The Sun. — London, England, 1861-12-25 00:00:00

- „. .. ~... T , -....-.-...........n0.m.r....... ME A ' 1 ' SUN I. $ LONDON, .t 3107i7 FY ilf ARKET AND CITY NEWS. SHARE MARK E T-(1 1 ESTERDAY). BRITISH POSSESSIONS. -$. _________._______- Share Railways. Clostu g CITY, Two o'CLocx. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Paid.' Price. Business done As usual on Christmas-day, the Bank, Stock - _ • Exchange, and all other places of business have Share , Railways. Paid. Closing. Business Business done. stk I Bom„Baroda&•Cent Ind i ( G. 5 per .... 100 981 991 100 been closed. - I . 18 Do u Do. • B all - - 0 201 Bufralo and Larse Huron all 31 44 d 50 ;Belfast and Nor. Coon •,' all ' - - - 13.14 Bits, Wol., and Str. Val. all I 71 8 204 Do. New - - BRITISH FUNDS-CLOSING PRICES. 25 ; Blyth and Tyne - - 10 Do. Preference ...... all 51 61 Buffalo,Brant&Godrich 100 - _lO 'Bost,Sleat„and Mid CD all i 6 64 6 1 YESTERDAY. at , Bristol and Exe'. - er ; 100 i 94 06 no (.6 p. ct. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 Bank Stock* - - 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 9 04 ,_ 1 i 10 Carmarthen & Cardigan; all I - _ „ 100 Do. do. June L ls:s 100 - - 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities - 5 ,Cleritta.&S. Eastn. (I. i ) all 44 5 20 I Cape,Eastn.Prov. (Lim ) New 3 per Cent. Annuities 9 04 1 1. 4 4 i 20 Cork, Blrock, & Passage l all •-- i 20 20 Cape Town & Dock Seri! 16 1 id: India Stock - Do I 20 Ceylon Guarantd. 6p. c. 71 - - Ditto 5 per Cent. Itiil 6p c.p an.has ; 11 - .. 171 Demerara all - - Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent - 10 Do. B been paid to B. 4 20 Eastn. Bengal gu. spa c all 191 20 d 20 J)itto 5 per Cent. 9 65 , 50 Dublin & Belfast JuncH all 40 42 stock East Indian, gu. sp. c. 1001 100 101 1011 Ditto 51 per Cent 18'a 20 Do. I` Shares Ext.,.,. all - - ' 100 18 19 2O Do. Jubbulpore all - - Ditto Debentures, 4 per Cent., Oct., 1563 984 st East Anglian 100 Do. 41 pc. Debentrs. all 98 100 Ditto ditto April, 1864 981 ilOO Do. 5 p.c. Deb., 1864- all 99 101 Di' 1 Donds £I,OOO , L, Co a u la n a t , le A s . a . t . a . c . ka ; 110000 47 501 50614 511 2 at Do Bdo do 1 100 32 34 100 Do. 1865-1870 all 100 [Ol 100 4 ' ) '0; under al.ooo .. - - stock Grand Trunk of Canada 100 18 19 184 19 Consols for Account, Jan. 9 9ll 1 4 st East Suffolk ; 100 - - , 100 Do. 6 per cent. Pref.. all 53 58 56 8 ndia Stock for AcCount - at Edinburgh & Glasgow. , 101 88 90_ 100 Do. 2d Pref. 6 per ct.. all 40 60 It d a Stock. for Account, 5 per Cent st lEdin., Perth, & Dundee' 100 28 4 295 29 100 Do. 6 per ct. D e be n t r . all 28 32 32 ' ..1 4 10 'Forth & Clyde Junction all - - 100 Do. 7 per cent. 1862 .all 34 38 March. Jun 3. st :Furness 1 100 - - 100 Do. do. 1867.. all 27 10 Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO 2d.... 912 11 11 pm at (Alava and S. Western ; 100 97 99 100 Do. do. 1872 .. all 27 30 Ditto £5OO - _ 10 GreatNrtlin of Scotland all - - .. stock Gt. IndiaPenln.gua.sp.c. 100 994 1004 101 1001 I Ditto Small at Great Northern... I 100 1114 1121 113 124 20 ! Do. New gua. sp. c... 10 1 1 d FOREIGN FUNDS-CLOSING PRICES. st Do A stock st Do II do ; : 100 130 132 guaranteed 5 per cent. 160 981 991 1 YESTERDAY. at Gt. S. an W. of Ireland 100 101 103 20 Do. do. all at Great Western ; 100 671 681 68 1 1 20 4 Gt. W. of Canada Shares all 8 1 9 1 9 4 1 Brazilian 5 per Cent Ditto P s per Cent, 1860 12 Irish South Eastern _ ; all - - 100 Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. all - - Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent - st Lancashire & Yorkshire' 10 0 1054 1064 1064 4 7 100 Do. 51 p. c. do. '77 c 0... all - - a! i 0 Account - - Mexican 3 per Cent - at Lou., Bright ,& S. Coast 100 115 116 stock Madras guar., 4 1 p. c... 100 88 90 21 Ditto Aeco nt .. 274 8 744 4 4 st Lon., Chat., and Dover 100 41 46 stock Do. do. 5 per cent .... 100 981 991 99 at Lou.& North Western 100 914 92 92 3 4 stock Do. 41 p. c. Extension 100 91 93 911 Pei 'avian 4.'1 per Cent .. - 20 Do. 5 d 0........ all - -ct ! Otto Affount Portuguese 3 per Cent., 18,53 471 61, Ditto 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, and '6O 46 8 Stir dinian 5 per Cent. - Lou. & South Western 100 924 931 931 25 L'derry & Coleraine . 1 all - 25 L 'derry •& Enniskillen . .l all 9 11 st Ilan., Shef., & Lincoln.; 100 441 45 444 51 50 Maryport and Carlisle. all - - stock Melb.Corp. 6p. a Buda. 100 - - 20 Newßrunswick it Canda Ry.&Land(Lim.)g.6llo Class A Capital Share! all 5 7 i Ditto Account - - .. Do. do. Land d 0........ Spanish 3 per Cent - 10 Metropolitan 74 51 6 64 20 Do. do. B Capital do. .. all 4 6 Ditto Account - Ditto New Deferred 42 6.4.0 D O N ew ..1 2.14. 11 31p p - Dude (Limited) ........ - - S stock;Scinde .......... 4...: 100 1004 1014 1011 2 st Do Birming. & Derby 100 97 99 panish Cert. of Coup. not funded - - 20 Do. Punjaub .... Ls tl 15 1d 1 d Turkish 6 per Cent. - 25 Do. 4 shares - - 20 Do. Do. ........ as ? all - -. 1 Ditto Account - - stock Do. Indus. St. Flo g s g i 100 j 95 100 Ditto New Loan - - 10 Trinidad (Lim.) Scrip..! 1 4 1d ; Ditto Accoont loo Newcastle and Carlisle all - - 691 81 91 81 a 10 Ne 9 - FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Ditto ,EIOO Bonds 20 Newry, Waanpt, & Ros., all - - .. 20 Algeris u - - i Eitto Gearanteesl. 4 per Cent. 1' enezuelau 3 per Cent ...... all - -p D:vidends on the above payable in London. st Nor.Dev.Rail&Dk.stock 100 - - 20 Bah.&S.F ran ..Li m .7p.c. 15 41 d 144 1 Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861 1 , till 6 pc. has been pdß; 100 - - 20 Beziers to Graissessac.. all - -- THREE O'CLOCK, at Do B stock j 100 - - Carmeaux Mine & flail 30 10/ 111 Consols, Money - at Nth. Eastern-Berwick I 100 981 991 t 9 4 100 Copiapo ................ all - 4 _ B5 d Ditto Account st Do Leeds I 100 55 56 561 4 20 Dutch Rhenish ........ 16 1 4 151 4 st Do York ; 100 874 881 20 Eastern of France .... all 21/ 291 at North I ondon 1 100 94 86 THE ) ANKER , 20 Grand Rus Guar. 6p. c. all - 'ID b: OF I.HE QU_ES7IO.2Ir. 10 Do new 1 5 - - 20 Do. do. s a l t - - - as• 19.16.1 North Staffordshire 174 51 42 d 20 Great Central of a ranee all - - Scene : The Coffee-room of Radley's Adelphi Hotel, Liver- 10 N. and S. W. Junction:l all 104 101 20 Gt. Luxem., Con. sirs.., all 84 9 84 9 s e t t Not. Gran. G sc ran ,t. . 3 R ri l d . .&stCocaknali; 100100 9 8 5 8 9 9 7 0 20 Italian Junction . . all - - P 001. 10 Peebles 1 all - - 20 [Jerre & Turnhout ....1 all - - Mr. Nahum Q. Bounce, a Citizen of the Modern 20 Portsmouth I all - - 20 Lyons & Geneva. ...... all - - 10 Ithymney I all - - 20 Namur & Liege ........ all 81 (4 Republic. at scottish Central 1 100 122 124 20 Do. 6p. c. Pref......... all 20 21 Mr. Brown, a Briton. st Scot. N. E., Aber. stock; 100 37 39 16 Northern of France.. - all 38 39 Brown-So you really believe that Lincoln will refuse to shrews. and Welchpoo - 1! all - - 18 Do. New Shares ..... 15 - - 10 10 Norwegian Trunk Pref. all 7 9 give up Slide-11 and Mason? at Shropshire Union lOO 451 464 20 Parls,Lyons, & Medi ter. all 39 40 40 10 Sittig„ &Sheer Sheer all - - 20 Paris & 0r1ean5........ all 50 62 52 Bounce-Yes, sir ; unless they're hanged a f o re Russell's at South Devon lOO 36 38 1 Recife &S. Fran. (Perna despatch reaches Lyons, in which event, perh a ps, our Pre- 25 S . D ur h am & L anc. U n a ll - - 20 glut. 7p. ct. 1im...... 17 51 41‘1 eident may tell your Ambassador to say, with his compli- st South Eastern - t - et South Wales meats to the British Government, that they're welcome to sS. York. and River Dun 100 95 97 5 [loyal Swedish ........ all - - the rebels' corpses, if they'd like them. 20 a taines,Wok„andWok. all 51 6 4 1)o. 7 per cent. Pref.... all - - 25 Stockton & Darlington all 36 38 20 Sambre & Meuse ...... all 61 7 Brown-Come you're joking. We have suffered a gross 25 Do 10 Do. 51 per cent. Pref..... all 8t 94 outrage, and ask for simple redress. Is it possible that the S.'s Do New, 1860 2O San Paulo, lim, as 7 p.c. 4 44 i s! Taff Vale. _ 100 5 - 44 - 54 p , President of the United States will persist wilfully and2o S.Aust &Lomb Venetir 16 1 4 at Do Pref. No. 1 - - 20 Soothera of France.... all 251 164 knowingly in wrong ? 25 ThamesHavenDk&Rail 22 - - 20 S. East Portugal 7 p ct. 4 - - Bounce-Guess our President can't do no wrong. We 5 0 Ulster . 25 Do 2O 26 35 10 Do. 51 p. c. Preference .. all 94 10 won't let him. 12.10 Do I Brown-Why, he must if he adopts the wrong done by at Vale of Neath 1 100 80 65 20 Western of Austria.... 6 - - his officer. st Victoria sta. and Pim I ICO - - 20 Western of Switzerland all -- - st Waterford & Kilkenny ! 100 - - 6 Wiesbaden i all - - Bounce-What cfficer and what wrong? 50 Water! ord & Limerick. all - - 6 Do. 8 per cent Pref... ! all - - Brown- What wrong and what offic r ? Why, Wilkes, 20 West Cornwall all 5 1 61 20 Zealand 'l all - - 20 West London - - and his monstrous act of piracy. The idea of taking envoys, 10 Do Ist class - - BMTIS.s MINES. accredited to our neutral Government, out of our own neu- 20 Do 2d class - - . - ,Alfrea Consols(Phila.ck); 3.2.10 1 1 st W. Hartlepool Han&R , 100 - --- 10 I British Iron ttal vessel, bound from one neutral port to another, Why at West Midland Ox!ord 100 46 47 - Clifford the Confederates might just as well seize Mr. Adams or Mr. st Do Newpor 1 100 43 45 43 - Devon G. Cons. (Tavists 1 360 370 st Do Hereford 100 89 91 - East Bassett (Illogan) 130 65 60 54 24 Thurlow Weed, or any other Federal diplomatist or am- - East Caradon ...... .... 1.14.6 281 681 284 9 basseador, under just the same circumstances and on the LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. - E. WI Russel (Tavistk.) 7.4.0 21 14 same pretence. - Gam.&StAubyn(Gwen.) 551 18 20 - Great South Tolgus.... 17s 31 44 Bounce-Wal ? !. Leasing Closing Business - G.Wheal Alfa(Philack` Paid - - Railways. Brown-Well ? What would you expect us to do if they Co. s Price. Done. - G. Wheal Vor( elston) 40 6 7 I - Grenville 6.8.6 11 11 refused to surrender them ? - Bedfordan dßletchley 100 all D Bone L n,. 0 . &&1‘ 1: 17 - Herod's- It ' 8.12 37 19 . -- - Bouce-Avenge the insult offered to the British flag Birkenhead 54 86 - Hingaton Downs 1 4.11.6 14 IE -••• right slick. Histe the Union Jack alongside of the Stars Buckinghamshire.... 100 D o . Lady Bertha lllO 6 1 4 Chester & Holyhead.. 100 Do 94 96 a- Margaret (tiny Lelanta 94 40 (2 and Stripes, and proclaim war to the bowie-knife with Jeff 53 54 - North Downs 2l 44 54 Do. 51 per cent 100 Do. Davis. Do. 5 „ 100 Do. - North Frances (Mogan) 114 2 1 - N. WWI Basset (1110 ;an) 1.14.0 21 31 Brown-Yes, but suppose we were already at war with Clydesdale Junction 100 Caledon. 101 103 - North Wheal Crotty ..' 9.18.9 14 24 Colchester, Stour Val. all E.U.&10.0 63 65 - Par Consols (St. Blazey)! IA 7 8 Abe Lincoln. E. Lincolnah. ,a; apr c. 100 G %North. 133 136 20 Providence(Uny LelntS 10.6.7 38 40 Bcuucc-Vv'al, then you'd have North and South upon E.Union,DarwichSks all E,Counts. 4 44 -- Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. 1 i V Do. Woodbridae.... 100 • • • • you at Duce; you'd be in a double-barrelled difficulty, and Gls.Barn&Ncils:Drct. 100 Cale . don .. .. - South Caradon(StCleer); II 310 :20 ; would have to fight your way out of the fix on both sides, or Do. new I 100 Da ....... • • • • - S. earn Brea (Illogan).. 3.9.6 4 41 1 S. Dev. Iron &Gen., Lim. all 1 else Igoe:; under and cave right and left, Gloster &Dean Forest all Gt. West. •. • • • - S.Wheal Fran. (Illogan),18.10.0 971 1021 110 , Hull and a elby all Yk.N. Mid 110 112 2719. 29 31 Brown-In the meantime our flag has been insulted by Do. halves ' all Do. - Stray Park 5 Tamar Silvat Lead Alin 4l 1 11 the North only. Haven't we as much right to demand rep- Do. quarters 1 all Do. Lancaster & Carlisle! 100 Lu.&N W 1193 1 9 8 ration from the North as you own we should from the South? - Vale of Towey (Carm.) ; l3s Id 1 4 Loudon & Greenwich 100 S. Eastern 61 63 61 - West Basset (Mogan). a 11 14 15 Bounce-No doubt on it. You've a right to eh mend what Do. Preference - W. Caradon (Liskeard); 5 43 50 48 you please. What you're like to get's another concern, Lon. , Tilb.& Southend 100 peto & Cod 83 85 84 5 - West Seton Lowestolt gua. 4 p c.. 100 Norfolk .. .. .. - Wheal Basset (Mogan); 51 85 90: 1 Brown-Well, but, my good s i r , what d o y ou ca ll Slid e ll Do 6 per cent l OO Do. _•• • ••• - Wheal Buller(ltedruth), 5 75 85 and Illson f Belligerent s or r e b e l s ? lkinc.,Bxbrs e r Matlock all LNW& :. 31 34 - Wheal Edward (Call.)' 74 I 21 3 1 Mid. Bradford Prefer- - Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant), 1.7.2; 41 55 Bounce-Whichever you please, Sirree. ence stock - Wheal MaryAnn(Men.)! 8 16 17 Brown-Then let us say they are belligerents. They are Newmark., Bur Ex 15.5. 6. E Counts. par 4 p - Wheal Treiawnev (Lis.); 7 16 17 therefore, as regards us, just what French enjoys would be Nort g'r lin s .47= l A Ir . .. c. all Do. with rrspect to you in co se England were at war with France. Do e • cent..... all Do. Bounce-That's a fact. Do. sp. c.... all Do. N. E• [artlepool 1 , 0 N. E. Ber. .. .• 1 BonAccordCopper , Lim , 17.6 Rd' M 4 4 Brown-Now tken suppose a United States packet, Eng- No: trn land and France being at war, sails, having two French r L&N.W ,Wyre. all & L. yk. 43 45 5 Do. Land and Miningeo. all 11 14 1 Clarendon Cons.MinCo. I - di , ambassadors on beard, for New York, starting from some ' 10 Cobrel Copper all 35 37 A. all Do. •• • • ..I other equally neutral port, say Leghorn or Genoa ? ..te'llat Shop. 100 GeNorth. 133 136 - ;Copiapo _ 16 6 8 & Hereford WO T Brassey 118 122 Dc. so. Bounce-Gc-ahead. se 2 ;Fortuna. I all 11 2 I Brown-The Frenchmen are under th e p ro t ec ti on o f th e So u th Staffordshire .. 100 L n .&N.W .. • . 20 ;General all 23 24 American flog, are they not ? Wilts and Somerset.. 103 Gt. West. 92 94 921 31 2IGt N. Cop. of S. Austr 1 1 4 p 1 1 1 I Wimbledn & Croydon all L.&Brgtn 81 94 l4 'Kapunda (Limited) 1 1 14 p Bounce-I calculate they air situated beneath the tootee 1 I Linares all 7 8 2 4 Pr lary shade of the Star-spangled Banner. PREFERENCE SHARES. ! 11 1. u a s r i i t q a a n i i t a a n . Brown-Suppose, then, that Captain Snooks of the Royal ' 1 ,N.RhineCopofS.Aus.L..l 4 2 4d C ~., Closing Business 20 Pontgibaud Silver,Lead; Navy boards your ship, and takes them from under that share! Railways. P aid Prices. Done. 1 Minims and Smelt... I a 11 2 4 C same bit of hunting. Is it a parallel case ? I 5 Port Philip 1 10s. 4 Ipm 1 11 14 14 1 4 i Bounce-On all fours. J us t cu t on , o ld h oss . 1 Scottish Austrin. (L.) ; Brown-If you will have it that the Southern Envoys 25 Blythe and Tyne 10 p.c. all al11•81 United Mexican , ail 71 8 81 1 t pref. issued at £5 .... - - , 1 Worthing (Limited) ; all 1 4 1 are rebels, is rot their case exactly the same as that of at Bris. & Exet. 4p. c. at_ 100 93 95 I Do .. .- - Smith O'Brien and Meagher would have been, if M eag h er 20 Do. shares - - at Caledon. ZlO, 44 p. cent. 100 - - COLONIAL COVERNMENT SECURITIES. and Smith O'Brien, during the Irish insurrection that at Do. quar. shares, s is. 2 100 - - ended in the cabbage garden, had been seized by a British 61 Cork & Bandon, 51 p. c. all - - - Canatov. 6 p.c.Ja. ar.l uly I cruis; r, on board of one of your vessels which they had em- 20 Cornwall. 5 percent.... all 201 21/ - 1877-9 lOO 105 ICB 106 74 - Do Op. cent.lBBo-21 100 I - - Larked in from Havre, carrying despatches from the Pro- 64 Dun.l'erth, &Aber.Jun. all 6 65 10 Do. Ist Class Pref all - - - Do. 6p. cent.lBB3-4; 100 ' - - visional Government of Ballingarry to the Cabinet of at E. Arian. ClassA, sp. c lOO 101 103 - Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Auna 100 104 107 I i 'Washington ? - at Do. Class B 6 per cent lOO 112 117 st Do. Class e 7 per cent lOO 110 116 - Do. 6p. c. Mar. & Sept.; 100 104 (07 - Do. 5 per cent j 100 94 96 95/ 761 6 f Bounce-Quite so. Wal ? at E. Conn. Ex. 5 p.c. No. 1 100 104 110 -- Cape G. Hope, 6p c,lBBo] 100 106 108 e st Do Brown-I say, what would your Go v e rnmen t h ave done st Do. new 6p.c. st No. 2 100 100 108 100 123 125 124 - Do. 1890' 100 106 108 - N.B.Gov. 6 p.c..la.&July 100 102 101 4 ic cue of our officers had seized either the French bellige- at Eastern Union, 4p. c- 100 81 83 - Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct! 100 - - rents er the Irish rebels ? at Do. sp. c. guar lOO - - - N. S.W. Gov. sp. c., 18651 100 98 100 C st Erlin.&6las.s p.c. shares 100 111 113 - Do. sp. c.. 1871 to 1876 100 97 99 1 I ounce-Dome ? Jerusalem 1 What would they have st Do. 4p. c. guar. S. & - Do. p.c.,1888 &upwds 100 96 98 98 74 done ? Snakes ! Laid an embargo on every British yes- st Edin.Perth a t Dan. 4 p.c l OO - - - Nova Scotia Go n. 6p. c. D st Furness, 5 per cent lOO - - stering, 1875. : 100 103 105 105 sal in the American ports. Swept the British flag off the st Glas.& S.West gu. 5 p.c lOO - - - S. Aus,G6p.c.iB7a& up..; 100 - - C . ocean. Bombarded Portsmouth, and then steamed up the st Great Northern, sp. c lOO 115 116 - ,Vlc.Gov. 6 p.c.Jastaltlyj 100 - - a st D 0.5 p.c.ftedm.lop.c.pm lOO 110 112 - 'Do. do. 6 p.c. Ap.&0ct....1 100 C 2 104 ; 1035 24 31 Thames and laid London in ashes. Then, after havin' at Do. 45 p. c. do lOO 102 101 t vindicated cur honour, granted peace on condition Palmer- at Deop.c.Redmatsp.c.pm 100 107 109 DOCKS. f 10 Gt. Nh. of scot. Ist pref. all - - stock 'Commercial I too I stun begged for it on his marrowbones, consented to pay us at Gt. Sn. &W. (Ireland) stock I Do. 4 per eent.Pref.Min I 100 - 1 double the cost of the war, and cede Canada, Australia, and 4 per cent lOO 97 99 stock East and West India .. ; 110 123 125 Indey. 50 Great West. (Berks and stock London.. Hants Ext) 5 per cent 6 - - stock ; St. Kathar i ne . ' 100 59 62 Brown-And why, then, shouldn't we do the like of all st Do. redeem. 15 p. et.... 100 98 100 100 stock I Southampton lOO th;,s to you? st Do. redeem. 4p. et.... 100 88 90 stock ; Vietoria ........ - lOO ;98 100 98 t •at Do. irredeem. 4p. ct.. _ 100 89 91 20 i Do. New .- - --se 2 ;ld pr Bounce-Because you can't. st Do. sp. c. redeem. ref. 100 102 101 a Brown-You might experience a corresponding difficulty. 8 Do. Birm. pref. shares., all 9 4 10 JOINT-STOCK BANKS. I Put do you seriously hold that might is right ? 10 Do. Chester 8 p.c. pf. shs all 17 '8 - f too AgraAllnitedSery ice Bk 50 - - 1 10 Do. Chester spc pf alas all 101 11 40 !Australasia all - - 1 C bounce-We air a serious people. We air a thinkin' at Do. Birm. guar . . .stoCk.. 100 75 77 people. There ain't no right as we owns to but what is 264 Do. Chester shares all 20 201 25 I Bank of Egypt all 201 21:1 100 !Bank of London ..... voted sitch by the majority of our free and independent 134 Do. do 20 Do. do all 10 104 all 15 151 20 I Bank of Turkey 3 * pr N citizens in Cacus and Congress. We air the o n ly f ree an d 100 L an . & Carl. 44 p. c . pre f 60 - - 50 j British North American all - - 10 IChtd.Bank of India, &c. all 195 20 r i independent 'citizens on airth. Our will is law-inter- at Lan. & York. 6 p.c. atock 100 MG 134 136 25 ; ClaMer. of la. Lon.& Ch. all 31 33 . at Do BarnsLat£s2s 10d c 100 - - t national law and all other. Captain Wilkes is the great in. atloo City Do.. 6p. c. (East Lan.).. 100 - - 100 Colonial . ... - - a ter Teter of international law. Slidell and Mason had to at Do. 41 p. c. (Blackb. pun 100 101 103 s 0•11 Com. Bank of Canada.. all - - . be took, right or wrong, and he took 'em. We say he was, at ton.&Bri , sp.e.i.gu. No.l 100 112 115 100 Commercial of London . 20 - - r lat Do. 5 per cent do, No 2 100 112 115 20 Eng,.. Scot., & Aus. Ch.. all 174 174 174 I right. We air an almighty nation-an everlastin' people, st Do. 6 per cent. - - st D i o. 5 per cent. do. No. 4 100 112 115 20 'Lon. Ch Austral all 231 24 t Don't preach consistency to sitch as we. Our supreme 1 /o. 4/ per cent. do. ... 100 - - 20 Do. new l5 31 31 I democracy ain't agoin' to be slaves to their ownlaws-don't 5 Do. 41 p. 0. pref. shares all - - st so London and County Do. 7 per cent pref. stk 100 152 155 50 London ; Joint. Stock you think it. st Dail p.c. do(W.E.&C.P.) 100 127 130 Brown-Well, you don't think small beer of yourselves. st D 0.4 p c.st.(div.def.lll'6s 100 73 75 And so, of course, you consider war inevitable ? Bounce-No, I don't. Your Government may submit st Do. 4 per cent. prof .... 100 - - at Lon.CliatanDov. sp.c.pf. 100 90 92 iOl 10 Do. West. Ex., B, 6p. c. all _ _ 20 'Loudon and S. African lO 1 id 100 ;Louden & Westminster 20 67 69 671 8 i 100 : at. Prov. of England 12 - a 20 ;Do. new .. ... 12 - - E s t 50 I Nationalßank - - i and eat dirt. I shouldn't wonder if it was to. It won't be 10 De. Metrop. Ex. ti, IN p. a . 35 __ _ 1 st 'Lou. &S. W., Coy. & 21 INe , South Wales all - - the first time, I realise. Nuneaton, 5 per cent. 100 111 113 25 I Orient. B. Corporatin. all 49 SO 50 4 ( Brown-England will swallow any insult, you think? at Lon. & S.West. 7p. cent. 20 I Ottoman Bank Bounce-Rather than fight amost I seculate. You st. late 3d shares .... 100 - i 1 ' 100 1 , pst Do. per cent - - 10 Do. new .• • all - - t Britishers du set a considerable valley on your lives; your 2s 6d Do. (Prtsm. perpl. anus. 25 I South Australia .., - all - - sojers' and sailors' lives as well as your own. You don't of 2s 6d - __ 25 , Union of Australia ..... all 1 38 39 38 i 50 tin i of London . l2 ; 275 281 274 f 121 Londondy. & Cole. 1 shs alt - ..._ like riskin' them without you're forced to, and you ain't at 121 Londony. & Ennis./ sirs all 134 14 100 Unit, Mutual.. .. 60 1 ..- - t all fond of losin' your money. Your arietocracy and capi- E t Man. Sh. & Lin. 6 per ct. 100 124 126 MISCELLANEOUS. 6 Do. 4, 4 ipr e talists has to vote your war taxes as well as to pay 'em.• re Anglo-at, xican Mint .. all 131 141 st Do. 34 per cent...„.... 100 65 70 69 The majority of our virtuous citizens votes our wars, and 10 Do. redeem. 6 percent... 5 4 fpm 10 !Atlantic 11. MI. Stm. (1d) all 1 2 1000 !Atlantic Tel. (Limited) all - - E lays our taxes upon others as can afford 'em. We don't 25 'Australian Agricultural 19 25 27 1 12 24 5 a p i o a . r 4 y 4 po p i e t r & ce e n a t r . l. 4 pr. c. a al l l l .... .... think flotilla' of throwin' away millions of dollars or mil- st Midland Con. 6p c. stk. 100 .. .. 10 Berlin Water (Limited) all ' 5 51 50 British American Land 40 - 1 lions of men. We know there'll be plenty of men left andso B.&LlVrag. Tel. A. (Lim.) all 29 32 at Do. CI p. c. pref. - • .20 Do. 8,7p.c.ti111852 (Lim.) all I 18 20 C plenty of dollars, and each on us ex sets to be among he 2 at Do.Con.Bris.iart.oe6pk.c. 10000 102137 1149 6 Do. 44 per cent. 1 men, and to have his share of the dollars. Our 'Dotter is, at Do.Leic. andHit4per ct. 100 92 94 921 321 Canada Land all 109 103 1 "Go ahead, and devil take the hindmost." st Norflk. sp. c. Ex. st. 1816 100 .. .. 10 Chan.lslands Tel. (Lim all t at Do. 51 n. c. Pref. st. 1847 100 .. . • st. eop.Min.of Engs&Smlig all ----- -- 1 Brown-As your troops said at Bull's Run. Well, but st Do.sWay.ValEx.st.lBl7 100 .. • . 109 25 Do. Pref. 71 per cent all 15 17 1 at. Crystal Palace nay good Sir, do you entirely ignore conscience ?100 82 3 3 324 atat Nort D O III III at. Do. Preference 32t0 Electrica: .l n ia lr Telegraphign. & Ca . n . . a 1 100 105 IC7 ( Bounce-We do. It is the opinion of the most remark. . N British, ewoaa p s e p r e c r e c a r . .t.. 100100 110090 10 ' 5 1 14pm 65 Do. Bor. 'tn. g. pd. SIM at. Do. 6 p ct. Perpet. Deb. 100 102 105 t able men in the United States that there ain't no sitch 10 Do. do. do. all .. .. as at Nth.Dyn.RaiL&Dck.Co. 5 • • • •100 1 11 93 d i a p e ni 9 3 5 b thing. "Conscience is but a word that cowards use," 25 Do. New at N-East. Cons. pref. 4 p.c. 100 • • • • 15 - - the feller say- in the play. " Our strong arms be our con- st Do. 4/pr. ct. redeemable 100 .. .. 5 English &Aus. Copper, all 24 3 '1 st Do. G. N. E. 4 pctpr f 100 99 101 17 Do. Berwick 4 - P. C. pref. -e 100 98 100 15 Gen. Steam Navigati m 14 --- science-swords our law I" Thern's genuine American Do. Leeds op. c. No. 18. la. 4 4 dis par 1 Great Ship I imited) all 1 4 F sentiments ; rule grit. What was it the critter said besides ? 201 Do. 171 pct Preference all 1 4 n " Let's to 'r pelf-a:ell ;if not to heaven, than hand in hand 12, Do. do. Quarters, 1818- 13 .. .. 5 Lon. District Tel. (Lim.) 41 - - to hell." We won't havo conscience hinder our manifest 25 De. York, li. &s. Perch. 9 .. .. 4 L.G. Omnibus Co. (Lim.) all 1/ 11 tl 2 4 ) North Staffordshire.... 10 dis Ipm 20 Madras I rr. and Canal,. 1 14 21 b • destiny. 10 Rhyme , / Guaranteed . all 22 2O 10 Aired. Eaten. Tel. (Lim.) all 34 4 4 13rown-Which is the place you last named, and you are 84 aseittisli 'Central. new pi all 23 '..4 25 National Dia. Co. (Lim.) 5 a • ' a i d 44 A Et going there as fast as you can. st Scot tis a North-Eastern 20 Nerbu.Coal&lron (lim.) 5 1 4 4d . . Bounce Well; we've got to whip you fust. 3) p. c. pref. stock.... "all .. . 10 Netherlands Land all _. A Brown-Into a cocked hat-if you can. at Do. Aberdeen esua..6p.c 100 „ -- 5 Do.B p.c.Prefaissattl dis all 5 1 ti Bounce-I tell you we shall chaw you up catawampous. at Do. 7 p. c. pref. stock 100 .. .. 100 N.lin&NovaSeotiaLand 81 10 la Meanwhile, m ile, I' allfired dry; and whilst the Bird of Free- all 10 105 10s. South Devon, Ann, 10s. 100 132 136 1 N.B.Australaslan (Lim.) all 1 11 a 10 Do. Fixed 41 per cent 1 Oriental Gas (Limited). all 34 14 doer is a whettia' of his beak-let's liquor.-. Dispatch, 1 0. 6. South Eastern (Reading all _ .. 1 Do. New Shares (Lim.). all li s 11 si Ann., 1.0 6) at Do. Fixed 41 per cent 100 99 101 F .E PEDSTRIANI , III. at Do. 44 per cent lOO 99 101 at. reelß.Lnd.& lll in.(Lim) 100 47 50 50 Pen. & Oriental Steam all 66 68 a _ st South Wales, gua. 4p. c. 100 .. .. 50 Do. New 3O 9 it st Do. 41 per cent BRIGHTON AND BARKER FOR £25 A-SIDE st Do. do. 1859 lOO .. • • 50 Ethymney Iron all 17 19 t( AND THE CHAMPION'S BELT. at Do. 5 percent. lOO .. • • 15 Do. New all 5 6 Shortly be'ore four o'clock the men appeared on the at S. Yorkshire 4p c oua 100 85 88 20 S. Do. ' 5 - pi c'f - eara . . 13 100 Royal flail Steam . 6O 46 48 47 n ground at Brampton. but Barker (who, it was • • • • reported, '25 Stock. & Dar. A 5 p. c... all 274 284 B had hurt his tacit) declined to run, because the belt had not 2.s Do. B 6p. c... all 31 33 1 Submarine Tel. Scrip all at. Scot. s s o co u t ihA Austin .ustarini Australian ( L I, r a m n d . 1 100 all 125 32 135 34 11 been handed over to Mr. Roberts, proprietor of the grounds, 25 Do. C 6 p. c... all 31 33 1 Do. do. Registered notwithstansiing the latter gentleinan offered him a written st Watrfd & Kilkny. 6p. es 100 42 45 st W. Mid.-Oxt' lst gua stk 100 123 125 1244 4 10 Do. do .....• All 4 6 1 fi 4 guarantee for the possession of the belt in the event of his tl . ' k winning. The matter is left in abeyance, and all bets are eft. The most agreeable part of the performance was, that the gate-money was returned to those present. st Do. 2d do at Do. Newport 5 p.c.pfred , 100 1211 ig st IDo.Perpet.6p. c. pf. 1866; 100 118 121 St ! Do. till 18691 100 115 VA . 121 20 Trat Ln.Co.ot Upnean. 5 10 5 if T . r A i ii i Zi t s t r a l n a d s ia ( 1 Agency na)lst i o s l . I 14 4 p f IP 'dom TeL Co. Obi.) 1 d pr i 1 00 au, po u vq,'..i L tud ... 284 8 gi i j 1 e LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. , Railways. !Paid. Leasing Closing Business Co. s Price. Done. - Bedford and Bletchley all Ln.& N.W . Birkenhead lOO D •.&G.W 54 86 Buckinghamshire lOO Do. 94 96 Chester & Holyhead lOO Do 53 54 Do. 5i per cent 100 Do. Do. 5 „ 100 Do. Clydesdale Junction 100 Caledon. 101 103 Colchester, Stour Val. all E.U.&F.O 63 65 E. Lillcolnah. gapr c. 100 G'.North. 133 136 E.Unlon,HarwichBLs all F,,Counts. 4 44 Do. Woodbridge... .. Gls. Barr. &Neils.Drci. 100 • . • • 100 Caledon .. • . Do. new llOO Do.* , 2 •• . • • • • Gloster & Dean Forest all Gt. West. . • • • Hull and ~ e lby all Yk.N. Mid 110 112 Do. halves i all Do. Do. quarters I all Do. Lancaster & Carlisle! 100 Ln.& N. W 193 198 Loudon & Greenwich 100 S. Easterr 61 63 61 Do. Preference Lon.,Tilb.& Southend 100 l'eto &Co 83 85 84 5 Lowestoft gua. 4 p c.. 100 Norfolk .. .. Do 6 per cent lOO Do. _ • • • • Mnc.,Bxtr.,& 'Matlock all LNW& : 34 • 31 Mid. Bradford Prefer ence stock Newmark:, BurvEx 1 5. 5.6. lil Counts. par i p gua. 5 per eent. .. Nortlin.&tn. sp. c. all Do. Do 0 • cent. .... all Do. Do. sp. c.... all Do. N. D! fartlepool 1' 0 N. E. Ber .. .• No: ern F ,Wyre. I all L& ts,. W & L. yk. l 43 45 A. all Do. ••• • .. .. .. .tch.& Shep. 100 Gr. North. 1 33 136 .., & Hereford 100 T Brassey 118 122 Dc. /0. .. South St-ffordshire Wilts and Somerset lOO Gt. West. 92 94 924 3i Wimbledn & Croydon all L.&Brgtn 84 95 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. 20 Alger'9n 10 Antwerp & Rotterdam I all 61 CI 20 Ardennes.... all —p 20 Bah.&S.Fran..Lim.7p.c 15 / 1 d 14) 1 5 Belgian East. Junction all 3 20 Beziers to Graissessad all -- Carmeaux Mine .' Rail 30 103 Ili 100 Cupiapo all _ si 1 0 Ditto Extension all 4 20 Dutch Rhenish l6 * 1 5 1 20 Eastern of France all 21a VI 20 Grand Rue Guar. 6p. c all 20 Do. do. ali 20 Great Central of 1 ranee all 20 Gt. Luxem., Con. sits all 8/ 9 8i 9 20 Italian Junction . . all 20 Lierre & Turnhout .... all 20 Lyons & Geneva, ...... all 20 Namur & Liege ........ all 81 (4 20 Do. 6p. c. Pref. ........ all 20 21 16 Northern of France.— all 38 39 16 Do. New Shares .... 15 10 Norwegian Trunk Pref . . all 7 9 20 Parls,Lyons, & Medi ter. all 39 40 40 20 Paris & 0r1ean5........ all 50 62 52 20 f Recife & S. Fran. (Peru.) ua. 7p. ct. Rm.— 17 53 41 20 Riga & Dunaburg...... 13.8. 20 'loyal Dani5h.......... all 11 13 5 Royal Swedish all 4 Do. 7 per cent. Pref.... all 20 Sambre & Meuse ...... all 63 7 10 Do. 54 per cent. Pref..... all 8t 95 20 San Paulo, lim, g. 7p. c. 4 4 6 20 S.Aust &Lomb Venetir 16 1 4 20 sc:inner - a of France.... all 251 4'61 20 S. East Portugal 7 p ct. 4 8/ West Flandern ..,..... all 61 7 10 Do. 51 p. c. Preference.. all 94 10 20 W. & N.N. of France .. all 20 21 20 West , rn of Austria.... 6 20 Western of Switzerland all -- 6 Wiesbaden 6 Do. 8 per cent Pref... all 20 Zealand L all B:I3,fTIS • MANES. - AlliConsols(Phila.ck)3.2.l9 VI , British Iron Clifford Devon G. Cons. (Tavist ) 1 360 370 East Bassett (Illogan) 3O 65 60 54 21 East Caradon .. . ... 1.11.6 281 iSi 28/ 9 E. WI Russel (Tavistk.) 7.4.0 21 35 Gam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen.) 551 18 20 Great South Tolgus l7s 31 44 G.Wheal Alfci. (fPhilack` G. Wheal Vor (Helston) 40 6 7 Grenville 6.8.6 1) 11 Herod's-Foot 8.12 37 39 Hingston Downs 4.11.6 34 -a , Lady Bertha llargaret (tiny Lelant)l 9' 40 12 North Downs 25 4/ 51 North Frarces (Mogan) 116 2 2 N. WWI Basset (1110 ;an) 1.14.0 21 31 North Wheal Crotty 19.18.9 11 2) Par Consols (St. Blazey)l 11 7 8 20 Providence(UnyLelntolo.6.7 38 40 Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. 1 South Caradon(St.Cleer) 14 310 :20 S. Cam Brea (Illogan) 5.9.6 4 44 1 S. Dev. Iron &Gen., Lim • all 4 4 S.Wheal Fran. (Illogan) 971 1024 110 Stray Park 5 Tamar Silv.& Lead Min 45 1 la 10 Tin Croft 9 7) 84 Vale of Towey (Carm ) 1 13s 6cl 4 West Basset (Illogan) 1 14 14 15 W. Caradon (Liskeard); 5 j 48 60 48 West Seton Wheal Basset (Mogan), 51 85 90: Wheal Buller(itedruth) 5 75 85 Windt Edward (Call.)' 74 21 3 Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) 1.7.2 44 53 Wheal MaryAnn(Men.)! 8 16 17 Wheal Treiawnev (Lis.)! 7 16 17 FOREIGN MINES. 20 Australian 1 BonAccordCopper,Lim 17.6 ftd Id 4 4 20 Brazil St.J.del itey,Linr 15 48 60 491 60 5 Do. Land and Mining Co. all la 14 1 Clarendon Cons.MinCo. ; 40 ICobre Copper all 35 27 Copiapo 1 I DunMoun.Cop.Ming.Co ail 1 la 11 2 Fortuna. I all 13 2 20 ;General all 23 24 2 1G tN. Cop. of S. Austr 1 4 4 p 14 1 14 'Kapunda (Limited) 1 1 11 p ILinares all 7 8 5 ILusitanian 2 4 pr 1 3lariquita, all 4 4 a 1 ,N.RhineCopofS.Aus.L I 4 4 ail 20 Pontgibaud Silver,Leadl Mining and Smelt... I, all 2 4 5 Port Philip 1 1 11 11 11 a 1 Scottish Austrin. (L.) r 10s. 1 Ipm 013.2•81 United Mexican ail 71 8 81 1 1 Worlhing(Limited) all a THE LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 25, 1861. 2HE NAVY. The Hannibal, 90, screw, Capt. A. Farquhar, was paid out of commission at Portsmouth yesterday. Her crew, the greater part of whom are continuous service men, have been granted a week's leave on shore. The Edgar, 89, screw, flagship of Rear-Admiral S. C. Dacres, C. 8., under orders for Lisbon, was de tained yesterday at Spithead by a court-martial held on board the Victory on one of the Edgar's petty officers, the particulars of which were of no public interest. Sne is expected to sail to-morrow. The Sutlej, 51, screw, fitting for commission at Portsmouth, has received her armament, and is now completing the equipment of her Armstrong battery. Her rigging is ratlined down, and her hull is re ceiving its final coat of outside paint. She is drawing now 20 feet water aft, and from her ap pearance as she lies in the steam basin, promises to he the handsomest auxiliary screw frigate in her Majesty's Navy. Her sails and provisions have yet to be put on board, and a goad deal yet remains to he done in her internal stowage. The Severn, 51, 500 horse-power, screw frigate, is to be furnished with the proper armament from the stores at Chatham :—One 100 pounder Arm strong pivot gun, six 40-pounder Armstrongs, and fourteen 32-pounders, on her upper deck ; and four 70-pounder Armstrongs, eight 8-inch guns each of 58 cwt., and eighteen 32-pounders on her main deck. The Orlando, 50, screw-frigate, Captain Francis Scott, C. 8., left Plymouth Sound on Tuesday morn ing for the North American and West India station. It is said that she will call at Gibraltar. An additional number of workmen have been employed upon the Caledonia, iron-cased screw frigate, now building at Woolwich, and which is in a forward state for launching. The Vigilant, screw steam-sloop, Commander Pike, shipped her screw propeller yesterday. She will be ready to be undocked about Friday next. A number of men have already joined her. The barge Defiance, of Chester, was yesterday brought alongside the anchor wharf at Chatham, and commenced discharging about 70 tons of angle iron, intended for the immense iron frigate Achilles, building in No. 2 dock. The iron was from the factory of Messrs. Mare and Co., of Blackwall. The Lee, 5, screw dispatch gun vessel, 80 horse power, having failed very signally in both her recent trial trips to the Maplin Sands, is ordered to be docked at Sheerness, in order to enable the officials to ascertain in what her defects consist, after which she is again to be taken out and tried. At her former trial trip scarcely nine knots an hour could be got out of her under the most favourable circumstances. The Snipe, 5, screw gun vessel, is ordered to be furnished with two 20-pounder Armstrongs in lieu of two 24-pounder howitzers. The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty have ordered the recall of all the men who have had one month's leave of absence, to join the Formidable, commanded by Capt. W.'G. Luard. Her Majesty's steam sloop Rapid, 11 guns, in basin at Woolwich under fitment for North A me rica, got her masts on an end and was radially rigged yesterday afternoon. A demand was made for her warrant officers. The steam store ships Rhadamanthus and Dee ar rived at Woolwich yesterday from Portsmouth, con veying victualling stores for Deptford, and the launch, pinnace, and other boats for the Defence. The Rhadamanthus entered the fitting basin to land her stores last night. The Lyra, 7, screw, Commander Alexander, ar rived at Spithead on Monday morning from the Cape of Good Hope, last from Purtlan d Roads,where she put in for shelter from the prevailing north-east gales on Wednesday evening, as already reported in The Sun. She is ordered to the eastward to be paid off, but will be unable to proceed until the present breezes have greatly moderated. The Pandora, 6, screw, in the first-class reserve at Portsmouth, has been brought down the harbour and berthed alongside the dockyard, to complete her armament, &c., for sea. She is ordered to proceed round to Liverpool, and will be stationed in the Mersey for the protection of the port. The Devastation, 6, paddle, Commander M'Crea, arrived at Spithead yesterday morning on her way to the Pacific. The order for her further shipment of Armstrung guns at Spithead is cancelled. The Chanticleer 17, screw, Commander Ce Stirling, remains on special duty, anchored off Osborne. ' vessels are generally at anchor, and where the mor ter vessels built during the Russian war now lie moored. Considerable difficulties have been expe rienced in preparing the foundations for the works on Bishop's-marsh, but the works in connexion with this battery will be finished and fully armed withi❑ two years. Up to the present time very little has been done towards the erection of the fort on Folly-point, but now that the most difficult portion of the operations have been accomplished, no time will be lost in proceeding with the Folly-point battery. The wooden model of Capt. C. Coles's cupola, de signed to prove the feasibility of working two guns within the interior of one cupola of a certain area, is being fixed by shipwrights e,n the deck of the Hazard, old sailing sleep, in the steam basin of Portsmouth dockyard. The steam transport Mauritius, having shipped her stores and passengers from Woolwich for Ame rica, as det.:iled in The Sun, went down the river by last night's tide for Greenhithe to adjust compasses for sea. A gang of seamen riggers were ordered to go down from the dockyard this morning to assist in swinging the vessel so as to hasten her departure. Col, Low and Major Mayne, of the 4th Light Dragoons, will embark at Green hithe, and proceed in the Mauritius, having been appointed to organise the Canadian Militia. Capt. Shakerley, R.A., will also go on board at Green hithe, to join his battery,ordered to embark at Cork. In shipping the war stores care was take❑ to place the battery of Armstrong guns uppermost, so as to be available should any event occur during the voy age out to require their being called into action. Messrs. Clement Royds, Pierce G. Evans, and H. Bingham Wynyard have been nominated to naval cadetships. The following appointments were made at the Admiralty last evening : Master—John Phillips, to the Vigilant, vice Mongan Samuel Braddon, to the Phohe, vice Veitch. Engineer—F. Brockton, to the Vigilant. Assistant-Engineers—C. Jackson, acting first class, IV. Hammond, second class, and J. Jenkins, acting second class, to the Vigilant. Naval Cadets nominated—Clement Royds Pierce, Ger. vais Evans, and Henry Bingham C. Wynyard. THE ARM Y One hundred and twenty non-commissioned offi cers and men of the Chatham division of Royal Marines, detached for duty at Deptford dock and victualling yards, were yesterday ordered to return to the headquarters of their division to replace the detachment despatched to Mexico. A detachment of Royal Engineers, non.commis sioned officers and privates, are under orders to embark on Saturday on board the screw steamer Victoria for Canada, where they will be employed in laying out 400 miles of telegraph for military purposes. The London Rifle Brigade has forwarded toMajor- General Eyre, commanding the Chatham district, a donation of £lO for distribution among the troops of that garrison. The new temporary - tiller for the Warrior iron frigate at Portsmouth was got aboard on Monday from the smiths' shop. It weighs 2 tons 5 cwt. The stated time for the completion of the Warrior's work at present has received a further extension, the end of the year being now named as the time. The clang and preparation for war are increasing daily in the dockyard, hut the lion's share of the work is, to all appearance, taken by the Warrior and Black Prince, on which a couple of hundred men make but little perceptible progress. It will be an excel lent thing for the other work in the yard when both ships are got fairly away to sea. The gunboats in the first-class reserve at Ports mouth are ordered away to the following stations, for the protection of the coasts and harbours, in the event of war with America :—The Highlander, to Kingstown ; Escort, Blazer, and Rose, to the coast of Ireland ; and the Amelia and Raven to Greenock. They will be commanded by lieutenants from her Majesty's ships Victory, Asia, St. Vincent, and Ex cellent, and manned by crews told off from the same ships—all of whom have been named for service in the boats for some time past under the " gunboat flotilla" regulations. The second-class gunboats at Portsmouth have been taken in hand to be brought forward as first-class reserve at the port. Operations for completing the chain of fortifica tions and batteries now being constructed on either side of the entrance to the Medway, near its con fluence with the Thames, for the better protection of the two important naval establishments at Chat ham and Sheerness, still continue to be carried on with the utmost vigour. Notwithstanding the nu merous difficulties experienced in the progress of the undertaking, in consequence of the treacherous and shifting nature of the soil on which the princi pal fortifications are to be erected, these have now been entirely surmounted, and the piles on which the substructure will be raised have been securely driven to the required depth. The greatest pro gress has, however, been made with the massive semi-circular battery at Garrison-point, the founda tion of which is now almost entirely completed. This battery is, perhaps, the most important of the entire series intended to be erected between the Nore and Chatham, as no ship attempting to enter the Medway will be able to escape its range of fire. As the heavy granite walls which will pro tect this battery are now about to be erected the whole may fairly be expected to be completed during the ensuing year. According to the pre sent plan this formidable tower—for such it really will be—will mount a powerful armament of 65 guns ; chiefly Armstrongs, of the very heaviest calibre, ranging between the 40-pounders, 70- pounders, 100-pounders, and even 200-pounders, if those of the latter description are finished for use by the time the fort is completed. Nearly opposite Garrison-point but rather higher up the river, on the opposite shore, two other equally formidable batteries are beginning to rise on the Isle of Grain. These batteries, the erection of which is being pushed for ward with the greatest energy, will mount as formidable an armament as those on the opposite side of the river. The batteries now building, in conjunction with those already exist ing, will securely guard the entire approach to the Medway, which will be protected by the two bat teries on the Isle of Grain, on the north ; the bastions and batteries now existing at Sheerness, on the south; and the almost impregnable fort at Garrison Point. Should, however, a hostile ship succeed in accomplishing the almost impossible feat of passing the guns of the batteries named, it would still have to encounter after rounding the headland of Darnet ness the batteries of Folly-point, and Bishop's marsh, a short distance below Chatham dockyard, the guns of which will be so mounted as by their fire to rake the ship fore and aft. The selection of the headland at Bishop's-marsh for a battery is most judicious, the position effectually protecting the entrance to Yantlett-creek, in which a squadron of The detachment of non-commissioned officers and men of the Army Hospital Corps who have been placed under orders to hold themselves in readiness for embarkation for Canada have been medically in spected, and it is expected will leave Chatham about Friday next. RO7/AL ARTILLERY FOR CANADA.—Major J, C. Child's 7th battery of the 10th Brigade Royal Ar- tillery, with Second Captain Brown, Lieutenants Harman, King, F. Galloway, and C. J. M. Pro thers, are under orders to leave the garrison on Friday next, and proceed by raihvay to Liver pool, for embarkation on board the steamship Canada, for Halifax. The H battery of the 4th Brigade is under orders to embark at the Royal Arsenal-pier for Canada during the present week. 'I he battery comprises the following officers viz.:— Captain H. A. Smith, Second Captain W. J. Hall, Lieutenants E.. H. Wickham, A. H. Maclean, and E. Clayton. A WINTER CAIIPAIGN IN THE CON- FEDERATE ~TA2ES. A Southern journal, the Richmond Enquirer, of the 2d inst., has the following timely remarks on the prospects of a winter campaign in the Confede rate States:— One of the greatest of popular delusions is that of supposing winter campaigning at the South to be a feasible thing. The North have had to aban don many fallacious notions and to sustain many chastening disappointments since the beginning of the war ; but this idea of making long marches through the South in midwinter is one which they still cling to with great fondness, and which is des tined to lead them into much grief. it has been said that "going into winter quarters" is an obso lete and exploded idea in Europe, and perhaps it is so in these modern times, when the roads over that whole continent have come to excel the best streets of American cities in fineness and excellence. Per haps it is so in densely populated Europe, where every Equare mile of territory has provisions for a regiment, and where a thorough system of agricul ture can supply a moderate army with provisions at every step of its progress. The necessity of" going into winter quarters" has ceased in Europe only be cause their roads have been brought to perfection, their population has become denser, and their agri culture has rendered every acre of surface prolific of human and animal food. But very different is the case on this continent. A winter campaign in the North would be far more practicable than at the South ; compared with those of Europe, their roads are indifferent ; but the continual frost of winter renders them as firm es a pavement. The winter, too, is more intensely cold than at the South ; but the low temperature is continuous, and there is the constant dryness of atmosphere, which freezing weather produces; con tinuous ice and frost are far more propitious to army health and transportation than alternate rains, snows, thaws, and freezes, &c. Invasion of the North in R inter, therefore, would be comparatively a feasible performance, rendered more so by the mere dense population and the more general distri bution of food and supplies over the whole surface of territory. In all these respects the case of the South is different. The Northerners are destined to encounter much more in a Southern winter campaign than they dream of in their philosophy. The agricultural in dustry of our section is employed in the production of food to but a partial extent. Our great staples of cotton and tobacco employ two-thirds of our labour. Few planters are in the habit of raising more than their own consumption of food, except in the districts unadapted to cotton and tobacco. Take th• South as a whole, leaving Kentucky and Missouri, and it does not more than produce its own food. To invade the South is not, therefore, to invade a country dotted all over with magazines of provi sions. The invading army must bring along and carry with its entire supplies both of rations and forage. What the difficulty of doing this in a coun try where the weather is always soft, and almost constant rains keep the roads in a state more fit for navigation than travel, was experienced by the English during the Crimean war, when, at a dis tance of only 30 miles from abundantly stored ma• gazines on the Black Sea, their army was starving. The invasion of the South must be made, if at all, by land, over the deep limestone mud in Western Virginia and Kentucky, or the bottomless loams of the Mississippi Valley. In no part of those regions of country are the roods passable in rainy weather after the waggons and artillery of a single brigade have gone over them. The town and city residents of the North, who speak so flippantly of invading the Southern States, have little idea of the obstacles which bad country roads interpose against the movements of an army. In no part of the South, except where Southern treachery has let them in, have the enemy succeeded in pene trating 25 miles into our borders with their armies during eight months of the driest weather and best roads of the year. We think it hardly probable that they will do much better during the season of rains and mud, when the highways are absolutely impassable. But the deep, boggy roads are not the only obstacles to oppose an invader. The climate of the South during winter is greatly more unfavourable to the health of green troops than even during the fever months of summer, The peculiarity of Southern winters is their sudden, ex treme, and frequent changes of temperature—their almost constant dampness, and their great quan tities of rain, which are the very conditions that tell most hurtfully upon the health of troops. Used to the dry, bracing weather of the Northern winters, and the tight rooms and hot stoves of their Northern homes, the Yankee soldiers will find our Southern climate more severe and trying than they could he induced to believe before actual trial. It is a source of felicitation with the South that their foe has taken it into his head to conduct a winter campaign against her. We venture to predict that, if persisted in, it will prove one of the most disas trous campaigns to the invader that can be found on record. The invasion of the South overland, we make bold to say, is a thing impossible. The only chance of the enemy to injure or annoy us before spring will be by corning down the Mississippi in boats, and by keeping up a system of naval assaults upon weak points along the seaboard. We have little fear of their getting down the river; and their naval squads can accomplish little else than now and then a piece of successful thieving. As to a second battle at Manassas, it is scarcely practicable for the enemy to get his army that far forward un opposed. They would be whipped without firing a gun if required to stand still and wait for supplies, It is given out that M'Clellan intends ro conduct the war chiefly with artillery. If his strength be fore Manassas consists mainly in that arm, there is no possibility of a fight, for besides the difficulty of getting a multitude of cannon over 20 miles of deep mud, the ground is too soft to admit of using them in battle. Although it has often been attempted, the South has never been successfully invadad at any season, and it is not to be supposed that the impos sible feat will be performed now in the very worst season that could be chosen for the purpose. The enemy might, with much better chance of success, brave the fevers which protect us in summer than the impassable roads and pluro-pneumonia which protect us more effectually in winter. COLONEL FULLER ON AMERICAN AFFAIRS. On Thursday evening Colonel Fuller, a gentleman well known as a journalist in America, delivered a lecture on the present state of affairs on the Western Continent. The large room at St. James's Hall was taken for this purpose, but the attendance was very small in proportion to the ample space at command. There were, however, several persons of high sta tion and influence present, and the audience may be said to have made up in " quality" for what it cer tainly lacked in quantity. Mr. Yancy, one of the Southern Commissioners, was among Colonel Ful ler's hearers. The chair was taken by 1)r. Charles Mackay, who entreated a patient hearing for Col. Fuller, and said that, so far as he understood the purpose of that gentleman, it was to state facts within his own experience and observation. Colonel Fuller introduced his remarks by saying that the Trent affair had turned attention forcibly to the subject of disruption between the Northern and Southern States of America. He had watched the progress of events on both sides of the line of separation ; but he approached his theme literally in fear and trembling, and felt that he must begin with a personal explanation —nay, an apology—for attempting to discuss so difficult and dangerous a question. H 6 was an American citizen—a native of the North; a native of New England; of a place near that rock where the little band of emigrants landed from the Mayflower in the memorable win- ter of 1620. He had lived in friendship with Web ster—had stood by him when he died at Marshfield, and had seen him laid " In his sepulchre there by the sea." Since the destruction of Jerusalem was foretold by the inspired seer he did not think that words more prophetic had ever been uttered than those which Webster had employed in looking fory and to the present period of disorganisation among the con stituent parts of the American republic. That re public had been accepted as a type of good govern ment and national stability. Paeans had been chanted in its praise, and Longfellow, its laureate, had thus apostrophised it " Thou, too, sail on, 0 ship of state; Sail on, 0 Union, strong and great Humanity, with all its fears, With all its hopes of future years, Is hanging breathless on thy fate." As a journalist of long standing, he could not be ac cused of Southern predilections. He had belonged to a party called in derision the " Union-savers," who followed Webster and Clay as their guiding lights, and looked upon Fillmore, Everett, and other lesser orbs, with admiration. In Congress and out of Con gress this party had laboured to avert secession. Colonel Fuller then proceeded to review the posi tion of affairs as it now appeared. There w ere 20,000,000 of people on one side and 10,000,000 on another, the South asserting a right which the North denied. On the point of abstr set right he had little to say. Enough to know that the people of the South believed in that right, and fully proved their faith by their works. (Cheers and hisses.) A plain statement of a fact ought not to give offence. It was his purpose to give a candid record of past events. The causes of disruption he considered to lie deep, and to extend far back into the past. In the first place the American system was an anomaly. It was inconsistent with its principles, an absurdity in terms, and a contradiction in fact. In a coerced Union the very spirit of all union departed and was lost. He looked back for the cause of the present conflict to the deed of the 41 pilgrims in the cabin of the Mayflower. Those men had thought to ar range all matters of future government after their own narrow ideal. While the North, however, had been settled by Puritans, the South had been planted by Cavaliers; and in this radical fact were the seeds of perpetual antagonism. The Puritans were they who had slaughtered Indians, hanged Quakers, burnt Baptists, burnt witches, got rich in the slave trade, and then turned abolitionists. (Laughter, and sounds of disapprobation.) He did not wish to impeach his ancestors. The Pilgrim Fathers had among them men of heroic nature; but there was an original and radical difference between them and the people who colonised the South. This difference was one partly of climate. The wines of different countries did not vary more than their in habitants. Look at Franco and England, only separated by a narrow channel of salt water. On one side was a nation, sparkling, piquant, volatile; on the other a people steady, sturdy, substantial. As there were temperate, tropical, and frigid zones of the earth, so were there corresponding distinc tions of the human race. Even had the origin of American citizens been the same, 200 years of diverse occupation and ways of life would have placed a bar between them. The North worked hard to gain wealth; the South led a dolcefar nientc existence, eating their bread in the sweat, not of their own brows, but the brows of/their negroes. The policy of the opposing sections was as distinct as theircustoms. The North was for protection to manufactural interests ; the South leant to free trade. (Interruption, and cries of Free Trade in Negroes.) The South demanded free trade for their agricultural produce. (Renewed disturbance, in the midst of which the chairman rose and said that no discussion had been invited ; and that it was not a practice among Englishmen to get up a warm con troversy in the presence of ladies.) It was true that the democratic party had just one plank of free trade in their political platform, which saved it from going to pieces. The severance of the American Union was attributable in one word, to absolutism; Abso lutism had caused the war, and secession preci pitated it. It was not the principle of abolition that the Lincoln administration advocated. They opposed the acquisition of fresh states—why ? Simply because there would be more votes against ' tariff laws, navigation laws, and various other laws enacted solely for the benefit of the North. As to the freedom of negroes, that was not much thought about. The true social abolitionists were insigni: ficant in number. South Carolina, a state which, from geographical position, had little to fear for her negroes, had been first to secede , because sh e wanted the silks of France, and the paygoods cotton. Were the North to purchase every slave at the highest market price, there would still be the sime cause of war. The question of slavery Could not be disposed of by the sentimentalism of Exeter Hall, or by fictitious Uncle Toms and impossible little Topsys. As for the North, it had only abo lished the institution when it had ceased to pay. It would be for the future to decide whether this con flict was a rebellion or a revolution. George Wash ington was a rebel chief till he had led the North to liberty. Colonel Fuller indulged in some discur sive remarks condemnatory of unrestricted suffrage, such as is conceded as a right to " the swarms of paupers, convicts, refugees, and adventurers who swell that tide of emigration to New York, which, like the Propontis, knows no ebb." He concluded by indicating reasons for a separation of North and South, but said he left the end to be drawn from the logic of events. A ROMANCE OF PEAL LIFE. The Roman correspondent of the Morning Post, under date Dec. 12, tells the following strange story :—On Nov. 10, 1860, there arrived at the Hotel de l'Europe, it this city, a gentleman and lady coming from Naples, who engaged apartments, and gaN e their names as Mr. Kenrick and Miss Gray, his stepdaughter. The gentleman was a hale, elderly man, and the young lady handsome and of a fine figure. He was 62 years of age and she 28. Shortly after their arrival an English officer from Naples, who had just left Garibaldi's British Brigade there, joined them at the Hotel de l'Europe, and after spending a fortnight in Rome with them, left for Florence. After this officer's departure Mr. Kenrick and Miss Gray lived a very retired life in the Hotel, where they were as economical as the style of the establishment allowed ; but after three months residence in it without their ever asking for a bill, the English proprietress of the hotel, Mrs. Melga, gave instructions to her secretary to send them in their account. Mr. Kenrick repaired to the secre tary's office on the following day with the money required, but he stated that, as the last remittance he had received from England was not of the amount he had expected, he should be glad to defer the pay ment of his bill a little longer, if not inconvenient. The secrettry made no difficulty, and the credit was renewed for some time longer, Mr. Kenrick con tinually saying that he was expecting remittances from England, and that he was surprised and indig nant at the remissness of his relations. After several months had elapsed, Mrs. Melga, was advised to apply through a solicitor in London to Mr. Ken rick's family, or to their legal adviser, and through the communications which ensued she became ac quainted with the following history of her guests. Mr. Kenrick belonged to a most respectable Welsh family, but he had so little talent for the adminis tration of his own property that he had squandered nearly £lOO,OOO, leaving his wife dependent upon the will of her father, a very rich man, who, how ever, on his death, left her only £5,000 instead of the bulk of his property, as had been expected. Mr.Ken rick, becoming bankrupt, left England and went to Lyons, where he speculated in silk, and became partner in a manufactoty, but with no success, as after six years' residence in that city the firm was declared insolvent, and he, disgusted apparently with commercial undertakings, left France to join Geribaldi's legion, which was then besieging Capua. It appears that Mr. Kenrick on this occa sion again fell in with Miss Gray, a misguided young lady, although belonging to a respectable family, with whom he had previously been inti mate in Eng'and. How or why she was at Naples is not clearly specified, but she immediately joined Mr. Kenrick there, and came on with him to Rome, as already stated, but on account of this liaison, Mr. Kenrick's usual remittances from his wife's rela tions were suspended, and Mrs. Melga was in formed that no money would be furnished to him until he should return to England and alone. Mrs. Melga offered to supply him with the SUM necessary to reach England, and to send a person to see him safely there, provided his rels dens would guarantee the payment of his liabilities to her; but they declined this proposition, and a subsequent appeal made by Mrs. Melga to Mr. Kenrick's daughter, Mrs. Robert Roy, the wife of a wealthy clergyman, living near Boston,in Lincoln shire, in behalf of her father, remain unanswered. In this way matters went on until the month of August in the present year, and Mr. Kenrick and Miss Gray felt that, with no prospect of being able to pay their bill, their stay at the hotel must be brought to a close. An arrangement was made by which their trunks and passport were left in 'Airs. Melga's possession, whilst they went to take a tem porary lodging in a little country osteria or tavern, about two miles from Rome, on the Monte Mario road, opposite the church of St. Onafrio, where they lived in the most economical manner. Mrs. Melga drove out to see this unfortunate couple seve ral times, continuing to supply them with money as their slender supply became exhausted, but without receiving any letters or prospect of succour from England. Mr. Kenrick was very much dejected at his position, but Miss Gray affected to be indifferent about it, saying, as she looked down from the lofty eminence they had selected for their place of refuge upon the Tiber wiudieg below, " When we cannot get on any longer, we shall tie ourselves together, and plunge into that river." Mr. Kenrick said if he could get to Naples ho was certain of obtaining as sistance or employment amongst his friends and acquaintances there, mentioning at the same time some of the principal English residents, with whom he said he was intimate. Mrs. Melga, on due reflec tion, determined to aid Mr. Kenrick in effecting this change of scene. Mr. Kenrick, however, had much exaggerated the availability of hisconnections in Naples, so that he and Miss Gray would have been in abject beggary had not Mrs. Melga once more come to their aid by sending them a letter of recommendation to a rich merchant of Naples (Mr. Pitken), who supplied them with money, and became answerable for their board and lodging at Mrs. Corby's English boarding house on the Riviera di Chiaja, whilst he set on foot a subscription among his own friends to forma fund with which to enable Mr. Kenrick and Miss Gray to return to England, such being the course recom mended to them by everyone. It was in this state that Mrs. Melga found matters when she went to Naples to visit her married daughter there, about the 20th of November last. Complaints were made to her, on the one hand, of the obstinacy of her proteges in refusing to go to England, whilst they, on the other hand, complained of the cruelty of sending them back like paupers against their ex press wish. On the evening of the 25th of Novetn ber Mr. Kenrick and Miss Gray called on Mrs. Melga, the son-in-law of the latter and a Neapolitan gentleman being present at the interview, which lasted from eight to ten. Mrs. Melga. urged Mr. Kenrick to adopt the plan s uggested to him, as from his age and his ignorance of the Italian lan guage it would be impossible for him to find em ployment in Naples. Mr. Kenrick appeared at last to acquiesce, but Miss Gray strenuously opposed from beginning to end the return to England. This unfortunate couple then left Mrs. Melga—Mr. Ken rick thanking her warmly for all she had done. From what subsequently transpired they must ha . ve gone directly to the public gardens of the Reale, on the sea-shore, where, the cafe being still open, they took a glass of rum or rosolio. They then climbed over the low wall of the . villa, where a semi-circular space overlooking the seais furnished with stone seats, and descended on t h he beach,er nki where d Miss Gray tied her dress . . round l thefro m s a m t hee purposew ai st w with sand , lli ng t A h l e r . bosom.K esnrai and filled h effecting t t , his waistcoat, and sn p c p o l a y t i:n sl g e e t v h e n s with sand fr G om ray her own dress. They then erin tghssteornannsetelltaaApeleitssesgether round the waist with their p tsai o ne c d : et handkerchiefs, and deliberately lay down to die in the sea, which at that point is not more than two or three feet deep. They had the resolution to endure suffocation, and their corpses were seen in the transparent water next morning at daybreak by a fisherman, who, having apprised the authori ties, measures were taken to establish their identity, and after a post-mortem examination, to show whether they had taken poison also or not, they were interred in the English burying ground, Mrs. Melga's son-in-law taking upon himself the last offices of charity towards the unfortunate deceased. 11 ~.