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

or, IS ~ the 'eased econd addi their epart- very prices es are ,38Of ; 25c; swing 92 50 80 25 74 7 5 73 50 49 25 he fol arters : '. Side, om the 1, I was iticipa ,se who tication 71y ap 'Kung, parture F made ed and as, I re- Parkes, gentle- ientific French ly pri ht into rs, who account r o hours t towns by any the day another it home :e again vs them able to ars indi cag been and all strictly is been !an, and iem but 3 within rith the in, who ne time t in con h Tung- ; 3t, after 21st, places of ibove, to , f which crant of, u, about ost posi or the t he had and not ch ; this, add that ion that the sub- wything specting Chinese, :count of tring the imary of mimics- lassadore ct of the I present enabled ►mewbat : world. I my last ons had 3W Com the Em appoint- a pacific arrived ent, ear lador to subjects were de- , cond, in certain )rnment, ecessary ling that b liberty and the country. ;empt to sr subse- COMMII" on the Chinese d conse- England entirely iey were ler a Beg yr under ► as well respect such so 1, wh ich neurred ht about s, begun e Prince answer I that so ould, on poss ible Dula not event of dynasty red and a reply Laing to of put" Likely to and the Govern" (I, mig ht up tl lB leclaredf i some the eon' he vier resolvoi l rent to he sigo - Barou )n, both As it tese r e : Aim( 01 n ilitall in d de -9 before our siege guns and a large reinforcement of infantry e : c Pected by the French could arrive from Tien-tsin, they further determined to extend the time within _ W hich the Prince of Kung must return a positive `tnswer t o th e i r u lti matums t o th re e c lear days from t hat on which these were forwarded to Pekin. Ti ,is was done on the 25th ult., consequently he tanst return an answer on or before the 29th, or e xpect active hostilities to recommence on Sunday, t he 30th. During this interval more than one communica tion was received from the Prince, but all of an u nsatisfactory c ha r a c t e r, a n d s hi r ki ng the demo nd as to the prisoners. In one received on the 29th Was enclosed a piece of paper, with Parkes's name Written on it in Chinese and English, in the way he and Mr. Wade are in the habit of doing when they C all on or send to a Chinese dignitary. It was stated by the Prince to have been sent the day pre :ions by Parkes to Hang-ke, formerly Superinten dent of Customs at Canton, and therefore well known to him, requesting an interview, and was fo rwarded as evidence of his being alive and well. I Inay here mention that, up to this time, we had never been able to-learn anything definite respecting , n nr missing friends how and when they had been taken, or where they were confined. This card of Parkes's, therefore, being dated, was ,s° far satisfact or y, b ecause it showed that h e 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 knne to to march upon Pekin should a favourable r eply not be received within the time named. No s uch reply came, but the Chinese gained a short r espite, which was probably the means of saving ° ting-ko-lin-sin's army from a third disastrous defeat, ?ing to the non-arrival of the reinforcement of 'tench infantry as soon as was expected, and which o nly reached their camp on the morning of the 3d. Meanwhile our own CoMmander-in-Chief had not b een idle. Since the 21st our army had been st rengthened by a battalion of the 60th Rifles, the 6 4th, the Royals, wings of the 99th Queen's, and B th Punjabees, together with the siege guns and s everal 8-inch mortars. These latter were brought 14 1 ) from Tientsin to Tungchau by the river in four (14 3 7 8 and a half, and the same means of communi cation was made use of for the purpose of corn ›ng the supplies of the army. Immense quanti fies of ammunition, food, and other stores were c arried along it in salt boats drawing only 10 inches When l a d en w ith t wo t ons eac h, th us re li ev i ng the c ommissariat of a vast amount of labour in the way et land transport. The whole of this water con veyance was in the hands of tie navy, and too much praise cannot be given to Admiral hope, who orga nised, and Capt. Roderick Dew and the other active ?facers who carried out the details of the system Tung- a way that left nothing to be desired. At chau an extensive depot was formed by both F rench and English for the reception of Com kissariat stores, and placed under a guard of 400 marines and a corresponding number of French sol diers- On the morning of the 2d Wade received a note & 'ern Parkes, written in Chinese, stating that he a nd Loch were together, and well treated, but in *ant of clothes, which they had, htwever, received Permission to have sent in to them, and would be 118 d to have. It then went on to speak in high t I ns 2 of the Prince of Kung's talents and kind rs, but in a curiously constrained manner, show 1a that it had been written under some sort of re straint. This was clearly proved by a postscript ' n liindostanee in English character put by Loch a bove his signature, saying that the letter had been Written by order of the Government: ' An ansWer W its written to Parkes by Wade, both in Chinese a nd English, neither of which could do any harm :inspected by the authorities. Some clothes were ant in at the same time, and in order to let them k now if possible what steps were about to be t aken in their behalf, one of Mr. Stuart Wortley's h andkerchiefs was put into Loch's bundle to attract kn . attention, with a sentence in Hindostanee trieted in English characters round the era roidered initials to the effect that in three days ee heavy guns would open on the city, and kn ock 0 ,,n. the wall. The same sentence was worked on h``e of his shirts in a part likely to be noticed by sere but not conspieuouo to the public. These e , b re all despatched on the evening of the 2d. on lhe French being encamped some little distance the line of march towards Pekin, it was arranged 3d at th e En g lish army should move forward on the to a point somewhat in advance of our allies , di stant only about four miles from the camp at Pa ` 1; "aliao ; and that after remaining there a day the combined armies should advance towards the north -4q angle'of Pekin, and if there was time attack the T artar a n d Mongolian forces under Sang-ko-lin tin, which was supposed to be encamped to the no rth of the city, on the same day. As soon as this W as disposed of, it was intended to bring up the toße guns and commence operations against the Wn without an hour's delay. In pursuance of this plan the English army , o ver ll 6,000 strong, marched from Pa-li - chiao to the ) 4 ,signed position on the morning of the 3d, Lord Till accompanying them with a numerous follow and putting up with Sir Hope Grant's and the to staff in a fine old mosque appropriated ; this purpose for the occasion. About 2 o'clock : 16 next day letters were received from Parkes th e Loch, this time written in English, confirming b e previous statement that they were well, but feing that it was only since the 29th that eY had been well treated. This took us all by surprise,invariably the Prince of Kung's letters having tr eated stated that all the prisoners were well it te4 ted, and we having no reason to doubt theft. le tters in this respect. It was evident from the et ters that these two were confined apart from the others,t7 as they only spoke of themselves, and did the ir ask for anything but what they required for addition own use. Answers and some few things, in edition to those sent in two days before, were the in the afternoon. Every one, now that 44 time was drawing so near, began to feel doubly an xious respecting the fate of those confined in Pe kin, should we have to attack the:city. There co uld be no question but that they would be in a r a tiition of great danger — not so much from the ,1 1 _ 411 abitants, or even the authoritie s, but from the d efeated and demoralised hordes of Tartar troops, W ith which we were given to understa nd the town 1 48 , garrisoned to the number of s ome 60,000 men, s t Z of whom had their wives and famili es with them h 'ere, and consequently might be exp ected, if ever t Y would do‘so, to make something lik e a g ood "s tand. At daylight of the Oth, the allied armies, num °Wring over 10,000 fighting men, started on 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 as one has in these latitudes at this season of the year, followed by hot Sys, and it was a beautiful and stirring sight to Watch the army as it gradually wound its way on- Ivard through the well-wooded and here really pretty country, bounded on the north and west by a noble range of mountains , which looked in the etear atmosphere as if they were only 10 instead of nearly 30 miles away. After marching about six m iles we came in sight of some of th e remains of What was once a great earthwork, running along the 'Mole eastern face of the city, and distant from it llearlthree-quarters of a mile. I t is no w no longer continuous , but broken up into a series of large tl eands, and, can t er ing to the top of one of these, ,e, had our first look at Pe kin, which was cer tainly"Z somewhat disappoint in g , as it lies low, and were unable to get any extensive view of it ; w e v ; e le only able to see distinctly a• p ortion of the the top of one of the gate towers, and an im fhhis el lse tower at the north - east ang le of the walls. ? General had made up his mi nd to rest f" e Pa here, and let them get their breakfast corn tittably ; after which there would still be plenty of t oe to l oo k u p and destroy the Tartar camp, when 4 k "sage was brought to him from the French h a. ,neral, sayin that his troops, ho had certainly to march some miles further than ours, were Ittlgued and that he would prefer waiti n g until Its next d a y before advancing any further. Sir t r ° Pe Grant made a merit of necessity, an d the T ops encamped where they were. o T , t ,_ had been ascertained from a very accurate m a p a ie 'ee city that a continuous line of old intrench v_nts ran, as it'were,in prolongation of the east and Wer e walls for about a mile northwards, where they Dar r e, joined together by a similar line running th; a .del to the north wall, It was somewhere within a: enclosure, which formed a parallelogram about at. mil Nv oo4 es long by onebroad, and was covered with p or `! 8 and small villages, with the exception of one p eros. on, reserved as a parade ground by the Eta ett, that Sangkolinsin's army was supposed to be i s' l larled, probably towards the western end. The thentent* I°ll was to move forward, at first parallel to left, e astern entrenchment, and afterw ards to the along the northern one, until the enemy w as thl ehed. I t was found, h owever , ear ly in the . _ day, ‘, "' the enemy was in no great force outside the ✓~' THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY ‘, EVENING, DECEMBER 15, 1860. city, and Sir Hope Grant pushed on towards the position we now occupy. On his way he saw a con siderable body of cavalry failing back before him, but did not get up to them, as he had wily infantry 1 with him, and the cavalry were away on the right. 1 About the same time.the sent a message to the French I 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 army, 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 be 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 try divisions, came upon a small picket of Tartars in a Tillage 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 the 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 on, 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,an d 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. He 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 a 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 to 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-Commissioner with the Prince of Kong, in order that he might let him know what the Commanders-in-Cnief proposed as reaartiett-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 qua 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 he 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 I hear that the point will be yielded and the gate given up. Respecting the prisoners not in Pekin, he had„ for the reasons I have already explained in a former , part of this letter, some difficulty in giving a .posi tive undertaking that they should be given up, but. he promised that he would do his best, and to-day he expressed HE 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 no doubt it will be as he says. Increase •.. • • . Public Deposits • • .• Increase, .. • • Other Deposits • • • • Decrease .. .. • . Seven Day and other Bills .. Decrease .. • • • • Government Securities " - Increase '.. • • • • Other Securities •• Decrease .. • • • • Notes Unemployed .. • • Decrease .. • • 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 I:am 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 ever 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 Sowars, 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 army remained where it was, and v. hether 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, vie., 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 involvin g war, peace or and have never be en so considered, 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 sane tone as before, and after some further discussion, leading to no result, •P4rkes left him with the firm convic tion on h is mind that the whole was a preconceived plan between the• Prince and, Sang ko lin-sin Consequent upon their having made up their minds to try the issue of anOth6r battle. met Loch, lciokihg for him'; they returned to' their' temple together, foun d the whol e party assembled, and started off at a b risk canter for the British the our same moment Camp. They had passed t hrou g h Chang-keia_wan, troops, when large b o di es o f Mongol cavalry began closing in on the and guns were opened, within half and almost a mile attf either flank of their small force, blowing their matches, and prepared to fire. As the pace at which they were then going looked very much as if they were running away, which they did not wish to be supposed the case, as they h ad a fla g o f truce, they slackened their pace to consult as to what they should do. They were immediately al most surrounded by troops, and told civilly enough that they could not be allowed to pass, as the action had begun, without having the express permission 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. A c cordingly Park es , Loch, and one of Probyn's Sowars, carrying the flag of truce, went to see the General, telling the others that they would be soon back. Thcy had to pass round a field of' tall • standing . which completely shut them out from the sight of their companions and escort; and scarcely had they turned the coroner when they found themselves in face of some hundred infantry, who presented their matchlocks, and would have fired if an officer had not prevented them. Be yond these they saw several officers, one of whom -sin himself . was San e•-ko-lin . Parkes requested might he given that an order to allow them to pass, but after a very short conversation he saw this was not to be granted, and that they were to he made prisoners. They were hustled oiT tbvir borsps, stripped of their arms / and / 3 449410k1V _ BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 921 & New 3 per Cent. Annuities India Stock. . , ditto Debentures, 18;58 96 Ditto 1859 D:tto Bonds £l,OOO lO dis Cow,ols for Account, Jan. 10 India Stock for Account — Ditto 5 per Cent .. . Ditto kccount Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, lid D il , £5OO 5 2 dis Ditto Small FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING- PRICES. Brailian 5 per Cent .. 99 Ditto 41 per Cent, 1860 Mexican 3 per Cent • • Di ti o 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 Ditto New Deferred Ditto Account Spanish Cert. of Coup. not funded... ... - i Turkish 6 per Cent — Ditto New Loan Ditto Account Ditto £lOO Bonds Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. Ditto Account Dividends on the above payable in London. , Belgian, 4/ per Cent., Ex. 25f. 96 Dutch Exchange, 12 Guil. 21- per Cent... . Ditto Certificates, 4 per Cent. TWO O'CLOCK.. Consols for Account 92; 3 c. ~, . Sang-ko-lin-sin, when they were forced on to their knees, and 'every one Who could, seizing beard,.. hair, or whisker rubbed and bumped their heads upon the gronad 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. They 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 MARKET AND CITY NEW. CITY, Two o'CLocK. The Bank of England return, completed to 12th Decetnber, 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 .. 8,937 .. 7,029,111 • 411,626 .. 12,104,219 • 368,129 .. 663,525 • • 52,993 .. 9,540,273 50,000 .. 19,987,188 117.147 7,197,475 611 The only alteration in the Foreign Exchanges yesterday afternoon was a slight decline in the rate on Hambarg. About £BO,OOO in gold was sent into the Bank of 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 £20,000. The failure was alSo reported of Mr. 11. 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 par cent, on the Great Northern Deben ture Stock ; £4 per share or £15,254 on the Sit tingbourne and Sheerness Preference; £5 or £125,000 on the Great Southern of India; and £2 10s., 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 dividend of ss. per share, pay able on the Ist proximo. Since Monday last the imports of specie have been about £602,300, and the exports £682,000. The steamship_ Canada, which left Liverpool to-day for 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 4- per cent. has taken place, Consols being 92Z-, 93 for the Jan. account. This buoyancy has been`cansed by a few speculative purchases. The New Threes and the Reduced improved to 924 ; 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, 57-3- to 58 ; ditto .£l6O Bonds 591 ; and ditto 4 per Cents. 1021 ; Mexican improved to 211 a ; Peruvian to 961 ; Russian 41 per Cents. to 941,- 95; Spanish to 511; ditto Deferred to 42 ; ditto Certificates to 61 a ; and Dutch 43 per Cents. to 1008; 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 55.; North British and North Eastern (Berwick), 10s.; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 15s. ; Great Western, Brighton; South Eastern, and Great Northerns, 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 25i ; and Great Western of Canada realised 11. Great Indian Peninsular advanced to 971. Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares were in moderhte request, at fully previous values. Oriental Bank advanced 55.; Union of London, 55.; and Crystal Palace Stock, 10s. CHRISTMAS PLEA6URES.—Meantime, every day is full of pleasures, which we enjoy through the 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 r end. finding mistletoe ~for ourselves, instead of i condeseending to...buy it. . •We like , . burning fir ones, and cheosing the .greenestinasses of •moss for cushion,ing the pots of bulbs at home. We are never tired of the icicles which glitter everywhere; and on Christmas-day we help to count the kinds of flowers in bloom within our own gates. Once, I remember, we found among us, 33 kinds. I had rather find fewer, for I like a seasonable Christmas; and when ono can make a bouquet of 33 diverse blooms one might alniost aswell be passing Christmas-day in Australia, fanning one's self, and sipping cooling cordials. On tie 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. TUE NEW WINE DUTIES.—The Commissioners of Customs have issued a minute on the subject of the mode of assessing the altered duties on wines, and the regulation to be observed en their importation after the Ist of January next; which is' to the effect that wines may be warehoused, or entered for exportation, without the rate o f d u ty t o which they are li a bl e 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— wirwsoptaining less than 18 degrees of proof spirits ; B— wines under 20 . degrees ; C—wines under 40 degrees -,, 0— wines under 45 degrees ;—wines containing 45, pee cent, and upwards of proof spirits will be conaiaered 8:1 class C, un , 13 "l o x a e rd d to . imppae any ref.rietion as to the d sp o h n i ( t , s t ,' d ' e e a i n a d i t ch n a e r e g e e ss d a w ry ith the epedrugtayllooun fs , o f importatiqi for wale hottk s. such wine will br e 2 o h argfq l be duty of 2s, Od the officers have reason to suspect that the strength thereof amounts to 40 per . cent., in which case i t must 'be tested. Thirty-two ports in England, four in Ireland, and four in Scotland kaw been approved of for the importation oft wv,..;e4 is casks.; but the (+oration of testing will be in t4e eatAi c opfy,od to the ports of L on d on , B ristol, m Vblkstone, f:loueester, Hull, Liverpool, Newcastle, Pl y - A4itth, ;Southampton, Glasgow, Leith, and Dtibliu, ' hare P,14 stock l'eltast and Ballymena Bin, %Vol , and Str. Val. Birk., La., and Ch June Blackburn IBlyth and Tyne Slcar. and Mid.Co Bristol and Exeter Calcdonlan ICartnarl hen & Cardigan' Cork and Bandon Illrock., V:rassage ;Corn wall 4 ) ,., A (A gets no div i until R pc reran hasbeen d. tor; Dublin (t Belfast. June. stork stock Dun. Perth , &Ab.Junc. l East Am.):Ban !;astern Counties ,Eastern Union, A stock. Do do B do I Do Nov A, late EU3cla , 'Past Suffolk , EdinbnYgli C Clasp - ,olv Perth, & Dundee Forth Clyde Junction i rnrness clasp*. and S. Western Creat Nthn. of Scotland, areatNorthern Do do A stock ... Po do TI do ? Gt. S. k W. of Ireland 'Great Western Do Str Val gua. stock Trish Sonth-ea stern ' Lancashire fi Yorkshire London and Blackwall Lon., Brio:ht.. S Coast Lend., Chat., and Dover Lend. Nth. Western Lend. ,t, sth. Western L'derry & Coleraine L'derry & Ennismllen Man. Shef. & Lincoln Maryport and Carlisle Do do 4 shares Metropolitan Midland . stock 50 12i 10 stock 6.1.0. stock Do new Do ilrrninz. k Derby Prt. W. of Ireland Do } shares Do, Cray Line Newcastle and Ctrlisle Newry k Armazh, def Newry, Warnpt. k Roe Norfolk hn. Counties Union North British Nor.Dey.RailkDk.stoet , D • A stk ; A recs no d. stock GO stock stock stock until (ipciias beenpd.l3' Do 11 stock . stock :tuck iNt h. Eastern—Berwick dodo, U.N.E. purchase Do Leeds Do York - North London.. stock stock stock 10 19.16.4 • Do new North Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junction Not. & Grantham Rail rnbles Portsmouth Rhymney....._ Scottish Central stock stock stock stock Scot N. E., Aber. stock 1)o Scot. Mid. stock Shrnpshire Union Sill in irbourne & Sheer South Devon . Routh Eastern stock stock el ock stock eolith W'ales S. York. and River Pun Staines, Wok,. and Wok Stockton Darlington Do do . Taff Vale .............. stock stock Do Pref. No 1 Tli amesHavenl Ikßznall Ulster .. . •• 12 10 stock 13 stocK Do .. . ••••••• Do . . • Vale of Neath Victoria Sta. and Pim.. l Waterford & Kilkenny Waterford & Limerick West C ........ West L0nd0n.......... Do Ist class .. stock Dn '2(l class WeatHartlepool Harbr stork stock stock and Rail West Midland—Oxford Do. Newporti Do. Hereford all 100 3} 100 100 Fi 8 1 81 R 3 11} 14 61 7 PS 100 981 P9l 6 7i 8; 18 17 52 53 38 38 28 28 87 89 29 291 54 56 641 651 100 100 100 10 13 4 100 100 100 5 17i all 10-14 105 4p 644 Me 931 914 101 103 21 2 1 gi 4 81 81 114 116 33& .4 87 89 49 51 6 7 42 43 85 85} 62 64 77 79 8 8 42 43 10& 11 p 55 2 1 56 d 1 3 p 68 70 p lla 11; 6 61 47 48 42 44 83 85 DO 8j I 521 24 112 111 1 1061 7 8 741 1121 n 41 63 noit 1 63 117 1 1021 1 501 50 i 1351 & 55 i 65! i 6 114 f 33f 8 61 1 i 62 PREFERENCE Pit d orsi SHARES. Ic ne Share ' Business Do P Railways. 101 5 t 103 64 25 Blythe and Tyne 10 per c. pref. (issued at £5 O ctk Rris. &Exet.4 p.ct.stock 100 95 97 20 Do. do. do. Shares l4 No. 2 l OO stook C l - ) a o l . e Q%a n r £ . 6} Cork & Bandon, 51 p. c. all -- 20 ,Cornwall. 5 per cent. all 201 211 6} iDun.Per th &I°lla4rbieepsr,e..Jr percent t . 1 : 101 stock l E.Anzn.Class A 7 &sp.c. 100 106 9 0 9 11 1 10 0 82 1 stock i Do. do. Class B p.c lOO 111 113 stocks o c k r D . o (7 . d o ti o . n C . E l a x s . s 5Cp7. c. p .. N c. 0 . 1 l l OO OO 1 stock Do. do. No. 2 100 108 110 100 124 126 s s i t o o c e k k E D a o s . t N er e n w u 6 n p i c o t n e , 4 t. p st e oc r e k t .. 100 80 82 stock Do. 5 per cent. guar,„l 100 s st to o e c k k Ed D in o. .& 4 G;a c s. g s i p m .c. s s . liktr D es . 1 10 00 0 1 90 11 1 , 1 2 3 stock Edin. Perth& Dun. 4 p.c. 100 stock Furness, 5 per cent 100 stock Glas.& S. Westga. 5p.c., 100 stock Great Northern, sp.et ' 100 117 119 100 104 106 s st to oe c k k D D o o..s 4 p l .c. p ß e ed d m o .., do. lOp.e.pml 100 111 113 113 100 Do. sp.c. Redm. 5 p.c. pm 80 85 87 10 Gt. NIL of Scotld. Ist pr. , all stock f Gt. Sn. & W (Ireland) 4 ) 100 98 100 p. ct. pref. stock , so I I Great West. (Berk, and Hants) Ext. sp. ct. stock I' o. Redeemable,44p.et lOO 99 101 100 stock Do. Redeemable, 4p. ct l OO 90 92 stock Do irredeemable, do lOO 91 93 stock Do. 5 p.ct. Redeem. Prof lOO 102 104 1641 S Do. Pirm. Pref. Shares, all 94 10 10 (it. W. Ches. 8 p.c. ptsh, all 171 181 10 1)o. do. sp. et. pref all 19} 101 stock Do itirmg . .ouar. stock lOO 76 78 201 !Do. Chester gua. shares all 20 21 114 Do. do. do. 20 Do. do. do. stock Lan.&York 6p. c. stock lOO 137 139 stock Do.Barnsl.st £s3s 10d pc 100 '— stock Do. 6 per c. (E. Lan.) „ 100 stock Lon.& 13rig.5 pc.gu.No,l 100 116 118 stock Do. sp. c No. 21 100 116 118 stock Do. glt. 6p. c. stock Do. do. 5 p.m. • No. tl , lOO 116 118 stock ,Do. do. 41 per cen' - . 1 100 103 105 5 Do.l do. 41 p. c. shares.,.l all stock I Do. 7p. et. Pref. stock. 100 , 159 . 155 stock Do. 01p.c. do. (W.E.&C.P.) 100 0 :30 134 stock Do.lp.e.S.(div.dettil '65) 10' 69 71 stock Lon. Chat. and Dover. , 100 90 92 P 0 stock Lou. and N.W. COv . an d Nuneaton, sp. ct lOO 116 118 stock Lon. & S.W, 7p, et, stock 100 150 155 stock Do. 44 per cent ' 100 2s. 6d. Do. (Prtsm. perpl anus. of 2s. all 124 Londondy. & 1 sh". all 121 Loudony. & Ennis. 1 sh. all 121 13 stock Iran. Sh. &Lin. 6 per ct. 100 6 Do. .£6 stock Do. 31 per ce n t 10 Do. redeem. 6 per cent 5 # 113 12 '.Lary .ort & Car., 4p. c all 124 Do. 41 per cent all stock Con. 6p. c, stock lOO stock Do.Con.Bris. & Bir. 6 p.c lOO 136 133 stock Do. 41 p. c. pref. stock_ 100 102 103 6 Do. with option till 1860 , 3 stock Do. Lela & Hit. pref. at.' 100 95 96 stock Norflk sp. c. Ex. st. 1846 100 stock Do. 51 p. o. Pref. do. 1847 100 stock Do. s Way.Val.Ex.st.lB47 100 stock North British, sp. o. 100 111 113 stock Do. New, gua, 3p. c lOO 109 111 10) Do. Bor. Un. g. shs 1 14 p 10 Do. do. do. all otock Nth. Dev. Rail. &Dek.Co. 100 stock N-li3astrons.Pref. 4p. c. 100 93 95 stock Do. Berwick, 4 p.c. Pref. 100 102 104 17 Do. do. do p 1p 20 Do. Leeds, 6p. e. No. 1' 13 121 Do. do. Quarters, 1848. . 9 15 Do. York, .& S. Purch. 10 p I p 20 North Staffordshire... all 23 24 10 Rhyrnney Guaranteed, all 85 Scottish Central, new pf all stock Scottish North-Eastern 31 p. c. pref. stock lOO stock Do.Aberdeen,gua.6p.c. 100 122 124 stock Do. 7p. c. pref. stock 100 130 133 10s, South Devon, Ann. 10s. all 101 11 10 Do. Fixed 41 per cent, all 1.0.6 South Eastern (Reading Ann. 1,0.6) stoca Do. 41 per cent. 1 100 102 103 stock Do. Fixed let is.l 100 104 103 stock , *outh Wales, gua. 4 p.c. 100 90 92 stock Do. 41 per cent. lOO 99 101 • stock S.-Yorkshire, 4p. c. gua. 100 85 88 25 Stock. & Dar. Asp. c all 274 281 25 Do. B 6 Der cent all 32 331 25 Do. C 6 percent all 32 331 stock Watrfd & Kilkny, 6p. c lOO 45 48 stock .W.Mid -Oxf lstGuastkl 100 124 126 stock Do. 2d do 100 123 125 stock Do. Newport 5 p.c.pf.red.l 100 99 101 stock Do.Perpet. 6p.c. pf 1866' 100 123 125 stock Do. till 1869, Ist is.l 100 115 120 121 Do. do. 2d is. 71 t LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Railways. ' Paid.' 105 3 4# 5# 61 3 94 :# 102 13 Share Share Railways. Closing Paid. prim. BRTTISH MINES. Mines. p. . . Al treo Consols (Philack) British Iron Clifford Devon G. Cons. (Tavist ) :East Bassett (Illogan) East Caradon E. WI Russel (Tavistk.) Gam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen.) :Great South Tolgus.... G. Wheal Alfd. (Philack) 'G. Wheal Vor (Helston) , Grenville Herod's- Foot p aid ' I Closing Business Price. Done 2.11.101 Hingston Downs (Lady Bertha 'Margaret (Uny Lelant)} .North Downs .North Frances (Illogan)' , N.Wh'i Basset (1110 ran) 'North Wheal Crofty ; I'ar Consols (St. Blazey) Providence (Uny Lelnt.): ,Sortridge Cems. Min.Co.l South Caradon(St, Cleer)' S. Carr. Urea (Illogan) ,S. They. Iron &Gen., Lim., &Wheal Fran. (Mogan); Stray Park Tamar Silv.& Lead Mind Tln Crott Vale of Towey (Canm) West Basset (Illozan) 1 W. Caradon (Liskeard)l West Seton Wheal Basset (Mogan), I Wheal Buller (Redruth); Wheal Edward (Cals.) Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) : Wheal Mary Ann (Men.) Wheal Tretawney (Lis.)' FOREIGN 34 4 114.8 7.4.0 17i 9 I 5.14.(1; 8.12 1.10.6 1.8.6 15; 9.18.9 i 2 1 220 230 410 420 120 125 104 11 11* llf 27 29 9 9 1 1* 3 34 If If 32 14 3 34 1 If 5 56 i 4k 4 - 6 4 5 10 11 gi 11 45 47 li 10.6.7 Leasing 1 • / /C P,sing; Business Co.'s Price. I Done. 31 all 18.1.5 124.18.0 Ocl, 1 li 300 310 22 3} 1 t 115 155 49 51 1.7.2 21 2 5 5, ! 17 18 1 76 78 350 370 120 125 1135 145 la lk 17 18 20 22 17 19 'NES. - • Do. do. &P.c. Ap.&Oct. 100 11071 108 ! 108 Bedford and 131etchley all I,n - i; 7, .4. , ,f.W .. .. Backinghtinshire ....I 100 Lin &N.W 98 100 MISCELLANEOUS. Chester & Holyhead..' 100 Do. Do. do. 51 per cent! 100 Do 125 127 10 Ang;lo-Mexican Mint ..1 all 13 14 Do. do. 5 per cent. I 100 Do 113 115 1000 'Atlantic Tel. (Limited) 1 all Clydesdale Junction..!, 100 Caledonin 102 104 25 'Australian Agricult ura l; 19 31 33 Colchester, Stour Val.! all E.U.&E C, 16 17 10 !Berlin Water (Limited)' all 41 51 E.Lineolnshire,e - .6p,0,1 100 Gt North. 135 137 50 I British American Land,' 40 30 32 E.Union,Harwich She all E.Counts. 41 41 50 1B.&I.111ag. Tel. A. (Lim. )l all 35 37 ' Do. Woodbridge . . 100 - - 20 I Do. 8,7p.c.ti111852 (Lint.)l all 18 20 Gls.Barr.&Neils,Dra 100 Cajedonin •- - 20 j Do. C. (Limited)......... a ll 13 15 * Do. New ... ...... 100 Do. .. .. . - --321 'Canada Land . Gloster& Dean Forest all iGt. West. - - 10 Cltan.lslands Tel. (Lim ) all - - Hartlpool.Dck.& Rail. all lYk.N.&l3r -- • stock , Cop. Min.ofEncr &S ltw all - - ~ rtt „„. Hull and Selby ...... all I Yk.N. Md. 110 112 25 I Do. Pref. 71 per cent. Do.. Shares ....... all IDo. Do. 1 Shares ...... „ all I Do. - - stock Do. Preference , 100 100 102 Lanc. & Carl. Zlia.s p.c. 100 :I.n. & N.W 207 211 stock Do. 6p. c. Pet I.)et. Deben I 100 108 110 110 London & Greenwich 100 IS. East. .. 61 63 stock Electric Telegraph , lOO 93 96 Do. Preference . ... 100 I Do. Lon o Tilby.& Souien cf. 100 'Peto &C 093 97 5 English & Ans. Copper. all 21 21 31 3 Lowestoft, tua. 4 p.ct. 100 ,Norfolk - - 15 I Gen. Steam Navigati m 14 - - Do. 6 per cent ...... .‘ 100 ;Do. M i anc.,Buxtn. A; Matk. all L NW&M 31 3/ ' 1 Do. 171 p et Preference all i 4 4 Mid. Bradford Preter- I 5 Lon. District Tel. (Lim.) - ence Stock „... . Newmarkt,BuryEx 15.5 6 , E.Counts 11 p 4 L.G. Omnibus Co. (Lim.) all 111 guaranteed sp. c. 20 'Madras Irr. and Canal.. 1 1; 21 3 Northn.& Eastn. 5 p.c. all iDo - - Do. do. 6 per cent .. all 'Do. - - 10 '(lied. Exten. TeL (Lim.) all 2 4 Do. Fixed 5 per cent.. all Do. - - 25 'National Dia. Co. (Lim.) 5 11 1d North Western ;L& NW ) 10 Netherlands Land all * 1 Preston anti Wyre. I all & L y k. 3 - _ 5 Do.B p.c.Pref..iss.atl dis. all il 1 Do. 4 Staves 100 N. Br.&NovaScotiaLand 89 - - Roystp.Hitch., & Shep 100 ,Gt.North.,l3s 137 1 N.B.Australasian (Lim.) all 4 14 Skrewsbry& Ilereford 1 00 T.Brassey 104 105 1 'O r i en t a l G as (Li m it e d) . all 1 Do. Do. 1 j South Staffordshire .. all 11 PClean.. 10 1 11 10 Orintl.ln.Steam(Lim.)A 6 Wilts and Somerset.. 100 Gt West. 93 95 4 10 Ditto B. - - Wimbledon a Croyd__ n.. all L.& Bre_ll 71 8* 10 D i tto C . ... . 2s. ---- - ___ DOCKS. ----- stock Peellt.Lncl.&Min.(Lim.) 100 50 53 50 ,Pen. & Oriental Steam . a ll 73 75 Paid. (110 sing Business 50 I Do. New 25 13 14 • Share Docks, Price. Done. 20 I RedSea&lnd.Tel.g.4lp.e all 17 18 p _ ____ _ ______ so Rhymney Iron __ __ 15 Do. New a ll 5 - stock Commercial lOO -- 100 Royal Mail Steam stock Do. 4 per Cent.PretMin. 100 - stock Scot. Austin. Inv. (I,fm ) 100 130 135 stock East and West India .. nO - 25 South Australian Land' all 33 35 stock London lOO •", 1 ;Submarine Tel. Scrip. • all i I stock St. Kathari ne ... ' 100 - 1 ;Do. do. Registered ...• all , stock 'South amp t on ' 100 -- 10 Do. d 0...... all 57 4 stock iVietoria ... .1 19 int 103 20 T r. & L u. Co.ofUpr.Can. 6 - - $0 Dol N0w........0 %lio ikA 1 I 6 . 100 Yawl Pietnenll4lll24 sea 2 51 1) 10 I &minus done , _ 100 ;Atlantic •IcSt Law rencel all 1 1 79 81 80 ~ t k f I Rom' ' Baroda&„Ce at I n d I Gu. 5 per cent.. lOO 195 96 951 18 Do, Do. 13. 16 11 I d, 201 Buffalo and Laxe Huron' all 41 tld 201 Do. New .. —. ! all -- 10 Do. Prete:v.lw ; all 65 7 100 f 1 13 uffalo,Brartt&Gcdrich I 100 75 80 6p. et. bds. Au. 1872' 100 ;Do. do. July 1, , 18731 100 67 72 100 I Do. dn. June 1, 1874 100 65 70 5 !Clcutta.&S.Eastn. (Litre 3 Id pr 20 ICape, Ea 9 tn. Prov. (Lim.' 2s. 20 ICapeTown & Dock Scrip 5 11 11 d l 20 Ceylon Guarantd. 6p. c. 75 15 1 d 171 j Demerara. 20 Eastn. Bengal : - 11. sp. c 10 ' 11 11 d stock ;East Indian, gll. sp. c. W.) 101 162 20 Do. F Shares Ext 7.11 d pr 20 Do. Jubbulpore all d pr 10 0 Do. 41 pc. Debentrs all 985 991 100 Do. sp. c. Deb., 1864 all 1001 1011 20 iGeelono• & Melou , stock 'Geelong' Corporbatirnon.e'il all percent. 80nd5.,,. stock Grand T run k of Cana lOO da 100 241 251 25 p. 1 5 i 100 Do. 6 p er cent Prr all 7:' 79 50 9 oat t too Do. 6 per et. Deb( ntr. all 51 53 53 100 Do. 7 per cent. 1842 all 58 62 100 , Do. do. 1867 . all 52 55 100 I Do. do. 1879 stock ,IGtl ndiaPenin.gna.sl 3 . e ,! 100 971 985 974 20 I Do. New gua. sp. c 1 8 SdII d 20 iGt. South.oflndia(.l.lm)l guaranteed 5 per cent. all 2 ficl 205 Gt. W. ofCanada Shares all 114 11/ 111 201 Do. New ...... ..... 18 95 9 d 100 Do. Bonds pay, '76, with' opt, till '6O 100 iDo. do. '73 till '6O all 95 100 100 Do. do. '73 without opt all 23 96 100 Do. 51 p. c. do. '77 do all 90 03 stock Madras, guar., 41 p. c lOO 85 87 stock Do. do, 5 per cent stock Do. 41 p. c. Extension 100 88 89 20 Do. Fourth clo l5 11 15 d 20 Do. do all stock 31 e1b.Corp. 6p. c. Bnds lOO 2 0 Newßranswick & Canda Ry.&Land(Lim.)g.6pc all 5 7 Class A Capital Share Do. do. Land do 20 iDo. do. B Capital do. IDo do. Land do. • • 'nude (Limited) stock I Scinde ... ...... e' .: 100 99 100 20 Do. Punjau . l3 .... lea g a l l l 0 15 d 11 d 1 f 20 ;Do. Do. ..... .. ~- i 9 stock iDo. Indus. St. Flo. 4, lOO 91 96 20 I S tAndrews &Quebec A lB 10 I Trinidad (Lim.) Scrip 1 i i d FOREIGN RAILWAYS. 10 Antwerp & Rotterdam all 51 51 I 0 I 20 Ardennes.... ....... 20 ,I 3 ah.&S.Fran...Lim.7 p.c lO 11 15.1 81 5 Belgian East. Junction all 1 1 20 Beziers to Graissessac all -- f 6 , Cs- - neaux Mine & Rail all I 10 11 100 I Copiapo ......& all f 10 1 Ditto Extension .... all 3 214 20 Dutch Rhenish 20 Eastern of France c all I 231 241 p. 20 'Grand Rus. Guar..6 6 -- 20 Do. do. all 20 Great Central of Franc e all 120 Gt. Luxem., Con. shs all 61 65 61 7 20 Iltalian Junction 20 Lake Constance & Bale all 20 ILlerre & Turnhout 20 (Lyons & Geneva .. all 331 :Maria Antonia 10 IDo. New . ... 20 'Namur & Liege 20 IDo. 6p. c. Pref. 16 Northern of France all 881 391 16 Do. New Shares .—.. 15 10 Norwegian Trunk Pref, all 71 85 20 (Paris,Lyons, & Mediter. all 355 361 20 (Paris & Orleans all 54 58 20 i l ßecife & S. Fran. (Pern.) ' gua. 7p. ct. lim l3 3 24d :105 20 Riga & Dunaburg l4 10 Rome & Frascati 20 Royal Danish all 5 Royal Swedish 4 Do. 7 per cent. Pref all 20 Sambre & Meuse 10 Do. 51 per cent. P re f all 81- Ai 85 20 San Paulo, lim, It. 7p. c 2 1/ Id 31 20 S.Aust. &Lomb Venetin 12 5d 1d I; 20 Southern of France.... all 20 2t 81 West Flanders 10 IDo. 51 p. c. Preference.. all 9/ 9 20 W. & N.W. of France .. all 215 221 20 'Western of Austria.... 6 —-- 20 (Western of Switzer land all 6 ,Wiesbaden 8 'Do. 8 per cent. Pref all 20 ;Zealand . , 20 'Australian 1 IBonAccord Copper,Lim 15s i d * 85 Brazil. Imp. (is. at Li p)' 275 2 25 20 Do.St.Johndel Rey,Liml 15 285 29 5 Do. Land and MiningCo.l all 1 Clarendon Cons.MinCo.l 5 dis. 40 Cobre Copper ' all 43 45 Copiapo . 1 DunMoun.Cop.Ming Co; ail 5 1 2 Fortuna. 1 all 2 25 20 General 1 all 21 23 2 'Gt. N. Cop. of S. Austr I 1 par 4 p 1 It IKaptinda (Limited) 1 15 15 p 25 I 3 ILinares all 95 10* 5 ILusitanian 2 , p op 1 Ilariquira all 5 5 1 I N.RhineCopofS.Aus.L 128.6 d. 5 5d 4 20 Pontgibaud Silver,Leadl Mining and Smelt all 5 6 5 ( Port Philip 1 5 i 1 Scottish Austria. (L.) los. 5 d 88'2'85 United Mexican . 1 'Worthing (LimiteCl) all 1 1 I Do 198. JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 190 I Agra&UnitedService Bk 50 82 84 40 Australasia all 25 Bank of Egypt all 195 20 100 Bank of London ..... 20 Bank of Turkey 3 1 5 1; 2 50 British North American all 57 59 20 Chtd.Bank of India, &c. all 225 225 225 25 Ch. Mer. of In. Loa.& Ch. all 34 36 100 City ... 50 70 72 100 !Colonial 20'11 ' Com. Bank of Canada.. all 100 !Commercial of London. 20 21 22 20 'Eng., Scot., & Aus. Ch.. all 145 155 20 Gen. 13k .of Switzerland all 20 'Lon. Char. Bkof Austral all 255 26 255 5 6 50 ' London and County .. 20 50 London Joint Stock .. 10 100 :London & Westminster 20 100 'Nat. Prov. of England . 42 20 i Do. new l2 -... 50 National Bank ........ 25 20 New South Wa1e5...... all -- 20 !Do. new 25 Orient. B. Corporation 20 Ottoman Bank all 18 19 185 100 Provincial of Ireland - 10 IDo. new 25 ;South Australia 25 (Union of Australia 50 'Union or London l2 261 5 100 'Unity Mutual 6O COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Can. Gov. 6 p.c.Ja. & July 100 112 117 I Do. 6p. cent. 1879 100 — - - Do. 6p. cent 1880 100 1 Do. 6p. cent 1882 100 , - - Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug. 100 411 113 Do. 6p. c. Mar. & Sept. 100 'lll 113 c Du. 5 per cent lOO 1035 104 1015 35 t Do. Scrip B2 1 N.B.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July 100 1085 1094 Do. 6p. c. Ap. & Oct., 100 N. S. W. Gov. sp. c., 1866 100 1005 1014 Do. sp. c., 1871 to 1876 100 1006 1014 Do. sp. 0.3888 & upwds 100 1005 1015 1005 Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. sterling, 1875 S.Aus.Gt. 6 p.c.1878 &up lOO 'lOB 110 Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July 100 1 • Do. do. 6 p.c. Ap.&O c t . 100 11075 108 108 SHARE 41AR.KAT.-(7HIS DAY.) ORDINARY STIAttES AND STOCKS, Railway S. Ip aid l Closing I Business Frice• Done. 114 110 . 1 1 1 . 1 0 2 5 434 1 1 1;0 4 7 '1 132 131 73} 731 60 62 .120 1291 62 64 116 117 52 54 102 104 94i 956 104 11 494 50 3i lid 135 1351 107 109 7 6d `+ ti~ 1 POLICE INTELLIGENCE--c THIS DAL) MARLBO ITO TJGH- STRE ET. SETTING A FE!tocIOI S BULLDOG ON A PUBLICAN.— Wm. Thompson and George Cole, two labouring men, were charged, the former with creating a disturbanee 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. H e 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 —Then I suppose you thought the. Jog 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 Doc g.—George Jones, aged 2.5, an assistant foreman in the employ of the London Dock Company, was brought before Mr. Selfe, charged with stealing 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 th• ondon Dock with something bulky under his coat. The 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 smuggling 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 bad 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. TIIIS DAY'S ItARKETS. 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. l Pine apples, perlb 4 0 to 7 O Colonial do., each 1 0 to 1 61 Grapes, per lb 3 0 to 6 0, Foreign do 1 0 to 1 61 Melons, each 2 0 to 4 01 Peaches, perdoz 6 0 to 12 d I Nectarines, per dz 2 0 to 6 o', Apples, per hf. sv. 1 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 s. 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 0 0 Gooseberries hf sv 0 oto 0 n 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 0 VEGETABLES. Greens, dz bunch 3 0 to 3 6 Cabbages, pr doz. 0 9 to 1 3 Savo) , do., pr do. 0 10 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 • 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 Brus. sprouts, h.s 1 9 to 2 0 Old onions, hf. a 0 0 to 0 0 Do., dz bun French beans, 100 1 9 to '2 0 Leeks, per bunch • 0 to 0 01 Shallots, per lb .. 0 6to 0 8 Horseradish, pbn 1 oto 2 6 Parsley, per ditto 0 2to 0 0 j 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 sve 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. 0 oto 0 0 NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Turkeys, 4s Od to 108 Od ; poults, 4s Od to 7s Od each geese, 3s 6d to 78 Od ; goslings, 3s 6d to 7s Od ; ducklings, 2s Od to 3s Od; rabbits, is Od to is 9d each; wild do., 8d to is 2d ; pigeons, 6d 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 toes 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 6d to Is Od each ; guinea fowls, Os Od to Os Od ; roasting pigs, 4s Od to 9s Od each; Ostend fresh butter, ls Od to ls 2d; English, la ld to is 5d per lb ; English eggs, 15s Od to Os Od ; French do., lOs Od to 12s Od per 120 ; leverets, Is ad to 2s Od each. WHITECIIAPEL. Beef, 2s 4d to 4s Od ; mutton, 3s Od to 4s 2d ; veal, 3s Id to 4s 4d ; pork, 3s 10d to 5s Od per Sibs. by the carcase. NEWPORT. Beef, from 2s 4d to 48 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. BILLING SG ATE. Salmon, Os Od to Os Od ; trout, Os Od to Os ; eels, 8d to Is ; prawns, 5s Od to Os; pike, skate, sturgeon, and halibut, Gd pei lb. Turbots, 2s Gd to' 0s ; 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, Ss Od to 12s Od ; haddocks, 4s to 20s Od ; smelts, 3s Od ; flounders, is 6d to 2s 6d per dozen; mackerel, 60s; fresh herrings, ss; bloaters, Ss to Os per 100; carp and tench, Is Od to 3s per brace. BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from 81cl to 9id , of household do., 6 1 ,-(1 to 8d per 41b loaf. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, 2d to 3d ; 641 b to 721 b, 3d to 31-d ; 721 b to 801 b, 3id to 3id ; 801 b to 881 b, 3id to 4d ; 881 b to 961 b, 4d to 4id; 961 b to 1041 b, 41c1 to 4id. Horse hides, 8s Od to lOs Od; calf skins, light 2s Od to 4s Od; do. full, 7s Od to Os Od ; polled sheep, 7s 6d to 9s 6d ; half-breds, 6s 2d to is 2d ; Downs, 5s Od to 6s Od ; lambs, Os Od to Os Od; shearlings, Os Od to Os Od. HAY MARKET S. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £2 Os to £5 53 Od ; clover do., £3 Os to £5 lOs ; and straw. £1 10A to £1 14s per load. A slow trade, especially for inferior qualities. CUMBERLAND.— Meadow hay, £2 Os to £5 5,1 ; clover, £3 Os to £5 12s Od ; and straw, £1 108 to £1 16s per I ,, ad. A heavy demand. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £2 Os to £5 5s Od ; clover, £3 Os to £5 15s Od ; and straw, £llos to £1 14s per load. A dull trade. COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—YESTIADAY. Amsterdam Ditto Rotterdam — 11 171 11 171 Antwerp Brussels — 25 35 25 40 Hamburgh Paris Ditto Marseilles — 25 45 25 50 _ __ Frankfort on Maine Vienna Trieste 117} 14 40 14 40 117 k 14 50 14 50 Petersburgh Berlin _ - Madrid Cadiz Leghorn Milan Genoa 491 49: 2 25 65 25 571 25 57i 391 49 49a 25 70 25 621 25 65 Naples Palermo Messina Lisbon 119 1191 Oporto Rio Janeiro 391 1191. 119 k 531 63i New York — •• •. Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard)....por oz. ZS 17 9 Mexican Dollars Silver in Bars (Standard) II 0 .5 li 0 0 0 South American Doublona • Their Serene Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Loiningen have arrived et Howchin's Hotel from visiting the Duchess of Kent at Frog-more. ifrs.—" Fore- To INTENDING PURCHASERS OF most amongst those who have mtandee WArc p fo u r bl t i h c em wa se n i t ve f s or an a honourable distinction in supplyinguisit artistic feeling in class of watches which exhibitsf ornamentation and perfectinodn 3o4:mlLeqcuhdagnaitsenlixturupcotnurpea,yie. Mr. J. W. Benson, of 33 find ent show - rooms the visitor ing a visit to whose mag n ! will find the most m ultifarious i ns tances of a high orde r o f artistic design in all his efasctublriestablishmentualtlninbe- his ten di ng p u rchasers f w ya a r t i ch u o g s Enu ta a this found well worthy of a visit. The magnificent display of ormolu clocks , o f recent manufacture, together with the immense number f watches, form one of the sights of the viossitt Benson'sor to the ene i g hbourhood of St. Paul' s.''"--.3forn ing P lllustrated Pamphlet, post free for two stam p s , is descriptive of every construction of watch now ma d e . IVatches safe by post to all parts of the globe. [ADVERTISEMENT.] Pills and medicine invariably ag gravate and perpetuate diseases ; their an no y ance , die appointment, and expense may be avoided by persons in indifferent health sending only their address to E. S. Barry, Esq., 77, Regent-street, W., London, and the) will receive gratis and tree by post the " INVALIDS' Own IIIDE," or Natural Restorer, without medicine or ex p , nse, of perfect digestion, strong nerves, sound lungs, and refreshing sleep, to the most enfeebled, insuring the removal of indigestion (dyspepsia), constipation, liver complaint s nausea, epilepsy, p ara ly s i s , debility, nervousness, palpita h ~ticeot. cough, asthma, consumption, dropsy, flatulency, dysentery, biliousness, fevers, sore throats, catarrl,p tions, noises in the ears, rheumatism, gout , impurit ies, hysteria, neuralgia, irritability, sieeplesstiess r , d o l 7 sp l ' asm P c tation, heartburn, headache , despond enc y , e m aap oat Guide sinking, fits, brOlichitis —the" Unquestionably CANTERBURY BALL. Another, and this time an immense attraction, has very recently been added by its enterpri,ing and indefatigable proprietor to the already nume rous and varied allurements towards this popular place of entertak ment. Cons iviality 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 traces ! 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 siding over the festivities still continue to charm the cars the frequenters of Mr. Morton's esta blishment. Hard by that lofty, and spacious, and eminently beautiful hall, however, inwhich the music and the Conviviality divide the attention of the assembled guests, there has, for a long while 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 Covent 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 the new attractions referred to h ave been added by the proprietor. They are no more than three in number these new pictures now very 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-crceurr 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 sublimityhas 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 Martin'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." THE EMPRESS'S Ris'TURN TO PARIS. PARIS, DEC. l Empress arrived in Pads last evening from her excursion to England and slept a t F o lk estone on Scot lind. Her M a j es t y 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 Majesty came on by an express train to Amiens, where the Em peror had 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 the prefect's carriage, but before his Majesty had been long going about, he was recog• 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 the Northern 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. Bat 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 " Vive l'Empereur !" " Vive l'lmperatrice !" Their Majesties arrived at the Tuileries at a quar ter to seven. Her Majesty looked iu excellent health. BANK OF FRANCE. The following is the account for the month end ng Thursday, Dec. 13:— ASSETS. r. C. .. • . 123,662,421 48 308,133,520 - 613,160 72 Cash and ingots C•tsh at the branch-banks : Bills due to be paid to-day.. • . Bills becoming due in P ar i s , o f which 33,344,7351. Sc. are from the branch banks .. .. • • .. 214,433,223 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 1)o. 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 1)o. on Cr6dit Foncier Bonds .. 684,600 1)o. in the branch-banks • • • • 391,700 Do, to State by treaty, 1848 .. 35,000,000 Rentes of the reserve-fund 12,980,750 14 Rentes, disposable funds .. 53,708,840 3S 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 LIABILITIES. Capital • New Capital Reserve .fund New Reserve • • Reserve-immobiliere Profits to be added to Capital (Art. S of law June 9, 1857) Notes to bearer in circulation in Paris and the branch-banks • . Do. to order (Post-bills) Bills payable at sight .. Acc. cur, of Treasury Creditor Various accounts current .. Do. branch-banks • . Dividends to be paid . • Arrears of values deposited Discount, interest, and expenses .. Re-discounts of the last half-year Sundries .. .. , . .. 91,250,000 - 91,250,000 - . • • • 15,980,750 14 9,125,000 - •• •• .• 4,000,000 - 1,510,527 65 747,156,076 - .. 10,641,321 78 .. 10,071,588 - .. 134,057,914 9 .. 158,342,231 79 .. 31,900,239 - • • 675,408 75 • • 2,128,937 64 11 518 748 14 1 , 21 6,446 5520 3,958,602 1,321,783,720 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 accommodation is more considerable, and has taken p lace both in Paris and in the provinces, being 171 millions in the former and 61 in the latter, or 23i millions in all. The advances on F rench rente and on rail way securities have also f allen off both in Paris a nd the departments, the decline varying from 1 account millio n to 21. On the s ide of the liabilities, the decrease in of a mil lion. the notes in circu lation is 6 millions, The the branches, a curren t of the Treasury has advanced diminution the both in in Tho th sc e of m personsapitnivabtaenkand ins show i i falling off in the former beingl- metallict he latterr reserve e a n m e i laltiopnr.eseTnhteis 4Wh301l millions and in amount of the millions to 707, millions of notes in circulation. The Earl of St. Germans comes to town to-day from Port Eliot, Cornwall. The noble earl goes to Wiadsor Castle on Monday, to attend the Chapter of the Order of the Garter, as Lord Steward of her Maj esty's Household. The Earl and C oun t ess St an hope have left town on a visit t o L ord and Lady H arr y Vane, at their seat at Battle, Sussex. The Countess of Cork has arr ived in town from Bywell Hall, Newcastle-on -Tyne' Her ladyship will shortly leave for Marston entertained a select r eir residence i n Berkeley. circle 4r a ti t dinner a nd i l ' a a s d t ye VE' C ri 7121 House. h , oaeutsstteel square. Two gendarm es of Bellegarde, in the ,oiret, went three nights ago into a wood to look after poachers, and I there they separated. Presently one of thom—a corporal, nam ed FeuilB . game, andc cried , ,f you come n earer, I l i - 1 ,— r eached a spot at which a poacher was crouchedbehindh ae othert r ee V a raised il in g his for gun, am e and d he e e advanced u to arrest you are dead 1" but the gendarme made a hat hi m . The poacher, who had a double-barrelled iliLl, 1 :,; s fired twice, and the char g es o f b ot h barrels hit the gun, hat. The poacher then took to flight, and escaped. SHOOTING IN CAMBRIDGESIIIRE.—It appears that on a recent visit of the Duke of Cambridge to NI ajor- General Hall, at Weston Colville, Cambridgeshire, his Royal Highness, his gallant host, Earl Jermyn, IMP., Lord Braybrooke, Col. Macdonald, and Mr. H. J. Ad eane , M.P., shot 536 pheasants, 70 hares, 73 rabbits, and five partridges, making a total of 684 head. Of this number, 168 pheasants, 28 hares, 12 rabbits, and two part r id ge s were shot by the Duke of Cambridge. - :.)