The Sun. — London, England, 1860-12-17 00:00:00

cy fine i s e, the 7 poor Prime de was I some d. g• d• 10 if 4 B'.§ 10 o'4 6 85 0 04 6 S 6 2 re pits, Y. 865 ~5,100 160 7, 1880. g. d. to 3 4 4 5 0 1 6 4 ; 310 4 8 4 5 5 1 2 ) 0 ) 4 6 3 6 ° ) 4 6 3 6 2 7,860 19,660 210 515 10 coun samplem ed more was well ►ery full wheat on en by 1 10 !adily, on we to the of ship- rket, last road Were at, 12,00 9 peat'B 3l seeds, 340 kp to-daYt kited, and avers was moved off 1 Monda/ nearly tile A samples lent, fresh ascriptions no of from Ay 10,000 oney; but en sive. for barley► Ia this dal and prlo Data, at 6,1 L some in' vaned 10 Lest is sse on. Gone' s. (1 ,; 3 10 4 A g 4 4 4 A 3 s 4 4 86 a 0 00 " let, at fal l BaYeriO. 7 little 0 from Ne s° 1, 34 fr°l3l Os Os Os 10s ;. r potatoet steady', a' Contizeot per ton. seriptiono ieral cur nportant. aye give° 30s to SO 18s A I: 44s 7-- • 68s V: 55s -- 53$ 6 0 : sts od ft- 5. o r £ll 00 50 .£ll 00 701 400 784103/ limited ; bout es" itteutiorit Lal quota :.oru Si d• 665 003 cell our t 600 3a 186 0 _. 74. c,v 60 ,3 d --a Od 1,11 8 50,0 39 , 1, 85 4 0,041 60 °l' a go i% e (Ain)' rne, a nd L e publi c ad with having 9 fOlll3Cl' ninitte4 of the Idatiori , Cook , during v althy ni that y sin ce 11 bin; reofora T oting astro- 21 0YEY MARA - ET A.ND CITY N PTV'S CITY, Two o'CLocE The accounts from the manufacturing districts during the past week mention that trade has been inacti ve in most departments. At Manchester !here has been rather more inquiries for cloths for hose use, but for exportation there have been no I ndications of improvement. A very limited busi ness has been done at Leeds ; prices, however, were Well maintained for piece goods, wools, and yarns. At Bradford there has been very little improve tent in the demand either for home use or for export. The lace and hosiery trade at Nottingham and Leicester continued very inactive, and in the ' v arious hardware districts the only business tran sacted has been to supply immediate requirements consequent upon the demand usual at this season of the year. The discount market remains in a very quiescent state, but the banks and discount houses require Previous rates for the accommodation they afford, n otwithstanding the continued abundance of money. Some effect is still produced by the re 'venue collections, and also by the continued ship kents of gold to America. At the current quota tions, however, which still range as low as 44 per Ce nt., the mercantile classes are enabled to obtain all the accommodation they require. Increased activity prevailed in the Liverpool cotton market on Saturday, and prices tended nPwards. The sales amounted to 15,000 bales. On Saturday about £40,000 in bar gold was sent into the Bank of England. The steamer Tamar, which leaves to-day for the West Indies, will take out £lO,OOO in gold and CO,OOO in silver. _ _ To day an iustalment of 22 per cent. is due on the last Russian 4f per Cent. Loan, being the hal payment. The interest has been advertised for payment on l'eruyian 4f per Cent. Bonds, Portuguese 3 per tents., and New South Wales Government Deben titres. Considerable buoyancy was created in the Eng -11811 Stock Market to-day, by the advices from China, and Consols ascended nearly 1 per cent. — • to 931 but dealings have since taken place at / ; and they still remain at these quotations. '.he rise was checked by a few speculative sales, prompted by so decided an advance. The Ameri eh.an. edvices, moreover, are considered unfavoura ble. l'heNew Threes and the Reduced have advanced to 921 93 ; India 5 per Cent. Enfaced Paper is teady at 95 ; ditto Debentures are at 96/ ; and Exchequer Bills are firm at 2s. dis. ; Bank Stock bas risen to 2341. Foreign Securities show increased buoya nc y , bat the dealings are limited. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 72 to 721; ditto New, 58 to 581; and the 4100 Bonds have improved to 60 ; Sardinian to 84 t ; Brazilian 41 per Cents. to 87 ; and Russian A • per Cents. to 94t 951. Messrs. D. Bell, Son, and Co., report the prices K American Securities as follows : Redeemable. Prices ,t i llited States 6 per Cents 18 6 7- 1868 1/ 0 5 O. per Cent Bonds litucky 6 per Cent. Bonds lB6B-72 P ennsylvania b per Ct. Bonds 1877 Ill• inois Central 7 per Cent. Do. Central 6 per Cent. i,ue. shares, 80 dole. paid •„'`‘ichigan Central 8 per Cent New do. shares 414 17 York Central 6 per Ct , 91 95 92 94 88 89 85 87i 85 87 29 27 dis 90 92 58 60 1869 1883 New convertible... otztw York Central 7 per Ct , Convertible, from June 15, 1857_59 V 9. do. shares Now York and Erie, 7 per Ct., O. mortgage do., 2 mortgage '4, 4 do., 3d mortgage Do. o. do. convertible "J. 013. do. shares Panama 7 per Ct., lot mort er Sti2*.d d ßonds, not cony.. o. Pennsylvania Central 6 per Ct., let mortgage Increased animation has prevailed in the Rail. 'way Share Market and a further improvement has taken place in the rates current for most of the Principal British undertakings. North Westerns have advanced ss. ; Bristol and Exeter, Caledo nians, Midlands, and North Eastern (Berwick), 108 . ; Eastern Counties, and Lancashire and York- Shire, 155.; Great Northern, Great Western, £1; and Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, and South %sterns, £1 to £1 10s. The Foreign and Colonial undertakings have also tended upwards. South Austrian and Lom bardo Venetian have improved ss. Grand Trunk of Canada 10s. ; Great Western of Canada, ss. ; East Indian, 55.; and Great Indian Peninsula ss. Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares have hen in good demand at slightly enhanced quota tions. Union of London have improved Ss.; Aus tralian Agricultural, 10s. 1864 1867 1859 1883 1862 84 ex 1865 100 102 1872 100 101 1880 , BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. E Stook 4 per Cont. Reduced Annuities 93 24 ~.'levir 3 per Cent. Annuities - 3 4 udia Stock Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent Ditto 5 per Cent . . , Ditto 5i per Cent. uitto Debentures, 1858 96k Ditto Bonds £l,000 Consols for Account, Jan. 10 India Stock for Acc0unt........ . Ditto 5 per Cent, for Account lOll Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, lid Ditto Small FOREIGN FUNDS--CLOSING PRICES. Brazilian 6 per Cent Ditto 41 per Cent, 1852 .... 861 Ditto 41 per Cent 1 858 ... 861 Ditto, 1860 Plailian 6 per Cent Danish 3 per Cent., 1825 ~.Ditto 6 per Cent. Mexican 3 per Cent .. New Account zlow Grenada Active, 'd per Cent. Ditto Deferred Russian 5 per Cent. 1822, £ St — Ditto 41 per Cent 941 Sh 48.rdi n i an 6 per Cent. Spanish 3 per Cent. Ditto Account Ditto New Deferred — Ditto Account .........•.•••• 421 Ditto Passive Turkish. 6 per Cent Ditto Account .............. 72 Ditto New Loan .................... Ditto Account . . ... Ditto :ZlOO Bonds ................... 5 6 8 0 1 i 71 Dividends on the above payable in London. THREE 'LOCK , Consols for Account, ex div ........ 931 t THIS DAYS SHIPPING. • , ; ate St( LONDON, Dec. 17.—Wind this day at noon—North strong breeze, cloudy, with rain and sleet in the morning. st( PLYMOUTH, Doc. 15. — Wind N.W.—Arrived—BerwicksttA, (ecrew steamer), from Gibraltar ; Sorme, from Rotterdam :t, for Boston, with mainmast sprung. BRISTOL, Dec. 16.—Wmd W.—Arrilred—Woodlark, from Mauritius ; Mary Jane, from Montreal. WEYMOUTH, Dec. 16.—Wind, N.N.W.—Arrived— _ Billow, from New York. (ii ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Saturday Morning. . Wind N.N.W. Arrived, Dec. 15—Rival, from Jersey ; Duke of Corn • 'well, steamer, f rom Dublin ; Southampton , steamer, from Jers© • Havre, steamer, from Havre. Sailed—Duke of Cornwall, steamer, for London. Arrived, Dec. 16—Minerva, from from Bo s ton; P ston ; P rovidence, from C or k , At a lanta, steamer, G Brilliant, from Jersey. Sailed—Hope, for Swanage ; George awl Henry, and C'omet, for Cowes. 31 SUBMARINE AND MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH. GRAVESEND, Monday Morning. Wind NV .N.W. ; tide last hour's ebb; cloudy, with sleet. „ A.rrived—Arcturus and Mystery, from Rotterdam ; Har lmger, from Archangel • Jane from Amsterdam ; St. oseh, fr. m Gravelines • 'Ann and Margaret, from Amster 'lamp; Margaret and Jane, from Hamburg ; Sir G. Brown, tom Malmo ; Lark, from Antwerp ; Madeline, from Sun.- nesund • Metropolis, steamer, from Guernsey ; Gladiator, steamer, from Lisbon. Arrived, Dec.l7.—Elizabeth, from Preaste; Giffords,from . "'ruges. Sailed, Dec. 17.—Wanderingsmandens, for Chistiansen. DEAL, Monday Morning. Wind N.E., fresh. Passed—Gleaner, for St. Michael's; Alm a, for Cardiff; Vila Ann, for New Orleans; Theresa, for Rio Janeiro; Effort , for Corfu ; Zodiac, for the Cape of Good Ho p e ; Eugenie, for Havre—all from London. "We are glad to state," says the Malta ebserver, that telegraphic communication is again open between Malta and Sicily, and, consequently, with England and the Continent." Mr. C. Kean is about to proceed on a" starring" tour through the United States. Messrs. Longman will publish immediately a new Arabian Night Entertainment. Messrs. Blackwood announce the " History of " 10 Cheek Revolution" from the pen of XL Finlay. S !rt AI? MARE ET.-(THIS DAY.) BRITISH I OSSESMONS. ORDINARY SIIAtiES AND STOCKS. Railways. Paid Closing Price. (Business done , - 1 Closing I Business 100 ,A t tan oc &St Lawrence - N are Hallways Paid. , Price. , Done. stk 1 Ilom.,Baroda&.Cent Lad -- - - -- i Gu. 5 per cent.. 5 0 I Belfast and Ballymena + all - D La o. I 3 13.14 , fir., Wol , and Str. Val.! all fl 82 205 Buffalo and xe Huron stock !Birk., La., and Ch June. 100 81 83 20 Do. New 25 Blackburn 25 813,111 and Tyne all - - I Butfalo,Brant&God rich 10 Boat. Sleaf. and Mid.Co all 6 4 7 100 .6 p. et. bds. Aug. 1, 187' stock Bristol and Exeter ... 100 98 101 106 . 100 Do. do. July 1 , 187 :' stock Caledonian 10 Carmarthen & Cardigan all - - 5 Clcutta.&S.Eastn. (Lim' 50 Cork and Bandon all - - 20 Cap e,Eastn.Prov. (Lint ' 20 Cork, Blrock., C.-Passage all - 20 ICapeTown & Dock Scrip 20 Cornwall ..... 10 Do B t A vets no div , i mil op, perm ) all _ 10 Do Aa 1 ..... • ( all - - 175 Demerara 20 Eastn. Bengal gu. sp. c ,ha sheen . (1. toil stock East Indian, gu. 5 p. c. 50 Dublin & Belfast June. all - - 20 Do. F Shares Ext 25 Dun., Perth, StAb. -lune all 71 81 20 Do. Jubbulpore stock East Anglian lOO 16 17 100 Do. 41 pc. Debentrs. stock Eastern Counties lOO 52 63 53 li4 35 100 Do. 5 p.c. Deb., 1861.. stock Eastern Union, A atock 100 36 38 20 Geelong & Melbourne.. stc,,,r Do do Bdo 100 26 28 stock Geelong, Corporation i 25 Do NW A, late EU3ds. 134 - - percent. Bonds stock East Suffolk - - stock Grand Trunk of Canada stock Edinburgh & Glasgow 100 87 89 lOO Do. 6 per cent. Pref.. stock Edin. Perth, & Dundee 100 29 295 'in , 100 Do. 6 per et. Debentr. 10 Forth & Clyde Junction all - 100 Do. 7 per cent. 1862 .. stock Furness - - 100 Do. do. 1867 .. stock Gla sg. and S. Western 100 114 116 100 Do. do. 1872 .. 10 Great Nthn. of Scotland all - - stock Gt.lndiarenin.gua.sp.c. stock Great North ern lOO 1104 I'ls 112 1 12 20 Do. New gua. sp. c.. stock Do do A stock 100 stock Po do II do stock Gt. S. &W. of Ireland 100 112 114 205 Gt. W. of Canada Shares stork Great Western stock Do Str Val gust. stock 100 60 62 100 Do. Bonds pay. '76, with 12 Irish South-eastern .., all - - opt, till '6O stock Lancashire & Yorkshire 100 120 1234 1211 15 5 100 Do. do. '73 till '6O . . stock London and Blackwall 100 62 64 100 Do. do. '73 without opt. stock lon., Bright.. &S Coast 100 116 117 117 5 ' 100 Do. 51 p. c. do. '77 d 0... stock Lond., Chat., and Dover 100 52 54 stock Madras, guar., 44 p. c... stock Lond. &Nth. Western 100 102 1024 102 1 4 5 stock Do. do. 5 per cent .... stock Lond. & ~ th. Western.. 100 945 954 95 5 5 stock Do. 41 p. c. Extension 25 T.'derry & Coleraine .. all - - 20 Do. Fourth d 0........ 25 ;,'Merry & EnnisKillen all 101 11 20 Do. d 0....... •• • • stock Man. She. & Lincoln., 100 494 50 52 stock Melb.Corp. 6p. c. Bnds. 50 Maryport and Carlisle.. all - - 20 Newßrunswack Canda 121 Do do 1 shares.... all - - Ry.StLand(Lim.)g. 6 pc 10 Metropolitan 5 34 146 Class A Capital Share 1 stock Midland 6.4.0. Do new - 20 so. do. B Capital do. .• stock Do tdrmin. & Derby 100 107 109 .. i Do. do. Land do. ...... 50 Mid. G.. W. of Ireland all - - 20 lOude (Limited) ........ 25 Do :1. sha.res all - stock Scinde -a 25 Mid Kent. all - - 20 ,Do. Punjaub .• • . ,ed g 10 Do, Cray Line - - 2 0 iDo. Do. ........ is 9. 100 Newcastle sad Carlisle all - - stock ;Do. Indus. St. Flo. r e g 10 Newry & Armagh, def 9 7 6 6 20 , St. Andrews & Quebec A 20 Newry, Warnpt. & Ros all - - 10 'Trinidad (Lim.) Scrip.. stock Norfolk.... ..._,. 50 N' hn. Counties Union - d . stock North British . 100 645 655 66 t 10 Antwerp & Rotterdam' stock Nor.Dev.Bail&Dk.stoci 100 -- - 20 !Ardenne5............ • • stock D, A stk; A rocs no rl. 20 ,Bah.&S.Fran..Lim.7 p.c. until 6pchas been p(1.11 100 - - 5 Belgian East. Junction stook Do B stock . . 100 - - „,., . . 20 Beziers to Graissessac.. 4 t onk Nth. Eastern-Berwick 100 1045 105 I val 1 I 25 Dodo . n.N.E. purchase 16134 T. Ap .. p 6 Cto-neaux Mine & Rail stock Do Leeds .............. 100 644 S-55 00 I 100 Copiapo .... .. .. St .... .. stock No Yoe. , stoos North 'London 10 Do new 5 - - 20 ;Eastern of France .... 19.16.4 North Staffordshire 1 74 221 1 15 5 5 20 'Grand Rus. Guar. 6p. c. 10 N. and S. W. Junction 12 Not &Grantham Rail ll 8 8f 20 ,Great Central of Franc • 10 T'ebles .... •••.--• • • • • all - - 20 )Gt. Luxem., Con. shs... - Portsmouth - - 20 Italian Junction ...... 10 Rhymney .. •••--• • • • • • all - - 20 ' Lake Constance & Bale. 20 Lierre & Turnhout .... stock Scottish Central stock scot N. E., Aber. stock 100 334 .14. 20 ILyons & Geneva ...... stock Do Scot. Mid. stock lOO 87 89 331 ;Maria Antonia .... -... stock Shropshire Union - 10 Sittingbourne & Sheer all 8 7 20 'Namur & Liege ........ stock South Devon stock South Eastern ..... ... 100 85 855 875 871 81 16 Northern of France-. stock South Wales .......... 100 62 64 16 Do. New Shares ..... stock S. York. and River Dun 100 77 70 10 Norwegian Trunk Pref. 20 staines, Wok,. and Wok an 6 8 20 Paris,tyons, & Mediter. 25 Stockton & Darlington all 42 43 421 20 Parisi & 0r1ean5........ I ,Recife & S. Fran. (Pern.) 25 Do do ll 105 11 p 20 Frascati au li tr m i, .. .. : .. .. .. stock Taff Vale . - - stock Do Pref. No 1 lO6 - - 2 10 l IR R o igg ; n ua L e & & 7RF F u. 25 ThamesHavenl . k&Rall 22 1 - - 50 Ulster '.. 25 Do 20 1 2 34p 5 ,Royal Swedish ........ 12 10 Do .. : .... stock Vale (;f • Neath 13 Victoria Sta. and Pim all 111 Ili 10 Do. 51 per cent. Pref..... atom( Waterford & Kilkenny 100 - - 20 San Paulo, lim, g. 7p. C. 50 Waterford St Limerick all - - 20 S.Aust.&Lomb Venetin 20 West Ccrnwall - 20 West London .......... all - - 8 1 West Flanders ...... .. 10 Do let class .. •. all - - 10 Do. s}p. c. Preference.. 20 Do 2rl class .. .... .... all - - 20 W. & N.W. of France .. stock WestHartlepool Harbr 23 ,Western of Austria.... and Rail lOO - - 775 20 ,Western of Switzerland stock West Midland-Oxford 100 47 48 49 6 Wiesbaden ...... ...... stock Do. Newport 100 42 44 6 Do. 8 per cent. Pref.... stock Do. Hereford 100 83 85 2O ;Zealand 1, la d d 11 11 d 101 It 2 d pr d pr 981 991 1001 1011 24/ 251 7' 79 51 53 58 Ca 52 55 50 55 974 981 d !d 2 lid 114 11 9/ 9 dl 95 100 95 100 0 3 96 90 03 85 87 951 88 89 14 11 d 5 7 5 7 /100 10 all 100 99 100 d 111 — d 94 96 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. 5i 51 - P 11}4 10 11 3 24(11,1 51 5; 8 84 d 20 2t ti 214 224 PREFERENCE SHARES. BRITISH MINES. ' ,raid Closing Priee. Business I I Railways. Share l Done. Share' Mines. Paid. Closing Business Price. Done 25 Blythe and Tyne 10 per 1 c. pref. (issued at £s° tk Brie. & Exet.4 p.ct.stock 10 !Do. do. do. Shares ck !Caledon £lO, 44 per cent )ck !Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. 64 Cork & Bandon, 51 p. c. !.9 Cornwall. 5 per cent Dun.Perth&Aber..Tun .ck E.Ang - n.Class A 7 &sp.c .ck Do. do. Class B 6 p.c .ck Do. do. Class C 7 p.c ck E. Conn. Ex. sp. c. No.l .ck Do. do. No. 2 ek Do. New 6 per ct. stock. ck Eastern Union, 4 per ct. ck Do. 5 per cent. g - uar... ck Edin.&Glas. sp.c. shares ck Do. 4p. c gun. S. &D. ck Edin. Perth& Dun. 4 p.c. ck Furness, 5 per cent .... ck Glas.& S. Westg, - .a. 5 p.c. Eck Great Northern. 5 p. ct. .ck Do.sp.c.Redm., 10 p.c.pm ock Do. 41 p. c. do. do. .0 Do. sp.c. Red m. 5 p.c. pm 0 Gt. Nh. of Scotld. Ist pf. Gt. Sn. & W (Ireland) p. et. pref. stock .0 Great West. (Perks and ITants) Ext. 5 p. ct. .ck Co. Recleemable,4a p.ct. .ck Do. Redeemable. 4p. ct. .ck Do Irredeemable, do .ck Do. 5 p.ct. Redeem. Pref. 8 Do. Birm. I'ref. Shares. O It.. W. Ches. 8 p.c. ptsh. O Do. do. sp. et. pref .. )ek Do Birm.c.r.Tuar. stock.. !M Do. Cheater gua. shares 13a Do. do. do. 10 Do. do. do. )ek Lan.&York 6p. c. stock k Do.Barnsl.st£s 3s 10d pel elt Do. 6 per c. (E. Lan.) .ck Lon.& Brig. 5 pc.ot. No.ll ick Do. sp. c. No. 2 ick Do. gua. 6 p. c. .ck Do. do. 5 p.c. No. 4 )ck i Do. do. 45 per cen‘. 5 i Do. do. 44 p. c. shares .ck Do. 7 p. ct. Pref. stock .ck Do. 6p.c. do. (W.E.&C.P ) rck Do.4p.e.S.(div.def.til '6s`, ck Lon. Chat. and Dover ck Lon. and N.W. Cov. and Nuneaton, 5 p. ct .ck Lon. & S.W, 7p. ct. stock .ck Do. 45 per cent 6d. Do. (Prtsm. perpl anns of 24. 6 d ..... 24 Londondy. & Cole. a sh. Londony. & Ennis. a shs )ek lfan. Sh. &Lin. 6 per ct. 6 Do. £6 )01 - Do. 31 per cent 10 Do. redeem. 6 percent 12 "Arary-ort & Car., 4p. c 124 Do. 4} per cent , ck llid. Con. 6 p c. stock ck Do.Con.Bris. & Bir. 6 p.c. Eck Do. 41 p. c. pref. stock 6 Do. with option till 1800' .ck Do. Leic. & Hit. pref. st.l k Nortlk sp. c. Ex. st. 1846 )ck Do. si. p. c. Pref. do. 1847 )ck D 0.5 Way.Val.Ex.st.lB 4 7 )ck IN,Torth British, 5 p. 0. )ck Do. New, gua. sp. e. •• • 101 Do. Bor. Un. g. pf. she 10 Do. do. do. )ck 7 .lth.Dev.Rail. & Dck.Co. )ck N-East.Cons.Prel •4p. c. ock Do. Berwick, 4 p.c. Pref. 17 Do. do. do 20 Do. Leeds, 6p. e. No. 1 124 Do. do. Quarters, 1848 25 Do. York, .& S. Purch 10 North Staffordshire 10 Rhyroney Guaranteed, 8* Scottish Central, new p 1 )ck Scottish North-Eastern 34 p. c. pref. stock )ck Do.Aberdeen,g - ua.6p.c. )ck Do. 7p. C. pref. stock. I.os, South Devon, Ann. 10s.. 10 Do. Fixed 45 per cent. .0.6 South Eastern (Reading! Ann., 1.0.6) .ca Do. 41 per cent .ek Do. Fixed '4p.c. Ist is ick ;zouth Wales, gua. 4 p.c lek Do. 44 per cent. IA S.-Yorkshire, 4 p. c. gua. 15 Stock. & Dar. Asp. c 15 Do. B 6 ner cent 5 Do. C (', percent .ck Watrfd & Kilkny, 6p. c. ck W.3lid -Oxf Ist Gua stk. , e k Do. 2d do Ick Do. Newport 5 p.c.ptred.l ,ek Do.Perpet. 6p.c. pi 1860 )ck Do. till 1869, Ist is. 25 Do. do. 2d is. 95 97 Alfred CoMols (Philack) ' 20 British Iron Clifford ;Devon G. Cons. (Tavist ); !East Bassett (Illogan) !East Caradon WI Russel (Tavistk.)' ,Gam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen.) ;Great South Tolp - ,u5.... G. Wheal Alfd. (Philack) ,G. Wheal Vor (Helston) Grenville Herod's — Hingsbon Downs -. Lady Bertha - 'Margaret (Uny Lelant) North Downs , North Frances (Mogan) N. Wh'l Basset (1110 an) 'North Wheal Crofty , Par Consols (St. Blazey) 20 'Providence (Uny Lelnt.) Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. 2.11.101 3} 4 i 2 220 230 410 420 120 125 104 11 11i 11, 27 29 9 9 1 11 11 3 Si 1 32 14 31 lb 34 1 4 54 50 101 103 122} 10 11 20i 21i 61 6i 99 101 111 113 106 108 110 112 108 110 124 126 80 82 3/ 4k SouthCaradon(St.Cleer)! S. Cam Brea (Illogan) j 1 ,S. Dev. Iron kGen., Lim ! S.Wheal Fran. (Illog,an)' Stray Park 5 !Tamar Silv.& Lead Min LO ,Tin Crort 'Vale of Towey (Carm ) ! W est Basset (111nan) W. Caradon (Liskeard), .West Seton ,Wheal Basset (Mogan)! !Wheal Buller (lledruthy ! Wheal Edward (Cals.)! !Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant), Wheal Mary Ann (Men.) Wheal Treiawney (Lis.)! FOREIGI 20 I Australian 1 BonAccordCopper,Lim.l 35 Brazil. Imp. (is. at Li p.); 20 Do.St.Johndel Iley,Liml 5 Do. Land and 3lmingCo. 1 Clarendon Cons.MinCo 40 iCobre Copper !Coplapo 1 DunMoun.Cop.Ming.Co 2 Fortuna. 20 General 2 Gt. N. Cop. of S. Austr. 11 Kapunda (Limited) 3 Linares 5 Lusitanian 1 IMariquita 1 !N.RhineCopot S. AIM L 20 Irontgibaud Silver,Leal Mining' and Smelt 5 Port Philip 1 'Scottish Ampt,rln. 28.2 . 8$ United Maclean 1 ,Worthing (Limited) 1 Do MAILS DUE. THE SIJN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 17. 1860. THIE 0 -EDITION. SUN OFFICE, Six o'clock. CIT BETTING—(This Day). TWO THOUSAND. 6to 1 agst Kettledrum (off-7 to 1 t Bto 1 agst Diophantus (offered) Bto 1 agst Russley (taken) 8 to 1 agst Klarikoff 10 to 1 agst Any other DERBY. sto 1 agst Dundee (offered) 14 to 1 agst Big Ben (taken) 100 to 6 aget Diophantus. 20 to 1 agst Kettledrum 20 to 1 agst Klarikoff 25 to 1 agst Matador (30 to 1 wanted) 25 to 1 agst Nautilus (30 to 1 wanted) 50 to 1 agst Overton (taken) 50 to 1 agst Forester (taken) 50 to 1 agst Cashio (offered-1,000 to 15 token) 50 to 1 agst Knight of the Thistle (taken) 50 to 1 agst East Stanley (offered) 1000 to 10 agst Deucalion (wanted) Nothing doing at Tattersalls' this evening. TILE HABEAS CORPUS IN ILALY. The following letter from Count Cavour is in reply to a communication addressed to him by Mr. Edwin James, M.P., on the subject of the introduc tion of a law analogous to our " Habeas Corpus," and a measure for the institution of a tribunal for immediate public investigation into all charges of a penal nature, similar to that in use by our police magistracy : " Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Turin, Nov. 29. " Dear Sir,—l hasten to thank you for the letter in which you have suggested to me the introduc tion of the law of Habeas Corpus' into the system of Italian legislation. I am fully aware of the importance of that guarantee of individual liberty, and I beg to assure you that we have already made great advances in that direction. " According to the present state of our law, every prisoner must within 24 hours be examined by some judicial authority, who, in pursuance of by no means arbitrary rules, either orders the im mediate discharge of the accused, with or without bail, or continues his arrest, at the same time taking steps for placing him at once on his trial. " Every illegal arrest, duly proved, subjects the functionary who shall have caused it to inquiry and punishment. At the same time, I quite acknow ledge that the direct judicial action given by the law of Habeas Corpus' to persons illegally arrested assures more completely the liberty of the indivi dual. " I will at once bring the subject under the notice of my colleague, the Keeper of the Seals, within whose special province are all questions of penal legislation ; and I have no doubt that he will pro pose to the Parliament to approximate as nearly as possible to the law of Englaid in this matter. " My colleague, Minghetti, is preparing a law which will confer most complete self-government on all the provinces and communes. In this mat ter, also, it is our endeavour to accomplish by other means the same results which England, the classi cal mother of all liberty, has already achieved, " Allow me to renew to you with thanks for the interest you take in the cause of Italy, the assur ance of my most distinguished consideration. LITERATURE. " C. CAVOUR. " To Edwin James, Esq., M.P., &c." ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. YORK, DEC. 15. ALLEGED MANSLAUGHTER, AT PENISTONE. Tom William Beever, (14), was charged on the coroner's inquisition with the manslaughter of a man, named Ashton, at Penistone. It will ,be re membered that Beever and his brother-in-law were sleeping 'at Swinburn Lodge on the night of the 22d of November, and hearing a noise, the prisoner had fired a gun to frighten some supposed thieves, and prevent them breaking into the house. The shot killed the deceased. Under the circumstances the grand jury had ignored the bill, and no evi dence being now offered against Beever, he was acquitted. THE SCALE OF FEES TO WITNESSES.—On Fri day, the foreman of the grand jury handed to his Lordship a memorial with regard to the inadequate remuneration of witnesses. Mr. justice Hill said he should forward it without delay to the Home-Office. The following is a copy of the memorial :—" The grand jury desire most respectfully to call the attention of the Hon. Mr. Justice Hill to the scale of allowances to prosecutors and witnesses in cri minal cases at assizes and quarter-sessions, as being quite insufficient adequately to remunerate those in the humbler walks of life who are neces sarily called away from their families and their or dinary occupations, for their expenses and loss of time, by which last expression the grand jury under stand the statutes 7 George IV. c. 64, s. 22, and 14 and 15 Victoria, c. 55, to mean the reasonable allow ance for the loss of their wages during the time such - witnesses are necessarily absent from their homes and their work. Those of the grand jury who are acting justices are not unfrequently very much embarrassed by the extreme reluctance of material witnesses to come forward to prosecute and give evidence in criminal cases of the gravest kind, as well as in all other cases likely to be sent for trial at assizes and quarter sessions within their jurisdiction, by reason of the loss of wages they thereby sustain, and the consequent privation to which their families are subjected. Necessary witnesses not unfrequently declare that, from their experience in former cases, they are I reluctant, and even decline again to come forward las witnesses The grand jury are of opinion that justice is greatly impeded, and, in many cases, defeated, by the inadequate remuneration awarded I under the present scale of allowances, and from their observation and experience they fear this is an increasing evil " . THE MAILS. Australia, Ceylon, and Mauritius (via South ampton) .. .. Dec. 19. Do. (via Marseilles) Dec. 13. Brazil and Cape Verds „ „ „, Jan. 5. Buenos Ayres, Monte Video, &o. Dec. —. Bahamas and Havana (via New York) .. Dec. Cuba and Mexico Dec. 29 Canada ' &T. (via Galway) Dec. —. Cape of Good Hope, &c. .. Jan. 1. China, Penang, and Singapore (via S'ampten) Dec. 19. Do (via Marseilles) Dec. 13. Gibraltar (via Southampton) Overdue. India (Calcutta), Ceylon, &c. (via Southampton) Dec. 19. Do. (via Marseilles) Dec. 13. India (Bombay), (via Southampton) .. .. Overdue. Do. (via Marseilles) Deo. 19. Lisbon .. • . • • .. .. Dec. 21 Malta, Egypt, and Aden (via Southampton) .. Overdue. Do. (via Marseilles) .. Jan. 4. Vigo, and Oporto .. .. Dec. 21. United Stales, California, &c. Dec. 20. Western Coast of Atrica, Madeira, Teneriffe • . Jan. 10. West Indies and Pacific, Carthagena, Cuba, &e. Dec. M. Dupont White has translated Mr. John Stuart Mill's essay on "Liberty," into French. M. Meyerbeer's " Schiller March" is now to be had, "transcribed" for the pianoforte, by Dr. Liszt. Mr. Norman Robert Pogson has been appointed Astronomer at the Madras Presidency.--Atheneum. Mr. Tweddell, of Bury, has in the press a second edition of his work, " Shakspere, his Times, and Contem poraries." In the January number of " Temple Bar," Mr Sala will commence a new serial story, entitled, " The Sera Sons of Mammon." Two new compositions, a serenade by Brahms, and a violin concerts by Joachim, were performed at the last concert of the Gewandhaus, Leipsic. " Stefanias," an opera lately produced at the Teatro Apollo, Rome, gives us the name of a young com • poser, Signor Gentilli, which is new to us. At Bordeaux the day before yesterday a steamer belonging to the Eclair company, anchored in the Gironde, was, by the force of the wind, driven with such violence against the bridge that a large hole was made in her side, and she soon went down. Only ono man was on board her at the time, and he escaped. The weather in Paris has become much colder, and the thermometer on Saturday night fell to two degrees below zero centigrade (27k Fahrenheit). The trains on the Northern Railawy arrived yesterday morning with the car riages covered with snow. [ADVERTISE3IENT.I—HoIIoway's Pills.—Cold, C a t arr h, Fever, Influenza. —Since dreary November opened her dismal calendar, the atmosphere has been exceedingly try ing to the strangest constitution. Few persons have escaped without colds, which, though seldom attended with imme diate danger, often lay the foundation for the most serious diseases. At their commencement the cure is accomplished with ease ; reduce the existing fever, and allay irritation, and the patient is himself again. To secure this desirable result no pharmacoposia bears on its pages tiny medicine or combination of medicines comparable with Holloway ' s Antiphlogistio Pills, which, operating on the blood, their influence with it goes the whole round of the circulation, stimulates every organ, and excites the exhalants to pgrOPirt, Which effectually removes the febrile Adieu. Narrative of the ( anadian Red River and A ssin. niboine and z•askatehewan exploring Expedition in 1857 and 1858. By H. Youle Hind, M.A., F.R G.S. Longman. The discovery of gold in the British possessions on the N.W. coast of America has had one good effect, and perhaps in the end one which will be more conducive to the prosperity of our transat lantic colonists than the discovery of the existence of the precious metal, which after all only repre sents value. Still gold has a charm, the un educated mind looks upon this precious (because scarce) metal in any land as a source of wealth and considers it an El Dorado. It is unnecessary to state that in golden Australia individuals have been found starved to death with many ounces of gold in their belts. It seems to us that Pr)vidence has ordained that our representative of all human hap piness should be so diffused over the earth as to lead us to cultivate and render productive rich tracts of country, which but for the golden bait held out would never or at least very tardily be explored by the European. The discovery of gold in British Columbia roused the Canadian Govern ment, and induced them to send out an exploring expedition to the Far West, a country until then only known by the backwood's men and Hudsons Bay Compaey's employers. It was necessary to es tablish a road, and open an overland cornmunieetion between the two extremities of our vast American possessions, and the success of the explorations as far as Mr. Hind's narrative takes us, augurs well for the ultimate success of Canadian enterprise, which stands in strange contrast with the imbecility of the Australian Government, who, do what they will, are always left behind by private individuals. We cannot say much for the first volume as regards interest, it being too much confined to uninteresting incidents of detail ; nevertheless the author con tinues to introduce some curious traits of character, as the following extract will exemplify : "We soon began to find that no feeling of sympathy existed between our Iroquois and Ojibway voyageurs; nor was any effort made by individuals of either nation to assist or enliven those of the other. As an instance of their utter indifference and selfishness, the following trait may be men tioned. One of the Iroquois from Canghnawaga was very ill at Fort William, and not only incapable of working, but unable to walk without assistance. He suffered much from chills and cramps. and was fiaought to be in a very danger ous condition ; with care, medicine, and a good constitution, he grow a little better, and was able to eat, but the salt pork and. salt beef we had with us were not very well adapted for a man so much reduced in flesh and slowly recovering from a severe illness. I shot a pigeon, and in the hearing of the Ojibways stated that it was to be cooked for the sick man. The following day I found that the Ojibway who picked up the pigeon had not only eaten it in the presence of the invalid Iroquois, but he and his com panions had devoured two partridges which had also been reserved for the Iroquois. Another day, passing near the fire of the Ojibways, I found them roasting a pike which was intended for the dinner of the invalid. In future we committed the pigeons into the sick man's charge, and they were cooked by his friends, but the Ojibways laughed loud and long at the excellent practical joke they had enjoyed, and for many days after they reminded Lambert, the inter preter, about the sick man and his pigeons and partridges. Tell him,' said one waggish fellow, pointing to me, shoot pigeon for Iroquois, Ojibway eat it, do Iroquois muoh good.' A joke lasts an Indian a long time, and is con tinually repeated, both in canoe and in camp ; it never ap pears to lose interest or grow stale." As geologist and naturalist to the first exploration of the Red River, Mr. Hind had ample opportunity for making general and minute investigations re garding the fertility of the soil, and by scientific experiments to ascertain the probably mean tem perature of the various seasons. The reader must bear in mind that the country which Mr. Hind has explored, although not altogether unknown to the white man, the territory of the aboriginal Indian (India so called, because Columbus thought when he discovered America that he had reached the Asiatic continent, and had opened a short road to India), being, nevertheless, part and parcel of the British possessions. In both expeditions, the latter of which he conducted as chief, he met with a natu ral opposition from the natives to a too close inspec tion of the country and its resources, they knowing by experience that the European colonist carries out Cesar's terse despatch of V.ni, vidi, via'. So much has been already written about, and so many speeches composed for, the American, that the following extract may seem superfluous, but we beg to remind the reader that this is a genuine translation of what the savage (as our friends at Exeter Hall would call him) gave as his reason for refusing to let Mr. Hind and his friends pass by a particular route : " Chief—' The reason why we stop you is because we think you do not tell us why you want to go that way, and what you want to do with those paths. You say that all the white men we have seen belong to one party, and yet they go by three different roads, why is that? Do they want to see the Indian's land ? Remember, if the white man comes to the Indian's house, he must walk through the door, and not steal in by the window. That way. the old road, is the door, and by that way you must go. You gathered corn in our gardens and put it away ; did you never see corn before? Why did you not note it down in your book ? Did your people want to see our corn ? Would they not be satisfied with ;$ our noting it down? You cannot pass through those.paths.' " We ask you now to send us one of your young men to show us the road ; we shall pay him well, and send back presents to you : what do you wish for ?' " Chief— It is hard to deny your request; but we see how the Indians are treated far away. The white man comes, looks at their flowers, their trees, and their rivers ; others soon follow ; the lands of the Indians pass from their hands, and they have nowhere a home. You must go by the way the white man has hitherto gone. I have told you all.' " At the close of the council the chief said to the inter preter, Let not these men think bad of us for taking away their guides. Let them send us no presents—we do not want them. They have no right to pass that way. We have hearts and love our lives and our eountry. If twenty men came we would not let them pass to-day. We do not want the white man ; when the white man comes he brings disease and sickness, and our people perish ; we do not wis to die. Many white men would bring death to us, and our people would pass away ; we wish to love and to hold the land our fathers woo, and the Great Spirit has given to us. Tell these men this, and the talk is finished.' " he country, explored during the two expeditions extends from the 90th to 105th deg. west longitude, and from the 48th to 53d deg. north latitude. To those who wish to form a correct opinion of the far back settlements, of the trials which the early set tlers underwent, and what prospects are now open to the immigrant, we ei recornmend the perusal of Mr. Hind's narrative. We cannot afford space for the many extracts which we could give to exem plify the character of the inhabitants and their social condition, to which Mr. Hind devotes the greater part of the second volume. The establish ment of the first colony on the Red River will be read with pride by our persevering brethren north of the Tweed, who, after all, beat the Anglo-Saxon for energy and perseverance under difficulties : " The first attempt to found a colony in the country now occupied by the Red River settlements was made in the year 1812, under the patronage of Lord Selkirk. A large tract of country, extending from the sources of the Winni peg to Lake Winnipego-sis, and stretching from Lake Winnipeg far beyond the United States boundary, was purchased from the Hudson Bay Company by Lord Sel kirk in 1811, for the establishment of his contemplated colony. The colonists consisted of several Scotch families, who. after they had reached the spot which was to be their future home, were met by a large party of half-breeds and Indians in the service of the North-West Company, and warned not to attempt to establish a permanent settlement. They were conducted by a number of these wild and reek less children of the prairies to Fort Pembina, a post of the Hudson Bay Company, where they passed the winter in Buffalo-skin tents, and soon adopted the habits of life be longing to the sava g e and half-savage natives by whom they were surrounded. In May, 1813, the emigrants returned to the neighbourhood of Fort Douglas, about two miles below the present site of Fort Garry, and hero commenced their agricultural labours. In the fall of the year they again sought refuge at Fort Pembina, and after a winter of much suffering, revisited, in the spring of 1814, the scene of the previous year's attempt to plant themselves on the banks of Red River, with a determination to make it a permanent resting-place. During the summer, however, their houses were destroyed by the wandering half-breeds, who were opposed to the establishment of a colony ; and when, in Oc tober, 1815, the main body of emigrants arrived from Scot land, they found poverty, ruin, and despondency prevailing where they had hoped to mee t with a warm reception and comfortable homes. The provident care of Lord Selkirk prevented the colonists from suffering all the horrors of starvation during the inclement winters of this region. His lordship had established a general store of goods, implements, arms, ammunition, clothing and food at Fort Douglas, from which the impoverished emigrants were supplied on credit. This store was erected in the first year of the colony, and regularly replenished from time to time by shipments from England. " In 181 G a serious conflict took place between the colo nists and the native employes of the North-Western Com pany. Many were killed on both sides, and the settlement was again destroyed, the settlers dispersed, and some of them banished by the half-breeds to Norway House. " At the time when these disastrous occurrences were taking place, Lord Selkirk was on his way to the Red River with about 100 disbanded soldiers of the De Meuron Regi ment, composed chiefly of Germans, French, and Swiss. After Lord Selkirk's arrival order was restored, the Scottish emigrants recalled, the De Meuron soldiers rewarded with grants of Land on German Creek, a town was laid out on Point Douglas, and such arrangements completed for the government of the colony as the position of the Hudsons Bay Company and the interests of the fur trade would admit of. The social condition of Rupert's Land at this period may be gathered from the following brief description by Governor Semple, who was killed in the unfortunate con flict just referred to :—' I trodden the burnt ruint_luof houses, barns, a mill, a fort, and sharpened stockades, b none of a place of worship, even on the smallest seale_u bl u sh to say that, throughout the whole exten t of the R eo n's Bay territories, no such building exists.' " The work is illustrated with many woodcuts, and likewise several engravings of remarkablel oc ali ties, which are executed with great skill and judg ment. The view of the " Red River from St. An drew's Church" reflects equal credit on the artist a nd the engraver ; in fact, the palings and fence in front of the river look Bo natural that one almost feels inclined to climb over them. 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QpA Diejneu'i Laud ‘ 100 all all all all 5 3811 116} 101 I 1093 9 101 e 101 10011 107& 81 i 32 lh 1000 321 10 stock 25 stock stock stock stock stock 100 stock 79 81 95 96 14 1 d tidi ei 7 75 SO 67 72 65 70 id pr a 1 . 100 all all all 100 804 1 96 101/ 25 i 541 5 981 8 111 1 3 2,44 1 211 23! 24i 6 1 611 74 7i 19; 20 884 394 7a fi 35} 36i 54 56 51 3 131 i 1.7.2 NES. 15s 27i 15 all i all 1 21 if all all all sill LOS 109 108 110 104 108 DUS. 13 14 31 33 41 51 3' 32 3.5 37 18 20 13 15 110 113 23a 241 28 30 00 1( 2 ICB 110 93 96 2i 1 4 2a I 1} 1 d 1 It 1i• 2* 2 4 lf lii 3 2i it i 4 1 ..._ ..... 4 1 50 53 73 75 13 14 17 18 p 17 19 5 6 46 48 130 135 93 85 5 6 7 6 9 10 33 21 3i THE WAR IN CHINA. THE OFFICIAL DESPATCHES. (From a Svp7ement to the Gazette of Friday) • FOREIGN-OFFICE, DEC. 15. The following despatches and enclosures were re ceived at the Foreign -office this day from the Earl of Elgin, her Majesty's Envoy and Minister Pleni potentiary in China : LORD ELGIN. Camp before Pekin, Oct. S. My Lord,—it the close of my despatch of the 23d of September, sent by the last mail, I informed your Lord ship that a brother of the Emperor of China, by name Kung, had written to apprise me that he had been ap pointed to treat with me in the room of Prince Tsai and President Muh, who had been superseded because of their mismanagement of affairs, and that I had referred him, in reply, to the notifications which the Commanders-in-Chief had issued some days previously, and which was to the effect that if the British and French subjects illegally detained in captivity by the Chinese authorities were not at once set at liberty Pekin would be assaulted. On the following day I received a further letter from Prince Kung, which stated that the persons in quest'on had been captured after the fight had commenced on the 18th ult., and that they could only be restored after her Majesty's fleets and armies should have left Taku. The Prince added that there had been a dispute between Mr. Parkes and the Imperial Commissioners Tsai and Muh on the subject of the presentation of the Queen's letter to the Emperor of China. As I had the good fortune to be within reach of Lieute nant-General Sir Hope Grant at the time when this letter reached me, I thought it proper to confer with him before answering it. I found that he inclined to the opinion, that it would be advisable to take advantage of the oppor tunity afforded by it to restate to the Prince, not only the serious consequences that would ensue if he refused to deliver up the British subjects whom he had illegally captured, but also the conditions on which, if they were accepted within a pe r i o d o f th ree d ays , p eace b e t ween Great Britain and China might still be concluded. I was moreover, desirous to inform the Prince that the Queen's letter to the Emperor had not been, as he insinuated, men tioned by me, for the first time in the despatch to Prince Tsai and the President Muh, of which Mr. Parkes had been the bearer, but that I had referred to it in the very same terms in a letter written to Kweiliang, at Tien-twin; and, further, that I had always treated the questi on o f its presen tation as one of courtesy, not of war. I enclose a copy of this communication of Prince Kung, and of my answer; is of my correspondence with Sir Hope Grant, and of a letter from me to Baron Gros in reference thereto. Further letters between Prince Rung and me, the copies of which ar e likewise enclosed, followed on this correspondence. Not withstanding, however, various endeavours on his part to raise discussions which might, as he hoped, enable him to escape from the necessity of categorically accepting or re- ' fusing the conditions offered, I deemed it to be my duty to adhere to them, and to require that her Majesty's subjects detained at Pekin should be restored before any steps for'' arresting hostile operations were taken. I could not admit the principle that they should be dealt with as prisoners legitimately made during war. At the same time, as their lives might have been put in jeopardy if the Chinese autho rities had been driven to despair. I thought it proper to in timate that their unconditional surrender would cause the prospects of peace to improve. On the sth inst. the Commanders-in-Chief, having re ceived from the fleets and from Tien-tsin the supplies and munitions of war which they required, advanced on Pekin. On the afternoon of the 6th the main body of the English force was encamped on the north face of the Tartar city, and the French army, with the British cavalry, at the Summer Palace of the Emperor, having encountered on their march to these points no enemy except a few strag gling Tartars who fled on their approach. On the morning of the 7th inst., I received a despatch from Prince Kung, of which I enclose the translation, in which he goes a great way towards the acceptance of the conditions prescribed by me in the communications which I had previously addressed to him. I may mention that he refers in it to a letter written to me on the day preceding, which however has not yet reached me. It was agreed that the authorities in Pekin should be informed that the city might still be spared the calamities of an assault, if her Majesty's subjects therein detained were immediately re stored, and one of its gates given up to the Allies, and that Mr. Wade should require a mandarin of proper rank to meet him at some point between it and our camp, in whose hands he might place, with suitable explanations, a paper stating these conditions in the names of the Commanders in-Chief. I enclose a copy of the document which, in pursuance of this arrangement, was delivered by Mr. Wade to the mandarin sent to confer with him. Mr. Wade leads me to hope that Mr. Parkes and others who are with him may be restored this evening. But as Prince Kung has left the city, and is now at a considerable distance from it, some time must elapse before we learn what view he takes of the demands preferred in the final summons of the Com mander-in-Chief. I have, &c., ELGIN iND KINCARDINE. The Lord John Russell, &c. Received September 24. The Prince of Kung, Imperial Commissioner, makes a communication in reply : The Prince has just received the despatch of the British Minister, requiring that the officers of his Excellency's Go ♦ernment, who are still absent, should be desired to return to the army without delay. The officers of his Excellency's Government had, on an earlier occasion, in person, discussed at Tungchow, with the late Imperial Commissioners, the Prince I, and his colleague, right propositions, to the whole of which asse . nt was given, it is to be presumed, to the satisfaction of his Excellency the British Minister. The discussion of the question of personal presentation of the national letter* had not yet been satisfactorily terminated, when the British officers in question, going off in anger, fell in with the troops by the way ; an encounter ensued, and they were seized in the melee. It is not, therefore, the Chinese Government that has been at all wanting towards the maintenance of friendly relations. The officers in question are now in the capital ; none of them have suffered harm ; t but with peace still uncon eluded it is scarcely possible that they should be sent back again. The city of Tien-tsin and the forts of Taku have both been taken and are still in possession of the British Government. What occasion is there then for alarm about a few British subjects who may be missing ? If the two Governments are indeed to be friends, if (the British Go vernment), desiring a cessation of hostilities, will take its men of war out of the Fort of Taku, the Chinese Govern ment, so soon as the different concessions it is asked to make shall have been discussed and disposed of, will send back the officers in question, such as they shall find them to b 3,1 in order to the perfecting of friendly relations. The letter addressed by his Excellency to his officers could hardly be delivered while the present state of hos tility continues. It shall be delivered as the force has been withdrawn. A necessary reply, addressed to the Earl of Elgin, Sze., &c. liienfung, 10th year, Bth moon, 9th day (23d September 1860). Translated by THOMAS WADE, Chinese Secretary, The undersigned has received a despatch under date the 23d inst., from his Imperial Highness the Prince of Kung, and makes this communication in reply : 'The subjects of her Majesty the Queen of England now detained in Pekin, were at Tungchow, or on their return from Tungchow to the British camp, under the protection of a flag of truce, and with the knowledge and consent of the Imperial Commissioners, the Prince Tsai, and the Pre sident Muh, when the bad faith and imprudence of the General. in-Chief Sang-ko-lin-sin brought on a conflict between the armies of England and France, and that of China, on the 18th inst. Their arrestation under these cir cumstances was a violation of the law of nations, and their subsequent detention an act of perfidy which expose the Chinese Government and its officers who have taken part in the proceedings to the just vengeance of the British army, which is now quartered at a distance of 30 li from the gates of Pekin. The Prince states that a dispute had arisen with respect to the mode in which the letter from ber Majesty the Queen of Great Britain to his Majesty the Emperor of China, of which the undersigned is the bearer , shou ld be presented, and gives it to be understood that this letter was alluded to for the first time in the communication of the undersigned to Prince Tsai and his colleague, which Mr. Parkes took with him to Tungchow on the 17th inst. This is an e rror, and if the case has been represent ed in this light to.thee. I mln perial Prince, his Imperial High ness has keenstdecthe er terms rdunder his communication to Kweiliang of the 3d signed referred to the letter i n question in i t n he same in which he referred to it in his communication to the Prince Tsai and the President M uh, of which Mr. Park es n as the bearer. Neither at Tien-tsin nor at Tungchow did he pro pose to make the delivery of her Majesty's letter to the Emperor the s ubject of a treaty s tipulation. The presenta tion of letters from Sovereign to Sovereign, and the recep tion by Sovereigns of ambassadors from other Sovereigns with whom they seek to cultivate relations of friendship, are matters of courtesy understood and practised in all civilised States. A State affecting to be civilised, which refuses to reciprocate such acts of courtesy, necessarily ex poses its professions of amity to suspicion. In order, however, to give further proof of his sincere desire for the re-establishment of peace between Great Britain and China, and to afford the Imperial Prince a last opportunity of averting a blow which Will entail the destruc t tion of Pekin, and the probable fall of the dynasty now ruling in China, the undersigned makes the following proposals : If within the space of three days from he date of this letter the British (and French) subjects detained at Pekin be sent back to the head-quarters (of their respective na tions), and if the Imperial Prince intimates his readiness t sign the convention placed in the hands of K.ei an Tien -tsin, the bulk of the British army willtaldvgance The autograph letter of her Majesty. t Mortal injury. This is a mere formula, whic h it might be almost as well watraivlated. It might be rendered all in good order." beyond its present halting place. The convention will b signed at Tungchow, and after it shall have been signed the undersigned will proceed with a sufficient escort to Pekin for the exchange of the ratifications of the treaty of Tien-twin. When these acts shall have been accomplished the British army will commence its movement towards Tien-tsin, at which:: , int it will remain until the spring, as the bad faith, evasions, and delays of the Chinese Govern ment and its agents have made it inexpedient to proceed further before the winter. Should these conditions be accepted deputies can be named on either side for the completion of. such preliminaries as may be necessary. If they be not accepted the British army will advance on Pekin, and in common with that of France take measures to prove that the laws of nations cannot be violated in the persons of British and French subjects with impunity. Pa-li-chiau, Sept. 23. Monsieur le Baron—l have the honour to enclose for your Excellency's perusal a draught of my proposed reply to the letter of the Imperial Prince Kung received by me yesterday. I think that, as regards the subjects of our respective na tions detained in defiance of the law of nations at Pekin, we should adopt the principle of entire solidarite. I have there fore, as your Excellency will observe, put the restoration of the subjects of his Majesty the Emperor of the French on the same footing as the restoration of the subjects of her Majesty the Queen in the draught of letter herewith trans mitted. I lave, &c., ELGIN AND KINCARDINE, His Excellency Baron Gros, French Ambassador in China, &c. Pa-li-chi au , S ept. 25. Sir,--I enclose a draught of a letter which I propose to address to the Imperial Prince Kung, in reply to his com munication to me, the translation of which I have the hon our to transmit herewith. I believe that it is your Excel lency's opinion that the Chinese authorities, before the extreme measure of an assault of Pekin be resorted to, should be distinctly apprised that they have it in their power to make peace if they surrender her Majesty's sub jects, now illegally detained by them, and concede all the other points which have been demanded. I propose to stipulate that a portion of the army under your Excellency's command shall remain at Tien-tsin until the spring, because I think that it would be inconvenient to have to move it from Tien •tsin to Taku and Tungku during the winter, which might be the case if the article respecting the disposition of our troops in China, which was inserted in the Convention draughted at Tien-tsin, were to remain unaltered.—l have, Ike., ELGIN AND KINCARDINE. His Excellency Sir IL Grant, K.C.8., &c. Head-quarters, Camp, Pa-li-chiau, Sept. 25. My Lord,—ln reply to your Excellency's letter of this date, forwarding draught of a letter addressed to the Impe rial Prince Rung, I have the honour to state that I fully concur in the terms of your Excellency's communication. As regards the occupation of Tien-tsin during the winter, I shall be quite ready to do so if your lordship considers it to be necessary.—l have, &c., The Earl of Elgin, K.T., Q.C.B. HOPE GRANT. Received Sept. 27, Midnight. The Prince of Kung; Imperial Commis s i oner, makes a communication in reply. He has received and thoroughly acquainted himself with the despatch of the British Minister. To the wrongdoing of former Commissioners in the transactions conducted by them to which it alludes the Prince was no party. He is him self an immediate relation of the Emperor's, and in the weighty office he has had the honour to be especially ap pointed by his Majesty to fill he has full authority for every step he takes, nor will his acts assuredly be the same as those of the former Commissioners. In his conduct towards men the Prince is sincere, andhe assumes that the British Mini ster is beyond doubt, of like mind. Every condition of the treaty (or treaties) negotiated at Tien-tsin being conceded, if while, on the ono hand, the Prince departs not from this promise no change whatever is, on the other hand, introduced by the British Govern - ment, peace, evermore to endure, is doubtless attainable. With reference to the presentation of the Government letter, when his Excellency shall have arrived in the capital, some place suited to the solemnity shill be chosen, and an incense table (or altar) having been there set up, the Prince will receive the letter (1) of the British Government, and will place it on the table, that due honour may be sholn to it. The words in the despatch under acknowledgment re garding the attack on and destruction of the capital, and the downfall of the dynasty, are words which indeed it is not fitting that a subject should use. Can it be right for the British Minister, when declaring that he still entertains a desire for peace, to employ them ? If a war to no purpose is to be carried on so long as troops are left, a struggle which is not to cease, then, though the British Govern ment have the troops it has in the field, China has yet, besides the stout hands in her forces, here at pre sent, her f roops from beyond the frontier, and those which it will behove her to move up from the different provinces. It would seem, then, better that neither side should do injury to friendly relations by further talk of the struggle between them. As regards the capture by our army in the confusion of the fight of the British officers returning from Tungchow, it is true that the former Commissioners (2) did seize them, bind them, and confine them ; but the Prince, when this came to his knowledge, which was but recently, gave orders to the officer in charge to release them from confinement, to lodge them comfortably, to attend to the hurts of those who were wounded, and to treat them with every courtesy. In evidence of the Prince's sincerity towards man be is bound, before he does anything else, to oblige the British Govern ment to put away utterly its suspicions, and he now encloses the card sent by the British Consul Parkes to his Excel lency Hang (Hang-ki) to engage him to come and speak with him this day, that it may be known that this person is safe and well, and has come to no harm. The letter under acknowledgment proposes that, deputies should be sent on either side to confer respecting all matters that have been discussed and disposed of. These shall pro ceed as soon as an answer has been received naming a time (for a conference). A necessary communication, &c. llienfung, 10th year, Bth moon, 13th day (September 27). Translated by THOMAS WADE, Chinese Secretary. (1) The word " letter" is here raised in the column, not i.s it has been usually written, but with more honour. (2) The term " Commissioners" is, ou the other hand, not accorded here the honour commonly paid it. The understand has received the despatch of his Impe rial Highness the Prince of Kung, under date the 27th Notwithstanding the protestations of good faith and de sire for peace with which it abounds, his Highness has not returned the prisoners unlawfully detained in Pekin, nor has he stated positively when and where he will sign the convention negotiated at Tein-tsin. The undersigned regrets to observe, on the other hand, allusions to the military resources of China which argue a strange forgetfulness of the reverses sustained by the Im perial arms in the last few weeks at Siuho, Taku, Chang kia-wang, and Pa-li-chiau. Let no more time be wasted in words so unmeaning. The term of three days allowed for the satisfaction of the de mands of the undersigned, he would remind his Highness, will expire to-morrow night. The prisoners must be sent in in the course of to-morrow, and the Imperial Prince must write to say when and where the convention shall be signed. The single modification which will be needed in it has been intimated to his Highness in the undersigned despatch of the 25th, and has been rendered necessary by the bad faith, evasions, and delays of the Chinese Government an d its agents. The letter of her Majesty the Queen can be pre sented to the Emperor only in one way; if not so presented, it cannot be pre sented at all ; but, as the undersi g ned has already explained, he has throughout considered this to be a question of courtesy, and not a caustic b e ni. There is consequently no ground whatever for the other changes appre hensions apparen tl y entertained by his Highness that changes th an those known to him are in contemplation. Let his Highne s s , t hen , at once appointme his deputies and na me a place at which these may et the tie un d er signed, in order to th e f orm of prep arat d i e o p n u oft s of thehecon- con vention for signature. The meeting may take place to morrow if his Highness sees fit, and at the same time as the prisoners are restored. The undersigned will not repeat the words of warning which ho addressed to his Highness in his last despatch. He will only add that if the 'subjects of her Majesty the Queen now illegally detained in captivity at Pekin be not returned in the course of to• morrow the British force will forthwith resume its march in advance, and that all respon sibility for the serious consequences that may ensue will rest upon his Imperial Highness• ELGIN AND KINCARDINE. Camp, Pa-li-chiau, Sept. 28. Camp, Pa-li-ehiau, Sept 29. Monsieur to Baron, —I enclose herewith the translation of a communication which I received yesterday from Prince Kung, and a copy of my reply, which I have already had the honour of submitting to your Excellency in draught. I have, &c., ELGIN AND KINCARDINE. A 5011 Excellence Monsieur le Baron Gros, and to Sir H. Grant. * -- ilte con oination is, strictly, ii seized and bowl d." • The Prince of Kung, Imperial Commissioner, makes a communication in reply. The Prince is in receipt of his Excellency the British :Minister's reply of the 15th inst (29th September), and has acquainted himself with its contents. The British officers captured by the army outside Tung chow were seized * because an engagement was going on at the time. This was, moreover, an act of the late Commis sioner, to which the Prince was no party. It was but re cently that he ascertained the facts, and he then immediately gave orders to the officers in charge to lodge them ec)mfort- inst. i 1,