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

MONEY MARKET AND CITY NEWS. -0-- CITY, Two o'CLocK. In the Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets the dealings during the last few days have been moderately active. Tea has brought full prices, while sugar, coffee, and rice have been in fair re quest. Saltpetre continues in steady demand, but tallow has slightly declined for both present and forward delivery. Business in the Liverpool Cotton Market, yester day, continued rather active, and prices were very firm. The sales were about 12,000 bales. The suspension has been announced of Messrs. Ogleby and Co., oil merchants, with liabilities estimated at between £50,000 and £60,000. The failure has also taken place of Mr. T. Mansbridge, wholesale milliner, for about £25,000. Messrs. H. O'Shea and Co., bankers of Madrid, have stopped payment. About £46,000 in gold was taken into the Bank of England yesterday. The Kent has arrived from Australia with £422,412 in gold, and the Europa, from America, has brought X 21,620 in specie. There is an increase of £1,670 in the traffic re turns of the Brighton Railway, and a decrease of £1,510 on the South Eastern for the past week. The traffic receipts of the Great - Western Railway of Canada for the week ending the 20th ultimo, amounted to £11,105 against £7,574 in 1860. Increased easiness has been apparent in the discount market to-day, the inquiries having been limited, while the rates have ranged rather lower than they did last week, 21 per cent. being now the general charge for superior descriptions of mer cantile bills, of which, however, the supply is very moderate. The banks and discount houses are unable to obtain full employment for their re sources, and the consequence is an active competi tion, which allows the mercantile community to obtain their accommodation on unusually favour able terms. Owing to the advices from New York by the Europa, a heavy tone has pervaded the market for public securities, and Consols have receded to 92 92k for money and .the 9th inst., and 92k for the February account. The aggregate amount of business transacted was not large, but sales have pre ponderated, and depression has consequently ensued. The New Threes and the Reduced are steady at Olt 92 ; Exchequer Bills at 12a. to 15s. prem. ; Bank Stock has advanced to 238 ; India 5 per Cent. Loan is 1051 4, being steady; the 5 per Cent. En aced Paper has risen to 99, and the 51 per Cent., 1051. _ _ ISfo material alteration has taken place in Foreign Securities, and the dealings have been rather re stricted. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 79 to 80; ditto, 1858, 70 to 701. Mexican are flat at 278 281; Italian at 621 ; and Venezuelan at 221. Spanish Certificates remain at 61, and Sardinian are 77. Owing to a few speculative transactions Consols have receded,}, per cent., the present price being 92-1 7„. Business in the Railway Share Market has con tinued rather inactive, and in some instances prices have shown further slight depression. Eastern Counties, Great Northern, Lancashire and York shire, North Western, South Western, Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, Midlands, and North Eastern (Berwick), have receded 55.; South Eastern, however, have improved 10s. _ _ The Foreign and Colonial lines have remained without any material variation as regards values. Northern of France realise 39; Grand Trunk of Canada, 201 ; Eastlndian, 100 k, 101 ; and Great Indi an Peninsula, 991. Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares continue in limited request ; Oriental Bank have improved to 524 ; Ottoman Bank realise 18 ; Pen insula and Oriental Steam, 674 to 68 ; and Roy al Mail Steam, 48. BRIrISII FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 9l I i 2 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities New 3 per Cent. Annuities 9i ; i 2 India Stock Ditto 5 per Cent. Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent — Ditto 5 per Cent 99 Ditto 51 per Cent ,. Ditto Debentures, 4 per Cent., Oct., 1863 991 Consols for Account, Jan. 9 India Stock for Account, 5 per Cent March. June. Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO 1.1.... 12 15 12 pm Ditto £SOO Ditto Small l5 12 12 pm FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Mexican, 3 per Cent Ditto Account Fardinian 5 per Cent. Spanish Cert. o f C ou p. no t f un ded Turkish 6 per Cent — Ditto Account Ditto New Loan Ditto Account Venezuelan 3 per Cent Ditto Account DividendCent.)lB6l s on the above payable in London. Italian, 5 per TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, Money Ditto Account PEDES7RIANISM. THE TEN MILE CHAMPION CUP FOOT RACE. This pedestrian contest came off to day at Mr. Baum's /waning ground, near to Victoria station, Hackney, the Prize for the winning man being a splendid silver cup. The contest altogether was a most miserable affair, and certainly was not at all worthy to be called a race. The four men engaged in the performance were Mills, Brighton, Barker, and Jones, and at 23 minutes to four they started On their expedition in the most comfortable way. Everything went on very well for a short distance, when Barker gave in, and the next one to succumb was Jones, who followed his example at the second lap of the sixth mile. Mills at one time appeared to have it all his own way, and seemed as if he was only playing with his opponents, but, to the astonishment of the spectators, he gave in after having ran six miles and three quarters, and Brighton was left to walk the distance at his pleasure. The gate-money gave great satisfaction. THIS DAYS SHIPPING. LONDON, Jan. 7.—Wind this day at noon—South- Westerly ; moderate breeze, and cloudy weather, with slight rain. QUEENSTOWN, Jan. 7.—Arrived—Europa, steamer, from Boston, and left for Liverpool; left Boston on the 25th ult., and Halifax, N.S., on the 27th. CLYDE, Jan. 6.—Wind S.W.—S a il e d—Ed som, f or N ew York. SWANSEA, Jan. 6.—Wind N. W.—Sailed Ariel, for the Cape of Good Hope. PLYMOUTH, Jan. 6.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Dane, screw steamer. from Southampton for the Cape of Good Hope. OFF DOVER, Jan. 6.—Arrived—Severn, from Limerick for New York. fi t ßY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) • SOUTHAMPTON, Tuesday Morning. Arrived—Mary. Coles, from Bangor; Ranger, from Ply. mouth; Le Coq, from Cherbourg.; Augusta, from Cardiff Alliance, steamer, from Havre. (BY SUBMARINE AND MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Tuesday Morning. Arrived, Jan. 7—Sybil, from Guernsey; Caravan, from New York; Esperance, from Aaborg. Sailed, Jan. 7—Triton, steamer, f or B ou l ogne ; Vesta, for Bermuda. DEAL, Tuesday Morning. A nchored—Ostrich, from London for Cape Coast Castle. Passed in tow—B. B. Green, from the Mauritius for London. The brigantine Forester, from London for Lancaster, sprung a leak an d sunk on Saturday last off the Lizard. The captain and crew were saved, and landed here from the brigantine Garibaldi, :ii aavices received yesterday from Rome we learn that a train has passed over the line of railway from Rome to Ciprani, the Neapolitan frontier, and under the extraordinary energy displayed by M. Salamaca, the emi nent Spanish contractor, there appears to be no doubt that the whole line between Rome and Naples will very shortly be completed. It was feared that some delay might have been caused by the non-completion of the viaduct over a large valley at Velletri ; but, although on the lht of Decem ber this bridge, which is almost a reproduction of the Crumlin viaduct, of nearly 500 ft in length, and 170 ft in height, was scarcely commenced, by the exertions of the contractors for this work, Messrs. Kennard Brothers, of Load, n, a train passed over it on the 30th. The unprece dented speed with which this bridge has been erected shows the great advantage of iron over other materials for works of this description. The dollars brought by the Mexican packet have been disposed of at 59ad. per oz., showing an advance of id. ou the price of the last arriyal, although the present has been the rate for several days. The bar silver has not yet been sold, SHARE ILIARKET-(TH I S DAY). ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Closing Business Paid ' done. Share' Railways. '0 'Belfast and Nor. Coun. .14 fir., "Wol., and Str. Vat 5 Blyth and Tyne O 'Bost.,Sleat.,andNrid.Co it Bristol and Exeter ... • t !Caledonian O Carmarthen &Cardig,:ni ▪ wk and Bandon ;0 ,Cork, Blrock, & raSSagC !C' .Cornwall (A gets no div '0 ,Do A ti il6p e.p an.has .0 I Do. B been paid to B. i 0 'Dublin & Belfast June. Dun.,Perth,& Ab. June t (East Anglian t Eastern Counties it 'Eastern Union, A stock t ! Do Bdo do _ - 7 8 fii 7 95 47 1031 1041 DoNw A, late U 3ds ;East Suffolk Edinburgh & Glasgow 'Edin., Perth, & Dundee & Clyde Junction !Furness . • • . Glasg. and S. Western. '0 reatNrthn of Scotland ; Great Northerr... Do A stock Do ES do Gt. S. an W. of Ireland; Great Western ...... Do Str Val gua. stock' Irish South Eastern Lancashire & Yorkshire London and Blackwall Lon., Bright 4 S. Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. & South Western L'derry & Coleraine .. L'derry & Enniskillen. Man., Shef., R; Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle. Do shales Metropolitan Midland Do New Do Birming. & Derby' Mid Gt. W. of Ireland; 6.4.0 Do. 4 shares Mid Kent Do Cray Line Newcastle and Carlisle Newry k Armagh, def. Newry, Warnpt, A Ros Norfolk North British Nor.Dev.RailkDk.stock Do A stk ; A recs no d till 6 pc. has been pdß Do B stock Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do, G.N.E. purchase Do Leeds 19.16.4 Do York North London Do new North Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junction Not. Gran. Rl. & Canal Peebles Portsmouth Rhs ney , ;col e l, Central Scot. T. E., Aber. stock Do Sc : t. Mid. stock Shrews. and Welchpool ;Shropshire Union !Sittingbourne & Sheer South Devon S. Durham & Lane. Un !South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun Stain es,Wok.,an dWok. !Stockton & Darlington Do 12.10 Do New, 1860 I Taff Vale. Do Pref. No. 1 .ThamesHavenDk&Rall jUlster Do Do Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim Waterford & Kilkenny Water lord & Limerick West Cornwall West London Do Ist class Do 2d class W. Hartlepool liar. &R. West Midland Os lord Do Newport Do Hereford, 41 42 101 11 14 19i 51 65 48 52 33 35 90 01 294 30i 181 MI 4 1131 108 71 8 50 931 946 1311 f I 1021 31 64} i 102 d ni 8 71 47 49 44 46 89 91 474 f LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Leasing Closing Business Railways. , Paid. Co. s Price. Done. --- Bedford and Bletchley all Ln.&N.W .. .. Birkenhead. Buckingh ms.r.re. Chester & H Myhead.. 100 Do. 53 54 Do. 58per cent 100 Do 123 125 Do. 5 „ 100 Do ll2 114 Clydesdale Junction 100 Caledon. 101 103 Colcheste,r, Stour Val. all E.U. &E.O 63 65 E. Lincolnsh. g3pr c. 100 G*.North. 133 136 E.Union,HarwichShs all E,Counts. 4 41 Do. Woodbridge.... 1 100 • • • • Gls.Barr.&Neils.Drct. 100 Caledon— .. .. Do. new Gloster & Dean Forest' all Gt. West .. .. Hull and Selby 1 all Yk.N. Mid 110 112 Do. halves 1 all Do. Do. quarters Lancaster & Carlisle; 100 Ln.& N.W 197 202 Loudon & Greenwich' 100 S. Eastern 61 63 Do. Preferen , Lon.,Tilb.& S.. - ."*'lend 100 , Peto &Co B2 64 Lowestoft gua. I p c.. 100 Norfolk Do 6 per cent lOO Do. llinc.,Bxtn.,&lllatlock all ,LNW& M 38 31 Mid. Bradford Prefer ence stock New gua m . a o r p k e t, r ß e u e r n y t E . x . 1 mats. par 8 p 5. 5. 6. E Co Northn.&E astn. sp. c. all , Do. Do. 6 per cent. .... all 'Do . Do. Fixed sp. c.... all iDo. N. Eastn—Hartlepool 1( 0 N. E. Ber .. .. North Western L&N.W Preston and Wyre. I all l & L y k. 3 43 45 Do. i f shares A. all !Do. •••• .. .. .. Roystn.Hitch.ft Shep. 100 IGt.North. 133 136 Shrewsby & Hereford 100 T Brassey 118 122 Do. Do. South Staffordshire Wilts and Somerset lOO Gt.l West. 190 92 Wimbledn t . Croydon all IL.&Bren 84 98 PREFERENCE SHARES. Share! Railways. 1 Paid ! Closing I Business Prices. Done. FOREIGN AILWAYS. Algerian Antwerp & Rotterdam. Ardennes ....... Bah.&S.Fran.. Li m. 7 p.c. Belgian East. Junction Beziers to Graissessac.. Carmeaux Mine & Rail Copiapo .............. • • Ditto Extension .... Dutch Rhenish ........ Eastern of France .... Grand Rue Guar. 6 p. c. Do. do. - Great Central of France Gt. Luxem., Con. shs... Italian Junction ...... Lierre & Turnhout .... Lyons & Geneva, ...... Namur & Liege ........ Do. 6 p. o. Pref......... Northern of France.... Do. New Shares _..... Norwegian Trunk Pref. Paris,Lyons, & Mediter. Paris & 0r1ean5...... . Recife & S. Fran. (Peru.) ua. 7 p. ct. lirn Riga & Dunaburg...... Royal Dani5h.......... Royal Swedish Do. 7 per cent. Pref Sambre & Meuse ...... Do. 55 P per cent. Pref..... San aulo, lim, g. 7p. c., S.Aust. &Lomb Venetinl Southern of France.... S. East Portugal 7 p ct.i West Flanders Do. 55 p. c. Preference.. W. & N.W. of France .. Wcst"rn of Austria.... Westorn of Switzerland Wiesbaden ..... Do. 8 per cent Pref Zealand .. ei di —P pr loi ni .9 I f . z 3 91 9/ 8 fl 20 21 881 391 8 10 39 40 50 62 4k 31 i 18.8. all all all all all 11 13 BRI Alfred Consols (Philack); British Iron Cliflbrd Devon G. Conn. (Tavist ) East Bassett (Illogan) East Caradon E. WI Russel (Tavistk ) Gam.&St.Aubyn (G wen ) Great South Tolgus G.Wheal Alfa. (Philack 0. Wheal Vor (Helston) Grenville • . • Herod's-Foot Ilingston Downs Lady Bertha Margaret (tlny Lelant) North Downs ;North Frances (Illogan) I N. Wh'l Basset (Illo4an) North Wheal Crofty Par Consols (St. Blazey) Providence (Uny Lelnt.) Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. South Caradon(St.Cleer) S. Cam Brea (Illogan) S. Dev. Iron &Gen., Lim. S.Wheal Fran. (Illogan) Stray Park Tamar Silv.& Lead Min. ,Tin Crott Vale of Towey (Carm ) West Basset (Mogan) W. Caradon (Liskeard) ;West Seton I Wheal Basset (Illogan) Wheal Buller (Redruth); W1u....1 Edward (Cals.); Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant)l Wheal Mary Ann (Men.)i Wheal Trelawney (Lis.), 2.14.8 7.4.0 551 17e 6.8.6 8.12 4.11.6 mos, 7 7i 81 vi id i er3i lfi 1.14.0 9.18.9 ii 10.6.7 s.si.G all 18.1q.V, 27 19. 13s 6d! 474 51 5 71 1.7.2 6} 7 96 10 20i 214 i f 1 2 28 82 370 880 N 521 281 891 21 31 17 19 31 41 391140 i FO REIGN MINES. z 0 I Australian 1 BonAccord Copper, Lim. 17:6 I e 20 !Brazil St.J.del Rey,Lim 15 50 52 531 5 Do. Land and MlningCo. all i 11 11 1 Clarendon Cons.MitiCo. ; dig. 40 Cobre Copper all 34 86 ICopiapo lB 6 8 1 DunMoun.Cop.Ming Co ail 14 2 ;Fortuna. all 11 2 20 !General all 23 24 2 'Gt N. Cop. of S. Austr 1 1 1 p 14 , Kapunda (Limited) 1 1 14 p Linares all 7 8 5 Lusitanian 2 d pr 1 'Mariquica all 1 1 N.RhineCopof S.Aus.L *d 20 ,Pontgibaud Silver,Lead Mining and Smelt... ail 2 4 5 Port Philip 1 11 11 1 Scottish Auatrin. (L.) los. lipm 14 66•2•81 United Mexican . all 8 t3* 1 Worthing (Limit ed) all 1 I Do . COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. - Can.Gov.7-9 1 6 p.c.Ja. &July' Do Bp. cent.lBBo-21 100 - - Do. 6p. cent.lBB3-4 100 - - Do. Bp. c. Feb. & AIP.T. 100 107 110 Do. Bp. c. Mar. & Sept. 100 107 110 Do. 5 per cent lOO 96 08 98 1 - Cape G. Elope, 8 p 0,1880 100 107 IC9 97 Do. 1890 1 100 107 109 97 N. B.Gov. a p.c. Ja.&Julyi 100 103 105 Do. Bp. c.Ap. & Oct. 100 —— N. S. W. G ov. sp. c., 1868 1 100 97 99 Do. sp. c.. 1871 to 1876 1 100 98 08 Do. p.c., 1888 & upwds 100 96 98 Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c sterling, 1875 1100 104 106 S. Au5,G6p.c.1878.& up 1 100 - ,Vic. Gov. p.c. Ja.&July r 100 - j Do. do. p.c. Ap.&Oct 1 100 `lO4l 1051 105 41 DOCKS. stock ICommercial lOO stock I Do. 4 per Cent.Pret.Min lOO stock I East and 'West India stock ,London stock St. Katharine 1 100 60 63 62 stock 'Southampton 1 100 stock Victoria 20 'Do' New 2 14 4 d 5 6 101 103 114 115 1114 112] 130 132 103 104 69 09i 55 58 1071 1081 55 67 116 118 44 46 93 94i 93! 941 9 11 45 46 61 6f 1311 132 i li lap 101 103 62 64 64 64i 1011 102} id 58 1 i £9 91 91i 96 58 5 4 10i 1 1 d 90 92 124 126 41 43 96 98 45} 461 36 38 77f 78} C 5 67 96 98 5i 8 38: 40 8 9 p 5 6 p :161 2 3. dp 82 65 6 6J Blythe and Tyne 10 p.c. pref. issued at 25 al Brie. & Exet. 4p. c. at 101 Do. shales Caledon. £lO, 41 p. cent lOl Do guar. shares, No. 2 10 1 Lofk & Bandon, 5i p. c. al Cornwall. 5 percent al Dun. Perth, & Aber.Jun al Do. Ist Class Pref al E. Angn. Class Asp. c 101 Do. Class B 6 per cent lOl Do. Class C 7 per cent lOl E. Conn. Ex. 5 p.c. No. 1 101 Do No. 2 161 Do. new 6 p. c. at 101 Eastern Union, 4 p. c— 10 Do. 5 p. c. guar lO Edin.&Glas.s p.c. shires 10 Do. 4p. c. guar. S. & D lO Edin. Perth,& Dun. 4 p.c lO Furness, 5 per cent lO iGlas.& S.West. gu. 5 p.c lO Great Northern, sp. c lO I D 0.5 p.c.nedm.lop.c.pm lO Do. 41 p. c. do lo Do.sp.c.Rednc.aMp.c.pm 10 Gt. Nh. of Scot. Ist pref. al Gt. Sn. & W. (Ireland) 4 per cent IC Great West. (Berks and Hants Ext) 5 per cent Do. redeem. 41 p. 1C Do. redeem. 4 p. 1.0 Do. irredeem. 4p. ct IC Do. sp. c. redeem. pref. 1C Do. Birm. pref. shares. a 'Do. Chester 8 p.c. pf. she a Do. Chester 5 p.c. pf. she a Do. Birm. guar. stock l6 'Do. Chester guar. shares a Do. do a Do. do a Lan. & Carl. 41 p.c. pref ( Lan. & York. 6 p.c. stock 1( Do.Barnstst£ 2s 10d c I( Do. 6p. c. (East Lan.) 1( Do. 41 p. c. (Blackb. put. 1( Lon.&Brig.sp.n.gu. No.i 1( Do. 5 per cent. do. No 2 V Do. 6 per cent. do ll Do. 5 per cent. do. No. 4 11 Do. 41 per cent. do 11 Do. 41 p. c. pref. shares a Do. 7 per cent pref. stk 11 Do. 6 p.c. do(W.E.&C.P.) Do. 4pc st (div.detliF6s li Do. 4 per cent. pref Lon. Chat &Dov. sp.c.pf. Do. West. Ex., B, 6 p. c. Do. Metrop. Ex. tt, v ; Lon. & S. W., Cov. & Nuneaton, 5 per cent. 1 Lon. & S.West. 7p. cent. at., late 3d shares 1 Do. 4 4 nor cent Do. (Prtsm. perpl. anns of 2s 6d Londondy. & Cgle. shs I r.ondony. & Enis.l she Man. Sh. & Lin. O per ct. Do. £6 Do. 31 per cent. Do. redeem. 6 percent Maryport & Carl. 4 pr. c Do. 41 per cent Midland Con. 6p. o. stk. l Do.Con.Bris.& Bir. 6 p.c. I Do. 41 p. c. pref. stock I Do. 41 per cent..... . Do.Leic. and I-Tit.4per ct. : N.rflk. 5 p. c. Ex. at. 1846 Do. 51 p. c. Pref. at. 1847 Do.sWay.ValEx.st.lB47 Nort British, 5 per cent. Do. New Erlla.. per cent... Do. Bor. Un. g. prf. shs. Do. do. do. Nth.Dvn.Ttail.&Dck.Co. N-East. Cons. pref. 4 p.c. Do. 41pr. ct. redeemable Do. G. N. E. 4 p. ct. pref. Do. Berwick 4 p. c. pref. Do. Leeds 6p. c. No. 1 8 Do. do. Quarters, 1848.. Do. York, li. & S. Parch. North Staffordshire.... 14hyrnney Guaranteed.. Scottish Central. new pi Scottish North-Ea stern p. c. pref. stock.... Do,Aberdeen,gua.6p.c Do. 7 p. c. pref. stock South Devon, Ann, 10s. Do. Fixed 41, per cent. South Eastern (Reading nn., 1.0.6) Do. 4.5 per cent Do, Fixed 4i per cent South Wales, gua. 4 p. c. Do. 41 per cent Do. do. 1859 Do. 5 per cent S. Yorkshire, 4 p. c. gua. Do. 5 p. c. gua. Stock. & Dar. A 5 p. c Do. B 6 p. c Do. C 6 p. c Watrid & Kilkny, 6 p. C. W. Mid.-Oxf let gua stk Do. 2d do ;Do.Newport 5 p.c pf red. ' Do. Perpet6 p. c. ;11866 Do* fill . 18691 91 93 zoi 216 6 6i 1101 103 [oi 110 106 108 [23 125 81 83 111 113 89 91 97 99 97 99 87 89 84 90 99 101 91 101 17 18 10 I IGI 75 77 20 2 10 11 15 15 136 133 101 103 112 115 112 115 136 138 112 115 152 155 127 130 73 75 91 92 1112 114 131 14 26 128 Ipra 68 70 113m1 37 139 .02 104 92 94 109 111 1 107 109 1 Jim 99 101 98 100 i die par i dis part 22 23 1 132 136 10 10 231 24 100 102 100 102 OS 100 86 8J 27i 28i 31 33 31 33 42 45 124 126 121 123 100 102 118 122 115 120 .24 13 20 100 28 ed 124 12i Et 10. 6. 25 2!) 25 st H st St St St St THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 7, 1862. ilPaid. I Price.. 55 60 98i 994 4} 41 d !Business done 9SI 9i Si 6i 41 ft Railways. ;Atlantic & St Lawrence [ Bom.,Barodadz.Cent Ind Gu. 5 per cent.. Do Do. Buffalo and Lake Huron • iDo. New IDo. Preferonce Buffalo,Brant,&Godricli 6 p. ct. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 1 IDo. do. July 1,187 a Do. do. June 1, 187 , 11 Clcutta..tS.Eastn. (Li,. ) ,Cape,Eastn.Prov.(Limj ICapeTown Dock Scrii Ceylon Guarantd. 6 p. c. !Demerara.. , Eastn. Bengal gu. 5 p. East Indian, gu,s p. c. Do. F Shaia Ext. Do. Jubbulpore Do. 4i p c. Debentrs Do. 5 p c Deb., 1864 Do. '1865-1870 Grand Trunk of Canada Do. 6 per cent. Pref Do. 2d Pref. 6 per ct Do. 6 per ct. Debentr Do. 7 per cent. 1862 Do. do. 1867 Do. do. 1872 Gt.lndiaPenin.gua.sp.c Do. New gua. 5 p. c Gt. South.of India (Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. Do. do. IG t. IV, of Canada Sharesi Do. New ....... Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. 'Do. 54 p. c. do. '77 d 0... ID°. 54 p. c. do. '7B d 0... Madras guar., 44 p. 0... Do. do. 5 per cent .... Do. 44 p. c. Extension Do. 5 Melb.Corp. 6 p. o. Bnds.i Newßrunswick Cands Ry.&Land(Lim.)g.6pcl Class A Capital Share ] !Do. do. Land ID°. do. B Capital d 0... Do. do. Land do. ...... Oude (Limited) . Scinde ..........1 ,141 'Do. Pun,jaub .... v, V, Do. Do. ........ Ls C Do. Indus. St. Flo. qe, 1 Trinidad (Lim.) Scrip.. JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 100 A gra&UnitedService Bk 60 85 87 40 'Australasia all 59 61 61 25 I Bank of Egypt all 21 22 100 Bak of London ....... 50 63 65 20 I Bank of Turkey 50 IBritish North American all 20 iChtd.Bank of India, &c. all 19t 204 25 r Ch. Mer. of In. Lon.tz Ch. all 31 33 100 City 100 ,Colonial. . 2011 ICorn. Bank o f Canada.. all 100 Commercial of London. 20 20 Eng., Scot., & Aus. Ch.. all 17 174 174 20 IGen. Bk .of Switzerland all 20 ' I Lon. Char. Bkof Austral all 244 2 44 241 20 Do. - new l5 34 4 241 4 50 London and County 60 ,London Joint Stock 20 ILondon and S.Atrican lO 4 4d 94 100 " London & Westminster 20 69 70 100 I Nat. Prov. of England 42 -- 20 Do. new . ... ...... 50 INational3anic 20 INe ~ South Wales.— all 25 Orient. B. Corporation . all 50 52 524 4 2 20 I Otto-nan Bank . 100 1 , Provincial of Ireland 1 10 Do. new , all 25 ~ South Australia .., ~. 1 all 25 Union of Australia 50 I Unio ii of London ! 12 274 284 100 ; Unity Mutual... 6O MISCE LL - ANROUS. 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint \ all I 134 144 10 I Atlantic R. 511. Stm (Id)' all 1 2 1000 Atlantic Tel. (Limited) all 25 Australian Agricultural 19 25 27 10 I Berlin Water (Limited) all 5 54 50 Biltish American Land 40 50 B.&l.Mag. Tel. A. (Lim.) all 29 32 20 Do. 8,7p.c.t1111852 (Lim.) all 18 20 20 Do. C. (Limited) all 9 !1 324 Canada Land all 1100 105 10 Chandslands Tel. (Lim all at. Cop.Min.ofEng.&Srriltg all I 25 Do. Pref. 74 per cent... all I 15 17 at. Crystal Palace at. Do. Preference at. Do. a p et. Perpet. Deb lOO 99 101 20 F.lndia Irrign. & Canal 1 4d ipm at. Electric Telegraph 25 Do. New l5 5 English Si Aus. Copper all 24 34 15 Gen. Steam Navigate ni 14 -- 1 Great Ship limited) all 4 4 1 Do! 174 pet Preference all 4 4 5 Lon. District Tel. (Lim. \ 44 4 L.G. Omnibus Co. (Lim.) all li 14 20 Madras err. and Canal 1 24 24 10 Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim all 34 4 25 National Dis. Co. (Lim 5 4 4 d 20 Nerbu.Coal&lron (Lim ) 5 14 4C 10 Netherlands Land all 5 Do.B p.c.Pref..iss.atl die. all 4 i 100 N.llr.&NovaScotiaLand 81 10 15 1 N.B.Australasian (Lim.) all 1 14 1 Oriental Gas (Limited). all 14 If 1 Do. New Shares (Lim.). all 14 14 10 0 r A I n u t s l . t r l i n a . B i S a t ( e i a i m m )( I I s A t m i s . 1 . 10 1 6 i i d 7 4p 7 at. PeellLLnd.&Min.(Lim) 100 47 50 50 Pen. & Oriental Steam all 6 6 68 67 4 8 7 50 Do. New 3O 9 1 1 40 4 40 20 Red Sea&ln.Tel.g.44p.c. all 184 1 9 4 50 Rhymney Iron all 17 19 15 Do. New all 5 6 100 Royal Mail Steam 6O 46 48 48 et. Scot. Austin. Inv.(Lim ) 100 13 0 140 25 South Australian Land all 32 34 1 Submarine Tel. Scrip all 1 Do. do. Registered 10 Do. do all )6 1 10 Trust and Agency of 20 Tr.& Ln.Co. of Upr.Can. 5 p Ip 6 U. K'dom Tel. Co. (Urn.) 1 id pri 100 au Dimon's Lind., 284 8 9I 81 lt 5 I id 19.; IAI d 100 101 98 100 89 101 100 101 19i 20i 60 63 45 50 32 35 34 38 30 23 30 83 100 101 d 98} 99; 10 101 101 101 87 89 98i 99i 91 V 3 5 7 4 8 100 101 d 94 98 $ /d THE WIND HAM CASE. COMMISSION OF LUNACY-THIS DAY. (Before Samuel 'Warren, Esq., Q.C., Master in Lunacy, and a Special Jury.) SEVENTEENTH DAY. The Master, on taking his seat, said that in Friday next the Court would sit at the Guildhall 'Westminster, the per mission of the magistrates having been obtained, and that the sittings would :be continued until the termination of the inquiry. _ _ _ Mr. Gwyn, surgeon, of Hammersmith, who was ex amined in chief yesterday, was called and cross-examined by Mr. Chambers—lle did not remember that Mr. Wind ham ever told him that his wife had been associated with a young gentleman in a Dragoon regiment, and had ruined him. He had mentioned that his wife disliked Roberts. Mr. Windham did not tell him that his wife had deceived him about the marriage, nor did he make complaints about her with regard to other men. He ceased to attend Mrs Windham on the 18th of November, but had a consultation with her again last Friday. Mrs. Windham was d wn at the Court on Friday last She wanted to speak to witness, and, as Mr. Windham was with him, they got into her brougham together. Mr. Windham got down ;at Morley's Hotel. Witness went on with Mrs. 'Windham to Regent street, where he was set down. Mr. and Mrs. Windham talked together, and when Mr. Windham got out ho bade her good by, and shook hands with her. Witness did not know where Mrs. Windham was residing. By Sir G. Armytage, the foreman of the jury—When on the 26th of September Mrs. Windham left Fellbrigg Mr. Windham was there. She left with Mr. Windham's con sent and witness's advice. He did not know that Mrs. Windham went to Dublin with Mr. Windham's consent. By Mr. Healy, a juryman —He recommended Mrs. Wind ham to go away on account of Mrs. Windham's disease. He did not recommend her to go to Dublin. By other Jurymen—He had no idea what had become of the jewels. He found Mr. Windham always consistent and coherent. He found him a very pleasant travelling com panion. Mr. Windham was putting up at Morley's Hotel, but at the present time he was at Felbrigg. Mr. Windham was not on friendly terms with Mr. Roberts. He (wit ness) did not know whether Roberts was still in England. Mrs. Mary Ranschen, examined by Mr. MILWARD, said she was formerly in the late Lady Bristol's family as nursery governess. Afterwards she:went to Felbrigg to take chargo of young Windham, who was not quite four years old. She left when he was about six years old. He was a very high spirited child, and required a great deal of chastisement. He did his lessons very well, generally speaking They were very simple lessons. He did his lessons much better than the boy she had had previous. She considered him sharp and intelligent. He was particularly fond of fun and prac tical jokes. His father and mother treated him very in dulgently. She had seen him imitating the butler and waiting at table. His father was present, and was pleased at it, and had a suit of clothes made for him to wait at table with. He afterwards went to school, and had frequently met him in London with his father. She last him in 1850 with his father. He was then ten years old. She never saw any want of intellect about him. She always consi dered him a person of sound mind. Cross-examined by Mr. Chambers—He never to her knowledge went down to wash the dishes while she was there. He went out a good deal, and had a pony that he was very fond of. He generally rode slow, as witness walked by the side, and a boy led the pony. There was some defect in his utterance ; he spoke plainly, but thickly. Mrs. Anne Martine, examined by Mr. Karslake, said she was the wife of Mr. Martins, who was bailiff at Felbrigg. She had been living at Felbrigg as cook and housekeeper. She continued to act in that capacity until the death of Mr. Windham, sen., and Lady Sophia, and since that when ever Lady Sophia went down. She was there when Mr. W. F. Windham was born. Mr. 'Windham, the father, was a quick hasty man, passionate at times. Young Mr. Wind ham was very fond of her, and was so up to the present day. She saw him when he came home from the holi days. They used frequently to play whist when there was no company—the party consisting of Mr. Windham, young Windham, Lady Sophia, and herself. Yonng Windham was frequently down stairs when the mornings were wet, making railways in the kitchen, opening and shutting doors, and calling different stations. There were many old servants down stairs. That was when he was five or six years of age, and he continued the practice afterwards, though not to so great an extent. His father used to say—" Poor little fellow, let hi m amuse himself; he has no playfellows. His father used to see him play at railways, and would allow him to go on. As a boy he was fond of imitating people. He had waited at table, dressed up in livery, with his father and mother present. His father had a sort of livery made for him, in the country, of blue coat, red waistcoat, and plush breeches—the Windham livery. He came to the kitchen ferthe dinner like the other servants. In doing so he used to jpiitate the airs and man ners of the servants. After dinner he would come down to help the other servantsin the pantry. All this was perfectly well known to his father and mother. The case was proceeding when we went to press. TILE FATAL ACCIDENT AT ST, MARTIN'S HALL. CORONER'S INQUEST (THIS DAY). The coroner's inquiry into the causes that led to the deaths of Richard Wood, Patrick Coghlen, and W. Sabey was opened this afternoon at King's College Hospital. The report will be continued in our Late Edition. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT—(This Day.) OLD COURT. (Before the Recorder.) STABBING. George Robert Story was indicted for feloniously stab bing a man named Fowler. . From the evidence it appeared that on the 26th ult, the prisoner, with two other men, were in a publichouse drink ing and creating a disturbance. They were requested to be quiet or leave the house, but they refused to to comply with the wish of the prosecutor, who was a friend o; the landlords', and who was acting for him during his temporary absence. He threatened without they immediately ceased their disorderly conduct, to turn them out of the house, upon which they all commenced quarrelling. The prose cutor, in ejecting the prisoner, received a blow from a pen knife in the face. The prisoner was taken to the Stone's end Police-station, when a knife spotted with blood was found in one of his pockets. The prisoner having been identified as the man who stabbed the prosecutor, The jury found him guilty. The Recorder, in passing sentence, commented in strong terms on the cowardly manner in which the prisoner had injured Fowler, and sentenced him to nine months' impri sonment with hard labour. ROBBERY BY AN ARTILLERYMAN. James Morrison, a private in the Royal Artillery, at Woolwich, was indicted for stealing a quantity of buff lea ther from the store of Sergeant Morris, in charge of the collar-makers' shop, Woolwich. The prisoner, it appeared, was employed in the saddlery department, and the leather in question was offered for sale. It was purchased, the police were communicated with, and the prisoner was apprehended in London, and charged with stealing the leather. The jury found the prisoner guilty, and the Recorder sentenced him to six months' imprisonment with hard labour. NEW COURT. (Before the Common Sergeant.) The Court was occupied the whole of the morning in hearing Mint prosecutions, none of which possessed the slightest interest. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day. THAMES. CHARGE OF WILFUL MURDER.—SamueI Howard, a bricklayer's labourer, about 35 years of age, was brought before Mr. Woolrych, charged with the wilful murder of a woman named Sarah Smith, better known as Howard, with whom he cohabited. A coroner's inquest was commenced on the body of the deceased yesterday (Monday) evening before Mr. Walthew, deputy-coroner, and adjourned for:a week. The prisoner and the deceased had been cohabiting to gether for upwards of 14 years. The prisoner was reputed to be a very sober and industrious man. The deceased was addicted to drinking, and of irregular habits., On Wed nesday night last the prisoner came home at 10 o'clock, after being hard at work in Bermondsey two days and one night in the demolition of some old buildings. There were :no preparations made for his supper, and no fire in his dwelling to cheer him. A quarrel ensued between the wretched couple, and the prisoner beat the woman in a dreadful manner, and killed her. Other people in the house heard the quarrel and the sound of blows, and also heard her fall. There was a stillness afterwards, and the prisoner left the house, went to a public-house in Old Gravel-lane, St. George•in-the-East, and, after partaking of some refreshment there, returned to his house and went to bed. There was no doubt the unfortunate woman was dead before the prisoner• went out the first time ; but the prisoner took no heed of this, slept all night with the dead body in the room, and at five o'clock the next morning he called in the police and stated to Police Sergeant Cox, 45 S, that he had knocked down the deceased with either a bellows or a stool, and then he got a table and knocked her about with it several times, and then kicked her. He laid down a little while, then go; up, felt her, and found her dead. Mr. J. B. Ross, jun., surgeon and apothecary, and divi sional surgeon of police, said he examined the body of the deceased. He found marks of violence on the head as if done by a blow or fall, and a bruise on the leg. On a post mortem examination he ascertained there was conges'ion of the brain. The cause of death was disease of the heart, ac celerated by the violence used. Mr. Woolrych remanded the prisoner for a week. The Calcutta, China ; and Australian mails have reached Alexandria, and are expected in London about the leth inst. This Day, i etween 8 and B. E. M. D. F. C. LS. 9 a.m. -- ,- - -.-- -- - Nairn 29'93 35 I 34 W.S.W. 4 3 C. 6 Aberdeen 2918 35 34 W 3 9 0. 2 Leith. 3 0 .03 37 35 NW. 1 3 C. 1 Berwick ' 29*95 39 36 W. 2 9 o. 3 Ardrossan 130•09 36 31 S.S.E. 2 5 14f. 2 Portrush • • ' 30.97 41 43 S.W. 3 4 o. 2 I Shields 30'05 36 31 N.W. 3 3 o. 5 Galway ' 30.15 38 37 S. 0 9 m I Searborongh 3o'oo 38 36 N N.W. 4 8 0. 4 Liverpool ' 30•09 89 36 S. 1 9 b. 2 1 Valentia. 3OlB 40 39 0 2 Queenstown i 3017 41 49 N. P. 2 0 0. 1 Yarmouth , 29'99 36 35 N.N.W. 4 8 s. 9 London 30*09 35 33 N.W. 2 9 f. 0 Dover 30'06 37 34 N. 4 6 c. 2 Portsmouth Portland Plymouth Penzance EXPLANATION.—B. Barometer, corrected and reduced to 32 deg at mean sea level ; each 10 feet of vertical rise causing about 1-100th of an inch diminution, and each 10 dog above 32 deg causing nearly 3-100ths increase. E. Exposed thermometer in shade. M. Moistened bulb (for evaporation and dew-point). D. Direction of wind (true — not magnetic). F. Force (1 to 12—estimated). C. Cloud (1 to 9). I. Initials:—b., blue sky; c., clouds (detached); f., fog ; h., hail; 1., lightning ; m., misty (hazy) ; 0., over cast (dull) ; r., rain ; s., snow ; t., thunder. S. Sea dis turbance (1 to 9). RACING FIXTURES FOR 1862. FEBRUARY. .. 25 Lincoln MARCH. Nottingham S Derby Spring 6 Shrewsbury S .. 27 * Has been only one year and a half at the College. f Has been but one year at the College. BULLION AT THE BANK OF FRANCE.—The finan cial advises from Paris state that the bullion at the Bank of France has increased £240,000 since the last published statement, and that the commercial payments at the end of the year were, on the average, fairly made. The Bank of France discounted in the last two days £2,120,600. The rate of discount out of doors is 41 per cent. for first-rate paper, but the smaller trades find it difficult to obtain money at from 6to 7 per cent. On the Bourse the average rate of continuation is, exclusive of brokerage, 4 per cent, per annum, although on some securities, particularly foreign shares, including brokerage, the borrower pays between 6 and 7 per cent. The amount required by th 9 French rail way companies for the year 1862 is from £14,000,000 to £16,000,000, being rather less than the sum raised last year The total required to finish all the lines con ceded up to the present moment amounts to about three milliards of francs. It is hoped that the Government will see the necessity of spreading this over at least 10 years. It is difficult to specify the sum required during the present year for continuing public works and buildings in Paris ; but certainly £2,000,000 is within the mark. Foreign railways conceded to French companies will require this year at least £10,000,000. The Italian Loan. which was principally subscribed in Paris, will also absorb £10,000,000. Estimating together with these sums the de ficiencies of the State, it is seen that the engagements for 1862 are heavy. " Nevertheless," it is observed, "they are smaller than for the past years, and by no means alarming, should the political state of the country be s atisfactoiy. These engagements are in themselves, to a certain extent, a guarantee of peace, for any appearance even of a chance of war would be the destruction of public credit." Com mercial affairs are admitted to be in a very bad state. Busi ness is much reduced, profits are small, and discounts diffi cult for manufacturers and merchants. The constant ab sorption of money by the Government and the railway companies at high rates tends naturally to deprive the com mercial classes of all resources.":it from 5 t t isevidento 6 perthata nseleontg., as money can be place d in Government securities, or secu rities guaranteed by Government commerce cannot borrow at less than 7 or 8." The wes tern provinces of France have suffered greatly, and there have been many failures in Caen and other cities of Nor mandy and Brittany. Havre and Marseilles, owing to the large trade in corn and rise in cotton, have been more for tunate. Paris, Lyons, Rheims, Tourcoing, and Roubaix have felt severely the cessation of trade with America. The exports to America for the first 10 months of 1859, 1860 and 1861 were as follows :-1859, 458,000.000 f. ; 1860' 412,000,000 f. ; 1861, 112,000,000. The importation of English goods is gradually increasing. In iron it has aug mented nearly fourfold compared with last year. With re gard to corn and flour it is generally supposed that the pur chases already effected cover at least three- fourths of the t deficiency, and nearly the whole of these are paid for, f~ `'J~~' FATHER PENDED. A correspondent of kcaunders' News, writing from Galway, on Sunday, says :—This town is in the greatest excitement, owing to the Rev. Peter Daly having been denounced from the altars of the several chapels from acting as a clergyman. The facts are as follows :—During the early part of the past week Bishop M'Evilly sent an order to the Rev. Peter Daly desiring him to withdraw from the public boards. This notice is said to have been unattended to by Father Daly, and the result . was a second order, which was more peremp tory than the first ; and stated, should he attend the meeting of public boards for the future he (the bishop) would suspend him. This notice is said to have been received by Father Daly on Wednes day or Thursday last, prior to the meeting of the Town Commissioners, of which he is chairman. He, however, attended the meeting, and took his seat at the table as chairman as usual. This act seems to have decided the course of Bishop M'Evilly, for he at once suspended Mr. Daly. However, still determined to hold his position, he celebrated mass in his chapel yesterday morning. Orders were then issued to the several priests of the parish to an nounce publicly from the altars of their several chapels that the mass celebrated by the Rev. Peter Daly was null and void, and that the Rev. Peter Daly was prohibited from celebrating mass in any chapel ; also that he could not hear confessions or administer sacraments, or other rights of the church. At 12 o'clock the parish chapel, which is situate in Abbeygate-street, was crowded to excess, and the approach thereto was impassable, owing to the number of persons who were anxious to hear the cause of the rev. gentle man's suspension. Father George Usher, at twelve o'clock, came forward and denounced the acts of the rev. gentleman amid the murmurs of the congrega tion. As soon as he had concluded the Rev. Peter Daly came out of the vestry-room, and took his place at the altar to address the audience. The Rev. Mr. Usher requested him to retire; but the cries of the people, who seemed ferocious for Father Daly's ex - planation, decided the matter in his favour, and he then proceeded to address the people, referring to the late discussions at the public boards as being the only crime with which he was charged, and read the request of several , members of the Harbour Board, and their names, as having memorialised the bishop to have him withdrawn from the board. He exonerated the ecclesiasti cal officials as having anything to do with his sus pension, and stated that he did not blame the bishop for what he had done, but those by whom he was instigated. The rev, gentleman concluded by in forming the audience that he was about to leave for Rome for the purpose of visiting the Pontiff and stating his case, so that he might have his decision. The crowd collected in such force outside the chapel for the purpose of chairing the rev, gentleman that a large force of police under arms were requisite to preserve order. The excitement continues to be still very high. It is feared that personal violence will be offered to the gentlemen who petitioned the bishop for his removal. The people are gathered in knots throughout the town discussing the pro bable Issue of this day's proceedings. SERIOUS EXPLOSION OF GUN P OWDER On Saturday morning an alarming explosion of gunpowder occurred in Wolverhampton, by which three persons received serious injuries. Some sinkers had been engaged sinking a well at the rear of a block of buildings in a district known as Springfields. On Friday night they placed in the fire-grate oven a flask containing about three quarters of a pound weight of powder ; and they lighted a fire in the grate the next morning for getting the powder was there. Whilst two of the men, and a woman who had brought the breakfast of one of them, were sitting in the room where the powder was lying in such dangerous proximity to the brisk fire, all taking their morning meal, the powder became ignited. In an instant the cast iron oven and grate were shattered and the brick-work in which they were set dislodged from its place, the doors in all the rooms downstairs blown off their hinges, the windows and their casements forced out, and the three persons lying unconscious and bleeding. One man was projected against the cellar door, which burst away as his body struck it, and on regaining consciousness he found himself lying at the bottom of the cellar steps in great pain, and his eyesight apparently gone. One of his fingers was split up and his back has been injured. The second man was found in the yard at the back of the house with his clothes and hair on fire, and crying pitifully for some one to put out the flames. He was shockingly burnt, and also cut in the face, and when his clothes were removed the skin peeled from his legs. The woman was also sadly burnt, especially about the face, and is severely cut on the knee. All three wcro removed to the hospital. The maimed finger of the first man was amputated ; an operation was also per formed on the wounded limb of the woman. The second man and the woman lie in a precarious state. THIS DAY'S ,fIAREETS. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £2 5s to £5 ; clover, £3 10s to £5 15s Od ; and straw, £1 8s to £1 16s Od per load. Supply moderate ; trade slow late rates. CUMBERLAND.—Mea 4 ow hay, £2 5s to £5 Os; clover do., £3 lOs to £5 18s; and straw, £1 8s to £1 16s per load. A slow demand. - - WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £2 5s to £5 Os; clover £3 lOs to £6 Os Od ; and straw, £1 8s to £1 180 per load. Trade dull, COLONIAL. TEA.—There has been a fair business transacted, and prices have remained without material alteration. SUGAR.—The market has been rather dull, but little change of importance can be reported in values. Refined descriptions, however, have been in better request at slightly enhanced rates. COFFEE.—OnIy limited dealings have been recorded in colonial descriptions, and prices have remained without change of importance. RICE —For the better descriptions of East India there has been a fair demand, and late quotations are well sup ported. SALTPETRE.—Business has been rather more animated, and for the inferior qualities full prices are readily obtained. TALLOW.—The market continues quiet. P.Y.O on the spot is marked 60s. 3d. to 60s. 6d., and March delivery 51s. per cwt. THE WEATHER. METEOROLOGICAL REPORTS. APRIL. Northampton Croxton Park 4 Catterick bridge .. 24 Epsom Spring Ponteland Newmarket F S 5 Chester Spring .. 13 York Spring Salisbury Bath Harpenden 3C An address to the gas consumers of the city of London has been issued by Mr. Alderman Dakin, the chair man of the Great Central Gas Consumers' Company, in re ply to charges lately attempted to be made that the com pany bad broken faith with its customers and the public. It embodies a succinct history of the circumstances con nected with the formation of the undertaking, and of the subsequent Parliamentary legislation with regard to the metropolitan gas supply, and shows that, while protecting the interests of their shareholders, the directors of the com pany have fulfilled, not only every legal, but every equit able requirement that could be made upon them. ES. all &2.10 i THE At IL COMMUNICATION WITH 11NTERNA7I , AMERICA. There are six steam packet liras which ply be tween England and the United State's, viz. ! Cunard, inraan, Canadian, Bremen, Hamburg, and New York lines. Cunard's vessels run from Liver pool every Saturday, and from Queenstown every Sunday, for Halifax and Boston and New York alternately, leaving New York or Boston every Wednesday. Inman's leave Liverpool every Wed nesday, and Queenstown every Thursday, and New York every Saturday. Those of the Canadian leave Liverpool every Thursday, and Londonderry every Friday and every Saturday for Quebec in the sum mer, and Portland in the winter. Those of the Bremen and Hamburg lines leave Southampton on three Wednesdays in the month between them, and those of the New York line leave Cowes the other Wednesday. A steamer belonging to one of these four lines leaves New York every Saturday for Cowes. Canard's line numbers nine ships, viz., the Asia, America, Niagara, Europa, Canada, Africa Arabia, Persia, and Australian. At present the two latter ships are withdrawn from the mail line to carry troops to Canada. Inman's line consists of the City of Edinburgh, City of Washington, City of Glasgow, City of Manchester, City of Baltimore, and the Kangaroo. The Canadian line consists of the North American, Jura, Hibernia, Bohemian, Norwegian, Nova Scotian, and Etna. The Bremen line consists of the Bremen, New York, and Hansa. The Hamburg line consists of the Hammonia, Saxonia, Borussia, and Bavaria. The two former are at present withdrawn to carry arms and am munition to the Federal States. The New York line consists of the Arago and Fulton ; the latter has been withdrawn and taken up by the Federal Government for war purposes. By means of these 31 ships there is a communication between Eng land and the United States four times a week. - 02 VAL EXRIBITION 0E1862. The visitor who at the present period of progress on the Exhibition works approaches them by the Brompton way, might very easily fall into tle error of believing that th6y commenced at II) de-park corner, so general throughout the whole route is the process of repair and resuscitation. The in stincts of trade, which seldom err, are all alive to the prospects of the ensuing summer, and every shop, great and small, all over the district, is being new-fronted, glazed, and decorated, in order thar, betimes, it may be ready for the traffic of t he world's fair. Even that old, decayed, lodging-house boulevard on the right-hand side of the Brompton road, with its trees which never in the most verdant season look any other colour but brown, is begin ning to exhibit its piles of brick and its heaps of mortar on the esplanade, as if it, too, expected to imbibe some small portion of the coming commer cial vitality. Many private houses are being turned into shops, and the shops are sprouting out in various styles of architectural decoration, whilst all other doings in this neighbourhood arc equally symptomatic of the earnestness with which the whole trade of western London is looking forward to the Ist of May. As for the building itself, its progress is really . 1 marvellous, an interval of a single week being quite sufficient to make the most palpable progress. The eastern dome rapidly approaches completion, all th© heavy work beilig now nearly completed, and the western one, which it must be remembered was begun seven weeks later, is exceedingly well advanced. In this portion of the works, the great ribs are half finished all round, and their remaining halves lie ready close at hand. Nobody of course expects that the domes will be actually finished by the 12th of February, nor will it be necessary that they should be so, as the work to be commenced on that day is th e rece i p t o f goo d s , an d for that the building is sufficiently advancedalready. The French court, the nave, and the picture gallery are all complete, and goods might be stored in them without any inconvenience. The nave may be said to be finished, with the exception of the colouring, which yet remains to be decided on. The great travelling scaffold, the largest machine that perhaps ever ran on a railway, is kept moving up and down, and men perched on its various stories paint a pillar blue hero and a cornice green there, in order to ascertain which colour would most successfully throw out the rather deficient light. The last colour that was tried was pink, and up to the present moment pink is still the favourite ; but our own impression is that a greater amount of actual light must be given before any colour with which the nave may be decorated can be seen to advantage. This might easily be done by removing the flat lead roofs which at present cover the two galleries, and replacing them by glass, or else piercing them with skylights at fre quent intervals. Even then the light would be much less than in the nave of the former exhibi tion, where on bright summer days, it was some times excessive, as the flooring of the galleries would tone it down sufficiently for the promenaders and exhibitors below. The refreshment rooms, which require an immense mass of very solid brickwork, do not show as much progress as other portions of the building, but as they will not be required until the opening, no uneasiness need be felt on their account. They will be both finished and supplied with their eatables and drinkables quite in time for the first influx of visitors. Of the annexes, one may be said to be nearly finished, and the other is in a promising state of progress; and as an indication that the works generally are well forward, we may add, that the great entrances are now being finished, and that the principal staircase has been commenced. Another symptom of nearing the goal is that the issue of season tickets is ordered to commence next week, and that the whole of the staff are under orders to remove from the Strand to the new offices on the premises at the commencement of next month. It is to be hoped that, in this sickly sea son, all sanitary precautions, such as airing, Venti lating, &c., will be previously taken, as new walls are very apt to deal harshly with the human system. The Commissioners have before them ample evidence that the season is more than ordi narily prolific of colds and rhenmatisms, seeing that out of 800 cases in which allotments of space have been cancelled, more than one-half the intending exhibitors have pleaded indisposition as a reason for not having accepted their allotments within the time stipulated. Not a single accident of any conse quence occurred at the works during the past week, although the principal business was the rearing of the domes, which, of course, is looked upon as the most hazardous portion of the undertaking. There were upwards of 1,000 visitors on Saturday, of whom a very large proportion were French, and other foreigners. THB BALACLAVA RAILWAY. An interesting reminiscence of the Crimean war has been published by the Times, in the form of an extract from a letter of Sir Morton Peto,Bart., M.P., explanatory of the circumstances attending the construction of the railway from Balaklava to the British camp. Sir Morton writes:— "It was in the midst of the dreary winter of 1854, when the British army was suffering unparalleled hardships be fore Sebastopol, that it was resolved to construct a railway from Balaklava to the British camp. Let honour be given where honour is due :—The idea emanated from the Duke of Newcastle. His grace applied to our firm to assist in car rying out the design. The sympathies of all England were excited at the time by the sufferings of our troops. Every one was emulous to contribute all that could be contributed to their succour and support. The firm of which I am a part ner was anxious to take its share in the gi!od work, and, on the Duke of Newcastle's application, we cheerfully undertook to make all the arrangements for carrying his grace's view s into execution, on the understanding that the work should be considered National, and that we should be permitted to execute it without any charge for profit. " We accordingly placed at the disposal of her Majesty's Government the whole of our resources. We fitted out transports with the stores necessary for the construction of the railway; employed and equipped hundreds of men to execute the works; provided a commissariat exclusivelyfor their use ; engaged medical officers to attend to their health, and placed the whole service under the direction of the most experienced agents on our staff. These important preliminaries were arranged so effectually, and with so much despatch, that the Emperor of the French sent an agent to this country to instruct himself as to the mode in which we equipped the expedition. " Every item shipped by us for the works was valued before shipment at its selling price; and for all these items of valuation, as well as for the payments which we made for labour, we received the certificate of the most eminent engineer of the day (the late lamented Mr. Robert Stephen son.) We undertook the execution of the Balaklava Rail way as a National' work, agreeing to execute it without profit. We performed our contract to the letter. We never profited by it to the extent of a single shilling. "The works (nearly seven miles of railway) were exe cuted in less than a month : an incredibly short space of time, considering the season of the year, the severity of the climate, and the difficulties to which, considering the dis tance from home, we were all of us exposed. It is a matter of history that they eventuated in the taking of the great fortress of Sebastopol. Before the railway was made, all the shot, all the shell, and all the ammunition necessary for the siege, had to be carried from Balaklava to the Camp, a distuice of 5 miles uphill, through mud and sludge, upon the backs of the soldiers. An immense proportion of our troops was told off for this most laborious service ; of whom no less than 25 per cent. per month perished in its execu . ...,, ... . tion. Ott the day the railway was opened, it carried to the camp of the British army, in 24 hours, more shot and shell than had been brought from Balaklava for six weeks pre- viously. "To our principal agent in the Crimea, the late Mr. Beattie, the greatest credit was due for the way in which the arrangements were made, and the work executed, on that side. Mr. Beattie's labours were so arduous, and his efforts so untiring, that he died of fatigue within six weeks after the completion of the work—a victim, absolutely, to his uhpataallelcd caccriious. Thn touly Savour in connection with these works which the Duke of Newcastle ever granted at our request, he granted to the family of this lamented gentleman. Mr. Beattie left a widow and four children to deplore his loss; and through the favour of the Duke of Newcastle, the widow, who now resides with her father, an estimable clergyman in the North of Ireland, enjoys a pension as 'the widow of a colonel falling in the field.' " THE STAFF COLLEGE. The following general order has been issued : Horse Guards, S,W., Jan. 1. His Royal Highness the General Commanding-in-Chief has much satisfaction in publishing to the army the sub joined list of officers Rho passed the final examination of the Staff College in December, 1861, viz.:— Order of merit. Marks obtained. 1. Brevet Major Creagh, 86th Regiment 2. Captain Batteraby, 69th Regiment .. 3,486 3. Captain Stuart, 17th Regiment 4. Brevet Major Turnbull, 13th Regiment 3,076 5. Lieutenant Stoney, Royal Artillery 3,037 6. Lieutenant Button, 23d Foot 7. Captain Leggett*, 69th Foot 8. Captain Hall, 49th Foot 9. Brevet Major Stewart, 35th Foot 10. Captain Wilkinsont, Royal Artillery 11. Captain Swarm, 22d Foot 12. Captain Hay, 62d Foot 13. Captain Lockhart, 26th Foot Maximum of Marks By order of his Royal Highness the General Command ing-in-Chief. JAMES YORKE SCARLETT, Adjt.-General. EMBARKATION OF TROOPS FOR BRITISH AMERICA. The Royal mail steamship Arabia sailed from Liver pool, on Saturday, for New York, diverging en voyage to Halifax to land troops. Besides the usual mails, she took out 70 cabin passengers, including 20 mi litary officers. Among these latter were Col. G. Gordon ; Major J. G. Hope ; Capts. F. Cromarty and C. E. Stirling; Lieuts. W. T. Scott, R. T.• Millet, J. W. Carey, F. V. Rooke, and W. R. Molesworth. These officers took out under their command 14 non-commissioned officers and 220 men of the 2d and 3d brigades of garrison Royal Artil lery. The other officers were—Major J. C. Childs ; Captain J. T. Brown ; Lieuts. D. Nollan, J. Gal loway, C. M. Bathen, and Assistant• Surgeon For shall, who took out under their command seven ser geants and 116 gunners belonging to the 7th bat tery of the 10th brigade of Royal Artillery. Also Lieut. Davies, of the Ist battalion of the 16th Regi ment of Foot. These troops, which are intended for Halifax and Bermuda, constitute the conclud ing contingent of 10,000 which were ordered to support our military arrangements in British Ame rica. No farther instructions for the embarkation of troops have as yet been received in Liverpool. The troops despatched on Saturday completed a contingent of 294 officers and 4,964 men which have been despatched in Liverpool steamers since the 13th of December last—a fact which speaks highly for the capabilities of the steam fleet belong ing to the port. It also reflects much credit on the sagacity, industry, and judgment of Col. Greathead, Deputy-Quartermaster-General for the district, and Commander Leycester, R.N., Admiralty agent for Liverpool, under whose direction they were, to state that the embarkation was in every case most expeditious, orderly, and satisfactory. It is not less satisfactory to know, as we do, by private advices from Montreal and Quebec, dated the 20th ultimo, that, although there was a large quantity of ice in. the river, the weather continued beautifully fine , and that, so far as could bejudged, there was nothing to prevent the steamships Australasian and Persia from getting to Quebec. As an illustration of the extreme anxiety which is attached in the pre sent state of our relations with America, it should be mentioned that the most extraordinary reports are received with ready belief, and circulated with incredible alacrity. On Saturday two very conflicting rumours were current on 'Change. The first was a statement that a telegram had been re ceived in Liverpool countermanding the embarca tion of the troops ; unfortunately for its chance of credence, this rumour was not afloat till after the Arabia had sailed with the troops on board. The other was to the effect that a telegraph had been received from the Horse Guards, ordering the steamer Africa to be got ready for sea on four hours' notice. This latter, like its predecessor, proved entirely an imagination.—Liverpool Albion. THE ACCIDENT AT ST. MARTIN'S HALL.—By inquiries made at tho hospitals it appears that the men, Wm. Goswell, John Lintfield, and George Standing, who were injured by the falling of scaffolding at St. Martin's hall, are progressing in a most satisfactory manner, and although soon after the accident it was very doubtful if they could recover, there now seems a fair prospect of their doing so. The steamer Colombo, with the London mail of Nov. 10, left Madras Dec. 11, en route to Calcutta. The Columbian sailed from Point de G alle Dec. 7, for Singapore and China, with the London mail of Nov. 10. The Bengal steamer left Suez Dec. 20, for Ceylon, Madras, and China. 1 ---~- -- -- _~_ i'."' , ~. 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