The Sun. — London, England, 1861-12-23 00:00:00

MONEY IYIARKET7INE - CIT I NEWS. CITY, Two o'CLocK. Business in the manufacturing districts during the past week has continued exceedingly dull, the preparations for stock taking, together with the con-1 plications connected with American affairs, and the' decease of the Prince Consort, havicg caused al, almost entire suspension of operations in most de-1 partments. There was a moderate inquiry for all description;sl of cotton in the Liverpool Market on Saturday, and prices were steady. The sales were about 6,000 bales. Business in the City bas been partially suspended to-day, in consequence of the funeral of the latt Prince Consort. The Stock Exchange, the Corn Market, the Baltic, and other places of commercial rendezvous, are clesed, and in those establishments where transactions cannot be delayed, such as the banks, insurance companies, &c., there is a very' sm All attendance ; the city, consequently, presents' a very dull appearance. The general discount market now presents a firmer appearance than for some time past, although very little alteration has taken place in the rates charged for accommodation. It is evident, how-1 ever, that the joint-stock and private establishmentsl anticipate an increased demand for money conse quent upon revenue collections and the usual dis bursements at the end of the year. Rather fulleri terms are therefore required for the negotiation of commercial bills, and 2,1 per cent. is paid for secu rities of a superior class, which a short time since might have been discounted at 2'-a or 21 per cent. A further sum of about £90,000 in gold was sent p into the Bank of England on Saturday. The Canada, from America, has brought £6,746 in specie. Notice has been given that on and after the 15th of January next, a second return of capital of 2s. 6d. per share will be distributed by the Australian' Mining Company. _ _ The adjourned meeting of the bond and share, holders of the Grand Trunk Railway of Canad will take place to-morrow, the 24th inst. A call of £2los. per share, amounting to £56,250S is due on the 26th inst. on the Manchester, heffield,l and Lincoln, Garston and Liverpool Extension Railway. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. SATIIRDAY. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 9O 893- 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities New 3 per Cent. Annuities.. India Stock Ditto 5 per Cent. Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent — Ditto 5 per Cent. 961 Ditto 51 per Cent Ditto Debentures, 4 per Cent., Oct., 1863 981 Consols for Account, Jan. 9 9Ol a India Stock for Account 2221 India Stock for Account, 5 per Cent March. Jens. Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO 2d.... 11 pm Ditto £500 Ditto Small FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. SATURDAY. Mexican, 3 per Cent 27 6/ 7i Ditto Acco , nt Ditto 3 per Cent., 1356, '7, ' 9 , and '60.. Ditto Account Spanish 3 per Cent Ditto Account Spanish Cert. of Coup. not funded Turkish 6 per Cent... — Ditto Account Ditto New Loan Ditto Account S' enezuelan 3 per Cent Ditto Account Dividends on the above payable in Loudon. Dutch 21 per Cent., Exchange 12 Guil — /Ditto Certificates, 4 per Cent... TWO 0' CLOG i , .. Consols, Money Ditto Account TILE ROY/IL VAULT AT WINDSOR. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—Since the death of the late lamented Prince Consort, whom all England so deeply deplores, an erroneous report has been going the round of all thee daily papers, which had its origin in one of them,l that the Royal Vault at Windsor had never beeni opened since the death of the late King William IV., with the exception of the occasion of the death! of the Queen Dowager, who was buried by the sidel of her Royal husband. This, however, is not thei fact, as it was opened on the occasion of the deaths of the late Princess Augusta, eldest surviving sisteri Of our two late Kings, George IV. and William; IV. ; end this was in 1840, three years after the! decease of her Royal brother, William IV., and) many years prior to the death of the late Queen) Dowager, which was not until quite the latter end of the year 1849. Also, neither was Willia m IV: at the last funeral by torchlight. Both the late Princess Augusta, befere referred to, as likewise her cousin, the late Princess Sophia Matilda, of Glou cester, were buried by torchlight, and both lay in state ; the former was buried in the Royal Vault, and the latter in the Royal Gloucester Vault, both in St. George's Chapel, Windsor. The late Duke, of Sussex lay in state likewise at Kensington Palace, where he died, although he was buried, not in the Royal Vault, but Keosal-green Cemetery. The late Princess Sophie of Gloucester, who died, subsequently to the Duke of Sussex, was the last i l Royal personage who lay in state , which she did at ' her residence at Blackheath, where she died in November, 1844, and was buried at night. I remain, Sit, your obedient servant, A LOVER OF HISTORICAL DATES AND FACTS. South-square, Gray's-inn, Saturday, December 21, 1861. THE PERU.—The Pacific Steam Navigation Com pany's new iron mail steamship Peru arrived in the Mersey, from the Clyde, at 9 o'clock on Frida y mornin g , havin g run the distance from the Cloch Lighthouse in 14 hours,o exclusive of stoppage for water to cross the bar. The yes sel during the run round attained a s p eed of 15 knots, with. 331 b. pressure of steam, 231 revolutions of engines per , minute, and at a consumption of 30cwt. of Scotch coal p er hour. Immediately on the Peru's arr ival the Government inspectors proceeded on board, and the ve ssel started oni. trial to the Bell-buoy, when she attained a speed at the rate of 144 miles per hour, with 351 b. pressure of steam and 241 per minute revolutions of engines. The vessel was built by Messrs. John Reid and Co., of Port Glasgow, the con structors of the Valparaiso, Callao, Scc., for the same service. The machinery is on the double cylinder principle ofl Messrs. Randolph, Elder, and Co., of Glasgow, and is the tenth pair of engines supplied to the company by that firm. The Peru will start for Valparaiso on Saturday next, the 28th inst., and, besides a number of first. class passengers, ' will convey Government stores, 10 officers, and 100 seamen and Marines, to join the British fleet now stationed on th, west coast. The latter are fully arm ed b y her Ma j est y' r., Government, and the ship is provided with patent rifled; cannon for her own defence. She also takes out rifled guns, small arms, and ammunition, and a number of trained men from the British Naval Reserve, for the protection of the company's other steamships. The Peru is fitted with every appliance suggested by the company's long experience on the west coast for the comfort and convenience of passen gers, and for the efficient per:ormanee of the mail service. Her increased speed,the elegance of her upholstery through out, and the care expended on her general equipment will, no doubt, render her the qaaen of the company's fleet in the Pacific waters. Mr. 'I homes Blissett, of this town, is, we understand, furnishing the armament of the Peru, and, also for all the steamers belonging to the Pacific Steamship Company. This includes the Clay's guns and also the small arms.—Liverpoa Albion. THE PARRICIDE AT BIRMINGHAM. —An inquest was held on Saturday evening on the body of James Mill ward, the stamper, shot by his son under the circumstances detailed in The Sun of Saturday. The widow of the de ceased stated that on the evening when the offence was committed her husband had returned from his work and was sitting by the fire smoking his pipe. Her son came in, and, sitting down to supper, pulled from his pocket a pistol, which he placed upon the table. She wished him to put it . away, and asked her husband to tell him to do so, but the latter, instead of doing so, said twice, Shoot me, Johnny. Attaching no importance to this, she went to the garden. She there heard the report of the pistol, returned to the house, and finding that her husband had been shot, became insensible. Mr. Wild er s, house surgeon to the Queen' Hospital, stated that on Thursd a y morning, about one o'clock, the deceased was brought to the hospital with a very seams pistol-shot wound close to the external meatus of the left ear. lie died at the same hour on the Friday following. The deceased, it appears, was very! fond of his son. In his pocket was found a paper in his; hand-writing, bearing these words :—" Birmingham, Dec. i 15, 1861. I leave all my goods and chattels to my son, John! Millward, after my decease." The prisoner, after being duly c tutioned, said :—" My father told me to shoot him.l I pulled the trigger up, and took the cap off, and the pistoll went off and kilted ray poor father." The jury returned a! verdict of wilful murder, SHARE 111 A El'-(SATUBDAY). !Share 1 Railways. 1 1 13.14 Belfast and Nor. Coun. fir, , Vol.,and Str. Val 131yth and Tyne lios t.,Sleaf.,and dA:o Bristol and Exe....er 1 Caledonian Carmarthen & Cardigan 'C 'rk and Bandon 'Cork, Birock, & Passage Cornwall Do. A (A gets no div Do. B ti 6p e.. 11 an.has, been paid to B. Dublin & Belfast Junc.l Duri.,Perth,&Ab. June East Anglian Eastern Counties Eastern Union, A stock' Do Bdo do DoNw A, late E U3ds,' East Suffolk Edinburgh & Glasgow ' Edin., Perth. & Dundee: Forth & ClydeJunetionl Furness 7i 8 6 64 94 96 994 100 Wasp:. and S. Western. GreatNrthrlot Scotlaud. Great Northern Do A stock Do 13 do Gt. S. an W. of Yreland Great Western st Do Str Val gua. stock 12 Irish South Eastern st Lancashire & Yorkshire; st London and lilackivall! st Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast st Lon., Chat., and Dover: st Lon. & North Western! st Lon. & South Western 25 L'derry & Coleraine • . 25 L'derry & Enniskillen. st Man., Shef., & Lincoln. 50 Maryport and Carlisle. 126 Do I. shares 10 Metropolitan st Midland 6.4.0 Do New . . Do Tlirmirnr. ,t Derby Mid Gt. W. of Ireland Do. 4 shares Mid Kent Do Cray Line Newcastle and Carlisle Newry & Armagh, def. Newry, Warnpt, & Ros Norfolk North British Nor.Dev.Rail&Dk.stock Do A stk ; A recs no d till fi pc. has been pdß Do 13 stock Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do,G.N.E. purchase Do'Leeds - Do York North London 119:16.4 Do new North Stagordshire N. and S. W. Junction. Not. Gran. RI. & Canal Peebles Portsmouth Rhymney Scottish Central st Scot. N. E., Aber. stock ; st Do Sc rt. Mid. stock I 10 (Shrews. and Welchpool st iShropshire Union , 10 ISittingbourne & Sheer ; st ISouth Devon 25 S. Durham & Lane. Un st South Eastern st iSouth Wales st S. York. and River Dun 20 Stain es, Wok., an dWok 25 Stockton & Darlington 25 Do Do New, 1860 Taff Vale. Do Pref. No. 1 ThamesHavenDk&Rail Ul,,ter 12.10 Do Vale of Neat Victoria sta. and Pim Waterford 4t Kilkenny' ;Waterford & Limeriek ; West Cornwall West London Do Ist class Do 2d class W. Hartlepool Har.,tlt ! West ➢fidland Oxford, Do Newpor Do Hereford 6 6 40 42 101 11 18 19 501 61i 47 60 32 34 88 00 28i 2011 97 99 111 112 110 111 130 132 101 103 674 6,% 55 58 1051 106; 54 56 115 116 44 46 9!I 92 924 93,1 9 11 44} 45 5i 6 'l26i 127 1 1 97 99 60 62 62 62i 981 99} }d 55 55 871 68e 94 06 51 4sc I}lo 88 DO 122 124 37 39 95 97 45i 46i 36 38 751 751 65 67 95 97 5i 6 36 38 7 8 p 4 4 6 4 I) 55i Mi 26 3i dip 80 Si O 46 47 43 45 89 91 ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. n ~ I Closing 1 Business ' a il Price. done. 100 I 18i 51 f 92 n 2 93 44} I 5/ 6 127 i 991 561 it FOREIGN Algerian Antwerp & Rotterdam. Ardennes.... ...... Bah.&S.Fran ~L im.7 Belgian East. Junction Beziers to Graissessac.. Carmeaux Mine & Rail Cupiapo Ditto Extension Dutch Rhenish .......• Eastern of France .... Grand Rus Guar. 6 p. c. Do. do. Great Central of France Gt. Luxem., Con. shs... Italian Junction ...... [Jerre & Turnhout .... Lyons Az Geneva ...... Namur & Liege ........ Do. 6 p. c. Pref......... Northern of France.... Do. New Shares Norwegian Trunk Pref. Paria,Lyons, & Medlter. Paris & 0r1ean5........ Recife & S. Fran. (Perri.) xua. 7 p. et. 1im...... Riga & Dunaburg...... Royal Dani5h.......... Royal Swedish ........ Do. 7 per cent. Pref.... Sambre & Meuse ...... Do. 54 per cent. Pref..... San Paulo, lim, g. 7 p. c. S.Aust &Lomb Venetic Southern of France.... S. East Portugal 7 p et. West Flandera ...... Do. 54 p. c. Preference W. & N.W. of France West , rn of Austria Western of Switzerland Wiesbaden .... Do. 8 per cent Pref Zealand BRTTIS.. Alfresi Consols (Plinack)' British Iron Clifford Devon G. Cone, (Tavist ) East Bassett (Illogan) East Caradon E. WI Russel (Tav'stk ) Gant&SLAuthyn(Gwen ) Great South Tolgus G.Wheal Alfa. (Philack' G. Wheal Vor (Helston) Grenville Herod's-Foot Ilingston Downs Lady Bertha Margaret (tiny Lelant) (North Downs North Frances (Mogan)! N. WWI Basset. (1110 North Wheal Crof ty Par Consols (S; - ,. IPazey) Provicienee ( tiny Lelnt.) ISortridze Cons. Min. Co. South Caradon(St.Cleer) S. Carn Brea (Illogan) S. Dev. Iron &Gen., Lim S'.Wheal Fran. (Illogan) Stray Park Tamar Silv./z Lead Min ITin Croit Vale of Towel , (Carm ) West Basset (Illogan) W. Caradon (Liskeard) West Seton Wheal Basset (Illogan) Wheal Buller ( Redruth) , IWludi Edward (Cals.) ',Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant), 'Wheal Mary Ant (lien.) IWhealTrefawney (Lis.) LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. , P a id . Leasing Closing Business Railways. Co. s Price. Done. Bedford and Bletchley all Ln.&N.W .. .. Birkenhead lOO D ' , AG:SY 94 86 Buckinghamshire lOO Do. Chester & Holyhead.. 100 Do. 153 54 Do. 5i per cent 100 Do. Do. 5 „ 100 Do. Clydesdale Junction 100 Caledon. 101 103 !Colchester, Stour Val. all E.U.&E.O 63 65 lE. Lincolnsh. g,pr e. 100 Gr. North. 133 136 E.Unior,HarwicliShs al E,Counts. 4 41 IDo. Woodbridge.... 100 .. .. Gls.Barr.&Neils.Drct. 100 Caledon .. .. Do. new Gloster &Dean Forest all Gt. West. .. .. Hull and .tielby all Yk.N. Mid 110 112 Do. halves Do. quarters Lancaster & Carlisle ICO Ln.&N.W 193 198 Loudon & Greenwich 100 S. Easf;ern 61 63 ' Do. Preference llOO Do. Lon.,Tilb.& Southend' 100 Peto &Co B3 85 Lowestof t gua. 4 p 0.. 1 100 Norfolk Do 6 per cent lOO IDo.• .. gnc.,Bxtn.,& Matlock all iLNW& .7.i 3i 31 , Illid. Bradford Prefer ence stock ) I 100 Midland 94 96 [ Newmarkt, buryLx 1 1 1 5.6.' E Counts. par } p gua. 5 per cent... Northn.&Ei- tn. sp. c. all i Do. Do. 6 per cent. .... all Do. Do. Fixed sp. c.... all D.:' N. Eastn—Hartlepool /,: 0 N. E. Ber .. ;North Western !Preston and Wyre. { all ktN . ' i ,f} 43 45 !Do. 4 shares A. all Do. ••• • .. .. ~ loystn.llitch.&Shep. 100 We. North. t 33 136 Shrewsby & Hereford 100 T Brassey 118 122 Do. Do. ,Soufli Staffoi dshiro i Wilts and Somerset lOO Gt. West. 92 94 IWimbledn & Croydon, all L.&Brgtn 84 94 PREFERENCE SHARES. Share/ Railways. Paid. Closing Business Prices. Done. Blythe and Tyne 10 p.c. pref. Issued at £5 Bris. & Exet. 4p.c. st 1 Do. shares Caledon. £lO, 4i p. cent 1 Do. guar. shares, No. 2 1 Cork & Bandon, 56 p. c. 1 Cornwall. 5 percent Dun. Perth, &Aber.Jun Do. Ist Class Pref E. Anqn. Class Asp. c 1 Do. Class B 6 per cent 1 Do. Class C 7 per cent 1 E. Conn. Ex. spm No.l I Do No. 2 1 Do. new 6 p. c. st Eastern Union, 4 p. c— 1 Do. 5 p. c. guar Edin.&Glas.s p.c. shares 1 Do. 4 p. c. guar. S. & Edin. Perth,& Dun. 4 p.c. Furness, 5 per cent ' Glas.& S.West. gu. 5 p.c Great Northern, 5 p. c D 0.5 p.c.Redm.lop.e. pm Do. 44 p. c. do Do.sn.c.Redrr.at6p.c.pm Gt. NIL of -cot. Ist pref. Gt. Sn. & W. (Ireland) 4 per cent Great West. (Berks and Rants Ext) 5 per cent Do. redeem. 46 p. et Do. redeem. 4 p. ct Do. irredeem. 4 p. et Do. 5 p. e. redeem. pref. Do. Bum. pref. shares Do. Cheater S p.c. pf. shs Do. Chester 5 p.c. pr. shs Do. Birm. guar. stock Do. Chesterguar. shares Do. do Do. do Lan. & Carl. 4a p.c. pref Lam & York. 6 p.c. stock Do.BarnststZs 2s 10d, c Do. 6 p. c. (East Lan.) Do. 46 p. c. (Blackb. pur. Lon.atßrig.sp.c.gu. No.l Do. 5 per cent do. No 2 Do. 6 per cent. ao Do. 5 per cent. do. No. 4 Do. 46 per cent. dm Do. 4i p. 0. pref. shares Do. 7 p2r cent pref. sth Do. 6 p.c. do(W.E.&C.P.) Do. 4p c.st.(div.detlil'6s Do. 4 per cent. prof Lon. Chat. &Dov. sp.c.pf. Do. West. Ex., B, o p. c. 1 /o. Dletrop. Lon. & S. W., Coy. & Nuneaton, 5 per cent. Lon. Sr SAN' est. 7 p. cent st, late 3d shares Do. 41 per cent Do. (Prtsm. perpl. anns. of 26 6d Londondy. & Cole. shs ondony. & Ennis. a she Man. Sh. & Lin. ft per ct. Do. £6 Do. 34 per cent. Do. redeem. 6percent Maryport & Carl. 4 pr. c Do. 4a per cent. Midland Con. 6 p. c. stk. Jo.Con.Bris.& Bir. 6 p.c. Do. p. c. pref. stock Do. 4t per cent. p a n. c. d H E i x t..4 s p t. e l r B e 4 t 6 N D D( : r ..L tiok. ele ps .. Pref. st. 1847 D m sWay.ValEx.st.lBl7 Nort British. 5 per mat Do. New gua. percent... Do. Bor. Um g. prf. shs. Do. do. do. h E t‘ D s R . p & r D ef c . k 4 .Co c. . N- Do. 4a pr. ct. redeemable Do. G.T. E. 4 p. ct. pref. n t Cons ai 1 . Do. Leeds 6 p. c. No. 1 Do. Berwick 4 P. C. pref. Do. do. Quarters, 1848.. Do. York. 14. & S. Purch. North Staffordshire.... Ithymney Guaranteed.. Scottish Central. new pf Scottish North-Eastern 3a p. c. pref. stock.... Do.Aberdeen,gua. c Do. 7 p. c. pref. stock South Devon, Ann, 10s. Do. Fixed 46 per cent South Eastern (Reading Ann., 1.0 6) D. 46 per cent Do, Fixed 4i per cent South Wales, gua. 4 p. Do. 41 per cent Do. do. 1859 Do. 5 per cent. S. Yorkshire, 4 p. a gua. Do. sp. c. gua. (Stock. & Dar. A 5 p. c Do. B6p. o Do. C 6 p. c Watrid & Kilkny, 6 p. c. W. Mid. -Oxf Ist gua stk Do. 2d do Do. Newport 5 p.c. pf. red. Do. Perpet 6 p. c. pf. 1866 Do. tilt 1869, 93 95 NI 214 6 6i 101 103 112 117 110 116 104 110 106 108 123 125 81 83 111 113 89 91 115 116 110 112 102 101 107 109 97 99 98 100 83 90 89 91 [O2 101 91 10 17 18 10i 11 75 77 20 2 0 10 10 15 15 136 138 101 103 112 115 112 115 116 138 112 115 1152 155 I•'7 130 73 75 90 92 111 113 131 14 1 , 124 128 m 65 70 ipm 137 139 102 101 92 94 7.6:, 111 107 109 1 I:.‘pm 99 101 98 100 dig par idle IPm 22 23 132 131 . 5 10 101 iii 24 99 101 99 101 98 100 85 88 27} 281 31 33 31 33 42 45 123 125 121 123 100 102 118 122 115 120 THE surN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 23, 1861. BRITISH POSSESSIONS. all 100 all all all all 100 981 991 6i ei I Closin g Price. 31 44 d Railways. A 'Janne & St Lawrence, Dom.,Baroda&Cent Ind' Gu. 5 per ...... Do Do. Buffalo and Lake Huron Do. New Do. Preference ...... Buff alo,BrantdzGodrich 6 p. ct. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 Do. do. July 1, 1873 Do. do. Jun- I, 1674 (31cutta.ALS.Eastn. (Li ) Cape,Eastn.Prov. (Lim.) Cape Town .t Dock Scrip Ceylon Guarantd. 6 p. c. Demerara.. ....... Eastn. Bengal gu. 5 p. c East Indian, gu. 5 p. 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. Dcbentr Do. 7 per cent. 1862 Do. do. 1867 Do. do. 1872 Gt.lndiaPenin.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. 5i p. c. do. '77 do Do. 54 p. c. do. '7B do Madras guar., 4i p. c Do. do. 5 per cent Do. 4-1 p. c. Exftnsiom Do. 5 Melb.Corp. 6 p. o. Bnds. Newßrunswick& Canda Ry.laand(Lim.)g.6pc i Class A Capital Share Do. do. Land d 0........ I Do. do. B Capital d 0... Do. do. Land do. ...... nude (Limited) ........ 1 Scinde .. Do. Punjaub .... .1 E Do. Do. ........ ti . 6 , Do. Indus. St. Flo. gigj Trinidad (Lim.) Scrip.. I 91 5 1 id: El 20d 100 101 08 100 99 101 100 101 18 19 53 58 40 50 28 32 34 38 27 30 27 30 991 1001 d 981 991 81 91 111 111 84 90 981 991 91 93 5 7 4 6 1004 101 f id fdl 95 100 f f d lusiness done, THIS DAY'S MARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE. IThe country markets held on Saturday were but mode rately supplied with wheat; nevertheless, the demand was, 01 a sluggish state at about stationary prices. In the! `value of spring corn and flour, vary little change took place.l . . The French markets come somewhat heavy; but in Aberica the demand for wheat, flour, and maize for ex po,t, has continued active. _ _ - , '.'he arrivals of English grain up to our market last , wok were very moderate. From abroad we received, 72,t89 quarters of wheat, 18,504 barley, 83,321 oats, 456 heals, 2,693 peas, 3,157 tares, 2,198 linseed, 584 rapeseed. 15 sindry seeds, 1,277 sacks, and 26,363 barrels of flour. Tut funeral of the late Prince Consort having been fixed !the b-day, the Corn Exchange has been closed by order of the committee. Wednesday, being Christmas-day, there will of course, be no market. METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKEL Tlere was a very poo r show of foreign stock in to - day's market, and sales progreFsed slowly, at previous currencies. Th.) arrivals of beasts fresh up from our grazing districts, lad van as from Ireland and Scotland, were on a very modelate scale ; but the general condition of the stock was good. On the whole, the beef trade ruled steady, at last Mandi t y's quotations—the best Scots, &c., having realised 58 per Bibs. The receipts from various parts of England comprised 850 Scots, short-horns, &c. ; from Scotland, 105 Scots and crosses; and from Ireland, 300 oxen and heifers. We were very scantily supplied with all breeds of sheep, and the mutton trade ruled firm at full prices. The best Downs and half-breds changed hands at 5s 6d per 81bs. AS there were scarcely any calves on offer, the value o veal was nominal, Primo small porkers were in fair request at full prices but large hogs were very dull. _ Per Sib. to sink the offal. s. d. s. ii Primecrs-wool d 0.4 6 5 2, Pule. S' thdown d 0.5 4 5 G Lugo twee. calves 4 6 5 0' Prime small do 6 2 5 6 Large hogs 3 10 4 Small porkers 4 6 4 10i dd to Oa Od. s. d. s. d. Crse. & inf. beasts 3 4 3 8 Second quality do. 3 10 4 4 Prime large oxen 4 6 4 8 Prime Sects, &c. 4 10 5 0 Crse. & inf. eep 3 2 3 6 Second quality do. 3 8 4 4 Lambs, Os Suckling calves, —s to —s 21s to 295. TOTAL SUPPLY. FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts 'sheep Calves Pigs 2OO Pigs The total imp9rts of foreign stocz into London, last week, amounted to 3,641 head. In the corresponding week in 1860, we received 3,456—in 1859, 3,374—in 1858, 4,110 , —in 1857, 1,053—in 1856, I,ll9—in 1855, 347 head. IMPORTS INTO LuNDON LAS 2 WEEK. ; and quarter-old store pigs, Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs 717 .. 406 3 856 .. 5 123 From Beasts. Rotterdam .... 167 .. Harlingen .... 207 .. Hamburgh 0p0rt0.... •• • • • • Ti • go . • . IDordt 'Amsterdam. e • • • • Bremen Boulogne _ _ Toning .. • . • • Medemblik 118 .. 1012 .. • • Ostend ....... -- • . • 27 • • Nieu Diep — • • • • —• .• • • Total .... 492 .. 2,708 , 433 8 The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as follows : Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs 1860 454 .. 2,564 .. 377 61 1859 .. 543 .. 2,627 .. 142 .. 62 1858 561 .. 3,294 .. , 1857 3O .. 984 .. 85R 375 .. 742 .855 247 .. 100 255 .. 39 .. - .. 102 .. ""-. • • ..... • • A. statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of fat stock exhibited and sold in the great metropolitan cattle market, on Monday, Dec. 24, 1860, and this day, Monday, Dec. 23, 1861. Per 81b. to sink the offal. Dec. 24, 1860. Coarse and inferior beasts.... 3 2to 3 6 Second quality do, 3 8 4 2 Prime large oxen .. 4 4 4 6 Prime Scots, &c 4 2 410 Coarse and interior sheep Second quality do. Prime coarse-woolled d 0..... 410 5 4 Prime Southdown do. .. 5 6 610 Lambs Large coarse calves .. 4 0 4 6 !Prime small do. ! Large hogs 'Neat smalljporkers 4 8 5 2 Beasts Sheep and lambs 6,470 Calves Pigs l3O SUPPLIES ON SALE, DEC. 26, 1859.—8 sheep and lambs, 5,240 ; calves, ; pigs, 191 DEc. 27, 1858.—Beasts, 2,010 ; sheep and calves, 57 ; pigs, 360. Dec. 23, 1861. - 3 4to 3 8 310 4 4 46 4 8 410 5 0 32 3 6 38 4 4 46 5 2 54 5 € 00 0 0 46 5 0 52 5 6 3 10 4 4 4 6 4 10 1,961 4,500 1 200 3easts, 1,620 ; )0. Lambs, 7,050; NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Somewhat extensive supplies of each kind of meat have been on sale at these markets, and a considerable portion !has come to hand in prime condition. The trade general], has ruled steady, and prices have been well supported. Per flb. by the carcase. adsd adad [nferior beef .. 3 0 3 8 Middlirtgmutton 4 2 4 4 Nliddling do. .. 3 8 4 0 Prime do .. 4 6 4 8 ['rime large do, 4 2 4 4 Veal .. 4 0 5 0 Do. small do. .. 4 4 4 6 Small pork ,.. 410 5 4 [.arge pork .... 4 0 4 8 Lamb Inferior mutton. 3 8 4 0 , BOROUGH HOP. IThe business doing in all kinds of hops is very moderate, ;yet the market continues firm, and the quotations are well supported. Last week's imports were 157 bales from New York, 119 from Boulogne, 222 from Rotterdam, 61 from 'Calais, 1,076 from Hambro', 203 from Antwerp, 30 from Ostend, 37 from Antwerp, and 60 from Dunkirk, New Mid and East Kents.. 180 s to 220 s per cwt. New Weald of Manta .. 147 s 185 s ~ New Sussex l3ss 1555 ~ Belgian Bavarian BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. Fair average supplies of potatoes have been on sale at these markets, in but middling condition. Good and fine 'samples have moved off steadily, at fully previous quota tions ; but for inferior qualities the trade has continued in a sluggish state, at about late rates. Scotch Regents 100 s. to 140 s. per ton. Ditto Rocks ' 100 s. to 120 s. ~ York Regents 110 s. to 140 s. ~ Ditto Flukes Kent and Essex Regents.loos. to 150 s. ~ Lincolnshire ditto 9ss. to 130 s. ~ Foreign WOOL. The market for English wool, since our last report, has been less firm, and in the value of deep-grown qualities a fall of from to Id per lb h as taken place. In co lonial land foreign wool a very limited business has been done, at !about previous rates. Last week's imports were 572 bales 'from Port Philip, la from the Cape, and 433 from Al g oa !Bay. TALLOW. Our market may be considered steady, at 51s 3d to 51s !Gd for P.Y.C. on the spot and for the end of the year. Rough fat, 2s 8d per 81b. The usual weekly statement of imports, stock, &c., will not be issued till tomorrow. FOREIGN MAIL PACKET LIST. MAILS DUE. Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton Jan, 18. via Marseilles Jan. 12 Brazil and Cape Verds, by British packet. Jan. 4. Cape of Good Hope, Ascensi on , an d St. Helena Jan. 1 . I Cldna, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton Jan. 2. via Marseilles Dec.' 27. Falkland Island. Jan. 4. Gibraltar, via Southampton India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton Jan. 2. via Marseilles Dec. 27. India (Bombay), via Southampton via Marseilles Jan. 4. Lisbon Dec. 21 Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Dec. 26. via Marseilles Dec. 27. Newfoundland Dec. 25. Oporto and Vigo U. S. and British N. America, Ly Bi it. packet Dec. 25 by U.S. packet by Canadian packet Dec. 25. W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe Jan. 10. Bahamas, via New York Jan. 16 • Mexico . ...Dec. 30. All parts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru, I Dec. 30. California,and British Columbia. Most of the Madrid journals of the 16th speak with regret of the lamentable death of the Prince Consort. The Epoca, after referring to the affiic tion of the Queen, says :—" The love of her family and religion are the sole consolations which remains to this affectionate spouse." In consequence of the death, the French Ambassador had put off a ball which was to have been given in the evening of the 16th. The Infanta Dona Francisca is ill, and in case she should not soon recover it is intended ti Isend her to Alicant, or some other place of which !the climate is mild. COAL EXPORTS.—The shipments of coal to North !America (luring last month from the various ports in the kingdom amounted to 17,900 tons, being an increase of 2,503 tons over the corresponding month of last year. The !shipments were, from the northern ports, 2,093 tons ; York shire ports, 486 tons ; Liverpool, 10,299 tons ; Severn ports, 1,638 tons ; and Scotch ports, 3,393 tons. The total ex ports front the various ports in the kingdom to foreign ports during the last month amounted to 484,782 tons, showing a decrease as compared with the corresponding month of last year of 1:5,059 tons. POLICE .111 — T.FELL - 15 — ESITE.—( 27tits Day.) MARLBOROUGH-STREET. PLATE ROBBERY BY A BUTLER.—BAD Dairy, butler, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with steal ing a quantity of plate of the value of CO, the property of Dr. Andrew Whyte Barclay, of 23A, Bruton-street, Bond street. Dr. Andrew Whyte Barclay said,—l engaged prisoner, and his wife and daughter, to take care of my house 1852 : as domestic servants. I paid prisoner £6O a year and 18s. board wages, besides allowing him other articles. Las . summer I wished to have one new plate I had bought en paved, and on asking for it, it was:missing. :It had been:il the prisoner's charge. I asked him wtere it was, and he sai( he had pledged it and gave me the duplicates. I asked he had robbed me in any other way, and he said he had not Knowing that his family were respectable, I discharge( him, telling him that if anything further was found out I would prosecute him. The next day I found a silver salve) was missing, which prisoner had pledged for £2l. It ha( formed no part of tho new plate I had previously missed. Bills then began to come in from tradesmen in my mum which I never ordered. I have also found that a quantity of wine had been taken from the cellar, the empty bottler being placed in the bins with the view of deceiving [me some of the bottles had been filled with water and corked up, in all about 50 bottles. _ . In answer to a question, Dr. Barclay said the win, missing was worth about £3O, and that either prisoner o himself kept the key. Mr. Tyrwhitt—ls the pawnbroker in attendance. Inspector Webb who took the prisoner into custody, said he was not, though he had been warned to bo. Dr. Barclay said he had redeemed the sa Iver. Mr. Tyrwhitt said the case should be put back till a later hour, and, if the pawnbroker attended, the case could be concluded, if not, the prisoner would be remanded. THAMES. EXTRAORDINARY AND IMPUDENT EDEBERY.--Tw( rough-looking fellows, who gave the names of John Long and William Glynn, were charged with entering the dwell ing house of William Walker, at No. 3, Orchard-place, Rateliff, and stealing a quantity of linen. The prosecutor's wife, Ellen Walker, is a laundress. On Saturday afternoon she left her parlour and went upstairs • A few minutes afterwards she heard a noise in the lower part of the house, and hastily returned to the parlour, when she had pinned 9 shirts and 2 handkerchiefs some time before. The whole of them were gone. She instantly called aloud for help and ran through a kitchen into a wash house, where she found the whole of the linen in a bag. The prisoners were at that time in a retiring place in the yard, and finding they were detected immediately assumed drunkenness aad began tumbling against each other. On being asked what business they had on the premises !they impudently replied, "We have only come to the closet." Directly afterwards Mr. George Wischar, !foreigner and commission agent, rushed into the house, and !assisted in securing the prisoners. He saw them enter the 'house a few minutes previously, and Long had a bag on his arm. He heard a " great row" five minutes afterwards, 'and suspecting thieves were in the house, went to the as isistance of Mrs. Walker, and helped to secure the thieves. ! The bag containing the linen was the one he saw Long enter the house with. The prisoners said they were both so drunk they could !not stand when they were taken into custody, and on being !told that drunkenness was no excuse for crime, they cress 'examined the witnesses at great length. Long said he had been a soldier, and gone through the war in the Crimea, served in India, won several medals, and was discharged 'on the 24th May last. Mr. Selfe said there had been many brave and honour. ;able men in the army who went to the bad on leaving it, land became the worst of thieves. If Long had been in the i army, and served his country as represented, be would have )had no difficulty in obtaining employment. He sentenced ILong to six months' imprisonment and hard labour, and iGlynn to four months' imprisonment and hard labour. TIIIS DAPS SHIPPING. Lox Dow, Dec. 23.—Wind this day at noon—North- Easterly; moderate breeze, with fine weather, but rather cloudy. PLYMOUTH, Dec. 22 —Wind N.E.—Sailed—Her Ma jesty's ship Satellite, for Halifax. - - - - NEWPORT, Dec. 21.--Wind N.E.—Sailed—Era, for St. Thomas. I QUEENSTOWN, Dec. 21 —Wind N.N.E.—Arrived— iCanada, steamer, from Boston and Halifax, and proceeded 'for Liverpool. OFF PORTSMOUTH, Deo. 22.—Arrived—Sylpb, from London for Barbadoes. OFF DARTMOUTH, Dec. 22. Arrived—Hightlyer, from London for Sydney. MILFORD, Dec. 22.—Wind:N.E.—Arrived—Fconomist, from St. John's, Newfoundland, for Quebec; Dudac, from ' Quebec for Troon. DOVER, Dec. 22.—Wind N.E., strong.— Sailed—Anna eorgiana, for Havannah, after repairing. CARDIFF, Dec . 21 —Wind E —Sailed—Shakespeare, ,Shanghai; Felue, for Buenos Ayres; Enterprise, for RACING FIXTURES FOR 1862. FEBRUARY. Lincoln MARCH. Notiing,ham S I Derby Spring 6 Shrewsbury S A RR IL. Northampton .., . 1 Newmarket C ... 21 Croxton Park A Catterick Bridge Epsom Spring l'onteland Newmarket F S Chester Spring l3 York Spring Salisbury Bath - Harpenden 3C, Epsom Summer.. 3 Chelmsford ll Nianchester ll Ascot Newcastle Hampton - •LY. Odiham Bibury Club Newton Stockbridge 3 Winchester Newmarket Worcester . 10 Liverp00l Abingdon Pontefract Hungerford .:." Nottingham Southampton 22 Stamford 24 Marlborough Goodwood UST, Radcliffe 4 Brighton . Brighton Club Lewes .. 8 Wolverhampton Reading Egham York Oxford 2O Stockton Worcester Hereford lO ;MBER. FOREIUN MINES. 20 Australian 1 BonAccord Copper,Lim 17.6 id s id 20 Brazil St.J. del ltey,Lin to 48 50 4S 5 Do. Land and M mingCo all 11 11 1 Clarendon Cons.3llllCo ; 40 Cobre Copper all 35 27 Copiapo l6 6 8 1 DunMoun.Cop.3ling.Co ail 1 14 2 'Fortuna. 20 IGeneral all 23 24 2 Gt N. Cop. of S. Austr 1 p !Kapunda (Limited) 1 1 1* p ILinares . all 7 8 5 , Lueitanian 2 3 pr 1 Mariquita all $ I 1 , N.RhineCopotS.Aus.L d 20 Pontg,ibaud Silver,Lead Mining and Smelt... all 2 4 5 Port Philip 1 If 1f If 1 Scottish Austrin. (L.) los. I jpm 111.2.81 United Mexican 1 ,Worthin g (Limited) ' all 4 Do COLONIAL C OVERNMENT SECURITIES. Can. Gov. 6 p.c.Ja. &July , 1877-9 i 100 104 107 • Do 6p. cent.lB3o-2 100 - - Do. 6p. cent.lBB3-41 100 - - Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug.' 100 103 106 DG. 6p. c. Mar. & Sept., 100 103 106 Do. 5 Der cent 1100 94 96 951 - Cape G. Elope, 6 p 0,1880. 100 106 108 108 Do. 1890 100 106 108 74.B.Gov.6p.c.Ja.drJuly1 100 102 101 103 4 Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct.l 100 N. S.W. Gov. sp. c.,18661 100 98 100 Do. sp. c.,1871 to 1876, 100 97 99 Do. p.c., 1888 &upwds! 100 96 93 974 7 Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c sterling, 1875 lOO 103 105 105 S. Aus,G6p.c.lB7&& up lOO Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja. &Julyi 100 Do. do. 6 p.c. Ap.&Oct 1 100 102 104 103 24 DOCKS. stook Commercial lOO I - stock Do. 4 per Cent.Pref.Min lOO ; stock East and West India stock London . stock St. Katharine. lOO 59 62 stock Southampton lOO stock'v - zetoria ......... 100 98 100 120 Dui New. 2 id pr JOINT-STOCK BANKS. 100 AgrattUnitedService Bk 50 40 Australasia all 25 Bank of Egypt all 204 211 too Bak of London ... • • 6 0 62 6 + 20 Bank of Turkey 3 pr 50 British North American all &c 20 2520 Ch cii. t m d.B er ak . n ofi o n. f L I nodnl, Ch. 100 City n l l 9 l l 0 7 3 4 100 Colonial 'O.ll Corn. Bank of Canada all 100 Commercial of London 2O 20 Eng.. Scot., & Aus. Ch all 17 174 20 Gen. Bk .of Switzerland all 20 Lon. Char.Bkof Austral all 234 14 20 Do. new l6 51 34 50 London and County 50 London Joint Stock 20 London and S. African lO 1 id 100 London dr Westminster 20 67 69 100 Nat. Prov. of England 42 20 Do. new l2 50 National Bsnk ........ 25 20 Ne. South Wa1e5...... all 25 Orient. 13. Corporation . all 49 60 20 Otto nan Bank .... . all 17 18 100 Provincial of Ireland .. 25 10 Do. new 25 South Australia .0... all 25 Union of Australia .... all 38 39 50 [Tim) of London 100 Unitr Mutual 6O 111 !SC ELLANEOUS. 10 A A n ti ' n og: z u K . l t ea ti n . s iti tm in ( t i . d l all 1 1 3; 1 2 44 100 0 Atlantic Tel. (Limited) all 25 Australian Agricultural 19 ?5 27 • 10 Berlin Water (Limited) all 5 64 50 British American Land 40 50 adrl.Mag. Tel. A. (Lim) all 29 32 20 Do. 8,7p.c.t1111852 (Lim.) all 18 20 20 Do. C. (Limited) all 911 32 Canada Land all 98 103 10 Chan.lslands Tel. (Lim all et. Cop.lllln.ofEng.&Sraltg all 25 Do. Pref. 74 per cent st. Crystal Palace at Do. Preference . . st. Do. 6p ct. Perpet. Deb lOO 102 105 20 E.lndi a Trrign. Sr Canal 1 id ipm at, Electric Telegraph 25 Do. New .... . 5 English &Aim Copper, all 24 3 16 Gen. Steam Navigatr m 14 1 Great Ship Limited).., all , 1 Do: 174 p c L Preference all I 5 Lon. District Tel. (Lim.) 4i 4 L.G. Omnibus Co. (Lim.) al 1 20 Madras Irr. and C anal 1 II 2 10 Sled. Exten. Tel. (Li m ' all 34 4 25 National Die. Co. (Lim ) 5 d2O Nerbu.Coal&lron (Lira ) 5 it 10 Netherlands Land all 5 Do.B p.c.Pref..iss.atl dis all 10 I 100 g. lindlN ovaScotiaLand 81 15 1 N.B.Australasian (Lim.) all 111 1 Oriental Gas (Limit e d). 'all le 11 111 1 Do. New Shares (Lim.). all 14 1 1¢ 1} 10 Orintl. In. Steam(Linr.) 10 64 7t at. Peelß.Lnd.AMin.(Liza) IC3 47 50 - 50 Pen. & Oriental Steam all 65 6 8 07 , 8 50 Do. New So 9 11 20 Red Sea&ln.Tel.g.4lp.c all 18 19 50 Rbymney Iron all 17 19 15 Do. New all 5 6 .1 100 Royal Mail Steam 6O 46 48 474 st. Scot. Austin. Inv.(Lim ) 100 1 25 135 25 South Australian Land all 32 f 4 1 Submarine Tel. Scrip al/ I 1 10 1 Do. do no lt . egiste d r o ed : a a: 11 1 41 61 10 Trust and Agency or Austrlasia(lim)lst is. 1 Id p r2O T Ln.Co. of Upr.Can. 6 4 /6 15"_ U. K'dom Tel. Co. (lim.) 1 ld pr 100 an IMOOlOa l O L tad 2Si 8 y 1001 1 RAILWAYS. 0 61 i d" loi ni 4 14 1 4 . 21i 27 81 9 81 ff 20 21 88 39 7 9 39 40 50 62 5 4il 11 13 61 7 81 9 t . 1 251 t6l 6f 7 94 10 20 21 ES. t 1 2 32 35 360 370 55 60 27i 28i 21 Si 18 20 34 4} 6 7 1 1 1i 37 39 31 1 40 It 4/ 5/ 2 It 2/ 3/ 11 7 2* 38 40 1 - 1 310 ,'2O 4 44 97i 102 i 29 31 1 a 71 84 1 14 i 15 48 50 280 200 85 90: 75 85 21 3 44 54 16 17 16 17 18.8. al , all all all all I ,N_M - Ell' - GL AND Ji NI - 3 - 31 id ETLICA. A letter from Paris says :—A gentleman who har just arrived in. Pa, is from New York says that when he left no one supposed England would take up tilt Trent affair so seriously, and " certainly," he ach7 the Amerio-ans will not go to war on that subject.' He declares that " the ultimatum will surprise then. amazingly, for they have been accustomed to think they can do pretty much what they like with lb( English." These assertions are confirmed in a lett(?) I have read from a French merchant at New York lie says that the seizure of the Southern Conn Inissioners creates no fears in commercia, -ircles, and then he speaks of l'aspect le plug ~.pacque of the Government and peoph - ow ards foreign countries, and insists, above ill, that the Washington Cabinet wishes to keep we: with England. I think we may at least come to thi. conclusion, that neither the Government nor the aeople of the North had the least idea that Eu,glant would take up the violation of the flag with so mucl iromptness and decision ; and up to the presen noment we know not what the expression of feel ng will be when Lord Lyons' instructions art known. It is calculated here in Paris that Mondal next may bring us the first indications of how tht ultimatum has been received---that is to say, the •one of the American journals may be telegraphe( . o London and Paris on that day, whilst the officia (rimer, it is supposed by Americans here, will ge to Europe about the time when New Year's gifts an , xchanged, as it declared that the Washington Cabinet will not make a hasty reply. It is but jusi Ito say that most Americans in Paris, including tia Nlinister and Consul, consider the boarding of the ['rent illegal and a political error, and they furthe. ,alculateon the Washington Government taking th, :erne view. I find that a strong conviction continue; to prevail amongst Northern Americans that war will be avoided. I should observe that, on interrogat :ng the gentleman referred to above (who has jus . trrived from New York) as to why the Norther trmy does not show signs of action, he ob •erved :—" The Northern generals have agree( !lot to make any grand attack on the Souther: 4 I irmy, and the Southern generals have decided tt !remain on the defensive. The plans of tilt !Northerners are to 'filter' through the country when ' no large bodies of Southern troops are to be found and gradually close round their enemies. This wa General Scott's plan." The authority to whom ].. !refer seems to think that the North must triumph, !hut it must be remembered he comes from the im - !mediate atmosphere of New York and Washington. !where confidence, to use a measured word, blind• reason, and often leads to false conclusions. AUSTRIAN FIN A.N CE. The following are the terms of the engagemeni o be entered into between the Austrian Govern ,rnent and the Bank of Vienna;— " Art. 1. The privilege of the Bank is extended : "Art. 2. The State will reimburse in specie, ir 20 monthly instalments, the first of which is to b, paid in one month after the conclusion of the con vent ion, to the Bank, the 20 millions of florins whicl the latter lent to the former. " Art. 2. The 44 millions of florins which tht State owes to the Bank for the sinking fund of tilt anticipation certificates shall be returned betweer the present time and 1870. Art. 4. The Bank shall be indemnified to th , mount of 90 millions by the annual product of the ; sale of the domains of the State ; a portion of thcst domains to a fixed amount is to be sold every year . less than is rcquired be sold, the State will hay( 'lto pay the difference. Art. 5. The State abandons to the Bank, in °rile] ro cover the surplus duo to it, the sum of 23 mil 'lions in specie on the loan of 1862. "Art. 6. The Bank lends to the State during the term of its privilege a certain sum which shall not, called for during that time (estimated at 8( " Art. 7. The Bank will restore to the State tht '3O millions of the London loan, deposited as I ;uarantec, as well as the remainder of the loan of ilB6O. " Art. 8. The Bank engages to sell between this iime and a certain fixcd period tie titles of railwa3 :nd of land indemnity arising from the sinkil4 rand. I Art. D. The authorisation granted in 1858 tc !issue notes to the amount of triple their reserve will be restricted to a fixed sum. Al'. notes issued be yond that amount must be covered by the metallic reserve. Art. 10. The independence of the Bank as re bards the State is guaranteed; it will be placer under the surveillance of a commission of the Heichsrath, which will be at the same time charged with that of the public debt." THE LAST SERMON BEFORE THE COURT AT BALMORAL. An incident which, now that the Prince Consort l'ias been taken from us, possesses a special interest. ecurred some six or seven weeks ago. The Rev.., Mr. Stewart, of Edinburgh, a young and exceed- • ingly popular preacher, had engaged to officiate it the parish church close to Balmoral, and where tht Court invariably attend Divine service when at Balmoral. On this occasion the rev. gentleman discovered, to his great discomfort, just as he enterec he pulpit, that he had left at home the manuscript ,f the sermon which he was to preach before tht • Queen and the Prince Consort. It happily occurred ro him, in the embarrassing situation in which ht found himself placed, that he had recently writtei s sermon from the text, " Prepare to meet thy God," which he had closely committed to memory . Re accordingly preached the sermon in question with great fluency and power. Her Majesty anc the late Prince Consort were so much struck witl he discourse that they sent a message to tht preacher, expressing the pleasure with which the) had listened to it, and requesting to be favoured with a sight of the manuscript. The manuscript was of course at once forwarded to the Court, and immediately afterwards a second message was sent ro the preacher by the Queen and the Prince, de airing that the sermon should be published. It ha )een so, and is in extensive circulation in Scotland. What an awful appropriateness there was in tht - ext, " Prepare to meet thy God," so far as regardr • he late lamented Prince.—Morning Advertiser. AUG NOTE: Liverpool . Shrewsbury WILFUL MURDER OF ONE OF LORD DILLON'S GAMEKEEPERS AT DITCHLEY-PARK,OXON.-011 Thursday ight Lord Dillon's second gam e ke e p er , name d Moulder,) was out on duty in Ditchley- wood with a watcher,when they suspected, from the manner in which the pheasants were flying about, that some poachers were not far off. Shortly after they saw two men, and ran after them, but when Moulder was within 10 yards of them, one of the poachers, named John Hall, of Charlbury, turned round and delibe rately shot Moulder in the breast, and be died instantly. The watcher had a struggle with the other poacher, named John Tuckey, of Finstock, but overpowered and captured him. Hall escaped, but at five o'clock on Friday morning, four hours after the murder, he was taken into custody in bed at his lodgings at Charlbury. An inquest was held or the body at Charlbury on Saturday, and lasted from eleven o'clock in (the 'morning until five iu the afternoon, when it was adjourned until Thursday next, for the purpose of get ting additional evidence. The prisoners were conveyed tt the county gaol at Oxford, and will be brought before th( magistrates at Charlbury this meaning at eleven o'clock. - FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE EASTERN COUNTIES Moulder was a powerful fellow between 40 and 50 years of :. age, and has left a widow and seven children. The prisoner „; rvAILWAY.—An inquest was held on Saturday by Mr. H Hall served in the Ist Madras Fusiliers in India, for feu: lz: itaffies Waithew, the deputy-coroner, at the Poplar Hos • years, and returned to Charlbury about a year ago ; sink ..;, Jital, on view of the body of Thomas Redpath, aged 40 . then he has undergone imprisonmen t in the count y gaol , who lost his life under the following circumstances :—The for poaching. His accomplice, Tuckey, was also well •'. ieceased was in the service of the Eastern Counties Railway !mown as a poacher, and neither of them appeared to have , Company, and on Saturday last, while engaged in oiling any other mode of obtaining their subsistence, as they some portion of the machinery of an engine, near the .Bark mg-road station, he, by some means, fell off the train, am followed no occupation. : became jammed between one of the trucks and the platform. OLD ENGLISH COINS.—A few day s a g o a far- !ale was found lying in a state of suffering, and was con mer, while digging up a corner of a field in the neighbour !a- veyed to the hospital, where Mr. Brownfield, the house hood of Cleckheaton, a por ulo us manufacturing and minim village in the parish of Birst a l , in the "West Riding of York- , surgeon, found that he had sustained severe internal inju -ies, from which he ultimately died. Several witnesses shire, made a discovery of c onsiderable interest to coir , txamined, and it was proved that the deceased was perfectly dealers and collectors. His s p ade struck a g ainst an earther , Ober, and the unfortunate occurrence was quite accidental. jar, which was embedded in the ground about six inches be- -r Ve , rdict " , Accidental death." :'tenth the surface, and on ex amination the vessel was fowl(' to contain 100 silver coins , includin g coins of the reigns o 4 ' A PENITENT THIEF.—A man named Beard hat , : ' Mary, Elizabeth, James 1., Charles 1., and of the Corn ~ just given himself up to the police authorities of HigL monwealth. Among them were pennies, twopenny enc. .! Wycombe, for a robbery committed at Downham 24 year; sixpenny pieces, shillings, and one or two of higher value .. To. He then worked for a Mrs. Beeston, a painter, and his own e n o- Some of the smaller c oins were much worn. Twenty-tw( absconded from her service, robbing the house of a £lO and „ . - . coins of the reign o f Charles I t were in excellent preserva £5 note, a spade-ace guinea, a half-sovereign, some silver. ti on , with the King's head beautifully impressed. Then , a re n s d sio a n co h a e t h w ir it e h d agillitorbsuettaonnds chaise eonand went . From to Cambridge. were six coins of the C ommonwealth as fresh as when they la • came fr om the Mint ; and from this circumstance the tirm ' where he borrowed a coat of the ostler, which he nev er re when the treasure was buried may be fixed with consider-',turned. He adds that the affair has so troubled his mine .' Able confidence. The 109 coins which the jar contained re: t ß lu e l e t s h t o e n h l a e d f t p determined ownh amt some give e timehim b se a l e f k u , p an to d is justice.sinee deadl‘ lrs. . g . we i g hed Boz. 3dwts. so that Beard will probably b e di sc h arge d w i th an easier THE PROPOSED ROAD ACROSS HYDE PARK. — Our : 76 1 readers are aware that this matter was remitted to a select conscience. —Noy f° r i ii k e l d -ew t s hat in consequence of th . 1.,' ' .comm itt ee , composed of two members from each parish in. 4, , , We areiio Government not being immediately provided with 4 terested, who were to co nsider the matter, and to consul, English /with the Chief Commissioner on the subject. We fear, how-'4'a sufficient stock of snow boots in the event of an emer ,;ever, that nothing will come of the movement, owing to the gency, application was made to the Emperor of the French ,, I. determination of the Government not to contribute any_ %who at once expressed his willingness to supply the want, ° t hi ng ,:as Mr. Cowper has refused the very reasonable requestY and on receiving a reply that 2,000 were required, that num ' of the committee to obtain approximate estimates of the tvrot'ber wa s s dela transmitted by order of his Majesty without a mo• projects. The present position of the affair is--That the . ment' parish of Kensington would decline any assistance if th THE ENGLISH AND AMERICAN GOVERNMENTS. road across Kensington-gardens is to be adopted •C s e !„ - We have good reason to believe that Lord Lyons was di -- is willing to contribute a reasonable share; Pa ' dd . i ll n e g i t . o e c rested by the British Government to communicate uno -- / equally so ; Marylebone distinctly declines any contribution cially to Mr. Seward the substance of Lord Russell's des whatever; St. George's, Hanover-square, appears not very' patch demanding the surrender of Messrs. Slidell and willing to contribute. Th e special committee is summoned Mason a day or two previous to its formal d e livery. This . for o Tfeuaers, for day the ne presentxt,when ado th t eanmanttecie_o erwill 6 b sc e r d v e c t i. !rmined, and,!;'4' fact is decisive as to the conciliatory spirit of tho Govern w© meat i —4ectgeor. i ,. SOUTH - A7 -1 1E.RICA. • We have advices from Buenos Ayres to the 12th of Nov. An arrangement was said to have been f:perfected with Urquiza whereby he recognises Gen. r Mitre as the Provisional Dictator of the country, rejecting the refractory authorities which existed C. before the b a ttl e of Pabon. The Buenos Ayrcan army was to continue to occupy Santa Fe, and, if 1 % necessary, the troops of Entre Rios to obey the r.saaa ~‘". Provisional Dictator. Derqui, after two or three days spent in Parana, had embarked on board the British steamer of war Ardent, with his family - , hound to Montevideo, where he would remain ready - to return at the call of Urquiza. Meantime Entre Rios was being daily assimilated more and more to Paraguay, and nobody could either enter or leave Its territory, except as the reigning despot might ;choose. The expedition against the rebel Govern 'alert of Cordova was about to move under Gen. Paunero and Col. D. Marcos Paz. On the sth ult. the Legislative Assembly of Buenos Ayres was convened in extra session for the purpose of considering and voting the remainder of F, :he Budget—viz , the general estimates of the Cus t , ,'omhouse for 1862 ; the law of stamped paper for the same year; of Contribucion Directa, or real 'state tax ; estimates of municipal expenses and as taxes for the city, and also for the Bank. After hat, the projects for the construction of the South and the continuation of the Western Railways, he buildin of wharfs and warehouses at Catalinas, mud the laying down of a submarine telegraph cable o Montevideo were to come upon the tapes, each in heir order. A memorandum of the Brazilian Minister of Finance shows the following as the amount of the t iebt of the Argentine Confederation and Banda Oriental to the Imperial Treasury : Loans to the Banda Oriental-Ist, on account of he Convention of the 12th of October, 1857, ~020,041 dols ; 2d. To bills drawn by the Impe . ial Legation in Monte Video, 720,000 dols.; 3. ')n account of the protocol of the 29th of Jan. 1858, L 19,650 dols. ; total, 1,859,891 dols. • To the Argentine Confederation (National Go -7ernment)-Ist. Loan, 407,000 dols. ; 2d. ditto, 314,000 dots. ; interest on ditto, to the 31st of Dec., 860, 233,628 dols.; total, 947,628. In this statement the expense of the expedition if 1854 and 1855 is not included, and is due by the Monte Video Government, :in accordance with the reaties of the 12th of October, 1857, and sth of I.ugust, 1854. The latest price of doubloons at Buenos Ayres linged from 4111 to 413. Exchange on England, 1 3s. 6d.; ditto on France, 80f. to 801. ; ditto on the United States, par to 2 per cent. discount. The bank received currency at 6 per cent.; ditto specie at ) per cent. per annum. The bank advanced specie it 12 per cent. per annum ; ditto currency at 8 per '2nt. per annum. Market rate of interest, 1 to 11. ier cent. per month ; gas shares, 771 per cent.; • Bolsa. shares, 7 to 10 per cent. dess. The British barque Warrior Queen sailed from Buenos Ayres for London on the 7th of Nov., and he barque Istria had also left for Liverpool, both aden with large cargoes of hides, sheepskins, - aims, tallow, &c. Several shipping disasters occurred during a vio eat gale a‘ hich raged on the night of the 28th and 29th of Oct. The magnificent American steamer ‘lississippi, owned in New York, broke from her noorings, and was stranded on the beach, but lay n a favourable position, bows on the shore, quite t her ease, and materially undamaged, and was xpected to be easily got afloat on the first high ide. The American barque Carolina run aground pposite the Recoleta, and the Hamburg brig tleinich Arens opposite Belgrano; both lost . heir anchors. The schooners Rayo and Do ores run aground. Among the lesser craft the ceidents were more numerous, The National , chooner Diana was struck by the Mississippi, osing her bowsprit and foremast. The schooner Carolina was completely lost from a similar :Ruse, and the pilot-boats Mariquita,Dolores, Ray°, nd Tomasito were aground on the beach. The Crench barque Etincelle lost her anchor. Her Majesty's ship Ardent left Buenos Ayres on he Ist of November for Parana. The following intelligence has been received by he French steamer Navarre from Bordeaux : . " Pernambuco, Nov. 30. " The Oneida arrived here on the 28th, with London dates to the 9th, and telegrams to the 11th dam. It is almost needless to say that cotton is still 'he favourite article of the day, but prices have 72en worked up to such a height that at length, 'Caring to be broken, the pitcher would no longer ;o to the well, and for an entire week pressers did not sell a bale. Today, however, a sale was made it 12 dols, per arroba, equal to 111 d. per lb., ex Creight. This is a decline of 600 reis from the iighest point obtained. Sugars are duller; ordinary - Towns are quoted 1,950 to 2,000 per arroba, or 17s. Bd. to 18s. ld. per cwt. ; whites, 2,600 to 4,100 235. 7d. to 355. 7d. per cwt.; hides, 180 reis per b. ; exchange, 26d, Freights very firm, at 625. 6d. Ind 5 per cent. Channel and United Kingdom ; 50s. and 5 per cent. sugar to Liverpool ; 7-Bths, and .5 per cent., per lb. cotton." ('NAMES E3IBANEMENT-SODTH SIDE The Commissioners for considering the propriety )f embanking the south side of the Thames met on 'aturday aaernoon at the Westminster Hotel. Col. Galton presided, and the other commissioners vere present. Mr. Frederick Doulton, of the Board of Works, vas first examined. He said that the embankment ,f the Thames on the south side was rendered neces sary or desirable from the fact that floods frequently rook place on the south side of the Thames. The Moods affected the poor inhabitants and the wharf ngers. In the case of the poor, they were driven )ut of their dwellings between Nine Elms and Westminster-bridge, and immediately after the ',liter subsides, when they return to their dwellings, iisease was generated by the dampness of the swellings. It was obvious that the wharfingers oust suffer considerably by being flooded out of - heir places of business. These things could be :)revented by an embankment, and by that means mly. He pointed out further that the crowded •tate of the thoroughfares on the south side of the iver between Vauxhall and Westminster rendered to additional roadway necessary ; and the crowded tate of the thoroughfares would be increased by he construction of Lambeth-bridge, which would 3e opened next year. A new street was undoubtedly iecessary, and it might be made by an embank ment, or by widening the waterside thoroughfare. As to the north side of the river above Westmins 'er, it was already embanked. As to lighting the .vharfs on the rive: side, it would interfere with all - he existing thoroughfares and the neighbourhood, and would entail the entire reconstruction of the vharves—and, indeed, most of the existing wharf swills were so bad that any attempt to patch up the , natter would be a failure, and would not remove I - he evils of flooding, nor remedy the evils of over 3rowding ; there was great doubt, therefore, that lily other course than an embankment would re- Inedy the existi ng ev il s. It must be remem b ere d 1 -hat those on the south side contributed a large . mount of coal t ax , w hi c h goes t o pay for the em -)ankment of th e nor th s id e . Capt. Galton—lf that argument would app l y ; ' hen every district should have someimprovein Witness—Well, by the north embankment whole of the north district s are improved, the by he south embankment t he whole of the south and dis -1 'ricts will be improved. The floods come ever the .‘nbankment, and out through the sewers. It would ._. '3e most injurious to abolish the free landing places. From one o f them '4 1,000 tons are carted a week, and road on the south side m us t be constructed in .;,. irly - ,onnection with free landing places. The objee - En Vtionable nature of the mud banks is due to the ,e wage. By Sir S. Jebb—The road between my wharf and 'works is sometimes flooded, ,and the embankment would remedy the evil. Dr. Odling, medical officer of health for the parish lof Lambeth ; Mr. IV. F. Godered, vestryman ; and other gentlemen of local position and influence, were lalso examined, and the commission NI as further ad -1 j ouraed. _ ~~~~`~~ ~. st 2s ed 10. 6. 20 20 100 100 100 stock stock stock 20 stock ~~tock (Share' 100 stk 18 201 204 10 100 17i 20 stock stock /100 15 all 100 1 3.2.101 2.14.6 7.4.0 55/ 17s 6.8.6 8.12 4.11.8 1.10.1 11) 9.18.9 1* 10.6.7 s.i.c, all 18.1q.U, 27 19. 13s 6d! 1.7.2 Loot I