The Sun. — London, England, 1860-12-05 00:00:00

t of its aracter, •onx the iament, nent of perfect ountry. myself, having through tat you iat the e dicta re have 7e never L con du- •equited ias been i acting 3 appeal his case though ,ro-Dic state of anise to ns, it is of the all the such an nse and eyes of to the ose who in the n, I had ;onerous i opened reward, ng been idicated ttion by record. times of that the he same se great my for- by your fie hands •epresent its pres- D me by ny grati- tator." r cent on -Mid-Kent ,6 10—Mid m cent on cent on ►n £lB,OO O :r cent On I per cent )nt, 8 per 1r cent on 1 the Low £45,500 ffie on the g the Cur' Lbt, reflect GE, Dec' ;radivateS : Trinity MONEY MABEE?' AND CITY NEWS. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. The commercial bills which fell due yesterday, the 4th of the month; were amply provided for, and the effect upon the money market has been compara tively unimportant, the inquiries for accommodation being, moderate, while the terms required in private channels for the best descriptions of securities still range fully per cent. under the Bank of England minimum quotation. The Foreign exchanges yesterday afternoon exhibited an advance in the rates on Paris, Vienna, and Trieste. The steamer Etna, which leaves to-day for New York, will take out £70,000 in gold. On the 17th inst. the final instalment of 22 per cent. is due on the last Russian Loan. Increased quietude prevailed in the Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday, and prices were steady. The sales did not exceed 4,000 bales. At the meeting of the proprietors of the Penin- sular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company, held to-day, it was stated in the directors' report . that the balance on the revenue account would not admit of a larger dividend than 2 per cent. on this occasion, which, with the payment of 31 per cent. made at Midsummer, makes 51 percent. for the year. They were, however, enabled to supplement this by a payment of 2 per cent. out of the accu mulation of the commissions relinquished by the Managing directors. The report was unanimously agreed to. A decided improvement has taken place to-day in the Stock Exchange markets, consequent upon a continued rise in Consols, which are now 94 to 94i for money, and 94i to 94e-; for January. This advance has been occasioned by further purchases for the Court of Chancery, and a more favourable feeling with regard to American affairs, which it is thought will soon relapse into a quiet position. The Now Threes and the Reduced have advanced to 92i 4 ; Bank Stock is flat at 231 ; India ditto is firm at 224 5; ditto New Loan is steady at 1031 1 ; ditto &per Cent. Rupee Paper is 951 96 ; ditto 5* per Cent., 1014 ; and Exchequer Bills remain at Se. to 2s. dis. A better tone also pervades the Foreign Stock Market, but the dealings have been restricted. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 721 to 73 ; ditto New, 671 to 58; Mexican remain at 211 ; Spanish are firm, at 501 ; ditto Certificates, at 6 ; Dutch 2 per Cants. at 641; Greek Bonds are quoted Bi. The Railway Share Market has shown increased activity, and a more buoyant tone has prevailed, an advance of k to 1 per cent. having been estab lished in several of the principal British under , takings. Eastern Counties, Lancashire and York shire, and South Eastern improved 55.; Caledonian, TO L ; North Eastern (Berwick) and North Eastern (York), 15s. ; and Brighton and Midland, £l. The Foreign and Colonial undertakings were in limited request without any material change in values. South Austrian and Lombardo-Venetian have improved about I 1; Grand Trunk and Great Western of Canada realised previous rates, and East Indian declined ss. Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares con tinued in limited demand without any change of importance in values. London and Westminster are a shade flatter; Crystal Palace Preference toads have itnpreved £1 to' £1 10s.; and Peel ti er Land, 10s. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 231 I per Cent. Reduced Annuities 9 2f i per Cent. Consols Annuities - 41t Neer 3 per Cent. Annuities sitanuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 — Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 l6l India Stock .. . Ditto 6 per Cent lo3k f Ditto Enlaced Paper, 4 per Cent — Ditto 5 per Cent. Ditto 6} per Cent. Ditto Debentures, 1858 961 Ditto Bonds £1,000 Consols for Account, Dec. 6. ... Axchequer Bills, £ l,OOO, 10 FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK %rook Mexican per Cent — Ditto Account Spanish 3 per Cent... Ditto Account 'Spanish Cert. of Coup. not funded.. 6 Turkish 6 per Cent.. — Ditlo jgew_Lonu, Dtto Account - Dividends on the above payable in London. bilteh Exchange, 12 Guil. 2i per Cent 641 TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, Money 94 i Ditto Account 94 i t Ditto January 941 I . COVASE OF EXCHANGE.—YESTERDAY. 4 -Insterdam Ditte 3 Months. 11 17-k 11 171 Rotterdam - 11 171- 11 17i Antwerpuss ~...ul'els — 25 35 25 40 4 amburgh raris Ditto Months. 25 45 25 60 ,*arseflles — 25 471 25 521 Frankfort on Maine — 11 71 117 4 Vie nna Trieste r et r e r 8 b u r g h 341 lie lin Madrid_ ,uadiz L.eghorn Milan Genoa Naples Palermo ktessina Lisbon Oporto Rio Janeiro - - New York — • • Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard), ... per oz. £3 17 9 kexican Dollars silver in Bars (Standard) f , 0 5 li south American Doublons 4911 25 60 25 55 25 55' 39i 119 1192 5.2/ 491 49f 25 67i 25 62i 25 621 391 119 k 1191 53 53i WIND AND WEATHER REPORT. MIS DAY, I Ardrosaan, S.E. ; cloudy 4 7r, N.N.W • dul tin n i ng h am g.w.; l dull Bradford, N.E.. ; foggy Brighton, N.F.; dull zristol, W. ' • damp eimAridge, S.E. light eArdiffCarlisl, N.E. • dull N.N.E. ; wet Chatham, northerly ; foggy J)eal, calm N.E. ; rain - uoucluger, N.; dull "undee, E.; rain d finamp -Falmo u th, calm ; e Gravesend, S. ; damp S., light ; foggy ,_ziartlepool, W. ; raiu Atolyhead, W.; calm breeze, cloudy I EC. 5, 9 A.K. Harwich, E. • rain Inverness, S.W. ; dull Kingstown, N.W. ; fine Leeds, N.W. ; foggy Leith, N.B. • wet Limerick, W. ; dull Manchester, N.; wet Middlesborough. N.W. ; fog Milford Haven, E.; fine Newcastle-on-Tyne,S.E.;fog Newmarket, S.E. ; dull Norwich, E. ; rain Peterborough, S.S.W. • fog Port-Glasgow, E.; dull Southampton,W.N.W. • fine Stockton-on-Tees, N.W. ; fogy Sund g erland, N.W. ; foggy Weymouth, W. ; cloudy York, W. ; dense fog An adjournment for two months wa s ordered in the case of Messrs. Francis and' Hooper, leather factors, of erinondsey, no accounts having been filed. _ BIRMINGHAM CATTLE SHOW. The number of ordinary tickets of admission at 6d. each to this show was 2 0,000 ; that being the maximum permitted by the council. LIGHTING STEAMERS WITH GAS.—The Birken head Commissioners are trying the experiment of lighting the cabins of their river steamers with gas, a quantity of Which will be carried on board each steamer daily. On Monday evening a Refreshment and Lecture Room for the special use of the railway labourers was qtened in the parish of Battersea, where the men and their Wives were invited to tea and addressed by the vicar and ether friends. The object of the institution is to enable t hem to acquire both secular and religious knowledge by the aid of voluntary teachers, male and female. Lectures 1 1„ be given on Friday evenings, and on Saturda y even 'ego a penny bank is opened for their savings. PRICE OF Go4D.—The quotation of gold at Paris about 1 per mille premium, and the short exchange on Tendon is 25.17 f per £ sterling. On comparing these rates With the English mint price of £3 17s. 10d. per ounce for s tandard gold, it appears that gold is about 1-10th per tent, dearer in Paris than in London. By advices from Il eteburg the price of gold is 4'24f per mark, and the short e xchange on London is 13.4; per £ sterling. Standard gold at the-English mint price is, therefore, not quite 1-10th per eent. dearer in Hamburg than in London. The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at sixty days' s ight is quoted at various rates, from par to 105 per cent., eta for good commercial bills may be considered to be about 103 per cent., which exchange is against this country, and admits of the exportation of gold to the United States. The late severe easterly winds having gradually %riled round to the south have added greatly to the amount of shipping in the port of Liverpool. On Sunday last the improvement in the wind took place, and up to yesterday tlesdaY) evening upwards of 120 full rigged ships had enters the port. The majority of these vessels were from . the cotton p or t s o f th e U n it e d St a t es , th us a dding immensely " 0 the stocks of cotton in hand at Liverpool. A colossal b us t o f C araca lla, discovered at trams, near Phillippi, in Macedonia, and presented to the Rotunda by M. de Saint Sauveur, has just been placed in the of the old entrance of the Musee des Antiques. r THE 1, SUM LONDON, WEDNgSpAY EVENING. „DECEMBER 5, 1860. S EAR.E .3IARKET.-(THIS DAY.) ORDINARY SHAtiES AND STOCKS. Railways. 13.14 stock Belfast and Ballymena Bir., Wol , and Str. Val. Birk., La:, and Ch June Blackburn Blyth and Tyne Bost. Sleaf. and Mid.Co Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Carmarthen & Cardigan Cork and Bandon Cork, I'frock., tPassage Cornwall Do A unti " pc peran (A gets no div Do B , ha sbeen • d. toB Dublin & Belfast June. Dun., Perth, &Ab. Juno East Anglian Eastern Counties Eastern Union, A stock Do do B do Do Nw A, late EU3ds East Suffolk Edinburgh & Glasgow Edin. Perth, & Dundee Portia & Clyde Junction Furness Maw.. and S. Western Great Ntbn. of Scotland Great Northern stock stock stock stock stock stcoc stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock Do do A stock Po do do Gt. S. An W. of Ireland Great Western Do Str Val gua. stock Trish South-eastern Lancashire tt Torkshiri stock stock stock stock stock stock (Loudon and Blackwall iLon., Briffht.. & S Coast Lond., Chat., and Dover Lond.'& Nth. Western Lond. & Sth. Western. L'derry & Coleraine L'derry k Ennisaillen Man. She. Maryport and Carlisle Do do + shares Metropolitan Midland .. Do new ___Do uirming. & Derby stock stock 6.4.0. stock Id. Gt. W. of Ireland Do 4 shares 3114 Kent....... Do, Cray Line Newcastle and Carlisle Newry & Armagh, def. • Newq, Warnpt. & Ros. Nthn. Counties Union North British.. Nor.Dev.Rail&Dk.stock Th,Astk;Arecsnod. stock stock stock stock until Upch as been pd.B 13 stock stock stook Nth. Eastern—Berwick',' no , ef.N.E. purchase no Leeds ..............' Do York ....... . North London ...... stock stock stock .9.16.4 Do new vorth Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junction Not. & Grantham Rail reebles Portsmouth Rhymney.....- Scottish Central Scot N. E., Aber. stock Do Scot. Mid. stock Shropshire Union Sittin p-bonrne & Sheer. South Devon Sauth Eastern ...... South Wales . S. York. and River Dun t ain es, Wok,. and Wok Stockton & Darlington stock stock stock stock 10 stock stock stock stock stock stock Do do Taff Vale Do Pref. No 1 ThamesllavenDk&Rail Ulster .. Do . Vale of Neath Victoria Sta. and Pim Waterford & Kilkenny Waterford & Limerick West C. , rnwall West London Do Ist Class Do gel class .. West - Hartlepool. Harbr and Tihil •• West Midland—Oxford no. ' Newport Do. Hereford 12 10 stock 13 stocz stock stock stock stock Paid. 100 1.4.0. 100 all all all all all all 100 3/ 100 100 Closing I Price. FI Sf 81 83 111 14 64 7 96 98 Psi 951 el 61 7) 8 16i 17 51 52 38 40 27 29 28! 29, 53 55 63 631 100 100 100 16 13 4 100 100 100 5 17i all 1031 1031 ip 60i 601 91 024 101 103 - - 2,; 94 , SH 87f 114 116 333 34 87 89 49 51 6 7 41 43 841 85; 64 66 77 79 6 8 401 411 94 101 p 554 56 24 3411 I d fp EIS 70 11f 11/ 6 Of 47 48 42 44 83 85 PREFERENCE SHARES. Budneas Done. 95j 61 161 .:2 Li 108 i 731 120 1 63 116 / 16 WOW 134k5 1031 41 4 601 92i i 2 3 ' Pai , Closing Business Share Railways. " Price. Done. 25 tllythe and Tyne 10 per c. pref. (issued at £5 O all ctk Rris. & Exet.4 p.ct.stock 100 94 96 20 Do. do. do. Shares stock Caledon £lO, 45 per cent 100 101 103 stock Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. 100 61 Cork & Bandon, 51 p. c. all 20 Cornwall. 5 oer cent. fi Dun.Perth&Aber.Jun all 54 61 stoat E. ingn.Class A 7 &sp.c lOO 99 101 stock Do. do. Class B 8 p.c._ 100 111 113 stock Do. do. Class C 7 p.c._ 100 106 108 s tock E. Conn. Ex. sp. c. No. 100 109 111 stock Do. do. No. 2 100 108 110 stock 'Do. New 6 pet et, stock. 100 124 126 stock Eastern 'Union, 4 per et. 100 80 82 stock Do. 5 per cent, guar_ 100 stock Edin.&Glas. sp.e. shares 100 111 113 stock Do. 4p. c gua. S. &D. 100 90 n stock Edin. Perth& Dun. 4 p.c. 100 stock 'urness, 5 per cent 100 stock illas.& S. West.g.a. sp.c. 100 stock cr'reivt Northern, sp. et. 100 117 119 stock Do.sp.c.Redm.,lop.c.pm 100 111 113 stock Do. 41 p. c. do. do. 100 Do. sp.c. Redm. 5 p.c. pm 8 0 85 87 10 Gt. Nh. of Scotld. Ist pf. all f G t.Sn. & W (Irelar d) 4 100 98 100 stock , 1 p. ot. pref. stock 50 G ref , LlVest. (Barks any Hants) Ext. sp. et 6 stock Co. Redeemable,4l p.c, 100 99 101 stock Do. Redeemable. 4p. ct. 100 90 92 stock Do Irredeemable, do lOO 91 93 stock Do. 5 p.a. Redeem. Pref. 100 102 104 1021 3 8 Do. Birm. Pref. Shares. all 94 1 0 10 Gt. W. Ches. 8 p.c. pf.sh. all 17 181 10 Do. do. sp. ct. pref all lei 104 stook Do Birmcr,quar. stock lOO 76 78 2O Do. Chester'gua. shares all 20 21 131 Do. do. do. 20 Do. do. do. s tock Lan.&York 6p. c. stock lOO .136 1313 stock Do.Barnsl.st.£s3s 10d pc 100 stock Do. 6 per c. (E. Lan.) 100 • stock Lon.& Brig. 5 pc.gn.No,l 100 116 118 stock Do. sp. c. No. 2 100 116 118 stock Do. gua. 6p. c. stock Do. do. 5 P.C. No. 4 100 116 118 stock Do. do. 44 per cen , . 100 103 105 5 Do. do. 44 p. c. shares all stock Do. 7p. et. Pref. stock lOO 152 155 stock Do. 6p.c. do. (W.E.&C.P ) 100 130 134 stock Do.4p.e.S.(div.dettil '65) 100 69 71 stock Lou. Chat. and Dover lOO 90 92 stock Lon. and N.W. Cov. and Nuneaton, sp. et... 100 116 118 stock Lou. & S.W, 7p. ct. stock 100 150 155 stock Do. 44 per cent lOO 2s. 6d. Do. (Prtsm. perpi anns of 2s. 6d. all • 124 Londondy. & Cole. 1 sh. all 121 Londony. k Ennis. sh all 124 1:1 stock Man. Sh. &Lin. 6 per ct. 100 6 Do. £6 stock Do. 31 per cent 10 Do. redeem. 6 per cent 5 1 4P' 12 ;litrynort & Car., 4p. e all 124 Do. 41 per cent. all stock Mid. Con. 6p. c. stock lOO stock Do.Con.Bris. & Bir. 6 p.c lOO 136 138 stock Do. 41 p. c. pref. stock lOO 101 103 1021 3 6 Do. with option till 181 3 stock Do. Leic. & Pit. pref. st. 100 94 96 stock Norflk sp. c. Ex. st. 1846 100 stock Do. 54 p. c. Pref. do. 1847 100 stock Do.sWay.Val.Ex.st.lB47 100 stock North British, sp. o lOO 11 t 113 stock Do, New, gua. 3p. c lOO 109 111 101 Do. Bor, Ern. g. pf. shs 1 114 p 14 10 I Do. do. do. all stock Nth.Dev.Rail. &Dck.Co. 100 stock N-East.Cons.Pref. 4p. 0. 100 93 95 stock Do. Berwick, 4 p.c. Pref. 100 100 102 102 17 Do. do. do 13.4. p 1p 20 Do. Leeds, 6p. e. No. 1 13 124 Do. do. Quarters, 1848.. 9 15 Do. York, .& S. Purch. 10 p p 10 North Staffordshire.... all 23 24 10 Rhymney Guaranteed. all flf Scottish Central, new p' all stock Scottish North-Eastern 31 p. e. pref. stock.... 100 stock Do.kberdeen,gua.6P.c. 100 122 124 stock Do. 7p. c. pref. stock 100 130 133 10s' South Devon, Ann: 10s. all 101 11 10 Do. Fixed 41 per cent.' all 1.0.6 South Eastern (Reading) , 1,0,6) _ stoca Do. 41 per cent lOO 101 103 stock Do. Fixed Ist is lOO 101 103 stock 'outh Wales, gua. 4 p.c lOO 90 92 stock. Do. 41 per cent lOO 99 101 s tock S.-Yorkshire, 4p. c. gua lOO. , 85 88 25 Stock. & Dar. Asp. c all 27 4 284 25 Do. 13 6 ner cent all 52 334 . 25 Do. C G percent all 32 334 stock Watrfd & Kilkny, 6 p.c ; 100 4S 48 stock W.Mid -Oxf ist Gua stk 100 4 124 126 stock D O . 2d do 100 123 125 stock Do. Newport sp.c.pf.red. 100 99 101 stock Do.Perpet. Op. c. pf 1866 100 123 125 s t oc k Do. till 1869, Ist is. 106 115 118 121 Do. do. 2d is. 71 LINES LEASED raid. A ii k: oasi 7: ng: 7 1 :/ cplor R sieet E n. :TA B L Dus S oin . ne : 68 Railways. Bedford andetchley 911 LJzICT Beckinghtinshire . • 100Ln jasT: W. w 9 . 7 . 66 Do. do. 54 per cent. 100 Do. 113 115 Chester & Holyhead.. lOO Do. 1 5 2 2 5 i 1 5 2 3 7 4 53 Do. do. 5 per cent., 100 Do. Clydesdale Junction.. 100 Caledonia 102 104 Colchester, Stour Val. all E.I.J.&E C 16 17 E u Li n n i co on,u lns avv h r ire i gi s ph.c.B all loo aou Gtc.Nourtths: 4t 1351: 4 i7 1 Do. Woodbridge ... 100 ...... Gls.Barr.&Neils,Drct. 100 C4ledonin Do. New ... ...... 100 Do. •• • • Gloster& Dean * Forest all Gt: West. Hartlpool.Dck.& Rail. all Yk.N.&Br Hull and Selby Do. Shares Do. Shares Lanc.& Carl. gua.s p.c. 100 Ln.&N.W 205 209 208 London & Greenwich 100 S. East... 61 63 Do. Preference ..... 100 Do. irNeothrfolkC o. 93 L 7 95 DL : 14 : 0 00eal nn • . 6 , :eß T esp, Et: Stock.... ar b uttdo ext Y c: tok : nn;tl S . a4z. o r.. u 4 t p e n . 1 1 0 00 0 ;11 . 1. t Prefer ence 1 1 9. 9 00 1 9 1 D L o IsT . Wdal 34 3f ,Midland 96 98 Newmarkt.,BuryEx ) 5. 5 61E.Counts 4 p guaranteed 5 p. c..j. Northn.& Eastn. 5 p.c. all !Do. 55 57 Do. do. 6 per cent ... . all iDo. Do. Fixed 5 per cent. all 'Do. — North Western all 'Midland 15 154 Preston and Wyre. all L & NW & L.Yk I Do. Stares A. all IDo Roystn.Hitch., & Shep 100 'Gt.North 135 137 Shrewsbr3r& Hereford 100 T.Bra ssey 103 105 Do. Do. 1 ...... S ou th Staffordshire.. all Welean lO4 11 Wilts and Somerset.. 100 Gt. West 93 95 944 Wimbledonx Croydn. all L.& Brgtn 74 81 - - - DOCKS. - Share Docks. stock Commercial ......•••••• stock Do. 4 per Cent Prctlqin stock LEast and West Indies stock London stock 't. Katharine stock outhampton stock I Victoria ..... 20 Do' N „,,,, ..,.,..........,..010, Paid. 100 100 10 100 100 100 100 - 1 100 100 20*11 100 1000 321 10 stock 25 stock stock stock stock stock Closing Price. Business Done. 100 stock 101 103 I i P BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Closing Bu sin ess Share Railways. paid. price. done 100 Atlantic &St Lawrence all 75 77 f Bom.,Baroda&.Cent Ind stk 100 955 961 k Gu. 5 per cent 18 Do, Do. B 16 13 1 d 201 Buffalo and Lake Huron all 4 4 5 4d 201 Do. New 10 Do. Preference 100 f Buffalo,Brant&Godriel 100 75 so ' l 6 p. et. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 100 Do. do. July 1, 1873 100 67 72 100 10. do. June 1, 1874 100 6.5 70 5 C lcutta. &S. E astn. (Lim' 3 1 d pr 20 Cape,Eastn.Prov. (Lim. l 25.; 20 'apeTown & Dock Scrip 5 11 If d 20 Ceylon Guarantd. 6p. a 7/ 11 1 d 171 .Demerara all ' 20 Eastn. Bengal gu. sp. e 10 'l3 li d 8} stock East Indian, gu. sp. c lOO 1015 1021 1021 2 20 Do. F Shares Ext all d pr 20 Do. Jubbulpore all d pr 100 • Do. 41 pc. Debentrs all 99 100 100 Do. sp. c. Deb., 1864 all 1005 1011 20 Geelong & Melbourne all stock Geelong Corporation 6 per cent. Bonds ... stock Grand Trunk of Canada . 100 24 25 24 5 100 Do. 6 per cent. Pref all 76 78 100 Do. 6 per ct. Debentr all 46 41 100 Do. 7 per cent. 1862 100 Do. do. 1867 all 47 50 100 Do. do. 1872 all • 46 49 stock Gt. IndiaPenin.gua.sp.e lOO 97 98 20 Do. New gua. sp. c 8 1d I d 20 Gt. South. ofln dia (Lim; guaranteed 5 per cent all 21 tfd 201 Gt. W. of Canada Shares all 10 4 11 10 ,1 4 20/ Do. New 100 Do. Bonds pay. '76, with • • opt, till '6O 100 Do. do. '73 till '6O all 95 100 100 Do. do. '73 without opt all I+3 96 100 Do. 51 p. o. do. '77 do all 90 93 stock Madras, gnar., 45 p. c lOO 85 86 stock Do. do. 5 per cent . _ 100 954 061 stock Do. 41 p. c. Extension 100 88 89 20 Do. Fourth do l5 1 1 1 1 d 20 Do. d 0..... stock Melb.Corp. 6p. ,o. Bnds lOO 20 Newßrunswick & Canda Ry.&Land(Lim.)g.6pc all 5 7 Class A Capital Share ... Do. do. Land d 0... .... •20 Do. do. B Capital do. .. Do. do. Laud do. ...... all 5 7 20 Oude (Limited) .. ..... 55. stock Scinde ... .......ed4 100 99 100 20 . Do. Punjaub .... .1 4gi 10 11 d 10 :81 20 Do. Do. stock Do. Indus. St. Flo. lOO 93 95 20 S LAndrews & Quebec A 18 10 Trinidad (Lim.) Scrip.„ 1 t 7, d FOREIGN RAILWAYS. 10 Antwerp & Rotterdam all 54 51 20 Ardennes. all —p ' 20 Bah.&S.Pran..Lim.7p.c. 10 11 154 ill II 5 Belgian East. Junction all 1 3 3 20 Beziers to Graissessac.. all ' 6 Ca'neaux Mine & Rail all 104 111 ]. 100 Copiapo 10 Ditto Extension all 3 21d 1 20 'Dutch Rhenish ........ 16 33 24l 1/11% 20 Eastern of France .... all 231 244 ' 20 Grand Rus. Guar. 6p. c 6 I 20 Do. do. all 20 Great Central of France all 20 Gt. Luxem., Con. shs... all 61 61 61 20 Italian Junction 20 Lake Constance & Bale all 20 Lierre & Turnhout 20 Lyons & Geneva 331, Maria Antonia —— all i 10 Do. New ..... 20 Namur & Liege 20 Do. 6p. c. Pref all 191 204 ] 16 Northern of France all 881 391 l 16 Do. New Shares 10 Norwegian Trunk Pref all 71 81 i 20 Paris,Lyons, & Mediter all 354 361 20 Paris & Orleans .. . 20 i Recife & S. Fran. (fern ) gua. 7_p. et. lim l3 41 3fd 84 I 20 Riga & Dunaburg l4 10 Rome & Frascati 20 Royal Danish all • 5 Royal Swedish 4 Do. 7 per cent. Pref all i 20 Sambre & Meuse 10 . Do. 51 per cent. Pref all 81 /4 20 .an Paulo, lim, g. 7p. c 2 11 id 20 S.Aust. &Lomb Venetin .12 Id 1 d 131 a 20 Southern of France all 20 21 8} West Flanders 10 Do. 51 p. c.Preference .. all 91 91 a 20 W. & N.W. of France .. all 22 23 s 23 Western of Austria.... 6 20 Western of Switzerland all -- 6 Wiesbaden 6 !Do. 8 per cent Pref all 20 Zealand BRITISH MINES. ' Paid C r lo ri si ce. ng Business Done. Share Mines. Pa m! Closing Business Price. Done !Alfred Con3ols (Philack) 2.11.101 20 !British Iron I 16 3 ! 9 i 235 215 415 425 115 120 114 111 11 114 28 MI 94 10 1 4 14 1 14 21 3 31 33 1 31 31 11 1/ 53 55 Clifford nil Devon G. Cons. (Tavist ) 1 East Bassett (Illogan) 3O East Caradon 12.14.6 E. W'lßussel (Tavistk )I 7.4.0 Gam.&StAubyn(Gwen ) 541 Great South Tolgus l7s G. Wheal Alfd. (Philack) 12.13.9 I G. Wheal Vor (Helston) 9k Grenville . Herod's-Foot 8.12 Hingston Downs 4.10.6 --!Lady Bertha - Margaret (Uny Lelant) flk North Downs 2 North Frances(lllogan)l Ilk N. WWI Basset (1110 , an) 15s ,North Wheal Crofty , 9.18.9 --(Par Consols (St. Blazey)i lk 20 Providence (Uny Lelnt.) 10.6.7 Surtridze Cons. Min. Co. 14s South Caradon(St Cleer) 1 S. Carn Brea (Illogan).. 3 1 S. Dev. Iron &Gen., Lim. all S.Wheal Fran. (Illog,an) 18.1Q.S Stray Park 24.18.0 5 Tamar Silv.& Lead Min 44. 10 Tin Crort 9 Vale of Towey (Carm )'.3s 6d West Basset (Illogan) W. Caradou (Liskeard) 5 West Seton Wheal Basset (Mogan) 5 'Wheal Buller (Redruth) 5 [Wheal Edward (Cals.), 12 Wheal (U.Lelint) 1.7.2 Wheal MaryAnn(Men.)' 8 1 Wheal Tretawney (Lis.) 51 I FOREIGN MINES. Australian 7f BonAccord Capper,Lim ; 15s Brazil. Imp. (is. at Li pli 27} Do.St.Johildelßey,Litni • 15 Do. Land and Mining Co. all Clarendon Cons.MinCo fi Cobre Copper all Copiapo . l6 DunMoun.Cop.Ming.Co all Fortuna. 1 all General • all Gt. N. Cop. of S. Austr. 1 Kapunda (Limited)..... I Linares all Lusitanian 2 Mariquira... all N.ithineCopofS.Aits.L.. 128.6 d, Politglbaud Silver,Lead Mining and Smelt.... I all Port Philip 1 ;Scottish Austrin. (L.) lOB. E United Mexican ;Worthing (Limited) all Do 41 41 4li 44 104 114 94 11 45 47 1 14 290 30 21 34 1324 1374 474 49 24 2.1 Si it 17 18 4 76 78 360 370 110 120 100 110 17 /8 21 23} id 20 Id l k 2 4 28 29 1061: 171 43 45 8 10 1 lt 2i 21 23 id par it 14p Oi 10. P r ip 4 Id 5 2 I d 14A 2 1 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECIT ,ITIES. Can. Gov. 6 p.c.Ja. &July 100 112 117 Do. 6p. cent. 1879 100 Do. 6p. cent. 1880 100 Do. 6p. cent. 1882 100 D D e o . . 6 6 p. p. e o . . 3 liie a h r. & s A e u p g t 1 00 00 1 11 12 2 1 1 1 14 4 Do. 5 per cent lOO 1021 103 1 4 Do. Scrip B2 N.B.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July 100 107 103 c. Do. 6p. Ap. & eicL I I 100 — N. S. W. Gov. sp. 0., 1866 100 Do. sp. a.. 1871 to 1876 100 Do. 5 p.0.,1888 & upwds 104 Nova. Scotia Gov. 6 p. c. sterling, 1875 . ... 100 S. Aus.Gt. 6 p.c.1878 & up. 100 Vic. Gov. 6 p.c, Ja.&July 100 Do, do. 6 p.c. Ap.&Oct. 100 100 101 100 101 100 10 i 1108 109 108 110 107 1074 i' I 1i 1 d 1 1i 1; 21 2 4 1 lid , 3 2d it 1 i 1, l i i pr o 53 70 73 11 13 17 18 p 17 19 5 8 46 48 129 135 33 35 115 141 1031 3 } 103 100/ 1071 I 102 1071 .1 t i t 5 7 8r 9i LA IV INTELLIGENCE.-(TIIIS DAY). MOLLS COURT. JUDGMENT-SIVINFEN V. SVINFEN. This case came before the Court on certain questions relating to the personal property of the late Samuel Swin fen, arising between that gentleman's, next of kin and his devisee, Mrs. Patience Swinton. _ _ . His Honour the Master of the Rolls was of opinion that the sum of £6!),000 merged into the testator's estate, - and the devisee takes it. The bequest of £445 Us. sd. and all the furniture vas not confined to all the ftirniture in the house, but furniture in general, including stock, &C., and that the money in his house not disposed of at his death passes to his legatees. Several sums of money (Xl6B 3s. 10d., £287 14s. 4d., and £l9O 7s. 11d.) were allowed to Mrs. Swinfen, with interest and dividends due thereon. Costs to be paid out of the estate. His Honour is to make a decree on further consider ation. POLICE INTBLErG EN CE-1 MARLBOROUGH-STREET. THE NEW ACT ON REFRESHMENT HOUSES.—George Lines, a servant, was charged with being drunk and assault ing Mr. Benjamin Alexander, eating and refreshment-house keeper, 26, Tichborne street, Haymarket. Mr. Alexander said the prisoner and two others, one of whom was a soldier, came into his house and wanted re freshment, but seeing they were drunk he refused to serve them, and two cf them left, but the prisoner refused to do so ; and on his putting his hand on his shoulder to lead him out he struck a violent blow at his (Mr. Alexander's) face, but which he warded off on his hand, which was bruised in consequence. Brown, 304 A, having proved taking the prisoner into custody, and seeing Mr. Alexander's hand bruised, Mr. Beadon said people were not to go into houses and kick up a row. It was clear he was drunk and assaulted the complainant. This was one of the first cases that had come before bim under the new act respecting refreshment houses, and he would tell him by that act, if a person was drunk and was ordered to leave by the landlord, and refused to do so, he was liable to a penalty of 40s. He should, however, fine him 20s. or a month. : • The clause of the Act is as follows :—" Any person who shall be drunk, riotous, quarrelsome, or disorderly, in any shop, house, or place, licensed fot the solo of beer, wine, or spirituous liquors by retail to be consumed on the premises, or for refreshment, resort, and entertainment, under the provisions of this act, and shall refuse or neglect to quit such premises, shop, or house, or place upon being requested so to do by the manager, or occupier, or agent, or servant, or by any constable, shall, on conviction thereof, be liable to a penalty not exceeding 405." THAMES. JUVENILE DELINQUENCT.—A little Irish boy, named Thomas Bryant, whose rough head of hair could juit be seen peeping above the felon's dock in which he was placed, was brought before Mr. Yardley, charged with stealing two caps from the shop of Mr. William Williams, hatter, of High-street, Poplar. Mr. Yardley asked the prosecutor if he placed his goods inside or outside his shop. Mr. Williams—Outside, always outside, sir. Mr. Yardley—Then you ought not to do anything of the kind. Keep your goods inside your shop beyond the reach of temptation in future. Mr. Williams—l beg pardon, sir, I meant inside my shop. I never put my goods outside my shop. Mr. Yardley—l am very glad to hear it. Go on, sir. Mr. Williams—This boy came into my shop yesterday afternoon and stole two caps. He ran away with them and I pursued him, and he deliberately threw the caps into a shoemaker's shop. After he was taken he confessed ho stole a cap last week. Mr. Yardley asked the boy where he lived, and if his parents were in attendance. After the question had been repeated several times he stammered out, NQ. 7, Sophia street, Poplar. Mr. Yardley—ls your father or your mother present ? The boy made no answer. " You little goose," exclaimed a woman at the back of the court, " sure I'm your mother." Mr. Yardley—Come this way. The woman, who was decently attired,, and whose man ner indicated respectability and intelligence, said she was very poor, and had never heard of her boy doing wrong before. He never brought home anything, and she wished to discourage his bad habits. Mr. Yardley—ls your name Bryant ? Witness—No, sir; my name is Kelly. Mr. Yardley—The boy gives the name of Bryant. The mother—That was his father's name. Bryant was my first husband, and Kelly is my second. Mr. Yardley-1V ell, I should save this boy if possible. Tell your husband to attend here en Monday next. The boy is remanded until that day. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. BETTING AT MANCHESTER-YESTERDAY. The affair at Croydon created very little interest here. There were very few disposed to open their books, and almost as few disposed to back anything. There was cer tainly a few bets made on the Metropolitan Steeplechase, and Heads or Tails was made favourite for the Croydon Stakes. The little done on the Derby hardly indicates any change. Closing prices : CROYDON METROPOLITAN STREPLECRASE. 6to 1 agst Tumbler (taken) • 6to 1 apt Medora (taken) DERBY. 25 to .1 agst Nautilus (taken) 50 to 1 agst The Drake (taken) 66 to 1 agst Cassio (taken THIS DAY'S SHIPPING. LONDON, Dec. s.—Wind this day at noon—West; light breeze, and dull, cloudy weather. DEAL, Dec s.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Queen of the Wave, from the River and sailed for Madras. PILL, Dec. 3.—Wind E.—Arrived—Howard, from New York ; Alexander, from Quebec. Sailed—Levant, for Barbadoea. SWANSEA, Dec. 4.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—Friend burg, from Quebec. Sailed—Village Bell, for Jamaica; Stansile, for Gibraltar. CLYDE, Dec. 4, —Wind N.N.W.—Arrived—Louise Jewitt, from New York. PLYMOUTH, Dec. 4.—Wind E.S.E.—Sailed—Her Majesty's ship Ariel, for the Cape of Good Hope. CARDIFF, Deo. 3.—Wind S.E.—Sailed—St. Joan Bap • tiste, for Monte Video. MUMBLES, Dec. I,—Wind S.B.—Arrived—Aberfoyle, from Quebec, . HULL, Dec. 4.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Ellerslie, from Miramichi. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGR PH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Wednesday Morning. Wind W.N.W. Arrived—Alliance, steamer, from Havre; Ceres, steamer, from Dublin. Sailed—Borussia steamer, for New York ; Ceylon, steamer, for Alexandria; Le Coq, for Cherbourg; Beres, steamer, for London; Athens, steamer, for Cape of Good Hope ; Courier, steamer, for Jersey. The Oneida is to go on with the West India mail instead of the Tasmanian. The mails, &c., are now being trans ferred, and the Oneida has her sailing Hag hoisted. (BY SUBMARINE AND MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Wednesday Morning. Wind S. ' • tide four hours' ebb ; weather light and thick. Arrived, Dec. 4—George, from Quebec. Arrived, Dec. 6—Dart, from Antwerp ; Mary Ann, from Jamaica; Holland, steamer, from Ostend; Leo and Bata- Tier, steamers, from Rotterdam. Sailed, Dec. s—Mowe, for Bremen. MIS. DAY'S MARE ETS. CORN EXCHANGE. A very limited supply of English wheat was on offer in to•day's market, nevertheless the demand for all kinds ruled heavy at Monday's currency. The general quality of the samples was inferior. Upwards of 30,000 qrs. of foreign wheat having come fresh to hand, sales were very difficult, and they could not be effected except at reduced quotations. • Floating cargoes of grain were a dull inquiry. Fine barley was held at full prices, but other descriptions were rather easier, with a dull market. There was little doing in malt at late quotations. The oat trade was somewhat firmer than on Monday. In prices, however, no change took place. Beans and peas ruled about stationary; but American flour, owing to the arrival of 22,550 barrels, was rather cheaper. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour. English. .. 1,270 ' 490 620 2lO / 720 Irish F0reign........ 30,200 4,280 6,060 / 850 sacks 22,550 brls. BOROUGH HOP. Our market is heavy for all kinds of hops, and prices are barely eupported. WHITECHAPEL. The supplies of meat are moderately good, and the de mand ruled steady, as follows : Beef, 2s Gd to 4s 4d ; mutton, 3s Gd to 4s 6d ; veal, 4s Od to 4s 6d ; pork, 3s 8d to 55 Od per Blbs. by the carcase. ONE FARTHING DAMAGES.—In the Court of Queen's Bench, yesterday, an action—Towle v, Boodle— for slander and assault was tried. The plaintiff and defen dant were both attorneys. The jury gave a verdict for the plaintiff—damages (which were laid at £500), one farthing. THE CONDEMNED CULPRIT ANNE PADFIELD.— Several paragraphs having appeared in reference to the case of Anne Padfield, tho convict under sentence of death in the gaol of Newgato for the murder of her child, in which it appears to be assumed that she now admits her guilt, we are requested to state that, since her conviction, the convict has made a statement to the ordinary, solemnly declaring . that she had nothing to do with the murder, and incrimi nating other persons. This statement has been submitted by the sheriffs to the Secretary of State, and is now under investigation. VI'IT OF - THE EMPRESS OF THE FRENCH To. 7HE QUEEN. The Empress Eugenie arrived at Windsor yesterday afternoon, in one of the state carriages of the Great Wes tern Railway, for the purpose of paying a visit to ber Majesty and the Prince Consort. In accordance with the wisheo expressed by the EmpreSs that her visit should be considered strictly of a' private chaiacter, the- guard of honour wad dispensed with, and even the time that her Majesty might be expected to arrive was announced tmthe officials scarcely an hour previous to her arrival, conse quently a gnat crowd at the. station. was avoided., The Prince Consort, accompanied by Lord Charles Fitz roy and Major Du Plat, came to the station at one o'clock, and awaited in'the royal saleori her Majesty's arrival; pre oisely at ten minutes past one o'clock the Empress - arrived, when the Prince Consort proceeded across the platform and cordially sbook hands with her Majesty as she left the carriage. Her Majesty took the Prince's arm, and pass ing through the saloon entered one of the royal pony car riages, and proceeded with the Prince to the Castle ; two other carriages followed with the ladies and gentlemen of her suite. On the platform to receive the Einpress were Mr. Henry Driver (mayor), Lady Grey, Lady Bruce, Col. DalrymplN,of the Scots Fusilier Guards in garrison here; Rev, the Vicar of Windsor, Mr. Henry Stevens, Captain Layard, Mr. Matthews, and the following magistrates of the borough;—Messrs. Blunt, Harris, Holderness, and Hanson, and Mr. Henry Darvill, town clerk. The EMpress as she left the station, and along the whole line of route to the Castle, was loudly cheered, and during her stay the bells of St. John's Church sent forth merry peals. _ _ _ The Empress, after luncheon, took leave of the Queen, and at ten minutes past three o'clock arrived at the station, ai passed through the Queen's waiting-room to the State carriage, leaning on the arm of the Prince Consort. Her Majesty appeared in good health, but not so in spirits, and with an amiable though somewhat pensive smile, she gracefully bowed to the company as the train slowly pro ceeded from the station. The royal journeys Were performed in 30 minutes each way by the company's powerful engine, the Iron Duke. JOINT-STOCK BANKS. AgraltUnitedStrviceliki Australasia Bank of Egypt Bank of London Bank of Turkey ....... British North American Chtd.Bank of 1 ndia, &o. Ch. Mer. of In. Lon.& Ch City Cdonial .. Corn. Bank of Canada.. Commercial of London . Eng., Scot., & Aus. Ch.. Gen. Bk .ot Switzerland Lon. Char.Bkof Austral London and County .. London Joint Stock London lz 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 Mutual 82 84 184 194 6 t o 62 1 67 99 24 22t 34 36 70 72 39 41 21 22 141 14 24i 25 44 46 18 186 iCELLANEOUS. Anglo-Mexican Mint 1 Atlantic Tel. (Limited) I Australian Agricultural' Berlin Water (Limited) British American Land B.&LMag. Tel. A. (Lim.) Do. 8,7p.c.t1111852 (Lim.) I Do. C. (Li m it e d ) Canada Land Chan. Islands Tel. (Lim ) iCop. Min. ofEng.&Sifiltg Do. Pref. 7 per cent Crystal Palace 'Do. Preference Do. 6 p. c. Pet pet Deben 'Electric Telegraph Do. New English &Aus. Copper Gen. Steam Navigate m Great Ship limited) Do. 17i p et Preference Lon. District Tel. (Lim.) London Discount (Lim.) L.G. Omnibus Co. (Lim.) Madras Irr. and Canal Mediter. Electric Teleg Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim ) National Dis. Co. (Lim ) Nerbu.Coal&lron (Lim ) Netherlands Land . Do.B N. Br.&NovaScotiaLand N.B.Australasian (Um.) Oriental Gas (Limited). Do. New Shares (Lim.) °Hutt In.Steara(LinoA Ditto B. Ditto C team . RRPE Pen.e e h o e dppyyloa R . &le New New ru&dail s ci t : T n a e lle a l nSI m Soot Austin. Inv. (Lim) south Australian Lan Submarine Tel. Scrip Do. do. Registered Do. do.. Tr. & Ln. ComfUpr.Can. Diezumip Land 100 all all all all 5 281 14i 141 30 32 5 5i 30 32 35 37 18 20 13 15 112 115, 24 25 28 30 100 IC2 107 1(9 93 96 2a 1 4 Ea THE LATE DUKE OF NORFOLK. The following pastoral letter of his Eminence the Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster was read in all the churches and chapels of the archdiocese on Sunday last:— " Nicholas, by the Divine Mercy, of the Holy Roman Church, of the title of St. Pudentiana Cardinal Priest, and Archbishop of Westminster. To our dearly Be loved Brethren and Children in Christ, the Clergy Secular _and Regular, and the Faithful of the said diocese. Health and benediction in the Lord. " While death is daily engaged in its work of removing men from this earthly scene we seldom feel it our duty to call your atten. ion to this unceasing course of nature, or to claim it for what may seem a peculiar case in its operation. For it excepts not the great, nor the good, nor tho learned, nor the dear from its unsparing action, but takes each in its turn, and keeps a stern proportion between these and the mass of its more secret victims. " But now we feel, dearly beloved in Christ, that it is incumbent on us to invoke your sympathies and summon you to participation in our grief, because an unsearchable decree of Providence has remove•l from us one to whom manifold ties of respect, gratitude, and affection bound this diocese. " Our wnil-beloved son in Jesus Christ, Henry, Duke of Norfolk, closed his edifying life, by a calm and holy end, on the night of Sunday last, the 25th inst., leaving a void among us net easily to be filled up. It is not because the first of England's noblemen is lost 'to us, and years must pass before the inheritor of his title, and we may trust of his virtues, will be free to act, but because we have had taken from before'us, and from among us, a model and a practiser of great Christian and Catholic virtue. " For, while placed in the very highest pinnacle of social and national position, while surrounded by all the advan tages which the world can give, endowed with manly and generous qualities, and even physically offering a choice type of English manhood, there was in this illustrious man a gentleness that sprung from true humility, and almost concealed by its external grace the firm root from which it grew. IVgtther in the form of considerateness for the lowest dependent, or of attentiveness to guest and friend, or of deference to counsellors, or of unostentatiousness in person and action, or of simplicity in the doing of great things, or of bashful shrinking sensibility as to public ap pearance, we have noted, with admiration, a far deeper and holier groundwork than these outward characteristics manifested to the world.. For they were the result of a rare unselfishnes, self-neglect, and almost self-contempt. If what is called Fortune was lavish of its gifts to him, Grace certainly was no less generous, and made him lowly and simple in heart and inmost thought; so that he con sidered himself placed where he was only to dispense the earthly blessings in his hand, for the love of God and of his neighbours. " It is • *this singular humility of soul, which imparted so muchiiacious beauty to his character and conduct, that we have always most revered and honoured him. "And, at the same time, we must not omit to give him another praise, rare in our times of political intrigue, want of public principle, and social hypocrisy. Whatever the days of ancient chivalry may have Safi on record of unsullied integrity and unspotted honour, of inflexibility in rectitude, and unflinchingness in truth, was true and living in him. He sacrified the career of his public life, he refused the dis• tinction of Royal favour most coveted by those of his rank, because he feared the slightest compromise of his highest principles. He would struggle against his dearest wishes, when they were at variance with a conviction, perhaps even an unconsciously mistaken one, which commanded his action. "But, t* we have already observed, that humility which was so rfitly his characteristic was linked with a charity direited by it. Indeed, the two virtues might be, said to have a common root. " For what more closely allied than unselfishness and charity ? It is this virtue, indeed, so extensively, and so generously exercised, which mainly gives the deceased a claim to our affection and to our suffrages. There is scarcely a charity in this diocess which has not, either permanently or on some more pressing occasion, experienced his benevo lence. There is not a form of want, or a peculiar applicaticn of alms, which has not received his relief or co-operation. The building of churches—the erection of schools—the in stitution of orphanage, alms-house, reformatory, training school, or hospital—the foundation of convents whether for contemplation or for active duties—the education of the clergy at home or abroad—any Catholic interest or cause, whether of the hierarchy or of the oppressed inmates of workhouses or prisons—whether, in fine, that required assistance for carrying out a good and holy work found ever in him a ready, au ungrudging, and a noble-hearted bene factor. "Nor did this diocess exhaust the measure of his libe rality. Wherever he had property he has left behind him monuments of his religious munificence. Arundel and Sheffield, for instance, will perpetuate its memory. Yet it would be difficult, perhaps, to define the limits to which the exercise of this virtue was carried ; because the extent of private and domestic charity which he practised can never be known. Instances have, indeed, come casually to our knowledge, which might have been considered sufficient to satisfy all the obligations of a rich and virtieus man for a considerable period ; but where the left hand was not in tended to know what the right had done. There is no doubt that this truly excellent man has cast his bread largely upon the waters, which left no trace of his muni ficence inscribed on them; but the seeds thus scattered have met him now, and he has found them' kneaded into a food of eternal life. " Nor was his charitable generosity confined to the will ing distribution of ample means, but it manifested itself in a thousand other ways no less valuable. Influence is as im port4nt in this country as affluence, influence of rank, in fluence of power, influence of connexions, influence of character, of abilities, of virtue, of manner even, can bear much on the successful issue of great affairs. All these gifts the illustrious object of our regrets possessed; and more ; and never did he hesitate or fail to bring them to the aid of any Catholic interest. His name, a name full of weight, was at the head of any protest, petition, or declaration to which he assented; his voice, one heard ever with respect, was always raised, in spite of his natural retiring modesty, whenever a calumny had to be dispelled, or a sophism broken, in the high lists of the Senate ; his presence, at all times bland and yet encouraging, was never refused when a meeting, or a deputation on Catholic matters required it. " What wonder that God should have bestowed on one who so practised the first of virtues an abundance of other graces ; that his faith in life should have been truly living, manifested by the fulfilment of all other commandments, and by the practice of every religious duty ; that his hope in death should have been bright and firm. " The day may come when, without wounding the deli cacy of domestic affection, the thousand beautiful things which he said and did may be brought to edify the piety of the faithful. For the present, suffice it to say that so peace ful, so sweet, so like a slumber in God's arms was his pas sage from this world that no one who hears these lines may fear to hope that his own transit may be such. "And yet the eye of God may see blemishes where we find only excellence, and His searching sight may discover alloy to purge out where wo perceive pure gold. But in this work of His justice He allows us to have a part. Our prayers may expiate, our sublime oblation can atone. Let us hasten to this work of love. There is a beautiful expres sion used by a bishop, a saint of old, spoken on au occasion similar to this. ' I wilt embrace him,' it says, and will not let him go.' It was the Church that spoke through her pastor ; the kind, affectionate, co mpassionate mother who clasped her faithful and loving child in her arms, and shielded him by Iva' prayers and her sacrifices from the wrath, however miti'gated by mercy, yet to come. " We feel that such' an office of piety, however it may have been privately dis c harged, is due from us all, on behalf of our , charities and of c lur poor. " We, therefore, invite i you, dearly beloved brethren and children in Christ, to as: tist at the solemn obsequies which we intend to celebrate ion Wednesday next, the sth of December, at 11 a,m., at -our pro-cathedral of St. Nary's Moorfields, for the repose of tug soul of this our dearly be loved son in Christ. "We should be especially gratified by seeing those chari ties or institutions with which their departed benefactor Was habitually connected distinctly represented by a com mittee or deputation at this service. Of intention to do so Ind of the number expected to attend timely notice sitoUld be given at the church. "And, finally, reverencing that, veil which shrouds so sacredly and so' tenderly the mystery of surviving sorrow, we ask your prayers to the God of all cwtsolation for sup port, comfort, and peace to those whewe own virtues were entwined around . Or sprung from his whom God has taken, rather than death has struck down. "And may the souls of all the departed Faithful, thiough the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen. "Given, in Westminster, this first Sunday of Advent, MDCCCLX. . . "N.. CARD. WISEMAN." MEDITERRANEAN Ex7ENSION • TELEGRAPH. A Malta correspondent says:—Bv a notice issued on the 2Sth of November from the office of the :Medi terranean Extension Telegraph Company the public was informed that telegraphic communication haC been re-established between Malta and the Con tinent, via Sicily and Naples. Regarding the Corfu and Otranto line I have received the following in letters from Mr. Andrews, the engineer and superintendent of the company, who is at present at Corfu, for the purpose of superintending the construction of that line : • • "Corfu, Oct. 26.—1 have selected Sidari, two miles'east of Cape Drasti, as the landing place for the cable. The bottom near Cape Palacrum was rocky, and therefore un suitable. The land line is now complete to within eight miles of Corfu. The Lord High Commissioner has offered me the use of the lonian steamer to go to Otranto to see after the landing place there. I shall start hi a few days, and on my return, and after the completion of the land line, if no news reaches me of the cable coming at once, I shall .avail myself of the first op portunity of returning to •• Malta. As regards the land line I have had a good deal of difficulty with it, on account of the neture of the country on the other side of San Savadore, which is full of ravines and high. hills. I find the country at the north end of the island as well cultivated RS this end, if not better, and the inhabitants more kind and obliging. " Corfu, Nov. 4.—1 have been prevented going to Otranto, but hope to start in a few days, I only require a few insulators to finish the line. There was no sign of the vessel with the cable leaving England on the 26th ult. The land line will bo finished after the new insulators arrive. All the poles are up, with the wire up to the place where the new joins the old line." With reference to the above, I understand that the insulators required by Mr. Andrews to finish the land line were sent up from, Malta without loss of time by her Majesty's steam frigate Melpomene; but, as a letter has been received from Corfu com plaining of their non-arrival, it is feared that they may have gone on to the East in the Melpomene, which, after touching at Corfu, left for Syria. If this be the case it will probably cause a further delay of come weeks in the completion of the land portion of the Otranto and Corfu line. The Eng lish screw steamer Danube, which arrived yester day from Alexandria, had on board nearly all the Red Sea Telegraph Company's staff of telegraph clerks, who are returning homewards. From this it would appear that the Red Sea Telegraph Com pany intend abandoning the cable for the present. HEALTH OF LONDON - 114TRING THE WEEK. From the Quarterly Return of the Registrar General.) The mortality of Loudon has constantly increased during the last five weeks, and in the week that ended last Saturday the deaths were 1,275. The average nuinter of deaths deduced from the re turns of weeks corresponding with last week in the ten Nears 1850-59; and for the purpose of com parison corrected for increase of population, is 1,397. Hence it will be seen that tlioligh the cold and damp air of November has swelled the weekly list, the deaths in the present return are still less by 122 than they would have been if the average rate of mortality had prevailed. In the correspond ing week of 1858 scarlatina, bronchitis, and pneu monia raised the deaths nearly 500 above the mortality of last week. Fatal cases of measles have risen from 41 in the previous week to 50 last week, scarlatina from 40 to 45. The latter disease appears to be common in the west districts, where it carried off many more children than in the other metropolitan divisions. Four deaths from scarlatina occurred in the sub district of St. Mary, Paddington, and four .in Chelsea North-East, 4 in other parts of the Chelsea district, and 3 in St. John, Westminster. Three children died of measles in the sub district of St. Paul. Hammersmith, 4 in Fulham, 3 in St. Giles, South, 3 in Hoxton New Town, and 3in Piumstead. The deaths from. phthisis last week were 166; the same number from bronchitis, and 126 from pneumonia ; which numbers do not differ materially 'from the corrected averages. Five persons died in cOnsequence cf their 'clothes taking fire—viz., the widow of an upholsterer aged 71 years, the daughter of a coal-porter aged four years, the son of a dock labourer aged ace years, the son, of a piano-forte key cutter aged five years, and the son of a sawyer aged three years. A girl was burnt in a house which took fire, and a child was burnt on the chest by a hot mussel falling inside her dress. Four infants were suffocated in bed, and 2 were murdered. A boy, aged 12 years, was killed by brandy. Two twin children of a shoemaker were, accord ing to the coroners return, "poisoned by effluvia from bat .drainage of the house," 72, Boston-street; Hackney-road, in which they lived. They both died on the 18th of November. The daughter of a blacksmith, aged 18 years, in New-park-road, Brixton, died from diphtheria, which was caused by bad drainage. All the.members of the family have been ill, and two, including the daughter just mentioned, have died. Last week the birth of 870 boys and 826 girls, in all 1,696 children, were registered in London. In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1850-59 the average number was 1,662. METROPOLITAN WATERS, NOVEMBER, 1860. The waters of London, according- to the analyses of Dr. Robert Dundas Thomson, F.R.S., are rather more impure than in the previous month. Their variable compositions affords unfavourable contrast with that of the Glasgow and Manchester waters, which may be considered the types of a wholesome town supply, while it may be favourably compared with that of a city well containing sewage, which was originally sunk for the purpose of watering the streets, but has been too long used by the neigh bourhood for drinking purposes in consequence of the pump handles not being properly secured by the parochial authorities. Total impurity Organic im per gallon. purity. grs. or deg. grs. or deg. Distilled Water . O .O 01/ Loch Katrine water, new supply to Glasgow Manchester Water Supply 4.32 0.61 Well, Great Titchfield- street, St. Marylebone .. 140.68 16.68 THAMES COMPANIES. Chelsea Southwark Lambeth G rand Junction 1 9 .64 1.08 West Middlesex 2llB 1.68 OTHER COMPANIES. New River East London Kent The table is read thus—Loch Katrine water contains in the gallon 3 . 16 degrees or grains of foreign matter in solution, of which •96 degrees or grains are of vegetable or animal origin. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 29474 in The readings fell to 29.25 in. on Monday, and rose to 29.71 in. on Wednesday. The mean temperature of the air in the week was 41.6 deg., which is 0.3 deg. above the average of the wane week in 43 years (as determined by Dlr. Glaisher). The air became warmer on the last two days. The thermometer in the shade fell to 35.3 deg. on Sunday, and rose to 50 deg. on Friday, being respectively the lowest and highest points in the week. The extreme range of temperature in the week was therefore 14.7 deg. The mean daily range was 8 deg. On Monday and Wednesday the range was only about 45 deg. The difference between the mean dew-point tem perature and air temperature was only 1.1 deg. The mean degree of humidity of the air was so high as 96, complete saturation being repre sented by 100, which point was attained on Thurs day ; on Monday and Friday the humidity was 99. Indeed, throughout the week the atmosphere was loaded with moisture. The wind blew from the north-east on the first three days, and then from the east and south-east, and afterwards from the south-west. Rain fell to the amount of 0 . 81 in. The mean temperature of the water of the Thames was 42.1 deg. The Preston Guardian says that Christopher Charleston, shoeniaker, Blackburn, married Betty Rams bottom, beerhouse-keeper, four months ago, and left her the next day ; that they were brought together at a public house on 11.1onCay, when mediation failed to reconcile them ; that he then determined, with her consent, to sell her by auction ; and that she was " knocked down" by a veteri nary surgeon to a baker for lid. and two five-shilling bowls of whisky punch. A formal memorandum of the sale was drawn up, and " the wife," it is said, " was pleased with the change." ZEPHYRINE TISSUE.—A material of exquisite beauty, designed as a substitute for the coarser kinds of adhesive plasters, and even of court plaster and goldbeaters' skin, is attracting a good deal of deserved attention amongst the medical profession and scentific bodies. Although almost infinitesimally thin, all air is excluded from the wound it covers, and through its complete transparency the progress of its healing may be watched. To say the least of it, this discovery must prove a most valuable aid to th re e faculty in all cases of disorders up on the skin, and mo over its price will happily permit of its most extensive , appliotiou among both rich and poor. THE TERRIBLE COLLIERY EXPLOSION DI I&! 0 .N4ll OVITESIIIRE .&.EAVPORT, TUESDAY. The coroner's inquest into the deaths of the unfortunate men who were killed by the explosion of the Black Vein Coal Mine, Monmouthshire, on Saturday Last, 'was formally commenced this worn in.- before Mr. W. ll.'Brewer, deputy coroocr, aud a jury of fifteen, consisting of residents in i 3( im mediate locality of •Pontymister and Risca, of w Ivan Mr. Georgell.,l3ankes, of Pontymister, was tile foreman. .As might have been expected, however, the proceedings before the coroner were purely formal, and consisted, in fact, of the swearing in of the jury, and visiting some of the dead bodies. Mr. Brough, the government inspector of mines, was on the spot at an early hour of the morning, and descended into the pit, where he has been for several hours. ; Mr. Thos. Phillpotts, the manager of the Risca Coal and Iron Company, has given up his• authority over the mine to Mr. Brough, under whose orders shifts" of men .;re actively engaged in searching for the men beneath. The follovi ing represents the actual state of things when the explosion took. place,. and tha return ordeaths up to Tuesday. The number of men on ,the day shift on Saturday morning when the accident took place mas Of these there were 64 saved.' 80 dead bodies have been taken out, and there are still missing and under ground 55. Supposing all of those at pre sent in the pit lobe dead, and that seem; the gene impression, the number of deaths would amount to 135. EVery exertion is being made to find the bodies that still remain under ground. R e _ lays of from 15 to 20 men, led by an experienced fireman, descend : alternately ; but as the whole ventilation co the mine has been blown to pieces, the work of exploration is necessarily very sl ow , Only eight bodies wr re recovered on Sunday, nix on Monday. It appears that a descent into the mine is still attended with great danger, and none but steady and.experienced men are admitted in. It is not expected that all the bodies wilt be out for another fortnight, and it is doubtful whether the mine will not continue the " living tomb" for a good many, as the desolation and debris caused by the explosion is reported to be most extensive. As to the cause of the explosion it would be premature to hazard an opinion. That will late best ascertained by the. result of the inquest. I may mention, however, that very contradictory statements are given as to the cause. Mr. Phill potts, the general manager, was in London at the time of the accident, but he asserts that the state of the mine was, as far as it could be ascertained, excellent, that the ventilation was very good, and that the Black Vein Coal and Iron Company, went to a good deal of expense iii improving it. On the other hand, some of the men have declared that the mine was in a very bad. condition for some time, and that there was an apprehension amongst the men that some calamity would take place. Conflicting rumours are of course always rife after an• occurrence of this kind, but it is perhaps as well to give them. The friends of those who have relatives still underground are in the most anxious state of expectation, and their misery is, even greater than that of those who have- the certainty of death brought h ome to t h em. In d 7 many instances this has been realised in multiplied:lb form. One of the persons whom I met with this morning was a young man named West, who escaped from the mine by a back way when the explosion took place. His three brothers, howevive, were not so fortunate, for they were brought up dead. This is not a solitary instance: other tarailies have quite as sad a tale to tell. The drawr, blinds of numerous' cottages arband reveal how extensive has been the calamity, and for some mites around, the minors' houses have their corpse or corpses. The coroner's jury was to have been sworn at half : past eleven, but it was nearly an hour later before the coroner and jury assembled. They were then swore to inquire into the deaths of Henry Edwards, David Jenkins, and the other deceased persons, amounting to eighty, who lost their lives. Mr. 0 wen, solicitor, of Newport, appeared for some of the .deceased; Mr. Morgan Llewellin appeared on heliall' of the Black Vein Iron and Ct,al Company. Mr. Phiilpotts, manager, was also present, as well as the Rev. Dr. Williams, chancellor of the diocese. . . Mr. Owen hoped that no person connected 'with the works should be on the jury. The Coroner said he had given instructions that no person connected with the works should be on the jury, and he did not believe that any person so connected was on the jury. Thejurymen, as their names were called, could answer for themselVes. The policeman who issued the summonses snid that he summoned the jury under. the instructions he received. He got a list of names from Inspector Towler, but be set tide some of the names given to him by the inspector. He did so of his own ,authority. • Mr. 0 - wen then applied to have two experienced persons on the part of - the men to inspect the present state, of the inii,e.: Mr. s::.i . (l4l:at he had no objection on the part of the company; but he would advise that it should not be done, as it was certainly dangerous to do so. Any person going dowit should do so with the sanction of Mr. Brough, the Government inspector, who was then in the mine. Mr. Owen asked if the coroner would give am order for the two men tu go down. The Coroner said if they went down they must do so on their own responsibilits. lie would give no order of the kind. Mr. Owen then asked if the jury were in any way interested in the company or the works. The jurymen replied that they were not. The Coroner then, addressing the jury, said that they were called together to inquire into one of the most painful and fatal explosions on record, by which so many human beings had perished. He impressed on them the necessity of giving an im partial verdict, of not being biassed by anything they might have.heard outside. but to return their verdict according to the evidence adduced before then. He should do everything .in his power to bring satisfactory evidence before them, and he t'ruged they would give it a patient and attentive hearing. All that they could do that day was to view same of the bodies. He proposed that they should view them all, and as this would occupy some days, and as the bodies in the pit would not be found for some considerable time, he proposed to postpone the taking of evidence till the 18th of December. Mr. Llewellen said that he appeared for the Risco. Coal and Iron Company, in whose works the calamity, unprecedented in its results in that county, had occurred. As to the causes of the accident it would be premature to speculate. They would best be d'keovered by the inquiry ; but the company felt it incumbent on them to give every assistance in their power to promote the inquiry. The jury and coroner then proceeded, in the midst of a drizzling rain and paths thick with mud, to view the dead bodies, which lie scattered all about the district. In this work probably two or three days will be consumed. It was understood that Lord Tredegar, the lord. of the soil, had given a piece of land for the burial. of the unfortunate men, and that Chancellor Wil liams stated, on the part of the bishop of the dio cese, that he would dispense for t h e present with should necessity take thatould theeothnesechroartiiaoln. oflt some isao f matter the o f bodiespr ssin place forthwith, as they are lying in the same rooms in which the quick are obliged to live, and decom position has set in. No bodies were taken out of the pit to-dap up to 20 minutes past 3 o'clock, when the last train by which information could be conveyed to London lef. The following are the names of the jury : George H. Bankes, Pontymister, foreman ; David Nurse, manager of the Pontymister Werks ; Philip Davies, engineer, ditto; Wm. Matthews, maltster ; John Duffield, maltster ; Walter Rosser, builder Walter Rosser, farmer ; Wm. J. Jacob, farmer ; John Evans, shopkeeper ; Vincent Allen, shop keeper; Wm. Giles, farmer; Thos. Banks, David. Norris, Jarvis Johnson, Samuel Bateman. HOLTROOD ABBEY.—David, King of Scotland, who appears to have been as devout a prince as his great namesake, the Israelitish poet-king, was out hunting ono day, when he was suddenly attacked by the infuriated stag he was pursuing. He would probably have perished but for the ready aid that monarchs appear always able to command. A Knight rushed to the rescue, and King David lived to found an abbey upon the site of his perilous adventure. This pretty tradition, redolent as with in cense from the censers of gratitude and piety, is 'borne out by the armorial device of the abbey and adjoining bur g h of Canongate—a cross between• th e antlers of a stag— although.there is not wanting a different version of th e story, which ascribes the escap e to miraculous agency. The monastery thus founded was called Holy Rood Abbey, on account of the incident having occurred ou the festival day of the Holy Cross, and was held especially sanctified by virtue of the possession of a small black fragment of the Margaret, the grand truesEs—d Edward r l edg7h9ye bequeathed Confessor,tob her son, King David. y niece c o ro f We read in the old Scottish records, that the good Prince sent to Flanders and France for "the rich crafty masons, under whose hands the structure arose, and that the marshes around were subsequently drained and the cemetery walled by the "pleasant, devout, affable" Abbot Elias.—Builder. AMERICAN FASIIIONs.—Four-storey shirt collars are all the rage. We saw one the other day with a steeple to it. The increase in building has proved very profitable to the linen and starch trade. Short-necked people, in order to keep pace with the spirit of improvement, .should get their ears moved up a little higher.-41merican Taper. 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