The Sun. — London, England, 1861-01-22 00:00:00

MONEY DIABIET AND CITY /YEWS. CITY, Two o'CLocit. During the last few days there has been rather more animation in the Foreign and Colonial Pro duce Markets, and in some instances slightly advanced rates have been obtained. Tea, however, has Continued inactive. Good and fine qualities of sugars have risen about 6d. per cwt., while a fair inquiry has prevailed for coffee at full values. Rice has been in moderate request, without any material change in prices. Spices have been inquired for to a small extent, and there has been a steady busi ness transacted iii tallow for home consumption, P.Y.C. on the spot having advanced to 60s. per cwt. In. the Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday busi ness continued active, and prices tended upwards. The sales were fully 20,000 bales. A meeting has been convened of the London and County Banking Company for receiving the direc tors' report, declaring a dividend and other busi ness. The traffic receipts of the Great Western Rail way of Canada for the week ending the 4th inst: exhibited an increase of £1,706, compared with the same period last year. The Wellesley has arrived from Melbourne with £131,000 in specie. There were no bullion operations of importance at the Bank of England yesterday. A meeting took place yesterday of the creditors of Messrs. Whistler, Dawson, and King, colonial produce agents, who failed on the 2d instant, when the liabilities were stated to be £18,411, and the assets £11,126. It was ultimately agreed that the estate should be wound up under inspec tion. The suspension of Messrs. Fred. Ede, jun., and Co., has been followed by the stoppage of Messrs. Rodocanachi and Co., Greek merchants, with lia bilities estimated at £60,000 or £70,000. A slight improvement has taken place in the market foe Public Securities, the rise reported in the exchange at New York having induced specu lative purchases. Consols are, therefore, rather buoyant at 94-1- for money, and at 91i I for the account. The New Threes and Reduced have im proved to 914 f,- ; the 5 per Cent. Annuities to 108! ; and Exchequer Bills to ls. dis.; India New Loan is steady at 100! ; ditto 51 per Cent. Enfaced Paper at 100; and the Debentures at 95!-; Bank Stock is quoted 231 233. In the Foreign Stock Market a moderate busi ness has been transacted, at about former prices. Turkish 6 per Cents, are 70 ; ditto New Loan, 66! to 66}; the £lOO Bonds have receded to 56; Spanish to 47f ; but Mexican have advanced to 211 22 ; and Brazilian to 99; !. The dealings in the Railway Share Market have been moderately active, and prices generally have recovered from their late depression. Eastern Counties and North-Western have improved ss. ; Caledonian, Great Northern, Great Western, Brighton, South-Western, Midland and West Midland, 10s.; and Lancashire and Yorkshire, £l. In the Foreign and Colonial undertakings the transactions were of an unimportant character. Dutch Rhenish, however, improved about Ss. ; Grand Trunk of Canada, 10s. ; and Great Western of Canada Ss.; East Indian have declined 65., and Great Indian Peninsula, ss. Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are eat. Union of Australia have receded to 39, and London and Westminster to 63 and 631 ; Austra lian Agricultural are steady at 32, and Peel River Land at 50. ~. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRI CES. Bank Stock 3per Cent. R e d uce d A nnu iti es 915 I I I per Cent. Commis Annuities 6 per Cent. Annuities India Stock. . . . .. Ditto I per Cent Ditto Enticed Paper, 4 per Cent Ditto 41 per Cent lOO Ditto Debentures, 1858 955 Consols for Account, Feb. 7 9ll I Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, lid .. Ditto Small FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Brasnlian I I per Cent Ditto 41 par Cent. 1860 B5 Mexican 3 per Cent 2l/ Ditto Account Russian 5 per Cent. 1822, £ St Ditto 45 per Cent. Spanish 3 per Cent. Ditto Account , Ditto New Deferred — Ditto Account Turkish 6 per Cent — Ditto Account Ditto New Loan Ditto Account Ditto £lOO Bonds Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. Ditto Account Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch Exchange, 12 Gill 21 per Cent — Date Certificates, 4 per Cent. • lOOl THREE O'CLOCK. Consols, Money Ditto Account 9ls t 91 I The Earl of Derby has completely recovered from the severe attack of illness under which he was suffering for several months past. Last week his lordship and the eoluitess entertained a select circle of friends at Knowsley The official list of the shipments of wine from °Porto during the past year shows a total of 27,860 pipes, of Which 22,416 were to Great Britain. The largest "Porters were Sandeman and Co., 2,730 pipes; Cockburn and Co., 1,681; T. G. Sandeman, 1,626 ; Offiey and Co., 1 ,604 ; Martinez, Gassiot, and Co., 1,397; Hunt, Itoope, a nd Co., 1,114; and W. J. Graham and Co., 1,042. All Others were under 1,000 pipes. DEATH OF MRS. STANLEY.—This lady, for bl auY years a member of the corps dronnatique at the Hay taarket Theatre, died on Thursday morning last, of bron chitis, to the inexpressible grief of her daughter, Miss I:nina, Stanley, who had been throughout unremitting in her attention. Mrs. Stanley was in her sixty-ninth year. 811 0 was the granddaughter of John West Dudley Digges, Member of the noble family of De la Warr. Her maiden b attle was Fleming, and in her early life she gained a p r ominent station on the boards by her fine personal I _ ll PPearance, as well as by her histrionic talent. Her hus "lmit Mr. George Stanley, has been dead some years. He w as an excellent actor, and, at one time, divided public feeour with Mr. W. Murray, of Edinburgh. Miss Emma Stanley has, for the present, suspended her representatiore W the ,4 Seven Ages of Women," at the Egyptian Hall; hat they vq.ll be resumed early in February: A wsefal aad elaborate table hag just been issued 1 1 Mr. Samuel Mendel, of Manchester, showing the amounts of bullion in the Banks of England and France during each month of the past eight years, together wig' the ituotnations in the Bank of England rate of discount, Consols, (Patton, yarn, and cloth. From this it appease 0 1 0 the average of bullion in the Bank of England was £14,220,983, which is £2,445,620 in excess of the total in the last return. Our stock, therefore, is now about 17 per ceat. below the average from 1853 to 1860. The amount held by the Bank of France, on the contrary, is not below the average of that period. The average was about £ 13 ,800,000, and the last return was 113,980,000. The (11 faculty which that establishment has to meet evidently consists almost entirely in changing its silver for gold The average price of Consols has been a fraction under 94 ( 9 3 15-16), and the market is now 21 per cent. below that Point. The average rate of discount was 4 9-16, and the average price of cotton (middling fair Orleans) was 7d. The highest year for the latter was 1857, when 91d. was touched, and the lowest 1855, when it went to 51d. RIFLED CANNON PRACTICE.—Another Blakely gun was tried on Thursday last, on the shore at Hightown, tear Liverpool, by the manufacturers, Messrs. Fawcett, Freston, and Co. Although only a 1 2-pounder, and weigh lug only 9 cwt., it threw it s s h ell a distance of 1,670 yards 'With only four degs. of elevation, and withmarvellous accu racy. A service cast -iron 12 -pounder, be it remembered, Weighs 34 cwt. (more than three times as much as the Blakely gun), and with 4 degrees of elevation only throws its solid shot 1,400 yards (270 yards less than the other), l *Dairing also 41b. of powder, whereas the Blakely gun is bought, Ns; under s t an d, only requ i res 111 1 ). Th e gun b y a gentleman who was on the ground. As it has so often been stated that rifled cannon are not good at short ran ges, the purchaser determined to test t he accuracy of this dictum. After emptying its contents therefrom, he Put a small hamper on the ground, at a quarter of a Mile from the gun, to which he gave an elevation of twenty minutes only. The very first shot pierced the ho thatr'craptu target. Such was the velocity of the project i l e fee be it did not touch the ground until it had passed 60 to bl e ad) although the hole in the hamper was found not arceiv ernore than a foot from the ground. The hamper sc . 't k "red, although standing on its small end. Some profes b°ll,6,lle present—foreigners—were much stru ck e t h e circ umstance and remarked that after all, it might suheo b t e tter to b u ild the bulwarks of a ship ' very light, and let iehof Pass e asily through both sides into the sea. Half -an little ir on would easily be pierced by 100-pounders, with hle so r or e commotion than the basket by the 12-pounder. F awcett, Preston, and Co. are engaged in the he 'ware of severa l s i zes of Blake l y cannon, from a autif an Itte ll 7 light steel 6-p oun d er o f on ly 2 cw t. u p t o a tht.• I°4 ADA steel 200-pcpcier of Ave tow. SHARE' MARKET.-(THIS DAY.) ORDINARY SHAE.E3 kI\TD STOCKS. Share: Railways. ridd. Closing I Business Price. Deus. 50 Belfast and Ballymena all 13.14 Bir., Wol , and Str. Va]. all Pi 81 stock Birk., La., and Ch June lOO 79 81 25 Blackburn 21 Blyth and Tyne all 10 flo,t. Sleat: and Mid.Co all 65 7 stock Bristol and Exeter 100 99 101 stuck Caledonian 10 Carmarthen .t Cardigan all 50 Cork :and Bandon all 20 Cork, !Brock., .t l'assage all 20 Cornwall . 10 Do BetsA no div • all 10 Do /3 , nntil6pc peran. all hasheeni d.toß 50 Dublin & Belfast June. all 43 25 Dun., Perth, &Ab..l unc all 8 84 stock East Anglian lOO 16 17 stock Eastern Counties lOO 50 61 501 stock Eastern Union, A stock 100 37 39 stoax Do do B do 100 26 28 25 Do Nw A, late EU3ds. 131 stock East Suffolk stock Edinburgh & Glasgow 100 stock Edin. Perth, & Dundee 100 26 28 271 10 Forth & Clyde Junction all stock Furness stock Glasg,. and S. Western 100 114 116 10 Great Nthn. of Scotland all stock Great Northern lOO 110 111 111 stock Do do A stock stock Do do B do stock Gt. S. &W. of Ireland 100 111 112 stock Great Western .... stock Do Str Val gua. stock 100 61 64 12 Irish South-eastern all stock Lancashire & Yorkshire 100 1131 1131 1131 144 it stock London and Blackwall 100 60 62 stock Lon., Bright.. & S Coast 100 116 118 1174 17 stock Lond., Chat., and Dover 100 49 51 stock Loud. &Nth. Western 100 981 984 99 84 9 4 stock Lond. & Sth. Western lOO 924 934 98 25 L'derry & Coleraine 25 I,'derry & Enniskillen all 810 10 stock Man. Shet. & Lincoln l OO 51 63 854 50 Maryport and Carlisle all 124 Do do shares all 10 Metropolitan 5 3 i Lid stock Midland . lOO 1804 1315 131 214 1 2 6.4.0. Do new...... . . 1.4.0. —p stock Do Birming. & • D'erby 100 103 105 103 50 Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland all 25 Do 4 shares :2l 25 Mid Kent. . ...• 10 Do, Cray Line . all 100 Newcastle and Carlisle all 10 Newry & Armagh, def 9 7 6 d 20 Newry, Warnpt. & Ros all stock Norfolk.. .. ... 50 Nthn. Counties Union B4 d stock North British lOO 64 65 644 5 stock Nor.Dev.RailkDk.stock 100 stock Do A stk ; A rem no d. until 6pchas beenpd.B 100 stock Do B stock 100 stock Nth. Eastern — B erwick 100 1034 1044 1021 134 25 Do do , G.N.E. purchase 16 134 p 1 P stock Do Leeds ...... stock Do York stock North London 10 Do new 5 19.16.4 North Staffordshire— -10 N. and S. W. Junction all 10 104 12 Not. & Grantham Rail— 11 8 81 10 rtebles all - - Portsmouth 10 Rhymney.....- stock Scottish Central stock Scot N. E., Aber. stock 100 34 344 stock Do Scot. Mid. stock lOO 861 871 stock Shropshire Union lOO 49 61 10 Sittin gbourne & Sheer. all 6 7 stock South Devon stock South Eastern ...... 100 844 81 844 stock South Wales .......... 100 61 63 stock S. York. and River Dun 100 80 82 20 Staines, Wok,. and Wok all 4 7 25 Stockton & Darlington all 41 42 25 Do do ll 94 104'p stock Taff Vale stock Do Pref. No 1 lOO 25 TharnesHavenDlaltail 22 - 50 Ulster I all 551 564 25 Do ....... 12 10 Do . . 2 dip ;took Yale of . Neath 13 Victoria Sta. and Pim all 114 114 itocx Waterford & Kilkenny 100 50 Waterford dc Limerick all 20 West Cornwall 20 West London all 10 Do Ist class 20 Po 2d class .. ;took WestHartlepool Harbr and Rail lOO ;took West Midland—Oxford 100 44 46 45 44 ;took Do. Newport 100 42 44 took Do. Hereford 100 82 84 stock 50 stock stock stock stock stock 25 stock stock stock 10 19.16.4 stock stock stock stock 10 stock stock stock stock stock stock 12 10 stock 1 stocK stock stock stock took PREFERENCE SHARES. I Share! Railways. IPaid Closing Business Dens. Price. FOREIGN Antwerp & Rotterdan Ordennes ............ ah.&S.Fran..Lim.7 p.c. 'Belgian East. Junction ißeziers to Graissessac.. 'Ca* - neaux Mine Jr Rail i Copiapo j Ditto Extension .... !Dutch Rhenish 'Eastern of France 'Grand Rue. Guar. 6 p. a l Do. do. Great Central of France Gt. Luxem., Con. she Italian Junction Lake Constance cir Bale. Lierre & Turnhout Lyons do Geneva (Maria Antonia IDo. New ..... • • Namur & Liege Do. 6 p. a. Pref. Northern of France Do. New Shares Norwegian Trunk Pref FariscLyon 8, Mediter aris do Orleans Recife Jr S. Fran. (Fern ) gua. 7 p. ct. lirn Riga Jr Dunaburg .. Rome dc Frascati oyal Danish yal Swedish ...... Do. 7 per cent. Pref.. ambre Jr Meuse .... ::10. 5i per cent. Pref..... 11 San Paulo, lien, g. 7 p. c. S. Aust. et L ornb Vene tin Southern of France.... West Flandem ...... .. o. 54 p. c. Preference N.W. of France 'extern of Austria 'extern of Switzerland lesbaden ....... kit). 8 per cent Pref.... Zealand .. . . JOINT-STO Agra&UnitedService Bk, ;Australasia Bank of Egypt Bank of London Bank of Turkey British North American IChtd.Bank of India, &c.' ICh.Mer. of In. Lon.& Ch.l j jCity ... :Colonial .. i 0•11 Com. Bank Canada 100 !Commercial of London . 20 lEng., Scot., .k Aus. Ch 20 Gen. Bk .of Switzerland 20 'Lon. Char.Bkof Austral 50 London and County 50 ,London Joint Stock 100 ILondon t Westminster 100 Nat. Prov. of England . 20 'Do. new ..... 50 (National Bank 20 New South Wales 20 Do. new 25 Orient. B. Corporation . 20 Ottoman Bank . 100 Provincial of Irelana' 10 new 25 :South Australia ::: 25 Union of Australia . 50 Union o London ... 100 Unity Mutual.. .... .: Blythe and Tyne 10 per c. pref. (issued at £5 O Rris. & Exet.4 p.ct.stock Do. do. do. Shares Caledon £lO, 44 per cent Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. Cork & Bandon, 54 p. c. (Cornwall. 5 per cent Dun.Perth&Aber..Thn E.Angn.Class A 7 &sp.c Do. do. Class B 6 p.c Do. do. Class C 7 p.c E. Conn. Ex. sp. a No.l Do. do. No. 2 Do. New 6 pet ct. stook. Eastern Union, 4 per ct. Do. 5 per cent. guar... Edin.&Glas. sp.c. shares I Do. 4p. c zita. S.& D.l Edin. Perth& Dun. 4 p.c.' !Furness, 5 per cent iGlas.& S. West.g.a. 5 p.c ( Great Northern, 5 p. ct 1 Co.sp.c.Redm., p.c.pm Do. 41 p. c. do. do. I Do. sp.c. Pedm. 5 p.c. pm Gt. Nh. of Scotid. Ist pf f Gt. Sn. & W(lreland)4 l p. et. pref. stock Great West. cTierks and, Hants) Exi. 5 p. ct. Co. Redeemable, 4i p.ct., Do. Redeemable. 4 p. ct. Do Irredeemable, d 0... Do. 5 p.ct. Redeem. Pref. Do. Birm. Pref. Shares. !Gt. W. Ches. 8 p.c. pf.sh. Do. do. 5 p. et. pref Do Birmg•zuar. stock.. Do. Chester - ua. shares Do do. do . ;Do. do. do. Lan.&York 6 p. c. stock. Do.Barnsl.st£s 3s 10d pc Do. 6 per c. (E. Lan.) .. Lon.& Brig. 5 pc.gu. No.l Do. 5 p. c. No. 2 Do. gua. 6 p. c. Do. do. 5 p. c. No. 4 Do. do. 41 per cen 4 . Do. do. 41 p. c. shares Do. 7 p. ct. Pref. stock Do. 6p.c. do. (W.E.&C.P ) Do.4p.e.S.(div.def.til '651 Lon. Chat. and Dover ,Lon. and N.W. Cov. and Nuneaton, 5 p. ct Lon. ,Sr S.W, 7 p. ct. stook Do. 4k per cent Do. (Prtsm. perpl anns of '2s. Londondy. Cole. sh ILondony. &Ennis. sh. Man. Sh. &Lin. 6 per et. Do. £6 Do. n per cent Do. redeem. 6 per cent qarynort er Car., 4 p. c Do. 41 per cent. Con. 6 p c. stock Do.Con.Bris. & Bir. 6 p.c Do. 41 p. c. pref. stock Do. with option till 1860 Do. Lela & Bit. pref. at. Nortlk 5 p. c. Ex. at. 1846 Do. 51 p. c. Pref. do. 1847 Do.sWay.Val.Ex.st.lB47 North British, 5 p. o Do. New, gua. 5 p. 0 Do. Bor. Un. g. pt. shs Do. •• do. do. Nth. Dev.R ail. & Dck. Co. N-East.Cons.Pref. 4 p. C. Do. Berwick, 4 p.c. Pref. Do. do. do Do. Leeds, 6 p. a. No. 1 Do. do. Quarters, 1848 Do. York, kS. Purch North Staffordshire— Rhymney Guaranteed Scottish Central, new p 1 Scottish North-Easter 3i p, 9. pref. stook:. Oo . .Abeideen,gua.6p.c Do. 7 p. C. pref. stoc South Devon, Ann. 10 Do. Fixed 4} per cen South Eastern (Readin Ann., 1.0.6) Do. 4i per cent. Do. Fixed ;ip.c. Ist is.' , outh Wales, gua. 4 p.c. l Do. 4,1 per cent. S.-Yorkshire, 4 p. 0. gua. Stock. & Dar. A 5 p. o Do. B 6 Der cent Do. C 6 percent.... Watrf d Kilkny, 6p. W.Mid -oxl let Gua sl 2d do Do. Newport 5 p.c.pf.red. l Do.Perpet. 6 p. c. pi 1866 i Do. till 1869, Ist is. Do. do. 2d is. [Ol 103 204 214 8 64 99 101 112 115 108 108 110 112 108 110 124 128 79 81 [l2 114 90 22 [l6 118 [l2 114 [O4 108 86 88 98 100 98 100 89 91 90 92 [Ol 103 10 104 174 18 19i 11 76 78 20i 214 10i lot 15i 16 135 137 [l6 118 [l6 118 138 143 116 118 103 105 [53 156 [3O 134 69 71 88 90 [l6 118 [5O 155 13 141 IA 70 72 I 1r P, [37 139 [O2 104 95 97 11 113 1.0 111 I}p 92 24 100 102 * fp }d p 22 23 t 24 126 133 136 10i 11 23 24 102 104 182 104 91 93 100 102 85 88 271 281 32 33 32 33 45 48 124 125 120 124 100 102 123 128 116 120 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Leasing IClosing Business Railways. Paid. co.'s. I Trice. Done. Bedford and Bletchiey all 'Ln As I%T.W .. .. Buckinghamshire....' 100 'Ln .3z N.W 98 100 Chester dc Holyhead.. 100 Do. 524 534 53} Do. do. 54 per cent. 100 Do. 125 127 1264 6 Do. do. 5 per cent. 100 :Do. ll3 115 114 Clydesdale Junction.. 100 'Caledonin 102 104 Colchester, Stour Val. all ,E.U.‘tE C , 16 17 E.Lincolnshire,g.6p.c. 100 Gt North. 135 137 E.Union,lfarwich Shs all lE.Counts. 44 44 Do. Woodbridge ... 100 I Gls.Bart&Neils,Drct. 100 ICajedonin -- Do. New .......... , 100 Do. ...... Gloster& Dean Forest all Gt. West. llartlpool.DekA Rail., all Yk.N..klir, Hull and Selby ......1 all 'Yk.N. Md.llo 112 Do. Shares ......., all 11)0. 4 Do. Shares ....... I all ,Do. .... Lanc.t Carl. gua.s p.c., 100 •Ln.ASN.W 'O7 210 London & Greenwich , 100 'S. East. Do. Preference ......1 100 11)o. Lon.,Tilby.& Soutend. 100 reto &Co B9 91 Lowestoft, gua. 4 p.ct.' 100 !Norfolk Do. 6 per cent.. 1 100 I Do. — Manc.,Buxtn..t Matk , all ,L NW &II 34 3} Mid. Bradford Prefer ence Stock.-- lOO Nidland 97 99 Newmarkt Bu v 'x '' r, l ' 1 '5. 5 5 E.Counts 4 4 p NO 5 p. c. Northn.& Eastn. 5 p.c. all Do. 56 58 Do. do. 6 per cent .. all , Do. — Do. Fixed 5 per cen t.) all Do. Prest os tW a e n st d ern Wyr e . 1 allall .111:N.lyaWnidl 1154 —l-51 151 Do. 4 Stares . ... ... A. all ;Do. Ro ystn.li ry itc k l u i. ere S f h o e r l d 1 101 Ssoi'Dirietolw:Sbtafford'shire .. Wilts and Somer se t. , T C.r . t i N r :s r s t e h y . 102 135 10 37 5 Wimbledon& eroydn. 1%0111 M Gt `Cl vv ea e n s . L . n it 1 90 4 I, 9 _all L.& Brgtn 74 51 _ l —_________________l3o ORS. Share' Docks. p a i d ) @losing 1 Business I Price. Done. ---- stock Commercial ~..., , int , stock I Do. 1 per Cent.Pret.Mi n . i on — _ s tock 'East and West India .. i - 6 stock 'London _ .... stockst oc k , _.S ;,Southampton . u I t I,l a a t rl l t l a p r t i o n n e . . - .... MO 100 stock rVietoria .. ........ , 100 9 20 , DQ' NOW ..... somo.A.p , \ 9 101 Par 561 6 i THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 22, 1861. Railways. Atlantic & grLawrence' Bom.,Baroda&.Cent Ind Gu. 5 Peicent. Do, Do. Buffalo and LaKe Truro* Do. New ..... Do. Preference Buffalo,BrantiG odrich 6 p. ct. bds. A IQ - . 1, 1872 Do. do. July 1, 1873 Do. do. June 1,18 N Clcutta.&S.Eastn. (Lint` Capc,Eastn.Prov. (Urn.) Cape Town & Dock Scri Ceylon Guarantd. 6 p. c. Demerara. Eastn. Bengal gu. 5 p. c East Indian, gll. 5 p. c. Do. F Shares Ext..... Do. Jubbulpore Do. 4i p c. Debentra, Do. 5 p. c. Deb., 1864 Geelong & Melbourne ,Geelong Corporation per cent. Winds ...... Grand Trunk of Canada Do. 6 per cent. Pref.. Do. 6 per et. Debentr. Do. 7 per cent. 1862 .. Do. do. 1867.. Do. do. 1872.." Gt.lndiaPenin.gua.sp.c. Do. New gna. 5 p. 0... Gt. South.of India (Lim) guaranteed 5 per cent. Gt. W. of Canada Shares Do. New Do. Bonds pay. '76, with, I opt, till '6O IDo. do. '73 till '6O Do. do. '73 without opt. Do. 5a p. c. do. '77 d 0... Madras, guar., 44 p. c... Do. do. 5 per cent .... Do. 4.1 p. c. Extension Do. Fourth d 0........ Melb.Corp. 6 p. e. BodB.l Newßrunswick & Candai R y.SrL an d(Lim.)g.6pc Class A Capital Share Do. do. Land d 0........ Do. do. B Capital d 0... Do. do. Land do. ...... Oude (Limited) ........ Scinde Do. Punjaub .... {g I Do. Do. .... •• •• ce,, • Do. Indus. St. Flo. _ St. Andrews & Quebec gi A Trinidad (Lim.) Scrip.., COLONIAL GOVER" Can.GoT. 6 p.c.Ja. &J uly Do. 6p. cent. 1879 Do. 6p. cent. 1880 Do. 6p. cent. 1882 Do. 6 p. 0. Feb. & Aug. Do. 6 p. c. Mar. & Sept. Do. 5 per cent Do. Scrip Cape G.Hope, 6 p 0,1880 Do. 1890 N.B.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July Do. 6p. o Ap. & Oct. N. S. W. Gor. 5 p. c., 1860 Do. 5 p. c., 1871 to 1878 Do. 5 p.c.,1888 & upwdv Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p. c sterling, 1875 S.Aus.Gt. 6 p.c.1878 & up Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja. &July Do. do. 6 p.c. Ap.&Oct. BRIM Share/ Mines. Alfred Consols (P 1 British Iron .... Clifford Devon G. Cons. (Tavist ) East Bassett (Illogan) East Caradon ...... lE. WI Russel (Tavistk.)l ,Gam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen.) ,Great South Tol,c,rus .. • • I ,G. Wheal Alfd. (Philack)' G. Wheal Vor (Helston)l Grenville Herod's-Foot Hin gsbon Downs (Lady Bertha 'Margaret (Uny Lelant) ,North Downs ;North Frances (Illogan)l N. MI BasePt (Ill° :an)i INorth Wheal Crotty ' Par Console (St. Blazey) 'Providence (Uny Lein t.) Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. 'South Caradon(St.Cleer) S. Cern Brea (Illogan) S. Dev. Iron &Gen., Lim. , S.Wheal Fran. (Illogan) (Stray Park Tamar Silvst Lead Min Tin Croft Vale of Towey (Carm )! West Basset (Illogan) W. Caradon (Liskeard) I West Seton Wheal Basset (Illogan Wheal Buller (Redruth ,Wheal Edward (Cals. Wheal Nifty (U.Lelant Wheal Mary Ann (Men. ;Wheal Tretawney (Lie. FOREIG 20 !Australian 1 !BonAccordCopper,Lim lss d 35 Brazil. Imp. (is. at £5 p ) 271 20 Do.St.Johndel Rey,Lim 15 25 29 254 5 Do. Land and Mining Co. all 1 Clarendon Cons.MinCo. dim. 40 Cobre Copper IP , la 41 Coplapo . 1 7, 8 10 1 punMoun.Cop.Ming.Co ail f 2 Fortuna. . all 24 20 General all 21 23 2 Gt N. Cop. S. S. Austr. 1 413 1% Kapunda'j,imited)..... 1 1% 1 11 p 3 11.inar , ., 8 all 9 10 5 D'Atanian, 2 p ip 1 'llariquica all 1 1 N. RhineCopofS.Aus.L 128.6d. 4 lel 20 Pontgibaud Silver,Lead Mining and smelt all 4 6 5 Port Philip 1 1 Scottish Austrin. (L.) los. 281114 United Mexican . ail . 3% 1 iWorthing (Limite4) all 1. 1 31 1 1 De l9s. MISCELLANEOUS. 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint .. all I 18 14 :In 1000 Atlantic Tel. (Limited) all 25 Australian Agricultural 19 I 32 34 32 10 'Berlin Water (Limited), all 41 5 50 British American Land , 40 I 50 B.&l.Mag. Tel. A. (Lim.) all 35 37 120 Do. 8,7p.c.t1111852 (Lim.) all 18 20 20 iDo. C. (limited) I all 13 15 324 Canada Land a ll 109 112 110 Chan.lslands Tel. (Lim ) all stack Cop.Min.ofEng.&Smltg all 25 Do. Pref. 71 per cent. stock 'Crystal Palace stock IDo. Preference stock ;Do. 6p. c. Pei „wt. Deben I 100 107 109 stock !Electric Telegraph 25 Do. New l5 11 4 5 English & Aus. Copper all 3% 31 34 15 Gen. Steam Navigati m 14 1 Great Ship Limited).., all 4 I 1 Do. 175 pct Preference all II 5 Lon. District Tel. (Lim., _ . 20 London Discount (Lim., 5 11 d 4 L.G. Omnibus Co. (Lim. all 1% if 1 20 Madras Irr. and Canal 1 11 11 10 Mediter. Electric Teleg all 10 Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim , all 2% 31 25 National Dis. Co. (Lim 5 11 lid 20 Nerbu.Coal&lron (Lim 5 3 2d 3% •10 Netherlands Land all I 5 Do.B p.c.Pref..iss.atl dis all 100 N.Br.&NovaScotiaLan B9 1 N.B.Australagian (Lim all 1 Oriental Gas (Limited) all 1 1 1 1 Do. New Shares (Lim.) 10 Orintl.ln.Steam(Lim.)A 6 10 Ditto B. 10 Ditto C 2s. stock Peelll.Lnd.&Min.(Lim lOO 50 53 50 50 Pen. & Oriental Steam 50 Do. New 25 11 13 20 RedSea&lnd.Tel.g.4lp e all 16074 p 17 4 50 Rhymney Iron 15 Do. New all 5 6 100 Royal Mail Steam 6O 45 47 stock Scot. Austin. Inv. 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S ed! 1.7.2 195 205 410 420 110 115 114 12 7 74 23 25 7t 8} 24 3 -11 33 15 2i 3 14 55 57 34 4 41 54 31 44 8 9 94 10 43 45 800 310 3 3 I 1 155 165 36 38 "gi 2ts 184 194 78 80 350 280 1124 1174 120 130 if 2 124 134 19 21 174 184 NES. 71 81 i If 371 8 PRESIDENT BUCHANAN. The following is President Buchanan's reply to the Commissioners from South Carolina : Washington City, Dec. 30, 1860. Gentlemen,—l have had the honour to receive your com munication of 28th inst., together with a copy of your full powers from the Convention of the people of South Carolina, authorising you to treat with the government of the United States on various important subjects therein mentioned; and also a copy of the Ordinance, bearing date on the 20th inst., declaring that " the Union now subsisting between South Carolina and other States, under the name of the United States of America, is hereby dissolved." In answer to this communication, I have to say that my position as President of the United States was clearly de fined in the Message to Congress on the 3d inst. In that I stated that, " apart from the execution of the laws, as far as this may be practicable, the Executive has no authority to decide what shall be the relations between the Federal Government and South Carolina. He has been invested with no such discretion. He possesses no power to change the relations hitherto existing between them, much less to acknowledge the independence of that State. This would be to invest a mere Executive officer with the power of recognising the dissolution of the Confederacy among our thirty-three sovereign States. It bears no resemblance to the recognition of a foreign de facto government—involv ing no such responsibility. Any attempt to do this would, on his part, be a naked act of usurpation. It is, therefore, my duty to submit to Congress the whole question in all its bearings." Such is my opinion still. I could, therefore, meet you only - as private gentlemen of the highest character, and was entirely willing to communicate to Congress any pro position you might have to make to that body upon the subject. Of this you were well aware. It was my earnest desire that such a disposition might bo made of the whole subject by Congress, who alone possess the power, as to prevent the inauguration of a civil war between the parties in regard to the possession or the Federal forts in the har bour of Charleston, and I, therefore, deeply regret that, in your opinion, " the events of the last twenty-four hours render this impossible." In conclusion, you urge upon m• the immediate withdrawal of the troops from the harbour of Charleston," stating that "under present circumstances they are a standing menace, which renders negotiation impossible, and, as our recent experience shows, threaten speedily to bring to a bloody issue questions which ought to be settled with temperance and judgment." The reason for this change in your position is, that since your arrival in Washington, "an officer of the United States, acting as we (you) are assured, not only without, but against your (my) orders, ilas dismantled one fort and occupied another—thus altering to a most important extent the condition of affairs under which we (you) came." You - also allege that you came here " the representatives of an authority which could, at any time within the past sixty days, have taken possession of the forts in Charleston har bour, but which, upon pledges given in a manner that we (you) cannot doubt, determined to trust to your (my) honour rather than to its power." This brings me to a consideration of the nature of those alleged pledges, and in what manner they have been ob served. In my message of the 3d of December last, I:stated in regard to the property of the United States in South Carolina, that i t " has been purchased for a fair equivalent, by the consent of the Legislature of the State, for the erec tion of forts, magazines, arsenals, &c., and over these the authority ' to exercise exclusive legislation' has been ex pressly granted by the Constitution to Congress. It is not believed that any attempt will be made to expel the United States from this property by force; but if in this I should prove to be mistaken, the officer in command of the forts has received orders to act strictly on the defensive. In such a contingency, the responsibility for consequences would rightfully rest upon the heads of the assailants." This being the condition of the parties, on Saturday, Bth De cember, four of the representatives from South Carolina called upon me, and requested an interview. We had an earnest conversation on the subject of these forts, and the best means of preventing a collision between the parties, for the purpose of sparing the erasion of blood. I suggested, for prudential reasons, that it would be best to put in writ ing what they said to me verbally. They did so, accord ingly, and on Monday morning, the 10th inst., three of them presented to me a paper signed by all the represen tatives from South Carolina, with a single exception, of which the following is a copy : To his Excellency James Buchanan, President of the United States, In compliance with our statement to you yesterday, we now express to you our strong convictions that neither the constituted authorities, nor any body of the people of the State of South Carolina, will either attack or molest the United States forts in the harbour of Charleston, previously to the act of the Convention, and we hope and believe not until an offer has been made through an accredited repre sentative, to negotiate for an amicable arrangement of all matters between the State and the Federal Government, provided that no reinforcements shall be sent into those forts, and their relative military status shall remain as at present. JOHN MCQUEEN. M. L. BONHAM. W. W. BOYCE. LAWRENCE M. KEITT. Washington, Dec. 9, 1860. And here I must, in justice to myself, remark that at the time the paper was presented to me I objected to the word "provided," as it might be construed into an agreement on my part, which I never would make. They said that no thing was further from their intention—they did not so un derstand it, and I should not so consider it. It is evident they could enter into no reciprocal agreement with me on the subject. They did not profess to have authority to do this, and were acting in thei r i n dividu a l character. I consi dered it as nothing more, in effect, than the promise of highly honourable gentlemen to exert their influence for the pur pose expressed. The event has proven that they have faith fully kept this promise, although I have never since received a line from any one of them, or from any member of the Convention, on the subject. It is well known that it was ray determination, and this I freely expressed,not to reinforce the forts in the harbour, and thus prod nee a collision, until they had been actually attacked, or until I had certain evidence that they were about to be attacked. This paper I received most cordially, and considered it as a happy omen that peace might be still preserved, and that time might be thus given for reflection. This is the whole foundation for the alleged pledge. But I acted in the same manner as I would have done had I entered into a positive and formal agreement with parties capable of contracting, although such an agreement would have been, on my part, from the nature of my official duties, impossible. The world knows that I have never sent any reinforcements to the forts in Charleston harbour, and I have certainly never authorised any change to be made "in their relative military status." Bearing upon this subject, I refer you to an order issued by the Secretary of War, on the 11th inst. to Major Anderson, b u t no t brought to my notice until the 21st inst. It is as follows : MEMORANDUM OF VERBAL INSTRUCTIONS TO MAJOR ANDERSON, FIRST ARTILLERY, COMMANDING FORT MOULTRIE, S. C. • You are aware of the ereat anxiety of the Secretary of War that a collision of the troops with the people of this State shall be avoided, and of his studied determination to pursue a course with reference to the military force and forts in this harbour, which shall guard against such a col lision. He has, therefore, carefully abstained from increas ing the force at this point, or taking any measures which might add to the present excited state of the public mind, or which would throw any doubt on the confidence he feels that South Carolina will not attempt by violence to obtain possession of the public works, or interfere with their occu pancy. But as the counsel and acts of rash and impulsive persons may possibly disappoint these expectations of the Govern ment, he deems it proper that you should be prepared with instructions to meet so unhappy a contingency. He has, therefore, directed me, verbally, to give you such instruc tions. You are carefully to avoid every act which would need lessly tend to provoke aggression, and for that reason you are not, without necessity, to take up any position which could be construed into the assumption of a hostile attitude; but you are to hold possession of the forts in this harbour, and if attacked you are to defend yourself to the last extre mity. The smallness of your force will not permit you, perhaps, to occupy more than one of the three forts, but an attack on, or attempt to take possession of either of them, will be regarded as an act of hostility, and you may then put your command into either of them which you may deem most proper to increase its power of resistance. You are also authorised to take similar steps whenever you have tangible evidence of a design to proceed to a hostile act. - - D. P. BUTLER, Assistant Adjutant-General. Fort Moultrie, S.C., Dec. 11, 1860. This is in conformity to my instructions to Major Buell. JOAN B. FLOYD, Secretary of War. These were the last instructions transmitted to Major Anderson before his removal to Fort Sumter, with a single exception, in regard to a particular which does not in any degree affect the present question. Under these circum stances it is clear that Major Anderson acted upon his own responsibility, and without authority, unless, indeed, he had "tangible evidence of a design to proceed to a hostile act" on the part of South Carolina, which has not yet been alleged. Still, he is a brave and honourable officer, and justice requires that he should not be condemned without a fair hearing. _ _ _ Be this as it may, when I learned that Major Anderson had left Fort Moultrie and proceeded to Fort Sumter, my first promptings were to command him to return to his for mer position, and there to await the contingencies pre sented in his instructions. This would only have been done with any degrel of safety to the command by the con currence of the South Carolina authorities. But before any step could possibly have been taken in this direction, we received information that the " Palmetto flag floated out to the breeze at Castle Pinckney, and a large military force went over last night (the 27th) to Fort Moultrie." Thus the authorities of South Carolina, without waiting or ask ing for any explanations, and, doubtless, believing, as you have expressed it, that the officer had acted not only with out, but against my orders, on the very next day after the night when the removal was made, seized by a military force two of the Federal forts in the harbour of Charleston, and have covered them under their own flag instead of that of the United States. At this gloomy period of our history startling events succeed each other rapidly. On the very day, the 27th instant, that possession of these two forts was taken, the Palmetto flag was raised over the Federal Custom-house and Post-office in Charleston; and on the same day every officer of the Customs—collector, naval officer, surveyor, and appraiser—resigned their offices; and this, although it was well known from the language of ray Message that, as an Executive officer, I felt myself bound to collect the revenue at the port of Charleston under the existing laws. In the harbour of Charleston we now find three forts con fronting each other, over all of which the Federal flag floated only four days ago ; but now, over two of them this flag has been supplanted, and the Palmetto flag has been substituted in its stead, It is under all these circumstances that lam urged immediately to withdraw the troops from the harbour of Charleston, and am informed that without this negotia tion is impossible. This I cannot do—this I will not do. Such an idea was never thought of by tae in any possible contingency. No Bush allusion had been made in any com munication between myself and any human being. But the inference is that I am bound to withdraw the troops from the only , fort remaining in the possession of the United States in the harbour of Charleston, because the officer there in command of all of the forts thought proper, without instructions, to change his position from one of them to another. At this paint of writing I have received information by telegraph from Captain Humphreys, in command of the Arsenal at Charleston, that "it has to-day (Sunday, the 30th), been taken by force of arms." It is estimated that the munitions of war belonging to this arsenal are worth half a million of dollars. Comment is needless. After this information, I have only to add that whilst it is my duty to defend Fort Sumter, as a portion of the public property of the United States, against hostile attacks, from whatever quarter they may come, by such means as I possess for this purpose, I do not perceive how such a defence can be construed into a menace against Business done the city of Charleston. With great personal regard, I remain, yours very respectfully, _ _ JAMES BUCHANAN. To Hon. Robert W. Barnwell, James H. Adams, James L, Orr. THE UNITED STATES. LIVERPOOL, MONDAY EVENING. The Royal Mail steamship Canada, Capt. Ander son, which left Boston on the 9th instant, and touched at Hylifax on the 10th inst., arrived in the Mersey at 4.15 tnis afternoon. A telegraphic summary of the Canada's news has already been published. We take the following telegrams from the Boston journals of the 9th instant, as showing the latest phase of the secession movement, when the Canada left Boston. A Washington telegram of the Bth inst. says : " Mr. Thompson, the Secretary of the Interior, re signed to-day, on the ground that troops had been sent to Charleston by the steamer, Star of the West, when, as he alleges, there was a distinct understanding on the 31st December that none were to be ordered south without the decision of the Cabinet. " Rumours of an attack upon the steamer, Star of the West, are rife, creating intense excitement. Nobody can give any authority for them." (The late telegram via Halifax, already pub lished, states that the Star of the West was fired upon by the Carolinians, and that she conse quently did not land her reinforcements.) " The reports that orders have been issued by the British Government to consuls at the ports of seceding States to refuse certificates of clearance to English vessels is denied. It is said that Mr. Bunch, the British consul at Charleston, recognises the de facto Government by granting such certi ficates. " Agents of southern States continue to arrive for the purpose of purchasing arms. The government for the present refuses to sell to any State or private parties. An agent from Mississippi starts for the north to-morrow to procure arms, although it is said the supply there is not abundant. " A number of the leading Secessionists here are urging upon Governors Hicks, of Maryland, and Letcher, of Virginia, the necessity of demanding of the President an immediate removal of the United States troops from Fort Washington. " The armament of Fort Washington is in excel lent condition, and preparations have been made for firing red-hot balls that will burn any vessel which may attempt to pass the forts for hostile purposes. "The Naval Department has received information this morning, that the revenue cutter Dobbin, lying in Mobile harbour, has the United States flag flying with the Union down, and the Palmetto flag flying at the mainmast. This act, on the part of those having the vessel in charge, is considered open revolution before the secession of the State of Alabama." The Bth of January being the anniversary of the battle of New Orleans, was devoted to a great con sumption of gunpowder all over the Union in honour of General Jackson's victory; and in most of the Northern States in honour also of Major Anderson's course at Charleston. The occasion was also seized in the New York State Senate to pass a resolution to present a sword to Major Anderson. General Jackson's proclamation against nullification was also read on the motion of Mr. Spinola. A Washington despatch of the Bth states upon reliable information that Senator Cameron has declined a seat in Mr. Lincoln's Cabinet. Two hundred men, with 130 horses, left Fort Leavenworth for Baltimore on the 7th. THE EXECUTIVE. The correspondence between the South Carolina Corn missioners and President Buchanan appears in the Charles ton papers, having been submitted to the Convention in secret session. It consists of three letters, the first dated Dec. 29, from the Commissioners to the President, in which they demand as a preliminary to all negotiations a disapproval by the President of the act of Major Anderson in seizing Fort Sumter; the second, dated Dec. 30, from the President, in which, while admitting that Major Anderson acted without express orders, he yet refuses to repudiate the act (we give this document in full in another column) ; and the third, dated Jan. 1, in which the Commissioners attempt to refute the allegations of the President's letter in which he justifies Major Anderson's conduct. This last letter the President returned to the Commissioners with the following endorse. ment on its back :—" This paper just presented to the Pre sident is of such a character that he declines to receive it." IMPORTANT ARMY MOVEMENTS. THE REINFORCEMENTS FOR FORT SUMTER. (from the _New York Times, Jan. 8.) Farther investgation respecting the expedition for the relief of Major Anderson, has elicited the fact that Colonel Thomas, the Aide-de-Camp of Lieut.-General Scott, came on from Washington and personally superintended the embarkation of the troops which were destined for the re inforcement of Fort Sumter. They consisted of 250 artil lerists and marines, with ample supplies of provisions and arms, and were put on board of the Star of the West, in the lower bay on Saturday night, so as not to attract atten tion. It is stated that a movement had, last week, contained the sanction and support of several wealthy merchants of this city for sending relief to the gallant Anderson, and that a largo amount of money and materials were contri buted, and a steamer selected for the purpose. On Satur day the parties who were at the head of the movement were informed that the United States Government had under taken to send supplies and men to that post, and that con sequently their patriotic services would not be required. FURTHER. MOVEMENTS OF TROOPS. BALTIMORE, Monday, Jan. 7. The soldiers which arrived to-day from Carlisle wero cavalry, and not infantry, and in number were 60. They were on their way to Harper's Ferry to protect the arsenal. CONGRESS. The congressional proceedings on Jan, 7 related almost exclusively to the great question agitating the country, and were extremely interesting : In the Senate, Mr. TEN EYCK, of New Jersey, presented a petition of citizens of that State, which was referred to the Judiciary Committee, requesting Congress to authorise a National Convention to meet at Philadelphia on the 4th of March, Thirty-three memorials asking for the submis sion of the Crittenden resolution to a vote of the people were presented by Mr. Bigler, Pennsylvania. Mr. Crit tenden then spoke at some length in favour of his proposi tion, and was followed by Mr. Toombs of Georgia, who made a characteristic speech, full of " fire and fury," gene ral dissolution, and the " tramp of armed men"—conclud ing with a declaration that if the South was denied her rights " she would invoke the God of battles, and trust to Him for security and peace." The Senate then went into Executive session, and subsequently adjourned until Wed nesday. In the House, Mr. COBB, of Alabama, in correcting a state ment to the effect that ho was present at a conference of the Alabama and Mississippi delegations on Saturday, and had sent home a telegraphic despatch advising immediate seces sion, declared that he hoped something would be done to save the Union, and called upon men of all parties to make efforts to do so. Mr. Etheredge, of Tennessee, asked leave to submit a proposition substantially the same as that agreed upon by the Committee of the Border States on Saturday, but he did not succeed in obtaining a suspension of the rules. [We give this proposition below.] Mr. Adrain, of New Jersey, asked leave to offer a resolu tion approving of the bold and patriotic act of Major An derson in evacuating Fort Moultrie and occupying Fort Sumter, and pledging the house to sustain the President in all constitutional measures to enforce the laws and preserve the Union. After an ineffectual appeal to Mr. Adrain from Mr. Barrett, of Kentucky, for a withdrawal of the resolu tion, a vote was ordered on a motion to suspend the rules for its reception, and resulted 134 for and 53 against sus pension. The resolution was then put upon its passage, and received 124 votes, while only 53 were cast against it, The scene in the house during the calling of the roll was a very exciting one—almost every member as he cast his vote, for or against the resolution, giving his reasons for so doing. The motion was almost exclusively supported by Northern members ; nearly all the Southern members present voting agaiist it. The Washington correspondent of the Arm York Hsrald says—" The vote upon the resolution approving the course of Major Anderson, and sustaining the President in not re calling him, is regarded by the Southern men as indicating a majority favourable to the passage of a force bill. They are intensely excited this evening, and threaten vengeance if a force bill is attempted to be passed. The Republicans also regard it as showing a majority in favour of such a measure." THE NEW COMPROMISE PROPOSED. BORDER STATE CAUCUS. WASHINGTON, Jan. 5, 1861. The Committee of the Border States, including Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, Kentucky, Missouri * and North Carolina, from the South, and New Jer sey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, &c., from the North, to-day agreed upon propositions for an adjustment of pending difficulties, by amending the Constitution as follows : 1. Recommending a repeal of all the Personal Liberty bills. 2. That the Fugitive Slave law be amended for the pre venting of kidnapping, and so as to provide for the equali sation of the Commissioners' fee, &c. 3. That the Constitution be so amended as to prohibit any interference with Slavery in any of the States where it now exists. 4. That Congress shall not abolish Slavery in the South ern dockyards, arsenals, &e., nor in the district of Colum bia without the consent of Maryland and the consent of the inhabitants of the District, nor without ccmpensation. 5. That Congress shall not interfere with the inter-State slave trade. 6. That there shall ba a perpetual prohibition of the African slave trade. 7. That the line of 36 deg. 30 min. shall be run through all the existing territory of the United States; that in all north of that line slavery shall be prohibited, and that south of that line neither Congress nor the Territorial Legislatures shall hereafter pass any law abolishing, pro hibiting, or in any manner interfering with African sla very ; and that when any territory containing a sufficient population for one member of Congress in any area of 60,000 square miles shall apply for admission as a State, it shall be admitted, with or without slavery, as its constitu tion may determine. We read in a Washington letter : Tho compromise proposed by the Committee of Border States is not accepted by the South. The South will not consent to leaving the Territories south of 36 . deg. 30 min, to be free or slave as the people may elect, believing that, by leaving the question open, the scenes of Kansas will be re vived, and the country overr un with an-slavery pe o pl e th rou gh the agency of the Northern emigrant aid societies, They demand the unequivocal recognition by the North that slavery shall exist in territory South of the proposed line, until it shall be divided into States, when, in their sove reign capacity as States, they may alter or confirm their status in regard to Slavery. In other words, all territory North shall be con<idered free, and all South slave, unless the people shall 'loose to change the condition after their government shall be clothed with State authority. Nothing else wilt be accepted by the South; and, as false impres sions Duty be formed from the favour in which the proposi tion of the Border Committee are received in some quarters, it is proper that this explanation should go before the coun try as soon as possible. A REPUBLICAN CAUCUS. The Republican members of the House caucused in the Post-office Committee-room again on Jan. 5 upon the pre sent state of affairs—Speaker Pennington in the chair. There was a full attendance. The unfinished business of the day before was resumed, being the report of Mr. Hale of Pennsylvania, from the sub-committee of the border States, who said that he believed the members of his committee representing the border slave States would agree to his proposition, that all the territory of the United States north of 36 deg. 30 min. should be free, and all south of that line to remain as it is with liberty to the people to organise into States whenever they please, with or without slavery. He was of opinion that it might be better for the north to take this proposi tion than to precipitate the country into war. Mr. HOWARD, of Michigan, said he objected to any com promise. - Mr. LOVEJOY, of Illinois, speaking of the malcontents of the slave States, and the proposed compromise of dividing the territory between freedom and slavery to the Pacific, said—" There never was a more causeless revolt since Lueifer led his cohorts of apostate angels against the throne of God ; but I never heard that the Almighty proposed to compromise the matter by allowing the rebels to kindle the fires of hell south of the celestial meridian of thirty-six thirty." This outburst of the eccentric member from Illinois created a deal of sensation and some movement. Mr. DewEs, of Massachusetts, moved that no vote be taken on any of the proposition s , and that th e caucus ad journ sine di., which was c arr i e d . The caucus was fully attended, and was harmonious at the close against all compromise. SOUTHERN CAUCUS. The Senators of those Southern States which had called Convention met at Washington and adopted the following resolutions : —First—We recommend to our States imme diate secession. Seeond—We recommend holding a Con vention at Montgomery, Alabama, on a day not later than the 15th of February, and establishing a Southern Con federacy. Another resolution was passed, considered confi dential, but understood to pledge the Senators to remain at Washington, and defeat army and navy appropriations, and other bills, if proposed. Paid. Closing Price. 100 6 7 75 80 6 7 72 65 70 i pr 72 74 92 93 2 11 d 45 5 d CK B- 98i 7 81 72211 2 1 45 1 95 i 41 51 ATL 48 171 18 THE NORTH. We read in the New York _Herald despatch from Washington : Memorials are still pouring in, signed by thousands of all political parties, urging upon Congress to adopt Mr. Crittenden's plan of adjustment. Senator Bigler received upward of 30 petitionE, this morning, some of them 30 or 40 feet long. The people in the North are becoming aroused. MR. LINCOLN'S CABINET. (From the New York Tribune.) The latest information which has reached us respecting the composition of Mr. Lincoln's Cabinet indicates that the various departments will probably be filled about as fol lows : State Treasury SALMON P. CHASE, of Ohio. Attorney-General EDWARD BATES, of Missouri. War SIMON CAMERON, of Pennsylvania. Navy Interior P. M. General Mr. Seward and Mr. Bates have both accepted the posi tions which have been offered them. We say they have both accepted, though there is some doubt with regard to Mr. Seward. We presume, however, that Mr. Lincoln had reason to suppose that he would accept before he made the proposition. We sincerely trust that he will not decline. There are few men in the country who could conduct its foreign relations with the ability, dignity, and tact which Mr. Seward would bring to the duty. It is not necessary for us to add here that we place no confieence in the Wall street reports, which attribute to Mr. Seward a secret com plicity in the Crittenden Compromise. Such reports are, as we believe, without the least foundation in truth. THE SOUTH. SOUTH CAROLINA.—We read in the New Isrk Times of Jan. 8 :—We have reports from Charleston by travellers which indicate the existence of much distress there. The troops who have volunteered and presented themselves for service are encamped in unhealthy situations, and, in con sequence of rain, swamps and misma, are suffering from disease. No vessels loading, no business doing, women weeping, and men overcome by sickness, and the city in the hands of a mob, is the bulletin travellers present of the condition of things at the present time in Charleston. M is s is s ipp he Mississippi Convention also organised on Jan. 7, and took the preliminary steps towards imme diate seccession. (A subsequent despatch by telegraph reports the passage of the secession ordinance.) JACKSONVILLE, Miss., Monday, Jan. 7.—The Governor has ordered the Artillery to prepare ball cartridges. The delegates to the Convention ars unanimous for secession. LOUISTANA.—Hon. Pierre Soule made a speech at New Orleans a few days since, urging Louisiana not to take any hasty action in regard to secession, but to stand prepared to act with her sister slaveholding States. Nothing but such united action, he said, could comraaud for the movement the respect of European nations. NEW ORLEANS, Monday, Jan. 7.—The socession ticket is triumphant. All the Senatorial delegates, and all but four on the Representative ticket, are elected. The city has been carried by over five hundred majority. The following is an extract from a letter to a member of Congress from Louisiana from an influential source : We all agree on dissolution or separation, but we disagree on mode. Property lately valued at sixty thousand doliars in New Orleans sold a few days ago for nine thousand dol lars, on 12 months' time. EORGIA, WASHINGTON, Jan. 7.—One hundred and four eountios have been heard from ; seventy are for im mediate secession, twenty-nine for co-operatien, and five divided. FLORIDA, TALLAMASSB, Jan. 5, 1861.—Judge M‘Ghee, of Madison, was elected permanent President of the Con vention. The morning session was consumed in perfecting an organisation. During the afternoon resolutions were offered declaring the right of Florida to secede, declaring the cause of its exercise, and the duty of the State to pre pare it. Adjourned till Monday. TBNNESSEE.—Hon. Cave Johnson, of Tennessee, has written a very strong letter, denouncing in the most emphatic terms the secession movement—declaring it to be nothing but rebellion, and proclaiming the duty of the Federal Executive, in case of the capture of any of the forts of the United States, to "retake then, without regard to the blood or treasure that may be expended." POLICE IN7ELLMENCE--(This Day). MARLBOROUGH-STREET. ROBBERY BY A COLONEL'S SERVANT.--Joseph Clive Walter, a private soldier, Wellington Barracks, and also servant to Colonel Henry Percival De Bathe, of the Scots Fusilier Guards, residing at 60, Piccadilly, was charged before Mr. Beadon, by Butcher, 137 C, as follows : Col. De Bathe said that he was in the habit of giving the postman who brought his letters ss. every Christmas, and the prisoner, who was his servant, had charged him with it, but he afterwards discovered that he had not given the money to the man. He made the discovery on the 12th January, on which night the prisoner got drunk, and had ever since been under arrest. In answer to Mr. BGadon, the Colonel stated that he had also lost an enormous quantity of property—plate, clotheQ, &c., and had not been able to ascertain any trace of them, William James Uppleton, of 8, Delahay-street, West minster, district letter carrier, proved calling for the gratuity as usual. The prisoner had never paid him, stating that the Colonel had not given it to him, but asked him to wait. The Colonel said on the 12th, the day the prisoner was arrested, the prisoner got drunk and ran up a score of 78. at a publichouse, which he (the Colonel) had since paid the barman. He had given the prisoner that day £5 to pay for different articles. The prisoner, who has been in the regiment four years, was remanded for a week. IBIS DAPS SI-LIPPING. LONDON, Jan. 22.—Wind this day at noon—South- Westerly; moderate breeze, with dull, cloudy, and cold weather. QUBENSTOWN, Jan. 21.—Wind S.W.—Arrived— British Queen, from Mauritius; Young America, from Callao ; Rachel, from New Orleans ; Wildman, from New York. DEAL, Jan. 21.—Wind S.W.—Arrived —Mary Ann, from the River, and sailed for Demerara ; Brilliant, from the River, and sailed for Mogdaore. CARDIFF, Jan. 21.—Wind S.E.—Sailed—Agnes, for Demerara; Magnet, for Flavannah. BRISTOL, Jan. 21.—Wind • S.W.—Arrived—Venus, from Demerara ; Arthur Child, and Oraville, from New York. OFF SCILLY, Jan. 20.—Arrived—Star of Hope, from Callao ; Weltham, from Havannah. DOVER, Jan. 21.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Eacelaior. from Rio Janeiro for Rotterdam. POOLE, Jan. 21.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—Juno, from Newfoundland. NEWPORT, Jan. 21.—Wind W.—Arrived—Lucretia, from Liverpool for Hong Kong. BEREHATEN, Jan. 18.—Wind N.W.—Arrived—New' - bog, from New York for Falmouth, short of provisions, and with loss of soma sails, cabin windows broken, .tc., having shipped several heavy seas. 1 w H o a n v d r e e r , (aY ELECTRIC TELEGRAP.) Sabine Eglinton, from Cardiff; SOUTHAMPTON , Arrived, Jan. 21—Tagus, steamer, from Lisbon ; Lady Tuesday'. Morning. Gateraig, from Swansea; Giiipavrsys,'frostmeaniLelarnelfrlym; steamer, from Jersey ; George!, from Cherbourg; from Cardiff; Phoebus, Florida, and Triumvirate, froM Newport. Sailed—alliancefor London ; Southampton, steamer, er,for Jersey ; A and Atalanta, steam er, for Havre; Azores, for Newport. SUB MARINE AND MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Tuesday Morning. Arrived, Jan. 21—Ignis Fatuu•;, from M o gador • Stella, steame r, from Smyrna • Ca ro li ne Amelia, from irkaw. Arrived, Jan. 22.--Celia and Nancy Dawson, from St. Michael's. Sailed, Jan. 22.—East Lothian, for Mauritius • Helena, for Montevide o ; M or i a and Telegrap h, for Adelaide. DEAL, Tuesday Morning. Passed—Chamoi s , from Cochin ; Devonshire, from New York ; Acis, f rom 'Dania ; Eagle, from Berbice ; Susan, from Valentia ; Stamford, barque, from Cardiff; Caracta_ cus, from Manilla , Assyrian, from Shangh° l — all tor Lon d on ; Water Sprite, from Lorid: i na,ur t ilt', for London ; or St. Micha e l' s ; Regulus, from T.a.auu, cur Cardi ff. ti Auchored—Esphrosyne, from Pasqualina, from London, for Gaeta, TIMID EDITION'. SUN OFFICE, Seven o'clock. LONDON GAZETTE—(TiIIs EVENING). ST. JAMES'S PALACE, JAN. 18. The Queen has been pleased to appoint William Stokes, Esq., M.D., to be one of the Physicians in Ordinary to her Majesty in Ireland. CRO WN-OFFICE, JAN. 21. MEMBER RETHRNED TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT PARLIAMENT. County of Pembroke —George Lord Phillips, Esq., in the room of the Hon. John Frederick Vaughan Campbell, commonly called Viscount Emlyn,now Earl Cawdor, sum • moned to the House of Peers. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, JAN. 22. Royal Regiment of Artillery—Second Captain Thomas Henry Pitt, from the Supernumerary List, to be Second Captain, vice Brabazon, deceased ; Lieutenant Charles Dalrymple Gilmour to be Second Captain, vice Noble, who resigns. The undermentioned gentlemen Cadets from the Royal Indian Military College, at Addiscombe, to be Lieutenants, viz.: —Alfred Edward Turner, James Fox Brough, Charles Wigram Long, Edward Stedman, Herbert Frederic Gairnee, H enr y H aug h ton Hardinge, Arthur Napier Pearce, Charles Henry Spragge, William John Rose Harrison, and Wyndham Hughes Hallett. Corps of Royal Engineers—The undermentioned gentle men Cadets from the Royal Indian Military College, at Addiscombe, to be Lieutenants with temporary rank, viz. :—Kellow Charles Pye, Ralph Rhenins Evans Brockman, Andrew Abercrombie Jopp, Robeh John I %l‘Clure, William Arthur James Wallace, and Bind Hood. BANKRUPTS. Daniel Robert Richards, boot and shoe manufacturer, Chester. Charles Robertson, baker and flour dealer, Liverpool. Joseph Radcliffe, butcher, Dobcross, Yorkshire. Thomas Phillip Ponton, grocer, Wrexham, Denbigh shire. Thomas Flood, woollen manufacturer, Gomersal, York shire. John Rogers, draper, Merthyr Tydfil. Thomas George Tomkins, bookseller, 163, Strand. John Risley, dealer in shares, Lombard-street, City. Charles Watson, grocer, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. shireßobert Lang, farmer, F ores t F arm, near Scorton, York- Walter Elliott, grocer, Bedminster, Dorsetahire. SCOTC BANKRUPTS. William Lyon M‘Phu H n, builder, Glasgow. John Campbell, Esq., Edinburgh. James Campbell, draper, Ayr. James Duncan, watchmaker and jeweller, Dumfries. Robert Brander general merchant, Lossiemouth. COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—Tizzs DAY. Amsterdam Ditto Rotterdam — 11 18} 11 18f Antwerp Brussels — 25 45 25 521 Hamburgh Paris Ditto Marseilles — 25 60 25 65 Frankfort on Maine — 1181 1181 Vienna Trieste - 15 55 15 65 Petersburgh — 34{ 341 Berlin Madrid Cadiz Leghorn Milan Genoa Naples Palermo Messina Lisbon Oporto Rio Janeiro New York — •• • • Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard)....per oz. £3 17 9 Mexican Dollars Silver in Bars (Standard) „ 0 5 11 South American Doublo ns ~ 0 0 0 48 48 25 Li 25 80 25 80 481 49 26 97i 26 86 26 86 39 118 118 63 631 394 1184 1184 52-i. 521 RAILWAY AND OTHER BILLS IN PARLIAMENT. Yesterday the examining barristers, Messrs. Smith and Frere, declared the standing orders of both Houses of Parliament complied with in the following cases : SOUTHAMPTON AND NETLEY RAILWAY.—For a line between the London and South-Western, near Southampton, to the Military Hospital at Netley, at a cost of £480,000, with borrowing powers for £16,000. GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY.—For an extension between Doncaster and Wakefield. SHREWSBURY, OS WESTRY, AND ELLESMERE RAILWAY.—For a line from the Shrewsbury and Chester, at Oswestry, to the Rednal station of the Great Western, and thenee to Ellesmere, at an estimated cost of £BO,OOO, and p ower t o borrow £26,000. LUDLOW AND CLEE HILL RAILWAY.—To con struct a line between these points, and power to use the Shrewsbury and Hereford, at an estimated. cost of £50,000. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.—For a line from Lightmoor to Coedbrookdale, and a branch at Wednesbury, and other purposes, at an estimated cost of £40,000. The following bills for new railways were with drawn :—Greenwich and Woolwich Railway, Cork and Fermoy Railway, Wolverhampton and Bridg north Railway, Southampton and Isle of Wight Railway and Pier. THIS DAY'S 1114.R.EETS. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.--ISlQadow hay, £2 Os to S 5 10e Od ; clover do., £3 10s to £slss ; and straw, £1 10s to £1 180, per load. A dull trade. CUMBERLAND.— Meadow hay, £2 O■ to £5 10s ; clover, £3 10s to £s■ 15s Od ; and straw, £1 10■ to £2 Os per load. Both hay and straw moved off slowly, at our quotations. WHITECHAPEL. -- Meadow hay, £2 Os to fiS 10g Od ; clove!, £3 lOs to £6 Os Od ; sad straw, £1 103 to £1 18 per lead. A fair demand. COLONIAL. TEL—The market has been very steady, and prices have shown no change of importance. SUGIR.—A moderate amount of business has been trans acted in the better qualities, and late rates have been fully maintained. In the refined market there has been a steady demand for dried goods. COFFEE.—OnIy a United business has been transacted, previous rates being obtained for good and fine descriptions of Plantation Ceylon. The stocks on hand, compared with those of the same period of last year, show a falling off of about 200 tons. lticx.—A few small parcels of East India have been sold at about late quotations, but the market generally has re mained very inactive. SALTPETRE.—No sales of importance have been recorded and quotations are inactive. TALLOW.—More activity has prevailed, with a fair demand for consumption, and prices have tended upwards. P.Y.C. on the spot is quoted 60s. ; April to June delivery, 575. 6d. ; and last three mouths, 58s. 6d. to 58s. 9d. per cwt. WIND AND WEATHER REPORT. THIS DAY, J. Ardrossan, S.W. ; fine I Ayr, S.S.W. ; dull Birmingham, S.W.; fine Brighton, N.W.; fine Bristol, S.W. ; fine Cambridge, S. ; fine Cardiff, W. ; fog Carlisle, S. ; dull Chatham, W.N.W., fresh; fine Deal, W. ; fine Derby, N.W. ; fino Dublin, S.S.W. ; fog Dumfries, S.W. ; fino Dundee, N. 8.; fine Edinburgh, S.W.; dull Glasgow, S.W. ; mild Gravesend, W.; fresh and frosty Harwich, S. ; frost .N. 22, 9 A.M. Holyhead, S.W. ; light breeze, and clear Inverness, S; frost Kingstown, W.S.W. ; foggy Leith, W. - dull Limerick, calm ; fine Manchester, S.S.W. • dull Milford Haven, S.V. ; fine NewcastleoaTy-ne,S.W.; fine Newmarket, W. • fine, frosty Norwich, N.E., fight ; frosty Perth, W. ; damp Peterborough, N.W. • froet Port Glasgow, W.S.ii.; fino Southampton, S. ; fog Waterford, N.E. i "11 1 d West Hartlepool,S. W .jl e Y Weymouth, N.Wg ; IV . , ;cloudy ge Wolverhampton, . York, S.E.; fine 1 r is AlM l rdB t Nri p esici ell eNj i s e A' r . , NN: l ,..fi V efi.n .W e . ; fine Par i s , S.S.'W ; cloudy St. Petersburg, W. ' • foggy- Stockholm, W.S.W. ; clear Strasbourg, W. ; cloudy Toulon, E.N.E. ; fine Turin, calm ; fog Vienna, W.N.W. ; clear CONTINENTAL S.: Brest, S.S.E. ; cloudy, fog Brussels, S. ; cloudy Cherbourg, S.W. ; foggy Copenhagen,N.N.E.; cloudy Dunkirk, S.S.W. ; rainy Havre, S.W. ; cloudy Leghorn, E.N.E tine eip ___ Lsic, W. ; cloudy., ;now Lisbon, N.N.E . ; Lyons, N.; fine T i rrE EDUCATIONAL CONGRESS AT BIRMINGHAM ___ J e very important congress of the friends of education is to assemble to-morrow at Birmingham, under the presi dency of Sir J. Pakington, Bart., for the purpose of urging upon the Government the great necessity of affording as sistance to the laudable movement now on foot for the pur pose of extending Ragged Schools, and thereby conferring the blessings of education upon the poor neglected and destitute children of Great Britain. Tho philanthropic movement is to be attributed to the untiring exertions of Mr. Charles Ratcliff, of Birming ham, whose valuable efforts in the cause of promot ing education amongst the poor are so well known and acknowledged. Most important results are confidently an ticipated frem the conference, especially as upwards of 200 noblemen and gentlemen of wealth and influence have given their support to the praiseworthy undertaking. Amongst the most prominent names we find those of the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Earl of Shrewsbury, the Earl of Shaftes bury, Earl Ducie, Sir John Pakington, Sir Arthur Elton, Sir John Ratcliff, Sir Thomas Winnington, Monckton Milnes, Esq. ; Mr. M. D. Hill, Miss Mary Carpenter, Sir Archibald Alison, Dr. Candlish, D.D. ; Sir E. Wilmot and Lord Lyttleton. • TrIE COINAGE.—The Mechanics Magazine calcu lates that the total number of coins of gold, silver, copper, and bronze, now in circulation throughout the British Isles, ea than lvi coloniesn 9 g oo t , h o e oo,ooo o r out al f m o the globe I oist th o e ne qu w e i s n tio t n o , e i a s ch no inh t mabuiethaniteosie stock stock stock 50 stock stock stock stock stock stock stock 2s. 6d. 12i 124 stock 6 stock 10 , 10 stock stock stock 8i stock stock stock 10s, 1.0.6 stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock 124 all 1 100 100 100 100 all all 104 31 Sharel 100 stk 18 20i 20 10 100 1 100 100 11 20 stock 100 100 20 stock stock 100 100 100 100 100 stock zoi 20i 100 100 100 100 stock stock stock stock stock ito3k 20 .1 10 ' all all all 100 100 100 all all all all all 100 all all all all 1,00 100 100 92 4 M I 21 121 1 20 1 301 63 3 34i I 391 1/ 26i