The Sun. — London, England, 1860-12-15 00:00:00

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Side, om the 1, I was iticip a- 'se who iication ap 'Kung, parture T made ed and is, I re- Parkes, gentle qentific French ly pri ;ht into rs, who iccount o hours t towns by any ,he day another tt home e again ve them able to rs indi lg been and all strictly is been qn, and Lem but within 'ith the in, who ne time in con- a Tun g• It, after he 21st, )laces of .bove, to f which )rant of, u, about ost posi s or the t he had and not 1; this, idd that ion that the sub- , rything ;petting Chinese, count of ring the .mart' of munica- assadors t of the present enabled mewbat world. my last mis had w Coro the Eni .ppoint- pacific arrived !nt, say idor to subjects !ere de- :toad, ill certain rnment, , cessary ing that liberty and the ountry. :mpt to subse- comrati- on the Chinese i cense' nglancl !ntirelY ey were era flag under' as Well respect such as • which 3curred t about , begun Prine° answer that s ° uld, on 3ossiblo aid not wen t of t yna sty ed an d reply ting to of Pet kelp to i d the overll - )1 3 the Glared , sonic he eon- e vieW !solved Lent to e sign - Baron 1, both As it se rO - of id de before THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY G' EVENING, DECEMBER 15, 1860. s nr siege guns and a large reinforcement of infantry e xpected by the French could arrive from Tien-tsin, they further determined to extend the time within Which the Prince of Kung must return a positive answer to their ultimatums to three clear days from that on which these were forwarded to Pekin. T his was done on the 25th ult., consequently he must return 'an answer on or before the 29th, or expect active hostilities to recommence on Sunday, the 30th. • During this interval more than one communica tion was received from the Prince, but all of an u nsatisfactory character, and shirking the dem nd 5 8 to the priscuaers. In one received on the 29th Was enclosed a piece of paper, with Plrkes's name Written on it-in Chinese and English, in the way he and M r . Wilde are in the habit of doing when they °all on or send to a Chinese dignitary. It was stated by the Prince to have been sent the day pre !leas by Parkes to Hang-kc, formerly Superinten dent of Customs at Canton, and therefore well known to him, requesting an interview, andwas forwarded as evidence of his being alive and well. may here mention that, up to this time, we had never been able to learn anything definite respecting our missing friends how and when they had been taken, or where they were confined. This °aid of Parkes's, therefore, being dated, was s° far satisfactory, because it showed that he was alive, but the letter enclosing it Was as much '.the reverse as usual, and, con sequently did not alter the decision that had been come to to march upon' Pekin should a favourable reply not be received within the time named. No such reply came, but the Chinese gained a short respite, which was probably the means of saving Song-ko-lin-sib's army from a third disastrous defeat, °Wing to the .. irn-arrival of the reinforcement of French infant* as soon as was expected, and which °nly reachedtkii(iirvamp on the morning of the 3d. Meanwhile our own Commander-in-Chief had not been idle. Since the 21st our army had been s trengthened by a battalion of the 60th Rifles, the 6 7th, the Royals, wings of the 99th Queen's, and B th Punjabees, together with the siege guns and several 8-inch mortars. These latter were brought 11 1) from Tientsin to Tungchau by the river in four d ays and a half, and the same means of communi-. cation was made use of for the purpose of coin- Ir eying the supplies of the army. Immense quanti-' ties of ammunition, f oo d, an d o th er s t ores we re oarried along it in salt boats drawing only 10 inches When laden with two tons each, thus relieving the Commissariat of a vast amount of labour in the way Of land transport. The whole of this water con `/eyance was in the hands of the navy, and too much Praise cannot be given to Admiral Hope, who orga nised, and Capt. Roderick Dew and the other active officers who carried out the details of the system i ll a way that left nothing to be desired. At T ung -hat an :extensive depot was formed by both •P Conch and English for the reception of Com missariat storwand placed under a guard of 400 urines anda corresponding - number of. French soldiers. On the morning of the 2d Wade received a note 'ern Parkes, written in Chinese, stating that be and Loch were together, and well treated, but in ° mat of clothes ; which they had, however, received Permission to have sent in to them, and would- be thtd to have. It then went on to speak in-high t erms of the Prince of Kung's talents and kind -465• s, but in a curiously_constrdined manner, show bag that it had been written under some sort of restraint. This was clearly proved by a postscript 44 aindostanee lit English character put by Loch 4110 ' re his signateere • saying that the letter had been Britten by order of the Government. An answer 'tits written to Parkes by Wade, both in Chinese 'MEnglish, neither of which could do any harm :` Inspected by the authorities. Some clothes were s ent in at the same time, and in order to let them 0W if possible what steps were about to. be taken in their behalf, one of Mr. Stuart Wortlefs Sildkerchiefs was put into Loch's bundle to attract 418 attention, with a sentence in Hindostanee rated in • English characters round the em vt.oidered initials to the effect that in three days , 1 4 .. e heavy guns would open on the city, and knock t lnyta, the wall... The same sentence was worked on One of hiseshirts- in a part likely to.be noticed by here but not •conspicuous to the -public. These e,re all despatched on the evening of the 2d. T• he French being encamped some little distance the line of march towards Pekin, it was arranged t hat the English army should move forward on the to a point somewhat in advance of our allies, h t ltant only about four miles from the camp at Pa- Zehisto ; and that after remaining there a day the olnbined armies should advance towards the north -4,43t angle'of Pekin, and if there was time attack the ;attar and Mongblian forces under Sang-ko-lin -441, which wa s supposed t o b e encamped to the :rth of the city, on the same day. As soon as this is posed of, it was intendea to'bring up the to Re guns and commence operations against the without an hour's delay. In pursuance of. this plan the English army, O'er 6,000 strong, marched from Pa-li-chiao to the I tigned position on the morning of the 3d, Lord gin accompanying them with a numerous follow P I RI and putting up with Sir Hope Grant's and the ead-quarter staff in a fine old mosque appropriatea - 7this purpose for the occasion. About 2 o'clock thea nd Loch, day letters were received from Parkes t he Loch, this time written in English, confirming eprevious statement that they were well, but th ey that it was only since the 29th that had been well treated. This took us all by i t lrprise, the Prince of Kung's letters having t iN'ariably stated that.all the prisoners were well tr eated, and we _having no reason to doubt their reuracy in this respect. It was evident from the e tters that these two were confined apart from the O thers, ll as they only spoke of themselves, and did th eir ask for anything but what they required for „ own use. Answers and some few things, in addition to thew sent in two days before, were s 2tWarded in the afternoon. - Every one, now that '"Q time was drawing so near, began to feel doubly Vll,cious respecting the fate of those confined in could e "in, should we have to attack the:city. There be no question but that they would be in a rclsition o f g reat danger—not so much from the . Thabitants, or even the authorities, but from the defeated and demoralised hordes of Tartar troops, with which we were given to understand the town ,g i t garrisoned to the number of some 60,000 men, of whoia had their wives and families with them t lere, and conseq uen tly m i g ht be expected, if ever t hey would do so, to make something like a good stand. At daylight o£ the &th, the allied armies, num bering over 10,000 fighting men, started OR the March that was to bring them in sight of Pekin, taking three days rations with them, but leaving their tents and baggage behind. It was a bright, cold, autumnal morning, such a s one h as i n these latitudes at this season of the year, followed by hot days, and it was a beautiful and stirring sight to *etch the army as it gradually wound its way on bard through the well-wooded and h ere rea lly Pretty country,- - bounded on the north and west by 4 noble range of mountains, which looked in the elear atmosphere'ds if they were only 10 instead of nearly 30 mileg Way. After marching about six miles w e came in sight of some of the remains of 1 /hat was once a great earthwork, running along the 1 /hole eastern face of the city, and distant from it nearly three-quarters of a mile. It is now no longer ee titinuous, but broken up into a series of large ,zuounds and, cantering, to the top of one of these, , t ."? had our first look at Pekin , w hich was cer- Zt'lly somewhat disappointing , as it lies low, and e Were unable to,get any extensive view of it; we 'wereFall, only able to see distinctly a porti on of the an, the top of ,one of the gate towers, and an iuz- T e nse tower at the north-east angle of the walls. he General had' made up his mind to rest his fo r °l 3 B here, and let them get their breakfast corn i.tably; a ft e r which there would still be plenty o f : 1110 to look up, and destroy the Tartar camp. when G eneral was brought to him from the Fren ch , saying that his troops, who had certainly i t 'd to marc h so me miles further than ours, were t i t i ti gned, and that he would prefer waiting until ke next day before advancing any further. Sit ° Pe Grant made a merit of necessity, and the tro ops encamped where they were. It had b een ascertained from a very accurate map othe city thij . ,p,. continulus line of old intrench enteran as iewere,:in prolongation of the east and , w w e st walls for about a mile northwards , where they p a er e joined together by a similar line running t jellel t o th e nor th w all. It was somewhere within enclosure which formed a parallelogram about fo ur mil es l ong b y one b roa d, and was covered with A o 7 t d , B and small villages, with the exception of one kro lett : reserved as a parade ground by the Etn ,ne..e, that Sangkolinsin's army was supposed to be t w .'lnped, probably towards the western end. The th,'" ent ion was to move forward, at first parallel to lef t, e?-stern ent ren chment, and afterwards to the along the n or thern one, until the enemy was thZ is il ,e,d. It w as f oun d, h ow ever, early in the day, e ncmY-Was in no great force outside the city, and Sir Hope Grant pushed on towards the position we now occupy. On his way he saw a con siderable body of cavalry falling back Wore him, but did not get up to them, as he had only infantry with him, and the cavalry were away on the right. About the same time, he sent a message to the French. General, saying that he was moving forward some what to the right, and asking him to follow and do the same. General de Montauban went more de cidedly to the right than was intended, crossed the rear of our nrmy, and, after marching till 7 at night, always under the impression that he was behind us, came suddenly on the Emperor's great summer palace of :Yuen-Ming-Yuen, some of the principal buildings of which he immediately occupied after a trifling resistance. He found it entirely abandoned, ,except by about 400 eunuchs, who attempted no resistance, and were made prisoners. Meanwhile, Sir Hope Grant, with the two infan tiy divisions, came upon a small picket of Tartars in a village situate just outside the gap in the intrench ment through which the great northern road runs, which leads from the North Gate up into Tartary. They were soon driven in, and joining a larger body of horsemen, retired along the road towards the city Gate. The army then encamped just inside the northern earthwork intrenchment already alluded to, it being evident that there was' no enemy left outside the city, at all events on the north side.. There was some speculation during che afternoon (we reached this place as early as 1 o'clock) as to what could possibly have become of the French and our own cavalry, neither of whom had made their appearance; bat when night came en, and there was still no sign of them, a pretty correct guess was made as to their whereabouts, and it turned out afterwards that the cavalry, as well as the French, had come up to the Summer Palace, and bivouacked for the night in its neighbourhood. During the same afternoon, Major Greathed, of the Bengal Engineers, A.D.C. to Sir R. Napier,, made a reconnaissance, accompanied by a small party of infantry; and succeeded in getting within 180 yards of the North-gate,and 80 yards of the wall more to the eastward. He found the former closed, and people in the inside evidently on the alert, though they did not fire on him. He then went round by the suburbs to get a good sight of the wall and ditch in which he was quite successful. Ho de scribes the wall as about 40 feet high, of which about eight would be knocked off by the first fire, and the ditch =as being apparently quite dry. , It. could be quite possible to bring the heavy guns up under cover;to within 100 yards of the wall., ~ The next morning Wade received • letter from Parkes dated the day before, at three o'clock in the afternoon, enclosed in one from the- Prince of Kung, written from the Palace of Yuen-Ning-Yuen, which he had only just time tb escape from before the arrival of the French, which gave us the welcome news that the authorities had at last made up their minds to release all those confined in Pekin the next day but one, so that we might then look for them the very next day. Wade immediately arranged to have an interview with Hang-ke, who is now one of the Ministers of the Household and Assistant-Conimissioner with the Prince of Kung, in order that he might let him know what the Commanders-in-Chief proposed as regarded Pekin, and ascertain what probability there was of having the prisoners not in Pekin sent in as well ,as the others. Hang-ke, when. first informed that it was a sine qul, non that one of the gates of Pekin should be put in possession of the allied troops, affected to say it was a thing not to be thought of, but be soon calmed down and ended by saying.he thought it was a thing which after all it might be"possible to agree it. The negotiation .respecting this is not entirely concluded at the time I am writing this, but I feel no doubt from what .1 hear that the point will be yielded and the getq,given. up. Respecting the prisoners not in Pekip,he had,. fox the reasons I have already explainedip44-44, giving part of this letter, some difficulty in a posi tive undertaking that they should be given,up,.but he promised that he would do his best, and to-day he expressed his firm belief that before three days had passed we should see them all here. As he has kept perfect faith in all respects with Parkes, I have tnq doubt it will be as he says. - • He expressed great concern at the occupation of the Emperor's palace, and the way in which it had been pillaged in the first instance by the French alone, and subsequently with the consent of both commanders. This seemed, indeed, to have pro- duced a greater impression on him than any other event that had occurred during the war. - The looting of it has undoubtedly been most com plete; the French officers made scarcely an effort to prevent the most indiscriminate destruction. The English have certainly succeeded in getting a large amount of valuables, and lam told nearly £20,000 of treasure set apart for division in cer tain proportions among the army at large—so far the one body have behaved better than the other, but when this is said all is said .that :can be urged in favour of • any in connection with the terrible mismanagement that seems to have guided every step taken in reference to the occupa tion, destruction, and abandonment of what was, four days ago, by far the most magnificent series of edifices in China ) and certainly one of the most remarkable sights I over saw. I cannot attempt to give any account of it in this letter but may possibly do so on some future occasion. I have made the summary of our proceedings since last mail so much larger than I anticipated that I fear I must abridge more than I could have wished the account I have received from the late prisoners of the way in which they were taken and of their treatment by the Chinese during their con finement. Until the return of Parkes and Loch yesterday we were in entire ignorance on both these points except to the extent that we had been able to extract most unsatisfactory and unreliable infor mation from the Chinese authorities at Tung-chau who invariably protested, and I am now . disposed to think truly enough, that they really could not tell us what we wished to know, for the best of all rea sons, that they did not know it themselves. It appears that when Loch, accompanied by Capt. Brabazon of the Artillery and two Sowers, with a flag of truce, started on the morning of the 18th for Tung•chau to desire Parkes and the other Eng lishmen then there to return at once to Head Quarters, they reached that town without encoun tering any difficulty, except in passing through the Tartar lines, which was soon got over, and found, on arriving at the Temple, where Parkes, Loch, and the others had spent the night, that the former had, on his return to Tung-chau, desired the Sowars to be ready to start at a moment's notice, and left a note for De Norman and Bowlby, who had gone out for a walk, to wait his return ; after doing which he proceeded in search of the Prince of I and his fellow Commissioners. He had some difficulty in finding them, but at last, with the assistance of the Prefect, he did discover where they were. On inquiring of the Prince whether he was aware of what was likely to occur on the other side of Chan-keia-wan if the Chinese armyremained where it was, and ss bother it was by his instructions or with his knowledge they ever occupied the position they did ; he • answered him in a half Jeering, half insolent tone, very different from any that he had hitherto used in the conversations they had had together, reminding him that one point had always remained unsettled, viz., that as to whether Lord Elgin should have an audience with the Emperor or not. Parkes replied that.this was not one of the points involving peace or war, and have never been so cons id ere d, having always been looked on as one which could be reserved for discus sion after the more important points had been agreed to ; that the Prince must have quite understood' this the day before; and he again asked him what he meant to do ? The Prince again replied in the same tone as before, and after some, further discussion, leading to no result, Parkes left him with the firm conviction on his mind that the whole was a preconceived plan between the Prince and Sanga ko lin-sin consequent upon their having made up their minds to try the issue of another battle. He met Loch, looking for him ; they returned to their temple together, found the whole party assembled, and started off at a brisk canter for the British Camp. They had passed through Chang-keia-Wan, and were withiu half a mile of our troops, wh en the guns opened, and almost at the sanie moment large ;bbdi'es of Mongol cavalry began Closing in on either flank of their small force, blowing their matches, and prepared to fire. As t he p ace at which th ey were th en as going looked very mach if they were running away, which they did not 'wish to be supposed, the case, as they had a flag of truce, they slackened their pace to consult as to issliat they should do. They were immediately al most surrounded by troops, and told civilly enough. that they could had begun, without t • the 'on Laving express permission of be allowed to pass, as the action of the General. In reply to a question from Parkes they said he was close by, and they thought it better before making an attempt to cut their way through to see if they could not obtain permission to pass out. Accordingly Parkes, Loch, and 'one of Probyn's Sowers, flag of t ruce , wen t t o see the General, carrying,tel telling the eothers that they would be soon huh* . ngwhich They had to pass round a field of tall 4anou millet, completely shut them out from h ~ s ight of their companion s an d escort,' and icarcetlyehad they turned the qproner when they matchlock's,: nota t c hoelsi prevented found theniSaves in face of some hundred infantry, firedwho pifreasenn them. • Ile -o.ancl . `woultlliave yond tliee they saw several officers is h • , 012e , 0 vt , DUI was Sang-ko-lin-sin himself. Parkes requested l oge e t r h had eir that an 'order might be given to albs* , them' to Pass, but after a very short conversation he saw This was net to be granted, and that they were to he made prisciners. They were hustled off their horses, stripped of their arms, and pushed befoie , : ~ _ , ~ . • ...• .. • _ . . ~ - whets they were forced op to their knees, and every one who could, seising beard, hair, or whisker rubbed and bumped their heads upon the Found before him. I must be very brief in my remaining account and give you the details in my next. They saw no more of their friends, and to this hour are ignorant of how they were captured, .they listened for but heard no firing. Thcy themselves were conveyed to Pekin, confined in separate felons' prisons with every description of criminal in the same place, and heavily chained until the 29th ult., when they were again brought together and removed to a comfortable temple and treated with every consideration until they were released yesterday. MONEY MA/ .E2' AND CITY .NETV. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. The Bank of England return, completed to 12th December, is of a rather satisfactory character. The extensive shipments of coin to the United States, however, has caused a diminution in the stock of the precious metals' of nearly a quarter of a million ; a favourable feature, however, is a small reduction in the other securities, while the reserve of notes has continued at a steady point. There is a large increase in the public deposits, and the private deposits consequently share a diminution. An addition of £50,000 has also been made to the Government Securities. In the other items of the balance sheet there is no change of importance— they will be seen in the subjoined table : Active Circulation .. $19,921,940 Decrease .. .. 285,149 Bullion 13,447,105 Decrease .. 218,561 Rest .. 3,177,771 Increase, .. .• • • .. 8,937 Public Deposits 7,029,111 Increase .. .. 411,626 Other Deposits .. .. 12,104,219 Decrease .. 368,129 Seven Day and other Bills .. 663,525 Decrease .. 62,993 Government Securities 9,540,273 Increase .. 50,000 Other Securities .. 19,987 ) 188 Decrease .. ,• 117,147 Notes Unemployed .. 7,197,475 Decrease .. 611 • The only alteration- in the Foreign Exchanges yesterday afterAoon was a slight decline is the rate on Hambur#4. Abouk£Bo,ooo,ingold was sent into theßankof _England yesterday, but 120,000 sovereigns were withdrawn for America. It was announced yesterday that Messrs. Holds worth and Co., sugar refiners, had suspended. The liabilities are estimated at about 120,000. The failure was also reported of Mr. H. Bate man, timber merchant, but it is expected that the composition will be about 16s. in the pound. To-day the following railway calls become due, viz., 20 per cent. on the Great Northern Deben ture Stock ; £4 per share or 415,254 on the Sit tingbourne and Sheerness . Preference; 15 or £125,000 on the Great Southern of India; and ;2105., amounting to £13,100, on the Eden Valley In the Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday there was a good demand for all description at previous rates. The sales amounted to 12,000 bales. The Directors of the, Copiapo Mining Company have announced a diyidend of ss. per share, pay able on: s the Ist proxirii9; Since Mopday,last the imports of specie baye heat about .E69.2 5 ,3 - Ql3, and the exports £682,000. The- ifteatlistliti-: C. ‘ anadik; hich-:left to-day tot New York, took out £202,000, exclusive of the above total. There has been very little animation in the English Stock Market to-day, but a further advance of 1 per cent. has taken place, Consols being 921'9310t the Xan. account. This buoyancy has been caused by a few speculative purchases: The New Threes and the Reduced improved to 92Z-11; Bank Stock to 234 ; India Debentures are steady at 961 ;' and Exchequer Bills at ss. to 2s. dis. Foreign Securities: have been rather actively dealt in, and prices generally exhibited increased firmness. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 711 to 721 ; ditto New, 571 tO 58 ; ditto £lOO Bonds 591 and ditto 4 per Cents. , 1021 ; Mexican improved to 211 ; Peruvian to 961; Russian 41 per Cents. to 941 95 ; Spanish to 511 ; ditto Deferred to 42 ; ditto. Certificates to 61 4; and Dutch 41 per Cents. to 1001; Brazilian are flat at 99. The dealings in the Railway Share Market have been rather active, and a further improvement has taken place in prices. Caledonians and Lancashire and Yorkshire have advanced ss. ; North British and North Eastern (Berwick), 10s.; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 15s. ; Great Western, Brighton, South Eastern, and Great Northerns, £1 to £1 ss. In the Foreign Market there has been no change of importance. Great Luxemburg, however, have improved ss. The Colonial lines have been firm. Grand Trunk of Canada advanced to 251 ; and Great Western of Canada realised 111. Great Indian Peninsular advanced to 971. Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares were in moclerhte request, at . fully previous values. Oriental Bank advanced ss. ; Union of London, 55.; and Crystal Palace Stock, 10s. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities . 921 i New 3 per Cent. Annuities India Stock .. .• — OW° Debentures, 1858 96 . Ditto 1859 ...... 96 1 1 Ditto Bonds £l,OOO lO dis Colas°ls for Account, Jan. 10 India Stock for Account Ditto 5 per Cent Ditto Account Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, litl D r til £.500 5 2 dis Ditto Small FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Brazilian 5 per Cent Ditto 4i per Cent, 1860 .. .. 89 Nlexican 3 per Cont • .. i)itto Account Peruvian. 41 per Cent — Ditto Account Russian 5 per Cent. 1822, £ St .. Ditto 41 per Cent.., 95 41 • • Ditto 3 per Cent., 1859 - 4 panish 3 per Cent Ditto 'Account , . 54 • Ditto New Deferred ' Ditto Account Spanish Cert. of Coup. not funded 6} 1 Turkish 6 per Cent — Ditto Now Loan Ditto Account Ditto £lOO Bonds Ditto GUarantoed, 4 per Cent. — Ditto Account Dividends on the above payable in London. Belgian, 41 per Cent., Ex. 25f ... 93 Dutch Exchange, 12 Guil. 2,4 per Cent... Ditto Certificates, 4 per Cent. TWO O'CLOCK. Consols for Account 94 3 13.14 stock stock stock stock stock stock stccz stock stock stock stock. stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock 6.4.0. stock stock stook stock stock stock tock stock stock stock 19.16.4 stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock 12 10 stock stoctc stock stock stock 'took -, - stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock 13i 20 stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock 25. 6d 12} 124 stock 6 stock 10 1 10 'stock stock stock Btock stock stock 10s, 1.0.6 stock stock stock stock stock CHRISTMAS PLEASIJRES.—Meantime, every day is full of pleasures, which we enjoy through tho bright faces which are about us. There are not a few which please our own taste also. We like going into the woods for holly, and finding mistletoe for ourselves, instead of condescending to buy it. We like burning fir cones, and choosing the greenest masses of moss for cushioning the pots of bulbs at home. We are never tired of the icicles which glitter everywhere ; and on Christmas-day we help to count thb kinds of flowers in bloom within our own gates. Once, I remember, we found among us, 33 kinds. Lhad rather find fewer, for I like a seasonable Christmas; and when one can make a bouquet of 33 diverseblooms one might almost as well be passing Christmas -day in Australia, fanning one's self, and sipping cooling cordials. On ,the whole, I believe we relish the Waits. Their music is very bad, cer tainly; but there is something moving in the associations of a lifetime, awakened in the darkness and silence of night, and seizing upon us in the impressionable moment of waking from sleep. I own that, even now, that music plays upon my heartstrings.— Once a Week. o O f f a C a us se th sa m tn s g h t a h v e e al is t s e u re e d d d a u m tt i e n s u e te n w on in t e h a e , s a u n b d je t c h t e o r f e t g h u e THE NEW WINE DUTIES.—The Commissioners i m at o ie d n e to be observed on their importation after the Ist of January llext; which is to the effect that wines may be warehoused, or entered for exportation, without the rate of duty to -Which they are liable being first ascertained ; the duties on those intended for home consumption, or to be removed to the outports, are to be ascertained by testing the contents of one cask in eight (should there be so many in the parcel) by distillation, and, these are to be recorded in the official document under - separate heads, as follows :—Class A— Wines containing less than 13 degrees of proof spirits ; B-- wines under 26 degrees ; C—wines under 40 degrees ; D— wines under 45 degrees ;—wines containing 45 pdr cent. and upwards of proof spirits. will be considered " mixed spirits," and charged with the duty on such. The Board do not deem if necessary to impose any restriction as -,to the parts , of . importation for wine in bottles. Such wine will , be charged the duty of 2s. 6d. per gallon under class C, un less the officerh have reason to suspect that the strength thereof amounts to 40 per cent., in which cash it must be ports in. England, four in Ireland, and four have been approved of for the importation tested. in T Scotlandl ii r ty- two 'of wines in casks; but the operation of testing will be in the meantime confined to the ports of London, Bristol, Volkstone, Gloucester, Hull, Liverpool, Newcastle, Ply outh, 3outhantpton, Glasgow, Leith, and Dublin, le. SHARE .31ARKET.-(THIS DAY.) _ . - - ORDINARY SHAJIES AND STOCKS_ fib are Railway ,. (Paid. Closing Business Prloe. Done. Belfast and Ballymena Bir., Wol , and Slr. Vat Birk., La., and Ch June Blackburn Blyth and Tyne Bost. Sleaf. and Mid.Co ' Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Carmarthen & Cardigan Cork and Bandon fork, Blrock., trassage Cornwall .... Do A (A frets no div. Do B , hasbeepcn per d. toB until 6 an. Dublin dr Belfast. Juno. Dun., Perth, IzAb. Juno. Eakt Anglian. Eastern Counties Eastern Union, A stock Do do B do Do NW A. iateDds East Suffolk Edinburgh t Glasgow Edin. Perth, & Dundee Forth & Clyde Junction Furness Glasg.. and S. Western Great Ntlin. of Scotland Great Northern Po do A stock Do do B do Gt. S. tt W. of Ireland Great Western Do Str Val gun. stock Trish South-eastern Lancashire & Yorkshire London and Blackwall Lon., Brizht.. & S Coast Lond., Chat., and Dover Lond. &Nth. Western Lond. & , -.411. Western L'derry & Coleraine L'derry & Enniskillen Man. Shef. & Lincoln Maryport and Carlisle: Do do # shares Metropolitan Midland Do new Do llirming. & Derby Mid. Gt. W, of Ireland Do 4 shares Mid ICent Do, Cray : Line Newcastle and Carlisle Newry & Arm azh, def Newry, Warnpt. & Ron Norfolk Nthn. Counties Union .. North British . ... 'cor.Dev.Rail&Dk.stozk D Astk;Arecsno4. until 6peli2is been pd.B Do B ;took ....:.- Nth. Eagtern—Berwick Dodo, G.N.E. purchase no Leeds ..... Do York North London all 100 Si 100 100 100 100 100 16 13 4 100 100 100 5 174 all Do new North Staffordshire ... N. and S. W. Junction Not. ez Grantham Rail fzebl es Portsmouth Rhvmney.....- • - Scottish Central Scot N. E., Aber. stock Do Scot. Mid. stock Shropshire Union ...• • • Sittingbourne & Sheer. South Devon ... South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun Staines, Wok,. and Wok Stockton ez Darlington Do do Taff Val 6 Do Pref. No 1 ThameslEfavenDk(tßail Ulster Vale of Neath Victoria Sta. and Pim Waterford & Kilkenny Waterford & Limerick West Cornwall West London Do Ist class Do 24 class .. WestHartlepool Harbr and Rail West Midland—Oxford no. , Newport Do, Hereford PREFER'ENI 'CB' SHARES. Share' Railways. !r aid 81 81 8 83 111 12& 64 7 v t; 109 98} OD, 6 ai 7/ 81 16 17 62 83 36 38 26 28 87 89 20 291 7 Bd, 54 56 Blythe 111:1ti Tyne 10 per -c. preft (issued at £s° (Iris. & Exet.4 p.ctstock Do. do. do.. Shares Caledon £10,44 percent Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. Cork & Bandon, 51 p. c. Cornwall. 5 per cent." Dun.Perth&Aber..Tnn E. A.ngn.Class A 7 &sp.c Do. do. Class B 6 p.c Do. do., Class C 7 p.c Coun,Ex. c. No. 1 Do. do. No. 2 Do. New 6 pei of stock. Eastern Union, 4 per et. Db.. 5 per cent. gnat.. Edin.&Glas:sp.c. shares p. S. &D. Edin. Perth& Dim. 4 p.c. Furness, s.per cent .... Glas.& S. Westg.a. 5 p.c. Great Northern, 5 p. ct. Do.sp.c.Redm., 10 p.c.pm Do. 41 p. c. do. do. Do. AP.C. Redm. 5 p.c. pm t. Nh. of Scotld. Ist pt. Gt. Sn. & W (Ireland) 4 p. et. pref. stock Great West, (Perks and llants4ExtllS p. ct. ro. Itedecmable,4lp.ct. Do. Red'aernable, 4 p. ct. Do Irredeemable, do Do. 5 p.ct - Redeem. Pref Do. Mtn, .Pref„ Shares (4t. W. Ches. 8 p.c. pf.sh Do. do. 5.T. et. pref Do Birmg.ffuar. stook Do. Chester gua. shares Do. do. do. • Do. do: do. 644 654 104} 105 P ila 64i 65& 031 °'l 101 103 all 1 100 T,an.&York 6p. c. stock. I Do.Barnsl.st.£s 3s 10d pc I Do. 6 per c. (Fl. Lan.) .. Lon.& Brig.s pawl. No.l Do. 5 p. c. No. 2 Do. gna. 6 p. Do. do. 5 p. c. No. 4 Do. do. 4/ per cell*. Do. do. 41 p. o. shares • Do. 7 p. et. Pref. stock Do. 6p.c. do. (W.E.&C.P ) Do.4p.e.S.(div.dettil '65) Lon. Chat, and Dover Lon. and N.W. Coy. and Nuneaton, 5 p. et Lon. & S.W, 7 p. et. stock Do. 4/ per cent. Do. (Prtsm. perpl anns. of 2s. 6d. . . Londondy. & Cole. / sh. Londony. & Ennis. / sh. :Iran. Sh. &Lin. 6 per et. Do. £6 Do. 31 per cent Do. redeem. 6 percent - .Tarynort & Car., 4p. c Do. 4. 1 2 per cent. Mid. Con. 6 p. o. stook Do.Con.Bris. & Bir. 6 p.e Do. 4n p. c. pref. stock Do. with option till 1860 Do. Lei°. & Hit pref. at. Norilk 5 p. c. Ex. 5t.1846 Do. 5, p. c. Pref. do. 1847 Do.sWay.Val.Ex.stlBl7 North British, 5 p. o Do. New, gua. 5 p. c Do. Bor. Un. g. pf. she Do. do. do. Nt h. Dev.Ttail. AsDelc.Co. N-Enst,Cons.Pref. 4 p. c. Do. Berwick, 4 p.o. Pref. Do. do. do Do. Leeds, 6 p. a. No. I Do. do. Quarters, 1848 Do. York, •. &S. Punk North Staffordshire Ehymney Guaranteed. Scottish Central, new pf Scottish North-Eastern , 3/ p. c pref. stock : Do.Aberdeen,gua.6p c. Do. 7 p. c. pret. stock South Devon, Ann. 10s. Do. Fixed 4/ per cent. (South Eastern (Reading Ann., 1.0.6) Do. 41 per cent. Do. Fixed let is. south Wales, g,ua.4 p.c. Do. 4i per cent. S.-Yorkshire, 4 p. c. gua. Stock. & Dar. A 5 p. c Do. B 6 ner cent Do. C 6 percent Watrfd & Kilkny, 6 p. c [ W.Mid -Oxf let Gua stk Do. • 26 do stock stock stock stock stock stock 12i rt 5 p.c.ptred. Do.Perpet 6p. c. pi 1R66 Do. till 1869, Ist is. Do. do. 2d Is. 21 211 . 0; 8 1 ,1 81 114 116 3311 34 87 89 49 51 6 7 42 43 85 854 62 64 77 79 6 8 42 43 10i lip, .6 2 3 . 51 5I d p p, 63 70 111 11/ 6 6i 47 48 42 44 83 85 LINES LEASED A Paid. Railways. 99 81 1 52j 2j 112 111 1 1061 7 8 1121 74}3/ 41 12 .1 1 1 63 117 4 1024 4 501 50 i 13 5 U Bedford and Bletchley Buckinghamshire .... Chester & Holyhead.. Do. do. 5i per cent. Do. do. 5 per cent. Clydesdale Junction.. Colchester, Stour VaL E.Lincolnehire,g.6 p.c. E.Union,Harwich fibs ' Do. Woodbridge Gls.Barr..% Neils,Drct. Do. New ... Gloater& Dean Forest Hartlpool.DcicA Rail Hull and Selby 65116 105 i 41 51 64 i NI 1 102 1i 1141 331 8 6 1 1 1 62 100 100 100 all all I Closing I Business Price. Done. 95 . 97 136 138 102 103 90i 95 96 Do. Sharei ....... Do. Shares ...... • Lanc.& Carl. gna.s p.c. London & Greenwich Do. Preference .. • • • • Lon.,Tilby. Souten d. Lowestoft, gua. 4 p.ct. Do. 6 per cent.. ... • • • Manc.,Buxtn..t Matk. Mid. Bradford Prefer ence Stock • • • • Newmarkt.,BuryEx I guaranteed 5 p. c. S Nortlin.k , Eastn. 5 p.c. Do. do. 6 per cent .... Do. Fixed 5 per cent. North Western ...,... Preston and Wyre. Do. 3 Stares .......A. Roystn•Hitch., & Shep Shrewsbrylo Hereford Do. Do. South Staffordshire .. Wilts and Somerset.. Wimbledon.% Croy dn. 111 113 ,109 111 I I P 93 95 102 104 P ip Share P n 23 21 122 124 130 133 23f 241 102 103 102 .103 90 92 99 101 85 88 271 28 S 2. 33J 82 33 45 48 124 126 123 125 93 101 123 125 115 120 T FIXED RENTALS. Leasing Closing Business ' Co.'s. Price. Done. Ln&KW .• Ln&N.W 0S 100 Do. 53 53i Do 125 127 Do. 113 115 Caledonin'lo2 104 E.U.&E C, 16 17 Gt.Tiorth.;l3s 137 E.Couuts.l 4i 4} Csi,ledonin Do. .. Gt. West Yk.N.ttßr Tk.N. Md. Do. Do. Ln.&N.W S. (Do. Peto & Co. Norfolk .. Do. IL NW,kM Midland E.Counts Do. Do. Do. ! Midland IL& NW 1 L.Yk. j Do. Gt. North. T.Brasseyj Share' 31. 31 97 -99 iP 55 57 15 15i itTlean ..1 Gt. West. Brgin 1135 137 104 105 10* 1I 11 P 93 95 I 7 1 8i Docks. paid Goin g Irice. stock Commercial ..... , • ~.- . 1 100 _ stock Do. 4 per. ptut:Pret.3llll,; IN stock East and West India ..' I`3 _ stock London .... . ........... ' 100 ,-... stock St. Katharine... ....... 1 100 _ stock 50uthampt0n.......... . 100 _ stock Vietsria . ... . ..... ...... 10Q. 101 103 WO OW Now ~...fnissOls' I i #4l 1000 Business Done. • • Share Railways. Paid. Closing Price. Bu a nnssdone _ 100 Atlantic &St LawreiCei all 79 81 /10 Bom.,Baroda&.Cent Ins) stk 100 95 96 952 Gu. 5 per cent.. 18 Do, Do. B 16 16 1 d 204 Buffalo and Laxe Huron all 44 s}d 201 Do. New 10 Do. Preference .... all 61 7 100 Buffalo,Brant,&Godrich. 100 75 80 t 6 p. ct. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 100 Do. do. July 1, 1872 100 67 72 100 Do. do. June 1, 1874 100 65 70 5 Clcutta.&S.Eastn. (Lim' 3 id pr 20 Cape,Eastn.Prov. (T,im.' Is. 20 Cape Town & Dock Scrip 5 11 1f el 2 ,,' Ceylon Guarantd. 6p. c. 71 15 5 d 174 Int - nerara all 20 Eastn. rtengal gu. sp, c 10 11 11 d stock East India' gruhZtl.t.c: 100 101 I(i2 20 Do. F Shares all d pr 20 Do. Jubbulpore.. •• • all d pr all 985 ' 991 100 Do. 41 pc. Debentrs. ^ll 1004 1014 100 Do. sp. c. Deb., mai 20 ;Geelong & Melbourne all stock 'Geelong Corporation 6 per cent. Bonds lOO -:•• ~,, a 5 stock Grand Trunk of C ana d a 100 241 2.5; —4 100 Do. 6 per cent. Pref all 77 79 801792 804 1 100 Do. riper et. Dcbentr all 51 53 ..b 3 100 Do. 7 per cent. 1862 100 Do. do. 1867 all 52 55 100 Do. do. 1872 stock Gt.lncliaPenin.gua.sp.c lOO 971 981 9 7 4 20 Do. New gua. sp. c 8 1 d 4 d 20 Gt. South.of India (Lim) guaranteed 5 per cent. all 2 14d 201 !Gt. W. of Canada Shares all 11} 114 111 201 Do. New 100 Do. Bonds pay. '76, with opt, till '6 O 100 Do. do. '73 till '6O all 95 100 100 Do. do. '73 without opt all ga 9 6 100 Do. 55 p. C. do. '77 do. stock Madras, guar., 41 p. C lOO 85 87 stock Do. de;. 5 per cent lOO 951 944 Hi stock Do. 45 p. C. Extension 100 88 89 15 11 11 d 20 Do. Fourth de; •••• -• •• all 20 Do. d 0... • • .• V . :: , A n stock Melb.Corp. 6 p. C. Bnds., '"" 20 Newßrunswick & Canclai Ry.&Land(Lim.lg.6pcl of 5 7 Class A Capital Share Do. do. Land d 0.......• 20 Do. do. B Capital. do. . . I Do. do. Land do. I 20 !Dude (Limited) . ... ss. stock ;Scinde .. f 20 ;Do. Punjaub .... 1a e, 10 14 d 11 20 IDo. Do. ....... ,u, all d atoll( Do. Indus:St. Flo. Fig. ; 100 9i 96 20 'St.Andrews & Quebec:A! 18 ~: 10 ;Trinidad (Lim.) Scrip..; 1 f 3 - d ______.„---. FOREIGN RAILWAYS. . 10 Antwerp & Rotterdam all 51 5f I SI 4 20 ?Ardennes— —. ...... .. all —p 20 ,Bah.&S.Fran...Lim.7 p.c. 10 1 1 11.1 , 84 5 Belp-Jan East. Junction • all 2 1 20 ; Beziers to Graisseasac.. , all 1 6 ,Ca” - neaux Mine '& Rail all 10 11 100 'Copiapo ........&...... all 10 1 Ditto Extension .—. all. 3 21 ,1 20 Dutch Rhenish ........ 16 21 • 2 1 1 20 r Eastern of Fiance .... all 234 244 20 Grand Rus. Guar. 6p. c. 6 P— 20 I Do. do. all 20 Great Central of France all 20 Gt. Luxem., Con. shs... all 60 64 64 7 20 lltaliate Junction .. ... all 20 Lake Constance & Bale. all I 20 Lierre & Turnhout . ... all 20 ;Lyons & Geneva ... ... all 331 ,Maria Antonia .... ~.. all , 10 IDo. New ,_.... • • ...... all 20 'Namur & Liege ........ all 75 72 20 ;Do. 6p. c. Pref. 16 yNorthern of France.... all 881 391 16 IDo. New Shares ..... 15 10 INorwe,9,lan Trunk Pref . . all 71 54 20 I Paris,Lyons, & Mediter. all 351 361 20 Paris & 0r1ean5........ all 54 50 20 f l ßecife & S. Fran. (Pero.}i g•ua. 7p. ct. lira.— 13 3 21(1 f. 1.0/ 20 Riga & Dunaburg ...... 14 10 i Rome &, Frascati — all 20 Royal Danish .•• • • • .... all 5 Royal Swedish •••.. • • • • all 4 Do. 7 per cent. Pre. •• ~ all 20 Sambre & Meuse .......I all 51 5; 10 iDo. 54 per cent. Pref..... all 8} 84 64 20 San Paulo, Rim, g. 7p. c. 2 11 44 31 20 S.Aust. &Lomb Venetin 12 , 4d 4 (1,:. 20 Southern of France.... all 20 2 t 81 West Flanders 10 Do. 51 p. c. Preferenca.. all 91 94 20 W. & N.W. of France .. all 211 224 23 IWestern of Austria.... all 20 Western of Switzerland ale • 6 ; Wiesbaden ....... ..... all 6 Do. 8 per cent. Pref. .. all 20 ;Zealand ...... ........ . all -- • .g * ItTTISII MINES. Mines. Paid.! C p lo r s ic in e. g Business Done A I treo Consols (Philack) 2.11.10 British Iron Clifford nil Devon G. Cons. (Tavist ) 1 East Bassett (Illogan) 3O East Ca radon 0,14.6 E. WI Rugsel (Tavistk ), 7.4.0 Gam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen ), 54, Great South Tolgus I 17s G.Wheal Alfd. (Philack) 12.13.9 G. Wheal Vor (Helston) 91 Grenville 5.14.6 Herod's- Foot 8.12 Hingston Downs 4.10.6 Lady Bertha Margaret (Uny Lelant) North Downs 2 North Frances (Illogan) 111 N.Wh'i Basset (Mogan) 158 North Wheal Crotty Par Consols (St. Blazey) 11 Providence (Uny Lelnt.) 10.6.7 Surtridge Cons. Min. Co. 149 South Caradon(St.Cleer) 1/ S. Cam Brea (Illogan) 3 S. Dcv. Iron .1/G en., Lim. all &Wheal Fran. (Illogan) 18.18. S Stray Park 24.18.0 Tamar Silv.dic Lead Min 4+ Tin Crort 9 Vale of Towey (Carm ) As 6d West Basset (111o.sran) l+ W. Caradon (Liskeard) . West Seton Wheal Basset (Illogap){ teal Basset (Illegal, Wheal Buller(Redruth)! 6 Wheal Edward (Cals.); 12 Wheal Kitty (U.Lelanty 1.7.2 Wheal lkiaryAnn(Men.), 8 IWheal Treiawney (Lis.)t 5i FOREIGN MINES. 20 I A us t ra li an 1 Bo n AccordCopper,Lim lss d 1 35 Brazil. Imp. (is. at Li p ) 274 ' 24 20 Do.StJohndel Rey,Lim 15 284 29 5 Do. Land and Mining,Co. all 1 Clarendon Cons.MinCo. dlB. 40 'Cobre Copper all 43 45 Copiapo l6 8 10 1 Dun3lonn.Cop.Ming Co all 1 2 Fortuna... all 2 24 20 General all 21 23 2 Gt. N. Cop. of S. Austr 1 par f p 11 1} Kapunda (Limited) 1 il4 Isp; 2 8 Linares all 9 3 / 4 104 5 Lusitanian 2 pi p 1 Mariquita all 1 # 1 N.RhineCopof S.Aus.L 125.6 d. 4 1d 4 20 Pontgibaud Silver,Leadi Mining and Smelt all 5 6 5 Port Philip 1 a 1 Scottish Austrin. (L.) los. 1 d 28114# United Mexican . ail 11 2 23 4 IWorthing (Limited).... all I 1 1 Do 198. JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 100 Agra&UnitedServiceßk 50 82 84 40 Australasia — 25 Bank of Egypt all 191 20 100 Bank of London 5O i6O 52 20 Bank of Turkey 50 British North American all 57 59 20 Chtd.Bank of i ndia, &c. all 224 223 221 25 Ch. Mer. of In. Lon.& Ch. all 34 36 100 City ... 50 70 72 100 ,Colonial 201.1 ;Com. Bank of Canada.. all 100 'Commercial of London . 20 21 22 20 Eng., Scot., & Aus. Ch.. all 141 154 20 Gen. Bk .of Switzerland all 20 Lon. Char.Bkof Austral all 254 26 251 4 6 50 London and County .. 20 I I 50 London Joint Stock .. 10 100 London & Westminster 20 100 Nat. Prov. of England . 42 20 Do. new . .... ......... 12 69 National Bank 20 New South Wa1e5...... all 20 I Do, new 25 Orient. B. Corporation 20 Ottoman Bank all 18 19 182 100 Provincial of Ireland 10 Do. new 25 South Australia 25 Union of Australia 50 Union o London l2 263 1 100 Unity Mutual 6O COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES Can. Gov. 6 p.c.Ja. &July 100 1 112 117 Do. 6p. cent. 1879 100 ; Do. 6p. cent 1880 100 - - Do. 6p. cent 1882 100 - - Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug. 100 111 113 Do. 6p. c. Mar. & Sept. 100 141 113 Do. 5 per cent lOO 1034 104 1011 3; t Do. Scrip B2 N.B.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July 100 1084 1094 Do. 6p. c. Ap. & Oct. 100 N. S. W. G0v.5p.x,1866. 100 1004 1014 Do. sp. e.,1871 to 1876 100 1004 101 f Do. 5 p.c.,188S & upwds 100 1004 10 i 1001 Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. sterling, 1875 lOO 1108 109 S.Aug.Gt. Gp.c.1878 &up. 100 108 110 Vie. Gov, 6 p.c. Ja.&Julz 100 c. - Do. do. 6p. Ap.&oe 100 1074 108 106 32 10 stock 25 stock stock stock stock stock tao stock 11074 108 li 1 cf 1 11 2 4 , 1:1 lid' 3 2d 1 p r 1 50 53 73 75 13 14 17 18 p 17 19 5 6 46 48 130 135 33 35 5 1 { 9 10 114 116 114 105 107 132 134 112 114 74 731 60 62 120 121 62 61 116 117 52 54 102 1021 94} 05j 10i 11 49 50 33 24d 135 135 107 109 101 103 205 21i 51 61 99 101 111 113 106 108 110 112 108 110 124 126 SO S 2 111 113 90 92 117 119 ill 113 104 'lOB 85 87 98 100 99 101 90 92 91 93 102 104 9i 10 17i 184 lot 101 76 78 20 21 10 10k 151 151 137 139 116 118 116 118 138 143 116 118 103 105 !152 155 130 134 09 71 90 92 116 118 150 155 12} 13 i P 70 7 2 i SPI 1110 112 '207 211 61 63 11! 120 93 97 MISCELLANEOUS. An 10-Mexican Mint Atlantic Tel. (Limited) Australian Agricultural Berlin Water (Limited), British American Laud B.&l.Mag. Tel. A. (Lim.)l Do. 8,7p.c.ti111852 (Lim.), Do. C. (Limited) Canada Land Chanlslands Tel. (Lim ) Cop. Alin.ofEngliSraltg, Do. Pref. 7i per cent. Crystal Palace Do. Preference Do. 6 p. c. Pet het. Deben Electric Telegraph Do. New English & Aus. Copper Gen. Steam Navigati Great Ship I .invited) Do. 174 p ct Preference Lon. District Tel. (Lim.) London Discount (Lim.) L.G. Omnibus Co. (Lim.) 1 Madras Irr. and Canal Mediter. Electric Teleg Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim ) National DI& Co. (Lim ) Nerbu.Coal&lron (Lim ) Netherlands Land Do.B p.c. Pref..iss.atl di s N. Br.&NovaSeotiaLan.d N. B.Aus tralasl an (Lim.) Oriental. Gas (Limited). Do. New Shares (Lim.) Orlntl.ln.Steam(Lim.)Al Ditto B. Ditto C Peel R.Lnd.&ltlin.(Lim ) Pen. & Oriental Steam • Do. New RedSeadrlnd.Tel.g.qp.o Rhymney Iron Do. New .., Royal Mail Steam Scot. Austin. Inv. (Lim ) South Australian Land Submarine TeL Scrip Do. do. Reg,istered •• • • Do. do. ,•• • Tr. h Ln. Co.ofljpr.Can.; Van DignitiV Land . .~1 160 all all an all 5 24 13 14 31 33 41 5} 30 32 35 37 18 20 13 15 110 113 23& 24 28 30 - 100 IC2 108 110 93 96 21 1 i I i 1 'POLICE INTELLIGENCE-17RM DAY.) MARLBOROUGH-STREET. SETTING A. FE. OCIOi. S BULLDOG ON A PUBLICAN.— Wm. Thompson and George Cole, two labouring men, were charged, ihe former with creating a disturbance and setting a ferocious dog on Mr. Henry Bignell, of the St. James's Stores, Jermyn-street. From the statement of Mr. Bignell, it appeared that Thompson came into his house about one that morning and asked for something to drink, but as he was then not sober he was refused. He then began setting a large bull dog he had with him on the customers, and on his (Mr. Bignell) attempting to put him out, he set the dog on hi m. The dog seized his leg and inflicted a severe wound. He then gave him into custody. Jeffrey, 49 C, said on taking Thompson into custody he had the bulldog in his arms, but the other prisoner came up and slipped the dog's collar, so that it got away. Cole said he saw Mr. Bignell holding the dog by the throat, and some one cried out, " Don't strangle it." The dog was worth £5. _ Mr. Tyrwhitt I suppose you thought the dog more valuable than Mr. Bignell. Cole said the dog had slipped its collar. Mr. Tyrwhitt—Your (Thompson's) setting the dog on was a very dangerous proceeding. I shall fine you £3, or two months' imprisonment ; and Cole 40s. THAMES. ROBBERY IN THE LONDON DOCK.—George Jones, aged 25, an assistant foreman in the employ of the London Dock Company, was brought before Mr. Selfe, charged with stealing lf lb. of raisins valued 6d., the property of the London Dock Company. John George, a dock constable,, stated that yesterday afternoon he met the prisoner near the west quay of the ondon Dock with something bulky under his coat. Hb asked the prisoner what he had got, to which he replied nothing. Mr. Selfe said if the prisoner had come honestly by the raisins he would have carried them openly and not have concealed them under his coat. He had no doubt what. ever that the prisoner intended to take the plums out of the dock. It was really astonishing how many of the dock company's servants, in spite.of the assistance of the officers, would risk the loss of their situations, and their liberty, for a little plunder. Fined 40s. CIGAR SMUGGLING.—Captain Jonas Pearson, the master of the ship Envoy, lying in. the Regent's Canal Dock, was brought before Mr. Selfe, charged with smuggliisi 31 lbs. of foreign manufactured cigars. It appeared that a Custom-house officer, named Jones, while " rummaging" the Envoy, discovered the cigars in a bread locker in the defendant's cabin. They had not been reported in the ship's manifest or otherwise. Captain Pearson, in reply to the charge, said the cigars were his own, and that he had no intention of making any profit by them. He intended them for his own smoking. Mr. Selfe said the defendant would lose his cigars, which were forfeited to the Crown. The value and the duty upon the cigars was £2 3s. He sentenced the defendant to pay a fine of £3 to the Queen. The penalty was instantly paid. THIS DAY'S MARKETS. COVENT GARDEN. The show of fruit is seasonably good, of ♦egetables, the supply is large. Generally speaking, the trade rules slow, as follows : FRUIT. s. d. s. d Pine apples, perlb 4 0 to 7 0 . 1 Colonial do., each 1 0 to 1 6 Grapes,per lb 3 0 to 6 0, Foreign do 1 0 to 1 6 1 slelons, each Peaches, per doz Nectarines, per dz 2 0 to 6 0 Apples, per htsv. I 6 to 3 0 Pears, per do Oranges, per doz 4 0 to 10 0 , Lemons, per 100 4 0 to 8 0 Apricots. per doz 2 0 to 4 0 e. d. s. d Cherries, per lb.. 0 oto 0 0 Filberts, per lb .. 1 oto 1 6 Cobnuts, per lb 1 oto 1 6 Almonds, per bus 0 oto 0 0 Walnuts, per 100 1 oto 2' 0 Figs, per d0z..... 2 oto 4 6 Strawberries potl. 0 0 to 9 0 Gooseberries lii sv 0 oto 0 0 Currants, per do. 0 oto 0 0 Plums, per do. .. 0 oto 0 0 Greengages, pr do. 0 oto 0 0 Raspberries, pr ptlo oto 0 6 VEGETABLES. Greens, dz bunch 3 0 to 3 6 Cabbages, pr doz. 0 9 to 1 3 Savoy do., pr do. 0 15 to 1 6 Cauliflowers, p dz 1 0 to 3 0 Brocoli, per dz 0 0 to 0 0 Potatoes, per ton 100 to 150 0 New ditto, per lb. 0 0 to 0 0 Peas, per sieve 1 6 to 1 9 Turnips, dz bunch 2 0 to 2 6 Carrots, pr do 4 6 to 5 6 Cucumbers 1 0 to 1 6 Garlic, per lb Sorrel, per sieve 0 0 to 0 0 Spinach, hf. -sv 0 6 to 0 8 Bros. sprouts, h.s 1 9 to 2 0' Old onions, hf. sv 0 0 to 0 0 1 Do., dz bun French beans, 100 1 9 to 2 0 j Leeks, per bunch 0 0 to 0 0 , Shallots, per lb .. 0 6to 0 8 Horseradish, pbn 1 oto 2 6 ' Parsley, per ditto 0 2to 0 0 Celery, per ditto 0 Bto 1 6 Beet, per doz. .. 1 6to 2 0 Parsnips, per do. 0 oto 0 0 Small salad, p. pn, 0 2to 0 0 Mushrooms,p pun 2 oto 3 0 Artichokes, pr dz 4 oto 6 0 Cabbage lett,score 1 oto 2 0 Endive, per score 1 oto 2 0 Radishes, dz hnds 0 6to 0 0 Tomatoes, hf eve 4 oto 6 0 Walnuts, per 100 0 oto 0 0 Chillies, per ditto 0 oto 0 0 Capsicums, per do 0 oto 0 0 Rhubarb, per bun 0 4to 0 0 Asparagus, pr do. 2 oto 4 0 Seakale, per pun. 6 0 to 0 NEWGATE AND LEADENIIALL. Turkeys, 4s Od to lOs Od ; poults, 4s Od to 7s Od each geese, 3s 6d to 7s Od ; goslings, 3s Gd to 7s Od ; ducklings, 2s Od to 3s Od; rabbits, is Od to is 9d each; wild do., Sd to is 2d ; pigeons, Gd to Os 9d each; large Surrey fowls, 6s Od to lOs Od ; chickens, 4s Od to 5s Od; barn-door fowls, 3s Od to 5s Od ; capons, 4s Od ; hares, 2s Gd to 3s Od ; grouse, is 6d to 2s Od each; pheasants, 3s Od to 4s Od; ptarmigan, Os toOs Od ; woodcocks, 2s 6d to 3s Od; snipes, is Od to is 6d; teal, Os 6d to Os 9d ; wild ducks, 2s Od to 2s 6d; widgeons, is Od to is 6d ; plovers, Os Gd to is Od each ; guinea fowls, Os Od to Os Od; roasting pigs, 4s Od to Os Od each ; Ostend fresh butter, is Od to is 2d ; English, Is Id to is 5d per lb ; English eggs, 15s Od to Os Od ; French do., 10s Od to 12s Od per 120 ; leverets, is Gd to 2s Od each. IVIIITECHAPEL. ' Beef, 2s 4d to 4s Od ; mutton, 3s Od to 4s 2d ; veal, 3s id to 4s 4d ; pork, 3s led to 5s Od per Blbs. by the carcase. NEWPORT. Beef, from 2s 4d to 4s Od ; mutton ' 3s Od to 4s 2d ; lamb, Os Od to Os Od; veal, 3s 6d to 4s 4d ; and pork, 3s 10d to 5s Od per Blbs. BILLINGSGATE. Salmon, Os Od to Os Od ; trout, Os Od to Os ; eels, 8d to is ; prawns, ssod to Os; pike, skate, sturgeon, and halibut, 6d pei lb. Turbots, 2s 6d to 20s ; cod, 2s Od to 12s Od ; brills, is Od to 7s Od; doreys, is Od to 7s Od ; mullets, Os 6d to is 6d ; lobsters, 6d to 2s 6d ; crabs, 6d to 2s 6d ; plaice and gurnets, 4d to is Od each; soles, 3d to 3s Od per pair; common oysters, 12s to 16s ; natives, 44s to —s per bushel ; whitings, 3s Od to 12s Od ; haddocks, 4s to 20s Od ; smelts, 3s Od ; flounders, is 6d to 2s 6d per dozen; mackerel, 60s; fresh herrings, 5s ; bloaters, 8s to Os per 100 ; carp and tench, is Od to 3s per brace. BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from 80 to 9d, of household do., 60 to 8d per 41b loaf. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, 2id to 3d ; 641 b to 721 b, 3d to 3.1 d ; 721 b to 801 b, 34d to 31d ; 801 b to 881 b, 3W to 4d ; 881 b to 961 b, 4d to 4d; 961 b to 1041 b, 41d to qd. Horse hides, 880 d to lOs Od, calf skins, light 2s Od to 4s Od; do. full, 78 Od to Os Od ; polled sheep, 7s 6d to Os 6d ; half-breds, 6s 2d to 7s 2d ; Downs, 5s Od to Gs Od ; lambs, Os Od to Os Od; shearlings, Os Od to Os Od. HAY MARli'2l' S. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £2 N to £5 54 Od'; clown do., £3 Os to £5 lOs ; and straw. £1 10s to £1 14s per load. A slow trade, especially for inferior qualities. CUMBERLAND.— Meadow hay, £2 Os to £5 5s ; clove', £3 Os to £5 124 Od ; and straw, £1 108 to £1 168 per lmad A heavy demand. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £2 Oa to £5 58 Od ; clover, Os to £5 15s Od ; and straw, £llos to £1 148 per load. A dull trade. COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—YESTIRDA.Y. Amsterdam Ditto 3 Months. 11 17 11 17 Rotterdam — 11 17f 11 171 Antwerp Brussels — 25 35 25 40 Haraturgh Paris Ditto Marseilles — 25 45 25 50 ,ITIE S. 1 Frankfort on Maine — Vienna Trieste 1171 14 40 14 40 1171 14 50 14 50 Petersburgh Berlin Madrid Cadiz Leghorn Milan Genoa Naples Palermo Messina Lisbon Oporto Rio Janeiro New York _ Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard).... per oz. 17 9 Mexican D 0119.11 Silver in Bars (Standard) » 0 6 0 0 0 South American Doublons 491' 25 9 65 25 571 25 57f 39 491 49 25 70 25 621 25 65 119 119 52 63 1194 119 f 631 631 32 i 110 311 3 Their Serene Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Leiningen have arrived et Ildwchin's Hotel from visiting the Duchess of Kent at Frogmore. " _ vArcn Es. _or To INTENDING PURCHAS ERS V Fore most amongst those who have e for themselves an public want for a honourable distinction in supplying tithe uisite artistic feeling in (dabs of watches which exhibits :mechanism iu structure, is ornamentation and perf ectio n Ludgate-hill, upon pay- Mr. J. W. Benson, of 33 magnificent show-rooms the visitor 1 ing a visit to whose and 34 f will find the most multifarious instances of a high order of ar tistic design in all his various manufactures. To all i n - Wading as rsl o f watchei this establishment will be D found weliuwrcoherthy of a visit. The magnificent display of ormolu clocks, of recent manufacture, together with the 1 immense n umber (f watches, form one of the s i g ht s o f the visitor th e neighbourhood of t. Paul's."--HorizNg to Post. Benson's Illustrated Pamphlet, post free for two stamps, is descriptive of every construction of watch now made. Watches safe by pest to all parts of the globe. 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Another, and this time an immense attraction, has very recently been added by its enterprising and indefatigable proprietor to the already npme rous and varied allurements towards this popular place of entertainment. Conviviality is still, of course, the central sun of the establishment. But to the enhancement and to the elevation of conviviality—come the Fine Arts with all their graces ! Music is there still reigning predominant over the festivities, music of the most varied kind, hilarious and pathetic, vocal and instrumental. The performers there nightly pre aiding over the festivities still continue to charm the ears of the frequenters of Mr. Morton's esta blishment. Hard by that lofty, and spacious, and eminently beautiful hail, however, inwhich the music and the conviviality divide the attention of the assembled guests, there has, for a long hile past, been opened a really admirable Fine Arts Gallery, in which the Painter, the Sculptor, and the Engraver lend their aid in a subsidiary way to the more social part of each evening's entertain ment. The Fine Arts Gallery occupying the same place in regard to Canterbury Hall itself, that the Floral Hall, at C oven t Garden occupies in relation to 'the noble Italian Opera house adjoining. It is to this Fine Arts' Gallery that the new attraction, or rather that more the new attractions referred to h ave b een added by the proprietor. They are n o than three in number these new pictures now vary recently added to Mr. Morton's Gallery—but such pictures—pictures the work of so sublime a genius ! They are, i n truth, works of art, no less wonderful for their majesty and magnificence than those three chefs-d'auvr es of the late John Martin—" The Great 'Day of His 'Wrath," " The Plains of Heaven," and " The Day of Judgment." Each of these extraordinary productions—each the work of a genius truly Miltonic in its sublimity—has long since come to be regarded as, in conception at least, a resplendent masterpiece. They are the productions of that daring and superb imagination which earlier led the hand of this great painter to depict, as John Ilfartin's hand could alone depict the wonders and the terrors of the " Deluge," of the "Destroying Angel," of the "Fall of Nineveh," of the " Feast of Belshazzar." TBE EMPRESS'S _RETURN TO _PARIS. PARIS, DEC. 14. —The —The Empress arrived in Paris last evening from her excursion to England and Scotland. Her Majesty slept at Folkestone on Wednesday night, and embarked in a French Go vernment steamer the next morning at ten, amidst the loudest acclamations of the whole population. After a short delay at Boulogne, her Majestycam came on by an express train to Amiens, Where the Em peror bad arrived a short time before from Paris. The Emperor reached Amiens about half-past one, and soon after a despatch from Boulogne announced that the Empress had just landed. As her Majesty could not be at Amiens in less than two hours, the Emperor determined to visit the various parts of the town. He accordingly drove out in she prefect's carriage, but before his Majesty had been long going about, he was reeop nised by the inhabitants, and loudly cheered on his return to the station, where he arrived about four, just as the approach of the train, bringing the Em press, was announced. Their Majesties soon after continued their journey for Paris, where their ar rival at.theNorthern terminus was strictly private. Orders had been given that no preparations should be made for their reception, and the only persons in attendance were General Fleury, and two or three of the railway directors. But as the Emperor's departure for Amiens had become known in the neighbourhood, a considerable crowd had assembled to await his return, and when their Majesties appeared, they were saluted with loud cries of "viva l'Empereur !" " Vive l'lmperatrice !" Their Majesties arrived at the Tuileries at a quar ter to seven. Her Majesty looked in excellent health. BANK OF F.RANCE. The following is the account for the month end ing Thursday, Dec. 13:— ASSETS. P. c. Cash and ingots .. 123,662,421 43 Cash at the branch-banks 308,133,520 Bills due to be paid to-day.. .. . 613,160 72 Bills becoming duo in Paris, of which 83,314,735 f. Bc. aro from tho branch- banks .. 244,433,223 39 Bills in the branch-banks .. 295,152,013 Advances on coin and ignots .. 5,260,260 Do. in the branch , banks .. 1,794,900 Do. on French securities .. 24,858,800 Do. in the branch-banks .. 14,420,200 Do. on railway shares and bonds .. 48,113,200 Do. in the branch-banks 30,748,000 Do. on Credit Fonder Bonds 684,600 Do. in the branch-banks •.. 391,700 Do. to State by treaty, 1548 .. 35,000,000 Rentes of the reserve-fund 12,930,750 14 Rentes, disposable funds .. 53,708,840 38 Rentes immobilised (law of June, 1857) .. 100,000,000 Hotel and furniture of the Bank .. .. 4,000,000 Real property of branch-banks .. 6,075,788 Expenses of administration .. 2,287,382 83 Sundries .. .. 9,464,973 4 1,321,783,720 73 Capital .. New Capital .. Reserve-fund • LIABILITIES. • • • • • • • • • • . • • • • • •••• • • • • 91,250,000 -- 91,250,000 - 15,980,750 14 New Reserve SO 111. •• •• 9 , 125 , 000 RAserve-immobiliere .. 4,000,000 Profits to be added to Capital (Art. 8 of law June 9, 1857) .. 1,510,527 65 Notes to bearer in circulation in Paris and the branch-banks .. • • 747,156,075 -- Do. to order (Post-bills) 10,641,321 78 Bills payable at sight .. 10,071,588 Ace. cur. of Treasury Creditor .. 134,057,944 9 Various accounts current .. • • .. 158,342,231 79 Do. branch-banks .• .. 31,900,239 Dividends to be paid • . • • .. 675,408 75 Arrears of values deposited .. 2,128,937 64 Discount, interest, and expenses .. .. 11,518,748 14 Re-discounts of the last half-year 1,216,446 20 Sundries 3,958,50 2 65 1,321,783,7 20 73 It appears from these returns, that the metallic reserve, the discount accommodation, and the amount of notes in circulation,have all diminished. The falling off in the metallic reserve is but trifling, amounting to 21 millions, there being an increase of 81 millions in the Paris establishment to a decline of 111 millions in the branch banks. The diminution in the discount a ccommodation is mo re considerable, and has taken place both in P ar i s and in the provinces, being 17 millions in the l former and 61 in the .latter, or 231 millions in a ll . The advances on French rents and on railway securities have als o fa l len off both in Parisd crease e in and the d e p a rtments, the d ecline var y in g from 1 million to 21. On the side of the liabilities , the the notes in circulation is 6 mill ions , The account current of the Treasury has advanced I of a mil lion. Those of private p ersons show a diminution both in the main bank and i n the branches, the falling off in the former beinr, r., 17 1 - millions and in Th e ' the latter i a million. whole amount of the metallic reserve at , present is 431! millions to 7571 millions of notes iii circulation. The Earl of St. Germans comes to town to-day from Port Eliot, Cornwall. The noble earl goes to Windsor Castle on Monday, to attend the Chapter of the Order of the Garter, as Lord Steward of her Majesty's Household. The Earl and Countess Stanh o p e have left town on a visit t o L or d an d Lady Bury Vane, at their seat a t Battle, Sussex. _ on -Tyne. Her ladyship will The Countess of Cork has arrived in town f rom Bryon Hall, N ewcastle shortly leave for Marston Ifouse. Lord and Lady Colchester entertained a select circle at dinner last evening, at their residence in Berkeley.. square. T. Two genda rmes of Bellear de in the g ) Loi ret, went th re e nights ago into a wood to look after poachers, and th er e they se parated. Presently one of them—a corporal, name d Feuillas— r eached a spot at which a poa c h er was crouched behind a tree waiting for game, and he advanced t o arrest bim. The other raised his gun, and cried out, " If com e nearer, you are dead I" but the yellgendarme made a rush at him. The poacher, who had a double-barrelled gu n, fired twice, and the charges of both barrels hit the gendarme's hat. The poacher then took to flight, and escaped. SHOOTING IN CAMBRIDGESHIRE.—It appears that on a recent visit of the Duke of Cambridge to Major.. General Hall, at Weston Colville, Cambridgeshire, his Royal Highness, his gallant host, Earl Jermyn, M.P., Lord Braybrooke, Col. Macdonald, and Mr. H. J. Adeane, M.P., shot 536 pheasants, 70 hares, 73 rabbits, and five partridges, making a total of 684 head. Of this number, ICiS pheasants, 2S hares, 12 rabbits, and two partridges were ehot by the Duke of Cambridge, very - 11 r -