The Sun. — London, England, 1862-01-14 00:00:00

3 10 NET 31ARKET AND CITY NEWS. CITY, Two o'CLocK. The peaceable solution of the Trent affair has imparted a more animated tone to the Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets during the last few days. Sugars have slightly advanced, while full rates have been current for tea, coffee, and rice. Saltpetre has slightly advanced, while a pressure of specu lative sales in the tallow market has denoted a marked decline in values, for both present and forward delivery. About £76,000 in gold was taken into the Bank Of England yesterday. _ . The Seine from the West Indies has brought about £43,000 in gold and £56,000 in silver. At the half yearly meeting of the Bank of New South Wales, held in Sydney, on the 30th October last, a dividend at the rate of 15 per cent. per annum was declared. There is a decrease of £75 in the traffic receipts of the South Eastern Railway, but an increase of £1,740 on the Brighton for the past week. The traffic receipts c f the Great Western Railway of Canada for the week ending the 27th ult., amounted to £10,423, against £7,119 in the previous year. Continued quietude was exhibited in the Liver pool Cotton Market yesterday, and prices were in most instances id. lower. The sales were estimated at 5,000 bales. To-morrow a call of £2 10s. becomes due on both the Ist and 2d issues of the South-Eastern Railway Preference £lO shares. A modearte demand for accommodation is re ported in the discount market, where continued abundance and easiness are reported, first class bills being negotiable as low as 21 per cent. The City Bank proprietors held their half-yearly meeting to-day. The report, which recommended a dividend at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum, was unanimously agreed to. The intelligence from America, announcing the suspension of cash payments by most of the banks throughout the country, has attracted attention in monetary and commercial circles. The America, from New York, has brought X 11,353 in specie. There has been rather a flatter market for Pub lic Securities to-day, and the transactions for investment as well as on speculation have been limited. Consols at one time were 93 I, but they afterwards receded to 93} 1, they are now, how ever, a shade firmer, viz., 931 1 for money, and 93; for the 6th proximo. The New Threes and the Reduced are flat, at 923 931; Exchequer Bills, March, at 17s. to 20s. prem.; ditto June, at 18s. to 235. prem. ; Bank Stock has improved to 239 and 241, but India 5 per Cent. is 105: 106, being heavy. In the Foreign Market business has continued dull, but prices have been well supported. Turkish 6 per Cents. are firm at 821 to 824 ; ditto, 1858, at 72 1 4 ; Mexican are flat at 281 ; Sardinian have improved to 789 ; Spanish to 511 ; Russian are heavy at 989; the 3 per Cents. remain at 591 60; and the Italian Loan is 631. The Moorish loan is 4to 5 prem. The appli cations are largely in excess of the required amount. and the portion that will be allotted to each sub scriber must, therefore, be exceedingly small. The dealers and speculators in the Railway Share Market have been chiefly engaged to-day with the preparations for the half monthly liquida tion, and in some instances prices have been in fluenced by the small quantity of stock on offer. The variations, however, have not been important. Caledonians, Eastern Counties, Lancashire and Yorkshire, North Western, and Midlands have improved 55., while Great Westerns and North Staffords declined ss. The other lines dealt in exhibited little variation. The Foreign and Colonial undertakings have been moderately active. Dutch Rhenish have improved 55., and Paulo ss. East Indian have advanced 10s., and Great Indian Peninsula 10s. Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares re• main without much variation. Union of Aus tralia have improved 55., and Chartered of India, -Australia, and China, ss. General Steam Naviga tion Company's shares are steady at 261 ; and atoyal Mail Steam have improved to 504. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Bs tnk Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities . 93 3 / 2/ 32/ 3 per Cent. C onso l s A nnu i t i es New 3 per Cent. A nnu iti es 9 31 / 3 2 3 i -1- / 2/ Xadia Stock Ditto 5 per Cent. Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent — Ditto i per Cent. lOO 991 i Ditto Debentures, 4 per Cent., Oct., 1863 100 Ditto ditto April, 1864 991 100 - .Ditto Bonds £l,000 3itto under £l,000 Consols for Account, Feb. 6 June. Exchequer Bill s , £l,OOO 2d.... 20 March 17 . pm 20 23 18 Ditto £500 to Small I 20 23 FOREIGN FUNDS —CLOSING PRICES. Brazilian 5 per Cent Ditto, 5 per Cent., 1839 & 1859 lOl Ditto 41 per' Cent, 1860 Chilian 6 per Cent Ditto 41 per Cent. Mexican, 3 per Cent Peruvian 41 per Cent — Ditto 3 per Cent Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 461 Russian 5 per Cent. 1822, £ St 982 91 Ditto 3 per Cent. 1859 .. 59/ 60 59; s'ardinian 5 per Cent. .. Spanish 3 per Cent 5l 1 2 Ditto New Deferr e d 42 Spanish Cert. of C oup. not f unded 6 s 2l Turkish 6 per Cent. B2l / Ditto New Loan Ditto Account Ditto £lOO Bonds: Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. Tenetuelan 3 per Cent Dividends on the above payable in London. Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861 Consols ' Money THREE O'CLOCK. Ditto Account ...............0................• CONDOLENCR WITH .HER MAJESTY. HIGHLAND SOCIETY OF LONDON. -A. special general meeting of this corporation was held 7-'sterday, at the Freemasons' Tavern, Great Queen-street, tar the purpose of considering the propriety of presenting aal address of - cotddence to her Majesty on the death of his yal Highness the Prince Consort, who was for several yei Lrs the chief of the society. Major Macleay occupied the chair; and among the other tuk , ,robers present were—Mr. L. Mackinnon, Dr. W. M biue:kinnon, Dr. Halley, Mr. G. Mackenzie, Mr. J. Chic ho 1m Goodwin, Mr. James M'Gregor, Mr. John M'Gregor, Thomas Scott, Mr. George Bain, secretary, &c. ' Captain MAcKENTLE, in a few appropriate words, pro- Po sed that the following address should be agreed to : "' the humble Address of the President, Vice-Presidents and Members of the Highland Societ) of London, in general court assembled : " We your Majesty's most dutiful and loyal subjects, tb, Highland Society of London, entreat permission to ap- Dr( rach your royal person with the expression of our deep trab I heartfelt sympathy in the sorrow of your Majesty, and ttn feignedly to condole with your Majesty on theirreparable 11)2 s which your Majesty, together with your illustrious San lily and all classes of your Majesty's subjects, have sus 'tai lied by the death of his Royal Highness the Prince Con ift, the recollection of whose virtues, amiable, benevolent, a nd patriotic conduct, will leng live in the recollection of a ;rateful and:affectionate people. " His late royal highness having been graciously pleased to bestow his royal sanction and favour on the Highland Society by condescending to accept the title of its chief, and to honour the society by his presence at one of its annual festivals to commemorate the victory of Alex andria, the members have now specially to mourn the loss DI the illustrious head of the society. We feel, at the same ' time, that your Majesty must derive consolation and sup port in reflecting on the unremitting care and affectionate attention which it was your Majesty's pleasure so evince in Watching over the last hours of your lamented Consort, and we fervently pray that it may please the Almighty Disposer of events to soothe the sorrow with which your royal house has been afflicted, and to preserve the life of your Majesty, and grant your Majesty a long continuance of a happy and 'Prosperou s re i gn over a f ree , united, and loyal people. ' Dr. HALLEY seconded the motion, which was unani mously agreed to. The seal of the corporation having been affixed to the address, which was neatly dressed on vellum, a vote of thanks to the chairman terminated the proceeding's. The Emigration Commissioners will receive ten on the 16th i ns t. f or th e hi re o f a s hip ti take pas sengers to Sydney, and for another to proceed to Algoa Lay. WRECK OFF EASTBOURNE. EASTBOURNE, 11°N I"r•—The barque Druid from Sunderland to Naples ) /'erorted on shore off this place yesterday, became quite un- Manageable this morning, and the steam-tng which had POMP to her assistance was compelled to abandon her. The lifeboat of the National Lifeboat Institution, immediately Put off to the wreck, atd succeeded in rescuing the crew of alne zLen, who m she safely brought 14). shore. 20k 13k 20 100 2s 6d 12 12i1 10.6. SHARE NARK ET-(THIS DAY). ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. raid i Closing Business Price. done. all 5 100 100 100 100 8.13.4 7 8 64 , 7 95 87 103 104 5 6 41 42 10 11l 18h 19f 53i 54f 48 52 31 36 91 93 3O 31 101 103 114 115 110} 111} 131 133 104 106 681 69} 65 58 107 107,1 55 57 117 119 45 47 931 94} 95 96 9. 11 44 44} 7 132 132/ 11 /fp IC2 104 62 64 64i 65 101 t 1021 4 }d 571 La 89} 891 97 SJ 41 44 cll 104 11 91 92 124 126 41 43 98 100 46 48 37 39 78} 7EI f 6 68 97 99 5i 8 39 40 84 9i p si Oil) 55& 56i 24 34 Id ip 8v!8 1••%5 130 6 6) 84 86 47 49 44 46 89 91 92 94 zoi 214 6 6i 101 103 10g 110 103 108 121 120 81 83 Share! Railways. Do Edo do DoNw A, late E U 3ds ,East Suffolk Edinburgh & Glasgow 'Edin., Perth, & Dundee , Forth & Clyde Junction Furness Itllasg,. and S. Western ! GreatNrthn.of Scotland Great Northern i Do A stock I Do El do Gt. S. ant W. of Ireland, Great Western .. Do Str Val qua. stock' Irish South Eastern ..I Lancashire & Yorkshire London and Blackwall Lou., Brb , ht.,& S. Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. & South Western L'derry & Coleraine . • L'derry & Enniskillen. NI an., Shef., & Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle. Do # shares • Metropolitan Midland Do New Do Birming. & Derby Mid Gt. W. of Ireland' Do. shares Mid Kent Do Cray Line Newcastle and Carlislei Newry & Armagh, clef.l Newry, Warnpt, & nos ' Norf elk North British Nor.Dev.BaiktDk.stock Do A stk ; A recs no d till 6 pc. has been pdß Do B stock Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do, G.N.E. purchase Do Leeds Do York North London Do new North Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junction Not. Gran. Rl. & Canal Peebles Portsmouth Rhs ney Scot siCentral Scot. T. E., Aber. stock Do Sc t. Mid. stock Shrews. and Welchpool Shropshire Union Sittingbourne & Sheer South Devon S. Durham & Lane. Un South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun' Statnes,Wok.,andWok., Stockton & Darlington Do Do New, 1860 Taff Vale.. Do Pref. No. 1 ThamesliavenDlE&Rail! lUl•ter Do Do Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim Waterford & Kilkenny) Waterford & Limerick J West Cornwall West London Do Ist class Do 2d class W. Hartlepool Har. R j West Midland Oxford , Do Newport, Do Hereford', ;Belfast and Nor. Coun.' all: . lair., Wol., and Str. Val all 1 :Blyth and Tyne ' all !Bost.,Sleat.,andMid.Co all !Bristol and Exeter „„' 100 'Caledonian ' 100 Carmarthen & Cardigan' all C , rk and Bandon 1 all Cork, Illrock, & Passage: all 'Cornwall ' all Do Al . A gets no div all I Do. B till6p e.p an.has all been paid to B. iDublin & Belfast June.; all 1 Dun.,Perth,& Ab. June ' all !East Anglian lOO Eastern Counties __ i 100 Eastern Union, A stock 100 _ _ LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. l- Leasing Closing Business Railways. raid. Co. s Price. Done. Bedford and Bletchley all Ln.&N.W .. .. ..-__ Birkenhead., Buckinoth • , risiftre lOO Do. Chester &II Ilyhead.. 100 Do 534 544 Do. 54 per cent 100 Do. Do. 5 „ 100 Do ll3 115 Clydesdale Junction 100 Caledon. 101 103 Colchester, Stour Val. all E.U.&E.O 63 65 E. Lincolnah. gapr c. 100 Gt. North. 13.5 138 E.Union,HarwichShs all E,Counts. 4 44 Do. Woodbridge.... 100 .. .. .. &Neils.Drct.Gls.Barr. lOO Caledon .. .. Do. new - . . . .. .. Gloster &Dean Forest all Gt. West. . • . • Hull and Selby all Yk.N. Mid 111 113 Do. halves Do. quarters Lancaster & Carlisle 100 Ln.&N.W 200 205 London & Greenwich 100 S. Eastern 62 64 624 Do. Preferen o Lon.,Tilb.& S. •."iend 100 Peto &Co O2 64 Lowestof t gua. 1 pc.. 100 Norfolk Do 6 pier cent lOO ',Do.• Mnc.,Bxt.n.,& 111tIock! all I LNW& 111 31 4 Mid. Bradford Prefer ence stock Newmarkt,BuryEx ] 5. 5.6. E Counts. par 5 p gua. 5 per sent... Northn.&Eastn. 5 p.c. all Do. Do. 6 per cent.. .... all Do. Do. Fixed sp. c.... all Do. N. Eastn—Hartlepool ICO N. E. Ber .. .. North Wcstern &N.W) Preston and Wyre. I all & L L. y k. 3 43 45 Do. 4 shares A all Do. ••• • .. .. „ Roystn.Hitch.& Shep lOO Gt. North. 134 137 Shrewsby & Hereford 100 rßra s s e y 119 121 Do. Do. South Staffordshire Wilts and Somerset lOO Gt. West. 91 93 Wimbledn V Croydon, all L.&Brit,tn 84 94 PREFERENCE SHARES. Share( Railways. I Paid.( Closing Business Prices. Done. Blythe and Tyne 10 p.c. pref. issued at £5 Bris. & Exet. 4 p. c. st Do. shares Caledon. £10.41 p. cent quar. shares, l'Co. 2 Cork & Bandon, 51 p. c. Cornwall. 5 per cent Dun. Perth, & Aber.Jun Do. Ist Class Pref Angn. Class A 5 p. c ,Do. Class B 6 per cent Do. Claes C 7 per cent E. Coun. Ex. 5 p.c. No. I Do No. 2 Do. new 6 p. c. st Eastern Union, 4 p. c Do. 5 p. c. guar Edin.&Glas.s p.c. shares Do. 4 p. c. guar. S. & Edin. 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.Redm.lop.c. pm IDo. 44 p. c. do IDo.sp.c.Redrr.atsp.c.pm Gt. Nh. of Scot. Ist pref. Gt. Sn. & W. (Ireland) 4 per cent Great West. (Berks and Hants Ext) 5 per cent Do. redeem. 44 p. ct Do. redeem. 4 p. ct Do. irredeem. 4 p. et 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. Birm. guar. stock Do. Chester guar. shares Do. do )Do. do j Lan. & Carl. 41 p.c. pref Lan. & York. 6 p.c. stock Do.Barnsl.st£s 2s 10dee Do. 6 p. c. (East Lan.) Do. 41 p. c. (Blackb. pur. Lon.&Brig.sp.n.gu. No.l Do. 5 per cest,do. No 2 Do. 6 per cent. ao Do. 5 per cent. do. No. 4 Do. 44 per cent, do Do. 41 p. c. pref. shares Do. 7 per cent pref. stk Do. 6 p.c. do(W.E.&C.P.) I ' Do 4p c. st(div.detliPW, :Do. 4 per cent.. pref Lon.Chat.&Dov. 5p c.pf. Do. West. Ex, B, 6 p. c. Do. Metrop. Ex. 11, 6 p.c. Lon. & S. W., Coy. &I Nuneaton, 5 per cent. Lon. & S.West. 7p. cent. st., late 3d shares .... Do. 41 ner cent Do. (Prtsm. perpi. arms of 2s 6d Londondy. & Cole. 1 she Londony. & Ennis. 1 she 'llln Sh. & Lin. 6 per ct. Do. £0 Do. 34 per cent. .......- Do. redeem. per cent Alaryport & Carl. 4 pr. c Do. 41 per cent Midland Con. 6 p. c. stk Do.Con.Bris.& Bir. 6 p.c Do. 412- per pref. stock Do. Do.Leic. andllitlper ct Norfik. 5 p. c. Ex. st. 1846 Dn. 54 p. c. Pref. st. 1847 Do.sWay.ValEx.st.lBl7 Nort British, 5 per cent. Do. New gua. per cent 1)o. Bor. Un. prf. she. Do. do. do. Nth.Dvn.Pail.&Dek.Co. N-East. Cons. pref. 4 p.c. Do. 41pr ct. redeemable Do. G.N. E. 4p. et. pref. Do. Berwick 4 p. c. pref. Do. Leeds 6 p. c. No. 1 Do. do. Quarters, 1818 Do. York, 11. &.S. I'ureh. N'orth Staffordshire ttlymney Guaranteed Scottish Central. new pi Scottish North-Eastern 31 p. c. pref. stock Do.Aberdeen,gua.6p c Do. 7 p. c. pref. stock South Devon, Ann, 10s. Do. Fixed 41 per cent South Eastern (Reading A n n 1. Fixed 0) 41 per cent Do. 4i per cent Do, South Wales, gua. 4 p. c. Do. 44 per cent Do. do. 1859 S. Yorkshire, 4 13. c. Do. 5 per cen t ..,.,,, gua. D o. 5 c. gua. Stock. & Dar. A 5 p . c Do. Bop. c„ , Do. C 6 p. \Vatrfd & Kilkny, 6 p. c. st gua stk Do. 2d do Do. N e wPort 5 p.c. ptred.t Do. I'erpet.Gp. c- pf. 1866; Do. till 184391 111 113 89 91 116 118 112 114 101 106 103 109 97 99 98 100 88 90 89 91 100 102 9} IC} 17 18 10} 161 76 78 20 20 10 10 15 15 136 133 !101 103 112 115 112 115 136 139 112 115 1 452 155 '127 130 73 75 93 05 1112 114 I'3l 14 [26 128 !m, 68 7 0 Ipm 37 139 [O3 105 92 H Lll 113 [O9 111 1 lipm 100 102 08 100 i dis par dis par 22 23 (Signed) THIRD EDITION. SUN OFFICE, Seven o'clock. THE TRENT AFFAIR (OFFICIAL CORRES.POADENCE). (From the London Gazette of this Evening.) EARL RUSSELL TO LORD LYONS. Foreign Office, December 19, 1861. My Lord,—Mr. Adams came to me to-day, at the Foreign Office, at 3 o'clock. He said he came to ask two questions which concerned himself personally, I interrupted him to ask whether what he was going to say was by order of his Government, or from his own sense of what he ought to do. Mr. Adams answered that the proceeding was entirely his own, but that he had with him a despatch from Mr. Seward which he was authorised to read to me if he should think fit to do so. It appeared, he said, from that despatch, that the Government of Washington had not authorized the capture of the two insurgents, Mason and Slidell, and that the United States' Government stood quite uncommitted at the time of sending the despatch. I said that if the despatch did not enter into any contro versy with regard to the case of Messrs. Mason and Slidell I should be glad to hear it read. _ _ _ Mr. Adams then proceeded to read the despatch. I commenced by referring with approbation to a speech made by Mr. Adams at the Mansion House, and prcceeded to notice with gratification the sentiments which had been expressed by Lord Palmerston in a conversation ho had held with Mr. Adams in reference to the " James Adger." Mrr Seward then proceeds to declare that the American Government value highly the friendship of Great Britain, and lament that certain causes of difference have arisen, owing, as Mr. Seward imagines, to the want of attention on the part of the British Government to the perform ance of the duties incumbent on a friendly Power dur ing the struggle in which the United States are engaged. Mr. Seward gives as instances the case of communication to the Confederate authorities by Mr. Bunch; the admis sion of the " Sumter," privateer, to purchase coal and pro visions at Trinidad, in distinction, as he said, to the con duct of every European State; and the arrival in the Southern States of vessels laden with arms and ammunition from England. Mr. Seward then proceeds to the case of the "Trent,' from which ship the two insurgents had been taken. He affirms that no instructions were given to Captain Wilkes which authcrised him to act in the manner he had done. Neither had the United States Government committed itself with regard to any decision upon the character of that act. The Government would wait for any representation the British Government might make before coming to any positive decision. He desires that, if Mr. Adams shall think it desirable, this despatch shall be read to me, and also to Lord Palmerston. In answer to Mr. Adams, I touched upon most of the points treated of in the despatch. I did not think it neces sary, however, to recur to the ease of Mr. Bunch. With regard to the Confederate privateer, I said that I could not see that our conduct had been different from that of France and Holland, or of Spain. The Sumter had been refused coal from the Government stores at Trinidad, but had been allowed to get coal and provisions from private merchants. The same thing had taken place at Martinique and at Curacoa. I did not find that the rule of twenty-four hours had been observed in practice, but there would be little difficulty in coming to an agreement on this point. In regard to the export of arms and ammunition to the Confederate States, I had lately read the opinion of the Attorney-General, and believe it was in entire conformity with the provisions of the Foreign [Enlistment Act —warlike equipment of a vessel was prohibited ; the loading a vessel with arms and ammunition was not prohibited. But in point of fact, a much greater amount of arms and ammunition had been sent to the Federal States, where there was no obstacle to the export or the import, than to the ports of the Confederate States which were blockaded. Mr. Adams admitted this to be the fact, and said he had refrained from pressing a more rigorous compliance with the Foreign Enlistment Act for this reason. I then stated to Mr. Adams the substance of the two de spatches I had written to Lord Lyons on the subject of the Trent. I told him that in a private letter I had directed Lord Lyons to talk the matter over with Mr. Seward two days before reading to him the despatch. Mr. Adams asked whether the direction to Lord Lyons to leave Wasington in seven days was in the despatch to be read- I said i 7 was not, and that in case Mr. Seward should ask what would be the consequence of a refusal on his part to comply with our conditions, Lord Lyons was to decline to answer that question, in order not to have the appearance of a threat. 1 said that I thought the explanation that the Go • vernment had not authorised the seizure would stand in the place of an apology. But the essential condition was, that Mr. Mason and Mr. Slidell should be given up to Lord Lyons. Mr. Adams said that if the matter was stated to Mr. Seward in the manner I had explained, ho hoped for an amicable termination of the difference ; he thought that if the Government of the United States insisted on maintain ing the act of Captain Wilkes, the United States would be abandoning their doctrine and adopting ours. Mr. Adams asked me a further question, which he said I might decline to answer; it was whether, if Lord Lyons came away, a declaration of war would be the immediate consequence. I told him nothing was decided on that point ; we should wait for the reply from America, and then decide upon our course. I stated to Mr. Adams the substance of M. Thouvenel's despatch to M. Mercier as I had heard it from M. de Fla hault. Mr. Adams said that the French Government had always been very consistent in their maintenance of the rights of neutrals. He added that ho could not pay cur Government the same compliment. I said I would dispense with compliments if this matter could be amicably arranged. We parted on very friendly terms. I am, &c., RUSSELL. EARL RUSSELL TO LORD LYONS. Foreign-office, January 11, 1862. My Lord,—ln my despatch to you of the 30th of Novem ber, after informing you of the circumstances which had occurred in relation to the capture of the four persons taken from on board the Trent, I stated to you that it thus appeared that certain individuals had been forcibly taken from on board a British vessel, the ship of a neutral power, while such vessel was pursuing a lawful and innocent voyage, an act of violence which waa an affront to the British flag, and a violation of international law. I concluded by directing you, it case the reparation, which her Majesty's Government expected to receive, should not be offered by Mr. Seward, to propose to that minister to make such redre:s as alone would satisfy the British nation, namely, first, the liberation of the four gen tlemen taken from on board the Trent, and their delivery to your lordship, in order that they might again be placed under British protection ; and, secondly, a suitable apology for the aggression which had been committed. I received, yesterday, your despatch of the 27th ultimo, inclosing a note to you from Mr. Seward, which is in sub stance the answer to my despatch of the 30th of November. Proceeding at once to the main points in discussion between us, her Majesty's Government have carefully examined how far Mr. Seward's note, and the conduct it announces, complies substantially with the two proposals 1 have recited. With regard to the first, viz., the liberation of the pri soners with a view to their being again placed under British protection, I find that the note concludes by stating that the prisoners will be cheerfully liberated, and by calling upon your lordship to indicate a time and place for receiv ing them. No condition of any kind is coupled with the liberation of the prisoners. With regard to the suitable apology which the British Government had a right to expect, I find that the Govern ment of the United States distinctly and unequivocally de clares that no directions had been given to Captain Wilkes, or to any other naval officer, to arrest the four persons named, for any of them, on the Trent, or on any other British vessel, or on any other neutral vessel, at the place whore it occurred or elsewhere. I find, further, that tha Secretary of State expressly for bears to justify the particular act of which her Majesty's Government complained. If the United States Govern ment had alleged that although Captain Wilkes had no previous instruction for that purpose, he was right in capturing the persons of the four prisoners, and in remov ing them from the Trent on board his own vessel, to be afterwards carried into a port of the United States, the Go vernment which had thus sanctioned the proceeding of Captain Wilkes would have become responsible for the original violence and insult of the act. But Mr. Seward contents himself with stating that what has happened has been simply an inadvertency, consisting in a de parture by a naval officer, free: from any wrongful motive, from a rude uncertainty established, and probably by the several parties concerned cither imperfectly understood or entirely unknown. The Secretary of State goes on to affirm that for this error the British Government has a right to expect the same reparation which the United States, as n ind ependent State, should expect from Great Britain, or from any other friendly nation, in a similar ease. Her Majesty's Government having carefully taken into their consideration the liberation of the prisoners, the de livery of them into your hands, and the explanations to which I have referred, have arrived at the conclusion that they constitute the reparation which hor Majesty and the British nation had a right to expect. It gives her Majesty's Government great satisfaction to be enabled to arrive at a conclusion favourable to the main tenance of the most friendly relations between the two nations. I need not discuss the modifications in my state ment of facts which Mr. Se ward says he has derived from the reports of officers of his Government. I cannot conclude, however, without adverting shortly to the discussions which Mr. Seward has raised upon points not prominently brought into question in my despatch of 132 13fS 10 11 231 2 I 1 101 103 101 103 98 100 86 8J 28 29 32 31 3t 33 42 45 125 127 122 124 101 103 120 124 118 va. 1031 531 4k 4 1111 69i 9 1071 t 7 } 1171 94} 4 1 31 41 951 133 2 2 P 6.4.0 19.16.4 12.10 THE SUNI I LONDON,' TlThn - DAY EVENING, JANUARY 14, 1862, the 30th of November. I dere objected, on the part of her Majesty's Government, to that which Captain Wilkes had done. Mr. Seward, in his answer, points eut what he con ceives Captain Wilkes might have done without violating the law of nations. It is not necessary that I should here discuss in detail the five questions ably argued by the Secretary of State ; but it is necessary that I should say that her Majesty's Government differ from Mr. Seward in some of the conclu sions at which ho has arrived. And it may lead to abetter understanding between the two natons on several points of international law which may during the present contest or at some future time be brought into question, that I should state to you, for communication to the Secretary of State, wherein those differences consist ; I hope to do so in a few days. In the meantime it will be desirable that the commanders of the United States cruisers should be instructed not to repeat acts for which the British Government will have to ask for redress, and which the United States Government cannot undertake to justify. You will read and give a copy of this despatch to the Secretary of State.—l am, &c,, (Signed) RUSSELL. EARL RUSSELL TO LORD LYONS. Foreign-office, January 11, 1862. My Lord,—Your conduct in the irnportmt matter of the "Trent" is entirely approved by Her Majesty. The dis cretion and good temper you have shewn have contributed greatly to the success of our operations. In order tc give your lordship, by a public document, a proof that you have acted strictly according to the instruc tions you have received, I inclose an extract, annexed to this dispatch, of a private letter I addressed to you on the Ist of December last. —I am, &c., (Signed) RUSSELL. Extract of a private letter from Earl Russell to Lord Lyons, Dec. 1, 1861. " The despatches which were agreed to at the Cabinet yesterday, and which I have signed this morning, impose upon you a disagreeable task. My wish would be that, at your first interview with Mr. Seward, you should not take my despatch with you, but should prepare him for it, and ask him to settle with the President and the Cabinet what course they would propose. " The next time you should bring my despatch, and read it to him fully. " If he asks what will be the consequence of his refusing compliance, I think you should say that you wish to leave him and the President quite free to take their own course, and that you desire to abstain from anything like menace." LONDON GAZETTE.—(Thts Evening). 'ADMIRALTY, SAN. 13. The Lords Commissioners of the Admiral have to notify to the Royal Navy and Royal Marines that, on the 17th of February next, the full mourning for his late Royal Highness the Prince Consort will be discontinued, and that officers of the Royal Navy and Royal Marines are, from that day, only to wear with their uniform, a black crape round the left arm until the 10th of March, when the morning will cease. By command of their lordships, C. PAGET. ST. JAMES'S PALACE, JAN. 9. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Lieu tenant-Colonel Wm. Griffin Sutton clerk of the cheque and adjutant of her Majesty's Royal Body Guard of the Yeo man of the Guard, vice Major-General John Fitzmaurice, K.H-, promoted. FOREIGN-OFFICE, J AN. 13. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. James Q. Howard as Consul at St. John, New Brunswick, for the United States of America. The Qut en has also been pleased to approve of Mr. H. Sonnenkalb as Consul at Point de Gallo, Ceylon, for his Majesty the King of Prussia. Tha Queen has also been pleased to approve of Mr. Ru for his Majesty the dKoilnpgh(,Zfaipipanaosyeer.onsul at Singapo re , The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Don Pio de Emparanza as Consul, and of Don arciso Porez Petinto as Vico-Consul, at Sierra Leone, for her Majesty the Queen of Spain. BANKRUPTS. The Fortion of the Gazette containing the Bankrupts had not arrived when we went to press. COURSE EXCHANGE.—Turs DAY. Amster Short. 11 15 11 16 •• Ditto .• 3 Months. 11 17f 11 18t dam OF Rotterdam — 11 171 11 18i Antwerp • • .--- 25 42i Brussels — 25 42i Hamburgh — 13 71 Paris Ditto Marseilles _45 Frankfort on Maine.. -- Vienna .... Trieste .. Petersburgh . • • -- Berlin V .... Madrid Cadiz .• •• Leghorn Milan 1181 14 30 14 30 Genoa — Naples . ..• • • Palernio .... Messina 25 62 3 / 4 25 623/4 Lisbon •• s • • - 25 _62i 40 119 119 Oporto —51 i Foreign Gold in Bars (standard) .... „ Mexican Dollars t• Silver in Bars (Standard) .•• • • ); South American Doubloons 25 52 25 5211 13 n 25 22i 25 47i 25 50 118 14 46" 14 45 25 'io 25 65 25 65 40h 1191 1191 52 - £3 17 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. The following appointments were made at the Admiralty this evening : Master—William S. Bourchior, to the Cumberland, for Cormorant. Assistant-Surgeon—Dani e l R. Alcoa, to the Investi gator. Paymaster—Samuel G. Robison, to the Indus, in lieu of clerk. Naval Cadets—Edward W. Turner, Theodore De B. Pryce, Charles L. Rooke, Henry C. Bigge, Francis H. Henery, W. C. Haynes, C. T. Turner, Claude C. De Cres pigny, A. Carpenter, and the Hon. E. T. Needham (super numeraries), to the Nile, for disposal ; E. S. Claremont (do.), to the Donegal ; James de B. Lopez and Jas. J. L. Sisson (ditto), to the Neptune; Thomas D. Hodgson (ditto), to the Algiers ; Fred. A. Blackett, Archibald W. Hamilton, Claud Harding, Alfred K. Carew, Harry E. S. Crutwell, Robert B. Clements, to the Marlborough for disposal ; Wilmot H. Fawkes and Cecil G. Foljambe, to the Defence ; Lionel A. de Saumarcz and John Hicks to the Trafalgar ; Duncan G. Boyes, Reginald W. Cus iance, Guy Mainwaring, Edward H. M. Davis, Henry T. G. Tipping and Owen F. Glanville, to the Revenge. Midshipmen—Neville H. Ward, to the Bulldog ; Linde say G. P. Goodrich, to the Donegal; and Oswald P. Tudor, to the Icarus. G A.RIE_ALDI AT CAPRE.RA. A Turin letter of Jan. 8, gives interesting news of Garibaldi by a friend just returned from a visit to Caprera "We Lund him Venting fig-trees in his island; 'We must make haste,' ho said, ' for spring is approaching.' The idea of something to be done in the !spring now ap pears continually in:every word that Garibaldi says, He may be seen on the peak of one of the rocks of the island studying the vast reel' map spread before him, and contem plating the far distant horizon, as if seeking for a landing point. The colony of Caprera has been sore e what augmented within these last few days. M. and Madame Deiden, old friends of Garibaldi, have returned ; the general is sur rounded by his children ; Ricciotti has left London to remain constantly with his father and Theriseta, who, with her husband, is passing the winter at Caprera. Theriseta has her piano in the , house. She is a good musician, and Garibaldi himself, though music is not a pursuit with him, has one of the sweetest voices in the world. It is quite a sight to see the way in which he draws himself up when his daughter sings the war song from the Puritani Sunni la tromba intrepido Ia pugner da forte.' Colonel Deiden has just set up the iron house which was sent over from England to Garibaldi. It is a little wonder. Every piece fits in and takes out as neatly as in a baby house. There are no loss than six rooms in this movable habitation. It has been set up in a shady place, otherwise the metal roof would have rendered it uninhabitable under the hot sun of Caprera. As it is there is a talk of covering it with a thatch. Garibaldi is building a wing to his own very small mansion, and does the principal mason's work in fashioning the stones himself. Glaziers visit Caprera very seldom ; a recent storm broke several windows, which are at this moment stuffed with paper. Presents to Gari baldi arrive frequently, and are very useful, for the 3,000 livres a year which he has to live upon are a poor provision for all his household ; he has to feed, on an average, 15 people a day. An English lady recently sent him a pre sent of half-a-dozen chairs with embroidered seats. ' Here is a funny gift,' said he, 'to a man who expects every moment to be marching instead of sitting.' He was greatly delighted at the reception of a chest full of revolvers, sent him from America. Garibaldi has still his two horses in Caprera, and means to take them wiih him when the time comes. He is in good health and spirits, and looks forward to the future with hopeful confidence." The advices from Sydney report the discovery of extensive auriferous deposits in the Lachlan district, near Bathurst. Splendid nuggets have been raised and sent to Sydney. A rush has already set in for the new district, and the Government have just organised an escort to bring the gold to Sydney. The China Mail of Nov. 30 says :—" The Chief Justice of Hong Kong, who is undoubtedly the most over worked officer in the colonial service, has withdrawn from the Executive Council, his place being supplied by Mr. Smale, the recently appointed Attorney-General " The Hon. Society of King's Inns, Dublin, have elected a bencher in the room of the Right Hon. P. C. Crampton, resigned. Two candidates were proposed—Mr. W. Armstrong, Q.C., father of the Connaught bar, and Mr. W. F. Brady, Q.C. Mr, Armstrong was elected by a majority of two votes. 68i 65 II 101, 574 89 4; Ill; 61 THE RIVAL AMERICAN WAR VES SELS IN SOUTHAMPTON WATER. SOUTHAMPTON, MONDAY. At two o'clock this morning the officer on watch on board the Confederate war steamer Nashville, lying in the docks, heard a noise like the getting up of steam in the direction of where the Federal man of war Tuscarora was lying, and as soon as it was light it was found that the Tuscarora had vanished. It is believed that she started at 4 a.m. Large orders had been given to the Southampton tradesmen from the ship, which therehad only been time partly to execute, and her departure, there fore, excited the most intense curiosity. All kinds of surmises were made. Some said she was gone for a cruise on account of sickness on board ; others that she had had intelligence of the Confederate steamer Sumter, and that she was going out to fight her. In a short time, however, she was dis covered at anchor between the eastern and western channel of the Solent, where she could watch every thing coming into Spithead or through the Needles, and have complete command of Southampton Water. In this position she was also out of the way of the Dauntless frigate. Just as people had ceased wondering at her sudden disappearance she was seen steaming away up Southampton Water again, and brought up to her old moorings, just opposite Southampton Docks and off Hythe, at 3.40 p.m. This movement is mysterious. If she wished to draw the Nashville out of her hole, the manoeuvre failed. The Royal Mail packet Seine arrived this after noon from the West Indies. She reported the sudden disappearance of the Sumter from the Carib bean Sea, and that it was not conjectured at St. Thomas that she had started for Europe. The people on board the Seine were amazed to hear that this marvellously plucky privateer had been sweeping over the British Channel and carrying prizes into Cadiz. The Federal man-of-war Iroquois, which suffered the Sumter to escape from the harbour of Martinique, was also missing from the West Indies. It is supposed that she was in pursuit of the Sumter. A suspicious-looking ship has been seen off Belem, on the coast of Portugal, and no ono has yet been able to make her out. The only Federal man-of-war at St. Thomas was the Quaker City. She has orders to take the commander of the Iroquois out of his ship, to be either, it is supposed, tried by court. martial or to be superseded, for suffering the Sumter to escape him ; and she has also orders to pursue the Sumter wherever she has gone. If the Sumter, therefore, does not re-cross the Atlantic, she will probably be soon hemmed in in the British Channel. She is manned by Southern gentlemen, and her commander, Captain Semmes, is related to Mr. Jefferson Davis, the President of the Confede rate States. The law respecting belligerent ships in neutral waters, as laid down by Captain Patey, the Admi ralty superintendent at this port, to the commanders of the Nashville and the Tuscarora is that no fight ing must take place within gunshot of the English coast. Formerly, it appears, this was considered to be synonymous with three miles distance from the coast, but improved gunnery has rendered it neces sary that this distance should be increased. THE 21111Eld - CAN BLOCKADE.- ..ANOTHER S OURCE OF DANGER. The Scotsman describes a new "American difficulty" which is "now beginning to loom, not in the distance, but quite at hand," Our contemporary says :7 " It is known that, several months ago, France urged the British Government to join her in recognising the Southern Confederacy, and disregarding the blockade. We hear from good sources that the French Government has re newed that request, and is pushing it with much eagerness; and it is considered certain that, when the French Cham bers meet on the 27th instant, there will be such expre sions of French opinion as will bring the question into at least a critical position, and in all probability give much offence to the Americans. There exists in London an active and growing party, including many M.P.'s, having for is object an immediate recognition of the Southern Confederacy, on certain understood terms. This party is in communication with the quasi representatives of the South in London, and gives out that it sees its way to a de sirable arrangement. Our information is, that the South acting through its London agents, is at least willing to have it understood that, in consideration of immediate recogni tion and the disregard of the " paper blockade," it would engage for these three things—a treaty of free trade; the prohibition of all import of slaves ; and the freedom of all blacks born hereafter. It will easily be seen that, if any such terms were offered—but we hesitate to believe the last of them—a pressure in favour of the South would come upon the British Government from more than one formid able section of our public. The relentless and destructive spirit in which the North conducts the civil war can not but have some direct influence on the feelings of our Government ; but it operates more powerfully in an indirect form, by giving stimulus and material to the par ties just mentioned as engaged in employing pressure from without. Especially a great effect has been created by the news of the last mail regarding the destruction of the har bour of Charleston by the sinking of the stone-laden hulks. Besides the ordinary or general objections to such an act — objections almost universally acknowledged in practice by the European powers—there are two special objections in the case of America. The Northern Government, which resorts to this extreme and almost obsolete act of war, has hitherto shown itself almost impotent in the ordinary ope rations of war, though having on the field about the largest army the world ever saw. And, again, the peculiar object of the war renders such an act peculiarly insensate—the object being to bring ba, k as fellow-citizens under a demo cratic republic the people so barbarously and uselessly in jured, and to re-unite as part of one country the territory thus sought to be destroyed. Already, as we are informed, that act has given the French Emperor an opportunity of again pressing upon our Cabinet his advice that Europe should—at least to the extent of recognising as a fact the Confederate Government, and not recognising as a fact the Federal blockade—do something towards bringing to an end a war whose barbarous acts and very nature are a dis credit to civilisation and humanity. SP °BEING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALLS'—YESTERDAY. TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. 4to 1 agst Old Calabar (take 9 to 2) 11 to 1 agst Caterer (taken) 11 to 1 agst Alvediston (taken) 12 to 1 agst Athleta (taken) 100 to 8 agst Cellarius (taken) 20 to 1 agst Clarissa colt (taken) 20 to 1 agst Nottingham (taken) 25 to 1 agst Ellengowan (taken) THE DERBY. Bto 1 agst Buckstone (take 9to 1) 11 to 1 agst Old Calabar (taken) 13 to 1 agst Marquis (taken) 22 to 1 agst Catcrer (taken) 25 to 1 agst Typee colt (taken) 30 to 1 agst Athleto. (taken) 33 to 1 agst The Knave (taken) 40 to 1 agst Nottingham (taken) 1000 to 15 agst Master Fenton (taken) 1000 to 10 agst Maharajah (taken) 1000 to 10 agst Berkeley (taken) TRIS DAY'S SHIPPING. LONDON, Jan. 14.—Wind this day at neon—N.E. moderate breeze and cloudy with rain. (lIY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Tuesday Morning. Arrived—Southampton, from Havre. Sailed—Rose, and Black-eyed Susan, for Newport ; Rain bow, for Seaharn ; Charlotte for Guernsey. The Tuscarora has returned to her first moorings at the mouth of the Itchen Creek. A Government despatch boat is at present lying off the dook entrance. (BY SUBMARINE .A ND MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Tuesday Morning. Arrived, Jan. 13—Montrose, for St. Vincent; Assyrian, for Shanghai ; Tronke, for Randers. Arrived, Jan. 14—Excelsior, for Genoa. Sailed—Edward Hawkins, screw steamer, for Jamaica. DEAL, Tuesday Morning. Passed—Siloam, from Chatham, for Bristol. The Court ball at the Tuileries on Thursday night was extremely animated. The varied display of richly laced uniforms, aided by the glitter of jewels and sumptuous toilettes worn by the ladies, threw an indescribable chaim over the scene. The Empress is described by those who were present as looking more charming than ever. Her Majesty wore a white satin dress, with a parure of ame. thysts of surpassing splendour. The Emperor was remark ably gay and animated. He was observed to converse for a long time with M. Chevron, the Prefect of the Loire- Inferieure, a circumstance whi .h has given rise to the ru mour that the gentleman thus honoured may shortly be called to the councils of his Sovereign. The frequent re currence of these rumours is mainly occasioned by the im practicability attributed to Count Persigny in dealing with his colleagues. The hi eof his P.P imosity, which has been hitherto concentrated upon Count \Valewski, now extends to M. Fould.—A ACCIDENT AT THE UNDERGROUND RAILWAY. At about ten o'clock on Sunday evening considerable ex citement was occasioned in the neighbourhood of Euston square, by a report that a large poTti3n of the newly formed branch of the Underground Railway, commencing at Sey mour-street, and extending to Melton-street, Euston-road, had fallen in, and that some of the workmen were buried in the debris. On inquiry it was ascertained that about 100 yards of the archway had given way, carrying with it an immense quautity of the superincumbent soil, but pro videntially the bricklayers and excavators were all absent, the hour appointed for resuming work being twelve o'clock on Sunday n'ght. [THE AUSTRALIAN EXPLORING EX PBDITION. (From the Correspondent of the Times.) The exploring expedition which left Melbourne in August, 1860, under Mr. Robert O'Hara Burke has come to an untimely and disastrous end. After succeeding in crossing this island, or continent as it may be well called, and reaching the tide waters of the Albert river, which flows into the Gulf of Carpentaria, and returning► to their depot at Cooper's Creek, Burke and Wills, two out of the three survivors, perished miserably from exhaustion and starvation, where, by better management, they ought to have been saved. I have transmitted by this mail a copy of the scanty journals that have been published, and I proceed to give a brief his tory of this expedition. In 1859 an advertisement appeared in the papers from a gentleman who withheld, and still withholds, his name, that he would contribute £l,OOO towards the expenses of an expedition to explore the centre of Australia, provided the public would contribute an equal sum. 1 believe the gentleman's name, as a guarantee for goodfaith, was communicated to Sir William Stowell, the Chief Justice, who was then President of the Royal Society. About this time the propriety of introducing camels from India had been urged upon the assembly by a member named Embling. The then Government favoured the scheme, and a sum of £3,000 was placed on the esti mates and voted for the purpose. The subscriptions amounted to more than the prescribed sum, and the Committee of the Royal Society consisting of 18 mem bers, to whom the management of the expedition was assigned, found themselves possessed of £2,500 for the purposes of the expedition. The camels, 27 in number, arrived in good health with native drivers. Sir William Stowell acted as president of the ex ploration committee. There was a great deal of discussion in the first instance as to the point of departure. A majority of the committee were in favour of sending the ex pedition by sea to Blunder Bay, on the north coast, and making that point the commencement of its labours, but then the camels could not have been used, and the plan was afterwards changed to the establishment of a depot at Cooper's Creek, from which the expedition should start and on which it could fall back. This plan must not be judged of by the subsequent disaster. In spite of the result, the plan was a wise one, and it is not diffi cult to trace to the imperfect manner in which it was carried out the cause of its failure. Cooper's Creek was discovered by the explorer Sturt. He struck it in 27 deg. 44 min. south, and 140 deg. 22 min. east, and he traced it to 27 deg, 5G min. south and 140 deg. east. It will easily be found in the modern maps. The expedition left Melbourne on the 20th of August, 1860, under the command of Burke, with Mr. George Landells second in command, and in charge of the camels which he had successfully brought from India ; W. J. Wills, surveyor and astronomer; Herman Beckler, surgeon and geolo gist; Ludwig Becker, a very clever artist, naturalist, and geologist and ten men, together with three Sepoys, 27 camels, several horses, baggage waggons, &c.—certainly the most gigantic expedition ever fitted out in these colonies, but I am sorry to say it is our peculiar weakness to do every thing gigan tically. If your readers have curiosity enough to trace the course of this expedition on the map, they will find that in about lat. 32 deg. 30 min. the river Dar ling, after descending for a long distance in a south west direction, turns to the south and pursues a southerly course till it falls into the Murray—about 40 miles east of the boundary line of South Australia, which separates that colony from New South Wales, north of the Murray, and Victoria, south of that river. Where the Darling bends to the south will be found on the maps a few sm all lakes; the lower one marked Cowndilla Lake, the upper Laidley's Ponds. The latter place has since been called Me nindie, but that name, though familiar to the squatters on the Darling and to our ears of late, has not yet found a place on any map that I have seen in print. To Menindie the expedition proceeded in the first instance on its way to Cooper's Creek, and here an unfortunate dispute arose between Burke and Landells, ostensibly about the camels, but which was of such ana ture that had Burkegiven way he would virtually have abandoned the command of the expedition to his subordinate. Landells then left the expedition, and, on the correspondence which was published, public opinion pronounced its verdict against Landells, and, I think, justly. There was, indeed, scarcely colour enough in Landell's case, even on his own statements, to enlist a party in his favour. The press, however, did him some wrong. He was accused of want of courage to face the desert ; but there was no reason to charge him with that. It was a struggle for authority, in which he was beaten, and justly beaten. He over estimated his own importance as having especial knowledge of camels. The expedition did not suffer from his absence, and the final catastrophe did not arise from the " camel difficulty." Dr; Beckler took part with Landells, and quitted the party at the same time. The party at Menindie now consisted of 13 and the three Sepoys. Here Burke judiciously divided them into two parties. Burke himself, with Wills and six others, proceeded to Cooper's Creek, leaving the rest under Wright to bring up the stores to the proposed depot. The journey to Cooper's Creek took up 20 days, and brought them into December. At Cooper's Creek Burke again divided his party, leaving a man named Brahe with three or four others (I am not quite sure of the number), to keep charge of the depot and wait for his return ; or, as Brahe says, to wait for three months; and, if Burke and his party did not then return, to fall back on Menindie. It was this doubt about the instructions which forms one of the painful circumstances coi nected with the final catastrophe, the causes of which are now under investigation. On the 16th of December, 1860, Burke, accom panied by Wills and two men, King and Gray, started for Eyre's Creek, with six camels, one horse, and three months' provisions. Eyre's Creek is about 300 miles from Cooper's Creek, in a north-west direction: It was " Sturt's farthest" in 1845, and reaches 24 deg. south. There is another " Sturt's farthest" on the map—a second track later in the same year. It is not quite clear from the imperfect journals to which of the two they allude, but at one or the other they changed their course to the east ward until they struck the 140th meridian. They there kept that meridian, travelling nearly due north, until they reached 17 deg. 53 min. south, which Wills in his imperfect journal calls the lower part of the Cloncurry, but it seems almost certain that this was the Albert River of Stokes, for they were within the tidal influence. The mouth of the Albert River is in 17 deg. 35 min. south, and 139 deg. 49 min. east. Captain Stokes in command of the Beagle, ascended the river in hie boats in 1841, and reached 18 deg. south. He gives a sketch of it in his chart of the lower part of the Gulf of Carpen taria, published in 1846, and whether this o hi kl s 4e b os, e d t e h g the river they struck or another between it a h e y then left thei r east, it is clear that they overlappedT far thest" by about a dozen miles. camels and horses, and proceeded towards the s ea and, although appearitdoesofntohteGul, f yetby I t it h ri e n j s o ,s urnals that they had a view jour nal contains pretty conclusive evidence that they did reach it. Where they camped and started on f oot th e y could not have been more than 25 miles from the sea. After travelling a considerable dis tance they come to a salt marsh which they cross. Th e y then come to " " a channel th roug h wh i c h t h e a water i t li h r e, y meet some blacks, ,Ni, s,ehopo outentinters. to them, unasked, the best part down,"—down to what ? Clearly, down the channel to the see. They then " move slowly down about three miles, and camp," and "next morning they start at daybreak," and there the journal from Cooper's Creek to Carpen taria abruptly ends. The journal from Carpentaria to Cooper's Creek commences on the 19th of Febru ary, when they began to retrace their steps. It was during the journey back that Gray died. They thought he was shamming, but when their own sufferings came on Wills in his journal makes an entry of regret for having so thought l—" The ex ertion required to get up a slight piece of rising ground induces an indescribable sensation of pain and helplessness, and the general lassitude makes one unfit for anything. Poor Gray must have suf fered very much many times when we thought him shamming." At length, on the 21st of April, after an absence of four months and five days, they reached their depot at Cooper's Creek. Imagine their bitter disappointment on finding it deserted. They fly to the cache, open it, and find a note from Brahe, dated on the same day. He had left with his party seven hours before Burke, Wills, and King arrived. This was not the last of the un fortunate contretemps and negligences which con tributed to the final disaster. They were too weak, as Burke thought, to follow Brahe towards Menin die, and they decided on moving towards the settled parts of South Australia. Before they started they left a memorandum in the cache. They were too weak to reach Mount Hopeless, the first station, and were compelled to return, in consequence of their exhausted condition. While they were absent Brahe had returned to the depot, having met Wright on his way from Menindie. They neglected to open the cache because they did not perceive that it had been disturbed, and therefore did not find that Burke had opened it. They saw camels' marks about, but attributed them to stray camels, and had so little bush sagacity that they could not discover any trace of three men having been on the spot for three days not long be fore. To those who have witnessed the traces which men leave in even a single day's encampment it seems almost incredible, and the cold carelessness which could leave the cache without examination is utterly beyond comprehension. Once more Brake's party left. Burke made a second attempt to reach Mount Hopeless, but returned unsuccessful. For some time they lived on the seeds of a plant called nardoo—a quartrefoil, something like a trefoil. On the 26th of June Wills's journal ceases. Burke and King try to move up the creek to find the blacks. Burke sinks utterly prostrate two or three days after and dies. King returns to Wills, and he too is dead. King is alone in the wilderness. He crawls in search of the blacks, finds them, is kindly treated, and survives. Last night he reached Melbourne. He was found by Howett's party, despatched to seek for and relieve the expedition. Of the other parties, four or five died of scurvy, including Dr. Beckler. The journals seem very barren of seience of any kind, but the continent has been crossed, and there seems nothing to forbid future settle ments. I hope before long we shall have Stewart's journals. His route was in the me ridian 134 deg. east, and he reached nearly 18 deg. south, overlapping Gregory by about two degrees. From our summer hot winds, which are from the coldest quarter in winter, it has been in ferred that the interior is one vast swamp in winter, which dries up and becomes a burning sandy desert in the summer. This hypothesis is completely negatived. But the scanty journals contain but few observations. There is nothing to show that they had a mountain barometer mentioned, and even the temperature is only alluded to once or twice. It is sad to thick that so much life has been wasted for so small a gain to science. The causes which led to this sad disaster are now under investigation by a committee appointed by the Government, consist ing of Sir Thomas Pratt, Mr. Hervey, the President of the Legislative Council ; Sir Francis Murphy, the Speaker; and two or three others. REPRESENTATION OF OXFORDSHIRE. OXFORD, MONDAY. The rumour prevalent on Saturday relative to Sir Henry Dashwood's retirement was unfounded. This afternoon a meeting of Sir Henry's committee and friends was held at the Mitre Hotel, when letters were read from gentlemen residing in various parts of the county, promising their support of the candidature of Sir Henry Dashwoed. Among those gentlemen present were—Mr. J. H. Langston, M.P., Mr. J. T. IN orreys, M.P., Mr. Jas. Morrell, the Hon. Mr. Fienncs, Mr. H. Hall (pro prietor of the Oxford four fial), Mr. J. Lechmere, Mr. C. C. Dormer, the Rev. E. R. Keene, Mr. I Loveday, and Mr. C. Thornhill. Mr. W. Strick land, of Cokethorpe-hall, occupied the chair. The first resolution, proposed by Mr. KEENE and seconded by Mr. LANGSTON, was to the effect that the meeting was of opinion that Sir H. W. Dash wood was a fit and proper person to represent the county in Parliament, and pledged itself to use its utmost exertions to secure his return. Mr. LANGSTON, in seconding the resolution, said that he had known Sir Henry Dashwood for many years, and had a great regard for him, and being on terms of intimacy with him, he knew him to be a very superior man. If Sir Henry went to Parlia ment at his present age, being a proper age, he had no doubt that he would become a very useful mem ber. Every man of the least Liberal principles must be anxious to send Sir Henry to Parliament rather than Colonel Fane—(cheers)—and for this reason— that Sir Henry was a man of progress, while the Colonel was a man who would oppose every measure of a progressive character. They were aware that the Ministry had been rather unfortunate of late— for what reason he did not pretend to say; but, in reality, they could not afford to lose a vote in the House of Commons. The resolution was carried unanimously. The Hon. Mr. FIENNES proposed that a subscrip tion should be entered into to defray the expenses of returning Sir Henry Dashwood. This was seconded by Alderman SADLER (ex- Mayor of Oxford), and adopted. Sir HENRY DASHWOOD said that he had entered upon the present contest as a supporter of Lord Palmerston's Government, although he wished them distinctly to understand that his views were those of a moderate politician, and if he went to Parliament he must go unpledged to support any particular party. He believed Lord Palmerston's Government, generally speaking, was the best which the country himcould h h e a i r y e s n a p t p p o r r e t s , e b n u t t . h a S d o me friends h withdrawn it,ad p ro med assigning i as a reason his second address ; but he begged to state that he had never changed his opinions, and that those which he professed now were those which ho entertained when he was induced to come forward in the first instance, and when men of all parties in the country promised him their support. A subscription was opened, and £6OO was raised in the room. An influential committee was formed, and Sir Henry Dashwood will commence an active canvass forthwith, and visit in succession the dif ferent market towns in the county. TRIS DAY'S ,iIARKETS. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £2 5; to £5 ; clover, 10a to and straw, £1 Ss to £1 168 Od per load. Trade 15s Od ; siow. CUMBERLAND.—Meaiow hay, £2 6s to £6 Os; clover do., lOs to £5 15s; and straw, £1 8s to £1 16s per load. A slow demand. WHI TECHAPEL.—Iindow hay, 12 2s to f 5 Os; eloveT t £3 lOs to £5 15s Od ; and straw, £1 8s to 16s per load. A slow trade. COLONIAL. TEl—There has been a moderato inquiry for most de scriptions at full rates, but the dealers have deferred their operations until the result of the public sales (which com mence to-day) are known. SUGAR—OnIy a limited business has been transacted, as a large quantity is announced for public sale to-day. Prices, however, have been well maintained for all descriptions. In the Refined Market there h.ts been a steady demand at fully late quotation a. COFFEE.—The inquiries for good and fine qualities of Plantation Ceylon have been moderately active, and late prices have been well supported. The stocks on hand, compared with those of the same period of last year, show little variation. _ _ _ RlCE.—Only a limited amount of business has boon re‘ corded, and prices have exhibited no change of importance. SA.LTPETE.E.—The market has been quiet, although a moderato business has been done for forward delivery at a slight advance on fernier prices. TALLOW.—The settlement of the Trent affair has caused , a large quantity to be forced upon the market, both for pre sent and forward delivery, and prices havarch e alv . en way to 49s on the spot; and 48s Od to 495 fo r M delivery, MURDER IN VIE QUEEN'S COUNTY,—On Sun day last, during the absence of the family at ma ss , Annie Spencer, a farmer's wife, residing in the town land of Cionaghill, Queens County, was fired at and shot in the neck and head, from the effects of which she died th following day. Robbery has been the motive of this out rage, 8.4 a box in the house was broken open, and a sum of £8 taken therefrom. Two persons, named Jeremiah Moon and John Hetherington, have been arrested, and remanded by the magistrates for further examination,