The Sun. — London, England, 1862-01-03 00:00:00

42 ONE I ) 2TA .R.KETA ND CITY NEWS. --4`- CITY, Two o'CLocx. The Bank of England return, completed to the Ist January, shows some rather important varia tions. The increased demand for money usual at the close of the year has caused a large addition to the ' other securities, and there is a considerable diminution iu the reserve of notes. The bullion shows a small addition, while there is a consider able increase in the amount of the public and pri' Tate balances. The various items and the charges they present. are shown in the subjoined table : Active Circulation .. £20,165,540 Increase .. .. • • ••• 598,845 Bullion .. 15,961,439 Increase .. • • • • • • 205,506 Pest 3,181,084 Increase 39,342 Public Deposits • • • .. 7,345,833 lacrosse .. • • .. 255,692 Other Deposits.. . • .. .. 15,036,062 Increase .. • • .. 1726,420 Seven Day and other Bills SO 652650 OS Increase .. 18,766 Government Securities 11,561,672 Increase . 498 , 525 . Other Securities •• 18,761,058 Increase .. 1,935,034 Notes unemployed 9,626,725 Decrease 395,425 To-morrow being the 4th • of the month, active preparations are in progress for the bills arriving at maturity, and the discount market consequently exhibits a firmer and more animated appearance. As the available supplies, however, continue abun dant, the mercantile community are enabled to ob tain all the assistance they require at the current rates, which continue to rule as low as 3 per cent. for first-class securities. The bullion operations at the Bank yesterday were of an unimportant character. The steamer leaving to-morrow with the India and China mails will take out £121,810 in specie. The Hansa from New York has brought £58,000 in specie. Continued activity prevailed in the Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday, and exhibited a further rise of about id per lb. The sales were fully 20,000 bales. During the last few days the operations in most descriptions of Foreign and Colonial Produce have been on a very limited scale. Tea, however, has maintained full prices ; sugars were in some instances rather cheaper, but there was a good demand for Coffee at an advance of 6d. to ls. per cwt. ; rice, fruit, and spiees have been neglected, and tallow has been in very limited request, at slightly re duced prices for both present and forward delivery. At the half-yearly meeting of the London Dock Company, held to-day, Mr. Manning in the chair, a dividend of 11- per cent. for the half-year, was agreed to. The report stated that the profits for the past six months had been £82,159, and that large sheds for saltpetre and other combustible Materials had been erected at a remote part of the docks. The directors had opposed the high rate of pre mium which the fire insurance offices had sought to Charge, and should this advance be continued, they (the directors) would recommend the proprietors to bear the risk themselves instead of paying so large a sum for insurance. The report and accounts Were unanimously agreed to after some discussion. A further decided improvement has taken place in the English Stock l‘larket to day, owing to the intelligence from America, which has led to exten sive purchases on speculative account. Consols have been as high as 904- 4, and the latest quotations are 92 92i. The market presents a buoyant appear ance, and increased animation is perceptible. The New Threes and the Reduced have risen to 911 ; Exchequer Bills (March), to 13s. prem. ; ditto, June, to 14s. and 15s. prem. ; India 5 per Cent., to 1 05,1 and 1061; and the 5 per Cent. Enfaced Paper, to 981 I. t Continued buoyancy has been apparent in Fo reign Securities, and the dealings have been rather more extensive. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 79 to 80; ditto, 1858, 70 to 71; Mexican, 271 ; and 281 ; Spanish have improved to 501 ; ditto Deferred to 431 ; and the Certificates are firm at 61 ; Vene zuelan are 22/. Business in the Railway Share Market has con tinued rather active, and increased firmness has prevailed in prices. Eastern Counties and South Easterns have improved 55.; and Caledonian, Great Western, Lancashire and Yorkshire, South Western, and Midland, 10s. ; and North Eastern (Ber wick), £l. The Foreign and Colonial lines have been in fair request. South Austrian and Lombardo-Venetian have advanced 55.; and Great Western of Canada 68 . ; East India and Great Indian Peninsula realised previous rates. Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares show a slight advance in several instances. Lon don Joint Stock realise 331 ; Oriental Bank, 513; Union of Australia, 384; and Royal Mail Steam, 471. B BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. !junk Stock 6 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 9l/ / 3 ~per Cent. C onso l s A nnu iti es N ew 3 pe r C en t. A nnu iti es 9la i i India Stock Ditto 5 per Cent. Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent — Ditto 5 per Cent, 9Bl 1 9 ' Ditto 5/ per Cent lO4/ Ditto Debentures, 4 per Cent., Oct., 1863 99 Ditto Ditto Bond s Xl,OOO ditto April, 1864 99 Ditto under £l,OOO Consols for Account, Jan. 9 I ndia Stock for Account, 5 per Cent March. June. Zzehequer Bills, £l,OOO 2d.... 13 14 15 Ditto £5OO ,, 13 14 15 Ditto Small l3 11 14 Brazilian 5 per Cent Dt t. „,I)itto 4, per Cent, 1860 exican, 3 per Cent P eruvian 41 per Cent Ditto— (Uribarren), 4.4 per Cent. Portuguese 3 p er Cent., 1853. Ditto Account Ditto 3 per Cent., 1856,'7 ,'9 7 and '6O — Ditto Account Russian 5 per Cent. 1822, £ St 9B/ Ditto 3 per Cent. 1859 .. 59 i Spanish 3 per Cent _Ditto Account Ditto New Deferred 4l Ditto Account Ditto Passive Spanish Cert. of Coup. not funded Turkish 6 per Cent — Ditto Account .. BO 79} I / Ditto New Loan Ditto Account - Venezuelan 3 per Cent Dividends on the above payable in London. Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861 THREE O'CLOCK, Consols Money Ditto Account TBIS DAPS SHIPPING. LONDON, Jan. 3.—Wind this day at noon—South- W esterly ; moderat e breeze and cloudy weather, with slight rain. QUEENSTOWN-, Jan. 2.—Arrived—Lilian, from Alex andria ; Adelaide, steamer, from London for St. John's, New Brunswick. OFF HURST CASTLE, Jan. 2.—Arrived—Oneida, steamer, from Brazils, treal CLYDE, Jan. 2 . —Wind W.—Arrived—Vi o la, f r om Mon , A HORSE AND GIG RUN OVER ON A RAILWAY. "—An accident occurred on Saturday forenoon last on the north and Clyde Railway, between Bucklyvie and Balfron, Whereby a horse and gig were knocked to pieces. It appears that a man was sent to Bucklyvie station with a horse and gig• belonging to Mr. Dick, of Lochard, to await the arrival of a passenger by train. He incautiously took the bridle and blinders from the animal, which started off along the line at a rapid rate, and ran for a distance of three miles in the direction of Balfron, when the train from Balloch meet jug it, a collision ensued, which instantly resulted in the death of the animal, which, along with the gig, was thrown tinder the tender and dragged a considerable distance. No Pe 's"n was injured, although it is obvious the train ran great risk of being thrown off the line. _Edinbur g h Courant. The cold continues to be very severe, not only in Faris, but in the provinces. A poor man was found frozen t .. 0 death three days since on the road from Assevillers to li arieux, in the department of the Aisne. The wood-ranger .w ho found him, believing that he still breathed, lighted a to restore fire on t h e spot, while the priest of Belloy endeavoured res tore him by pour i ng hot wine down his throat. All th eir Efforts w ere va i n, and he breathed his last. The corpse as br ought to B e ll oy , an d hi s pockets were searched. A certificate was found stating that he had complied with the conscription law, and a passp or , gran t e d t o hi m b y th e Pre f:ct of the Somme, declaring th a t h e was i n di gen t an d en titledas t o re li ef on his journey. It further appeared that he w goin g to Cmnbrai Ile had not any money about hire, a ta his e i • • • t he cold, clothing Was quite i nsu ffi c i ent to pro t ect hi m from LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. 'Paid. Leasing Closing Business Railways. Co. s Price. Done. ..--___ Bedford and Bletchley all Ln.&N.W .. .. Birkenhead., Buckingh nvi 'lire.. Chester & H Ilyhead lOO Do 53 54 Do. 5/ per cent 100 Do. Do. 5 „ 100 Do. Clydesdale Junction 100 Caledon. 101 103 Colchester, Stour Val. all E.U.&E.O 63 65 E. Lincolnsh. gapr c. 100 Gt. North. 133 136 E.Union,HarwichShs all E,Counts. 4 41 Do. Woodbridge.— 100 • • • • Gls.Barr.&Neils.Drct. 100 Caledon .. .. Do. new Gloster & Dean Forest all Gt. West. .. .. Hull and Selby all Yk.N. Mid 110 112 Do. halves Do. quarters Lancaster & Carlisle 100 Ln.&N.W 197 202 200 London & Greenwich 100 S. Eastern 61 63 Do. Preferen ~ Lon.,Tilb.& S.. - thend 100 ; Pet° &Co B2 84 83 Lowesto,ft gua. 4 p c.. i 100 Norfolk Do 6 pier cent lOO Do.• Mne.,Bxtn.,k Matlock' all 'LNW& M3l 31 Mid. Bradford Prefer; I ence stock Newmarkt, BuryEx gua. 5 per eent... 5. 5. 6.1 , E Counts. par I p Northn.&Ea,tn. sp. c. all Do. Do. 6 per cent. .... all I Do. Do. Fixed sp. c.... all Do. N. Eastn—Hartlepool 1t 0 N. E. Ber .. .. North Western L&N.W) Preston and IVyre. 1 all 1 4 , L. y k. 3 43 45 Do. 4 shares A all Do. ••• • ~ .. .. Roystn.Hitch.& Shep lOO IGt.Nortli. 133 136 Shrewsby & Hereford 100 T Brassey 118 122 120 Do. Po. South Staffordshire i 100 i Ln. &NAT .. .. Do. - Po. South Staffordshire Wilts and Somerset Wimbledn t Croydon 100 100 t) all Ln. &N.W (3 t. West. L.&P.r.;,Ytn 90 921 £4 0) THE AMERICAN DIFFICULTY. BIRMINGHAM, THURSDAY NIGHT. A public meeting has been held in the Town-hall here to-night to consider the propriety of urging upon the Go vernment to have recourse to arbitration, instead of an immediate declaration of war, in the event of a serious dis agreement occurring with the United States. The meeting had been convened by the Mayor, upon a requisition signed chiefly by the friends of the Peace Party. At the time the Mayor took the chair at 7 o'clock ther were about 2,000 persons present, but the number gradually in creased to nearly 6,000. Mr. Alderman BALDWIN moved a resolution to the effect "That the meeting declared its opinion that the present occasion is a fitting one on which to carry out a declaration assented to by the Congress of Paris in 1856,"recommending that in any States between which a serious disagreement should thereafter arise before appealing to force, recourse should be had to the good offices of some friendly Power." Mr. G. DIXON, Vice-President of the Chamber of Com merce, seconded the resolution. Mr. EVERARD, a working-man, moved a resolution to the effect that the meeting had confidence in her Majesty's Government, and left the settlement of the American ques tion in their hands. Mr. TAYLOR, a factor, seconded the amendment. After several gentlemen had addressed the meeting, Mr. BRooKEsurrn moved a verbal alteration in the ori ginal resolution, to the effect that the present occasion " may be" a fitting one. This having been seconded, and the promoters of the orignal resolution agreeing to accept it, The MAYOR then proceeded to put it as so amended, but the audience had become confused, and when the show of hands was taken it was evident the meeting were unaware for which resolution they were voting. The MAYOR declared the original resolution, as amended, to be carried. Upon this an immense storm of disapprobation arose, and lasted a long time. Dr. MELSOM, a borough magistrate, came to the front of the gallery, and said that the meeting had been " hocus pocussed," though he did not intend to impute blame to the Mayor, and it was quite certain that his worship did not intend to act unfairly. The meeting continued, however, to vehemently pretest against the expression of its opinion as declared by the Mayor. Ultimately it was agreed that a second vote should be taken on the main question. Mr. ETERARD came forward and moved the following : " That this meeting highly approves of the prompt and manly conduct of Lord Palmerston, Earl Russell, and the Cabinet in this trying international emergency, and at the same time trusts that this quarrel may be honourably ter minated without war." Dr. MELSOM seconded the resolution, which was sup ported by the Rev. E. W. DALE. On a show of hands being taken, the MANOR declared it to be carried by an overwhelming majority. A memorial was subsequently proposed by the framers of the arbitration resolution, but was lost by an immense ma jority. The proceedings did not close till after 11 o'clock. TIIE UTTORINA AFIAIR. The Journal de t. Petersbourg publishes the despatch addreksed by the Russian Government to that f Austria respecting the entrance of Austrian troops into the Suttorina to destroy certain bat teries that had been erected them by the Monte negrins. It is as follows :-- " To M. DE BALABINE. " St. Petersburg. Dec. 10, 1861. "Sir,—His Majesty the Emperor has learnt with sorrow the determination which the Austrian Government has taken and carried out in the Suttorina. Our august master flatters himself with the belief that in having recourse to so summary a mode of proceeding without having first con sulted the Courts who signed the Treaty of Paris, the Cabinet of Vienna had not the intention of infringing the stipulations of that treaty, by which the Great Powers are interdicted from any isolated action in affairs which concern Turkey. Nevertheless, without calling in doubt the intentions of the Austrian Government, it could not escape its observation that, in deviating from that rule by the line of conduct it has thought fit to pursue, it has made a precedent of a nature to weaken an essential principle entered into public law, as a guarantee of the repose of the East and of the security of Europe. When facts lead to such a result they cannot be called insignificant. We do not think that the weak works of defence erected on the territory of the Suttorina were of a nature to threaten the communica tions betwe3n the Austrian possessions in such manner as to give a character of urgency to the measure taken by the Vienna Cabinet, and the moral effect of that measure, which, by the interpretations to which it gives rise weakens the already so critical position of the populations worthy in every respect of the pity of Christian Europe, makes us the more regret that it was taken without a preliminary understanding with the Cabinets, an understanding which would have fixed its real signification. " You aro requested, Sir, not to leave Count de Rech berg in ignorance of this impression of our august Master, and to declare to him that the Imperial Cabinet has not ceased to regard itself as responsibly bound to the principle which excludes all isolated intervention in the affairs of Turkey. " Accept, Sir, &c., 44 Ci9UMILAXOFF." SIIRRE IeIARICET—(TH I S DAY). ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Paid.l Closing Business Share Railways. in done. 50 litelfast and Nor. Conn. 13.14 !fir., Wol., and Str. Val 25 Blyth and Tyne 10 Bost., Sleaf.,and st 'Bristol and Exeter st !Caledonian 10 ICarmarth en & Cardigan 50 IC;w1.: and Bandon 20 Cork, Blrock, & Passage 20 ;Cornwall Do A A gets no thy; Do. B tid 6p c.p an.hasl I been paid to B. ;Dublin & Belfast June. ' Dun.,Perth,& Ab. June East A nglian Eastern Counties Eastern Union, A stock) ; I Do lido do I DoNw A, late ElJ3cls! ;East Suffolk Vdinburgli & Glasgow lEdin., Perth, & Dundee I Forth & Clyde Junction !Furness iGlasg. and S. Western I IGreatNrthn.of Scotland 'Great Northern Do A stock Do Ii do Gt. S. an i W. of Ireland; Great Western Do Str Val gua. stock; Trish South Eastern ] Lancashire & Yorkshire London and Blackwalll Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast, Eon., Chat., and Dover; Lon. & North Western Lon. & South Western; L'derry & Coleraine .. L'derry & Enniskillen. Stan., Shef., & Lincoln.l Maryport and Carlisle. Do i• shares Metropolitan Midland . Do New Do firming. & Derby slid Gt. W. of Ireland' Do. t, shares ;Mid Kent Do Cray Line Newcastle and Carlisle ;Newry & Armagh, def. ; Newry, Wa"npt, & Fos Norfolk North British Nor.Dev.Rail&Dk.stock 7i 8 6 6 95 07 1031 104 1011 32 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 Do York North London Do new North Staffordshire • . N. and S. W. Junction. .Not. Gran. RI. & Canal Peebles Portsmouth Rhs ney Scot FhCentral Scot. _Z. E., Aher. stock Do Sc Mid. stock Shrews. and IVelclipool ! Shropshire Union ISittingbourne Sheer !South Devon S. Durham & Lane. Un !South Eastern South Walcis ! S. York. and River Dun! Staines,Wok.,andWok Stockton ct Darlington! Do Do New, 1860 ,Taff Vale.. 5 6 41 42 10k 11 18 19 53k 48 52 33 35 90 91 29 30 100 102 114 115 11 112 130 132 103 104 6n 69 55 58 1081 108] 54 56 116 118 44 46 93 941 93} 94a 9 11 45 16 6 64 314 . 132 ii )IP 101 IU3 62 64 631 64} Mt 1021 58i L 9 001 911 96 88 5 4id 10i 10t 89 91 stock 10 l' 123 125 39 41 96 98 451 461 314 39 77i 78 65 67 95 97 5i 6 38i 89 8 9 p 5 6 p 551 56} 2i 35 dip 82 85 47 99 43 46 89 91 18} 631 4 291 I 114 111! 11 12 69 70 691 56 108 i 9 8i 93} ; i ; 941 4 6i 131 i 1i p Do Pref. No. 1 25 ThamesHavenDk&Rail 50 Ulter 25 Do 12.10 Do st Vale of Neath st Victoria sta. and Pim st Waterford & Kilkenny) 50 Waterford & Limerick 20 West Cornwall 20 West London 10 Do Ist class 20 Do 2d class st W. Hartlepool Har.&R st West Midland Oxford st Newporri st Do Hereford PREFERENCE SHARES. 1 Share 1 Railways. Blythe and Tyne 10 p.c. pref. issued at £5 Eris. k Exet. 4 p. c. st Do. shares Caledon. £lO, 4/ p. cent.l Do. quar. shares, No. 2 Cork A 5 Bandon, 5/ p. c. Cornwall. 5 percent Dun. Perth, &Aber.Jun 1 Do. Ist Class Pref E. Angn. Class sp. c.l Do. Class B 6 per cent.. Do. Class C 7 per cent.. E. Conn. Ex. 5 p.c. No. l Do No. 2 Do. new 6 p. c. st Eastern Union, 4 p. c Do. 5 p. c. guar Edin.&Glas.6 p.c. shares Do. 4 p. c. guar. S. & o Edln.Perth,& Dun. 4 p.c Furness, 5 per cent Glas.& S.West. gu. 5 p.c Great Northern, 5 p. c D 0.5 p.c.Ttedm.lop.c.pm Do. 44 p. c. do Do.sn.c.ltednc.atsp.c.pm iGt. Nh. of Scot. Ist pref. Gt. Sn. & W. (Ireland) 4 per cent Great West. (Perks and Hants Ext) 6 per cent Do. redeem. 4i p. ct Do. redeem. 4 p. et Do. irredeem. 4 p. ct Do. 5 p. c. redeem. pref. Do. Birm. pref. shares Do. Chester 8 p.c. pf. she Do. Chester 5 p.c. pf. she Do. Ilirm. guar. stock Do. Chester guar. shares Do. do Do. do 26i 13 20 100 Lan. & Carl. 4a p.c. pref Lan. & York. 6 p.c. stock Do. Barnßl.st£s 2s 10d. e Do. 6 p. c. (East Lan.).. 'Do.4§ p. c. (Blackb. pur. Lon.&l3rig.sp.e.eu. No.I Do. 5 per cendo. No 2 Do. 6 per cent. 46...... Do. 5 per cent. do. No. 4 Do. 44 per cent. d 0..... Do. 44 p. c.'pref. shares Do. 7 per cent pref. stk Do. 6 p.c. do(W.E.&C.P.) Do. 4 p C. st. (div.def.lll'6s , Do. 4 per cent. pref Lon.Chat.&Dov. sp.c.pf., Do. West. Ex., B, 6 p. C. 1)o. Metrop. Ex. if, e p.c. Lon. & S. W., Coy. Nuneaton, 5 per cent. Lon. & S.West. 7 p. cent. st., late 3d shares Do. 4.4 per cent Do. (Prtsm. perpl. aims 2s 6d 124 12i . . of 28 6d Londondy. & Cole. 1 she i.ondony. & Ennis. 1 she ,Man. Sh. & Lin. 5 per ct. Do. £6 Do. 3 per cent. ........ Do. redeem. 6 percent... Maryport & Carl. 4 pr. c. Do. 4& per cent . ... I Midland Con. 6 p. c. stk. Do.Con.Bris.& Bir. 6 p.c. Do. 41 p. c. pref. stock.. Do. 4l per cent. .... • I Do. Leic. and Ilit4per ct. INlciflk. sp. c. Ex. at. 18461 Do. 51 p. c. Pref. st. 18171 Do.sWay.ValEx.st.lBl7 Nort British, 5 per cent. Do. New flllft. percent... Do. Bor. Un. g. prf. shs. Do. do. do. N th.Dvn.ll ail. &Dck.Co. N-East. Cons. pref. 4 p.c. Do. 41pr. ct. redeemable Do. G. N. E. 4 p. et. pre( I Do . Berwick 4 p. c. pref. t Do. Leeds 6 p. c. No. 1 IDo. do. Quarters, 1848.. Do. York, Ft. & S. Porch. North Staffordshire.... ymney Guaranteed.. I Sottish Central. new pt Scottish North-Eastern 31 p. c. pref. stock.... Do.A herd een,gua.6p.e Do. 7 p. c. pref. stock South Devon, Ann, 10E4. Do. Fixed 41 per cent South Eastern (Reading Ann., 1.0 6) Do. 4 per cent Do, Fixed 41 per cent South Wales, gua. 4 p. c. Do. 41 per cent I)° ' do. 1859 Do. 5 per cent. 8. Yorkshire, 4 p. c. gua. Do. S P. c. gua. Stock. & Dar. A 5 1 , Do. P, 6p. c Do. C 6 p. c Watrf d & Tinny, 6 p . c W. 31 id Do .- Oxf let dogua stk . 2d Do. Newport 5 p.c. Ptred Do. Perpet.6 p. C. 1866. DO. fill 18691 10. 6. Paid.( Closing Business Prices. Done. 91 93 2( 6 6i 4 21 1101 103 10? 110 106 108 123 125 81 83 112 111 Can. Gov. 6 p.c.Ja. Jzjuly 1877-9 Do 6 p. cent.lBBo-21 Do. 6 p. cent.lSB3-4 Do. 6 p. c. Feb.. Ace ' Do. 6 p. c. Mar. & Sept Do. 5 per cent Cape G.lTope, o p 0,1880 1 Do. 18901 N.B.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja..&July I Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct. N. S.W. Gov. 5 p. c., 1866 Do. 5 p. c.,1871 to 1876, Do. p.c., 1888 & upwdvl Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p. c ater7lnr,r,, 1875 S. Aus,G6p.c.lB7&& up , Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja. &July Do. do. 6 p.c. Ap.&Oct 1 111 113 89 91 115 116 110 112 103 105 107 100 97 99 98 100 83 90 89 91 102 101 91 10 17 18 104 74 76 20 201 10 10 15 15 136 138 101 103 112 115 112 115 136 136 112 115 152 155 127 130 73 75 91 92 112 114 131 14 126 128 I pm 68 70 1 iPm 137 139 102 104 92 94 109 111 107 109 1 lipm: 99 101 98 100 die par idis ipm 22 23 132 136 10 104 2,1 21 100 102 100 102 9S 100 85 88 271 28i 31 33 31 33 42 45 124 126 121 123 100 102 118 122 115 120 6.4.0 9.16.4 10 at 10 7.4.0 55f 17s 6.8.6 8.12 4.11.8 1.10.6 9/ 2. 11i 1.14.0 9.18.9 11 10.6.7 54. G all 18.1 .4 .5 1 2719.1 13s 6d 7.1 1.7.2 'OLONIAL GOVERNMENTSECU DOCKS. 105 108 1106 109 106 109 96 f 8 107 1( 9 107 109 103 1,5 97 09 96 98 96 98 104 106 'IC4 1I stock , Commercial lOO stock Do. 4 per Cent.Pret.3lin lOO stock East and West India ' 120 i 123 125 stock I Londo*• . lOO 58 61 stock St. Katharine. , 100 60 63 stock Southampton lOO stock Victoria ..... 100 20 Di New._ --....5.... 2 . 95 97 li id [O2 1; 21 2 d 78 ?I I 67 THE SUN, LO NDO N, FRIED A VE Ni NTG, JAN UA RY 3. 1862. THE MAO AZINES. The Dublin University. " The House by the Churchyard" is continued at some length, and increases in interest as it proceeds. In this division the ladies appear more prominently on the scene. Mervyn is most unjustly treated, as his friends listen to some reports and then seek to cast him off without explanation, "Aunt Becky" makes what mischief she can by her inuendoes and insinuations, altogether proving herself so tiresome that it is a relief when Miss Magnolia forgets her own manners in censuring those of her opponent. There is much to amuse in this tale altogether, and the accounts of the disputes that abound in the various circles that we meet with display much knowledge of human life, and considerable ac quaintance with men and manners in general. In the article on " The Disrupted Republic," we weet with much worthy of consideration, and some car rect remarks relating to the ton© adopted and the views taken on the other side of the Atlantic. In speaking of the evil influences that abound, the writer thus forcibly animadverts on the conduct of the journals : THE AMERICAN PRESS. " In the business of depraving the American mind, the press of that country has done its part but too well. In none of the crises that have occurred during the long struggle antecedent to this disruption, have the public writers of the States been on the side of moderation and good sense. They have laboured, as with a malevolent consistency, to widen differences and embitter them with personalities. A style of language has been used by them which would not be tolerated in any British journal, which is, in fact, unknown out of America. A New York _Herald in London, were it possible for such a literary enormity to exist there, would simply be a national disgrace. In the manufacturing districts it would be a political incen diary, worse than ten Fergus O'Conn rs, or a score John Brights. The English people are thoroughly cured of any silly notion they may have been inspired with in favour of Americanising our institutions, and if they would perma nently ward off such a calamity, let them take heed that their journalism do not become debased. The country whose organs of opinion are excitedly employed in the effort to provide stimulating food for the inordinate appetite of a diseased public, is near 'ro anarchy and disast e r. Wh en the American problem has been somehow settled, and the Northerners get time to consider the lessons their sad ex perience will have taught them, they will, no doubt, make sweeping changes in their political system. It is already proposed by many, to abolish the licentious principle of universal suffrage ; but even before this is done, it will be wise to consider what they may do to elevate and purify their daily press." " A Chinese case of Breach of Promise of Marriage," is a very strange sketch, and as it is re p resen t e d as literally translated, it will doubtless interest some. The conclusion arrived at by the Mandarin was a very correct one on the whole, and the Sharps both by name and nature were caught as they deserved to be. There is a well-written essay on the respec tive merits of Alexander Smith and Gerald Massey. The palm is awarded to the form er " H ence f or th while our estimate of his brother-poet hangs rather on the past than the present, Mr. Alexander Smith may point to his last achievement as a triumphant answer alike to the prayers of impatient f, m rien il d drito s, n a g nd n theth etaunts of unsparing foes." , Barrister," cpmmences a new story, that is written In an animated manner, and the fix into which the hero is pinnged will give rise to some stormy and sad scenes in the next chapters 9f the t a l e . I n a p aper on " Tamhauser and Plagiarism" this poem is vindi cated from the charges brought against it in certain quarters, of being indebted for some of its thoughts to other brains than those of its author's. The defence is very ingenious, and those readers who have entered at all upon the vexed question will do well to peruse this criticism on critics. " William Henry Seward," is the sub ject of the last article, and of course attracts notice at present. It etates i n ver y emp h a ti c language that there is probably no American citizen more execrated throughout the United Kingdom than the honourable senator whose nam e we p re fi x i to the present article. It s not to be expected that Mr. Seward can be the hero of the A mer i can mo b, and, at the same time, retain the respect of the in telligent classes of this country. Further on, it states that " We are prepared and can bid him do his worst. It will be the adder biting the file. Young America wants to be taught the sobering lesson that we have learned during a :schooling [which began at Hastings and ended at Waterloo." In speaking of the future of America, it is observed that " She has to create for hers e lf a b a l ance o f power and a comity of nations. She will divide and sub-divide into several Republics, which will settle down at last into law-fearing, boundary-keeping States. The god Terminus has as yet no altar in America. The squatters who hunted off the red race have entered on their possessions with loose notions of treaty boundaries of natural frontiers, and a respect for rights, above might. We shall never teach them these things, but they will be forced on them by their own divisions." There is another " draw" from " Peter Brown's Black Box." It is written in a spirited manner, as most of the contributions of its:author are ; the tale in itself is not, however, quite so attractive as usual. There are other subjects of interest, as the article on " Alexis de Tocqueville," which is one of those biographical sketches for which this magazine is so celebrated. At the beginning of the contents we meet with a suitable allusion to the death of the Prince Consort. Orley Farm. The St. James's Magazine. of the Prophet Smith." It takes a fair view of the question, and expresses just contempt and indig nation for the mixture of sacred subjects with human depravity. " A Heart Struggle" is con cluded. It is a most painful sketch, and jars on the mind of the reader. Really, it seems a pity that storytellers cannot invent something that can excite and interest without trenching on such hor rors. "Aurora Floyd" is another new tale that begins with the New Year. It commences in a vigo rous manner, but the narrative will evi dently be full of mystery and fraught with troubles, as the heroine is a most unsuitable 1 style of damsel, and has already in her 19th year, become skilled in deceit, treachery, and perhaps worse. "London Poems" has for subject " Christmas in the City." It is written in a suitable style, and contains some good thoughts. " The Morals of the Decade" gives a lively resume of the changes that have taken place of late years. The greatest advantage is ascribed to the effect of the Exhibition, as will be seen from this passage:— Our theory, then, is, that the ameliorations which we have pointed out, and many others besides, are to be ascribed to the influence of the Great Exhibition of 1851, which awakened us all to a new life, and set before us new objects of ambition, and a wider field for active life than we had ever dreamt of before. If we are correct in our deductions, the result is a literal and remarkable illustration of the familiar precept of the Latin Grammer :—" Fideliter dedi eisse artes emollit mores, nec sinit csse feros." And if so much has been accomplished by this new engine of civili sation at the outset of its career, retarded by the friction of a fresh start, what may we not expect to see ten years hence, now that it is about to derive fresh impetus in the midst of its increasing force and speed I A tribute is offered to the memory of the de parted Prince in the following verses. Without being remarkable in any way, they are above the average, and the spirit that animates them seems in accordance with the universal sentiments of sympathy and sorrow. IN MEMORIAM. Dec. 14, 1861. Across the breadth of all the land, A sudden stupor, worse than grief; A nation mourning for its chief, With woe too new to understand. Life's noblest climax barely won, Where manly power and wisdom meet The track of youth's receding feet : And, lo I the Princely race is run. Too short for England and for us I Too great a loss, whenever lost : But lost to-day, when needed most : It is not strange we mourn him thus. Oh, widowed Sov'reign I drowned in tears; Oh, orphaned children I new bereft— Take comfort that the Lost has left A record of unsullied years, A stainless life, a golden age Of quiet virtues new to kings, And greatness shown in simple things • A story with no blotted page. In this, how deep a comfort lies ! In this, God sanctifies our grief; And sorrow, chastened by Belief, Turns skyward when a good man dies. M, E. B. The commencement of the second volume is full of interest. Poor Mr. Furnival, clever lawyer though he be, is checkmated by his jealous spouse, and his annoyance is the more because her suspi cions in the present case are groundless. Lady Mason pays him another visit at his chamber, and he endorses young Orme's advice to break off the marriage with Sir Peregrine Orme. John Ken neby, the former lover of poor Mrs. Dockwrath, pays a visit to Hamworth, where, in spite of Miriam's advice and his own resolve, the crafty Dockwrath contrives to turn him round her finger. Ws subsequent courtship of Mrs. Smiley, his sister's friend, is a fair specimen of the simplicity of some weak-minded men, and his cha racter is brought out forcibly by the contrast of the determined and self-willed Moulder, who, al though a kind and affectionate husband, will have his own way, coute qui coute. The concluding chapter, in which Lady Mason tells the chivalrous old baronet the dread secret, as the only means of breaking off the ill-advised marriage, is written with great feeling— " ' In doing this I shall gratify my own heart, and also serve you in your great troubles. Believe me, I have thought of that,' " 1 know you have, Sir Peregrine—and therefore it cannot be.' " But therefore it shall be. The world knows it now ; and were we to be separated after what has past, the world would say that I—l had thought you guilty of this crime. "' I must bear all that.' And now she stood before him, not looking him in the face, but with her face turned down towards the ground, and speaking hardly above her breath. " ' By heavens, no ; not whilst I can stand by your side: Not whilst I have strength left to support you and thrust the lie down the throat of such a wretch as Joseph Mason. No, Mary, go back to Edith and tell her you have tried it, but that there is no escape for you.' And then he smiled at her. llis smile at times could bo very pleasant ! " But she did not smile as she answered him. Sir Peregrine,' she said; and she endeavoured to raise her face to his but failed. " ' Well, my love.' " ' Sir Peregrine, I am guilty.' " Guilty! Guilty of what ?' he said, startled rather than instructed by her words. " Guilty of all this with which they charge me.' And then she threw herself at his feet, and wound her arms round his knees." We look forward with interest to Sir Peregrine's answer to such a crusher to his hopes. A very interesting paper on " The Repose of Nature" opens this number, and discourses on the winter sleep of squirrels, dormice, and similar animals. The editress continues her story of " Can Wrong be Right ?" with her accustomed ability. It is very original in plot, although painful. The unfortunate Mildred loses all her beauty by an attack of small-pox, and is so much altered that her husband speaks to her, but does not recognise her. An explanation seems, however, to be at hand, and the reader is left in expectation at an exciting moment. The story of "The Tracy Family" is brought to a conclusion, which is not much loss, and there is the first part of a tale which promises interest and ability, entitled "A Tangled Skein." For more solid contents we have an article on " Pneumatic Despatch;" a paper on " The Pilgrim's Shell," by J. Emerson Tennent, author of the cele brated work on Ceylon ; and some remarks on the defences of British North America. Mrs. S. C. Hall commences a series of " Sketches of Irish Character," which is likely to enhance considerably the attractions of the magazine. Molly Candy, the heroine of this first instalment, is a good-natured Irishwoman, who disguises herself as a good for-nothing idler of the neighbourhood, and so proves an alibi fir him on a trial for smuggling. The sketch is full of Irish fun and wit, and the success of Molly's device is amusingly told. " Cosy Nook" has its customary pleasant words for little people, and the poetical contributions consist of some mournful verses by the author of " John Halifax," and a spirited boat song for the Naval Reserve, by Thomas Hood, jun. The New Monthly Magazine. There are two papers on America in this part; one of them discussing the propriety of rectifying the frontier of British America, the other on the affair of the Trent. They are both worth reading, and neither of them are very favourable to the pre tentions of our Transatlantic friends. The story of "The Shadow of Ashlydyt" is .ontinued within terest, and this fourth part chronicles some very important incidents. The reader will regret that one of the most attractive characters disappears from it, and her death brings fresh sorrow on the troubled house of Godolphin. " The Shadow" certainly does not appear without founda tion, since the old baronet's end seems also to be fast approaching. Miss Cornelia Knight's autobiography is the subject of an agreeeable paper which gives a summary of the work and several extracts from it. Those who have not met with it will obtain a good idea of its style and character from this notice. " Granville de Vigne" is proceeded with, and one of its romantic friendships seems likely to come to a happy termination. The insou ciant colonel has, it appears, been haunted by a spectre in the back ground, very similar to that of his friend Granville de Vigne. Nicholas Michell contributes two poems, one on the year 1862, and the other an elegiac tribute to the memory of the departed Prince. " Colley Cibber," best known through Pope's kind assistance to his reputation, is the subject chosen by Sir Nathaniel, who gives an entertaining account of the petty spite displayed by the 18th century men of letters. " The History of the French Army" is brought to a close as regards the native regiments, but the history of the foreign auxiliaries remains to be told. Good Words. Edited by Norman Macleod, D.D. Groombridge, London. We congratulate the editor and contributors to this able and interesting journal on having opened a fresh year with unabated merit, and com bining by a happy art, unfortunately very rare, the highest moral and religious tone, with a variety and attractiveness not always found in serials de voted solely to the purpose of entertainment. With such writers as Sir David Brewster, Archbishop Whately, the editor himself, Dr. Stanley, the Rev. J. Macduff, and many others, the standard merits of the work cannot be brought in question, while Miss Muloch, Mme. Gasparin, Dr. Brown, and many others, contribute papers no less fasci nating than profitable. We are glad to see the initials of an essayist who has attained some cele brity added to the list of authors, and A. K. H. B•'s brief essay is by no means the least profitable of the contents. The author of " John Halifax, Gentle man," begins a tale of domestic life entitled, " Mis tress and Maid," which bids fair to be full of into- BRITISH POSSESSIONS. I?Paid. Closin g Price. 281 992 41 4I d Itailways. ;Atlantic & St Lawrence IBom.,Barod att.Cent lnd I 1 Gu. 5 per cent.. Do Do. Buffalo and Laae Huron iDo. New IDo. Preference ...... ' Butralo,Brant,&Godrich 6 p. et. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 Do. do. July 1, 1873 Do. do. June 1, ii 7J Cicutta.,vS. Eastn. (1,i,, ) Cape, Eastn.Prov. (Lim.) ICapeTown & Dock Seri/ ,Ceylon Guarantd. 6 p. c Demerara Eastn. Bengal gu. 5 p. East Indian, go. 5 p. c. Do. F Shares Ext Do. Jubbulpore Do. 4i p e. Debentrs Do. 5 p. c. Deb., 1864 Do. 1865-1870 Grand Trunk of Canada Do. 6 per cent. Pref Do. 2d Pref. (1 per ct Do. 6 per ct. Debenti Do. 7 per cent. 1862 Do. do. 1867 Do. do. 1872 Gt.lndiaPenin.gua.sp.c Do. New g,ua. 5 p. c Gt. South.of India (Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. Do. do. Gt. 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In a paper on the defence of Canada, it is suggested that the most efficacious way to protect the long boundary line will be to secure the command of the lakes, and to this end that we o ug ht t o s end o u t a l arge number of shipwrights and trained labourers to build a flotilla, to hold the Americans in check. Under the head of "The Naval Warfare of England and America," the reversal of the position of the two countries since the war of 1812 is clearly ex plained. " The Great Shipbuilding Firm at White hall" contains some sharp strictures on Admiralty management, and ridicules some of its short-com ings. But although there is no doubt great room for impzovement, England's navy is in a far better state of efficiency than it has been for years past. The American Difficulty is treated:with great ability, and the writer on this subject treats our braggadocio Transatlantic friend with the con tempt he merits, and recalls to him some unpleasant facts relating to the last attempt at the invasion of Canada. In fact, he declares by inference, if not openly, that the American is a bully and a "coward. They have moreover a desperately incurable habit of swagger and lying about the commonest achievements, which incapacitates them acting, since they seem to gain the same satisfaction and results by the cheaper method of blustering and swaggering. When not engaged in pursuit of the almighty dollar, their whole life may be summed up in the word —whittling. From the preponderating force with which the Americans might have been supposed to be capable of attacking Canada in 1813, a reasonable doubt might have arisen as to the capability of resistance en tho part of Canada. In that at tack the Americans shewed want of skill, courage, and every other requisite of success, and—they failed. The first expeditions were badly conducted. The sick list of a force of 2,500 men amounted to 1,800. The form of the sickness was gangrenous—such as, in the opinion of the chief medical officer, was occasioned by damaged grain and bad provisions. The expedition, consequently, came to nothing; and the sickness was stated to have been caused by the villainous conduct of the commis saries or contractors, who sold the sound provi• sions to the enemy, and fed their own troops with damaged grain and putrid beef. The generals were derunfi h t t i e in d for th r e t A h e n i e r e i o a m a n m s ans fought d, wt n ewh iothunwonted exception ; n vigour aei u andn resolution at Chippewa and Fort Erie, but these were iso lated efforts. The defence of Washington, when captured and burnt by General Ross, with a small British force, was despicable, and scarce worthy of the name, and shows, among other things, that the Amer cans are not a patriotic and hard-fighting people. A motive of strong force is ne cessary to make them do their duty well and like soldiers ; the presence of this motive, in the shape of General Andrew Jackson, caused us disaster at New Orleans; the absence of it brought about the rout at Manassas the other day, when regiments marched home on the eve of battle, because their time of service was up, just as they did in the old revolutionary war,and in m ore recent times . nM exico. The general who com manded at New Orleans, and who is now canonised as a na tional hero, was a man of promptitude and decision. He was imperious and peremptory, and gave the citizens—who were willing to compound with the enemy for the safety of their cotton—to understand that, though ho had not a suffi cient force to resist the British without their assistance, he had still force enough to burn down their city, and that he meant to do it. They knew him to be a man who did not threaten vainly, and as they found they could not save their cotton bags without fighting, they made a virtue of neces sity, formed them into breastworks, and from behind this cover repulsed the British with the greatest slaughter, in the shortest time that stands on record in modern warfare. The determination to resist, with a comparatively weak force, was the act of the general. The troops or militia had little to do with it ; and no meritin the action except that, under the cover of their cotton bags, and the eye of their determined leader, they used their rifles with murderous precision. As a proof that they do not fight desperately, when there is a way to retreat, they abandoned an island in the river without reason, or even an adequate resistance. A paper on the " Gambia Colony and the late Baddeboo War" contains matter of interest. A chapter on " Our Artillery under its New Organi sation," reviews the present state of preparation of our batteries. Temple Bar. There is a new story commenced in this number called "Captain Dangerous," by the author of the " Seven Sons of Mammon." It is not easy to form an opinion from a first instalment of a work. It is hardly so promising a tale as its predecessor, but it bears traces of that smartness which distinguishes all that writer's productions. There will be sufficient di versity of detail to satis'y the most scrupulous, as we are informed that the story tells strange adven tures of Captain Dangerous, who was a soldier, a pirate, a merchant, a spy, a slave among the Moors, a bashaw in the service of the Great Turk, and died at last in his own house at Hanover-square. There is an article on the Mormons, called " In the name 3.2.10, 100 j 100 f 1011 20 981 9 llf 104 4 10 4 10 74 RITIES. 971 8 102 104 1 } rest. There is an astronomical paper and a nautical sketch, an article on indigo, and an old Scandina vian legend. Those who have not yet seen this serial cannot do better than take this New Year's ',umber as a sample, when they will admit that it realises Herbert's remark, which is also its motto-- " Good words are worth much and cost little." The Cornhill. In Philip's adventures the character of General Baynes is well exemplified : wiih all his bounce he cannot combat the common-sense of his brother-in law, and Airs. Baynes, tiger though she be, has to knock under to her sister. Madame Smoleski comes out in grand relief in contrast to the worldly mother ; and her kind and affectionate care of poor little Charlotte shows that Mr. Thackeray, however cynic, 1.a3 a strong appreciation of human nature. "An Election in Australia" gives a fair sample of political contests in the antipodes. The struggles of Brown, Jones, and Robinson continue, but despite the advertising Gnergy of Robinson, the firm is on the eve of a col lapse. The attack of Robinson on the phlegmatic Brisket is highly ridiculous, and the magnanimity of the outraged Knight of the Cleaver is capital. Number ten of Birds-eye Views of Society repre sents a dinner down the river, and is executed with the talent which characterises its predecessors. Agnes of Sorento is c mitinued, and an article on the Quadrilateral contains matter of interest. Beeton's Publications. Messrs. Beeton's serials begin the new year with spirit, being more than usually attractive. The hristmas Annual is especially fascinating, with its gorgeous illuminated almanack, and its plentiful provision for seasonable pastime, as well as its rival to the German Tree in the shape of a Christmas Snip. The Illuminated Bible is continued with unabated excellence, and the copious notes render it especially suitable for a Family Bible. The Englishwoman's Domestic Magazine has invincible attractions for all fair needlcwomen, as besides a charming pattern for Berlin wool work and the customary useful sheet of patterns, it gives two pieces of muslin traced ready for em broidery, with full instructions for working them. The patterns for dressmaking are likely to be very serviceable to those nimble fingered ladies who have not leisure or means to devote to fancy work. The second volume of The Boys' Own Library contains the history of a ship boy who became a Prime Minister, by William Dalton, The Boys' Cwn Magazine has plenty of attractions for boys, and is published at a price which puts it within reach of every schoolboy. Bonze Pets and Garden Ai anagement are continued as usual, and the first part of Beeton's Dictionary of Science, Art, and Literature promises to give us a very compre hensive and useful work of reference. Baily's Sporting Contains a portrait of Mr. W. G. R. Gratwicke, and a biography of that patron of the turf. " The Dunce of the Family" is continued, and the interest is maintained. " Winter Quarters" by Scrutator, contains useful information on a par with the author's general productions. Number nine of "Wild Sports" relates to Australian hunting. " The Biter Bitten" relates to Mr. Rarey and his friends and emulators. Our Van and general sporting news of the month are furnished. MISCELLANEOUS. Le Follet has its customary plates, whose ele gance of style and taste in colour give some at tractionsto the most absurd and unbecoming toilettes. The literary portion is nearly all poetical, which is at least a novelty.—. Newton's London Journal has papers on two interesting subjects, namely, " Trade Strikes," and the bearing of " Illumination on Art Manufactures." It gives the usual list of recent papers and reports of scientific societies, which in this instance includes the proceedings of the British Association. A Threepenny Magazine has entered the lists of cheap serials, but does not show much superiority to its competitors. The Illustrated Dublin Journal, Duty's .Hibernian _Magazine, and Weldon's Register, are all ani mated and entertaining journals of average merit.— The National Magazine and the Sixpenny Magazine belong to the same class, but are of a higher standard.--The Musical Times gives with the new year's number Novello's " Hallelujah Chorus," together with a portrait of that distinguished musician. The Lifeboat has a spirited picture of the wreck of the Homeward Bound, together with Mr. Michell's expressive verses. The destruction of the Scarborongh lifeboat is naturally a principal subject in this number. We must not omit to nctice a new serial, entitled the Industrial Maga zine, devoted to the interests of tradesmen and artisans. ENGLISH ADVICE'S FOR AMERICA. The following is the list of steamers which have left this country since the departure of the Europa, City of Wash ington, and Jura, the news of the arrival of which in Ame rica has reached this country per Africa, viz..— Date of leaving When duo in Steamers. England. . America. America .. Dec. 7 Dec. 21 City of Edinburgh „11 .... Arago „ 11 „ 24 Nova Scotian .. „12 .... „ 22 Niagara .. 2 , 14 .... „ 27 Borussia ~ 18 „ 31 Etna .. .. Norwegian .. Asia .. .. „ 18 „ 19 ~ 21 •• • • „ 30 .... Jan. 2 The America passed Cape Race Dec. 18. General Scott went out in the Arago. It is probable that letters from Mr. Thurlow Weed, who came to Europe with General Scott, were sent out in the Arago. It is likely also that the despatches of Mr. Adams, the Federal Ambassador in London, and which would determine the period for the reply of the Federal Cabinet to the demands of Lord Lyons on the affair of the Trent, went out in the Arago. The views of France, Austria, and Prussia, on the Trent affair, must have gone out in one of the above-named steamers to their respective Ambassadors at Washington. The news of the naval and military preparations of England would reach America by the steamers in question. The Nova Scotian and Norwegian would stop at Portland, the Niagara would call at Halifax, and stop at Boston. All the other vessels were bound direct for New York. It is possible that the news carried out by all the steamers reached New York and Washington, ♦ia Cape Race, from two to three days earlier than the dates on which the vessels themselves were due. MEXICAN BONDHOLDERS. The annexed memorandum, from the Committee of Mexican Bondholders, affords particulars of much interest, not only to the creditors, but to all inte- rested in the affairs of Mexico : The Committee of Mexican Bondholders have received advices from Mr. Whitehead, dated Mexico, the 29th of November. Sir Charles Wyko had on the 21st of Novem • ber concluded a treaty with the Mexican Government, of which a precis, as transmitted by him to her Majesty's Go vernment, is subjoined. The Mex ican Congress, however, on the following day, at once rejected it by a majority of 15 to 19. With respect to the impending foreign interven• Lion, nothing is talked of in Mexico but resistance to the last, in consequence principally of the antipathy of the Mexicans to the Spaniards. The intention is to dismantle Vera Cruz entirely, and to remove the armament to the passes and gorges of the interior, which was actually being done at great cost. Colonel Pickett, the confidential repre sentative of the Southern Confederacy, had been treated rudely, in consequence of a dispute with an American of the North. He claimed diplomatic immunities, which were refused to him, which may lead to disagreeable consequences if the Confederate States should prevail. From the letter of our agents in Vera Cruz, of the Ist ult., it appears, however, that they have since voted the abrogation of the decree of the 17th July, enacting the sus pension of payments. Prccis of treaty between Sir Charles Wyke and the Mexican Government. -------- Art. 1. Conducta and — Legation robberies to bo repaid by assignments of 10 per cent. of duties known as "Majoras Materiales." Art. 2. Interest to be paid on bondholders' claim at 6 per cent., and on Conducta robbery at 12 per cent. per annum. Art. 3. All treaties, convention, agreements, and decrees of 14th October, 1850, and 23d January, 1857, existing here tofore, to continue in full force and vigou r. Art. 4 settles the marner of paym ent of such sums owing to the Convention and bondholders as were in the hands of the custom louse authorities at the time of sus pension, by decree of 17th July last, together with interest thereon at 6 per cent. per annum. At t. 5 secures the inter est of the French Co nvention and the ar g ran a g o e t l a ofby Admiral Penaud, the British a arr fte e r ar t s h d e upeaoynmoetnhterocflawimhis as which Con vention Bondholders shall be augmented 2 per cent. Art 6 gives the British consuls and bondholders' agents at all the t orts in the republic the real bone fide powers o intervention without outraging the national feeling, as would have been done by the means proposed by the ulti matum. Art. 7 secures the due and punctual payment to thebond holders of their proper share of the duties to be paid on every cargo arriving, in a manner that has never been be fore obtained, thereby saving the immense loss inflicted on them by the irregular way in which these payments have hitherto been made to them. Art. 8 settles the date from which the above assignments_ shall commence (the 10 per cent. for the robberies a once, the bondholders on Jan. 1, 1862). Art. 9 frees the Mexican Government from the responsi bilities of a debtor from the time the assignments are paid to the agents in the ports. Art. 10 stipulates that in all concerning either the ap pointment of interventors with fuller powers, or the payment of assignments such as those above alluded to, no advan tage shall hereafter be accorded to any foreign nation that is not by the same act also accorded to her Majesty's Go , vernment. THIRD EDITION• SUN OFFICE, Seven o' clock. EIRE AND LOSS 01 ?ERRE LIVES. THIS DAY. This afternoon a fire broke out in No. 6, Fountain-court, Strand, inhabited by poor people. Mrs. Howlitt, who occupied the second floor, left her four children in the house while she went out to work. The eldest boy, having occasion to go below the bed, struck a lucifer match which set fire to the bed clothes, and than ran out of the house, but the flames spread so rapidly that all egress was cut off fr.= the others who were in an ad joining room, and before assistance arrived they perished in the flames. The engines having arrived the fire was extin guished, but not before the first and second floors were completely burnt out. The remains of the three children, Lizzy Howlitt, Frederick Howlitt, and Rebecca Howlitt were afterwards collected together and placed in a shell. An inquest on the bodies will be held to-morrow. ACCIDENT AT ST. MARTIN'S HALL. LOSS OF LIFE. This afternoon a frightful accident, attended with loss of ife, occurred in St. Martin's Hall, Long-acre. The building having been engaged for the purpose of giving a series of concerts by the Rumsey and Newcomb's Minstrels, from the United States, was in course of deco ration for the performance, and three large sunlight chande liers were in process of being fitted by the men in the em ploy of Messrs. Defries. In order to fix the chandeliers it became necessary to construct what is termed a hang ing scaffold, and Mr. Prince, of Finsbury, was em ployed to perform this portion of the work. The scaffold hung about 10 feet from the roof, which is 40 feet from the ground, and this afternoon seven men, named G eo. Standing, John Linfield,W m. Gowell, Wm. Sabey, Pat rick Cocklin, Edward Stevens, and R. Wood were engaged on the scaffold securing the large centre tube, which acts as a kind of chimney to the chandelier. About half-past three, without the slightest warning, the lower scaffold poles, across which some boards had been placed to form a temporary flooring, gave way, and six of the men were precipitated to the ground, a large portion of scaffolding falling on them. By a most miraculous circumstance, Stevens, the foreman, at the moment the scaffolding gave way, seized hold of one of the small iron rods, about 12 inches in length, projecting from the funnel of the chandelier, and was left hanging thereto in a most frightful position. The conster nation caused by the accident amongst the other workmen employed about the place was terrific, and the first thought of every one was to extricate the poor fellows from beneath the poles and planking that had fallen upon them. While this was being done Stevens was seen hanging from the roof, and three or four minutes elapsed before a ladder could be so arranged as to enable him to save himself from impending death. Most fortunately, by the utmost exertions, Stevens was rescued from his perilous position; and as soon as he reached the ground his first act was to render all the assistance he could to the six poor fellows lying bleeding on the floor. Sergeant Holmes, of the F division of police, happened to be in the building, and, without the slightest delay, he had the sufferers conveyed to the hospital. Standing was taken to Charing-cross, and Linfield, Gorwell, Sabey, Cocklin, and Wood to King's College Hospital, where every aid was instantly given to them, In a very short time after his admission, Wood, who was the permanent gasfitter engaged by the lessees of the hall, expired from the severe injuries he had received, and it is feared, from the dreadful wounds of the others, that death will ensue to some of them. The cause of the accident at present appears to be the overweighting of the scaffold, which, in the opinion of some of the parties present at the melancholy occurrence, was of too weak a character to bear the weight placed upon it. LONDON GAZETTE.—(This Evening.) ADMIRALTY, DEC. 28. Corps of Royal Marines—First Lieut. Geoffrey Mairie :o bo Quartermaster, vice Burton, promoted. BANKRUPTS. Robt. Rowe Knott, clerk, Strand John Harper, fruiterer, Dudley Edward Searson, Ripley Joseph Holtham, builder, Swansea Thomas Robeits, groqer, Llanolly Thomas Huggari, bootmaker, Bradford John Caldecott, batter, Chester Thomas Blanshard, glass dealer, Manchester Wm. Middlewood, joie er, Stretford Solomon Freedman, builder, Canton, near Cardiff Frederick Smith, carver, Oxford Albert Szlumper, tailor, Birkenhead James Sadler, jun., horse hair manufacturer, Norwich Charles Edward Townshen, beerseller, Norwich William Paul, innkeeper, Old Catton, Norfolk Mark Coss, butcher, Sheffield Richard Parkin, herring dealer, Sheffield John Whittaker, farmer, Radcliffe William Dixon, spirit merchant, Shotley-bridge, Durham James Moore, glass cutter, Birmingham James Withers, commission agent, Birmingham Henry Felsted, Standon, Hertfordshire George Kilby, farrier, Oxfordshire Thomas Cobbold, watchmaker, Brighton Joseph Shaw, farmer, Staffordshire George Osborne, bootmaker, Sheffield Wm. Turner, grocer, Sheffield Win. Goodwin, straw hat maker, Covenry Stephen H. Dean, butcher, Lenham, Kent Wm. E. Morris, clerk, Dudley Robert Dawson, innkeeper, Carlisle Samuel B. Flint, trader, Great Driffield James Larkman, blacksmith, Norfolk Joseph Thomas Grant, carpenter, Wilts James 'Weston, timber dealer, Gloucester Sarah Skinner, provision dealer, Exeter Thomas Parker, Lincolnshire John Fairbrother, licensed brewer, Hertford; George Ellis, grocer, Staleybridge, Cheshire John C. Seipp, mining agent, Lincoln-street, Mile-end Moritz Heyman, dealer in fancy goods, Stratford Matthew Plews, auctioneer, Hampstead E. Mansell and G. Elliot, auctioneers, London William Grattan, shoemaker, Chelsea George Russen, carrier, Croydon Thomas Jones, cap front manufacturer, Cripplegate William Vyoyan, ensign, Southwark Charles Mieville Brown, farmer, Adbolton, Notts Thos. B. King, sen., commercial traveller, Northampton George Wilder Cocks, plumber, Poole Alexander Gordon, C.E., Whitehall o C r ro c b il erwell T R h ob om er a t s L ß id e d d l s e o l n ow , m , c a a n r u p f e a n c te tu r r , e N r, Daniel Howard, beershop_keeper, Battersea Joseph Church , farmer, Harlow, Essex James Cotton, innkeeper, Wilts Win. Barker, foreman to a builder, Wokingham Benj. Blake, riding master, Surbiton, Surrey Henry C. Cooper, violinist, Salisbury-street, Strand James Ell, baker, Copenhagen-street, Islington Adolph Goldstandt, commission agent, New Peckham Thos. Ortewill, photographic apparatus maker, Islington George Thos. Mercer, lute of Hampstead-road Mary Allcock, widow, Hulme John M'Hale, late of Bacup, Lancashire Henry George, Newport, Monmouthshire John Buckingham, publican, Stoke Climsland, Cornwall Henry Darch, Devonshire Wm. Steele, Sneyds Croft, Staffordshire Joseph Sheldon, quarrier, Fawler, Oxfordshire Charles Sills, horse dealer, Uxbridge Edwin H. Keighley, lighterman, Wharf-road Luke Peace, shoemaker, Portland-street, Walworth a u l t e h r, am o p er to r n ard -street, Soho Richard Makey, grocer, Providence - road, Old Ford AlfredAlfHenryre d S R E. G r Williams, ° ri P t P t n baker, Salisbury engr pictureaver, dealer, Henry P. Cook, coachbu ilder, Romford Wm, Crane, shoemaker, Marion-street, Hackney-road Thomas Newby, traveller, Albert-ter., Camden-town John Cooper Leeson, engineer, Wilmot-st., Russell-sq. V era Dawson Hunt, agent, Strannaer-place, , Maida-vale Benjamin Cotton, licensed victualler, Shadwell SCOTCH BANKRUPTS. John Patterson, teacher, Inverness. John Orr, farmer, Lanarkshire Hugh Anderson, coal merchant, Paisley John Docter, wood merchant, Perthshire John Dick, farmer, Lanarkshire James Allan, merchant, Glasgow COURSE OF EICHANGE.—This DAY. Amsterdam Ditto Rotterdam — 11 19 11 19k Antwerp . 25 52k 25 57k Brussels — 25 52k 25 57k Hamburgh — 13 71 13 8k Paris Ditto Marseilles _ _ __ 1181 14 45 14 45 321 Frankfort on Maine Vienna Trieste Petersburgh Berlin Madrid Cadiz Leghorn — 25 75 Milan — 25 67:1 Genoa — 25 671 Naples . — 398- Palerino — 11E4 Messina Lisbon —51 a. Opo r to — 51/ Foreign Gold in Bars (standard) .. • • )/ Mexican Dollars Silver in Bars (Standard) ..... ,•• • • ff South American Doubloons ........ It 1181 14 60 14 60 321 484 481 25 821 25 771 25 39 771 1181 119 521 521 £3 17 9 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 It appears that the amount raised by Gove r nment for, fortifications during the past quarter is £350,000. This was obtained by the creation of terminable annuities, which are supposed to have been absorbed by the savings banks. It is thought that about £1,000,000 has now been raised out of the £2,000,00 0 originally authorised, 6 61 Share 100 Btk. 18 20 204 10 100 17i 20 stock 20i 20 100 100 100 stock stock stock 20 stock stock - I I