The Sun. — London, England, 1860-12-17 00:00:00

• very fine rwise, the very Poor Prime rade W 1 in some 6. d. F. d. . 6 4 1 60 : 1t 1 4 04 ~6 4 85 v 4 p 4 6 4 85 2 store pig,' PPLT. 860 ...... 5,100 • " 160 17, 1860. d. 0. t 4 to 3 10 4 6 6 0 2 5 4 8 3 l e ° 0 4 10 5 6 5 I° , l 0 0 " 4 0 4 " 8 6 0 0 4 n 6 8 5 " 7, 860 19,5 6° 21 0 516 )f the coat' Ina IWO ° tuded root e ice was well it very fllli or wheat oil been by 11 ° steadily, 0 $ 3s are to a° ress of sill' market, la ° abroad ive re heat, 12,0 ' :04 pea, L y seeds, ;W' h up to•dxf: li m ited, 604 buyers moved on 31014167 h nearly t he the samples wheat, free 1- deeeriptio o value of f ro, , near ly 10,0 v" moneY; //al extensive• .nd for bait .n on this del ly, and Pr° or oats, at 641 I, in some advance i° 46s to 5 ,, sfls 695 525 605 6" 7" 56s 64. 41s 5 ", --s 405 428 28s 334 363 52s 505 62° 525 V . , 701 22s 2 " s 33 2 28 2 s 2 2 6 225 255 4 ' 4 „ - , 40s y o - , 46s 38, 4 , , 42s 4 0 , 3s , 45s 6 . 50s 54° ,545 57, 40 , 44 0 398 421 LLL. r ge d meat is - 4 . edition. G e " owe a. 0. d n . % ton 3 1 0 •. 4 8 A 0 • 0 0 t t i equ.est, $ . 0 1:1 17' Bsl tle very - t „ Tr les from 'darn, 34 fro ' .ifg Os 14 Os 9 Os 9 105 LDS. el es is stea of pota to t n c 1 11; t h o Coady" 40s per tel' 50s , 9 108 9, 40s 91 605 ~ DOs ~ _ _ 95s ;; A deseriP ti — o r , lO 3 general c li p en imporooo ies have BiP 44 0 300 iss cir 440 ;070 wing 66 ° 0 0 550 600 ). ton 4 1 v; ClO 1001 1 1 0 CIO 5, s 6 1.6 7w, 700 lefl; c h a t 110 to le abou t , 9 1, °mina' 4 5 , es frovi me, 665 fr° iro we ll 51 14 ag at 606 laYs ag 13)., soarke 1 / 4 - TA . ~,3 3 , 3cl AYn e ' on theV i l; o ,it he head vipg Itch ha A w 35 itte ci !,11 conatu- nvn. g oo ,;tary °Io founa!`" o uf INIr. u°. durl o% aide ~ t ~f in t e es „icy swim daY with fo rd r.Beresl- of t t e ere ot ti ru Irian Duilaid° O P. 859. 7 245 ,24 i bjto 0C ";0( ! d i gel 01 1 !,404 0,0 51 $,805 "1,8 5 ' 148 g 9 0 4 /,9blo '9 0' . '8 Oct ° 310,vEr 31ARKET 11 VD CITY NEB'S. o---. CITY, Two o'CLocu. The accounts from the manufacturing districts during the past week mention that trade has been inactive in most departments. At Manchester there has been rather more inquiries for cloths for home use, but for expottation there have been no indications of improvement. A very limited busi ness has been done at Leeds ; prices, however, were well maintained for piece goods, wools, and yarns. At Bradford there has been very little improve ment in the demand either for home use or for export. The lace and hosiery trade at Nottingham and Leicester continued very inactive, and in the various hardware districts the only business tran sacted has been to supply immediate requirements consequent upon the demand usual at this season Of the year. The discount market remains in a very quiescent state, but the banks and discount houses require previous rates for the accommodation they afford, notwithstanding the continued abundance of money. Some effect is still produced by the re venue collections, and also by the continued ship ments of gold to America. At the current quota tions, however, which still range as low as 41 per cent., the mercantile classes are enabled to obtain all the accommodation they require. Increased activity prevailed in the Liverpool Cotton market on Saturday, and prices tended upwards. The sales amounted to 15,000 bales. On Saturday about £40,000 in bar gold was sent into the Bank of England. The steamer Tamar, which leaves to-day for the West Indies, will take out £lO,OOO in gold and £lO,OOO in silver. To day an instalment of 22 per cent, is due on the last Russian 41 per Cent. Loan, being the final payment. The interest has been advertised for payment on Peruvian 49 per Cent. Bonds, Portuguese 3 per Cents., and New South Wales Government Deben tures. Considerable buoyancy was crealZin the Eng lish Stock Market to-day, by the advices from China, and Consols ascended nearly per cent. — viz., to 937, but dealings have since taken place at 9 31 ; and they still remain at these quotations. The rise was checked by a few speculative sales, prompted by so decided an advance. The Ameri can advices, moreover, are considered unfavourable. The New Threes and the Reduced have advanced to 921 93 ; India 5 per Cent. Enfaced Paper is steady at 95 ; ditto Debentures are at 9617, ; and Exchequer Bills aro firm at 2s. dis. ; Bank Stock has risen to 234 k. Foreign Securities show increased buoyancy, but the dealings are limited. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 72 to 72-1; ditto New, 58 to 581- ; and the £lOO Bonds have improved to 60 ; Sardinian to 841 ; Brazilian 4.-1- per Cents. to 87; and Russian 41 per Cents. to 941 901. Messrs. D. Bell, Soil, and Co., report the prices of American Securities as follows : Redeemable. ''Prices United States 6 per Cents..... 1867-1868 Do. 5 per Cent Bonds ...... 1874 Kentucky 6 per Cent. Bonds . 1868-72 Pennsylvania 5 per Ct. Bonds 1877 Illinois Central 7 per Cent. 1875 Illinois Central 6 per Cent. 1875 Do, shares, 80 dols. paid Michigan Central 8 per Cent.. • Do. do. shares New York Central 6 per Ct., 91 95 92 94 88 89 85 871 85 87 29 27 dis 90 92 58 60 1869 not convertible.... New York Central 7 per Ct , convertible, from June 15, 1883 1857-59 Do. do. shares New York and Erie, 7 per Ct., Ist mortgage Do. de., 2d mortgage Di. do., 3d mortgage 93 91 84 ex Do. do. convertil2e - Do. do. shares Panama 7 per Ct., Ist mort • gage Str. Bonds, not cony Do. do., 2d do. _ _ _ Pennsylvania Central 6 per 1880 47 48 42 44 83 S 5 Paid ARE-Si Closing ' Business Price. Done. n 3j 97 99 p 55 57 15 15 1135 137 104 105 1-k4 I P 0 I A , 93 95 71 -81 3 244 , 2i '2lt 2.36 244 ' - R 1 74 71 194 206 384 394 7 Rh 35 361 54 56 3 24,1 5a 5k Bt . A.tl ;d d 20 2( 11 2.1 k '.'~:::ii_' ~S ~, • ram. Closing Business Pr ice. Done ces. 1864 1867 1859 1883 1862 1865 100 102 1872 100 101 Ct., let mortgage .. Increased animation has prevailed in the Rail way Share Market and a further improvement has taken place in the rates current for most of the principal British undertakings. North Westerns have advanced 55.; Bristol and Exeter, Caledo nians, Midlands, and North Eastern (Berwick), los.; Eastern Counties, and Lancashire and York shire, 155. ; Great Northern, Great Western, £1 ; and Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, and South Easterns, £1 to £1 los. The Foreign and Colonial undertakings have also tended upwards. South Austrian and Lom. bardo Venetian have improved ss. Grand Trunk of Canada 10s. ; Great Western of Canada, ss. ; East Indian, 55.; and Great Indian Peninsula ss. Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares have been in good demand at slightly enhanced quota tions. Union of London have improved 55.; Aus tralian Agricultural, 10s. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 2311 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities • 93 2/ New 3 per Cent. Annuities 93 2f India Stock Ditto Enlaced Paper, per Cent — Ditto 5 per Cent Ditto Debentures, 1858 Dltto Bonds £l,OOO lO die Console for Account, Jan. 10 India Stock for Account Ditto 5 per Cent. for Account Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 1 1d FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK Brazilian 5 per Cent Ditto 41 per Cent, 1852 Ditto, 1860 Russian .5 per Cent. 1822, £ St — Ditto 4 1 per Cent 9 41 51 _ 1, Sardinian 6 per Cent. Turkish 6 per Cent • • -- Ditto Account Ditto New Loan . • • . — Ditto Account / Ditto £lOO Bonds • 6O Dividends on the above payable in London. TWO O'CLOCK Consols for Account, ex div. TBIS DAYS MIFFING. L OND ON, Dec. 17 „Wind this day at noon — North , strong breeze, cloudy, with rain and sleet in the morning. PLYMOUTH, INC. 15.—Wind N.W.rrivedßerwick (ecrew steamer), from Gibraltar ; Sorme, from Rotterdam S a t for Boston, rith mainmast sprung. BRISTOL, Dec. 16 —Wind W.—Armed—Woodlark, from Mauritius ; Mary Jane, from Montreal. WEYMOUTH, Dec. 16.—Wind, N.N.W. —Arrived- Billow, from New York. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH•) sti SOUTHAMPTON, Saturday Morning• at, Wind N.N.W. Arrived, Dec. 15—Rival, from Jersey ; Duke of Corn • well, steamer, from Dublin ; Southampton, steamer, from st , Jersey; Havre, steamer, from Havre. Sailed—Duke of Cornwall, steamer, for London. sti Arrived, Dec. 16—Minerva, from Boston P rov idence, •st from Cork ; Atalanta, steamer, from Guerns ey; Brilliant, g e t t from Jersey. Sailed —Hope, for Swanage ; George and Henry, and Comet, for Cowes. BY SUBMARINE AND MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH. GRAVESEND, Monday Morning. Wind ; tido last hour's ebb; cloudy, with sleet. Arrived—Arcturus and Myst4y, from Rotterdam ; H ar - binger, from Archangel ; Jane, from Amsterdam ; St. Joseph, fr m Gravelines ; Ann and Margaret from Amster dam ; Margaret and Jane, from Hamburg ; Sir G. Brown, from Malmo; Lark, from Antwerp ; Madelina, from Sun nesund ; Metropolis, steamer, from Guernsey ; Gladiator, steamer, from Lisbon. Arrived, Dec.l7.—Elizabeth, from Preaste; Giffords,from Bruges. Sailed, Dec. 17.—Wanderings ma ndens, for Chistiansen. DEAL, Monday Morning. Wind N.E., fresh. Passed—Gleaner, for St. Michael's; Alma, for Cardiff; Eliza Ann, for New Orleans; Theresa, for Rio Janeiro ; Effort, for Corfu ; Zodiac, for the Cape of Good Hope ; Eugenie, for Havre—all from London. " We are glad to state," says the Malta rbserver, " that telegraphic communication is again open between Malta and Sicily, and, consequently, with England and the Continent." Mr. C. Kean is about to proceed on a " starring" tour through the United States. Messrs. Longman will publish immediately " Melusina," a new Arabian Night Entertainment. Messrs. Blackwood announce the " History of the Greek Revolution': from the pen of Mr. Finlay. M. Dupont White has translated Mr. John Stuart Mill's essay on "Liberty," into French. M. Meyerbeer's " Schiller March" is now to be had, "transcribed" for the pianoforte, by Dr. Liszt. Mr. Norman Robert Pogson has been appointed Astronomer at the Madras Presidency.—Athe;accum. Mr. Tweddell, of Bury, has in the press a second edition of his work, " Shakspere, his Times, and Contem por Inaries." - the January number of " Temple Bar," Mr Sala will commence anew serial story, entitled, " The Seven Bona of Mammon," wt. 05 9 'O4l SIIA ir AI A Prf ET.-(711 DAr.) ARX SAIMS AND STOCKS. Itailxvays. 50 :TieNast and ll:l l .lvmptia ' W9l , anti Sqr. Val. stori: :in:'' jlme. 25 25 f:IIal and Tyne 10 111O,t. Sleaf. and 3lid.Co :ock Ttristol and Exeter •ock Caledonian 10 Carmarthen Cardigan 5 0 Cork and Bandon 20 ,cork, Itlrock., HPassage 20 Paid. Clos in g ice. 81 83 11i 12& R 4 7 98 10A 98.3 93a Cornwall . 0 Do A (A E.r.tsi no div [0 Do B , untilf)p , per an • hasheen ;1. toll l 0 Dublin & Belfast. June. l 5 Dun., Perth, &Ab.•lunc ;ck Eagt Anrrlian ;ek I Eastern Counties ERgtern Union, A stock '•ac Do do 11 do t 5 Do Nw A, late EU3ds )ck East Suffolk )elt Edinlirp.h & Glasgow [elf Edin. Perth, &T)undee [0 Eortb & Clyde Junction )ck t'urness )ek illasfr. and S. Western [0 Great Nthn. of Scotland )el< Groat N orth ern )ck Po do A stock )ck Po do TI do )ck & W. of Ireland )ck Great Western . ,ek Do Str Val girt. stock 12 Irish South-eastern )ck La.nea.shi re & )ck London and Blackwall )cli Lon., liri ht.. &S Coast )ck Lond., Chat., and Dover tek Lond. &Nth Western tek Lond. & -th. Western T,'derry & Coleraine „ .t 5 ;.' ,l errY E EnnisKillen lek Man. S'het. & T.in^oln i 0 Maryport and Carlisle 12i Do do .1 shares 10 Metropolitan 'k Midland .0. Do new 71;". Do ; & Derby, a Mid. G'. W. of Treland 5 Do 1 shares , 5 Mid Kent ..... • • 10 Do, ("ray Line )0 veweastle and C irlisle 10 Newry & Armagh, def.. Newry. Warnpt. & nos. )Iz. N0rf01k............... N tin. Counties Union.. !lf North British Nor.Dev.llail&Ok.stoc' ;lc A'stk ; A tees no d., until 11/Sch as beenpd.R dr Do Tt stock . .•• . , . Nth'. Eastern—Berwick) I Dodo, purchase' no Leeds •• • )ck ' DO York' act , North London 10 Do new. [ 1t.4 North Staffordshire lo• N. and S. W. JUnction ' 12 Not.. &Grantham EA : 10 Te.ehles ..... . ••• Portsmouth ........ 10 fthymney,, ~ • •• •• • • ock Scottish Central ock scot N. E.. Aher. stock ock Do Scot. Mid. stock.— ock , Shropshiri , Union 10 Sittingbourne & Sheer. ock South Devon ... . ock S.nitl) Eastern ock sonth Wales ock S. York. and River Dun 20 Staines. Wok,. and Wok 25 Stockton & Darlington 25. Do do ock Taff Vale oak Do Pref. No 1 25 Thatneafavenl , k&Rail 50 Ulster .... Do 6 e 4 - _ , ck Vale of Neath 3 Victoria Sts. and PIM ics: Waterford Kilkenny Wateoord & Limerick WestiC-rnwall West London ... nn np.2d &ass • • •.- WeitHareepooi Harbr •,k West Midland—Oxford, k Pp. Newport Tv.. Hereford stoel stool stocl 71 SI 16 17 52 53 36 38 26 28 87 P 9 29 291 114 116 'llO4 l'l6 105 107 132. 1M 112 114 736 "31 60 62 120 12 0 6 62 61, 116 117 52 64 102 1024 9.11 956 10i 11 404 50 31 aid 135 1351 107 109 7 Gd 54 56 64i 45} 110410 i f A - AP I -644, 554 931 9#k I 101 103 A 211 8! 'Bi,, 114 116 334 .34 87 89 49 81 6 7 42 43 85 85} 82. 64 77 79 8 R 42 43 104 11 p 551 55k 2 30 dip 64 70 111 11; '' ‘ Oi ~'. ~,^i 4 1 &nines, I 11 Done. Bt] IC4 991 i 9 53 1 1121 12 1086 2 8 75i 5 1 1211 1 2515 136 1 51 61 PREFRENi Share' Railways. CE S ------ 25 Blythe and Tvne 10 per - j A Itrel Consols(Philacl42.ll.lo 38 4 Ic. pref. (issued at .E5 O f.l. - - 20 !Briti6h; Iron II6 1 t • ctk 111ris. & Exet. 4 p.ct.stoc k 100 95 97 - 'Clifford nil 220 230 20 , DO. do. do. Shares ..... 14 - - - Devon G. Cons. (Taoist )' 1 410 420 stock Caledon £1 0 ,41 per cent 100 101 103 Bassett (Illogan) I 30 120 125 stock Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. 100 - - ' •"- 'East Caradon ...... ' 2.14.6 106 11 65 ;Cork & 'Bandon. 51 p. c. all - -- - E. Vri Russel cravistk ); 7.4.0 Ilk Ili 111 29 jCornwall, 5 per cent... all 201 21i - Gam.&StAubyn(Gwen )! 511 27 29 - Great South Tolgus I 17s 1 9 95 61 IDun.Perth&Aber.Jun.. all 6 1 6 1 stock E.Airm.Class A 7 &.sp.e. 100 99 101 - G. Wheal Alfd.(Philack),l2.l3.9 1 11 stock Do. do. Class 13 6 p.c.... 100 111 113 -G. Wheal Vor (Helston)j 05 15 15 stock ;Do. do. Class C 7 p.c.... 100 106 108 - Grenville ' 5.14.111 3 36 - ,Herod's- Foot.. ... 1 8.12 32 14 stock !E. Conn. Ex. sp. C. No.' 100 110 112 stock IDo. do. No. i 100 108 110 - Ilingst.on Downs ,I 4.10.6; 3: 31 stork Do. New 6 pet ct. stock.l 100 124 126 - !Lad Bertha I 1.8.6 I 15 if stock jEn stern Union, 4 per 0 - .1 109 80 82 -_- Margaret' (Uny Lelant); 96 54 56 ' stock I Do. 5 per cert. guar... 100 - - - North Downs 2l 31 45 7 : North Frances (Mogan) 115 4 5 ' stock jEdin.*Glas.sp.c. s h a res 100 111 111 stock lEdin.&Glas. Do. 4p. c r , "119. S. &D . 100 90 72 - ,N.Wli'l Bassat(Illo an)! 15s ; 4 b stock j Edin. Perth& Dun. 4 p.c. 100 - - 77 -. North Wheal Crotty stock ; Furness, 5 per cent .... 100 i - - - Par Consols (St. Blazey) l 15 ! 05 11 s tock IGlas.& S. Westga 5 p.c. 100 - 20 Providence (Uny Lelia.); 10.6.7 45 47- stock !Great , Northern, t p. ct.l 100 117 119 , - ,Sortridtfe Cons. Min.oo.l 14s 115 it stock 'Do.sp.c.edm., 10 .c.prit ; 10'. 11l 113 - South Caradon(St.Cleer) 15 1 300 310 stock ;Do. 41 p. c. do. do. - S. Cam Brea (Illogan).. 1 31 ! 21 35 100 Do, Np.c. Redrn. 5 c. pm 8') 85 87 , 1 S. Dev. Iron &Gen.,Lim.j all ; I 1 10 Gt. Nb.ot Scotld let pf. 4.11 - - - ,S.Wheal Fran. (Illog - anl,ls.l .Si - 115 155 0 t Sn ,t W (Irelandll ) ; 100 98 100 - Stray Park :21.18.0 49 51 'al stock ' ' 1 p. et. pref. stock....' 5 Tamir Silv.& Lead Min. 45 1 26 21 'lO 1(3 reat West. (Perks and 10 Tin Croat , •.) 54 131 1 Hants) Ext. sp. ct. . 6 - - - Vale of Towey (farm ) .as 6di 1 4 stock Co. Redeernable,4lp.et: 100 99• 101 1011 - West Basset (Illovan) I 15 1 17 18 stock j Do. ltedeemable, 4p. ct. 100 00 92 92 - W. Caradon (Liskeard), •5. -I 76 78 stock IDo 1 1 -redeemable, do.. 100 91 93 - West Seton stock jDo. 5 p.ct. Redeem. Pref . . 100 102 101 - Wheal Basset (Illog - an) 55 120 125 8 I Do. llirm. Pref. Shares. all 91 10 - ,Wheal Buller(ltedruth) 5 135 145 10 Gt. W. Ches. 8 p.c. pf.sh. all 175 185 - Wheal Edward (Cals.), 12 j 11 1; ,10 Do. do. sp. ct. pref all 195 101 - Wheal Kitty (U.Lclant) 1.7.2 17 18 'it ock Do Birmg..Tuar. stock_ 100 76 78 - Wheal Mary Ann (Men.); 8 ; 20 22 2tVi Do. Chester gua. shares all 20 21 - Wheal Trelawney (Lis.)' 55 1 17 19 ; 131 Do. do. do. FOREIGN MINES. 20 IDo. do. do. stock Lan.&York 6p. c. stock lOO 137 129 20 Australianl l7i 1 1 stock Do.Barusl.st£s3s 10d pc 100 - - 1 IBonAccordCoPper,Lim ! 15s 1 d 5 stock. Do. 6 per c. (E. Lan.) .. 100 - - 35 1 Brazil. Imp. (is. at Xi p ); i 275 2 25 stock Lon.& Brig.s pc.git. No.l 100 116 118 20 I Do.St.Johndel ite mt y,LIS 285 29 stock Dn. sp. c. No. 2 100 116 118 5 Do. Lan ii and Mining,Co.; all - s tock Do. gna. 6p. c. - dls. stock Do. do. 5 p.c. No. 4 100 11(5 118 40 ICobre Coppe r ' all 43 45 stock Do. do. 41 per cen' . . .... 100 103 105 - JCopiapo l6 8 10 5 Do. do. 4% p. c. shares.. all - - ' .1. iDannoun.Cop.Ming Co ail 1 1 stock !Do. 7p. et. Fret. stock; 100 152 155 . , . 2 IFottuna. - • ' all 2 25 stock Do. 6p.c. do. (W.E.&C.p,) 100 130 ,134 stock Do.lp.o.S.(div.dettil '65) 100 .69 71 . 1 • 2 Gt. N. Cop. of S. Austr. 1 I par 1p 1 stock Lon. Chat. and Dover.. 100 90 92 . 11 iKapunda (Limited), .... 1 11 IR p 21 stock Lon. and N.W. Coy. and • 3 CLinarea • all 95 105 Nuneaton, sp. et 1.... 100 116 118 5 Lusitanian, stock Lon. & S.W, 7p. ct. stock 100. 150 155 ' • 1' Mariquita all 1 2 p 6p stock Do. 41 per cent lOO - - - ; , 1 ' i N.illiineCopotS.Aus.L.,l2s.6d. 5 Id 2s. tid. Do. (Prtsm. perpl anns. 20 'Pontgibaud Silver,Lead of 28. 6d. - - 124 Londondy. & Cole. 5 sit all - - ' Mininz and Smelt.... all 5 6 124 Lonclonv. & Ennis. 4 sh. all 125 13 *r• 1 5 ;Port Philip. Seottisli Avortrln. (L.).. 10s.1 5 1 stock Ilan. Sli. &Lin. 6 per ct. 1 00 - .....0 ,• - . 1 £4l 8 Do. stock Do, 31 per cent - all 5 1 1 ' Do. - - 10 Do. redeem. 6 per cent.. 5 1 ; p 12 - Jary .oat & Car., 4p. a all - - JOINT-STOCK BANKS. ....- 121 rt. 41 per cent - .....- stock Mid, Con. 6p. c. stock.. 100 - - • 190 t Agra&UnitedService Bk 50 92 84 stock jDo.Con.Bris. &Bin 6 p.c. 100 136 138 . 40 Australasia all - - stoc o k Do.1.)(). pref. stock.. 100 102 103 1125 25 Bank of Egypt all 19 5 20' 100 IBank of London •i . with o• option till 1800; 3 - - stock , Do. Leic. &Mt pref. st,l 100 95 96 20 j ß a n k o f Tur k e y stock jNorfllc sp. c. Ex. st. 1846, 100 - - - 50 British North American all 57 59 s tock iDo. 58 p. c. Pref. do. 1847 100 - 20 Itlitd.Bank of India, &c. all 22% 221 stock 'lDo.sWay.Val.Ex.st.lB47, 100 i - - 25 Cll.l3ler. of In. Lon., t Ch. all 34 36 stock ;N or th British, sp. c..,' 100 '1 1 l 113 1 00 'City stock 'Do. New. gua. 6 1 p. c.... 100 1109 111 100 Colonial ................21 39 41 10 I Do. Bor. 17n. g. pf. shs 1 ' 5 15 p 201.1 'Corn. Bank of Canada. all - -- 10 ' Do. do. do. all - - 100 Commercial of London . . 20 21 22 stock Nth.Dev.Rail. At Dck.Co. 100 - - 20 ' Eng„ Scot., & Ans. Ch.. all 141 151 stock N-East.Cons.Pret. 4 p.c. 100 93 95 20 'Gen. Ilk .of Switzerland all - - stock Do. Berwick, 4 p.c. Pref. 100 102 104 20 I Lou. Char.Bkof Austral all 251 26 17 Do. do. do w 13.4. P iP 50 London' and County .. 20 - - 20 Do. Leeds, 6p. a. No. 1 13 - - 50 .London Joint Stock .. 10 - - 125 Do. do. Quarters, 1848.. 9 - - 100 'London & Westminster 20 - - 15 Do. York, . &S. Purch. 10 p I p 100 Nat. Prov: of England . 42 - - ?..0 • North Staffordshire.... all 23 24 20 Do. new . 12 - -. . (0 Rhymney Guaranteed. all - - 50 ;National Bank ..........25 - - ; 8/ Scottish Central, new pfi all - - . .20 ,New South Wales..... .. all -; - stock Scottish North-Eastern - - 20 iDO. new • ... ....... . ' all - k 31 p. e. pref. stock..., 100 - - ' 25 Orient. B. Corporation . all 45 47 46 stock DaAberdeen,gua.6p.c.l 100 122 124 ' • E : 2O Ottoman Bank all 18 19 n stock Do. 7p. C. pref. stook! 100 130 135.: - :.:- 100 _Provincial of Ireland - .-. . Ns, South Devon, Ann. 10s,j all 105 11 10 ' Do. new ‘ll 1 - - E, 10 Do, Fixed 4 1 per cent. all - - 25 South Australia - - 1.0.6 ‘-louth Eastern (Reading . 25 Union of Australia -.-- • , - Ann.. 1,0,41) 1 all 231, 245._ , 50 Union o - Lo:ndon ...... l2 j-. - 261 sines - Do. 45 percent, lOO !1 1 1 103 ' • ; 109 Unity Mutual... -. a -60 i - -:- . • stock Do. Fixed sp.e. let Is lOO ' lO2 103 stock - outh Wales, 9:11a. 4 p.c lOO 1 1 0 n COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. stock Do. 1 4 per cent lOO 99 101 stock 5.-Yorkshl re, 4p. c. , 11a. 100 185 88 - Can. Gov. 6 p.c..Ta. &July 1 0 0 - 112 117 25 Stock. & Dar. A 5 p. c.. 1 all 271 285 p. cent. 1870 100 - - . 25 Do. B 6 nor cent i all 325 335 - - Do. 6p. cent. 1880 100 - - a ,,_, 25 1 )o. Cr; percent 1 all 325 338 - Do. 6p. cent. 188'' 100 ,- - ''-`• stock Witted & Kilkny, 6p. e 100 45 48 - Do, 6p. o. leeb, dz Aug. 100 111 113 stock W. - Mid -06ttlettluastk IGO 1124 126 - Do. 6p, 0,111.1 r. S.; Sept., 100 111 113 st stock Do. .T, 'ock , Do.Newport,s 2 p 4 .c d .i o )t.red. l 100 1 I°o 11e3 2 125 101 -I - I Do. Do. 5 per ce Scrip Int lOO n - et 104 li 80, - i t , stock Do. Perpet. cp. c. pi 1 , 466 100 1123 125 - ;N.B.Gov. 6p.c.Ja.6anly, 100 1085 1091 s t o ck Do. till 1869, Ist is. 100 1115 120 - I Do. 6p. c. ;.p. ,`v Oct,' 100 ' - - 125 I Do. do. 2d is, 71 i - - . I - N. S. W, Gov. 6p, o„ 1865 100 100# 1014 nd -. I DO. sp. 0 ., 1871 to 1876 100 1004 10141 1015 D 0.5 p.c.,1885ik upwds 100 j 1091 1015 101 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. - Nova Scotia Gov. 6p, e, ---- -- - _ - --- Leasing sterling 1875, lOO :108 109 11 P 0 Railways , aid. p, - I Closin g Business ' I ,•. Co.'s. Price. Done. • - S.Aus.Gt, f1p,0.18786s up. 100 108 110 - Vic, GoY 6 p,c. Ja.&July 100 ' - - et. I -.-- ___ --- , - T:.;,"o1 Illetchley all ILn 4: N.W .. . - Do. do. 6 p.c. Ap, &Clot. 100 107# 108 - -MI .. , Bedford and Illetchley• alr I_,n &NAV .. .. . Buckinglmnshire .. • . 100 L it &N.w 88 100 Chester & Holyhead.. lOO 11)o 53 531' Do. do. 5i per cent., 100 I D, 125 127 Clydesdale Do. ion.., 100 'Caledonin'lo2 10 • all Ile LI F , 4 Colchester, Stour Val., .. .& .(, • 16 Al E.Lincoln'shire,g.6 p.c.! 100 Ct. North. 135 137 E.Union,llarwich Slav all 'E.Counts, 41 it .s.lpuenrcteent- 100 ' 1)°. Do. Woodbrid2'e •• • ' 10') ' ..,„„. Gls.liarrANeils,Drct.• 100 I CA,ledonln - Do. New .. ••.•• • • • : I°° 1- -,. )° ' ••'• 11 Yk.N. Md., GHlaorsttiepro&OlD.DerkitoTzraeisit.'i 1 1 11 1 1 1 ( I . ( t.. si lVl a st r . Hull and Selby .. •• • • 8, Do. I Shares ~....., all 1)o. Do. i Shares ....... all Do . ••'• • '. Lanc.& Carl. gua.s .c. 100 Ln& N. London ft Greenwich, 100 S.i 1N East. .• Do. Preference ......, 100 1)0. . 1 4 o at ::: Lon.,Tilhy.&Soutend.' 100 Peto& Co. ILo ei w dn.c e ie s t to rsa :t io ; d t . a.. p. 4 l..e p t. . e. c 100 N orfolk . . Newroarkt., IturyEx 1 1 :::_ i t t 3 c c: e l l:) t . . 5 . t . . 1 . a . t ic.,1,, 1 11 D i, ° NW . ..&. 11 . • 100 Midland p , , i 5. 5 6 11. Counts Nortlin.k, Eastn, 5 p,c.l all ,Do .. Do. do. P. per cent .. all Do. Do. Fixed 5 per call.' all Do Stares .... , .... .. Steep,.A. North Western ...... all 'Midland Preston and Wyre. ii all L& ' NW 1 Sz L Yk. l a w n Do Gt.Nortli T.Braaeey Shrewsbry& Hereford' 100 Do. Do. • 1 ' 100 •• Gt. , West., South Staffordshire .. all Ispelean D Ro o 4t S n t . Vir vii i tl m t A bl a oi n d 9I S , o x m c e r r o sr .. cll)._ T all L 4Bnirt - n -- -- ritICKHq l--.. - • - 7T no Share. Docks. Part 207 211 61 63 115 120 93 97 elosing Price. ',s , BaalQW ;. `bone: stock ,Commercial , '-• s tock 140. per Cent.Pref.Min ; too • 4 — stock 'East Ind West India ... 1:10 II stock , Lou d on , 100 stock I St: itatltrlne.. • - •i- too ~ ~,,, . stock ISoutharrtpton lOO stock i Vistoria .. ••.• •1 10 0 101 1 03 SO 'DO NeW ...w ...r 1 ...._ . Is- Is 1 tg ~. MISCELLANEOUS. 10 Anglo-Mexican Min„ ..1 all 13 14 1000 Atlantic Tel.,(Limited) : all .—. . 25 elittstralian Agricultural; 19 31 33 32 11 .10 ,, ,.Bertirt .Wa1ar.(14,m11.04)7'. all.. : 41. 5i 50 British American Lnn,l 40 3o 32 50 B.&l,Mag. Tel. A. (lm.)1 all 35 37 20' ID°. 13;7p:0A:111852 (Lin.); all 'lB '2O • ' .20 ;Do. ,c,(1.4.mit0d).,0•114‘‘ i , All •• • 13 -1A 10 . Chan.tshiuderoL cLinVI all ' '-- . - 7 . 321 Canada,l,,and , ~,, all 110 113 112 stock• iCop,Min-offing.,ltSailtg 1 all l ,L;.. • 25 Do, 1...1 , 0, Ti.per e134.- . .,•i all 23) 241 stock Crystal Palace • , 100 28 30 33 21 31' stock Do. Prelerence .„ ~ „, 100 WO 1( 2 stock , Do. 6 p.c. Pei ?as Dalon.l 100 i 108 11) R toci: Electric Telc:graph I 100 93 90 25 I Do, 'New l5 21 1 5 English & Ans. Copper , all 21 21 3 . 1 15 ,Gen. 1 Navigate Mi 14 1 Itlreat Ship Limited) ' all i 1 i I Do. 17,4 pct Proierencel all 1 1 5 lion. District Tel, (Lim.); 20 ILoncion Dlacount (Lim.), 5 14 1 (I' 4 ' L.(3. (Thmibus Co. (Lim.), all 1 11 20 .Madras lrr. and Canal '. 1 14 24 10 Mediter. Electric Teleu,' all 10 'Med. 147,xten. Tel, (Liam! all 2 4 25 'National Ills. Co. (Lim.ll 5 14 11d 20 ' N vrhu,C‘oa . l.9 Iron (Lim ): 5 3 2 d 10 INetherlands Land all i i 5 1 - ) 3.g p.o.Pref..iss.atl (lis I , all ' i - 1 I 100 N. ttr.&NovaScotiai, ( ll 81 - I 1 !N.B.Australasia9 (Lito.) l all - 11 1 Oriental Cilia (Lirnite.l).l all t 1 1 , DO, Now Shares (Lira.).; 15s. .• i pr ;, 10. 0rint1 , 1n,41,...44,.), 6 24 ," 10 ,, r Ditto B. • ' ' 6 —: A-11): .; ' - ',Ditto G.;::..„-Irav; ~;. .i 2 !:... - __ , 1 41,24/X_Ale l -1 1 ,Taa.,44tiki,(4;11 , 0, 7 1,00 . . 50: 53 k: 50 - Till. & Orietif44lMti:aut . all . 73 75 ";2 , 50 , i , 1'A; ( 611 , 44te. t'._.'. i. , ;;.;... - 25 . '' ' '13 . '14 .. ,:. a. ; iicdsetalrld.Tel. g .lip„c all . ..17-.18-p "- i) Altymney Iroi . l + . ,. All , ,17 :10. . . ..100 .1 .i; stettni 4 ' . " , . !tw it ' ',. 411 ' - 4 6 0 ':. ' '', ' staA scot. Austin. Inv,,. (Lim.);, too i5g...135, 25 'South Australian Lana a " 33 35 , 34 .. ..4 . if4utaWATine.Tel. •Softp-Ce' -- 4'.2 4I .'- - ,1. ;DO. dO. ItegUitOo4 'i... 16 10 I EQ.. do, ~..1 all 5 7 54) IV. & n.Co.oflipr.ban., 5 R s) iViin DiVrnelegl44ll4 . 1 281 9 10 . 4 :r,nr: sire , 6.4. steel st nal stoel stool stool stool +tonl , 50 toff 100 1 101341 100 100 100 • all all all all 100 100 100 all 100 1 all 1100 10 all 100 18 1 I FOREIGN RAILWAYS. 66 04 . 11 . ;P 65 k 95 k 16} i 871 8 71 8i 27 49 ~~5 ~' .. Share Mines. 0 Antwerp & notterclarn o (Ardennes......... . • •• 9 ,Ilah.•tS.Fran..Lim.7p.e. ',llelp.r,bin,ll.ltati.J-utietinla 13ezlers.to Graisisessa setr—neanx 311n0.* Rail ,130 . 10 Ditto , Extension 20 tThitch 20 Eastern of France .... 20 prankßus. Guar. op. 20 Do. - do. Great Centfafof Fra'ne• O Gt. Luxem., Con. shs... 9 Italian Junction . . 9 ;Lake Constance & Bale, 9 ILierre & Turnhout .... O I Lyons & Geneva .. In Maria Antonia .... ... 10 iDo. New ..... . ....... 9 'Namur & Liege .... .... 9 , Do. 6p. c. Pref. ........ [6 'Northern of France.... A Do. New Shares ...... l 0 Norwegian Trunk Pref. 9 Paris,Lyons, & Mcditer. O `Paris& 0r1ean5........ ~, ( I Recife & S. Fran. (Pero. '' 1 gua. 7p. et. Um.. '.... 9 ;Riga & Dunaburg...... A (Rome k Frascati ...... O IRoyal Danish .......... 5 Royal Swedish ........ 4 'Do. 7 per cent. Pref.... 9 Sambre & 3leuse. . A Do. 5l per cent. Pref..... ,j) !O .San Paulo, lim, g.. 7 p. b. 9. S.A.Us_t.&Lornb yenstiß , W • ' , onthe'rti Of , Pratiep.-...„. 431 -., met Fra4d4fric.....r , tct , __Alip t c.,prefe.Opei .1 W....,W..;.. . . V..4f France ..,,. .e- . .vilresferti Of'AtlAtila..,:'i 4 , *(eliiNgliterfLordSivitifetliuid, 6 ..1N:i44cu....'..,...,......-. ' . 6 "I)O. SlWednt.'llef.'.":". 20 - :.-_..VZealarid` .1...4.4 • .7P-441:77---7-7 : , IS 56 51 — P lfd 1r all all all 16 all 10 11 117 i 100 1.4.0. 100 all BRITISH OSSESSIONS. TLIE IiABE4S CORPUS IN 17ALY. LZTERA TUR E . Closifig Pricc. ',4 r /—• BArrinesgdone • 7 - ' The following letter from 'Count Cavour is in reply to a communication addressed to him by Mr Edwin James, M.P., on the subject of the introduc Lion of a law analogous to our "Habeas Corpus," and a Measure for the institution of a tribunal for immediate public investigation into all charges of a penal nature, similar to that in use by our police magistracy : ihare IZailwnys. 7981 10 Atlantic St Lawrence Bom.,Baroda.k.Cent ' Gu. 5 per cent. . 8 Do, Do. P • ; Buffalo and Lake Huron' !01 ! Do. New O Do. Preference 0 1 Buffalo,BrantAGodrichl 6 p. ct. bds. Aug. 1, 187'2 10 IDo. do. July 1, iB7:' t) 1 Do. do. June 1. 1874 5 rActitta.kS.Easln.(Lim' O i Cape, Eastn. Prov. (Lima 9 ICapeTown k Dock Scrip [Ceylon Guarantd. 6 p. C 74 Inetnernrn 1 ,0 Eastn. Bengal gu. sp. e IA East Indian, gu. 5 p. c. 9 Do. F Shares Ext O Do. Jubbulpore 03 Do. 41 p c. Debentrs 10 Do. 5 p. c. Deb., 1864 O . Geelong Sc Melbourne lek Geelong Corporation 6 percent. Bonds . . ,ck Grand Trunk of Canada O Do. 6 per cent. Pref O Do. 6 per ct. Debentr. ) O Do. 7 per cent. 1862 O Do. do. 1867 ..1 O Do. do. 1872 ..1 ck t. in diaPenin. g,ua.sp. c. 0 Do. New gua. 5 p. c... :0 Gt. South.oflndia(LlM) guaranteed 5 per cent. 01. Gt. W. of Canada Shares 01 Do. New, O Do. Bonds pay, '76, with, opt, till 'GO-..,........1 100 Do. do. '7J till '6O ..1 100 Do. do: '73 without opt.! 100 Do. 51 p. e. do. '77 d 0... stock Madras, guar., 4/ p. c... stock Do. do. 5 per cent. stock Do. 41 p. c. Extension 20 Do. Fourth do—. 95 . 96 la 1 4f 61(.1 Gi 7 75 60 72 65 70 id pr "Ministry of Foi;eign Affairs, Turin, Nov. 29. " Dear Sir,—l hasten to thank you for the letter in which you have suggested to me the introduc tion of the law of Habeas Corpus' into the system of Italian legislation. I am fully aware of the importance of that guarantee of individual liberty, and I beg to assure you that we have already made great advances in that direction. " According to the present state of our law, every prisoner must within 24 hours be examined by some judicial authority, who, in pursuance of by no means arbitrary rulers, either orders the im mediate discharge of the accused, with or without bail, or continues his arrest, at the same time taking steps for placing him at once on his trial. " Every illegal arrest, duly proved, subjects the functionary who shall have caused it to inquiry and punishment.. •At the same time, I quite acknow ledge that the direct judicial action given , by the law of ' Habeas Corpus' to persons illegally arrested assures more completely the liberty of the indivi dual. 20 Do. d 0........... stock Melb.Corp. f p. c. Bnds. 20 Newßranswick& Canda Ry..4rLan d(Lim.),T,.Bpc Class A Capital Share • IDo. do. Land do 20 !Do. do. B Capital d 0... • :Do. do. Land do. 20 !Oude (Limited) stock ,Scinde .... • ... • 20 Do. I'unjaub 20 !Do. Do. ........ stolk Do.lndus.St. Flo. a,9; 20 ;S t. A ndrews & Quebec A 10 i Trinidad (Lim.) Scrip..l "I will at once bring the subject under the notice of my colleague, the Keeper of the Seals, within whose special province are all questions of penal legislation; end I have no doubt that he will pro pose to the Parliament to approximate as nearly as possible to the law of England in this matter. " My colleague, Minghetti, is preparing a law which will confer most complete Self-government on all the provinces and communes. In this mat ter, also, it is our endeavour to accomplish by other means the same results which England, the classi cal mother of all liberty, has already achieved. "Allow me to renew to you with thanks for the interest iou take its the cause of Italy, the assur ance of.my most distinguished consideration. " C. CAVOUR. " To Edwin James, Esq., M.P., Bcc." ~ .. ~ t ASSIZE .INTELLIG BNCE. YORK, DEC. 15. ALLEGED MANSLAUGHTER, AT PENISTONE. Tom William Beever, (14), was charged on the coroner's inquisition with the manslaughter of a man, named Ashton, at Penistone. It will be re membered that Beever and his brother-in-law were sleeping at Swinburn Lodge on the night of the 22d of November, and hearing a noise, the prisoner bad fired a gun to frighten some supposed thieves, and prevent them breaking into the house. The shot killed the deceased. Under the circumstances the grand jury had ignored the bill, and no evi dence being now offered against Beever, he was acquitted. THE SCALE OF FEES TO WITNESSES.—On Fri day, the foreman of the grand jury handed to his Lordship a memorial with regard to the inadequate remuneration of witnesses. Mr. Justice Hill said he should forward it without delay to the Home-Office. The following is ra copy of the memorial :—" The grand jury desire most, respectfully to call the attention of the lion. Mr.„Justice Hill to the scale qrallowances s grid witnesses in cris thirair esj-egs,:,..* itsBlze ; r etail quarter-sessidn a, lait being quite insufficient adequately to remunerate those in the humbler walks of life who are neces sarily called away from their families and their or dinary occupations, for their expenses and loss of time, by which last expression the grand jury under stand the statutes 7 George IV. c. 64, s. 22. and 14 and 13 Victoria, c. 55, to mean the reasonable allow ance for the loss of their wages during the time such witnesses are necessarily absent from their homes and their work. Those of the grand jury who are acting justices are not unfrequently very much embarrassed by the extreme reluctance of material witnesses to come forward to prosecute and give evidence in criminal cases of the gravest kind, as well as in all other cases likely to be sent for trial at assizes and quarter sessions within their jurisdiction, by reason of the loss of wages they thereby sustain, and the consequent privation to which their families are subjected. Necessary witnesses not unfrequently declare that, from their experience in former cases, they are reluctant, and even decline again to come forward as witnesses The grand jury are of opinion that justice is greatly impeded, and, in many cases, defeated, by the inadequate remuneration awarded wider the present scale of allowances, and from their observation and experience they fear this is an increasing evil." THE MAILS. Wolverhampton l2 Reading 14 :MBER. SEPT' Monmouth ............ 26 Manchester Autumn....n THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 17. 1860. • ~ ffarrative of the Canadian Red K m . a n d ABsin• niboine and askatchew3n exploring Expedition in. 1857 and 1858 By llSoule Hind, M.A., S. Longman. The discovery of gold in the British possessions on the N.W. coa s t o f A mer ica has had one good effect, and perhaps in the end one which will be more conducive to the prosperity of our transat lantic colonists than the discovery of the existence of the precious metal, which after all only repre sents value. Still gold has a charm, the un educated mind looks upon this precious (because scarce) metal in any land as a source of wealth and considers it an El .Dorado. It is unnecessary to state that in golden Australia individuals have been found starved to death with many ounces of gold in their belts. It seems to us that Prlvidence has ordained that our representative of all human hap piness should be so diffused over the earth as to lead us to cultivate and render productive rich tracts of country, which but for the golden bait held out would never or at least very tardily be explored by the European. The discovery of gold in British Columbia roused the Canadian Govern ment, and induced them to send out an exploring expedition to the Far West, a country until then only known by the backwood's men and Hudsons Bay Compaay's employers. It was necessary to es tablish a road, and open an overlandcommunieetion between the two extremities of our vast American possessions, and the success of the explorations as far as Mr. Hind's narrative takes us, augurs well for the ultimate success of Canadian enterprise, which stands in strange contrast with the imbecility of the Australian Government, who, do what they will, are always left behind by private individuals. We cannot say much for the first volume as regards interest, it being too much confined to uninteresting incidents of detail ; nevertheless the author con tinues to introduce some curious traits of character, as the following extract will exemplify :—• "We soon began to find that no feeling of sympathy existed between our Iroquois and Ojibway voyageurs; nor was any effort made by individuals of either nation to assist orenliven those of the other. As an instance of their utter indifference and selfishness, the following trait may be men tioned. One of the Iroquois from Caughnawaga was very ill at Fort William, and not only incapable of working, but unable to walk without assistance. He suffers much from chi,ll§.ind cramps, and was thought to be in-a very dauger• ous condition ; with care, medicine, and a good constitution, he grew a little better, and was able to eat, but the salt pork and salt beef we had with us were not very well adapted for a man so much reduced in flesh and slowly recovering from a severe illness. I shot a pigeon, and in the hearing of the Ojibways stated that it was to be cooked for the sick man. The following day I found that the Ojibway who picked up the pigeon had not only eaten it in the presence of the invalid Iroquois, but he and his com panions had devoured two partridges which had also been reserved for the Iroquois. Another day, passing near the tire of the Ojibways, I found them roasting a pike which was intended for the dinner of the invalid. In future we committed the pigeons into the sick man's charge, and they were cooked by his friends, but the Ojibways laughed loud and long at the excellent practical joke they had enjoyed, and for many days after they reminded Lambert, the inter preter, about the sick man and his pigeons and partridges. Tell him,' said one waggish fellow, pointing to me, shoot pigeon for Iroquois, Ojibway eat it, do Iroquois much good.' A joke lasts an Indian a long time, and is con tinually repeated, both in canoe and in camp ; it never ap pears to lose interest or grow stale." As geologist and naturalisrto the first exploration of the Red River, Mr. Hind had ample opportunity for making general and minute investigations re garding the lertility of the soil, and by scientific experiments to ascertain the probably mean tem• :pergare of. the various seasons. The reader must mii4.tlint_tlke calvary. which Mr. Hind has eitplired, although not altogether unknown to the white man, the territory of the aboriginal Indian (India so called, because Columbus thought when ho discovered America that he had reached the Asiatic continent, and had opened a short road to India), being, nevertheless, part and parcel of the British possessions. In both expeditions, the latter of which he conducted as chief, he met with a natu ral opposition from the natives to a too close inspec tion of the country and its resources, they knowing by experience that the European colonist carries out Caesar's terse despatch of Veni, vidi, vita. So much has been already written about, and so many speeches composed for, the American, that the following extract may seem superfluous, but we beg to remind the reader that this is a genuine translation of what the savage (as our friends at Exeter Hall would call him) gave as his reason for refusing to let Mr. Hind and his friends pass by a particular route : " Chief—' The reason why we stop :5 ou is because we think you do not tell us why you want to go that way, oLnd what you want to do with those paths. You say that all the white men we have seen belong to one party, and yet they go by three different roads, why is that ? Do they want to see the Indian's land? Remember, if the white man comes to the Indian's house, he must walk through the door, and not steal in by the window. That way. the old road, is the•door, and by that way you must go. You gathered corn in our gardens and put it away; did you never see corn before ? Why did you not note it down in your book ? Did your people want to see our corn ? Would they not be satisfied with your noting it dawn? You cannot pass through those paths' "We ask you now to send us one of your young men to show us the road ; we shall pay him well, and send back presents to you : what do you wish for ?' " Chief— It is bard to deny your request; but we see how the Indians are treated far away. The white man comes, looks at their flowers, their trees, and their rivers ; others soon follow ; the lands of the Indians pass from their hands, and they have nowhere a home. You must go by the way the white man has hitherto gone. I have told you all.' " At the close of the council the ohief said to the inter preter, ' Let not these men think bad of us for taking away their guides. Let them send us no presents—we do not want them. They have no right to pass that way. We have hearts and love our lives and our country. If twenty men came we would not let them pass to-day. We do not want the white man; when the white man comes he brings disease and sickness, and our people perish ; we do not wish to die. Many white men would bring death to us, and our eople would pass away ; we wish to love and to hold the land our fathers wox, and the Groat Spirit has given to us. Tell these men this, and the talk is finished.' " he country, explored during the two expeditions extends from the 90th to 105th deg. west longitude, and from the 48th to 53d deg. north latitude. To those who wish to form a correct opinion of the far back settlements, of the trials which the early set tlers underwent, and what prospects are now open to the immigrant, we recommend the perusal of Mr. Hind's narrative. We cannot afford space for the many extracts which we could give to exem plify the character of the inhabitants and their social condition, to which Mr. Hind devotes the greater part of the second volume. The establish ment of the first colony on the Red River will be read with pride by our persevering brethren north of the Tweed, who, after all, beat the Anglo• Saxon for energy and perseverance under difficulties : " The first attempt to found a colony in the country now occupied by the Red River settlements was made in the year 1812, under the patronage of Lord Selkirk. A large tract of country, extending from the sources of the Winni peg to Lake Winnipego-sis, and stretching from Lake Winnipeg far beyond the United States boundary, was purchased from the Hudson Bay Company by Lord Sel kirk in 1811, for the establishment of his contemplated colony. The colonists consisted of several Scotch families, who. after they had reached the spot which was to be their future home, were met by a large party of half-breeds and Indians in the service of the North-West Company, and warned not to attempt to establish a permanent settlement. They were conducted by a number of these wild and reek less children of the prairies to Fort Pembina, a post of the Hudson Bay Company, where they passed the winter in Buffalo-skin tents, and soon adopted the habits of life be longing to the savage and half-savage natives by whom they were surrounded. In May, 1813, the emigrants returned to the neighbourhood of Fort Douglas, about two miles below the present site of Fort Garry, and here commenced their agricultural labours. In the fall of the year they again sought refuge at Fort Pembina, and after a winter of much suffering, revisited, in the spring of 1814, the scene of the previous year's attempt to plant themselves on the banks of Red River, with a determination to make it a permanent resting-place. During the summer, however, their houses were destroyed by the wandering half-breeds, who were opposed to the establishment of a colony ; and when, in Oc• tober, 1815, the main body of emigrants arrived from Scot land, they found poverty, ruin, and despondency prevailing where they had hoped to meet with a warm receptiou and comfortable homes. The provident care of Lord Selkirk prevented the colonists from suffering all the horrors of starvation during the inclement winters of this region. His lordship had established a general store of goods, implements, arms, ammunition, clothing and food at Fort Douglas,from which the impoverished emigrants were supplied on credit. This store was erected in the first year of the colony, and regularly replenished from time to time by shipments from England. " In 1816 a serious conflict took place between the colo nists and the native employes of the North-Western Com pany. Many were killed on both sides, and the settlement was again destroyed, the settlers dispersed, and some of them le , nished by the half-breeds to Norway House. " At the time when these disastrous occurrences were taking place, Lord Selkirk was on his way to the Red River with about 100 disbanded soldiers of the De Meuron Regi ment, composed chiefly of Germans, French, and Swiss. After Lord Selkirk's arrival order was restored, the Scottish ~,,igTants recalled, the Do Meuron soldiers rewarded with grants of Land on German Creek, a town was laid out on Point Douglas, and such arrangements completed for the government of the colony as the position of the Hudson's Bay Com The p sociala nyand conditionthe interest s u o p f the e rt, sfur Landtrad e a t w t o h u i l s d y a e d r m i.o i d t con flict just referred to :—' I have trodden th e bu r may be gathered from the following brief description t b Governor Semple, who was killed in the unfortunta e houses, barns, a mill, a fort, and sharpened sto k scale. ad r e u s i , n b s u o t f none of a place of worship, even on th e smallest 1 blush to say that, throughout the whole extent and ~ The work is illustrated with many woodcnts,f the Hud son's Bay territories, no such build in g exists greatnrei River e skill kr from na and sd t judg ment. u c Aali executedltiikese,wwisheicshevaerreal equal- credit on the artist ment. The view of the n tildwt'eellnugre-calle"ee-rett; l e : l f:et, the pilings and fence in engravi engravings h e o d f front of the river look so natural that one almost feels inclined to climb over them. Ij' i d if t d 11 lid 101 1t , 2 d pr d pr 984 ggl 1001 1014 244 25i 77 79 51 53 58 (;2 52 55 50 55 974 984, id fdl 2 1461, 9 19% 1% 114 d' 95 100 95. 100 4 3 96 90 03 85 S 7 951 CO} 88 89 If 5 7 5 7 90 103 1/d la - 91 96 Paid. 01 all all 100 100 all all all all all 100 100 all all all all all 100 1011 2511 98 S 111 • •, 71 13k 4 MAILS DUE. Australia, Ceylon, and Mauritius (via South ampton) .. Dec. 19. Do. (via Marseilles) Dec. 13. Brazil and Cape Verde .. .. Jan. 5. Buenos Ayres, Monte Video, &c. .. Dec. —. Bahamas and Havana (via New York) .. Dec. —. Cuba and Mexico .. Dec. N Canada, &c. (via Galway) Dec. —. Cape of Good Hope, &c. .. Jan. 1. China, Penang, and Singapore (via S'ampton) Dec. 19. Do (via Marseilles) Dec. 13. Gibraltar (via Southampton) Overdue. India (Calcutta), Ceylon, &c. (via Southampton) Dec. lg. 1)o. (via Marseilles) Dec. 13. India (Bombay), (via Southampton) .. Overdue. Do. (via Marseilles) .. Dec. 19. Lisbon - Dec. 21 Malta, Egypt, and Aden (via Southampton) .. Overdue. Do. (via Marseilles) .. Jan. 4. Vigo, and Oport •• •• •• •• Dec . 21 . United States, alifornia, &e.. Dec. 20. Western Coast of Atrica Madeira, Teneriffe .. Jan. 10. West Indies and Pacific, Carthagena, Cuba, &c. Dec. SP OR TING INTELLIGENCE. RACING FIXTURES FOR 1861, FEBRUARY. Lincoln l3 I Coventry MARCH. Nottingham Spring 5 Liverpool Spring 12 Shrewsbury l4 APR. Northampton Epsom Spring Newmarket Craven 15 MA Chester York Mal ton Bath 2l Thirsk lB Newmarket F S 29 Manchester 22 Harpenden 24 Epsom 2B JU Chelmsford 5 Hungerford Ascot ll Hampton l9 Newton 19 I Odiharn 25 Newcastle 25 Bibury Club 26 Stockbridgo Wiuchaster 2B LY. Newmarket Carlisle Worcester 4 Liverpool July Abingdon 9 Nottingham .. 16 Goodwood 30 AUG Brighton Brighton Club 9 Doncaster 17 Richmond 21 Leicester 25 OCTOBER. Newmarket F 0 Newmarket S 0 H NOVEMBER. Worcester Autumn 5 I Shrewsbury Autumn... l9 Liverpool Autumn 13 1 Two new compositions, a serenade by Brahms, and a violin concerto by Joachim, were performed at the concert Of the Giiwandhaus, Leipsie. " Stefanias," an opera lately produced at the Teatro Apollo, Rome, gives us the name of a young com• poser, Signor Gentilli, which is new to us. At Bordeaux the day before yesterday a steamer belonging to the Eclair company, anchored in the Gironde, was, by the force of the wind, driven with such violence against the bridge that a large hole was made in her side, and she soon went down. Only one man was on board her at the time, and he escaped. The weather in Paris has become much colder, and the thermometer on Saturday night fell to two degrees below zero centigrade (27k Fahrenheit). The trains on the Northern Railawy arrived yesterday morning with the car riages covered with snow. [A. D vEnTlSE]lENT.) — Holloway's Pills.—Cold, Catarrh, Fever, Influenza. —Sines dreary November opened her dismal calendar, the atmosphere has been exceedingly try ing to the strongest constitution. Few persons have escaped without colds, which, though seldom attended with imme diate danger, often lay the foundation for the most serious ii seaso s. At their commencement the cure is accomplished with ease; reduce the existing fever, and allay irritation, Uld the patient is himself again. osiilt no' To secure this desirable phartuadtp•ceia bears on it s pages any medicine or .ombieation of medicines comparable with Holloway's Antipidogistia Pills, which, O p e r a ti ng . „ t h e , w e etl; th e i r influence with it goes the whole round of the circulation, t stimulates every organ, and excit es th e ex h a l a nts to perspire, which effectually removes the febrile action. UST. THE WAR IN CHINA. THE OFFICIAL DESPATCHES. (From u b'up , ilement to the Gazette of Friday.) Fo REIGN-OFFICE, DEC. 15. The following despatches and enclosures were re ceived at the Foreign -office this day from the Earl of Elgin, her ALjesty's Envoy and Minister Pleni potentiary in China : LORD ELGIN. Camp before Pekin, Oct. 8. My Lord,—At the close of my despatch of the 23d of September, sent by the last mail, I informed your Lord ship that a brother of the Emperor of China, by name Kung, had written to apprise me that he had been ap pointed to treat with me in the room of Prince Tsai and President Muh, who had been superseded because of their mismanagement of affairs, and that I had referred him, in reply, to the notifications which the Commanders-in-Chief had issued some days previously, and which was to the effect that if the British and French subjects illegally detained in captivity by the Chinese authorities were not at once set at liberty Pekin would be assaulted, On the following day I received a further letter from Prince Kung, which stated that the persons in quest on had been captured after the fight had commenced on the 18th ult., and that they could only be restored after her .Majesty's fleets and armies should have left Taku. The Prince added that there had been a dispute between Mr. Parkes and the Imperial Commissioners Tsai and Muh on the subject of the presentation of the Queen's letter to the Emperor of China. As I had the good fortune to be within reach of Lieute nant-General Sir Hope Grant at the time when this letter reached me, I thought it proper to confer with him before answering it. I found that he inclined to the opinion, that it would be advisable to take advantage of the oppor tunity afforded by it to restate to the Prince, not only the serious consequences that would ensue if he refused to deliver up the British subjects whom he had illegally captured, but also the conditions on which, if they were accepted within a period of three days, peace between Great Britain and China might still be concluded. I was moreover, desirous to inform the Prince that the Queen's letter to the Emperor had not been, as he insinuated, men tioned by me, for the first time in the despatch to Prince Tsai and the President Muh, of which Mr. Parkes had been the bearer, but that I had referred to it in the very same terms in a letter written to Kweiliang, at Tien-tsin ; and, further, that I had always treated the question of its presen tation as one of courtesy, not of war. I enclose a cnpy of this communication of Prince Rung, and of my answer; also of my correspondence with Sir Hope Grant, and of a letter from me to Baron Gros in reference thereto. Further letters between Prince Kung and me, the coptes of which are likewise enclosed, followed on this correspondence. Not withstanding, however, various endeavours on his part to raise discussions which might, as he hoped, enable him to escape from the necessity of categorically accepting or re fusing the conditions offered, I deemed it to be my duty to adhere to them, and to require that her Majesty's subjects detained at Pekin should be restored before any steps for arresting hostile operations were taken. I could not admit the I rinciple that they should be dealt with as prisoners legitimately made during war. At the same time, as 11161 lives might have been put in jeopardy if the Chinese autho rities had been driven to despair I thought it proper to in timate that their unconditional surrender would cause the prospects of peace to impr ove . _ _ Oa the sth inst. the Commanders-in-Chief, having re ceived from the fleets and from Tien-twin the supplies and munitions of war which they required, advanced on Pekin. On the afternoon of the 6th the main body of the English force was encamped on the north face of the Tartar city, and the French army, with the British cavalry, at the Summer Palace of the Emperor, having encountered on their march to these points no enemy except a few strag gling Tartars who fled on their approach. On the morning of the 7th inst., I received a despatch from Prince Kung, of which I enclose the translation, in which he goes a great way towards the acceptance of the conditions prescribed by me in the communications which I had previously addressed to him. I may mention that he refers in it to a letter written to me on the day preceding. which however has not yet reached me. It was agreed that the authorities in Pekin should be informed that the city might still be spared the calamities of an assault, if her Majesty's subjects therein detained were immediately re stored, and ono of its gates given up to the Allies, and that Mr. Wade should require a mandarin of proper rank to meet him at some point between it and our camp, in whose hands he might place, with suitable explanations, a paper stating these conditions in the names of the Commanders in-Chief. I enclose a copy of the document which, in pursuance of this arrangement, was delivered by Mr. Wade to the mandarin sent to ccnfer with him. Mr. Wade leads me to hope that Mr. Parkes and others who are with him may be restored this evening. But as Prince Kung Ins left the city, and is now at a considerable distance from it, some time must elapse before we learn what view he takes of the demands preferred in the final summons of the Com mander-in-Chief. I have, &c., . ELGIN AND KINCARDINE. The Lord John Russell, &c. Received September 24. The Prince of Kung, Imperial Commissioner, makes a communication in reply : The Prince has just received the despatch of the British Minister, requiring that the officers of his Excellency's Go - vernment, who are still absent, should be desired to return to the army without delay. The officers of his Excellency's Government had, on an earlier occasion, in person, discussed at Tungchow, with the late Imperial Commissioners, the Princo I, and his colleague, right propositions, to the whole of which assent was given, it is to be presumed, to the satisfaction of his Excellency the British Minister. The discussion of the question of personal presentation of the national letter* had not yet been satisfactorily terminated, when the British officers in question, going off in anger, fell in with the troops by the way; an encounter ensued, and they were seized in the melee. It is not, therefore, the Chinese Government that has been at all wanting towards the maintenance of friendly relations. The officers in question are now in the capital ; none of them have suffered harm ; t but with peace still uncon eluded it is scarcely possible that they should bo sent back again. The city of Tien-tsin and the forts of Taku have both been taken and are still in possession of the British Government. What occasion is there then for alarm about a few British subjects who may be missing? If the two Governments are indeed to be friends, if (the British Go vernment), desiring a cessation of hostilities, will take its men of war out of the Fort of Taku, the Chinese Govern- ment, so soon as the different concessions it is asked to make shall have been discussed and disposed of, will send back the officers in question, such as they shall find them to ba,:. in order to the perfecting of friendly relations. The letter addressed by his Excellency to his officer could hardly be delivered while the present state of hos tility continues. It shall be delivered us the force has been withdrawn. A necessary reply, addressed to the Earl of Elgin, &c., &c. - - Ilienfung, 10th year, Stb moon, 9th day (23d September, L 860). Translated by TIIONIAM WADE, Chinese Secretary. The undersigned has received a despatch under date the 23d inst., from his Imperial Highness the Prince of Kung, and makes this communication in reply : The subjects of her Majesty the Queen of England now detained in Pekin, were at Tungchow, or on their return from Tungchow to the British camp, under tfie protection of a flag of truce, and with the knowledge and consent of the Imperial Commissioners, the Prince Tsai, and the Pre sident Muh, when the bad faith and imprudence of the General. in-Chief Sang-ko-lin-sin brought on a conflict between the armies of England and France, and that of China, on the 18th inst. Their arrestation under these cir cumstances was a violation of the law of nations, and their subsequent detention an act of perfidy which expose the Chinese Government and its officers who have taken part in the proceedings to the just vengeance of the British army, which is now quartered at a distance of 30 li from the gates of Pekin. The Prince states that a dispute had arisen with respect to the mode in which the letter from her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain to his Majesty the Emperor of Chins, of which the undersigned is the bearer, should be presented, and gives it to be understood that this letter was alluded to for the first time in the communication of the undersigned to Prince Tsai and his colleague, which Mr. Parkes took with him to Tungchow on the 17th inst. Thisi s t o a tnh error, rr or and if the case has been repre sented in this leengh Im perial Prince, his Imperi al Highness hasdeceived. In his communication to Kweiliang of the 3d inst. the under • signed referred too the letter in question in the same terms in which ho referred to it in his communication to the Prince Tsai and the President Muh, of which Mr. Parkes was the bearer. Neither at Tien-tsin nor at Tungchow did he pro pose to make the delivery of her Majesty's letter to the Emperor the s ubject of a treaty stipulation. The presenta tion of letters from Sovereign to Sovereign, and the recep tion by Sovereigns of ambassadors from other Sovereigns with whom they seek to cultivate relations of friendship, are m atters of courtesy understood and practised in all civilised States. A State affecting to be civilised, which refuses to reciprocate such acts of courtesy, necessarily ex poses its professions of amity to suspicion. In order, however, to give further proof of his sincere desire for the re-establishment of peace between (treat Britain and China, and to afford the Imperial Prince a last opportunity of averting a blow which will entail the destruc tion of Pekin, and the probable fall of the dynasty now ruling in China, the undersigned makes the following proposals : If within the space of three days from the date of this letter the British (and French) subjects detained at Pekin be sent back to the head-quarters (of their respeect.ti.vnees,nat; tions), and if the Imperial Prince intimates his__rwealli i ano., at sign the convention placed in the hands of 1 " - Tien •tsin, the bulk of the British s ill not advance autograph letter of her Majesty. t Mortal injury. it might be almost as This is a mere formula , which well untranslated. It might b e rendered " all in good order.", beyond its present halting place. The convention will. b , signed at Tungchow, and after it shall have been signed the undersigned will proceed with a sufficient escort to Pekin for th -,xchange of the ratifications of the treaty of Tien- [sin. When these acts shall have been accomplishvd the - 13-..i!ish army will commence its mevement towards Tien-tsin, at 1.-chi,,hpoint it will r , rrin until the spring, as the bad faith, evasions, and delays of the Chinese Govern ment and its agents hr.ve made it inexpedient to proceed further before the winter. Should these conditions be accepted deputies can be named on either side for the completion of such preliminaries as may be necessary. If they be not accepted the British army will advance on Pekin, and in common with that of Franca take measures to prove that the laws of nations cannot La violated in the persons of British and French subjects with impunity. Pa-li-chiau, Sept. 23 Monsieur le Baron—l have the honour to enclose for your Excellency's perusal a draught of my proposed reply to the letter of the Imperial Prince Kung received icy yesterday. I think that, as regards the subjects of our respPetive na tions detained in defiance of the law of nations at Pekin, we should adopt the principle of entire solicitude. I have there fore, as your Excellency will observe, put the restoration of the subjects of his Majesty the Emperor of the French on the same footing as the restoration of the subjects of her Majesty the Queen in the draught of letter herewith trans mitted. I have, &c., ELGIN ♦TD KINCARDINE. His Excellency Baron Gros, French Ambassador in China, &c. Pa-li-chiau, Sept. 25. Sir,--I enclose a draught of a letter which I propose to address to the Imperial Prince Kung, in reply to his com munication to me, the translation of which I have the hon our to transmit herewith." I believe that it is your Excel lency's opinion that the Chinese authorities, before the extreme measure of an assault of Pekin be resorted to, should be distinctly apprised that they have it in their power to make peace it they surrender her Majesty's sub jects, now illegally detained by them, and concede all the other points which have been demanded. I propose tc. stipulate that a portion of the army under your Excellency's command shall remain at Tien-tsin until the spring, because I think that it would be inconvenient to have to move it from Tientsin to Taku and Tungku during the winter, which might be the case if the article respecting the disposition of our troops in China, which was inserted in the Convention dranghted at Tien-tsin, were to remain unaltered.—l have, &c., ELGIN AND KINCARDINE. His Excellency Sir H. Grant, K.C.8., &c. Head-quarters, Camp, Pa-li-chiau, Sept. 25. My Lord,--In reply to your Excellency's letter of this date, forwarding draught of a letter addressed to the Impe rial Prince Kung, I have the honour to state that I fully concur in the terms of your Excellency's communication. As regards the occupation of Tien-tsin during the winter, I shall be quite zeady to do so if your lordship considers it to be necessary.. -.I have, &c., The Earl of Elgin, K.T., G.C.B. HOPE GRINT. Receiv e d Commissioner, Sep '27 , m Midnight. akes a The Prince of Kung, Imperial communication in reply. lie has received and thoroughly acquainted himself with the despatch of the British Minister. To the wrongdoing of former Commissioners in the transactions conducted by • hem to which it alludes the Prince was no party. H e is hint self an immediate relation of the Emperor's, and in the weighty office he has had the honour to be especially ap pointedby his Majesty to fill he has full authority for every step he takes, nor will his acts assuredly be the same as those of the former Commissioners. In his conduct towards men the Prince is sincere, and he assumes that the British Mini ster is beyond doubt, of like mind. Every condition of the treaty (or treaties) negotiated at Tien-tsin being conceded, if while, on the one hand, the Prince departs not from this promise no change whatever is, on the other hand, introduced by the British Govern- ment, peace, evermore to endure, is doubtless attainable. With reference to the presentation of the Government letter, when his Excellency shall have arrived in the capital, some place suited to the solemnity shall be chosen, and an incense table (or altar) having been there set up, the Prince will i eceive the letter (1) of the British Government, and will place it on the table, that due honour may be shown to it. The words in the despatch under acknowledgment re garding the attack on and destruction of the capital, and the downfall of the dynasty, are words which indeed it is not fitting that a subject should use. Can it be right for the British Minister, when declaring that he still entertains a desire for peace, to employ them? If a war to no purpose is to be carried on so long as troops are left, a struggle which is not to cease, then, though the British Govern ment have the troops it has in the field, China has yet, besides the stout hands in her forces, here at pi e sent, her troops from beyond the frontier, and those which it will behove her to move up from the different provinces. It would seem, then, better that neither side should do injury to friendly relations by further talk of the snuggle between them. As regards the capture by our army in the confusion of the fight of the British officers returning from Tungchow, it is true that the former Commissioners (2) did seize them, bind them, and confine them ; but the Prince, when this came to his knowledge, which was but recently, gave orders to the officer in charge to release them from confinement, to lodge them comfortably, to attend to the hurts of those who were wounded, and to treat them with every courtesy. In evidence of the Prince's sincerity towards roan he is bound, before he does anything else, to oblige the British Govern ment to put away utterly its suspicious, and he now encloses the card sent by the British Consul Parkes to his Excel lency Hang (Hang-ki) to engage him to come and speak with him this day, that it may be known that this person is safe and well, and has come to no harm. The letter under acknowledgment proposes that deputies should be sent on either side to confer respecting all matters that have been discussed and disposed of. Those shall pro ceed as soon as ar_ answer has been received naming a time (for a conference). A necessary communication, &c. Hienfung,, 10th year, Bth moon, 13th (lay (September 27). Translated by THOMAS WADE, Chinese Secretary. (1) The word " letter" is here raised in the column, not ES it has been usually written, but with more honour. (2) The term " Commissioners" is, on the other hand, not accorded hero the honour commonly paid it. The understand has received tb.e despatch of his Impe rial Highness the Prince of Kung, under date the 27th inst. Notwithstanding the ptotestations of good faith and de sire for peace with which it abounds, his Highness has not returned the prisoners unlawfully detained in Pekin, nor has he stated positively when and where he will sign the convention negotiated at Teiu-tsin. The undersigned regrets to observe, on the other hand, allusions to the military resources of China which argue a strange forgetfulness of the reverses sustained by the Im perial arms in the last few weeks at Sinho, Taku, Chang kia-wang,, and Pa -li-chiau. Let no more time be wasted in words so unmeaning. Th© term of three days allowed for the s atisfaction of the de mands of the undersigned, he would remind his Highness, will expire to-morrow night. The prisoners must be sent in in the course of to-morrow, and the Imperial Prince must write to say when and where the convention shall be signed. The single modification which will be needed in it has been i n ti ma ted to his highness in the undersigned d espa t c h o f tehyes,?Lhi:,and has been ren dered necessary by the bad faith, and delays of the Chinese Government and its d s e o r sig presented, ned agents. The letter of her Majesty the Q ueen can be pre sented to the Emperor only in one way; if not it cannot be presented at all ; but, as the has already explained, he has throughout un considered b this to be a question of courtesy, and not a eau tits h all. There is consequently no ground • atever far the appre hensions apparently entertained by 11 / 4 his Highness that other changes than those known to him are in contemplation. Let his highness, then, at once appoint his deputies and name a place at which these meet the deputies of t h e undersigned, in o r d er to the may form of preparation of the con vention for signature. The meeting may take place the to morrow if his Highness sees fit, and at the same time a prisoners are restored. The ersl dun ' gned will not repeat the words of warning which h o a dd ressed to his Hi g h ne ss in his last despatch. Ho will only add that if the subjects of her Majesty the Queen now illegally detained in captivity at Pekin be not returned in the course of to• m orrow the British force will forthwith resume its march in advance, and that all respon sibility for the serious consequences that may ensue will rest upon his Imperial Highness. ELGIN AND KINCARDINE. Pa-li-chiau, Sept. 28. Cam] Camp, Pa-li-chiau, Sept 29. Afonsieur le Baron,—l enclose herewith the traLvlat ion of a communication which I received yesterday from Prince Kung, and a copy of my reply, which I have already had the honour of s ubmitting to your Excellency in draught. I have, &c., ELGIN AND KINCARDINE. A son Excellence Monsieur le Baron Gros, and to Sir 11. Grant. The Prince of Kung, Imperial Commissioner, 'wakes a communication in reply. The Prince is in receipt of his Excellency the British Minister's reply of the 15th inst (29th Septemb(w), and has acquainted himself with its contents. * The combination id, Etrictly, " seized and bowl d." The British officers, captured by the army outside Tung chow were seized * because an engagement was going on at the time. This was, moreover, an act of the late Comr.aia sioner, to which the Prince was no party. It 'c as but re cently that he ascertained the facts, and he then ire mcd'axely gave orders to the officers in charge to lodge them (torafort" 1 : , ! i ;