The Sun. — London, England, 1861-12-02 00:00:00

kW" at ,' a occu- ;eien ently lends aially a nd r too sting g, or 1. I . ! Dckeu• and bright hopes wasted from want of a training hand, and from the pressure of disastrous circumstances, Gilbert Orme dies by his own hand, whether by accident or de sign is not expressly stated, but more than implied. Au article on " Cowper's Poems" might better have been entit led "Co wper'eLetters," since it deals chiefly with the poet's character, as shown in his epistola tory correspondence. In his discourse on the man the writer shows much discrimination in treating a difficult subject ; but when he speaks of Cowper as a poet, he is not so happy. He does not do jus tice to the keen satire, the sound English sense, the real poetic talent, that lies in his verse ; and we think him mistaken when he anticipates for Cowper the immortality of a poet who is remembered but not read. The brighter lights that have arisen be tween his day and ours may have outshone him ; but if our present generation of versifiers would take the author of the " The Task " and the satirizer of schools and pulpits for their model, it would be considerably better for their own reputation and less perplexing to the brains of their readers. The affairs of Mexico form the topic of a lengthened paper, but the interest attaching to Central Ameri can affairs is likely to be superseded by the present altercations between England and the North. The author of " Guy Livingstone " continues his new romance of "Barren Honour," and troubles are seem ingly at hand. The course of true love is pursuing its wonted custom and beginning to run very roughly. A very pleasant paper, entitled, " Between the Cataracts, without a Dragoman," tells us some tales about Egyptian wanderings taken in an independent style in the company of some Moorish merchants. The new actor who has recently revived the waning life of the English tragic stage is the subject of a lengthened and careful criticis7...... The writer ap plauds his Hamlet, as most critics have done, and shows by his incidentalremarks that he rightly ap preciates the character. When he examines into the merits of his Othello, however, he is forced to express a very different opinion, and finds himself compelled to censure the unwarrantable liberties taken witb the great dramatist in Mr. Fechter's Own acting edition. Fortunately few of his inno vations have been introduced into the play as at present put on the stage, but such as are adopted are questionble improvements. In conclusion the critic expresses his conviction of Mr. Fechte'r great abilities, and consequently the importance which he attaches to his faithful interpretation of the great master's meaning. In the shape of poeti cal contributions we have a quaint Servian ballad and a melancholy sonnet entitled " Vestigia Re trorsum." The St. eTanzes's Magazine. This pleasant and lively miscellany proceeds in its usual agreeable style. The opening article is from the pen of Robert Hunt, F R S., and describes the Museum of Geology to the uninitiated. In speaking of the importance attaching to the acqui sition of the youngest and oldest of the sciences, Mr. Hunt observes, " To the engineer who would drive a tunnel, construct a canal, dig a cutting, or for m a harbour—to the architect who desires to secure a permanent structure—to the miner in his search for coal and other minerals—to the city, in deed, for which a good water-supply is required, and to the well-sinker or the Artesian well-borer — the qualified geologist is now admitted to be the most reliable adviser. Thousands of pounds have been saved by those who have availed them selves of the truths of geological science ; while immense sums of money have been squandered by men who have neglected its teachings." Another very interesting scientific paper discourses on " The Power of Water," conveying much infor znation in a clear and intelligible style. The editress continues her story of " Can Wrong be Right." Fresh troubles assail the unhappy Milli cent, but we are given to hope that her husband is not so happy in his ill omened second marriage as she supposed. She is gradually awakening to the consciousness of her own error in supposing that wrong could be right, and the influence of her child will probably induce her to declare it. " The Sovereign's Messenger" is an amusing narra tive of the troubles of a hearer of despatches. "Love and Duty," and "An Old Man's Story," are two well written sketches without any great originality or power. " The Tracy Family 'is a somewhat gloomy story, telling the old tale of a husband and Wife deceiving each other by pretended fortunes, " Whence ?" is the title of a curious paper describing sundry mysterious sensations experienced by the writer, who, however, brings forward no proof that his presentiments are cot rect or well founded. "Foggy thoughts in November" include most of the disastrous events that have occurred since th e last season of fogs and frosts. " Sailors' homes" is an able paper speaking highly of the Merits of such establishments. It is probably by the author of the recent paper on our sick tailors. There is a pleasant " Christmas Carol "by Thomas Hood the younger, and a charming little story for the young of the household by his sister, Mrs. Broderip. Temple Bar. " The Seven Sons of Mammon" is concluded in a very successful style. This has been a long story that has been well carried on in all respects, and the description of Florence Armytage is very ably done, and reflects the highest credit on the author. There is a moral, to), to be drawn, and many an adroit deceiver and apt ensnarer might learn a lesson from the awful scene at the deathbed of the prisoner. The sketch of her sufferings carries out the force of this remark—" She was reserved for expiation in this world, who dares to predicate about the next ?" Sims muttered that it was very hot, and threw the cell door open. The window was open already, and so her soul had elbow-room, and the Something, We know not what, came from between the parted lips of this worn sinner, and passed into the open going, God knows whither, and to be judged, God alone knows how. Truly her sins were scarlet, but there is snow that is white, and who can tell?" The story concludes, on the whole, in a satisfactory Manner, and is a smart sketch in some ways of the Prevailing foibles and glaring errors of the present day. "'she, Mystery at Fern wood" is concluded, and is a readable romance of the sombre class, Which will delight lovers of ghosts and visions of haunted rooms and midnight spectres and appari tions. "Daughters of Eve" presents us this time `with a French Celebrity, and appropriately and gracefully remarks that "England has no mono. Poly of the stock whence the best specimens of nature's rarest handiwork are derived." This aeries of sketches is very admirable, and affords a useful reference for the lives of Notabilities. There are some graceful lines on " Twilight," which are pleasing and thoughtful; "Dreaming" is a paper that is worth perusing, an d w ill suit th e imaginative, who sometimes inhabit another 'world than the actual buying and selling One. " Muscular Education "is a sensible article, strongly advocating the advantages of a due atten tion to physical training in early life as well as Mental and moral cultivation. The importance at taching to the preservation of the health in those of maturer years is also forcibly dwelt upon ; and the mistaken sacrifice of bodily powers to mental pursuits, so fatal and so common an error in our day, is condemned with due severity. It cannot," says the writer, "be too strongly enforced that, no matter how intellectual the calibre, or how sensitive the fibre, material health lies at the root of all. The brain must have its fat and its Phosphorus. The heart must be touched with the bright and pure life-stream, or the pace begins to 81 acken, and the machinery yields to the vas inertice of earth till it stops dead. It is not too much to say that the greatest achievements await those who, h aving pursuits not necessarily favourable to health, nevertheless make it of the first consideration to attend to the culture of the body." Among the remaining papers is an article on Florence, render ing due homage to the attractions of the bright city of the Arno. Cornhill Magazine. " The Adventures of Philip" are continued. Mrs. - Baynes comes out in her true colours, and her hen pecked husband acts under orders, and aids his helpmate to molest their daughter. We do not think that Mr. Tha3keray has carried out the cha racter of his hero. We have been led to consider Philip Firmin as an independent off-handed young man, but he allows Mrs. Baynes to browbeat him in a most unnatural way. Madame Smolok comes out in a kind hearted and womanly manner, and reproves the old general in the sharp way which a woman can so well launch at a man 'who lets his wife rulethe roast ; vous 'fetes qu'an poltron General. The struggles of Brown, Jones and Robinson are coming to a crisis. The firm must shortly stop payment. A chapter on Competitive examinations goes to show that the spirit of rivalry does not tend to breed ill-feeling between the rival candidates. We advise the reader to pass over a p7per on the future recon struction of the navy. Theory is very well in the Abstract, but when navies are to be conquered and kingdoms won, we opine that the cutlass and board mg -pike will carry the day, and that yard-arm to Yard-arm:England will prevail. "Agnes of Sorrento" is continued, and number nine of " Bird's-eye Views of Society" depicts the peculiarities of a popular e ntertainment, and is as clever as its predecessors, which is about as high praise as we can give it. The Sixpenny Magazine. Ward and Lock. Among all the marvels of this age of cheap li terature, the Sixpenny Magazine is the greatest. Its closely printed pages contain a variety , of enter tainingt readin, with articles on political subjects, and other instructive papers. " Animal Life in the ocean" is a very able paper on that branch of zoology which has recently attracted so much attention. Dr. Thomson continues his !series of essays on our Invalid Watering Places," and talks pleasantly about the Isle of Wight, Bournemouth, and the Channel Islands. "The Round of Wrong,"from the French of Edmond. Abouc, is continued, and the " Tales of the Musicians" tell us of the early life of Haydn. "The King of the Mountains," and " The Captain of the Vulture," two tales for the lovers of adventure and burlesque, are progressing, and the current events in law, literature, and science are duly recorded. Good Words : a Magazine for all the Week. Edited by Norman Macleod, D.D. This excellent publication continues with un flagging spirit, and in ability, variety, and interest may compete with any of its more secular brethren. With such contributors as ArchbishopWhately, Dr. Guthrie, Dr. Brown, author of "Rab and his friends," and the editor himself, its literary merits can scarcely be questioned, while the pleasant sketches and tales supply the entertainment needed for lighter tastes. The illustrations are plentiful and or tolerable merit, capable, however, of considerable improvement in me of the faces, which we hope to see in future numbers. We are not surprised at the extended success of this periodical, and hope that it will maintain its character in the forth coming volume as ably as in the one now termina ting, and that its area of influence and popularity may show even greater extension. IitONEY MARKET AND CITY NEWS. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. The accounts from the manufacturin g districts during the past week state that the progress of American affairs has, in a great measure, caused a suspension of business at Manchester, and the few operations that have been effected in cloths and yarns were chiefly for home requirements. In Leeds the woollen trade has been exceedingly inactive ; but at Bradford and Halifax there has been a fair inquiry for piece goods on French account. The hosiery business at Leicester and Nottingham has continued active, the chief demand being for good useful winter descriptions of goods. In the hardware districts there is little change to record, except that at Birmingham one or two of the staple trades, viz , the jewellery and electro plate departments, have been more active. There is not the slightest change of importance in the general condition of the money market, which continues to be abundantly supplied. The inquiry on commercial account has recently exhi bited a slight increase, owing to a partial revival of business in certain departments of trade ; but the ordinary demand is still comparatively limited, and the banks and discount houses, in order to find em ployment for their accumulated resources, are still freely negotiating approved mercantile bills on terms ranging fully d per cent. below the special minimum of the Bank of England. An advance of 2s per quarter has taken place to-day in the corn market. To•day a call of £2 per share, amounting toge ther to £50,000, became due on the South York shire £2O 5 per Cent. shares. Business in the Liverpool Cotton Market, on Saturday, continued exceedingly dull, and prices were generally id. per lb. lower. The sales were about 3,000 bales. About £12,000 in gold was taken into the Bank of England on Saturday. The Seine, which sailed to-day for the Nest Indies, took £10,700 in specie. _ _ The Tagus, from Lisbon, has brought £12,500. The Magdalena, with £44,600, has arrived at Lis bon from Brazils, en route to this country. The fourth and last call of £5 on the new shares of the Lo Edon Chartered Bank of Australia is pay able on or before the Ist of January next. A meeting of the proprietors of the London Joint-Stock Bank will take place on the 16th pros., for the presentation of the report, and the election of five directors. Much less excitement has prevailed today in commercial channels with reference to the Ameri can difficulty, and a tendency to improvement is therefore perceptible at the Stock Exchange. Consols are 92! t for money, and 911 Z, less the dividend, for the account. The New Threes have improved to 901, 91 ; the Reduced to 901, 917,-; Exchequer Bills, March, are Bs. prem. ; Bank Stock is 2324, 233; ; India ditto 228 ; and the 5 per Cents. 1051 1. No important variation has taken place in Foreign Securities, and the dealings have been restricted. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 79 80 ; ditto, 1858, 69 to 71, but the 4 per Cents. have receded to 104 ; Mexican are rather firm( r, being quoted 274 ; Spanish Deferred at 411, and ditto Certificates at 6; Grenada Active realised 154; Russian 3 per Cents. are flat at 59, but Venezuelan have improved to 221 t. Business in the Railway Share Market has been rather more animated, and in some of the principal British undertakings there has been a slight im provement. Eastern Counties, North Western., and South Eastern have advanced 55.; Great Western, Lancashire and Yorkshire, Midlands, and North Eastern (Berwick), 10s. ; and Bristol and Exeter, £l. London and Brighton, however, declined 10s. The Foreign and Colonial lines were moderately dealt in. Dutch-Rhenish improved to 151, San Paulo were steady at 51, Antwerp and Rotterdam at 67, 1, Bahia and San Francisco at 141, Grand Trunk of Canada remained dull at 19, and Great Western of Canada at 91. East Indian have de clined to 101 a I. Great Indian Peninsula improved to 1001 N. Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares con tinued very depressed. London and County de clined. to 361, City Bank realise 75 and 75, Bank of Australasia 61, and Agra and United Service 861. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 9O: A 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities New 3 per Cent. Annuities 9Ol 1 90: India Stock Ditto 5 per Cent. Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent — Ditto 5 per Cent. 9 7 1, 8 7 Ditto 5} per Cent Ditto Debentures, 4 per Cent., Oct., 1863 99 Ditto ditto April, 1864 983 A Ditto Bonds £l,OOO Ditto under £l.000 Consols for Account, Dec. 5 India Stock for Account, 5 per Cent March. 1 Jun 3. Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO 2d Ditto £5OO Ditto Small 14 pm 12 pm FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. bilian 6 per Cent Ditto 41 per Cent. Mexican, 3 per Cent Ditto Account ew :irenada Active eruvian 41 per Cent — Ditto (Uribarren), 41 per Cent. Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853.. Ditto Account Ditto 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, and '6O — Ditto Account Russian 5 per Cent. 1822, £ St — Ditto 41 pe/ Cent 92 Ditto 3 per Cent. 1859 .. 59 Spanish 3 per Cent Ditto Account Ditto New Deferred Ditt o Account Spanish Cert. of Coup. not funded Turkish 6 per Cent. — Ditt o Account Ditto New Loan .... — Ditto Account Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. N enezuelan 3 per Cent Ditto Account .. Dividends on the above payable in London. THREE O'CLOCK, Consols, Money Ditto Account REMARKABLE ESCAPE.—On Saturday afternoon a youth named Weymouth Hart, son of Mr. Stephen Hart, of Tilling-ham, was with his brothers engaged in splitting the butt eud of a tree which had just been severed from the stock, by blasting it with gunpowder, about four ounces of which were closely plugged into an orifice ; touch-paper was lighted, and the part'es retired behind a haystack, when some time having elapsed before the explosion took place, Weymouth, judging that the paper had gone out, approached with the intention of relighting it; after striking two or three lucifers without result, ho was leaniag over it, when the powder suddenly exploded, rending and shivering the butt to atoms. The plug struck Weymouth's hat, which was forced to a great height in the air. One of the larger fragments struck him across the breast, and drove him a considerable distance, and he fell aver the trunk of the tree, when some of the smaller p rtions struck him in the face, the blood flowing copiously. Most strange to say his in juries were comparatively trifling, VIE SUN, GONDON, MONDAY EVENING, DECEIAIT3MI 2, 1861. liminess done P.B. all all all all all all all all all MI 3.2.10, Ga 6 1 -1) d 10 111 4 Si par 22 z 3 sk 9k 8} 20 21 88i .19i 30i 40i 52 54 4 3i • 13 15 61 71 81 01 • 251 26i 7 71 94 10 20 21 1011 ¢ 1001 19 i 1001 100} 93 i 9i i 61 6 4 i 144 1 151 i 181 THIS DAYS MARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE. Most of the country markets, held on Saturday, were but moderately supplied with wheat. As the growers almost generally refused to sell except at an advance of is. to 2s. per quarter, the transactions were much restricted. Barley was a slow sale; but other produce was film in price. The French markets have shown rather more firmness, and in America large quantities of wheat and flour continue to be purchased for export, at extreme rates. The arrivals of English grain up to our market last week were very moderate. From abroad we received 29,732 quarters of wheat ; 4,280 barley ; 8,502 oats ; 5,019 beans ; 3,047 linseed ; 8,102 rapeseed ; 501 sundry seeds ; 509 sacks and 18,302 barrels of flour. Fresh up to this morning's market the arrivals of English wheat were very moderate. Owing to the nature of the American news, and to the consequent stop page of supplies should war break out, factors were very firm in their demands, and both red and white qualities of wheat were held at an advance compared with this day se'n night of 2s. per eptart er. Buyers,however, were disinclined to operate except at last Monday's currency; consequently, little progress was made with sales at the close of business. The quotations may be considered the turn—perhaps, in some instances, Is. per quarter—higher than Monday last. American wheat was held at considerably enhanced rates, and other descriptions of foreign were only obtainable by submitting to an advance in prices. The amount of busi ness transacted was small, at, in some instances, a slight improvement in the quotations. The trade for floating cargoes of grain was firm, and the currencies had an upward tendency. With barley we were tolerably well supplied, and all descriptions moved off heavily, at barely the late decline in prices. - Fine malt was in fair request at full quotations, but other qualities met a slow sale on former terms. Oats, the supply of which was very moierate, sold steadily at full currencies. . . Although the show of beans was less extensive than on Monday last, the demand for them ruled inactive at that day's quotations, Peas moved off slowly at late rates. The supply on offer was small. The flour trade was very firs, and prices had an upward tendency. American barrels espesially were held for en hanced rates. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE• Wheat—Essex and Kent, red, new Ditto, old —s —s Ditto, white, new 62s 68s Ditto, old — s -s Norfolk and Lincoln, red, old —B s Ditto, new Talavera, Rye— Barley—Grinding 27s 345 Malting 365 42s Malt—Suffolk and Norfolk s2s 68s Brown Kingstown and Ware s2s 70s Chevalier 7os 72s Oats —Yorkshire and Lineolnsh., Feeding 2ls 25s Potato Youghal and Cork, black l9s 25s Cork, white los 26s Scotch, Feeding 23s 28s Beans—Tick 3BB 41s Pigeons, Peas—Grey Maple White 44s 48s Boilers Flour—Town-made Suffolk 36s Hs Stockton and Norfolk . 36s 37s METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET Our market to-day was but moderately supplied with foreign stock, which moved off slowly on easier terms. The arrivals of beasts 'fresh up from our own grazing districts were seasonably good, both as to number and quality, and those from Ireland and Scotland were in full average condition. All breeds met a dull inquiry at a decline in the quotations, compared with Monday last, of 2d per 81b. The top price for Scots was 4s 10d per 81b. From Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, and Northamptonshire we received 2,220 short horns, &c. ; from Norfolk, 150 Scots and short horns ; from other parts of England, 300 various breeds ; from Scotland, 300 Scots and crosses ; and from Ireland, 800 oxen and heifers. Notwithstanding that the supply of sheep was limited, the mutton trade was in a sluggish state at barely last week's quotations. D .wns and best half-bred s sold at from 5s 4d to 5s 5d per 81b. The general quality of the sheep was very middling. We have to report a dull sale for calves at about stationary prices —viz., from 4s 4d to 5s 4d per 81b. There was very little business doing in pigs at barely late rates. Per 81b. to sink the offal. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d Crse. & inf. beasts 2 10 S 2 I Primecrs-wool do. 4 6 5 2 Second quality do. 3 4 3 10 i Pnae.S'thdown d 0.5 4 5 6 Prime large oxen 4 0 4 6 I Large erse. calves 4 4 4 10 Prime Scots, &c. 4 8 4 10 Prime small d 0... 5 0 5 4 Crse. & inf. sheep 3 2 3 6 Large hogs .,. 3 8 4 4 Second quality do. 3 8 4 4 , Small porkers ... , 4 6 4 10 Lambs, Os Od to Os Od. Suckling calves, 2is to 30s; and quarter-old store pigs 22s to 295. TOTAL SUPPLY. ( FOREIGN surgLY• Beasts .. Sheep and lambs.... 18,240 1 Sheep 5,300 Calves Pigs 3BO I' Pigs .... . The total impprts of foreign stocx into London, last week, amounted to 8,128 head. In the corresponding week in 1860, we received 6,661—in 1859, 5,381—in 1858, 4,932 —in 1857, 1,721—in 1856, 3,548—in 1855, 4,545 head. SHARE MARKET-(77178 DAY). ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Share 1 Railways. Closing Business Bi raid. Price. done. 50 ' telfast and Nor. Coon. 3.14 Bir„ Vol., and Str. Val 25 Blyth and Tyne 10 Bost.,Sleaf„andMid.:o st Bristol and Exeter st Caledonian 10 Carmarthen & Cardigan 50 C irlr and Bandon 20 Cork, Blroek, & Passage 20 Cornwall 10 A. gets no div till 6p e.p an.has 1 10 0 D D o o . . A B been paid to B. 50 Dublin & Belfast June. 25 Dun„Perth,& Ab. June st East Anglian I all ILII all 100 100 all ;i Eastern Counties ;t Eastern Union, A. stock It Do 13do do 15" DoNw A, late E U3ds ;t East Suffolk ;t Edinburgh & Glasgow ;t Edin., Perth, & Dtindee [0 Forth & Clyde Junction tt Furness 3t and S. Western. 10 Greargrthn.of Scotland t Gre:it Northern 3t Do A stock 3t Do 11 do A Gt. S. an W. of Ireland A Great Western it Do Str Val gua. stock L 2 Irish South Eastern A Lancashire & Yorkshire; 3t London and IllackwalE st Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast st f on., Chat., and Dover; st Lon. & North Western, st Lon. & South Western, 25 L'derry & Coleraine ..1 25 L'derry & Enniskillen.l st titan., Shef., & Lincoln.l 50 Maryport and Carlisle ; 124 Do I slia , :es 10 Metropolitan st Midland .4.0 Do New .. st Do Birming. & Derby, 50 %lid Gt. W. of Ireland, 25 Do. 4 shares 25 Mid Kent 10 Do Cray Line 00 Newcastle and Carlisle 10 Newry & Armagh, def. 20 Newry, Warnpt, & Kos st Norfolk st North British st Nor.Dev.Rail&Dk.stocki st Do A stk ; A reas no ct till 6 pc. has been pdl3 st Do B stock st Nth. Eastern—Berwick 25 Do, G.N.E. purchase st Do Leeds st Do York st North London 10 Do new .16.1 North Staffordshire 10 N. and S. W. Junction st Not. Gran. Rl. & Canal 10 Peebles 20 P,rtsmouth 10 Ithymney at ' , coltish Central at ' , cot. N. E., Aber. stock at Do Sc t. Mid. stock 10 Shrews. and Welchpool Shropshire Union .0 Sittingbourne & Sheer ;t South Devon :5 S. Durham & Lane. Un ;t South Eastern t South Wales ;t S. York. and River Dun ?0 z.:taines,Wok.,andWok.l ?5 Stockton & Darlington Do Do New, 1860 - _ , st Taff Vale. st Do Pref. No. 1 25 ThamesHavenDk&Rall i 50 Ut , ter 25 Do .2.10 Do st Vale of Neath 10 Victoria sta. and Pim st Waterford & Kilkenny 50 Waterford & Limerick I 20 West Cornwall 20 West London 10 Do Ist class 20 Do 2d class st W. Hartlepool Har.&R. at West Midland Oxiord at st Do Newpor Do Hereford 7i 8 93 95 103 1031 42 43 11 1 11t 18i 194 52 53 47 50 33 35 90 Q 2 20 30 45i 46i 37 38 751 'ls/ 6 63 95 97 5i 8 38 39 8 9 p 5 6p 55i 56} 2i 3} d 83 12i 13 6 61 47 49 43 45 89 91 19 521 I 112 il3 13 It2l i 12 103 69$ i i 70 NI 10 Q i I I 1161 93 t 94 45} i 127/ 81 7 P 99 G2i 31 100} 100 d 751 I 67 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. 'Paid. Leasing Closing Business Railways. Paid. Co. s Price. Done. --- Bedford and Bletchley all Ln.&N.W .. .. Birkenhead lOO D. , .&G.W 'l4 66 Buckinghamshire lOO Do. O3 06 Chestei & Ilolyhead lOO Do 53 54 Do. 5i per cent 100 Do 122 124 Do. 5 „ 100 Do ll2 114 Clydesdale Junction 100 Caledon. 101 103 Colchester, Stour Val. all E.U.& VIC .. . • E. Lincolush. gApr c. 100 G. - . North. 133 136 E.Union,llarwichShs all E,Counts. 4 41 Do. Woodbridge.. 100 • • • • Gls.Barr.&Neils.Dra: 100 Caledon .. .. Do. new Gloster & Dean Forest Hull and Selby all Yk.N. Mid 110 112 Do. halves Do. quarters ; all D 0....... .. .. Lancaster & Carlisle, 100 Ln.&N.W 198 202 Loudon & Greenwich; 100 S. Eastern 61 63 Do. Preference 1 100 'Do. Lon.,Tilb.& Southend; 100 ! Peto &Co B5 87 Lowestoft qua. 4 p c..; 100 Norfolk Do 6 per cent ; 100 Do. 11Inc.,Bxtn.,& Matlock all LIB M 3a 31 Mid. Bradford Prefer ence stock Newmarkt ' BuryEx ' 16. 5. 641 Counts. par * p qua. 5 per sent... -; Nortlin.&Esstn. sp. c. all jDo. Do. 6 per cent. .... all 'Do. Do. Fixed sp. c.... all Do.. . . N. Eastn—Hartlepool 1. 0 N. E. lier. .. .• North Western L& N W) Preston and Wyre. 1 all & L. i k. 3 43 45 Do. i shares A. all , Do. ••• • .. .• • • Roystn.llitch.& Shop. 100 IGt.North. 133 136 Shrewsby & Hereford 100 T Brassey 118 122 120 Do. Do. South Staffordshire Wilts and Somerset i 03 Gt. West. 91 93 Wimbledn & Croydon all L.&Brgtn 8} 94 PREFERENCE SHARES. Railways. Sharel Paid. Closing Business Prices. Done. Blythe and Tyne 10 p.c. pref. Issued at £5 Eris. & Exet. 4 p. c. at Do. shat es Caleilon. £lO, 4 p. cent Do. guar. shares, o. 2 Cork & Bandon, 51 p. c. Cornwall. 5 per cent Dun Perth, & Aber.Jun. Do. Ist Class Pref E. Angn. Class sp. c Do. Class B 6 per cent Do. Class C 7 per cent E. Coun. Ex. 5 p.c. No. 1 D 0................ No. 2 Do. new 6 p. c. st Eastern Union, 4 p. C Do. 5 p. c. guar.. Edin.&Glas.s p.c. shares Do. 4p. 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.nedm.lop.e. pm. Do. 44 p. c. do Do.sp.c.Redtr .atsp.C.pm Gt. Nh. of ,cot. Ist pref. Gt. Sn. & W. (Ireland) 4 per cent Great West. (Berke and Hants Ext) 5 per cent Do. redeem. 44 p. ct Do. redeem. 4 p. et Do. irredeem. 4 p. ct Do. 5 p. c. redeem. pref. Do. Birm. pref. shares Do. Chester 8 p.c. pf. she Do. Chester 5 p.c. pl. shs Do. Birm. guar. stock Do. Chester guar. shares Do. do Do. do Lan. & Carl. 4i p.c. pref Lan. & York. 6 p.c. stock Do. Barnel.stEs 2s led c Do. 6 p. c. (East Lan.) Do. 41 p. c. (Blackb. pur. Lon.&Brig.sp.n.gu. No.l Do. 5 per cent. do. No 2 Do. 6 per cent. do Do. 5 per cent. do. No. 4 Do. 44 per cent. do Do. 44 p. c. pref. shares Do. 7 per cent pref. stk Do. 6 p.c. do(W.E&C.P.) Do. 4 p c.st.(div.def.liP6s Do. 4 per cent. pref Lon.Chat.&Dov. sp.c.pf. Do. West. Ex., B, 6 p. c t , o. Metrop. Ex. ti, 6 p.d. Lon. & S. W., Coy. & Nuneaton, 5 per cent. Lon. & S.West. 7 p. cent. at., late 3d shares .... Do. 4 k per cent Do. (Prtsm. perpl. anns of 28 6d Londondy. & Cole. she Londony. & Ennis. she Man. Sh. & Lin. 3 per ct. Do. £6 Do. 31 per cent. Do. redeem. 6percent Mary port & Carl. 4 pr. c. Do. 41 per cent..... d Con. 6 p c. stk. Do.. Bris.& Bir. 6 p.c. Do. 4 pref. stock Do. 4t cent. Do. Lei , dllit.4per ct. N. rflk. C. Ex. st. 1846 Do. 5 1 O. . Pref. at. 1847 D 0.5 Was ValEx.st.lBl7 Nort British, 5 per cent. Do. New gua. percent... Do. Bor. Un. g. prf. shs. Do. do. do. N th.Dvn.Rail.&Dck.Co., N-East. Cons. pref. 4 p.c. Do. 44pr. ct. redeemable Do. G. N. E. 4 p. ct. pref Do. Berwick 4 p. c. pref. Do. Leeds 6 p. c. No. I Do. do. Quarters, 1848.. Do. York, IL & S. Punch. North Staffordshire... Ithymney Guaranteed. Scottish Central. new pi Scotttsli North-Eastern p. c. pref. stock.... Do.Aberdeen,gua.6p.c Do. 7 p. c. pref. stock South Devon, Ann, 10s. Do. Fixed 41 per cent South Eastern (Reading Ann., 1.0.6) Da. 43 per cent Do, Fixed 44 per cent 100 South Wales, gua. 4p. c. 100 Do. 44 per cent Do. do. 1859 lOO Do. 5 per cent. lOO S. Yorkshire, 4p. c. gua. 100 Do. sp. c. gua. 13 Stock. & Dar. A 5 p . . Do. B 6 p c all Do. C6p. c all Watrfd & liilkny, 6p. c. 100 W. Mid.-Oxf Ist gua stk 100 Do. 2d do. lOO Do. Newport 5 p.c. pf.red 100 Do.l'erpet.6p. c. pf. 1866, 100 Do. till 1809 1 100 zoi 2IA 6 6} [Ol 103 112 117 110 116 101 110 107 109 123 125 81 83 st 2s 6d 111 113 SO 91 N 82 97 99 98 100 88 90 89 91 102 101 9i 10 17 18 10i 11 75 77 20} 20 10,4 111 15i 15] L 36 133 1031 3 50 155 [27 130 73 75 92 91 1 113 92 i 111 i 13f 14 124 1211 1 IPm 65 70 !Pm 137 139 102 104 100 100 100 100 100 100 02 :14 [O9 111 [O7 109 1 10m 100 100 100 100 8.13.4 921 3 99 101 98 100 i dis par 10. 6. st,- st Idis Ipm 24 23i 132 118 10 10 23i 2 i 100 102 99 101 Os 100 85 88 27i 281 32 33 32 33 42 45 123 125 121 123 100 102 120 123 118 1 ',..' 0 BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Railways. ' i Paid. A.tlantic & St Lawrence J Born.,Barodact.Cent Ind j Cu. 5 per cent.. 18 Do Do. !Ol Buffalo and Laxe Huron !Oi 1)o. New . Do. Preference Buffalo,Brant,&Godrielt d p. et. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 )0 Do. do. July 1, 1873 Do. do. June 6 l'fientta.&S.Eastn. (Lit. 9 'Cape, Ea.stn. l'rov. i Cape Town 4., Dock Sail 9 Ceylon Guarantd. 6p. c. .74 Demerara.. Eastn. Bengal gu. 5 p. stock East Indian, go. 5 p. c. 20 Do. F Shares Ext 20 Do. Jubbulpore 100 Do. 44 pc. Debcntrs 100 , Do. sp. c. Deb., 1804 100 Do. 1865-1870 stock Grand Trunk of Canada 100 Do. 6 per cent. Pref 100 Do. 2d Pref. 6 per ct 100 Do. 6 per ct. Debentr 100 1)o. 7 per cent. 1862 100 Do. do. 1867 100 Do. do. 1872 stock Gt. In disPenin.gua.sp.c 20 Do. New gua. 5 p. c stock Gt. South.of India (Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. 20 Do. do. 201 Gt.W. of Canada S. hares 201 Do. New 100 Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. 100 Do. 51 p. c. do. '77 d 0... 100 Do. 51 p. c. do. '7B d 0... stock Nladras guar., 41 p. c... stock Do. do. 5 per cent .... stock Do. 45 p. c. Extension 20 Do. 5 do.. stock Nlelb.Corp. 6 p. o. Bnds. 10 Newßrunswickis Candu Ry..t.Land(Lim.)g.6pc ..Class A Capital Share Do. do. Land d 0........ :0 Do. do. B Capital d 0... Do. do. Land do. ...... Dude (Limited) .....: :: 1 stock Scinde ..... =.• • • pi 43 20 Do. Punjaub .... F, 20 Do. Do. ........ ea t? z stock Do. Indus. St. Plo. al ~ 10 Trinidad (Lim.) Scrip.. all 10u all all all all 100 100 100 all /100 15 all 100 1 Closing Price. 90 100 41 41 d 7 . 6 7 72 77 68 73 67 :2 41 61 I id 19] 20Id 101 102 9 101 100 101 100 101 18 20 55 00 50 53 3Q 33 35 40 31 31 30 !3 100 101 d 99 100 91 9} Ili 11 93 96 87 90 88 92 99 100 91 93 5 7 4 8 102 103 it d id 97 90 g id RAILWAYS. FOREIGN ;0 Algerian .0 Antwerp & Rotterdam. ;0 Ardennes :0 Bah.&S.Fran..Lim.ip:el 5 Belgian East. Junction :0 Beziers to Graissessac.. Carmeaux Mine Szßail 00 Copiapo • • • 10 Ditto Extension .... 20 Dutch Rhenish 20 Eastern of France .... 20 Grand Rua Guar. 6p. c. 20 Do. do. 20 Great Central of France 20 Gt. Luxem., Con. shs... !O Ittahan Junction ...... 20 Lierre tt Turnhout 20 Lyons ez Geneva ...... 20 Namur & Liege .... 20 Do. 6p. c. Pret. ........ 16 Northern of France.... 16 Do. New Shares ..... 10 Norwegian Trunk PreLl 20 Paris,tyons, & Mediter. 20 Paris & 0r1ean5........ 20 5 Recife S. Fran. ( fern.) gUa. 7 p. ct. lim 20 Riga & 20 Royal Dani5h.......... 5 Royal Swedish 4 Do. 7 per cent. Pref.. . 20 !Sambre t Meuse . 10 Do. 51 per cent. Pref..... 20 San Paulo, Um, g. 7 p.c. 20 S.Aust ALcimb Venetin 20 Southern of France.... 20 S. East Portkagal 7 p ct. fi West Flanderli 10 Do. 51 p. c. Preference.. 20 W. & N.W. of France .. 20 Western of Austria.... 20 Western of Switzerland 6 Wiesbaden ...... 6 Do. 8 per cent Pref.... 20 Zealand 13RITISF Nlire,l Consols (Philacki 2! Iliritish Iron ;Clifford Devon G. Cons. (Tavist, East Bassett (Illogan).. East Caradon ;E. WI Russel (Tavistk ' IGam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen ) 'Great South Tolgus G .Wheal Alfa. (phi Ia& G. Wheal Vor (Helston) Grenville Herod's-Foot Hingston Downs Lady Bertha ▪ IMa rgaret (tJny Lelant) , North Downs ;North Frances (Illog - an N.Wli'l Basset (1110 tan) ,North Wheal Crotty ;Par Consols (St. Blazey) 20 1 Providence (Uny Lelnto' - Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. 'South Caradon(St.Cleer) l IS. Carn Brea (Illogan) 1 I S. Dev.lron &Gen., Lim. S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan' Stray Park 5 .Tamar Silv.& Lead Min. 10 ,Tin Crort Vale of Towey (Carm )1 IWest Basset (Illogan) , IW. Caradon (Liskeard)i West Seton ;Wheal Basset (Ill(ranN , Wheal Buller(ltedrittli)l Whi...l Edward (Cats.)' IWheal Kitty (U.Lelant); - 7 1 Wheal Mary Ann (Men.) Wheal Treiawney (Lis.); Oi 76 1 14 37 39 st 41 k 40 42 51 5: 26 3 31 31 31 2 7 8 41 43 33) ,5O 4 4a it I'- 85 95 324 33i 1! 7i 71 13' 14' 47 49 290 300 80 85 75 SS 21 3i 5 6 1.7.2 16 17 15} 16i FOR. EIGN MINES. 20 Australian 1 BonAccord Copper,Lim 17.6 Ad id 20 Brazil St.J.del Itey,Lim 15 50 61 5 Do. Land and Mining Co. all 1; 2 1 ,Clarendon Cons.MinCo. dig. 40 I Cobre Copper all 36 38 Copiapo . 1 I DunMoun.Cop.Ming Co all 1 1} 1; 2 Fortuna... I all 1t 2} 20 General all 23 24 2 1G t N. Cop. of S. Austr 1 P , Kapunda (Limited)...„ 1 lip Linares all 7 8 7 1 5 , Lusitanian 2 pr 1 Mariquica all 1 ,N.RhineCopof S.Aus.L d 20 Pontglbaud Silver,Lead Mining and Smelt... 4 all 2 4 5 Fort Philip 1 1 1 Scottish Austrin. (L.) lOB. 11 4.2.81 United Mexican all st St 8 1 1 !Worthing (Limited) all t I Do. ea. COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SEC U tITI Es. iCan.Gov. 6 p.c.Ja. &J uly 1877-9 . 100 102 107 Do .5 p. cent.lBBo-2 , 100 106 Do. 6p. cent.lBB3-4 100 - - Do. 6 P.C. Feb. & Au2.l 100 102 107 Do. 6p. c. Mar. & Sept. 100 102 107 Do. 5 per cent lOO 94 9S 04 7 - Cape G. Hope, 6p c,lBBO 100 108 110 Do. 1890 1 100 109 11 1 - N. B.Gov. 6 p.c..la.&July , 100 102 1 0 5 Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct. , 100 N. S. W. G ov. sp. c.,1866, 100 98 100 Do. sp. c.. 1871 to 1876 100 98 0 9 Do. .c.,1888 & upwds 100 97 9 9 Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c ater2ln, 1875 lOO 102 105 S. Aus,Gop.c.lB7&& up i lOO Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&Julyl 100 - - Do. do. 6 p.c. Ap.&Oct 1 100 103 104 104 31} i DOCKS. ____ ___ - -- stock (Commercial lOO stock , 1)o. 4 per Cent.Pret.Min lOO stock 'East and West India stock ILondon • ....I 100 60 63 stock ,St. Katharine ' 100 61 63 61 stock Southampton { , 100 stock Vißtoria . ......... lOO 97 99 20 On New .A... 2 ld pr 97 99 ld pr t e JOINT-STOCK seSO B BANKS. K 9 5 7 . 86 1 4 : 00 0 A A. gr s a t Britishr& I n ai N as o i r a th American all t 3 i p s r all 61 62 61 25 Bank of Egypt 100 Bank of London all 205 211 50 64 16 20 Bank of Turkey ..... : 20 .Chtd.Bank of India, &e.all 25 Ch. Mer. of In. Lon.& Ch . a ll 82 . Si 100 :City 100 ,Colonial . . . 50 741 37 38 76 751 5 2 ?Thll Com. Bank of Canada.. all 100 ' Commercial of London. 20 20 Eng.. Scot., & Aus. Ch.. a ll 175 18 20 Gen. Ilk .oi Switzerland all 20 Lon. Char.Bkof Austral all 255 265 26 20 Do. new lO 41 55 50 London and County 50 London Joint Stock 20 London and S.Atrican lO id 100 Louden & Westminster 20 70 71 100 I N'at. Prov. of England 12 • 20 Do. new 50 i National Wink 25 2G INe South Wales all 25 Orient. B. Corporation . all 49 51 20 Otto ~a n 8ank.......... all 1175 185 100 , Prov i n cial of Ireland ..! 25 10 Do. new ..... 25 South Australia •,-• . • all , _ 25 ; Union of Australia , all 39 40 50 I , of London 1 12 127 28 271 1 100 Unity nutual.. ...... 60 _ ISC ELLANM— OUS. 10 Anglo-Mexican 3 ••• all 14/ 155 10A tlantic R. 511 . Stm ( 1d) all 1 2 I 1000 Atl antic Tel. (Limited) all 25 lAustrali an Agricultural 19 26 28 27 5 10 ; Berlin Water (Limited) all 5 5i 50 I British American Laud 40 _2 • 50 11.&I.Mag. Tel. A. (Lim.) a ll 29 32 20 Do. 11,7p.c.ti111852 (Lim.) all , 18 20 20 Do. C. (Limit ed) all 325 Canada Land all 100 105 10 Chanislands Tel. (Lim all _ st. Cop. Nlin.ofEng.&Srnitg a ll _ 25 Do. Pref. 75 per cent. all 15 17 at. Crystal Palace at. Do. Preference at. Do. 6 p ct. Perpet. Deb. 100 107 109 20 E.lndia Irrign. & Canal 1 4d L __ at. Electric Telegraph .• • • 100 04 97 25 Do. New 5 English & Ans. Copper. all 3 2 i 15 Gen. Steam Navigata ni 14 1 Great Ship Limited) all 4 a 1 DC. 171 p ct, Preference all 5 Lon. District Tel. (Lim.) 41 I _ 4 L.G. Omnibus Co. (Lim.) all 1 14 20 Madras la. and Canal 1 2 25 31 10 bled. Eaten. Tel. (Lim? all 4 5 25 National Die. Co. (Lim.) 5 d 2 0 Nerbu.Coal&lron (Lim ) 5 v ie 10 Netherlands Land all 5 Do.S p.c.Pref..iss.atl dis all iO O N. Br.&NovaScotiaLand 81 10 15 1 N.B.Australasian (Lim.) all 1 1 Oriental Gas (Limited). 'all 15 1 Do. New Shares (Lim.). all 1; 15 10 Orintl. In. Steam (Lim.) 10 o t 75 7} et. Peelß.Lnd.&Min.(Lim) 100 47 50 50 E'en. & Oriental Steam all 70 72 50 Do. New .... . 20 Red Sea&ln.Tel.g.4sp.c all ' 18 19 185 50 Rhymney Iron 11 Do. New ........••••• all 5 100 Royal Mail Steam 6O 47 49 st. Scot. Austin. Inv.(Lim ) 100 130 140 25 South Australian Land all 32 24 335 1 Submarine Tel. Scrip all ' 1 Do. do. Registered' e 10 Do. do.. • • :all 4 6 10 Trust and Agency of Austrlasia (lim)lst is. 1 pr p 20 Tr.& Ln.Co. of Upr. Can. 5 516 1 5 K'dom Tel. Co. (lim.) 1 pr 100 101 01003,ca's Laud •.• 281 1,0 IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WEEK. From Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. Rotterdam .... 208 .. 2424 .. .. 307 .. 16 Harlingen .... 289 .. 1164 .. .. 2 .. 33 Hamburgh .... 80 .. 260 .. • • • • 0p0rt0........ • • Vigo.. . 100 .. Dordt Amsterdam — .. Bremen Boulogne Tonning Medemblik Antwerp Nieu Diep - .. - •• 327 .. - .. - " Total ....1,183 .. 6,570 .. 309 .. 49 The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as follows : Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. 1860 1049 5,156 .. .. 373 .. 83 1859 743 .. 4,396 .. .. 242 .. 1858 554 .. 4,198 .. 178 1857 240 .. 1,370 .. 102 185 q 596 .. 2,769 183 .. 1855 791 .. 3,649 .. 98 .. 7 A. statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of fat stock exhibited and sold in the great metropolitan cattle market, on Monday, Dec, 3, 1860, and this day, Monday, Dec. 2, 1861. Per 81b. to sink the offal. Dec. 3, Dec. 2, 1860. 1861. Coarse and inferior beasts 2 Bto 3 0 210 to 3 2 Second quality do 3 2 3 8 3 4 310 Prime !arge'oxen 3lO 4 8 4 0 4 6 Prime Scots, &c 4lO 5 0 4 8 410 Coarse and inferior sheep Second quality do. Prime coarse-woolled do 4 8 5 2 4 6 5 2 Prime Southdown do. .. 5 4 6 6 5 4 5 6 Lambs Large coarse calves Prime small do Large hogs . 4 0 4 6 3 8 4 4 Neat small porkers 4 8 5 0 4 6 410 Beasts Sheep and lambs 20,420 21,200 Calves Pigs 320 360 SUPPLIES ON SALE, DEC. 5, 1859.—Beasts, 4,740; sheep and lambs, 19,970 ; calves, 143 ; pigs, 390. DEC. 6, 1858.—Beasts, 4,150 ; shear) and lambs, 16,800 ; calves, 108 ; pigs, 350. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. The supply of meat is somewhat extensive. The trade, as regards all qualities, is heavy, and prices have a down• ward tendency. Per Kb. by the carcase. sdsd sdad Inferior beef .. 2 6 3 0 Middlingmutton 3 8 4 0 Middling do. .. 3 2 3 4 Prime do 4 0 4 2 rrime large do 3 6 3 8 Veal 3 4 4 4 Do. small d 0... 3 10 4 4 Small pork Largo pork .... 3 8 4 4 Lamb Inferior mutton. 3 ',2 3 6 BOROUGH HOP. The business doing in our market is only to a moderate extent; nevertheless prices are steadily supported. Last week's imports were larger by 001 bales from New York ; 274 Ostend ; 127 Rotterdam ; 52 Bremen ; 206 Calais ; 753 Antwerp; 229 Boulogne; 1,054 Hambro' ; and 281 from Dunkirk. 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 supported. Last week's imports were 685 bales from Port Philip, 65 Melbourne, 712 Sydney, 3,448 Algaa Bay, and 684 bales from Taganrog. BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. Since our last report fair average supplies of potatoes, for the most part home-grown, have been on sale at these markets. Good and fine qualities have sold steadily, at extreme rates ; but for inferior parcels the demand has been in a sluggish state, at about previous currencies. The foreign arrivals are chiefly from t• rance. Scotch Regents York do. loos. to 130 s. „ Kent and Essex ditto llos to 1355. „ Foreign ing. 1857. 1 1858. I 1859. 1860. 1861. Stock this day.... , 26,879 ? 2(1,261 51.186 73.638 45,58 1 Price of Y.C. 5 sls9d t0 . 5056d to 565 , d to 6083 d to 509 6d to —s Od 50s Od —s Od —s Od Od Delivery last week 2,861 2,291 1,725 1,637 2,197 Ditto from June 1 57,785 57,697 41,771 49,i61 76,070 Arrivals last week 1,163 6,445 2,494 5;86 2,036 Ditto from June 1 81.552 75.398 80,876 96,003 11,890 Price of Town .... 53s ed 53s 6d 59s 6d 60s 3d 52s Id THIRD SUY OJ.VICE, Seven o'eloei& THE CAPTURED SOUTHERN COMMISSIONERS. OPINIONS OF THE NEW YORK PRESS. LIVERPOOL, DEc. 2. The Persia arrived here at 9 o'clock this mmrn• The American account of the Trent and San Jacinto affair agrees mainly with that of Captain Moir. But it is represented that all the docu ments of Messrs. Mason and Slidell were seized. The indications were that Captain Wilks acted on his own responsibility and on the ground, that although he may not have acted within the strict letter of the law, the end would justify the means in the eyes of his country- men. A Cabinet Council was held on the subject at Washington, but the result has not transpired. A Washington telegram in the New York lierald says that when information was first communi cated to President Lincoln he declared emphatically that Messrs. Mason and Slidell should not be sur rendered, even if their detention should cause a war with Great Britain. From the same source it is stated that the legal advisers of the Federal Government not only completely justify the proceeding, but even furnish authority for the seizure and confiscation of the Trent. The New York Herald editorially speculates on the action of England, and predicts great agitation. In a characteristic strain it taunts England with all sorts of perfidy, but thinks nothing will come of the matter more than much bustle and ostentatious wrath. It urges the Government, nevertheless, to make prepa rations for all emergencies, and call upon the Pre sident to ask Congress for 500,000 more men, and recommends the immediate carrying out of Mr. Se ward's proposition for the defence of the coasts, &c. Some of the New York journals speak of the pro bable necessity for apologies and reparation even to the sending of the prisoners back, but others argue in a totally different strain. The New 1' ork Journal of Commerce says it was purely an act of grace that the British merchantman was allowed to go free, and that it is far from likely that England would bother herself with any complaint from her captain who escaped with his vessel and cargo from the fate of which the Queen's proclamation warned him. Great stress is hid in some of the argu ments against that clause in the Queen's procla mation which prohibited British vessels from car rying officers, despatches, &c., for the service of either party, and it is asked if British Ministers in the face of such a proclamation can protect the Trent in her conveyance of rebel emissaries and rebel despatches. The .New York World does not believe that the British Cabinet will make any complaint, but if it does the American Government can fully justify it by the case of the American steamer Caroline, which was destroyed by British officers in 1837. The New York Times also believes that England will not even remonstrate, but, on the contrary, will applaud the gallant act of Capt. Wilkes as an exact imitation of the policy she- has always stoutly defended and pursued. The Tenzes admits, however, that Capt. Wilkes was wrong in not taking the Trent into port, and getting her con demned for carrying contraband of war. Any instructions which were sent to Lord Lyons in the Europa, on Saturday, will reach his lordship about the 11th inst. A Southampton mail packet will leave New York three days after that date, and will reached England about the 26th. A Cunard mail packet will leave America on the 18th inst. and will arrive in England about the 30th inst. WOOL. The public sales of colonial wool havo been progressing steadily since our last, at the late decline in the quotations. Port Philip—Clean sheep's, 2s 5d to 2s 9d ; scoured, is 5d to 2s 3d; lamb's, is 5d to 2s Bid ; handwashed, is 4d to Is sd; grease, 10Id to is 4d. Sydney—Clean sheep's, Is 6d to is Ild ; scoured, is 8d to 2s. Van Dieman's Land—Clean sheep's, is 8d to is 81c1; grease, 10d to Is 3d. Cape—Clean sheep's, is ld to is 81d; scoured, is 2d to is 4id ; handwashed, is ld to is lid ; grease, 7d to is per lb. The business doing in English wool, is mode rately extensive, and the late advance in prices is well STATEMENT OF TALLOW SHIPPING AT ST. PETERSBURG. Tallow despathed from Cronstadt 1851. 185 1 . 1859. from Nov. 7, O. S. (estimated at 25 Casks. Casks. Casks poods to the cask) 82,750 126.421 In ships loading and lighters 1,070 ,192 Total loaded off from St. Petersburg, Nov. 4, O.S 83,820 126,613 Do. after this date Total at the close of the navigation 127,147 88,022 London Liverpool — 3,865 300 Bristol 1,159 3,031 2,985 Other English ports Ireland MO 1,030 1,152 Scotland Germany ll,Bll 6,875 5,225 France 82,750 128,621 88,022 LA TV INTELLIGENCE--(This Bay.) COURT OF EXCHEQUER. (Before the Chief Baron ) ItEDMAN V. SHItUBSOLE. This was an action for breach of promise. The plaintiff was a widow lady, residing at Faversham, and the defend ant a gentleman of independent fortune living near the same place. The age of the lady was about 48, and the de fendant was upwards of 60. The defendant, however, was in the enjoyment of excellent health, although somewhat lame. The defendant having visited the widow for some time, proposed, and was accepted, but shortly afterwards he became less frequent in his visits, and intentionally broke off the match on the ground of ill-health and lamenees. The first witness proved the previous marriage. A consultation between counsel then took place and the result was a verdict, by consent, of £l5O for the plaictiff. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—(This Day). MAR LBOROUGH-STREET. ASSAULTING A ME➢IBER OF THE UNIVERSITY CLUB AND THREE CONSTABLES.—James Skiffington, a tall stout man, described as a railway guard, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with assaulting Mr. John Rose Paris, a member of the University Club, and connected with the Admiralty; also with assaulting Watson, 229 A, Walker, 73 A, and Gillett, 214 C. Mr. John Rose Paris said he resided at Guildford, and was a member of the University Club. On Saturday night last he was walking along Pall-mall East, when the pri soner came up to him, apparently having been drinking, jostled him, made a blow at him, and - then abused him in the most violent manner. He walked on, thinking to avoid the prisoner and taking no notice of him, but the prisoner still continued to follow him. Witness then turned into the University Club, but to his surprise the prisoner fol lowed him in, and there behaved with great violence, and tried to strike him two or three times, but was prevented by the servants of the club. Thos. Wyatt, the night porter at the club, said Mr. Paris told him he had been annoyed by the prisoner, and on his (witness) telling the prisoner to leave, he said, " Who the - are you 2" He was then obliged to fetch the constable to remove the prisoner, who was acting like a madman. Watson, 299 A, said he went to the club-house and saw the prisoner in a " striking " attitude on the stairs, and the gentleman on the stair above. On getting the prisoner into Suffolk-street he threw himself down and kicked him (witness) several times, and also struck him. Walker, 73 A, said he assisted the last witness, and was struck several times. Gillett, 214 C, said he was kicked several times about the Legs by the prisoner. Prisoner said he had been drinking. Mr. Tyrwhitt said it was absolutely necessary to repress such acts as these. For the first assault the prisoner would have to pay 20s. or a month, and for each of the other three 10s. or seven days. 9 10 4 1! i f 1 il 5 6 101 106 112 i 1131 [l2 113 130 132 103 105 69 69i 55 SS 106} 1061 55 57 116 118 47 49 921 92} 94 95 9 11 45 45} 5i 6i [27i 128 11. 03 100 62 64 63 64 091 1001 6 a p 56i 57i 81 89} 95 97 41 lot lot 90 92 124 126 39 41 97 99 ES. --- 4 1 2 30 31 3E5 175 CO 65 27 274 3 34 16 :8 4 44 1.11.6 7.4.0 17s 6.8.61 8.12 4.11.6 11,E 1.14.0 9.18.0 1011.7 5.9. G all 271. 13s (3cl 4 1 it SEEDS. Linseed nd rapeseed are firm in value, but other seeds are a dull inquiry. Canary is cheaper, and mustard re mains unsaleable. Cakes are in steady request at full prices. Turnip,White,p.bus.26s to slCarraway Swede —s —s' Coriander lls ISs Mustard, brown .. Ss 13s : Hempseed, per qr 455 46s White, new....656d Ss6d ) Linseed,Eng.sowing 72s 76s Tares, Winter 7s 6d Os j Crushing 66s 70s ()Riper quarter 3 7 s 4s ! Baltic Ctmary, per quarter 60s 68s I Odessa Rye grass, new —s —s I Linseed Cake, p ton —s - s Clover, lied Eng,.,ct. —s —s I English XII 05.E12 Os White —s —al Foreign £ll 10s 12 16s Foreign Red.... —s —s • Rape Cakes,p ton £6 Os 6 15s White. —s —s Rapeseed. new, pqr 61s 66s Trefoil, new. —s —s 61 per cwt. on the spot, larch delivery. Rough TALLOW, P.Y.C. is in slow request at 503 and at .50s 9d for January and A. fat, 2s 9d per Sibs. THIS DAPS SHIPPING. LONDON, Dec. 2.—Wind this day at noon—North- Easterly ; moderate breeze and line weather, but rather cloudy. PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 29 —Wind S.W.—Sailed—Tier Majesty's ship Rhadamanthus, for Woolwich; Titania, for Mogadore. QUEENSTOWN, Nov. 28.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived— Ella, from Virginia and Baltimore; Alma, from New York. LAMLASH, Nov. 28—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Matelle, from the Clyde for Melbourne; St. Anne, from the Clyde for Havanno.h, KINGROAD, Nov. 29.—Wind S.—Arrived—Nicaragua , from Monreal. LIMERICK, Nov. 28.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Eas, for New York. CARDIFF, Nov. 28.—Sailed—Conference, for Panama; Volante, for Monte Video ; James Hall, and Edith Anne ; for Brazils. ZBY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) PORTSMOUTH, Monday Morning _ _ Her Majesty's ship Flying Fish arrived at Spithead from eastward, and landed the mate of Dutch schooner Willem Edouard, from Buenos A) res for London, laden with hides and tobacco, with which vessel She was in collision at 9.30 p.m. Saturday, off Dungeness. Search was made by Flying Fish for the schooner for two hours after the collision, but nothing was seen of her. SOUTHAMPTON, Monday Morning. Arrived—Gretina, from Oporto; Argyll, steamer, from Carentan. _ _ _ Sailed—Regina, fot Soderham ; Cassandra, for Runcorn; Rob Roy, for Hull. (BY SUBMARINE AND MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Monday Morning. Arrived, Dec. I—Saxon, from Lines; Palm, from An tigua; Mellina, from St. John's, N. 8.; Culima, from Trini dad de Cuba ; Arthur Child, from New York; Reform, from Buenos Ayres; Margaret, from Algoa Bay. ROBBERY OF £450.--A cotton-spinner from Old ham (we suppress his name) was robbed on Friday, in Liverpool, of £4bo in bank notes and cheques. A dis reputable woman, who was seen speaking to him in a public-house, and at the Lime-street station, is in custody on the charge, and has been examined before the local ma gistrates and remanded. THE ROYAL CHARTER.—On Thursday the diver now eng aged in operations at Moelfre, the scene of the disastrous wreck of the Royal Charter, met with great suc cess. The late captain's chest, containing from £40,000 to £50,000, was recovered. The circumstance was at once telegraphed to Messrs. Gibbs and Bright, Liverpool. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, GRAY'S-TNN-ROAD.—The number of patients relieved at this hospital during the week ending the 30th November was 2,883, of which 766 were new cases. _ _ The _Levant Herald of the 20th inst. has the fol lowing : " We believe we may confidently announce that the long-vexed question of the Roumain union has at length reached its settlement. Last week the Porte communicated to each of the representatives of the Powers interested, a copy of the firman by which it proposes to consent to the desired junction of the two provinces, and we learn that the condi tions under which it is willing to sanction that result have, with a few trifling exceptions, been accepted by the whole of the Legations concerned. The Porte consents to the complete legis lative and administrative union of the two Principalities for and during the life of the present Hospodar. The Fockshani Commission will, of course, be dissolved, and (the firman proposes) in addition to the one central Upper Chamber or Senate, there . will be a Provincial Chamber for each of the Principalities. At the death or abdication of Prince Cousa the present status quo will,ipro facto, be re-established, so as to afford the two peoples an opportunity of reverting to their separate Governments, or of manifesting a collective wish for a continuance 9f the Union. In the latter event, the Porte, while declining at pre sent to give any specific pledge on the poiLt, pro mises to consider favourably any general and spon• taneous expression of the popular will. A protocol embodying the general acceptance of these terms will be signed in a few days, immediately:after which the definitive firman of the Porte will be forwarded it by a special commissioner to Bucharest." TATTE.RSALLS'-(TillS EVENING). TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. sto 1 agst Old Calabar (taken) 6to 1 agst The Marquis (taken and offered) 12 to 1 agst Caterer (taken) 12 to 1 agst Alvediston (taken) 15 to 1 agat Cellarius (taken) THE DERBY. 9to 1 agst Buckstone (taken) 100 to 8 agst Old Calabar (taken) 20 to 1 agst Caterer (offered) 25 to 1 agst Ace of Clubs (taken) 33 to 1 agst Typee colt (taken) 40 to 1 agst Hubert (taken) 40 to 1 agst Gemse (taken) 50 to 1 agst Malek (taken) 2000 to 35 agst Vanguard (taken) 1000 to 15 agst Lady Alice Hawthorn (taken) GRANGES IN TIT!? LORDS AND COM MAS DURING THE YEAR. HOUSE OF LORDS.—The following changes have occurred in the peerage during the year 1861, viz., Deaths—Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, March 10 ; the Duke of Bedford, May 14; the Duke of Sutherland, Feb. 28; the Dui; e of Buckingham, July 29 ; the Earl of Fortescue, Sept. 14 ; the Earl ofpuildford, Jan. 29 ; the Earl of Mount- Edgcumbe, Sept. 3; the Earl of Traquair (title now ex tinct), Aug. 2; Lord Abinger, Lord Berwick, April 12; Lord Braybrooke, Feb. 21; Lord Lilford, March 15 ; Lord Herbert, Aug. 2; Lord Eglinton, Oct. 4; Lord Campbell, June 23, and the Bishop of Durham. Creations : Admiral Berkley, created Lord Fitzhardinge, Aug. 5; Sir R. Bethell, created Lord Westbury, June 21; the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, created Lord Herbert, June 15 ; Lord John Rua • sell, created Earl Russell, July 30. The Earl of Dunmore will come of age in the ensuing year, and take his seat as Baron Dunmore. In addition to the list of 15 peers who are minors are added the Earl of Guildford, aged 11 years, and Lord Herbert, aged 10 years. , - HOUSE or Commons.--The following changes have oc curred in the House of Commons during the year, viz. : Lieutenant R. W. D. Abercrombie has been elected for Banffshire, in the room of Major Lachlan Duff Gordon, who accepted the Chiltern Hundreds ; Thomas Barnes, for Bolton, in the place of Joseph Crook, who accepted the Chiltern Hundreds; Lieutenant-Colonel Bathurst, for South Wilts, in the room of the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, created a peer ; Henry Beaumont Coles, for An dover, Alderman Cubitt having resigned ; the Right Hon. Sir David Dundas, for Sutherlandshire, the Marquis of Stafford having become Duke of Sutherland ; William Edward Forster, for Bradford, Titus Salt having accepted the Chiltern Hundreds ; Lord Richard Grosvenor, for Flintshire, vacant by the death of the Hon. Thomas Edward Lloyd Mostyn ; William Unwin Heygate, for Leicester, vacant by the death of Dr. Noble ; Richard Hodg son, for Tynemouth, vacant by the resignation of Hugh Taylor; Captain J. Taylor, for Montgomeryshire, vacant by the death of David Pugh ; Nicholas Philpott Leader, for Cork city, Richard Deasy having been promoted to the Irish bench ; W. Leslie, for Aberdeenshire, vacant at the commencement of the year ; John H. Lewis, for Maryle bone, Edwin James having resigned ; W. Morrison, for Plymouth, Viscount Valletort having become Earl of Mount-Edgcumbe ; Charles William O'Hara, for Sligo, in the room of Charles 'William Cooper; Sir Hugh Owen, for Pembroke District, vacant by the death of Sir John Owen ; Sir Roundell Palmer, for Richmond, Yorkshire, vacant by the resignation of Henry Rich; George Lort Phillips, for Pembrokeshire, vacant at the commencement of the year ; Edmund Potter, for Carlisle, vacant by the death of Sir James Graham, Bart. ; Lord Henry Scott, for Selkirk shire, vacant by the retirement of Allen Elliott Lockhart ; Charles Turner, the third member for South Lancashire, under the act passed last s ession ; Thomas Matthew Weguelin, for 'Wolverhampton, Sir Richard Bethel' having been created a peer ; and Western Wood for the City of London, Lord John Russell having been created a peer. By the death of Thomas Slingsby Duncombe, one of the seats for Finsbury is v acant ; and by the death of J. H. H. Foley, one of the seats for East Worcestershire. The first election of a member for Birkenhead, under the Appropria- Um of Seats Act, will take place after the Ist of December. In a case recently brought before the Chief Jus tice of Newfoundland, he decided that telegraph operators, when compelled to attend a judicial proceeding, are bound to disclose the contents of messages, and that in so doing they do not at all violate the oath they have taken that they will not "wilfully divulge" the contents of messages. l ius, his iga this erica Lave ab- F,og a on tides