The Sun. — London, England, 1860-01-24 00:00:00

>Pt' aid Me, hat for poll de- MeII LOOd lees, Tsider iously them ere._ rn - tb• leader stared - opal rco Ott Ln ar- 'eet It a ant de iing ire ; ally gth Do. account .....941 i in t is ich n Mao" iat th• vith • 3tl the which flying TTIO TO in" awing engt il then ) ds ructw MONEY MARKET A AlO CITY NEil S. CITY, Two o'CLocff. The Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets during the last few days have shown rather less activity, the advance in the rate of discount having in some measure interfered with speculative trans actions. A fair amount of business has been done ill tea, and the finer sorts have realised higher rates. Sugars have been dull, and the small amount of business transacted has been for immediate consumption. A large quantity, however, is announced for public competition dur ing the next few days. For coffee there has been scarcely any inquiry ; holders, however, demand late rates. In rice the dealings have been ex tremely limited, with no alteration to record in prices. Saltpetre has been in active request, and the finer descriptions have improved in value. Tallow has been steady, but only a limited amount of speculative business has been transacted for forward delivery. In the Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday a moderate amount of business was transacted, and prices of all descriptions were unaltered. The sales were estimated at 8,000 bales. It has been decided by the Committee of the Stook Exchange that Friday next shall be a special settling day in the New Canadian Loan, in the registered shares of the London and Mediterranean Steam Navigation Company, and in the Universal Marine Insuranco Company; and it has also been ordered that the registered shares of the London General Omnibus Company, and of the Worthing Mining Company shall be officially quoted. A steady demand still prevails in the money market, but bankers and brokers, having ample means at their disposal, negotiate first-class bills as low as 21 per cent. The efflux of gold from the Bank of England continues active in consequence of the demand for eZportation and the inadequate supplies received from Australia. About £46,000 was withdrawn Yesterday, and if the movement should continue a further advance in the rate of discount may speedily take place. There is an inactive market for Public Securities, Which, however, continue flat, iu consequence of the efflux of gold, and the possibility of an ad 'ranee. Consols for transfer are 941 1, and 951 for the account. The New Threes and Reduced Ire 941 95, and the Indian Loan is 1031 104 The Enfaced Paper has been dealt in at 1051. witless in the Foreign Stocks ecmtinues quiet, but:prices in some instances are rather firmer. T urkish 6 per cents, are 79 to 791 ; ditto New Loan, 67 to 671 ; and Mexican is about 221. • The shares of the Ocean Marine Insurance are 2 1b prem. ; the Universal ditto, 4 r„2, prem. ; the B ank of Turkey, par to 1 prem. ; the Canadian Lean 31 press. The transactions in the Railway Share Market .Ye been moderately active, and in some few in itcoees :symptoms of improvement have been ap garent. Brightons have advanced about ss. ; "'Guth-Western, ss. ; and South-Eastern, ss. The Foreign and Colonial undertakings have been L ombardo -Venetian, in to a limited extent, at about previous rates. • L ombardo -Venetian, 12.1 ; 121 and San Paulo, Ito discount; Grand Trunk Of Canada are steady ti lt ! 3 91 391; East Indian, 1001 101 ; and Great In 'lan Peninsula, 991 991. Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares re -17.1,111 dull at about previous quotations. London i tT. Westminster have risen about 55., and Penin sular and Oriental Steam ss. to 10s. ONE O'CLOCK. Consols, money THE MALVOLIO OF TILE CHURCH. _ Dean Close is at the pump again. He puts up at ,ne sign of Aquarius as punctually as the sun himself. Just at this festive season, the Dean is as regular at the Carlisle Temperance Society as Tony . I .‘ Umpkin was at the Three Pigeons, roaring his irreverent opposition song— • When Methodist preachers come down A-preaching that drinking is sinful, I'll wager the rascals a crown They always preach best with a skinful. - __ _ " Merry Carlisle " has a just cause of action against her Dean for trying to rob her ther ancient character for good-humour. He I st% the ught to be removed as soon as possible to watery diocese of Bath and Wells, or perhaps Cork would be a fitter promotion for so determined s topper cf bottles. With what propriety, we th vi °1111 : 1 like to know, do these societies call them illYes after th e vi r tue of temperance ? We ask 0 question because, if there is one thing abused , re than another at their meetings, it is tempe tik4ce itself. We should all join them in denoun :lS excess, but they are just as intolerunt of mode il:°ll. A temperance society means a society to „. 6 down t em p er ance. Only listen to the Dean. 41 a is Christian friends had no idea of the extent ramifications of the misery occasioned in this es:l 4 aotry not by drunkenness, but by drink—by the g itself, by that which intoxicates." The fai t, e Y here is too palpable to need exposure; drink, !`` the thing itself," is not a convertible term with al that which intoxicates," for a moderate glass of °r wine has no such effect, so that, in denoun :4 it, the Dean is really denouncing one of the or dinal virtues. And he does it so intemperately 4 t ° speak in the following irreverent strain of to e Bible itself, because he finds it impossible to , tee either its precepts or examples into his service. I ,e did not care what they call it, or what the ;Ie might call it, but it was the something that ‘} people drunk, whatever that might be, only : Was not water." Here is the style in which an h l i Mgelical divine of the first mark, or more pro perly the first water, talks of the Bible, when he b '„,. 1.8 to wrest it to his purpose. The Scriptures i L "‘ only indirectly sanction but expressly prescribe moderate use of the very thing which Dean value tells mankind they must not touch as they i ts 4 lue their immortal souls. The Dean only wants i t 44° Power to turn our wine into water ; but we • 11 " r Who it was on a jovial occasion performed jitust the opposite miracle; and we know also who thwe as that, with the wine-cup in his hand, ordained solemn rite most distinctive of Christianity. t4tll' if there is one production of the teeming earth auth more countenanced than another by scriptural ority,un of , fortunately for Dean Malvolio it is the juice the 1 grap e ; yet he has the hardihoodito call It " an artifi cia l an to take, and w drink which God never intended w hich man only drank to his own Misery." The Dean went on to say—‘ , he had often thought People appeared stupid, and when he came to ask t he cause, the an swer was Drink." Water-drinker's, W ° suppose, are never stupid, though this is a truth We should not have discovered from the speeches made at temp erance soc i et i es, not even f rom t h ose o f resident Close himself. For a specimen of a stupid 'Peech, which wine is not responsible for, we need n ot go beyond that which is before us. The follow ing rubbish, if due to the potations of the evening, : 8 a positive warning against water-drinking, show -4,4 how low the faculties may be brought by it. Whatever made men drunk—he would not say r educed them to the level of the beast, for beasts ,never get drunk—but whatever reclined them to the state of madmen robbed them of their mental Power, so that they could not distinguish right from W rcincr ; •this was the evil that percolated through 4 °Viet b y . ” We must drink nothing but water to reach such truth as that " whatever reduces people to the state of madmen robs them of their mental power !" t ut We h ar dl y k now w hi c h most to admi re , th e B ean's depth of thought, or felicity of language, or v ° o vrledg e of natural history, exhibited in the asser ,,l°4 that beasts never get drunk, being the direct ':ntrary to facts with which we thought everybody drunkards; familiar. Swine, for instance, are notorious ie ln kards ; they cannot drink in moderation, and „Nvould, therefore, be perfectly right to invite a i.,tt to become a teetotaller. Dean Close's preach ing Would have a propriety in sties which it hes not tx the resorts of men, who are gifted with reason t e P r essly to draw up at the boundary-line between is4lPerance and excess, or right and wrong. That tha t intellect for, if the doctrine is to be received th l t it is impossible for men to enjoy the good s so i llg,a of this world in moderation ? And if th - ; 'founded, why is it not extended to other th,; ll ,gs Why not to money, for example ? Is et ,- ,.,•Tve of gold less perilous to souls than the love ri t „"lne ? The Scriptures, if they ara of any autho rity' affirm the very contrary, for they describe e tes, not wine, as the root of all evil. How much tnijer,then, to renounce them altogether, and abstain t4 , s tr elY from filthy lucre, which, it is curious x i ,; 8 11 01, was the only case in which total abstinence eveg ,recommended b halt and give to the poor ;" but d l °, l bean Cl ose t o ld t o do so lik ew i se , b e wou ld ° "ablY treat th e t e xt with as little respect as he 45 7 8 the innumerable authorities for the temperate of the grape to be found in both the Old and cir, Testament s . G o ld i s a fine thing, and no man anll ave too much of it ; a fig, the Dean would pro cry, for what the Bible says to the contrary. xci miner. S lIA RE MARKET.--( THIS DAY.) ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Closing lividness Share l Raft aye. Paid. price. 12.10 Auther , ., °tong. liost. and Eastern Junction 1 4, t 1 55 50 ,Belfast and Ballymena all 41 13.14 ltir., Wol., and btr. Val , all 8 84 Sto2klllirk.,La., and Ch. June 100 764 77 25 Blackburn 1 5 it vt:. . and Tyro' all 10 Bust.Sl( n. 1.& 3lid. Coun all ti 7 Stuck Bristol ant Exeter 100 104 106 Stock --iledoniai. 1 0 Carmarthen & Cardigan all 50 Cork and liandon 9 131 20 Cork, Blkrock,&Passag, all 20 Cornwall all 64 7 10 Do. A A roves, no div 10 Do. B until6 p . c. p er an f all I all hasbeen pd.toß. 50 Dublin andßelfast June. all 25 Dun.,Perth,& Abr.June all 75 85 Stock East Anglian lOO 14 15 Stock Fastern Counties lOO 561 574 56 5 Stock Eastern Union A Stock 100 39 41 Stock Do. do. B Stock 100 27 23 25 Do.Nw.A.(lte.E.U3ds) 84 20 East Suffolk 10 Do Stock Edinburg and Glasgow 100 81 92 80 Stock Edin.,Perth, & Dundee. 100 2 95 30 5 291 5 10 Forth & Clyde Junction all Stock Furness Stock Glasgow & South Westn lOO 100 101 10 Great North of Scotland all Stock Great Northern lOO 1074 1084 1071 Stock Do. do. A Stock lOO 96 97 Stock Do. do. B Stock lOO 133 135 Stock Gt. South.& Wstn.(lreld) 100 112 114 Stock Great Western Stock Do.Str.Vl.Rail Gua.Stk 100 60 65 12 Irish South Eastern all Stock Lancashire & Yorkshire 100 101 1014 1011 1005 15 stock London and Blackwall. 100 654 564 Stock Lon.,Brighton &S.Coast 100 115 116 116 25 Loud. Chat. and Dover all 13 14 135 1 Stock London & North Westn , 100 981 99 985 1 5 124 Do. Eighths itock London& South-Westn lOO 961 974 97 61 761 25 L'derry & Coleraine 25 [Merry & Enniskillen all 9 10 Stock flan., Shef., & Lincoln lOO 38 39 38 5 50 Maryport and Carlisle 121 Do. do. 4 Shares all 10 Metropolitan ;lock Midland lOO 109 1094 109 185 Rock Do. Binning. & Derby!, 100 86 88 50 Mid. Gt. West(lreland \ all 25 Do. 4 Shares all 25 Mid Kent all 10 Do. (Cray Line) all 100 Newcastle and Carlisle all 25 New., Aber., & Ilerefd, all 101 111 101 10 Newry & Armagh (iet.' 9 20 Newry, Warpt., & Kos all hock Norfolk lOO 57 59 50 North. Counties Union 34 31 I d took North British lOO 62 6; 62 15 took Nor.Dev.Rail.&Dk. Stk lOO tock Do.A Stk.— Arec.no div until 6p.c.hasbeenpdß 100 took Do. B Stock tock North-Eastn.—Berwick 100 935 941 94 35 25 Do. do. G.N.E.Purchase'6l3l 14 1 d took Do. Leeds lOO 48 481 475 5 lock Do. York lOO 771 78 775 8 1 took North London lOO 107 109 1075 20 North Staffordshire 174 4 35 d 10 No. & Sou. W. Junction all 85 95 took Oxford, Wor.,& Wolyer lOO 35 36 4 10 Peebles all - 7 85 20 IPortsmouth 10 ithymney lO Lock Scottish Central lOO 114 116 114 :ock Scoth. N. E., Aber. Stock 100 28 281 :ock I D 3. Scottish Mid. Stock 100 85 87 lock ;Shropshire Union lOO 46 48 10 ,Sittingbourne & Sheer all 4 3 d ,ock , South Devon lOO 431 441 ocklSouth- Eastern lOO 84 84i 835 43 35 4 'ock 'South Wales :ocklSoutbYorks.&Kiv.Dun lOO 68 72 20 Staines, Wok., & Wok all 6 8 25 Stockton & Darlington all 371 381 38 5 25 Do. do. Stockton & llartlepool le) lock Taff Vale lOO ;ock Do. Preference, No. 1 25 TharnesHayenDk&Kail 22 50 Ulster 25 Do. 2O 21 p 10 took Vale of Neath lOOl5 d 60 6 p 10 Victoria Station & Pim 91 tock Watertbrd & Kilkenny 100 50 Waterford & Limerick all 20 West Cornwall 20 West London 10 Do. Ist Class all 20 Do. 2d Class S tuck Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 121 10 Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 25 Stock Stock! Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock Stock 12 10 Stook , 10 Stock PREFERENCE SNARES. Paid./ Closing Business Share Railways. Price. Dom. Share; 204 20,3 10 100 1 Stock 100 Stock 20 Sto. stock 100 100 100 100 100 Stock Stock FOREIGN Antwerp & Rotterdam Ardennes Bah.&S.Fran.,Lim.7p.c Belgian East. Junction Beziers to Graissessac Carmeaux Mine & Rail Copiabo Ditto Extension Dutch Rhenish Eastern of France Euphrates Valley Grand Rug. Guar .5 p.c 'Great Central of France Gt. Luxem., Con. she Italian Junction Lake Constance & Bals Lierre and Turnhout Lombardo Venetian Lyons and Geneva Maria Antonia Do. do. New Namur and Lie.re IDo. do. 6 p. e. I'ref Northern ofFrance Do. New Shares Norwet_dan Trunk Pref. Paris,Lyons, and Medit. Paris and Orleans 'Recife& S. Fran. (fern.) gua. 7 p. et. (Lim.) Riga and Dunaburg Rome and Frascati Royal Danish Royal Swedish Do. 7 per cent. Pref. Sambre and Meuse Do. 5i per cent. Pre: : : Southern of France West Flanders Do. 5 p. c. Preference W. & N.W. of France Western of Austria Western of Switzerland Wiesbaden Do 8 per cent. Pref Zealand COLONIAL GOVER: MEN' SECUIC :TIRE. 25 Blythe and Tyne It per t -- Can.Gov.6p.c Ja.ar July 100 ,114 116 c. pref. (issued at 450) all - - - Do. 6 p.c.ljb.&Aug. 100 'll3 115 LStk Bris. & Exet4p.ctStock 100 96 98 - Do. 6 p.c.Mr. & Sep. 100 113 115 20 Do. do. do. Shares l4 - - - Do. 6 per cent. 1879 100 - - 1124 ock Caledon 410, 41 per cent 100 102 104 - Do. 6 per cent. 1880 100 - - 12.10 Do. Quar. Shares, N 0.2. all - - - N.8.G0v.6p.c. Jadanly 10C 100 110 109 61 Cork & Bandon, 51 p, e all - - - Do. 6 p.c.Ap. & Oct. 100 - - 20 Cornwall, 5 per cent. - - - N. S.W. Gov. sp. c. Deb. 104 99 100 01 Dun. Perth,& Aber.Jun all 6 100 100 102 - D0.5p.cen.1871 to 1976 100 99 100 Stock E.Angn. Class A 7 & spc- Do.sp.cen.lBBB and up 100 99 100 914 ; Stock Do. do. Class B 6 pc._ 100 112 118 - NovaScotiaGov.6 p.c. S:. Stock Do. do. Class C 7 pc Stock E. Coun. Ex. 5 pct. No.l 100 113 115 1134 15 - S.Aus.Gt6pc.Jan&July 100 110 112 Stock Do. do Stock Do. New 6 per et. Stock 100 127 125 N 0.2 100 112 114 Viet-Goy.6p.c..Tanikinly 100 - - - Do. do. April & Oat. ‘ 100 110; 1114 110; 911 10) Stock Eastern Union, 4 per ct. 100 83 85 stock Edin.&Glas. 5 pc shares 100 111 113 MISCELLANEOUS. Stock Do. 4 p.c. gua. S. & D.I 100 90 92 - . , I Stock , Edin . Pert h,& Dun. 4 pc. 100 774 724 at 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint .. all il4 15 Stock, wurness, 5 per cent .... 10 - - 1000 Atlantis Tel. (Limited). all 170 29) S tocklGl as. &S West. , a. 5 pc. 100 116 118 100 119 11l 25 Australian Agricultural 19 34 25 MI Stock i Great Northern, sp. ct. 10 Australian Royal Mail . all - - Stock Do. spc Redm.,lop.c.pm 100 112 114 10 Berlin Water Works ... all 4) 54 6 Stock Do. 41 p. c. do. do. - - 27 100 Do.sp.c. Redm.,s pc. pm BO 87 89 •50 Brit. & Irish Mag.Tel.A. all 35 37 10 IGt. Nh. of Scotld, lit pf all - - 20 Do. B, 7p. c. till 1862.. all 119 21 4 .„„,,i c f.n.Sn.Bz W (Ireland) 4 I lop 98 100 20 Do. C 4 """[ p. ct. pref. Stock ... 100 Canada Land 22; 115 120 50 Great West. (Berke and 6 lb Chan.lslands Tel.(Lim ) all 8 9 Hants) Ext. 5 p.ct.. .. Stock Cop.Min.otEng.&Smltg all - - Stock I Do. Redeemable, 41 p e. t. 100 100 102 25 Do. Preference 71 per ct all 23f 241 Stock I Do. Redeemable, 4p. ct. 100 90 92 6 Orystal Palace. all 1 ) 11 Stock I Do. Irredeemable, d 0... 100 92 94 100 103 R 5 5 Do. Preference all 5 lif 14 Stock I Do. sp. et. Redeem.Pre. Stock Do. 6p. c. Perpet. Deb lOO 1100 103 102 14 24 4 8 Do. Birm. Pref. Shares all 10 1.04 Stook Electric Telegraph lOO 108 111 10 it. W. Ches. 8 p.c.nf.sh. all 17 18 25 Do. New 10 Do. do. sp. ct. pref all 1 0 1 101 5 English & Aust. Copper all 2 2 1 Stock Do. Binning. guar. stock 100 75 7 7 15 Gen. Steam. Navigation. 14 - - 26( Do. Chester guar.shares all 20 21 1 Great Ship (Limited)., all 4 I 133 Do. do. do - - 20 Do. do. do. Stock Lan. & York 6 p.c. stock 10 0 ' l 2O 142 20 London Discount 5 1 it Stork flo.Parnsl.St £5 3slodpc 100 - - 4 Lond.Gen. Omnibus Co all If f 11 Stock Do. 6 per c. (E. Lan) .. 100 - - 20 Madras Irr. and Canal 1 14 2 2 1 1 Stock Lon.&Brig,.spc. ga. No.l 100 120 122 100 120 122 10 Mediter. Electric Teleg. all - - Stock Do. ,sp. c. Stock Do. gua.. 6p. ct. No. 2 100 140 150 25 National Discount C 0... 5 ; fd 44 Stock Do. do. sp. c Nc 4 100 120 12 2 10 Netherlands Land all - - Stock Do. Do. 41 per cent. lOO - - 5 Do 8 p.c.Pref.,iss.at ldis all 4 1 5 Do. do. 41 per c. shares 1 - - 100 N.Br.&NovaScotiaLand 80 - - Stock Do. 7 percent. Pref. St. 100 156 160 1 N.B.Australasian(Lhn.) all ; 1 Stock D 0.6 p.c.do.(W. E. &C.P.) 100 135 140 1 Oriental Gas Stock D 0.4 p.c S.(div.dettil'6s) 100 165 68 1 Do. New Shares l ss. l e d par 25 i Loud. Chat. and Dover all 211 224 10 Orientl. In. Steam, A 6 - - Stock Lon.& N.W.Cov. &Nun- 10 Ditto B 6 - - eaton, sp. ct. - - • Stock Lon. &S. W, 7 n.ct. stock. 100 - - Stock Peel River Land & Min lOO 52 54 121 Londondy & Cole, 1 shs. all - - 50 Pen. & Oriental Steam all 77 79 741 121 Londondy.& Ennis 1 sh. all 11 12 50 Do. New l5 12 14 Stock 11an.,Sh., & Lin., 6p. at. 100 125 130 20 Red Sea & Ind. Telegr l5 1 I p 6 Do. 46 44 1 41 Si 50 Rhymney Iron Stock Do. 31 per cent. - Do i N e w all 6 7 10 Do. redeem. 6 per cent. 5 4 i p 100 Royal Mail Steam 6O 52 54 121 Itaryr art & Car., 4 p.c . I all - - Stock .cot. Austrln.lnv.(Lim ) 100 130 149 121 Do. 41 per cent .. ....I all - - 25 South Australian Land all 35 36 Do. - - 1 Submarine Teleg. Scrip. all f 1 Stock laid. Con. 6p. c. Stock - - 1 Do. do Registered all I 1 Stock Do.Con.Bris.&lllr.6p.ct. 100 142 144 20 Tr.& Ln.Co.ot Upr.Can 5 - .... Stock Do. 41 p. c. pref. steak.. 100 103 105 100 Van Diem.n's Land 6 Do. with option till 186( 3 f f p Stock Do. Lein & Hit.pref. st. 100 9 5 96 BRITISH MINES. 10 I N'ewport,Aber,&c.pret.s 1 am s s all 10 103 - - -- p. c. redeem, at 5 p.c. 10 Do. Perpet, 6p. c. with Share Mines. Paid. Closing Price. I Basßesiege Done. option till 1R66 all 1'; `24 12 10 Do., till 1861 - Alfred Consols (Philack) 2.11.14 41 6 Stock No/1k 5 p.c. Ex.Stk,lB4f, lot, - - 20 British Iron Stock Do. 51 p. c. Pref. do. 1847 100 - - - Clifford - 335 345 Stock D 0.5 WavVal.Ex.Sk 1847 100 - - - Devon G. Cons. (Tavist ) 1 1450 460 Stock North British, 5 per cent 100 11l 113 - East Bassett (Illogan) 3O 1274 1221 1274 Stock Do. New, gua. 5 percent 100 109 111 - East Caradon Stock Nth.Dev.Rait& D.k.Co. 100 - - - E. W'l ItusA (Tavistk.) 7.4.0 114 11) 11) 4 Stock g-East.Cons. Pref.4p.c. 100 93 95 94 - G am. &St. Aubyn(Gwen.) 541 56 53 Stock Do. Berwick, 4p. c. Pref. 100 98 -99 9$ - Great South Tolgus 17s 141 14) 17 DO, do. do. - G . Wh ea l Alfd.(Phillack.) 12.4.2 le 14 20 Do. Leeds, 6p. c. No. 1 l3 - - G. Wheal Vor(Helston) 9 4 4 123 Do. do. Quarters,lB46 - ._... - Grenville 5 3 31 34 25 no. York, H.& S. Purch. 10 p , - Herod's-Foot 8 26 2% 20 North Staffordshire.... all 223 2 5 31 - Hiugeton Downs 4.3.6 4 46 Stock Ox.Wr. & Wol. 6pc. Ist g, 100 125 126 - Lady Bertha 100 125 130 - Margaret (tJny Lelant). 9; 20 52 Stock Do. Redeem., 2d gua.... Stock Do. Tr - Mem., 2.1 gua. 100 117 129 - 1 10 Rhymney Guaranteed. all - - - North Downs North France s 'Mogan) 10 6 6f 8; Scottish Czntral, new p 1 a!1 - - -. N.WIOI Basset (Illogan) 6 1 1 71 St ock l Scot tish North-Easte. a 100 - - - North Wheal Crofty 7.9.4 8 3 9 1 Stock 13/ pert. pref. stock.... 100 76 78 10 Par Console (St. Blaz. 14 12 13 Stock I Do.Aberdeen.gua.6pc. 10 0 121 123 Providence (Uny Lel at ) 10.6.7 48 50 1 Stock Do. 7p. c. pref. stock. 100 125 130 - Sortridge Cons. 3lin.Co. 10s 1 1 10s. South Devon, Ann. 10s. all 1 0 ) 113 - SouthCaradon(StCleer) 11 255 265 10 Do. Fixed 41 percent. all - """ - Soy th C. Brea( Mogan). 2 21 2f 1.0.6. South Eastern (Reading rlio ( - S Virheal Fran. (Illogan) 18.18.9 110 190 110 Valevi. Pi n ,es Croft orßfo Basset T t s irt , Ann., 1.0 6) all 241 24) - Stray Park 18.18.0 25 27 Stock Do .4 per cent lOO 103 105 5 Tamar Silver and Lead Atock Do. Fixed 41 p.c. Ist is Stock south Wales, MIL 4 p.c. 100 92 91 C g. a a r n m ) .. ) 124 9 1 11 1 4 9 1 20 5 1: Stock Do. 41 per cent lOO 101 303 Stock S.-Yorkshire, 4 p.c. gua lOO 84 87 25 Stock. and Dar. A 5 p.c all 29 30 - W. Caradon (Liskeard) . . 10 80 82 25 Do. B 6 per cent - West Seton ..... . . 474 415 425 25 Do. C 6 per cent all 33 M -- Wheal Basset (Ill ogan) : I 5f 1180 190 Stock Watrfd &" Kilkny, (p.c lO3 54 58 - Wheal Buller (Redruth) 5 1100 105 104 - Wheal Edward (Cale.).. 6 1 11 14 - Wheal Kitty (U. Lelant) 1.7.2 12 13 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. ..._ WWI Mary Ann (Mcahe) 8 31 32. _ WWI Trelawney (Li c k,) af 31 32 I I_ .. t T.e..inp. I elnsintyl Mustafa! ------- ------- • -- - -- Paid. Leasing I Closing! 8111111101111 Railways. Co.'s. Price. Done. FORIEIai M;~LB Bedford and Bletchley all Lre &N.W . . .• I 20 lAustrativm ...... . ...... 71 Buckinghamshire .... 100 Ln& N.W 99 101 1 Bon AccordCopper,Lim. 15s lid par Chester & Holyhead..! 100 Do. 5Ol 511 35 Brazil. Imp. (ic. at :Cap.) 271 ._ Do. do. 51 p. ct..... 100 Do. .194 126 20 Do.St.Johndolley,Lim. 15 21 22 211 # Do. do. sp. ct. llOO Do. ll4 116 5 Do. Laud and Min IngCo. all Clydesdale Junction. 100 Caledonin 103 105 1 Claroution Cons. Min Co. 2 _ .... 4 Colchester, Stour Val. . all E.U.&E C i 16 17 40 Cobra Copper all 48 50 E.Lincolnshire,g.6p.c. 100 Gt.Nortli. 140 142 Copiapo l6 E Union,HprwieliShs. , all E.Counts. 41 41 1 Dun3loun.Cop.Ming 3 ,C 0 all I Do. Woodbridge ... 100 Gla.Barr.&Neila,Drct. 100 Caledonhi 20 General all 25 26 Do. New Gloster& Dean Forest all Gt. West — 3 'Lb ar •is all 101 114 Hartlpool.Dek.&Rail.l all Yk.N.&Br 5 Lusitanian Hull and Selby Do. 1 Shares ; all Do. Do. 4 Shares , all Do. Lare.&(;arl.gua.s p.c.. 100 Ln & N W 203 211 Mining and Smelt.... all 5 7 London&Greenwjcli . 100 S. East 6i P 6 5 Port Philip ~. . ... 1 1 / Do. Preference Lon.,Tilby.&Soutend. 100 !Peto &Co 93 95 28.2.81 United Me.xican .1 all 15 2 ' Lowestoft, gua. 4p. ct. 100 ;Norfolk Do. 6 per cent , 100 I Do. JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Manc.,lluxtn. & Matk , all LN W&M 21 2; ______. . - . _ __ ___ __ ._ Mid. Bradford Prefer-, i Share Joint-Stook Banks. once Stock ' 100 !Midland 99 101 Price. Dote. Newmarkt.,BuryEx 1 'i. 5. o.E.Counts 1 1 Pad. Closing DiUdnesis guarante elsp. c. , P I 1 40 00 i A A o gr st a r & a D la n si l a tedServiceßk 50 73 75 Nortlin.& Eastn. 5 p.c. all Do. ' Do. do. 6 per cent. ...I all i Do. Do. Fixed 5 per cent. all Do. North Western all ,Midland 141 141 141 1 100 ,Pank of London 5O 52 63 5 3 3 1 Let NW) 40 'Brit. Col. 11k. & LoanCo all „, , 0 Preston and Wm. I all I& L.Yk . i 219 211 00 IB r iti s h N or th A mer i can all 5 / 2 a . Do. 1 Shares A. all , Do. — 20 I Chtd. Bank of India, ete all 20 201 Roystn,Hitch.,& Shop 100 IGt.North. 13f1 140 25 Ch.Mer.ol In. Lou.&Ch. all 201 301 Shrewsbry& Hereford 100 T Brassey 105 107 100 City 5O 65 67 Do. Do. 1 ' .... 1 spll 1 100 Colonial South Staffordshire .. 1 all M'Clean . 101 11 20.11 , Corn. Bank of Canada all Wilts and Somerset.. , 100 ,Gt. West 91 93 921 100 'Commercial of London 2O 20 21 Wimbledon& Croydn.' all 1 14,&Brctin 71 81 2O lEng Soot., & Aus. Ch all 171 171 171 _ ______. 20 ILon.C'har.llk.ofAustraL all 221 231 23 2# 3 DOCKS. 50 (London and County ... 20 341 4 _ Closing 1 goatees@ 100 Loudon & Westminster. 20 574 # Share Docks. I Paid Price. Dose. 100 Nat. Prov. of England. 35 I 20 Do. new lO 60 National Bank 25 Stock Commercial 1 100 20 New South Wales 1 all Stock Do 4 perCent.Pref.Min. 100 —. 25 !Oklent .Bk. Corporation' all 40 41 401 1 Stock East and west India... 100 1161 16 SO ,Ottoman Bank all 18 19 181 4toci:'Lrm (ion lOO -- 75 100 Provincial of Ireland .. 25 77 79 77 # 'dock St. Katharine lOO 78 1, 10 , Do. New - itock Southampton lOO 2 5 South Australia t 2650 Union Union of of Australia Loodoo - 3 tockyleturia ................. 100 102 los 103 10 Pa New ......., maa ! 2 Elpl2 2n 281 21 71 100 lliiity Mutual OO ~.. ... 111 E SUN, )40141)0N, TUESDAY EVENING, JANITAnY 24, 1861 THE BALLOT. The following letter has been addressed by the Hon. W F. Campbell, member for Harwich, to the Provost of Jed burgh, containing some new suggestions with reference to the question of the Ballot. TO THE PROVOST OP JEDBL'ROH. Sir,--Your high position in the North, and the local tiee between your borough and my family, make me anxious to submit to you a question which concerns every first magis trate and town councillor throughout the country. However great the apathy on organic change, when the Government of the day propose to alter the Reform Act, the long agitated subject of the Ballot cannot be passed over; as no measure which excludes it altogether can be re garded as a final ono; as a large majority of Liberals are pledged to its support ; as it is a change designed to in crease the power of those who vote at present, while nearly all the other changes yet discussed are calculated (for good or else for evil) to take that power away. If you reflect on the position of the Ballot as a ques tion, you will not, I think, fail to discover a balance of argument on the one side of authority and influence upon the other. On the one side it is contended that bribery is by far the most established and alarming blot of the Reform Act ; that, under different forms, it equally prevails in small and large constituences ; that no remedy xcept vote by ballot has been left untried; that none has been of service ; and that, as a poorer class of voters is created, unless new agencies control it, such bribery is certain to extend. It is further argued on this subject that between a ten-pound criterion and household suffrage, no resting place is pos sible ; that under household suffrage the great mass of voters would be dependent in their circumstances, however just in their opinions and their views ; that to impose upon them the necessity of voting openly for candidates would, in point of fact, be arming station, property, and capital with power they hare not yet acquired to influence elections. The ordipary case in favour of the Ballot was well known to the world before 1832—has since been frequently enforced by Mr. Grote, Sir William Molesworth, and Lord - Macaulay; has gained strength at every general election ; so that if it makes no kind of progress now, its defoat would appear to be irrevocable. On the other hand, besides the united body of Conservatives and the majority of landowners, the most accomplished journalists and influential Statesmen of the day, oppose the general adoption of the Ballot, prefering changes more extensive in their scope, as the alternative. It is under these circumstances that I venture to invite you to consider an adjustment of a question in which some compromise appears to be essential. It is not now for the first time that the principle of grant ing to constituencies the option of voting secretly or openly in Parliamentary elections has been mooted. As yet no method has been indicated in which the application of the principle is feasible. The option conceded to the body of the electors without determining whether this previous question should be decided by secret or open votes. And hhre the difficulty is insuperable. That within constituencies there aro better means of judging in which form they can most effectually discharge their duty to the public than there are beyond them, is a point which, in the abstract, you would not be inclined to contest. The application of the principle which I respectfully sub mit to you is, that the power of determining by which method an election should proceed be vested in the first ma gistrate and town council of each borough which sends members, and in which town councillors aro chosen by the rate-payers. Before the town council the question of con • ducting a Parliamentary election secretly or openly would come in the same way as any other business of the moment. Although you may pause before assenting to a novel pro position of this character, it will, I trust, occur to you as one which neither party is committed to oppose. In dealing with a recent question the Tory party gave the :House of Commons a discretionary power to admit Jews or to exclude them, with a certainty that the power would be exercised in the direction which they feared, and not in that which they approved, while for many years the general admission of the Jews had been resisted by them. Except as to the certainty al luded to, the cases are analogous. The shelter of the pre cedent belongs is all who shared in that arrangement, in cluding nearly e ver y o pp onen t o f th e Ballot. As regards those who are prepared to sanction its general adoption by a compulsory law, but who have (not any prospect of obtaining it, they are not in any manner pledged against a scheme which must partially establish the kind of voting they desire. The practical effect of such a measure is what you would wish at first to ascertain. As far as I can judge, where Liberal opinions prevail in a town council the Ballot would be frequently adopted ; where Conservative opinions prevailed in a town council it would be more frequently renounced. In some boroughs, therefore, the change would be resorted to. In others, Parliamentary elections would go on as they do. If the operation on the Ballot were found such as many hope, its gradual and general adoption would be certain. If it were found such as enlightened opponents fear, the town councils who had tried it would recede from it. Can you desire more than some machinery by which the eventual triumph or defeat of a popular opinion would depend upon its truth, and by which, if nothing could be gained, nothing would be hazarded? Should any general opinion be formed amongst the provosts, mayors, and town councillors of boroughs in favour of the compromise adverted to, you will admit, at least, that no Government could easily withhold it. If petitions for the Ballot came from every constituency, a Minister might still deny the policy of granting it, If petitions for discretionary power on the question came from every town council, a Minister, however rash, would hesitate before disputing the capacity of such local bodies to decide the best form of voting in the boroughs of which they managed the affairs. The result is that the concur rence of town councillors would secure the measure I have brought under your notice, and that as soon as it engages their attention its fate depends on them alone. It is true, however, that what is undeniable in principle may often lead to inconvenience in its practical effect. The local obligations of town councils may be in the way of their deciding freely ou the mode of conducting Par liamentary elections. Without a knowledge of their feelings the State would not be justified in adding new responsibility to functionaries whose duties were not light before. It would be impossible, or at least pre sumptuous, for any one to raise the question in the House of Commons, without ascertaining the opinion of corpora tions on its tendency. Unless, however, such a plan strikes you as wholly inad missible, I shall bring it before the first magistrates of other towns, besides that over which you have so long and so impartially presided.—l am, sir, your faithful servant, London, Jan. 18, 1860. Wm. F. CAMPBELL. 711.18 DA rs MARKETS. BRITISH POSSESSIONS Railways. (Atlantic & St Lawrence Leased at 6 per cent Bom.,Baroda& Cent.lnd gu. 5 percent. Do. Addit. Capital A Do. Do. Buffalo and Lake Huron Do. New Do. Preference Buffalo, Bran t.&Godrich 6 p. ct. bus. I Aug., 18'2 Do. do. 1.1 uly, 1873 Do. do. 1 June, 1874 Clcutta.&S.Eastrn.Liin. Cape,Eastn. Prov.(Lim.) Cape Town & Dock Scrip Central Oude (Limited) Ceylon Guaranteed 6p.c Demerara Eastern Bengal.gu.sp.c East Indian, gu. 5 p. c Do. F Shares Ext Do. Jubbulpore Do. 4} p. c. Debentrs Do. 5 p.c. Deb., 186 t ;Geelong& Melbourne 1 Geelong Corporation 6, 1 per cent. Bonds Grand Trunk of Canada Do. 6 per cent. Frei Do. 6 percent. Debentr Do. 7 per cent. 18 62 . Do. do. 1E67 Do. do. 1872 .. Gt.lndiaPenin.gua.sp.C. l Do. New, gua.s per cent. Gt. South. of Ind.Lim.— guaranteed 5 per cent Gt.W. of Canada Shares Do. New Do. Bonds pay. '76,with opt. till '6O Do. do. '73 till '6O Do. do. '73 without opt Do. 5i p. c. do. '77 do .. Madras, guar., 4} p. e. Do. do. 5 per cent. Do. 41 p. c. Extension.. Do. Third Ex. gua.s.p.c. Do. Fourth do. Do. do. •••• Melb. 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 . 4 43 Do. New Do. Punjaub 31 " 8 Do. Indus. St. Flo. er m .i . St. Andrews & Quebec A Trinidad(Limited) Scrip Paid. 1 all 1100 1100 100 100 1 3 0. 3s. Od. 711 all 5 100 100 all 100 all 100 6 }lO all 6 8 5 7 id ip - AYS. 4# 41 all all all all all all all all all all 2f 2f 6 1 71 21 21p1 191 19 8 8t 36 36 —p 9 10 36i 30, 64 613 14 lid 13 15 6 64 89 9 124 1 3 5 1 221 24 194 20 Id lair, Id d I I d 1 C'l 11 d 25 1 20 fi d HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD..—MQ3AOW hay, £2 15s to £4 4s ; clover, £3 15s to £5 Os ; and straw, £1 5s to £1 las per load. Tillie steady, at full prices. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, £2 15s to £4 4s; clover, £4 Os to £5 Os ; and straw, £1 6s to £1 lOs per lead. A fair demand. WHITECHAPEL.—AIefuIow hay, £2 15s to £4 4s; clover, £4 Os to £5 58 ; and straw, £1 4s to 9s per load. A moderate supply, and a steady trade. COLONIAL. TEA—A rather large amount of business has:been trans acted, and full prices were current for the finer descriptions —Common congou is quoted is 4-1(1 to is 4d per lb. SuoAn—There has not been much activity in the pro duce market, as a large quantity is announced for public sale during the next few days ; prices, however, remain steady, and in the refined market late quotations are fully maintained. COFFEE —The dealings have been unimportant, with little change to record in values. Stocks on hand compared with those of the same period last year only show a defi ciency of about 200 tons. RlCE.—Only a very limited business has been transacted, and prices have undergone no change of importance. SALTPITRE.—The inquiries for the finer qualities have been on the increase, and prices tend upwards. TALLOW.—The market has remained ♦eiy steady, a fair amount of business has however been transacted for con sumption, and previous prices were maintained. P.Y.C. on the spot, 58s 6d, and March delivery, 55s 9d to 56s per cwt. THIS DAY'S SHIPPING. LONDON, Jan. 23.—Wind this day at noon, S.W.; fine, but blowing hard. PORTSMOUTH, Jan. 23 . —Wind, W.N.W. to S.W.— Arrived—Catharine, from Hamburg for Gibraltar ; Jack Frost, from London for Melbourne. Heavy weather in the Channel. THE 'MURDER IN GLASGOW.—Niargaret:and Ann httllighan, the two girls who were apprehended near Port Rush, on a charge of having caused the death of Isabella Irvine in Bank Wynd, have been committed by the sheriff to stand their trial on a charge of murder. They willlpro• bably to be tried at the Spring. Circuit. THE GALES.—Accounts were received at Lloyd's yesterday of the loss of a considerable number of coasting vessels, as well as several ships trading to foreign ports. Fortunately, however, the crews were saved in most in stances. THE BRUNEL MEMORIAL.—Upwards of £1,600 have been subscribed towards the proposed memorial to the late Mr. Brunel ; but as this is scarcely sufficient to accom plish the the design of the promoters of the memorial, the subscription lists will remain open until such time as the committee shall determine as to tie specific appropriation of the fund. PARLIAMENTARY CHANGES DURING THE RECESS. —Since the prorogation of Parliament several changes have occurred intho composition of the House of Commons ; and at the sitting of the house to-day (Tuesday) some of the new members will probably be sworn in. Sir Arthur Buller has been elected for Devonport, in the room of the Right Hon. James Wilson, appointed to the controllership of the finances of India ; Mr. J. Wyld has been elected for Bod min, in the room of Dr. Mitchell, who, it will be remem bered, accepted the Chiltern Ilundrads at the close of last session ; Mr. B. Osborne has been elected for Liskeard, in the•room of Mr. R. W. Grey, appointed one of the Commis sioners of Customs ; Mr. J. Somes has been elected for Hull, in the room of Mr. J. Hoare, unseated in July ; Mr. D. C. Marjoribanks has been elected for Berwick, in the room of Mr. R Earle, who accepted the Chitern Hundreds at the close of last session ; Sir Baldwin Leighton has been elected for South Shropshire, in the room of the Hon. R. W. Clive, deceased ; Sir James Ferguson has been elected fur Ayr shire, in the room of Lord James Stuart, deceased ; Mr. H. S. Thompson has been elected for Whitby, in the room of Mr. R. Stephenson, deceased ; Sir F. H. Goldsmid has been elected for Reading, in the room of Sir H. S. Keating, ap pointed one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas ; Mr. J. Blencowe has been elected for Lewes, in the room of the Right Hon. H. Fitzroy, deceased ; and Mr. Atherton has been re• elected for Durham on his appointment as Soli tor-General. In consequence of the death of the Earl of Camperdown, Viscount Duncan resigns his seat for Forfar shire, and the representation of that county is at present vacant. The seat for Pontefract is also vacant, by reason of the retirement of Mr. W. Overend, in accordance with the award of Sir J. Coleridge; and the city of Norwich and the boroughs of Glocester, Wakefield, and Beverley are at present unrepresented, their late members having been un seated on petition, and no writs having been issued to au thorize fresh elections. The result of the elections just re capitulated has been slightly to increase the strength of the Liberal party. -~~. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE,. TATTERSALL'S-MONDAY. A moderate attendance, but betting very limited. A certain number of animals figure in the quotations given below; but with one or two exceptions the investments were to small amounts. The nature of the afternoon's transactions is indicated by the CLOSING PRICES. CHESTER CUP. 20 to 1 agst Longrange (taken) 30 to 1 agst Viatka (taken) 40 to 1 agst The Squire (taken) 60 to 1 agst Arsenal (taken) 50 to 1 aget The Brewer (taken) 1000 to 30 agst Birmingham (offered) 1000 to 12 agst Rattlebone (taken) 1000 to 10 agst Flitch (taken) TWO THOUSAZI'D. 4to 1 agst The Wizard (taken and offered) 9to 2 agst Buccaneer (taken and offered) sto 1 agst Lupullus (take 6to 1) 100 to 6 agst King of Diamonds (taken) DERBY. Bto 1 agst Umpire (offers to take 9to 1) 11 to 1 agst Mainstone (taken) 11 to 1 agst Thormanby (taken) 12 to 1 agat Buccaneer (taken) 14 to 1 agst Nutbourne (taken) 40 to 1 agat Lancheeter (taken) 40 to 1 agst Cramond (taken) 40 to 1 agst Restes (taken) 50 to 1 agat King of Diamonds (taken) 50 to 1 agat Horror (taken) 50 to 1 agst Paleface (offered) 1000 to 15 agst Sir William (taken) 1000 to 15 agst Oxford (taken) CITY BETTING.—YESTERDAT GRAND NATIONAL STEEPLECHASE. 15 to 1 agst Anatis 15 to 1 agst Xanthus 20 to 1 agst Jealousy 25 to 1 agst Goldsmith (taken freely) CHESTER CUP. 25 to 1 agbt Longrange (taken freely) 30 to 1 agst Viatka (taken freely) 40 to 1 agst Birmingham (taken) 40 to 1 agst Satellite 50 to 1 agst Theodora 50 to 1 agst Arsenal 50 to 1 agat Petra 50 to 1 agst The Squire (taken freely) 1000 to 15 agst Traducer TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS STARES. 4to 1 agst The Wizard 4to 1 agat Buccaneer 6to 1 agst Umpire 6to 1 agat Lupullus THE DERBY. 9to 1 agst Umpire 10 to 1 agst Thormanby 11 to 1 agst Mainstone 11 to 1 agst The Wizard 100 to 8 aget Buccaneer 13 to 1 aget Nutbourne 25 to 1 agst Lupullus 25 to 1 agst High Treason (taken freely) 30 to 1 agst Upperhand 40 to 1 aget Lanchester (taken freely) 50 to 1 agst Cramond (taken freely) 1000 to 10 agst Traducer (taken) ,IVERPOOL STEEPLE SE. Telegram Nicholas Maria Agnes .. .. Johuny .. .. .. Miss Harkaway .. The Brewer .. .. Shanbally .. .. Lottery .. .. .. Luck's All .. .. Roscommon • . • • Physician .. The Curate .. W estuainster Macßennis Tartar .. Sunblush Contention .. Gala Horse .. Shylock Border Chief .. Sepoy 116, 11. Ghika Congreve Cyclops .. Venison Diamant Linkboy King William .. Athlet Spring .. • . : . RES FOR 1860. LJARY. Derby Spring 23 Warwick spring 20 Northampton 27 Croiton Park 30 York Spring 17 Epsom Spring 20 Newmarket F S 23 Harpenden lB Epsom 22 Manchester 3O Hungerford 3l Stockbridge 2l Winchester 22 Chelmsford 26 Newcastle 26 Nottingham .. 17 Stamford Marlborough 2O Goodwood 24 Closing Price. Business done 89 91 97i 9 jd 41 51,1 d 5f 6 par I p 14 1(1i i ad Id 1 d 1011 102 par ip par p 1004 101 10114 102 19 21 39 41 951 061 75 78 89 91 80 82 78 80 991 99 id Id, id 121 12} si 71 98 102 98 102 98 102 92 05 BO 92 98 tV 92 94 id i d 1011 10 1 121 j 30 it 61 6 8; 891 90i 89 9Si 4 1111 } f f 391 9 1 5 96 76 1 7 a 7 90 4 t i Si WEIGHTS FOR THE CH Brunette .. The Huntsman .. Gannymedo Biberon Horniblow Goldsmith .. Wee Willie .. Lobster Redwing .. Thomastown Dutch Di ops Napoleon.. .. Lord Oswald .. Bridegroom .. Cuirass West Indiaman Abd-el-Kader.. The Freshman Romeo .. .• Tease .. • , Sir Robert .. Emigrant.. .. Xanthus Jean du Quesne Little Bob .. Kileock Benlomond New Broom .. Acton .. .. Anatie .. • . Jealousy .. RACING FIXTU *FEnit' Lincoln Spring 15 Nottingham Spring 2t MA Liverpool Sprint 6 Shrewsbury Spring 7 13 Coventry AP . Newmarket C Cat terick Bridge 11 Thirsk l2 Chester 1 Doncaster Spring .. 8 Salisbury lO 15 Bath Ju. Ascot 5 Hampton Newton 13 Odiham 19 lilibury Club 20 Ju Newmarket J. 3 Carlisle Worcester 5 Liverpool ♦bingdon 12 SIiERIFFS FOR 1860. (From a Supplement to Friday's Gazette.) At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 23d day of January, 1 300, present, the Queen's Most Excellent Ma jesty in Council. Sheriffs appointed by her Majesty in Council for the year 1860. ENGLAND (excepting Cornwall and Lancashire). Bedfordshire—Charles Lenguet Higgins, of Turvey Abbey, Esq. Berkshire—Sir Claudius Stephen Paul Hunter, of Morti mer, near Reading, Bart. Bucks—William Lackwell Tyringham, of Tyringham, Esq. Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire—Philip Casten, Lord Sherard, of Glatton. Cumberlond —Philip Henry Howard of Corby; Castle, Esq. Cheshire—Clement Swetenham, of Some ford Booths, near Congleton, Esq. Derbyshire—Francis Hurt, of Alderwasley, Esq. Devonshire—Peter Richard Hoare, of Luscombe, Esq. Dorsetshire—Ge o r ge Digby Wingfield Digby, of Sher borne Castle, Esq. Durham—Henry Jcohn Spearman, of Burn Hall, Esq. Essex—George acfnry Errington, of Leiden Park, near Colchester, Esq. Gloucestershire —Wm. John Phelps, of Chestal House, Dursley, . . Herefordshire--Andrew Rouse Boughton Knight, of Downton Castle, Esq. Hertfordshire—James Bentley, of Cheshunt, Esq. Kent—Sir Courtenay Honywood, of Evington, Elmstead, near Canterbury, Bart. Leicestershire—Edward Renshaw Cheney, of Gaddesby, Esq. Lincolnshire—Sir Glynne Earle Welby, of Denton Hall, Bart. Monmouthshire—The Hon. William Powell Rodney, of LlanvihangelSourt. _ _ .... Norfolk 2 :-Henry Birkbeck, of Stoke Holy Cross, Esq. Northamptonshire—Willi am C a p e l Cl a rke Thornhill, of Rushton Hall, Esq. Northumberland —William Cuthbert, of Beaufrent, Esq. Nottinghamshire—Edward Valentine Pegge Burnell, of Winkburn, Esq. Oxfordshire—John Fowden Hodges, of Bolney Court, Esq. Rutland—Samuel Hunt, of Ketton, Esq. Shropshire--Sir Charles Henry Rouse Boughton, of Downton Hall, Bart. Somersetshire--Robert James Elton, of Whitestaunton, Esq. Staffordshire—Richard Howard Haywood, of Brown hill's, Esq. County of Southampton—Wm. George Craven, of Brant bridge House, Winchester, Esq. Suffolk—Th omas Thornhill, of Riddlesworth, Esq. Surrey—Wm. John Evelyn, of Wootton, near Dorking, Esq. Kussex—Charles Serase Dickins, of Coolhurst, Esq. Warwieksbire—Henry James Sheldou, of Brailes House, Esq. Westmoreland—Matthew Benson Harrison, of Amble side, Es 1. Wiltshire—Horatio Nelson Goddard, of Cliffe Manor House, Esq. Worcestershire—Ferdinando Dudley Lea Smith, of The Grange, near Halesowen, Esq. Yorkshire—James Garth Marshall, of Hefulingley. near Leeds, Esq. WALES. Anglesey—George Richail6;iffith, of Pencraig, Esq. Breconshire—John Evans, of Brecon, Esq. Carnarvonshire—John Whitehead Greaves, of Tanyralli Esq. ___ earmarthenshire—Alan James Guiston, of Llwynbetl lan, Esq. Cardiganshire—William Janes, of Glandennis, near Lampeter, Esq. Denbighshire—James Hardeastle, of Penylan, near Ruabon, Esq. Flintshire—Rowel Maddock Arthur Jones, of Wepre Hall, Esq. Glamorganshire—George Grey Rous, of Court-y-rallay Esq. Montgomeryshire—William Curling, of Maesmawr, Esq. Merionethshire—David Williams, of Deudraeth Castle, Esq. Pembrokeshire—George Augustus Harries, of Hilton, Esq. Radnorshire—Henry George Philip, of Abbey Cwinhir, Esq. THE NAVY. The 'following is an extract of a letter dated Hong Kong, November 30 : " Reports from the north and rumours from the south tell us the Chinese are obtaining guns from various sources, which are conveyed to their desti nation in junky and Siamese vessels, and that they are preparing to the utmost of their means for a vigorous struggle. Contributi ons o f money, some of which are very considerable, are being made to the Government by all the nobility and gentry throughout the empire. The governors of the southern provinces are collecting and forwardiao. to the capital all the rice and grain that can be spared. They know and feel that our next cam paign must be a decisive one ; that in addition to taking vengeance for the loss of so many of our braves' at the mouth of the Peiho last summer, the commercial relations of all civilised nations with the Celestial Empire must be arranged on a far more liberal basis than has existed hitherto, and their representatives placed in a position giving them the power to maintain them. " The Amezican Flag-officer Tatnall, in the United States' steamer Powhattan, has been suc ceeded by Flag-officer Stribling, in the United States steamer llartforth. " Mr. Ward has arrived here from Shanghai. The treaty with the United States has been rati fied. Before you receive this you will, no doubt., have read the various articles composing it. The only commercial advantage of any importance ob tained by it appears to be the opening of the two ports Swatow and Taiwan, in Formosa. " The French steamer Pregent, which arrived two days since from Touron, reports that an en gagement took place on the 11th inst. between the French forces and the Cochin Chinese, which lasted three-quarters of an hour. Capt. d'Abouville, of the Nemesis, two other officers, and five men were killed. A great many were wounded. The loss on the Cochin Chinese side was very great. The French succeeded in taking two strong forts. " A court composed of Capts. M‘Cleverty (presi dent), Jones, and Willes; Commanders Commerell (acting captain) and Martin, assembled on board her Majesty's ship Princess Charlotte on the 16th and 17th inst., J. W. Ashby, secretary to the Comman der-in-Chief, officiating as Judge-Advocate, to try Lieut. Jenkins, of her Majesty's gunboat Banterer, on the two charges of oppression and drunkenness. He was found guilty on both, and sentenced to be dismissed her Majesty's service. Also on the 17th a court, composed of the same members, was opened to try Mr. Stephen Cook,boatswain of her Majesty's gunboat Drake, for insubordination to his comman ding officer. He was found guilty, and sentenced to lose two years' servitude. " Her Majesty's steam frigate Furious and the despatch vessel Roebuck were ordered by the Com mander-in-Chief on the 19th inst., the former with a hundred marines from the brigade at Canton on board, to proceed to Shanghai, to strengthen our force there during the winter. " Admirul Jones, second in command of the naval force in China, arrived yesterday. His flag was hoisted on board her Majesty's ship Cambrian, and duly saluted. In a few days, as soon as accommo dation for him is ready, he will shift it to her Ma- . 1 jesty's ship Princess Charlotte, the fine old ship which he commanded at the bombardment of St. Jean d'Acre, " The ships composing our China and India squa dron are distributed as follows : "At Hongkong—The Chesapeake (flag), the Cambrian, the Nlagicienne, and the Princess Char lotte; the gunboats Banterer, Kestrl, Leven, Star ling, Slaney, Woodcock, Drake, anl Watchful. "At Canton and Whampoa—The Fury, the As sistance, and the Hesper, with the gunboats Staunch, Clown, and Forester. " At Shanghai—The Sampson, the Furious, the Inflexible, the Cruiser, and the Nimrod ; the gun boats Haughty and Janus. " At Ningpo—The Algerine. " At Amoy—The Acorn. " At Foochow—The Camilla. "At Singapore—The Esk and the Saracen: " Gulf of Tartary—The Actaeon and the Dove. " In India—The Retribution, the Cyclops, and the Sparrowhawk." The launch of the Prince of Wales, screw three decker, will take place to-morrow at Portsmouth, vbout 12.45 p.m. The " ways" were turned in yesterday morning. The Queen, 86, screw, Capt. Charles F. Hillyar, will go out of Portsmouth harbour to Spithead this morning if the weather should prove favourable. The screw-steamer Ariadne, 26, Capt. Vansittart, steamed out of harbour yesterday to Spithead, pre paratory to further trials with her screw at the measured mile. The screw-steamer Mersey, Capt. IL Caldwell, 0.1)., got under way yesterday morning at Spit head to test her Griffiths-Maudslay screw at the measured mile, but, the weather proving very un favourable, the trial was deferred, and she again brought up at Spithead. The Pigmy, paddle steamer, Master Commander Johnstone, arrived at Portsmouth yesterday from the westward. The Prussian steam frigate A reona, 26, Commo dore Sundewald, sailed from Spithead yesterday morning for Southampton. Fifty continuous service, able-bodied seamen, in addition to 100 forwarded last week, from the crews of the Princess Royal, Centurion, and Conqueror, yesterday left the receiving ship Fisgard, at Wool wich, for Plymouth, and a further batch of 100 will leave in a few days for the same destination, pro bably in the troopship Dee, Master Commander T. Pullen. The troopship Rhadamanthus,Master-Commander Sturdee, left Woolwich basin yesterday morning, and sailed for Portsmouth, conveying 120 able sea men and novices for the fleet, as well as boilers and steam gear for the Sutlej. The sailing transport James Simpson,in St. Ka tharine's Dock, yesterday commenced loading 13- inch shells from Woolwich Arsenal. The Ituintus Giuseppe, Zarb master, yesterday signed bills of lading for a full cargo of war stores, and sailed from Woolwich. The following transports are char tered to ship military stores from Woolwich :—The Fortitude, the James, the Palestine, the Mischief, the Mary Sprout, the Llewellyn, the Iris, the Da nube, the Ocean, the Briton, the Agnes, the Al berto, and the Sarah. The steam transport Khersonese, alongside Wool wich pier, loading for China, has shipped 1,655 tons of assorted military stores—such as guns, shot, shell, and other heavy war materials—and has corn menead receiving the remainder of her cargo , which will consist of 345 tons of victualling and hospital necessaries—including about 100 tons of wine, spirits, beer, &c. She is expected to sail from Woolwich on Thursday for Greenhithe, where she will embark 50 tons of powder. THE AR2IY. Yesterday morning the ceremony of decorating two non-commissioned officers of the Royal Marine Light Infantry with silver medals, which, together with a gratuity of £l5 each, had been awarded them by the Lords of the Admiralty for long ser vicel and meritorious conduct, took place at the Marine Barracks, Chatham, in the presence of the entire battalion. The companies having been drawn up on the parade-ground, Colour-Sergeant E. Harris and Colour-Sergeant W. Cole were called to the front, when they were addressed by Col. Hunt, the second commandant, who informed them it was with extreme satisfaction that he presented them with the distinction which had been conferred on them by their lordships, and trusted they would long live to wear the honours which they had so well earned. Col. Hunt then fastened the medal to the breast of each of the sergeants, after which he addressed a few words to the battalion, expressing the hope that the young soldiers before him would profit by what they had just seen, and endeavour to follow the example set them by the two non commissioned officers who had been decorated. Although it was not possible that every man then before him would obtain that honour, yet, apart from the honour of bearing a good character, there were other rewards for the deserving soldier, such as additional pay, promotion, and other advantages, all of which were open to them. Colour-Sergeant Harris is the senior colour-sergeant of the division, and has been 30 years in the service, nearly 20 of which he has been a non-commissioned officer ; he is decorated with the Syria medal, and also the Turkish war medal. Colour-Sergeant Cole has been 22 years in the Royal Marines, 17 of which he has been a non-commissioned officer ; he wears the China medal. During the time they have been in the service they have both borne most exemplary characters. Owing to the large number of recruits who have recently joined the East India depots at Chatham from the various recruiting district 9, most of the depots are very strong, and the three . bat talions into which the severa l de p ots are formed now number upwards of 4,000 men of all ranks. It is understood that the Government will not de spatch any more reinforcemFuts to India until the commencement of the ensuing summer, by which period there will be several thousand cavalry and infantry from the several Indian battalions ready for embarkation to fill up the vacancies which are constantly occurring. A detachment of 208 gu nners se l ec t e d f rom th e b a tteries forming the depot brigade of Royal Artil lery at Woolwich were medically inspected on Sun day, and were yesterday paraded, preparatory to !thdr departure for Portsmouth and Plymouth. TIIE LATE CAPTAIN 11ARRISON. .-___..,..--_.- If we had been told that the Great Eastern had gone down in the recent gales off the Irish coast the loss would have been greater—the surprise and regret scarcely less than that which the death of Capt. Harriso❑ will occasion. So completely had this gentleman been identified in public opinion with the vessel he so lately commanded that with his disappearance from the scene the great experi ment seems to have proved a failuro, and that of Cue Great Ship and of all the anxieties about her there is an end. Of course this is not so. This is the mere sentiment of the matter. 'f he solution of the great problem upon which we have been so long engaged does not hang upon the life of any one man. He is gone, and another will take his place. Had he perished in the midst of his recent struggles with the elements we should have betn the better reconciled to his loss, and it would have seemed natural that some one who had acted as his second in the conflict should have taken the command in chief. As the affair has actually gone the triumph remained with Captain Harrison alone, and it is natural that we should associate his name alone with the result, and presume that no other man could have achieved the like success. From first to last. Captain Harrison had directed the operations of the Great Eastern. He was to be seen at M ilwall scrambling about her framework when she was a mere chaos of iron plates ; he went through all the agonies of her launch, when the question was how the Great Eastern was to be transferred from dry land to the element where she was to find her more permanent home; he took her down the river, and to take her down the river was a task that many persons had pronounced to be impracticable. Through the sandbanks at the mouth of the Thames and off the southern coast of England he conveyed her in safety to the Isle of Portland, and the trial was complete. Whatever may come of it in after times, the first trial trip of the Great Eastern de- monstrated that an enormous fabric such as this could float in safety upon the watery element ; it is for those who come after us to profit by the experiment which has been mad at so enormous a cost. As far as mechanics and the science of navi gation are concerned the question has been set at rest for ever. Whether it be advisable and profit able to adhere to the old system of smaller ships, or whether the preferable course would be to go to sea in these huge Leviathans, is one thing; whether it can be done is another. It is now c!eArly ascer tained that as far as speed and safety are concerned the great ships will answer the purposes of their projectors. With imperfect machinery, under all the disadvantages of a first experiment, with an un trained crew, and with the elemental powers doing their worst against him, poor Captain Harrison proved that the thing was to be done, and that great ships are as seaworthy as small ones, and equally under human control. We have nothing to add, as far as definite infor mation is concerned, to the particulars of this sad accident, with which our readers are fully ac quainted. Captain Harrison, the man who had been placed in command of the most magnificent fabric which the wit and hand. of man had ever devised to float upon the surface of the waters—of the Great Ship which was worthy of the waves of the Atlan tic against which she was destined to struggle, has been drowned in a puddle. He went down in a few feet of water, within a few yards of the shore, where hundreds of persons were standing eager to render him assistance. It is scarcely possible to read the details of the story with common patience. A rough day in a river, a lightly built gig, a puff of wind, and a hitch in a rope's run—such seam to be the chief elements of this lamentable tale. As the matter was discussed in London on the afternoon of Satur day and Sunday, there seemed to be a doubt whe ther Captain Harrison's death was rt ally attribut able to drowning mto a fit of apoplexy. It is not, however, of much consequence whether death was caused by absolute suffocation by water, or by a sud den fit, the result of the immersion at so inclement a season and of the general shock. All that we are concerned with is to ascertain that the by standers and spectators rendered all the assist ance in their power, and that medical skill was instantly forthcoming to fan once more into ac tivity the spark of life, had it not been hope lessly and for ever extinguished; Upon both these points we have ample satisfaction. It seems to have been quite impossible that more could have been done to carry help to the drowning men, for the officer of the watch on board the Indus, close to which vessel the accident occurred, seems to have foreseen it before it happened, and mea sures for a rescue were taken while the ill-fated boat was still holding on her course. Again, no sooner had the body of the unfortunate gentleman been recovered than every appliance which medical skill could suggest was at hand to call him back to life. If sailors could have helped poor Captain Harrison they were there to pluck him from the angry sea. If medical skill had been of any avail, his insensible form, as soon as it was con veyed ashore, was surrounded by men able and eager to preserve so valuable a life to his family, to his friends, and to the world. We have, then, nothing to add to the particu lars given with reference to this sad accident in our impression of yesterday. The gig of the Great Eastern was upset in a puff of wind a few yards Isom the entrance of the Southampton Docks, and poor Captain Harrison, who had con ducted so many vessels in safety so many times across the Atlantic, went down with her. All that we can do for him now is to offer over his untimely grave the expressions of our regret, with which we are very confident the whole country will sympathise. It is a great thing for a man to have attained that point—that in this busy country his death is felt as a national loss. Why should not honour be paid to such a man ? Even before his name was connected with the experiment of the Great Ship he was the very type of the bold and skilful seaman who gives to England her sovereign posi tion among the nations of the world. No doubt • kind of romantic feeling has attached itself to his name in consequence of his connection with the vessel around which the expectations of the nation had so thickly clustered; but, independently of this, the premature destruction of so valuable a life would have been a loss to the country. There can be no doubt that the Great Eastern has been got ready for sea under untoward auspices. Fir s t, Brunel, the great engineer who planned the fabric, has been called away before his course was fairly run ; then, when she was once afloat, the 'unfortu nate accident which occurred off the Sussex coast cast a gloom over her first cruise; then came the gale off Holyhead—a rough welcome to the huge stranger and of evil omen for the future to all who read the future by the past. And now Capt. Har rison, the man who struggled so successfully against so much that was adverse in the early days of the Great Eastern, has been swept away in the fulness of his strength and in the prime of his useful life. We are far indeed from saying that fortuitous cir cumstances such as these should be allowed to have any influence over the future action of those more immediately interested in the result of the fortunes of the Great Eastern. The truest way to show honour to the memory of Capt. Harrison is to meet this last calamity with the courage and fortitude with which he himself encountered all previous difficulties, and to esteem this last heavy blow but as an additional incentive to Exertiou.—Tinies. 200 MUCH SP URGEON. What an ephemeral thing fame is, had it never been known before, might be learned from the comical case of Damm v. York, tried in the Sheriffs' Court a few days since. The defendant, a confeo tioner, ordered from the plaintiff a supply of fairy boxes for his bonbons, the lids to be decorated with portraits of " celebrated living personages," those specified being Mr. Spurgeon, Mr. Sergeant Shee , Miss Amy Sedgwick, and another celebrity named Punshon, better known to the eaters of sugar-plums than he is to us. But when the order was executed the defendant objected to pa y on f the ground that there were too many fromrg. eo n thiss . case Spurgeon s‘e that he e l) s p p e Sa u rP r su g eons in each dozen, and gone down, and i fi t , a , Ser geant Shee is come up in his stead. The defen dant would not have been too dant did not object to , Mr. Sergeant Shee, but tie put plaintiff had " Only the that was too nianY. other day and 12 Spurgeons to th e much, but now he won't go down even with the h e lp of the sweetmeats. " With devotion's visage i d pious action," as Polo n i us sa y s , "we d o s ugar o'er the devil himself,' but sanctity and sugar together fail to Sweeten Spurgeon any longer. The mouth waters for him no more, and his very face on a box discomfits the comfit-maker. The Court held, and we think very properly, that the plaintiff had done a monstrous thing in putting five Spurgeons in every dozen. The de fendant had, no doubt, "ordered Spurgeon," but that was no reason wby he should be ruined with Spurgeons. The case, however, was ad journed for the production of the list of portraits which the manufacturer of the boxes had received with the order. We must be more attentive in future to the confectioners' shops. It is plain that much is to be learned there of the spirit of the age, and the fluctuations of public opinions and tastes. A collection orsweetmeat boxes for a series of years would be as valuable to the historian as a cabin et of medals, or a portfolio of caricatures. It is pla in that Mr. York had his Protestant portraits and his Popish ones. When this case is resumed, we hope to hear something of that " great unknown," Pun. ' shon. "He ordered Punshon." " Who is Pun. shon ?" " Oh, he was very famous."—Examiner.