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mans little hearts under the genial auspices of Santa Claus. fihe Interviews of Great 7 To.s. By the anther of "Heroines of our Time," 8.7 e. Darton and Co. The title of this little volume is an attractive One, and its subject is somewhat original. Starting with the aphorism that " true history is the lives of great men," the author proceeds to exemplify his theory by selecting some prominent figures, and grouping round them the incidents of their time. Since the first interview cited is the famous dialogue between Alexander and Diogenes, and the last the mournful leave-taking of Victor Emmanuel and Cavour, it will be seen that its scope is comprehen sive. Many interesting names meet us between these two extremes. We have kings and poten tates, statesmen, warriors, poet', discoverers, and men of science and religion. There are interviews which have affected the destiny of nations, and meetings between men of equal celebrity. The title of the book is, however, is some degree a misno mer, since the author appears to have wandered from his original design. For instance , it is curious to meet the heading of " Sir Thomas More's interview with Henry VIII.," or " Frederick the Great's interview with Voltaire," when no special dialogue is alluded to, and the meeting of these celebrities was so frequent. In his desire to give an outline of his chief subject's career and achieve ments, the author has frequently made the inter view occupy a very secondary position, as in the instance of Milton's visit to Galileo in the prison of the Inquisition, where the reference to that inte resting meeting is of the briefest description. In spite of these inaccuracies, however, there is much to attract the young reader, and to encourage him to further study. The outlines given are correct and comprehensive, though necessarily succinct. They touch upon many different countries and centuries, and finally coming down to the politics of our own time, they give us a spirited sketch of the passing of the Reform Bill, and of the startling changes which our generation has seen in Italy. Little Sunshine. A Tale for very young children. By the author of " A Trap to Catch a Sunbeam," &c. Lockwood and Co. We have here a very simple sketch of the early days of a little girl, who was one of those delight ful children who sometimes appear as the greatest blessing to suffering parents by their engaging ways and considerate love. This child here sketched is the solace of her mother in very sad circumstances, and as a child is described in some pretty lines so it was with Blanche — "Her presence seems like sunshine sent to gladden home and hearth ; To comfort us in all our griefs, and sweeten all our mirth." It is seldom one meets with tales for very young children, and therefore this little book will doubtless be a desideratum to many houses where its pleasing picture oannot be too often re produced in happy c hildren, who are the treasures of their parents from their early habits of devoting themselves to the comfort of others, and their con tented minds, which last quality will become in after years a grace in their character that Ni ill add lustro and confer dignity to their lives. N) one can get through the world without encountering its thorns and briars, with a bold spirit, and meeting its troubles with calmness; and nothing is more serviceable to the young than to be taught to make the best of things. "Little Sunshine" is a happy name for a child, and the story of her nursery days may profit other little ones by its natural and pleasing recital. Tiny Tadpole: and other Tales. By Frances Freeling Broderio. With illustrations by her brother, Thomas Wood. Griffith and Farran. There is nothing remarkable in this book, but it will please children ; and as that is always a great object, it is to be hoped that the authoress will be satisfied with its reception. Some of the sketches or fables are very ingenious, and the little readers who throng the firesides at this festive season may have a merry laugh at the news of the marvellous animals that appear in these pages. The contents are varied and vivacious, and " Tiny Tadpole" may take his place among the fairy books of fun and frolic. Riddles and Jokes. Compiled by Edmund Rout- ledge. New Series. Routledge and Co. We are not surprised at the success which has attended the first series of this amusing collection, and as the new volume contains much additional matter it will be a very great acquisition to Christ mas and New-Year merrymakings. Riddles, cha rades, and enigmas of every description, puzzles, proverbs, and varieties of all kinds are gathered to gether with the very necessary addition of a. table of answers. There are some novel features, such as the transformation of old proverbs into polite language. Few would recognise their familiar and rough spoken friends under such guise as the following : " Too great a number of culinary assistants will im pair the flavour of the consomme. "It is painful to be in attendance for the pumps of departed individuals." " An abrupt inclination of the head is equivalent to a sudden closing of the eye to a racer labouring under a cataract." There is an amusing collection of extravagant epitaphs, some of which we can vouch to be authentic. Here is a couplet on a miser's tomb : " Here lies old Father Gripe, who ne'er cried Jam satis ; 'Twould wake him did ho know you read bis tombstone gratis." The following epitaph is said to be found in the churchyard of Upton-on-Severn : " Beneath this stone in hopes of Zion Doth lie the landlord of the ' Lion;' His son keeps on the business still, Resigned unto the heavenly will." A bereaved husband in Dorsetshire, after recording the death of his wife, exclaims : " The Lord hath ta'en her to the sky, The saints rejoice—and so do I." A lawyer named Mr. Strange obtained this testi money : " Here lies an honest lawyer, And that's S tran go." The amusement afforded by divining the characles, solving the enigmas, puzzling out the puzzles, and laughing at the jokes, will afford ample entertain ment to many a merry party. lack Manby, By James Grant, anthor of " The Romance of War," &c. Routledge and Co. If wonderful adventures and hairbreadth escapes from unheard-of dangers, by flood and field, in the land of snow and sunshine—the latitudes of ice 'and fire—and these crowded into the short period cif -- nine months, can impart interest to a tale, Mr. Grant's story stands a fair chance of populariti. It is an old saying that "What's worth doing at all is worth doing well," and the author has availed him self of this axiom, not but that everything related is in the pale of possibility, and precedents are fur nished for many improbabilities. Some of the legends narrated are good and well written, but the author is not content to deal in mystical while re lating traditions, but he introduces a piratical schooner which is supposed by some to be a phan tom ship, commanded by the unquiet spirit of Captain Kidd, and a few other marvels, which are well calculated to elevate the hair of juveniles seated round the lurid blaze of a Christmas fire. The hero of the tale is the son of an English mer chant, and having been sent out to Newfoundland to learn business with his father's partner, he tires of the monotony of office work, and joins an old friend on a whaling expedition. He is a young gentleman of remarkable good fortune and extra ordinary bravery. At one time single handed he slays four Polar bears, and after other adventures, among which is the loss of his ship, he finds him self translated from the Pole to the Equator. He undoubtedly possessed a double vitality, and after outliving the crews of two ships he roaches his father's house, after nine months' wandering, a tamer and a wiser man. To those who delight in the extraordinary and improbable these pages will possess much attraction. Pah and his Friends. By John Brown, M.D. Edmonston and Douglas, Edinburgh. Dr. Brown's charming little sketch, which has obtained so much celebrity on the other side of the border, now appears in a beautiful illustrated edi tion, with seven fine plates, and an exquisite bind ing. It is nothing more than a sketch—the short and simple tale of an old Scotch carrier and his wife, Ailie, who, after terrible suffering, is brought to the hospital for an operation, from which she does not recover. The secret of its success lies in the way in which it is told, the fidelity with which the simple pathos dwelling in such humble lives is nil folded. The heroic patience of Ailie, the unfail ing.tenderness of the rough carrier , a re brought vividly before us. "Rab," the grim mastiff, is truly their " friend ;" and any one who has had the opportunity of watching a dog's affection for his owner, will readily credit the devotion of poor Rab to his suffering master and mistress. Rab is a hero, too, in his own way, and the terror of the road for his pugnacious achievements. The descrip tion of his indignation when attacked by the ter rier, and prevented by his muzzle from revenging the insult, is amusingly described. The adven turous little assailant, however, paid dearly for his temerity when the affronted monster was set free. Dr. Brown describes the scene of the dog fight in the animated strain in which he is so happy, while in chronicling the sufferings of Ailie and sorrow of her husband, the simple pathos of the style w ill touch the reader's heart. The favour with which the cheap edition of this work has been received will assuredly be accorded to its present elegant form, and grim and dangerouo old Rai) may now reckon on a far larger circle of "friends" than ever acknowledged him while trotting after his master's cart from Edinburgh to llowgate. The Gorillq 'bolters. By R. M. Ballantyne, ant her of "The Fur Traders," "The Coral Islands," &e. Nelson and Sons. An author often experiences difficulty in finding a fresh subject to found a tale. The Crimean war and the Indian mutiny, if disastrous to the country, were a God-send to the novelist. Mr. Ballantyne has certainly hit upon something new, so far as fiction is concerned, and yet the subject is one which some months back excited universal interest. Until the revelations made by M. de Chaillu, the manners and customs of the inhabitants of Central Africa, and its zoological and vegetable produc tions were but matters of conjecture or vague report to the civilised world. The en terprising Frenchman lifted the veil and disclosed not an arid desert but a fertile country a wild, ferocious, but friendly people, and it is to this newly explored country that the author sends these adventurous youths to seek for Gorillas, sport and danger. It is Lot to be expected the: in a tale the locality to which it relates being comparatively un• known, and therefore presenting such a wide field for the range of fancy, that the author should be very particnlar as to the correctness of his statemens, indeed M. de Chaillu's work is the only authority which can be referred to with confidence, and Mr. Ballantyne does not hesitate to interpolate whole passages from it, so that in so far as animal life is concerned the reader may rely on tolerable accuracy. The story is simple, being simply the narration of wonderful adventures by three young adventurers who seek the land of the Gorilla and the cannibal The hero or narrator of the tale iscoutinually meet ing with accidents by not knowing how to hold his gun; a rather serious failing we should think in a country " Where at each step the stranger fear to wake The rattling terrors of the vengeful snake ; Where crouching tigers wait their hapless prey, And savage men more murd'rous still than they." They, however, succeed in their desire, and kill gorillas, elephants and game of all sorts, and if the modus operandi be not quite en regle. the excitement of an engagement, whether with a wild beast or a wild man, is well maintained. The characteristics of the three hunters are well defined, and a fund of amusement is to be gathered from many of the laughatle incidents which are continually to be met with throughout the valume. There are several well-executed engravings scattered through the. work. Songs and Tunes for Education. Edited by John Curwen. Wood and Co., Paternoster-row. This little book is excellently adapted for the use of schools where the great advantages of cul tivating the musical faculty are rightly appre ciated. This is the pianoforte edition of a work of which there has already been a tonic sol-fa edition in twelve numbers. A separate volume, contain ing the words alone, has also appeared, which we are not surprised at, seeing the excellence ( f the selection. The harmonies are by James Turin, organist of Westminster Abbey, which vouches for their merit. We should imagine that this little volume would be a great acquisition to families where several younger members can join in sing ing tunes. But though simplicity has been a primary object, both words and music are often of a high class. Some of the ballads are within the comprehension of very young children, while others may point a moral to the teachers themselves. We quote as a favourable sample the following bright and charming little song : Away with needless sorrow, Though trouble may befall, A brighter day to-morrow May shine upon us all. We still may march together When rain is falling fast, And wet and windy weather Will turn to fair at last. We cannot tell the reason For all the clouds we see, Yet every tine and seaQon Must wisely order'd be. Let us but do our duty In sunshine and in rain, And Heaven, all bright with beauty, Will bring us joy again. Though evening skies should lower, The morning may be fine ; For He who sands the shower Can cause His sun to shine. Then away, &c. _HEROIC CONDUCT OF TWO SEAMEN OF H.M.S. EMERALD. An inquest was held on Friday afternoon at the Royal Naval Hospital, Stonehouse, before Mr. Allan B. Bone, county coroner, to inquire into the circum stances attending the death of Frederick Parfit, who died from suffocation on Wednesday night last. From the evidence of the severa 1 witnesses belong ing to H.M.S. Emerald, namely—William Duncan, William Paget, -- Winnacott, John Pickets, and James Boys, it appears that the deceased, who was generally a sober man, shortly after seven o'clock, on Wednesday evening last, left his mess to go into the head, but the head being full he turned back again and went into the fore chains on the starboard side. Duncan, soon after the deceased went into the fore chains, heard a splash in the water, and he immediately called out " a man overboard." Paget being on the main deck and hearing the cry of " a man overboard," ran to the gangway and jumped overboard, a height of about 20 feet. The night was very dark, and Paget had to swim several yards before he got to the deceased, and when he got to him be found Winnacott had hold of him, but the deceased was under the water. Paget lifted him up, and he and Winnacott swam to the cutter with the deceased. They got the deceased into the cut ter and took him on board the ship, and he was taken into the cockpit and the surgeon sent for. The caroner, in addressing Paget and Winnacott said—l confess I feel that the thanks of every .person who have any feeling of humanity =about them are due to you, and I have much pleasure in thus publicly ~ ? xpressing my highest approbation Of ~.our ` ve ry noble conduct. I think it is highly to be . systu6ifea-,- AO I should not do justice Tri+iiiiiinings if I did not make this expression to both of you. John Coffin, the surgeon of the Emerald, said—On Wed nesday evening last he was in the gun room at dinner, when he heard the cry of " Man overboard," and he was told by the first lieutenant that the man was being brought down to the cockpit. He then went down to the cockpit, where he saw the deceased lying on the cockpit deck. The men were removing the wet clothes which he had on, and he had the deceased wrapped up in blankets and placed in a cot, and he attended to the deceased to give him such restoratives as were necessary. About nine o'clock the same night he left him. The deceased was then breathing regularly, and the skin bad beeline of its natural temperature. About an hour afterwards he saw the deceased again, who was then going an very well, breathing natural, pulse regular, and his skin natural. The deceased was not sensible, but was like a man asleep. Shortly after that he went to bed, and he had only been there about three quarters of an hour when he was called by an assistant-surgeon, whom he had left with deceased. He went to the deceased and found him lying on the deck of the cockpit, and his breathing had ceased. He found the mouth, nostrils, and gullet full of vomited matters, such as large pieces of meat and other food. He postulated th edeceased, and used what was called " The Mar shal Hail Method of Resuscitation," but without effect, and the deceased exhibited no sympton of life. He believed the deceased died from suffocation, caused by the blocking up of the air passages by vomited food. He believed that the immersion in the water would not have caused the deceased's death. When he came down the last time to the cockpit he saw vomited matters on the deck, and he also saw the deceased's mouth and nose full of the same sort of material, and his eyes were shut. He was consci ous of a spirituous smell in what the deceased had expelled from his stomach. The jury returned a verdict that the deceased died from the blocking up of the air passages by vomited food, and attaching no kind of blame to any one. The jury also ex pressed their admiration of Paget's and Winnacott's noble conduct, for the way in w hich they had exerted themselves to save the life of a fellow creature. There was a sovereign due to the surgeon for his attendance at the inquest; but Mr. Coffin declined to take it, and desired that it should be shared be tween Paget and Winnacott.— Western Morning News. RUMOURED SEIZURE OF A STEAMER AT QUEENS TOWN.—LivERPoot, Saturday.—lt is rumoured here that one of the large steamers which sail between Liverpool and New York has been seized by the authorities at Queens town, on the ground that she had on board a quantity of rifles and other contraband of war for the United States GoVernment. THIRD EDITION. SHARE 31ARKET-(T.HIS DAY). ORDINARY SHARE; AND STOCKS. iS EV OFFICE, AS'ix o'clock. TATTERSALLAS'-(TILIS .FIVANING). Railway& raid. ' Closing i Business Price. done. This being holiday week very few members were present, and no business was done. 'eliast and Nor. Court. I Sir., Wol., and Str. Rlyth and Tyne tost.,Sleaf.,andNfid.t2o Bristol and Exer Caledonian !arrnarthon & Cal-digan llrk and Bandon Cork, Blrock, & Passage Do A 1A gets no div Do. B tiil6pc.vsn.hae been paid to B. Dublin & Belfast June. Dun.,Perth,&Ab. June. East Anglian E,,stern Counties Eastern Union, A stock, Do Bdo do DoNw A, late E U ads East Suffolk ';:dinburgh & Glasgow Edin., Perth, & Dundee Forth & Clyde Junction Furness 3 lasg. and S. Western GreatNrthn.of Scotland Great Northern Do A stock Do it do Gt. S. an i W. of Ireland Great Western Do Str Val gua. stock Irish South Eastern Lancashire & Yorkshire London and Illackwall Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast; [on., Chat., and Do ver ' Lon. & North Western Lon. & South Western L'derry & Coleraine L'derry & Enniskillen. Alan., Shef., & Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle. 7i 8 NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. 61 61 94 06 100} 10' The following appoointments were made at :the Admi ralty this evening : Master—Bernard B. Dowling to the Cumberland, for the Racehorse. Engineers—John Snell, to the Indus, for the Royalist; William Farquharson, to the Revenge . Assistant-Surgeon G. A. Campbell confirmed in the Algiers. Assistant Engineers—A. Borthwick (first-class) to the Asia, for Highlander; J. C. Weeks (first-class) to the Cornwallis; Henry Benbow to Cornwallis, for the Fly 11. Vatcher (second class) confirmed in the Surprise; G. F. Gossage (class), confirmed in the Miranda; C. F. Gregory (second class), confirmed in the Indus (lent to Avon) ; T. Stewart (second class), confirmed in the Defence. Dot shares netrepolt tan ridland ... I Do New Do Birmlnp",. Az Derby' slid Gt. W. of Ireland' Do. 4 shares llicl Kent Do Cray Line Newcastle and Carlisle' Newry & Armagh, def. Newry, I'Vwnpt, & Ros Norfolk North British Nor.Dev.Rail&Dk.stock Do A stk ; A revs no tt till fi pc. has been pdß Do B stock Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do, G.N.E. purchase' Do Leeds Do York North London Do new North Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junction. Not. Gran. RI. & Canal Peebles Portsmouth 1;115 ney Scot tliCentral Scot. Z. E., Aber. stock Do Sc '3llii. stock Shrews. and Welchpool Shropshire Union Sittingbourne et Sheer South Devon Durham .t Lane. tin, South Eastern !South Wales S. York. and River Dun Staines, Wok. ,and Wok. Stockton & Darlington Do I Do New, 1860 ITaff Vale.. Do Pref. No. 1 iThamesilavenDk&Rail 'Ulster Do Do. (Vale of Leath 'Victoria sta. and Pim 3t !Waterford & Kilkenny' SO IWatcrlord & Limerick !O iWest Cornwall !O IWest London 10 I Do Ist class Do 2d clasA.. W. Hartlepool Har.,tlt. West Midland Oxford 1)o Newpor, Do Herefbrd THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENLIG, DEC AMBER, 30, 1861. i 5 6 40 42 101 11 18 19 51 12 47 50 32 34 88 00 28i 29 93 100 112 113 110 111 130 132 102 104 67! 681 55 58 106 106; 54 56 115 118 44 48 91i 92 92 93 9 11 441 15 6 6,} 1276 127 i 16 I6p 98 100 61 63 62& 0 991 991 4 Id 56f 571 88i 89 94 D 7 51 4f d 101 luf 88 90 122 124 :38 90 05 97 45} 4e4 36 33 751 76 Co 67 95 97 6i 6 36 38 4i pi 554 56} 24 d 5 pi 80 65 5i 6} 46 48 42 45 88 90 lil 01% 7 E1' MARKET AND CITY NEWS. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. The accounts from the manufacturing districts during the past week state that business in most departments has been exceedingly dull. The uncer tainty felt with regard to affairs in America toge ther with the usual preparations for " stock taking" have tended to produce a rartial suspension of operations. At Leeds the few bargains in cloths have been merely to supply immediate home requirements, while at Manchester there have been no dealings of importance either in yarns or cloths. At Bradford and Huddersfield a moderate business has been done in heavy goods, while the hosiery and lace depart ments at Leicester and Nottingham have shown little change of importance. In the hardware dis tricts, viz., at Birmingham, Sheffield, and Wolver hampton, only limited dealings have been reported in goods for immediate home demand. Continued activity prevailed in the Liverpool Cotton Market on Saturday, and prices were very firm. The sales were 15,000 bales, There is an active demand for discount accommo dation, both in Lombard-street and at the Bank of England, and very little business is negotiated under the official minimum of 3 per cent. The pre parations for the adjustment of the accounts of the year, the extensive revenue payments always made at this period, and the desire generally manifested by the public to keep large balances at their bankers, all tend to produce a temporary effect upon the market, which, however, is still abundantly sup plied with money. The half-yearly dividend, at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum, will be paid by the South Aus tralian Banking Company on the 15th proximo. There were no transactions in bullion at the Bank of England on Saturday. The Canada, which left on Saturday for Halifax and Boston, conveyed £50,000 in gold. To-morrow a call of £1 13s, 4d., amounting together to £148,361 is due on the Eastern Coun ties 42 per Cent. Preference Shares; of £2 per share, or £BO,OOO, on the North British Border Counties Union Guaranteed Shares; and of £4, or £140,000, on the North London £lO 4f, per Cent. Preference Shares. The English Stock Market appeared rather de pressed at the commencement of business, but symptoms of improvement set in and Consols rallied from 90Z 1, to 901 4, at which they are steadily maintained, notwithstanding the receipt of lower prices from the Paris Bourse. The New Threes are flat at 90}; the Reduced, at 90k ; Exchequer Bills (March), remain at 7s. prem ; ditto (June), at Bs. to 13s. prem ; India 5 per Cent. is rather lower, viz., 1031. In the Foreign Market, the transactions have been very restricted, but prices have shown more firmness. Turkish 6 per Cents, are 77 to 78; ditto, 1858, 671 to 68 ; Mexican have improved to 271 and Spanish to 511 1; Italian 5 per Cents. are steady at 641, and Brazilian 5 per Cents. 98i. Business in the Railway Share Market has been moderately active. but the chief dealings have been connected with the arrangements in progress for the liquidation, and owing to the small quantities of stock on offer prices have shown an improved ten dency. South Western have improved 55.; and Eastern Counties 10s. Midlands, however, have declined 55., while North Eastern (Berwick), and South Eastern remain at previous rates. In the Foreign Market prices remain without any material variation. The Colonial lines are a shade firmer. Great- Western of Canada have improved to 9 ; East Indian to 1012 7 a ; and Great Indian Peninsula to 1001. _ . _ _ _ Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares con tinue inactive. Oriental Bank, however, have im proved 69. ; and London Chartered of Australia, Chartered of India, Australia and China, and Pen insula and Oriental Steam New Shares brought previous pricss. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 9ok i 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities New 3 par Cent. Annuities 9oh 901 i New 21 per Cent. Annuities India Stock Ditto 5 per Cent. Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent — Ditto 5 per Cent Ditto 51 per Cent •• Diti., Bonds £l,OOO - itto under £l,000 Consols for Account, jan. 9 9Ol a f India. Stock for Account — India Stock lot.Account, p per Cent March. Jung. ..--..-- 4 ' , -,:.,..„,.- ..,,-4-A t .,;:' Esletittejigffell;ooo 2d.... 7 98 pm Ditto £5OO .. 12 pm Ditto Small — 13 pm FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Brazilian 5 per Cent htto 41 per Cent, 1860 Ditto 41 per Cent, 1860 .. . Kilian 6 per Cent Ditto 41 pet Cent .. Mexican, 3 per Cent Ditto Account .. 27a i Russian 5 per Cent. 1822, £ St .. Ditto 4.4 per Cent. Spanish 3 per Cent Turkish 6 per Cent. — Ditto New Loan Dividends on th e a b ove p aya bl e in London. Italian, 6 per Cent., 1861 THREE O'CLOCK. Consols, Money Ditto Account THIS . DAI'S SHIPPING. LONDON, Dec. 30.—Wind this day at noon—North- Easterly; moderate breeze, and cloudy weather, with hard frost. CROOICHAVEN, Jan. 26.—Wird S.E.—Arrived —Hein geston, screw steamer, from Limerick for Liverpol, short of water; Matilda, from New York; Meteor, from Liver pool for New:York. (BY SUBMARINE AND MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAESEND, Monday Morning. Arrived- - Panther, steamer, from Boulogne. DEAL, Monday Morning. Passed—lnvestigation, for Honduras ; Harlequin, for Constantinople; Cassange, for Jamaica; Ipswich Lass, for St. Michaels; John J. Boyd, for New York; Mary Hemmings, for Cardiff; Tasso, for Mauritius; Engelina, for Pernambuco; Eliza, barque, for Cardiff—all from Lon don. A St. Petersburg letter of the 18th states : " Two nights back scenes of disorder again occurred among the students. On the 10th, a number of students met in the lecture•room, and hold a sitting contrary to the regulations, under the president ship:of a professor, who seems to have played a rather equivocal part in this business. One of the officials of the University endeavoured to prevent the discussion, and collared one of the students, who resented the act by a blow, and his assistant was immediately hurried out of the room. M. Patkul, the chief of the police, and General Philipson, curator of the university, were soon on the spot, and appeased the students by all sorts of friendly assurances, but during the night, not fewer than fifty of them were arrested, and lodged in prison. The next day other scenes occurred, of which we have not learned the particulars, but it is said that the students expected the release of their comrades on the occasion of the fete of the hereditary Grand Duke, then celebrated. Their hopes were not rea lised, and they met together to consider what could be done in the cw." The Earl and Countess of Fife and family have taken possession of their new residence in Grosvenor-place. His lordship has left town on a visit to Mr. Ricardo, at Tituoss Park, Berks. LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Paid. Leasing Closing Business Railways. Co. s Price. Done. Bedford and Bletchley all Ln.&NT.W Birkenhead. Buckingh ns.nre.. Chester & H Oyilead lOO Do. 53 54 Do. siper cent 100 Do 123 125 Do. 5 „ 100 Do. Clydesdale Junction 100 Caledon. 101 103 Colchester, Stour Val. all E.U.&1.0 63 65 E. Lincolnsh. apr a. 100 G'.North. 133 136 E.Union,HarwichShs all E,Counts. 4 4} Do. Woodbridge... . 100 •• • • Gls. Barr. &Neils.Drct. 100 Caledon Do. new Gloster & Dean Forest all Gt. West. Hull and Selby all Yk.N. Mid 110 112 Do. halves Do. quarters Lancaster Carlisle 100 Ln.&N.W 195 200 Lo.idon & Greenwich 100 S. Eastern 61 63 Do. Preferen 3 Lon.,Tilb.& S~"fiend 100 Peto &Co B3 85 Lowestoft gua. spa.. 100 Norfolk Do s per cent lOO Do. 3fnc.,l3xin.,Ar3latlock all LNIVAD M Mid. Bradford Prefer ence stock Newmarkt, BuryEx 5. 5. 6. E Counts. par f p gua. 5 per cent. Northn.AtEastn. sp. c. all Do. Do. 6 per cent. .... all Do Do. Fixed sp. c.... all Do N. East n— Hartlepool lc 0 N. E. Ber North Western Preston and Wyre. all Il l W] 43 45 Do. shares A. all IDo. ••• • .. Roystn.Hitch.&Shep. 100 G.. North. 133 136 Shrewsby & Hereford 100 T Brassey 118 122 Do. Do. South Staffordshire lOO Ln..t.-N.W Wilts and Somerset lOO Gt. West. 92 94 Wimbledn t Croydon) all L.&Brgtn 88 08 PREFERENCE SHARES. Share! Railways. Blythe and Tyne 10 p.c. pref. issued at £5 Bris. Exet. 4p.c. st Do. shares Caledon. £lO, 4} p. cent. Do. quar. shares, No. 2 Cork & Bandon, 54 p. c. Cornwall. 5 per cent Dun. Perth, (Sz Aber.Jun Do. Ist Class Pref E. Anzn. (lass A 5 p. c. Do. Class B 6 per cent.. Do. Class C 7 per cent.. Coun. Ex. 5 p.c. No. I Do No. 2, Do. new 6 p. c. at Eastern Union, 4 p. c Do. 5 p. c. guar Edin.&Glas.s p.c. shares Do. 4 p. c. Guar. S. & Edin. Perth,& Dun. 4 p.c. Furness, 5 per cent... Glas.& S.West. gu. 5 p.c. Great Northern, 5 p. c, D 0.5 p.c.Redm.lop.c. pm. Do. 44 p. c. do Do.sp.c.Redtr.atsp.c.pm ;-;t. Nh. of scot. Ist pref. Gt. Sn. & W. (Ireland) 4 per cent Great West. (Perks and Hants Ext) 5 per cent Do. redeem. 44 p. ct Do. redeem. 4 p. ct Do. irredeem. 4 p. ct Do. 5 p. c. redeem. pref 10. Birm. pref. shares Do. Chesters p.c. pf. shs Do. Chester 5 p.c. pf. she Do. Birm. guar. stock Do. Ches ter gull's. shares Do. do Do, do Lan. & Carl. 44 p.c. pref Lan. & York. 6 p.c. stock Do.Barnsl.st£s 2s 10d Do. 6 p. c. (East Lan.) Do. 44 p. c. (Blackb. pur Lon.&Brig.sp. , 3.au. No.l Do. 5 per cent. do. No 2 Do. 6 per cent 'no Do. 5 per cent. do. No. 4 Do. 414 per cent. do Do. 4i p. c. pref. shares Do. 7 per cent pref. stk Do. 6 p.c. do(W.E.&C.P.) Do. 4 p e. st. (diy. def.llP 65 Do. 4 per cent. pref Lon. Chat. &Doy. sp.c.pf. Do. West. Ex., B, 6 p. c. r)o. Aletrop. Ex. 11, ts p.c. 'Lon. & S. W., Coy. & Nunerton, 5 per cent. Lon. & S.West. 7 p. cent. at., late 3d shares Do. 44 ner cent Do. (Prtsm. perpl. anns of 2s 6d Londondy. & Cole. shs' I.ondony. & Ennis. shs Man. Sh. & Lin. 6 per et. Do. £6 Do. 3+ per cent, . Do. redeem. 6percent... Niaryport & Carl. 4 pr. c. Do. 4i per cent ........ NTidland Con. 6p. c. stk. Do.Con.Bris.& Bir. 6 p.c. Do. 4/ p. c. pref. stock.. Do. 4 per cent. Do.Leic. andllit4per ct Wrflk. 5 p. c. Ex. at. 1846 Do. 54 p. c. Pref. st. 1847 D 0.5 Way.ValEx.st.lBl7 Nort British, 5 per cent. Do. New rua. percent Do. Bor. Un. 5 , prf. shs De. do. do Nth.Dvn.Rail.&Dck.Co N-East. Cons. pref. 4 p.c Do. 4/pr. ct. redeemable Do. G. N. E. 4 p. et. pref. Do. Berwick 4 p. c. pref. Do. Leeds 6 p. c. No. 1 Do. do. Quarters, 1848 Do. York, ti. & S. Pluck iorthi Staffordshire ymney Guaranteed Sottish Central. new pf 4 cottiih N,ortli-Eastern 3/ p. c. pref. stock Do.Aberdeen,gua.6p.c Do. 7 p. c. pref. stock south Devon, Ann, 10s. Do. Fixed 44 per cent South }las tern (Reading nn., 1.0.6) Do. 41 per 'cent Do, Fixed 4i per cent South Wales, gua. 4 p. c. Do. 4a per cent Do. do. 1859 Do. 5 per cent S. Yorkshire, 4 p. c. gua Do. sp, c. gua Stock. & Dar. A 5 p. c Do. B6p. c Do. C6p. c Watrfd & ICilkiry, 6 p. c W. Mid.-Oxf Ist gua stk Do. 2d do Do. Newport 5 p.c. pf.red 110. Perpet.6 p. c. pf. 1866' Do. ti 111869 Pair, Closing I Business . Prices. Done. 93 95 20k 21A 6 6it 101 103 112 117 110 116 103. 110 106 108 123 125 81 83 111 113 89 91 115 116 110 112 102 101 107 109 97 99 08 100 88 90 89 91 102 101 9} 10 17 18 loi 161 74 78 20 20 10 10 15 15 [36 133 101 103 112 115 12 115 [3O 139 12 115 152 155 l'a 130 73 75 90 92 11 113 131 14 125 127 1 fpm 65 70 I jpm 137 139 102 104 92 94 109 111 Al 109 1 14pm 99 101 98 100 I die par Idis Ipml 22 23 [32 136 10 10,i 231 24 99 101 99 101 6i 100 85 88 19.16.1 12.10 Share 6.4.0 100 100 100 100 8.13.4 1 all all all 91} 2 93 BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Railways. Arlan Ti e Ar St Lawrence Bom.,l3arodat.Cent Ind Gu. 5 per cent........ Do Do. Buffalo and Laxe Huron Do. New . Do. Preference Itufralo,Brant,diGodricli 6 p. ct. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 Do. do. July 1, 1873 1)o. do. .1 tine 1, It;'4 ) Cape, Eastn. Prov. (Lim.) Cape Town .‘z Dock Scrii Ceylon Guarantd. 6 p. c iDemerara Eastn. Bengal gu. 5 p. c East Indian, gu. 5 p. c. Do. F Shares Ext..... Do. Jubbulpore. Do. 4} p c. Debentrs. Do. 5 p. c. Deb., 1864 Do. 1865-1870 rand Trunk of Canada Do. 6 per cent. Pref Do. 2d Pref. 6 per ct Do. 6 per ct. Debentr Do. 7 per cent. 1862 Do. do. 1867 Do. do. 1872.. GLlndiaPenin.g.ma.sp.c. Do. New gua. 5 p. C... Gt. South.of India (Lim) gua?anteed 5 per cent. Do. do. Gt. W. of Canada Shares Do. New Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt Do. 51 p. c. do. '77 do Do. 54 p. c. do. '7B do Madras guar., 41 p. c Do. do. 5 per cent Do. 4 p. o. Extension Do. 5 - Melb.Corp. 6 p. o. Bode. Newßrunswick s Canda Ry..lLLand(Lim.)g.6pc Class A Capital Share Do. do. Land d 0........ Do. do. B Capital d 0... Do. do. Land do. ...... Oude (Limited) ........ Scin de es.; Do. Punjaub c 9 Do. Do. ........ c.? Do. Indus. St. Flo. qg Trinidad (Lim.) Scrip.. flOO 15 all 100 1 !Wald, Closin g Price. all 100 all all all all 100 100 100 a 1 I 98} 99 —a 31 41 d 6 i ei if 6 1 id! 101 20 d 100 101 98 100 99 101 100 101 18 19 58 53 45 50 30 34 34 38 29 32 29 32 100 101 d 99 100 81 91 111 89 91 99 :00 91 93 5 7 4 8 1011 10* i i d :05 100 1 i ri FOREIGN Algerian Antwerp dz Rotterdam Ardennes.... Bali.& S. Fran.. Li m. 7 p.c. liel,c.rian East. Junction lieziers to Graissessa.c Carmeaux Mine dz Rail Cuplapo Ditto Extension Dutch Rhenish Eastern of France .... Grand Rus guar. 6 p. c. Do. do. Great Central of France Gt. Luxem., Con. she... Italian Junction ...... Lierre & Turnhout .... Lyons & Geneva ...... Namur & Liege ........ Do. 6 p. c. Pref......... Northern of France.... Do. New Shares ...... Norwegian Trunk Pref. rar!s,Lyons, do Medlter. iParts & 0r1ean5........ Recife & S. Fran. (Peru.) gua. 7 p. ct. 1im...... Riga & Dunaburg...... Ito r ial Danish ..... .. Royal Swedish Do. 7 per cent. Pref.... Sambre & Meuse ...... Do. 5i per cent. Pref..... San Paulo, lira, g. 7 p. c. S.Aust &Lomb Venetin Southern of France.— S. East Portugal 7 p et. West Flandern ...... Do. 54 p. c. Preference.. W. & N.W. of France .. West^ru of Austria.... Western of Switzerland Wiesbaden ...... Do. 8 per cent Pref.... Zealand BRITISE , Alfren Consols (Philack, 111ritish [ron 'Clifford Devon G. Cone. (Tavist ) Bast Bassett (Illogan) East Caradon ...... E. WI Russel (Tavistk.` Gam.&St-Aubyn(Gwen.) Great South Tolgus r. Wheal Alfa. (Philack' G. Wheal Vor (Helston) Grenville Herod's-Foot El ingston Downs Lady Bertha Margaret Wily Lelant) North Downs North Frances (Illogai i N. Wh'i Basset (Ill° zan) : North Wheal Crotty Par Consols (St. Blazey) 1 Providence (Uny Lelnt.) iSortridge Cons. Min. Co. South Caradon(St.Cleer) S. Cant Brea (Illogan) S. Dev. Iron &Gen., Lim. S.Wheal Fran. (Illogr,alVY 'Stray Park Tamar Silv.& Lead Minl Tin Croft Vale of Towey (Carm )I West Basset (Illonn) W. Caradon (Liskeard) West Seton Wheal Basset (Illogan) Wheal Buller(Redruth) Whcdf Edward (Cals.)/ Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant), Wheal Mary Ann (tilen.); Wheal Treiawney (Lis.); 1.7.2 Australian BonAccord Copper,Lim. Brazil St.J.del Rey,Lim Do. Land and Mining Co. Clarendon Cons.MinCo Cobra Copper Copiapo DunMoun.Cop.Ming.Co Fortuna. General Gt N. Cop. of S. Austr Itapunda (Limited) Linares Lusitanian Mariquira N. RhineCopof S.Aus.L Pontgibaud Silver,Lead I Mining and Smelt... ,Port Philip Scottish Austrin. (L.). , United Mexican Worthing (Limited) Do — FOR 1 , .:ION MINES. Sharel Bt 18 20} 20i 10 100 1 100 100 174 20 stock 100 100 100 stock 100 100 100 100 100 100 stock , stock 20 20 100 100 100 stock stock stock 20 stock stock stock COLONIAL GOVERNMEN can. Gov. 6 p.c.Ja..tJuly 1877-9 Do 8 p. ccnt.lBBo-2 Do. 6 p. cent.lBB3-4 Do. 6 p. c. Feb..t Autz. , Do. 6 p. c. Mar. & Sept.! Do. 5 per cent Cape G. Hope, 6 p c,lBBOl Do. 1890 1 N.B.Gov. 6 p.c. J a.&Julyi Do. 6 p. c.Ap. & Oct. N. S.W. Gov. 5 p. c., 18K Do. 5 p. c.,1871 to 1876 Do. p.c., 1888 & upwdv S. Scotia Gov. 6 p. c sterAng, 1875 Aui,G0p.c.1876.,t up IVlc.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.,tauly I Do. do. 6 p.c. Ap.&Oct DOCKS. Commercial Do. 4 per Cent.Pretlilin i East and !Vest India Londor St. Katharine. Southampton Victoria . •• • • Do• New . 100 100 123 125 100 58 61 100 60 63 100 100 98 100 2 ild pr JOINT-STOCK BANKS. leo Agra&UnitedService Bk 50 85 87 40 !Australasia all 59 61 25 I Bank of Egypt all 206 215 100 I EWA of London 20 Bank of Turkey 3 - - 50 British North American all - - 20 ,Clitd.Bank of India, &c. all 194 20 201 20 25 ,Cli.Mer. of In. Lon.& Ch. all 11 83 100 'City 100 C010nia1......- ... . 25 - - 281 20•11 !Corn. Bank of Canada.. all - - 100 iCommercial of London. 20 - - 20 Eng.. Scot., & Aus. Ch.. all 171 171 20 IGen. Bk .of Switzerland all - - 20 Lon. Char.Bkof Austral all 231 241 24 20 Do. new l5 36 4 50 London and County 50 London Joint Stock 20 London and S. African lO 1 id 100 London & Westminster 20 67 69 100 Nat. I'rov. of England 42 - 20 Do. new l2 - 50 National 13‘nk ........ 25 - - 26 INe« South Wa1e5...... all - - 25 ! Orient. B. Corporation . all 50 52 51 20 i Ottoman Bank . 100 Provincial of Ireland - -.- 10 Do. new.. - - 25 South Aus tralia. all - - 25 Union of Australia 50 Urn of London 100 Unit r Mutual - MISCELLAYEOUS. 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint all 136 146 10 Atlantic It 511. Stm (1q all 1 2 1000 Atlantic Tel. (Limited) all - 25 Australian Agricultural 19 25 27 10 Berlin Water (Limited) all 5 56 50 British American Land 40 - - 50 B.&l.Mag. Tel. A. (Lim) all 29 32 20 Do. 8,7p.c.ti111852 (Lim.) all 18 20 20 Do. C. (Limited) all 9 11 326 Canada Land all 100 103 10 Chan.lslands Tel. (Lim all - - at. Cop. Min.ofEng.&Smltg all - - 25 Do. Pref. 76 per cent st. Crystal Palace st. Do. Preference at. Do. 6 p ct. Perpet. Deb lOO 162 105 20 E.lndia Irrign. & Canal 1 id fpm at. Electric Telegraph 25 Do. New l5 - - 5 English &Aus. Copper all 21 3 21 15 Gen. Steam Navigate m 14 - - 1 Great Ship Limited) all 1 Do: 175 pct Preference all 5 Lon. District Tel. (Lim.) 44 _ 4 L.G. Omnibus Co. (Lim.) all 16 1 20 Madras Irr. and Canal 1 16. 26 10 Med. Exten. TeL (Lim ' all 35 45 25 National Dis. Co. (Lint)i 5 1 4 d 20 Nerbu.Coal&lron (Lim ) 5 14 id 10 Netherlands Land all 5 Do.B p.c.Pref_iss.atl dis all 100 N. lir.&NovaScotiaLand 81 10 15 1 N.B.Australasian (Lim.), all 1 Oriental Gas (Limited). all l! 1 Do. New Shares (Una.).' all 11 - 10 Orintl. In. Steam (Lim.) 10 61 '7 l. at. Peelß.Lnd.&Min.(Lim) 100 47 5 a 60 Pen. & Oriental Ste am a ll 66 68 50 Do. New 30 9 11 391 20 Red Sea&ln.Tel.g.46p.c. all 50 Rhymney Iron 100 Royal Mail Steam at. Scot lustln.lnv.(Lim ) 1 6 0 0 0 125 46 1 4 3 8 5 464 25 South Australian Land 'all 32 34 1 Submarine Tel. Scrip all 1 Do. do. Registered .... 'a:l 10 Do. do. 610 Trust and Agency ot Austrlasia.(lim)lst is. 1 id I p 20 Tr.& Ln.Co.ot Upr.Can. 5 plp 5 11. li'domTeL Co. (Mm.) 1 id pr 10 0 all Dlemeti'd L 264 8 Bueiness done 1011 I 1005 AILWAYS 6 6} , —p d 101 111 4 Si 27 23 9 91 81 if 20 21 88} 39} - - 8 10 39,E 40} 50 62 5 4d 11 13 (si 7 8 9 par I d 254 z6i 6f 7 ge 10 20 21 S. it 2 1 2 28 32 365 875 51 53 281 1 9} 21 8 18 20 31 .1i 0 7 11 2 37 ED 81 31 40 It 41 51 2 1 21 31 11 21 7 38 40 310 no 4 41 971 1021 29 31 1 1 71 14 15 47 48 273 285 85 90 75 85 24 6 21 16 17 16 17 I ; t i S 48 50 11 11 did. 34 36 6 8 1 li li 2 23 24 * 8P 1 li p 7 8 i d pr 1 i 1 td 2 4 11 1i }fpm s 1 i I 811 T S ECURITIES. 104 5 ls.B. al l all all all all all all all all MI 3.2101 1.14.0 7.4.0 551 175 (3.8.6 8.12 4.11.6 1.10.61 Ji 24 114 1.14.0 9.18.9 11 16.6.7 5.i.G all 18.1 27 19. 1 13 s 6d 28& 9 3,i 40 4; lik all 1 10s. all all 105 ICB !104 107 104 .107 95 07 ICO ICB 105 108 108 110 08 100 97 09 97 99 1104 106 L lC2i 1031 103 f 2f IBIS DAY'S MARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE. Although the e , y.ntry markets, held on Sa'urday, were but moderately supplied with wheat, the demand for all kinds was somewhat restricted at about stationary prices. There was a fair enquiry for fine barley and oats at about previous currencies, but other kinds of produce were a slow sale. Very little change has taken place in the value of wheat on the Continent. The demand, however, for spring ship ment has somewhat improved. The American markets come rather flat. The arrivals of English grain up to our market last week were small.. From abroad we received 27,019 quarters of wheat, 891 barley, 36,817 oats, 1,511 peas, 8 tares, 545 lin seed, 20 oilseeds, 237 sundry seeds, 2,222 sacks, and 3,261 barrels of flour. The fresh arrivals of English wheat to this morning's market were much restricted, but the quality of the samples, generally speaking, was good. The demand, however, for all qualities was far from active, and, com pared with last Monday's market, scarcely any change took place in the currencies. Some factors were asking more money, but it was not obtained in any instance. The show of samples of foreign wheat was tolerably ex tensive. Buyers being disinclined to give any advance, and importers generally being unwilling to sell, except on higher terms, the amount of business transacted was small at about previous rates. Floating cargoes of grain were in limited request ; never theless, prices were supported. Malting barley was scarce, and realised somewhat en hanced rates. Grinding and distilling sorts, however, moved off slowly at barely late quotatious. In malt sales progressed slowly at previous currencies. Fine oats met a steady enquiry, and prices were quite maintained. Inferior parcels, however—the supply of which was moderately extensive—were dull, and, in some in stances, the quotations gave way Gd. per quarter. Pigeon beans moved off s'eadily at late rates. Other kinds were in slow request on former terms. The demand for peas was somewhat inactive, yet prices were fairly supported: The flour trade was slow, yet previous rates were fully maintained, CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. Wheat—Essex and Kent, red, new Ditto, old —B —l3 Ditto, white, new 62s 688 Ditto, old —B —s Norfolk and Lincoln, red, old —3 8 Ditto, new Talavera, Rye— Barley—Grinding 27s 318 Malting 36s 42s Malt—Suffolk and Norfblk 528 68s Brown Kingstown and Ware s2s 708 Chevalier 7os 728 Oats —Yorkshire and Lincolush., Feeding /le 25s Potato Youghal and Cork, black .. 19s 258 Cork, white Scotch, Feeding 238 288 Beans—Tick Pigeons, Peas—Grey Maple White 44s 48s Boilers Flour—Town-made Suffolk 368 1188 Stockton and N0rf01k......... 343s 37s METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET'. For the time of year the supply of foreign stock on offer in to. day's market was moderately good, and in fair aver age condition. Sales progressed steadily, at previous rates. Tho arrival of beasts from our own grazing districts, as well as from Ireland and Scotland, was seasonably good, both as to number and quality. Nearly all breeds were in steady, though by no means active, request, at quite last week's currency. A few very superior Scots realised ss. 2d., but the general top figure for beef was ss. per 81bs, From Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, and Northampton shire we received 1,200 short horns, &c. ; from Norfolk and Suffolk 400 Scots, &c. ; from other parts of England 700 various breeds ; from Scotland 380 Scots and crosses ; and, from inland, 140 oxen and heifers. We were fairly supplied with sheep ; but their general condition was by no means first-rate. Good and prime braeds commanded a steady sale, at extreme rates; but in ferior sheep were a slow inquiry, at about stationary prices. The general top price for mutton was ss. 6d., but a few pens of Downs and half-breds realised ss. Bd. per Blbs. There was a steady demand for calves, at fully last week's quotations. The best veal was worth ss. 6d. per 81bs. The pork trade ruled steady, and, in some instances, priees had an upward tendency. Per 81b. to sink the offal. d. s. d. s. d. a. d Crse. & inf. beasts 3 4 3 8 Primeers-wool d 0.4 6 5 2 Second quality do. 3 10 4 4 Pme. S' thdown do .5 4 5 6 Prime large oxen 4 6 4 BiLarge orse. calve s 4 6 6 0 Prime Scots, &c. 4 10 5 01Prime small do 5 2 5 6 Crse. & inf. sheep 3 2 3 6 Large hogs 4 0 4 6 Second qualitydo. 3 8 4 4) Small porkers , 4 8 5 0 Lambs, Os Od to Os Od. Suckling calves, 21s to 30s; and quarter-old store pigs, 22s to 325. TOTAL SUPPLY. I FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts I Sheep Calves Pigs 3lO Pigs The total imports of foreign stock into London, last week, amounted to 2,382 head. In the corresponding week in 1860, we received 2,031—in 1859, 2,554—in 1858, 8,650 —in 1857, 782—in 1856, 654—in 1855, 935 head. IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WEER. From Beasts. Sheep. Lambe. Calves. Pigs , Rotterdam .... 178 .. 1398 ~ .. 10 .. Harlingen .... 150 .. 623 .. .. , , Hamburgh .... • • .. .. .. Vigo.. . 77 .. . _ .. • • Dordt - • • -- • • • • • --- Amsterclam• •• • 2 • • 44 • • • • -- • • Bremen - • • - • • - • • - as -- Boulogne — .. --- •• --- •• .-- •• -- Tonning - • • - •• _. •• --• es -- Medemblik •• • • .— • • • • • • -- .. -- Ostend ...... .. Nieu Diep . - .. Total .... 407 1,965 .. 10 .. The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as follows : Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. 1860 163 .. 1,759 .. 109 .. 1859 326 2,041 .. .. 187 .. 1858 419 .. 397 .. .. 104 .. 1857 351 .. 231 .. 72 1856 .. 489 .. 680 56 .. 10 A statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of fat stock exhibited and sold in the great metropolitan cattle market, on Monday, Dec. 31, 1860, and this day, Monday, Doc. 30, 1861. Per Sib. to sink the offal. Dec. 31, 1860. Coarse and inferior beasts.... 3 4to 3 8 Second quality do. 3lO 4 4 Prime large:oxen 4 6 4 8 Prime Scots, &c. 4lO 5 0 Coarse and inferior sheep Second quality do Prime coarse-woolied do. 410 5 4 Prime Southdown do. ..5 10 6 0 Lambs Large coarse calves Prime small do. Large hogs Neat small:porkers 4 8 6 2 Beasts Sheep and lambs 16,600 Calves Pigs 2OO SUPPLIES ON SALE, JAN. 2, 1860.—Beasts, 3,340 ; sheep and lambs, `16,450 ; calves, 151; pigs, 370. JAN. 3, 1859.—Beasts, 3,905; sheep and lambs, 18,950; calves, 110 ; pigs, 300. Dec. 30, 1861. 3 4to 3 8 310 4 4 46 4 8 410 5 0 32 3 6 38 4 4 46 5 2 54 5 6 00 0 0 46 5 0 52 5 6 40 4 6 48 5 0 4,400 18,920 132 310 NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. The supplies of meat on sale here are very moderate, and the trade rules firm for all descriptions at enhanced rates. Per Sib, by the carcase. sded sdsd Inferior beef .. 3 0 3 6 ltiddlingmutton 4 2 4 4 Middling do. .. 3 8 4 0 Prime do .. 4 6 4 8 Prime large do. 4 2 4 4 Vaal 4 0 5 0 Do. small do. .. 4 4 4 8 Small pork Large pork .... 4 0 4 8 Lamb .... 0 0 0 0 Inferior mutton. 3 8 4 0 BOROUGH HOP. We have to report a quiet market for all kinds of hops, Holders, however, are firm, and previous rates are well supported. Last week's imports were 185 bales from Boulogne, 50 from Calais, 11 Dunkirk, 15 Antwerp, 322 Hamburg, 81 Ostend, and 55 Rotterdam, New Mid and East Konts.. 170 s to 231 s per cwt. New Weald of lients .. 140 s 185 s ~ New Sussex.... Belgian llos 120 s » Bavarian BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELD S. Pull average supplies of potatoes continue on sale at these markets, for the most part of home growth. A few samples of foreign, however, chiefly French, have come to hand. Good and fine are in steady request at fully pre vious rates ; otherwise the trade is dull at about stationary prices. Scotch Regents Ditto Rocks loos. to 120 s. „ York Regents 110 s. to 140 s. „ Ditto Flukes l3ls. to 150 s. „ Kent and Essex Regents.loos. to 150 s. ~ Lincolnshire ditto 9ss. to 130 s. ,9 Foreign WOOL. The demand for all kinds of English wool is in a very sluggish state. Prices, however, are supported, holders being disinclined to make any concessions. In colonial that the and foreign wool so little business has been transacted currencies must be considered nest to nominal. There were no arrivals of importance last week either from Australia or the Cape. SEEDS. The see d t ra de is very inactive yet, compared with our last report, very little change has taken place in prices. Cakes moved off steadily at full currencies. - • Turnip, White,p.bus.26s to -s i Carraway - - - 228 to 25s 5wede....... —8 —s Coriander .' ..,......z 115 ins Mustard, Brown .. 8s 13s , liempseea, be.r`qr 45s 96s White. new....656d Sstld ; Linseetl,llng.sowing 72s 76s Tares, Wint er ...... 78 6d 9s t . CrUshing ~., 05, - 708 Oldper quarter 3.-'s 4!s Baltic s4s 58s C4nary, per quarter 18s 60s Odessa - s3s . 58s Rye grass, new —a —. Linseed Cake, p ton -s -s Clover, Red Eng., et —s — s I English .£ll 081:12 Os White Foreign Red.... White. —a —a Rapeseed. ' • 64s 668 —s —s f Rape Cakes p ton £6 Os 6 155 new, 'p qr Trefoil, new --s —s I TALLOW. The tallow market is firm to-day, and prices are on tho ', is quoted at 51s i3d per cwt. on the spot. 1r 81bs. advance. P.Y.C, Rough fat, 2a Sd 1 1858. 1859. I 1860. f 1860. I 1861. Stock this day.... Price of Y.C. Delivery last week, Ditto from June 1' Arrivals last week Ditto trom June 1 Price of Town .... :30,3103 31,905 1 44,453 72,0 26 54.7 9 53834 t 0 518 , d t0 , 5753d to 60sOdto5is 9d to —s Od 41s 3d —s —s Od ' —sod 1,935 1,565 1,101 599 1,1,01 87,918 C 6,153 48,987 53,957 82,71,5 286 33 327 581 2,552 85,176 ! 86,491 81,359 90,48 i 89,083 55s 9d 53s (id 59s 6(1 6ts Od , f.2s 0.1 THE OVERLAND MAIL. INDIA. By the Overland Mail we have received • advices papers from Calcutta to Nov. 22; Madras, Nov. 27 Hong Kong, Nov. 14. The news from India is - of no great importance. extract the following from the Calcutta Englishm Nov. 24 : " The monsoon appears to be over now, the eo have cleared away, and a bright sun and a cool no east wind are a refreshing change from the well-ni incessant down-pour of the past six months, The wea ther is fast assuming its usual characteristics at this season of the year, and for the next four months Cal cutta will enjoy one of the most delightful climates in the world. " Lord Canning is suffering severely from the sudden and terrible shock of the death of his countess, which at first completely prostrated him, but he has much yet to effect ere he bids adieu to his viceroyalty, and we misjudge him much if ho is one to allow grief for his loss long to interfere with his public duties. Of late he has inaugurated several re forms which will require his skilful guidance to ensure their success, and he must be anxious himself to see in progress, and fast approaching complete and satisfactory develop ment, the measures which ho has himself initiated. " The news from tha Upper Provinces contains but little of any interest. The cammander in chief is still on his tour, and his return to Calcutta has not been alluded to ; he also has suffered severely in the loss of his mother, Lady Rose, the news of whose death reached India by the last The Indian Councils' Act has been proclaimed. The re presentative members of the late Legislative Council are to have seats in the new Council. The Madras Government has adopted measures for the improvement of indigenous cotton. CHINA. The news from China is of no special interest. The relations of our Minister and other foreign representatives with the Chinese continue satisfactory, and the young Emperor was about to leave Zehol for Pekin. The fol lowing is extracted from the China Mail of Nov. 15 :-1.7 " From Japan there is very little intelligence. Some of our men of war are understood to be cruising among the Japanese Islands, and they will no doubt exercise some influence as regards the safety of our country men in that strange land. The marine survey in which the Actaeon has been for some time engaged, will add mate rially to our knowledge of Japanese waters, and be found valuable in proportion as our commerce increases. " Our dates from Pekin are to October 27. The new Emperor would leave the Zehol on October 28, ac cording to the latest arrangements ; his father's cortege was to follow, after an interval, so that the new Emperor would receive the Imperial coffin in due form. The arrival would most likely take place about the 4th of the present month, In the meantime as few foreigners as possible are invited to the capital. We believe that this is in deference to the wishes and advice of Prince Kung, who would promote foreign interests as cautiously as he can, and in such a way as to av,id giving needless offence to the Court. "From the northern ports we have no intelligence addi tional to that communicated by last mail. Admiral Hope is said to have visited the port of Newchwang in Man churia. " The accounts from Saigon are still far from favourable to the French; nothing decisive has taken place. " Tho Yang-tsze river and the rebels do not afford any further room for comment. " From Shanghae we do not learn, by the latest accounts, of any further alarm on account of the rebels and their proximity to that city ; matters, in fact, seem to remain much as they were when we last wrote. s - " The rumoured vicinity of the rebels to Ningpo has ' caused thousands of the inhabitants to become so-)nuch. alarmed for their personal safety as to seek every Me 'lila, of conveyance to Shanghae, and many had already arrived:tic that city at the dat e o f th e l ast adv i ces. The rebels air* credibly reported to have comp l e t e l y i nvested Hangchove,' Sx after having taken Shaou•shing•foo. - "From the various other ports en the coast we have no " news of interest, except that at Swatow, a boat's crew of her Majesty's gunboat Firm, engaged in. surveying the river, had been assaultery the-villagero4oned,-aaiditwo , of the seamen wounded ..- .. , , " From Canton, we liarn that Mr.: , t . game, the Ame rican Plenipotentiary, lisited his / WQlency Laou, the i e Governor-General of the`Two 0V li.wan the sth instant; • he was accompanied by thredisibsionaries and two mer- - A p.e.,." --1 "' - , ‘-- ~,' i li.t*V` chants, and, we understand, was veri4erribei'ateot- WHY WE SLEEP. The amount of healthy, ordinary sleep each day is in proportion to the amount of healthy " wear and tear" of the system, and the absence of emo tional excitement ; for something in the shape of good news, as well as of bad news, will keep the mind uneasy and awake. Thus, a traveller who is to be up early in the morning to catch an early train will wake to the moment; in fact, he has been scarcely asleep at all—emotion of some sort or another hes destroyed complete sleep. The condi tion of the emotions and the state of the pulse of criminals before execution is also well known. Star vation is another cause of want of sleep, as there has been no exercise or wear and tear of muscle. We have all these conditions in hospital patients under chloroform. Of the new world, revealed by sleep, poets of all ages have written, of course, a great deal, but we are more interested with the fact that this emotion, or nervous irritability, especially ,n female patients, which destroys natural sleep, also involves an increase of chloroform to produce ana3sthesia. Wordsworth remarks that twilight has the power of removing, softening, harmonising, or rendering abstract certain things otherwise lost in the bustle or blaze of the mid-day sunshine ; so it strikes me is sleep ; it removes some objects, and makes others more clear —it leaves out a great deal of what is known to us as association of every day ideas, and introduces us to a world of " innate ideas" and new but useless fancies, and new illu sions. Chloroform patients thus sing songs , under r Ichloroform, they never knew before, &c.-- D r . Kidd's Lectures on Chloroform. It was rumoured in London, on Friday night, t a h n a r t o a un te ci l n eg g r tahpahticadessupsapticcll i o u had s been okin g r e vessel e eiv ed , from o D s e o d v Dover, be the San Jacinto , had been cruising for some hours d ur i ng the day in the Straits, without showing any l o colours. "We have no fear of the San Jacinto," says the Army and Nary Gazette, "but the rumour of her appear ance should tend to keep us on the qtti rive." ECLIPSE OF THE SUN.—To-morrow there will be a total eclipse of the sun, but it will he only visible in England as a partial eclipse. It will commence at fifteen minutes after 11 a.m. Greenwich mean time, in longitude ff a r f A l o t : mf r itr. a nd m t eh . gd i n . Aplm2 l a o re n mtr i . cio 1 : : : 70 deg. 0 min. west of Greenwich, and latitude 9 deg. 0 min. t North north. e o g r t . h 3 , and As T America, min.'Sr ie V c il eae l ey e i tptnhsodeef northern irrl 2 i he 3 bnznwvii minutes cpshalrlande 0 4 0 2 1 713 0:u Europe and Asia. THE CHAPEL ROYAL OP ST. GEORGE, WINDSOR. —The temporary fittings up in St. George's Chapel for the mournful ceremony of the funeral of the late Prince Con sort have been removed, and the entrance to the Royal vault closed, and the marble pavement replaced in its for mer state. 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