The Sun. — London, England, 1860-12-26 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET AND CITY NEWS. CITY, Two o'CLocu. There is a steady demand for money at previous rates, and full rates have to be paid for loan and discount accommodation. It was generally expected, hovever, that increased firmness would be experi enced towards the close of the year, in consequence of preparation for the adjustment of the annual accounts, and the temporary variation thus created In the general appearance of the market has there lore attracted very little notice. A meeting h as been convened of the Commercial D ock Company for the purpose of declaring a divi dend and electing four directors and one auditor. Tenders are invited for Cape of Good Hope 6 Per Cent. Debentures to the extent of £150,000. meeting will take place to-morrow of the creditors of Mr. H. Bateman, timber merchant, who recently suspended payment. ~T h e Peninsular and Oriental steamer Massilia, waich leaves to-morrow for Bombay, will take ou'c £282,255, nearly all in silver. n The directors of the Briton Ferry Floating Dock ' 4l Pany have made a call of ss. per share, pay able on the 19th proximo. • A call of £lO per share, amounting to £37,860, . 1 ' due this day on the Caledonian 41 per cent. Pre ference B Railway Shares. The F,nglish Stock Market is exceedingly dull °. w ing to the limited attendance of the dealers; but 111 the foreign and railway departments, where t t eParation s are in progress for the settlement of tceount, more animation is reported. Consols c l'e been rather flatter than they were at the close of business on Saturday, the earlier trans i'etieus having taken place at 921 1, but a recovery ° 02 1 93 has since occurred, and the market pre 4ents rather a firmer appearance. The New Threes ire firmer at 921 ; the Reduced are flat at 921 1; end Bank Stock has declined to 233 ; India Deben tures are steady at 961 ; and Exchequer Bills at 43 . dis. • An average amount of business has been recorded In , the Foreign Stock Market, but prices are de teased. Turkish 6 per Cents. have receded to 71 end 72 ; ditto New to 561 and 57 ; Russian 5 per c ents. to 1051 ; Mexican to 21& ; Brazilian 5 per an ts. to 981 ; and Peruvian 41 per Cents. to 951; bti t Dutch 4 per Cents. remain at 1001, and Ch 'Lilian 41- per Cents. are firmer at 831. Ressrs. D. Bell, Son, and Co., report the prices or American Securities as follows : Redeemable. Prices g o ll it,,ed States 6_per Cents, 1867-1868 t e • 0 per Ce n t Bonds P. lit lickY 6 per Cent. Bonds . 1868-72 92 94 111:11!ylvania 5 per Ct. Bonds 1877 88 89 / 1 ,1101.4 Central 7 per Cent. 1) '- o 'ktots Central 6 per Cent. D,!!lares, 80 doh. paid 29 27 dis ° illgan Central 8 per Cent 1869 90 92 Ni • do, shares W York Central 6 per Ct., 4: l _ 0 Convertible York Central 7 per Ct , c ,onvertibl e from June 15, 46 7 _ 59 e e . do. shares ,w Y or k an d E r i o , 7 per Ct., Dolt Mortgage Dde, 2d mortgage o. d o ., 3d mortgage e do. co nver tibl e p ° ' ' do. shares "a 7 per Ct., Ist mort• p i rr Str. Bonds, not cony 1), 2d do. zl nsylvanip, Central 6 per Ct,, Ist mor t gage The transactions in the Railway Share Market :Ye not been of a very extensive character. A d i allt upward movement, however, was apparent 4r ing the early part of the day. Great Westerns Ca ledonians, Lancashire and Yorkshire, and North W estern have advanced ss. ; Manchester, Sheffield, c t l i d Lincoln, Midlands, and South Easterns, 10s. 6 Pea.t Northerns and South Westerns have declined l .; and th e mar ket appears rather flatter than it did at the commencement of business. In th e Foreign Market there has been no deal gal of importance. Great Luxemburg realised and Recife and San Francisco, 10. 1 4 Colonial undertakings are a shade firmer. Gr and Trunk of Canada have improved to 231 4 ; and Great Western of Canada to 101- 11 ; East I ndian to 1011 • and Great Indian Peninsula to 88 i 081. Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares have 411 'wn no change of importance in prices, Oriental o a ak, - Crystal Palace Stock, and Peninsular and Lieutal Steam being dealt in at previous rates. 1864 1867 1859 1883 1862 84 ex 39 .40 1865 100 102 1872 100 101 b,„,, k BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. ' I4 K ook leer Cent. Reduced Annuities 921 1 i 1:„13" S Per Cent. Annuities OO 4. bi, - tock "to Debentures, 1868 961 i D Ditto • - 1859 'to Bonds £l,OOO — t 44 0 under £l,000 f k!lols f or A ccoun t, Jan. 10 ladle„. Stock for Account k"',_tto 6 per Cent. for Account lo lf ' c hequer Bills, £l,OOO, 1Itl 11,4.... FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK c ) 7„ an 6 per Cent - i , 14 , 8 41 6 per Cent 14,74t0 41 per Cent B3l Ditto 3 per Cent ?„ - ,... 1 tt0 Acoount lc :Irian 41 per Cent 96f 4 - „..gliese 3 per Cent.. 1853... an 5 per Cent. 1822, £ St .. 105' 8 Oitte 41 per Cent. T P „ a tl.,ish Cert. of Coup. not funded 6& " r idsh 6 per Cent 72 70! Ditto New Loan 57 1 6/ Dividends on the above payable in London. b t t„tch. Exchange, 12 Guil. C e nt.er Cent — " , tto Certi fi cates, 4 per . TWO O'CLOCK . Consols for Account, ex div. WIND AND WEATHER REPORT. THIS DAY, DEC. 26, 9 A.m. tit e i sto, E. ; frost 1 Jersey, N.B. ; frost t i ,_ 4 diff, E. ; cold Kingstown, S.E. ; dull tilthatn, N.E.; cold, damp Limerick, N. ; hard frost 4, 11 )1de o , S.W.-, frost Milford Haven, S.; frost ilallmigh, S.E.,- dull Newcastle OR Tyne, N.W. ; li i tineuth, S.E. ; thaw, cloudy frost i t ‘tivieh,N,E. ; snow Southampton, N.E. • fine —4l 3'head S. ; light Waterford, N.W. ; fair b ' 1 roue, clear Weymouth, N.B. ; cloudy, 1 4er/u m , N.W. ; frost frost RACING FIXTI FEBR I Li ncoln 13 'RES FOR 1861. rART. Derby Spring x H. MA] 1 1 / 4 . Zoiti ng h am S pr i ng 5 Li verpool Spring 12 14 6hrewsburY Warwick Spring l9 19 Coventry . ... API • N orthampton oxton Park ,A,13140ni Spring 11 "aonzlarket Craven 15 Thirsk lB Doncaster Spring 23 Newmarket F S 29 ,tll : lt te r 7 14 kalto n Salisb ury 16 . .......... Bath 2l Manchester 22 Harpenden 24 Epsom 'NE. - - 1 3 eho ruf r d seler ey ti 6 Il 4 4k 1. 1 erford 11 E t e° 4 _ 19 IsleP w n l9 Irton Odiham ........ 25 Newcastle 25 Bibury Club 26 Stockbridge 27 Winchester 2B Jl7. rli a l e IT e inuarket Ao rcester brpool July llgdou .. AU( li e s w " II -gb.ton fchton Club 9 7 :111avirtg erhampton 14 Pontefract 11 Nottingham 16 Stamford lB Goodwood 30 rtativick SEPT] 3 n°°llt°ll t 0 4 and Exeter berby . °l leaster 17 Egham ................20 Oxford ............•••• 22 York .. ...............28 Plymouth ..............29 UST. ,MB ER. Richmond 24 Leicester .......... 25 Walsall 25 Monmouth 2 6.. Manchester Autumn 2 7 IBER: OCT( lemsrket F 0 1 market S 0 l4 NOVEMBER. ti_ o reester Autumn 5 I Shrewsbury Autumn.... 19 verPool Autumn ' 13 Newmarket H 28 POPE'S NEPHEW A DESERTER.—The Opinion e (4 'rue t h e In states that Count Ereole Mastai, a nephew of t .: Present rope, and late captain of the staff in the pon has offered his services to the King of Italy, army, has accepted them, granting him the same rank in hp Italian army. 1 , The library of Karl Rietter, the celebrated h t e !l s sian geographer, was an a few days since by his at Berlin, to M. Wergel, bookseller, of Liepsic, for w o u t uo thalers. It contained a considerable number of 14 Op, geography, 20, rays ;me for uniting ;ea, the s ubject interest by the been prtsente d city was felt in taken of it by another cause had just then country. Al l were daily ris ad with the in' of speculation , I to insure an etne that migh t of shares were before long rishing state of made his first sympathising s, one and nil, at is more, ac remarks upon vhen, as they which it had M. de Les' undly charged lg speculators, ighed all the s shareholders Lot mend mat :ve, no shares ng, of course, 1 ill-luck, or road shoulders singular cod . ith which the as at one time hich it is now. !oncern which ability to give are progress re inland sta much out of 1 as far as re °pendent wit of Tartars or is true a Of its and others, le people has . ° tter of course trces must be such a spooll° flavour over ecl is a general re of money ill )et. i of the opera ich lie close in ice, we aro in' Ilding the inr [he road from ;hore, towards approaches to ;es of batteries ars now up' rthworks run' iake Mareetis. by the Vice - Le jetty, with the sea, and a ad. The two, deflected to arbour, withis ,yes in all wee wards toward' .s been opened le at intervals tottered about, d the place s rab labourers by whom the y sort of waYt had been led ach. A large aany places it ad or gravel• id out to rne, rock. I was yield 100,00 0 eutured upon it would car t of one-fifth Le that no pen. Le conclusion Is furnishing ,ken of, while is destination i winding up y commenced ; to know that i's father, the :ought to the - .!s that should was one of nge he. once n u t be unre le question of st considers e Arab blood ;h despatched lanche to pal sion. Thus, iw, however, Leer in India, eve cost till, s nuw e of his stock aring Abbas vas guarded hat which so mt, since his according to me 280 full' rex, a small s and colts. the loth of Harrill Pasha Cairo Rail gainst f the young ;e to say, he of two lines ling to the The laying meat of the ;ommencedt the Vice ►ould really till stranger lent trains )on the old ration, vir nd for the n. I must ,1 as about ), that the self reversed, ion, like Died to the rident that iven awai ramarks Egyptian lment are es and re" having to vernment, v i s i o n for De of silo- 5e remote • penditure their own of private melt. It the least ; depends ation and embank• le Bir :sting ac• ParkeSt authori• add to npaniou, Duke of literary ing hair, d sheets the laps that it T pane- i Africa, ly varia eresting than to scarcely Mengel' ig,e, but He was Ind and ~ as he Passen splendid "anada SHAKE MARKET.-(T.HIS DAY.) ORDINARY SHAttES &ND STOCKS. Share Railways. 'Paid. Closing i Business Price. 1 Dom 50 Belfast and Ballymena s all 15.14 Wol , and Str. Val. all Fi 84 stork Birk., La., and Ch .June lOO 81 83 25 Blackburn 25 myth and Tyne all 10 Bost. Steal. and Mid.Co all 64 7 stock Bristol and Exeter 100 99 101 stock Caledonian 10 Carmarthen & Cardigan all 50 Cork and Bandon all 20 Cork, illrock., tPassage all 20 C0rnwa11...... 10 Do B A r•sts no div all , until 6 c peran. 10 Do A • all ha shee p n si. toB 50 Dublin & Belfast, June. all 25 Dun., Perth, &Ab..lunc. all 8 84 stock East Ant - titan lOO 164 174 stock Eastern Counties lOO 534 544 stock Eastern Union, A stock 100 3 7 38 stcoc D o do B do 100 26 28 25 , Do Nw A, late EU3ds. 134 stoct 'East Suffolk str,ek Edinburgh t Glasgow 100 68 6 °., f,tock Edin. Perth, & D un d ee 100 2 °5 264 10 Forth & Clyde Junction all stock Furness stock Glasg. and S. Western 100 11 6 118 10 Great Ntlin. of Scotland all stock Great'Northern lOO 110 111 114 stock Po do A stock stock Do do B do stock Gt. S. &W. of Ireland 100 111 113 stock Great Western stock I)o Str Val gin. stock 100 61 64 12 Trish South-eastern all stock 'Lancashire .4 Yorkshire 100 120/ 120/ 1201 stock London and Blackwall 100 62 64 63 5 stock Lon., Bright.. & S Coast 100 117 119 stock Lond., Chat., and Dover 100 51 13 514 stock Lond. &Nth. Western 100 101/ 1021 stock Lond. & Bth. Western_ 100 95 OS 25 4 25 L'derry & Coleraine 25 L'derry & Enniskillen all 11 10 stock Man. Shef. & Lincoln lOO 55 55 56 2 50 3laryport and Carlisle all 124 Do do 4 shares..., all 10 Metropolitan 100 1 stock Midland 6,4.0. Do new stock Do t , tirming. & Derby 100 107 109 50 311 d. Gt. W. of Ireland all 25 Do 3 shares zit 25 Mid Kent ... . ... 10 Do, Cray Line 100 Newcastle and Carlisle f all 10 Newry & Armagh, def 9 7 6(1 20 Newry. Warnpt. & Ros all stock Norfolk.. ....... . 100 55 57 654 50 N , lin. Counties Union stock North British lOO 65 654 stock Nor.Dev.flail&Dk.stoc 4 ' 100 stock D , A stk ; A recs no d. until 6pch as beenpd.B 100 stock Do F, stock 100 stock Nth. Eastern—Berwick 100 105 1054 105 25 Dodo, C.N.E. purchase 16134 1) 41) stock Do Leeds loo 64 95 °lt stock Do York ........ ...... 100 96/ 951 05 . a stock North London ...... 100 101 103 10 Do new 5 19.16.9 North Staffordshire l7l 2% 21 1 1 0 N. and S. W..Tunction all 9i 12 Not. &Grantham Rail ll 8g 84 10 f eebles Portsmouth 10 Rhymney.....- • stock Scottish Central stock Scot N. E., Aber. stock 100 34 314 stock Do Scot. Mid. stock lOO 87 89 stock Shropshire Union 10 Sittingbourne & Sheer all j 6 7 stock South Devon stock S,mth Eastern 100 874 88 884 8 stock South Wales stock S. York. and River Dun 100 78 SO 20 Staines, Wok,. and Wok all 6 8 25 Stockton & Darlington all 424 434 424 25 Do do ll 11 114 p stock Taff Vale 109 stock Do Pref. No 1 lOO 25 ThamesHavenDk&Rail 22 i - 50 Ulster .. 25 Do ........ 20 2 34p 210 Do .... tock Vale of Neath 13 Victoria Sta. and Pim all 114 114 lock Waterford & Kilkenny 100 50 Waterford & Limerick * all 20 West Cornwall 20 West London all 10 Do Ist class all 20 Do 2d class .. , all tock WestHartlepool Harbr and Rail lOO lock West Midland—Oxford 100 50 52 ,tock Do. Newport 100 43 45 tock Do. Hereford , 100 83 85 124 10 Stock M.O. stock stock 5() stock stock stock stock stock 25 stock stock stock 19.16.4 stock stock stock stock 10 stock stock stock stock stock stock 12 10 stock stock stock stock stock stock PREFERENCE SHARES. I Closing Business Share Railways. Paid• Price Done. Blythe and Tync 10 per j e. pref. (issued nt £5O I Bris. & Exet.4 p.et.stoelci I Do. do. do. Shares ... Caledon :il6,4l3erCent Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2., Cork Ssßandon, 51 p. c.l Cornwall. 5 per cent. ..1 Dun.Perth&Aber.drun. .1 E.Angn.Class A 7 &5p.c.1 Do. do. Class B 6 p.c....1 Do. do. Class C 7 p.c.... E. Coun. Ex. 5 p. c. No. 1 Do. do. No. 2 , Do. New per et. stock. lEastern lUnlon, 4 per ct.l Do. 5 per cent. guar... Edin. d las. sp.c. shares Do. 4 p. c gua.. S. & D. %din. Perth& Dun. 4 p.c. Furness, 5 per cent ....i Glas.& S. West.g.a. 5 p.e.l 1G reht Northern, 5 p. et.l jilo.sp.c.Redm., 10 p.c.pm' !Do. 4/ p. e. do. do. Do. sp.e. Redm. 5 p.c. pm Gt. Nit. of Scotid. Ist pf. G t.Sn. & (Ireland) 4 1 p. ct. pref. stock ' 'Great West. (Berks and Rants) Ext. 5 p. ct. 11'0. Redeemable, 41 p.et.l IDo. Redeemable, 4 p. et.l Do irredeemable, do 1 Do. 5 met. Redeem. Pref.! Do. Birm. Pref. Shares Gt, W. Ches. p.c. pf.sh.l Do. do. 5 p. ct. pref 'Do Birm.cr..guar. stock Do. Chester gua. shares IDo. do. d 0... IDo. do. do. ' Ean.&York 6 p. c. stock Do.Barnsl.st.£s 3s 10d pc Do. 6 per c. (E. Lan.) Lon.& Brig - . 5 pc.gu. No.l Do. 5 p. c. No. 2 Do. gua. 6 p. c. Do. do. 5 p.c. No. 4 Do. do. 4 per cell'. ;Do. do. 4 p. c. shares Do. 7 p. ct. Pref. stock Do. 6p.c. do. (W.E.&C.P ) Do.4p.c.S.(div.def.til '65) Lon. Chat, and Dover Lon. and N.W. Cov. and Nuneaton, 5 p. et Lon. & S.W, 7 p. ct. stock Do. 44 per cent Do. (Prtsm. perpl anus of 2n. 6d... Londondy. dr Cole. l< sh. Londony. & Ennis. sh. Man. Sh. &Lin. 6 per et. Do. X 6 Do. 31 per cent Do. redeem. 6 per cent "(I arynort & Car., 4 p. c Do. 44 per cent. Mid. Con. 6 p c. stock Do.Con.Bris..t Bir. 6 p.c Do. 44 p. c. pref. stock Do. with option till 1860 Do. Leic. Hit. pref. st. Norfik 5 p. c. Ex. st 1846 Do. 54 p. e. Fret. do. 1847 Do.sWay.Val.Ex.st.lB47 North British, 5 p. 0 Do. New, gua. 5 p. e Do. Bor. Un. g. pf. shs Do. do. do. ~tth.Dev.Rail. do Dck.Co. N-East.Cons.Pref. 4 p. c. Do. Berwick, 4 p.c. Pref. Do. do. do • Do. Leeds, 6 p e. No. 1 Do. do. Quarters, 1848.. Do. York, • . &S. Porch. North Staffordshire.... Uhymney Guarantee. Scottish Central, new p Scottish North-Easter . 34 p. c. pref. stock.... Do.Aberdeen,gua.6p.c. Do. 7 p. c. pref. stoc South Devon, Ann. 10s. Do. Fixed 44 per cent. South Eastern (fteadin Ann., 1.0.6) Do. 44 per cent Do. Fixed 44 p.c. Ist is south Wales, gua. 4 p. Do. 44 per cent S.-Yorkshire, 4 p. 0. gu a. Stock. & Dar. A 6 p. e Do. II 6 per cent Do. C 6 porcent Watrfd & fallow, 6 p. c. W.Mi d -Oxf Ist Gua stk Do. 2d do Do. Newport 5 p.c.pf.red. Do.Perpet, 6 p. c. p 1 1860 Do. till 1869, Ist 18.1 Do. do. 2d is.; LINES LEAS Railways. liedloid and Bletchley all Backing,hamshire ....I 100 Chester & Holyhead.. 100 Do. do. 54 per cent. 100 Do. do. 5 per cent. 100 Cl y d es d a le Junction.. 100 Colchester, Stour Val. all. E.Lincolnshire,g. 6 PA 100 E.Unien,Harwich Skit' all Do. Woodbridge ... 100 Gls.Barr.& Neils ,i)rct. 100 Culedonin Marti Do. New .. ........ 100 Do. .. .... Gloster& Dr,an Forest all Gt. West Hull ar.d Selby ...• • • all Yk.N. Md. Do. -,,, f Shares ....... all Do. ..... . Pool.Dck..t Rail. all Yk.N.&Br -.:.0. * Shares .., .... . all Do. ...... I .anc.& Carl. gua.hp f c. 100 ir,n.& N.W London k Greenwich 100 iS. East .. Do. Preference .. .. 100 1E)o. ...... Lon.,Tilby.& Soute . n . d. 100 trete &Co Lowestoft, gua. 4 p.ct. 100 ;Norfolk .. Do. 6 per cent.... .. 100 'Do. _,__. .. ;; Manc.,Buxtn. &M a tk. all ,L NW &Al Mid. Bradford Prefer ejlee Stc ' ek • ...:._ •• • 100 (Midland p.p.c. allall ri iill o o : ...... Nt irtnarkt.,Buryi x ) guaranteed 5 p. c . 3 5. 5 8 lE.Counts DT D o o r . t F h ix .w e e d st s er p n er . c . ........ aa a l l li l l D N o o . r t d h o n . 6 , t pe r Eastn. cen V p l o o ialand P r eston and Wyre. { all 14 NW 1 ez L.Yk. j Do. 4 Stares Nuystn.lll telt., & Shep 100 Y Gt. North 1 Shre Do. wsbry& Hereford 100 T.Brasse . Do. I . Wilts and Somerset.. 100 G t. wee South Staffordshire .. all 1 Beei e 'i n • . . W i m bl e don& Croydn. an rv t LA E,' Mein.' - Bleti 1: - sc lii " . Ln .w 98 100 Do. ..... ' 53 531 D 0...., 125 127 Do, 113 115 .091edonin 102 104 ...11.&E C 1 16 17 GCNorth. 135 137 E.Counts.l 91 91 98 100 iP 55 57 15 15i1 1135 137 105 107 101 11t 93 7 e 95 Docks. stock Commercial 1 100 stock 0.4 per Cent , Pref.Min 100 ____ stock Fast and West India no ! stock iLondon NO ' stock St. Katharine ' 100 stock Southampton lOO stock !Victoria .. ........ 1 100 101 103 2 ° DO' NOW ~....eafresot S i i ) III) AT FIXED RENTALS. Paid. Leasing \Closing Business Co.'s. Price. Done. P a i d. @losing 1 Business Price. Done. --- 1 coi VII 08 101 103 20f 21f 6 Of 99 101 111 11'3 106 108 110 112 108 110 124 126 80 82 'll2 114 190 n 1117 119 112 114 10} 105 86 88 98 100 100 102 91 93 92 94 1103, 105 94 10 174 184 104 11 76 78 20 21 10 10 151 137 139 116 118 116 118 138 143 118 118 103 105 1 153 156 130 134 69 71 90 02 [lB 118 ,50 155 13 14 I 1 F 70 72 I &I, .37 139 101 103 95 96 111 113 109 111 I}p 93 95 102 104 P iP P iP 23 24 122 124 130 133 10 u 231 246 101 103 1101 103 00 92 99 101 85 88 271 286 32 33 32 336 45 48 124 126 123 125 100 102 123 126 118 12Q stock stock stock stock stock stock stock •tack stock stock 2s. 6d. 124 124 stock 6 stock 10 1 10 stock stock stock stock stock stock 10s, 1.0.6 stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock 12i share) %11 1 100 100 100 100 an all BRITISH PUSS. Railways. Atlantic & St Lawrencei Bom.,Barodat.Cent Ind) Gu. 5 per cent..... Do, Do. B. Buffalo and Laxe Huron Do. New Do. Preference ...... Buffalo,Brant,&Godrich 6 p. ct. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 Do. do. July 1, 1871' Do. do. June 1, 187-1 Cleutta.&S.Eastn. Cape,Eastn.l'rov. Cape Town Dock Scrip Ceylon Guarantd. 6 p. c Demerara Elustn. Bengal gu. 5 p. c East Indian, gu. 5 p. c. Do. F Shares Ext Do. Jubbulpore Do. 41 p c. Debentrs Do. 5 p. c. Deb., 1801 Geelong . & Melbourne Geelong Corporation 6 per cent. Bonds Grand Trunk of Canada Do. 6 per cent. Pref Po. 6 per et. Debentr Do. 7 per cent. 1862 Do. do. 1867 Do. do. 1872. G t.lndiarenin.gua.sp.e. Do. New gua. 5 p. c 1 G t. South.of India (Li m\l guaranteed 5 per cent., Gt. W. of Canada Shares, Do. New Do. Bonds pay. '76, with, opt, till '6O Do. do. '73 till '6O Do. do. '73 without, opt Do. 51 p. c. do. '77 do Madras, guar., 41 p. c Do. do. 5 per cent Do. 41 p. c. Extension Do. Fourth do—. '3telb.Corp. fi p. c. Buds.' Newßiunswlck& Canda Ry..tLand(Lim.),T,.6pc! Class A Capital Share , Do. do. Land d 0........! 20 Mo. do. B Capital d 0...! • ;Do. do. Land do. ...... i 20 !Dude (Limittd) ........ 1 stock Scinde 20 IDo. Punjaub .... E 20 IDo. Do. . .. d 0 .1 etc)* !Do. indus.St. Flo. t z, ,F.p ', 20 St. Andrews &Quebec A! 10 !Trinidad (Lim.) Scrip..: FOREIGN ] Antwerp AL Rotterdam_ rdennes. .... . ahAS.Fran..Lim.7 p.c. Belgian East. Junction eziera to Graissessac.. Cr - neaux Mine (i& Ra Coptapo Ditto Extension Dutch Rhenish ... Eastern of France Grand Rus. Guar. 6 P. C. Do. do. Great Central of France Gt. Luxem., Con. she... Italian Junction ...... Lake Constance k Bale. Lierre & Turnhout .... Lyons & Geneva ...... I Maria Antonia Do. New Namur & Liege p. e. Pref. Northern of France. Do. New Shares ... Norwegian Trunk Pref. Paris,Lyons, do Mediter. Paris & 0r1ean5........ Recife Az S. Fran. (Fern, gua. 7 p. et. 1ira..... Riga tt Dunaburg..... Rome & Frascati ..... Royal Danish Royal Swedish ........ Do. 7 per cent. Fret Sambre & Meuse Do. 54 per cent. Pref..... San Paulo, Hm, a. 7 p. c.I S. Aus t. &Lomb Ven e tin Southern of France..... West Flanders Do. 54 p. c. Preference W. & N.W. of France Western of Austria Western of Switzerland Wiesbaden . . po. 8 per cent. Pref... , Zealand ••••• , all no Share 100 etk 18 204 204 10 100 Ili 20 stock 100 100 20 stock stock 100 too stock 100 100 100 stock stock stock stook 125/ 91 -1 1 - 1110 112 '2OB 212 61 63 115 120 93 97 31 32 THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 26, 1860. JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 100 lAgra&UnitedServiceßk 50 83 F 5 40 Australasia 25 Bank of Egypt all 21 22 100 Bank of London 50 50 52 ' 20 Bank of Turkey 50 i British North Americani all 57 59 20 ' India, ,tc. all 23 25 Ch.Mer. Clitd.Bank of In t . Lon.tiz Ch.! all 34 224 36 100 ICity 100 ;C010nia1........ 25 39 41 20'11 Corn. Bank of Canada. all 100 Commercial of London: 20 21 22 20 Scot., & Aus. Ch.. all 151 151 20 IGeii. I.lk .of Switzerland all I -- 20 !Lon. Char.likof Austral all 25i 26 50 London and County 20 50 London ;joint Stock 10 100 London k Westminster 20 100 Nat. Prov. of England . 42 20 Do. new l2 50 (National Bank ........ 25 20 'New South Wales.-- all 20 Do. new 25 (Orient. B. Corporation ] all 45 47 47! 20 Ottoman Bank i all 18 19 100 Proy'incial of Ireland .. 25 -- 10 Do. new — 25 South Australia 25 Union of Australia all 50 Union or London l2 100 ; Unity Mutual. COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Can.Gor. 6 p.c..Ja—tJuly 100 1 112 117 Do. Op. cent. 1879 100 Do. 6p. cent. 1880 100 - Do. 6p. cent. 1882 100 i 116 Do. 6p. c. Feb. k, Aug., 100 111 113 Do. 6 n.c.Mar. & Sent! 100 111 113 Can. Gov. 6 p.c..Ja. &July 100 1 112 117 Do. 6p. cent. 1879 100 Do. 6p. cent. 1880 100 Do. 6p. cent. 1882 100 Do. 6p. c. I•'eb. k, 100 111 113 Do. 6p. c. Mar. & Sept.! 100 111 113 I Do. 5 per cent 1100 • 103,E 104 Do. Scrip B2 iN.B.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.k.Tttly 100 1084 1094 1091 Do. 6p. c. Ap. & Oct. 100 ' N. S. W. Gov. sp. c., 1866 100 1004 1014 Do. sp. c., 1871 to 1876 100 1001 101 Do. 5 p.c.,1888 & upw(li+ 100 1004 1014:1001 Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p. c. sterling, 1875.. lOO 108 109 S.Aus.Gt. 6 p.c.1878 & up. 100 108 110 Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&.Tuly 100 Do. do. 6 p.c. Ap.&Oct. 100 1074 10 1000 321 10 stock 25 stock stock stock stock 1081 8 32 i 3 i i POLICE lIITIELLIGENCE—( This Day). THE WEATHER AND THE PARKS. Yesterday being a general holiday, several thou sand persons, of all grades in society, including members of the aristocracy, ladies, and even a vast number of soldiers, wended their way to the diffe rent Royal parks, in order to enjoy the exhilarat ing exercise of skating or sliding. During Monday the body of the unfortunate man who was drowned in the Serpentine was recovered, and was taken in the first place to the Royal Humane Society's re ceiving house, but afterwards removed to the work house in Mount-street, to await the coroner's inquest. The body has since been identified as being that of a person connected with a firm in Cheapside. The deceased went on Saturday to the Serpentine, but finding the ice floating about he would not venture on it, but being more determined on Monday, he lost his life by his rash act. The thermometer, as registered by the patent glass at the receiving h ouse in Hyde-park, was on Monday night as low as 12 degrees, being 20 degrees below freezing point. Yesterday morning at nine o'clock the mercury stood at only 16 degrees, being 17 degrees below freezing point. At noon it was 23 degrees, and towards the evening was 28 degrees, being only four degre es b e l ow fr eez ing point, clearlyindicating that a fall of snow or rain might be expected. The barometer indexed 29 50 degrees. The Serpentine River in Hyde -park had between 4,000 and 5,000 sliders and skaters upon the ice. A great number of persons were tripped up and had their heads cut. The parties were taken to the Royal Humane Society's receiving house, and Superintendent Williams had to dress *eight cut heads in less than half-an-hour. Two persons suf fering from concussion of the brain were also attended to at the same establishment. The Round Pond in Kensington-gardens, and also the Long Water, were crowded with skaters and sliders during the day, including several members of the Skating Club, and a great number of the Guards and Rifle Volunteers, and a large number of ladies. Fortunately no accident of a serious character took place up to late last evening. 'lhe ice on the orna mental water 'of St. James's-park was crowded until night. Several persons were immersed, but no fatal accident occurred. The Regent's-park had a very large assemblage of skaters and sliders, including a great number of members of the nobi lity. Several persons were severely injured by being tripped up, but nothing of a serious nature occurred. The ice at the Crystal I'alnce, Surrey Gardens, Clapham, and Hampstead is in good con dition, and may with safety be ventured upon unless the weather should suddenly break up. MISCELLANEOUS. Anglo-Mexican Mint all Atlantic Tel. (Limited) all Australian Agricultural, 19 :Berlin Water (Limited); all British American Land 40 13.47,1 Mag. Tel. A. (Lim.): all Do. 13,7p.e.ti111552 (Lim.). all Do. C. (Limited) all Canada Land all Clutnialands Tel. (Lim )i all Cop.Min.of Eng.ttititaltg ! all Do. Pref. 74. per cent. ; all Crystal Palace Do. Preference llOO Do. op. c. Pet ? et. Deben ' 100 lElectric Telegraph 100 Do. New - 15 lEntlish &Aus. Copper ' all Gen. Steam Navigati m 1 14 Great Ship I imiied) ! I Do. 174 p et EretercuceJ Lon. District Tel. (Litn.)! London Discount (Lim.) L.G. Omnibus Co. (Lim.) ,Madras lrr. and Canal Mediter. Electric Teleg Med. Exteu. Tel. (Lim ) National Dis. Co. (Lim ) Nerim.Coal&fron (Lim ) Netherlands Land Dot p.c.Pref. Ass.a t 1 (Bs , N.lir.&NovaScotia La ad 'N.B.Australaslan (Lim.) Oriental Gas (Limited).; Do. New Shares (Lim.) .' Orintl.ln.Steam(Lim.)A I Ditto B. Ditto C reellt.Litcl.&Min.(Li tn ), Pen. & Oriental Steam ' Do. New RedSea&lnd.Tel.g.4lp.o Rhymney Iron Do. New Royal Mail Steam 'Scot. Austin. Inv. (Lim ) South Australian Land Submarine Tel. Scrip Do. do. Ite,gistered Do. - do. Tr. & Ln. Co of Upr.Can. Van Diemen'''. Land i all a 1 I all :1 28 13 14 31 33 41 51 30 32 35 37 18 20 13 13 110 113 231 244 28 30 100 K 2 118 110 93 96 2i 1 21 21 a l 1 1; 1 4 1 1; 1; 2; 2 4 ' II 1 Aft 3 2 0.1 I 1 1 . 1 1 / I } pr 50 53 73 75 13 14 17 18 p 17 19 5 6 46 48 130 135 33 35 - i t 5 it 7t 9 10 ;SSIU.N S. Closing Price. 77 80 95 96 1 d 4} sdi Ga 7 75 80 67 72 65 i 0 id pr 11 1E- et 1 1 id 1/ 11 d loci 1014 d pr d pr 981 9!L tool 101 23 24 78 80 48 52 57 00 50 54 43 52 974 98 . 4 d 2 td 11 115 9a 95 A 9.5 100 95 100 P 3 96 90 03 85 n 95 065 884 604 15 5 7 5 7 lon lot ik d 11 , d 9i 96 WAYS. 51 5k -r lk 1 10 11 3 20 21 21 , 1 1 23! 241 74 7 1 194 206 886 396 74 Si 356 364 51 56 31 21d 51 a 8a I I (1: d 20 21 51 :Si 9 911 21. 22i MARLBOROUGH-STREET. ' A SYSTEMATIC MEAT STEALER.--SINGULAR CASE.— Eliza Hall, a coarse featured, low looking woman of about 45, was charged with stealing veal at Mr. Jeffrey's shop, in Torbet's-place, Regent. street. From the evidence of Mr. Gumbley, shopman to Mr. Jeffrey, it appeared that on Christmas-eve he saw the pri soner looking over the meat on the show board, and after wards leave. Shortly after she returned, and on her again leaving, having seen her take up one or two pieces of meat, he fetched her back and asked her where the meat was that she had stolen. She handed him two pieces, saying that was all she had. She then asked forgiveness, but Mr. Jeffrey having been so much robbed of late, ordered him to give her into custody, and on the way to the station she dropped from her dress (in which there was a hole made at the top large enough to admit a 71b. joint, and another at the bottom for an outlet) several pieces of meat, which, with that produced, weighed 291bs.—beef, pork, and mut ton, the dress being evidently made to convey away a large quantity. Mr. Beadon asked if she was known, and the witness said he believed she had been once before chargei with stealing meat from Mr. Jeffrey's, with another woman. Mr. Beadon said it was an outrageous case, and he had never heard a more wholesale thing. He should commit her for six months, with hard labour. A SAD DISAPPOINTMENT.—Catherine Arnold, a respect able looking female, was charged before Mr. Beadon with annoying Mr. Joseph Zevolla, baker, 22, Carnaby-street, under the following circumstances : Mr. Zevolla said that on the previous afternoon, at a quarter to two, the defendant came to his shop for her din ner. He told her that she was too late to have it, and that if he did he should be liable to a penalty under the Act of Parliament. He then closed his door, but she commenced knocking violently at the door and demanding her dinner, and he was compellel to give her into custody. The Chief Clerk asked Mr. Zevolla'_what became of the defendant's dinner then ? Mr. Zovolla' said that ho kept it till that (Wednesday) morning, and then gave it up to her. Mr. Beadon asked the defendant why she went and annoyed Mr. Zevolla.' The defendant said she was not aware that the baker was allowed to keep it, but was sorry that she had acted as she had done. • Mr. Beadon said as she had lost her Christmas dinner he should 'let, her off, but the baker was quite right, and had he given it up to her he might have been fined. • The defendant was then discharged. HOTEL ILFE IN NEW YORK. - s-- - - -- How great was the contrast between the Ameri can hotel life into which we were now thrown, and the quiet domestic life at home ! The ladies were cert ainly :elieved almost entirely from household cares. There was no marketing, no anxiety about providing for dinner, no troubles about servants, no " washing-day." Our meals were served to suit our own eon yenience. Breakfast might be obtained from half-past six till eleven, and on a scale of which even our neighbours north of the Tweed have no conception. I was totally unable to do justice to the good things which surrounded me, and my waiter consequently manifested a good deal of anxiety on my account. After I had partaken of a steak, potatoes, and fried oysters, and had assured him that I had made an excellent breakfast, he would gently remonstrate — "Sure, you want something else? A little boiled fowl, or an omelet ? Well, you will have some hot cakes ?" Hot cakes are an American institution (every custom, I should remark, is termed an " institution" in America). These hot cakes re semble crumpets, and are generally served in a pyramidal form, a large cake forming the base, and small one the apex of the pile. A little butter is placed between each cake, and syrup (refined molasses) poured over the whole. An Englishman is filled with astonishment when he for the first time beholds an American taking breakfast at an ordinary hotel. Before him is placed an array of different dishes, according to the season. He will first despatch half a melon ; this is merely to prepare the appetite for what is to follow. Next he will take a little shad ; then a steak, with a few "fixings," in the shape of po tatoes, roast, boiled, or stewed ; followed by a dish of toast immersed in milk, some oyster fritters, and lastly, by hot cakes. Luncheon is served from one till two for those who wish to partake of it. In a small dining room dinner is served from two till five, and then again from six till eight—the latter meal being intended for guests who arrive too late for the principal dinner, which is served in. the large dinning-hall at half-past five. Tea is on the table from six till nine, and supper from nine till twelve. The half-past five o'clock dinner at the rifth Avenue Hotel is an imposing sight. The dining-hall is a very large and handsomely-fur nished room, and, having no pillars, it presents a light and cheerful appearance. About three hun dred and fifty guests usually sit down, and a waiter is allotted to not more than five diners. The waiters arc marshalled lika a company of soldiers, under a "colonel" orhead waiter, and a " lieutenant-colonel" or second head. Having asked each guest what soap he will take, and received his orders, the waiters take up a position. The head waiter, at the top of the centre table, calls " attention" by the stroke of a bell; at a signal, every cover is lifted from over the side dishes, each man faces about, and the whole march out in file. The same order and precision are observed in bringing in the tarts and the desert, in clearing the tables of dishes, and in removing the cloth. Every delicacy of the season —without a figure of speech—is included in the bill of fare.—..: merica as if le. AUSTRALIAN - ST/ITISTICS. The Melbourne Herald publishes a comprehen sive analysis of the statistics of Victoria. In less than a quarter of a century the population has risen from 170 to 530,000 souls, of whom 335,000 are males and 195,000 females. The Govern ment has sold 3,000,000 of acres of land, at an average price of £2 lOs per acre, and has realised by that sale between £7,000,000 and £8,000,000 sterling, the whole of which large sum has been laid out in endeavours to improve the colony. On the 2,000,000 acres of town and suburban land we have fixed property to the value of between £60,000,000 and £70,000,000 sterling, and of the 2,800,000 acres of country land we have about 1,500,000 acres enclosed, and 300,000 acres under tillage. Our yield of grain last year was, in round numbers, 4,000,000 of bushels, which, at ss. per bushel, would be equal to £1,000,000 sterling, and our other agricultural and horticultural pro duce would raise up that to £2,500,000 sterling. Over our unsold lands roam 6,000,000 of sheep, 700,000 head of horned cattle, 70,000 horses, and sundry other stock, from which the pastoral tenants of the crown, besides enriching themselves, furnish us with exportable and consumable pro duce—with wool, tallow, hides, and skins, for export, and with sheep, cattle, and pigs for slaughter—to the value of between £3,500,000 and £4,000,000 sterling. These are facts patent to all, and not to be controverted or gainsaid by any. They look like fiction, we must confess, but they are, nevertheless, truth, and truth un adorned. And truth, like beauty, we all know, " when un adorned, is then adorned the most." We leave the foregoing, then, to speak for itself, and proceed to another series of facts, deducible from the same official source. In less than ten years, with a bona fide gold mining population, never exceeding 60,000 to 80,000 souls, and now believed to be much less, owing to the withdrawal of the people to other pursuits, without a correspond. ing increase by immigration—•we have raised 22,000,000 and 23,000,000 ounces of gold, valued at between £99,000,000 and £95,000,000 sterling, which has stimulated every branch of trade and industry in the colony, and otherwise tended to enrich it. IVe began with a gold export of less than £600,000 in 1851, and raised it to more than £10,000,000 in 1852. We dropped it to between £9,000,000 and £10,000,000 in 1854, and raised it to £11,000,000 and upwards in 1855, and continued at that rate until 1858. We then came down to £9,000,000, or thereabouts, in 1859, and this year it will in all probability not be much less. The Belgian Moniteur of yesterday contains a royal decree promulgating the budget of 1861. In the budget the ordinary receipts are put down at 148 ,629,190 fr., and the special receipts from the sale of public domains, authorised by a) law of the 3d Feb., 1843, at 400,000 fr. The land tax is estimated at 15,911,527 fr., and for the dividends on the public debt 40,616,721 fr. are awarded. • SUDDEN DEATH AT lIOXTON. Yesterday Mr. E. Waller, the summoning officer of Sho oditch, received information relative to the deala of Mr. John Gilman, aged 45 years, who was found dead at his residence at No. 7, Dorset-terrace, New North-road, Ifoxton. The deceased had carried on business as a German clock maker, and was residing alone, his wife being in Germany. A friend called to see him, and not receiving an answer, the front door was forced o p e n, when deceased was found lying on the back yard door-step in a pool of blood. Dr. Amsden, of the East-road, was called in, and it is supposed that the de ceased died from the rupture of a vessel of the heart. An inquest will be held on the body to-day. There was a great deal of property in the house, which the police have charge of. TRADE EV FRANC'E. The price of flour rose 2f. a sack in the Paris market last week. The rise is accounted for by the rise in the price of wheat in the French markets and by the diminution in the stock of flour in the Paris stores. The greater part of what remains is flour of the four marks, and is the property of per sons who will not part with it except on advan tageous terms to themselves. The factors declared on Saturday 19,312 sacks of flour, of which 257 sacks of first quality sold for delivery within 30 days at prices varying from 61f. 50e. to 64f, the sack of 157 kilos. The stock of flour in the market stores is reduced to 4,238 quintals. The price of flour of the four marks has not risen, although th• accounts received from the provincial markets announce a rise in the price of wheat. The price of wheat has likewise risen in the Paris market. ' Choice samples are quoted at from 30f. 20c. to 30f. 80c. the 100 kilos. ; first quality, 29f. 18c. to 29f. 58c.; second quality, 27f. 90c. to 28f. 30c. The Commissary-General at Besancon advertised to receive proposals on Friday last for the supply of 1,500 metrical quintals of wheat for the War De partment--the wheat to weigh 74 kilos. the hec tolitre. There were several tenders deposited, but as the prices were above that fixedby the Commis• nary, there was no contract concluded. The corn market at Marseilles has become suddenly animated in consequence of the reception of numerous for'eign orders. Offers for wheat for Naples have been made at 35f. 20e. and 35f. 60c. the 100 kilos. in the bonded stores. Flour of the first quality is quoted at 40c. 80c. the 100 kilos. The importation of corn at Marseilles last week amounted to 27,000 hecto litres, of which 9,500 were of wheat, and the re mainder of oats, barley and maize. The telegraph has brought the prices of the provincial corn-mar kets held on Saturday :- "Amiens.-Market well supplied, notwithstanding a heavy fall of snow. A rise of one franc the hectolitre on wheat. Oats scarce, and a rise of ono franc the 100 kilos. " Arras.--A small market, in consequence of the snow. Wheat in good demand, at an advance of 50c. the hecto litre. Price, from 20f. 50c. to 25f. 2.5 c. the hectolitre. "Chartres.-Market well supplied; a rise of 700. the hectolitre on wheat, and a rise of 25c. the sack on oats. " Dijon.-A large corn-market, with a brisk demand, at a rise of If. the quintal. Prices-wheat, 28f. to 28f. 50c. the 103 kilos.; oats, 17f. to 18f. 50c.; flour. 50f. the sack of 12.5 kilos. "Marseilles.-The rise in the corn-market is maintained. African wheat is worth 371 50c.; Polish,'sf. 75c. ; Danu bfan, 33f. 50c. ; Marianopolis, 39f. 75c. " Metz.-1,339 hectolitres of wheat sold at an average of 26f. 87c. the hectolitre, being a rise of 53c. the quintal within eight days. " Montereau.-Bad weather; little corn in the market; a small demand, and nevertheless a rise of 60c the sack on wheat. " Orleans.—A small market, with a good demand for wheat. A rise of 70c the hectolitre." There was no material change in the price of beef and mutton at the market at Poissy last Thursday as compared with the preceding week. Veal was dearer. There were 2,124 oxen exhibited, of which 1,993 were sold at from if 8c to if 44c the kilo• gramme ; 360 cows all sold at from 96c to if 30c the kilogramme ; 11,988 sheep, of which 11,409 were sold at if 28c to if 61c the kilogramme; 861 veal valves, of which 653 sold at from if 28c to if 60c the kilogramme. The average weight of the. oxen was 350 kilos ; cows, 226 ; calves, 62 ; sheep, 21 kilos. Accounts from Bourg state that the fowl-market in that tows on Wednesday last was well supplied from the Bresse. The stock exhibited was, never. theless, more remarkable for the quantity than the quality. Some very fine specimens of crammed fowl were, however, brought from Marhaz, St. Etienne, and the'eanton of Coligny, remarkable for its breed of fowl. Some pullets were sold as high as 18f each, and others at 14f and 16f. The ave rage price was from 8f to 10f each, which was con sidered highly advantageous for the breeder. THIS DAPS SIIITTIAG. LONDON, Dec. 26.—Wind this day e noon—North- Easterly; moderate breeze and hazy weather, with hard frost. FALMOUTH, Dec. 24—Wind E., fresh gale—Arrived— Excelsior, from Rio de Janeiro. Sailed—Twas, for Cal cutta. _ _ • _ _ PLYMOUTH, Dec. 25.—Wind E.N.E.—Arrived— General Kiskiyick, from Antwerp for Valparaiso, with bowsprit sprung. MUMBLES, Dec. 2.3.—Arrived—Doctor Bunting, from Quebec. _ . . DARTMOUTH, Dec. 25.—Wind E.—Arrived—Melina, from St, John's, Newfoundland. - _ BRISTOL, Dec. 25.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—Louisa, rrom Demorartt, Sailed—Thomas Wright, for Newfound [and. BRISTOL CHANNEL, Dee. N.E.—Arrived— Antoine, from Havannah. WATERFORD, Dec. 24.—Wind NV—Sailed—Margaret Ridley, for St. John's, Newfozindland. BY SUBMARINE AND MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH. GRAVESEND, Wedoesday Morning. Wind E. ' • weather fine. Arrived, Dec. 25—Giovanni Casper°, frog: Marianople ; Friendship, from Venice; Elizabeth, from Gijoi; ; Scandi navian, from Hudickswall ; Victoria, from Ham..'u r g Hortensia, from Gottenburg ; Cadiz, from Algoa Bay ; Cicero, from Bordeaux ; Little Jenny, from Terceira ; Hel vetia, from New York ; Mina, from Homburg ; De Matrone, from Itiga ; Annette Smith, froth Pillan ; Swift, from Taganrog ; Glide, from Holbec ; Alma, from Stral sund ; Graf Vanßrandenburg, from Dantzic ; Fetre Smith, from Aalborg. Arrived, Doc. 26.—Irope, from Bordeaux ; Sisters, from Dieppe. DEAL, Wednesday Morning. Wind E. by S:, moderate. No arrivals. THE LATE CAPTAIN BRABAZON.—The death of Captain Brabazon, which the telegram from China unfor tunately makes no longer a matter of doubt, will be read with deep regret. It is not too much to say that ho was one of the most promising officers of the British army, and one of the most accomplished members of the distinguished corps to which ho belonged. Of both the theory and prac tice of his profession he was a master, and just before his departure for China he brought out a little volume, " Sol diers and their Science," which combined a most admira ble epitome of the art of war with the expression of mili tary views that showed the author to have brought, not merely great research, but a vigorous intellect, to bear upon the subject. When the China expedition was being or ganized it was felt that the Artillery Staff should be so selected that the scientific results expected from the Arm strong gun should be manifested under the observation of able and accomplished men. Accordingly Brigadier Crof ton, commanding the Artillery, selected Captain Brabazon for the post of Deputy-Assistant-Quartermaster -General ; and up to the day on which he gallantly volunteered to ac company Mr. Loch back to the Chinese lines he was looked to by the heads of the expedition, both French and English, as one of the most valuable officers of a Staff in itself sin gularly efficient. Captain Brabazon was the eldest son of Major Brabazon, late of the 15th Hussars, and of Braba zon-park, county of Mayo, and a near relative of Colonel Ouseley Higgins, who for several years represented that county in Parliament. It may, perhaps, assuage the grief of his relatives to know that his loss is looked upon as a public one, and is deplored sincerely by the many wb o were acquainted with his great abilities and worth, THE WAR DEPARTMENT OF THE 1. 1 121 - .1 TED STATES. The United States Secretary of War, in his annual report, states that the.au thorised and actual strength of the army remained substantially the same as last year. It had been actively engaged against hostile Indians. The services of the army are narrated as follows : "The deportment of Texas has been restored to tranquillity, and relieved from all apprehension of invasion or molestation by the armed and maraud ing bands on the Mexican frontier. It has been found necessary to occupy with a sufficient force the commanding posts on and near the Rio Grande, so that we have that frontier well protected from Fort Fillmore to Fort Brovvn. These important movements were not made without much toil and fatigue ; and while looking mainly to defences upon the Rio Grande an important consideration was also to hold in check the Comanche Indians of that frontier, and to protect the settlements from their marauding parties. The hostilities of last year with the Kiowa and Comanche Indians, upon the head waters of the Arkansas and the Canadian, have rot yet been brought to a close. A very active cam paign has been carried on against them, and they have been met and chastised on several occasions. In one of those engagements, towards the head waters of the Republican Fork of Kansas River, a large body of . these Indians was encountered by Captain Sturgis, of the let Cavalry, and severely chastised. They have been broken and dispersed in every direction, but, being entirely nomadic, they may concentrate and again make hostile demonstra tions somewhere within the boundaries of the im mense region over which they roam. In New Mexico the outrages and depredations of the Indians have been very daring and numerous, and nearly the whole territory may be said to have heed in fested by them throughout the season. To make an effective campaign against these Indians, and to chastise them in an exemplary manner, it became necessary to take a l arge p ar t of the troops sta tioned in Utah southward to New Mexico. This march was performed in a very creditable manner, and in good time. The troops, after accomplishing a march of 600 miles through a , trackless wilderness, were ready, after a short halt, to make a movement of 150 miles more, and prosecute a campaign against the numerous and powerful t r ib e of the Navajoes. There is little doubt but that these savages will meet with the chastisement which has become necessary in order to bring them under control agsi n . Th e Pa-Utes, a powerful tribe of warlike. Indians about the region of Carson Valley, in the territory of Utah, broke out into hostility to the whites very suddenly this summer, and committed many atrocious murders. A party of volunteers from the vicinity of Washoe Silver Mines was organised, under the command of Mr. Ormsby, for pursuit. The Indians, who were very numerous, succeeded in drawing this party into an ambuscade, driving them back with considerable loss. Among the killed in that unfortunate affair was the leader, Mr. Ormsby, himself. This incident created great excitement and alarm throughout all the mining country of Carson Valley, then rapidly filling up from the flattering reports of rich silver deposits there, and it became necessary to send a sufficient force there promptly to chastise the Indians and restore quiet and confidence amorg the inhabitants. Before, however, the United States troops could reach the spot the people of the country determined to organise a force of sufficient strength to pursue and chastise effectually the savages. A few days 'were sufficient for the purpose, and a considerable body of active; daring, and enterprising men rallied under the command of the celebrated Texan Ranger, Colonel S. C. Hays, and, after equipping themselves as best they could, they set out in pursuit of the Indians. 'At no great distance they were overtaken by these volunteers, in conjunction with a detach ment of United States troops, who joined them. They commenced at once the attack. The Indians were very powerful in numbers and strong in position, and were assisted greatly, if not commanded, by white men. But the practised eye of the cool and daring leader enabled him to lead the assault witk such skill that the vastly superior number of the Indians availed them nothing. They were driven from their strong posi tion after a severe conflict, and finally put to complete rout. The Indians dispersed in every direction, as their custom is, nor have they since rallied or given much cause for uneasiness to the settlers. The interest and numbers of our citizens in that region were deemed by the commanding officer of the department of sufficient importance to require the establishment of a military post there, which has accordingly been done. The Snake Indians in Washington Territory, on the road recently opened from Fort Bridger to Fort Walla Walla, have been hostile during the past season ; and, although a campaign was undertaken and prosecuted with vigour against them, it did not result in reducing them to subordination. Since the troops have been withdrawn from active opera tions in the field, a large body of emigrants were attacked, almost on the borders of the settlements, and many of them murdered. Efficient measures will be taken to chastise these Indians. It should be borne in mind that, while appropriations have been made to sustain our army upon a peace footing, it has been called upon. to prosecute an active and sanguinary war, for a distance extending from the 35th to the 46th degree of north latitude, with very numerous tribes of hardy and warlike Indians. It should be remembered, also, that the scenes of these operations have been over the wildest and most remote regions of our mountainous territories lying between the plains on the eastern slope of the Rocky Mountain chain and the Pacific Ocean. Under these circumstances, it has required the greatest watchfulness and care to keep the expendi ture for the year within the appropriations for it. A sum not less than 500,000 dols. has been required for these movements, the necessity for which was not and could not be foreseen in this department." The Secretary impresses upon Congress the im portance of restoring to ethe War Department the control of the Indians, it being quite impossible to impress upon these savages the idea of obedience by any other means than military power. " Knowing nothing in this department of the Indians, except when in a state of actual hostility, I it often—indeed, continually—bappens that impor t tant marches are necessary to be suddenly made to overawe or chastise those guilty of threatenings and I murder, and consequently these movements are I attended with an expense disproportionally large, I but at the same time unavoidable." BRITISH MINES. Share l Mines. ! Closing Business Paid. Price. Done Altred Consols (rhilack) 2.11.10 3.1 4 20 I British Iron Clifford nil 210 220 Devon G. Cons. (Tavist ) .1 410 420 -- East Bassett (Illogan) 3O 126 125 East Caradon 1.14.6 101 11 ;E. WI Russel (Tavistk )' 7.4.0 111 111 Gam.&StAulayn(Gwen ) 541 27 29 'Great South Tolgus 1 17s 9 91 (;.Wheal Alfa. (Philack) 12.13.9 1 11 G. Wheal Vor (llelston) 94 11 11 .Grenville 5.14.6 3 31 - Illerod' s- Foot 8.12 32 14 - illingshou Downs 4.10.6 3f 31 --'Lady Bertha Margaret (Uny Lelant) 9/ 54 56 tie North Downs 2l 31 41 North Frances (Illogan) 111 4 5 N. Wh'l Bassot (1110 , an) 15s 4 5 North Wheal Crotty Par Consols (St Blazey) 11 91 11 20 l'rovidence(Uny Lelnt) 10.6.7 45 47 Sortridze Cons. Min. Co. 14s 1 17 South Caradon(StCleer) 11 300 310 S. Cam Brea (Illogan) 3l 24 31 1 S. Dev. Iron &Gen., Lim. all — sWheal Fran. (Mogan) 18.1.5 i 11 1 5 155 Stray Park 24,18.C1 49 51 5 Tamar Silv.& Lead MM. 44 , 21 27 10 Tin Croft 9 hi hi Vale of Towe_y (Carm ) 6d l 4 West Basset (111 n -an) l4 17 13 W. Caradon (Liskeard) 5 76 78 I West Seton ........ 471 350 3 7 0 Wheal Basse.t (Mogan) , 51 120 125 Wheal Buller(Redrutli) ) l 5 135 115 1671 5 Wheal Edward (Cals. 12 11 14 'Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) 1.7.2 17 15 'Wheal MaryAnn(Men.)l 8 20 22 Wheal Treiawney (Lis.), 51 17 19 FOREIGN MINES. 20 Australian 1 1 I 1 IBonAccord Copper,Linl. 71 15s d 4 85 Brazil. Imp. (is. at Xi p.) 271 2 21 20 Do.St...Tolindelltey,Lim 15 281 29 271 8 5 Do. Land and Mining Co. all 1 Clarendon Cons.MinCo.l dig. 40 Cobre Copper ' all 43 45 434 Copiapo 16 8 10 1 DunMoun.Cop.3ling.Co, all 1 2 Fortuna. 1 all 2 24 20 General all 21 23 2 Gt. N. Cop. of S. Austr 1 par 1p 1% Kapunda (Limited)...„ 1 1/ 13 p 21 3 Linares all 94 , 101 5 Lnsitani an 2 p 41) 1 IMariquira all IN.RhincCopotS.Aus.L 12.3.6d. 1 d 20 , I'ontglbaud Silver,Lead 1 Mining and Smelt all 5 6 6 ( Port Philip 1 7, 1 Scottish Austrin. (L.) lO3. 1 d 281•811 United M exican all 14 2 1 IWorthing (Limited) all 4 1 1 DO, tudneso done 101} 1001 Si 231 3 I 73' 8 18i 9 60 101 11 EMIGRATION TO CANADA. The report of Mr. Buchanan, the chief agent for the superintendence of emigration to Canada, giving an account of the emigration of last year has just been issued from the Colonial-office, where it has been lying ever since last February. It states the nationality of the arrivals direct from Europe during the year, 8,778 in number; 2,610 were English, 1,248 Irish, 1,787 Scatch, 1,100 Ger mans and Poles, 1,751 Norwegians. The Nor wegians make the voyage in vessels of their own country direct. Nearly all of them proceed to the Western States. Balancing emigration against immigration, it is calculated that Canada added only 6,300 to its own population during the year. A high value is attached to the emigration from Norway, because, independently of the large amount of money capital it introduces in the aggregate, it is distinguished by its orderly and industrious character. Mr. Buchanan con siders that in the development of the inexhaustible wealth which Canada possesses in her fisheries the hardy fishermen of Norway might find large en couragement, and that fisaing establishments in connection with settlement would greatly conduce the general prosperity of the country. There was A, falling off in the Norwegian arriva ls in 1859 to 1,751 jn place of 2,656 (the number in 1858), which is att;:ibuted to the difficulty they found in realising money 7r their property. But the emi gratioc from the Ut red States to Canada has a ls o , h we all ktww, greatly d h Linishe d of late. In th eind five o y ea rs 1850.54 06, 600 arricsh di rect from En; in the five years 1855.50 40,61;b from Scotland , in .ri ' the first period , 26,589 ; in the seebcl, 13,093; from Ireland, in the first period, 8 6 , 918 ; the second, only 9,380. It is not t o be desired that ek.-71igration from the United Kingdom should again be eim u lated by the destitution of former years. SikCe the year 1829 above 900,000 European emigrants have arrived at the port of Quebec. Small farmers are the men who are most wel come in Canada—persons with sufficient capi tal to enter at once upon the occupation of land, with the view of acquiring a home; and every facility is given to such persons for obtaining land. The demand for mechanical labour is not great, and persons seeking situations in mercantile life find it very difficult to get employflient. But the great mass of the emigration to Canada consists of per sons who go at the invitation of friend s a l rea dy there, and it is stated to be rare to find persons arrival seeking a settlement ; nearly a ll on a h av e d es tination in view, where th ere are those wh om a they are anxious to join. Mr. Buchanan strong, l Y rec ommends the route t o C ana d a direct, even for emigrants who purpose to proceed to the United States, and says it will save them from serious loss by detention and im pos i tion. The Canad ian Go vernment maintain astaffofservice agents for the of immigrants, require railway and w ith offers of stea mboat agents to b e licensed to approach them aOOO dos. as inland tra ns p or t, an d a pplied above a, DOO I• t - hre year in gi v i ng direct assistance to those w destitute, and enabling them to reach their o dweesti nation. Bat Mr. Buchanan prot to h reason n t o Canada—peragainst the " export of paup ers because theot y are sins sent out by their patishes, ;a I fitted to succeed is settlers in America, but because they are burdensome at home, and forwarded to Ca nada in particular, because the shipping agen t s i n Europe apprehend that in American ports the ship. owners would be made responsible for bringing destitute persons. SIIOCKING BOILER EXPLOSION. LEEDS, DEC. 25. Yesterday a terrible accident occurred at the house of Mr. W. Longley, Park-street, Leeds, about half-past 1 o'clock p.m. A boiler in the kitchen exploded, killing Mrs. Longley on the spot and severely injuring Mr. Longley, his daughter, and a servant girl. The boiler, which was made of cast iron, was one of those ordinarily known as closed self-feeding (fire •back) boilers, and was used for domestic purposes. Until the matter has been fully investigated it is impossible to state positively the cause of the explosion, but it very probably arose in consequence of the boiler having become red hot, owing to the water having been drawn off and the feeding pipe having become frozen, thus preventing the boiler being gradually refilled as it became empty; eventually the ice in the feeding pipe had thawed, and the cold water rushing into the red hot boiler generated a quantity of explosive steam, which caused the boiler to burst instantane ously. The noise of the explosion was very loud, and its consequences, as already indicated, most disastrous. The door and window of the kitchen were blown out, the walls were nearly destroyed and .the furniture smashed, and the window of an adjoining room was shattered to pieces. Three of the unfortunate sufferers who were in the kit c h en at the time were recovered with the fragments ; Mrs. Longley's body was shockingly mutilated. Mr. Longley's injuries include severe bruise s of the head and face, and he lies in a precarious state. The servant girl was also much cut and bruised. Miss Longley, who is about 2, years of age, was in a passage adjoining the kitchen, and was knocked down with great violence ; one of her legs was broken in two places. Mr. Longley is a partner in the firm of Messrs. Thomas Lougley and Sons, builders, and is a member of the Leeds Town Council. FIRES, AND LOSS OF THREE LIVES. Yesterday morning, between two and three o'clock, the inhabitants of Whit echapel were greatly alarmed owing to a fire of a serious eh a.racter break ing out in the premises of Mr. IL Hopps, cabinet maker, No. 4S, Backchurch-lane, which, unibrtu nately, was attended with fatal consequences to three persons. The fire was first discovered by a policeman of the H division noticing dense volumes of smoke issuing from the lower part of the building. At that time the whole of the inmates werein their beds. Information was promptly forwarded to the Royal Society's fire-escape conductor, and forth with Samuel Wood attended with his machine, but by that time, although only a . few minutes had elapsed, the fire had taken the complete possession of every part of the structure, and the parents were unable to save three of their children, who were in their beds sleeping at the time. The parish engine was quickly in attendance,lollovred by four of the London Brigade from Wellclose-square, Jeffrey square, Watling-street, and Whitecross-street sta tions. An immense supply of the East London Company's water having been procured, the firemen, under the direction of Mr. Bridges, the chief officer, went to work, hut were unable to get the flames ex tinguished until the premises and all they contained. were.clestroyed, As soon as the ruins were suffi ciently cooled, search was made for the missing persons, and the conductor of the fire-escape, with the brigade-men, found the bodies of Sarah Hopps, aged 11, Elizabeth, aged 8, and Henry, aged 5 years, terribly burnt, showing that death must have been almost instantaneous. The origin of the catastrophe is enveloped in obscu rity. Unfortunately Mr. Uopps was uninsured. The escapeman attended the moment he was called, but the three children were then beyond all means of escape. A fire likewise took place on the premises of Mr. J. Astrop, tailor, 2, Wells-street, Camberwell. The fire commenced from some unknown cause in the front room ground floor, and spreading assumed a threatening aspect. The Royal Society's escapes, the engines of the parish, and three of the London Brigade from Waterloo and South wark-bridge roads were remarkably early in arriving, as well as another from Watling-street. The firemen, under Mr. Henderson, the chief officer of the I) district, went to work in a praiseworthy manner, but they were unable to get the fire extinguished until the house was partially destroyed. The loss will fall upon the Atlas and Phenix Fire-offices. The most extensive fire that has occurred in the neighbourhood of Holborn for a long time past broke-out about half-past 11 o'clock yesterday fore noon, and was attended with the destruction of a large amount of property. The premises in which the outbreak (commenced were those of Messrs. Payne and Sons, toy merchants, 16 and 17, High Holborn, and were of considerable ex tent,The upper floors being used for store rooms. The fire appears to have been discovered by a lad left in charge of the property experiencing a strong smell of burn ing wood. Upon going to the lower part of the buildings he found they were on fire, the flames rushing towards the upper part. He at once gave an alarm, and went to the Holborn station for the brigade engines. These and several others of the brigade from different stations were soon in attend. ance, being aided by a plentiful supply of water. Several hours elapsed before the firemen could get a mastery over the flames, but at a late hotir last evening they had succeeded in entirely extinguish ing them. The damage done to the premises of Messrs. Payne is very serious, as also to those ad joining. Mr. Payne, sen., who was at his house at Hampstead, was sent for, but was unable to give any explanation as to the origin of the fire. The principal sufferers are understood to bo insured. FROM THE GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT. LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, DEc. 24. Orders for the Court's going into mourning on Thursday next, the 27th instant, for her late Majesty the Queen Dowager Desiree of Sweden and Norway, grandmother of the reigning King : The ladies to wear black silk, fringed or plain linen, white gloves, necklaces, and ear-rings, black or white shoes, fans, and tippets. The gentlemen to wear black full-trimmed fringed or plain linen, black swords and buckles. The Court to change the mourning on Thursday, the 10th of January next : The ladies to wear black silk or velvet, coloured ribbons, fans and tippets, or plain white, or white and gold, or white and silver stuffs, with black ribbons. The gentlemen to wear black coats, and black or plain white, or white and gold, or white and silver stuff waist coats, full trimmed, coloured swords and buckles. And on Thursday, the 17th of January next, the Court to go out of mourning. FOREIGN-OFFICE, Nov. 15. ----- The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Frede. rick Jonson, Esq., now British Vice-Consul at Acapulco, to be her Majesty's Consul at Tampico. FOREIGN-OFFICE, DEc. 21. - - The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. henry Rhodes, as Consul for the Port of Victoria and other p orts of Vancouver's bland, for the King of the H awaiian Islands. The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Mr. Sigis. mun d Cahimanu as Consul in London for their Serene Highnesses the Princes of Schwarzburg Rudolstadt, and o f Schwarzburg Sondershausen. BANKRUPTCIES ANNULLED. William Burgess, dealer in soap, Pimlico, Middlesex Edward Barons Bowman, apothecary, i s a oton. Willi a m Thomas, publican. Cardifl. '- John Johnson, Richard Clarkson, turd Frederick Fur ness, tailors, Ashton-under-Lyne. BANKRUPTS. John Griffith, bookseller, 4anway-street, Oxford -street, to surrender, Jan. 4; at two, and Feb. 8, at Charles West, baker, Brasted, Kent Jan. 8' Court of Bankruptcy. one , at the Nathaniel Shattswell Dodge and It and Feb. 7, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy..- at eleven, R ifh e il o Lonis Gian donati, warehousemen, St. Paul's-churchyard, Jan. 8, at Curt of Bank half-paat one, and Feb. 7, at two, at the o ruptcy. linty of Brecon, Jan. 15 John Bound, draper, in the county District Court. and Feb. 12, - at eleven, at the Bris tol Jan. 10 and 31, at David Rollin, shoemaker, L n el ham. eleven, at the Shirehall, eep il° , t otfuerset, Jan. 7. and Feb. 4, George Besley, innk i bi r strict Court. of eleven, at the Briete- builder, Weymouth, Jan. 4 and 31, Petb.7 Wc.ston M e I t s ei District Court. at twelve, at the 9 .Enxtumber, Barnsley, Yorkshire, Jan. 14 Matthias Wood, ", at the Commercial-buildings, Leeds. and Feb. 4. a t elevegrocers Hoolcy Hill, Audenshaw, Lan- John Den , l7,':gi;k c i 31, at twelve, at the Manchester Dia.. cashire, Jan. A trict C o ur ß t. ear,wheelwright, S d Snow's fields, Bermondsey, R o bert Jan. 9, at tsr e p and Feb. 6, at twelve, at the Court of Bank- me t !' Tr a tfield, milliner, South Molton-street, Oxford stre "et, ."3 -Jan' 8, at three, and Feb. 12 , at half-past two, at Cou rt o f Bankruptcy. the Jose ph Agate, g rocer, Emsworth, Hampshire, Jan. 8, at t h r ee, and Feb. 12, at,-past . half t two, at the Court of Bank. ruPtcY• SCOTCH BANKRUPTS. Mrs. Elizabeth Winning or MTarlane, grocer, Balmer°, Stirlingsbire. James King, builder, Houston, Bonfrewslaire. Rankin and Gray, carvers and Oilers, Glasgow. James Johnson, grocer, Gallowgate, Glasgow: Henry G. Millar, grocer, Greenock. • Robert Wighaw or Whigham, drapAr, Edinburgh. Anthony Thomson, jun., farmer, Poundland, Ayrshire. Andrew Peddie, smith and Wright, 6hettleston, n ear Glasgow. Alexander Leask and Son, flaxspinners, West Mill, Bl a irgowrie, Frederick James Glendonwyn, Esq., MD , .yarton house, Kirkcudbrightshire stook 100 stock ioo:I Paid. 100 all all all all all 100 100 all all all all all 100 411 all all all 100 100 100 all 100 all (100 10 all 100 is ATL all all all all all all all all all 61 ? 981 j 1001 1 .4 _j 1