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

THE SON, LONIiON', - -............samlbaaraarmammorantaw ft..............- . • MONEY MARKET AND CITY NE 11 S. SHAii./f; MARKET.-(THIS DAY.) BRITISH POSSESSIONS CPDINP...RY SHARES AND STOCKS. Share, Railways. I ' , aid I Closing I • , p r i ce. Austness done _ I CITY, Two o'CLocK. _ _ 1 Closing Business Railways: !Paid. Price. 100 Atlantic &St Lawrence all 86 88 : Although the public market for Colonial Produce Share; _ _ Leased at 6 per cent.. - ' - is closed for the Christmas holidays, a rather large 12.10 lArebere•., Notting. Bost. Stk Bom.,Baroda&Centlnd 100 994 1001 gu. 5 percent • business has been transacted privately in most of 18 Do. Addit Capital A all 174 11 ; and Eastern J unc ti on 10 6* 61 1: 0 ; Irilfri,-.1, and Ballymena.. all - - 18 Do. D o. 8 11 Idl pa the principal staples. Tea has slightly improved in .14 ; llir., Vi - 01. and Str. Val. all 8 84 201 Buffalo and Lake Hu ron a ll 44 5 4. value, and extensive transactionshave been entered Stoek , fir.. La., 'and Ch. June. 100 764 771 20 Do. New 1 all all _ 5 - 1 _6l - into in sugars at advanced prices, and in the refined 25 Blackburn ; all 114 124 10 D o . P re f erence c '?5 ' 11 1 yrli and Tyne 1 all 100 - - Butfalo,Brant&Godrich market fully previous rates have been maintained. 10 r Bost.Slefd.& Mid. Corm ; all 61 7 (6 p. ct. lats. 1 Aug., 1872 100 Stock Bristol and Exeter 1100 102 104 100 Do. do. 1 July, 1873 100 - - Coffee has been dealt in to a moderate extent, and Stock ..Caledonian ••• • ' ion st 15 941 1 190 Do. do. 1 June, 1874 - 50 ;Cork and Bandon 5 Clcutta.&S.Ea strn. Lim. 1. 3 0.1 par 4 p prices generally remain firm. In rice there has not 10 Carmarthen . & Cardigan all 1 --•- 20 Cape,Eastn. Prov.(Lim.), 2s. ' - - been much business, and prices are unaltered. For 20 Cork, Blkrock,&Passage; all • - - 20 Cape Town & Dock Scrip' 3s. 11 1 d ' all 64 7 20 Central Oude (Limited) 2s. 6d. - - reves no d• saltpetre there has been an increased demand, and a 20 Ceylon G uarauteed 6p.c.' 74 4 *4l `all ; - - !Cornwall a i n v : i 9 - 171 Demerara - - slight advance has taken place in prices. The tallow 1 12 0 00 h sbeen pri.toß.; all 1 - - 20 Eastern Beau; al.gu.sp.c. 5 1 id market has been moderately active, and prices have 50 Dublin andfelta st Jun e . ' all - - Stock E as t Indian gu."s p. c lOO 1024 103 IP 1 10.3,4 25 I Dun Perth & Abr June ; all 8 81 20 Do. F Shares E x t. 5 p ar shown nacre steadiness. P.Y.C. on the spot is Stock ;Easi'Anglia'n . I. ; 100 il4 15 - 20 Do. Jubbulpore 5 par 4p Stock; Eastern Counties....... ; 100 i 5B 5 9 54 4 100 D 0.41 p.c. Bds. pay.'s9! all - -- quoted 575. 6d. to 58s. per cwt. The public market Stock lE ' astern Union A Stock 100 139 41 100 Do. 41 p. c. Debentrs.l all 100 101 20 GeelongGeelon Corporation3lelbourne .! ) all 19 _ 21 will re-open on Tuesday, Jan. 3, 1860. Stook I Do. do. 13 Stock 100 127 29 25 I Do Nw A (lte 11 U3ds); 84 I - - In the Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday bus!- 20 !East * Suffolk . . all ' - - Sto. f ( per cent. Bonds ; i I all - - Stock( Grand Trunk of Canada; 100 ,41 43 4 2 f i ness was rather more active, and prices were well strck i Ed jp in o burv, and Gl:rsgom ! 100 824 834 100 Do. 6 per cent. Pref 1 all '95 06 95 supported. The sales amounted to 8,000 bales. Stock; Edin.,Perth, & Dundee.. 100 304 31 30 4 i 100 Do. 6 percent. Debentr all 73 74 73 3 10 I Forth & Clyde Junction' all - - 100 Do. 7 per cent. 1862 all 85 87 The Railway Share Market closed quietly, and stock; Fu rness - _ 100 Do. do. 1867 all 75 77 notations were a shade lower. Stock Glasg ow & S ou th W es t n. 100 99 100 100 D o. do. 1872 all 1 7 3 75 75 q 10 ! Gr eat North of Scotland all - - Stock ;Gt. Indiar en i n . gue. s p.e 100 1004 1011 A further sum of £60,000 was withdrawn from Stock ,Great No r th er n lOO 167 108 107 20 D o. N ew, gua.s per cent.; 6 I 1 d par 2 , f Gt.S.of Ind.Lim.-Scrip Stock I Do. do. A Stock lOO 95 96 10 1 id the Bank of England, yesterday, which, with B Stock ( guaranteed 5 per cent. 201 GtW. of Canada ,7 S 6 h ,wi_ ar t e: i 1 all all 9 1 8 31 10,2 1311 121 1 1 , about £35,000 of the gold recovered from the u d t o li .. .S7Wtn.(Treld) 1 1 00 00 1 1 1 3 2 3 1 13 11 5 i 1121 Western 60 691 62 70 691 79 694 eel Do. New 1 1 (Gbi tor D ei ssa o tto . 100 I Do. Bonds pay. Royal Charter has been taken for the Continent. S 3' -'S Stock ttteee kkk r .Vl.ltail Gua.Stk 1 1 00 ® South l i : d aa s tern all - - st l oo l 2 ciLrraolu7NcaeSswoter and Carlisle, 100 204 208 ( opt. till '6O No diminution can be reported in the demand 100 Do. do. '73 till '6O 164 I Do. Third, for money, and the rates continue exceedingly firm, Should the efflux of gold from the Bank be st l oct p Lancashire & Yorkshire: 100 100 100 4 1001 100 p Stock ['Madras, guar., 44 p. c. 100 91 93 Stock ;London and Blackwell. 100 65 67 Stock IDo. do. 5 per cent. 100 100 102 sustained, it will exercise an important influence Stock Lon. ,Brl2lll on&S.Coast 100 114 115 1144 . Stock IDo. 44 p. c. Extension.. 100 90 94 upon the rates. 25 , Lond. Chat, and Do v er all 134 141 Stock Do. Third E x . gua. s .p.c. a ll - - Stock!London & North Westn' 100 98 4 99 95 4 I 20 Do. Fourth do. Notice has been given by the directors of the 124 I Do. Eighths . lO 4 i d 20 Do. do. - - South Australian Banking Company that the half- S ondon& South W t 100 974 08 9 t g k lt.'derry & Col -• es n ' i 8 1 8 ~ erame ... all - - Stock Melb. Corp. 6 p.c. Bonds 100 - .... Newßrunswick&Canda. 1 yearly dividend, at the rate of 9 per cent. per an- 25 IL'derry & En niskillen. all 84 94 20 Ry.&Land(Lim.)g•.6pc 1R - -d Stock Man.,' Shot, & Lincoln.. 100 384 Sa 381 I Class ACapitl.Share BUM, will be payable on and after the 14th prox. 10 ;Metropolitan ... .. 3 _. _ 4 .. Do. do. Land do Stocklllidland .......20 Do. do. B. Capital do )On the 2d of January next, and any subsequent stock.bo. Binning. Az,krb7. ~ 10000 109457 110 89 .. Do. do. Land do J IB - --cl day, Bonds of the Imperial Brazilian Sinking Nand) all - - 20 Oude (Limited) - - 1 25 Do. 1 Shares ...... all - 50 1114. Gt. West* 20 Seinde Fund, to the amount of £36,000, will be paid off we Newcastle and CarijX . all _ 20 Do. New g e 15 41 1 1 at p 1 2.5 New., Aber., & V e Nfd; all 101 11 20 Do. Punjaub par. 10 Newry & Armagh(aef) 9 - 20 Do. Indus. St. Flo Ec:: all Id 1 p t The market for English Securities closed heavily 20 'Newry, Warpt., & I tos all - - . 20 St. Andrews & Quebec AlB - - 1 yesterday owing to the decline on the Paris Bourse Stock; Norfolk lOO 59 61 1 0 Trinidad(Limited)Scrip 1 Id } p , 50 North. Counties Unioil: 34 si 2 a 100 62 624 634 4 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. i and the prospect of further difficulties being ex e- Stock Worth British Stock Nor.Dev.Rail.&Dk. Stk • - le Antwerp & Rotterdam all 44 4; I F 20 Ardennes all - rienced in connection with the Congress. To-day Stock Do.A Stk.-Arec.no div: 100 - - until 6p.c.hasbeenpdß 100 - -Di f 20 Bah.&S.Fran.,Lim.7p.e. 5 par ip 5 the dealings have been very circumscribed, and the Stock Do. B Stock lOO - - 6 Belgian East. Junction all 1 1. 1 n to ,North-Eastn.-Iterwick lop 941 954 95 1, quotations have not undergone any important s ze. Do. do. G.N.E.Purchase 161 3 41 1 1 4 , 1 • d 20 Beziers to Grasessac. • all - - a , 1 4)„ . 48 48/ 1 222 0 10000 0 6 g change. Consols have been 95/ : ex. dividend. stockloo. Leeds Extension .... all all - 1 /71 "Stock Do. York '"q 784 784 79 Valley P G ra u n a c r e . 5 . . p • • . • c • • a 1 6151 The New Three per Cents. and the Reduced Annul- Stock 'North London lOB 107 109 20 Dutch Rhenish _ 25 41 _ 2 444 1 1 ties are flat at 95: I ; India Loan Debentures (1859) 20 ;North Staffordshire.... 1?) 4 3 4 d 10 ;No. & Son. W. Junction a 8 , 91 cin o u f s . 11 2s. - - p lire steady, at 98,1 t - a-; the Bonds at 7s. to 10s. prem. ; Stock Oxford, Wor.,& Wolver. 1: 1 1 , P. 35' n7 w n 10 Peebles' "„ 1 71 81 20 Great Central of France all - - ditto New Stock is 1041 ',-1; Exchequer Bills have 20 I Portsmouth 10 , Ithymney lO \ _ 20 Gt. Luxem., Con. shs.. all 7 7} 71 7 receded to 28s. prem. Stock Scottish Central - - 20 Lake Constance & Bale all - - it; n The transactions in the Foreign Stock - market Stock ' Seoth. N.E., Aber. Stock 100 285 294 20 Lierre and Turnhout._ all - - Stock Do. Scottish Mid. Stock 100 ILI 8.5 20 Lombardo Venetian.... 10 21 3 p 124 g continues very limited, and prices tend downwards. Stock, ' Shropshire Union lOO 17 , 49 20 G CC aD a Pr !Easternmil Euphrates at :boa: x Mine &Ra 1 1 • all Lyons and Geneva ..,, all - - I's Turkish 6 per Cents. are 76 to 77 ; New ditto, 63! 10 ISittingbournc & Sheer. all oo 4 1 . 4 2f d Stock 'South Devon 1 CIA 441 4 83 4 Maria Antonia 10 N a do. New - all - in to 64; Mexican has receded to 221; Sardinian, to Stock South-Eastern lOO 8a 83; 844 20 Namur and Liege all Eq sa Stock ;South Wales 8 41; Venezuelian 21 per Cents. to 28x; and Dutch tl Stock ISoutbYorks.&ltiv.Dun. all ; 6 : i l ,i -- - 16 Northern of France.... all 38 39 4 per Cents. to 100,1 ; Portuguese 3 per Cents. are 20 'Staines, Wok., & Wok., all n g 20 Do. New Shares to 2,5 ,Stockton Sr, Darlington. all Jaa 2 64 : CI firmer at 461. 25 'Do. do. 1855 9 - ~. 2210009 0 f Norwegian sitißiptiooaiezymre ailabiseler: i,,easnamydsdnre::}Fsu, Trunk aalni ble:aiu(tri v rpig . P ee. : dr.: Porn.) t f . ;: 25 ; Do. do. 1858 9 -,. 20 Paris and Orleans ...... all 55 57 m The Ocean Marine Insurance :Company are Ito - Stockton & llartlepool 16l - 100 - ( gua. 7 it. et. (Lim.) .. •) - 4d 1 d ar 1 1 prem. ; the Universal ditto, par toy prem. o Stock Taff Vale Stock; Do. Preference, No. 1 - -•• R and the San Paulo Railway Shares, par to -1 prem. 25 ,ThamesHavenDk&Rail 22 - -• W' 50 !Ulster - The allotment in the last-mentioned undertaking 25 I Do. i a s l h ense. .... all -6 4 -7 5 11 - took place to-day. 12 10 Do. 4 Do. 7 per cent. Pref. .. all - - • VC Stock Vale of Neath lOO 63 65 63 L 20 5 di The : dealings in the Railway Share Market to- 10 Victoria Station & Pim 91 - - ' 10 Do. 51 per cent. Pref. ... all 9 91 Stock Waterford & Kilkennyl 100 - - 14 20 Southern of France..,, all 21 22 ' St day have been moderately active, but • t • in must in- 50 Waterford: & Limerielo all - -:, 84 West Flanders all 54 54 . th stances prices ' have - slightly declined. Edinburgh 20 West Cornwall 10 I W-end Lon. & Cry. Pal all - - 20 W. & N.W. of France.. all 224 233 and Glasgow, Lancashire and Yorkshire, Brighton, 5 !W-end 20 Western of Austria .... 6 - - col North-Western, South -Western, North-Eastern 5 !D.7.Pif. has been pd. to 13 a ll _-; ___- 20 Western of Switzerland all - In 6 Wiesbaden - - 29 (Berwick), and North-Eastern (York), have each 20 ;West London - - 6Do 8 per cent. Pref.... all --10 ' Do. let Class all - - 20 Zealand all - - Ft declined about 1 ; Caledonians, Great Northerns, 20 'Do. 24 Class - - I __--- Great Westerns, North British, and South-Eastern, PREFIRTATTIgg• -\- COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIRS. Go 10s. I Closing I._ ----- 1 - - - --- --- tai The Foreign and Colonial lines have also been Share! I Railways. Paid. 1 Price. rues' Shari Ousi. . Securities. Paid. Closing Business re E Prices. Done. depressed. Lombardo-Venetian have receded 55., i 1 \ --- ;- --I Can.Gov.tip.e JR.& July boo - 1165 - 101 117; 1 see and Great Luxembourg and Pernambuco are a 25 Blythe and Tyne le per; , 1 aaalllBll22lll - 3_79 ...7137; : - Do. • 6p.c.Yb.&Aug. 100 114 116 tro C. pref. (issued at .650) all - - - Do. 6 p.c.Mr. & Sep. 100 114 116 114} we Shade flatter. East Indian have declined 10s. ; i Stk ,Bris. & Exet.4p.ct.Stock 100 96 98 - N.B.Gov.sp.c.Ja. &July 100 1111 1124 1111 Ott] 20 I Do. do. do. Shares l4 - - - Do. 6p.e.Ap. & Oct. 100 - Grand Trunk of Canada, 10s. ; and Great Western tocklCaledon £lO, 41 per cent 100 102 104 - N. S.W. Gov. sp. c. Deb. 104 1011 11 of Canada, ss. 12.10 j Do. Quar. Shares, N o . 2. all - - - D 0. 5 p.cen.1871 to 1976 100 101 102 64 !Cork & Band on, 51 p c all - - - De.sp. cen. lBBB an d up 100 101 102 Joint-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares have 20 ;C ornwall, 5 per cent all - - - NovaScotiaGov.6 p.c. S:',. shown little or no variation in val ues. at Dun. Perth,& Ab er. J un all 5; 6 Deb. redeemabl e , 1876 100 111 112 1111 Stocki E.Ang - n. Class A 7& spc 100 100 102 - .Aus.Gt.6pc.J an &J u l y 100 113 115 Stockj Do. do. Class B 6 pc.. - lOO 112 115 ...• iet•Gov.6p.c..lian&July 100 1111 9611 , 111111 FII/41115 THIS DAY A T ONE O'CLOCK. Stocl• Do. do. Class C 7 pc 1154 - I Do. do. April & Oct. 100 1101 111 1111 11 Stoe E. Coun. Ex. 5 ct. Nol 1 100 114 116 P j $ Per Cont. Reduced Annuities 993 Stoe Do. do N 0. 21 100 113 115 MISCELLANEOUS. sior • key 3 per Cent. Annuities Sto Do. New 6 per ct. Stock 100 128 130 India. Stook - Stoc Eastern Unio n, 4 per ct. 100 84 8 b 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint .. all 14 15 . cha Ditto Debentures, 1858 - Stock Edin.&Glas. spc shares 100 111 113 1000 Atlantic Tel. (Limited). all 180 210. i Ditto, 1859 .. Ditto Bonds, £I,OOO - cati Dim Hader £l,OOO - ..; 100 - - - 10 erlin water Works ... all 1 4/ 5 ' tier Stock Was. &S West a. :, . 5 pc.l 100 115 137 50 British American Land 40 - - Consol s f or Account (Jan 10) India Sliock for Acounnt - Stock Do. 5 pcßedm.,lop.c.pinl 100 112 114 20 Do. B, 7,p. c. till 1862.. all 119 21 dril Ditto, 1859, 5 per Cent. Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, lid 2B 100 1D0.5p.e. Red m.,5 pc. pm, 80 86 88 100 'Canada Land Ditto 1:500 . ... 28 10 Gt. Nh. of Scotld, I s t pt . ' all - - 10 IChan.lsiands T e l.(Li m .; a ll 1 8 9 Alb tock j Gt. Sn.& W (I re l an d)4 Stock ICop.Min.of Eng.&Smltg all I - - Lie S 1 t P. et. pref. Stock . • ; 100 98 100 25 Do. l Preference 74 per ct all i 233 24 PRIM; OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. - Mexiean 3 per Cent, - 50 (Great West. (Berke and; 5 Crystal Palace. Ditto Account 1 Hants) Ext. .5 p.ct.. ' 6 - - ' 5 i Do. Preference all ; 5 1* 6 Stock Do. Redeemable, 41 p eV.; 100 98 100 9 04 Stock ;Do. 6p. c. Perpet. Deb lOO 101 103 192 the P ortuguese, 1853, 3 per Cent. Sardinian, 5 per Cent. B4' St oc k Do. Irredeemable, d0...1 100 91 93 25 Do. New Turkish 6 per Cent - St ock i Do. sp. ct. Redeem.Pret 100 102 104 104 5 !English & And. Copper all 11 1 4 11 C Ditto Account - It. Ditto New Loan shares - - ill t, Ditto Acceant Venezuelan 24 per Cent 284 Stock Do. firmin. guar. stock! 100 75 78 20 'London Discount slf di Dividends on the above payable in London. 264 I Do. Chester guar.shares all 20 21 4 Lond.Gen. Omnibus Co all If 11 11 1 131 I Do. do. do Dutch Exchange, 12 Guil. 21 per Cent... - 20 I Do. do. do. - Ditto Certificats, 4 per Cont. ;Stock' Do. Barn sl.St£s 3slodpel 100 - - 25 ational Discount Co-.. 5. 1 1 d TWO O'CLOCK,ably Stock. D l,o o n I l e ] f i r i s g. p s . p o c . . g . . 0 .. N N 0 0 . . 2 1 100 ;118 120 10 1 etherlands Land all -__ 1 Consols, Money - , 5 Do 8 p.c.Pref.,iss.at ldis. all 1 1 ' Cie' • Ditto Account (Jan. 10) 95 4 x d selling i 100 1118 120 Stocks Do,. New " gua., 6P. ct...; 100 - - 1 00 ) .11r.&NovaScotiaLand 88 - - Altl Stoeki Do. do. sp. C. No. at 100 118 120 1 N.B.Australasian (Lim.) all 1 1 5 Do. do. 4 4 per c. shares; 44 - - 1 riental Gas - erui 21118 DAY'S MARKETS.,I Do. New Shares lss. '1 d } p 25 Lond. Chat. and Dover all - - th e 3 • Stock Lon.&N.W.Cov.&Nun- 1 0 Orientl. In. Steam, A.. 6 - - , CORN EXCHANGE. eaton, sp. ct. - - 10 Ditto B t. gref Stock Lon.&S. W, 7 p.ct. stock, sio Ditto C 2s. - _ . o f t] During the week and fresh up to-day the arrivals ofE ng - ' late 3d s h ares lOO - lek Peel River Lard & Min. 100 52 5 5 62 th e 124 Londondy & Cole, 1 gm; all - - A i t t Pen. & Oriental Steam. all 78 80 l iall, wheat, coastwise and by land carriage, have bee n on a 121 Londondy.& Ennis 1 sh.' all 10 11 i Do. New l5 11 13 blis: • 'hefted scale. Although the show of samples was only Stock %lan.,Sh., & Lin., 6p. ct. 100 125 130 g Red Sea & Ind. Telegr l5 1 4 p il laderate, the demand was far from active. However, fine 6 I Do. ,C 6 45 1 4 p ii ffhymney Iron Stock , Do. 31 per cent. 41 7 wheats, both red and white, commanded Wednesday's 10 Do, redeem. 6 per cent. 5 14 p Stock Royal Mail Steam . 6O 151 53 Si O arrency, 121 llaryport & Car., 4 p.c. all - 25 Scot.Austrin.lnv.(Lim.) 100 1130 140 i ,South Australian Land. all 36 38 Div . The show of foreign wheat w as mo d era t e l y ex t ens i ve. 121 11 80- o. 4 per cent......... all - 101 1 .Submarine Teleg. Scrip. all 1 1 MOE Con • siderable firmness was apparent on the part of i m p or _ Stock 'Mid. Con. Ap. o. Stock - - ss , Do. do Registered all f I Str)ciclDo.Con.Bris.&Bir.6p.et. 100 140 142 1404 100 Tr.ArLn.Co.of Upr.Csn 6 - - Coy tare; but the business transacted was somewhat restricted,van Diemen 'a Land , 284 12 14. day Stockloo. 44 p. c. pref. stock.. 100 102 104 10 f St late currencies. Over 50 vessels have arrived off coast 6 I Do. with option till 1860 3 4 4 p - *ince Friday last, laden with grain. Stock; Do. Leic. & Flit.pref. at., 100 95 96 , N p cwport,Aber,&c pret.s 1 all 10 10} , -,_ BRITISH MINES. psis;. Closing ings - ---------- gem The imports of foreign barley have been on an extensive 10 I o. redeem, at 5P.c. n m S 104 Share Mines. . Beninese eons scale. Good and useful parcels changed hands steadily, at 10 Do. Perpet, 11p. a with _____ Price. Do na Rill 1866 all 1'; 12; ~. '~. Allly previous rates ; but other kinds were a slow inquiry. Stock 141 t f i gI n k Deb. 4 p.c. shares lOO - - 20 tf i red Consols (Philack) 2.11.19 ' 41 ts} fr the New malt sold steadily, old parcels slowly, on former Stock! Do. sp. c. Ext.Stock,lB46 160 - - - e fish Iron !arras, Stock! Do. 51 p. c. Pref. do. 1847 100 - - _ a fford - 290 300 Stock Do. Way.Val.E.x.Sk 1847 100 - - - 14 ., /, on G. Cons. (Tavist ) 1 '440 450 be t We had a goo& consumptive demand for oats, at ve r y f u ll St oc k N or th B r i t i sh, 5 per cent 100 111 113 _ E f t Batsett (Illogan) 3O 120 125 125 prices. Stock! Do. New, MI 5 percent 100 110 112 ... et Caradon Stock Nth.Dev.Rail &Dk Co 1 100 - _ G,V'l Russl (Tavistk.) 7.4.0 111 111 11} Beans, peas, and flour maint a i ne d th e i r p rev i ous va l ue, Stock N-East. irred . . 4 p.:. Deb: 100 - - - G r ,l .&StAubyn(Gwen.) 541 57 60 Y but the demand for them was by no means ac ti ve. Stock Do. Consol. Pref. 4p. c. 100 93 95 - G. tt South Tolgus... 176 144 16 W es Stock' Do. Berwick, 4p. c. Pref. 100 98 99 - G. thealAlfd.(Phillack . ) 12.4.2 1/ 11 14 ARRIVALS THIS WEEK 17 Do. do do i • • ~. 8.13.4. 14p d - G r ,Theal Vor (Helston) 91 1 4 took 'Wheat. Barley Malt. Oats. Flour. 20 I Do. Leeds, 6p. c. No. 1. 13 - - - H e - i;vi Ile R i . belish 1,020 i 2,940 I 360 ' 1,680 i 630 124 I Do. do. Quarters,lB46 . 9- - ...... Hi a M's-Foot 8 215 224 man 25 Do. York, H.& S. Perch . . 10 0 1p ..... 'Aron Downs 4.16 4 41 F oreign - I - 1 - 1,500 I 20 North Staffordshire.,.., all 23 24 __ Ninr,Bertha robreicn 2,730 ; 12,450 i - 8,070 i 150 sks. Stock Ox.Wr. & Wol. 6pc. Ist g 100 125 127 - Nor qtret (Lary Lelant) 9l 50 53 a Lai 1 i I 1,470 . 1.15. Stock Do. Redeem., 2d gua....; 100 125 130 _ N o r Downs - i Stock Do. lrredeem., 2.1 gua., 100 117 120 ' Nor) Frances , Illo,gan) 10 54 f sent NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. 10 Ithymney Guaranteed.' 84 - - - N . w Wheal Crony._ 7.9.4 81 pose 84 Scottish Central, new pt al - - .... Car c.Basset (Mogan) 5 55 1 Coin The supplies of meat have becom e muc h l ess ex t ens i ve. Stock Scottish No r th-E astern; 100 - - 20 Provi sole (St. Blazy). 11 11 12 :114 Prime mutton commands a steady sale, at very full prices. Stock n per c. pref. stock.... , 100 75 77 -- SortrVce (Uny Lelnt) 10.6.7 42 411 Stock. Do.Aberdeen.gua.6 pc. 100 121 123 , radon (St.Oleer) 11 250 260 - South e Cons. Min. Co. 10s 3 f Brea( Illog,an). 2 21 21 O therwise the demand is inactive, at our quotations. Stock I Do. 7p. c. pref. stock. ' , 100 - T 1 Per Blbs. by the Carcass. 10s. South Devon, Ann. 105.1 all 101 111 10 Do. Fixed 44 percent., all - - il Fran. (Illogan) 18.18.9 175 185 taint a. d. a, d. 1 s. d. a. d. 1.0.6. South Eastern (Reading 6 Tamar . ilt !inferior Beef 28t02 10 1 Infr. Mutton. 32t0 3 6 Ann., 1.0 6) I all 241 244 Minikilver and Lead Mid, do_ ... 30to 3 4 I Mid. do ..38 to 4 2 Stock, Do .41,per cent lOO ,103 104 10 Tin Cr Co 4l 2i 34 Ain Phi. largedo. 3 6to 4 0 [ Prime do • • 4 4to 4 6 Stock; Do.Firted 41 p.c. Ist is. 100 ,102 104 - Vale of k;i 9 4 51 the 'J bo, small do, 42t0 4 4 i Veal •• • 3 Bto 4 4 Stock iSouth Wales, gua. 4 p.c. 100 1 - - - West B owey (Carm.) 12s 6d . . . . ... ...- S ss o t Ir t . v lat Stray 1 1 Large pork.. 3 6to 4 2 I Small pork . .. 4 4to 4 8 Stock; Do. 41 per cent boo I - - Stock S.-Yerkshire, 4 p.c. gus lOO 84 87 _ West Set ; et (Illogan).. 11 17 11 - W. Carall 25 ;Stock. and Dar. A 5 p.c.! all 281 291 Wheal la, n (Liskeard) lO 74 77 A BOROUGH HOP. 25 ; Do. P. 6 per cent ....1 all 133 34 :7 v ,n,„l Bcet (Mogan). 44 175 185 25 1 Do. C 6 per cent ; all 3'es 331 Wheal E ler (Redruth) 5 105 110 Hatt There is a steady demand for most kinds of new hops, at Stock Waterford & Kilkenny , ' - Wheal Kt ard (Cals.).. 6 11 1; the the late advance in the quotations. Fine yearlings co in- in- -I 6 percent.... lOO 56 59 = WWI Marr. Lelant) 1.7.2 12} 131 - -- --- virh '1 Trel nn (Mottle) a 3 4 36 Nort eland extreme rates. LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. --____:_____----, fley (Lisk.) 44 29 30 press Mid and East Kent _ _ Weald of Kent 74s to 924 „ Railw ßailways..... 90s to 150 s per cw t. Paid. , , In 1 1 Leasin g Closing Dnenees ______ FOREIGN MINES - bein Sussex... 7 2 s to' 82s -,., 1 Co. s. Prise. Done. Austr alian _ a . ..,1 • I •rs . a . . , Australian 1 Bon AccorA.... Imp, 15 Brazil. Imp pper,Lim. 1, 10 Do.St.John s. at R 5 p.) 2 , 5 Do. Land an ReT ,Lim . 1, . 1 Clarendon C ining o o. a ing Co. of cols Min. 10 Cob Cobra Coppeibmica po . a 1 D i ahloun.Coi 1 2 Fortuna ....?ling.Co a 2,0 General 3 Linares a 5 Lusitanian 1 Dlariquita.. , n , 1 N.RhineCop.oe a 20 PoutgibaudSilv Aus.L 11 Mining . and S , Lead 5 Port Philip 1t.... a 1 Scottish Austral .2.gt United Mexican (L.) ll _—___ COLONIAL. TEA—Privately, a fair amount of business has been done at fully late quotations. SUGAR—An :extensive private business has been done ' ll /nest descriptions, prices, in, all instances, showing an Upward tendency. COFFEE—The dealings have not been extensive, but quo tations of the finer qualities are steady. RICE—The transactions have not been extensive, but I ltes, generally, are well supported. S ALTPETRE—The private dealings in this article have beau extensive, and improved prices have been realised for all qualities. TALLOW—There has been a steady inquiry for P.Y.C., and per prices are firmer, being quoted, on ,th e spo t, 57 s 6d to 688 cwt. Bedford and Bletchley all I Ln & N.W Buckinghamshire 100 'Ln& N.W, Chester & Holyhead 100 Do. Do. do. 5i p. ct 100 Do. Do. do. 5 p ct. Clydesdale Junction Colchester, Stour Val all ;E.U.&E C E.Lincolnshire,g.6p.c 100 Gt. North. E Union,HarwichShs. all ECoonts,l Do. Woodbridge lOO .. . .. Gls.Barr.&Neils,Drc , 100 Caledonin Do. New lOO Do • Gloster& Dean Forest) all Gt. West. Hartlpool.Dck.&Rail.' all Yk.N.&Br Hull and Selby Do. Shares all Do. Do. I Shares • all !Do London &Green wich . 100 1 8. East Do. Preference Lon.,Tilby.&Soutend lOO Peto &Co. Lowestoft, gua. 4p. ct lOO Norfolk Po. 6 per cent lOO Do manc.,Buxtn. & Matk. all LN W&M Mid. Bradford Prefer ence Stock Newmarkt.,BuryEx 5. 5. 6. , E.Counts guarnntce I 5 p. c. Northn.& Eastn. 5 p.e all Do. Do. do. 6 per cent. .. • all Do. Do. Fixed 5 per cent. all Do. North Western all Midland . Preston and Wpm. NW. all & Lyk. Do. 4 Shares A. all I Do. Roystn,Hitch.,* Steep 100 !Gt.North. Shmwabry& Hereford 100 IT Brasscl Do. Do. South Staffordshire .. all ,M'Clean Wilts and Som erse t .. 100 Gt. West . Wimbledon& Croydn. all 'L.&Brgtn 2 I d par 3 12i 201 .1, •• •• 99 101 50 51 1:24 1! 6 'll4 118 103 105 16 17 139 141 41 41 al— —d 98 40 Ri 74 8g til tll 3} 111 25 26 al io4 lig 2gd par l t hi. par al 5 7 08 1 I d /) 14 2 z_8.2.81 1 uniteu ~.---- ~ . .I, - all I•I. - P I I - JOlN± ____________-----BTOCIc BANKS. Shard Joint -Stock naii . I ..,‘ closing 1 Business - - -7 1 i '`‘‘.•• Pr loc. Dons 100 Agra &Unitedservio pk . 40 Australasia 5O - ____ .25 IBank of E gypt ... all 81 8: 1 4 00 0 I B E r a i n t k . C o o t l L . B o k n . d & on r, . (I . a r 4 .. all 2 5 2 0 5223 22} 50 British North Ame all -- ...,.. 20 Chtd. Bank of India. all - _ 25 Ch.lller.oi In. Lon.M., ' 18 19 1 20.} 100 ( City ................. ~ all - _ 100 Colonial ' 50 G 4 Ga 55i 5 20.11 Com. Bank of Canada; 25 38 40 100 Commercial of Landon' all - ...... 20 Eng Scot.. & Aus. eh; 20 li4 2 0 , 20 Gen Bk. of Switzerland all 174 1.7 i 20 4on.Char.Bk.otAuetral. all - - 50 London and County .• • all 22} 2a 50 London Joint Stook ... 24 - -- 100 London & WestMirater. 10 - - 100 Nat. Prov. of England. 20 - - 20 Do. new %5 - - 50 National Bank flO - - 20 New , South Wales .. . - _ 25 Orient .B](. Corporation, ' I - -- 20 Ottaman Bank r, , 39 40 100 Provincial of Ireland 10 Do. New 'al 77 79 25 South Australia 25 Union of Australia c alb - - 31} 1j SO Union of London l% __ 100 Unity Mutual CO , 28} 291 ‘ A telegram received in anticipation of thC— ,Aus- lan mail mention s the sailing from Melb ourne for Eng '" of the ships W a t er Ny m ph and Don a ld M'K ay. The 40 nnerhas £136,000 in gold, and the latter probably a large racmen. The Welfleet, Ellen Hood, and Herald of the : 174 Lorning had arrived from this country, and the Suffolk l eas o ff Cap e Ot way, near M e lb ourne. The telegraph adds ,that the Herald of the Morning had been " burnt" at Mel urne This vessel, which re g ist e red 1,355 tons, sa il e d 'rem Liverpool on the 2nd August with Government emi ,g,j'ants, all of whom, it i s b e li eve d, were l an d e d p rev i ous t o t he disaster. SCOTCH BANKING.—The proprietors of the Com- Mercial Bank of Scotland, at their annual court, have a dopted the directors' report, and passed resolutions to ea- Pitalise i'200,000 of the bank's reserved f un d s . Th e p a id- P capit a l is thus raised from £600,000 t o £BOO,OOO, and „." additional s t oc k h as b een a ll ocate d ratea b ly, without a 'Ail, among the stockholders in the proportion of £lOO new ateelc for every £3OO formerly held. The new stock will participate in the next midsumm:r dividend. The undi add pro fi ts, or res t, a ft er carry i ng t hi s measure into effect PPaying the di v id en d i n January, will amount to % 0 7,537. At the annual general meeting of the proprie- f the National Bank of Scotland the profits of the Past year were declared to be upwards of £94,000. Out of ` 111 ! aum a dividend at the rate of 8 per cent. was ordered De paid, and an additi on mounts to of £14, 000 £160 w,ooo.as made to the re °rye fund, which now a DOCKS. NAVE, 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 H. 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. The screw steamship Nile, 90, Capt. Wilmot, C. 13,, 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 for Pembroke, with jury gear for the Espoir, was obliged to put back in consequence of the boisterous state of the weather. The crew of the 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 be weep- Lieut. and Adjt. P. Warrington, of the Ports mouth Division, and Lieut. and Adjt. 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 ; an d T. A. J ones, act i ng third-class assistant-engineer, to the Asia, as supernumerary. —dl THE ARMY. Major-Gen: Sir R. Dacres, K.C.8., Commandant of Woolwich Garrison, with the sanction of the Commander-in-Chief, has left Woolwick on tempo rary leave of absence. The duties of the command have in consequence devolved on the senior officer in succession, Col. Teesdale, R.H.A., 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, 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 Leen 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 24th 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 will be disembarked. The ship Nuggett, of Liverpool, W. H. Bond, commander, under charter to the Government of 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 left in the hospital at Cape Town. VOLUNTEER CORPS. LONDON. A meeting of the Council was held at the Man sion•house on Tuesday, the Lord Mayor in the chair. • • The LORD MAYpR stated that he 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 MAYOR 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. It. W. Kennard, M.P., the thanks of the meeting were presented to the Lord Mayor for his conduct in the chair. 1110 112 (5 67 1 115 120 95 97 21 2; 9,-; 100 P 57 59 14 144! 137 139 101 105 par p 10113 93 84 I n Share Dooks. I paid I Closing I Business Prioe. Done. I . Stock Commercial lOO Stock Do 4 per Cent .Pret .Ai in lOO —. Stock East and Wcst India lOO Stock i London lOO StocklSt. Katharine lOO StOck'Southarnpt on lOO , StockiVictoria 1 100 Ic4 ice Ito in() lieW ir ~.........t1 2 1 -- ST. CLEMENT DANES. Lad evening about 50 effective members of the abeve 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 about 60 men, including the 21 members from Messrs. Smith and Sons' esta blishment in the Strand. WESTMINSTER. St. Paul, Covent-garden, and St. Mary-le-Strand Division 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 instruetion of Ser geant Chase, of the Scotch Fusiliers, are making considerable progress in their evolutions. The corps at present consists of about 60 effective members — the funds already amounting to nearly 1.300. 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 council of the West Middlesex (late Marylebone) Rile Corps took place at the Pavilion in Lord's Cricket-ground, St. John's-wood. Lord Itadstock, 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 on by the War Moe Committee. COLCHESTER. The company formed in this town having 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 Northcote 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 Assembly-rooms on Wednesday, the mayor, Mr. J. C. Jenard, in the chair, it was resolved unani mously to form a volunteer rifle corps for Honiton and the neighbourhood, to be called the East Devon and Honiton Rifle Corps. Numerous sub scriptions were announced, and a large number of names were 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 captain ; 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. Rodniy Ander son), was held on Wednesday at the Town-hall, and was numerously and influentially 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. BOUGHTON, who was received with ever► 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 the 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 everybody the duty of giving assistance.either as effective or honorary members. Sir WILLIAM CURTIS and several other gentlemen 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. MORPETH. An influential meeting of the inhabitants of Mor peth and the neighbourhood was held at Morpeth on Wednesday, the Mayor presiding, for the pur pose of forming a volunteer corps. Many county magistrates were present. Mr. GEORGE BRUMELL moved the first resolu tion, affirming the necessity of the measure, which was seconded by Mr. THOMAS WINSHIP. The Hon. and Rev. F. R. GREY moved, and Mr. JOHN DAVISON seconded, " That a corps be raised, to be called ' the Morpeth Corps of the Northumberland Volunteer Rifles.' " Mr. G. A. GREY, in moving a resolution that subscriptions be opened, said money, and not men, was wanted. Sir MATTHEW WHITE RIDLEY, M.P. for the Northern Division of Northumberland, announced that the Lord• Lieutenant, Earl Grey, desired to have formed small nuclei that might be drilled and organised, and eventually incorporated into one general regiment of the county, to be called "The Northumberland Volunteer Rifle Ccrps." Con sidering that portions of the county were sparsely populated, and that the population was scarcely sufficient for the exigencies of labour, he thought the course indicated by the Lord-Lieutenant was the most desirable and only politic one to pursue. Mr. C. W. ORDE, chairman of the bench of magis trates, enforced this proposal, and said that the fbr mation of the regiment should not be too long de layed. NEWMARKET. The formation of a mounted rifle corps is contem plated in this district. SAXMUNDHAM. In addition to giving a donation of £25 to the funds of the corps just established for this district, the Rev. E. Hollond, of Benhall•lodge, has under taken to equip 10 young men of his own parish as volunteers. STROUD. Three companies —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 sembled for inspection and review. 21 I S THE SON, LONIiON, FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 30, 1.86 g, TOTTENHAM. At the meeting on Wednesday 34 gentlemen came forward as volunteers, and the subscriptions amounted to nearly £BO. TEE MILITARY RIOT AT ALDF-RSHOTT 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 qwn, or Tower Hamlets' Militia, who was killed by a gun shot wound during the riot at Aldershott ea 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 Tower 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 my 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 barracks. Up to that time 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 Arent 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 got 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 building was alm os t 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 too 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 men 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, and I 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 see the 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 the window and heard the balls. Deceased was pointing out where he had put some beer for the morning, when ho 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 At this stage of the proceeding the inquiry was adjourned for 10 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 own 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 not they bad anything in their hands. 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 positive 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. I am 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 barrel 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. It being now nearly 5 o'clock, the inquiry was adjourned. The 24th Regiment are under orders to leave the Camp immediately for Cork, and will commence their journey this day. TILE WIFE OF JOHN BROWN AND HER FAMILY. (From the Anti-Slavery Standard.) PHILADELPHIA, Nov: 28. While much has been said—though none too much—of the heroism arid nobility of soul of Capt. John Brown, it is not known, as it ought to be, that his wife and children have been distinguished in a large measure by the same characteristics. It has been my privilege, for most of the past week, to be an inmate of the same house with Mrs. Brown ; and I must say, not only for myself, but for those who have shared with me in the privilege, that the more we have seen of her, and the more we have learned through her, of the rest tf the family, the more we have been impressed in favour of them all. As for Mrs. Brown herself, she is just the woman to be the wife of the hero oHarper's Ferry. Stalwart of frame and "strong in native intellect;slie is imbued with the same religious faith, and her heart over flows with the same sympathies. Her bearing in her present distress is admirable. - She is brave without insensibility, tender without weakness; and though overwhelmed by the deepest sorrow her sorrow is not as of one hiving no hope; and her hope is not that her husband will be reprieved, or have his sentence commuted, but that all he has done and is now doing will not only accrue to the benefit but precipitate the triumph of the cause they have all had so much at heart. Absorbed by the great events that are passing i be fore her, and apparently u nconsc i ous th a t she san object of observation, her demeanour is marked by unaffected propriety and natural dignity. Mrs. Brown reads everything that is published' concerning the great topic, and listens to everything that is•said with. the keenest avidity. The daily papers are brought out in the evening and read aloud ; her ears are open to every word, and her comments add much to their interest. Through the day she reads them all over and over again, and waits with impatience for the next that are to come. It was a great disappointment to her to be prevented from joining her husband in his prison, there to wait till the execution ; but she is fully convinced by what he has written, as well as by her own reflections, that it would not be best for her to do so. For the pre sent, therefore, she is 'content to remain as near to him as possible, relying on post and telegraph to bring her word, without delay, of every thing that may concern her. She is in the re ceipt of letters from him which afford her great com fort. In the last received he says, " My mind is very tranquil, I may say joyous." I wish your readers could have the pleasure, with us, of perusing these letters; some of them are even more beautiful and touching than any that have yet been printed. Doubtless they will all,' ere a great while, be given to the public. When tlie letter of Mr. Brown to the Rev. Mr. Vaill, of Lichfield, was read to her, which it was immedietely after the paper came to hand con taining it, she sat with form erect, and listened with deep but composed attention ; but when the reader came to the passage where he says, " I have lost my two noble boys," she dropped her head suddenly, as if pierced with an arrow, and for a while was 'overcome with emotion. She soon re covered herself, however, and, wiping her eyes, and resuming her erect position, indicated that she was ready to hear the rest. She reads everything on the subject that comes within her reach, except the extracts from the New York Observer. "That paper," she said the other evening, with more excitement of manner than is usual with her, "I cannot abide. I can read all that the Southern papers say, and all that is said in the New York Herald, but I cannot bear to read anything from the New York Observer." Her husband's comments on Beecher's sermon afforded her much gratification. She laughed and cried over them alternately. They were "so characteristic," she said. From facts stated and remarks incidentally made by Mrs. Brown in conversati on , it is evident that entire harmony has prevailed in their large and diversified family circle. Mr. Brown's ascendancy over them all is very great, and in him they are bound together as an unit. They cherish his reli gious faith, and accord fully in his views of duty. The children all, from the eldest son down to the daughter of 16, have been ready to take their lives in hand, and brave any peril, if by so doing they could rescue the slave from his oppressor. Six of the family—the father and three sons, and two others connected with them by marriage—were among the party who led the forlorn hope at Har per's Ferry; and some who remained behind found it cost more self-denial to do so than was called for by those who went. Captain Brown, though born to command and bound to be obeyed, was a tender husband and a kind and gentle father, " When I have been ill," said Mrs. Brown, " he has always been nurse ; un less," she added, "he was compelled to be absent. For two weeks together he has sat up, night after night, just to keep alive the fire, fearing, if he were to lie down and go soundly to sleep, it would go out, and I should thereby take cold. Many and many a time has he bid me good-bye, hardly able to speak for his tears, saying that he might never see me again." Such.hasbeen the charact er o f C apta i n Brown, as seen in his domestic relations. His children, it appears, were, in this respect, essentially like him. ".The last time Watson went away," said Mrs. Brown " after he came out from taking leave of his wife, he sobbed so loud he could be heard in every part of the house. Their infant was only two weeks old, and you may suppose it was very hsrd for them to part under such circumstances." "And it was the same way," she added, " with Oliver and his wife, only that Oliver's grief was more quiet than Wat son's." Mrs. Drown representi her son Oliver as being a youth of more than common promise. "He was in advance of his years—a deep thinker—much like his father." When near Harper's Ferry, last sutu- 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 pouch, but 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 th e firing begin, and at th a t time I think the officers of my company were in the room It was im possible to say on 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 corresponded with the rest of the rifles. One rifle, however, was found loaded, and the other private, named Hatton, 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 Hatton'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 the 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, but was net 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 distinctly saw one man of the Tower Hathlets Militia fire across the square from the top gallery at the west end, though who that man was he could not say at all. mer, he was much impressed by certain tragic cir cumstances which there occurred, and he wrote home to his sister that he could not think of abandcning his work so long as such things were gping on. " If," said he, in that letter, " only one good action is done in a lifetime, it is enough to show that life is not altogether a failure." In the rearing of his family, Captain Brown had' great regard to their religious interests. His li brary consisted chiefly of the " Bible," "Baxter's Saints' Rest," " Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress," and " lloddridge's Rise and Progress of Religion in the Soul." The " Bible," with which his letters show him to be perfectly familiar, he was in the practice of reading "in course." as were his fathers before him. The custom of hearing the family, every Sunday afternoon, repeat the " Catechism," he did not keep up, regarding it as more burdensome than profitable ; but he substituted therefore the recita tion of the Ten Commandments. These, all the family, old and young, were required to repeat every Sunday as regularly as the day came round. "After which," sa id M rs . Brown, "he usually' talked to them; spealiing sometimes half an hour, sometimes two hours, just as he or they might, seem interested." Captain Brown inculcated a practical, not a formal or sentimental religion. " First pure, then peaceable," was his idea of Christianity. Love for God was to be shown by good will to men. In a letter written home, not long since, he requested that little Ellen, their youngest child, a girl of five . years, might be taught a certain couplet which all the rest had learned by heart, as they grew up. "But," said Mrs. Brown, "his request was not necessary, for Ellen had already learned it from the other children." The lines were these— " Count that day lost whose low descending. sun Views from thy hand no wor th y action done."' As an illustration of the practical character of the man, I am allowed to quote a passage from one of his late letters to his 'wife. It refers to a pro.; position which had been made by a kind friend to give the benefits of a more liberal education to two of his younger daughters : "Now, let me say a word about the effort to edu cate our daughters. lam no longer able to pro vide means of help towards that object, and it there.; fore becomes me not to dictate in the matter. I shall gratefully submit the direction of the whole thing to those whose generosity may lead them to undertake it in their behalf, while I give anew a little expression' of my own choice respecting it: You, my wife, perfectly well know that I have always expressed a decided preference for a very plain, but perfectly practical, education for both our sons and daughters. Ido not mean an education so very miserable as that you and I received in early life, When I say plain, but practi ca l, I mean enough of the learni ng o f the schools to enable them to transact the common business of life, together with that thorough t ra i n i ng i n goo d business habits which best prepares both men and women to be useful though poor, and to meet the stern realities of life with a good grace. You well know that I always claimed that the music of the broom, wash-tub, needle, spindle, loom, axe, scythe, hoe, flail, &c., should first be learned at all events, and that of the piano, &c., afterwards. I put them in that order as most conducive to health of body and mind; and . for obvious reasons that, after a life of some experience and much observation, I have found 10 women as well. as .10 men who have made 'their mark in life right, whose early training was of that plain, practical kind, to one who had a more popu lar and fashionable early training." The wives of Watson and Oliver, as well as the wife of Capt. Brown, were in the fullest sympathy with their husbands, and, from all that appears, have borne their parts with equal bravery and. heroism. Captain Brown incidentally bears testi mony to this, in part at least, when he says, as he does in one of his recent letters to his wife, " The sacrifice which yoteand I have made (underscoring the word you') 1 do not regard as at all too great. Mrs Brown speaks of her daughters-in-law—lsabella and Martha, the wives respectively of Watson and Oliver—in terms of warm commendation. From all this—and you . need not be assured that in these statements I have adhered as close as may be to simple verity—l think you will agree with me that Captain Brown, in the generosity and nobleness of his character, does not stand alone in his • family. He has a wife meet for such a husband, and• Children worthy of their father. THEATRE ROYAL - LYCEUM. Madame Celeste, in addition to the charming extrava ganza and pantomime with which she opened the Christ. mas season, and to the merits of which we paid due homage in our paper of 'Tuesday, last night introduced, for the first time, to a London audience, two distinguished Spanish dancers, the Dona Isabel Cubes and Don Juan Ximenes, who have recently been creating a perfect' furore on the continent, at Pesth, Turin, Vienna, Milan, Od essa , an d at the Sultan's Theatre at Constantinople. These accom plished artistes have just concluded an engagement at Odessa, and on their way to Paris were secured by Madame Celeste for a short engagement in London. The Senora was happily introduced in that scene of the extravaganza, where the agitated P a t er f am ili as (M r. R ouse), quite over come with " the difficulties of the situation," exclaims--' "My mind is weary of affairs 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— " Yolk. 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 I A perfect beauty I Form and face combined, Graceful as fawn that runs before the wind ! More fatal to the Moor would be the glances From hsr 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 danc ng emphatically belongs to the grandiose school, if we may use the expression, and has nothing in common with that petite elegance which rendered Perea Nona 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 fe'eli'ng. 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 bella 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 extravaianza. Too much praise cannot be bestowed on Mr. W.. 1% est, the very able stage manager, and on Mr. Loder, the chef d'orehestre, 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 leaves, 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 clever personation of Pater familias ; and Mr. Forest, as the Chamberlain, deserves more than a passing notice for the carefulness with which he renders his part, and delivers the linos 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 are said to be that young lady's natural characteristics. Let us hope not. Miss Julia St. George, as the Prince, leaves nothing to be de sired ; and we sincerely trust that the liberal and devoted energy of the management will meet with its well• merited reward in an overflowing treasury. THE OVERLAND INDIAN MAIL.—The Dover mail packet Prince Frederick William brought over the Indian mail from Calais yesterday afternoon, specially. She had 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. FULFILMENT OF A DREAM.—An inquest was held last evening at Sheffield, before Mr. Thomas Badger, coro ner, on the body, of Mr. Charles Holmes, button manufac turer, Clough-house-lane, who hail. been found drowned oi► Monday morning in the Lead-mill dam in that town. The deceased left his home on Saturday night in company with his wife; they walked through the town together, and about nine o'clock, at which time they were at the top of Union-street, he said to her " I'm going to leave thee here, Fanny." She said " Are you ?" and he re plied, " Yes, I want to see an old friend who is going to Birmingham on Monday, and he is to be here. She said to him, " Well, Charlie, don't stop long, because I do feel queer about that dream," and he replied, " Oh, don't say that; I'll just have a glass and then come home. Go and get the supper ready, and I'll come directly." She then left him. When he got into the house he was invited to drink with his friend, but he exhibited some reluctance, saying that on the night before his wife had dreamed that she saw him dead in a publichouse, and that she had dreamed a similar dream about a week before. Unfortu nately, however, he yielded to the temptation, got drunk, and did not leave the publichouse till after 12. He was accompanied part of the way home by his friend, and was never afterwards seen alive. Near his house are the Lead mill dams, and, in 'consequence of his not returning home, his wife felt convinced that he had fallen in and was drowned. A search was made, and on Thursday morning his body was found in the water, and was removed to the Royal Standard publichouse, where his with saw the body, and identified it as that of her husband. The jury re-• turned a verdict of " Found drowned," and recommended that an opening in the wall, near the dam, through which it is supposed he had fallen, should be built up,--Illanchea ter Guard,an,