The Sun. — London, England, 1859-12-30 00:00:00

....• 1 Lte a to !thaw' oppor ent by :count, a pro int in- s been D thing " na nd e very Inifest MONEY MARKET AND CITY CITY, Two o'CtocK. Although the public market for Colonial Produce is closed for the Christmas holidays, a rather large business has been transacted privately in most of the principal staples. Tea has slightly improved in value, and extensive transactions have been entered into in sugars at advanced prices, and in the refined market fully previous rates have been maintained. Coffee has been dealt in to a moderate extent, and prices generally remain firm. In rice there has not been much business, and prices are unaltered. For saltpetre there has been an increased demand, and a slight advance has taken place in prices. The tallo w market has been moderately active, and prices have shown more steadiness. P.Y.C. on the spot is quoted 575. 6d. to 58s. per cwt. The public market will re-open on Tuesday, Jan. '3, 1860. In the Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday busi ness was rather more active, and prices were well supported. The sales amounted to 8,000 bales. The Railway Share Market closed quietly, and quotations were a shade lower. A further sum of £60,000 was withdrawn from the Bank of England, yesterday, which, with about £35,000 of the gold recovered from the Royal Charter has been taken for the Continent. No diminutr'on can be reported in the demand for money, and the rates continue exceedingly firm. Should the efflux of gold from the Bank be sustained, it will exercise an important influence upon the rates. Notice has been given by the directors of the South Australian Banking Company that the half yearly dividend, at the rate of 9 per cent, per an num, will be payable on and after the 14th prox. On the 2d of January next, and any subsequent day, Bonds of the Imperial Brazilian Sinking Fund, to the amdunt of £36,000, will be paid off at par. The market for English Securities closed heavily yesterday owing to the decline on the Paris Bourse, and the prospect of further difficulties being expe rienced in connection with the Congress. To-clay the dealings have been very circumscribed, and the quotations have not undergone any important change. Consols have been 93k Z ex. dividend. The New Three per Cents. and the Reduced Annui ties are flat at 95Z1 ; India Loan Debentures (1839) are steady, at 981 H ; the Bonds at 7s. to 10s. prem. ; ditto New Stock is 1048 ; Exchequer Bills have receded to 28s. prem. The transactions in the Foreign Stock market continues very limited, and prices tend downwards. Turkish 6 per Cents. arc 76 to 77 ; New ditto, 631 to 64 ; Mexican has receded to 221 ; Sardinian, to 844 ; Venezuelian 21 per Cents. to 28Z ; and Dutch ,4 per Cents. to 100Q7 Portuguese 3 per Cents, are firmer at 461. The Ocean Marine Insurance :Comp an y are 1 t o 11 prem.; the Universal ditto, par to I prem.; and. the San Paulo Railway Shares, par to I prem. The allotment in the last-mentioned undertaking took place to-day. The dealings in the Railway Share Market to day have been moderately active,_ but in most in stances prices have slightly declined. Edinburgh and Glasgow, Lancashire and Yorkshire, Brighton, North-Western, South -Western, North- Eastern (Berwick), and North-Eastern (York), have each declined about ; Caledonians, Great Northerns, Great Westerns, North British, and South-Eastern, 10s. The Foreign and Colonial lines have also been depressed. Lombardo-Venetian have receded 55., and Great Luxembourg and Pernambuco are a shade flatter. East 4ndian have declined 10s. ; Grand Trunk of Canada, 10s.; and Great Western of Canada, ss. Joint-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares have shown little or no variation in values. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 96s Now 3 per Cont. Annuities India Stook Ditto Debentures, IESB , Ditto, 1859 9 Bi I : Ditto Bonds, £l,OOO Ditto under £l,OOO °nimbi for Account (Jan. 10) 951 India Stock for Acounnt — Ditto, 1869, 6 per Cent. Exchequer Bina, £l,OOO, 11(1 .. 28 30 Ditto .£5OO 2B FOREIGN FUNDS--CLOSING PRICES. blexisan 3 per Cent. Ditto Account PortuEuese, 1853, 3 per Cent. Russian 1822, L St., 5 per Cent — Ditto, Russian , per Cent., 1859 66i fte.rdinian. 5 per Cent. Bll Swedish, 4 per Cent. Inrkish 6 per Cent Ditto Account Ditto New Loan Ditto Account .. 631- 4 31 4 Venezuelan 21 per Cent 2Ba —• • • - Dividends on the above payable in London. trh Exchange, 12 Guil. 21 per Cent Ditto Certificates, 4 por Cent. THREE O'CLOCK. Conmols, Money Ditto Account (Fan. 10) .. 95i a a d IBM DAY'S MARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE. During the week and fresh up to-day the arrivals ofEng lish wheat, coastwise and by land carriage, have been on a limited scale. Although the show of samples was only moderate, the demand was far from active. However, fine dry wheats, both red and white, commanded Wednesday's currency. The show of foreign wheat was moderately extensive. onsiderabla firmness was apparent on the part of impor ters; but the business transacted was somewhat rostrictod, at late currencies. Over 50 vessels have arrived off coast since Friday last, laden with grain. The imports of foreign barley have been on an extonsive 'scale. Good and useful parcels changed hands steadily, at fully previous rates; but other kinds were a slow inquiry. New malt sold steadily, old parcels slowly, on former terms. We had a good consumptive demand for oats, at very full prices. Beans, peas, and flour maintained their previous value, but the demand for them was by no means active. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK Wheat. Barley Malt. Oats. English 1,020 ( 2,940 i 360 ' 1,680 i Irishl,soo Foreign .. 2,730 , 12,450 J ,--- 8,070 i 150 sks. --. i 1,470.1i15. Flour. 630 NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. The supplies of meat have become much less extensive. Prime mutton commands a steady sale, at very full prices. Otherwise the demand is inactive, at our quotations. Per Blbs. by the Carcass. A. d. s. el. Inferior Beef 2 Bto 2 10 Mid. do 3oto 3 4 Pra.larn j do 36to 4 0 Do. small do 4 2to 4 4 Largo pork 3 6to 4 2 s. d. s. d. Infr. Mutton. 3 2to 3 6 Mid. do .... 3 Bto 4 2 Prime do. 4 4to 4 6 Veal 3 Sto 4 4 Small pork .. 4 4to 4 8 BOROUGH HOP. There is a steady demand for most kinds of new hops, at the late advance in the quotations. Fine yearlings com mand extreme rates. Mid and East Kent 9os to 150 s per cwt. Weald of Kcnt .74s to 92s „ Sussex... COLONIAL. TEA—Privately, a fair amount of business has been done at fully late quotations. SUGAR—An •extensive private business has been done in most descriptions, prices, in all instances, showing an upward tendeiry, COFFEE—The dealings have not been extensive, but quo tations of the finer qualities are steady. RICE—The transactions havo not been extensive, but rates, generally, are well supported. SALTPETRE—The private dealings in this article have been extensive, and improved prices have been realised for all qualities. VALLow—There has been a steady inquiry for P.Y.C., and prices are firmer, being quoted, on the spot, 57s fid to 58e per cwt. THE OVERLAND INDIAN MAIL.--The Dover mail packet Prince Frederick William brought over the Indian mail from Calais yesterday afternoon, specially. Sh e h a d a very rough passage against a heavy sea and strong gale from the S.W. The weather was so bad that the South- Eastern Company's steamer Princess Maude, which was to have left at the same time as the mail packet, preferred to remain at Calais. SCOTCH BaNHING.—The proprietors of the Com mercial Bank of Scotland, at their annual court, have adopted the directors' report, and passed resolutions to ca pitalise £200,000 of the bank's reserved funds. The paid up capital is thus raised from £600,000 to £BOO,OOO, and the additional stock has been allocated rateably, without a call, among the stockholders in.the proportion of £lOO new stock for every £3OO formerly held. The new stock will participate in the next midsummer dividend. The undi vl,3:?,l proi, or re.t , a v,ll , •yrltg tlii: and paying the dividend in January, will amount to £237,637. At the annual ..eneral meeting of the proprie tors of the National Bank b of Scotland the profits of the past year were declared to be upwards of £91,000. Out of this sum a dividend at the rate of 8 'per cent: was ordered to be paid, and an addition of £14,000 was made to the re serve fund ) which now amounts to £160,000, 20 10 20 Share! Railways. 25 1 1 3lythe and Tyne 1C per a. pref. (issued at £5O) a, iStk Brie. & Exet.4p.et.Stoe7l 10 20 Do. do. do. Shares l, tock Caledon £lO, 44 per cent 10 12.10 Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. a. 01 Cork & Bandon, 54 p. c. al 20 Cornwall, 5 per cent. 131 Dun.Perth,&Aber.Jun al Stoc"t E.Angn. Class A 7& spc 101 Stock Do. do. Class 11 6pc lO Stoc 'Do. do. Class C7pc .. Stock E. Coun. Ex. 5 p ct. No.l 101 Stock Do. do N 0.2 10( Stock Do. New 0 per et. Stock 10 € Stock Eastern 'Union, 4 per et. 10C Stock Edin.&Glas. spc shares 100 Stoc Do. 4 p.c. gua. S. &D. 1 00 Stock Edin.Perth,4 Dun. 4 pc. 100 Stock Furness, 5 per cent .... 100 Stock Glam. ArS West. g a. spc. 100 Stock Great Northern, sp. at. 100 Stock Do. 5 poßedm.,lop.c.pm 100 Stock Do. 4k, p. c. do. do. 100 Do.sp.c.Redm..s pc. pm BO 10 Gt. Nh. of Scotld, Ist of all stook , c Gt. Sn.& W (Ireland) 4 1 10 t p. ct. pref. Stock 00 Great West. (Berke; and Hants) Ext. 5 p.a e Stock Do. Redeemable, 44 p ct 'l OC Stock Do. Redeemable, 4p. ct lOl Stock Do. Irredccrn..blc, do lO7 Stock Do. sp. ct. Redoetel. pref lO 8 Do. Biro. Pref. Shares al' 10 Gt. West. Ches. 8 p.c.pf • shares al 10 Do. do. sp. ct. pref al Stock I Do. Birmin g. gus.r. stock 10 26'4 ; Do. Chestergum*.sharea al 134 Po. do. do 20 Do. do. do. Stock Lau. .& York 6 p.c. stook 101 Stock Do.ParnstStXs 3slodpc 1f„ Stock• riol-I.&Brig.tipe.gu. N': ‘ ,", 10 Stockl Do. !•ef., sp. c. .. ; p r o. 2 10 Stock Do. .s..ew Rim . ; p, et. Stock Do. do. 5 r .. c. ..... N o , 4 10 5 pa.' 40. 44 per e. shares 25 Low'.. Chat. and Dov er a Stock' r•-•na.&.N.W.Cov.&Nun / eaton, sp. ct........ jok- St Lon. &S. W, 7p . c f . stock, late 3,1 shares 124 Lordondy & C o l e, 4 she a' 12k Londop.cly.& Ennis 4 ah a' Stock llan.,Sh., & Lin., 6 is. ct lO 6 Do. R 6 ........... Stock Do. 3+ ner c en t . . 10 Do. redeem. 6 per ce7t. 124 Haryport & Car.' 4 p.c. al iv j Do. Do. 1 per cent... , al 2 Stock D r e.Con.Bris.&Bir.6 is. et lO Stock Do. 44 n. C. pref. stock lO 6 Do. with option till 1860 Stock Do. Leic. & Ilit.pref. et. 10 10 E Ne7 eport,Aber,&c.pret.s 1 a 10 /,. c. rPerpe t edeem, at sp. c.n in 100. ,6 . option till 1866 p c. with a Stock 7 Torfolk. Deb. 4 p.c.shares 10 Stock Do. sp. e. Ext. Stock,lB46 10 Stook Do. 54 p. e. Pref. do. 1847 10 Stock Do. Way.Val.Ex.Sk 1847 10 Stock North British, 5 per cent 10 Stock Do. New, gua. 5 percent, 10 Stock Nth. Dev. Rail& D,k.C0.1 10 Stock N-East. irred. 4 p.c. Deb. 10 Stock Do. Consol. Pref. 4p. c. 1 10 Stock Do. Berwialt, 4p, c„ Pref. 10 17 Do. cy.s. ao. 8 r 20 1)o, Leeds, 6p, a. No. 1. 1, 121 Do. do. Quarters, /846 . 1 20 25 D. York, H.& S. Parch. i; North Staffordshire ...• '' Stock 0 2C. Wr. & w o i . A pc.test g, Ini 74t;001-' 00. Redeem., 2d gun... , 10 Stock Do. Trredeem., 2.1 gem . : 101 10 Ithymney Guaranteed. B i. 84 Scotties!' Central, new la al 3tock Scottish North-Eastern) 100 Stock 31 per c, pref. stock 1 100 Stock Do.Aberdeen.gua.6po 1 100 Stock Do. 7P. c. pref. stock lOO 10s. South D evon, Ann. 10s 1 al 10 Do. Fixed 474 percent ;al 1.0.0. South Eastern (Reading; Ann. 1 O6) Stook Do .4)1 per cent !Stock Do. Pixed 44 p.c. Ist is lO Stock South Wales, gua. 4 p.c lO Stock Do. 4k 'per cent lO Stock S.-Yorkshire, 4 p.c. gun , 10 25 Stock. and Dar. A 5 p.e a 2.5 Do. B 6 per cent 25 Do. C 6 per cent r Rock Waterford & Kilkenny, --..... 8 per cent.. . .. 00 84 tll 2,4 ill 33 tll 3-4 P 7 201 31 331 56 59 3313 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Bedford and Bletchle; all B n ,(2 , :l) am sh re lOO Chester .°a Holyhead 100 Do. do. 51 p. 100 Do. do. 5 p. ct. Clydesdale Junction lOO Colchester, Stour all E.Lineolnshirem.6p.c j 100 E Union,ll2r,vichShs.! all Do. Woodbridge I 100 -Gls.B,arr.&Neils,Drot lOO Do. New lOO G 1 oster& Deen Forest all ITartlpool.Dclr.&Rail all Hull awl Selby Do. Shares all Do. Shares all London&Greenwich Do. Preference Lon.,Tilhy.&Soutend lOO Lowestoft, gra. 4p. of lOO Do. 6 per cent lOO 111anc.,Buxtn.& Matk, all Dffd.liradford Prefer- & N.* Lu& N.W ,Do. : Do.. ; Caledonia i,7,Counts.l Caledonia Do. Gt. West. ;Yk.N.kßr 1rk.N.31d.; Do. ;Do. IS. East 'Do. Peto &Co Norfolk once Stock Newinarkt..PuryEx 1, guaranteed 5 p. c. Northn.& Eastn. 5 p.O Do. do. 6 per cent. Do. Fixed 5 per rent North Western Preston and Wyre. t LN 100 Midland . 5. 5. 6.E.Counts I all Do. 09 101 50 51 ;114 1.26 1 114 116 1103 105 16 17 '139 141 41 4} Do. Mhareg floystn,llitch.A Shep 6hrtar.sbry& Hereford Do. 1)o. South Staffordshire .. Wilts and Somerset.., tit trilbledothtz eroydn. 110 112 all I Do. n al! 1 1 11 1, D i:id: N I:Ili: I i•tr L.Ylc all Do. 100 Gt. North 1 100 T Brassoy 1 •••• all INTlean . 100 • ;Gt. West all ILABrata, 65 67 1115 120 95 97 2 2; ] 93 100 P 57 69 14 113 137 139 'lO4 If 6 par p 1A) 11 93 95 74 8} DOC/C.B. IClosing Price. Business Done. 104 106 Rallwvs. 1 Paid. Leasing I Closing, Business Co.'s. Price. Done. Share Dooki. I Paid , ..... ~ .0,*:.;! : ,,0,1 pt- - - T Cuni..Priq..., , l in lOU Steck Cost and West In.dia 100 Stock .f . ,ondon lOO Stock St. if.?tilarine , 100 Stock'Soathampton . 100 StockiVictoria 19 00 NOW tsixtetlagasassPt \ 2 ORDINARY SHA Bharoi Railways. 12.20 ! ..lanbcr,o•., Notting. Bost. and Eastern Junction 60 Belfe't and lialipnens , 13.14 itir., :Wol., and Str. Val Sto7lcl P.ir.. La., and Ch. June 2 5 Blackburn 25 B;yth ant Tyne .• 10 ilost.Siefd. & Mid. C .Jun. Stock iiristol, and I* t'zr . Stock caledonf an a .• • 60 Cork and. - 4 001,3 0 e 10 Carne:rthen & Cardigan 2 Corl,; BlkTock,&eassage 20 Cornwall 10 Do. A f (A roves. no div.- 1 0 Do. B until6p.c.per an. hambeen pd.toll. 50 Dublin andß e lf aat June. 25 Dim.,Perth,&Ahr.June Stock East Anglian StockfEastern Counties • ' Stock Eastern Union A Stock Stock Do. do, B Stock 25 Da.Nw.A.(lte.E.U3ds) 20 Blast Suffolk 10 D o Stock Edinburg and Glasgow StrAk Edin.,Perth, & Dundee • 10 ' Forth & Clyde Junctio n 1 Stock, 'Furness StookiGlasgow & South Westn 1 10 'Great North of Scotland 8 took 'Groat, Northern Stock 'Do. do. A Stock Stock Do. do. B Stock St . , 3ck S tock Gt South.& Wstn.(lreld) Stock GrAt Western Stook ,r. o.Str.VLltall Ona.Stk 12 Irish South Eastern Lancaster and Carlisle 1,34 Do. Thirds .......... i Do, New Thirds Stock Lancashire & Yorkshire Stook Loudon ^.nd Blackwall. Stock I 1 . 01 1.. UT irrhton &S. Coast 25 !Lond. Chat. and Dover Stock r- 01 1 - .ltna & North West!): 12t pc , ' Eighths StOO - London& South-Westn 25 fL'err z 25 iV d derry & Coleraine Stock Man., ...het & Lincoln 10 . Metrop o li tan .. & Enniskillen Stook Midland Stock Do. BirTql,e--- & Derby 50 31h1. Gt. 17 .''est. (Ireland) 25 Do. : 11 4 Share s too TC'''s vf ' .4s A t ,le and Carlisle 25 New., -o-._ , - , er.„Fz Herefd, .-, 10 Newry Armagh (act.) 20 Newry, Warnt. •& itos I Stook Norfolk ..... _. .., ' i 10 North. Connties Union Stock North British.,. Stock' Nor.Dev.Tiail.&iii. Stk Stock Do..A Stk. — Arce.no div stf,fic tno u.ll4X. k h ... .......... Stookil\TorthJCardn.—lierwickl 25 .)Do. do. C.N.E•Purch ase r Stock - 1 - _.)o. Leeds ..... . .... Stock !Do. York. .............. I b 20.71; London ......... forth Staffordshire. . 10 - No. & Sou. W. •TuncitiOx; Stock Oxford, Wor.,& Wol-er 10 Peebles 20 Portsmouth 10 Rhymip:i • Stock I.Sootti.zh Central StocklSeoth. N. E., Aber. Stock Stock 'Do. Scottish Mid. Stock Stock Shropshire Union 10 - Sittiugbourne & Sheer Stock South Devon Stock !South-71;a4tern Stool:.' South Wales Stock .'', 4 outhYorks.&Riv.Dun 2 0 'Staines, Wek., & Wol 25 Stockton & Darlington 26 Do. do. 1865 25 Do. do. 1855 Stockton & liartlepooli Stock I Taff Vale Stook Do. Preference, No. 1 I 25 ThamesrlavenDk&Bail? • 50 : Ulster 25 Do. 12 10 Do. Stock Vale of Neath 10 Victoria. Station & Pinal Stock•Waterford & Kilkenny '6O Waterford & Limerick 20 West Cornwall . 10 W-end Lon. & Cry. I''al. 6 Do.A.—Arecv.no , l'iv.till 7 p.c. has been, pd. to B 'I Do .B West London Do. lat Class..... Do. 2d Class ... Ph.:;~i'~KEN~ SHAILE MARKET:-THIS DAY.) Mit; SUN, LONDON, FRMAY EVENING, DECEMBER 70, If,s;.A 2 ILE NAVY. The Urgent, screw troopship, Commander H. W. Hire, steamed into Portsmouth harbour yesterday from Spithead, preparatory to embarking troops. The Perseverance, Commander Power, at Ports mouth, had been previously' ordered by telegram from the Admiralty to prepare for this service, but further defects having been •discovered on board that vessel, thay will necessarily delay her readi ness for sea until the middle of next month. Her bowsprit, among other defects, has been found faulty, and will have to be taken out. The Fawn, 17, screw, Commander IL B. Cator, steamed into Portsmouth harbour yesterday from Spithead. The Immortalite, 51, screw, at Portsmouth, is ordered to be fitted for the 2d class steam reserve. The Galatea, 26, is to be fitted for the first divi sion of the steam reserve, and not the second divi sion, as previously ordered. Thescrew steamship Nile, 00, Capt. Wilmot, C. 8., at Plymouth, is to be stripped and thoroughly over hauled, and prepared for immediate service. Her masts will not be removed. The men will be paid on Saturday. The • lighter Devon; - Thomas Jennings, master, which left Plymouth on Tuesday fur Pembroke, with jury gear for the Espoir, was obliged to put back in consequence of the boisterous state of the weather. The crew of ale screw steam frigate Emerald, Capt. A. Cunningham, will be paid wages at Ply mouth on Saturday, and granted leave of absence. An exchange of Division has been sanctioned bo lween Lieut. and Adjt. I'. Warrington, of the Ports mouth Division, and Lieut. and Acljt. F. Lean, of the Plymouth Division of Light Infantry. The following appointments were made yester day at the Admiralty :—P. W. Govett, surgeon, to the Alacrity; and T. A. Jones, acting third-class assistant-engineer, to the Ash, its supernumerary. of m — y company were in the room Soon after they had passed I heard the crash of glass, and went out from 'my company's room to see what it was about. The windows of the militia quarters were then being broken. I was in the middle gallery, opposite the militia. Several men of the 24th were in the gallery above mine, shout ing. In reply to this attack a shower of coals and other missiles were thrown across at our men, which were again returned by the men of the 24th. The bugle for the non-commissioned officers to fall in was then sounded, and while I went down to attend it the firing commenced, though ,I could not say on which side it commenced first. Afterwards there were several shots fired from both sides. I am positiv I saw the flashes of the rifles from both sides, though I could not see who fired them. I could distinguish the figures of the men firing rifles, but not their features. I don't , think there were more than four or five men who fired from our side that I saw. lam certain there was more than one shot fired from the militia side, as I saw two of their men fire at the same time. , The whole firing continued between five and ten minutes. When it began I went to my own company and took a rifle from a man in a room near the centre of the block. The name of that man was William Lord. I took the rifle from him and found that it had been recently discharged, as the barn' was warm at the time, and the rifle had been again re loaded. That was the only rifle which was fired in my company, as I examined the rest of the rifles and the state of the men's ammunition. The other rifles were clean and the packets of ammunition perfect, except the packet belonging to Lord. I found seven rounds of ball cartridge were missing from him, and one in his rifle, making in all eight rounds. Each man of the line fit for duty has 20 rounds of ball cartridge always with him. I saw no flash at all from the centre gallery on our side. In the window of the room No. 14, occupied by my company, there is a round hole made by a bullet. I have examined the fracture of the glass of that window, and I am sure the bullet was not fired out of the room, but into it, from the militia side. That is the only mark of .a bullet I have seen on our side. I have been told there is another, but I have not been to see it. There is no mark of a bullet in the interior of No. 14 room, which there certainly ought to be if the bullet through the window came from the other side. I cannot say whether the marks on the mi litia side were caused by bullets or not. The man Lord was sober when I took the rifle from him, though under the influence of liquor. It is quite possible that other men of my company could have got ammunition from Lord's touch, hut none of their rifles had been recently discharged, and I examined them almost directly the row was over. I do not, however, think that Lord could have had time to fire the seven rounds missing from his pouch during the tine I was away. There was firing going on from our side among the troops in the gallery over my head. Colour-Sergeant Joseph Rowbotham, of the 2d Battalion of the 24th Regiment, said—On Christ mas night last, soon after eight o'clock. I heard the windows of the Tower Hamlets' Militia being broken. I was going up to the gallery opposite that of the Tower Hamlets, on my way to the rooms of my company, when lumps of coal began to come across from the militia quarters. I col lected my company, and found two men absent, named Williams and Hatton. Afterwards one of them came in with a shako belonging to the Tower Hamlets' Militia on his head. I got all but two of my men together when I heard the firing begin, and at that time I think the officers It was im- BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Share' Atlantic &St Lawrence a Leased at 6 per cent.. Bom.,Baroda&Cent.lnd 11 zu. 5 per ctnt . Do. Addit. Capital A a Do. Do. II 1] Buffalo and L ake Huron a I Do. New Do. Preference - a] Ruffalo,Brant&Godrich 1 11 p. et. bds. 1 Aue-., 1872 Do. do. 1 July, 1873 101 Do. do. 1 June, 1874 Clout ts.&S.Eastrn. Lim. 1. 3 Cape, Eas tn. Prov.(Lim.) 26 Cape Town & Dock Scrip 3! Central Dude (Limited) 25.1 Ceylon Guaranteed 6p.c Demerara lr.astern Bengal.gll.sp.c East Indian, Mu. sp. c lOl Do. F Shares Ext • Do. Jubbulpore D 0.41 p.c. Bds. pay.'S9 Do. 44 p. c. Debentrs. a' Geelong& Melbourne al Geelong Corporation 6 1 1, per cent. Bonds . Grand Trunk of Canada 10 Do. 6 per cent. Pref al Do. 6 per cent. Debentr al Do. 7 per cent. 1862 Do. do. 1867.... al Do. do. 1t72.... /11 10 Do. Ns w,gua.s per cent. Gt:S.of tn.—Scrip 1 1 , guaranteed s,per cent. ) Gt. W. of Canada Shares al Do. New Do. Bonds pay. '7o,witl t a fpt. till '6lO Do. do. '73 till '6O Do. do. 'Y3 without opt a; Do. 5,1 p. c. do. '77 do Madras, guar., 41 p. a 10 Do. do. 5 per cent. 10 Do. 41 p. c. Extension lO Do. Third Ex. gua.s.p.c Do. Fourth do. Do. do. Mclb. Corp. 6 p.c. Bonds 101 Newßrunswick&Canda. Ry.&Land(Lim.)g.6pc It Class ACapithSharz.. Do. do. Land d 0... Do. do. B. Capital do. 1 Do. do. Land d 0... Oude (Limited) Scinde Do. New 7 d g 11 6 Do. Punjabs Do. Indus. St. Flo. Er A 7," a St. Andrews & Quebec A 11 Triuidad(Lhulted)Serip 100 1 100 190 17 20 Stock Sto. Stock! 100 100 100 100 100 Stock Stook FOREIGN RAI Antwerp it Rotterdam a Ardennes al Ba b. &S. Fran ~ L ina.7p. e 1 Belgian East. Junction a] Beziers to Graisecesac r al Carmeaux Mine & Rail al Copiabo Ditto Extension .. al Dutch Rhenish ll Eastern of France al Euphrates Valley 2l Grand Rus. Guar .5 p.c Great Central of France al fit. Luxern., Con. tills_ al Italian Junction al Lake Constance it Bale al Lierre and 'Turnhout a] Lombardo Venetian._ it Lyons and Geneva al Maria Antonia al Do. do. New Namur and Liege al Do. do. (I p. c. Pref al Northern of France Do. New Shares Norwegian Trunk Pref al Paris,Lyons, and lliedit al Paris and Orleans Recife& S. Fran. (Vern.)) gua. 7 p. et. (Lim.) Riga and Dunalitirg.... Rome and Frascati .... a] Royal Danish al Royal Swedish Do. 7 per cent. Pref. Sambre and Meuse al Do. 5i percent. Pref. Southern of France West Flanders al Do. 54 p. c. Preference W..& of France al Western of Austria Weatern of Switzerland al Wiesbaden Do 8 per cent. Pref al Zealand al Paid, i C r l° r s ice bl g Zusiness done LI I 86 • es too 001 1001 111 171 1; .1 1 45 (1; pan 5f 6, OA par p - -d - 11l 20 201 5 Id I cr 1 111 id Pi 1 I *d i p LWA~'S. 41 41 ll par ! tll I 2: 211 al I al 1 4 d 15 41 41 d. .11 251 261 31 I 7 103 i 10 2f 3 p 11 I- - 421 95 7 3 11 8; 81 11 ICI 20* al 38 89 l 2 p .11 9 10 11 37 371 11 55 57 75 4 101 l 12fii 7j 7 I dld 11 64 7 11 9 21 [1 21 22 [I 57 67 11 94 10 1 224 234 6 - - 111 - 8(1.1 - 1 Idi 103; 5 par Ip par In 1 100 10 11 19 21 41 43 1 95 06 1.1 73 74 11 85 87 11 75 77 • 11 73 75 10 1001 1011 6 d par 10 t 41 11 13 131 :1 7i 6} cl• 98 10 , 2 Xll 98 102 11 98 102 11 92 95 X) 01 98 O 100 102 e 99 91 Lll 5 I 1 - RECUR: • Cloginr Prices. I 1161 iii} I 114 116 1 114 116 ' 1111 1121 11011 100 101 102 1 101 102 111 112 113 116 Inoi 111 111} 11 COLONIA.L GOVERNMENT ShArel SecttriticS. `kiii:Ti v . 6 p. - C - Ya:Vailly 1 Do. 6 p.c.Fb.&Aug. 11 Do. 6 p.c.llifr. A Sep. li .B. G ov. 6 p.c. 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Bk. of Switzerland al , _ 20 Lon.Cliar.Bk.ofAuAral. ad 22} 23 50 London and County •• • 20 '— 321 1 50 London .Joint Stock • 10 100 London & Westminster. 20 100 Nat Prov. of England. 36 _ 5 2 0 0 IN D a ci ii n on ew ai Bank ‘ !10 3_7) 40= •:.'-'. l ~t' • •.- X. t , ii - it , 1 ",1,,; ... , c , i 1 _ _ 25 'Orient .Bk. Corporation all 20 Ottoman' Bank `ml 17i la i 171 100 Provincial of Ireland /0 Do. New 25 South Australia 25 'Union of Australia all 60 !Union of London l2— .501 100 Unity gutual 60 •Ont dMO 4 possible tosaion which side the firing began. I saw a shot fired from our side, about two rooms from were I stood. Afterwards Lieutenant Dunne gave me a rifle, which I found belonged to Private Charles "Williams. Ithad been recently discharged, and was then loaded. He was one of the two men missing when I mustered my company. On search ing his ammunition pouch I found one package con taining 10 rounds of ball cartridge missing. Half the label belonging to the missing 10. round pack age was in his pouch. The other part of the paper covering was down by his bed. I examined after. wards the ammunition and rifles of the rest of my company. The rest of the ammunition correepanded . . - • - . with . the rest of the rifles. One'ri&•, however, was found loaded, and the other private, named llatton, missing from my company, had ten of his rounds of ammunition loose in his pocket. The loaded rifle belonged to a corporal of my company, • but _ . _ it was found loaded down by the side of Ilatton's bed. Both Hatton and Williams were ordered into custody at once. Another rifle belonging to my company was taken by a man of another Company, and found on him, loaded, by the Adjutant. I did not at any time see any firing whatever from th© Tower Hamlets' side of the barracks. Corporal Robert Ellison, of the 2d Battalion of the 24th, said he knew the men Hatton, Williams, and Lord, bat was not able to recollect whether or not they were with the others at the canteen that night. He heard no unusual noise after the two parties left the canteen, though the barrack square to which they went, as they said, to fight, was quite in front of the canteen. He most iiistinotly saw ono man of the Tower Hamlets Militia fire across the square from the top gallery at the west end, though who that man was he could not say at all. It being now nearly 5 o'clock, the inquiry was adjoin n ed. The 24th Regiment are under orders to leave the Camp immediately for Cork, and will comnienee their journey this day. THE.I7'RE ROYAL L 1' CEUAL Madame Celeste, in addition to t l e charming extrava ganza.and pantomime with which she opened the Christ • mas season, and to the merits of which we paid duo homage in our paper of Tuesday, last night introduced, for the first time, to a London audience, two distinguished Spanish dancers, the Dona Isabel Cubas and Don Juan Ximenes, who have recently been creating a perfect furore on the continent, at Pesth, Turin, Vienna, Milan, Odessa, and at the Sultan's Theatre at Constantinople. These accom plished artistes have just concluded an engagement at Odessa, and on their way to Paris wore secured by Madame Celeste for a short engagement in London. The Senora was happily introduced in that scene of the extravaganza, where the agitated Paterfamilias (Mr. Rouse), quite over come with " the difficulties of tlo, situation," exclaims— "My mind is weary of afflirs of state," (turning to the Chamberlain, and giving him an energetic dig in the ribs) " Have you no novelty arrived of late ? " To which the Chamberlain (Mr. Forest) replies— " Your Majesty forgets : a Spanish dancer, Of most attractive charms, awaits your answer; And I declare these eyes have never seen a More lovely specimen of Ballerina! A perfect beauty ! Form and face combined, Graceful as fawn that runs before the wind ! Moro fatal to the Moor would be the glances From her bright eyes, than fifty Spanish lances." The immediate appearance of the Dona fully justified the compliment involved in these lines, and a most cordial round of applause welcomed the lady. In appearance the Dona Isabel Cubas embodies the idea which we have been accus tomed to attach to those magnificent Andalusian beauties, who have maddened the brains of both Moors and Christians, and have been the theme of some of the most charming compositions of the Spanish muse. Her costumes (for the audience were delighted with two sets of national charac teristic dances) were at once simple and costly, and distin guished by a contrast of colour, evincing the most correct taste. Her dancing emphatically belongs to the granu'iose school, if wo may use the expression. and has nothing inn common with that petite elegance which rendered Perea Nena so great a favourite some seasons since, but the energy and activity which we were, of course, prepared to witness in Spanish dancing, is by Dona Isabel subdued by most exquisite elegance and refinement, which produced so de cided an effect upon the discriminating audience, as to leave us no hesitation in declaring her debut was a complete success. It is but justice to observe that Dona Isabel Cubas was most ably supported by Don Juan Ximenes, whose movements were distinguished by great grace and feeling. It is scarcely necessary to add that both were recalled at the close of each of their dances to receive the warmest marks of approbation from the audience. The compliment was recognised by the bells senora with an in describable charm, which must be witnessed to be tho• roughly appreciated. We have devoted so much space to the event of the evening, that we have but little room to spare to do justice to the perfection which has been attained in the " working" of the extravaganza. Too much praise cannot be bestowed on Mr. W. West, the very able stage manager, and on Mr. Loder, the chef d'orchestre, by whose united and indefatigable efforts (for they must necessarily act in concert) the present completeness of the entire pro duction has been secured. The effect of the transformation scene has also been rendered infinitely more brilliant by the " Apotheosis of the Chrysalis," which is now the centre and distinguished feature of the scene, together with the revolving spiral glass columns, the lake of pure looking.. glass, reflecting the fairy forms of the water-nymphs upon its bosom, the admirable disposition of the fern loaves, and the Whole suffused with intense brilliancy of varied tints, combine to accomplish one of the most finished artistic displays which, we may venture to say, has ever been pro. duced on any stage. Of the performers, we may add that Mr. Rouse has already firmly established himself with the Lyceum audience, by his very cleier personation of Pater familias ; and Mr. l'orest,' as the Chamberlain, deserves more than a passing notice for the carefulness with which he renders his part, and delivers the lines allotted to him. As to the Princess Imperiosa, it is painful to reflect that the very ability which we most admire in Miss Hudspeth, as completely identifying herself with the "Pet," may possibly leave some permanent traces upon that good humour and amiability which aro said to be that young lady's natural characteristics. Let us 11 not. Miss 4. Julia St. George, as the Prince, leave s nothing to be de ; and we sincerely trust that the liberal and devoted energy of the management will meet with its well• merited reward in an overflowing treasury. A telegram received in anticipation of the Aus tralian mail mentions the sailing from Melbourne for Eng ' land of the ships Water Nymph and Donald 111‘lia,y. The former has £136,000 in & g old, and the l a tt er pro b a b ly a large amount. The Weld-et, Ellen Hood, and Herald of the Morning had arrived from this country, arid the Suffolk was off Cape Otway, near Melbourne. The telegraph adds that the Herald of the Morningc, had been " burnt" at Mel bourne. This ves se l, which registered 1,355 tons, sailed front Liferpool on the 2nd August with Government emi grants, all of whom i; is . believed, were lauded previous to the waster. .':S AND STOCKS. !raid. 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Business Done. 1144 1111 121 THE ARMY Major-Gen: Sir R. Dacres, K.C.8., Commandant of Woolwich Garrison, with the sanction of the Commander-in-Chief, has left Woolwich on tempo rary leave of absence. The duties of the command have in consequence devolved on the senior officer in succession, Col. Teesdale, TULA., inspector and purchaser of horses. The whole of the available force of the garrison, headed by the Acting Com mandant and Staff, yesterday performed a march of about 8 miles in the country, in lieu of the ordinary garrison drills, in heavy marching order, accom panied by the regimental bands. Mr. John Anderson, late Inspector of Machinery in Woolwich Arsenal, who, since its establish ment, has been intrusted with the direction of Sir 'Wm. Armstrong's rifled ordnance department s and whose inventions in various branches of machi nery have been rewarded by liberal Government gratuities, yesterday received the appointment of resident superintendent of the Royal Gun Factories in Woolwich, at a salary of £l,OOO per annum. Telegraphic messages have been despatched from the Admiralty to Woolwich and Gravesend, con taining orders for her Majesty's ship Himalaya, Capt. John Seccombe, to return forthwith to Ports mouth, at which port she will embark for convey ance to Queenstown the 2d battalion of the 21th Regiment, consisting of 27 officers, 900 men, 62 women, and 60 children. The Maggie Miller, hired troopship (whose arri val at Portsmouth with discharged European sol diers on board from Calcutta was reported in The Sun yesterday), has proceeded to Gravesend, where the soldiers ;•ill be disembarked. Thu ship Nuogett, of Liverpool, W. H. Bond, commander, under charter to the Govern men t o f India, sailed from Kurrachee for London on the 29th of Sept., with a detachment of the Bombay Fusileers and Artillery-417 men, 6 women, 6 chil dren, and 8 officers--and arrived at the Cape of Good Hope on the 11th of Nov., where she was de tained by a heavy northerly gale till the 17th. She reached St. Helena on the 28th of Nov., and pro ceeded the same day. Captain Bond reports the troops, officers, and crew all well. Two soldiers who were shipped invalids had died at sea, and three others were loft in the hospital at Cape Town. THE .111LI2'ARY RIOT AT ALD EBSHOTT. Yesterday morning the inquest into the circum stances connected with the death of James King, a private in the Ist Regiment of the King's Own, or Tower Hamlets' Militia, who was killed by a gun shot wound daring the riot at Aldershott on Christ mas night, was held at the Tilbury Hotel, in the town of Aldershott, before Mr. S. Chalmers, the deputy-coroner for Hants. The first.witness examined was Major Charles Adams, in temporary command of the Ist 'rower Hamlets' Militia on the 25th inst., who said—Three companies of my regiment were quartered on that night on the north side of the west block in the permanent barracks. As is customary with most regiments the Christmas dinner of the men was provided by the officers on Sunday last. My men dined as usual at one o'clock, and I was present throughout the greater part of their dinner ,to see that they had everything com fortable, but I did not again see them till I was called out that evening from ray dinner at about 8 o'clock. A non-commissioned officer called me out Of the room I was dining in and told me that a row was going on in the barr ac k s . Up to th a t ti me I had heard. of no disturbance whatever. - While the non-commissioned officer was 'still speaking to me a second came up and said that the riot was becoming more serious. I gave the usual necessary orders and went at once towards the barracks. As I did so I heard and saw the first shots fired from the quarters of the 24th, which was immediately fol lowed by one or two others. When I r ot there the barracks were in a great state of confusion and 'up roar. The night was one of the darkest, I recollect. The few usual lights in the barracks had been put out by some persons, and all the buildinz was almost in the most perfect darkness. It was so dark that it was impossible to see anything. The stairs lead ing- to the quarters of my men were crowded with men of the 24th. It was tco dark to see whether these latter had anything in their hands. I had ordered the "assembly" to sound, for the firing was still continued. The firing was then all from the 24th's side, but the noise of the reverberation was so great that it was at first hard to say that it was not coming from both sides. Indeed, my first impression for the moment was that the fire of the men of the 24th was being returned. The soldiers of the 24th com pletely blocked up the stairs leading to the quarters of my mon so that they could not come down. I saw no shots fired from the quarters occupied by my men, but it was difficult to distinguish what was going cn at all. I placed myself in communication with the commanding officers of the 2d battalions of the 24th and 21st Regiments, and in about ten minutes or a quarter of an hour the firing ceased. There was great uproar and confusion on both sides of the barracks, audl heard windows being smashed amid loud shouts. It was impossible to distinguish the names that were called on both sides; it was a perfect melee. When I gained the third platform or gallery occupied by my men it was entirely covered with coal and broken glass. Dr. Holloway, of the 24th, came up with me, as it was reported that a man was shot. I went with the doctor at once to the room No. 52, where it was said the wounded man lay. The deceased, King, was there on his bed, lying on his stomach, and apparently insensible. When my men saw me enter with the doctor they called me to seethe deceased, and raised his shirt and' showed me the bullet wound, which had entered his back and come out on the right side of the abdomen, where the intestines were protrud ing. Dr. Holloway at once said the case was a hopeless one, and the man might not live half an hour. A stretcher was at once procured, and the deceased was removed to the hospital, where he died next morning. I remained on duty at the barracks the rest of the night, but no further disturbance took place. George &Sawyer, private in the Ist Tower Ham lets'. Militia, said—l was in the room when the deceased was killed on Christmas night last. Deceased, with others, had been singing Auld lang sync," during which we heard a great many of the windows outside smashed, but I advised them to take no notice of it and not to go out. In a minute or so afterwards I heard the firing begin, and saw the flashes through th e w i n d ow an heard the balls. Deceased was pointing out where he had put some beer for the morning, when he suddenly called out " I am shot"' and fell on his side and rolled over. I felt for the wound, but could not find it, and told deceased he was only " larking ;" but a comrade pulled up his shirt, which was bloody, and then we saw the wound—a little hole, bleeding slowly. At this stage of the proceeding- the inquiry was adjourned for I'o minutes, after which the evidence was resumed as follows: Sergeant John Banks, of the 2d Battalion of the 24th Regiment, said—A few minutes past 8 o'clock on Christmas night, while on my way to visit my company, I overtook some men who appeared to be quarrelling. They were coming from the canteen to their own quarters, but it was so dark I could not see whether they were- my owu men or not. They all went up to the landing occupied by the King's Own Militia still quarrelling all the way,hough I could not distinguish what about, nor see whether or sot they bad Anything in their hands. THI it D. EDITIO2,i. SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock. LONDON GAZETTE-(THIS EVENING.) FOREIGN-OFFICE, DEC. 29. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Evan Montagu Baillie, Esq., now First Paid Attach 6 to her Majesty's Embassy at Paris, to be Secretary to her Ma jesty's Legation at Rio de Janeiro. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, DEC. 30. The. Right Hon. the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received, through the Secretary of State for Foreign Athirst, a copy of a De spatch from her Majesty's Consul at Lisbon, soting that, from and after the Ist of December, the ports of Spain, in the Mediterranean, are considered to be clean. The Right Hon. the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received, through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a De spatch from her Majesty's Consul at Lisbon, stating that Oran is considered to be infected with Cholera Morbus, and all the other ports of Algiers suspected of infection. The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received, • through the Secretary of State f-r Foreign Affairs, a copy of a despatch from her Majesty's Consul-General at Venice, stating that the following ports aro to be considered as in fected with yellow fever:-1. Western Africa—The ports of Gambia, and all ports between Senegal,and Sierra Leone. 2. North America—New Orleans, and all other ports in Louisiana. a. Central America—Torapico. and all other ports in Mexico. 4. South America—All the ports of Brazil. The Right Honourable .the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received, ,through the Secretary. of State for Foreign Akairs, a copy of a despatch from her Majesty's Consul-General at Venice, stating that the Quarantine regulations to which, accord ing 'to the circulars of Nov. 0, 1858, and Oct. 7, 1859, vessels arriving from Syria, Egypt, the Regency of Tunis, Algeria, and Morocco wero liable, aro withdrawn, but — That vessels arriving from the Regency of Tripoli whieb, by the above-mentioned circular of November 5, 1858, were subject' to quarantine of foul bill of health for plague, shall henceforth, if furnished with clean .bills of health, be liable to quarantine in the following manner :—Vessels, persons, and cargo, where the bill of health be given or confirmed by the Consulate of any European Power, to six days. Should the said confirmation be wanting,' to seven days. Min chandize extremely suspected (rags. and wearing ap parel)? after being- opened in the lazaretto, to ten days. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, .DEC. 30. 82d Regiment of Foot—Major-General the Hon. Thraita Ashburnham, C. 8., to bo Colonel, vice Lieutenant • General Nicholas Hamilton, deceased. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL. DEC. 30. 7th Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Assistant-Surgeon John Noble Shipton, from the 2Fd Foot, to be Assistant- Surgeon, vice Smith, appointed to the Staff. Bth Light Dragoons—Quartermaster-Sergeant Michael Carey to be Quartermaster, vice Lane, deceased. 10th Light' Dragoons—Gentleman Cadet Thomas Astell St. Quintin, from the Royal Military College, to be Cornet, without purchase, vice Houstoun, superseded, being absent without leave; Veterinary-Surgeon Wil. Liam Thacker, from the 15th Light Dragoons, to be Ve terinary-Surgeon, vice Phillips, promoted. 15th Light Dragoons—Acting-Veterinary-Surgeon Mar tin Mence to be Veterinary-Surgeon, vice Thacker, ap pointed to the 10th Light Dragoons. 17th Light Dragoons—Lieutenant James Duncan to be Captain, without purchase, vice &amour, deceased; Lieutenant the Hon. William Henry Curzon to be Cap tain, by purchase, vice Sir George H. Leith, Bart., who retire; Riding Master George Pumfrett to bo Cornet, without purchance, and Adjutant, in succession to Lieu- tenant Duncan, promoted ; Sergeant-Major Thomas Martin, from the Cavalry Depot,, Maidstone, to be Riding Master, vice. Pumfrett, appointed Cornet and Adjutant. 18th Light Dragoons—The second Christian name of Cor net Maid is Esdaile ' and not Esdale, as stated in the_ " Gazette" of the 18th October. Royal Artillery—Acting Veterinary Surgeon Henry Hus sey to be Veterinary Surgeon, Military Train—Benjamin Simner, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Taylor, promoted. The promo tion of Ensign Alexander M'Denald to a Lieutenancy, without purchase, on the 29th November, 1859, to be an tedated to the 4th of that month. 2d Regiment of Foot—Gentlemau Cadet, Henry Augustin Robinson, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign without purchase, vice Pollard, appointed to the 67th Foot. 3d Foot—Gentleman Cadet Archibald William Peyton, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Graves, promoted; John Francis Whit worth, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Theophi lus Jones, promoted. sth Foot—Francis Goldie Taubman, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Sbeolbred, promoted. 6th Foot—Lieutenant Richard Suiel to bo Captain, with out purchase, vice Jones, deceased ; Ensign William Smith to bo Lieutenant, withour-purchase, vice Shiel ; Gentleman Cadet Henry Adolphus Hebeler, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensi g n, without purchase, vice Wilson, promoted • Gentleman Cadet Sydney George Granville, from the Royal Military College, to be En sign, without purchase, vice Smith. 7th Foot—Gentleman Cadet William Wheaton Chard, from the Royal Military Collage, to be Ensign, without pur chase, , vice Frampton, promoted ; the llonourable Wyndham Percy Moreton to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Rice, who retires. Bth Foot—Captain Frederick William John Dug-more, from the 3d West India Regiment, to be Captain, vice Metge, who exchanges ; Gentleman Cadet Thomas Oliver Win gate, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensi gn , without purchase, vice De Tieback, appointed to the 60th Foot. • 10th Foot—Christopher. Campbell - Oldfield, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Larger, promoted. 11th Foot—Gentleman Cadet John Gordon Deedes, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without par-• chase, vice F. D. Walker, superseded, for being absent without leave. 13th Foot—Ensign William Nunning,ton, from the 58th Loot, to be Ensign, vice Hall, who exchanges. 15th Foot—Charles heir Farquharson, Gent., to be En sign, by purchase, vice Hawks. promoted. 19th Foot—Lieutenant Charles Hereford to be Captain, by purchase, vice Stuart, who retires; Ensign William Ben net to be Lieutenant. by purchase, vice Hereford. 20th Foot—Henry Lawrence, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Fraser, promoted. 21st Foot—Edward George Lingard, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Russell; promoted ; Henry Feildan; Gent., to be Ensign,Hayes, by purchase, vice promoted ; Thomas William Parke Airey, Gent., to be Ensign, by pnrchase, vice Browne, promoted. 23d Foot—Gentleman Cadet Anthony Prichard Hutchin son, front the Royal Military College, to be Eusign, with - out purchase, vice Dewier, appointed t.o the l s2d Foot; William Henry Benyon, Gent. ' to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Tulloch, promoted ; St. Aubyn Henry Player, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Sadler, promoted ; Assist-Surgeon Charles Farran Squire, from the Staff, to be Assist.;Surgeon, vice Shipton, appointed to the 7th Dragoon Guards. 24th Foot—Harry Rich Farquhar Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Goodrich, who retires. 25th Foot—Sergeant-Major Henry Wilkinson, from the 32d Foot, to be Ensign, without purchase; Sergeant- Major John Charles Thompson to be Ensign, without purchase, and Adjutant. 36th Foot—Gentleman Cadet Thomas Earaght Percy Tyr whitt, from the Royal, Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Taylor, promoted. 38th Foot—The conffnission of Lieutenant Philip H. Eyre, as Adjutant, to be antedated to the 20th September, 1858. 42d Fon—Henry Jennings Bramly, Gent., to bo Ensign, without purchase, vice Coleridge, promoted in the 25th Foot. 58d Foot—Ensign William Lowry Auchinleck to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Byrne, who retires. 54th Foot—Gentleman Cadet Michael O'Brien, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Sir C. W. Burdett, Bart, promoted. 55th Foot—Gentleman Cadet William Barnett, from the Rdyal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Swinhoe, promoted. 53th Foot—Ensign William James Hall, from the 13th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Nunnington, who exchanges Frank Cunliffe, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice T E. Jones, promoted. 61st Foot—The Hon. Edward John Chetwynd, to be En sign, by purchase, vice Fane, promoted : 64th Foot—John Symeon. `Walker, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Daniel, promoted. 68th Foot—William Henry France Palmer, Gent., to bo Ensign, by purchase, vice Cathcart, promoted in the Coldstream Guards. 70th Foot—Gentleman Cadet Henry Frederick Greatwood, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Garsia, promoted. 73d Foot—Charles Wm. Henry Richardson, Gent., to be Ensign by purchase, vice Fraser, promoted. 76th Foot—George Alexander, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Butler, promoted. 77th Foot—George Cook, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Kirk, promoted; Assistant-Surgeon George Forbes Adams, from the Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Hyde, appointed to tho Staff. 81st Foot—Gentleman Cadet Wm. Mitchell Innes, from, the Royal Military College, to be Ensi g n, without pur chase, vice Curry, appointed Adjutant; William Harle, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Warren, pro moted. 86t1 Foot—Gentleman Cadet Edward James Harris, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without pur chase, vice the Hon. T. J. Wynn, appointed to the Rifle 89th Foot—Gentleman Cadet Thomas Parnell Green, from. the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without pur chase, vice Dickson, deceased. 98th Foot—Gentleman Cadet Arthur Brett Onslow, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without pur chase, in succession to Lieutenant Woodward, deceased. Ist West India Regiment—Lieutenant Charles Chevalier, from half-pay late Land Transport Corps, to be Lieute nant, vice Goodman, appointed adjutant of a Recruiting District. 3d West India Regiment—Captain William Frederick Metge, from the Bth Foot, to be Captain, vice Dugmore, who exchanges. UNATTACHED.—Brevet Lieutenant-Colgnel Frederick Geddes Bull, Captain on half-pay 60th Foot (Staff Officer of Pensioners), to be Major without purchase. HOSPITAL STAPP. Assistant-Surgeon Opie Smith, irom the 7th Dragoon Guards, to be Assistant-burgeon, vice Squire, appointed to the 33d Foot. Assistant-Surgeon George Clarence Hyde, from the 77th Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Adams appointed to the 77th Foot. BREVET. Brevet-Colonel John Forbes, Captain on half-pay Un attached (Staff Officer of Pensioners), having retired o n full-pay, to be Major-General in tho Army, the rank being honorary only. Second Captain Gerald Graham, of the Royal Engineers, to be Major in the Army. The undermentioned Gentlemen Cadets of her Majesty's Indian Forces, at present doing duty at the Royal Engineer Establishment, at Chatham, with the rank of Ensign, to have the local and temporary rank of Lieutenant while em ployed at that establishment, viz. :—William Shopperd, Robert Procter Tickell, Bruce Onham Satan, Edward Gil bert Clayton, Edward D'Oyley Twemlow, Sydenham Cub bon Clarke, John Donaldson ' Cruickshank, and Cortland Alexander Gregor Skinner. MEMORANDUM.—Deputy Assistant- Commissary-General Robert Cellem, upon half-pay, has been permitted to retire from the service, lie having received a commutation in lieu of his half-pay. COMMISSIONS BY LORDS-LIEUTENANT. 9th Aberclewhiro liSQ Yaluattnro—Sir SYilliaw WQ4961 lkr! . ., to be Captain; William Adamson, Est:., to be Lieu- tenant ; Alexander Pirie Hogarth, Esq., to bg Ensign. Lanarkshire Rifle Volunteers-24th Company—Robert Gilkison, jun., Esq.. to be Captain ; Robert Heailje Wishart, Gent., to be Lieutenant ; James Robertson, Guilt., to be Ensign. 25th Company—Tohn Napier, Esq., 'to be Cap tain; John Rit c hi e Miller, Gent., to bo Lieutenant ; Donald And erson , G en t., to be Eneign. 26th C ompany— John David Napier, E rrl., to be Captain • Jamey APlntyre, Gent., to be Lieut enan t ; J o h n Dow - all, Gent., to be Epslgn. BANKRUPTS. William Lovett, paint raiding inanufactuier, Union street, Borough, to surrend er , J an . 13, a t two, aneFeb. 10, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Thomas Aston, engineer, Wi.ienhall, Sta.ffordshire, Jan. 11th and 30th, at eleven, at the Birzninghttm District Court. George Ellis, biker, Sheffield, Jan. 14 and - Feb. 11, at twelve, at the Leeds District Ccutt.. Christopher Price, butcher, Wolverhampton, Jan. 11 and 30, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Thomas Bigglestone, grocer, ilerford, Jan. 12, and Feb. 9, at eleven, at the Birminghf in District Court. BANK OF ENGLAND. An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoriß, cap. 32, for the week =dins on Wednesday, the 2Sth day of December, .IS.SJ MITE DEPARTMENT. Notes issued £30,600,45 5; Government DAt .£11,015,1r0 Other ;Securities .. 3,4r4!,99 i Gold Coin & all!on 16,13L455 . ; Silver Bullion - 010,009,465 BANK.ING DEE' ARTMENT. Proprietors' Card- Government Seen tal . 414,553,0001 rites (including Best - Public Depoalts (in- " nutty) • X 10,925,157 eluding )'ixche- Other Securities : 19,907,580 quer, Savings' - ' Notes Banks, Commis- . Gold and Silver missioncrs of Na- Coin tional Debt, and Dividend Ac counts) 0,604,710 Other Deposits 13,071,4W Seven Day and other Bills ... f30,0,:.1,435 675,599 n 3,323 £41,2Q9.316 111. / Dated Dcc. 29,1859. ;£11,2t';' , 9,3103 :A.RSEIALL, CaA)ier. AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR. The Average Price of Brown or Muscovadc‘ Sugar, com puted from Returns made in the week ending / the 27th day of Dec., 1859, exclusive of the duties of Customs paid or t ayabletheroon, on the importation tlaere4 into Great Per cwt. From the British possessions in America .; 27s 04c1 COURSE OF EXCIIANGE.—This,. DAT. Amsterdam Ditto Rotterdam — 11 15,,L .11 15i Antwerp Brussels Hamburgh Paris' Short. 2.5 .5 k 2-S 16 Ditto Marseilles — 25 321 , 2.5 37/ Frankfort on Maine — 117 1171 Vienna - 12 -60 - 12 70 Trieste - 12 70 Petersburgh — R 1341 Madrid Cadiz — 491, Leghorn — 30 271 Genoa — 25 421 Naples Palermo - - 12l? c Messina — 1211' Lisbon Oporto Rio Janeiro New York — • • Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard) „.. per oz. L 3 17 9 Mexican Dollars ••• • ~ 0 5 11 Silver in Bars (Standard) •••• ,I 0 5 2 South American Doubions VOLUNTEER CORPS. LONDON. 30 35 25 471 40:1- 1211 122 521 +s2k A meeting of the Council was held at the Man sion•housc on Tuesday, the Lord Mayor in the chair. The LORD MAYOR stated that ho had the gratifi cation to announce that up to this time 1,012 gen tlemen had enrolled themselves as effective mem bers' 'and the progress they were making in their drill was highly satisfactory. On the motion of Mr. Alderman Wire, seconded by Mr. Alderman Allen, Lieut.-General Sir George Bowles, K.C.8., Lieutenant of the Tower of London, Was elected a member of the Council. The LORD MATory expressed his gratification at the appointment, and stated that the gallant Gene ral had presented the Brigade with £:2O. On the motion of Lord Denman, seconded by Mr. R. W. Kennard, M.P., the thanks of the meeting were presented to the Lord Mayor for his conduct in the chair. ST. CLEMENT DANES: Last evening about 50 effective members of the above corps assembled at the Inner-hall of St. Clement's-inn, for the purpose of drill.. and parade. Although the volunteers present were mostly re cruits, and' had only been practising for nine nights they went through the various evolutions with .great skill and regularity. The effective strength of the corps is at,present abut 60 men, including the 21 members from Messrs. Smith and Sons' esta blishment in the Strand. WESTMINSTER.. St. Paul, Covent-garden, and St. Afar.;-le-Strand Divibion having combined, members of. this company meet for drill at Messrs. Robins' auction-rooms, Covent-garden, on Monday, Wednesday, and Fri day evenings, and on Tuesday- and Thursday morn ings; and, under the very able instravtion of Ser geant Chase, of the Scotch Fusiliers, arc making considerable progress in their ovolutioaas. The corps at present consists of about . GO effective members— the funds already amounting to nearly £4OO. The dress is still under consideration, but doubtless will be the same as worn by the Westminster Division. WEST MIDDLESEX. Yesterday a general meeting of the conncil of the West Middlesex (late IVlarylebonc) Rill° Corps took place at the Pavilion in Lord's Cricket-ground, St. John's-wood. Lord ltfzdstock, the Captain com manding, was in the chair. • The CHAIRMAN announced that the corps had by a large majority determined on retaining the pre sent material for the uniform, and that it was pro posed to adopt the cap decided ou by the War Office Committee. COLCHESTER. The company formed in this town havinr , ob tained its full complement, steps aro to be taken next week to promote the formation of a second. A meeting will also be held to organise a corps for the Tendring Hundred. HATHERLEIGH, NORTH DEVON. A , second meeting for forming a rifle corps in Hatherleigh and the adjoining parishes was held at the subscription rooms on Tuesday_ Sir Stafford. Northeote took the chair, and delivered an im pressive address to a numerous audience, the room being filled to overflowing. HONITON. At a numerously attended meeting, held at the Assemblyrooms on Wednesday, the mayor, Mr. J. C. lerrard, in the chair, it was resolved unani mously to form a volunteer rifle corj?s for Honiton and the neighbourhood, to be called the East Devon and Honiton Rifle Corpse Numerous sub scriptions were announced, and a large number of names wore received as volunteers. IPSWICH. This corps now musters upwards of 100 members. Colonel Ramsey, late Lieutenant-Colonel of the 74th Bengal Native Infantry, has been selected as cap:ain ; Ensign Haward has been promoted to the lieutenancy, and Mr. S. Westhrops made ensign. LUDLOW: The preliminaries having been taken for the for mation of a rifle corps in this town, a public meet ing, convened by the Mayor (Mr. Rodney Ander son), was held on Wednesday at the Town-hall, and was numerously and influent:daily attended. The borough members sent apologies for non attendance. The first business transacted was to elect Sir Charles Rouse Boughton as captain of the corps. Sir C. R. BOUGIITON, who was received with every mark of popularity, accepted the responsi bilities of the office, and said that although he had left one of the best regiments in the service because he disliked soldiering, he felt so deeply th e impor tance and necessity of the present movement, that he cheerfully joined it, and was ready and anxious to promote it in every possible way. He urged upon everyb&ly the duty of giving assistance either as effective or honorary members. Sir WILLIAM CURTIS and several other gentleman having addressed the meeting, a list of volunteers was opened, and the subscription list exceeded £2OO, and was rapidly augmenting when our par. eel was despatched. • SAXMUNDITAM. In addition to giving a donation of £25 to the funds of the corps just established for this district, the Rev. E. llollond,of Benhall-lodge, has under taken to equip 10 young men of his own parish as volunteers. STROUD. Three c)mpanies—the 4th, sth, and 6th Gloces tershire—have been enrolled, under the command of Captains Hallewell, Hunt, and Cholmeley, and consist of about 200 men. On Tuesday last the sixth company, commanded by Captain Hunt, as- Orabled for inspection and reyiew. (rain, crity wed s for nith g :. M 4 4 2 I.) - 44 1111