The Sun. — London, England, 1862-12-16 00:00:00

MO °s EY NI All KET. CITY NEWS-THIS DAY. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The supply of commercial bills on offer continued v ery moderate, the mercantile community merely by no their immediate requirements, which are no means extensive. There is, nevertheless, a ten dency to firmness, probably owing to the con tracted circulation usual at this period, when large rev enue collections are in progress. At 3 per cent., however, the mercantile public are enabled to nego tiate good three months bills in the open market, as well as at the Bank of England, and short dated Paper of a superior quality is discounted at 24 per cent. _ The operations in the Foreign and C o l on i a l ‘ P roduce M arkets during the last few d ays h ave bee n of a very limited description. S ugars h ave been a shad e c h eaper, w hil e t ea , co ff ee , an d cocoa ha ve remai ne d i nact i ve, at a b out prev i ous quota tions, Rice h as b een i n very li m it e d reque st, at slightly re d uced rates, while a fair business has b een d one in fruit, p i ces, an d sa l tpetre , on f ormer terms. Tallow has been in more request for both present and forward delivery. There is a decrease of £lB3 in the traffic receipts Of the South Eastern Railway, but an increase of £ 1 ,996 on the Brighton for the past week. Notic e has been given that 38 special bonds of the Italian 5 per Cent. Loan, 1862, havo been dra wn, and will be paid off on the Ist proximo. The telegrams from New York by ;the Persia 111 nvi - an advance of nearly 2 per cent. in the pre teinra on gold. The amount brought by this steamer is £llO,OOO. Two O'CLOCK. The market f or E ng li s h S ecur iti es re mains in Precisely th e same state as for severa l d ays p ast . the deali ngs are altogether unimportant, an d t h ey do not produc e th e s li g h test e ff ec t upon quo t a tions, which cont i nue firm. Consols are 921.1, for trans fer, and at 92-1 for the account. The New 3 per Cents, and the Reduced remain at #92 f ; Exche quer Bills at Bs. to 12s. prem.; Bank Stock at 231 and 233; India 5 per Cent. Loan is firmer at 107 a I. A rather buoyant feeling has pervaded the Foreign Market, although the dealings have been r estricted. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1854, are 831 84 i; ditto, 1858,69 i 701; the New Loan, 711, and the Consolides, 381 ; 39 ; Buenos Ayres 6 per Cents. have further advanced to 98; Greek Bonds, to t, the Coupons to 6a a ; Mexican, 311 a ; Por tuguese New Scrip, 4 prem. ; Spanish Passive are 231; ditto Certificates, 8a ; Italian, 71* ; and Venezuelan Scrip has improved to 21 dis. In the Railway Share Market the operations have beep moderately active, but prices have, in several instances, shown less firmness. Midlands and South-Easterns have receded 55., and Caledo- In ane, Great Easterns, Great Northern A Stock, 4 , n dl s Torth-Wes;•erns 10s. North Eastern (Berwick), Jaewever have improved 10s. The Foreign and Colonial lines remained dull. batch Rhenish brought 171 171 ; Great Luxem burg, 14 ; Eastern of Bengal have declined to 106 f, ; 4 " Madras 5 per Cents. have improved to 1041 1041 . jui nt-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares con tinuedi quiet, at about previous rates. Otto man B ank brought 321 ; Union of London, 33 ; London Za Brazilian, eam, 301 ; Crystal Palace Stock, 3%; and ( I Mail St 56i ; I. Bank S t FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCIC. R ' M (N, ck a "' Per Cent. lie . d . u . ced Annuities 92 1 4" Cent. Consols Annuities 4k ~ w 3 per Cent. Annuities nnuites 30 India ex ire sth Jan., 1880 — Di tto for 30 yrs , expire sth April, 1885 l5l Stock Ditto 5 per Cent. di tto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent Ditto 5 per Cent lO5 ALtO Debentures, 4 per Cent., Oct. ' 1863 - Ditto ditto Aug. 1864 or 66 1001 Il loia. Stock for Account, 5 per Cent achequer Bills £l,OOO, 21 per Ct. Ditto £5OO Ditto Small FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent qreek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons ~ Ditto Coupons - Italian 5 per Cent. (Maremmana Railway) 73 C‘xican, 3 per Cent Ditto Account Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853.. ,Ditto Scrip, lent pd .... 4 pm ' l ' l 9siao 5 per Cent 1822 £ St — Ditto 3 per Cent, 1859 6Ol 8 " ji lt° 5 per Cent., 1862 a Vinian 5 per Cent. u ltto Account 1) 1 , 4 ni 8 11 3 Per Cent — 4- 'itto New Deferred bitt e Account .1 - 14 • 231 Spanish Passive.. T Cert. of Coup. not funded 11 ,'. 1 5i , i1 6 per Cent. 1854 iVte 6 per Gent. 1858 7O -/-,: 40 6 per Cent., 1862, Scrip, £6O pd 3 P_m ‘,.-_'-'ltto Paidup Scrip ' 70,tzue/a, 3per Cent it . Itt° 6 per Cent., 1862 (Scrip), £53 paid 21 dis , Dividends on the above payable in London. [111411 15 per Cent , 1861, Ex. 25f. . 0 TWO O'CLOCK. bit ' °n e to Accoun Y t, Jan. 8 921 1 T tr E TEA TRADE, Dec. 15.—The deliveries in . -oncl • iii°ll e stimated for the week were 999,017kb.,. which is rap m. cre ase of 10,3561 b., compared with the previous sta e 1 : 1 4 ; NEW ITALI AN L O AN.—" The new Italian ; cn all but settled," says a correspondent of the Inde-t his a n :nee . B eige. , 4 M. de Rothschild has undertaken it a )3 0 '4 risk and price ; but it will not b e quo t e d o n the arse until all the payments are made." e 1 k Ativi 008 from Lyons state that the sale of raw toNictif6..ehlt there. Th e me rchants of Lyons, taking into s i lk d the great increase in the quantity of foreign .ld i oR et ta P or ted into F rance , h ave d ec id e d, it is said, on btu - bales oreh () Uses for its reception. Japan produces 3 , 000 Italy 01 silk, b e i ng more than t h e pro d uce o f France and The East p ro d uces 300,000 bales. The greater part brd • ti;, 'irks arrive in London by the Cape of Good Hope, Sae 8" z 7 B expected th a t w h en th e canal across the Isthmus of ; 2 c olzpleted (if it ever be completed) silk from the Ch will first arr i ve i n F rance. S ome cons ide r able pur tea 1)f for eign silk were made at Marseilles last week. 0W GENERAL M'CoOK LOST HIS STARS. — (1 Pt LesPonent of the Ci nc i nn ati Commercial says : Lat-tet'leral Bragg exposed a fact in his official report of the t o of Chapli n-h i ll which General M'Cook had omitted 10 rat ention. The General was looking rather shabbily here ; 340 136 Way of broadcloth, and was moved to Idexpain his 13 r . itt eas, which he confessed he would not have one if 4 4 , bad not blabbed. A night after the battle of Chap 1i closed, one of Gilbert's borrowed brigades was Vithdrawn from M'Cook 's front without his knowledg c i; ° r• aystery was never explained, but that is foreign. His bad been containing his personal baggage, meantime, 13 84 been ordered from the rear to his quarters, and the am bltrilarloe driver drove through the gap left by the vagrant he and halted inside of the rebel line s . 'the corps of tlti4dt t l h arters servants who accompan i e d t h e tra i n were le d 11 P at the same time, but some of them escaped. double G eneral M'Cook lost his elegant newpassants with 6t ars, which friends had sent to him, and all of his ta Whig apparel, except the threadbare and battle worn suit abs - , 1 16.11 he fought. His servant ludicrously describes the aParl4.- scenes in the rebel camp, when the thin-legged and /44,6 e-ribbed rebels attempted to envelope themselves in hoid c °, k 's enormous drawers and undershirts. They would Padd ° ut four rebels apiece and three weeks' rationsfor hie l a The general never can get even unless he cap -'111)11rey Marshall." WIII,IGIITITTL FALL INTO THE MAIN DRAI NAGE re1 a ,.." 13.- -Last even i ng, a b out 4 o ' c l oc k, a frightful occur cier--I. Lo place at the Main Drainage Works, Back-hill, v or .' e la ok Well. It appears that John H ennes y, one of the Bala e n) was about to descend the shaft, when ho over feet tc ee d himself and fell head foremost from a height of 40 h olet ° the bott om of the shalt. He was almost i mme diatel y s it a li en t' ) in a state of insensibility, having been crushed k°sp• -c a ) l cki ng manner, and removed to the Royal Free oFth ß in ' Gray's Inn-lane, but, from the serious nature reeove;ittries, not the slightest hope is entertained of his SE „ N e d THE PRIEST AI'LAUGHLIN.—The pro. action of suspension and liberation has ended in n °thitl el °ah . g' On Saturday last, the Right Rev. Bishop Mar- Oma u Catholic - BishOp of Glasgow, sent off a me. hae i b i ° r petition to the Home Secretary, couched in mpl te rms, and asking a curtailing of the sentence, Ari es °3l the ground that the flock of the contumacious iis 13,,,ehtietli greatly require his presence, particularly at a T iz e t he great annual festival of the Church is held. erred in s .°ll , we understand, admits that MiLaughlin . e : Doe ts ; and also states the fact of his knowingthat A ee m., elB t he man who stole the cash from the letter. Peet il d r- " ) reply from Sir George Grey is confidently. i'x i irt e l , The petition also alleges that, considering the Was "Lad to deal with a case of conscience, the sentence :48eat e - a ec m• s evere. L a ughlin meanwhile is employ ed, 8 the usual prison dress, in picking cotton . He lica a great many v i s itors—quite a levee of sympathis e Priests aid People in general, !entil ent. Court 3k for itable great vgateo aol at posed , those The Ewe in netre" to the no or , even to re' Lll et' ion are .s ago.• 'P °l3lie as Or ass also b e r of tb at NOS L vieff . nln ent I. by 413 nir.gv leistioos )on t he ; .iaten ce ' i prieCC offence' _ vol etl elf 04 to e tI 3 , istratia' %Sioll to wag" - ler tie it ypith ;ted for colonial ssary I° poet [4 yas l was 1/3- .at ras ,:obabiff ttn into iere or6 to tbe" La el l° ?.yr e ll° ,f-leace' the Cle o S II Y ree l t 6l 13 t° 0 ot at le to se ll- 68 t e° fee „o oer i f' iocl i ll ' i t oo WI KtiARE MARKET...THIS DA ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Paid. Closing Businesr Price. done. Railways. liir Woi and Str. Val Blythe and Tyne. Bost.,Sleat.,andMid.Co Bristol and Exeter Caledonian 8 84 CI 61 83 65 1151 116 --------------- ion 6i 7 Cornwall Do A A gets no die till6pc.pan.haß Do. B been paid to B. Dublin P.-, Belfast June. Dun.,Perth,&Ab. June.' Edinburgh & Glasgow. Glasg. and S. Western., Great Eastern, Ord. stl; I 41 43 13 14 86 88 104 106 46 47 43 45 241 241 Ditto A stock Ditto East Anglian st GreatNorthof Scotland Great Northern Do A stock Do B do Do. £5 shares Gt. S. an I . W. of Ireland Great Western Do Str Val zna. stock Lancashire & Yorkshire London and Blackwall Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. & South Western Man., Shef., & Lincoln. 3laryport and Carlisle. Do shares '.►Tetropolitan Midland Do New Do Birming. & Derby Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland 125 128 128 130 135 137 104 106 68 fBi 55 67 108! 1091 72 74 117 118 38 39 96 06i 101 102 40 41 9 91 128 j 12Ni 1 lip 97 9',) Do. shares Mid Kent Do Cray Line North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do, G.N.E. purchase Do Leeds Do York Do Carlisle North London Do New North Statibrdshire N. and S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot N. E., Aber. stock Do Scot. Mid. stock Shrews. and Welchpool Shropshire Union South Devon 51i 52 25 27 091 991 d 56 57 88 E3l 125 127 106 108 P 41 4 0. lU 111 118 120 47i 48i 103 105 47 49 226 246 886 SO 686 696 99 101 7 8 29 40 10 10 ix 7 76 146 148 pl ' 46 5 r 24 3 p 556 566 26 36 p cl A p 87 89 140 145 South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun Staines,Wok.,andWok. Stookton lz Darlington Do Do New, 1860 Taff Vale.. Do B Do C Ulster Do Do Vale of Neath Victoria eta. and Pim Waterford & Kilkenny West Cornwall W. Hartlepool HarAR West Midland Oxford Do Newport Do Hereford 29 31 Share 13.14 PREFERENCE S Uris. & Exet. 4 p. c. st Do. shares ('aledon. qr. shrs, No. 2 Cork & Bandon, 51 p. c. Cornwall, 5 per ant Do. 4,i p. c. gua. perpet Dun. Perth, &Abei.Jun Do. Ist Class Pref Edin.&Glas.s p.c. shares Do. 4 p. c. guar. S. & v Glas.& S.West. gu. 5 p.c Gt. Earitn, E.Coun. Ex. I no No. " Do 6 p. c. pref Do. E. Angn A st 5 p.c. Do Do, E. Agn. B 6 p c. pf. Do. do. C 7 do. Do. E. Union, 4 p.c. gua Do. 5 p. c. gua Do.Norf'k 5 p.c. Ex. 1846 Do. do. 51 p.c. pref. 1Q47 Do. F• p. c. Wavy. Val. '47 Great Northern, 5 p. c.. D 0.5 p.c. Reclm.lop.c. pm. Do. 41 p. c. do Do.sp.c.Redmatsp.c.pm Do. Hertford purchase. Do. Luton do Do.H.&L. pur. 4 p. c. pt Do. Lutonypur. 5 p. c.pt Gt. Nh. of Scot. Ist pref Gt. Sn. & W. (Ireland) 4 per cent Great West. (Berks am , Hants Ext) 5 per cent Do. redeem. 4a p. ct Do. redeem. 4 p. ct Do. irredeem. 4 p. ct Do. 5 p. c. redeem. pref. Do. Birm. guar. stock Do. Birm. pref. stock 'Do. Chester guar. shares Do. ChesterB p.c. pf. shs Do. Chester 5.c. pf. shs Lan. Si Carl. 41 p.c. pref Lan. & York. 6 p.c. stock Do.Barnsl.st£s 3s 10dpe Do. 6 p. c. (East Lan.) Do. 4a p. c. (Blackh. per Lon.&Brig.sp..ge. No.l Do. 5 per cent. do. No 2 no, '5 per cent d 0... , Do. 5 per cent. do. No. 4 Do. 7 per cent. pref. stk Do. 6 p.c. do(W.E.&C.P.' Do. 4 p c. st. (di v. det liP65 Lon.Chat.&Dnv. sp.c.pf. & N. W., Coy. ,k Nuneaton, 5 per cent. Lon. & S.West. 7p. cent et, late 3d shares Do. (Portsm'th perpetl anus. of 2s. 6d.) Man. Sh. & Lin. 6 per ct Do. £6 Do. 3/ per cent, Do. redeem. 6 per Mar ort & Carl. 4 pr. c yp Do. 4/ per cent Midland Con. 6 p. c. stk Do.Con.Bris.& Bir. 6 p.c Do. 4/ p.c. pref. st. rdem Do. 4/ p.c. irredeemable Do. 4/ . per cent ..... Do.Leic. andHit.4per ct Nort British, 5 per cent. Do. New pua. 5 per cent Do. Bor. Un. g. prf. she N-East. Cons. pref. 4 p.c. I Do. 4i pr. ct redeemable Do. G. N. E. 4 p. ct. pref Do. Berwick 4 p. c. pref. Do. Leeds 6 p. c. No. 1 Do. do. Quarters, 1848 Do. York, H. & S. Purch Do. Carlisle 4t p. c Do. do. 4 p. N. London 4/ p. c. £2O pf North Staffordshire Scottish North-Eastern 3i p. c. pref. stock.... Do.Aberdeen,gua.6p.e Do. 7 p. c. pref. stock South Devon, Ann, 10s. Do. Fixed 4a per cent South Eastern(Reading, Ann., 1.0.6) s Do. 4'4 per cent Do, Fixed 4i per cent South Wales, gua. 4 p. c. Do. 4i per cent Do. do 1859 Do. 5 per cent S. Yorkshire, 4 p. c. gua Do. bp. c. gua Stock. & Dar. A 5 p. Do. B 6 p. c ' Dc,. C 6 j). 0 Taff Vale No. 1 Pref. Watrfd & Kilkny, 6 p. c %V. Mid.-Oxf Ist gua stk Do. 2d do Do. Newport 5 p.c. pf.red Do. Perpet.6 p. c. pf. 186 c Do. till 186? 43 44 35 37 944 254 ARES. 95 97 20& 214 ei 7 111 113 91 93 112 114 111 113 129 131 105 108 1 29 131 148 152 117 110 112 114 105 •107 108 110 98 100 98 100 88 00 89 01 102 104 77 79 170 175 104 10u 133 140 103 105 116 118 116 118 136 140 116 118 155 160 '3l 135 80 n 96 97 21 3 124 126 jP►m, C 8 70 fprn 40 142 103 105 95 H 7 10 112 108 110 1 lipm 93 ;) . 5 03 105 98 100 •• •• P iP 22i 23i 100 100 100 all all 1 t~. 8, i ie* iO 24 24} ,02 104 102 104 87 39 21k II 28 29 33 34 33 34 a 47 126 11:8 120 124 100 102 121 123 117 120 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Leasing Closing Busines s Railways. raid ' Co. S Price. ' Done. --- --- Birkenhead. Buckingh , mgnire.. Chester & Holyhead lOO Do 55 57 Do. 51 per cent 100 Do 126 128 Do. 5 „ 100 Do. Clydesdale. Junction 100 Cledon llO3 105 Colchester, Stour Val. 100 E.UAG.EI (8 70 E. Lincolnsh. gspr e. 100 Gt.l\4'grth.l 36 138 Gloster &Dean Fores all Gt. West. Gt.Ea , tn. Newmarket &c.,5 per cent lOO Gt.Eastn. Do.E.U.Harwch. 4 p.c 100 D 0....... Do.Wodbrg. Ex. 4 p.c log Do i Hull and helby all Yk.N. Mid 111 113 Lancaster & Carlisle 100 Ln.&N.W 203 305 i Lon. and Chat. Ext. B 6 per cent ... all Lon.&Cht 111 12 Do 41 per cent..... 100 Do. B7 89 Do. Bromley, 6 per c. all D 0........ .. .. Do. New ShlB6l, 46p.c. all D 0........ 22 24 Do.Wn. Ext. A, 46 pc. all Do ..... ... 81 0 London & Greenwic 100 S. Eastern 84 66 Do. Preferen 6 Lon„Tilb.&S..y , thend 100 reto &Co B9 91 Lnd'dr. &Ennis. orig. 100 Do. A 100 Irish N.- Do. B 100 Western. . Do. Ci 100 Lowestoft gua. 4 p c.. 100 Norfolk Do 6 per cent lOO Do. Mnc„Bxtn„& Matlock all LNW& M 4 41 Mid. Bradford Prefer ence stock Nor.Dev.Rail & Dock lOO L.&S.W. Do A stock Do B stock lOO Jan.,1863.' Do. Preference lOO Northn.&Eastn. 5 p.c. all Gt. Eastn 67 69 Do. 6 per cent..... all Do ... .. .. N. Eastn—Hartlepool 100 N. E. Ber. .. .. North Western Not. Gran. 111. & Cl. 100 Gt. North. 951 961 901 Preston and Wyre. 1 all L&N.Wa L. y k. 1 44 48 Do. 1 shares A. all Do. "•• . • • • • • Roystn.Hitch.& Shep. 100 Gt.North.' 136 138 Shrewsby & Hereford 100 L.& .W., N.W.. 136 137 Do. Do. South Staffordshire lOO Ln.&N.W West London, Cis A all W.Ln.Ex Do do B all Ln&N.W. Do do C all Mit.Wst. Wilts and Somerset-1 100 Gt. West. 92 91 1 Wimbledn & Croydon all L.&Brgtn 81 g/ PREFERENCE SH Dividends contingent on Or [ARES AND STOCKS Le Profits of each separate Year. Caledon. £lO Gua. Stckl Gt Eastern 5 p. c. pref. 'Kent Coast, 6 p.ct. pt. B Lon.& iikwall,44 Do. do. 4 . 1 do. gbaresl ' B • 'tn (tc 4 ll Loud n, rig , per cent. 1858 Do. do. 4 per ct. 1860, I Do. do. 4i per ct. 1861' Do. do. 41 pe: et. 1861 6p.c.2d pf Do, lidetrop. Ext 13,6 p.c. Lon. &S.Vl'estern 41 p.c. North British £lO Gua.' Shares, 1861.. ..... DoEd,Prth,&D'dee,4 " p c Scottish Central4l p.c. I irred. pre;.......... S.-Eastern 41 p.c. 1859.. Do. 5 p.c. June 1861 (rd.) Do. 5 p.c. Aug. 1861 (rd.) Stkton &PArlgtn. D,Pf Do. ao. 102 104 106 108 100 100 100 31 100 all 100 p IC2 103 - 1 3 . ip 103 105 92 96 103 105 Vale of Neath ~ . 83 85 101 t 101 104 106 80 83 1011 10 10 10-1 10 108 10 28} 29 2ot 21} Railways Atlant:' & St Lawrene( B orii _m„„, - . '4.&.Cent hit 9u. 5 per • Do. ...New Buffalo and Laxe Huron Do. Preference ...• • • Buffalo,Brant,lzGodrieb 6 p. et. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 Do. do. July 1, 1873 Do. do. June 1, 18;1 Clcutta.&S.Eastn. (I,i, )I Cape Town &Dock Suit Eastn. Bengal gu. 5 p. c Nast Indian, gu. 5 p. c. :Do. do. G Ext..... Do. do. 11 do. Grand Trunk of Canadf; Do. 6 per cent. Prof.. Do. 2d Pref. 6 per et.. Do. 6 per et. Debentr. Do. 7 per cent. 1862 .. Do. do. 1867.. Do. do. 1872.. Gt.lndiaPentn.gua.sp.c. Do. New gua. 5 p. 0... Do. January, 1862 .. Gt. South.of India(Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. Gt. W. of Canada Shares Do. New . Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. Do. N I p. c. do. '77-8.... Indian Branch Limited Madras guar.. Gp. 0. .. Do. 41 p. c. Extension Dc.4 , d 0........ Yo: Fifth Extension. 3telb.Corp. R p. o. _finds Melb. & Hobson's Bay. Do. 7 p. c. &tor tg. Bds. Newßrunswick t Candor Paid Hll Class A Capital Share Do. do. B Capital d 0... N.Rl.C'da6 pc lst i bds Soinde .......... Do. Delhi,. p 4,.* Do. do Do. Punjaub . ... Do. Do. p , „e, Do. indus.St. Flo.) all alt 100 (100 ' 100 I OltEluw Antwerp dt tiotternam. liah.&S.Fran..Lim.7 p.c Belgian East. Junction Copiapo Ditto Extension Dutch Rhenish Do Eastern of France I Grand Rus Guar. 6 p. e Gt. Luxem., Con. Italian Junction Namur & Liege Do. 6 p. c. Pref. Northern of France Do. New Shares N.Rail. of BuenosAyres Gua. 7 p c., Lim Norwegian Trunk Pret Ot'mn( Smyrna to Aidn) Parts,Lyons, & Medi to Paris & Orleans Portuguese Rail. Royal Recife & S. Fran. (Petit.) gua. 7 p. ct. lira Riga & Royal Danish Royal Swedish Do. 7 per cent. Pref Sambre dz Meuse .. Do. 5/ per cent. Pref San Paulo, Um, g. 7 p. c. S.Aust. &Lomb Venetin S. East Portugal 7 p ct. Southern of Prance.... Turin and Savona .... West Ftanderti .. Do. 5i p c. Preference.. W. dz N.W. of France .. ! no k Inn IsA i I, Closin , 2 Price. 65 67 104 105 M 53 3 5 3 h 83 135 108 107 104 105 ; IN 1054 101 102 CVATE 76 76 P 16 16 7 6 1 i p 2O tii 141 141 9 9} 20 21 44 414 id pr bo 9i 9 8 d 45 46 41 43 181 183 H 16 i I 9i 9 10 110 i 1/ lipm 231 23h 31 32 3 24d 7 7* 101 20i 214 JOI NT-S'UOUli 1 2 I id ipm 19 21 1 7 9 3 f t 111 41 20 , 2 11 £d 7 8 I 1 1 de pr 2 21 1 dr 1k 2) 1/ |2m 58 I P 60 4f 51 6 31 3 7 ANKS A Erra&UnitedService Alliance B.Ln.&L'pool. Australasia . Bank of Egypt Batik of London British North American Ch. Bk. of B. Columbia Chtd.Bank of India, &c. Ch. Mer. of In. hon.& City Colonial .. Com. Bank of Canada Eng., Scot., & Aus. Ch Gen. Bk .of Switzerland llin'stan,China&Japan Imperial Bank Limited Lon.& Brazilian (Lim.) Lon., B.Ayres&R.Plate Lon. Char.Bkof Austral London and County London Joint Stock London & Middlesex London and S.Africau London & Westminster Metrop. & Provinl. Bnk. !Nat. Prov. of England lno. new Do. do Nationa B‘nk . • • 'New South Wales ' Orient. B. Corporation Ottoman Bank ... 91 63 6i 7p 71 73 25 26 97 99 51 53 i / d 211 21f 4 , ) 42 91 93 41 43 20} 20& 3 2 d a d ap 5} 51p lf la 27a t 8 384 394 36 87 pr op 230 21 p 79 80 3 4 1 3 I 47 19 54 65 32k 53 51 6 p 89 91 1 - Do. new Provincial of Ireland ,Do. new......... South Australia Union of Australia ~ Union of Ireland, Lim. Unio, of London MISCEI.I Business don, ,ANE , 49 81 2} I'd 32i 33i_ US. 101/ e +clean Mint ,1 Mani ic R. MI. Stm (I (1) A, ustrali an Agricultural Bahia Steam (Limited). Berlin Water (Limited) Bombay Gas Limited. British American Land B.&l.Mag. Tel. A. (Lim.) Do. 8,7p.e.t1111852 (Lim ) Canada Land China & Japan Coast & River Steam Naviga. Cop.Min.ofEng.&Smltg. l Do. Pref. 74 per cent. Crystal Palace Do. Preference Do. 6 p et. Perpet. Deb. E. Ind. Cotton Agency, E.lndia & Lon. Ship A. Do. E.lndia frrign. & Canal Electric Telegraph En D g o l'is N h e & w Aus. Copper. Gen. Steam Navigati Great Slip I ,imited) Do 17i p ct Preference Indian Carrying- (Lim.) Italian Irrigation Canal Lon. District Tel. (Lim.), L.G. Omnibus Co. (Lim.), Lon. & Madras hr. and Canal Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim ) Do. 8 per cent, pref National Dis. Co. (Lim ) Nerbu.Coal&lron Netherlands Lant ,Bp.e. N. Br.&NovaScotia Land N.B.Australasian (Lim.' Oriental Gas (Limited). Do. New Drina. In. Steam(Lim ) Ottoman Gas, Limited Peelit.l.nd.&Min.(Li Pen. & Oriental St( am Do. New..._..... .. Quebrada Land,Rail,& Mining (Lim.) Rh ymney Iron Do. Rio Janeiro City Impts. 176 186 2 4 246 256 6 7 i t dis ip 66 60 Do. do. Royal Mail Steam -scot. Austin. Inv.(Lim ) 'South Australian Land WO all all a.l all Submarine Tel. Scrip.. Do. do. Registered .... Do. d 0...... Telegraph to India (L.) Trust and Agency of Austrlasia (lim) lst is. r.• 4 Ln. Co. of Ufa.. Can. U. ll'dom Tel Co. (lim.) Yap .Dill34e3Vß Lud,„ 1 5 3 28 08 102 20 25 864 87.1 112 115 113 116 id pr 5 d fpm N 102 21 21 27 28 I pr Ip 4 3 o 11 11 21 2i 3 4 2f 27, p 1 3 p i I 10 12 1 * * ip 71 id pr y 53 55 73 75 13 15 i pr 19 21 5 7 28 286 57 59 134 138 32_ 84 46 ad id 1 lip 11 121 171 } [Wl' lE 101 i 1 1 osi I it 42 1 i 54f x d 18f i 13 xn 321 a i 100 x d 561 f 6 Xd THE RUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING,, DECEIVIRERI6, 1862. LA W---THIS DAY. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. SLANDER- KOENIG V. RITCHIE. Sir Filzroy Kelly this morning opened the case on the part of the defendants. The learned gentleman was ad. dressing the court when we went to press. The case will not conclude to-day. CRIMINAL COURT--THIS DAY. OLD COURT. (Before the Common Sergeant.) THE WIDOW AND HER £BO. Edward Wood, dust contractor, was for feloni ously receiving a sum of money, well knowing it to have been stolen. He was also indicted for the larceny. From the evidence it appeared that the prosecutrix, Mrs. Stiddolph, a widow, residing at Bermondsey, vrhere she carried on the business of a confectioner, and being in pos session of a considerable sum of money, £BO, she placed it for security under the fender in her bedroom. By some means or other it got removed t) within the grate, and the servant girl one morning shoveled the two pieces of cloth in which the money was wrapped up in into the ashes, and threw it into the dust-hole. A short time before the money was so accidentally disposed of a large quantity of almonds, which had become useless to Mrs. Stiddolph, had also been consigned to the same place, and the dust collector's cart having arrived, the men were called in to cart the refuse from the house. The ashes were taken to the prisoner's premises, and there left, and the peculiarity of the heap was marked by the immense quantity of almonds it contained. After the ashes were on the pri soner's premisee a lad informed him that one of the men had discovered a lot of money in the dust. He then went to them, and they gave him £l5 as his share of the disco very. Some time after inquiry was made by Mrs. Stid dolph relative to the money, and the fact that a quantity of worthless almonds was also mentioned as being in the dust which was taken front her house, which it was also said contained the £BO which, with the exception of one sove reign, consisted entirely of half sovereigns. The prisoner, it was afterwards discovered, had paid £9 lls. 6d. to the parochial authorities, and also £2 10s. for some clover, amongst which was one of a very peculiar de scription, and to which the prosecutrix swore as her pro perty. On inquiry being made, the prisoner denied the finding of the money, but he afterwards said that some coin had been discovered by the men, and that, according to the practice of the yard, the men gave him a half of the found money—viz„ £l5. The prisoner was then taken into custody, and as he was being conveyed to the station-house he told the constable that when any money was found it was always divided between himself and the men. Notes, he said, were fre quently found; and with respect to the money in question, he said one of the boys told him that £45 had been found amongst the dust in the yard, and that he had received £l5, which he had paid away. He had given £9 lls. 6d. to Mr. Riches, and £2 10s. for some clover, and the rest he had advanced to his men, which he was to deduct on the following Saturday. A statement made at the police •court by the prisoner was also put in and read ; it stated that the money was found amongst the dust collected, and that he received 415 as his share. When he was first spoken to about the money he denied all knowledge of it ; but he afterwards made an offer to repay the prosecutrix all he had received from the men. Tho Jury were of opinion that the prisoner was guilty of receiving the money, and that he did not give himself any trouble to find out the owner. The Common Sergeant—Do you mean to say that when the prisoner put the money into his pocket he reasonably believed the owner could b e found ? The Foreman—Yes, my lord. The Common Sergeant—The property then was stolen. You must now say whether the prisoner received the money under circumstances that induced him to belitve it had been stolen. The Foreman—We find him guilty of receiving the money, well knowing that the owner could be found, but we strongly recommend him to mercy. The Common Sergeant—Will you say whether you are of opinion that the prisoner believed that he had a right to the property found as his perquisites P The Foreman—We think so. The Common Sergeant, in passing sentence, told the pri soner he had been found guilty of a very serious offence; but at the same time, he must admit, it was under very peculiar circumstances. He thought it could not be too gene rally known that such as plate, j ewels, or money did not belong to parties finding them, but that they were bound to tako the best means in their power to discover the owner. Under all the facts of the case, he thought he might safely in the present instance pass a light sentence, but he did not mean by that to mark his opinion as to a person appropriating money, as had been described. • He thought the prisoner laboured under some idea that he was entitled to the pro perty ; and, as he had before remarked, the case was some what peculiar, he should sentence him to two months' im prisonment in the House of Correction. NEW COURT. (Before Commissioner Kerr.) Frederic Leighton Clift, 25, basket maker, was indicted for unlawfully being at largo before term of penal servi tude, to which he had been sentenced, had expired. Mr. Clerk and Mr. Besley prosecuted, and Mr. Kemp defended the prisoner, who pleaded guilt y . It will be recollected that the prisoner was one of two brothers, named Clift, feather dealers, residing at Peck ham, who were about two years ago indicted for and found guilty of setting fire to their premises, with intent ;o defraud the Globe Insurance Company of the money for which he had insured his property. They were convicted and sen tenced to 10 years' penal servitude, but previous to the prisoner's being sent out of the country he was transmitted to Milibank Penitentiary to undergo the probationary part of his sentence. A short time after his entering the Pent"' tentiary he contrived to effect his escape therefrom with an other prisoner, and remained at large until he was taken into custody on another charge, viz., for forging and utter• ing a bill for £44, with intent to defraud. - The Commissioner sentenced the prisoner to 16 years penal servitude. POLICE ---THIS DAY• MARLBOROUGH-STREET. Soho, was charged w ith t h reat e ning AN UNIAPPY PAIR. —T HREATEN ING A WIFE.—WIII. Norris, a pattern car d marker 55, New Compton - street, hi s wife Mary Ann, Mr. Edward L ew i s, of Great Mar lb oro ugh-street, ap peared for the co m pl a i nant, " a respec t a ble•looking young woman, and said that th e part i es had only been married two years, and for some t i me pas t the defendant had threatened his wife with great inhumanity, the sole cause for it being because his wife was in the family-way. The defendant had told his wife that he would not strike her, but that because she was about to give birth to a child he would, by his conduct to her, put her in her grave in three months. Last January the wife, through the defendant's ill-usage, had been delivered of a dead child, instruments being used. He (Mr. Lewis) would call the wife and then ask the Magistrate to show the defendant that if men would act like brutes to their wives they would be punished. The wife then deposed that her husband had for some time ill-used her, but had latterly said that he would not strike her ; but he was in the habit of violently shaking her, and said that he did not like children or the idea of her having them. 711 E NAVY. MARKETS---TIIIS DAY. The defendant said he never remembered using any threats. Mr. Tyrwhitt said they had better live apart. The defendant said he did not wish to live apart. Mr. Lewis observed that they could not live together. Mr. Tyrwhitt said the defendant was a poor cowardly fellow to harass his wife in her then condition. He should make the defendant find one bail to keep the peace to his wife for three months, and he would tell him that he con sidered him a poor miserable fellow. SPOR7ING INTELLIGENCE. TATIERSALLS'—LAST EVENING. THE DERBY. 15 to 2 agst Lord Clifden (taken) 9to 1 agst Saccharometer (taken) 12 to 1 agst Hospodar (offered) 33 to 1 agst Carnival (taken) 33 to 1 agst 'Melrose (taken) 50 to 1 agst Taje (taken) 50 to 1 agst Pratique (taken) 1000 to 15 agst Giles the First (taken) 1090 to 10 agst Overstone (taken) SHIPPING---THIS DAY. LONDON, Dec. 16.—Wind this day at noon—South- Westerly ; moderate breeze, and cloudy weather. OFF DOVER, Dec. 15 . —Arr ived—Centurion, from Syd ney, N.S.W. DARTMOUTH, Dec. 15.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Hen rietta, from Helsingfors, for Rio Janeiro, with jibboom broken. P LYMOU TH, Dec, I.s.—Wind S,—Arrivel—Her Ma- jesty's ship Emerald, from Gibralt ar ; Lady Melviile, from F A LMOUTH, Dec. 15.—Wind S.W.— Arrived—Falkland, from Moulmein. f L o o r n s el y o d n n , ey fo . r Melbourne ; Mary Sheppard, from London, frm ~Ds .e c. 16.—Arri ve d —Jura, screw steamer, o L° u P G o HrtlFan°dY,LUE ($Y MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVES END, Tuesday Morning. A r rd Arrived ; Willkomman, from Riga; John Pickard, f rom Teaser and Countess L e i cester, from Guernsey; Rope Isabella, from Rio Janeiro ; --oPe and Mathilda, from ottenburg. iv Groningen DEAL, Tuesday Morning. Passed--Earl of Hardwicke, from Madras, for London; Psyche,_ from London, for St. Mich ae l' s. Anchored—Deus Manes, from London, for Nantes ; Dritannia, from London, for Newport, The iron masts of the Prince Consort iron-plated frigate have been received at the dockyard at Pem broke. They are entirely of wrought iron, and have been manufactured at the iron works at Chepstow, whence they were sent by special train down the South Wales Railway. The mainmast is upwards of 80ft. in length, and the united length of the three masts with the bowsprit is 260 ft, while the weight of the whole is over 60 tons. They were conveyed on a train comprising 23 limber carriages, and each mast was complete and ready for shipment when placed on the trucks. Enormous shears have some time been ready on the deck of the Prince Consort, and, as the iron plating is well advanced, in a short time this fine frigate will be ready for floating out of the dry dock, where the process of armour plat ing has been carried on. The screw steam frigate Doris, 32, Capt. Sir F. I. M'Clintock, from the Mediterranean, arrived at Plymouth yesterday morning. She left Gibraltar on the Bth, Lisbon on the 10th, and Ferrol on the 12th inst. Very fine weather prevailed on the pas sage ; the wind was north-east, with heavy swells. The Doris steamed nearly all the way. She brings as passengers from Gibraltar Ensign Graham, 3d Regiment, and one seaman and two marines, inva lids. This frigate was put in commission on March 4, 1859. Her crew will be paid off at Plymouth. She has been constantly occupied in the Medi terranean, and on two occasions, for four months and for two months, was in attendance on the Prince of Wales during the visits of his Royal Highness to the Continent. The Doris in in good condition. At Gibraltar was the gunboat Procris, Fredk. Warden, C. 8., and at Lisbon the screw steamship Revenge, 73, Capt. Chas. Fellowes, flag of Rear-Admiral Robt. Smart, K.H.; Black Prince, 40, Capt. James F. P. Wainwright ; Warrior, 40, Capt. the Hon. Arthur Cochrane ; Resistance, 18, Capt. Wm. Chamberlain; and the Defence, 18,Capt. Richard A. Powell, C.B. A contract for the supply of a portion of the armour plates for the iron frigate Achilles, 50,1,250 horse power, building at Chatham dockyard, has been taken by Messrs. Brown and Co., of the Atlas works, Sheffield. They have engaged to supply the plates at the rate of £45 10s. per ton. The same firm is under contract to supply the armour plates for the iron vessel Enterprise, which is being con structedaccording to the plan proposed byMr. Reed. About 600 tons have already been received at Chat ham dockyard from the Thames Ironworks, the Parkgate Foundry, and other establishments, to be used in plating the Achilles and the Royal Oak, 50. The whole of these plates are stacked beneath the shed erected for the screw steamer Reindeer, 17, under construction. In addition to these upwards of 800 tons of armour plates have been already bolted to the sides of the Royal Oak. The principal por- tion of the armour plates for the Achilles will be manufactured at the Parkgate Ironworks, York shire, which firm has already supplied a large number used at Chatham. In the manufacture of the armour plates for the Achilles some im provements will be introduced in order to give greater strength and hardness to the iron. I❑ the preparation of plates hitherto supplied for our iron and iron cased vessels a certain number have been manufactured either from rolled or hammered iron—that is, the bloom of iron when taken from the furnace is either rolled into the required slab under heavy rollers, or else beaten into shape under the steam hammer. It is intended, however, to employ both these processes in preparing the armour plating for the Achilles, the bloom being first rolled into the shape of the plate, which will then be completed under the operations of the hammer, ex perience having shown that the plates manufac tured by hammering are considerably tougher and have a much closer grain than those which have been rolled only. According to existing appear ances, the Achilles will be ready to receive her first tier of armour plates in about a month, the shipwrights being now engaged in fixing the 18 inch teak backing on those parts of the interior plates of the vessel which are already completed. The pre sent elevated tramway on each side of the dock will shortly be removed, and in its place a much larger tramway will be laid down for a pair of the most powerful of Taylor's steam cranes, two of which have been for some time at 'work in the adjoining dock, lifting the heavy armour-plates and other portions of the iron-work for the Royal Oak,which latter vessel is expected to be ready for floating out of dock during the ensuing month. The following appointments have been made at the Admiralty :—Commander W. H. Edye, to the Britannia ; Lieutenant George M. Comber, to the Victory; John G. Barnes, paymaster, to the Pylades ; A. M. Williams, midshipman, to the Shearwater ; H. J. H. Veitch, midshipman, to the Pylades ; and F. T. Bagshawe, master's assis tant, to the Meeanee. Mears. J. B. Fellowes, A. E. Stuart, and H. J. Bodman have been nominated to naval cadetships. LITERATURE. Through Algeri-i. By the Author of " Life in Tuscany." Bentley. Belonging to the rapidly increasing class of lady tourists, and commencing her work with an apology for the same, the author conducts her readers through the various phases of Algerine life, jotting down her impressions in a light and agreeable man ner, and conveying a vivid idea of the condition of that part of Africa which is now under the paternal Government of the French. The native population of Algeria consists of a mixture of Moors, Jews, negroes, and Arabs, and of the former she says : "The Moor has an innate love of beauty. The colours of his dress are well assorted, and his em broidery designs are graceful. He is passionately fond of flowers—he has them often in a jar beside him as he works, and he frequently inserts them beneath the edge of his fez or turban; the oppres sive fragrance of the large white jasmine and the orange flower is his delight. Though loving to lie in the shade, he likes to have a gush of sunshine lighting up the scene on which he locks. Polite in speech, his gestures are always graceful, his bear ing dignified, and the calm self-possession of his address is never disturbed by the most unex pected incident." Algeria, at present, consists, as it were, of two divisions; that occupied by the French having been almost entirely rebuilt by them, has consequently lost its distinctive architectural features, but in the old portion of the town the oriental aspect is still preserved. "It is but a step from a wide French street to a native thoroughfare about four feet wide, scaling the side of a steep hill. The shops on either hand are i n E uropean eyes no- . thing but mere stalls ; many of them are not so large as a good-sized wardrobe, and in every case their open fronts serve the place of doors and windows. Here is a stall whose entrance is ornamented by pendant buuellea of red pepper pode and onions, whilst the proprietor, coiled up upon his bench, has fallen fast asleep. Opposite is a narrow room, some five feet long, in which a barber is exercising his skill upon a well-lathered head ; and on a bench inside a handsomely-dressed Moor is evidently wait ing to undergo a similar operation. Close by three shoemakers ply their trade in a recess, whose en trance is garnished by pendant strings of shoes, black, red, and green, and showing here and there a resplendent front, glittering with gold and silver twist, and tinsel ornament. A few steps further up I pass a cafe, whose walls are lined on either side by a row of cross-legged natives, of whom some smoke, some play at draughts, whilst others sip coffee out of diminutive cups, amidst an almost unbroken silence. In a small recess raised a few steps above the street a solemn Greybeard sits, resting on his knees a sheet of paper, on which he is slowly tracing with ex quisite neatness some Arabic characters." But the author did not confine herself to Algiers, but made excursions into the country, and even penetrated as far as Ka bylia ; the natives of which, differing in many essentials from the Arabs, have the character of being by no means fond of strangers. She was received, however, everywhere with courtesy, though her advent not a little astonished the Kabyles, and the accommodation with which she had to content herself was often of a most primitivi kind. The great curse of the country seems to be malaria ; the soil, wherever turned up, emits pesti lential exhalations, and the French settlers have " died off like flies." This has been a terrible draw back to the prosperity of the colony, and notwith standing all the inducements held out by the French Government progress has been exceedingly slow. Scattered through the volume we find some interest ing anecdotes illustrative of Arab character, together with curious descriptions of their superstitious rites and festivals, and the reader will obtain from it not only amusement, bat also a considerable amount of information. The °tannings. By Mrs. Henry Wood. Bentley i This is a reprint, in a single volume, of Mrsi Henry Wood's extremely popular novel, and in its present handsome and convenient, but cheap, form we have no doubt it will command an extensive sale. 6.4.0 19.16.4 12.10 lla 46f i 44 125 129 68 71 108; 731 1L 13 96 5[ 101 f ok 128 k 1 P 99 i i I d ,!81 i 99i HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £1 16s to £4 5s Od; clover, do., £3 lOs to £5 10s Od ; and straw, £1 12s to £1 16s per load. Trade dull. A moderate supply. CUMBERLAND..—Mea'tow nay, £1 16s to £4 ss; clover, £3 lOs to £5 lOs Od ; and straw, £1 12s to £1 16s per load. Both hay and straw moved off slowly at late rates. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £1 16s to £1 ss; clove), do,, £3 lOs to £5 lOs; and straw, £1 12s to £1 16s per load. A slow demand. COLONIAL. TEX.—There has been a very limited business transacted, and prices have remained without change of importance. SUGAIL—The market has been dull, and in some in stances a slight decline has taken place in prices. Refined descriptions have been dull at about previous quotations. COFFEE.—OnIy limited dealings have been recorded in colonial qualities, without any material alt era ti on i n pr i ces. RlCE.—There has been a moderate demand for good and fine qualities of East India at about late rates. SALTPETRE.—Business has been moderately active, full rates being current for British refined. TALLOW.—The market has been more active, and prices have shown an upward movement for both present and future delivery. P.Y.C. on the spot is quoted 45s 9d, and spring delivery 46s per cwt. COAL i (Prices of Coal per Ton a' ARKET. the close of the market. s. d. Bate's West Hartley..ls 0 Carway and Duftryn Malting .. 22 0 Do. Anthracite.. 20 0 Byass's Bebside West 8. d. Walker Primrose 13 9 Wylam ..17 0 West Wylam 15 9 Hartley .. 15 6 Bell's Primrose l4 0 I'anfield Moor 14 3 Tanfield Moor Butes l4 3 North Pelton Gas 14 6 Cowpen Hartley ..15 6 Davison's West Hart ley.. l5 6 Hastings Hartley l5 6 Holywell .17 0 Lambert's West Hart ley 15 6 Jonassohn'sW.H'rtleyls 6 Edon Main 16 ' 9 Craighead Steam l4 0 West Hartley 15 6 Ships at market, Walls End. Hetton .. lB 6 Thorpe .. ..16 0 Belmont 16 3 Tunstall ....16 3 Haswell lB 6 South Hartlepool.... l7 0 Tr imdon Hartlepool lB 0 Eden 16 6 Acorn Close ..16 6 South Hetton ...18 6 Stewart's 18 0 Hedley 16 0 Cassop l7 0 Russel's Hetton 17 3 Peases West .15 6 Framwellgate 16 6 153; sold, 116. FOREIGN MAIL PACKET LIST. MAILS DUE. Aunralia and Mauritius, via Southampton Dec. 19. via Marseilles Dec. 13. Brazil and Cape Verds, by British packet Jan. 4. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena Jan. 2. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton Dec. 19. via Marseilles Dec. 13. Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton .. Dec. 11. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton Dec. 19. via Marseilles Dec. 13. India (Bombay), via Southampton Dec. 11. via Marseilles Dec. 20. P0rtuga1.......... Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Dec. 11. via Marseilles l'iewfoundland ... Dec. 13.10 Oporto and Vigo U. S. and British N. America, ty Brit. packet.... Dec. 10. by U.S. packet.... by Canadian packet. Dec. 12. W.C. of Africa, M- adeira, and Teneriffe Dec. 10. Bahamas, via Now York Dec. 18. Mexico Dec. 29. All parts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru, California, and British Columbi a. I Deo. 15. Advices from Lesparre, in the Gironde, mention the largest sales of wine during tha present year. The produce of Chateau Lafitte, Chateau Latour, and Chateau Margaux has been sold at 4,000 f. the 912 litres. ranillac and St. Estephe brought 1,400 L, Cissac from 800 f. to 825 f., and St. Lambert 800 f. There are several buyers in Lower Medoc, who are endeavouring to purchase at the prices quoted immediately after the vintage, but the wine growers declare their determination not to sell at less than 00f, !OLONIAL GOVERNMEN't SEC 11 l,ay.liov. 6 p.c.Ja &July 1877-St ...... Do. 6 p. c. Feb. & Aug. Do. 6 p. c. Mar. & Do. 5 p. c. Jan.&July. Do. 5 Inscribed stock, Cape G.Hope, 6p c,1873: 1 Do.Ap & Oct. 1880, Do. 1890 Do. Jan. & July, 1891-, Ceylon, N0v.1861, 6 p N.B.Gov. 6 p.c.d a.&July , Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct. N. S. W. G ov. 5 p c.,1866' Do. 5 p. c.,1871 to 1876 Do. d0.,1888 &upwdsl New Zealand 6 p. cent., Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p. c , sterling, 1875 Queensland Gov. 6 p. c S. Aus Gop.c. 187 a & up ; Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July Do. to Rn.e. An.&Ont.. , BRITISH ;Cambrian Consol. Gold !Cli fiord Amalgamated Devon G. Cone. (Taoist ; j East Bassett ( IIlogan) East Clogau Gold Ltd , East Caradon ..... East Cam Brea... I W 1 Russel (Tavis tk. Gam.(l6St.Aubyn(Gwen.' Great South Tolgus G. Wheal Vor (lielstoW Grenville .. Herod's- Foot Hingston Downs Lady Bertha 51argaret (tiny Lelant arke Valley.. Myndy Iron Ore (Lim ) New Setun North Downs N. Will Basset (1110 _fan North Wheal Crotty Par Consols (St. Blazey) Providence ( Uny Lelnt.) South Caradon(St.Cleer) S. Cant Brea (Illogan) .Wheal Fran. (Mogan, Stray Park Tamar Silv.& Lead Tin Croft West Basset (Illogan) W Oaradon (Liskeard) West Seton Wheal Basset (Mogan) Wheal Buller (ltedruth) Wheal Kitty(U.Lelaut)j WhealLud ott Wheal Mary Ann (Men ) Wheal Seton wheal Trelawney (Lis ) Wheal Union 100 100 100 100 100 471 51 5 2.0.6 2.10.8 8 681 7 3.13 1 108 109 'lO6 W 8 106 108 991 Of 97 89 103 110 111 113 1 112 114 1114 116 21 2 3 495 505 51 63 40 41 /P 10 to: 2 Ri 14 16 71 71 6i 61 41 5 45 47 2 21 11 11 39 41 81 9 1 ds pr 130 140 21 S 21 31 41 5 5 6 39 41 385 395 `&14.6 3.0.0 7.19.0 ?71 17; 40 0.15.6 8.12 4. 7.0 2.0,6 4.3.0 191 2.4.9 10.6.7 11 5.15.11 18.1-.9 28.9. 2i 3 874 02} 38 10 12 13 13 14 28 30 285 295 EO 85 50 82 74 84 9i 01 14} 15 1 165 170 16 17 5} 5} MINEb. FOREIGN Australian BonAccord Copper,Lim. Brazil Land & Capula Silver Cobrc Copper Coptapo DunMoun. Cop. Mi n e. Co East I.) , ?lney (Limited) Fortuna. „„. General Gt N. Cop. S. Austr K apunda (Limited) Linares Lueitanian M ari qui ta Mont.A.Braz Gold Min N. Rhin eCopot S. Aus. L Pontgibaud Silver,Lead Mining and Smelt... Port Philip Santaßarbara GldMine Scottish Austrin. (L.) St. John del Rey (L.) United Mexican Worthing . (Limited) ; Yudan amutanaS. A. L d 107 108 101 102 101 102 1001 1011 111 113 1 108 109 110 112 ,111 113 1081 1081 T ES. THE EA7E PRINCE CONSOR7. Mr. Murray has just published—"Th© Principal Speeches and Addresses of his Royal Highness the Prince Consort with an Introduction giving some Outline of his Character." This volume contains something more than a collection of speeches already known to the yams. u.ne wueen has chosen this oczasion to make known the secret details of the correspondence which took place in 1850, when it was rumoured that the prince was about to assume the position of commander-in-chief. We have here a memorandum written by the prince relating all the facts, and from this it appears that it was the prince himself who withstood the suggestions of the Duke of Wellington, who desired to invest him with the great command. The words which in the volume before us usher in the memorandum of the prince are very remarkable, and will be read by the public with even more interest than the memorandum itself : .. " In allowing this memorandum of the prince tObSPub lished, the Queen is also actuated by another motive in ad dition to those which have already been mentioned. It affords her Majesty a fitting opportunity for expressing, ix the most clear and simple manner, that for so many years she has desired to express. During the prince's life the Queen often longed to make known to the world the ever present, watchful, faithful, invaluable aid which she re ceived from the Prince Consort in the conduct of the public business. Her Majesty could hardly endure even then to be silent on this subject, and not to declare how much her reign owed to him. And now the Queen can no longer re frain from uttering what she has so long felt, and from pro claiming the irreparable loss to the public service, as well as to herself and to her family, which the prince's death has occasioned. The position of her Majesty, for many years accustomed to this loving aid, and now suddenly bereft of it, can with difficulty be imagined to the full ex tent of its heaviness and its sadness. Desolate and sombre, as the Queen most deeply feels, lies the way before her ;—a path, however, of duty and ©f labour, which, relying on the loyal attachment and sympathy of her people, she will, with God's blessing, strive to pursue; but where she fears her faltering steps will often show they lack the tender and affectionate support which, on all occasions, her Majesty was wont to receive from her beloved husband, the prince." The occasion of this offer made by the Duke of Welling ton may have now'passed out of the public memory. It was as follows : On the death of Sir J. Macdonald, the adjutant-general, in March, 1850, a suggestion was made to amalgamate the two offices of adjutant and quartermaster general under a single head, to be called chief of the staff. The Duke of Wellington was, in consequence, summoned to Windsor, and several conversations ensued, in the course of which the duke proposed that arrangements should be made with a view to the prince's ultimately succeeding himself as commander-in• chief. The prince's minutes of the conversation which passed are not given in extenso, but the following are the extracts now published : ' Windsor Castle, April 3, 1850. " I went yesterday to see the Duke of Wellington in his room after his arrival at the Castle, our conversation soon turning to the question of the vacant adjutant-generalship. I asked the duke what he was prepared to recommend. He said ho had had a letter on the subject recommending the union of the two offices of adjutant-general and quarter master-general, and he placed his answer to it in my hands. He then proceeded to say that he thought it necessary that we should cast our eyes a little before us. He was past 80 years, and would nest month enter upon his 82d. He was, thank God I very well and strong, and ready to do any thing ; but he could not last for ever, and in the natural g yu e n r i a ti l n i g n the th e duties of ties per son course of events we must look to a change before lon g , As long as he was the re he did the duty of all the offices him self. . . . To forma ar n te e r w m o a ffi st c e e r _ by i g ef en o e f hratiaend quartermaster-general as was the practice i n some would be to appoint two different persons to ad o j f ut a an chef dfoorethigensaaTeiedly, which would never answer. The chief of the staff would again have to sub-divide his office into an adjutant-general and quartermaster-general's department, and nothing would be gained. " However, the duke saw the greatest advantage in hav• ing a chief of the staff, if, after his death, that arrangement should be made which he had always looked to, and which he considered the best—viz.,that I should assume the com mand of the army. " He was sure I could not do it without such a chief of the staff, who would be responsible before the public, and carry on the official communications with the other govern ment departments. For this contingency he was prepared to organise the machinery now, and he would answer for its success. . . "I answered to the duke that I should be very slow to make up my mind to undertake so great a responsibility-- that I was not sure of my fitness for it on account of my want of military experience, &c. (to Which the duke replied that with good honest intentions one could do a great deal, and that he should not be the least afraid on that score) — whether I could perform the duties consistently with my other avocations, as I should not like to undertake what I could not carry through, not knowing what time or atten tion they would require. "The duke answered that it would certainly require both timo and attention, for nothing could be done without my knowledge, or without.my order, hut that the detail would be worked out by the chief of the staff. He had thoroughly considered that and would make it work. . . He always stood up for the principle of the army being commanded by the Sovereign, and ho endeavoured to make the practice agree with that theory by scrupulously taking on every point the Queen's pleasure before he acted. But, were ho gone, he saw no security, unless I undertook the command myself, and thus supplied what was deficient in the consti tutional working of the theory arising from the circum stance of the present Sovereign being a lady. Strictly constitutionally I should certainly be responsible for my acts, but before the world in general the chief of the staff would bear the responsibility, and for that office the man of the greatest name and weight in the army ought to be se lected. He repeated that he thought this the most de sirable arrangemeut, and would at onto work it out to the best of his ability. . . I begged him to leave me time to consider the proposal. "In the evening the Queen gave the Duke of Wellington an audience, I being present. After having set out by say ing he was most anxious to let the Queen know and feel all he knew and felt about it—in fact, to think aloud—the duke repeated what he had said to me in the morning, and we discussed the question further. I said that there were several points which still required to be considered. . . The offer was so tempting for a young man that I felt bound to look most closely to all the objections to it in order to come to a right decision. . . . The Queen, as a lady, was not able at all times to perform the many duties imposed upon her; moreover, she had no private secretary who worked for her, as former Sovereigns had had. The only person who helped her and who could assist her in the mul tiplicity of work which ought to be done by the Sovereign was myself. I should be very sorry to undertake any duty which would absorb my time and attention so much for ont department as to interfere with my general usefulness to the Queen. . . The Queen added that I already worked harder than she liked to see and than she thought was good for my health,* which I did not allow —answer ing that, on the contrary, business must naturally increase with time, and ought to increase, if the Sovereign' s duties to the country were to be thoroughly perfornnYA ; but that I was anxious no more should fall upon her than could be helped. "The duke seemed struck with this consideration and said he had not overlooked it, hut might not have given it all the weight it deserved, and that he would reflect farther f t o a c be o e r performed,i ys o 1 solved unlessandt hwee Queenknew it hn dedluhre kheceaaerpxsgrtaeol exact da dutiesitsheea duketo upon it. " We agreed at last that this question could not be satis pwhichai n ed these e that should wa : b g e phr t foundet a , i l d, a 1850. and d e. wdoht.lec which draw up his agemheemraolreapnidhuiemn explained cision on that paper. This "After a good deal of reflection, on the Duk:➢ of Welling. ton's proposal, I went to pay him a visit yesterda., morning in his room, and found him prepared with his mtrnoran dum, which he handed me. After having read it, I sa id to him that I must consider ray position as a Wad e , which was that of the c onsor t an d confidential adviser aul assistant of a female sovereign. Her interest and good should stand foremost, and all other consideration: must be viewed in reference to this, and in subordina tion to it. The question then was simply whether I should not weaken my means of attending to all parts of the constitutional position alike—political, social, and moral —if I devoted myself to a special branch, however important that might be ; and that I was afraid this would be the consequence of my becoming commander-in -chief.. It was quite true that the Sovereign being a lady naturally weakened her relation to the army, and that the duty rested upon me of supplying that deficiency, and would do so still more when the protection which the duke afforded to the Crown should be unfortunately withdrawn. But I doubted whether this might not be accomplished without my becoming especially responsible for the com mand of the army. There was no branch of public business in which I was not now supporting the Queen, &c. . The duke replied he quite saw that my position ought to be looked at as a whole. He felt the extreme difficulty and delicacy of it, and was kind enough to add that he approved of, and the public did full justice to, the way in which I had hitherto maintained it. 1 begged him to lease me a little time for consideration, that I wanted to study his memor andum, and would finally write to him upon the subject." Ultimately the prince formally declined the position in. the following admirable letter : m y dear duke,—The Queen and myself have thoroughly considered your proposal to join the officed of adjutant ' general and quartermaster -general into one of a chief of the staff, with a view to facilitate the future assumption of the command of the army by myself. „ . The question whether it will be advisable that I she uld take the command of the army or not has been most anxiously weighed by me, and I have come to the conclusion that my decision ought entirely and solely to be guided by the consideration whether it would inte:tfere with or assist my position of consort of the Sovereign, and the performance of the duties which this position imposes upon me. " This position is a most peculiar and delicate one. While a female sovereign has a great many disadvantages in comparison with a king, yet, if she is married, and her husband understands and does his duty, her position, on the other hand has many compensating advantages, and, in the long run, will be found even to be stronger than that of a male sovereign, But this requires that the husband should entirely sink his own individual existence iuthat of his wife, that he should aim at no power by himself or for himself— whtpuld rat,. a an vetelittiGluit —assume no separate responsi bility before the public—but make his position entirely a part of hers—fill up every gap which as a woman she would naturally leave in the exercise of her regal functions—con tinually and anxiously watch every part of the public busi ness, in order to be able to advise and assist her at any mo ment in any of the multifarious and difficult questions or duties brought before her, sometimes international, some times poltical, or social or personal. As the natural head of her family, superintendent of her household, manager of her private affairs, sole confidential adviser in politics, and only assistant in her communications with the officers of the government, he is, besides the husband of the Queen, the tutor of the royal children, the private secretary of the So vereign, and her permanent minister, " How far would it be consistent with this position to undertake the management and administration of a most important branch of the public service, 'and the individual responsibility attaching to it—becoming an executive officer of the crown, receiving the Queen's commands through her secretaries of state, &c ? I feel sure that, having under taken the responsibility, I should not be satisfied to leave the business and real work in the hands of another (the chief of the staff), and should feel it my duty to look to them myself. But while I should in this manner perform duties which, I am sure, every able general officer who has gained experience in the field woula be able to perform bet ter than myself, who have not had the advantage of such experience, most important duties connected with the wel fare of the Sovereign would be left unperformed, which no body could perform but myself. I am afraid, therefore, that I must discard the tempting idea of being placed in command of the British army." * The anxiety of the Queen lest the princ e s h ou ld i n j ure his health by his excessive attention to public business na turally continued to increase. In 1860, when the S oc i e t y of Arts renewed the proposal for holding a second Interna tional Exhibition, the Queen wrote to Lord Gr anv ill e, with out the knowledge of the prince, expressing her earnest hope that he (Lord Granville) would d o a ll t h at in him lay to prevent the res t , onsibility and labour of conducting the undertaking being thrown in any way on his royal high ness. The Queen felt deeply the necessity for averting any addition to the heavy work already entailed on the prince by the assistance and support (every day more needful to her) which he gave her in the transaction of all public busi ness; and her Majesty was convinced that he could not again undertake the labour he had gone through in conduct ing the first Exhibition to its successful termination with out injury to that health which was not only most precious to herself and his family, but to the country, and even to the world. A FRIEND IN bi EED.—In one of the hospitals at Alexandria we saw a young fellow near an open window lustily singing, "I'm a bold soldier boy." "A n d what is the matter with you ?" " Blind, sir, blind as a bat." Poor Joe Parsons was in front at Antietam Crtek, and a ball passed directly through his eyes, across his face, destroying his sight for ever. But he was as happy as a lark. " I might ha' been worse, yer see. I was hit," he said, "and it knocked me down. I lay there all night, and the next day the fight was renewed. I could stand the pain, yer see, but the balls was flying all round, and I wanted to get away. I couldn't see nothin', though. At last I heard a feller groanin' beyond me. ' Hello l' says I. Hello, your self,' says he. ' Who be yer ?' says a Rebel ?' " You're a Yankee,' says he. So I am,' says I. ' Wh at's the mat ter with you ?" My leg's smashed,' s a y s h e. ' Can't yer walk ?' Rebel, 'No. but Ca w nyer l seoeuPd' ' Yes.' Well,' say s I, 'y ou ' re ao me a littl e f avour ? " I will,' _ says he, of I ken.' Then I says, "Well, ole butternut, I can't see nothin'. My eyes is knocked out, but I ken walk. Come over yore. Let's git out o' this. You pint the way, an' I'll tote yer off the field on my back.' Bully for you,' says he. And so we managed to git together. We shook hands on it. I took a wink outer his canteen, and he got on to my shoulders. I did the welkin' for both, an' he did the navigatin'. An' of he didn't make me carry him straight into a rebel colonel's tent, a mile away, I'm aliar I Hows'ever, the colonel came up, an' says he, Whar d'yer come from ? Who be yer ?' I told him. He said I was done for, and couldn't do no more shoot'n ; an' he sent me over to our lines. So I came down here with the wounded boys, where we're doin' pretty well, all things considered.: "But you will never see the light again, my poor fen . ow. you it, n " o T ti h c a e t . I did y Booty w ; d, got i b slyh,ot but pop I can't help 's n in the eye--an of that's my misfort'n, not my fault — as the old man his blind Koss. But—' I'm a bold sold ier boy. Bala a eregl delphia Enquirer. TRADE OF THE SOUTH WA LES PORTS. —D uring the month of November the trade of the South Wales ports showed a considerable increase as compared with the cor resondinperiod of las t year. 104,022 tons of c oa l s , 9,443 tons of iron, 1,299 to ns ,g p of coke, and 1,325 tons of Went d.ff te d from Car , being an incree of nearly fuel were expor oal as compared with the comesponding 14,000 tons c 1 f vessels e t the pert of Swansea during mon th of 1861. 437 the mon th with an aggregate registered tonnage of 62,11 3 tons , being a slight increase on 1861 : Ll ane lly an d Britort , Furry a lso =OW an =ease ou 1861, 3ITY ag is- Lord with 2s. 6d. 1021 thare 100 stk 20 20i stock stock stock 100 100 100 100 100 100 stock stock 20i 20i 100 100 stock stock stock stock stock st I 20 st stock 10 20 20 20 20 5 1 1 1 28.2.81 100 100 20'11