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

i .. .......---.....--......,-----...---..........-..... 0.6.-... SHARE MARK ET-(THIS' DAY). 1 1:'0,% -- ET MARKET AND CITY NEWS. e CITY, Two O'CLOCK. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCK S . . Continued activity is reported in the Discount' ('aid. Closingee Business Market, the inquiry being stimulated by the pre- Share railways. done. - paratioos for Saturday next, the 4th of the month, '5O ,14•11ast and Nor. Coun. all - - : when a large number of mercantile engagements - - 13.14 : Mr., Wol., and Str. Val. all 74 S 25 ;Myth and Tyne . , 'will have to be liquidated. Three per cent., how- 10 ; nost .,siem.,ancls l ldo. all , 61 64 st Bristol and Exeter .... 100 9 1 tr , ever, is still the general charge for first-class bills, :Caledonian 1 100 102 i 1034 1034 3 4 10 :Carmahen Cardigan: all - - and the supplies of money are abundant. 50 ;Cork and Bandon all - - A further sum of £87,000 in gold was taken into 20 Cork, Blrock, & Passage all - - 20 Cornwall all 5 6 the Bank of England yesterday. 10 I Ds A Abets no div i l 1 all I - - The steamer which has left to-day with the West 10 I Do. B been paid c•T c lui t • o htl all - India mails, has taken £B,OOO in gold. 50 (Dublin & Bel L ast June. all 41 42 25 Dun Perth,& 6.13 June all 104 11 The suspension has been announced of Messrs. st ;East "Ano-lian • • 100 18 19 Mansell and Elliot, estate agents, with liabilities st ;Eastern Counties st Eastern Union, A stock; 100 47 50 estimated at £40,000. st I Do Bdo do 1 100 32 34 Considerable excitement prevailed in the Liver- 2 E, j Ea D s tg , ,, , v4 i , k !ate E U 3dsl 1 1 0 , 0 1 5 ..._.- __ t pool Cotton Market yesterday , an d 20,000 bales were st ' Edinburgh & Glasgow.; 101 88 00 2_84 294 sold, in most instances, at an advance of id per lb. ' l t o Edin.,ort 1; e jly h aet D un u C i ti l o e n e l 1 : 11 The market for English securities opened this st Furness 1 100 - - st ,Glasg. and S. Western.l 100 98 103 morning with an aearance of continued buoyancy, 10 lareatNrthn.of Scotland, all - - ppl 100 112/ 113 1135 14 and although one or two fractional changes have Fi s t Gr i r o t i N s o t r o t c h k ern I 100 110 111 1104 taken place, the advance has been fully sustained, st Do 13 do Ireland 100 102 104 indeed, the latest quotations show a further rise of B SI C(itr.e S. a l'''S l 7"e Western ofn 1 per cent., Consols being 917- 0 92 for money and i Z Irish p 'Zrult'hal y (i - a u e . r s n tock 100 a11 55 58 ` the 9th inst. Business, however, is comparatively st Lancashire & Yorkshire' 100 1064 107 1084 7; 84 - st London and Blackwall: 100 54 56 quiet, as an important rise has already taken place, st Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast] 100 115 11G and the operators deem it advisable to await the_ st st L.o . a.., , el l 4. l:t n4, e D s ? e v r e n r 100 44 1 g 935 recept of later advices from New York before ex st . I. , T i i. r at S t ele o ll e W r lst e ern 100 a11 92 93 94 tending their engagements. The New Threes and 25 L'ilerg & Enniskillen all 911 Reduced Annuities are 911 1 ; India 5 per Cents. t 54 Stan., Shef., & Lincoln.) 100_ 444 45 in 50 Ilaryport and Carlisle.; all - p - er Cent. 1051 i i. The 5 Enfaced Paper 981 1 ; 1 2 5 Do 1 shares .l all --- 10 Metropolitan 75 6 65 and the Debentures of 1864, 981. The June Ex- st Midland 6.4.0 Do New 1 2.14. 15 15p p chequer Bills are quoted 122. premium. st Do Birming. & Derby, 100 98 100 Rather more activity has been apparent in the 50 Mid. Gt. W. - of Ireland all - - 25 Do. 6 shares i all - - Foreign Stock Market, and in most instances a 25 Mid Kent ' all - - 10 Do Cray Line 1 all - - firmer tone has been real, sed in prices. Turkish 6 100 Newcastle and Carlisle , all - - per Cents, have improved to 80 81; ditto, 1858, to 10 Newry & Armagh, def.' 9 - - 79 71; ditto £lOO Bonds to 74; Dutch 4 per Cents. 2F3 Newry,,c War ' pt &Ros all - - 100 61 63 624 100 621 63 are 200 ; Italian 5 per Cents. to 631 ; Mexican have st North British t Nor.Dev.Rail&Dk.stock 100 - - receded to 27-1 28, owing to a few sales. Russian st Do A stk ; A revs no d 41 per Cents. are 901 1 ; Sardinian, 771 and st Dotir j o c. ic i c ias been pdß 100 - - 100 - - Spanish Certificates, 61. st Nth. Eastern-Berwick 10 0 99 5 99 5 d 25 Do, G.N.E. purchase 16.13.4 55 d • The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up st Do Leeds lOO 565 575 585 st Do York to this day, are in round figures as under :-- st North London 1861. 1860. 10 Do new 5 - - 19.16.4 North Staffordshire . 175 54 41 d Great Western North-Western South -Western - Brighto n 16,575 15,774 20 Portsmouth - - Midl an d - - 100 122 121 South-Eastern Great Northern Lancashire and Yorkshire - - Bristol and Exeter North- Eastern • 36,605 37,497 10 ISittingbourne & Sheer. all - - North British Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln . (South 1 ' ll ra n s l t Eastern anc. Un. 1( E1 0 1 -75 1 76 774 1 Great Southern and Western of Ireland . 7,540 6,233 st , South Wales Glasgow and South-Western Edinburgh and Glasgow Great Western of Canada 10,849 8,355 25 Stockton & Darlington all 36 88 25 Do l3 7 8 p These returns are mostly of a satisfactory character 25 Do New, 1860 5 41 51 P - - s and show an increase of £4,490 on the Great : t t T a lgO IT A• l e e f: 100 No. - - 'Western, £1,595 on the North Western, £3,604 on 25 ThatnesHavenDk&Rail 22 - - 50 Ulster the South Western, £BOl on the Brighton, £l7B on 25 Do 2O 2f 35 the Midland, £905 on the South Eastern, £l, 433 on 12.10 D et V ° ale of Neath the Great Northern, £585 on the Edinburgh and st Victoria sta. and Pim lOO - - . Glasgow, and £2,494 on the Great Western of '540 Waterford ftte,rtor c't A i ni lk e e ;Ck y l , D l ei -- Canada.-- The Lancashire and Yorkshire, however, rl 'll r : e e s s l t ,0 0 n n cron a" all 55 65 all - - shows a decrease of £2,538; the North Eastern, of 2 10 Do Ist class - - £892 ; and the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, st W. i) l 2 a d rt clan - - 1p 'Ol llar.&R lOO - - Of £1,029. st West Midland Oxford! 100 46 48 st Do Newpomi 100 42 45 47; In the Railway Share Market the dealings have st Do Hereford 100 .88 so been of a rather limited character, prices, however, LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. have shown increased buoyancy. Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, have improved ss. ; Mid- : Paid. Leasing Closing Business Railways. Co. a Price. Done. lands, 10s. ; and Caledonians and Great Northerns, 16s. ; Great Westerns, however, have declined ss. Belford and Bletchley all Ln.&N.W The Foreign and Colonial undertakin .. . • s o g gs have been Birkenhead. 94 Buckingh ms.nee lOO Do. rather inactive, but prices show little variation of chester& ii 1 5 Thead lOO Do. 53 54 Do. 51per cent 100 Do. importance, Bahia and San Francisco have ad- Do. 5 , 100 Do. vanced 55.; Great Western of Canada, 55.; and Colchester, Clydesdale Junction or lOO Caledon. 101 103 Stu Val. all E.U.&E.O 83 65 Grand Trunk of Canada, 10s. E. Lincolnsh. gA pr c., 100 Gt. North. 133 136 E Union Harv7-ichShs' all E Counts. 4 45 Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares re- E. Woodbridge....' 100 '.. .. .. Gls.Barr.&Neils.Drct., 100 Caledon .. .. main at about previous prices. Do. new I 100 Do. .._.. . .. .. Glos ter & Dean Forest' all Gt. 'Wes . t. .. .. BrurisH FUNDS-ONE O'CLOCK. Hull and Selby , all Yk.N. Mid 110 112 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 9 14 4 i Do. halves , all Do. all Do. 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities New 3 per Cent. Annuities 914 4 i ; Loudon & Greenwich , 100 S. Eastern 61 63 Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 - Do. Preferen t :Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885.. 15 7-16 9-16 Lou.,Tilb.& S. • ',bend 100 Peto &Co B3 85 India Stock Ditto 5 per Cent. Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent - Mnc.,Bxtn.,t Matlock all LNW& M 34 35 Mid. Bradford Prefer- Ditto 5 per Cent, 9Bl i ence stock Ditto Debentures, 4 per Cent., Oct., 1863 - Newmarkt, BuryEx 1 , ‘5. 5. 0. E Counts. par 5 p Ditto ditto April, 1864 98; gua. 5 per cent... „ Consols for Account, Jan. 9 India Stock for Account, 5 per Cent .... 1055 Do. 6 per cent..... all 'Do. Do. Fixed sp. c.... all Do. March. Jun% N. Eastn-Hartlepool 110 N. E. Ber .. .. Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO 2d, 12 ••, .--. • North Western : Ditto £5OO - iL&N W Preston and Wyre. 1 all l & L. i. lc. ] 43 45 Ditto Small - Do. 6 shares A. all ,Do. ••• • .. .. .. FOREIGN FUNDS-ONE O'CLOCK. Roystn.Hitch.& Shep. 100 IGt.North. 133 136 Chilian 6 per Cent. - Shrewaby & Hereford 100 T Brassey 118 122 120 Ditto 4; per Cent B3l Do. Do. Mexi can , 3 per C ent - South Staffordshire .. 100 Ln.t.N.W .. .. Ditto Acco .nt Poitup•r... A 1101. (lAnt 1852 . Wimbledn i• Croydon, all L.&Brgtn 81 95 Ditto 5 per Cent. Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent — Ditto 5 per Cent, 9Bl 1 Ditto Debentures, 4 per Cent., Oct., 1863 Ditto ditto April, 1864 981 Consols for Account, Jan. 9 India Stock for Account, 5 per Cent March. I 311119 * Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO 2d..., Ditto £500 Ditto Small FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Milian 6 per Cent. — Ditto 41 per Cent B3l Mexican, 3 per Cent Ditto Acco ,nt Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853. Ditto 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, and '60.. Ditto Account Russian 5 per Cent. 1822, £ St — Ditto 41 per Cent. Sardinia n . 5 per Cent. Ditto Account Spanish Cert. of Coup. not funded Turkish 6 per Cent. — Ditto Account Ditto New Loan Ditto Account Ditto £lOO Bonds Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 21 per Cent., Exchange 12 Guil. Ditto Certificates, 4 per Cent... Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861 . 63/ TWO O'CLOCK. Consols M one y Ditto Account PRE 'ERENCE SHARES. Share/ Railways. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. MANCHESTER STEEPLECHASES. Owing to the severity of the frost, this meeting, which was to have taken place, as usual, on New Year's day, is postponed until Saturday, weather permitting. MANSHESTER, Tuesday.—Not a bet of any description laid here to-day. LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. The following list - of entries was received last night : Alectryon, Bantam, Ben Lomcnd, Black Rose, Bucephalus, Broomstick, Bridegroom, Chester, Duhallow, General . 7 . 7 ll ° 9 clilet, Hermit, Huntsman, Irish Emigrant, Jealousy, Ulligrew,Longrange,Leamington (late Farmer from Kerry), - 51 iss Maria, Northern Light, O'Connell, Penarth, Pine Apple, Poet, Polly, Premier, Queensferry, Red Rover, It edwing, Romeo, Shanbally, The Youth, Thomastown, Tipler, Tumbler, Uncle Ned, Willoughby, Yaller Gal, Yallow Girl, and Yorkshire Grey. THE CHESTER CUP. The following nominations were made to the Clerk of the Course at Chester yesterday. A complete list cannot bo made until the end of the week :—Astarte, Brewer, Buce phalus, Bushman, Caller Ou, Dictator, Fairwate,r, lvanhoff, 3 ohnny Armstrong, Knutsford, Lady Dundas, My Mary, M. Philippe, Mistake, Neptunus, Oldminster, Petra, Pilot, Physician, Real Jam, Reindeer, Remunerator, Rubicon, Simla, Socrates, Spite, Sister to Stafford f, Tim Whiffler, Umpire, Walkington,Wallace,Weasel,Wild Rose,Wrizard, Wynnstay, PUG ILISIL BRETTLE AND ROOKE FOR £l,OOO. These men met again yesterday, when after three rounds had been fought, the police made their appearance, which Put a stop to further hostilities for the present. It was considered that Rooke had decidedly the best of it. We understand that a meeting took place this fcrenoon, and it Closing Business Paid. Prices. Done. 91 93 204 214 6 64 101 103 108 110 [O5 108 10? 110 [OO 108 123 125 81 83 92 1k was arranged to renew the fight in ten weeks hence. IMPORTATION OF CORKS.—Ready-made corks, now chargeable with a duty of 3d per lb on importation from abroad, will be admitted free from and after the 31st March next. In the year 1860, 702,6021bs were imported, and 448,0661bs entered for home use, the amount of duty received thereon having been £6,268. From France the supplies were 614,5211bs ; from Portugal, 36,4381bs ; from Spain, 44,4111bs ; and from other parts, 7 2321b5. There were exported in the same period, 169,0691bs of the foreign, and 183,5681bs of the borne-mado article. ABOLITION OF IMPRISONMENT FOR DEBT.— Yesterday the gaolers of the Metropolitan Debtors' Prisons made their monthly return under the new law, showing the comparatively few inmates of the Queen's Prison, White cross street Prison, and liorsemonger-lane Gaol, in which latter place the number is under half a dozen, and in Whitecross-street Prison under 100, whilst the Queen's Prison presents a cheerless aspect as to numbers. The racquet -grounds are nearly deserted, and but few collegians flit about the place. The object of the new I,tw has been to "make a clearance of the prisons," and it has been carried out. The order of the day has been, "Let the prisoners go free, and let the creditors oppose on the hearing, and put them into prison if they are able." At the opening of Par liament a grand point will be made of the few prisoners for debt since the operation of the new act. It was inti mated some time back that persons would get themselves friendly arrested, and avail themselves of applying in forma paupelis to get out, with but little expense, in a few days. The evil has grown to such an extent, that amongst other improvements ono is contemplated on the subject. Blythe and Tyne 10 p.c.' pref. issued at £5 Br's. & Exet. 4 p. c. st Do. ells, es Caledon. £lO, 4/ p. cent I Do. quar. shares, No. 2 ' Cork & Bandon, 5/ p. c. Corr. wall. 5 per cent Dun. Perth, & Aber.Juu Do. Ist Class Pref E. AnG . n. Class A 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. & u Edin. Perth,& Dnn.4 p.c Furness, 5 per cent Glas.& S.West. gu. 5 p.c Great Northern, 5 p. c D 0.5 p.c.ltedm.lop.c.pm Do. 4/ p. c. do Do.sp.c.Redrr.atsp.c.pm Gt. Nh. of Scot. Ist pref. Gt. Sn. & W. (Ireland) 4 per cent Great West. (l3erks and Hants Ext) 5 per cent Do. redeem. 1 p. ct Do. redeem. 4 p. ct Do. irredeem. 4 p. ct Do. 5 p. c. redeem. pref. Do. Birm. pref. shares iDo. Chester R p.c. pf. she Do. Chester 5 p.c. pf. shs Do. Birm. guar. stock Do. Chester guar. shares Do. do Do. do i Lan. & Carl. 4/ p.c. pref Lan. & York. 6 p.c. stock Do.Barnsl.st£s 2s 10d c Do. 13 p. c. (East Lan.) Do. 4/ p. c. (Blackb. pur. Lon.ctßrig".sp.c.gu. No.l Do. 5 per cent, do. No 2 Do. 6 per cent. ao Do. 5 per cent. do. No. 4 Do. 1:4 per cent. do Do. 4/ p. c. pref. shares Do. 7 per cent pref. etk Do, 6 p.c. do(W.E.&C.P.)I Do. 4p c.st.(div.deLliP6s Do. 4 per cent. pref Lon.Chat.&Dov. sp.c.pf. Do. West. Ex., B, 6 p. c. o. Metrop. Ex. IC, s p.c. Lon. & S. W., Coy. Az Nuneaton, 5 per cent. Lon. & S.)lest. 7p. cent. st., late 3d shares Do. 4 4 per cent I Do. (Prtsm. perpl. anus. I of 2s 6d T.ondondy. & Cole. / shs Londony. & Ennis./ shs Man. Sh. & Lin. 6 per ct. Do. £6 .. Do. 31 per cent. . Do. redeem. 6 per cent... Nlaryport Carl. 4 pr. c. Do. 0 per cent . . ' Nfid land Con. 6 p. c. stk. Do.Con.Bris.& Bir. 6 p.c. Do. 0 p. c. pref. stock.. Do. 4 per cent .... . . Do.Leic. andHitiper ct Norflk. 5 p. c. Ex. st. 1846 Do. 5 p. c. Pref. st. 1847 Do.sWay.ValEx.st.lBl7 Nort British. 5 per cent. Do. New true. percent... Do. Bor. Un. prf. shs. Do. do. do. Nth.Dvn.Rail.S;;Dck.Co. N-East. Cons. pref. 4 p.c. Do. 4pr. ct. redeemable Do. G. N. E. 4 p. ct. pref. Do. Berwick 4 p. e. pref. Do. Leeds 6 p. c. No. 1 Do. do. Quarters, 1818.. Do. York, li. ct S. Porch. North Staffordshire.... Rhymney Guaranteed.. Ssott ish Central. new p 1 Scottish North-Eastern 31 p. c. pref. stock.... Do.Aberdeen4ma.6p.c Do. 7 p. c. pret. stock South Devon, Ann, 10s. Do. Fixed 0 per cent ~South Eastern (Reading, Ann., 1.0.6) TM. 4.4 per cent South lDoo:4lllxpaeleed 4 perrsc,egllnita.4cpe.nct Do. do. 1859 Do. 5 per cent. S. Yorkshire, 4 p. c. pea. Do. 5 1 1 gua• Stock. & Dar. A 5 p. c Do. B 6 p. c Do. C 6 p. c. • • Watrfd & Kilkny, 6 p. c. W. Mid. -Old' Ist g . ua stk Do. 2d do Do. Newport 5 p.c. pf. red. Do. Yerpet.6p. c. pf. 1866 Do. till 1869 [ll 113 89 91 [l5 116 [lO 119 [O2 101 107 109 97 99 98 100 88 90 89 91 102 101 91 10 17 18 10 161 74 76 20 201 10 10i 15 15 136 133 101 103 112 115 112 115 136 13A 1112 115 152 155 127 130 73 75 90 92 111 113 13.1 14 125 127 0 111 65 70 I IPm 137 139 102 104 92 94 109 111 107 109 1 1 09 101 98 100 i dis par Idis ;pro 22 23 132 135 10 10} 23 24 99 101 99 101 98 100 85 88 27. 28f 31 33 31 33 42 45 123 125 121 123 100 102 118 122 115 LIO 2s 6d 12a 12i 10. 6. THE SUN : LONDPN, THURSDAY E 49, JANUARY 2, 1862..,_ THE WINDHAM CASE, THE, ,RYE. plosin g ! Price. COMMISSION OF LUNACY THIS DAY. Ilraid. Business done 9,287 claims have been teers enrolled in the und, Naval Reserve : - - (Before Samuel Warm, Esq., Q.C., Master in Lunacy, and a Special Jury.) TEIRTEENTH DAY. 55 60 97 98 Mr. Windham this morning took his seat in court at the opening of the proceedings. Sir Huey Cairns resumed his address to the jury on behalf of the alleged lunatic. Ho remarked that this was the first time it had been attempted to introduce the principle of conseil de faenille into the institutions of England. The family councils having been taken, it was easy to get together the evidence of tutors and others to substantiate a case against iNIr. Windham by evidence extending over a long series of years. It would have been better for them, he thought, if the peti tioners had relied upon the medical evidence instead of overlaying their case by the evidence of policemen and railway guards. After some general preparatory remarks he said be should proceed with an examination of the evi dence, not in the order in which the witnesses had been brought before them, but dividing the life of Mr. Wind ham into four parts. First, that from his earliest life until ho went to reside in Duke-street on the 27th of May, 1861; secondly that which elapsed between that date and the time of his marriage ; thirdly, from the time of his marriage, and the events immediately and closely connected with it; fourthly, that which had passed since the marriage, and the events which were relied upon during that period. In connection with Mr. Windham he was ready to concede many points which had been brought out in evidence. Ho had the misfortune to be an only child, and as a natural result a spoilt child. From his earliest years he had been improperly indulged and capri ciously restrained. His father and mother were excitable people, and he himself was more fond of rustic pursuits than of learning, in which he made little pregress, He had great powers of imitation, and he certainly exercised them in a very noisy and sometimes disagreeable manner. He was certainly eccentric, but eccentricity was no evidence of unsoundness of mind. It would be admitted also that he made himself disagreeable to persons he disliked, but on the other hand, the jury would have had ample tes- Name of Port. Number Enrolled 31 41 d - N -61 61 Aberdeen 285 Aberystwith Alloa Arbroath l9 Banff Barnstaple Berwick Blyth Borrowstoness 3 Boston .. 1 Bridgwater ll4 Bridport Bristol Cardiff 1 Cork 4i 5 Dartmouth .. 73 Dundee Exeter 65 Falmouth Faversham 7 Fowey Galway Glasgow Glocester Grangemouth 3 Greenock 39 Guernsey 1 Hartlep00l Harwich Hull Inverness 2l Leith Lerwick Limerick .. 7 Liverpool Llanelly London Londonderry ..... 2 - - timony that he had great powers of attachment and affection towards those he thought were doing him justice. His taste for acting on railways had been relied upon, but that was a taste indulged in by persons of undoubted sanity. It would be shown that Mr. Windham was per fectly well acquainted with the method of applying breaks, and that over and over again he had been allowed to drive an engine, and that at no time had any accident, or any appearance of one, occurred. Ho expressed his great sur prise that Mr. Chambers should have closed his case with out calling the whole of the pcialuners into the witness-box, at all events, those of the petitioners who in the privacy and retirement of the Court of Chancery had made affidavits to induce the Lords Justices to order this inquiry. Only two of the petitioners had been called, namely, the Marquis of Bristol and Lord Alfred Hervey, and they certainly were not the two who knew most of Mr. Windham, Witnesses had been sought for from St. Petersburgh, Spa, and Edin burgh—people who had had only an occasional glimpse of the alleged lunatic—while the members of his family, and who were intimate observers of his whole course of life, were left unexamined. It had been said that General Windham was free from suspicion in these proceedings, on the ground that being so much older than Mr. Windham it was not likely that he would ever come into possession of the pro perty. It must be remembered, however, that if Mr. Wind ham's marriage were set aside, and that was one of the objects of the petitioners, he could not marry again, and then dying childless the property would go to General Windham or his son, with remainder. Another petitioner was Mrs. Cecilia Anne Baring, who made an affidavit that, she was the aunt of the alleged lunatic, and detailed various circumstances. Why was she not brought before master. J. H. 13RowN, Registrar-General of Seamen and Shipping. General Register and Record-office of Seamen and Shipping, Jan. 1, 1862. the jury P Then there was Captain John Henry Windham, who was the receiver of the Felbrin estates. He must have known much about the matter, and was he afraid of repeat . ANOTHER LETTER FROM JOHN AI /Fen LL. ing in the witness-box the information ho had given pri vately before the Lords Justices ? Then there was Mr. Hooke, a banker in London, and one of the guardians of this young man appointed by the Court of Chancery. He could have told the jury something about Mr. Windham's money matters, and the means that had been taken with regard to his education. Was it to be tolerated that such a gentleman should be allowed t ) make affidavits before the Lords Justices upon which he could not be cross-examined, and then withheld from the jury in open Court ? He should have liked to ask him how it came that he allowed Mr. Windham to go to London to make his own bargains, and to expose himself to all the vices and temptations of Lon don life ; and whether at that time he was of opinion that Mr. Windham was of unsound mind—and if he did, had he not neglected his duty. He should like to have asked him whether he over sought to restrain and rebuke him, or re commended to him a purer and better course of life. Mr. Hook sold the alleged lunatic a horse in the summer cf 1861. He believed the horse was worth what it was sold for, and that Mr. Windham knew its value vary well ; but how came Mr. Hook to sell his ward a horse, believing him to be of unsound mind, and not able to manage himself or his affairs ? Was it this circumstanee that kept Mr. Hook out of the box P He should have liked to ask Mr. Hook what steps he had taken to prevent the marriage of his ward with Agnes Willoughby, of which he was apprised ; or whether he communicated the fact to the Court of Chancery, who appointed him the guar dian of this young man? Now he came to the Coryphaeus of the petitioner, General Wiiieham, who was appointed guardian under the will ,of tho father, and who, from his intimate knowledge of the young man, could have given the fullest information. General Windham had been in court through the trial, but he dare not appear in the open light of day before an English jury, and dare not repeat on oath what-he had stated in four affi lavits before the lords justices. He should like to know when General 'Wind- ham first entertained the idea that his nephew was of unsound mind,—whether, when he allowed him to rush into London life, he was satisfied with his mode of life, w h e ther he remonstrated with and reproved him, and whether he endeavoured to restrain him ; whether, when he complained of the fondness of his nephew for low com pany, he (General Windham) living in London, and in a distinguished position, took any steps to introduce him into better society, and to enable him to consort with better company. Ho should like to know farther, what steps he took to prevent the contemplated marriage, of which he was apprised on the 28th of August; and why he introduced Mr. Jackson to Fellbrigg, for the purpose of bringing about a transfer of the estate. The learned gentleman had not concluded his address when we went to press. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—( This Day.) MARLBOROUGH-STREET. EXTENSIVE ROBBERY BY A PAWNBROKER'S ASSI ST ANT.—Francis James Fairweather, 26, assistant to Mr. Fleming, of 1, Lower John-street, Golden-square, pawn broker, was charged before Tyrwhitt with stealing, at various times, about £230 and 500 duplicates from his em ployer. Mr. Albert Neate, of Southampton-buildings, Chancery lane, appeared for the prosecution. Mr. Henry Doughty, manager, said the prisoner was an assistant in the business up till the end of October last, and gave notice to leave in the regular way, having been four and a half years in the house. Two days before be left £126 was found deficient in stock. Mr. Neate said there had been fictitious entries. The witness said in consequence of the deficiences he went and asked the prisoner to come and explain it. He did call once. He, in consequence of something said by a customer, searched the prisoner's dirty linen bag, and found in it and the drawers, about 500 duplicates. A silk handkerchief produced was part of their stock, and the property of the prosecutor. Butcher, 137 C, said he went to prisoner's residence, and afterwards to Essex-street, Strand, and prisoner came in. lie said that he was sent to apprehend him for stealing various sums of money amounting to nearly £2OO. He said, "Nell, it's a bad job, and there is an end to all things and to this." On the way to the station he said he did not care for himself, only his father and mother. After being charged he said all ho had taken was an opera glass and ring, which were pledged at Kirkbam's and Dobree's, in the Strand, and that all the rest he had taken was money. Mr. Neale said that was all the evidence he should call, and asked for a remand, which was granted. THE BALLOT SOCIETY.—The weekly meeting of the Executive Committee was held at the offices in Guild hall Chambers on Tuesday—Mr Sydenham Nodes in the chair. Mr. Whitehurst, Mr. Bontems, Mr. Elt, Mr. Le Maitre, Mr. Clowes, Mr. Man, Mr. M. E. Marsden, &e., were present. Wm. Jones Williams, Esq., of Manchester, chairman of the Salford Ballot and Reform Association, was elected on the Council. With reference to the Not tingham election, the committee agreed to the following resolution :—" This committee congratulates the friends of the ballot in Nottingham on the triumphant return of the ballot candidate, and trusts that the defeat of the anti-ballot Whig candidate will have a salutary effect upon other can didates and constituencies." The committee gave direc tions for calling the attention of the electors of Oxfordshire to the ballot in reference to the coming election, and also for ascertaining, by means of correspondence through electors, the views of Sir W. H. Dashwood on the question THE INCOME OF THE LIVERPOOL CORPORATION —At the meeting of the Liverpool Town Council yesterday the report of the finance committee was submitted, from which it appeared that there was a surplus income availab'e to the extent of £26,305. A recommendation to postpone the appropriation of that amount until the meeting, at which the improvement and other rates were proposed, in order that the council might be enabled to make such ap propriations of surplus in aid or substitution of these rates as they might think fit, was confirmed. COMMANDER WILRES.—That officer had been in a country where he (Mr. White) had passed a considerable portion of his life, and was guilty of an act which many of them thought should stain him for ever with indelible in famy. This was the Commodore Wilkes who hung at the yard arm of his vessel the son of the Secretary of the Navy for an alleged breach of discipline, though officers went on * their bended knees to him to let the young man be sent home.—Sptech of Kr. Wile at Brighton. received and 8,229 volun ,ermentioned ports in the Name of Port. Number Enrolled Lowestoft Lyme Lynn Maiden Maryport 30 Middlesborough .. 1 ' Milford Montrose ....... Newcastle Newhaven Newport Newry 1 Penzance l3 Perth Peterhead Plymouth Portsmouth Ramsgate Rochester Scarborough Seaham . Shields, North Shields, South , Southampton Stranraer 1 Sunderland 902 Swansea ITeignmouth Waterford Wells Wexford ! Weymouth 5 Whitehaven I Wisbeach 1 Yarmouth Total Of the above, 24 hold certificates of competency as masters, and 116 certificates of competency as mates; 17 hold certificates of service as masters, and 38 certificates of service as mates. Total holding certificates, 195. And the force embraces 1,145 petty officers in the merchant service. Reserve men are not prevented from making long voyages, as leave may be obtained from a shipping master after the drill has been performed. Reserve men are required to produce their books, R.V. 2.. to the shipping master whenever engaged or dis charged; and to Consuls abroad on the like occa sions, in order that the necessary entries may be made therein ; and to deposit their books with the naval officer when entering on drill, or entering the Royal Navy. A volunteer must have served five years at sea, be an A.B. one year, and be under 35 years of age. He will receive £6 every year as a retaining fee, payable quarterly, and a pension of £l2, after requ site service, at 60 years of age, or before if worn out. He is also eligible for the Coastguard and Greenwich Hospital, He is required to perform 28 days' drill during each year, and will receive pay and allowances while on drill. For detailed particulars resl ecting enrolment and drill, application should be made to a shipping THE WISH FATHER TO THE THOUGHT. PARIS, DEC. 24. The ship which bears to England an apology, or else a defiance, is now at sea. That it is freighted, not with th• apology but with the defiance, I be lieve, for the following reasons :—The enormous effort whichthe Northern States have been making for the last nine months to subdue the Confederate States, has called away from their ordinary occupa tions vast multitudes of men, who must be either paid and fed, or else disbanded, and suffered to pay and feed themselves. The great mercantile com munity of New York and other cities has bronght about this state of things by stopping employment and driving the idle masses of men into the army as their only refuge ; hoping by this enor mous concentration of force to crush out the re bellion at once and regain the lucrative trade of the South for the merchant " princes" of the North . The effort has failed, finally and hopelessly; and a huge army is on hands. Useless to tell them to go home to their work, their shops, their farms. The work they used to do, the business they used to carry on, are gone. General bankruptcy and ruin stare the country in the face; and the military system of the Federal States is at this moment, to a very great extent, a system of out-door relief. The Government dare not disband these men. Within the short nine months of this war the whole Govern ment and social system of those Northern States have been shaken to its foundations. The President and his Ministers have set the example of violating all law, and establishing a mere military rule; a perilous example to half a million of armed men, if they are now to be sent adrift to live as they best may. Amongst those soldiers are the worst of the rowdy population of the cities, and thousands of convicts taken out of the State prisons, like the " Zouaves" of Billy Wilson. In sending forth these fellows to subdue the South, New York hoped never to see their faces again ; and if they were now to come b:ck, amongst an impoverished community, rendered more atrocious than ever by military habits, and inflated by the esprit de corps—decent people would be obliged to emigrate to Europe. In short, Mr. Lincoln's Government holds a wolf by the ears. _ _ The conclusion is obvious—if they cannot plunder the South, they must provide for these half-million of fierce armed men somewhere and somehow. The more enormous have been the pecuniary efforts and sacrifices heretofore made by the moneyed classes in New York, the more needful is it that they reim burse themselves out of some fund. If they cannot whip the Southerners, they are bound to whip some body, and in their rage they naturally turn upon England, their ancient enemy. They think, and think rightly, that it was England that involved them in their present difficulty, and it is more than flesh and blood can bear to see England standing by grinning and sneering now at their failures and their troubles. Take this for a fact also—l assert it after six years' close observation —all Americans hate England perfectly and satisfactorily, except some few foolish and servile literati, mostly at Boston. They fully believe that a casus Belli with England is always open and available ; and are firmly of opinion that Americans must ever and always thrash the English, and that the third war between them will also be the last; a conclusion in which I altogether concur. But further: the Americans will stand by and maintain this insult and outrage for another reason —namely, that they are largely in England's debt, and are likely to be unable to pay. I remember that, a few years ago, when war was threatened, American journalists disposed of it with a pooh, pooh ! Talk of England bombarding New York, said they : if she does she will be setting fire to warehouses bursting with her own property ; she will be cutting off her sole chance of even the smallest per tentage in the pound. And, in this nineteenth century, are men going to stab their debtors and shoot their customers ? Pooh, pooh ! If the Americans shall now, therefore, deliberately and with cool calculation, resolve to push England to the alternative of either fighting or being dis honoured for ever, they will come to this resolution after a mature consideration of the account and the balance-sheet. You observe with what horror the English press comments on the barbarism of Lincoln's Govern ment sending a fleet laden with stones to be sunk at the mouth of Southern harbours. One would suppose that a British Government had never been guilty of such a piece of brutality— for brutality and barbarism it is. Well, it is not yet forgotten in France that English ships were sent before now with similar lading, and on a simi lar errand, to more than one French seaport ; and particularly that a stone fleet once sailed into the harbour of Cherbourg, and sunk in it many thou sands of tons of solid rock. New England only imitates Old ditto, like a dutiful child. It is from the parent Anglo-Saxon that the Yankee one dc. rives whatever brutality he has in his character — just as he has derived his Habeas Corpus, his Shak spere, his love of fair play. J. M. At Lloyd's, on the news from America, there was a slightly downward tendency in the rates for war risks, but the business transacted was unimportant. Railways. Itlantie & St Lawrence llom.,Barodatz.Ceut hid Gu. 5 per cent.. Do Do. Buffalo had LaKC Huron Do. New f Do. Preference ...... Buiralo,Brant,&Godrich 6 p. ct. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 Do. do. July 1, 1873 Do. do. June 1, 18;.1 Eas tn. (Li ) ICape,Eastn.Prov. (Lim.) ICapeTown it Dock Scrip Iceylon Guarantd. 6 p. c. Demerara . . Eastn. Bengal gu. 5 p. East Indian, gu 5 p. c.' Do. Shares Do. Jubbulpore Do. 44 p c. Debentrs Do. 5 p. c. Deb., 1864 Do. f 865-1870 ( Grand Trunk of Canada Do. 6 per cent. Pref Do. 2d Pref. 6 per ct Do. 6 per et. Vebentr. Do. 7 percent. 1862 .. Do. do. 1867 .. Do. do. 1872.. G t. IndiaPcnin.gua.sp.c. Do. New gua. 5 p. c... Gt. South.of India (Lim guaranteed 5 per cen Do. do. _ _ t:W, of Canada Shares I Do. New . IDo. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt Do. 51 p. c. do. '77 do Do. 5.} p. c. do. '7B do Madras guar., 41 p. a Do. do. 5 per cent Do. 4t p. C. Extensiou Do. 5 Melb.Corp. 6 p. o. Bnds. INewßrunswick Cand:i Ry.BsLand(Lim.)g.6pc Class A Capital Share Do. do. Land d 0........ Do. do. B Capital do. .. Do. do. Land do. ...... Oude (Limited) ........ Sande .....• . c 9 ....1 c i 4-> Do. Punjaub ... La . Do. Do. ........ LI c. Do. Indus. St. Flo. 5 c ,,, Trinidad (Lim.) Scrip.. FOREIGN Algerian Antwerp & Rotterdam. Ardennes.... • . Bah. & S. Fran.. Lim.7 p.c.' Belgian East. Junction Beziers to Graissessac.. Cermeaux Mine & Railj Copiapo .. ........ Ditto Extension .... Dutch Rhenish ...... •• Eastern of France .... Grand Rus Guar. 6 p. c. Do. do. - Great Central of France Gt. Luxem., Con. shs... Italian Junction ...... Lierre & Turnhout .... Lyons & Geneva • • Namur .46 Liege .... • • Do. 6 p. c. Pref. • . Northern of France.... Do. New Shares Norwegian Trunk Pref. Paris, Lyons, & Mediter. ?Paris (St 0r1ean5........ Recife & S. Fran. (Peru.) qua. 7 p. ct. ...... Riga & Dunaburg...... Royal Danish-- •• • • Royal Swedish IrDo. 7 per cent. Pref Sambre & Meuse ...... Do. 51 per cent. Pref..... San Paulo, lim, g. 7p. c. S.Aust. &Lomb Venetin Southern of France.... S. East Portugal 7 p ct. West Flanders Do. 51 p. c. Preerence.. W. & N.W. of France .. Western of Austria.... Western of Switzerland Wiesbaden . * Do. 8 per cent Pref , Zealand . . BRITISH M A 1 tre cl Consols (Philaeli; British Iron Clifford Devon G. Cons. (Tavisty East Bassett (Illogan) East Caradon ...... IE. WI Russel (Tavistk.) Gam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen.) Great South Tolgus G.Wheal Alfd. (Philack) G. Wheal Vor (Helston) IGrenville Herod's- Foot Hingston Downs (Lady Bertha Margaret Lelant) (North Downs 'North Frances (Mogan), N. Wli'l Basset (1110 iin) North Wheal Crotty .. I Par Consols (St. Blitzeyll Providence (Uny Lelntoi i Sortridge Cons. Min. Co.!, South Caradon(St.Cleer)! S. Carn Brea (Illogan).. S. Dev. Iron &Gen., Lim.l ,S.Wheal Fran. (Illogan) Stray Park I Tamar Lead Min Tin Crott Vale of Towev (Carm )j West Basset (11logan) ; !W. Caradon (Liskeard): 'West Seton i Wheal Basset ((Mogan)! I Wheal Buller ( Redruth)l (Whet Edward (Cats.), iWheal Kitty (U.Lelant), I Wheal Mary Ann (Men.) Wheal Tretawney (Lis.)' 98 8 1 id 19i 191'd 9Si 99} 98 100 99 101 100 101 18 19 55 59 45 50 30 34 34 38 29 32 29 32 100 101 d 99 100 8 91 111 11} 89 91 99 100 91 93 5 7 4 6 1011 IG2i I #d .1 :95 100 A I d 3.2.10 16 nil 1 30 2.14.6 7.4.0 551 17s 6.8.6 8.12 4.11.81 1.10.61 97, 114 1.14.0 9.18.9 10.6.7 all 18.1 • 27 19. 13s (3cl 1.7.2 FOREIGN MINES. Australian BonAccord Copper,Litn. Brazil St.J.del Rey,Lirn Do. Land and lliningCo. Clarendon Cons. Mi aCo Care Copper Copiapo DunMoun.Cop.Ming,.Co Fortuna. - General t N. Cop. of S. Austr liapunda (Limited) Linares - 6 Lusitanian 1 Mariquira 1 N.lthineCopof 20 Pontgibaud Silver,Leaell Minin and Smelt... 5 Port Philip 1 Scottish Austrin. (L.) lt United Mexican 1 Worthing, (Limited) Do — all 1 10s. all all 48 50 11 11 div. 34 36 6 8 2 lf 23 24 I P 1 11 p 7 8 d A pr 41 1 2 4 11 11 $f pm 8,1 81 14 1 81 I COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. iCan.Gov. 6 p.c.Ja. &Julyi 1 1877-9 1 100 102 105 Do 6p. cent.lBB o -2 1 1 00 Do. 6p. cent.lBB3-4 1 100 106 Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug.i 100 104 107 Do. 6p. c. Mar. & Sept. 100 101 107 Do. 5 ner cent lOO 92 95 954 64 -- Cape G. Hope, 6 p 0,18801 100 106 108 Do. 18901 100 106 108 N.B.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&Julyi 100 100 102 Do. 6.p. c.Ap. & Oct.! 100 N. S.W. Gov. sp. 0.,1866; 100 96 98 Do. sp. c.,1871 to 1876 100 95 97 964 I Do. p.c., 1888 &upwds 100 95 97 Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c sterAng, 1875 lOO 101 103 S. Au5,G6p.c.1878.& up lOO - - Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July 100 - - Do. do. 6 p.c. Ap.&Oct 1 100 103 104 104 DOCKS. stock Commercial I 100 1 stock Do. 4 per Cent.Pref.Min 1 100 stock East and West India 1 110 123 125 stock London ..... I 100 58 61 stock St. Katharine ' 100 60 63 stock Southampton 1 100 stock IVictoria . 20 ;Do , New . ..........ze JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 100 Agra&UnitedService Bk 50 85 87 I 40 ' Australasia I all 59 Cl I 605 25 Bank of Egypt all i 205 215 211 100 Ba-,ik of London 20 Bank of Turkey 3 50 British North American all 20 Chtd.Bank of India, &c. all 191 20 25 Ch. Mer. of In. Lon.& Ch. all 11 33 100 City 100 Colonial . 20 . 11 Corn. Bank of Canada all 100 ' Commercial of London 2O 20 I Eno - • Scot., & Aus. Ch all 17 171 ''' 20 ,Gen. Bk .of Switzerland all 20 I Lou. Char.Bkof Austral all 234 245 20 I Do. new l5 35 4 50 !London and County 50 I London Joint Stock 20 , 'London and S. Atrican... 10 1 id I 100 London & Westminster) 20 67 69 69 5 100 I 'Cat. Prov. of England 42 -.. . 20 Do. new 50 Nationalß%nk ........ 25 ( 21 Ne s‘ South Wa1e5...... all 25 Orient. B. Corporation. all 50 52 51 4 t,. 20 Otto.nan Bank 100 Provincial of Ireland - 10 I Do. new , all I 25 ! South Australia ..,,, 1 all -- 25 j Union of Australia I all ;38 39 50 I Uni ), of London' 12 I 274 284 100 I Unity Mutual 60 1 51 ISC ELLANlOUS. 10 Anglo-Mexican irlint ..1 all 134 144 10 !Atlantic R. Ml. Stm (hi)l all 1 2 1 1000 ; Atlantic TeL (Limited) all 25 lA.ustralian Agricultural 19 25 27 10 Berlin Water (Limited) all 5 54 5i 55 5 50 British American Land 40 50 B.&l.Mag. Tel. A. (Lim.) all 29 82 20 Do. 8,7p.c.ti111852 (Lim.) all 18 20 20 Do. C. (Limited) all 9 11 321 Canada Land all 98 102 10 Chan.lslands Ta (Lim all at. Cop. Min.ofEng.&Smltg all 25 Do. Pref. 75 per cent all 1 15 17 st. Crystal Palace at. Do. Preference at Do. 6 p et. Perpet. Deb lOO 99 101 20 E. India Irrign. & Canal 1 id 4pm at. Electric Telegraph 25 Do. New l5 5 English & Aus. Copper all 24 31 3 15 Gen. Steam Navigatt m 14 -- 1 Great Ship Limited) all i 4 1 Do: 175 pct Preference all 4 1 5 Lon. District Tel. (Lim.) 45 4 L.G. Omnibus Co. (Lim.) all 14 1} 20 Madras Irr. and Canal 1 2 25 10 Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim ) all 34 45 25 National Dig. Co. (Lim ) 5 i # d 20 Nerbu.Coal&lron (Lim ) 5 14 Id 10 Netherlands Land all 5 Do.B p.c. Pref..iss.atl dis. all 5 4 100 N.Br.&NovaScotiaLand 81 10 15 1 N.B.Australasian (Lim.) all 1 14 1 Oriental Gas (Limited). all 15 14 1 Do. New Shares (Lim.). all 15 14 10 orintl. In. Steam (Lim.) 10 64 74 at PeelltLnd.&Min.(Lim) 100 47 50 50 Pen. & Oriental Steam all 66"; 68 50 Do. New 3O 9 11 40 20 Red Sea&ln.Tel.g.4sp.c. all 18 19 50 Rhymney Iron all 17 19 15 Do. New all 5 6 100 Royal Mail Steam 6O 46 48 at. Scot. Austin. Inv.(Lim ) 100 125 135 25 South Australian Land Pall 32 34 1 Submarine Tel. Scrip all 4 4 1 Do. do. Registe ro..ed !a1 4 6 :a l l 4 i 10 Do. d 10 Trust and Agency in Austriasia (lim)lst is. 3 5d 4r 20 Tr.& Ln.Co. of Upr.Can. 5 p Ip 5 U. K'dcm Tel. Co. (lim.) 1 ld pr 100 Van Die.nad Lind /100 15 all 100 1 RAILWAYS. 61 6 , d 4 14 11i 4 84 1 k 21k z 8} 0} 8f ff 20 21 38f 38} 8 10 39 40 50 is 2 5 4 d 11 13 61 7 81 9 1 1 id 1 p 254 t 64 6f 7 94 10 20 21 ES. 1 2 28 32 365 375 50 52i 281 ta 2} 3% 18 20 31 4} IS.B. all all all all all 101 19 1 fl} 10 7! 1411 91 i 7 . H8 SELF-. IF CANADA. The following, from La Unnerve, aFrench Cana dian journal, would lead us to suppose that the in habitants of L -. .wer Canada are thoroughly imbued with a determination to resist invasion : At the time of the secession of the South from the United States, and of the oatbreak of the war between what is now called the Federal and Con federate States, we began to believe that it would be prudent for us Canadians to defend our coun try in case of danger. We know that General Sir W. F. 'Williams wrote to England to this effect, requesting the sending of more troops, and that the Imperial Government answered his demands by immediately increasing the military force of this country. These troops having already seen much active service, we are certain of great help, should we be attacked; but their numbers are not sufficient to be very effective. If during the present winter our neighbours would desire to trouble us, which may take place, if we judge from the many compli cations that have and are taking place almost every day, and in particular after the sanction by the Congress of the Federal States of the arrest of the Messrs. Slidell and Mason, we would find ourselves in the vexatious position of being unable to be aided by England. It is therefore urgent, and at the same time extremely necessary, that the provincial government should take measures to immediately organise the sedentary militia, who have before done great service to this province. The Government should call together the officers of the sedentary militia, ordering them to form one company in each parish or township of Lower Canada, and to discipline such militia as soon as possible. We well know that without discipline a militiaman is useless, and we also know that it would take some time to discipline a body of them. But the Government can easily surmount all these obstacles by immediately acting in the matter. It is only necessary to call to a special district an offi cer of militia from each parish, and to instruct such officers assembled in the maxual exercise, and the proper military discipline, which could be done in a short time, and the officers would then return to their respective parishes and form their companies. By this means, and in a little while, the militia would soon become effective. It would not be requisite at present to arm these companies, as we all know that the habitants gene rally possess guns. They might use them for drill, and when called into active service the Government would be prepared to furnish them the necessary arms. By this means we could soon form a sufficient force in Lower Canada, who would have received their first lessons of the manual exercise, and be pro perly disciplined. The following simple calculation is an estimate of the army that would thus be raised if this plan were put in execution :—Let us say that there are 200 parishes in each district of Mon treal and Quebec, and 60 parishes in each district of St. Hyacinthe and Three Rivers; if, therefore, one militia company, composed of 100 men, all under 40 years of age, was formed in each parish we would have 52,000 disciplined men ; we might also add to this 10,000 which could be formed in battalions in Montreal and Quebec, and we would find our selves with 62,000 sedentary militia, exclusive of the active force and the Queen's troops. If Upper Canada would do likewise, we should have 124,000 men, who would be ready for active service in case of need, and this without scarcely any expense to the Government. If there would be any difficulty in raising one hundred men in each of the new parishes, we might form more than one company in the more populous parishes, and we would thus make up the deficit. All these soldiers, divided into different battalions, mitht be concen trated together in a certain district in about 15,days. The old Volunteer corps throughout the colony are assembling for drill, and new corps are being actively formed; also a project, which is meeting with considerable favour, is on foot for organising a corps for naval service on the lake, states the Montreal Gazette. The nucleus for such a force already exists in the Royal Canadian Yacht Club, the members of which are well adapted for any service requiring a knowledge of the coast and of nautical affairs generally. Mr. Armstrong, the secretary of the club, is, we learn, endeavouring to procure the narees of those willing to serve. The Hon. Captain Elmsley is spoken of as the corn mender of the corps, which we hope soon to see fully organised. THIS DAY'S SIARKE2'S. CORN EXCHANGE. Ibif ERIAL WEEKLY AVERAGES. Wheat, 61s 4d ; barley, 3Gs 4d ; oats,'.22s 6d ; rye, 35s 10d ; beans, 41s 4d ; and peas, 41s 11d. THE SIX WEEKS' AVERAGES. Wheat, 60s 9cl ; barley, 36s 9cl ; oats, 22s 7d ; rye, 35s 9d ; beans, 42s 4d ; peas, 44s ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK.—Wheat, 75,104 ; barley, 101, 835; oats, 16,362; rye, 95 ; beans, 4,704 ; peas, 2,263 quarters. METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKEI. The supply of beasts on offer here to-day being some what extensive, and the attendance of buyers by no means numerous, the beef trade was in a depressed state, at a de cline in the quotations, compared with Monday, of from 24 to 4d per Slb. The very best Scots sold at 4s 10d per Sib. Sheep, the show of which was moderately good, changed hands slowly, at late currencies. We have to re • port a dull inquiry for calves, at about stationary prices. Pigs and mulch cows were very dull, but not cheaper. Per Sib. to sink the offal. s. d. s. d. Crse. & inf. beasts 3 2 S 6 Second quality do. 3 8 4 0 Prime large oxen 4 2 4 6 Prime Scots, &c. 4 8 4 10 Crsc. & inf. beep 3 2 3 6 Second quality do. 3 8 4 4 - - - s. d. s. d Primeers-wool d 0.4 6 5 2 Pme.S'thdowndo.s 4 5 6 Large orse. calves 4 6 5 0 Prime small do 5 2 5 6 Large hogs 4 0 4 6 Small porkers 4 8 5 0 Lambs, Os Od to Os Od. Suckling calves, 22s to 30s; and quarter-old store pigs 22s to 298. TOTAL SUPPLY. Beasts - - 1,990 Sheep .. Calves rigs FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts 330 Sheep Calves Pigs MEAT MARKETS. NENVGATE AND LEADENHALL:—TheSO markets are but moderately supplied with meat, and the demand is steady at full prices :—Beef, from 3s Od to 4s 6d , mutton, 3s 2d to 4s 8d ; lamb, Os to Os Od ; veal, 4s Od to 5s 6d ; pork, 4s Od to 5s 4d per 81bs to sink the offal. SOUTHALL, Jan. I.—The supplies of fat stock here to-day were moderate, and the demand ruled steady, as follows : Beef, from 3s 6d to bs Od ; mutton, 3s 10d to 556 d ; lamb, Os Od to Os Od ; veal, 4 s 4 d to 5 s 2d ; and pk, 4s Od to 4s 10d per 81bs. by the carcase. ROMPORD, Jan. I.—Prime beasts and sheep commanded a steady sale at full rices ; othe rwise the d e ma n d was in a sluggish state. Bee f, from 3s 4d to 5s Od ; mutton, 3s 8d to 5s 6d ; lamb, os to Os Od ; veal, 4s 6d to 5s 4d ; pork, 4s Od to 4s 10d per 81b ; suckling calves, 16s to 20s ' • quarter o ld store pigs, 22s to 29s each; and milch cows, £l4 Os to £lB 10s each. HAY MARKETS. SMITIMELD.—Meadow bay, £2 5s to £5 ; clover, £3 lOs to £6 Os Od ; and straw, £1 8s to £1 108 Od per load. Trade steady. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, £2 8s to £5 Os ; clover do., £3 10s to £5 18s; and straw, £1 8s to £1 10s per load. A moderate demand. • WHITEcHArEL.—Meadow hay, £2 5s to £5 Os; clove', £3 10s to £6 Os Od; and straw, £1 8s to £1 16■ per load. Supply good. THIS DA I'S SHIPPING. LONDON, Jan. 2.—Wind this day at noon—North - Easterly ; moderate breeze, and fine weather, but rather cloudy. PORTSMOUTH, Jan. I.—Wind N.E., toggy.—Sailed — Her Majesty's ship Edgar, for North America; her Ma. jesty's ship Terrible, for the eastward, OFF HURST CASTLE, Jan. I. Arrived Shannon, steamer, from the West Indies. Jan. 2.—Arrived—Oneida, steamer, from Brazils, QUEENSTOWN, Jan. I.—Arrived — goon. Arrived—D. Carrol, from Arrived—Eliza Co o k CORK, Dec. 31.—Wind N.B .— , from New York. CROOEHAVEN, Dec. 31. Buenos Ayres for Liverpool. ',BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Thursady Morning. Arrived— steamer, from Havre ; Ceylon, steamer, n exa ndria ; Oneida, stea mer , f r om Bra z ils. rrived f — ro A m ll A ia l No sailir gs. ( B y SUBMARINE G A RAV ND MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) ESEND, Thursday Morning. Sailed—Berlin, steamer, for Antwerp. DEAL, Thursday Morning. Passed, Jan. I.—Jessamine, for Demerara ; Amber, for Otago; Juliana, for Santander; Scandinvien, for Rio Janeiro; Stella screw steamer, for Havre ; Prince Lle wellyn, for Bermuda—all from London. In the Liverpool cotton market yesterday morn ing there was a good attendance, although it was nomi nally a holiday, and large transactions were entered into (notwithstanding the discovery announced on Tuesday that the existing stock is larger than was estimated by 80,000 bales), at an advance of id, per lb. 211 E 1861. The year which has just closed has been fatal to more than ordinary numbers of distinguished per- sons. The following is a list of some of the most prominent among them : On the 6th of January Dr. Noble, M.P. for Lei cester, and Dr. William Pyper, Professor of Hu manity at St. Andrew's University ; on the 13th Lord Elphinstone ; on the 14th Sir Richard Paull Jodrell ; on the 17th Sir Geo. Scovell, the Very Rev. T. H. Lowe, Dean of Exeter; Mr. A. B. Cor ner, the Queen's Coroner ; Lola Montez, the " Countess of Lansfeldt ;" on the 18th Mr. J. Heath- coat, late M.P. for Tiverton ; on the 19th Lady Elizabeth Wathen ; on the 20th Rear-Admiral R. W. Parsons; on the 21st Sir John Hall, Sir Hugh Lyon Playfair, and Rear-Admirals Chappell and Radford ; on the 24th General Welsh ; on the 25th Dr. G. R. Rowe, F.S.A., and the Rev. Charles Webb le Bas, Prebendary of Lincoln, and formerly Principal of the East India College, Haileybury ; on the 28th Dr. Baly, F.R.S., Physician Extraor- dinary to the Queen; on the 29th they of Guild- ford, General Alex. Fair, and Mrs. Gore, the cele- brated authoress ; and on the 31st the Duchess Dowager of Cleveland. On the Ist of February Lady Sykes ; on the 8d Major-Gen. Gairdner ; on the sth General De la Motte ; on the 6th Sir John Owen, M.P. for the Pembroke district of burghs, and theßev. Bulkeley Bandinel, D.D., late Librarian of the Bodleian; on. the 9th Admiral Sir George Mundy ; on the 11th the Dowager Countess of naddingto ; on the 16th the Dowager Lady Congelton, Sir Wm. Burnett, ate Director-General of the Medical Department of the Navy, and Sir Wm. Henry Clerke; on the 20th General Dyson, Mr. Seeker, the police magis trate, and Sir W. Ogilvie ; on the 22d Baron Bray- brooke ; on the 24th the Hon. Charles Alexander Wrottesley ; on the 25th the Countess of Roden; on the 27th Lady Mon& ; and on the 28th the Duke of Sutherland. On the sth March Mr. J. M. Maddox, for many years lessee of the Princess's Theatre ; on the Bth General H. J. Riddell ; on the 9th Sir Archibald Maclaine; on the 10th Lady Kinloch ; on the 11th Sir Lovell B. Lovell ; on the 14th Sir Wm. Beau champ Proctor; on the 15th Lord Lilford ; on tho 10th her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent ; on the 19th Sir William Pym and Sir Jas. Dalrymple Hay ; on the 23d the Right Hon. Richard Wilson Greene, ex-Baron of the Irish Court of Exchequer; and on the 27th Lady Jane Peel. On the 4th of April the Bishop of Madras and Sir J. C. Anderson ; on the sth Lady Fleming and. Mr. Robert Jamieson, eminent for his philan thropic endeavours to benefit the native races of Africa ; on the 12th Lord Berwick ; on the 14th the Dowager Lady Forbes and Vice-Admiral Aplin ; on the 19t1 Sir Charles W. Pasley and General Charles Ashe A, Court Re,pington ; on the 20th Mr. David Pugh, M.P., for Montgomeryshire ; and on the 24th Sir Hedworth Williamson. On the 2d. of May Sir George Jackson ; on. the Bth the Hon. Thomas Edward Mostyn Lloyd Mostyn, M.P. for Flintshire ; on the 13th Lady Elizabeth Tollemache ; on the 14th the Duke of Bedfcrd ; on the 16th Sir Thomas Henry Estridge Durrant ; on the 19th Lady St. Leonard's ; on the 23d the Rev. E. Cardwell, D.D., Principal of St. Alban's Hall and Camden Professor of Ancient History ; on the 26th Vice-Admiral C.R. Moorsom ; on the 28th the Yen. J. W. Foster, LL. D., Treasurer and Vicar-General of Limerick, Archdeacon of Aghadoe, and rector of Aghadoe and Tankardstown, Killarney; and on the 29th Sir George Maclean. Oa the 3d of June Vice-Admiral the Hon, Richard Saunders Dundas and Admiral James Patteson Stewart; on the 7th Lady Dorchester on the 16th Major-General Sir Eaton Monies; on the 19th Rear-Admiral the Hon. John Frederick Fitz Gerald De Ros ; on the 20th General William. * Hallett Connolly ; on the 21st Rear-Admiral the lion. Frederick Pelham ; on the 22d Mr. Braid wood, superintendent of the London Fire Brigade ; on the 23d Lord Campbell, and on the following day his brother-in-law Lord Abinger ; on the 25th Lady Georgiana Bourke; and on the 28th Sir J. Patteson. On the 6th of July Sir Francis Palgrave, De puty Keeper of the Public Records ; on the 12th Mr. S. More, LL.D., Professor of the Law of Scot land in the. University of Edinburgh; on the 13th Sir Godfrey John Thomas; on the 21st the Right Hon. Charles Tennyson d'Eyncourt, for 20 years member for the borough of Lambeth ; on the 22d the Countess of Belmore ; on the 23d Sir James Cosmo Melvill and Mr. John James Wilkinson, Accountant to the House of Commons; on the 27th Sir George Robert Barker ; on the 28th Lady Jane Ogilvy and A dmiral the Hon. Sir F. B. R. Pellew ; and on the 29th the Duke of Buckingham. On the 2d of August Lord Herbert of Lea and the Earl of Traquair ; on the 3d Admiral Sir Barrington Reynolds ; on the 4th the Dowager Countess of Newburgh and Vice-Admiral Sir Thomas Herbert ; on the Bth the Venerable E. J. Burrow, Archdeacon of Gibraltar; on the 9th the Bishop of Durham ; on the 11th Madame Catherine Hayes-Bushnell, the songstress; on the 20th Prof. Quekett, the distinguished microscopist ; on the 22d Gen. Francis Moore and Mr. Richard Oastler, " the factory king ;" on the 28th the Marchioness of Breadalbane ; and on the 30th Mr. John Francis, the well-known sculptor. On the 3d of September the Earl of Mount-Edg cumbe and Lady Mary Ashley ; on the 14th Earl Fortescue ; on the 17th Sir Win. White and Gen. G. R. Kemp; on the 19th Sir Samuel Home Stir ling and Gen. Dennis Herbert; on:the 22d Sir George Dashwood ; on the 24th Mr. Wm. Farren, the co median ; on the 25th Sir Thomas Blaikie ; and on the 28th Sir James Miles Riddell, On the 2d of October Lord Ponsonby ; on the 4th the Earl of Eglinton and Mr. Vandenhoff, the tra gedian ; on the Bth Viscount Forth ; on the 10th Sir James Hamlyn Williams ; on the 11th the Dowager Marchioness Conyngham ; on the 12th Lady Rose, mother of Sir Hugh Rose; on the 13th Sir Wm. Cubitt, the engineer, and Major Waldo Sibthorp, m.p. for Lincoln ; on the 16th Sir Wm. Keith Murray ; on the 17th Mr. Sharman Crawford, for merly M.P. for Dundalk, and for many years the champion of tenant right ; on the 21st Sir Claude Martine Wade ; on the 25th Sir James Graham; on the 29th Sir Henry Bridges ; on the same day Sir Richmond Shakespear ; and on the 30th Sir Wm. Miller. On the 2d of November Lord C. Beauclerk ; on the Bth Sir Thomas Butler ; on the 9th Sir Howard Douglas; on the same day Sir John Ceesar Haw kins; on the 10th the Rev. James Cumming, Pro fessor of Chemistry at Cambridge ; on the 13th Sir John Forbes, Mr. T. S. Duncombe, M.P. for Fins bury, and Mr. J. H. H. Foley, M.P. for East Wor cestershire; on the 18th Lady Canning ; on the 22d Lady Stephenson ; on the 24th Lady Charlotte Chetwynd; on the 26th the Dowager Countess Grey; on the 27th Lady Robert Kerr; and on the 29th Sir Chaloner Ogle. On the Ist of December Sir Wm. Richards ; on the 2d Mr. F. H. Crowe, her Majesty's Consul at Cairo, General Alexander Armstrong, and Lady Georgiana Fitzroy ; on the 3d Sir Peter Laurie ; on the sth Sir William Gordon ; on the 10th Dr, Southwood Smith, "the father of sanitary ieform; , ' on the 14th his Royal Highness the Prince Consort; on the same day Sir Edward Bowater, one of the Grooms in Waiting to the Queen ; Lord Rivers dale, Bishop of Killaloe ; on the 19th Mr. George Granville Harcourt, M.P. for Oxfordshire ; on the 20th Mr. John Bagshaw, formerly M.P. for Har wich ; on the 26th Lady Frances Knox ; and on the 28th Admiral J. L Hollinworth. THE MERSEYI DOCK BOARD ELECTIONS.—A meeting of the Mersey Dock Board was held yesterday (Wednesday), for the purpose of electing members to supplY the places of the retiring members—Messrs. Lockett, Run kin, Holme, Arnold, Henderson, and Langton. Air. Bower moved, and Mr. W. P. Campbell seconded the nomination, of Mr. Thos. Bouch, late chairman of t he Liverpool Cham ber of Commerce ; and Mr. Adam Gla dstone and Mr. G. P Forwood seconded the nomination o f Mr. Fernie, of the firm of Fernie Brothers. In opposition, Mr. Patterson members, and spoke proposed the nomination of the re tiring • in deprecatory terms of the efforts which were being made to disturb the harmonious a nd highly efficient representa tion which had hitherto existed The Polling will take place to-day (Thursday). ti:iare stk I 8 20,1 204 10 100 100 100 100 100 100 stock 100 100 100 100 100 100 stock stock 20 20 100 100 100 stock stock stock stock stock stock stock) I