The Sun. — London, England, 1862-01-02 00:00:00

• ~.., _,-- . . . THE SUM LONDON, . . .d I/ ONE I' MARKET AND CITY NEWS. SHARE MARK ET-(THIS DAY). I BRITISH POSSESSIONS. - ----40----- Closin g , e Share Railways. Paid. Price. Business done es CITY, Two O'CLOCK. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. - - - 100 atlantic &St Lawrence all 55 60 ' B , Continued activity is reported in the Discount Paid. l Closing Business s t k Bom„Baroda&.Centlne 100 98 99 961 8 10 Railways. Gu. 5 per cent. Market, the inquiry being stimulated by the pre- Share Price. done. 18 Do Do. B all - - d parations for Saturday next, the 4th of the month, 50 Belfast; and Nor. Conn.' all - - 201 Buffalo and Laaellurot all aireli 41 d 41 70 13.14 ;Bin, WoL e and Str. Val. an n 8 201 Do. New - - when a large number of mercantile engagements 10 1100. Preference 25 Blyth and Tyne - - le will have to be liquidated. Three per cent., how- 10 ilost,Sleaf„andelidaeo. all 61 61 100 1 Buffalol3rant&G odrich too , a , - le. Cl. uds. Aug. 1 18% ever, is still the general charge for first-class bills, at !C ß a r l is e t d o o l n a i n an d Exeter 1 100 1 100 91 16 10311035, 1034 31 1 ' 1 00 Da p . do. July 1, lB7e 100 - 100 Do. do. J line 1, 187 , 100 - - - and the supplies of money are abundant. 10 ;Carmarthen & Cardigan! all - - 5 CleufteatS.leastn.(Lie all 41 6 O ,C irk and Bandon I all - - A further sum of £87,000 in gold was taken into 20 Cork, Blrock, & Passage; all - - 20 Cape, Eastn.Prov. (Lim 2 R. - - 2 10 0 ' D C o o r n A w E a li 2O Cape Town & Dock Scre 16 1 id le ' all 5 6 the Bank of England yesterday. - , 20 Ceylon G uarantd. 6p. c. 71 - - In 174 Demerara. - - The steamer which has left to-day with the West gets no div a ll _ i e 10 20 Eastn. Rene al gu. sp. , all 191 191'd Do. B b ti e l n ep p e a .p id an to .ll ß as Al ___ .. stock East Indian, gm sp. c. 100 98 4 99 4 '••" °4 9i n Id India mails, has taken £B,OOO in gold. 50 Dublin & Belfast June.l all 41 42 20 Do. le Shares Ext all - - ae The suspension has been announced of Messrs. 20 Do. Jubbulpore all - - 18 19 25 ; Dure,Pertle&Ab. Junc. : ' all 101 11 st !East A nglian..... ..... : 100 is Mansell and Elliot, estat e a g e nts, with liabilities at Eastern Counties......: 100 53 f 4 100 Do. 41 pO. Debentrs. all 98 100 100 Do. 5 p.c. Deb., 1864 all 99 101 eOOl st Eastern Union, A stock 100 48 52 r estimated at £40,000. Rio do 100 33 35 35 100 bo. 1865-1870 all 100 101 101 s t Do 20 ix stock Grand '`rook of Canada 100 18 19 10 1 Considerable excitement prevailed in the Liver- 25 DoNw A, late E U3ds 1 3i - - 100 Do. 6 per cent. Pref. all 56 55 7, st East Suffolk 1 100 - - pool Cotton Market yesterday, and 20,000 bales were st Edinburgh & Glasgow 100 90 91 91 100 Do. 2d Pref. 6 per et. all 45 60 31 100 Do. 6 per et. Debentr all 30 34 33 sold, in most instances, at an advance of /d per lb. st Edin., Perth & Dundee' 100 29 30 100 Do. 7 percent. 1862 .. all 34 38 it 10 North & ClydeJunction l all - - i- The market for English securities o ene I 100 Do. do. 1867.. all 29 82 pd this st Furness - - 100 Do. do. 1872 .. all 29 32 at 'Gies e , and S Western.' 100 100 102 stock I Gt. Indiareniu.gua.spa 100 100 101 99 , y morning with an appearance of continued buoyancy, 10 Great'Nrthn o'f Scotland' all - - 100 113 114 113/ 14 20 I Do. New gua. sp. c... 10 1 i d 111 .- and although one or two fractioual changes have s at Great Northern.. .. • 100 1104 1111 1101 11 stock Gt. Soutleof India (Lim t Do A stock 's lOO 130 132 guaranteed 5 per cent 100 99 100 taken place, the advance has been fully sustained, at Do 13 do at qt, S. an :W. of Ireland 100 103 101 indeed, the latest quotations show a further rise of Great Western 1 100 695 691 69 4 I 20i Gt. W. of - Canada Shane all 81 91 91 10 Is 204 Do. New st Do Str Val gua. stock , 100 55 58 i per cent., Consols being 91; ; ,, 92 for money and ' all - - 100 ,Do. 6 p.c. '73 AO tle t opt. all - - 1 ;, 12 Irish South Eastern .. 11 100 Do. 51 p. c. do. '7B do a - the 9 th inst. Business, however, is comparatively st Lancashire & Yorkshire 100 1081 1081 1084 74 81 i 10 0 Do.' 54 la c. do. 77 do all - - I st London and Blackwell 100 54 66 )t quiet, as an important rise has already taken place, at Lon Bright ~& S. Coast 100 116 118 stock Madras guar., 44 p. c lOO 89 91 stock Do. do. sper cent a and the operators deem it advisable to await the st Lon., Chat, and Dover, 100 _4_4 46 ,. 934 4 stock Do. 41 p. c. Extension 100 91 93 91 at Lon. & North W estern 100 11.1 VI 20 Do. 5 do.. -- -. all - - recept of later advices from New York before exstock Melb.Corp. 6p. o. Bnds. 100 - - st Lon. & South Western 100 934 911 91 25 L'derry & Coleraine ..1 all - 20 New Brunswick & Canda tending their engagements. The New Threes and 25 L 'derry & Enniskillen.; all 911 s Ity.&Land(Lim.)peelpr all 5 7 Reduced Annuities are 911 1 ; India sper Cents, Class A Capital Shar, " st Ilan., Shef., & Lincoln.: 100 45 46 151 50 Maryport and Carlisle.! all - - .. Do. do. Land do 0 10511. The 5 per Cent. Enfaced Paper 98+ 1,-; 121 Do 1 shares.. ...... ~: all - - Ilel roaoli tan ee 6 6 1 20 Do. do. B Capital do . • • all 4 6 • : .. ' and the Debentures of 1864, 981. The June Ex- at MidlaAd - chequer Bills are quoted 12s. premium. 6.4.0 Do New ' 2.14. 11 )1p ' p - ;Gude (Limited) ........ - : stockllicinde ....., .... e .„: 100 1014 102 101 103 st Do Terming. & Derby, 10 0 20 Do. Punjaub .... aii a ; 15 a i d l , 3 Rather more activity has been apparent in the 50 Mid Gt. W. of Ireland all - - 20 Do. Do. ........ re q all - -•I 191 23 Do. 4 shares 1 all - - Foreign Stock Market, and in most instances a 25 Mid ent [ all - - stock Dc. Indus. St. Flo. t e e' 100 94 98 s 10 Do Cray Line I all - - 10 ITrinidad (Lim.) Scrip.. 1 $ f 1 firmer tone has been real sed in prices. Turkish 6 100 Newcastle and Carlisle all - - FOREIGN RAILWAYS. 3 per Ce n t s . have improved to 80 81; ditto, 1858, to 10 N ewr y & A rmag h , d e f., 9 - - ' - 20 Newry, Waenpt & Ros. ; all - - 20 Algerian • 5 - - T 79 71 ; ditto £lOO Bonds to 74; Dutch 4 per Cents. st Norfolk . ' 100 61 53 624 10 Antwerp & Rotterdam all 61 el , st North British - -p ) are 200 ; Italian 5 per Cents. to 63+ ; Mexican have I 100 631 645 20 Bale&S.Fran..Li m. 7 p.c. 15 f 4 el 141 i 1 st Nor.Dev.Rail&Dk.stock 100 - - ' receded to 271 28, owing to a few sales. Russian at Do A stk ; A recs no el 5 Belgian East. Junction all i f 20 Beziers to Graisseseac.. all - - 41- per Cents. are 90+1 ; Sardinian, 77,-1 and st Dotir sfoe'clielaB been Carmeaux Mine & Rail 30 104 114 at Nth. Eastern-Berwick 100 161} 1011 1014 100 Copiapo . .............. all - - Spanish Certificates, 6/. d • dß' 1 1 00 00 _-- -...... 25 Do, G.N.E. purchase 16.13.4 ILA 10 Ditto ixtension .... all 434 The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up st Do Leeds ! 100 58 69 581 20 Dutch Rhenish ... . • at Do York I 100 001 91 90 1 i 20 Eastern of France .... all 214 2'4 to this day, are in round figures as under :-- st North London I 100 96 58 20 Grand R -us Guar. 6p. c. all - 1861. 1860. 1 0 Do new 5 - - 20 Do. do. ell - - Great 'Western 19 161 North Staffordshire- 17.1 5 41 d 20 Great Central of France all . :- ..0 'A. and S. W. Junction.' all 105 101 20 Gt. Luxcm., Con. slis... all 8/ 95 91 1 / North-Western - - South-Western - - 20 Lierre & Turnhout - - all - - Brighton - - 20 Lyons & Geneva ...... all - - ' Midland - - 20 Namur & Liege ........ all 81 11 South-Eastern Great Northern - all 881 394 st Do Sc it. Mid, stock..' 100 96 98 16 Do. New Shares ..... 15 - - Laneashiro and Yorkshire - - 10 Norwegian Trunk Frei, all 810 • Bristol and Exeter North-Eastern - - 2 O 2O Pari's & 0r1ean5........ all 50 62 North British 6,280 5,933 at SWIM Devon i 100 37 39 20 1 Recife &S. Fran. (Peru.) . Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolni . ,S.outh Eastern - - „ 1 20 100 771 78Rgua. 7 p ct. aim...... 17 5 4•1 I,iga & Dunaburg...... le.B. - - Great Southern and Western of Ireland 7,540 6,233 S st South Wales Glasgow and South-Western - - Edinburgh and Glasgow 6,341 6,756 20 Staines,Wok„andaVelke all 54 6 4 Do. 7 per cent. Pref.... all - - Great Western of Canada 10,819 8,355 25 Stockton & Darlington; all 38 89 381 20 ,Sambre & Meuse ...... all 61 7 7 4 25 Do I 13 8 9 p 10 Do. 5/ per cent. Pref..... all 81 91 These returns are mostly of a satisfactory character 25 Do New, 1860 5 56 p 20 San Paulo, aim, g. 7 p.c. 4 iI .1 100 - -. 20 S.Aust &Lomb 'Venetia 18 4d 4 p and show an increase of £4,490 on the Great st TtroViltrloef.. No. 1 100 - - 26 Southern of France.... all .254 264 Western, £1,595 on the North Western, £3,604 on 25 ThamesHavenDk&Rall 22 - - 20 S. East Portugal 7 p of. 4 -- the South Western £BOl on the Bri hton £l7B on 50 Ulster , g, 25 Do 2O 24 34 10 Do. 51 p. c. Preference.. all 94 10 the Midland, £905 on the South Eastern, £1,433 on 12 . 10 Do st Vale of Neath - - the Great Northern, £585 on the Edinburgh and st Victoria sta. and Pim I 100 - - 20 Western of Switzerland all -- - Glas st Waterford & Kilkenny 100 - - 6 Wiesbaden ...... ...... all - - gow, and £2,494 on the Great Western of 50 Waterford & Limerick. all - 6 Do. 8 per cent Pref.... all - - Canada. The Lancashire and Yorkshire, however, 20 West Cornwall all 661 20 Zealand - - 20 West London - - BRITISH MINES. shows a decrease of £2,538 ; the North Eastern, of 10 Do Ist class - --__________....--. 20 Do 2d class all - - - Alfred Consols (Philack) 3.2.10 £892 ; and the Manchester, She ffi eld, and Lincoln, st W. Hartlepool Har.&R lOO - - 20 British Iron of £1,029. st West Midland Oxford: 100 46 48 - Clifford st Do Newport 100 43 46 475 - Devon G. Cons. (Tavist.) 1 365 875 - ! In the Railway Share Market the dealings have at Do Hereford 100 89 91 - East Bassett (Illogan).. 30 50 521 52 - East Caradon ..... ..... 2.14.6 284 291 been of a rather limited character, prices, however, - E. WlRussel (Tavistke •7.4.0 21 85 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. - Gam.kStAubyn(G wen.) 551 17 19 have shown increased buoyancy. Manchester, - Great South Tolgus... 17s 31 45 Sheffield, and Lincoln, have improved ss. ; Mid- Railways. Leasing Closing Business - G.Wheal Alfa. (Philacki - Railways. Co. a Price. Done. - G. Wheal For (Holston) 40 6 61 lands, 10s. ; and Caledonians and Great Northerns, - Grenville 6.8.5 15 2 155.; Great West erns , h ow ever, have decli ne d s s . .N - - Elerod's-Foot 8.12 37 89 Bedford and Bletchley all Ln& W. .. .. - Bingston Downs 4.11.6 35 31 The Foreign and C o l on i a l undertakings have b een Birkenhead., 0 5 4 4 0 8 6 6 -a Lady Bertha - 5 f 1 kin gh *pa , dre.. - 100 Do. - 'Margaret (Guy Lelant) ai- 40 4E rather inactive, but prices show little variation of Chester &II dyhead.. 100 Do. 53 54 - North Downs 2. 41 5 Do. 51 per cent 100 Do. - North Frances (Mogan) 111 2 2 importance, Bahia and San Francisco have ad- Do. 5 „ 100 Do. - N.WlI'l IlasEet(lllo4an) 1.14.0 21 34 vanced. 55.; Great Western of Canada, 55.; and Clydesdale Junction 100 Caledon. 101 103 Colchester, Stour Val. all E.U.&E.O 63 65 - North Wheal Crotty .. 9.18.9 14 15 - Par Consols (St. Blaze) 11 7 8 Grand Trunk of Canada, 10s. E. Lincolnsh. gApr c. 100 Gt. North. 133 136 20 Providencealny Lelnte 10.6.7 40 42 Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Sha r e s re- E.U o nion,HarvfichShs all E,Counts. 4 44 - Sortridge Cons. 1D o. Woodbridge.... 100 .. .. ..Min.Co. 1 1 1 main at about pr ev i o us p r i ces . Gls.Barr.&Neils.Drct, 100 Caledon .. .. - South Caradon(St.Cleer) 11 310 520 --S. Cars Brea (Illogan).' .5.9.0 4 44 Do. new - ... .. .. 1 S . Dev.lron &G en., Lim. all BRITISH FUNDS-CLOSING PRICES. 4 1 Gloster &Dean Forest: all Gt. 'west .. .. - S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan) 18.15. e 110 120 Hull and Selby ' all Yk.N. Mid 110 112 -- Stray Park 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 9ll i 4 Do. halves 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 0 New 8 per Cent. Annuities 915 Lancaster & Carlisle 100 L n .&N.W 195 200 - Vale of Towey (Cann.) 13s 6•1 4 1 London & Greenwich 100 S. Eastern 61 63 - W est B asset (Illogan)..1 14 14 15 Annuities, 30 yrs, expire nth Jan., 1880 '- 1 5 i Do. Preferen - e - W. Caradon (Liskeard)l 5 44 16 • Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885.. 15 7-16 9-16 Lon.,Tilb.& a.. eoiend 100 Peto &CoB2 84 83 - West Seton India Stock - Lowestoft gua. I p c.. 100 Norfolk .. .. - - Wheal Based (Mogan) 54 85 90 Ditto 5 per Cent. ,p,. vcat - Wheal Buller(Redruth) l 5 75 85 Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent - * Mnc.,Bxbn.,& Matlock all LNW& M • 31 31 - Wht.e.l Edward (Cals.) 7/ 221 25 Ditto 5 per Cent 9Bl 1 81 Mid. Bradford Prefer ence stock - Wheal Kitty (U.Lelaut); 1.7.2 44 54 - Wheal Mary Ann (Wien.) ! 8 16 17 ; 161 Ditto 51 per Cent •• - Wheal Treiavertly (Lis.)! 7 16 17 I , 5. 5. 6. E Counts. par 5 p Ditto Debentures, 4 per Cent., Oct., 1863 - gua. 5 per eent... - • Ditto ditto April, 1864 981 Northn.&Eastn. sp. c. all Do. Diet •-• Bonds £l,ooo 20 Australian Ditto under £I,OOO 1 BonAccord Copper,Llm. 17.6 1 4 1 / N. Eastn-Hartle ICO N. E. Ber. .. .. Consols for Account, Jan. 9 9ll 4i i 2 North Western India Stock for Account, 5 per Cent .... ma L&N W 5 Do. Land and MlningCo. all 11 If March. Jung. Preston and Wyre. f all , L i ck. 143 45 1 Clarendon Cons.MiuCo. ; - die. Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO 2d, ... - 12 Do. 4 shares A. all Do. .. .. .. 10 Cobra Copper all 34 36 16 6 8 Ditto £SOO - Copiapo .. 1 Dunaloun.Cop.Ming.Co ail 4 li Ditto Small lO pm 13 Shrewsby & Hereford 100 T Brassey 118 122 120 Do. Do. - 2 Fortuna. FOREIGN FUNDS-CLOSING PRICES. South Staffordshire .. 100 Ln.&N.W .. .. 20 General all 23 24 Wilts and Somerset.. 100 Gt. West. 90 92 2 Gt N. Cop. of S. Austr 1 i 1 p li Brazilian 5 per Cent - Wimbledn a Croydon all L.&Brgtn 81 96 15 Kapunda (Limited)..... 1 1 14 p $ Linares all 7 8 Ditto 41 per Cent, 1860 Chilian 6 per Cent. - PREFERENCE SHARES. 1 Mariquira all 1 1 Ditto 41 per Cent B3l 4 1 IN. IthineCopotS.Aus.L.. / i al Mexican, 3 per Cent - Share Paid. l Closing Business 20 IPontgibaud Silver,Lead Ditto Acco ,nt Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 - - 5 (Port Philip 1 1/ 11 14 1 'Scottish Austrin. (L.) los. 1 15pm ,14 i Ditto 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, and '60.. 441 88114 United Mexican 1 ail 84 81 1811 4 i Ditto Account 1 i Worthing (Limited)....! all / 1 Russian 5 per pref. issued at £5 .... all - - Cent. 1822, £St .. - s t Bris. k Exet. 4p. c. st.. 100 91 93 I Do . ( - - Ditto 45 per Cent. - - - sardinian 5 per Cent - at Caledon. £lO, 45 p. cent. 100 - - COLONIAL GOVERNMENT' SECURITIES. Ditto Account - - - Spanish Cert. of Coup. not funded - - - Can. Gov. 6 p.c.Ja. &July - Turkish 6 per Cent 2O Cornwall. 5 percent.... all 205 214 - 1877-9 lO9 104 107 I Ditto Account 10 Do. Ist Class Pref all - - - Do 6p. cent,lBBo-21 100 - - Do. 6p. cent 1883-41 100 - - 106 Ditto New Loan st E. Angn, Class Asp. c. 100 101 103 - Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug.! 100 106 100 107 Ditto Account - - - Do. 6p. c. Mar. & Sept. 100 106 109 Ditto £lOO Bonds - - - Do. 5 per cent lOO 95 07 955 64 Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. - st E. Conn. Ex. 5 p.c. No. 1 100 10? 110 -- Cape G.Hope, e p c,lBBO 100 106 108 Ditto Account - Do. 18901 100 106 108 tit Do. new 6p. c. st lOO 123 125 --N. B.G ov. 8 p.c. Ja.&Julyl 100 102 104 Venezuelan 3 per Cent - st Eastern Union, 4p. c- 100 81 83 - Do. 6p. e.Ap. & Oct. l 100 - - Ditto Account - - - N. S.W. Gov. sp. c., 1865 100 07 99 Dividends on the above payable in London. st Edin.&Glas.s p.c. shares 100 111 113 - Do. sp. c.,1871 to 1876' 100 95 98 965 • Dutch 25 per Cent., Exchange 12 Guil. .. - st Do. 4le c. guar. S. & o lOO 89 91 - Do. p.c., 1888 & upwds 100 96 98 96 Ditto at Furness, 5 per cent lOO - Certificates, 4 per Cent... - - - - Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861 - - - sterling, 1875 lOO 103 105 S. Au5,G6p.c.1878.& up lOO - - THREE O'CLOCK. st Great Northern, sp. c.. 100 115 no - Vlc.Gov.6p.e. Jae&July, 100 - - 102 I Consols, Money - Do. do. 6 p.c. Ap e tOct....l 100 103 11(45 104 Ditto Account st Do.ep.c.Redtr.atsp.c.pm 100 107 109 • 10 Gt. Nh. of Scot. Ist pref. all - - stock- Commercial lOO - I _______ _ st Gt. Sn. &W. (Ireland) stock 00.4 per Cent.Pref.Min. 100 - 4 per cent lOO 27 99 s t oc k E as t an d W es t I n di a .. 190 123 125 SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. 60 Great West. (Berke and stock 'London lOO 58 61 591 • Hants Est) 5 per cent 6 - - stock ISt. Katharine at Do. redeem. 41 p. et.... 100 98 100 stock !Southampton : 100 - MANCHESTER STEEPLECHASES. st Do. redeem. 4p. ct.... 100 88 90 stook IV ic t or ia ..„ ........ 1 Owing to the severity of the frost, this meeting, which st Do. irredeem. 4p. ct.... 100 89 91 20 IDW New ................m 2 111 1 d st Do. sp. c. redeem. pref 100 102 101 Was to have taken place, as usual, on New Year's day, is JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 8 Do. Birm. pref. shares.. all 95 10 10 Do. Chester 8 p.c. pf. sits all 17 18 postponed until Saturday, weather permitting. 100 A gra&UnitedService 13k 50 85 87 10 Do. Chester 5 p.c. pf. ohs all 105 151 40 I Australasia all 59 61 1601 1 st Do. Birm. guar. stock.. 100 74 76 25 IBank of Egypt .. all 21 22 211 MANORESTER, Tuesday.-Not a bet of any description 264 Do. Chester guar. shares all 20 20 100 Bank of London ..... .. 60 63 65 63 4 laid here to-day. 131 Do. do all 10 10 • 20 Bank of Turkey .. 3 - - -- • 20 Do. do all 15 15 50 British North American all - - LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. 100 Lan. & Carl. 41 p.c. pref 60 - - 20 Chtd.Bank of India, &c. all 195 201 204 st Lan. k York. a p.c. /dock 100 136 138 25 I ClaMer. of In. Lonet Ch. all 31 S 3 Do.Barnsl.st£s 2s lOdec 100 - - The following list of entries was received last night :- at Do. 6p. c. (East Lan.) lOO - - 100 (City Alectryon, Bantam, Ben Lonmnd, Black Rose, Bucephalus, 100 Colonial .. 25 - - st Do. 41 p. c. (Blackb. pur. 100 101 103 Broomstick, Bridegroom, Chester, Duhallow, General 2,0•11 Corn. Bank of Canada.. all - - st Lon.&Bripasp.e.gu. No.l 100 112 115 100 Commercial of London. 20 - - at Bosquet, Hermit, Huntsman, Irish Emigrant, Jealousy, st I D )o o.. 6 5 p p e e r r c ce e le a _ rt. d o o. No 2 100 112 115 20 Eng.. Scot., & Aus. Ch.. all 17 171 171 i 100 136 138 20 Gen. Bk .of Switzerland all - g - Killirew,Longrange,Leamington (late Farmer from Kerry) st Do. 5 per cent. do. No. 4 100 112 115 ' at Do. 4 p er cent. do. - - 20 Lou. Char.l3kof Austral all 231 541 Miss Maria, Northern Light, O'Connell, Penarth, 'Pine 5 Do 45 p. c. pref. shares all - - 20 Do. new l5 3,1 4 Apple, Poet, Polly, Premier, Queensterry, Red Rove r , at Do. 7 p er cent pref. stk 100 152 155 50 London and County 50 London Joint Stock at Do, 6 p. c . do(W.E.&C.P..) 100 127 130 Redwing, Romeo, Shanbally, The Youth, Thomastown, at Do. 4p a st(div.def.lll•6s 100 73 75 20 London and S. African_ 10 t Id 9$ 100 London & Westminster 20 69 70 69 i Tipler, Tumbler, Uncle Ned, Willoughby, Yaller Gal, st Do. 4 per cent. pref .... 100 - - 100 vat, Prov. of England 12 - e st Lon.Chat&Dov. sp.c.pf. 100 90 92 92 11 12 - Tallow Girl, awl Yorkshire Grey. 20 I Do. new 10 Do. West. Ex., B, 6p. C. all - - 50 National Mak ........ 25 - - ___ 10 lea Metrop. Ex. B, 6 p.c. 31 - - 2G Ne w South Wa1e5...... i all - - . THE CHESTER CUP, st Lon. & S. W., Coy. k 25 I Orient. B. Corporation . 1 all 50 52 514 i The following nominations we re ma d e t o th e Cl er k o f t h e st Nuneaton, sper cent. 100 111 113 20 I Ottoman Bank Lou. & S.West.7 p. cent. 100 Provincial of Ireland - - Course at Chester yesterday. A complete Hat cannot be st., late 3d shares .... 100 - - ~ a _t_ s Do. 41 per cent - 10 Do. new - - . made until the end of the week :-Astarte, Brewer, Buse- 25 South Australia , all - - Do. Oa Do. (Prtsm. perpL anns. 25 Union of Australia phalus, Bushman, Caller On, Dictator, Fairwater, lvanhoff, . of 2s 6d - - 50 tint el of London . . l2 274 285 1 Johnny Armstrong, Knutsford Lady Dundas, My Mary, 1 1 2 2 4 4 Londondy. &Cole. 5 she alt - - 100 Unite Mutual. - - 'Londony. & Ennis. i shs all 13/ 14 M. Philippe, Mistake, Neptunus, Oldminster, Petra, Pilot, at Man. Sh. & Lin. 5 per ct. 100 125 127 M ISCELLANMOTS. Physician, Real Jam, Reindeer, Remunerator, Rubicon , 6 Do. £6 lp .... 44 1 f pm 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint..' ..1 ail 136 141 at Simla, Socrates, Spit e , Si s t er to Stafford f Tim Whiffler 10 Do Do.. 3 redeem. - 6p er centt e rcent. - 5 1 epm 1000 ' A tlantic T e l. (Li m ited) all - - 10 !Atlantic 1t..1111. Stm (id)! all 1 2 1 Umpire, Walkington,Wallace,Weasel, , , Wild Rose, Wizard, 121 Maryport & Carl. 4 pr. c. all .. .. 25 A us t ra li an A gr i cu l tura l 19 25 2 7 Wynnstay, 121 Do. 41 per cent all .. .. 10 Berlin Water (Limited) all 5 55 51 51 1 st Midland Con. 6p. a. stk lOO .. .. 50 British American Land 40 - - st Do.Con.Bris.& Bin 6 p.c lOO 137 139 50 B.&l.Mag. Tel. A. (Lim.) all 29 32 IMPORTATION st Do. 41 p. C. pref. stock lOO 102 104 20 Do. 8,7p.c.t1111852 (Lim.) all 18 20 OF CORKS.-Ready -ma de corks, 6 Do. 41 per cent. .... . st Do Leto. andllit Iper et 100 92 94 now chargeable with a duty of 3d per lb on importation at Nor' flk. sp. c. Ex.' st. 1846 100 .. .. 321 Canada Land all eloo 1054 ICO from abroad, will be ad m i tted free from and after the 31st s t Do. 5} p. c. Prof. st. 1847 100 .. .. 10 Chan.lslands Tel. (Lim all - - * at. Cop.MireofEnte&Smitg all - - March next. In the year 1860 - ' , ‘02,6021bs were imported, at D0.5 - Way.ValEx.st.lBl7 100 .. .. 25 Do. Pref. 71 per cent. Nort British sper cent. 100 109 111 st. Crystal Palace and 448,9661bs entered for home use, the amount of duty at Do. New eua.' 0 per cent. . 100 107 109 at. Do. P re f erence received thereon having been £6,268. Front France the 1 Do. Bor. Un. g. prf. she. 5 1 lepm st. Do. 6I) et. Perpet. Deb lOO 99 101 101 10 Do supplies were 614,5211bs ; from Portugal, 36,4381bs ; from st Nth' d 0.20 Kindle Irrign. & Canal 1 id fpm .Dvn.Rail.&Dck.Cdoo: all .. •. : et. Electric Telegraph Spain, 44,4111bs ; and from other parts, 7,2321b5. There at N-East. Cons. pref. 4 p.c. 100 .. .. 25 Do. New l5 - - st Do ret redeemable 100 were exported in the same period, 169,089 1bs of the foreign, st Do. 4-e . G. P N: E. 4p. ct. pret 100 99 101 5 English & Aus. Copper. all 21 31 3 1 15 Gen. Steam Navig,ati m 14 - and 183,5681bs of the home-made article. 1 7 Do. Berwick 4p. ii. pref. 100 98 100 1 Great Ship Limited) all 5 i Do. Leeds 6p. c. No. 1 8. 13.4 4 dis par 1 D o ! 174 p e t Prefe r e n c e a ll 4 1 ABOLITION OF IMPRISONMENT FOR DEBT.- '0 12 '2 ! Do. do. Quarters, 1848.. 13 .. .. 5 Lon. District Tel. (Line) 44 - - Yesterday the gaolers of the Metropolitan Debtors' Prisons 25 Do. York, H. &S. Parch. 9 .. ;. 4 L.G. Omnibus Co. (Lim.) all 11 11 20 North Staffordshire.... alllo i 2 d 2 is }pm made their monthly return under the new law, showing the 10 Rhymney Guaranteed.. 20 Madras Irr. and Canal 1 25 26 10 3led. Eaten. Tel. (Lime: all 34 41 comparatively few inmates of the Quern's Prison, White e- 8 4 Scottish Central. new pf all .. .. 25 National Die, Co. (1,1 m.) 5 5 d cross street Prison and Horsemonger-lane Gaol, in h st Scottish North-Eastern 20 N er b u .C oa l&l ron (Li m. ) 5 1 1 4 1(1 ' , 34 p. c. pref. stock.... all .. _ 10 Netherlands Land all - - latter place the number is under half a dozen, and in st Do.Aberdeen,g - ua.6p.c 100 .. .. 5 Do.B p.c.Pref..iss.atl die all 4 I Whitecross-street Prison under 100, whilst the Queen' s st Do. 7p. c. pref. stock 100 .. .. 100 N.Ba&NovaScotiaLand 81 10 15 I °a• South Devon, Ann, 10s. 100 132 135 1 N.B.Australasian (Lim.) all 1 11 Prison presents a cheerless aspect as to numbers. The 10 Do. Fixed 41 per cent all 10 104 1 Oriental Gas (Limited). 'all 11 14 ra cquet-grounds are nearly deserted, and but few collegians 10 . 6 . South Eastern (Reading all .. .. , 1 Do. New Shares (Lim.). a ll 11 11 flit about the place. The object of the new law has been to a , Ann., 1.0.6) e Do. 44 per cent "make a clearance of the prisons," and it has been carried B ,' Do, Fixed 41 per cent DO 99 101 , 50 Pen. & Oriental Steam all 66 88 sat Do,Do 44 per cent at south Wales, gua. 4p. c lOO .. .. i 50 Do. New 3O 9 II 40 out. The order of the day has been, " Let the prisoners go at 100 98 100 100 * 20 Red Sea&ln.Tel.g.4lp.c. all I 185 194 free, and let the creditors oppose on the hearing, and p ut do. 1859.. 100 se se 50 Rhymney Iron all 17 19 them into prison if they are able." At the opening of Par- a t 5. 1?,."- r 5 pee cent 25 0 D ke o h . ire, 4 5 p p ..C c ..g g u u a a l l O 3O 8 . 5 . 8 2 ! 15 Do. New all 5 6 liament a grand point will be made of the few prisoners 20 10 0 Royal Mail Steam 6O 46 48 471 7 at. Scot. Austin, Inv.(Lim ) 100 130 140 for debt since the operation of the new act. It was inti- 2 e Stock. & Dar. A 5 p. c... all 275 284 2 5 South Australian Land 'all 32 34 130 . B 6 p. c... all 31 33 1 Submarine TeL Scrip., all mated some time back that persons would get themselves 25 Do. C 6 p. e... all 31 33 1 Do. do. Registered 'all 4 1 6 1 friendly arrested, and avail themselves of applying in forma st Watrfd & Kilkny, 6p. c. 100 42 45 2d do .... 100 121 123 10 I st gene stk 100 123 125 1241 Do. do pm:4pol is to get out, with but little expense, in a few days. st W. Mi D tl. o - . oxf 10 Trust and Agency of The evil h as grown to such an extent, that amongst other st Do. Newport sp. e.Pf.red: 100 100 102 Austrlasia (11m)lst is. 1 1d 1 p ro 20 Tr.& Ln. Co. or Upr. C an . 5 plp - 13:1 1 P vements one is contemplated on the subject. at Do. Per p et. 6 p . c. p f. 1866 100 118 122 5 U. K'dom Tel. Co. (lire.) 1 ld pr I A Do. ti 1118691 7p , 115 120 100 V su DleiLletee L iud •• 284 8 8 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. !Paid. Leasing Closing Business Railways. ' Co. s Price. Done. Bedford and Bletchley all Ln.&N.W Birkenhead., Buckingh 100 Do. Chester &II Ayhead„ 100 Do. 53 54 Do. 54 per cent 100 Do. Do. 5 „ 100 Do. Clydesdale Junction 100 Caledon. 101 103 Colchester, Stour Val. all E.U.&E.O 63 65 E. Lincolnah. gApr c. 100 Gt. North. 133 136 E.Union,HarwichShs all E,Counts. 4 41 Do. Woodbridge.... 100 • • .• Gls.Barr.&Neils.Drct., 100 Caledon Do. new G loafer & Dean Forest] all Gt. West. Hull and Selby ' all Yk.N. Mid 110 112 Do. halves Do. quarters Lancaster & Carlisle 100 Ln.&N.W 195 200 London It Greenwich 100 S. Eastern 61 63 Do. Preferen a •oiend 100 Peto &CO B2 64 83 Lowestof t grua. I p c.. 100 Norfolk pcL vcat Mnc.,Bxbn.,& Matlock all LNW& M 3. 31 Mid. Bradford Prefer ence stock Newmarkt, y x ' Bur E 5. 5.6. E Counts. par p gua. 5 per eent... Northn.&Eastn. sp. c. all Do. Do. 6 per cent. .... all Do. Do. Fixed sp. c.... all Do. N. Eastn—Hartlepool ICO N. E. Ber North Western Preston and Wyre. all 1 ,1 , 7 ,if 43 45 Do. 4 shares A. all Do. •• • - Roystn.Hitch.& Shep. 100 Gt. North. 133 136 Shreweby & Hereford 100 T Brassey 118 122 120 Do. Do. South Staffordshire Wilts and Somerset lOO Gt. West. 90 92 Wimbledn t Croydon all L.&Brgtn 94 c THE SUN) LONDON, THURSDAY EVENI THIRD EDITION. SUN OFFICE, Seven o'clock. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. The following appointments were mado at the Admiralty this evening : Assistant-Paymasters—Allen F. Gain to the Victory; Edward S. Lean to the Royal Adelaide. Masters'-Assistants—Henry V. Prichard and William Renwick, supernumeraries, to the Bacchante. Naval Cadets—C. H. Herring to the Edgar ; J. E. F. King and E. J. V. Pritchard to the Bacchante. BANK OF ENGLAND. An Account, pursuant to t: cap. 32, for the week ending of Jan., 1862 : lte Act 7th and Bth Victoria on Wednesday, the Ist day ISSUE DEF Notes issued . . £29,7D2,265, ARTMENT. Government Debt .£11,015,/00 Other Securities .. 3.(1:14,900 Gold Coin & Bullion 15,142,265 Silver Bullion .... X29,' 92,265' ZZ9,792,265 BANKING D; Proprietors' Capi tal £14,553,000 Rest Public Deposits (in cluding Exche quer, Savings' Banks, Commis missioners of Na tional Debt, and Dividend Ac- :PARTIVENT. Government Secu rities (including Dead WeightA n- nuityl £11.561,672 Other Securities 18,761,058 Notes Gold and Silver Coin 819,174 counts) 7,315.833 Other Deposits 15,036,062 Seven Day and other Bills 652,650 £40,768,629 (Signed) M.ll Jan. 2, 1862. £10,768,629 ARSHALL, Chief Cashier. THE WIND HA 211 CASE. COMMISSION OF LUNACY THIS DAY. (Before Samuel Warren, Esq., Q.C., Master in Lunacy, and a Special Jury.) THIRTEENTH DAY. Mr. Windham this morning took his seat in court at the opening of the proceedings. Sir Hugh Cairns resumed his address to the jury on behalf of the alleged lunatic. He remarked that this was the first time it had been attempted to introduce the principle of commit de fantille into the institutions of England. The family councils having been taken, it was easy to get together the evidence of tutors and others to substantiate a case against Mr. Windham by evidence extending over a long series of years. It would have been better for them, he thought, if the peti tioners had relied upon the medical evidence instead of overlaying their case by the evidence of policemen and railway guards. After some general preparatory remarks he said be should proceed with an examination of the evi dence, not in the order in which the witnesses had been brought before them, but dividing the life of Mr. Wind ham into four parts. First, that from his earliest life until he went to reside in Duke-street on the 27th of May, 1861; secondly that which elapsed between that date and the time of his marriage ; thirdly, from the time of his marriage, and the events immediately and closely connected with it; fourthly, that which had passed since the marriage, and the events which were relied upon during that period. In connection with Mr. Windham he was ready to concede many points which had been brought out in evidence. He had the misfortune to be an only child, and as a natural result a spoilt child. From his earliest years ho had been improperly indulged and capri ciously restrained. His father and mother were excitable people, and he himself was more fond of rustic pursuits than of learning, in which he made little progress, Ho had great powers of imitation, and he certainly exercised them in a very noisy and sometimes disagreeable manner. He was certainly eccentric, but eccentricity was no evidence of unsoundness of mind. It would be admitted also that he made himself disagreeable to persons he disliked, but on the other hand, the jury would have had ample tes timony that he had great powers of attachment and affection towards those he thought were doing him justice. His taste for acting on railways had been relied upon, but that was a taste indulged in by persons of undoubted sanity. It would be shown that ,Mr. indham was per fectly well acquainted with the method of applying breaks, and that over and over again he had been allowed to drive an engine, and that at no time had any accident, or any appearance of one, occurred. He expressed his great sur prise that Mr. Chambers should have closed his case with out calling the whole of the petitioners into the witness-box, at all events, those of the petitioners who in the privacy and retirement of the Court of Chancery had made affidavits to induce the Lords Justices to order this inquiry. Only two of the petitioners had been called, namely, the Marquis of Bristol and Lord Alfred Hervey, and they certainly were not the two who know most of Mr. Windham, Witnesses had been sought for from St. Petersburgh, Spa, and Edin burgh—people who had had only an occasional glimpse of the alleged lunatic—while the members of his family, and who were intimate observers of his whole course of life, were left unexamined. It had been said that General Windham was free from suspicion in these proceedings, on the ground that being so much older than Mr. Windham it was not likely that he would ever come into possession of the pro perty. It must be remembered, however, that if Mr. Wind ham's marriage were set aside, and that was one of the objects of the petitioners, he could not marry again, and then dying childless the property would go to General Windham or his son, with remainder. Another petitioner was Mrs, Cecilia Anne Baring, who made an affidavit that she was the aunt of the alleged lunatic, and detailed ♦arious circumstances. Why was she not brought before the jury f Then there was Captain John Henry Windham, who was the receiver of the Felbrigg estates. Ple must have known much about the matter, and was he afraid of repeat ing in the witness-box the information ho had given pri vately before the Lords Justices ? Then there was Mr. Hooke, a banker in London, and one of the guardians of this young man appointed by the Court of Chancery. He could have told the jury something about Mr. Windham's money matters, and the means that had been taken with regard to his education. 'Was it to be tolerated that such a gentleman should bo allowed t ) make affidavits before the Lords Justices upon which ho could not bo cross-examined, and then withheld from the jury in open Court ? He should have liked to ask him how it came that he allowed Mr. Windham to go to London to make his own bargains, and to expose himself to all the vices and temptations of Lon don life ; and whether at that time he was of opinion that Mr. Windham was of unsound mind—and if he did, had he not neglected his duty. He should like to have asked him whether he ever sought to restrain and rebuke him, or re commended to him a purer and better course of life. Mr. Hook sold the alleged lunatic a horse in the summer of 1861. He believed the horse was worth what it was sold for, and that Mr. Windham knew its value very well ; but how came Mr. Hook to sell his ward a horse, believing him to be of unsound mind, and not able to manage himself or his affairs? Was it this circumstance that kept Mr. Hook out of the box ? Ho should have liked to ask Mr. Hook what steps he had taken to prevent the marriage of his ward with Agnes Willoughby, of which he was apprised ; or whether he communicated the fact to the Court of Chancery, who appointed him the guar dian of this young man ? Now he came to the Coryphmus of the petitioner, General 'Windham, who was appointed guardian under the will of the father, and who, from his intimate knowledge of the young man, could have given the fullest information. General Windham had been in court through the trial, but ho dare not appear in the open light of day before an English jury, and dare not repeat on oath what ho had stated in four an iavits before the lords justices. He should like to know when General Wind ham first entertained the idea that his nephew was of unsound mind,—whether, when he allowed him to rush ' into London life, he was satisfied with his mode of life, whether ho remonstrated with and reproved him, and whether he endeavoured to restrain him ; whether, when he complained of the fondness of his nephew for low com pany, he (General Windham) living in London, and in a distinguished position, took any steps to introduce him into bettor society, and to enable him to consort with better company. He should like to know farther, what steps he took to prevent the contemplated marriage, of which he was apprised on the 28th of August; and why he introduced Mr. Jackson to Fellbrigg, for the purpose of bringing about a transfer of the estate. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. —( This Day.) MARLBOROUGH-STREET. EXTENSIVE ROBBERY BY A PAWNBROKER'S ASSI ST ANT.—Francis James Fairweather, 26, assistant to Mr. Fleming, of 1, Lower John-street, Golden-square, pawn broker, was charged before Tyrwhitt with stealing, at various times, about £230 and 500 duplicates from his em ployer. Mr. Albert Neate, of Southampton-buildings, Chancery lane, appeared for the prosecution. Mr. Henry Doughty, manager, said the prisoner was an assistant in the business up till the end of October last, and gave notice to leave in the regular way, having been four and a half years in the house. Two days before be left £126 was found deficient in stock. Mr. Neate said there had been fictitious entries. The witness said in consequence of the deflciencos he went and asked the prisoner to come and explain it. He did call once, He, in consequence of something said by a customer, searched the prisoner's dirty linen bag, and found in it and the drawers, about 500 duplicates. A silk handkerchief produced was part of their stock, and the property of the prosecutor. Butcher, 137 C, said he went to prisoner's residence, and afterwards to Essex-street, Strand, and prisoner came in. He said that he was sent to apprehend him for stealing various sums of money amounting to nearly £2OO. Ho said, " Nell, it's a bad job, and there is an end to all things and to this." On the way to the station he said he did not care for himself, only his father and mother. After being charged he said all he had taken was an opera glass and ring, which were pledged at Kirkham's and Dobree's, in the Strand, and that all the rest he had taken was money. Mr. Neale said that was all the evidence he should call, and asked for a remand, which was granted. 1 JANUARY 2, 1832. TUB 2V-4 VAL RESERVE. 9,287 claims have been received and 8,229 volun teers enrolled in the undermentioned porta in the Naval Reserve : Name of Port. Number Enrolled Number Name of Port. Enrolled Aberdeen 285 Lowestoft Aberystwith Alloa . _ Arbroath l9lMaldon Banff Barnstaple Berwick Blyth ... . Borrowstoness . 4 .... 3 ; Newcastle Boston .. 11Newhaven Bridgwater ll4 I Newport 3 Bridport Bristol , 419 Penzance l3 Cardiff l lPerth Cork Dartmouth • . Dundee Exeter 65, ltamsgate Falmouth Faversham Fowey Galway Glasgow • 115 Shields, South Glocester Grangemouth 3 , Strauraer l Greenock 39 Sunderland .. 9)2 t;tuarnsey 1 j Swansea Hartlepool Harwich .. 41Waterford Ha Inverness 2l Wexford Leith Lerwick Limerick 7 Wisbeach Liverpool Llanelly - London Londonderry ..... ... Of the above, 24 hold certificates of competency as masters, and 116 certificates of competency as mates; 17 hold certificates of service as masters, and 38 certificates of service as mates. Total holding certificates, 195. And the force embraces 1,145 petty officers in the merchant service. Reserve men are not prevented from making long voyages, as leave may be obtained from a shipping master after the drill has been performed. Reserve men are required to produce their books, R.V. 2.. to the shipping master whenever engaged or dis charged; and to Consuls abroad on the like occa itions, in order that the necessary entries may be made therein ; and to deposit their books with the naval officer when entering on drill, or entering the Royal Navy. A volunteer must have served five years at sea, be an A.B. one year, and be under 35 years of age. Ho will receive £6 every year as a retaining fee, payable quarterly, and a pension of £l2, after requ ite service, at 60 years of age, or before if worn out. He is also eligible for the Coastguard and Greenwich Hospital. He is required to perform 28 days' drill during each year, and will receive pay and allowances while on drill. For detailed particulars respecting enrolment and drill, application should be made to a shipping master. J. H. BROWN, Registrar• General of Seamen and Shipping. General Register and Record-office of Seamen and Shipping, Jan. 1, 1862. ANOTHER LETTER FROM JOHN IV ITOILELL. THE WISH FATHER TO THE THOUGHT. PARIS, DEC. 24. The ship which bears to England an apology, or else a defiance, is now at sea. That it is freighted, not with the apology but with the defiance, I be lieve, for the following reasons :—The enormous effort whichthe Northern States have been making for the last nine months to subdue the Confederate States, has called away from their ordinary occupa tions vast multitudes of men, who must bo either paid and fed, or else disbanded, and suffered to pay and feed themselves. The great mercantile com munity of New York and other cities has brought about this state of things by stopping employment and driving the idle masses of men into the army as their only refuge ; hoping by this enor mous concentration of force to crush out the re bellion at once and regain the lucrative trade of the South for the merchant " princes" of the North. The effort has failed, finally and hopelessly; and a huge army is on hands. Useless to tell them to go home to their work, their shops, their farms. The work they used to do, the business they used to carry on, are i gone. General bankruptcy and ruin stare the country in the face; and the military system of the Federal States is at this moment, to a very great extent, a system of out-door relief. The Government dare not disband these men. Within the short nine months of this war the whole Govern ment and social system of those Northern States have been shaken to its foundations. The President and his Ministers have set the example of violating all law, and establishing a mere military rule; a perilous example to half a million of armed men, if they are now to bo sent adrift to live as they best may. Amongst those soldiers are the worst of the rowdy population of the cities, and thousands of convicts taken out of the State prisons, like the " Zouaves" of Billy Wilson. In sending forth these fellows to subdue the South, New York hoped never to see their faces again ; and if they were now to come back, amongst an impoverished community, rendered more atrocious than ever by military habits, and inflated by the esprit de corps—decent people would be obliged to emigrate to Europe. In short, Mr. Lincoln's Government holds a wolf by the ears. The conclusion is obvious—if they cannot plunder the South, they must provide for these half-million of fierce armed men somewhere and somehow. The more enormous have been the pecuniary efforts and sacrifices heretofore made by the moneyed classes in New York, the more needful is it that they reim burse themselves out of some fund. If they cannot whip the Southerners, they are bound to whip some body, and in their rage they naturally turn upon England, their ancient enemy. They think, and think rightly, that it was England that involved them in their present difficulty, and it is more than flesh and blood can bear to see England standing by grinning and sneering now at their failures and their troubles. Take this for a fact also—l assert it after six years' close observation —all Americans hate England perfectly and satisfactorily, except some few foolish and servile iiterati, mostly at Boston. They fully believe that a casus belli with England is always open and available; and are firmly of opinion that Americans must ever and always thrash the English, and that the third war between them will also be the last; a conclusion in which I altogether concur. But further : the Americus will stand by and maintain this insult and outrage for another reason —namely, that they are largely in England's debt, and are likely to be unable to pay. I remember that, a few years ago, when war was threatened, American journalists disposed of it with a pooh, pooh ! Talk of England bombarding New York, said they : if she does she will be setting fire to warehouses bursting with her own property ; she will be cutting off her sole chance of even the smallest per tentage in' the pound. And, in this nineteenth century, are men going to stab their debtors and shoot their customers ? Pooh, pooh ! If the Americans shall now, therefore, deliberately and with cool calculation, resolve to push England to the alternative of either fighting or being dis honoured for ever, they will come to this resolution after a mature consideration of the account and the balance-sheet. You observe with what horror the English press comments on the barbarism of Lincoln's Govern ment sending a fleet laden with stones to be sunk at the mouth of Southern harbours. One would suppose that a British Government had never been guilty of such a piece of brutality— for brutality and barbarism it is. Well, it is not yet forgotten in France that English ships were sent before now with similar lading, and on a simi lar errand, to more than one French seaport; and particularly that a stone fleet once sailed into the harbour of Cherbourg, and sunk in it many thou sands of tons of solid rock. New England only imitates Old ditto, like a dutiful child. It is from the parent Anglo-Saxon that the Yankee one de rives whatever brutality he has in his character — just as he has derived his Habeas Corpus, his Shak spere, his love of fair play. J. M. At Lloyd's, on the news from Amerioa, there was a slightly downward tendency in the rates for war risks, but the business transacted was unimportant. 7.FIE SELF-DEFENCE OF CANADA. The following, from La Minerve, aFrench Cana dian journal, would lead us to suppose that the in habitants of L - Aver Canada are thoroughly imbued with a determination to resist invasion : At the time of the secession of the South from the United States, and of the outbreak of the war between what is now called the Federal and Con federate States, we began to believe that it would be prudent for us Canadians to defend our coun try in case of danger. We know that General Sir W. F. Williams wrote to England to this effect, requesting the sending of more troops, and that the Imperial Government answered his demands by immediately increasing the military force of this country. These troops having already seen much active service, we are certain of great help, should we be attacked; but their numbers are not sufficient to be very effective. If during the present winter I our neighbours would desire to trouble us, which may take place, if we judge from the many compli cations that have and are taking place almost every day, and in particular after the sanction by the Congress of the Federal States of the arrest of the Messrs. Slidell and Mason, lye would find ourselves in the vexatious petition of being unable to be aided by England. It is therefore urgent, and at the same time extremely necessary, that the provincial government should take measures to immediately organise the sedentary militia, who have before done great service to this province. The Government should call together the officers of the sedentary militia, ordering them to form one company in each parish or township of Lower Canada, and to discipline such militia as soon as possible. We well know that without discipline a militiaman is useless, and we also know that it would take some time to discipline a body of them. But the Government can easily surmount all theie obstacles by immediately acting in the matter. It is only necessary to call to a special district an offi cer of militia from each parish, and to instruct such officers assembled in the manual exercise, and the proper military discipline, which could be done in a short time, and the officers would then return to their respective parishes and form their companies. By this means, and in a little while, the militia would soon become effective. It would not be requisite at present to arm these companies, as we all know that the habitants gene rally possess guns. They might use them for drill, and when called into active service the Government would be prepared to furnish them the necessary arms. By this means we could soon form a sufficient force in - Lower Canada, who would have received their first lessons of the manual exercise, and be pro perly disciplined. The following simple calculation is an estimate of the army that would thus be raised if this plan were put in execution :—Let us say that there are 200 parishes in each district of Mon treal and Quebec, and 60 parishes in each district of St. Hyacinthe and Three Rivers; if, therefore, one militia company, composed of 100 men, all under 40 years of age, was formed in each parish we would have 52,000 disciplined men ; we might also add to this 10,000 which could be formed in battalions in Montreal and Quebec, and we would find our selves with 62,000 sedentary militia, exclusive of the active force and the Queen's troops. If Upper Canada would do likewise, we should have 124,000 men, who would be ready for active service in case of need, and this without scarcely any expense to the Government. If there would be any difficulty in raising one hundred men in each of the new parishes, we might form more than one company in the more populous parishes, and we would thus make up the deficit. All these soldiers, divided into different battalions, might be concen trated together in a certain district in about 15 days. The old Volunteer corps throughout the colony are assembling for drill, and new corps are being actively formed ; also a project, which is meeting with considerable favour, is on foot for organising a corps for naval service on the lake, states the Montreal Gazette. The nucleus for such a force already exists in the Royal Canadian Yacht Club, the members of which are well adapted for any service requiring a knowledge of the coast and of nautical affairs generally, Mr. Armstrong, the secretary of the club, is, we learn, endeavouring to procure the names of those willing to serve. The Hon. Captain Elmsley is spoken of as the com• mander of the corps, which we hope soon to see fully organised. THIS DAY'S ,01ARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE. 131 t ERIAL WEEKLY AVERAGES. Wheat, 61s 4d ; barley, 36s 4d ; 0at5,!223 6d ; rye, 35$ 10d ; beans, 41s 4d ; and peas, 41s Ild. THE Six WEEKS' AVERAGES. - Wheat, 60s 9d ; barley, 36s 9d ; oats, 22s 7d ; rye, 35s 9d ; beans, 42s 4d ; peas, 44s ld, ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK.—Wheat, 75,104 ; barley, 101, 835; oats, 16,362 ; rye, 95 ; beans, 4,704 ; peas, 2,263 quarters. METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKEL The supply of beasts on offer here to-day being some what extensive, and the attendance of buyers by no means numerous, the beef trade was in a depressed state, at a de cline in the quotations, compared with Monday, of from 2d to 4d per 81b. The very best Scots sold at 4s 10d per Slb. Sheep, the show of which was moderately good, changed hands slowly, at late currencies. We have to re • port a dull inquiry for calves, at about stationary prices. Pigs and mulch cows were very dull, but not cheaper. Per Slb. to sink the offal. s. d. s. d. 1 Crse. & inf. beasts 3 2 5 6 Second quality do. 3 8 4 0 Prime large oxen 4 2 4 6 Prime Scots, &c. 4 8 4 10 Crse. & inf. sheep 3 2 3 6 Second qualitydo. 3 8 4 4 Lambs, Os Suckling calves, 22s to 30s 22s to 295. s. d. s. d Primecrs-wool d 0.4 6 5 2 Pine. S'thdowndo.s 4 5 6 Largo erse. calves 4 6 5 0 Primo small do 5 2 6 6 Large hogs 4 0 4 6 Small porkers , 4 8 5 0 Id to Os Od. and quarter-old store pigs, TOTAL SUPPLY Beasts Sheep Calves rigs 312 FOREIGN SUPPLY. Boasts 330 Sheep Calves . 125 Pigs .... MEAT MARKETS. NEWGITS AND LEADENHALL.—These markets are but moderately supplied with meat, and the demand is steady at full prices :—Beef, from 3s Od to 4s 6d; mutton, 38 2d to 4s 8d ; lamb, Os to Os Od ; veal, 4s Od to bs 6d ; pork, 4s Od to .5s 4d per 81bs to sink the offal. SOUTHALL, Jan. I._ The supplies of fat stock here to-day were moderate, and the demand ruled steady, as follows :-- Beef, from 30 6d to bs Od ; mutton, 3s 10d to 5s 6d ; l am b, os od to Os Od; veal, 4s 4d to 5s 2d; and pork, 4e Od to 4s 10d per 81bs. by the carcase. ROMFORD 7 Jan. I.—Prime beasts and sheep commanded a steady sale at full prices ; otherwise the demand was in a sluggish state. Beef, from 3s 4d to 5s Od ; mutton, 3s 8d to 5s 6d ; lamb, Os to Os Od ; veal, 4s 6d to 5s 4d ; pork, 4s Od tb 4s 10d per 81b ; suckling calves, 16s to 20s ; quarter old store pigs, 22s to 29s each; and milch cows, £l4 Os to £lB 108 each. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD..-Meadow hay, £2 5s to £5 ; clover, £3 lOs to £6 Os Od ; and straw, £1 8s to £1 lOs Od per load. Trade steady. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, £2 8s to £5 Os ; clover do., £3 lOs to £5 18s; and straw, £1 8s to £1 10s per load. A moderate demand. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £2 5s to £5 Os; clover, £3 108 to £6 Os Od ; and straw, £1 8s to £1 16s per load. Supply good. TILTS DAY'S SHIPPING. LONDON, Jan. 2.—Wind this day at noon—North- Easterly; moderate breeze, and fine weather, but rather cloudy. P ORT SMOUTH, Jan. I.—Wind toggY.—Sailed— Her Majesty's ship Edgar, for North America ; her Ma. jesty's ship Terrible, for the eastward. OFF HURST CASTLE, Jan. I.—Arrived—Shannon, steamer, from the West Indies. Jan. 2.—Arrived—O ne id a , steamer, from Brazils, , QUEENSTOWN, Jan. I. ......Arrived—Robina, f rom Ran goon. Wind N.E. — Arrived—Eliza Cook CORK, Dec. 31. from New York. CROOE.HAVEN, Dec. 31 . —Arrived—D. Carrol, from Buenos Ayres ter Liverpool. P,I3Y ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Thursady Morning. Arrived —Alliance, steamer, from Havre ; Ceylon, steamer, from Alexandria ; Oneida, steamer, from Brazils. No sailir gs. (BY SUBMARINE IND MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Thursday Morning. Sailed—Berlin, steamer, for Antwerp. DEAL, Thursday Morning. Passed, Jan. I.—Jessamine, for Demerara; Amber, for Otago ; Juliana, for Santander ; Scandinvien, for Rio Janeiro; Stella screw steamer, for Havre; Prince Lle wellyn, for Bermuda —all from London. In the Liverpool cotton market yesterday morn ing there was a good attendance, although it was nomi nally a holiday, and large transactions were entered into (notwithstanding the discovery announced on Tuesday that the existing stock is larger than was estimated by 80,000 bales), at an advance of id. per lb. THE DEATHS IN 1861. The year which has just closed has been fatal to more than ordinary numbers of distinguished per- The following is a list of some of the most prominent among them : sons. On the 6th of hnuary Dr. Noble, M.P. for Lei cester, and Dr. William Pyper, Professor of Hu manity at St. Andrew's University ; on the 13th Lord Elphinstone; on the 14th Sir Richard Paull Jodrell; on the 17th Sir Geo. Scovell, the Very Rev. T. H. Lowe, Dean of Exeter; Mr. A. B. Cor ner, the Queen's Coroner ; Lola Montez, the " Countess of Lansfeldt ;" on the 18th Mr. J. Heath coat, late M.P. for Tiverton ; on the 19th Lady Elizabeth Wathen ; on the 20th Rear-Admiral R. W. Parsons; on the 21st Sir John Hall, Sir Hugh Lyon Mayfair, and Bear-Admirals Chappell and Radford; on the 24th General Welsh ; on the 25th Dr. G. R. Rowe, F.S.A., and the Rev. Charles Webb le Bas, Prebendary of Lincoln, and formerly Principal of the East India College, Haileybury ; on the 28th Dr. Baly, F. 11,8., Physician Extraor dinary to the Queen ; on the 29th the Earl of Guild ford, General Alex. Fair, and Mrs. Gore, the cele brated authoress; and on the 31st the Duchess Dowager of Cleveland. On the Ist of FlAruary Lady Sykes ; on the 31 Major-Gen. Gairdner ; on the sth General De la Motte ; on the 6th Sir John Owen, M.P. for the Pembroke district of burghs, and the Rev. Bulkeley Bandinel, D.D., late Librarian of the Bodleian; on the 9th Admiral Sir George Mundy; on the 11th the Dowager Countess of Haddington ; on the 16th the Dowager Lady Congelton, Sir Wm. Burnett, late Director-General of the Medical Department of the Navy, and Sir Wm. Henry Clerke ; on the 20th General Dyson, Mr. Seeker, the police magis trate, and Sir W. Ogilvie ; on the 22d Baron Bray brooke ; on the 24th the Hen. Charles Alexander Wrottesley ; on the 25th the Countess of Roden ; on the 27th Lady Monck ; and on the 28th. the Duke of Sutherland. On the sth March Mr. J. M. Middox, for many years lessee of the Princess's Theatre ; on the Bth General H. J. Riddell ; on the 9th Sir Archibald Maclaine; on the 10th Lady Kinloch ; on the 11th Sir Lovell B. Lovell ; on the 14th Sir Win. Beau champ Proctor; on the 15th Lord Lilford ; on the 10th her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent ; on the 19th Sir William Pym and Sir Jas. Dalrymple Hay; on the 23d the Right Hon. Richard Wilson Greene, ex-Baron of the Irish Court of Exchequer ; and on the 27th Lady Jane Peel. On the 4th of April the Bishop of Madras and Sir J. C. Anderson ; on the sth Lady Fleming and Mr. Robert Jamieson, eminent for his philan thropic endeavours to benefit the native races of Africa ; on the 12th Lord Berwick ; on the 14th the Dowager Lady Forbes and Vice-Admiral Aplin ; on the 19th Sir Charles W. Pasley and General Charles Ashe a Court Repington ; on the 20th Mr. David Pugh, M.P., for Montgomeryshire ; and on the 24th Sir Hedworth Williamson. On the 2d of May Sir George Jackson ; on the Bth the Hon. Thomas Edward Mostyn Lloyd Mostyn, M.P. for Flintshire; on the 13th Lady Elizabeth Tollemache; on the 14th the Duke of Bedford ; on the 16th Sir Thomas Henry Estridgo Durrant ; on the 19th Lady St. Leonard's; on the 23d the Rev. E. Cardwell, D.D., Principal of St. Alban's Hall and Camden Professor of Ancient History ; on the 26th Vice• Admiral C.R. iNloorsom ; on the 28th the Ven. J. W. Foster, LL.D., Treasurer and Vicar-General of Limerick, Archdeacon of Aghadoe,and rector of Agbadoe and Tankardstown, Killarney; and on the 29th Sir George Maclean. On the 3d of June Vice-Admiral the Hon, Richard Saunders Dundas and Admiral James Patteson Stewart; on the 7th Lady Dorchester on the 16th Major• General Sir Eaton Monins; on the 19th Rear-Admiral the Hon. John Frederick Fitz-Gerald De Ros ; on the 20th General William Hallett Connolly; on the 21st Rear-Admiral the Hon. Frederick Pelham ; on the 22d Mr. Braid wood, superintendent of the London Fire Brigade ; on the 23d Lord Campbell, and on the following day his brother-in-law Lord Abinger ; on the 25th Lady Georgiana Bourke; and on the 28th Sir J. Patteson. On the 6th of July Sir Francis Palgrave, De puty Keeper of the Public Records ; on the 12th Mr. J. More, LL.D., Professor of the Law of Scot land in the University of Edinburgh ; on the 13th Sir Godfrey John Thomas; on the 21st the Right Hon. Charles Tennyson d'Eyncourt, for 20 years member for the borough of Lambeth ; on the 22d the Countess of Belmore ; on the 23d Sir James Cosmo Melvin and Mr. John James Wilkinson, Accountant to the House of Commons ; on the 27th Sir George Robert Barker ; on the 28th Lady Jane Ogilvy and Admiral the Hon. Sir F. B. R. Pellew ; and on the 29th the Duke of Buckingham. On the 2d of August Lord Herbert of Lea and the Earl of Traquair ; on the 3d Admiral Sir Barrington Reynolds ; on the 4th the Dowager Countess of Newburgh and Vice-Admiral Sir Thomas Herbert ; on the Bth the Venerable E. J. Burrow, Archdeacon of Gibraltar; on the 9th the Bishop of Durham ; on the 11th Madame Catherine Hayes-Bushnell, the songstress; on the 20th Prof. QuekPtt, the distinguished microscopist; on the 22d Gen. Francis Moore and Mr. Richard Oastler, " the factory king ;" on the 28th the Marchioness of Breadalbane ; and on the 30th Mr. John Francis, the well-known sculptor. On the 3d of September the Earl of Mount-Edg curabe and Lady Mary Ashley ; on the 14th Earl Fortescue ; on the 17th Sir Wm. White and Gen. G. R. Kemp ; on the 19th Sir Samuel Home Stir ling and Gen. Dennis Herbert; on:the 22d Sir George Dashwood ; on the 24th Mr. Wm. Farren, the co median ; on the 25th Sir Thomas Blaikie ; and on the 28th Sir James Miles Riddell. On the 2d of October Lord Ponsonby ; on the 4th the Earl of Eglin ton and Mr. Vandenhoff, the tra gedian; on the Bth Viscount Forth; on the 10th Sir Tames Hamlyn Williams ; on the 11th the Dowager Marchioness Conyngham ; on the 12th Lady Rose, mother of Sir Hugh Rose; on the 13th Sir Wm. Cubitt, the engineer, and Major Waldo Sibthorp, M.P. for Lincoln; on the 16th Sir Wm. Keith Murray ; on the 17th Mr. Sharman Crawford, for merly M.P. for Dundalk, and for many years the champion of tenant right ; on the 21st Sir Claude Martine Wade ; on the 25th Sir James Graham; on the 29th Sir Henry Bridges ; on the same day Sir Richmond Shakespear ; and on the 30th Sir 'Wm. Miller. On the 2d of November Lord C. Beauclerk ; on the Bth Sir Thomas Butler; on the 9th Sir Howard Douglas; on the same day Sir John Cesar Haw kins; on the 10th the Rev. James Cumming, Pro fessor of Chemistry at Cambridge ; on the 13th Sir John Forbes, Mr. T. S. Duncombe, M.P. for Fins bury, and Mr. J. 11. H. Foley, M.P. for East Wor cestershire; on the 18th Lady Canning; on the 22d Lady Stephenson; on the 24th Lady Charlotte Chetwynd ; on the 26th the Dowager Countess Grey ; on the 27th Lady Robert Kerr; and on the 29th Sir Chaloner Ogle. On the Ist of December Sir Wm. Richards; on the 2d Mr. F. H. Crowe, her Majesty's Consul at Cairo, General Alexander Armstrong, and Lady Georgiana Fitzroy ; on the 3d Sir Peter Laurie ; on the sth Sir William Gordon ; o❑ the 10th Dr, Southwood Smith, "the father of sanitary reform; o on the 14th his Royal Highness the Prince Consort; on the same day Sir Edward Bowater, one of the Grooms in Waiting to the Queen ; Lord Rivers dale, Bishop of Killaloe ; or the 19th Mr. George Granville Harcourt, M.P. for Oxfordshire ; on the 20th Mr. John Bagshaw, formerly M.P. for Har wich ; on the 26th Lady Frances Knox ; and OA the 28th Admiral J. L. Hollinworth. THE MERSEY' DOCK BOARD ELECTIONS. A meeting of the Mersey Dock Board was held (Wednesday), for the purpose of electing merab yesterday ors to supply the places of the retiring members—Meti ers. Lockett, Run kin, Holmo, Arnold, Henderson, and L a ngton. Mr. Bower moved, and Mr. W. P. Campbell seconded the nomi na ti on. of Mr. Thos. Bouch, late chairm an of the Liverpool Cham ber of Commerce ; and Mr. A dam Gladstone and Mr. G . P pp Mr. Patterson Forw o o f Fodseerucoinedeßdrotibheertr In opposition, nomination of Mr. Fernie, of the firm proposed the nomination of the retiring members, and spoke in deprecatory terms of the efforts which were being made to disturb the harmonious and highly efficient representa tion which had hitherto existed. The polling will take place to-day (Thursday). i i I