The Sun. — London, England, 1861-12-26 00:00:00

21r:0°8411B uDDI:I Preference i _ • I 1 ' ..1 - BRITISH POSSESSIONS. LONDON, ....-----,e.. 6660.0.06. 6 • ••••••• THIRD EDITION. SHARE MARKET-(TH I S DAY). , 'Paid. Price. ..... lo sin Business done e - ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Share Railways. 0,1, 100 At lantic &St Lawrence a l l O l O _9Bl 9:91 SUN OFFICE, Six o'clock. _ _ j Bom.,Barodadz.Cent Ind C r l r o i s ce in . g Business ' - ------ Share Railways. I done. t Gu. 5 per cent.. BANK OF ENGLAND. , Do. B all -- d Paid. 50 !Belfast and Nor. Conn. all - - 204 Buffalo and Lake Huron all 31 44 d reference .... . all 64 E 4 B ew rant&Godric . h 13.14 'Mr s Wol., and Str. Val. all 74 8 25 10 Blyth and Tyne , ... ~. An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoriaall - - cap. 32, for the week ending on Wednesday, the 24th day Bost. Sleaf.,andMid.eo. all 664 100 1 1 00 - _ of Dec., 1361:- at Bristol and Exeter .... 100 94 96 944 6p. et. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 ' ISSUE DEPARTMENT. at Caledonian .... .. . .... 100 101 1014 101 100 Do. do. July 1, 1873 100 - - Notes issued .......E.29,588,815' Government Debt £11,015,100 10 'Carmarthen &Cardigan all - - 100 Do. do. Juue 1. 18N 100 - - Other Securities .. 3.634.900 50 !Cork and Bandon all - - 5 Clcutta.&S.Eastn.( I,i 7r ) all 44 5 Gold Coin & Bullion 14,938,815 20 !Cork, Blrock, & Passage all - - 20 Cape,Eastn.Prov. (Lim.) 2s. - - Silver Bullion ..•. - 20 Cornwall all 5 6 20 Cape Town & Dock Scrip 16 1 • cl . ' 10 Do A 20 Ceylon Guarantd. 6p. c. 74 - g -' A gets no div all £29,558,815 £29,588,845 till 6p c.p an.h - as all - .. 171 Demerara.. - - BANKING DEPARTMENT. 10 Do • B been paid to B. 20 Eastn. Bengal gu. sp. e all 191 20 d Proprietors' Capi- Governmet Secu- 50 Dublin & Belfast June. all 40 42 stock East Indian, gu. sp. e. 100 100 101 101 4 - ta t £14.553,000 rides (incnluding 25 Dun.,Perth,&Ab. June. all 104 11 20 Do. F Shares Ext_ all - - Rest - at East A nglian lOO 18 19 20 Do. Jubbulpore all - - Publie Deposits (in- unity) £11,063,147 st Eastern Counties lOO , 504 ssi 511 1 100 Do. 44 pc. Debentrs. all 98 100 eluding Excise- Other Securities .. 16,826,024 at Eastern Union, A stock 100 ,47 50 100 Do. sp. c. Deb., 1864.. all 99 101 quer, Savings' Notes Banks, Commis- Gold and Silver 25 DoNw A, late E U3ds 13 4 - stock 'Grand Trunk of Canada 100 18 19 18 4 missioners of Na- Coin 817,058 at East Suffolk - - 100 Do. 6 per cent. Pref.. all 53 58 58 tional Debt, and st Edinburgh & Glasgow lOO 88 90 100 Do. 2d Pref. 6 per ct. all 40 50 Dividend Ac- at Edin., Perth, & Dundee 100 284 294 100 Do. 6 per et. Debentr. all 28 32 counts) 7,' 91.141 10 , Forth & Clyde Junction all - - 100 Do. 7 per cent. 1862 .. all 34 38 Other Deposits 13,309,612 at , Furness I 100 - - 100 Do. do. 1867 .. all 27 SO Seven Day and at ,Glasg. and S. Western., 100 97 99 100 Do. do. 1872.. all 27 80 other Bills 631,881 10 IGreatNrthn of Scotland' all - - stock GtlndiaPenin.gua.sp.c. 100 994 1004 --- - st )Great Northern lOO 1111 112/ 1121 20 Do. New gua. sp. c... 10 1 4 d .- - 38,728,409 X 33,728,109 £ at Do A stock lOO 110 111 stock Gt. South.of India (Lim) at Do 13 do 1 100 130 132 g uaranteed 5 p er cent. 100 984 995 _ , st Gt. S. an IW. of Ireland 100 101 103 20 Do. do. all HUNGARY. at Great Western at Do Stu Val gua. stock, 100 55 58 201 Gt. W. of Canada Shares all 84 94 91 6 201 Do. N ew ..... - 12 Irish South Eastern ..I all - - ..„„„ . 100 Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt all - - st Lancashire & Yorkshire, 100 1051 1061 svol 2 I 100 Do. 55 p. a. do. '77 do all - - A communication from Pesth, in the Ost I 1 n 54 sei st London and Blackwell 1 - -- - 100 Do. 54 p. c. do. '7B do all - - at Lon., Bright,& S. Coast' 100 115 116 stock Madras guar.. 44 p. c lOO 88 90 Deutsche Post says :-" Count Forgach has ad- at ~k C lN i ae t .r , t ha nw d e D s o te v r e n r i ! 1 1 0 0 0 0 44 46 stock Do. do. 5 per cent 915 92 92 11 stock Do. 41 p. 0. Extension 100 91 93 dressed a circular to the chiefs of the Comitats, of at Lou. 20 Do. 5 Lon. & South Western! 100 925 931 .. all - - , which the following is the tenour :--‘ Having been 25 L'derry & Coleraine .. all - stock Melb.Corp. 6p. o. Buds. 100 - 25 L'derry & Enniskillen all 931 20 Newßrunswick & Canda informed that in some countries of the kingdom st Man., Shef., & Lincoln.. 100 441 45 Ky.&Land(Lim.)g.6pc .„ , individuals have been brought to justice or im- 50 Maryport and Carlisle. all - - Class A Capital Share ''''` - ' 124 Do 1 5hare5........... all - - .. Do. do. Land do.. - prisoned for not having paid the local taxes, 10 Metropolitan 74 si 6 ~,,,,. . . 20 Do. do. B ital do. .. at Midland arbitrarily collected by the Comitats, I request 6.4.0 Do New - Gude (Limited) ........ - - - st Do Birming. & Derbyl 100 97 99 stock Scinde ... .. ~. .. A ...s 100 1001 1014 you to have the kindness to examine with the 50 Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland! all - - 20 Do. Punjaub .... F.3' is 15 5d 4 d greatest attention the list of the prisoners who have 25 Do. 4 shares - - 20 Do. Do. ........ c'S 8 all -- ,1 25 Mid Kent - - stock Do. Indus. St. Flo. of 100 95 100 been condemned in your Comitat, or who are now 10 all - - 10 Trinidad (Lim.) Scrip.. 1 1 1 d Do Cray Line 100 Newcastle and Carlisle all - - the subject of judicial inquiries, and in the event FOREIGN RAILWAYS. 10 Newry & Armagh, def. 9 - - 20 Algerian 5 - - of such individuals being in the prisons of your 20 Newry, Warnpt, & nos. all - - et Norfolk lOO 60 62 624 . 10 Antwerp St Rotterdam. all 61 6/ Comitat, I beg you to send me the documents eon- at North British - -p netted with the proceedings against them." at NonDev.RailtDk.stock, 100 - - 20 Bah.&S.Fran..Lim.7 p.c. 15 f 4 d 144 st Do A stk ; A nes no d ' 5 Belgian East. Junction all 5 / - -till 6 pc. has been pc 100 - - 20 Beziers to Graissessae.. all - - SWITZERLAND. at Do B stock lOO - - at Nth. Eastern-Berwick 100 981 991 1 00 CarmeauxCopiapo Mine & Rail 3e 104 114 22210000 Grand ra as Dutch nt it ed t r o nß ßhenish oufsFg Extension rauna.cr.e. 0 .. . . all all - 4 - 84 The Federal Council of Switzerland has just 25 Do, G.N.E. purchase 16.13.4 11 d d at Do Leeds 1 100 55 56 16 p. c. allall 2_4 _v4 1 made the annual division of officers among its at Do York at No - •th London members : Count Steempfli, as president for 10 Do new 5 - - 20 Do. do. all - - the year 1862, takes the direction o f political 1e.10.4 North Staffordshire ~174 51 41 d 20 Great Central of France all - - 10 N. and S. IV. Junction. all 101 101 20 Gt. Luxem., Con. shs... all 84 9 9 22 2 11122200660000 0 Italian NNDDENL:aoooyoai I.:7o.rrtNonsrhu, esepeterowr: J :cao u .GS:Lno u phuefaTi c ran , ie t lerrg i elue o rv;s n mnai to.. France.... c.. . tdep,..: i trie ....... i...: .. aalaaaaa a illlil l ill ; 32_8118 - .._- 7,04 3: . 2:09i1 4 affairs ; M. Fornerod is vice-president, and st Not. Gran. Ri. & Canal 100 88 90 89 4 10 Peebles all - - head of the War Department ;M. Knusel takes the 20 Portsmouth - - Finances ; MM. Pioda, Frei-Herosee, and Naeff re- 10 Rhy ney - - at Scot st Central spectively rc fain the Departments of the Interior, st Scot. 7. E.. Aber. stock 100 37 39 st Do Sc , t. Mid. stock. 100 95 97 the Customs, and Commerce. Lastly, M. Dubs 10 Shrews. and Welchpool all - - will direct the Departments of Justice and Police. at Shropshire Union 10 Sittingbonrne & Sheer, all - - 20 Parts & Orleans .. - . ... all 50 52 at South Devon lOO 36 38 20 i Recife &S. Fran. (Pern.) ---- 25 S. Durham & Lanc. Un. all - - ( ,s - ,ua. 7 s p. ct. Inn - .... 17 54 411 MONEY MARKET AND CITY NEWS. st South Eastern at South Wales 100 05 67 761 20 Riga & Dunaburg...... 18.8. 20 Royal Danish. - all 11 13 • st S. York. and River Dun Iso 95 97 5 Royal Swedish .... 11 20 staines,Wok.,andWok. all 5 4 6 4 Do. 7 p er cent. Pref.... all - - CITY, Two O'CLOCK. 25 Stockton & Darlington all 30 38 20 Sambre & Meuse ...... all 65 7 The usual quarterly disburseme nts and the dim)- 25 Do ... 13 7 8 p 10 Do. 5 5 per cent. Pref..... all 8 1 9 1 25 Do New, 1860 5 45 55 p 20 San Paulo, lim, g. 7p. c. 4 f 4 .1 nished circulation consequent u p on the revenue st Taff Do Pref Vale.. No. 1 - -France.... 100 --. 2 st .o 20 S.Aust &Lomb Venetin 16 i ii 181 26 Southern of ll 254 t 6 collections have imparted mo re firmness to the ThamesHavenDk&Rail 22 - - 20 S . East Port ug al 7 p ct. 4 - general discount market. The supp lies of money 50 Ulster all 555 564 81 West Flandeni ........ all 61 7 25 Do 20 24 34 10 Do. 55 p. c. Preference.. all 94 10 having decreased very little, business is now nego- 12.10 Do tiated under the Bank minimum of 3 pe.' cent. st Vale of Neath at Victoria sta. and Pim lOO - - 20 Western of Switzerland all - It is stated that arrangements are in progress for st Waterford & Kilkenny 100 - - 6 Wiesbaden - - all - - 50 Waterford & Limerick. all - - 6 Do. 8 per cent Pref all amalgamating the Metropolitan an d Provincial and 20 West Cornwall 6 .. all all -- 4 20 Zealand - - - - th e Mercantile Banks recently esta blished, whereby 20 West London Do Ist class - - BRITISH. MINES. 10 the necessary amount of capital will be secured. 20 Do 2d class 1 all - - - Alfred ConsTili(Philack) 3.2.10 5 / at IV. Hartlepool Hat&R lOO - - 20 British Iron The Tagus, from Lisbon, has brought £1,425 in st West Midland Oxford 100 46 47 47 - Clifford nil 32 35 at Do Newport,, 100 43 45 431 - Devon G. Cons. (Tavist.) 1 360 370 specie, at Do Hereford 100 89 91 - East Bassett (Illogan).. 30 55 60 A call of £2los. per share , am ountin g to £48,455, - -.- East Caradon 2.14.6 281 t 55 291 4 - LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. E. WI Russel (Tavistk.) 7.4.0 21 31 10 becomes due to-morrow on the Caled onian Railwa y - Gam.&StAubyn(Gwen.) 551 18 20 £25 4/ per Cent. preference half shares. , - Great South Tolgus... 17s 3f 44 Paid. Leasing Closing Business - G.Wheal Alfd.(Philack; Railways. - Co. The half-yearly meeting of the proprietors of Co a Price. Done. -G. Wheal Vor (lIelston) 40 6 7 - Grenville 6.8.6 11 lf the Bank of London will take place on the ----- - ______ _____ _, - , Li erod s- Foot Bedford and Bletchley all Ln.&N.W .. _ 8.12 37 89 15th prox., for the purpose of receiving the direc- Birkenhead. , - Hingston Downs 4.11.6 84 1 tors' report and declaring a dividend. Buckingh msikre.... 100 Do. 94 96 -s Lady Bertha •-• Margaret (tiny Lelant) 94 40 42 • Chester & Thlyhead.. 100 Do ... 53 54 The directors of the South Australian Company Do. ' 55 per cent 100 Do. - North Downs 24 41 54 Do. 5 „ 100 Do. - North Frances (Mogan) 116 211 have announced a dividend at the rate of 7 per - N.Wh'l Basset (Illog - an) 1.14.0 24 31 Clydesdale Junction 100 Caledon. 101 103 - North Wheal Crotty .. 9.18.9 11 24 cent., payable on and after the 15th January. Colchester, Stour Val. all. E.U.&E.O 63 65 - Par Consols (St. Blaney) 14 7 8 E. Lincolnsh. gapr c. 100 Gr. North. 133 136 The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up E.Union,HarwichShs all E,Counts. 4 41 20 Providence(Uny Lelnt.) 10.6.7 38 40 Do. Woodbridge.. 100 06 e 0 .... Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. 1 1 1 to this day, are in round figures as under :- G 1 o. 100 Caledon .. .. - South Caradon(St.Cleer) 11 310 320 1 1861. 1860. Do. new Great - Western a m v.lron &Gen., Lim. all 4 1 - S.Wheal Fran. (Illog,ran),lB.lq.V 974 1021 110 North- - Wastern Do. halves all Do. ..... .. .. - Stray Park 27 19. 29 31 Brighton 16,194 16,030 Do. quarters Midland South-Eastern - Vale of Towey (Carm.)ll3s 6d' 1 4 Great Northern - West Basset (Moven). 11414 15 - W. Caradon (Liskeard)! 5 48 50 48 I.aneashire and Yorkshire - West Scion ... South 'Wales - Wheal Basset (Mogan) 51 85 90: 6 per cent lOO Do. Edinburgh and Glasgow 6 ,329 6,096 Do 11Inc.,Bxtn.,& Matlock all LNW& M • 34 • 31 - Wheal Buller(Redruth); 5 75 85 Great Western of Canada 10,596 8,220 Mid. Bradford Prefer- - Wheal Edward (Cals.)l 71 26 3 These returns are of an unfavourable character ence stock - Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant); 1.7.2 41 51 Newmarkt, BuryEx- Wheal MasyAnn (Men.S 8 16 17 15.5. 6. N Counts. par 4 p - Wheal Treirwney (1.19.)I 7 16 17 f in most instances. On the Great Western there is gua. 5 p E er cent. Nortlin.&astn. sp. c. all Do. a decrease of £1,670; on the North Western of Do. 6 per cent. .... all Do. £2,308 ;on the Midland of £3,289; on the South Do. Fixed sp. c.... all Do. N. Eastn-Hartlepool lt. 0 N. E. Ben .. .. 1 BonAccord Copper,Llm 17:6 Id . 7d 4 1 all Midland 154 161 20 Brazil St.J.del Itey,Lim 15 48 50 491 64 Eastern of £1,822 ;on the Great Northern of North Westerns Do. Land and Mining Co. all II if 1 Clarendon Cons.MiuCo. ; - di.. £3,041; on the Lancashire and Yorkshire of Preston and Wyre. all I" t e . yl c lr . / 3 43 45 Do. 1 shares A. all Do. •• •••_ ~ ~ 10 Cobre Copper all 35 87 £3,771. The Brighton shows an increase of 1.3169 ; Roystn.Hitch. & Shep. 100 Gt. North. 133 136 - Copiapo . Shrewsby & Hereford 100 T Brassey 118 122 1 DunMoun.Cop.Ming Co all 1 15 11 the South Western of £162 ; and the Great Western Do. Do. of Canada of £ 2,376 . South Staffordshire .. 100 Ln.&N.W .. - 20 General all 2 3 2 4 2 Gt N. Cop. of S. Austr 1 4 1 p 14 1 Wilts and Somerset.. 100 Gt. West. 92 94 The steamer Della wh ich leaves to-morrow for Wimbledn t Croydon all L.&Brg,tn 84 96 14 Kapunda (Limited)..... 1 1 la p Bombay will take £251,545 in silver and £2,500 in $ Linares all 7 8 ) PREFERENCE SHARES. 6 , Lusitanian 2 4 pr gold. 1 , Mariquita all 1 I 4 • 1 IN. RhineCopotS.Aus.L.. f 1 6d There has been very little animation in the Sharei Railways. Paid. Closing Business 20 Frontgibaud Silver,Leadl Prices. Done. Mining and Smelt... all 2 4 Market for Public Securities to day, the dealings _ _ 5 , Port Philip 1 11 11 114 4 , 1 Scottish Austrin. (L.), 1 , , 10s. 1 Ipm having been unusually restricted owing to the un- 33/14 United Mexican I all 74 8 81 1 certainty felt with regard to the progress of the 25 B I p y r t elite issued and Tyne £ l s o . p . ..c .. all - - 1 ,Worthing(Limited) all 4 4 American difficulty. Several speculative sales at Bris. & Exet. 4p. c. at.. 100 93 95 I Do . - 20 Do. altar es - - I t however, have been effected which have led to a st Caledon. £lO, 45 p. cent 100 - - COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. , decline in prices, Consols having receded to 901, 91 at 61 C o. guar. shares, No. 2 100 ork tt Bandon, 55 p. c. all - - - - - __ - Can. Gov. 6 p.e.Ja. &July i 100 105 108 186 71 for money and th e account. The New Threes are 20 Cornwall. 5 percent.,,. all 204 214 - 1877-9 I 65 Dun. Perth, & Aber.Jun ail 6 65 - Do Bp. cent 1880-21 100 - - flat at 90, 2 ,-, /•; the Reduced steady at 90t- 1; Bank 10 Do. Ist Class Pref . all - - - Do. 6p. cent.lBB3-4 100 - - Stock is at 232 and 234 ; India 5 per Cent. ditto st E. Angn. Class Asp. c , 100 101 103 - Do. 6p. c. Feb. Az A 1.1 2 -.: 100 104 107 st Do. Class B 6 per cent.. 100 112 117 - Do. 6p. c. Mar. (IL Sept. 100 104 107 lOn 104 ; and the Debentures are 98i1. at Do. Class C 7 per cent.. 100 110 116 - Do. 5 per cent lOO 94 96 954 761 6 at K. Coun. Ex. 5 p.c. No 1 100 103 110 - - Cape G.Hope, 6 p c,lBBO l 100 106 108 Very few transactions have taken place in the at Do No: 2 100 106 108 - Do. 18901 100 106 108 100 123 125 - N.B.Gov. 6 p.O. J a.&Julyj 100 102 104 Foreign Market, and prices in some instances are st Do. new 6p.c. st 1 . st Eastern Union, 4p. c- 100 81 83 - Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct.' 100 - - rather flatter. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 7 Grenada 78,, st Do. sp. c. guar lOO - - -N. S.W. Gov. sp. c.,1866, 100 98 100 B a t t Edin.&Glas.s P.C. shares 100 111 113 ssp s :G.o l 3 o.ip . to: pi e - .1;8c .. GBO l . A.lB B oBj 7 pa i a ..8: tu t . e c6a o opjpw l cuu B t. p.d 7 i.cy.. 6 :..i 1 1 0 0 0 0 9 97 6 9 9 8 9 98 7 Do. 4p. c. guar. S. &. , lOO 89 91 I _-: . Nova s S. D D A o ou. . ditto, 1858, 68 68/. Mexican are 27t- i ; Active are 141. Dutch 4 per Cents. are firm at st Edin. Perth,& Dun. 4 p.c. 100 - -i at Furness, 5 per cent lOO - - sterlang, 1875 100/, and Venezuelan at 21/. at caaa.Az S.West Sfu. 5 p.c. 100 - - -- 1 N D 'l o e . • G d o ° . v a • 1 02 104 1034 24 31 st Great Northern, sp. c.. 100 115 116 In the Railway Share Market the dealings have at D 0.5 p.c.Redm.lop.c.pm. 10 0 110 112 - been exclusively limited, and the few operations st Do. 44 p. c. do lOO 102 101 stockE I ssis t ttt 0 0 0 co e 2 stock kkk i Com merc ial SLSDDSouthampton 1.t4-idNapoet:wmhr aa225:00811 -7-1-274 -71-744 174 st Do.sp.c.Redir .atsp.c.pm 100 107 109 DOCKS. entered into show a decline of about /to 1 per 10 Gt. Nh. of scot. Ist pref. all - - at Gt. Sn. & IV. (Ireland)Cent.Pref.Min. l 1 9 0 6 0 - stock East and arp i tg Y in i ne sll_nd ... i .. a „ 11 1 2 0 2 0 12 6( 3:1125 82 cent., owing to the unfavourable character of the 4 per cent lOO 97 99 Great West. (Berks and traffic returns. Great Westerns have declined 55., 50 Hants Ext) 5 per cent 6 - - 100000°00 103 105 105 stook lsolooo ;V I u.u i n e nr t ,t or i i a.. - 100 j9B 100 and Eastern Counties and Midlands 10s., and North at Do. redeem. 44 p. et.... 100 98 100 st Do. redeem. 4p. et.... 100 88 90 Westerns 15s. North Eastern (Berwick) and South at Do. irredeem. 4p. ct... 100 89 91 .... O,, JOINT-STOCK 113AidNKPSr. 98 Eastern, however, have improved 53. at Do. sp. c. redeem. pref. 100 102 101 1260060 !Bank o[ Bk 50 - 8 Do. Birm. pref. shares.. all 94 10 The Foreign and Colonial undertakings show 10 Do. Chester F 1 p.c. pf. shs all 17 18 2 4 2200 0 5 c A ha u nt s dk t . r ß a o l af a nT s k i v a orfk el all a al l l l _ 2 - 01 - 2 1. 1 10 . Do. Chester 5 p.c. pf. shs all 104 11 110000 Cityßa•sk of London ...... 50 ,62 64' little change of importance. Great Luxemburg \ st Do. firm. guar. stock.. 100 75 77 realise 9 ; South Austrian and Lombardo-Venetian, 26i Do. Chester guar. shares all 20 205 131 Do. do all 10 104 :I P :American 180 ; Bahia. and San Francisco, 141; Great Western 20 Do. do all 15 15/ 154 Turkey India, ite . . al 3 l 1 4 94 2 P e r 100 Lan. & Carl. 44 p.c. pref 60 - - 2100.01 i ColoC )Colonial of In. Lon.& Ch. all 31 - 3 - 3 of Canada, 9,1 4 - -1-, ; Grand Trunk of Canada, 184 Z ; st Lan. & York. 6 p.c. stock 100 136 133 137 i 1 2 0 0 0 Commercial ng s Ch.Mer.l.. and East Indian, 101 to 1011. at Do.Barnal.st£s 2s 10dse 100 - - at Do. 6p. c. (East Lan.) lOO - - Scot, i o i t k ofct of ACann..a Londond c a ,i . . ... Joint-stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares con- st Do. 44 p. c. (Blackb. pur. 100 101 103 tinue dull, without any material change in values. st Lon.&Brig.sp.c.gu. No.] 100 112 115 2020 Gen. B c h k a . r o . f ß S k w o Switzerland t A z e u r s l tarnal all ll 234 - 2 : 4 2 60 0 L 0n Do. d at Do. 5 per cent do. No 2 100 112 115 Union of Australia realise 381 ; Electric Telegraph, at Do. 6 per cent. no lOO 136 138 st Do. 5 per cent. do. No. 4 100 112 115 on n a e n w d County .. 1 2 5 0 354 ' 3l 944; and Royal Mail Steam, 47. st Do. 44 per cent. d 0...., 100 - - --- 5 Do. 45 p. C. pref, shares all - - BRITISH FUNDS-CLOSING PRICES. st Do. 7 per cent pref. stk 100 152 155 50 London Joint Stock .. 10 32 '65 3fi i at Do, 6 p.c. do(W.E.&C.P.' 100 197 130 at Do. 4 p c.ec.(div.def.lil'6s ICO 73 75 20 London and S.Airicans 10 1 53 ' 100 2 52120 0 505 t iD oupra o noit .. teioii: Bank Stock .......................... 232 4 901 aa i st Do. 4 per cent. prof . _ 100 - - London & Westminster 20 67 id , 1 6 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities ...... t n . a B. B. Corporationa n k 100 Nat. Prov. of England 42 69 I 117- 8 - at Lon.Chat&Dov. sp.c.pf.. 100 90 92 20 1N e w iln S ont o l u ci South atle V . ( a i( l ,L e i s mi .mi: (Limited) et : de . d) . ) - ... 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 10 Do. West. Ex., B, 6p. c. all - - new aa a ll l ll l i - -_ 5 - -__ s4 ...; .. a 2 1 12 5 11 - 49 50 New 3 per Cent. Annuities - - Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 - st Lou. & S. IV., Coy. & Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 lsi Nuneaton, 5 per cent. 100 111 113 100 'Provincial of Ireland .. 5a 2 11 5 11 _3B 3_, 38 1 0 7_ India Stock at., late 3d shares .... 100 - - 25 \ South n ew o k f u A st u ra st li r a ali . a .c . ,..... all - - .... Ditto 5 per Cent. st Do. 11 per cent Aaaat : 1 1.111111 2 t 0 1 27 u111: 5 39, :540 284 1:1_14:0143 271 4 Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent ...... - 2s 6d Do. (Prtsm. perpl. anns. Atlanticof London Ditto 5 per Cent - - Mutual... ' I Ditto 51 per Cent ss .......... 103 124 Londondy. &Cole. 1 ails all - - - . 14 , x i c l‘ a l n l S m C i n E t L . . I ~1 Ditto Debentures, 4 per Cent., 1863 984 i a 124 Lon donv. & Enni s. 5 sits all 131 14 1000 tl 1 (----- 5 Oct.,, Et Man. Sh. & Lin. 0 per ct. 100 124 126 20 155 Do. nß_.•:.‘ias.iitdllBllTBe.si2..:.LL ............. . It. Ml. Stm (1d) all 1 2 1 Consols for Account, Jan. 9 ............. 914 90 1 I India Stock for Account ................ - 6 Do. £6 . 44 1 ip m st Do. 35 per cent. .... ... 100 65 70 Be Agricultural 19 25 27 ~ B iti h American Land 40 - - India Stock for Account, 5 per Cent .... 1034 I4k 3 4 10 Do. redeem. 6 per cen . t... 5 f ip m 54 D B.: . I c .3 .( lig n . Tel. A ). ..( . L . .. m... .. March. June. 124 Maryport & Carl. 4 pr. c. all •_ .. Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO 2d.. •• 8 11 11 10 pm 121 Do. 45 per cent. - ..... all .. .. all 29 32 all 18 9 Ditto £500...... 811 - st Midland Con. 6p. c. stk. 100 _.. 325 C p a o n . a r d r a e f L . : i n d p Ditto Strwii Bll - st Do.Con.Bris.&l3ir. 6 p.e 100 137 139 138 et* cent . g . st Do. 45 p. c. pref. stock.. 100 102 104 FOREIGN FUNDS-CLOSING PRICES. all .. .. 6 Do. 45 per cent. B B t. t . C D o o p . . 6 M p i n e . t o . fl Brazilian 5 per Cent .................. - st Do.l,eic. anclilit.4per ct. 100 92 94 Ditto Account ...................... 971 i st Nerfik. sp. c. Ex. st. 1846 100 _ .. 5 2 t 0 . Crystal E.i.n dia Palace lrrjgn . si 10 C Deb. liaaoollooll 8 1 2 02 3 1 3 05 324 r eg p . : S t init- - st • Do. 55 p. c. Pref. st. 1847 100 _ .. Do. Preference Equador New Consolidated ............ 144 st Do.sWay.ValEx.st.lBi7 100 „ .. 8 2: Mexican, 3 per Cent .................. - at Nort British, 5 per cent. 100 109 111 Electric Telegraph • . Canal_ Ditto Acco nt ...................... 2 78 i I stl. Great Ship 5 English & Aus. Copper. all - Grenada Active ........................ 1 8 45 I s o t Do. o. New u gs n i a . . rp r r e fe n s t h .. s lO O5 109 1 1 1 i 1 p 1 m 100 1 105 167 Ditto Deferred, Ex Hectares ......... 10 Do. do. do. all _.. I .invited).. all Turkish 6 per Cent. .................... - st Nth.Dvn.Rail.&Dck.Co. 5 .. ..100 id }pm st N-East. Cons. pref. 4 p.c. 100 _ .. 25 Do. New Ditto Account ...................... 785 . - st Do. 45pr. ct. redeemable 100 .. .. 15 v° 934 Ditto New Loan ................... 685 8 st Do. G. N. E. 4p. et. pref. 100 99 101 21 ..... 15 Gen. Steam Navismti m 14 - 3 Ditto Account ................. London.2l4 l7 Do. Berwick 4p. c. pref. 100 98 100 4 L.G. Omnibus Co. (Lim.) 44 - 1 4 - .V enezuelan 3 per Cent . ............. .. . 20 Do. Leeds 6p. c. No. 1 8. 13.4 4 dig par 125 Do. do. Quarters, 1848.. 13 .. .. 1 Do: 174 pet Preference all I 1 5 Lon. District Tel. (Lim.) - 25 Do. York, IL &S. Parch. 9 , . .., 25 National Dis. Co. (Lim.) 5 - 4 d 41 4 Dividends on the above p2ayGaubille. i . n . _ Dutch 21 per Cent., Exchange 1 ..... 1001 20 North Staffordshire.... 10 Idis }pm 20 Madras Irr. and Canal• all li. 11. "_ii fro Certificate,s, 4 Per Cen t ' • • ... • .. 65 44 10 Rhymney Guaranteed.. all 22 23 234 10 Netherlands Land all li Id 10 Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim 'al 1 1 4 2 1 • • i 8 5 Scottish Central. new pi all l Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861 .............. ..... 6 5 5 .. .. Ditto Scrip .. ................ TIIREE O'CLOCK. st Scottish North-Eastern 31 p. c. pref. stock.... 'all .. .. 20 Nerbu.Coal&lron (Lim.) 5 ..... 90 2 A at Do.Aberdeen,gua.6p c 100 .. • Consols, Money ............... goa i st Do. 7P. c. pref. stock 100 _ :: 5 Du.B p.e.PreLiss.atl dis. all - A i 1 1 N D . o l3 . . N A e u w st s ra h l a a r s e la s n (L (l i , m im . 100 N.BraliNovaScotiaLand 81 ' ' Ditto Accou•nt **** I Os. South Devon, Ann, 10s. 100 132 134) all I° 15 _ _ _ 10 Do. Fixed 44 per cent all 10 1011 14 _ -- 1 Oriental Gas (Limited), all . all 1/ l e 10. 6. South Eastern (Reading all 1 1/ NOTIINGITAN -ELE ('TION.-(This Day.) Ann., 1.0.6) all 235 24 10 Orintl. In. Steam (Lim.) 10 ---- st Do. 44 per cent at Do, Fixed 45 per cent 100 99 101 s a t t South W 1 4 100 50 Pen. & Oriental Steam all a - (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) a es, g, - ua. p. c. 50 Do. New -6 68 30 9 11 Do. 45 per cent A crowd of upwards of twenty-five thousand at Do. do. 1859 lOO .. .. 60 Rhymney Iron all 17 19 persons were present at the nomination. Lord Lin- at Do. 5 per cent. lOO 15 Do. New all 5 6 coln, proposed by Alderman Cullen, seconded by at S. Yorkshire, 4p. c. gua. 100 85 88 20 100 Royal Mail Steam 6O 46 48 ' Sir Robert Clifton, proposed Do. sp. c. gua. 1:3 st. Scot. Austin. Inv.(Lim ) 100 125 13 ' 47 Alderman Heard. by 25 Stock. & Dar. A 5 p. c... all 2'71 ii/ 5 25 South Australian Land all 32 34 Dr. Thompson, seconded by Alderman Reckless. 25 Do. 13 6p. c... all 31 33 25 Do. C 6 p. c... all 31 33 1 Submarine Tel. Scrip all 4'l Do. do. Registered About one hundred hands held up for Lord Lin- at Watrfd & Kilkny, 6 P. c. 100 42 45 st W. Mid..Oxf Ist gua stk 100 123 125 10 Do. do all )6 1 ( coin, the remainder for Sir Robert Clifton. A poll st demauded for Lord Lincoln. Great excitement, but no breach of the peace. Do 2d do .New ort 5 .c. fred lO OlOO 1 121 123 at Do p p p 00 102 • at Do. Perpet.6 p. c. pf. 186. 100 118 122 •St Do. till 1369 100 115 20 10 Tr and Agency oh Austrlasia (lim)lst is. 1 id i 20 Tr ust LCo. of Upr. Can. 5 13 t . SU. K'dom Tel Co. (Min.) 1 ld 100 an Dieu:Lea's L MCI s. 28; 8 I p p rP LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Paid. Leasing Closing Business Railways. Co. s Price. Done. -----_— Bedlord and Bletchley all Ln.&N.W .. .. Bi r k e nhead. Bucking,h msinre lOO Do. 94 96 Chester & Thlyhead lOO Do ... 53 54 Do. ' 55 per cent 100 Do. Do. 5 ~100 Do. Clydesdale Junction 100 Caledon. 101 103 Colchester, Stour ray. all E.U.&E.O 63 65 E. Lincolnah. g A lOO Gt. North. 133 136 E.Union,HarwichShs all E,Counts. 4 41 Do. Woodbridge.... 100 • • • • Gls.Barr.&Neils.Dret. 100 Caledon .. .. Do. new Glos ter & Dean Forest all Gt. Hull and Selby . all Yk.N. Mid 110 112 Do. halves Do. quarters Lancaster & Carlisle 100 Ln.&N.W 193 198 Loudon & Greenwich 100 S. Eastern 61 63 Do. Preferen a Lon.,Tilb.& S.. -4- 'iend 100 i Peto &Co B3 85 Lowestoft gua. 4 p c.. 100 Norfolk Do 6 per cent lOO Do. 31nc.,8xtn.,& Matlock all LNW& 31 35 31 Mid. Bradford Prefer ence stock Newmarkt, BuryEx 1 5. 5.6. E Counts. par 5 p gua. 5 per sent... Nortlin.&Eastn. sp. c. all Do. Do. 6 per cent. .... all Do. Do. Fixed sp. c.... all Do. N. Eastn—Hartlepool Ito N. E. Ber .. .. North Western 1.,&N.W i Preston and Wyre. f all &L. yk. 3 43 45 Do. 5 shares A. all Do. ••• • .. .. .. Roystn.Hitch.& Shep. 100 Gt. North. 133 136 Shrewsby & Hereford 100 T Brassey 118 122} Do. D 0 .5 South Staffordshire .. 100 Ln.&N.W .. . • Wilts and Somerset.. 100 Gt. West. 92 94 Wimbledn t Croydon all L.&Brg,tn 85 96 THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDA.Y EVENING, DECEMBER'', '26, 1861. CANADA. British North America is confessedly acknow ledged to be one of the most magnificent colonies of the Crown, by the higher class of politicians; and if its importance is not appreciated at its full value by superficial observers, it is because its vast area is not readily grasped by the popular mind. Moreover, this immense territory is so sparsely populated that it conveys but a feeble idea of power through the absence of concentration. Over the frontier lies the United States, by which Canada is relatively dwarfed in its proportions. It is in the direction of the republic that the stream of European emigra tion has flowed for years in full tide, while it has done little more than trickle over British North America. The reasons for this preference were fully shown in the despatches of Lord Durham, and in the documents drawn up by those who accompanied him in his political mission but happily these no longer exist, and the future of Canada is bright with promise. Her natural re sources are so affluent that they may be deemed inexhaustible ; and for all practical purposes the colony enjoys complete self-government. The two old provinces are united under one Parliament, and in every department there is unity of action. The circumstances of the country are entirely different from what they ►ere in Lord Durham's time; all causes of political jealousy and ill-will are removed; the French Canadians of Lower Canada are as loyal as the British Canadians of Upper Canada ; reli gious irritation between Protestant and Catholic has entirely disappeared, and the remnants of ancient feudalism, so fearful a provocative of discord in the lower province, have been ex tirpated by the very roots. In fact, by a wise series of compromises and concessions the two races, if not fused, have been brought into harmony, and both sections of the united legislature are cor dially co-operating to promote the general welfare. The Legislative Council is no longer nominated by the Crown, but is an elected body, as is the Legis lative Assembly. The Governor-General is ap pointed by the Crown and is the representative of royalty, but he acts under the advice of an Execu tive Council, who are the faithful guardians of Canadian interests. Thus the people are essentially free. They make their own laws, raise their own taxes, and distribute their own finances. Their destiny, therefore, is in their own hands ; but they have this immense advantage, that in case of in vasion they can count on the naval and military aid of England. _ _ 70 miles. Still ascending the St. Lawrence, " 500 miles brings us to the limit of tide-water, and we now begin in reality to ascend the stream of the St. Lawrence ; 590 miles brings us to Mon treal, near where the Ottawa, or Grand River of the North, mingles its red waters with those of the St. Lawrence, after draining a valley of 80,000 square miles in area, lying to the north-west, and thus commanding the inexhaustible treasures of the magnificent forests of a part of Canada more than twice the size of Bavaria or the Sardinian States, and six times the superficial limits of Holland." It is at Montreal that science commences to bend nature to the uses of industrious man in the deve lopment of Canadian inland navigation. Here commences the system of the St. Lawrence canals, of which there are seven formed, to overcome the impediments created by the rapids. " The canals, of different lengths and great capacity, fitted for sea-going vessels, enable us to ascend 116 miles of river in actual horizontal distance, overcoming a fall of 225 feet above the level of tide water.' After sailing 52 miles we reach Lake Ontario, dis tant 168 miles above Montreal, the lake being 756 miles from the sea, and 234 feet above it. After traversing Ontario, 180 miles in length, we reach the outlet of the Welland Canal, " through which, by means of 27 locks, we rise 330 feet to the waters of Lake Erie, 1,041 miles from the sea, and 564 from its level." Our journey is still onward- From Lake Erie we arrive at the town of Detroit, in the state of Michigan, through the River Detroit; and are then led by Lake St. Clair and the River St. Clair into Lake Huron, which is 1,355 miles from the starting point, and 573 feet above the ocean. We now sail on St. Mary's River, and, passing through a canal constructed by the Uuited States, enter the gigantic Lake Superior, which may be termed a fresh-water sea, for it is as large as Ire land. Here the distance from the mouth of the St. Lawrence is 2,000 miles. But this water-system is not yet exhausted; far from it. Advancing southward into Lake Michigan we reach Chicago, the com mercial marvel of the West. This wonderful city becomes a new terminus and a new starting point, for having arrived at it " we find at our feet a net work of railways spreading over the states and ter ritories of the valleys of the Ohio, Mississippi, and Missouri." It is evidently by this water-system that the future commercial strength of Canada must be de veloped. 'these inland seas are the silent highways of its distributive industry. In the transport of commodities over long distances every one knows the economy of not breaking bulk, and this advan tage was realised in 1856 by the voyage oft the American vessel Dean Richmond, from Chicago to Liverpool, having passed through all the lakes and canals we have enumerated into the River St. Lawrence. It is proper to observe that in the pre ceding year the Canadian ship Reindeer had made the same voyage with perfect success, and in 1859 12 vessels sailed from Chicago to Great Britain. The practicability of the route is therefore demonstrated, and what once was theory has become fact. We have seen that this varied navigation of lake, river, and can al gives direct water communication with the sea for 2,000 miles of inland coast, striking into the very heart of the country ; but to this must be added the railway system, of which there are 1876 miles in operation in Canada, independent of the Grand Trunk Extension, 164 miles in length, to Portland, in the American state of Maine—which is really a Canadian road. Nor can we omit to mention the completion of the Victoria Bridge, one of the most stupendous engineering opera tions of modern times. If we pass on to the Pacific terminus we have in Vancouver or New Columbia, the means of ready access to India and China, so that it is merely a work of time to complete a network of communication from the Pacific to the Atlantic, from New Westminster to Halifax, entirely passing over British territory. Independently of its north-western possessions, not yet open for settlement, the province of Canada contains about 350,000 square miles. This immense area may be better grasped in the mind by stating that it is " one-third larger than France, nearly three times as large as Great Britain and Ire land, and more than .three times as large as Prussia." However, the inhabited or settled portion only covers 40,000 square miles, yet this is one-third greater than Scotland. The population of the province is now only 3,000,000. Montreal, its largest city, has 80,000 inhabitants; Quebec, 65,000; and Toronto, 50,000. These are, it is true, but scanty numbers, and Lower Canada is comparatively stationary, but not so Upper Canada. For instance, in 1842 the population of Toronto, on Lake Ontario, was only 10,000; in 1852, 30,000; now, as stated, it is fully 50,000. London, also in Upper Canada, contained in 1850 but 5,124 inhabitants; but in 1856 more than 15,000. As a striking proof of activity, every hamlet has its post-office, and of these offices there are 1,729, while the electric telegraph travels over 1,720 miles. The mu nicipal system is admirably organised. Upper Canada is divided into forty-two counties, and each county is divided into townships; and, on an average, each township is about ten miles square. " The inhabitaants of a township elect five councillors ; the councillors elect of this num ber a presiding officer, who is named the reeve. The town reeves of the different townships form the county council, and this council elect their presiding officer, who is styled the warden." The town councils and the county councils form the municipal corporations, who look after all local affairs. Both Upper and Lower Canada have admirable educational establishments—free schools, grammar schools, and universities. Land is abun dant and cheap, and it is wisely provided by law that every purchaser must be an actual settler —a reputation which effectually drives mere specu lators for a future rise out of the market. A farm ing man of small means may become a free holder, as ho may buy land from twenty cents to one dollar per acre, and in a few years become inde pendent, as has been the case with hundreds, who haue become affluent from the humblest origin. It is indeed a land of promise to industry, and every one may rise with the rising fortunes of his coun• try. Here arc Britlish institutions, British feel ings, and British customs ; and when the English man lands in Canada he scarcely feels he has left his native home. In the present state of our relations with the United States a peculiar interest attaches to Canada. The ambitiaus and grasping republic has ever desired to annex the province. By article 11 of the Declaration of Independence, dated 1778, it was provided that " Canada, according to the con federation, and joining in the measures of the United States, shall be admitted into and entitled to all the advantages of this union. But no other colony shall be admitted into the same, unless such admission shall be agreed to by nine states." Thus early in their history did American statesmen desire to place the whole continent under the ban ner of the Stripes and Stars. When the Ameri can Brigadier General Hull invaded the province in 1812, he published a manifesto, in which he invited the Canadians to revolt against England, reminding them that many of their fathers had fought under Washington, but he did not shake their loyalty. At that time Dr. Eustis, the Secre• tary at War of the United States, was so confident of victory that he said, " We can take the Canadas without soldiers; we have only to send officers into the provinces, and the people, disaffected towards their own government, will rally round our standard." Henry Clay was animated by the same presumption. "It is absurd to suppose," he said, " that we shall not succeed in our enter» prise against the enemy's provinces. We have the Canadas as much under our command as Great Britain has the ocean ; and the way to conquer her on the ocean is to drive her from the land: I am not for stopping at Quebec, or anywhere else ; but I would take the whole continent from them and ask them no favours. Her fleets cannot then rendezvous at Halifax, as now; and having no place of hraesvoertlaitnelty done. It is as easy to conquer North, cannot infest our coast a them on the land, as their whole navy would con quer ours on the ocean. We must take the Conti nent from them. I wish never to see peace till we do." If from war we turn to negotiations of peace, we detect the same grasping spirit. When the Maine boundary line was in course of formation, Daniel Webster wilfully de ceived Lord Ashburton by withholding an ancient map known to be in the archives at Washington ; but Webster pretended that the map was not in existence, and thus Canada lost a deep water har bour invaluable during winter. The same cupidity and injustice manifested themselves in the affair of St. Juan, when General Harney imitated the con duct of his predecessors, and, should the year 1862 unhappily witness hostilities, it is highly probable that another attempt may be made to seize British North America. Of later years this cupidity has been arrested by the growing hostility between the North and South, who perfectly understood that their rivalry must be finally determined on the floor of Con gress. The South was not irclined to Canadian annexation, as it would have given an ascendancy to the abolitionist party both in the Senate and in the House of Representatives, by the additional votes which the newly annexed states must have received ; on the contrary, their wishes turned in the direction of Cuba, as the acquisition of that island would have given a plurality of votes to the friends of the " domestic institution." Thus while the North coveted Canada, the South coveted Mexico ; the latter succeeded in its policy, but the former only awaits its opportunity, never having abandoned its object; and the time may now have arrived when the North will attempt to secure a compensation on the St. Lawrence for what it may lose beyond the Potomac. At this crisis, then, in political affairs, the real value of British North America is a subject of deep interest, and is so recognised by the fact of our Gevernment having sent out large armaments for its defence. It may, therefore, prove acceptable to our readers if we sketch its geographical position in its broader outlines and its more important commercial resources. The great points to which we would first call attention, are Halifax, in Nova Scotia, one of the finest harbours in the world, and one of the finest naval arsenals on the Atlantic, if we look to its capabilities. Next we would mention Quebec, 410 miles distant from the sea opening of the St. Lawrence ; and thirdly, Vancouver, on the Pacific, or New Columbia. These are three distinctive points which mentally break down the immensity of distance, and enable us the better to grasp the whole. In this grand chain many links still require completion. One of the most impor tant is a railway to connect Halifax with Quebec, by which a tedious and dangerous navigation would be avoided. A reference to the files of this journal will show that for many years we have recom mended this plan, and its utility is now mani fested, as it is impossible for the steamers now car rying troops to reach Quebec at this time of the year by the frozen St. Lawrence; nor is it cer tain that they will be able to advance up the stream as high as the Island of Bic or the Riviere du Loup, in which case they will have to effect the disembarkation at Halifax or St. John's, New Brunswick. All this danger, delay, and uncertainty would be avoided by a railway, and though it might never pay as a commercial investment, or not for a long period, as a military outlay the expenditure would be wise and economical, for the Americans would pause in their schemes of invasion when they knew there was an unbroken line of communi cation available at all seasons between Liverpool and Quebec. The Canadian Government has published a short descriptive pamphlet, which conveys, so far as it goes, a very clear view of the internal resources of the country, and we shall adopt it as a guide through the lake districts. We have already stated that Quebec is 410 miles distant from the opening of the vast outlet of the St. Lawrence, but before reaching the capital of Lower Canada we pass the mouth of that noble river Saguenay, which is navigable for the largest vessels to the extent of CAPTAIN WILKES "LIONISED" IN NEW YORK. The movements of Captain Wilkes in New York are thus recorded by the New► York Herald:— " During the whole of yesterday (Dec. 9) Captain Wilkes was attending to his private business matters in the city. A large number of visitors called at the Brevoort House yesterday, and were much dis appointed at not seeing Captain Wilkes at home. The majority of those who called were ladies; Colonel Alexander Hamilton, of this city, and Lieu tenant Lynd, of the navy, also called daring the day. In the evening, Captain Wilkes was present at a dinner party, given by one of our most influen tial citizens. The announcement that the gallant captain of the San Jacinto would honour the Winter Garden with his presence last evening had the effect of completely filling the theatre from pit to dome. Long before the doors were opened a large crowd had gathered on the sidewalk, and were eagerly waiting to gain admittance. The seats were filled in a few minutes after the doors were opened. The attention of the audience was for about an hour divided between the stage and two stage boxes which remained unoccupied. At length the long expected arrival took place. He was acccom 'Aided by a party of about seven ladies and the members of the Common Council Reception Com mittee. They were accommodated in two stage boxes, which had been specially reserved for their use. When it became known through the house that Captain Wilkes was present, the audience rose en masse, the performance was for a few minutes suspended while the band played 'The Star-spangled Banner,' the audience in the meanwhile remaining standing. When the music ceased, the cheers of the audience were deafening and continued about 15 minutes. Captain Wilkes then came forward to the front of the box and repeatedly bowed before any thing like order could be restored." MADAME GRISI AND THE IRISH TOWN COUNCILLOR. The Freeman's journal gives the following re_ port of a discussion which took place at a recent meeting of the improvement department of the Cork town council : Mr. Sheehan—Sir, there was a very great mis take made at the council, on Monday last, about me and Madame Greasy. (Laughter.) I assure ye that people said I went to visit her in hur room, bat I did not, sir. I was only below stairs with the head proprietor, and she was upstairs in bed, and if she was up I would be introduced to her by the head proprietor of the hotel and her husband—his name is " O'Mahonyo." (Roars of laughter.) I was introduced to him, sir, by a great professional man here ; by gor I forget his name, and he is very much annoyed, her husband is, as it was said I was introduced to her, and she was not up—(renewed laughter) —but I would, and no mis take about it, only she was not up, so he was very much annoyed when he heard of it, and I told him it was not the fact. She is the greatest player we have in the world, and it was reported generally I was speaking to her and she in bed; but that is not true. She is a very excellent player, and he is a very excellent man and a singer. Mr. Julian—lt was publicly reported you boastei you were introduced to her. Mr. Sheehan—lndeed I was not, but if she was up I would, by the head proprietor —no mistake about it. Mr. Wm. Hegarty—There are reporters taking this logic down. Mr. Sheehan—And why not, sir ? It was down in the papers that I was introduced to her. Mr. Hegarty continued for some time to expostu [ate with Mr. Sheehan in a low tone, and pointing toward* the reporters. The proceedings then terminated. The Cork Constitution gives the following parti culars of the cause of the above :—" It was stated by some of the members of the board that the event Mr. Sheehan referred to was the following :—A Cork gentleman, it seems, introduced Mr. Sheehan to another gentleman with a large moustache and foreign appearance, at the door of the Victoria Hotel on Tuesday last, representing the foreigner to be Signor Mario, Madame Grisi's husband. The Cork gentleman further stated that the distinguished Italian could not speak English, but that he was of immense ferocity, and desired to fight a duel with Mr. Sheehan, on account of the reports that had been circulated, as to Mr. Sheehan having con versed with Madame Grisi in her bedroom, the first morning of her arrival here. Mr. Sheehan readily gave the explanations necessary on the subject, stating the utter incorrectness of the report, and his desire to find out its originators. After some further conversation all parties got satisfied, and Mr. Sheehan terminated the interview on excellent terms with his new friend. STATE OF TRADE. MANCHESTER, Dec. 24.—Through the arrival of what are interpreted to be peaceful accounts from the United States, the Liverpool cotton market has been suddenly excited, and an advance has taken place of about td per lb. This has reacted upon the cloth market here, and though very little business has been done, there is a feeling of very much greater firmness. Purchasers are offering prices which last week they would have refused to enter tain the mention of, and manufacturers are refusing prices which they would gladly have accepted on Saturday. The advance is pretty general, and checks sales to a great extent. This report applies to all sorts of goods suitable to India, as well as to T-cloths, domestics, and printers. In the yarn mar ket there has been a rather extensive business, although in that also the transactions have been very much limited by the advanced rates demanded by sellers. Those who have sold realised a per lb. advance - on the prices of Friday. Several sales have been made at per lb. advance on Friday, and one case at least may be mentioned in which the price obtained is ld. per lb. higher than last Tuesday. There would have been a much larger business if spinners had been anything like moderate in their terms, but many prefer withdrawing their stocks entirely from the market, having great confit.c that peace will be maintained, and believing now that prices will go higher than they have ever yet attained. The tone of the market is more cheerful than for many weeks past. Advices from Shanghai to Nov. 5 report gray shirtings active; but at Cal cutta on the 20th shirtings were dull of sale, and prices unchanged. Messrs. John Siagg and Co report :—Since Tuesday last the market has gra dually improved, and a moderate business has been done at the prices then asked, but which could not then be got. To-day business has been checked by the sudden advance in the cotton market, as a pro portionate advance on goods is generally asked, which, so far, buyers will not listen to." LEEDS, Dec. 24.—The cloth markets to day have been tolerably changed in tone, but very little busi ness was done in either the coloured or the white cloth hall. A few light goods for spring were bought, and a sprinkling of purchases of a miscel laneous character constituted nearly the whole of the rest of the business. Prices keep steady, those of goods equally with these of wool. The blanket manufacturers are in good employment, but several of the clothiers are only poorly employed. LEICESTER, Dec. 24.—There has been as much doing in the hosiery trade this week as could have been anticipated, considering the period of the year. Goods are being made to order, but there will be no amount of business done until the new year has commenced. At Loughborough and Hinckley trade is quiet. Yarns are selling at late rates, the de mand being fair. There is no change in the price of wools, which are not much in request. NOTTINGHAM, Dec. 24.—There has not been much doing here this week in the lace warehouses. Yesterday business was a good deal suspended in consequence of the funeral of the Prince Consort, most of the warehouses being closed. There are some tolerable orders making up for the continent, but the home trade is dull. Some small lots of plain nets are finishing, and cotton fancy goods are meet ing a fair demand. There is not much doing in silk goods, but in all departments an improvement is ex pected after Christmas. The hosiery trade has been quiet this week, the same causes having operated against it as in the lace. In both lace and hosiery the stocks are very low. Yarns hold high, with no disposition to recede in price. ROCHDALE, Dec. 23.—As this was the day ap pointed for the funeral of the Prince Consort,which was duly observed in this town in common with all others in the kingdom, it could scarcely be expected that the market would not be a little interfered with. Upon the whole, however, the market for both wool and flannel was nut much different from that of last week. There was little demand except for fine goods, and in Yorkshire goods, heavy flan nels and wools, but a small amount of business was done. FOREIGN MAIL PACKET LIST. MAILS DUE. Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton. Jan. 18. via Marseilles Jan. 12. Brazil and Cape Verds, by British packet Jan. 4. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena Jan. 1. China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton Jan. 2. via Marseilles Dec. 27. Falkland Islands Gibraltar, via Southampton India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton Jan. 2. via Marseilles Dec. 27. India (Bombay), via Southampton Dec. 26. via Marseilles Jan. 4. Lisbon Dec. 21. Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Dec. 26. via Marseilles Dec. 27. Newfoundland Oporto and Vigo . Dec. 21. U.S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet .. .. Dec. 25. by U.S. packet.... by Canadian packet. Dec. 25. W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe Jan. 10. Bahamas, via New York Jan. 16. Mexico ...Dec. 30. All parts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru 1 California,and British Columbia.. ' 1 Dec. 30. In consequence of the activity in each deparf ment of the Royal Arsenal, and the large amount of stores to be shipped, the establishment will not be entirely cloned during the usual Christmas holi days. At the new foundry in the Dial-square a monster anvil bed for a steam hammer has just been turned out, the weight of the casting amounted to upwards of 33 tons. A number o f 100 pounder Armstrong guns for the naval service have recently been tested in the presence of members of the Ord nance Select Committee with the utmost success. Each gun fired consecutive rounds, including every I stoppage, at a rapidity exceeding a round per minute, and the guns remained clean, without sponging, for at least 60 rounds. 2.RAYELLING IN B.RITISII AMERICA. Mr. W. B. Foward, of Liverpool, has sent the followi ng communication to a contemporary :—"I am indebted to continued and unwarrantable poli- tical persecution by the United States' Government which rendered it desirable that I should embark on my return from America from a British port, for a recent exploration of the route from Quebec to Halifax. As this route is that which must be traversed by the troops which are being sent via Halifax to Cana, the following notes of my journey may not be without interest. I left Point Levi, opposite Quebec, by the Grand Trunk Railway at noon, and, after a tedious jour ney of 115 miles, over a snow- clad country, arrived at 8 p.m. at Riviere de Loup, a small watering place, forming the eastern terminus of the Grank Trunk in Canada. Hare it may be mentioned that the season is considered a very open one, and that it is probable the ic9 will not form, so as to block the harbour, before the end of January. At Riviere de Loup commences what in winter may be termed the sleigh route uniting the dif ferent provinces. The road for the first 10 miles is regularly formed and well settled by comfort:ble log farmsteads, and then it runs through a series of dense pine forests in a continuous ascent up to 1,500 feet above the level of the sea, descending again by what is called the Portage to the shores of Lake Temisconta. The Colonial Government has completed this important road of 42 miles during the last 12 monihs at great cost. Tnis is the most arduous part of the journey; there are very few habitations, and these are occupied by lumber men. Leaving the Lake Port, the road skirts the borders of Lake Temisconta for eight miles when it pass through the small small village of Edmondson, containing some good farm houses with spacious outbuildings; 12 miles fur ther on is Dishley, a small settlement at the foot of the lake. The road, which still skirts the lake, is hilly and narrow, but in winter when the lake is frozen the the distance from the Lake Port is shortened two miles by travelling on the ice, and the journey much accelerated. From Dishley the road is good for 16 miles to Little Falls, where the British had a post during the last war, and some of the blockhouses then erected are still in existence, From the postmaster at this place (John Edmondson) I learned that, in the event of troops having to traverse this route in winter, at a week's notice he could provide runners—i.e., sleighs and horses, in sufficient number to convey a regiment right throngh to Riviere de Loup. The farmers in this district have plenty of good horses, and sleighs to contain about ten soldiers each ; but if means of transport were required for a very large body of men good strong sleighs to hold eight soldiers each might be constructed at Woodstock, and they are so simple that only a few days would be required to put them together. From Little Falls the road follows the left bank of the St. John's River, which here forms the boun dary between Maine and New Brunswick, and is tolerably good, and rather thickly settled by de scendants of the old French settlers. Thirty-six miles from this is Grand Falls, a village of maids rable pretensions, where the road is carried over the St. John by a suspension bridge of apparently weak construction ; thence it traverses the right bank of the river to Tibique, 25 miles from Grand Falls, and forward for 48 miles to Woodstock, one of the principal towns of New Brunswick, containing 5,000 inhabitants. Canterbury, six miles from Woodstock, is the ter minus of a line of railway running to St. Stephen's, on the Bay of Fundy, whence steamers ply to St. John's, New Brunswick, and Windsor, Nova Scotia. At the latter place there is a railway to Halifax. When I came through the steamers had ceased to run, as in the winter there is very little traffic, and I had consequently to continue my journey through to Halifax by land, a farther distance of 400 miles. The weather was intensely:cold, the thermometer marking 10 deg. to 16 deg. below zero, and the snow, having lately fallen, was soft, rendering the journey very laborious and tedious, requiring ten days and eight nights to accomplish it. Should a necessity arise for moving large num bers of troops from Halifax to Canada this winter I think it might be effected by the route from Woodstock. The total distance to be traversed by sleighs would be 187 miles, and might be ac complished in three or four daps, or the whole route from Halifax to Qaebec via the Bay of Fundy in five or six days, The expense is moderate, being about ls. per mile for posting by sleighs. The roads when snowed over are good and well kept open, as in addition to the ordinary traffic the lumberers' operations carried on during the winter form the roads well. The only difficult part of the road is from the Lake Port to Riveire de Loup along the Portage, which would ecoupy 12 hours or more; but if shelter was required on the way the huts used by the road makers are available. A pair of horses will draw a sleigh and ten men over a stage of 25 miles with comparative ease, and ought t o perform that distance in fives or ma- Louie. Cattle are plentiful in the country, but flour ig comparatively scarce. The settlers throughout the route are very loyal in their sentiments and ready to stand by the old country. Their indignation at the Trent outrage was unmistakable, and I was fre quently interrogated as to what I thought would be the action of Great Britain, and they said they were ready to volunteer to a man to defend their province; in fact, I must say their loyalty could not be ex ceeded. TIT' DAY'S MARKETS. METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. Our market to-day was very scantily supplied with beasts, and all kinds moved off steadily at full prices. The best Scots realised ss. per 81bs. The few sheep on offer com manded steady, though not to say active, inquiry, on former terms. The best old downs were worth quite ss. Gd. per Blbs. Calves—the show of which was trifling —were dis posed of at extreme rates. Pigs were held on former terms; but the demand for them was inactive. Milch cows were dull. Per Sib, to sink the offal. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. Crse. & inf. beasts 3 4 S 8 Primecrs-wool d 0.4 6 5 2 Second quality do. 3 10 4 4 Pine. S'thdown d 0.5 4 5 6 Prime large oxen 4 6 4 8 Largo orse. calves 4 6 5 0 Prime Scots, &c. 4 10 5 0 Prime small do 5 2 5 6 Crse. & inf. ;beep 3 2 3 6 Large hogs 3 10 4 4 Second quality do. 3 84 4 Small porkers 464 10 Lambs, Os Od to Os Od. Suckling calves, 21s to 30s; and quarter-old store pigs, 22s to 295. TOTAL SUPPLY. f FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts Sheep Calves Pigs. 2OO I Pigs NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. The supplies of meat are good, and the trade is less ac tive, as follows :—Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s 4d ; mutton, 3s 2d to 4s 6d; veal, 4s 4d to 4s 10d; and pork, 4s 8d to 6s per 81bs by the carcase. THIS DAY'S SHIPPING. LONDON, Dec. 26.—Wind this day at noon—North ; moderate breeze, with fine weather, but rather cloudy, with frost. PORTSMOUTIT, Dec. 24.—Wind N.E.—Arrived — H er Majesty's ship Devastation, from Woolwich. QUEENSTOWN, Dec. 16.—Arrived —City of Baltimore, from New York. FALMOUTH, Dec. 25 —Wind S.rrived—Her Majesty's ship Virago, from Plymouth. Sailed —Southern. Cross, for Boston. ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Thursday Morning. Arrived —Southampton, steamer, from Havre ; Ellora, steamer, from Alexandria ; Tagus, steamer, from Lisbon , Courier, and Atalanta, steamers, from Jersey; Wonder, steamer, from Guernsey. Sailed —Jane Peri, for Shields ; Alliance, steamer, for Havre; Dispatch, steamer, for Jersey. (BY SUBMARINE AND MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Thursday Morning. Arrived, Dec. 25—Endraught, from Gothenburg. Arrived, Dec. 26—Zone, from Philadelphia. DEAL, Thursday , Morning. Passed—Richio, steamer, for the Baltic ; Whisper, for St. Miclrtel's ' • Heroine, for Teneriffe ; Ellon Castle, for Algoa Bay; J. F. Paton, for Boston; Martha, for Bahia —all from London. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, at tended by Major-Goueral the Hon. R. Bruce and Captain Grey, arrived at Osborne yesterday afternoon from Wind sor Castle. The Duke of Newcastle has left town on a visit t the Earl of Clarendon, at his seat, the Grove, Wadord. _