The Sun. — London, England, 1861-12-19 00:00:00

...,- 111114111616105e6at. T. - . . . ._____ _.... , __ _... .....,..... THE ' SUN , LONDON, _ THIRD EDITION•. SHARE MARK ET-(THIS DAY). BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Closing ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Share Railwa y s. (Paid. Price. B usiness done AS UN OFFICE, Six o'clock. 100 Atlantic &St Lawrence all - _ Business done. a t k c Bom„Baroda&.Cent Ind .NAV.AL IN TELLIGENCE. Share Railways. 100 981 994 991 I Paid.i Closing prica. ( Gu. 5 per cent 18 Do Do. B all - - d 201 Buffalo and L a ke H uron a ll at 4/ d 50 Belfast and Nor. Coun. all - - The following appointments were made at the Admiralty 13.14 Ba r ., W o l ., an d St r. V a l. a ll 74 8 204 Do. New - - this evening :- 25 Blyth and Tyne - - 100 I 6 P. ct. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 10 Do. Preference ...... all 65 65 Lieutenants-E. W. Fitz Gerald, Henry Izod and 10 Bost.,Sleaf.,andMid.Co. all 664 Buffalo,Brant&Godrich at Bristol and Exeter Charles Chute to the Nile, for disposal ; John S. Eaton, at Caledonian lOO 99 100 994 1 100 Do. do. July 1, 18;3 100 - - to Pelorus for disposal ; Bernard Moore and Francis C. 10 Carmarthen & Cardigan all - - 100 Do. do. June 1, Ms 100 - - 50 C rlz and Bandon all - - 5 Clcutta.&S.Eastn. (Li f. ,` all if 5 • R. Baker to the Marborough, for disposal. 20 Cork, Blrock, & Passage all - - 20 Cape, Eastn.Prov. (Lim.) 2s. - - Master-Alfred J. Veitch to the Orlando. 20 Cornwall all 5 6 100 - 20 I CapeTown & Dock Scrip 16 1 id 10 Da A t p p no div' 20 Ceylon Guarantd. 6p. c. 71 - - Second Master-John J. Covey to the Dee; Richard tire s . an.has all - - 175 Demerara all - .. all - - Reed (acting) to the Hawke, for Coastguard. 10 Do • B been paid to B. 20 Eastn. Bengal gu. sp. ( all 191 20 d 20 5, Assistant-Engineers-Abram Gray promoted to acting 50 Dublin & Belfast Juno. all 40 42 stock East Indian, gu. sp. c. 100 100 101 Mt i 25 Dun.,Perth,&Ab. Juno. all 101 101 20 Do. F Shares Ext.__ all - - first-class in the Arrogant; Edwd. Watson, acting second- at East Anglian lOO 18 19 20 Do. Jubbulpore. all - - class, to the Asia, as supernumerary; D. Crichton (A)' at Eastern Counties lOO 504 514 100 Do. 44 pc. Debentra. all 98 100 st Eastern Union, A stock 100 47 50 100 Do. 5 p.c. Deb., 1864.. all 99 101 . confirmed second-class in Edinburgh. at Do Bdo do 100 32 34 100 Do. 1865-1870 all 094 1011 - 25 DoNw A, late E U3ds 134 - - stock Grand Trunk of Canada 100 17 19 18 BA NE OF ENGL AND. at East Suffolk - - 100 Do. 6 per cent. Pref.. all 55 60 64 at Edinburgh & Glasgow lO3 88 90 100 Do. 2d Pref. 6 per ct. all '4O 50 - 4 at Edin., Perth, & Dundee 100 285 294 100 Do. 6 per ct. Debentr. all 28 32 30 An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria 10 Portia & Clyde Junction all - - 100 Do. 7 per cent. 1862 .. all 34 38 cap. 32, for the week ending on -Wednesday, the 18th day st Furness - - 100 Do. ' do. 1867 _ all 27 SO of Dec., 1861:- st tillasg. and S. Western 1 100 98 100 99 100 Do. do. 1872 .. all 27 10 , ISSUE DEPARTMENT. 10 GreatNrthn of Scotland; all - - stock GtlndiaPenin.gtm.sp.e. 100 694 1004 1004 Notes issued ........£29,426,310 , Government Debt £11,015,100 at Great Northern 1100 111 112 111 1 4 20 Do. New g. ua. sp. c... 10 4 5 d Other Securities .. 3.634,900 at Do A stock lOO 109 110 stock Gt. South.of India (Lim' Gold Coin & Bullion 14,776,39, at Do li do 1 100 130 132 guaranteed 5 per cent. 100 98 09 Silver Bullion .... - at Gt. S. an IW. of Ireland 100 101 103 20 Do. do. all __ - st Great Western £29,426,330 £29,426,3:0 st Do Str Val gua. stock 100 55 68 205 Do. New . lB 12 114 61 i' 12 Irish South Eastern - - 100 Do. 6 p.c. '73 with' t opt. all - - BANKING DEPARTMENT. at Lancashire & Yorkshire 100 1054 1051 1053 ft 100 Do. 55 p. ii. do. '77 d 0... all - - Proprietors' Capi- Government Seen- at London and Blackwall 100 54 56 100 Do. 55 p. c. do. '7B d 0... all - - tal £14.553,000 rities (including st Lou.,Bright.& S. Coast 100 115 117 1155 stock Madras guar., 44 p. c... 100 88 90 Rest - unity) £10,963,147 at Lou.,Lon Chat., and Dover 100 44 46 44 at Lon. & North. Western 100 911 014 915 1 stock Do. do. 5 per cent .... 100 98 99 eluding Exche- Other Securities 16,522,564 9,1184,680 at Lo u.& South Western 100 921 935 stock Do. 4f p. c. Extension 100 90 92 92 20 Do. 5 quer, Savings' Notes - .... all - - Banks, Commis- Gold and Silver 25 L'derry & Coleraine .. all - stock 3lelb.Corp. 6p. o. Bnds. 100 - - missioners of Na- Coin 534,959 25 L'derry & Enniskillen. all 911 20 Newßrunswick k & Candy tional Debt, and at Man., Shef., & Lincoln. 100 44 444 444 Ry.&Land(Lim.)g.6pc all r ; •,,, Dividend Ac- 50 Maryport and Carlisle. all - - Class A Capital Share " ' ' counts) 6,794.788 125 Do f shares all - - .. Do. do. Land d 0........ politan Other Deposits.... 13,132,814 • 10 Metro 74 55 6 20 Do. do. B Capital d 0... Seven Day and st Midland all 1261 1261 1265 1 5 .. Do. do. Land do. ...... all 4 6 other Bills 691,028 6.4.0 Do Ne w if 2.14. 15 1/p p -+ Oude (Limited) ........ - _ _ at Do Birming. & Derby 100 97 99 stock Scinde ... ... q.; 100 1004 1015 433,315,318 £.38,305, 318 50 Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland all - - 20 Do. Punjaub .... fa Li 15 1d 1 d 25 Do. 5 shares - - 20 Do. Do. .... - a q all - -' 1 191 AI. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. Dated December 19, 1861. 25 Mid Kent - - stock Do. Indus. St. Flo. ag 100 95 100 10 Do Cray Line - - 10 Trinidad (Lim.) Scrip.. 1 5 I d 100 Newcastle and Carlisle all MONEY MARKET AND CITY NEWS. 10 Newr y & Arma g h, def . 9 - - FOREIGN RAILWAYS. 20 Newry, Warnpt, & nos. all - 00 Akforiori - 4 at Norfolk lOO -62 61 604 10 A n t werp & Rotterdam all 64 61 , CITY, Two o'CLocx. at North British - -p st Nor.Dev.Rail&Dk.stock 100 - - 20 B a h.&S.Franiim.7 pm. 15 j,f d 141 i Although the rates of discount in the open mar- at Do A stk ; A recs no d 5 Belgi a n E as t. J unc ti on a ll 4 t till 6 pc. has been pdß 100 - - 20 Be z i ers t o G ra i ssessac .. ail ket continue, as for some time past, from / to e per at Do B sock lOO - - Carmeaux Mine & Rail 3C lc} 111 cent. below the minimum of the Bank of England, at Nth. Eastern-Berwick 100 98 99 931 9 100 Copiapo ,_, .............. all - - 25 Do, G.N.E. purchase 1.6.13.4 14 d d 10 Ditto Extension .... all 433 the possibility of a reduction in that quotation at Do Leeds lOO 55 56 56 20 Dutch Rhenish ........ 16 1 4 attracts very little notice, and the weekly meetings at Do York 19.1 0 .0 t,.., No rth London 100 94 96 20 Eastern of France .... all 2 1 1 21 20 Grand Rue Guar. 6p. a all - - 5 - - 20 Do. do. all - - of the directors do not appear to excite the least 101 North Staffordshire - - interest. There is still a superabundance of money, 10 N. and S. W. Junction all 101 101 20 Gt. L uxem., Con. shs... all I Fa 84 at Not. Gran. EL & Canal 100 88 90 and the requirements of the mercantile public are 10 Peebles all --- 20 Italian Junction . .... all I - - 20 Lierre & Turnhout . .... all - - much below the average. A larger business, how- 20 Portsmouth - - 20 Lyons & Geneva, ...... all ' - - 10 Rhymney - - ever, will no doubt be negotiated during the next at Scottish Central st Scot. N. E.. Aber. stock 100 37 39 20 Namur & Liege .... .... all 81 i 1 20 Do. 6p. c. Pref......... all 20 21 at Do So .t. Mid. stock lOO 95 V two or three weeks, as the demand generally in- 16 Northern of France.... all 38 39 16 Do. New Shares ..... 15 creases towards the end of the year. 10 Shrews. and Welch o 0 all - - 10 Norwegian Trunk P ro f . P f. all 7 9 st Shropshire Union In the Liverpool cotton market yesterday more 10 Sittingbourne & Sheer, all - - 20 Paris,Lyons, & Mediter. all 39 40 20 Paris & Orleans.. - .... all 50 32 25st S S . outh Devon lOO 36 38 activity was exhibited, and prices were firm. The Durham & Lane. Un all - - 20 c Recife &S. Fran. (Pero.) sales were 10,000 bales. st South Eastern 20 Riga dz Dunaburg...... 18.8. - - at South Wales Very little business has been negotiated in the at S. York. and River Dun 1 0 0 95 97 20 Royal ,vani5h.......... all 1 1 13 5 Royal Swedish ..... all - - 20 Staines Wok. and Wok. all 6 6 market for Public Securities to-day, and the varia- 25 Stockton & Darlington all 36 4 38 4 Do. 7 per cent. Pref.... all - - 20 Sambre & Meuse .... all (5 61 tion has been unimportant. Consols have been 25 Do l3 7 8 p 25 Do New, 1860 5 45 55 p 10 Do. 51 per cent. Pref...., all 81 91 22222 2 10008000 0 4 ss S wv v .wpv v . . 00 A e.ecul. sosti u sattti i i:seNF t rrtprnn. & I:: aom L onooff. r o d: s: Ll.A m erfFwr lieu, a b Frfi stae V r:zrnar i. Switzerland epic e e . . . a. . Austria.. . . . . t n d. . . . i dealt in at 901 i-, for money and the account, but at Taff Vale. - - 20 San Paulo, lirn, g. 7p. n 4 1 i 54 a a aa l a 4 6 61 1 1: 1 11 1 2 29: 5 6 : l a 2_1761:04 I are now 901 The market continues in rather an . at Ti lf a O m P ea rtt a . v N e o n l sataii 100 - - 22 - - unsettled state, and a comparatively small sale or 50 Ulster 25 Do 2O 24 35 purchase is sufficient to influence prices. The New 12.10 Do Threes have been dealt in at 891 I ; the Reduced, st Vale of heath 10 Victoria sta. and Pim all 125 13 89/ ; Bank Stock is 232 4 ; Exche q uer Bills, June, st Waterford & Kilkenny 100 - - - - 6 Wiesbaden - ~ . 50 Waterford & Limerick. all - - - are lls. to 14s. prem. ; India 5 per Cent. Loan, 102- 4 ; , 20 West Cornwall all 51 6) 6 • Do. 8 per cent Pref.... all - - • ditto 64 per Cent. Enfaced Paper, 1021; Deben- 20 West London 10 Do Ist class - - 1 all - - BRITISH MINES. tures, 9841; and ditto Bonds, 13s. prem. 20 Do 2d class all - - - Alf re d Consols (Kalack) 3.2.10 4 4 at W. Hartlepool Har.&R lOO - - at West Midland Oxford 100 44 46 20 British Iron The Foreign Stock Market has been equally - Clifford nil 32 Is • quiet, and free from fluctuation. Business has taken at st Do Newpor 100 43 45 Do Hereford s 100 89 91 - Devon G. Cons. (Taoist.) 1 360 870 - East Bassett (Illogan) 3O 65 60 place in Turkish 6 per Cents. of 1 858 , at 67 4 1, and - East Caradon 2.14.6 271 231 the old are nominally 77/ 1,-. Spanish 3 per Cents. LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. -- E. W'l Russel (Tavistk ) 7.4.0 334 Gam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen ) 551 18 20 remain at 50/, the Deferred are marked 411, and - Great South Tolgus.... 17s 31 41 Railways. p aid. Leasing Closing Business - G. Wheal Alfd.(Philack) - - the Certificates 5/ to the advises recently . OwingCo.s Price. Done. - G. Wheal Vor (Helston) 40 6 7 • - Grenville 6.8.6 15 11 received from Caracas,Venezuelan bonds are firmer, - _____ - _ Bedford and Bletchley all Ln.&N.W .. .. - Herod's-Foot 8.12 37 29 viz., 21 211 Mexican. have been dealt in at 261, . Birkenhead lOO D ~ &G.W • S 4 66 - Hingston Downs 4.11.8 35 6 •-• Lady Bertha and Brazilian 41 per Cents. at 861. Buckinghamshire... . 100 Do. 94 96 Margaret (Guy Lelant) 9 40 42 Chester & Holyhea.. 100 Do ... 53 54 5 - North Downs 25 45 5 The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up Do. 51 per cent 100 Do. - North Frances (Illogafil 114 25 11 Do. 5 „ 100 Do. to this day, are in round figures as under :- Clydesdale Junction 100 Caledon. 101 103 - N.Wh'l Basset (1110 san) 1.14.0 21 31 - North Wheal Crotty .. 9.18.9 It 21 1861. 1860. Colchester, Stour Val. all E.U.&N.O 63 65 E. Lincolnsh. gapr c. 100 Gt. North. 133 136 - Par Consols (St. Blazey) 14 7 B Great Western E.Union,HarwichShs all E,Counts. 4 41 20 E'rovidence(UnyLelnts 10.6.7 38 40 North-Western - Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. 1 1 1 South-Western - South Caradon(St Cleer) 15 320 330 c Brighton 15,114 14,705 D o . new - • • - S. Carn Brea (Illogan).. .5.9. G 4 45 Midland Solith-Eastern - S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan) 18.12.5; 975 1025 - Stray Park 2719. 31 33 P Great Northern 27 , 8 71 28,676 Do. halves Do. Tamar Silv.& Lead Min. 44 1 14 a Lancashire and Yorkshire Lancaster & Carlisle 100 Ln.& N.W 197 202 10 in Crott 9 71 84 Bristol and Exeter 6, 6 17 5 , 9 7 3 London & Greenwich 100 S. Eastern 61 63 - Wa le of Towey (Carm.) 13s 6d i Basset (Illogan).. 15 14 15 d 3 North-Eastern .. - West - W. Caradon (Liskeard) 5 49 51 Manchester, She ffi eld and Lincoln .... 14,861 15,134 Lon. , Tilb.& Southend 100 Pete & Co. 83 135 - a West' Seton Great Southern and Western of Ireland.. 7,913 7,889 Lowestoft gua. 4 pc.. 100 Norfolk -.. .. - Wheal Basset (Mogan) 54 F 5 90: t Edinburgh and Glasgow . 6,316 6,014D0 e per cent lOO DO._ . .. . )1ine.,8xtn..,174L.0610Ck all LNW.II:3Ir . ai :2.3 - Wheal Buller(Rodruth) 5 75 85 i Grand Trunk of Canada - - Wheal Edward (Cals.) 71 24 3 Great Western of Canada 9,958 8,330 once stock - Wheal Kitt y (C.Lelant), 1.7 . 2 41 5 4 s These returns again show a considerable decrease Newmarkt, BuryEx 1 - Wheal Mary Ann (14en.)i 8 16 17 7 5. 5. 6. E Counts. par 1 p - Wheal Tretawney (Lis.): 7 16 17 gua. 5 per cent.. t 1 in several of the principal lines, particularly Northn..tEamtn. sp. c. all Do. Do. 6 per cent..... all Do. those in the manufacturing district s . On the Do. Fixed sp. c.... all Do. 20 A.ustralieln Midland there is a falling off of £ 1,642 ; on the N. Eastn-Hartlepool tco N. E. Ber. .. .. 1 BonAccord Copper,Lim 17.6 4 d 7d 15 1 North Western South Eastern of £6O; on the Great N orthern of Preston and Wyre. 1 all "' LW} 43 45 5 Do. Land and Mining-Co. all 1 15 14 d, & L.Yk. I Clarendon Cons.3slinCo. I 1 - dis. £805; on the Lancashire and Yorkshire of £2,971; Do. 4 shares A. all Do. •••• . _ _ 10 Cobre Copper all '35 57 as on the North Eastern of £653 ; and on t he Man - Roystn.flitch.& Shep. 100 Gt. Nort h .. 133 136 - Copiapo _ 16 6 8 it Shrewsby & Hereford 100 T Brassey 118 122 1 DunMoun.Cop.Ming Co all 1 15 1 5 1 cheater, Sheffield, and Lincoln, of £273. The Great Do. Do. South Staffordshire,. 100 Ln.&N.W .. .. 20 General all 23 24 ti Western, however, shows an increase of £ 402 ; the Wilts and Somerset.. 109 (it. West. 92 94 93 2 Gt N. Cop. of S. Austr 1 f 5 p 1 1 84 North-Western of £63 ; the South Western of Wimbledn & Croydon all L.&Brgtn, 85 91 ll Kapunda (Limited) 1 1 11 p 2 S Linares all 7 8 73 81 . £689 ; the Brighton of £409 ; the Edinburgh and PREFERENCE SHARES. 5 Lusitanian 1 Mariquita 2 5 pr all $ m Glasgow of £302 ; the Grand Trunk of Canada of £3,486; and the Great Western of Canada of Railways. 1 p ao. l Closing Business Paid .l Done. 20 I l'ontgibau d Silver,Lead 1 Mining and Smelt... all 2 4 a e. £1,628. Share( 5 Port Philip 1 af 13 1 Scottish Austrin. (L.) los. I ipm 14 5 ri In the Railway Share Market the dealings have 25 Blythe and Tyne 10 p.c. 28'2'83 United Mexican been of the most limited character, and the few pref. issued at £5 .... all - - 1 ,Worthing (Limited) all 4 1 at Bris. & Exet. 4p. c. at.. 100 93 95 i Do - - v bargains recorded show a further sl i g h t d e c line in 20 Do. shares - - I . a • values. Great Northerns , Lancashire and Y o rk- at Caledon. £lO, 45 p. cent. 100 - - at Do. quar. shares, No. 2 100 - - COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. ti shire, North Western, North Eastern (Berwick), 6/ Cork & Bandon, 55 p. c. all - - - Can. Gov. 6 p.c.J a. 2 &July t. 0 Cornwall. 5 per cent all - 1 .. 100 103 106 106 54 o and South Easterns have declined s s:, and Cale - 61 Dun. Perth, & Aber.Jun all 6 205 215 65 - Do 7-9 5 p. cent.lBBo-2 - - donians 10s.; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 10 Do. Ist Class Pref all - - - Do. 6p. centlBB3-4 100 - - o at E. Angn, Class Asp. a 100 101 103 - Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug. 100 102 105 T however, have improved about 10s. at Do. Class B 6 per cent lOO 112 117 - Do. 6p. c. Mar. & Sept. 100 102' 105 at Do. Class C 7 per cent lOO 110 116 - Do. 5 per cent lOO 93 96 95 . The Foreign and Colonial undertakings continue at M. Coun. Ex. 5 p.c. No. 1 100 103 110 -- Cape G.Hope, 6 p c,lBBO 100 106 108 ti I ' inactive. Bahia and San Francisco declined to 141 ; at Do st Do. new 6p.c. at No. 2 100 106 108 100 123 125 - Do. iti__l m1222505:50 NAuP° Southr:r eoi gi ' Orient. in. 1890 100 106 108 - N.B.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.dauly 100 102 191 104 3 I Grand Trunk of Canada realised 18 ; Bombay and at Eastern Union, 4p. c- 100 81 83 - Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct. 100 - - t t , at Do. sp. c. guar lOO - - - N. S.W. (~ ov. sp. c., 1866 100 98 100 a Baroda 99/ ; East Indian 1001; and Great Indian at Edin.&Glas.s p.c. shares 100 111 113 - ' Do. sp. c.,1871 to 1876 100 97 99 C Peninsula 100 4 . at Do. 4p. C. guar. S. & u lOO 89 91 - Do. p.c., 1888 &upwds 100 96 98 at Edin.Perth,dz Dun. 4 p.s, 100 - - - Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares at Isurness,per cent lOO - - sterling , 1875 lOO 103 105 o at Glas.& S.V. gu. 5 p.c. 100 - - - S. Au5,G6p.c.1878.& up lOO -- - remain very dull, at barely previous quotations. st Great Northern, sp. c.. 100 115 116 - Vie. Gov. 6 p.c. ja. &July 100 - - 5 3 st D 0.5 p.c.Redm.lop.c.pm. 100 110 112 - I Do. do. 6 p.c. Ap.&Oct lOO 102 IC4 1021 3 o BRITISH FUNDS-CLOSING PRICES. st Do. 45 p. c. do lOO 102 101 Bank Stock 10 Gt. Nh. of Scot. Ist pref. all DOCKS. t] d 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities.. . ... 895 3- at Gt. Sn. &W. (Ireland) stock 'Commercial lOO - l i - 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities - New 3 per Cent. Annuities 8 95 I 5 I I 60 Great West. (Berke and stock East and West India .. 1.00 123 125 stock London .......... ~.... 100 58 61 India Stock - Hants Ext) 5 per cent 6 - - stock ISt. Katharine. lOO 69 62 Ditto 5 per Cent. - Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent 79 at Do. redeem. 4p. ct.... 100 88 90 stook I Victoria .. ........ -....' 100 97 09 99 Ditto 65 per Cent 1025 2 st Do. irredeem. 4p. ct.... 100 88 90 at Do. sp. c. redeem. pref. 100 102 101 20 IDo• New Ditto Debentures, 4 per Cent., Oct., 1863 984 5 8 Do. Birm. pref. shares.. all 95 10 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Ditto 1859 Ditto Bonds £l,OOO - 10 Do. Cheater 5 p.c. pf. shy all 104 11 100 Agra&UnitedService Bit 50 - - 1 Ditto under £l,000 - - 1 Consols for Account, Jan. 9 . 905 90 263 Do. Cheeer gua:. , snares all 20 205 135 Do. do all 10 105 25 , Bank of Egypt all 204 215 100 I Bank of London India Stock for Account - 20 Do. do all 15 154 20 Bank ! of Turkey .. 3 5 pr Ditto 6 per Cent. - - 50 I British North American all - - 485 5 March. June. at Lan. & York. 6 p.c. stock 100 136 133 20 'Chtd.Bank of India, &c. all 195 20 N Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO 2d.... 9 14 at Do.Barnsi.st£s2s 10dne 100 - - 25 Cli.Mer. of In. Lon.it Ch. all 31 33 • 100 City Ditto £5OO - 11 st Do. 6p. c. (Nast Lan.).. 100 - - 100 Colonial . - - 38 Ditto Small - I 11 st Do. 45 p. c. (Blackb. pur. 100 101 103 st Lon.&Brig.sp.o.su. No.l 100 112 115 20'11 Corn. Bank of Canada.. all - - FOREIGN FUNDS-CLOSING PRICES. st Do. 5 per cent, do, No 2 100 112 115 100 Commercial of London. 20 - Brazilian 5 per Cent Ditto 44 per Cent, 1858 - - i at Do. 45 per cent. dn .... 100 - _ 20 Lou. Char.Bkof Austral all 234 24 235 4 , a o al6 l lo l ll . . ."-37 .....3:9 Mexican, 3 per Cent - 5 Do. 44 p. C. pref , shares all 20 Do. new - 15 35 34 Ditto Acco .nt - Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853. at Do. 6 p.c. cIo(W.E.&C.P.) 100 127 130 50 London Joint Stock .. 10 32 33 323 at Do. 4 p c.st.(div.def.lll'6s 100 73 75 20 London and S.Atrican.. 10 1 /c 1 95 Ditto 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, and'6o - 454 st Do. 4 per cent. p ref .. 100 - - 100 London & Westminster 20 68 70 Ditto Account - Sardinian 5 per Cent ....... - 10 Do. West. Ex., B, 6p. a all - - 20 Do. new 12 - Ditto Account - - 50 National Bank .....• .. 25 - - 10 05 u D unn o. all 1 49 60 4 36 95 Spanish 3 per Cent st Lou. & S. W. Coy. dz Ditto AccountNuneaton, 5 per cent. 100 111 113 Ditto New Deferred ...... - 504 ........ - at Lou. &S. bleat. 7p. cent. 20 Otto non Bank ... ..... all 17 18 175 4 Ditto Account • 414 at., late 3d shares .... 100 - - at no. 4C per cent Unit Union of w at Australia t 1.. .: . . '..' ... .1.: 1 Spanish Cert. of Coup. not funded Turkish 6 per Cent. - - of 2s 6d all - - Ditto New Loan - 125 Londondy. & Cole. 7 shs all - - 5100 British . L . _ .__LL , ~,, ..0 2 Ditto Account Au xican Mint.. all 144 • Ditto £IOO Bonds 6 Do. £6 Venezuelan 3 per Cent at Do. 35 per cent. .... ... 100 65 70 a 4 l O l _1 _2 Ditto Account Dividends on the above payable in London. 125 Maryport & Carl. 4 pr. c. all .. , , - - 5 Australian Agricultural 19 26 28 124 Do. 45 per cent......... all .. , . Dutch 24 per Cent., Exchange 12 Gull. Ditto Certificates, 4 per Cent. . : • Italian, 6 per Cent., 1861 pref. 100 102 104 50 8.&1.31ag , TeL A. (Lim) all 29 32 20 Do. 8,7p.c.t1111852 (Li m 1 i S n O . . . Provincial T h al . ,Ctoorwonfar pdi Ireland al rolaeenls oration . n .d .. . .. ra., all 18 20 THREE O'CLOCK. at Do. 43' 1 3 - c. stock.. 6 Do. 45 per cent.all . .. 20 Do. C. (Limited) ... Consols, Money Ditto Account 10 Chan.lslands TeL (Lim al 98 103 • at Do. 55 p. c. Pref. at. 1847 100 .. .. at. Cop.Min.ofEng.&Sraltg, all - - at D 0.5 Way.ValEx.st.lB47 100 .. .. 25 Do. Pref. 7 5 per cent... -- -s 17 all DEPARTURE OF TILE GUARDS FOR CANADA.--Thig at Nort British, 5 per cent. 100 109 111 at. Crystal Palace ........ 100 1 - the Ist of st Do. New gua. per cent... 100 107 109 at. Do. Preference .. • Deb. lOO 82 33 324 3 morning, shortly before eight o'clock, battalion lO Do. Bor. Un. g. prf. sits. 5 1 14Prn at. Do. 6 p ct. Perpet.. lOO 100;1 105 1 ' the Grenadier Guards and the 2d battalion of the Scots 10 Do. do. do. all .. .. 20 11 India Irrig,n. & Canal 1 - - ] at Nth 'Rail &Dck Co • 5 • • • • Fusilier Guards left their respective barracks for the South-.Dvn. . . • at. Electric Telegraph .... 100 L i i s Pl a 25 Do. New ..... . ....... 15 " American ISt nl i l l a d d )1 i at N-East. Cons. pref. 4 p.c. 1(30 .. .. where they wills English &Aus. Copper, all - - Western Railway, en route to Portsmouth, at Do. 41pr. ct. redeemable 10 0 • • • • Paranaat embark on board the steamships Adriatic and f or Do. G. N. E. 4p. ct. pref 100 99 101 15 Gen. Steam Navigate an 14 21 3 1, 1 persona assembled 17 Do. Berwick 4p. c. pref. 100 98 100 1 Great Ship I Amited)... an - 4 i ' a Canada. There was a large concourse o f p 20 Do. Leeds 6p. c. No. 1 8. 13.4 1 dis par 1 Do: 175 pct Preference all A" to witness their departure, and as they left their barracks .. 12a Do. do. Quarters, 1848.. 13 ..5 Lon. District Tel. (Li m .) 44 ' . 1 of the South- 25 Do. York, H. &S. Purch. 9 ~ ~. 4 L.G. Omnibus Co. (Lim) all - ;I they were loudly cheered. The arrang ements 20 North Staffordshire.... 10 •Ws 4pm 91 20 Madras Irr. and Canal.. 1 14 - Western Railway Company for their reception were very 10 Gliymney Guaranteed . all 22 23 225 10 Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim.) all L n a k their seats in the carriages in 8 ,1 ,isottish Centra Easter f all _ .. 25 National Dia. CO. (Lim.) 5 ~ '7 complete, and tha men too 5l, Scottish North- te 20 Nerbu.Coal& Iron (Lim.) 5 w 4d 4 1 P 1 t • Frederick au e in com- 1 4 3 d f 10 Netherlands Land all the greatest order. General Lord , 35 p. a pref. s t oc k .... 'all .. .. , - _ his staff go out in the Adriatic. at Do.Aberdeen,gua. c 100 _ „ 5 Do.B p.c.Pref..iss.atl dis. all wand of the Grenadiers, and 4 I at Do. 7p. c. pref. stock 100 100 N.Br.&NovaScotiaL and .81 10 f Portsmouth they . Immediatelyon the arrival of the troops at • 10s. 15 South Devon, Ann, 10s. 100 132 1i; 1 N.B.Australasian (Lim.) all board the ships, and it is expected they will 10 Do. Fixed 45 per cent all 10 101 1 Oriental Gas (Limited). 'all it t A will proceed on lO. 6. South Eastern(Reading all 1 Do. New Shares (Lim.). all 1; le f Friday ornin th's evening or early on m g. .. .. put to sea • Ann., 1.0.6) day of the proprietors at Do 4 4 p er cent vo 99 101 st. Peelß.Lnd.&Min.(Lim) 100 At a special meeting yester day at ' •47 50 Extension Railway, convened at . Do, Fixed 45 per cent /DO 99 101 50 Pen. & Oriental Steam all 66 68 of the Tilbury and Southen d . a . South Wales, gua. 4p. c. 100 .. .. 50 Do. New 3O 11 13 • in o f a requisition from the leading proprietors, at Do. 45 per cent consequence in the chair, Mr. Tite m ved a resolution em- Do. do. 1859 lOO .. .. 50 Rhymney Iron all 17 19 Mr. Daniell at Do. 5 per cent. lOO . .. 15 Do. New all 5 6 f select committee of shareholders to a lto st -pp y Yorkshire, 4p. c. gua. 100 85 88 100 Royal3fail Steam OO 46 48 powering a 2O a authorise the incorporation of the Do. 6p. c . pia . 13 .. .. st. Scot. Austin. Inv.(Lim.) 100 125 135 Parliament for a bill to au 25 Stock. & Dar. A 5 p. c... all 275 281 25 South Australian Land all 32 tt.4 to app oint di- 25 company, with power Do. 13 Gp. c... all 31 33 as a separa te 1 Submarine Tel. Scrip a ll l company rectors, &c. o f 25 After some discussion, and the opposition B. Mr. Love, the chairman of the Eastern Counties Railway, at the motion was carried, only four hands being held up a appointed against it ; and the committee of shareholders was Do. C 6 p. c... all 31 33 t Wated & Kilkny. 6p. c. 100 42 45 t W. Mid.-Oxf Ist gua Do. 2d 0... stk 100 123 125 . 100 121 123 at Newport 5 p.c. pfred . . 100 100 102 Do. at Do. Perpet.6p. c. pf. 1866 100 118 122 ' 1 Do. do. Registered 4 1 6 1 10 Do. do 10 Trust and Agency of Austriasia (11m)Ist is. 1 id /ID 20 Trde Ln.Co. of Upr.Can. 5 1 - C 5 U. K'dom TeL o. (lim.) I,i , id pr 1 .A accordingly, st , Do. ti 1 118691 100 115 120 100 an Die.tioa'd L lad LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Railways. Paid. Leasing Closing Business Co. s Price. Done. Bedford and Bletchley all Ln.&N.W Birkenhead lOO D ~ &G.W 94 66 Buckinghamshire lOO Do. 94 96 Chester & Holyhea lOO Do ... 53 54 Do. 5i per cent 100 Do. Do. 5 „ 100 Do. Clydesdale Junction 100 Caledon. 101 103 Colchester, Stour Val. all E.U.36141.0 63 65 E. Lincolnsh. gBpr c. 100 Gt. North. 133 136 E.Union,HarwichShs all E,Counts. 4 4} Do. Woodbridge.. 100 . • •• •• &Nells.Drct.Gls.Barr.. lOO Caledon Do. new Gloster &Dean Forest all Gt. es t. Hull and elby all Yk.N. Mid 110 112 Do. halves Do. quarters Lancaster & Carlisle 100 Ln.& N.W 197 202 London & Greenwich 100 S. Eastern 61 63 Do. Preference Lon.,Tilb.& Southend 100 Peto &Co B3 85 Lowestoft g,ua. 4 p c.. 100 Norfolk Doe per cent lOO DO. • Mno.,Bxt.n..4,la.*ioak all LNW&II si Mid. Bradford Prefer ence stock Newmarkt,per B ce rynt.ux 1 5. 5.6. E Counts par f p gua. E Northn.dzEamtn. sp. c. all Do. Do. 6 per cent..... all Do. Do. Fixed sp. c.... all Do. N. Eastn—Hartlepool 1( 0 N. E. Ber. North Western Preston and Wyre. all & L. yk. W 43 45 Do. 4 shares A. all Do. ••• • .. Roystn. Hitch. & Shep. 100 Gt. North. 133 136 Shrewsby & Hereford 100 T Brassey 118 122 Do. Do. South Staffordshire Wilts and Somerset lOO Gt. West. 92 94 93 Wimbledn & Croydon all L.&Brgtn, 8i 06 PREFERENCE SHARES. Share( Railways. I p a p i. l Closing Business Prices. Done. FOREIGN RAILWAYS. 00 Algorism 10 Antwerp & Rotterdam all 64 61 20 Ardennes.... ...... all —p 20 Bah.&S.Fran..Eim.7 pm. 15 ;1 d 14 1 1 5 Belgian East. Junction all 4 t 20 Beziers to Graissessac all Carmeaux Mine & Rail 3C lel 115 100 copiapo 10 Ditto Extension all 434 20 Dutch Rhenish 20 Eastern of France .... all 214 224 20 Grand Rue Guar. 6p. e. all 20 Do. do. all 20 Great Central of France all 20 Gt. Luxem., Con. she... all Fa 81 20 Italian Junction .... all I 20 Lierre & Turnbout.... all , 20 Lyons & Geneva ...... all 20 Namur & Liege ........ all 84 i 1 20 Do. 6p. o. PreL ........ all 20 21 16 Northern of France.... all 38 30 16 Do. New Shares 15 10 Norwegian Trunk Prof all 7 20 Paris,Lyons, & 3lediter. all 39 40 20 Paris & Orleans.. .... all 50 62 20 I Recife & S. Fran. (Fern.) gua. 7p. ct. lim ...... 17 54 44 I 20 Riga & lOnnaburg...... 18.8. 20 Itoyal Dani5h.......... all 1 i 13 5 Royal Swedish all 4 Do. 7 per cent. Pref.... all 20 Sambre & Meuse ...... all 64 6) 10 Do. 54 per cent. Pref..... all 81 9) 20 San Paulo, lim, g. 7p. c. 4 ; 5 5 20 S.Aust &Lomb Venetin 16 p 26 Southern of France.... all 25) 261 20 S. East Portugal 7 p ct. 4 —-- 81 West Flandern ..... all , 6) 7 10 Do. 54p. c. Preference all I 9) 10 20 W. & N.W. of France .. all 20 21 20 West , :rn of Austria.... 6 20 Western of Switzerland all 6 Wiesbaden 6 Do. 8 per cent Pref all 20 Zealand .. BRITISH MINES. - Alfred Consols (Philack) 3.2.10 4 4 21' British Iron Clifford nil 32 35 Devon G. Cons. (Tavist ) 1 360 870 East Bassett (Illogan) 3O 65 60 East Caradon 2.11.6 271 235 E. W'l Russel (Tavistk ) 7.4.0 3 34 Gam.dzSt.Aubyn(Gwen ) 65) 18 20 Great South Tolgus l7s 31 41 G. Wheal Alfd. (Phil ack) - G. Wheal Vor (Helston) 40 6 7 Grenville 6.8.6 11 Herod's-Foot 8.12 37 89 Hingston Downs 4.11.5 34 t Lady Bertha Margaret (tiny Lelant) 91 40 42 North Downs 2l 44 5 North Frances (Illoganl 114 21 14 N.Wh'l Basset (1110 ;an) 1.14.0 21 35 North Wheal Crotty Par Consols (St. Blazey) 14 7 B 20 E'rovidence(UnyLelnt.) 10.6.7 38 40 - Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. 1 1 g South Caradon(St.Cleer) 14 320 330 S. Carn Brea (Illogan) .5.9.G 4 44 1 S. Dev. Iron &Gen., Lim all S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan) 18.18. i; 975 1024 Stray Park 2719. 31 33 5 Tamar Silv.& Lead Min 44 1 14 10 Tin Croft 9 75 81 I Vale of Towey (Carm ) 13s 6d iWest Basset (Illogan) l4 14 15 Caradon (Liskeard) 5 49 51 'West Seton Wheal Basset (Illogan) 54 85 90: Wheal Buller (Rodruth) 5 75 85 Wheal Edward (Cals.) 71 21 Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) , 1.7.2 41 54 Wheal Mary Ann (Men.); 8 16 17 Wheal Tretawney (Lis.): 7 16 17 FO AMON MINE. 20 Axi stralifin 1 BonAccord Copper,Lim 17.6 48 7d If 20 Brazil St.J.del Rey,Lim 15 47 49 494 484 9 5 Do. Lan d and Mining Co. all 11 14 1 Clarendon Cons.MinCo. ; 40 Cobre Copper all 35 87 Copiapo l6 6 8 1 DunMoun.Cop.Ming Co all 1 11 1 2 Fortuna. , all 14 2 20 General all 23 24 2 Gt N. Cop. of S. Austr 1 P 1 14 Kapunda (Limited) 1 1 11 p 2 Linares all 7 8 71 5 Lusitanian 2 3 pr 1 Mariquica all 1 N.RhineCopof S.Aus.L 4 1 20 I Pontgibaud Silver,Lead Mining and Smelt... , all 2 4 5 Port Philip 1 14 14 1 Scottish Austrin. (L.) los. 4 ipm 1} 08•2-81 United Mexican 1 , Worthing (Limited) all Do - . , _ - ' SUN, LONDON, TETURSD4I EVENING, DECE 'ABER 19, 196 L TILE IV/NW/At CASE---(7his Day). COMMISSICT OF LUNACY. (Before Samuel Warren, sq., Q.C., Master in Lunacy, and a S.cial Jury.) Fount DAY. 1 The Marquis of Bristol vas examined this morning by Mr. M. Chambers, with :spect to the conduct of Mr. Windham previous to the ;Mining of his majority. He said,—l have seen Windhaa during his earlier years in a state that appeared to be bolering upon idiotcy. ByMr. Karslake—l saw Vind ham at his father' s funeral. From 1854 until the presen year I have not seen much of Mr. II indham. After the aster of 1861 Windham dined with me. I did not invite lin, he called of his own accord. On the first occasion thee was a small family party. In a fortnight after th 6 he dined with me again. After dinner he went me the drawing-room, and it was noticed that :is speaking and laughing was peculiar. There was smething foolish about it, but I cannot say whether it was aused by malformation in the mouth. When I met Mr. Vindham riding in Rotten-row the recognition was mutual He passed me and went on. By Mr Coleridge—l was first asked to intervene in this matter by General IVindhcl, through my brother. By Mr. Chambers— General Windham wrote to me about this inquiry, and asked me twommunicate with my brother. I concurred in the propriet: of the present investigation. I attributed Windham's pectliarities to his want of wisdom more than anything else. I lave not had much opportunity of seeing him *ince my sister's marriage. Mr. liorrocks was recallec, and, in answer to Mr. Cham bers, said Mr. Windham wai habitually in the habit of ill treating his horses. Mr. Kerslake objected to this re-examination, as the witness had in his examination in chief said Mr. Wind ham's cruelty was confined ;o one animal. Witness continued—l have seen a photograph of Mr. Windham. He was the did figure in the group ; the other two persons in the picture were dressed as railway guards or porters. By Mr. Karslake—l will swear the two persons were dressed as guards. I did not go to a solicitor last night and tell kim he had forgotten to examine me about the photo griaraia. I 11at, as pi...la.° vf Llav lvvaaL,ol.• 'AAA v uou Heenan and Sayers. I know it contains the portraits of many of the young noblemen of England, but I did not recognise any of my friends as being there. By the Master—l recollect Windham telling me he was personally acquainted with Tom Sayers. I will not swear that Bell's Life was not taken in at Fellbrigg for Sunday zeading; I can't recollect positively. Lord Alfred Harvey, one of the sons of the Marquis of Bristol, examined by Mr. Chambers, said-1 was ene of the guardians of Mr. Windham, in 1858. I recollect Windham before he went to Eton. On one occasion he was charged with putting his hand into a tart, at luncheon, and he did nut deny it. I was present at the funeral of his father. I recollect he behaved in a very unbecoming manner. When I became his guardian he was allowed money, but he never seemed to have a sixpence in his pocket. His conduct at his father's funeral in the church was very strange. He ap peared to be entirely overcome. The Master—With liquor ? Witness—No, your honour, with sorrow. He sobbed very loudly and immoderately. I never asked him what he did with his money. lie never seemed to have the slightest idea himself how he got rid of it. I recollect Windham being at my father's in 1858. In the dining room be conducted himself very discreetly, but after dinner he disappeared, instead of coming into the drawing room. I was anxious to know what he had been doing after he left the clining room. For two or three days I was unable to do so, but I eventually dis • covered he had been with my father's servants, with his coat oft and his shirt sleeves tucked up, helping them to clear away the dinner. I called him out of the place when I dis covered him doing the same thing on another occasion, and reproached him for acting in such a way. I have known Windham speak untruths so transparent as to be easily detected. They were such remarks as would convince any person that he himself did not believe a word he was utter ing. The case was proceeding when we went to press. LAN INIELL I GP.NCE.-(7111S DAY.) COURT OF ARCHES. (Before Dr. Lushington.) THE BISHOP OF /SALISBURY V. THE REV. DR, WILLIAMS -" ESSAYS AND REVIEWS." This morning the questions arising out of the publication of " Essays and Reviews" came before this court. The " articles" filed by the Bishop against Dr. Williams are 22 in number. The first declares that all ecclesiastical persons who have been admitted into holy orders ought to adhere to and maintain with constancy and sincerity the doctrines and teaching of the Church, and that for impugn ing those doctrines they ought to be punished and corrected according to the gravity of the offence and the exigency of the law. Articles 2 to 6 declare that Dr. Rowland 'Williams is a person in holy orders, vicar of Broad Chalke, and his share in the volume called "Essays and Reviews-" Article 7 is as follows :—" And we article and object to you, the said Rev. Rowland Williams, that in the said article, essay, or review, are contained the following passages, that is to say, As in Egypt our author sifts the historical date of the Bible, so in his Gott in der Gesiehte he expounds its directly religious element. Lamenting, like Pascal, the wretchedness of our feverish being, when estranged from its eternal stay, he traces, as a countryman of Hegel, the Divine thought bringing order out of confusion. Unlike the despairing school, who forbid us trust in God or in con science, unless we kill our souls with literalism, he finds salvation for men and States, only in becoming acquainted with the Author of our life, by whose reason the world stands fast, whose stamp we bear in our forethought, and whose voice our conscience echoes. In the Bible, as an expression of devout reason, and therefore to be read with reason and freedom, he finds records of the spiritual giants whose experience generated the religious atmosphere we breathe." Lengthened extracts are given from pages 77 and 78 of the volume in reference to prophecy, particularly to one in which discredit is thrown upon several books of the Old Testament. These opinions, it is alleged on the part of the bishop, are antagonistic to the 6th, 7th, and 20th of the Thirty-nine Articles of Religion—that portion of the Nicene Creed which declares in substance that the Holy Ghost spake by the Prophets, and that portion of Scrip tare (Hebrews i.) appointed in the Book of Common Prayer to be read in the Epistle for Christmas-day. In the remaining articles various other passages in the work are cited as being at variance with the doctrine of the Church of England. DEFENCES OF 70E011110. Dr. Deane, on the part of the Rev. Mr. 'Williams, opened the argument, and contended that there was nothing in the work in question inconsistent with freo exercise of opinion by a minister of the Church of England, and that the question was rather one of literary criticism than of divinity. The case will occupy the court for some days. (From the Toronto Leader.) The defences of Toronto are now being rapidly strengthened in anticipation of the occurrence of anything unpleasant in the relations of Great Bri tain with the neighbouring Republic. At the old Fort, commanding the western entrance to the har bour and the railway approaches to the city, the most active preparations are being made. Tuesday afternoon the work was commenced of erecting a new battery of ten guns on the south side of the barracks, overlooking the extensive warehouses of the Grand Trunk Railway, the Queen's wharf and the channel. Two hundred men of the 30th Regiment were detailed for the duty, and at three o'clock marched out to work armed with pick-axes and shovels. They ap peared quite jubilant at the prospect—remote as we trust it is—of active operations in the field, and set about their work, under the superintendence of an officer of the Royal Engineers, with a readiness and spirit characteristic of the British soldier. The breastwork on which they are employed will ex tend nearly the whole south front of the parade ground, and will ba a strong and formidable work. The guns to be mounted upon it—or rather behind it—are sixty pounders, with one large Armstrong gun which will command nearly the whole harbor. The timber for the platforms, &c., is now on the ground, sawn and otherwise prepared for immedi ate use. There is an old earthwork, with a three gun battery, on this side of the fort, but it has for years bean crumbling away and now does not rise more than three feet above the surface of the parade-ground. The battery has been dismantled and most of the wood-work carried off. The new earthwork will be raised about ten feet inside of the old, and will have a base apparently of about 20 feet. There are now on the ground upwards of 20 old smooth-bore cannon, " honey combed" with rust, and long since condemned. The carriages for the new metal arrived by rail yesterday and were hauled to the barracks on Messrs. Hendrie and Shedden's heavy waggons. rice swno aro 024/Gatti to Gir ri v A to-day nr to morrow. Very little information with regard to the work is to be gained on the ground. The officer in charge, on being asked by our reporter, said he knew little further than the fact that it was to be a ten gun battery, and that little he was not at liberty to com municate. The work is apparently to be pushed for ward in great haste, 200 men being detailed every day for the purpose. They receive extra pay for the labour, and appear exceedingly anxious to be em ployed. It is reported at the garrison that it is intended to extend the fortifications along the bank of the lake to the new fort, planting batteries in all for 36 heavy cannon ; and that, in addition, a heavy battery is to be erected on the north west angle of the fort overlooking the ravine and commanding the Great Western and Northern Railways. It is also reported that tents for ten thousand men are to be erected on the common between the two forts ; and that works are to be constructed at the eastern end of the city, somewhere in the neighbourhood of the Don river. What truth there is in these rumours we have no reason of judging, but they probably arise from the fact of the council of military autho rities lately held in Quebec, and the recent ♦isit of his Excellency the Commander of the Forces in this city. A great deal of interest is taken in the warlike preparations now going on, and many of our citizens yesterday visited the fort for the pur pose of satisfying their curiosity. Although guards are mounted at the gates no obstacle is presented to an entrance, and visitors are at liberty to roam at will through the barracks and grounds. PROTECTION OF BRITISH MERCAN- 1 ILE SKIPS. The following correspondence has passed on the measures to be adopted for the due protection of British mercantile ships on the outbreak of the war now believed to be impending : " General Shipowners' Society, 12, St. Michael's alley, Cornhill, London, Dec. 13. "My Lord,—The attention of the Committee of the General Shipowners' Society having been directed to the un protected state in which, in the event of hositiities, British ships would be placed in many parts of the ocean in the track of ships trading to China and the East, especially in the vicinities of the Cape of Good Hope, Cape Horn, the Island of St. Helena, and the Western Islands, I am in structed by the committee respectfully to request that you will bring the matter under the notice of the Lords Com missioners of the Admiralty, and to express the great anxiety of the shipping interest that in the present threat ening position of political affairs measures should be taken for affording prompt and efficiEnt protection to maritime commerce in the places referred to, and in such others as to their Lordships may seem necessary.--I have the honour to be, my lord, your lordship's most obedt. humble servant, " W. BONAR, Secretary. "Rear-Admiral Lord, Clarence Paget, M.P., &c., Secretary do the Admiralty." (Reply.) "Admiralty, Dec. 16. " Sir,—ln reply to your letter of the 13th inst., pointing out the necessity of steps being taken, in consequence of the present position of political affairs, to protect British ships returning from China and the East Indies, I am commanded by my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to request you will state to the Committee of the General Shipowners' So ciety that this subject has received their lordships' serious consideration, and that instructions have been sent to the Commander-in-Chief on the different stations, and, if necessary, further reinforcements will be sent in order that British commerce may, as far as possible, be efficiently pro tected.—l am, Sir Sour most obedient servant, " CLARENCE PAGET. " Mr. W. Bonar, Secretary to the General Shipowners' Society, Cornhill." CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY). THIS DAY'S MARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE. OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Blackburn.) Charles Le Clerc was indicted for feloniously wounding Reno Monfion, with intent t) do grievous bodily harm. The jury found him guilty of a common assault. The judge sentenced him to four months imprisonment with hard labour. IMIERIAL WEEKLY AVERAGES. - Wheat, 60s Sd ; barley, 36s 3d ; oats, 22s 6d ; rye, 36s ld ; beans, 428 8d ;and peas, 45s 10d. THE Six WEEKS' AVERAGES. - Wheat, 60s 2d ; barley, 37s 2d ; oats, 22s 9d ; rye, 37s 8d ; beans, 42s id ; peas, 45s 3d, _ _ NEW COURT. (Before the Recorder.) FALSE CHARACTERS. John Kirby was indicted for conspiring with a man not in custody to obtain a situation by a false character. The jury found him guilty. The Recorder sentenced him to 12 months imprisonment. ENGLISH GRAIN . SOLD LAST WEEK.—Wheat, 98,763 ; barley, 113,628 ; oats, 20,01 ; rye, 45;; beans, 5,380 ; peas, 2,767 quarters. METROPOLITAN CATTLE 3IARKEI. A full average supply of beasts, in gbod condition, was on offer in our market to-day, and for most breeds tho de mand ruled steady, at Monday's currency, the best Scots having sold at 6s per Sibs. Sheep, the show of which was rather limited, moved off slowly on former terms. The top quotation was 5s Gd per 81bs. Although the supply of calves was small, the veal trade was in a sluggish state, at barely stationary prices. Prime small porkers commanded full currencies, but large hogs were a dull inquiry. In mulch cows very little was doing. s. d. s. d Primeers-wool d 0.4 6 5 2 Pule. S'thdown d 0.5 4 5 6 Largo orse. calves 4 6 5 0 Prime small do 5 2 5 6 Large hogs 3 10 4 4 Small porkors , 4 64 10 Per Slb. to sink the offal. P. 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 POLICE INTELLIGENCE. —(This Day.) THAMES. CONVICTION Or A NOTORIOUS POT STEALER:—John Bennett, alias King, alias Sullivan, a tall and once power ful man, hut now very weak and infirm, was brought before Mr. Woolrych, charged with stealing two pewter pint pots and a table knife, the property of Mr. James Southouse, the landlord of the Swan public-house, in Mun sell-street, Whitechapel. The offence was fully proved, and the magistrate said he would give the prisoner another chance before he sent him for trial. He then committed him to prison for two months. The prisoner exclaimed, God bless yer honour's wort chip, may the Lord presarve ye. I'll go back to Ireland, and niver, niver come here agin." TILLS DAI'S SHIPPING. LONDON, Dec. 19.—Wind this day at noon—North- Easterly ; moderate breeze, with fine weather, but rather cloudy. CARDIFF, Dec. 18.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—China, from Quebec; Union, from New York. Sailed—Frey, for Ha vannah. LEITH, Nov. 18.—Sailed—Melbourne, steamer, for Mel bourne. HULL, Dec. 18.--Wind N.W.—Sailed—Emma, for Ha vannah. QUEENSTOWN, Doe. 19—Arrived—Ann, and Ballerat, frog► New York. PLYMOUTH, Dec. 18 —Wind N.W.—Sailed—Glenaros, for Shanghai. SWANSEA, Dec. 18.—Wind N.W.—Sailed—Enquire, for S.erra Leone. r t EY ELECTRIC TELEGRAEH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Thursday Morning. Arrived—Le Coq and L'Etoile, from Cherbourg; Pet, from Shields ; Isabella, Marquis of Bute, Flora, Sisters, and Euroclydon, from Sunderland. Sailed—Zoe, for Jersey; Jenny Jones, steamer, for St. Brieux ; Argyll, steamer, for Carentan. (BY SUBMARINE AND MAGNETIC TELEGICAPII.) DEAL, Thursday Morning. Passed, Dec. IS—Stark:lm, from London for Adelaide. Passed, Dec. 19--Star of Peace, from London for St. Michael's; Shedrake, from London for the westward. Lambs, Os Od to Os Od. Suckling calves, 22s to 308; and quarter-old otoro pigs, 22s to 295. TOTAL SUPPLY. Beasts Sheep .. 3,200 ' Calves Pigs 412 FOREIGN SUPPLY. Bouts 260 Sheep 1,200 Calves Pigs „„„ ...... .• • MEAT MARKETS. NEIVGATE AND LEADENIIALL.—The supplies of each kind of meat are extensive, and the demand is steady at very full prices :—Beef, from 2s 8d to 4s 6d , mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 8d ; lamb, Os UP Os Od ; veal, 4s 4d to 4s 8d ; pork, 4s Od to 5s Od per 81bs to sink the offal. SOUTILALL, Dec. 18.—The supplies of stock were large, and the demand generally rules steady, as follows : Beef, from 3s 6d to 5 s Od ; mutton, 4s Od to 58 6d lamb, Os Od to Os Od ; veal, 4s 4d to 5s Od ; and pork, 4s Od to 4s 10d per 81bs. by the carcase. ROALFORD, Dec. 18.—Prime beasts and sheep moved off steadily at full prices ; otherwise the demand was in a sluggish state. Beef, from 3s 4d to 58 Od ; mutton, 3s 10d to bs 6d ; lamb, Os to Os Od ; veal, 4s 4d to 4s 10d ; pork, 4s 4d to 48 10d per 81b ; suckling calves, 16s to 198 ; quarter old store pigs, 21s to 29s each and milch cows, £l4 106 to £lB 5s each. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £2 5s to £5 , clover, £3 10s to £5 15s Od ; and straw, 7s to £1 16s Od per load. A fair demand. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, £2 5s to £5 Os; clover do., £3 lOs to £5 15s; and straw, 8s to £1 16s per load. Trade steady. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £2 Os to £5 Os; clover, £3 lOs to £6 Os Od ; and straw, 68 to £1 16s per load. A slow trade. COAL MARKET—DEC. 18. (recce of Coal per Ton at the close of the market s. d.l s. d. Bower's West Hartley.ls 6 Walls - End. Carway and Duffryn Hartlepool..... 17 3 Malting •...... 24 0 Hetton .. l7 9 Do. Anthracite..2l 6 Eden 16 6 Cart's Hartley 15 6 Heugh Hall 16 6 Craighead Steam 14 0 Whitworth l5 0 Wylam Davison's West Hart- Framwellgate ley Hastings Hartley ....15 3 Hunwick l5 0 Lambert's West Hart- R elloe ley 15 0 Harton West Hartley 15 6 Ridden l6 0 Tanfield Moor 13 9 South Hart1ep001......16 3 Tanfield Moor Butes 14 0 Thornley ....14 9 Holywell 16 0 Trimdon Thornley....ls 6 West Riding Hartley 14 6 South Hetton ...17 9 Walker Primrose .....13 G Keiper Grange.... ..16 6 Russer s Hetton .. 16 6 Walls End. Durham' 15 0 Cassop l7 0 Caradoc South Kelloe. 17 0 Acorn Close.. Ships at market, 174; sold, 138. THE SOCIETY OF FRIENDS. The following is a copy (f a memorial addressed to Lord Palmerston and Eni Russell by the Reli gious Society of Friends :--- "To VISCOUNT PALMERSTON, K.G., FIRST LORD OF THE SURY, AND EARL RUSSELL, PRINCIPAL SECRE TARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS. "The undersigned, acting on behalf of the Society of Friends throughout Great Britain, request the considerate attention of the First Lord of the Trea sury and the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to a few observations on the present critical aspect of affairs between this country and the United States of North America, offered as they are under a strong sense of religious duty. "We have on former occasions so fully stated our conviction that all war is unlawful for the Christian that it is needless now to repeat it. But there are circumstances connected with the present difficul ties between the two countries of so marked and peculiar a character as, in our apprehension, to justify this special appeal to Government. "There are, perhaps, no two independent nations on the face of the earth so closely united together as England and America, by the combined ties of blood, of language, of religion, of constitutional freedom, and of commercial interest, and no two nations between whom a war would be a more open scandal to our common Christianity, or a more seri ous injury to the welfare and progress of the human race. " The hatred of a brother when once offended is a proverb. Nor were the feelings which existed between England and America after the War of Independence and the war respecting the rights of neutrals by any means an exception to this pro verbial truth, By degrees, however, animosity and mutual suspicion subsided. The reciprocal visits of enlightened travellers, the vast increase of com mercial relations, and the healthy emulation in Christian philanthropy, in science, and in literature, were, under the Divine blessing, producing an im proved tone of both personal and national feeling, when at length, in 1860, the visit of the heir appa rent of the British Throne to the Canadian pro vinces and to the United States seemed to complete the entente cordiale between the two countrie s. It is little than 12 months since English subjects and American citizens were alike rejoicing in this healthy condition of the relations between these two great divisions of the Anglo-Saxon race. " Now, however, with sadness of heart we see all this sorrowfully changed, and a question of inter national law which, if it could be submitted to a competent tribunal of able jurists, whether Euro pean or American, or to the mediation or arbitra ment of any independent State, might probably in a few hours be settled to the satisfaction of all par ties,appears to be in imminent danger of occasioning a vast destructien of human life, a prodigious waste of treasure, a total interruption of trade and social intercourse, and an incalculable amount of moral evil ; while it is just as impossible, in the nature of things, for the question of right or wrong to be really cleared up by such an appeal to the sword, as it was for the guilt or innocence of the accused in medieval times to be settled by the wager of battle or the passage over burning ploughshares. " Under these circumstances we look with confi dence to the Government and legal advisers of cur beloved Queen, fully believing it is their honest de sire that so awful and so unnecessary a calamity— we might say so great a national sin—as a war with America should be averted. In this confidence we are emboldened respectfully to ask whether it is not possible to use the interval which must neces sarily elapse between the transmission of the views of the British Cabinet to Washington and the arri val of the reply in preparing so to meet that reply, whatever it may be, that the next step may not be a declaration of war, but the putting of the remain ing issue, if any, between the two countries in train for a pacific decision. " We rejoiced to see the principle of arbitration strongly recommended by the Plenipotentiaries of the European Powers who were parties to the treaty of Paris. Where a prospective provision of this kind exists in international treaties, any difficulty which may arise would naturally take the course thus prescribed for the settlement before the question of right becomes merged in the storm of passion. And though there may be no such prospective pro vision applicable to the present difficulty, we would respectfully submit that it may not be too late for our Government, strong in the consciousness of right, to propose such a reference, should the reply from Washington not contain the happy and peace ful termination of the dispute. There are many cir cumstances in the present position of England which enable her to maintain a perfectly tempo rate and conciliatory attitude; and would it not seem ungenerous to drive matters to extremities with the United States at the time when they are engaged in a struggle for their national integrity, if not for their national existence ? " May we, then, as Christians, appeal to the en- lightened rulers of this highly professing Christian country, imploring them, while commendably vigi lant for the interests and the character of England, to endeavour to follow out the Gospel rule of doing as they would be done by—a rule r.ot less binding on nations than on individuals ? But, though we thus address those whose counsels direct the State, and with whom may rest the final decision for peace or for war, we are all well aware that much depends upon the avoidance of ad exasperated feel ing on the part of the public at large, often too ready to encourage a war at the first outbreak of difficulties ; and we greatly desire that a thoroughly pacific temper may be maintained and increase among us as a nation, and especially that it may be promoted by all those who profess to preach the Gospel of peace. There may have been words as well as deeds on the part of the Government or the people of the United States which have tried the temper and the patience both of our statesmen and of our fellow-countrymen generally ; but it is surely more truly dignified, as well as more truly Chris tian, to meet provocation with a calm reference to law, than to exhibit a retaliatory spirit. "We would further suggest that, after the vast sacrifices which England has made for the abolition of the slave trade and slavery in our own posses sions, and by other countries, which has been an object so consistently promoted through life by the: statesmen whom we are now addressing, it would be deeply humiliating if, by being involved in this war, our country should ultimately find itself in active co operation with the South and slavery against the North and freedom ; though, in saying this, we do not intend to express our approval in all respects of the course pursued by the North in reference to slavery. " We may, perhaps, be permitted to mention, as an additional reason for our strong advocacy of the preservation of peace with America, that as the principal founders of tso of its States, and many of the original settlers of other States, were our bre thren in religious profession, between whose de scendants and ourselves a cordial correspondence has been maintained for nearly two centuries, we have a special religious as well as national interest in the question. And though the Government of those States has long passed into less pacific hands, yet our brethren thEre still have a considerable in fluence on their State Legislatures, and their voice has often been heard with effect in Washington. We shall, therefore, at once apprise our American friends of the step which we have now w taken, and shall urge them also to use their influence i❑ fur therance of the cause of peace. " May He who still ruleth in the earth by His providence as well as by His grace grant that the wisdom which is from above, and which is pure, peaceable, gentle, and easy to be entreated, may so prevail in the councils of the two Governments and in the hands of the people that the impending scourge of war may be averted from the kindred nations on each side of the Atlantic, and from the waters of that ocean which should unite rather than divide them. " London, the 9th of the 12th month, 1861." (Here follow the signatures.) The Constitution de l' Yonne states that M. Yvon, the cure of Athie, in that department, was barbarously mur dered in his own house, three nights since. After perpe trating this crime, the murderers ransacked the house and carried off a considerable sum of money and several articles of plate. Some tramping pedlars who were seen in the neighbourhood en the previous day, arc supposed to be the guilty parties. THE CIVIL WAR IN AMERICA. The longer the Civil War iu America lasts, the more evident become the signs that it is brutalizing at least one of the combatants. If we had oppor tunities of watching the deeds of the Confederates as closely as we f o ll ow th ose of the Federalsi we might possibly find that the progress towards savage vengeance is not very unequal in both parties. So far, however, as events have publicly transpired, it is the North which is growing fierce and blood thirsty ; it is the high professing Puritans who threaten to murder in cold b'.ood ; it is the citizens of New York and. Boston, claiming credit for civiliza tion and literary taste, who are exulting in the commission of wanton destruction. War is terrible enough at best, but even war has its mitigations among civilized men. We do not in Eurepo when we take a city cut the throats of all the women and children, as the Taipings have done in China; neither do we burn down the city and sow salt upon the site, as was sometimes done even in Europe in barbarous days. We do not torture our prisoners after the manner described in Mr. Cooper's Redskin novels. As civilized and Christian men, we put some bridle over the worst instincts of our animal nature, even in our moments of most intense ex citement. There are things we are ashamed to do in the heat of conflict, and we count that man a mere villain who, when there is no fight raging, can enjoy revenge without danger, and can feel a ferocious joy in the infliction of suffering. There are bad signs in the recent news from America. Already have the Northern Government threatened to hang up all the prisoners they may take at sea, and already have they filled prisons with condemned victims, whom they boast that they are about to put to death. It is quite clear, accord ing to all laws, Divine and human, that the Federal Government have no more right to hang these men. after taking them prisoners at sea than they have to hang any prisoners they take on land. It would be murder to do so. But we much fear that this crime would have already been committed if it had depended solely upon the will of the Northern Re public. The Southerners, however, also have pri soners, and prisoners of note. They have chosen. from them, by lot a number, equal to that of the seamen threatened, who are to undergo the same hardships and to endure the same fate. Here are the first steps taken towards a fiendish emulation in human sacrifices. Meantime the two sets of pri soners are tortured by comfortless dungeons, har usage, and prison diet. The House of Representa tives takes another eager step forward in this down ward path, and addresses the President to inflict the torture of condemned cells and starvation upon the captives taken from under the British flag. Of course, this would be but a signal for a fur ther retaliation, and would but send other officers of the Northern Army into close con finement in the prisons of the South. It is a game of torture, the North leading off, and the South following suit. Up to the present moment no actual murder has been committed. We may, however, expect every day to hear that some one of these prisoners has died under the hardships he is enduring, and that a prisoner on the other side has been publicly hanged to revenge his death. If this dreadful play of death for death is once begun, it must go on till the prisons are emptied on both sides, and the war between the Anglo.Sason Americans will be like a war of cannibals. Again, there are limits to the rights of destruc tion which even a nation at war may exercise. We read in Groans, and other writers upon the state of war and peace, that all people who deserve the name of a nation have in all times respected things which are beneficial to the whole human race. Thus there is a rule derived from the authority of Holy Writ that fruit trees shall be spared wherever found. The implements of the husbandman have also been held sacred. To conquer, and not to destroy, is the right of a belligerent nation of civilised beings. Yet we are told, with a dastardly exultation, that fleets have gone forth from New London and New Bedford laden, not with soldiers and arms, but with stones, and that these fleets, " with their stony burdens scuttled broadside, have obliterated for years to come the channels of entry by sea to those cursed cities Charleston and Savannah." The object is to strangle these great ports of commerce—not to repossess them, but to destroy them for all time. "Of the ' effectiveness' of such a stone blockade," writes the exulting journalist of New York, "there can be no doubt. The main ship channel leading to Savannah is but 250 yards across in the narrowest place, and can be per fectly barred by half a dozen of these vessels. Charleston harbour is equally eligible to the same treatment. Once sunk, these old hulks become points for the accumulation of alluvials which the rivers bear down, and of the sands which the tides carry back. Tnere is a natural tendency in such ports to form obstructions, and all we have to do is, as the physicians say, to ' assist nature.' Becoming thoroughly imbedded in the sand, these accumula tions but advance with time, forming unconquer able obstacles to re-opening the harbours, and esta blishing a blockade which the highest-pressure diplomacy of the world will be utterly powerless to raise." If this be true,—and we believe the fact of the attempt is esteblished,—it is an act of hostility to the whole human race. The civilised Greek re fused to put out " the eye of Greece;" the savage American sails in full security to paralyse all the senses by which the Southern States might commu nicate in all time to come with the outer world. "It must be confessed," says this exulting Vandal, " there is something wonderfully gratifying in this silent, resistless, piece of Rhadamanthean justice. The calmness of the method is fine, and a chef d'ceuvre in its way ; no vulgar theatrical vengeance. no laying of the city in ashes, as those heated brag garts of Charleston threatened, but a silent blight falling on them as though out of the night—deadly, inevitable—and leaving those perfidious cities in a petrified death-in-life." People who would do an act like this would pluck the sun out of the heavens, to put their enemies in darkness, or dry up the rivers, that no grass might for ever grow on the soil where they had been offended. Yet such men ask for our sympathies, and there are a scattered few among us who are not ashamed to identify them selves with them and their doings ! Once again, the Government of the North, in the agony of its disappointment and its rage, is evi dently about to make an attempt to spread mas sacre through the unprotected dwellings of their estranged brethren. That the division of these two vast countries must occasion the extinction of slavery no one who looks thoughtfully upon pass ing events can doubt. Two independent States cannot stand side by side without the element of slavery oozing forth. But this design of the North has nothing to do with slavery as a principle. It contemplates the negro only as an instrument of revenge. It means, not the subjection of armed man in fair fight, but horrible deeds committed upon defenceless whites of every age and sex. Here, again, we believe that the success of the scheme will not by any means correspond with the atrocity of the conception. But it is a terrible act for men calling themselves civilised to have even contemplated. it is terrible alike for whites and for blacks ; for it seems that, after exciting these black men to work out this unmanly revenge, the North does not propose to endure their presence. race, e o e l e d , slave and free, to som e territor y which World, undertakes to trans p ort sp t o h t e s w of ho t l h e e will buy for them, desires, but which Mr. Lincoln no , a hite man All these things a re as yet but in their that he may neve r more behold a sable face. com mencement. Some are only threatened; others are only tentatively begun. They promise, however, in their development such scenes of horror as the world has never seen since men fought like wild beasts. Against such methods of war we protest at the outset. Against such bloody reprisals, against the wanton destruction of those harbours which a benevolent Creator has given for the enjoyment of all his creatures, against incitations to domestic rapine and murder, we protest in the name of humanity and civilisation. There is scope enough. given by the laws of war for ruthless deeds; but acts of mere vengeance never yet decided a great war, and ought not to be permitted by the guar dins of the civilisation of mankind,—Times. I