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80,000 f. The officers, from the General downwards, are said to have enriched themselves greatly. " A General Order from the British Commander la-Chief desired that all articles taken by officers and men were to be sent in for sale by public auc tion, for the benefit of the army, which was done. All were permitted to have the articles they had bro ught away for themselves valued, and have the °Phan of taking or rejecting them. Many beauti -1111 curios and souvenirs were thus obtained at a I toininal price. The sale realised 32,000 dols., : 111 °h, with the value of the treasure, estimated at 1,0 00 dols., is to be divided as prize money on the aPot. " The pressure of the people is said to have had great weight in inducing the authorities to yield. " I believe that their yielding now under pressure the same as at Tientsin in 1858, and that, if we retire from hence, they will again break their en gagements. There is no other guarantee for us th an t keeping the groun d we have gained, having b eaten the army out of the field. " Letters were found in the Palace from San-ko 111'8in to the Emperor assuring him of his confi dence in being able to annihilate us by the arrange tnents he had made on the road at Chang-kia-wan, here the battle of the 18th ult. was fought. He b egged the Emperor to have no apprehensions as t° the results; that, having ascertained how few our n umbers were, he was confident he could surround Ind destroy us. "The garrison of Pekin is reported to be 60,000 t° 70 ,000 men, or eight standards of 8,000 each; b probably not three-fourths of that number exist. " There were a few guns on the wall opposite to enr battery, and our works for riflemen were ex tended to within 190 yards of the wall. " San-ko-lin-sin, it is said, was in Pekin this morning." COMMERCIAL. HONG KONG, Ocr. 28. , I JEA.--The state of the market at the open ports is most 'War. In face of a heavy export, of full supplies, and :! U nfavourable advices from London, rates continue nearly ; t he standard at which they were pitched when the pro- Peeta of a short supply were imminent. The tea-men eol4 bine as usual, making ingenious repre3entations about e°4l ing supplies, sufficiently plausible to induce foreigners to °elieve them and to go on purchasing. It is true they ti fib, but that probably arises more from their convic ft:ll of their ability to bring foreigners to terms than any belief they have in short supplies. The °rst of the tea trade as now co n d u ct e d i s this—that when 4e tcommunications are interrupted and the country teas t: I1 Y stopped, as was the c ase l a t e ly at Shanghai and Can . 4 41 ) spurious, inferior, or f anc y t eas are manufactured t o eh an extent, and meet with so ready a sale, as to cause te h e export to swe ll u p se th a t w h en th e country teas are .I.BB4sed, they find a sal e f rom th e i r scarc it y , an d ma k e 4° Praents amount to a figure which is absolutely startling. tet _SLOTGHAL—In the absence of alarms as to the N an ki n mbeg, confidence has begun to return and trade to improve. l'agPo, however, still forms the principal outlet, the corn -41,1 cations between the interior and that port being clearly 44 i nterrupted than those of Shanghai. t e 4° NohoNa.—The reports of sales give but a small busi- N e : for the fortnight. The import trade generally, how l., ) 18 in a very healthy state, holders requiring an ad pm-4e° 'upon many kinds of staples, and stocks being sensibly 10,8,1•1rox.—The state of the market for the different de- Options of goods is naturally similar to that of Hong ?fik b k : O CROWFOO.—The heavy sales reported last mail ap , r eavy, t . o have supplied the demand. Stocks are rather 4407 .—Stocks low, and rates firm, but small sales, INDIA. Ilr o take the following from the Calcutta English ; I of the Bth of November : t ee . he resumption of business after the holidays has ke l l attended with the usual tendency to improve -4414 in trade. Exports have assumed a decidedly itit P i oved tone, although not on a very extensive t e e . The money market remains in the same con ttiil°ll of plethora, and no investments are found to 1 14 °. te it. Imports have found somewhat freer sales, s till at prices showing a heavy loss. Freights 'till )ti i, rule hi g h, an d th e p rom i s ing news from China help to maintain them for the present. 1„, COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. heat-Stock Sh ar e s —The market for joint-stock shares ( 4 1 , 1 ) with no activity. D olt . ternment Securities—There is no new feature to re is this market ; the operations are limited and en -110 for local account. 4 eY-raarket—Money is literally a drug, and cannot Iti m t anployment at even from 3i per cent. to 4 per cent., kig littl e hope of resent improvement. Trade is miser dill and only transactd at a loss. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) MADRID, DEC. 12. e budget of expenses has been voted. 1 : 0 Leon _Espanol announces that General ez has retired altogether into private life. t t vit 18 astrous inundations have taken place in se veral buildings were overwhelmed at Santa Fe. hAn he Badajoz Asylum was swept away, and ' Children were killed and injured. BOMBAY, Nov. 16. Th e sth Europeans have mutinied at Dinapore, 4110 re been disbanded. 1 ,, man was shot. The combination against the income tax con- Il es to be maintained in Bombay. 4 k T -CUTTA, CHINA, AND AUSTRALIAN MAILS. Th e 1 th i era with the heavy portion of the Calcutta, 44 1 and Australian mails left Malta at 7 p.m. k h t he 7th, and may therefore be expected at ilhempton in course of the 16 th inst. " Bllora (from Southampton on the 27th of k : e lliber) reached Malta on the 6th inst. at 6 a.m., 4 . B ailed f or Alexandria at noon. The Bombay left Suez for Bombay, and the po i Pore (with extra mails, kc., of 12-18 Nov.) C alcutta, on the 29th ult. HANOVER, DEC. 13 . i l ,tigland has accept e d th e proposa l of Hanover, :kt th e thi r d m illi on of thalers for the redemp t i on : the State dues be distributed among all other to tt ttes, except England and Hamburg, according their maritime importance. CARLSRUHE, DEC. 13. Yesterday the Representatives of the States on qt it b anks of the Rhine assembled for the purpose i i liea iring a convention, by which the Rhine have been consid er ably diminished. VIENNA, DEC. 13. I , l 3.ti , c , l g r aent was delivered to -da y in the case of \ ittieht er . 11 kr ' Richter was found guilty of the charge of tt a induced a public functionary to abuse his al power by corrupting Gen. Eynatten. Was acquitted, for want of proof, on the Et t ,, o T ae referring to the bills of exch an g e, and 'th t ieclared no t guilty on all the other charge s. 1 14 e at torney for the Government recommended t ° the favourable consideration of the Court. + BERNE, DEC. 13. ` °- day's sitting of the Council of the States, Al — eras, —eras, from Geneva, gave notice of an S~ l 'Aellatio n on th e s tate of the question of I, °Y. FRANCE. Th e —lO nit eur p u bli s h es the following note : k t e Government has been informed that the Beht A Plceuc, French Inspector of Finance, oft ti omission to Constantinople at the request th e 7 Ottoman Government, has never accepted Na elle tiens attributed to him in the publications A lva to the new Turkish loan." `4 Paris letter in the Independance says: — " °llrll al stated yesterday (11th) that Balm de Seebach had left Paris for Turin, but the asser tion is not true. M. de Seebach, who is accredited at Paris by the Court of Saxony, also represents that Court at Turin. He was there for some time a year and a half ago, to settle the affairs of the Duchess of Genoa, who was a Saxon princess, but he has not been there since. M. de Seebach is highly esteemed here by the diplomatic body, and is well known for his reserve." A Toulon letter, of the 11th, says :—" The Fontenoy, ship of the line, received orders this day, at noon, to have all in readiness for starting at a moment's notice. The officers and men on leave were immediately recalled on board. The Fontenoy is going to Gaeta to replace the Alex andre, which is to have a new commander. The Eldorado frigate, Captain Sauvan, is to sail on the 15th for Alexandria, after taking on board 2,000,000 fr. in specie and an immense quantity of stores for the fleet and expeditionary corps in China. The Ulloa will leave for the same desti nation, also carrying 2,000,000 fr. in specie, and whatever stores the Eldorado may be unable to take." BOURSE, Dec. 13.—The market has been heavy, and prices are a trifle lower. For the Account, Threes are now at 68f 75c ; Mobilier, 768 f 75c ; Orleans, 1,383 f 75c ; Northern, 990 f; Mediter ranean, 910 f; Austrian, 510 f ; Lombard, 483 f 75c. The following were the last quotations : 4i per per Cents ... 96 50 Credit Foacier — Do. end month.... 93 55 j Belgian 41 — -- 3 per Cents Do. end month 6B 80 ' Roman Bank Shares . . 2925 Austrian Credit Mobilier.... 768 75 . Spanish Threes 5O Do. Account 772 50 ; Home Debt RAILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans 1382 50 .. 1383 75 Northern New ditto 9OO .. 903 75 Lyons and Mediterranean 910 .. 911 25 Geneva 375 .. 372 50 Southern .. ' 520 .. 522 50 Western Eastern Sardinian Austrian Lombard AMERICA. SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDAY. The Hamburg and American Company's steam ship Teutonia, Captain Taube, from New York on the Ist inst., has arrived off Cowes. She brings 26 passengers for England and Havre, and 67 for Hamburg, 85,000 dols. in specie for France, and a cargo consisting of 1,500 tone of cotton, hops. &c., for Hamburg. On the 13th inst., off the Eddystone, she spoke the British barque St. Jean, bound east, and the Bremen brig, No. 177, bound west. The news by the Teutonia has been anticipated. LIT_ERA TUBE. BULIVER'S LIBRARY EDITION. The fourteenth volume of this noblest among all the numerous editions of the collected fictions of our great English Novelist completes his gorgeous classic romance of " The Last Days of Pompeii." The mere names of these masterpieces of imagina tive writing form a scarcely resistible attraction. " The Last Days of Pompeii !" Who that has once read that magnificent record of one of the most tragic and appalling incidents related in profane history, does not recall vividly to mind the salient points in the wonderful panorama there unfolded to view in those all but pictorial pages ? The wierd eltritch Saga of Vesuvius—the daring and licentious impostor Arbaees the Egyp tian—the handsome patrician, the hero of the tale, Glaucus lone, his beautiful beloved—Nydia, the blind girl, the true heroine of the story, Nydia, • the tender, the graceful, the bewitching and self-sacrificing Nydia— Apaecides, the heathen priest—the nameless be liever in the new-born creed of the Nazarenes—the people of those. old classic days in their homes and haunts, in the streets, in the market-place, in the temples of their false gods, busy at their callings, lounging their time away over their amusements—the Gladiators (among others) in their " Flash Dens" first of all, and last of all, upon that dread LAST DAY OF POMPEII in the cruel Amphitheatre ! It is upon record in the writings of Dion Cassius, that so it came to pass— that awful catastrophe swallowing up, as in the jaws of hell, the twin cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum ! While the people were sitting, tier upon tier, watch ing their deadly sports in the public amphitheatre. It is thus they are revealed to us in this superb ro mance under the glamour of the golden atmosphere of poetry, the truest poetry, thrown around it by Sir Bulwer Lytton's magnificent imagination. The effect produced upon the reader's imagination in turn by that last crowning spectacle of horror, despair, and desolation is like that, let us say, of one of the late John Martin's marvellous pictures written ! There is the same overwhelming sense of hurry, of terror, of vastness, of a multitude of people, of a blinding light dying out in uttermost darkness, of sublimity in short mingled here in this enthralling romance, in this romance of romances, with a pathos supreme and exquisite. An examination again of this great work, viewing it as a work of art, and as one of the most splendid productions of Sir Edward Lytton's genius as a romancist, confirms, nay, if that be possible, more than confirms—enhances—our original admiration for it. Viewed apart from all its companions this one fiction alone is a " material guarantee" of the permanence of its author's lofty and world wide reputation. In our estimate of his no w volu minous writings, we unhesitatingly place it high in the first rank of his admitted masterpieces. The lifale Flirt, A Novel. By Mrs. Gordon Smythies. _ . _ Felix Featherstone, clerk in the Foreign-office, is the beloved of damsels of high and low degree. Blanche Bullion, the heiress ; Eveleen Lovaine, the beauty; Clara Cribb, the humble housemaid; Cora Constantia, the dashing and defiant—all are or have been dying for love of one who only seeks to win hearts and cast them aside as worthless. General Report—" the only English General I ever knew," says Mrs. Lovaine, " who is a great liar and coward"—General Report, for once speaking truth, designates Felix by the odious title of male flirt, but the love-born damsels are each incredulous in' her own instance, until the gay deceiver leaves a card at the door marked P.P.C. in the corner, and turns his envied attentions in another quarter. Such is the theme of this little novelette from the lively pen of Mrs. Gordon Sinythies. Flowers, Grasses, and &Shrubs. A popular book on Botany. By Mary Pink. James Blackwood. Truly, says the author of this little volume, " a love of flowers is natural to all," and very zealously she has aspired to gratify that love by the garland of varied lines she hero presents to her readers. The various favourites of the flower garden and the field are gracefully dep'cted, both with pen and pencil, and quotations from the poets are thickly scattered up and down the page. The work is wr itten in a reverent spirit, " lookin g f r om Nature up to Nature's God " — " Blessed be God for flowers 1 For the bright, gentle, holy thoughts, that breathe From out their odorous beauty, lik e a wreath Of sunshine on life's hours." Many interesting anecdotes are mingled with the in formation here conveyed. Altogether the volume forms a charming gift book for the youthful lover of botany. THE LEATHER FRAUDS. —At Guildhall, yester day, Alderman Carden committed the whole of the accused for trial. The Old Bailey sessions commence on Monday, but Mr. Van Sandau stated an application would be made for a postponement of the trial till the January sessions. Mr. Tremenheere, the Commissioner appointed by Government to inquire into the expediency of adopting the Factory Act in a modified form in the lace trade, has arrived in Nottingham, and commenced his investigation. The inquiry, which is conducted with closed d oors, is ex pected to last a f or t n i g ht . THE 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 on their importation after the Ist of January next; which is to the effect that wines may be warehoused, or entered for exportatio n , without the rate of duty to w hi c h they are liable being first ascertained ; the duties on 1 those intended for home consumption, or to be removed to the outports, are to be ascertained by testing the contents of one cask in ei g ht (should the re be so many in the parcel) by distillation, bere o c f o p rd ro ed of i s n p t in h . e ts o ; ili ß ci_ 7- al document under andseparate ns degrees headares,to as follows : Class A — Wi ne s containing le B— ovines under 26 de g rees ; C— wines nes unde r 40 d egrees; D— wines under 45 degree s ; — wines t containing, 45 per cent. and upwards of p roof spin si will b e considered " mixed spirits," and charged with the duty on such. The Board ary to impose an do not deem it necessary . yrestriction as to the of • rtation for wine in bottles. Such wine will ports importation be charged the duty of 2s. 6d. per gallon und er c l ass C, un less the , officershave reason to suspect th a t th e strength oper cent., in which case • thereof amounts to 4 ,, i four ' it must be tested. Thirty-two ports .n.England, in Ireland, and four in Scotland have been approved of for the importation of wines in casks ; but the operat ion of testin g will be in the meantime confined to the ports of London, B riiitol Folkstone, Gloar es ter, Hull, Liverpool, Newcastle, pl y : mouth, ZoutAampton, lasow, 4eiqi ; and Dublin, .A: • THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY^ EVENING; DECEMBER 14, 1860. 01Y_E Rifle T AND CITY NEWS. CITY, Two o'CLooK. The markets for Foreign and Colonial Produce during the last fow days have shown considerable heaviness. Sugars have exhibited a downward tendency, lower rates having been accepted by holders. In the refined market prices have also given NV ay. For the better qualities of coffee full rates have been realised, but com mon and inferior descriptions have been cheaper. Tea has remained very inactive, opera tions having been partially discontinued pending the settlement of the dispute among the trade with regard to the adjustment of the fees to be paid at public sales. For rice there has been a very limited inquiry ; and fruit, spices, and salt petre have been neglected. The tallow market has continued very quiet, and prices have shown less buoyancy, P.Y.C., on the spot, being quoted GOs. to GOs. 3d., and spring delivery 60s. 6d. per cwt. Increased activity prevailed in the Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday, and 12,000 bales were disposed of at full prices. A further sum of £104,000 in refined gold was, sent into the Bank of England yesterday; but some small parcels of sovereigns were withdrawn for shipment to the United States. At the half-yearly meeting of the proprietors of the London Chartered Bank of Australia a dividend of 3; per cent, for the half-year, free of income tax, was declared. At a meeting held yesterday of the creditors of Messrs. Piper and Sons, builders, the liabilities were stated to be £52,236, and the assets £15,617. After a long discussion a composition of 4s. 6d. in the pound was agreed to, payable by instalments extending over a period of twelve months. The demand for money continues moderate, and discounters are still charging rather less than the Bank of England minimum for the best qualities of commercial bills. Greater confidence seems to prevail among capitalists in consequence of the more favourable tendency of the specie movement at the Bank of England and the anticipated failure of the Turkish Loan. The Teutonia has arrived at Southampton from New York, with £19,000 in specie for France. A meeting of the proprietors of the South Aus- tralian Company has been held to day, when the supplementary report of the directors, of which the following is an extract, was adopted:—After deduct ing the amounts allowed for losses and reductions of rent written off, the income for the half-year ended the 30th of June is as follows, viz. :—Rent frem country lands, £7,200 3s. 4d. ; ditto mineral lands, £44 13s. 2d. ; ditto town lands, £2,119 18s. 3d.; ditto port lands, £1,541 Hs. 6d.; wharf age, £2,419 3s. 2d. Total, £13,325 1 is. sd. The market for Public Securities has been very dull to-day, but previous quotations have been firmly maintained, Consols being 92', 7 5, 1 for the account. Speculation is very much restricted, and the dealings for transfer in the stocks for which the books are open are equally circumscribed. The New Threes are firm at 921 2 ; the Reduced are steady at 92± ; India 51 per Cent. Enfaced Paper is at 1011, ; ditto Debentures are flat at 961 a ; but Exchequer Bills have improved to 2s. dis. Business in the Foreign Stock Market is quiet, but prices, in some instances, show a further im provement. Turkish 6Ter Cents. are 721- to 724 ; ditto New, 571 to 581; and the £lOO Bonds are firmer at 59 60 ; ditto 4 per Cents. at 1021 ; Mexi can, at 214- ; and Brazilian 41 per Cents., at 864 87; but Russian 41 per Cents. are heavy at 941. Business in the Railway Share Market has been inactive ; prices, however, are generally well maintained. Caledonians have advanced to £1 10s. and North British £1 10s.; Great Northern, 155., and Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln ss. Mid- lands are heavy, and have declined ss. The Foreign and Colonial Markets have con tinued dull. South Austrian and Lombardo-Vene tian are steady at 131. Great Luxemburg have improved to 6a 61 ; East Indian to 101/ ; and Great Indian Peninsular to 981. Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares have been neglected. Australian Agricultural are steady at 31 and Anglo-Mexican Mint at 131, BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 92a 1 New 3 per Cent. Annuities India Stock .. . — Ditto Enlaced Paper, 4 per Cent — Ditto 61 per Cent. Ditto Debentures, 1853 Ditto 1869 96 6 Ditto Bonds £l,OOO — Ditto under £l,000 Console for Account, Jan. 10 India Stock for Account , . — Ditto 5 per Cent ... . Ditto Account Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 11(1 Ditto £5OO 2 5 dis Ditto Small FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Brazilian 5 per Cent .. Ditto 41 per Cent, 1860 .... 87 61 Mexican 3 per Cent .. Ditto Account Peruvian 41 per Cent 96 Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853. Russian 5 pet Cent. 1822, £ St • • -- Ditto 41 per Cent 941 - , 'patsish 3 per Cent... Turkish 6 per Cent .. Ditto Account Ditto New Loan Ditto Account . ••• •••• Ditto £lOO Bonds Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. _dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch Exchange, 12 Guil. 21 per Cent — Ditto Certificates, 4 per Cent. Peruvian Dollar Bonds, 41 per Ct. Ex. 4s BO THREE O'CLOCK. Consols for Account, lOtk Jan., ex div.. 9* i WILLS AND BEQUESTS. The will of General Sir Henry Wyndham, K.C.8.. ALP., of Coekermouth Castle, Cumberland, has been br ought into her Majesty's Court of Pro bate. It bears date July 17, 1856. Sir Henry died possessed of personalty in the United King dom estimated for probate duty at £70,000. The only legatee mentioned in the will was his adopted daughter Georgina, wife of Lieutenant Charles Wyndham, of the 9th Bengal Light Cavalry, to whom he had left the whole of his property real and personal, but who died in the beginning of the year 1858, and he had not since then made any other disposition thereof. He had also appointed her sole executrix. Sir Henry may therefore, be said to have died intestate, and hisestate and effects will be shared according to the statute of distribu tions of intestates' effects ' letters of administration, with the will annexed, having been granted to Elizabeth Lady Wyndham, the relict of Sir Henry, who administered thereto on the 10th of the present month. Sir Henry died on the 2nd of August last, at the age of 70. The will of David Jardine, Esq., police magis trate, residing at 23, Cumberland-terrace, Regent's Park , and of Weybridge, Surrey, has been proved in the principal registry, the personalty being sworn under £14,000. The executors nominated are the Rev. John Gylby Lonsdale, M.A., Canon of Lichfield, and the testator's wife, who died in his lifetime. Probate was taken out by the sur viving executor. The will is exceedingly short, and is entirely in Mr. Jardine's own handwriting; it bears date the 20th of October, 1852, and the whole of his property, both real and personal, he had bequeathed to his . wife ; but in consequence of her death, and his having made no other will, the entire estate has to be divided amongst the repre sentatives of the testator according to the statute of distributions. Mr. Jardine, who was magistrate of Bow-street, was an intelligent, acute, and pains taking man : he was decided, prompt, and just in the administration of his magisterial functions—as such his memory will be much respected and his loss regretted. He was called to the Bar in 1823, y K e il a n, r hn s ei , e a rw n Lidllawdyas andm alsooaoeddßi Macdonald, claoolrdfd, erfAmeliar of in B a r l t y h m . oafr and had held the o ffi ce o f po li ce magistrate for 20 Harriet . street and Albemarle-street, Piccadilly, but who died at Bonlogne-sur-Mer, on the 16th of October last, were proved in London on the 29th of last month, by her sister, Isabella Charlotte Lady Malcolm, the sole executrix. The personalty was sworn under £7,000. The will bears date so far distant as the year 1846, by which her Ladyship has bequeathed the whole of her property, real and personal, to her sister, Lady Malcolm, absolutely ; and by the codi cil, made in 1851, she has left a legacy of £6OO to her servant, James Short, and his wife, or either of them who may be in her service at the time of her decease,and a legacy of £lOO to another servant, on the like conditi o n,—lllustrated London New SHARE It 7S DAY.) ORDINARY SHAtIES AND STOCKS. Share( Railways. ( Paid. / Closing Badness Price. Done. 50 Belfast and Ballymena all f 13.14 Bir., Wol , and Str. Val. all 81 81 stock Birk.. La., and Ch June. 100 81 83 25 Blackburn 25 Blvtli and Tvue all 10 116'st. Sleaf. and Mid.Co all 61 7 stock Bristol and Exeter stock Caledonian 10 Carmarthen & Cardigan all 50 Cork and Bandon 10 Do A( A all & 20 cork, Blrock., Passage all 20 Cornwall gets no div all 10 Do B until 6 hasbee n dpc peran. toB all . 50 Dublin & Belfast, •Junc. all 25 Dun., Perth, &Ab. um all 7 4 8 4 stock East Anglian lOO 16 17 stock Eastern Counties lOO 52 53 52 4 stock Eastern Union, A stock 100 36 38 stook Do do B d o 100 26 28 25 Do Nw A. late EU3ds. 13 4 stock East Suffolk stock Edinlyoro'h & Glasgow 100 87 59 stock Edin. Perth, & Dundee 100 29 294 29 10 Forth & Clyde Junction all stock Furness stock G las , . and S. Western 100 114 116 10 Great NI hn. of Scotland, all stock reat Northern lOO 1104 1.14 1104 stock Do do A stock stock Do do B do stock Gt. S. &W. of Ireland 100 112 114 stock Great Western 100 734 734 734 stock Do Str Val gua. stock 100 60 62 12 Irish South-eastern all stock Lancashire & Yorkshire 100 120 1214 1204 11 1 stock London and Blackwall 100 62 65 stock Lon., Bright.. & S Coast 100 116 117 1164 stock Lond., Chat., and Dover 100 52 64 53 stock Lond. & Nth. Western 100 102 102 1024 2 stock Lond. & Bth. Western lOO 944 954 944 54 25 L'derry & Coleraine all 25 1 - ,'derry & Ennisatllen all 1 0 4 11 dock Man. Shef. & Lincoln 100 494 50 494 9 50 Maryport and Carlisle all 121 Do do 1 shares..." all 10 Metropolitan 5 34 21d dock Midland 5.4.0. Do new ;took Do lAirming. & Derby 100 107 109 50 Ilid. Gt. W. of Ireland all 25 Do 1 shares zit 25 Mid Kent............. 10 Do, Cray Line . all 100 Newcastle and C trcis.le all 10 Newry & Armagh, def 9 7 6 d 20 Newry, Warnpt. & Rote all took Norfolk lOO 54 .56 544 50 NI hn. Counties Union.. 31 d took North British „. 100 644 r 54 66 4 lock or.Dev.Rail&Dk.stoei , 100 took Da A stk ; A revs no d. • until 6pchas beenpd.B 100 lock Do B stock _ . 100 took Nth. Eastern—Berwick 100 1044 105 105 44 25 Do do , purchase 16134 p 41t P ;ock Do Leeds 100 641 051 631 ;ock Do York ock North London .. 10 Do new North Staffordshire l7l 24 24 115 14i 10 N. and S. W. Junction all 94 ii 12 Not. &Grantham Rail ll 84 84 10 I - eebles all Portsmouth 10 iihymney.....- ock Scottish Central Mc Scot N. E., Aber. stock 100 331 a 4 ock Do Scot. Mid. stock lOO 87 89 ock Shropshire Union 100 49 51 10 Sittingbourne & Sheer, all 6 7 Da South Devon ack South Eastern ...... )ck Smith Wales 100 62 F. 4 )ck S. York. and River Dun 100 77 79 20 Staines, Wok,. and Wok all 6 8 t 5 Stockton & Darlington all 42 43 15 Do do. ll 101 11 p )ck Taff Vale .............. 109 I >ck Do Pref. No 1 lOO ThamesHavenDk&Rail 22 - i 0 Ulster . 15 Do 10 Do • )ck Vale of Neath 3 Victoria Sta. and Pim all 114 114 114 Ica Waterford & Kilkenny 100 ;0 Waterford & Limerick all , 0 West Cornwall. O West London all O Do Ist class O Do 2cl class . , ick Westriartlepool Harbr and Rail lOO , ck West Midland—Oxford 100 47 48 , ck Ito. Newport! 100 42 44 ck Do. Hereford 100 83 85 stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock 6.4.0. stock stock stock stock stock stock stock 25 stock stock stock 10 19.16. stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock 12 10 stock stocic stock stock stock stock PREFERENCE SHARES. Sharel Railways. ;Paid `nosing Price. Blythe and Tyne 10 per c. pref. (issued at £5O Rris. & Exet.4 r, ct.stock' Do do. do. Shares ICaledon £10,41 per cent !Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. !Cork & Bandon, 5 p. e. Cornwall. 5 per cent nun. Perth &Aber. Jun. E.Anpn.Class A 7 &sp.e Do. do. Class B 3 p.c Do. do. Class C 7 p.c E. Conn. Ex. 5 p. e. No. 1 Da do. No. 2 Do: New (i pea et. stock. Eastern Union, 4 per ct. Do. 5 per cent. guar...l Edin.&,(3las. sp.c. sharesl stock stock stock stock stock stock stock 'stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock 2s. 6d. stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock 10s, 1.0.6 Do. 4 p. c qua. S. & D. Edin. Perth& Dun. 4 p.c. Furness, 5 per cent n las. ct S. West.g.a. 5 p.c `G real', Northern, 5 p. ct Do.sp.c.Redm., 10 p.c.pm Do. 41 p. c. do. do. Do. sp.c. Redm. 5 p.c. pm Gt. Nh. of Scot/el. Ist pf. G t.Sn. & W (Ireland) 4 1 p. ct. pref. stock Great West. (Berks and, , I Hants) Ext. sp. ct. Co. Redeemable, 41 p.ct. Do. Redeemable, 4 p. ct. Do Irredeemable, do Doi", p.ct. Redeem. Pref , Do. Rirm. Pref. Shares llt. W. Ches. 8 p.c. pf.sh De. do. 5 p. et. pref Do Birm.sr.tznar. stock Do. Chester gua. shares Do. do. do. iDo. do. do. Lan.&York 6 p. c. stock. Do.Barnsl.st.Cs 3s 10d pc Do. 6 per c. (E. Lan.) .. Lonxt Brig. 5 pc.gn. No.l Do. 5 p. C. No. 2 Do. elm. 6 p. c. Do. do. 5 P.C. No. 4 Do. do. 44 per cen'. Do. do. 4i p. c. shares Do. 7 p. ct. Pref. stock Do. 6p.c. do. (W.EAC.P ) Do.4p.e.S.(div.dettil '65)1 LOll. Chat. and Dover Lon. and N.W. Coy. and, Nuneaton, 5 p. ct Lon. tcz, SAV, 7 p. et. stock Do. 4A per cent Do. (Pr r ism. perpl anns. of 2s. 6d. Londondy. & Cole. a sh. Londony. & Ennis. a sh. Sh. &Lin. 6 per ct. Do. £6 Do. 31 per cent Do. redeem. 6 percent 7Jaryoort it Car., 4 p. c Do. 44 per cent Mid. Con. 6 p a stock Do.Con.Bris. & Bir. 6 p.c Do. 44 p. c. pref. stock Do. with option till 1860 Do. Lela & Hit. pref. st Norfik 5 p. c. Ex. st 1846 Do. 54 p. C. Pref. do. 1847 Do. s Way.Val.Exst.lB47 North British, 5 p. e. Do. New, gtht. 5 p. Do. Bor. Un. g. pr. shs Do. do. do. Nth.Dev.Rail. & Dck.Co. N-EastCon s.Pref. 4 p. c., Do. Berwick, 4 p.c. Pref. 1 Do. do. do all 1 100 stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock 12i Do. Leeds, 6 p. e. No. I Do. do. Quarters, 1848 Do. York, do S. Purch. North Staffordshire... Rhymney Guaranteed, Scottish Central, new pf Scottish North-Eastern pref. stock. ISo'.Abei•deen,zua.6p c. Do. 7 p. c. pret. stock South Devon, Ann. 10s. Do. Fixed 41 per cent. South Eastern (Reading Ann., 1.0.6) Do. 44 per cent. Do. Fixed 44p.c. Ist Is., South Wales, gua. 4 p.c. Do. 44 per cent. S.-Yorkshire, 4 p. c. gua. Stock. dx Dar. A 5 p. c Do. B 6 Der cent Do. C 6 percent Watrfd Kilkny, 6p. c , W.Mid -Oxf lst Gua stk Do. 2d do Do. Newport 5 p.o.pf.red.l I Do.Perpet. 6 p. C. pi 1866 Do. till 1869, Ist is. Do. do. 2d is. 100 100 100 all all 95 97 136 138 102 103 - - 95 96 111 113 109 111 P 93 95 102 104 P bP p 24 24 11 - 22 1 - 24 130 133 10i 11 231 241 IC2 103 102 103 90 92 99 101 85 88 271 286 32 336 32 336 45 46 124 126 123 125 99 101 123 125 115 129 Business Done. 14INES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. • Paid. Leasing `Closing Business Railways. Co.'s. Price. Done. Bedford and Bletchley all ll.n & X.W .. .. Bmckinghamshire .... 100 ILn &N.W, 98 100 Chester & Holyhead.. 100 Do. 153 531 Do. do. 51 per cent. 100 Do. 125 127 Do. do. 5 per cent. 100 Do. 1113 115 Clydesdale Junction.. 100 Caledonin 102 104 Colchester, Stour Val. all E.U.&E Ci 18 17 E.Llncolnshirea.6 p.c. 100 Gt. North. 135 137 E.Union,Harwich Shs all E.Counts. 11 41 Do. Woodbridge .. . 100 Gle.Barr.&Neils,Drct. 100 Crjedonin Do. New Gloster& Dean Forest all Gt. `Pest. Hartlpool.Dck.&R,all.. all Yk.N.&l4r Hull and Selby Do. 1 1 Shares ..... Do. Shares ....... all Do. Lanc.& Carl. gua.s p.c. 100 Ln,&N,W 207 211 210 London & Greenwich 100 S, East 6l 63 Do. Preference .—.. 100 Do. ll5 120 Lon.,Tilby.& Soutend. 100 I'eto &Co 93 97 Lowestoft, gua. 4 p.ct. 100 Norfolk Do. 6 per cent lOO Do. — .... Manc.,Buxtn. & Matk. all LNW&II 3.1 4 Mid. Bradford Prefer ence Stock ... • .:_ • 100 Midland 97 99 Newmarkt,Buryix 1 . x u o 0 B.Counts I i p guaranteed 5 p c. Northn.& Eastn. 5 p,o. all D 0....... 55 57 Do. do. 6 per cent Do. Fixed 5 per cent. all iDo. — North Western ' all Midland 15 151 L& NW Preston and Wyre. 1 all & Lsk. ] 7 • Do. 4 Stares A, all Do. — Roystn.Hitch., 4 Sliep 100 Gt. North. 135 137 Shrewsbryto Hereford 100 T.Brassey 104 105 Do, Do. 1 i i P li South Staffordshire .. all M'Clean.. 101 11 Wilts and Somerset.. 100 'Gt West 93 95 Wimbledon& Croydn. all LA Brgto 71 8/ - --- - Share] Docks. Closing Business Fad. Prise. Done. stock Commercial .. 100 stock Do. 4 per Wee in. 10 0 _ stook East and West India .. 100 stock London lOO .., stock St. Katharine lOO stock So uthampton. lOO stock Vieto r i e „ . ... . ... S9AP New . t o . w o es; go 3 ' i ' 413 _ JOINT-STO Ag - ra&UnitedService Bk Australasia Bank of Egypt Bank of London Bank of Turkey British North American Chtd.Bank of India, &o. Ch. Mer. of In. Lon.& Ch. City _ _ Colonial ..... Com. Bank of Canada.. Commercial of London. Eng., Scot., & Aus. Ch.. Gen. Bk .of Switzerland Lon. Char.Bkof Austral London and County .. London Joint Stock .. Louden & Westminster Nat. Prov. of England Do. new ........ National Bank ........ New South Wa1e5.... .. Do. new Orient. B. Corporation Ottoman Bank .. Provincial of Ireland Do. new • • • South Australia Union of Australia Union of London Unity Railways. Share 100 stk I 20? 201 10 100 1 Atlantic & St Lawrence Bom.,Baroda&.Cent Intl. Gu. 5 per cent.. Do, Do. Buffalo and Lake Huron Do. New Do. Preference . Buffalo, Brant,&G °aria 6 p. et. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 Do. do. July 1, 1872 Do. do. June 1, 1874 Clcutta.,v S.Eastn (Lim Cape,Eas tn. Prov. (Lim. ' Cape Town Dock Scrip Ceylon Guarantd. 6 p. c. Demerara.. Eastn. Bengal gu. 5 p. c East Indian, gu. 5 p. c. Do. F Shares Ext Do. Jubbulpore. Do. 4. p c. Debentrs. Do. 5 p. c. Deb., 1864 Geelong Melbourne Geelong Corporation 6 percent. Bonds Grand Trunk of'Canada Do. 6 per cent. Pref Do. 6 per et. Debentr Do. 7 per cent. 1862 Do. do. 1867.. Do. do. 1872 Gt. In diaPenin.gu a.sp.c. Do. New gua. 5 p. c... Gt. South.of India (Lim) guaranteed 5 per cent. Gt. W. of Canada Shares Do. New . Do. Bonds pay. '76, with opt, till '6O . Do. do. '73 till '60...... IDo. do. '73 without opt.i Do. 51 p. c. do. '77 d 0... Madras, guar., 41 p. c... Do. do. 5 per cent..... Do. 41 p. c. Extension Do. Fourth d 0........ Meib.Corp. 6 p. c. rinds. Newßrunswick do Canda Ry and(Lim.)g.6pc Class A Capital Share ,Do. do. Land d 0........ ...... Do. do. B Capital do. .. IDo. do. Land do. ...... lOude (Limited) •••• • • • • 1 IScinde .......... f c l.a. Do. Punjaub ...• g g 1D o . Do. .... •• • • ce '? IDo. Indus. St. Flo. " I S t. Andrews ct Quebec A 'Trinidad (Lim.) Scrip.. Paid. all all all 100 100 100 all all all all all 100 all all all all 100 FOREIGN 10 20 20 5 20 lAntwerp & Rotterdam Ardennes ........... .. Bah.&S.Fran..Lim.7 p.c. Belgian East. Junction Beziers to Graissessac.. Ca" - neaux Mine & Rai . Coßiftpo . . . . . . 10 Ditto 20 Dutch Rhenish ........ 20 Eastern of France .... 20 Grand Rus. Guar. 6p. c. 20 Do. do. 20 Great Central of France 20 Gt. Luxem., Con. shs... 20 Italian Junction ...... 20 Lake Constance & Bale. 20 , Lierre & Turnhout .... 20 Lyons & Geneva, ...... 33} Maria Antonia .... Namur & Lieg - e ........ Do. 6 p. c. Pref. ... . Northern of France.... Do. New Shares ...... Norwegian Trunk Pref, Paris,Lyons, & Mediter. Paris & 0r1ean5........ Recife & S. Fran. (fern.; gua. 7 p. et. Riga & Dunaburg...... ,Rome & Frascati ...... Royal Danish. Roi ., al Swedish ...... Do. 7 per cent. Pref Sambre & Meuse Do. 5a per cent. Pref San Paulo, lirn, r. 7 p. c. S.Aust./tLomb Venetin Southern of France West Flanders Do. 5i p. c. Preference W. & N.W. of Prance Western of Austria Western of Switzer land Wiesbaden ..... Do. 8 per cent. Pref , !Zealand .. Closing Price. 7b 80 95 96 1i 1 d 4I bidi 6i 7 75 80 67 72 65 70 id pr If If d d 11 li d 101 102 d pr d pr 98i 99} [ook 1011 24 4 25 7? 79 51 53 58 62 52 55 50 56 971 984 d • d 2 lid 111 111 9 i 9 95 100 95 100 93 9 6 90 93 85 87 951 egi 88 89 1i If d 5 7 5 7 99 100 d 11.1 —d 94 96 4 id 'AY S. 5i 51 - - P 11 l l iii t 1 10 11 3 214 21 21, , 231 241 611 6; 74 71 394 204 1384 394 7i gi 35i 361 54 56 3 23d 5 A4 1 5,' Bf. if fd ;d I d 20 21 a a 21f 22f BRITISH MINES. Alfred Consols (Philack) British Iron Clifford j Devon G. Cons. (Taoist ) East Bassett (Illogan) 'East Caradon E. W'l Russel (Tavistk ) Gam.SzSt.Aubyn(Gwen ) 'Great South Tolo . its. G'.Wheal Alfd. (Philack), G. Wheal Vor (Helston)j 'Grenville Herod's-Foot Hingston Downs Lady Bertha ,Margaret (Uny Lelant) North Downs North Frances (Mogan; N. Wh'l Basset (1110 ,an) !North Wheal Crofty I Par Consols (St. Blazey) Providence (Uny Lelnt.) Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. (South Caradon(St.Cleer) S. Carn Brea (Illogan) IS. Dev. Iron &Gen., Lim S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan) !Stray Park ;Tamar Silv.& Lead Min ,Tin Croit Vale of Towey (Carm )I 'West Basset (Illogan) W. Caradon (Liskeard) 'West Seton Meal Basset (Illogan) Wheal Buller (ltedruth) Wheal Edward (Cals.) Wheal Nifty (U.Lelant) Wheal Mary Ann (Men.), Wheal Treiawney (Lis.)! 2.11.1 - VI 2.14.8 7.4.0 17; 12.13.9 5.14.6 8.12 4.10.6 1.8.6 15; 9.18.9 li 10.6.7 3 all 1 18.1 Q. 124.18.0' 6dl 1.7.2 Paid. Closing I Business Price. Done 3 3 / 4 la 1 54 i Share Mines. !Business done 101 103 201 214 q 6} 99 101 111 113 106 108 110 112 108 110 124 126 80 82 11l 113 90 n 117 119 111 113 104 106 85 87 98 100 99 101 90 92 91 93 102 104 94 10 174 184 101 76 78 20 21 10 104 151 151 13? 139 [l6 118 [lB 118 [3B 143 [l6 118 103 105 '52 155 130 134 59 71 90 92 116 118 150 155 121 13 i P 70 72 I IP 5 1 , 282.8 FOREIGN MINES. (Australian . BonAccord Copper,Lim.: Brazil. Imp. (is. at i Do. St.Johndel Itey,Lim! Do. Land and MiningCo.l Clarendon Cons.MinCo Cobre Copper Copiapo DunMoun.Cop.Ming.Co Fortuna.. General Gt. N. Cop. of S. Austr. ICapunda (Limited) . Linares ILusitanian r , , • • iMariquira N. Rhin eCopot S. 4.us. L.. Pontgibaud Silver,Leadl Mining and 5me1t....1 Port Philip Scottish Aus trin. (L.) United Mexican Worthing (Limited) 11 Do 15s 27 15 all all all 125.6 d. all 1 108. ail all 103. COLONIAL GOVER: Can. Gov. 6 p.c.Ja. & July Do. 6p. cent. 1879 1 Do. 6p. cent. 1880 Do. 6p. cent 1882 Do. 6 p. c. Feb. & Aug. Do. 6 p. c. Mar. & Sept. Do. 5 per cent Do. Scrip N.B.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&Jul Do. 6p. c. Ap. & Oct N. S. W. GOT. 5 p. c., 1866 Do. 5 p. c., 1871 to 1876 Do. 5 p.c.,1888 & upwds Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p. c j sterling, 1875 S.Aus.Gt. 6 p.c.1878 & up Vic. Gov. 6 u.c, Ja.&July Do. do. 6 p.c. Ap.&Oct f 1 1d I 2 2} 28 29 die. 43 45 8 10 I 1 2 2i tl. 23 par ip 94 1 1 1 04 1 P 1 0 4 i Id 5 6 1 1 2 1 ,ANKS. 82 81 191 20 50 52 1 2 57 59 22i 221 34 3EI 70 72 39 41 21 22 141 15} - - 24 26 45 47 18 19 -..- 1112 117 T SECU 111 113 111 113 11031 104 11 - 08/ 10-911 1004 1014 1004 101 1004 1014 ,ITIES. 101 i 3/ 109 i 101 i 1014 100; 108 109 108 110 Ly 7711 108 MISCELLANY O US. Anglo-Mexican Mint Atlantic Tel. (Limited) Australian Agricultural Berlin Water (Limited) British American Land B.&l.Mag. TelvA. (Lim.) Do. 8 ,7p.c.ti1118.52 (Lim.) Do. C. (Limited) ...... . Canada Land ..... Chan.lslands Tel. Lim ) Cop,Min.o f Eng.&Sraltg Do. Pref. 7i per cent. Crystal Palace Do. Preference Do. 6 p. c. Pet pet. Deben Electric Telegraph Do. New English &Aus. Copper Gen. Steam Navigati )n Great Ship Limited) Do. 174 p et Preference Lon. District Tel. (Lim.) London Discount (Lim.) L.G. Omnibus Co. (Lim.) Madras Irr. and Canal Mediter. Electric Teleg Med. Eaten. Tel. (Lim.) National Die. Co. (Lim.) Nerbu.Coal&lron (Lim.) Netherlands Land Do.B p.c. Pref. iss.at 1 die N. Br.&NovaScotiaLand N.B.Australasian (Lim.) Oriental Gas (Limited). Do. New Shares (Lim.) • Orintlin.Steam(Lim.)A Ditto B. Ditto C reeln.Lnd.SZlin.(Lim.) Pen. & Oriental Steam . Do. NeW RedS;A&lnd.Tel.g.4ip.e Rhymney Iron Do. New Royal Mail Steam . . Scot. Austin. Inv. (Lim ) South Australian Land Submarine Tel. Scrip Do. do. Registered Do. Tr. &Ln. Co. o lUpr.Can.l ,V.an Diemen'a Land 100 all all all all 5 $5l 13 14 31 .33 41 32 51 80 35 37 18 20 13 15 110 113 231 20 28 8(i 100 102 108 110 93 96 29 1 21 29 I I I 11 1 ce 1 11 11 2* 2 4 11 lid' 3 2 d 1 . 1 I l i i pr 50 53 73 75 13 14 17 18 p 17 19 5 6 46 4 8 130 3385 135 5 0 10 20 . 11 100 1011 1 25 79i 80 ,ATL . 24 91 5; 31 $ 1} LAW I XTELLIGE.NVE.-( THIS DAY.) COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Holroyd.) IN RE LAWRENCE, MORTIMORE, AND STREATFEILD. This was a meeting for proof of debts and declaration of dividend. Debts of the London estate, amounting to 1800,000, will be paid at Is. 3d. •in the pound ; Liverpool estate, 1200,000, will be paid at 2s. in the pound. The business of the day was for proof of debts. _ . Mr. Murray appeared for the assignees, and after some discussion several claims were admitted, which, it is feared, will lead to some litigation. At all events the amounts of the dividends on those claims must be reserved, and pro bably the dividend will not be immediately declared. POLICE INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAI MARLBOROUGH-STREET. ATTEMPTED MURDER BY A FRENCHMAN.—Pierre Mai son, a Frenchman, living at 4, Francis-street, was eharged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with stabbing with a knife a French woman named Marie de Lille, with intent to do her bodily harm, in Sherrard-street, Mr. F. Lewis, of Great Marlborough-street, appeared fur the prisoner, who is a tall, stout, middle-aged man, of re spectable at pearance. From the evidence of the prosecutrix, which was given at some length, it appeared that about one o'clock that morn ing a quarrel took place between them, owing to the pri soner expressing his intention of leaving the prosecutrix for the society of an English or Scotch female, and that on her trying to get him to go home with her, they having been living together, he struck her a blow on the side jag above the heart, causing her great pain, and on her putting her hand to the part she found all her clothes penetrated, and her hand full of blood. She then felt faint and fell. The knife, it was stated by the surgeon, was prevented going farther by the ribs of the injured woman. Previous to this the prisoner had allowed the Scotch girl to assault her. Waterson, 144 C, said that hearing the cries of a female he went up, and the prisoner said " The knife from the female," but he found the knife in the prisoner's right hand. The female said " Oh," and then fell into his arms. He then noticed that her clothes were covered with blood. He had turned on his light, and saw that the blood was issuing from the side of her dress. He then told the pri soner that he must come with him, and he refused for some time but he ultimately compelled him to do so. The prose cutrix slid she did not wish to give him in charge, but that three months' imprisonment would do him good, as if he did not do it this time he would another. With the assist ance of another constable he got the prisoner to the station. The prosecutrix, in answer to Mr. E. Lewis, said she did not take the knife out of the house herself, and did not threaten to kill herself by taking poison, as she was so unhappy with him, and many times wished for poison to drink for the purpose. Mr. Lewis said he supposed it was useless for him to address the magistrate, and Mr. Tyrwhitt said he had made up his mind to send the prisoner for trial. Theprosecutriareluctantly signed the depositions, having stated several times in the course of the case that she "loved the prisoner." The depositions—all but that of Dr. Tothill, who was not in attendance—being read over, the prisoner was cum witted for trial. The prisoner has already undergone twelve months' im prisonment for throwing snuff in the oyes of a person, a jeweller, with the object of committing a robbery. Mr, Albert, the interpreter, read over the' evidence to the prisoner. MIS DAPS .MARE STS. CORN EXCHANGE. Our market to-day was very scantily supplied with English wheat, chiefly in poor condition. The few fine samples on offer changed hands freely, at fully Monday's currency ; whilst other kinds were firm in price, and a good clearance was effected. There was a large quantity of foreign wheat on offer. Importers, however, were very firm in their demands, and some of them refused to sell except on higher terms. The transactions were not to say extensive ; nevertheless, ex treme rates were paid. Floating cargoes of grain were in some what improved request, at full currencies. We had a good consumptive demand for all kinds of barley, at quite Monday's quotations. There was a fair average business doing in malt, both old and new, at very full prices. Oats were very firm, and sales progressed steadily. Beans and peas ruled steady, and the demand for flour was tolerably active. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour. Eng1i5h........ 1,750 970 710 110 1 1,140 Irish F0reign........ 24,030 5,710 32,990 1 223 sacks 14,870 brig. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Although the supplies of meat are on the increase, the rade generally is steady, at very full prices. Per Sibs by the carcase. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. Inferior beef .... 2 4 2 10 Middling mutton 3 10 4 2 Middling d 0.... 3 0 3 6 Prime do 4 4 4 6 Prime large do.. 3 8 4 0 Veal Do. small d 0.... 4 2 4 4 Small pork .. 4 10 5 2 Large pork 4; 0 4 8 . alub.... ...... 0 0 0 0 Inferior mutton 3 2 3 8 BOROUGH HOP. There is a moderate demand for good and useful hops— the supply of which is limited—at full prices ; but all other kinds move off slowly, at late rates. New Mid and East Kent pockets.. ealds Sussex Yearlings per cwt. .. £6 Os to £lB Oa .. 408 to 14 Os .. sOs to 9 Oa .. sOs to 9 10s COLONIAL. TEA.—The market has been dull, no business of any im portance having been transacted. SUGAR.—A very limited amount of business has been done, and easier rates have box received for all descrip• tions. The refined market has also been very depressed. COFFEE.—For the better qualities of plantation Ceylon there has been a good demand, and full rates have been easily obtained, but inferior descriptions have been at lower value. RICE.—The market has continued dull without the slightest change to record in prices. FRriT.—At the public sales the greater portion of the goods offered were bought in, the trade declining to operate at the current rates. TALLOW.—The market has continued flat. P.Y.C. on the spot is quoted 60s. 3d., and 60s. 3d. to 60s. 6d. for spring delivery. THIS DAY'S SHIFTING. LONDON, Dec. 14.—Wind this day at noon—North; moderate breeze, with fog. CARDIFF, Dec. 13.—Wind E.—Sailed—Equator, for Callao. PORTSMOUTH, Dec. 13.—Wind N.N.E. to E.N.E.— Arrived—H.M.S. Madeira. PLYMOUTH, Doc. 13.—Wind E.N.E.—Arrived—Susan, from Prince Hdward's Island; Dover Castle, from London, and sailed for Melbourne. Sailed—Queen of the Wave, for Madras. BRISTOL, Dec. 13.—Wind N.B.—Arrived—Charles Cooper, from N.B. GRIMSBY, Dec. 13.—The Industrious Helen, from Kirkaldy, for London, has put into the Roads leaky, and will come into port to discharge and repair. (EY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Friday Morning. Wind E., hazy. Arrived, Dec. 3.—Perast, from Trieste; Alliance, steamer, from Havre ; Jason, from London ; steamer. from Carantan ; Atalanta, steamer, from Guernsey ; Temora, steamer, from London ; Mary, from Wb.terford ; Queen Charlotte, from Portsmouth; Ally, from Sunder and ; L'Ulysse, from London. Sailed—Malcolm Brown, for Aberdeen Mechanic's Own, for Newport; Clipper, for Cardiff; Temora, steamer, for Dublin ; Southampton, steamer, for Jersey; Light and Sign, for Sunderland. (By SUBMARINE AND MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Friday Morning. Wind N. ; tide first hours' flood ; fine. Arrived, Dec. 13—Wanderer, from Ship Harbour, Nova Scotia ; Earl of Mar and Kellie, from Akyab Amy, from Antwerp. Sailed, Dec. 14.—Seine, steamer, for Boulogne; Cosmo politan, for Hamburg. DEAL, Friday Mormag• Wind E. by S. ; moderate. Passed, Dec. 13.—Sofina, from London, for Boston. . 1 Passed.—St. Helier, for Corfu ; Advance, for Mob' e ; Bentinck Fanny, for Cardiff; Regina, for Honduras—all from London. THE 1kr,41 GS. MAILS DUE. Australia, Ceylon, and Mauritius (via South .. Dec. 19. ampton) • • • • I ' (via Marseilles) Dec. 13 . Do. • • • • • . Jan. 5. Brazil and Cape Verde . . .. . . Buends Ayres, M onte V i deo, &O. Dec. —• Bahamas and H avana (via New york) Dec. C u ba and Mexico . • Dec. 29 Canada, &c. (via Galway) .. .. Dec. —. Cape of Good Hope, &c. • .. Jan. 1. China, Penang, and Singapore (via S'ampton) Dec. 19. Do (via Marseilles) Dec. 13. Gibraltar (via Southampton) Overdue. India (Calcutta), Ceylon, &c. (via Southampton) Dec. 19. Do. I (via Marseilles) Dec. 13. India (Bombay), (via Southampton) .. Overdue. Do. (via Marseilles) .. Dec. 19. Lisbon .. .. Dec. 21 Malta,,Eme, and Aden (via Southampton) .. Overdue. Do. (via Marseilles) .. Jan. 4. Vigo, and Oporto Dec. 21. United States, California, &c. .. • • • • Dec' 20. Western Co as t o f At t i ca Madeira, Teneriffe Jan. 10 West Indie s andPacific,'Carthagena, Cuba, &c. Dec. 14. A decree of div was, yesterday, prooonncea by the Judge Ordinary orce in the case of Foster v. Forster as THIlt1) EDITION. SUN OFFICE. Seven o'clock. LONDON G.AZETTE-(TRIS EVENING). DOWNING-STREET, DEC. 14. The Queen has been pleased to appoint William Young, Esq., to be Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Province of Nova Scotia. Her Majesty has also been pleased to ratify and confirm the appointments of Robert Hamilton, Egq., M.D., and. Charles Clement Bravo, Esq., to be Members of the Legis lative Council of the Island of Jamaica. Her Majesty has further been pleased to appoint Captain Archibald Edward Harbord Anson, R.A , to be Inspector- General, and Thomas Prince, Esq., to be Superintendent of Police, for the Island of Mauritius. ADM.RALTY, . 12. Corps o f Royal Marines—Captain DEC Richard George Con nolly to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Hocker, deceased ; First Lieutenant Richard John Hardy Douglas to be Ca, tain, vice Connolly, promoted ; Second Lieutenant Sydney Were Alston to be First Lieutenant, vice Douglas, promoted. B Owen Sturgis, buiIdANKRUPTS. steed, er, Upper Belsize-terrace, Hamp- Henry Saunders, cabinet maker, Brighton. Charles Bridger, build er , Haslemere -Surrey James White, miller, Chiddingstone, rent.. John Hall, wharritTer, Purfleet-wharf Camden town. H e nry Rudd Knights, currier, Bermondsey-street, Surrey. John Coley, ironmonger, Tipton, Staffordshire. John Bartle, lace manufacturer, Lenton, Nottingham shire. Robert Mack, extractor of wool from raga, Cork-street, Camberwell. James Stannard, trader, Newport, Isle of Wight, Victor Pascal Billiet, importer of French clocks, Ri ng _ street, Cheapside, City. Matthew Somerville, joiner, Liverpool. John Wood, licensed victualler, Birkenhead. Joseph Cunard Mootow and Robert Thorns Morrow, ship brokers, Liverpool. William Roe, grocer, Calverton, Notts. George Bowditch, nurseryman, Taunton. Alfred Foster, woolstapler, Bradford. SCOTCH BANKRUPTS. Patrick Maclean Kennedy, merchant, Glasgow. William Walton Swinden, commission merchant, Glas gow. __ James Nelson, grocer, Lanark. Donald Sutherland Mackay, merchant, Glasgow. James Rae, boot and shoemaker, Dunse, Berwickshire. John Meighan, flesher, Glasgow. James Leckie, slater, Bellshill, Lanarkshire. BANK OF ENGLAND. An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria. cap. 32, for the week ending on Wednesday, the 12th day of Dec., 1860: ISSUE DEPARTMENT. Notes issued ........X27,119,415 Government Debt £11,115,100 Other Securities .. 3,459,900 Gold Coin & Bullion 11,763,482 Silver Bullion .... 876,933 £ 2 7,119,415 Proprietors' Cap BANNING D i tal £ 1 4,553,000 Rest Public Deposits (in- 3,177,771 cluding Exche quer, Savings' Banks, Commis missioners of Na tional Debt, and Dividend Ac- £27,119,415 , E PA writzwT. Government Secu rities (including Dead Weight A nnuity) ..... £9,540,273 Other Securities„ 19,987,188 Notes ......... 7,197,475 Gold and Silver Coin ............ 802,690 counts) 7,029,111 Other Deposits 12,104,219 Seven Day and other Bills . 663,525 £37,527,826 M. 2 £ 37 ,527,626 .lISIIA LL, Chief Cashier. Dated Dec. 13,1860.) AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR. The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com puted from Returns made in the week - ending the 11th day of Dec., 1860, exclusive of the duties of Customs paid or payable thereon on the importation thereof into Great Britain : Muscovado, the produce of the British pos sessions in America Muscovado, the produce of the Mauritius Average price of the foregoing .. 27s 91d COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—Tats DAY. Amsterdam Ditto Rotterdam — 11 17} 11 175 Antwerp Brussels 25 35 25 40 framl-urgh Paris Ditto Niarseilles — 25 4i 2.5 50 Frankfort on Maine — 1174 1171 Vienna Trieste Potersburgh - 341 341 Berlin — Madrid Cadiz —4 9 t Leghorn - 25 65 25 49 70 Milan — 25 575 25 625 Genoa — 25 575 25 65 Naples Palermo — 119 119 Messina — 1191 119 Liaison Oporto Rio Janeiro •• .. New York — .• Foreign Gold in Bar s (St an d ar d) . .., per oz. £3 17 •• 9 Mexican Dollars Silver in Bars (Standard) „ 0 5 11 South American Doublons „ 0 0 0 PUNCH'S PLAN 702? PREVENTING WAR. (Registered Prospectus.) Everybody knows why there is no duelling. People may sometimes talk nonsense about the world having grown more sensible and humane, or they may talk other nonsense about its havingbeen time for gentlemen to discard duelling when it de scended to the lower orders, e. g., the celebrated case where the barber fought the linendraper on a question of honour, and the shaver of beards winged the shaver of ladies. The law may have had a little to do with it, but the law is not always regarded with the reverence due to it; ladies smuggle lace, peasants poach, and gentlemen gamble behind iron doors. There was something more than civilisation, pride, or respect for the law required to put an end to private war. Life Assurance did it. Every decent man's life is assured, and policies are declared forfeit if the decent man is put out of the way by a duel. So nobody challenges anybody or if any wild Irishman, vicious Frenchman, or any other valueless life were to invite an assured life to the combat, the assured life would knock the other life down, and then assign him to the police. Why not try this excellent remedy on a large scale ? Let a Company be formed to be called the Throne Assurance Society. But as kings never die, the object of the Society must be to make a king comfortable in his mcircum stances by paying him a bonus at specific times, and by advancing him money on the usual condi tionse, of assurance offices. His reign would then be always happy and comfortable. But, if be goes to war, the policy shall be ig y h o t i t d o , and the Throne Company is to have a who have confiscate been his his tax securities,es,andtosetno quod. dtheotherr kings, well, the forT shoe}speculationd wouldtoo a h n a s p w p e y r u t n o c o see n s m ° n that lY ign. to premiums, were regularly whichregaolpryrlesepravibedthem from the miseries of w u li p a . ble if a Bing w ere kicked out by his own The office would not t as to h S e ov able ere a with the command of " of money Sovereigns would co seubjoeuctA make his people perfe ctl y content. submit to th e urse have to sub • usual examination. A King proposing to as sure might be asked u Constitution ever l. been afflicted With Divine Right, vreyou about yot 'vine Right, or any other insanity. 3. Have any of yourancestors died v i o l ent deaths, as by the block, guillotine, private strangulation, Sec.? 4. Are you subject to Priests, or any similar affliction ? 5. Give the name of your political adviser, and sa y how long he has known you. 6. Are you assured in the Holy Alliance, or any other old office ? Further details will be published in due course. In the meantime, Mr. Punch, P rov isional Director and Manag er ,i nv i tes the consideration of Cap i ta lists to his sche me. I t appears to him to be a no ble idea, entirely in conformity and hi g hl y calculated to bring a b o ut t he Millen nium.cltouhn ary B ,s righ t with the spirit of the a g e, N.B. Th e va l ua bl e serv ice of Mr A will, if po ss ibl e , b e re t a ined for the De partment. _...................••.•11•11 A NNOUNCEMENT oF A NEW GOTERNMENT REFORM BILL FoslB6l.—Last night, Mr. Gilpi n , M.P. for Northampton, and who holds the office of Secre tary of the Poor Law Board, in an address to hi s consti tuents, which will i n all probability attract con s id era bl e through ou t the country, annou nce d th at, attention he v 7" em phatically not of th e C a b inet, although and could know nothing definitely of their plans, yet 1 ev ery reason to believe, speaking by per mit not on authority, that it was th e in tention of Lord John Russell to introduce into Parlia ment, in the ensuing session, a Reform Bill similar . its g eneral provisions to that of last session, but with :me m odifications. The failure of the last bill was attri ' buted to want of earnestness, both in and out of the house ; but it was a positive fact that there was a strong desire on the part of the people of England for a Reform Bill, and it was considered most advantageous to discuss it while the minds of men were calm enough on the subject to give it an impartial and unprejudiced consideration. He called oar the people to send in petitions by the thousand to the House of Commons on t Ae subject. ...... and y at ions An ects the s of the were legi been Luse Le to der- Cien- this are Doc- )vils. 0 the !d as -that , un , has ique, airy. rmy, [nee' faces their un g- E' the were did Goch :thin Icon- Lion. rrom rkes mp- .ted iese lur hey 'ore !es nd nd IEIS 17i 20 stock 100 100 20 stock stock 100 100 100 100 100 stock 20. 20 100 100 100 100 stock stock stock stock 20 sto?,k 20 10 1000 stock stock stock stock stock stock IT', Stook `„ 109 IK B . 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