The Sun. — London, England, 1860-12-28 00:00:00

DUTIES. Duties Reg [titles, Which of January, 3onsideratio n able to issue 'erence to the tlidation Act, r the Ist of rent rates of rit contained. is to be re 7oved by this ler 74, 186 0 , ascertaining id casks, and may be i!U regulations rtation be . al' r white woe , it calling on rate of duty unnecessary allowed to b e r to which it and, if afte.r -e allowed 01 be intended n each mark , , d by distills in which the ds eight, that in the same adopted when warehousing noted in the e importers or )nt either be muse, or cur' fficers will be Lay be sent to e business of mit, and the be liable will ss note in the rates of duty nder the fol . es containing Class B, for, rees of proo f less than 40 r wines cow spirits. isumption be :aching to the so recorded , warehousing charged with to its closet the merchant sr rate of duty sssed in the -note ; and . tested and ertained, pre: wine has not red, or vatted y the officer! n or removiu )ortation, the r importatio o t of Januar/ Iristol, Cher °stone, Goole, full, Ipswich , an, Plymouth/ Is, Shoreham► d, Swansea nonth, Abet• telfast, Cork, ion of testint mfined to the le, Glocesterf Southanir Board do Ila ;triction as 0 Pvill be liable Class C, and ► the officer. ngth thereof 'se the wine very for con' d upwards of, and charge d qSMISSION Of !o " TEsTINO by the me' peer, setting , marks, n nor h samples are on receipt 0e the necessari :Bence of 0 0 each import, id in cases 1 0 rk exceeds 8/ be sealed by nr other eon; der seals 0 to the nearest lerstood that eonvegieot , )ort. r post to till Co return O. tin therel win g e should st the testing I, cases, Btc't , orne by the ned free 01 sent. . _ -- ---- delivered to insmitted to several out' lireetions to tiler parties i the regulv Northerly; heavy fall of nived--Aonv Matanzas ; xrived—Celt, on the 21/C Phoenix, for les, for Gib- )d—Johannst ved—Edivilit rived—Adau l Tosepha, Or, (brig► from Boned on the state; ere * : trrived her' Morning• ersey ; Ata' ibon ; Wop v ; Massilia , Carentan. :IPH. Morning• Groningen ; from Gr°' .osepore, for Morning• ORT. ; fine ull .W.; frost ync, E• ; ; clear and It ; frog,' ; frost .E.;cletic l 9 frosty unsettle ( ' ; frost Y [wady ~ r og gy,ritu. gY 111°N -EY IVARKET AND CITY NEWS. CITY, Two o'CLocK. The Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets have b een closed during the past week for the Christmas holiday s. In private channels the transact i ons have been only for immediate requirements, and no Shan :‘ e of importance can be reported in the rates 41 2-'ent for the principal staples. The Public sales °): tea are an nounce d t o commence on the 2d of 1 a „,, tin ary, when a rather large quantity will be o bas fo r pu bli c compe titi on . Th e t a ll o w market u l : tB v retnained very quiet, and the quotations for C : C., on the spot, are 605., and for Spring " 791 7 608. to 60s. 3d. per cwt. co eontinued ac ti v ity p reva iled in the Liverpool ton Market yesterday, and the prices of some descr iptions exhibited a further advance of id. per lb , The sales were 15,000 bales. T here were no bullion operations of public Interest at the Bank of England yesterday. dividend of X 2 10s. per share, free of income tax, Was d ec l are d a t th o mee ti ng o f the Canada c t i llanY yesterday. John creditors of Mr. H. Bateman, a timber Ine l'ehant, at a meeting yesterday, agreed to an 4A bornment, to enable them to obtain the opinion e ' c ounsel with regard to the question of partner. 4111 1) With Mr. Browning, and in the meantime 4111tngements will be made for liquidating the Nate under inspection. t There i s s till an ac ti ve demand for money at full rates, 5 per cent. being the lowest quotations, at "uieh business is now transacted in the open ma rket. Owing, however, to a plentiful supply capital the mercantile classes are enabled to l ec ere ample accommodation at the current rates. ; 4118 are in increased request at the Stock Exc hange, and the terms have advanced to 51 ' n ci 6 per cent. thelimited amount of business has been transacted ' 14 7 in the market for Public Securities, and ` quotations have exhibited continued heaviness, alt hough tb cmgh no further variation has taken place, 'Consols being 921 2. The New Threes are flat at De bentures to the Reduced are steady at 921 ; India e eentures 961 ; and Exchequer Bills 4s. dis. par. Business in the Foreign Stock Market contin nes 'P r quiet, and prices are without alteration. T urkish 6 per Cents. are 701 to 71 ; ditto New 57 t o 67 1 ; Mexican have receded to 211, and Spanish ° 6O- 1 ; Russian 41 per Cents. are 9 5 1; Buenos 8g:" 6 per Cents. 96k, and Brazilian 4-1 per Cents. i. Messrs. D. Bell, Son, and Co., report the prices of Anlerican Securities as follows : 11104 W _, Redeemable. Prices b—,, U states 6 per Cents 1 67-1868 V. 6 per Cent Bonds I)„ lult ucky 6 per Cent. Bonds lB6B-72 Sylvania 6 per Ct. Bonds 18 77 goeis Central 7 per Cent. V i llois Central 6 per Cent. 1875 11 1 % 4 Yares 80 dole. paid le4 tgan Central 8 per Cent V. do. shares . evf York Central 6 per Ct., va.ot convertible ' 4lo7 York Central 7 per Ct., eo nvertible, from June 15, ~,857.59 *so. 8 d o. shares *lv Y or k an d E r ie, 7 per Ct., Ist mortgage V. de., 2d mortgage do., 3d mortgage Vo• do. con ver tible r . do. sh ares 'llama 7 per Ct., Ist mort • b ' s ate Str. Bonds, not cony.. 13' 10 1 2d do eunsylvania Central 6 per Ct., Ist mortgage 90 92 91 92 83 85 86 87 86 87 291 281 dis 88 90 45 50 1869 1883 1864 1867 1859 1883 1862 39 40 1865 100 102 1872 ;_99 101 1880 91 92 Dealings in the Railway Share Market have not very extensive, and prices have shown rather less firmness. Caledonians, Great Westerns, Lan !ltshire and Yorkshire, Manchester, Sheffield, and -11 1coln, Midlands, North British, and South '4etern have each declined ss. • The Foreign Market remained exceedingly dull; A ntwerp and Rotterdam brought 54 ; and Recife and Francisco, 91. In the Colonial undertakings there was not mach 'variation. Grand Trunk of Canada remained De ady at 24 ; East Indian ex div. brought 981; and Great Indian Peninsula ex div., 96. • hint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares Irr► ere negl ec t e d. Oriental Bank, Union of Aus lralia, and Oriental Inland Steam realised previous BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. 3 NPer Cent. Reduced Annuities 9 21 1 1 eW 3 per Cent. Annuities In dia Stock Ditto Debentures, 1858 b. Ditto 1859 96 1 ( tto Bonds £l,OOO ,„ ) itto under £l,000 `i_oasole for Account, Jan. 10 ‘ m clia Stock for Account b Ditto 5 per Cent. for Account lOl 3 /4 `‘Xeheque r Bills, £l,OOO, ila FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK 1311 ailian 5 per Cent t uitto 41 per Cent. 1860 B6l li tenos Ayres, 6 per Cent. 961 ii t e lican 8 per Cent .. 21,1 assian 5 per Cent. 1822, £ St — Ditto 41 per Cent. S panish 3 per Cent '"Arkish 6 per Cent 7ot Dividends on the above payable in London. TWO O'CLOCK. Consols for Account, ex div. 9 2 3 /4 f The Nationalites of Turin of the 23d sa y s : field has been very intense for some days past , and this :ttc , c morning the thermometer fell to 13 deg. centigrade below stc t ero (about 7 deg. 25 min. Fahr.) stc Tho Belgian Government has just accorded a st( age gold medal to Mme. Von Oltefen de Silva, a cele. :4 rated Dutch tragio actress, in acknowledgment of her st( having performed at Brussels in the course of the national at! fetes of September. SNOW-BALLING.—Four young men were yester day fined by the magistrate at Bow-street Police-court et, terns varying from ss. to 205., for assaulting the police in k James's-park. GAs EXPLOSION.—A fearful explosion of gas t Lok place on Wednesday, at the Glasgow and South- Western Railway station, Bridge-street, Glasgow. The booking -office was completely destroyed. No lives were 'I lost, b u t some persons were seriously injured. st THE LATE ACCIDENT ON THE EASTERN COUN TIES Riinvey.—The further hearing of the case " Stokes v. the Eastern Counties Railway," was resumed this Morning before the Lord Chief Justice, in the Court of etc Queen's Bench, Guildhall, and was p roceedin g when we etc Went to press. stc A 'somewhat singular fact is mentioned in the etc Russian journals : several ladies regularly attend the t lrctures of professors of the university of St. Petersburg, st d and take notes like students. std The South-Eastern Gazette states that in a neigh- at' houring county a clergyman told a mother th at all unbap- Used children "become hobgoblins after death," and are not permitted to go to heaven. The same paper states that at Elham a clergyman refused to read the Burial Service over a child that had not been baptised, and would net even Permit it to be buried in the churchyard till after dark. PROFITS OV THE DOCK WAREHOUSE SYSTEM AT LIVERPOOL.—The profitsfrom the warehouses built by the Mersey Dock Board around the Albert, Wapping - and Stanley Docks, have ,during the past year amounted to the sum of £22,200, which has been passed to the credit of the General Dock Estate account. GANG OF COINERS CAUGHT.—On Saturday evening, as detectives Brown and Thomson were passing along Gallowgate, they observed Wm. Smith, a "landshark," Who is well-known among his thievish associates under the cognomen of " Sulphur Joe," in company with another ques tionable looking fellow. Suspecting that Smith might have something upon him which belonged to some other body, they adroitly took him into a close unobserved by his com panion, who doubtless wondered where he had gone. On searching Smith's pockets they found eight counterfeit florins upon him, and accordingly at once sent him to the nearest police station. The detectives then lost no time in visiting Smith's house, at 122, Gallowgate, and there they found a complete set of coining apparatus, of the newest and most scientific kind, which had apparently been re cently in use. Among the apparatus were two galvanic batteries, bottles of acid, &e., and which, doubtless, had been in requisition to electro-plate the coins after being cast. The detectives had just finished a complete overhaul of the house when the other man entered, and owned that the apparatus found belonged to him. He was, of course, then taken into custody, along with Smith's Wife; and the three prisoners were on Monday remitted to the sheriff for examination. The second man is unknown to the Glasgow police; but he seems an old thief. He gave the name of John Thomson, remarking that that was only one of his names, and the name that he had generally seen in the newspapers referring to him. He is an Englishman about 40 year of age, dark complexion, and stout made. The & m i ns are good imitations of the genuine coin, and any One who has recently received counterfeit florins ought to communicate with the authorities in South :Albion treet. SHARE 31ARKET.-(711IS DAY.) MARY SITAttES AND STOCKS. 50 ;Bell ast and Ballymena 1:.14 Fir., %Vol , and Str. Val. dock ; Birk., La., and June 25 Blacburn 25 Blyth and Tyne 10 Rost. Sleaf. and Mid.Co 1 ,01:. !Bristol and Exeter , ek ICaledonian lU le,,l.Larthen &Cardigan 60 COI k and Itandcu 20 Cork, Blrock., ,(:Passage 20 Cornwall 10 Do B A , •et sno div. 10 r)() A perm ' r ha sbeen d. toll 50 Dublin it Belfast. June. 25 Dun., Perth, &Ab. June. ock East AnEr,lian.. „.. 3ck Eastern Counties pck Eastern Union, A stocks -.opt Do do P. do 25 Do Nw A. late EU3ds ock East Suffolk ock ,Edinburgh & Glasgow ock lEdin. Perth, (tz Dundee 0 Forth & Clyde Junction >ck Furness .... Ick Glasg. and S. Western .0 Great Nthn. of Scotland >ck Great Northern >ck Do do A stock )ck Do do B do >ek Ct. S. k W. of Ireland )ck Great Western ... •• • >ck Do Str Val gua. stock 12 Irish South-eastern )ck T,aneashire & Yorkshire >ck London and Blackwall >ck Lon., Briaht.. &S Coast )ck Lond., Chat., and Dover, )ck Lond. &Nth. Western )ck Lond. & •;th. Western 5 L'derry & n E Co nisKillen leraine . L'derry )ck Man. Shet. & Lincoln i 0 Maryport and Carlisle [25 Do do 3 shares [0 Metropolitan >ck Midland 1.0. Do new.... )ck Do tiirming. & Derby i 0 Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland 5 Do 5 shares.. 5 Mid Kent ...... [0 Do, Cray Line 10 Newcastle and Carlisle 0 Newry & Armagh, def. Newry, Warnpt. & Roe. )ck Norfolk Nthn. Counties Union.. )ck North British •••• )ck Nor.Dev.Rail&Dk.sto ,,k ck D , A stk ; A recs no d. until 6pchas beenpd.B )ck Do B stock Ick Nth. Eastern—Berwick 5 Do do , d.N.E. purchase )ck Do Leeds )ck Do York ,ck. North London 10 Do new .18.4 North Staffordshire 10 N. and S. W. Junction 12 Not. & Grantham Rail 10 Trebles • . •• • Portsmouth 10 Rhymney .... •-.•• • • • • • ock Scottish Central ock Scot N. E., Aber. stock ;ock Do Scot. ➢lid. stock ock Shropshire Union 10 Sittingbourne & Sheer. ock South Devon .... • • • • • • ;ock South Eastern • • ;ock South Wales • • ;ock S. York. and River Dun 20 Staines, Wok,. and Wok 25 Stockton & Darlington 25 Do do ock Taff Vale .. • • • • .. • • • • • • pek Do Pref. No 1 :5 ThamesHavenDlaital JO Ulster .. • 25 Do .. )ck Cale of Neath [3 V.ictoria Sta. and Pim )cic Waterford & Kilkenny )0 Waterford & Limerick !o West Cornwall ...• •• •• !o West London—. •• .• • • tO Do Ist class . - l 0 Do 2.1 class .. .• •• •• )ck West-Hartlepool Harbr and Rail ..... • !lc West 3Hdland—Oxford' Do. Newport Do. Hereford p a i d !' Closing i Business Railways. i • Pric. Done. t and Ballymena ^ all I ITol , and Str. Val. all 81 81 La., and Ch June lOO 81 83 )urn and Tyne all ileaf. and Mid.Co all I 65 7 1 and Exeter mian 01 Len &Cardigan all nd Bandon all lilrock., .t-Passage all I - all (A gets no div I all until 6 peran all ' b a sbeen d. toll & Belfast. June. all Perth, &Ab..lunc all 8 85 Anglian lOO 165 174 al Counties lOO 535 545 .11 Union, A stock 100 37 39 do P. do 100 26 28 gw A. late EU3ds. 135 luffolk & Glasgow 100 87 89 Perth, & Dundee 100 29 295 to Clyde Junction all I 100 . and S. Western 100 116 118 Nthn. of Scotland all Northern lOO ;111 112 111 to A stock I 0 B do kW. of Ireland 100 111 113 Western 100 741 754 74 1 I Str Val gua. stock 100 61 64 South-eastern all L shire & Yorkshire 100 1204 1201 119; 20 m and Blackwalli 100 62 64 Bright.. &S Coast I 100 117 119 , Chat., and Doverl 100 51 53 515 &Nth. Western 100 1011 . 1024 1025 & •;th. Western lO6 95 96 96 ry & Coleraine r y & Ennisiollen all 810 Shet. & 100 55 56 56 4 I Dort and Carlisle all do 3 shares a l l —Z4d ,politan 35 nd . new.... virming. & Derby 100 108 110 71 . . W. of Ireland all 5 shares — all :ent ...... C;ay .... tstle and Carlisle all - r & Armagh, def 9 7 6 d Warnpt. & Roe all lk lOO 55 57 Counties Union 35 —— d British . 100 655 66 65 1 ,ev.Rail&Dk.stoc l, 100 stir ; A recs no d. 1 apchas beenpd.B 100 11 stock „. • • .... 100 Eastern—Berwick 100 108 1055 , purchase 16134 P 41 3 . ads lOO 64 4.5 100 941 954 994 London new 5 St a ffordshire 175 2 25 A.: S. W. Junction all 9 al ;Grantham Rail ll ' 8 84 85 mouth ney •- ...... all sh Central g. E., Aber. stock 100 34 345 ;cot. Mid. stock lOO 87 89 shire Union 100 50 52 gbourne & Sheer. all 6 7 Devon •• . 100 425 435 Eastern 100 875 88 Wales .... lOO 62 64 k. and River Dun 100 78 80 .s, Wok,. and Wok all 6 8 :on & Darlington all 425 435 do ll 11 115 p 'ale ~. • • ........ 100 Pref. No 1 lOO esllavenDk&Rail 22 •• ali 551 561 2 2 2 p d a p 414'eaill 'la Sta. and Pim all I 111 In 'lord & Kilkenny 100 , 'ford & Limerick all C0rnwa11......., all 6 65 London.... • • let class 14t class; ~ iart.lepoolllarbr Rail .. ... . . 100 Midland —Orford 100 40 151. no. Newport 100 43 45 Ti,. Hereford 100 .83 85 F ?SE PREFEREN CE SHARES. Closing Business Share Railways. Price. Done. 25 Blythe and Tyne 10 per 1 c. pref. (issued at £5O l ctk IBris. & Exet.4 p.ct.stock 20 !Do. do. do. Shares ..., :ock Caledon £lO, 45 per cent ;ock Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. 61 Cork ,& Bandon, 51 p. c. 2$ Cornwall. 5 per cent... 61 Dun.Perth&Aber.Jun.. ,ock E.Angn.Class A 7 &sp.c. ,ock Do. do. Class B 6 p.c.... ,ock Do. do. Class C 7 p.c.... ock E. Coun. EL sp. c. No. 1 ock Do. do. No. 2 ock Do. New 6 pet ct. stock. ock , Eastern Union, 4 per et ock Do. 5 per cent. guar... ock Edin.&Glas. sp.c. shares ock Do. 4p. c gua. S. &D. ock ' Edin. Perth& Dun. 4 p.c. ock IFurness, 5 per cent .... ock Glas.& S. West.g.a. 5 p.c. ock(Great Northern, 5 p. ct. ock IDo.sp.e.Redm., 10 p.c.pm ock Do. 45 p. c. do. do. 00 Do. sp.c. Bedm. 5 p.c. pm 10 Gt. Nh. of Scotld. let pf. ockGt• Sn' & W (Treland)4 ' p. et. pref. stock 50 'Great West. (Berks and I Hants) Ext. sp. ct ock to. Redeemable, 41 p.e.t. ock Do. Redeemable. 4p. ct. ock ,Do Irredeemable, do ock I Do. 5 p.ct. Redeem. Pref. 8 Do. Birm. Pref. Shares. 10 (3t. W. Ches. 8 p.c. pf.sh. 10 Do. do. 6p. et. pref ock iDo Birmg.guar. stock 26i 'Do. Chester gua. shares 131 Do. do. do. 20 Do. do. do. ock Lan.&York 6p. c. stock ock Do.Barnsl.st.£s 3s 10d pc ock Do. 6 per C. (E. Lan.) ock , Lon. & Brig. 5 pc.gn. No 1 ock IDo. 5 p. c No. 2 ock I Do. gua. 6 p. c. ock Do. do. 5 p. c. No. 4 ock Do. do. 41 per cen... 5 j Do. do. 41 p. c. shares ock IDo. 7 p. ct. Pref. stock ock I Do. 6p.c, do. (W.E.&C.P ) ock I Do.4p.c.S,(div,defltil '65) ock Lon. Chat, and Dover ock Lon. and N.W. Coy, and Nuneaton, 5 p. et.— , ock Lon. & S.W, 7p. ct. stoc ock Do. 40 per cent . 6d. Do. (Prtsm. perpl anus. of 2s. 6 d .............. 125 Londondy. & Cole. 5 sh. 125 Londony. & Ennis. 5 sh. ock Man. Sh. &Lin. 6 per ct. 6 Do. £6 ck Do. 3% per cent ..... .... 10 Do. redeem. 6 per cent.. 12 ;Tarynort & Car., 4p. c. 25 Do. 41 per cent ck Mid. Con. 6 p. c. stock wck Do.Con.Bris. & Bir. 6 p.c. )ck Do. 4% p. c. pref. stock 6 Do. with option till 1860 ck , Do. Leic. & Mt. pref. et., ck INorilk 5 p. c. Ex. st. 18461 ick i)o. 55 p. c. Pref. do. 18471 ick Do.sViray.Val.Ex.st.lB47 ick 'North British, 5 p. e .)ck ' Do. New, gua. 5 p. 0 101 Do. Bor. Un. g. pf. shs 10 ' Do. do. do. oak Nth. D ev. Rail. &Dck.Co. ck N-East.Cons.Pref. 4p. c., ock Do. Berwick, 4 p.c. Pref.' 17 Do. do. d 0............ 1 20 Do. Leeds, 6p. a. No. 1' 125 Do. do. Quarters, 1848.. 25 Do. York, •.& S. Punch. 20 North Staffordshire.... 10 Rhymney Guarantee 8% Scottish Central, new p ock Scottish North-Easter 35 p. c. pref. stock.... ock Do.Aberdeen,gua.6p. ock Do. 7p. a. pref. stoc 10s, South Devon, Ann. 105. 10 Do. Fixed 41 per cent ,0.6 South Eastern (Readin Ann., 1.0.6) DC* Do. 45 per cent )ck Do. Fixed lip.c. Ist is )ak south Wales, gua. 4 p.o )ek Do. 45 per cent. )ck S.-Yorkshire, 4p. c. gua. 15 Stock. & Par. Asp. s , 5 Do. B 6 per cent 5 Do. C 6 per cent ck Watrf d & Kilkny, 6 p. c. ck W.Mid -Oxf Ist Gua stk !Ic Do. 2d do dc Do.Ncwport 5 p.c.pf.r stock Do.Perpet. 6p. c. pf 188 stock Do. till 1869, let is. 125 Do. do. 2d is. 98 98 [Ol 103 all }lOO zei 21i 6 6} 99 101 [ll 113 [O6 108 110 112 108 110 [24 126 80 82 137 139 101 103 95 96 112 113 109 111 ; lir. lgg 100 93 95 102 104 P ip 100 100 100 all all P iP 23 24 122 124 130 133 10 11 23 1 24i 101 103 101 103 00 92 99 101 85 88 27 i 2 8 1 2i 33 1 32i 331 41 48 124 126 123 125 100 102 1 123 126 'll6 119 100 1 7i 2251 [l2 114 90 92 .17 119 12 114 [O4 106 86 88 98 100 [OO IC2 91 93 92 94 103 105 9, 10 17i 18i 194 11 76 78 20 tl 10 104 151 151 137 139 16 118 [l6 118 38 143 [l6 118 [O3 105 53 156 [3O 134 69 71 90 92 116 118 150 155 13 14 70 72 P stocl stool LINES LEASED AT FIXED RE Railways, Redtbrd and Bletchley , Bsckingliamshire Chester & Holyhead.. Do. do. 54 per cent. Do. do. 5 per cent., Clydesdale Junction.., Colc h e ster, Stour Val.; E. Lincol nshire,e%6 p.c. Harwich Shs Do. Woodbridge ... Gls.Barr.& Neils,Drct. Do. New • • • • • • •• • • Gloser& Dean Forest Harttlpool.Dck.& nal 1.1 Hull and Selby • • • • • • LLMNDD: D oog uoinndr. o .ct.d,FaihTß3 ri.rxi S .Ca6b: l daty - l apel itr a . eol r ar. rdegsdssetstoeinanu. Prefer ence. pp . . de. D Nm o D ea . w il m " London & Greenwich .B ar u k x t. t ry - IN E I Lowestoft, v,ua. 4 p.ct. Do. 6 per cent 5 per cent. Stock....._ .rie Preference . North Western ...... all 'Ea DirW" 100 I.n &NAV 98 100 100 Do. 100 Do. 125 127 100 Do. ll3 115 100 Icaledonin 102 104 all , E.IJAH C 16 17 100 iGt.North. 135 137 all lE.Counts. 44 44 100 100 ;01,1edonin Do. Gt. West. ,Yk.N.itzßr Yk.N. 111 d ;DO. all O. 100 RAI& N•W 100 East 100 o 100 .Peto St Co 100 Norfolk f kD 00 all , L Midland NW StM 100 5. 5 6 E.Cou nts all all Po all Do. . all Midland all LSt NW & L y k. all Do. 100 IGt.Nortli. 100 T.Brassey , 1 all M'Clean.. 100 Gt. West. all L.& Bmtn MUM,- Preston and Wyre. Do. Stares .......A. Roystn.ilitch., &Shep Skrewsbry&lierefordl Do. _ Do. Sonib Staffordshire Wilts and Somerset.. Wimbledon Croydn. Share Docks. Paid, 31 31 98 100 iP 55 57 15 15i 1 135 137 105 107 \lot 11t , 93 95 n €losing Price. stock Conunercial stock , Do. 4 per Cent.Pret.3lin lOO stock East and West India stock London lOO stock St. Katharine. stock 4e,outliampton i 100 stock Wietoria . 20 IDQ 4 Diff , ..Is ....),•43se I 3 i i .TALS. Paid. Leasing I Closinc , Business Co.'s. Price. Done. Business Done. `'"' 160 THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 28, 1860. POLICE INIELLIGENCE—(This Day). MARLBOROUGH-STREET. INTIMIDATING A PTtOSECUTRIX.—Francis Jones, 6, Cooper's-court, Conduit-street, was charged with assault ing Marie Delille, the keeper of a tobacconist's shop in Francis-street, and who it may be remembered appeared at this court a short time since, charging a man named Pierre Maison, with stabbing her, the man now undergoing a twelvemonth's imprisonment for the offence. - - The complainant said the prisoner called on her yester day, and told her servant he wanted to see her, but being engaged she told her servant not to give him some rum he asked for, but to give him a cigar. The prisoner then left, but afterwards returned and said, " You must not go against Alice," that being the name of a female he had a summons against, and which was to be heard that day. He then seized her by her garments, tearing them off, and flinging her into the road. She did not care for the damage, but wanted protection. The prisoner said it was all made up, so that he should not appear for the Scotchwoman (Alice). The case having been proved, Mr. Tyrwhitt fined the prisoner 10s. for the assault, and said if he wished to appear he should not be disappointed, for if he did not pay the fine he should not be sent away till the latter part of the day. SHOP ROBBERY.—John James, a young man, was charged with stealing a portmanteau of the value of £3los, from the shop of Mr. Barrett, trunk-maker, 184, Oxford street. The case was proved by a young man named Taylor, the prosecutor's fOreman, and Sergeant White, D division, and the prisoner, who pleaded hunger, was committed for three months, with hard labour. ' THE MAILS. MAILS DUE. TUE WE IN THE PRO VINE'S. The severity of the weather during the last day or two has been even greater in the provinces than in London, and the railway traffic of the country has been much impeded by the heavy falls of snow which have almost generally taken place. Yesterday Mr. Bokenham, the controller of the circulation department of the Post-office service, reported, for the special information of the public, that 68 of the mail bags from the neighbourhood of Gloucester, Leominster, .Worcester, had not arrived up to 11 o'clock at the offices in St. Martin's-le-Grand, though due in the ordinary course at 5 a.m. The severity of the snowstorm appears to have been chiefly felt in the West of England, but in the northern and eastern counties the mail guards report it to have been heavy, and several of them were delayed yesterday morning in consequence. On the various railway . lines throughout the kingdom, the frost, and, in many places, heavy fogs in addition, have caused serious inconvenience ' to railway passengers in the way of detention of several hours beyond the accustomed periods of arrival and departure. In some quarters, in the neighbourhood of Manchester, the snow storm raged with such severity, accompanied with such a sharp frost, that the wheels of the engines would not " bite," and very slow progress was made, even aided by the process of s , an lug./While the latter work would be in operation, the feed pipes of the engine would suddenly freeze, and no supply of water would be obtainable until they 'were thawed. This occurred on Christmas.. day to many of the engines working on the lines which run into Manchester. The g ag _ pipes at the Victoria, Salford, and other stations froze on Christmas evening, and several hours elapsed before the lamps could be lighted. To add to the discomforts experienced at the Salford (New Bailey) station, the water pipes belonging to the closets burst on Wdenesday afternoon, flooded the waiting rooms, and percolated through the ceiling into the booking-office. On the Lancaster and Carlisle line an accident, not of a very serious nature, occurred in the course of Wednesday afternoon. Two of the wheels belonging to one of the carriages came off, and this caused the delay of all the trains arriving from the north for more than two hours. The passengers, as might be expected', were severely shaken, but we believe no bones were broken. An ac cident of a more serious nature, attended with fatal results, occurred on Wednesday evening, on the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway at Windsor bridge. Every Wednesday additional assistance is required at this station to manage the loading and unloading of the cattle. One of the porters so engaged was a man named Joseph Barber, who was stationed at the New Bailey station, and who had been in the habit of assisting at the Wind sor-bridge station on the Wednesday for more than ten years. Just as the deceased was finishing work for the day, he was knocked down and run over by several carriages belonging to the Black burn express. The poor fellow was brought to Manchester and taken to the infirmary, where he died half an hour after his arrival. He was found to have suffered a compound fracture of the left leg; his left hand was also crushed, and he was very much bruised about the body. He was a valued servant of the company, and leaves a wife and two children to mourn his untimely end. In Manchester and its neighbourhood the greatest inconvenience has been experienced in consequence of the freezing of the water in the meters, and the freezing also of the water pipes. The fall of snow in the neighbourhood of Salis bury and throughout South Wilts, and parts of Hampshire, has been very heavy. It commenced about six o'clock on Wednesday evening and con tinued during the whole of yesterday almost with out intermission, the wind blowing sharply all the time. Many of the roads are utterly impassable, and the only open railway communication with London, by the South Western, is via Bishopstoke. The Basingstoke and Andover line is completely blocked up in a cutting about a mile and a half to the west of Grately, and at the time our parcel was despatched a luggage train and a passenger train were embedded in the snow, which was upwards of 10 feet deep. From Southampton we learn that a heavy snow storm came on on Wednesday night, and with a few hours' intermission, continued yesterday. Early yesterday morning Chatham and the sur rounding country was visited by one of the heaviest falls of snow which has been experienced for several years past. The air during the whole of yesterday was exceedingly cold, the thermometer standing at 28 degrees, giving 4 degrees of frost. (From the Scotsman.) EDINBURGH.—The intense cold continues, with but slight symptoms of abatement. the ice on the lochs around Arthur's Seat is, on the average, between five and six inches thick, and is covered day after day with multitudes of skaters, curlers, and promenaders. The streets continue as mush blocked up as ever, and the intensity of the cold is manifested in the circumstance that the cart tracks in the middle of the streets are filled with pul verised snow and ice, as dry and incohesive as fine sand. A good deal of inconvenience and annoyance has been felt in various quarters of the city from the freezing of the water.pipes or cisterns, and still more from the freezing of gas-meters or of water lodged in the gas-pipes. In the house of a gen tleman in Inverleith-row the thermometer stood yesterday morning at 4 deg. above zero. In another house at Granton, with a northern ex posure, the mercury during Tuesday night, or early yesterday morning reached 3 deg. below zero and a number of sodawater bottles in the house were broken by the freezing of their contents. The Admiralty thermometer, placed in an exposed situation at Newhaven for the use of the fishermen, and which reads to 10 deg below zero, is reported to have on several occasions within the last three days reached its minimum point. On Monday last, which was the coldest day we have had for many years, a thermometer belonging to Messrs. Cowan, at Penicuik, marked the extraordinary depth of 14 deg below zero • and at a gentleman's house a few miles west of Linlithgow the mercury fell during the same morning to 11 deg below zero. Generally speaking, however, the temperature in the city has been much milder. The lowest point registered by Messrs. Adie and Son in an exposed situation behind their premises in Princes-street during Tuesday night was 8 deg above zero, and during yesterday the mercury rose from 16 to 25 deg. The following register, showing the daily maximum and minimum reached by the thermometer since the present snow storm and severe weather com menced has been kindly furnished to us by the officers of the Ordnance Survey. The thermome ters are fixed outside windows having an eastern exposure, but are protected by being placed in wooden boxes; the observations were taken every morning at half-past 9 o'clock, and embrace the previous 24 hours : December. Maximum: Minimum. Tuesday, 18 .. 39 .. 31 2 Wednesday, 19 36 1 .. 28 Thursday, 20 .. 37 7 .. 30 Friday, 21 .. 35 0 .. 28 5 Saturday, 22 .. 35 7 .. 25 6 Sunday, 23 .. 32 5 .. 27 • Monday, 24 .. 29 4 .. 11 Tuesday, 25 .. 21 2 .. 11 6 Wednesday, 26 .. .. 24 7 .. 13 Last night the air was considerably milder than,l for some days previous, and though the dense fog) which overhung the city during the day had almost entirely disappeared, there were evident signs of a relaxation of the temperature. Writing on Tuesday, from Nenthorne-house, by Kelso, Mr. F. Lewis Roy, younger, says :—" Your paper of to-day mentions the thermometer being 4 deg below zero. Yesterday morning, at 6, it was 5,-1 deg below zero here. During the day it never rose higher than 8 above zero, and that only for a very short time, and soon fell to 2 deg below zero. ' To-night (11 p.m.) it stands at 3 deg above zero." GLASGOW.—Yesterday morning was excessively frosty, there being little, if any, abatement of the cold. The fog, too, was for a considerable time quite as dense as on the previous day, when it was thicker than it had been experienced for many years. Shortly after noon, however, an agreeable change took place. In a few moments the fog dis appeared, and the thermometer rose considerably. The snow on the ground has lost its crispness which characterized it during the three' previous days, and last night was a fine specimen of a good winter evening—a clear atmosphere, beautiful moonlight, and a moderate.degree of frost. . Australia, Ceylon, and Mauritius (via South ampton) • • • • .• • • • • Jan . 18 . Do. (via Marseilles) Jan. 12. Brazil and Cape Verds Jan.l4. Buenos Ayres, Monte Video, &c. Dec. —. Bahamas and Havana (via New York) Cuba and Mexico .. Dec. 29 Canada, &c. (via Galway) .. Dec. —. Cape of Good Hope, &c. .. Jan. 1. China, Penang, and Singapore (via S'ampton) Jan. 2. Do (via Marseilles) Dec. 27 Gibraltar (via Southampton) .. • .. Dec. 25 India(Calcutta), Ceylon, &c. (via Southampton) Jan. 2. Do. (via Marseilles) Dec. 27. India (Bombay), (via Southampton) .. Dec. 25. Do. (via Marseilles) .. Jan. 4. Lisbon .. .. • • • • .. Dec. 21 Malta, Egypt, and Aden (via Southampton) .. Dec. 25. Do. (via Marseilles) Jan. 4. Vigo, and Oporto .. Overdue. United States, California, &c. Dec. 26. Western Coast of Africa, Madeira, Teneriffe Jan. 10. Weet Indica and Pacific, Carthagena, Cuba, b. Dec, 29, JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 00 tAg - ra&UnitedService Bk 40 'Australasia.. 25 'Bank of Egypt 100 IBenk of London 20 'Bank of Turkey 50 British North American 20 'Chtd.Bank of India, &c. 25 'CILMer. of In. Lon.& Ch 100 'City 100 Colonial ........ ...... 201.1 Corn. Bank of Canada 100 'Commercial of London 20 Eng., Scot., & Aus. Ch ' 20 Gen. Bk .of Switzerland 20 Won. Char.Bkof Austral 50 ,London and County 50 London Joint Stock ti 50 1 all 1 all London ..ts Westminster] 'Nat. Prov. of England Do, new National !New South Wales iDo. new Orient. B. Corporation ',Ottoman Bank Provincial of Ireland . Do. new !South Australia Union of Australia . Union of London ... ;Unity Mutua1........ .. 71 73 21 22 50 62 14 1 57 59 224 23 34 36 70 72 39 41 21 22 151 161 251 26 !OLONIAL GOVER Can. Gov. 6 p.c.Ja. &July Do. 6p. cent. 1879 Do. 6p. cent. 1880 Do. 6p. cent. 1882 Do. (3 p. c. Feb. & Aug. Do. 6 p. c. Mar. & Sept. Do. 5 per cent Do. Scrip N.B.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July Do. 6p. c. Ap. & Oct. IN. S. W. Gov. 5 p. e., 1866' Do. 5 p. c., 1871 to 1876 I Do. 5 p.c.,1888 & upwds Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p. c sterling, 1875 S.Aus.Gt. 6 p.c.1878 & up Vic. Gov. 6p.c. Ja.&July Do. do. 6p.c. Ap.&Oct. MISCELLANE 1000 stock stock stock stock stock 10 stock 50 50 20 Anglo-Mexican Mint 1 Atlantic Tel. (Limited) Australian Agricultural Berlin Water (Limited) British American Land B.& I.Mag. Tel. A. (Lim.); Do. 8,7p.c.t1111852 (Lim.) Do. C. (Limited) Canada Land Chan.lslands Tel. (Lim )I Cop.Min.ofEng.&Stnitg Do. Pref. 7 per cent Crystal Palace , Do. Preference 6 p : c. Pei pet. Deben Electric Telegraph Do. New English & Aus. Copper Gen. Steam Navigati Great Ship Do. 177 p ct Preference Lon. District Tel. (Lim.) London Discount (Lim.) L.G. Omnibus Co. (Lim.)i Madras Irr. and Canal Mediter. Electric Teleg Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim ) (National Dis. Co. (Lim Nerbu.Coal&lron (Lim Netherlands Land Do.B p.c.Pref..iss.atl dis N.Br.&NovaScotiaLan N.B.Australasian (Lim.) Oriental Gas (Limited). Do. New Shares (Lim.). Orintl.ln.Steam(Lim.)A Ditto B. Ditto C Peelß.Lnd.&Min.(Lim.) Pen. & Oriental Steam . Do. New R edSea& In d.TeL g.4ip.e Rhymney Iron Do. New 100 Royal Mail Steam stock) Scot. Austin. Inv. (Lim ), 25 6.outh Australian Land , 1 rSubmarine TeL Scrip 1 Do. do. Registered 10 Do. 20 Tr. h Ln. Co.of Upr.Can. 10C: Van Diemen's Land 100 all all all all 'OSS. BRITISH are Railways. Atlantic & St Lawrence Bom.,Baroda&.Cent Ind Gu. 5 percent.. , Do, Do. B Buffalo and LaKe Huron 20i Do. New 10 Do. Preference Loo Buiralo,Brant,&Godrich 1 6 p. ct. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 100 Do. do. July 1. 1873 100 bo. do. June 1, 1874 5 Clcutta.&S.Eastn. (Lim) 20 Cape,Eastn.Prov. (Lim.) 20 Cape Town & Dock Scrip 20 Ceylon Guarantd. 6p. c 17} Demerara 20 Eastn. Bengal gu. sp. c bock East Indian, gu. 5 p. c. 20 Do. F Shares Ext , O Do. Jubbulpore O Do. 4} p c. Debentrs O Do. 5 p. c. Deb., 1864 O Geelong ez Melbourne Kok Geelong Corporation per cent. Bonds • ,ek Grand Trunk of Canada O Do. 6 per cent. Pref 0 Do. 6 per ct. Debentr 0 Do. 7 per cent. 1862 O Do. do. 1867 O Do. do. 1872 ck Gt. IndiaPenin. gua.sp.c O Do. N ew gua. 5 p. c O Gt. South. of India (Lim) guaranteed 5 per cent. 01 Gt. W. of Canada Shares 0i Do. New 0 Do. Bonds pay. '76, with opt, till '6O )0 Do. do. '73 till '6O 00 Do. do. '73 without opt. 00 Do. Si p. c. do. '77 d 0... ock Madras, guar., 41 p. 0... ock Do. do. 5 per cent .... ,ock Do. 41 p. c. Extension 20 Do. Fourth de........ 20 Do. d 0.......... ,ock Melb.Corp. 6 p. .c. Ends 20 Newßranswick & Canda Ry.&Land(Lim.)g.6pcj Class A Capital Share Do. do. Land d 0.... 20 Do. do. B Capital do. Do. do. Land do. .... O Oude (Limited) .......: )ck Scinde ........ •. 0 f d -a Do. Punjaub .... Le g O Do. Do. .. .. .. ... a,? ok Do. Indus. St. Flo. g r g O St. Andrews & Quebec A 9 Trinidad (Lim.) Scrip.. FOREIGN 10 !Antwerp & Rotterdam 20 lArdennes 20 t ßahAS.Fran..Lim.7p.c. 5 'Belgian East. Junction 20 IBeziers to Graissessac.. 6 C9 ,- neaux Mine &Ra O Copiapo ........&.... O Ditto Extension .. O Dutch Rhenish ...... :0 Eastern of France .. !O Grand Rus. Guar. 6p. Pi 120 Do. do. 20 Great Central of France Gt. Luxem., Con. she... Italian Junction .... Lake Constance & Bale. Lierre & Turnhout .. Lyons & Geneva .. 11faria Antonia .... I 0 Do. New ...... 2 A Namur & Liege ...... 9 IDo. 6p, a. Pref. 16 ',Northern of France.. 16 po. New Shares ... i 0 Norwegian Trunk Pret, . 1, 20 Paris,Lyons, 4 Mediter. 20 'aril 4 0r1ean5....... 20 ( Reoife & S. Fran. (fern gua. 7 p. et. Ihn.. „ 20 Riga & Dunaburg.... 10 Rome & Frascati .... 20 Royal Dani5h........ 5 Royal Swedish ...... 4 Do. 7 per cent. Pref.. 20 - - -- Sambie & Meuae 0 Do. 51 per cont. Pref , :0 San Paulo, lim, g. 7p. c, 20 S.Aust.dzfomb'Venethi 20 • Southern of Franoo.... 81 West Flanders . . 10 Do. 5 e, Preference.. 20 W, W. of France .. 20 'Western of Austria.... 20 'Western of Switzerland 6 ,Wiesbaden ..... 6 9Jo. 8 par cent. Pref.... 20 ;Zealand 45 47 18 19 MENT SECU 1112 117 11081 100 i 1011 1004 101 1004 101 1108 109 108 110 'lon lost' OUS. 13 14 35 37 18 20 , 13 15 110 113 234 244 28 30 . 100 IC2 108 110 93 96 14 1 d 1 14 14 24 2 4 n lfd 3 2d' if 1 i 1 pr 50 53 73 75 13 14 17 18 p 17 19 5 6 46 48 136 141 33 35 5 1 7 * t 9 10 SSION S Closing Price -7-7-tO 95 96 14 1 d 4i 5d 6i 7 75 80 67 72 65 70 id pr lf If d la d 1/ I,j d 1004 1014 d pr d pr 985 99i 1004 101 i 23 24 78 80 48 52 57 60 60 54 48 52 97 98i d d 2 11 11} si d 95 100 95 100 93 96 90 93 85 87 954 064 884 8 9 d 94 14 5 _7 5 7 100 101 1i d d 94 96 MAYS. 5f 51 - - P 11 114 i 1 10 11 3 2FI 2f 2fd 23f 241 61 7 7-6 7/ 19/ 205 885 395 555 aci 54 56 31 211 51 a 81 Ai d Id Id 20 2t 51- 81 91 21i 22i BRITISH Share' Mines. Paid. Clos ing Business pri ce. Done iAI tred Cots ol s " - flack) 2.11.10 35 4 '2O i Britis.ll Iron !Clifford nil 210 220 'Devon G. Cons. (Tavist 1 410 420 , ,East Bassett allogan) i 30 120 125 "-- ( East Caradon 1234.6 104 11 E. WI Russel (Tavistk ); 7.4.0 115 111 ,Gam.&St.Auloyn(Gwen ); 54/ 27 29 ,Great South rolg - us 1 17s 9 9 'G.Wheal Alfd. (Philackyl2.l3.9. 1 1 'G. Wheal \Tor (Helston)' 94 14 11 , IGrenville 5.14.6 3 84 illerod's-Foot 8.12 32 14 Hingsboa Downs 4.10.6 31 31 --Lady Bertha '..- Margaret (Uny Lelant) 9i 54 56 North l Downs 24 3/ 44 INorth Frances (Mogan) 115 4 5 IN. Wh'l Basest (1110 ; an) 15s 4 5 LNorth Wheal Crotty Par Consols (St. Blazey) 14 94 11 20 I Providence (Uny Lent)" 10.6.7 45 47 iSortridge Cons. Min. Co. 14s 1 14 'South Caradon(St.Cleer) 15 300 310 S. Carty Brea (Illogan) 35 21 35 1 'S. Dev. Iron &Gen., Lim. all 1 I ' Fran. ,S.Wheal (Illogan) 18.1 , 4. ' 11 5 5 155 Stray Park 21.18. 49 51 5 I Tamar Silv.& Lead Min. 44 2 2/ 10 ,Tin Crott 9 5 5 1 • IVale of Towey (Carm )As 6d i West Basset (Illogan) l4 17 18 I W. Caradon (Liskeard) 5 76 78 ,West Soton 'Wheal Basset (Mogan) 54 120 125 ',Wheal Buller(Redruth), 5 135 145 ? Wheal Edward (Cals.) 12 11 1 1 - IWheal Nifty (U.Lelant) 1.7.2 17 18 I Wheal Mary Ann (Men.) 8 20 22 ',Wheal Treiawney (Lis.)k 54 1? 19 FOREIGN MINES. 20 i Australian 1 I BonAccord Copper,Lim 15s 1 d 1 85 Brazil. Imp. (is. at XS p ) 275 2 25 20 Do.St.Johndel Rey,Lim 15 28 4 29 26 • 5 Do. Land and MmingCo. all _ 1 Clarendon Cons.AlinCo. 1 die. 40 Co Co bre iapo Copper all 43 45 p 1 Durt3loun.Cop.llling Co all I 1 2 'Fortuna. all 2 24 20 General all ,'".,1 23 5p 2 Gt. N. Cop. of S. Austr. 1 par 1} Kapunda (Limited) 1 14 11 p 24 8 Linares .. all 95 10 5 ILusitanian .. 2 p p 1 131ariquita....• all 1 1 I N•KhlneCo r otS.Aus.L 126.6d. 5 d 20 I Pont9 i 'oaud Silver,Lead .I;:ining and Smelt all 5 6 6 \ Port Philip 1 i 1 Scottish Austrin. (L.) l os. 28.2 i 81 x Un o i rt te h d in M g er L i im ean it . e . d . ) . : . .. : l a a9 1 1• 1 1. 1 ...! 2 1..... • 1 1 )Q, THAMES. SNOWBALLING.—EIeven men and boys were charged by police-constables of the K division with pelting other people with snow balls last night, and in one case, where a ruffian, named Richards, waa.the prisoner, it was stated that_the prisoner had inserted a large stone in the snow ball he had thrown at a gentleman in Brook-street, Rat cliffe, and cut his hat. This " gent " was hailed with shouts [of laughter by the blackguards assembled, who would have been still better pleased if this gentleman's head had been cut instead of his hat. In several assaults originating out of the foolish practice of snow-balling, Mr. Selfe fined sonic, of the prisoners 2s. 6d., and others Is. each, and said it was most cowardly and brutal to put stones in snow balls, and if any oue was injured by such a proceeding he would punish the offenders severely, or com mit them for trial. Snowballing led to riots and outrages, and if the practice was not discontinued he would impose larger fines than he had done, and make the amusement very expensive indeed. Several cases of a similar nature from the H of White chapel division were disposed of by Mr. Selfe with the imposition of small fines, and a caution that more severe measures would be adopted if the snowballing nuisance was not abated. SMUGGLING ClGAlLS.—Richard 'Wekeham, the master, and James Petty, the mate, of the brig Clyde, lying in the London Dock, was brought before Mr. Selfe charged with smuggling 71 lbs. 'of foreign manufactured tobacco, to wit cigars, with intent to defend the Revenue of the duty payable thereon to her Majesty the Queen. Mr. Joseph Smith, solicitor, defended the prisoners. Mr. David Rees, a tide surveyor of Customs, said that in rummaging the Clyde he found secreted on board 71 lbs. of cigars. They were concealed between the bulwark and the lining of the ship and under the heel of the bowsprit. The prisoners were the only persons on board the Clyde when he made the seizure. In cross-examination by Mr. Smith, the witness said he did not see the carpenter of the Clyde and another man looking out when he searched the vessel. He had not seen the carpenter at all. Mr. Smith said he was instructed that that the captain and mate knew nothing 'whatever of the cigars, which most:probably had been secreted by some of the crew, who could find an opportunity of smuggling them on shore. Mr. Selfe said the Act of Parliament was very stringent indeed, and that any person found on board ship was liable to the penalty. He thought it was quite right to make the captain liable. He was of opinion that the conviction of one man would be quite sufficient, and fined Wakc ham £3l3s. 6d., which was the single value and duty upon the cigars. He discharged Petty. Mr. Smith complained -that the prisoners had been locked up all night ,in the'Thames police station-house, and bail was refused. The offence was a bailable one, and it was too bad that two respectable men should be locked up all night, before conviction, on such a charge. Mr. Selfe—l have nothing to do with the matter. You may complain to the Commissioners of Police. THIS DAPS MARRETS. CORN EXCHANGE. We were again very scantily supplied with English wheat, coastwise and by land carriage, in fair condition. The demand was by no means active ; nevertheless, the prices realised were fully equal to Monday's advance. ' Although the imports of foreign wheat have exceeded 29,000 quarters, that description of produce moved off freely, and selected samples were the turn dearer. Float ing cargoes were mostly held for higher rates. The supply of barley being large, the demand was less active ; nevertheless, prices were well supported. Malt was in short supply, and fair request at full prices. There was a good consumptive demand for oats at 6d per quarter less money. Both beans and peas 'commanded full quotations, and the flour trade was in a healthy state at quite Monday's prices. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. English. Irish F0reign........ 29,010 26,730 19,340 1 40 sacks 11,190 brie. Flour. 530 NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. The supplies of meat are moderate, and the trade genera ally is somewhat active, at very full prices. Per 81bs by the carcase. ■. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. Inferior beef 2 10 3 2 Middling mutton 4 0 4 6 Middling d 0.... 3 4 4 0 Prime do Prime large do.. 4 2 4 4 Veal Do. small d 0.... 44 4 6 Small pork .. 48 5 4 Large pork 4 0 4 6 t ...... 0 0 0 0 Inferior mutton 3 4 3 10 BOROUGH HOP. There is a slight improvement in the demand for good and fine hops, at full prices ; but other kinds move off slowly, at late rates. per cwt. • . £6 Os to £lB Os .. 4Os to 14 Os .. sOs to 9 Os .. sOs to 9 10s COUNTRY MARKETS. BIRMINGHAM—DEc. - 27. A good business was done in wheat to-day, wit'i a fair supply. English old and new wheat must be quoted at is to 2s advance on late rates. Barley held for more money, which checked the sale. Oats ware held firmly. Beans rather higher, and peas were fully as dear. MANCHESTER—Dsc. 27. Best English wheats broUght 2s per qr advance on last week. Best American and French sold 2d to 3d pPr 701bs higher. French and best English flour sold at is per sack more money ; American improved 6d to is per barrel. Oats were firm. Oatmeal advanced 6d per load. Beans and Indian corn is dearer. MELTON MOWBRAY-DEC. 26. There was a fair show of wheat to-day, which sold at is to 2s over late rates for all good sorts, while inferior were a middling sale. Beans as before ; oats in mod.-Tate demand, and our quotations sustained" Prices :—White wheat, 56s Od to 63s Od; red, Ms Od to 60s*, per 36 stone; barley was steady, at 32s to 426 for malting, and 28a to 34a per qr. for grinding ; oats, 29s to 38s Od per 24 stone ; beans, 50s to 55s for old ; new, 50s per 38 st. EDINBURGH GRAIN—DEC. 26. Wheat on the top 4s Od up .... average 2s Pd up. Barley on the top 2s Od up average Os lld up. Oats on the top is 3d up.... average is 6d up. Beans a the top 2s Od down average Os 6d down. Averages per Imperial quarter. Wheat.... New wheat Barley Oats ' 1 8 6 8-12ths Beans Total Supply and Sales. Wheat BBl qrs Sold "712"qrs 8ar1ey........2067 qrs Sold 1950 qrs Oats .1266 qrs Sold 1157 qr Beans 76 qrs - Sold 69qrss CORK—DEc. 24. The following were the quotations this morning :—Red wheat, 22s Od to 29s 6d ; white, 29s Od to 335 6d; barley 14s Od to 21s Od ; oats, 15s Od to 158 2d. DERBY SMITHFIELD—DEc. 24. There was a small supply of fatbeasts to-day, and the d mand was slack, few buyers being at market. Beet 6d told 1 Veal 7d to 7 Mutton .. 7d 'to 71d Pork Lamb —d to —d Rough fat, 5s 6d per stone. Hides, 31d to 4id ; calf skins, 5d to 6d. The Liege record that a heavy fall of snow had taken place in that city and the environs.' In Luxemburg also snow had fallen in such quantities as to delay the mails. The Brussels journals state that nume rous flocks of wild ducks, geese, and swans had been seen passing over that city, the appearance of these birds being an indication that great cold prevails in the northern regions. A MAN SHOT IN DERRY.—A telegram received in town last evening from Derry announces that a young man named Hagan was shot dead on Christmas night near that city, in a drunken row. The information supplied up to the present is remarkably scanty, but there seems to be no doubt that the melancholy occurrence arose out of some conflict of ()Pinion in reference to the late Orange display at Derry, ;110 112 208 212 61 63 115 120 1 93 97 48 71 ,ITIES. jiosi 100 100 100 100 100 107! 8 Paid. 100 all all all 100 100 100 wines' done 100 all all all all all 100 100 all all all all all 100 all all all all 1,00 100 100 all 100 all (100 10 all 100 18 ,ATL . New Mid and East Kent pockets .. W ealds Sussex Yearlings CHINA. THE PEACE OF PEKIN. We have been favoured with the following most interesting and important letters from llead-quar- ers CAMP BEFORE PEKIN, OCT. 26. My last letter left while the preparations were still going on for getting the siege guns into position opposite that portion of the wall to the eastward of the An-ting Gate which it was intended to breach, should the gate itself not be surrendered to the allied Commanders-in-Chief by noon of the 13th inst., in compliance with their demand made some days previously. The Temple of the Earth, a building of vast ex tent, surrounded by high walls, with large enclo sures, was the place selected for the formation of the batteries, for which it was admirably adapted. The outer wall was distant about 130 yards from and ran parallel to that of the city. On the evening of the 12th the guns were in position, and everything in readiness for an attack on the next day. About 10 minutes before the ap pointed time, however, the Chinese troops were withdrawn from the walls, and the gate surrendered in due form, the Bth Punjab Infantry, supported by the 99th Regiment and Desborough's battery, pass ing through it, the latter immediately afterwards taking up position on the top of the wall, and by so doing commanding all the approaches. The sun shone brightly on the half-shaved pig -tailed heads of the crowds that pressed as closely round as the line of sentries thrown out along the main street would allow them, showing the utmost curiosity in the proceedings, and on one occasion, when re quired to do so, assisting with the utmost eager ness and good humour in dragging within our lines some large brass guns left behind by the Chinese soldiers. From information we have since received it ap pears that up to the last moment the question of the surrender of the gate was the subject of violent discussion within the city. It was, as might be supposed,/strongly opposed by the anti-foreign and non-responsible party among the mandarins, but on this occasion public opinion was too powerful and too loudly expressed to be resisted. In what man ner and through what medium of communication this was made known to Prince Kung and the other members of the Government we have bees unable to ascertain with certainty, but there is good reason to suppose that it must have been through the Censors. From papers discovered at Yuen-Ming- Yuen, these men would appear to be, to a certain extent, representatives of public opinion. They certainly, if we may judge from their memorials, are not wanting in boldness and firmness of lan guage, when they imagine that the public interests are threatened by the policy or the actions of the Imperial Government. The Chinese authorities had given notice that on the 12th some more of the prisoners still remaining in their bands would be given up, and accordingly in the course of the day eight Sikhs were brought into camp, but no Bowlby or Brabazon, as had almost besn hoped for against hope, accom panied them, nor were the Sikhs able to give us any tidings of them. We had not, however, long to wait for these. On the 14th two more Sikhs, who turned out to be the last of the survivors, were released, and from them we learnt that Bowlby and Pbipps, the private of the King's Dragoon Guards, had, like De Norman, Anderson, and the two sowers, whose fate I was enabled to communicate to you by last mail, been unable to survive the brutal treatment to , which they had been subjected during the earlier period of their imprisonment. On the same day that the above-mentioned two Sikhs came in, the bodies of De Norman, Anderson, and two Sikhs arrived in carts, and on the 16th those of Bowlby, Phipps, and two other Sikhs ; those of four more Sikhs which were brought in en the 17th com pleted, with the survivors, the entire party that had been taken on the 18th of September, with one exception, that of poor Brabazon, whose fate for some time remained enveloped in mystery. Twenty six, in all,' were captured—seven Englishmen, 19 Sikhs ; of these two Englishmen (Parkes and Loch) and 11 Sikhs were released, and four Englishmen (De Norman, Bowlby, Anderson, and Phipps) with eight Sikhs. died of their sufferings. Brabazon alone continued missing. Accounts subsequently received left us in no doubt, however, either as to the fact of his death or of the way in which. it happened. Though the earliest of them all, in point of time, it was perhaps the happiest death, for he was saved much of the sufferings the others underwent. No attempt was made by the Mandarins to produce his body, and when they were asked what had become of him, they said two Europeans had been beheaded by order of the General commanding at Pa-li:chow, when that position was attacked by the allied armies on the morning of the 21st of September, and their bodies thrown into the canal. This statement agreed so accurately with that given by the Chinese Christians who visited Baron Gros, and also with the information derived through the Russians, that no doubt remained that poor Brabazon was one of those Europeans. When the An-ting Gate was surrendered to the allied Commanders-in-Chief, they were ignorant of the sad particulars attending the deaths of those poor fellows ; the details were gradually obtained through the released prisoners ; and as the bodies of our murdered countrymen were brought in, the treatment they had endures burst upon is with appalling distinctness. There was but one feeling throughout the army, horror at the treachery and the atrocious cruelties that had been committed, a feeling most fully - participated in by Lord Elgin and Sir Hope Grant. The Prince of Kung, by almost daily letters and messages, was expressing his readiness and anxiety to come to an early settlement of all difficulties, but a great retribution awaited the Emperor and the Chinese Government for their acts, before such a request could be acceded to. The punishment inflicted cannot be judged by any standard of our own, but it falls with peculiar force on the Chinese, who attach so much import ance to established customs, and feel such venera tion for everything belonging to or connected with the Emperor. To exact a money indemnity, even if it could have been made forthcoming, would have been but an inadequate way of marking the opinion of a great civilised nation on acts that would disgrace the most barbarous, and an indignation that required money to allay it would have been deemed merely affected, and put forward as a pretext for obtaining a larger indemnity than the one named in the con vention. All such exactions also fall on the people, and they were not to blame. To reach the Emperor and the Mandarins was the great object and the great difficulty. It could only be done by adopting some measure that would place beyond the p ossibilit y of doubt in the minds of the governing classes of China that we were at at the arrogance of the Chinese Pekin as masters, that Government could be lessened, and it made to feel the responsibilities that attach to the commission of acts of duplicity and cruelty. The only hope that could be entertained,of at last awakening the Em peror to the necessity of accepting the state of things forced upon him by circumstances and the times in which he lived was by attacking his pres tige, which had for so long enveloped him like a cloud, and prevented his perceiving the dangers that threatened and surrounded his throne. By an evidence of power that all the sophistry of the most cunning Mandarins could not gainsay was this object alone attainable. There seemed two way s o f ar r i ving at this res u lt ; one was by capturing and holding the Imperial city o f Pekin ; the other was the destruction of Yuen-Ming-Yuen, the favourite Palace of the Em peror, and where the cruelties to the prisoners were first commenced. At Yuen-Ming-Yuen the tablets of the dynas t y were preserved, on the safety of which,in the opinion of the Chinese, the existence of the present reig ning held in depends. By the people the Palace was in great veneration from its being the constant resi dence of the Emperor, and the place . w e assembled ; here all the great princes and nobles of the the gardens and buildings wereernf empire for their raens e sums were beauty throughout Ch ina, and i i i y ear ly expended on t heir man It was the ra tenanee, scene of all the intrigues and gaieties of the Court. It was there that the great receptions and levees were held, and there that the Emperor had bis concerts, evening parties, and private theatricals, when he mixed on more familiar terms with those invited than we imagined could exist in the ceremonious Court of Pekin, an obeisance to the Emperor on his entering and leaving the hall of reception being the only ceremony performed. The high walls and open spaces that surround the Imperial city inside Pekin, separating it en tirely from the city itself, would, to a certain ex tent, have protected the People from injury` in the event of an attack having been made upon it, but the Allied Commanders-in-Chief felt themselves precluded from adopting this course on account of the conditions they had granted to the Chinese on the surrender of the An-ting Gate. The destruction of Yuen-Ming-Yeun was therefore finally (Leided on. Lord Elgin and the Commander-in• Chief both addressed the Prince pf Kung by letter, informing him of their decision and the reasons that influenced them in arriving at that decision. Lord Elgin, in terms of great severity, pointed out the treachery that had characterised the conduct of the Govern ment of China from the first moment of their at tempting to negotiate at Tien-tsin to their last act of perfidy in violating a flag of truce and murdering those captured while under its protection—that, in consequence of this conduct, he had called on the Commander-in-Chief utterly to destroy y uen _ Ming-Yuen, as being the spot where the cruelties to the prisoners first commenced ; he further de manded that a sam of 300,000 taels should be p a i d within 48 hours as an indemnity to the families of the murdered prisoners, and informed the Prin ce of Kung if there was any delay in so doing, or any hesitation to sign the convention and exchange the Treaty of Tien-tsin, then the Emperor's Palace inside Pekin should be burnt to the ground. These letters were accompanied by proclamations that were placed on the walls of Pekin, informing the people of the measures that were to be taken and the reasons for their adoption. The English, in the course they now followed, acted entirely by themselves, the French Coalman der-in-Chief being opposed to the destruction of Yuen-Ming-Yuen, fearing it might preclude any chance that existed of coming to an arrangement with the Chinese Government ; but Sir Hope Grant and Lord Elgin were not men to pass lightly over the want of good faith on the part of the Emperor of China. The more indifference Lord Elgin dis played about signing the Convention or coming to terms the more alarmed the Chinese Government became, and the more pressing for a day to be named to exchange the ratified Treaty of Tien-tsin. On the 18th of October Sir John Mitchell's divi sion marched to Yuen - Ming-Y uen ; they met with no resistance,—not a Tartar soldier was to be seen. On his arrival he disposed his force for the proper and systematic carrying out of his orders. From the place that was seized by the French on the 6th of October it was at least six or seven miles before the last building of Yuen-Ming-Y e ", was reached. This was at the foot of the first range of hills that bound the plain to the north of Pekin. Over this large extent of ground were gardens, palaces, temples, and pagolas, on artificial hills, some of them 300 and 400 feet in height, with forest trees of all kinds covering their sides, through the green foliage of which were seen the yellow tiled roofs of the various Imperial residences. A large lake lay buried in the midst of these wooded hills, with two or three islands on it, with pic turesque buildings, joined to the mainland by quaint, but beautiful stone bridges. On one side of the lake, extending upwards of two miles, wind ing in and out, among grottoes and through flower gardens, roofed in by flowering creepers, was the favourite walk of the Emperor and his Court ; in some places, where the palaces came to the water's edge, the walk was carried past them on a light and beautiful stone terrace overhanging the lake. The high mountains of Tartary forming the back ground made it, while it certainly was one of the most curious, also one of the most beautiful scenes I had ever beheld.. • Two days were required effectually to set fire to and destroy all the buildings and walks of Yuen- Ming-Yuen. Much valuable property that it was impossible to remove was destroyed. It is said that it exceeded two millions sterling, exclusive of the buildings, The 20th of October was the day named for the payment of the indemnity of 300,000 taels for the families of the murdered prisoners. The money was ready long before the time appointed, and a letter arrived from the Prince of Kung, earnestly entreat ing that an early day should be named for signing the Convention. • It was on the 17th that the remains of poor De Norman, Anderson, Bowlby, and Phipps were con signed to the grave. At noon of that day we all assembled to bear them to their last resting-place. The coffins were each on a separate gun-carriage. A portion of the King's Dragoon Guards and Irre gular Cavalry formed the advance ; a body of in- . fantry followed, with the band playing the ~ Dead Harsh." Lord Elgin and Sir Hope Grant were chief mourners. The pall-bearers.were the members of the Embassy and the Commander-in-Chiefs Staff, cane and some officers of his regiment, and some men of the King's Dragoon Guards. Parkes and Loch, who had shared their captivity, but had escaped almost by a miracle' the fate of these their poor companions, walked on either side of De Nor man's coffin. Numbers of officers of both armies, including the French C o mmander-in-Chief, closed the procession. The Russian Minister, General Ig,natieff—with that consideration and in the liberal spirit which has distinguished him in all his intercourse with the army ever since their first landing at Pehtang—had placed the Russian cemetery at the disposal of the Commander-in- Cbief. .They were all buried in one grave ; the service was performed by the chaplain to the forces, the Rev. Mr. M'Gee ; and one of the most striking occurrences was the presence at the grave, in their vestments, of a Roman Catholic slid Greek priest, who joined their prayers to ours over the remains of our murdered countrymen. During the destruction of Yuen-Ming-Yuen the soldiers came upon two presents that had been sent out to he Emperor of China by Lord Macart ney from. George ILL—a State coach and two 12- :, pounder howitzers — complete in every way,and in very good condition and repair, great care havin g evidently been taken of them ; yet, strange to say, with these guns in their possession, they have never made any endeavour to improve their own field artillery carriages. Shot and shell even were piled close to the guns in the kind of coach-house in which they were found. o3f OO P ,O r O in O c t e ae l( ls ung it y tr t ec e e f ip th t e ' 8 letter and the payment was necessary to secure a suitable residence for the E m b ass y- inside Pekin, and that a public building of sufficient ex tent should be prepared in which the cerem on y of signing the convention could be perfor med in a manner to impr ess t h • •th the importance Of the act the y were wit nes sing. Messrs. Parkes an d L o ch e people so Elgin for th e purpose o f visiting all the public buildings in P e ki n , an d to select those best adapted for the obj ec t s i n view' Lieut.-Colonel Ross, of the el seuartermas went, by order ter -G e neral's Department, also oftrhse wCooumlmdabnedeprr- provided for otro thesee that p r oper qu" te escort that was to attend Lord Elgin while he re sided in t he city'. Their description of the poverty of the city , and the state of decay of the public building s, is most deplorable. With an escort of 50 proceeded through the northern portion of they t he city, beingjoined by three or four mandarins, w ho had been sent to point out those buildings that were in the best repair, and to obtain their entrance into any others they might desire to inspect; but each seemed to rival the other in dilapidation and wretchedness. Passing abwn the west side of the city by one of the broad streets that run north and south, they found, as they got nearer to the Chinese city, which is separated by a high wall from the Tar tar city,the streets much more crowded, and business going on more briskly. Turning to the left, along the south of the city, the streets became narrow a n d tortuous; three or four buildings were visited in this . quarter, but none of them were habitable. They N. 4 e •