The Sun. — London, England, 1860-12-22 00:00:00

rAIL. SATURDAY. pany's steame r . til, has arri ved : in specie, ana, ng chiefly (11 Lisbon, 00 ale the Brazils on Asbon for the Ity's ship Oen' ed outside the ange on La' ; Paris, 528 , Genoa, 527 ; anuary, 1881 ' Bank of pe r ; .cial Bank o f treis.*, ETNN. ve shall ender and, in the ill" hat the position ng a period be' affect a variety e personal the difficultie s , at the sera° he public). l ig and a highil -Era. )E.RSON. steamer ital Steam his vessel hold, and ervened. SMEN.- - * m Count/ dram a public th-street, 3turer, of price of that the )art, who for par ie should to Mr• ntiff said efendant ,)out two wife had ,1 though lufficient orted in t a hus- t, under Honour, that the f a wife cnowirg Lotion or rgetting the in i sought Judg la say lemand • costa. ° 31A.R.A:BT ,11;11 C (TY IV 6;4 S, CITY. Two o'CLoci, The alterations recorded in the Bank of England ret urn, completed to the 19th 11,•cembtlr, are not ° f a very extensive character. The bullion has b een slightly diminished owing to the con• , 11i lance of remittances to the United States, °` - e., and the absence of arrivals from Aus tralia. The public deposits, as usual at this period of the year, show a large addition ° wing to the active revenue collections. In the Private deposits there is a decrease to about a similar amount. The reserve of notes has been slightly augmented, while there is a moderate diminution in the other securities, notwithstanding the increased demand for discount accommodation aaW experienced. In the other items of the balance sheetthe changes are of an unimportant character; t hey Will be seen in the subjoined table : Active Circulation .. £19,698,095 Decrease .. • • • • • • 223,845 13,331,270 Decrease' .. • • • • • • 115,835 Rest 3,184,326 6,555 7,384,841 355,730 .. 11,759,820 ~ 344,399 .. 652,051 • 11,474 .. 9,540,273 No alteration. Other Securities ~ 19,885,590 Decrease 101,598 notes Unemployed .. 7,346,500 Increase .. 149,025 There is still a very active demand for money, a nd the market is expected to present an an i mated appearance until the end of the year. At a meeting of the creditors of Mr. F. H. 6 ehrBder, sugar refiner, yesterday, the liabilities Were stated at,£24,103, and the assets at £10,715. 11 1 adjournment was agreed to, for the purpose of I nvestigating the accounts. A further sum of £24,000 in bar gold was 11 . ithdrawn from the Bank of England yesterday for exportation. The Foreign Exchanges yesterday afternoon qhibited a slight advance in the rates on Amster tiara, Antwerp, and Rotterdam. Rather less animation was exhibited in the Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday, and prices 'shade lower. The sales were about 12,000 bales. Notice has been given that a dividend at the rate of 8 per cent. per annum, for the half-year el iding the 31st, will be payable to shareholders of the Commercial Bank of Canada, on and after the I st proximo. A meeting bas been convened of the London g oint-Stock Bank Company to receive the direc tOra' report, and to elect five directors. The first meeting of the shareholders of the London and Mediterranean Steam Navigation c ompany has been called for the 31st inst. Since Monday last the import of specie have ueen about £280,400, and the export, £969,000. Increase .. • • • • Public Deposits • • Gib Increase .. • • Other Deposits • . • . Decrease .. • • • • Seven Day and other Bills • • Decrease .. .. • • Government Securities • • The market for Public Securities has been rather e ltvy to-day. Consols at one time recede d t o 92 1 I, but they have since recovered to 92'4- 93. t 'Peculation has been exceedingly dull , and v e r y Zvi' dealings are recorded for investment. The eVir Threes were fiat, at 921- ; the Reduced, at t " v2 l. India 5 per Cent. Rupee Paper was firmer, at 101 ; ; Bank Stock, at 235 ; and Exchequer Bills, 4 t 6 s. to ls. dis. Very few dealings have been recorded in the Foreign Stock Market, but prices show firmness. .uttrkish 6 per Cents. are 711 to 72/ ; ditto New, 38 to 58i. Mexican improved to 22 ; Russian 13 per Cents. to 951 1; Portuguese to 471 ; and Brazilian 41 per Cents. to 86t i ; but Spanish u eferred were fiat at 42k. _ __ The Railway Share Market has been very dull, ; 11 : 1 11 the few dealings recorded show further slight depressi on . Great Northern, North Western, `youth Western, North Counties (Berwick), and r est Midlands have declined 55., and Caledonians 1% . ; Great Westerns and South Easterns ad l'Etneed ss. The Foreign and Colonial lines have been very i r tactive, without any change of importance to note prices. Great Luxemburg realise 61 ; South Austrian and Lombardo-Venetian 131; Grand t /link of Canada 23 to 23-: ; and East Indian 101 E 0 1 011. Joint-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares r emain inactive, at previous prices. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. ll ahk Stock .. lll dia Stock .. Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent — bPitto 51 per Cent. I ttaßonds £l,OOO — h 'in() under £l,000 `i.,oasols for Account, Jan. 10 .. 'xchequ er Bills, £l,OOO, lid Ditto Small la FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. 'Valli= 5 per Cent I.Ditto 41 per Cent. 1860 B6a 1 "leXican 3 per Cent P Ditto Account bfttiguese 3 per Cent.. 1853. %rtssian 5 per Cent. 1822, £ St — Ditto 41 per Cent. oPani s h 3 per Cent.. Ditto New Deferred — t Ditto Account ;Danish Cert. of Coup. not funded 6l 411 rkish 6 per Cent • . Ditto New Loan Ditto Account Dividends on the above payable in London. TWO O'CLOCK Consols for Account, ex div. 921 93 THIS DAY'S SHIPPING. t r tioNDox, Dec. 22.—Wind this day at noon—North ; } ,, e81 3. breeze and dull, cold weather, with snow during the m erging. i ll l e ) EA.L, Dec. 21.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Bassil, from th River, and sailed for Moreton Bay ; Kingstown, from River, and sailed for Algoa Bay ; Zetland, from the INr er, and sailed for New Orleans. krorrsmouTu, Dec. 19.—Wind N.N.W.—Arrived -6r Majesty's steamer Himalaya, from Plymouth. at CowEs Dec. 21—Wind N.W—Arrived—Arago, e arner, from 'New York, and proceeded for H avre; left Ne w York on the Bth inst. aisTor, Dec. 21.—Win Eons —Charles Miller, Richn% ond, U.S., withiderable damage having Cell struck by a sea on the 10th inst. ; mate washed over call. t ekunmPooL, Dec. 21 —A scbeoner is on shore on Mid- Leton Sands, and three steamers are now trying to get wer off . " BY SUBMARINE AND MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH. GRAVESEND, Saturday Morning. 'Wind N. ; weather fresh and cloudy. • r, Arrived, Dec. 22—Rhine, steamer, from Boulne i l ° B taopolitan, steamer, from Hamburg ; Belgium, stea og mer, . 15 / 1 1 Ostend. Sailed—Bilboa, steamer, for Santander. DEAL, Saturday Morning. .„Wind N. ; strong, with snow. IN arrivals. WIND AND WEATHER REPORT. THIS DAY, D: 14 : 37 r, N.B. ; frosty i'ttoingham, N.W. ; fine ohton, N.; snow, frost 401, N. ; frost C a mbridge, N. ; much snow Irdiff, N. ; frost N.E. ; frosty Chatham, N.N.E., fresh ; cloudy b°, 4 5 N.N.W. ; frosty N.N.W., strong; snow °Y, W cloudy, frost . ; frost b 4 °lfries, N.E. ; fine, frosty 1.044dee, N.; hard frost Vtliuburgh, S.W. ; hard frost gai gow, • • , l raouth, N.N.W. ; fine ' 44 N E • fog, frost Bole, N.E. ; frosty Wave/send, N., fresh ; cloudy N.W. ; snow g R t Wick, N.E. ; wind ( ;_tYhead, N.E. ; li g ht b reeze, clear IBC. 22, 9 A.M. Inverness, N.W ; frost Kingstown, N. ; frost Leeds, N.E. ; frosty Limerick, calm ; thick fog, , . frost -, Manchester, N. ; frosty Middlesborough. N. ; frosty Milford Haven, N. ; frost Newcastle on Tyne, N.E. ; frost Newmarket,N.E.• snow,frost Norwich, N., light; cloudy \ Peterborough, N. ; frost Port Glasgow, N.N.E. ; frost Queenstown, N.N.W. ; fine Sheffield, N.E. ; frost Southampton, N. ; dull Sunderland, N.E. ' • frosty Wakefield, N.E. ; frosty Waterford, N.N.W. ; frosty, fine Weymouth, N. ; fine Wolverhampton, N.W,; fine York, N.W. ; frost THE MAILS. MAILS DUE. A ustralia, ) Ceylon, and • • Mauritius (via South- .. Jan. 18. lir a Do. • (;ia Marseilles) Jan. 12. zli and Caps Verds .. • • • • • • Jan. 5 . 11 11°11 ng Ayres, Monte Video, &c. .. .. .. Dec. —. il t t a tnEts and Havana (via New York).. ...........Dec. Canada, and Mexico .. .. .. .. .29 &c. (via Galway) .. • • .. Dec . —. .. qtl i eof G oo d Hope, &c... • • ; • Jan. 1. . Jan. 2. na, Penan g , an d Singapore (via S arm?t on) Gibl4 Do (via Marseilles) Dec. 27 14248. w (via Southampton) .. • . .. Dec. 21 ` 4la (Calcutta), Ceylon, &c. (via Southampton) Jan. 2. India Do. (via Marseilles) Dec. 27. (Borabay), (via Southampton) .. .. Dec. 25. 1.14 0 a Do. (via Marseilles) .. .. Jan. 4. k ti .. .. .. .. .. Dec.2l ta ' gYPI . I and Aden (via Southampton) . 1 DOC. 25. SHARE MARKET.-(THIS DAY.) ORDINARY SHAO,ES AND STOCKS. B D UBl on n e e . 4* •• 1 t -mate Railways. I . ] ! hod. CelOrStoeill.g_ 10 'Belfast and Ballymena 411 33.14 Bir., Wol , and Str. Val. all F , 4 81 stock I Birk., La., and Ch June lOO 81 83 25 Blackburn 25 ;Blyth and Tyne all —1( 10 [Bost. Sleaf. and Mid.Co all 6 4 7 stock !Bristol and Exeter I( stock ,Caledonian 10 'Carmarthen & Cardigan all 50 'Cork and Bandon all 2 20 Cork,' ISlrock., t. Passage all 2 20 Cornwall . ail 6 64 2 10 Do A `A gets no div. , until sp. reran. 1 all 2 10 Do B , all sto r hasbeen sl. toB 2, 50 Dublin & Belfast June. all 2! 25 Dun., Perth, &Ab. June all 8 Si stock East, Anglian lOO 16 5 17 5 101 stock !Eastern Counties lOO 53 / 54 1 101 stock !Eastern Union, A stock 100 37 39 21 stc,ac Do do Bdo 100 26 28 sto 25 Do NW A, late EU3ds. 13 4 stock East Suffolk stock , Edinburgh & Glasgow 100 88 90 10( stock F.din. Perth, & Dundee 100 294 291 10( 10 Forth & Clyde Junction all 10( stock Furness stock Glass , . and S. Western 100 116 118 10( 10 Great Nthn. of Scotland all stoc tock Great Northern lOO 110 111 1101 2 1 stock Do do A stock stock Do do B do stock Gt. S. &W. of Ireland 100 111 113 111/ 20 stock Great Western stock Do Str Val gus. stock 100 61 64 100 12 Irish South-eastern stock Lancashire & Yorkshire 100 1204 1201 1201 / i 100 ;took London and Blackwall 100 62 64 100 'lock Lou., Brigllt.. & S Coast 100 117 119 100 itock Lond., Chat., and Dover 1 00 51 53 stoc itock Lond. &Nth. Western 100 1015 1024 102 1; ston tock Lond. & , th. Western lOO 95 96 955 i stoc' 25 L'derry & Coleraine .. all 20 25 I.'derry & Ennisaillen all 810 20 tl tock Man. Shef. & Lin , •oln .. 1 00 55 56 55 soc 50 Msryport and Carlisle.. all 20 121 Do do 4 shares..., all 10 Metropolitan 5 35 25d took Midland 1.4.0. Do new 1.4.0. 21 20 took Do 'Arming. & Derby 100 107 109 107 50 Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland all 20 25 Do 4 shares 4 1.1 stool '5 Mid Kent. 10 Do, Cray line . 100 Newcastle and Carlisle all atoll 10 Newry & Armagh, def 9 7 6 d 20 20 Newry. Warnpt. & Roe all 10 ;ock Norfolk.... .........., 100 55 57 50 N• hn. Counties Union 3l d ock North British ock vor.Dev.Rail&Dk.stoc , 100 —•— 20 ock D A stk ; A recs no d. 20 until Bpchas beenpd.l3 100 5 ock Do B stock ....... . 100 ..‘.. 20 ock Nth. Eastern—Berwick 100 105 10 51 luat t 25 Dodo, (I.N.E. purchase 1 6134[ P 5p P 6 ock no Leeds lOO 64 65 4 100 ock Do Yorlr ock North London lOO 101 103 20 10 Do new 2O .16.4 North Staffordshire l7l 21 21 1 20 1 0 N. and S. W. Junction al 91 35 20 12 Not. &Grantham Rail ll 81 85 20 10 I - ebles ...... ..„ all 20 Portsmouth 10 Rhymney.....- • all 20 ock Scottish Central Dck Scot N. E., Aber. stock 100 34 445 20 9ck Do Scot. Mid. stock lOO 87 89 331 DA Shropshire Tinian lOO 50 52 10 10 Sittin etourne & Sheer. all 6 7 20 )ck South Devon )ck South Eastern ...... )ck South Wales )ck S. York. and River Dun 100 75 80 10 to Staines, Wok,. and Wok all 6 8 20 is Stockton & Darlington all 421 43/ 20 1,5 Do do ll 11 111 p 225 20 )ck Taff Vale >ck Do Pref. No 1 10) 2 0 [5 ThamesHavenDk&Rail 22 - 10 10 Ulster •• !S Do 2 El ip 4 sck Vale olNeatft 3 Victoria Sta. and Pim all 115 111 10 ca Waterford & Kilkenny 100 20 0 Waterford & Limerick all 20 O West Cornwall O West London all 81 O Do Ist class O Do 2cl class .. _ H ._ ck Westllartlepool arbr 23 and Rail lOO 20 ck West Midland—Oxford 100 50 52 501 6 c k Dogi Newport 100 43 45 F ck Do. Hereford 100 83 85 2O PREFERENCE SHARES. Railways. (Paid Closing , Business Price. Done. Share' Blythe and Tyne 10 per c. pref. (issued at £5 O Brie. & Exet.4 p.ct.stock Do. do. do. Shares Caledon £lO, 4i- per cent Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. 'Cork Jz Bandon, 5i p. c. 'Cornwall. 5 per cent Dun.Perth&Aber.Jun E.AnFn.Class A 7 &sp.e Do. do. Class B 6 p.c Do. do. Class C 7 p.c J.Coun.Ex.sp.c.No.l Do. do. No. 2 Do. New 6 pel et. stook. Eastern Union, 4 per et. Do. 5 per cent. guar... Edin.&Glas. sp.c. shares Do. 4 p. c aua. S. & D. Edin. Perth& Dun. 4 p.c. !Furness, 5 per cent Glas.& S. West.g.a. 5 p.c. IG'rettl", Northern, 5 p. ct. Do.sp.c.Redm., 10 p.c.pm 'Do. 41 p. c. do. do. Do. sp.c. Redm. 5 p.c. pmi Gt. Nh. of Scotld. Ist pf. l Gt. Sn. & W (Ireland)4 p. ct. pref. stock Great West. (Berks and Hants) Ext. 5 p. et. Lo. Redeemable,4l p.et. Do. Redeemable, 4 p. ct. Do Irredeemable, do Do. 5 p.et. Redeem. Pref IDo. firm. Pref. Shares 'IA 1%. Ches. 8 p.c. pf.sh Do. do. 5 p. ct. pref Birm.g.g.uar. stock Do. Chester gua. shares Do. do. do . Do. do. do. Lan.&York O p. c. stock Do.Barnsl.st.£s3s 10d pc Do. 6 per c. (E. Lan.) o n & Bri g. 5 pc.gu. No.l Do. 5 p. c No. 2 Do. gna. 6 p. c. Do. do. 5 p. c. No. 4 IDo. do. 41 per cen'. Do. do. 41 p. c. shares Do. 7 p. ct. Pret. stock Do. 6p.c. do. (W.E.&C.P ) Do.4p.c.S.(div.dettil '651 Lon. Chat, and Dover Lon. and N.W. Coy. and Nuneaton, 5 p. et Lon. & S.W, 7 p. et. stock Do. 41 per cent Do. (Prtsm. perpl anus. of 2s. ..... ILondondy. & Cole. sh. Londony. & Ennis. 1 sh.f \ran. Sh. &Lin. 6 per ct.,' Do. .-£8 Do. 31 per cent Do. redeem. 6 per cent - .Tarr ort & Car., 4 p. c Do. 0 per cent. Hid. Con. 6 p c. stock Do.Con.Bris. & Bir. 6 p.c Do. 0 p. c. pref. stock Do. with option till 1860 Do. Lehi. Hit. pref. st. Norfik 5 p. c. Ex. st. 1846 Do. 51, p. c. Pref. do. 1847 Do.sWay.Val.Ex.st.lBl7 North British, 5 p. e. Do. New, pia. 5 p. c Do. Bor. Un. g. pf. Do. do. do. Nth. Dev. R ail. & Dck. Co. •c-East.Cons.Pret. 4 p. c.j Do. Berwick, 4 p.c. Pref.' Do. do. do 137 139 101 103 95 96 11l 113 109 111 & 1 p 93 25 102 104 P in 'Do. Leeds, 6 p. a. No. 1 Do. do. Quarters, 1848.. Do. York, .do S. Purch. North Staffordshire.... hytnney Guaranteed, Scottish Central, new p 1 Scottish North-Eastern P }p 23 24 p. c. pref. 5t0ck....1 Do.Aberdeengua.Bp.c. Do. 7 p. c. pref. stock South Devon, Ann. 10s. Do. Fixed 4i per cent. South Eastern (Reading 122 124 130 133 101 11 Ann., 1.0.6) Do. 41 per cent. Do. Fixed fip.c. Ist is. , outh Wales, gua. 4 p. Do. 14 per cent. S.-Yorkshire, 4 p. c, g - ua. Stock. & Dar. A 5 p. c Do. B 6 Der cent t Do. C 6 percent iWatrid & kilkny, 6 p. c I W.Mid -Oxf lst Gua stk 23 1 241 101 103 101 103 90 92 99 101 85 88 274 284 : 9 ,24 334 324 334 45 48 124 126 123 125 100 102 123 126 118 120 Do. 23 do -- Do. Newport 5 p.c.pt.red. Do.Perpet. 6 p. c. pt 1866 Do. till 1869, let le. Do. do. 2d is. LINES LEASED AT FIXED RE TALS. Paid. Leasing Clo s i ng Business Railways ."'" Co.'s. Price. Done. Bedford and Bletchley all Ln & -- BHckin,li ftin shire .. • . 1 00 Lu & , N.W 98 100 , Chester & Holyhead.. 100 Do. Do. do. si per cent. 100 Do. 125 127 Do. do. 5 per cent. 100 Do. ll3 115 oeiClydesdale,lester Stour .Ttinc v tion a . l .. 100 a11 I C E ! u l cd t o ß n 1 e n 1 1 0 6 2 104 17 Colchester E.Lincolnshire, , .6 p.c. 100 Gt. North. 135 137 E.Unlon,Harwich Shs all E.Counts. 4} 4} Do. Woodbridge ...I 100 Gls.Barr.&Nells,Dret., 100 ICrlledonin Do. New , 100 ;Do. .. •• Gloster& Dean Forest all 'Gt. West. Hartlpool.Dck.& Rail. all Tk.N.&llr Hnll and Selby all Yk.N. Md. Do. i Shares all 'D0....... Do. i Shares Lanc.& Carl. g,ua.s p.c lOO I,n.&N.W London & Greenwich 100 S. East... Do. Preference , 100 'D0....... y . & S o 1 4. 1 t. p e . n . c. d t :1 1 1 1 g0 00 0 Ix) Veto oor. f Norfolk k C . o . Lon.,Tilb D Lo o w 6 es p t e o r tt e , e g n u t a : 3 . 1a .. tk : 0 1 01 ' ,3 L l N ia W lan e: Manc.,l3 s i t i:t i n c ...&. Bradford Prefer ence Newmarkt.,BuryEx ) guaranteed 5 p. a i 5 5 6 E.Counts Nortlin.& Eastn. 5 p.c. all tDo. Do. do. S per cent .... all 1)o. Do. Fixed 5 per cent. all Do. North Western Preston and Wyre. f all I- "t NW & L.Yk. i Do. i Stares A. all D 0.... R oys t n .lliteb.,,t Shep 100 Gt.No . di. Shrewsbry& Hereford 100 T.Brassey Do. o. 1 , ...... South Staffordshire .. all M'Clean.. Wilts and Somerset.. 100 Gt. West. Wimbledon a Croydn. all L.& Bv it DUerg. 3}3s' 98 100 111 ) 55 57 15 15i 135 137 105 107 101 41t 1) 1 93 95 74 84 Docks. Paid. €l ° , ing Business Price. Done. stock iCommercial ' lOO stock 00. 4 per Cent.Pref.Min. 100 stock ,East and West India no stock ;London lOO -.. stock ISt. Katharine. 1100 stock ekouthampton i 100 stook iVietoria . lOO 101 103 20 i Dg i Now , 1 r loo!_._. ye we go 3 4 i p stock stock stock StCog stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock Itock stock 6.4.0. stock stock stock stock stock stock tock stock stock stock 10 19.16.4 stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock 12 10 stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock 264 stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock 2s. (id VA stock stoe , 124 stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock 10 10 stock stock stock stock 'took 10s, atom stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock Shard c 1 }lOO 100 100 100 all all BRITISH MINES. Allred Consols (Philack) British Iron Clifford IDevon G. Cons. (Tavist ) East Bassett (Illogan) j East Caradon ..... IE. WI Russel (Tavistk.), Gam.dzSt.Aubyn(Gwen.)l Great South Tolgus G.Wheal Alfa. (Philaelc) G. Wheal Vor (llelston) Grenville Herod's- Foot 1 !Hingsbon Downs Lady Bertha Margaret (Uny Lelant) l , .North Downs i North France s (Illogan), , N.Wh'l Basvat (1110 ,an)! North Wheal Crofty 1 IPar Consols (St. Blazey)l Providence (Uny Lelnt.) Surtridg . e Cons. Min. Co. South Caradon(St.Cleer) S. Cam Brea (Illogan) S. Dev. Iron &Gen., Lim S.Wheal Fran. (Illogan)' Stray Park Tamar Silv.& Lead Min Tin Croit all 18.1-. ' , Vale of Towey (Carm.). West Basset (Illogan).. 1 W. Caradon (Liskeard) ,West Seton Wheal Basset (Illogan)1 (Wheal Buller (Redruth)i Wheal Edward (Cals.) Wheal nifty (U.Lelana Wheal Mary Ann (Men.)l Wheal Treiawney 1.7.2 Australian BonAccord Copper,Lina. Brazil. Imp. (Is. at i p.` D. St.Johndel Rey,Lim Do. Land and Mining Co. Clarendon Cons.MinCo 1 Cobre Copper Copiapo DunMoun.Cop.Mtig.Co Fortuna. General !Gt. N. Cop. of S. Austr Kapunda (Limited) Linares Lusitanian Mariquita IN.lthineCopoiS.Aus.L ,Pontgibaud Silver,Leiut Mining and Smelt ,Port Philip Scottish Austrin. (L.) United Mexican Worthing (Limited) Do. 5 I 1 281:81 JOINT-STO 100 .Agra&UnitedServiceßk 40 jAustralasia 25 , Bank of Egypt,, 100 !Bank of London 20 Bank of Turkey 50 ,British North American 20 'Chtd.Bank of India, 3m. 25 Ch. Mer. of In. Lon.& Ch 100 , City 100 Colonial .. 20'11 Cora. Bank of Canada 100 'Commercial of London 20 Eng., Scot., 0 Aus. Ch 20 Gen. Bk .of Switzerland 20 'Lon. Char.Bkof Austral 50 London and County 50 'Loudon Joint Stock 100 London it Westminstr,r 100 Nat. Prov. of Engl9,nd 20 Do. new • . 50 !National Bank .... •••• 20 New, South Wales.-- 20 Do. new 25 Orient. B. Corporation 20 Ottoman Bank 100 Provincial of Ireland 10 'Do. new 25 South Australia 25 Union of Australia 50 1 nion or London 100 Unity Mutual 3 3 / 4 2 210 220 410 420 120 125 101 11 11/ 11/ 27 29 9 9 1 1 3 31 11 11 32 34 31 3/ 11 11 54 56 31 41 4 5 4 5 10 11 94 11 45 47 1 11 300 310 2/ 3i 1 / 5 ISS 49 51 21 2t 51 51 i 17 18 76 78 350 370 1120 125 435 145 I 11 1; 17 lg : 1 20 22 17 19 FOREIGN MINES. 2.14.6 7.4.0 .641 17; 12.13.9 94 - 5.14.5 8.12 4.10.6 1.8.6 15; 9.18.9 10.6.7 14s !.3s 6cll t 1 2 2} 2% 29 all 2 all 1128.6 d all 1 10s. ail all 19s. B dis. 43 45 8 10 I I 2 24 21 23 par ip 1 1 1 94 10 4 P 1 tp I Id 5 6 i * k 1,1 2 1 ;ANKS. 83 71 73 21 22 60 b 2 1i 1 57 59 22i 23 34 36 70 72 39 41 714 2 21 22 151 131 251 26 25} 36 f Pail'Closing I Business Price. Done 45 47 18 19 MENT SECURITIES. 109; COLONIAL GOVE Anglo,dexican Mint Atlantic Tel. (Limited) Australian Agricultural, Berlin Water (Limited), , British American Land; B.&l.Mag. Tel. A. (Lim.)l Do. 8,7p.c.t1111852 (Lim.); Do. C. (Limited) Canada Land Chan.lslands Tel. (Lim ) Cop.Min.ofEng.&Smltg Do. Pref. 7 per cent Crystal Palace IDo. Preference Do. 6 p. c. Per Jet. Deben Electric Telegraph ... Do. New ............ : lEnglish & Aus. Copper. Gen. Stearn Navigate m Great Ship I Imited) Do. 14 p ct, Preference Lon. District Tel. (Lirn.l London Discount (Li m. 3 L.G. Omnibus Co. (Lim.) Madras Irr. and Canal Mediter. Electric Teleg Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim ) National DN. Co. (Lim ) Nerbu.Coal&Tron (Lim ) Netherlands Land Do.B p.c.Pref.,iss.atl dis 1 N.l 3 r.&NovaScotiaLand N.B.Australasian (Lim.) 1 Oriental Gas (Limited). 1 Do. New Shares (Lim.). AO jOrintl.ln.Steam(Lim.)A 10 Ditto ............ 10 I Ditto C. stock Peel R.Lnd.&Min.(Lim ) 50 IPen. & Oriental Steam 50 Do. New 20 I RedSea&lnd.Tel.g.44p.c 100 Royal Mail Steam I 5 15 0 RhYDom. n N e e y w Iron stock Scot. Austin. Inv. (Lir o :N 25 South Australian Lance, 1 , Subrnarine TPI. Scrip 1 1 Do. Registered 10 Do. do. gr. & Ln.Co. of Upr.can; MKT= Dierneu!!!l4o4 • •• 321 10 ;took stock stock stock stock 100 all all a:I all 5 281 28 - 30' , 100 Ic2 108 110 93 96 i t I 2 lt 3 I/ i 9 19 Can. Gov. 6 p.c..Ta..tz July Do. 6p. cent. 1879 Do. 6p. cent. 1880 Do. 6p. cent. 1882 Do. 6p. c. Feb. Aug. Do. 6 p. c. Mar. & Sept. Do. 5 per cent Do. Scrip N.B.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.dauly, Do. 6p. c. Ap. & Oct, N. S. W. Gov. 5 p. c., 1866 Do. 5 p. c., 1871 to 1876 Do. 5 p.c.,1888 & limy& Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p. c sterling, 1875 lOO 108 109 S.Aus.Gt. 6 p.c.1878 &up lOO 108 110 Vie. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July 100 j - Do. do. 6 p.c. Ap.dzOct. 100 1071 108 MISCELLANEOUS. 100 112 117 100 1 100 -- 100 , 100 111 100 111 100 103 i 82 I -- 100 1081 100 1 100 100 i 101 i 100 100 i 1011 100 1001 1011 .... 109 i 31 33 41 5} 30 32 35 37 18 20 13 15 110 113 231 24i 24 1 .21 21 1} 1 d I{ l 2k} 4 lid 2 d iti 1 I i I p rl i 50 53 73 75 13 14 17 rs p n 19 5 6 46 48 130 135 33 35 -- i - t 5 i 7 t 6 08 1101 103 204 214 6 61 99 101 111 113 106 108 110 112 108 110 124 126 80 82 112 114 90 92 117 119 112 114 104 106 86 88 98 100 100 102 91 93 92 94 103 105 sa 10 17/ 181 104 11 76 78 20 21 10 104 15 151 137 139 116 118 116 118 138 143 116 118 103 105 153 156 130 134 69 71 90 92 'll6 118 150 155 13 14 70 72 I S 1 2 1012 1102 i a 110 112 '2CE 212 61 63 ,115 120 I 0 97 THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, DECEIVIBkR 22. 1860. . . Price Paid. Closing [Business done /Share I ! Railways. . t,.„, At.antic &Si Tjawrence M. - 77 80 It j ,Bora.,Baroda&.Cent Ind 100 95 96 ( 1 Ou. 5 per cent 18 i Do. Do. B 16 14 1 ci aO3 !Buffalo and Laxe Huron all 44 5 d 204 Do. New - - 10 Do. Preference .... . all 61 7 , m , j Buffalo,Brant,&(4odria 100 75 80 4 "' 6p. ct. bds. Aug 1, 1872 100 Do. do. July 1, 187', , 100 67 72 100 Do. do. June 1, 1874 100 65 70 5 Cleutta.&S.Eastn. (Lim 3 id pr 20 Cape,Eastn.Prov. (Lim.' 2s. - - 20 Cape Town & Dock Scrip 5 11 11 d 20 Ceylon Guarantd. 6p. c. 74 lf 1 d 174 Demerara. all - - 20 Eastn. Bengal gu. sp. c 10 la 14 d 4 stock East Indian, gu. 5 p. c . 100 - 1004 1014 . 1011 1 20 Do. F Shares Ext.._ all d pr . 20 Do. Jubbulpore all d pr 100 Do. 45 pc. Debentrs all 981 994 100 Do. sp. c. Deb., 1864 all 1001 1014 20 Geelong & Melbourne all - - stock Geelong Corporation 6 per cent. Bonds ... - - stock Grand Trunk of Canada 100 23 24 23/ 3 100 Do. 6 per cent. Pref all 78 80 78 100 Do. Oper ct. Debentr all 48 52 - I8 100 Do. 7 per cent. 1862 100 Do. do. 1867 100 Do. do. 1872 all 48 52 stock Gt.lndiaPenin.gua,sp.e lOO 975 981 20 Do. New gua. sp. c... 8 4d 1 d 20 Gt. South.of India (Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. all 2 14d 201 Gt. W. of Canada Shares all 11 llf 11 204 I Do. New 100 Do. Bonds pay. '76, with opt, till '6O .... 100 Do. do. '73 till '6O .. all 95 100 100 IDo. do. '73 without opt. all 9 3 96 100 ;Do. 51 p. c. do. '77 d 0... all 90 93 stock ;Madras, guar., 41 p. c... 100 85 67 stock Do. do. 5 per cent.. .. 100 954 061 stock Do. 41 p. c. Extension 100 881 895 20 Do. Fourth d 0........ 15 1 4 If d i 20 Do. d 0..... - .... all - - stock Melb.Corp. 6p. c. Inds. 100 - - ( Do. R 20 Newßrunswick & Canda Class A Capital Share 20 Do. do. B Capital do. .. . 1) all 5 7 all 5 7 1 1 1 Y d .:L L a a n n d d (L do im .. ..) . g..6 . pc o. do. Land do. - .... 1 20 Oude (Limited) ... ..... ss. - - . stock Scinde ... ...... 4 'd. .; 100 100 101 20 , Do. Punjaub .... Ir 4 g 10 1/ d 11 1 20 Do.! Do. ~ -,. •• 4g i all - -d f stalk 'Do. Indus. St. Flo. 4,a.' 100 91 96 c 20 St. Andrews & Quebec A 18 , - - 1 10 !Trinidad (Lim.) Scrip.. 1 I 4 1 d ' FOREIGN RAILWAYS. 10 Antwerp & Rotterdam all 51 54 NI 20 'Ardennes --. ...... .. all - -p 20 tßalL&S.Fran..Lim.7 p.c. 10 15 114 a 5 !Belgian East. Junction all 4 1 t] 20 Beziers to Graissessac.. all -t( 6 I CEP-neaux Mine & Rail all 10 11 100 !Coplapo - ......&...... all - - 10 i Ditto Extension - - all 3 244 20 !Dutch Rhenish 20 !Eastern of France 20 !Grand Rus. Guar. 6p. c. 6 --- 20 Do. do. sll - - , 20 Great Central of France all - - P 20 Gt. Luxem., Con. shs all 61 7 6/ ra 20 (Italian Junction - - 20 Lake Constance & Bale. all - - C 20 Lierre & Turnhout - - all -- ar 20 Lyons & Geneva - - 335 ! Maria Antonia ...... - 10 i Do. New - ... - - 20 ;Namur & Liege 20 IDo. 6p. e. Pref all 194 204 1] 16 Northern of France all 884 395 16 Do. New Shares .-.. 15 - - ' PI 10 Norwegian Trunk Pref all 75 85 20 Paris,Lyons, & Mcditer all 355 361 20 Paris & Orleans.. - 2 ,-, r Recife & S. Fran. (Pern " i gua. 7p. ct. lirn 20 !Riga & Dunaburg l4 - - di 10 !Rome & Frascati - - - 20 !Royal Danish all - - 5 !Royal Swedish - - 4 !Do. 7 per cent. Pref all - - hi 20 Sambre & Meuse .. 10 Do. 55 per cent. Pref all 81 A l 20 San Paulo, lira, g. 7p. c 2 1. 1 d sa 20 S.Aust.&Lomb Venetin 12 4d 4 d 134 20 Southern of France.... all 20 2 t nc 84 West Flanders 10 Do. 55 p. c. Preference.. all 91 91 20 ,W. & N.W. of France .. all 215 224 23 ;Western of Austria.... 6 - - de 20 ;Western of Switzer land all ' - - 6 Wiesbaden - - mi 6 po. 8 par cent. Pref all - - W 20 ,Zealand - - , Shure Mines. 2.11.101 153 27i 15 all all 165 7i 17 -I 27f 8 L A lY .T 2 17 TELLTGEN CE, —( This Day.) COURT OF CHANCERY. (Before the Lord Chancellor.) APPEAL-JUDGMENT-HOLROYD V. MARSHALL. This was a composition between an assignee not in pos session, and a judgment creditor in possession under a scierefacias. His lordship was of opinion that the judgment creditor's claim was preferable to the claim of the assignee, reversed the order of the 'V ice-Chancellor, and dismissed the appeal with costs. REYNOLDS V. WRIGHT—APPEAL—JUDGMENT. This was an appeal from a decision of the Master of the Rolls on the 6th section of tho Wills Act and the 12th section of the Statute of Frauds. The question raised was whethez the testator's estate should go to the heir or executor. His lordship was of opinion that in cases of intestacy the heir was entitled to take the property. His lordship affirmed the decision of the Master of the Rolls, and dis missed the appeal with costs. (Before the Lords Justices.) PEARSON V. BENSON-APPEAL-JUDGMENT. This was an appeal from a decision of the Master of the Rolls. Lord Justice Knight Bruce and Lord Justice Turner delivered their opinions on the various questions in dispute between the parties in this case, and confirmed the decision of the Master of the Rolls except as to costs. Their lord ships dismissed the appeal without costs, except the deposit to be costs of the appeal, and reserved the consideration of the order dismissing the appeal on minutes till next term. APPEAL. -- JUDGMENT.-NEVIL V. ELLIOT. This was an appeal fromVice-Chancellor Wood, granting an injunction. Lord Justice Knight Bruce and Lord Justice Turner dissolved the injunction against the defendant laying down his telegraph cables, on the defendant undertaking to abide by an order of court that may be made in the cause without prejudice to the plaintiff, establishing his right under his patent in a court of law. APPEAL - JUDGMENT. -BUNT V. ELMES. This was a competition between a mortgagee and a pur chaser without notice of the mortgage 'arising out of Hughe, the solicitor, fraudulently concealing the mort gage on property at Stratford, Essex. Lord Justice Knight Bruce and Lord Justice Turner were of opinion that the mortgagee for £l,OOO was prefer able to the subsequent purchaser, and varied the decree of the Master of the Rolls, in so far as it ordered the defendant to deliver up the title deeds of the property. SHERIFFS' COURT. (Before Mr. Kerr.) BETT V. WEIR-A LONG JUDGMENT. This was a judgment summons, and Mr. Salter, for the plaintiff, said that as long ago as 1852 a judgment sum mons had been issued against defendant in the Marylebone County Court. That was not put in force because plaintiff and the officers could not catch defendant. His Honour—This is a very long time ago. Mr. Salter—By permission of your Honour, under the 110th rule, the present summons has been issued. Mr. Buchanan—l appear for defendant. It is for the plaintiff to prove that defendant has means. Mr. Salter—He is in receipt of a salary. Mr. Buchanan—He gets a job now and then. His Honour—l will make an order of committal for ten days. REGISTERING A PATE3II,--LEMON V. BALL. This wasan action to recover £lO 108., money alleged to have been paid at defendant's request. Mr. Lewis, of Wilmington-square, called plaintiff, who said that defendant had invented a die and press, but had not the money to provisionally register it. At his request plaintiff paid £lO 10s. for six months. Cross-examined by Mr. Buchanan--Plaintiff was to give defendant 5 per cent. upon the sales. Sold some articles made by the patent. Worked the patent for six months. Was to allow the defendant a share of the profits. Mr. Buchanan called defendant, who said that he did not ask plaintiff to pay the money. Plaintiff worked the patent for six months. Thero was no agreement as to profits. His Honour was of opinion that plaintiff had not made out his case. At best he had only made out a case of partnership. He should find for defendant, with costs. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—( This Day). MARLBOROUGH-STREET. _ . AN ARTFUL MODE OP PROYIDING A CHRISTMAS DINNER.—Robert Leigh, a rough cunning looking fellow, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with stoaling two geese of the value of 14s. from the shop of Mrs. Webb, 109, Tot tenham-court-road. A little girl netted Sarah Harrington proved seeing the prisoner and another lad walk up to the shop window just as the person who had been left in charge of the Christ mas stock had turned his back, and each of them dexte rously threw a cloth over a goose—selecting two very fine ones—and then hastily walk off with them. She gave an alarm and they were pursued, the prisoner being caught, but the other escaping. George Maynard, in the employ of Mrs. Webb, said he had only just left the geese, having kept a sharp look out all day, knowing that there was a number of young thieves about, when the alarm was given. He immediately ran after the lads, but unfortunately slipping down the other lad escaped, but he succeeded in securing the prisoner after a chase. Prisoner—Why, I was going along quiet like, when a boy seized up a goose and threw it at me. I was, of course, running after him, when up comes this 'ere person and stops me, and says, " You stole the goose," and gives me into custody. A constable said the prisoner had been before convicted, and the prisoner, who did not seem to relish the idea of going to pass his Christmas in prison, was committed for two months, with hard labour. GABII3AL t I AT CAP_RERA. Caprcra, Dec. 2. At break of day all are astir, and everyone pre paring himself for his own occupations, so that on the little square facing the house you see on the one side Colonel D---- sharpening a knife, on the other F— mending a spade; Menotti, his son, trying a musket ; B—, who with a needle mends nets ; G— selecting the seeds; and, inside the house, the daughter's good governess preparing some coffee for these working people. Then each goes about his business—one to the direction of the plough, another to the plantation of the vine, which is to be tried ; some devoting themselves to fishing. others to the chase, and the General to survey all. to direct all, selecting the best agricultural systems that his mind suggests to him. Towards mid-day a slight and sober collation, where, seated around an old walnut table, " belonging to drawing or en trance room," they narrate to each other their cam pestral feats, interpersed by relations of war epi sodes, of military adventures, and a hundred other things, which render that familiar intercourse so exquisitely agreeable. Then the daughter, a rinz promptu, makes the horse resound with the accords of an excellent piano (sole luxurious article of fur niture he possesses at Caprera), and begins playing the allegro, " Daglicla avanti un passo," followed by "Va d'ltalia"—hymns which recall so much grief and so many national joys. After break fast each resumes his occupation again to meet at the frugal evening dinner, where certainly no one envies the regal repast shared in gilded saloons. At night, after a short walk, the Dictator retires to his own little room, and there, alone with his thoughts, meditates on the future destiny of that Italy, which, I may say, he never names without a tremour of love. C. M. Dec. 3. In my preceding letters I did not tell you that the government sent to Maddalena, for the Dicta tor's disposal, the national steamer Washington— the same that so greatly assisted at the disembarka tion on terra firma. Garibaldi, however, gratified at such empressensent, would not allow that the State should suffer an expenditure which he thought unnecessary, and nobly refused the offer. Last week he with various friends went to the Sardinian coast to hunt. Hardly was Garibaldi's arrival known than a thousand fires shone on the surrounding hill summits, and multitudes of mountaineers hastened from every part. Among those villagers he spent a happy day. This morn. ing I have gone all over Caprera, and I went in the demesnes of the joint proprietor of the island. an English lady, who, perhaps, misanthropically inclined, or given to contemplation, has these many years come to bury herself in the solitude of a cabin, which she has had built in the southern part of the island. The two tenures of the general and the lady are separated by a wall a few feet high, and here and there intercepted by oval shaped gates. The declivity of the hill, where some weak shrubs grow is covered by some erratic masses of granite imbedded in a thousand fanciful ways by the corroding action of the maritime waters which in remote times against them beat. A letter just received from Naples says :—" Mr. Fielder, proprietor of the yacht Julia, came in from Caprera on the 12th, and brought us welcome intelligence of Garibaldi. He and his party landed and climbed up to his house, but not finding him at home they went to seek him, and met him return ing with a spade over his shoulder, and bearing evident signs of exertion on his face. They re turned with him to his house, which, though marked by great order and cleanliness, was sim ply furnished, even to deal tables. On the next day he went on board the Julia, and partook of the hospitality of Mr. Fielder. There is an inti mation in a portion of the British press that Ga ribaldi is expected to visit London. A friend of his writes me as follows As far as I can know from a letter of the general's, he is not disposed to accept any invitation to go to London. He says— " I cannot, and would not, leave Caprera at pre sent." This is in answer to the invitation of some English gentleman I haie already sent to him." THIS DAY'S MARKETS. COVENT GARDEN. The show of fruit is very moderate, but the supply of ♦egetables continues large. Generally speaking., the demand rules steady, as follows : FRU s. d. s. d. Pine apples, perlb 4 0 to 8 di Colonial do., each 1 0 to 1 6 Grapes,per lb 3 0 to 6 0 Foreign do 1 0 to 1 6 Nielons, each 2 0 to 4 0 Peaches, perdoz 6 0 to 12 Nectarines, per dz 2 0 to 6 0 Apples, per hf. sv. 1 6 to 3 0 Pears, per do Oranges, per doz 5 0 to 10 0 Lemons, per 100 4 0 to 8 0 Apricots, per doz 2 0 to 4 0 - - • B. d. g. d Cherries, per lb 0 oto 0 0 Filberts, per lb 1 oto 1 6 Cobnuts, per lb 1 oto 1 6 Almonds, per bus 0 oto 0 0 Walnuts, per 100 1 oto 2 0 Figs, per doz 2 Ito 4 6 Strawberries potl 0 0 to 0 0 Gooseberries id sv 0 oto 0 0 Currants, per do. 0 oto 0 0 Plums, per do. Greengages, pr do. 0 oto 0 0 Raspberries,prptlo oto 0 0 'VEGETABLES. Greens, dz bunch 3 oto 3 6 , Shallots, per lb .. 0 6to 0 Cabbages, pr doz 0 9to 1 3 Horseradish, pbn 1 oto 2 Savoy do., pr do. 0 18 to 1 6 Parsley, per ditto 0 2to 0 Cauliflowers, pdz 1 oto 3 0 Celery, per ditto 0 Bto 1 Brocoli, per dz 0 oto 0 0 Beet, per doz. 1 6to 2 Potatoes, per ton 100 to 150 0 Parsnips, per do. 0 oto 0 New ditto, per lb. 0 oto 0 0 Small salad, p. pn, 0 2to 0 Peas, per sieve 1 6to 1 9 Mushrooms,p pun 2 oto 3 Turnips, dz bunch 2 oto 2 6 Artichokes, pr dz 4 oto 6 Carrots, pr do 4 6to 5 6 Cabbage lett,score 1 oto 2 Cucumbers 1 oto 1 6 ' Endive, per score 1 oto 2 Garlic, per lb Sorrel, per sieve 0 oto • 0 Tomatoes, hi' aye 4 oto 6 Spinach, 0 6to 0 8 Walnuts, per 100 0 oto 0 Brus. sprouts, h.s. 1 3to 1 i Chillies, per ditto 0 oto 0 Old onions, hf. sv. 0 oto 0 0 Capsicums, per do 0 oto 0 Do., dz bun French beans, 100 9to 2 0 Asparagus, pr do. 2 oto 4 Leeks, per bunch • oto 0 0 Seakale, per pun. 0 0 to 0 AINSWORTH'S NEW NOVEL • The Constable of the 7 ower. By W. Harrison Ainsworth. illustrated bv John Gilbert. Now publishing in Bentley's .Miscellany, As the advertisement s have now for some time past been notifying to the public, would be the care very temptingly, the New Year's number of Bentley's Miscellany opens with the initial chapters of another grand historical romance from that master - hand to which , the lovers of romance are already indebted for "Rook wood"—for " Old St. Paul's" —for " 'Windsor Castle" —for " St. James's"—for " The Tower of London"—for " The Miser's Daughter"—and for so I many other brilliant, popular, and far-famed works of imagination. Thrice welcome to g:fted tale-teller, upon whose words of witchery our breathless curiosity has so often hung suspended—hung, as it were upon the suspension of a hair, meaning, of course, upon the de licately attenuated and intricately winding thread of his narrative! It is not now the romance writer ?fir et simple, it is not now the "Anther of Book wood" who takes pen in haul, thereby, with that magic pen of his, to— " 'Witch the world with noble horsemanship 1" It is Harrison Ainsworth in his later and more ambitious character and capacity as a historical romance writer, it is the " Author of Windsor oaslle and of the Tower of London," who o p ens another illumivated scroll before his readers, the scroll of another story in which the great person ages of our English History, live and move, love and hate, intrigue and die in the midst of the clus tering throng of the creatures born of novelist's own abounding imagination. . There is a scarcely resistible attraction in the mere title of this the lat9st, and what evidently aspires to be—and what if only it be continued and completed as it has been commenced gives already fair promise of being--the greateat of these his torical romances of P. .h iron Ainsworth—" THE CONSTABLE Or THE rOWER." Stalwart old Sir John Gage —appointed Constable of the Tower of London during the reign of King Henry VIII.— being in truth the dignitary so designated. The January number of Bentley's Miscellany leads off the new story with its Prologue. This Pro logue, entitled " The Will of Henry the Eighth," consisting of half-a-dozen chapters. The period chosen for the opening of the romance, it will be at once by consequence inferred, is immediately prior to the termination of the terrible reign of our Eng lish Blueheard. As evidence of the daring character of Mr. Ainsworth's adventure in this narrative, as a historical romancist—let us now mention the somewhat extraordinary fact that already through the loophole of this one division of his story he has allowed his readers to see passing before them, as it were, in gorgeous procession the following far-famed historic personages : King Henry VIII, at the close of his thirty-five years' reign, sinking into the grave, already, while yet alive, a bloated mass of corruption. Queen Catherine Parr, his sixth wife, and of them all (though so many of them were divorced) the sole survivor. Edward VI., when Prince of Wales, and scarcely yet entered on his teens. Mary, bis elder sister, the Future Queen at thirty-two years of age, when Princess Royal of England. Elizabeth, the Great Queen of the Hereafter— here, however, but a blooming Princess of thirteen. Archbishop Cranmer, the Primate—robed in full canonicals. Sir Thomas Seymour, later on the wily Pro tector of the pious stripling Sovereign. The Earl of Hertford, brother of the destined Protector, aspiring himself to that perilous and responsible dignity. The Earl of , Surrey—heroic knight, exquisite poet, celebrant of the Lady Geraldine, Gardiner, Bishop of Winchester. Wrriothesely, the Lord High Chancellor. Dudley, Viscount Leslie, High Admiral of Eng land. These and a crowd of other noblo and notable personages have already thronged upon the scene at the very threshold of this elaborate structure of Mr. Ainsworth's new historical romance. —conspicuous among them, towering loftily even beside the once magnificent presence of King Henry the Eighth, the noble form of Sir John Gage, the Constable of the Tower. Nothing could well be finer than the opening chapter of the Prologue, descriptive of " How the Right High and renowned King Henry the Eighth waxed grievously sick and was like to die." It is a most eloquent and striking epitome of a terrible reign at the moment of its drawing towards its conclu sion. Referring to its ruthlessness, Mr. Ainsworth ... . writes : " The wisest, the noblest, the bravest, the best of Henry's subjects were sacrificed to his resentment and caprice. , Uprightness could not save More and Fisher, nor long 1 services and blind obedience Wolsay and Cromwell. Age offered no protection to the octogenarian Lord Darcy, and piety failed to preserve the abbots of Fountains, Itivaux, and Gervaux. " But not alone did men perish by the stern behests of this ruthless tyrant, this w rse than Oriental despot, but women I—women of incomparable beauty, who bad shared his couch, and had every claim upon bis tenderness and compassion. But pity was not in his nature. When love w as gone, dislike and hate succeeded. Startling and almost incredible is the history of his six marriages." The following is our Rornancist's startling record in a very few words of the fearful sequence of those Six Marriages : " Katherine of Aragon, faultless and loving, was divorced to make way for the lovely Anne Boleyn, who, in her turn, was decapitated to give place to the resistless Jane Sey mour. The latter lived not long enough to weary her capricious consort, but was succeeded by Catherine of Cleves, whose want of personal attraction caused the an nulment of her marriage and Cromwell's destruction. Next came the .bewitching Catherine Howard, *ho was butchered like Anne Boleyn ' • and lastly, Catherine Parr, saved only from the bloclAyher own spirit and prudence, as will be presently related. Twice was the nuptial knot forcibly untied—twice was it sundered by the axe." We must present to our readers, however, now in rapid succession a few of the Historical Portraits sketched in, upon his ample canvass, by Harrison Ainsworth's master hand—portraits it will be seen (even through those fragmentary excerpts)— mingling vividly and of resplendent colouring. Foremost among these in merit and importance is the one here immediately subjoined : HENRY VIII. "Accounted, when young, one of the handsomest princes in Europe, possessing at that time a magnificent person, ' a proud and majestic bearing, and all that could become a sovereign, he was nowan unwieldy, unshapely, and bloated mass. The extraordinary vigour of his early days gave promise of long life, but the promise was fallacious. For merly he had been accustomed to take prodigious exercise, and to engage in all manly sports ; but of late, owing to increasing obesity, these wholesome habits were neglected, and could never be resumed, his infirmities offering an effectual bar to their continuance. Though not positively intemperate, Henry placed little restraint upon himself in regard to wine, and none whatever as to food. He ate prodigiously. Nor when his life depended upon the ob servance of some rules of diet would he refrain. "Engendered in his frame by want of exercise, and nourishedby gross self-indulgence, disease made rapid and fearful progress. Ere long he had become so corpulent, and his limbs were so much swollen, that he was almost incapable of movement. Such was his weight, that ma chinery had to be employed to raise him or place him in a Ichair. Doors were widened to allow him p assa g e. He could not repose in a couch from fear of suffocation; and unceasing anguish was occasioned by a deep and incurable ulcer in the leg. Terrible was he to behold at this period. Terrible to hear were his cries of rage and pain, which resembled the roaring of a wild beast. His attendants came nigh him with reluctance and affright, for the slightest inadvertence drew down dreadful imprecations and menaces on their heads. , 4 g . . Henry was seated in his cumbrous chair. Ever fond of rich habiliments, even when labouring under mortal disease, his predilections did not desert him. A gown of purple caffa damask, furred with sables, and having a border embroidered and fringed with Venice gold, was thrown ever his shoulders. His overgrown trunk was en veloped in a doublet of purple satin, embroidered all over with pearls, and his lower limbs were wrapped in a mantle of black cloth of gold upon bawdkin. On his head he wore a velvet skull-cap, richly set with pearls and other precious stones. But these trappings and ensigns of royalty only served to make the sick monarch's appearance more hideous. It was dreadful to look upon him as he sat there, with his features so bloated as scarcely to retain a vestige of huma nity, and his enormously bulky person. No one would have recognised in this appalling object the once lir e un_ and majestic Henry the Eighth. The only fcd terrible as h fe ri a osv doe changed in the king was the eye. sunken in their orbits, his eyes were keen " p ever, proving that his faculties h ad lost no ne of their force. Here follows, not inappropriate/y., the delicately pencilled limning Mr. Ainsworth gives us of HENRY is HENRY TIII.'B VI more " Catherine Parr's charms S e a a u r a s . h e c 1 w e a s r a n e th s s 3' fully developed in the sum mer of life than in the spring. At tshoafn exquisite s At 35 she was far handsomwe younger. Her complexion her face was oval in form, the her skin smooth as *St ghtly aquiline • her eyes principal feature being :sli brows with' heavywere Her locks large, dark, and languid in expression, jetty hed by well over-arcmarble 6 banded over her forehead, and partly were rich head-dress. Her fi re vr con cealed by r e s ort gu as tall and d f 11 b p one , u ,but not over much. Her de perfectly p and queenl uortment was majestic y, her manner calm, col lected, almost cold ; but, notwithstanding her gravity of aspect anti s taidness of demeanour, ther e was some thi ng i n Catherine's looks that seemed to intimate that she could sm il e , ay, and indulge in innocent merriment, when alone among her women, or unawed by her imperious spouse. On the present occasion she was richly attired, as was her wont. A circle of gold, ornamented with diamonds, rubies, and small pearls, encompassed her brows. Attached to this coronet was a coif of golden wire, while an embroidered couvre-chief depending from it, completed her head gear Her gown was of gold damask, raised with pearls of da mask silver, with a long close-fitting stomacher, and sleeves tight at the shoulder, but having loose hanging cuffs of fur, beneath which could be discerned slashed and puffed_om under sleeves of crimson satin. A necklace of jacinth ad • eof , her throat, and her waist wa s surrounded by a girdle . A I goldspaith's work, with friar's knots, masa ell eidrdleblackwhich 1 somalader box terminated the ch ain of the g , re , ached almost to the feet." e after whom the Boom um 'AZ §u J . ohla Gal P ___ • new work of the author of Windsor Castle is named THE CONSTABLE OF THE Tow En. "th Sir John Gaeze---for he was the st a l wart persoriage on e king's righl—had a soldier like air and deportment, and that he had seen service was evident from the scars on his check and brow. His features were handsome, but of an iron cast, and singularly stern in expressien. llis bt.ard was coal-black, and cut like a spade. He was attiTd in a doublet of tawny-coloured satin, a furred velvet cassock of the same hue, and orange-tawny hose. He was armed with rapier and dagger, and below the left knee wore the Garter. Appointed master of the wards and Constable of the Tower in 11i40, soon after the fall of Cromwell, Sir John Gage was likewise made, at a later date, comptroller of the household, and filled these important otl•es to the king's entire satisfaction. His rough, blunt manner, and fearlessness of speech, contrasting forcibly with the ser vility and obsequiousness of his other courtiers, pleased Henry, who would brook some difference of opinion from his own, provided he was firmly convinced, as in this in stance, of the speaker's honesty." Enough, however, in the way of extracts, if to the foregoing we now venture to add the portraitures out' gifted Romanejat here introduced in the man ner follo wing —portraitures of Henry three Royal children, ouch in turn Ruler of this fair realm of England. QUEEN T. " Her stomach er was fastened b R y two brooches of agates set with emerald s , f rom the lower of which a large orie pearl depended. Her s l en d er waist was encircled by a girdle of goldsmith's work, with roses of rubies, having friars' knots, and hanging down in front. her dress was of gold bawdkin, and fitting tight to the body, betrayed her extreme thinness, and gave h er a very rigid look. ti er dark auburn locks (for we care not to call them red) were gathered becomingly enough beneath her head-gear. Mary had and her features pAsessed little beauty ; but theymeagreness, Were i n . telligent in expression." THAMES. TWELVE TIMES CONVICTED.—WiIIiam Jones, an active fellow . , aged 19 years, with a good many aliases, was brought before Mr. Selfe, charged with stealing three packages of pearl barley, each weighing 31bs., from a cart in High•street, Whitechapel. Micah Harvey, a police-constable, No. 174 H, stated that he saw the prisoner and another thief following a horse and cart along the High-street. The cart contained a large quantity of parcels of grocery and other goods. The prisoner and his companion went behind the cart, raised the lid of a box that was on the cart, and took from it three parcels, with which they crossed the road and went upon the footpath. He went after them, and collared both. They dropped the three parcels, and a fierce struggle took place. The prisoner's companion escaped, and only one of the parcels was recovered. The other was picked up by some of the numerous thieves and ruffians who assembled directly he seized Jones and his confederate. The cart went on, and the driver of it was unconscious of having lost anything. Joseph Deeble, a police-constable, No. 195 H, said he knew the prisoner well, and he belonged to the Keate street gang in Spitalfields, and had been convicted at least 12 times. There was not a more hardened thief in the dis trict. The prisoner was convicted at the Worship -street Police-court 15 months ago, when he was sentenced to six months' imprisonment and hard labour for a robbery. The prisoner was convicted in the Thames Police-court seven months ago, and again sentenced to six months' imprison ment and hard labour. The prisoner had been in custody since his liberation. The prisoner, on being called upon for his defence, said, " Settle it here, sir," Mr. Selfe—lndeed, I shall not ; you will go before a jury this time. You are committal for trial. CATERING FOR CHRISTMAS FARE.—Matilda Gatter, alias Gutter, Ann Davis, Martha Blumsden, and Eliza Sport, all aged 17, who have been known to the police for a long time, were brought before Mr. Selfe charged with stealing a piece of beef, a piece of pork, a britannia metal tea-pot, and a hair broom, from various shops in the Cora mercial-road and vicinity. Copping, a detective pike- sergeant No. 3 K, stated that he met the prisoners in the Commercial-road, and, know ing them to be thieves, watched them, and saw them visit and loiter about many butchers', grocers', and cheesemon gers' shops, where there were large and tempting displays of Christmas fare. They did not succeed in taking any things, although they made many attempts, until they came to the shop of Mr. Charles Holland, oil and colourman of No. 12, Bedford-row, Commercial-road, where one of them stole a hair broom exposed for sale outside the shop, while the others stood around her and covered her operations. He then stepped up to them, and with the assistance of a constable took them into custody. He found upon them the broom, which was identified by Mr. Holland, a jug, a piece of beef, a piece of pork, and a new metal teapot. The prisoners refused to give any account of themselves, or where they purchased the articles found upon them. They were all bad characters, and had been in custody before. The prisoners made a good deal of noise in the felon's dock, frequently interrupted the officer, and stated they were hard-working girls. Copping—l never knew them to do any work—they are all thieves. Mr. Selfe said the prisoners were on a predatory excur sion, and were properly looked after by the officer. He convicted t hem as rogues and vagabonds under the Vagrant Act, and sentenced them to two months' imprisonment and hard labour. According to a statement prepared by Mr. James Low, the shipments of specie from Great Britain to the East in the year 1860 have amounted to £9,425,787. This is £6,191,003 below the total of 1859, but £1,205,114 above the average of the last 10 years. The proportion of gold shipped this year and included in the above has been £1,612,891, a larger amount of that metal than has been sent to the East in any previous twelve menthe. From the Mediterranean ports there have also been shipments of specie to the amount of £3,529,192, making the grand total from Europe to the East £12,954,979, of which £2,378,029 was geld, and £10,576,950 silver. The proportion to China was 4835,341, the whole of which, with the exception of £9OO, was silver. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Turkeys, 5s Od to 258 Od ; poults, 4s Od to 7s Od each ; geese, 5s Od to lOs Od • goslings, 5s Od to lOs Od ; ducklings, 2s bd to 3s Od ; rabbits, is Od to 2s Od each ; wild do., 8d to ls 2d ; pigeons, 6d to Os 10d each ; large Surrey fowls, 6s Od to 12s Od; chickens, 5s Od to 6s Od; barn-door fowls, 3s 6d to 6s Od ; capons, 4s Od ; hares, 3s Od to 4s Od ; grouse, is Gd to 2s Od each; pheasants, 4s Od to 53 Od; ptarmigan, Os toOs Od ; woodcocks, 2s 6.1 to 3s Od; snipes, is Od to is 6d; teal. Os 8d to Os is ; wild ducks, is 6d to 2s Od; widgeons, is Od to is 6d ' • plovers, Os 6d to Os 8d each ; guinea fowls, Os Od to 0s Od ; roasting pigs, 5s Od to 8s Od e ach; Ostend fresh butter, is Od to is 2 d • ' English, is 2d to is Gd per lb ; English eggs, 15 s Od to 16s Od ; French do., 13s Od to 14s Od per 120 ; leverets, is 6d to 2s Od each. NEWPORT. Beef, from 2s 8d to 48 Od ; mutton, 3s Od to 4s 2d ; lamb, Os Od to Os Od; veal, 3s 10d to 4s 8d ; and pork, 38 10d to 5s Od per Blbs. WHITE CHAPEL. Beef, 2s 8d to 4s Od ; mutton, 3s Od to 4s 2d ; veal, 3s 10d to 4s 8d ; pork, 3s 10d to 5s Od per Blbs. by the carcase. BILLINGSGATE. Salmon, Os Od to Os Od ; trout, Os Od to Os ; eels, 3d to Is ; prawns, 5s Od to Os; pike, skate, sturgeon, and halibut, 6d pet lb. Turbots, 2s 6d to 15s ; cod, 2s Od to 12s Od ; brills, is Od to 5s Od ; doreys, is Od to 7s Od ; mullets, Os 6d to is 6d ; lobsters, 6d to 2s 6cl; crabs, 6d to 2s 6d ; plaice and gurnets, Id to is Od each; soles, 3d to 3s Od per pair; common oysters, 12s to 16s ; natives, 44s to -8 per bushel ; whitings. 3s Od to 10s Od ; haddocks, 4s to 12s Od ; smelts, is 6d ; flounders, is 6d to 2s 6d per dozen; mackerel, 50s; fresh herrings, ss; bloaters, Sis to Os per 100; carp and tench, Is Od to 3s per brace. BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from 841 to 9id , of household do., 60 to 8d per 41b loaf. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, 24d to 3d ; 641 b to 721 b, 3d to 31d ; 721 b to 801 b, 3- 1 4 d to 3id ; 801 b to 881 b, 30 to 4d ; 88Ib to 961 b, 4d to 41d 961 b to 1041 b, 41d to 41d. Horse hides, 8s Od to 105 Od; calf skins, light 2s Od to 4s Od; do. full, 7s Od to Os Od ; polled sheep, 7s 6d to 9s Od ; half-breds, 65 Od to 7s Od; Downs, 5s Od to 5s 9d; lambs, Os Od to Os Od; shoarlingg, Os Od to Os Od. HAY MARKETS. SmmtnELD.--IVloadow hay, £2 OA to £5 5s Od ; clover do., £3 Os to £5 10s ; .I.nd straw, £1 108 to 14s per load. Trade firm. • CUMBERLAND.— MeladOW hay, £2 Oa to £5 8a ; clover, £3 5s to £5 10s Od : and straw, £1 10s to £1 168 oer lead. Both hay and straw moved off steadily, at full prices. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £2 Os to £5 5s Od ; clove!, £3 Os to £5 15s Od; and straw, £1 lOs to £1 14s per load. Trade staady. COURSE OF EXCHANGE.--YESTERDA.I . Amsterdam Ditto Rotterdam...... 4 — 11 in 11 171 Antwerp Brussels _ 25 35 25 421 fiamturgh Paris Ditto Marseilles — 25 47f 25 521 Frankfort on Maine — 1171- 117/ Vienna Trieste Petersburgh — 341 34/ Berlin — Madrid Cadiz 491 Leghorn 25 72f Milan2s 62 Genoa 25 621 39f Naples Palermo ll9f . Messina ll9f Lisbon - 63 Oporto Rio Janeiro — New York — • ..9• Foreign Gold in Bars ( Sta n d ar d) . ...per oz. £3 17' 9„ Mexican Dollars If 0 5 l i Silver in Bars (Standar I) 9l 0 0 0 South American Double ms 49i 491 25 67i 25 57t 25 57 39 119 4 1191 52i 53 The oldest bishop in France, Mgr. Philibert de Bruillard, died on Dec. 15, at Montfleury, near tharcity, at the age of ninety-five. Ile was Bishop of Grenoble from 1826 to 1852, in which latter year he resigned the see on account of his advanced, -age. QUEEN ELIZABETH. "The younger princess, however, was a very well-grown. girl, quite as tail her sister, and infinitely more attractive in personal appearance. Elizabeth's charms, indeed, were almost precocious. Few who beheld her would have deemed ber so young as She was in reality, but would have given her a year or two in advance. She bad a finely formed figure, already well developed, a complexion of dazzlin g ► whiteness, bright golden locks of great abundance, charm ing features, eyes blue and tender, and teeth like pearls. Her hands were of remarkable beauty, with taper fingers and tosy nails. Her profus e locks were confined by a band of gold and a net of gold wire, scarcely distinguishable from the bright tresses it restrained ; a long white satin couvre chief fell behind her neck, and a dress of black taffetta dis played her figure to advantage, and at the same time set off the lovely whiteness of her skin." EDWAXD Y/. "There was a great fragility of look about him, and he seemed to hays shot up quickly, like a forced plant. Though tall for his age, his limbs were very slight, and his com plexion was of feminine delicacy. In appearance he was more of a Seymour than a Tudor. His face was a perfect oval, with some traces of his stern father about it, but his lineaments generally resembled those of his b-autiful mother. His expression was gentle, but thoughtful —more thoughtful than befitted a child. His eyes were of a dark brown, and soft; his lair was light in hue, with a tinge of gold in it, worn short, and cut close round the forehead. He was attired like the son of a splendid monarch, and the heir to a powerful throne. His little cassock was of murrey coloured velvet, embroidered all over with damask, gold and pearls, and having buttons and loops of gold ; his doublet and hose were of dark-red satin, woven with threads of gold, and his velvet buskins were decorated with gold aglets. He pouch was suspended was armed with a short rapier and a p o i nar d in a richly ornamented sheath, and a velvet from his girdle. His flat velvet cap, which was removed on entering his royal father's presence, Was adorned with rubies and emeralds, and had a brooch set with fair table diamonds on the right side, over which drooped a blood -red feather." We have scarcely allowed ourselves room to reiterate what we nevertheless must reiterate here in another sentence—that if it be but continued and completed as it has happily been commenced, Mr. Ainsworth's new historical romance of " The Con stable of the Tower " [brilliantly illustrated by the pencil of John Gilbert] gives excellent promise of proving in every respect its author's masterpiece, THE LEATHER TR4DB DISCLOS;URES.' WIIA.T A TEA-SPOON" MEANS. The case of Laurence, Mortiraore, and Schrader (Streat feild and ('o.), was resumed in the London Bankruptcy Court, on Thursday. M r . L aurence was examined. He said the amount of business done in 1850 by Streatfeild and Co. was about £300,000 to £400,000. He had no idea of the paper afloat in that year. It was not £500,000 not half. It was more than £lOO,OOO. They were in the habit of making advances to customers who consigned goods to them. The advances were made in cash. The money was obtained by the discount of legitimate paper. The profit on discount for that year was £3,174. 'We bor rowed to lend. They had several channels for discount, and several banks and discount houses were named as having always been most anxious to get hold of the paper of the house. Mr. Marshall, manager of the Bank of London, wanted him to become a director, and to bring all his paper to them. He did not recollect any conversation about bills. A note generally came saying, " send us £5,000 or £lO,OOO of bills." He would swear to the best of his belief that he did not state to Mr. Marshall " that he could not, have better paper, every bill had leather at the bottom of it." He had introduced Ryder to Marshall. Mr. Marshall had asked him to bring new ac:ounts. Mr. Linklater.—To what extent did Rider put his name to accommodation paper, for Streatteild and Co., in 1857 ? Witness :—The trainee ion was not accommodation in your sense of the word. The paper would represent £31,638. Some of the bills were drawn on Streatfeild and Co. and discounted with the Bank of London and in Paris. They were debited by Ryder with all the goods. He drew for them and £31,000 besides. They accepted for Ryder for their own accommodation to reimburse themselves. The proceeds were sent by Ryder from Paris by a cheque drawn in favour of Arming and Cobb. That mode was adopted because they did not want the Bank of London to know that they got the money. He believed they would not have gone on discounting their bills if they had known they had got the money. That was accommo dation paper. He had not warned the bank that it was. H e thought Ryder had a channel of discount through Overend and Co. In 1853 Ryder drew accommodation paper for their use to the amount of £20,286.—Mr. Linklater : Was the paper drawn for commercial transactions ?—Witness No.—Mr. Linklater : You are aware this young man (Ryder) has been ruined by these transactions.—Witness: I do not know that he had any property of his own.—Mr. Linkla.ter : Then having no property of his own, how came you to have accommodation paper with him this year to the amount of £45,000 ?—Witness : That was when he had made the large purchases for Waring and the American houses. He then had some property.—Mr. Linklater : Do you believe, if you did not take up these bills, he would be able to do so ?—Witness : No.—Did you believe he had any means ?—lnsufficient means.—Then did you think he was a man of fortune ? What did you believe his means were ? —Perhaps he had £3,000 or £4,ooo.—The result of his industry and intelligence ?—Yes.—And is he now ruined? —Yes. During the panic of 1857 he did not consider it was his ability that kept the houses on their legs. Itwas owing to the kindness of the bankers and the bill brokers.—And did you not draw bills for odd sums, to give them the appear ance of trade bills ? Yes, it was the custom for many years. Mr. Marshall, manager of the Bank of London, was then examined. Ryder was introduced by Mr. Laurence in 1857. Upon the faith of the statement that the bill would be legitimate they discounted for Ryder. If he had known those bills were accommodation paper they would not have discounted them. At the early part of 1859 they declined to further discount for Ryder. There were one or two reasons. One was th a t th e accoun t was no t a remunerati#e one; and the other, they thought they had a fair share of liability on the bills of Streatfeild and Co. Mr. Laurence always spoke highly of the bills, and said that they had leather at the bottom of them. He said that frequently, and said they were as good at one end as at the other ; and, (continued the witness) perhaps they were. (A l augh.) H i l e l e had of Streatfeild years' banking experience, an d if b C o . were brought to hi m f or value had str e a twenty-four t ihand C received, he should consider they represented commercial transactions, not loans to keep up tottering firms. On many occasions Mr. Laurence had represented that he and Mr. Mortimfreehold dthe property, stock, business. lie as iwndereepeb°ndthenritcohf men, • having capit a ] and s i x t e en years in the B an k of England. During t h a t time he believed that the B an k di scounted very w aoc re., largely with them. He did not solicit Streatfeild to bring their account to them. He did not know how the account came to the bank. He did not, to the beat of his recollection, ask Mr. Laurence to become a director of the bank. If he had offered to do so in his then position he would have been received with open arms. He had soli cited batches of bills. He had probably inquired of the character of Messrs. Streatfield and the customers with whom they were doing business at the Bank of England; they had a high opinion of the house.—Mr. Laurence re examined —Said the house received Draper's acceptances for £155,000.—A correspondence was read. In one letter the manager of the London Discount Company said " that to-day he had a teaspoon for him" (Laurence).—Mr. Lawrence — What is a teaspoon ?—Witness—£s,ooo. (Laughter.)-- Mr. Lawrance—And a tablespoon 2—Witness—£lo,ooo._ . Mr. Lawrance—And a gravyspoon ?—Witness—S ls,oo° _ (Laughter).—Mr. Linklater — And a ladle P—Wit ness don't know. We bad ladles formerly. (Renewed t are a great I laugh ter.)—Mr. Laurence said the female branches of t hisis ifmoa amily were suffering greatly.-.-The Commissioner —It . siblenmotantyo otherfeel f e o uff r e th re e r m a them.—The . The sitting was then adjourned to the 9th of January. FRIGHTFUL COLLIERY EXPLOSION AND Loss or LIFE.—A fearful explosion took place at Hatton Col liery on Thursday night, whereby several miners lost their lives. This colliery is the property of the Hetton Coal Company, and is situated about nine miles south of Sun derland. On Tuesday last, the Lyons pit, which is 150 fathoms in depth, was laid off work in consequence of some necessary repairs in the shafts, afid in the meantime one of the furnaces was extinguished. On Thursday the pit was put into working order again, and upwards of 35 ruiners descended at nine p.m. Soon afterwards a fearful explo. aion of gas took place, causing the deaths of, it is stated, 20 miners. On Friday morning, nine of the bodies were brought to the bank, and the greatest efforts are beiug made to get at the remainder, 4 ~;. ` e _ t d log. 109¢ 108 I 1