The Sun. — London, England, 1858-12-27 00:00:00

..,.............______ rnE SUN , LONDOiY4, _____.. • r rt. - HT 11 D EDI T I ON., [ SHARE MARKET.-(FRIDAY.) - FOREIGN. Nov. 14. . - Paid.l Business - ____ ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Share( Railways. Cl ew i ng Price. Done. SUN OFFICE, Six o'Clock. ',bare Railways. Paid. Pm Closing] . Business 7 r 100 dole. • ce. Done. 10 Antwerp & Rotterdam all 5 5-1 we , _ ' 100 doll. - - 12.10 Amberg:, Notting. Bost. 20 Ardennes all - - p bes and Eastern Junction 10 61 6 1 20 Bah.&S.Fran.,Lim.7p.e 3 1 d 1p 3 TATTERSALLS'-( THIS EVENING .) so Belfast and Ballyvnena.. all - - 5 Belgian E Junction all 111 mo 13.14 Bir., Wol., anti Str. Val. all 71 8 1 20 Beziers to ast. isesa all - - wo • Stock Birk., Lane., and Chesh. 5 Carmeaux Mine & Rail. all a /i d This being Boxing-day, and most of the members having • • Junction lOO 66 68 20 Dutch Rhenish le 25 Bte.ckburn Ft town, no business was transacted ; and we do not 25 n 20 Euphrates Valley 2s. -- P )Id. lyth and Tyne all 29 31 bat 20 Great Central of France all - - ex pect to see much animation in betting circles till the Stock Bristol and Exeter Ole. Stock Caledonian 11 0t1ninations appear for the Spring Handicaps. •slO Italian Junction .._.. 8 -,- - ols. .....„, Stock Chester and Holyhead . 100 454 4 454 6 we ...... ---___,____ 5O Cork and Bandon all - 20 Lake Constance & Bale all - - Lars, 1 per . - - 20 Cork, Blkrock,&Passage all - - 20 Lierre and Turnhout... all - - mu • -4 ro.N EY MARICET AND CITY NEWS. 20 Cornwall all 4 4 51 20 Lombardo Venetian.. . 8 41 4 1 P bes div Lucca &Pi stoj a, 5 p.c.p . f. all - - atlas' sight, • 10 Do. A I,A rcves. no div. .„ _ 20 Lyons and Geneva .... all 24 25 ref: • 10 Do, B 1 ntil6p.c.per an all - - 331 Maria Antonia all - - l2r. per 100 hasbeen pd.toß. 100 to,els ; CITY, Two O'CLOCK 50 Dublin andßelfast June. all - - 20 Do. do. New - - .20 Namur and Liege all 9/ 61 25 Dun.,Perth,& Abr.Junc. all 7 8 , limines s i n the various manufacturing districts Stock ast Anglian lOO 1. 17 .16 Northern l7 20 Do. do. 6c. Pref all 211 of 22 France - p we: Stock Eastern Counties lOO 63 64 631 4 the North of England has been very restricted Stock Eastern Union A Stock 100 47 49 20 Do. New Shares - or cols. ; New 11 • Stock Do. do. B Stock 100 31 33 10 Norwegian Trunk Pref. all 81 91 rec enares, 635 iring the past week. The preparations for stock- • • 25 Do.Nw.A.(lte.E.U3ds) sai - - 20 Ottoman, gua. 6 per pent 7 3 1 A ta idng, consequent upon the near approach of the 25 East Kent all 12 14 20 Paria , Lyons , and Medit. all 351 35a 354 1 4 ) few Patna, CI Stock East Lancashire lOO 95 97 20 Paris and Orleans ...... all 55 56 - ose of the year, being the chief occupation of most 20 East Suffolk ) dole. all - - UP J 10 Do - - ( gua. 7p. ct. (Lim.) ... j Fl 735 dole. Parti e s, tulles. At Leeds a moderate amount of transac- 20 Riga and Dunaburg.... 4 - - - Stock Edinburg and Glasgow 100 6 84 89 1 ra, 650 dols• t ill's has been entered into for exportation, and the Stock Edin.,Perth, & Dundee. 100 28 28 10 Rome and Frascati .... all - - Ro s, 410 taels • 10 Forth & Clyde Junction all - - 20 Royal Danish all - - Ha Preespects of the spring trade are encouraging. At Stock Furness - - 5 , Royal Swedish - - 4 Do. 7 per cent. Pref. - - Me Bradford piece goodsin f • demand, and Continue air Stock Glasgow & South Resin, 160 93 95 20 Sambre and Meuse. eceived. at 4 10 Greta North of Scotland all 10 101 10 Do. 51 per cent. Pref all 91 An wools are firm. At Manchester the demand for Stock Great Northern lOO 107 108 107 4 20 Southern of France .... all 23 234 Stock Do. do. A Stock lOO 92 94 81 West Flanders all 5 6/ goads suitable to the India and China markets still Stock Do. do. B Stock lOO 133 135 134 10 Do. 51 P. c. Preference . all 9 9 7 'ENING. Stock Gt. Col times brisk, and fully late rates are current. South.& Wstn.(lreld) 100 101 4 10 5 20 W. & N.W. of France.. all 23 241 Stock Great Western - - ice of this At Leicester the hosiery trade continues strong, Stock Do.Str.Vl.Rail Gua.Stk lOO 55 57 20 Western of Switzerland all - - 18, insurrec- .... • , - manufacturers are fully engaged upon orders. 12 Irish South Eastern a ll - - 50 Lancaster and Carliile all 87 92 6 Wiesbaden - - 18, and 6 Do 8 per cent. Pref all - - le defends Thi `iron trade of South Staffordshire is steady, and 1 Do. Thirds 12 p 20 Zealand all - - ls 18: : 161 64 3 4 Do. New Thirds l6 12 13 p 18 , , at ' . cliness to .Birmingham a fair amount of business has been Stock Lancashire & Yorkshire 100 98 094 99 16 Do. do. F £l6 a d BRITISH POSSESSIONS. lB, d on e, considering the time of the year. At Austrian 9 Do. do. £9 shares 7 t 1 d Sheffield, Walsall, and Wolverhampton more ac- 3 Do. West Riding Union 1 - - Closing Business wry 111 e- 20 Do. Southport - - Share! Railways. Paid. Price., Doae. rat *Cit has been apparent, and previous rates are 11.6.3 London and Blacicwall all 5 1 e 4 - fully supported for most descriptions of goods. s 11.6.3 Do.Newiss.at £slosp.sh. 44 - - Stock Lon.,Brighton .laS.Coast 100 1121 1131 1124 100 Atlantic &St Lawrence 1 all - - rail EC. 25. The advises received from New York mention Stock London & North Westn 100 95a en 951 I Leased at 6 per cent.. 12 Do. Eighths 9 par * p as, of the that the exchange on London was firm at 1091, a Stook London& South-Westn. 100 9 5 4 051 95 1 65 1 gu. 5 percent. ful 25 L'derry & Coleraine - - 18 Do all - - vernment rivte that would admit of profitable shipments of 25 Vderry & Enni ki 1s I en. all -, - „... 18 Do. Addit. Capital A 6 par - at gold to this country. Moderate remittances from Stock Man., She., & Lincoln.. 100 38 1 39 4 "Z 18 Do. Do. 841 par iit 44 f thousand lO Metropolitan 3 - - d 201 Buffalo and Lake Huron all 54 6 an that quarter, added to the usual receipts from Aus- Stock Midland lOO 103 1031 102/ 3 1 201 De. New l6l 15 14 d prevailed Stock Do. Birming • & Derby. 100 7 4 76 75 100 f Buffalo,Brant&Godrich 1 100 7 8 82 fro tralia, would ensure an extensive importation, and 50 Mid. Gt. Wes' t. (I 1 're and) all - - (6 p. ct. bds. 1 Aug., 1872 rms. .inaintain the stock of bullion at the Bank of Eng- 25 Do. 1 Shares all - - 100 Do. do. 1 July, 1873 100 75 78 1 100 Newcastle and Carlisle all - - 1C ( Do. do. 1 June, 1874 100 73 76 r brt EC. 25. lead inspite of increased consignments of specie to 25 New., Aber., & Herefd all 111 121 20 Clcutta.&S.Eastrn.Lim. 1. 3.0. 1 i P acl 10 Newry & A rma gh (def ) 20 Cape,Eastn. Prov.(Lim.) 2s. - - ed Prince th e Continent and the East. There was more acti- - 9 - - of 20 , N ewrv, Warpt., & Itos all - - 20 Cape Town & Dock Seri.) 2s. - - Pin . ovisional Stock Norfolk ' vity in the demand for money, the last City banks' i- 100 63 67 . 20 Central Oude (Limited) 2s. 6d. --- 50 North. Counties Union. 34 i 3 d 20 Ceylon Guaranteed 6p.c. 2 1 1 41 3 de , WaS corn- returns showing an increase of £36,500 in the Stock North British lOO 58 4 59 581 4 174 Demerara - 1 - . Stock Nor.Dev.Rail.&Dk. Stk. 100 - 20 E a s tern Ben g al. g u.s p .e 5 it 1p 5 4 - amount of loans and discounts effected by those Stock Do.A Stk.- Arec.no div. tock East Indian, gu. sp. c lOO 1081 1091 1081 981 9 Interior, tio I establishments. The stock of the precious metals until 6p.c.hasbeenpdß 100 - - 20 Do. C Shares all - - evolution Stock Do. B Stock lOO - - ~, ~ . 20 Do. E Shares Ext 10 - -p lodged there on the 11. th inst. was £5,440,000. Stock North-Eastn.-Berwick 100 94 9 4 4 vli z I 20 Do. Jubbulpore - - nquilllty ' The Kent has arrived in 80 days from Victoria, 525 Do. do. G.N.E.Purchase 1613 4 ri- f d Stock Do. Leeds lOO 48a 481 d 100 D 0.41 p.c. Bds. pa y.'59 all - - 20 G eelong& Mel. gua.s p. c. all 17 18 Cr Se( . remains 'with 97,686 ounces of gold , valued at £390,9 44 . Stock D o. York lOO 77 771 771 7 1 sto. Geelong Corporation 6 ) 100 _ Pr Stock North London lOO 102 104 ( per cent. Bonds A further small supply of specie is announced- 10 N. &S.Westn., Hampstd Stock Grand Trunk of Canada 100 3 6 37 3 „ Pr N it., £16,000-from the United States, by the and City Junction.... £3 Is - - 20 North Staffordshire_ 174 * 41 4 d 100 Do. 6 p.c. Deben.,pay.'7: all 7 6 78 73 100 Do. 6 per cent. Pref lOO 91 92 91 Cr Se , 20 North-Western *earner Europa. 10 No. & Sou. W. Junction all 74 8t 20 Do. New, gua.s per cent. 4 i • Stock Oxford, Wor.,& Wolver. 100 30 32 20 Do. do • 4 P 44 17 N DAY. BRITISH FUNDS-CLOSING PRICES. 10 Peebles 20 Portsmouth - - 19 7 5 d 20 j Gt.S.of Ind.Lim.-Scrip ) ( guaranteed 5 per cent. -- i 2s. - - Be holiday Bunk Stock - 201 Gt.W. of Canada Shares all 1 61 16 1 SI ' 2 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 971 i 4 Stock Scottish Central Ho 111 113 112 201 Do. New New 3 per Cent. Annuities cuing to • long Annuities, expire sth Jan., 1860 - Stock Do. Scottish Mid. Stock 100 81 86 Stock Shropshire Union lOO 45 47 ( ept. till '6O 100 Do. do. '73 till '6O all 106 108 Pi Ditto 30 Years, expire sth Apr., 1885.. 184 A 100 Do. do. "/3 without opt. all 105 107 entation. India Stock - 10 Sittingbourne & Sheer. all 4 2 d Stock South Devon lOO 37 38 374 100 Do. 54 p. c. do. '77 do .. all 99 100 C. Ditto Debentures 'Ditto Bonds, £I,OOO esterda Y , 13iii o under Ll,OOO algae, a Consols for Account 964 7 20 Do. do - - 20 Do. Third Ex. gua.s.p.c. 5 1p54 i 20 Staines, Wok., & Wek all 9 11 20 Do. Fourth do. cabers of March dune, 25 Stockton & Darlington. all 33 34 34 took Melb. Corp. 6 p.c. Bonds 100 - - E:rehequer Bills, £l,OOO, 2d. & 11d.. 39 136 9 25 Do. do. 1854 24 -- - Newßrunswick&Canda. Cc lonieS., 'Ditto £5OO - 25 Do. do. 1855 7 - 20 i Ry.&Land(Lim.)g.6pc 10 2 11d Sc allowing Ditto Small, 11d - - Stockton & Hartlepool 161 - Class ACapiaShare.. Pi o t:ichequer Bonds, 1859, 31 per Cent .... 1004 Stock Taff Vale lOO - - .. Do. do. Land do. . .. p, lshment Stock Do. Preference, No. 1 - - 20 Do. do. B. Capital do. 10 ._ 4 3 d FOREIGN FUNDS-CLOSING PRICES. 25 ThamesHavenDk&Rail 22 - .. Do. do. Land do. Cc _ he new Sc ' . Bltazilian 5 per Cent. 20 Limited, 2s. time Of .Ditto 1858, 41 per Cent. 95 i- Stock Waterford & Kilkenny 100 - - Scrip Pt t Conl- Chili an, 6 ier Cent - - 20 West Cornwall 20 Scinde ss. -- ~,3 4 .1 15 1 lip Pi Mexican 2 per Cent. 2O/ 10 W-end Lon. & Cry. Pal. all - - 20 Do. Till have Ditto Account Credit Peruvian 44 per Cent - 7 p.c. has been pd. to B all 3 N 20 Do. Punjaub .. rg, 5 par 1 p 54 Pi Ditto Account i; they Ditto (Uribarren), 4i per Cent. - - 20 St, Andrews & Quebec AlB - - N it d'Es- Ru.ssian, 1822, £ St., 5 per Cent ll3l 10 Do. Ist Class 20 Do. 2d Class all - - 10 Trinidad(Limited) Scrip 1 par 1p all - - ishment Ditto 44 per Cent. Sardinian, 5 per Cent 9 Ol 7ight of Spanish 3 per Cent. - • Share! Railways. ,A Done. Closin g Business . Cl o sing Business by the D i tto Account ' I Price. Ditto New Deferred, 3 per Cent - 25 Blythe and Tyne lt per :ecution I Ditto Account - Alfred Consols (Philack) 2.11.10 71 8 4; 8 4 capital, • Ditto Passive finitely 8 P (finish Com. Cert. of Coup. not funded.. 61 20 Do. do. do. Shares - - - Condurrow (Camborne). 20 - - took Caledon 410, 41 per cent : 100 103 105 - Ti trkish 6 per Centlo Devon G. Cons. (Tavist) 1 450 460 ription. -Ditto Account - - - Stock Chester & Holyhd, 51 pc 100 - - 1221 - East Bassett (Illog an). 30 170 180 1761 - Great South Tolgus.. • . 17s 12/ 13. 1 - 60 mil- ])itto New Loan Scrip - Stock Do. do. sp. ct. - - 113 - G.Wheal Alfd.(Phillaa) 11.14.11 2 4 3 1, Ditto Account - - • -G. Wheal Vor(Helston) 81 1 at lien we Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. - Lady Bertha nerally Val ezuela, 5 per Cent. - St ock E.Angn. Class A 7 & spc 100 100 103 - North Frances (Mogan) 81 71 84 JD itto Account - North Wheal Creay... 7.9.4 3 4 1 soon Stock Do. do. Class C7pc . .. 100 109 112 - N.'Wh'l Basset (1110;4 - an) nil. 71 81 Dividends on the above payable in London. Stock E. Coun. Ex. 5 p et. N o.l . 100 115 117 II - Par Consols (St. Blaxy) 11 15a 161 y been Ana* trian, 10 Gu. £, 5 per Cent. - - 1V It will THREE O'CLOCK. Stock De- New 6 per et. Stock 100 131 133 - Sortridge Cons. Min. Ce. 6s 4 ; P , Stock Eastern Union, 4 per ct. 100 84 86 - SouthCaradon (St.Cleer) 24 405 41 11 solved, . Consols, Money • .-• ~- Stock East Lane. 6 per et._ 100 - - - Seri& C. Brea( Illogan). 2 24 3 L Ditto Account, Jan. 11 984 7id 5 E.& W. York. Jcn. fifths all - - - S. Wheal Fran. (Illogan) 18.18.9230 240 iy in- Stock Edin.&Glas. spc shares 100 - - 5 Tamar Silver and Lead Dns in Stock Edin. Perth,& Dun. 4 pc. 100 724 734 Mining Co 44 i . ii irket." COURT CIRCULAR. Stock Furness', 5 per cent .... 100 - - Stock Glas. &S West. a; a. 5 pc. 100 113 115 10 Tin Croft 9 4 31 • Stock Great Northern, sp. ct. 100 122 124 - UnitedMines(Gwennap) 40 - - - Vale of Towey (Carm.) 12s 6d 4 4 a WINDSOR, DEC. 26. Stock Do. 5 peßedm.,lop.c.pm 100 112 114 - West Basset (Illogan).. 14 22 23 t I Stock Do. 41 c • do. do. Her Majesty's dinner party yesterday included the Prince no P• • -W. Caradon (Liskeard). 20 130 140 Do.sp.e. Redm.,s pc. pm. 60 C 4 66 , - Wheal Basset (Mogan). 51 210 220 a of Wales, the Princess Alice, and the Princess of Leiningen, 10 Gt. /\ h. of Scotld, ist pf. all 101 111 - Wheal Buller (Redruth) 5 120 140 133 5 b Sys :- the Prince of Leiningen, Colonel the Hon. R. Bruce, Sir St oc k Gt. Sn.& W (Ireland) 4 1 100 - Wheal Edward (Cal 5.).. 54 24 21 '1 jested, James Clark, and Major Lindsay. p. et. pref. Stock 50 re nt West. (Barks and 6 - - - Wh Kitty (U. Lelant) 1.7.2 . 8 9 - Wh eal Mar (Menhe) 8 44 40 451 e pro- The band of the Grenadier Guards was in attendance, Hants) Ext. 5 p.ct.. - - Wh'l Trelawney (Lisk.) 44 28 30 and performed during dinner the Stock Do. Redeemable, 41 p ct. 10 0 95 97 -,11 neiPa.. Stock Do. Redeemable, 4p. ct. 100 86 08 FOREIGN MINES 'Overture, "La Dame Blanche" Boieldieu. Stock Do. Irredeemable, do. . 100 87 89 a them- W a i t er, " Der Wanderer's Lebewohl" Ting The Hallelujah Chorus .. ' Handel. 8 Do. Birm. Prof. Shares all 94 101 1 Bon AccordCopper,Lim• lOs par p I y Charivari oposi- shares all 161 171 20 Do.St.Johndelßey,Lim. 15 131 141 Her Majesty's private band afterwards performed in the 10 Do do. sp. ct. pref all 10 101 cor the 5 Do. Land and Mining Co. all 11 21 drawing-room the Stock Do Birming. guar. stock 100 72 74 1 Clarendon Consols Min 1, and Overture, "Le Medecin malgre lui" .... Gounod. 262 Do. Chester g;uarshares all 18 19 14 Do. do. do - d ,loges Fantasia Spaeth , 20 Do. do. do. t land- Selection, "Marco Spada" Auber. Stock Lan. &York 6 p.c. stock 100 143 145 - Cepiapo l6 10 12 1 DunMoun.Cop.bling.Co all / I Quint,etto, "Il Turco" - - 2 Fortuna • Koniglicher Preussischer Armee Marsch Stock Do. pref., sp. c. ...No. 2 100 - - 20 General all 20 21 Em- Divertissement, "Le Prophete " Meyerbeer. Stock Do. New gua., 6p.et .. 100 - - Stock Do. do. sp. e. No. 4 100 - - 3 Linares all 7 84 8 l The queen and Prince Consort, the Prince of Wales, Stock Lon.& N. W.Cov. &Nun- 5 Lusitanian 'gani- 1 Mariquita all 1 Princess Alice, Princess Helena, Prince Arthur, and caton, sp. et. Stock Lon.&S. W, 7 .ct. stock, p 1 N.RhineCop.of S.Aus.L 10 1. n 1 ip by Princess Louisa, the Duchess of Kent, the Prince and late 3d shares lOO 163 168 20 Pontgibaud Silver, Lead Ilion, Princess of Leiningen, the ladies and gentlemen of the 12t h Londondy & Cole, 1 shs all - - Mining and Smelt.... all 41 5 12 Londoudy.& Ennis Ish all - - ( 5 Port Philip per- court, and the domestic household, attended divine service Stoc Man.,Sh., & Lin., 6p. et. 100 122 124 30 Santiago de Cuba l6l 1 1 1 and this morning in the private chapel. 6 Do. £6 4l 4 fp' 28.2.81 United Mexican all 21 2 24 1 Stock Do. 31 per cent. t the The Hon. and Very Rev. the Dean of Windsor and the 124 Ma t& C r ar., 4 p.c. all -- - 1 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. 1 vil- , Rev. C. F, Tarver performed the service and administered 124 Do. 4 per cent .. - - I Do. - - Closing Business the Holy Communion. Share Securities. Paid. ' , e mi r. Done. - Stock Mid. Con. 6p. a Stock 100 - - SUNDAY, Dec 26. Stock Do.Con.Bris.&Bir.6p.ci. 100 142 144 - -.---- Her Majesty's dinner party yesterday comprised the Stock Do. 41 p. c. pref. stock lOO 104 106 6 Do. with option till 1860 3 1 ip' - Can.Gov.6p.c.Ja. & July 100 116 117 1164 1 1 Duchess of Bent, the Prince of Wales, the Princess Alice, Stock Do. Leic. & Hit.pref. at. 100 96 97 98 - Do. 6 p.c.Fb.&Aug. 100 113 115 lave and the Princess of Leiningen, the Prince of Leiningen, 10 f - Do. 6 p.c.Mr. & Sep NewportAber,&e.pref.s 1 all 01 0 1 - .c. redeem, at 5 .c. m j 1 100 113 115 - N.B. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja. &Ju y 100 113 114 114 134 Ser- Prince Edward of SaxeWeimar, and the Countess of Dorn- p p p 10 Do. Perpet, 6p. a with - Do. 6p.c.Ap. & Oct. 100 - - If burg, Lady Fanny Howard, Major-General the Hon. C. option till 1866 all 111 111 111 -N. S.W. Gov. sp. a Deb. 100 1011 1021 102 1131 it is Grey, Colonel the Hon. Sir Charles and Lady Phipps, Col 10 Norfolk Deb. 4 p.e.shares all 9 10 Stock Do. sp. c. Ext.Stock,lB46 100 - - - NovaScotiaG 0v.6 p.c. St. Deb. redeemable, 1875 100 1131 1144 the Hon. R. Bruce, the Dean of Windsor and the Hon., Stock Do. 54 p. c. Pref. do. 1847 100 - - - S.Aus.Gt6 pe .J an &J u ly 100 112 11 4 1 131 12 ion. - Vict•Gov.6p.c.Jan&July 100 111 113 112 Mrs. Wellesley, the Hon. Mrs. Biddulph, Sir G. Couper, Stock Do. Way.Val.Ex.Sk lB47 100 - - 'oud the Rev. C. F. Tarver, Major Lindsay, and Mr. Glover. -, Stock North British, 5 per cent 100 110 112 t Stock Do. New, MIL 5 per cen 100 - - JOINT-STOCK BANKS. - rivi- The following had the honour of receiving invitations Stock Nth.Dev.Rail.& Drk.Co. 100 - - , pre- ' after dinner : - The R ev. Lord - and Lady Wriottesle y Rue- Stock N-East. irred. 4 p.c. Deb. 100 - - Share\ Joint-Stock Banks. Paid. price. Closing I Beaten Done. Stock Do. Berwick, 4p. c. Pref. 100 99 100 994 the sell, Miss Russell, Lady Mary and Miss Hood, Colonel F. 17 Do. do. do. 813.4. 4 dis p H. and Lady Emily Seymour, Miss Seymour, Lady and 20 Do. Leeds, 6P. c. No. 1. 13 - - rms 124 Do. do. Quarters, 1846 .. 9 - - 100 Agra&UnitedServiceßk 50 - - Miss Cowper, Mr. and bins. G. Coupon, Capt. and Mrs. F. 40 Australasia all - - 9 3 ssa-5 Do. York, H. &S. Punch. .10 i d ip S and Miss H. Phipps. 20 North Staffordshire . . all 234 244 25 Bank of Egypt all 27 28 - Ant The Orpheus Glee Union had the honour of performing • • • Stock Ox Wr & Wol ape. lslo• 100 121 123 122 100 Bask of London 'so - - Sayer, St oc k Do. do. do., 2d gua .. t ' 100 106 108 40 Brit. Col. Bk. & Loan Co. all - - 1 Ws- before her Majesty in the evening the following :- Stock Do. 44 p.c. Db.stk.in perp 100 101 103 110 British North American all - - ! 591 was Glee, " The Miller's Daughter" - - 20 Chtd. Bank of India, &C 10 2 lid Stock Scottish N.-Eastern deb 100 100 City 5O 621 63 - Part song, "When evening's twilight" J. L. Hatton. Stock 100 Colonial 25 - 'ewstock 100 - - Do. 31 per c. pref. Glee, " Soldier ' s Love" Kucken. Stock Do.Aberdeen.gua.6pc. 100 - - 20.11 Com. Bank of Canada.. all - - - (iceloo Commercial of London. 20 - ' And a Serenade by Mendelssohn as follows :- Stock Do. 7 P. e,. pref. stock. 100 - - 17 18 , 171 lin " Slumber, dearest, while around us 105. South Devon, Ann. .10s. all 10 4 11 10 Do. Fixed 41 per cent. all - - 20 Eng., Scot., & Aus. Ch. all 20 Gen. Bk. of Switzerland all - - ver AM is still till morning breaks; 1.0.6. South Eastern (Reading 20 Lon.Char.Bk.ofAustraL all 211 221 21; 21 11- the Flocks of golden orbs surround us, Ann., 1.0.6.) all 244 25 50 London and County ... 20 - - - - 34 And the shepherd o'er us wakes. Stock Do .44 per cent lOO 103 105 50 London Joint Stock ... 10 ty, " Th ere i n rea l ms o f light and splendour Stock Do. Fixed 44 p.c. Ist is Stock Do. New do., 2d issue lOO - - 100 London & Westminster. 20 49 50 491 4 100 Nat. Prov. of England. 35 - - 50 National e-sv Sod Sods like thine repose at night ; Stock South Wales , gua. 4 p.c. 100 - - 20 Do. new B an k 25 - - 481 10 -- - he Rest till morning's glories render Stock Do. 41 per cent lOO - - - 20 New South Wales - Earth to thee renewed delight." 20 S.-Yorkshire, 4 p.c. gua. all 17 19 25 Orient. Bk. Corporation all - - 37 )It. 25) Stockton and Dar. 5 p.e. all 29 30 A Christmas Carol harmonised concluded the perform- 25 i Do. 6 per cent al 33 34 3 3 1 20 Ottoman Bank all 211 211 -ty Stock Waterford & Kilkenny, 100 Provincial of Ireland - - ance of the Glee Union. 10 Do. New all - la 6 per cent. - - Her Majesty's private band performed during the even- 174 - - he ing the 25 Do. New 25 Union of Australia all. - - LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. 'Or Overture, "Il Seraglio," - - 'Marche, "Les Deux Journees" Cherubini. Leasing Closing Business 50 Union of London lO - - n, Railways. Paid. 100 Unity Mutual 55 . -- Bolero, " Yepres Siciliennes" Verdi.: . ~- 1-1 c Co.Co.'s. Pri Done. 100 Western Bk of London 50 20 %8 d Divine service was performed this morning in the pri- - 1 vete chapel by the Rev. C. F. Traver. The Quee n and Bedford and Bletchle y all Ln & N.W - MISCELLANEOUS. le • Buckinetamshire 100 Ln & N.W 99 100 Prince Consort, the Prince of Wales,j , Princess Alice ,-. .•• • • ' Clydesdale Junction . 100 Caledonin 104 106 Closing IBusiness dons to Princess Helena, the Duchess of Kent, the Prince and Colchester, Stour Val. ' all E.U.&E Cl 7 19 Sharti Miscellaneous. Paid.l Prioe. Princess of Leiningen, the ladies and gentlemen of the E.Lincolnshire,g.6p.c. 100 GtNorth. 143 145 E Union,HarwichShs. all • E.Counts. 4 44 -_ - --- court, and the domestic household attended the service. Do. Woodbridge . 100 - - 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint'. , all 13 14 n . It • Gls.BarrieNeils,Dre't.. 100 Caledonin - - 1090 Atlantic Tel. (Limited). all 250 280 Do. New lOO Do. - 25 Australian Agricultural 19 351 864 354 Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial .office Gloster& Dean Forest all Gt. West. - - 10 Australian Royal Mail . all 1 1 ' rom the Governor of Malta. Hartlpool.Dck.&Rail. all Yk.N.&Br - - 10 Berlin Water Works . . all 24 34 31 4 e - _ Hull and Selby - - Do. 1 Shares all Do. - _ 50 British American Land 40 - O THIS DAI'S SHIPPING. Do. 1 Shares all Do. - - 50 Brit. & Irish Magr.Tel.A. all 40 42 , s • _____-4.-- London&Greenwich Do. Preference LONDON, Dec. 27.-Win.d this day at noon, S.W. 100 Canada 321 112 116 e ; Lon.,Tilby.&Soutend. 100 Peto &Co. 94 96 light breeze, and fine. It blew very heavily at one tune Do. Barking, Shares.. all Do. - - 10 C anada Tel.(Lim.) all 9f 101 1 last night. . Lowestoft, gua. 4p. et. 100 Norfolk,. - - Stock Cop.Min.ofEng.&Smltg all - - e PORTSMOUTH Dec. 20.--Wind N.N.W.-Arrived- Do. 6 per cent lOO Do - - 25 Do. Preference 71 per et all 24 25 Her Majesty's steamer Alecto, from Sierra Leone; Padang, M!inc.,Buxtn. & Matk. all LN W&M 21 la 5 Crystal Palace . S k &I) Midsb.& R edcr, re 6p.c. all t . ar - 5 Do. Preference all 5 5 - from Havre for A ri ca; Frederick 'William IV., from Mid.BradfordPit. Stk. 100 Midland .991 t 1 20 Eastern Steam all 2 2 Onega and Queenstown, leaky. Newmarkt,BuryEx 15.5. 6. E.Counts. 1 1 p 5 Eng. & Aust. Cop.St.Co all . 1 14 11 Stock Electric Telegraph lOO 111 113 112 Pm , ----- guaranteed 5 p. c. (BT ELECTRIC TELEGRA.P II -) Northn. & Eastn. 5 p.c. all Do. 5B CO 10 Europ. & Ind.Junct.Tel. 108. - - SOUTHAMPTON, Monday Morning. Do. do. 6 per cent. .. all Do. Do. Fixed ' 5 per cent. all Do. - - - 9 Europ.ArAm.Stm.(Lim.) all 11 11 11 a 20 Wren ScrewCol.(Lim , all - - 'Wind W. L& NW 1 15 Gen. Steam Navigation. 14 - - Arrived, Dec. 25-Ondine, steamer, from Dublin; Alli- Preston and Wvre all -' 1 & L.Yk. j - 20 London Discount 5 1 1 d Do. 4 Shares A . all Do. - - 4 Lond.Gen. Omnibus Co. all 11 11 11 1 ance, steamer, from Havre. 10 Mediter. Electric Teleg. all - - Sailed, Dec. 24-Artisan, steamer, for Cardiff , ; Havre Roystn,Hitch ,& Shep 100 .Gt North. 142 144 ' Shf It th &G '1 ' Y . . o . o .g.sp.e. 1811 6 Lan.& k - - 10 Med. Exton. Tel. (Lim.) all 6 7 steamer, from Havre ; Dispatch, steamer, for Jersey. 25 National Discount C 0... 5 1 4d 44 z . _ Shrewsbry& Hereford all T Brassoy 91 91 Sailed, Dec. 25-Bitterne and Ondine, steamers, for South Staffordshire . all M`Clean . 101 101 10 Netherlands Land 6 - - London. Wear Valley, g. 6p. el all Stk.& Dar - - 10 Do do all 1 2 LIVERPOOL, Monday Morning. Do. do Wilts and Somerset lOO Gt, West. 93 95 100 N.Br.&NovaSeotiaLand 80 15 18 Arrived, Dec. 26.-Belle of the Ocean, from New Or- ir bl .im edon& Croydn. all L.&Brgtn i 8 9 1 N.B.Australasian (Lim.) all 4 1 leans. I 2O North of Europe Steam all Arrived, Dec. 27.-J. Bradshaw, ftom St. Johns;•New - - 1 Oriental Gas Brunswick. _ DOCKS. 5 Peel River Land & Min all 21 3 Share Docks. Paid 1 Closing 1 Business 50 P en . & Oriental Steam, all 81 83 82; (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH. ) Price. Docks. 50- Do. New lO 12 13 Wind W. • fresh breeze. It blew a heavy gale last night 20 Red Sea & Ind. Telegr• 5 4 t , ' and early this morning from W. Stock Commercial lOO - 50 Rhymney Iron GRAVESEND, Monday Morning. Stock Do 4 perCent.Pref.Min. 100 - 15 Do. New all 74 8 • Wind W.N.W. ; tide half-ebb; weather fine. Stock East and West India... 100 - 100 Royal Mail Steam 6O 60 61 6 0 1 4 London Arrived-David, from Rangoon; Acis, and Jenny, both Stock Lon . 100. - 1 Seot.Austrin.lnv.(Lim.) all 130 140 Stock St. Katharine lOO - 2,5 South Australian Land. all 38 40 from St. Michael's; Curlew, from Venice • Flora, from - th t 1 Submarine Teleg. Scrip. all 4 11 Stock non amp on lOO ..... Amsterdam; Lord J. Russell , ' from Dunkirk; Diana, from Stock Victoria -- Amsterdam; Eliza, Bombay; Aeon, steamer, from Denia; ~0 ,Do New lB id i p 20 iTr.& Ln.Co.of Regist er ed Can. 5 - Dolphin, from Mtwerp. Van Diemea's Land... 28i Jo 12 25 Blythe and Tyne lt per C. pref. (issued at 250) all 49 5 1 Alfred Consols (Philack) 2.11.10 7i 81 ; I 8 4 Stk Bris. & Exet.4p.et.Btock 100 96 98 20 ritish p Iron 20 Do. do. do. Shares 9 Condurrow (Camborne). 20 , tack Caledon MO, 41 per cent 100 103 105 10 Devon G. Cons. (Tavist.) 1 450 460 12.10 Do. Quar. Shares No. 2. 7.10 - • East Bassett (Illog an). 30 170 180 1761 Stock Chester & Holyhd, 51 pc 100 122 1 Great South Toru s.... 17s 12/ 13. 1 Stock Do. do. sp. ct. G.Wheal Alfd.(Phillac) 11.14.11 24 3 k Cork & Bandon, 51 p. c. all • —G. Wheal Vor(Helston) 81 1 Dun. Perth, & Aber.Jun. all 664 Lady Bertha Stoc E.Angn. Class A 7 & spc 100 100 103 Stock Do. do. Class B 6 pc.... 100 115 120 North Frances (Mogan) 8 1 7 1 8 / North Wheal Creay 7.9.4 3 4 Stock Do. do. Class C7pc.. .. 100 109 112 N.Wh'l Basset (1110;4 - an) nil. 7 1 8 Stock E. Coun. Ex. 5 p et. NO.l 100 115 117 Stock Do. do N 0. - 100 13 115 1144 Par Consols (St. Blaxy) 14 15 1 16 1 Porkellis Unit. (Wend.) 9 Stock Do. New 6 per ct. Stock 100 131 133 - Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. 6s 1 i Stock Eastern Union, 4 per ct. 100 84 86 SouthCaradon (St.Cleer) 21 405 415 Stock East Lane. 6 per ct..... 100 South C. Brea( Mogan). 2 24 3 5 E.& W. York. Jcn. fifths all S. Wheal Fran. (Mogan) 18.18.9 230 240 Stock Edin.&Glas. spc shares 100 5 Tamar Silver and Lead Stock Edin. Perth,& Dun. 4 pc. 100 721 731 Mining Co 4l / 11 Stock Furness, 5 per cent .... 100 10 Tin Croft 9 31 31 Stock Glas. &S West.; a. 5 pc. 100 113 115 UnitedMines(Gwennap) 40 Stock Great Northern, sp. et. 100 122 124 Vale of Toomey (Carta.) 12s 6d 1 1 Stock Do. 5 pcßedm.,lop.c.pm 100 112 114 West Basset (Illogan) l/ 22 23 Stock Do. 4p. c. do. do. 100 Do.sp.e. Redm.,s pc. pm 6O C 4 G 6 Wheal Basset (Mogan). 51 210 220 10 Gt. Rh. of Scotld, Ist pf all 101 111 Stock Gt. Sn.& W (Ireland) 4 ) 100 ..... _ Wheal Buller (Redruth) 5 120 140 133 5 Wheal Edward (Cale.).. 51 21 2f p. et. pref. Stock 50 rent West. (Barks and 6 Wh'l Mary Ann (Menhe) 8 44 46 451 Hants) Ext. 5 p.ct - - Wh'l Trelawney (Lisk.) 41 28 30 Stock Do. Redeemable, 41 pe t. 10 0 95 97 Stock Do. Redeemable, 4p. ct. 100 86 f 8 FOREIGN MINES Stock Do. Irredeemable, do. . 100 87 89 Stook Do. sp. et. Redeem. Pref. 100 99 101 20 Australian 8 Do. Birm: Pref. Shares all 91 10 1 1 Bon AccordCopper,Lim l7l par tp 1 10 Gt. West. Ches. 8 p.c.pf. 35 Brazil. Imp. (is. at £5 p ) 27 1 2 shares all 161 171 20 Do.St.Johndelßey,Lim. 15 131 141 10 Do do. sp. ct. pref all 10 10 1 5 Do. Land and Mining Co. all 1 1 21 Stock Do Birming. guar. stock 100 72 74 1 Clarendon Consols Min -261 Do. Chester g;uar.shares all 18 19 14 Do. do. do 20 Do. do. do. Cepiapo l6 10 12 Stock Lan. &York 6 p.c. stock 100 143 145 1 DunMoun.Cop.3ling.Co all / Stock Lon.&Brig.spc. gu. No.l 100 2 Fortuna Stock Do. pref., sp. C. ...No. 2 100 20 General all 20 21 Stock Do. New gua., 6p.et .. 100 3 Linares all 7 81 8 Stook Do. do. sp. c No. 4 100 5 Lusitanian Stock Lon.& N. W.Cov. &Nun eaton, sp. et. 1 New Granada all / Stock Lon.&S. W, 7 p.ct. stock, 1 N.RhineCop.of S.Aus.L 10 I p I late 3d shares lOO 163 168 20 Pontgibaud Silver, Lead 12t h Londondy & Cole, 1 shs all Mining and Smelt.... all 44 5 12 Londondy.& Ennis Ish all Stoc Man.,Sh., & Lin., 6p. et lOO 122 124 350 Port Phi Santiago lip Cuba 1 16 6 Do. £6 4l 1 11) 1 de .2.81 United Mexican 28 all 21 2 24 1 Stock Do. 31 per cent. 121 Maryport & Car., 4 p.c all -- Do. 4 per cent .. 121 i Do. Stock Mid. Con. 6p. c. Stock 100 Stock Do. 41 100 142 144 .--_ Stock Do. 41 p. c. pref. stock lOO 104 106 Closing Business 6 Do. with option till 1860 3 1 1p .. Can.Gov.6p.c.Ja. & July 100 116 117 1164 i I Stock Do. Laic. & Hit.pref. st. 100 96 97 98 10 NewportAber,&e.pref.s ),, Ai n ,_ Do. 6 p.c.Fb.&Aug. 100 113 115 Do. 6 p.e.Mr. & Sep. 100 113 115 p. c. redeem, at sp.c. pm j a '• 'g " 4- N.B. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja. &July 100 113 114 114 134 10 Do. Perpet, 6p. c. with - Do. 6p.c.Ap. & Oct. 100 option till 1866 all 111 111 111 N. S.W. Gov. sp. c. Deb. 100 1014 1021 102 1131 10 Norfolk Deb. 4 p.c.sh ores all 9 10 NovaScotiaGov.6 p.c. St. Stock Do. sp. c. Ext.Stock,lB46 100 Deb. redeemable, 1875 100 1134 114/ Stock Do. 5i p. c. Pref. do. 1847 100 S.Aus.Gt6pc.Jan&July 100 112 114 1131 12 Stock Do. Way.Val.Ex.Sk 1847 100 Vict•Gov.6p.c.Jan&July 100 111 113 112 Stock North British, 5 per cent 100 110 112 Stock Do. New, gua. 5 per cent 100 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. - Stock Nth.Dev.Rail.& Dtk.Co. 100 , Stock N-East. irred. 4 p.c. Deb. 100 Closing I Busikess Stock Do. Berwick, 4p. c. Pref. 100 99 100 991 Share\ Joint-Stock Banks. Paid. p r i ce. Done. 17 Do. do. do. 20 Do. Leeds, 6p. c. No. 1 l3 124 Do. do. Quarters, 1846 - 100 Agra&UnitedServiceßk 50 40 Australasia all rt 25 IDo. York, H. &S. Pureh. . 10 i d ip 93 20 North Staffordshire . . all 231 241 25 Bank of Egypt all 27 28 , Stock Ox. Wr. & Wol. 6 pc. lsig 100 121 123 122 100 Bank of London - Stock Do. do. do., 2d gua .. 100 106 108 40 Brit. Col. Bk. & Loan Co. all Stock Do. 41 p.c. Db. stk.in perp 100 101 103 40 British North American all 594 8} Scottish Central, new pi all 20 Chtd. Bank of India, &c 10 2 lid Stock Scottish N.-Eastern deb 100 100 City 5O 621 631 Stock Do. 31 per c. pref. stock 100 100 Colonial 25 Stock Do.Aberdeen.gua.6pc. 100 20.11 Com. Bank of Canada all Stock Do. 7p. c. pref. stock. 100 100 Commercial of London 2O 10s. South Devon, Ann. 108. all 104 11 20 Eng., Sept., & Aus. Ch all 17 18 , 171 10 Do. Fixed 41 per cent. all 20 Gen. Bk. of Switzerland all 1.0.6. South Eastern (Reading' 20 Lon.Char.Bk.otAustraL all 211 221 21/ 21 1/ Ann., 1.0.6.) all 241 25 50 London and County ... 20 Stock Do .41 per cent lOO 103 105 50 London Joint Stock ... 10 —— 34 Stock Do. Fixed 41 p.c. Ist is Stock Do. New do., 2d issue lOO 100 Nat. Prov. of England. 35 Stock South Wales, gua. 4 p.c. 100 20 Do. new 1 B an k 250 -- Stock Do. 41 per cent lOO 50 National 20 S.-Yorkshire, 4 p.c. gua all 17 19 20 New South Wales 25 1 Stockton and Dar. 5 p.c.. all 29 30 25 Orient. Bk. Corporation all 33 - 25 i Do. 6 per cent al 33 34 3• 3 4 20 Ottoman Bank all 211 211 Stock Waterford & Kilkenny, 100 Provincial of Ireland - Stock Wat erford per cent. . 25 South Australia 25 Do. New l7l 25 Union of Australia all. LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. 25 Do. New 2O 50 Union of London lO Paid. Railways. I Leasing Closing Business 55 - -- Co.'s. Price. Done. 100 Unity Mutual 100 Western Bk of London 50 20 18 d , rnE SUN, LONDO.N, MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 27, 1858. THIS LAY'S MARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE. The provincial provincial v markets held towards the close of last week were steady for selected samples of wheat, and the best barley, at very full prices. Other kinds, however, moved off slowly, on former terms. Oats, beans and peas wore a dull inquiry; but the transactions in flour were rather on the increase. LAW INTELLIGEXCE.-( THIS DAY.) COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. • (Before Mr. Commissioner Goulburn.) TRADER DEBTOR. SUMMONS.-SHARE BROKING Throughout the Continent wheat has met a dull sale, at barely stationary prices. Spring corn has been heavy. The arrivals of English grain to our market, last week, were only moderate. From 'abroad we received 2,932 quarters of wheat, 20,088 of barley, 12,559 of oats, 2,716 of beans, 650 peas, 22 sundry seeds, 1,925 sacks and 27 bar rels of flour. Mr. Sherwood appeared in support of a trader debtor summons, calling upon the alleged debtor to show cause why he did not pay a certain debt, or, in other manner, comply with the provisions of the act of Parliament in that respect. Mr. Sherwood said the summons was a dishonoured cheque for £2OO, and he understood the answer would be that there was a good defence to the action. Mr. Chidley, for the alleged debtor, said such was the fact, and he would wish to examine the party who made the claim. His Honour said that might be done as far as referred to the ground of the claim. _ _ As these cases arc deemed private meetings, although frequently argued in open court, no names were given, and the facts only went to show that there had been extensive transactions between the parties in shares and debentures, the result of which, in the present instance, was that, in the nature of a settlement, claimant had been paid £3OO in cash, and a £2OO cheque, to be held over for two days, but when presented payment was refused, on certain grounds on which a motion was pending. . _ His Honour said that, the plaintiff having been examined, he would call the defendant. Defendant was briefly examined, and Mr. Chidley sub mitted no bond ought to be asked for, and his client would deposit £2OO in court. His Honour said that the Act of Parliament did not admit of that course, and, on the application of Mr. Chidley, the time for entering it was enlarged to 14 days. SHERIFFS' COURT. (Before Mr. Prendergast, Q.C.) SERVANTGALISM-MISTRESS DON'T SUIT ME.- HEARNE V. GREENWOOD. This was an action for one month's wages alleged to be due under the following peculiar circumstances : Plaintiff; who told her tale with considerable dignity, said she went into defendant's service at the annual wage of £B. This sum she was at first to receive monthly. But the very first day defendant behaved to her in a most scan dalous manner, and plaintiff gave her notice. His Honour—What, give notice the first day ? Plaintiff—Yes ; she behaved more like a savage than a mistress. At the end of the week she told me to go, and threw me and my box into the street together, Defendant said that plaintiff had greatly misstated the transactions between them. The girl conducted herself very badly, and used to go about the house with her hair turned back and a bow of light-coloured ribbons at the back of her head. (Laughter.) She refused to wear a cap. His Honour—A cap is much more becoming. I never heard of such a thing. What can be more becoming than to see a servant modestly and cleanly dressed? Bows, indeed. Defendant—She was only with me one week, and that money I have paid into court. Plaintiff—Oh, I gave you a month's notice and agreed to remain, although you did not suit me at all, but you would not let me. Defendant—She did all she could to annoy Inc. She used to lay in bed in the morning till seven o'clock. Plaintiff—You had a good character with me from my previous place. I was there nine months. His Honour —Although I dare say they put up with a great deal. (Laughter.)' I think plaintiff is entitled to a verdict, but I would advise her to wear caps and not flaunt ing bows. That frightful love of fine things is the ruin of half the servants in London. Verdict for plaintiff. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.) METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. The total imports of foreign stock into London last week were 4,110 head. In the corresponding week in 1857 we received 1,053 ; in 1856, 1,119 ; in 1855, 347 ; in 1854 1,410 ; in 1853, 1,802 ; in 1852, 2,568 ; and in 1851, head. IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WEEK. From. Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. Rotterdam Harlingen. Medemblik Ostend Antwerp Total 561 3,294 255 The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as follows: Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calres. Pigs .857 3O .. 984 .. 39 .. - .856 375 .. 742 .. 102 .. L 855 247 .. 100 .. .. 854 621 .. 693 • • - .153 405 .. 1,678 .. .852 3ll .. 1,867 .. 298 .. 319 .. 9 27 5 The supply of foreign stock here to-day was very mode rate, and sales progressed slowly, at late rates. There was a very limited show of home-fed beasts, in but middling condition. About 600 on offer were the refuse of last week. On the whole, the beef trade ruled steady, at fully last Monday's currency—the best Scots having sold at 4s 10d per 81bs. The fresh arrivals of beasts were 350 from Lincolnshire and Leicestershire, 400 from other parts of England, 200 from Scotland, and 150 from Ireland. For the time of year we were scantily supplied with all breeds of sheep. Downs and half-bred s sold steadily, at an advance in the quotations of 2d per Blbs., and other breeds of sheep moved off freely, at very full prices. The few calves in the market were a dull sale, at Thurs day's currency—the top figure being 4s 6d per 81bs. So little business was transacted in pigs that the quota tions were almost nominal.' Per 81bs. to sink the offal. s. d. s. d. Crse. &inf. beasts, 3 2 3 6 Second qualitydo. 3 8 4 0 Prime large oxen 4 2 4 6 Prime Scots, &c. 4 8 4 10 Crse. & inf. sheep 3 6 3 10 Second quality do. 4 0 4 6 Suckling calves, —s to —s 17e to 21s. TOTAL SUPPLY. FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts 2,010 Beasts 320 Sheep Calves 5O Calves 4O Pigs l5O i Pigs A statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of fat stock exhibited and sold in the Great Metropolitan Cattle Market, on Monday, Dec. 28, 1857, and this day, Monday, Dec. 27, 1858. Per 81bs, to sink the offals. Dec. 28, 1857. Dec. 27, 1858. s A. s. d. s. d. s. d. Coarse and inferior beasts . • Second quality ditto 3 8 4 0 3 8 4 0 Prime large oxen 4 2 4 4 1 2 4 6 Prime Scots, &c. . . . 4 6 4 8 4 8 410 Coarse and inferior sheep . . 3 6 310 3 6 310 Second quality ditto . . . . 4 0 4 2 1 0 4 6 Prime coarse-woolled ditto . . 4 4 5 0 4 6 4 8 Prime Southdown ditto . . Lambs Large coarse calves • . . Prime small ditto Large hogs .. • . . Neat small porkers . . . Beasts Sheep and lambs . . Calves Pigs SUPPLIES ON SALE, Dec. 29, 18.56.---Boasts, 3,113; sheep and lambs, 15,700 ; calves, 58 ; pigs, 110. Dec. 31, 1855.--Beasts, 2,992; sheep and lambs, 18 ,000 ; calves, 57 ; pigs, 360. s. d. s. d. Primecrs-wool d 0.4 6 4 8 Pme. S'thdowndo. 4 10 5 2 Large crse. calves 3 2 4 0 Prime small d 0... 4 2 4 6 Large hogs 2 19 3 4 Small porkers .... 3 6 4 2 and quarter-old store pigs, NEWGATE AND LEADENTIALL. Very limited supplies of each kind of meat were on sale here to-day ; nevertheless the trade generally ruled heavy, at drooping prices., Per 81bs. by the Carcass. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. Inferior Beef 3 oto 3 4 I Infr. Mutton. 3 2to 3 6 Mid. d 0... .. 36t0 3 8 I Mid. do 3 Bto 4 2 Pm.larr.edo. 310 to 4 0 Prime do. 44to 4 8 Do. small do. 4 2to 4 6 Veal 3 4to 4 2 Large pork.. 3 oto 3 8 Small pork 310 to 4 2 WOOL MARKET. Since our last only a limited business has been trans acted in wool; yet, owing to the favourable accounts from the manufacturing districts, holders are very firm, and prices are well supported. The imports last week were 3,334 bales from Algoa Bay, 39 from New Zealand, 615 from Taganrog, 431 from Odessa, and 59 from Melbourne. BOROUGH HOP. There is a moderate business doing in good and fine hops, at full prices, but all other kinds are very dull. Mid and East Kent pockets 7os to 120 s per cwt. Weald of Kent do s2s to 68a „ Sussex do 50s to 62s „ BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. Full average time-of-year supplies of potatoes have come to hand since Monday last, coastwise and by land carriage. The imports have amounted to 247 tons from Dunkirk, 150 do. from Antwerp, 232 do. from Rouen, 163 do. from Dieppe, and 30 baskets from Rotterdam. The trade rules very inactive, yet scarcely any change has taken place in prices : York Regents, 80s to 100 s per ton ; Lincoln's, 80s to 90s ; Essex and Kent ; 70s to 90s ; foreign whites, 45s to 558 ; do. reds, 45s to 70s ; Scotch, 60s to 85s. SEEDS. Linseed haft been in steady request, and prices generally have been well supported. Rape and oilseeds have sold to a fair extent, at full quotations. Tares and mustard seed are held at extreme rates. In cakes about an average business has been transacted, at last week's currency. Turnip,White,p.bus.l2 9 to 14s Carraway 4os to 438 Swede ...... 16s 18s Coriander l2B 14s Mustard, Brown„ „ lo ft 13s Hempseed, per qr 38s 42s White, new.... 12s 15s Linseed,Eng.sowing 68s 70s Tares,Winter,new 1480416 s Od Crushing Old —a —a Baltic —s 8 Canary, per quarter 70s 76 6 Odessa Rye grass, new..... 228 288 Linseed Cake, p. ton -- Clover, Red Eng., e t . 508 58s English ...... 9 108 10 108 White Foreign Red... 48s 56s Rape Cakes, p • . ton 5 10s 610 s White Gas Trefoil, new. 2os 22 s 68s Rapeseed, p. qr Ma 68s TALLOW. Owing to the holidays, no official statement of stocks, &c., has been issued to-d a y. p.y.c., on the spot is nomi nally quoted at 50s. 9d. per cwt. Rough fat, 2s. sp. per 8 lbs. 1854. 1855. 1856. 1857. 1858. --- Stock this day.... 3,5,7 bi• „. 19,897 17,464 31.989 33,448 Price of Y.C. .. 1 6 48 6d to 68s 6d to 58s 3d to 53s 3d to 52s 6d —s Od 50s Qd D e livery last week —8 B °d 32 —8 63 0 d 9 — 2 5 ,33 0 d 6 2,433 2,366 Ditto from June 1 48,011 . 76,885 74,414 66,013 62,924 ArriVals last week 3 ,908 8.56 1, 224 049 2,550 Ditto from June 1 4 7,792 49,066 74,898 84,899 84,805 Prioe of Town .... 6 , AA ---8 ‘-... 67s 9d 60s 3d 558 9d 538 6d THE GALE OP WEDNESDAY.—Two LIVES LOST ON TUE FlRTH.—During the heavy westerly gales which arose on Tuesday night and continued until four o'clock on Thursday morning, an aecident occurred on the Firth, amongst others of a leas serious character, resulting in the loss of two persons —a youth of 17, named Cameron, who resided at Coatfield-lane, Leith, and who was employed in the sloop Kitty, belonging to Mr. Duncan, coal merchant, of that town, and a seaman r esiding. near Muchals, about 14 miles seaward front Leith, on the Fifeshire coast. It seems that the sloop, which was manned by four seamen, including these two persons, w as endeavounng to reach a brig lying off Muchals, with - a heavy load of coal ; but the sea running high at the time, and the wind blowing with great violence, the men were unable to accomplish their object, and resolved, if possible, fearing that the gale would blow them out to sea, to run the sloop aground. Several ineffectual attempts having been made to do this, the crew finally determined to leave the vessel. They accordingly went off in a small oar boat, leaving the sloop to its fate ; but when near the coast just below . Buckhaven, a strong sea capsized the boat, and the four men had to swim for their lives. Two of them only succeeded in saving them selves—Cameron and the other man being drowned. The bodies of the deceased were nashed ashore on Thursday near the place where the distressing accident occurred, and were conveyed to their relatives. Nothing has since been heard of the sloop, which was 'cost probably driven far out to sea. The same evening, abiut seven o'clock, Captain Matier, of the brig Lucien, a merchant vessel lying in Leith Roads bound to Sunderland, narrowly escaped being lost with three of his men. They Nvere pulling out from Leith to reach the brig, which was then weighing anchor, but were driven to Inchkeith, where, after great exertion, they succeeded in getting shelter. It was thought that the captain and crew were lost. and the Lucien sailed for her destination, probably c,onveying intelligence to that effect. During the gale there were several accidents to the ship ping at Leith, but of a trivial kind. The steamers crossed over to and from Burntisland with great difficulty. — Scotsman. • A CAUTION TO MOTHERS. — On Friday last an inquest was held at Litchurch, before Mr. Whiston, coroner, on the body of Henry Henfreys, a child three months old, who had died on the Wednesday morning previous. The child, it appeared, had been previously attended by Dr. Har wood, and from inquiries made it did not appear necessary at first for an inquest to be held. Farther information, how ever, having been obtained, an inquest was deemed requisite, and the jury proceeded to view the body- which presented a most emaciated appearance. After a body, iiirpury into the circumstances of the case, the jury we re of opinion that death had taken place from Godfrey's Cordial having been unadvisedly administered by the mother, and • returned a verdict to that effect. The coroner severely reprimanded the mother for giving the child an article of the effect of which she was ignortuit,—.Verby RePorter. MANSION-HOUSE. A young boy, about 10 years of age, who gave the name of Green, was charged with stealing a piece of butcher meat, about three pounds weight, from the stall of Mr. Harrington, butcher, High-street, Aldgate, on Friday night last. Remanded, to make inquiries about him. William Stelland, aged 22, a gamester bagatelle player, was charged with stealing from the house of Mr. William Allen, tavern-keeper, Blackfriars-road, on Friday night, 19 bagatelle balls, value £4 10s. ; also with stealing 31 bagatelle balls, the property of Mr. Charles Kean, of the value of £O, on Friday afternoon. Committed for trial at the Sessions. John Hoffman, aged 23, a jobbing carman, was charged with assaulting his master, Mr. John Mowat, Crutchet friars, and his clerk, and also with assaulting the police constable who took him into custody, on Friday afternoon. The prisoner, who had been previously convicted of a similar offence, was found guilty, and sentenced to 16 days' imprisonment, with hard labour. _ _ _ John Hopkinson, charged with assaulting his wife, and breaking her leg with a poker. She appeared in court on crutches , and from the evidence had been grossly ill-treated by her husband. The prisoner was fully committed for trial. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. DARING STREET ROBBERY.—DEFENCE OF MISTAKEN IDENTITY.—John Sherrington, respectably-dressed young man, residing in Vine-street, Lambeth, a clerk, was charged with stealing, from the person of Mrs. Fennell, of 12, Dcvonport-street, Hyde-park, a purse containing 95., in the following manner : Mrs. Fennell said she was crossing Great Cumberland street on Friday afternoon, with her little boy, having her purse in her hand at the time, when a snatch was made at it from behind. At first she held her purse very firmly, but afterwards thinking it might be her husband who had followed her, she allowed it to go. She turned round and saw a person whom she believed to be the prisoner. Her little boy called " Stop thief 1" and the prisoner then ran down Park-lane. She only lost sight of the prisoner for a moment, and she firmly believed he was the person. Mr. Charles Platt, barrister-at-law, 59, Portland-place, was walking down Oxford-street on- Friday afternoon, and when at the east end of Cumberland-street saw the prisoner snatch at the lady's purse. He called " Stop thief." He then ran across the road under the horses' heads down Park-lane, he (witness) following. On meeting a gentleman coming up the lane ho told him what had occurred, and he went after the prisoner and brought him back. Mr. James Gilder, a clerk in the War-office, proved going after the prisoner and bringing him back. A constable proved seeing a number of persons running down Park-lane—the prisoner being in front at the time. In answer to Mr. Lewis, of Great Marlborough-street, the constable said the prisoner gave a correct address, and, from appearances, he believed him to be respectable. Mr. Lewis addressed the magistrate at some length, con tending that it was a case of mistaken identity. There was no doubt she had lost the purse, but he was instructed that the accused was incapable of such an action. He had rcpectable perßons present to speak to the prsisoner's character. Mr. Thomas Taylor, of 72, St. Andrew's-road, proprietor of the Home Magazine, &c., gave tho prisoner a very high character for general honesty, having entrusted him with large sums of money. Mr. Bingham said the case must go to a jury, but at prosent he should remand him. THAMES. SCANDALOUS CONDUCT OF PAUPERS.—AN ABUSE OP PUBLIC CHARITY.—Three sturdy able-bodied paupers, named James Banks, Phillip Goodfellow, and Michael Tobin were brought before Mr. Yardley, charged with being disorderly in Ratdiff Workhouse, and assaulting William Morris, a lad, who is also a pauper there, Henry Snelling, the porter of the house, and several constables of the K division. It appeared that the prisoners were indulged with a holi day on Christmas .day, and came back to the workhouse at two o'clock, all the worse for liquor. Banks received his dinner, from the lad Morris, and was dissatisfied with it, and began swearing and making a disturb ance, and struck Morris a violeift blow on the eye. Morris attempted to turn him out, and the other prisoner came up and attacked Morris, and beat him till he was nearly senseless. A serious disturbance then took place, and severalfolice constables who were called to quell the row were struck by the prisoners, and Snelling, the porter, a very well conducted man, was also violently assaulted and his trousers torn to pieces. Inspector Griffin, of the K. division, said that Tobin was like an infuriated wild beast, and was brought to the station-house on a stretcher. Snelling, in answer to questions by Mr. Yardley, said the prisoners had been in prison or in the workhouse for eighteen months on and off. They had spent as much time in prison as in the workhouse. Two of the prisoners re ceived two months' imprisonment each for stealing clothes from the workhouse, and their sentences expired on the Ist of December. Mr. Yardley—l suppose the inmates of the workhouse had some extra fare on Christmas day. Snelling—They had as good a dinner on Christmas day as any tradesman and his family would wish to eat. They had roast beef, plum pudding, plenty of vegetables, whole some bread and strong beer. Mr. Yardley had no hesitation in saying it was an abuse of public charity to support the prisoners at all out of the poor-rates. They were idle, disorderly, ruffians and ought not to be admitted into the workhouse again. He sen tenced the prisoners to 40 days' imprisonment and hard labour. BURNS' CENTENARY.—It is worthy of notice, at the present time especially, that Burns, wilting to hi s earliest patron, Gavin Hamilton, in 1786, thus expresses himself :—" For my own affairs, I am in a fair way of be coming as eminent as Thomas a Kempis or John Bunyan ; and you may expect, henceforth, to see my birthday in scribed among the wonderful events, in the Poor Robin and Aderdeen Almanacks, along with the Black Monday, and the Battle of Bothwell Bridge."—See Lockhart's " Life of Burns," p. 110.—Notes and Queries. The new maitre de ballet at the Grand Opera is an Italian named Rota. He is to bring forward immedi ately a ballet ffom Boron's " Don Juan," the music of which is by Count Gabriella, who has already been success ful in ballet music at the opera,--Court Journal. AMERICA. LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY NIGHT. The Royal mail steamship Europa arrived about midnight with the New York mails of the 14th, Boston of the 15th, Halifax of the 17th, and, tele graphic advices from the port first named to the 17th also. She has brought 79,503 dols. on freight. The Persia arrived at New York on the 12th, after one of the most boisterous trips she had ever experienced. The steamship City of Washington, hence, passed Cape Race on the 7th, bound for New York. The Arabia reached Halifax on the 16th. In the Senate on the 13th Mr. Clingman (of North Carolina) offered the following preamble and resolution : " Whereas, the President expresses himself in his Message of 1857 and 1858, in relation to the Clay ton-Bulwer Treaty, as follows lam truly sorry I cannot also inform you that the complications between Great Britain and the United States, aris ing out of the Clayton'and Bulwer Treaty of April, 1850, have been. finally adjusted. At the com mencement of your last session I had reason to hope that, emancipating themselves from further una vailing discussions, the two Governments would proceed to settle the Central American question in a practical way, alike honourable and satisfactory to both, and this hope I have not yet abandoned. In my last annual Message I stated that overtures had been 'made by the British Government for this purpose, in a friendly spirit, which I cordially re ciprocated. Their proposal was to withdraw these questions from direct negotiations between the two Governments, but to accomplish the same object by negotiation between the British Government and each of the Central American republics whose ter ritorial interests are immediately involved. The settlement was to be made in accordance with the general interpretation placed upon the Clayton and Bulwer Treaty by the United States, with certain modifications. As negotiations are "still pending upon this basis it would not be proper for me now to communicate their present condition A final settlement of these questions is greatly to be desired, as this would wipe out the last remaining subject of dispute between the two countries.' And, whereas said treaty . contains stipulations in direct hostility to the cherished policy and future welfare of the United States, and calculated to operate adversely to the independent action of this Republic in the line of duty which may become imperative to adopt in regulating and controlling the affairs of the Central American States, and that consequently the abrogation of said treaty is demanded alike by the honour and interests of the Union; therefore—Resolved--That the President be requested to communicate any correspondence with Great Britain and Nica ragua with.respect to the termination or preserva tion of the treaty." Mr. Clingman spoke at length, but the resolution was laid over while negotiations are pending. On the 14th various memorials were presented, the only one of public interest being that of J. Horsford Smith, asking to be allowed to import iron steam ships, duty free, for his Ne s w York coasting lines. It was referred to the Committee on Finance. The Foreign Affairs Committee of the House of Representatives had unanimously agreed on a re solution of inquiry relative to the recent visit of British officers to the steamer 'Washington. A telegram from New Orleans, dated the 13th, says :-- "The bark Oregon arrived here to-day, having on board Lieutenant White, of the cutter McLel land, who was taken to sea by the Filibuster Susan. Lieutenant White reports that he left the Susan 250 miles out, bound for Greytown. Her com mander, Maury, put the lieutenant on board the Oregon last Thursday. White says when he found the Susan under way he ordered her to anchor, but his orders were not heeded." The journals to hand by this arrival are full of indignant remarks about the boarding of the Wash ington steamer by British officers at San Juan. The fact that Sir W. G. Ouseley was in the neighbour hood at the time, and must have cognisance of the transaction, added much to the bitter feeling which prevailed. The Washington Union, referring to the subject, says : "It is to be hoped that our own naval vessels may yet succed in intercepting the fugitive Susan, bringing her back to our ports, and preserving this Filibuster - question still longer as a purely domestic one in our policy. Upon the vigilance,of our officers in the waters of the Gulf may depend in a great measure the peace of the world.' A correspondent of the New York Tribune writes from Lake Nicaragua, on the 23d of Nevember, as follows. His statement will of course be received . with great suspicion : " The small steamer Catharine Maria was soon ready, and, taking the agents of the companies interested in the transit, and such passengers from San Juan del Norte as were known in the interior, and your correspondent, we left just at night for the ports on the Lake. After proceeding some miles up the river, the steamer, which draws much more water than she should for this navigation, struck a sandbar, and it was found impossible to proceed in her. We were obliged to return to San Juan, and, going outside the harbour, made for the Calerado.branch of the San Juan. The night was dark, with rain and a heavy swell ; it was a good deal like going to sea in a bowl, and it was nearly daylight before we passed the bar and found our selves on the river. I should have mentioned earlier that we left the Valorous at San Juan with Sir George Ouseley and family on board, and that the other English steamers had gone to sea almost upon the arrival of the Washington. As we passed the bar of the Colorado we saw in the dim morning a large steamer, apparently bound for San Juan. We immediately concluded it was the Commodore, in the Roanoke, then expected, but after we had got a few miles in the river, stopping to regulate some of our machinery, we saw men-of-war boats in haste rowing up the river to overtake us. Thinking them the boats of the Roanoke, we prepared our mouths for a good laugh at our countrymen for mistaking our little craft, with 20 people on board, for a Filibuster, when, to our surprise, they hoisted the cross of St. George, and the first boat coming near us, we were hailed by the English captain of the Leopard. He had seen his mistake ; he had a cheerful smile on his face and wished us " Good morning." They were pulling up the river "to shoot," and see what it was like,—would take news (or us, &c. As we had said our last farewell in Greytown, we did not write any letters, but looked with wonder at the captain of an English frigate, in a large boat, full of men, supplied with water and provisions, and armed with muskets and cutlasses, followed by two larger boats crowded with armed marines, row ing up the Colorado on a hot rainy day, taking ob servations and shooting alligators and turkey buzzards. A correspondent of the New York Times, writing on the 23d of December, states that Flag-officer M'lntosh, of the Roanoke, on his arrival at San Juan, Addressed a temperate, but firm, decided, and well written letter to Sir ir. C. Aldham, the cap tain of the Valorous, calling him strictly to account for such an unwarrantable proceeding, as well as the gross departure from the recent assurances and understanding between their respective Govern ' ments upon the subject of the right of visiting or searching vessels bearing the flag of our nation ; and stating, in the strongest terms, that if such ' visits' were renewed it would assuredly bring the vessels of the United States' home squadron and those of her Britannic Majesty on this station into collision, for he (M'lntosh) would not allow such belligerent proceedings on the part of her Britan nic Majesty's vessels ; and that if the peace of the two countries was thus jeopardised it would be entirely owing to the persistance of British officers in endeaveuring to enforce this British 'right of search' or ' visit' on vessels sailing under our flag, after repeated warnings had been given that it would be resisted and promptly met by our Govern ment ; and, further, that his instructions were per emptory that it should not be permitted under any circumstances. He (M'lntosh) and the United States vessels were there alone to examine into and decide fl upon the character of vessels sail in g under our s g, apd entering the ports of th is countr y ; and that the visit' or search' of our vessels by British officers, should it again occur, would be resisted by him at every hazard with the force_ under his command. I understan d that a reply from Capain Aldham to Flag - office r M'lntosh's communication was sent on board the Roanoake early on the morn ing of the 29th ult., and that Capt. Aldham therein c laimed the right to visit our merchant vessels and institute an examination into their character, upon the old and oft-disputed grounds that the coast and harbours of the Mosquito kingdom were under th e protection of Great Britain. - You are well aware that under the Clayton-Bulwer Treaty that preten sion was thought to be entirely exploded; yet it now appears that the British Government clings to its protectorate over the Mosquito coast, not withstanding its treaty obligations with the United States not to assume' or exercise any dominion' over that or any other part of Central America, which, of course, includes the Mosquito coast. The afternoon of the same day (29th) Flag-officer M'lntosh's secretary, Mr% Zantzniger, visited the Valorous, bearing the second communication for Capt. Aldham, and remained on board that vessel a considerable length of time. Mr. Zantzniger did not come on shore, and I therefore did not see him ; but I learnt from an officer of the SaTannah that 31r. Zantzniger expressed himself there as being highly gratified with his interviews with Capt. Aldham and. Sir Vim. Gore Ouseley ; that he (Mr. Zantzniger) remarked that he considered the recent affair of boarding the Washington as now satisfactorily set tled, so far as it could be, by Flag-officer M'lntoshi and that he had no doubt there would be no clan• culty in future in that respect—the boarding and examination of American merchant vessels by Thla tish cruisers in the waters of the Mosquito coast. As an evidence of the kind feelings between our officers and those of her Britannic Majesty, I will here also mention that the same officer from whom - - I derived the preceding information also told me that shortly before leaving the Savannah Mr. Zantzniger sent his boat on board the Valorous for Captain Aldham, whom Mr. Zantznigersaid he htiti, invited to accompany him on his return to the Roanoke, for the purpose of visiting Flag-officer M'lntesh, feeling assured, as Mr. Zantzniger him self remarked, that a personal interview between the parties recently in correspondence upon sd grave an affair a s th a t w hi c h h a d taken place would. in his opinion, go far to restore harmony, the kindest influences, and future mutual good understandings, Captain Aldham ac compan i e d Mr. Zantzniger out to the Roanoke, having accepted the invitation in the same frank manner in which it was extended ; and Mr. Synge, Sir Win. Gore Ouseley's secretary, followed them out in another boat. They both were most handsomely and cordially rece i ve d on b o ard the Roanoke by Flag-officer M'in tosh (whose good natured face alone iscalculated to win over the most hardened sinner), Captain Gardner, and the other officers of the ship ; and were induced to remain on board the night. They both expressed themselves highly delighted with the attentions bestowed, and gratified at the opportunity thereby afforded of making their acquaintance. Capt. Aldham is a mild. gentlemanly, and agreeable person, and highly esteemed. Mr. Synge is a gentleman and jovial good fellow. This was, indeed, a happy termina tion of a very unpleasant occurrence—one well calculated to wound and irritate the feel ings of our naval officers ; and these personal in terchanges and explanations, with good sense and kind feelings predominating among the actors therein, certainly went far to remove bad impressions and to spread pleasant influences on both sides. It was much to be regretted that Sr W. G. Ouseley's health—he had had an attack of fever—together with the rough sea and unpleasant weather, has prevented a meeting between himself and flag-officer M'lntosh here; but, as I learn that the former will leave in a day or two, with his family (who are with him on board the Valorous), in the English mail steamer for Aspinwall, they will, no doubt, have the pleasure of meeting there, the Roanoke having unexpectedly left for that place on the morning of the 30th ult. ; and she will pro bably now remain there until after the arrival of the mail steamer of the sth Dec. from New York. A public meeting was held here on the 18th ult., and a petition adopted, and handed on the 19th to Sir W. G. Ouseley, signed by about 70 of the resi dents, requesting his co-operation in securing au independent Government for this port." A Savannah paper asserts most positively that the yacht Wanderer had landed slaves in that neighbourhood, and they were immediately distri buted among the plantations. Several persons con nected with the vessel were in custody. It is stated that the disputes between the United States and Chili had been nearly adjusted. The Moses Taylor had arrived at New York with the Californian mails of the 20th ult., end 1,631,511 dols. on freight. From British Columbia we learn that the new stern--svheel:steamer, 145 feet long, had been launched in Victoria. She is to run between Victoria and Fort Hope. The miners on Hill's Bar had held a meeting, and passed a series of resolu tions, declaring that Mr. Commissioner Hicks, a Government officer, had been trying to jump the claims there ; that he was unscrupulous and cor rupt; that the Governor be requested to remove him ; that they would not . submit to his caprice or dictum ; that they believed there would be riot and bloodshed if he remained any longer in office ; that he was a nuisance ; that a copy of the proceedings of the meeting should be for warded to Mr. Nugent, the American Commis sioner, and that they, the miners present (100 in number) q,uld stand by each other in defending their respective rights, and ejecting interlopers and jumpers. Douglas City was being laid off at the forks of Fraser River. The ship Lucas struck on Seal Rock, California coast, on the 10th ult.; sunk, and about 20 lives were lost. A young lad, belonging to Liverpool, name not mentioned, distinguished himself very much in saving life. Mr. 'Millman, an officer of her Majesty's ship Alert, was interred at Panama on the Ist inst. with naval honours. A correspondent of the New York Tribune, writing from on board the frigate Niagara, which had returned to New York from Monrovia, after landing the negroes captured on board the slaver Echo, says :—" A French ship arrived atMonrovia from France before we left the frontier port ; and, as suspicions of her legitimacy sere entertained, some Libernian officials, accompanied by an officer of her Britannic Majesty's steam frigate Alecto, boarded the Frenchman and demanded his papers. A naval officer in French uniform assured his Eng lish contemporary that' all was right ;' notwith standing which search was instituted, which re sulted in the discovery of a free negro (among se veral who were on board), but as that individual did not seem to object very strongly to his new quarters, the matter was allowed to remain in static quo until an official council will be convened be tween French and Liberian authorities. The suspected slaver, however, left Monrovia bound for a more northern port." At Havannah on the 10th inst. sugars were firm. No. 12, 9 to 91 reals. Stock at Havannah and Matanzas, 40,000 boxes. There was nothing new in molasses. Exchange on London, 121 to 13 per cent. prem. Advices from Mexico confirm the reported defeat of Zuloaga by Degollado at the Bridge of loto datlan. • The Spanish Consul had expressed himself pleased wit.a Governor Corso's satisfactory explanation to the American, French, and Spanish Consuls, where in he denies the statement published by the ex pelled Zuloagan Government, but intimates that he has deemed it his duty to make a requisition upon the Captain-General of Cuba, for a vessel of war, not fbr any hostile purpose, but to remain in port with the exclusive object of protecting her Catholic Majesty's subjects in case it should be necessary. General Artheaga had completely defeated the troops commanded by Col. Puelas in the neighbour hood of Guanajuato. Artheaga had not entered the city, preferring to keep up his communication with Degollado. Col. Puelas, after his defeat, went to the city of Mexico, where he arrived on the 26th ult. Several rich houses in the city of Mexico re fused to pay the contributions demanded by Zuloaga. BY TELEGRAPH, VIA HALIFAX. WASHINGTON, DEC. 16. The explanation of the British officers in regard to the boarding of the steamship Washington, at San Juan, Nicaragua, on suspicion that she was engaged in a Filibustering enterprise, is said to be quite satisfactory to the United States' Government. The treaties recently negotiated between this country, and China and Japan, have been officially confirmed by the Senate. The appointmen t of Mr. Preston, of Kentucky, as United States' Minister to Spain, and of Mr. J. Glancy Jones, of Pennsylvania, as Minis ter to Austria, have likewise been confirmed by the Senate. HALIFAX, DEC. 17. Lord Bury recently addressed a largo meeting here in advocacy of the projected Intercolonial Railway. Resolutions were a do p ted eulo g istic of the zeal displayed by his Lordship in the enterprise. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. At New York, on the 13th, a further advance took place in foreign exchange, bankers demanding 1091 to 109( for 60 days' bills, and 1101 for short sight. The- official averages of the banks in the city of New York for the week ending Saturday, Dec. 11, present in the aggregate the following changes from the previous weekly statement of Dec. 4 : Dollars. Increase in loans 181,805 Decrease in specie 212,205 Decrease in circulation 88,351 Increase in gross deposits unfavourablyNicaragua 16,309 Decrease in undrawn deposits 559,207 moreTh e co s ro to p ek lic m at a e r d ke fo t rmhad of qauffeecstrodn.byTthhee e the il following were the latestquotations:—United States' Fives, 1873-4, 1011 ; Missouri Sixes, 88k• , New Yook Central shares, 83k ; New York and Erie shares, 171; Reading Railroad shares 7 511; Michigan Central shares, 51a ; Michi gan Southern shares, 201 ; Cleveland and Toledo shares, 311; Panamaßailroad shares, 117/ • Illinois Central shares, 721; Illinois Centr a l b on d s 91 ; aicago and Rock Island shares, 61111; Mil wau ki an d Mississippi, 13, Galena and Chicago, 721; Pennsylvania Coal, 80} ; Pacific Mail Steamship Company, 881. Cotton was weak at 12c. for middling uplands. SOUTHERN MARKETS. CHARLESTON, Dec. 1-- '4 C o tton firm—sales to - day 1,100 bales. S.kvANNsir, Dec. 43.—C00n -4+ Sales to-day, 168 bales, at 101 to he Persia's advises had an unfavour- M OBILE , Dec. 13.—T fir market, causing less mness, with light sales ; sales able effect on ou r cotton to-day, 1,300 bales ; middling, llic. NEW ORLEANS, Dec. . 0 13 Th advises per steamer Per sia bad no effect upon our market, and prices remain un hap.-ed. Sales to-day, 54)00 bales ; middling, llac. to 11pc. ° Sugar, dull and declining, Sterling el change, 1080 to 1081 c., dull. NEW YORK, Dec. 16, Evening.—Our cotton market is firm, with slight sales during the past two days of 2,500 bales. Middling Orleans is quoted at 12c. per lb. Flour is steady, at about the prices advised by mail. 'Wheat is dull, and Indian corn exhibits a declining tendency, allqua lities being quoted slightly lower. Pork is heavy, and slightly cheaper. Lard is heavy, at a decline of Ic. per lb. On the Stock Exchange a firm tone prevails, and prices are well supported. _ _ ~,.. F t Y ,lii