The Sun. — London, England, 1861-12-07 00:00:00

OPPI IVO:, U3l l MARK Ell AND ()IT NEWS. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. The inquiries for discount continuo quiet, but rather more activity is expected towards the end of the month when preparations will have to be made for bringing the affairs of the year to a close. At present, however, there is an undimieished abun dance of floating capital, and accommodation can be obtained on exceedingly easy terms. At the Bank of England yesterday there were no bullion operations of public importance. The Foreign Exchanges yesterday afternoon exhibited a slight advance in the Austrian rates, but the quotation on St. Petersburg was decidedly lower. The supply of bar silver by the West India steamer La Plata has been sold at ss. 11d. per oz., being a rise of id. The imports of specie since Monday last have amounted to about £62,500, and the exports to about £228,600. The annual meeting of the proprietors of the London and Westminster Bank will take place on the 15th proximo for the declaration of a dividend, B g'e. The transfer books will be closed on the Ist and rEopen on the 4th January. _ _ A further call of £2 has been made in the shares of the Caerphilly Iron Company, now winding up in Bankruptcy. In the Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday busi ness was rather quiet, and prices were steady. The sales were about 4,000 bales. The market for Public Securities has continued in a very unsettled state. It opened steady at the improved quotations current yesterday afternoon, but a sudden decline, amounting to I percent. took place, Consols having closed at 891 I for transfer, and at 892 for the 9th proximo. The New Threes and the Reduced remain flat at 893 ; Bank Stock Is steady at 233 and 234; India ditto has receded to 227 ; and the New 5 per Cent. to 1001, 1011 ; Ex chequer Bills, March, to 11s. to 12a. prem., and ditto June to 12s. to 17s. Extreme quietude has pervaded the Foreign Market, and prices have exhibited continued de pression. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 75 to 76 ; ditto, 1 858, 66 to 67. Mexican are fiat at 261 1; and Spanish Deferred have receded to 411. Russian 3 per Cents, remain at 59. Increased heaviness has prevailed in the Railway Share Market, and the few bargains recorded are Mostly at reduced prices. North Westerns, Mid lands, and South Easterns have declined 55.; South Westerns, 10s ; and Great Northern A Stock, 15 %; Eastern Counties, however, have improved 158. ; and North Eastern (Berwick), ss. The Foreign and Colonial undertakings con tinue inactive ; South Austrian and Lombardo- Venetian brought 18k; Great Luxembourg, Bay ; Grand Trunk of Canada improved to 181 ; but Great Western of ditto declined to 81; East Indian receded to 981, and Great Indian Peninsula to 991 to 98a . Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are dull, and little change of importance took place in prices. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. 13 ank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities B9l it Neer Cent. Consols Annuities In 3 per Cent. Annuities.. 227 89 i i i Stock Ditto 5 per Cent. Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent — Ditto 5 per Cent 9s} 6 Ditto 51 per Cent . lO2/ Ditto Debentures, 4 per Cent., Oct., 1863 Dittos 1859 Ditto Bonds £l,000 Ditto under £l,000 Consols for Account, Jan. 9 9O h 894 India Stock for Account, 5 per Cent March. Juno. xchequer Bills, £l,OOO 2d.... 11 12 12 Ditto £500 Ditto Small FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. l lexican, 3 per Cent Ditto Account -Russian 5 per Cent. 1822, £ St — Ditto 3 per Cent. 1859 .. 59 Spanish 3 per Cent Ditto New Deferred Ditto A ccoun t 41/ Alai-lush 6 per Cent. — - Ditto Account bltto New Loan Ditto Account Dividends on the above payable in London. TWO O'CLOCK. Consols, Money Ditto Account THE PRICE OF GOLD. The quotation of gold at Paris is about 3 per mille prem., and the short exchange on London is 25.21 per £1 sterling. un comparing these rates with the English Mint price of £ 3 178 ' l i ld• per ounce for standard gold, it appears that gold IS at about the same price in London and in Paris. 11 3 , advices from Hamburg the price of gold is 428 per mark, and the short exchange on London is 13.6; per £1 ste r ling 110 th gold at the English Mint price is, therefore, about 4..10 th per cent. dearer in Hamburg than in London. T heiburse of exchange at New York on London for bills at 6 c lan' sight is 107; to 109 per cent., which, when compared " i til the Mint par between the two countries, shows that the "'''hange is against England. But, after making allowance for. loss of interest and charges of transport, the present price leaves n o profit on sending gold to the United States. AMATEUR THEATRICALS,—On Wednesday even inß an exceedingly good amateur performance was given by ~..t h e memb ers o f th e A run d e l D ramat i c S oc i e t y a t th e G em T heatre, Catherine-street, Strand, in the presence of a very select and fashionable audience. The pieces chosen for the Occasion were—" Nine Points of the Law," " Grandfather Whitehead," and "His Last Legs." Amateur perfor mances, generally speaking, are rather slow and dragging e ntertainments; but the one of which we speak was not of that description, as each performer seemed fitted to a nicety with the part allotted him. In the !Ilia comic drama a Mr. Charles Vernon rattled through th e part of the dapper lawyer's clerk, Bob Lincoln, with a spirit and dash that merited and received the loudest ap • 15 ,,, 1a ue0• Mr. Richards' Grandfather Whitehead was an mirable performance ; and we know many professionals 4 ' 4 _ 4° ) although th e y p r id e th ems elves upon their represen tion of old men, might well take a lesson from the calm an d Patheti c ac ti ng o f thi s c l ever ama t eur , w ho appeared t o hold the smiles and tears of the audience entirely at his 31,11rnaud. Mr. F. Villiers made the most of the disagree tale part of the l awyer D r i ver, an d M i ss E . J osep h s sus ined the part of Edward Drayton with great ability. The other parts were all well sustained, and the reason for Singling out those we have done for special notice is that th ey evinced talent that is seldom witnessed at ama t eur u ramatic performances. SOUTHAMPTON, Friday.—The paddle steamer A driatic, now lying in the docks, has been measured to day to ascertain her capacity for carrying troops, preparatory, a s is supposed, to her being chartered for troop service. She Will take from 700 to 1,000 men. This vessel, it will be re membered, was formerly one of the Collins line of Ameri- C all mail steamers, and was last year purchased by the Galway Company to run on their line to and from New \''c u . k. It is reported that one or two other large steamers at this port are likely to be chartered for the purpose of conveying reinforcements to Canada. TURNER AND LAWRENCE.—When Turner's pie lure of "Cologne" was ex hibit e d, i n th e y ear 1826, it was 'Ong between two portraits by Sir Thomas Lawrence, of y Wallscourt and Lady Robert Manners. The sky of Tur'ner's picture was exceedingly bright, and it had a most luiurious effect on the colour of the two portraits. Lawrence nat urally felt mortified, and complained openly at the posi tion of his pictures. Artists were at that time permitted to retouch their pictures on the walls of the Academy. On L ue morning of the opening of the Exhibition, at the pri '"te view, a friend of 'rurner's who had seen the " Cologne" t i l l, all its splendour, led a group of expecta i nt . critics up to pcture. He started back from t consternat ion. The golden sky had changed to a dun colour. He e', al l up to T urner , w h o was i n ano th e r part of the room— T urner, 'tu rner, Turner, what have you been doing to your pie t . ?" "Oh 1" muttered Turner, in a low voice, " poor k,awronce was so unhappy I It's only lampblack. It'll all Was h off after the Exhibition!" He had actually passed a W ash of l amp bl ac k i n water-colour over t h e s k y, an d u tt er l y s poiled his picture for the time, and so left it through the , Thi bition, lest it should hurt Lawrence's.— Thernbury's .Life of Turner. D ISCOVERY OF A PORTION OF THE ROMAN WALL o , v ANCIENT LONDON.—During the last few days a large " 1 4t u Mber o f ant i quar i ans have visited New-square, Vine ,:eet, Minories, in consequence of a re p or t V‘at, during " co ations w hich are there bei n g ma d e , a cons id era ble e teil t of the Roman wall, which formed th e b oun d ar y oZ b -nc ' e llt London from Blackfriars-bridge to the Tower, had .was eett exposed to view. The report proved correct, and it p fouad that about 50 feet of the wall had been dis t-I?vered, and w hi c h was car ried parallel with the line of I\linories—north and south. It was in a state of good preser vation, and it required the powerful use of the pick "se to separate the materials. Another Baltic steamer has been lost—the Onda, v on the Anholt reef, being the 17th this year. She was a fine ?00 el of 700 tons, and had a cargo of 700 casks of tallow, quarters of wheat, some wool, &c. The loss will fall partly on Lloyd's, and partly on the insurance offices. Algerian Antwerp & Rotterdam. Ardennes.... ..... Bah. &S.Fran.. Li m. 7 p.c. Belgian East. Junction Beziers to Graissessac.. Carmeaux Mine & Rail C0piap0................ Ditto Extension .... Dutch Rhenish . Eastern of France .... Grand Rue Guar. 6 p. c. Do. 60. Great Central of France Gt. Luxem., Con. she... Italian Junction ...... Lierre & Turnhout .... Lyons & Geneva ...... Namur & Liege ........ Do. 0 p. c. Pref......... Northern of France.... Do. New Shares ..... Norwegian Trunk Pref. Paris, yons, & Medi ter. Paris & 0r1ean5........ Recife & S. Fran. (Peru.) gua 7 p. ct. Aim ...... Riga & Dunaburg...... Royal Danish Royal Swedish Do. 7 per cent. Pref Sambre & Meuse Do. 5 per cent. Pref San Paulo, lim, g. 7 p. c S.Aust &Lomb Venetin Southern of France S. East Portugal 7 p ct West Flandero Do. 51 pp c. Preference W. & N.W. of France West^rn of Austria Western of Switzerland Wiesbaden ...... Do. 8 per cent Pref 1 Zealand 6 6} —v li I d 104 111 4 Si I id 22 23 8 St Si 20 2.1 38 39 7 9 39. 40i 51 63 5 4d 18.8. all all all all all 12 14 61. 6/ 8 91 I 25f .264 61 7 9i 10 20 21 all all all all MI 3.2.10, LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. ;Paid. Leasing Closing Business Railways. Co. s Price: Done. Bedford and Bletchley all Ln.& N.W .. .. Birkenhead lOO Do.&G.W 54 16 Buckinghamshire lOO Do. Chester & Holyhead.. 100 Do. 53 54 Do. 5i per cent ICO Do. Do. 5 „ 100 Do. Clydesdale Junction 100 Caledon. 101 103 Colchester, Stour Val. all E.U.&E.O 63 65 E. Lincolnsh. ga pr c., 100 Gr. North. 133 136 E.Union,HarwichShs; all E,Counts. 4 4i Do. Woodbridge.... l 100 .. .. .. Gls.Barr.&Neils.Drct.' 100 Caledon .. .. Do. new ' 100 Da ....... .. .. Gloster & Dean Forest all Gt. West. .. .. Hull and ,`•elby 1 all Yk.N. Mid 110 112 Do. halves Do. quarters , all Do. Lancaster & Carlisle' 100 ,Ln.&N.W 197 202 Loudon & Greenwich , 100 S. Eastern 61 63 Do. Preference Lon.,Tilb.& Southend 100 ,Peto &Co B5 87 Lowestoft qua. 4 p c.. 100 [ Norfolk Do 6 per cent lOO jDo. Mnc.,Bxtn.,,t- Matlock all ILNWS. M . 3u 31 31 Mia.nradror6 Prefer ence stock Newmarkt, BuryEx 1 5. 5.6. E Counts. par 5 p gua. 5 per cent... Northn.&Ea.tn. sp. c. all Do. Do. 6 per cent. .... all Do. Do. Fixed sp. c.... all Do. N. Eas tn—Hartlepool 110 N. E. Ber .. .. North Western Preston and Wyre. f all L&N.W ,t L. yk. i 43 45 Do. 4 shares A. all Do. ••• • .. „ .. Roystn.liitch.& Shep.l 100 Gt. North. 133 136 Shrewsby & Hereford' 100 T Brassey 118 122 Do. Do. South Staffordshire Wilts and Somerset ; 100 Gt. West 92 94 Wimbledn & Croydon) all L.&Brgtn 85 95 w 14.6 7.4.0 55/ 17s 6.8.6 8.12 4.11.6 1.10.6 9 2. 11A 1.14.0 9.18.9 If 10.6.7 5.9.6 all 18.1R.5 1 27 19. 113 s 6d 1.7.2 I I 1 2 30 34 365 375 60 63 275 23 23 35 19 21 4 45 6 7 1/ 11 37 39 31 4/ 40 42 5/ 51 24 24 3} 31 11 2k 7 8 41 43 330 MO 4 ft 85 95 31 32 1# 11 81 13 i 14 11 59 52 290 SOO 80 85 75 85 21 34 5 6 - 16 17 16 17 MINES. PREFERENCE SHARES. all 1 10s. all all t t id Id 48 50 lf 2 819. 36 37 6 8 1 1} 11 2} 23 24 i itP i liP 7 8 i i pr il i Id 2 4 1 1 Id 7 8i T SECU 91 2 THE "SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVEINI*3-, DEC TIIBER, 7, 1861. lusiness done 99 1 i 8I 98i I :874 8k Si I I sa 9 18} i 131 14 ,rriEs. 1001 2ii LAW INTELLIGINCE—(This Day.) COURT OF DIVORCE. SED➢ON V. SEDON AND DOYLE. In this case the husband, Claarles Henry Seddon, peti tioned the Court for a dissohtion of marriage, on the ground of his wife's adultery mith the co-respondent. The respondent did not appear, but the co-respondent, who is a solicitor, had answered, denyng the charge of adultery, recriminating, and r leading als) that the husband had been guilty of gross marital misconiuct, which conduced to his wife's criminality. Dr. Phillimore, Q.C., and hr. Bushby represented the petitioner, and Mr. Hawkins, t.C., and Mr. Hannen the co .respondent. Mr. and Mrs Seddon, the pa.ents of the petitioner, were examined to prove that no com)laint was made in 1859, or the early part of 1860, by I(rs. Seddon o the alleged neglect of her husband, and ffr. Marshall, a clerk in the firm, said Mr. Seddon, the petiioner, was frequently kept late at the manufactory making up the books. For the defence the plea of &nial was abandoned, but a number of witnesses were mid to prove the hllegation of adultery and other misconduct Cu the part of the petitioner. Miss Peterkin said—l am sister of the respondent. I have stayed occasionally with Mr. and Mrs. Seddon in 1859 and 1860. I never knew Mr. Seddon to stay out all night unless he has been out of town. I recollect Mr. Seddon going to Ross. On flat day my sister went to Richmond to meet Mr. Doyle. I accompanied her as far as the railway in College-street, Camden-town. I met her on her return with Mr. Doyle the same evening between ten and eleven o'clock. Mr sister has read letters to me she had received from Mr. Doyle. I re collect my sister speaking b me about Mr. Sed don's journey to Ross. She said Seddon had gone out of town on business, and taken a woman with him. She said Dr. Evans had gone to so about the circumstance, and on his return she told me Dr. Evans said he was cer tain there was nothing wrong. My sister afterwards saw the person, a Miss Finlason, and I did the same. My sister told me to ask her to pledge her word not to see Mr. Seddon again. After my sister had Klan Miss Finlason she told me she did not believe that anything wrong had taken place, and Mr. and Mrs. Seddon slept together after. Examined by Mr. Hawkins. Q.C.—I can't give you the awe or mat, out it was atter Mr. Seddon's return from Rosa. I should think it was about a fortnight. Mrs. Seddon told me of a discovery she had made in 1859, which affected her very much, and that she had mentioned the circumstances to her husband, and that Mr. Seddon had gone down on his knees and told her he had not been unfaithful to her. She told me the things she had seen satisfied her she was right, and as he was constantly out at night she was very unhappy. Mr. Seddon, as a habit, did not keep late hours. He did not keep very early hours. Mrs. SAdon com plained to me of the intimacy between Mr. Seddon and Sarah Grant in June or August, 1860. Mrs. Seddon told me that her husband had kissed her. I will not swear my sister told me that Mr. Seddon had been on the sofa with the girl the night she was confined. I mentioned the subject to her in Nov. or Dec., 1860. I told her Grant had told me of the cir cumstance. Mr, Seddon had wished to get into bed with her. The letter put into my hand is in my handwriting. It is dated Sept. 13, 1860. I there find a passage recom mending Mr. Seddon to get a divorce, an d marr y Fi n l ason . _ _ _ Martha Finlason—l am a dressmaker. I first became acquainted with Mr. Seddon in 1859. After that I saw him occasionally in John-street, Oxford -street. I went to the play with him twice, after which I returned to my busi ness place. Mr. Seddon never went into the house with me. I recollect the August of 1861. I had a fortnight's holiday at that time, on which occasion I went with Mr. Seddon to Ross. How it came about was that I told him I had the holiday. He said he was going to Ross on busi ness, and if I liked to travel down with him, I could spend my holiday there. I did so. He told me he was going to stop at a gentleman's house in Ross. Islept in apartment■ which I took. The Judge—What apartments ? Witness—Two bedrooms. The Judge—What ! two bedrooms for yourself ? Witness—l was told to take them. Dr. Phillimore—Mr. Seddon afterwards arrived quite unexpectedly ? Witness— Yes. The Judge—Then, because Mr. Seddon was not ex pected two bedrooms were taken P Examination continued—On my oath I have never had criminal intercourse with Mr. Seddon. Cross-examined by Mr. Hawkins—l am now living with my grandmother, at Hornsey. I have no income except from my business. I have been living at Hornsey for eight or nine months, during which time I have been out of a situation. Of course Mr. Seddon knows I have been living at Hornsey, but he has never given me a single penny. The reason I did not get a situation was that I knew I should be wanted for this case. I have never heard Mr. Seddon talk about marrying me. I have seldom seen Mr. Seddon since I have been at Hornsey, and then by accident. I first met Mr. Seddon in an omnibns in 1859. A day or two afterwards I met him by chance in Oxford-street. I was out on business. I did not know he was a married man. Very shortly after that I found he was. The case is not expected to conclude to-day. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—(I)iiB Day). MARLBOROUGH-STREET. SHOCKING T_RAGEDY IN SUSSEX. THIS DAY'S MARKETS. COVENT AN EXCITING CHASE AFTER PICKPOCKETS. —Joseph Stone, Mile-end ; Henry Smith, address refused ; and William Adams, Duck-lane, Westminster, said to be a trainer of young thieves, were charged with attempting to steal a watch from a gentleman, in Regent-street, when looking in a shop window. The prisoners were watched by Brown, 304 A, and Mitchell, 298 A, in Oxford-street, and seen to attempt to pick a lady's pocket. They were then followed into Regent street, where they attempted to steal a watch from a gen tleman, but being seen by the officers they started off, Mitchell pursuing Stone as far as Covent -garden market before he could capture him. The two other prisoners went down lower Regent-street, and in Pall-mall Smith was captured, but Adams kept on at the top of his speed, and it was not till he got some distance in the park that Brown succeeded in securing him. Smith said he was "as innocent a person as was ;" Stone wanted to know how the officers could see his companion's hand when in a lady's pocket ; and Adams denied the officers' statement. 97i 98) Mitchell said all the prisoners had one day this week escaped from him. Remanded. 100 99 1001 7111U1 a. d. a. d Pine apples, perlb 3 oto 5 0 Colonial do., each 0 oto 0 0 Grapcs,per lb 3 oto 6 0 Foreign do 2 oto 2 61 slelons, each Peaches, perdoz 0 oto 0 0 Nectarines, per dz 0 oto 0 01 Apples, per 4 sieve 2 6to 4 0 1 Pears, per do Oranges, per 100 4 6to 10 0 1 Lemons, per 100 4 oto 8 0 Apricots, per doz 0 oto 0 0 I 101} } THAMES. PAWNING SL OP - Iv°R I i.—ILLEGAL CONDUCT OF PAWN BROKERS.—Mary Mitchell, a needlewoman, was brought before Mr. Selfe, charged with illegally pawning four new coats, which had been entrusted to her to make up by another womat , named Emma Pigott. The complainant said that she gave the prisoner the ma terials for four coats, as she received them from a ware house, and the prisoner had made them up and disposed of them. She had received the duplicates relating to three of the coats. The prisoner said she had given the fourth coat to some one to carry to Raphael's, in the Back-road, but she did not recollect the name of the person to whom she gave it, and it was not forthcoming. Three pawnbrokers' assistants produced three of the coats pawned by the prisoner in the course of the present week. Mr. Selfe said he was quits tired of talking of the improper conduct of pawnbrokers who took in slop-work from poor needle-women. It was illegal, and gave rise to a vast amount of crime and misery. There were respectable pawn brokers in the district, but there were others who reck lessly, and most improperly, took in anything brought to their shops without asking any questions. He asked where the fourth coat was, and why it was not produced. Thomas Holmes, a police-constable, No. 489 A, said that Raphael declared that he had not got the coat, and that he never took in any slop-work. find 365., and, in default of payment, one mont h' s im prisonment,so. and hard labour. The coats must be given up to the prosecutrix, and if Raphael has got one, and don't give it up, I will issue a summons against him. HAYWARDS HEATII, FRIDAY'. A tragedy of a most heart-lending character was enacted yesterday at the little village of Slaugham, situate at a distance of about six miles from this place. _ _ It appears that for some time past a Mr. Agate has occupied a farm in the village, and with him resided, amongst other persons, his wife and two little boys, aged respectively four and six years, and from the general demeanour and behaviour of the family the whole of its members were much respected. The unfortunate wife has for some short period been indisposed, though no serious results were entertained until within the last few days, when her conduct became such as to cause her friends some uneasiness, and in consequence she was carefully watched. Things continued to proceed in this manner until yesterday morning, when shrieks were heard to proceed from the farmhouse, and an alarm having been given, several persons at once went to the house, and on effecting an entrance, the body of the youngest of the boys was found in the ln-d -room lying in a pool of blood, which was still flow ing copiously from a frightful gash in the throat, evidently inflicted with a table-knife found near the body. The other boy, the elder of the two, was found in a state of insensibility in the same room, also suffering from wounds about the neck and throat, which bled profusely. On a further search Mrs. Agate was discovered with wounds in her throat, but neither of the latter was dead. Medical assistance was immediately called in, and in the case of the younger boy it was clearly evident that death must have taken place some time. From all the appearances, it would seem that the cut had been sharply made, as the head was all but severed from the trunk. With regard to the elder boy, although life still existed, the severe nature of his wounds creates great anxiety. He was quite in sensible when found, having lost a good deal of blood, and is not considered out of danger. From the nature of the wounds it would appear that they were inflicted with a razor, and this impression is confirmed by the fact that in the hands of the mother was such a weapon when she was found. The mother was suffering from several wounds in the throat, but these were not of so severe a nature as in the case of the elder boy, and immediate danger is not apprehended. That the unfortunate woman, in a moment of frenzy, made the onslaught on her two children, and then attempted her own life, is not doubted for a moment by those who have charge of the case, every circumstance that comes to light, including the mental disease of Mrs. Agate, tending to corro borate that conclusion. The injured woman and child remain in the farmhouse under me di ca l care , and up to this afternoon no fatal appearances had presented themselves. Share! Railways. 50 Belfast and Nor. Coun, 13.14 fir., Wol., and Sir. Val 23 "Myth and Tyne 10 9lost.,Sleat,andMid.Co st Bristol and Exeter st Caledonian 10 'Carmarthen &Cardigan 50 ,Cork and Bandon 20 'Cork, Birock, & Passage 20 I Cornwall A A gets no div Do. till6p c.p an.has ll Do. B been paid to B. Dublin & Belfast June. Dun.,Perth,&Ab. June East Anglian Eastern Counties Eastern Union, A stock Do Bdo do DoNw A, late E U 3ds' East Suffolk Edinburgh & Glasgow ' !Eat., Perth, & Dundee! Forth & Clyde Junction , Furness 'Glasg. and S. Western ' !GreatNrthn.of Scotland 'Great Northern Do A stock Do B do Gt. S. an I W. of Ireland Great Western Do Str Val gua. stock Irish South Eastern Lancashire & Yorkshire London and flackwall Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast Um., Chat., and Dover Lon. & North Western Lon. & South Western L'derry & Coleraine L'derry & Enniskillen , Man., shef. , & Lincoln , Maryport and Carlisle Do I shales , .1 Metropolitan Midland Do New Do Tlirming. & Derby Slid Gt. W. of Ireland Do. shares Mid Kent ! Do Cray Line Newcastle and Carlisle Newry & Armagh, def 'Newry, Warnpt, & Norfolk North British Nor.Dev.Rail&Dk.stock Do A stk ; A rees no d till 6 pc. has been pdß Do B stock INth. Eastern—Berwick Do, G.N.E. purchase Do Leeds Do York North London Do new North Staffordshire N. and S. W. Junction. Not. Gran. 111. & Canal Peebles. Portsmouth lthymney Scottish Central Scot. N. E., Aber. stock Do Solt. Mid. stock Shrews. and Welchpool Shropshire Union Sittingbourne & Sheer South Devon S. Durham & Lanc.Un South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun Staines, Virok.,andWok. Stockton & Darlington 25 I Do I Do New, 1860 Taff Vale.. Do Pref. No. 1 ThamesU avenDk&Rail !Ulster Do Do 'Vale of Neath 'Victoria sta. and Pim Waterford & Kilkenny "Waterford & Limerick West Cornwall West London Do Ist class Do 2d class W. Hartlepool Har.&R. West Midland Oxford Do Newpor Do Hereford, Share/ Railways. 5 Blythe and Tyne 10 p.c. pref. issued at £5 t Brie. Exet. 4p.c. et O Do. shares t Caledon. £lO, 4i p. cent t Do. guar. shares, No. 2 0 Cork Bandon, si p. c. 0 Cornwall 5 per cent 61 Dun. Perth, & Aber.Jun 0 Do. Ist Class Pref t E. Ar <Tn. Class Asp. c t I Do. Class B 6 per cent t Do. Class C 7 per cent t E. Coun. Ex. 5 p.c. No. 1 t IDo No. 2 t Do. new 6p.c. st t Eastern Union, 4p. c— t .Do. 5 p. c. guar it l Edin . t Glas.s p.c. shares ,t 'Do. 4p. c. guar. S. Az 0 t Edin. Perth,& 13,111.4 p.c t Furness, 5 per cent ;t S.West. gu. t, p.c t Great Northern, sp. c it D 0.5 p.c.Redm.lop.c.pm it , Do. 4i p. c. do .t ,Do.sp.c.ltedtr.atsp.c.pm 0 EGt. Nh. of t 4 cot. Ist pref. it ,Gt. Sn. &W. (Ireland) I 4 per cent Great West. (Barks and Ilants Ext) 5 per cent it Do. redeem. 4! p. ct it Do. redeem. 4 p. ct it Do. irredeem. 4p. et ;t Do. sp. c. redeem. pref. 8 ')o. Birm. pref. shares O Do. Chester 8 p.c. pf. she 0 Do. Chester 5 p.c. pf. shs it Do. Birm. guar. stock :6i Do. Chester guar. shares 3k Do. do • Do. do Lan. & Carl. 41 p.c. pref Lan. & York. 6 p.c. stock Do.Barnsl.st£s 2s 10dpe Do. 6 p. c. (East Lan.) Do. 41 p. c. (Blackb. pur Lon.&Brig.sp.c.gu. No.l Do. 5 per cent. do. No 2 Do. 6 per cent. do Do. 5 per cent. do. No. 4 Do. 41 per cent. do Do. 41 p. c. pref. shares Do. 7 per cent pref. stk Do. 6 p.c. do;W.E.&C.P.) D 0.4 p c st.(div.def.liP6s Do. 4 per cent. pref Lon.Chat.&Dov. sp.c.pf. Do. West. Ex., B, 6 p. c. Do. Metrop. Ex. ti, a p.c. Lon. & S. W., Cos. & Nuneaton, 5 per cent. Lon. & S.West. 7p. cent. st., late 3d shares Do. 4i Der cent Do. (Prtsm. perpl. anus of 2s 6d Londondy. & Cole. 1 she Lon don y. & Ennis. 1 shs Man. Sh. & lAn. 6 per ct. Do. £6 Do. 3i per cent. Do. redeem. 0 per cent... Maryport & Carl. 4 pr. c. Do. 41 per cent. ...... • • Midla,,cl Con. 6 p. c. stk. Do. Con. Brix. & Bir. 6 p.c. Do. 41 p. c. pref. stock.. Do. 41 per cent. Do.Leic. and Ifit.4per ct. N‘irfik. 5 p. c. Ex. st. 1846 Do. 51 D. c. Pref. st. 1847 D 0.5 Way.ValEx.st.lB l 7 Nort British, 5 per cent. Do. New aua. per cent... Do. Bor. Un. g. prf. shs. Do. do. do. N th.Dvn.Rail.&Dck.Co. N-East. Cons. pref. 4 p.c. Do. 41pr. ct. redeemable Do. G. N. E. 4 p. ct. pref. Do. Berwick 4 p. c. pref. Do. Leeds 6 p. c. No. 1 Do. (10. Quarters, 1848.. Do. York, h. & S. Purch. North Staffordshire.... Bliyinney Guaranteed.. ‘S . 3ottisli Central. new pf Scottish North-Eastern 31 p. c. pref. stock.... Do.Aberdeen,gua.6p c Do. 7 p. c. pref. stock South Devon, Ann, 10s. Do. Fixed 41 per cent South Eastern (Reading Ann., 1.0.6) Do. 44 per cent Do, Fixed 4i per cent South Wales, gun. 4 p. c. Do. 44 per cent Do. do. 1859 Do. 5 per cent. 3. Yorkshire, 4 p. c. gua. Do. 5 p. c. gun. Stock. Dar. Asp. c Do. B 6 p. c Do. C 6 p. c Watrld R Kilkny, 6 p. c W. Mid.-Oaflst gua stk Do. 2d do Do. Newport 5 p.c. p6red. Do. Perpet.6 p. c. 1866. Do. till 18691 P a id . ' Closing Business Prices. Done. 93 95 zoi 21& 6 61 101 103 112 117 110 116 103 110 106 108 123 125 81 83 1 111 113 89 91 80 82 114 116 110 112 102 104 107 109 97 99 98 100 88 90 88 90 102 101 9i 10 17 18 10} 11 75 77 20 214 10 n i 15 15 136 133 102 104 112 115 112 115 136 1.33 112 115 150 155 127 130 73 75 91 93 111 113 In 14 124 123 65 70 I linn 137 139 102 104 92 94 109 111 1 107 109 1 IiPM 99 101 98 100 5 die par Idis }pro 221 231 132 136 10 101 23i 100 102 99 101 9S 100 85 88 27i 281 32 33 32 33 42 45 123 125 121 123 100 102 118 122 115 120 91 9O 6.4.0 .9.16.4 12.10 st 2s 6d 10s. 10 10. 6. SHARE 21ARKET-(TIIIS DA Y). ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. i Paid. Closing 1 Business Price. done. Rllw' 71 8 6 6i 93 05 100 101 100 i 41 43 11 11i 18 19 50 51 47 .50 32 34 88 40 29 30 102 104 ;111? 1121 1101 1111 130 132 , 103 105 67 67i 55 58 1041 105 54 56 114 116 45 46 91 9tl 921 931 9 11 431 44i 51 64 125 125/ 11 jp 96 OS 61 63 62} 62/ Osf 991 1d p 55i 56.1 87 88 91 06 51 41 d 10 lui 89 81 124 126 38 40 97 99 45/ 461 36 39 741 751 C 5 67 95 97 54 8 37 39 7I 84 p 44 5l pi 55i r. 61 21 3i d 83 86 121 13 46 48 43 46 89 01 50& 2 2 112 114 1101 • 4 10 67 7 } 105 } 41 55 914 I 94 2f 1251 5 } 4, P BRITISH POSSESSIONS. R::,llway 8. lanric & St Lawrence Born., Baroda.t.Cent Ind Gu. 5 per cent..... Do Do. B 1 Buffalo and Lake Huron Do. New Do. Preference Buffalo ' Brant,/¢Godrich .o p. ct.. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 'Do. do. July 1, IS:3 Do. do. June 1, 1871 Mcutta.&S.Vastri.(Liu Cape,Eastn.Prov. (Li Cape Town AL Dock Scrip Ceylon Guarantd. 6 p. c !Demerara Eastn. Bengal gu. 5 p. Blast Indian, g - u. sp. c. Do. F Shares Ext Do. Jubbulpore Do. 4/ p c. Debentrs Do. 5 p. c. Deb., 1864 Do. 1865-1870 Grand Trunk of Canada Do. 6 per cent. Pref Do. 2d Pref. 6 per ct Do. 6 per ct. Debentr Do. 7 per cent. 1862 Do. do. 1867 Do. do. 1572.. G t.lndiarentn.gua.sp.c. Do. New gua. 5 p. c... Gt. South.of India (Lim' guaranteed 5 per cent., Do. do. Gt. W. of Canada Shares Do. New Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt Do. 51 p. c. do. '77 do Do. 5i p. c. do. '7B do nada:is guar., 44 p. o Do. do. 5 per cent Do. p. 4/ c. Extension Do. 5 - - do. Nlelb.Corp. 6 g. o. Buds. Newßrunswick tt Canda Ry.&Land(Lim.) g .6pc Class A Capital Share Do. do. Land d 0........ Do. do. B Capital d 0... Do. do. Land do. ...... Oude (Limited) ........ I Scinde .....:.... d i .; Do. Punjaub .... le. e Do. Do. ........ 5 ? Do. Indus. St. Flo. Eiti'l 1 Trinidad (Lim.) Scrip.. i FOREIGN Paid, 'Closing Price. 97i 98j 31 41 d b& ei 72 77 68 73 67 72 VI 5 i ad 194 20 d :99 100 98 100 98 100 99i 1011 17 19 53 5 , 3 50 53 29 32 34 33 28 32 28 32 981 yg I_d 97i CBl Si 9 12 87 89 98f 981 8J 91 5 7 4 6 100 101 id id P 5 100 $ Id RAILWAYS. BRTTIS Alfred Consols (Philack)' British Iron Clifford Devon G. Cona. (Tavist.) 'East Bassett (Illogan).. East Caradon E. WI Russel (Tavistk ) I Gam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen ) ;Great South Tolgus .Wheal Alfd. (Philack) G. Wheal Vor (Helston) ;Grenville Herod's- Foot Him.,>•ston Downs !Lady Bertha !Margaret (City Lelant) i !North Downs 'North Frances (Mogan)! N. Wh'l Basset (1110 _fan), North Wheal Crofty Par Consols (St. Blazey); Providence (Uny Lelnt.); Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. South Caradon(St.Cleer), S. Cam Brea (I llogan) S. Dev. Iron &Gen., Lim S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan)! ;Stray Park ;Tamar Silv.& Lead Min ! !Tin Crott Vale of Towey (Carm.)' West Basset (Illoaan).. W. Caradon (Liskeard) West Seton Wheal Basset (Illogran)i Wheal Ituller(Redruth)! Wheal Edward (Cals.)! Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant)! Wheal Mary Ann (Men.), Wheal . ..,.'reiawney (Lis.)! FOREICT' .z.O Australian 1 BonAccord Copper,Lim. 20 Brazil St.J. del Iley,l4lm l 5 Do. Land and lklnlingCo. 1 IClarendon 40 !Cobre Copper 'Copiapo 1 'Dumlloun.Cop.llling Co 2 I'ortuna. V . 20 General 2 !Gt N. Cop. of S. Austr 11 :Kapunda (Limited) 3 Linares 5 Lusitanian 1 3lariquica 1 N.lthineCopofS.Aus.L i 20 I'ontgibaud Silver,Lead; Mining and Smelt... 5 Port Philip 1 Scottish Austrin. (L.) t 5.2.81 United Mexican 1 Worthing (Limited) ! D ES. THIS DA I'S SHIPPING. LONDON, Dec. 7.—Wind this day at noon—Westerly ; moderate breeze and fine weather. PORTSMOUTH, Dec. 6 —Wind S.W.—Sailed—Her Ma jesty's ship Orpheus, for Plymouth. CLYDE, Dec. 6.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Edwin, from New Yolk. YARMOUTH, Dec. 6.—Arrived Christabel, from Sunder land for the Cape of Good Hope. COWES, Dec. 6.—Wind S.W . — Arrived—Rena, from Rio Janeiro. PLYMOUTH, Dec. 6.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived—Elba Virginia, from Baltimore; her Majesty's steamer Orpheus, from the westward. FALMOUTH, Dec. 6.—Wind S. W. -- Arrived—Jane Dun can, from New York, with cargo shifted, and loss of bul warks and sails, &c. CARDIFF, Dec. 6.—Wind S.W.—Arrival—Elizabeth and Margaret, from Newfoundland. Sailed—King Oscar, for Havannah. 'I3Y ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Saturday Morning. The Argyll, steamer, Captain Goodridge, bound hence for Carentan, has returned, having in tow the French schooner Palmyra, belonging to St. Valery, which was picked up at sea at 4 a.m. yesterday, 20 miles S.S.W. of St. Catherine's Lighthouse. The Palmyra was in ballast, and had apparently been in collision with some vessel in the Channel. Sums of money were fou n d i n th e mas t er ' s and mate's berths, also a Crimean medal and a silver watch hanging in the cabin. All the property has been taken in charge by the Customs for the benefit of those concerned. (BY SUBMARINE AND MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Saturday Morning. Arrived, Dec. 6—Maori, from Bemlipatam. Arrived, Dec. 7—Let me Alone, from Rouen. DEAL, Saturday Morning. Passed—Highlander, from Calcutta; Mary Heletut, from St. Michael's—both for London, COLONIAL GOVERNMEN lin.Gov. 6 p.c.Ja. dc., ulyi 1877-9 I 100 Do 6p. cent.lBBo-21 100 Do. 6p. cent.lBB3-4 100 Do. 6 p. c. Feb. & Aug . . j 100 Do. 6p. 0. Mar. & Sept. 100 Do. 5 per cent lOO Cape G. liope, 6p 0,1880 100 Do. 1890 100 N.B.Gov. 6 p.c. J a.&July 100 Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct. 100 N. S. V. G ov. 5 p. c.,1866: 100 Do. 5 p. c.. 1871 to 1876 1 100 Do. p.c., 1888 & upwdsl 100 Nova Scotia Gov. 6 p. 0 1 sterling, 1875 ' 100 S. Au5,G6p.0.1873.& up ; 100 Yic.Gov. 6 p.c. Jo. &July 100 IDo. do. 6 p.c. Ap.&Oct 1 100 1100 103 98 102 98 102 90 92 1( 0 too 100 100 98 1,)3 98 100 98 99 96 98 98 103 - - 'lOl IC3 DOCKS. stook Commercial lOO stock , Do. 4 per Cent.Pret.Min , 100 stock !East and West India stock , London .... 1 100 58 1 stock ISt. Katharine lOO 01 1 stock ,Southampton f 100 stock Victoria . ......... 20 1:)t) New . ---.-, 2 ld p 100 100 123 125 100 58 61 100 61 64 100 100 97 99 2 1d pr JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 100 Agra&UnitedService Bk 50 85 87 i 865 40 !Australasia I all 25 Bank of Egypt all 205 215 205 100 Balk of London 20 Bank of Turkey 50 British North American all 20 Chtd.Bank of India, &c. all 19 20 25 ;Ch.Mer. of In. Lon.& Ch. all 31 S 3 i 32 100 'City 100 Colonial... ~.- ... ... 25 2.0'11 Corn. Bank of' Canada.. all 100 ,Commercial of London . 20 20 , Eng.. Scot., & Aus. Ch.. all 17 18 20 Gen. Bk .of Switzerland all -- 20 i Lon. Char.Bkof Austral all 25 26 20 I Do. new lO 4 5 50 ILondon and County 50 London Joint Stock 20 j London and S. African lO 1 Id 100 London & Westminster 20 09 71 100 Nat. Prov. of England 42 • 20 Do. new - 50 National Bank ........ 25 20 iNe rr South Wa1e5...... all 1 25 : Orient. B. Corporation . i all 149 51 20 , Ottoman Bank ... 100 Provincial of Ireland.. 25 1 10 , Do. new......... all 1 25 , South Australia c... all 25 lUnion of Australia .... all 137' 39 50 }Urn , of London 100 1 Unit -y Mutual i 6O I - M I SC E LLANMOU—S. - 10 Anglo-Mexican I%iint . PI . 13f 145 10 Atlantic 1.1. Ml. Stm (Id.) all 1 2 1000 Atlantic Tel. (Limited) all -- 25 Australian Agricultural 19 26 28 10 Berlin Water (Limited) all 5 55 55 50 British American Land 40 50 B.&l.Mag*. Tel. A. (Lim.) all 29 12 20 Do. 8,7p.c.ti111852 (Lim.) all 18 20 20 Do. C. (Limited) all 9 11 325 Canada Land all 95 100 10 Chan.lslands Tel. (Lim all st. Cop. 511n.ofEng.&Sznitg• all 25 Do. Pref. 75 per cent. at. Crystal Palace at. Do. Preference st. Do. 6 p ct. Perpet. Deb lOO 106 108 20 E.lndia Irrign. & Canal 1 id }pm at. Electric Telegraph 25 Do. New l5 5 English &Aus. Copper all 21 3 15 Gen. Steam Navigati )n 11 —-- 1 Great Ship limited) all * I 1 Do: 175 pct Preference all 4 i 5 Lon. District Tel. (Lim.) 45 4 L.G. Omnibus Co. (Lim.) all 15 15 20 Madras Irr. and Canal 1 11 2 ,t, 2510 NMaetdi.ol;i:axlteDui.s.lc'eol .. (Lim.`(Lim.) all 1 54 d 20 Nerbu.Coal&lron (Lim ) 5 i id 10 Netherlands Land all c.Pref di all iss atl s 5 Do.,S p • •• •i 100 N. Br.&NovaSeotiaLand 81 10 15 1 N.B.Australasian (Lim.) all ; I Stearn.((liti imm.)) all 1 Oriental Gas (Limited). all 15 15 1 Do. New Shares (Lim.). all I; 15 10010 4764 570 761 sp.c all 175 185 10 11 13 1,551 c. ()LI: eeerDni noi. it.t. I, ts. Lle(t InN)rr.ci iSEIali Inn 5200 all 17 19 18 Do. New all 6 6 100 Royal Mail Steam 6O 46 48 at. Scot. Austin. Inv.(Lim ) 100 130 140 25 South Australian Land all 32 24 IRtehdymSe;e66ylllrlel.g.4 1 Submarine Tel. Scrip ail # # # # Do. do All 4 6 10 Trust and Agency or 101 Do. do. Registered Austrlasia (lim) let is 1 pr i p 20 Tr.& Ln.Co. of Upr.Can 5 4 14 5 U. K'dom Tel. CO. (Um.) 1 ld pr 100 an 014avaid I, Au d , 284 84 vi GARDEN. R. d. sd. Cherries, per lb. 0 oto 0 0 Filberts, per lb 0 oto 0 0 Cobnuts, per lb 4 oto 4 6 Almonds, per bus 0 oto 0 0 Walnuts, per 100 2 oto 2 6 Figs, per doz 0 oto 0 0 Damson ..0 0 to 0 0 Gooseberries hf sv 0 oto 0 0 Currants, per do. 0 oto 0 0 Plums, per do. .. 0 oto 0 0 Greengages, pr do. 0 oto 0 Raspberries, pr pt 0 oto 0 0 VEGETABLES. Greens, dz bunch 2 oto 2 6 Shallots, per lb .. 0 Bto 0 10 Cabbages, pr doz 0 9to 1 3 Horseradish, pbn 1 oto 2 0 Savoy do., pr bh. 0 2 to 0 4 Parsley, per ditto 0 3to 0 4 Cauliflowers, pdz 1 oto 3 0 Celery, per ditto 0 Bto 1 6 Brown, per bun. 1 oto 1 3 Beet, per doz. .. 1 6to 2 0 Potatoes, per ton 100 to 140 0 Parsnips, per do. 0 oto 0 0 New ditto, pr ewt. 0 oto 0 0 Small salad, p. pn, 0 oto 0 0 Peas, per sieve 0 oto 0 0 Dlushrooms,p pun. 2 oto 3 0 Turnips, dz bunch 2 oto 3 6 Artichokes, pr dz 0 6to 0 8 Carrots, pr do 3 6to 5 6 Cabbage lett,score 0 oto 0 0 Cucumbers 0 6to 0 9 Endive, per score 1 6to 0 0 Garlic, per lb Sorrel, per sieve 0 oto 0 0 Tomatoes, doz... 0 oto 0 0 Spinach, hf. -sv 0 oto 0 0 Walnuts, per 100 0 oto 0 0 Brits. sprouts,h.s. 0 10 to 1 4 Chillies, per ditto 0 oto 0 0 Onions, hf. ay 0 oto 0 0 Capsicums, per do 0 oto 0 0 New Do., dz bun 1 oto 2 0 Rhubarb, per bun 0 oto 0 0 French beans, h.s. 0 oto 0 0 Asparagus, pr do. 0 oto 0 0 Leeks, per bunch 0 oto 0 0 Seakale, per pun. 0 0 to 0 0 NEWG ATE AND LEADENHALL. Turkeys, 5s Od to 15s Od ; poults, Os Od to Os Od each ; geese, 4s Od to 9s Od ; goslings, 5s Od to 8s Od ; ducks, 2s Od to 3s Od ; rabbits, is Od to 2s Od each ; wild do., 8c? to is 2d ; pigeons, Os 6d to Os 10d each ; large Surrey fowls, 5s 04 to 9s Od ; chickens, 4s Od to Os Od ; barn-door fowls, 3s Od to 6s Od ; capons, Os Od ; hares, 2s Od to 3s Od ; grouse, is 9d to 2s Od each; pheasants, 2s 6d to 3s Od ; partridges, is 3d to 2s ; woodcocks, 2s 6d to 3s Od; snipes, Os Od to is Od; teal, Os 94 to Is ; wild ducks, is Gd to 2s Od ; widgeons, is Od to Os Od ; plovers, Os Gd to is Od each ; guinea fowls, Os Od to Os Od ; roasting pigs, 4s Od to 9s Od each; Ostend fresh butter, is to is 2d; English, is ld to is 4d per lb ; English eggs, 14s Od to 15s Od ; French do., 12s Od to 13s Od per 120 ; leverets, 2s Od to 2s 6d each. NEWPORT. Beef, from 2s 8d to 4s Od ; mutton, 2s 10d to 4s 2d ; veal, 3s 6d to 4s 6d ; and pork, 3s 8d to 4s 8d per Sibs. WHITECHAPEL. Beef from 2s 8d to 4s Od ; -mutton, 2s 10d to 4s 2d ; veal, Ps 6d to 4s 6d; and pork. - 3s 8d to 4s 8d per Sibs. BILLING SGATE. Salmon, Os Od to Os Od ; trout, Os Od to Os ; eels, 5d to 10d ; prawns, 5s to Os ; pike, skate, sturgeon, and halibut, 6d per lb.; turbots, 2s 6d to 15s ; cod, 2s 6d to lOs Od ; brills, is Od to lOs Od ; doreys, is Od to 7s Od ; mullets, Os 6d to is 6d ; lobsters, Gd to 2s 6d ; crabs, Gd to 2s 6d ; plaice and gurnets, 4d to is Od each ; soles, Gd to 3s Od per pair ; common oysters, lOs to 208 ; natives, 42s to 44s per bushel ; whitings, 2s Od to 9s; haddocks, 4s to 12s ; smelts, 2s Od to 2s Gd; flounders, is 6d to 2s 6d per dozen; mackerel, 40s; fresh herrings, 5s to Os; bloaters, Os per 100; carp and tench, Os Od to Os per brace. BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from 81d to 9d, of household do., 61d to 8d per 41b loaf. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, 3d to 31d ; 641 b to 721 b, 3fd to ; 721 b to 801 b, 3id to 41c1; 801 b to 881 b, 41d to 5d ; 881 b to 961 b, 6d to sid ; 901 b to 1041 b, Sid to 6d. Horse hides, 9s to lOs 6d ; calf skins, light 2s Od to 4s Od ; do. full, Os Od to Os Od ; polled sheep, 8s 6d to lOs Od ; half. breds, Gs 8d to 7s 8d; Downs, 4s 9d to 6s Od; lambs, Os Od to Os Od; shearlings, Os Od Os Od. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £2 to £5 , clover, £3 10s to £6 Os Od ; and straw, £1 8s to £1 16s Od per load. Both hay and straw moved off slowly, as follows : CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, £2 Os to £5 Os; clover do., £3 lOs to £6 Os; and straw, £1 8s to £1 16s per load. A slow demand. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £2 Os to £5 Os; clover, £3 lOs to £6 Os Od ; and straw, £lBs to £1 16s per load. Trade dull. COAL MARI Mims of Coal per Ton at s. d. ,ET—DEc. G. the dose of the market Byass's Bebside West Hartley . ...15 6 Carway and Duffryn Malting 2l 0 Do. A nthracite 21 6 Davison's West Hart- Walls End. s. d. ley ...15. 6 Tanfield Moor Butes .. 14 0 Tanfield Moor 14 0 West Hartley 15 6 Wylam ..16 0 Carr's O. iginal Hartleyls 0 Walker Primrose 13 9 Cowpen. Hartley 15 6 Bower's West Hartley 14 6 Edon Main 18 0 Ships at market IKelloe ..... .17 3 Brsddyll's Hetton 17 0 Acorn Close ..17 0 Hartlepool..... 17 6 liedley 16 9 South Whitworth 15 6 Stewart's . lB 0 Trimdon Thornley 15 6 Eden l7 0 Heugh Hall 17 0 Hunwick l5 6 Byron ....17 0 11 aswell lB 0 Sheriff Hill 15 0 South Hartlepool 16 6 Whitworth l5 6 ;, 87 ; sold, 56. COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—YESTERDIT. Amsterdam Ditto Rotterdam l2 12 Antwerp Bt ussels 25 521 25 521 Hamburgh — 13 8; Paris Ditto Marseilles Frankfort on Maine — 118 Vienna Trieste Petersburgh Berlin Madrid Cadiz Leghorn Milan Genoa 14 30 14 30 32 Naples Palermo 48 25 672 25 672 25 65 391 118 i Messina — 118, Lisbon — 52 Oporto —52 k Foreign Gold in Bars (standard) .... Mexican Dollars Silver in Bars (Standard) South American Doubloons 25 60' 25 60 13 9 25 32 25 62i 25 62± 1181 5, 14 JO 14 50 331 481 25 75 25 72f 25_52i 39i 1184 119 52; 521 £3 17 9 0 0 0 0 5 lf 0 0 0 AN ITALIAN COURT MARTIAL.--A letter from Turin, dated Nov. 29, states that a recent meeting of the military tribunal greatly occupied the atten tion of that city. M. Bosco de Ruffiro, captain of Bersaglieri, appeared before his judges to answer the accusation of having ordered last July, at Somma, near Naples, six innocent parsons to be shot without any form of judgment. The public prosecutor demanded that he should be sentenced to the travaux force for life, for abuse of power. The following are the circum stances under which this young officer, aged only 35, ren dered himself guilty of the crime he is accused of :—While garrisoned at Portici, he was sent by order of Gen. Cialdini to Somme, where a band of brigands had just made its ap pearance. On arriving at that place, after the flight of the robbers, the captain learnt that six inhabitants of the vil lage had aided the enterprise of the invaders. He had them immediately arreste I, and on the accusation of several citi zens, who, however, brought forward no sufficient proofs, he ordered them to be put to death in the courtyard of the barracks, in spite of their protestations of innocence, Tho subaltern officers were passive actors in this tragedy. Such are the facts stated in the public prosecutor's address. Nevertheless the court, after having heard the depositions of several witnesses proving the complicity of the victims with the bandits, unanimously acquitted him. The public approved this judgment by loud cheers. ENGLAND AND AMERICA. OPINIONS OF THE FRENCH PRESS. The llonde (the clerical organ), which seldom or never has a good word to say to England, is ball impartiy.l enough to speak as follows on the Anglo- American quarrel:— " We must not count too much on a pacific issue. The Americans are no longer in a state to listen to reason, and England cannot now draw back. The whole world is looking on ; people ask themselves if Great Britain will again submit to American arrogance, if she will again allow her flag to be in sulted; and public opinion, which openly blames the United States in this affair, encourages her to go on. The friends of peace at any price—for there are some in England as in France—are preaching in vain ; they cannot shut out evidence of the facts ; and the facts are these ;—England, with respect to the belligerents, was a neutral State; the Trent belongs to the Royal British navy ; it carried despatches—if one can assimilate the Southern envoys to living despatches —not from one belligerent State to another belligerent State, but to a neutral State. In this there was nothing whatever resembling contraband of war; and a State at war with another has not the right to pre vent neutral States from communicating with each other in all that is not contraband of war. By violating the laws of nations in the affair of the Trent the Americans have not merely insulted England, but have alarmed all neutral States, and thus attacked the public rights of civilised nations. England, charged by the circumstances with defend ing the general interests which she has so often wounded, has a noble mission to fulfil. We shall see how she acquits herself." The following is an extract from an article in the Pagrie, headed "The Anglo-American Conflict" Public opinion in France is not engaged in the affair except as far as a great event merits atten• tion. But whatever may have been the motive by which Captain Wilkes was impelled—whether he followed, as we believe he did, the instructions of his Government, or whether he acted from his own impulse, if the Cabinet of Washington disregards the public feeling and refuse to disavow him, and if the English Government persist in demanding satisfaction, a new situation may arise from these facts which will interest every European Power. Does not Mr. Lincoln, by adopting this resolution, as a matter of calculation, rashly introduce a new element into the struggle which is taking place on the banks of the Potomac ? If the recognition of the Southern States was the first hostile act of England, would it not be a political necessity on the part of all the Powers to take such a change into account ? When the two divided States of the ancient Union should find themselves engaged in battle on the undefined limits of the two territories, France and Europe might occupy themselves with their commercial interests, and call loudly for the conclusion of a war which might ba prolonged in a manner not favourable to a speedy termination ; but neither France nor Europe would consider them selves compelled to interv:me politically in the dis pute. Now, if in consequence of an act, of which the Cabinet of Washington appears to accept the consequences, the Southern Confederation, which has hitherto existed only by the armed protest of her Volunteers, should take her place among the nations of the world by the recognition of one of the Great Powers, would not other nations have to consider what attitude they ought to assume in con sequence of such an important change. Would it not then be the Cabinet of Washington itself which would have to answer to posterity for the resolu tion imposed on Europe by the necessities of her commerce and of her influence, since it would be the definite consequence of an act originating with itself, and covered by its authority. Whatever may be the nature of the decision adopted by the Powers, the Government of the White House cannot be astonished or offended, for the most ordinary politi cal sagacity would have been sufficient to fore see it," The Debats makes the following observations on the manner in which the Moniteur has spoken on the American affair : " This calm and moderate statement of the facts appears to us all the more worthy of attention that it contains an indirect criticism and disavowal of the language which certain devoted journals hold on the same subject. The reserve of the Illoniteur sufficiently indicates that the French Government (and we congratulate it thereon) is in no haste to follow the counsels of those journals in the adventurous course which they would fain have it take by making common cause with Eng land, and immediately recognising the Southern Confederation. What! the negotiations are now pending ; the facts scarcely known, and the French Government should take part in the quarrel before the question of war or peace is resolved between the two Cabinets interested ! Truly, we find it diffi cult to understand such a line of policy." THE MONEY MARKET. The funds yesterday have experienced a further considerable fall, but the market has closed at a slight recovery from its lowest point. Consols for money, which after regular hours on Thursday were quoted 901 to ex dividend, opened yesterday at that price, and soon experienced a farther decline, until they reached 89. There was then a little less weakness, and the final bargains were at 89 to 90 for money, and 90 toy for the 9th of January. Numerous sales were effected for the public as well as by speculators, although the amount of unem ployed money on the market is shown by each weekly Bank return to be steadily increasing from the influx of gold. As Consols are now about the average price at which they stood during the two years of the Crimean war, it would seem that by many persons the hostilities which are imminent are thought likely to be much more protracted and costly than those of that period. In diplomatic and general circles, however, the impression appears to be less unfavourable, and it is impossible to take the present course of the market as an index of public opinion, since, as buyers hold back in doubt, every sale on the part of alarmed or weak operators must be made upon such terms as the dealers whose means are limited can conveniently offer. The pos sibility muat therefore be kept in mind of a sudden further movement, such as in 1854 carried Consols to 85k, to experience in the course of a short period a rebound to nearly 92. All that is necessary is that quiet inverters should be warned against need less anxiety, and also that there should be no mis apprehension in America to the effect that the depreciation in the nominal value of our securities will in the slightest degree lessen the unanimous de• termination of the country to support the Government in the moderate and well-weighed demands despatched on Monday last. The tele grams yesterday, bringing news a week later from New York, furnish nothing of especial moment, beyond the fact of a rise in the rate of exchange that will cause an early commencement of the long expected efflux of gold. The remarks regarding the prospect of war show that while there is an attempt to assert the recent outrage to have been legal, the inconsistency is observable of an " universally uneasy feeling" as to its probable con sequences. It is also noticed that there is f ur th er e vidence of divisions in the Washington Cabinet, the Secretary of the Interior having publicly dis avowed the policy of the Secretary of War. This fact, together with the universal complaints of " treason" in all quarters, would be favourable for the prospects of peace, were it not for the considera tion that they denote a condition of anarchy for which a foreign war may have been resolved upon as the only panacea. The paragraph from the Paris Petrie, purporting to give the general bearing of the despatch sent by the British Government to Lord Lyons, and from which it would appear that the Cabinet have, in a spirit of conciliation ab stained from requiring an apology, contenting themselves with simply insisting that the wrongful act should be remedied by the surrender of the per sons improperly captured, was read with great interest.-li'nes City e-rticle. Private letters from Rio de Janeiro state that eneral Webb, the Federal Amerie in Minister to Brazil, had sent in a demand to the Brazilian Government that the Governor or Maranham should be superseded for having allowed coal to be supplied to the privateer Sumter. 77 " , CULTIVATION OF COTTON IN _INDIA. A supplement to the Calcutta Gazette of Oct. 30 contains a memorandum from the Foreign-office on cotton cultivation is the province of Pegu in 1860-1, and which at the present time possesses considera ble interest. It appears from this memorandum I that in those years the area of land under cotton cultivation in the plains was 4,795 acres, the ap proximate area of land under cotton cultivation in in the hills was 12,841 acres, and the estimated produce of the whole area in cleaned cotton was 2,116,3201bs a voirdupois. Cotton is grown on the islands and on the low banks of the Irrawaddy, situated above the delta of the river. It is also grown on the hill slopes of the upper portion of the province. On the islands and river hank the seed is sown as the inundation subsides, that is at the end of Sent. The pods are ripe by the end of March, In the hills cotton is sown during the month of June and is gathered in February. In either lo cality the plant is an annual, though in the hills a small crop is to be had the second year. The native eatton of Pegu has ban thus described by Mr. I. Willis in a report published in the journal of the Agricultural Society of Bengal, for the first six months of 1856, page 155 :—" The fibre is coarse, curly, harsh, and rather short, and is very tena ciously attached to the seed ; but it is most exceed ingly strong, and in this respect lies its excellence. Its colour, condition, and healthfulness are truly good and the seeds are very abundantly enveloped in wool. Its value in Liverpool in March month, 1855, may be taken at 31d to 4d per Ib, and in May month, 1855, at 4„,id to 5d per Ib, if- prrtty well detached from the seed, i e., without much breakage." Such is the report on the native variety of cot ton cultivated in Pegu. The produce as entered in the statement above refers to that variety only. The area of land under cotton cultivation in the plains has been obtained by measurement. That in the hills is estimated. The average produce of an acre of cotton plants has been estimated at 3651bs of the uncleaned fibre, which will give about 1201bs of cleaned cotton, such as is considered fit for the market. At this rate the total produce of cot ton in Pegu during the put year was about two million one hundred thousand pounds. The culti vation has undoubtedly very much decreased since Pegu became British territory. This has resulted from several causes. Ist. So much English twist is constantly introduced into the country, that the native looms now are chiefly worked with that. 2d. The export of rice has so much increased, and the demand for that grain is so constant, that the cultivation of it is more profitable than that of cotton. 3d. In the northern portion of the province the Chinese from Yunan settled at Ava used to purchase cotton to export overland to Yunan. That market has now been closed for several years. The present average price of nncleaned cotton in Pegu is 9 rupees for one hundred viss-3651bs avoirdupois. The cost of cleaning or ginning one hundred visa of cotton is 5 rupees. The average price of cleaned cotton therefore at present is less than 3d per lb. Of late a considerable quantity of cotton has been brought down from Ava and exported from Ran goon to Calcutta and elsess here. The cotton from the whole of Upper Burmah used formerly to be exported in large quantities by the river and land route to the province of Yunan ; but that market has now been entirely stopped, in consequences of disturbances in the Chinese territory. It is estimated that Upper Burmah could supply with out diffiaalty at present from eight to ten million pounds of cotton annually. The cotton is considered finer than that of Pegu. The market price for cleaned cotton is as follows :—At Ava, 30 rupees per 100 viss, equal to 3651bs ; at Rangoon, 47 rupees per 100 viss, or more than 3d a pound before being shipped. It has been pronounced to be worth 4d a pound in the Liverpool market. Persevering efforts have been made to induce the cultivators in Pegu to grow foreign cotton. The seed of several varieties has been distributed to them, but they have evinced great dis like to continue the experiment ; sometimes the seed has been bad and has not germinated. At others they have found that, either from want of proper care, or from the soil being unsuitable, the return has not been so great as the native seed would have afforded. Then there is no certain market for the small quan tities of foreign cotton produced. At present the improvement of cotton cultivation, or the introduc tion of a superior cotton to Pegu, through the un aided efforts of the present cultivators, appears hopeless. Many of the peasants have the plant, the Pernambuco variety particularly, in their gardens as a curiosity, but are not inclined to cultivate it as a regular agricultural product. Experiments in growing foreign cotton have been made by the superintendent of forests, Dr. D. Brandis. During the year 1860-61 plants raised from New Orleans seed the best return, equivalent to 125 lbs. of clean cotton the acre. Texan seed also gave a good return. These experiments will be continued. There are in the upper portion of the province of Pegu many millions of acres now lying waste, where it is believed cotton of a quality far superior to any nowoknown in the province could, under European superintendence, be raised. It is a crop which the people are accustomed .to, and to the care of which they might easily be trained ; but, except under supervision, they will not exert them selves to prepare the soil sufficiently, nor take the necessaay care with the plants and the picking of the pods, which appears necessary to ensure the production of a long stapled and marketable cotton. Orders were received at Aldershott late on Wed nesday evening for the following troops to hold themselves in readiness to proceed at once to Canada: —Leslie's No. 6 or F battery, 4th Brigade, Royal Artillery; the 2d battalion, 20th; 2d, 16th, and 45th of the line, and a detachment of the 16th Lan cers. The battery was to parade for medical in spection at 11 o'clock this morning, and will leave the camp early on Monday morning for Woolwich, there to embark for Canada. This battery, which is supplied with Armatrongs, was in the Crimea and has been at Aldershott since June. The regiments of the line and the Lancers are expected to leave the camp during the ensuing week. At the Royal Engineer establishment, Chatham, yesterday, an order was received by Col. Harness, C. 8., from the Deputy-Adjutant-General, Horse Guards, to have the whole of the non-commissioned officers and men of the several companies at head quarters who are fit for foreign service medically inspected. As soon as the order arrived the Royal Engineers were marched to the general hospital at Brompton, where the inspection was commenced by the medical staff of the establishment. This order has occasioned the most intense interest among the officers and men, and the result is looked forward to with the keenest anxiety. It is stated that a large forca of Roya l Engineers will be despatched to Canada. THE THAMES EMBANKMENT.—Mr. Cowper, the First Commissioner of Works, has addressed a letter to the Lord Mayor, apprising him that, on the recommendation of the Government, a Royal Commission has been issued, to take into consideration the question of embanking the southern side of the Thames simultaneously with that of the Middlesex side. The Commissioners are the same gen tlemen who investigated the project of a northern embank ment in the past summer, and the Lord Mayor has again been invited to act as chairman. It is understood that in the event of the Commissioners recommending the embank . meat on the Surrey side to be undertaken contemporane ously with that on the north, the Government are prepared to embody both projects in the bill which they will intro duce in the approaching session of Parliament. Advices just received from Kurrachee announce the trial of the new steamer Indus, belonging to the Orien tal Inland Steam Company. She is intended for the navi gation of the Indus river, on which she will now be imme diately placed. The speed attained is reported to be about 20 miles an hour —being, it is believed, much in excess of THE TRENT.—A correspond en t yit:tardian writes :—I am t o ld ( an d th e p lyi n g in the East. tha l cof Em an sw y Ewl v izt e eus s i s ite e iE l . of the authority of Lieut. Williams, the officer in charge of the cmaapitlasinaboofa rd the e t h n e o te T d re p n r t, iv i a s t e q e u r o t s o d u n f l o t r e r th (o e r s p t e o r r h y a ) p t s h r a a t th t he e r the captain of the Jefferson Davis) was a passenger in the English steamer when she was overhauled by the San Ja cinto, and that he smoked his cigar very quietly among the crowd while the capture was going on. Ido not know if he had changed his name for the voyage, or he would have certainly been carried off had the captain produced his list of passengers at the request of Lieut. Fairfax. The capture of this famous privateersman would have been almost as much a subject of exultation in the North as that of the Southern envoys, 5 6 5 6 441 4 62& i 981 9 87i 7 75 41 66 20 20 100 100 100 stock stock stock 20 stock stock Sharc 100 stk 18 214 204 10 100 100 100 176 20 stock stock