The Sun. — London, England, 1861-12-31 00:00:00

?YON El' MA CITY NE WS. CITY, Two o'CLocK. The year which is now terminating has been characterised by numerous monetary and commer cial events of importance. Several circumstances have combined to depress trade and to check spe culation. A very quiet tone has, therefore, per vaded most departments of business, and the results have not been of a very remunerative character either to the mercantile or manufacturing interests. Under the circumstances, however, even greater prostration might have been apprehended when the civil war in America and the international question that has arisen between this country and the Federalists are taken into consi deration. In the course of the past twelve months numerous failures have occurred, especially among the Greek interests, when the crisis took I place in the Levant trade. In other branches of business suspensions have also been reported, and no less than five provincial banks have succumbed, and in some instances with heavy liabilities. Seve ral cases of commercial fraud have also been revealed, but they will be too fresh in the recollection of the public to require recapitulation. It is a source of regret that the prospects of the new year are so clouded by the uncertain issue of the American question, which naturally tends to increase the com mercial depression - which has so long prevailed. The public markets for Foreign and Colonial Pro duce have been closed during the past week for the Christmas Holidays, but they reopened to day. Privately a limited business has been done in most of the principal staples, but prices have shown little or no change of importance. A fair amount of business was reported in the Liverpool Cotton market yesterday, and prices were firm. The sales were 10,000 bales. Some important changes have occurred during the year in the situation of the Bank of England. The stock of bullion was larger on 'Wednesday last than at any other period of the year, the total being £15,755,933; the lowest point attained was on the 23d of January, viz., £11,521,580. The reserve of notes has also reached its maximum during the last few days, the aggregate being £10,022,130, whereas on the 17th of July it was only £4,913,935. The largest stock of other securities was £ 2 2,836,483, on the 2d of January, and the smallest, £10,194,997, on the 27th of Novem ber. The rates of discount were highest in January and February, viz., 7 and 8 per cent., and the lowest point, 3 per cent., was reached on the 7th of November last, and no subsequent alteration has taken place. NV ith regard to the progress of affairs in France it may be mentioned that the bullion there in January was £13,986,827, and in December £12,996,609; the highest aggre• gate being in June, when it was £16,498,347, and the lowest in November, when it stood at £ 11 ,410,290. The rates of discount, which were 61 per cent. during the financial crisis in October, have since receded to 5 per cent,, and an improving tendency is still reported. About £32,000 in gold was sent into the Bank of England yesterday. The half-yearly meeting of the East and West India Dock Company will take place on the 10th inst., for the declaration of a dividend, &c. There is an increase of £905 in the traffic receipts of the South-Eastern Railway for the past week, and £BOl on the Brighton. The traffic receipts of the Northern of France Railway from the Ist of January to the 16th inst., amounted to £2,451,630, against £2,339,799 in the corresponding period of 1860. The improvement established yesterday in the value of the English Funds has not been fully main tamed, sales having been effected this morning which produced symptoms of reaction. It may be mentioned that the greater proportion of the busi ness now transacted is in options, owing to the un certainty felt with regard to the effect that may be produced at any moment by the receipt of later adviees from America. Consols at one time receded to 901 1, but since then a decided recovery has taken place, viz,, to 901 I both for money and the account. The New Threes and the Reduced remain at 00i ; Bank Stock has advanced to 236; India 5 per -est. is firm at 1031 104, but the June Ex chequer Bills are fiat at Bs. to lls. prem. Extreme quietude has prevailed in the Foreign Market, and prices have shown no material altera tion. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 76-1- to 77i- ; ditto, 1868, 671 to 68 ; ditto £lOO Bonds are firm at 70. The Italian Loan at 65, and the Spanish Certifi cates have advanced to 5'4 61-. A very limited amount of business was irs nsacted in the Railway Share Market to-day but prices generally exhibited a slight upward tendency. Eastern Counties, Midlands, North Eastern (Ber wick), have advanced 55.; and Great Westerns and South Easterns, 10s. ; London and South Western, however, have declined 15s. The Foreign and Colonial undertakings have been very inactive. Great Luxembourg brought 9 ; Great Western of Canada, 9; Great Indian Penin sula, 98 ex. div.; Enst Indian, 98 99 ex. div.; and Bombay and Baroda, 971 ex. div. Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares have been neglected, and prices are nominally unaltered, BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities.. 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities New 3 par Cent. Annuities 9Ol * i India Stock Ditto 5 per Cent. Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent — Ditto 5 per Cent Ditto 51 per Cent Ditto Debentures, 4 per Cent., Oct., 1863 Ditto 1859 Consols for Account, Jan. 9 - 1 / India Stock for Account, 5 per Cent . March. I June. Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO 2d.... 8 11 D'' £5OO ,Jitto Ditto Small FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Mexican, 3 per Cent Ditto Acco int .. Russian 5 per Cent. 1822, £ St Ditto 41 per Cent. Sardinian .5 per Cent. Spanish Cert. of Coup. not funded Turkish 6 per Cent. Ditto New Loan Ditto Account Ditto £lOO Bonds 1 enezuelan 3 per Cent Ditto Account Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 2? per Cent., Exchang e 12 G u ll 6ll French Rentes, 41 per Cent., Ex. 25f 9lf. 93f. 75c. Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861 THREE O'CLOCK. Consols, Money Ditto Account 271 91 761 5 6k 6 THE WEATHER. PROBABLE BEFORE THURSDAY. North Britain Variable, chiefly Nvesterly,moderate, fresh. Ireland N.E. to S. and S.S.W., variable, light, moderate. Central Similar, foggy. East Coast chiefly. South England. N.E. to S. and S.S.W., moderate, fresh; fine. METEOROLOGICAL REPORTS. This Day, D. I etween 8 and B. E. M. F. C. I. S. 9 a.m. I - Nairn J 30•41 39 37 S. 5 9 o. 3 Aberdeen.— 30'11 35 34 W.S.W. 3 9 m. 2 Leith... j 3016 3.5 33 N.W. 2 3 m. 1 Berwick 1 30•46 33 32 W. 5 8 b. 2 Ardrossan 30•51 34 32 E.S.E. 2 5 c. 2 Port, sh ' 30.51 34 32 S. 1 2 b. 1 Shields 30•47 38 38 W.S.W. 2 2 C. 2 Galway '30'48 30 Calm 0 9 m. 1 Scarborough 3O 48 187 36 W. 1 8 0. 2 Liverpool ' 3 )•50 37 36 S.S.E. 1 9 I. 1 Valentia Queenstown 3016 43 42 N.E. 3 7 0. 2 Yarmouth 301.3 37 36 N, 3 5 c. 3 London 3016 38 33 N N.E. 3 9j 0. 0 rover 30'42 40 39 E. 5 9 0. 4 Portsmouth Portland Plymouth 3015 j4O 39 E. 4 9 i O. 2 Penzance Ex PLANATION.-B. Barometer, corrected and reduced 0 32 deg at mean s ea l eve l ; each 10 feet of vertical rise causing about 1-100th of an inch diminution, and each 10 deg above 32 deg causing nearly 3-100ths increase. E. Exposed thermometer in shad©. M. Moistened bulb (for evaporation and dew-point). D. Direction of wind (true-- not magnetic). F. Force (1 to 12—estimated). C. Cloud (1 to 9). I. Initials :—b,, blue sky ; c., clouds (detached); f , fog; h., hail; 1., lightning; in., misty (hazy) ; 0., over cast (dull) ; r., rain; a., snow; t., thunder. S. Sea dis turtance (I to 9). Baron Vietii.ghoff has left Wallace's Hotel for St Petersburg. LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Railways. Paid. Leasing Closing Business Co. s Price. Done. --. Bedford and Bletchley all Ln.& N.W .. .. Birkenhead., Buckingh 114:r•re.. Chester & H Ilyhead lOO Do 53 54 Do. 54 per cent 100 Do. Do. 5 „ 100 Do. Clydesdale Junction 100 Caledon. 101 103 Colchester, Stour Val. all E.U.&E.O 63 65 E. Lincolnsh. gopr c. 100 Gr. North. 133 136 E.Union,HarwichShs all E,Counts. 4 4* Do. Woodbridge.... 100 • • • • Gls.Barr.&Neils.Drct. 100 Caledon .. .. Do. new Gloster &Dean Forest all Gt. West. .. .. Hull and Selby all Yk.N. Mid 110 112 Do. halves Do. quarters Lancaster & Carlisle 100 Ln.& N. W 195 200 London & Greenwich 100 S. Eastern 61 63 Do. Preferen a Lon.,Tilb.& S. -Viend 100 Peto &Co B3 85 Lowestoft gua. ape.. 100 Norfolk Do 6 per cent lOO Do.• lllnc.,Bxtn.,& Matlock all. LNW& M 34 • 3i Mid. Bradford Prefer ence stock Newmarkt, BuryEx I 5. 5. 8. E Counts. par i p gua. 5 per cent... Northn.&Eastn. sp. c. all Do. Do. 6 per cent..... all Do •• • • Do. Fixed sp. c.... all Do. • • • N. Eastn—Hartlepool 110 N. E. Ber. .. •• North "Western Preston and Wp &N.W 1 m. I all &L. Yk. 43 45 441 Do. 4 shares A. all Do. ••• •• . .. . • Roystn.Hitch.& Shep. 100 Gt. North. 133 136 Shrewsby & Hereford 100 T Brassey 118 122 Do. Do. South Staffordshire Wilts and Somerset lOO Gt. West. 90 92 Wimbledn t Croydon, all L.&Brgtn, 84 04 - S. I al 3 I !3.1 SHARE, rIS DAY). ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Share Railways. trice. I done. 1 81 Business Paid. Closing ) !Belfast and Nor. Coun. 14 Bir., Wol., and Str. Val Blyth and Tyne Bost.,Sleat,andMid.Co 'Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Carmarthen & Cardigan C )rk and Bandon Cork, Blrock, & Passage Cornwall Do A A gets no div Do. B j till 6p c.p an.has been paid to B. Dublin & Belfast Junc. Dun.,Perth,&Ab. June East A nglian Eastern Counties Eastern Union, A stock Do • Bdo do DoNw A, late E U 3ds East Suffolk Edinburgh & Glasgow Edin., Perth, & Dundee Forth & Clyde Junction Furness Glasg. and S. Western GreatNrthn of Scotland , Great Northern Do A stock Do B do Gt. S. an I W. of Ireland Great Western Do Str Val gua. stock Irish South Eastern Lancashire & Yorkshire I London and Blackwall 1 Bon., Bright.,& S. Coast I f.on., Chat., and Dover 1 Lon. & North. Western 1 Lon. & South Western 1 L'derry & Coleraine L'derry & Enniskillen. a II an., Shef., & Lincoln. 1 Maryport and Carlisle. a Do * shares a Metropolitan ! Midland Do New .. 2. all all 7i 8 6.4.0 Do Binning. & Derby Slid Gt. W. of Ireland Do. 4 shares Mid Kent Do Cray Line Newcastle and Carlisle Newry k Armagh, def. Newry, Warnpt, &nos Norfolk North British Nor.Dev.Rail&Dk.stock Do A stk ; A recs no d till 6 pc. has been pdß Do B stock Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do, G.N.E. purchase Do Leeds Do York North London Do new North Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junction Not. Gran. RI. & Canal Peebles Portsmouth . Rhy ney ' 4 cot EtCentral Scot. E., Aber. stock Do Sc)t. Mid. stock.. Shrews. and Welchpool Shropshire Union Sittingbourne Sheer South Devon IS. Durham dr Lanc. Un 'South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun Staines,Wok.,andWok Stockton Darlingt, on, Do Do New, 1860 Taff Vale. , Do Pref. No. 1 I ThainesHavenDk&Rail, ,___ Ulster Do .. Do .. Vale of heath Victoria sta. and Pim Waterfbrd 4t Kilkenny Watcr ord Limerick. 'West Cornwall. West London Do Ist class Do 2d class W. Hartlepool Ifar.&R West Midland Oxford 6 1 6 i 94 06 101 102 5 6 41 42 10i 11 18 19 51f 47 50 32 34 88 00 2si 2EI 93 ICO L2} 113 0 111 130 132 102 104 08 68! 55 58 106 i 107 54 56 115 116 44 46 91i 92 92 93 9 11 44i 45 6 6i [27i 127! 1f 1 98 100 Op 16.13.4' 1 100 100 100 1061 I 11 Bt( st 4 92 i 93 i Do Newporr Do Hereford' 271 f 8 61 63 62} 63 99} 991 }d 561 571 88 89 94 07 100 j 914 100 J d 891 9 5 4i d 10} 101 1 1 88 DO 122 124 M 40 95 97 8 p 5 i PI 55i 56i 24 3i i d ip 80 85 1 5i 6) 46 48 42 45 88 90 ;Paid. Closing Prioe. lusinees done :53 57 97 98 3 d tif Tfi g SLYN, 7LONDON, TUESDAY EVENI NG, DECEVI BE It 31, 1861. PREFERENCE SHARES. Share' Railways. I Pai d I Closing Business —" Prices. Done. ;5 Blythe and Tyne 10 p.c. pref. issued at £5 , it Bris. & Exet. 4p.c. at !O Do. shares it Caledon. £lO, 41 p. cent it Do. quar. shares, No. 2 64 Cork & Bandon, 51 p. c. !O Cornwall. 5 percent 64 Dim. Perth,& Aber.Jun [0 Do. Ist Class Pref it E. Angn. Class Asp. c it Do. Class B 6 per cent ;t 1)0. Class C 7 per cent it E. Coun. Ex. 5 p.c. No. 1 it Do No. 2 it Do. new 6p.c. at it Eastern Union, 4p. c— it Do. sp. c. guar it Edin.&Glas.6 p.c. shares ;t Edin. Perth,& Dun. 4 p.a it Furness 5 per cent it Glas.& S.W est. gu. 5 p.c t Great Northern, sp. c it D 0.5 p.c.Redm.lop.c. pm it Do. 41 p. c. do it Do.sp.c.Redrr.atsp.c.pm 10 Gt. NIL of scot. let pref. it Gt. Sn. &W. (Ireland) 4 per cent 40 Great West. (Perks and Hants Ext) 5 per cent it Do. redeem. 41 p. et it Do. redeem. 4 p. ct it Do. irredeem. 4p. ct it Do. sp. c. redeem. pref 8 Do. Birm. pref. shares [0 Do. Chester 8 p.c. pf. she 1 0 Do. Chester 5 p.c. pf. shs it Do. Birm. guar. stock 5 1 4 Do. Chesterguar. shares 3 4 Do. do 0 Do. do 1 0 Lan. & Carl. 41 p.c. pref it Lan. & York. 6 p.c. stock it Do.Barnsl.rit£s 2s 10d , e it Do. 6p. c. (East Lan.) it Do. 41 p. c. (Blackb. pur it Lon.&Brig.sp.f.tgu. No.l it Do. 5 per cent, do. No 2 it Do. 6 per cent. d 5" it Do. 5 per cent. do. No. 4 it Do. 41 per cent. do 5 Do. 41 p. c. pref. shares it Do. 7 per cent pref. stk it Do. 6 p.c. do(W.R&C.P.) it D 0.4 p c.st.(div.def.lll'6s it Do. 4 per cent. prcf it Lon.Chat.&Dov. sp.c.pf. [0 Do. West. Ex., B, 6p. a [0 Do. Metrop. Ex. ti, r) p.c. it Lon. & S. W., Coy. & Nuneaton, 5 per cent. it Lon. & S.West. 7p. cent. at., late 3d shares it Do. 44 per cent i 6d Do. (Prtsm. perpl. anna of 28 6d 121 Londondy. & Cole. 1 shs 121 Londony. & Ennis. 1 shs ,t Man. Sh. & Lin. 6 per ct. 6 Do. £6 it Do. 34 per cent. 10 Do. redeem. 6percent 121 Maryport & Carl. 4 pr. c [2l Do. 41 per cent ...... it Midland Con. 6p. c. stk. it Do. Con.Bris.& Bir. 6 p.c. it Do. 41 p. c. pref. stock 6 Do. 41 per cent. 3t Do. Leic. and Hit.4per ct it N, rflk. sp. a Ex. at. 1846 it Do. 51 p. c. Pref. st. 1847 it D 0.5 Way.ValEx.st.lBl7 it Nort British, s.per cent. it Do. New g - ua- percent [0 Do. Bor. Un. g. prf. shs 10 Do. do. do 3t Nth.Dvn.Rail.&Dck.Co it N-East. Cons. pref. 4 p.c it Do. 41pr. ct. redeemable 3f Do. G. N. E. 4p. ct. pref. [ 7 Do. Berwick 4p. c. pref. !O Do. Leeds 6p. c. No. 1 121 Do. do. Quarters, 1848.. ."5 Do. York, H. &s. lurch. !O North Staffordshire.... 10 Ithymney Guaranteed.. 3 4 Sottish Central. new p 1 it Scottish North-Eastern 3/ p. c. pref. stock.... it Do.Aberdeen,gua.6p c it Do. 7 p. C. pret. stock ) s. South Devon, Ann, 10s. [0 Do. Fixed 41 per cent 6. South Eastern (Reading Ann., 1.0 6) it Do. 4.1 per cent it Do, Fixed 41 per cent it South Wales, gua. 4p. c. it Do. 41 per cent it Do. do. 1859 it Do. 5 per cent. it S. Yorkshire, 4p. c. gua. 10 Do. sp. c. gua. 0 5 Stock. & Dar. Asp. c 15 Do. B6p. c 15 Do. C6p. c it Watrfd & Kilkny. 6p. c it W. Mid.-Oxf Ist guastk it , Do. 2d do it Do. Newport 5 p.c. pf.red. It I Do. Perpet. p. 1866{ It I Do. 1801 91 93 201 214 6 61 101 103 108 110 106 108 10? 110 106 108 123 125 81 83 18. 13. 41 101 1371 111 113 89 91 115 116 110 112 102 101 107 109 97 99 98 100 88 90 89 01 102 101 91 10 17 18 loi 16i 74 70 20 20 10 10 15 15 136 133 101 103 112 115 112 115 136 138 112 115 [52 155 [27 130 73 75 90 92 11 113 131 14 [25 127 1 P i in 65 70 I SPul 137 139 102 104 92 94 [O9 111 07 109 1 lipm 99 101 98 100 i dia par idis }pm 22 23 [32 136 10 10i 24 24 09 101 99 101 9S 100 27] 284 31 33 31 33 42 45 123 125 121 123 100 102 118 122 113 120 Larel Railway& Atlantic & St Lawrence f Bom.,Baroda.t.Cent Ind ( Gu. 5 per cent........ 18 Do Do. B 104 Buffalo and L axe Huron 104 Do. New . 10 ! iDo. Preference ...... 10 i Buffalo,Brant&Godricb t 6 p. et' bds. July l Aug. 1, 1872 10 Do. do. , 18;3 )0 Do. do. June 1, 1574 5 (71cutta.&S.Eastn. (I. 1 , , ) 10 Cape,Eastn.Prov. (Lim.) 10 Cape Town & Dock Scrip 10 Ceylon Guarantd. 6p. c 174 Demerara 10 Eastn. Bengal gu. sp. e ;k East Indian, gu. 5 p. c. Do. I` Shares Ext ) Do. Jubbulpore ) Do. 44 p c. Debentrs 0 Do. )0 Do. 5 18 p. 65-1870 o. Deb., 1864 ociciGrand Trunk of Canada ' Do. 6 per cent. Pref Do. 2d Pref. 6 per ct Do. 6 per et. Debentr Do. 7 per cent. 1862 Do. do. 1867.. Do. do. 1872.. ~k Gt.lndiaPenin.g-ua.sp.c. 1 Do. New gua. sp. c... :k Gt. South.of India (Lim) guaranteed 5 per cent. 0 Do. do. 104 Gt. W. of Canada Shares 10i Do. New .. ....... ... 10 Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. 10 Do. 54 p. c. do. '77 d 0... 10 Do. 54 p. c. do. '7B d 0... rck Madras guar., 46 p. 0... )ck Do. do. 5 per cent .... )ck Do. 41p. o. Extension 10 Do. 5 )ck Melb.Corp. 6p. o. Bnds. 10 Newßrunswick et Canda Ry.dzLand(Lim.)g.6pc Class A Capital Share i. Do. do. Land d 0........ 0 Do. do. B Capital do. .. .. IDo. do. Land do. ...... ;Dude (Limited) ........ ockiScinde ...... • • 10 Do. Punjaub .... ,1 ,9 10 Do. Do. ...... .. is" 9 )ck Do. Indus. St. Flo. te, , i to Trinidad (Lim.) Scrip.. 8 t,OCI 100 100 100 100 100 100 noel stocl 'lOO 15 all 100 1 FOREIGN 20 Algerian 10 Antwerp & Rotterdam. a : 20 Ardennes.... ...... .. a 20 Bah.&S.Fran..Li m. 7 p.c. 5 Belgian East. Junction a 20 Beziers to Graissessac.. a Carmeaux Mine & Rail 3( 1 0 0 Copiapo ••• • • • a] 10 Ditto Extension .... a] 20 Dutch Rhenish 20 Eastern of France a 20 Grand Rue Guar. 6p. c. al 20 Do. do. 20 tireat Central of Franc& a 20 Gt. Luxem., Con. she... a 20 Italian Junction ...... a 20 Lierre Jr Turnhout .... a 20 Lyons dr Geneva ...... a 20 Namur & Liege ........ a 20 Do. 6p. c. Pref......... a 16 Northern of France.... a 16 Do. New Shares ..... 10 Norwegian Trunk Pref. a 20 Paria,Lyons, & Mediter. a 20 Paris & 0r1ean5........ a 20 Recife &S. Fran. (Pern.) qua. 7p. ct. Um...... 1 20 Riga & Diinaburg...... 19. 20 Royal Danish.-- •• • • a 5 Royal Swedish a 4 Do. 7 per cent. Pref.... al 20 Sambre & Meuse ...... a 10 Do. 51 per cent. Pref..... al 20 San Paulo, lim, g. 7p. c. 4 20 S.Aust 3zLomb Venetin 11 20 Southern of France.... a :0 S. East Portugal 7 p ct. 81 West Flanders 0 Do. 5 p. 0. Preference.. :0 W. & N.W. of France .. 0 West'rn of Austria.. tO Western of Switzerland a 6 Wiesbaden ...... a 6 Do. 8 per cent Pref a 10 Zealand .. a' BRITISH MI - A 1 fred Consols (Philack 20 British Iron - Clifford - Devon G. Cons. (Tavist j - East Bassett (Illogan) - East Caradon - E. WI Russel (Tavistk ) - Gam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen ) - Great South Tolgus - G.Wheal Alfa. (Philack) - G. Wheal Vor (Helston) - Grenville - Herod's-Foot . .1 - Hingston Downs - Lady Bertha Alargaret (tiny Lelant) - North Downs - North Frances (Illogan - Basset (1110 ;an) - North Wheal Crofty - Par Consols (St. Blazey) tO Providence (Uny Lelnt.) - Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. - South Caradon(St.Cleer) - S. Cam Brea (Illogan) 1 ,S. Dev. Iron &Gen., Lim - IS.Wheal Fran. (Illogan) - !Stray Park 5 Tamar Silv.& Lead Min 10 Tin Croft - I Vale of Towey (Carm.) ! ' - IWest Basset (Illogan) - Caradon (Liskeard), - ,West Seton - I Wheal Basse . t (Illogan) - IWheal Buller (Redruth) - rWlitdi Edward (Cals.); - IWheal Kitty (U.Lelant) - IWheal Mary Ann (Men.)' - !Wheal Tretawney (Lis.) 1} 5.9. G tf.2 li:IA 1.14.6 7.4.0 551 17s 6.8.8 8.12 4.11.8 1.10.1 1i 1.14.0 9.18.9 lk 10.6.7 all 48.1 ,4 .V 1 2719. 13s 6cl FOREIGN MINES. 20 Australian 1 BonAccord Copper,Lim. 20 Brazil St.J. del Rey,Lini 5 Do. Land and Mining Co. 1 Clarendon Cons.MiitCo 40 Cobra Copper Copiapo 1 Dun Moun.Cop.Ming.Co 2 Fortuna. 20 General 2 Gt N. Cop. of S. Austr Kapunda (Limited) 3 Linares 5 Lusitanian 1 Mariquira 1 IN.RhineCopof S.Aus.L IPontE,ribaud Silver,Lead Mining and Smelt... 5 , Port Philip 1 Scottish Austrin. (L.) n. 211 United Mexican 1 Worthing (Limited) Do all 1 10s. all all 48 50 11 1/ dis. 34 36 6 8 2 23 24 P 1 1# p 7 8 d e rr to 2 4 11 14 1 pm B} l 81 4 4 49i I If 8f f COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Can.(loY. 6 p.c.Ja. &July 1877-9 lO9 102 105 1054 64 Do 6p. cent.lBBo-2 100 - - Do. 6p. cent.lBB3-4 100 i Do. 6p. C. Feb. & A ug . 100 1104 107 Do. 6p. c. Mar. & Sept. 100 104 107 Do. 5 per cent lOO 92 95 934 -- Cape G. Hope, 6 p c,lBBO 100 106 108 Do. 1890 100 106 108 N.R.Gov. 6 p.c. J a.&July 100 100 102 Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct.l 100 - - N. S.W. Gov. sp. c., 18661 100 96 98 Do. sp. c.,1871 to 1876 100 95 97 951 Do. .c., 1888 & upwds 100 95 97 Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c ster ng, 1875 lOO 101 103 S. Aus,G6p.o.lB7B.4lrup lOO - - ,Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July 100 IDo. do. 6 p.c. Ap.&Oct lO O 1024 1031 1031 DOCKS. stock Commercial lOO stock Do. 4 per Cent.Pref.Min lOO stock East and West India stock Londor lOO 58 61 584 stock ISt. Katharine 1100 60 63 stock Southampton lOO stock ;Victoria..,, ....' 100 95 97 20 I Do‘ New . —.......i... 2 1i 1 d JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 100 Agra&UnitedServioe Bk 50 85 87 40 !Australasia all 59 61 25 Bank of Egypt all 204 21; 100 Brak of' London 20 Bank of Turkey 3 50 British North American all 20 Chtd.Bank of India, &c. all 194 20 25 Ch. Mer. of In. Lon.& Ch. all 11 33 , 100 City 100 ,Colonial... ~... ... ... 26 20'11 Com. Bank of Canada.. all 100 Commercial of London. 20 20 Eng., Scot., & Aus. Ch.. all 17 171 20 Gen. Bk .of Switzerland all 20 Lon. Char.Bkof Austral all 231 244 20 Do. new l5 114 4 50 London and County 50 London Joint Stock 20 London and S.African lO 1 ;d 100 London & Westminster 20 67 69 100 Nat. Prov. of England 42 • 20 Do. new ..... ...... - 50 I National Bank 20 Ne r South Wa1e5....., all I 25 Orient. B. Corporation . all 160 62 504 20 Otto•nan Bank .... ... 100 Provincial of Ireland 25 10 Do. new 25 South Australia ..v all 25 Union of Austra lia 50 Unto , of London 100 'Unity Mutual.. M ISCELLAIIIOUS, 10 Anglo-Mexican Mint . 1 all 134 141 10 Atlantic El. MI. Stm (1d) all 1 2 1000 Atlantic Tel. (Limited) all 25 Australian Agricultural 19 25 27 10 Berlin Water (Limited) all 5 51 50 British American Land 40 -- 50 R&l.Mag. Tel. A. (Lim.) all 29 32 20 Do. 8,7p.c.ti111852 (Lim.) all 18 20 20 Do. C. (Limited) all 9 11 324 Canada Land all 98 102 10 Chan.lslands Tel. (Lim all st. Cop.Min.ofEng.&Smltg all 25 Do. Pref. 74 per cent all 15 17 st. Crystal Palace et. Do. Preference st. Do. 6 p et. Perpet. Deb lOO 99 101 20 E.lndia Irrign. & Canal 1 4d fpm et. Electric Telegraph 25 Do. New l5 5 English & Aus. Copper all 24 31 15 Gen. Steam Navigati )n 14 —-- 264 5 1 Great Ship Limited) all 1 fl 1 Do. 171 p c t P re f erence all 14 4 5 Lon. District Tel. (Lim.) 41 4 L.G. Omnibus Co. (Lim.) all 14 14 20 Madras Irr. and Canal 1 2 2 10 Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim.' all 31 41 25 National Dis. Co. (Lim.) 5 4 d 2 0 Nerbu.Coal& I ron (Li m ) 5 1 4 1 id 10 Netherlands Land all 5 Do.B p.c.Prefl.iss.atl dis , all i 4 100 N. Br.&N ova S cot i aLand 81 10 15 1 N.B.Australasian (Lim.) all 1 1 1 Oriental Gas (Limited). 'all 11 1 1 Do. New Shares (Lim.). all 11 14 10 Orintl. In. Steam (I.im.) 10 61 71 st. Pee l ß.Lnd.&Min.(Lim) 100 47 50 50 Pen. & Oriental Steam all 66''' 68 50 Do. New 3O 9 11 20 Red Seatln.Tel.g.4lp.c all 18 19 50 Rhymney Iron all 17 19 16 Do. New-- ....... 100 Royal Mail Steam 6O 46 48 st. Scot. Austin. Inv.(Lim.) 100 125 135 152 25 South Australian Land all 32 24 1 Submarine Tel. Scrip all 8 I 1 Do. do. Registered 6 10 Do, do 10 Trust and Agency or Austrlasia(lim)lst Is. 1 id 4 p 20 Tr.& Ln.Co. of Upr.Can. 5 plp 6 U. K'dom Tel. Co. (11w.) 1 14 pr /00 in Dloalen'o L tad . 281 8 • 41 5 1 id 19k 19f'd 98 99i 98 100 99 101 100 101 18 19 58 59 45 60 30 34 34 38 29 32 29 32 100 101 1 i d 99 100 81 91 [ll 11} 89 91 99 :00 91 93 5 7 4 6 1014 1021 I id. 2: c5 100 4 I dll THIRD EDITION. SUN OFFICE, Seven o'clock. .711ANCHESTER _RACES, (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) These steeplechases are postpored until further notice on account of the frost. PUGILISM. BRETTLE AND ROOKE FOR £l,OOO. After fighting one hour and 14 minutes, the fight was postponed until to-morrow, in consequence of darkness coming on. So far as we can learn, Brettle had the best of it. NAV AL IN TELLIGENCE. Tho following appointments were made at the Admi rally this evening : LONDON GAZETTE,—(This Evening.) LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S-OFFICE, DEC. 31. Orders for the Court's change of mourning on Monday, the 27th of January next, for his late Ro) al Highness the Prince Consort, viz . The ladies to wear black silk dresses trimmed with crape, and black shoes and gloves, black fans, feathers, and orna ments. The gentlemen to wear black Court dress with black swords and buckles, and plain linen. The Court further to chauge the mourning on Monday, the 17th of Feb. next, viz.:— The ladies to wear black dresses with white gloves, black or white shoes, fans, and feathers, and pearls, diamonds, or plain gold or silver ornaments. The gentlemen to wear black Court dress, with black swords and buckles. And on Monday, the 10th of March next, the Court to go out of mourning DOWRING•STItEET, DEC. 30. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Thomas Price. Esq., to be Lieutenant-Governor of the island of Dominica. CROWN- OFFICE, DEC. 30. MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT PARLIAMENT. Town of Nottingham—Sir Robert Juckes Clifton, of Clifton Hall, in the county of Nottingham, Bart., in the room of John Mellor, Esq., who has accepted the office of one of the Justices assigned to hold Pleas before the Queen herself. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, DEC. 31. 2d Regiment of Dragoons —Captain Charles Jefferys Wat son Allen from half-pay, 12th Lancers, to be Captain, vice Brevet Major James Leith, who retires upon hall. pay. 6th Dragoons—Major and Brevet-Lieutenant-Colcnel John De Montmorency Murray Prior to be Lieutenant-Colonel, by purchase, vice Edmund D'Arcy Hunt, who retires; Captain John Edward Swindley to be Major, by pur chase, vice Prior ; Lieutenant John Baskerville to be Captain, by purchase, vice Swindley; Cornet James Stocker Grant Smith to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Baskerville; Charles Douglas Beresford Creagh, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Bennitt, promoted. 12th Lancers—Edward Albert Polo, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Blacker, prGent., tomoted. 14th Hussars—John Bradney, o be Cornet, by pur chase, vice the H o n. F. A m h ers t , promoted; George Staunton Lynch •Staunton, Gent., late Lieutenant Hants Artillery Militia, to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Browne, promoted. 15th Hussars—Robert Marcus Briscoe, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Walker, promoted. Royal Artillery--Captain Andrew Orr, from the Supernu merary List, to be Captain, vice Henry Heyman, re moved to the Supernumerary List; Second Captain and Brevst-Major Frederick Miller to be Captain, vice Bre vet-Major Charles Ingilby, removed to the Supernume rary List ; Second Captain Robert Wolseley Haig, on the Supernumerary List, to be Captain ; Second Captain and Brevet-Major Charles Henry Owen, on the Super numerary List, to be Captain; Second Captain and Brevet-Major Alderson Milman to be Captain, vice Brevet-Major Miller, removed to the Supernumerary List ; Lieutenant Frederick Coulthurst Elton to be Second Captain, vice Vivian Dering Majendie, removed to the Supernumerary List ; Lieutenant Charles R. Frankton to be Second Captain, vice Eden, appointed Adjutant. ; Lieut. Clennell Collingwood to be Second Captain, vice Brevet Major Miller; Lieutenant Frede rick Augustus Anley to be Second Captain, vice Brevet Major Millman; Second Captain Morton Parker Eden to be Adjutant; Sergeant-Major John Pitt to be Quarter master; Surgeon Ethelbert Henry Blake, M.D., having completed a period of 20 years full-pay service, to be Surgeon-Major under the Royal Warrant of Ist October, 1858. Coldstream Guards—Ensign and Lieutenant Hugh Gran ville Fortescue to be Lieutenant and Captain, by pur chase, vice Philip Le Belward Egerton, who retires; Ensign John Barton Sterling, from the Bth Foot, to be Ensign and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Fortescue. Ist Regiment of Foot—Assistant. Surgeon Wm. Chalmers, from the 17th Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Wm. White, appointed to the Staff. Bth Foot—John Mount Batten, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice John Barton Sterling, appointed to the Coldstream Guards. 16th Foot—Lieut,. Charles Pressly Pender, from the 37th to be Lieutenant, vice Charles Henry Woodmass, who exchanges; Staff-Assistant-Surgeon Edward O'Connell to be Assistant-Surgeon. 18th Foot—Ensign Ferdinand Ogilvy Fitz Gerald to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Sydney Darvell, who re tires ; William Edward Chapman, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Fitz Gerald ; Quartermaster John Staniforth, from half-pay, late 67th Foot, to be Quarter master, vice C. Godfrey, appointed to a Depot Battalion. 21st Foct—Ensign Edward Walker to be Instructor of Musketry, vice Lieut. John Blaksley, exchanged into the Ist West India Regiment. 34th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon William Sly, from the 16th Foot, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice G. Smith, deceased. 37th Foot—Lieut. Charles Henry Woodmass, from the 16th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Charles Pressly Fender, who exchanges. 38th Foot—Charles Alexander Stuart Monteath, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Brady, who retires. 41st Foot—Lieutenant Ashton Henry Warner to be Adju tant, vice Isaac King, who resigns that appoinment. Gist Foot—Staff-Surgeon Thomas Li - twood, M. 8., to be 7' Surgeon, vice Herbert Taylor Reade, who exchanges. 'oth Foot—Lieutenant Eustace Cay to be Captain, by pur chase, vice Oswald Pilling, who retires; Ensign Henry Bally to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Cay; Charles Townley Martin, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Bally. 87th Foot—Lieutenant Alfred Herbert Hugh Smith to be Instructor of Musketry, vice Ensign Vowell, deceased. 98th Foot—Lieutenant Frederick Jackson, from half-pay 27th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Thomas Gardiner, pro moted, without purchase, to an unattached Company ; Ensign William O'Toole to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Jackson, who retires ; Henry William Roberts, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice O'Toole. Rifle Brigade—Staff-Assistant-Surgeon Thomas Kennedy to be Assistant-Surgeon. Ist West India Regiment—Ensign Arthur George St. George to be Lieutenant, by purchase, \ ice Panter, pro moted ; Harry Golding, Gent., to be Ensign; by purchase, vice Mansergh, promoted ; Joseph Guy Knight, Gent., late Lieutenant Leicester Militia, to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice St. George, promoted. DEPOT BATTALIONS.—Captain George Hewish Adams, of the 86th Foot, to be Instructor of Musketry, ♦ice Captain Macdonald, under orders to join the Service Companies of Ist Battalion, 16th Foot; Quartermaster Cornelius God frey, from the 11th Foot, to be Quartermaster, vice John Desmond, who retires on half-pay. COMMISSARY DEPARTMENT.—Deputy Commissary- General William James Tyrone Power, C. 8., to have the local rank of Commissary-General in British North Ame rica. MEDICAL DEPARTMENT.— Surgeon Herbert Taylor Reade, from the 61st Foot, to be Staff-Surgeon, Vice Thomas Ligertwood, M.B , who exchanges; Assistant- Surgeon William White, from the let Foot, to be Staff Assistant Surgesn, vice Joseph Salkeld Johnston, M.D., appointed to the 72dd Foot; Assistant-Surgeon St. John Killery, from the 36th Foot, to be Staff Assistant-Surgeon, vice Robert William Jackson placed upon half-pay. VETERINARY DEPARTMENT.—The promotion of the under-mentioned Veterinary-Surgeons, as First Class Vetinary-Surgeons, to bear date of Nov. 26, 1861, instead, of July 1, 1859 : —F. F. Collins, 16th Lancers ; A. J. Owles, 6th Dragoon Guards; J. S. St oc kl ey , R oya l Artil lery; S. P. Constant, sth:Dragoon Guards; H.Withers, 3d Hussars. BREVET. Captain Charles Terrington Aitchison, Bombay Infantry, to be Al ajor in the Army. Captain James Alphonse Collier, Bombay Infantry, to be Major in the Army. Quartermaster John Desmond, retired on half-pay, De pot Batalion, to have the honorary rank of Captain. The undermentioned promotions to take place consequent on the decease of Lieutenant-General the Hon. John Finch, C. 8., Colonel of the 24th Foot, on Nov. 25, 1861 : Major-General William Beckwith, Colonel of the 14th Hussars, to be Lieutenant-General. Major- General Charles Ash Windham. C. 8., Colonel of the 46th Regiment, p omoted for distinguished service on Sept. 8, 1855, to be placed on the fixed establishment of Major-Generals. Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Bruce, 2d Foot, to be Colonel. Major John Hvckett, 44th Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, Captain William Ranby Goate, 35th Foot, to be Major. ADMIRALTY, DEC. 24. CORPS OF ROYAL MARINES. First Lieutenant Frederick William Arthur Boyd, to be Captain, vice Huskisson, to half-pay, Second Lieutenant Charles Rowley Brand to be First Lieutenant, vice Boyd, promoted. COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—Tais DAY. Amsterdam Ditto Rotterdam — 11 19 11 191 Antwerp — 25 521 25 57f Brussels — 25 521 25 60 Hamburgh — 13 71 13 8 Paris Ditto Marseilles Frankfort on Maine —118 k Vienna Triesto Petersburgh Berlin - Madrid Cadiz Leghorn — Milan — Genoa — Naples — Palermo .. Messina Lisbon — Oporto — Foreign Gold in Bars (standard) .... Mexican Dollars Silver in Bars (Standard) South American Doubloons ..... I • 3 48± 48} 25 75 25 70 25 70 391 114 118} 51i 513 48} 48} 25 8 25 77} 25 77} 391- 118 119 62f 52} £3 17 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Commanders—G. H. Wale, to the Cornwallis, additional, for service in the Coastguard; Marcus Lowther, to the St. Vincent. Naval Cadet—Charles R. Congress, to the Defence. Assistant-Surgeon—William F. Ryall, to the Orlando. THE TVINDIZAIII CASE. COMMISSION OF LUNACY.—(Tats DAY.) (Before Commissioner S. Warren, Q.C.) ELEVENTH DAY, Dr. Forbes Winslow was this morning examined as to the state of mind of Mr. Windham. The learned gentle man was called and examined by Mr. Montague Chambers. He entered at length into the results of two interviews he had with Mr Windham, at which the subject of his con duct both before and after marriage was spoken of. The cutting down of the timber at Fellbrigg, and his friendship for Mr. Roberts was also alluded to. During the whole of both interviews the doctor said Mr. Windham was very erratic, and also gave signs of mental imbecility. Mr. Chambers—Dr. Winslow, after those interviews, do you consider Mr. Windham to be a person of sound or un sound mind ? Dr. Winslow—Of unsound mind. Mr. M. Chambers—Do you consider him capable- of managing his own affairs ? Dr. Winslow—l consider him to be incapable of either taking care of himself or his property. Mr. Chambers—That being your opinion, is it confirmed by the evidence you have heard given in this case ? Sir H. Cairns—l object to that question being answered. My learned friend has not the right to put it. Mr. Chambers pressed the question. The Master—l think the question is one infringing the province of the jury, and that the witness cannot be called upon to answer it. The cross-examination of the witness is to be taken by Sir H. Cairns. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-17714 Day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. _ . A WATCHMAKER CHARGED WITH ILLEGALLY PAWN ING A GOLD WATOH.—William Bittner, watchmaker, of Charles-street, Middlesex Hospital, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt, with illegally pawning a gold watch, entrusted to him to repair, the property of Mr. Edward Villiers, 59, Frith-street, Soho, who is a gold jeweller. Mr. Villiers said that on the 20th of last November he entrusted a gold watch and clock to the prisoner to repair. The prisoner brought home the clock, but not the watch, and when he sent to the house where he resided, he found that he had removed. He (Mr. Villiers) had since found that prisoner had pledged the watch, and on sending a friend to the prisoner he gave him the duplicate. Mr. Henry Burrige, a friend of Mr. Villiers, said the prisoner gave him the duplicate relating to the watch, which had been pledged in Cranbourn-street, Leicester square. Inspector Hubbard asked for a remand, stating that there were several other cases to be preferred, and it was granted. Numerous complaints havo from time to time been made at this court by persons who have entrusted watches to the prisoner for repair and been unable to get them back. TEE PRINCE OF WALES. The extreme earnestness—we had almost said vehemence—with which the limes, for two or three consecutive days after the death of the Prince Consort, appealed to the Prince of Wales to decide instantly and finally in favour of a life of honour and usefulness in preference to a life of frivolity and folly, has induced many persons to suppose that his royal highness was hesitating as to the choice he should make, and that his tastes and habits are not such as his royal mother could wish, or the nation approve of. Under other circumstances it would have been gross impertinence in us to thrust ourselves forwards as the defenders of his royal highness; but, as most erroneous notions about his life and conduct have been prevalent for the last few days, and as our journal is published among a community which has lately had the best means of knowing what the tastes and habits of the Prince of Wales really are, we are sure we shall be pardoned if we give public expression to what we know is the universal opinion in Cambridge on the subject. During the time the Prince resided at Madingley and Cambridge, his daily life was so completely before the public; there were so many ways of as certaining how he spent his time, and everything connected with him was s 6 completely free from secrecy and seclusion, that if there had been anything to find fault with in his conduct, it most certainly had been known to ourselves and the Cambridge public; and therefore, considering the unreserved manner in which he lived among us, it is proof positive that his conduct was irreproachable when we are enabled to assert, in the most emphatic man ner, that we never once heard even a whisper, de preciatory of his royal highness's tastes and habits. We declare, without fear of contradiction, that while the Prince of Wales was at the University he proved himself to be a good and amiable young man, a true English gentleman, and a prince wholly free from every thing approaching to a debasing tendency. No parent could wish his son to behave better, and now that his time of trial has come, we feel confident that his royal highness will be found neither unwilling nor unfit nor unable to console and assist his bereaved mother, and to fulfil the warmest hopes of the people.— Cambridge indepen den" THIS DAY'S LITARKETS. HAY MARkETS. SMITRFIELD.—Meadow hay, £2 5s to So , clover, £3 10s to £5 128 6d ; and straw, 10s to £1 18s Od per load. Both hay and straw in slow request at late rates. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, £2 Es to £5 Os; clover do., £3 108 to £5 15s; and straw, £1 108 to £1 18s per load. A slow trade. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £2 5s to £5 Os; cloves, £3 108 to £5 15s Od; and straw, Ss to 16s per load. Trade dull. COAL A (Prices of Coal per Ton a s. d ARKET. the close of the market Bate's West Hartley 15 Carway and Duffryn Malting 24 0 . _ Do. - Anthracite.. 21 6 Wylam ..16 6 Davison's West Hart- ley ....16 9 Burnhope Gas 14 0 Tanfield Moor 13 6 Tanfield Moor Butes l3 6 II olywell Walker Primrose 13 3 s. d THE REPLY FROM AMERICA Lord Lyons had not received on the 18th inst. the despatch sent out to him in the Europa—that is certain. The Africa, which should have left on the 18th, was detained by his lordship until the 20th. It is scarcely possible, however, that that steamer can bring the answer of the Federal Go vernment to the Europa's despatch. It is almost certain that the despatch will reach Washington by the 19th, and the following is a statement of the names of the steamers which would leave the United States for the next 20 days after the de spatch had arrived out, their dates of sailing, and when their news will be due in England : Names of When they When their Steamers, leave the news is due United States in England. Africa .. Anglo-Salon ~ 21 Glasgow „ 2 Hansa „ 21 ...... „ 3 Europa Jura 9, 8 City of Washington.... „ 28 ~ 9 Teutonia „ 28 America Nova Scotian City of Edinburgh .... „ 4 Niagara 71 8 The Anglo Saxon, Jura, and Nova Scotian sail from Portland, and their news will reach us from Londonderry. The Europa and Niagara will sail from Boston and Halifax. All the rest will sail from New York. The news brought by all the New York and Bos ton boats will reach us from Queenstown, except that of the Hansa and Teutonia, which will reach us from Southampton. Each of the above-named steamers may bring from Cape Race three days' later news than that which it brings from its por of departure. The news brought by the Bavaria from Cape Race is nothing more than the effect produced in America by the version of the English journals, published between the 28th ult. and the sth inst., of the nature of the despatch, and their comments on the Trent outrage. These journals were carried out by the City of Washington and .Tura steamers, and the deliberations of the Federal Cabinet must have been also on the news and opinions received in this way. It is not probable that the Cabinet will decide on their answer to the British Govern-' went until they have received some farther intelli gence as to the feeling of Europe generally on the Trent affair, and of course Lord Lyors will give Mr. Lincoln and his advisers a reasonable time to decide on their answer to his demands. It will be seen from the above dates as to the leaving of steamers from America that the Europa will leave Boston within six days of the reception of the despatch, and the answer of the Federal Cabinet, to be sent by that steamer, muot be given in five days. The Europa's news, as has been already stated, will not be due before next Monday. News had reached New York that the Southern steamer Vanderbilt had run the blockade, and landed at Havannah Messrs. Hunter and Soule, who were sent to Europe by the Confederates, in the room of Messrs. Slidell and Mason. They were about to be conveyed to St. Thomas in the Royal Mail steamer Clyde. If this is true those two gentlemen may be expected to arrive in the steamer which is now hourly due at Southampton. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SCOTCH IRON TRADE. (From Thorburn' s Circular.) The iron trade continues to manifest an irrepressible ex pansion. The quantity of pig iron produced in the last twelve months has been 1,035,800 tons, showing an increase of 35,000 tons over that of the preceding year. During the year the total deliveries amounted to 927,0,0 tons, and ex hibit an increase of 24,000 tons when compared with those of 1860. The stock has therefore increased 108,000 tons, and is now (exclusive of Carron) 535,000 tons, lying in the makers' and warehouse-keepers' stores, It must not, how ever, be forgotten that it is only hero the stocks of iron have accumulated, and when a great demand for the article shall arise, it is from Scotland alone that a promi.t supply can be obtained. The fluctations in the price have scarcely exceeded 2s 6d either above or below the average price of 49s 3d per ton for the year, and were chiefly governed by conflicting ope rations for a rise or a fall. The lowest price reachedwas 47s in March, the highest 51s 9 in August. The malleable works, foundries, and ship-building yards on the Cslele have, as well as other branches of industry, felt, though not as yet severely, the disastrous effects of the American revolution. Still the quantity of iron used in the local consumption has been only 3,000 tons less than that in the last year. Meanwhile, the year, gloomy from its first hour, grows full of shadows at its close. But should war arise, we have the melancholy, but still satisfactory consolation, that we shall engage in the same in defence of a just principle, and to assert alike the interests of the world's commerce, and the rights of our common humanity. Walls End. Hartlepool.... Hetton .. lB 3 Heugh Hall 17 0 Whitworth.. 14 6 K elloe Caradoc Trimdon Hartlepool ..17 6 Thorpe Haswell Shincliffe 16 6 Thornley ....15 6 Trimdon Thornley....lB 0 South Hart1ep001.,....16 9 ;, 64 ; sold, 15. Walls End. South Hatton Ships at market, THIS DAY'S SHIPPING. LONDON, Dec. 31.—Wind this day at noon—North- Easterly; moderate breeze, and fine weather, but rather cloudy. PLYMOUTH, Dec. 30.—Wiad N.E.—Sailed—Her Ma. jeaty's ship Emerald, for Liverpool. FALMOIITH, Dec. 29.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—Albert, from Prince Edward's Island. CLYDE, Dec. 29.—Wind E.—Arrived—United King dom, screw steamer, from New York ; Caledonia, from Montreal. KINGROAD, Dec. 30.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Baron de Castine, from Philadelphia. CARDIFF, Dec, 30,—Wind E.—Sailed—Kate Swinton, for China; Sheldrake, for Bermuda; Crimea, for Ma tanzas. TROON, Dec. 31.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—Macdonnel, from Quebec. JERSEY, Dec. 29,—Wind E.—Sailed—Albino, for Rio Janeiro. 4 WHITEHAVEN, Dec. 29.—Wind ELL—Arrived—Lady Gordon, from Quebec. 1131 r ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Tuesday Morning. Arrived—Southampton, steamer, from Havre. Sailed—Georges, for Cherbourg. (BY SUBMARINE AND MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Tuesday Morning. Arrived, Dec. 30—Kate, from St. Michael's. DEAL, Tuesday Morning. Anchored—Adelaide, from London, for St. John's. ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.—An ordinary general meeting of this society was held yesterday in the council-room at the gardens, South Kensington—Mr C. Wentworth Dilke, vice-president, in the chair—when about 60 candidates were elected Fellows, The chairman ad dressed the meeting on the great loss sustained by the society in the lamented death of their president, his Royal Highness the Prince Consort, and read the spontaneous and gracious communication from her Majesty the Queen, through Sir C. B. Phipps, which we have already laid be fore our readers. He also read an address of condolence to her Majesty. which had been prepared by the Council and forwarded in the usual way. The cordial thanks of the meeting were, on the motion of Judge Des Barres, seconded by the Rev. Joshua Dix, tendered to the Council for the promptitude with which they had acted for the society on this melancholy occasion. The ballot of Fellows was then proceeded with, and among those elected were the follow ing :—The Earl Brownlow, the Countess of Shaftesbury, the Dowager Viscountess Ashbrook, the Lady Claud Hamilton, Lieutenant-General Sir G. Bowles, K.C.8., Major. General W. L. G. Williams, Captain S. Dawson Darner, M.P., Captain Allason Cuninghame, &o. Twenty-five American trotters have just arrived at Havre, which were purchased for the imperial stables. Prince Napoleon has selected five of them for his stud, and five for the King of Italy. Five splendid hunters purchased in England have likewise arrived at the imperial stables in the Bole de Deulogue. RAILWAYS. all 6} 6f di —p 15 1 i d dl k k 111 1 14 u ,11 4 Si .6 1 11 Lll 24 ill - LII I ei 91 di ill SI ff ill 20 21 ill 38} 399 15 - - 8 10 39 40 50 52 el 4d 11 13 .11 6f 7 81 9 4 I L B l I 2 5f e 6 f d I p 1 4 a' Lll Of 7 11 0i 10 11 20 21 ES. 1 2 28 32 365 375 50 524 281 Mi. 2} 31 18 20 4t CII42VGES IN TILE HOUSE OF COMMOIVS. Many changes have taken place in the represen tation since the commencement of the year which is now drawing to a close. New members have been during that period elected for the following places : ABERDEENSHIRE-Mr. William Leslie, in the room of Lord Haddo, who became the Earl of Aberdeen ANDOVER-Mr. Henry Beaumont Coles, in the room of Alderman William Cubitt, who accepted the Chiltern Hundreds BANFFSHIRE —Lieutenant R, W. D. Abercrombie, in the room of Major Duff Gordon, who accepted the Chiltern Hundreds BOLTON—Mr. Thomas Barnes, in the room of Mr. J. Crook, who accepted the Chiltern Hundreds BRADPORD—Mr. William Edward Forster, in the room of Mr. Titus Salt, who accepted the Chiltern Hundreds CARLISLE —Mr. Edmund Potter, in the room of the Right Hon. Sir James Graham, Bart., deceased CORY — Mr. Nicholas Philp o t L ea d er, in the room of Mr. Sergeant Deasy, promoted to a seat on the judicial bench in Ireland FINSRURY—Mr, William Cox, in the room of Mr. Thos. Slingsby Duncombe, deceased FLINTSHIRE —Lord Richard Grosvenor, in the room of the Hon. Thomas Edward Lloyd Mostyn, deceased LEICESTER—Mr. William Unwin Heygate, in the room of Dr. Noble, deceased LONDON . (CITY or)—Mr. Western Wood, in the room of Lord John Russell, raised to the peerage LlNcomi—Mr. C. Seeley, in the room of Major Gervaise Waldo Sibthorp, deceased MARTLEBOINTE-Mr. John Harvey Lewis, in the room o Mr. Edwin James, Q.C., who accepted the Chiltern Hun. dreds MONTGOMERYSHIRE—Captain Johnson, in the room o: Mr. David Pugh, deceased NOTTINQHA➢I—Sir Robert Clifton, Bart., in the room of Mr. John Mellor, appointed to a judgeship in the Court of Queen's Bench PEMBROKE-Sir Hugh Owen, Bart., in the room of Sir J. Owen, Bart,, deceased PEMBROKESHIRE-111r. George Lott Phillips,in the room of Viscount Evelyn, who became Earl Cawdor _ _ PLYMOUTH-Mr. W. Morrison, in the room o Viscount Valletort, who became the Earl of Mount-Edgcumbe 11TCHMOND-Sir Roundel' Palmer, Q.C., Solicitor-Gene ral, in the room of Mr. Henry Rich, who accepted the Chil. tern Hundreds, SELKIRKSHIRE—Lord Henry Scott, in the room of Mr. A. E. Lockhart, who accepted the Chiltern Hundreds SLioo—Mr. Charles William O'Hara, in the room of Mr. C. W. Cooper, who accepted the Chiltern Hundreds SIT THERLANDSHIRE—Sir David Dundas, Q.C., in the ro om of the Marquis of Stafford, who became Duke of Sutherland TYNEMOUTH-Mr. Richard Hodgson, in the room of Mr. Hugh Taylor, who accepted the Chiltern Hundreds WOLVERHAMPTON—Mr. Thomas Matthias Weguelin, in the room of Sir Richard Bethell, who became Lord Chan cellor WORCESTERSHIRE (EAST)—Mr. Foley Vernon," in the room of Mr. H. J. Hodgetts Foley, deceased WILTSHIRE (SOUTH)—Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick Hervey Bathurst, in the room of the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, raised to the peerage. During the last session a third seat was given to South Lancashire, for which Mr. Charles Turner has been re turned. Birkenhead was created a Parliamentary borough, and Mr. J. Laird has been returned. By the death of Mr. George Granville Vernon Harcourt a seat for Oxfordshire is still vacant. The following gentlemen will be entitled to take their seats at the commencement of the approaching session:— Mr. C. Turner, for South Lancashire ; Mr. W. Morrison, for P/ymouth ; Mr. Charles Seeley, for Lincoln ; Mr. E. Potter, for Carlisle; Mr. William Cox, for Finsbury; Sir Robert Clifton, Bart., for Nottingham ; Mr. J. Laird, for Birkenhead ; Mr. Foley Vernon, for East Worcestershire ; and the new member for Oxfordshire, whoever be may happen to be. DEATH OF THE REV. MR. HOLLOWAY,--This unhappy man, whose name has recently been so much before the public, was taken ill of fever on Christmas-day, and died yesterday in the Rouse of Correction, COldbath fields. AINSWORTH'S N_ETV WORE. The !Lady Mayoress, it has been intimated, was a few years younger than her husband, and being still in re markably gcod preservation, might be termed a fine woman. Her person was rather on a large scale, it is true, her features fat and rounded, and her once dimpling chin doubled, but her teeth and eyes were good, and she had an agreeable smile, and a generally pleasing expression of countenance. Her size, however, was vastly exagge rated by the outrageous dimensions of the hoops sustaining her pink satin gown, which was decorated to profusion with large bows of ribbon, cords, tassels, and w rea th s o f flowers, and festooned with great bands of parti-coloured silks ; while her stature was increased in the same ratio by a surprisingly lofty head-dress, which rose full three feet above her brows, and might have over-balanced a less sub stantially built frame. This monstrous " head," the in terior of which (if we may venture to reveal the secrets of the toilette), was formed of tow, rose up smooth and straight as a wall in front, being stiffened with powder and pomatum, while the sides and back were covered with ranges of enormous curls, likewise plentifully besprinkled with powder. Some of these curls descended upon her ladyship's ample shoulders. But we have not yet done, The towering head-dress in question, which reminds ono of Queen Huncamunca's, was bung over with ropes of pearls, and other jewels, decorated with ribbons in bobs and ties, and surmounted by a plume of ostrich feathers. Ther seems little danger of such a mode as this being revived but it may be well to remark, by way of caution, that in dependently of the time occupied in its construction, the shape, which was calculated to last for a fortnight, could only be preserved by the wearer sleeping in a chair during the whole of the time. Such, ladies, was a Lady Mayoress, in the times of y our grea t grandmothers. We pass by, as of lesser attraction, Lady Lorimer's two elder daughters—the homely Regan and Goneril .of the story, Lady Dawes, the pretty widow, ar rayed in her pollonese of garnet-coloured lustring, and her equally pretty sister, clad in a sky-blue satin sacque, Mrs. Chatteris wife of Captain Chatteris, familiarly Tom Chatteris—we pass by both charming Olivia and Chloris (bot nee Lorimer)—to pause by preference for a whi_ over the following graceful sketch of the Cordelie of the tale, the youngest and gentlest of the three sisters, the loveable Cinderella of a household for the most part somewhat unloveable the Fair Mellicent ! Here is the delicate limning of her form and features, and we examine every line and tint in it with the more interest from feeling that in Mellicent we may recognise at once THE HEROINE OP THE STORY. Just turned 18, and, therefore, in the full freshness of youth, Millicent could not be termed pretty, and yet it would be wrong to call her plain. Her beauty, such as it was, mainly consisted in fine dark eyes, jetty brows, and luxuriant raven tresses, which she had sense enough not to disfigure by powder. In this respect, as well as in simpli city of attire, she offered a very striking contrast to her showy sisters. In her mother's opinion she was stiff and ungraceful, almost ugly, stupid, shy, silent, totally devoid of spirit, and without a particle of taste. Viewed by a father's partial eyes, she had a very pleasing countenance —whether pretty or not it puzzled him to say—neither did he greatly care, for he thought ther e was t oo muc h b eauty already in th e family, and he did not see any extraordinary advantage resulting from it. But there were moments when Millicent's rather pale features were lighted up, when her large eyes sparkled, and her lips unclosed with smiles to display the casket of pearls beneath them, that he thought her positively handsome—far handsomer, indeed, than either of his other daughters. But this no doubt was a mistake, and entirely attributable to his partiality. No one else dis covered these beauties, because poor, retiring Millicent, who kept in the background—" the proper place for her," Lady Lorimer said—was generally overlooked. It cannot be denied, however, that she had a ve r y goo d fi gure; tall, slight, and perfectly formed. Her rich dark tresses were taken back from her smooth brow so as to form a very pretty toupee of moderate size, while her profuse Lack locks, which, when unfastened, fell down almost to ber feet, were clubbed behind, and secured by a broad pink ribbon, tied in a bow. Her gown was of dove•coloured silk, long waisted, laced over the stomacher, and had short sleeves to the elbow, adorned with large ruffl es . Th ere was no other ornament about it. Her feet were quite as small and as pretty as those of her sisters, and this was the only point of resemblance between them. The only brother of these three fair daughters of The Lord Mayor of London—is the young scape grace Tradescant Lorimer, who appears as A BEAU OP THE FIRST WATER. A richly-laced, maroon -coloured velvet coat, made in the extre\mity of the mode, with large cuffs, and without collar, and a long-skirted satin waistcoat, embroidered and laced like the coat, set off his really fine person; while cobweb silk stockings of a ruby colour, and shoes with diamond buckles in them, were equally advantageous to the display of his log and foot, of both of which the young fellow was not a little vain. Ruffles of the finest Mechlin lace, a deep frill of the same material, and a muslin cravat, completed his costume, A dishevelled peruke of flaxen hair assisted the rakish look and deportment he affected. But for this dis sipated expression, and his extreme foppery of manner, Tradescant Lorimer might have been termed a very hand some, elegant fellow; but his graces, such as they were, were all external, for though not devoid of spirit, he was shallow-pated and frivolous, devoted to pleasure, led by his equally dissolute brother-in-law Captain Chatteris, and preyed upon and duped by his other profligate asso-. elates. Among the profligate associates of Tradescant figures conspicuous a personage very unlike him in outward aspect, as well as intrinsically. Here is the portraiture of this individual—instantly recog nisable as a lifelike outline of JOHN VIILIES. Noticeable among them—though not for good looks, for he was one of the ugliest persons imaginable, and squinted abominably —was a tall thin man of some three or four and, thirty. He was rather more soberly attired than his com panions, and had less of the air of a petit-maitre. Though his looks were almost forbidding, there was so much wit and drollery in his conversation, and so much mobility and expression in his features, that his ugliness was speedily forgotten. His obliquity of vision gave effect to his jests, This was no other than the well•known John Wilkes, member for Aylesbury, who afterwards became sufficiently notorious. An ardent admirer of the sex, Wilkes plumed himself upon his successes, and notwithst an di ng the personal disad v a n t ag es under which he laboured with, them, there might possibly be some foundation for tlie boast. On the present occasion he was devoted to the beautiful Mrs. Chatter's, next to whom he sat. Yet one more silhouette must be given from this first instalment of Mr. Ainsworth's new story in Bentley, and we shall have done. It is the sketch, as follows of a personage upon attendance upon tlie Lord Mayor upon his entrance—and who turns (jut to be no other than the famous kLDERMAN lINCKFORD. Of the alde rmen, the most worthy of note was a tall, stately-looking personage, whose features, rather quick and passionate in expression, and embrowned in hue as if by warmer suns than our own, were marked by a large acqui line nose a n d k een penetrating eyes. This was Mr. William Beckford, previously described as one of Mr. Pitt's most zealous adherents. A wealthy West India merchant, one of the representatives of the City in Parliament, and alderman for the Ward of Billingsgate. Mr. Beckford had earned the goodwill of his fellow-citizens by unremitting attention to their interests both in the House and out of it, as well as by his praiseworthy endeavours to check the abuse of malt d is • tillery, and the pernicious effects of gin drinking. Some what hot in temper, no doubt owing to his West Indian origin, and apt to be overbearing in manner, Alderman Beckford could not fail to make some enemies, but those who knew him intimately, and could estimate his sterling qualities and generosity of character, admired and esteemed him. Amongst these was Sir Gresham Lorimer. We have seldom read a more fresh and sparkling commencement to a new serial tale than this open ing of his new romance of the " Lord Mayor of Lon don" by Ainsworth. If it only should be continued and completed as it has been commenced, it will be among the happiest efforts of the gifted and popu lar author of " Rookwood " and " The Miser's Daughter." Sir Wm. and Lady Freestun have arrived at heir residence in Gloucester-square, from Weymouth. THE EMPEROR AND THE POPE.—We understand that the address of the Emperor of the French to the as sembled Ambassadors on New Year's-day will contain an announcement that the Pope will be supported in his pre sent position at Rome,--Press, The Lord Mayor of London. By W. Harrison Ainsworth. The January number of Bentley's Miscellany opens with a new story from the hand of one of our most skilled and popular novelists. Pleasant tidings for the readers of Bentley —a New Tale by Harrison Ainsworth, and one with a title so tempting and full of promise as The Lord Mayor of London ! The "second title"—to wit, " City Life in the Last Cen tury"—dissipates at once the notion some might otherwise have been disposed to entertain, that the hero of the story The Lord Mayor of London could be no other than our old friend Sir Richard Whit tington ! And that the immortal cat of the good old legend might appear upon the scene of the narrative as refreshingly and as thoroughly welcome —as ever did the Marquis of Carabbas ! The Right Hon. Sir Gresham Lorimer, Knight, is, in point of fact, however, Mr. Ainsworth's chosen hero. He and no other is in the present instance The Lord Mayor of London. Three chapters only of the First Book (" Guildhall") have appeared as the bonne bouche in the number of the Miscellany for January. But brief though the instalment is —it is thoroughly delightful. It gives ample promise of the good in store for us in the New Year, as the thread of the narrative is unwound by the practised hand of Tale Teller, that thread of the narrative that will now from month to month be woven into the gor geous tissue of his new romance ! Exactly one hundred years are supposed to have elapsed when the story commences. We suddenly come upon the beforementioned Lord Mayor of London, the Right Hon. Sir Gresham Lorimer, Knight, Alderman for Cheapward, draper of Cheap side, successor in the Civic Chair of Sir Matthew Blakiston—upon Lord Mayor's Day, the 9th of November, 1761, at the beginning of the memoruable year of his mayoralty. With a few brilliant touches of his rapid pen, Mr. Ainsworth delineates in radi ant colours, as though his standish were a painter's palette, and as though he dipped into it at plea sure for all the colours of the rainbow—with a few radiant touches from his pen, we say, our novelist brings out vividly to view a crowd of new and varied characters whose fluctuating fortunes are destined to constitute the interest of his narrative. How vividly they are brought to view we may best indi cate by means of two or three brief but sparkling quotations. Here, for example, is Mr. Ainsworth's elaborate miniature of the Civic Queen : MY LADY LORIMER. _~. !acts ame an ent. a of 3e of mild -ice; the clad d to 1 its man les ? ,wns hells lved stuff aced, nits, re is sad the me, nce the leir gal !en, rlos rise lea -147. eri hio hy- LMO 19.16.4 02 81 98 I f" ~4 4 `..,, u ~.