The Sun. — London, England, 1861-12-24 00:00:00

•e i e ..Ve.....1001•••••••114.41.•Adj... 1.M.M•.1......1.....r , - e e 31 ONEY 01.1.RK ET AND CITY. NEW S. SHARE' 2.11 A RK ET--(7 7 HIS DAY). -,* ---.--- CITY, Two O'CLOCK. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. The Markets for Foreign ated. Colonial Produce i are closed for the Christmas holidays, but will re- Share Railways. ~., 1 said . Pri ce .Closin Business g done. open on Tuesday, the 31st inst. Privately a limiter 50 ,'1.,,1.a and _ 1 st Nor. Conn.; all business has been done in several of, the principal 13.14 Pir.,W(d., and Str. Vall all 71 8 staples, but prices have shown no change of im- ,Illyth ,and Tyne ! all 10 I„ost.,Sleaf.,andMid.tgbe allaal 6 _f_ 1 611 portance. st 'Bristol and Exeter lOO 94 06 st 'Caledonian The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday was 10 Carmarthen &Cardigan all closed in consequence of the funeral of the Prince ' 1 0 ) 'L l Z a ll i l d ro ß eirg o ll ' assa Consort. 20 Cornwall all 5 6 A The traffic returns of the Northern of France 10 I Do. A 'lg .ets n a o n ldialvs all 10 I Ho. B ';'' P c•P,i t • B 411 .. Railway from the Ist of January to the 9th inst., been pal 08. 50 'Dublin & Belfast June. all 40 42 amounted to £2,399,646 against £2,291,637 at the 25 Duri.,Perth,&ib. June all 101 11 st East Anglian lOO 18 19 18i corresponding period of last year. st E.stern Counties A steady business is reported in the general die- st EE i t ,o tern Union, stock 100 47 2 50 count market, and previous rates are required by 25 DoNw i, late E U 3ds ' 3 l the joint-stock and private establishments for the 'S S t East l li 1 Suffolk k it Glasgow. 103 1 88 — " (70 asssistance they afford. First chase bills, however, st Edin., Perth. & Dundee 100 281 291 29 10 !Forth & Clyde Junction all can still be negotiated at 21, per cent. at Furnessl 100 - st A small quantity of gold, viz., £3,000, was taken i) 1 ( t litifa -a r' i o d l s o ' c e o s t t ia7ci 121 97 " into the Bank of England yesterday. st Great Northein lOO 111 1 112 1 115 12 / st Do i stock There is a decrease of £1,821 in the traffic re- st Do 11 do j 100 130 in 1 ccipts of the South-Eastern Railway for the past sst ( - ( t r . e .. ti sa l, ;l ,.e l t l e r. r o n f Ireland 1 ( 0 )0 0 10 6.14 10 a 344 551 i week. st Do Str Val 2 . 1 a. stock 100 55 58 12 Irish South Eastern The second annual meeting of the London and at Lancashire&Yorkshirel 100 1051 1061 1061 3 7 st London and illackwall 100 54 56 Mediterranean Steam Navigation Company will st Lon., Brig - ht.,& S. Coast 100 115 116 take place on the 30th inst. st r On., Chat., and Dover 100 44 46 st Lou. & North Western 100 911 02 92 4 i The Market for Public Securities has exhibited at Lon. & South Western 100 921 1131 931 decided symptoms of buoyancy. The despatch 25 L j l e er n g: : Coleraine alla — 9 11 addressed by the French - .Minister for Foreign at, I ‘lan., Shef., & Lincoln. 100 441 45 4 4 1 51 Affairs to the representative of France at Washing- 12 0 5 IMO s lit ia a : n es d .. C . arlisle : a a l l l ___— _— ton has had a marked effect in indueing many of ,8 1 1 3 31, t i l l ' a or i lilan 7l M 6 6 4 all 1261 127 128 71 81 the speculators to look forward with greater con- 6.4.0 Do New at Do Binning & Derby 100 97 09 fidence to a favourable adjustment of the difficulty to Mid Gt. W. of . Ireland all which has arisen between America and this country. 2 2- s i . S ent all Purchases have, consequ.ently, been made which 1 g Do Cray Line have forced up the quotations, and at one time a 10 i l, e e ,, N v v r c y asll e A a r n m d a cr C i a l rli d s e l f e al j --__ —.... rise of fully , 1 ,-, per cent, was attained. This ex- 20 Newry, Wampt, & nos. all st Norfolk lOO 60 62 "621 ' treme point of improvement, however, was not St North British fully supported, becausfi it induced sellers to come s e t t No li c. c Dr s . t l i l c i!il: r D e k es .s n to o cl l ( l ( 100 forward chiefly for tilt) purpose of realising profits, at no tiw cff y c las been pdII) 100 and a reaction toc,k place. Consols, which st Nth. Eastern—Berwic4 100 — 9Bl 004 99 4 have been 9iB, 'have since receded to 91 2 s . Poci.lGee*l'clLsE. purchase 1. 0 1 0 3.4 5g I s d 501 i d 914, but the latest quotations are 91 911. st NT Do_ York 94 1 644 The New Threes ere firmer at 901 1 ; Exchequer to Donnl e l w .ondon 5 Bills, March, at 9s. to 12s. prem. •; ditto, June, 19. 1 1 0 6.4 :i... 0 Torch Staffordshire Junction a l l 7 l l 24 g l d steady at lls. to 14s. prem. ; Bank Stock is 234; st Not. Gi an. 111. & Canal' 100 88 110 10 Peebles all and India 5 per Cent. has risen to 1034 i. 20 Portsmouth Considerable buoyancy has also pervaded the it e ( t ) I Jc h cA T lTll eY eClatral 100 122 124 Foreign Stork Market, and in Mexican and st Scot. N. E.,(3Ar. r 1 ,(vi be e4 el .t, stockpc 00. i 1 1 alOlOO 37 9 3 7 9 Turkish Securities a large amount ( f business has 10 Shrews.oS a t n q Shropshire Union taken placle. Turkish Old 6 per Cents. have ad -10 aininerbourne & Sheer. all _ vanced 'to 78 79 ; ditto, 1858, to 68 to 69 ; and the st South Devon lOO 36 33 £lOO Bonds to 72. Mexican have been 271- 28, st 125 I S Durham & Lane. Un all - So . nth Eastern and are now 271 1-. Spanish Deferred are firm at a il !south or _AVetles York. and River Dun, 1.1 c c; I :7 42; ditto Certificates at 5' ; and Italian 5 per Cents. 20 stain es,Wok.,andWok. all 51 8 25 Stockton & Darlington all 36 38 have risen to 658 4. 25 Do l3 7 8 p More activity has prevailed in the Railway 2 s ' 'TA P I T T C fi e Ie w. 1860 5 4/ 51 p 100 Share Market, and prices have shown considerable 25 st Do Pref. No. 1 100 Tha mesrlavenDk&Rail 2 buoyancy. Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln 50 Ul'ter have improved ss. ; Eastern Counties and North 121.0 Po 04 - Western, 10s. ; Great Western and South Western, st Vale of Neath .5' p st Victoria eta. and Pim lOO -- 155.; Great Northerns, Lancashire a nd Yo rkshire, st Waterford & Kilkenny 100 Midland and South Easterns, £l. 50 Waterford & Limerick. all 20 West Cornwall all 51 65 In the Foreign and Colonial Markets priecsalso 20 West London ,t q 1 slightly advanced- Bahia and San Francisco ~., Do Do 2d class all st class brought 141 -1- ; Dutch Rhenish, 151 ; and Great st W. ITartlepool ITar.& IL 100 st West Dijdland Oxford, 100 46 47 Luxembourg, 88 ; Great Western of Canada have Ft Do Newpor f 100 43 45 43 improved to 91 7 1 ,- ; East Indian to 1011 ; Great St Do lif , reford 100 89 91 Indian Peninsula to 1004 101 ; and Seindes to 1011. LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous shares fully support previous rates; London and 'Westminster Railways. ! Paid. Leasing Closing Business Co. s Price. Done. realise 671 68; Oriental Bank, 30; Union of Lon- _ don, 274; Crystal Palace, 324 ; and National Dis- Birkenhead Alßletchley lid ( I , l i ailL'l'V v ' 44 86 count Company, 4Z 1. Buckinghamshire.... 100 Do. 94 06 Chester & Holyhead.. 100 Do 53 54 Do. 51 per cent 100 Do 123 125 BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING P RICES. Do. 5 „ 100 Do. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 904 ,4 4 Colchester, Stour Val. all E. U. & E.O 63 65 l '.. l . n h i t o c i olivat). I?: :, pr c. 100 G'.North. 133 136 911, 1 1 90 3 per Cent. Consols AnnuitiesU I,HarwichSlis all E,Counts. 441 New 3 per Cent. Annuities 904 444 a a Do. Woodbridge.... 100 • India Stock Ditto 5 per Cent. _.... . .. .. Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent — Gloster &Dean Forest all Gt. W . est. .. .. Ditto 5 per Cent- 964 Hull and -elby all Irk.N. Mid 110 112 Ditto 51 per Cent Do. quarters Ditto Debentures, 4 per Cent., Oct., 1863 984 Lancaster & Carlisle' 100 Ln.&N.W 193 198 Ditto ditto April, 1864 98 4 4 London & Greenwich 100 S. Eastern 61 (13 61 Ditt , Bonds £l,OOO 'ifto under £l,OOO & Co. 83 85 84 5 Consols for Account, Jan. 9 India Stock for Account — Don per cent lOO : Do. Sinc.,Extn.,k Slatlock all LNW&: 51 31 33 India Stock for Account, 5 per Cent .... 1034 / 1 Slid. Bradford Prefer- March. Jun?. once stock Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO 2d.... 912 11 14 pm Newmark+, BuryEx 1 „ /_,, Counts. par 1 p Ditto £SOO Ditto Small Northn.&E,tn. sp. c. all Do. FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Do. 6 per cent. .... all Do Do. Fixed sp. c.... all Do. Brazilian 5 per Cent Ditto 41 per Cent, 1860 L&N W Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent — Preston and Wyre. I all & L i ck . 1 43 45 ditto Account Mexican, 3 per Cent Ditto Acco .nt Peruvian 41 per Cent --Do. Do. . 97 Ditto Account . South Staffordshire.. 100 Ln.&N.W 7 . , 4 , 6 4 Wilts and Somerset.. 10 0 Gt. West. 92 94 921 31 Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853. 4l Wimbledn & Croydon, all L.&Brgtn 81 91 Brazilian 5 per Cent Ditto 41 per Cent, 1860 Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent — i iitto Account Mexican, 3 per Cent Ditto Acco .nt Peruvian 41 per Cent — Ditto Account Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 471 61 Ditto 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, and'6o 46 1 Sardinian 5 per Cent. .. — Ditto Account Spanish 3 per Cent Ditto Account 511 1 Ditto New Deferred 2 Spanish Cert. of Coup. not funded Turkish 6 per Cent — Ditto Account Ditto New Loan Ditto Account Ditto £lOO Bonds Pitt° Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. Venezuelan 3 per Cent Dividends on the above payable in London. Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861 THREE O'CLOCK. Consols, Money Ditto Account RACING FIXT FEBR' Lincoln Nottingham S Derby Spring Northampton 1 Croxton Park 4 Epsom Spiing Ponteland Newmarket F S 5 Chester Spring York Spring Ji Epsom Summer 3 Chelmsford ll Manchester ll Odiham Bibury Club 2 Newton 3 Stockbridge 4 Winohester Newmarket 10 Worcester 15 Liverpool RES FOR 1862. :VARY. 25 Liverpool S ll Shrewsbury S IL. Newmarket C 2l Catterick Bridge Thirsk Salisbury Bath Harpenden 3O AUG Radcliffe Brighton• Brighton Club 8 Lewes 11 Wolverhampton As4cot Newcastle :Hampton LY. Abingdon Pontefract Hungerford Nottingham Southampton 22 Stamford 24 Marlborough Goodwood UST. SEPT] Devon and Exeter .. 2 Derby Plymouth - Walwick 9 Doncaster Reading Egham York Oxford .. 20 Stockton :MIME.. - - OCT( Bedford Newmarket S 0 .. 13 Richmond Leicester .... Monmouth 25 Manchester 26 Newmarket F 0 )BER. Gloucester .......... 21 Newmuket H ........ 27 MEER. Liverpool .......... 12 i Shrewsbury ...... 18 NOVE: Worcester Hereford Advices from Montevideo of the 13th ult. state that her Majesty's ship Ardent, Commander Parish, had arrived on the previous day, having on bo ard the ex-Pre sident of the Argentine Confederation, Dr. Derqui, and his family, who had solicited the protection of the British flag, and who had embarked at Santa F 6 on the Bth. The weather had been very bad, and the Ardent had had to anchor off the island of Martin Garcia, the Buenos Ayrean commander of which sent on board a demand that Dr. Der qui should ho given up to him, in oraer to be tried by the Supreme Court of Buenos Ayres. Capt. Parish of course, in very plain terms, met this by a reply that it is not customary for officers of the English navy to give up political refugees who have once been received under the protection of our flag. The flight of Dr. Derqui, it was thought, would leave Buenos Ayres free to treat with the provinces, and gradually to reassume her proper position as the capital and seat of Government of the Confederation, which ought never to have been at any other place. Foreigners have little or no interest in the interior provinces, or out of that of Buenos Ayres, where British capital has become very largely in vested, and where alone they have uniformly been protected by anything like a regular Government. There had bean extraordinary storms it the River Plate, with great damage to shipping, including a Brazilian man-of-war steamer, wrecked on the reef to the east of Montevideo, and a fine American steamer, which went on shore at Buenos Ayres. AUSTATA.—VIENNA, DEC. 21.—The Emperor leaves for Venice this afternoon, and will not return to Vienna until Jan. 15. When on his way home his Majesty will inspect the forUfications which have recently bt en made in the Southern Tpol. PREFERS. CE SHARES. i Closing Business Share( Railways. Paid. 1 Prices. Done. Blythe and Tyne 10 p.c. pref. issued at £5 Bris. & Exet. 4 p. c. st Do. shares Caledon. £lO, 4i p. cent IDo. guar. shares, No. 2 Cork Bandon, 5i p. c. Cornwall. 5 per cent..., Dun. Perth, t Aber.Junil Do. Ist Class Pref 93 95 E. Angn. ('lass N 5 p. c. Do. Class B 6 per cent.. Do. Class C 7 per cent.. E. Coml. Ex. 5 p.c. No. l Do No. 2 Do. new 6 p. c. st Eastern Union, 4 p. c Do. 5 p. c. guar Edin.& Glas.s p.c. shares Do. 4 p. c. guar. S. & Edin. Perth,& Dun. 4 p.c. Furness, 5 per cent G las. & S.West. gu. 5 p.c Great Northern, b p. c D 0.5 p.c.Redm.lop.c.prn Do. 4} p. c. do Do.tip.c.Redtr.atsp.c.pm Gt. Nh. of ,cot. Ist pref. Gt. Sn. & W. (Ireland) 4 per cent Great West. (Berks and 201 214 6 6i 101 103 112 117 110 116 10 110 106 103 123 125 81 83 111 113 89 91 115 116 110 112 102 100 107 109 Hants 14:xt) 6 per cent Do. redeem. 44 p. ct Do. redeem. 4 p. ct Do. irredeem. 4 p. ct Do. 5 p. c. redeem. pref ')o. firm. pref. shares Do. Chester 8 p.c. pf. shs Do. Chester 5 p.c. pf. sits Do. firm. guar. stock Do. Chesterguar. shares Do. do 07 99 IDo. do ILan. & Carl. 1 p.c. pref Lan. & York. 0 p.c. stock Do.Barnpl.st.C', 2s 10d. c Do. 6 p. c. (East Lan.) Do. 41 p. c. (Blackb. pur 1.0n..5z13rig.5p. , 1.1zu. No. i Do. 5 per cent. do. No 2 Do. 6 per cent. do Do. 5 per cent. do. No. 4 Do. 15 per cent. do. ... D0..l p. c. pref. ..hares Do. 7 per cent prof. stk Do. 6 p.c. do(W.E.&C.P.) D 0.4 p c st. (div.det.liP6.s Do. 4 per cent. pref Lon. Chat. krOov. sp.c.pf. Do. West. Ex., B, 6 p. c. , o. Nletrop. Ex. tf, p.c Lou. S. W., Coy. lti Nuneaton, 5 per cent. Lon. & S.West. 7 p. cent. st., late 3d shares DO. 4' Der cent Do. (Prtsm. perpl. anns. of 2s 6rl Londondy. & Cole. 1 shs i f .ondony. Ennis. 1 shs I.ll l an. sh. & Lin. 6 per ct. Do. £0 .. Do. 3 per cent..... Do. redeem. 0 percent aryport & Carl. 4 pr. c Do. 41 per cent... 111hilly.d Con. G p c. stk Do.Con.Bris..t Bir. 6 p.c Do. 41 p. c. pref. stock Do. 41 per cent. Do.Leic. andHit.4per ct. rflk. 5 p. c. Ex. st. 1810 Do v o :5 5 1 /n a . r c i D y a r il l x . 5 .5 t t .. 1 18 8 1 7 7 Nort British, 5 per cent. Do. New gua percent.. Do. Bor. tin. g. prf. she. Do. do. do. th.Dvn.nail.&Dck.Co. N-East. Cons. pref. 4 p.c. Dn. 41pr. ct. redeemable Do. G. N. E. 4 p. et. pref. Do. Berwick 4 p. c. pref. Do. Leerls 6 p. c. No. I Do. do. Quarters, 1848.. Do. York, s. Purch. North Staffordshire.... Rhymney Guaranteed . S'!.ottish Central. new p 1 Scottish North-Eastern 3,5 p. e. pref. stock.... Do.Aberdeen.gua.6p c Do. 7 p. c. pref. stock South Devon, Ann, 10s. Do. Fixed 45 per cent South Eastern (Reading Ann., 1.0 6) Do. 4 t per cent Do, Fixed 41 per cent South Wales, ; cola. 4 p. C. Do. 45 per cent Do. do. 1850 Do. 5 per cent. S. Yorkshire, 4 p. c. gua.l Do. s p• c.gua.l Stock. & Dar. A 5 p. e Do. B 6 p, c , Do. C 6 p. e.., lVatrfd & Kilkny, 6 p. c. l IW. Mid. -Oxf Ist gua stk 98 100 88 90 89 91 102 10t 9i 10 17 18 104 11 75 77 20 24 10 10i 15 15i - - 136 133 101 103 112 115 112 115 1: 4 ,0 138 112 115 152 155 127 130 73 75 et 2s 6d ]Os. 10 10. G. AO 92 Do. 2d ifo . Do. Newport 5 p.c. )Lred Do. rerpet.6 p. c. pf. 1866 Do. till 18681 12fk 4 121 Can. Gov. 6 p.c.Ja. &July 1877-9 Do 6p. cc:A.1880-2 1 Do. 6p. cent.lBB3-4; Do. 6 p. c. Feb. & Au:r. F Do. 6 p. c. Mar. & Sept., Do. 5 per cent Cape G. hope, 6 p 0,18801 Do. 18901 N.B.Gov. 6 p.c. ,1 a.&Julyi 1)o. 6p. e. Ap. & Oct.l N. S.W. Gov. 5 p. c., 18601 Do. 5 p. c.,1871 to 1876 1 Do. p.c., 1888 A ups{ d 4 Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p. c ater7inv, 1875 S. Aus,G6p.c.lB7a& up Vic. Gov. 6p.c. Ja.&Julyi Do. do. 6 p.c. Ap.&Oot 1 111 113 131 14 1 1 124 128 sm! 65 iPm, 137 139 102 101 92 94 109 111 109 111 1 liprn 99 101 98 100 4 dis par idis }pm' 22 23 1 134 10 101 2:ii 24 99 101 99 101 Os 100 85 88 27i 28i 31 33 31 33 42 45 123 125 121 123 100 102 118 122 115 130 TH SUN, LONDON, ruEsDA.Y EVENING, DECT ‘IBER 24, 1861. BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Railways. Atlantic & St Lawrence' Born.,Barcda&Cent Ind Gu. 5 per cent.. Do Do. Buffalo and Lake Huron 1)o. New ...... Do. Preference ...... Ruffalo,Brant,&G 6 p. et. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 Do. do. July 1, 1873 Do. do. June 1, 1,;; , 4 Cleutta.,t S. Eastn. ) Cape,liastn.Prov. (Lim ) Cape Town .t Dock Scrir I Ceylon Gua.rantd. 6 p. c. Demerara. Eastn. Bengal gu. 5 p. East Indian, gu. 5 p. c. Do. h Shares Ext Do. Jubbulpore Do. 4i p c. Debantrs Do. 5 p. c. Deb., 1864 Do. 1865-1870 Grand Trunk of Canada Do. 4 per cent. Pref Do. 2d Pref. 6 per ct Do. 6 per ct. Debentr Do. 7 per cent. 1862 Do. do. 1867 Do. do. 1872 G t. Indiarenin.g - na.sp.c Do. New gua. 5 p. o Gt. South.of India(Lim‘ guaranteed 5 per cent. Do. do. Gt. W. of Canad a Shares Do. New ....... IDo. 6 p.c. '73 witit't opt. Do. 51 p. c. do. '77 d 0... IDo. 5i p. c. do. '7B d 0... Madr&s guar., 44 p. c... Do. do. 5 per cent..... Do. 4 p. o. Extension Do. 5 - - d 0.... .... Nelb.Corp. 6 p. o. Bnds. Newßrunswick a Can& ity.&Land(Lim.)g.6pcl Class A Capital Sharc I Do. do. Land d 0........ iDo. do. Ii Capital d 0... IDo. do. Land do. Oude (Limited) Scinde . Do. Punjaub g Do. Do. ....•• 9 Do. Endus.St. Flo. tgi Trinidad (Lim.) Scrip.. Closing i Price. 981 99i n 4 } d s~ e~ I 5 1 d 7, 101 20, 100 101 08 100 99 101 100 101 18 19 53 58 40 60 28 32 34 38 27 30 27 30 1191 1001 f d 081 091 8f 91 111 11} 88 90 98i 99i 91 93 5 7 4 6 1001 101 a d Bel '5 100 I d FOREIGN RAILWAYS. 20 Algerian . .. 5 10 Antwerp & Rotterdain. all 65 61 I I 20 ' Ardennes.... ....... .. all .. —p 20 BalL&S.Fran..Lim.7p.e. 15 1 d 141 5 5 Belgian East. Junction all 4 1 20 Beziers to Graissessae.. all Carmeaux Mine & flail 30 104 114 100 Copiapo . ...... ......... all 10 Ditto Extension .... all 4 31 20 Dutch Rhenish ..... 16 4 4 1 5 1 20 Eastern of France .... all 214 ;25- 20 Grand Rus Guar. 6p. e. all 20 Do. do. all 20 Great Central of Franec. all 20 Gt. Luxem., Con. shs... all 81 9 8i 9 20 Italian Junction ...... all 20 Lierre & Turnhout ....1 all 20 Lyons & Geneva ...... all 20 Namur & Liege all 81 if 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 l'ans,Lyons, & Medi ter %II 3) 40 40 20 Part & Orleans all 50 62 52 20 f Recife & S. Fran. (Peru ) zua. 7p. et. lim l7 55 441 20 Riga & Dunaburg 1.8.8. 20 Royal Danish all 11 13 5 Royal Swedish 4 Do. 7 per cent. Pref all 20 Sambre & Meuse 10 Do. 54 per cent. Pref all 81 91 20 San Paulo, Hm, g. 7p. c 4 1 4.1 20 S.Aust &Lomb Venetin 16 4 4 26 Southern of France all 255 164 20 S. East Portafgal 7p et 4 —-- 81 West Flanderti .., all 61 7 10 Do. 55 p. c. Preference all 91 10 20 W. & J.N.W. of France 20 West"rn of Austria 6 20 Western of Switzerland all 6 Wiesbaden 6 Do. 8 per cent Pref all 20 Zealand . BRITISH MINES. Al Ire,' Consols(Philack), 3.2.10 4 4 2 ,, I British Iron 'Clifford nil 32 31 Devon G. Cons. (Tavist ) 1 360 370 East Bassett (Illogan) 3O 55 60 54 21 , East Caradon 1.14.6 281 251 381 9 - - %1"I Russel (Tavistk ) 7.4.0 24 34 Gam.&StAubyn(Gwen ) 551 18 20 Great South Tolgu.4 G.Wheal Alfa. (Philack) - G. Wheal Vor (Helston) 40 6 7 Grenville 6.8.6 11 11 Herod's-Foot 8.12 37 39 Hingston Downs 4.11.6 35 I Lady Bertha Margaret (tiny Lelant) 93. 40 11 - INorth Downs 24 11 51 North Franees (Mogan), 114 2 8 - IN.WICI Baseet(lllo..,an); 1.14.0 24 3 :North Wheal Crotty I 9.18.9 1/ 25 'Par Consols (St. Blazey); 14 7 it 20 Providence(Uny Lelnt.) 10.6.7 38 40 - ,Sortridg - e Cons. Min. Co. 1 1 .Sonth Caradon(StCleer)! 11 310 "29 !S. Carn Brea (Illogan) 5.9.5 4 45 1 ,S. Dev. Iron &Gen., Lim all 1 iS.lVheal Fran. (Illovm);18.1• 4 .i; 974 1025 110 Stray Park 5 'Tamar Silv.& Lead Min 45 1 1 10 ;Tin Croft 0 74 81 - Ipale of Towey (Cartn ),13s ed 4 :West Basset (Illogan) ' 15 14 15 —W. Caradon (Liskeard) l 5 48 50 43 'West Seton 475 280 290 Wheal Basset (Illogan) 54 85 90: ;Wheal Buller(Redruth) 5 75 t 5 'Whtttl Edward (Cals.), 74 I 2; 3 iWheel Kitty (U.Lelant), 1.7.2 44 54 Wheal MaryAnn(Men.)' 8 16 17 Wheal Tretawney (Lis)! 7 16 17 FOR.H.IGN Australian BonAccord Copper,Lim. ) !Brazil St.J.del itey,l.irn Do. Land and Mining Co. Clarendon Cons.llitiCo 1 Cobre Copper Copiapo Dunlloun.Cop.Ming Co 'Fortuna 'General Gt N. Cop. of S. Austr Kapunda (Limited) Linares Lusitanian Mariquita N.RiiineCopotS.Aus.L Pontdbaud Silver,Lead 4 Mining and Smelt... 5 Port Philip 1 Scottish Austrin. (L.) UK'S! United Mexican 1 Worthing, (Limited) Do — !OLONIAL GOV ERNM EN DOCKS. Commercial lOO Do.l per Cent.Pref.3l - in lOO East and West India iLopOon . :St. Katharine. lOO 59 02 Southampton lOO victoria.., •... 100 98 100 IDo• New . —.....,.. 2 .Id pr JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 150 A ,, ra United Service Bk 50 40 I Australasia I all 25 It nk of Egypt all 20/ 21; 100 'l3a-ak of London . ..... 20 Bank of Turkey 50 British North American all 20 iChtd.Bank of India, kc. all 194 20 25 ;Ch.Mer. of In. Lon.& Ch. all 31 S 3 100 ;City 100 ;Colonial 2$ 2011 porn. Bank of Canada.. all 100 'Commercial of London. 20 20 Eng.. Scot., & Aus. Ch.. all 171 174 171 20 !Gen. Bk .of Switzerland all 20 i Lon. Char.Bkof Austral all 23/ 24 20 Do. new l5 3 4 50 London and County 50 London Joint Stock 20 London and S.Atrican lO 1 id 100 London & Westminster 20 '67 69 , 674 8 100 j N'at. I'rov. of England 12 I 20 ; Do. new 50 /National Bank ..... 25 21 INe South Wales-- . all 25 Orient. 13. Corporation . all 49 SO 50 3 20 I Otto nan Bank . 100 ; Provincial of Ireland 10 ' Do. new all 25 I South Australia all 25 ; Union of Australia alll 38 39 38 50 Illnt . of London. . . 100 I [lnt tN, Mutual.. ...... ' 60 I SIISC ELI A - i•Tßotis: - ii) Angi6=Ni, xican Mint . all 13/ 14/ 10 Atlantic It, Ml . Stm (Id), all 1 2 1000 Atlantic Tel. (Limited) all 25 Australian Agricultural 19 25 27 10 Berlin Water (Limited) all 5 5/ 50 British American Land 40 50 11.41LI.Mag, Tel. A. (Lim.) all 29 32 20 Do. 13,7p.c.t1111852 (Lim.) all lB 20 20 Do. C. (Limited) 324 Canada Land .. .. . 10 Chan.lslands Tel. ( * Lim all st. Cop.Min.ofEng&Srultg all ; 25 Do. Pref. 7/ per cent. all 1 32/ 15 17 st. Crystal Palace 20 E.lndia & Canal 1 105 id In at. Electric Telegraph 25 Do. New 5 English & Ans. Copper all 21 15 Gen. Steam Navigati )n 14 1 Great Ship Limited) all 1 Do. 17) pet Preference all 5 Lon. District Tel. (Lim.) 4) 4 L.G. Omnibus Co. (Lim: : all 1/ 14 20 Madras Irr. and Ca na l 1 1/ 2/ 10 sled. Exten. Tel. (Lira: all 3/ 44 25 National Dia. co. (Lim,' l. d 20 Ncrbu.Coal&lron (Li m. ) 5I 14 id 1 44 10 Netherlands Land .. . . all 5 Do.S ..is, all 100 N.lir.&NovaScotiaLand 81 10 15 1 N.B.Australasian (Lim.) all 14 1 is 1 Oriental Gas (Limited). ' a l l lf 1 Do. New Shares (Lim.). a ll lit 10 Orintl. In. Steam (lim.) 10 61 7/ 7 at. Peellt..Lnd.&Min.(Lirn) 100 47 50 50 Pen. & Oriental Steam all 62 68 50 Do. New 3O 9 11 20 Red Sea&ln.Tel.g.4/p.c all 18 19 50 Rhymney Iron all 17 19 16 Do. New all 5 100 Royal Mail Steam 6O 46 48 ;47 at. Scot. Austin. Inv.(Lim.) 100 125 135 25 South Australian Land all 32 14 1 Submarine Tel, Scrip ale 1 Do. doegistero ed 10 no Registered d 4 0 10 Trust and Agency or Austrlasia (lim)lst is. 1 id p 20 Tr..v TALC°. of Upr.Can. 5 plp SU. K'dom Tel. Co. (14m.) 1 id pr 100 au Dieu:o4's L tad 284 8 V , THE LATE PRINCE CONSORT. MEETING OF THE THEATRICAL PROFESSION AT DRURY-LANE THEATRE. This afternoon a meeting of the dramatic profession was held in the saloon at the Theatre-Royal Drury-lane, for the purpose of agreeing to an address of condolence to her Majesty on the death of his late Royal Highness the Prince Consort. There were present most of the managers of the metro politan theatres, amongst whom we observed Mr. E. T. mith, of Drury-lane; Mr. Batty, of Astley's ; Mr. Swan- borough, of the Strand ; Nelson Lee, of the City of Lon don ; Mr. Cave, of the Marylebone, and a number of the leading members of the profession. It was suggested as Mr. Batty was the oldest member of the profession present, he having been engaged in it for the last 50 years, that he should occupy the chair, and that gentleman having consented under these circumstances, the proceedings were opened by Mr. SMITH, who said he had taken the liberty of calling the present meeting in order that they might express their feeling on the domestic calamity that had befallen her most gracious Majesty. The Queen, by the loss of the Prince Consort, had lost that which it was impossible to overestimate ; she had lost a wise counsellor and a devoted husband, and tho Royal family a fond father. While the Royal family had been so bereft, literature and science had also lost a firm supporter, for everything that was good and estimable ever found a fostering protector in the Royal Prince whose loss they were at that moment deploring. He had thought, under the circumstances, it would but be proper that the dramatic profession should have an opportunity of expressing their regret at the death of the Prince Consort, and therefore the present meeting was held to show her Majesty that while they had the power of pleasing by their talent, they had also the hearts of true Englishmen, and could sympathise with those who mourned the irreparable loss she had sustained. (Hear, hear.) He had drawn up some resolutions for the approval of the meeting, but if the terms were capable of improvement or alteration, he hoped that if any gentleman present could suggest anything more appropriate they would not hesitate to do so, because he knew they were all animated with the same desire, and that was to testify to her Majesty that they rightly estimated the loss she had sustained, both as a Queen, a wife, and a mother. (Hear, hear.) He begged to move the following resolution : " That this meeting sympathise deeply and respectfully at the solemn and affecting visitation of Divine Providence, and therefore humbly venture to join in the universal prayer of the nation that her Majesty may receive condolence and support under this overwhelming calamity and bereavement. That an address of condolence expressive of the deep sorrow and heartfelt regret which words can scarcely convey, be presented to her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen, of the death of his Royal Highness Francis Albert Augustus I , :mmanuel, Duke of Saxony, Prince of Saxe Coburg and G otha, Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, a princ whose inestimable virtues and qualities through life was the universal admiration and love of her Majesty's subjects." Mr. NELSON LEE said ho begged to second the adoption of iho resolution. He could only reiterate the sentiments of Mr. Smith, and say how deeply and sincerely her Ma jesty's loss was deplored by the whole dramatic profession. Mr. STEPHENS, as the representative of the Australian stage, supported the resolution, and observed that though that country was far from England, there would not be a single individual in that distant part of the globe who would not be ready to add his sympathy to that of England. The CHAIRMAN then put the resolution, which was car ried unanimously. Mr. E. T. SMITH said the resolution would be sent in due form to Colonel Phipps. A vote of thanks was awarded to the chairman and to Mr. Smith. In acknowledging the compliment, Mr. Sumr said he begged to thank them very sincerely for their kindness in acknowledging the part he had taken on the present occa sion, and Mr. Batty also returned his thanks for the pleas ing manner in which the compliment had been awarded him. The proceedings then terminated. POLICE I NT_ELLIGENCE.—(27iis Day.) MARLBOROUGH-STREET. ROBBERY AND ASSAULT.---John Neal, a low-looking fellow, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with stealing some rum and also with assaulting Mr. Henry Ellis, of the King's Head, Crown-street, Soho, The prisoner went into the house of the prosecutor and called for a quartern of rum, with which he was served. He drank some of the rum, and while the barmaid was engaged serving a customer the prisoner went over the counter and helped himself to some more rum. Prosecutor saw this, and on coming out of his parlour to turn out a disorderly character the prisoner struck him two or three times. Mr, Tyrwhitt said ho had no doubt the prisoner was one of those fellows who went about annoying respectable tavern keepers, and he should commit him for a month. Pri_oner—What, for a drop of rum I THAMES. PLENDERING A SAILOR.—Two women of unfortunate character, named Bridget Richenberg and Isabel Ashford, were brought before Mr. Woolrych, charged with robbing a sailor, named Thomas IValos, of £7. The prosecutor is staying at that excellent institution, the Sailors' Home, in Well-street, where he could have banked his money and received interest for it while in port, but instead of doing so he displayed it to the prisoners, and in the course of three or four days lost every farthing of his hard earnings. On Friday morning last, between the hours of two and three o'clock, he rut with the prisoners, and was taken by them to an infamous den kept by the woman Richenberg, in Everard-street, part of " Tiger-bay," St. George-in-the-East. He then had a £lO note, 1 ls, in silver, and some foreign coins in his possession. He remained in the house with Ashford until Saturday night, and gave her 1 ls. He gave the tall woman (Richenberg) the £lO-note to change, and told her to get some drink, which came to 13s. 9d. She returned him £8 9s. 4d., after deducting 13s. 9d. (A laugh.) He put thechange in his purse. They all remained in a public-house drinking, and he gave his purse and money to Richenberg to pay for the drink, and the short one (Ashford) snatched the purse from her, and put it :n her bosom. He demanded the money of her, and she said, " Don't be in a hurry," He bought two bottles of rum and two bottles of gin for the women to take home, and, after a good deal of bother, Ashford gave him back two sovereigns only of his money, and he could never get the remainder of her. Mr. Woolrych—Have you any of your wages left ? The Sailor—Not a farthing. I was paid off last Thurs day, settled my outfitter's bill for a new rig, and I have been robbed of all my wages I had left. Mr. Woolrych—When you come on shore again alter a long voyage, leave your money with the people at the Sailors' Home in Well-street, where it will be taken care of. Samuel Talvy, a police-constable, No. 211 11, said that Wales came to him on Saturday night. and wanted to give into custody a girl named Yankee Moll, who had robbed him of 18s. He gave her a sovereign and told her to get 2s. worth of drink. She obtained the liquor, but never gave him the change. Mr. Woolrych—That was a distinct affair from this. Witness—Yes, Sir; there were not sufficient grounds for taking the girl into custody, and I refused to interfere. This morning I found the sailor and the two women in Everard street, and he said to Ashford, that if she would give him he would say no more about his money. She refused, and ho gave both into custody, Ho found upon the prisoner Ashford two Belgian coins. The Sailor—They are mine, and were in my purse when the short woman took it from the long one. Mr. Woolrych—When do you expect to go to sea again P The Sailor—Next week, Sir. Mr. Charles Young, solicitor, who appeared for Richen berg, contended that there was no case at all against her. Woolrych agreed with the solicitor, and ordered her to be discharged, at the same time observing that he had no doubt of the infamous business she carried on. There would be a partial failure of justice in this case, as in many others of a like nature, because the sailor was going to sea. He had no doubt that Ashford was what she was stated to be— e regular thief, who waylaid sailors and robbed them. He sentenced Ashford to two months' imprisonment and hard labour for the unlawful possession of the two Belgian coins found upon her. THE CHANCELLORSHIP OF CAMBRIDGE.—An opinion prevails very generally among the members of the Senate that the Duke of Devonshire, from his distinguished career as a student, is the fittest person to fill the office of Chancellorship of the University, now vacant. A meeting will take place in the Combination-room of Trinity College this day, at which the Master of Trinity has consented to preside, for the purpose of promoting the election of the Duke, The tuke of Buccleuch has the interest and sup port St. John's College, but it is understood that the Duke of Devonshire is put forward purely upon academic grounds. If the University failed to call him forth on this occasion it would ignore its academic honours, and these in the person of one who is distinguished for his private vir• tues ought to commind success. On Saturday night, after the exhibition had closed, a Bengal tiger in Edmond's menagerie, which is at present at Newcastle, broke through a wooden partition into an adjoining cage containing a panther, with which it engaged in a terrible combat. The tiger was strongly be laboured with a view to driving him back into his compart ment and rescuing the panther from his clutches. These means, however, only exasperated the beast still further, and after a fearful fight of ten minutes' duration, he suc ceeded in seizing the exhausted panther by the throat, and held him with bull•dog tenacity until he was dead. Tho tiger then, as if satisfied that his work was completed, walked quietly into his own compartment, and allowed a new partition board to bo thrust between himself and the body of his vanquished antagonist.--Newcastle Chronicle. The following is the text of a letter addressed by Garibaldi to the provincial Council of Calabria Ulterior, in answer to an Address from that body :—" Caprera, Nov. 12.—Your blood has not deviated frem the path traced by your ancestors I When the destined hour shall strike, I shall again see you in arms, to the terror of the enemies of Italy. The time is not far distant. Be all prepared for that last trial, and we shall conquer I—Yours, OARIBALDI:' 'Business done THE CIVIL WAR IN A 7iIERICA. (From the Special Correspondent of the Times.) WASHINGTON, DEC. 9. The Cunard steamer which will take these few lines from Boston on the 11th will convey the file of the American journals, and all their lucubrations on Mr. Chase's Report and on the financial pros pects of the United States, which will doubtless be duly appreciated at the other side of the Atlantic. In your hands I leave them. Meantime there is little probability of anything occurring to disturb the march of events, which are the only things that march at Washington, and which have got into a humdrum sort of parade-and-review order, making one day as like the other as can be. There is, to be sure, always the confidential assurance that "there will be a move soon," and perhaps there may; but hitherto General M'Clellan bas succeeded in avert ing the danger which is presented to him of making an attack on a desperate and bravo enemy with an ill disciplined army. He may, however, at any moment be led to older an advance, and his army is certainly better prepared to make it now than it was at any previous time. It would be amusing to look back to the Northern journals and see how much of the pompous programmes of our Fall Campaign" has been fulfilled. New Orleans was to have been seized, Charleston laid Waste, Memphis, Savannah, Richmond, and Nashville occupied, and the seceding States held in subjection till the loyal men could be induced to come out and vote themselves back into the Union. The good public is presented with a strip of sand at Hatteras and au inlet at Port Royal, and so far it is thankful for the results of these con quests. The " Rat-hole squadrons" are at their work, and the task of the blockading vessels will soon be light enough. In fact, the weather is such on the Southern coast during January, February, and March that it would not be possible to maintain a force of observation off the harbours ; hence most of them will be blocked up, and the others can be watched from time to time by vessels running out of Port Royal. Another great expedition, the naval part to be commanded by a very dashing officer, Captain David Porter, is to be prepared im mediately, and General Burnside's corps is now ready to start from Annapolis. The utmost exer tions are made by Gevernment to procure mortars of the largest size, but these are not to be made in a day. Nothing indicates any expedition of the first class—one intended to operate against Charles ton or New Orleans, which are the favourite objects of the Northerners. The former is, indeed, menaced from the flanks, and the Federal gunboats have reconnoitered the country by the Ashepoo river up to the distance of 32 miles from the city. The white populations have fled. The negroes remain on the plantations, and no efforts have been made by the Federals to induce them to embrace freedom and work on the fortifications. From the entrance of the Savannah river in the South up to Otter Point, at the north of St. Helena Sound, the Fede ralists have bitten into the coast line of South Ca rolina; but the effect of their conquest has not been encouraging in the interests of the Union, of cam merce, of cotton, of abolition, or of humanity. The planters have fled and abandoned all sooner than come to terms with the detested " Yankees." They have burnt their cotton ; the negroes at times plun der the property left to their care, but more fre quently they protect it ; and all accounts agree in the fact that the slaves evince no ill-feeling towards their masters. They do not dread the Northerners, but they show no appreciation of the boon which the latter are supposed to offer them. Now, as the planters have fled, and as their property is confis cated, it would be well for the Government to de cide what they are to do with this new description of chattel which has come into their hands in con sequence of the acts of their masters and of Congress. The slaves will not leave the land. They refused to do it for their proprietors; it is not likely the new owners will be more successful unless they employ force, and the use of force would render them de tested throughout the South by the black popula tion. It is asserted positively that the negroes will not work—that they only do it under close watch and the influence of strong inducements. The greatest activity they have shown is:in the plunder mg which has taken place among the planters' houses ; and, the bump of destructiveness once fairly working, it is impossible to say how far it may lead a race who see their masters engaged in destroying their King Cotton, and wrapping their temples and ginning-houses in The f` eternal negro" ap pears to be quite apathetic "in the contesi, and to watch the combatants very much as a beef and mead-fed " layde fair" might have regarded the attempts of two unknown gentlemen in steel to run each other through the body in her honour. Gen. Sherman is believed to be rather too much of a Southerner in his views, and he is attacked because he will not permit the cotton to be taken and sent to New York—so it is said, but I doubt the fact very much. A little underhand trading is said to be going on in the article about Port Royal, but the burning movement progresses, and the sky is black ened by dense clouds of smoke all along the sea beard from the fields and ginning -houses. Cotton is exceedingly inflammable, and burns almost explo sively. A couple of schooners are taking in cotton at Hilton Head, and the blacks are ginning it for five cents a pound. The troops there may be re garded as in solid occupation, covered by the fleet and by the gunboats, the latter of which have been, as I already stated, making reconnaissances up the river, and finding the country deserted as they approached. The whites have given up all attempts to defend the rivers and smaller headlands. No less than three fieldworks, on the Ashepoo, Coosaw, and Otter Point, had been abandoned. It is more than singular, therefore, that no demonstration has been made against the Charleston and Savannah Railway, which must be of inestimable value to the Confederates. The thing is inexplicable. Gene ral Sherman must almost hear the railway whistle at Pocataligo. Her Majesty's ship Immortalite was lying at Port Royal by last accounts ; and as the entrance has been buoyed and there is no less than 25 feet of water on the bar, it will no doubt become a resort for the vessels of the squadron engaged in watching the blockade when it comes on to blow. It is reported that the Federalists were engaged in throwing up in trenchments on Tybee Island under cover of their shipping, and we may be gratified by the sight of a regular engineering approach to Fort Pulaski. It is more likely, however, that it will be attacked by vertical fire when the mortars are ready. When Captain Porter's expedition is ready, depend upon it that there will be more sharp work and energy displayed than has yet been heard of from either side. If there is one thing in this war which astounds one more than another, it is the utter want of " dash " which has characterized both Confederate and Federalist alike. There was no dash at Sumter, certainly. It would have effectually prevented the erection of the sand batteries—it would have taken Sumter by storm when once the fire was reduced, and the little garrison paralyzed by the flames and want of proper ammunition. In the West, where partisan leaders and wild bushwhackers, jay hawkers, and melodramatic rascality abound, there has been some hard fighting, but there has been no dash. Dash—an ounce of it—could have secured the Faderal capital in April or May—could have made certain of it, Baltimore, Maryland—and who can say what more ?—in the last week of July. The smallest particle of dash could have secured Fort Pickens for secession before it was reinforced, nor would Fortress Monroe have been very safe in the face of the same quality in the enemy. With plenty of individual courage there has been as yet no ex hibition of this valuable military adjunct —most valuable in an army of this kind and in irregular war f are . General Price, in Missouri, indeed, exhi bits great celerity in advance and retreat, and is always almost to be, but never is, attacking or at tacked, save and except at the Lexington affair. General Rosecrans—why will he not accommodate Shaksperians by a little alteration of his name?— has gone comfortably into winter quarters in Wes tern Virginia, or the "State of Kanawha" at Wheel• ing, after an obscure and inglorious campaign —in which, however, he has shown himself an active and capable commander, and has completely foiled his opponents Floyd and Wise—against whom it was impossible to win either reputation or glory. The ex-Secretary, who is generally politely desig nated as " the rebel thief Floyd," is still marching stock stock -1 stock stock stock stock stock stock stock 1001 18i_19 56 - 8 101 1001 /100 15 all 100 1 1011 2 Icl 48 50 • 11 dj ti. 35 F 7 6 8 1 • 2 23 24 1 l p 7 8 pr 3 f 2 4 • 11 iPM 74 8 4 'l' SEC U ►ioc 108 104 107 104 107 94 96 ICB 108 106 108 102 104 9R 100 97 99 06 98 103 105 1 102 104 4J 191 40 al 11 Bii RITI ES. 106 n 95i 7 61 6 1031 2f 3i all 1 10s. all all about, and, by the last accounts, was going off into Eastern Tennessee. " Parson B 1 ownlow," who has been making a considerable local sensation by his gallant maintenance of Union sentiments amid a hostile population, and by the courageous writing of his journal, has now burst out upon the fighting world, and is said —not that I at all believe it—to have gained a victory over the Con federates with a guerilla of the loyal moun taineers of East Tennessee. If the railway which passes through this part of the State, and on to Knoxville to Richmond, fall into the hands of the Federalists it will prove a great blow to them, and should Parson Brownlow have made any demon stration against it he will draw on himself the attentions of half a dozen Confederate Generals in the neighbourhood. General Nelson has gone out suddenly after winning a great victory from no enemy in particular, but he may be revived at any moment. It is wonderful how heroes blaze up here, then go out for a time like a burnt-out cracker, and suddenly burst out again when everyone thought there was no life left in them. There are any num ber of forgotten heroes in all parts of the States at present. It is very aggravating not to be able to pursue a remarkable event or person to the end of the chapter, but in America it so happens that a sustained interest in anything for a month is not reached without some enormous effort. I am unable, for instance, to say what has become of that little controversy between General Smith and General Wallace at Paducah, nor have I grounds for firm faith in any victories gained in East Tennessee, nor can I at all make out how the fight between Brown and Bragg at Pensacola either began or ended. No one seems to care, but it is assumed that the enemy were " pretty badly whipped." To the earnest, self-sacrificing thousands who regard this war as the holiest and best in which man ever drew a sword, the conduct of affairs must be most discouraging and irritating. There are myriads of people who literally worship the Union, and who would gladly lay down their lives for that political " idea." But they have no opportunity. They have left pro fessions, trades, and pleasant homes to go out and fight, and, as they stand in the front of the battle, they feel the ground for which they are striving crumbling under their feet. There are hundreds of men in the Northern armies, like James Wadsworth, General Sprague, and General Butterfield, who have abandoned ease and comfort to set an example in person of devotion to—well, not their country so much as to—the Union, or, as Earl Russell styled it " Power." And the Union was assuredly power. It was power for the slaveholder, power for slavery, power for democratic institutions to affront the world. Without the Union the Northern States would be cabined and confined within the Canadian lakes and Virginia, and no reasonable human being can object to their refusal to submit to such a fate. To be deprived of the Mississippi would be to have the main artery torn from the heart. Are they not justified in striking for life at the hand which is stretched out for the purpose ? But it is beyond conception that, all things being so, the war is car ried on as if it were intended to irritate to madness rather than induce " surrender to force of erns." God and Nature may not, indeed, have put the Black into the hands of the Northerners any more than the Indian was placed at our disposal by the same Power in the American war. But here are all the horrors without any of the results of war. Conquest over the South may mean great ruin to the North, but at least it would be a proof of strength given, in the achieving of the re sult ; now all the cost of armaments, prodigious and profuse, is endured without any actual operation in esse to realise the Northern Idea. That it may at last be attained I cannot hesitate to admit, but the realisation will be terrible to victor and vanquished alike. The question of the fate of that which is not yet in the power of the North already distracts and convulses the country before the battle has been fought at all. It is not, indeed, unlikely that General M'Ciellan may be averse to a great battle, on the mere grounds of aversion to bloodshed, and the hope of success by milder means ; and the smaller operations of war may encourage him to re sist the suggestions which are to my knowledge made to him for an attack upon the enemy. Mag nificent weather is lost, and no sign of au advance is visible. There are impatient senators and angry Congress-men, but no one dares open his lips who remembers the result of the " On to Richmond ! " cry of June and July last. The expeditions, and the news of others about to be, amuse the people for the time, but the pressure of taxation will soon render them irritable in their clamours for peace or victory. As yet the war has not pressed hardly on the bulk of the people. 600,000 of the people are amply paid and well fed, and to them are joined hundreds of thousands who are employed in _ _ civil work about the army. The noble army of con tractors and sutlers is making a fortune, and the theory that the country cannot be losing any thing because all the money is spent in it finds uni versal acceptance. There are large frauds under stood to have been detected in commissariat trans actions recently. No doubt greater may be undis covered, Many persons have already made large fortunes very honestly. Fraud seems somewhat superfluous where prices are so remunerative and examiners so lenient. "All is quiet along our lines." The river blockade still continues. No man of-war, except a tiny gunboat, has passed up or down in front of the enemy for weeks. Mr. Sickles is still at work on board the Pensacola, which lies motionless off Alexandria. Reviews go on daily, and are for the most part satisfactory in all that relates to the marching of the men, but I never chance to see a decent battalion drill or any formations except of the most rudimentary kind, and I much doubt if there are half a-dozen regiments here which could form square with steadiness and rapidity against a charge of cavalry. The officers are still causes of anxiety in the volunteer regiments from the large cities, though it is said that nearly 400 have been cleared out of the army since General 111‘CleIlan commenced the eliminating process. The weather is wonderful—positively warm. The bluebottles think it is summer, and are buzzing about merrily, and people are eating ices in the confectioner's. TEM DAY'S MARKETS. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £2 5s to £5 ; clover, £3 10s to £5 12s 6d ; and straw, £1 lOs to £1 18s Od .per load. A moderate demand. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, £2 5s to £5 Os; clover do., £3 lOs to £5 15s, and straw, £1 003 to £1 13s per load. Trade steady. WHIIECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £2 5s to £5 Os; clover, £3 lOs to £5 15s Od ; and straw,' £1 10s to £1 18s per load. A. steady trade. TIIIS DAY'S SHIPPING. LONDON Dec. 24.—Wind this day at noon—East; moderate breeze, with fine weather. PLYMOUTH, Dec. 23 —Wind E.—Arrived —Amateur, from Antwerp for Havanah. OFF PORTSMOUTH, Dec. 23.—Wind N.E.—Arrived Her Majesty's ship Lyra, from the Cape of Good Hope; Surprise, from Baltimore. NEWPORT, Dec. 23.—Wind N.E.—Sailed—Brave Samuel, for Callao. DOVER, Dec. 22.—Wind N.E., strong.—Sailed—Anna Georgiana, for Havannah, after repairing. CARDIFF, Dee. 22,—Wind N.E.—Sailed—Highland Mary, for Monte Vida 3; Jenny, for Itio Janeiro; Diana, for Cuba; Ibis, Ben Jules, Sheffield, and A ugust i ne, for Havannah. MILFORD, Dec. 22.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—Economist, from St. John's, Newfoundland, for Quebec; Dudac, from Quebec for Troon. TROON, Dec. 23.—Sailed—Colonel Ledgand, for Ha vannah. OTT DARTMOUTH, Dec. 22. Arrived—Highflyer, from London for Sydney. 'BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Tuesday Morning. Arrived—Bremen, steamer, from Havre. Sailed—La Poule, for Cherbourg. (BY SUBMARINE AND MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Tuesday Morning. Arrived, Dec. 23--Wagner, from Konigsberg; August, from Riga; Elizabeth and Sophia, from Aalborg; Feraele" strom, from Dantzic ; Grace, from Gottenburg; Advance, from Faaborg ; Catharina, from Dantsio; henry Carsten eons, from Frederickahall. Sailed, Dec. 24—Santa Maria, for Galatz; Orlando, for Trinidad ; Countess of Fife, for St. Adelaide; Triton, steamer, for Boulogne. DEAL,Tuesday Morning. Passed, Dec. 23—Her M a j est y 's ship D e vastation, from Woolwich for Portsmouth; Oliver Cromwell, from London for Wellington; Italia, screw steamer, from London for Querusey. THIRD EDITION. SUN OFFICE, Seven o'clock. lv AV AL I:% TAILIGENCE. cp• The following appointments were made at the Admiralty this eveningt— _ Master—John Phillips, to the Vigilant, vice Mongan Samuel Braddon, to the Phoebe, vice Veitch. Engineer—P. Brockton, to the Vigilant. Assistant-Engineers —C. Jackson, acting first class, W. Hammond, second class, arid J. Jenkins, acting second class, to the Vigilant. Naval Cadets nominated—Clement Royds Pierce, Ger vais Evans, and Henry Bingham C. Wynyard. PEDES2RI4NIo2V. BRIGHTON AND BARKER, FOR £25 A-SIDE AND THE CHAMPION'S BELT. Shortly before four o'clock the men appeared on the ground at Brompton, but Barker (who, it was reported, had hurt his foot) declined to run, because the belt had n( t been handed over to Mr. Roberts, proprietor of the grounds, notwithstanding the latter gentleman offered him a written guarantee for the possession of the belt in the event of his winning, The matter is left in abeyance, and all bets are off. The most agreeable part of the performance was, that the gate-money was returned to those present. LONDON GAZETTE.—(This Evening.) INbIA OFFICE, DEC. 24. The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Right Hon. H Si o r n. Johsnirlvm. Erie. lint., Rornilly, K e nt., n A t ie a c st h er(i t Justice o the Rolls; t llsi i , e Court theßi ofght Common Pleas ; the Right Hon. Sir Edward Ryan, Knt. ; the Right Hon. Robert Lowe, Vice-President of the Cons rnittoe of Council on Education; Sir James Shaw Wilkes, Knt., one of the Justices of the Court of Common Pleas; and John Macpherson. Macleod, Esq., to be her Majesty's Commissioners for preparing a body of Substan tive Law for India, and for considering and reporting on such other matters in relation to the reform of the laws of India, as may be referred to the said Commissioners, by her Majesty's Secretary of State for India. CROWN-OFFICE, DEC. 21. MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT PARLIAMENT. County of Worcester, Eastern Division—Harry Foley Vernon, of Hanbury Hall, in the county of Worcester, Esq., in the room of John Hodg,etts Hodgetts Foley, Esq., deceased. BANKRUPTS. The portion of the Gazet e containing th• Bankrupts had not arrived when we went to press. ' COURSE OF EXCIIANGE.—Tars DAY. Amsterdam Ditto Rotterdam — 11 19 1 11 191 Antwerp. .. . Brussels — 25 55 25 GO II amburgh — 13 8 13 8 3 / 4 Paris Ditto Marseilles Frankfort on Maine — 1181 1181 Vienna Trieste 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 • • 48t 484 25 70 25 72i 25 721 39i 118 k 118,5 514 51,1 48t 481 25 80 25 77t 25 80 391 1181 1181 52 52 £3 17 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 BANK REI'U.RIVS. to Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria cap. 32, of the Average Amount of Bank Notes, of the several Banks of Issue in England and Wales, in circu lation during the week ending Saturday, the 7th day of December, 18G1. PRIVATE BANKS. Ashford Bank, Ashford-Jemmett, Pomfret,'& C0.£10.758 Aylesbury Old Bank, Aylesbury-Cobb and Co 23,530 Baldock Bank and Baldock and Biggleswade Bank, Biggleswade--Wells, Hogge, and Co. Barnstaple Bank, Barnstaple-Marshall and Co 4,841 Basingstoke and Oldham Bank, Basingstoke- Seymour, Lamb, and Co. Bedford Bank, Bedford-Barnard and Co ... 30,951 Bewd]ey Bank, Bewdley-Nichols Baker, and Co. 9,740 Bicester and Oxfordshire Bank and Oxford Bank, Bicester-Tubb and Co. Binnin gil am Bank, Birmingham - Attwood s, BNpnet, and Co. Boston Bank, Boston-Claypon and Co. .. ... . Boston Beak, Boston-Gee and Co Bridgwater Bank, Bridgwater-J. &J. L. S ea l e y 6,156 Broseley and Bridgnorth a n d B r id gnor th an d Broseley Bank, Broseley-Pritch ar d s , B o y co tt, and Co. Buckingham Bank, Buckingham-Bartlett, Par rott, and 4 'o 19,873 bury and Suffolk-Bank, Sudbury Bank, and Stow /nark-et Bank, Bury St. Edmunds-Oakes, Bevan, and Co. Banbury Bank, Banbury-J. C. and A. Gillett Banbury Old Bank, Banbury-Cobb and Son 24,680 Bedfordshire Leighton Buzzard Bank, Leighton Buzzard--Bassett, Son, and Co. Birmingham Bank, Birmingham-Lloyds and Co 26,284 Bradford Old Bank, Bradford, Yorkshire-Harris and Co. Brecon Old Bank, Brecon-Wilkins and Co 44,248 Brighton Union Bank, Brighton-Hall, West, and Co. Burlington and Driffield Bank, Burlington-Hard ing, Smith, and Co Bury St. Edmunds Bank, Bury St. Edmunds- Worlledge and Co. Cambridge Bank, Cambridg e -M or tl oc k an d Co. 12,409 Cambridge and Cambridgeshire Bank, Cambridge -Messrs. Fosters 47,843 Canterbury Bank, Canterbury-Hammond and Co. 32,673 Carmarthen Bank, Carmarthen-])avid Morris and Sons Chertsey Bank, Chertsey-La Caste and 50n.... 2,961 Colchester Bank, Colchester-Round, G reen , & Co. 14,705 Colchester aad Essex Bank, and Witham and Essex Bank, and Hadleigh, Suffolk, Bank, Colchester- Mills, Bawtree, and Co. Cornish Bank, Truro-Tweedy and Co . • 43,844 Coventry Bank, Coventry-Little and Woodcock 4,252 City Bank, Exeter-Milford and Co. Craven Bank, Settle-Alcocks, Birkbeck, and Co. 71,946 Chepstow Old Bank, Chepstow Bank, Monmouth Old Bank, Monmouth Bank, Brecon Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank, Chepstow- Bromage, Snead, and Co Derby Bank, Derby-W. and S. Evans and Co. Derby Bank, Derby-Samuel Smith and Co 33,929 Derby Old Bank and Scarsdale and High Peak Bank, Derby-Crompton, Newton, and Co - 26,636 Devizes and Wiltshire Bank, Devizes-Locke and _ Co. . 7,615 Diss Bank, Diss-Fincham and Co 10,194 Doncaster Bank and Retford Bank, Doncaster- Cooke and Co. 69,264 Darlington Bank, Durham Bank, and Stockton-on- Tees Bank, Darlington-Backhouse and Co 82,731 Devonport Bank, Devonport-Hodge an d C o 6,612 Derchester Old Bank and Dorsetshire Bank, Dor chester--R. and H. Williams 35,446 East Cornwall Bank, Liskeard-Robins, Foster, and Co. East Riding Bank, Beverley-Bower and Co 40,338 Essex Bank and Bishop's Stortford Bank, Chelms ford-Sparrow, ruffian, and Co 38,095 Exeter Bank, Exeter-Sanders and Co 23,459 Farringdon Bank and Bank of Wantaga, Farring don-Barnes, Medley, and Co Farnham Bank, Farnham-John and Jas. Knight 7,235 Faversham Bank, Faversham-Hilton and Co 6,048 Godalming Bank, Godalming-Mellersh and Keen 4,277 Guildford Bank, Guildford-Messrs. Haydon 12,000 Grantham Bank, Grantham-Hardy and Co 26,299 Hereford City and County Bank, Hereford-Mat thews and Co 12,806 Hull Bank and Kingston-upon-Hull_Bank, Hull- Smith, Brothers, and Co ... 19,568 Huntingdon Town and County Bank, Hunting don-Veasey and Co ... 13,383 Harwich Bank, Harwich-Cox, Cobbold, and Co. 4,836 Hertfordshire, Hitchin Bank, Hitchin-Sha r ples and Co. 36,130 Hereford, Ross, and Archenfield Bank, and Ross and Archenfield Bank, Ross --Morgan and Co 18,412 Ipswich Bank, Ipswich-Bacon and Co Kels s enl wi ltgoi c hos h a ndßbßr id a l iankdnkg N ,e,A e ß e i : : :ia nnnakid n in, siitgl‘potlnsrayse_eriekcaehnnt aß lanliks,tlSeuyffßolakn,kH, aandd-, 19,745 Ipswich - an Al da eili , an is d i e e r r s ce & r, Co and 57,066 Co. 16,017 Kington and Radnorshire Bank, Kington-Davies and Co. ....................... . Knaresborough Old Bank and Ripon Old K nanaresborough_Rarrison and Co ... . 42,891 Longton Kendal Bank, K en d a l -W a k e fi e ld, C rew dson, &Co 42,bila Longton Staffordshire Bank, Longton-C. Harl - . o' . ,„,„„ and Son ............................. ~P , - i.g! Leeds i,e eds Bank Union Leeds-Beckett Le edsw a and C 0........ v C i.i.t 0 .. . i. . a. . m . 5 . : . 3 0 6 z: 8 0 5 0 3 4, and Co. ..................... . 24,866 Lewis Old Bank, Lewis--IN i th Ellison 87,200 aget.. 26,716 -L t ni flank and Llandilo ne or , LLeinicceosinterßßanakn,kL, Lincoln -Smith Leicester - Lewis and Co. 25,748 i Llandovery Bank, LS I ' Jones and Co . Loughborough , ) and Cradock L . oion-S. and G. F. St • ton Bank , Y mulb 2,840 Lynung L ou g hborough-Middleton .. 6 416 B B a a r nlt be , Llandovßeankry-7 Lout, 31,299 Lynn Regis Jarvis and Co Macclesfield fi e ld-Brocklehurst and 8,763 L yng gurneys n ll e e y g s i is nß a d i aan i Thkdso, Li nco lnshireN3lNorfolk feoiuies B Ba na:'LL,Y:RLeegigis: 12,951 Co. m „ m i n gtreeßank, ll Williams and Son 4,625 Merionethshire Bank , Dolga y -17,284 Bank, Truro-Willyams and Co Miners' o Manningtree-Nunn and Co 5,323 4 yturarl Co an .. 28,70 d Commercial Bank, Monmou Mlnbmer°gua t thv h esnnh O ir l Y d e-A l7 iß a a nk iclule , Monmouth Bank, Brecon Chepstowand Herefordshire Bank, li Bank, onm ou t and 11,130 Newark-Godfrey and Riddell N Ne eßß : w i lscn k k:Eg an ea'ilk d S'n S Ne le ae af dw' ord Bank, and Sleaford and Newark Bank, Sleaford—Handley, Peacock, and Co Newbury Bank, N ewbury—Bunny, Slocock, and Co. 13,392 Share 100 stk I 100 I 100 100 173 20 stock 20 20 100 100 100 stock stock stock 20 stock 'Paid, all 100 all all all all 100 100 100 all 98 74 20 1011 Oil