The Sun. — London, England, 1862-12-24 00:00:00

MO NEY Al AR K ET. CITY NEWS-YESTERDAY. In the foreign exchanges this afternoon the rates Were generally about the same as on last post day. 100,000 sovereigns were withdrawn from the Lank to-day for transmission to the East. The suspension has been announced of the mer cantile house of Messrs. Facchini Brothers, of Bologna, on the 20th inst. The recent demand for bills on London which has prevailed on the Paris Bourse has been occa sioned by large purchases in order to remit the £BOO,OOO which will be required here on the Ist in B t. for the bonds of the Victor Emmanuel Rail- Way, which are then to be paid off. CITY NEWS-THIS DA/. CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Tilt money market was firmer, and there is an active business. Very few bills are now negotiable under the Bank minimum of 3 per cent. Gold is now about 1-10th per cent. dearer in Lon (ion than in Paris, and about 2-10ths per cent. bigher here than in Hamburg. The traffic returns on the Ottoman Railway for the week ending the 7th inst. were £243 against 4150 last year. The Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets close to-clay for the Christmas holiday?, and will reopen all the 6th proximo. Two o'CLocx. Towards the close of business yesterday afternoon there was a little heaviness, and the few transac tions that have taken place today have rather in creased the tendency towards depression. Consols are now quoted 921 y both for money and account. The market has been exceedingly dull, owing to an inclination on the part of operators to contract rather than to enlarge their engagements. The New Three per Cents. and the Reduced are sup- Ported at 92-;',l ; Exchequer Bills are fiat at 9s. to 10s. Prem. ; Bank Stock is 2221 ; India ditto, 2251 ex thy. for opening; and ditto 5 per tent. Loan, 1081. The Foreign Market has again presented a quiet appearance, but prices have shown buoyancy. Turkish 6 per Cents., 1858, have improved to 701 71 ; the New Loan to 71; -a; and the Consolides are 408 Egyptian have further advanced to 95; 96; ditto, 2d issue, to 941 951, and Spanish Certificates are firm at 9 ; Moorish are 96 ; Italian Railway Loan, 751 76. Portuguese Scrip is 43 prem. ; Buenos Ayres 6 per Cents., 981; Venezuelan 3 per Cents. 248. In the Railway Share Market business con tinued very inactive, and the few dealings entered itito were at slightly reduced rates. Great Easterns and North Easterns (Berwick) declined 55., and Great Westerns, and London and Blackwall, 10s. The Foreign and Colonial undertakings were without material variation. Antwerp and Rotter dam advanced to 71 i; Dutch-Rhenish brought 17 2, and San Paulo, 221 ; East Indian receded to 108* ; Great Indian Peninsula brought 108 ; Bom bay and Baroda, 106 to 1061 ; and Scindes Delhi .., 'tock, 1051. Joint-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares l'etak.rined inactive at about previous quotations. Union of Australia improved ss. to 103.; London .and Buenos Ayres, ss. ; Crystal Palace Stock orought 361; and Royal Mail Steam, 56. Bank BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Stoc .. 32 3 Per Cent. R e d u ced Annuities .I),Per C ent. C onso l s A nnu ities 94 a N ew 3 per Cent. Annuities India Stock 225/ ad for opg. Ditto 6 per Cent lOB4 Ditte Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent .. 95 D tto 5 per Cent Ditto 55 per Cent. . , . 112 k Ditto Debentures, 4 per Ct., Oct., 1863 1002 Ditto ditto April, 1864 1001 1 Ditto ditto Aug. 1864 or 66 1001 Ditto Bonds £l,OOO 26 Ditto under £l,OOO . ... 26 29 Exchequer Bills, £lOOO, 21 per Cent.... 10 9 FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Brazilian 5 per Cent Ditto 41 pea Cent 1852-58-60 Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent 981 Egpptian 7 pet Cent 9 sa 6 1 Ditto, Secons Issue Greek 5 per Ceni`, 1 824-5, ex-Coup ms l6k i it.,,i in 5 per Cect. ( Mareinmana Railway) 751 6 Mexican 3 per Cent ... .. Ditto Account Moorish Imperial 5 per rent P zuvian 41 per Cent. Ditto 1862 92k 11 P ortuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Ditto 3 per Cent , 1862 Ditto Scrip, £2O paid Russian 5 per Cent ., 1822 , X St ...... - • Ditto 41 per Cent., 1850 Ditto 5 per Cent., 1862 94 i Punish 3 per Cent ~, Ditto Passive LPanish Cert. of Coup not funded T urkish 6 per Cent. 1854 — Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858 .. Ditto Account 7Ol 1 V enezuela, Paid-up Scrip 3 per Cent Ditto Account. Dividends on the above.payable in London, THREE O'CLO CK. C onsols, Money .. 925 a Ditto Account, Jan. 8 PRICE OF GOLD T he quotation of gold at Paris is about a t p ai, and the sho rt exchange on London is 25.20 per £1 sterling. On e i 4 p4aring these rates with the English M int p rice of £3 s• lOid. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is about -Icth per cent. dearer in London than in Paris. . 1 13 Y advises from Hamburg the price of gold is 42.1 per mark, d the s h or t exc h ang e on London is 13.4} per £1 sterling. t i l ' ta ndard Bold at the English Mint price is , ther efore, about 4- . lo tbs per cent. dearer in London than in Hamb ur g to l 'he course of exchange at New York on London for bills at tm cl aYs' sight is 146 to 146 i per cent., and the pre mium on „'" .l is 32; to 33 per cent. At these rates there is a p rofit 04 the importation of gold from the United States. MARKETS-THIS DAY. MARK-LANE. very small supply of English wheat was received fle 84 up to this morning's market. Dry samples w ere ta ken off steadily, at full prices ; otherwise, the trade was drill, at Monday's currency, The show of samples of foreign wheat, ex granary, was 40 derate. In most descriptions, but chiefly American, a fair retail business transacted, at late rates. Pleating cargoes of grain were in fair demand, on former t erms r Malting barley sold steadily, at full prices. Grinding aril distilling sorts were in slow request, at Monday's curr ency. The business transacted in malt was only moderate, at p r evious quotations. t The supply o f oats was somewhat restricted. Fine corn realised au i m p rovem ent of 6d per quarter, compared with 'claday, and the value of other kinds was fully supported. 13 cans moved off steadily, at full prices. The supply on t he stand s was very moderate. ! ) eas, however, were in fair supply, and slow request, at 411 3' Monday's decline in the currency. The flour trade was steady, and the quotations welt, well °lll4)orted. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. It n I* h Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour. irieh ••••. . 210 160 1,070 ' 150 sack. • • • ******** 5,220 1,57 - 0 —1 4,390 BOROUGH HOP. All kind s o f h o p s are a dull inquiry. The best samples tatt lY maint a i n th e i r previous value, but to effect sales in ; 'l4Airior parcels lower prices must be taken. WIIITECHAPEL. followpply of meat is moderate, and the trade rules heavy all a9:— Beef,, from 2s 4d to 3s 10d ; mutton, 2s 8d to 4s 2d ; veal, „ 8 dd. to 4s 8d ; and pork, 3s Od to 4s Od per Sibs by the 'Areas,. Two LEEDS GAROTTERS CAUGHT IN THE ACT. xe sterday, at the Leeds Town-hall, two cealminers, 111 ned Uenj am i n W oo d a nd John Hides, were charged With a garotte robbery. The prosecutor, an old man, named Samuel Pullen, residing at Copley-hill, Wortley he, said that on Monday afternoon he was at the Swan with T wo N ecks Inn, Hunslet-lane, L ee d s, an d t h ere par ,n of two pint s o f b eer. I n the taproom where he was sitting p g were th e t wo prisoners, who several times drank "h him- About a quarter to five o'clock he left the house ou his way to Leeds, but he had only got about 200 yards 4 .,Way when h e was overtaken by the prisoners, opposite to 'Jackson's Field. Wood, who was behind him, "put on t IIQ hug," and threw him down ; and Hides, after t qing the left hand p oc k et in vain, turne d P u ll a n's right hand pocket inside out, and took about 3s. 6d. away with blat. Just at this moment up came Mrs. Greenwood, the 'wife of the landlord of the Swan with Two Necks (in which house she had a short time previously left the prosecutor and the prisoners), and she, on hearing. Pullan's cry for help, boldly crossed the road, and was on the spot precisely at the men were rebbing him. She distinctly recognised both prisoners, who, on seeing her, jumped over the wall into Jackson's field, and made off. The men were shortly afterwards apprehended. The prisoners were coraraitted for trial at the assizes. LINES LEASED A GE T g.tioud. l &oe r o.i l , D RENTALS. Railways. P a i d. Leasing Closing Business Co.o s Price. Done. D D o o. .&G.W --- 89 91 ------- BBiurekkeinnli4.7ladm‘hire. .. I ° oo ° i 1 1 : 952 1 03 :5 6 836 1 1 1i 02 7 6 1 30 887 6 05 : 97 Chester &11 olyhea . d.. 100 Do. Do. 5,i per cent 100 Do • oin s J s s h t u . o n g t vp o r n a ei : 1 1 1 1 0 0 u00 0 0 0 • Colchester,ClydesdaleE I. T, D i n ° c . Gloster & Dean Force all Gt. West . Gt.Ea- tn. Newmarket • &e., 5 percent lOO Gt.Eastn. -- Do. E.U.Harwch. 4 p.c 100 D 0... ••„, — l _ , D o. Wodbrg. Ex. 4 p.c 101' Do ' Hi., i and ,t , elby all l'lc.N. Mid Jlllll3 Lancaster & Carlisle 100 Ln.&N.W 203 206 Lon. and Chat. Ext. B I•er cent..-.... Do 4i per cent.... • 100 Do BB . 9 D... 11 , ouiloy , e p er c. all Do. .• .. DiNew ShlB6l, 4ip.e. all Do ..... ... ' 22 24 Do.Wi , . Ext. A, 4 4 pe. all D 0... •„. • • 8 1 i London & Greeiawic 100 S. Eastern 64 66 •,-. .... 100 Do. Do. Preferen Lon..Tilb.&s, end-+ 100 Peto & Co. 90 92 Lnd'dr. &Enn is. ori g . A Do. 100 [rich N.- _ B, 100 Western. Do. C! 100 Lowes toft gua. 4 pc.. 100 Norfolk 10 1 0 1 i DirsTo.wsi M 4 41 - - mn D e o . , B e. x p t e n r . c , r 3 t i .. i 1.0•0.1. a , Mid. Bradford Prefer ence stock ....... . 100 Midland 96 98 97 Nor.Dev.Rail & Dock. 100 L.&S.W. 100 from I st Do A stock ........ — Do 11 stock ........ 00 Jan.,1863. D. Pr fere; ce..... 100 Northn.&Eastn. sp. c. all Gt. Eastn 67 59 Do. 6 per cent. .. • . all Do. N. N:astn—Hartlepool 1( 0 N. E. Ber. . • •• North Western - Not. Gran. Rl. & Cl. 100 (it. North. 95i 96i L &N.W ) P r eston and Wyre. / a ll 46 L. y k. 3 44 46 Do. l shares A. all Do. ••• • . • • • • • Roystn.llitch.&Shep. 100 Gt. North. 136 138 Shrew sby & Hereford 100 L.&N.W.. 126 137 Do. D 0.. ....... 5 i.'W., &c. ) 2,1 np South Staffordshire .. 100 Ln.&N. V 1 ; West London, Cis A all W.Ln•Exj Do do 11 ; all Ln&N.W.I Do do do C 1 all &,;t.Wst., and Somsrset.. i 10 0 Gt. West: 92 94 Wiltsmbledn & Croydonl all ;L. &Brgtn 4_96 Wi 1 _ . ___ ..... nrynnirß FILEFERENC Dividends continP;cn ST Lt on th 92 94 8196 ARES AND Si c Profits of each s ('aledon. £lO Gua. Stck (It Eastern 5 p. c. pref. Kent Coast. (1 p.ct. pl. 131 Lon.& t :kwa11.44 p.•.sk. Do. do. 44 do. shares Lond'n, &c.,4 per cent.... 1858 Do. do. 4 per ct 1860; Do. do. 4( per ct 18611 Do. do. 44 per ct 1861 f.n.Ct.t sn,&c.6p,c 2d Do, Metrop. Ext 4 6 p,c. Lon. &S. Western 44 p.c. l North British £lO Gua. Shares, 1861. DoEd,Prth,&D'dee,4p 0 hieottish Central 4i p.c. 10'2 104 106 108 --') 16 1 2 1 03 id 112. 103 105 92 96 103 105 100 100 100 31 (00 an 100 _ irred. pref.... S.-Eastern 4i p.c. 1859 Do. 5 p.c. June 1861 (rd ; Do. 5 p.c. Au g. 1861 (rd ) Stkton D.irlgtn. D,Pf Da do. lo.i 10l 104 106 I Vale el Neath 80 83 'OCKS parate Year. 10 10 10 10 tol 10 28 ,` ,. .(3 21} Antwerp az. ttotterclain. Bah. &S. Fran.. Li m 7 p.c. Belgian East. Junction' Ditto Extension .... Dutch Rhenish ........ Do Eastern of France .... Grand Rus Guar. 6 p. c. Gt. Luxem., Con. shs... Italian Junction ...... Namur & Liege Do. 6 p. o. Pref. ........ Northern of France.... Do. New Shares ..... all all all all all iN.Rail. of BuenosAyres Gua. 7 p 0., - Lim Norwegian Trunk Pref Ot'mn(Smyrna to Akin) Parts,Lyons, h Mcditer. Paris & I irlea 1161. Portuguese Rail. Royal Recite At S. Fran. (Peru.) gua. 7 p. ct. lim Riga, Dcnaburg...... Royal Danish.- ........ Royal Swedish Do. 7 per cent. Pref.... Sambre & Meuse ...... Do. 5i per cent. Pref..... San Paulo, lim, g. 7 p. c. S.Aust. &Lomb Velietin S. East Portugal 7 p ct. Southern of France.... Turin and Savona. .... West Flandern ..,..... Do. 5 p c. Preference.. W. & N.W . of France 71 71 2ip 1 7 6 11 11 p 20i Ili 14 11 9 91 20 21 40} 411 pr ip 60 91 8 7 d 45} 01 41 43 181 18Y 14 16 i I ot 10 10 10#j If 2prril 23:, 231 7 1 I i lot I 91 10 31}a2; 3 24d 7 74 10 )04 204 214 COLONIAL CIOVERNMEN'I Can. Gov. 6 p.c.Ja &July 1877-81 Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug. 100 'lO6 108 Do. 6p. c. Mar. & Sept. 100 106 108 1061 Do. sp. c. Jan.&July., 100 991 100 991 Do. 5 Inscribed stock 100 98 100 Cape G.Hope, 6 p c,18731 1 100 103 110 x d Do.Ap &Oct. 1880 100 111 113 Do. 18901 100 112 .114 - Do. Jan. & July, 1891.. 1 100 114 116 Ceylon, N0v.1861, 6p o' 100 - -- N.B.Gov.6p.c.Ja.&July, 100 1071 1081 1)0. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct. 100 N. S.W. G ov. 5 p c.,1866' 100 1011 1024 Do. sp. c.,1871 to 1876 100 1015 1021 1 Do. d0.,1888 & upwcha 100 101 1011 1015 New Zealand 6p. cent! 100 111 113 ' Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. sterling - , 1875 lOO 108 109 Queensland Gov. 6p. c lOO 112 114 S.Aus G6p.c.1878.& up lOO 111 113 Vic. Gov. p.c. Ja.&July I 100 - Do. to eo.c. An.&Oet.. .1 100 ICB4 lO9 l, 109 81 BRITISH MINES. 2 Cambrian Consol. Gold 1 1 Clifford Amalgamated.. 21 23 Devon G. Con.. (Taoist.; 1 495 505 East Bassett (Illogan).. 30 52 64 1 East Clogau Gold Ltd. ss. / 1p East Caradon ...... 2.14.6 441 451 44) 1 East Cant Brea.... .. . . 3.0. 0 115 12 111 E. WI Russel (Tavistk.) 7.19.0 21 31 Gam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen.) 571 14 16 Great South Tolgus.... 17s 7 74 G. Wheal Vor (Helston) 40 6 61 Grenville 6.15.0 4% 41 Herod's-Foot 8.12 47 19 Hingston Downs 4. ,7.0 2% 21 Lady Bertha Margaret (Uny Lelant' 01 41 43 Marke Valley.. 4 Myndy Iron Oro (Lim ) 2k Ids pr New Setun l9l 135 145 North Downs 25 21 11 N.Wh 'I Basset (.11104 - an 1.17.0 2/ 84 North Wheal Crotty 2.4.9 551 51 Par Consols (St. Blazey' 11 5 6 110 Providence(Uny Lelnt.) 10.6.7 12 44 South Caradon(St.Cleer) 15 380 392 S. Carn Brea (Illogan) .5.15.6 21 3 E.Wheal Fran. (Mogan, 18.1.-.9 874 925 Stray Park 5 Tamar Silv.& Lead Min 4l 4 1 10 Tin Croft 9 13 14 West Basset (Illogan) ll 13 14 W Caradon (Liskeard) 5 26 18 West Seton Wheal Basset (Illogan) 54 774 825 Wheal Buller (Redruth) 5 49 61 Wheal Kitty(U.Lelant) 2.0.6 74 84 • WhealLud ott Wheal Mary Ann (Men ) S 16 16 Wheal Seton 584 1774 1824 Wheal Treiawney (Lis ) 7 17 18 Wheal Union 3.13 54 6% 3sioll ; its in )n, as :,r the or the 3y ad nd by fferent which Dd for. 'lion 0 Lture ire Lsit spa o urabl B transi t clerics Lal deb C insigh t rs COr inistrir btaine d 31atio 0 lad the )U have I, cow" e raori, woduca nel 08 ople ° ' .l. ; Corp o gtle S 1 5 1/11- en Lb.° ) I°l ir 6 IC sOlile Wil l Y cf and 1,13+C1 p „lje 6 les ° 13e 1 1 .05 ' (10e° iet' . Si : CCRE MARKET...THIS DAY. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOJKS. fClosino• Business Share, done. .I;milways. l'aid.t • lilt.. Wol., and Str. Val I".lytlie and Tyne. Bristol and Exeter Caledonian 0)0; and Bandon Corn wall Do A A gets no die Do. B till ti.an.has been paid to B. Dublin & Belfast Junc. Dun.,Perth,&Ab. Junc. Edinburgh & Glasgow. Glasg. and S. Western. Great Eastern, Ord. stk 8 8i '1 61 83 65 11.5 116 115) G 7 41 13 13 14 86 88 105 107 46 47 43 45 24 25 Ditto A stock -Ditto East Anglian st GreatNorthof Scotland' Great. Northern Do A stock Do B do Do. £5 shares Gt. S. an 1 W. of Ireland ;Great Western 1241 125 i 128 129 135 137 104 100 Os (O Do Str Val gua. stock Lancashire .k Yorkshire London and ill ackwal I , Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast, Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. Sr Smith Western [llan., Shef., ,C 3 Lincoln. ITaryport and Carlisle. 1081 tO9 711 721 118 119 ‘lB 19 C6l 97 101 101 40 41 DO shares • !‘iet rop oli tan Midland Do New Do Birming. & Derby Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland 91 128 81 ; (24 1# lip 96 98 Do. shares Mid Kent Do Cray Line North British Edin., Perth, & Dundee Nth. Eastern—rierwici , Do, G.N.E. purchase Do Leeds 52 63 25 27 914 100 —d 56 67 58 184 125 127 107 1W 4 4f d 10 i of 118 120 474 484 103 105 Do York Do Carlisle North London Do New North Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junction Scottish Central Scot N. E., Aber. stock Do Scot. Mid. stock Shrews. and Welchpool Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun Staines, Wok., an dWok. Stockton le Darlington 47 49 33i 344 89 881 681 f9l 100 103 7 89 40 101 101 7} 7t 147 149 4i 5 t 24 3 p 55f 566 24 34p * d * 87 89 140 145 • Do _ _ _ Do New, 1860 - Taff Vale. Do B Do C Ulster Do Do Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim Waterford & Kilkenny West Cornwall VV. Hartlepool Har.dat West Midland Oxford Do Newport Do Hereford 29 31 13} 44* 484 I 125 4i 123 7/ 8i 68 7f / / 108 1 - i I 71/ 1 38; 96i il 101 f 128 i it 11 251 94 561 i 43 45 35 37 944 354 PREFERENCE SHARES I hi is. & Exet. p. c. ..) Do. shares ledon. qr. shrs, 9 Cork & Bandon, 5i p. c. Cornwall, 5 per ant... . Do. 4.; p. c. gua. perpet. Dun. Perth, & Abcl,Jun. Do Ist Class Pref.. Edin.&Glas.s p.c. shares Do. 4 p. c. guar. S. & Glas.& S.West. gu. 5 p. 4 -. Gt.Eastn, E.Coun. Ex. 1 Do No. Do 6 p. c. pref Do. E. Angn A at 5 um. Do ...7. p.c. I Do, E. Agn. B 6 p. c. pf. Do. do. C 7 do. Do. E. Union, 4 p.c. gua Do 5 p.c. gua Do.Norf'k 5 p.c. Ex. 1846 Do. do. 5} p c. pref. 1847 Do. s p. c. Wavy. Val. '47 Great Northern, 5 p. c.. D 0.5 p.e.Redm.lop.c. pm. Do. 4} p. c. do Do.sp.c.Redir.atsp.c.pm Do. Hertford purchase. Do. Luton do Do.H.&L. pur. 4 p. c. pf Do. Luton pur. 5 p. c.pf Gt. Nh. of scot. Ist prel Gt. Sn. & W. (Ireland' 4 per cent Great West. (Berks an 6 Hants Ext) 5 per cent Do. redeem. 4.} p. Cr. Do. redeem. 4 p. et Do. Irredeem. 4 p. et Do. 5 p. c. redeem. pref. Do. Birm. guar. stock Do. Birm. pref. stock Do. Chester guar. shares Do. Chester 8 p.c. pf. shs Do. Chester 5 p.c. pf. shs Lan. & Carl. 46 p.c. prel Lan. & York. 6 p.c. stocl Do.Barnsl.st£s as 10do , Do. 6 p. c. (East Lan.) Do. 46 p. c. (Blackh. pur. Lon.ltßrig".sp..au. No.l Do. 5 per cent, do. No 2 Da R per cent d 0... Do. 5 per cent. do. No. 4 Do. 7 per cent pref. stl: Do. 6 p.c. do(W.E.&C.P.' D 0.4 p c.st f.on.Chat. &Dnv. sp.c.pf. Lon. & N. W., Coy. & Nuneaton, 5 per cent. .on. & S. West. 7 p. cent Pt., late 3d sh Fires Do. (Portsm'th perpetl anns. of 2s. 6d.) Sh. Xr Lin. 6 per ct Do. .C 6 i)o. 31 per cent. Do. redeem. 6 percent... aryport Az Carl. 4 pr. e. Do. 41 per cent ........ Midland Con. 6 p. c. Do.Con.Brie.& Bir. 6 p., Do. 41 p.c. pref. et. rdem Do. 4i n.e. irredeemabl , Do. 41 per cent. . Do.Leic. andtht.4per ct Nort British. 5 per cent. Do. New g - ua- 5 per cent Do. Bor. tin. g. prf. she IN-East. Cons. pref. 4 p.c. Do. 4/pr ct redeemabl Do. G. N. E. 4 p. ct. pref Do. Berwick 4 p. c. pref. Do. Leeds 6 p. c. No. 1 Do. do. Quarters, 1848.. I m. York. 11. & S. Purc! Do. Carlisle 4.1 p. Do. do. 4 p. c. N. London 41 p. c. £2O pi North Stalibrdshi re. ... s , cocti eh North-Eastern 31 p. c. pref. stock.... Do.Aberdeen,g,ua.6p.: Do. 7 p. c. pref. stocl, ,south Devon, Ann, 10s. Do. Fixed 41 per cent South Eastern (Keadinp Ann., 1.0.6) Do. 41 per cent Do, Fixed 41 per cent South Wales, g - ua. 4 p. c. Do. 41 per cent Do. do 1859 Do. 5 per crnt S. Yorkshire, 4 p. c. gua Do. 6p. c. gua Stock'. & Dar. A 5 p. c Do. B 6 p. c Do. C 6 p. c Taff Vale No.l Pref. ' Watrfd & Kilkny, 6 p. c W. Mid.-Oxf Ist gua stk _ Do. 2d do Do. Newport 5 p.c. pf.red. Do. Perpet.6 p. C. p 1.1866 Do. till 1869 100 100 all all 100 100 100 all all 06 1)8 20i 214 6i 7 111 113 91 93 tl2 114 Lll 113 129 131 [O5 108 1 29 131 150 152 [l7 119 [l2 114 .05 107 [OB 110 98 100 08 100 88 N 89 91 102 104 77 79 170 175 104 10u 36 140 103 105 16 118 16 118 36 110 16 118 55 100 31 135 80 82 96 97 21 3 [23 125 Cm, C 8 70 I iPm 40 142 03 105 P 5 4 , 7 10 112 LOB 110 1 lipm P 3 95 ,03 105 98 100 P #P 23 233 101 101 24 244 102 104 102 104 87 89 21} LI 284 29 336 34 384 344 45 47 126 128 118 122 101 103 122 124 118 120 13.14 8.4.0 L 9.16.4! 12.10 88} 6 1 20 28.2,61 THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY • E VEN ING, DECE VIBE R 1862. LAW-THIS DAY. POLICE-THIS DAY. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. (Before the Chief Justice and a Special Jury.) HUDSON V. SIR P. SLADE AND OTHERS. MANSION HOUSE. FORGERY.--Two lads were placed before the Lord Mayor charged with forgery. His lordship this morning commenced summing up the evidence in this extraordinary case, which has now been before the court for so many days. His lordship devoted a considerable portion of his observations to the contents of the book, which Mr. Hudson had claimed as his private property, and said, one of the questions the jury would have to decide was whether the book was of that private nature in consequence of the correspondence it contained that all examination of the contents was precluded. Mr. Hudson stated that it was of that nature, and that it had always been kept by him in his private drawer. The learned judge then read extracts from several of the letters relating to the Waller Mines Co., and then asked the jury to form their own opinion whether the volume was what it was represented to be. They must also consider how the book came into the pos sion of the parties from whom it had been taken. If they should be of opinion that the book had by unlawful means got into the possession of the benchers, and also that it was what it was represented to be, then the owner of it was per fectly justified in securing it the first time it came into his possession. His lordship then, at some length, proceeded to comment upon various other points of the case. At the conclusion of his lordship's summing up the jury retired to consider their verdict. _ _ Mr. Urierson, cashier at Hankey 's bank, said—The three cheques produced, respectively for £lO, £2O, and £25, were paid at their counter. He paid the cheque for £25 to the prisoner Lloyd. He gave him a £lO note, numbered 70,319, and two £5 notes, numbered respectively 69,785-6 and five sovereigns. The detective officer who toek Lloyd into custody, said, when he did so, he told him he had given the money he had got for the cheques to a companion named Nash. One of the assistants of Messrs. Moses said the prisoner Nash, a short time ago purchased a suit of clothes at their huuse and paid for them with a £5 note, numbered 69,785. Mr. Robert Frank said he was a partner in the firm of Frank and Smith, 147, Fenchurch-street. The prisoner Lloyd was formerly in their service as clerk, and he used a key, or bunch of keys to open some small boxes in the offiee. He (witness) afterwards discovered that one of the keys opened the d, awer in which the cheque book was kept. The signature to the three cheques, to the best of his belief, was in the handwriting of Lloyd. When was taken into cus tody he denied all knowledge of the robbery. A lad in the employ of an optician, said, about a fort night ago Lloyd purchased a magic lantern at his master's house, and as he had not sufficient money to pay for it, he (witness) accompanied him to a house in Bush-lane, where he received the 10s. that were required to pay fur the goods from a person very like Nash. At four o'clock the jury informed his lordship that there was no reasonable prospect of their agreeing to a verdict. The learned Judge, with the consent of counsel on both sides, discharged them without giving a verdict. Mr. Lewis, on the pelt of Nash, said, at the time his client paid away the note to Messrs. Moses he did not know the money had been improperly obtained. (Before Tl oT MHrE.R swß Joyce.) SERVANTOALTSX SHERIFFS' COURT. OF THE QUESTION. Both prisoners were fully committed for trial. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. NORVAL V, DAWSON. This was an action to recover wages and compensation, plaintiff being a domestic servant, and defendant a mer chant, of Brabant-court, Philpot-lane. Plaintiff said she was so very roughly used by Mrs. Dawson that she had to call a policeman in to assist her, and as a protection against Mrs. Dawson's violence. Mrs. Dawson—She behaved very badly during Mr. Dawson's absence, and she wanted to go away, and I was determined she should not, and I locked her up. His Honour (indignantly)—But pray what right had you to do that. This is a free country. ISIGAMY. William Owen Taylor was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with intermarrying with Sarah Ellen Holton, his first wife being at the time and now alive. Charles Butcher, 137 C, produced an extract from the registrar's book of marriages of St. George's, Hanover square. The extract was a true copy of the entry of the marriage between Mr. Taylor and Hannah Green in Sept. 1852. Mrs. Christiana Green, of Charlotte-street, Old Kent road, said she was present at the marriage of tho prisoner and her niece, Hannah Green, and signed the register. Her niece was in court that day. Sarah Ellen Holton, a respectable looking young woman, living at 4, Stanhope-street, Mayfair, said that she was married to the prisoner on August 18, 1862, at High Wy combe Church, Buckinghamshire. The prisoner always represented himself to her as a single man. Mrs. Dawson—l did not want her to go away before Mr. Dawson came home. His Honour—You had no right to lock her up in this free country. It is scandalous that people should behave so to servants. If she had misconducted herself you might have turned her out ; but you must not lock up people without the intervention of the law. It was a fake imprisonment. Mrs. Dawson-1 am very sorry, and I will not do so any more. I wish to say that I missed a handkerchief. His Honour—Now, this is too bad. You first imprison the girl, and then you libel her. You must pay this claim forthwith, with costs. Emma Holton, sister of the last witness, deposed to being present at the marriage of the prisoner and her sister, and signing the registry. The prisoner was committed for trial. It appears that he was taken into custody this morning on leaving the House of Correction, where he had been con fined for one month for assaulting his second wife, he being at the time in the service of Lady Carteret, as coachman. His conduct to both females has been of the most brutal nature. A week after he was married to his first wife he assaulted her, and his conduct became so intolerable that she was obliged, with her child, to leave him. He followed her to her friends and prevailed on her to live with him again, and she consented to do so, only to be worse treated than before, and at last he left her with the child dependent upon her. His conduct to his second wife was of such a nature that at last she was compelled to give him into ens tody, and he wag, as above stated, committed for a month with hard labour. BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Railways Atlantic X, St Lawrence Bom.,Baroda&.Cent Ind Gu. 5 per Cent........ Do. New . Buffalo end Laze Huror Do. Pretcronce Butlaio,BranT,coriudricl 6 p. ct. bas. Aug. 1,1 S Do. do. July 1, 187:1 Do. do. June 1, 16;4 Gleutta.& S. Eas tu. (I,i ; Cape Town Dock 8,74 Eastn. Bengal gu. 5 p. c East Indian, gu. 5 p. c. Do. do. G Ext..... Do. do. H do. .. Grand Trunk of Canada Do. 6 per cent. Pref.. Do. 2d Pref. 6 per ct.. Do. 6per ct. Debentr. 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Plaintiff proved that she had been engaged at £8 per annum, and that when she gave notice defendant wished to pay her ls. per week. _ Mrs. Austin deposed that it was defendant who refused :o keep plaintiff, and gave notice, and that plaintiff agreed o stop for is. per week. She stayed six weeks. His Honour— And you let her go away without paying that. You have not even paid the money into court. I shall find for plaintiff. Defendant wished to appeal, but of course could not. Verdict for plaintiff, and costs. SECONDARIES' COURT. (Before Mr. Potter and a Jury.) BRUCE V. GRANT-ACTION POR FALSE IMPRISONMENT AGAINST AN OFFICER BY A STOCKBROKER. This was a suit of inquiry to assess the damages, laid at £lO,OOO, and it was sent down from the Court of Common Pleas, defendant having suffered judgment to go by de fault. Mr. H. James, for plaintiff, called his client, Mr. Bruce, who said—l was employed by defendant to speculate in consols, and I endeavoured to induce him not to speculate heavily. In March last there was a very heavy debt standing against him. In March I saw Captain Grant, and he drew a note for £l,OOO. (Note read.) He said he had some houses in Rangoon. He instructed me to sell them. I found I could not get the note discounted, and on 14th March I went back with it to Captain Grant at his club. After a great deal of discussion, he said, " Well, if you can't get the money, you may fill in four or six months." Again I could not get it discounted, and I re turned it to Mr. Grant, who had it three days. After he had the note I saw defendant with a Mr. Mortimer and another gentleman. I told the gentlemen that I could not Fay the money I owed on behalf of Mr. Grant, but I produced Mr. Grant's note. Captain Grant had brought it with him. I remember Mr. Mortimer using the words "three months." The result was that the note should be kept by Mortimer, and I agreed to accept the note in full satisfaction. There was no application to me to give up the note while it was running, and it was dishonoured when due. I was arrested by a policeman soon after it was dis honoured, and locked up all night in a police cell. I was searched and taken before Alderman Carden, and kept in the dock. I was kept in a cell below. Ido not know who was in the cell with me. Defendant was examined, and the bank prosecutor appeared. Directly Mr. Mortimer was examined I was discharged, and the Alderman expressed his opinion at the time. I have received no apology from that time to this, and I have since found my business in the Stock Exchange fallen off very much. The learned Secondary said no one appeared for the de fendant, and the only question was one of amount, Plaintiff—Mr. Grant gave me assurances as to his meatp, and he is an officer of the Indian army. Mr. Mortimer fully corroborated the plaintiff, and stated positively that Captain Grant saw the date on the note. Mr. Bruce's position had been much injured by this affair. Mr. Rougier also confirmed the previous testimony, as to the interview with Mr. Mortimer. Sir Walter Carden was so satisfied of the abominable nature of the case that wit ness was not examined. The whole of Captain Grant's evidence as to the interview at the club was false. Mr. Brett (detective officer)—l arrested plaintiff without a warrant. Captain Grant gave him into custody. He was examined at the Mansion-house about four o'clock the next day. Mr. Curson produced the charge-sheet, by which it ap peared that plaintiff was a stockbroker, and the charge was "forging and uttering a no t e for Ll,OOO, with intent to cheat and defraud," &c. The learned Secondary —This is a most unaccountable case, and I fully agree with all that has been said on behblf of the plaintiff. The defendant does not appear, and you will say what damages you award. The jury retired to consider their verdict, and on their return assessed the damages at '£l,ooo. SHIPPING,--THIS DAY. LONDON, Dec. 24.—Wind this day at noon--North- Westerly; light breeze, and mild weather, but rather cloudy. CARDIFF, Dec. 23.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Marie Anna, for Monte Video. SWANSEA, Dec. 23.—Wind N.N.E.—Sailed—Ville, for Rio Janeiro. CLYDE, Dec. 23.—Wind W.—Sailed—Harvest Home, for Kurrachee. SUNDERLAND, Dec. 23.—Wind N.W.--Sailed—Queen of the Age, for Hong Kong. (B/ MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Wednesday Morning. No arrivals. Sailed—Panther, steamer, for Boulogne; Belgium, for Ostend. DEAL, Wednesday Morning. Oooan, of Whitby-, from Lnndon, for Dicppc, hart been supplied with an anchor and chain to replace others lost. GAROTTING AT PRESTON.—Within the past week or two garotting has made its appearance in Preston. The latest case occurred yesterday morning. Between one and two o'clock. Mr. J. Morgan, a tradesman, was proceed ing down Fliargate towards home. When opposite the end of Union-street, a dark narrow passage from Back Lane to Friargate, he was accosted by a woman, who, in a most impudent manner, seized his gold watch guard. Mr. Morgan, perceiving this, shouted out " Police," but in a moment afterwards a man, who had evidently been lurking behind, seised him by the shoulders, threw him upon his back, stole his watch and guard, and ran away. On recovering himself Mr. Morgan gave informa tion of the robbery, and from the description he gave of the woman and the man who seized him, a private in the 41st Regiment, stationed at Fulwood Barracks, named John Dyson, and a woman, named Jane Young, were appre hended at a dramshop in Church -street. Dyson, when searched, was found to have the watch and chain in his possession. He said that the woman " led him into the robbery ;" but she said that she knew nothing at all about it. Yesterday both prisoners were brought up at the Police court, and remanded until to-day. How A BURGLAR IS REFORMED By ri lINISH MENT.—Yesterday, at the Leeds Town-hall,: Timothy Canty was brought up on two charges of felony. When clothes brush the prisoner's carpet bag was searched at the police office it was found to contain a scientifically-formed “ j emmy, ,, a dark lantern, several bunches of desk and office keys, beer uo d barrel, iu po 8s e s a s n i o d u o o f t other r the d 1 ikeeimplements; all and a cloth cap which he had stolen from two shops in Kirkgate. On referring to the antecedents of the prisoner,it was discovered that he was only discharged from key s ot als a o found York Castle on the 6th inst., after serving 12 months for a burglary at Patrington, in the North Riding, on the 6th Dec., 1861. On that occasion his plunder amounted to £4l and other valuables. He has been rather more than a fort night out of prison, and yet he is found fully equipped with a stock in trade with which to legume his occupation, H e was committed for trial at the sessions. WESTMINSTER. THE BEGINNING or CRlME.—James Garratt, aged 12, and William Burden, aged 10, were placed at the bar, charged with stealing a half-quartern loaf. Mrs. Eliza Busmer, of 27, Radler street, Smith's-ter race, Chelsea, stated that last evening she saw Garratt enter her shop and take the loaf, which he handed to the other prisoner, who was on the door-step. Police-constable Charles Happer, 323 B, said when he took the prisoners their excuse fur taking the bread was that they had nothing to eat all day. Mr. Arnold inquired whether the parents of the boys before him had been informed of their present position Tho police replied that they had. Mr. Arnold asked whether they were now in attendance. The police said that the mother of Garratt was present, but the mother of Burden was not. Mr. Arnold inquired whether she said anything about her son? The constable replied that she said she did not care much about him, as ho was going on against her will. Mr. Arnold asked Mrs. Garratt what she had to say ? Mrs. Garratt said that her husband was a painter. There was plenty of food for her son at home, but there was no keeping him there. Ha would run the streets, and was forming bad associations from which she should like to see him rescued. Mr. Arnold observed that the only way to rescue these poor boys would be to send them to a reformatory, but their parents must contribute towards their support. Mrs. Garratt said willingly. Prisoners were remanded. THAMES. DETERMINED STREET Row.—A tall and powerful young man, who gave the name of William Taylor, and who called himself Hodgson, last night was brought before Mr. Woolrych, charged with being drunk, disorderly, and assaulting Susannah Sarah Wilson. The complainant said that f- he was the landlady of a coffee-house, in Three Colt-street, Limehouse. Yesterday evening, the 23d inst., the prisoner came into her house and was supplied, at his request, with bread and butter and coffee. After he had consumed it he commenced singi ng very uproariously, She begged him to be quiet or leave the place. He said he would do neither and was determined upon a row, it was Christmas time, and a row and a jolly one he would have. Her husband went in quest of a policeman, and while he was 'gene the prisoner'continued to sing and roar loudly. A young man named Charles Fuller, a lodger, came into the house and turned out the prisoner, who plunged, kicked, and made use of very foul ' language. He forced his way into the house again and struck her, and threatened to kill her. Mr. Woolrych—And left the mark I now see on your face. Mrs. Wilson—Yes, sir, and he kicked at me. His con duct was of the most singular description—he shouted, roared, and screamed like a madman. A police-constable said the prisoner made a similar dis turbance in a beershop an hour before he went to the com plainant's coffee-house. The prisoner in his defence said he was most terribly mauled last night, and his watch was broken to pieces. Ile produced the remains of his timekeeper, and said, Am I not to have compensation for this ? Mr. Woolrych—That is cool certainly. Your watch was broken in the scuffle. You have acted in a most dis orderly manner, and assaulted Mrs Wilson. You are fined 155., and in default six. days' imprisonment. APPLICATION OF SPECTRUM ANALYSIS.—We hear that a practical application is likely to be made of the beautiful results of spectrum analysis in an important de partment of our national manufactures—that is, in the cast ing of steel. In the new process of molting the metal it is important to know the exact moment at which to shut down the cover of the furnace ; time must be allowed for the escape of the gaseous products which are injurious to the steel, but if that time be prolonged an injurious effect of another kind is produced. To meet this contingency it has been pro posed to test the gases as they fly off by means of the spec troscope; and as soon as the particular colour is observed peculiar to the gas which begins to escape at the moment the molten metal is in proper condition, the manufacturer will then have an infallible sign of the proper moment for closing the furnace. It is impossible not to wish success to ingoniouo applioatiou of a philuauphieal experiment to practical uses in the wholesale preparation of the material of hardware.—dthenrcum. HUNGER AND SELF-RESPECT IN LANCASHIRE: They are wonderful these Lancashire people. They are:no beggars. I almost think that if we were so wicked as to leave them to starve, they would just do so, without a word. There is no truckling and cringing on the one hand, there is no insolence or coldness on the other. They are independent. Their self-respect is not injured by the relief they receive ; yet for that relief they are most obviously and undisguisedly grateful. If a college of wise men, wise in manners, arbitrators in matters of taste, had assembled in committee to decide how a community should bear itself under such circumstances as these .which now affect this cotton community, they could ne'eer have hit out anything half so complete, and so delicately fine, as these people have hit out unconsciously with their own unaided but unerring instinct. As long as hope and energy are left to these suffering people the case is not at its worst, and these seem rarely or never to have deserted the workmen whom trouble has thus overtaken for the first time. It is widely diffe rent with the habitual pauper : the man long accustomed to penury and dependence. This last makes no attempt to face his antagonist, Want. He has ceased to strive against misfortune. He has lost pride, self-respect, every sustaining quality.—All the Year Round. A FAITHFUL DOG.—The widow of Lieut_ Pfieff, of Illinois, was enabled to find her husband's grave at Pitts. burg Landing by seeing a dog which had accompanied the lieutenant to the war. The dog approached her with the most intense manifestations of joy, and immediately indi cated to her as well as he was able his desire that she should follow him. She did so, and he led the way to a distant part of the field, and stopped before a single grave. She caused it to be opened, and there found the body of her dead husband. It appears, from the statement of some of the soldiers, that when Lieut. Pfieff fell, his dog was by his side, and thus re mained, licking his wounds, until he was taken from the field and buried. He then took his station by the grave, and nothing could induce him to abandon it but for a sufficient length of time each day to satisfy his hunger, until by some means he was made aware of the presence of his mistress. Thus had he watched for twelve days by the grave of hi s ' slain master.—ilmerion Dyer. 1088 i 75 4i 65 i 35} InB 71. 13* * '7josi 1051 1 11 55 4i a d 51 2/30! t 3 x d 3S 35; 23j 1 , Us. all 1 100 x d 100 all all :a.l all 1 5 3 28 CONVICT DISCIPLINE. Tne following memorial has been forwarded to Sir George Grey by the Bristol Association for obtaining an alteration in convict discipline To the Right Honourable Sir George Grey, Bart., her Ma jesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Home Dc- partment. The respectful memorial of the association formed in Bris tol for promoting an improved 'administration of convict discipline in England. We have observed with the greatest concern the condi tion of discharged convicts in this country, very many of whom are found to return to crime, without the slightest good effect to themselves from their punishment. We believe that means, much better than those at present employed, might be used to prepare for freedom the 1,600 or 2,000 convicts annually discharged, and to afford such a test of the preparation as might be satisfactory to the em ployers of labour, and not leave the discharged criminals to crime as their only means of living. We find that as to those who are discharged on condi tional license or ticket of leave, the conditions indorsed on the license are not enforced, nor are any sufficient means taken to ascertain their fulfilment. Experience shows that it is possible to provide a system of treatment during imprisonment, an immediate prepara tion for discharge, and a wholesome supervision during the remainder of the sentence, which might prevent the pre sent frightful condition and practices of the convicts, qualify them, in a considerable proportion of the cases, to be taken again into society, and furnish to the employers of labour the necessary test of fitnesi. Wo think that Ireland (under the operation of the same statutes as England) and other countries have furnished such experience. Discharged convicts are shown to be not necessarily a nuisance and terror to their neighbourhood, but they may gain a position as honest and industrious workmen. We most earnestly entreat that means may be taken for greatly altering and improv,ng the present discipline of con victs in England by a very different and a better adminis tration of the law ; and that every convict now on ticket of-leave, who can be ascertained to have infringed the terms of his license, may be returned to prison ; and that as to those who may for the future be at liberty on license (which, according to the regulations, will now embrace every con vict reported to be well conducted), the conditions of the license may be enforced with proper supervision. Signed by the President, Chairman. Vice-Chairman, and Committee, on behalf of the Assobiation. President, Right Hon. Earl Ducie, Lord-Lieutenant of Gloucestershire and Bristol ; Chairman, M. D. Hill, Esq , Q.C., Recorder of Birmingham; Hon. Secretary, James Livett, Esq., Cotham, Bristol. 7HE NEGRO AND THE TVAR. The following is the concluding portion of Mr. Secretary Stanton's report to the President of the United States : With this presentation of the past operations and the pre sent condition of the War Department, the duty required of me by the act of Congress to make an annual report is in a great measure fulfilled. It is seen that a force has been placed by the people of the United States at the command of the government to maintain its authority more mighty in all the elements of warlike power than was ever before arrayed under one banner. How shall that force be em ployed ? To smite the enemy on every hand, to attack his armies and strongholds, to occupy his ports, clear the great rivers of the West of his obstructions, and pause net until he is subdued, is our plain duty. Above all, it is our duty to disdain no legitimate aid that may save the lives of our gallant soldiers, diminish their labours, provide for their wants, and lessen the burdens of our people. No aphorism is more universally received than that " the sole object of a just war is to make the enemy feel the evils of his in justice, and by his sufferings amend his ways ; he must, therefore, be attacked in his most accessible quarter. The power of the rebels rests upon their peculiar system of labour, which keeps labourers on their plantations to sup port owners who are devoting their time and strength to destroy our armies and destroy our government. Whenever that system is in hostility to the government, it is, in my opinion, the duty of those conducting the war to strike down the system and turn against the rebels the productive power that upholds the insurrection. Rightly organised in the recovered territory, the labourers of the rebel states will not only aid in holding fortified positions, but their labour will, as in India, free the white soldier from the most un wholesome exposure of the South. They will cultivate the corn and forage, which will feed our cavalry artillery horses, and save the country a portion of the enormous burden now attending their purchase and transport from the North. This cultivation would have been of greater advantage to us on the southeastern coast than even that of the great staple of the Sea Islands. Probably the people who remained upon these islands, within protection of our armies, could, under wise control, have supplied all the forage needed this year by the forces in the department of the South. The full ration for a horse weighs 261 b., that of a soldier 31b. An army well organised and equipped for active operations, with a due proportion of cavalry, artillery and baggage trains, will not have less than one horse or mule to every four sol• diers ; so that the weight of food for the animals is more than dc,uble that of the rations for the men. How important an aid, how great an economy, in a long contest, therefore, would there be in raising by this cheap labour the greater ?art of the forage alone for the Southern department, thus, for a greater portion of our wants, transferring the bare of supplies now at New York to Hilton Head or New Orleans. The department has found it difficult to transfer this labour from one part of the seat of war to another. Local and family ties seem to be very strong with these people, and with all their faith in the power and goodwill of our mili tary commanders, it was found difficult to get volunteer la bourers to leave Port Royal for other depots. A population of four millions true to the interests of the Union, with slight assistance from the army, will, under proper regula • tion and government, be of the greatest assistance in hold ing the territory once recovered. The principal staples of the South are the product exclusively of their labour. If protected upon the lands they have hitherto cultivated,with some organisation, and wit h support from small detachments of loyal troops, they Would not only produce much of what is needed to feed our armies and their trains, but they would for ever cut off from the rebellion the resources of a coun try thus occupied. The rebel armies move with ease through portions of the border states,living upon the country in which our commanders find no supplies. The people bring forth their hoards and offer them to the rebels for sale or gift. Protect the labouring population, who are the majority in the greater part of the South, in the possession of the land and its products, and this great advantage will, for what ever portion of the country we occupy, be transferred to us. As soon as the coast is thoroughly occupied, and the people or ganized, trade will revive. Cotton, rice, sugar, and othet products will bo exchanged by the producer for what he needss. Their wants will be supplied direst from the northern factories, and the cultivation of the great staples will enable them to pay for what they use. A perfectly free trade may thus again grow up between the North and the South, and with greater or less rapidity it will spread over the whole country as our forces succeed in meeting and dispersing the rebel armies. The greater part of the whole country which formerly produced the Sea Island cotton is now thoroughly restored to the Union. The labourers are there —the soil and climate. It needs only assurance of protec tion to revive the cultivation of the staple, as well as to pro duce vast quantities of corn and forage for our troops. Since this war must be conducted by marches, and battles, and sieges, why neglect the best means to make them successful and their results permanent ? It is worthy of notice that thus far the portions of territory which, once recovered, we have most firmly held, are precisely those in which the greatest proportion of coloured men are found. By their assistance our armies will be able permanently to operate in and occupy the country ; and in labour for the army, in raising its and their own supplies, full occupation can be given them, and with this there will be neither occasion nor temptation to them to emigrate to a northern and less congenial climate. Judging by experience, no coloured man will leave his home in the South, if protected in that home. All possibility of competitionfrom negro labour in the North is avoided in giving coloured men protection and employ ment upon the soil which they have thus far cultivated, and the right to which has beon vacated by the original proprietors, deeply involved in the crimes of treason and rebellion. No great territory has been permanently re duced without depriving the leaders of its people of their lands and property. It is these that give power and in fluence. Few men have commanding genius and talent to exercise dangerous influence over their fellow-man with out the adventitious aid of money and property. By striking down this system of compulsory labour which enables the leaders of the rebellion to control the resources of the people the rebellion would die of itself. Under no circumstances has any disposition to servile insurrection been exhibited by the coloured population in any Southern State, while a strong loyalty to the Federal Government has been dis played on every occasion, and against every discourage ment. By the means suggested rebellion may be disarmed and subdued swiftly and effectually, and the lives of our own people saved from slaughter on the battle-field. By the occupation of all their forts on the Mississippi and the sea coast, a market will be opened in every rebel State for the industry of our people to supply the wants of the army, and also of a loyal population, in exchange for the valuable products of their labour. Another point of attack is by armed settlements upon the vacant government lands in Florida and Texas. Thousands in the Northern and Western States are impatiently waiting the signal of war movements to plant their homes in the best territory on this continent, and bring it back to the Union, as loyal States. So far from the Southern States being invincible, no enemy was ever so vulnerable, if the means at hand are employed against them. If your proposition for com pensated emancipation and a voluntary return to loyalty be blindly rejected, still the proper application of the means at command of the Government cannot fail to ac complish the suppression of the rebellion and a restoration of those peaceful relations which were designed to be esta blished for ever on this continent by the Union of the States. EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War. To the President. The Gibraltar committee for the relief of the distressed operatives in Lancashire have collected a sum of 2,000 dollars, I THIRD EDITION. SUN OFFICE, SIX O'CLOCK. RUSSIA. The Czas of Cracow says In Volhynia, the Russian Government is now occupied in organising an address, to be signed by the peasants, and in which they are to declare their devotedness and fidelity to the Emperor. This document will be in some measure a counter-mecsure to the address of the nobility of Podolia. Great mystery is observed in this affair; no written order has been given, and everything is done verbally." HARD 7IIIIES FOR 711 E AMERICAN PRESS. A letter from New York says a local calamity has hap pened that affects us more than all the bad war news. It is the advance of paper. Every newspaper is on the brink of ruin. Yesterday all of our daily journals (save one) ad vanced the price from two to three cents. It is said that all must fail, even at these prices, unless paper falls. Even Bennett, of the Herald, who has accumulated a fortune, has no idea that he can serve it, except in one way. It is announced that" James Gordon Bennett goes out of the Herald on the Ist of January next, and is succeeded by his son, who takes the whole business. The son is Jas. Gordon. Bennett, jun." By taking this course, if matters do not take a favourable turn, the old Bennett may save a portion of his property, and have something to live upon in hia declining years. Every paper that his son sells will be so much loss—meanwhile it becomes evident that his early rival (from 1835), the Sun, will take away all the ad vertising that the Herald has had for some years. It an. nounced to-day, " The other New York City morning. papers have raised their prices to 3c,, but the New York Sun will continue to be sold, as it has been for nearly 30 years past, at 21c." That is not all. Unless paper can be kept at its present rate all the journals in the city must fail; they can not even issue single sheets. They have all united to make paper. Here is what they announce : " To CAPITALISTS AND PAPER -MAKERS,—.The under signed, a committee appointed by, and acting for, the Asso ciated Press in the city of New York, will receive proposals for the supply of the whole or any part of 300,0001 b. of paper per week, for five years, from the Ist of January next (or as soon thereafter as the necessary arrangements can be perfected),---M. S, Beach, Sun Office, corner of Nassau and Fulton-streets; Samuel Sinclair, Tribune Office, corner of Nassau and Spruce-streets." All of the weekly papers have raised their price from four to six cents. The Albion (British) has been raised to ten cents. The bookmakers and publishers are holding meet , ins©. They have resolvoa not to publish a book for six months "unless the price of paper falls below the present rate." The Dublin Freeman states that Mr. Edward Levinge, of the Irish bar, who has been appointed one of the new Indian judges with a salary of £5,000 per annum, and a retiring salary of £1,200, is well known by his pro fession as the author of the " Irish Justice of the Peace," a work of considerable merit. The learned gentleman was called to the bar in 1848, and is much respected. He is a younger brother of Sir Richard Levinge, Bart., M.P., for Westmeath, of Knockdrin Castle. A POLICEMAN SENTENCED TO PENAL SERVI TUDE.—An ex-police officer, named Joseph Scott, has been sentenced to three years' penal servitude, at the South Lan cashire Assizes for forgery, In connexion with the police force, of which the prisoner was a member, a sick and burial society had been established, and having been ap pointed its secretary, he broke his trust and forged various certificates of death in order to obtain SUMS 01 money be longing to the proprietary, METAOPOLITAN POLICE..Tbe following orders from the Commissioners of Metropolitan Police were for warded to the various stations last evening :—" All the men of the X division of police have returned from the International Exhibition to rejoin the several divisions to which they were formerly attached, with the exception of one sergeant and five constables, who will remain at the building."—" The Commissioners are pleased to state that a communication has been received from the direct ors of the General Omnibus Company, acknowledging the very efficien t manner in which the Metropolitan Police at the Exhibition performed their duties, which was proved by the fact tha no accident or injury occurred in the delivery and return or the millions of visitors." NEW MODE OF BREAD IVlARtNG.—Experirnents are now being tried, says the Parity Constitutionnel, at the central baking establishment of the Administration of Pub lic Assistance of a new system of panification, in which the leaven is replaced by carbonic acid and gas. This gas , which is introduced into the dough, gives it all the neces sary lightness without exposing the component parts to the t decomposition which it undergoes in the ordinary fermen tation. The bread thus made is said to be agreeable both to the taste and smell, and it only remains to be seen whether the acidity produced by the yeast of the ordinary bread is, as some savants affirm, indispensable for its di gestion. AN ENGLISHMAN IN RUSSIA.—An article in a French paper, published at St. Petersburg, says :—" Died at St. Petersburg, on the 26th November, 1862, Mr. Thos. Budd Shaw, M.A., of Cambridge, Professor of English Literature in the Imperial Lyceum, and Lecturer upon the same subject in our University. Mr. Shaw vas only 49 years of age ; he died of an aneurism. This distin guished man was one of the most worthy representatives of the British nation that we have ever had among us, and leaves behind him the unanimous regrets of the large circle of persons who had the advantage of knowing him. His happy and amiable temper, and the firmness of his charac ter, acquired for him the attachment of those who were ad mittted to his intimacy, whilst his vast erudition, the origi nality and vivacity of his great intelligence, his talent as a writer, and his high moral qualities, to which was added a are modesty, secured for him universal respect." A notice has been issued by the Austrian Em bassy at Paris, to the effect that no literary or artistical works of any kind sent to the Emperor Francis• Joseph without due authorisation, and unless transmitted through the Embassy, will be received, but will be returned to the wners at their risk and expense. It would appear that garotting is beginning to thrive on the continent as well as in London. The Danube Gazette states that two Jewish wool-merchants, who had effected considerable sales at Pesth, had the imprudence to count their money in an inn. On leaving it they entered a narrow street, where they were assaulted from behind by several men, who threw thorn down, stripped them of all their valuables, and even their clothes, leaving their own rags in exchange, and then abandoning them on the pave ment, bound hand and foot, although not very closely. The poor men were thus obliged to creep along with great difficulty, in order to reach a more frequented street, where they were at length liberated. During the visit of the Emperor, the signature of the firm "Rothschild and Sons" devolved by special pro curation on the Baron's daughter-in-law, Mdme. Gustave de Rothschild.—Court Journal. Why is an advancing band of musicians half a mile off like two elegant accomplishments P—Because;tis music at the distance drawing near.—Fun. DEATH FROM FRIGHT.—On Monday evening, Alexander Brown, aged about six years, while running across the street at Jack's Brae, Aberdeen, struck suddenly and with some violence on the legs of a horse, yoked in a waggon, which was passing down the brae. The child fell back, then got up and proceeded a few yards, when he be gan to scream. He was taken to the house of his grand father in the vicini , y, and within ten minutes he was dead A political pamphlet, from the pen of M. Eugene Randu, Chef de Division at the Ministry of Public Instruc tion, published under the title of " La Souverainete Ponti- Scale en Italie," advocates the maintenance of the temporal power, but points out what appears to the writer to be de ective in it. The British residents at Marseilles have bene volently contributed their service to the fund in aid of the distressed workmen in Lancashire. A collection has been made by Mr. Mark, the Consul ; and the Rev. M. J Mayers, H. B. M.'s Chaplain, preached a sermon on San day last. The result has been that the British community in that city will contribute at least £5O. SLAVERY DOOMED.—Whether the North or the South be the victor, this is clear—that slavery is doomed. Supposing the North to will, the time has passed when any compromise with the "domestic institution" would have been possible, and abolition must be forced upon. the Go vernment whether they like it or not. Supposing the South to win, abolition will then only be a matter of time. The Fugitive Slave Law is already repealed, and any slave making his way into Northern territory is declared to be free, instead of being restored to his master as before the war. The independence of the South established, this law would most certainly not be revived. It may be taken for granted that the Northerns will do everything in their power to harass and impoverish their former brethren; and, as far as slavery is concerned, they will succeed. The repeal of the Fugitive Slave Law, alone, will be felt, when peace is once restored, as a severe blow, against which the system can scarcely stand. It will cause an immediate depreciation in the value of slave property, will render the slave a burden instead of a profit to his master, and will have a most de• pressing effect upon the cotton cultivation. Anticipating, perhaps, the time when her monopoly of the market must cease, and bent upon supplying her present. wants as well, the South has even now, it is stated, laid down, half her cot ton lands for the growth of corn--a measure, which already reduces to a considerable extent the value of the slave—who is required in ordinary times mainly for the cultivation of articles of export. Let the slave become still less valuable, and the South fail to regain her former place in the cotton market—which she must do unless England be insane enough to neglect her opportunities of getting supplies from other quarters—and slavery cannot hold out,—dl fl► Year ,Ityand. 3 eX- [noes fibers task )oing )egah with ental f the been n the Lnited IgS of a bas )eace- , of tli° IS VII° Sh iite' rob be4 bent , their jot , G 9 a Le. 6d, L'o.:e. Share 100 — stk 1 20 10 100 stock stock stook st 1 20 st stock 100 100 10.11 921 2 201 I 33i i 7i 504 i 42 411 2