The Sun. — London, England, 1862-12-19 00:00:00

oard days it L osiou is not Ojai], Pun y en i eon- ec tor, engi house so far sionsf taken Lce ill The the) asCCX _ could overy ~ongh . 8 un- there ea to cupola there- ft was t",oa of d that he up' a s on iion of ~nteera, ne, 11c1 led f°; nines e sult 411 ;era dee ato the until 1 ° the e c '' • on pro' i s toei‘ a nd A -i o lota bt for tile , tea g ill : ) , LtoreS J. ea i° )5' g 0 0 1.1 •Sf tO 1 5] g re 11 0(3 ie j; !so sv—ii e ro are 0 0 0 t f ll ~ t cres— atl is at MON jr AL,I, ET, CITY NE WS —Y ESTERD AY. About £95,000 in gold was taken to the Bank to day, and 65,000 sovereigns were withdrawn for transmission to the East. Coupled with the present appearance of the foreign exchang,Ps, the Bank return published this evening tends to confirm the expectation that the discount Market will remain without fluctuation to the end 1 2 ! th e Year. The increase of £203,595 in the bul ion raubi - , be attributed to the natural retlux of the home circ u l a ti on usual at th i s per i o d. rhe specie to be taken by the steamer Delta with thl! India and China Trails on the 20th amounts to £251,540, of which L 85,617 is gold and the re mainder is silver. , At Liverpool an d M anc hester it has been resolved to close the cotton markets and suspend business as far may as be practi ca bl e from Wednesday, the 24th, till the following Monday. It is expected also that In London and at other places transactions will be res tricted d ur i ng th at per i o d w ithi n th e narrowest r lrl alt; as it is a grea t conven i e nce to all firms at the ! Lc " of the year to have a few days free from ex ternal int errupt i on. _ There are sat i sfactory symptoms t h at any renewa l of abundance that may take place in the money market is not likely to be followed by eny very suc cessful revival o f th e t ra d e i n th e c reation of new b Ein ks• Even the most ignorant and incautious per sons have now apparently become in some degree acquainted ith the process of their manufacture, 411 d Will scarcely be disposed in the capacity of sub scribers to pay their quota of £lO,OOO or £20,000 to special individuals for labours of " promotion" " wh ich could be equally well performed by any Ot her perso ns h av i ng a moderate acquaintance with a number o f c i t traders of ordinary respectability. y Although the demand for speeie for the Conti nent has subsided, it should be borne in mind that, as the Continental rates of discount are still in nearly every case higher than our own, any parti cular increase of ease in the London market would soon be followed by a renewal of withdrawals. Frankfort is the only city where the rate is us low "In London. At Paris it is 34 ;at Hamburg, 31 ; and at Amsterdam and Brussels, 4 per cent. CITY NEWS---THIS DAY. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The diminished exportation of specie and the im provement exhibited in the Bank of England re turn have produced an easier reeling in the Money Market; but up to the present time no alteration has taken place in the terms for the negotiation of commercial securities. The Bank of England return for the week ending - Wednesday last is of a more satisfactory Character than was generally anticipated. The most important movements are an increase in the bullion and the notes, and a falling off in the circu ti". There is also an augmentation to the other Securities. Subjoined are the particulars : Active Circulation .. £19,185,780 Decrease .. .. • • " 165 ' 100 15,031,658 Increase .. • • • e • • 203,595 3,097,523 Rest .. Increase .. 3,999 Public Deposits ,• • • • • • 8 507144 625 Increase 16, Other D e p os it s .. .. 14,033,994 Increase .• • • • • • • 4A,505 Seven Day and other Bills .. 746,680 Decrease . • • • 18,343 11,084,517 G overnment . Securities .. • • No alteration. Other Securities 19,357,846 Increase .. .. • ' • • 87,891 Notes Unemployed .. .. • • 9 ' 5 9 40 - 0 Increase 285,475 The Delta, which leaves to-morrow with the India and China mails, will take out £251,540 in specie. The half-yearly interest on the Victor Emmanuel Railway Bonds will ,be paid on and after the Ist Proximo. In the Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets there has been rather more animation during the last few days, Sugars have been at slightly en hanced prices, while coffee, cocoa, rice, fruit, and spices have fully maintained previous rates. In saltpetre there has been a fair business trans acted at full prices, but tallow has been dull for both present and forward delivery, P.Y.C. on the spot being quoted 455. 61, and spring delivery 455. Oda to 465. per cwt. Two o'CLocK.ig The market for the English Funds opened eu oyantly, but some sales afterwards took place and a decline:of per cent. ensued, Consols re ceding to 921 for transfer and 92 1 I- for the account. rh o New 3 per Cents. and the Reduced ar e fi r mer at ,o ; Exchequer Bills, 10s. to 13s. prem. ; Bank ' t enk remains at 233 ; and India 5 per Cent. Loan at 107 i I. T he transactions in the Foreign Market have Turki sh moderately a ctive, and prices continue firm. 18 11 L izi sh 6 per Cents., 1854, are 84 85 ; ditt o, 701 ; ditto New Loan 71 ; and the Con- Vides 393 ; 17 . g Greek Bonds, 16i ; ditto Coupons, 71& ; Buenos Ayres, 971 98. Egyptian ha°e advanced to 93 i ; ditto, 2d issue, to 921. Alexi -11 are buoyant a t 311 ; Moorish, 95 ; and Ven ezuelan 24 8 25. In the Railway Share Market the dealing s w ere very restricted, but a firmer tone prevailed. Great Westernst North-Westerns, Midlands, North Bri t' and South-Easterns improved ss. rat h e Foreign and Colonial lines were in mode ale request, without any material variation in realised South-Austrian and Lombardo-Venetian T rl , l 7 d 23 1 1 ; Great Luxembourg, 141 ; Grand of Canada improved to 221, East Indian k °ll ght log ; Great Indian Peninsula, 10711; 4 j - dra s 3 per Cents, 1041 5 ; and Punjaub, 1051. generally "Rank and Miscellaneous Shares ai d maintained previous rates. Metropolitan t i e Provincial realised 13fr ; British North Anqe -14.-41:' ; Ottoman Bank, 331 ; Canada Land dp4-111Med t and Peninsular and Oriental Steam 4 9 0 8 69. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. tall it Stock 233 Per .... 3 Cent, R e d uce d A nnu i t i es 1,4 e, Cent. Consols Annuities g . , : w 3 Per Cent. Annuities 02k / 11 1 : 111 ties, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 -- Indiaitto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1835 lsk Stock Di tto 6 per Cent. " 0 Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent - Ditto 5 Cent , per _ DittotD, 5 1 per Cent. 1:). 11 ' tonds £l,OOO eo itto under £l,000 ~'l ' ,.°l E 4 for Account,EJan. 8 . 92k -'e " Tiler Bills £l,OOO, 21per Ct. , . Ditto £5OO : l3 "Jitto Small B us PQREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Hat. h . e Ayres 0 per Cent t o Account tt. t t i o an, 7 per Cent, G res t o, Second Issue 9 2 3 /4 k 5 la .l3( e n t., 1824-5, ex-Coupons 6 4 - - 2 !'ean, 3 per Cent ...uitto Aecollut '.(2orish Imperial 5 per Cent 95 v7tQtor4enlaNdeaw, 2 per Cent .. p e - "to Land Warrants ip'lan 4 . 1 per Cent — 0 1 ;t . t ignese 3 pe , r l C B6 e 2 n , t A ., I S B c s r 3 ip, £B3 paid 1 Ok dig D it D,„ 3 Pet Cent., 1862 ii ,,,.,.... Scrip, £2O pd •••• 3k pm irji l „ 4 t l 5 per Cent 1822 £ St — C° 41 per Cent., 1850 0 itt o 5 per Cent. , 1862 9l 'Panish 3 per Cent 1-,, Cent - Ditto:!tt o New Deferred Passi ve.. 1,2 811 Cert. of Coup. not funded D7`Bll. 0 per Cent. 1854 i b ), l i i . t t l l t t ° o G e ;i:e ( :r o ut Lent. 1853 .. I,!'t° Ac c o unt 73 1 Ditt o ' - Bonds IT,O Paid-up Scrip i ll . ) i e t z t) e s :' l , , e t3 o p , e , r t C en t . - 25 41 bp i . ,_ b :vidends on the above payable in London._ Ditto per pa s ' en, 21 r Cent.., Ex. 12 Gull 102 It.o. °4 pr Cen. Certicates l en, 5 Pe c r Cent t 1861, fi Ex. 25f - Ditto Per '' 71k Two o' cm° oti on , A Ol . A , b , •-, Al oney ^ 1'4,0 Account, Jan. S 92,1 1 DE -- ' A 111 FROM FRIGHT.—On Monday evening, a e lexan der Brown, aged about six years, while running tt r °gs th e street at Jack ' s B rae, Aberdeen, struck suddenly nd w ith some violence on the legs of a horse, yoked in a b: g, which wa s passing down the brae. The child fe ll k, th en got up and proceeded a few yards, when he be gas to scre am. He was ta k en t o th e h o use of his grand father i 4 the vicinity, and within ten minutes he was dead. SHARE MARKET...THIS DAY. ORDTNAIZY SIIATiES AND STOOKS. 100 100 100 100 100 THE SUNI LONDON, FRIDAY EVENJNG - 0 DECP_MpER 19, 1862. Business done 108,1 8 221 74 5 71 76 11 2 p 107} i 105 4i 1061 105 r lOB 109 'lO6 108 106 108 99i On 97 99 103 110 411 113 112 114 ,114 116 105} 16! 97, 231 1 I {lTllll. 109 8} f 106 i i IP 21 23 495 505 51 63 42 } 43 p 101 101 21 R 1 14 16 7* 7t 6i 61 46 5 45 47 21 21 1} 14 39 41 81 9 i do pr 135 145 21 t 21 31 41 5 NI i 101 i I 1, 12} 13 13 14 27 29 285 295 80 85 50 62 74 84 9 - 64 144 156 11674 1724 16 17 5} 5} I 2 jd ipm 19 21 7 9 31 4 1 20 z 2 11 /Id i 4P 7 8 j de pr I 1 2 21 t 1 ett' l 11 2i 11 ij Pm IPm 54 58 41 51 4 a 31 3! 109 q 444 114 7} i .ANEOUS,_ 17i ISO 2 4 244 254 61 i dis lip 55 60 98 102 20 95 86i 67i 112 115 113 116 id pr 5 6 i d ipm 98 100 21 &1 27 28 LA W---THIS DAY. COURT OF DIVORCE. (Before the Judge Ordinary and a Special Jury.) FOSTER V. FOSTER AND BERRIDGE. This was a petition presented by the husband, a Major n the Indian Army, for dissolution of his marriage on the ground of adultery committed by the respondent with the co-respondent Berridge, who ' was manager of Meux's brewery, at the corner of Tottenham-court - road. Damages were laid at £lO,OOO. The respondent denied the adultery, and pleaded cruelty, wilful desertion, and general conduct conducing to the com mittal of adultery. The co•respondont also denied the alle gations to the petition. The respondent, according to the opening statement of counsel, in the year 1856 arrived in this country from India for the benefit of her health, and also for the education of three of her children, and took apartments in Bloomsbury square. Some time after it was alleged she became ac quainted with the co-respondent, and an adulterous inter course took place, the result ( f which was the birth of a child. A number of witnesses were examined, but their evidence merely proved the marriage, and the terms upon which Major Foster and his wife lived while in India. One of whom, however, a nutse, said she had very frequently seen Mr. Berridge at Mrs. Foster's lodgings. She knew it was that gentleman, because she had before been engaged at a house in Russell street, Bloomsbury, the back windows of which looked into the brewery, and she had frequently seen him going in. The case will last at least two or three days. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Holroyd.) IN RE LITMLEY.-lIER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. This day was appointed for last examination and dis charge, but the assignees (represented by Messrs. Link later), required further accounts, and an adjournment took place till the 21st January, at three. The cases during the morning were unimportant, POLICE-THIS DAY. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. HOUSIBREAKEKS DISTURBED.—CharIes Erwood, a well-known cznvicted thief, was charged before Mr. Knox with loitering in Fitzroy-square for the purpose of com mitting a felony. Outred, a constable of the E division, said that about two that morning be was in Fitzroy-square with another con stable, both being in plain clothes, when he saw the pri soner and another man looking down the areas. Catching sight of them (the officers) they made off down London street, and back again to Fitzroy-square. While standing by the inclosure of the same street he (Outred) heard a crash of glass and saw the prisoner from a doorway, and then went up and secured him. On asking him what he was doing the prisoner replied, " It's all right. You can only make a drag (three months) of it. I have not got the - screws (keys). What the others are doing is nothing to me." He (Outred) with the assistance of the officers had examined the houses in the direction of which the prisoner ran, but could not find any appearance of a window having been broken. Police-constable, 41 E, having corroborated the other constable, Mr. Knox remanded the prisoner. THE CHARGE OF ATTEMPTED SUICIDE AND CAUSING THE DEATH OF A CRILD.—The young woman, Jane Hunt, described as a needlewoman, chargedwithattempting to commis suicide by drowning herself in the Serpentine, and also with causing the death of her child by drowning, was again brought before Mr. Knox. The prisoner, it may be remembered, was rescued by Parsons, the chief boatman of the Royal Humane Society, and taken to the receiving-house, and from what she after wards told him he dragged the Serpentine and found the body of a male child. A nurse at St. George's Workhouse said that the pri soner was constantly under her care, and on the first day she was in the house she asked for her baby on two dif ferent occasions. On asking her if s h e had any friends, she said, "None but her father," and she declined to say who or where he was. She gave the witness to under stand that the baby was dead. She spoke to the prisoner about Cheltenham, and she said she once had an aunt there. On one occasion she told the prisoner there was a child in the dead-house, if she would like to see it, and she said she would not. Mr. Knox remanded the prisoner that the police might institute inquiries to ascertain the prisoner's parents. THAMES. TEA ROBBERY IN THE LONDON DOCK.—Jobe Page, an occasional labourer in the London Dock, was brought before Mr. Selfe, charged with stealing 41bs. of tea from a warehouse in the dock. Yesterday afternoon, a dock watchman named Thomas Slater, noticed the prisoner on the south quay looking very bulky, and felt his coat. At the same time Slater said to the prisoner you have got something, to which the prisoner replied, " I have got some tea." Slater said you must come with me, on which the prisoner took a bag of tea out of his pocket and th ew it into the dock basin. A man named Henry Hobson immediately procured the drags, and at the first dip secured the bag, which contained 41bs. of tea. John George, a constable in the service of the London Dock Company, said there was a box in the tea shed which appeared to have been broken open, and three or four lbs. of tea gone from it. The prisoner had been employed in the dock occasionally for some time past. The prisoner admitted he stole the tea. He pleaded poverty, and begged of the magistrate to be merciful. He was very sorry for what he had done. Mr. Selfe—Do you plead guilty, or do you prefer going for trial, The prisoner —I plead guilty, sir. Mr. Selfe said he could not pass over such a serious offence as this with a light punishment. He sentenced the prisoner to be imprisoned for three months and kept to hard labour. MARKETS-THIS DAY. li 13 x d 4k MARK-LANE. The supply of English wheat on sale here, to-day, was small, and the condition of most samples was by no means satisfactory. Dry qualities changed hands slowly, at late rates; but damp parcels were very dull, and almost nominal in value. The market was well supplied with foreign wheat. In nearly all descriptions, a moderate retail business was trans acted, on former terms. Floating cargoes of grain moved off slowly, at previous quotations. Good and fi ne ma lti ng b ar l ey was firm in price ; other wise, the barley trade ruled inactive, at late rates. The demand for malt was in a sluggish state, at barely late rates. There was a moderate supply of oats on the stands, and the trade ruled inactive for all descriptions, at fully the late decline in prices, Beans wero in far from active request, yet their value was supported. 131 i x n Peas sold slowly, at quite the recent decline in the quo tations. Barrel flour was less active, and rather cheaper. Other kinds without change front Monday last. AItRIVALs Tins WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. English.-- 1,310 i 2,320 I 4,220 65 0 Irish.. — 290 I Foreign 10,040 13,210 i 17,790 an I 71 Flour. 1,880 Backs 60 sacks 10,930 brie NEW GATE AND LEADEN HALL. Theso markets continue to be well supplied with meat. Good and prime qualities move off steadily, at full prices; otherwise, the trade is dull, at our quotations : Per 81b. by the carcase. salad Inferior beef .. 2 6 2 10 Middling do. .. 3 0 3 4 Prime large do. 3 6 3 10 Do. small d 0... 4 0 4 2 Large pork .... 3 0 3 8 Inferior mutton. 3 2 3 6 edsd Middlingmutton 3 8 4 2 Prime do .. 4 4 4 6 Veal Small pork Lamb BOROUGH HOP. OLD COURT. (Before the Recorder.) STEALING SILK. We have to report a moderate inquiry for hope, chiefly for good and fine English and foreign qualities, at the late decline in prices. Inferior parcels command very little attention. Mid and East Kents 9os to 180 s per cwt. Weald of Kents Sussex Bavarian Belgian American .. 1158 to 130 s ~ CRIMINAL COURT-THIS DAY. Fanny Jacobs, aged 44, a married woman, and Michael Hozizien, a German, were indicted for stealing 23 yards of satin and 12 yards of silk, the property of Messrs. Robinson and Co., warehousemen, in the city. The prisoner Jacobs pleaded guilty, and after the facts were gone into, which have already appeared in The Sun during the examinations of the prisoners before the police magistrates, th e j ury f oun d t h e ma l e pr i soner gu ilty. The Recorder sentenced Jacobs to 18 months, and the other prisoner to 12 months' imprisonment, with hard labour. NEW COUR r. The Common Sergeant was engaged the whole of this morning in trying a case of indecent as iault. At the termination of the case the business of the ses sion was concluded, and the Court adjourned till the 6th of January. Railways. Mr.. Wol.. and Ste. Val 1 lilytlie and Tyne. -..„ Bot.,Sletit.,andMid.k.lo. ;Bristol and Exeter (Caledonian Jerk and 'fain - ton Cornwall IA gets no dig'; !Do A i -, 1 7 . 1 ;t ~.. i , I, t)p..,.p an. 1., ' " • been paid to It. jOnld in ,t Belt ast June. I Dun., Peel li,& Ab. .1 une. .It'Alinburg - li & Glasow. Glas. and S. Western. Great Eastern, Ord. st k : Ditto A stock Ditto East A tKrlian et;l ( - i ' r reatNorthol Scotland Great Northern Do A stock Po !3 do Do. £5 shares S. an i W. of. Ireland Great Western WoStr Val mut. stock Laneashire & Yorkshire London and Blackwall Lon., Ilrigtht.,t S. Coast Lon., Chat., mad Dover; Lon. & North Western' Lon. & South Western I M an., Shef & Lincoln. .11aryport and Carlisle. DO shares Metropolitan Midland Do New . Do Birming. & Derby Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland Do. shares Mid Kent Do Cray Line North British lEdin., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do, G.N.E. purchase Do Leeds Do York Do Carlisle North London Do New North Stafrordshire N. and S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot N. E., Aber. stool; Do Scot. Mid. stock Shrews. and Welchpool Shropshire Union 'South Devon South Eastern , South Wales S. York. and River Dun Staines,Wok.,andWok. 'Stockton & Darlington Do Do New, 1860 Taff Vale. Do B Do C Ulster Do ...... Do Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pirn 1 Waterford & Kilkeiny W es t Cornwall W. Hartlepool Aar. &R West Midland --Oxford , Do Newportl Do Hereford) PREFERENCE 8: ttris. & Exet. 4 p. c. st Do. shares `aledon. qr. shrs, No. rz ('ork & Bandon, p. c. Cornwall, 5 per ant. Do. 4: ) p. c. gua. perpet Dun. Perth, & Aber.Jun Do. Ist Class Pref Edin.&Glas.s p.c. shares Do. 4 p. c. g•uar. S. & Glas.& S.West. go. 5 Gt.Eastn, E.Coun. Ex. 1 Do No. Do 6 p. c. pref Do. E. Angn A st 5 p.c. Do ....7 p.c. Do, E. Agn. B 6 p. c. pf. Do. do. C 7 do. Do. E. Union, 4 p.c. gua Do 5 p. c. gua Do.Norf'k 5 p.c. Ex. 1816 Do. do. M p c. pref. 1 , 41: Do. F p. c. Wavy. Val. '47 Great Northern, 5 p. c.. D 0.5 p.c.ltedm.lop..prn. Do. 44 p. c. do Do.sp.c.Redtr.al - sp.c.Pn Do. Hertford purchase. Do. Luton do Do.Ff.&L. pur. 4 p. c. pf Do. Luton pur. 5 p. c.pf Gt. Nh. of Scot. let pref Gf. Sn. & W. (Ireland, 4 per cent Great West. (Berks an, Hants i.lxt) 5 per cent Do. redeem. 44 p. ct Do. redeem. 4 p. ct Do. irredeem. 4 p. ct Do. 5 p. c. redeem. pref Do. Birm. guar. stock Do. Birm. pref. stock Do. Chester guar. share , Do. Chester 8 p.c. pf. sli Do. Chester 5 p.c. pf. shF Lan. & Carl. 4 p.c. pref Lan. & York. 6 p.c. stock Do.Barnsl.st£s 3s 10dpc Do. 6 p. c. (East Lan.) Do. 44 p. c. (Blackb. pur. Lon.&Brig.sp.gu. No.l Do. 5 per cent. do. No 2 Do. I per cent. d 0...: Do. 5 per cent, do. No. 4 Do. 7 per cent. pref. stk Do. 6 p.c. do(W.E.&C.p.) Do. 4 p.c. st.(div. def .111' 65 Lon.Chat&Dov, sp.c.pf. Lou. & N. W., Cov. t Nuneaton, 5 per cent. Lon. & S.West. 7p. cent et., late 3d shares .... Do. (Portsm'th perpetl anus. of 25. 6d.) Nian. ShAr. Lin. 6 per ct Do. £6 Do. 34 per cent, Do. redeem. 6 per cent Nlaryport & Carl. 4 pr. c Do. 44 per cent Midland Con. 6 p. c. stk Do.Con.Bri 9. & Bir. 6 p.c Do. 44 p.c. pref. st. rdem Do. 44 p.c. irredeemable Do. 44 per cent. . Do. Lei e. an d 11it.4 per et Nort British, 5 per cent. Do. New gua. 5 per cent Do. Bor, Un. g. prf. shs N-East. Cons. pref. 4 p.c. Do. 41pr. ct redeemablf Do. G. N. E. 4 p. et. pref Do. Berwick 4 p. c. pref. Do. Leeds 6p. c. No. 1 Do. do. Quarters, 1848 Do. York, IT. & S. Purch. Do. Carlisle 44 p. e. Do. dp. 4p. c N. London 44 p. c. £2O pt North Staffordshire Scottish North-Easters , 34 p. c. pref. stock Do.Aberdeen,gua. 6 pc pref. An n stock South Devon, 7p.c. Do. Fixed 44 percent Bouts Eastern (Reading Ann., 1.0.6) Do. 44 per cent Do, Fixed 44 per ceni South Wales, gua. 4 p. c. Do. 44 per cent Do. do 1859 Do. 5 per cent 2s. ed. P iP 10s. 10 1;0..8. 100 100 100 all all Yorkihire, 4 p. c. gua. Do. sp. c. gua_ Stock. & Dar. A 5 p. c Do. B 6 p. c Do. C 6 p. c Taff Vale No. 1 Pref. tVatrid & Kilkny. 6 p. W. Mid. -Oxf Ist gua et]: Do. 2d do Do. Newport 5 p.c. pf.red Do. Perpet.6 p. c.til pf. 1866 Do. l 1869 24 23i io} ion 24 24i 102 104 102 104 87 89 211 21 28' 29 33 34 33 34 45 47 126 128 118 122 100 102 121 123 117 120 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. 1 Leasing 'Closing Business Railways. Paid. Done. Co. s Price. -- --- Birkenhead.. Buckingh-qnslnre. Chester & Kolynca . d.. 100 iDo ... 155 157 Do. 51per cent 100 I Do. Do. 5 „ 100 , Do. Clydesdale Junction 100 , Cledon Colchester, Stour Val. 100 i E.I.T.&G.E , C 8 70 E. I,incolnsh. gBpr e. 100 Gt.Nerth. 136 138 Gloster & Dean Pores all Gt. West. Gt.Ea= tn. Newmarket &c., 5 percent lOO Gt.Eastn. Do. E.U. Harwch. 4 p.e 100 D 0....... Do.Wodbrg. Ex. 4 p.c 10 1 1 Do Hui 1 and aelby all Yk.N. Mid 111 113 Lancaster & Carlisle 100 Ln.&N.W 203 206 Lon. and Chat. Ext. B A per cent ... all Lon.&Cht 111 12 Do 41 per cent..... too Dr) BB 89 Do. Bromley, 6 per c. all Do. ...... . • Do. New ShlB6l, 4 i p.e. all Do ..... ... 22 24 Do.Wo. Ext. A, 411? c. all Do. .... ... 81 4 London & Greenwic 100 S.Eastern 64 d 6 Do. Preferen -, Lon.,Tilb.& S.. - - Viend 100 Pcto &Co B9 91 Lnd'dr. &Ennis. orig. 100 Do. AI 100 Irish N.- Do. B 100 Western. Do. C I 1 00 -- Lowestoft gua. 4 p c.. 100 Norfolk Do 6 per cent lOO Do. 31nc.,8xtn.,& Matlock all LNW& 31 1 4i Mid. Bradford Prefer ence stock Nor.Dev.Rail & Dock lOO L.&S.W. Do A stock lOO from Ist Do B stock lOO Jan.,1863.; D, , . Pr, ference 1 100 Nortlin.&Eastn. 5 p.c. all Gt. Eastn 67 59 Do. 6 per cent..... all Do. , • • • N. Eastn--Hartlepool 1( 0 N. E. Ber. .. _ North Western Not. Gran. RI. & Cl. 100 Gt. North.. 951 961 96 L&N.Vir 1 Preston and Wyre. I all L. y k 344 46 Do. 1 shares A. all Do. ••• - .. • • • • Roystn.Hitch.& Shep. 100 Gt. North. 136 138 Shrewsby & Hereford 100 L.&N.W.. 135 137 Do. Do. South Staffordshire West London, Cis A all W.Ln.Ex Do do B , all Ln&N.W. Do do C 1 all &Gt.Wst. Wilts and Somerset lOO Gt. West. 92 94 Wimbledn & Croydon all L.&Brgtn 8 1 91, FREFERENC Dividends contimen SH Lt on th, I ARE S A le Profits of LIND S 1 If each 6, C LGI :t ote 1 1. .t, d ,atc o s n o; a . ke sr : tn. l , a 0651 ip G p, 4. u el te a i p. p S f t s. e c i iLt k 1 10 ; 20 0 0 Do. do. 4a do. sharesl 4 3 Lond'n, Brig'tn, per cent. 1858 ! 100 Do. do. 4 per ct. 1860 1 100 Do. do. 4 per ct. 1861 100 Do. do. 44 per ct. 1861 31 I c. Gp.c.2d. pfl 100 Do, bletrop.Ext 141) p.c.i all Lon. 36 S.Western 4 p.c. 100 North British £lO Gua. Shares, 1861. ... „.. all DoEd,Prth,&l3'dee,4p c 100 Scottish Central 4i p.c. irred. pref.... ...... 100 3.-Eastern 4 P.C. 1859.. all Do. 5 p.c. June 1861 (rd.) all Do. 5 p.c. Aug. 1861 (rd.) all Stkton 36 Darlgtn. D,Pf all Vale et ak Do. Heath do. all 102 104 105 10S P iP 1( 2 103 P iP 103 105 02 9 6 103 105 83 S 5 10i 10 104 106 80 83 10 10 1 101 10 101 10 2Si 20i 'OCKS !parate Year. 20} 21} 103 a JOIN T-STO, Agra&UnitedServiceß Alliance B.Ln .&L'pool Australasia Bank of Egypt [bait of London riritish North American Ch. Bk. of B. Columbia Chtd.Bank of India, &e. Ch. Mer. of In. i.on.& Ch City Colonial ........ ...... Corn. Bank of Canada Eng.., Scot., Az Aus. Ch Gen. Bk .31 Switzerland Hin'stan,China&Japan Imperial Bank Limited Lon.& Brazilian (Lim.) Lon., B.Ayres&R.Plate Lon. Char.Bkof Austrai London and County London Joint Stock London & Middlesex London and S.Alrican London & Westminster Metrop. & Provinl. Bnk. Nat. Prov. of England , Do. new • • Do. do National Btn k • • • • New South Wales Orient. B. Corporation Ottoman Bank • • .• Do. new Provincial of Ireland Do. new .. • South Australia ..;.• • Union of Australia (Union of Ireland, Lim. , Union of London p a id . ] Closing Business Price. done. S 84 fl 61 83 85 115 116 6; 7 41 43 13 14 tz6 F 8 101 106 46 47 43 45 24i 241 124, 1256 128 120 135 137 104 100 (371 (8 1 55 57 1081 109 72 71 117 118 18 39 95} 66 101 102 40 41 9 91- 128 i 121 11 1i) 96 98 514 52 25 27 991 991 56 67 88 fB4 125 127 106 108 4f st d 101 11i 118 120 471 484 103 105 47 49 336 344 8q 'SS! 686 fft6 99 101 7 8 39 40 10 106 p 7 76 p 146 148 46 5 p 2 3 556 586 26 3 4p 6d 6 p 87 140 145 29 31 43 44 35 37 94i 25i ARES. 96 98 20i 21a 61 7 [ll 113 91 93 112 114 111 113 [29 131 105 tOB 129 111 148 152 ,17 119 [l2 114 .05 107 [OB 110 98 100 98 100 88 90 89 91 102 104 77 79 170 175 104 100 138 140 103 105 116 118 116 118 136 140 116 118 155 160 131 135 80 82 96 97 21 3 124 126 11 3 n. e 8 70 1140 142 1103 105 P 5 P 7 110 112 108 110 1 lipro c 3 95 103 105 98 100 671 8} 1081 t 9k 1281 P BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Railways Atlantic Xi St Lawreucc I3om.,lsnroda&t.Cent Ind t; u. 5 per cent.. Do. New . ...... Bllffalo and Laxe Huron Dn. Preference Bufialo,l3rant o tGodriet ;6 p. ct. bds. Aug. 1, It,7t Do. do. July 1, 187: Do. do. June 1, 1tt , 74 f e p u eTo t. , t. n S. , E t aosotel s (L e r h i Es.Rtn. Bengal gu. 5 p. East Indian, gu. 5 p- c. -; Do. do. G Do. do. II do. .. Grand Trunk of Canada Do. 6 Foer cent. .Pref.. Do. 2d Pref. 6 per ct.. Do. 6 per ct. Debentr., Do. 7 per cent. 1862 Do. do. 1867 .. Do. do. 1872. G t. IndiaPenin. gua.sp.C. Do. New gua. 5 Do. January, 1562 Gt. South.of India (Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. Gt. W. of Canada Share*. Do. New Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. Do. 5. p. c. do. '77-8.... Indian Branch Limited Madras guar., 5 p. 0. .. Do. 4t p. cr. Extension Dc. 41 d 0........ Do. Fifth Extension. Melb.Corp. 6 p. o. Mids. Melb. & Hobson's Bay. Do. 7 p. c. Mortg. Bds. INewßrunswtok Cand,, Class A Capital Sharc Do. do. B Capital d 0... N.Rl.C'da6 po Ist pi bds scinde 'Do. Delhi Do. do • Do. Punjaub ~ Do. Do. , Do. Indus. St. Flo.) b . () itElt,iN 100 100 IGO 100 100 100 all all 100 (100 1 100 ! 100 000 Paid till 100 Closing r Price. 65 67 101 105 5i 5; 8 84 77 SO 75 78 71 74 104 106 1074 IcBi 106 1( 7 1074 1( ga fiP 214 22i 72 71 63 65 34 36 47 60 34 36 34 36 106 107 E lip ip 104} 1051 13 ISt 7/ 7i :38 100 90 92 ILA l ii-J 1 I die 104 106 99 100 94 96 51 53 3 5 3 h 83 E 5 106 107 104 105 Pr p Iraq 105} 101 102 1 V A 1 Z., Antwerp Sr, itotterdami Rah. &S.Fran.. Lim.7 p.c Belgian East. Junction Copiapo l i Ditto Extension Dutch Rhenish Do Eastern of France Grand Rus liar. 6p. c Gt. Luxem., Con. shs Italian Junction Namur & Liege .... Do. 6 p. c. Pref. Northern of France Do. New Shares N.Rail. of BuenosAyres Gua.7 p 0., Lim Norwegian Trunk Pref Ot'mn(Smyrna to Akin) Paris,Lyons, lz Mediter. Paris .4L Orleans 'Portuguese Rail. - Royal Recife S. Fran. (tern.) Rua. 7 p. et. 1im...... Riga 45 Dunaburg...... Royal Dani5h.......... Royal Swedish ......., Do. 7 per cent. Pref.... Sambre & Meuse Do. 5i per cent. Pref..... San Paulo, lim, g. 7 p. c. &Aust. &Lomb Venal', S. East Portugal 7 p et. Southern of }ranee.... Turin and Savona .... Weaticianderti Do. 54 p c. Preference.. W. Ac N.W. of France 7 6 1 li p 20} 21i 14 11 9 9} 20 21 40i 41i id pr 86 94 9 8 d 45 46 41 43 181 18 14 16 i 2 9i 10 10 9f ; 1! I;prn 23! 231 3t 32 3 24d 7 if 14 70 lob 214 'OLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECU („:,,u.Uov. 6 p.c.Ja &J uly 1877-S4 Do. 6 p. c. Feb. & Do. d p. c. Mar. & Sept. Do. 5 p. c. Jan.&July. Do. 5 Inscribed stock Cape G.Hope, 6p 0,1873 Do.Ap & Oct 1880, Do. 1890, Do. Jan. & July, 1891..1 Ceylon, N0v.1861, 6 p N.13.(i0v. 6 p.c.J a.&July( Do. Bp. c.Ap. & Oct. N. S. W. Gov. 5 p c.,1866' Do. 5 p. c.,1871 to 1876 Do. d0.,1888 & upwds New Zealand 6 p. centj Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p. 0 1 sterAing, 1875 Queensland Gov. 6 p. b. Aus G6p.c.1878.dt up t Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July Do. to Rn.c. AD.&Ont.. 107 108 101 102 101 102 101 101 i 111 113 108 109 ilO 112 ,111 113 1081 109 COLONIAL. TEA.—There has been a very limited amount of business transacted, and prices have remained without any material variation. SUGIA.—The market has been more active, and good and fine descriptions have in some instances slightly ad vanced. In the refined market late quotations are well supported. CorFrE.—A fair amount of business has been negotiated iu colonial descriptions, at slightly enhanced prices. Rim—There has been an average demand for East India, but without any material change to record in prices. SALTPETRE,—Business has been more animated, and Prices generally have shown an up war d ten d ency. TALLOW. —The market has continued dull, but without any change of importance in v alues, P.Y.C., on th e s p o t, being quoted 45s 6d, and s pring delivery 45s 6d to 46s per cwt. THE TUSCARORA. -- The steamship Crusader, which arrived at Liverpool yesterday from Jamaica and Bermuda, reports the arrival at the latter port of the was On the voyage the Cor nubia Federal steamer Tuscarora. A boat's a sC w or overhauledbwiaa was sent fr her hatches opened, the cargo ( coa l s ) put on one side, and the vesse l searc h e d steamer oe e rnu o m bo y n Fa board, y h a e l. throughout. The crew of the Tuscarora stated that :hey were in search of the steamer Pearl. THE lONIAN ISLANDS. Of these islands, the volume of colonial statistics recently issued by the Board of Trade reports the population, in 1860, to be 232,426, and the area 1,041 square miles; in round number the six-hundredth part of our possessions, in point of population, and the three-thousandth part in area. The productions of the islands in 1860 comprised 69,253 barrels of olive oil, worth from 50s. to 555. a barrel; 30,250,8971b5. of currants, worth from five guineas upwards per I,ooolbs. ; and 148,539 barrels of wine, ranging from Ils. to 2 Is. per barrel. Only 67,580 bushels of wheat were grown in the year ; the soil is more favourable to grape cul tivation than to the raising of corn, and indeed corn is the chief import taken. The live stock consisted of 13,171 horses, 10,374 horned cattle, 131,684 sheep, and 111,907 goats, a considerable increase within these few years. The revenue of 1860 was £140,855, the expenditure, £151,187; in the last 12 years the lonian revenue has only on two oc • casions provided the Exchequer with a surplu.. The ex port duty on the olive crop forms the standard and main• spring of lonian finance, and the trade being as speculative as the hop trade in England, the revenue is liable to violent fluctuations ; the export duty on oil produced above £BO,OOO in 1858, only £19,000 in 1859, and £27,000 in 1860. More than a third of the revenue of the year was raised from the export duties of 19i per cent, on olive oil and currants, and a still larger proportion from import duties ; only £24,090 by stamp duties and other inland taxation of a trifling cha racter, no article of consumption (save salt and gunpowder) being taxed except on exportation or importation. The re turn of imports and exports is for 1859, a year of bad har vest. The imports amounted to £1,306,303, the exports to only £649,047. The imports from Turkey amounted to £432,980; from Greece, £106,311; from Austria, £152,360; from the United Kingdom, £355,050, cotton being the chief item in the export from this country. The entrances and clearances of shipping in 1860 were 5:7,320 tons inwards, 525,802 tons outwards. They have shown a large increase within the last two or three years. Wages in 1860 averaged 355. a month for domestic labour, ls. 6d. a day for predial, and 2s. 6d. a day in trade. The lonian peasant is said to be not very provident. There was an abundant harvest in 1858, and the marriages next year were 4,002 ; the hirvest in 1859 was defective, and the marriages of 1860 fell to 1,358. The population contains no less than 116 men to every 100 women; and it is singular that for several years the births, marriages, and deaths in Corfu have all been more than in Cephalonia, where the population is greater. _LORD PALMERS7 ON AY ROIIISEY. ROMSEY, THURSDAY. The annual dinner of the Agricultural Society took placo this afternoon at the White Horse Hotel. Viscount Palmerston presided. Amongst the guests were Sir H. Jervoise, M.P., the Hon. Mr. Dutton, M.P., Mr. C. J. Taylor, Mr. C. J. Lordan (the Mayor), the Rev. E. Berthon (the Vicar), and U. very large number of the influential agriculturists of the district. Lord PALM ERSTON, in proposing the first toast said—lt is ono which expresses the strongest feel .mg in the bosom of all Englishmen —a hearty wish for the health of the Queen. (Loud cheers.) There never was a. Sovereign, of whom it could be more emphatically said she reigns in the hearts and affec tions of the people—and that attachment which has long warmed the breast of every Englishman has been, I may say increased, and in some degree sof tened, by deep sympathy with that heavy affliction which her Majesty has had to undergo, and which she has borne with a fortitude and resignation ex emplary to all her subjects. The toast was received with the greatest enthu siasm. The Noble Lord again rose and said,—l now beg to propose the health of his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, and the rest of the Royal family. (Cheers.) His Royal Highness has seen perhaps as much of the world, and more of the world, than almost any man of his age, and wherever he has been, he has won golden opinions, and conciliated the affection and respect of all with whom he has come in contact. (Cheers.) He is now about to ab that which seldom falls to the lot of a Royal Prince, namely, to make a love marriage. (Much cheering.) He has every prospect of all the happiness which can attend the marriage state, for he is about to marry a Princess distinguished by all those quali ties which adorn either a Princess or a person of any other rank. There is every prospect of happi ness for him, and every prospect of that welfare which naturally belongs to a country where there is a successor to the Crown fitted to conciliate the affection and commend the esteem of a people. (Great cheering, and " One cheer more for the Princess.") His Lordship next said—The toast which I have now to propose is " The Army, Navy, and Volun teers." We are happily at peace. Long may we so continue ! (Cheers.) It is an old saying—but all old sayings are not invariably true—that in peace men turn their spears into ploughshares. Now I think that in order to enable the ploughshare to pursue its avocation with success and safety it is well that there should be the sword in its neigh bourhood. (Hear.) We fortunately have iron enough in this country both for swords and plough shares, and we have also hands sufficient to wield both, and I trust that both will be wielded when occasion requires with equal skill and success. (Loud cheers.) It is satisfactory to know that our army and our navy are in a state of the most com plete efficiency. I may say that they never were more efficient as far as organisation and disci pline and instruction aro concerned. (Cheers.) With regard to the volunteers I need say no thing, because they happily are so numerous and so scattered all over the island that every man must know from his own experience what pro ficiency they have made in discipline, in the use of arms, and in military evolutions; and I trust the Romsey volunteers are not behind-hand with their comrades in any part of the country. (Cheers.) The toast was responded to by Captain ALLSOP, of the Volunteers. The NOBLE LORD, having proposed " The Bishop and Clergy of the Diocese," said—l will now pro pose "The health of the two gentlemen by whom you are so efficiently represented in Parliament," and they are also entitled to your consideration from the fact that they are themselves practical farmers. There was a time when the agricultural interest felt a peculiar anxiety with respect to its representatives in Parliament. There was a time when they apprehemled, groundlessly, in truth, but sincerely, nevertheless, that measures were in con • templation which would ruin the agricultural in terest by throwing open the trade in foreign corn. Those days have passed away. These alarms have vanished. The cultivators of the soil have found that that freedom of moult:ice to w hiett they looked with dismay has only stimulated them to greater exertion ; and, therefore, whatever may be the merits of your present members, and however com petent they may be to fight your battles under pre sent circumstances, their labours in defending what is conceived to be the agricultural interest arc lighter than they would hove been at former periods. (Hear.) So much the better for them. Their labours are less, and, therefore, they will be better able to perform them. The toast was drunk with the usual honours. After the toasts of " The Mayor and Corporation of Romsey," and " The healths of the successful and unsuccessful candidates," Lord PAL3IERSTON said—l am now about to give a toast which I might be somewhat diffident in pro. posing, because I have some interest in it, and that is " Prosperity to Romsey Market." (Cheers.) It is very gratifying to those who went over the ground to-day to see the improvement which has taken place in the show. (Hear, hear.) But we must not conceal from ourselves the criticisms that are made by others, and I am afraid it is too true that Hampshire farming does not stand so high in general estimation as the farming in some other counties of England. It, has, however, improved, and will, I trust, go on improving. (Cheers.) It is not for me to pretend to talk about farming to practical farmers like those who are are present, and who understand these matters much better than I can do; but there are things which strike even the most ignorant, and when a man walks over a field of turnips and sees it full of char lock he must say there is room for some improve ment. (Cheers and a laugh.) With regard to the charlock, I was glad to see the turnip fields looking greener than usual, with less of that picturesque yellow than we have seen in former years. (Laugh ter.) lam afraid the botanist might have revelled in the excess of "couch," but we are told that the wetness of the season may in some degree account for that. But there is no doubt respecting one fundamental principle of farming, and that is to keep the land clear, because weeds cannot grow without nourishment, and the nourishment of which the weeds rob the soil is the nourishment which ought to go to the plant which it is the interest and profit of the farmer to cultivate. (Hear, hear.) We have seen a statement made, and I have seen an example of it, that a gentleman at Brighton has made a wonderful improvement in the growth of wheat. By carefully selecting his seed, and by dibbling those seeds so as to give room for each plant to grow, he produces wheat ears infinitely larger than those of the common plant, and the stalk is considerably stronger. I saw not long ago in Derbyshire a field of wheat which was so grown, and I was astonished at the produce which it i t yielded. (Hear.) The se are thm gs w hich , every body would naturally turn th eir attent ion and o the more the farmers bend their minds to improve ments the better it will be for them. Competition and rivalshiP always set people awake. Monopoly always goes to sleep. Mr. DUTTON, M.P., then proposed the health of the Chairman, to which his lordship briefly re turned thanks. After several other toasts of a local character had bean given, his lordship retired amidst loud cheers, and the party separated. A political pamphlet, from the pen of M. Eugene Randu, Chef de Division at the Ministry of Public Instruc tion, published under the title of " La Souverainete Ponti- Scale en Italie," advocates the maintenance of the temporal power, but points out what appears to the writer to be de fective in it. DEATH OF SIR G. L. HODGEs, R.C.B.—We have to record the death of Colonel Sir George Lloyd Hodges, K.C.8., formerly her Majesty's Charge d'Affaires for the Hanse Towns. He was the son of Mr. George Thomas Hodges, of Limerick, and commanded the British and Foreign Legion in Portugal, under Dom Pedro. He was Consul in Servia from 1837 to 1839, Consul-General in Egypt from 1839 to 1841, and Charge d'Affaires and Consul- General at Hamburg from 1841 to 1860, in which year he received his K,C.B. and retired on a pension. The gallant Colonel served in the Peninsula and at Waterloo. lie was 73 yearn of age. SHIPPING---THIS DAY. LONDON, Dec. 19.—Wind this day at noon—North- Westerly; blowing a strong breeze, and fine weather, but rather cloudy. PLYMOUTH, Dec. 18.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—lndiana, screw steamer, from Calcutta, short of coals; Admiral Blake, from Rio Grande. NEWPORT, Dec. 18.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Maria, from Frederika, for Jamaica. Sailed—Urania, for St. Thomas. CARDIFF, Dec. 18.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Ocean, for Rio Janeiro; Holsatic, for Pernambuco; Helena, for St. Thomas. SWANSEA, Dec. 18.—Wind W.—Arrived—Dorsetshire, from Cuba. Sailed—Scawfell, for Shanghai; Zodiac, for Madras. (BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Friday Morning. Arrived Dec. 18—Kate from St. Michael's; Jaques Francais, from Ne w York; Gutterus, from St. John's ; Princess Charlotte, from Rio Janeiro; Sarnia, from Guern sey; John Snell, from Guernsey; Maxie, from Marans ; Equivalent, from Gothenburg. Arrived, Dec. 19—Dart, from Lisbon. DEAL, Friday Morning. Passed—Fortuno, from New York, for London; Governor M'Clean, from Cape Coast Castle, for London. Anchored—La Bonne Tantio, for Shields, for Bordeaux; Angelina, from Blyth, for Port au Busen • Rosalie, from London, for Martinique ; Express, from 111arkworth, for France ' • Star of the West, from Shields, for Plymouth ; Salem, for Menil, for Santander ; Harmony, for Grenada ; Stratmore, for Swan River; Susan Bayley, for Lagos; Excelsior, for Columbo—all from London, BANE OF ENGLAND. An Account, pursuant to t cap. 32, for the week ending cf Dec., 1862: he Act 7th and Bth Victoria on Wednesday, the 17th day rotes issued ......123775.9,1,idi Government Debt £11,015,1C0 Other Securities .. 3.034,000 Gold Coin & Bullion 14,059,830 Silver Bullion X 28,709,8301 £28,709,830 BANKING D oprietors' Capi tal £14,553,000 Rest Public Deposits (in eluding Exche quer, Savings' Banks, Commis missioners of Na tional Debt, and Dividend Ac- :PARTMENT. Government Seen- rities (including Dead WeightAn- nuity) £11,084,517 Other Securities 19,357,846 Notes Gold and Silver 971,828 Coin counts) 8,507,144 Other Deposits 14,033,994 Seven Day and other Bills 746,580 £4 0 ,938,241 I W. £40,938,241 MILLER, Deputy Cashier. Dec. 18, 1862. The first Court ball of the season will take place at the Tuileries on the 7th Janaary. There will also be two fancy dress balls and a masked one. The mate of the Alfred Fanny, an English vessel, lying at Havre, named Bienaime, aged 32 years, was found murdered on the quay the night before last. Some pereonr having observed a man running from the spot pur sued him, but on their coming up to him, he turned and menaced them with a knife. Being unarmed, the pursuers could only keep the man in view, until they met with a police officer, who, on being informed of the circumstance, arrested the fugitive. Although his clothes were stained with blood, the man denied any knowlege of the crime. He is a stoker on board the Ville du Havre, named Martin. He resides at Havre, and is married. Another stoker on board the Ville du Havre, named Clorac, has also been ar rested, he having been in company with Martin on the evening of the crime. AFRICAN 'RUNNERS.—We find the following in teresting account of Arab runners or couriers in an able article by General Dumas, published in this fortnight's Revue Conternporaine. The following sketch of one of them will give an idea of these singular men. Ben-Saydane, about 35 years of age in 1858, was tall, spare but robust, with well-shaped arms and legs. His only raiment was a cotton shirt surmounted by a light burnous; a few reeds stuck into his belt in front formed a kind of basket in which he carried his provisions. He wore a kind of sandals, which he used to manufacture himself out of camel and goatskin, and a small sheathed knife, with his faithful Kezoola, or stick, completed his equipment. The Arabs main tained that he had received from God the gift of swift ness, the faculty of never losing his way even in the wildest regions, and that of being able to live upon the smallest quantity possible of food. In 1845 he was sent by his chief with a highly important secret message to Abd el-Kader, and starting from a place called El-Had, six leagues from Jelfa, he arrived at Taguedemt, where Abd el-Kader was, on the following morning, having performed 216 kilometres (135 miles) on foot in 2C hours, his food during that time consisting of about ten ounces of flour, and a draught of water whenever he happened to meet with a spring. The Emir and his chiefs would not believe him when he told them so; but his despatch, which was correctly dated, dispelled all doubt on the matter. He is now dmployed by the French, and is amply paid for his pedestrian services, which have often proved valuable. In order not to lose the habit of walking, he often goes from Jelfa to Laghouat, a distance of 115 kilometres (72 miles) in 14 hours. When he was inscribed on the registers of Jelfa as one of the couriers of the French office there, the chief of the office said to him ; " But b ya o good herse ; you know a mekhazani (courier) must out well mounted." Upon which Ben-Saydane burst laughing, and at length replied : " Humble not thy servant by bidding him buy a horse, which eats more than a whole fam il y does, which which neighs and leaves the prints of its hoofs be hind, prints most fre quentlydo discover us to our enemies I What am who can with a horse ? Be satisfied tha t thou has a man do more than thy best horses c an do, and r. who will never oe ask thee either for oats or str aw or h shoes." Since then he has been as good as hi s word, horse-shoes." d generally beats the mounted couriers in speed , especially in the case of long distances. ELECTION FOR CITY SOLICITOR.—At a Court of Common Council, held yesterday afternoon, the list of candidates were reduced by a show of hands to two — viz., Mr. Nelson and Mr. Crosby. At the final vote 114 voted for Mr. Nelson and 59 for Mr. Crosby. Mr. Nelson w as then declared du l y elected. Importing tea without colour on the leaf pre vents the Chinese passing off inferior leaves as in the usual kinds. Horniman's Tea is uncoloured, therefore always • go d a lash Sold in packets by 2,280 agents. BRITISH MINES. Cambrian Consol. Gold Chtiord Amalgamated Devon G. Cone. (Taoist ; East Bassett (Illogan) East Clogau C old Ltd East Caradon ..... East Carn Brea... E. WlRussel (Tavistk. Gam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen.) Great South Tolgus G. Wheal Vor (llelston' !Grenville Herod's-Foot Hingston Downs Lady Bertha Jiargaret (Uny Lelant' Marke Valley.. Ntyndy Iron Ore (Lim ) New Setun North Downs N.Wh'l Basset (illozan) North Wheal Crotty Par Consols (St. Blazey! Providence (Uny Lelnt.) South Caradon(St.Cleer) S. Carn Brea (Illogan) '.Wheal Fran. (Mogan, Stray Park Tamar Silv.& Lead Min. Tin Croft I West Basset (Illogan) W earadon (Liskeard West beton Wheal Basset (Mogan) Wheal Buller (Itedruth) Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) WhealLud , ott Wheal Mary Ann (Men ) Wheal Seton wheal Tre►awney (Lis ) Wheal Union 101 2* '1.17.G 2.4.9 1* 10.6.7 11 5.15.6 28.9. 47 3 / 4 5i 5 2.0.6 2.10.8 8 584 7 3.13 0 42 380 390 2i 3 874 92i 38 iO A.NK S. 03 115 6i 7p l 70 ;2 25 26 97 09 49 51 1 1 211 211 41 42 91 93 41 13 zoi 20i 3 2d Id Ip 51 51p 11 11 271 t 8 38i 394 36 87 pr 4p 231 24 p 99 SO 24 84p 1 48 49 54 65 32 33 5 6p 89 91 49 M 2} lid 32i 334 I 1 i i Pr ip 4 3 d 11 14 26 26 36 4 2f 3. p 1 3 p 10 12 11 1 lf * 7f 8f f p d r 53 55 r 19 p 2l 6 7 28 2E4 A .; 54 E 8 134 138 32_ 24 4 i6s id id p I 1 p Ili 121 A ustralian Bon Accord Copp er,L im. Brazil 'Land & Capula Silver Cobra Copper Copiapo . DunMoun.Ccp.Ming.Co East Del Rey (Limited) Fortuna. . G eneral Gt N. Cop. A S. Austr Kapunda Linares Lueitanian Mariqui r a Mont.A.Braz GoidMin N.RhineCopotS.Aus.L Pontgibaud Silver,Lead Mining and Smelt... Port Philip Santaßarbara GldMine Scottish Austrin. (L.) St. John del Rey (L.) United Mexican Worthing (Limited) YudanamutanaS.A.Ld FOREIGN MINES. MISCEL Anglo-Mexican Mint Atlantic R. Ml. Stin (1d) Australian Agricultural !Bahia Steam (Limited). I Berlin Water (Limited) !Bombay Gas Limited. British American Land ' B.&l.Mag. Tel. A. (Lim.) Do. 8,7p.c.t1111852 (Lim ) Canada Land China & Japan Coast & River Steam Naviga. Cop.Min.ofEng.&Smitg. Do. Pref. 74 per cent Crystal Palace Do. Preference Do. S p ct. Perpet. Deb E. Ind. Cotton Agency E.lndia & Lon. Ship A. Do. B. E.lndialrrig - n. & Canal Electric Telegraph Do. New English & Aus. Copper Gen. Steam Navigati Great Slip Limited) Do. 174 p. ct ['reference Indian Carrying (Lim.) Italian Irrigation Canal Lon. District Tel. (Lim.) L.G. Omnibus Co. (Lim.) Lon. & S.lrel.Dt.Tel.L. Madras Irr. and Canal Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim ) Do. 8 per cent. pref National Dis. Co. (Lim ) Nerbu.Coal &Iron (Lim ) Netherlands Lant`,Bp.c N. Br.&NovaScotiaLa n d N.B.Australarst an (Lim.‘ Oriental Gas (Limited). ' Do. New C)rintl. In. Steam( Lim ) Ottoman Gas, Limited Pee l ß.LndAl%lin.(Lim) Pen. & Oriental Steam Do. New Quebrada Land,Rail,& Dining (Lim.).... ,Rhymne3r Iron Do. New Rio Janeiro City Impts Do. do. Royal Mail Steam 'Scot. Austin. Inv.(Lim ) south Australian Land Submarine Tel. Scrip Do. do. Registered Do. Telegraph to India (L.) Trust and Agency or Austrlasia(lira)lst is. Trst Ln.Co.ol Upr.Can. 11. li'dona Tel Co. (lim.) Yav:Dietnen'o 14.12 d. all all all all all JK B 711 E NA VY. By private aavices from Lisbon we hear some further details respecting the behaviour of the iron ships of Rear-Admiral Smart's squadron during their recent cruise between Lisbon and Gibraltar. The weather had been so bad outside that hardly any comparative trial took place except in wearing. All the ships are isaid to have bahaved wonderfully well during the heavy v.eather they had gone through, and, in the emphatic language of an c,fri cer serving on board the Revenge, " have pro - ed themselves fit to go anywhere." In comparison with the Revenge they were found to rise and fall with the sea very easily, and it was remarked that no seas were seen to break over them in the roughest part of the voyage. All four —the Warrior, Black: Prince, Resistance, and Defence--had proved to be in possession of weatherly qualities beyond expec tation, and requiring very little aftersail. The fleet returned to Lisbon on the 4th inst. As they were running in, with the wind fresh abeam, under double reefed topsails and topgallantsails, signal was made from the flagship to take the latter in, which was no sooner accomplished than a heavy squall struck the squadron. Topsails were lowered, and mainsheets eased off. The Warrior's maintack carried away, and her mainyard went in the quar ter. The Revenge's foretopmast gave way between the fid-hole and the sheave, but was arrested there, and no further mischief was done. The Admiral appeared determined to test the ships in every pos sible way, and each ship is described as being ad mirably handled. We are glad to find that there is some chance of that very useful ship, the Simoom, being again brought forward for the pr.blia service as a troop ship. Her machinery has been taken in hand by the steam factory officials at Portsmouth, and a number of convicts are employed in chipping the scale front the inner skin of her plates, to ascertain their exact condition. The crew of the screw steam frigate Doris, 32, Capt. Sir F. L. M'Clintock, at Plymouth, 'will be paid off on Monday next. The screw steam frigate Emerald, 36, Captain Arthur Cumming, continued in Plymouth Sound ap to yesterday morning, waiting orders from the Ad miralty. His Prussian Majesty's screw steam corvette Ga zelle, 26, left Plymouth Sound on Tuesdayfor Japan. The Pylades, 21, 350 horse power,Capt. A. Hood, having received the whole of her stores, provision; &c., on board, left her moorings at Folly Point, Chatham, yesterday morning, shortly before day light, under the guidance of Mr. Blakey, Queen's pilot at Chatham for the Nore, where she will ad just her compasses and proceed this morning, pro vided the weather be favourable, to the Maplin Sands, for the purpose of testing her rate of speed at the measured mile. She will afterwards take ;ler departure for the West Indies. The dimensions and weight of tbe masts sent to Pembroke from the Chepstow Ironworks, for the use of H.M.S. Prince Consort, were not accurately stated in The gun of Tuesday last. The mainmast is ll6ft. long by 37in. in eircumference,and weighs 18 tons 14ewt. ; the foremast is 110 ft. long by 36in. in circumference, and weighs 17 tons lOcwt.; the mizenmast is 83ft. long by 24in. in circumference, and weighs 5 tons 14cwt. ; the bowsprit is 43ft. long by 36in. in circumference, and weighs 4 tons lOcwt. Thus the united length of the masts is 352 ft. and their weight 46 tons Bcwt. • __ A memorandum issued by command of the Field- Marshal Commanding-in -Chief states that the esta lishment of officers of the Royal Artillery and Royal Engineers being nearly complete, only 20 cadets can be received at the Royal Military Academy, Wool wich, from the January examination, and that at Midsummer next the number admitted will most probably be still further rec ueed. 7HE GREAT EAS7ERN STEAMSHIP. The following letter appears in the New York papers :—" New York, Dec. 3.—ln conformity with your request, I yesterday visited the steam ship Great Eastern, anchored off White Stone, for the purpose of examining the nature and extent of the injuries received by her in her late collision with a submerged rock, and the character of the repairs rendered necessary and in progress in con sequence of that collision; and having discharged this duty, I submit the following report :—Upon my arrival I examined the hull externally above water and within board to ascertain if it gave evi dence of any unresisted stress since my survey of her upon a previous voyage. Having satisfied my self on this point, I descended from without the hull to within the coffer enclosing the rupture in her bottom, and also from within the hull between the outer and inner plating, again down to the place of rupture, being by this proceeding enabled to examine the full extent of the injuries to the bot tom of the hull covered by the coffer and the cha racter of the repairs being made thereto; and, upon a full consideration of the elements presented I am of the opinion —First, that the effect of the colli sion is restricted to a partial crushing of two of the webs and rupture of some of the outer plates of her bottom upon the port aide, and that the hull of this vessel, beyond the points of rupture, above water and within board, is in no wise injured by the collision; secondly, that the repairs to her bottom, so far as made, have been executed in a manner to restore it to its original secu rity as to leaks and resistance to stress, and that the design both of the:method of effect ing these repairs and the manner of executing them reflect high credit to all concerned. In con nexion with this it is proper to refer to the con struction of the bottom of the vessel, in order that it may appear how peculiarly adapted it is to meet an injury like that which has occurred to it. Thus, the bottom is composed of an outer and inner plating of equal thickness, with an intervening space of 35 inches, the connexion between the platings consisting of 32 webs, or kelsons, running fore and aft, and 13 athwart-ships, whereby the bottom is divided into a series of apart ments, or cells, the communication between them being at command, and from within board by the use of manhole plates. In the event, therefore, of the outer plating alone being ruptured, as in the present case, the inner plating will resist the admis-- sioa of water within the hull, and the cellular struc ture of the whole will resist the admission of water between the platings beyond the limits of the cells enclosing the rupture. In communicating the re sult of my survey to the underwriters here and to Lloyd's, London, I shall report her seaworthiness provided the repairs now in advanced progress are completed, to be of the same character as before the collision which has involved them.—l am, very re spectfully, your obedient servant, C. H. Haswell, Engineer and Survey or of Steamers.—To Messrs. Howland and Aspinwall, New York." Messrs. Howland and Aspinwall, agents for the Great Eas tern, publish a card in which they explain the na ture of the accident to this monster steamship and its relative consequences. They say that the result of the accident was a fracture 85 feet long, and in some places 4 feet broad, and in order to demonstrate that no other vessel affords the same protection against accidents they remind the public that Ohe delivered nearly 1,000 passengers and 2,000 tons of merchandise (some of whi c h rema i ne d on b oar d for a week) without a cc id ent or the damage o f an y p or tion of her cargo. The vessel, being built with two " skins," is, in fact, one vessel inside of another, and it is alone owing to this construction that she could survive such an accident an hour, the water being unable to penetrate the inner skin. The ship was hove to off Montauk, waiting for her pilot, when she struck a rock which is not marked down on the chart, The injury done was entirely to the ship.s bottom, her screw not having been touched. War men have been engaged for nearly two weeks past the iron plates in drilling rivet holes and putting in Ile rivets over the fracture in the vessel's bottom.the ship, and the only delayresent is inwaiting original constructlon of at on faster are put in red hot, as in the quantity of to the enormous can be made, owing States Government. for iron plates, which can be Put than they iron required for the . United The Great Esatern's inner skin (which is of the it s is same e the opini on of s cientific engineers that , even thickness as the outer one) bein g unimptiired, w i t h ou t any repairs, the ship would have been per fectly seaworthy, and would have crossed th e ocean without risk. 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