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1 1 , 1 m 1 P.1 II they had it doings. nong the it expec s variety mystical Li), and it t Osborne, !rs which r‘ Once a volume. brilliant personal ibex; in earlier qualified ►!though ants of rom the ere pre apanese ,s pages ,bitants, h them. internal cial and :ted the led from favour totwith- in their sfavour. us illus r beloEg I greatly is clever uthor of and Co., .uthot ultra- irds," "the tho it of igbo. airly The Tiger Slayer ; a Tale of the Indian Desert. By Gustave Aimard. Ward and Lock. All tales of Indian life and adventure are founded on the same basis, and the dramatis personce are the same individuals appearing under new names. We always meet with an old experienced backwoods man who is rather partial to the redskins, of one tribe, and entertaining an inveterate hatred to those of another. There is a sagacious Indian, who is a friend to the white man, and another equally sagacious individual of the same genus, Who looks upon the pale-faces as enemies. The former possesses all the virtues which can be com• bined in frail humanity—the latter, all the vices. There is, of course, a know-nothing greenhorn, whose education devolves upon the aforesaid back woodsman, and in general we meet with a heroine. "The Tiger Slayer" does not depart from the custom of its family. We have all the above mentioned characters introduced, together with a few others, but the plot is in the old e s tabli s h e d style. The field of operation is in Mexico. The heroine is beloved by two Europeans and an Indian chief. The general average of the long speeches which "swan nothing, faithful promises which are always broken, and an unlimited amount of smoking is furnished ; but by way of departing from the beaten track, and furnishing a little novelty, M. Aimard makes a bold effort in the last few pages, and brings his romance to a most tragic termination. Two of the admirers of the fair Donna Anita, viz., the Black Bear and the Tiger Slayer, settle their conflicting claims to her hand by rolling together over the brink of a bot tomless pit ; and the Spanish Count, the last of the three, in a fit of madness blows out his brains in the desert. Don Martini, the father of the young lady, and a few others, are killed by the Indians, and Donna Anita is so overcome by this wholesale slaughter that her reason forsakes her, and she returns to the settlement a confirmed idiot. Such is the substance of the tale. Some of the inci dents are well narrated, and for this class of lite rature, which is nene of the most attractive, the author has made the most of his subject. TILE WEST INDIA AND PACIFIC MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON', DEC. 31. The Royal Mail Company's steamer Seine, Cap tain Revett, with the above mails, has arrived ; she brings 79 passengers. The Seine brings specie value 1,987,315 dols. ; of Which about 320,889 dols. is gold bullion, 68,228 dols. gold coin, 1,032,759 dols. silver bullion, 565,439 dols. silver coin, and 11,687 dols. pearls. The British brig Zehelina, of Sunderland, barque Abbotts Reading, from Liverpool, and the John Willis, from Liverpool, had arrived at 'Valparaiso. The latest intelligence from Lima states that another attempt on the life of President Castilla had been frustrated. On the 23d November about 150 men of the 14th Regiment proceeded to the house of the President, and after overcoming the usual guard, were on the point of making the general prisoner, when Col. Noreiga, the commander of the revolted troops, arrived with the rest of the regi tent. Captains Alarco and Aparecio, together with three others, were shot, and several others wounded. At Panama the native press had been occupying Itself with the correspondence of Capt. Millar, of her Majesty's ship Clio, and the American flag officer, a misunderstanding having arisen out of the late disturbance in Panama among the blacks, when it became necessary to disembark consular guards from both squadrons. The civil war in New Grenada still rages. Santa Martha was attacked by the liberals on the 24th November, and the bombardment was still going on Nthen the mail left, but little damage had been done to the city; and it was believed the attack would noon cease, as the ammunition of the besiegers was failing. Fron Chili news is to the 18th. Th e po liti ca l intelligence is unimportant. 2HE CALCUTTA AND CHINA MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, DEC. 31. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Ceylon, Captain Evans, with the heavy portion of the above mails, has arrived. At Alexandria was her Majesty's ship Firefly; at Malta—the Hibernia, Melpomene, and Victor Em- Manuel ; at Gibraltar—Argus and gunboat Quail. The Margarida, from Mazagan, put into Gib raltar on the 25th. She reports dreadful weather on the Barbary coast. The British schooner Gleaner, had shipped 900 sacks of wheat at Mazagan, when a squall coming on she capsized. The British schooner Liverpool, from Lisbon, which had gone to Mazagan to load grain for England, was lost between Casabianca and Azamor. Very little grain I►as coming in from the interior. The Norwegian brig Balder parted her chains 'When lying off Gibraltar, and came in collision with the brigantine Sarah, of Jersey, and the British Schooner Peter and James. The Balder went ashore, 'and the Sarah and Peter and James sustained some trifling damages. The Mavrocordatos, from Malta and Carthagena, experienced very severe weather OR her passage to Gibraltar, where she had put in, 'with cargo shifted and rudder damaged. From Cape de Gatt to Malaga, she observed upwards of 400 sail westward bound, and about 300 more sail at anchor on the side of Estepona. The captain and crew of the British brig Bristol, at' Falmouth, which foundered in the Bay of / 3 is cap on the 9th, had reached Gibraltar in the nriette Don. necessary. As so long a time has passed since the first publication of the series, there will, doubtless, be many who will be glad to avail themselves of this fresh opportunity of procuring it, especially as they are now aware of its extent and variety, and can depend on the regularity of its appearance. A guinea a year is the amount of subscrip tion, and six volumes are published annually, therefore moderation of price may be num bered among its advantages. We would sug gest, as one of the proposed improvements, that, if the existing arrangements will allow, the whole :of Scott's poems should be included in the new edition, Harold the Dauntless having been omitted in the present series. Many poets, whose 1 writings deserve to be better known than they are, are included in the list. The volumes before us, for instance, group together lyrics, songs, and frag ments, extending over a period of five centuries, and including many a well known phrase or hack neyed quotation, whose origin those who cite it might be puzzled to point out. Altogether this is one of the best and most comprehensive editions of our national poets that has yet appeared, and one that can scarcely fail to find favour both with the ,assessors of extensive libraries, and with those whose means induce them to prefer the gradual purchase of a lengthened series. THIS DAY'S MARKETS. HAY MARKETS. BInT IIPTELD..--110adOW hay, £2 Os to £5 lOs Od ; clover tio, £3 Oa to £5 15s • and straw, £1 10s to ,E 1 16s per load. A slow trade. mover T Ctr 1113E11. 14 ND Meadow hay, £ 2 O s t o £5 15 a ; per load 3 Oa rade dull. to £5 153 Od • and straw, lOs to £1 165 WRlTEnuevsL.—Meadow hay, £2 Os to £5 10a Od ; clover, £3 n to £6 Os Od ; asestraw, £1 10s to £1 16a per iov..• . rsoth haY and straw moved off slowly, at the late adrance in prices. Tlll3 I)..etY'S SHIPPING. LOTDON, Jan. this day t •ta a noon—North- cold s . try ; fr es h breeze, with thi ck , hazy we a th er , an d NEWPORT, Dec. 28.—Wind E.— Arrived —Charlotte l i t i tL adrrriiam . on, from Quebec. Sailed — Jos eph Clark, for Alex .. Gt oucsaTzu, Dec. 31.-11Tilad S.E.—Arrived—Olive, "gni Quebec. _ _ —Wind S.E.—Arrived— „ DARTMOUTH, Dec. 31. Arnol d, from Rotterdam for New York. SU: iDERLAND, Dec. 31.—The Inducdrie, schooner, from 'owe stoft, which drove on shore behind the north pier, has b(come a total wreck. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTILIMPTON, Tucclay Morning. „ Wbael N.W., blowing heavily. It has blown a gale all tight, with occasional showers. Arrived, Dec. 31.—Ceylno, steamer, from Alexandria; N ine, steamer, from St. Thomas ; Tagus, steamer, from Lisbco.; Courier, steamer, from Jersey. Lon Sailad.—St. Petersburg, steamer, for Oporto ; Southamp , steamer, for Jersey; Havre, steamer, for Havre. /IT SITAMARINS AND MAGNETIO TELEGRAPH. GRAVESEND, Tuesday Morning. Wind S. Cloudy. Arrived, Jan. I.—F var. from Constantinople; Testalin vela, from New York; Moulin, from Demerara; Dona, from blalta. Wind W. by S. ; strong. ''kellored,—T.J, Rogers, from Ift:1on, for Newport. D 2.4.1 .; Tuesday Morning. ~~. ht ONEY MARKET AND CITY NEWS. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. The markets for Foreign and Colonial Produce have been closed for the Christmas holidays since the 21st ult., and have been re-opened to-day. In the meantime a moderate amount of business has been done in most of the principal staples in the private market to supply immediate requirements, and prices generally have been fairly maintained. Rather less activity prevailed in the Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday, owing to the advance in the rates of discount, but prices exhibited no change of importance. The sales were about 8,000 bales. ' The advance in the minimum rate of discount has not had the effect of checking the demand for accommodation, the market having remained in an active state. A large quantity of commercial paper has been negotiated at the enhanced quotas tions, and capitalists are taking advantage of the opportunity temporarily afforded for the employ ment of their resources oa more remunerative terms. The probability of increased firmness in the rates induces the banks and discount houses to proceed very cautiously, and the mercantile com munity will no doubt suffer some inconvenience unless an improvement should speedily ensue. About £44,000 in gold was withdrawn from the Bank of England yesterday for exportation. The steamer Magdalena has arrived at Lisbon, from the Brazils, en route for England, with £27,626 in specie. The dividend on Buenos Ayres 6 per Cents. will be paid on and after the 12th inst. Notice has been given that the sum of £3,190 has been employed in the redemption of 7 Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent. Bonds, amounting together to £3,500, and of £lO,OOO for the extinction of 138 Buenos Ayres 3 per Cent. Bonds, of the value of £33,000. A meeting has been convened of the proprietor, of the City Bank for the declaration of a dividend, (tad other business. The Great Britain was announced this morning from Australia, with £474,000 in specie. The subjoined particulars of the number and tonnage of vessels now on the berth in the port of London, and loading for the Australian colonies, are from the usual monthly list published by Mr. Miller, the manager of the Jerusalem Subscription Rooms : Vessels. Launceston Hobart Town 2 Sydney Melbourne and Geelong Adelaide Swan River Now Zealand Tons. 702 5,134 10,588 2,407 291 4,323 Total 36 23,848 Calls on the following Railways bee ame due to day, viz., £2 10s. per share, amounting to £15,192, on the West Midland, Newport 6 per Cent. Prefer ence ; £5, or £3,750, en the Whitehaven and 'urness Junction Preference £2O ; £2, or £26,640 on the Stockton and Darlington New £25 Shares; £l, or £237,000, on the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln £lO Preference 4 per Cent.; £l, or £107,610 on the Lancashire and Yorkshire Black- stock burn purchase shares; £2O, or £91,200, on the Lancaster and Carlisle £lOO 4} per Cent. Pref. ; and £1 per share on the Cork and Kinsale Tune- stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock 25 stock stock stock 10 1q; 16.4 stock stock stock stock stool: stock stock stock stock stock 12 10 stock stock A slight improvement has taken place to-day in the Market for Public Securities, Consols having rallied to 921 f. Very little business is in progress, either for investment or on speculation, transac tions having been checked by the anxiety felt to ascertain the contents of the Emperor's speech. The ew Three per Cents. remain at 92 ; the Reduced at 92 y ; Bank Stock has receded to 231 ; Exche eta - quer Bills are steady, at 4s. dis. to par. st( stk Foreign Securities ar e d ea lt i n t o a mo d era t e ex- st( tent, and prices show very little change. Turkish sty 6 per Cents. are 703- to 711 ; ditto New 561 to 57 ; !!! • st Mexican remai n a t 214 f ; R uss i an 41 per Cents. st are 921,-, ex div.; Sardinian, 824 83, ex div. ; and , 3 1, Spanish Deferred, 401 I, ex div. st The dealings in the Railway Share Market have at been of a very limited character, and prices have 1, been heavy. Lancashire and Yorkshire, North- Western, Midland, North-Eastern (Berwick), and stl South-Eastern, however, realise previous rates. The Foreign lines are inactive. South Austrian st( and Lombardo-Venetian are quoted 124 1; and s t Paris and Lyons, 354. stc In the Colonial Market, Grand Trunk of Canada 1 have declined to 221 23 ; and East Indian, to 98:-. Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares have shown no change of importance in values. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Bank Stock - 231 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities . 92 i 1 :Cm 3 per Cent. Annuities India Stock )itto Debentures, 1858 96i • Ditto Bonds £l,OOO .. Ditto under £l,000 Consols for Account, Jan. 10 Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, ljd Ditto Small FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Brazilian 6 per Cent • .. Ditto 41 per Cent. 1860 B6 1 lezican 3 per Cent — Ditto Account Peruvian 41 per Cent — Ditto (Uribarren), 41 per Cent. Russian 5 per Cent. 1822, £ St .. --- Ditto 41 per Cent. Ditto 41 per Cent. 1860 Sardinian 5 per Cent. .. Spanish 3 per Cent... Ditto New Deferred 404 i Turkish 6 per Cent .. Ditto New Loan Dividends on the above payable in London. THREE O'CLOCK. CLasols for Account, er. div. o2i 1 AMERICA. QUEENSTOWN, J.N. 1. The Royal Mail steamship Asia, Capt. Lott, from New York on the 18th inst., arrived here at 7.30 a.m., and landed all mails except those for Liverpool, and proceeded at 8 a.m., all well. She brings 50 passengers. The steamers Etna and Bohemian had arrived out. The members of the South Caroline Convention were received at Charleston, on the 18th ult., with military honours. The Convention had appointed a Committee to prepare an address to the people of the Northern States. The Senate of North Carolina had passed a bill :or arming the State. A large mass meeting, sympathising with Italy and Garibaldi was held at the Cooper institute on the 18th ult. Adyices from Washington state that Congress appeared more disposed to meet the present agita tion in a practical manner. A resolution had been passed in the Senate pro viding for the appointment of a select committee of thirteen to report on the state of the Union. Advices from Havannah were to the sth ultimo. Sugars unchanged. The stock amounted to 40,000 boxes. WIND AND WEATHER REPORT. THIS DIY, J . Aberdeen, S.E.; dull Ardrossan, S.E. ; rain Ayr, N.W. ; snow Birmingham, S.W.; wet Brighton, S.W.; rain Bristol, N. ; damp Cambridge, E.; wet Cardiff, N.E. ; stormy Chatham,S.W.,fresh; cloudy Deal, W. 17 S., strong Derby, N.L. ; rain Dublin S.E. ; fine Dumfries, N.W. ; dull Dundee S.E.• fair Edinburgh, E. ; snow Falmouth, N.N.W. ; heavy gale Glasgow, S.W. ; damp 'AN. 1, 9 A.M. Gravesend, S., light ; dull Harwich, S.E. ; rain Hartlepool, S.W.; rain Holyhead, S.E. ; fresh breeze, cloudy Inverness, S.W. ; thaw Mil ford Ilaven, N. W. ;stormy Newcastle on Tyne, N.B. ; cloudy Newmarket, N.W. ; very wet Norwich, E., light ; rain Peterborough, E.; rain Port Glasgow, E. ; breeze Southampton,W.;windy,rain Weymouth,W., gale ; cloudy Whitehaven, N.E. ; cold York, E. ; thaw CONTINENTAL ST. Brest, s. ; cloudy Brussels, s,E. ; cloudy Cherbourg., S.St.hEaw.; rain CorAnhogen,S.W.;veyfoggy Thinkirk, E. ; sno w I L LLL-li y e t b: n hos Lyons, S. 1 1. . E- E; S.E. rain .N.;.l; I(.E. slight ; ; ti 6bill 'ATIONS, DEC. 30. Madrid, S.W. ; cloudy, fog Marseilles, S.E. ; cloudy Montpellier, N. ; cloudy, rain Paris, E.S.E. ; cloudy St. Petersburg, N.W.; foggy Stockholm, calm ; thick fog Strasbourg, W. ; cloudy Toulon, S.E. ; cloudy Turin, W. ; foggy Vicuna, N.W. ; very foggy THE TWELFTH CAKE LOTTERY; Mr. Dethier, the projector of this abortive Oe— h erue) has been adjudicated a bankrupt, _ _ s. SHARE 'IS DAY.) ORDINA RY SHARES AND STOCKS. Agra&UniteiService Bk Australasia Bank of Egypt 'Bank of London Bank of Turk? British North American Chtd.Bank of India, &c. Ch. Mer. of In. Lon.& Ch. City 'Colonial ........ Com. Bank of Canada.. Commercial of London . i Eng., Scot., & Aus. Ch.. , Gen. Bk .of Switzerland ILon. Char.Bkof Austral 'London and County .. London Joint Stock .. ! , ondon & Westminster Nat. Prov. of England . Do. new N a ti ona l sank .... ~ .. (New South - Wales. Do. new Orient. B. Corporation (Ottoman Bank ... . . (Provincial of Ireland .. IDo. new... ... ISouth Australia !Union of Australia Union of London . 83 ES 72 74 21 22 60 52 11 1 Share I Railways. 1 / paid ] Closing I Business Price. Done. Belfast and Ballymena Bir., Wol , and Str. Val. Birk., La., and Ch June Blackburn Blyth and Tyne Boat. Sled*. andMid.Co Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Carmarthen & Cardigan Cork and Bandon Cork, llhock., &Passage Cornwall . Do A %( A gets no div. Do B until 6pe peran. f hasbeen t O. toB Dublin & Belfast June. Dun., Perth, &Ab. Juno East Anglian Eastern Counties Eastern Union, A stock Do do B do Do Nw A, late EU3ds East Suffolk Edinburgh & Glasgow Edin. Perth, t Dundee Forth & Clyde Junction Furness Glasz. and S. Western Great Nthn. of Scotland GrcatNorthern Do do A stock Do do T 1 do ( .. 4t. S. & W. of Ireland Great Western Do Str Val pia. stocks , Trish South-eastern {Lancashire dc Yorkshire London and Blackwall Lon., Bright. &S Coast Lond., Chat., and Dover ILond. &Nth. Western r_,ond. & Sth. Western. L' c erry & Coleraine . ud er ,-v & Enniskillen Man. Slit s f. & Lincoln . I ADryr,ort a , , d Carlisle. Do do 4 ti hares... Metropolitan ....• Midland . , •••- Do new Do nirming. & Derby Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland Do 4 shares 8i 8 81 8 3 114 124 22j 23 34 36 71 73 39 41 fii 7 99 101 971 971 21 22 15} 18 j 23 23 i 351 361 -- 6 - -61 47 48 18i 19 Mid Do, Cray Line N'ewea9tle and Carlisle ;Newry c Armagh, def.. Newry. Warnpt. do Ros. Norfoit. N tint. Counties Union.. North British.. Nor.Dev.RailkDk.stozi D,Astk;Arecsnod. until ripehas beenpd.B too B 'hock - Nth. Eastern—Berwick Dodo, purchase, Do Leeds .. . Do York . North London ..... Do new North Staffordshire.— N. and S. W. Junction.. (Not. & Grantham Rail.. reebles •—• •• •• • • pirtsmouth mne Scottish Central Soot T E. Aber. stock Do Sco;.• stock•• • iShropshire y.b Union. • • • • • Sittinourn & Soiith'Devon •• •• • Eao - ern •- •• • !South Wales ...... !S. York. and River D 'to Staines, Wok,. and l'iro Stockton & Darlington Do do ITair Vale .......- • • • • • Do Pref. No 1 ThameellavenDk&Rail 'Ulster ..... , . D 0....... ......... Vale of Neath Victoria Sta. and Pim Waterford & Kilkenny) Waterford & Limerick !West Cornwall ........ 'West L0nd0n.......... Do Ist class ........ Do 24 class • •• .• •••• WestHartlepool Harbr and Rail West Midland—Oxford Newport Hereford THE SUN; LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING-, JANUARY 'l, 8 81 16 17 63i 6.1 37 39 26 28 87 89 29 291 116 118 1111 112 107 108 f 132 131 Jll 113 741 741 61 64 119 120 62 64 117 119 50 32 1011 101 95 96 S 10 54 , 1 551 3i 20 135 k 136.1 108 110 7 6d 64 66 65i 66 105 1054 P 1P 64 S 6 Mt 954 100 102 2 211 9 n 8 81 115 117 341 34f 87 89 50 52 6 7 424 431 871 881 69 A 4 78 80 6 8 421 431 11 111 p 574 56 a 2 l 4 . 3 P 87 89 111 fl 6 6i 0 51 42 44 83 85 PREFERENCE SHARES. Share! Railways. Paici Closing Business Price. Done. 25 Blythe and Tyne 10 per c. pref: (issued at £5O stk Rris. & Exet.4 p.ct.stock 20 Do. do. do. Shares ock Caledon £10,41 per cent ock Do. Quar. Shares, No. 2. 61 !Cork Bandon. 51 p. c. 20 !Cornwall. 5 per cent... 61 Dun.Perth&Aber.Thin . ock E.Angn.Class A 7 &5p c., ock Do. do. Class B 6 p.c ock Do. do. Class C 7 p.c ock E. Conn. Ex. sp. c. No. 1 ock Do. do. . No. 2 ock Do. New 6 per ct. stock. ock Eastern Union, 4 per )ck Do. 5 per cent. guar )ck Edin.&Glas. sp.c. shares )ck Do. 4p. c gun. S. &D. )ck Edin. Perth& Dun. 4 p.c. )ck Furness, 5 per cent )ck iGlas.& S. West.g.a. 5 p.c. )ck Greh.t Northern, 5 p. ct. 'Fo.sp.e.Redm., 10 p.c.pm )ck Do. 41 p. c. do. do. )0 Do. sp.c. Redm. 5 p.c. pm 0 Gt. Nh. of Scotld. Ist pf. Gt. Sn. & W (Ireland) 4 )ck p. et. pref. stock .0 Great West. (Berke and Hants) Ext. 5 p. et ek ro. 'Redeemable, 45 p.ct ek Do. ltedeemahle, 4p. ct ck Do Irredeemable, do ek Do. 5 p.ct. Redeem. Pref 8 Do. Firm. Pref. Shares [0 (t. W. Ches. 8 p.c. pf.sh 0 j Do. do. sp. ct. pref )ck IDo Birniv.znar. stock Ai I Do. Chester gua. shares 31 Do. do. do. O Do. do. do. )ck Lan.&York 6p. c. stock .ek Do.Barnsl.st.£s 38 10d pc a Do. 6 per c. (E. Lan.) ek Lon.& Brig.s pc.g - n. No.l , ek Do. 5 p. c. No. 2 ck Do. gua. 6p. c. ck Do. do. 5 p.c. No. 41 ck Do. do. 41 per cent..... 5 Do. do. 4/ p. c. shares.. IA Do. 7 p. ct. Pref. stock. ck Do. 6p.c. do. (W.E.&C.P.) ck Do.4p.c.S.(div.def.til '65) ,ck Lon. Chat. and Dover.. a Lon. and N.W. Coy. and Nuneaton, 5 p. ct..... ,ck Lon. & S.W, 7p. ct. stock] Ick Do. 41 per cent 6d. !Do. (Prtsm. perpl anns of 2s. 6d..... ...... 124 Londondy. & Cole. sh. [2l Londony. & Ennis. 1 sh.' )ck Man. Sh. &Lin. 6 per ct., 6 Do. £6 )ck Do. 31 per cent S) Do. redeem. 6 per cent ' 2 :MaryT:ort & Car., 4p. c 24 Do. 41 per cent. )ck Mid. Con. 6 p. c. stock )ck Do.Con.Bris. & Fir. 6 p.c )ck Do. 41 p. c. pref. stock 6 Do. with option till 1860 ck Do. Lela & Hit. pref. st. .ck Norfik sp. c. Ex. at- 1846 )ck Do. 51 p. c. Pref. do. 1847 ock Do.sWay.Val.Ex.st.lB47 )ck North British, 5 p. o. )ck Do. New, gam 5 p. o 0) Do. Bor. Un. g. pf: she 0 i Do. do. do. rck Nth.Dev.llail. & Dck.Co. ock N-East.Cons.Pref. 4p. c. ock Do. Berwick, 4 p.c. Pref. 17 Do. do. do 20 Do. Leeds, 6p. e. No. 1 PI Do. do. Quarters, 1848 n Do. York, &S. Puroh 10 North Staffordshire 10 Rhymney Guarantee 8i Scottish Central, new p DO Scottish North-Easte 31 p. c. pref. stock ock Do.Aberdeen,gua.6p.a oak Do. 7p. a pref. stoc 10s, South Devon, Ann. 10s. 10 Do. Fixed 41 per cent. ,0.6 South Eastern (Reading Ann., 1.0.6) )ck Do. 45 per cent. )e:‹ Do. Fixed 41 p.c. Ist is el; South Wales, gua. 4p. a ek Do. 41 per cent. ek S,-Yorkshire, 4 p. c. gua 1 5 Stock. & Dar. Asp. c 5 Po. B 6 per cent 5 Do. C 6 per cent ek Watrid & Kilkny, 6 p. ck W.Mid -Oxf Ist Gua st ck Do. 2d do ok Do.Ncwport 5 p.c.pf.rli o d cc. k Do.Perpet. 6p. pt 18 rek Do. till 1860, Ist is. 21 Do. do. 2d is. 100 100 100 all all eta eta sta sta sta sta all 1 100 101 103 ail 21e 6 6k 99 101 112 115 100 108 110 112 108 110 124 126 112 114 90 92 jll6 119 1112 114 104 106 86 88 93 100 P 8 100 89 91 90 92 101 103 94 10 174 184 104 11 76 78 20 21 10 1(4 11 151 137 139 116 118 116 118 138 143 118 118 103 105 [53 156 [3O 134 09 71 90 92 [l6 118 [5O 155 13 14 I 11P 70 72 AP I 137 139 101 103 95 97 112 114 110 111 11 p 93 95 102 104 P iP p *1) 23 24 [23 ]26 [3O 133 RI 11 23f 241 101 103 101 103 90 92 99 101 85 88 274 284 324 334 324 33i 45 48 124 126 [23 125 [OO 102 23 126 .1$ 119 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Paid. Railways. Leasing I Closingl Business Co.'s. I Price. I Done. Bedford and Bletctilef e aii — lndElg. - 11' .. .. Bmckingliamshire .... 100 Ix &N.W 98 100 Chester & Holyhead.. 100 Do. Do. do. 54 per cent. 100 Do. 125 127 Do. do. 5 per cent. 100 j Do. ,113 115 1144 14 Clydesdale Junction.. 100 'Caledonin 102 104 Colchester, Stour Val. all E.U.&E C 16 17 E.Lincolnshire,g.6 p.c. 100 GCNorth. 135 137 E.Union,Harvrich Shs, all E.Counts. 44 44 Do. Woodbridge . 100 Gls.Barr.&Neils,Drct. 100 4Ctedonin Do. New Gloster& Dean Forest all Gt. Weal. Hartlpool.Dck& Rail. all Ylc.N.&llr Hull and Selby .• • • Do. Shares Do. 4 Shares .•. all t o. Lanc.&.Carl. gua.s p.c. 100 n.&N.IV 207 211 London & Greenwich 100 . East. Do. Preference ...... 100 , o. Lon.,Tilby.& Soutend. 100 eto &Co 9O: 92 Lowestoft, gu a. 4 p.ct. 100 orfolk Do. M per cent.. ~. .. 100 ,Do. Mane., Buxtn. & 31atk. all 6 iILEN.:u&n: 4 34 3 : Mid. Bradford Prefer ence 5t0ck.......... 100 ,Midland 97 99 Ne g v i i ia m r a .n rk te t ed ,Bt s iry p E . e x 1 5 15. 5 P Northn.& Eastn. 5 p.c. ) all 6)o. 65 67 Do. do. 6 per cent ... all ;Do. Do. Fixed 5 per cent all Do. North Western I ; At NW 1 Preston and Wyre. f . all I . .Yk L 5 Do. 4 Stares .A : all !Do. — lloystn.Hitch., & Shep, 100 IGt.North. 135 137 Skrewsbry& HereDo.fordl 1 I 100 , T.Brassey 104 106 Do. i i p South Staffordshire .. , all M'Clean.. 1 0 4 lit Wilts and Somerset—l 100 Gt. West. i9l 93 Wimbledon& Croydn.' all L.& Brgtn! 74 8 1 1 ITOM. ----- --- - Docks; I 1 Closing { Business Share Paid. price. Done. '•••• ........M......1........ stock ICommercial lOO stock i Do. 4 per Cent.Pret.3lin lOO stock ;East and West India i 100 • : stock !London lOO 0. stock !St. Katharine 1100 stock Southampton ' lOO stock ; Victoria . ......... i 100 'lOl 103 20 , Po' NCW......a.Vlsiti 3 } it 1 43 45 26 27 !OLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECU j Unity Mutual.. Can.Gor. 6 p.c.Ja. &July Do. 6p. cent. 1879 Do. 6p. cent. 1880 Do. 6p. cent. 1882 Do. 6 p. c. Feb. & Aug., Do. 6 p. c. Mar. & Sept.; Do. 5 per cent Do. Scrip Ja.&July, Do. 6p. c. Ap. & Oct. , IN. S. W. Gov. 5 p. c., 1866 Do. 5 p. c., 1871 to 1876 t Do. 5 p.c. : 1888 & upwds Nova Scotts. Goy. 6 p. c sterling, 1875 ' 100 S.Aus.Gt. 6 p.c.1878 &up lOO Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.dauly 100 Do. do. tips. Ap.&Oct. 100 100 100 100 100 100 1109 114 111 113 111 113 101 101 i 106 107 100 i 101} 101 102 100 101 :106 107 1074 108 MISCELLANEOUS. 1000 Aiiglo-.lllexican Mint , Atiantic !rel. Limited) 'Australian A gri . c7 iltural !Berlin Water (Limi! , ed) British American Lam: lI&T.Mag. Tel. A. (Lim.); !Do. 8,7p.c.ti111852 (Lim.) , Do. C. (Limited) I Canada Land ;Chandslands Tet (Lim ); Cop.Min.ofEng.&Smitg 1 IDo. Pref. 7 per cent. Crystal Palace Do. Preierfnce i Do. 6 p, c. Pei jet. Debon. Electric Telegraph Do. New English & Aus. Copper , Gen. Steam Navigati Great Ship Limited) ; Do. 174 p et Preference' Lon. District Tel. (Lim.); London Discount (Lim.), L.G. Omnibus Co. (Lim.) Madras Irr. and Canal iMediter. Electric Teleg I Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim. ;National Die. Co. (Lim. Nerbu.Coal&lron (Lim Netherlands Land IDO.B p.c. Pref..iss.atl die !N. Br.&Nov.ASeotiaLand; 'N.B.Australagian (Lim.) l Oriental Gas (Limited). Do. New Shares (Um.) . iOrintl.ln,Steam(Lim.)A; Ditto B. I Ditto C Per. J. 7 Oriental Steam .1 Do. New !RedSeadand.Tel.g.4ip.e' jßhymney Iron Do. Now ;Royal Mail Steam ;.Scot. Austin. Inv. (Lim.)i South Australian Land 'Submarine Tel. Scrip ; Do. do. Registered ' Do. do. : r. & Ln. Co. oflipr.Can ; an Diemen's Land I 13 H 29 31 35 37 18 20 13 15 110 113 100 all all all all 231 24, 31 32 101 1( 3 107 109 93 96 21 1 21 3 i I I n I d 1 If if 21 2 4 lfd 3 2 I }I pr i 1 47 50 71 73 12 14 17 1% p 17 19 5 6 47 49 133 141 34 36 8 7 1 ISSIONS. 9 10 Closing Prise. 74 77 94 93} 1 d 44 sdi 6i 7 75 80 67 72 65 70 3 pr 1111 d ] i t di 21 1; d 98 99 981 00, [OOl 101.!‘ 23 21 75 SO 46 50 57 60 60 64 48 52 95 96 lid d 21 fd 11 11 1 1 91 9f ti, 05 100 05 100 93 96 90 93 83 96 93 04 86 87 If lad 5 7 5 7 97'j 98 241 lid —d 92 9i 13.14 stock stock stock stock stock stock stecc stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock 6.4.0. stock 1071 8 74 1 31 44 182 191 181 19, 101& II 95 i 5 i 55i 5 135 i i i 2 p 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 16 13 4 100 104; 5 5 Hi t n 4; alI all all 100 100 100 100 all 100 100 100 100 871 i 63 E -00 100 100 2011 100 20, --" I stock stock stock stock stock stock stock!' BRITISH POSS. ioo:' Shari Railways. lAtlantic & St rn - Tirence rn., Baroda&Cent Ind 5 per cent........ Do, Do. E n tre () a. n.d Lake Huron! Do. Now Do. Prefere.'le. •• • • ,• Buffalo, Brani,t:.;od p. ct. bds..A ug. i, 1 8 71 Do. do. July 1, 2 . . 8 7 31 Do. do. June 1, 18; !. ClcuttnatS.Eastn. (Lim) Cape,Eastn.Pror. (Lim.; Cape Town lz Dock Scrip Ceylon Guarantd. 6 p. c. Demerara.. Eastn. Bengal go. 5 p. c East Indian, go. 5 p. c. Do. F Shares Ext .rlo. Jubbulpore Da. 4 p c. Debentrs Do. .5 p. c. Deb., 1864 Geelong. dz Melbourne.: Geelong corporation 6 per cent. Bo.lds Grand Trunk of;%anada Do. 6 per cent. i"ef Do. 6 per ct. Deben tr Do. 7 per cent. 1862 .. Do. do. 1867.. Do. do. 1872.. Gt.ludiaPenin.gua.sp.c. Do. New gua. 5 p. c... Gt. Soutli.of India (Lim) guaranteed 5 per cent. Gt. W. of Canada Shares all all 100 100 100 100 100 all all all all all 100 Do. New Do. Bonds pay. '76, with opt, till '6O " Do. do. '73 till '6O Do, do. '73 without opt Do. .54 p. c. do. '77 do Madras, gu a r.. 4} p. 0 Do. do. 5 per cent Do. 41 p. c. Extension Do. Fourth do Do. d 0... Melb.Corp. 6 p. C. Bnds Newßranswick et Canda Ry.&Land(Lim.)g.6pc Class A Capital Share Do. do. Land do o. do. B Capital do. Do. do. Land do. 1 Oude (Limited) ....„, ... . all all all all 100 100 100 all 100 all cinde .......... d.a 100 o. Punjaub .... Le Lo 10 o. Do. ........ Fe' 0 . , all Do. Indus. St. Flo. g r ,,, o ° 100 S t.An drews & Quebec A 18 Trinidad (Lim.) Scrip.. 1 Paid. FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Antwerp it Rotterdam; 13a11.&S.Fran..Lim.7 p.c. Belgian East. Junction ißeziers to Graissessac..l Ca*—neaux Mine Jr Rail Copiapo Ditto Extension .... ]Dutch Rhenish ..... (Eastern of France .... Grand Rus. Guar. 6 p. Do. do. Great Central of France Luxem., Con. shs... Italian Junction ...... Lake Constance & Bale. Lierre .k Turnhout .... (Lyons Geneva ...... Maria Antonia ........ 'Do. New ..... ........ .Namur & Liege ;Do. 6 p. c. Pref. :Northern of France IDo. New Shares Norwegian Trunk fret. Paris,Lyons, Mediter. rails (IL 0r1ean5........ Recife S. Fran. (Fern.; gua. 7 p. et. lini.... ,Riga & Dunaburg.... 'Rome & Frascati .... Dani5h........ lltoyai Swedish ..... Do. 7 per cent. Pref. . Sambre 416 Meuse ... Do. 51 per cent. Pref San Paulo, lim, g. 7p. c S.Aust.SzLomb Venetin Southern of France West Flanders . 1110. 5 p. c. Preference W. A; N.W. of France Western of Austria Western of Switzerland ; 'Wiesbaden Po. 8 per cent. Pref ;Zealand 5 g al. - - P li 114 I 1 I 10} 111 - I 3 2. ! 21 20, 1 23 24 Of 7 7i 7 194 20i 284 391 7i Si 35i 36 54 56 31. 21d 51 .3 81 Al 1 f d 1i 1 d 20 21 5 9 / 21 22* BRTTISH MINES. Share ! Mines. !Allred Consols (T'linacCl.l 31 / 20 'British Iron I 16 1 2 I Clifrord I nil 205 215 'Devon G. Cons. (Tavist 1 410 420 East Bassett (Illogan) 1 30 114 118 , East Caradon , 1.14.6 111 111 114 ,-- lE. W'l Russel (Tavistk ) ) 7.4.0 101 (14 :Gam.kSt.Aubyn(Gwen 541 25 28 !Great South Tolgus 17s 71 81 8 1G .Wheal Alfd. (Philackg2.l3.9 1 11 1 ;G. Wheal Vor (lIelsto)i): 91 1} 11 IGrenville 1 5.14.6 1 3 31 Herod's-Foot ! 8.12 ! 32 34 ,llingsion Downs 4 .10.6! 31 31 .... !Lady Bertha ..... Margaret (Uny Lelant) 94 54 56 'North Downs 2} 3/ 4 !North Frances (Illo gan )I 111 4 5 :N.Wli'l BasTat(lllogan) 15s 4 5 North Wheal Crafty 1 9.18.9 10 11 Far Consols (Bt. Blazey) 11 91 11 20 Providence (Uny Lelnt.) 10.6.7 j 45 47 Sortridge Cons. 3f in. Co. 14s 1 11 1 ' iSouthCaradon(St.Cleer) 11 . 300 350 —S. Cant Brea (Illogan) 3 21 35 1 S. Dev. Iron &Gen., Lim a 1 1 1 IS.Wheal Fran. (Illogan) 18.18. 115 555 ;Stray Park 21.18, 40 51 5 !Tamar Silv..iz Lead Min 4 9 1 21 21 10 , Tin Croft i• 6 l• 6 !Vale of Towey (Carm , A3s 6d }/ ' )', . ;West Basset ( 11o2;an) ; 11 IS 19 W. Caradon (Liskeard)l 5 77 79 West Seton Wheal Basset (Mogan)! 51 1115 Ise Wheal Buller(Redruth) 5 169 170 165 Wheal Edward (Gals.) l2 I 11 1) Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant)! 1.7.2 ' 111 15; Wheal 3laryAnn (Men.) 8 1 18 19 Wheal Trelawney (Lis.)! 51 [ 17 . 19 , . FOREIGN MINES. 20 !Australian 7 # 1 1 1 : Bon Accord Copper,Lim.' 1.)8 t d 1 35 !Brazil. Imp. (is. at ..£5 p.); 27} 2 2i 20 ' D9.St..Tohndel Rey,Lim' 15 28} 29 5 Illo.Land and Miningeo.! all 1 ,Clarendon Cons.MinCo. , 1 dis. 40 Cobra Copper ; all 1 43 45 leopiapo .. !l6 8 1 'DuuMoun.Cop.M 10 ing.Co; ail 4 1 2 Fortuna. I all 2 21 20 General ; all 21 23 224 2 Gt. N. Cop. of S. Austr 1 par 11 1t } f 1} Kapunda (Limited) 1 11 14 1 3 !Linares 1 all 9} 10l 6 'lmsitanian, 2 p ii 1 ;Mariquira % ,f all 1 1 N. IlliineCopofS.Aus.L,. tux& i id 20 !Pont.,dbati Silver,Leadl• Mining and Smelt....! all 5 6 6 Port Philip ,1 1 1 Scottish Austrin. (L.) , 10s. . 281.81 United Mexican . all 1 1 2 d 21 1 1 'Worthing (Limited) all 1 1 I DC) . ~.... 19g. - - , __„..................................• p.ta I Closing Business --- I Price. Done ~~~ 48 9 138 k Business done 75 1492 i 221 3 21 3 /. ~ _ i~~ 1861. SUN OFFICE, Seven o'clock. LONDON GAZETTE-(THIS EVENING), DOWNING-STREET, DEC. 31. The Queen has been pleased to appoint George Mon tague, Esq., to be Deputy Surveyer-General of the colony of the Cape of Good Hope. WHITEHALL, JAN. 1. The Quell has been pleased to appoint Sir Henry Wellwood Moncreiff, Bart., D.D., to be Secretary to her Majesty's sole and only Master Printers in Scotland, in the room of Dr. James Robertson, deceased. ST. JAMES'S PALACE, SAN. 1. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge has been pleased to appoint Captain William Purey Cust to be one of her Royal Highness's Equerries. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEH Lords of A the LL, DEC. 31. The Right Hbnourable the Committee of Privy Council for Trade have received, from the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a despatch from her Majesty's Consul at Naples, enclosing a translation of a notice published in the official journal of that city on the 10th inst., providing that merchants importing wheat and other cereals for warehousing shall enjoy the following privileges :-1. Facilities for hiring warehouses. 2. Th e right of re-exporting the said grain to other Italian ports, or to foreign countries. The ports at present authorised to have such warehouses are Naples, Castellamare, Paolo, Pizzo, Cotrone, Taranto, Brindisi, and Pescara. The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade have received, from the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a French Imperial Decree, dated the 15th instant, abolishing the prohibition of the export of bark for tanning from Algeria. BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED. George Atkinson, joiner, Branford. BANKRUPTS. Aaron Martin 'Cramp Hodgman, miller, Broadstairs. William Bryant, tailor, Oxford-street, Middlesex. William Brent, tanner, Blue Anchor-road, Bermondsey, Thomas Barton, tanner, Liverpool. William Grove, licensed victualler, Kingsland-road. Henry Slater, brewer, Holbeach, Lincolnshire. Ludvig Levison, merchant, Leamington. Thomas Edge, gas meter manufacturer, Great Peter. street, Westminster. Owen Hewitt, baker, Windsor. Thomas Flood, hardwareman, Honitott. William Hutchins, butcher, Neath, Glamorganshire. George William Kenrick, livery stable keeper, Church , . street, Hackney. Alfred Brooks, optician, Ludgate•street, City. COURSU OP EXCHANGE.—This DAY. Amsterdam Ditto Rotterdam — 11 18 11 181 Antwerp Brwisels —, 25 321 25 45 Hamburgh Paris Ditto Marseilles — 25 60 25 57/ Frankfort on Maine — 1171 1181 Vienna Trieste Petersburgh — 341 3q Berlin — Madrid Cadiz — 491 49S Leghorn - -25 70 25 7 5 Milan , - - 2 525 62 k0 1 25 671 Genoa2s 70 Naples Palermo — 119 119/ Messin- Lisbon Oporto 621. 153 i Rio Janeiro . •• New York — •• .• .. Foreign Gold in Ba rs (St an d ar d), ... per oz. £3 17 9 Mexican Dollars 9 9 0 0 0 Silver in Bars (St an d ar d) If , 0 0 0 South American Do u bl ons 99 0 0 0 POLICE IN7ELLIGENCE—(This Day) MARLBOROUGH-STREET. CIIAP.GB OF ROBBING AND ASSAULTING A BErrlNe MAN.—James liennely, a carpenter, was charged before Mr. Beadon, with stealing a sovereign, and also assaulting William Neagle, of 23, Rathhone-place, described as a " betting man." The prosecutor, it appears, mot the prisoner at the 'White Lion public-house, Hemmings-row, and after taking two email bets with him, the prosecutor offered to take ono for a sovereign, which he laid on the counter with two half crowns, that a publican had left this house about six months. The prisoner immediateiy took up the sovereign and refused to give it back to the prosecutor, who, on again asking for his sovereign, was struck by the prisoner a violent blow in the mouth. Prisoner was then given into custody. Prisoner asked the prosecutor if he "settled" with him, if that would do. He wished to "settle," and did not think the prosecutor was above doing that. Prosecutor refused. The proprietor of the IVhiteLion was called, and raid he refused to sanction any bets being made, and saw the pri soner take up the sovereign. They wished him to hold the sovereign, but he refused to do so. Mr. Beadon said after what he hat heard, if the prisoner gave prosecutor back his sovereign, he would discharge him—otherwise he would send him for trial. Prisoner said he would give back the sovereign, but he The sovereign having been given back, though very roluc tautly, the prisoner was discharged. OUTRAGEOUS CONDUCT TO A FEMALE.—James Webb 3, Harcourt-street, Marylebone-roal, a well-dressed man, was charged before Mr. Beadon as follows : Catherine O'Connor, a respectable looking servant out of place, living at 12, Brown-street, Grosvenor-square, said that about seven the previous evening she was in Duke street, having just left her home, when the prisoner and two others came up to her, and the prisoner, standing in front of her, held out his hand and asked her to shake hands with him. She refused to do so as he was a stranger, when, after making use of a vulgar expression, he pulled her clothes over her head. He appeared to have been drinking, but was not drunk, and knew what he was about. Sergeant Glass said two friends came to the station and offered bail, stating that prisoner was the wrong man. Jarvey, 200 C, said the female met him and told him she had been grossly insulted by the gentleman, and he went to Bell's pUblic-house, at the corner of North Audley— street, and took him into custody. The prisoner was drunk —in fact, mischievously so. Prisoner said he was sorry such a charge was made against him, and that he knew nothing about it. Mr. Beadon said people were not to be treated in this way, and tined the prisoner £5, or two months in default. THAMES. A MOST 'UNLIKELY STORY.—A poor woman, named Sarah Smith, dwelling in Poplar, came before Mr. Yardley and stated that, owing to the inclemency of the weather, and to her husband being out of employ, she was in great distress, and upon applying to one of the relieving-officers of the Poplar Union he refused to relieve her and her family. Mr. Yardley—Upon what grounds did he refuse! Applicant—He said there were too many of us. Mr. Yardley—How many children have you. Applicant—Seven, sir. .Tho eldest is 15 years old, and the youngest 11 months old. Mr. Yardley could hardly believe that any relieving .officer would assign as a reason for refusing relief the number of a family. It was a most unlikely story, indeed. If the relieving-officer had given as a reason for not reliev ing a man and his family that they were nine in number, he was a most inconsistent and unreasonable person. It was the first time he had ever heard of relief being denied to a man and woman in distress because they had a large family. That was an additional reason, in addition to the ordinary ones, of administering relief. He would write a letter to Mr. Jeffreys, the principal relieving-officer of the Poplar Union, calling' attention to the case, and he was quite sure, if the family were deserving and the parents were persons of good repute, that they would be promptly and effectually relieved. If the family were in want he would give them something from the poor box fund. ♦pplicant—l am in want, and my children have no food to eat. Mr. Yardley—Give her 25., Livingston. The woman roceired the money with thankfulness, and left the court with the letter.. James Stanton, an infirm Irishman, who said he was in great distress, complained to Mr. Yardley, that on apply ing at the relieving-office in Poplar, he was ordered to go about his business, and one of the officers refused to take his name down or to bring his case beforo the Board of Guardians for their consideration. Mr. Yardley—l will write to Mr. Jeffreys about your case. The above applications created much surprise in court, for Mr. Jeffreys has always been distinguished for his humanity and attention to thepoor, and has the reputation of being a very intelligent, careful, and kind-hearted man. I•°XECUTIOIY AT WINCILESTER.—(This bay.) The execution of James Johnson, the soldier condemned at the recent Winchester Assizes for the double murder at Aldershot—where, on the 29th September, he shot Serjeait Chips and Corporal Coles—took place this morning, over the area gateway of the county gaol. Since his condem nation Johnson enjoyed his meals and sleep regularly, and abandoned all further attempts at the simulation of insanity. Johnson is the sixth culprit who has undergone capital punishment at the new gaol. The others were Abraham Baker, who shot his sweetheart, in 1855, at Southampton ; Jones, the convict, who murdered Dr. Hope at Portsmouth in 1856; and the three Italians, Logan, Barbalano, and Pettrick, con v i c t e d i n th e same year ° murder on the high seas. A; sum of £44,000 in bar gold was withdraWn from the Bank yesterday afternoon. It is believed to have been taken for transmission to Spain. There are rumours in the market that other and more extended operations are about to take place. THE TEA TRADE, Dec. 31, 1860.—The deliveries in London, estimated for the week were 45 4,7521 b., which is a decrease of 370,99511), compares), with tilo previous statexaent. 30114 ,ITIES. 111} 107; I 21 S won RAILTE IG.ENCE. _ • GRAND TRUNK OF CANADA. The London directors of this company state in their re port to the bondholders and shareholder; with respect to the present financial position of the Company, that they aro already aware of the inability of the directors to raise the £1,500,000 money as authorised by the shareholders at their meetings in London and Canada last spring, which sum was required, together with the calculated proceeds of then existing assets, to relieve the company from pressing liabi lities, to defray the expense of additional rolling stock, sidings, and station accommodation necessary to work the line efficiently, and to meet during the current year the claims for interest on the bonded debt. As stated in the report of the London Directors of the 27th October last, the requirements, including the unpaid arrears of interest on bonds up to the present time, and after allowance for the depreciated value of assets unsold to liquidate existing engagements, amount in London in round numbers to £1,706,000; in Canada to £350,000; to which must be added, in order to place the road and rolling stock in effi cient condition, £500,000, making a total of £2,556,000. When the London directors were convinced of the impossi_ bility of obtaining in England, on any terms, the necessary funds for working the line with efficiency, economy, and success, they immediately called the attention of their col leagues in Canada to the necessity of applying any surplus receipts of traffic beyond working expenses in the mode specified by the Acts of the Canadian Parliament. Tho Canadian direction took, as was its duty, legal advice as to the proper application of such traffic receipts ; and in con formity with legal authority in Canada, which, however, is at variance with high legal opinions in England, employed the surplus, beyond what is considered in this country as strictly " working expenses," in meeting pressing Claims for past expenditure in rolling stock, f ue l , and stores the settlement of which claims was d eemed neceesary to 'pre vent the stoppage of the road. There has not been a suffi cient surplus of income over working ex penses (in whi c h all legal authorities both in England and Canada unite to class the rents of existing leases), during this current half year, to meet the payment of the interest due on the Ist of January, 1861, on the first preference bonds ; and the absence of all remittances from Canada for this or for guy other object forces upon the directors the painful Ilece:ssity of leaving the interest due on the Ist of 'January in abey ance, pending the existing financial struggles of the com pany. All these facts combine to press upon all interested in the existence of the Grand Trunk road, whether in Canada or England, the urgent necessity of providing promptly the means of preserving the undertaking from the ruinous confusion which must wise from the want of money and of credit, and from the conflict of various claims and protracted litigation; and for that purpose, as the shareholders are aware, the Cana dian Board of Directors memorialised last summer, the Government to take the present condition of the com pany into its early consideration, for the purpose of devising some plan by which the interests of all concerned, whether in England or Canada, might b 3 protected from destruction. The Directors in London deem it to be their duty on this occasion to refer to that memorial, on account of the misconception of a portion of the Canadian press of the motives which dictated that address to the Government. It would be as absurd as false to pretend that the directors were not guided in that step by the wish to save the capi tal invested in England in the undertaking from total loss; but it is equally incorrect to suppose that they wished to impose any additional burden upon the people of Canada. The directors have as little the desire, as the right, to dic tate or suggest any parioulor measure to the Canadian Legislature; but they believe that the relief prays,] far, restore the credit of this company, might be afforded with out any increase of the taxation of the Canadian people or any permanent addition to the debt of the proviucos The directors would most willingly have avoided, if pos sible, any further appeal for legislative interference, and for that purpose would have recommended the shareholders to submit even to.onerous condition's, had there bcenmeans of raising the money required from the resources or credit of the company; but all efforts for that object having been exhausted in vain they venture to ask the Canadian people calmly to consider whether their interests are not so far identified with those of the company as to desire the continued operation of the road and its further development to meet the growing wants of the province, or whether it is preferable—by the re fusal of all further assistance to re-establish the credit of the company, which may cost the province nothing, but which may add incalculably to its further wealth and prose perity—to leave this undertaking in a state of doubtful existence, and of most limited efficiency, and, by its sad failure, to check the influx of British capital itato the pro vince for future public works, and for the further develop ment of its future resources. It is unnecessary to pause for a moment to explain that a direction, overwhelmed by an enormous floating debt, and met at every moment by discredit and litigation, cannot, economically or efficiently, deal either with the local wants of the province, or secure for it that transit trade with the Western States which has always proved a source of increasing gain to the mercantile, producing, and labouring population of the countries through which it passes. The directors, therefore, concur in the opinion recently expressed in the report of the Lon don Committee of Bondholders, that the obviously prudent course is to await the calm decision of the Canadian people through their Legislature, after the result of the provin cial commission of inquiry, and afterwards to appoint an English commission - of investigation into the management in Canada and the future prospects of the company. In the meantime they venture to suggest the propriety of united action on the part of all classes of bondholders and shareholders, and the abstinence from legal proceed ings, which they fear might injure all, to the permanent benefit of none; and for that purpose recommend the appointment of a select committee to confer with the direc tors as to their choice of the commissioners to be here after nominated for the inquiry in Canada, and also to obtain preliminary information from the officials who are at present in England, and are able to furnish such infor mation as to the details and mode of keeping the accounts in Canada. Mr. T. E. BLACIWELL, vice-president, in his report to the London directors of the Grand Trunk Company, states that the line is in excellent working order, the permanent way as well as all the great works being in good condition. With respect to the traffic, his belief in the realisation of previous estimates is undiminished. At present the com pany's supply of. rolling stock and extent of terminal accom modation and sidings are altogether inadequate, and would require a further expenditure of from £400,000 to £500,000. He also states that the traffic, which had for some weeks since the last harvest risen to an average weekly return of upwards of £16,000, has been unfavourably affected by the general financial collapse in credit in the United States, and which has operated alike on the traffic and on the value of the securities of all the American railways connecting the Atlantic with the West. A Parliamentary committee having pronounced against the agreements entered into with the Great Western Railway of Canada and the steamboats, and legal authorities having declared both of them in their existing form to be illegal, it is obviously the duty of the company to have these ques tions decided at the earliest moment. Ho states that the " through" traffic falls short of the estimates which were prominently sot forth in the original prespectus on account of the inefficiency of the means and accommodation, and the want of that confi dence in the conduct of the business which a complete equipment of the railway would inspire. At the same time it was necessary and only fair that cities and districts and local and personal interests benefitted by the railway should unite with the company in providing for the conduct of their own business. Recent efforts of this nature had been made by some of the municipalities and private individuals, which could not fail shortly to prove of much real advan tage to the company and themselves. With respect to the working expenses generally, the best energies of every one have been exerted to promote economy, but the want of proper accommodation and facilities have prevented the carrying into effect the savings and arrangements he had calculated upon. The last winter's experience showed that the expenditure necessary for the renewal of the rails had been under-estimated. The total receipts for traffic on the line during the eight weeks ending the 24th November last amounted to £133,319, and the expenditure to £95,325, leaving £37,994, The receipts for the eight weeks averaged £l7 3s. 7d. per mile per week, the expenses £l2 ss. Bd., and the not revenue £4 17s. 11d. per mile per week. ISLE- OF WIGHT EASTERN SECTION. The object of this company's application to Parliament is to extend the Isle of Wight Eastern Section to Newport, in the Isle of Wight, and between SandoWn and Newport, in extension of the lines connecting Ryde and Ventuor and the east coast of the island. For this purpose the comp"Y propose to raise £BO,OOO on shares, and borrow £26,000. The works are to be completed in four years. Imperial ordinances, AUSTRIAN FINANCES.—On the 28tkoneeember the Wiener Zeitung contained two the . "diploma" of the which are in direct contradiction to in.,hall circulate " as a legal 20th of October, 1860. The first ordinance directs that the notes of the Austrian Bank the Lombardo-Venetian tender" (als Zahlaisysmittol) kingdom. The second that the coupons of the N a ti ona l Loan be paid in bank -notes wit h an adequate 1861. i agio "until after the first of Ap ril, BREAKING UP OF ICE ON THE THAMES, AND EXTEN snu; FLOODI4.--YeSterday the immense fields of ico which extended nearly one-third of the width of the river from either shore, leaving only a nar row channel, were broken up by the increased velocity of the current on the ebb tide, caused by the swollen state of the river, a id e d b y the land floods ; the floes, and berg s o f immense size, w ere ex t reme l y numerous, an d b e i ng driven with great impetuosity, caused considerable damage to craft in the stream. One floe was of such large dimensions as to block up one of the arches of London-bridge for some time before it went to pieces. The accumulated masses of ice prevented the river steamers from plying, and were also an obstruction to the traffic by lighters and barges. Tho land-floods after the rapid thaw have caused the overflow of the Brent and other tributaries, by which the adjacent low-lying lands are laid under water, and much damage has been done to property. The marshes in Kola an, gS4QX are overflowed, resclublin large lakes, i THE CHINESE TRTI4TY. The following is the text of the English treaty:— CONVENTION BETWEEN HER MAJESTY AND THE EMPEROR OP CHINA. Signed, in the English and Chinese Languages, at Pekin, October 24, 1860. Her Majesty the Qiieen of Great Britain and Ireland, and his Imperial Majesty the Emperor of China, being alike desirous to brtng to an end the misunderstanding at present ezasting between their respective Governments, an;,.l to secure their rela ' tions against further interruption, have for this purpose appointed plenipotentiaries, that is to say : her Males ty the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, the Earl of Elgin and Kincardine ; and his Imperial Majesty the Emperor of China, his Imperial Highness the Prince of Kung : who, having met and communicated to each other their frill powers, and finding these to be in proper form, have agreed upon the following convention, in nine Articles : ARTICLE I. A breach of friendly relations having been occa sioned by the act of the garrison of Taku, which obstructed her Britannic Majesty's representative when on his way to Pekin for the purpose of ex changing the ratifications of the treaty of peace con cluded at Tien-tsin in the month of June, 1858, his Imperial Majesty the Emperor of China expresses his deep regret at the misunderstanding so occasioned. ARTICLE 11. It is further expressly declared that the arrange ment, entered into at Shanghai in the month of October, 1858, between her Britannic Majesty's Ambassador the Earl of Elgin and Kincardine, and his Imperial Majesty's Commissioners Kweiliang and Hwashana, regarding the residence of her Britannic Majesty's representative in China, is hereby cancelled ; and that, in accordance with Article 111. of the treaty of 1858, her Britannic Majesty's representative will henceforward reside permanently or occasionally at Pekin, as her Britannic Majesty shall be pleased to decide. ARTICLE 111. It is agreed that the separate article of the treaty of 1858 is hereby annulled ; and that in lieu of the indemnity therein specified, his Imperial Majesty the Emperor of China shall pay the sum of eight millions of taels in the following proportions or instalments, namely :—At Tientsin on or before the 30th day of November, the sum of five hundred thousand taels ; at Canton, and on or before the Ist day of Dec., 1860, three hundred and thirty-three thousand three hundred and thirty-three taels, less the sum which shall have been ailvaneed by the Chinese authorities towards the completion of the British factory site, at Shameen ; and the remainder at the ports open to foreign trade, in quarterly pay manto, which shall consist of one-fifth of the gross revenue from customs there collected. The first of the said payments being due on the 31st day of December, 1860, for the quarter terminating on that day. It is further agreed that these moneys shall be paid into the hands of an officer which her 13 ritaninic Majesty's representative shall specially appoint to receive them, and that the accuracy of the amounts shall, before paymant, be duly ascertained" by Bri tish and Chinese officers appointed to discharge this duty. In order to prevent future discussion, it is more over decreed that of the eight millions of taels herein guaranteed, two millions will be :appro priated to the indemnification of the British mer cantile community at Canton, for losses sustained by them, and the remaining six millions to the liquidation of war expenses. ARTICLE IV. It is agreed that on the day on which this con vention is signed, his Imperial Majesty the Em.- peroc of China shall open the port of Tientsin to trade, and it shall be thereafter competent to British subjects to reside and trade there under the same conditions as at any other port of China by treaty open to trade. ARTICLE V. As soon as the ratification of the treaty of 1858 shall have been exchanged, his Imperial Majesty the Emperor of China will, by decree, command the high authorities of every province to proclaim throughout their jurisdiction, that Chinese choosing to take service in the British colonies, or other parts beyond sea, are at perfect liberty to enter into engagements with British subjects for that purpose, and to ship themselves and their families on board any British vessel at any of the open ports of China; also that the high authorities aforesaid shall, in con cert with her Britannic Majesty's representative in China, frame such regulations for the protection of Chinese emigrating, as above, as the circumstances of the different open ports may demand. ARTICLE VI. With a view to the maintenance of law and order in, and about the harbour of Hong Kong, his Im perial Majesty the Emperor of China agrees to cede to her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, and to her heirs and successors, to have and to hold as a dependency of her Britannic Majesty's colony of Hong Kong, that portion of the township of Cowloon, in the province of Kwang Tung, of whioh a lease was granted in perpetuity to Harry Smith Parkes, Esq., Companion of the Bath, a member of the Allied Commission at Can ton, on behalf of her Britannic Majesty's Govern ment, by Lan Tsung Kwang, Governor-General of the Two Kwang. It is further declared that the lease in question is hereby cancelled; that the claims of any Chinese to property on the said portion of Cowloon shall be duly investigated by a mixed commission of British and Chinese officers; and that compensa. tion shall be awarded by the British Government to any Chinese whose claim shall be by the said commission established, should his removal be deemed necessary by the British Government. ARTICLE VII. It is agreed that the provisions of the treaty of 1858, excbpt in so far as they are modified by the present convention, shall without delay come into operation as soon as the ratifications of the treaty aforesaid shall have been exchanged. It is further agreed that no separate ratification of the present con ven ti on s h a ll b e necessary, but outs sary! i that it shall take e ff ec t f rom th e date of fleation , end be equally bindi ng w ith above mentioned on the high contractingparties. VI i. the tr!aty ARTICLE It is agreed that aspitioona s hall have been exchangeds the ratification o f th e treaty of the year 18e3 his Imperial Majesty the Emperor of Chi na s h a ll , man by decree, com mand th e high auth or i t i es in the capital and in the p d roNinces to pri n t and. publish the aforesaid treaty and the present convention, for g e neral inform atio n. ARTICLE IX. It is agreed that as soo n as thi s C onvent i on shall have been signed, the ratifications of the treaty of the year 1858 shall have been exchanged, and an Imperial decree, respecting the publication of the said Convention and treaty shall been promul gated as provided for by Article VIII. of this Con vention, Chusan shall be evacuatjd by her Bri tannic Majesty's troops there stationed, and hell Britannic 'Majesty's force now before Pekin shall commence its march towards the city of Tien-tsin, the forts of Taku, the north coast of Shang-tung, and the city of Canton, at each or all of which places it shall be at the option of her Ma jesty the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland to retain a force until the indemnity of eight millions of feels guaranteed on Article 111. shall have been paid. Done at Pekin, in the Court of the Board of Ceremonies, on the 24th day of October, in the year of our Lord ono thousand eight hundred and sixty. (L. S.) &GIN AND KINCARDINE. 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