The Sun. — London, England, 1860-12-25 00:00:00

Dee of his oiared to rry, wh° isonment i each, o )31.4 IV ) E C. 24. Anmercial up with e close of nd which !ontractor d. I hay° ntil now, e internal affairs did before the give rise Lon of the wade the t Councils, a n d legal over anY to it would known in Is with M• the latter 70 very a' hly advan they coll - A rupture, son or 00 informed was made amount of :60,000 and demanded• n whole or lin charges; iced in the as issued to Instruction . 3peared, but ► him. Th e n a merely Lde to settle through , Periere, 14 ' w altogethe r Ater havia; Iffieers of the tlement es, it shotild eedings that ;e d'lnstroc' Le Council e t ssed in pre' Some of the authoritie s ' the r egular arrangemen t nt in Franc e mho quashed it the effec t ren he nev er The Wei' a to prejudg e out of defer; Jar course 0' ion was colli e the day after e parties ha d ' and let it b° Led to an . 3 % . 11/ facts whl eh se and othe r ill very high s of the Croll P !eding furtlie aen before t he among tl lOO ' staying Pr (/ ' =anger-cal her —the 0 : / 0 a seat Dati l :ice, and 1 0. iter of Pu blic ; 'other Cabin et unable t'‘) to. ion is said te a .s of the kin is interventli); dl, which b el e )unded on ° i s volenoe, au r mankind in in particul a oo f anything 'ul care. I t 313. can pi ck • No WO rtunately• t l / 0 lot is cas t • [f and his c °l2l or enevolencel, o themes to th e ment. If t lj eject (and it ask his g0 3 : 13 fluence wh ic ro rything b efc ' t , e the whisP e , )urs and int o is, and on , in the il ljt , very Coca', to delibers t ` ; :o repeat the reti e iubourg. ch ifluence Wi g , eryone Qu ai 0 , s used to cc a of one i s 0 , ject or sP ec )th erwise, tali /0 the EniP er° lo :oil before t before 111 , f 0 ad Legisi tit/ 4 gs should 111:1; 0 check t h i e t be imen t and 0 be lowered j d e MornY a o f of the 24tll i f e cl aro res cs ' e e o that d ec t of d re ss tr ee tie a but donieuPo ensive e lj° ,ol ralation roe in Nvb ieb et' 1 and eonoliero for in sec o ot of cue rs e ' d eP w hat P a iot in say 0 i 0 0 1 ic ic essie o ' 0 iOrigebe ye ' n s un der t ' io f , rne big aP a ,ao Tu - ,. st t d h e e l litrt i e °l f from t° o l all' ron mate lic .,ber ° ' he Otlit., tot 311 ,, u the 00 a 1 „ In v r the Nal:gajo ter, the Jj 0 1 .4 ' has 71n , -t frov re ceivet . has bee _ O O , )usin ess retail _ re hat th1;10 last )s u t n . favoo o. ustovil9l4°tibel , sent Tarsi -1- 71 " ) i IIiARL'ET AND CITY NEWS. This day being a holiday, no business IN'OS transacted on the Stock Exchange. BRITISH. FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. (SATURDAY.) Bank St oc k 3 Jar Cent. Reduced Annuities In- ew 3 St peock r Cent. Annuities dia • Ditto Enlaced Paper, 4 per Cent. — Ditto 5f per Cent. Ditto Bonds £l,OOO — - 'Jab) under £l,000 Coesols for Account, Jan. 10 93 21' 1491 1equer Bills, £l,OOO, llti Ditto Stnall FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. (SATURDAY.) • • Bra7Altan 5 per Cent Ditto 4% per Cent. 1860 SG! ',l Mexican 3 per Cent .. I) itto Account Portugue se 3 per Cent.. 1853. Russian 5 per Cent. 1822, £ St • • Ditto 4} per Cent. Spanish 3 per Cent... Ditto New Deferred Ditto Account sanish C er t. o f C o up. not funded.. 6/ Turkish 6 per Cent • • Ditto Now Loan _ Ditto Amount . 581 Dividends on the above payable in London. TWO O'CLOCK Colsols for Account, ex div. 921 93 TURKISR 7REA6U.RY BONDS. The announcement from Constantinople to-day that default will take place in the payment of the £3,000,000 of Hazine Tavilis or Treasury Bonds, Which were issed a few years back with a rigorous Pledge that they should be redeemed in specie during the present month, is calculated to damage the position of the Turkish Government, while, at the same time, it appears to indicate that the ne gotiation of the New Loan, of which professedly the payment of these bonds was one of its main objects, is considered a failure. The statement is that an arbitrary renewal for three years has been forced upon the holders, and that a great fall has consequently occurred in their market value. About two months back, when there seemed no hope of Turkey getting fresh financial aid from any quarter, these obligations were to be bought at 52, but on the assertions that M. Mires, with the coun• tenance of the Emperor Napoleon, had engaged to *apply a loan of £16,000,000, and that the Turkish Government would thus be relieved from impend ing bankruptcy, they rapidly went to 82, and many speculative transactions occurred. The public, however, were warned at the time not to rely too Strongly that the payment would be provided for, and the accuracy of the caution thus given is now demonstrated, The affair must have a bad appear ance under any circumstances, but it might seem less disagreeable if all suspicion could be removed or its having been, from the beginning to the end, concocted for special purposes. THE WEATHER IN THE NORTH. MANCHESTER.—There was a further fall of snow on Sunday, but it was not nearly so heavy as that of Tuesday night and Wednesday morning. As Most of what fell earlier in the week remained on the ground, trodden hard and slippery, most of the footpaths And roads were on Sunday evening in a 'very unpleaeaut, or even dangerous state. LEEDS.—The weather during the last few days has been extremely cold—not so cold as during one or two severe days last winter, but cold more con tinuously, and attended with more snow than for Some years back. The lowest point registered by a thermometer at Headingley, twenty feet above 25 myths and Tyne 10 per the ground, has been during the night of the 15th, Ic. pref. (issued 32 dep. ;of the 16th, 28 degs. ;of the 17th, 26 20'1 !h ir o ie ; i 4t o 1 0 ,, e4 P.ctstock dep. ;of the 18th, 25 degs. ;of the 19th, 18; degs. ; stock Caledo'n ....,ilo,4 a i r p e er cent l stock !DO. Quar. Shares, No. 2. of the 20th, 23 degs. ; of the 21st, 221 degs.; of the 22d, 19 degs.; and of the 23 d, 15 de g s. 61 , Cork .k Bandon, 51 p. 0. 20 Cornwall. 5 per cent NORTHUMBERLAND AND DURHAM. — T he snow 6+ Dun.Perth&Aber.dt;n:: fell in heavy showers during Saturday and Sunday stock li . .Airon . cclr l lA !! 7 p &5P.e. morning in the counties of Durham and Northum- stock Inc; do. Class s' C 7 p: C C::: .• berittnd ; and heavy showers came up from N.N.E. 8 8 1011 E. Coon. Ex. sp. c. No.] at intervals during the whole of Sunday. The stock 11 1 - lo o .' N o e'w 6 pet ct. stock. %.',zt2 ..lz a r g ce s nt e . o•u h ar... !rind blew a stiff breeze most of Sunday ; and the stock Eastern Union, 4 per ct. Immense mass of snow that had been accumulating s sro c et Egli ' from Wednesday drifted very considerably in the stock Do. 4 tits i r t i a.';. fi e ; eastern parts of those two counties. If the wind stockc i lgi r n n . Per Dun. 4 p.c. should have blown strong last (Sunday) night the stock E G i las.7:: iv 5 per cent c v e a n . t s . p ... c traffic in those counties will have been very con- stock ( Great Northern, sp. et siderably impeded. Saturday was a bitter night stoc k s t oe 1 l ij o ' . s ri c p ' ' ' ''' c ' d Z' i d e o P' c 'P m on the sea ; and as the winds are adverse, it is very too I Do. sp.c. nedm. 5 P.c. pmE probable that a large fleet of light colliers, with to Gt. Nh. of Scottd. Ist pf. l Gt qn r their crews, on their passage to the north, will stock P ' . ci. `t p " r rs r t e o l cV d" be detained in Bridlington Bay, and other road- 50 Great Weste(Berks ct Steads, over the holidays. No steam ships have stock ro ritpt , f l +l Ext i, s p. ct. , , left the Tyne since Sunday week for London, and stock Do'. li ( e ' dtee em m ' a l b l le e : 4 4 l p P l: the goods trade between London and the north is stock Do Irredeemable, do. e . greatly obstructed by the long-continued bad stock Sharesl p ) o o ..s l3 p i . r e m t..ll4d e e t ern. Prei. • 'weather. 10 ,Gt. W. Ches. Bph f NEWCASTLE.—In Newcastle, s now fell during stock 'D o. 1; 3 1' 5 r m P o : . , f . t t i P ar r e stock the greater part of Sunday, and towards evening Do. 2oi Chester 4, , ua- shares astrong frost set in, accompani ed b y intense cold. 20 'b o . (,; ( ,...1. 0 .. Despite the severity of the storm, the trains have stock Lan, &York 6p, c. stock run with wonderful regularity, the only exception stock Do.Barnstst£ s 3s 10d pc stock Do. 6 per c. (E. Lan.) being those on the south line, which in some cases stock Lon.& Brig. 5 pc.o. No 1 have been considerably detained by the snow. stock Do. sp. c. No. 2 EDINBURGH.—The frost has been keen for the stoc k stoe l it. ic. aa 's 6m a No. 4 last two days, and on Saturday the ice on Dud- stock Do. do. 4fp a er cen'. .... dingston Loch was sufficiently strong to admit of stock s 11-o. do. 4. p i, c. (4 ;dtares.. skating. It was not generally known that the stock i D a o: 7 64. c ,10. (1 1 v . .E. " P c .i i :) loch was bearing, bat several hundreds were on the lDo.4p.c.S,(div.dettil '65) stock ;Lon. Chat. and Dover.. ice in the afternoon. No accidents occurred, stock 'Lon, and N.W. Cov. and although a number ventured frequently on a part Nuneaton, sp. 0t„... of the ice which was not considered quite safe, and stock Lon. & S.W, 7e. et, stock Was enclosed with ropes. Most of the curling ;tsock 6d. Do. 43 per cent Do. (Prtsm. perpl anus. ponds were bearing , and the p la y ers turned out in of 2s, (3d. great strength. Between Saturday night and iv t r f o n n e d o o n n e y e i si ,l al i e . .. t sh. i Sunday morning there was another slight fall of stoc k Iran. Sh., &Lin. 6 per at ' snow, which served to increase the discomforts and stock B o o: qper cent dangers of street pedestrians. The mail from the 10 Davydeem. 6 per cent soutti yesterday morning was late several hours, but N i l o nort & Car., 4p. c ' the lines are now, we believe, pretty clear, and the stock Mid. 4 tlL er n e p ent e. stock trains may be expected to arrive with greater rega- stock Do.Con.Bris. & Dir. 6 p.c. larity should there be no new fall of snow. Yester- stock Do. 4} I. 4 li i tli e o'p r tTo e n i. till 1860 a lit day (Sunday) the sun shone brightly, and last stock Do. Leto. & Hit. pref. f. s! night was clear and frosty, with no indications of a stock ;o o rfik sp. c. Ex. st. 1846' change. The barometer has, however, fallen con- stock Do:s s 'k p it . V a jall e ll'x d .s o i. l l B B 4 4 7 7 siderably since Saturday, and now stands at 29 in. stock North British, sp. o. 1 GLASGOW.—For many years we have not sxperi- stock Do nso New o , r. i 3 711: SP. t' 'sit s' enced colder weather than now prevails, and seldom 10 10 / Do. do. g. P do. have we been able to state that snow has lain on stock Nth. Dev.l7 ail. &Dck.Co. the streets of Glasgow for so many days in suttee- stock et N -Ea st.C9ns.Pref. 4p. c. no. B d e o r . wi d c o k, 4 p.c. Pref. sion. On Tuesday night a very heavy fall of snow ' i; i r ) ) took place, and that was in no way removed— 20 Do. Leeds, 6 p• e. No ' I except by the shovel and cart of the scavenger— gi Do. i r o o .A?uart.r s s , , di Po 4 r B oil . . when early yesterday morning another fall of snow 20 North Staffordsitire.... took place. The frost also retains its power, and t(8), Scottish Guaranteed yesterday was one of the keenest, coldest days this sloe Pee,Scot' Central,naeslivel? season. This (Monday) morning, at one o'clock, stock 11 P. pref. stock.... the thermometer stood at 10 deg., showing no less stock Doo:Apperdeenar.6p.c. than 22 deg. of frost. On Saturday it sank to 6 10s, South Devo e n, Pr lnn s ts k deg., 8 deg. lower tha n on the previous day, which 1.0.6 Soul° Do. Fixed 44 per cent. th Eastern (Reading showed 18 deg. of frost . Yesterday, however, was Ann , 1 0.6) a very pleasant day, the sun shining brightly for stock 80 0 . 41 per cent some hours, the fog of the previous night having stock =outir .' i;a e i l es '4 „.,gu' e a l 4 et is quite cleared away. The footpaths of the streets stock Do. 41 per cent ' Ile ' were in a very slippery state ; hut, except a num- 25 ..- o Y e rk t slbire, 4 p. c. her of falls, in which the parties were little hurt, 25 Do. B 6 n ' e r ic A en s t P` a— no accident occurred. We trust the police will exert st 2 o s ck NiP a C 6 per cent themselves to put a stop to the thoughtless folly stock W a .ol -o K x i f i l k au 6 a P ' a of sliding on the pavements—a practice indulged stock Do. 2d do, st' ' '' in, ifct only by children, but by lads who ought to stock po o .lN_Tewport 5 p,aptred. know better. The Clyde was frozen across Yester- L) ' l ;{. Pe ttil n II C . pi mew 186 let is. 121 Do. day between the bridges, as were also all the sheets do. 2d is. of water in the neighbourhood, so that, doubtless, if the frost continues for a day or two longer skaters and bowlers will have plenty of oppor tunities for sport. Another proof of the severity of the frost last night was shown in the street lamps, most of which burnt with a dim light, and others were extinguished, doubtless by the water which has collected in the pipes having frozen. HAWICE.—A considerable quantity of snow has fallen here, though the storm hasnot been so severe as it appears to have been on the east coast. It now lies two or three inches deep on the hills, however, and the frost on Saturday night was very keen. Yesterday the cold was intense. CRIEFF.—In this locality the fall of snow last week is perhaps scantier than any other district in Scotland, for the snow does not exceed two inches in depth ; but to the north and north-east the fall is much greater, and in the upland districts the snow is drifted into deep wreaths, and the hills which were green with pasture eight days ago, have been again mantled with snow, causing sheep farmers to feed their flock. Early on Thursday morning, while snow was falling, several peals of thunder were heard in the north-east, and numer ous vivid flashes of lightning continued to illumine the horizon for several hours. The snow has been accompanied with severe frost, which has put a stop to out-doer labour, and labouring men, who were so long idle with wet weather, have at present to battle with the rigours of winter. STIRLING .--In the neighbourhood of Stirling and Bridge of Allan the late snow storm was not cha racterised by such severity as in many other dis tricts. The Ochil ranges have, however, been - rather deeply covered with snow. On Saturday a numerous company assembled on Airthrey Loch, at the seat of Lord Abercromby, where curling and skating were enjoyed with great spirit during the whole day. In most of the districts around, the lovers of " the channelstane" were active on the various lochs at their favourite and healthy As time. - L_ SHARE MARKET.-(SATURDAY.) CI!..DI.NARY SHAKES AND STOCKS. I ! Closing BIISiIIO3. 10 ::.larze , R I ailways. Paid.if Price. I Done. stk 50 I Belfast end '3r-1137u:ens i all [ I 1 1:..1'i llir., 1 - Vol , and St r. Vail all ! fi it stock : Birk., La., and Ch June 100 181 83 2 25 !Blackburn 25 IBlyth and Tyne all 1 10 10 ;Posit. Sleall anti Mid.Co all I 61 7 stock lErkittal and E.:::eter stock (Caledonian 10 Carmarthen & Cardigan all 2 , 50 Cork and Bandon all 70 Cork, Blrock., .Passage all 21 20 Cornwall.... 10 Do A( A ail i gets no div. ( all _ _ 2( 1! , until 6 peran. Imi ..... _ 21 10 Do B r hasbeeni pc d. toB stip, 50 Dublin .k Belfast June. all I 21 25 Dun., Perth, &Ab. Juno all 8 Si 21 stock East Anglian lOO 164 174 10( stock Eastern Counties lOO 534 145 101 stock Eastern Union, A stock 100 37 39 21 stcoic Do do Bdo 100 26 28 stes 25 Do Nw A. late EU3ds. 134 stock East Suffolk stock Edinburgh it Gl asgow 100 88 90 10( stock Edin. Perth, & Dundee 100 291 291 10( 10( 10 Forth & Clyde Junction all i 10( stock Furness stock Glass!. and S. Western 100 116 118 10 10 Great Nthn. of Scotland all sto( stock Great North ern lOO 110 111 110/ 2( stock Do do A stock stock Po do B do stock Gt. S. &W. of Ireland 100 111 113 1115 20 stock Great Western .... ... 100 741 741 71 4 1 ' 20 61 64 100 stock Do Str Val gua. stock 100 12 Irish South-eastern 100 stock Lancashire .9 Y or k s hi re 100 12 0 1 1201 120% 2 t stock Loudon and Blackwap 100 62 64 stock Lou., Bright.. &S Coast 100 117 119 100 stoe stock Lond., Chat., and Dover 100 51 53 stock Load. &Nth. Western 100 1011 1021 102 15 stoc stock T,ond. & nth. Western lOO 95 94 25 stoc 4 i 25 L'derry & Coleraine 25 ;.'derry & Ennisnillen aloe l 810 20 stock Man. Shef. & Tiin"oln 50 Maryport and Carlisle all 20 125 Do do 4 shares all 10 Metropolitan 5 31 25c1 stock Midland 6.4.0. Do new stock Do iiirming. & Derby 100 107 109 107 .. 50 Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland all . 20 25 Do 1 shares all -- stoc 20 25 Mid Kent all 20 10 Do, Cray Line ... sto 3 100 Newcastle and Carlisle all 10 Newry & Armagh, def 9 7 6 d 20 20 Newry, Warnpt. & Ros all 10 stock Norfolk.. - -- 50 N , lm. Counties Union.. 35 d stock North British.. 10 stock vor.Dev.Rail&Dk.stoe,i, 100 -- 20 stock D, A stk ; A recs no d. until 6pchas beenpd.B 100 20 stock Do Ti stock ..... „ . 100 ~,,,, , 5 stock Nth. Eastern—Berwick 100 105 1054 .iy.t s 20 25 Do do , C.N.E. purchase 16134 p 41 3 .„. • p stock Do Leeds .............. 100 64 C 5 6 .wx stock Do York 1 stock North London 20 10 Do new 19.16.4 N'orth Staffordshire 174 2 4 2 1 1 20 10 N. and S. W. Junction all 91 ?5 20 20 12 Not. &Grantham Rail ll 81 81 10 rtebles ....... • Portsmouth all 20 10 (Myron ey .... •- • s tock Scottish Central stock Scot N. E., Aber. stock 100 34 344 20 20 stock Do Scot. Mid. stock lOO 87 89 stock Shropshire Union lOO 50 52 10 33 . 10 Sittingbourne & Sheer. all 6 7 20 stock South Devon 20 stock South Eastern 16 stock South Wales 16 stock S. York. and River Dun 100 78 80 10 2(Y Staines, Wok,. and Wok all 6 8 20 25 Stockton & Darlington all 424 43 1 20 25 Do do. ll 11 115 p 22 / stock Taff Vale — 100 20 stock Do Pref. No 1 lOO 20 25 ThamesUavenDk&Rail 22 50 Ulster ••• all 551 561 10 25 Do .. ..... .. 20 2 3 p 12 10 Do .... : ............ 2 d p 20 5 ......... 4 stock Vale of Neath 20 13 Victoria Sta. and Pim all 111 115 10 Blom( Waterford & Kilkenny 100 20 50 Waterford & Limerick all -- 20 20 West Cornwall 20 West London 10 Dost class ...... all ! 0 l 20 Do 2d class .. . 2 _ 20 stook WestflartlepooliHarlsr 23 and Rail lOO stock West Midland — Oxford 100 50 52 501 20 s t oc k Do. Newport 1 00 43 45 6 a tack Do. llereford lOO 93 S 5 6 --- 20 Leasing Closing Business Co.'s. I Price. Done. 98 100 P I 55 57 15 15i1 1135 137 105 107 I 101 11i 93 95 74 so stoc stocl sloe stocl stocl stoc' PREFERENCE SHARES. Share! Railways. Closing - Business Paid I I Price. Done. 98 98 101 103 20i 21i 6 8} 99 101 111 113 108 108 110 112 108 110 124 128 ,80 82 112 114 90 92 117 119 112 114 104 106 186 ES 98 100 100 102 9t 93 92 94 'lO3 105 01 10 171 181 Itl 11 76 78 20 21 10. 101 IFI 151 137 139 116 118 116 118 138 143 116 118 103 105 1 153 156 130 134 09 71 90 92 [l6 118 [5O 155 13 14 70 72 ;1); [37 139 [Ol 103 95 96 111 113 1 109 111 I IIP 93 95 102 104 P iP P 3P 23 24 122 124 130 133 10i 11 231 24% 101 103 101 103 90 92 99 101 85 ;38 271 29, 1 , 3:35. 321 336 145 48 124 126 1123 125 ,100 102 123 126 1118 120 LINES LEASED A' Railways. Pal d.l jcaroi : ei ßmckingi a l i n t em ( l l : l tsr l ei f lrc e iner tc on h .t. l . e ..... y ...l: n o t aa l )1‘..,6( e.nds Chester & Holyhead. 100 ll ll 100 Do. do. 5i per cent. ; 100 Do. do. 5 per cent., 100 Clydesdale junction.. 100 Colchester, Stour Val.l all 14l.Lincolnshire,g..6p.c.1 100 E.linion,llarwich She] all Do. Woodbridge ...; 100 Gls.BarrANeils,Drct.' 100 Cgledonin 100 ,Do Do. New • • . • • Gulnorsttieprotipi a c n k. I G :ick t NN * . & e u st r ,. hull o .11 Shares h S a e r l e i , s y 'Do.. •Md all ll i) Do. Shares .••• • • • a o. LondonLDao'nrte Carl.f e & re G n Greenwich, 3 1 . 1 . 110(01000 ,I;.noiiiitasNt..l.N., Lon.,Tilby.& Soutend. , 100 'Pet° &Co Lowestoft, gua. 4 p.ct. 100 Norfolk atk. )Do :3 on : : yr " l. . p r . a0 aaa5 10 111 1 111 :. elle° Stock-., •• - 1100 'Midland North o. D odtot Stares jet se .... .... ........ D LENTPI I' Dit r o oo e . y. all 00 Do. ...... Slarewsbry& Hereford; 1 1 T G B •N ra ° ;s t e h y Do. . Wilts a South S n ta ci ff s o o r l d n s e i l r :l s o r e • e t ... all . L.& Brun a Croydn. lat &NAV lii 100 1 I Do. 53 5341 Do. 125 127 Do. 113 115 Caledonin 102 104 1 E.U.Szli C 16 17 Gt. North. 135 137 lE.Counts.i 41 41 Share Dozko. 3 33 stock (Commercial lOO stockt,Do.,l per Cent.PreOlin lOO stock East and West India stock London lOO ... stock ,St. Katharine lOO stock S ou thampton lOO . stock Vistoria .. ........ 1 100 101 1 03 20 1) 0 1 Now ~........1000 2 i }P Paid, Closing I Business Price. Done. 81 2 all 1 100 1018 100 100 100 all all 11o2i s 1110 112 208 212 61 63 115 120 93 97 TAE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 25, 1860. BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Closing Share, Railways. BPaid Closin gusiness done 100 Iki !antic &St Lawrence , all 77 80 stk tßoni.,Baroda&.Cent Ind( ico 95 to Gu. 5 per cent 18 I Do, Do. B; 16 15 1 d 204 [Buffalo and L axe Huron all 45 5 d 201 Do. New 10 Do. Preference ...... all 64 7 100 f Buffalo,Brant&Godrich 100 75 80 t 6 p, ct. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 100 Do. do. July 1, 167:1 100 67 72 100 Do. do. June 1, 1871 100 05 70 5 Clcutta.&S.Eastn. (Lim' 3 id pr 20 , ap, /C •, I , ,astn.Prov. (Lim 2s. 20 [CapcTown & Dock Scrip 5 14 1I d 20 iCeylon Guarantd. 6p. c 7/ 14 I d 174 , Demerara all -- 20 JEastn. Bengal go. sp, c 10 14 14 d stock !East Indian, gu. sp. c, 100 1005 105 1014 1 20 Do. F Shares Ext.._ all d pr 20 Do. Jubbulpore all d pr 100 Do. 41 pc. Debentra all 98 4 99 4 100 Do. sp. c. Deb., 1864 all 1004 1014 20 Geelong & Melbourne all stock 'Geelong Corporation percent. Bonds ..._ 100 stock'Grand Trunk of Canada 100 23 24 234 3 100 Do. 1 per cent. Pref all 78 HO 78 100 100 Do. Do. 7 6 p p e e r r c c t e . at D . e l b s e o n ) t.r all l l 8 4 7 8 6 5 0 2 4 00 100 8 i, Do. do. 1867 all 50 54 100 Do. do. 1872 stock Gt.lndiarenin.gua.sp.e lOO 971 9SI 20 Do. New , roa. sp. c 8 :d le 20 Gt. South.of India (Lim) guaranteed 5 per cent, all 2 14(1 201 Gt. W. of Canada Shares all 11 114 11 204 Do. New .. ....... 100 Do. Bonds pay. '76, with opt, till '6O 100 Do. do. '73 till '6O all 95 100 100 Do. do. '73 without opt all k , 3 96 100 Do. 54 p. c. do. '77 do all 90 03 stock Madras, guar., 41 p. c lOO 85 87 stock Do. do. 5 per cent lOO 955 436.5 stock Do. 44 p. c. Extension 100 885 895 20 Do. Fourth do l5 15 II d 20 Do. do all stock Melb.Corp. 6p. o. Bnds lOO 20 Newßrunswick k Ganda Ry.&Land(Lim.)g.6pc all 5 7 Class A Capital Share • . Do. do. Land do 20 Do. do. B Capital do. .. Do. do. Land do. 20 Owle (Limited) stock Scinde 20 Do. Punjaub 20 Do. Do. ......a s 2 all d stock Do. Indus. St. Flo. r, , c„..," 100 ,91 96 20 i StAndrews I Quebec A. 18 [ 10 'Trinidad (Lim.) Scrip.. 1 j 4 4d, FOREIGN RAILWAYS. 10 Antwerp & Rotterdam all 5 : 55 i 20 Ardenne5..............l all ' —pJ 20 JBah.&S.Fran..Lim.7p.c. 10 15 154 5 'Belgian East. Junction all 4 1 20 I Beziers to Graissessac.. all —. 6 [ ! Ca” - rteaux Mine & Rail all 10 11 100 ;Copiapo ........ & ...... all 10 1 Ditto Extension .... all 3 251 20 Dutch Rhenish ........ 16 2: 240 20 ,Eastern of France .... all 235 241 20 Gram? Rus. Guar. 6p. c. 6 20 Do. do. all 20 Great Central of France all 20 IGt. Luxem., Con. shs... all 64 :' 64 20 !Italian Junction ...... all 20 Lake Constance & Bale. all 20 ILierre & Turnhout .... all -- 20 . !Lyons & Geneva, ...... all 335 ',Maria Antonia .... . all 10 ,Do. New ..... ........ all 20 [Namur & Liege ........ all 74 , 7 4 20 Do. 6p. c. Pref......... all 194 201 16 Northern of France.... all 885 395 16 Do. New Shares l5 10 Norwegian Trunk Pref . . all 74 65 20 Paris,Lyons, & Mediter. all 351 384 20 Paris & 0r1ean5........ all 51 56 Recife & S. Fran. (Pern.) 20 ( / , gua. 7p. cf. Ern...—. 13 35 24d 20 Riga & Dunaburg...... 14 10 'Rome & Frascati 20 'Royal Danish all 5 Royal Swedish 4 Do. 7 per cent. Pref all 20 Sambre & Meuse 10 Do. 54 per cent. Pref all 84 sf 20 San Paulo, lim, g. 7p. c 2 1 4 d 20 S.Aust&Lonib Venetia 12 f d : d 131 20 Southern of France all 20 21 84 West Flanders l 0 Do. 51 p. c. Preference all 4 94 20 W. & N.W. of France 23Western of Austria 6 120 Western of Sw itzet land all 6 Wiesbaden 6 rpo. 8 per cent. Pref all 20 'Zealand BRITISH MINES., Share Mlnes, i Paid. Closing Buoitiess Price. tone - 20 I IA 13; Clifford I • l it r i t s lC l o r n o s n ols (Philael) 2.11.10 , l Devon G. Cons. (Tavist.)l 1 'East Bassett (Illog*an). • East Caradon .... , u 4 .6 ( 968 ";istli.), 7.4.0 .I(Gwen.)' 51t Great SoutlA Tolgus I 17s G G E.4 . l7ll : ll e Sß' s. t l u.A A ssu l e f b ci lv ..(Philaelc) 12.13.9 I G. Wheal l'or (llelston)' Ok , Grenville 5.14.6 'Herod's-Foot i 8.12 Illingsbon Downs 4.10.6 !Lady Bertha 'Margaret (Uny Lelant)[ ,North Downs 2 , North Frances (Mogan)! 111 ,N.Wh'l Bawd (1110 an)l 158 I 'North Wheal Crotty 9.18.9 'Par Consols (St. Illazey)1 lk 20 'l'rovidenee(Uny Lelnt.); 10.6.7 •Sortridge Cons. Min.Co.l 14s South Caradon(St.Cleer)l 11 S. Cam Brea (Mogan). • 1 1 S. Dev. Iron &G en., Lim.' all S.Wheal Fran. (Illozan)18.13, Stray Park 121.1 8 .0 '1 5 Tamar Silv.& Lead Min 4k 10 Tin Croit Vale of Towey (Carm )1,3s 6ct 'West Basset (Illog - an) 1 lk W. Caradon (Liskeard) 5 ,West Seton - ,Wheal Basset (Mogan), 5 ;Wheal BulleratedruthY 5 ',Wheal Edward (Cals.)i 12 Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant)i 1.7.2 - Wheal Mary Ann (Men.)i 8 ,Wheal Treiawney (Lis.) l 5. 3 3 / 4 4 1 2 220 410 420 120 125 104 11 111 11t 27 29 9 91 1 1} 3 31 1 1 1 1 32 14 31 31 11 1/ 54 50 31 41 4 5 4 5 13 11 94 11 45 47 1 11 300 31 21 31 , 1 1 115 155 49 51 21 21 51 51 171 ls3/4 71 78 140 0 3 1 7 25 ° 1135 145 1f 11 18 2G 22 1? 19 1 d 2 } 28} 29 dis. 43 45 8 10 t 2 2i 21 23 par ip 04 P pP id 5 6 t il 1 2 i 1 165 7i 117 * 27t 8 2 i 11 SUICIDE BY A FEMALE SERVANT.—Yesterday afternoon an inquest was held at the Barrack Tavern, Woolwich, on the body of Mary Ann M'Gowen, aged 18, a young woman in the service of Major-General Sir Richard Dacres, K.C.8., who committed suicide by taking poison on the previous Saturday night. It appeared from the evidence that the deceased was the daughter of Joseph M'Gowen, a gunner of Royal Artillery, and had formed an acquaintance with a young man belonging to the regi ment, which her parents did not approve. On the previous Saturday night she was observed to become suddenly ill, and staggered and fell. Dr. Evans, of the Royal Ordnance Hospital, was promptly in attendance, but life was found to be extinct ; and upon searching the deceased, a small bottle was found in her pocket which had contained . cyanide of potassium—a poison used for renovating gold lace—and to which the decease - a had access. The jury returned a verdict " That ° the deceased committed suicide by taking poiso , ':inilst labouring under temporary insanity." FROZEN TO DEATH AT AN OYSTIR STALL. — Last evening Dr. Challice, the deputy coroner for East Middlesex, held an inquest at the Marquis of Cornwallis public •house, Curtain-road, Shoreditch, relative to the death of Agnes Edgell, aged 73 years, who died from exposure to the weather, under the following circumstances:—lt ap peared from the evidence that the deceased had kept an oyster stall at the corner of Charles-street, Pitfield-street, and on Saturday night last she was seen sittir g on a chair by her stall. When her daughter and a lodger called upoß her and asked her if she wanted anything, she replied, "Yes, I am very cold." The daughter went for some tea and bread and butter, but about half-past 11 o'clock the deceased suddenly became ill, and died in hor chair before medical assistance could be got. The deceased had been in charge of the stall about 30 years, and was a decent woman, much noticed by her neighbours for her cleanly and sober habits. Mr. John G. Blackall, surgeon, of Pitfield-street, Hoxton, stated that the deceased was dead when he was called. Life had been extinct five minutes, and ho found her dead in a chair. He had mode a post mortem examination of the body and found that the various organs were healthy and free from disease. The heart and lungs were congested, and the immediate cause of death was cold and exposure to the severity of the weather. On the night in question the deceased complained of the cold, and had once had some warm rum and water, although she was an abstemious wo man. The jury returned a verdict that " the deceased died from congestion of the heart and lungs brought on by ex posure to the cold and inclemency of the weather while sitting at a public stall." Mr. E. Waller, the officer, said the deceased was well known among the inhabitants for her eccentric habits. A TERROR TO EVILDOERS.—Our contempo rary, the Invergordon Times, makes a terrible assault this week on one of the vices of the day. He says—" We have ourselves been considerably victimised by some advertising Medical Swindlers in London, whom we shall have ne hesi tt u a s ti t o h n e i a n denouncingofe b r y r e n s p a e m e e t i they v f ehi doI bills. The not forthwith viisn r y p e r m s c i tised by those impostors upon country journalists, at a dis tance from the scene of their nefarious practices, is beyond conception."—lnverness Courier. THE ABORIGINES OF NORTH AMERICA.—The - United States Commissioner for Indian Affairs, in his - report, states that during the year the Indians had enjoyed uninterrupted health; peace and plenteousness having led _ to that result. During the calendar year 2,924,069 dols. 65c. had boen paid to various tribes in money, goods, and provisions. Since 1857 nearly 31,000,000 acres had been obtained by treaty from the Indians at a cost of 3,726,880 dols., exclstaive of 632,400 acres sold in trust for the respec tive Indians. Some of the tribcr, were improving in civili zation, but ()there were ii3)4)ordinate and dieaatizfied. rEI)fFION. SUN OFFICE, 81:x o'clock. LON1)ON GAZETTE--(THIS EVILATLYO). LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, DEC. 24. Orders for the Court's going into m ourn i ng on Th urs d a y next, the 27th instant, for her late Majesty the Queen Dowager Desiree of Sweden and Norway, grandmother of the reigning King : The ladies to wear black silk, fringed or plain linen, white gloves, necklaces, and ear-rings, black or white shoes, fans, and tippets. The gentlemen to wear black full-trimmed fringed or plain linen, black swords and buckles. The Court to change the mourning on Thursday, the 10th of January next : The ladies to wear black silk or velvet, coloured ribbons, fans and tippets, or plain white, or white and gold, or white and silver stuffs, with black ribbons. The gentlemen to wear black coats, and black or plain white, or white and gold, or white and silver stuff waist coats, full trimmed, coloured swords and buckles. And on Thursday, the 17th of January next, the Court to go out of mourning. FOREIGN - -OFFICE, Nov. I.S. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Frede rick Jonson, Esq., now British Vice-Consul at Acapulco, to be her Majesty's Consul at Tainpico. FOREIGN-OFFICE, DEC. 21. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Henry Rhodes, as Consul for the Port of Victoria and other ports of Vancouver's Island, for the King of the Hawaiian Islands. The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Mr. Sigis mund Cahlmann as Consul in London for their Serene Highnesses the Princes of Schwarzburg Rudolstadt, and of Schwarzburg Sondershausen. BANKRUPTCIES ANNULLED, William Burgess, dealer in soap, Pimlico, Middlesex. Edward Barons Bowman, apothecary, Islington. William Thomas, publican, Cardiff. John Johnson, ; Richard Clarkson, and Frederick Fur ness, tailors, Ashton-under-Lyne. BANKRUPTS. John Griffith, bookseller, Hanway-street, Oxford-street, to surrender, Jan. 4, at two, and. Feb..B; at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Charles West, baker, Brasted, Kent, Jan. 8, at eleven, and Feb. 7, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy_ Nathaniel Shattswell Ilodger and Riiffaello Louis Gian donati, warehousemen, St. Paul's-churchyard, Jan. 8, at half-past one, and Feb. 7, at two, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. John Bound, draper, in the county of Brecon, Jan. 15 and Feb. 12, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. David Hollin, shoemaker, Leicester, Jan. 10 and 31, at eleven, at the Shirehall, Nottingham. George Bealey, innkeeper, Somerset, Jan. 7. and Feb. 4, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Peter Weston Ayles, builder, Weymouth, Jan. 4 and 31, at twelve, at the Exeter District Court. Matthias Wood, plumber, Barnsley, Yorkshire, Jan. 14, and Feb. 4, at eleven, at the Commercial-buildings, Leeds. John Dempsey, grocer, Hooley Hill, Audenshaw, Lan cashire, Jan. 10 and 31, at twelve, at tb.e Manchester Div trict Court. Robert Beard, wheelwright, Snow's-fields, Bermondsey, Jan. 9, at two, and Feb. 6, at twelve, at the Court of Bank raptg. John Hatfield, milliner, South 'Nl°lton-street, Oxford street., Jan. 8, at three, and Feb. 12, at half-past two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Joseph Agate, grocer, Emsworth, Hampshire, Jan. 8, at three, and Feb. 1 2, at half-past two, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. EXTRAORDINARY SCENE IN THE LOROucur COURT AT BOLTON-. On Saturday last a most extraordinary scene took place at the Bolton Borough Court, on the ocension of the examination of seven persons for intimidating the work-people ofMessrs. Hargreaves• Mr. Richardson, solicitor, appeared for the pro secution ; Mr. W. P. Roberts for the defence. John Clayton, of Blaekburn•road, - Little Bolton, was charged with assaulting Elijah Thwaites, one of the newly•engaged workpeople, and the bench, considering the case fully proved, committed the defendant to prison for one month. Mr. Roberts, however, gave notice of appeal, and bail was accepted for defendant's appearance at the March sessions. Samuel Entwistle, the secretary to the Weavers' Association, with several others, were then charged with intimidating Mary Thwaites, by burning an effigy, and a mob of persons surrounding her house, and breaking several panes of glass in the windows. They were all bound over to appear at the sessions. Samuel Entwistle was then charged with strik ing Esther Austerberev. The complainant deposed to being st ruc k on the head violently by Entwistle, when she was leaving the mill on Thursday night. She said she knew the defendant, and therefore could not be mistaken. Mr. Roberts said the statement of the wit ness could not be true, as h e . had his possession a telegram from Blackburn, requiring Entwistle's presence at Blackburn on that day, and a witness swore that defendant left Bolton at three in the :afternoon for Blackburn, and did not leave the latter place until after eight at night, and the assault complained of was committed at six o'clock. Under these circumstances the magistrates dismissed the case, believing that the complainant might be mistaken. Mr. Richardson having. made some remarks to the effect that the witnesses for the defence had conspired together and committed perjury in the first case, Mr. Roberts commented in most severe terms on the bench's decision in that case, observ ing that he had learnt what very little amount of evidence was necessary to convict a working man where one of the wealthier classes was the prose cutor—and all the working classes must be guilty of perjury whenever Mr Hargreaves prosecuted them ; that they had dreadful ,work to contend with in a manufacturing town, and it was a hard measure when the working man was left to the tender mercies of a bench of magistrates; that sich a decision as the bench had that day given was enough to justify violence and make rebellion lawful. Alderman Heywood, one of the magistrates, protested against the advocate's inflammatory lan guage, as calculated to engender bitter animosities between the employer and employed, and it was grossly insulting to the bench. Mr:Roberts then uttered a loudly defiant " Yah !" and turning round to the people in court, addressed some further remarks to them, who gave him their approval. He then commenced gesticulating vio lently, calling frequently upon the name of the " great God.__ - Alderman Heywood resented the remarks of Mr. Roberts as unjust, but was interrupted before he could conclude. Mr. Hey wood then said—Will you be silent, or we will commit you ; to which observation " Yah I" succeeded, more violent than before. The Mayor then remarked that it was wrong to charge the bench with dishonesty. Alderman Wolfenden also protested against the conduct of Mr. Roberts. Mr. Winder, magistrates' clerk, said—Mr. Roberts, you cannot be allowed to go on in this way ; and received the reply, " Hold your tongue, sir; you are not a magistrate, and never likely to be." Mr. Harris, superintendent of police, then inter fered, and said such browbeating could not be allowed ; and Mr. Winder said the only way would be to re move the browbeater. Mr. Roberts uttered an indescribable sound, more like a screech or howl, and in a fierce manner exclaimed to Mr. Winder, " Who the deuce cares for what you say ?" The bench then rose, threatening to break up the sitting if more becoming conduct was not observed, Mr. Heywood quitting the bench, declaring he would not sit to be so insulted. _ _ After further remonstrance Mr. Roberts cooled down, and the business proceeded, occasional sar castic allusions being made by him to what had already transpired.—Manchester Guardian. TRH SCREW PROPELLER,—Her Majesty's screw vessel Cygnet has just completed at Portsmouth a series of highly interesting and important experimental trials with the Griffiths propeller, testing some suggested improvements in its form by the patentee. These trials which have ex tended over a period of several weeks, have been conducted under the supervision of Mr. Lynn, of the Dockyard Steam Factory, Mr. Eames, Engineer of the Victoria, 131, screw, and the patentee, Mr. Griffiths. It has always been a great object with engineers to obtain greater propelling power froth the screw, without, at the same time, increasing its size, in order that screw ships with full power might be constructed with a light draught of water, and at the same time have the screw well immersed. The present trial in the Cygnet is the nearest approach to this yet attained, and a fair hope may be now entertained that, after having puzzled scientific men during the past 20 years, the marine screw propeller may for the future be more fully understood. It is now upwards of 10 years since Mr. Griffiths brought forward his theory of the screw, namely, that the centre part of the screw, equal to one-third its diameter, should be filled up, and the screw blades should be wide at the root, and tapering towards their extre mities, in contradistinction to the generally-received rule and the form of the Admiralty pattern. The improvements suggested by Mr. Griffiths on the form of his own screw, and which have now been tested in the Cygnet with the greatest success, consist of an addition of an an gular surface at the after edges of the screw blades, spring ing from their widest part, and increasing the width of the angulated portion as it proceeds outwards to the periphery or circumference of the blade. These angular surfaces stand at an inclination to the after face of the blades, and conse quently as they rotate the water, which has been acted on and put in motion by the fore part of the blade, is again struck by this after, or angulated portion, thus making the blades double acting, whereby, it is stated by Mr. Griffiths, smaller diameter of screw propeller may be used without decreasing the power employed or given by the larger diameter in the old form, the theory of this being that the front of the blade travels at the rate of 3,000 ft. per minute, while the root, or wider portion of the blade, only moves at the rate of 1,500. The water, being struck with the higher rate of velocity at the point of the blade, recedes off, and the after, or angulated portion, catching the same body of water, strikes it a second time. In the first trials the Cygnet's screw was 9ft. diameter, with a 12ft. pitch, the engines in this instance making 114 revolutions per minute. With the same screw reduced to 7ft. Gin. diame ter, and 12ft. pitch, with the angulated addition made to the blades, the revolutions of the engines were 108, while the speed of the ship was the same on both trials, the 7ft. bin. screw thus doing an equal amount of work with the 9ft. screw, and with less revolutions. The screw was after wards reduced to a 7-ft. diameter, with the same pitch as before. The result gave 111 revolutions, but the ship lost, a quarter knot in speed. The sternposts of the Cygnet are 12 inches in width, and as a matter of course produced a greater deteriorating influence upon the small screw than upon the larger one. The sphere in the smaller screw was also of the same size as in the larger one. Both these causes, therefore, militated much more against the smaller screw, notwithstanding its success, than is shown by the figures. It is a singular fact that the recent trials of the French authorities in th sir endeavours to obtain the same results which have now been achieved by these trials were conducted on the opposilk principle, and have failed. It is very probable that the Lairds of the Admiralty may carry out the experiments still further with a vessel of a larger class and power than the Cygnet. THE WINLATON AND URPETH MURDERERS.— The guilty men Smith and Lackey, who are now lying under sentence of death for the above murders in Durham County Gaol, were apprised yesterday that the law is to be left to take its coarse in both their oases. Mr. Justice Keat ing merely forwarded the recommendation of Smith to mercy, by the jury by whom he was tried, to the Home Secretary without adding any comment of his own. Both the convicts have been informed that Thursday next is the day fixed for their execution. Lockey, the Urpeth mur darer, has been visited by his son and daughter during the last week, but he has shown during his interviews with them an amount of callous heartlessness that is almost in credible. This apparent unconcern as to his fate has charac terised his conduct throughout. In his youth he excelled in athletic exercises, and he spends a great portion of his time now in recounting his past achievements, and in going through such exercises as are allowed by the prison autho rities. Smith, the murderer of Baty, at Winlaton, appears to be quite destitute of friends, and he has been visited by none of his old associates since his condemnation. Ho feels veryacutely his terrible position, and be suffers as much in his body as mentally. The Bishop of Durham preached in the chapel prison on Sunday week, and after the service had private interviews with both the convicts in the chap lain's room. DEATH FROM DESTITUTION.--A deaf and dumb man, living in Hedge .cottages, Chapel street, Edgware road, was found yesterday by on e of his neighbours to be in dying state, apparent ly from th e want of the necessaries of life. He had only an &ail jacket and ragged pair of trousers to cover him, and looked. ens if he had not had food for days. ' He was taken upon a serf 3tcher to the Maryleb one W ork house, and properly attex aled to , but he died in a n hour or two after his admission. His name was Robert Hussey, and he was about 45 years old. METROPOLITAN FREE HOSPITAL, DEVONSLIIRE SQUA RE, CITY.—The aggregate number of patients rel ie ved during the week ending December 22 was—medical ' 81,6 , surgical, 354—total, 1,;00, of which 272 were new en 4, vs. FOREIGN MINES. 20 Australian 1 [Bon Accord Copper,Lim., 35 ißrazil. Imp. (is. at £5 p.)j 20 ID9.St.Johndel 5 Do.L and and illmingCoi 1 Clarendon Cons.MinCod 40 Cobre Copper 1 I Copiapo 1 tr)unMoun.Cop.lNling.Co' 2 fFortuna. 20 General 2 !Gt. N. Cop. of S. Austr. • I Kapunda (Limited) 'Linares 5 ILusitanian 1 Mariquita 1 N.RhineCopotS.Aus.L ,' 20 IPontgibaud Silver,Lei4 Mining and Smelt 5 :Port Philip 1 :Scottish Austrin. 281.8 f United Mexican 1 :Worthing (Limited) 1 Do all 1 10s. all all 19s. 1 all A2s.6d. SCOTCH BANKRUPTS. Mrs. Elizabeth Winning or M'Farlane, grocer, Balmore. Selingshire. James King, builder, Houston, Ronfrewshire. Rankin and Gray, carvers and gilders, Glasgow. James Johnson, grocer, Gallowgate, Glasgow: Henry G. Millar, grocer, Greenock. Robert Wigham or Whigham, draper, Edinburgh. Anthony Thomson, jun., farmer, Proudland, Ayrshire. Andrew Peddie, smith and wright, Shettleston, near Glasgow. Alexander Leask and Son, flaxsiinners, West Mill, Blairc , owrie, Frederick h James Glendonwyn, Esq., M.D.. Parton houso, Kirkcudbrightshire THE GRAN CHACO. Of all the tracts of wild. territory existing in South America, and known by the different appel lotions of Pampas, Paramos, Campos Parexis, the Puna, the Pajonal, Llanos, and Montanas, there is none possessed of a greater interest than that of El Gran Cnaco—perhaps net one that equals it in this respect. It is interesting, not only from having a peculiar soil, climate, and productions, but quite as much from the character and history of its inhabitants—both of which present us with traits and episodes truly romantic. The " Gran Chaco" is 200,000 square miles in extent, or twice the size of the British isles. Its eastern boundary is well de- fined, being the Paraguay river, and its continua tion the Parana, down to thvoint where the latter receives one of its great western tributaries—the Salado ; and this last is usually regarded as the southern and western boundary of the Chaco. North ward its limits are scarcely so definite, though the highlands of Bolivia and the old missionary pro vinc3 of Chiquitos forming the watershed between the rivers of the La Plata and the Amazonian ba- sins—may be geographically regarded as the termi nation of the Chaco in that direction. North and South it extends through eleven degrees of lati tude ; east and west is of unequal breadth—some times expanding, sometimes contracting, according to the ability of the white settlers along its borders to maintain their frontier. On its eastern side, at already stated, the frontier is definite, and termi nates on the banks of the Paraguay and Parana. For a thousand miles up and down the two- races, Europeans and Americans, hold the opposite banks of this great stream. They gaze across at each other : the one from the portico of his well-built mansion, or perhaps from the street of the town ; the other, standing by his humble " toldo," or mat coloured tent—more probably upon the back of his half-wild horse, reined up for a moment on some projecting promontory that commands a view of the river. And thus have these two races gaped at each other for three centuries, with little other intercourse passing between them than that of a deadly hostility. The surface of the Gran Chaco is throughout of a champaign charac ter. It may be described as a vast plain. It is not, howdver, a continuation of the Pampas—since the two are separated by a more broken tract of country, in which lie the sierras of Cordova and San Luis, with the Argentine settlements already mentioned. Besides, these two great plains differ essentially in their character, even to a greater ex tent than do the Pampas themselves from the desert steppes of Patagonia, Only a few of the animal and vegetable productions of the Gran Chaco are identical with those of the Pampas, and its Indian inhabitants are altogether unlike the sanguinary savages of the more southern plain. The Chaco, approaching many degrees nearer to the equa tor, is more tropical in its character; in fact, the northern portion of it is truly so—lying as it does within the torrid zone, and presenting the aspect of a tropical vegetation. Every inch of the Chaco is within the palm region ; but in its northern half these beautiful trees abound in num berless species, yet unknown to the botanist, and forming the characteristic features of the landscape. Some grow in forests of many miles in extent, others only in " clumps," with open grass-covered plains between, while still other species mingle their graceful fronds with the leaves and branches of dicotyledonous trees, or, clasped in the embrace of luxuriant llianas and parisitical climbers, form groves of most variegated verdure and fantastic outlines. With such groves the whole surface of the Chaco country is enamelled; the intervals between occupied by plains of rich waving grass, now and then tracts of morass covered with tall and elegant reeds, a few arid spots brist ling with singular forms of algarobia and cactus, and, in some places, isolated rocky mounds, of dome or conical shape, rising above the general level of the plains, as if intended to be used as watch towers for their guardianship and safety. Such are the landscapes which the Grau Chico presents to the eye —far different from the bald and uniform monotony exhibited in the aspect of either Prairie or Pampa ; far grander and lovelier than either—in point of scenic loveliness, perhaps, unequalled on earth. No wonder, then, that the Indian of South America esteems it as an earthly Elysium; no wonder that the Spaniard dreams of it as such —though to the Spanish priest and the Spanish soldier it has ever proved more of a purgatory that a Paradise. Both have entered upon its borders, but neither has been able to dwell within its domain ; and the attempts at its conquest, by sword and'cross, have been alike un successful—equally and fatally repulsed, through out a period of more than 300 years. At this hour, as at the time of the Peruvian conquest—as on the day when the ships of Mendoza sailed up the waters of the Parana—the Gran Chaco is an unconquered country, owned by its aboriginal inhabitants, and by them alone. It is true that it is claimed both by Spaniard and Portuguese ; and by no less than four separate claimants belonging to these two nation alities. Brazil and Bolivia, Paraguay and the Ar gentine Confederation, all assert their title to a slice of this earthly paradise; and even quarrel as to how their boundary lines should intersect it ! Odd People, by Captain Mayne Reid. THE POTATO CROP IN SCOTLAND.- STRATHSPEY, GRANTOWN. — In the course of the season it was predicted that the potato and turnip crops would be over an average. Both crops have proved very abundant. A diseased potato is a thing almost unheard of, and the crop is not only abundant, but of good quality. We have just seen some very fine samples of turnips from the farms of Inverallan and Ballifortla, in the shop of Mr. Gordon, merchant, from whom the seed was procured, eight in number, and all about the same size. We give the dimensions of two of th em ; green top yellow globe, 28 inches in circumference, and we i g h i ng 131 b. ; purple top whit e g l o b e, 27 i nc hes in circumference, and weighing 121 b. Judging from these, and that no great search had been made for large speci mens, we m ay safely conclude that th e t urn i p cro p is a MY flue one,—lnverness TEE BRITIS.H LEGION. (EXTRACT FROM A . PRITATE LETTER.) BATTERY AT ST. ANGELO, BEFORE CAPUA, Nov. 14, 1860. We landed at Naples on the 15th of October, one month to-morrow (which appears more like as many years), left for and arrived at Caserta about 7 o'clock in the morning of the 16th drawn up in line, and the brave general rode down our front ; from here we were marched to our quarters, a wing of the ex- King Bomba's palace, four times the size of Buck ingham Palace—a magnificent edifice. Our quarters for sleeping consisted of straw on stone floors. The garden attached to the palace is the second in the world, and of which I will give you a glowing de scription when next I see you. Breakfast at quality hours, varying from 11 a.m. till 3 and 4 p.m , consisting . of half a pint of sour wine a n d bread—exceedingly fattening. Left Caserta, of little importance (filled with military), on the morn ing, at daybreak, of the 17th, for Santa Maria, a distance of three miles, another town filled with military. It was here that we beheld the town of Capua, a distance of two miles and a-half from the heights of an old amphitheatre, the head-quarters of the famed Hannibal ; on the morning of the 19th, at 4 a.m., for the front, after marching for some distance, till we arrived abreast of San Angelo; we branched off across ploughed fields under cultiva tion, and beautiful vineyards, until we arrived at a farmhouse ; there took up our position behind a good English hedge, enclosing a vineyard and orchard ; after a short stay we received orders to march forward as supports to 4th and 7th com panies, the 2d supporting us, and the Grenadiers to the right to defend a battery, the Bth, 9th, and fith being to the extreme left, and relieved us about 7 p.m., when, positioned behind a farmhouse, well to the front, and where we lost all our men. After marching from the orchard, a distance of say 1,100 yards, we received orders to halt, this being a small thinly-timbered bit of ground at the edge of a small plain ; it was here the enemy first espied our red coats; being a conspicuous target they opened very heavy upon us from their batteries to the right, half-face, and from their Riflemen (Swiss and Bava rians, between 3,000 and 4,000 strong) in front,. we caught it very sharp here, the trees being but little protection, none more than twelve inches in diameter ; every minute shell flew and burst around us, splintering the trees and uprooting the ground, and the bullets whizzed past us as if it were a hail shower. Well, Harry, I ,thought, you are in for it now, hot and strong; of course I felt ner vous, being my first time under fire, and frightfully weak, with severe dysentery. After remaining here some 20 minutes, advance was the word, across the plain, at the double (having to cross a beauti ful limpid stream), exposed fearfully to theenemy's shell, round shot and bullets, up the hill to a farmhouse, when an awful sight met our gaze, poor Tucker, the correspondent of the Illustrated Lon don News, being carried to the rear by four com rades, a bullet having passed through his left temple, and Mitchell laying dead under the wall, his breast literally covered with blood from a wound below the heart, and several wounded were lying around, and not a doctor on the ground. We (No. 1) were now extended to the right and left in skirmishing order (accompanied by the Bersaglieri Rifles, splendid fellows, and as cool as snow) ; we took up our position behind trees of from 5 to 11 inches in diameter, which was poor covering, especially wearing our scarlet uniform. However, we went to work at the royalists eagerly, and got it very hot from their shell and bullets in return ; more or less now fell killed and wounded, some most hor ribly from pieces of shell. We kept it up in good style until seven o'clock, when we fell in and were relieved for the night. The firing had now slackened materially, and we left the ground for a farmhouse in the rear, cooked some coffee, and eat some bread about eight o'clock, being our first taste for 29 hours, not having had anything from three o'clock on the 18th. After breakfast at night we buried poor Tucker in the adjoining garden, all the men forming a square round the grave ; .two drummers, one at each end of the grave with a long candle, the adjutant at the head .of the grave, and Colonel Peard behind him • and the officers around made the scene a solemn and imposing one, and many were the moans and tears which dropped from the lips and eyes of his companions in arms. We planted slips of rose trees, &c., around, covering in his grave, and placing a suitable inscription on the head-stone : He fought and died for Italian liberty." At nine o'clock we rolled ourselves up in our blankets on the straw in the farmyard ; the enemy not know ing our position did not throw their shell in amongst us, but sent them whizzing over heads all night at short intervals. At three o'clock next morning, the 20th, I volunteered, with 39 others, to man an English battery, all picked men. From this date we have had nothing to do whatever with the English battalion, and Colonel Peard, and the complaints laid against them. The colonel wahave to do with is Dowling, a true bit of British pluck. He is well worthy of his name, and cannot be spoken of in too great terms. He has done every thing for our comfort since we joined the artillery. We marched to Caserta to get our guns. Left for Volturno on the 24th to throw a bridge across the river ;, accomplished the task in eight hours; very heavy work, and up to our armpits in water. We have received great praise for this piece of work, and took the first artillery gnat; across. The whole of Garibaldi's army, and Sardinians attached to him, crossed during the night and following day, it being the only bridge placed over the Volturno. The following are the names of the British artil lery who built the bridge across the Volturno, a distance of 120 yards, not, as the Times has it, be tween 20 and 30 yards. The part of the bridge which broke down twice was not built by us at all; we had nothing to do with it only to clear away the wreck for the Piedmontese artillery to rebuild a distance of not more than 20 yards at the outside : Dowling, Colonel : Edenborough, Henry, Cap. tain and Adjutant, Kensington, London; Kendall, Richard, of Newcastle; Blackett, Frederic, of Leeds; Hill, John Munro, of Edinburgh ; Hill, Henry George, of Bristol; Sirrelle, Nicholas Holder, of Hereford; Leader, Leonard, of County Cork ; Wrixon, Nicholas, of County Cork ; Eyre, J. Mack lin, of Newcastle; Dunbar, C. S., of Portsmouth ; Morton, George P., ditto ; Brown, Josiah Wayman, of Clifton, Bristol ; Hinton, John, of Manchester ; James, John Rees, of Chiselhurst ; Dormiston, Thomas, of Newcastle; Hoare. Edward, of Ciren cester ; Flocton, Squire, of Romferd ; Flocton, Webster, of Romford ; Aldridge, John, of London ; Branscombe, Charles Coles, of Surrey . ; Jamieson, Thomas, of Queenstown M'Donald, John, ditto; Aitkenhead, Alexander, of Glasgow ; Burns, James, ditto; Geneste, Louis, ditto; Adam, Alfred, ditto; Calder, Frederic John, ditto; Seeley, James, ditto. The following have since left and been replaced by others : Williamson, Adamson, Bradbury, Nuttall, Jones, Phillips, Burleigh, King, Keating, Rushborough, Ramsden, Jackson. After the completion of the bridge at 10 p.m. we sat on the opposite bank of the Volturno, eating our bread and drinking our wine, admiring with true English sang froid the novel spectacle presented to our view. The moon, as if to honour the occasion, threw her beams more brilliantly than usual upon the scene. The rapid waters of the Volturno reflected her rays like a sheet of silver, and p.ayed upon the bayonets of the troops as they wended their way across with a silent and measured tread. It was truly a magnificent spectacle. Looking down the river towards Capua, the ruins of a Roman bridge stood out in dark relief. Across the river stood the remnants of a ferry-house, its walls and battered roof showing a stern memorial of the celebrated Ist of October ; it was taken and retaken five different times before the Garibaldians obtained final possession of it. On the right of thisad been were the remains of a sand-bag battery, which h completed to cover us while building the bridg d e, so nobly defended by our gallant colonel on that . d a • y. On the left another half-finished battery, in a is tinctly discerned. The camp fires aroun us whizzed and crackled ; the hum of voices and steady tread of troops could not fail to impress upon us that something great was impending. On the 26th, at sunset, we received orders to marc h immediately for Calvi, a distance of twelve miles, over a very ragged road. On a rriving at a deserted village two guides awaited us, and led the van over such roads and throug h such passe s as called forth exp l r l ess a i n o d ns th o e f g reat surprise . The moon was at its fa distant Apennines, covered with snow, did not fail to strike the i magination that the scenery around wa s of extreme grandeur. We arrived a t th e bridge at Calvi about 12 o'clock, tired, and wer e only too glad to lie down on our bed of straw in a stable. On the following morning the general and his staff halted at our door, and quenched their thirst. The general wore his usual dress—a red shirt, with handkerchief tied round the neck and hanging loosely down his back. It was here I bad a good opportunity of judging the man. He apPear s everything that has been said. of him, and vo g t ' s iffable with us as if we were his most intimate friends. His appearance bore strong harassing duties he has had to contend with. Later in the morning the King Victor Emma . nue ; pa ss( d marks of the , s a fine our quarters, with a few of his staff. y inch a 501_ looking fellow, and I should say eve*" y about 10 dier. At night, whilst I was p.m., one of our cavalry rode d the word, and past the the cry of " Neapolitan cavalry !" cur men were ready in two of all corners ;but infdesusstes at their posts, and prepared to sweep the roa we were not troubled, it beiaLaufpalse alarm, Whilst for rations. Our quartered here we were drlV colonel kindly shared his loaf with us. A little ' incident worthy to be mentioned o f th e man h as I just been brought under my'notiee. A little time before starting for Calvi he broke a blood vessel, which caused great weakness, but finding one of our company, a cripple, having run a spike nail into his foot, and limping much, he insisted upon his mounting his horse, and for a distance of eight miles he marched on foot with us. I merely men tion this to show of what material the man is made in comparison with the colonel of the English Legion. On Sunday morning, the 21st, at daybreak, we marched back to St. Angelo with the main body. We were just in front of the geheral and hie staff, which afforded him a good opportunity of judging the 40 British boys of the English artillery. On arriving at the bridge over the Volturno we found it had again given way on the side just repaired by the Piedmontese artillery. This occasioned a halt of some hours, and enabled us to get a swim in the river, but prevented our getting any rat,ons until the next morning; therefore, turn in, was the word, on straw and an empty stomach. Our battery at San Angelo, rising some hundred feet above the vast plain in front covered a ith beautiful vineyards and dotted with farm-houses, encircled by the Apennine s , and commanding a splendid pviieedwhoyf ourthe citybesi besieging Capua, and of the position occu troops, at once impresses the mind with the contrast between the beauties of nature and the desolations of war. For several days we witnessed the dashing exploits of the Garibalt • dians on the plain before Capua, as they repulsed the vigorous and oft-repeated sorties of the royalists. Our general, quickly tiring of this waste of time, resolved upon bringing the siege to an i s sue, and, much against his inclination, as he was loth to in jure the property and endanger the lives of the peaceful inhabitants, gave them 24 hours to capitu late, or the option of 1,200 shells being throw n into the town ; but from the repeated firing of one of their largest guns, which we had christened', Tom Sayers," we could easily imagine that they had rx , inclination to adopt the more merciful proposal e f our general, or, in other words, " Tom Sae erg' " backers would not throw up the sponge without another round or two. At 4 p.m an the Ist of Nov, the 24 hours having expired, the signal t o eons mence the bombardment was given by the hoisting of a red flag on the heights above us: Then fol lowed a scene novel to me, and of which the impres sion will be indelible. From all sides our guns opened with a roar upon the city famed for having for months defied the efforts of two of the world's most renowned generals. As the evening closed the scene improved in grandeur. The passage of the shells through the air was plainly discernible as they converged from the different points of attack upon Capua. The result of each shell was made perceptible by the explosion throwing its towers in strong relief againstthe darkened sky. A garden battery to our right received some severe hitting and frequent visits from the shells of " Sayers." A mor tar battery to our left nearly silenced by the well directed shells of another gun of heavy calibre, which we christened " Jack Heenan." Away to the S.W. the Sardinian gunners played upon the town with good effect. At half-past twelve a blue light e a r p e p e e n a a r h ed le t t o o i t o he S.W, we terpret bpoint whichofth w e acity, intended wbich by the enemy tat ndicate a cessation of hostilities and confirmed at day-break by a white flag floating from one of the principal t o tiers. This day the terms of capitulation were a gree d to. On the fol lowing morning we were among the first at the gates, and witnessed the marching out and piling arms of 9,000 Neapolitan prisoners, as well as the entrance of our troops. Immediately after I strolled through the city and viewed the destruction com mitted by our shells, one of which passed through the roof of the principal chapel, elaborately painted and decorated with gilded images. The town has nothing to recommend itself save its chapels and hospitals, the latter being ill-ventilated and filthy ; ' but as to the fortifications I cannot speak in too high terms, and if manned by British troops would hold out against united Italy. On our return we took a stroll over the ground, viewed the farm house of the memorable 19th October; its front was one mass of ruins, and all around the ground lay strewn with bullets, round shot, and large pieces of 12 and 18 inch shell, and at short distances graves whero our comrades had been buried in a hurried manner during the engagement. Bearing away to our right other farm horses presented to our sight the de struction committed by the enemy's fire. Now let us draw a veil over the past and speak of the sunny side of the picture. Directly after the cessation of hostilities it was pleasing to behold the return of the peaceful inhabitants to their cottages, so recently occupied by rude soldiers, who had left traces of their destruetive propensities on the walls, furni ture, and roofs, and everything comeatable in the shape of wood, and as far as the eye could reach they might be seen tilling their small farms and trimming their vines, working early and late. We likewise turned our attention to peaceful avocations bydigging the little garden in front of our villa, and laying in a stock of fire wood for the winter. H av i ng h ear d that a beau! iful view was to be obtained from the top of a mountain directly above San Angelo, I, accompanied by three comrades, started at an early hour and accomplished the ascent after three hours' arduous exertion, and was repaid tenfold on arriving at the summit by the view obtained. Several thousand feet below us lay Capua, amidst vineyards and gardens lovely to behold. Extending our view the sea met the eye covered with sails, and encir cling the islands of Ischia and Capri. Turning to the right might be seen the Apennines covered with snow and sparkling in the midday sun, and the Volturno meandering through the vast plain lying at their base. In the back ground. might be Santa Maria,, Cassinova, and Caserta, with its beautiful palace and gardens. To complete the picture, Vesuvius in the far distance emitted its never-ending volumes of smoke, and at its feet lay Naples and its lovely bay; and now descending on the other side of the mountain through intricate passes and thick underwood, I arrived at our villa as the rays of the Setting sun gilded the distant peaks of the mountains before Gaeta, the last stronghold of the tyrannical Botnba. Enclosed is a rose plucked by my hand from the garden where poor Tucker is buried. We visited his grave just now, and were pleased to find that due respect is paid to it. I got leave to go to the front fora.little sport a few days before the Ist November. I. Whilst; . firing alongside one of my friends, a Bersag iert, I was struck in the thigh by a spent bullet, and h a d likeness which I carried in my pocket was smashed s d m s a h s a e which prevented its doing injury. w wo ou rk nd o e n d. that We day,lose moreand lo st men over than 3OO has ever killeda been k tk n i o e w le n t . ter U , thoughts epprov .e l d w of o , u i l t d is n o la t g s u e e n s d . tion if the editor would return it, and as . . have if not because,pnnst'nn Ikept no diary, I s h o ul a d ed lik eh e o a ol c d op t y ho o r f e t fe h r e e rn au er g d g e e n e t t s , London, for you to take this them to to make if f t y s o o u m some re future going o l letter e r withbetter than you all,a nd i fl tooleave it it withmuch tthr a copy from where I mark. E OR XTRADINARY 111EDDL12VG OF RO.VAN CATHOLIC PRIEST. The guardians of the Cardiff Poor-law Union devoted a considerable part of their Saturday's meeting to the investigation of a singular charge of meddling with paupers brought against a Roman Catholic priest named Perrin. The inquiry or i e i na ted in the complaint of a woman named Mar garet Collins, who st a t ed that the priest had stru ck her with a cane for not g oin gtoth a erosary, o ne of the services of his church. She G a ans d the ataldi a letter , admitted, the R touch, u i) ch r. , had however,been received that it f was rom a mere principal priest , stating that there h a d been no intention to inflict chastisement, expressing regret that there should be even an app co mplaint, and saying he would p t ßearance for any ake care to guard_ against any repetition of th e matter. - The most remarkable statement Wa s Mary Jane Leger, wh o i s that of a g i e rl_n e af 'd . She said she was ill in san inmate of th a E t shege had picked up, wh en bedhe , and readin g book h had given her that book to read. asked_ hq h w i ' m that no one had given it to her She told it taken up herself, , but she had upon which he said, g , Do u know that the book has been' so b the Pope !" The ordered to be burnt X book was " Un c l e Tom's C a bin. Ho said the Pope had so ordered it, and that all such rubbish ought to lee burnt. H e further raid that it was enough to bring any one to damnation, as it contained a lot of hypocrisy a nd lies. A woman na m ed Lo u i sa Owen, who has for m erly led a loose life, but has been converted, and is now employed as a sort of female iniosionary amongst females of aband o ned was c alled before the board, and in pursuits,answ o questions said she was a Baptist. She a in the Refuge, and heard the priest say that 9, tm c ie Tom's Cabin" ought to be burnt, and so oug ht the person who belonged to it. He said to her (Owen) that he hoped she was not damn ing herself by interfering with the Catholics. I n the discussion which ensued the guardians generally,expressed surprise that such an intolerant condemnation of a work so moral and even reli gious in its teachings should he possible in this nineteenth century. A resolution was also adopted directing the priests to be admitted to the union when their presence was required by any of the inmates. SKATING AND THE PARKS.—The severity of the weather has given increased stability to the ice in the parks —but at all parts it is not equally strong. Yesterday • man imprude❑tly passed beyond the limit marked as safe, and lost his life by his temerity. His name was not known. Immersions occurred in every ornamental water in London, but they were not Attended with loss of life. ---tea..---n~ h \ ~y..