The Sun. — London, England, 1860-01-06 00:00:00

ONEY MARK' ET A ArD CIT NE WS. CITY, Two o'CLocic. The Markets for Foreign and Colonial Produce during the last few days have shown rather less activity; most of the prineinal staples, however, have fully supported previous values. There has been a steady inquiry for tea at full prices. Sugars met a fair demand, but in some instances at slightly reduces rates. For coffee there has been a steady inquiry, and at the first public sale of plantation Ceylon since the Christmas holidays fall prices were ob tained. The dealings in rice, fruit, and spices have been moderately active, at late values. Saltpetre has been dealt in to a moderate extent, and although large arrivals have taken place, prices have been steadily maintained. In the tallow market there has been very little activity, although yesterday more firmness prevailed, and prices were a shade higher. Although the bullion operations at the Bank have been unimportant during the last few days, a considerable quantity of gold has been purchased for the continent, including the remittances by the Anglesey, Lew Chew, and the Tyne. As the export demand continues active further withdrawals from the Bank of England may soon be reported, unless fresh Australian supplies are quickly received. By the advices which arrived yesterday, however, it appears that a considerable quantity is coming for ward from Victoria, comprising £120,000 by the Water Nymph, £60,000 by the Sussex, £128,000 by the Donald M'Kay, and £58,000 by the Com modore Perry. rather larg© In the Li verpoo l Cotton Market yesterday a amount of business was transacted, and prices were well supported. The sales amounted to 12,000 bales. The Railway Share Market closed quietly, and quotations were a per cent. lower. The directors of the Great Indian Peninsula Rail way have issued their annual report, from which it appears that the receipts during the year amounted £148,496 12s. 5d., and the expenditure to £65,491 55., leaving an available balance of £ 8 3,005 7s. sd. A call of £2 per share, or £lB,OOO is due to-day on the Bahia and San Francisco Railway shares, There is very little alteration to notice in the Market for English Securities, the transactions being limited, and the quotations tolerably steady. The advices from the Continent have created less buoyancy, but the actual movement in price only amounts toy per cent. Consols have been 951 for the 10th, and 95&11- for February. The market appears exceedingly quiet. The New Three per Cents• and the Reduced are steady, at 951 y ; India N . eve Loan Stock is marked 104 k ?,-; ditto Account, ; ditto Loan Debentures are firm, at 984 ; Iperditdittt Cent, enfaced is 104 ; ditto 5 per Cent. 8 0, ?':; Exc hequer Bills are 295. to 325, prem. u"ne" in•the Foreign Stock Market continues rather active; Turkish prices however, tend downward. 6 per 5 1 to 66/ e C nts , are 78 to 79 ; ditto New, ; Mexican 3 per Cents, have receded t 022! ; B uenos DeferredBoi. Ayres 6 per Cents. to 83; ; ditto to 21 } ; and Peruvian Dollar Bonds to „ ; ditto Uribarren are firm at 81,1 ; and Sardinian 5 per Cents, at 84-, Messrs, D. Bell, Son, and Co. give the following as the prices of American securities :-- United States 6 per Cents •• Redeemable. Prices, 80. 6 p er C ent Bonds _ Alabama 5 per C en t . Bonds . Kentucky 6 por Cent. Bond; 1868 1868 - Maryland 5 per Ct. Str. B on d; -I Massachusetts 5 per Cent. Str -- Bond s . ......•.... phio 6 p er Cent. Stock Pennsylvaniaper Ct. St oc k Pennsylvania 5 per Ct. Bonds Tennessee 6 per Cent. Bonds. Virginia 6 per Cent. Bonds V irginia 5 per Cent . St. Bonds /isston 5 per Cent. St. Bonds Illinois Central 7 per Cent. Illinois Central 6 per Cent. Illinois Central 7 per Cont (Freelands) ,80. shares, 60 dol t '. p a id eichigan Central 8 per Cent 1) 0. do. shares . . New Y or k Central . 6 per Ct , not convertible New Y or k Central 7 per Ct., conv ertible, from June 1857-59 ... Be, do. shares, ZiOW York and , d le, 7 per Ct., It. share do. a .. New York an Erie .. 7 convertibles per Ct., New YorkandE pakingb fund,. ri 7per Ct,, 7 per Ct. . . 1;i . mort D 0 jo rtp Str. noud„ not •a o , Ist. do. . cony 1859 The share to par ; of sof the San Paulo Railway are I di s . the Ocean Marine Insurance 11 to 1 preni. ;of the The En 1- e Universal ditto, dis. to par. o f Ne • Turkey is quoted k prem. ; and the ve Canadian Loan, prem. A. limited a Rail mount of business has been done in the aY Share Market ; however, are steady, prices, and North One . or tw o i nstances have slightly improved. inn 'Western • South Western, and Midland -pro ved ss South Easter' and L ancas hi re an d Y orks hi re, and decli ned 5 n, lOs.; Great Western a n d B r i g ht on T he For e i • ; and E as t ern C ount i es, 10s. bard o -V e „ undertakings have b een fl a t ; etian ieelined to 12k ; Pernambuco, 111 and B ah . Ba hia and San Francisco, to 4 . 1 4k. In -the Colo nial Market no material variation has tak en place. East Indi • an, Grand Trunk of Canada, Pric and es Gr . eat W es t ern of Canada realised former , Great Indian Peninsula, however, improved about s s. . w .r°int Stock B ank and M i scellaneous Sh ares eh ere in very limited request, and exhibited no Stock importance in values. London Joint declined 55., and Peninsular and Oriental am (New Shares), improved lOs. 1886 104 104 97 98 83 84 85 87 82 84 86 88 84 86 1877 Divers 1886 1888 1875 78 79 1875 75 76 1860 88 00 40 29 dii 1869 81 83 2,5 40 1883 1864 1862 1876 1411T151,1 , o. ONE O'CLOCK. lauk sta FE NDS THIS DAY AT . 8 ber 0 -e ' .. 228i_ . —tat. B. ........ 95t it a per Cent. 0 0 ,, 1 „eM Annuities 951 i Novr 3 per C ent, - A.-Annuities India Stock pitto s :per Cent. ******************** ** — lo4i Ditto Debentures, 1858 ******* 9988 1 _ Ditto, 1859 Ditto Bods, £l,OOO 'lift') tinder 4000 *** 8 P Ditto Enlaced Pap er , cont. .... 101 Ditto 51 per Ce t per, 5i per 97 nnsols for Accoml. 10) India Stock for Aeo n t ( Jan. ‘,. Ditto, 1859, 5 peruCent. .. 4'cehequer Bills, £l,OOO, lid .. Ditto X5OO ....................... h itt* Small, lid ....... l' areliS OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'OLOCE. braziliall 5 per ß Cent. Ditto 4} per cent 931 u enos Ayres, 6 . per Cent. B3i Ditto Deferred, 21f M e • , tan 3 per Cent. b ri F it 7 toall (U 4 Alt e rr r eCne)n, t it . p . Or . .......... :82821:I 4 4 x a -u-o man 1 822, £ St., 5 per Cent. ,_ , _ bplitttt°o,:l3ll: Cent., Cent. 1859 661 hardinian, 5 per Cent 84f Ditto Account 9 T Ditto k to Ditto h NA A 6c e ePt e ev:o ul.LllCniealnt 65! 61 51 6} Dividends on the above payable Peruvian D e ll a Ct. Ex. 4s 80} _. Do llar Bonds, 4 1 per in JAI:Wok. TWO O'CLOC K . COIIIIOI3, Money 95i 4 Ditt o Account (Jan. 10) 95i t Ditto, Feb ........„_____ E I.I.;'‘NANCI T ISEMENT OF GRAVESEND.—PUBLIC lag -11 , 1 P1t 11 (1 ,.. - -- . La s t evening an influential and crowded meet la%Yor) " inhabitants of Gravesend (convened by the the ad °Pti , 1 , 8 held at the Town-hall, for the purpose of I)4li a to induce confe/N '"easures the present Government to t rn ,k borougrnihrial,theeniary representation p . vile ' uon the district by new Reform Bill, such priges for the Bill int ro - de' r e r ,: t a ve aen w d having been proposed i . n . the Reform chair was no ."" bi the late Conservative ministry. The mbit.gisttrates, 0 Jec 8 of the in e e ta uP oleettil l , n ithe mayor, who briefly explained the Oakes, one of the borough eraledraorial, i n aor t_ a e _. ; fi l‘ er i ls r t . i t r it e . olutior, to the effect "that h g the objects of the meeting, the ' e Ptec l , an 4 1 - 1 s . °Ted e by the mayor for presentation to acidueleretary of State for the Home Department." After Gravy --g arguments in favour of the representation of aurt sdertridei t i t speaker ob serve d . he was aware that Graves that onion the count stand - 40 1 it the socia e neral pi fl scale, and he had been informed 1t... oil. th e late Chancellor of the Exchequer read his taroirm Bill in the House of Commons, there was a gene- G m :ugh when it was proposed to give one member to lo " e nd. lie thought, however, that Gravesend was at cCV a 8 Pure as many boroughs in the country. (Cries of 1 akefield.) The Rev. E. Pryce (Baptist) seconded the r aotion • , deplii w t. ich was adopted. Mr. Hatton then moved that Taylor,4 lon, c onsistin g of the Mayor, Mr. Oakes, Mr. G. th and the Rey. R. Pryce, be appointed to wait upon ~:1-I°lne Secretary and present ' the memorial. The I t r°.o was seconded and adopted ; and, after a vote of aUks to the mayor, the meeting separated. 1883 66 68 8 10 Share] 12.10 Amber , ., Notting. Bost. I and Eastern Junction 50 Belfast and Baliymena 13.14 I ilir., Wol., and Mr. Val 1 Stock, La., and Ch. June I ' 26 !Blackburn 25 1131yth and Tyne 10 113ost.Slefd.& Mid. Coun Stock Bristol and Exeter Stock Caledonian 1 5 0 0 ' C Cork aarntdheßn sic Bandon 10 Carmarthen & Cardl gan 20 ICork,Blkrock,&Pasiage 20 Cornwall 10 I Do. A(A raves. no diva 10 I Do. Bj l until6p.c.per an.; hasbeen pd.toß. 50 Dublin an dßeltastJunc. 25 Dun.,Perth,&Abr.June Stock East Anglian Stock Eastern Counties Stock Eastern Union A Stock Stock , Do. do. 13 Stock 25 I Do.Nw.A.(lte.E.U3ds) 20 :East Suffolk 10 Do Stock Edinburg and Glasgow Stock Edin.,Perth, & Dundee 10 iForth & Clyde Junction, Stock Furness Stock 'Glasgow & South Westn 10 ,Great North of Scotland Stock ,Great Northern Stock! Do. do. A Stock Stock! Do. do. B Stock Stock Gt. South.& Wstn.(lreld) Stock l Great Western Stock Do.Str.Vl.Rail Gua.Stk 12 Irish South Eastern Stock Lancaster and Carlisle 16 , Do. Thirds t6l jDo.NewThirds Stock, Lancashire & Yorkshire Stock !London and Blackwall. Stock !Lon.,Brighton &S.Coast 25 I Loud. Chat. and Dover Stock, London & North Westn' 12i Do. Eighths Stock jLondon& South-Westn , 25 I L 'derry & Coleraine 25 IL ' derry & Enniskillen ] Stock; Man., Shef., & 10 !Metropolitan Stock Midland Stock!Do. Birming. & Derby , 60 IMid. Gt. West.(lreland) 25 I Do. 4 Shares 100 Newcastle and Carlisle ! 25 New., Aber., & Herefd: , 10 Newry & Armagh Nell 20 ,Newry, Warpt., & Roe Stocky Norfolk 50 North. Counties Union Stock North British Stock iNor.Dev.Rail.&Dk. Stk Stock jDo.A Stk.— Area no div until 6p.c.hasbeenpdß, Do. B Stock North-Eastn.—Berwick Do. do. G.N.E.Parohase,l Do. Leeds Do. York _ Stock Stock 25 I Stock Stock, St oei!North London 20 North Staffordshire. 10 No. & Sou. W. Junction Stock I Oxford, Wor., & Wolver 10 (Peebles 20 , Portsmouth 10 riZhymney Stock Scottish Central Stock 'Scoth. N.E., Aber. Stock Stock Do. Scottish Mid. Stock Stock Shropshire Union 10 ISittingtourne & Sheer 1 Stock South Devon Stock South-Eastern Stock'South Wales Stock SoutbYorks.&Riv.Dun I 20 ' Staines, Wok., & Wek I 25 Stockton & Darlington ' 25 Do. do. 1855 25 Do. do. 18.58 Stockton & Ilartlepooli Stock Taff Vale Stock Do. Preference, No. 1 2.5 IThamesHavenDk&Rail 50Ulster I 25 Do. 12 10 Do. Stock Vale of Neath 10 Victoria Station & Pim Stock Waterford & Kilkenny 50 Waterford & Limerick 20 West Cornwall 10 , W-end Lon. & Cry. Pal , ,Do.A.—Arecy.nodiy.till 7 p.c. has been pd. to BJ "Do. B ;West London Do. Ist Class Do. 2d Class ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Railways. pao. Closing " Price. 6 1 6i 8 8 1 76 77 lle 121 6i 7 102 104 911 95i 6 7 7 14i 1 54 58 59 39 41 27 29 824 S3i 304 31 94 100! 107 108 95 98 '133 135 ;112 114 '09701 60 62 208 211 174 1 174 18 84p 0 11004 101 65 88 1144 1154 13 14 99 894 I d 98 08}, Sk 3Of 40 'llO 110; 87 89' 104 11 59 61 34 Id, 63} 64} 95 954 14 1 c: 481 49t 79 794 107 109 4 31 di 8 4 9 4 I 35 M 8- 1 14 16 I 1116 118 281 85 291 47 49 34 24 43i (4i 844 35 7 2 74 64 66 6 8 36 37 651 565 2f 34 pl d *PI 63 65 I 6 61 Business ARES. Closing Business Price. Done. 96 98 102 104 gt 6 1 102 112 115 105 101' 114 116 113 115 1128 130 184 86 11l 113 90 02 774 784 115 117 118 120 112 114 106 108 86 88 98 100 99 101 89 91 91 93 103 104 10 1O 17 18 10i l 0 75 76 20 21 10 10i 15 154 [l4O 142 `llB 120 .118 120 1140 150 1 118 120 1118 120 HO 11 ;125 130 I 68 70 1140 142 1 102 104 95 96 ; Stock 10{ 10 10 10i Stock! Stock Stock Stock, Stock' Stock Stock, Stock Stock' Stock '2k 111 113 109 111 Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 1.0.6. Stock Stock ) Stock Stock , Stock 93 95 I 98 99 1 ip, n ip 23 24 125 126 125 130 117 120 75 77 121 123 'IVS 130 to 11i 241 241 103 105 103 105 84 87 28i 29i 33 34 34 33i 56 59 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. • FOREIGN MINES Paid. Leasing ! Closing! Bushmen Railways.l' '" Co.'s. Price. Done. 29 Australian 7l .. 1 1 1 Bon AccordCopper , Lim lss 5 d par 35 Brazil. Imp. (is. at 2 6p ) 27* _ Bedford and Bletchley l all Ln& N.W' .. Buckinghamshire....' 100 Ln& N.W 09 101 2 1 0 5 D D o o : S L t a . ti Jo d lr n d d e 3 l i ll it e l y it , l L ve ti o n l sall Lei 20* 2/ i Chester & Holyhead.. 100 Do. 1 50 51 1 Clarendon Consols Min- Do. do. 54 p. ct..... 100 Do. i _ Do. do. sp. ct. 40 Cobra Copper all 48 49 49 Clydesdale Junction.. 100 Caledonin , lo3 105 16 181 Copiapo Colchester, Stour Vol. all E.U.&E C, 16 17 1 DunMoun.Cop.Ming.Co all 2 E.Lincolnshire,g.6p.c 100 Gt. North. 139 141 E Union,HarwichSlis. all F.. Counts. 41 44 Do. Woodbridge .., 100 l all 14 114 i 3 Linares Gls.Barr.&Neilts,Dra. , 100 ICaledonin 2 4d par nloster& Dean Forest; Do. New 1 : 1 01 G D t o . . 0 2 Gen era l Fortuna ************** all al l 25 3 26 3 5 Lusitanian all 4 4 ' West. i 1 Mariquita 1 N.RhineCop.of S.Aus.L lea. par 5 p Hartlpool.Dek.&Rail.l all Yk.N.&llr• Hull and Selby . s M t . .d . .1 1 1 :1 ; 1 1 :6 1 7 3 ) 20 Pontg,ibaud S liver, Lead Mining and Smelt.... all 5 7 5 Port Philip 1 I f ..... 1 Scottish Australn. (L.).„ 100 1 d I P 28.2.81 United Mcxic'n D L ' O DD' : oo P d: ° r n e Preference 100 wi" .. 1 ..° h. . 1 :: il'' 1 1' taa i llilli ‘lll SDY D D • 0 00 k E. : . Na Lon.,Tilby.&Soutend. 100 Peto &Co 06 f.B JOINT-STOCK BANKS. L JOINT-STOCK gua. 4p. ct.l 100 Norfolk . Do. 6 per cent 1 100 Do 1 . --- -- - -- T — --- 1 Closing , Business mano.,Buxtn. b Matk.l all IN W&3li 21 24 Share ( Joint-Stock Banks. Paid., p r i ce . I Done. Mid. Bradford Prefer ence Stock i 3705. 6: 3 ll l . l c d o la u n n d ts 09 1 lO i l p 100 l Agra&UnitedServiceßk l 50 guar anteed 5 p. C. , N ew markt.,BuryEx ) ~ 40 Australasia all 82 81 N 7 or thn.& Eastn. 5 p.c I all !Do. ......, 5 5 9 25 Bank of Egypt all 23 24 .1 Do. do. 6 per cent.... all !Do. I 100 rank of London 6O 51 52 Do. 1 40 Brit. Col. Ilk. & LoanCo all , all ,Midland 1 14 141 60 ;11rItish North American all L&N W Northilv4ssteprenr cent.' all Do. Preston and Wyro. !I all ~, T, •" v, •1 ! _ _ 20 Chtd. B an k o f I n di a. & e l 18 194 20} ;-.20 25 Ch.Mer.of In. Lon.&Ch.! a ll 294 304 Do. 1 Sh ares A . 1 all , Do. — 100 Cit ' 50 65 86 100 ' Gt. North. 137 139 100 Col y onial I 25 39 41 Iloystn,Hiteli.,& Sher 6hr.wsbry& Hereford ' 100 IT Brassoy 101 106 20.11 Corn. Bank of Canada., all Do. Do. ! 1 I •• • • I par 1 p 100 Commercial of Lsndon.' 20 194 204 South Staffordshire .. all M'Clean .1 104 11 20 'Eng ,Scot., & Aus. Ch. all 175 175 Wilts and Somerset.. 1 100 Gt. West i 93 95 20 Gen ßk. of Switzerland all wimbledon& Croydn. , all L.&Brgtnl 74 84 2O Lon.Char.Bk.otAustral. all 224 23 DOCKS. 50 London and County 2O -- 50 I London Joint Stock ... 10 135 Paid I Closing Business 100 London & Westminster. 20 Share Docks. Price. Done. 100 Nat. Prov. of England. j 35 _ 20 Do. new lO 1 5 (National Bank 25 Stock Commercial lOO 2 0 0 New South Wales Stock Do4perCent.Pref.Min. 100 25 'Orient .13k. Corporation' all 40 41 Stock East and West India... 100 20 Ottoman Bank all 17 18 1115 Stock London lOO 100 ,Provincial of Ireland .. 25 75 77 Stock St. Katharine lOO 10 'Do. New Stock Southampton lOO 25 South Australia 25 I n:110n of Australia all Stock Victoria ............... 1 \WO 10*1 106 20 Do New ****** am flags! 2 E 50 - Union of London l2 281 291 291 100 Unity Mutual 4O —. ... 1 106 6 5 ; 20 10 20 Share Stk Lock 12.10 12.10 Railways. Paid. Blythe and Tyne le pe rk c. pref. (issued at Z 54 Bris. & Exet.4p.ct.Stock Do. do. do. Shares Caledon 210, 44 per cent Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. Cork & Bandon, 54 p. c. Cornwall, 5 per cent. Dun. Perth,& Aber.Jun E.Angn. Class A 7& spc Do. do. Class B 6 pc Do. do. Class C 7 pc E. Conn. Ex. 5 p ct. No. 1; Do. do Do. New 6 per ct. Stock , Eastern Union, 4 per ct.' Edin.&Glas. 5 pc shares{ Do. 4 p.c. gua. S. & D.! Edin.Perthatt Dun. 4 pc. Furness, 5 per cent .... Glas. &S West. a. 5 pc., Great Northern, 5 p. et.: Do . 5 pc Redm.,lop.c.pm' Do. 44 p. c. do. do. Do.sp.c. Redm.,s pc. pm 1 Nh. of Scotld, Ist pf 1 (Gt. Sn.& W (Ireland)4 p. ct. pref. Stock Great West. (Berks and: Hants) Ext. 5 p.et Do. Redeemable, 45 p ct Do. Redeemable, 4 p. et Do. Irredeemable, do Do. 5 p. et. Redeem. Pref ', Do. Birm. Pref. Shares: Gt. West. Ches. 8 p.o.pf , shares Do. do. 5 p. ct. pref Do. Rirming. guar. stock Do. Chester guar.shares Do. do. do Do. do. do. ILan. & York 8 p.c. stock Do.Barnsl.St£s 3810dpei Lon.&Brig.spc. gu. No.l, Do. pref., 5 p. c. ...No. 2 Do. New gua., 6 p. ct ; Do. do. 5 p. c. No. 4 Do. do. 41 per c. shares Loud. Chat. and Dover Lon.& N. W.Cov.&Nun eaton, 5 p. et. Lon.&S. W, 7 p.ct. stock, late 3d shares Londondy & Cole, shs ILondondy.& Ennis 4 sh & Lin., 6 p. ct Do. 26 Do. 34 per cent. Do. redeem. 6 per cent. llaryport & Car., 4 p.c. Do. 4 per cent Do. nid. Con. 6 p. c. Stock Do.Con.Bris.&Bir.6p.ct Do. 4/ p. c. pref. stock Do. with option till 18001 Do. Leic. & Hit.pref. st.l Newport,Aber,Acc.pret.s; p. c. redeem, at 5 p.c. n m 1 Do. Perpet, 6 p. o. with' option till 1866 Norfolk Deb. 4 p.c. shares Do. 5 p. c. Ext.Stock,lB46 Do. 55 p. c. Pref. do. 1847 Do. Way.Val.Ex.Sk 1847 North British, 5 percent ' Do. New, gua. 5 per cent ' Nth.Dev.Rail.& 1111 .k.Co. ' N-East. irred. 4 p.c. Deb. ' Do. Consol. Pref. 4 p. c. Do. Berwick, 4p. c. Pref. ' Do. do. do. Do. Leeds, 6 p. c. No. 1 'Do. do. Quarters, 1848 [do. York, IL& S. Purch North Staffordshire Ox.Wr. & Wol. 6 pc. Ist g Do. Redeem., 2d g,ua... • Do. Irredeem., 2 , 1 gua. Rbymney Guaranteed. IScottish Central, new phi Scottish North-Eastern 3,1 pert. pref. stock Do.Aberdeen.gua.6pc Do. 7 p. c. pref. stock South Devon, Ann. 108 1 Do. Fixed 44 percent , South Eastern (Reading, Ann., 1.0 6) Do .44 per cent Do. Fixed 44 p.c. Ist is , South Wake, gua. 4 p.o Do. 41 per cent S.-Yorkshire, 4 p.c. gua ! Stock. and Dar. A 5 p.s Do. B 6 per cent I Do. C 6 per cent Waterford do Kilkenny, 6 percent.- I 1 I 1 1 pail 51 53 78 80 11 13 6 22 24 6 7 51 53 130 140 35 37 1 1 12 14 Stook Stock Stock Stock Stock 10 Stock 264 13i 20 Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock, Stock Stook 12i 12 Stock Stock 12} 120 Stock Stock Stock Stocks rHARE MARKET-(THIS DAY.) all all all 1 all ( all 100 100 all all all all all 100 31 100 100 It 3 100 100 li 100 9 i 100 all all all all all all all all PREFERENCE S. all 1100 100 100 100 100 all all 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 all all THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 6, 1860. Share Railways. Atlantic & St Lawrence Leased at 6 per cent Boni „Bar°. I a& Cent. lnd 5 per cent Do. Addit. Capital A Do. Do. Buffalo and Lake Huron Do. New Do. Preference Buffalo,Brant.&Godrich '6 p. ct. bthl. 1 Auk., 18 72 Do. do. 1 July, 1873 Do. do. 1 June, 1874 Clcutta.& S.Eastrn. Lim. Cape,Eastn. Prov.(Lim.) Cape Town & Dock Scrip Central Oude (Limited) Ceylon Guaranteed 6p.c Demerara Eastern Bengal.gu.sp.c East Indian, „(si. 5 p. c Do. F Shares Ext Do. Jubbulpore D 0.44 p.c. lids. pay.'s9, Do. 44 p. c. Debentra. 1 Geelong&Melbourne (Geelong Corporation 6 per cent. Bonds Grand Trunk of Canada Do. 6 per cent. Pref 1 Do. 6 per cent. Debentr : Do. 7 per cent. 18 62 Do. do. 1867 Do. do. 1872 ,Gt.lndiaPenin.gua.sp.c Do. New, gua.s per cent Gt.S.of Ind.Lim.—Scrip guaranteed 5 per cent. Gt.W. of Canada Shares Do. New Do. Bonds pay. '7o,with ept. till '6O Do. do. '73 till '6O Do. do. 'V3 without opt ' Do. 54 p. c. do. '77 do ;Madras, guar., 4i p. c Do. do. 5 per cent IDo. 4 p. c. Extension Do. Third Ex. gua.s.p.c Do. Fourth do. Do. do. Meib. Corp. 6 p.c. Bonds Newßrunswick&Canda. Ry.&Land(Lim.)g.6pc Class ACapitl. Share • . Do. do. Land do Do. do. B. Capital do Do. do. Land do Oude (Limited) Scinde Do. New ca Do. Punjaub Do. Indus. St. Flo. Et," St. Andrews & Quebec A"' ITrinidad(Limited) Scrip FOREIGN Antwerp & Rotterdam Ardennes Bah.&S.Fran.,Lim.7p.c Belgian East. Junction Beziers to Graissessac ICarmeaux Mine & Rail Copiabo Ditto Extension rDutch Rhenish lEastern of France Euphrates Valley ;Grand Rus. Guar .5 p.c Great Central of France Gt. Luxem., Con. shs Italian Junction Lake Constance & Bale Lierre and Turnhout Lombardo Venetian Lyons and Geneva Maria Antonia I Do. do. New !Namur and Liege: Do. do. 6 p. c. Pref. Northern of France Do. New Shares I Norweel a n Trunk Pref. IParis,Lyons, and Medit. ['Paris and Orleans Recife& S. Fran. (Pero.) gua. 7 ]). et. (Lim.) I Riga and Dunaburg Rome and Frascati ... Royal Danish Royal Swedish Do. 7 per cent. Pref ,Sambre and Meuse Do. 54 per cent. Pref. - : ;Southern of France West Flanders Do. 54 p. c. Preference . W. & N.W. of France Western of Austria Western of Switzerland Wiesbaden Do 8 per cent. Pref Zealand COLONIAL GOVERNMEN' Securities. Can.Gov.6 p.c .1 a. - & July Do. 6 p.c. Fb.&Aug. Do. 6 p.c.Mr. & Sep. N. B. Gov. 6 p.c. J a. &July Do. 6p. c. Ap. & Oct. N. S.W. Gov. 5 p. o. Deb. D0.5p.cen.1871 to 1978 Do.sp.cen.lBBB and up NovaScofriaGov.6 p.c. S. Deb. redeemable, 1875 Aus.Gt.6pc.JanBrJuly Vict•Gov.6p.c.Jan&July Do. do. April & Oct. Paid. MISCEL -- 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint 1000 tlantic Tel. (Limited) 25 Australian Agricultural 10 Australian Royal Mail . 10 erlin Water Works 50 British American Land 50 Brit. & Irish Mag.Tel.A. I 20 Do. B, 7p. c. till 1862 20 ID°. C 100 Canada Land 10 Chan. Islands Tel.(Lim ) Stock Cop. Min. of En g. & Sml tg 25 Do. Preference 74 per et 5 Crystal Palace. 6 Do. Preference Stock Do. 6 p. c. Perpet. Deb Stock Electric Telegraph 25 Do. New 5 English hz Aust. Copper 15 'Gen. Steam Navigation. 1 Great Ship (Limited) 20 llndian & Aust. Telegr 5 London District Telegr 20 London Discount 4 Lond.Gen. Omnibus Co 20 tiladras Irr. and Canal 10 Mediter. Electric Teleg. 10 led. Exten. Tel. (Lim.)' 25 ational Discount Co 10 1 etherlands Land 6 1o 8 p.c.Pref.,i As. at idle 100 r .I . lr.&NovaScotiaLand 1 . B.Australasian (Lim.) 1 1 riental Gas 1 o. New Shares 10 Orientl. In. Steam, A 10 Ditto B 10 Ditto C Stock Peel River Land & Min 50 Pen. & Oriental Steam 50 10. New 20 Red Sea & Ind. Telegr 50 Bliymney Iron 15 ID o . New 100 • oyal Mail Steam Stock --cot.Austrin.lnv.(Lim ) South Australian Land ISubmarine Teleg. Scrip ,Do. do Registered yr.& Ln.Co.of Upr. Can .Ln Dieman'a Land 25 1 1 20 100 /iEOUS. 13t 141 170 20) 33 N 41 5 35 37 19 21 13 15 120 125 8 9 I 1 2 1 31 244 11 5 51 401 104 06 108 f i par 1 11 1 1 d 1 c 11 11 11 1 4 5 1 mi i BRITISH MINES. Share Mines. Paid. Closing Bisiness ' Price. Done. - lfred Consols (Philack) 2.11.10 44 51 20 British Iron Clifford — 1295 305 Devon G. Cons. (Tavist ) 1 '450 460 East Bassett (Illogan) 3O 11271 1323 East Caradon E. WI Russl (Tavistk.) 7.4.0 12 121 1 Gam.&St.Aubyn(G wen.) 541 j(4 65 Great South Tolgus.... 17s 144 14/ G. Wheal Ala(Phillack) 12.4.2 14 11 G. Wheal Vor (Helston) oil 4 Grenville 5l 31 4 •-• , Herod's-Foot Bl 211 22s liingston Downs 4.3.6 41 41 Lady Bertha Margaret (uny Lelant) 9l 50 53 North Downs 'North France s (Mogan) 10 5 51 North Wheal Crofty 7.9.4 8; 91 N.Wh'l Basset (Illogan) 5 5 5 10 Par Consols (St. Blazy). 11 12 Providence (Uny Lelnt) 10.0.7 44 46 Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. 10a SouthCaradon(St.Cleer) 14 250 260 South C. Brea( Illogan). 2124 21 S Wheal Fran. (Illogan) 18.18.9 1.75 185 Stray Park 18.18.0 25 20 5 'Tamar Silver and Lead 1 Mining Co 4l 31 31 10 Tin Croft 9 4 51 IVale of Towey (Carm ) 12s 6d 'West Basset (Illogan) ll 17 18 West Seton .. . --W. Caradon (Eisk . eard) lO 73 75 Wheal Basset (Illogan) 5l 175 185 Wheal Buller (Itedruth) 5 (05 110 Wheal Edward (Cals.) 6 14 11 Wheal Kitty(U. Lel an t) 1 .7.2 111 121 Wh'l MaryAnn(Mothe) 8 31 33 Trelawney (Lisk.) 41 i3O 32 ! Paid. I all } 100 all all all all 1 leo 100 1. 3 0. '2s. 6d. all Closing Business dono Price. 86 68 99 1001 17& 41 slct 5 1 6./ par i p 18 lal I id' 1021 1031 par IP par ip 'lOO 101 19 21 41 43 95 06 73 74 85 87 175 77 73 75 1007 101} d par I 131 131 7} al 98 102 98 102 98 102 92 95 01 93 100 102 90 94 I 1 ci - -di - - -a' 20 20 I ( ; 1 c r Id id ip rATS 4} 4 1d ip I I 21 21 1 d 25 26 I - PI 2 211p1 8) 81 19) 20 64 7 9 91 21 22 51 Si 4 10 224 231 SECUR; Closing Prices. 112 114 112 114 112 114 1081 1014 99 100 99 100 99 100 108 109 110 112 1111 1114 it I LAW INTELLIGENCE-(TTITS DAY.) COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Fane.) IN RE PEARCY. This bankrupt was described as of Farnham, bricklayer and builder, and came up for his certificate. The accounts, by Mr. March, Basinghall-street, were satisfactory, but the assets will not yield a dividend. The losses were occa sioned through speculating on a small style on a deficiency. There was no opposition, and an innuetliate certificate of the first-class was granted. IN RE W. R. WRIGHT. This bankrupt was described as of Bucklersbury and Stratford, auctioneer and broker, and came up for his cer tificate. There was a strong opposition on various grounds. The bankrupt, it may be remembered, was a director of the General Indemnity Assurance Company, and sold shares which rendered him liable to upwards of £lO,OOO. The accounts, by Mr. March, gives little promise of a dividend, as the affairs of the company are in Chancery, and it is questionable whether the estate will be benefited, by which bankrupt was to receive a salary as managing director in the country. The case was proceeding. IN RE MESNARD. Mr. Dorie applied in the case of, this bankrupt, who was described as of Park-street, Grosvenor-square, cutler, for an allowance, the consideration of which had been ad• journed tor the realisation of assets. The accounts, by Mr. March, had been verified by the receipts of good debts, Stc., and an allowance was granted. POLICE INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.) MARLBOROUGH-STREET. ROBBERY AND RECEIVING DIES AND IMPRESSIONS. 1 Benjamin Rob er t s , a wor k man i n the employ of Mr. Joseph Shepherd Wyon, goal engraver to her Majesty, of 287, Regent-street, and Langham-chambers, Langham-place, was charged with stealing two dies and ten wax impres sions, the property of his employer; and Emmanuel Wolf, of 6, Union-street, Oxford-street, a die sinker and engraver, was charged with receiving the same, well knowing them to be stolen. Mr. Edmund Lewis, of Great Marlborough-street, ap peared for the prosecution ; and Mr. Lewis, jun., for Wolf. Lambert, 68 E, said that at one o'clock yesterday he went to Langham-chambors and saw Roberts leave the promises. He followed him to 6, Union-street, Oxford-street, and saw him enter the shop of the prisoner Wolf, a die-sinker, having at the time two small parcels in his hand. He then informed Mr. Wyon what he had seen, and went at six to Langham-chambers, and there saw Roberts at work at a lathe. He told him he was a pcblice-officer, and that he was charged with stealing two dies, the property of his master, and selling them to Wolf. He denied doing anything of the sort. He then asked what he had in his hand in the morning, and he replied, "Two dies he had to polish for Mr. Wolf, but they were not his master's property." He then asked if he was allowed to polish dies for other people, and he said, " No." Me then took him into custody. Inspector Pothers, 'of the E division, said yesterday even ing he went to the shop of Wolf, and asked if he had wade a pair of dies for any one lately, and ho said he had for a gentleman who had fetched them away that day. He said he had bought the dies of a man named Roberts, and on asking what he paid for them, he said he had not paid for them yet. He said he should charge him with receiving the dies well knowing them to be stolen, and took him into custody. He then searched the shop, and found several impressions, which were identified as the property of the prosecutor. He said he had bought the impressions of Roberts at different times. By Mr. Lewis, jun.—lt was a friend of the proseeutor's who ordered the dies for the purpose of detecting the parties. Mr. Lewis, jun., said it was a very objectionable plan. Mr. Bingham said ho thought it was a very proper plan, Charles Pitt, in the employ of Mr. Revell, button manu facturer, of St. Martin's-lane, proved going to Wolf's shop on Thursday last, and ordering a pair of dies with the im pression of a stag's-head. He went yesterday for them and they were not at first ready, Wolf telling him that a man at Wyor's had them to polish. On going again at a later hour he got the dies and the patterns, and paid fur them 155., and got a receipt signed by Wolf. Mr. Wyon said that Wolf was in his father's employ three and a half years ago, and Roberts up to yesterday. He placed some dies on a shelf near the furnace on the 24th of December, and yesterday missed two of them. The pri soner Roberts had access to the place. The impressions produced were his property. By Mr. Lowis, jun.—Wolf was taken into custody by my orders. Had marked the iron, and could positively state they were his property. Believed Roberts polished the dies on his premises. It was possible the dies from which the impressions were made were made while Wolf was in his father's employ. Would not positively swear the wax im pressions were his, but believed they were ; but it was pos sible they were taken from a mould. Mr. Lewis, jun., addressed the magistrate at some length in Wolf's favour, and prayed that he would discharge him. Mr. Bingham said he certainly should not do so. He should commit them for trial. The depositions having been read over by the clerk and the witnesses bound over, the prisoners were committed for trial. THAMES. STEALING BRANDY ON BOARDSIIIE.—John Ivory and John Regan, two athletic Irish labourers, were brought before Mr. Selfe, charged with stealing two bottles of brandy, and being helplessly drunk on board the ship Admiral Lyons, in the East India Import Dock. Captain Acock, the master of the Admiral Lyons, said he was taking in cargo, and the prisoners and others had been engaged in stowing it. Yesterday morning, at nine o'clock, he went on board, and found the prisoners very drunk and ri )tous. Directly afterwards ho discovered that a case of brandy had been broken open and plundered. He missed two quart bottles of brandy from the case. The pri• soners were the only two men in the hold, where the cases of brandy were stowed. Captain Acock added that these robberies were of very frequent occurrence on board ship, and the crews of vessels too often got blamed innocently. Ivory, in defence, said that he drank nothing but two pints of porter yesterday. Mr. Selfe—Nonsense. You were so drunk yesterday that you could not be brought here. Regan made a similar defence--it was the porter ho drank got the better of him upon an empty stomach. Mr. Selfe—You were also helplessly drunk yesterday, and could not be brought here. The prisoners said they walked quietly to the station house at Poplar from the dock, but this was contradicted by Burgess, a dock constable, who said a cart was hired to convey the prisoners from the dock to the station-house, and the expense was borne by the Dock Company. The prisoners insisted they walked to the station-house. Mr. Selfe—How could you walk unless the bottom of the cart was oat ? There is a story of an Irishman who was put into a sedan-chair with the bottom out. " Ah," said the Irishman, " I might as well have walked and saved the expense as be put into this thing." (Laughter.) Capt. Acock said that a portion of one of the brandy bottles was found upon Ivory, and that both prisoners vomited a quantity of pure brandy from their stomachs in the station house. Mr. Selfe—They took too much. Captain Aocck—lndeed they did—a bottle of brandy each before nine o'clock in the morning, Mr. Selfe said this description of offence was very much on the increase. No property was safe on board ships while cargo was being stored or delivered in outward and homeward bound ships. He sentenced the prisoners to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour in the House of Cor rection for one calendar month. LORD BROUGHAM ON DR. ANDERSON'S DlS coußvEs.—A gentleman residing in Ulasgow, who had for warded to Lord Brougham a copy of Dr. Anderson's re cently published volume of Discourses, has received a letter a letter from his lordship dated Cannes, Dec. 31, 1859, in which he says :—" The Discourses of Dr. Anderson appear to be excellent and useful—Lord B. having been able to read the one mentioned in Mr. L.'s note—the tenth—[' Un charitable Judgments Judged']—and it is worthy of all acceptation." WAR IN Moßocco.—An affair, in which figures Colonel Count de Castella, brother-in-law of the Infante Don Henry, is exciting much interest. This nobleman was placed in command of a regiment of the army of Africa ; but at the very beginning of the campaign ho criticised, in violent terms, and even before his inferiors, all the opera tions of the general in chief. This was a very - grave fault, but he committed a still more serious one in not being at the head of his regiment in the combat of the 9th. For this last negligence Marshal O'Donnell reprimanded him very severely, and he answered haughtily. The result was that he either demanded his dismissal or was dismissed; and O'Don ne ll, i n th e order of dismissal, recorded—a pain ful thing for a soldier—that he had not been with his regi ment in action. On arriving at Seville the count made use of such imprudent language that the civil governor had him arrested and sent to Cadiz. The captain general of the latter place had him confined in the fortress of St. Cathe rine, and the Supreme Naval and Military Tribunal of Madrid has decided that he shall be tried by court-martial. SKULLS FROM WROXETER.—In the corner of an orchard abutting upon the Watling-street road, in the vil lage of Wroxeter, but within the old line of wall s , u p war d s of 20 hu man skeletons were a short time since exhumed, several of the skulls of which presented extraordinary ap pearances. Their facial bones are, in fact, all askew, the eye-sockets of one side of the face being in advance of those of the other side. Such terrible-looking creatures as these real original "Angles" were certainly enough to frighten the city into subjection. An examination of these skulls, however, and a knowledge of the conditions under which they were found, would lead to the conviction that Mother Earth has to answer for this distortion. When exhumed they were in the condition of wet biscuit, in consequence of the state of the ground, which is full of springs. It can easily, therefore, be imagined that the weight of the superincumbent earth, acting through so many centuries, had pressed those skulls that had fallen sideways thus out of their usual shape. There is in the British Museum a skull of a Saxon warrior, disinterred not long since in Camb r id ges hi re, w i t h his Saxon ornaments about him, which presents similar distortions with respect to the orbits and the extraordinary elongation of the head which these Wroxeter skulls do. Judging from this fact alone I am inclined to think that these poor people of the orchard have been shamefully maligned as to their per sonal appearance,—Once a Inek. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL' S.:-THURSDAY. The betting was very unimportant. Thormanby was in some force for the Derby, his principal supporter backing him at the odds quoted for £2OO. Two fifties were booked about Nutbourne, at 14 to 1, and the investments on Pale face reached £l5O. The room was very thinly attended. TWO THOUSAND. 4to 1 agst Buccaneer (take sto 1) THE DERBY. 11 to 1 agst Thormanby (taken) 12 to 1 agst Buccaneer (taken) 12 to 1 agst The Wizard (taken) 11 to 1 agst Nutbourne (taken) 50 to 1 agst Paleface (taken) 1000 to 25 agst 'testes (offered) THE DISPUTED RACE AT CHELMSFORD. The following decision has been announced : " Whereas the filly by Connaught Ranger, which came in first for the Mark's Hall Stakes at ChelmSford, was impro perly entered as ' out of Peggotty's dam,' instead of ' dam by Venison out of Peggotty's dam,' the stewards decide that the second horse is entitled to the prize, and also that the clerk of the course must return to the owner of the Con naught Ranger filly the difference between the selling price and the amount for which she was bought in when put up to auction. " H. J. Rous, Vice-Admiral." The beta go to Maypole. The subjoined notice was posted at the Victoria Club, City " THE PEGGOTTY'S DAM FILLT.-Our attention has been directed to the fact of this filly (who was disqualified 1 after winning the Mark's Hall Stakes at Chelmsford, in consequence of being incorrectly described as by Connaught Ranger, out of Peggotty's dam, instead of darn by Venison, out of Peggotty's dam) runnig also in a wrong pedigree in a Sweepstakes of 10 cove each, won by Fontarabia, and a 50 sous plate, won by Brine, at the Newarket July Meet ing; also in a Sweepstakes of 10 sous each, won by Po mona; and in a Sweepstakes of 5 soya each, won by Little .N at, at the First October Meeting ; consequently all bets about her on each of those races are void. " All money to be returned." NOMINATIONS FOR THE NORTHAMPTON. SHIRE HANDICAP. Age ch cby Stock- Age. Trumpeter .... 4 Urania 3 Pensioner 5 York 5 Yellow Rose .. 4 Roman Candle . 6 Mountain Nut.. 4 Man-at-Arms . 3 Richberta 3 Oxford Fright 6 Athos, by Prime Minister, out of Peasant Girl 3 Eskdale Spiteful Dick a Timandra Moorcock 4 Philomel Simple Simon Feoderowna Minster Claire General Hess Julie 4 Gaspard The Pitman 3 Foretop Madrid 3 Apollyon 3 Special Licence 6 Longrange The Don 3 Lord Milton 3 Horace .. 3 Birdcage '3 Md. of Orleans.. 3 Eltham Beauty 4 Rattlebone 3 Bevis Chirp Gwellyan 3 Mavourneen Plumper Age. Tyrant I Blue Jacket 6 Royal Sovereign 5 Tournament Ariadne Tormentor .... 3 Newstead Audrey,byStock well, out of As well, - out of Bribery .. :: 3 Romeo a The Promised Land 4 Tame Deer Prince of Den- mark Sam Spoke Electric Forager . . ch c by New court, out of You Like IL. 4 ch f by Auto- crat, out of Elcot's dam 3 Defender 4 Desdemona c by Tadmor,out of Mainstay 3 The Jade 6 Paleface Adam Bede.... 4 Newcastle 4 Springwell 4 Chance Shot 3 Queen Bee .... 3 May Morning.. 4 The Monk (h-b) 3 The Dane .... 4 Hal o' Kirkles.. 4 Lovett Antidote Professor Dick 3 Fly-by-Day RegiusProfessor a Weatherbound 3 Mouravieff 4 b g by Vatican, out of Lady Mary Don Cossack Teal 3 Niger First Lord, by Lord Faucon berg Treacherous 3 Rogerthorpe a Precursor 4 Nucleus Old Robert Little Dick Telegram.. 5 Vixen ch g by Surplice, out of Concer tina 3 Mosmer Polly Taft 4 Birmingham 4 Flitch .. 4 Danao Narci- sus 3 M. Phillippe Joskin Schism.. Paul Jones. 4 1 Birdbolt gr f by Storm, ; . 311113ft. NOVE •• • 1 •• • 7 out of Colleen Bawn Marine Dreadnought Uncle Ned Malpas 3 Yoicks 3 Borderor .. RACING FIXTURES FOR 1860. FEBRUARY. Lincoln Spring 15 i Derby Spring 23 Nottingham Spring ....21 MARCH. - - Liverpool Spring Shrewsbury Spring Coventry 7 Warwick Spring 20 Northampton 27 Croxton Park 30 Newmarket C Catterick Bridge Taira York Spring 17 Epsom Spring 20 Newmarket } S 23 12 Chester • Doncaster Spring. Salisbury Bath ..... 8 Harpenden lB Epsom 22 Manchester 3O Ilungerford 3l 'NE. Stockbridge 2l 'Winchester 22 Chelmsford 26 Newcastle 15 Ju Ascot Hampton Newton Odiham Bibury Club 13 20 Jr Newmarket J. Carlisle Worcester Liverpool Abingdon 3 Nottingham 17 Stamford l9 Marlborough Goodwood 24 Brighton Brighton Club Wolverhaniptbn Reading Plymouth Oxford E glum 2l York 22 Stockton 23 Lichfield 27 Derby 29 Warwick Doncaster Leicester .... 6 Bedford Newmarket S 0. SHPT. Hereford Liverpool Autumn OCT, Monmouth 2O Manchester Autumn 21 Newmarket F.O. 25 ,BER. Newmarket II 22 Worcester Autumn 30 :MBER. Shrewsbury Autumn ....13 DISABILITIES OF AMERICAN PERSOAS OF COLOUR. TO THE EDITOR OF TIIE SUN. SIR,—I beg to forward to you a correspondence which has recently taken place between Miss S. P. Remond, a free-born American lady of colour with whom I have the honour to be acquainted, and Mr. Dallas, the American Minister in this country. I add a copy of her passport. You will observe that a visa to Miss Remond's passport is refused by the American Minister on the sole ground that she is a person of colour.—l am, &c., London, Dec. 29. A BARRISTER. 6, Grenville-street, Brunswick-square, W.C., Dec. 12, 1859. Sir,—l beg to inform you that a short time since I went to the office of the American Embassy to have my passposli vised for France. I should remark that my passport is an American one, granted to me in the United States, and signed by the minister in due form. It states what is the fact, that lam a citizen of the United States. I was born in Massa chusetts. Upon my asking to havo my passport visaed at the Ameri can Embassy, the person in the office refused to affix the visa, on the ground that I am a person of colour. Being a citizen of the United States, I respectfully demand es my right that my passport be visaed by the minister of my country. As I am desirous of starting for the continent, I must request an answer at your earliest convenience.—l remain, sir, your obedient servant, SAILAIL P. REHOND. The Hon. --. Dallas, American Minister, 24, Portland-place. Legation of the United States, L on d on , D ec . 14, 1859. bliss Sarah P. Remond. lam directed y the Minister to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 12th inst., and to say in reply, he must, of course, be sorry if auy of his countrywomen, irrespective of colour or extraction, should think him frivolously dis posed to withhold from them facilities in his power to grant for travelling on the continent of Europe, but when the in dispensable qualification for an American passport, that of " United States Citizenship," does not exist; when, in deed, it is manifestly an impossibility by law that it should exist, a just sense of his official obligations under certain instructions received from his Government as long as the Bth July, 1856, and since then strictly conformed to, con strains him to say that the demand of Miss Sarah P. Re mond cannot be complied with.—Respecfully your obe dient servant, BINJ. MORAN, Assistant-Secretary of Legation. Sir,—l have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of yesterday's date. The purport of your communication is most extraordinary. You now lay down the rule that persons free-born in the United States, and who have been subjected all their lives to the taxation and other burdens imposed upon American citizens, are to be deprived of their rights as such, merely because their complexions happen to be dark, and that they are to be refused the aid of the ministers of their csuntry, whose salaries they contribute to pay.—l remain, sir, your obedient servant, SARAH P. REMOND. PASSPORT.—T, the undersigned Secretary of State of the United States of America, hereby request all whom it may concern, to permit safely and freely to pass Sarah P. Ito mond, a citizen of the United States, and in case of need co give her all lawful aid and protection. Given under my hand and the impression of my seal of the Department of State of the City of Washington, the 10th day of September, A.D. 1858, in the 83d year of the Inde pendence of these United States. Lawis CAss. Department of State. Loss OF TIIE FLYING FOAM.—MADEIRA, Dec. 24.—The Flying Foam, from Cardiff to China, is totally wrecked ; only six of the crew out of 21 saved. RETURN OF THE IRISH ASSEMBLY'S DEPUTA TION 1 , 11.0111 AMERICA.—The Rev. Dr. Edgard, the Rev. S. M. Dill, and the Rev. David Wilson—the Irish General Assembly's Deputation to the United States of America — landed at Queenstown at half-past two o'clock p.m., on Wednesday last, after a somewhat tempestuous voyage. We may mention that the friends in America of our mis sion schemes have sent the deputation and the mission secretaries home some £6,000 richer than they wore upon their departure.—Belfast Banner. BALL AT ST. LUKE'S _HOSPITAL. On Wednesday evening the annual Christmas ball of the patients in this noble charity took place in one of the large wings of the building, and, as usual, passed off with the most marked success and spirit. The ball-room had been entirely decorated by the patients, who, of course, evinced the most lively interest in all relating to the festivity. Their efforts in this respect displayed a skill and good taste which showed at once that no matter how much the darkness of mental disease had benumbed their other powers, it at least lied left their per ceptions of what was simple and beautiful alive in all their force. Wreaths of evergreens and little party-coloured flags were disposed about the room, the roof of which was covered at all points with festoons of coloured paper garlands, made with great skill, and adjusted with considerable effect At one side of the room was a large Christmas tree, the vegetable characteristics of which were almost en tirely concealed under a crowd of ornaments of all kinds—dressed dolls, bead mats, purses, and other trifles, all made by the patients themselves, and disposed to show them to the best advantage with the utmost care and delicacy. The whole aspect of the room was festive in the extreme, and the touching innocence and childishness with which all the patients entered into the dances, little amusements, and games of the evening was almost affecting, though gratifying, as show ing the perfect abandon of delight with which they enjoyed their evening. The contrast which such a scene almost irresistibly presented to the mind's eye, as between the treatment of the insan e now and what it was a few years ago, was most marked and striking. The days of strait-waist coats, darkness, bread and water, and floggings have passed away for ever, and in their stead has sprung up a system which gives such contentment to the patients as secures them quiet if not happi ness, and which almost infallibly leads on to cure. It would sound strange indeed to the supporters of the old-school theory of treatment to be told that in an hospital as large as St. Luke's not a single strait-waistcoat is to be found, nor has there been ode in the building for years and years past. The most perfect gentleness, light air, amusements, freedom from excitement, and nutritious diet raise the cures at St. Luke's to no less than 681 per cent. per annum, or actually more than two out of every three patients admitted. Under the old system, of which Hogarth has left us such a fearful Facture, the recoveries from this most awful of all maladies were scarcely more than two or three per cent. Unfortunately, the benefits which this magni ficent charity affords are comparatively but little known. With the majority of the public it passes for a mere madhouse, where luna tics are confined, when i n fact it is an hospital, like Bedlam, established for the cure of insanity, and more especially for the reception of members of the middle class—profes sional men and others, whose families, being de prived of their chief support, are unable to bear the heavy expense required for maintenance in a private asylum ; yet notwithstanding these boons, the num ber of in-patients at the hospital has been steadily decreasing, from upwards of 200 in 1854 till the past year , when the a d m i ss i ons were scarcely above 100 in all. Nothing could be more gratifying than this decrease, if it arose from any diminution in the number of persons smitten with this fearful visita tion. The reverse, however, is the case, the returns of the Commissioners in Lunacy s howin g an increase in the spread of the disease, which is alarming in the highest degree, and which the faculty in vain invent theories to account for. In fact, private and expensive asylums are overcrowded—overcrowded to an extent which prevents any individuality of treatment—while a free hospital which effects the largest amount of cures is left empty, and absorb ing its income in keeping up a proper and efficient staff for the relief of patients who do not come. Such an anomaly can only be accounted for by the fact that the inestimable benefits offered to the af flicted at St. Luke's Hospital are not known, and that, as we have said, with the public it is only supposed to be a mere prison for the confinement of the insane. So fur is confinement from being prac tised, that in fact both male and female patients go beyond the precincts of the hospital almost daily for walking exercise, and many of the least afflicted have been trusted out on parole, without any untoward result, while nearly all have visited by turns the Crystal Palace, Zoological Gardens, British and Indian Museums, and other exhibitions. In addition to this, and in accordance with the re commendation of the Commissioners in Lunacy, the whole interior of the hospital has been re arranged in such a manner as to give it the lightest and most cheerful aspect. Of course, such alterations and improvements have not been effected without great expense, which, together with the reduction of income, has compelled the charity to resort to the unforttnate expedient of selling out large sums ' from its funded stock, by which, of course, the in come of the charity has been reduced still more. To supply this deficiency of receipts a new class of hospital patients have been established, whose friends contribute towards their maintenance. These latter patients have nearly all been grouped as nearly as possible in accordance with their social positions, though nothing approaching to a differ ence of grade is recognised. The reception of this class of patients has universally been hailed as a great progress towards the amelioration of the con dition of the insane of the middle classes. Several gentlemen interested in the welfare and progress of the society were present, and contri buted by their vocal and instrumental performances to the amusements of the evening. We need scarcely say that the utmost good order and strict decorum marked the conduct of the patients, who only testi fied by a little unusual exuberance of spirits now and then at some favourite tune or song the pre sence of the dreadful malady which in the prime of life and strength had stricken down their intellect to a more than second infancy. The eager joy, too, with which they received the presents on the Christ mas tree and partook of the cakes. &c., provided for their refreshment was not the least gratifying, though touching, part of the evening's proceedings. Similar balls take place at the hospital once a fort night, though, as a matter of course, the new year's ball of Wednesday night is always the event of the year. Such an entertainment, so peculiar in itself, requires to be seen to fully understand the many comforts and amusements which the most awful of all diseases still leaves within the enjoyment of the patients at St. Luke's. 100 I 100 190 17} 20 S took Sto. 1 Stockl 100 100 100 100 100 Stock 15 58 73 101 f 2 ft 115 99f * & 98! 11 101 f S Lock 38 15} 85 i i i all 1 100 1 1R 118 ss. 1 all 15 5 all ,AIJ, ~a 441 3! 744 85 6 I 70 74 1024 2 ITIES. Bunnell" Done. THIS DAY'S SHIPPING. LONDON, Jan. G.—Wind this day at noon, North- West; light breeze, with fine weather. DOTER, Jan. s. —Wind, W.S.W.—Arrived—Somor rostro, from Havana. PLYMOUTH, Jan. s. —Wind, W. Arrived—Burata, from Moulmam ' • Phoebe (as.), from So u th am pt on , f or th e Cape of Good H ope. FALmorrn, Jan. 5. Wind, W., strong gales and squally.—Sailed—H.M.S. Urgent, for China. FLBETWOOD, Jan. s. —Wind, E.S.E.—Arrived— Rhine, from Savannah. CORK, Jan. 4.—Sailed—Haren, for Barbadoes and Ja maica. Tonne - , Jan. s. —Wind, W.N. W.—Sailed—Thernm this, for the 'West Indies. (By ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Friday Morning. Wind N.N.E. ; rain. Arrived—Teutonia, steamer, from Hamburg ; Adele, from Bordeaux; Nepaul, and Duke of Cornwall, steamer, from London. Sailed—Atalanta, steamer, for Jersey ; Duke of Cornwall, steamer, for Dublin. LITERPOOL, Friday Morning. Wind, N. Arrived, Jan. s—Ann Falcon, from Paraiba ; Tamerlane, from Charleston; Itri, from Salina. Arrived, Jan. 6—Ophir, from Valparaiso ; Era, from Messina. - - Sailed—Bacchante, for Shanghai ; William Rathbone, for New Orleans ; Concordia, for Mobile ; Addle Snow, for New Orleans ; Rosalie, for Aspinwall ; Meandis, for Bor deaux ; Deva, for Calcutta , Daring, for St. Michael's ; Rock Light, for New York; Jacobina, for La Guayra ; Isabella, for Rio Janeiro ; Guy Mannering, for New York ; Flying Venus, for Bombay; Florida, for Savannah; Mont Blanc, for New York; Mary, for Corfu. (BY SIIBILARINB AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Friday Morning. Wind, N.W. ; tide, last hour's ebb ; weather fine. Arrived, Jan:s.—Helen, from Charlotte Town; Quiver, from St. Michael's ; Thetis, from Brussels ; Familie Peeks, from Thisted ; John, from Antwerp ; Don Baring, from Sulina ; Hawk, from Antwerp ; Sara, from Bruges ; Au gust, from Alexandria ; Sirandle, from Dantsic ; Provi dence, from Gravelines ; Alexandri, from Ostend; Ann and Jane. from Antwerp. Sailed, Jan. 6—Fides, for Adelaide ; Watchful, for Mar seilles; Ripple, for Teneriffe. DEAL, Friday Morning. Wind N.N.W., moderate ; hazy. Passed—Eugenia, front London, for Corfu ; Iris, from London, for Liverpool ; Propontis, from London, for Moul mein; Red Jacket, from London, for St. Michaels; Nia gara, from London, for Greenock. Sailed—• England, screw steamer, for Hong Kong. The outward bound are preparing to sail. VESSELS SPOKEIsI . WITH. The Lady Clarendon, bound south, Dec. 3, 6 N., 25 W. Tho Indian, from Moulmein, Dec. 5, 9 N., 25 W. The Sunrise, from London for Falkland Islands, Dec. 2F, 55 N., 1 W. The Negotiator, from Sunderland for Hongkong, Dec. 1, 15 S. 32 W. The Huguenot, bound south, Dec. 4, 8 S., 32 W. The Athelsto.n, from London for Vancouver's Island, 1 N., 26 W. The Hastings, from London for Madras, Nov. 12, 3 N., 26 W. of Paris. THE ELBE.—lnformation has been received at Hull that the ice at Hamburg was breaking up on the 2d We., so that it is probable that the Elbe is now clear. BANK RETURNS: An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria cap. 32, of the Average Amount of Bank Notes, of the several Banks of Issue in England and Wales, in circu lation during the week ending Saturday, the 24th day of Dec., 1859. PRIVATE BANKS. Andover Bank, Andover—Heath and Co Ashford Bank, Ashford—Jemmett, P om f re t, & C o. 1 . 1 4 03 Aylesbury Old Bank, Aylesbury—Cobb and Co 22,339 Baldock Bank and Baldock and Biggleswade Bank, Biggleswade--Wells, Hogge, and k. . 22,973 Barnstaple Bank, Barnstaple—Marshall and Co 6,323 Basingstoke and Oldham Bank, Basingstoke— Seymour, Lamb, and Co. Bedford Bank, Bedford—Barnard and Co Bewdley Bank, Bewdley—Nichols, Baker, and Co 12,124 Bic'est,er and Oxfordshire Bank and Oxford Bank, Bicestcr--Tubb and Co. 16,397 Birmingham Bank, Birmingham— Attwoods, Spoonci, and Co. Boston Bank; Boston—Claypons and C 0.... 65,062 Boston Bauk, Boston—Gee and Co. Bridgwater Bank, Bridgwater—J. &J. L. Sealey 3,357 Broseley and Bridnorth and Bridgnorth and Broseley Bank, Broseley—Pritchards, Boyeoa, and Co. Buckin,ghar:a Bank, Buckingham—Bartlett, Par rott, and Co. Bury and Suffolk Bank, Sudbury Bank, and Stow market Bank, Bury St. Edmunds—Oakes, Bevan, and Co Banbury Bank, Banbury—J. C. and A. Gilbert Banbury Old Bank, Banbury—Cobb and Son 25,141 Bedfordshire Leighton Buzzard Bank, Leighton B us. 4l ild — Bassett, Son, and Co. Birmingham Bank, Birmingham —Lloyds and Co 26,869 Bradford Old Bank, Bradfcrd, Yorkshire—Harris and Co. 11,728 Brecon Old Bank, Brecon—Wilkins and Co 61,934 Brighton Union Bank, Brighton—Hall, West, and C ' O. E t urlington and Driffield Bank, Builington—Hasd . ing, Smith, and Co. Bury St. Edmunds Bank, Bury St. Edmunds-- Worlledge and Co. Cambyidg,o Bank, Cambridge —Martlock and Co 14,637 Cambridge and Cambridgeshire Bank, Cambridge —Messrs. Fosters 40,547 Canterbury Bank, Canterbury--Hammond and Co 29,533 Carmarthen Bank, Carmarthen—David Morris and Sons Chertsey Bani- Ch 11,662 7 J max , , .iertsey-La Coita and Son 2,27 Colchester Bank, Colchester---Romi., Green, & Co. 14,907 Colcheste r and E ssex B an k, and "il , itham an d Essex Bank, clad Hadleigh, Suffolk, Bank, Colchester- Mills, Bawtree, and Co. Cornish Bank, Truro-Tweedy and Co 43,704 Coventry Bank, Coventry-Little and Woodcock 5,121 City Bank, Exeter-Milford and Co. Craven Bank, Settle-Alcocks, Birkbeck, and Co 68,604 Chepstow Old Bank, Chepstow Bank, Monmouth Old Bank, Monmouth Beak, Brecon Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank, Chepstow- Bromage, Snead, and Co. 7,366 Derby Bank, Derby-W. and S. Evans and Co. Derby Bank, Derby-Samuel Smith and Co 41,179 Derby Old Bank and Scar s dale a n d Hi g h P ea k Bank, Derby--Crcanpton Newton, and Co. 24,995 Devizes and Wiltshire Bank, Devizes-Locke and Co. Diss Bank, Diss-Fincham and Co 10,645 Doncaster Bank and Retford Bank, Doncaster- Cooke and Co. 67,364 Darlington Bank, Durham Bank, and Stockton-on- • Tees Bank, Darlington-Backhouse and Co 78,544 Devonport Bank, Devonport-Hodge and Co 8,185 Dorchester Old Bank and Dorsetahire Bank, Dor chester- R. and H. Williams 43,543 East Cornwall Bank, Liskeard-Robins, Foster, and Co. East Riding Bank, Beverley-Bower and Co 46,369 Essex Bank and Bishop's Stortford Bank, Chelms ford-Sparrow, Round, and Co ... 38,428 Exeter Bank, Exeter-Sanders and Co 26,612 Farringdon Bank and Bank of Wantage, l'arring don-Barnes Medley, and Co 5,599 Farnham Bank, Farnham-J o h n an d J as. Knight 9,113 Faversham Bank, Faversham-Hilton and Co 5,141 Godalming Bank, Godalinine--Mellersh and Keen 4,605 Guildford Back, Guildford-Messrs. Haydon 12,197 Grantham Bank, Grantham-Hardy and Co 27 152 Hereford City and County Ba n k, H ere f or d-M at- , thews and Co 14,499 Hull Bank and Kingston-upon-Hull Bank, Hull- Smith, Brothers, and Co Huntingdon Town and County Bank, Hunting don-Veasey and Co Harwich Bank, Harwich-Cox, Cobbold, and C o . 5,379 Hertfordshire, Hitchin Bank, llitchin-Sharples and Co. Hereford, Ross, and Archenfleld Bank, and Ross and Archenfield Bank, Ross-Morgan and Co 17,969 Ipswich Bank, Ipswich-Bacon and Co. 18,070 Ipswich and Needham Market Bank, Suffolk, Had leigh Bank, Manningtreo and Mistley Bank, and Woodbridge Bank, Ipswich-Alexanders & Co 57,574 Kentish Bank, Maidstone--Randall, Mercer, and Co. Kington and Radnorshire Bank, Kington-Davies and Co. Knaresborough Old Bank and Ripon Old Bank, Knaresborough-Harrison and Co Kendal Bank, Kendal-Wakefield, Crewdson, &Co 42,266 Longton Straffordshire Bank, Longton-C. Harvey and Son 5,054 Leeds Bank, Leeds-Beckett and Co. 53,780 Leeds Union Bank, Leeds-W. Williams, Brown, and Co. Leicester Bank, Leicester--T. and T. T. Paget 31,730 Lewis Old Bank, Lewis-Whitefeld and Co. 27,365 Lincoln Bank, Lincoln-Smith Ellison and Co LlandoVery Bank, Lampeter Bank, and Llandilo Bank, Llandovery-D. Jones and Co Loughborough Bank, Loughborough-Middleton and Cradock Lymington. Bank, Lymington-S. an d G. F . S t Barbe 3,952 Lynn Regis and Lincolnshire Bank, Lynn Legis- Gurneys and Co. 29,955 Lynn Regis and Norfolk Bank, Lynn Regis- Jarvis and Co 10,709 Macclesfield Bank, Macclesfield-Brocklehurst and Co. Manning-tree Bank, Manningtree-Nunn and Co 3,963 Merionethshire Bank, Dolgelly-Williams and Son 11,772 Miners' Bank, Truro-Willyams and Co. Monmouthshire Agricultural and Commercial Bank, Abergavenny-Bailey and Co. Monmouth Old Bank, Monmouth Bank, Brecon Bank, Chepstow Bank, Chepstow Old Bank, and Ross and He'refordshire Bank, Monmouth- Bromagey Snead, and Co. Newark Bank, Newark-Godfrey and Riddell .... 23,870 Newark and Sleaford Bank, and Sleaford and Newark Bank, Sleaford-Handley, Peacock, and Co. 47,669 Newbury Bank, Newbury-Bunny, Slocock, and Co. 16,694 Newmarket Bank, Newmarket-Eaton, Hammond, and Co.. 16,616 Norwich Crown Bank and Norfolk and Suffolk Bank, Norwich-Harveys and nucleons 50456 Norwich and Norfolk and F a k en h am B an k s, Nor , wich-Gurneys and Birkbecks 85,762 Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Bank, Notting ham-Hart, Fellows, and Co. Nuneaton Bank, Nuneaton-Craddock and C o . 2,093 Naval Bank, Plymouth-Harris & Co. 20.594 New Sarum Bank, Sarum-Everett and Co. 9,383 Nott'ngham Bank, Nottingham-Samuel Smith and Co 26,924 Oswestry Bank and Oswestry Old Bank, Oswestry wow -Croxon and Co' 12,195 Oxford Old Bank, Oxford-Parsons and Co .. 32,683 Old Bank, Tonbridge, Tonbridge and Tonbridge Wells Old Bank, Tonbridge and Tonbridge- Wells and Sevenoaks Bank, Tonbridge-T. H. and S. Beachi ng • 7,876 Oxfordshire Witney Bank, Witney-J. W. Clinch and Sons 10,344 Pease's Old Bank, Hull, the Hull Old Bank ar d Beverley Bank, Hull-Pease and Co Penzance Bank, Penzance-Batten and Co. Peterborough Bank and Oundle Bank, Peter • borough-D. Yorke and Co. Pembrokeshire Bank, Haverfordwest__J. and W. Walters Reading Bank, Reading-Simonds and Co. Reading Bank, Reading-Stephens, Blandy, & Co. 29,092 Richmond Bank, Richmond-Roper and Co. 6,349 Rochdale Bank, Rochdale-Clement, Royds & Co. 2,620 Rochester, Chatham, and Strood B an k, Rochester- Day and Nicholson Royston Bank, Royston-F or dh am an d S ons 10,972 Rugby Bank, Rugby-A. Butlin and Son 8,816 Rye Bank, Rye-R. C. Pomfret and Co 10,426 Ross Old Bank, Herefordshire, Ross-Allaway and MacDougal Saffron Walden and North Essex hank, Saffron Walden-Gibsons and Co Salop Bank, Shrewsbury-Burton, Lloyd, &Co 11,458 Scarborough Old Bank, Scarborough-Woodall and Co. Shrewsbury Old Bank and Shrewsbury and Ludlow Bank, Shrewsbury-Rocke, Eyton, and Co 39,852 Sittingbourne and Milton Bank, Sittingbourne-• Valiance and Co. Southampton Town and County Bank, Southamp ton-Maddison and Pearce Southwell Bank, Southwell-Wylde and Co 9,941 Southampton and Hampshire Bank, Southampton -Atherley, Fall, and Co. Stafford Old Bank, Stafford-Stevenson and Co. Stamford and Rutland Bank, Stamford-Eaton, Cayley, and Co 24,511 Shrewsbury and Welsh Pool Bank, Shrewsbury- Beck,. Downward, and Co. 22,138 Taunton Bank, Taunton-H. and R. Badcoek 27,582 T T h alloisto ek yßank,Bank, TaNi Thornburg -Harwood -Gill, Sons, and Co 7,493 rnbur and Co 10,066 Tiverton and Devonshire Bank, Tiverton-Dune- , -- - ford and Co. ..... 11,033 T ring—Butcher Tl pston and Kettering Bank, Northamptonshi;., Thrapston—York and Eland ............. 11,144 ............... 13,041 an ti County of Poole Bank and Ringwood ' Tr a i n n d g B sa a n nk . . and ... . C .. h . e . 5 . h . a . n . i . !3 . a . n . k . .. Towcb c4ter Old Bank, Towchester—Percival and Co. 6,3 N Town County of Poole Bank and ltingwood and Poole Bank, Poole —G. W. Ledgard and Sons 10,985 Union Bank, Cornwall, Ilelston—Vivian and Co.. 14,421 Uxbridge Old Bank, Uxbridge—Hull, Smith, &Co. 13 205 W a llingford Bank, Wallingford —Hedges, Wells, t and Co. 6,279 Warwick and Warwickshire Bank, Warwick— Greaves and Co. Wellington Somerset Bank, Wellington—Fox, Brothers, and Co 2,840 West Riding Bank, Wakefield and POntefract Bank—Leatham, Tew, and Co 44,152 Whitby Old Bank, Whitby—Simpson, Chapman, and Co. s Winchester, Alresford, and Alton Bank, Winches ter—Bulpett and Co. Weymouth Old Bank and Dorchester Bank, Wey mouth—Elliot, Pearce, and Co. Wirksworth and Ashbourne Derbyshire Bank— Arkwright and Co. . 37,747 Wisbech and Lincolnshire Bank, Wisbech—Gur neys and Co 44,300 Wiveliscombo Bank, Wiveliscombe—P. and W Hancock O,OOB Wolverhampton Bank, Wolve r hampton—Goodrick• and Holyoake ••••• Worcester Old Bank and Tewkesbury Old Bank, Worcester—Berwick, Lechmere, and Co Wolverhampton Bank, Woh erhampton — R. and (4 , 7_ 4 W. F. Fryer _ . ,2 Yarmouth and Suffolk Bank, and Halesworth and Suffolk Bank, Yarmouth —Gurneys, liirkbeck, and Co. rest and 7 of ; at ry- Oth Ip the at nse one 1 of er " )N. M. vie, ted self and Lich was the !ral list he ed ;ly Share all all all all all all all all all all 1 - 0 PI 37i 9 37 55 id 1011 : 1 , ii I Ili $ 114} 114 1110 h