The Sun. — London, England, 1866-01-01 00:00:00

!TONEY MARKET - 'AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The Stock Exchange has been closed by order of the committee,• and a holiday generally observed. The Money Market is active, and the brokers evince a disinclination to take even the best short dated paper at less than the official minimum, and there are many who would not be surprised if a further advance were made on Thursday in the Bank rate to check the outflow of the precious metals. The advices f rom mos t o f t h e manufactur i ng dis tricts represent that the observance of the Christmas holidays has in a great measure caused a suspension of business operations during the past week ; a cheerful tone, however, prevails in most depart ments. The Asia has arrived from America with £3,047. The amount of £50,000 in sovereigns was taken out of the Bank on Saturday afternoon for Alex andria, and £12,000 in bar gold for the continent. It has been announced that Mr. Crum Ewing, M.P., and Mr. Frederick Lubbock have joined the board of the Colonial Company. The directors of the St. John d'el Rey Mining Company (Limited) have received per Douro the following report, dated Morro Velho, November 29, 1865 :—Produce, second division of November, 10 days, 13,189 oitavas ; yield, 8.030 oitavas per ton. Continued deficiency in water power. Remittance received, 94,361 oitavas. BRITISH FUNDS-CLOSING PRICES. SATURDAY. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 8 per Ce n t. C onso l s Do. Account, Jan. 9 86f 3 per Cent. Reduced 1 New 3 p er C ent B6 f t New 24 per Cent. Jan. 1894 — Do. 5 per Ceut. Jan. 1873 Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 Do. for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 — Do (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug., 1908 — Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 3 per Cent. 6 3 6 3 Do. £5OO Do £lOO and £2OO Bank of England Stock, 5 per Cent Do Account INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Indian Stock, 104 per Cent., AprillB74 — Do Account Do. 5 per Cent. July, 1870 Do. 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 Do. Certificates Do. Enlaced Paper 4 per Cent — Do. 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 Do. 54 per Cent., May 1879 — Do. 4 per Cent., Aug. 1866 984 Do. Bonds, £l,OOO — Pm Do. under £1 000 — FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent, 1859 — Brazilian 5 per Cent - Do. 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60 Do. 1863 Do. 1865 41 Do Account 7 51 Do. Scrip, £25 paid Baenos Ayres 6 per Cent — Do. Account Do 1 per Cent. (Deferred 3 per Cent ) Chili= 44 per Cent Do. 3 per Cent — Colombian 6 per Cent. Cuba, 6 per Cent. Danish 3 per Cent., 1825 — Do. 4 per Cent., 1863 — Do. 5 per Cent., 1773-77, .£25 paid — Danubian Principalities Do Account 75 Equador New Consolidated, 1 per Cent — Do., Provisional Land Warrant — Egyptian 7 per Cent Do., Second Issue Do £lOO Bonds ~, — Do. 1864 9 14 Do £lOO Bonds 92 Greek 5 per Cents., 1824-5, ex Coupons Do. Account — Do. Coupons Do. Account Guatemala 5 per Cent. — Do .£B6 paid - Do. 1839 and 1850 - Italian 5 per Cent, 1865 - Do. Account Do. Maremmana Railway Do Scrip, .£671 paid Do 5 per Cent., 1864 Mexican 3 per Cent Do. Account Dn 1864 Do 6 per Cent. Anglo-French..... Do French. Scrip, Ex. 25f 20c M ontevidean 6 per Cent., £3O paid Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent ..... New Granada .. . Do 2 per Cent - Do Deferred .... . .... • Do Land Warranis (Hectares) .... Do. 6 per Cent, 1864 Peruvian 44 per Cent ....▪ .... Do. Account .................... ........ ... _.. - Do Scrip, £45 paid, paid in . BOncl; DDo 3 per Cent. (Uribarren) 041 per Cent., 1862 Portuguese 3 per Cent., 185 ' 3 . ... -. Do Apex Ce nt., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, '62, '3, — } Rccoun ........ .. . . . .............. Russian 5 per C en t. , 1822, X . St —461 Do 41 per Ce n t. 18 50 ............. Da 41 per Cent., 1860 ....... . 89 4 Do 3 per Cent. 1859 1 454 Do 5 pe r C ent. 1862 89 Do 5 . per Cent. 1864 Sardinian 5 per Cent Do Account Spanish 3 per Cent Ditto account Do New Deferred Do Account —Do Passive SpanishDo Account .. . . ......... . . ... .. . Cert. of Coup not funded DoAccount ...... . .......... Swedish 4 per Cent. .. Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854. Do. 41 per Cent. 1864. Do Account Do 6 per Cent. 1858 Do Account - Do. 11 per Cent — Do 6 per Cent. 1862 Do Account —Do £lOO Bonds - i Do 6 per C ent., 1863 —Do 5 per Cent. 1865 Do Scrip, £35 paid Do Account Do £ICO Bands Do. 4 per Cent. Guaranteed — Venezuela 3 per Cent. — Dividends on the above payable in London. Austria; 5 par Cent., Ex. 10 Florins Belgian 41 per cent. Ex. 25f. Dutch 24 re" (lout., Ex. 12 Guil Do. 4 per Cent. CertificaLes French R entes 3 per Cent. -- Italian 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25f. — Consols f or money TWO O'CLOCK. D. Do. Ac count, 241- We have reason to believe that her Majesty has signified her intention to confer the Grand Cross of the Bath, left vacant by the death of Lord Palmerston, on Sir Robert Peel. The circumstances under which this mark of Royal favour is conveyed . are peculiar. In the desire to make some acknowledgment of Sir Robert's en ergetic and effective assistance, the 'Government had already offered him a peerage ; but the right hon. gentle man, for the second time within fifteen years, courteously declined the proffered dignity ; preferring, as his father had done before him, to remain in that House of Parlia ment which is the real vantage-ground of political action. The same reasons will scarcely apply to the present dis tinction, which, although not in popular estimation so exalted; is unattended by the inconvenience of carrying With it any practical change of position ; while it yet pos sesses a considerable significance, The Grand Cross is seldom conferred upon civilians, unless they are already of noble rank; and we are not aware of any commoners who actually hold it, except three or four, and they are, or have been, Cabinet Ministers. Nor do we recall any precedent of its bestowal on a statesman still so young as Sir Robert Peei. We understand that Mr. Edward Buller, the member for North Northamptonshire, is to be created a baronet. THE CORPORATION Op LONDON AND THE CATTLE PLAGUE.--A Anal meeting of the Cattle Plague Committee appointed by the corporation of London for the purpose of endeavouring to establish sanatoria for the treatment of cattle afflicted with the plague was held on Saturday, at the Mansion-house, for the Purpose of wind ing up its affairs. The committee having in vain endea voured to induce the Government to sanction the rinciple of establishing sana t or i a i n diff eren t di s t r i c t s of the metro polis, and the proposal having also been regarded very apathetically by the public, so far as the subscription of money Was concerned, the committee, at a meeting held in October last, resolved that it was useless for them to act, as no good was likely to result from their proceedings, and it was agreed that the money which had been received should be returned after the necessary expenses had been deducted. Mr. Gibbs, the secretary to the committee, now reported that the total amount of money received was £1,650, which included a donation of £l,OOO by the cor =lon_ of London, and several other sums from dif raeat uitY companies and persons connected with the ardly tide in the metropolis, the general public having subscribed h expended, anything to the fund. The amount principally in advertising, was a little over £l6O, or about 10 per cent. on the sum ' received ; and a formal resolutio c o returned. The co • passed that the money should be lonlittee than separated, SHAR'Z. MA.RKETS, Share► Railways. (Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Cambrian Cork and 8and0n...... 93 95 27 128 94 96 13 15 41 51 68 72 70 72 'Cornwall ..... Dublin & Belfast Junc. Dun„Perth, & A b.Junc. ll. London, scrip Certi. Do. Glasgow & S. Western Great Eastern, Ord. stk. Do. E. Angl. st. No. 2 Great North of Scotland 'Great Northern 112 111 1 42 0 71 6il 12ii 127 145 147 DJ. A stock Do. B stock Do. New. Is. at 25 pm GtS. and W. of Ireland Western I) S. Val. Rail gua. Do. South Wales Do. W. Alid.—Oxlord Do. Newport Do. liereford 92 94 53; L 9 38 40 13 37 04 4 , 5 122 :7,3 0) 62 102 104 37 31) 50 62 125; 1201 95 9 6 62 63 1374 178 ! 3} Iltp 1 101 10 p Lane tshire Yorlinhirc; .ndon and Blackwall Lon., Brigh.,A S Coast Lon., chat., and Dover Do. Metrop. Ex. A Lon. ez North Western Lon. & South Western 'Man., Shet., & Lincoln Metropolitan.... Do. New Do. Extension Metropolitan District. — Do do. a 6- 7 — Do. and St. John' alV'd Ilid.and Do. £9 Share Do, ttirmin & Derby %lid Kent 123 123 11 111 93 95 North British Do. Ed., Pth , & Dun Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do. Ci.N•E purchase Do. Leeds Do. York Do. Carlisle Do. :Aock. & Darling., Do. do. 1860-61 North London Do. do. 1864 L 7 59 7 29 1101 114 72 73 10ii 1054 38 37 10 11 Pi 126 128 2 2pi 2 2t pl 75 76 ' 11 12 148 15 • 66 68 112 114 Do. .do. 1865 - -- - North Staffordshire . N. Sr S. W. Junction Scottish C,ntral Scot. N. E „Aber. stock • 0. Scot, Mid. et Shropshire Union south Devon -ouch E stern 100 all 100 100 100 100 54 56 741 751 •; taines, Wok., & Wok Taff' Vale Do. C Neath .... Vale o' N Waterford & Kilkenny Waterloo & Whiteha 1 West Cornw dl I 0 all 100 3 100 'OSSK e _ ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. 124 126 I 93, 621 1381 i 8 1231 4 I 94 34 1102 11 5 A 75,1 5 1 41 Paid.i C P r r ee ln . g I Bud'2,7 !tRITIS li P Atlantic & St. Lawrence Bom., Baroda, • Cen. In. Du. 5 per cent.. o. E shares Buffalo & Lake Huron Do Preference . Buff.,Brant, & Goderich 6 p.c. 872-3- ......• • ' Calcutta & 8. E., lim at,e Town & Dock, gu•l Demerara, 7 p.c. per. VI Nast. Ben_al, gu., 5 do East It. dian, gu. 5 p.c. Do .1 Extension Grand Trunk of Can ad e Do. Equip. Mort, Bonds 1 charge 6 p.c Do. Ist 'ref. Bonds Do. do. deferred Do. 2d Prtf. Bonds Do. do. deferred Do. 3d Pref. stock Do. do. deferred Do. 4th Pref. stock Do. do. deterred Gt. India Pen. gua. bp.c o. Gua. 5 per cent Do. New gua. 5 p. c Gt. South of India gua. 5 per cent D 4f per cent Do . .. Great Wes, of Canada Do. New .. Do. 6 p. c. Bds. pay. 1873 Do. 54 do. pay. 1877-8 Indian Branch, limited Hadras, gna. 5 p.c Do. 41 do Do. 44 do Do. Fifth Extension Melb. Cor. 6 p. c. Bnds. Mel. & Hudson's Bay N. 111.C' da, 6pc ls t pf. be Bclnde .... Do. Delhi Do. do d Do. Punjaub... • „,., 0,0 Do.lndus St,Flot `"' COLONIAL GOFER . British Columbia, 6 per' cent., Dec. 31,1372 Can.Gov.6 p.c.Ja.& July 1877-84 Do. 5 p. c. Feb. & Aug Da. 5 p. c. Mar. & Sept Do. 5 p. c. Jan. & July Do. 5 p e. Inscribed sk Cape G.Flope, 6 p.c. 1873 1) o.Apl.& Oct , 1890-1900 Do. do: 1880-9. Do. Jan. &July, 1690-91 Do. 5 per cent. 15 April and 15 Oct., 1900 Ceylon, Nov. 1868, 6 p.c Do. 1878, do Mauritius, t p. c, 1873, Jan. and July Do. 1.78 Do. 1882, May i 5, Nov. Do. 1895, Feb. & Aug mai o per cent N.B.Gov. 6 p.c.Ja.&.l uly N. S. W. Gov. 5 p•c., 1851, Do. 5 p. c. 18 1 to 187. Do. 5 P.. 1888 to 189 New Zealand, 6 p. cent Do. 5 per cent.... N ova So tia Gov. 6 p. c sterling, 1875 Queensland Gov. 6 p. c Aus.Gov. 6 p,c 1808-9 Do. 1878 & upwards Vie,Gov. 6 p.c. Ja & July Do. do, Is pril & Oct BRITI Cam. Consol. Gold, lien Chiverton Clifford malgamated. Devon G. Cons. (Tavist Drake walls East Bassett allogan) 14.etet Cara.ton Eas ( Cern 8rea....... vatst Grenville East Gunnislake Eant Love E. W'i Russell (Tavlstk Gam. & StA übyn(G wen. Or, at L .xey, limited Great South Tolgus Great Wheel Busy G. Wheal Vor (Heist .t Grenvilie ......... Herod's Foot ..... ... Hingston vowns Margaret ( Uny Lelant Marke Valley Viwyndy Iron Ore, Hui New Se ton .. North Roskear N.Wh'l Bassett (II Logan North Wheal Crofty Prosper United Pr vidence Uny Iman . t S. Caradon (St. Cleer) South Condurrow S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan Stray Park . Tin Cr0ft....,..... Vigra and Ch.gan, lim West Bassett (Illogan W. Caridon (Ltskeard West ChDrerton ....... . West Seton. Wheal Bassett 'Mogan Wheal Buller (Redruth Wheal Mary Ann (Hen. Wheal Seton Wheal Trelawney (Lis 9 10 20 21 575 695 18 2 , ) 81 9 5t 3_ 34 1 14 15 3 31 5 7 20 21 1,1 2 34 32} .311 3t 4 35 38* 51 5f 5 7 4 4* 2i 14d 40 50 15 17 1 1 26 38 420 410 20 25 1 , 1 12 19 20 4 6 3 4 9 11 8(1 85 190 200 95 11,0 32} 374 4 6 212 i 222 181 1? kiktAltEn. Bristol and Exeter 4 per cent. stock, 91 . Great Northern, 5 per cent., rd. at 5 per cent. pm., Ditto, 41 per cent., redeemable at 10 per cent., IC2} Great Western, 4 per cent. irred , 81 North Eastern, Cons. pref., 4 per cent., Ditto, 41 per cent. red., 100 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Chester and Holyhead, Ditto, 5 p r cent., 113 London Tilbury, and Southend, 103 Midland, Bradford Pref. Stook, 110 k FOREIGN itAIL WAYS, Central Argentine, 31 Dutch Rhenish, 231 Ditto (all), 28i G "eat Luxembourg, 16 Imperial Mexican, lira., 5i Recite and San Francisco (lira.), gua. 7 per cent., 1:4 FOREIGN MINES. Anglo• Brazilian bold, limited, par Don Pedro, North bet Rey, -1 Scottish Australian, lira.. St. John del Rey, lira., 49 74 BANKS. Agra and Masterman's, Um., 58 71 11 , .... 291 Anglo-Italian, Rm., 10 Bank of British Columbia, 22 Bank of , tago, Rm., 0; City. 108 9, Colonial, Wu., 44 Eng ish Joint Stock, lim., 11 Imperial Bank, lira.. 29) Imperial Ottoman, 13; Lana:Mortgage Bank of India, lira. , 4} London and River Plate. Ditto, issued at 1i pm., 11; London Chartered Bank of Australia, 23; London and South-Western, lira., Ditto, new. 20 Midland Bank, Rm., 201 New Zealand Bank Corporation, Urn., 1 + mental Bana Corporation. 32 Scinde, Punjaub, and Delhi. Urn., 61 Ditto, issued at 2 pm., 1 111 Union of London, 54; MISCELLANEOUS. Atl,ntie Telegraph, 8 per cent. gua., Australian Agricultural, 2./ Ceylon Company, 10* City of Moscow Gas, lira., 51 City dikes, lim., 71 Credit Foncier and Mobilier of England, 8} Crystal Palace, "•51 Egyptian (,om and Trading, lim., 21 Fore-str,et Warehouse, lim., Hudson's Bay, 161 imperi.l mercantile Credit Asso.. Um., 71 International Financial society, lim., 6 t Joint Stock Discount. lim., 89 1 London Financial Association. Um , 191 North British Austr .lasian, 57 Overend, Gurney, and Co., lim., Panama, New Zealand, and Australian Mail, lim., 6 1 Ditto (all), 41 Peninsula and Oriental Steam, 74 Trust and Agency of Australasia, lim., Universal Marine. Insurance, lim., 4f Warrant Finance, lim., 7, OXFORD AND THE GREAT WESTERN WORKS.— A rumour has been very prevalent in Oxford during the past week, that the Great Western carriage manufactory will not after all be brought to Oxford, but will be removed to Swindon, which is considered a much more eligible situation, 8 9 147 150 3 Ip IC2 104 49 51 SSION , 5 6) 102 103 id IQ 0} 6i RI 11 75 80 99 101 85 70 100 103 102 102 103 104 par 40 34 35 87 89 65 68 55 60 58 58 50 55 47 00 42 46 34 36 34 35 103 104 P P 104.102i1 16 17 4 aid 1 , 3 95 83 e 7 1 id 1014 1021 93 95 89 91 e 3 35 82 84 toli 102, 1014 102 i I 4 lot 102 V SECU. 96 98 94 96 94 96 82 81 81 S 3 101 103 104 106 104 106 105 107 90 92 101 1(2 1(6 148 103 105 106 JOS 104 106 105 ;07 98 100 96 88 1 0 102 93 95 8) 91 103 105 84 85 10 102 IG2 104 106 108 IC4 106 :INILS, 101 } 36$ } 7 6} 36 * i 52 6 1 35 1011 ,ITIES. 190 100 100 10 100 100 SH M 2.1.0 24 2.14. e 31 2. , 4.0 8.3.0 3.14.0 10.8.0 33 21 THE SUN, LONEON, MONDAY EVENING„JANUARY 1, IE(G. AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE ASIA. NEW YORK, DEC. 19 (Evening). The House of Representatives has adopted a re solution endorsing the Secretary of the Treasury's views regarding the contraction of the currency. The Judiciary. Committee have resolved to report upon Mr. Farnsworth's resolution providing for the constitutional amendment and repudiating the rebel debt. Mr. Thadeus Stevens has made a speech in the House on reconstruction, in which he advocated territorial government for the Southern States until the constitution could be so amended as to secure perpetual ascendancy to the Union party, and recommended that the basis of con gressional membership be changed to the actual votes. He further desired that an export duty of 10c. per pound should be imposed upon cotton, and that the rebel debt should be repudiated before the South is readmitted. M. Montholon, the French ambassador, is sojourn ing in New York. It is rumoured that the resolu tions on Mexican affairs introduced in Congress are so offensive to him that he will not return to Wash ington until after receiving instructions from the Emperor N apoleon. The Fenian President, Roberts, has counter- manded O'Mahoney's order convoking the Fenian Congress for January. President Johnson has sent a message to the Senate, accompanied by reports from. General Grant and Carl Schurz upon the condition of the Southern States. Mr. Johnson declares that the rebellion is suppressed, and that the people are yielding obedience to the laws of the Federal Go vernment with more willingness and greater prompti tude than under the circumstances could reasonably have been anticipated. Mr. Johnson continues : "The prospect of affairs is more promising than could well have been expected. Sectional animosity is surely and rapidly merging into a better spirit. National representation, connected . with a proper system of taxation, will result in the harmonious restoration of the relations of the States to the Union." Gen. Grant reports that he is satisfied that think ing men in the South accept the present situation in good faith, and regard slavery and secession as for ever settled by the arbitrament of arms. He re commends the presence of small garrisons, mostly of white troops, in the interior of the South, where there are many freedmen. No force is necessary elsewhere except on the sea coast and in the forts. The South desires to return to self government within the Union as soon as pos sible, but while reconstructing requires Govern ment protection. The freedman's mind is not yet disabused of the idea that he has the right to live without care or provision for the future, the effect of which is idleness and accumulation in camps and cities. Freedmen require for a few years, not only laws for their protection, but the fostering care of those on whom they can rely for counsel. He therefore recommends the continuation of the Freedmen's Bureau 4 in a modified form, that is to say, by partially incorpo rating it with the military department. The report of Carl Schurz was delayed too long to be read in the Senate. Senator Sumner denounced President Johnson's message as resembling the whitewashing message of Franklin Pierce with regard to the Kansas atroci ties. Mr. Sumner was hereupon rebuked by several senators. The House of Representatives has passed an amendment prohibiting the payment of the rebel debt. California has ratified the constitutional amend ment. The Government has arrested Captain Semmes. Yesterday in the Senate Mr. Sumner reiterated his remarks that President Johnson's message was an attempt to whitewash the South, and read ex tracts from letters and papers showing the Southerners to be strongly disloyal and constantly perpetrating outrages against freedmen. The Provisional Governors of Alabama and Georgia have been removed, and the governors elect have assumed office. Mr. Seward has officially announced that three fourths of the States having ratified the constitu tional amendment abolishing slavery ; it is now valid as part of the Federal Constitution. A resolution has been introduced in the House, and referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, declaring that the United States ought never to recognise any Government imposed upon any nation on the American continent by European arms. The House has adopted a resolution asking the President for information concerning the steps taken by Maximilian, or any European Power, to obtain from the Federal Government the recognition of the Mexican empire, and also asking, what corre spondence or what action of the Federal Govern ment has taken place. In response to a request of the House for information concerning Maxmilian's decree es tablishing peonage, Mr. Seward has furnished the opinion of Attorney-General Speed and the accompanying correspondence, which are now in the hands of the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Mr. Speed's opinion, which declared that the result of decree was to re-establish slavery, vas forwarded with other relevant matter to the American Minister in Paris, who called the attention of M Drouyn de I'Huys to the subject. The French government has not yet replied. A New York evening paper publishes a rumour that M. Montholon, previous to Mr. Johnson issu ing his Message, had assured Mr. Seward that the French troops would withdraw from Mexico in a short time. Mr. Johnson's Message was in conse quence modified on the Mexican question. This rumour is partially credited in well-informed French circles. According to the New York Herald's Washington correspondence, the Mexican Estafette states that 1,000 Zouaves en route to reinforce General Bazaire had been landed at Martinique, where they revolted, with cries of " Death to the Emperor ! Vive la Republique !" The garrison endeavoured to restore order, but many were killed on both sides. Four hundred of the Zouaves on their arrival at the city of Mexico were disarmed, and ordered to be court martialled. [The basis of this is, no doubt, the riot and fight which took place at Martinique between the Zouaves, who wanted more shore liberty, and the marines who were sent to bring them to bar racks. A full report of this affair has already been given.] Mr. George Brown has resigned his seat in the Canadian Cabinet. The Etna has arrived out. COMMERCIAL. NEW YORK, Dec. 21 (Evening.) Money abundant. Gold, 146. Exchange on London, 160; on Paris, 3.534. Stocks very firm. New York Centrals, 951 ; Illinois, 133 ; Erie, 968 ; Five-Twenty Bonds, 1028. Cotton very firm. Middling Upland, 51.52. Flour, wheat, and corn slightly firmer. Provisions advancing. Coffee steady. Sugar heavy. Molasses steady. Petro leum dull ; crude, 40i ; refilled, 658. MEXICO. NEW YORK, Dec. 19. Advices received here from Vera Cruz to the Gth inst. state that 600 French troops arrived there on the 2d, and were immediately despatched to the field. Maximilian has extended for 15 days from Nov. 29 the time in which Republicans laying down their arms will be amnestied ; and has also ordered a draft for the army throughout Mexico. The Empress reached Merida, in Yucatan, on the 23d ult., and was enthusiastically received. The friends of Ortega have issued a manifesto denying Juarez the constitutional right to re-elect himself President, and declaring Ortega to be the rightful President. _ Despatches from New Orleans assert that the French officers at Matamoras generally anticipated war with the United States. _ The Royal Mail steamship Asia, from Boston and Halifax, arrived at Queenstown at 1.30 p.m. to-day (Sunday) with $15,208 in specie and 48 passengers. She landed 93 sacks of mails and six passengers, and proceeded immediately for Liverpool. All well. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day, THAMES. NEW YEAR'S-DAY IN THE EAST.—There were only ten drunken charges from the K or Stepney division, and four from the Hor Whitechapel division, this day. Inspector Honey, of the A reserve; attached to the K division, and Inspector Dendy, of the H division, said the last night of the old year and the morning of the new year were re markably quiet, and that there was a great improvement in the conduct of the working classes of the district. Mr. Honey and Mr. Dendy are old and experienced officers, and their opinions are entitled to respect. Seven of the ten drunkards, who were simply drunk and incapable, were discharged ; three others, who were drunk and disorderly, were fined ss. each. FESIANISM.—Two Irishmen, named Thomas Farrell and Michael Butler, are in custody on a charge of Feni anism—in other words, with endeavouring to seduce a soldier of the Gth Carabiueers, stationed in Kensington Barracks, from his allegiance to his Queen and country. The prisoners were apprehended in Whitechapel last night. They have engaged Mr. Charles Young, solicitor, to de fend them. They will be charged with treason-felony. When our reporter despatched his messenger with this report the soldier, who will b 3 the principal witness against them, had not arrived, and there is no doubt that an attempt will bo made by some scoundrels among the Fenians to prevent him reaching the court. The case will not be taken until the other night charges are dis posed of. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. TIMES.--Sanguine as we have now good reason to be from repeated illustrations of the buoyancy of the Revenue, the Quarterly Returns still con tinue to surpass our utmost expectations. The net result of a comparison between the Returns before us and those of the corresponding periods in last year exhibits, of course, a decrease, in consequence of the heavy reductions of taxation in the last Bmlget ; but this decrease is surprisingly below what might have been expected, and will offer the most gratifying disappointment to Mr. Glad ston's calculations. He remitted taxation to the extent of five millions in the financial year, and he estimated the probable recovery, in conse increthasaetdtchoensduemerpetasioen,wahtieah he antici pated ouldmillion and conse quence of increased so s wholee for y ea a r nine was m 31 £3 t h , 7 5 7 0 8 f , £2,833,500.000 . This Instead of this, the actual decrease for those nine wgiveon thea dea months is but £1,116,958, or not very much more r than a third of what was anticipated. Upon the quarter the result is even more remarkable, the actual decrease being but £62,181, against an average estimated decrease of £944,500. Lastly, taking the whole year 1865 as compared with 1864, the decrease is less than a million. Such results, while to a considerable extent they may be attri buted to the skilful management of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, must be due in a far larger de gree to an extraordinary prosperity in the nation at large ; and they justify the most ample con gratulations upon our entering on the new year. We have reason to anticipate that this remark able prosperity will be continued during the ensuing quarter, and, if so, Mr. Gladstone's task next session will be scarcely less agreeable than it was last year. The loss which he anticipated on the whole year was, as we have said, £3,800,000, while the actual loss during the last nine months has been little more than a million. If the next quarter be but proportionately favourable, we can hardly fail to find ourselves in the receipt of two millions more than we anticipated. It will be an easy task to reduce taxation, and when we consider what an immense increase in the comforts of the poor must be represented by that additional ten million pounds of tea of which we have spoken, we may well rejoice at any further opportunity of pursuing the same beneficent policy. HERALD.—Whatever else comes of the manner in which the Government has seen fit to deal with the rebellion in Jamaica, we know with certainty that it will entail upon us considerable expense and no little public inconvenience. Sir Henry Storks has been fetched home from Malta in hot haste, and Mr. Russell Gurney has been suddenly summoned from his comfortable quarters at Guildhall, to be come for some weeks or months a member of the Royal commission to inquire into the state of Stoney Gut and the murders at Morant Bay. We doubt not that adequate provision has been made for the discharge of the governor's duties at Malta, and we believe that the Court of Alder men were engaged for some time on Saturday in arranging for the conduct of the civic judicial business in the absence of their Recorder. To the constitution of the commission no one can take exception, and if the Ministry have done well in issuing it we do not know that they could possibly have chosen men better fitted for the work, or more certain to command the confidence of the country,. than those who will leave Southampton to-morrow morning. But this little point precedent is just that on which, as we believe, the law .officers of the Crown feel a most uncomfortable amount of uncertainty in the present and a painful degree of apprehension for the future. They have hastily jumped to the conclusion that the Queen can do anything and everything in all parts of her dominions. They have yielded to the de mands of the Anti-Slavery Society, and have ap parently trusted to the dicta of that active but not learned body for guidance on a question of great and grave importance, whether as a matter of con stitutional principle or of colonial policy. Of course, under these circumstances, no one need be surprised to hear that the blind have led the blind with the usual results, and that we are likely to have in the course of the new year an entirely new comedy of errors--a reproduction of " All in the Wrong" on a large scale, which will make all the actors in the piece look sufficiently silly. We do not forget that the Act of Indemnity, like all other acts of the Colo nial Legislature, requires the Royal assent, and it may be said that until this is given the Gover nor cannot claim the benefit of his legisla tive absolution. We grant that this is so, but this only brings us to a fresh diffi culty. A commission like that just appointed has no power to examine witnesses on oath unless that power be given by act of Parliament. As no such enabling act has been passed it follows that the evidence taken will be a mass of mere hearsay, unless the Colonial Legislature comes to the rescue of those whose very presence in the island is an insult and a disparagement to it. Practically, the commissioners will have to go cap in hand to Governor Eyre and his Parliament with some such story as this :—" We have come out here to inquire into matters which you have already investi gated, to inform ourselves at second-hand of oc currences which have taken place under your eyes. We know that you have already con sidered the subject, and passed your opinion on it ; that we have come here through the action of a section of English politicians whose legislation has injured your property, who have for years scoffed at your sufferings, and who, ever since they knew of y our recent per il, have belied your character, impugned your motives, and held you up to execration as the basest and most cruel of man kind. Therefore we come to you and say, Give us power to administer an oath, that we may examine witnesses anxious to make out a case against you. Enable us to sit with something like the ordinary authority of a court of justice, that those who desire your detriment may marshal their forces to the best advantage, and then, while of your personal impartiality you may feel assured, you will feel equally certain that those who have assailed you in England will make the most and the worst of anything their sable proteges may say against you." The answer of the colonists to such a request certainly may be favourable, but we do not think that the Goveinment has any right to calculate upon such an eventuality. Yet, unless they do so, the Ministry will be responsible for having put the Crown into a false position by sending a tribunal of eminent gentlemen to the other hemisphere, charged with a comm i ss i on w hi c h may at the very beginning of its labours be rendered almost nugatory, through its unavoidable depend ence upon aid which can only be rendered by that very Assembly, whose most solemn acts are brought into undeserved discredit by its appointment. A COLUMBINE BURNT TO DEATH.—During the performance of the pantomime on Thursday night at the Sunderland Theatre a fearful accident occurred, which has unhappily been attended with fatal results. It appears that the jets at the wings of the stage are supplied with gas from an indiarubber tube, but the tube having been caught by the foot of some one while making an exit the supply was prevented, and the lights consequently went out. The gasman applied a lighted taper almost im mediately, thinking they had been blown out; but the gas which had been issuing from the disconnected tube at once exploded, and the flames, springing up some feet, caught the dress of Miss Ricardo, the columbine, as she flit ed by, and she was instantly in flames. She shrieked and rushed on in the middle of the scene, where her father was playing as clown, but was thrown down by one of the stage carpenters. Mr. Bell, the lessee, rushed from his pri vate box, and his top coat was pulled off and wrapped round the poor girl, and the flames were beaten out. A number of the audience clambered from the pit to the stage while the fearful scene was going on, but they ultimately, resumed their seats, and the performance proceeded. Medi cal assistance was at once procured, and the poor girl was conveyed to her father's lodgings in Blandford-street, where the three medical gentlemen who were called to at tend her held out hopes that in a few days she would be able to resume her duties; but this, however, proved an erroneous impression, for she died on Friday afternoon from the shock her system had sustained. Mr. Ricardo, the clown, was much burnt on his left hand in orleavour ing to save her. MARKETS—This Day. MARK-LANE. In the country markets held on Saturday only a mode rate business was transacted in wheat. Both red and white qualities, however, changed hands at late prices. Fine barley ruled firm, at full currencies. Other articles moved off slowly, at late rates. On the Continent the corn trade generally is quiet, at previous quotations. Adviccs from New York state that a fair business was passing in wheat and flour for ship ments to Great Britain. Very moderate supplies of English grain were received up to our market last week. The imports from abroad amounted to 5,015 qrs of wheat, 5,372 barley, 24,312 oats, 1,250 beans, 1,191, 36 tares, 25,688 linsed, 12,334 rapeseed, 6,879, maize 230, sundry seeds 831 sacks, and 2,664 brls of flour. Fresh up to our market to-day the arrivals of home grown wheat were very moderato, and the general condi tion of the produce was poor. For good and fine dry samples there was a fair but by no means active inquiry and previous quotations are steadily supported. For in ferior wheat the trade was dull, and had sales been forced factors would have been compelled to accept less money. The quotations, however, were without quotable change from Friday last. About an average supply of foreign wheat was on the stands. The amount of business transacted was very moderate In prices no alteration took place as compared with last week. Floating cargoes of grain in but moderate request, at late rates. For malt there was a limited inquiry, at late rates. Oats were in moderate supply, and steady request, at full currencies. Beans were in very moderate supply, and the trade fer them ruled firm, at full prices. There was a moderate supply of barley on offer. Good and fine malting qualities moved off steadily, at full prices, otherwise the barley trade was quiet, at previous quota tions. Peas changed hands at quite previous quotations. The market was but moderately supplied. Flour was in but moderate request, at late rates. CURRENCY PER IMP. MEASJRE. Wheat—Essex and Kent, red,l new, per qr. 39s to 46s Do., old • 46s 51s Do., white, old .„ 549 59s Do. new Norfolk and Lincoln, red, old —s —s Do : , new —s -s . _ .., Talavera, new s2s 60s 26s 2s Barley—Grinding — Malting 33s 40s Malt—Suffolk and Norfolk • sss 65s Brown Kingstown and Ware Chevalier 66s 67s Oats—Yorkshire and Lincolnsh., Feeding 20s 248 Potato _ . Youghal and Cork, black -...... ...,„ 19s 25s Cork, white 2lO 26s Scotch, Feeding 2os 24s Beans—Tick' 39s 41s Pigeons ..... Peas—Grey, new Maple White Boilers Flour—Town-made, per 2801 b Suffolk 32s 34s Stockton and Norfolk American, per barrel 26s 31s METROPOLITAN CATTLE. The supply of foreign stock in our market to-day was only moderate, but in somewhat improved condition. Sales progressed steadily, and the quotations had an up ward tendency. For the time of year, the arrivals of beasts fresh up from our own grazing districts, as well as from Ireland and Scotland, were tolerably good. The quality of the Eng lish and Irish stock was only middling, but the supply from Scotland was in first rate condition. All breeds com manded a steady sale, at an advance in the quotations of fully 2d per 81b. The general top figure was 5s 4d per 81b. From Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, and Northampton shire we received 1,800 short-horns, ; from Norfolk, 400 short-horns; from other parts of England, 250 various breeds; from Scotland, 459 Scots and crosses; and from Ireland, 250 oxen, cows, and heifers. There was about an average number of sheep in the pens for the season. The condition of most breeds was good. The demand was somewhat active, at an improve.. ment in value of ld per 81bs. The best Downs realised 6s 8d per Blbs. The few calves on offer were readily disposed of at higher rates. The highest figure was 5s per 81bs. Pigs, the supply of which was very moderate, moved off slowly, but at full prices—viz., from 4s to 5s per 81bs. Per 81b to sink the offal. s ds d tided Crse. & inf. beasts... 3 4 3 10 Pmecrs-wool sheep 5 8 6 2 Second quality do ..4 0 4 6 Prime o'thdown 00.6 4 6 8 Prime largc oxen ..4 8 5 0 Large coarse calves. 4 0 4 6 Prime Scu ts. &c.... 5 2 6 4 Prime small d0......4 8 5 0 Crse. and int. sbeep.4 0 4 8 Large hogs .4 I 4 6 Second quality do ..4 1 5 6 p orkers. 4 8 5 0 Lamb....oi Od to 0. Od. Suckling calves,;l93 to 21s; and quarter-old store pigs, 29s t) 348 each. _ _ _ Head of stock on sale. Total supply. Foreign supply. Beasts 3,533 Beasts... Cows. — Cows. f 2.1 - - ....... Sheep -,150 Sheep 7,920 Calves 313 Ca ves 323 Mrs 320 Pigs The total imports of foreign stock into London, last week amounted to 5,682 head. In the corresponding week in 1865, we received 5,174; in 1863-4, 3,321; in 1863, 1,559 ; in 1862, 3,164 ; in 1861, 1,118 ; and in 1860 1,852 head. IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WEEK. Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs Amsterdam — ... Antwerp Boulogne l7 ... 84 Bremen 56 Copenhagen — Dordt. -- Calais.. Dunkirk Gothenburg — Hamburg — Harlingen 6l ... Medemblik — Ostend Rotterdam 97 .., 915 ... 16 23 Tonning - ... Stockholm ... 14 - ... - • .. - 5 ... - ... 7 ... 58 • e• .... Total The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as follows : Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. 1865 1863-4 1863 A statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of fat stock exhibited and sold in the Great Metropolitan Cattle Market on Monday, Jan. 2, 1865, and this day, Monday, Jan. 1, 1866. Per 81bs. to sink the offal. Jan. 2, 1865. Jan. 1, 1866. sd s d s d _ sd. Coarse and inferior beasts 3 Bto 4 4 3 4t03 10 Second quality do. Prime large oxen 5 0 5 2 4 8 5 0 Prime Scots, &c. ' 5 4 5 6 5 2 5 4 Coarse and inferior sheep Second quality do. Prime coarse-woolled do. Prime Southdown do 5lO 6 0 6 4 6 8 Lambs Large coarse calves 4 4 5 0 4 0 4 6 Prime small do. Large hogs Neat small porkers . Beasts 3,163 7,530 Sheep 15,350 24,810 Calves Pigs SUPPLIES ON SALE, Jan. 4, 1864.—Beasts, 4,130 — sheep, 17,060—calves, 170—pigs, 430. Jan. 5, 1863—Beasts, 4,4 Bo—sheep, 17,600—calves, 160 • —pigs, 290. , NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Moderate supplies of meat are on sale at these markets. Good and prime qualities are firm at fully late rates, other wise the trade rules quiet. Per 81b by the muse. sd e d Inferior beef 3 0 3 4 Middling do. 3 6 4 0 Prime large do 4 2 4 4 Prime small d 4 4 4 6 Large pork 3 8 4 6 Lamb, Os 0 ed e d Inferior mutton 3 6 4 o Middling mutton 4 2 4 6 Prime do 4 8 5 0 Veal 3 10 4 6 Small pork. 4 8 5 2 ►d to Os Od. BOROUGH HOP. A fair business is passing in our market, and prices of all kinds of hops rule firm. Fine hops are in request at ex treme rates. The imports into London last week amounted to 179 bales from Boulogne, 57 Dunkirk, 53 Calais, 196 Hamburg, 58 Ostend, 50 Antwerp, 2 Bremen, and 1,100 bundles from Rotterdam. New Mid and East Kents Bos to 190 s per cwt. New Weald of Kents New Sussex Yearlings 9ss to 135 s „ WOOL Both for home-grown and colonial wool the market has ruled quiet since our last report. The advance in the Bank rate to 7 per cent. has had the effect of curtailing transac tions; nevertheless, prices rule tolerably firm, and without material change from last week. Last week's import was about 1,000 bales, chiefly fi orn the Cape of Good Hope. Current prices of English wool per lb. a s d Fleeces—South Down hogets l9ll 10 Half-bred do 1 111 2Of Kent fleeces 1 1 11 2 01 South Down ewes and wethers 1 si 1 9 Leicester do Sorts—Clothing Combing 1 5 2 0 SEEDS. Linseed and rapeseed Were in but moderate request, at about late rates. In agricultural seeds next to nothing was doing, prices, therefore, must be considered, nominal. There was a fair demand for cake; on former terms. BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. These markets are well supplied with potatins, forwhich the trade is dull at barely late rates. The imports into London last week were quite unimportant. • Kent and Essex regents 6os to 80s per ton. Scotch do. 4os to 70s „ Yorkshire do 6os to 80s „ „ Flukes Bes to 100 s „ „ Rocks 50s to 70s „ TALLOW. The tallow market is quiet to-day at about previous quotations. P.Y.C. is selling at 48s 3d to 48s 6d per cwt. on the pot. Town tallow is worth 48s 3d net cash. Rough fat 2s 6d per 81bs. Particulars. 1863. 1864. 1865. 1866. Stock this day 54,625 70,062 57,850 48,860 Price of Y.O. —s Od 42s Od —s Od 48s 6d Delivery last week 1,358 1,386 1,746 1,337 Ditto from June 1 49,901 43,121 55,420 68,633 . , Arrival last week 448 990 1,411 319 Ditto from June 1 66,217 75,339 68,249 58,010 Price of Town The Speech of the Queen of Spain. The following is the full text of the speech de livered by the Queen of Spain at the opening of the Cortes on the 27th ult., a summary of which has already been received by telegraph : Senators and Deputies,—The opening of the Cortes of the kingdom has at all times been a happy event for the Spanish monarchy. Animated by this thought, I always come with deep satisfaction to inaugurate your legislative labours, both because I have to associate myself with public satisfaction at the prosperity of the nation, and to ask counsel and assistance from you in its difficulties. My desire for peace has not sufficed to prevent the outbreak of hostilities against the republic of Chili, which has obstinately refused to make honourable reparation for the insults offered to Spain during her difficulties with Peru. My Government will in due course give you an account of the progress of the war, and of any negotiations to which it may give rise. Our relations with other Powers continue to be friendly. Various reasons, based upon the perma nent interests and sentiments of the nation, have induced me to recognise the kingdom of Italy. This recognition has not weakened my feelings of deep respect and cordial attachment towards the common father of the faithful, nor diminished my firm resolve to watch over the rights of the Holy See, Constant in my desire to respect the independence of the American States, founded on the ancient colonies of Spain, I have concluded a treaty of peace and recognition with the republic of San Salvador. The crisis which, from various causes, oppresses our commercial cities, increases the embarrassments of the treasury; and although the publie revenues are recovering from the acci dental decline they had suffered, it is necessary to reform some imposts in order to augment the re ceipts of the treasury, and to introduce strict economy in the public expenditure, so as to effect within a brief period a real equilibrium of the budget. The extinction ,or prompt liquidation of old debts, the reduction of the floating debt to its natural limits by gradually diminishing the balance in favour of the Bank of Deposit, and other mea sures projected by my Government relative to credit and the utilisation of the still considerable mass of national property, will form the subject of several bills which will be laid before you with the budget and the general accounts of the state. The develop ment of the productive, intellectual, and material forces of the country is the true means of augment ing the resources of the Treasury ; other means must be regarded as artificial, and only proper for periods of transition. The amelioration of the law upon public education, by extending primary instruc tion, and propagating sciences useful to agriculture and industry ; the facilitation of works for turning to use the water of rivers which now run from barren dis tricts to the sea in pure waste ; the assurance to the proprietor of the fruits of his capital and labour ; the diminution of the restrictions upon chose indus trial pursuits which, like that of mining, aro still subject to oppressive regulations and centralisation ; and the multiplication of means of communication bringing with it trade and consumption—all this will give a stimulant and fresh outlets to production, and will found upon the development of public wealth a more agreeable future for our.finance. The realisation of these projects will be facilitated by the bills which my Government will propose to you, and which your wisdom and patriotism will complete and perfect. By uniting individual acti vity with the collective impulse of deputations and municipalities, the progressive advance of the improvements demanded by modern civilisa tion will be more rapid. This union of forces I can only be effected by vivifying the spirit of municipal liberty, which has never died out in the different kingdoms which formed the Spanish monarchy, and by concentrating itself in the real interests of the local administration, by the aid of laws whieh will place it in harmony with the law regulating the government and administra tion of the provinces. Even were it not demanded by the general interests of the nation and the par ticular interests of agriculture, manufactures, and commerce, the colonial provinces would still be jus tified in expecting that the reforms required by each according to its condition should not be deferred. My Government will submit to you a bill for effi caciously punishing the slave trade in our Antilles, while they will also prepare, after the consideration indispensably due, special laws for governing them in accordance with the constitution of the monarchy. The-prompt and regular administration of justice is the guarantee of civil and political rights and the firmest basis of the principle of authority. Upon this point there is a necessity universally felt for new laws of organisation for the tribunals, legal proce dure and appeal in criminal matters, which the Go vernment contemplates submitting for your conside ration. The army, by its idelity and discipline, merits my constant esteem and that of the nation, as also the navy, which, in the distant regions of the Pacific, defends the interests of the country and the honour of our flag. Public tranquillity, disturbed some time since at Lerida and Saragossa on account of the octroi tariffs, was re-established by the inter vention of the military authorities and the troops. The rioters were brought before the competent tri bunals, and order maintained in all the towns of the monarchy. Happily the sad experience of revolutions has taught the various social classes that labour is the source of virtue and welfare for individuals ; that the increase of national produc tion is with modern nations an incontestable proof of their power and greatness, and that labour a n d production cannot develope themselves where ord er and liberty do not co-exist. My government, actuated by these principles, and with out b eing disquieted by the incessant activity of political par ties, is confident of surmounting all difficulties, by in con keeping within a legal sphere, and ac ti ng cert with national opinion truly and legitimately represented in the senate and congress. A policy tolerant without being weak, cap a bl e of repressing disorder without cruelty, and which, up on every occasion, will have the firmness and the will to realise its intentions, is the only one that can smooth the difficult path of perfection and progress which individuals and nations are called to follow. If we all keep solely in view the public interest, take national opinion as our guide, respect for law as our rule of conduct, and constantly invoke the name of God, there will never fail, so at least I trust, that cordial understanding between the powers of the State which will consolidate tran quillity, assure present progress, and prepare happy and prosperous times for new generations. BATII SAVINGS-BANK.—The certified accounts of this bank to the 20th November last show that at that date there were 9,934 depositors, the aggregate amount of the balances of whose accounts was £336,624 11s. 2d. The assets consist of £334,822 15s. 2d. in the hands of the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt, on general account, and £5,817 13s Bd. on surplus account, and £1,990 Os. 6d. in treasurer's hand on banking account, making a total of £342,630 9s. 4d. RAILWAY ENTERPRISE IN THE EASTERN COUNTIES. —The extension of the Tendring Hundred line from Wivenhoe to Weeley is expected to be opened for traffic next week, but the Camp extension to St. Botolph's, with the new central station for Colchester, will probably re main closed till February 1, in consequence of the Board of Trade requirements as to some more comprehensive ar rangement of signals than had been provided at the Hythe junction of the Great Eastern not being likely to be com pleted before that date. The Lynn and Sutton line has been inspected by Captain Tyler on the part of the Board of Trade. The gallant captain suggested a few alterations as regards signals, &c, but, upon the whole, the line met his approval. Traffic) is expected to be commenced in a week or two. THIRD ED4TIOJVI SUN OFFICE, 7 O'CLOCK. TAT rERSALLS'—This Exening. DERBY. 15 to 2 agst Rustic (taken) 25 to 1 agst Blue Riband (taken) 66 to 1 agst Knight of the Crescent SPOR,TING INTELLIGENCE.—This Day MANCHESTER. RACES—Tins Day. HANDICAP HURDLE RACE. Queen of Trumps Vanquisher Acolyte %1 -... 2 Five rall. TRIAL STAKES. Moor Game''''.. Diana Professor Milne.. Teu rau. CITY STEEPLECHASE. The Rogue Crusade , Lightheart w.. 1 3 Eight ran. The Rogue was disqualified, and Crusade got the stakes. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE_ This day. LONDON, Jan. I.—Wind this day at noon—Sonth. Westerly; moderate breeze, and fine weather, but rather cloudy. LIVERPOOL, Dec. 31.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Albona, from Rio Grande ; Florida, screw steamer, from New Or-. leans. Sailed—Kangaroo, screw steamer, for New York; Charles, for Monte Video. CARDIFF, Dec. 30.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Frankro-rt, screw steamer, for Charente. PORTSMOUTH, Dec. 31.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Can dance, from Rio Janeiro for Cowes. HOLYHEAD, Deo. 31.—Wind from Livorpcol for Africa. WATERFORD, Dec. 30.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Bestif from Sulina. KINGROA.D, Dec. 30.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Mary Fry, from Calcutta. QUEENSTOWN, Dec. 30.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—linn nah, from Cardiff for Para. Musonn, Dec. 30.—Wind S.W.—Arrived.—Queen of the Mersey, from Liverpool for Melbourne, leaky, and with other damage. SOUTHAMPTON, Dec. 31.—Arrived—Damo, steamer, rom Brazils. FALMOUTH, Doc. 28.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Theodore Voss, from Taganrog. ..._ PLYMOUTH, Dec. 28.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Venus, from Buonos Ayres. SUNDERLAND, Dec. 27.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Jano Frances, for Kingston. LEY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. 1 GRAVESEND, Monday Morning. Arrived, Dec. 31—Criteria, from St. Michael's; Asphodel, from Mauritius ; Caldera, from Colombo ; Unicorn, from Singapore. Arrived, Jan. I.—Zephyr, steamer, from Rotterdam Eagle, from Madras ; Ems, steamer, from Caen. DEAL, Monday Morning. No arrivals. RACING FIXTURES FOR 1566. JANUARY. Manchester 1 FEBRUARY. Lincoln _ ... MARCH. - Derby Spring 1 Croxton Park l6 Liverpool Spring Warwick Spring Doncaster Lewes Spring APRIL. Newmarket Craven 2 I Thirsk lO Durham 2 Epsom Spring Catterick Bridge Abergavenny 5 Chester I Chelmsford Spring MAY. Ascot Spring 1 I Salisbury Bath 8 Harpenden lO York Spring Epsom Summer l5 Uxbridge Manchester Ascot Summer JUNE. • Windsor Summer 5 I Liverpool Newton Hampton 7 Ipswich Odiham Bibury l3 Newcastle on-Tyne 26 Stockbridge Chelmsford l9 I Worcester JULY. Carlisle Newmarket July Pontefract Abingdon Reading AUGUST. Brighton 7 York August 2l Brighton Club Lewes lO Lichfield Egham l4 Devon and Exeter ...... .. 28 Wolverhampton l4 I Tunbridge 2B Stockton l5 Derby Summer 2B Oxford l6 I Weymouth 3O Hastings 2l 1 SEPTEMBER. Warwick September 4 I Richmond Cufragh Leicester 6 Manchester Autumn 24 Doncaster Canterbury lB Walsall ,..2 OCTOBER. Northampton 2 Newmarket Houghton 22 Newmarket 2d October 8 I Worcester Curragh NOVEMBER. Lincoln Liverpool Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. Australia and New Zealand, via Southampton... _Jan, is . Ditto, via Marseilles Jan. 12. Brazil and Cape Verde, by British packet Jan. I. Ditto, by French packet Jan. 2 Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and at. Helena Jan. 21. China, Penang:, and Singapore, via SOuthampton Jan. 2. Ditto, via Marseilles " Ja n .. . 27. Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton ............ Jan. 27. India (Calcutta), and C ey l on, via Southampton.... Jan. 2 Ditto, via Marseill es . . J an. 27. India (Bombay), via S ou th ampton. .... Jan. 11. Ditto, via Mars e ill es . Jan. 5 Mauritius, via South ampton Jan. 11. Ditto, via Mars e ili es Jan. 5. Newfoundland Portugal Jan. 17. .• • • y , private ship to Lisbon.. ..... United States and British North America, by Bri tish packet Ditto, by United States packet, via Southamp ton Ditto, via C..:rk • • • Ditto, by Canadian packet, via Londonderry Jan. 5. West Coast of Africa. Madeira, and Teneritre ..Jan. 10. West Indies and Pacific (except Bahamas, Cuba, and Mexico . Jan. Cuba and Mexico Jan. —. Bahamas, via New Y ork. Jan. 11. Bermuda, ditto Jan. 17. The Price of Gold. The quotation of gold at Paris is about per mile pm., and the short exchange on London is 25.12} per £1 sterling. Un comparing these rates with the English Mint price 01 £3 17s. 104 d. per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold is about 2-It,ths per cent. dearer in Paris than in London. By advic.ls from Hamburg the price of gold is 424 per mark and the short exchange on London is 13.41 per £1 stcrlin,;. Standard gold at the Eng - JUL Mint price is, there:ore, at about the same price in London and Hamburg. The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at 60 days' sight is about IC9 per cent. At these rates there is no profit on the importation of go d from the United States. THE MANHATTAN CLUB.—The New York corre spondent of the Mobile Tribune, in his letter of Nov. 15, writes : —The new political club—the Manhattan—will soon become as widely known as the Union or the Loyal League, judging by the character of its members and the importance of their influence in State and Nati onal p olitics. Such men as Charles O'Connor, George Ticknor Curtis, Dean Richmond, John Van Buren, Augustus Schell, August Belmont, and other members of the Manhattan Club, can wield a powerful influence in political affai rs, and under their leadership it is to be hoped the Demo cratic party will be re deemed fro m the uses t o which it has been put by unprincipled de magogues. It sadly needs reformation --I refer to that portion of it familiar to Gothamitos—and these aro about the best men to take it in hand and lift it to respectability again. Man ton Marble, editor of the World, is secretary of the club, and John Van Buren is president. The former gentleman is one of the ablest writers on the metropolitan press; an d, d t h oug h young, has already become a power in his p arty. His articles aro not always clear to the masses, but they chilie rYis soarranged bristle The with admissiono and to the t e tio u u b bl i e s s 0 3 7 5 eto his oppo nents.o dollars, that the yearlydisdisreputable ta u dues e 5 O politiciansdo llars. will The machinery excluded. Neill Brothers and Co., prominent cotton brokers at New Orleans, estimate the amount of cotton still to come forward at 960,000 bales. The total of the old and now crops they estimate at from two millions to two million one hundred thousand bales. tun at 1 :oi to tOO 1 luo 100 100 all 100 100 'ME LS