The Sun. — London, England, 1861-12-20 00:00:00

_ _ . Increase .. PublictDepo,sit'S ; • Increase .. • Other Deposits.. • Increase .. - Seven DaFaild other Bills .. • lieereate .. • . Government Sdeurities Inoreape ,Other. gecurities InCrease Do. clOi shares New York Central 6 per Ct , not convertible New York Central 7 per Ct , convertible, from June 15, 1857-59 Do. do. shares New York and Erie, 7 per Ct., Ist mortgage Do. do., 2d mortgage Do. do., 3d mortgage Do. do. convertible. Do, do. shares Panama 7 per Ct., Ist morn• gage Str. Bonds, not cony Do. do., 2d do. 1883 1864 1867 1859 1883 1862 7 4i0IVEY MARKET AND CITY NEWS, CITY, Two o'CLocK. The Bank of Englabd return, completed to the 18th inst., is again of a satisfactory character. The bullion and the reserve of notes have been aug mented to some extent, while a large increase' has taken place in the public deposits/ owing to - the active collection of the revenue. The other secu rities, as usual at the close of the year, show a slight,addition. Subjoined is our usual table of the varions items,and the changes they present, as com pared . .vvith those of laSt week :- - Active Circulation Decreaso Bullion .. Increase Rest .. £19,441,710 • 259,879 .. 15,611,347 .. 343,661 .. 3,133,688 3,965 .. 6,794,788 .. 874,622 .. 13,132,844 . . 35,418 .. 691,028 • ' 50,984 .. 10,963,147 66,735 .. 16,522,564 192,747 Notes unemployed .: 9,984;680 • Increase .. 605,855 A further sum of £25,000 in Australian gold was sent into the Bank of England yesterday. The Pera, from Alexandria has brought £26,926 in specie. The Etna, for New York, took out £l,OOO in gold. • At a meeting of the creditors of Messrs. Fair head and Son, seedsmen, it was resolved to wind up the estate under inspection. The debts and liabilities were stated to be £12,556, and the assets £6,160. A dividend of 4 per cent., less income-tax, will be papble on the 23d inst., on the Arica and Tacua Railway shares. The half-yearly interest on the Victor Emmanuel Railway shares of the Loan of £BOO,OOO, will be paid on and after the Ist prox., and the dividends on the Michigan Central Railway 6 per Cent. Bonds are payable on that day. _ _ . A fair amount of business was transacted in the Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday, and prices were firm. The sales wEre 8,000 bales. The inquiries for discount accommodation have increased both in the general Money Market and at the Bank of England. Business in the Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets during the last few days has been very quiet. Tea at public sale realised about previous prices. Sugars were in moderate request, and good and fine qualities of British West India brought full rates. For coffee there has been a - very limited inquiry, while the operations in fruit and spices have only been moderately active. Salt petre has slightly advanced, but tallow has con tinued in limited demand, at slightly reduced rates for both present and forward delivery. Continued quietude pervades the market for Public Securities, the dealings on speculative ac count being now very much curtailed, while the transactions for transfer are also too limited to create fluctuation. Consols have been dealt in to a small extent at 90 g for money and the 9th proximo, but owing to a few purchases a sudden improvement to 90:4 for transfer, and to 901, -1 has since occurred. The New Threes are steady at 89i-1R ; the Reduced at 891 ; Bank Stock has re ceded to 232 ; India New ö per Cents. are 102: ; Exchequer Bills, March, are 9s. to 12s. prem.; and ditto, June, 14s. pram. The Committee of the Stock Exchange have arranged that the establishment shall be closed at 12 o'clock on Mon day next, in consequence of the funeral of the late Prince Consort. Business in the Foreign Market has been very much curtailed, and former prices have been main tained. Turkish 6 per Cants. are 76 to 77 ; ditto, 1858, 661, 67/ ; Dutch 4 per Cents. 991 a ; Italian 5 per Cents. 651 ; Brazilian 41 per Cents., :1852, 871 ; ditto, 1860, 861 ; Mexican 262- ; Russian 3 per Cent. 581; and Spanish Certificates 5!. With reference to the market for American Securities, Messrs. D. Bell, Son, and Co. give the following : Redeemable. Prices United States 6 per Cents 1867-1868 76 80 Do. 5 per Cent Bonds Kentucky 6 per Cent. Bonds lB6B-72 68 70 Maryland 5 per Cent. Bonds 68 70 Pennsylvania 5 per Ct. Stock 63 68 Pennsylvania 5 par Ct. Bonds 1877 63 68 Virginian 6 per Cent. Bonds 1886 40 45 Boston 41 per Ct. Strlg. Bonds 1888 75 80 Illinois Central 7 per Cent. Illinois Central 6 per Cent. Do. shares, 80 dols. paid Michigan Central 8 per Cent 1869 75 78 85 87 63 66 83 88 80 85 70 72 45 50 241 251 92 95 93 95 1865 1872 The operations in the Railway Share Market have eon tinued exceedingly inactive, and a further alight downward movement has taken place in prices. Caledonian, and Lancashire and Yorkshire ha,d receded 55., and London and Brighton 10s. The Foreign and Colonial lines have remained wiithout the slightest change of importance. South- Au sstrian and Lombardo-Venetian realise 18i, Great Indian Peninsula 104,.East Indian 100 Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are fiat. Oriental Bank declined 491, and Ottoman Bank to' 171, Oriental Inland Steam realise 6/. nizirisu FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Sto, .k 232 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities B9! 1 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities New 3 per C !cut. Annuities India Stock Ditto 5 per Cent. Ditto Enfac ed Paper, 4 per Cent — Ditto 5 per Cent. 96/ Ditto 51 per Cent Consols for Ac count, Jan. 9 9o,i 90 India Stock for Account Ditto 5 per Ce Qt. March. Exchequer Bills, • £l,OOO 2d.... 9 12 Ditto £5OO Ditto Small - 9 12 I FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian 5 per Ce nt .. Ditto 41 per Cent, 1852 .... Ditto 1860 Mtsxican, 3 per Cen t - Ditto Account ... Russian 5 per Ceut. 1 822, £ St .. Ditto 3 per Cent. 11 359 .. 58/ Spanish Cert. of Coup . not funded TuAish 6 per Cent.... . Ditto Account Dividends on th a above payable in London. Dutch 21 per Cent., Eal Change 12 Gni'. --. 1 )i ito Certificates, 4 per krlent .. Ital inn, 5 per Cent., 1861.. Jun,. 14 14 14 Consols Money Ditto Account 901 BANE OF ENGLAND. An. Account, pursuant to cap. 32, fc, r the week end' , ng "Dec.) 1861: ISSUE. DEP Notes I is sued X29,4'26,3901 he Act 7th and Bth Victoria on Wednesday, the 18th day 'A.RTMENT. Government Debt £11,015,100 Other Securities .. 3.834,900 Gold Coin & Bullion 14,776,39 Silver Bullion 120,426,3 30 1 BANKING DEPARTICIMT. Pro Ptietor 4 , Capi- Government Seen ti, ' Peat - £14,553,000 rities (including Put ifinr, 3,133,688 Dead Weight A n--- —eP osits (in- nuity) , £1 0 ,963,147 ci lading Exche- Other Securities 16,522 ,, a 4 4 uer, Savings' Notes Banks, Commis- Gold and Silver InlP,sior era of Na- Coin vional Debt, and Divide' ad Ac counts) - - ........ 6,791.788 Other Di2pc site.... 13,132,811 Seven De . y and othei • Bi., I s 691,028 X 29,426,310 X 38,305,3 18 M.. D; Ited I )ecember 19, 1861. 834,959 £38,805,348 ,RSIIALL, Chief Cashier, T crew of the 'lndus, which is to leave South ampt on to-day with the Australian mail, was drilled yes terdr gnu merciso under the supprintendence of Cal3t. Pate y, R.N,, and Lieut. Tickell, R.N., of the Admiralty depa rtme - t A t of Southampton. T vEsrittltTlON OF WYNYARD-HALL.—DARLING- ToN Dr,c.l9.—Wynyard-hall, near Stockton, the seat of the Ms r ehieness cf Londonderry, is in flames, which can be 8€ on at an immense distance. The hall has been burnt twice 4 t efore. SHARE MARK ET-(1H1S D.AY). ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Railways. Paid.l Closing Business Price. done. rel_ast and Nor. Coun. [lir., Wol., and Str. Val myth and Tyne Bost.,Sleaf.,ancl3lld.Co Bristol and Exet - pr Caledonian Carmarthen & Carli•lan Cork and Bandon Cork, Throbk, & Passage Cornwall Do lA. gets no div A • till Gp c.o an•has Do. been paid to B. Dublin 4 Belfast Juno. Dun.,Perth,&Ab. June East Anglian Eastern Counties Eastern Union, A stock Do ' Bdo do DoNw A, late E U3ds East Suffolk Edinburgh & Glasgow Edin., Perth, & Dundee forth & Clyde Junction Furness ilasg. and S. Western GreatNrtlin.of Scotland Great Northern Do A stock Do B do Gt. S. ant W. of Ireland 'Great Western 1_ Do Str Vsly,ua. stock Irish South Eastern Lancashire & Yorkshire London and Blackwall Bright..& S. Coast Lon., Chat., and Dover Lon. & Noith Western Lon. & South Western L'derry & Coleraine .. L'derry & Enniskillen. %lan., Shef., & Lincoln. 3faryport and Carlisle. Do I shares Nfetropoli tan Midland Do New Do Ilirming. t Derby %lid Gt. W. of Ireland 5 Do. shares Nlid Kent 0 Do Cray Line 1 0 Newcastle and Carlislel .0 Newry & Arrant, def.' 0 Newry, Warnpt, & Kos It Norfolk North British Nor.Dev.llail&Dk.stock Do A stk ; A recs no d till 6 pc. has been pdß Do B stock Nth. Eastern—Berwic4 Do, G.N.E. purchase Do Leeds Do York North London Do new North Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junction. Not. Gran. Rl. & Canal Peebles Portsmouth Rhymney Scottish Certral !Scot. N. E., Aber. stock st Do Scat. 'Mid. stock 10 Shrews, and Welchpool st Shropshire Union 10 Sittingbourne & Sheer st South Devon 25 S. Durham tt Lane. Un st South Eastern st South Wales st S. York. and River Dun, 20 Staines, Wok. ,an dWok 25 Stockton & Darlington 25 Do Do New, 1860 Taff Vale. Do Fret. No. 1 ThamesHavenDk&Rail l 'Ulster Do Do Vale of Neath Victoria sta. and Pim Waterford & Kilkenny Waterford & Limeriok West Cornwall West London ... Do Ist class Do 2d class W. Hartlepool Har.&R West Midland Oxtord Do Newport Do Hereford , - 7i 8 - - 6 6i 94 06 99 100 5 6 40 42 10} 101 18 19 50i 51i 47 50 32 34 88 00 28i 29} 98 100 111 112 109 110 130 132 101 103 67 67i 55 58 iaisi 10511' 54_ 56 115 117 44 46 911 511 921 93 9 11 44 441 6i 6 [29i 1261 li ]IP 97 99 60 62 E 2 64 98 99 f }d 55 56 87,E 88 94 56 5} 11-( 11.1 1C 88 90 L 22 124 37 39 95 97 451 961 36 38 75 75i 65 67 95 97 5i 8 36 88 7 8 p 4i 5i p 55} 56} 2i 3i d 83 86 12} 13 5i ei 44 46 43 45 89 01 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RE Railways. :Paid, Leasing Co. s Closing Price. Bedford and Bletehley, Birkenhead Buckinghamshire .. . . Chester & Holyhead.. Do. 54 per cent Do. 5 „ Clydesdale Junction Colchester, Stour Val.! E. Lincolnsh. g a pr c. I E.Union,HarwichShs Do. Woodbridge....l Gls. Barr. &Neils.Drct. Do. new Gloster & Dean Forest Hull and Selby Do. halves Do. quarters Lancaster & Carlisle, London & Greenwich's Do. Preference Southendl Lowestoft gua. 4 p c Do 6 per cent Mne.,Extn.,& Matlock Mid. Bradford l'refer- once stock Newmarkt, BuryEx 1 gua. 5 per cent... Northn.ttEastn. sp. o. Do. 6 per cent. Do. Fixed 5 p. c N. Eastn—Ha. tlepool North Western Preston and Wyre. Do. shares A. Roystn. itch. & Shep. Sh: ewsby & Hereford Do. 'Do. South Stan. dshiro Wilts and Somerset Wimbledn & Croydon, Caledon. E. U.& E. C Gr.lN orth. E,Couats. Caledon. Gt. West. YkN. Mid Do. Ln.,Sz N. W S. Eastern Do. Peto & Co. INor:olk 1130. ,LNIV44 3Edland E Counts. Do. Do. Do. N. E. Bar. Midland L&N.WI tiz L. Yk. Gt. North. T Brassey Ln.&N.WI Gt. West. L.&Brgtn Ln.&N.W Do.&G.W Do. Do.. 94 86 94 96 53 54 123 125 112 114 101 103 63 65 133 4 1 41 110 112 197 202 61 63 il2 117 83 85 3i 32 94 06 par f p 55 57 i6l lo! 43 45 133 136 118 122 1 92 94 84 94 PREFERENCE SHARES. Share( Railways. Paid.( Closing Business Prices. Done. 25 Blythe and Tyne 10 p.c. pref. issued at £5 all at Brie. & Exet. 4p.c. at 100 93 95 20 Do. shares st Caledon. £lO, 41 p. cent lOO st Do. quar. shares, No. 2 100 63 Cork & Bandon, 53 p. c. all 20 Cornwall. 5 percent all 201 214 61 Dut.Perth, & Aber.Jun all 6 63 10 Do. Ist Class Pref all at E. Anzn. Class Asp. c lOO 101 103 st Do. Class B 6 per cent lOO 112 117 st Do. Class C 7 per cent lOO 110 116 at Conn. Ex. 5 p.c.No. 1 100 103 110 at Do No. 2 110 106 108 st Do. new 6p.c. st lOO 123 125 at Eastern Union. 4p. c— 100 81 83 at Do. sp. c. guar lOO st Edin.&Glas.s p.c. shares 100 111 113 at Do. 4p. c. guar. S. & • 100 89 91 at Edin. Perth,& Dun. 4 p.c. 100 at Furness. 5 ner cent lOO at Glas.& S.W est. gu. 5 p.c lOO st Great Northern, sp. c lOO 115 116 115! at D 0.5 p.c.Redm.lop.c.pm lOO 110 112 st Do. 44 p. c. do lOO 102 101 at Do.sp.c.Redn:.atsp.c.pm 100 107 109 10 Gt. Nh. of -cot. Ist pref. all at Gt. Sn. &W. (Ireland) 4 per cent lOO 97 99 50 Great West. (Perks and Hants Ext) 5 per cent - 6 at Do. redeem. 44 p. ct lOO 98 100 at Do. redeem. 4p. ct lOO 83 90 at Do. irredeem. 4p. ct lOO 88 90 ; at Do. sp. c. redeem. pref. 100 102 101 8 Do. Birm. p-ef. shares all 93 10 10 Do. Cheste- 8 p.c. pf. ahs all 17 18 10 Do. Chester 5 p.c. pf. ahs all 101 11 st Do. Birm. guar. stock lOO 75 77 263 Do. Chester guar. shares all 20 201 131 Do. do all 10 101 20 Do. do all 15 151 100 Lan. & Carl. 4 a p.c. pref 60 at Lan. & York. 6 p.c. stock 100 136 133 at Do.Barnstst.Ci 2s 10clee 100 at Do. 6p. c. (East Lan.) lOO at Do. 41 p. c. (Blackb. put 100 101 103 at L0n.&13) ig.sp.l.gu. No.l 100 112 115 at Do. 5 per cent, slo, No 2 100 112 115 at Do. 6 per cent. do lOO 136 139 st Do. 5 per cent. do. No. 4 100 112 115 at Do. 44 per cent. do lOO 5 Do. 41 p. c. pref. shares all at Do. 7 per cent pref. stk 100 152 155 st Do, 6 p.c. do(W.E.&C.P.) 100 1"7 130 at Do.4p c.st.(div.dci.liP6t 100 73 75 at Do. 4 per cent. pref st Lon.Chat.&Dov. sp.c.pf. 100 90 92 10 Do. West. Ex., B, 6p. c. all 10 Do. Metrop. Fx. li, 4, p.c. 31 at Lon. & S. W., Coy. & Nuneaton, 5 per cent. 100 111 113 at Lon. & S.West. 7p. cent. st., late 3d shares 100 at Do. 4 k per cent 2s 13c1 Do. (Prtam. perpl. anna. of 2s 6d 121 Londondy. & Cole. 1 shs all 121 tondony. & Ennis. 1 ahs all 13 1 14 at Man. Sh. & Lin. 0 per ei. 100 124 126 6 Do. .£6 at Do. 33 per cent. .. 100 65 70 10 Do. redeem. 6 perceni... 5 3 ipm 124 Mary port A Carl. 4 pr. c. all 123 Do. 41 per cent......... all st Midland Cor. 6p. c. stk. 100 at Do.Con.Bris.& Bin 6 p.c. 100 137 139 at Do. 41 P. e. pref. stock.. 100 102 104 6 Do. 41 per cent. at Do.Leic. r ndHit.4per ct. 100 92 94 at Norfik. sp. c. Ex. st. 1846 100 at Do. 51 p. c. Pref. at. 1847 100 .. at D 0.5 Way.ValEx.st.lBl7 100 at Nort British, 5 per cent. 100 109 111 at Do. New oma. per cent. .. 100 107 109 10 Do. Bor. Un. g. prf. As. 5 1 lOrn 10 D o . do. do. all • at, Nth . D vn. Rail.&Dck.Co. 5 a t N-East. Cons. pref. 4 p.c. 100 at Do. 414 r. ct. redeemable 100 .. a.t Do. G. N. E. 4p. ct. pref. 100 99 101 Do. Berwick 4p. c. pref. 100 93 100 20 Do. Leeds 6p. c. No. 1 8. 13.4 1 die par 123 Do. do. Quarters, 1848.. 13 • • • • 25 Do. York, H. &S. Purch. 9 .. 20 North Staffordshire.... 10 3dis 3pm 10 lthymney Guaranteed.. all 22 23 8 i Scottish Central. new pi all .. at Scottish North-Eastern 31 P. c. pref. stock.... 'all „ at Do.Aberdeen,gua.6p.c 100 . 8 ,,t Do. 7p. C. pref. stock 100 lua• South Devon, Ann, 10s. 100 132 136 10 Do. Fixed 41 per cent all 10 101 10. 6. South Eastern (Reading all Ann., 1.0.6) at Do. 43 per cent B ,t Do, Fixed 41 per cent 100 99 101 at South Wales, gua. 4p. c. 100 at Do. 43 per cent at Do. do. 1859 lOO at • • • Do. 5 per cent. lOO at S. Yorkshire, 4p. c. gua. 100 85 U 20 Do. sp. c. gua. 13 .. 25 Stock. & Dar. Asp . c a ll 2 73 281 25 Do. B6p. c all 31 33 25 Do. C6p. c all 31 33 st Watrfd & Kilkny, 6p. c. 100 42 45 at W. Mid.-Oxf Ist gua stk 100 123 125 at Do. 2d do lOO 121 123 at Do. Newport 5 p.c. pf.red. 100 100 102 at DO. Perpet6 p. C. pf. 18613 100 118 122 , at Do. till 1809 100 116 120 6.4.0 19.16.41 12.10 1051 1 116 15 12611 II 99 I d 66 TALS. Business Done. S 1 11•21 f THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING,' DECEMBER 20, 1861. 2BE WITDHAM CASE=—(7 • h.is Day). TIIE ERUPTION OF 310UNT VESUVIUS ,LI7'.E.RATUBE. 1 passages that display an appreciation of the kindly feelings that adorn humanity may be mentioned the remarks on animals. The larger the intellect, the deeper the feelings, the kinder the heart, the more sympathy is there felt for those creatures who were made by our Creator; and they who ill use and torture them with the most callous indif ference, and talk of their usurping the privileges of Christians, seem to forget that they belong to the Maker of th e eart h and its thousand . indwellers, that the Hand that made them is divine. " Pet animals are pleasant creatures, and their unsophis ticated fondness is a great comfort therefore. I hope no one will quote me that tir esome o ld t r uism about its being wrong to waste affection on them. Have you a dog, my friend ? I do not ask you to confess to me, but don't you, don't you like him ten times better than many of your acquaintances, and find him more sociable company. I counted Dandy amongst my best of friends. If he could have spoken I am sure he would have uttered nobler sentiments than many dogs' masters have courage to utter in these day s,when inverted language does duty for humane, and every virtue extant has its parody." And Cosy merits a good word teo—pretty, soft nestling, frisking, selfish thing. lam not prepared to deny the selfishness of puss, but I maintain that it is a selfishness which can be borne with much better than the selfishness of some of our friends. Surely there is somewhere a paradise of pets, and Dandy and I shall meet again. T , iheres some thing mournfully true in Francis estmore's lonely lif e , so ove rcast with shadows and so fraught with painful reminiscences. It is a satisfaction when the c l ou d s th a t env i ro ned him are at last dis pelled, and he i s a bl e t o prove his father's inno cence from the dark crime with which he was charged to the cold and cruel world that had flung its bitter taunts so many years. The company at Redcross i s v er y we l l described, and some sketches, as , nce withevs N ci tre l air many e . oand nne. yrt Peacock eolirttua work: aecusti for tea after n 8 ehyf n nta s ert t reea entertainment pity tua e are f ri , nts mh aaentnd v st he dinner-party r tme y u dor g nri id o tes i o defin d acoi . pnat itt mtio l oo ien he an eisyt. Finally, it must b e conce d e d b y all competent judges that this work is deserving of approbation on many points, and its occasional drawbacks are more than compensated for by its vigerous trans cript of society, its animated pictures, and its powerful sty le. There is always something to impress us in the writings of this author, some thing deep that would look beneath the superficial surface of the world's glitter and show, and delve into the substance of things, and trace their cause and 'effect. There is also something high which looks beyond the petty limits, and soars above the narrow confines of material natures till it attains the mighty eminence from which all earthly things assume their just proportions, and appear in their true colours. Any form of composition that aspires in its tendency, and leads others to ascend in spirit to the only valid source of great ness, the only lasting goal of glory, is always desir able to peruse. The works of Holme Lee are all eminently attractive from many points of regard, they paint men and manners with accuracy, they depict the deep and strong passions that excite and influence human nature, but their chief merit is the crowning one of a pure purpose and a lofty aim. Whatever is good is earnestly inculcated, whatever is great is simply but strongly enforced ; and hence these novels are superior, in the truest sense of the term, and deserve: success from the better part they have chosen of exhibiting to a frivolous society some solid truths, and of teaching a cold world the warmth of true feeling and the holy attributes of affection that should be the crown and glory of a Christian character, and make the human approach the nearest to the divine, and earthly life the most resemble heaven's. This work may be recommended to all who seek an interesting story that is full of incident and replete with attraction. COMMISSION OF LUNACY. We have been favoured with the following extract from a letter from an eye-witness : " Last Sunday (December 8) I witnessed one of those efforts of nature that have in this country so universally left its mark in the way of buried cities, &c. About half.past three in the afternoon, or earlier perhaps, I received a message from the deck to say that an immense deal of smoke was issuing from the side of the hill immediately under Mount Vesuvius, and just above the town of Torre del Greco. Up I went at once, and then I saw one of the most extraordinary and grandest sights that in my opinion can possibly be seen, impressing on us, against our will, what mere atoms we are. The earth then (if I may use the expression) had opened, and a small volcano formed, and issuing from it, to a height of 800 or 900 fe t, were smoke, large stones, and ashes, in the shape of very tmall sand, accom panied by a loud rumbling noise, and this at about 30 miles or a little less distance. In one hour the horizon was per fectly obscured, and the mouth of the bay hidden by smoke and ashes. As the night came on it became more violent, and towards seven or eight o'clock the flames and largo red hot stones were coming forth, accompan'ed by the aforesaid noise, to a height of 200 or 300 feet. All this time Vesu vius was perfectly quiet. Towards 9 o'clock it slackened its violence; but still the same amount of smoke but without the rumbling noise. The next day (Monday), about 10 in the morning., a loud report was heard, and on looking to wards Vesuvius, it was found it was not going to remain a quiet spectator of the previous day's erul tion, but as if to show its contempt for the young crater that had formed itself lower down, burst out in double fury,throwing up stones hot, and its ashes far at sea, obscuring the midday sun, accom • panied by noise more deep and sonorous than that of the day before. It was a most wandercul and terrific sight. About one o'clock two of us took a carriage and went out to the scene of the eruption of the day before, and there you could hardly obtain a better idea of the destruction of Pompeii, as given by en eye-witness, Pliny,than the scene that was pre sented to our view when we came near the town of Torre Greco. The whole way from Naples was full of carts of household furniture belonging to those who had deserted the town and fled from the eruptions and earthquakes, for there had been several of the latter. When we arrived near the town, that is, within three miles, the fine ashes began to fall fast (for hitherto we had only seen them, the wind being in a contrary direction), all the shops and houses were shut, sentinels were marching the streets to keep people away from the danger of falling houses, for earthquakes had parted the paved streets in several places, and three houses had fallen in, and still apparently no cessation of the eruption. As we got into the town the sand and ashes were falling so thick that it was impossible to keep your eyes open without a shade or umbrella, and almost every one had adopted half a newspaper stuck under their hats and projecting over their faces ; every one so thickly covered in dust that it was impossible to discover the colour of their clothes, On we went, now on our legs, having left the carriages, at one time walking along the beaten path cut in the lava, at another over the rough lava itself, and so hot that we could not stand long on it. At last we arrived within 100 yards of the crater, and it appeared to be subsiding, though the smoke and sand were still coming forth very fast. Vesuvius was as active as ever, making most appalling noises as if the earth was shaken to its very centre. The ground on which wo stood was shaking like an aspen leaf, with a heaving and convulsive power underneath. At last I thought we might try and climb up the cone so as to look into the crater, if only for a minute ; so I went, followed by some others. We were well repaid for our temerity, for we discovered that the whole of the ground on which we were standing was nothing more within a few inches only of its surface than a red hot ash-heap, I should say 40 feet in thickness. We had not been standing there ten minutes when, without the least notice, a small eruption took place almost along side of us, throwing up ashes and smoke, and as we were running for safety the red-hot stones, as big as one's head, fell around us. however, as we had not yet seen down the crater itself, but only the ridge adjoining it, I thought I would make another attempt, and 1 succeeded in climbing to the top and looking down. I could see nothing but smoke and fire, the latter almost on a level with myself. Suddenly it made a great noise, which was sufficient for me, and I ran down as hard as I could split and got back all right. Ten minutes afterwards it burst forth and the place on which I had been standing was literally covered with red-hot stone or lava. Night was creeping on and it increased in fury, and the ground was in one incessant tremble. We remained for an hour after dark, and on our way back we found that the whole of the lava on which we had been and were then treading was, within a few inches of its surface, red-hot. The whole of the hill-side of Vesu vius is split right down through the town into the sea. The view from the bay that night until ten was very beautiful, for in addition to the fire, smoke, and red-hot stones, there were constant bright flashes of flame, like lightning, as the gas came in contact with the air. Towards midnight it sub sided. The town is entirely deserted, and no one is allowed to live in it. It is the belief here that we have not seen the worst of it, but that it is only gathering fresh force. Torre del Greco has been destroyed in the same way seven diffe•• rent times, the last exactly 100 years ago ; but still people flock back to it.—Naples, Dec. 12, 1861." (Before Samuel Warren, Esq., Q.C., Master in Lunacy, and a Special Jury.) ' FIFTH DAY. Warp and Woof ; or, the Reminiscences of Doris Fletcher. By Holme Lee, author of " Sylvan Holt's Daughter," " Against Wind and Tide." Three vols. ✓ Smith and Elder. The first witness examined this morning was Mr. Partridge, who said—l have visited Mr. Windham during his residence in London. He was in the habit of throwing open his window and shrieking out at the top of his voice. He would then return to the table and take his seat in the ordinary manner. We never conversed with him about his shrieking, but when we talked to him on general subjects, ho spoke coherently, but there was some thing peculiar in his manner. He used at dinner to help himself to a very great quantity of food. I have been out with him once in a gig. He drove in a very reckless, furious manner. On the occasion I speak of we went to the Crystal Palace, where he left me, and began conversing with a policeman in such a way as to attract the attention of the company. By Mr. 'Chambers—He swore very violently, and foamed at the mouth. Thi3 author has written so many delightful works that a new one is always welcome. We meet with so much truth in the descriptions of life that abound in these:pages, we find such real characters presented to our notice, that it is at all times desir able to dwell on such pictures. In this instance the reader will not be disappointed, for the recol lections here recorded arc replete with subject of reflection and source of interest. They are told by one whose work in the active world is over, whose portion henceforth is to wait. Doris Fletcher, in the meridian of her strength and the maturity of her powers, met with an accident that laid her low. At the introduction we find her 13 ing on the couch from which she cart never rise again, listening to the church bells ringing in the distance. To her they speak of many things, recalling hope and hap piness, and sne might say, in the words of the poet— W itness continued—When we returned to town he drove in a very dangerous manner. The last time I saw him in Lon don I thought his condition was one of imbecility. ' Cross-examined —I consider his great peculiarity in laughing, his slovenly habit of dress, and his great desire to attract the attention of people, and a vacancy in the ex pression of his features, signs of imbecility. lam a doctor of medicine, and I consider these things evidence of imbe cility. On the visit to the Crystal Palace his conspicuous position was a mark of imbecility. He wasjtanding in the centre transept with his hands behind lis back and his head stooping. I think the groom was behind time in ,meeting Mr. Windham, and that excited him. I should think it might have been about half an hour after the time that Mt Windham appointed that the car riage arrived. I don7t know that Mr. Windham had an engagement in town that evening. I cannot remember the language he,used to the groom. In returning home we had two or three very narrow escapes of collision. lam Pot in the habit of fl Living myself. 1 don't know whose room it was that Aiji. Windham took his luncheon in. I know it ware - nit don't know where the kitchen was situated, but I suppose it was somewhere below. I cannot say he was not calling out for his servants. I have taken luncheon with Mr. Windham about ten or a dozen times. We had champagne and sherry. Mr. Llewellyn has sometimes joined us. I arrived in town a few days ago. I came from Edinburgh. I first received an intimation to attend from Mr. Peathfield. "My weary soul they seemed to soothe, And redolent of joy and youth To breathe a second spring." " I heard the Avonmore church bells ringing high in the clouds. So long ago, so long ago, so long, long ago ! I gave myself up to them, and let them carry me over a plain of level years to the troubleus times when first we came to live at Redcross; to times earlier than these; to the days of my father's prosperity, when we were all young and bonnie Roseberry was our home. The joys and sorrows of others as well as myself rose from their ' graves, and the loves and hates of some who have ceased loving and hating in this world for ever. What the bells and the old Thought Book said to me I am going to relate to you, but more of others than of myself. My own story is one of those which can be told in less than half-a dozen pages—a story cut short in the first chapter with Why' for its finis. In this life it will not be answered, but one day I shall know for what good reason of God's the hope of my youth was then away, and I was left to wither through long painful years into the state of sheer hopelessness in which I lie now." In pursuance of this purpose she gives us a most exciting narrative of the chief events that occurred in her family. There is always much to learn in any one household thus chronicled and set apart in its peculiar joys and sorrows, from among the communities of earth. The Fletchers had fallen in the world, and Redcross, where they lived, was a sad change from their beautiful Rose berry. Doris had a trouble of her own, as her engagement was broken off by the death of her lover. She bore this blow bravely, however, and truly says, " There are pains harder, far harder to bear than the death of what we love. I can remem ber him without a shadow of reproach ; he was always generous, noble, and loving. I shall never see his equal until I see him again where there are no partings any more for ever." The two step sisters of Doris, " Ursula" and " Connie," were as unlike as possible. Ursula was a most despicable character, and she gradually gave way to all her worst feelings, till she became about as hateful as a woman could be. She offers a striking warn ing to all those who will not resist the evil that worirs in their natures. Had Ursula gone abroad or married early, very different would have been the lot of the little circle at Redcross. It is an awful reflection to carry to the grave that we have marred greatly the happiness of home, but to feel that we have made it miserable is a dreadful ides, indeed, and haunts like a curse at the last hour. The ruling passion with Ursula was envy of her lovely young sister, and she did all that lay in her power to make that fair young maiden's career a blank, and to blight her prospects that seemed at first bright and golden as became the attributes of beauty in the first flush of its splendour and of youth in the lustre of its morning. " Connie" was a sweet, gentle girl, but she wanted decision, and the conduct of the entire family in sending out an innocent, ignorant creature like her into a cold, cruel world was most reprehensible. Mrs. Fletcher was always ruled by Ursula, and this was very wrong. Another error was their conduct to Dr. Julius Eden. This gentleman was engaged to Connie, and then able and willing to give her a home. On account of an absurd crotchet of the father's the marriage was imperatively delayed till she was of age. In defiance of prudence, and in spite of kindness, the young girl was thrust forth, and bitterly did all grieve for the consequences. All but Ursula, that is to say; she magnified the mis• take, and enhanced the error by her absurd ad vice and pertinacious interference. It is to be feared that such natures are often seen in life, and they are, indeed, the wormwood mingled with the gall. For such there must be an awful reckoning scored up against the great day of account. It is difficult to say whether the passages that tell of Ursula's conduct in regard to Connie are most irritating or most painful. The folly of Doris in allowing her to go with the suffering girl to Southill is really aggravating, but people often do make such mistakes, ignoring that it is sometimes as great a duty to put ourselves forward as at others to retire into the shade. The claims of the sick and suffering should have been made paramount. Julius also comported himself extremely ill, and truly the reader's indignation is divided between him and Ursula. Nothing could justify his con duct, and he had no right to treat with such scorn one whom he thought worthy to call his wife. He made her a reproach among her neighbours, and had they not for the most part possessed higher spirit than to subscribe to his strictures, and better feelings than to follow in his wake, sad would have been the doom of Connie Fletcher. There does not seem much to rejoice at in their reconciliation at last, for she was so terrified by his harshness that the best attribute of affection was gone in her shaken trust. The perfect love that casteth out fear was indeed far from that joyless compact. In this the author bhows great skill. The convenient notion of many storytellers is to hush up all bad things at the last, and make all cloudless. This cannot be; where sin has trod the trail of the serpent will be left behind in some form or another, and it is false reasoning and bad teaching to argue, and show the eontrary. Thus we are told that the bloom was brushed off that second engagement, and both felt it acutely. Still, where there is right feeling in the mind and kind ness in the heart, evils may be mitigated, and so we learn that the re-united lovers led a happy life after the sharp struggle was past, and the hard contest won over their own errors, and the sin and wickeduess of that evil spirit who plotted against them with malignant pertinacity. In some respects they were better for their troubles, for Connie had learned experience in self•discipline, and Dr. Julius had schooled his stern ways into more gracious and genial manners. Ursula is not shown to us at all repentant, and that is as well for the truth of the portraiture, as those adamant natures are only affected by most, sudden startling calamities to themselves, and what they learn is often known only to their Maker and themselves. Some, it is to be trusted, seek, before the night everlasting shuts them from day, for the saving grace that may avail —but, too many ge on like Ursula, hardening and becoming more frigid as life leads them on to death and this world to another. There is something very touching in the records given of the parent's life in their sad retirement. It was easy for the young people to become in a measure reconciled to the change, but for them the time of transplanting was over, the residue of their days was a regret and a longing for what had been but should be no more. " They recoiled from the gaiety and hopes of their children, they were shadows of the disap pointments of the world, and would not come across their sunshine. But the bitterness of regret was past, and the heat of their day over ; they rested, and the busy earth went round, and the golden hours dawned on the generation that would be after them. I can see them now, ah, me ! the young have not all the romance to themselves, nor all the tragedy, nor all the pathos, nor all the love. So different as it had been with that old pair ! Is there no tragedy like these, no pathos in coming down in the world ? The sorrows of the aged, who must still soon have done with scrrows, touch me more than the passionate griefs of youth. They have finished Hope's flattering tale ; they have realised the vanity of all things under the sun, and have only to wait till Death, the sovereign all-healer, bids them depart in peace out of the struggle and strife of living. Halting, I have learnt all its sad significance, through many an hour of pain, and hitter, bitter repining. Some of its comforts, too, I have learnt ; but the lesson has been long, and is imperfect yet. When I re member papa and mamma studying it, hand in hand, in broken fortunes, but together, and in calm, I am ready to weep for pity, over myself, who have been at it for years, and alone, and have hardly yet got to see the justice, tempered with mercy, in the Almighty will that must be done!" In many of these truthful passages, and these earnest exhortations, we meet with the illustration of that sublime idea inculcated in the expressive line, "They also serve, who only stand and wait." Respecting this suffering pair, they were permitted to die near together. Their sons were far away in a distant land ; earth's extension intervened between them and the home of childhoo d. Their daughters were not happily situated, on i the whole, with Connie's delicate health, D o ri 's shattered constitution, and Ursula'sh these caresunhappy temper, But they were going might not follow. " The boys in i r reerturned to us, but, in her last hour, their mother They they were by)aer, and talked to them. __They will meet again where partings are n o more." Among other , Re-examined by Mr. Chambers—Windham's driving alarmed me very much. I should say when he screamed out of the window he was not calling for the servants. By the Master—The visit to the Crystal Palace took place at the end of June or the beginning of July last. Jesse Campbell Ingram—l reside at Castle-street, Edin burgh. I recollect Mr. Peathfield and Mr. Windham taking lodgings in my house. Windham behaved like a fool. He did not appear right in his mind. Whateverthings he had in his portmanteau he threw into the middle of the room. I noticad him next morning at breakfast, and during the whole time he was in my house. I had a particular reason for waiting on him. When I went to wait at break fast Windham was foaming at the mouth in such a manner that frightened me very much. Previous to dinner he acted in a very strange manner; just like an insane man. He continued to do so during the fortnight he remained in my house. He used to open the window and almost throw himself out, then he would shout and call out. The shout was something between a roar and a howl. He used to make noises like a cat during the night. My opinion was that he was not in his right mind. By Mr. Karslake—l formed my opinion that Windham was insane the moment I saw him. The lodgers I keep are very quiet people. Mr. Peathfield and Mr. Windham always dined together. I never laughed fit to kill myself. I was frightened too much. I was sorry for him. I never laughed at him when he sang "I'm off to Charlestown." I don't go to theatres. I ob jected to waiting up late for the gentlemen. The two gen tlemen used to sit up together. I can't say that Mr. Peath field did not make some of the noises. I have known them sit up as late as three o'clock in the morning. I told them that without they kept better hours they must quit my house. I have seen a gentleman visit Mr. Windham once. He never stopped to supper. I was summoned to attend here on Saturday last. Woolley's .New Map of the ,Seat of Trar in the Con federate States of Anzerica. London : Clarke and Co., 252, Strand. We have several maps of the States, excellent ones some of them, already published. Mr. Woolley's map is distinguished by its giving on a large scale, yet in pocket form, the whole South from the Galvaston on the Gulf of Mexico, in cluding the North as far as the parallel of New York. The entire Seat of War is, therefore, fully given North and South, and the States west of the Mississippi—Missouri, Arkansas, and Louisiana —are also included. The execution is clear. The railroads well marked, the coast and islands well defined. It is a useful map of ready reference, and good pocket companion to the newspaper. Re-examined—The noises "always were made in the middle of the night, and they disturbed the whole house. When Windham was asked to be quiet, he used to comply for a short time, but he commenced again in a very short time. I slThuld not have cared had the gentleman sat up all night if he had been quiet. I have had a great many lodgers in my time, but I never had one like Mr, Wind ham. Mrs. Llewellyn—My husband lives at 35, Duke-street, St. James's. He is a wine importer. In May, 1861, Mr. Windham came to lodge at our house. General Windham had nothing to do with the gentleman's coming. I had never seen him at that time. With the exception of certain intervals Mr. Windham remained at our house till the end of “ THE BURGOMASTER'S FEAST.”—The purchasers of the illustrated London News will receive with their Christmas number a fine coloured print of this beautiful painting. It is from the pencil of Lance, the unrivalled master of the glowing world of fruits—a descendant, one would think, of that old Grecian painter whose cherries, we are told, were pecked at by the birds. The print is of unusual size and beauty, and, when framed, is most suitable for a Christmas gift. r aligust. I formed an opinion as to the state of his mind during that time, and I thought he was insane. His tutor Mr. Peathfield, had also a:room in the house. Windham was a very unclean person. He used to be put into a bath in the lower part of the house, and I have known him jump out of it and run up stairs without his clothes. There were female sorvants in the house. The inquiry was proceeding when we went to press. THIS DAY'S MARKETS. LA TI lIVIELLIGBIVCE.-(7H15 DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. ROLLS COURT. THE DEPOSIT DANK AND ASSURANCE COMPANY. Fresh up to this morning's market the arrivals of English wheat were very moderate, and the demand, both for red and white samples, ruled steady, at fully previous quota tions. This morning Mr. Wells, who formerly was one of the directors of the concern, was examined. He stated that he never recollected loans being granted to directors. He at tended the board meeting and received his fee, having the greatest reliance in the representations of Mr. Peter Mor rison. He objected to joining the French company, believ ing it to be a wild scheme, but ho could not prevent the event taking place. Ho retired from the direction in 1856. The Rev. Mr. Bean, another director, said his connection with the company commenced when the amalgamation of the Times Fire Assurance took place. He received his qualification as a director, but he had never paid money for it. Ho believed that the concern was in a solvent state, or he never should have had anything to do with it. The re presentations made to him previous to his becoming con nected with it were, that it was in a highly flourishing con dition, and such being his belief he had recommended it. The show of foreign wheat was moderately good. Im porters were very firm, and there were no sellers of any de scription, except at the extreme rates of Monday last. Floating cargoes of grain changed hands to a moderate extent, on former terms. Barley, the supply of which was much, restricted, was in steady request, at full currencies. In malt, sales progressed slowly ; good and fine qualities, however, were firm in value. Oats, of good and fine quality, were in steady request, and prices were well maintained. Inferior parcels, how ever, met a slow sale. For both beans and peas the trade was in a sluggish state, at barely stationary prices. The flour trade was firm, at full quotations. The amount of business transacted, however, was by no means exten sive. COURT OF DIVORCE. GETRIN V. GETHIN. The whole of the morning was occupied by the address of Mr. Macaulay, Q.C., on behalf of Lady Gethin. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour. Eng1i5h........ 1,580 2,420 1 3,350 i 230 1,730 sacks. Irish.. — F0rei,gn........ 44,060 9,940 1 45,470 1,260 sks. 18,670 brls. SECONDARIES COURT. (Before Mr. Potter and Jury.) IMPORTANT TO JURYMEN.-THE ARTILLERY COMPANY. Upon the jurymen being called, a gentleman claimed his exemption. The learned Secondary—Upon what grpund ? Applicant—l am a member of the Artillery Company. The learned Secondary —Are you an officer ? Applicant—No ; I am a private. The learned Secondary —Then you cannot be exempted. Applicant—l understood that members of the Artillery Company are exempted by a charter. The learned Secondary —That charter applies only to rulers, governors, and officers, and not to privates. Yon must serve. A juryman was excused on the ground that he suffered from disease of the heart, which rendered him liable to pain upcn being confined. CAUTION TO DUST CONTRACTORS-THE VESTRY OF THE PARISH OF ST. MARY ABBOTT'S, KENSINGTON, V. STAPLETON AND ANOTHER. This was a writ of inquiry to assess the damages sus tained through defendants' default in complying with the terms of a bond between them and the plaintiffs. Mr. Pontifex, for the plaintiffs, said that defendants had contracted for the removal of dust from the parish, and entered into a bond for £lOO, to be paid by four instalments. They had paid £5O, and defaulted to the other instalments; hence the present proceedings. _ _ No one appeared on behalf of defendants, and evidence having been called, the learned Secondary summed up, the jury awarding plaintiffs £5O damages. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—(274is Day.) MARLBOROUGH-STREET. A GROUNDLESS CHARGE.—Henry Best, a cabinet maker, was charged with stealing a vice from Mr. Fredk. Krille, cabinetmaker, of 35, Foley street. Mr. Edward James, of Great Marlborough-street, de fended. The prosecutor, on getting into the box, said he knew nothing about the affair, only he was told that prisoner had taken some tools. Mr. Lewis said there was no pretence for the charge whatever. Prosecutor's foreman was called,and said he knew nothing of the robbery. _ _ Mr. Lewis said the fact was that a workman in Mr. Krille's employ had broken a vice, and given Mr. Krille another in the place of it, and gave the old one to the pri soner, as he had a right to:do. The prisoner, hearing that Mr. Krille had asked for the vice had even gone with it to his house, and it was refused to be taken, and then after wards the accused was given into custody. Mr. Tyrwhitt at once discharged the accused. A PECULIAR MISTAKE.—CAUTION TO YOUNG LADIES. —Amongst the numerous letters forwarded this morning to the magistrate (Mr. I yrwhitt) was a delicate missive writ ten on a sheet of paper surrounded with a wreath contain ing the words, " The Compliments of the Season," and with a: fancy border. The letter, which was dated from " Rupert-street," began with " Dear William," and the Magistrate, seeing that it was not for him, handed it to our reporter, who found it to have been written by a young lady, and that it contained a very pressing invitation for Christ mas ; and that the favoured individual may perhaps not be deprived of the opportunity of accepting it, and with the view of cautioning young ladies to be more careful, we have thought it right thus far to nude to the mistake. - - • ' ~, ~,'. ~ BRITISH POSSESSIONS. , Railways. Atlantic & St Lawrence, Boin.,Birod a &Cent Ind' Gu. 5 per cent........ Do . Do. . B Buffalo and L axe Huron Do. New Do. Preference Buffalo,Brant,dzGodrich 6 p. et. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 'Do. do.-- . July 1, 18:3 Do. do. June 1, 1879 Cleutta.&S.Eastn. (Li. ) Cape,Eastn.Prov. (Lim.) 'CapeTown Dock Serf! Ceylon Guarantd. 6 p. c. Demerara.. Eastn. Bengal gu. 5 p.-c East Indian, go. 5 p. c. Do. Shares Ext Do. Jubbulpore Do. 4} p c. Debcntrs Do. 5 p. c. Deb., 1864 Do. 1865-1870 'Grand Trunk of. Canada Do. 6 per cent. Pref Do. 2d Pref. 6 per et Do. 6 per et. Debentr Do. 7 per cent. 1862 Do. do. 1867 Do. do. 1872 Gt.lndiaPenin.g - ua.sp.c Do. New MIR. 5 p. c Gt. South.of India(Lim) guaranteed 5 per cent. Do. do. Gt. W. of Canada Sharea l Do. New .. IDo. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. 'Do. 5i p. c. do. '77 d 0... Do. 5. p. c. dp. '7B d 0... Madras guar., 44 p. c... Do. do. 5 per cent .... Do. 4! p. o. Extension Do. 5 Melb.Corp. 6 p. a. Blida.' Newßrunswick t Canda Ry.&Land(Lim.)z.Bpc Class A Capital Share Do. do. Land do. ...... .1 I Do. do. B Capital do Do. do. Land do. Oude (Limited) .. .. Scinde ...... 4 •• •• 1 el./ . Do. Punjaub .... ~, Do. Do. ........ *3 'i Do. Indus. St. Flo. ag Trinidad (Lim.) Scrip , 100 all flu • all all IC login g Price. 98& 093 —d 31 4 1 d 6 i 6i 41 6 1 ad: 191 20 (1 100 101 98 100 99 101 991 1011 17 19 55 CO 40 50 28 32 34 38 27 SO 27 80 991 1001 1 d 98 99 8 9 12 11i 88 CO 98 99 90 92 5 7 4 6 100; 101,E f 1 It d 95 100 $ Id FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Algerian Antwerp & Rotterdam. Ardennes.... Bah.ct S.Fran..Lim.7 p.c. Belgian East. Junction Beziers to Graissessac.. Carmeaux Mine di Rail, Copiapo ............... Ditto Extension .... Dutch Rhenish ........ Eastern of France Grand Rus Guar. 6 p. e. Do. do. Great Central of France Gt. Luxem., Con. she Italian Junction I Lierre & Turnhout ' Lyons & Geneva Namur & Liege Do. 6 p. c. Pref. Northern of France Do. New Shares Norwegian Trunk Pref. l'aris,Lyons, & Mediter. Parts & Orleans itecife & S. Fran. (fern ) gua. 7 p. et. lira Riga & Dunaburg Royal Danish Royal Swedish Do. 7 per cent. Pref Sambre & Meuse Do. 5 per cent. Pref San Paulo, lira, g. 7 p.c S.Aust &Lomb Venetia) Southern of France S. East Portugal 7 p ct West }lender"' . ...... Do. 5a p. c. Preference W. & N.W. of France West'rn of Austria Westcrn of Switzerland Wiesbaden ....... _ Do. 8 per cent Pref Zealand 18.8. all all all all all 6 k 6 1 I_ d 14 Ili 4 84 6 21 1 4 vi 84 84 81 fi 20 21 88 39 7 9 39 40 50 62 5i 4il 11 13 a,l 8 1 9 1 P k id' 231 Uti 61 7 go 10 20 21 'ES. BRITT SH Altred Consols (Philack) British Iron Clifrord. Devon G. Cone. (Tavist.) l East Bassett (Illogan).. East Caradon ..... ..... E. WI Russel Gam.&StAubyn(Gwen.) Great South Tolzus G.Wheal Alfa. (Philack) G. Wheal Vor (1Ielston) Grenville llerod's- Foot Ilingston Downs Lady Bertha Margaret (I.7ny Lelant) 'North Downs North Frances (Mogan) N. WWI Baseet (1110 2:an) North Wheal Crotty Par Consols (St Blazey) Providence (Uny Lel nt.) Sortridue Cons. Min. Co. South Caradon(St Cleer) S. Cana Brea (Illogan) S. Dev. Iron &Gen., Lim S. Wheal Fran. (Mogan) Stray Park Tamar Silv.& Lead Min Tin Croft Vale of Towey (Caren )' West Basset (Illogan) W. Caradon (Liskeard) West Seton Wheal Baseet Wheal Buller(Redruth)' , Wheal Edward (Cals.)" Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant)i Wheal Mary Ann (Men.), Wheal Treiawney (Lis.)! FOR} IG. Australian BonAccord Copper,Lim. Brazil St.J.del Do. Land and Alin ingCo. Clarendon Cons.MiiiCo Cobre Copper Copiapo D unMoun. Cop. Mi ng Co Fortuna. General G . t N. Cop. Of S. Austr Kamm da Linares Lusitanian Mariquita , N.RhineCopofS.Aus.L , Pontgibaud Silver,Lead, Mining and Smelt... j Port Philip Scottish Austrin. (L.) 1 United Mexican •••••••• Worthing (Limited) Do — 1 2 32 35 360 870 55 60 271 2SI 3 31 18 20 3! 41 6 7 11 11 37 49 St t 40 42 4& 5 24 26 1 21 2 31 7 8 38 40 320 ?30 4 4/ 1 07i 102} 31 33 1 11 71 8 14 i 15 i 49 51 280 290 85 90: 75 85 24 3 4i 5} 16 17 16 17 MINES. t I lid id 47 49 11 a dis. 35 37 6 8 1 1} 2 23 24 RP 1 lh p 7 8 pr I id 2 4 11 If !Pm 7i 8 'T SEC U 103 106 102 105 102 105 93 96 106 108 106 108 102 101 98 100 97 99 96 98 1103 105 1 102 104 IBtudneas done 99 .EXLRAORDIN.4:72,I DBLIV_ERAN C.E. An officer of her Majesty's ship Topaze, writing to a friend resident in Plymouth, under date of September 30, 1861, from Esquimalt Harbour, Vancouver Island, after stating that their ship haxl made a fine passage of 43 days from Callao, arriving at Vancouver Island on the 20th of September, gives the following statement :—" On the morn ing of the 7th of Sept. a boat under sail was reported to the captain who at once ordered the ship to be hove to, in order to let the boat come alongside, as the wind was blowing from her towards us, when we gave her a tow-rope. There were. only two men in her, ono of whom turned out to be an American and the other an Irishman. The boat was a sloop of about 12 tons, with a deck on her, and at the masthead was flying the Yankee flag upside down. The men on coming on board seemed nearly famished, and they ate greedily the food we gave them, until at length the doc tor had to forbid their eating any more. We towed the boat astern for four or five days, but one night, when we were going very fast through the water, she parted the hawser and broke adrift. When the men came round a little—for at first they were quite bewildered —we gathered from them and the log they had kept the following particu. lars :—They were in the employ of an Englishman who has a manufactory of cocoanut oil on an island called Fenning's Island, about four degrees north of the Equator. He sent the sloop with the captain (the Yankee), a cooper, an Irish and two Kaneko. or Sandwich Island lads, to go b Washing ton Island, distant about 24 hours' sail, for the purpose of procuring staves to make casks for the cocoanut oil. They could not see the island for a fog, and then adverse winds drove them out to sea. They tried to reach Fenning's Island again, but could not on account of strong currents and foul winds. After having been many days out they fell in with a French ship, from which they obtained their lati tude and longitude. They could not make out whether the Frenchman said 156 or 166 deg. longitude. However, they worked by one of the two, and found themselves so far to the north that they tried to get to the Sandwich Islands. When they had been between 50 and 60 days out the two Kaneka lads died, one soon after the other. I think it not im probable that the white men murdered them, as they must have been very short of food, having only taken away with them 30 days' provisions, and, besides that,they occasionally caught a shark or some other fish; and they also had some rain, and managed to catch the water, or else I expect they would not have been alive so long. The last shark they caught was with a piece of Kaneko flesh for bait. In the hold of the sloop we found a cask containing pieces of this flesh salted down like pork or beef. When we picked up the two men they had been out 90 days, from June 9to September 7. Poor fellows, they must have had a terrible time of it I How providential it was that we should have came right across their track I The day after they were saved (Sunday) our chaplain returned public thanksgiving to Almighty God for their safe deliverance from the perils and dangers of shipwreck."—Plymouth RES FOR 1862. TART. 25 CJI. Liverpool S ll Shrewsbury S .. 27 'BIL. Newmarket C 2l Catterick Bridge Think Salisbury Bath Harpenden 3O !NE. I Ascot Newcastle Hampton TLY. Abingdon Pontefract Hungerford . '7 Nottingham Southampton 22 Stamford 24 Marlborough Goodwood UST. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Although the supply of meat on sale at these markets is rather extensive, each kind meets a steady sale, and an im provement has taken place in the quotations. Per Slb. by the carcase. sdad adsd Inferior beef .. 3 6 3 10 Middlingmutton 4 0 4 4 11iddling do. .. 4 0 4 2 Prime do 4 6 4 8 Prime large do. 4 2 4 4 V ea l .. 4 4 4 8 Do. small do. .. 4 4 4 6 Small pork ~ .. 4 8 5 0 Large pork .... 4 0 4 6 Lamb Inferior mutton, 3 6 3 10 BOROUGH HOP. We observe no increase in the amount of business doing in hops. The market, however, continues firm, and prices are well supported. The show of Bavarian, Belgian, and American hops is large. New Mid and East Kents.. 180 s to 220 s per cwt. New Weald of Kents .. 147 s 185 s „ New Sussex Belgian llos 120 s „ Bavarian COLONIAL. TrA.—Only a limited business has been done in the pri vate market, and at public sale prices generally were s t ea dy for good and fine qualities. SUGAR.—The market has been rather dull, although a seasonable demand has prevailed for British - West India for home consumption at fully previous quotations. In the refined market late prices have been fairly maintained. COFFEE.—Colonial descriptions have been in moderate request without any material change to record in values. Good and fine descriptions of Plantation Ceylon, however, are held for higher rates. RICE.—For the better descriptions of East India there has been a more active inquiry, but the dealings have not been extensive owing to the advanced holders. prices demanded by SAL" TPETRE.—A slight advance has taken 'place in the current value of British refined, but the dealings have been restricied to immediate requirements. TALLM.—The market has continued dull, and change o f i mportance can be reported in the current 11_ 0 _ 11 1 tions. P.Y.C. on t h e spot being 51s 3d, and spring del Ve 51s 6d to 52 s p er ew t . little (1 THIS DA I'S LONDON, Dec. 20.—Wind th is da y at noon—North- Easterly ; moderato breeze, with fine weather, but rather cloudy. SWANSEA, Dec. 18.—Wind N.E.—Sailed—Countess of Bective, for Cuba. PLYMOUTH, Dee. 18 —Wind N.E.—Arrived—Orwell, from London for Melbourne. QUEENSTOWN, Dec. 19—Arrived—Ann, and Ballerat, from New York. CLYDE, Dec, 19.—Wind N.W.—Sailed—Canbel, for Demerara. iffy ELECTRIC TELEGRAPE.) SOUTHAMPTON, Friday Morning. The troopships Adriatic and Parana, with the Guarda for Canada, left the river early this morning. No arrivals. Sailed—L'Etoile, for Carentan. (BY SUBMARINE AND MAGNETIC TELEGRABIL) GRAVESEND, Friday Morning. Arrived, Dec. 10—Justyn, from Moulmein. Arrived, Dec. 20—Melazzos and Johanna, from Dant zic ; Sarah Gill, from Cronstadt ; Queen of the Isles, from Brussels. all 1 10s. all all COLONIAL GOVERNMEN Can. Gov. 6 p.c.Ja. &July , 1877-9 .l Do Bp. cent.lBBo-2 I Do. 6 p. cent.lBB3-4 Do. 6 p. c. Feb. & A uz. Do. 6 p. c. Mar. & Sept.i Do. 5 per cent ICape G.Hope, 6p c,lBBO , Do. 1890, I N.B.Gov. 6 pm. J a.&July Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct.! N. S.W. C. ov. 5 p. c., 1866 , Do. 5 p. c.,1871 to 1876' Do. p.c., 1888 dz upwdst Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p. sterling, 1875 S. Au5,G6p.c.187.3.& up Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&Julyi l Do. do. 6 p.c. Ap.&Oct 1021 4 3 DOCKS. s s t to o c ck kr o o o m . 4mpeerrcia e i nt lOO stock (East and West India stock t London 100 58 61 59 85 C.Pref.Min lOO stock ISt. Katharine. lOO 59 62 stock 'Southampton lOO stook Victoria ........ 100 97 99 120 Doi New JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 110 Agra&UnitedService Bk 50 - 40 [ Australasia all 25 I Bank of Egypt all 205 21.; 100 'Ba'alc of London 20 IBank of Turkey 50 British North American all 20 Chtd.Bank of India, &c. all 195 20 25 Cli.Mer. of In. Lon.& Ch. all 31 33 100 'City 100 (Colonial 25 39 20'11 'Corn. Bank of Canada.. all 100 Commercial of London. 20 20 Eng., Scot., & Aus. Ch.. all 17 175 20 Gen. Bk .of Switzerland all - 20 Lon. Char.Bkof Austral all 235 24 231 20 Do. new l5 35 31 50 London and County 50 London Joint Stock 20 London and S. African lO 1 id 100 London & Westminster 20 68 70 100 Prov. of England 42 -.- 20 Do. new . . ... 12 50 National Bank 25 I 2C Ne South Wales I all I 25 I Orient. B. Corporation all 149 SO 20 ; Ottoman Bank I all 17 18 175 100 I Provincial of Ireland ' 25 I 87 10 I Do. new • • • • all 25 South Australia .., ... I all 1 25 Union of Australia ....! all 37 39 50 Unta of London t 12 j 275 285 100 Unity Mutual.. ' 60 NIISCELLANT - 0116. 10 Anglo-si,xican Mint 1 all 134 145 10 Atlantic R. 511. Stm (1d)1 all 1 2 1000 Atlantic Tel. (Limited) all 25 Australian Agricultural 19 96 28 10 Berlin Water (Limited) all 5 55 50 British American Land 40 ——so I B.&LMag. Tel. A. (Lim.) all 29 32 20 Do. 8,7p.e.ti111852 (Lim.) all 18 20 20 Do. C. (Limited) all 911 325 Canada Land .. ..* all 98 103 10 Chan.lslands Tel. (Lim. . all st. Cop.Min.ofEng.&Smltg all 25 Do. Pref. 74 per cent. all 16 17 st. Crystal Palace lOO i 32 83 st. Do. Preference st. Do. 6p et. Perpet. Deb. 100 103 105 20 Elndialrrign. & Canal 1 id Ip st,. Electric Telegraph ...• 100 93 96 m 25 Do. New l5 5 English & Aus. Copper, all 21 3 15 Gen. Steam Navigate m 14 1 Great Ship Limited).., all it 1 Do: 175 pet Preferenc e all 5 Lon. District TeL (Lim.) 45 4 L.G. Omnibus Co. (Lim.) all 15 15 20 Madras Irr. and Canal 1 2 21 10 Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim.) all 8i 4 25 National Dis. Co. (Lim.) 5 d 20 Nerbu.Coal&lron (Lim.) 5 1 1 5 Id 10 Netherlands Land all _ 100 5 N D(. 13 ).8 r p ‘t . c. N P o r v e a f. s . c i s o s t . a d n i s d a B l ll 10 15 1 N.B.Australasian (Lim.) all 5 i Oriental Gas (Limited). 'all 1 15 1 Do. New Shares (Lim.). all 1. 15 10 Orintl. In. Steam (Lim.) 10 81 75 61 it. Peelß.Lnd.liMin.(Lim) 100 4 7 50 50 Pen. & Oriental Steam all 66 68 50 Do. New 3O 11 13 20 Red Sea&ln.Tel.g.4sp.e all 18 19 50 Rhymney Iron all 17 19 15 Do. New all 5 6 100 Royal Mail Steam 6O 46 48 st. Scot. Austin. Inv.(Lim ) 100 125 135 25 South Australian Land 'all 32 84 1 Submarine Tel. Scrip al, 1 Do. do. Registered 10 Do. do :all 4 6 10 Trust and Agency or Ist is. 1 Id 5 p 20 Tr.& Ln.Co. U hn p ) r.Can. 5 100 tillDigaliWO LILACI 283 8 V b , ll. A ;d t o r m ia T i l ti Co. (Mm.) 1 ld pr 1001 1 100& ill 981 6 1 1 3.2.]0 2.14.6 7.4.0 17s 6.8.6 8.12 4.11.6 1.10.1 2 9 i 114 1.14.0 9.18.9 lk 10.6.7 li 5.9.6 all 18.1R.9 2719. 13s 6d 49 Se si 7 1 I ITIES. 106; 5 93 i RACING FIXT' FEBR , Lincoln ...... Nottingham S Derby Spring 6 AP Northampton .......... 1 Croxton Park ...•••••.. Epsom Spring ........ 10 Pontaland ............ 14 Newmarket F S ........ 5 I Chester Spring ........ 13 York Spring .......... 20 Epsom Summer 3 Chelmsford ll Manchester........ Jll Odihaia .......... 1 Bibury Club .......... 2 Newton ........... 2 5t0ckbridge............ 3 Wi n chester .......... 4 Newmarket Worcester Liverp00 l AUG Radcliffe Brighton B r i g hton Club 8 Lewes .. 7 11 Wolverhampton Reading Egham York Oxford 2O Stockton 26 SEPTEMBER. Devon and Exeter 2 Derby .... Plymouth Warwick 9 Doncaster Richmond Leicester 24 Monmouth 25 Manchester 26 Newmarket P 0 OCTOBER. Bedford Newmarket S 0 ...... .. 13 I Newmarket H NOTEMBER. Worcester Hereford ••• ~,,, 9 •• • • • 10 Shrewsbury •• • • flt, , t 18 Share 99# 91i 92 3 Share 100 stk 18_ 174 20 stock 20 20 100 100 100 stock stock stock 20 stock stock stock 20i 20 10 . 100 100 100