The Sun. — London, England, 1860-12-24 00:00:00

remaining in the Union under a Black:Republica] President. _ A resol u ti on was o ff ere d recommen di ng a m ili tary board, and appropriating 500,000 dols. for the pur chase of arms for volunteers. The House of Representatives of Nebraska Territory had passed a bill prohibiting slavery in Nebraska with but two dissenting votes. It will probably pass the Council. A letter from Captain Hall, commander of the new expedition to the Arctic regions, announces the loss of the schooner Rescue, in a terrible gale ell the 26th of August, and caused the loss of Capt. Mall's expedition boat. Captain Hall, however, writes in the best of spirits, and announces that he has already perfected arrangements for con tinuing his researches when navigation opens in the spring. The results already accomplished by the expedition are important. The Canal Commissioners of New York State had announced the close of the canal navigation for the season. Californian advices by the overland mail are dated at San Francisco on the 28th November. The markets were without change of importance. General Joshua died at San Francisco on the 25th ult. Advices from the city of Mexico are to the 28th November, and from Vera Cruz to the 7th instant. The Liberals were completely investing the City of Mexico, and it was reported that the French Mini liter had advised Miramon to capitulate. Great distress prevailed in the city from a scarcity of food and water. The main army had not come up. , The Extraordinary, from Mexico, the 3d instant, ' had not arrived at Vera Cruz. It was believed that it would bring the news of the repulse of the Liberals or their capture of the capital. 1110 NEv MARKET' AND CITY NEWS, Although the various banking-houses, the public s ubscription-rooms, and the retail establishments have remained open to-day, the attendance of the c ommercial community in the City has been ex ceedingly limited, and very little business has been transacted. The demand for money has continued active, and /ery little business has been negotiated under 5 per Cent. In the Liverpool Cotton Market, on Saturday, it large amount of business was transacted, and the sales reached 12,000 bales, of which 4,000 Were taken on speculation and for export, but prices were unaltered. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. (SATURDAY.) li ank Stock 3 Per Cent. Reduced Annuities 92/ iNew 3 per Ce n t. Annuities + ll dia Stock. Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent — Ditto 6} per Cent. Ditto Bonds £l,OOO itto under £l,000 „..vetsols for Account, Jan. 10 Excheque r Bills, £l,OOO, lid Ditto Small FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. (SATURDAY.) Rranilian 5 per Cent .. k .Ditto 4} per Cent. 1800 B6f f a aszicart 3 per Cent — I )itto Account P °l tugm, 2• 3 per Cent.. 1853 .. R ussian .5 per Cent. 1822, £ St • • ~,, Ditto 41 per Cent. ° Panish 3 per Cent. Ditto New Deferred — 4 Ditto Account 42/ Janish Cert. of Coup. not funded 6/ l arkish 6 per Cent • • -- Ditto New Loan Ditto Account Dividends on the above payable in London. TWO O'CLOCK Consols for Account, ex div. 92/ 93 POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—r This Day). MARLBOROUGH-STREET. --- - - PROTECTION OP WOMEN FROM AGGRAVATED ASSAULTS. gentleman attended, on Saturday, from the Society for th e Protection of Women and Children from Aggravated k aaaults, 10, Duke-street, St. James's, and said that in all eases of aggravated assaults on women and children, the So ciety were ready to prosecute the offenders on an intima tion being give' at the office of the society. Mr. Tyrwhitt said ho was aware that in too many 111- ° 4l :lces the persons assaulted were unable to prosecute t hemselves. The applicant said he was aware of that; but if the lueiety was informed of any cases of the kind, immediate a ttention would be paid to the case, and, if necessary, coun lel employed, so that offenders might not, as they too fre quently did, escape. Mr. Tyrwhitt said the application should be remembered, tad the applicant, having thanked the magistrate, withdrew. A LUCKT ESCAPE.—Jeremiah Dempsey and Henry Raper, two young man, were charged with attempting to steal a gentleman's watch in the Haymarket on Saturday bight From the evidence of Sergeant Cole, 23 C, it appeared that on Saturday night, while near her Majesty's Theatre it the Haymarket, there being a much larger crowd than 11311 al, he saw the two prisoners run up against a gentle blau, and looking over Dempsey's shoulder observed the g e ntleman's watch hanging out of his pocket. The gen &run called " Police," and having informed him that r Was a police officer he went after them and took them "Ito custody, on which Raper denied having been in the H aymarket at all, and pretended to be drunk, and then said, Ur. Cole, this is your doing." He had known both pri soners some time, but although he suspecied them he had l ever known them to be in custody before, but he had f ollnd some letters on Raper addressed to him at a house where thieves met. In answer to Mr. Lewis, jun., who appeared for Raper, M 5 sergeant said he knew Raper's father to be a respect able man. Air. John Raper, ham and beef shopkeeper, of Castle *est, Leicester-square, said that Raper was his son and lived with him, and always had plenty of money allowed 111 14. He also knew the other prisoner as making boots for big, Dempsey said he had worked at one shop eight years and at another three, and had never been at a station-house before. Mr. Beadon, in discharging them, said they had better eke care how they got into such a crowd again. Cole said there was now an officer in attendance from the division, who knew them as companions of thieves, and v f Members of the swell mob. THAMES. 1 SLIDES ON THE FOOTPATR3.—A boy named Joseph 'lackborough was brought before Mr. Yardley, charged with sliding on the footpath in the IVhitechaPel-road, near Mary-street. Police Constable Brown, No. 181 11, said that yesterday afternoon there was 30 boys sliding on the footpath. He reluonstrated with them, and they all desisted except the Prisoner, who continued sliding, and on being told it was improper to do so he set him at defiance, and he was con• Pelled to take him into custody. Ntr. Yardley said there were slides in all directions, and t hey were highly dangerous to pedestrians. lie must rea lly make a severe example of boys who made slid es in the streets. _ _ _ Brown said many persons had fallen down on the parti eUlar slide in question, and upon another slide a woman fell and fractured her arm. The prisoner said he did know it was wrong to slide. lir. Yardley—lt is very wrong, sir. The prisoner--I can't read. I never saw the bills out. Air. Yardley—lgnorance of the law is no excuse for breaking it. Besides you have been treated with a good "al of forbearance, and after the policeman had told you /° ll were acting improperly, you began sliding again. The mother of the boy said she had despatched her •son " 11 a message to the West-end, and little thought he was l a the Whitechapel-road. Mr. Yardley—There are as many slides at the west end : 4 :there are in the east. The nuisance is universal and must Possible be suppressed. The penalty for sliding is 405., all d I don't see why I should not impose that penalty. The mother said she would keep her boy out of harm's It aY in future. t Mr. Yardley—lle is fined a shilling—lock h im u p for an 4 ru.r. S everal other boys were charged with slidinF on the tit t riage -way and footpaths, and were fined a shilling each. TAE REUNION LITERAILY SOCIETY.—The an -114, 1 gathering and supper of the members of thi s club, ,4 Lich is com posed of the most influential and promine nt aetiebrities in the literary and dramatic world, took place the the club-room of the society, at Mr. Ward's, Bedford Head, Maiden-lane, Covent - garden, Friday evening last, when between 50 and 60 4ti tlemen sat down to a most elegant supper, provided tvith- th e usual good taste and tact of mine host, Mr. Ward, has for some years catered for the club on the occasion ti q, tileir annual meeting. The chair was occupied by Mr. rge Augustus Sala. The musical arrangements, which t e under the direction of Mr. Lazarus, gave great satis litviti°h• The speeches were most felicitous ; and the con Er:t y was kept up with great spirit until a late hoar. t The accounts from New Orleans on the present th e 4i ° 2l announce some further very heavy failures among cot t° l l factors. SUNDAY. Main Store, ifax on the y, bringing steamship anada, both Neenstown ,ed off Cape boat of the ore hopeful et prospect ays :—Con meet again those mem' L disincline' ;tee will be ing session► El be looked • despatches ncouraging laveholding n Saturday , he country vhich seems conviction e majority, Eered it too ; but they e would be hare given t would be it Washing nt there as re to ba th us, e m between >f the city iding Fort ) of sending angers have ;ease among n caps. The appealed to r Anderson men poorly s absolutely with this a formal by South re the fort, )e evacuated Of course 1 there maf t is asserted, his post to will be fol th Carolina ever, which action, and lgland. The Tal Govern ports of the ies the Die in sayini . a measure or House Cour ed upon the If the Tres stant. The duties until says :—The tended with o anticipate nday night. ed with the h calmness, g was exhr he standing itinued. I t , presented e suffering 1 to the mestead bill F Kentucky, d on Thure ion of the cpressive of nt, made is Powell, to Lion except' affairs, and Committee. vlr. Jathanl, )uld remain ances, intr secure that be no more -as settled. regard the alt. the subjects ►f Connecti.• impossibl • ) labour to e adjourned proceeded be excused tee on the concluded ta, Florida, a to secede, sian a, and vever, was t was not 3tion, from of a bill i Treasury e, and the lill, which Ter to the em at the went mat ' notice. 1, to the has pre• committee ed before .d to -day; orida, and Houston► [y expres t adopt a feeling in The nom until to- from the ices, end rallandig . peaceably s will the le Gulf of di ng ides icing the s, which' e eircura- from an of south r to the the forts :minder fans, but the dis- ouisians • sent in on, and meet her peal of uarauty inauga our and yitli h®r KET.-(SATU.RDAY.) Share! OaDI:NARX SHARES A.ND STOCKS. Railway. Paid, Closing Price. Bneiness done CORN EXCHANGE. _ --- - - 1 , I Share ! Railways. 1 Closing I Business ! Paid. , Price. 1 Done. 100 Atiantic &St Lawrence - all 77 80 r Bom.,BrodaLt.Centlndi 100 95 v 6 I stk _ t On. 5 per cent 50_ Belfast and Ballymena , all I - - 18 Do, Do. B 16 11 1 12.11 ;Bin, Wol , and Str. Val. all , 84 El 20/ Buffalo and Laic Huron" all 41 5 stock 'Birk., La., and Ch Juno. 100 181 83 201 Do. New - -. 25 'Blackburn 25 IBlyth and Tyne all 1 - - 100 i 80 7 10 !Bost. Sleaf. and Mid.Co all ' 61 7 6p. ct. bds. Aug. 1, 1875 - stock Bristol and Exeter - 1, 187:- 100 67 72 stock Caledonian 10 Carmarthen &Cardig,an all - - 5 Clcutta. ALS.Eastn. (Lim 3 4d pr 50 Cork and Bandon all - - 20 Cape,Eastn.Prov. (Lim.' 2s. - - 20 Cork, Blrocic., (-Passage all --- 20 Cape Town & Dock Scrip 5 11 14 I 20 Cornwall i 10 Do A 1 (A gets no div. I ° al! I - - 174 Demerara all - - until 6pc peran. 10 Do B 20 Eastn. Bengal gu. 5 c 10 14 1/ c , hasbeen , d. toll 1 - p. stock East Indian, gu. sp. c. 100 100/ 101 50 Dublin & Belfast Juno. all - - 20 Do. F Shares Ext.._ all d pr 25 Dun., Perth, &Ab..lunc. all 8 84 20 Do. Jubbulpore all d pr stock East Anglian lOO 161 171 100 Do. 41 pc. Debentrs. all 984 99 stock Eastern Counties lOO 531 541 100 Do. sp. c. Deb., 1864.. all 1001 101! stock Eastern Union, A stock 100 37 39 20 Geelong & Melbourne.. all - - stc,:x Do do Bdo 100 26 28 stock Geelong Corporation C 25 Do Nw A, late EU3ds. 131 - - per cent. Bonds ...... 100 - - stock East Suffolk - - stock Grand Trunk of Ca n ed. 100 23 24 stock Edinburgh & Glasgow 100 188 90 100 1 Do. 5 per cent. Pref.. all 78 80 stock Edin. Perth, & Dundee 100 1 294 291 100 Do. 6 per ct. Debentr. all 48 52 10 Forth & Clyde Junction all - 100 Do. 7 per cent. 1862 .. all 57 AO stock Furness - - 100 Do. do. 1867 _ all 60 54 stock Glasg. and S. Western 100 , 116 118 100 Do. do. 1872 .. all 48 52 10 Great Ntlan. of Scotland all 1 - - stock Gt.lndiaPenin.gua.sp.c. 100 971 981 stock Great North ern lOO 1 110 111 110 20 Do. New gua. sp. c... 8 1d 1 a stock 7'o do A stock stock Do do Bdo stock Gt. S. kW. of Ireland 100 1111 113 1114 201 Gt. W. of Canada Shares all 11 114 stock Great Western .... stock Do Str Val sus. stock 100 61 64 100 Do. Bonds pay. '76, with 12 Irish South-eastern .. all - - opt, till '6O .... ...... all 95 100 stock Lancashire & Yorkshir , 100 1204 1201 1204 4 4 100 Do. do. '73 till '60...... all 95 100 stock London and Blackwall 100 62 64 100 Do. do. '73 without opt. all ,4 3 96 stock Lon., Bright.. &S Coast 100 117 110 100 Do. 51 p. c. do. '77 d 0... all 90 03 stock Lond., Chat., and Dover 100 51 53 stock Madras, guar., 41 p. c... 100 85 87 Westernstock Do. do. 5 per cent..... 100 951 965 s a t t oc oc k k r l , , o o n rid d. . && N,tthh. Western., 100100 1 9 0 5 11 011024 9541 4 1 1 stock Do. 41 p. c. Extension 100 884 891 25 L'derry & Coleraine .. all - - 20 Do. Fourth d 0........ 15 11 14 d, 25 L'derry & Enniskillen all 810 20 Do. d 0..... - .... all - - stock Man. Shef. & Lincoln., 100 55 56 55 stock Melb.Corp. 6p. 0. Buds. 100 - - 50 Maryport and Carlisle.. all - - 20 Newßrunswick & Canda 121 Do do 4 shares.... all - - Ry.&Land(Lim.)g.6pc all 5 7 10 Metropolitan 5 3 4 24 8 Class A Capital Share stock Midland . lOO 1354 1351 135 4 4 .. Do. do. Land do 6.4.0. Do new - - 2 ! 20 Do. do. B Capital do. . stock Do tsirming. & Derby 100 107 109 1 7 50 Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland all - - , ! IDo. do. Land do. ........ all 5 7 20 rOude (Limited) ........ Is. - - 25 Do 4 shares r _a I --. ._ stock Scinde .......... ,7.,0 100 100 101 ?5 Mid Kent. - - 20 ,Do. Pun j aub .... 4 0 10 14 d 141 10 Do, Cray line - - 20 IDo. Do. .... -.. ~ s ? all 1 - - d 100 Newcastle and Carlisle all - - sto3klDo. Indus. St. Flo. g,,,, , 100 191 96 10 Newry & Armagh, def 9 7 6 d 20 , St. Andrews & Quebec A 18 1 - - 20 Newry, Warnpt. & Ros all - - 10 i Trinidad (Lim.) Scrip.. 1 1 2 1 d stock Norfolk .... - 50 NT lin. Counties Union 34 - - d stock North British .., 100 65 651 10 Antwerp & Rotterdam. all 51 5/ stock Nor.Dev.Rail&Dk.stock 100 - - 20 'Ardennes.... - ..... .. all - -pl 2200 !Lake a t ' k L e u c x o e n nTr m ot:. stock D , A stk ; A rocs no d. 20 IllalL&S.Fran..Lim.7p.c. 10 11 11 . , 1, until Wham beenpd.B 1 0 0 - - 5 ' Belgian East. Junction all / 1 1 stock Do B stock ..... _ . 100 - - __ 20 IBeziers to Graissessac- all - - 5t0ck 22112322222210006030000000 6 5 i i 1 1 RI ,N , N3LGGII .DC]taenooaiarraaaureir !Norwegian - n s)rliitrtianfitiscprhauteaethede&ti e eorroci4Ao a rn. a ,Rit&jone u ansnoiEuu x iitserx.r.n 3 , Feta l Gtieris i tna n uohonnsa c firc...e ; . R .: .. . a .: i ... I ala a 6l l lll l 10 24 1 2 1 41 Nth. !"astern-Berwick 100 105 1051 104 i 100 Copiapo ........ & ...... all 2-334 2442-4 25 Dodo, G.N.E. purchase 16134 P 4P off P Mock DO Leeds .... stock Do York stock North London 10 Do new. 5 - - 9.16.4 North Staffordshire„ . . 171 221 1 10 N. and S. W. Junction,. all 9 91 1 20 . 6 . France p.a a 'l6 l ll l l l l ----- 1 a . 0 ...nki & : u pc:: t i. 8 .e:.r., .: ,...u . e 1 i. ... f e .).... . , aaaaa a a ll111 1 1 111: 1 11 517, .... - - 4784 ii 36 1- 96974: 12 Not. &Grantham Rail ll 8 81 10 1 - ebles ...... •..-.• • • • all - - - Portsmouth - - 10 Rhymney.....- ........ all - - took Scottish Central tack Scot N. E.. Aber. stock 100 34 341 20 !Lyons & Geneva .... - all - - tock Do Scot. Mid. stock lOO 87 89 took Shropshire Union - ... .. •• - - all - - 10 Sittingbourne & Sheer. all 6 7 took South Devon 1 took South Eastern took South Wales ... ~ „ „ 100 62 64 16 Do. l New Shares .15 - took S. York. and River Dun 100 78 80 20 Staines, Wok,. and Wok all 6 8 20 Paris,Lyons, & Mediter, all 351 361 25 Stockton at Darlington all 421 431 221000 Illuitßooi g gym u aa tt, elat 7 b p arnu . rani c s t ag , hbe.au l . i tr m .f. .: .: .: ... ....: 25 Do do took Taff Vale . - - took Do Prof. i'sTo 1. lOO - - - - 25 ThamesHavenDkasßail 22 - - - all 50 Ulster .-• 25 Do 110 Do .... : ............ 2 41 p 4 Do. 7 per cent. Pref.... all - - rock Vale of Neath took 20 Sambre & Meuse ...... all 54 6 13 Victoria, Sta. and Pim all 111 11; 10 IDo. 51 per cent. Pref. .... all 84 ' 4 l `OCK. Waterford & Kilkenny 100 - - 20 'San Paulo, lim, g. 7p. c. 2 1 1 d 60 Waterford & Limerick all - - 20 S.Aust.&Lomb Venetin 12 1d 1d l 20 West Cornwall 84 West Flanders all ..... 1 61 20 West London.-- - - all - - 10 Do let class ........ all - - 10 iDo. 51 p. C. Preference.. all 94 91 20 Do 24 class -.. .. all - - 20 I W. & N.W. of France .. all 214 224 I lock WestHartlepool Harbr 20 !Western of Austria.... 6 - - and Rail .l 100 - - 20 !Western of Switzerland all - - ock West Midland-Oxford' 100 50 52 504 6 'Wiesbaden - - , oc k Do. Newport! 100 43 45 6 IDo. 8 per cent. Pref all ock PO. Hereford 100 8.1 85 2O ;Zealand lotFfueT. i an, aerrlnri(gnna:u.creionsenal, dn o. .sh g . all 1} 1 d 41 b d d. It d lf 1 d 1001 told pr d d pr 981 99} 104 101 i 23 24 78 80 48 52 57 60 54 48 52 97i 98i d f a 2 1d 11 11i 9/ d, TEE SlTh, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 24, 1860. MIS DA Y'S AIARRETS. Molt of the country markets held on Saturday were scantily supplied with wheat, and all kinds were taken oft readily, at an improvement in value of fully Is. per qr. Fine barley and oats were firm in price, and the value of all other articles was well supported. Advices from America state that very little business was doing in produce for export purposes, and that prices of both wheat and flour were somewhat drooping. Through out the continent wheat has become firmer in price; but the business doing in it for spring shipment has not in creased. Up to our market last week the arrivals of English pro duce were very moderate. The imports from abroad were 17,029 quarters of wheat, 7,564 barley, 19,105 oats, 4,096 beans, 20 peas, 480 seeds, 685 sacks, and 9,994 barrels of flour. A very limited supply of English wheat was on offer in to-day's market, coastwise and by land carriage. Although the attendance of both town and country millers was small, all kinds of wheat of home produce sold at an advance in the quotations, compared with Monday last, of from is to 2s per quarter. At that amount of improvement a fair clearance of the stands was effected. The general quality of the samples was inferior. We were somewhat heavily supplied with foreign wheat. Notwithstanding that the demand was by no means active, prices were quite ls. per quarter higher than on this day se'nnight. Floating cargoes of grain were in moderate request, at very full prices. We have to report a fair, but by no means extensive de mand for barley, at fully last Monday's currency. There was a fair sale for both old and new malt, at full quotations. Good sound oats were in request, at very full prices. Low and damp parcels moved off slowly, at late rates. Beans were firm in price, but the demand for them was far from active. There was a steady inquiry for peas, at late rates. All kinds of flour were quite as dear as last week. CURRENCY PER IMPERJAL MEASVRII. Whee,---Essex aid Kent, red, new 4Bs to Hs Ditto, old 6ls 67. Ditto, white, new s4s 658 Ditto, old 63s 748 Norfolk and Linenln, red, old . sss 66s Ditto, new 46. 544 Rye—Old — s —8 New Barley—Grinding...., 2BB 33s Malting . 36, 46. Malt -Suffolk and Norfolk Brown Kingston and Ware 528 70s Chevalier Oats—Yorkshire and Lincolnsh., Feeding 22. 28e Potato 2BB 338 Youghal and Cork, black ... 22s 278 Cork, white 228 29s Scotch, Feeding 2ss 29. Beans—Tick Pigeons Peas—Grey Maple White 455 52s Boilers sos 54. Flour—Town-made Suffolk 4os 44s Stockton and Norfolk. SUSPEA 570.4 V OP PAYMENTS AT TVASHING TON. The letters on Saturday from New York mention that the Government Treasury at Washington has been compelled to suspend payment. "Its funds are exhausted and Government officers and employes are unpaid. Contractors for the mail carriage and other purposes are included in the general bank ruptcy. They can get no money." A Bill for the issue of £2,000,000 Treasury bonds was to be brought in forthwith, and there was no doubt of its being hurriedly passed, since in the meantime the members of Congress would themselves have to wait for their pay and mileage expenses.—nnes. EXPEDITION 70 EXPLORE THE souiecEs OF THE NILE. The President and Committee of the Geogra phical Society have issued proposals for a subscrip tion to raise £2,000 for sending an expedition under Mr. Petherick, her Britannic Majesty's consul at Khartum, up the Nile to explore its sources, and to aid that of Capt a i n Speke, already despatched by way of Zanzibar, f or t h e same destination. 'This This subject has already been mooted at several meetings of this society, and also at the Geogra phical Section of the British Association held last June at Oxford; but during the past autumn so little progress has been made in the subscription list that the president and council are induced to recapitulate what has already been urged, and to lay the proposal before the fellows in the present form, more especially as some very recent discoveries by Signor Miani give a new interest to this effort. Until the middle of last month the farthest point on the banks of the Nile known to geographers was Gondokoro. This place lies about 1,400 miles by river above Khartum, which itself is 1,900 miles above Alexandria. It is described as being in N. lat. 4.30, and E. long. 31.50. Gondokoro is the seat of an ivory mart during the months of Decem ber and January, when traders from Khartum visit, and obtain their ivory in exchange for grain and beads ; and here the late Pro Vicario Knoblecher established a Roman Catholic mission, which was abandoned in 1859. Immediately above Gondokoro, a succession of rapids prevent further navigation ; below Gondokoro the passage is perfectly open to boats, sailing at the times when the periodical winds are favourable. During ten months of the year Gondokoro is deserted ; the scanty and barbarous population of the village is dis persed over its barren neighbourhood, and an expedition such as that under Captains Speke and Grant must necessarily be— exhausted of means of barter and wholly ignorant of the negro languages of Northern Africa —will be sure to tempt hostility and to incur serious danger of absolute want of supplies. If Captain Speke be unable to reach Gondokoro in December or January his position will be exceed ingly precarious, while farther advance to the north would be impossible. The first of Mr. Petherick's proposed objects is to form a sufficient depot of grain at Gondokoro, under the charge of his own men, to ensure to Captain Speke means of sub sistence and security from violence whenever he should reach that place ; the second is to explore the district coloured orange in the accompanying sketch map; the third is to effect a meeting with Captain Spekc, and to assist him through the hostile tribes between the Lake and the Nile. Many of these negro tribes are known to Mr. Petherick, and it is precisely in the locality where the party under Captain Speke would be most helpless, that that of Mr. Petherick would, com paratively speaking, be most at home ; and even if the union of the two parties did not actually take place, the aid which Mr. Petherick's presence in the country might, with reason, be expected to afford to Captain Speke can hardly be overrated. The discoveries of Miani add fresh arguments in favour of the proposed expedition. That gentle man left his boats at Gondokoro, and travelled overland by the side of the Nile, in a south-east direction, to a place called Galuffi, situated, accord ing to his estimate, at a direct distance of 180 geographical miles from Gondokoro, and therefore leaving an unexplored link of only 270 geographical miles between his position and the most northerly point reached by Captain Speke in his late expedi tion from Zanzibar. Miani's information, even allowing largely for erroneous estimate of distance, reduces within manageable limits the country that remains to be explored in order to discover the sources of the Nile. It also places them eastward of Lake Nyanza, and therefore in a locality where Captain Speke would be less favourably circumstanced for finding them than he had hoped. Miani makes no mention whatever of any large lake, such*as the Nyanza, being reported to feed its waters, but, on the contrary, the natives derived the source of the Nile from a town called Patico, lying in the direction of Mount Kenia. These circumstances being taken into account, together with the fact of Mr. Petherick's services being now available, who, beyond any other Eng lishman, is peculiarly fitted for carrying out the expedition he proposes, the president and council of the Royal Geological Society consider that they would fall short of their duty if they left any le gitimate means unemployed for securing those services to the advancement of geography and the honour of this country. Her Majesty's Govern ment having declined to send out this additional expedition, the president and council make their appeal to the liberality of individual fellows of the society and to that of the public. The sum re quired to be raised is £2,000. Should this be quickly obtained, Mr. Petherick will undertake to reach Gondokoro in November, 1861. He will then explore until March, 1862, when the setting in of the rainy season prevents farther movements. Starting afresh in August, 1862, he proposes to continue his travels till February, 1863, and after that to return to Gondokoro, reaching his depot in -1863, or early in 1864. • Subscriptions are received at the Royal Geo graphical Society, 15, Whitehall-place ; and at Messrs. Biddulph, Cocks, and Co.'s, , 43, Charing cross. PREFERENCE SHARES, 116 118 150 155 13 14 I I P 70 72 I tP BRITISH MINES. Share' Mines. !Alfred Consols (Philack) 2.11.10 20 ;British Iron !Clifford nil Devon G. Cons. (Tavist ) 1 East Bassett (Illogan) ; 30 !East Caradon '1.14.6 IE. WI Russel (Tavistk ) 7.4.0 ;GamASt.Aubyn(G wen ); 544 Great South Tolgus... ' 17e G. Wheal Alfa. (Phi lack) 12.13.9 G. Wheal Vor (Helston)' 04 Grenville 5.14.6 Herod's- F00t.... .• 8.12 'Hingsbon Downs 4,10,6 - iEady Bertha 1 1,8.6 Margaret (Uny Lelanq 91; North Downs 2i North Frances (Illog,an)( 114 —N.Wiel Basest (1110 ;an) 15s North Wheal Crotty iPar Consols (St. Blazey) 14 20 !Providence (Uny Lelnt.) ! 10.6.7 Surtridge Cons. Min.Co.l 14a South Caradon(St,Cleery S. Care Brea (Illogan) 34 1 S. Dev. Iron .tG en., Lim. all S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan) 18.1 Stray rark 124.18.0 5 Tamar Silv.dz Lead Min. 41 10 Tin Crott , I NTale of Towey (Carrn )1.3s 66 West Basset (Illogan) ll W. Caradon (Liskeard); West Seton 'Wheal Basset (Mogan) , 51 ;Wheal Buller (Redruth); 5 i 1 Wheal Edward (Cals.). 12 Wheal Kitty ( U.Lelant)l 1,7,2 Wheal MaryAnn(Men.) 8 Wheal Treiavraey (Lis.) 54 P aid. I Closing Business Price. Done 3 h 4 165 7i :NES, 17 FOREIGN MI 20 Australian 1 flonAecord Copper,Lim.l 35 'Brazil. Imp. (is. at Xi p.)) 20 ~ D o.St.Jclindel Rey,l4lm 5 Do. Land and MiingCo, 1 ;Clarendon Cons.MinCo 40 ,Cobre Copper Copiapo 2 1 IF l,D o u rn n ty o a nn. Cop. Ming.Co 1 20 General 2 Gt. N. Cop, of S. Austr I If IKapunda (Limited)... $ ( Linares 5 Lusitanian 1 Mariquica 1 IN. Rhin eCopot S. Aus. L 1 20 'Pontgibaud Silver,Leadl Mining , and Smelt 5 ;Port Philip 1 Scottish Austrin. (L.). 281.8 f Unit e d M exican . .• • 1 'Worthing (Limited) : 1 Do. JOINT-STO 190 lAgra.siUnitedService Bk 40 (Australasia 25 ;Bank of Egypt 100 , Bank of London 20 Bank of Turkey 50 British North American 20 Chtd,Bank of India, &c. 25 !Ch Ater . of In. Lou,4 Ch. WO 100 C010nia1.. .,,,., 20'11 Com. Bank of Canada 100 Commercial of London 20 Env,., Scot., di Aus. Ch , 20 Gen. Bk .of Switzerland' 20 'Lon. Char.llkof 50 London and Cour:ly . 50 London Joint Stock . 100 'London ic Westminster 100 'Nat. Prov. of England . 20 1110. new 50 ( National Bank . 20 New South Wales.... 20 Do, new 25 Orient. B. Corporation 20 Ottoman Bank 100 Provmcial of Ireland 10 Do. new. 25 South Australia 25 Uniou of Australia 50 Union o London 100 Unity Mutual 15s 271 15 all all 1 108. all all 19s. all 129.6 d. COLONIAL °OVER' 'MENT SECURITIES, Can.GoT. 6 p.c.J a. &July 100 112 117 Do. 6p. cent. 1879 100 1 - - Do. 6p. cent. 1880 100 - - Do. 6p. cent. 1882 100 Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug., 100 111 113 Do. 6p. c. Mar. ,lz Sept,l 100 111 113 f Do. 5 per cent lOO 1035 10 4 , I Do. Scrip B2 1 - N.B.Gov. 6 p.c..la.&July 1 100 IP.'B; 1094 1094 Do. 6p. c. Ap. & Oct. l 102 ' 'N. S. W. Gov. sp. c., 1866' lin 1004 1014 - I Do. sp. c., 1871 to 1875 - 100 1005 1014 Do. 5 p.c.,1888 &upwi!‘a 100 1005 10i4 101 k Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. 1094 sterling, 1875 lOO 1108 109 S.Aus.Gt. 6 p. 0.1878 &up. 100 108 110 Vic. Gov. 6 D.c. Ja.&July 100 Do. do. 6p. - c. Ap...tOct. 100 1 1074 108 , 108 I MISCELLANEOUS. 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint ) all 13 14 1000 Atlantic Tel. (Limited) , all 25 Australian Agriculturall 19 31 33 10 Berlin Water (Limited) all 4; 54 50 British American Land i 40 30 32 50 B.&LMag. Tel. A. (Lim,) 1 all 35 37 20 ID°. 8,7p.e.ti111852 (Lim.)t all 18 20 20 I Do. C. (Limited) all 13 15 324 Canada Land all 110 113 10 I Chan.lslands Tel. (Lim ) all sleek ICop.Nlin.ofEng.&Smitg. all 25 Do. Pref. 7; per cent. stock Crystal Palace stock Do. Preference stock I Do. 6p. c. Pei ,)et. Deben. 100 108 110 stock Electric Telegraph 25 Do. New l5 24 1 5 English & Aus. Copper, all 4 2; 15 1G en. Steam Navigati ml 4 1 Great Ship Limited).., all # 1 ;Do. 174 pct P re f erence all k k # District Tel. () - 20 London Discount (Lim.) 5 li 1 d 4 LG. Omnibus Co. (Li.) 14 20 Madras Irr. and Canaml a 1 ll 2 1 1 ,10 Mediter. El ec t r i c Teleg, ; 5 all 10 'Med. Exton. Tel. (Lim,) all 2 4 Nationalbli C aDi i Land ire'. (I .l ii min . . : )1 a 1 155 1 1 i t (1 2 2 1 0 0 5 N e Netherlandsr 5 Do.B p.c. Pref. .iss.atl dia. all 5 1 100 N. Br.&NovaScotiaLa n d 8® _ I N.B.Australasian (Lim.)' all 1 Oriental Gas (Limited), all 1; I 1 Do. New Shares (Li m.), 15s 1 . }pr 10 Orintl,ln.Steam(Li m.)A 6 10 Ditto B. 10 Ditto C. ... . ... ... - stock PeelltLnds&lllin.(iim.) 100 50 53 ' 50 Pen. & Oriental Steam . all 73 75 50 j no. New 25 13 14 20 IftedSca&lnd.Tel.g. 4 ;p.e all 17 18 p go Rhymney Iron 15 Do. New all 5 6 (10 46 48 25 st i oc (* kloo 130 135 South Australian Landl all 33 35 1 Submarine Tel. Scrip all i 1 Lo o y t a . lA3ulsattilnS Inv. team (1, i in.), i t 1 Do. do. Registered ..., all 10 Do. do. ) all 5 7 20 Tr. & Ln. Co,ofLlpr.Can 5 , 100: van Diemen' sylnd ..• 28 8 10 9 10 1 d 2 2} 284 29 dig. 43 4S 8 10 t 2 2i 21 23 par ip 14 If p 9 3 / 4 10i P tp id 5 6 1 . 11 2 1 METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. The total imports of foreign stock into London last week amounted to 3,456. In the corresponding week in 1859 we received 3,374—in 1858, 4,llo—in 1857, 1,053—in 1856, I,ll9—in 1855, 347—and in 1854, 1,410 head. IMPORTS INTO LONDON ,ASI WEEK. From. 'Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. Rotterdam - .. 865 .. 55 Harlingen - .. 12 .. 6 Hamburgh Bremen - .. -- .. .-^ •• ..--. .. .-- Vigo ... .... 65 .. -- ea ........ •• .-..- oe .-- Dordt oo ..... -- goo 4.- ^ ye .--.. •• ..-... 100 Amsterdam - .. -- .. —..-- ..'--.. Antwerp •••• ..--. .. ._se 41. —so Boulogne... - .. -- .. -- .. -- 441 ..... Tonning ... 60 .. -- .. —..—.. '-' Medemblik - .. .--' Nieu Diep .... -- .. —..—.. —• • Total 461 2,564 -- 377 61 , _.. The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as follows : Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves Pigs. 1859 543 .. 2,627 .. .. 142 .. 62 1858 661 .. 3,294 .. .. 255 .. 1857 3O .. 984 .. .. 39 .. .. 1856 375 .. 742 .. lO2 .. -- 1855 247 .. 100 .. _ — .. ..._ 1854 621 .. 693 .. .. 96 .. 9 We were very scantily supplied with foreign stock to day, yet the demand for it was heavy. Most of the English beasts on offer were the refuse of last week. All breeds were heavy in the extreme, at Thurs day's decline in value of 4d per Sibs. The extreme value of the best Scots was 4s 10d per 81bs. Sheep were in short supply and heavy request, at almost nominal currencies. Calves and pigs commanded no attention, at about pre vious rates. The supplies of meat on sale here for Christmas con sutfiption are very large; nevertheless, the trade generally is brisk, and prices rule high. Per Sibs to sink the offal. • /4. d. e . d. Crse. & inf. beasts 3 2 3. 6, Primeers-wool do Second quality do. 3 8 4 2 P me. S'thdown do Prime large oxen 4 4 4 6 Largo erse. calves Prime Scots &c. 4 8 4 10 'Prime small do Crse. & inf. sheep 3 8 3 10 Large hogs second quality do. 4 0 4 8 Small porkers Lambs, Os Od to Os Od. 8. d. ti. d. 1. 4 10' 6 4 ~5 8610 14 0 4 6 48 5 0 , 4 0 4 6 48 5 2 Suckling calves, ISs to 22s ; and quarter .old store pigs, 228 to 295. Head of Stook en Sale. TOTAL SUPPLY. FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts 1,530 ; Beasts Sheep and lambs 5,470 Sheep Calves .. 6 iCalves .. 4 Pigs .... A. statement and comparison of the supplies and prices ,of fat stock exhibited and sold in the Great Metropolitan Cattle Market on Monday, Dec. 26, 1859, and this day, Monday, Dec. 24, 1860 : Per 81b8, sinking the offal. Dec. 26, 1859. Dec. 24, 1860. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. Coarse and inferior beasts. . Second quality ditto 3 8 4 2' l 3 8 4 2 1 Prime large oxen 4 4 4 64. 4 4 6 I Prime Scots, &c..' . . . " 4 8 4 104 8 410 Coarse and inferior sheep . . 3 4 3 10'3 8 310 Second quality ditto . . . . 4 0 4 4 4 0 4 8 Prime coarse-woolled ditto . . 4 6 4 84 10 5 4 Prime Southdown ditto . . . 5 0 5 4 5 6 510 Lambs • . , . . . . 0 0 0 op 0 0 0 Large coarse calves . . . 4 2 4 814 0 4 6 Prime small ditto Large hogs . . . . . . Neat small .porkers . . . Beasts Sheep and lambs . . 5,240 19,550 Calves Pigs 190 610 SUPPLIES ON SALE, Dec. 27, 1855.---Beasts, 2,010; sheep, 7,050 ; calves, 57 ; pigs, 360. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Per 81bs by the carcase. a. d. a. d. a. d. s. d. Inferior beef .... 2 10 3 2 Middling mutton 4 0 4 6 Middling d 0.... 3 4 4 0 Prime do ..... 4 84 10 Prime large do.. 4 2 4 4 Veal Do. small d 0.... 4 6 4 8 Small pork 4 8 5 4 Large pork 4 0 4 6 Lamb.... ...... 0 0 0 0 Inferior mutton 3 4 3 10 BOROUGH HOP. Owing to the Holidays next to nothing is doing in our market; nevertheless, prices rule about stationary. Last week's imports were 365 bales from New York, 205 from Antwerp, 42 from Ostend, and 67 from Rotterdam. New Mid and East Kent per cwt. pockets .. £6 Os to £lB Os eald 4Os to 14 Os •• • • Sussex • • •• sOs to 9 Os Yearlings • • • • sOs to 9 105 BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. Since our last report moderate supplies of potatoes have come to hand coastwise as well as by land-carriage ; whilst the imports have been confined to 274 tons from Rotterdam. On the whole a fair business is doing, as follows : York Regents Ditto Flukes Kent and Essex Regents Scotch ditto .... 9os to 140 s „ Lincolns loos to 120 s „ French Bos to 100 s „ Belgian Bos to 100 s ~ SEE DS. The seed trade is devoid o: next to nominal. Cakes mov tions are with difficulty maim rurnip,White,p.bus.36s to 38s Swede Mustard, Brown l2s 14s White, new l2s 18s Tares,Winter, new.. 111 145 Old —s —5 Canary, per quarter 56s 645 Rye grass, Hew 26s 28s Clover, Red Eng., et. 64s 74s White f animation, and prices rule -e off slowly, and the quota tained. Carraway 3os to 34s Coriander lBs 209 Henapseed, per qr 449 488 Linseed,Eng.sowing 668 888 Crushing Baltic . Odessa 589 Od 60s Linseed Cake, p. ton— English .£lO 109 £ll 5s Foreign, p to .£lO 5s £ll 10s Rape Cakes,p.ton $5109 £6 Os Rapeseed, p. qr. 700 78s Foreign Iced.... tiOs &zs White 72s 76s Trefoil, new. Nis 32s WOOL MARKET. All kinds of English wool are held at quite last week's prices ; but the demand is by no means active. Foreign parcels command very little attention ; but colonial quali ties support late rates. The imports last week amounted to 487 bales from Port Elizabeth, and 807 from Algoa Bay. TALLOW Our market being closed for the holidays, the usual particulars of stocks, deliveries, &c., have not been issued to day. The nominal value of P.Y.C., on the spot, is 60s. per cwt. Rough fat, 3s. 2d. per 81bs. Mr. Noble has received a commission from Go vernment to execute the national monument in memory of the late Sir John Franklin, for Which £2,000 has been granted by Parliament. The menument, will be placed iu Trafalgar-square.—.flthenaton, THIS DAY'S SIIIPPING. LONDON, Dec. 24.—Wind this day at noon—North- Westorly ; moderate breeze' and fine weather, with hard frost. PORTSMOUTH, Dec. 22.—Wind N.N.W.—Arrived— Her Majesty's steamer Spiteful, from Sheerness, and left for Plythouth. DEAL, Dec. 23.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrived—Ballarat, from Shanghai ; Morning Light, from New York for Hartlepool. OFF PORTSMOUTU, Dec. 23—Wind N.N.W—Arrived— Robin Hood, from London for Hong Kong; United States, from London for Melbourne. OFF TORBAY, Dec. 23.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Elise from Hamburg for New York. CLYDE, Dec. 23.—Wind N.—Sailed—Margaret Smith, for Bombay, 01It ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Monday Morning. 'Wind N. ; frosty and foggy. Arrived, Dec. 22—Cicely Griffin, from Pacific; Robert and Mary, from Sunderland; Diamond, irom Hull; Debo rah, from Montrose; Salathiel, from Bangor • Lady Con stance, from Newport ; Royal Albert, from London; Comet, from Inverness ; Arago, steamer, from New York. Sailed—Wonder, steamer, for Jersey; Havre, steamer, for Havre ; Agenoria, for Poole ; Rosamond, for Jersey. Arrived, Deo. 22—Spray, from Shields ; Earl of Fife, from Stockton ; Fox, from Newport ; Lucy, from New castie ; Louisa, from Lyme ; Mary Ann, from Cadiff ; 're mora; from Dublin ; Southampton, steamer, from Jersey ; Alliance, steamer, from Havre. Sailed—Dec. 22—Temora, steamer, for London ; Thetis, for Jersey. Arrived, Dec. 23 Atalanta, at earner, from Jersey ; Argyll, steamer, from Carentan ; British Oak, from Glas gow; Massilia. steamer, from London; Acme, from New York. Sailed—Emma, for Calcutta. EY SUBMARINE AND MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH. GRAVESEND, Monday Morning. Wind N. ; cloudy, Arrived, Dec. 23—Gothenburg, steamer, from Cadiz ; Elinor and Jane, Ernst, Amanda, Poru, and Anghard, from Hamburg ; Bezallel, from St. Vincent; Frederica. from Calmar ; Frederick, from Aalborg; Ballarett, from Shang hae ; Flecha, steamer, from Ghent; the Great Britain, from Montreal ; Washington, from Philadelphia ; Black Friar, from Bombay ; Martha, from New York ; Francois Second, from Nantes. Arrived, Dec. 24 —Boreas, from Havre; Fyenoord, steamer, from Rotterdam ; Dolphin, steamer, from Ant werp:. Sailed, Dec. 24.—Dorette, for Bremen. DEAL, Monday Morning.,; Wind N.W., light. Anchored—Maria Adelaide, from Sheerness, for Malaga; Vesta, from London, for Alexandria; Nersus, from Lon don, for Lisbon. Passed—Siam, barque, from Siam, for London; Cicero, brig, from Bordeaux, for London. The Munich Gazette announces officially the rupture of diplomatic relations between the Courts of Bavaria and Turin. In announcing this rupture, the Bavarian journal also explains its causes. It alleges, in the first instance, that the policy " of which the Sardinian Government has made itself the willing instrument," has infringed the rights of three Italian princes " closely connected with the royal family by the bonds of relationship and friendship." It next declares that this sa me p olic y " threatens the safety and existence of all States, and even of social order." The article concludes with moral and political reflections, based on the assertion that " all the lessons of history would be false if Sardinia were not forced at last to drink of the same cup which she forces upon others for her own advantage." Some journals had stated that the Court of Munich, in recalling Baron de Verger, had also suppressed its legation at Turin, but the official journal of Munich does not confirm the reports on that head. stock 6.4.0. stock stock 50 stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock 10 19.16.4 stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock 12 10 stock stock stock stock stock Share ) Railways. Blythe and Tyne 10 per c. pref. (issued at £5O Rris. & Exet.4 p.ct.stock Do. do. do. Shares Caledon £lO, 44 per cent Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. `Cork k Bandon, 54 p. c. !Cornwall. 5 per cent Dun. Perth &Aber.Jun. E.Angn.Class A 7 &sp.c Do. do. Class B 6 p.c Do. do. Class C 7 p.c Coun. Ex. 5 p. c. No.l IDo. do. No. 2 ;Do. New 6 per et. stock. (Ea stern Union, 4 per ct. Do. 5 per cent. guar... 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. IGreht Northern, 5 p. ct. I Do.sp.c.Redm., 10 p.c.pm IDo. 94 p. c. do. do. Do. 5p c. Redm. 5 p.c. pm, Gt. TO. of Seotld. Ist pt.l (Gt. Sn. & W (Ireland) I p. ct. pref. stock Great West. (Berke and Rants) Ext. 5 p. ct. to. Redeemable, 44 p.ct. Do. Redeemable. 4 p. ct. Do Irredeemable, do Do. 5 p.ct. Redeem. Pref Do. Birm. Pref. Shares Gt. W. Ches. 8 p.c. pf.sh 1/o. do. 5 p. et. pref Do Birnagnar. stock Do. Chester gua. shares Do. do. do. Do. do. do. Lan.&York 6 p. c. stock Do.Barnsl.st.£s 38 10d pc Do. 6 per c. (E. Lan.) Lon. & Brig. 5 pc.gn. No.l T)o. 5 p. c. No. 2 Do. gua. 6 p. c. Do. do. 5 p.c No. 4 ;Do. do. 44 per cen'. Do. do. 44 p. c. shares.. Do. 7 p. ct. Pref. stock. Do. 6p.c. do. (W.E.&C.P.) Do.4p.c.S.(div.dettil '65) Lon. Chat. and Dover.. Lon. and N.W. Coy. and stock ei stock stock stock el ock stock stock 50 stock stock stock stock dtock 2t 13 20 stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock 28. 6d 12i 124 stock 6 stock .r $ , Closing I Business Price. D•ne 96 98 101 103 20i 214 61 99 101 ,111 113 ,106 108 110 112 108 110 124 126 80 82 1111 114 90 12 117 119 112 114 104 106 88 88 all 1 100 98 100 101 10 stock stock stock 8 k st ock stock stock 10e, 10 1.0.6 Nuneaton, 5 p. ct Lon. & S.W, 7 p. Ct. stock Do. 4i per cent Do. (Prtsm. perpl anns of 2s. 6d.. ... Londondy. k Cole. sh Londony. & Ennis. sh Man. Sh. &Lin. 6 per Do. £6 Do. n per cent ....,. Do. redeem. 6 per cent Narynort & Car., 4 p. c ' Do. 41 per cent. Mid. Con. 6 p c. stock Do.Con.Brls. & Bir. 6 p.c Do. 41 p. c. pref. stock Do. with option till 1860 Do. Leic. & Hit. pref. st. Norflk 5 p. c. Ex. st. 1816 Do. p. c. Pref. do. 1847 Do.sWay.Val.Ex.st.lB47 North British, 5 p. o. Do. New, gna. 3 p. c Do. Bor. Un. g. pf. she Do. do. do. Nth. Dev. Rail. & Dck.Co., N-East.Cons.Pref. 4 p. c. Do. Berwick, 4 p.c. Pref. Do. do. do stow( stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock 12i 100 302 91 93 92 94 103 105 94 10 174 184 195 11 76 78 20 21 10 104 1' 15/ 137 139 116 118 118 118 138 143 116 118 103 105 1153 156 'l3O 134 69 71 90 92 137 139 101 103 95 96 111 113 109 111 I It P 93 95 102 104 P ip Do. Leeds, 6 p. e. No. 1 Do. do. Quarters, 1848 Do. York, .& S. Purch ,North Staffordshire IRhyminey Guaranteed Scottish Central, new p Scottish North-Easter 35 p. c. pref. stock Do.Aberdeen,zus.6p.c Do. 7 p. c. pref. stock South Devon, Ann. 10s. Do. Fixed 45 per cent. South Eastern (Reading! Ann., 1.0.6) Do. 45 per cent. Do. Fixed }p.c. let is, `oath Wales, gua. 4 P.C. Do. -14 per cent S.-Yorkshire, 4 p. c. gua Stock. k Dar. A 5 p. c Do. B 6 ner cent Do. C 0 percent Watrfd k Kilkny, 6 p. W.lllid -Oxf Ist Gua atkl Do. 2d do Do. Newport 5 p.c.pf. red. Do.Perpet. 0 p. c. pf 1866 Do. till 1869, let is. Do. do. 2d is. P }p 23 24 1100 100 100 all all 14 124 130 133 101 11 SI 2 1034 231 241 101 103 101 103 90 92 99 101 85 88 21 284 82 331 32 331 45 48 124 126 123 123 100 102 123 126 118 120 10211 a LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Railways, r a i d. Leasing , Closing Business Co.'s. Price. Done. itea----1 andllletchley all Backinahamshire .... 1 100 Chester dr Holyhead.. 100 Do. do. 5a per cent. 100 Do. do. 5 per cent. 100 Clydesdale Junction.. 100 Colchester, Stour Val., all E.Lincolnshireg. 100 7.c. E.Union,Harwich hs all Do. Woodbridge ...1 100 I . ... Caal Gls.Barr.& Neils,Drct.' 100 i e Do. New .. donin, 100 ,Do. 1 Gloster& Dean . F . or . est all Gt. West 1 Hartlpool.Dck.& Rail. all ,Yk.N.&Brl Hull and Selby ...... I all Yk.N. Md. Do. i Shares ....... ' all IM. Do. i Shares ... . all Do. .....• Lanc.& Carl. gua.s . p . ..c. 100 Ln.&N.W London & Greenwich 100 S. East Do. Preference ......1 100 ',D0.., Lon.,Tilhy.& Soutenci.l 100 Peto Sz Co Lowestoft, g - ua. 4 p.ct., 100 No r folk Do. 6 per cent..... _. 1 100 a D ,_ . Manc.,lluxtn.,tj mati. , all LNWJOI Mid. Bradford Prefer enceall Do. Stock ..... ... 100 ' Midland Newmarkt.,BuryE x 1 I all 1 1 l :W o o f d . l . a n:1 cent ... guaranteedEsWestern rtptsenr.p. c 5;p; A .. 1 e. t... i l 5. 5 6 "0u n t s North ,i) o g o r. r . t d h oi pern.lx.6e&ed all .Do. Preston and Wyre. / i a ll L& NW i & L Yk 5 Do. Stares . Roystn.Hitch.,&Shepl 100 (3 t.North. Shrewsbry& Hereford' 100 T.Bra sse D o . Do. 1 Y ...... South Staffordshire . . all M'Clean. • Wilts and Somerset.. 100 Gt, West. Wimbledon ,c Croydn. all L.& Brg-tn n &N.W 98 100 Do 53 53i Do 125 127 Do 113 115 ,Caledonin 102 104 C 16 17 IGt. North. 135 137 E.Counts.' 4i 4i 3131 9 100 1 P 55 57 15 15i! 135 137 105 107 10! ll* 93 95 7f 81 156-01 Cs - . --------1 4 _________ Share! Docks. Paid. Closing Business I Price. 1 Done. stock Commercial lOO _ stock !Do, 4 per Cent.Prei.Min , 100 stock East and West India stock London lOO .--. stock St. Katharine.. ' 100 _ stock ,Southampton lOO stock Vistc.orla .....••1 100 101 103 20 'Do , New ~..., .sk i 1 i • - ip ',llO 112 , 206 212 (11 63 115 120 93 97 1 1011 1 231 3 271 & Si i !K BANKS, 83 1 4 5 71 73 21 22 50 62 11 1 57 59 221 23 31 3t 70 72 39 41 9 41 22 14 14 - - 24 26 45 47 18 19 ICOMMIT7,4 T, OF A QV 4 riK DOCTOR AND TWO FEMALE ACCOMPLICES. George Francis Hooker, 48, described as a her balist, Henrietta House, 29, and Mary Holloway, 45, married women, were brought up for final exa mination, before the Southampton magistrates, on Saturday afternoon, charged with feloniously usinc, a certain instrument on the person o f Annie Wood ward, with intent to procure abortion. The justices present were Mr. P. Breton, Mr. J. Bernard, and Mr. Fall. Mr. F. Leigh, solicitor, appeared on behalf of the prisoners. Mr. C. P. Keele, surgeon to the Southampton Gaol, said that on Friday afternoon, the 14th inst., he was called to see Annie Woodward, at the prison. She was suffering from a profuse discharge of blood. On the following morning he made a careful exa mination, an d f oun d traces o f internal injuries (which he described). superficial abrasions and ulcerations, such as would be likely to be produced by the attempts of an ignorant person to produce abortion by mechanical means. If the attempt had been made by a person acquainted with anatomy no serious injury would have been inflicted. Annie Woodward, a good-looking, respectably dressed young woman, 21 years of age, who had also been apprehended, but whose evidence was now received against the prisoners, then deposed as follows :—I am the wife of Edward George Woodward, and was married to him in the begin ning of October last. Tn November I found myself in the family way, and I think I had been so about five months or more. I saw Mrs. House, whom I had known for three years, one day in November. I met a person who told me that Mrs. House had been very ill, and I called on her. I told her I was mar ried. She said she had heard so, and was very glad of it. I told her I was in the family way, and I was so before I was married, but that she must not tell any on e , as she was the first person I had told of it. She said, " W hy do you not take something to get rid of it ?" The witness then entered into a long narrative, the substance of which was that Mrs. House had first persuaded her to visit Hooker's, where the first operation with an instrument took place, and that on subsequent occasions the other female prisoners accompanied them, and was pre sent at the operations ; that afterwards th e y h a d persuaded her to take medicine sent by Hooker, and which made her ill, and that at last abortion occurred. Corroborative evidence was given. Mrs. Wood ward informed the police on learning the circum stances that had occurred, and police-sergeant Ralfe took charge of the case. Mrs. Woodward asserted that House had told her, when she thought Mrs. Hooker was equally to blame, that she was not, as she had left Hooker once before because he had de stroyed so many children. Police-sergeant Harris apprehended Hooker, and told him the serious charge. His reply was that he did operate u p on f ema l es f or obstructions, and for what followed he could not be answerable. At the police-station he was searched, and, among other articles, two letters were found in his pos session. (These letters were from other females who had resorted to him, and each of them im plored him to come immediately, as she was in an agony of pain.) Harris subsequently apprehended the other prisoners. Mr. Leigh declined to cross examine the wit nesses, and reserved the defence of the prisoners. The magistrates committed all three prisoners for trial at the next March assizes at Winchester, and refused to accept bail. The prisoners were conveyed back to Southamp ton Borough Gaol, where they will remain until their trial, and Mrs. Woodward was restored to her husband. A MAN - PARTLY DEVOURED BY PIGS. On Thursday an inquest was held at Upton St. Leonards, a village near Gloucester, on the body of an old man named John Brown, who was found dead in an orchard at that village, ou Tuesday afternoon, with his body mangled by some pigs, which had gnawed away his arm and part of bis nose. The following evidence was taken : George Clapham stated—l am gardener and bailiff to Charles Brooke Hunt, Esq., of Bowden hall. On Tuesday afternoon last, about half-past two, in consequence of seeing the pigs collected in an orchard adjoining the barn and sheds, and evi dently playing with something, I went to the spot, and saw the body of the deceased. I drove the pigs away, and afterwards examined the body. Deceased was lying upon his back, and his right arm was extended and had been gnawed by the pigs, which had also gnawed his nose, the marks on which were quite fresh. Deceased was dead and quite cold. His hat, a bag, a hand kerchief, a table knife, and a raw onion were lying near him. There is a footpath through the orchard near where he was lying. 1 had known deceased for several years, but had not seen him before on that day—he was :n the habit of occa sionally begging in the parish, but I did not know his name. Four pigs were standing near the body. By dit-ection of Mr. Brooke Hunt, I and Richard Jones, in the presence of Mr. Hunt, re moved the body to the place where it is now lying. Wm. Avery, labourer, of Upton St. Leonards, said—l saw deceased on Monday evening, about five o'clock, near Mr. Archer's mill. He was walk ing, appeared very tottering from old age. I asked him where he was going, and he replied," To my old lodgings," by which I understood him to mean some cattle stalls about two fields from where he was standing, and in whigh he slept all last winter. He supported himself chiefly by begging, but worked a little in summer. I did not see him again until he was found dead in the orchard. The footpath through the orchard was in the direction of the stalls. I did not know where be came from, but I asked him if he had any food, and he replied he had some. Thomas Brown, labourer, of Columbia-street, Gloucester, deposed—Deceased is my father, and was 67 years of age. My mother lives at Bisley, but is visiting me now. I saw my father about three weeks ago. He left me between seven and eight o'clock in the evening, and said he was going to wards Upton. He had a bag which I lent him. He had his supper, and I gave him 3d. I begged and prayed him to go into the union workhouse for the winter, and he promised to do so. . . The jury returned a verdict in accordance with the evidence. HONESTY SINGULARLY REWARDED. Rumour has supplied us with the following rare morsel of gossip for this season of jubilation :—Not long since the visitors' book at a large hotel within a hundred miles of the Admiralty Pier received the name of" a fine old English gentleman," on whose head the snow of 70 winters had left but little trace of its pathway. Being an early riser, he the other day left his couch shortly after dawn, to stir abroad to sip the morning air, and unwittingly dropped his purse while descending the staircase that led to his chamber. Reaching but a short distance from the hotel before he discovered his loss, he hastily retraced bis steps, and, on entering the house, inquired of the first person he encountered (a cham bermaid just emerging from her teens) relative to the truant property. The inquiry elicited in reply that the jenzzne de ehambre had herself just found the purse, and was then on her way to deliver it to the proprietor of the hotel, in accorc'ance with the rules of the establishment. A transfer of the purse to the hands of its owner followed ; and a cursory glance satisfying him that the contents were intact, he informed the finder that he would not forget her, and then retired. Disappointed, and having but little hope that the promise would be fulfilled, the domestic soon communicated what had transpired to sundry of her fellow-servants ; while the gen tleman in another direction was devising how the most satisfactorily to all concerned he could reward the (pretty, of course) chambermaid. A few minutes sufficed for the deliberation ; and while the finder of the purse was in the act of commenting ratherte harshly on the absence of prompt g enerosity In to an owner, the ringing of a bell summoned her interview with the veritable gentleman h r mimsienlfd Doubtless with the rapidity of thought he scanned the composition of her wardrobe, and fancy added some long coveted article of dress throagh her astonishment, bounty of the stranger ; but, he offered her his hand antdofortun!, which she accepted, and on Thursday last obtained, as the reward of her honesty, a husband. —Dover Chro nicle. DARING BURGLARY IN NORFOLK.-011 Saturday, at the Shirehall, Norw i c h, two men, who gave their nam es as Richards and Clark, one stating that he came from Liver pool, and the other from Stourbridge, but who are sup posed not to have revealed their real names, and to belong to London, were c har g ed with burglariousl y ent ering Lang ley-hall, the seat of Admiral Sir W. Beauchamp-Proctor, on the eight of the 11th inst. It appears that the thieves gained admission to the mansion by forcing the window of a closet on the ground floor; they ransacked the lower rooms, but being disturbed, some silver covers belonging to a dressing case, two coats, and a few other things of trifling value were the only articles which they succeeded in carry ing off. Information of the occurrence was rapidly circulated throughout the Eastern Counties, and the burgiao . : e r : traced to Colchester, where they offered one of the coats sale. They then appear to have turned back good' for they were apprehended a day or two since f a t s e t Scauffolk, bridge with the silver articles still in ?dello' of a local rjossession. The men, who were identified by the Is o publichouse as having been seen by him hick the robbery the neighbour.. hood of Langley-hall on the night on Yr took place, were remanded. KOSSUTH ON GARIBALDI AND A FS TRIA At a soiree, held by the Garibaldi a , natnittee in Glasgow, on FricLy night, the nllo wing letter frurn M. Kossuth was read : " London, Dec. 20. lBs'o. " Robert 41.1‘Tear, Esq , Secretary, Garibaldi Fund Committee. "Dear Sir,—l beg to thank the committee of the Garibaldi Fund for inviting me to the soiree to be held to-morrow on the occasion of closing the fund. To my sincere regret I am prevented from attend ing the meeting, but most heartily do I concur in the homage of admiration which I expect the meetin g to pay to Garibaldi, the glorious liberator of Southern Italy. Never surpassed by any one in heroism, rarely equalled in civic vi r t ue an d patriotic self-abnegation, his name will shine with imperishable lustre amongst the noblest, best, and greatest of all ages, while he most assuredly is the great man of our own age. I beg to congratulate both the committ ee on he success, so well deserv e d by their earnestness ofp rpese, and the subseribers on the liberal spi r i t which they displayed in re sponding to the a p peal. This spirit, however, is nothing new to me. I had the good fortune fre quently to enjoy the privilege of public and private friendly intercourse with the peopl e of Scotland in general, and with the citizens of Glasgow in particu lar. I know how true and earnest they arc in the sympathies for the cause of liberty. With them these sympathies are not a matt-r of m omentary ebullition, but are a matter of principle, o f strong conviction, of correct reasoning, and comprehensive views—a matter of the head not less th an of the heart. Neither can I have the slightest doubt that although the proceedings of the Gari b aldi F und Society s h a ll h ave been closed with this soiree, the people o f S co tl an d w ill no t abate in their determs s nation to c l ose l y wa t c h the phases and interests of the Itali an quest i on, an d t o b r i ng the weight of their opinions to bear on the policy of the British Government when required. I regret to say they have occasion to be watchful even now. To be sure, most wonderful is the progress which the cause of Italian unity and independence has made within the last year. But the end is not yet by-and-bye. Austria still stands in arms on the Mincio. Her impious foot is still planted on the neck of fair Venetia. Unless that foot is removed, unless Aus tria is thrown out, Italy is not one, and her inde pendence is not worth one year's purchase. I shall say more : to have the Italian question definitively resolved, it is not enough to throw out the Austrian from Italy, she must be thrown out in a manner that will leave her powerless, even to go there again. Europ e i s s i c k o f th ose h an d- to mouth diplomatic trickeries of antiquated craft, which solve no problem, decide no question, and only leave to po s t er i ty the curse of everereeurring disputes about aggravated uncertainties. The . political n probl ems of the age require sole.- ot!. Europe wants not armed truces which drain us e l ess l y the life sweat of nations. Europe wa n t s peace, which only the rule of right founded on liberty and contentment can give. Europe wants secure tranquilli ty, which only the satisfaction of legitimate national aspira tions can give. In the way of that peace, of that . tranquillity, stands the House of Austria. Her very existence as a first-rate Power is a sourc e of eternal discord, troubles, wants, revolution s in Europe. Good for nothing on earth, she forms the great European nuisance, without the removing of which there can be no peace, no tranquillity in Europe. The removaPof that nuisance is an im perative desideratum and a logical complement of the Italian question. lam not wanted to enlarge on this truth. It is perfectly understood in Scot land, and is inseparably blended with the instincts of the people of Scotland. Lately yet, when the Garibaldi Fund Committee first issued its appeal, the very first contributor who sent in his pound sterling to the fund, sent in another pound for me. That pound was, at my request, added to the Garibaldi Fund. I regret not to know from whom it came, as I should like to give him in public my thanks. I allude to this fact as presenting an appropriate evidence how, in the opinions of the people of Scotland, the cause of Italy is insepa rable from the cause of Hungary; so much so, that whoever wishes Italy to be independent, must wish Hungary to become independent. Such are the opinions of the people of Scotland. But the opinions of their Government are not in keep ing with the opinions of the people. They (the Government) have nothing to gainsay against the Italians doing as they may with the King of Naples that was, and with the Pope, whose tem poral power is going, going, gone ! And so far so good. But as to Austria and her rule over Venice, that is different in the opinions and aspirations of the British Government. Still nervously clinging to the long exploded antiquated prejudice (which at all times was a prejudice), but which, to day, is a prejudice scarcely fit for the nursery tale ; still clinging, I say, to the antiquated prejudice that " Austria is necessary to England," the English Government, while advocating the principle of non-interference, actually do in every possible manner intermeddle with the natural logic of the Italian question as far as Venetia is concerned ; they use persuasion, menaces, threats to prevent Italy from emancipating Venice; hostile, most decidedly hostile to the national aspirations of Hungary, they set themselves up as keepers and protectors of the unmolested safety of that great European nuisance, which answers to the name— Austria ; they go so far in their fond, one might almost say amorous, solicitude for that old decripit sinner, as not only to fly into passion on her ac count, not only to forget that calm, dignified civiiity se in diplomatic intercourse, which gives authority to the strong, but they actually take upon themselves to act the police for Austria, watching the doings of the Hungarian emigration in foreign countries; nay, while a few years ago England did not shrink from a great war rather than allow Russia to invade the Danu bian Principalities, at this moment (unless I am strangely misinformed) the Eng lish Government approves of the menace of Rus s i a t o occupy t h ose principalities in case there would be reason to believe that some little mischief might possilaly come from that quarter against the safety of Austria's usurpatory rule over Hungary. Really there is urgent occasion riot to relax in watchfulness.—l have the honour, to remain, dear sir, your most obedient servant, " KOSSUTH." RAIL WAY INIELLIGENCE. The railway, intelligence of the week is again unimportant. At a meeting of the Dundee and Arbroath a dividend was declared at the proposed rate of 6 per cent. per annum, leaving a balance of £1,984. The traffic in the past half-year has in creased by £2,293, notwithstanding the prevalence of unfavourable weather. The expenditure has been augmented by £447 only. The proposed ap plication to Parliament of the Caledonian, Edin burgh and Glasgow, and Scottish Central Com panies for power to amalgamate will be opposed by the Government. The works of the Cheshire, Mid_ land have been formally commenced. The lin e will begin near Altri ncham and terminates a t 9. by T r ai i : Northwich, and will be g uaranteed 4 per cent, b y the Manchester. Sheffi eld, and Lincolnshire. At a meeting of the Well and (Canada) it was stated that, otving to the unusual financial depression iii the province and the consequent difficultyi in i n g money on Canad ian undertakin g s, a Consider ableeart" a ble debt remained due to contracto rs and others e the the opening of the line iu the autumnex cu of 85 , agreement. rh ro lling stock has been taken in lio n principal creditos , but h as been placed at the dis posea l t roafffitch e returnscom pan company haveunder a special continuously increased since the spring, when the railway was placed in Iworking condition. It is proposed to raise £ft2,sooof the Namur and Liege an i d 7 lk o l c , ns by the issue of new bonds at 85. At a f 'ne e it g was resolved to appropriate half-yearly rent payable by the Belgian, 21 from the ent on the Ist of January, together h Government and I:nag surplus arising on the Mons and Manage Railway from the proceeds ofswliets of stores and land on the 31st of towards the compensation incurred by the accident May, entral durin the month of November lB5B. Th e t ra ffic rece i p ts of the Illinois Central an nounced to have g b ee n £4 8,000 a g ainst £47 are ,000 is the same period of 1859, and £31,000 in 1858. The land sales amounted to £37,000 against £7,000 in November, 1859, and the total sales in 1860 are expected to exceed £200,000. The second section ' of the Pernambuco line has been opened, but with outapproval of the Government, which is the expected, to be shortly obtained. A statement issued the directors that the approval of the Government had been granted was conse quent upon the agents of the contractor having for warded them an erroneous transcript of the telegram on the subject. r , SHIP FROM CHINA.—The clipper ship Ballarat, which sailed from Shanghai on the 10Lh of September last, bound to London, was off Plymouth at 8 a.m. on Friday last. Captain Jones, her commander, communicated with Mr. Willcocks, the agent for the owner, D. Dunbar, Esq., sending in his despatches by one of our pilot cutters. The Ballarat has a valuable cargo of 3,200 bales of cilk. She was off the Lizard on the 20th inst., at noon.—Westet Morning News. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, GRAY'S INN -ROAD;• The number of patients relieved at this hospital during the week ending Dec. 22, was 2,296, of which 485 were new eases, ni 2 251 86 1