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

1 - - . THE SUN' t LONDON, orris Saltire and Welter are well drawn, and int- SHARE MARK ET—(THIS DAY). I a prove as they progress. Their conversation THIRD EDITIO.,• e about Ravenshoe's affairs brings out the similarity yet contrast of their disposition. A chapter on SUN OFFICE, Six o'clock. beggars furnishes some strange accounts of the raid. Closing i Business Share) Railways. beggars of London. The writer endeavours to Price. dona NAVAL I'V TELLIGENCE. . . r show that much might be done to mitigate the evil. 50 Belfast and Nor. Cozen.' all ✓ A poem entitled " Britain's Earnest Money," is one -4. 13.14 air., Wol., and Str. VaL all 75 8 ✓ of the best poetical contributions we have met The following appointments were made at the Admiralty 25 Blyth and Tyne 10 Bost.,Sleat,andMid .co all 6 5 64 with in the periodicals for some time. It re - this ev enin g :-- f at Bristol and Exeter lates to the murder of Patrick Vans Agnew Captain. W. King Hall, C. 8., to the Russell, vice Wode- st Caledonian lOO 1024 1034 1024 f f t 10 Carmarthen &Cardigan all t of the Bengal Civil Service, and Lieutenant house, whose term of service has expired. 50 Cork and Bandon all s -">"•-..., Anderson, when on a mission to Lahore. The f ol- Comm anders — F. S. Tre mlett, to the Im p re g nable, corn- 20 Cork, 131 rock, & Passage all lowing is a sample:— missioned as a training ship for boys; R. B. Harvey, to 20 Cornwal l ' t , Then like enchantment broken the Hibernia, vice Blanc, superseded at his own request; 'I I A gets no div 1 all _ till6p e.p an.has all • • By some unearthly spell, 10 Do. B been paid to B. T. M. Jones, to the Sphinx, vice Day, promoted ; Charles Wild forms, and wilder voices 50 Dublin & Belfast June. all 41 42 ; Fill the " Eedgah" where they dwell. John Balfour, to the Trident, vice Nicolls, dismissed the 25 Dun.,Perth,&Ab. June. all 105 11 3 I And a darkening circle hems them round; service. at East Anglian lOO 18 19 185 3 I No help or hope of freedom shows, Master—G. A. Macfarlane, additional, to the Asia, for st Ea stern Counties lOO 514 524 525 3 5 I Save one clear path above them, f Which no earthly power can close. the Coquette. Bdo do 100 32 34 s s t t Do Union, A stock 100 47 50 . ' Britain's envoys hold high audience Assistant. Pay masters—Henry F. Alldrich, additional 25 DoNw A, late E U 3ds 1 1 0 3 0 4 ... T . -_-_ st East Suffolk Of a strange and solemn kind, supernumerary, to the Ho g ue ; R.W. M. Colwell to the at Edinburgh & Glasgow lOO 88 90 iLooking dauntlessly for severance Warrior. st Edin., Perth, & Dundee 100 285 294 295 t Of the body and the mind. • Assistant-clerks—Nicholas L. Ledge and William A I s ( t ' .,u or rn tl e i s & s Clyde Junction 1 % 0 11 __-- ---._ Then fearless spoke Vans Agnew, at , i'lasg. and S. Western. 100 98 100 ) Kilner, additional supernumeraries, to the Rachorse.: While before his flashing eye 10 GreatNrthn.of Scotland all 3 ..... .........•", A moment quaird the rabble rout st Great Northern.. That came to see him die PUGILISM. at Do A stock at Do Bdo " ' Tis well," he said ; " I hail the sign _O-- i i at Gt. S. an IW. of Ireland 100 102 104 I That ye, with your own hand, BRETTLE AND ROOKS FOR £l,OOO. st Great Western . f Should use the stain of Saxon blood These men met again to-day, when after three rounds st Do Str Val qua. stock 100 55 58 12 Irish South Eastern 1 I To redden this fair land ; It has been said the Saxon red had been fought, the police made their appearance, which at Lancashire & Yorkshire 100 1065 107 1074 481 71 st London and Blackwell 100 54 56 Will cover India o'er, put a stop to further hostilities for the present. It was 115 116 1165 at Lou.,Bright ~& S. Coast 100 That India's chart shall need to trace, , •, ) considered that Rooke had decidedly the best of it. at Lou. Lon, Chat., and Dover 100 44 46 Its native states no more. , at Lon. & North Western 100 914 52 93 5 ---- 1 And we, the least of England's sons, st Lou. & South Western 100 92 93 931 4 May gladly die to claim MONEY MARKET AND CITY NEWS. 25 L'derry & Coleraine .. all 25 L'derry & Enniskillen. all 9 11 Fresh conquests for our country— Fresh honour for our name. 4. st Ilan., Shef., & Lincoln. 100 44 4 45 ' 50 M aryport and Carlisle. all But we die not unr e me m b ere d, CITY, Two o CLOCK. 125 Do 5 shares . all And not unrevenged we die, An active demand for money is still experienced 10 Metropolitan 75 st Midland • For our brothers here in thousands in discount circles, and there is not likely to be.any 6 . 4 . 0 Do New 2 a . 1 1 1 4. 1271 5 1 1 5 2 p 71 1251 94 I Will seek us where we lie. Po Birming. & Derby 100 98 100 The storm of Britain's iron hail diminution in the inquiry till after the 4th of the at Po Will sweep your city round, month, when a large aggregate amount of commer- 1 And soon her dread artillery e is , - , Il D id o. G i t s . h W ar . o o s f Ireland all 25 Mid Kent Will raze it with the ground." cial paper will arrive at maturity. Even then the l o Do Cray Line What wonder an they trembled market will, no doubt, exhibit some firmness, owing 100 1 10 Newry & Armagh, .ief. 9 Newcastle and Carlisle al At the stern reply he gave, to the revenue collections ; but their , fr , , , ..t will be 20 Newry, Warnpt, &,.Itos. all Or deem'd the light of prophecy. 100 61 63 of short duration, as the release of the January at .. 1. -ii l s . g l' i3Viiisn -::.::*::. 100 625 63 Shone on him from the grave? For many a father thought, I weep, at ro A stk ; A rees no d dividends will largely increase the available sup- at Nor.Dev-.Rail&Dk.siock 100 When that proud speech was done, plies, and probably create renewed easiness. As it till 6 pc. has beenpdß 100 ".I would yon Kaffir's lion heart 100 is, however, the mercantile community are in a posi- at Do B stock at Nth. Eastern—Berwick 100 995 991 101 Were placed within my son I" d tion to obtain great facilities for trading operations, " The Ashen Faggot" is an amusing Christmas tale. " A Glance beyond the Trent Difficulty" is a the bills being still negotiated without any diffi- st 25 at D D o o, L G eo .N ds .E. purchase 1?.0103.4 56 57 VI 100 881 89 Do York sit Ner•th London sketch of the international law of the sea, by culty at 3 per cent. in the open market as well as 10 Do new 5 J. M. Ludlow. "En g lish Sacred Poetry, in the at the Bank of England. 19.16.4 North Staffordshire 10 N. and S. W. Junction all 10 5 10 5 Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries" reviews the A small quantity of gold, viz., £ 4 , 000 , was taken at No t. Gran. lll. & Canal 100 88 90 90 4 merits of Keble and his redecessors. " Passinglo Peebles all into the Bank o g fEn land yesterday. all p2O Portsmouth events—the Conservative reaction" goes to show A further slight decline was exhibited in most 10 itny ney that the success of the Tory party is owing to et Scot 611 Central their giving up old Conservative prejudices. of the foreign exchanges yesterday afternoon. et Scot. Sc E., Aber. stock 100 38 40 Gold is now of nearly the same value in London and Welchpool all ;to Shrews. 1. Mid. stock lOO 93 97 INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1862. as in Paris, but it is about 5-lOths per cent. cheaper st Shropshire Union , -100 451 461 10 Sittingbourne & Sheer * here than in Hamburg. st South Devon lOO 36 35 TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. The Shannon, from the West Indies, has arrived SIR,—I am directed by her Majesty's Commis- at South Eastern 25 S. Darliam & Lane. Un I V O I —7si 76 ,77 4 at South Wales sitners to request that you will have the goodness with £488,900 in specie. At a meeting f C d C d• 'd d o the ana a ompany a rvi en 20 Staines,Wok.,andWok. all 54 6 to contradict a statement which has been made, that per s are wasfree of income-tax. of N.,1 h declared, st S. York. and River Dun 1 , 0 95 97 25 Stocktou & Darlington all 36 38 it is th e inte n ti on o f h er M o st G r acious Majesty to 25 Do l3 7 8 p 5 44 55 p open the Exhibition in person.—l am, Sir, your The report of the directors of the Port Phillip and 25 Do Taff Vale. New, 1860 100 st Colonial Gold Mining Company recommends a dis- at Do Pref. No. 1 obedient servant, 25 Thames HavenDk&Rail 22 tribution of ls. 6d. per share. F. R. SANDFORD, Secretary. 50 Ul , ter The dividend warrants on Buenos Ayres Sterling 25 Da 2O 25 35 Offices, 454, West Strand, London, W.C., Bonds will be paid on and after the 12th inst. The 12.10 Do st Vale of Neath 100 80 85 Dec. 31. 100 sum of £4,400 has been employed in the redemp- at Vicathe W f rrlgtlilllm4 __ __ _ tion of nine Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent. Bonds, valued 50 Waterford & Limerick. all AN IMMENSE GUY. 20 West Cornwall all 51 65 at £4,500, and £5,226 has been applied to the ex- all 40- 2O West London all The immense 300-pounder Armstrong gun, manufactured tinction of 56 Three per Cent. Bonds, amounting to g 1:30 . Zt e e l l a a s s: e - t the factory of Sir W. Armstrong, at Elswick, near New £18,400. at W. Hartle p ool Har.&R lOO 4 - 6 48 — castle-on-Tyne, has been forwarded to the Royal Arsenal, To-day a call of £ 2 O became due on the Lancaster at West N o idland N O op fo o r r cl 100 100 42 45 to and Carlisle Railway £lOO 41 1 , per Cent. Preference at be subjected to a series of experiments at Shoeburyness, Do Hereford 100 88 90 in the presence of the Ordnance Select Committee. This Shares; of £1 ss, on the London, Brighton, and LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. extraordinary weapon is constructed on the muzzle-loading , outh Coast 4i- per Cent. Preference Shares, and of principle. It w ei g h s 12 t on s 8 cwt., and should the experi- ' mental trials prove satisfactory, Sir W. Armstrong will .£2 on the Stockton and Darlington New Shares. Railways. Paid. Leasing Closing Business Co s Price. Done. have the merit of producing the most powerful agent of mo- The traffic receipts of the Dutch Rhenish Rail- dern warfare. way Company for the fortnight ending the 30th of Bedford and Bletchley all 1 5 n ) . & N.W .. .. November, were £7,363 against £6,494, in the cor- Bi u r c ke i n n l g i e a d m - 4 a , , a. . . .. THIS DAY'S SHIPPING. responding period of 1860, and on the Great Lux- Bk'h' ,1 e 100 Do.. &G.W 9:4 4 3 5 9 8 4 6 0 t 100 Do. -es embourg the returns for the past week show an in- Ches D te o r & H si , p ly e t r ie co ad o .. 100 Do . Do. 5 ~ 100 Do. Clydesdale Junction 100 Caledon. 101 103 LONDON, Jan. I.—Wind this day at noon—North• crease of £Bl2. Colchester, Stour Val. ail E.U.&E.O 63 65 Easterly; Ugh breeze, and dull, hazy weather, and sharp Gt. North. 133 136 136 frost. The interest coupons on the Grand Russian E. Lbacolnsh. gApr c. 100 E.Union,HarwichShs all E,Counts. 4 44 OFF HURST CASTLE, Jae. I.—Arrived—Shannon, Railroad Shares have been announced for payment. Do. Woodbridge.... 100 .. .. .. Gls. Barr.&Neils.Dret. 100 Caledon .. steamer, from the West Indies. .. Business in the Liverpool Cotton Market yester - Do. new 110 112 100 Da ~. • • .• day was rather inactive, and prices tended down 'illY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPI.) G los ter & Dean Forest' a t y G k. t. N . w .li es i . t d . . Hull and Selby wards. The sales were estimated at 5,000 bales. Do. halves SOUTHAMPTON, Wednesday Morning Arrived—Rainbow, from Cardiff; Leda steamer fromall Do. On the Great Western Railway of Canada the Lancaster Doart r Carlisle 100 T,n.& N. W 195 200 Dublin; Shannon, steamer,_ from St. Thomas. The Shannon. reports having' had easterly gales throughout the traffic receipts for the week ending the 13th inst., London & Greenwich 100 S. Eastern 61 63 Do. Preferen -, e passage. amounted to £10,849, being an increase of £2,491 Lon.,Tilb.& S._ itliend 100 Peto &Co B3 85 Sailed—Gipsy, for Llanelly. compared with the same perion in 1860 . Lowestoft gua. * p c.. 100 Norfolk Do 6 per cent 1 100 Do. ...... .. .. rumxt.e.,a, Matlucl,' all LNW& M 35 3! i n c r eased animation and buoyancy have prevailed ec. (BY SUBMARINE AND MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) Mid. Bradford Prefer-' in the market for public securities to-day, owing to once stock GRAVESEND, Wednesday Morning. Sailed—Panther, for Boulogn©. the favourable advices from America, which lead to Newmarkt,BuryEx 5. 5. 6. E Counts. par fp DEAL, Wednesday Morning. the supposition that the demands of this country gua. 5 per eent... Northn. &E astn. sp. c. all Do. Passed—Montmorency, for Queensland; Bridgetown, for Do. 6 per cent. .... all Do. Barbadoes ; Emanuel, for River Plate—all from London. will be conceded. Numerous purchases have, there- N. Fixec i l i s l p tiepoo 1 4 3r o ld F.1 1 . a B nd er. iil if . 3l • . fore, been effected on speculative account, and a de- ' -: .'.i_ ti ) c.... P-alli IsTO i r . ro s Western ---a tided improvement has consequently taken place. Preston and Wyre. all T. ' &N ' W 143 45 MURDER OF A CHILD BY HER FATHER.—On I & L.Yk. Consols have been as high as 91* 2 -,, , and they re- Do. 5 shares A. all Do. ••• • .. .. .. Monday the inhabitants of the town of Windsor were hop- ilitcli.&Shep. 100 Gt. North. 133 136 main firm at those quotations, showing an improve- I sVe s w th s . ny A Hereford 100 T Brassey 118 122 120 4 rifled by the commission of a most appalling murder by a Do. Do. man named John Gould, a bricklayer's labourer, living in went of fully I per cent. Advanced prices are Cleaver's-lane. Windsor. It appears that about four o'clock South Staffordshire also current in the other departments of business. Wilts and Somerset ) 100 Gt. West. 90 92 --i ~- 1 ) ~ .1...., ,,1 ti,,,..,, :,..,,,,,,,,„,,1 1.,, Wimbledn t Croydon) all L.&Brgtn 85 95 ..... . e., . . 4 :•' • . . . , . . . THE SUN' LONDON, . Wr,„..NASDAY EVENING, t SHARE MARK DAY). I BRITISH POSSESSIONS. • .,.... _ . ords Saltire and Welter are well drawn, and im prov eas they progress. Their conversation THIRD DITION • Railways. (Paid. Price. Business done about Ravenshoe's affairs brings out the similarity yet contrast of their disposition. A chapter on SUN OFFICE, Six o'clock. beggars furnishes some strange accounts of the _OO /)7 98 11 Sharei Railways. ( Cu.Gu. 5 per cent Closing prioo. Business done. B u r f Bom.,Baroda&.Cent Ind 1 ' beggars of London. The writer endeavours to 18 Do Do. B all -- d tr show that much might be done to mitigate the evil. NAVA.L INTELLIGENCE. • , I Paid. 50 Belfast and Nor. Coun.' all - - 201 Buffalo and Laxe Huron all 31 41 d 44 ti 204 Do. New - 1 - A poem entitled " Britain's Earnest Money, " is one -4. 13.14 Bir., Wol., and Str. VaL all 75 8 of the best poetical contributions we have met The following appointments were made at the Admiralty 25 Blyth and Tyne . . all - - 10 1 iDo. Preference 10 Bost,SleafeandMid .teo. all 61 65 100 I Buffalo,Brant&Godrich 100 - Cl with in the periodicals for some time. It re- this evening:-- st Bristol and Exeter .... 100 91 06 6p. ct. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 • 100 Do. do. July 1, 1873 100 - - latex to the murder of Patrick Vans Agnew Captain W. King Hall, C. 8., to the Russell, vice Wode- at Caledonian lOO 1024 1035 1025 / 1 100 Do. do. June 1, 1874 100 - - 10 Carmarthen & Cardigan all - - of the Bengal Civil Service, and Lieutenant house, whose term of service has expired. 50 Cork and Bandon all - - 5 Clcutta.&S.Eastn. (Lire) all 41 5 II 20 Cape,Eastn.Prov. (Lim.) 2s. - - •'>"--ee.,_-_ Anderson, when on a mission to Lahore. The fol- Commanders-F. S. Tremlett, to the Impregnable, corn- 20 Cork, 131 rock, & Passage all - - b lowing is a sample :- missioned as a training ship for boys ;R. B. Harvey, to 20 Cornwal' 7 Do A 20 Ceylon Guarantd. 6p. c. 74 - - at Then like enchantment broken the Hibernia, vice Blanc, superseded at his own request ; 1 till 6p c.p an. has A gets no div all _ all - • • 171 Demerara... ...... 3.. • • all - 10 Do. B 20 Eastn. Bengal gu. sp. c all 19e 19I'd 194 al By some unearthly spell, T. M. Jones, to the Sphinx, vice Day, promoted ; Charles been paid to B. stock East Indian, gu. sp. c. 100 985 995 ;.,9) 100 Wild forms, and wilder voices 50 Dublin & Belfast June. all 41 42 18 Fill the " Eedgah" where they dwell. John Balfour, to the Trident, vice Nicolls, dismissed the 25 Dun.,Perth,&Ab. June. all 101 11 20 Do. F Shares Ext..... ail - - And a darkening circle hems them round; service. st East Anglian lOO 18 19 181 20 Do. Jubbulpore all - - P 100 511 521 521 3 100 Do. 41 pc. Debentrs e all 98 100 st Easter n Counties ri No help or hope of freedom shows, Master-G. A. Macfarlane, additional, to the Asia, forloo Do. 5 p.c. Deb., 1864.. all 99 101 1001 Save one clear path above them,loo Do. 1865-1870 all 100 101 the Coquette. at Do 01 st Eastern Union ß , d A o stock do 100 100 47 32 3 5 4 0 stock Grand Trunk of Canada 100 18 19 Which no earthly power can close. Britain's envoys hold high audience Assistant. Pay masters-Henry F. Alldrich, additional 25 st - - Ea D at oN so w fr A ol , k late EIJ 3ds 131 - 100 Do. 8 per cent. Pref.. all 56 59 100 Do. 2d Pref. 6 per ct. all 45 50 ti Of a strange and solemn kind, supernumerary, to the Rogue ;R.W. M. Colwell to the at Edinburgh & Glasgow. 100 88 90 P Looking dauntlessly for severance Warrior. at Edin., Perth, & Dundee 100 285 295 295 100 Do. 6 per ct. Debentr. all 30 34 32 100 Do. 7 per cent. 1862 .. all 34 38 vi Of the body and the mind. 10 Forth & Clyde Junction all - - 100 Do. do. 1867 .. all 29 8 2 Assistant-clerks-Nicholas L. Gedge and Wi lliam A st Furness - - 100 Do. do. 1872 .. all 29 82 ti Then fearless spoke Vans Agnew, Kilner, additional supernumeraries, to the Rachorse.: at , 31asg. and S. Western lOO 93 100 stock 0 tlndiaPenin.gua.sp.c. 100 100 101 98/ 9 While before his flashing eye 10 GreatNrthn.of Scotland all - - Cl 20 Do. New gua. sp. c... 10 1 5 d ewe,. •••••••••e st Great Northern.. A moment quaird the rabble rout 100 110 111 111 e 101] stock Gt. South.of India(Lim) That came to see him die PUG ILIS AL at Do A stock n st Do Bdo 20 Do. guaranteed 5 per cent. 100 99 100 do. all IT " 'Tis well," he said ;" I hail the sign ---aa----- at Gt. S. an IW. of Ireland 100 10e, 104 That ye, with your own hand, BRETTLE AND ROOKS FOR D,OOO. at Great Western 201 Do. New Should use the stain of Saxon blood st Do Str Val gua. stock 100 55 58 100 ,Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. all - - . These men met again to-day, when after three rounds 12 Irish South Eastern .. all - - is To redden this fair land ; It has been said the Saxon red had been fought, the police made their appearance, which st Lancashire & Yorkshire 100 Do. 55 p. c. do. '7B d 0... all - - a st London and Blackwell 100 54 58 100 1065 107 1074 584 71 100 Do. 55 p. c. do. '77 d 0... all - - Will cover India o'er, put a stop to further hostilities for the present. It was st Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast 100 115 116 1164 stock 'Madras guar., 41 p. c... 100 89 91 C , stock Do. do. 5 per cent .... 100 99 100 That India's chart shall need to trace considered that Rooke had decidedly the best of it. at Lon., Chat., and Dover 100 44 46 _ stock Do. 41 p. c. Extension 100 91 93 V Its native states no more. . st Lon. & North Western 100 915 62 93 5 20 Do. 5 d 0........ all - - n --- st Lou. & South Western 100 92 93 931 4 And we, the least of England's sons, stock Melb.Corp. 6p. 0. Buds. 100 - - V May gladly die to claim MONEY MARKET AND CITY NEWS. 25 L'derry & Coleraine .. all - 20 Newßrunswick at Caudal Fresh conquests for our country- 25 L'derry & Enniskillen. all 911 81 Ry.&Land(Lim.)g.6pc all 5 7 es st Ilan., Shef., & Lincoln. 100 441 45 Mass A Capital Share Fresh honour for our name. 50 3laryport and Carlisle. all - - V CITY, Two o'Ceoor. . all - - .. Do. do. Land d 0........ 20 Do. do. B Capital do. .. 124 Do e shares all 4 8 V But we die not unremembered, 7 s 6 6 i And not unrevenged we die, An active demand for money is still experienced 10 Metropolitan st Midland - Oude (Limited) ........ - - - o For our brothers here in thousands in discount circles, and there is not likely to be . any 6.4.0 Do New stock Scinde .......... 3.4 100 1015 1025 n Will seek us where we lie• at Do Birming. & Derby 100 98 100 20 Do. Punjaub .... te . ,8 1 , 15 1 5 d The storm of Britain's iron hail diminution in the inquiry till after the 4th of the E 0 laid, Gt. W. of Ireland all - - 20 Do. Da ........ os c?, all - -,i I Will sweep your city round, month, when a large aggregate amount of commer- 25 Do. 5 shares - - stock Do. Indus. St. Flo. ; ggi 100 , : 95 100 F. And soon her dread artillery 25 Mid Kent - - 10 Trinidad (Lim.) Scrip.. 1 # f.l cial paper will arrive at maturity. Even then the le Do Cray Line - - Will raze it with the ground." l market will, no doubt, exhibit some firmness, owing I°°FOREIGN RAILWAYS. , What wonder an they trembled 10 Newry & Armagh, .del. t At the stern reply he gave, to the revenue collections ; Newcastle and Carlisle all 9 -__ _- but their efreek will be 20 Newry, Warnpt, kßos. all - - 20 Algerian • 5 - - at N0ei0n..... -.• 0. ..... 100 61 63 10 Antwerp & Rotterdam all 65 01 N n Or deem'd the light of prophecy of short duration, as the release of the January at North British .... . ... 100 024 63 20 Ardennes .... ........ - -p Shone on him from the grave? De - Rail&Dk.stock 100 - - 20 Bali.S.Fran..Lainanee l5 44 d 144 1 n dividends will largely increase the available sup- at Nor. • d 5 Belgian East. Junction all 5 f For many a father thought, I ween, at ro A stk ;A. revs no f When that proud speech was done, plies, and probably create renewed easiness. As it till 6 pc. has beenpdß 100 - - 20 Beziers to Graissessac all - - ". I would yon Kaffir's lion heart• at Do B stock lOO - - Carmeaux Mine & Rail 30 105 115 s is, however, the mercantile community are in a posi- at Nth. Eastern-Berwick 100 995 99/ 101 100 Copiapo .....• • • ........ all - - Were placed within my son I" d 10 Ditto Extension .... all 435 f ion to obtain great facilities for trading operations, " The Ashen Faggot" is an amusing Christmas st Do Leeds lOO 561 575 20 Dutch Rhenish ........ 16 1 / 151 t the bills being still negotiated without any diffi- st 100 881 89 25 Do' G.N.E. purchase 16.13.4 1 5 d Do York tale. " A Glance beyond the Trent Difficulty" is a 811 Noeth London - - 1 sketch of the international law of the sea, by culty at 3 per cent. in the open market as well as 10 Do new 5 - - 20 Do. do. all - - J. M. Ludlow. " English Sacred Poetry, in the at the Bank of England. 19.16.4 North Staffordshire - - 8 10 N. and S. W. Junction all 105 101 20 Gt. Luxem., Con. she.., all 81 95 91 1 s Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries" reviews the A small quantity of geld, viz., £4,000, was taken st Not. Gran. RI. & Canal 100 88 90 90 1 20 Italian Junction •. • ... all - - merits of Keble and his predecessors. " Passinglo Peebles all - - 20 Llerre & Turnhout .... all - - N into the Bank of England yesterday. 20 Portsmouth - - 20 Lyons & Geneva ••• •- •- all - - events-the Conservative reaction" goes to show all - - 20 Namur & Liege .••• •• - all 8/ 01 r A further slight decline was exhibited in most 10 Rhe ney that the success of the Tory party is owing to st Scot siCentral - all 20 21 t their giving up old Conservative prejudices. of the foreign exchanges yesterday afternoon. st Scot. Sc E. Aber. stock 100 38 40 16 Northern of France.... all 885 395 385 st Do e et. Mid. stock lOO 93 97 16 Do. New Shares .•• • ... 15 - - r Gold is now of nearly the same value in London 10 Shrews. and Welchpool all - - 10 Norwegian Trunk Pref. all 810 1 20 Paris,Lyons, & Mediter. ell 39 40 INTEILVATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1862. iall - - as in Paris, but it is about 5-10ths per cent. cheaper at Shropshire Union , 10 Sittingbourne & S leer - 2O (t'ar'ts & 0r1ean5........ all 50 62 E -a- here than in Hamburg. st Sobh Devon lOO 36 39 20 f Rece &S. Fran. (rem.) 25 arham & Lane. Un all - - i etia. 7p. ct. 1im...... 17 54 d f TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. The Shannon, from the West Indies, has arrived 20 Riga & Dentiburg..... 18.8. - - i SIR,-I am directed by her Majesty's Commis- with £488,900 in specie. at South Wales at South Eastern at S. York. and River Dun 100 95 97 20 Royal Danish.. •• • • .... all 11 13 5 !loyal Swedish .....• . all - - t Sinners to request that you will have the goodness At a meeting of the Canada Company a dividend 20 Staines,Wok.,andWek. all 51 6 4 Do. 7 per cent. Pref.. all - - to contradict a statement which has been made, that 25 Stockto a & Darlington all 36 38 20 [Do. & Meuse .._.... all 61 7 7 1 it is the intention of her Most Gracious Majesty to of IA per share was declared, free of income-tax. 25 Do The reportof the directors of the Port Phillip and 25 Do New, 1860 13 7 8 p 5 41 51 p 10 [Do. 51 per cent. Pref..... all 84 95 20 'San Paulo, Um, g. 7p. c. 4 4 1 .1 C open the Exhibition in person.-I am, Sir, yourrecommends dis- st Taff Vale. - - 20 ,S.Aust ILomb Venetin 18 5d 5 p 181 r Colonial Gold Mining Company a at Do Pref. No. 1 - - 20 !Southern of France... all 255 Z 65 obedient servant, 25 Thames H avenDk&Rail 22 - - 20 S. East Portugal 7 p ci. 4 - e ribution of ls. 6d. per share. all 554 561 81 West Flandera . all 61 7 50 Ulster ... 1 F. R. SANDFORD, Secretary. The dividend warrants on Buenos Ayres Sterling 25 Do 2O 25 31 10 Do. 51 p. c. Preference .. all 95 10 Offices, 454, West Strand, London, W.C., Bonds will be paid on and after the 12th inst. The 12.10 Do at Vale of Neath 100 80 85 20 W. & N.W. of France .. all 20 21 20 Western of Austria._ .. 6 _ _ Dec. 31. sum of £4,400 has been employed in the redemp-20 Western of Switzerland all -- - Waterford & Kilkenny 100 - - 6 Wiesbaden - - - - - ion of nine Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent. Bonds, valued 50 Wat s a l Victori!i, sta. and Pim.. 100 - - er I ord & Limerick. all - - 6 Do. 8 par cent Pref,.,, all - - AN _IMMENSE GUY, 20 West Cornwall all 55 65 20 Zealand . . all - - at £4,500, and £5,226 has been applied to the ex- 20 West London - - _ BRITISII MI N ES - : 10 , all - - The immense 300-pounder Armstrong gun, manufactured inction of 56 Three per Cent. Bonds, amounting to 10 Do Ist class 20 Do 2d class all - - '--- A Bred Consols(Philacke 3.2.10 1 1 20 British Iron l 16 1 2 el the factory of Sir W. Armstrong, at Elswick, near New £18,400. at W. Hartlepool Hat &R. 100 - - - Clifford . nil 28 32 castle-on-Tyne, has been forwarded to the Royal Arsenal, To-day a call of £2O became due on the Lancaster Newpor 100 42 45 - Devon G. Cone. (Tavist.) 1 365 375 at a West Midland o Oxford 100 40 48 - East Bassett (11Iogan)..1 30 50 521 to be subjected to a series of experiments at ShoeburynessDo Hereford 100 88 90 , and Carlisle Railway £lOO 41 , , per Cent. Preference sr - East Caradon .„.. . .... ; 2.14.6 281 194 in the presence of the Ordnance Select Committee. This - E. WI Russel (Tavistkel 7.4.0 21 35 Shares •of £1 ss. on the London, Brighton, and LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. - Gain.&StAubyn(Gwen.)! 55/ 18 20 extraordinary weapon is constructed on the muzzle-loading ' - Great South Tolgus.... 17 s 3 1 4 5 principle. It weighs 12 tons 8 cwt., and should the expert- South Coast 4 1 -,, per Cent. Preference Shares, and of Paid. Leasing Closing Business - G.ti heal Alta. (_Philack` - - mental trials prove satisfactory, Sir W. Armstrong will £2 on the Stockton and Darlington New Shares. Railways. Co. a Price. Done. -G. Wheal Vor (lielston) 40 6 7 - The traffic receipts of the Dutch Rhenish Rail - have the merit of producing the most powerful agent of mo Grenville 6 .8. 6 1 / 2 _ ___ _ - - Herod's- Foot. ••• ~ , 8.12 37 39 darn warfare. way Company for the fortnight ending the 30th 0 f 44 86 - II ingston Downs --e Lady Bertha Lelant) 91 4 4t 1.10.6 4 ____ November, were £7,363 against £6,494, in the cot- B irk an Bedford h eaancidßletchley 1 %11 D LnI G N :w W .. .. Buckingh enehire. .. 100 Do. 94 96 THIS DAY'S SHlPPlNG. responding period of 1860, and on the Great Lux- Chester & H elyhea . d.. 100 Do. 53 54 •-• Margaret (131 1 Y !North Downs 2. 41 5 Do. 51 per cent 100 Do. - North Frances (Mogan) 115 2 8 AP- embourg the returns for the past week show an in- Do. 5 , 100 Do. - IN.Wli'l Basset (1110 ean) 1 . 1 4. 0 2 1 35 Clydesdale Junction 100 Caledon. 101 103 - North Wheal Crotty .. 9.18.9 If 25 LONDON, Jan. 1.-Wind this day at noon-North• ereaseof £Bl2. Colchester, Stour Val. all E.U.&E.O 63 65 - '',Par Consols (St. Blazey) 15 7 8 Easterly; Ugh breeze, and dull, hazy weather, and sharp 20 Providence(Uny Lelnt.) 10.6.7 39 41 frost, The interest coupons on the Grand Russian E.Union,HarwichShs' all E,Counts. 4 45 E. Lincolneh. gApr C . 100 Gt. North. 133 136 136 - ISortridge Cons. Min. Co. 1 4 i OFF HURST CASTLE, Jail. 1.-Arrived-Shannon, Railroad Shares have been announced for payment. Do. Woodbridge.... 100 _ • • .. , • - iSoutliCaradou(StCleer) 11 310 F,20 Gl e. B arr. AN e ils.Dret. 100 Caledon .. - S. Cern Brea (Illogan).. .5.9.6 4 45 steamer, from the West Indies. Business in the Liverpool Cotton Market Seater- Do. new - Gloster &Dean Forest' all Gt. West., .. .. - !S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan) 18.15.9 110 120 day was rather inactive, and pri ces tended down- and 'illY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPIL) Hull Selby all Yk.N.Midl llo 1 12 , Stray Park 27 19 . 29 31 wards. The sales were estimated at 5,000 bales. Do. halves SOUTHAMPTON, Wednesday Morning. Do. quarters Arrived-Rainbow, from Cardiff; Leda, steamer, from On the Great Western Railway of Canada the Lancaster & Carlisle 100 T.,n.&N.W 195 200 - ;Vale of Towey (Caren ) 13s 6d. 5 4 Dublin; Shannon, steamer, from St. Thomas. The tra ffic London & Greenwich 100 S. Eastern 61 63 - West Basset (Illogan) ll 14 15 Shannon reports having had easterly gales throughout the receipts for the weekending the 13th inst., Do. Preference - W. Caradon (Liskeard); 5 44 46 passage. amounted to £10,849, being an increase of £2,491 Lon.,Tilb.& S e ethend 100 Peto &Co B3 85 - West Seton Lowestoft gua. e p e.. 100 Norfolk .. .. .. - IWheal Basset (Mogan) 55 85 90 Sailed-Gipsy, for Llanelly. compared with the same perion in 1860. Do 8 per cent 1 100 'D0....... .. .. - I Wheal Buller (Redruth) 5 75 8.5 eruc e seeei.,e Mallua' all LNW& M 35 3/ - ; Wheal Edward (Cals.) 71 2 2 Increased animation and buoyancy have prevailed Mid. Bradford Prefer-' (BY SUBMARINE AND MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) - Wheal Kitty (U.Lelan4 1.7.2 , 44 55 in the market for public securities to-day, owing to once stock - Wheal MaryAnn(3len.) 8 l6 17 GRAVESEND, Wednesday Morning. Sailed-Panther, for Boulogne. the favourable advices from America, which lead to Newmarkt, BuryEx 1 gua. 5 per cent... 5. 5. 6. E Counts. par 5 p - Wheal Treiawney (Lis.)l 7 16 17 _ 65 57 FO REIGN MINES. DEAL, Wednesday Morning. the supposition that the demands of this country Passed-Montmorency, for Queensland ; Bridgetown, for • Northn.&Eletn. sp. c. all Do. Do s per cent. .... all Do. 20 Australian Will be conceded. 1l Numerous purchases have, there- Do.. Fixed sp. c.... all Do. Barbadoes ; Emanuel, for River Plate-all from London. 1 BonAccord Copper,Lim. 17.6 1 I fore, been effected on speculative account, and a de- N. Eastn-Hartlepool 1(0 N. E. Ber. .. .. North Western 5 Do. Land and 51iningeo. all 15 11 - tided improvement has consequently taken place. & N.W 1 Preston and Wyre. all L & L y k. 3 43 45 1 Clarendon Cons.MiliCo. ; - die. MURDER OF A CHILD BY HER FATHER.-On Consols have been as high as 91* a, and they re- Do. 4 shares A. all Do ._ .. 10 Cobre Copper all 34 36 ' e • - Copiap 0 l6 6 8 () Monday the inhabitants of the town of Windsor were hot- . • • la ystn.Hitch.& Shep. 100 Gt/s orth. 133 136 1 DunAloun.Cop.Ming.Co all 115 1 main firm at those quotations, showing an improve- Shrowsby & Hereford 100 T Brassey 118 122 120 5 rifled by the commission of a most appalling murder by a 2 Fortuna . all 1/ 2 went of fully I per cent. Advanced prices are Do. Do. 20 General all 23 24 bean named John Gould, a bricklayer's labourer, living in South Staffordshire.. 100 Ln.&N.W . Clewer's-lane. Windsor. It appears that about four o'clock also current in the other departments of business. Wilts and Somerset..) 100 Gt. West. 90 92 . 2 Gt N. Cop. of S. Amite 1 4 1 p 11 11 Kapunda (Limited) 1 1 15 p Wimbledn e Croydon) all L.&Brgtn 81 95 the little girl Annie Gould, six years old, broke a small The New Threes and the Reduced have improved to 5 I Lusitanian 2 5 d pr basin. This occurrence so irritated the father, that he seized 90t and 91i ; India 5 per C eet. Stock has further PREFERENCE SHARES. 1 !Alariaulca, all 1 1 'upon his child and cut her throat in a most frightful man• advanced to 104Ve' ; ditto 5 per Cent. Enlaced . - I , N.RleneCepotS.Aus.L / 1 44 nor. The unfortunate child ran to the door of the house I Paid.l Closing Business 20 l'ontgibaud Silver,Lead Paper is firm at 971, but the 51 per Cent. flat at share/ Railways. Prices. Done. Minin g and Smelt..., all 2 4 and immediately fell to the ground, when the brutal father s 5 , Port Philip 1 11 15 11 Scottish A.ustrin. (L.) , 10s. 11pm, 11 2 took her up and threw her into the street. A little boy 102 * . named Samuel Wilkins ran forward to pick her up, and A general improvement is also apparent in the 25 Blythe and Tyne 10 p.c. e 5.2.81 United Mexican ' all 8i 81 IBsil 9 81 1 ' Worthing (Limited) ' all 5 ref. issued at £5 .... all - - , ' Do 1 'eras immediately covered with the blood of the poor girl, Foreign Securities, and rather more activity pre- at - - WLose head fell back, being nearly severed from her body. vails. Turkish 6 per Cents. have advanced to 78 and , 20 Do. 14 - - 141 s. & Exet. 4p. c. at.. 100 91 93 shares She was promptly conveyed to the infirmary, but life wasst Caledon. £lO, 45 p. cent lOO - - COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. found to be quite extinct. The murderer was found wait- 79, being 1 per cent, higher; ditto, Loan of 1858, st Do. quer. shares, No. 2 100 - - - _ - _ -- Tran.GOIT. 6 p.c.Ja. &July i -- t 68 and 69, which is a rise of about 1 per cent. 61 Cork & Bandon, 61 p. c. all - - _ 1877-9 1 100 102 105 ing at his door. On being questioned by the police, he ad- ID 20 Cornwall. 5 per cent.... all 201 215 65 Dun. Perth, &AberaTun. all 6 61 - Do 6p. centleBo-2! 100 - - witted his guilt. He was at once taken into custody and Spanish 3 per Cents. are 50 ex div ; ditto Deferred 10 Do. Ist Class Pref all - - _ Do. 6p. cent.lBB3-4' 100 - - conveyed to the police-station, and from thence to the gaol,being ex -41- ex div. ;and the Certificates are 61, a t E. Angn. Class Asp. c. 100 101 103 - Do. s p. c. Feb. & Auk.; 100 104 107 at Do. Class B 6 per cent 100 108 110 - Do. 6 . Mar. & 100 104 107 to await the examination by the magistrates and the coro- ceedingly buoyant. Mexican have improved to Do. 5 per cent Sept ; 1 100 92 95 94 565 --• Cape G. Hope, 6 p c,1880; 100 106 108 ner's inquest. 28 1 st Do.. Class ' C 7 per P cent.... 100 106 108 at E. Coun. Ex. 5 p.c. NO.l 100 10e 110 a • at Do No. 2 100 106 108 - Da 1890; 100 106 108 _EIRE.-A fire broke out early yesterday morn- The operations in the Railway Share Market_ N. B.G ov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July 100 100 102 ing on the premises of Mr. Franckey, wine merchant, Can- have been moderatelyactive, andmarked im- st Eastern Union, 4p. c- 100 81 83 _ Do. 6p. e.Ap. & Oct. 100 - - terla'ary-place, Lambeth. Several engines attended in due st Do. sp. c. guar lOO - - -N. S.W. G ov. sp. c., 1866 100 196 98 - a , in. as. p.c. s ares - Do. SP. c.,1871 to 1876 100 95 97 961 time, but it was too late, and the firemen were unable to s r . p ovement has taken place in prices, owing to spe t Ed' &GI 5 n lll 113 st Do. Ip. c. guar. S. &i • lOO 89 91 _ Do. p.e..1888 & upwde 100 95 97 get the flames subdued until the building was destroyed culative purchases induced. by the more favourable at Edin. Perth,& Dun. 4 p.c lOO - - - Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c., sterling, 1875 1100 101 103 at Furness 5 per cent._ _ 100 - - - and a horse burnt to death. Mr. Franckey was insured. character of the American advices. Eastern Coun-- s.Aus,Gap.c.nera&up 100 - st Glas.& .B'.West. g - u. 5 p.c. 100 - - - Vic. Gov. @p.c. Ja. &July 100 - - EARL RUSSELL'S REPLY TO THE DEPUTATION.ties and Great Northerns have advanced in ....-s. ; at Great Northern, sp. c.. 100 115 116 at D 0.5 p.c.Redm.lop.c.pm. 100 110 112 - I dO. 6 p.c. Ap.&Oct 100 103 104 1031 3 1 -11 will be seen from a statement elsewhere that an im- Great Westerns, 155.; Caledonians, Lancashire and st Do. 41 p. c. do lOO 102 104 portant deputation waited on Lord Russell on Friday, on Yorkshire, North Western, South Western, North st Do.sp.c.Redrr.atsp.c.pm 100 107 109 --- - the subject of the American dispute. The memorial pre- Eastern, Berwick, and South Easterns, £1 ; and 10 Gt. Nh. of Scot. Ist pref. all - - st Gt. Sn. &W. (Ireland) stock.lCommerci al I 100 stock 'Da 4 per Cent.PreLMin , 100 - seated by the Baptist Union, which was adopted also by 4 per cent lOO 97 99 stock East and West India -1 100 123 125 124 544 the Baptist Board, will be found in another column ; and Midlands, £1 108. 50 Great West. (Berks and stock London-, ....... In the Foreign and Colonial undertakings the Hants Ext) ser cent 6- - stock ISt. Katharine. llOO 60 63 we are enabled to state that in the sentiments expressed in stock Southampton ' 100 - operations have been limited, prices, however, ex- at Do. l redeem. 45 p. P ct.... 100 98 100 at Do. redeem. 4p. ct.... 100 88 90 stock `e - ietoria ..„ ...... - that memorial, Lord Russell expressed his entire concur- hibited an improved tendency. South Austrian at Do. irredeem. 4p. ct.... 100 89 91 89 - 20 ;Do , New • ea..' 2 11 4 d _ _ _ _ re/10e. Some of the other memorials suggested 'that a st Do. sp. c. redeem. pref. 100 102 101 99 and Lombardo-Venetian realise 18! ,Great Western JOINT-STOCK BANKS. recourse should be had to the • • principle of arbi- 8 Do. Birm. pref. shares.. all 91 10 ' .. tration, a suggestion with which Lord Russell of Cona_da, .9! 3- ; East Indian, 99 100 ; and Great 10 Do. Chester a p.c. pf. shs all 17 18 100 Agra&UnitedService BK 50 85 87 10 Do. Chester 5 p.c. pf. shs all 105 161 40 lAustralasia all 59 Cl frankly expressed hie, inability to agree. First, he Indian ieninsula, 98 4 i. . st Do. Birm. gnar. stock.. 100 74 76 25 I Bank of Egypt all 205 211 Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares re- 26 Do. Chester guar. shares all 20 205 knew that the Plenipotentiaries at Paris had no thought lOO Bank of London main without any material variation. 135 Do. do all 10 101 20 Bank of Turkey 3 - - when they agreed to the minute in favour of arbitration, of 20 Do. do all 15 155 50 British North American all - - 100 Lan. & Carl. 45 p.c. pref 60 - - 20 Chtd.Bank of India, &c. all 195 20 app); sing arbitration to disputes in which national honour BRITISH FUNDS-CLOSING PRICES. at Lan. & York. 6 p.c. stock 100 136 133 25 i Ch.Mer. of In. Lon.&Cli. all 31 S 3 was involved. Secondly, if we went to arbitration in this 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 9O/ il5 at Do.Barnsl.st£s 2s 10dee 100 - - 100 [City case, we must assume the possibility of an adverse decision; 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities - - 100 'Colonial ....... .... .... 2$ - - and'. if this happened it would lead to an important result, New 3 per Cent. Annuities at Londeßrig.sp.c.gu. No.l 100 112 115 1145 20'11 'Corn. Bank of' Canada.. all - - " t hat the flag of France would be a protection to those who India Stock - at Do. 5 per emit. do. No 2 100 112 115 100 Commercial of London. 20 - - pla cod themselves under it ; that the flag of Austria would Ditto 5 per Cent. 20 Gen. Bk .of Switzerland all - - be it. Ditto Enfaced 4 per Cent protection; that the flag of Italy would be a otection; Ditto 6 per Cent Paper, - Do. 5 per cent. do. No. 4 100 112 115 .1 20 Lon. Char.Bkof Austral all 231 245 245 but that the British flag would be no protection." Within Ditto 55 per Cent 97/ at Do. 44 per cent. da .... 100 - - 20 Do. new l5 04 4 1031 45 5 1)0. 41 p. c. pref. shares all - - 50 London and County the .limits demanded by national honour, the Government Ditto Debentures, 4 per Cent., Oct., 1863 - at Do. 7 per cent pref. stk 100 152 155 50 London Joint Stock were desirous of doing everything to prevent so great a Ditto Ditto Bonds £l,OOO 1859 st Do. 4 p c.st.-(div.detlil'6s 100 73 75 20 London and S.Airican.. 10 1 5d 15 100 London & Westminster 20 67 69 I calan tity as war. In making their " propositions" to the oitto under £l,OOO - - 100 vat. Prow. of England 42 - -.. Amer jean Government they had been as moderate as pos- Consols for Account, Jan. 9 10 Do. West. Ex., B. 6p. c. all - - 20 Do. new .... ... • . .... 12 - - 50 . Nationtdßanic . ... 25 , - - sible, and had avoided ever thin needless) t' y mg y exaspera mg. ndia Stock:for Account, 5 per Cent .... 1045 i / 10 lee. Metrop. Ex. LI, 6 p.c. 35 - - 20 Ne e South Wales.-- . all - - at ton. & S. W., Coy. & March. J une. 25 i Orient. B. Corporation . all 50 52 They had asked for no pecuniary or other compensation, as 811 Nuneaton, 5 per cert. 100 111 113 20 1 Ottoman Bank such a case they might have done; they had not asked Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO 2d.... - st Lou. A S.West. 7p. cent. 100 I Provincial of Ireland - nDitto £5OO - 7 at., late 3d shares .... 100 - - • 10 I Do. new. .• . all - - that the actors in the affair should be punished, as had Ditto Small - - st I Do. 44 per cent - - 101 25 South Australia ..,..... all - - frequlently been required in similar cases; all they hadasked FOREIGN FUNDS-CLOSING PRICES. 2s 6d Do. (Prtsm. perpl. anna 25 Union of Australia .... all 38 39 was that the men should be given up to lord Lyons, and that Brazilian 5 per Cent ° - of Os 6d - - 50 Unix,, of London 125 Londondy. & Cole. 5 shs all - - 100 Unity Mutual 6O I.- - a suitable apology should be made for the indignity which Ditto 41 per Cent, 1860 had been offered to the English flag. Lord Russell held it Mexican per Cent - at Man. Sh. & Lin. 6 per ct. 100 125 127 51 ISC E LLANYOI.7 S. - - 1) - -- it - to A 3 cco l ant to be " impcssible" that these demands should not be corn- :'eruvian 41 per Cent - at Do. 35 per cent, ........ 100 65 70 10 Atlantic R. M l. Stm (1d) all 1 2 plied with. If, however, thro u gh no fault of ours, we were Ditto (Hagan-Ariesi ‘lt Tacna) 41 p Ct , 99i 10 Do. redeem. 6 per cent... 5 1 fpm 1000 Atlantic Tel. (Limited) all - - 121 Mary ort & Carl. 4 pr. c. ali .. .. 25 Australian Agricultural 19 25 27 forced into war, "he could only say that that would be a Ditto (Uribarren), 4 1 pe r C en t . 125 Do. 41 per cent ........ all .. .. 25 Australian Agricultural 19 25 27 10 Berlin Water (Limited) all 5 55 misfortune which, like all other misfortunes, must be Russian 5 per Cent. 1822, £St - at Midlaull Con. 6p. C. stk. 100 .. _ 50 British American Land 40 - - borne?, It will be seen that the deputation was an impos- • - Ditto 41- per Cent. Spanish 3 per Cent ing one, and it was received by Lord Russell with the Ditto Account - st Do. 41 p. c. pref. stock.. ICO 102 104 20 Do. 8,7p.e.ti11/852 (Lim.) all 18 20 utmost possible respect.-The Freeman (London). 50 6Do 41 per cent .. . all 20 Do C. (Limited) all 911 Ditto New Deferred TAKING WINE.-Let eve tI - 1 himself Spanish Cert. of Coup, not funded - - st 'Do. 51 p. c. Pref. at. 1847 100 .. .. at. Cop.slin.ofEng.&Sealtg, all - ry gues .e p - and challen • Turkish 6 per Cent... - at Do.sWay.ValEx.st.lBl7 100 .. .. 25 Do. Pref. 71 per cent... all 16 17 ge leis neighbour to wine ;it begets good fel- Ditto Account lowahip, and avoids the annoyance of awkward servants Ditto New Loan slopping the wine into your glass. People forget that tho Ditto Account good old fashion was abandoned on the Queen coming to Ditto . £IOO Bonds st N th.Dyn.Rail.&Dek.Co. 5 .. .. 20 E.lndialrrign. A Canal 1 5d Ipra at. Electric Telegraph .... 100 93 95 the throne, who as a girl, - - could not challenge her guests to Venezuelan 3 per Cent - at Do. 45pr. ct. redeemable 100 .. .. 5 English & Aus. Copper. all 21 85 take wine ; and thus it becam e th e f as hi on t o i m it a t e h er Ditt o A ccoun t - - 26 Majesty in that which to her was a matter of necessity.- Dividends on the above payable in London. 17 Do. Berwick 4p. c. pref. 100 98 100 1 Great Ship Limited),., all 4 1 _Dinners and Dinner Parties, Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861 125 Do. do. Quarters, 1848.. 13 .. .. 5 Lon. District Tel. (Lim.) 41 - - CHURCH COLLECTIONS. The following analysis THREE O'CLOCK. 25 'Do. York, D. &S. Purch. 9 .. ~ 4 L.G. Omnibus Co. (Lim.) all 15 14 Of a collection made on Sunday last at one of the east-end Consols Money society is - curious, as 10 Rhymney Guaranteed.. all 22 23 10 ;Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim.' all .35 45 Ditto ' Account churches for the local district visitingBs Scottish Central. new pf all _ „ 25 National: Dis. Co. (Lim.) 5 1 6d45 f showing the syropathyof the poor for those more destitute - st Scottish North-Eastern 20 INerhu.Coal&lron (Limei 5 15 Id. coins :-1 half s than themselves. The amount collected was £7 13 91d RACING FIXTURES FOR 1862. a 4 p. c. pref. stock.... all .. .. at Do.Aberdeen,gua.6p.c 100 .. .. 10 (Netherlands Land 5 Do.B p.c.Pref..i ss.atl dis all all - - s . . ~ i 4 which was made up of the following MARCH. at Do. 7p. c. pref. stock 100 _ .. 100 N. Be&NoveSeotiaLand St 10 15 OVe • 5 7 sixpences 1 N.B.Australasian (Lim.) all 115 10s. South Devon, Ann, 10s. 100 132 136 reign, 4 half-crowns, 5 florins, 69 shillings, Nottingham S , 10 Do. Fixed 4/ per cent all 10 101 1 Oriental Gas (Limited). all 11 11 9 fourpencea, 26 threepences, 89 pennies, 93 halfpennies, . , Derby Spring Ann., 1.0 6) 18 farthings, 1 Australian penny and one Belgian halfpenny st Do. 45 per cent The total number of coins was 383. APRIL. at Do, Fixed 41 per cent 130 99 10 1 50 Pen. & O riental Steam all 65 :: 68 --"ifNorthampton 2l Ti" E EXTRAORDINARY SHOOTIN G CA SE IN i Croxton Park 24 at Do. 41 per cent 1 Newmarket C 4 Catterick Bridge 100 98 100 1 50 Do. New 3O 9 11 :394 20 Red Sea&ln.Tel.g.4lp.c all 18 19 Lxvnureee,-Wilmer, the man of colour, charged with Epsom Spring attempting to shoot a man named Dalton in the street, was Ponteland Yorkmar lcet Spring FS at S. Yorkehire, 4p. c. gua. 100 85 88 100 Royal Mail Steam 6O 46 48 again brought before Mr. Raffles, at the Liverpool police- MAT. 20 Do. sp. c. gua. 13 -.. at. Scot. Austin. Inv.(Lim ) 100 125 135 court, yesterday. A police officer, who had ex Now 5 Salisbury .. 22 2 5 Stock. A Dar. A 5 p. c... all 271 281 25 South Australian Land 'all 32 84 examined the walls in the street, to see if there wero any marks similar to Chester Spring :.13 Bath 3e 25 Do. C 6 p. c... all 31 33 1 Do. do. Registered .... :all I I 20 Harpenden st Watrid A Kilkny, 6p. C. 100 42 45 10 Do. do ;all 4 6 those made by bullets, deposed that he had found one mark, JUNE. at W. 31 id.-Oxf Ist gua stk 100 123 125 124 10 Trust and Agency of which had exactly corresponded to the indentation which Epsom Summ e 3 Ascot would be made by a pistol shot. The prisoner rn- Chelmsford .. r was co .......... 11 Newcastle 24 20 Tr.& Ln.Co. of UptCan. 5 p I P witted ... ••• e , at Do. Perpet.6 p. c. pf. 1866 100 118 122 5 U. K'dom Tel. Co. (lim.) 1 ael pr f for trial on the charge of attempted murder. Manchester . ii - Hampton s• ho St DO. till 18691 109 115 120 1 00 an 91g nea's L vrd ~ 284 8 9 ( THE SUN; LONDON, Ntrke„. NASDAY EVENING, JANUARY 1, 1862. ZINA. 'ECM It is useless to-day to speculate on the financial prospects of 1862. The general tendency of Eng lishmen is to anticipate the worst, and hence we may hope that, whatever may be their apprehensions, the result will be better than they would now con jecture. At the commencement of the year just closed they were disposed to fancy that their gold would be drained away because the channel of pay ment for American grain and cotton happened to be diverted from the east to the west, and at the end we ind that our stock has increased 25 per cent., and is considerably in excess of the average of the last 15 years. At the same time, although most persons were still inclined to believe that the Ame rican people would not be found either so wicked or so mad as to enter into a sanguinary civil war, the most gloomy pictures were drawn of the future probabilities of our Lancashire population. Yet the worst that could have happened in America has taken place, and with mid-winter passed we see the capitalists and operatives of Manchester boldly meeting the situation without suspensions of pay ment on one hand, or any appeal to national aid on the other. Although our habit of distrust is invete rate, the country has no reason to look with alarm at any of the contingencies before it. Indeed, in a commercial sense it would be difficult to determine whether in the present conjuncture our interests would be promoted most by war or by peace. A superficial glance would seem to tell in favour of war, since, contrary to all former precedents, war would now restore commercial intercourse, instead of interrupting it. The whole of America is at this moment closed against the mercantile operations of Europe—the North by the Morrill Tariff, and the South by the blockade, which, by the barbarous ex pedient of choking up all the harbours, is threa tened soon to be rendered in some degree perma nent. Hostilities would at once liberate the com merce of the South, and remove the cotton question from the list of the world's terrors, giving us at the same time 8,000,000 ready customers for our manu factured goods. Oa the other hand, it is not easy to see that we should be exposed to damages that would greatly counterbalance these effects. Our shipping might be temporarily affected by the action of privateers, but the captures on one side would be met by those on the other, and, as Ame rican commanders would probably find no ports for their prizes and little shelter for themselves, the risk of English vessels would, it may be hoped, soon become little more than nominal. As regards our general commerce, it would, of course, be entirely free from disturbance. The regulation that gives immunity to cargoes in neutral ships prevents for the future all anxieties on that point ; and, as the power of carrying on the war depends upon money, and money depends upon trade, England, as the nation of greatest trade, may always rely on her ability in a just cause to exhaust every opponent. It is true that, supposing the war to be protracted through the year, we should have no supply of American grain, but this would be a disaster for America, not for ourselves. The New York journals gravely assure their credulous readers that the withholding their wheat and flour would cause mil lions in England to experience starvation, and be infallibly followed by a revolution. The fact is, however, that the choice whether our custom shall be given to Russia or to America is always simply ' a question of a shilling or two per quarter, and the Americans, in their eager contemplation of rebellion on this side, while they are punishing it with fire and sword and tke gallows at home, forget to ik quire what would be the condition of their own far mers with the produce of their labour rotting for want of buyers. Thus, there is nothing in the com mercial state of the case to give us uneasiness. The parties who insist that we should bow meekly to the Trent outrage ask us to look at the cost of the Russian war, and what we gained by it, to show that submission in any case is always most profitable. But they could not make a more unfortunate re ference, for while they themselves are entirely re sponsible for that war by having deceived the Em peror Nicholas into the belief that we should never attempt to redress any outrage on the comity of nations, its results in pecuniary and commercial respects have been favourable in a degree never con templated, from the impulse it gave to the trade of India, and which has never since been lost. In the same way we might trust, even if unable to conjec ture how it could come about, that another war in defence of righteous principles, recognised by all the civilised world, and carried on without a thought of national animosity or a desire for aggrandise ment, will be followed by results such as will cause us to look with no mortification on the sacrifices it may have rendered necessary.— lines' City Article. THE FRENCH TREATY. Some interesting communications have just been addressed to the Leeds Chamber of Commerce by M. Boisselier, the French Consul at Leeds, relative to the Commercial Treaty between England and France. The substance of these communications may be thus stated :—The first conveyed, for the information of the commercial community, the im port of two communications received by the Consul from the French Government, having reference to the ownership of trade marks, patterns or designs, and models, and to a reduction decreed by the Em peror in the fees now levied for certificates of ori gin. Hitherto the law in France in regard to foreigners provided only for the protection of trade marks, but the Emperor, giving a liberal interpre tation to the words of the treaty, " trade patterns of every description," had, by decree dated the sth of June, 1861, extended an equal protection to de signs or model', subject to the regulations of a memorandum which accompanied M. Boisselier's letter. In a similar spirit of liberality, the Em peror, who on the adoption of the Commercial Treaty had decided on a considerable abatement in the dues on certificates of origin, had sanctioned a further reduction of one-half in the actual fees, and from the 15th of October last consular certificates of origin have been charged 2s. instead of 45., and vim's or attestations ls. in place of 2s. It was hoped that this reduction would have a doubly bene ficial effect—first, of further facilitating commercial transactions, and then of putting an end to certain irregular practices which frequently resulted in inconvenience to exporters. The Consul wished to impress the fact that the French Government, in the most liberal manner, had taken successively all the necessary measures for the easier execution of the treaty ; Consuls, Vice-Consuls, and agents had been established in several localities ; authorities had been appointed for the issue and attestation of certificates and vouchers ; he had himself selected correspondents in the principal manufacturing towns of Bradford, Huddersfield, Halifax, Dews. bury, &c.; and fees had been twice reduced until they now amounted but to a nominal sum. These successive measures would enable exporters hence forth to obtain their vouchers on the spot, and to satisfy themselves of the regularity of their invoices, instead of resorting to the indirect and eventually hazardous course adopted by some. The second letter was explanatory of certain allegations which had appeared in the Lon don newspapers, and which were calculated to mislead the public as to the manner in which the details of the Commercial Treaty were carried out by the French authorities. All the objections were discussed seriatim at considerable length. The first allegation was, that no package would be admitted into France which contained distinct arti cles liable to different rates of duty ; but the fact was, M. Boisselier stated that the restriction ap plied solely to some yarns—viz., flax or hempen, cotton, and woollen yarns, and to linen and cotton fabrics, and had been adopted with a view to facili tate the examination of goods by means of random samples or tests, and thereby to save importers the unnecessary delay which in case of mixed packages would be entailed by a seriatim verifies tion of each successive article. The second grievance was, an ar bitrary over-valuation on the part of the authorities in the assessment of goods taxed ad valorem, but on this point the treaty supplied its own remedy by providing that if an importer had good ground for disputing a valuation, he had a right to claim a re valuation by special experts. To the third assertion that some goods sent before the Ist of October had not been liberated on the 25th, M. Boisselier replied that special precautions were adopted to avoid any such delay, and he affirmed with confidence that the Custom-house authorities at Paris were enabled to deliver in the course of one day (Oct. 1) all the ' goods that the owners wished to take out. Lastly, complaint was made of the denial to certain ports of the privilege of admitting to duty articles taxed ad valorem, and • the writer enlarged upon this aver ment, arguing that there was no grievance, as it was freely agreed to by the English Government in the 4th article of the Anglo-French Convention that the French Government should have the power to designate exclusively the Custom-house of Paris for the admission of tissues taxed ad valorem. The Em peror, however, on the 9th of Sept., being anxious to facilitate international intercourse, issued a decree by which eight more ports were opened to the di rect importation and admission of these tissues— viz., Marseilles, Bordeaux, Nantes, Rouen, Havre, Lille, Mulhouse, and Lyons ; and had given a fresh proof of his anxiety to satisfy every requirement, having by a decree of 14th inst., opened the Custom House at Strasburg for the importation of British and Belgian woollen and cotton yarns of every kind, and the Custom-houses at Boulogne, Calais, Dun kirk, Valenciennes,:Strasburg, and Chambery had been also added to the list of those previously opened for the direct importation and clearing of textures taxed ad valorem. The French Govern ment (M. Boisselier added) could not but learn with pleasure that their efforts in the fulfilment of their arduous and gigantic task are duly appreciated when carrying out the details of the treaty, and giving importers all the facilities which extant laws will allow as being compatible with the guarantees required by the interests of the Treasury and for the regular working of bona fide trade and com merce. After receiving these communications the Council of the Chamber expressed their thanks to M. Boisselier, and assured him that several Leeds and other gentlemen engaged in trade with France bore testimony to the generally satisfactory manner in which the French Custom-house authorities car ried out the treaty. FRAUDULENT DAIS , KRUPTC IN GLASOOTV. During Friday and Saturday last the Glasgow Circuit Court was engaged in investigating a charge brought against Reuben Brooks and Frederick William Thomas, described as merchants, of forg ing and fabricating false and fraudulent bills of exchange, for the purpose of defrauding the credi tors of the said Reuben Brooks, who contemplated obtaining sequestration of his estate. The bills of exchange were alleged to have been fabricated in the office of the prisoner Thomas, St. Vincent-street, Glasgow, on an occasion or occasions between the Ist June and 10th July last, and were for the fol lowing sums, viz., three for £3OO, two for £3,000, and one for £4,000. _ _ Edward Izzard, picture-dealer, London—l know Brooks, and I have seen Thomas before. I saw them both in the Prince Albert Tavern, in London, on the 2d July last. Being shown three bills for £3OO each, I depone that I saw them there on that occa sion. The handwriting in the body of the bills was filled in, but no drawer's name. Brooks wrote the words, " Accepted, R. Brooks." I also saw these £3,000 bills now shown me, but they were not filled up. The words, "R. Brooks, accepted," were inscribed on that occasion. Being shown a £4,000 bill, I saw it on that occasion too with only the drawer's name on it. I now recognise it. Mr. Brooks wrote his name and the word "accepted" on the bill before any other writing was put on it. On that occasion Thomas had an appointment with Brooks. It was kept. Thomas brought these bills for Brooks to accept. Brooks asked what he wanted with the acceptances; to which Thomas replied that he was to ask no question©; that he would take him through the court, and that he must do as he told him. Thomas then gave him the throe bills for £3OO, and they were accepted, and so were the others, as I have told you. By the Advocate Depute—Brooks asked Thomas who Watson and Co. were ; to which Thomas re plied that he was a friend of his trading under that name. In reference to the £4,000 bill, Brooks asked Thomas who F. G. Smith and Co. were. Thomas said, " Of course, me ; I traded under that name." Brooks asked Thomas how much he should draw, and he said that the stamp would carry £4,000; thereupon Brooks signed his name. Brooks :rave Thomas £25, but I could not say for what. There were six bills signed on that occasion. Thomas asked Brooks, when they were signed, if he had the cash. Brooks pulled out the cash and laid it on the table. Thomas picked it up, and said he would leave London next day. Thomas called on me on the 30th of June, 1861, seeking Brooks. I found Brooks for him, and Thomas told him he must have some money. Brooks wished me to take Thomas £5, which I did the following morning. Brooks told me that Thomas was to carry him through the Gazette, but he did not say that he had gives him the money for that purpose. The Jury found the following verdict ;—" We find Frederick William Thomas guilty as libelled, with the exception of forgery, which is not proven; and we find Rueben Brooks guilty as libelled, with the exception of fabrication and forgery, which we find are not proven." Mr. Brooks then addressed a few words to the Court, during the delivery of which he was much affected. He stated that he had not been aware of the law of Scotland in regard to those things, and he had not known that they would do any possible harm. He had never thought nor intended that the bills should be used in the manner they had been. He solicited the mercy of the Court, in con sideration that he had three young children, who were motherless, and whose state would be now very deplorable. Mr. Thomas also made a few remarks, towards the conclusion of which he completely broke down, sobbing loudly, and weeping copiously, when he resumed his seat. He stated that he had no in tention of defrauding any one in any way what ever. He alluded to his respectable parentage and connexions, and maintained he had been guilty of no crime. Had he not been in prison, these bills would never have been used, but while he was there they had been made use of, and the result was his position that day. Lord Ardmillan, in passing sentence, said it was a very painful matter, and no doubt both prisoners felt very painfully and poignantly their position ; but he had only one duty in sitting on that bench, and that was to administer public justice. Judges were every day in these courts pronouncing sen tences more or less severe against poor ignorant persons who had never been educated, who had been trained from infancy to, and had nothing to restrain them from, the commission of crime. He would not say the same of the prisoners at the bar : they had been educated, and he was satisfied that when crime was perpetrated by educated persons they should be punished severely for it. He found, on looking back, that fraud not a bit more aggravated than theirs had been far more severely punished than he was going to sentence them now. The sentence of the Court was that each should suffer penal ser vitude for four years. The prisoners were then removed from the dock. TillS DAY'S MARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE. The show of samples of English wheat here to-day was very small. There was very little disposition, however, on the part of millers to make purchases ; nevertheless, all descriptions were held at fully Monday's prices. Importers of foreign wheat were very firm in their de mands, yet no improvement took place in the currencies, compared with our previous report. Floating cargoes of grain were in only moderate request at late rates. Malting barley met a steady sale at full quotations; otherwise, the barley trade was dull on former terms. Malt changed hands slowly at previous rates. For oats there was a steady demand, and prices were fairly maintained. _ Beans and peas were in moderate request at Monday's quotations. In flour very little was doing, yet the currencies ruled firm. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour. English ........ 280 60 400 1 620 sack,. Irish — 100 ! Foreign ........ 7,750 290 640 1 __. sks. brls. BOROUGH HOP. Very little business is passing in any description of hops; nevertheless prices are supported. WHITECHAPE L. The supply of meat is only moderate. and the trade rules firm, as follows : Beef, from 2s 8d to 4 s 4d; mutton, 38 to 4 s Gd s veal, 4s Od to 4s 10d ; and pork, 4 s Od to 5 s Od per Sibs. THE ATTEMPTED ASSASSIN OF LORD PALMER STON.-AD inquest was held yesterday before Mr. Sergeant Payne, Coroner for Southwark, at Bethlehem Hospital, on the body of David Davis, aged 67 yea r s, an o fficer in the army. From the evidence it appeared that the deceased, in the year 1818, made an attempt on the life of Lord Palmer ston (who was Secretary of the War Department at the time), while walking in the street, by firing a pistol at him. He was arrested and tried at the Old Bailey on the Ist of May, 1818. The jury acquitted him on the ground of in sanity, and by the order of the Home Secretary he was removed to Bethlehem Hospital, where he has remained up to the present time. Tho warder went as usual on Mon day morning to his room to give him his ordinary meal, when, on opening the door, ho found the deceased leaning against the back of a chair, quite dead. He called for assis tance, and the house surgeon came and pronounced life extinct, and that the deceased had died while in a fit of apoplexy. The deceased was 24 years of age when brought to the hospital. Tho.coroner having summed up, the jury returned a verdict of " Died frcin apoplexy." W-7Z,QA THE WAR. Among the many good gifts of Democracy a knowledge of itself does not seem to be included. If the Civil War does nothing else for the reading part of the people of North America, it will, at any rate, teach them what they are, and what is the true meaning of the phenomena which surround them. They can learn little or nothing from their home orators and their home writers: Of a mob, as truly as of a monarch, it may be said that the same fortune which made them Kings forbade them to have a friend. They are approached r with bound less adulation and prostrate servility. , A thousand venal pens are ever ready to transform their vices into virtues, to falsify the most obvious facts, and to persuade the multitudinous Sovereign that his crimes are proof of matchless virtue and his errors of more than human wisdom. But America so to speak, has in these latter days gone beyond herself. She has become the property not merely of penny a-liners and stump orators, but of the whole human race. The events which are occurring on her soil, though neither glorious to her sword nor to her pen, are yet of sufficient consequence to attract to her the attention of the keenest observers and the most pungent writers of the day. Her institutions are explained, her politics are analyzed, her prospects delineated, and her finance dissected by hands in comparably more able than have been for many years employed upon them. A faithful mirror is held up to the misguided Confederal-y in which she may see her face, not as her flatterers la-,v repre sented it to her, serene in majesty ands'L.A>,.. l l in calm resolution, but distorted with passto. n r,4, and hatred, and a burning but ungratified thirst. ,F revenge. _ _ Of all such writings on American subjects we have seen none more clear, more just, ind more conclusive than the short pamphlet of M. Sidney Renouf entitled " Europe and the American Union." With that inimitable power of statement and clear ness of deduction which are the acknowledged characteristics of the higher minds of his coun try, M. Renouf strips off one by one all the glosses and disguises under which the real state of America has hitherto ,been concealed. Slavery is not, he says, the cause of rupture. The Go vernment of the Union had done nothing to pro mote the abolition of slavery. The object is to re establish the Union, and the North will not com plieate the question by a Quixotic effort in favour of the emancipation of the despised and hated negro race. The triumph of the North would be the triumph of slavery. In fact, as friends of human freedom, we shudder at the concessions which the North might be induced to make at the expense of the slave for the purpose of winning back its lost Confederates. If abolition be ever taken up by the North, it will not be for its own sake, but as the last and the deadliest weapon with which to strike down its antagonists by the desolation of their hearths and the sacrifice of women and chil dren to the lust and cruelty of infuriated barba rians. Well may M. Renouf conclude that slavery is not the cause, nor emancipation in any degree the object, of the American civil war, and that to such a ground of sympathy the North is in no degree entitled. Nor has the North any claim on the sympathy of the mass of educated men who sin cerely wish well to liberty as residing in demo cracy. The South does not fight for absolutism, but against an union which she has learnt to de test. The North does not fight for liberty, but rather to deprive the South of that dearest of all liberties—the right to ciaoose its own Government. If the Secession be completed, there will not be in America more slavery or less freedom. We shall have two Republics instead of one, and their ri valry may at last break through the fetters of that mediocrity which chains everything in America down to the same dead level, and leaves her in her utmost need without a statesman, an orator, or a General. Having thus disentangled the question from cer tain considerations which tend to obscure its true significance, M. Renouf proceeds to inquire whet is the true policy of England and France with regard to America. The question, he remarks, is not one of principle, but of fact. America has been ever since its independence, 80 years age, a Power continually increasing in magnitude. Its means of increase have been absorption and annexation. At the rate at which it was proceeding the Union would shortly have reached the Isthmus of Darien, and. proceeded to absorb the Spanish Republics of South America. It is for this extension of power, no doubt, that the North is contending, and, should they succeed in subduing the South, they would probably revert to such a line of policy. M. Renouf might have added that they would by subduing the South mark the commencement of a policy of con quest, and that this new policy, once fairly inaugu rated, would very probably find nothing on the American continent able to resist it. The Govern ment of a peaceful Federation would be succeeded by a reign of military violence, and the equilibrium of Europe might be threatened by an armed demo cracy, powerful by sea and land, and having effec tually moulded its ploughshare into a sword to grace the arbitrary hand of some successful soldier. Besides, M. Ranouf considers that France has a very heavy material interest in putting an end as soon as possible to the present struggle. Her trade, as an exporter of articles of taste and luxury, and as an importer of cotton, has suffered very materi ally by the civil war, and bankruptcy threatens many of her principal houses. England and France have common interests, and ought not to separate. If the North refuses satisfaction, England will at once declare war, and France, though at the request of England she will not immediately take part in it, will be no uninterested spectator of the contest. If, on the other hand, America should make repa ration, France and England will not let the oppor tunity slip without intervening for the purpose of putting an end to the conflict so fatal to America — so injurious to the peace and happiness of the civi lised world. It may not be,:as M. Renouf anticipates, that we shall be ablt to obtain from the South, as the price of our recognition, even the prospective abolition of slavery ; but we may not unreasonably hope that the events which are now occurring will in one way or another draw to a close that hopeless and exterminating conflict, fraught with so many events which disgrace humanity and perplex rea son, before it has been carried to an extent which will destroy the last vestige of a Republic once fondly regarded as the last and best guarantee for human liberty and progress. Such is an analysis of this very remarkable pam phlet. It is well worthy the consideration of the American public, for it shows how clearly its actual position is estimated and how keenly its future is speculated upon by the very people whom the press and the statesmen of America have sought, as it appears in vain, to conciliate by all the arts of adulation. The appearance of such a pamphlet is cold encouragement to add a war with - England to the long catalogue of existing embarrassments. The nation which America has, in her presumptuous folly, taught herself to regard as her sure - ally in - the contest which she has so long sought to force upon England, which she has sought to conciliate by the share of the lion's skin represented by Lower Canada and by the most fulsome adulation, has taken the measure of her, of her flatteries, her menaces, and her promises, and contemptuously rejects them all.—Times. 20 Algerian 10 Antwerp & Rotterdam all 65 61 43 20 Ardennes ........ 20 Balt.S.Fran..Ltin.7 p.c l5 #4 d 1411 5 Belgian East. Junction all 1 3 20 Beziers to Graissessac all Carmeaux Mine & Rail 30 101 111 100 Copiapo .....• • • 10 Ditto Extension 20 Dutch Rhenish 20 Eastern of France 20 Grand Rus Guar. 6p. C all 20 Do. do. all 20 Treat Central of France all 20 Gt. Luxem., Con. slis all 83 95 91 1 20 Italian Junction •. • 20 Lierre & Turnhout 20 Lyons 36 Geneva •• •• all 20 Namur & Liege .•• • •• all 8 20 Do. 6p. c. Pref. ••• • •• all 20 21 16 Northern of France all 881 39/ 381 16 Do. New Shares • • 10 Norwegian Trunk Pref all 8 10 20 Var!s,Lyons, & Mediter all 39 40 20 (Parts & Orleans all 50 62 20 iZecife Lic S. Franerm) •) - tia. 7p. ct. litre 17 54 d 20 j Riga & Dunahurg lB.B. 20 Royal Danish.. •• • • 5 Royal Swedish ....... all 4 Do. 7 per cent. Pref all 20 Rambie Meuse 10 r'Do. 51 per cent. Pref all 81 95 20 San Paulo, lim, g. 7p. c 4 3 3.1 20 S.Aust &Lomb Venetin 18 p 183 20 !Southern of France all 255 565 20 S. East Portugal 7 pct 4 —. 81 West FlanderO 10 Do. 51 p. c. Preference.. all 91 10 20 W. & N.W. of France .. all 20 21 20 Western of Austria.... 6 _ 20 Wes turn of Switzerland all -- 6 Wiesbaden 6 Do. 8 per cent li:'rTeT.il f. ;l MINES.— 20 Z ea l an d all Lil - A tired Consols(Philack), 3.2.10 1 3 20 British Iron Clifford . nil 28 32 Devon G. Cons. (Tavist.) 1 365 375 East Bassett (Illogan).. 30 50 521 East Caradon . 2.14.0 281 f 95 E. Russel (Tavistk.) 7.4.0 23 35 Gain.&St.Aubyn(Gwen.) 553 18 20 Great South Tolgus.... 17s 33 41 .Wheal Alfa. (Philack) G. Wheal Vor (lielston) 40 6 7 Grenville 6.8.6 1/ 2 lierod's- Foot. • ingston Downs 4.11.6 3 5 31 Lady Bertha M a r g aret (Guy Lelant) 93 4 4! !North Downs 23 45 5 North Frances (Mogan) 111 2 2 BasePt (1110 ;an) 1.14.0 23 31 INorth Wheal Crotty Par Consols (St. Blazey) 15 7 20 I . 'rovidence(UnyLelnt.) 10.6.7 39 41 - Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. 1 4 f'3ou Caradon(St.Cleer) 11 310 520 Carn Brea (Illogan) .5.9.G 4 45 1 .S. Dev. Iron &Gen., Lim. all 1 Fran.(lllogan) 18.1R.V 110 120 , Stray Park 27 19. 29 31 5 Tamar Silv.& Lead Min. 45 1 1% 10 Tin Crott 9 75 8 IVale of Towey (Carm )113s 6cl 1 iWest Basset (Illog,an) ,11 14 15 W. Caradon (Liskeard); 5 44 46 West Seton I Wheal Basset (Mogan) 55 85 90 IWheal Buller (Redruth) 5 75 85 ,Whe-al Edward (Cass.); 73 2 21 Wheal Kitty (U.Lelan4 1.7.2 44 5/ Wheal MaryAnn(Men.)' 8 l6 17 Wheal Trelawney (Lia.)l 7 16 17 THE OLD AND NEW YEAR. Some extraordinary gatherings of a religious character were witnessed last night and at an early hour this morning in various parts of the metropo lis. For a long time past—from the time it is be lieved, of John Wesley—it has been the practice of the Wesleyan Methodist body to keep the last night of the old year as a " watch night," setting it apart for the special purpose of watching the old year out and the new year in. Their custom has been, and still is, Ito assemble about 10 o'clock or half past, and then to pray, preach, and sing alternately. At about a quarter to 12 the practice is to sing a jubilant hymn, and then, as the clock approaches more nearly the hour of 12 the whole congregation kneels down and devoutly engages in silent prayer. In this position they they continue until 12 o'clock has struck, and when, consequently, the new year has begun. The habit is then, at a given signal, to rise from prayer, sing another hymn, and depart with mutual congratulations and good wishes. This system was strictly adhered to last night and this morning at the chapels in the City-road, Great Queen street, Hinde-street, Manchester-square, St. George's-in-the-East, and others in connection with the body: IMPROVEMENTS IN NEWGATE• BTREET.—DUring the last few days a considerable improvement has been carried out in Newgate-steet, at the east end of it, in conse quence of the roadway having been widened several feet. For this purpose, some old and nearly dilapidated houses have been removed, and on the site in the rear of them some large warehouses will be erected. That which used to be called Butcher Hall-lane, hich recently was only wide enough for one carriage to pass along, is now called King Edward-street, and it is made int } a thorough fare of about <5O feet in width, well paved, and with a wide footway leading to Christ's Hospital, a nd library will b e of January, wh en CLOSE OF THE BRITISH MUSEITM.—Last evening the galleries of the British Museum were closed to tha public, and this day the reading-room also shut until Wednesday, the 7th they will be re-opened, and continuo open every M onday, Wednesday, and Friday, the Saturday afternoon admis sion not recommencing until gay. During the rece ss no t person whatever will be adm itted to vie w the museum. The trustees of the British Mus eum have r esolved to remove the whole of the zoological collection to th e S out h K ensington Museum, and it is expected a porti on w ill be conveyed thither during the rec es s , _ _ MI ■ i .~ I ~) .~ -