The Sun. — London, England, 1861-12-13 00:00:00

. •-..---. i m - - - - - fig. -roi • - - -- •• -jar..•---- - - • - • • • i • • --- -I.a‘ I I 4 i NiP , -.11 , ... , ......" ...... ............ ______ ,_ v VIRE' • SUN O LONDON , the 3 :1 - 6.irE 1 7 MARKET AND CITY NEWS. ' SHARE .MARKET-(THIS DA Y). BRITISH POSSESSIONS. nd- • .....______ Closing CITY, Two O'CLOCK. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Share Railways. 'Paid. Price. Business done uid The Bank of England return, completed to the , . - 100 Atlantic & St Lawrence all - - - ne, 11th December, is again of a satisfactory character. Share Railways. - Closing Business stk f Porn.,Baroda&.Centlnd Paid. Pric e done. t Gu. 5 per cent........ 100 98 09 3 ic - The chief feature, however, has been the large in- , __ 18 Do Do. B all -- d 15 crease in the Public Deposits, owing to the active 50 , elfast and Nor. Conn 11° all - ! - - 13.14 ,Bic., V01.,1 and S . tr. Val. - all"" 75 8 201 Buffalo and Lake Huron all 31 41 d 20 4 Do. New - - cry revenue collections, while the Reserve of Notes has 25 I Myth and Tyne - - 10 Bu D fr o aio pr ti e r f a e n re t n „t ce c4o . d . ri .. c . i . ) all 61 65 100 72 77 10 !Bost„Sleat,andllid.Co. all 6 64 sat 'Caledonian Itr i s tol and Exeter ice, also been largely augmented. The Bullion showss p. ct. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 , 100 101 ioli 11 01 111 100 Do. do. July 1,18;3 100 68 73 are a small addition, and the Public Securities have alsoloo Do. do. June], 187.] 100 67 ;2 10 Carmarthen & CarrPgan all - - If been slightly increased by the more active demand 50 C ork and Bandon all - - 5 Cleutta. &S. E astn. (Li ii ) all 44 5 20 Cape,l•lastn.l'rov. (Lim.) Cs. - - 20 rk Mock ,& Passarre all - - to for money now experienced. Subjoined arc the C D o o r . n A • wall ' ' all 5 6 20 Cape Town & Dock Scrip 16 11 1d: 10 , Do. B 20 Ceylon Guarantd. 6p. c. 75 - - the particulars and the variations they present :- 2 10 0 all - - all - •• 174 Demerara.. ....... ..... all - the Active Circulation .. .. .. £19,701,589 been paid to B. A till g 6p et c. s p n ti o n.h d a lv s • 20 Eastn. Bengal gu. sp. e all 191 201 d Decrease .. .. .. .. 308,876 50 !Dublin & Belfast June. all 41 43 stock East Indian, gu. sp. c. 100 994 1005 100 i and Bullion .. .. .. .. .. 15,267,686 25 Dun Perth,&Ab. June. all 11 111 ~ 100 18 19 20 Do. F Shares Ext..... all - - 20 Do. Jubbulpore all - - ests Increase 127,923 st East Anglian 100 51 62 515 100 Do. 41 pc. Debentrs. all 98 100 at Eastern Couuties )uld Rest .. .. .. .. .. 3,129,723 st lEastern Union, A stock 100 47 50 100 Do. sp. c. Deb., 1864.. all a 9 101 Increase .. .. • . • • 3,861 st Do Bdo do 100 32 34 100 Do. 1865-1870 all 991 1014 her, Public Deposits .. .. .. 5,920,166 25 1 DoNW A. late E U ads 131 - - stock Grand Trunk of Canada 100 18 19 lose Increase .. .. • • • • 713,832 st ,East Suffolk - - 100 Do. 6 per cent. Pref.. all 50 C,O 100 Do. 2d Pref. 6 per ct. all 40 50 Other Deposits.. .. .. .. 13,097,426100 Do. 6 per ct. Debentr. all ao 33 find at a E E d d i ii i i , b , u p r e g r h ti & i. si Gl D as u g n o d N e v e . 100 100 8829 3090 Decrease .. .. .. • • 175,766 10 Forth & Clyde Junction all - - 100 Do. 7 percent. 1862 .. all 34 38 ern- Seven Day and other Bills .. .. 742,012 st ' Furness - - 100 Do. do. 1867 _ all 28 32 Increase 3,815 st G laso-. and S. Western lOO 102 104 100 Do. do. 1872 - all 28 82 and stock GtlndiaPenin.gua.sp.e. 100 1-9 100 994 5 Government Securities .. .. 10,896,409 10 GreatNrtlin of Scotland all - - con- Increase .. • • • • • • 3,550 st Gre tt Northern lOO 1115 112 1121 20 Do. New gua. sp. c... 10 44 d st Do A stock 100 110 111 ‘ 1101 stock Gt. South.of India (Lim I and Other Securities .. .. .. 16,3 29 , 817 at IDoB do Increase 105,389 at Gt. i S. an ,W. of Ireland 100 102 104 20 Do. do. all fof Notes unemployed .. .. .. 9,378,825 at ;Great Western .. Ito Increase 451,100 at Do Str Val gua. stock 100 55 58 201 Do. New 12 i lrish South Eastern _ all - - 100 ;Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. all - - ban The half-yearly meeting of the Union Bank of st . Lancashire & Yorkshire, 100 106 1065' 1061 5 100 Do.i 51 p. c. do. '77 d 0... all - - St 'London and Blackwalll 100 54 66 100 Do.I 51 p. c. do. '7B d 0... all - - way London will take place on the 15th proximo, for at ;Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast 100 115 117 stock Madras: guar., 41 p. c... 100 88 90 40 the declaration of a dividend, &c. st Lon., Chat., and Dover' 100 44 46 stock ' Do. do. 5 per cent .... 100 98 99 at Lon. & North Western 100 92 625 5921 1 stock Do. 41 p. c. Extension 100 90 02 reen . A fair amount of business was transacted in the at Lon. & South Western' 100 93 94 93 20 ' Do. 5 d 0........ all -- d stock Melb.Corp. 6p. o. Bnds. 100 - - the Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday, and prices of 25 I L'derry & Coleraine _ all - 25 ILlderry & Enniskillen. all 911 20 Newßrunswick &Can& the American descriptions were l i d. per lb. higher. The at 1 Nlan. , Shef. , & Lincoln. 100 44 45 Ry.&L an d(Lim. )g•.6pc 5 7 50 'Maryport and Carlisle. all - - Class A Capital Share a ll des- sales were 10,000 bales. 121 I Do j shares all - - .. Do. do. Land d 0........ at Increased activity is reported in the discount 10 , Metropoli tan st Midland all 127 1275 1271 65 20 ,Do. do. B Capital do. .. .. Do.I do. Land do. ....... all 4 6 still market, a steady augmentation having taken place 6.4.0 Do New - - - daring the last few days in the supply of bills pre- at Do Birming•,. & Derby 100 97 99 stocklScinde ... ~ •• • 100 100 101 .* " - $:1-.' two 50 slid Gt. W. of Ireland all - - I 20 Do. Punjau • n .... re g 15 5d 1 d sented for negotiation, and very little business is 25 , Do. 1 shares - - 20 Do. Do. ........ t . ii 9 all - - d ,ins 25 Mid Kent - - stock Do. Indus. St. Flo. ? e rg. 100 95 100 in- now transacted under 21 per cent. to ,Do Cray Line - - 10 Trinidad (Lim.) Scrip.. 18 1 d The operations in gold at the Bank of England 100 'Newcastle and Carlisle all - - FOREIGN RAILWAYS. )are 10 Newry & Armagh, def. 9 - - yesterday were of an unimportant' character, 20 Newry, Warnpt, & Ros. all - - 20 Algerian 5 -- I log at Norfolk' 10 Antwerp & Rotterdam all 61 61 I the Later advices from Australia report the depar- at gold i N o rth British ible tore of the Kent with £422,000 in for Eng- st i Nor . Dev .R a il&Dk. s t oc k; 100 - - 20 Bah.&S.Fran..Lim.7 p.c. 15 Irl d st Do A stk ; A recs no d 5 Belgian East. Junction all 5 / sof land. The Wellesley with £307,000 is now over - till 6 pc. has been pdl3 l 100 - - 20 Beziers to Graissessac.. all - - st Do B stock lOO - - Carmeaux Mine & Rail 30 10 11 due. 10 0 10 Cop Dittoi apo ij . „ . c . tcws . i . (;n .. .... .... allall - rery st Nth. Eastern-Berwick 100 995 100 [all- The dollars by the last Mexican steamer have 25 Do, G.N.E. purchase'l6.l3.4 44 d st Do Leeds lOO 56 57 d 4 35 20 Dutch Rhenish ........ 16 4 pr 155 tber been sold at 591 d per oz., being a slight advance. at Do York at North London , for In the Market for American Securities the 10 Do new 5 - - 20 Do. coo. all - - y extensive dealings have not been of a ver charac- 19 16.4 North Staffordshire 10 N. and S. W. Junction all 101 101 20 Great Central of France all - the2o Grt. Luxem., Con. shs... all 81 85 and ter. Messrs. D. Bell, Son, and Co., in their weekly at Not. Gran. RI. & Canal 100 89 81 84 10 Peeb'es all - - 20 Italian Junction ...... all - - 20 Lierre & Turnhout .... all - - the report, state that, " During the past week the 20 Portsmouth - - 20 Lyons & Geneva ...... all - - 10 Rhymney - - 20 Namur & Liege ........ all 04 81 ting amount of actual business in American Secu ri t ies st Scottish Central ket, has not been lar g e, and the market has shown more at Scot. N. E., Aber. stock 100 18 40 st Do Sc it. Mid. stock lOO 97 99 16 Northern of France— all 881 395 16 Do. New Shares .... 15 - - eof firmness. State Stocks have not been freely offered to ,Shrews. and Welelipool all - - 10 !Norwegian Trunk Pref . . all 7 9 for sale, and prices generally have improved." at Shropshire Union pre- 10 Sittini*bourne & Sheer all - - 20 Paris & 0r1ean5........ all 50 62 for During the last few days the operations in the at 'South Devon lOO 36 38 1 Recife &S. Fran. (Pern.) 20 25 S. Durham & Lane. Un. all - - gua, 7p. ct. 1im...... 17 5 4(I Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets have been 100 75 751 751 5 arm st South Eastern - of a rather limited character, and prices in several st South Wales ;OM- at ,S. York. and River Dun 1 0 95 97 5 Royal Swedish ........ all - - instances have shown a downward tendency. Tea, 20 Staines,Wok.,andWok. all 55 6 vere4 Do. 7 per cent. Pref .... all - - 2525 Stocktonl Do & Darlington all 37 39 20 Sambre & Meuse ...... all 6. 7 e, of however, has brought previous rates. Sugar, coffee,. 13 71 84 p 10 Do. 51 per cent. Pref..... all 81 9 81 the and fruit have been at rather lower quotations, 25 Do New, 1860 st T a ff Vale U 100 - - 20 San Paulo, m, g. 7p. c. 4 I 20 S.Aust &Lomb Venetin 16 •i '' 4 ;am® While rice, spices, and saltpetre have continued in at D o Pre , . No. 1 • 100 - - 20 Southern of France.... all 251 265 25 I Th a rnesHavenDk&Rail 22 - - 20 S. East Portugal 7 p ct. 4 -- - ipon fair request at pr evious p rices. Tallow has been 50 •Ulster en- depressed, P.Y.C., on the spot, being quoted 50s. 25 Do 2O 2 1 3 1 10 Do. 51 p. c. Preference.. all 91 10 12.10 Do link 6d. to 515., and 51s. 6d. to 525. for spring delivery. at Vale of Neath - - - )ugh The transactions in the market for Public Seen.- 10 Victoria sta. and Pim all 124 13 st Waterford & Kilkenny 100 - - 20 Western of Switzerland all - 6 Wiesbaden ...... ...... all - kited ci ties to day have been a g ain conducted on rather a 50 !Waterford & Limerick. all - - 6 Do. 8 per cent Pref.... all - - 20 ' West Cornwall all 5 6 20 Zealand - - 1r at limited scale, and the variations have not been of 20 West London - - 4gh- much importance. Soon after the opening the ten- 10 Do Ist class 20 Do 2d class , all - - all - - BRITISH MINES. - , Alfred Consols (Philack) 3.2.10 5 i .y to dency appeared rather adverse, but more firmness at W. Hartlepool Har.&R.' 100 - - 20 I British Iron at West Midland Oxrord 100 44 46 - Clifford nil 30 34 ,aw- subse que ntl y p revailed ; Consols are now quoted at Do Newpor: l 100 43 45 - IDevon G. Cone. (Taoist )' 1 360 170 Lally 901 Z- for transfer, and 90! 1 for account. The st Do Hereford 100 89 91 - 'blast Bassett (Illogan) 3O 65 60 - Caradon `!.14.6 271 251 i In Speculators are evidently waiting for later intelli- LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. lil WI Russel (Tavistk.) 7.4.0 21 31 - Gam.&St.Aubyn(Gwcn.) 551 19 21 arch Bence from America, and business is partially sus- I paid. Leasing Closing Business Great South Tolgus.... 17s 31 41 s for pended in consequence. The New Threes are steady Railways. Co. s Price. Done. G.Wheal Alin. (Philack) - - - I G. Wheal Vor (Helston) 40 6 7 vide. at 89t, 90i- ; the Reduced at 891 90 ; India 5 per - 'Grenville 8.8.6 14 11 .. 8.12 37 39 and Cent. Stock, 10 93 103, being a further advance; '''.l -. . , Bedford and Bletchley all Ln.&N.W - .. Birkenhead lOO Do.&G.W S 4 86 - Illerod's-Foot - 111 ingston Downs 4.11.6 31 6 ly to ditto 5 per Cent. Enfaced Paper is 96i, and the 5-i Buckinghamshire.... 100 Do. t the per Cent., 101. Chester & Holyhead.. 100 Do Do. 51 per cent 100 Do. 122 124 - 'Margaret (tiny Lelant) 94. 40 42 - North Downs 2. 44 5 Foreign Securities have been dealt in to a fair Do. 5 „ 100 Do. - 'North Frances (Mogan), 111 24 81 asOll - N.Wlfl Basset (1110 ;an) 1.14.01 21 34 Clydesdale Junction 100 Caledon. 101 103 dian extent, and prices have been tolerably well sup- Colchester, Stour Val. all E.U.&E.O 63 65 E. Lincolnsh. „I t * :1 pre. 100 Gr. North. 133 136 - North Wheal Crotty ..' 9.18.0 ' 14 21 - ; Par Consols (St. Illazey) 15 7 B the ported. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 76 77 ; ditto E.Union,llarwichBhs all E,Counts. 4 41 20 Providence (UnyLelnt.) 10.6.7 40 42 most 1858, 67 68 ;Mexican have improved to 27i ;Dutch Do. Woodbridge.. 100 - ,Sortrid.ge Cons. Min. Co. 1 / 4 - South Caradon(StCleer) 11 335 P. 45 Gls.Barr.&Neils.Drc • t: 100 Cale • cion :: :: ;cold 4 per Cents. to 100; and Brazilian 5 per Cents. to Do. new - .. .. .. - S. Cain Brea (Illogan).. 5.9. G 4 41 1 S. Dev.lron &G en., Lim. all 5 5 , and 98 ; Peruvian 4-1- per Cents. are 961 ; Spanish De- Gloster &Dean Forest all Gt. Wes • t. .. .. Hull and selby all Yk.N. Mid 110 112 - S.Wheal Fran. (Illogan)'18.1.4. 85 95 day ferred 411, ; and the Certificates arc flat at 5 ; 1. Do. halves - Stray Park 127 19. 30 32 6 Tamar Silv.& Lead Min I 41 11 It Do. qua•_•ters 10 ,Tin Croft aent, In the Railw a y Share Market the dealings have Lancaster & Carlisle 100 Ln.&N.W 197 2021 9 74 81 - ,Vale of Towey (Caren.) 13s 6d 5 5 udon S. diffi- been of a very limited character, and the variations Lo Do. Pre & Greenwich 100 f erence o . 12 117 - West Basset (1110g,an)..1 11 I 14 15 W. Caradon (Liskeard) 5 th i s have been unimportant. Great Northern, Lanca- Lon.,Tilb.& Southend 100 I Peto & Co. 84 86 I 50 52 495 - ;west baton Lowestoft gua. 4 p c.. 100 'Norfolk .. .. .. aken , . shire and Yorkshire, North Eastern (York), and Do 6 per cent lOO Do. - 'Wheal Basset (Illogan)I 51 821 871 - I Wheal Buller (Redruth) 5 I 75 55 Ll in South Eastern have imwhile proved 55., North 3lnc.,Bxtn.,it Matlock all LNW& 31 31 31 Mid. Bradford Prefer- I - .Whedl Edward (Cals.) 71 !25 3 - Iwheal Kitty (U.Lelant) 1.7.21 41 55 .nted Western, South Western, and Midland have de- ence stock 1 - I Wheal 31aryAnn (Men.) 8 16 17 th an elined 55., and Great Northern A Stock 10s. Newmark t, BuryEx i gu.. 5 per cent... 5. 5. 6. LI Counts. ,par 1 p - !Wheal Treiawney (Lis.)' 7 , 16 17 , I wX A 7 1 , (1!t 1,11(4N MIN RS_ The Foreign and Colonial lines have experienced little change of importance. Great Western of Can.da declined 55., and Great Indian Peninsula improved ss. in of just paste , the bat ' the atte- Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are flat. Provincial of Ireland brought 871, and Oriental Inland Steam 61 7. The shares of the National Marine Assurance Company were nomi nally quoted I toe prem. ence stock Newmark t, BuryEx 1 5.5.6. E Counts. par 1 p pia. 5 per cent... Northn.&E t.tn. sp. c. all Do. Do. 6 per cent. .... all Do. Do. Fixed sp. c.... all Do. N. Eastn—ffartlepool 1( 0 N. E. Ber .. .. North Western L&N.W Preston and Wyre. t all ,t L y k. ] 43 45 Do. :y shares A all Do. ••• • .. .. .. Roystn.llitch.& Shep lOO Gt. North. 133 136 Shrewsby & Ilereford 100 T Brassey 118 122 Do. Do. .. South Staffordshire Wilts and Somerset lOO (It. West! 92 94 1 Wimbledn & Croydon, all L..kllrgtn Q 9i FOREIIiN Australian ElonAccord Copper,L im. Brazil St.J.del Rey,Lin. Do. Lan d and Mining Co. Clarendon Cons. Mimeo (Cobra Copper Copiapo DunMoun.Cop.Ming.Co Fortuna. General (.t N. Cop. of S. Austr Kapunda (Limited) Linares Lust tanian BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 894 90 891 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities New 3 per Cent. Annuities India Stock Ditto 5 per Cent. Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent — Ditto 5 per Cent Ditto 51 per Cent . lOl4 Ditto Debentures, 4 per Cent., Oct., 1863 981 Ditto ditto April, 1864 982 Ditt , Bonds £l,000 Consols for Account, Jan. 9 . 901 i 1 India Stock for Account, 5 per Cent .... 1024 1 ___ March. 1 June. PREFERENCE SHARES. Share ts is Closing Business Paid ' Prices. Done. litan pper fact, Loyal work Dvill B b iis 19 )0 so e Sti' AT• Coll' sed 3 ante' ig is shall rhat y Of Ikea ?s of --- Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO 2d Ditto £500 Ditto Small FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian 5 per Cent Ditto 41 oer Cent, 1860 Mexican, 3 per Cent Ditto Account Peruvian 41 per Cent — Ditto Account Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853.. — Ditto 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, and'6o., 45 Russian 5 per Cent. 1822, £ St .. Ditto 3 per Cent. 1359 .. 591 Spanish 3 per Cent ... — Ditto New Deferred Ditto Acco,nt Spanish Cert. of Coup. not funded Turkish 6 per Cent. — Ditto New Loan — Ditto Account Ditto £lOO Bonds Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 21 per Cent., Exchange 12 Guil. /Ditto Certificates, 4 per Cent... TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, Money Ditto Account st 2s 6d t t is Id 48 50 2 dis. 36 S 7 6 8 lf 21 23 24 aP 7 8 pr a id 1 Mariquira 1 N.RhineCopofS.Aus.L , 20 Pontgibaud Silver,Leadi Mining and Smelt... S Port Philip 1 Scottish Austrin. (L.) dilla United Mexican 1 Worthing (Limited) Do. all 1 10s. ail all 2 4 11 1 8 id I 71 I i 49 $1 3Si 6 11 if 71 i COLONIAL GOVERNMEN T SECURITIES. Cau.Gov. 6 p.c.Ja. &J lily 1 1877-9 .l 100 Do 6p. cent.lBBo-2I 100 Do. 6p. cent.lBB3-4; 100 Do. 6 p. c. Feb. & Auz.l 100 Do. 6p. Sept. 100 Do. 5 per cent I 100 Cape G. Rope, 6p c,lBBO, 100 Do. 1890 100 N.B.Gov. 6 p.c. a.&July, 100 Do. 6p. c. Ap. & Oct.! 100 N. S.W. Gov. 5 p. c.,1866& 100 Do. 5 p. c.,1871 to 1876 100 Do. 1888 & upwdel 100 Nova t cotia Gov. 6 p. c I ster ng, 1875 I 1 100 S. Aus,G6p.c.lB73.&up , 100 Vlc.Gov. 6 p.c..l . a.&Julyi 100 Do. do. 6 p.c. Ap.6zOct 1 100 105 105 106 :103 96 51 SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, DECE MBER 13, 1861. LA TV INTELLIGENCE—(This Day.) COURT OF CHANCERY. (Before Vice-Chancellor Sir William Page Wood.) JUDGMENT,—GREAT NORTHERN RATLWAY COMPANY V. MANCHESTER, SHEFFIELD, AND LANCASHIRE RAILWAY clt COMPANY. His Honour said this was an application by the plaintiffs for the purpose of obtaining a declaration to the effect that the late agreement entered into by the defendants was in violation of an agreement previously entered into by the defendants with the plaintiffs. The whole case turns on the construction of this agreement. On considering the terms of the agreement, and in particular the 9th and 14th sec tions of the agreement, he was of opinion that there was no breach of the original agreements by the defendants. He refused the plaintiffs' motion to restrain the defendants from giving facilities to goods and passengers on their line, with costs of the injunction. JUDGMENT..-FOTHEROIL V. ROITNDELL. This case came before the court on a motion for decree. His Honour, on considering the provisions in the will and codicil of the testator, made a declaration that the plaintiff, on the decease of her husband, acquiesced in taking the benefit of the provisions in the deed in question, and dismissed the bill with costs ; and also declared that any balance of any provisions due to the defendant (Roundell) and others, be distributed according to the claim of all parties interested therein, costs to be paid out of the funds ; and remit to the chief clerk to certify accordingly, with liberty to all parties interested to apply at Chambers. COURT OF DIVORCE. (Before the Judge Ordinary.) HODSON V. HODSON, AND CALLAHAN. This was a petition for dissolution of marriage, presented by the husband against the wife on the ground of adultery with the co-respondent Callahan, who at the time was en gaged at Sadler's Wells Theatre, under the name of Harris. The respondent pleaded condonation and connivance. Dr. Tristram appeared for the petitioner, and Mr. Salter for the respondent. The marriage having been proved in the year 1847, Mrs. Mary Hodson, the mother of the petitioner, said— After the marriage my son and his wife resided with me at Salisbury-lane, Bermondsey. They had both done so for some time before the wedding. There were issue of the marriage three children, one of which was now living. I know Mr. Callahan. The acquaintance commenced in 1855. He called to thank my son for assisting his mother and father out of their house when it was on fire. After that he frequently came to our house. I recollect Mrs. Hodson having the house. It took place on the 2d October, 1355. I was present at a conversation which took place between her and my son before she quitted it. On the day Mrs. Hodson left her husband she called him up stairs, and I heard her say, "I've no money, Fred." He said, " You have no right to be without ; there are two severeigns for you." She then said, " Are you deter • mined that man (Callahan) shall not visit the house ;" to which he replied, "I am; he shall not come here any more." She said, "Then I will not live with you; I like him better than you. I shall go and take apartments, and work at my business of dressmaking." I left the house after the conversation, and returned in about an hour or so, when I found my son in great distress. Mrs. Hodson, who had been out, returned about four o'clock, and went to her room, and began packing up her things. Shee told her husband that she had taken lodgings in Long lane, Bermondsey, and that she would write to him. He said, " for Gud's sake, don't leave your home and children." She said, "I must, I will, for I have gono too far; it is an infatuation, but I can't help it." After she got her things altogether, she said to my son, "Will you send for a cab ?" He said " No," and she then threw open the bedroom win dow and called to some one, I don't know who, to fetch one. It came, and she went away. She has never been in my house since that day, but my son lives with me up to the present time. I have seen Mrs. Hodson often since in a chandler's shop in Brill-row, which had the name of Harris over the door. This was in the year 1856. I know a Mr. Bennett. He was with me yesterday when I saw Mrs. Hodson and Callahan together in Westminster Hall. My son and his wife, while they lived with me, were on the most affectionate terms. Cross-examination continued-111y son used to go to a publichouse in Bermondsey, the Star and Garter, kept by an unmarried woman, but I can't say he visits the house frequently. I never heard him say he had served in the bar. Dr. Tristram objected to the line of cross-examination. The judge thought the evidence was strictly regular, as it appeared the object of counsel was to show that Hodson wished now to marry the person who keeps the public house, and that was the reason for now going on with the suit. Cross-examination cont:nued—l never noticed any im propriety between Mrs. Hodson and Mr. Callahan. I knew Callahan was an actor at Sadler's Wells Theatre. He never, that I am aware of, was in the habit of calling on Mrs. Hodson when my son was from home. He used to call at our house when he went to rehearsal, and also when he retained. My son used to meet him sometimes of an evening, and then they would have a cigar and glass together. That is what I call visiting our house frequently. I am certain my son never sent a boy for the cab in which Mrs. Hodson left her home. I have never heard from my son that he has taken supper with Mrs. Hodson and Cal lahan in Goswell-street, Islington. I have never seen my son lounging on the sofa with the neice of Mrs. Hodson. Re-examined—There is no truth in the insinuation that my son intends to marry the person who keeps the public house. Mr. Edward Hodson, a brother of the petitioner, said— In October, 1855, I recollect going with my brother to Sadler's Wells Theatre. After the performance was over I saw Mr. Callahan and my brother's wife come out to gether, walking arm in arm. I followed them to 74, Dos well-road, Islington. My brother was with me. We knocked at the door, and. Mr. or Mrs. Bennett opened it. We had blackened our faces to disguise us. We asked if they had a lady and gentleman lodging there, upon which the party said " Yes, a Mr. and Mrs. Harris, of Sadler's Wells Theatre." I said "No, it is not so, it is my brother's wife, and her name is Hodson." My brother asked his wife to come home again, but she refused. Mr. ;Callahan acted at Sadler's Wells under the name of T. C. Harris. Mr. Bennett, who formerly kept the house in Goswell street, said Callahan and Mrs. Hodson took a bedroom in the name of Mr. and Mrs. Harris, and lived there for some time as man and wife. He saw the two parties whom he called Mr. and Mrs, Harris, yesterday in Westrainster Mr. Salter addressed the jury for the respondent, contend ing that petitioner had condoned the adultery, and called a young man to prove that the cab in which Mrs. Hodson left her home in was brought by direction of Mr. Hodson, but the evidence altogether failed. _ _ The Judge Ordinary having summed up the evidence, The jury said they were of opinion that Mrs. Hodson had committed adultery with Callahan, and that Hodson had neither condoned nor connived at the offence. The Judge Ordinary decreed a rule nisi, with costs against the co-respondent. THIS DAY'S MARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE. Fresh up to this morning's market the arrivals of Eng lish wheat were to a very moderate extent. Both red and white qualities, however, met a slow sale ; nevertheless, prices ruled tolerably firm. The supply of foreign wheat was large. The business done was confined to actual wants, at about Monday's cur rency. Floating cargoes of grain were in limited request, yet no quotable change took place in their value. Good and fine malting barley sold steadily at full prices, but inferior kinds were a dull inquiry. Grinding and dis tilling sorts moved off steadily. In malt a limited business was transacted on former terms. Oats were firm, and for good sweet corn rather higher prices were realised. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—(77dB Day). Beans and peas met a slow sale, but the quotations were fairly maintained. The flour trade was dull. American barrels were offered freely at late rates. ARRIVALS THIS WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour. Eng1i5h........: 2,110 ( 1,520 I 2,830 1 130 1 2,890 sacks, Irish — 110 1,120 F0raig,u........ 47,170 5,630 I— 7,290 , 620 sks. 27,110 brie. 93 95 2(4 214 6 6i 101 103 112 117 110 116 104 110 106 108 123 125 81 83 111 113 89 91 80 82 115 116 'llO 112 102 101 106 108 97 99 98 100 88 90 88 00 102 10 9i 10 17 18 10i 11 75 77 20 20i 10 10 15 15 136 133 101 103 112 115 112 115 136 131 112 115 152 155 127 130 73 75 90 92 Lll 113 131 14 [24 12,1 inrn 65 70 iPm 137 139 102 104 92 94 169 111 107 109 1 liprni 66 161 93 100 die par 22 23 132 135 10 10. 231 24 99 101 99 101 98 100 85 83 27i 28! 32 33 32 33 42 45 123 125 121 123 100 102 118 122 115 120 1101 107 103 106 103 106 94 96 it 6 108 106 108 103 105 98 100 97 99 96 98 1103 10 5 1 102 10$ DOCKS. stock Commercial 1 100 stock Do. 4 per Cent.Pret.lllin ; 100 stock East and West India 1 100 123 125 stock ,Londo- ~....' 100 58 a stock ISt. Katharine : 100 59 62 stock Southampton ' 100 stock , Victoria .. ........ lOO 97 99 Commercial Do. 4 per Cent.Pret.lllin East and West India Londor ,••••• ISt. Katharine Southampton Victoria ........ iDtP New 100 100 100 100 100 100 , 1 2 97 99 ld pr JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 100 Agra&UnitedService Bk 50 40 'A us t ra l as i a all 25 Bank of Egypt all 20 21 100 Baak of London 20 Bank of Turkey 3 3 pr 50 British North American all 20 Chtd.Bank of India, &c. all lot 204 25 Cli.Mer. of In. Lon.& Ch. all 11 53 100 City 100 Colonial ....... ..... 25 20•11 ,Corn. Bank of Canada.. all 100 Commercial of London. 20 20 Eng., Scot., & Aus. Ch.. all 17 18 20 Gen. Bk .of Switzerland all 20 Lon. Char.Bkof Austral all 24 25 20 Do. new lO 3 4 50 London and County 50 London Joint Stock 20 'London and S. African lO 14 id 100 London 8i Westminster 20 i 69 70 100 ,'vat. Prov. of England 42 -- 20 'Do. new l2 50 National Ihnk ........ 25 20 I Ne w South Wa1e5...... all 25 Orient. B. Corporation. all 1 49 50 20 ; Ottoman Bank .. .. . all 17 18 100 Provincial of Ireland.. 25 871 10 Do. new 25 1 South Australia all 25 , Union of Australia ....! all 37 39 50 UnL of London. 100 ;Unity Mutual 6O MISCELLA - StotlS. 10 Angto-Mexican Mint..` all 134 144 10 !Atlantic 8.1111. Stm (Id) i all 1 2 1000 Atlantic Tel. (Limited) all 25 Australian Agricultural 19 26 28 10 Berlin Water (Limited) all 5 54 50 British American Land 40 50 B.&l.Mag. Tel. A. (Lim.) all 29 32 20 Do. 8,7p.c.ti111852 (Lim.) all lB 20 20 Do. C. (Limited) an 9 11 324 Canada Land all 97 102 10 Chan.lslands Tel. (Lim all st. Cop. 51in.ofEng&Smlig all ---- -- 25 Do. Prel. 74 per cent. all 15 17 at. Crystal Palace st. Do. Preference at. Do. 6 p et. Perpet. Deb lOO 105 107 20 E.lndia Irrign. & Canal 1 id }pm at. Electric Telegraph 25 Do. New l5 5 English & Aug. Copper, all 21 3 15 Gen. Steam Navigati nt 1 Great Ship I,imited) all 1 Do: 174 pct Preference all 4 I 5 Lon. District Tel. (Lim.) 44 4 L.G. Omnibus Co. (Lim.) all 14 14 20 Madras Irr. and Canal 1 I 13 24 3 10 Med. Eaten. Tel. (Lim ) all 34 44 25 National Dis. Co. (Lim ) 5 3 ff d 20 Nerhu.Coal&lron (Lim ) 5 13 id 10 Netherlands Land all 5 Do.B dis all 5 100 N.Br.&NovaScotiaiand 81 10 15 1 N.B.Australasian (Lim.) all 1 Oriental Gas (Limited). 'all 14 14 New Shares (Lim.). all 1; 14 st. Pee l ß.Lnd.& Min.(Lim) 100 47 50 101 p Or o intl. In. Steam (Lim.) 10 64 7 7i61 50 I'en. & Oriental Steam all 69 71 50 Do. New 3O 11 13 20 Red Sea&ln.Tel.g.44p.c. all 175 184 50 Rhymney Iron all 17 19 is Do. New all r 5 6 100 Royal Mail Steam 6O 46 48 st. Scot. Austin. Inv.(Lim ) 100 125 135 25 South Australian Land all 32 34 1 Submarine Tel. Scrip all 110 p 10 Do. do do. Registered 4 6 Aus t r l a sia (lim)lst is. 1 id p U. 20 Tr.& Ln.Co. of Upr.Can.l 5 4/5 sK'domTeL Co. (km.) 1 Id tor T o. rust an d Agency or 100 All DA£11394 ) 4 /4 Ind " 285 85 5 85 MARLBOROUGH-STREET. ROBBERY IN HYDE-PARK.—George Taylor, a young man, described as a grocer's assistant, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with stealing a watch of the value of £5 in, Hyde-park. Mr. Thomas Crittle, of the Three Tuns, Sydenhana, said ho met the prisoner at the Cattle Show, he being an entire stranger to him. They left togeher and walked on till they got into the park, where prisoner seized his watch, and on asking for it he knocked him down, and they had a scuttle for it. He ran after the prisoner, calling " Stop thief," and 'on a constable coming up prisoner handed him the watch without saying anything. Prisoner—You spoke to me first. Prosecutor—l was going across the park to get to Lon don-bridge, and went under a tree. Floyd, 153 A, said he heard the cry of "stop thief" from near the Magazine Barracks. Prosecutor said prisoner had stolen his watch, but had given it him back. Prisoner said it was only a lark, but prosecutor had marks of blood on the mouth. Prosecutor said prisoner had offered to show him the way across the park to London Bridge. Prisoner set up a defence that prosecutor had acted im properly. Floyd said the watch was broken off in the usual way. Prisoner said,—Prosecutor said he wanted to meet a friend at Albert-gate, but prosecutor denied having said anything of the kind. • _ Inspector Bowles said the prisoner had refused his ad dress, and he therefore wished for a remand. Prisoner said why he refused his address was because of the respectability of his friends. Mr. Tyrwhitt remanded the prisoner. THAMES. PAINFUL CASE,—ROBBING AN EMPLOYER.—TWO York shire lads, named 'William Lowth and Richard Tarbottom, were brought up on remand before Mr. Selfe, charged with stealing eight £5 notes. Mr. Lewis, jun., (Lewis and Lewis), Ely-place, appeared in this case, and said the prosecutor, Mr. Charles Mason, a merchant in Hull, had no wish to proceed, or that the lads should be subjected to any further punishment. The parents and connexions of the youth Lowth were of the highest respectability, the anguish of his mother, expressed in a letter he held in his hand, was indescribable, and the dis. grace and degradation of her son would, he feared, be attended with fatal results if he was kept in custody. Lowth was clerk to Mr. Mason, and in the absence of that gentleman at Torquay the robbery was committed. The belief was that the elder youth, Tarbottom had induced the other, Lowth, to break open his master's desk, and steal the notes. They both came to London with the money, spent £3 of it in photographic portraits, commenced a wasteful expenditure, and were taken the day after their arrival in London by Dunaway a detective officer, and £3O recovered. Mr. Mason said ho believed one of the prisoners, Lowth, was in liquor at the time the robbery was committed, and he had no wish t• press the charge. Mr. Selfe said a public wrong had been done, and he ought not to give way to importunities of this description. The police had been put in motion, the offenders appre hended, and the magistracy and the police ought not to be mere agents for the recovery of stolen money. He was'ap pointed to hear and decide cases of felony put before him, and it Wits only a question whether he ought to convict summarily on a plea of guilty, or commit for trial at the Central Criminal Court. It was impossible for him to listen to such applications as these without violating his duty. Mr. Lewis said that the act of the prisoners was more a boyish freak than anything else, and that they were very repentent. Mr. Selfe thought it was something more than a boyish freak to break open a merchant's desk in a merchant's office, and steal £lO. Mr. Lewis—lf you are determined to send the prisoners for trial, you must take the depositions here, and send them down to Yorkshire. Mr, Selfe was of opinion the prisoners could be tried in London. Mr. Lewis—The boy Lowth is only 16, and the other 17 years of age. Mr. Selfe—They indulged in mutual recrimination last Saturday when they were here. You will take the deposi- tions, Mr. Bowdier. Mr. Lewis asked the magistrate to treat the case under the police act for unlawful possession of the notes. _ .. Mr. Elelfe reluctantly acceded to the request, and said he took a great deal upon himself by disposing of this case summarily, for it was a very serious oae, and he could not help noticing that Lowth had abused the confi dence reposed in him by robbing his employer. The pri soners if sent before a jury would probably have been sentenced to penal servitude. He convicted them of the unlawful possession of six £5 notes, and sentenced Lowth to six weeks and T arbottom to five weeks' imprisonment and hard 'about in the House of Correction. Sir Robert and Lady Pigot returned yesterday to their residence, Branches Park, Newmarket, from Inver ness-shire, where Sir Robert had excellent sport. PRUSSIA.—It is now almost certain that the Prussian frigate Amazon has been lost, with all on board, off the Dutch coast. The Prussian Government has pur chased in England the Eurydice, of 26 guns. An Admi ralty Council was to be held at Berlin on the 13th inst., to discuss various projects respe ting the preposed new naval stations. The captains of all the vessels at Dantsic have been requested to attend. It is stated that the Govern ment will negotiate a loan of 10,000,000 dols. for the fleet. The mercantile letters from New York yesterday contain nothing to throw additional light on the political situation, but with regard to financial matters they show that it is the opinion of the leading New York houses that if the war bo protracted for three months longer without the subjugation of the South being accomplished, a general suspension of specie payments must inevitably take place. The Trust and Agency Company of Australasia have notified that the 12,500 new shares of this company announced for issue at the late half-yearly general meeting have been fully applied for, and that the list will close on Monday. They also state that the arrangements for opening a branch in New Zealand having been completed, operations in that colony will be commenced forthwith. THE AMERICAN DIFFICULTY.—In the rooms of the Liverpool Underwriters' Association yesterday the fol lowing notice was posted :—" It has been suggested that shipowners should instruct the captains of their outward bound ships to communicate by signal or otherwise with any English vessel they may meet that war with America is probable. This suggestion, we understand, meets with the strong approval of the underwriters. By Marryat's the signals will be—No. 6,417, without distinguishing pendant, A prospect of war ;' No. 9,735, with telegraph flag at some other masthead, with;' No. 6,559, with rendezvous flag over the number, ' United States.' " The militia of Canada, as at present organised, is under the command-in-chief of the Governor-General, and has a staff of adjutant-general for each province, with two provincial aides-de-camp and a quartermaster-general. It consists of two divisions, known as the " Active" and the " Sedentary." There are 16 batteries of artillery, 16 troops of cavalry designated as class A, 12 troops of class B, 62 companies of rifles, and several corps of light infantry. In Lower Canada there are 42 battalions, and in Upper Canada 47 battalions of " Sedentary" militia. The Canadian rifles are regularly enrolled troops, and act with the other Queen's regiments stationed at Toronto, Montreal, and Quebec. The militia has shown that it can be relied upon in times of emergency. In addition to these there is a con siderable force of Volunteers in both provinces, and, with the aid of the reinforcements which have already arrived, and those which are on their way or under orders, we have no fear for Canada.—Canadian Netos, Dec. 12. WAR RISKS ON BRUISE( SHIPS.—An influential meeting of shipowners was held yesterday at the Jamaica Coffee-house, Cornhill, for the purpose of forming an association with a view of insuring British ships against war risks. Mr. William Phillips took the chair, and among those present were Mr. G. Marshall, Mr. C. Wigram, Mr. Tindall, Mr. Anderson, Mr. F. Somes, Captain Hunter, and many others. Mr. Baglehole, the secretary, explained the object of the association, which was to be called "the British Shipowners' Mutual War Risk Assurance Association," and to afford the shipowners of the British empire the means of protecting themselves against the risk of war in respect of their vessels on the principle of mutual assurance, It was well known that already, in anticipation of hostilities between this country and the United States of America, the marine insurance companies and underwriters at Lloyd's were asking and obtaining high premiums for insurance of British ships against war risk, which no doubt would be largely increased on the announcement of an actual decla ration of war. In the uncertainty that at present existed as to the nature and extent of the risk there could be little doubt that the underwriters in fixing these premiums made their calculations so as to leave a considerable margin in their own favour. The plan of mutual assurance proposed by this association would sav e the shipowner any unneces sary outlay under this head, and secure to him a prfect indemnity at the lowest possible cost. It was proposed to admit vessels sailing under the British flag and bona fide owned, the value of each vessel to be declared at time of entry. Vessels sailing at any time during the year in waters adjacent to the eastern or western coast of the United States, that is to say within 50 deg. north latitude on the north, the Equator on the south, 60 deg. west longi tude on the east, and 130 deg. west longitude on the west should be chargeable with an extra premium of 1 per cent. In order to provide a fund for the payment of claims, each vessel should pay on entrance a premium of ss. per cent. and that the committee should thereafter have power to levy from the members from time to time such additional sums by way of percentage on the amounts severally entered by them as should be found necessary. All claims would be abjusted according to the usuage of Lloyd's, and, when passed, paid within the month. The chairman then sub mitted a formal resolution approving the formation of the association, which was unanimously adopted. A shipowner suggested that operations should be commenced as early as possible. The Americans were very quick people. An influential committee was then appointed, and the meeting was adjourned for a week to admit of the rules being sub mitted and approved, BANK OF ENGLAND. An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria cap. 32, for the week ending on Wednesday, the 11th day of Dec., 1861: ISSUE DEPARTMENT. Notes issued ......£29,080,41 0 Government Debt £11,015,100 Other Securities .. 3.634,900 Gold Coin &5 Bullion 14,430,410 Silver Bullion .... £29,050,410 £29,080,4101 BARRING DEPARTMENT. Proprietors' Capi- Government Secu tal £1.1.553,000 rities (including Rest Public Deposits (in- nuity) X10,890,400 - -P , eluding Exche quer, Savings' Banks, Commis ntissioners of Na tional Debt, and Dividend Ac- Other Securities 16,320,.17 Notes Gold and Silver Coin 837,276 counts) 5,020.165 Other Deposits 13,097,426 Seven Day and other Bills 712,012 £37,442,327 M. Dated December 12, 1861. £37,442,327 .RSHALL, Chief Cashier. GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY OF CANADA.—The fol lowing announces a legal judgment in Canada with refer ence to the position and claims of the first preference bond holders of the Grand Trunk Railway :—" 6, Old-jewry, June 12, 1862.—Sir,—We shall be glad if you will state, for the information of the first preference bondholders, that Judgment has been given in the suit in Lower Canada by a first preference bondholder against the Grand Trunk Rail way Company. The judge refused to appoint a receiver, there being no precedent for such a proceeding under the old French law which prevails in Lower Canada; but he expressly upheld the right of the preference bondholders to a first lien on the railway and property of the company, in cluding the rolling stock, in accordance with the opinion of Sir Hugh Cairns and the other English counsel who origi nally advised on the case. Referring to this part of the Case, the judge says in his judgment, Circumstances may Icipair or diminish the security of the first preference bond holders, but nothing less than future legislative enactment, or their own acts, can defeat their priority of claim over the first lein' of the province.'—Your obedient servants, ASRURST, SON, & MORRIS." 'rho greater part of the dollars brought by the liexican packet has been sold at 591 d. per ounce. This establishes a decline of Id. from the price obtained for the arrival of the beginning of last month, but in the interval there have been large transactions at 59d., and some small amounts have realized a still higher rate. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. The supplies of meat are seasonably extensive. The trade, however, may be considered steady, and prices are fairly supported. Per 81b. by the carcase. sdad sdsd Inferior beef 2 8 3 2 Middlingmutton 310 4 2 Middling do. 34 3 8 Prime do .. 4 4 4 6 Prime large do. 3 10 4 0 Veal 3 10 4 8 Do. small do. 4 0 4 2 Small pork Large pork .... 3 10 4 4 Lamb Inferior mutton. 3 4 3 8 BOROUGH HOP. The demand for all kinds of hops continues inactive; nevertheless, prices are steadily supported. Foreign hops have come to hand freely this week. New Mid and East Kents.. 180 s to 220 s per cwt. New 'Weald of Keats .. 147 s 185 s ~ New Sussex Belgian Bavarian COLONIAL. TEA.—Thero has been a very limited business transacted owing to the approach of the public sales, which commence to-day. Prices, however, are generally steady.. SUGAR.—The market has been dull and prices have in several instances, shown increased depression. Refined descriptions however have shown no material variation. COFFEE.—OnIy limited dealings have been recorded in colonial descriptions at slightly reduced prices. Other qualities have remained at steady rates. RICE.—For the better descriptions of East India there has been a fair demand, and prices have been fairly sup ported. SALTPETRE.—The operations have continued moderately active, and full prices are current for good and finer quali ties. TALLOW.—The market has continued dull, and prices have shown a further slight depression. P.Y.C. on the spot being quoted 60s 6d to 51s, ond spring delivery Ole 6d to 52e per cwt, Railways. Blythe r.nd Tyne 10 p.e.l pref. issued at £5 Bris. Exet. 4p.c. st Do. slim es Caledon. £lO, 4a p. cent Do. guar. shares, No. 2 Cork & Bandon, 5i p. c. Cornwall. 5 percent IDun Perth, & Aber.Jun Do. Ist Class Pref E. Angn. Class A- 5 p• c Do. Class B 6 per cent Do. Class C 7 per cent E. Coun. Ex. 5 p.c. No. 1 Do No. 2 Do. new 6p. C. st Eastern Union, 4 p. e Do. 5 p. c. guar Edin.&Glas.s p.c. shares Do. 4 p. c. guar. S. & Edin. Perth,& Dan. 4 p.c. IFurness, 5 per cent S.West. go.. 5 p.c Great Northern, 5 p. c 'Do.S p.e.Redm.lop.e.pm Do. 4} p. c. do Do,sp.c.Redrc.atsp.e.pm Gt. Nh. of :-cot. Ist pref. Gt. Sn. & W. (Ireland) 4 per cent Great West. (Eerks and Ilants Ext) 6 per cent Do. redeem. la p. et Do. redeem. 4 p. cf. Do. irredeem. 4 p. et Do. 5 p. c. redeem. pref. Do. Bum. pref. shares Do. Chester 8 p.c. pf. shs Do. Chester 5 p.c. pf. shs Do. firm. guar. stock Do. Chester guar. shares ;Do. do do Lan. & Carl. 4a p.c. pref Lan. & York. 6 p.c. stock I Do. Barnsl.st£l 2s 10d pe !Do. 6 p. c. (East Lan.) Do. 41 p. c. (Blackb. pur. Lon.xßrig.s au. No. I Do. 5 per cent. do. No 2 Do. 6 per cent. do Do. 5 per cent. do. No. 4 Do. 4a per cent. do Do. p. c. pref. shares Do. 7 per cent pref. stk Do. 6 p.c. do(W.E.&C.P.) D 0.4 p c.st (div.def.lil'6s Do. 4 per cent. pref Lon.Chat&Dov. sp.c.pf. Do. West. Ex., B, 6 p. c. Do. Metrop. Ex. 13, 6 p.c. Lon. & S. W., Coy. & Nuneaton, 5 per cent. Lon. & S.West. 7 p. cent. st., late 3d shares Do. 41 per cent Do. (Prtsm. perpl. anus of 2s 6d Londondy. & Cole. she Londony. & Ennis. shs Man. Sh. & Lin. 6 per ct. Do. £6 Do. 31 per cent, . .. Do. redeem. 6 percent 31aryport & Carl. 4 pr. c Do. 45 per cent. Midland Con. 6 p. c. stk. Do.Con.Bris.& Bin 6 p.c. Do. 4i p. C. pref. stock Do. 4,1 per cent. . ..... Do.Leic. and Hit.4per ct. Niollk. sp. c. Ex. st. 1846 Do. 54 p. c. Pref. st. 1847 D 0.5 Viray.ValEx.st.lBl7 Nort British. 5 per cent. Do. New 1r ua. per cent Do . Bor. Un. g. prf. shs. Do. do. do. Nth.Dvn.Pail.&Dek.Co. N-East. Cons. pref. 4 p.c. Do. 44pr. et. redeemable Do. G. N. E. 4 p. ct. pref. Do. Berwick 4 p. c. pref. Do. Leeds 6 p. c. No. 1 Do. do. Quarters, 1848.. 'Do. York, FT. & S. Purch. North Staffordshire— . lthymney Guaranteed.. Sottish Central. new pf Scottish North-En stern 3. p. c. pref. stock.... Do. A berdeen,gu a.6p Do. 7 p. c. pref. stock South Devon, Ann, 10s. Do. Fixed 4k per cent South Eastern (Reading Ann.. 1.0.6) Do. 4t per cent Do, Fixed 44 per cent South Wales, gua. 4 p. c. 1)o. 44 per cent Do. do. 1859 Do. 5 per cent S. Yorkshire, 4 p. c. gua Do. 5 p. c. gua. Stock. & Dar. A 5 p. c Do. B6p . c Do. C6p. c Watrfd & Kilkny, 6 p. c. W. 111id.-Oxf Ist guastk Do. 2d do Do. Newport 5 p.c. pf.red., Do. Perpet.fi p. C. pf. 1866' 100 Do. tiillBo9l 100 100 100 100 100 8.13.4 ROYAL NAVAL RESERVE. The following addresses have been unanimously adopted by the members of the Naval Reserve at the several ports of Aberdeen, Alloa, and South ampton : " To Captain W. MOULD, "Drill Station, Aberdeen, Dec. 6. "Sir, —Having been informed through the public papers that the British flag has been wantonly violated on the high seas by the San Jacinto, an American ship of war, and that four of the passen gers of the Royal Mail steamer Trent were forcibly removed and made prisoners while claiming its protection, we, as British seamen connected with the Royal Naval Reserve, who love their Queen and country, feel the insult as a personal one, and are ready to a man to avenge it. " We respectfully request you to report our de termination in the proper quarter. " Signed on behalf of the Royal Naval Volunteers presently undergoing their drill at Aberdeen. "JAMES CLARK, R.N., Volunteer." "To J. J. ANSELL, ESQ., SHIPPING MASTER. " Alloa, Dec. 10. " We, the undersigned seamen of this port, be longing to the Royal Naval Reserve, feeling deeply indignant at the late flagrant insult perpetrated on the British flag, beg to express through you our intention to be prepared to assist in avenging such insult whenever called upon; and in our name and those of our comrades of the Reserve still afloat, we request you will convey to the proper quarter the strong expression of our wishes." (Signed on behalf of the Members of the Naval Reserve.) The following patriotic address has been generally signed by the Royal Naval Reserve at Southamp ton, and forwarded to Capt. Willcox, her Majesty's ship Dauntless : " Sir,—We, the members of the Royal Naval Reserve now in the port of Southampton, desire through you to express our - readiness at any moment to join any of her Majesty's ships of war, in order to chastise the American or any other nation that shall dare to insult our old English flag, as has been done on board the Trent, and to defend the honour of our dear Queen and country." (Signed by all the Reserve men in port, on behalf of themselves and brother sailors.) CHINESE POLITICS. We (Times) have been favoured with the follow ing communication from a correspondent very well versed in the subject he discusses : " The last mail may have taken home, but I am not sure, the news that the Emperor had named his only son Tsaishun heir apparent to the throne, and had given him a council of seven or eight nobles and ministers to assist him in the administration, the child being at this moment but some five or six years of age. The inclusion of three of those who were known to be his prime favourites, and reputed his worst advisers in what seemed a council of re gency, created no little alarm among our Chinese gossips, who are wont to attribute to one of these men, named Sushun, all the immorality with which the Emperor's private life has been charged, and much of the maladministration for which his reign has been unhappily remarkable. For foreign affairs it did not look well either that the Prince of Kung, the Em peror's nearest brother, the chief of the new Foreign office, and since the Emperor's flight last autumn his representative in Pekin, should have been left out of this powerful committee; and the circum stance was evidently regarded as ominous even by natives interested more about the domestic condi tion of China than her external relations. The last news from Pekin, however, was more favourable. It would seem that the actual Regent, the voice that issues the decrees which the Administrative Council reverently receives, is the Empress proper of the late Sovereign, who, like the mother of the present, has by decree of the Imperial bantling been elevated to the dignity of Empress Dowager; but, as wife of the monarch, takes precedence of the new ruler's mother, who was but one of the many ladies of the harem. Report speaks well of the character and abilities of both. To the Re gent, it is reported, the Prince of Kung addressed himself for permission to visit Zehol, which is still the seat of the Court, being moved to this step by a rumour that the Opposition were endeavouring to instil into the Regent's mind a suspicion that the presence of foreigners, whose numbers they were magnifying, in Pekin might render it unsafe for her to return thither ; otherwise it had been expected that, according to one of the earlier formal decrees, the coffin of the late Emperor would have been ac companied to the capital by his son a few days after his accession. Whether this be true or not, the Prince of Kung has without doubt started for Zehol, and, as to have gone at all, he must have obtained the Regent's permission to quit his post, his proceeding must be held to promise good rather than evil. Had the Opposition been all-powerful with the Empress she would not have consented to a proposal, the aim of which is to the Chinese mind apparent. The Prince may not be without secret desire to shift his foreign affairs burden to other less illustrious shoulders, or, at all events, to get shared by one or more a responsibility which must be irksome to a young man not much used to business. But there can be no doubt that he, in common with nine out of ten of his countrymen, is sincerely anxious to see the Emperor back in the place, bis absence from which so much dispirits the well-disposed of his subjects, and that at a moment when loyalty in the provinces is by no means a drug in the market. The return of the Emperor, who is, of course, a most precocious infant, will for certain do much good in Pekin and the provinces. " Much about the time the new reign was com mencing one of the Imperialist armies, operating against rebels up the Yang-tse-Keang, has con trived to retake Nganking, the capital of Ngan hwui, and Wuhu, lower down the river, in the same province. Both are places of much importance, and have been in rebel hands since the first descent of the Taipings in 1853. It is too soon to pronounce whether their recapture is due to unusual energy on the part of the Government, or to a deliberate purpose, or the want of one, on the part of the rebels. They may be simply scrambling away to the centre of a new circle of depredations. Any way, if Government can hold these cities, it will improve its position on the Yang-tse much, and cannot fail to spare our trade a certain amount of complication." MIS DAPS SHIPPING. LONDON, Dec. 13.—Wind this day at noon —South: , Westerly; rather fresh breeze, with fine weather, but cloudy. PLYMOUTH, Dec. 12 —Wind S.W.—Arrived—Lucy Ellen, from New York. CARDIFF, Dec. 12.—Wind S.W.—Arrived—Nairn, from Philadelphia. COWES, Dec. 12.—Wind S.W.— Arrived—Saxonia , screw steamer, from New York, and proceeded for Bremen ; passed Cape Race Dec. 4 ; Arago, steamer, from Havre, and proceeded for New York. QUEENSTOWN, Dec. 12.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived— Indus, from New York; Surprise, and Theresa, from Bal timore. DARTMOUTH, Dec. 12. Arrived Susannah, from Havre for Havannah. (BY SUBMARINE AND MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Friday Morning. Arrived, Dec. 12—Eliza Nelson, from Bathurst; Tri nidad, from Demerara; Nuova Engracea, from Manilla; John Paxton, from Odessa; President Philmore, from New York. Arrived, Dec. 13—Beata, from Malga ; Isabella Cron, from Bordeaux; Scotia, from Calcutta. DEAL, Friday Morning. Passed--Lord Maidstone, barque, from the westward, for London. THE SUICIDE AT CUCKFlELD.—Yesterday the coroner for East Sussex held an inquest on the body of Mr. Stephen Agate, a I radesman in that town, who committed suicide on the previous day. The daughter of the deceased stated that she had noticed her father to have been in a desponding state for some time. There was nothing in his circumstances, pecuniary or otherwise, to account for it. A medical man, who had long attended him, thoug ht his mind must have been affected by the dreadful trag ed y of his brother's wife,who had murdered her child and endeavoured to destroy herself a few days before. The jury- returned a verdict that the deceased destroyed himsel f while in a state of unsound mind, GRESIL4 M LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY The annual general meeting of the directors and. policyholders was held yesterday at the offices of the society, 37, Old Jewry. William Tabor, Esq., Chairman of the Board of Directors, presided. The notice calling the meeting having been read, The CHAIRMAN called upon the Actuary to read the report, which was as follows : " The directors submit as their report for the financia year ending July 31, 1861, the following statement " The number of proposals submitted has been 1,855 fox the assurance of £937,901. " Of these 1,373 have been accepted as eligible, assuring £739,860, and producing £23,749 7s. 10d. as new pre miums. " The amount received as the general premium-income for the year, exclusive of interest and annuities, has been £110,927 17s. a " The amount of claims paid in respect of deaths has been £34,865 2s. 5(1. "The funds accumulated and invested at the close of the year bearingiinterest, amounted to £241,60) 145., exclusive of deposits and capital, " The detailed accounts of the year have already been circulated, after having been examined month by month by the auditors, and having been certified as correct, are now submitted for approval and sdoption. " As an inconsistency exists in the prevailing method for the distribution of bonus, by which policyholders who have premiums falling due between the end of the financial year and the delay required by the Act of Parliament for the examination and auditing of the accounts, are compelled to return to their original premiums, the directors have sanctioned the adoption of a method by which such incon sistency will be removed, and all the members be placed upon an equal footing. This method consists in making the five years' reduction of premium extend one year beyond the time for the declaration of each new bonus. By such means the evil and misconception arising from charging increased premiums, after being once reduced, will be re moved an a system at once consistent and simple be thenceforth adopted. " It will be readily understood that no alteration in the bonus system would be sanctioned by the directors, to the detriment of any particular class; but when an invidious distinction can be removed, and at the same time the whole system rendered more just and simple, the board have been induced to approve a change, which will be found to con duce to the general benefit of all parties. " The directors retiring on the present occasion are J. L. Hancock, Alfred Smee, F.It.S., and George Tyler, Esqs., who are re-eligible, and constitute the list recom mended by the board to be elected. " The auditors, Messrs. G. L. Ladbury, William Webb Venn, and William Whitelock, retire, and again offer them selves for election. "It will be seen that the preceding statement comprises the principal features of the past year; and as the directors are enabled to state, as the general result, that, after pay ment of bonus and all claims and expenses, the investments have been considerable, and the increase to their general income satisfactory, they consider it would be unnecessary to attempt to add more than to express their intention of persevering in the same general line of action which has already led to such favourable results. "By order of the board, "EDWIN JAMES FAIIREN, Actuary and Secretary." The CHAIRMAN, in moving that the report just read be received and adopted, said he had to con gratulate the meeting on the progress of the society during the past year. The report was so full, the business done was so satisfactory, that it became totally unnecessary to do more than move the ordi nary resolution for receiving the report. Mr. SMEE said the report contained all the ele ments of success. They had the large annual premium income of £lll,OOO ; they had a great accession of new business during the year; their liabilities had bP.en met promptly and satisfac torily ; and the funds accumulated and invested at the close of the year, bearing interest, amounted to upwards of £241,000, exclusive of deposits and capital. These were facts that spoke for them selves, and further comment was needless. After a few questions had been answered, the CHAIRMAN put the resolution, which was carried unanimously. Mr. HARRISON moved—" That I. L. Hancock, Alfred Smee, F.R.S., and George Tyler, Esqrs., the directors who retire by rotation, be re-elected." He said he had great pleasure in proposing the re election of the three gentlemen named, because he was certain the members of the society were well satisfied :with their past exertions. They were gentlemen of intelligence, diligence, and manage ment, and their past efforts were the best guarantee for their future exertions. (Cheers.) Mr. THoRNTHWAITE seconded the resolution with great satisfaction. _ The resolution was put and carried unanimously. A MEMBER moved the re-election of Messrs. G. H. Ladbury, William Webb Venn, and William Whitelock, as•auditors. As the society had the greatest confidence in these gentlemen, he felt it a privilege to move their re-election. The resolution, having been seconded, was car- ried unanimously. This having concluded the business of the meet ing, A MEMBER said, before the gentlemen present left the room, he begged to move a vote of thanks to the chairman. (Hear, hear.) They were fortu nate in having a gentleman of such acknowledged ability at the head of their executive, and he felt certain the members were only too anxious on every occasion that presented itself to thank him for his exertions. The motion was seconded, and carried unani mously. The CHAIRMAN said he felt pleasure at the com pliment that had just been paid him, and he could assure them that the furtherance of the interests of the society was his most earnest desire. Mr. LowE could not allow that opportunity to pass without moving a vote of thanks to their talentedand highly efficient actuary and secretary Mr. Farren. (Hear, hear.) He was one who had done the greatest service in bringing the society to its present proud position, and he felt confident none hesitated to award him that meed of praise to whieh he was so well entitled. The resolution was carried unanimously. Mr. FARREN thanked the members present, and said his great and anxious desire was to further the interests of the society in every way within his power. The proceedings then terminated. ELECTION INTELLIGENCE. FINSBURY. The Conservatives have not yet succeeded in find ing a suitable candidate, and, as the nomination is fixed for to-morrow, they will probably not be able to procure one in time: An active canvass is being carried on for both the Liberal candidates, and Mr. Cox is determined to go to the poll. It is certain that a considerable number of electors will vote for him, but the friends of Mr. Mills profess to be assured of the success of their candidate. NOTTINGHAM. - - The disapprobation which the mention of Capt. Denman's name excited at a recent meeting is to be ascribed entirely to the mistaken impression of the audience that Capt. Denman came forward as a Conservative. The following letter has since been published to clear up this mistake : " Nottingham, Dec. 7. "Dear Sir,—l felt very much obliged to you for the terms in which I see by the newspapers you brought my name before an influential body of Libe ral electors last night. I have since understood that statements were made with respect to myself of a nature to compromise you in bringing forward my name at a proper person to represent a Liberal constituency. I am, therefore, bound to afford you the opportunity of refuting those statements. I have had no communication with the Conservative party in this town, or with any member of that party. It is equally unfounded that I ever entertained an idea of standing for this town except upon the Liberal principles I have always supported, though I would strenuously resist atten3pts to expose us to danger by blindly reducing our armaments ; and though I am not prepared top ledge myself to the ballot nor to support extreme views es to the suffrage, I was pre pared to support Lordralmerston's Government, but when I found Lord Lincoln already in the field, and as far as I can judge from his address, holding precisely the same opinions as myself, it became my duty to retire at once from the scene. Justice, however, to you and perhaps also to myself, requires that I should give you full authority to give the most un qualified contradiction to the statements I have re ferred to, and authorise you to make any use of this letter you may think proper. " I am, dear Sir, yours sincerely, "W. Felkin, Esq. " JOSEPH DENMAN." Lady Georgiana Bathurst and Miss Ponsonby have arrived at Brighton. NIP ~~ I iSiOll rede" ;atiS" cries ;and cord arge erbf and, the loin° 's left Earl own V) ° 'rottt Ved pro- r for hani 1 O. 6. ~,