The Sun. — London, England, 1862-01-22 00:00:00

THIRD EDITION. SUN OFFICE, Six o'clock. NAVAL 71E1:Li-CRAW:. The following appointment was made at the Admiralty ib is evening : Assistant-Engineer H. W. Hart (acting 2d class), to the :Imperieuse, for disposal, - rice Stewart. VONET 1 1 1A:REET AID CITY NEWS. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. There is stilt an abundant supply of money, and - the ro.tes of discount continue easy. Owing to the facilities oZered in the open market, the inquiries at the Bank of England continued limited. The an n"ial meeting of the London and County Manking. Company will take place on the 6th prox. for the declaration of a dividend and other business. The 'half-yearly meeting of the National Discount Comps ny took place to-day, at which a report was read showing that the gross profits for the six non the ending the 31st ult. were £43,123 125., and aftc r making allowance for bad and doubtful debts, the directors recommended an increased dividend tsr, the proprietary, viz., at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum free of income tax. There is a decrease of £2,700 in the traffic receipts of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway for the past w eek. Tio Indus from Alexandria brings £1,350 in epee; e. N. o material alteration took place in the Foreign Ex changes yesterday afternoon. Gold is now about 2-10ths per cent. dearer in P aris than in London, and 3-10ths percent. cheaper lere than in Hamburg. There was more activity in the Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday, owing to an export demand for t3hipment to the Federal States, and prices were Firmer. The sales were fully 4,000 bales. A further sum of £40,000 in gold was withdrawn front the Bank of England yesterday. T he Bank of France has reduced its rate of dill cou.nt from sto 4} per cent. _ _ 'The directors of the Bank of Amsterdam have alvo lowered their rate—viz., to 31 per cent. There was a meeting to-day of the creditors of Mr. Frederick Meyer, trading as Charles Ogleby and Co., oil merchants, &c., of Lambeth. The balance sheet presented showed that the liabilities amount to £53,244, and the assets to £58,443, leav ing a surplus of about £5,200 in favour of the debtor. The statement presented was regarded as favourable by the meeting and a resolution was ngr eed to appointing a committee to investigate the affi tirs of the estate, and to report as to the best mode of dealing with the estate. At the meetiug of the London and Mediterranean t•+? , ain Navigation Company, held to-day, the director's report was adapted after a long dis tussion. T'ne market for Public Securities opened firmly at the improvement established on the preceding akernoon. Consols are 92; 93 for money and the Ct h pro7;imo. Business is very quiet, speculation being very much curtailed. The New Threes and the Reduced are firmer at 92k 1; Exchequer Bills, Mareb, 17s. prem.; ditto, June, 20s. ; India 5 per cent.. Loan is 1051 ;, being steady. Itsther more business has been transacted in the Foreign Market, and prices tend upwards. Twrkish. 6 per Cents. are 831 ; ditto, 1858, 731 74- 1; Mexican have advanced to 29k ; Spanish to 53 ; ditto Deferred to 43 ; ditto Certificates to 6i ; Venezue lan to 241 ; Dutch to 651; Buenos Ayres are 91, and the Deterred 311 1. The Moorish Loan is 4 t Sa p'reni. The operations in the Railway Share Market have been of a more active character, and prices genr.rally exhibit increased buoyancy. Eastern Counties, Great Westerns, Lancashire and York shire, North Western, and North Eastern (Berwick) be,ve advanced 5s ; Caledonian, Brighton, Midland, d South Eastern, 10s.; and South Western, £l. The Foreign and Colonial undertakings continue in moderate favour at steady rates. South Austrian and Lombardo-Venetian realise 19; Dutch Rhenish, /6k ; Grand Trunk of Canada, 21; East Indian, 101 ; and Great Indian Peninsula, 100. Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares have r ontinued in fair demand, London and West- Ininster improved 10s.; Chartered of India, Aus tralia, and China, 55.; Van Diemen's Laud shares, k owever, have receded ss. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. 13anic Stock .`6 pear Cent. Reduced Annuities 921 1 i 2 per Cent. Consols Annuities Il'ew 3 per Cent. Annuities 92 i Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 — Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 l5 9-16 India Stock Ditto 5 per Cent. Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent B6i Ditto 5 per Cent Ditto 51 per Cent Ditto Debentures, 4 per Cent., Oct., 1863 100 Ditto ditto April, 1864 991 Ditto ditto Aug. 1864 or 66 100 991 Dit in Bonds 0,000 Ditto under £3,000 Consols for Account, Feb. 6.. 93 2k kndia Stock for Account, 5 per Cent .. March. June. Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO 2d.... 22 Ditto £5OO Ditto Small — FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. :Brazilian 5 per Cent I )il to 41- per;Cent, 1860 Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent Di' t o Deferred, 1 per Cent. 3l/ 1 :Equador New Consolidated Zexican, 3 per Cent Ditto Account Grimada Active Ditto Deferred Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853. Ditto Account . ardiniau 5 per Cent. Ditto Account :Spanish 3 per Cent Ditto New Deferred Ditto Account Ditto Passive Spanish Cert. of Coup. not funded Turkish 6 per Cent Ditto New Loan Ditto Account Ditto £lOO Bonds' "Venezuelan 3 per Cent Ditto Account .. . .._ . Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 2A-, per Cent., Exchange 12 Guil... Ditto Account Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861 . 63} I THREE O'CLOCK. Consols, Money Dit tt, Account MIS DAPS SHIPPING. LoNDorr, Jan. 22.—Wind this day at neon—South "Westerly ; moderate breeze and fine weather. PLYMOUTH, Jan. 21.—Wind E.—Arrived—Ellen Peard, from Demerara; Gorpen Vleet, from Havannah. Sailed— lier Majesty's ship Revenge, for Queenstown; her Ma jesty's ship Warrior, for Lisbon. CARDIFF, Jan. 21.—Wind E.—Sailed—Mary Ann, for N.S. CLYDE, Jan. 21,—Find S.E.—Arrived—C. F. O'Brien, from New York. NEWPORT, Jan. 21.—Wind E., with snow.—Arrived — Gleaner, from Hamburg for Callao. Sailed—Thornhill, for Halifax, N.S. TILE PRICE OF GOLD. The quotation of gold at Paris is about 3 per mille prem., and the short exchange on London is 25.20 per £1 sterling. On comparing these rates with the English Mint price of £3 17s. 101 d. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is nearly 2-19ths per cent. dearer in Paris than in London. By advises from Uamburg the price of gold is 4251 per mark, and the short exchange on London is 13.56 per £1 sterling. standard gold at the English Mint price is, therefore, about 1-10th per cent. dearer in London than in Hamburg. The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight is 114/ to 115 per cent.. At these rates the im portation of gold from the United St a t es yields about the same profit as it did previous to the suspension of cash pay ments in America. SEVERE SNOW STORM IN SCOTLAND.--A Crieff correspondent writes—This district has been visited by the severest snow storm which has occurred since the memo rable storm of 1837-38, which lasted three months. On the moorish and high grounds between Muthill and Braco, the snow on Sunday was 15 inches deep ; in the western districts, about Lochernhead, the fall amounts to about 18 inches, and about the Sma' Glen and the road leading to the Highlands, the depth is still greater. riThe Journal de Frankfort says—" A master . shoemaker of Weschiehlah, district of Dux , has rourde:da his wife and three children—a girl of 16, a b" P jf and= infant of six months. After having de`.:patched his victims by blows with a hammer *. he cut their throats. All the corpses were found in the beds of the deceased except that of the young girl, who was tied to a piece of furniture by her hair. The assassin, who has not yet been taken, had 'written on the t a bl e w i t h chalk—' Debts and misery are death,"' Share 1 i Railways. 13.14 ; Bir., Wol., and Str. Val 25 !Blyth and Tyne 10 Bost.,Sleaf.,and st +Bristol and Exeter st ;Caledonian 50 IC ,rir and Bandon 20 !Cornwall 10 Do A gets no div I (A 10 !Do. B ti 6p c.p an.has been paid to B. 50 ;Dublin & Belfast June.! 25 !Dun.,Perth,& Ab. Junc st !East Anglian st !Eastern Counties st 'Eastern Union, A stock st Do Bdo do 25 ; DoNw A, late E U 3ds st 'East Suffolk ; sz dinburgh & Glasgow. st &lin., Perth, & Dundee,, et !Glasg. and S. Western., 10 jOreatNrthn.of Scotland st !Great Northern ...... • • ! st Do A stock a t I Do 11 do st ,G t. S. an tW. of Ireland at !G reat Western at Do Str Val ~rua. stock 12 ;Irish South Eastern st l Lancashire & Yorkshire at ;London and lilackwall st IT. on., Bright. ,& S. Coast at !Lon., Chat., and Dover st !Lon. & North Western at !Lon. & South Western 25 IL'derry & Coleraine 25 IL 'derry & st i M an., Shet, & Lincoln. 50 IMaryport and Carlisle. 124 I Do I shares 1 0 !Metropolitan st ! Midland 6.4.0 Do New at Do Birming. & Derby 50 Mid, Gt. W. of Ireland 25 Do. shares 25 Mid Kent 10 Do Cray Line 100 Newcastle and Carlisle 20 Newry, Warnpt, & Ros st Norfolk st North British st Nor.Dev.Rail&Dk.stock at Do A stk ; A recs no d till 6 pc. hae been pdß Do B stock Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do, G.N.E. purchase 1)o Leeds Do York North London Do new North Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junction. Not. Gran. Rl. & Canal Portsmouth Rhsrnney Scottish Central' Scot. N. E., Aber. stock Do Sc Mid. stock Shrews. and Welchpool Shropshire Union Sittingbourne & Sheer South Devon S. Durham & Lane. Un South Eastern ; South Wales 'S. York. and River Dun Staines, Wok. , and Wok. 'Stockton & Darlington Do . • . • Do New, 1860 ;Taff Vale. .. Do Pref. No. 1 Thames If avenDk&Rail 1.71,4er Do Do Vale of Heath Victoria sta. and Pim ;Waterford & Kilkenny IWatrriord & Limerick ;West Cornwall !West London Do Ist class. Do 2d class W. Hartlepool Har. &R. 1 West Midland Oxford Newport]Do Do Hereford LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Leasing Closing Business Railways. Paid . CO. IS Price. Done. .......... Bedford and Bletchley all Ln.&N.W Birkenhead., Buckingh ',7. - ts•hre lOO Do. Chester &11 lyhead.. 100 Do 534 544 Do. 54per cent 100 Do. Do. 5 „ 100 Do. Clydesdale Junction 100 Caledon. 101 103 Colchester, Sttur Val. 100 E.U.&E.O 63 65 E. Lincolnsh. gApr c. 100 Gr. North. 135 138 E.Union,HarwichShs all E,Counts. 4 44 Do. Woodbridge.... 100 • • • • Gls. Barr. &Neils.Dret. 100 Caledon .. .. Do. new Gloster &Dean Forest all Gt. West. .. .. Hull and Selby all Tk.N. Mid 111 113 Do. halves Do. quarters Lancaster & Carlisle 100 Ln.&N.W 200 205 Lon. and Chat. Ext. B 6 per cent Do. Bromley, 6 per c all D 0........ .. • • London & Greenwich 100 S. Eastern 62 84 Do. Frei eren a Lon.,Tilb.& b._ -, ttiend 100 Peto &Co B2 84 834 Lowestoft gua. 4 p c.. 100 Norfolk Do 0 pier cent lOO o.• • • Mnc.,Bxt,n.,& Matlock all LNIV& D • • M 34 44 Mid. Bradford Prefer ence stock Newmarkt, BuryEx I 5. 5. 6. E Counts. par 4 p qua. 5 per cent... 1 Northn.&Eastn. sp. c. all ,Do. Do. 6 per cent..... all Do • • • • Do. Fixed sp. c.... all 'Do. .• .. .. N. Eastn—Hartlepool I , _o N. E. Ber. .. .. North "Western Preston and Wyre. t all L&N.W 1 & L. y k. 3 44 46 Do. 4 shares A. all Do. ••• • .. .. .. Roystn.Hitch.& Shep. 100 Gt. North. 134 137 Shrewsby & Hereford 100 T Brassey 120 122 Do. Do. South Staffordshire Wilts and Somerset lOO Gt. West. 91 93 Wimbledn k Croydon all L.&Brgtn 84 94 PREFERENCE SHARES. Share) Railways. I Pa id . 1 Closing 1 Business Prices. Done. Business done 04 100; 100 I Id 1011 1 1 101 1 21 62. 3 OPI i f 100 15 all 100 1 1 1 9 41 I THE WINDBAM CASE. 2 vIARLBOROUGH-STREET. THE SUN, Lt -A-1.,t; WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 22, HO2 Tho Master (S. Warren, Esq., Q.C.), this morning, on taking his seat, said he trusted that during the time the jury and hiiaself would be occupied in arriving at a decision in a case of such momentous importance, no attempt would b© made to impede or interrupt them. It was a most diffi cult task they had to perform, and it would require all their care and attention. Mr. Kerslake, in resuming his remarks on the summing up of the evidence adduced in favour of Mr. Windham, commented strongly on that given by the Llewellins, and contrasted it with that of the Dignums, who, he said, was the most reliable. He thought that the great object of the petitioners had been to damage the value of the testimony of the Dignoms, because they had refused to take side wi►h General Windham. He next referred to what took place on the occasion of young Mr. Windham being in consultation with his uncle and a number of lawyers, in the month of August, rela tive to the disposal, by exchange, of certain por tions of the estate. At that time it did not appear to him that Mr. Windham was consid red a lunatic, and neither, he supposed, was it so considered by the gen tlemen taking part in that consultation, yet it was strange that it had been said by the other side that Windham had been imbecile really all his life. With respect to the life Mr. Windliam had been in the habit of leading, it might be that it was one of vice and profligacy, but then it was not because a man was vici ms and ill disposed that he was to be considered a lunatic. Mr. Windham's marriage might be considered unfortunate, and a thing to be regretted, but he looked upon it as an act of infatuation, and Mr. Windham was not the first person in the world who had given way to such a thing. Persons very much superior to his station in society had been guilty of acts of a similar nature, and therefore he must not be taken as one who had committed an act without parallel. (The learned gentleman was addressing the Court when we went to press.) LAW INTELLIGENCE. —(21d8 Day.) COURT OF PROBATE AND DIVORCE. 'Before Justices Wightman and Williams, and the Judge Ordinary,) SHEDDON AND SHEDDON V. PATRICK. This morning Mika Sheddon made an application to the full Court to reconsider the whole of the evidence and the decision that had been already given in this case, which was adverse to her father, William Patrick Sheddon, who claimed to be the son of William Sheddon, of New York, who died in the year 1798. The whole question resolved itself on the fact as to the legality of the marriage of the grandfather and grandmother, according to the laws of Ame rica. The case was fully heard, and occupied a fortnight before the full court, when the judgment given was agairst the petitioners, on the ground that the letter of Nov. 12, 1798, was not a genuine document. Tho petitioners had since presented a petition for a rehearing, on the ground that fresh evidence had been received from America, and Miss Sheddon said she was now in a position to show the court good grounds for the granting her a rehearing of the case. The lady then proceeded to go through the whole of the voluminous evidence adduced when the case was first before the Court, and said she trusted that her application would be granted as an act of compassion, of humanity, an d o f j us ti ce. Miss Sheddon was proceeding with her arguments at the time we went to press. S HERRIFS' COURT. TRADE PROTECTION SOCIETIES AND THE PUBLIC.- IMPORTANT DECISION.-DOO Y. WOODS. This was an action to recover £lO damages, alleged to have been sustained through the improper collection of a certain debt, plaintiff Writ a grocer of Cambridge, and defendant proprietor of a trade protection society, known as "Wood's Mercantile Informant and Trades' Guide." The facts of the case appeared to bo these :—Plaintiff was induced, by a person named Thomas, to become a sub scriber in defendant's society, which, as an equivalent, con tracted to "collect debts." A person in Ireland owed plaintiff £lO 9s. 6d., and plaintiff put the debt into defen • dant's hands. Defendant's agent in Ireland collected the debt, and received 9s. 6d. in cash and a cheque uncrossed, drawn upon the Downpatrick Bank, and payable to " Doo or bearer," instead of "or order." Defendant's agent en closed in a letter the cheque and a post-office order for the 9s. 6d., but the letter was alleged to be stolen in transitu, and some person had cashed the cheque. Under these cir cumstances plaintiff sought to recover damages for the loss of the cheque. Mr. Gibbons, for the plaintiff, urged that it was not pro per upon the part of the defendant's agent to receive such a cheque as the one in question. It Was useless to plaintiff in Cambridge, and it could not be said that defendant had used due diligence in the collection of the debt. Mr. Allan (instructed by Mr. Clarke, of Stanley-place, Paddington-green), for the defendant, urged that defendant could not be held liable ; Here he collected a debt, and he forwarded the debt (in the shape that he received it) by post. Surely the Court would not say that of a postman st 'le the cheque defendant was liable. There was the well known case Warwick and Nokes in Roscoe's nisi prius Peake's reports, in which Lord Kenyon had laid it down that the agent was not liable for the loss of the cheque in transitu. The Court held that that case was decided upon the ground that the agent transmitted the cheque in the niodo usual with the parties. Here it could not be said that the defendant had "collected a debt" by accepting a cheque so loosely and improperly drawn that any person might receive upon it. It was a hard case upon defendant, but plaintiff must have a verdict with costs. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.) TIE "INQUIRY Donors."—Patrick M'Namara was eharged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with being concerned with a woman, not in custody, in stealing a purse containing some silver from the pocket of Mrs. Harriett Rowbotham, of No. 8, Greek-street. Mrs. Rowbotham said—O n the evening of last Monday week she was crossing Greek-street, and a man and woman came up and asked the way to Euston-square station, and then to Museum-street. She told them as well as she could, and they appeared to doubt the way, and said they had been directed the reverse way. The prisoner is the man, and altogether she was at least from five to eight minutes in conversation, and she could not get rid of them, so offered to point the way to Oxford-street, going out of the way to do so. She then felt a sudden jerk at her side where the man was—the jerk being so sudden that it moved her, and she felt the man's hand pass behind her towards the female. As soon as she got to Soho-square she said " Hero is a policeman, and ho will direct you rightly," and ho did so. The man and woman then went on, and after wards she thought their conduct very strange, and on feel ing in her pocket missed her purse containing some silver. She saw the prisoner again last night. Mr. Lewis cross-examined the prosecutrix with the view of showing that she was not certain as to the prisoner's identity, but she said she was certain the prisoner was the man. LANDING OF 7HE TROOPS AT ST. JOHN'S, NEW BRUNSWICK. FREDERICTON, NEW BRUNSWICK, Jan. 5. 77.11 S DAY'S dfARKETS. CORN EXCIIANGE. Mrs. Rowbotham—The man was on my pocket side. Mr. Lewis—Then he got on the right side of you. (Laughter.) Robert Hallen, 31 0, proved that on the night in ques tion the prosecutrix called to him to direct a man and woman—the prisoner at the bar was the man. The man asked the way to Museum-street, and he directed him. About 10 minutes after she came back and told him that her pocket had been picked, and she believed by the man and woman. Sergeant Joy, 9 C, apprehended the prisoner from a de scription he received from the prosecutrix. He was in company with thieves at the time. He said he (Sergeant Toy) was wrong, but would go to the station. The prisoner was put with others, and she identified him, as also did Hellen. Mr. Lewis addressed the magistrate on prisoner's behalf. Sergeant Joy said he wished for a remand, as there were other cases, and prisoner had been convicted. Mr. Tyrwhitt refused to deal with the case, and c mmit ted the prisoner for trial, THE INEFFICIENT BLOCKADE OF THE SOUTHERN PORTS. The English funds, in the face of the increasing ease in the discount-market from the influx of gold to the Bank, continue with a heavy tendency. The fact that, if France or any other Power should demand the concurrence of England in disavowing the inefficient blockade of the Southern ports by the Federal fleet, it would be difficult to find a logical plea for refusal, is apparently the main considera tion that'induces the public to look cautiously at future contingencies. The evidence seems complete that, if the present nominal blockade is to be re spected, the provision of the Treaty of Paris that a blockade shall not be recognised unless it be real must be looked upon as cancelled, and an impression prevails that this result would be distasteful to all statesmen who recognise the claims of commerce and civilization. The meeting of the French Cham bers on the 27th inst., and of the English Parlia ment on the 6th of February, may be followed by some important declarations on the subject. The initiative is thought likely to be taken by France, since the effects of the cotton dearth are more severe upon that country than upon Great Britain, where a great compensation is found in the impulse given to India. At the same time, it is seen that this country can have littlt inducement to forego joining in an imperative enforcement of legal principles, as the popular and almost universal cry in the Federal States seems now to be that every advantage which can be gained, whether from success at home or from the forbearance of foreign nations, is to be hailed as a means of hastening the time when the Trent affair can be " avenged." Still, notwithstanding this consideration, tho feeling here would be in favour of leaving the Washington politicians to work their own way through their anarchy and bankruptcy undisturbed by foreign reclamations, if it were possible to do so without a sacrifice of prin ciple.—Times' City Article. Great credit is due to our newly-appointed Lieu tenant-Governor, the Hon. A. H. Gordon, for the prompt steps taken by him for the reception at St. John's of the troops destined for Canada. On hear ing of the probable arrival of the Australasian and other transports, and there being no existing ac commodation for such a force as the vessels were likely to contain, the Lieutenant-Governor at once assumed a responsibility not strictly belonging to him, being one of a purely military character, and, in the absence of a qualified military officer, gave immediate orders for the commencement of the necessary works. The Volunteers were called on for sentry and fatigue duty, and with a hearty good will they responded to the call; nor were the city and inhabitants of St. John behindhand in the alacrity and liberality with which they performed their part. Buildings were at once placed at the disposal of the Government. It was late on Sunday when the works were commenced, and by Tuesday night, and before the troops arrived, quarters for nearly 3,000 men were provided, completely and comfortably arranged, each man having a separate crib, with bedding, shelves and benches, arm-racks, pegs, and everything in perfect order, ready for the soldier and his kit. The exertions of the Lieute nant-Governor and the energy shown by him were, it is stated, cordially acknowledged by Colonel Kennedy, commanding the Military Train, on his arrival at St. John's from Halifax, whither he had been despatched by Major-General Commanding the Forces to see to the due provision for the expected troops. In fact, all worked with a will ; and, while the forethought, energy, and good sense of the Lieutenant-Governor are highly praised, the earnest, loyal, and generous spirit that animated every class, even to the workmen engaged, is a sub ject of honest pride to us all, and ought to serve as one among the many hints now being given to our neighbours of the thorough anti-Yankee feeling that pervades the entire population of British North America. There was a very small supply of English wheat on sale here to-day, and the trade ruled firm for all qualities, at quite Monday's quotations. _ _ . In foreignlN heat a fair business was transacted, and late currencies wore well maintained. The supply on offer was somewhat extensive. Floating cargoes of grain changei hands to a moderate extent, at full prices. __ Barley moved off heavily, at Monday's decline in the quotations of is per quarter. Malt was in slow request, at late rates. Good and fine oats were steady in value ; but low and damp parcels were a dull inquiry, on former terms. In beans and peas, a very moderate business was passing. yet no change took place in the quotations. The flour trade, though far from active, was firm, at ful prices. MR. MA SSEY, 711 E AMERICAN WAR. Mr. MAssEY, the member for Salford, addressed a meeting of his constituents last night. The hon. gentleman, after a glance at the past session, re ferred at considerable length to the Trent affair and to the civil war in America. He wished he could say that with the restoration of the men seized, all cause of anxiety as to our relations with America had cea se d. But in Mr. Seward's despatch there were propositions laid down in which it was impossible for our Government to acquiesce ; and it was necessary for us te contradict the law, and to say that we would not be bound by it. We were told " You are harsh in the construction of the American case. This despatch was not written for you ; it was addressed to the Americans." What sort of an apology was that ? (Hear, hear.) Could not the American people be told that they must do that which was right and just ! If it was to be done, must their Government veil it over with some lawless and mean pretence ? He be lieved that no invective applied to the conduct of the people of the United States during this unhappy war was so eensorious,so condemnatory of that people, as this apology by their friends. (Hear, haar.) There was another cause of anxiety. The Northern States had established a blockade of the whole of the Southern coast ; but it had been so done that, according to the law of nations, there had never been an efficient blockade, and it had only been recognised at all through the courtesy and forbear ale° of the maritime States. We had submitted to be deprived of the staple material of our industry, rather than construe too strictly the question of com pliance with the law of nations. Both ourselves and the French had suffered,and he feared were destined to suffer still more, from the blockade. He was re lating no State secrets, forhe knew none; and it was notorious that the French Government had re peatedly and earnestly remonstrated with our Go vernment to join with them in putting an end to that which was no blockade. (Applause.) Our Government, desiring rather to err on the side of what was strictly right and just, than to have any imputation brought against them, had hitherto re sisted the importunities of France. But how mach longer was that to last ? Was this inefficient and paper blockade to be eternally respected ? (No, no.) Were we to submit to be starved ? (No.) Were we to expect our great neighbour, France, to submit to be starved ? (No.) Were we, in this year of 1862, for the sake of favouring a fero cious and frantic civil war, to allow the great ports of commerce to be closed, all the operations of trade to be suspended, credit to be deranged, unoffending persons to be subjected to un paralleled privations, and many of our poorer countrymen absolutely to be reduced to penury and starvation ? (No, no " Three cheers for Mr. Massey.") It would ill become him, who had been connected, in however humble a capacity, with the Government of the country, to counsel his fellow countrymen to precipitate measures; and if he saw any object or purpose useful to themselves, or beneficial to mankind, which could be evolved from this frightful internecine war, he should counsel his countrymen to submit to their privations, and to allow the war to take its course. (Applause, and interruption, which lasted for a minute or two.) An addition had lately been made to the blockade, which materially altered the question ; for it had been sought not only to blockade, but to de stroy the great outlets for commerce. There was now some doubt whether Charleston harbour had been really destroyed; but Commander Davis, who had charge of and sunk " the stone fleet" boasted that in a very short time the port would be destroyed for ever. This was not a blockade, but an attempt to make war upon nature itself—to defeat those beneficent provisions which nature had made for the safety of mankind. If the statement of Commander Davis was true, coupled with the other facts that the blockade was inefficient, and was likely to last for an indefinite period—then, speaking in the interests of peace, and desiring the freedom of commerce, he declared that for the sake of humanity—for the sake of the interests of the civilised world—for the sake of the people themselves who were involved in thin mad, and hopeless, and aimless contest—that it was the duty of the great maritime powers to consider whe ther the time had not come, by mediation and by friendly interposition—(hisses and applause)— to endeavour to put an end to this state of affairs. (Cheers) That was his opinion, and that was the policy ho meant to support in the House of Com mons. (Loud cheers.) THE CLEARANCE OF THE PRISONS. THE QUEEN'S PRISON. IN RE MILLER-THE PRISONER FOR DEBT FOR FIFTY YEARS. At the visitation of this prison by Mr. Registrar Hazlitt yesterday, Captain Hudson, the governor, having reported that Mr. Wm. Miller, the aged prisoner, who has been incarcerated for nearly half a century for a debt which he maintains he never contracted, was too ill to attend before the court, the Registrar proceeded to bear the case. Mr. Miller, on being asked to take the usual oath, said— I object to be sworn, as my examination has been taken before. I cannot agree to these proceed ings at all. The Registrar—l warn you that your refusal will be punished by a month's imprisonment in the com mon gaol. Most of the other prisoners who have been before me here declined at first to be examined but they all eventually submitted with the exec') • lion of one, who will be, consequently, sent else where. The prisoner, after some hesitation, then took the oath, and said 1 was brought to this prison in July, 1854, with the intention of going before a judge, I was not able to go, however, as I lost the affidavits which had been prepared. I attribute my difficul ties to being unlawfully arrested by Joseph Cull, in the year 1814 for a sum of £l,OOO, which I can prove by documents in my possession never was due to him. My property consists of a life interest in houses situated near Christchurch, Hampshire, my native place. I applied for my discharge before Lord Chief Justice Wilde, and should have obtained my liberty but that my documents were intercepted through the misconduct of the sheriff. I have re ceived no rents since my imprisonment. The Registrar —I presume you have no means of paying the usual bankruptcy fees . Mr. Miller —I will not be made a bankrupt. The Registrar—Mr. Miller, I require your sig nature to this examination. Mr. Miller—Sir, I do not wish to be disrespect ful, but I would rather be shot than sign it. I owe no man a farthing, and I am determined not to be made a bankrupt. The Registrar—Your contumacy will cause your being sent to the common gaol, but it will not pre vent your bankruptcy. There is a clause in the , new act which says that where a prisoner is con tumacious, he shall be committed to gaol, and be adjudicated a bankrupt. Mr. Miller—l have read the act, but find that the consent of the party is necessary before he can be made a bankrupt. I will go before a judge and get liberated in that way. Captain Hudson—Mr. Miller, in refusing to sign you are Only injuring yourself. You have often expressed a wish to be released, and no w the n2Foaunrs are,offered you of getting out of p rison. 1 1 ( do bankruptcy is inevitable, and by signing on cument you will avoid much trouble. when you are has been made for your maintenancem oney A provision has been discharged, and I understand someone of it will be subscribed for your benefit ; y b tot hasnleave this place. placed at your disposal until rough a judge's order, through Mr. Miller—Before a fortnight elapsed I shall have obtained a discharge but I have resolved never to be a bankrupt. The Registrar—You ca nnot avoid bankruptcy contumacy__ will be dealt now. You will be brought up before the Bank rwuipthtcyb y C tohuer t o ,w m h w ssioner. er ie sour. you sign yo u w ill get your liber t y forthwith, and you can then pro cureo better air, and many comforts from whi c h y ou ar e at present debarred. Mr. who seemed greatly agitated, per . sisted in his refusal, and the Registrar withdrew. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour. Eng1i5h........ 310 i 50 1 350 I I 270 sacks, Irish .. 1,580 ) F0reign........ 10,000 . 1,200 i 4,350 i sks. 23,740 brls. The following, from New York, contains a neces • nary explanation respecting some recent arrivals of cotton obtained after the capture of Fort Beaufort :—" You will doubtless notice that the Vanderbilt has arrived from Beau fort with 3,697 bales of cotton. This would seem a large quantity, but when I tell you that the bales are small-sized gunny bags, or such as were intended to be used (filled with sand) to build fortifications, not containing over 301 b. or 401 b. of cotton each, and that unginnod' or seed cotton, you will see that it amounts to little or nothing. That re ceived some: time since from the same quarte r w as of like character." D/PL 0 TIC DESPATCH OF THE ITALIAN GOV.ERNMEN2'. We have received a copy of a circular despatch, addressed by Baron Ricasoli, under date of the 3d iast., to the representatives of Italy at the various foreign - courts. The despatch commences with a reference to the discussions in the Chamber of Deputies, and the important decisions as to the finances of the country, at which, after the most thorough investigation and searching criticism, the legislative body has arrived. The vote of confidence in the Ministry is alluded to, rather for its impor tance as again sanctioning the programme which is conducting Italy towards entire unity, than for the gratification it affords to individuals. The practical prudence and firmness displayed by the Chamber is referred to with natural pride, especially as shown in the treatment of the difficult questions of name and Venice. " Thspite," it is said, "the difficulties which we have encountered, the Chatribr has again declared that Rome is necessary to the unity and tranquillity of Italy ; but at the same time it has given its attention to the documents placed before it by the King's Government, and has avowed that the nation is sincerely devoted to religion, and ready to grant with the greatest eagerness the surest guarantees that Catholic consciences can desire for the di gn i ty and independence of the Holy Father. On the subject of Venice the Chamber has expressed itself with equal firmness and moderation. In recommending an armament to the Ministry, it has not sought to provoke any premature conflict, but only to show Europe that Italy seeks to put its forces in just pro portion to the requirements of its position, and that for the rest, it leaves to the wisdom of its Go vernment the choice of the occasions and means which are deemed suitable to realise in an effec tive manner the recovery of that part of Italian territory." The results obtained in so short a space of time, and in the midst of all the diffi culties attached to a state of transformation, show, it is contended, that Italian unity is now esta blished on the firmest basis ; and the altered state of the southern provinces is cited, amongst other proofs, as affording remarkable evidence. The circular concludes as follows : " The construction of railways and of a great number of other public works is in active progress, and while giving employment to thousands of hands greatly contributes to advance the morality and well-being of the people, bringing nearer the time when communications will be facilitated, and more development be afforded to commerce and in dustry. A well-organised postal service by land and sea secures the rapidity of correspondence throughout the Peninsula. The mmy which, if our enemies were to bo bolieved, it was impossible to assemble and keep united, because of the different elements of which it is composed, proves—by its affectionate unity, by its intelligence, by its discipline—that the Italians of all the provinces are well qualified for military life, Finally, the burdens upon our finances are not yet beyond the resources of which this nation can dispose, and Italy will soon show that she is rich and patriotic enough to face all the wants of her national resurrection. If then, an impartial eye is directed to our position and attitude, it must necessarily be recognised that Italy seriously desires its independence, and commands the necessary means for attaining it. Such in reality is our position : and this position I hope will preserve to us our old friends, and acquire for us new ones." ,Blythe and Tyne 10 p.c. pref. issued at £5 Bris. & Exet. 4 p. c. at Do. shares Caledon. qr. shra, No. 2 Cork & Bandon, 5i p. c. ,Cornwall. 5 percent Dun. Perth, & Aber.Jun Do. Ist Class Pref E. Angn. Class A 5 p. c E. Coun. Ex. 5 p.c. No. 1 Do No. 2 Do. new 6 p. c. at ENstern Union. 4 p. c Do. 5 p. c. guar Edin.&Glas.s p.c. shares Do. 4 p. c. guar. S. & t) Furness, 5 per cent Glas.& S.West. gu. 5 p.c Great Northern, 5 p. c Do. 5 p.c.ltedm.lop.c. pm Do. 4i p. c. do Do.sp.c.lledn - ..aMp.c.prn Gt. Nh. of scot. Ist pref. Gt. Sn. & W. (Ireland) 4 per cent Great West. (Perks and Ilants Ext) 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. pref. shares Do. Chester 8 p.c. pf. shs Do. Chester 5 p.c. pf. shs Do. Birm. guar. stock Do. Chester guar. shares Do. do Do. do Lan. & Carl. 4a p.c. pref Lan. & York. 6 p.c. 9tock, Do. Barns]. st£s 2s 10d pe Do. 6 p. c. (East Lan.) Do. 4/ p. c. (Blackb. pur. L on.&Brig.s p. , :t.gu. No.l Do. 5 per c,en,Ldo. No 2 Do. 6 per ceficiis Do. 5 per cent. do. No. 4, Do. 7 per cent pref. stkl Do. 6 p.c. do(W.E.&C.P.) Do. 4p c. st. (diy. def. 11P65 Lon. Chat. &Dov. sp.c.pf.' Lon. & N. W., Coy. & Nuneaton, 5 per cent. Lon. & S.Webt. 7p. cent. at., late 3d shares .... Do. 4A per cent Do. (Prtsm. perpl. anns of 2s 6d Londondy. &Cole. shsi Londony. & Ennis.ishs Man. Sh. & Lin. 5 per ct. Do. £6 Do. 31 per cent, ........ Do. redeem. 6 per cent... YI aryport Carl. 4 pr. c. Do. 44 per cent..... Midland Con. 6 p. c. stk. Do.Con.Bri,s.& Bir. 6 p.c. Do. 4i p.c. pref. at. rdem Do. 4,i p.c. irredeomable Do. 44 per cent..... . . Do.Leic. andllit.4per ct. Norfik. 5 p. C. Ex. st. 1840 Do. 54 p. c. Pref. st. 1847 D 0.5 Way.ValEx.st.lBl7 Nort British, 5 per cent. Do. New g - ua. per cent I Do. Bor. Un. g. prf. shs Do. do. do N-East. Cons. pref. 4 p.c Do. 44pr. ct. redeemable Do. G. N. E. 4 p. ct. pref. Do. Berwick 4 p. c. pref. Do. Leeds 6 p. c. No. I Do. do. Quarters, 1848 Do. York, H. S. Purch North Staffordshire ithymney Guaranteed Scottish North-Eastern 3. p. c. pref. stock Do.Aberdeen,gua.6p.c Do. 7 p. c. pref. stock South Devon, Ann, 10s. Do. Fixed 44 per cent South Eastern (Reading Ann., 1.0.6) Do. 44 per cent Do, Fixed 44 per cent. South Wales, gua. 4 p. c. Do. 44 per cent Do. do. 1859 Do. 5 per cent. S. Yorkshire, 4 p. c. gua. Do. 5 p. c. gua. Stock. & Dar. A 5 p. c Do. B 6 p. c Do. C 6 p. c Watrf d & Kilkuy. _ ist gua stk . IP - -.J. 2d do. ... — , Newport 5 p.c. pf.red . .... Do. Perp e t . 6 p. c. pr. 1866 s t I bo. till 1869 92 94 24 218 6 6i 101 103 100 111 108 110 124 126 81 83 1.11 113 90 n 116 118 112 114 104 106 103 110 97 99 08 100 88 90 89 01 [OO 102 9i lei 17 18 10 11 76 78 20k 20i 10i 10 151 15 - - [34 136 102 104 U 3 116 113 116 136 138 113 116 152 155 127 130 73 75 95 97 1112 114 13t 14 [26 128 I Pm 68 70 tinn 13i 140 103 105 93 95 111 113 109 111 1 liplin all 100 100 100 100 100 3. 13.4 100 102 98 HO i dis par 10s. 10 10. 6. 4 dis par 22 23 132 136 10 11 2 , 1 24 ,, 102 104 102 104 98 100 86 S liP 28 '" 62 31 all 31 33 100 42 45 100 121 128 100 122 125 100 101 103 100 120 124 100 118 I'2l DOCKS. stock - 1 - 00 stoca .1 per Cent.l'ref.3l4 100 stock ;Eat West India 1:30 122 124 stock ........ ..... 1 100 57 59 o tock lidtharine. ........ 100 62 85 S tock ,Southampton ........... ; . 100 97 99 i NOW ti.ve **somas* 2 13 3d D 'i , "l o e , t or i a .. , stcok 94i 4 5 104 19.16.4 12.10 26i 13 20 100 2s 6d' 12i 12 SHARE MARK ET-(THIS DAY). ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Paid. Closing Business Price. done. 74 8 64 7 95 07 104 1044 1041 4 1 42 44 101 111 18 20 54 65 48 52 31 36 91 93 30& 31 101 103 114 115 111 112 132 134 101 106 681 691 57 6) 105 1034 53 60 119 121 45 47 941 95i 96 97 9 11 45 46 ei 7 133 i 134 li 1 11 D 103 105 64 66 64 66 101 i 102 d p 57i b 8 854 90 98 100 41 41 d 101 11 92 93 124 126 42 44 98 100 46 48 37 39 781 79 66 68 97 99 5i 8 3 40i 0 16 p 6 7 p 551 561 2/ 31 * d 88 - 91 127 i 131 1011 d 84 86 47 49 44 46 89 91 !34 105 69a 1 9 95 I I 97i 441 Lsi 134 i 31 BRITISH POSSESSIONS. 'Closing Price. Paid. all 100 all al! all all 100 100 100 all 41 ti 55 CO 00 100] 1i 5 d 6i 7i Railways. Atlantis; & St Lawrence, Born., Barod Vz. Cent Ind Gu. 5 per cent.. Do Do. Buffalo and Laxe Huron Do. New . Do. Preference Buffalo,l3rant,&G odrich ti p. ct. bda. Aug. 1, 1872 Do. do. July 1, 18;3 Do. do. June 1, I , '; Cleat ta.,t S.East u. (Li ) Cape,Eastn.Prov. (Lim.) CapeTovrn ,t Dock Scrii 'Ceylon Guarantd. 6 p. e. Demerara... Eastn. Bengal gu. 5 p. e East Indian, gu. 5 p. c. Do. F Shares Ext..... Do. Jubbulpore Do. 44 p c. Debentrs Do. 5 p. c. Deb., 1864 Do. 18G5-1870 ;Grand Trunk of Canada Do. 6 per cent. Pref Do. 2d Pref. 6 per ct Do. 6 per ct. Debentr Do. 7 per cent. 1862 Do. do. 1867 Do. do. 1872 G t. Indi aPc nin. gua.sp.c Do. New gua. 5 p. c Gt. South.of India (Lim) guaranteed 5 per cent. Do. do. f:IV, of Canada Shares' Do. New Do. 6 p.c. '73 wittil opt Do. 5i p. c. do. '77 do 1)0.54 p. c. do. '7B do Madras guar., 5 p. Do. do. 5 per cent Do. 41 p. c. Extension Do. 44 do.. • • - - • • Me!b.Corp. 6 p. o. Bnds. Newßrunswick do Canda Class A Capital Share Do. do. Land do.: Do. CT(); B Capital d 0... Do. do. Land do. ...... Oude (Limited) ........ Scinde .......... 4 4.: Do. Punjaub .... LI gl, Do. Do. ........ ea ci Do. Indus. St. Flo. • ? c ,g. Trinidad (Lim.) Scrip.. 99 100 101 102 99 101 101 102 101 102 21 22 62 1 , 5 50 61 34 37 38 42 32 35 32 34 99i 1001 pr 00l no ilk Ilf 9 Of 95 98 £3 92 99 100 92 91 5 7 4 6 101 101 pr 91 98 8 Id BOROUGH HOP. Good and fine hops are in steady request, at full prices; but inferior qualities are a dull inquiry, at about previous rates. WHITECHAPEL. The supplies of meat aro moderately extensive, and the grade rules somewhat inactive, as follows : Beef, from 2s 8d to 4s 2d ; mutton, 3s to 4s 4d veal, 4s 0(1 to 5s Od ; and pork, 33 3d to 4s bd per Blbs. by the car • case. BRUTAL MURDER.—A murder of a very revolt ing character has just been perpetrated in the house of an Irshman in Mary. street, Aberdare. The name of the mur derer is Thomas Carroll, and the victim is a young man 24 or 25 years of age, named Patrick Bansfield. B Jth are natives of Ireland. The circumstances are as follows is the habit among the disorderly classes in the mining dis• tricts for men to club together to purchase beer before the closing of the publichouses on Saturday nights, and then to take it to one of their houses, where the carousal is pro longed far into the Sunday morning. Liquor having been obtained in this way on Saturday night and stored at the house in Mary-street before mentioned, the deceased and Carroll sat drinking, and some quarrel arose between them. Words were followed by blows, and the two men at last fought. After some blows had been exchanged they closed, when Carroll was observed by a woman who lodged in the house to take out a knife,with which he stabbed his antago nist several times in the left breast. Bansfield staggered forward, groaned heavily, and threw up his hand, and it was then observed that blood was gushing out from the wounds so rapidly that in a short time the floor WAS covered with it. The persons present at once lent assistance, and the wounded man was carried off to bed. Medical aid was procured and the police were called in. Police-sergeant James, of the Glamorganshire constabulary, was speedily on the spot, and, finding what had oocirred and the dan gerous condition of Bansfield, he at once took Carroll into custody. Mr. Rees Mills, surgeon, did all he could for the unfortunate sufferer, but his wounds were mortal, and he died in about 10 minutes after Mr. Mills arrived. A post mortem examination was subsequently made, from which it appeared that Bansfield had received six stabs, three in the face and three on the left side, one of which had pene trated the heart. On Monday the prisoner was brought before Mr. E. C. Fowler, the stipendiary magistrate for Merthyr. Mary Brien, wife of Patrick Brien, de pos'ed that the prisoner, the deceased, and some others who lodged at her house in Mary-street, Aberdare, came in about 12 o'clock on Saturday night. While the deceased was having his supper, he asked the prisoner to consent to a marriage with his daughter. The prisoner re plied that he would not, and the matter dropped. Some time afterwards beer was sent for. While it was being drunk the deceased and prisoner began disputing, and after a time they commenced fighting. Ellen Driscoll a' ated that, hearing the scuffle, she got out of bed and same down stairs, when she saw the prisoner draw his knife and strike the deceased with it on the left side of the breast. Her husband was trying to part them, but the prisoner made a rush past him and stabbed the deceased. She saw the knife in his hand, and had seen him with it before. It was a sort of dagger-knife, and had a guard and spring back to it. The deceased groaned and then staggered into the bedroom, where he died in a few minutes. The prisoner went out shortly afterwards. Wit ness followed, and saw him with the knife still in his hand. Ho said, " If any one comes within reach of my arm, I'll rip him open." He subsequently returned into the kit chen, and was feeling in his pockets'as if to find his knife, when Driscoll and the others seized him. P.S. Matthews said the prisoner was brought to the police station on Sunday morning and charged with the murder. He was much the worse for liquor. He said, Oh, ser geant, this is a bad job ; I'm sorry for what I've done. Mr. Rees Mills, surgeon, stated that there were six w?unds, one of which had penetrated the heart. The priso.ner, who declined to say anything in defence, was committed . for trial for wilful murder. THAMES. DARING WATCH ROBBERY ON TOWER•RILL.—John Crawley, a well-known thief, about 21 years of age, with a Jewish cast of countenance, from the robbers' colony of Fashion-street, Spite'fields, was brought before Mr. Wool rych, charged with stealing a silver watch, value £7, from the person of Neal Delany, a mariner. The prosecutor said that yesterday (Tuesday) afternoon he was passing over Tower-hill when he saw two men fighting. They were surrounded by a mob of low charac ters. He attempted to separate the combatants, and at the same moment the prisoner and another man pressed against him and jammed him close to the railings which surround the Tower moat, and hurt him very much. Ho called out can't you let me pass ?" to thieves ruffians,ve s cu " ti L n e u t e t d n e p rpass;essi n g against him, and the p: ironer made a violent snatch at his watch, possessed him self of it, and handed it to his companion, who ran away with it. He seized the prisoner, who said, " There is the man that has stolen your watch," and pointed to the man who ran away. He retained fast hold of the prisoner, and secured him until a police-constable arrived. His watch was worth £7. The bow of the watch was broken by the force with which it was snatched from his pocket. Mr. Edward Clark, master mariner, confirmed the state• ment of the prosecutor. Child, a police-constable of the H division, said that he was on Tower-hill and saw a man ho knew to bo a thief running fast. He was not then aware a robbery bad been committed, and did not stop him. A few yards further on ho saw the prosecutor and the prisoner struggling, and then learnt a robbery had been committed. He knew the man who escaped well, and should be able to secure him if the prisoner was remanded. Mr. Woolrych asked if Tower-hill was not a notorious place for watch and handkerchief robberies ? Child —It is, sir. A great many robberies have been committed there. Mr. Woolrych asked the prosecutor how long he intended to remain in London, to which he replied eight or nine days. The prisoner was remanded for a week, FOREIGN RAILWAYS 20 Algerian 10 Antwerp & Rotterdam all 61 64 1 20 Ardennes.... ....... all —p 20 Bali.&S.Fran..Lim.7 p.c. 15 5 B l elgian East. Junction all f 20 Beziers to Graissessac all Carmeaux Mine & Rail 30 10/ 111 100 copiapo all 10 Ditto Extension 20 Dutch Rhenish 20 Eastern of France 20 Grand Rue Guar. 6p. c all 20 Do. do. all 20 Great Central of France all 20 Ut. Luxem., Con. shs all 91 94 94 20 Italian Junction 20 Lierrc & Turnhout 20 Lyons & Geneva 20 Namur & Liege 20 Do. 6p. c. Pref. 16 Northern of France— all gef 391 16 Do. New Shares 15 10 Norwegian Trunk Pref. all 8 10 20 Paris,Lyons, & Mediter. all 41 42 20 Parrs & Orleans.... 20 Recife &S. Fran. (Perm) ua. 7p. ct. lim l9 31 31d 20 Iliga & Dunaburg 20 Royal Danish all 12 15 I 5 Royal Swedish ....... all 4 Do. 7 per cent. Pref all 20 ISambre & Meuse 10 Do. 5k per cent. Pref all 9 Of 91 lj 20 San Paulo, lim, g. 7p. c, 6 I 4 20 S.Anat &Lomb Veneiin 18 4 lip ;19 26 Southern of France all 261 271 20 S. East Portugal 7p ct 7 - - 84 West Flandern 10 Do. 51 p. c. Preference.. all 9f 101 20 W. & N.W. of France .. al 1 21 22 20 Wes t , rn of Austria.... 6 20 Westurn of Switzerland all -- 6 Wiesbaden 6 Do. 8 per cent Pref all 20 Zealand BRITISH MINES. ---- Alfred Consols (Philack) I 1 21 British Iron Clifford nil 28 30 Devon G. Cons. (Taoist } 1 380 890 East Bassett (Illogan) 3O 50 524 East Caradon «1 1.6 295 305 301 34 E. iV'l Russel (Tavistk ) 7.7.0 21 21 101 Gam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen ) 561 16 is Great South Tolgus l7s 35 4 G.Wheal Alfa. (Philack' G. Wheal Vor (lielston) 40 51 64 Grenville 6.15.6 11 2 11 Herod's-Foot 8.12 38 40 II ingston Downs 4.14 21 31 Lady Bertha Margaret (tiny Lelant) 9k 42 44 North Downs 2l 51 55 Frances (Mogan • 12.3 2 1 - IN.Wh'I Basset (1110 ;an) 2.0.0 24 31 I North Wheal Crof ty I Par Consols (St. Blazey) 15 7 8 20 Providence (IJnyLelnt.) 10.6.7 41 43 - I Sortridg - e Cons. Min. Co. 1 !South Caradon(St.Cleer) 11 320 330 S. Carn Brea (Illogan) 3.11.6 31 4 I S. Dev. Iron &G en., Lim. all 1 1 IS.Wheal Fran. (Mogan) 18.1' 4 .4; 110 120 Stray Park 27 19. 29 31 5 Tamar Silv.& Lead Min. 41 1/ 2 10 Tin Croft 9 71 7/ Vale of Towey (Carm ) 13s 6.1 f 1 West Basset (Illog - an) ll 13 14 W. Caradon (Liskeard) 5 46 68 West Seton Wheal Basset (Illogan)i 5/ 876 021 Wheal Buller(Redruth) 5 ' 75 85 - ,Whctii Edward (Cals.) 71 11 21 Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) 1.7.2 , 75 85 !Wheal MaryAnn(Men.) 8 l5 16 IWhealTrelawney (Lis.), 7 16 17 FOIt,EMN MINES. 20 Australian 1 BonAccord Copper,Lim all 4 5 Brazil Laud & Min.Co all 1 11 1 Clarendon Cons.MinCo die. -- 40 Cobre Copper all 34 36 Copiapo 1 I DunMoun.Cop.Ming.Co ail 1 1 3 East Del Rey (Limited) 1 4 2 Fortuna. . all 11 2 20 General all 23 24 2 ;Gt N. Cop. of S. Austr lpr p 2 11 11 Kapunda (Limited) 1 1 1 1 p 3 !Linares all 75 8 85 5 , Lusitanian 2 4 d pr 1 IMariquica all k 1 I N. RhineCopof S.Aus.L 6 a 4 20 IPontgibaud Silver,Lead I Mining and Smelt... all 2 4 5 Port Philip 1 15 11 1 'Scottish Austrin. (L.) los. f lipm 14 20 St. John del Rey (L.) l5 62 65 65 654 28.2.81 United Mexican 1 ,Worthing (Limited) 1 all 4 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Can. Gov. 6 p.c.Ja. &July 1877-9 lOO 108 1(9 lOB Do 6p. cent.lBBo-2 100 1071 Do. 6p. cent.lBB3-4 100 - Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug. 100 109 111 Do. 6p. 0. Mar. & Sept. 100 109 111 Do. 5 per cent lOO 98 99 -- Cape G. Hope, 6 p c,1680 100 108 110 Do. 1890 100 109 ill N,B.Gov. 6 p.e.Ja. &July 100 101 106 Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct. 100 N. S.AV. Gov. sp. c., 1806 100 07 99 991 Do. sp. c.,1871 to 1876 100 93 98 Do. d0.,1858 & upwdw 100 96 98 971 Nova Scotia Gov. op. c sterling, 1875 lOO 105 107 S. Aus,Gop.c.lB7B.& up lOO Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July 100 102 101 1021 3} Do. do. 6 p.c. Ap.&Oct lOO 1041 105 1 1011 541 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 100 g - ra&UnitedService Bk 60 85 87 40 Xustralasia all 65 67 1 68 25 flank of Egypt all 22 23 100 Baak of London 50 British North American all i5O 52 20 Chtd.Bank of India, &o. all 21 211 214 25 Ch. Mer. of In. Lon.ez Ch. all 33 85 100 City 100 Colonial 20 . 11 Corn. Bank of Canada all 20 Eng.. Scot., & AllB. Ch all 19 191 20 Gen. Bk .of Switzerland all 20 Lon. Char.Bkof Austral all 251 f 64 251 64 20 Do. new all 251 26 50 London and County 50 London Joint Stock 20 London and S.Airican lO pr .p 101 1 100 London & Westminster 20 72 74 73 100 Nat. Prov. of England 42 20 Do. new l2 50 National 11.1nk ........ 25 20 isle, South 'Wales...... all 25 Orient. B. Corporation . all 53 64 531 20 Otto-nan Bank . all 19 20 100 Provincial of Ireland .. 25 f 5 10 Do. new 25 I South Australia all 25 Union of Australia ,50 lUni,m of London 100 Unity Mutual 6O ... MISCELLANEOUS. 10 Angio-Mcxican Mint all 14 15 10 Atlantic R. MI. Stan (1d) all 1 2 1000 Atlantic Tel. (Limited) all 25 Australian Agricultural 19 28 27 10 Bahia Steam (Limited). 1 —-- 10 Berlin Water (Limited) all 54 51 50 British American Land 40 50 B.&l.Mag. Tel. A. (Lim.) all 29 al 20 Do. 8,7p.c.ti111852 (Lim.) all 18 20 20 Do. C. (Limited) all 9 11 324 Canada Land all 106 104 10 Chan.lslands Tel. (Lim ' ril 10 China & Japan Coast River Steam Naviga. 24 at. Cop.Min.ofEng&Smitg all 25 Do. Pref. 74 per cent all 15 17 at. Crystal PP. Ree St. Do. Pmierence at Do. 6 o ct. Perpet. Deb lOO 101 IC4 10 E.lndia & Lon. Ship A 74 YG Do. B 74 14 04 20 E. India Irrign. & Canal 1 pr Ipm 14 at. Electric Telegraph 25 Do. New l5 5 English & Aus. Copper all 34 24 15 Gen. Stom Navigator) 11 (,) . 1 1 Great Slip Limited).., all , 2 Indian Carrying (Lim.) • w I Do; 174 pct Prefere” 5 Lon. District TP' ,T • ' -a, 20 4 ar L j a G d r o j al ,-- )" 1 44 .as Cot all — ll 14 and Canal 1 24 24 . N. l t d i . o E na x i tc la n i . s. T c e o l : ((LLiimm ; ) al s l iE 5 4 p 20 Nerbu.Coal&lron (Lim ) 5 14 td 10 Netherlands Land all 5 Do.B p.c.Pref..iss.atl dis. all 4 100 N.Br.&NovaScotiaLand 81 10 15 1 N.B.Australasian (Lim.) all 1 14 14 1 Oriental Gas (Limited). all 1 4 14 1 Do. New Shares (Lim.). all 15 14 10 Orintl. In. Steam(Lim.) all 7 8 7}l it. Peelß.Lnd.&Min.(Lim) 100 49 51 51 50 Pen. & Oriental Steam all 70 72 :70 69 50 Do. New 3O 10 12 20 Red Sea&ln.Tel.g.44p.c. all 19 20 50 Rhymney Iron all 17 19 15 Do. New all 5 6 100 Royal Mail Steam 6O 50 52 et. Scot. Austin. Inv.(Lim ) 100 135 140 25 South Australian Land all 33 35 1 Submarine Tel. Scrip all 4 1 Do. do. Regi s t ere d 1 1 0 Do. do :all 4 6 10 Trust and Agency of Austrlasia(lim)lst is. I pr 4 P 20 Tr.& Ln.Co.ofllpr.Can. 5 1 14 5 11. K'domTeL Co. (Um.) 1 14 01 100 INn Dieuvo4'sL Ind 284 910 94 TliE SEASON ANL TilE ARMY. Intelligence through private as well as published channels indicates the existence of severe suffering among the National troops, owing to the severity of the weather. Save in exceptional instances, un provided with winter quarters or fuel, they are ex posed to - the unwholesome effects of the keen cold, without other beds than the frozen ground, or other covering than the regulation blanket: Their case is not so desperately Lard, perhaps, as that of the British army in the Crimea. They are at least sup plied with abundance of warm clothing, and have a liberal Commissariat, food being the producer of animal, if not of artificial heat ; but animal heat, unaided by fires and the comforts of a warm bed, escapes too rapidly to permit the resting or sleeping soldier to retain the active vitality necessary to uninterrupted health. The tent, invented for use in tropical climates, is a wholly inadequate shelter amid such rigours as the present. Its easy carriage adapts it partially to the wants of an army in active motion, whatever the season, but for armies at rest, and at rest in the most inclement of winter wea ther, nothing could be more unsuitable. And what forests or coal-pits could furnish heat to a host of 200,000 men, situate es is the army of the Potomac? It is no matter of surprise, therefore, that the indi vidual soldier complains, and finds no consolation in the assurance that the enemy, coming from a region of perpetual summer, and half clad, half-fed, and demoralised, must be suffering far more acutely than himself. The case is not one of those where the pains of others acts acts as an agreeable panacea for the dissatisfied and ill at ease. But what the army wants—not more greedily, perhaps, than the public—is action ; and its very discomforts are the best guarantee that action is not to be much longer deferred. The Administration is unquestionably realising, slowly, certainly, but quite surely, a judicious and masterly policy. It is not desirable that a great and in fact the decisive battle of the war, should be fought in the neighbourhood of Washington. The National cause has too much to lose by repeating the ill-advised experiment which on the 21st of July placed the National capital, with the archives of the Government, and the prestige secured by holding that local symbol of sovereignty, at the mercy of the rebels, who, had they been conscious of their opportunity, might now be holding their Confederate pandemonium in the Halls of Congress. Confident as it has now every reason to be, of the superiority and capacity of the National army, Government has no disposi tion to stake so large a venture as Washington upon the accidents of battle. The rebels offer no equal wager. The main strength of the insurgents is upon the Potomac. They can hardly be said to have an army elsewhere. To remove that strength `and diminish it by compelling it to retire, is ob viously the only means by which the decisive battleground shall be transferred to a safe distance, and the odds of victory turned unmistakeably in favour of the National arms. But were the Union troops on the Potomac placed in winter quarters such removal could not take place. The rebels would at once seek similar shelter. The sufferings of their unaccustomed soldiery would be relieved ; the spirit of disaffection, now confessed by the Rich mond paper to be almost universal, would be quieted; and with the spring their legions would start up i n readiness to renew the contest for the capital. This of G o e u n t er w a i l th Sc a o l t l t p , r w a h et i i c c h ab G le en ra er p a i! l g Movements are making which result, the dity, will pipsrlecavanersrnyt.in must compel the evacuation of the lines at Manassas under penalty of certain arid irreparable disaster. We have the highest reason to believe that ten days w ill not elapse before retreat will present itself to the minds of the rebel leaders as the alternative of hazards they will never choose to encounter ; and the retreat will be followed vigorously and without pause by the National forces. If, as we do not be lieve, this retrograde movement shall ever have pause enough to render a general engagement pos sible, the rebel army will be in no condition to make a successful stand. They will hare no leisure to. repeat elsewhere the impregnable intrenchments of Manassas; and in the open field, and upon equal con ditions, they have never in a single instance held their own against the arms of the Republic. It is a satisfaction, therefore, to know that the distress our brave fellows are enduring for the moment are an unavoidable incident of a policy which must in sure an early end of the war, and their return to the ease and comforts of peace. There is to be action, and action followed by success. If for a day exposed to the biting discomfort of frost and ill weather, they will be less exposed, only a few days hence, to decimation on the battle field. To advance now would be to cover the neighbourhood of the rebel defences with the bodies of thousands of good and true men, needlessly slaughtered. To go into winter quarters would be simply to postpone such waste of life until spring. It is better to accept the inconvenience of the moment than either dread ful alternative; and our men, who have endured so long and patiently, will find the reward of their endurance sooner than they antieipate.—New York Times. 5 6 6 64 54i Hi 1 1031 i 59 121 79 671 7 74i 96i 6 Share' stk / 18 2O 204 10 100 1 100 100 174 stock stockl 100 stock, stock stock 20 20 100 100 100 stock stock stock stock stock atocki stock I