The Sun. — London, England, 1861-12-23 00:00:00

.01V _b. MABKET.:ND LIT .L; W CITY, Two o'CLocK. ig districts dur . :ceedingly dr ;ether with • 50 lean aff,) . 13.14 havi 10 25 )erat . .• at st partments. ro There was a moderate inquiry for all descriptiow. te 2 5 0 ° of cotton in the Liverpool Market on Saturday., , 20 and prices were steady. The sales were about ro 6,000 bales. 50 Business in the City has been partially suspended t 25 to-day, in consequence of the funeral of the latc: s t Prince Consort. The Stock Exchange, the Corn , s 3l Market, the Baltic, and other places of commercial -4 25 rendezvous, are closed, and in those establishments ; st where transactions cannot be delayed, such as the[i. st banks, insurance companies, &c., there is a very, st small attendance ; the city, consequently, presents a very dull appearance. st st The general discount market now presents a st firmer appearance than for some time past, although 7 8 8 1 very little alteration has taken place in the rates iz charged for accommodation. It is evident, how- st ever, that the joint-stock and private establishments, st anticipate an increased demand for money conse- :t quent upon revenue collections and the usual dis-' st bursements at the end of the year. Rather fuller I f 2 1 terms are therefore required for the negotiation commercial bills, and 21 per cent. is paid for secu-. 12; rities of a superior class, which a short time since st might have been discounted at 2Z- or 21 per cent. 6.4.0 A further sum of about £90,000 in gold was sent Eo into the Bank of England on Satur da y . 25 25 The Canada, from America, has brought £6,746.4, lo in specie. i t 19( f Notice has been given that on and after the 15th of January next, a second return of capital of 2s. 6d. per share will be distributed by the Australian Mining Company. The adjourned meeting of the bond and share', holders of the Grand Trunk Railway of Canada will take place to-morrow, the 24th inst. A call of £2los. per share, amounting to £56,250, s due on the 26th inst. on the Manchester, Sheffield, Business in the manufacturing districts during the past week has continued exceedingly dull, the preparations for stock taking, together with the com plications connected with American affairs, and thL decease of the Prince Consort, having caused an almost entire suspension of operations in most de- -- --- and Lincoln, Garston and Liverpool Extension Railway. BRITISH FUNDS-CLOSING PRICES. SATURDAY. Dank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 9O 89/ 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities New 3 per Cent. Annuities 9O/ 89/ 90/ 90 India Stock Ditto 5 per Cent. Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent — Ditto 5 per Cent. 961 Ditto 51 per Cent lO2l 2 Ditto Debentures, 4 per Cent., Oct., 1863 981 Consols for Account, Jan. 9 .. India Stock for Account India Stock for Account, 5 per hearth. June. Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO 2d.... 11 pm Ditto £500 Ditto Small — 11 pm FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. SATURDAY. Mexican, 3 per Cent 27 fi Ditto Acco , nt Ditto 3 per Cent., 185 6 , '7, ' 9 , an d '60.. Ditto Account 46 Spanish 3 per Cent 5O! 51 Ditto Account Spanish Cert. of Coup. not funded Turkish 6 per Cent. — 781 Ditto Account Ditto New Loan — Ditto Account N enezuelan 3 per Cent Ditto Account Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 2k per Cent., Exchange 12 Guil — Ditto Certificates, 4 per Cent. TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, Money Ditto Account THE _ROYAL TA ULT AT WINDSOR. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—Since the death of the late lamented Prince,;, Consort, whom all England so deeply deplores, an erroneous report has been going the round of all the: daily papers, which had its origin in one of them,- that the Royal Vault at Windsor had never been opened since the death of the late King William IV., with the exception of the occasion of the death ° of the Queen Dowager, who was buried by the side of her Royal husband. This, however, is not the fact, as it was opened on the occasion of the death of the late Princess Augusta, eldest surviving sister of our two late Kings, George IV. and William ; and this was in 1840, three years after the decease of her Royal brother, William IV., and many years prior to the death of the late Queen; Dowager, which was not until quite the latter end of the year 1849. Also, neither was William IV.'s the last funeral by torchlight. Both the late Princess Augusta, befere referred to, as likewise her cousin, the late Princess Sophia Matilda, of Glou cester, were buried by torchlight, and both lay in state ; the former was buried in the Royal Vault, and the latter in the Royal Gloucester Vault, both in St. George's Chapel, Windsor. The late Duke of Sussex lay in state likewise at Kensington Palace, where he died, although he was buried, not in the Royal Vault, but Keosal-green Cemetery. The late Princess Sophia of Gloucester, who died subsequently to the Duke of Sussex, was the last Royal personage who lay in state, which she did at ber residence at Blackheath, where she died in November, 1844, and was buried at night. I remain, Sit, your obedient servant, A LOVER OF HISTORICAL DATES AND FACTS. South-square, Gray's-inn, Saturday, December 21, 1861. THE PERU.—The Pacific Steam Navigation Com- pony's new iron mail steamship Peru arrived in the Mersey, from the Clyde, at 9 o'clock on Friday morning, having . run the distance from the Cloch Lighthouse in 14 hours, exclusive of stoppage for water to cross the bar. The ves sel during the run round attained a speed of 15 knots, with 331 b. pressure of steam, 23} revolutions of engines per: minute, and at a consumption of 30cwt. of Scotch coal per:. hour. Immediately on the Peru's arrival the Government inspectors proceeded on board, and the vessel started on trial to the Bell-buoy, when she attained a speed at the rate of 141 miles per hour, with 351 b. pressure of steam and 241 - -_ per minute revolutions of engines. The v essel was built .'+ by Messrs. Jam Reid and Co., of Port Glasgow, the con- structors of the Valparaiso, Callao, &c., for the same service. - The machinery is on the double cylinder principle of Messrs. Randolph, Elder, and Co., of Glasgow, and is the tenth pair of engines supplied to the company by that firm. The Peru will start for Valparaiso on Saturday next, the 28th inst., and, besides a number of first. class passengers, will convey Government stores, 10 officers, and 100 seamen and Marines, to join the British fleet now stationed on the; west coast. The latter are fully armed by her Majesty's Government, and the ship is provided with patent rifled cannon for her own defence. She also takes out rifled guns, small arms, and ammunition, and a number of trained men from the British Naval Reserve, for the protection of the company's other steamships. The Peru is fitted with every appliance suggested by the company's long experience on the west coast for the comfort and convenience of passen gers, and for the efficient performance of the mail service. Her increased speed,the elegance of her upholstery through- out, and the care expended on her general equipment will, • no doubt, render her the queen of the company's fleet in the Pacific waters. Mr. Thomas Blissett, of this town, is, we understand, furnishing the armament of the Peru, and • also for all the steamer' belonging to the Pacific Steamship Company. This includes the Clay's guns and also the small - arms.—Liverpoal THE PARRICIDE AT BIRMINGHAM.—An inquest was held on Saturday evening on the body of James Mill we:. a, the stamper, shot by his son under the circumstances detailed in The Sun of Saturday. The widow of the de ceased stated that on the evening when the offence was committed her husband had returned from his work and was: sitting by the fire smoking his pipe: Her son came in, and, sitting down to supper, pulled from his pocket a pistol, which he placed upon the table. She wished him to put it it way, and asked her husband to tell him to do so, but the latter, instead of doing so, said twice, Shoot me, Johnny Attaching no importance to this, she went to the garden. She there heard the report of the pistol, returned to the house, and finding that her husband had been shot, became insensible. Mr. Wilders, house surgeon to the Queen's Hospital, stated that on Thursday morning, out o about o'clock, the deceased was brought to the hospital with a l very serious pistol-shot wound close to the external meatus of the left ear. He died at the same hour on; the Friday following. The deceased, it appears, was very fond of his son. In his pocket was found a paper in his, hand-writing, bearing these words :—" Birmingham, Dec. 15, 1861. I leave all my goods and chattels to my son, John Millward, after my decease." The prisoner, after being duly cautioned, said :—" My father told me to shoot hire. , I pulled the trigger up, and took the cap off, and the pistol wet off and killed my poor father." The jury returned a verdict of wilful murder. , SHARP.; MARKET—(SaIURDAY). ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. 'Share Railways. (Belfast and Nor. Coun. Ilir., Wol., and Str. Val Blyth and Tyne Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Carmarthen & Cardigan ,C , )rk and Bandon Cork, Blrock, & Passage Cornwall Do A Do. B gets no divl till 6p c.p an.has been paid to B. IDublin & Belfast Juno. Dun.,Perth,&Ab. Juno I East Anglian Eastern Counties lEastern Union, A stock I Do Bdo do DoNw A, late E U3ds, East Suffolk Edinburgh & Glasgow 1 ,Edin., Perth, & Dundeej Forth & Clyde Junction; ; Furness i Glasg. and S. Western ; GreatNrthn of Scotland, Great Northern Do A stock 1 Do B do Gt. S. an W. of Ireland Great Western Do Str Val gua. stock; Irish South Eastern ..I Lancashire & Yorkshire; London and Blackwalli Lon., Bright 4 S. Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover' Lon. & North Western Lon. & South Western L'derry & Coleraine .. L'derry & Enniskillen. Man., Shef., & Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle. DO # shares , . Metropolitan ➢lidland Do Nets Do Birming. Rs Derby Mid Gt. W. of Ireland; Do. 4 shares . 111 id Kent Do Cray Line Newcastle and Carlisle Newry & Armagh, def. Newry, Warnpt, & nos Norfolk North British Nor.Dev.Rail&Dk.stock Do A stk ; Arees no d till 6 pc. has been pdß Do B stock Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do,G.N.E. purchase Do'Leeds Do York North London [9.16.4 Do new North Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junction Not. Gran. RI. & Canal Peebles Portsmouth Rhymney Scottish Central Scot. N. E., Aber. stock st Do Sc 4. Mid. stock 10 Shrews. and Welchpool st Shropshire Union 10 Sittinghourne & Sheer st. South Devon 25 S. Durham & Lanc.Un st South Eastern st South Wales st S. York. and River Dun 20 Staines, Wok. ,an dWok. l 25 Stockton & Darlington 25 Do . Do New, 1860 Taff Vale. Do Pref. No. 1 iThamesHavenDk&Rail Ulster Do 12.10 Do Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim. • Waterford ct Kilkenny l Waterford & Limerick West Cornwall West London Do Ist class Do 2d class W. Hartlepool Har.&R West Midland Oxford Do Newpor Do Hereford I faiA. Closing Business '“ Price. I done. I - 7i 8 6 61 94 06 09f 100 5 6 40 42 10} 11 18 19 50i 513 47 50 32 34 88 00 28i 29i 97 99 111 k 1121 110 111 130 132 101 103 67i 68} 55 58 log 106! 54 56 115 116 44 46 91i 92 924 934 9 11 141 45 5i 6 1264 127 14 34p 97 99 60 62 62 62i 981 991 I I d 55 55 87i 88} 94 96 51 441 1 10} 10 88 90 122 124 37 39 95 97 454 46i 36 38 75} 75 65 67 95 97 51 8 36 88 7 8 p 41 55} 56} 24 3i ' }d }p 80 65 54 6} 100 I 181 51 I 92 11 2 93 fa I 5/. 6 127 i 46 47 43 45 89 91 991 56 it LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Leasing I Closing Business Railways. Paid. Co. s Price. Done. .—. Bedford and Bletchley all Ln. &N.W .. .. Birkenhead lOO Dn.&G.W q 4 86 Buckinghamshire lOO Do. Chester & Holyhead.. 100 Do. 53 54 Do. 54 per cent 100 Do. Do. 5 „ 100 Do. Clydesdale Junction 100 Caledon. 101 103 Colchester, Stour Val. all E.U.& E.O 63 65 E. Lincolnsh. g3pr c. 100 G'.North. 133 136 E.Union,llarw IchShs all E,Counts. 4 41 Do. Woodbridge.... 100 .. • • • • Gls. Barr. &Neils.Drct.l 100 Caledon .. .. Do. new llOO D 0........ .. .. Gloster &Dean Forest all Gt. West. .. .. Hull and Selby all Ylc.N. Mid 110 112 Do. halves Do. quarters Lancaster & Carlisle 100 Ln.& N.W 193 198 Loudon & Greenwich 100 S. Eastern 61 e 3 Do. Preference Lon.,Tilb.& Southend 100 Peto &Co B3 85 Lowestoft gua. 4 pc.. 100 Norfolk Do 6 per cent lOO Do. Mnc.,Extn.,& Matlock all LNW& M 3i 31 Mid. Bradford Prefer ence stock Newmarkt, BuryEx 1 5. 5. 6.E Counts. par * p : gua. 5 per cent... 1 Northn.&Ea4n. sp. c. all ;Do. Do. 6 per cent..... all I Do • • Do. Fixed sp. c.... all Do. N. Eastn—Hartlepool lt 0 N. E. Ber .. .. ,North Western &N.Vir .. Preston and Wyre. I all & L L. yk l 43 45 Do. 4 shares A. all Do. ••• • .. • Roystn.llitch..t Shop. 100 Gt. North. 133 136 Shrewsby & Hereford 100 T Brassey 118 122 Do. Do. . South Staffordshire Wilts and Somerset lOO Gt. West. 92 94 Wimbledn & Croydon all L.&Brgtn 84 94 PREFERENCE SHARES. Share) Railways. Paid. l Closing Business Prices. Done. Blythe and Tyne 10 p.c. pref. issued at £5 Bris. & Exet. 4 p. c. at Do. shares Caledon. £lO, 4i p. cent Do. quar. shares, No. 2 Cork & Bandon, 5i p. c. Cornwall. 5 percent Dun Perth, & Aber.Jun. Do. Ist Class Pref E. Angn. Class A. 5 p. ej Do. Class B 6 per cent Do. Class C 7 per cent E. Coun. Ex. 5 p.c. No. 1 Do No. 2 Do. new 6 p. c. st Eastern Union, 4 p. c Do. 5 p. c. guar Edin.&Glas.s p.c. shares Do. 4 p. c. r. S. & Edin. Perth,& Dun. 4 p.c. Furness, 5 per cent Glas.& S.West. gu. 5 p.c. Great Northern, 5 p. c D 0.5 p.c.Redm.lop.c. pm. Do. 44 p. c. do Do.sp.c.Rednc .atsp.c.pm Gt. Nh. of s.cot. ist pref. Gt. Sn. & W. (Ireland) 4 per cent Great West. (Berks and Ilants Ext) 5 per cent Do. redeem. 41 p. ct Do. redeem. 4 p. ct Do. irredeem. 4 p. ct Do. 5 p. c. redeem. pref.'s )o. Birm. pref. shares Do. Chester 8 p.c. pf. she Do. Chester 5 p.c. pf. shs Do. firm. guar. stock Do. Chester guar. shares Do. do Do. do Lan. & Carl. 44 p.c. pref Lan. & York. 6 p.c. stock Do.Barnsist£i 2s 10d c Do. 6 p. c. (East Lan.) Do. 44 p. c. (Blackb. par. !Am.& Brig.so.n.gu. No.l Do. 5 per cent. dn, No 2 Do. 6 per cent. no Do. 5 per cent. do. No. 4 Do. 44 per cent. do Do. Ji p. c. prsf. shares Do. 7 per cent pref. stk Do. 6 p.c. do(W.E.&C.P.) Do.4n C.st (div.def.lll'6s Do. 4 per cent. prof Lon. Chat &Dov. sp.c.pf. Do. West. Ex., B, 6 p. c. Do. Metrop. Ex. 11, Lon. & S. W., Coy. & Nuneaton. 5 per cent. Lon. & S.West. 7 p. cent. st., late 3d shires Do. 4 ner cent Do. (Prtsm. perpl. anna. of 2s 6(1 Londondy. & Cole. 4 ass r.ondony. & Ennis. # shs Man. Sh. & Lin. 6 per ct. Do. £6 Do. 34 per cent..... .... Do. redeem. 6 per cent... Maryport & Carl. 4 pr. c. Do. 44 per cent. Midland Con. 6 p: c. stk. Do. Con.Bris. & Bir. 6 p.c. Do. 44 p. c. pref. stock.. Do. 44 per cent. Do. Leic. andHit.4per ct. Nerfik. 5 p. c. Ex. st. 1846 Do. 54 p. c. Pref. at. 1847 Do.sWay.ValEx.st.lB47 Nort British, 5 per cent. Do. New nut. per cent... Do. Bor. 17n. g. prf. shs. Do. do. do. th.Dvn.R ail. &Dck.Co. N-East. Cons. pref. 4 p.c. Do. 4i pr. ct. redeemable Do. G. N. F. 4 p. ct. pref Do. Berl , ' ick 4 p. c. pre;. Do. Leeds 6 p. c. No. 1 Do.o York, .d,n.rgutair & s Quarters, ,1848.. Do. Parch. North Staffordshire.... Rhymney Guaranteed.. Scottish Central. new pf Scottish North-Eastern p. C. pref. stock.... Do.Aberdeen,g - ua.6p.c Do. 7 p. c. pref. stock South Devon, Ann, 10s. Do. Fixed 44 per cent South Eastern (Reading Ann., 1.0.6) Do. 41 per cent Do, Fixed 44 per cent South Wales, gua. 4 p. c. Do. 44 per cent Do. do. 1859 Do. 5 per cent. S. Yorkshire, 4 p. c. gua. Do. 5 p. c. gua. Stock. & Dar. A 5 p. c Do. B 6 p. c Do. C 6 p. c Watrfd & Kilkny, 6 p. c. W. Mid.-Oxf Ist gua stk Do. 2d do Do. Newport 5 p.c. pf.red. Do. Perpet.6 p. C pf. 1866 Do. till 1869, 93 95 20i 21A 6 64 101 103 112 117 110 116 10. 110 106 108 123 125 81 83 111 113 89 91 115 115 110 112 102 101 107 109 97 99 98 100 88 90 89 91 102 10k 9i 10 17 18 10} 11 75 77 20i 10 1C 15 15 [36 133 101 IC3 112 115 .12 115 116 135 112 115 152 155 127 130 73 75 90 92 .11 113 131 14 124 126 OPm 65 70 1 Opm 37 139 .02 104 92 94 109 lii 107 109 1 lipm 99 101 98 100 i dis par idle }pm 22 23 132 136 10 10 234 24 99 101 99 101 98 100 85 88 27i 28 J 31 33 31 33 42 45 123 125 121 123 100 102 118 122 115 120 2s 6d 12,E 12i Et 10. 6. TH g STN, LONDON, MONDAY gV HAI NG, DEC E ABER 23, 1861. - THIS DAY'S MARKETS. POLICE IicT.ELLIGENCE.—( This Day.) THIRD EDITION. SUN OFFICE, Six o'clock. ;THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT AND THE AFFAIR OF THE TRENT. IMPORTANT OFFICIAL DESPATCH TO TIIE FRENCH MINISTER AT WASHINGTON. The following highly important diplomatic des patch has been addressed by the French Minister of Foreign Affairs to the representative of France at Washington : " THE MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS TO THE FRENCH MINISTER AT WASHINGTON. " Paris, Dec. 3, 1861 " Monsieur,—The arrest of MM. Mason and Slidell on board the English packet Trent by an American cruiser has produced in France, if not the same emotion as in England, at least great astonishment and an extreme sensation. " Public opinion at once inquired, with anxiety for the consequences, whether such an act could possibly be legitimate, and there cannot be the slightest doubt of the general impression. The act seems to the public so entirely at variance Ns ith the ordinary rules of international law that it throws the responsibility exclusively upon the commander of the San Jacinto. " We cannot know yet whether this supposition is w ell founded, and the Emperor's Government hay therefore felt called upon to consider the question raised by the capture of the two passengers on board the Trent. The desire to contribute to pre vent a conflict,which is, perhaps, imminent, between two powers towards whom it is animated by equally friendly sentiments, and the duty of maintaining with a view to put the rights of its own flag ,beyond the danger of attack—certain princi ples essential to the security of neutrals, have, after [mature reflection, convinced the French Govern- Iment that it cannot remain completely silent under I existin g circumstances. I , If, to our great regret, the Washington Cabinet should be disposed to approve the conduct of the commander of the San Jacinto, they must consider MM. Slidell and Mason either as enemies or as rebels. In either case there would be an extremely regrettable forgetfulness of principle, on which we ;have always found the United States agreed with ;us. " On what ground, in the first supposed case, can' he American cruiser have arrested MM. Mason land Slidell ! The United States have admitted, with us, in treaties concluded between the two 'countries, that the freedom of the flag extends to persons found on board, even though they be ene mies, except in the case of military men actually in the service of the enemy. MM. Mason and 'Slidell were, therefore, by virtue of this principle, ) ;which we have never found any difficulty in getting ;inserted in our treaties of friendship and commerce,l perfectly free under the neutral flag of England. " It will not, doubtless, be pretended that they could be considered as contraband of war. What ' constitutes contraband of war is not, it is true, precisely settled ; the limits are not absolutely the same for all powers, but, as far as regards persons, the stipulations found in treaties relative to mil- tary persons clearly define the character of the in 'dividuals who alone are liable to be captured by belligerents. " Now it cannot be necessary to demonstrate that IMM, Mason and Slidell can in no way be assimi. ated to persons in this eategoiy. There would therefore, remain no ground to explain their cap• ure but the pretext that they were bearers of official despatches front the enemy. But this is the place to call to mind a circumstance which overrides the whole case, and shows the conduct of the Ame•'. rican cruiser to have been unjustifiable. " The Trent was not bound to a point belonging to either of the belligerents. It was carrying its cargo and passengers to a neutral country, and, moreover, it was at a neutral port it had taken them lup. If it were admissible that under such circum stances the neutral flag did not completely cover the persons and goods transported under it, the immu nity of that flag would be a vain word; the com merce and navigation of third powers would be liable to suffer at any moment for their innocent, or even indirect, relations with either of the belligerents. The latter would not only have a right to require from neutrals the most complete impartiality, and to interdict him from being mixed up in any way with acts of hostility, but they would inflict restrictions upon the liberty of commerce and navigation which modern international law refuses to acknowledge as legitimate. There would be a return in a word to those vexatious practices against which in former times no power protested more energetically than the United States. " If the Washington Cabinet should regard the' ,two persons arrested as rebels, whom it has always' a right to seize, the question, thougb shifting its ground, could not be more resolved in a sense, favourable to the commander of the San Jacinto.. In such a case there would be a contempt of the ( principle in virtue of which a ship is held to be portion of the territory whose flag it bears, and there would be a violation of the immunity which forbids a foreign sovereign to exercise jurisdiction on that territory. It cannot doubtless be necessary to call to mind the energy with which the United States has, on every occasion, defended this immu nity, and the right of asylum, which is a conse quence of it. " Without wishing to enter upon a more thorough discussion of the question raised by the capture of MM. Mason and Slidell, I have said enough, I think, to show that the Cabinet of Washington can- ; not, without infringing those principles which all neutral powers are alike interested in maintaining, nor without putting itself in contradiction with its own conduct up to the present time, give its appro bation of the conduct of the San Jacinto. In this -,tate of things the Cabinet of Washington cannot, in our opinion, hesitate as to the course to be taken., " Lord Lyons is already charged to present the demand for satisfaction which the English Cabinet is under the necessity of making, and which eon , sista in the immediate release of the persons taken from the Trent, and explanations which shall relieve the act of the captain of the San Jacinto of his offen sive character to the British flag. The Federal Go vernment would be inspired by a just and elevated sentiment in yielding to these demands, It is im possible to conceive any object or any interest that it. could have to run the risk of provoking a rupture • with Great Britain by assuming a different attitude. " For ourselves who would see in such a rupture a complication in every way deplorable of the difficulties with which the Cabinet at Washington has already to struggle, and a proceeding calculated to occasion serious uneasiness to all the powers not parties to the present conflict, we think we are giving a testimony of loyal friendship to the cabi net of Washington in not concealing from it our opinion. " I request you, sir, to take the first opportunit3 g r e frankly it, t oleave w i t h h i m M a r c . o F p e y w o a f r t d h , s a n d, o s should o u s P I d e a d k e i s n i — Receive, &c., i O THOUVENEL." despatch. if he CORN EXCHANGE. IThe country markets held on Saturday were but mode rately supplied with Rheat ; nevertheless, the demand was; in a sluggish state at about stationary prices. In the' value of spring corn and flour, very little change took place. The French markets come somewhat heavy; but in, America the demand for wheat, flour, and maize for ex port, has continued active. I The arrivals of English grain up to our market last week were very moderate. From abroad we received 72,989 quarters of wheat, 18,504 barley, 83,321 oats, 456 beans, 2,693 peas, 3,167 tares, 2,198 linseed, 584 rapeseed ; 15 sundry seeds, 1,277 sacks, and 26,363 barrels of flour. The funeral of the late Prince Consort having been fixed for to-day, the Corn Exchange has been closed by order of the committee. Wednesday, being Christmas-day, there, will, of course, be no market. METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. There was a very peer show of foreign stock in te-day'sl market, and sales progressed slowly, at previous currencies•l The arrivals of beasts fresh up from our grazing districts, ad well as from Ireland and Scotland, were on a very moderate scale ; but the general condition of the stock was good. On the whole, the beef trade ruled steady, at last Manday's quotations—the best Scots, &c., having realised 5s per 81bs. The receipts from various parts of England comprised 850 Scots, short-horns, &c. ; from Scotland, 105 Scots and crosses; and from Ireland, 300 oxen and heifers. We were very scantily supplied with all breeds of sheep, and the mutton trade ruled firm at full prices. ............_ . The best Downs and half-breds changed hands at 58 6d per Blbs. As there were scarcely any calves on offer, the value of veal was nominal. Prime small porkers were in fair request at full prices ; but large hogs were very dull Per Slb, to si ink the offal. s. d. s. d Primeers-wool d 0.4 6 5 2 Pme.S'thdowndo.s 4 5 6 Large erse. calves 4 6 5 0 1 Prime small do 5 2 5 6 Large hogs 3 10 4 4 Small porkers ... , 4 6 4 10 Id to Os Od. and quarter-old store pigs, s. d. s. d. Crse. & inf. beasts 3 4 3 8 Second quality do. 3 10 4 4 Prime large oxen 4 6 4 8 Prime Scots, &c. 4 10 5 0 Crse. & inf. sheep 3 2 3 6 Second quality do. 3 8 4 4 Lambs, Os 0 Suckling calves, —s to —s 21s to 295. TOTAL SUPPLY. t FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts Sheep .. 4,500 Sheep Calves Pigs. 2OO Pigs The total imports of foreign stock into London, last week, amounted to 3,641 head. In the corresponding week in 1860, we received 3,456—in 1859, 3,374—in 1858, 4,110 —in 1857, 1,053—in 1856, I,ll9—in 1855, 347 head. IMPORTS INTO LuNDON LAO WEER. From Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. Rotterdam .• • • 167 • • 717 • . .. 406 3 Harlingen .... 207 .. 8 5 6 6 Elamburgh .. 123 , 0p0rt0.... .. • • -- • . . • Vigo .. . -- • • - • • - • • Dordt - • • -7 Amsterdam .• • • • • • • • . -- • • — I Bremen - • • • • --- Boulogne — • • • • -- • • -7 Tonning — • • -- • • • • -- gedemblik 118 .. 1012 , Ostend .. • Nieu Diep - • • -- • • - .. - •• Total .... 492 .. 2,703 433 .. 8 The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as follows : Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs 860 454 .. 2,564 377 61 859 .. 543 .. 2,627 .. 142 .. 6'. 858 561 .. 3,294 .. 255 .. 857 3O .. 984 39 .. L 856 375 .. 742 , 102 .. 1855 247 .. 100 ''... • • ..-' A. statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of fat stock exhibited and sold in the great metropolitan cattle market, on Monday, Dec. 24, 1860, and this day, Monday, Doc. 23, 1861. - - - Per 81b. to sink the offal. Dec. 24, 1860. Coarse and inferior beasts 2to 3 6 Second quality do. 3 8 4 2 Prime large oxen 4 4 4 6 Prime Scots, &c. 4 8 410 Coarse and inferior sheep Second quality do. .. 4 0 4 8 Prime coarse-woolled d 0..... 410 5 4 Prime Southdown do. .. 5 6 510 Lambs Large coarse calves Prime small do. Large hogs Neat small/porkers Beasts . 1,530 . Sheep and lambs 5,470 Calves Pigs l3O SUPPLIES ON SALE, DEC. 26, 1859.—8 , sheep and lambs, 5,240 ; calves, —; pigs, 191 DEC. 27, 1858.—Beasts, 2,010 ; sheep and ] calves, 67; pigs, 360. Dec. 23, 1861. 3 4to 3 8 310 4 4 46 4 8 410 5 0' 32 3 6 38 4 4 46 5 2 6 4 5 00 0 0 46 5 0 52 5 6 310 4 4 4 6 410 1,960 4,500 1 200 leasts, 1,620 ; lambs, 7,050 NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Somewhat extensive supplies of each kind of meat have) been on sale at these markets, and a considerable porti on l ,has come to hand in prime condition. The trade generally 1 has ruled steady, and prices have been well supported. Per Sib. by the carcase. sdsd Inferior beef .. 3 0 3 8 r lliddling do. .. 3 8 4 0 Prime large do. 4 2 4 4' Do. small d 0... 4 4 4 6 Large pork .... 4 0 4 8 Inferior mutton. 3 8 4 0 a d a d, Middling mutton 4 2 4 4 Prime do . 4 6 4 8 Vaal 4 0 6 0 Small pork . Lamb BOROUGH HOP. The business doing in all kinds of hops is very moderate, yet the market continues firm, and the quotations are well supported. Last week's imports were 157 bales from New, York, 119 from Boulogne, 222 from Rotterdam , 61 from Calais, 1,076 from Hambro', 203 from Antwerp, 30 from Ostend, 37 from Antwerp, and 60 from Dunkirk. New Mid and East Kents 180 s to 220 s per cwt. New Weald of Keats 1478 185 s „ New Sussex l3ss 1555 „ Belgian llOB 120 s „ Bavarian . ... 140 s 160 s „ BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. Fair average supplies of potatoes have been on sale at these markets, in but middling condition. Good and fine l samples have moved off steadily, at fully previous quota tions ; but for inferior qualities the trade has continued in a sluggish state, at about late rates. Scotch Regents 100 s. to 140 s. per ton. Ditto Rocks loos. to 120 s. „ York Regents 110 s. to 140 s. ~ Ditto Flukes l3os. to 140 s. „ Kent and Essex Regents 100 s. to 150 s. „ Lincolnshire ditto Os. to 13 0 s. 9) Foreign WOOL. The market for English wool, since our last report, has been less firm, and in the value of deep-grown qualities a tall of from id to ld per lb has taken place. In colonial and foreign wool a very limited business has been done, at about previous rates. Last week's imports were 672 bales from Port Philip, 166 from the Cape, and 433 from Algoa Bay. TALLOW. Our market may be considered steady, at 51s 3d to 51s 6d for P.Y.C. on the spot and for the end of the year. Rough fat, 2s 8d per 81b. The usual weekly statement of imports, stock, &c., will not be issued till tomorrow. FOREIGN MAIL PACKET LIST. MAILS DUE. Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton. ...... Jan, 18. via Marseilles ......... J an. 12. Brazil and Cape Verds, by British packet........ Jan. 4. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena.. Jan. 1. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton. Jan. 2. via Marseilles ...Dec.i 27. Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton • ............Dec 26 India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton.. Jan. 2. via Marseilles.... Dec. 27. India (Bombay), via Southampton ..... Dec. 26. via Marseilles Jan. 4. Lisbon Dec. 21. Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Dec. 26. via Marseilles Dec. 27. Newfoundland Oporto and Vigo U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. .... packet...... Dec. ..D D e e c c . 2 15 1. by U.S. packet... • by Canadian packet. Dec. 25. W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe .......... 10. Bahamas, via Now York Jan. 16 Mexico Dec. 30. All parts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru, I D ee . 30. Californis,and British C01umbia............ ) Most of the Madrid journals of the 16th speak with regret of the lamentable death of the Prince town wis to l - e m a orro lt w aet.ed f Ra o y r Tfohre Windsor Grove Hceartsstio to Sir G t teeor n oyal Highnes s th e P r i nce Consort.dg e the .o : and religion are the sole consolations whic h remains . Consort. The Epoca, after referring to the Billie Lady There s a L ew i s and Miss Lister will leave :: tion of the Queen, says :—" The love of her f amil y funeral of hi to this affectionate spouse." In conseque nce of the: a A memorial to Lord Palmerston and Earl Russell - eveningof the ' urging was to have been given in the that the Amercan question be referred to . artatra ~`death , the French Ambassador had put off a ball . tion, is now in course of signature in Dublin to Colonel Shadwell, who is well known . in m I;;lcase she should not soon recover it is i n ten ded . 16th. The Infanta Dona Francisca is ill, and in cheater, has been appointed Quartermas ter-General an . -_ , *.send ster-General in . New Brunswick. ,the climate is mild. d her to Alicant, or some other place of which A letter from Cannes, of the 19th, sa s •—" On . ' l i COAL EXPORTS.—The shipments of coal to North the death of General Bowater Prince Leopold was removed '...; America Burin g last month from the various ports in the !from the Villa Leader to the Hotel Belle vue in the neigh..l-kingdom amounted to 17,900 tone, being an increase of e he h a i l s th re 7 . lbourhood. Lord Brougham. was so greatly affected at; 2,5 . 03 tons over the corresponding month of last year. Thel e ve d r i ed an a d nd un in ab h le is t u o s l u ea avl tlearning the death of the Prince Consort, that he was for i shipments were, from the northern ports, 2,093 tons ; York some • s• The total ;''1,038 tons tons ; and Scotch ports, 3,393 ton . t foreign The shipments of coal to North America during "ports know aelae recovered from the various ports in the kingdom o B2tons His lordship is' shire ports, 486 tons ; Liverpool, 10,299 tons ; Severn ports, -last month from the various ports in the kingdom amounted ports during the last month amounted to 484,7 to 17,909 tons, being an increase of 2,503 tons over the or- I responding month of last year. '' showing a decrease as compared with the corresponding ) month of last year o f 45,059 tons. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. PLATE ROBBERY BY A BUTLER.--BAD CASE: William Dairy, butler, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with steal-' ing a quantity of plate of the value of £7O, the property oil Dr. Andrew Whyte Barclay, of 23A, Bruton-street, Bond. street. Dr. Andrew Whyte Barclay said,--I engaged prisoner, and his wife and daughter, to take care of my house ir, 1852, as domestic servants. I paid prisoner £6O a year and 18s. board wages, besides allowing him other articles. Last summer I wished to have one new plate I had bought en graved, and on asking for it,'it was:missing. :It had been:il-1 the prisoner's charge. I asked him where it was, and he said he had pledged it and gave me the duplicates. I asked if he had robbed mo in any other way, and he said he had not. Knowing that his family were respectable, I discharged him, telling him that if anything further was found out I would prosecute him. The next day I found a silver salver was missing, which prisoner had pledged for £2l, It had formed no part of the new plate I had previously missed. Bills then began to come in from tradesmen in my name which I never ordered. I have also found that a quantity of wine bad been taken from the cellar, the empty bottles being placed in the bins with the view of deceiving [me. Some of the bottles had been filled with water and corked up, in all about 50 bottles. In answer to a question, Dr. Barclay said the wine missing was worth about £3O, and that either prisoner or himself kept the key. _ _ Mr. Tyrwhitt—ls the pawnbroker in attendance. Inspector Webb who took the prisoner into custody, said he was not, though he had been warned to bo. Dr. Barclay said he had redeemed the salver. Mr. Tyrwhitt said the case should be put back till a later hour, and, if the pawnbroker attended, the case could be concluded, if not, the prisoner would be remanded. THAMES. EXTRAORDINARY AND IMPUDENT ROBBERY.--Two rough-looking fellows, who gave the names of John Long and William Glynn, were charged with entering the dwell ing house of William Walker, at No. 3, Orchard-place, Ratcliff, and stealing a quantity of linen. The prosecutor's wife, Ellen Walker, is a laundress. On Saturday afternoon she left her parlour and went upstairs. A few minutes afterwards she heard a noise in the lower part of the house, and hastily returned to the parlour, where she had pinned 9 shirts and 2 handkerchiefs some time before. The whole of them were gone. She instantly called aloud for help and ran through a kitchen into a wash house, where she found the whole of the linen in a bag. The prisoners were at that time in a retiring place in the yard, and finding they were detected immediately assumed drunkenness aad began tumbling against each other. On being asked what business they had on the premises they impudently replied, "We have only come to the closet." Directly afterwards Mr. George Wischar, a :foreigner and commission agent, rushed into the house, and /assisted in securing the prisoners. He saw them enter the !house a few minutes previously, and Long had a bag on his arm. He heard a " great row" five minutes afterwards, and suspecting thieves were in the house, went to the as sistance of Mrs. Walker, and helped to secure the thieves., The bag containing the linen was the one he saw Longi ; enter the house with. _ The prisoners said they were both so drunk they could not stand when they were taken into custody, and on being ( told that drunkenness was no excuse for crime, they cross examined the witnesses at great length. Long said he had been a soldier, and gone through the war in the Crimea, served in India, wen several medals, and was discharged on the 24th May last. Mr. Selfe said there had been many brave and honour able men in the army who went to the bad on leaving it, and became the worst of thieves. If Long had been in the army, and served his country as represented, be would have had no difficulty in obtaining employment. .He se ntenced 'Long to six months' imprisonment and hard labour, and Glynn to four months' imprisonment and hard labour, A letter from Paris says :—A gentleman who ha_ just arrived in Pat is from New York says that whet: he left no one supposed England would take up th , Trent affair so seriously, and " certainly," he add:. the Americans will not go to war on that subject.' He declares that " the ultimatum will surprise then,' amazingly, for they have been accustomed to thin]; ; they can do pretty much what they like with tht English." These assertions are confirmed in a letter ; I have read from a French merchant at New York I He says that the seizure of the Southern Corn missioners creates no fears in commercial circles, and then he speaks of l'aspect le plus pacffique of the Government and peopl, towards foreign countries, and insists, abovt all, that the Washington Cabinet wishes to keep wel' with England. I think we may at least come to thi: conclusion, that neither the Government nor tht people of the North had the least idea that Euglant would take up the violation of the flag with so mucl promptness and decision ; and up to the presen moment we know not what the expression of feel Ing will be when Lord Lyons' instructions art known. It is calculated here in Paris that Monda' next may bring us the first indications of how tht ultimatum has been received—that is to say, Oat tone of the American journals may be telegrapher to London and Paris on that day, whilst the officia answer, it is supposed by Americans here, will ge to Europe about the time when New Year's gifts art exchanged, as it declared that the Washington Cabinet will not make a hasty reply. It is but jusi to say that most Americans in Paris, including OD Minister and Consul, consider the boarding of gat Trent illegal and a political error, and they furthe) calculate on the Washington Government taking tht same view. I find that a strong conviction continue: to prevail amongst Northern Americans that wa) will be avoided. I should observe that, on interrogat ing the gentleman referred to above (who has just , arrived from New York) as to why the Norther' army does not show signs of action, he ob served :—" The Northern generals have agree(' not to make any grand attack on the Sontheri army, and the Southern generals have decided ti remain on the defensive. The plans of Oat Northerners are tot filter' through the country when 'no large bodies of Southern troops are to be found and gradually close round their enemies. This we: General Scott's plan." The authority to whom 3 refer seems to think that the North must triumph. but it must be remembered he comes from the im mediate atmosphere of New York and Washington. where confidence, to use a measured word, blind reason, and often leads to false conclusions. THIS DAYS SHIPPING. LONDON, Dec. 23.—Wind this day at noon—North- Easterly ; moderate breeze, with fine weather, but rather !cloudy. PLYMOUTH, Dec. 22 —Wind N.E.—Sailed—tier Ma jesty's ship Satellite, for Halifax. NEWPORT, Dec. 21.--Wind N.E.—Sailed—Era for St. Thomas. - QUEENSTOWN, Dec. 21 —Wind N.N.E.—Arrived - 1 'Canada, steamer, from Boston and Halifax, and proceeded for Liverpool. OFF PORTSMOUTH, Dec. 22.—Arrived—Sylpt.), from London for Barbadoes. _ OFF DARTMOUTH, Dec. 22. Arrived—Highflyer, from London for Sydney. MILFORD, Dec. 22.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—Economist, from St. John's, Newfoundland, for Quebec; Dudac, from Quebec for Troon. DovER, Dec. 22.—Wind N.E., strong.—Sailed—Anna, Georgiana, for Havannah, after repairing. CARDIFF, Dec. 21 —Wind E —Sailed—Shakespeare, Shanghai; Felue, for Buenos Ayres; Enterprise, for Halifax. RACING FIXTURES FOR 1862. FEBRUARY. Lincoln MARCH. Nottingham S .. 4 I Liverpool S Derby Spring 6 Shrewsbury S APRIL. [Northampton 1 Croxton Park Epsom Spring - Ponteland Newmarket C 2l Cat teriok Bridge .. 24 'Minsk !Newmarket F S Chester Spring York Spring Salisbury Bath Harpenden 3O Epsom Summer 3 Chelmsford ll !Manchester Ascot Newcastle Hampton Odiham Bibury Club Newton Stockbridge 3 Winchester Newmarket Worcester Liverpool Abingdon Pontefract Hun gerford Nottingham Southampton Stamford 24 Marlborough Goodwood AUGUST. Reading Egham York Oxford 2O Stockton 26 NOTEMBER. Radcliffe I Brighton Brighton Club Lewes .. 8 Wolverhampton .. 11 Worcester Hereford lO Liverpool I Shrewsbury WILFUL MURDER OF ONE OF LORD DILLON'S GAMEKEEPERS AT DITCHLEY-PIRK,Oxox.---On Thursday eight Lord Dillon's second gamekeeper, named Moulder, was out on duty in Ditehley- wood with a watcherovhen they suspected, from the manner in which the pheasants were flying about, that some poachers were not far off. Shortly after they saw two men, and ran after them, but when Moulder was within 10 yards of them, one of the poachers, named John Hall, of Charlbury, turned round and delibe rately shot Moulder in the breast, and be died instantly. The watcher had a struggle with the other poacher, named John Tuckey, of Finstock, but overpowered and captured him. Hall escaped, but at five o'clock on Friday morning. four hours e'er the murder, he was taken into custody in "bed at his lodgings at Charlbury. An inquest was held 07 the body at Charlbury on Saturday, and lasted from eleven o'clock in Ithe 'morning until five in the afternoon, when it was adjourned until Thursday next, for the purpose of get ting additional evidence. The prisoners were conveyed to the county gaol at Oxford, and will be brought before the magistrates at Charlbury this morning at eleven o'clock. Moulder was a powerful fellow between 40 and 50 years of age, and has left a widow and seven children. The prisoner Hall served in the Ist Madras Fusiliers in India, for foul years, and returned to Charlbury about a year ago; since • then he has undergone imprisonment in the county gaol for poaching. His accomplice, Tuckey, was also well . known as a poacher, and neither of them apr eared to hav,, any other mode of obtaining their subsistence, as they followed no occupation. OLD ENGLISH COINS.—A few days ago a far. mer, while digging up a corner of a field in the neighbour hood of Cleckheaton, a populous manufacturing and mining i . village in the garish of Birstal, in the West Riding of York- shire, made a discovery of considerable interest to coil ; dealers and collectors. His spade struck against an earthen , jar, which was embedded in the ground about six inches be neath the surface, and on examination the vessel was found to contain 100 silver coins, including coins of the reigns 01 Charles 1., and of the Com- Mary, Elizabeth, James 1., -monwealth. Among them were pennies, twopenny and sixpenny pieties, shillings, and ono or two of higher value Some of the smaller coins were much worn. Twenty-two coins of the reign of Charles I. were in excellent preserva Lion, with the King's head beautifully impressed. Thert were six coins of the Commonwealth as fresh as when they came frem the Mint ; and from this circumstance the time when the treasure was buried may be fixed with consider able confidence. The 109 coins which the jar contained '. weighed Boz. 3dwts. , . DIE PROPOSED ROAD ACROSS HYDE-PARK.—Our'; readers are aware that this matter was remitted to a selects; committee, composed of two members from each parish in-p terested, who were to consider the matter, and to consult; with the Chief Commissioner on the subject. We fear, how-t ever, that nothing will come of the movement, owing to thet ,determination.of the Government not to contribute any_;„ thing,:as Mr. Cowper has refused the very reasonable request of the committee to obtain approximate estimates of the two projects. The present pos ition of the affair is—That thel /parish of Kensington would decline any assistance if the; road across Kensington-gardens is to be adopted; Chelsett, his willing to contribute a reasonable share; Paddington, equally so ; Marylebone distinctly declines any contribution whatever; St. George's, Hanover-square, appears not very' willing to contribute. The special committee is summoned for Tuesday next, when the matter will be determined, and, we fear, fer the present abazinetl,—Oigrver. .E.NGLAND AND AMERICA. AUSTRIAN FINANCE. The following are the terms of the engagemens to bo entered into between the Austrian Govern meat and the Bank of Vienna:— " Art. 1. The privilege of the Bank is extended : "Art. 2. The State will reimburse in specie, it 20 monthly instalments, the first of which is to be paid in one month after the conclusion of the con vention, to the Bank, the 20 millions of florins whicl, the latter lent to the former. " Art. 2. The 44 millions of florins which the State owes to the Bank for the sinking fund of the anticipation certificates shall be returned between the present time and 1870. Art. 4. The Bank shall be indemnified to the amount of 90 millions by the annual product of the sale of the domains of the State ; a portion of those domains to a fixed amount is to be sold every year if less than is required be sold, the State will have to pay the difference. Art. 5. The State abandons to the Bank, in order to cover the surplus due to it, the sum of 23 mil lions in specie on the loan of 1862. "Art. 6. The Bank lends to the State during the term of its privilege a certain sum which shall not be called for during that time (estimated at 8( millions). " Art. 7. The Bank will restore to the State the A 3O millions of the London loan, deposited as :guarantee, as well as the remainder of the loan of 21860. "Art. 8. The Bank engages to sell between thi time and a certain fixed period the titles of railwa: And of land indemnity arising from the sinkin, fund. Art. 9. The authorisation granted in 1858 1 t issue notes to the amount of triple their reserve wil be restricted to a fixed sum. All notes issued be yond that amount must be covered by the metallic (reserve. Art. 10. The independence of the Bank as re gards the State is guaranteed; it will be places under the surveillance of a commission of the Heichsrath, which will be at the same time charged ith that of the public debt." THE LAST SERMON BEFORE TILE COURT AT BALMORAL. An incident which, now that the Prince Consor • has been taken from us, possesses a special interest occurred some six or seven weeks ago. The Rev. ‘. Kr. Stewart, of Edinburgh, a young and exceed ingly popular preacher, had engaged to officiate it the parish church close to Balmoral, and where th. Court invariably attend Divine service when tv Balmoral. On this occasion the rev. gentleman discovered, to his great discomfort, just as he enterec the pulpit, that he had left at home the manuscript of the sermon which he was to preach before tht Queen and the Prince Consort. It happily oceurree to him, in the embarrassing situation in which lit round himself placed, that he had recently writtei sermon from the text, " Prepare to meet the God," which he had closely committed to memory Re accordingly preached the sermon in questiot with great fluency and power. Her Majesty am the late Prince Consort were so much struck witl the discourse that they sent a message to th( . preacher, expressing the pleasure with which the • had listened to it, and requesting to be favoured with a sight of the manuscript. The manuscrip was of course at once forwarded to the Court, an( immediately afterwards a second message was sew o the preacher by the Queen and the Prince, de siring that the sermon should be published. It ha , been so, and is in extensive circulation in Scotland What un awful appropriateness there was in th( ext, " Prepare to meet thy God," so far as regard , ' -he late lamented Prince.—Morning Advertiser. FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE EASTERN COUNTIE as.mv ty —An inquest was held on Saturday by Mr. II f.:4:' • - • Raffles Walthew, the deputy-coroner, at the Poplar Hos- Igital, on view of the body of Thomas Redpath, aged 40 'who lost his life under the following circumstances :—Th deceased was in the service of the Eastern Counties Railwa)f Company, and on Saturday last, while engaged in oilin. i some portion of the machinery of an engine, near the Bark ing-road station, he, by some means, fell off the train, an , became jammed between one of the trucks and the platform. He was found lying in a state of suffering, and was con veyed to the hospital, where Mr. Brownfield, the hens( : surgeon, found that he had sustained severe internal inju ries, from which he ultimately died. Several witnesses 4' examined, and it was proved that the deceased was perfectl) sober, and the unfortunate occurrence was quite accidental ,: Verdict, "Accidental death." A PENITENT THIEF.—A man named Beard ha' just given himself up to the police authorities of Higl, - Wycombe, for a robbery committed at Downham 24 years ago. Ho then worked for a Mrs. Beeston, a painter, and !-, absconded from her service, robbing the house of a £lO and £5 note, a spade-ace guinea, a half - sovereign , some silver , and a coat with gilt buttons thereon. From his own con fession he hired a horse and chaise and wont to Cambridge. 1 , where he borrowed a coat of the ostler, which he never re turned. He adds that the affair has so troubled his mini that he had determined to give himself up to justice. Mrs Beeston left Downham some time back, and is since dead,l A so that Beard will probably be discharged with an easier conscience.—Norfolk News. We are informed that in consequence of th , English Government not being immediately provided with a sufficient stock of snow boots in the event of an ewer. /gency, application was made to the Emperor of the French, = who at once expressed his willingness to supply the want, r and on receiving a reply that 2,000 were required, that num-' ber was transmitted by order of his Majesty without a mo , rment's delay. 1 THE ENGLISH AND AMERICAN GOVERNMEN TS:— :W 2e have good reason to believe that Lord Ly ons was di reeted by the British Government to communicate unofd tcially to Mr. Seward the substance of Lord Russell's desa- Ipatch demanding the surrender of M essrs. Slidell T a h n i j wMason a day or two previous to its f ormal delivery. fact is decisive as to the conciliatory spirit ments—Asp, of the Govern i We have advices from Buenos Ayres to the 12th of Nov. An arrangement was said to have been perfected with Urquiza whereby he recognises Gen. Mitre as the Provisional Dictator of the country, rejecting the refractory authorities which existed before the battle of Pabon. The Buenos Ayrean army was to continue to occupy Santa Fe, and, if necessary, the troops of Entre Rios to obey the new Provisional Dictator. Derqui, after two or three days spent in Parana, had embarked on board the British steamer of war Ardent, with his family, bound to Montevideo, where he would remain ready to return at the call of Urquiza. Meantime Entre Rios was being daily assimilated more and more to Paraguay, and nobody could either enter or leave Its territory, except as the reigning despot might choose. The expedition against the rebel Govern ment of Cordova was about to move under Gen. Paunero and Col. D. Marcos Paz. On the sth ult. the Legislative Assembly of Buenos Ayres was convened in extra session for the purpose of considering and voting the remainder of 'he Budget—viz., the general estimates of the Cus .omhouse for 1862 ; the law of stamped paper for he same year; of Contribution Directa, or real state tax ; estimates of municipal expenses and saxes for the city, and also for the Bank. After hat, the projects for the construction of the South- Tn and the contin cation of the Western Railways, - he building of wharfs and warehouses at Catalinas, Ind the laying down of a submarine telegraph cable o Montevideo were to come upon the tapzs, each in heir order. A memorandum of the Brazilian Minister of Finance shows the following as the amount of the lebt of the Argentine Confederation and Banda Oriental to the Imperial Treasury : Loans to the Banda Oriental—lst, on account of he Convention of the 12th of October, 1857, 1,020,041 dole ; 2d. To bills drawn by the Impe ial Legation in Monte Video, 720,000 dole.; 3. On account of the protocol of the 29th of Jan. 1858, 119,850 dols. ; total, 1,859,891 dols. To the Argentine Confederation (National Go vernment)-Ist. Loan, 407,000 dols. ; 2d. ditto, 314,000 dols. ; interest on ditto, to the 31st of Dec., 1860, 233,628 dols. ; total, 947,628. In this statement the expense of the expedition )f 1854 and 1855 is not included, and is due by the Vlonte Video Government, :in accordance with the reaties of the 12th of October, 1857, and sth of ugust, 1854. The latest price of doubloons at Buenos Ayres •anged from 411 i to 413. Exchange on England, s3s. 6d. ; ditto on France, 80f. to 801. ; ditto on the United States, par to 2 per cent. discount. The bank received currency at 6 per cent.; ditto specie at per cent. per annum. The bank advanced specie tt 12 per cent. per annum ; ditto currency at 8 per :ent. per annum. Market rate of interest, 1 to 1-1- )er cent. per month ; gas shares, 77i per cent. ; Bolsa shares, 7 to 10 per cent. dess. The British barque Warrior Queen sailed from Buenos Ayres for London on the 7th of Nov., and , he barque Istria had also left for Liverpool, both aden with large cargoes of hides, sheepskins, wines, tallow, &c. Several shipping disasters occurred during a vio tent gale which raged on the night of the 28th and 29th of Oct. The magnificent American steamer Vlississippi, owned in New York, broke from her noorings, and was stranded on the beach, but lay n a favourable position, bows on the shore, quite ,t her ease, and materially undamaged, and was , xpected to be easily got afloat on the first high ide. The American barque Carolina run aground pposite the Recoleta, and the Hamburg brig denrich Arens opposite Belgrano; both lost heir anchors. The schooners Rayo and Do oms run aground. Among the lesser craft th e ceidents were more numerous, The National schooner Diana was struck by the Mississippi, osing her bowsprit and foremast. The schooner Carolina was completely lost from a similar ;Ruse, and the pilot-boats Mariquita,Dolores, Rayo, nd Tomasito were aground on the beach. The French barque Etincelle lost her anchor. Her Majesty's ship Ardent left Buenos Ayres on he Ist of November for Parana. l i The following intelligence has been received by he French steamer Navarre from Bordeaux :- -,-; 3 " Pernambuco, Nov. 30. The Oneida arrived here on the 28th, with London dates to the 9.h, and telegrams to the 11th dem. It is almost needless to say that cotton is still he favourite article of the day, but prices have 3en worked up to such a height that at length, baring to be broken, the pitcher would no longer 4.0 to the well, and for an entire week pressers did lot sell a bale. To-day, however, a sale was made it 12 dols, per arroba, equal to 111 d. per lb., ex F reight. This is a decline of 600 reis from the lighest point obtained. Sugars are duller; ordinary )rowns are quoted 1,950 to 2,000 per arroba, or 17s. Bd. to 18s. ld. per cwt. ; whites, 2,600 to 4,100 nr 235. 7d. to 355. 7d. per cwt. ; hides, 180 reis per b. ; exchange, 26/ Freights very firm, at 625. 6d. ind 5 per cent. Channel and United Kingdom ; 30s. and 5 per cent. sugar to Liverpool; 7-Bths, and per cent., per lb. cotton." THAMES EMBANEMENT-SOLTH SIDE The Commissioners for considering the propriety )f embanking the south side of the Thames met on Saturday afternoon at the Westminster Hotel. Col. Galton presided, and the other commissioners vere present. Mr. Frederick Poulton, of the Board of Works, was first examined. He said that the embankment A* the Thames on the south side was rendered neces iary or desirable from the fact that floods frequently took place on the south side of the Thames. The floods affected the poor inhabitants and the wharf• ,ngers. In the case of the poor, they were driven Jut of their dwellings between Nine Elms and Westminster-bridge, and immediately after the ,eater subsides, when they return to their dwellings, iisease was generated by the dampness of the swellings. It was obvious that the wharfingers must suffer considerably by being flooded out of their places of business. These things could be prevented by an embankment, and by that means mly. He pointed out further that the crowded state of the thoroughfares on the south side of the iver between Vauxhall and Westminster rendered rn additional roadway necessary ; and the crowded <tate of the thoroughfares would be increased by he construction of Lambeth-bridge, which would be opened next year. A new street was undoubtedly necessary, and it might be made by an embank nent, or by widening the waterside thoroughfare. As to the north side of the river above Westmins ter, it was already embanked. As to lighting the wharfs on the river side, it would interfere with all the existing thoroughfares and the neighbourhood, and would entail the entire reconstruction of the wharves—and, indeed, most of the existing wharf walls were so bad that any attempt to patch up the !natter would be a failure, and would not remove the evils of flooding, nor remedy the evils of over crowding ; there was great doubt, therefore, that tny other course than an embankment would re medy the existing evils. It must be remembered , that those on the south side contributed a large Imount of coal tax, which goes to pay for the em bankment of the north side. Capt. Galton—lf that argument would apply, then every district should have some improvement. Witness —Well, by the north e mbankment the whole of the north districts are improved, and by the south embankment the whole of the south dis tricts will be improved. The floods come over the embankment, and out through the sewers. It would he most injurious to abolish the free landing places. From one of them 1,000 tons are carted a week, and any road on the south side must be constructed in connection with free landing places. The objec tionable nature of the mud banks is due to the sewage. } 3y Sr J. Jebb—The road between my wharf and works is sometimes flooded, and the embankment would remedy the evil. Dr. Odling, medical officer of health for the parish of Lambeth ; Mr. W. F. Godered, vestryman ; and other gentlemen of local position and influence, were also examined, and the commission Ns as further ad lourned. SOUTH A I ERICA. ~: 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 8.13.4 100 100 100 100 100 100