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

U TIES. ties Regu ies, which r January, sideration e to issue t - ice to the ation Act, the Ist of it rates of contained to be re ed by this 74, 1860, pertaining ?Asks, and ay be im egulations Lion be al rhite wine, calling on e of duty in ecessari owed to be ) which it 1, if after- Mowed in 3 intended .ach mark, zy distilla which the eight, that the same , pted when Lrehousing ted in the porters or either be st, or dur ers will be be sent to ►usiness of and the liable will cote in the tea of duty r the fol containing ass B, for s of proof ss than 40 vines con its. mption be ring to the recorded, irehousing trged with its class, merchant ate of duty !d in the ate ; and in ested and ained, pro ne has not 1, or vatted the officers or removal Cation, the Dportatiou f January tol, Chep one, Goole, 1, Ipswich, Plymouth, Shoreham, Swansea ith, Aber past, Cork, of testing fined to the Glocester, 3outhamp- and do not ction as to l be liable lass C, and he officers th thereof the wine r for con- tpwards of Id charged lISSION OF ' TESTING the mer r, setting arks, num amples are receipt of necessary ice of the At import in cases in exceeds 8, sealed by )ther con r seals of he nearest stood that Navenient, t. ost to the .eturn the g thereon ine should ,he testing :ens, &c., ae by the I free of Sent. livered to imitted to veral out 'ctions to er parties le regula- Northerly ; avy fall of red—Ama. Matanzas ; :ved—Celt, a the 21st °mix, for ) for Gib- -Johanna, cl—Edwin, ed—Adam iepha, for brig, from nod on the tte; crew ir ad hero lorning. sey ; Ata- m ; Won' Massilia, trentan. PH. Corning. roningell ; .om Gro- 3epore, for :orning. ff.; frost ne, E. ; clear and it ; frosty frost :.;cloudy rosty unsettled frost udy 'ggy,raire _ !dONEY .111AREET AND CITY NEWS. CITY, Two o'CLocx. The Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets have been closed during the past week for the Christmas holidays. In private channels the transactions have been only for immediate requirements, and no che 'llge of importance can be reported in the rates current for the principal staples. The Public sales of tea are announced to commence on the 2d of January, when a rather large quantity will be ?tiered for public competition. The tallow market h as remain e d very qu i et , an d th e quo t a ti ons f or p ' Y 'e. , on the spot, are 605., and for Spring delivery 60s. to 60s. 3d, per cwt. C ontinued activity prevailed in the Liverpool C _otton Ma r k e t yester d ay, an d th e p r i ces o f some des criptions exhibited a further advance of *d. per lb. The sales were 15,000 bales. There were no bullion operations of public Int erest at the Bank of England yesterday. A dividend of £2 10s. per share, free of income t a; was declared a t the meeting of the Canada e °ra laallY yesterday. The creditors of Mr. H. Bateman, a timber terchant, at a meeting yesterday, agreed to an adjournment, to enable them to obtain the opinion cf counsel with regard to the question of partner. e biP With Mr. Browning, and in the meantime arrangements will be made for liquidating the estat e under inspection. There is still an active demand for money at full rates, 5 per cent. being the lowest quotations, at I ' ll.lol l business is now transacted in the open Inarket. 0 wing, however, to a plentiful supply °t capital the mercantile classes are enabled to t lee tire ample accommodation at the current rates. ;als are in increased request at the Stock I , e hange, and the terms have advanced to 5i and 6 per cent. A limited amount of business has been transacted t t Z da y in the market for Public Securities, and e , quotations have exhibited continued heaviness, al ri t4 "gh no further variation has taken place, ;Junco's being 923 a. The New Threes are flat at 21 ; the Reduced are steady at 921 8 ; India 1) eb entures 96i ; and Exchequer Bills 4s. dis. par. Business in the Foreign Stock Market continues to T el l' quiet, and prices are without alteration. to ur kish 6 per Cents. are 701 to 71; ditto New 57 t 67 1 ; Mexican have receded to 211, and Spanish 8 °8 %; Russian 41 per Cents. are 951 ; Buenos 6 A r es 6 per Cents. 96k, and Brazilian 43 per Cents. 1. 4 , e ller% D. Bell, Son, and Co., report the prices of Americ an Securities as follows : Ni n Redeemable. Prices 1:10 Perts 6 per Cents..... 1867-1868 Cent Bonds .. 1874 90 92 P ( L 311101 3' 6 . per Cent. Bonds . 1668-72 91 92 In e VYlvatua 5 per Ct. Bonds 1877 83 85 Illi ia °l4 Central 7 per Cent. .. 1875 86 87 b. 011 Central 6 per Cent. .. 1875 86 87 11!lares, 80 dole. paid .... 291 281 die be' c t;gan Central 8 per Cent.. 1869 88 90 4.• do. shares Irot 44 Y co o li rk vert C i e b n i t e 71 . 6 per Ct,, 1883 86 88 'V "York Central 7 per Ct., 11 Ilv.s7ertible, from June 15, 40_ 59 shares 7.-York and Erie, 7 per Ct., b0..8% mortgage 2d mortgage b o 3d mortgage b O ,l O. con ver tibl e P.:( to. share s 39 40 "1° , .. rt a 7 per ct., let mo • Wl° Str. Bonds, not cony 1865 100 102 1, e ,„"L0., 2d do. guylvania Central 6 per "‘., let mortgage beDealings in the Railway Share Market have not e a very extensive, and prices have shown rather el le firmness. Caledonians, Great Westerns, Lan and Yorkshire, Manchester, Sheffield, and i lle ° ll l, Midlands, North British, and South 41t:ern have each declined ss. I l ne Foreign Market remained exceedingly dull; werp an d Rotterdam brought 51; and ,eile and Francisco, 9i. 14 411 the Colonial undertakings there was not 2 it tlel i variation. Grand Trunk of Canada remained 4 4 at 24 ; East Indian ex div. brought 981; 'd Great Indian Peninsula ex div., 96. In int St oc k B an k an d Mi sce ll ane ous Shares It h e re neglected. Oriental Bank, Union of Aus ,ltlit% and Oriental Inland Steam realised previous .itteaL. 1864 91 95 76 77 91 93 89 90 79 80 1867 1859 1883 1862 a BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. tiP e er Cent. Reduced Annuities . 921 1 I L a ! 3 per Cent. Annuities -,ca, s tock bitt 4 Debentuns, 1858 b.I Ditto 1859 ..... ... 96 f tto Bonds £l,OOO .. Coq i to un d er £1,000 India S t oc k fo c r Account Acount, Jan. 10 bit , tz 10 5 per Cent. for Account lOll I e4rtquer Bills, £l,O00, lfd A FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. ...tie.. b p . u lan Bonds, 5 per Cent 721 - ; \ l4 .i lital 6 per Cent htl •-iit t o 4i 861 per Cent. 1860 1114 1 " 8 Ares, 6 per Cent 96f Dtan 3 per Cent 2ll I‘l, to Account IC* Limns& Active, 31 per Cent. ti e N ajan 5 pot Cent. 1822, £ St • • ---- 8 exd"glt's Ati per Cent. . • b: 1I tuali 5 per Cent. A t ' t t 4 Account r th , 411 1 . i , 11 per Cent - 6,'sb. 6 per Cent .. 701 ditto Account Ditto N ew L oan Ditto - l 'to Account po.„ Dividends on the above payable in London. - 'ian. Dollar Bonds, 41 per Ct. Ex. 4s. 791 THREE O'CLOCK. Consols for Account, ex div.. 921 1 COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—Tits DAY. ktiltste r d „Ditf e ktotterd are i 3712 twerp ..,, ...gel, .. 25 271 25 40 ga z e__ , 13 61 13 61 I" aria `urga Short 25 12} 25 224 bit t° Ita,, p seines — 25 45 2 5 5 2 i V; 4lll dort on Maine — 1171 118 .0,„.. 14 90 15 I N - "' P " t 4 - 14 90 15 b et ersburffh 34± 341 .edi n .., 00000000 Madrid 49 49 1 -,, `Adiz — 491 491 L eghorn — 25 65 25 75 Milan— 25 621 2.5 67/ Na Ge ti a ? _ 2.5 60 25 40 67/ cPat eB r mo Messina — 1191 119 1 Lisbon ts 52/ 53 _ u ,porto Rio Janeiro 4 —•. • • New York — • . . Poreign Gold in Bars (Standard) .. .. per oz. £3 17 9 TUE LATE ACCIDENT ON TIIE EASTERN COEN RAILWAT.—The farther hearing of the case " Stokes t . the Eastern Counties Railway," was resumed this b lorning before the Lord Chief Justice, in the Court of Queen's Bench, Guildhall, and at the conclusion of the 14. glmnents the jury returned a verdict for the defendants. „ The Nationalites of Turin of the 23d says : eeld has been very intense for some days psst, and this 41 ,_ °111 ing the thermometer fell to 13 de g . cen tigrade below ' l ' o (about 7 deg. 25 min. Fahr.) MO Belgian Government has just accorded a a i'Zo gold medal to Male. Von Oltefen do Silva, a cele brated Dutch tragic actress, in acknowledgment of her h 4.• performed at Brussels in the course of the national September. _ B Now-BALLING.—Four young men were yester day fined by the magistrate at Bow-street Police-court : 41 g varying from ss. to 205., for assaulting the p olice in " t ' James's-park. GAS EXPLOSION.—A fearful explosio n of g as t . ° v ?k Place on Wednesday, at the Glas,r,ow and South besters Railway station, Bridge-street, Glasgow. The l ost) was completely destroyed. No liv es were "") but some persons were seriously injured. !somewhat singular fact is mentioned in the R ussian journals : several ladies regularly attend the 4 et of professors of the university of St. Petersburg, gl ld take notes like students. 13 The South-Eastern Gazette states that in a neigh bouring county a clergyman told a mother that all unbap led children " become hobgoblins after death," and are 4° t Permitted to go to heaven. The same paper states that --dham a clergyman refused to read the Burial Service "er 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 k 1 LivEnrooL.—The profitsfrom the warehouses built by Mersey Dock Board around the Albert, 'Wapping and th e Docks, have during the past year amounted to t sum of £22,200, which has been passed to the credit of 111 General Dock Eptate account, ~_ F. SHAR.E .111ARKET.-(TBIS DAY.) ORDINARY SHAttES AND STOCKS. bare Railways: 13.14 stock Belfast and Ballymena Bir., Wol , and Str:,„, Birk., La., awl Juri " c, ` 131 ;`,n and Tyne Bost. Sleal. and Mid.Co Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Carmarthen & Cardigan Cork and Bandon Cork, Birock., kVassage Cornwall (A gets no div / 1 3 ° 0 until 6pc peran r hasbeen d. toll Dublin An Belfast June. Dun., Perth, &Ab. June Eaat Eastern Conn ties Eastern Union, A stock Do do B do Do Nw A. late EU3ds East Suffolk Edinburgh Sc Glasgow Edin. Perth, (t Dundee ?oral Clyde Junction Furness .... Glad and S. Western Great Nthn. of Sootland Great Northern Do do A stock Po do B do Gt. S. An IV. of Ireland Great Western •3toci x strjek stock stock stock stcklK stock stock stock stocl; stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stook o'cock stock stock 6.4.0. stock stack stock stock stock atock Oock stock stock stock 19.16.4 stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock 12 10 stock BLOCK stock stock stock stock Do Str Val gua. stock' Trish South-eastern Lancashire .45 Yorkshim London and Blackwalt Lon., Bright.. & S Coast Lond., Chat., and Dover! Lond. & Nth. Western Lond. do Sth. Western L'derry & Coleraine L'derry & Enniskillen Man. Shef. & Lin , oln Maryport and Carlisle Do do shares Metropolitan Midland . Do new Do PArming,. itr Derby Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland Do # shares Mid Kent....... Do, Cray Line .. Newcastle and Carl isle Newry ,tr, Armagh, def Newry, Warnpt. & Ros Norfolk.. . ...... NT lin. Counties Union North British Nor. Dev. R ail kDk. stoer 13 , A stk ; A recs no d. nn ti 1 6pcb as been pd.B Closing P; a iu ts Paid. pry— -Done. all 100 3i 100 100 81 8, 81 83 11i 12i tli 7 99 101 973 08 6 6} 8 81 16 17 531 641 37 39 26 28 87 89 29 29a 7 6d 55 57 111 106 i 74; I 119 k 20 63 511 icr2l 96 5} 56 1 i 5 13Ei } 2 } p 651 66 - . Do B stock ......... Nth. Eastern—Berwick, Dodo, purchase Do Leeds . Po York ...... North London ..... 652 I 1)o new North Staffordshire.... N. and S. W. Junction.. Not. & Grantham Rail.. rnbl es Portsmouth Rhymney • • • • • Scottish 'Central Scot N. E., Aber. stock Do Scot. Mid. stock Shropshire Union Sittinp:bourne & Sheer. South Devon South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun Staines, Wok,. and Wok' ,Stockton & Darlington Do do Taff Vale Do Pref. No 1 T amesHaven Dk &1411 lUlster •• . Do .......... ...... .. Vale of Neath Victoria Sta. and Pim Waterford & Kilkenny Waterford & Limerick West Cornwall West London.. Do Ist class Do 24 class .. Westllartlepool Harbr and Rail - .1 West Midland—Oxford, Do. Newport' Do. Hereford 100 100 100 16 13 4 100 100 100 5 174 all 105 105} P AP 64 45 95 054 100 102 24 21 1 9i 881 115 117 34i .141 87 89 50 52 6 7 424 1.14 87,88 62 64 78 80 8 8 42} 43} 11 11} p losi } 554 5 2 d 3 p 67 69 p 11$ 11i 6 6i 40 5t 42 44 113 85 96i I PREFERENCE SHARES. 15 k I I 81 42; 887; 8; 8 Shar9! Railwa Closing Business ys, Price. Done. Blythe and Tyne 10 per e. pref. (issued at £5O & Exet.4 p.ct.stock Do. do. do. Shares ..... Caledon £10,41 percent) I ,Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. Cork & Bandon, 51 p. c. jCornwall. 5 per cent... Duu.Perth&Aher.jun. . lE.Ancm.Class A 7 &sp.c. Do. do. Class B 6 p.c.... Do. do. Class C 7 p.c.... E. Conn. Ex. sp. c. No. I Do. do. No. 2 Do. New 6 per et. stock. Eastern Union, 4 per ct. Do. 5 per cent. guar... Edin.&Glas. sp.c. shares Do. 4 p. c gua. S. & D. Edin. Perth& Dun. 4 p.c. Furness, 5 per cent .... Glas.& S. West.g.a. 5 p.c. Great Northern, 5 p. ct. Do.sp.a.Reelm., 10 p.c.pm !Do. 4/ p. c. do. do. Do. sp.c. Redm. 5 p.c. pm Gt. Nh. of Scotld. Ist pf. 5 Gt. Sn. & W (Ireland) 4 p. et. pref. stock Great West. (Berks and Hants) Ext. 5 p. ct r. 0. Itedeemable,4l p.ct. Do. Redeemable, 4 p. ct. Do Irredeemable, do Do. 5 p.ct. Redeem. Pref. Do. Rirm. Pref. Shares. Gt. W. Ches. 8 p.c. pf.sh. Do. do. 5 p. ct. pref. ,Do Birmg..g uar. stock Do. Chester gua. shares I Do. do. do. I Do. do. do. Lan.&York 6 p. c. stock I,Do.Barnsl.st.£s 3s 10d pc Do. 6 per c. (E. Lan.) Lon. & Brig. 5 pe.gu. No.l Do. 5 p. c. No. 2 Do. gua. 6 p. 0. Do. do. 5 p.c. No. 4 Do. do. 41 per cen , . Do. do. 41 p. c. shares Do. 7 p. et. Pref. stock Do. 6p.c. do. (W.E.&C.P ) Do.4p.e.S.(div.def '65) Lon. Chat. and Dover Lon. and N.W. Cov. and Nuneaton, 5 p. et Lon. & S.W, 7 p. ct. stock Do. 44 per cent 1. Do. (Prtsm. perpl anna. of 214. ,101 103 stock stock 2cli 21i 6 6i 99 101 112 115 106 108 110 112 108 110 124 126 stock 1112 114 190 92 el 1100 (16 119 112 114 104 106 86 88 stock stock stock stock 98 100 98 100 89 91 90 92 101 103 9i 10 17i 18i 10i 11 76 78 20 21 10 10 11 151 137 139 stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock 16 118 16 118 [3B 143 [l6 118 [O3 105 stock stock stock stock stock stock stock 2s. 6d, [53 156 [3O 134 89 71 90 92 12a stock 6 stool, 121 stock stock stock 6 stock stock stook stock stock stock 10 1 10 stock stock stock stock stock stock 10s, 10 1.0.6 Londondy. sh.l Londony...t Ennis. sh.i Man. Sh. &Lin. 6 per et D0..£6 Do. 3 per cent Do. redeem. 6 percent 7.rarynort & Car., 4 p. c Do. 41 per cent. Mid. Con. 6 p c. stock Do.Con.Bris. & Bir. 6 p.c. Do. 41 p. c. pref. stock oDo, with option till 1860 Do. Leic. & Hit. pref. st. Norflk 5 p. c. Ex. 5t.1846 Do. 5/ p. c. Pref. do. 1847 Do.sWay.Val.Ex.st.lB47 North British, 5 p. c. Do. New, exa..s p. c Do. Bor. Un. g. pf. shs Do. do. do tith.Dev.TtniVz Dck.Co. 137 139 101 103 95 97 1112 114 1 110 111 -1 East.Cons.Pret. 4 p. e.' Do. Berwick, I p.c. Pref. Do. do. do Do. Leeds, 6 p. a. No. 1 Do. do. Quarcers, 1848 Do. York, •.& S. Purch. North Staffordshire Rhymney Guaranteed Scottish Central, new p Scottish North-Easter p. c. pref. stook— . Do.Aberdeen,gua.6p. Do. 7 p. c. pref. stoc South Devon; Ann. 10s. Do. Fixed 4 per cent.l South Eastern (Readingl 93 95 101 P iP P iP 23 21 stocx stock stock stock stock 100 100 100 all all Attn., 1.0.6) Do. 4i per cent. Do. Fixed I4p.c. let is.' South Wales, gnu. 4 p. c. Do. 4i per cent S.-Yorkshire, 4 p. c. gua Stock. Dar. Asp. e Do. B 6 uer cent Do. C 6 per cent Watrfd & Kilkny, 6 p. c. W.Mid -Oxf Ist Gua stk Do. - 2d do stock stock stock stook stock stock 12 12$ 1211 130 133 10 11 Do. Newport 5 p.c.pf.red. Do.Perpet. 6 p. c. pf 186 C Do. till 180, Ist is. Do. do. 2d is. 23i 211 101 103 101 103 90 92 99 101 85 88 27i 28} 324 33i 32k 33,E 45 48 124 126 123 125 100 102 123 126 115 119 1251 Atlantic & St Lawrencet Bom.,Baroda&Cent Ind' Gu. 5 per cent.. Do, Do. B Buffalo and Laice Huron Do. New Do. Preference ...... Buffalo,Brant,&Godrich ' p. et. bds, Aug. 1, 1872 Do. do. July 1, 1873 Do. do. June 1, 1874 Clcutta. &S. Eastn . (Lim Cape,Eastn.Prov. (Lim.) Cape'Pown & Dock Scrip Ceylon G uarantd. 6 p. c Demerara Eastn. Bengal gu. 5 p. c East Indian, gu. 5 p. c. Do. F Shares Ext Do. Jubbulpore Do. 4i p c. Debentrs Do. 5 p. c. Deb., 1864 Geelong Sc Melbourne Geelong Corporation per cent. Bonds Grand Trunk of Canada Do. 6 per cent. Pref Do. f, per ct. Debentr Do. 7 per cent. 1862 Do. do. 1867 Do. do. 1872 Gt. IndiaPenin. gua.sp.c Do. New gua. 5 p. c Gt. South. of India (Lim) guaranteed 5 per cent. Gt. W. of Canada Shares I 100 all all all 100 100 100 100 all all all all all Do. New Do. Bonds pay. '76, with, opt, till '6O ' Do. do. '73 till '6O Do. do. '73 without opt. Do. 5/ p. c. do. '77 d 0... Madras, guar., 4/ p. c... Do. do. 5 per cent .... Do. 41 p. c. Extension Do. Fourth do. Melb.Corp. 6 g. c. Bnds. Newßrunswick k Canda Ry.drLand(Lhn.)g.6pc Class A Capital Share Do. do. Land d 0........ 'Do. do. B Capital do. ..l Do. do. Land do. ...... Oude (Limited) ........ 'Seinde .......... Do. Punjaub LI Do. Do. ........ IDo. Indus. St. Flo. 4,„°. ISt.Andrews Quebec A !Trinidad (Lim.) Scrip.. FOREIGN .ntwerp & Rotterdan rdennes • • • • Bah.ktS.Fran..Lim.7 p.c. IBelgian East. Junction IBeziers to Graissessac.. Car - neaux Mine 41; Rail ICopiapo ..... Ditto Extension .... 'Dutch Rhenish .... •• •• Eastern of France .... Grand Rus. Guar. 6 p. c. Do. do. Great Centrarof France Gt. Luxem., Con. shs... Italian Junction ...... Lake Constance Bale. Lierre do Turnhout .. !Lyons & Geneva .... • • Maria Antonia 100 100 all all all all all 100 all all all all 1.00 100 100 all 100 all r'Do. New ..... •••• .• • • INamur & Liege 'Do. 5 p. c. Pref. 5 Northern of France 5 Do. New Shares ) Norwegian Trunk I'ref ) Paris,Lyons, AL Mediter ) ;Paris & Orleans ) Recife &S. Fran. (Peru ) gua. 7 p. et. Urn...— Riga Sc Dunaburg D Rome k Frascati 0 Royal Danish . . 5 Royal Swedish ........ 4 Do. 7 per cent. Pref.... 0 Sambre & Meuse ...... 0 Do. 54 per cent. Pref..... 0 San Paulo, lim, g. 7p. c. O S.Aust.ALLomb Venetin O Southern of France.... 8! West Flanders .. O Do. 54 p. e. Preference.. O W. SL N.W. of France .. O Western of Austria.... O Western of Switzerland 6 ;Wiesbaden o. 8 per cent. Pref Zealand .. [l6 118 150 155 13 14 70 72 i I ;p1 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. _ Railways. 1 Paid. l Leasing \ Closing Business Co.'s. Price. Done. Bedford and Illetch ley aft - I.n & 117 W .. .. Bmekinizhamshire .... I, 100 Ln&N.W 98 100 Chester he Holyhead..l 100 Do. 53 531 Po. do. 51 per cent! 100 Do 125 127 Po. do. 5 per cent.; 100 Do 113 115 Clydesdale Junction.. 100 Caledonin 102 104 Colchester, Stour Val. all E.U.ALE Q 16 17 E.LineolnshiresT.6p.c., 100 Gt.N0rth..13.5 37 E.tinionjfarvich Shs! all E.Counts. 41 1 44 Do. Woodbrithre ... 100 Cls.llarr..tNeils,Drct. 100 Cg,ledonin r . e . s . t • l a oo ll I D G t o .. West. -- Bull and Selby • • • • • • G I I lD a o r so tl e p Nr ot e \ l Dv . D e .a c .n k . . ************ All'Yk.N. Md. 110 112 a'D. ll o. . Do.l Shares .••• • • • L dw an c d . o .t n C e a t r G l . r g e u e a n . ‘ 5 ,,, P i c • ch 1 . 1 ,1 all tDo. ..•• •• 1) 0. 1 4 Shres .••• • • • 'X !s. n i t;,N st W .. 20 6 8 1 212 i 3 Do. Preference .. • .. 100 iDo. ...... 115 120 L° ll .,Tilby.&, Souten . d. 100 - 'Veto ,t Co. 92 94 Lowestoft, „9, - ua. 4 p.et. 100 'Noriblk .. Do. 6 per cen t ... .. 100 IDo. ...... Manc..l3uxt n ..v il.a.tlr. a ll IL .7.:11V.&11 3 31 Mid. Bradford Prefer- (nice Stock.... 100 .Midland 97 99 Newinarkt.,Bu rv . V.; • • guaranteed , ; I' -- 1 5. 5 6 ,E.Counts i i p - 4 p. c. Northn..tEastn. 5 ).e. 11 ' 4)o. ..... 55 57 Do. do. 6 per cent . 1 ... :: 1 ,11 iDo. ...... Do. Fixed 5 per cent. all 'Do. ._ '• North Western ...... all Midl a nd 15 154 Preston and Wyr e . il all LA NW 1 _ Do. . Stares A I '.v., L.Yk. ) .i all po. ..... ,., S l: lC ' Te s N i v i s t b i r i Y i 1111 .I',&l ' ,B f l o ' I(' ' ( I I ) ! 10 1) g T l 4 t li N r a °, , r • stebv:lo3sl 1036 1)o. Do. i 1 • - , I I 4 P South Staffordshire .. all 3relean , 101 llt Wr Wi i n it i s bl a e n d d on S n ' r r o B ;d t i . ;. l I t o l.l o l .][ (t ez . B W ;gl .t. n . 9 7 1 i 9 84_ 3 ____ -- ---- Docks. Share' Paid.l €_loClosing l Business Price. Done. , -- 'ommercial Do. 4 per Cent.Pret.M.m. I 100 East and West India 1 Lo "'" ndon i 100 Southampton K a tharine... lOO 6O i 100 Victoria .. ........ .4 , , 100 101 103 i i i stock stock stock stock stock stock stock 116 118 111 112 105 107 132 131 111 113 74} 74i 61 64 119 120 62 64 117 119 50 E 2 1011 1021 95 96 8 10 51 56 Us • 20 1351 f 3451 108 110 ME SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY E'rENING, DECEMBER 28, 1860, THIRD EDITION. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. SUN OFFICE, Seven. o'clock. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—(This Day). INTIMIDATING A PROSECUTRIX.—Francis Jones, 6, Ccopees-court, Conduit-street, was charged with assault ing Mario 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 loft, 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. lie 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 maid 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. Suor Boununt.—John James, a young man, was charged with stealing a portmanteau of the value of £3los, from the shop of Mr. Barrett, trunk-maker, 181, 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. JOINT-STOCK BANKS. ' IA . g ra !`fu - nitedgiiicer 3 i 'Australasia. 4o 2.5 113ank of Egypt •.•. 100 Bank of LOndon 20 Bank of Turkey 50 , British North American! 2 0 'Chtd.Bank of India, Scc.j 25 Ch.Dler. of In. L0n.,15 Ch 100 City 100 Colonial .. • • 2011 Coni. Bank of Canada 100 Commercial of London 20 ,Eng., Scot., Aus. Ch 20 IGeit. Bk .of Switzerland 20 ILon. Char.Bkof Austral 50 ,London and County 50 ;London Joint Stock 100 !London Westminster 100 Nat. Prov. of England . 20 Do. new ........ 50 !National Bank ...... 20 ,New South Wales 20 iDo. new 25 .Orient. B. Corporation 20 'Ottoman Bank 100 ,Provi-ncial of Ireland 10 'Do. new......... 25',South Australia 25 Union of Australia 50 ;Union of London 83 65 72 74 21 22 50 62 1i 1 224 23 34 36 70 72 39 41 21 22 15} 15f 25i 26i', 47 48 18i 19 ..- 100 lUnity Mutua1........ COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECU: Can. Gov. 6 p.c.Ja. &July Do. 6p. cent. 1879 Do. 6p. cent. 1880 Do. 6p. cent. 1882 Do. 6 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. a., 1866 Do. 5 p. c., 1871 to 1876 Do. 5 p.c.,1888 & upwds Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p. sterling, 1875 S.Aus.Gt. 6 p.c.1878 & up Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja..&July Do. do. 6 p.c. Ap.&Oct. 1112 117 1111 113 All 113 1103} 104 iloBi 1091 1001 1011 101 102 100 101 1109 110 'len 104 107 f 8 MISCELLANEOUS. lAnglo-Mexican Mint : 'Atlantic Tel. (Limited) 1 Australian Agricultural; ;Berlin Water (Limited): ;British American Land: !BAT:Mag. Tel. A. (Lim.) Do. 8,7p.e.ti111852 (Lim.) Do. C. (Limited) 'Canada Land Chan.lslands Tel. (Lim ) !Cop. Mill.olEng.&Sinitg !Do. Pref. 71 per cent ,Crystal Palace 'Do. Preference Do. 6 p : c. Pei !?et. Debon 'Electric Telegraph I Do. New !English & Aus. Copper ! !Gen. Stearn Navigati 1 G reat Ship I .imited) Do. 174 p ct Preference; Lon. District Tel. (Lim.)! !London Discount (Limli , L.G. Omnibus Co. (Lim)! Madras Irr. and Canal IMediter. Electric Teleg Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim National Dis. Co. (Lim Ncrbu.Coal&lron (Lim Netherlands Land Do.B dis N.lir.&NovaScotiaLand, N.B.Australasian (Lim) Oriental Gas (Limited). 'Do New Shares (Lim.) . lOrintl.ln.Steam(Lim.)Al 10 10 stock 50 BO 20 Ditto B. Ditto C. Peellt.Lnd.&Min.(Lim.) Pen. & Oriental Steam . Do. New RedSea&lnd.Tel.g,.4ip.e! Rhyrnney Iron Do. New 100 'Royal Mail Steam Itockt Scot. Austin. Inv. (Lim c !25 outh Australian Lan 1 übmarine Tel. Scrip 1 o. do. Registered 1 10 Do. do. 20 r. b, Ln. Co ofUpr.Can , 100: Van Diemen's Land 1 100 all all all all 13 11 29 31 42 5} 35 37 18 20 13 15 110 113 234 244 soli 314 ;100 1; 2 107 109 93 96 24 1 21 2 'OSS it p 1: 1 47 50 71 73 1t 14 17 18 p 17 19; 5 O 47 49 136 141 33 35 -- it 1 6 it 7 1 9 10 BRITISH Railways. SSIONS i l I 11 1 d 1 11 11 2} 2 4 a 11 3 221 i i I 1 Closing Price. 77 60 92i 93i d. 4/t 6 di. 6i 7 75 80 67 72 65 70 id rr 11d1 21 1;4 98 99 98} 99 1001 101 23 24 75 80 46 50 57 (i 0 50 54 48 52 95 96 lid I 11 } 11} d 9 1 , 98 100 95 100 V 3 96 90 03 83 85 93 04 86 87 1* 1} d 5 7 5 7 974 9S 21d 92 94 ,WAYS. 5f 51 1i lid 1 10/ 11/ 3 20 2i 264 23 24 71 71 391 204 984 391 7} (54 35i 36} 51 66 n lid 5 a 81 1 } s d ll d 11 d 20 21 91 21 22i BRTTISH MINES. ShareJ Mines, iAlimlConsols(Thilack) 2.11.10 31 20 (British Iron 'Clifford nil 205 215 !Devon G. Cons. (Tavist 1 1 410 420 East Bassett (Illog,an) 3O 114 118 115 East Caradon 2.14.6 111 11/ •-•• E. WI Russel (Tavistk ) 7.4.0 104 111 111 Gam.&SLAubyn(Gwen ) 54/ 27 29 Great South Tolgus l7s 9 91 G.Wheal Alfa. (Philack) 12.13.9 1 1 G. Wheal Vor (Helston)' 91 14 11 Grenville Herod's- Foot 8.12 32 34 Hingsbon Downs 4.10.6 31 31 •-• Lady Bertha Margaret (Uny Lelant) 91 64 66 ,North Downs 2l 3 / 4 1 North Franees (Mogan) 111 4 5 Basset (1110 ,an) 15s 4 5 North Wheal Crotty 'Par Consols (St. Blazey) 11 91 11 20 'Providence (Tiny Lelnt.), 10.6.7 45 47 Sortridge Cons. Min. Co.; 14s 1 11 South Caradon(St.Cleer) 1% 300 31 Cara S. Ca Brea (Illog•an) 3 21 31 1 S. Dev. Iron & Gen:, Lim. a 1 I - S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan) 18.1.5'.5• 115 155 iStray Park 124.18.0 49 51 5 ;Tamar Silv.& Lead Min. 41 24 24 10 iTin Crost 9 51 51 'Vale of Towey (Carm ) i3s 6d 1 'West Basset (Illogun) l% 17 18 Caradon (Liskeard) 5 76 78 - (West Seton Wheal Basset (Mogan) 51 120 125 Wheal Buller(Redruth) 5 135 145 - Wheal Edward (Cabal' 12 11 11. 'Wheal nifty (U.Lclant)! 1.7.2 1 18 - Wheal MaryAnn(Men 8 i 20 22 W heal Treiawnsy (Lis. 51 117 19 FOREIGN MINES. - 20 (Australian 1 ;BonAccordCopper,Lim lss d 1 85 Brazil. Imp. (is. at £5 p ) 271 2l 20 Vo.St.,Toliudel Bey,Lim 15 281 29 26 5 Do. Land and Mining,Co. all 1 Clarendon Cons.MinCo. 4 die. 10 Cohn. Copper all 43 45 Copi apo l6 8 10 04 1 DunMoun.Cop.Aling.Co all 1 2 Fortuna. 20 General all 21 23 2 Gt. N. Cop. of S. Austr 1 par 1p 11 Kapunda (Limited) 1 11 11 p 2% 3 Linares all 91 101 5 Lusitanian 2 p 1p 1 !Mariquita all 1 N.RhineCopotS.Aus.L 11.25.6 d. 1d 20 Pontgibaud Silver,Lead; Mining and Smelt all 5 • 6 5 ;fort Philip 1 1 Scottish Austrin. (L.) Us. 1 181.81:1Tnited Mexican 1 !Worthing (Limited)...., all 1 1 ! 1 9 E. • 17.7 ^ ' Paid.' Crloriscinz Business Done 2 1 1 i LONDON GAZETTE-(THIS EVENING). FOREIGN-OFFICE, DEC. 28. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr, Fairfield as Consul to the Mauritius for his Majesty the Emperor of All the Russias. CROWN-OFFICE, DEC. 28. MEMBERS RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT PARLIAMENT. County of Sussex, Western Division—Walter Barttelot Barttelot, of Hilliers Petworth, in the county of Sussex, Esq., in the room of the Right Hon. Charles Henry Gor don Lennox, commonly called Earl of March, now Duke of Richmond, called to the House of Peers. Borough of Ripon—Reginald Arthur Vyner, of Newby Hall, Ripon, in the county of York, Esq., in the room of John Ashley Warre, Esq., deceased. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, DEC. 28. let Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Charles Matthew Moran, Gent., to be Coronet, by purchase, vice Bowyer, promoted. 6th Dragoons—Cornet and Adjutant Thomas Joseph Fitz Simon to have the rank of Lieutenant; Cornet Alexander Frederick Stewart to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice the Hon. William Oct. Beresford Annesley, who retires. Bth Light Dragoons—Captain Esdailo Lovell Lovell, from the 10th Light Dragoons, to be Captain, - vice the Hon. Everard Stourton, who exchanges. 10th Light Dragoons—Captain the Hon. Everard Stourton, from the Bth Light Dragoons, to be Captain, vice Esdaile Lovell Lovell, who exchanges. 14th Light Dragoons—Charles Alexander Price Talbot, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, in succession to Lieu tenant Graham, removed to the 18th Light Dragoons. 17th Light Dragoons—Do Pentheny de Pentheny O'Kelly, Esq., to be Paymaster, vice George Berkeley Belcher, deceased. let or Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards—Lieutenant and Captain Charles Napier Sturt to be Captain and Lieu. tenant-Colonel, by purchase, vice Sir William Thomas Francis Wallace, Bart., who retires; Ensign and Lieu tenant Arthur Divett Hayter to be Lieutenant and Cap tain, by purohase ! vice Sturt ; Ensign William Duberly, from the Rifle Brigade, to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Hayter. 2d. Foot—Cornet Charles Borlase, from the Gth Dragoons, to be Ensign, vice Pinkerton, promoted. 12th Foot—Ensign Henry J. Mac Donnell to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Samuel Hall, who retires. 13th Foot—Lieutenant Edward Henry Hall to be Captain, by purchase, vice Thomas Chevalier Robertson, who re tires ; Ensign Gerard Septimus Burton to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Hall ; Wiiliam Charles Frederick Madden, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice 8011, promoted ; Charles Edward Stanley Lee, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Kemmis, promoted ; Richard Leigh, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Home, proitioied. 14th Foot—Lieutenant Richard Seymour Lemon to be in structor of Musketry, vice Heaton, retired, 16th Foot—Samuel John Pullin, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Walpole, appointed to the Rifle Brigade ; Lieutenant Lancelot Le Feuvre to be Instructor of Mus ketry, vice Bostock, appointed Captain Instructor at the School of Muketry. 21st Foot—The Christian name of Quartermaster Gra hame is George, and J., as stated in the Gazette of the 17th August, 1855. 22d Foot—The first Christian name of Ensign Grove is Edward, not Edmund, as stated in the Gazette of 21st Dec., 1360. 25th Foot—Harvey Bendel Saville Armstrong, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, Tice Crossman, promoted; Charles Francis Barnardiston, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Chisholm, promoted. 30th Foot—Henry Granville Sharpe, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Eden, promoted. 31st Foot—Lieutenant George John Hamilton to be Cap tain, by purchase, vice John William Townsend Fyler, who retires; Ensign Alexander Cumming Gow to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Hamilton. 39th Foot—Henry Lewis Brooke White, Gent., to be En sign, by purchase. vice Pope, promoted. 42d Foot—Ensign Charles William Pole Warner, from the 43d Foot, to be Ensign, in succession to Lieutenant Thomas Mansfield James, deceased. 57th Foot—Ensign Richard Edward Brown to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Samuel Hopper Powell, who retires ; Archibald Kennedy Douglass, Gent., to be En sign, by purchase, vice Brown. 60th Foot—Lieutenant James Arthur Morrah to be Adju tant, vice James Sturgeon Hamilton Algar, who resigns that appointment. 64th Foot—John Gee, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Sams, promoted. 711 Foot—Lieutenant Mostyn De la Poer Beresford to be Captain, by purchase, vice Henry Bentinck Coathupe, who retires ; Ensign Herbert Barron to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Beresford. 82d Foot—The appointment of Captain William Cooke O'Shaughnessy, from the 2d West India Regiment, to be Captain, vice Brevet-Major Samuel Peters Jarvis, who retires upon half-pay, as stated in the Gazette of the 18th December. 87th Foot—Lieutenant Anthony Butler to be Captain, without purchase, vice John Rawson Simpson, deceased ; Ensign Joint Leigh Holiest to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Butler ; Lieutenant Walter Carr Mackin non to be Adjutant, vice Lieutenant Anthony Butler, promoted. 88th Foot—John James Davidson, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Buchanan, promoted. 91st Foot—Major William Thomas Laird Patterson to be Lieutenant-Colonel, without purchase, vice Brevet- Colonel John Francis Gleneairn Campbell, C. 8., pro moted to be Major-General; Captain William Benjamin Battiscombe to be Major, without purchase, vice Patter son ; Lientenant William Prescod Gurney to be Captain, without purchase, vice Battiscombe. 92d Foot—Ensign William Grisdale Hicks to be Lieute nant, by f urchase, vice Gordon Stonhouso Hughes, who retires. 93d Foot—Frederick William Welch, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Potts, promoted. 94th Foot—Lieutenant Francis Hamilton Elliot to be Cap tain, by purchase, vice Courtenay W. A. T. Kenny, who retires; Ensign James Browne to be Lieutenant, by purchaise, vice Elliot. 100 Foot—Major Hugh Rowlands, from half-pay Unat tached, to be Major ' vice Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Mathias LuzWeguelin, who exchanges: Rifle Brigade—John Lionel Tuffnell, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Duberly, appointed to the Grenadier Guards. . 3d West India Regiment—Ensign Charles Ramsay Gibb, from the 20th Foot, to be Ensign, vice O'Grady, pro moted; Staff-Assistant-Surgeon James Ferguson to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Carbery, deceased. Ceylon Rifle Regiment—Richard Calvert, Gent , to be En sign, without purchase, vice John Glover, who has re- signed. DEPOT BATTALION.—Capt. John William Madden) 4th Foot, to be Instructor of Musketry,:vice Capt. Bray, 83d Foot, who has been removed with his Depot to Chatham. UNATTACHED,—Captain and Brevet-Lieut.-Colonel Jas. Dundas Gregorie Tulloch, half-pay, 84th Foot, and Staff Officer of Pen-loners, to be Major, without purchase. STAPF.—Lieutenant-Colonel James Primrose, 43d Foot, to be Deputy-Assistan-General to the Forces serving in Madras, vice Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet-Colonel Charles Albert Denison, 52d Foot, whose period of service in thnt appointment, and on the Staff, has expired. COMMISSARIAT DEPARTMENT.—Deputy Assistant Corn - anissary General Thomas John Hume has been permitted to resign his Commission. MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. Assistant-Surgeon George Youell, from the 54th Foot, to be Staff-Assistant-Surgeon, vice Fergusson, appointed to the 3d West India Regiment ; Staff-Assistant-Surgeon George Henry Dyer has been per mitted to resign his commission. BREVET. The undermentioned tromotions to take place consequent on the death of Major-General 'William Freke Williams, on the 12th December, 1860 : Lieutenant-Colonel and Brevet Colonel Lord Frederick Paulet, C. 8., from the Coldstream Guards, to be Major- General. Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Henry F. F. Johnson, Bart., Major, half-pay, sth Foot, Deputy-Quartermaster- General at Mauritius, to be Colonel. Major John James Bull, 56th Foot, to be Lieutenant. Colonel. Captain Edward Smyth Mercer, 94th Foot, to be Major, BANKRUPTS. John Palmer, picture dealer, Mutley House, near Ply mouth, to surrender, Jan. 10, at two, and Fcb. 8, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. William Tugwell Fennell, hatter, Brighton, Jan. 9, at half-past two, and Feb. 8, at twelve, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Noah Miller, builder, Sidmoth, Devonshire, Jan. 16 and Feb. 13, at twelve, at the Exeter District Court. Henry Watson, baker, Longford, Derbyshire, Jan. 10 and 31, at eleven, at the Shirehall, Nottingham. Isabella Lilias Mary Harris, hosier, Liverpool, Jan. 7 and 28, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Mark Hayes, cheesemonger, New Brentford, Middlesex, Jan. 9, at half-past one, and Feb. 11, at twelve, at the Court.of Bankruptcy. William Cox, grocer, Birmingham, Jan. 10 and Feb. 7, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. SCOTCH BANKRUPTS. William Connel, coach-builder, Edinburgh. David Strathie, draper, Ayr. John Fyfe, Wright, Port Glasgow. BANK OF ENGLAND. An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, cap. 32, for the week ending on Wednesday, :the 26th day of Dec., 1860 : ISSUE DEPARTMENT. Notes issued ......Z26,568,5751 Government Debt £11,015,100 Other Securities .. 3,459,900 Gold Coin & Bullion 10,639.853 Silver Bullion 1,153,722 £26,568,575 £26,568,575) BA.NIKING DEPARTMENT. Proprietors' Capi- Government Secu tal £14,553,000 rities (including Rest Public Deposits (in- nuity) eluding Exche- Other Securities quer, Savings' Notes Banks, Commis- Gold and Silver missioners of Na tional Debt, and Dividend Ac counts) 7,361,256 Other Deposits 11,972,295 Seven Day and other Bills Coin 704,544 010,189 £37,691,264 hf. / .C 37,61,11,264 EAR SRA LL, Chief Cashier. Dated Dec. 27,1880. AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR. The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com puted from Returns made in the week ending the 25th day of Dec., 1860, exclusive of the duties of Customs paid or payable thereon on the importation thereof into Great Britain : Muscovado, the produce of the British pos- rrnt CWT. sessions in America - 29s 7d Muscovado, the produce of the Mauritius:— 30s aid Muscovado, the produce of the East Indies.. 27s Gid Average price of the foregoing 29s lid 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 pi esent is remarkably scanty, but there seems to be no doubt that the melancholy occurrence arose out of some conflict of opinion in reference to the late Orange display at Derry. . 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, was the prisoner, it was stated thatJhe prisoner had inserted a large stone in the snow ball ha had thrown at a gentleman in Brook-street, Rat cliffe, and cut his hat. This " gent " was hailed with shouts rof 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 some 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 corn 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 or White chapel division were disposed of by Mr. Selfo with the imposition of small fines, and a caution that more severe measures would be adopted if the snowballing nuisance was not abated. SMUGGLING ClGARS.—Richard Wakeham, the master, and James Petty, the mate, of the brig Clyde, lying in the London Dock, was brought before Mr. Selfe charged with smuggling 711bs. of foreign manufactured tobacco, to wit cigars, with intent to defaud 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 7} 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 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. TEIS DAY'S AtARAETS. 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 ;he flour trade was in a healthy state at quite Monday's prices. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour. English .. 280 ' 1,200 810 7O 1 530 Irish F0reign........ 29,010 20,730 19,340 1 0 sacks 11,190 brls. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. The supplies of meat are moderate, and the trade gener ally is somewhat active, at very full prices. Per Blbs by the carcase. s. d. s. d. 5. d. s. d. Inferiorbeef .... 2 10 3 2 Middling mutton 4 0 4 6 Middling d 0.... 3 4 4 0 Prime do ..... 4 8 5 0 Prime large do.. 4 2 4 4 Veal Do. small d 0.... 4 4 4 6 Small pork 4 8 5 4 Large pork 4 0 4 6 .amb.... ...... 0 0 0 0 Inferior mutton 3 4 3 10 BOROUGII 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. • New Mid and East Kent pockets.. .. Weald& • • .. Suscex .. Yearlings per cwt. £5 Os to £lB Os 4Os to 14 Os 6Os to 9 Os sOs to 9 10s TEE WEATHER IN THE PROVINCES. 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, &c., 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 " sanding." While the latter work would be in operation, the feed pipes of the engine would suddenly freeze, and uo 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 gas 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 4, freezing also of the water pipes, 48 71 ,ITIES. Oa 1001 1 100 100 100 100 100 Paid. ißueinese done CHINA. THE PEACE OF PEKIN. We have been favoured with the following most iteresting and important letters from Head•quar- ;re : CAMP BEFORE PEKIN, OCT. 26. My last letter left while the preparations were t still going on for getting the siege guns into position apposite that portion of the wall to the eastward of the An-ting Gate which it was intended to breach, ihould the gate itself not be surrendered to the allied Commanders-in-Chief by noon of the 13th bast., in compliance with their demand made 60111 C days previously. The Temple of the Earth, a building of vast ex f;ent, surrounded by high walls, with large enclo -sures, was the place selected for the formation of lthe 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 •Dn 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 fthe 99th Regiment and Desborough's battery, pass iing 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 th e mandarins,ut 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 been 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 been 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 Phipps, the private of the King's Dragoon Guards, had, like De Norman, Anderson, and the two sowars, 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 on the 17th com pleted, with the survivors, the entitle 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. Twen ty 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 molting 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 endured burst upon us 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 Loth 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 \he 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 possibility of doubt in the minds of the governing classes of China that we were at Pekin as masters, that the arrogance of the Chinese 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 ways of arrivink at this result ; one was by capturing and holding the Imperial city of 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 dynasty were preserved, on the safety of which,in the Opinion of the Chinese, the existence of the present reigning family depends. By the people the Palace was held in great veneration from its being the constant resi dence of the Emperor, and the place where all the great p r i nces and nobles o f th e empire as semble d , the ga r d ens an d b u ildi ngs were famed for , their beauty throughout China, and immense s wiss were It was the 1 yearly expended on their maintenance. ' 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 his 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 themselveri 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 decided on. Lord Elgin and the Commander-in-Chief both addressed the Prince of 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 Yuen- Ming-Yuen, as being the spot where the cruelties to the prisoners first commenced; he further de manded that a sum of 300,000 taels should be paid within 48 hours as an indemnity to the famili es of the murdered prisoners, and informed the Prim e() of Kung if there was any delay in so doing, or an y hesitation to sign the convention and exchange th e 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 Comman 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-Min no resistance,—not a Tartar g - soldier ; was h a e s y t o m b e met w s e i e t n h . 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-Ynen 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 bn 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 March." Lord Elgin and Sir Hope Grant were chief mourners. The pall-bearers were the members of the Embassy and the Commander-in-Chief's Staff, Fane 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 Commander-in-Chief, closed the procession. The Russian Minister, General Ignatieff—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- Chief. 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 and 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 the Emperor of China by Lord Macart ney from George 111.—a State coach and two 12- pounder howitzers —complete in every way, and in.z very good condition and repair , great care having evidently been taken of them ; yet, strange to Bay, w ith these guns in their possession, they have never made any endeavour to improve their own field artillery carriages. Shot and shell even w ere p i led close to the guns in the kind of coach-ho use i n which they were found. On receipt of. Prince Rung's letter and the payment of the 300,000 taels it was necessary to secure a suitable residence for the Embassy inside Pekin, and that a public building of sufficient ex tent should be prepared in which the ceremony of signing the conventio n could be performed in ft manner to impres s th e d of visi P L eo o p ch le with the imp ortance of the act they wer e sent by Lord Elgin for th e purpose buildings ting all the public for the o bj ects in view '. Lieut. - Colonel Ross, of in Pekin, and to s elect those best adapted Quartermaster -General G e neral's Department, also went, by o r d er of the Commander-in-Chief, to see that pr o p er qua rters Wo uld be provided for the escort that wes to attend Lord Elgin while he re sided in the city Their description of the poverty of the city, an d the state of decay of the public buildings, i s most deplorable. With an escort of 50 men they pro ceeded through the northern portion o f the c ity, beingjoined by three or four mandarins, wh o bad 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 down 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 and tortuous; three or four buildings were visited in this quarter, but none of them were habitable, They . Share! stk 18 20i 20i 10 100 stock stock stock 100 100 100 100 100 stock 100 100 100 stock stock stock stock stock oto - .3k 1100 10 all 100 18 ,ATL . 62' 108 9 1391 03} i 131 # 9 1 I ~.<. MI ~ I