronco Kail way Company should obtain possession of those two branclios , it would BunrniUoo to tho shareholders Interest at 15 por cont . on the entire capital subscribed .
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RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE . The London a > -d North Western Railway traffic returns show this week an increase of £ 9 , 629 ; the Great Western an increase of £ 3 , 242 ; the Great Northern an increase of £ 57 ; and the London and South Western an increase of £ 2 , 664 . A call of ten dollars per share , payable on the 1 st February , is announced by the London agents of the Illinois Ckntkal Railway Company . This call is in accordance with the recommendation of the English committee to the Board of Directors in New York .
The Eastern Counties Railway traffic return shows this week a decrease of £ 680 ; the Midland an increase of £ 3 , 253 ; the Manchester , Sheffield , and Lincolnshire , an increase of £ 1 , 705 ; the Lancashire and Yorkshire ( including East Lancashire )^ increase of £ 4 , 308 ; and the North Eastern an increase of £ 3 , 929 . The traffic of the Grand Tkunk Railway of Canada for the week ending December 10 was £ 1 O , C 46 sterling , being £ 1 , 253 more than in 1858 . Tho number of miles open is ninety in excess of last year .
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New Sudmarine Cable . —A movement is on foot for a submarine cublo across the thirty miles between Land ' s End and - the SciLly Islands , which would then bo the best port of call for ships nvvivjng at the Clumnel for orders . As an advii . i ^ d western station , tho point would also bo one of great advantage at any time for a naval rendezvous , The expense . would be altogether insignificant , and a subsidy for tho purpose is being sought from the Government on national gi-ounds . Cotton fuom West Afkioa . —Mr . J . Aspinall Turner , M . P ., has forwarded to tho offices of the Cotton Supply Association ,., a case of samples of
cotton and cotton yarn which ho has just recoivod from Dr . Livingstone . Tho sample of cotton is excellent ! but tho most surprising sample is aball of yarn spun by tho natives , weighing 1 G $ O 7 .., the cost of which is ono foot of calico , or ono penny . Thootlior samples of yarn are well spuh and very strong . This cotton was grown in tho valloy of the Shire , which Is 100 miles long by twenty broad . Jho natives spin and woavo it for thoi . r own use , and wo cotton in this
nro informed that so abundant is the valioy that a vast numbor of cotton trees aro annually burned to tho ground . Tho navigation of tho &Mibosi and the Shiro is open to tho contro of tins cotton valley during a groat portion of tho year . It is evident , therefore , that a largo supply of cotton may bo readily obtained from this part ol Annon , by tho adoption of an oflVctlvo agency . Dr . Livingstone Uoaorvos tho utmost support , both of tho U-ovornment undoflils countrymen , in his most zealous
c Hurts to ilovolop tho vast productive resources ol tho regions ho him now opunud to oonunoreial enterprise .
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The liquidators of the Liverpool Borough Bank , which stopped in the crisis of 1-857 , have issued a report of their progress for the past year . There has b » en an improvement in the prospect of the assets to the extent of £ 10 , 438 , the estimate of the total that will ultimately remain to be returned to the contributories being now . £ 160 , 217 . The outstanding liabilities are £ 285 , 709 , including £ 230 , 000 , the remainder of a loan of £ 250 , 000 raised in October to prevent the necessity of a fresh call on the shareholders . From the nature of the property it appears to be considered that the final realisations will still occupy some time , but it is understood that some of the parties interested think it might be conducted with increased dispatch and economy . The liquidators are said to have received already £ 8 , 956 and £ 16 , 560 has been paid for charges and law .
The half-year ' s dividend , at the rate of 7 per cent , per . annum , of the South Australian Company , is payable on the 14 th January . The proprietors of the Union Bank op Australia will declare a dividend at a special general meeting called for the 16 th . January . The prospectus of the long-expected National Bank of Turkey is in course of arrangement , and will , it is stated , be issued very shortly . It is said that the capital will be one million sterling , and that the names connected with the undertaking are English and Greek . Amongst others , Messrs . Rodocanachi and Russell Ellice are spoken of . The head office is to be at Constantinople , with an agency here . .
At the meeting of the Canada Company , held today , the receipts for the year Were stated at £ 51 , 488 , being £ 13 , 958 over those of 1858 . Out of the available balance a dividend of £ 1 per share , free of income tax , was declared , leaving about £ 1 , 000 to be carried forward . .
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PRICES OF THE PRINCIPAL STOCKS AND SHARES AT THE CLOSE OF THE MARKET .
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STOCKS . 3 per cent . Consols' —Money ....:... 95 $ 955 Ditto . Keduced 95 * 95 I Ditto New 95 * <) 5 = i Uank . Stock 227 | 227 India ... 22 GA Exchequer Bills ; . 29 30 Canada Government 6 per cent H 7 ft 117 New Brunswick Government 0 per cent . .. 112 * 112 J New South Wales Government' 5 per cent . 102 } 1023 South Australia Government G per cent .. 115 115 Victoria Government 0 per cent ... .. ill Austrian Bonds , 5 per cent — .... Brazilian Bonds , 0 per cent 102 $ French Rentes , 3 per cent ~ .. Mexican Bonds , 3 per cent 22 ^ Peruvian Bond s , 4 £ per cent .. 82 Spanish Bonds , 3 per cent Turkish Scrip , 6 per cent . 77 77 RAILWAYS . Bristol and Exeter , 304 104 Caledonian . . 93 i 94 f Eastern Counties 58 J 53 Kast Lancashire •• .. Great Northern 107 107 ,, Western 094 09 £ Lancashire and Yorkshire -. 0 ^ 3 10 O London andBlackwall .... .. * . 07 C 5 J London , Brighton , and ; South Coapt 115 H 4 § . London and North-Western 9 Si Q'j London and South-Western 07 * 07 J Midland w WJi 10 !)| North British C 2 £ & } % North Staffordshire 3 £ d : { 3 d Oxford , Worcester , and Wolverhampton .. 37 3 ti South-Eastem .. ... V .......... . . S 3 £ 84 i South Wales .... ... 71 72 J Bombay , Baroda and Central India . 100 £ . 100 . J Calcutta and South Eastern to Eastern Bengal id id East Indian ...... ... „ 103 i 3 . 0 : 5 * Great Indian Peninsula 100 i loij Madras 04 03 Scinde 20 £ . 20 i Buffalo and Lake Huron .... 54 54 ' Grand Trunk of Canada .. 4 ^ 4 <> J G reat Western of Canada . 13 J 1 Z % Antwerp and ltotterdam .. - 4 J 4 } Dutch lUienish •• 41 Eastern of France 2 <> i 2 <> £ Great Luxemburg : , ? i 7 Lombardo-Venetian - 3 iP l '~! £ Northern of France 3 s * 3 i ) Paris , Lyons , and Mediterranean 37 $ 37 . J Paris and Orleans 57 57 Southern of France . 22 22 Western and JN ' orth-Western of Franco .. J ~ 3 J 23 ^
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FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE . Tuesday , December 27 . BANKRUPTS . Edward and William Trig ^ s , 20 , High-street Southampton , upholsterers , cabinet makers , and auc tioneers . John , McEvily , 78 , Great Portland-street , Middlesex saddle and harness maker . Elijah Pinkess , Liverpool , oil and colourman . Henry ' Zeltner and Joseph Shiers , Dale-street ,. Man Chester , fancy trimming manufacturei-s .
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Friday , December 30 . BANKKUrTS . William Levett , Union-street , Borough , patent wad diit" - manufacturer . Thomas Aston , Willonliall , Staffordsljiro , engineer . George Ellis , ( Sheffield , baker . Cliristophor Price , 'NVolverliampton , butelier . Thomas fiigglestonq , Hereford , grocer . t »\ 1 ¦¦ —¦ - i -
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Christmas at Malta . —A correspondent of the Daily News Bays : —It is usual in Malta for the rid ; families to assist their poorer neighbours will : luxuries on Christmas Day , and I believe that this year there will not bo a human being in Malta without n good dinner and a glass of wino with it . 1 have made inquiries in all directions and from all classes , and I fully belicvo tlmt not ono of Her Majesty ' s subjects in Malta need be hungry on Christmas Day , but that every one will bo provided with good and wholesome food . All that nro in Her Majesty ' s omploy will not Only have tho neeossaries but tho luxuries , aueh as fbw poor in England can command . , The soldiors and sailors havo made grand preparations for banquets on that day . Turkoys , roasting pigs , hams , plum puddings , mince pies in profusion . JO very voasol in port is droasou out in banquetting stylo , tasteful chancellors havo boon orooted botweon docks , and the sailors havo shown great taste in adorning their mosses with ornngo bougha with the ornngos pondnut from thoni , and thoro is to bu n grand display of chairing thu popular ofllcors round tho docks , for on Christmas Jack is allowed licenso , and ho considero ho Ins it right to show how ho upprooiutoa tho kindness of particular officers by chairing thorn on that day . One charming lady , tho bride of a popular cop . tain , has acooptod an invitation to dlno with tho
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No , 510 . Dec . 31 , 1859 ] THE LEADER . 1425
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Leader (1850-1860), Dec. 31, 1859, page 1425, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2327/page/21/
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