The Sun. — London, England, 1862-01-07 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND CITY NEWS. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. In the Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets the dealings during the last few days have been moderately active. Tea has brought full prices, while sugar, coffee, and rice have been in fair re quest. Saltpetre continues in steady demand, but tallow has slightly declined for both present and forward delivery. Business in the Liverpool Cotton Market, yester day, continued rather active, and prices were very firm. The sales were about 12,000 bales. The suspension has been announced of Messrs. Ogleby and Co., oil merchants, with liabilities estimated at between £50,000 and £60,000. The failure has also taken place of Mr. T. Mansbridge, wholesale milliner, for about £25,000. Messrs. H. O'Shea and Co., bankers of Madrid, have stopped payment. About £46,000 in gold was taken into the Bank of England yesterday. The Kent has arrived from Australia with £422,412 in gold, and the Europa, from America, has brought £21,620 in specie. There is an increase of £1,670 in the traffic re turns of the Brighton Railway, and a decrease of £1,510 on the South Eastern for the past week. The traffic receipts of the Great Western Railway of Canada for the week ending the 20th ultimo, amounted to £11,105 against £7,574 in 1860. Increased easiness has been apparent in the discount market to-day, the inquiries having been limited, while the rates have ranged rather lower than they did last week, 21 per cent. being now the general charge for superior descriptions of mer cantile bills, of which, however, the supply is very moderate. The banks and discount houses are unable to obtain full employment for their re sources, and the consequence is an active competi tion, which allows the mercantile community to obtain their accommodation on unusually favour able terms. Owing to the advices from New York by the Europa, a heavy tone has pervaded the market for public securities, and Consols have receded to 92 921 for money and the 9th inst., and 92/ a for the February account. The aggregate amount of business transacted was not large, but sales have pre ponderated, and depression has consequently ensued. The New Threes and the Reduced are steady at 911 92 ; Exchequer Bills at 12s. to 15s. prem. ; Bank Stock has advanced to 238 ; India 5 per Cent. Loan is 1051 being steady; the 5 per Cent. En aced Paper has risen to 99, and the 5/ per Cent., 105/. No material alteration has taken place in Foreign Securities, and the dealings have been rather re• stricted. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 79 to 80; ditto, 1858, 70 to 701. Mexican are flat at 27Z 281 ; Italian at 623 ; ; and Venezuelan at 224. Spanish Certificates remain at 6±, and Sardinian are 77. Owing to a few speculative transactions Consols have receded per cent., the present price being 921 Business in the Railway Share Market has con tinued rather inactive, and in some instances prices have shown further slight depression. Eastern Counties, Great Northern, Lancashire and York shire, North Western, South Western, Manchester, Sheffield. and Lincoln, Midlands, and North Eastern (Berwick), have receded 55.; South Eastern, however, have improved 10s. The Foreign and Colonial lines have remained without any material variation as regards values. Northern of France realise 39 ; Gtand Trunk of Canada, 201; East Indian, 1001, 101 ; and Great Indiaii Peninsula, 99-I. Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares continue in limited request; Oriental Bank have improved to 521 ; Ottoman Bank realise 18 ; Pen insula and Oriental Steam, 671 to 68 ; and Royal Mail Steam, 48. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 9lh 1 2 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities New 3 per Cent. Annuities 9lh t 2 11 India Stock Ditto 5 per Cent. Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent — Ditto 5 per Cent 99 8i f Ditto 51 per Cent Ditto Debentures, 4 per Cent., Oct., 1863 991' Ditto ditto April, 1864 994 9 Consols for Account, Jan. 9 India Stock for Account, 5 per Cent March. June. Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO 2d.... 12 15 12 14 Ditto £SOO Ditto Small l5 12 j 12 14 FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. 13 razilian 5 per Cent Jhilian 6 per Cent Ditto 4i per Cent B3l Mexican, 3 per Cent , Ditto Account ' ardinian 5 per Cent. SPanisb. 3 per Cent Ditto New Deferred .panish. Cert. of Coup. not funded rurkish 6 per Cent. — Ditto Account Ditto New Loan Ditto Account TeAmuelan 3 per Cent Ditto , Account Dividends on the above payable in London. Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861 THREE O'CLOCK. Consols, Money Ditto Account THIS DAY'S LuARKETS. HAY MARKETS. SAIITTIFIELM—Neadow hay, £2 5s to £5 , clover, £3 10s to £5 15s Od ; and straw, £1 8s to £1 16s Od per load. :Supply moderate ; trade slow late rates. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, 12 5s to £5 Os, clover do.. £3 10s to £5 18s; and straw, £1 8s to 16s per load. A. f . klow demand. HITECHAPEL.--Meadow hay, 12 5s to 15 Oa; clove!, £3 10s to 16 Os Od ; arid straw, 11 8s to £1 18s per load. Trade' dull. COLONIAL. TEI.-There has been a fair business transacted, and prices have remained without material alteration. StmAß.—The market has been rather dull, but little change of importance can be reported in values. Refined descriptions, however, have been in b e tter request at slightly enhanced rates. COFFEE.—OnIy limited dealings have been recorded in colonial descriptions, and prices have remained without ch.ange of importance. •RicE —For the better descriptions of East India there as been a fair demand, and late quotations are well sup ported. SA.LTPETRE.—Business has been rather more animated, and fo r the inferior qualities full prices are readily obtained. Tax. Lcw.—The market continues quiet. P.Y.O on the spot is marked 50s, 3d. to 50s. 6d., and March delivery 51s. per cwt. TIIIS DAYS SHIPPING. Lostiox, Jan. 7.—Wind this day at noon—South , Westerly; moderate breeze, and cloudy weather, with slight -.rain. QUEENSTOWN, Jan. 7.—Arrived—Europa, steamer, from Boston, and left for Liverpool; left Boston on the 25th ult., and Halifax, N.S., on the 27th. CLYDE, Jan. 6.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Edsom, for New York. SWANSEA, Jan. 6.—Wind N. W.—Sailed—Arial, for the Cape of Good Hope. P LYIIO U Jan. 6.—Wind N.W.— Arrived—Dane, cc, - ew steamer. from Southampton for the Cape of Good Ha pc. Donn, Jan. 6.—Arrived— Severn, from Limerick for Now York. 'ZI3Y ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Tuesday Morning. Arrived —Nary Coles, from Bangor ; Ranger, from Ply . nion th ; Le Coq, from Ch er b ourg ; Augusta, from Cardiff All i ance , steamer, from Havre. (BY SUBMARINE AND MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Tuesday Morning. Arrived, J an , 7—Sybil, from G uernsey; C aravan , f r om New York; Esperance, from Aaborg. sailed, j ai . 7—Triton, steamer, for Boulogne; Vesta, for Bermuda. DEAL, Tuesday • Cape Coast Morning. Castle. Anchored—Ostrich , from London for Ca Passed in tow—B. B. Green, from the Ma uritius for London. The brigantine Forester, from London for Lancaster ' sprung a teak and su nk on Saturday las d ! off the Lizard The captain and crew were saved, and lanae here from the brigantine Garibaldi. TIIE ACCIDENT AT ST. MARTIN'S HALL.—By inquiries made at the hospitals it appears that the men, Wm. Goswell, John Lint field, and George Standing, who were injured by the falling of scaffolding at St. Martin's• hall, are progressing in a most satisfactory manner, and although soon after the accident it was very doubtful if they could recover, there now seems a fair prospect of their doing so. The steamer Colombo, with the London mail of Nov. 10, left Madras Dec. 11, en route to Calcutta. The Columbian sailed from Point de Galle Dec. 7, for Singapore and China, with the London mail of Nov. 10. The Bengal steamer left Suez Dec. 20, for Pepin, Madras, sad Chink SHARE 211ARKET-(THIS DAY). Sharel Railways. Belfast and Nor. Coun. Bir., Wol ., and Str. Val Blyth and Tyne Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Carmarthen Sz, Cardigan Cork and Bandon 7i 8 6} 7 95 07 103 104 ;Cork, Blrock, tf.c, Passage; Cornwall Do A A gets no div Do. B till 6p e.p an.has been paid to B. Dublin & Belfast Junc. Dun.,Perth,&A.b. Junc 1 'East Anglian Eastern Counties Eastern Union, A stock Do Bdo do DoNw A, late E U . 3ds East Still'olk Edinburgh & Glasgow Edin., Perth, & Dundee !Forth & Clyde Junction !Furness I Glascr and S. Western GreatNrthn.of Scotland' Great Northern Do A stock Do B do Gt. S. an I W. of Ireland Great Western Do Str Val gua. stock Irish South Eastern Lancashire & Yorkshire' London and Blackwall Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover' Lon. & North Western' Lon. & South Western L'derry & Coleraine L'derry & Enniskillen Van., Shef., & Lincoln Maryport and Carlisle Do shares 'Metropolitan Midland Do New _ _ _ 6.4.0 Do Bir' ming. Derby Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland Do. 4 shares Mid Kent Do Cray Line Newcastle and Carlisle Newry Armagh, def. Newry, Warnpt, ltos Norfolk North British Nor.Dev.Rail&Dk.stock Do A stk ; A revs no dl till fi pc. has been ndß Do D .tocK Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do, G.N.E. purchase Do Leeds Do York North London Do new !North Staffordshire IN. and S. W. Junction Not. Gran. El. & Canal Peebles Portsmouth Rh 3 ney Scot E h Central Scot. Z. E., Aber. stock Do So t . 3lid. stock Shrews. and Welchpool, Shropshire Union Sittingbourne & Sheer South Delon S. Durham & Lane. Un South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun Staines, Wok., an dWok. Stockton & Darlington I 5 Do . 19.16.4 Do New, 1860 Taff Vale. Do Pref. No. 1 Thames H avenDk&Rail Uls , ter Do 12.10 Do Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and rim Waterford & Kilkenny Water , ord & Limerick West Cornwall West London Do Ist class Do 2d elas. W. Hartlepool Har.&lL.' West Midland Oxford Do Newpor , ' Do Hereford' 5 6 41 42 104 11 184 194 53.. 514 48 52 34 36 90 9! 295 305 101 103 113 114 111 112 130 132 103 104 681 69k 55 58 107 f 1081 54 56 116 118 45 47 931 01 94 05 9 11 44i 45i 6i 6t 131 . 13,4 i 3/p 102 104 C 2 E 4 C 4 G4i 1014 102 I d 584 E 9 got 911 96 88 4! 41 d' 104 11 90 92 1 124 126 41 43 96 93 46 47 36 38 771 781 65 67 1 1 96 98 5i 89 41 8 9 p 5 6 p 55f 56} 24 I d ip 82 65 6 6) ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Closing Business Paid. Price. done. 163 f 181 Mk 4 1131 1111 131 09 8 9 93 i i 4 I 944 4 63 21 64 i 108 71 8 71 Li 51 1311 f $ 1 1 P 1021 3/ 77} 8 71 ; I A Bred Consols(PhilackA British Iron Clifford Devon G. Con, (Tavist.) East Bassett (Illogan).. East Caradon E. WI Russel (Tavlstk ) Gitill.&St.Aubyn(Gxen ) Great South Tolgus G. Wheal Alfd. (Phil act() G. Wheal Vor (lielstoW !Grenville Ilerod's- Foot Ilingston Downs I Lady Bertha 3largaret (tJny Lelant)l !North Downs North Frances (Illoga., I N.Wh 'I Basset (II lo ;an) North Wheal Crotty Par Consols (St. Blazey) Providence (Uny Lelnt.) Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. South Caradon(St.Cleer) S. Cam Brea (Illogan) S. Dev. Iron &Gen., Lim IS.Wheal Fran. (Illogs,n) !Stray Park 'Tamar Silv.& Lead Min ;Tin Croft Vale of Towey (Cann ) I West Basset (11l ogan) W. Caradon (Liskeard) West Seton Wheal Basset (Mogan) Wheal Buller (Re& uth) Whist Edward (Cals.) Wheal Kitty (U.L elaut), Wheal MaryAnu (Men.) Wheal Trelawney (Lis.); 47 49 44 4( 89 91 47i f LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. ,Paid. Leasing Closing Business Railways. Co. s Price. Done. --- Bedford and Bletchley all Ln. & N.W .. • • Birkenhead. Buckingh - rts_nre.. Chester &II . I yhead.. 100 Do 53 54 Do. 51 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. Lincolnsh. g pr c. 100 G '.North. 134 137 E.Union,HarwichShs all E,Counts. 4 41 Do. Woodbridge.... 100 .. .. Ms. Barr.&Neils.Dret. 100 Caledon .. .. Do. new Gloster &Dean Forest, all Gt. We t. .. .. Hull and Selby I all Yk.N. Mid 110 112 Do. halves Do. quarters Lancaster & Carlisle 100 Ln.& N.W 197 202 London & Greenwich 100 S. Eastern 61 63 63/ Do. Preferen •c 3 Lon.,Tilb.&s_ - Ikliend 100 Peto &Co B2 84 83 Lowestoft gua. 4 p c.. 100 Norfolk Do 6 per cent lOO Do. Mnc.,Bxtn.,&lllatlock 1 all LNW& N 31 3/ Mid. Bradford Prefer ence stock Newmarkt, BuryEx 1 5. 5. 6. E Counts. par i p gua. 5 per eent. .. Northn.&Eastn.sp.c.l all Do. Do. 6 per cent. .... all Do. Do. Fixed sp. c.... all Do. N. Eastn—Hartlepool la , N. E. Ber .. .. North Western Preston and Wyre. all L&N.W /&L. I 3 43 45 Do. 1 shares A. all Do. ••• • _ _ Roystn.Hitch.&Shep. 100 Gt. North. 134 137 Shrewsby & Hereford 100 T Brassey 118 122 1201 Do. Do. S ou th Staffordshire Wilts and Somerset—, 100 Gt. West. 90 92 Wimbledn At Croydon) all L.&Brp„ln, 81 91 PREFERENCE SHARES. Share/ Railways. Paid .l Business Pa m'i Prices. Done. Blythe and Tyne 10 p.c. pref. issued at £5 Bris. & Exet. 4 p. C. st Do. shares Caledon. £lO, 44 p. cent quar. shares, No. 2 Cork & Bandon, 54 p. c. Cornwall. 5 per cent Dun. Perth, & Aber.Jun Do. Ist Class Pref E. Ann. Class A 5 p. c Do. Class B 6 per cent Do. Class C 7 per cent E. Coun. Ex. 5 p.c. No. 1 Do No. 2 Do. new 6 p. c. st Eastern Union, 4 p. c Do. 5 p. c. guar Edin.& Glas.s p.c. shares Do. 4 p. c. guar. S.& Edin. Perth,& Dun. 4 p.c. Furness, 5 per cent Glas.& S.West. hm. 5 p.c Great Northern, 5 p. c D 0.5 p.e.Redm.lop.c. pm Do. 44 p. c. do Do.sp.c.Redrr.atsp.c.pm Gt. Nh. of ~ c ot. Ist pref. Gt. Sn. & W. (Ireland) 4 per cent Great West. (Berks and Hants Fxt) 5 per cent Do. redeem. 44 p. et Do. redeem. 4 p. et Do. irredeem. 4 p. ct Do. 5 p. c. redeem. pref. Do. 'limn. pref. shares Do. Chester s p.c. pf. shs Do. Chester 5 p.c. pf. shs Do. Birm. guar. stock Do. Chesterguar. shares Do. do Do. do Lan. & Carl. 4a p.c. pref Lan. & York. 6 p.c. stool; Do.Barnsl.st£s 2s 10d re Do. 6 p. c. (East Lan.) Do. 44 p. c. (Blackb. pur. Lon.&Brig.sp.n.gu. No.l Do. 5 per centdo. No 2 Do. 6 per cent. d 5 Do. 5 per cent. do. No. 4 Do. 44 per cent. do Do. 44 p. c. pref. shares Do. 7 per oent pref. stk Do. p.c. do(W.E.&C.P.) Do. 4p e. st(div. def .11P 65 Do. 4 per cent. pref Lon.Chat&Dov. sp.c.pf. Do. West. Ex., 8,6 p. c. Do. Metrop. Ex. 13, N p.c. Lon. & S. W., Coy. & Nuneaton, 5 per cent. Lon. & S.West. 7 p. cent. st., late 3d shares Do. 4; per cent Do. (Prtsm. perpl. anns of 2s 6d Londondy. & Cole. shs Londony. & Ennis. shs Man. . 1 11. & Lin. 5 per et. Do. £6 .. Do. 31 per cent ...... • • Do. redeem. 6percent... llaryport & Carl. 4 pr. c. Do. 41 per cent . ... Midland Con. 6 p. c. stk. Do.Con.Bris.& Bir. 6 p.c. Do. 41 p. c. pref. stock.. Do. 41 per cent..... . . Do.Leic. andllit4per ct 'Welk. 5 p. c. Ex. st. 1846 Do. 54 p. c. Pref. st. 1847 D 0.5 Way.ValEx.st.lB47 Nort British, 5 per cent. Do. New trua. per cent... Do. Bor. Un. g. prf. shs. Do. do. do. Nth.Dvn.Rail.&Dck.Co. N-East. Cons. pref. 4 p.c. Do. 41pr. 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. Pinch North Staffordshire lthymney Guaranteed Scottish Central. new p 1 Scottish North-Eastern p. c. pref. stock Do.Aberdeenaua.6p.e Do. 7 p. c. pref. stock South Devon, Ann, 10s. Do. Fixed 41 per cent ISouth Eastern (Reading nn., 1.0.6) Do. 41 per cent Do, Fixed 41 per cent South Wales, p,•ua. 4 p. c. Do. 44 per cent s„:3. yo coot. hi ia d . ero,. 5 . . c l p. 8 . a s c 9 u. .a Do. 5 per cent. Do. 5 p. c. gun. Do. B 6 p. c Do. c 6 Watrf d & Kilkny, 6 p. c• W. Mid.-Oxf Ist guistk Do. 2d do Do. Newport 5 p.c. pf. red I Do . Perpet.6 p. C. pf. 186i1 Do, till 1869 st 1 2s ect 10. 6. 91 93 20} 214 6 6} [Ol 103 [OS 110 [O6 108 [23 125 81 83 tl 1 113 89 91 97 99 97 99 87 89 Sq 90 99 101 9i I^i 17 18 10} 161 75 77 20 20 10 10i 15 15 - - [36 133 101 103 1112 115 112 115 136 13S 112 115 152 155 127 130 73 75 92 94 L. 2 114 131 14 [26 128 Prnl 68 70 tprn 37 139 [O2 104 92 94 [O9 111 [O7 109 1 lipnal 99 101 98 100 1 die par i dis part 22 23 I 132 13l 10 11 23i 24 100 102 100 102 9S 100 86 80 28 29 32 31 31 33 42 45 124 126 121 123 100 102 118 122 1115 no 100 100 100 100 8.13.4 100 100 100 100 100 FOREIGN MINES. 10 Australian 1 BonAccord Copper,Lim. 17.6 4 ft 4 J 1 20 Brazil St.J.del Rey,LiM 15 15 57 I 454 5 6 5 Do. Land and Mining Co. all 14 I Clarendon Cons.MitiCo. ; dis. 10 Cobre Copper all 34 36 Copiapo l6 6 8 1 DunMoun.Cop.Ming.Co all 1 14 2 Fortuna.., all 1 24 20 General all 23 24 2 Gt N. Cop. of S. Austr 1 p 1} Kapunda (Limited) 1 I lip it Linares all 7 8 • 5 ILusitanian 2 td pr 1 Mariquita all f 1 , N.Rhin cCopoiS.Aus.L 20 Pontgibaud Silver,Lcad I Mining and Smelt... all 2 4 5 Port Philip 1 11 11 1 Scottish Austrin. (1..) los. 7 lipm 14 1/ 0 214 United Mexican . all 8 tia I 1 ,Worthing (Limited) 1 all 11- Do COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SEC U tITIES. Can. Gov. 6 p.c.Ja. &July 1877-9 lOO 106 109 106; 7 Do 6p. cent.lBBo-21 100 Do. 6p. cent.lBB3-4 100 Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Ang.l 100 107 110 Do. 6p. c. Mar. & Sept. 100 107 110 Do. 5 per cent lOO 97 CO 98 4 74 Cape G.Hopc, 6 p c,lBBO , 100 107 IC9 Do. 1890 100 107 109 N.B.Gov. 6p.c. J a.&July 100 103 14'5 Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct.l 100 N. S.W. Gov. sp. c., 1866 100 97 99 97 64 Do. sp. c.,1871 to 1876 100 96 08 97 Do. p.c., 1888 &upwds 100 96 98 97 Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c sterling, 1875 lOO 104 106 S. Au5,G5p.c.1878.& up lOO Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. Js..&Julyl 100 Do. do. 6 p.c. Ap.&Oct lOO '1044 105; 105 4f DOCKS. stock Commercial lOO stock Do. 4 per Cent.Pret.Min lOO stock East and West India stock Londo , " lOO 57 59 stock St. Katharine... , 100 61 63 62 stock Southampton f 100 stock Vistula 20 Do , New . ....Okra 2 I; JOINT-STOCK BANKS. AgractUnitedService Bk Australasia Bank of Egypt Balk of London ..... .. Bank of Turkey British North American ,Chtd.Bank of India, &c. !Chiller. of In. Lon..k Ch. Cit ( Colonial .. . Coin. Bank of Canada.. Commercial of London. Eng. Scot., tt Aug. Ch.. Gefa. Bk Switzerland Lon. Char.Bkof Austral Do. new London and County London Joint Stock London and S.Airlean London Westminster I Nat. Prov. of England Do. new ..... National Bank New South Wales Orient. B. Corporation 1 Ottoman Bank .. Provincial of Ireland Do. new......... . South Australia [Union of Australia \Unload of London Unity 1%1 I SO ELLA: Anglo-Mexican Mint (Atlantic El. MI. Stm(ld) Atlantic TeL (Limited) I Australian Agricultural Berlin Water (Limited) British American Land B. &I.Mag. Tel. A. (Lim.) Do. 8,7p.c.t1111852 (Lim.) Do. C. (Limited` Canada Land Chan.Talands Tel. (Lira Cop. Min. ofEn g. & S mltg Do. Pref. 7 per cent. Crystal Palace Do. Preference Do. R p et. Perpet. Deb , E.lndia irrign. & Canal Electric Telegraph Do. New English & AUR. Copper. Gen. Steam Navigati Great Ship I Amited) Do. 17i p et Preference Lon. District Tel. (Um.) L.G. Omnibus Co. (Lim.; Madras Irr. and Canal Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim National Dis. Co. (Lim ) Nerbn.Coal&lron (Lim ) Netherlands Land Do.B dis N. Br.&NovaScotiaLand N.B.Australasian Oriental Gas (Limited). Do. New Shares (Urn.). usintl. In. Steam(Lim.\ Peellt.Lnd.&Min.(Lim) Pen. At Oriental Steam Do. New Red Seakln.Tel.gAip.c Ilthymney Iron Do. New Royal Mail Steam Scot. Austin. Inv.(Lim 1 South Australian Land Submarine Tel. Scrip Do. do. Registered Do. do. Trust and Agency 01 Austrlasia (lira) Ist is. Tr..'74n,C0.01 Upr.Can. U. ii:' dom Tel. Co. (lien.) Vin ti _ _ 85 87 60 61 21 22 69 72 19t 2O 31 S 3 73 75 173 18 291 29} 24 244 88 90 33 34 •;d 73 75 51 53 lid IS} 384 394 289 29 134 144 1 2 26 28 5 5} 29 n 18 20 9 11 100 105 15 17 31 13 102 1(4 101) 102 id alm 94 96 22 2 i II 4 4 2 2i 3t la d i i to 15 1 15 11 11 11 11 65 7 47 50 67 69 9 11 19 20 17 19 5 6 46 48 130 140 33 35 lip id k pl 4 14 pr 8 9 1131 14 THE SUN, LONDON, 4 TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 7, 1862. BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Railways. (Paid. iC losin g Price. Atlantic & St Lawrence Born., Baroda&Cent Ind Gu: 5 per cent.. Do Do. B Buffalo and Lake Huron IDo. New O• • •• po..Preference . t •: ... Buffalo,Brant&Godrich 6 p. et. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 Do. do. July 1, 1873 Do. do. June 1, 1874 CleuttaAS.Eastn. (Lin.) Cape,Eastn.Prov. (Lim.) Cape Town Dock Scrip Ceylon Guarantd. 6 p. c. Demerara. ........ Eastn. Bengal gu. 5 p. c (East Indian, gu. 5 p. c. Do. F Shares Ext Do. Jubbulpore Do. 4i p c. -Debentrs Do. 5 p. c. Deb., 1864.. Do. f 855-1870 Grand Trunk of Canada Do. 6 per cent. Pref Do. 2d Pref. 6 per ct Do. 6 per ct. Debentr Do. 7 per cent. 1862 Do. do. 1867 Do. do. 1872.. G t.lncliarenin.gua.sp.c. Do. New gua. 5 p. c... Gt. South.of India (Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. Do. do. Gt. W. of Canada Shares Do. New iDo. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt 1 Do. 51 p. c. do. '77 do IDo. 54 p. c. do. '7B do Madras guar., 44 p. c Do. do. 5 per cent Do. 41 p. o. Extension Do. 5 Melb.Corp. 6 p. o. Bnds. Newßrunswick Canda Ry.&Land(Lim.)g.6pcl Class A Capital Share , Do. do. Land d 0........ Do. do. B Capital d 0... Do. do. Land do. Oude (Limited) ........ Scinde Do. Punjaub 4 Ei Do. Do. ........ Do. Indus. St. Flo. Trinidad (Lim.) Scrip.. FOREIGN Algerian Antwerp & Rotterdam. Ardennes.. BalL&S.Fran..Lim.7 p.c. Belgian East. Junction, Beziers to Graissessac.. Carmeaux Mine & Rail, Coitar . . Ditto EXteWsi . o . n .• Dutch Rhenish Eastern of France .... Grand Rue Guar. 6 p. c. Do. do. Great Central of France Gt. Luxem., Con. shs Italian Junction Lierre & Turnhout Lyons & Geneva Namur & Liege Do. 6 p. c. Pref Northern of France Do. New Shares Norwegian Trunk Pref Parts,Lyons, & Medi ter Paris & Orleans Recife & S. Fran. (Peru ) ua. 7 p. ct. lim Riga & Royal Danish ........ • • Royal Swedish • Do. 7 per cent. Pref..— ,Samba e & Meuse Do. 5i per cent. Pref San Paulo, lim, g. 7 p. c S.Aust, Lomb Venetin Southern of France S. East Portugal 7 g ct West Flanders Do. 51 p. c. Preference W. & N.W. of France West"rn of Austria Western of Switzerland WiesbaAlen Do. 8 par cent Pref IZealand BRTTI SE 55 60 985 995 —d 45 4, d 54 6 4t 5 I id 19td 100 101 98 100 99 101 100 101 191 201 60 63 45 60 32 35 34 38 30 33 30 33 100 101 1 }d 981 99i 10 161 101 101 87 89 984 994 91 93 5 7 4 6 leo 101 I }d 94 98 i f d !Business done 9df 91 1011 201 20 THE TVINDHAM CASE. COMMISSION OF LUNACY-THIS DAY. (Before Samuel Warren, Esq., QC., Master in Lunacy, and a Special Jury.) SEVENTEENTH DAY. The Master, on taking his seat, said that cn Friday next the Court would sit at the Guildhall Westminster, the per mission of the magistrates having been obtained, and that the sittings would ;be continued until the termination of tho inquiry. . _ _ Mr. Gwyn, surgeon, of Hammersmith, who was ex amined in chi©f yesterday, was called and cross-examined by Mr. Chambers—Be did not remember that Mr. Wind ham ever told him that his wife had been associated with a young gentleman in a Dragoon regiment, and had ruined him. He had mentioned that his wife disliked Roberts. Mr. Windham did not tell him that his wife had deceived him about the marriage, nor did he make complaints about her with regard to other men. He ceased to attend Mrs Windham on the 18th of November, but had a consultation with her again last Friday. Mrs. Windham was dwn at the Court on Friday last. She wanted to speak to witness, and, as Mr. Windham was with him, they got into her brougham together. Mr. Windham got down ;at Morley's Hotel. Witness went on with Mrs. 'Windham to Regent street, where he was set down. Mr. and Mrs. Windham talked together, and when Mr. Windham got out he bade her good by, and shook hands with her. Witness did not know where Mrs. Windham was residing. By Sir G. Armytage, the foreman of the jury— When on the 26th of September Mrs. Windham left Fellbrigg Mr. Windham was there. She left with Mr. Windham's con sent and witness's advice. He did not know that Mrs. Windham went to Dublin with Mr. Windham's consent. By Mr. Healy, ajuryman—He recommended Mrs. Wind ham to go away on account of Mrs. Windham's disease. He did not recommend her to go to Dublin. By other Jurymen—He had no idea what had become of the jewels. He found Mr. Windham always consistent and coherent. He found him a very pleasant travelling com panion. Mr. Windham was putting up at Morley's Hotel, but at the present time lic-was at Felbrigg. Mr. Windham was not on friendly terms Mr. Roberts. He (wit ness) did not know whether Roberts was still in England. Mrs. Mary Ranschen, examined by Mr. MILWARD, said she was formerly in the late Lady Bristol's family as nursery governess. Afterwards she:went to Felbrigg to take charge of young Windham, who was not quite four years old. She left when he was about six years old. He was a very high spirited child, and required a great deal of chastisement. He did his lessons very well, generally speaking They were very simple lessons. He did his lessons much better than the boy she had had previous. She considered him sharp and intelligent. He was particularly fond of fun and prac tical jokes. His father and mother treated him very in dulgently. She had seen him imitating the butler and waiting at table. His father was present, and was pleased at it, and had a suit of clothes made for him to wait at table with. He afterwards went to school, and had frequently met him in London with his father. She last him in 1850 with his father. He was then ten years old. She never saw any want of intellect about him. She always consi dered him a person of sound mind. Cross-examined by Mr. Chambers—He never to her knowledge went down to wash the dishes while she was there. He went out a good deal, and had a pony that he was very fond of. He generally rode slow, as witness walked by the side, and a boy led the pony. There was some defect in his utterance ; he spoke plainly, but thickly. Mrs. Anne Martins, examined by Mr. K arslake, said she was the wife of Mr. Martins, who was bailiff at Felbrigg. She had been living at Felbrigg as cook and housekeeper. She continued to act in that capacity until the death of Mr. Windham, sen., and Lady Sophia, and since thatwhen ever Lady Sophia went down. She was there when Mr. W. F. Windham was born. Mr. Windham, the father, was a quick hasty man, passionate at times. Young Mr. Wind ham was very fond of her, and was so up to the present day. She saw him when he came home from the holi days. They used frequently to play whist when there was no company—the party consisting of Mr. Windham, young Windham, Lady Sophia, and herself. Young Windham was frequently down stairs when the mornings were wet, making railways in the kitchen, opening and shutting doors, and calling different stations. There were many old servants clown stairs. That was when he was five or six years of age, and he continued the practice afterwards, though not to so great an extent. His father used to say—" Poor little fellow, let him amuse himself; he has no playfellows. His father used to see him play at railways, and would allow him to go on. As a boy he was fond of imitating people. He had waited at table, dressed up in livery, with his father and mother present. His father had a sort of livery made for him, in the country, of blue coat, red waistcoat, and plush breeches—the Windham livery. He came to the kitchen f o r the dinner like the other servants. In doing so he used to imitate the airs and man ners of the servants. After dinner he would come down to help the other scrvantsin the pantry. All this was perfectly well known to his father and mother. The case was proceeding when we went to press. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT—(This Day.) OLD COURT. (Before the Recorder.) STABBING. George Robert Story was indicted for feloniously stab bing a man named Fowler. From the evidence it appeared that on the 2Gth ult, the prisoner, with two other men, were in a publichouso drink ing and creating a disturbance. They were requested to be quiet or leave the house, but they refused to to comply with the wish of the prosecutor, who was a friend o; the landlords', and who was acting for him during his temporary absence. He threatened without they immediately ceased their disorderly conduct, to turn them out of the house, upon which they all commenced quarrelling. The prose cutor, in ejecting the prisoner, received a blow from a pen knife in the face. The prisoner was taken to the Stone's end Police-station, when a knife spotted with blood was found in one of his pockets. The prisoner having been identified as the man who stabbed the prosecutor, The jury found him guilty. The Recorder, in passing sentence, commented in strong terms on the cowardly manner in which the prisoner had injured Fowler, and sentenced him to nine months' impri sonment with hard labour. ROBBERY BY AN ARTILLERYMAN. James Morrison, a private in the Royal Artillery, at Woolwich, was indicted for stealing a quantity of buff lea ther from the store of Sergeant Morris, in charge of the collar-makers' shop, Woolwich. The prisoner, it appeared, was employed in the saddlery department, and the leather in question was offered for sale. It was purchased, the police were communicated with, and the prisoner was apprehended in London, and charged with stealing the leather. Tho jury found the prisoner guilty, and the Recorder sentenced him to six months' imprisonment with hard labour. NEW COURT. (Before the Common Sergeant.) The Court was occupied the whole of the morning in hearing Mint prosecutions, none of which possessed the slightest interest. POLICE INT.ELLIGENCE.—(This Day.) THAMES. CHARGE of WIIFEL MURDER.—SamueI Howard, a bricklayer's labourer, about 35 years of age, was brought before Mr. Woolrych, charged with the wilful murder of a woman named Sarah Smith, better known as Howard, with whom he cohabited. A coroner's inquest was commenced on the body of the deceased yesterday (Monday) evening before Mr. Walthew, deputy-coroner, and adjourned forma week. The prisoner and thcideceased had been cohabiting to gether for upwards of 14 years. The prisoner was reputed to be a very sober and industrious man. The deceased was addicted to drinking, and of irregular habits:. On Wed nesday night last the prisoner came home at 10 o'clock, after being hard at work in Bermondsey two days and one night in the demolition of some old buildings. There were !no preparations made for his supper, and no fire in his dwelling to cheer him. A quarrel ensued between the wretched couple, and the prisoner beat the woman in a dreadful manner, and killed her. Other people in the house heard the quarrel and the sound of blows, and also heard her fall. There was a stillness afterwards, and the prisoner left the house, went to a public-house in Old Gravel-lane, St. George-in-the-East, and, after partaking of some refreshment there, returned to his house and went to bed. There was no doubt the unfortunate woman was dead before the prisoner went out the first time ; but the prisoner took no heed of this, slept all night with the dead body in the room, and at five o'clock the next morning he called in the police and stated to Police Sergeant Cox, 45 K, that he had knocked down the deceased with either a bellows or a stool, and then he got a table and knocked her about with it several times, and then kicked her. He laid down a little while, then go: up, felt her, and found her dead. Mr J. B. Ross, jun., surgeon and apothecary, and divi sional surgeon of police, said he examined the body of the deceased. Tie found marks of violence on the head as if dons by a blow or fall, and a bruise on the leg. Ou a post mortem examination he ascertained there was conges'ion of the brain. The cause of death was disease of the heart, ac celerated by the violence used. Mr. Woolrych remanded the prisoner for a week. An address to the gas consumers of the city of London has been issued by Mr. Alderman Dakin, the chair man of the Great Central Gas Consumers' Company, in re ply to charges lately attempted to be made that the com pany had broken faith with its customers and the public. It embodies a succinct history of the circumstances con nected with the formation of the undertaking, and of the subsequent Parliamentary legislation with regard to the metropolitan gas supply, and shows that, while protecting the interests of their shareholders, the directors of the com pany have fulfilled, not only every legal, but every equit able requirement that could be paade upon them. THE MA IL COMMUNICATION WITH AMERICA. There are six steam packet lines which ply be tween England and the United States, viz.:— Cunard, Inman, Canadian, Bremen, Hamburg, and New York lines. Cunard's vessels run from Liver pool every Saturday, and from Queenstown ev.ery, Sunday, for Halifax and Boston and New York alternately, leaving New York or Boston every, Wednesday. Inman's leave Liverpool every Wed nesday, and Queenstown every Thursday, and New York every Saturday. Those of the Canadian leave Liverpool every Thursday, and Londonderry every Friday and every Saturday for Quebec in the sum mer, and Portland in the winter. Those of the Bremen and Hamburg lines leave Southampton on three Wednesdays in the month between them, and those of the New York line leave Cowes the other Wednesday. A steamer belonging to one of these four lines leaves New York every Saturday for Cowes. Cunard's line numbers nine ships, viz., the Asia, America, Niagara, Europa, Canada, Africa Arabia, Persia, and Australian. At present the two latter ships are withdrawn from the mail line to carry troops to Canada. luman's line consists of the City of Edinburgh, City of Washington, City of Glasgow, City of Manchester, City of Baltimore, and the Kangaroo. The Canadian line consists of the North American, Jura, Hibernia, Bohemian, Norwegian, Nova Scotian, and Etna. The Bremen line consists of the Bremen, New York, and Hansa. The Hamburg line consists of the Hammonia, Saxonia, Borussia, and Bavaria, The two former are at present withdrawn to carry arms and am munition to the Federal States. The New York line consists of the Arago and Fulton ; the latter has been withdrawn and taken up by the Federal Government for war purposes. By means of these 31 ships there is a communication between Eng land and the United States four times a week. THE BALACLAVA RAILWAY. An interesting reminiscence of the Crimean war has been published by the Times, it?' the form of an extract from a letter of Sir Morton Peto, Bart., M.P., explanatory of the circumstances attending the construction of the railway from Balaklava to the British camp. Sir Morton writes : "It was in the midst of the dreary winter of 1854, when the British army was suffering unparalleled hardships be fore Sebastopol, that it was resolved to construct a railway from Balaklava to the British camp. Let honour be given where honour is due :—The idea emanated from the Duke of Newcastle. His grace applied to our firm to assist in car rying out the design. The sympathies of all England were excited at the time by the sufferings of our troops. Every one was emulous to contribute all that could be contributed to their succour and support. The firm of which I am a part ner was anxious to take its share in the good work, and, on the Duke of Newcastle's application, we cheerfully undertook to make all the arrangements for carrying his grace's views into execution,on the understanding that the work should be considered National, and that we should be permitted to execute it without any charge for profit. " We accordingly placed at the disposal of her Majesty's Government the whole of our resources. We fitted out transports with the stores necessary for the construction of the railway ; employed and equipped hundreds of men to execute the works; provided a commissariat exclusively for their use; engaged medical officers to attend to their health, and placed the whole service under the direction of the most experienced agents on our staff. These important preliminaries were arranged so effectually, and with so much despatch, that the Emperor of the French sent an agent to this ( ouutry to instruct himself as to the mode in which we equipped the expedition. " Every item shipped by us for the works was valued before shipment at its selling price; and for all these items of valuation, as well as for the payments which we made for labour, we received the certificate of the most eminent engineer of the day (the late lamented Mr. Robert Stephen son.) We undertook the execution of the Balaklava Rail way as a `National' work, agreeing to execute it without profit. We performed our contract to the letter. We never profited by it to the extent of a single shilling. "The works (nearly seven miles of railway) were exe cuted in less than a month : an incredibly short space of time, considering the season of the year, the severity of the climate, and the difficulties to which, considering the dis tance from home, we were all of us exposed. It is a matter of history that they eventuated in the taking of the great fortress of Sebastopol. Before the railway was made, all the shot, all the shell, and all the ammunition necessary for the siege, had to be carried from Balaklava to the Camp, a distance of 5 miles uphill, through mud and sludge, upon the backs of the soldiers. An immense proportion of our troops was told off for this most laborious service; of whom no less than 25 per cent. per month perished in its execu tion. Oa the day the railway was opened, it carried t o the camp of the British army, in 24 hours, more shot and Sher than had been brought from Balaklava for six weeks pre viously. "To our principal agent in the Crimea, the late Mr. Beattie, the greatest credit was due for the way in which the arrangements were made, and the work executed, on that side. Mr. Beattie's labours were so arduous, and his efforts so untiring, that he died of fatigue within six weeks after the completion of the work—a victim, absolutely, to his unparalleled exertions. The only favour in connection with these works which the Duke of Newcastle ever granted at our request, he granted to the family of this lamented gentleman. Mr. Beattie left a widow and four children to deplore his loss; and through the favour of the Duke of Newcastle, the widow, who now resides with her father, an estimable clergyman in the North of Ireland, enjoys a pension as the widow of a colonel falling in the field.' " THE STAFF COLLEGE. The following general order hai been issued : Horse Guards, S.W., Jan. 1. His Royal Highness the General Commanding-in-Chief has much satisfaction in publishing to the army the sub joined list of officers 'who passed the final examination of the Staff College in December, 1861, viz. : Order of merit. Marks obtained. 1. Brevet Major Creagh, 86th Regiment 2. Captain Battersby, 69th Regiment .. 3,486 3. Captain Stuart, 17th Regiment 4. Brevet Major Turnbull, 13th Regiment 5. Lieutenant Stoney, Royal Artillery 3,037 6. Lieutenant Hutton, 23d Foot 7. Captain Leggett*, 69th Foot 8. Captain Hall, 49th Foot 9. Brevet Major Stewart, 35th Foot 10. Captain Wilkthsont, Royal Artillery 11. Captain Swann, 22d Foot .. 2,541 12. Captain Hay, 62d Foot 13. Captain Lockhart, 26th Foot Maximum of Marks By order of his Royal Highness the General Command ing-in-Chief. JAMES YORKE SCARLETT, Adjt.-General. SUN OFFICE, &yen o'clock. MEETING OF PARLIAMENT, (From the Gazette of this evening.) BY THE QUEEN.—A PROCLAMATION. VICTORIA, R.,--Whereas our Parliament stands pro rogued to Tuesday the seventh day of January instant; We, with the advice of our Privy Council, do hereby publish and declare, that the said Parliament shall be further prorogued, on the said seventh day of January instant, to Thursday the sixth day of February next; and we have given order to our Chancellor of that part of our United Kingdom called Great Britain to prepare a commission for pro roguing the same according : and we do hereby further, with the advice aforesaid, declare our royal will and pleasure, that the said Parliament shall, on the said Thurs day the sixth day of February next, assemble and be holden for the despatch of divers urgent and important affairs : and the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and the Knights, Citi zens, and Burgesses, and the Commissioners for Shires and Burghs of the House of Commons, are hereby required and commanded to give their attendance accordingly, at West minster, on the said Thursday the sixth day of February next. Given at our Court at Osborne House, Isle of Wri g ht, this sixth day of January, in tbo year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, and in the twenty fifth year of our reign. GOD SAVE TIIE QUEEN. TEE FATAL ACCIDENT AT ST. MARTIN'S HALL. CORONER'S INQUEST (THIS DAY). The coroner's inquiry into the causes that led to the deaths of Richard Wood, Patrick Coghlen, and W. Sabey was opened this afternoon at King's College Hospital. Mr. St. Clair Bedford (the coroner) and the jury having examined the bodies of the unfortunate men, Mr. David Sabey, of Pitman's-buildings, St. Luke's, identified the body of Walter Sabey. He was my nephew. He was about 23 years of age, and was a carpenter. I was engaged at the hall when the accident took place. Coroner—l will take the identity of the bodies before I enter into the circumstances relating to the accident. Mrs. Wood identified the body of Richard Wood as that of her husband. He was a gasfitter, and was 21 years of age. Margaret Maley, of No. 2, London-passage, identified the body of Patriek Coglin. Ho was a bricklayer's labourer, and was about 25 years of age. Mr. John Barr Brown, house surgeon of King's College Hospital, said—l saw the three injured men when they were first brought to the institution on Friday last. They were in a very bad state. Wood was totally insensible, Saboy was partially so, and Coglin sensible. Wood had a broken leg, a broken arm, a broken rib, and symptoms of a broken head. Sabey had a broken arras and other injuries. Coglin had a broken arm and rib, and evidently an injury to the spine. Wood was put to bed and the usual remedies applied, but he died within half an hour after his admission. Sabey continued in a state of stupor till five o'clock the next morning, when he died ; and Coglin became delirious a little before seven in the evening, and after being so for about half an hour he died at eight o'clock. There has been a post-2nortenz examination in each case. Wood died from an extensive fracture of the skull ; Sabey died from the shock received, combined with the injuries ; and the same circumstances had caused the death of Coglin. Henry Daniels, a labourer, said—l was employed by Stephens. a zinc- worker in Old-street, to erect the scaffold in St. Martin's Hall. I erected it from Mr. Stephens' bal directions, and it was completed on Friday morning. Stephens was not present during the whole of the time I was engaged in performing the work. I cannot say that Mr. Stephens said that he was satisfied with the work after it was done, Mr. Prince furnished the materials for the scaffolding. He resides at 74, Melton-street, Fore-street. Coglin, the deceased, and Huggett assisted me in selecting the boards. The scaffolding was required to fix the chandeliers. He cons . dered that the scaffolding was sufficiently strong to support eight men. I should not have hesitated to have gone on it with that number of people. I think there must have been some sudden jerk. Stephens told me there would be three or four men at work on it - . I asked Stephens what weight he wanted on it, and he said three or four men. 1 saw seven or eight men on the scaffold just before it fell. After the accident I saw one of the cross poles which sup ported the flooring was broken. I belies e the pole would have borne the whole weight of the men provided there had been no jerk. There were 9 feet 6 between the two uprights, and 12 boards rested upon the cross poles. The Beadle—The boards weighed 421 b. each. Witness—Some were thicker than others. Breaking of the pole, I am certain, was the occasion of the accident. Mr. Stephens saw the poles andiboards before they were loaded to be brought away. He said he thought they were sufficient for the purpose. I put up the poles because, when I first spoke about the scaffolding, it was proposed to use cords, and Sabey said cords would not be string enough. Mr. Stephens told me to erect the scaffold for three or four persons. The scaffold was never tested to see whether it was sccure.Mr. Sabey, who was foreman of the carpenters, said he thought the scaffolding would act very well. By Mr. Boulton, for Mr. Stephens—l first went to work for Mr. Stephens on Monday week. I saw him in the morning while we were getting the boards ready. I have known the poles to have been used once previous to being taken to St. Martin's Hall ; they then carried a greater weight than they were expected to bear at the Hall. I was directed to select light poles. By a Juror—l don't know that by a light pole a short one is meant. I was directed to get some light poles, and I did so. The inquiry was then adjourned. * Has been only one year and a half at the College. t Has been but one year at the College. BULLION AT THE BANK OF FRANCE.—The finan cial advices from Paris state that the bullion at the Bank of France has increased £240,000 since the last published statement, and that the commercial payments at the end of the year were, on the average, fairly made. The Bank of France discounted in the last two days £2,120,600. The rate of discount out of doors is 4/ per cent. for first-rate paper, but the smaller trades find it difficult to obtain money at from 6to 7 per cent. On the Bourse the average rate of continuation is, exclusive of brokerage, 4 per cent. per annum, although on some securities, particularly foreign shares, including brokerage, the borrower pays between 6 and 7 per cent. The amount required by the French rail way companies for the year 1862 is from £14,000,000 to £16,000,000, being rather less than the sum raised last year The total required to finish all the lines con ceded up to the present moment amounts to about three milliards of francs. It is hoped that the Government will see the necessity of spreading this over at least 10 years. It is difficult to specify the sum required during the present year for continuing public works and buildings in Paris ; but certainly £2,000,000 is within the mark. Foreign railways conceded to French companies will require this year at least £10,000,000. The Italian Loan, which was principally subscribed in Paris, will also absorb £10,000,000. Estimating together with these sums the de ficiencies of the State, it is seen that the engagements for 1862 are heavy. "Nevertheless," it is observed, "they are smaller than for the past years, and by no means alarming should the political state of the country be satisfactory! These engagements are in themselves, to a certain extent, a guarantee of peace, for any appearance even of a chance of war would be the destruction of public credit." Com nsercial affairs are admitted to be in a very bad state. Busi ness is much reduced, profits are small, and discounts diffi cult for manufacturers and merchants. The constant ab sorption of money by the Government and the railway companies at high rates tends naturally to deprive the com mercial classes of all resources. " tis evident that as long as money can be placed in Government securities, or secu rities guaranteed by Government at from 5 to 6 per cent., commerce cannot borrow at less than 7 or 8." The wes tern provinces of France have suffered greatly, and there have been many failures in Caen and other cities of Nor mandy and Brittany. Havro and Marseilles, owing to the large trade in corn and rise in cotton, have been more for tunate. Paris, Lyons, Rheims, Tourcoing, and Roubaix have felt severely the cessation of trade with America. The exports to America for the first 10 months of 1859, 1860, and 1861 were as follows :-1859, 458,000.000 f. ; 186 0 , 412,000,000 f. ; 1861, 112,000,000. The importation of English goods is gradually increasing. In iron it has aug mented nearly fourfold compared with last year. With re gard to corn and flour it is generally supposed that the pur chases already effected cover at least three• fourths of the deficiency, and nearly the whole of the se are paid for. ILW YS. 61 61 --- - V 1 pr i I lo} ni 4 si 4 22 x 3 9} 91 8 4} 19} 20# 88 .39 8 10 39 40 50 52 11 13 7 7i 81 91 i } Id i p 25i all 61 7 9b 10 204 214 ES: 85 90 75 85 2 2i 44 5i 16 17 16 17 391 40,i. s.s.G all 18.1!4.9, 27 19. 13s 6cl i I 1 2 28 32 370 80 50 524 28} L9l 2f St 17 19 3f 4} a o. 1 3 / 4 2 37 39 Si 31 40 42 44 5 2 21 34 11 7 8 39 41 1 1 310 120 41 4I 110 120 29 31 1 1i 7i 8 14 15 1 44 (6 270 280 15 1 i i 171 18 24 ! 241 39 1 4 94 731 521 i 2 I 18 i 7 67i 8 7 8 401 40 THIRD EDITION. LONDON GAZETTE.—(Thas Eventno.) COLLEGE OF ARMS, JAN. 7. In reference to the order for a General Mourning for His Royal Highness the Prince Consort, which was announced in the Gazette of the 16th of December last. These are to give notice, that it is not expected that• the public should appear in Mourning after Sunday, the 9th of February next. EDWARD G. F. HOWARD, D.E.M. WINDSOR CASTLE, Nov. 14, 1861. The Queen was this day pleased to confer the honour of Knighthood upon Patrick MacChombaich de Colquhoun, Esq., LL.D., Chief Justice of the lonian Islands. ST. JAMES'S PALACE, JAN. 2. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Dr. William Jenner, now Physician Extraordinary to her Majesty, to be ono of the Physicians in Ordinary to her Majesty. WHITEHALL, JAN. 6. The Queen has been pleased to present the Rev. Hugh Fraser to:the church and parish of Berriedale, in the pres bytery and county of Caithness, vacant by the transporta tion of the Rev. Gilbert McMillan, to the church and parish of Loth, in the presbytery of Dornoch. FOREIGN OFFICE, DEC. 14. The Queen has been graeiously pleased to appoint Gerald Raoul Perry, Esq., now British Vice-Consul at Realejo, to be her Majesty's Consul in French Guiana. The Queen has also been graciously pleased to appoint St. Vincent Lloyd, Esq., now British Vice-Consul at Poti, to be her Majesty's Consul at Syra. The Queen has also been graciously pleased to appoint Frank Ringler Drummond Hay, Esq., now First British Vice-Consul at Constantinople, to be her Majesty's Con sul at Cairo. FOREIGN-OFFICE, DEC. 27. The Queen has been graciouslypbleeasheedr 3toleaipeeptopnistcoim: Com missioner and on Wil liam Webb Follett Synge, Esq ., to Sandwich i inthe 28. Islands. FOREIGN-OFFICE, OCREst-GNe.hoeFraFlcE, DEC. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Major John Stokes, of the Royal Engineers, to be her Majesty's Vive-Consul in the Delta of the Danube. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Charles D. Cleveland as Consul at Cardiff for the United States of America. The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Mr. G. Crawshay as Consul at Newcastle-upon-Tyne for his Im perial Majesty the Sultan. The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Mr. Richard Pearce as Vice-Consul at Penzance for his Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Mecklenburgh Schwerin. - - - WAR- OFFICE, PALL-MALL, lAN. 7. Royal Regiment of Horse Guards—George William Plu kenett Woodroffe, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Ives, prom.)ted, 2d Dragoon Guards—George Alfred Wilson, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice George Batley, who retires. 4th Dragoon Gdards—Goorge Hall Ringrose, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Luscombe, promoted. 7th Dragoon Guards—Captain Francis Thoophilus Blunt, from the 25th Foot, to be Captain, vice Henry Blinkhorn, who exchanges, receiving tho former difference between cavalry and infantry. 13th 11 ussars—Higford Higford, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Innes, promoted. 16th Lancers—Augustus Wm. Erskine, Gent., to be Cor net, by purchase, vice Wauchope, promoteg. Royal Artillery—The undermentioned Gentlemen Cadets Desmond Dlykes Tynte to be Lieutenants :—Charles Garland Rule, James Adair Lawrie, Barrett Lennard Tollner, Slade, Charles O'Callaghan, Frederick Campbell, Robert Henry Francis Renick, Lionel Frederick Hallett,Thomas Perry, Edmund Houghton Br ait hwaite josep L h ock n y u e s r, r e EdwardssorHughes g C h r e o s s s , Edmund Webb Nash, John Ramsay eo rEd mundnbe p l l o a o 1, 1 v e Ir , e s li b o a Burke Reeves, John Corsano Robinson, George Wm. St. Aubyn Molesworih, the Turnbull, Charles Larcom, Edward G. M. Donnithorne, George Albert Beaty Pownall, Henry Pipon, Robert r w l e e s AFleorndi la John BeNkitt, Ficderick Willie J m oseph, HPeoenr!EWvoilll3iauis Freeman, Archibald Fullerton Cumb,,rlege Edmund Waller, John Marshall, Hamilton Geary, Charles Fred. Maurice, Frederick Lyon :Weston, C. B. Sandys, ward Ed- Georg Soup elle e n r7T hom pson Copeland Capper, Townshend Griffin, Thomas Robert Disney, Charles Rusher Foulger, Robert Warburton, John Day, Edwin Henry Seaton Blenkinsopp, Julian Babonan Lawrence, George Scott Chiene, and James Keith. Royal Engineers—Second Captain Alex. Ross Clarke to be Captain, vice B. N. Heygate, placed on temporary half-pay ; Lieut. the Hon. Win. La Peer Trench to be Second Captain, vice Second Captain and Brevet-Major W. James Stuart, placed on the Supernumerary List ; Lieut. Francis A. Marindin to be Second Captain, vice John Edwin Cornea, placed on the Supernumerary List; Lieut. Moreton John Wheatley to be Second Captain, vice A. R. Clarke. The under-mentioned Lieutenants with temporary rank to be Lieutenants with permanant rank :—Archibald Lewis Buckle, Peter Godfrey Tarbet, Wm. Henry Patten, IV m Henry Collins, John, Herbert Smith, (eorge Harris Louis John George Ferrier, Henry Robinson, Augustin Charles Colin Mackenzie. The undermentioned Gentlemen Cadets to be Lieutenants with temporary rauk : Frederick Firebrace, Jeffrey Llewellyn Morgan, Alured De Vere Brooke, James Ro bert M'Cullagh, Malcolm William Rogers, Richard Ar thur Sargeunt, George Ainslie Lechmere As son Whit more, John Yaldon Knowles, Albert Eugene Dummler, Jeremy Taylor Marsh, Robert John Henry Parker, Henry Loftus Lewis, Henry Champemowe, Clayton Scudamore Beauchamp, William Osborn, George William Gifford, Leslock Francis Boileau, Charles Edward Prid den, Thomas brown Blake Savi, William Sedgwick, Andrew Wilson Baird, Albert Henry Hime. - Coldstream Guards—Robert J. P. Broughton, Esq., to be Solicitor, vice Wm. George Carter, deceased. 3d Regiment of Foot—Captain Richard Wm. Woods, from the 80th Foot, to be Captain, vice Charles John Roper Tyler, who exchanges; Assistant-Surgeon Henry M‘Neice has been dismissed the service, by sentence of a General Court Martial. 10th Foot—Captain the Hen. Charles C. Chetwynd, from half-pay Unattached, to be Captain, vice Wm. James Hales, who retires upon half-pay. 13th Foot--Ensign Henry Reginald Bate, from the 77th Foot, to be Lieutenants, vice William Moffett, cashiered by the sentence of a General Court Martial. 15th Foot—Ensign Joseph McMurray to be lieutenant, by purchase, vice William Robert Estridge Durrant, who retires ; Ambrose 'William Going, Gent., late Second Lieutenant South Tipperary Artillery Militia, to be En sign, by purchase, vice McMurray ; Philip Caddell, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice William Ernest Anderson Hooper, who retires. 16th Foot—Surgeon James Richard Ffennell having eom. pleted a varie of 20 years' full-pay Service, to be Sur geon-Major, under the provisions of the Royal 'Warrant _ of Oct. 1. 20th Foot—Lieutenant Harry Russell Bowlby to be Adju tant, vice Lieutenant Owen Tudor Bourne, who resigns that appointment. 21st Foot—Ensign Francis Meik Salmond to be Lieute nant, by purchase, vice Wm. Henry Ker, who retires; Alfred Thrall Perkins, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Salmond. 23d Foot—Lieutenant Arthur Hill to be Captain, by pur chase, vice John Lawrence, who retires ; Ensign Eugene Mervin ltoe to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Hill; Robert Charles Coveny, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Roe. 24th Foot—Captain Richard Henry Travers to be Major. by purchase, vice John Henry Lutman, :who retires Lieut. H. C. Marsack, to be Captain, by purchase, vice Travers ; Ensign Robt. Henry B. Airey t) be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Marsack ; Richd. Staniford Pritchard, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Airey ; Reginald Simon Fraser, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Charles John Stone, who retires ; Percival Trosso Fortescue, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Regi nald Simon Fraser, appointed to the 93d Foot. 25th Foot—Captain Henry Blinkhorn, from the 7th Dragoon Guards, to be Captain, vice Francis Theophilus Blunt, who exchanges; Captain George Kennedy Shaw from half-pay late 60th Foot, to be Captain, vice Henry Blinkhorn, who retires upon half-pay. 35th Foot—The promotions by purchase of Lieutenant Edward Tedlie, to be Captain, and Ensign William Poste to be Lieutenant, as stated in the Gazette of the Bth October, 1861, to be antedated to the 17th September, 1861. 49th Foot—Ensign John Holmes to be Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice George Donovan, who retires; the Hon. John Arbuthnot to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Holmes. 63d Foot—Ensign Charles Ellison Terrot to be Lieuten- ant, by purchii . se, vice Thomas Coote Grant, who retires ; Ensign Reginald Simon Fraser, from the 24th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Terrot. 74th Foot—Surgeon James Macbeth, M.D., having com pleted a period of 20 years full-pay service, to be Surgeon Major under the provisions of the Royal Warrant of the Ist 'Oct., 1858. 80th Foot—Captain Charle3 John Roper Tyler, from the 31 Foot, to be Captain, vice Richard William Woods, who exchanges. 931 Foot—Staff Assistant-Sargeon George Bouchier to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Menzies, appointed to the Staff. Rifle Brigade—John James Rope Johnstone, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Patten, promoted ; Assistant- Surgeon Nathaniel Norris, from the 85th Foot, to be As sistant-Surgeon, vice David Ritchie Pearson, M, D., who resirmi - . Ist West India Regiment—Einsign William Fif zwilliam Smithwick to be lieutenant, by purchase, vice Augustus Sullivan, who retires. Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment—Ensign Edwaed Rodney Cecil Pecbell to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Richard William Barrow, who retires ; Henry Thomas Thornton Salvin, Gent. (late Ensign Ist West York 111i1itia), to be Ensign, by purchase. - CAVALRY DEPOT (Maidstone)—Captain Henry Blinkhorn, from half-pay, late 25th Foot, to be Riding Master, vice Captain and Brevet-Major William Griffin Sutton, who retires upon half-pay. MEDICAL D EP ARTMENT.—Assistant-Surgeon Robert Menzies from the 93d Foot, to be Staff Assistant-Surgeon, vice Benchier' a ppointed to the 93d Foot ; Staff Assistant- Surgeon Seth Sam, on appointment to the Staff, should have succeeded Assistant-Surgeon Henry James Rogers as superseded, and not as placed on half-pay, as stated in the Gazette of Dec. 6, 1861. BREVET. Captain and Brevet-Major INTrn 1 Griffin Sutton, retired upon full-pay, late Riding Master Cavalry Depot, Maid stone, to have the honorary rank of Lieut.-Colonel. Lieut. John Anthony Kysh, Paymaster 91st Foot, to have the honorary rank of Captain, under the RoyalW ar rant of Jan. 27, 1860. Paymaster John Giddings, 32d Foot, to have the hono rary rank of Captain, under the Royal Warrant of Jan. 27, 1860. The undermentioned promotions to take place conse quent on the decease of General Sir Edward Bowater, Colonel of the 49th Foot, on Dee. 14, 1861. Lieutenant-General William Lindsay Darling, Colonel of the 98th Foot, to be General. Major-General Henry William Breton, Colonel of the 56th Foot, to be Lieutenant .General. Brevet-Cotonel George Thcmas Con°lly Napier, C. 8., from Lieutenant-Colonel half-pay Unattached, and Aide camp to the Queen, serving on the Staff of the Army in North America, with the local rank of Major-General, to be Major- General. Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. Wellington Henry Stapleton Cotton, Major on half-pay, unattached, to be Colonel. Captain and Brevet-Major John Williamson Lovell, C. 8., Royal Engineers, to be Lieutenant-Colonel. Captain George Ronny, 73d Foot, to be Major. BANKRUPTS. The portion of the Gazette containing the Bankrupts had not arrived when we went to press, COURSE OF EXCIIANGE.—This DAY. Amsterdam Ditto Rotterdam — 11 18i 11 19 Antwerp.. .. Brussels 25 52i 25 522 25 55 25 55 Hamburgh — 13 77f Paris Ditto Marseilles Frankfort on Maine — 1181 Vienna Trieste 13 8 25 30 25 571- 25 57i 118} 14 50 14 50 Petersburgh Berlin Madrid Cadiz Leghorn Milan Genoa Naples Palermo Messina Lisbon Oporto Foreign Gold in Bars (standard) .... Mexican Dollars Silver in Bars (Standard) South American Doubloons 48k 484- 25 75 25 70 25 70 48 48 25 80 25 75 25 75 391 119 119 511 52 £3 17 9 0 4 111 0 5 1f 0 0 0 3" 118 k 1181 511 611 SERIOUS EXPLOSION OF GUNPOTVDER On Saturday morning an alarming explosion of gunpowder occurred in Wolverhampton, by which three persons received serious injuries. Some sinkers had been engaged sinking a well at the rear of a block of buildings in a district known as Springfields. On Friday night they placed in the fire-grate oven a flask containing about three quarters of a pound weight of powder ; and they lighted a fire in the grate the next morning for getting the powder was there. Whist tic() of the men, and a woman who had brought the breakfast of one of them, were sitting in the room where the powder was lying in such dangerous proximity to the brisk fire, all taking their morning meal, tho powder became ignited. In an instant the cast iron oven and grate were shattered and the brick-work in which they were set dislodged from its place, the doors in all the rooms downstairs blown off their hinges, the windows and the ir c asements forecd out, and the three persons lying unconscious and man nwasprojected aga i ns t th e away as his b o dy struck cbelelleadrin dgaa. wOhniech burst it, and on regaining consciousness he found himself lying at the bottom of the cellar steps in great eyesight apparently gone. One of split up a n d his back has been a i n t j theure injured. a a The k nf thesec Lis fi ngers n and gers his was second duse man withwas h s n foundclothes h i e n s the yard hairyard on fire, and crying pitifully for some one to put out the flames. He was shockingly burnt, and also cut in the face, and when his clothes were removed the skin peeled from his legs. The woman was also sadly burnt, especially about the face, and is severely cut on the knee. All three were removed to the hospital. The maimed finger of the first man was amputated ; an operation was also per formed on the wounded limb of the woman. The second man and the woman lie in a precarious state. By advises received yesterday from Rome we learn that a train has passed over the line of rail way from Rome to Ciprani, the Neapolitan frontier, and under the extraordinary energy displayed by M. Falamace, the emi nent Spanish contractor, there appears to be no doubt that the whole line between Rome and Naples will very shortly be completed. It was feared that some delay might have been caused by the non-c .mpletion of the viaduct over a large valley at Velletri ; but, although on the lbt of Deeem ber this bridge, which is almost a reproduction of the Crumlin viaduct, of nearly 500 ft in length , and 170 ft in height, was scarcely commenced, by the exertions of the contractors for this work, Messrs. Kenn ard Brothers, of Lend( n, a train passed over it on the 30th. The unprece dented speed with which this bridg e has been erected shows the great advantage of iron over other materials for works of this description. The dollars brought by the Mexican packet have been disposed of at 591 d. per 05., showing an advance of id on the prico of the last arrival, although the present has been the rate for several days. The bar silver has not yet been sold. I Share 100 stk 18 204 204 10 100 I 100 100 stock 100 100 100 stock, 100 100 100 100 100 100 stock stock 20 20 100 100 100 stock stock stock stock stock stock 100 100 2011 100 1000 /100 15 all 100 1 18.8. all all all all all MT 3.2.101 t 14.6 7.4.0 65 1 17s 8.8.6 8.12 4.11.6 9 7 1.14.0 9.18.9 11 10.0.7 1.7.2 41 31, 100 'all all 1 5 1 '4B 4 1 1 15f f 1001 1 991 9 10} 71 6 i 15 141 Si i 20} L 8 71 51 18& 27 I 4 1 t .1 4 - e