The Sun. — London, England, 1861-01-04 00:00:00

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During the last few days the transactions in the Foreign and Colonial Produce Markets have not been very extensive. The arrangement of the differences with regard to "lot money" in the Tea Market, however, has caused considerable satisfaction. At the public sale prices gave way about ld. to 2d. per lb. on inferior qualities. Sugars have been in moderate request at 6d. per cwt. lower. For coffee there has been a steady demand, and good and fine plantation Ceylon maintained its value, while inferior and other descriptions declined 6d. to ls. per cwt. Rice continued in good demand at full rates, but the transactions in fruit, spices, and saltpetre has not been of an important character. Tallow has been more in request for consumption and on speculative account, and quotations have slightly improved, P.Y.C. on the spot being quoted 60s. 3d. ; and for March delivery, 60s. per cwt. Continued quietude prevailed in the Liverpool Cotton Market, yesterday, and prices were steady. The sales were only 6,00 bales. There is rather less demand for discount accom modation, the preparations for the engagements due to-day, the 4th, having been completed. Full rates, however, are still enforced, and the market consequently presents a very firm appearance. A further portion of the gold, viz. £36,000, by the Great Britain, was sent into the Bank of Eng land yesterday, but 50,000 sovereigns were with drawn for transmission to the United States. It was announced yesterday afternoon that Messrs. Whistler,llawson, and King had suspended payment, with liabilities estimated at between £20,000 and £30,000. At a meeting of the London Dock Company now assembled a rather angry discussion has arisen upon the unsatisfactory report for the past half year. The market for Public Securities opened firmly, and symptoms of buoyancy speedily appeared, Consols being 928 a for the 10th inst., and 928 93 for February, or per cent. better ; but they have since receded to 921 8; and 921 g respectively, owing to a few speculative sales, and the expecta tion of the Indian Loan. The New Threes and the Reduced have improved to 92i ; Long An nuities to 16 3.16 ; and Exchequer Bills to 3s. dis. and par, ; Bank Stock remain at 233. No material change can be reported in Foreign Securities, and the dealings have been limited. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 701 to 71; ditto New, 156 i to 571-, ; Mexican remain at 2144 ; and Russian 41 per Cents. at 921 93 ; Spanish are heavy at 481 and 491; but Venezuelan have improved to 201. Messrs. D. Bell, Son, and Co., report the prices of American Securities as follows : Redeemable. Prices United States 6 per Cents 1867-1868 - Do. 5 per Cent Bonds Kentucky 6 per Cent. Bonds lB6B-72 88 90 Pennsylvania 5 per Ct. Bonds 1877 84 85 Illinois Central 7 per Cent. Mil lois Central 6 per Cent. Do. shares, 80 dols. paid Michigan Central 8 per Cent 1869 87 89 Do. do. shares .. 45 50 New York Central 6 per Ct., not convertible. lBB3 86 88 New York Central 7 per Ct., convertible, from June 15, L 957-59 Do. do. shares Now York and Erie, 7 per Ct., Ist mortgage Do. de., 2d mortgage Do. do., 3d ,mortgage Do. do. convertible Do. do. shares Panama 7 per Ct., Ist mort • gage Str. Bonds, not cony Do. do., 2d do. 1864 91 93 76 77 91 93 89 90 73 80 1867 1859 1883 1862 34 35 100 102 99 101 1865 1872 More activity has prevailed in the Railway Share Market, and a further improvement has taken place in most of the principal British under takings. Great Western, Lancashire and York shire, Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, Norfolk, South-Eastern and Great Northern have advanced 10s., and the A Stock, £1; Caledonian, Midland, and North-Eastern (Berwick), £1 ; Eastern Coun ties and South-Western have realised previous rates. The tendency of prices, however, is now rather less favourable. In the Foreign. Market there has been no change of importance. South Austrian and Lombardo- Venetian are at 121 ; Dateh-Rhenish at 131; and San Paolo, at 3. The Colonial lines are a shade firmer. Grand Trunk of Canada realised 231 241 ; Great Western of Canada, 11 k ; East Indian, 99i ; and Seinde,9Bl. Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares have continued inactive Union of Australia, London Chartered of Australia, and Bank of British North America realised former prices. Peel River Land Were steady at 495.; and Royal Mail Steam are heavy> at 471 49. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Bank Stock • 233 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities . 921 / New 3 per Cent. Annuities Annuities, 30 yrs, expire sth Jan., 1880 — Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 l6 3-16 India Stwk . J• Ditto Debentures, 1858 96a Ditto Bonds £1,000 , itto under £l,000 Consols for Account, Jan. 10 India Stock for Account — Ditto 5 per Cent, for Account lola Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 11a Ditto Small FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Braz',lian 5 per Cent D'Ato 4/ per Cent. 1860 96k Buenos Ayres, 6 per Cent Menican 3 per Cent I )itto Account New Grenada Active, 31 per Cent. Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853. — Ditto 3 per Cent., 1856, '7 and '9 .. 44 1 lift() Account Ru asian 5 per Cent. 1822, £ St • • I )itto 4t per Cent Swinish 3 per Cent... Ditto New Deferred 4oa Bppaiish Cert. of Coup, not funded 5l Turkish 6 per Cent . . Ditto Account Ditto New Loan Ditto Account Ditto £lOO Bonds Venezuelan 3 per Cent Ditto Account Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch Exchange, 12 Guil. 2i per Cent — D.tto Certificates, 4 per Cont. THREE O (Consols for Account, ex di v., 10th.... 921' aCLOCK. TRIS DAY'S SHIPPING. LONDON, Jan. 4.—Wind this day at noon—North- Easterly ; moderate breeze, and fine weather, with sharp frost. PouTsmotc:rx, Jan. 3.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Alba tross, from Hong Kong; Prince Regent, from Hong Kong for Hamburg; Queen of the South, from Iquique; Ra phael, from Curacoa for Amsterdam, with loss of sails, ntainyard flying, jibboom and bulwarks; Schiller, from Baltimore for Bremen. DEAL, Jan. 2.—Wind S.E.—Arrived—Veronica, from the River, and sailed for H ong K ong; Eleanor, from the rtiver, and sail e d f or K urrachee; Fury, from the River, and sailed for New York. LivEnr ooL, Jan. 2.—Wind N.E.—Sailed—Edin burgh, screw steamer, for New York, with £lOO,OOO in specie. PL Canton j„,. 3. Wind N.E.—Arrived—M agg i e , from Canton,- Pride of the Isles, from Rio Grand e f or Aberdeen ; Trent, Steamer, from' St. Thomas; Blue ' Jacketswe (of pt Troon), f rom London for Al goa Bay with decks . FALMOUTH, Jan. 3.--Wind E.N.E , strong breeze. — Sailed—Johanna, for Ravannah; Orane Blossom, for St. Michael's.. CLYDE, 2.—Wind — Arrived—ldalea from Mauritius; America, from New Y or k . Sailed — Majesty, for Palermo. NEWPORT, Jan. 3. Wind E.—Sailed—Polymie, for Ravannah. (r ELECTRIC TRLEGUIPIEL) 601/TILIMPTON, Friday Mo n . Wind E. ; frosty. Havre Arrived, Jan. 3.—Dove, from Swansea ; , atemme r , from Havre; Duke of Cornwall, steamer, from Lond on, ! Courier, s t eamer , f rom Jersey. Sailed—St. Croix, for Cromarty ; Emma Jane, for Mont rose; Duke of Cornwall, steamer, for Dublin • Southamp.. t oll, steamer, for Jersey ; Lady Constance and Isabella, for Sunderland. DT liiIIBMARINE AND MAGNETIC:I TELEGRAPH. GRA.TZEIEND, Friday Morning. Wind W. ; light and thick. Arrived, Jan. 3.—John and Isabella, from Singapore. Arrived, Jaa. 4.—Shuttle, from Jam aica; Canopus, from Bahia ; Queen of Freedom, from Colombo. Sailed. —L a dy S an d ys , f or St. Kitt' s ; . Albi on , s t ea mer, for Boulogne, PEAL, Friday Morning. Wind N.N.W., moderate. Fussed, Jan. 3.—Lagos, for Leghorn ; Viceroy, for ; Carl 15th, for Cardiff Free Trade, for New York; allnnY, for Shields; D u bli n, screw s t eamer, f or B or d eaux -- f. —ora London. Passed, Jain 4,—Sarah, from London, for Cardiff. `, SWARE 31ARL7FT.-(7711S DAY.) ORDINARY SIIAttES AND STOCKS. hallways. I Paid. I Closing I Business Price. Done. Belfast aqui Ballymena Bir., Wol , and Str. Val. Birk., La., and Ch June Blackburn St 81 80 s 2 111 121 'Myth and Tyne Sleaf. and Mid.Co flristol and Exeter 81 7 99 101 981 981 Caledonian carmarthen &Card'Era: Cork and Bandon 98i # Fork, Itlrock., 'Passage Cornwall .... Po A CA e:ets no div Do B ' until6pL persn r hasbreen • d. toB Dublin (t Belfast June. Dun., Perth, &Ab..lune East Anelian 6 6 EaSi 'ern Counties Eo.',4tern Union, A stock] Do do 13 do Dol'cw A. late EU3ds East Suffolk ,Edinbur2 - 11 GlasLrow Edin. Perth, tt Dundee Forth 4t Clyde Junction Furness Glasrr. and S. Western Great Ntlin. of Scotland Great Northern no do A stock Do do ri do - Ar W. of Ireland Great Western Do Str V^:t zua. stock Trish Son',b-eastern.... I .aneas'Aire do Torkshivf. l Londrm and Blackwall l Lon. Bri lit .. & S Coast Le,nd., Chat., and Dover Nth. Western Loud. & Sth. Western.. L'derry & Coleraine .. L'ilerry & Enniskillen Man. Shef. & Lincoln.. Maryport and Carlisle.. Do do shares.... Metropolitan Midland Go new Do iMrming. Derby Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland Do A shares Mid Tent....... Do, Cray Line Newcastle and Ctrlislc Newry & Armagh, def Newry, Warnpt. (lc Itos Norfolk N , lm. Counties Union .. North British. ... Nor.Dey.Rail&Dk.stocl' Dr , A stk ; A recs no d. until 6pch as beenpd.B Do B stock ......... Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do , a.N.E. purchase DoLeeds .............. Do York ....... ....... North London Po new North Staffordshire 0 N. and S. W. Junction [2 Not. Grantham Rail [0 r2ebies .. •• • Portsmouth [0 Rhym ney Scottish 'Central ,Scot N. E., Aber. stock, Do Scot. Mid. stock , ( 41iropshire Union Sitting - bourne & Sheer. ' 'South Devon South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun qtaincs. Wok,. and Wok Stockton & Darlington Pb do. Taff Vale Do Pref. No 1 Thamesrlavenlik&tlail Ulster . 1 Do Vale of Neath Victoria. Sta. and Pim Waterford & Kilkenny Waterford & Limerick West C.-rnwall !West London .......... Do Ist class Do 24 clar4s WestTTartlepool Harbr and Rail . : .... West Midlard—Oxford Do. Newport Hereford 49 494 42 44 83 85 48i 91 PREFERENCE SHARES. Share! Railways. !paid Closing Business Price. Done. Blythe and Tyne 10 per c. pref. (issued at £5O Brig Fxet 4 p ct.stock • ` •• 'DO • do. do. Shares ...... i Caledon £10,44 per cent Do. Quer. Shares, No. 2. ,Cork dr, Bandon, 54 p. c.I 'Corn - wall. 5 per cent... Duli.Perth&Aber.Jun. . F. Angn.Class A 7 &sp.e. Do. do. Class B 6 p.c.... Do. do. Class C 7 p.c.... E. Coun. Ex. 5 p. c. No. 1 !Do. do. No. 2 Do. New 6 per et. stock. 'Eastern Union, 4 per et. I Do. 5 per cent. guar... Edin.&Glas.sp.c. shares Do. 4 p. c gua. S. & D. Edin. Perth& Dun. 4 p.c. Furness, 5 per cent .... Glas.& S. West.g.a. 5 p.c. Grei.t Northern, 5 p. et. Po.sp.e.lledm., 10 p.c.pni Do. 44 p. c. do. do. . , „ . Do. s_l).e. Redm. 5 ;,.e. p m, Gt. Nit. of Scot: A. Ist pf., ( Gt. Sn. & NV (Ire,land)4 i p. et. - -,,ret. stock Great West. (Berks and Dants) Ext. 5 p. et f: o. R edeemable, 44 p.et Do. Redeemable, 4 p. ct Do Irredeemable, do IDo. 5 p.et. Redeem. Pref IDo. Birm. Pref. Shares Gt. W. Ches. 8 p.c. pf.sh IDo. do. 5 p. ct. pref Do BP:mg . ..mar. stock Do. Chester gua. shares Do. do. do. ....... Do. do. do. Lan.&York 6 p. c. stock Do.Barnsl.st£s 3s 10d pc Do. 6 per C. (E. Lan.) Lon.& Brig. 5 pc.gu. No 1 Do. 5 p. c. No. 2 Do. gua. 6 p. a T)o. do. 5 p.c. No. 4 Do. do. 4A- per cello , . Do. do. 44 p. c. shares Do. 7 p. ct. Pref. stock Do. 6p.c. do. (W.E.&C.P 1 Do.4p.c.S.(div.dettil '65) I (Jon. Chat. and Dover. , ILon. and. N.W. Cov. and Nuneaton, 5 p. ct Lon. .t S. W, 7 p. ct. stocla Do. 47, per cent. Do. (Prtsm. perpl anns. of 2s. 6d..... ..... Londondy. & Cole. 4 sh. Lon dony. & Ennis. 4 sh. \Tan. Sh. &Lin. 6 per ct. Do. £6 T)o. 31 per cent Do. redeem. 6 per cent - ,Tary , ,ort & Car., 4 p. c Do. 44 per cent Mid. Con. 6 p c. stock.. Do.Con.Bris. & Bir. 6 p.c. Do. 44-p. C. pref. stock.. Do. with option till 1860 Do. Leic. & Tilt. pref. st., Norflk 5 p. c. Ex. st. 18461 Do. 5% p. c. Pref. do. 1847 Do.sWay.Val.Ex.st.lB47 North British, 5 p. c.., Do. New, gun. 5 p. c..,. Do. Bor. Un. g. pf. si: Do. do. do. Nth. Dev.R ail.fr; Dck.Co. N-East.Cons,Pret. 4 p. c. Do. Ilerwir',4, 4 p.c. Pref. Do. do. do Do. lA,eds, R p. e. No. 1 Do. do. Quarters, 1848 Do. York, .. &S. Puroh North Staffordshire Rhyraney Guaranteed . 9 '.:ot fish Central, new p 1 ',Scottish North-Eastern f 34 p. c. pref. stock-- rio.Aberdeen,27 l la-SP•e.' Do. 7 p. e. pref. stock South Devon, Ann. 10s. Do. Fixed 4% per cent. l South Eastern (Reading, Ann., 1.0.6) Do. 44 per cent. lOO Do.Fixecl .4-p.c. let is. 100 mouth Do 47 perales' lA* S.-Yorkshire, 4p. c. gua. 100 cent rua " 4 p.c. lon, Stock. ,t Dar. A 5 p. ,-, . all Do. B 6 Der cent—, _ _ all Do. C 6 percent all Weed & Kincry, 6p. e 1 r .)O W.lllid -Oxf lst Gua stk 100 Do. 2d do 100 Do.Newpr,rt 5 p.e.pf .red. 100 ,Do.Perpret. 6p. e. pf 1866 100 Do. till 1869, let is. 100 Do. do. 2d is. 74 I -- Share 13.14 stock stock stock stock 12. 10 stock i.O. stock stock 50 stock stock stock stock stock 25 stock stock stock 19.16.4 stock stock stock stock stork stick fl rock stock stock stock 12 10 stock 1.3 stocK stock stock stock stock stk 20 stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock s t o cjit st acic stock stock stock stoci stock stock stock stock stock stock 2s. 6d . 121 121 stock stock 124 stock stock stock all 100 34 100 100 100 100 100 16 13 4 100 100 100 5 17A all 1101 103 201 211 6 61 99 101 112 115 106 108 110 112 108 110 124 126 112 114 90 92 116 119 112 114 104 106 86 88 9R 100 P 8 100 89 01 90 92 101 103 94 10 174 18i 104 11 76 78 20 21 10 104 151 15i 138 110 16 118 [lB 118 [3B 143 118 103 105 153 156 30 134 69 71 90 92 [lB 118 150 155 13} lq IP 70 72 I iP 137 139 101 103 stock stock stock stock stock stock 10) 95 97 stock stock stock 12 15 10 t 0 13i stock sto ek stock 10s, 10 I 1.0.6 12 114 .10 111 P stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock stock 12i Bedford and Bletchley all Buckinghamshire lOO Chester & Holyhead 100 Do. do. 5} per cent 100 Do. do. 5 per cent. 100 Clydesdale Junction 10; 1 Colchester, Stour Val all E.Lincolnshire,g.6p.c 1 100 E.Union,Harwich Waal all Do. Woodbridgr,. 100 Gls.Barr.&Nellr,,brat„ 100 Do. New . „...... 100 Gloster& P can Forest all Hartlp°:)l.Dck.& Rail. all , Hull p.ad Selby all Shares Do. Shares Lane. & CarL gua.s p.c London & Greenwich Do. Preference Lon.,Tilby.& Soutend Lowestoft, r,na. 4 p.ct Do. 6 per cent Manc.,Buxtn. & Matk Mid. Bradford Prefer- ence Stock .....- Newmarkt.,lluryEx guaranteed 5 p. o. Northn. Eastn. 5 p.c. Do. do. 6 per cent Do. Fixed 5 per cent North Western Preston and WITe• I Do. Stares Sk rewsAlbr RoYs t nitch . &Shep Do. yat Hereford South Staffor Do. dshire .. Wilts and Somerset.. Wimbledonta Croydn. 93 95 103 105 1 IP Share' Docks. P IP 23 21 100 100 100 all all 123 128 130 133 104 11 237 241 I.'tft 104 102 104 91 93 100 102 'B5 88 27; 285 ',.121 331 325 331 45 48 124 126 123 125 100 102 123 126 116 120 all M'Clean.. 100 Gt West all Ldic Brgtn -13T5tX8.- raid. Closing ! Business Price. Done. per Cent.Pret ilin6 stock (17orrnercial ..... . li 1 ! lio I East and AV ekt India i no s tock London g s t t oc oc k k Do. 4 1 1® stock St. Katharin e lOO stock Southampton ! ISO _ stock Victoria . ......... I lop 9 9 101 20 Dgqiew ~....astiless 1 id Par;' LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Railways. I p a i d ) Leasing \Closing Business 1 s. Price. Done. )rd and Brachley all "Ln & N.W .. inghamshire .... 100 Ln &N W 98 100 ter & Holyhead.. 100 Do. 53 531, do. 5} per cent. 100 Do. 125 127 . do. 5 per cent. 100 Do. 113 115 tsdale Junction.. 10'.; Caledonin 102 104 tester, Stour Val. all ..U.&E C I 16 17 icolnshire,g'.6p.e. l 100 Gt.'North. l l3s 137 ion,Harwich S' i mil all E.Counts. 41 41 Woodbridge, .. 100 WT.& Neiki,Drci. 100 Ca i ledonin New . . ...... 100 Do. —. • ;er& I ",ea . n 'Forest all Gt. West. I P o '.)l.Dck.dr Rail. all Yk.N.&Br A-ad Selby ...... all Yk.N. Md. 110 112 r. i Shares o. i Shares ... .. x& CarL gua.s p.c lOO n.ez N.W 207 211 don & Greenwich 100 . East... 61 63 Preference .... 100 Do. ll5 120 ,Tilby.& Soutend. 100 Peto &Co 90 92 110 f •estolt, gua. 4 p.ct. 100 Norfolk — 6 per cent.. —..— 100 Do. — c„Buxtn. & Matk. all • LNW&M 31 31 Bradford Prefer ce Stock..... ... 100 Midland 97 99 Tnarkt.,ll-aryix Laranteed sp. c. 5. 5 6 jE .Counts f f p thn.,k Eastn. 5 p.c. all . all o. ' — -- Eo cent do. 6 per .. Fixed 5 per cent all o. — th Western 'ton and Wyre. 1 all I L& 11W )I& L.Yk. 4 Stares A all Do. — -- : B ... tn 'J li talLot Shepl 100 Gt. North. 135 137 o.iiaasontad o rY: rdlit Hereford re .. 100 all , I P T 3 . 1 13 , c r i a e s a s n e . y .l 10411 6 101614 nbledou ril.erset.. 100 'Gt. West 91 93 ''''aydn. all L.& Brgtn 74 84 _ BRITISH MINES. I Closing Business Suare) Mines. Paid.! Price. Done Alfred Consols ThlfacitP.ll.l l '3l 4 20 British Iron Clifford nil 205 215 Devon G. Cons. (Tavist ) 1 410 400 East Bassett (Illogan) 3O 114 118 East Caradon ... .. E. Wil Russel (Tavistk ) 7.4.0 101 111 10/ Gam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen ) 54} 25 28 Great South Tolgus l7s 7} 8 Si G.Wheal Alfci. (Philack) 12.13.9 1 11 G. Wheal Vor (Helston) 91 11 15 Grenville Herod's-Foot 8.12 32 34 Hingsbon Downs 4.10.6 31 31 -. Lady Bertha ...- Margaret (Uny Lelant) 9/ 54 56 North Downs 2l 3i 4% - North Frances (Illogan 111 4 5 N. WWI Basset (Illo4an) 15s 4 5 North Wheal 'Crotty Par Consols (St. Blazey 1% 9% 11 95 20 Providence(Uny Lelnt.) 10.6.7 45 47 Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. 148 1 11 .outhCaradou(St.Cleer) 1% 300 310 S. Cam Brea (Illogan) 3l 21 3i 1 S. Dev. Iron &Gen., Lim. all 1 5 S.Wheal Fran. (Illogan) 18.18. , lis 155 Stray Park , 4.18. k 49 51 5 Tamar Silv.& Lead Min. 4 24 21- 10 Tin Croft g [6 61 Vale of Towey (Carm ) 43s 6d 1 0 West Basset (Illogan) ll 18 19 W. Caradon (Liskeard) 5 77 79 West Seton Wheal Basset (Illogan 5/ 115 120 Wheal Buller (Redruth 5 160 170 Wheal Edward (Cals. 12 15 1/ 131 Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant 1.7.2 144 151 Wheal Mary Ann (Men. 8 18 19 cal Trelawney (Lis. 51 i 17 19_2_ FOREIGN MINES. 20 Australian 1 BonAccordCopper,Lim l5B 1 d . 1 35 Brazil. Imp. (is. at £5 p 271 21 20 Du.St.Johndel Rey,Luu 15 281 29 27/ 7 5 Do. Land and MlningCo. all _ 1 Clarendon Cons.MinCo. 5 dis. 40 Cobre Copper all 43 45 Copiapo 1 DunMoun.Cop.Ming.oo all i 1 2 Fortuna. all 2 21 25 5 20 General all 21 23 2 Gt. N. Cop. of S. Austr 1 Par 1p 1} 11 Kapunda (Limited) 1 1 1 1 11 p 3 Linares all 9 10( 5 . Lusitanian 2 p p 1 Mariquica all # 1 N.RhineCopotS.Aus.L 128.5d. I id 20 Pontgibaud Silver,Le , Mining p nin h if li an p and Smelt.— all 5 o 5 Port 1 1 5 1 Scottish Austrin. (L.) l.os. ii Li 248.2 United Mexican . 1 orthing ( Limit e d) all I 1 tilly 1 D1P..... j ... 1 ,,,,, l9l, 7.7' 8 8i 16 17 53 54 37 39 26 28 86 E 8 28i 29) 116 118 113 114 'O9l 114 32 13t 11 113 74i 75 61 64 . 119/ 120 62 64 117 118 50 12 1011 102 941 951 8 10 553 661 317 4d 1371 1371 110 112 7 6d 54 56 65 661 1061 1061 P IP 65 46 96 07 101 103 21 21 - 1 94 41 8* 8i 115 117 34} 341 87 89 50 52 6 7 42 43 8 8f 88 1 62 C 4 78 80 6 8 42i 43f 11 11f p 55 564 2 3ip d ipi 67 69 111 11i 6 64 16} i 113} i 110 A 10 133 75 4! 1191 1174 1014 2 55 1 I 137 I i 110 65} 65ff 6 106} 6 i i P 952 61 2 Ls}} ;s1 I i 131 14 THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 4: MI. Paid. 100 all all all 100 100 100 lorl all all all all all 100 100 all all all all all 100 all all all all 1,00 100 100 all 100 all ; 11 I 1 i pr 47 50 72 74 12 11 17 18 p 17 19 5 6 47 49 136 141 34 35 5 7 9 10 ?,SSIONS. Closing Price. 74 77 93 94 If 11 d' 4f scl 6i 7 75 80 67 72 65 79 pr la lad, d 2k I',d 93 99 984 99 1004 101 234 24 75 80 46 50 57 60 50 54 48 52 95 96 lid i d 24 • Ifd 11 114 01 95 100 95 100 13 90 90 03 83 85 93 04 80 87 1i 14 d 5 7 5 7 (100 10 all 100 18 97i 98i 2id lid 92 9i i jd ,ATLWAYS. :16f 23i Ize 131 I I 112 49 71 101} 136} 99 i ,ITIES. 51 51 lid 1 11 12 3 20 n 2l I I 224 23} ;ueinees done 6f 7 24 75 t t 31 48 71 71 19 20 28 39 7i gi 35i 34 54 56 31 2ld at a si al 1 d 1i 1 d 20 21 81 1 21 22 9 1 . TILE SEVERE .FROST OF DECEMBER, 1860. (From the Aberdeen Journal.) The severity of the past week has been so gene ral over Scotland, aria even its warmer sister, Eng land, that there is more than ordinary notice taken of that topic in every person's mouth—" the weather." We may note that the mean average tempera ture of the corresponding period of the year during the last 27 years (the period from which we have any data in this part of the country) was 37.89 deg. As will be seen in the record of the same for said period this season it was only 16.43 deg., con sequently it has been 21.46 deg. below the average ! We often consider even 8 or 10 deg. on such a period either below or above quite startling. It will be observed, the temperature on the night of Tuesday, 25th, was 12 deg. below zero ! Now we had the same intensity of frost in February, 1838. J. P. Grant, Esq., of Rothiemurchus, in the winter of 1823, records that the minimum or lowest tem perature was 15 deg. below zero (of Fahrenheit's scale.) We had one of Casella's (London) thermometers placed on a board on the surface of the ground, in open park, in the policies of Castle Newe, on the night of the 25th of December, which indicated a minimum temperature of 19 deg: under zero, or, adding 19 to 32 of the scale indicated, a tempera ture of 51 deg. under the point at which water freezes! Such, perhaps, has not occurred for sixty years, at least. LETTERS AND LEITER WRITING. (From the _Home Journal.) The art of writing a really good letter ranks unquestion ably amongst the most valuable accomplishments of woman, and next to that of conversing well. In both cases the first thing to be avoided is common-place, because whatever partakes of the nature of common-place is not only vulgar but ineffective. I know not how I can better define this term, so frequently used, and so little understood, than by saying that cemmon-place consists chiefly in speaking of things by their little qualities, rather than %heir great ones. Thus it is common-place to speak of religious persons as using cant, to speak of distinguished characters as well or ill dressed, and to speak of the works of Shakspeare as being peculiar in their style. It is also common-place to use those expressions of kindness, or sympathy, which custom has led ul to expect as a matter of course. And we never feel this more than in cases of affliction or death; because there is a kind of set phraseology made use of on such occasions, which those who really feel would often be glad to vary, if they only knew how. It is common-place to speak of some fact as recently discovered, to those who have long known it. But above all that is genuine in common place, the kind of flattery generally adopted by men, when they mean to address themselves pleasantly to women, deserves the credit of pre• eminence. Indeed, so deficient, for the most part, is this flattery, in point, originality, and adaptation, that I have known sensible women who felt more really flattered by the Most humiliating truths, even plainly spoken; because such treatment implied a confi dence in their strength of mind and good sense, in being able to bear it. Common-place letters are such as, but for the direction, would have done as well for any other indi vidual as the one to whom they are addressed. In descrip tion especially, it is desirable to avoid common-place. A correspondent making the tour of the Lakes, tells you that, on such a day, she set off to the summit of Helvellyn; that the first part of the ascent was steep and difficult, the 'latter more easy; that the view from the summit was mag nificent, extending over so many lakes, and so many other mountains ; and there ends the story ; and well for you if it ends there. But such writers unfortunately often go on through a whole catalogue of beauties and solemnities, no single one of which they set before you in such a manner as to render it one whit more attractive, or indeed more pecu liar in any of its features, than the king's highway. In the vain hope of avoiding common-place, some young writers have recourse to extravagant expressions when describing little things; a mode of writing which, besides being the medium of falsehood, leaves them in the uncomfortable pre dicament of having no language adequate to what is great. It is difficult to say what is the opposite of common-place, without giving lengthened quotations from the best style of epistolary correspondence, with which the literature of our country during the last century abounds. There is a quality both in writing and conversation to which I can give no other name than freshness, which is not only oppo site in its nature and effect to common-place, but on which I believe depends more than half the pleasure and amuse ment we derive from the intercourse of mind with mind. Few persons possess this charm, because few are humble enough to suppose that it would be any advantage to them; and those who do are always in danger of losing it by writ ing toe much. The letters of a woman of moderate abilities and limited sphere of observation may possess thisegreat beauty; while those of a more highly. gifted or accomplished writer may want it; because it must ever depend upon a capability of receiving vivid impressions, combined with a certain degree of simplicity of heart. THIS DAY'S MARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE. Since Monday very little fresh English wheat has come to hand coastwise, or by land carriage, and the show of samples of both red and white here, to-day, was trifling. Although the attendance of buyers was limited the de mand ruled steady, at ls. per quarter above Monday's quotations. There was a fair show of foreign wheat. Good and fine samples were hold at ls. per quarter more money, and other kinds were steady. Floating cargoes were quite as dear as last week. Fine barley was scarce, and in request, at extreme cur rencies, but other kinds were a slow inquiry. Fins malt was firm at 80s. per quarter. Other kinds were a dull inquiry, at late rates. _ _ Oats commanded rather more money, with a good con iumptive demand. We have no change to notice in the value of beans or peas. The flour trade was firm, at very full prices. ARRIVALS THIS WEER. Wheat. Barley. Malt. Oats. Flour. Eng1i5h........ 920 640 1,010 210 I 850 Irish.. . . ... 120 f F0reig0........ 6,040 2,710 1,610 1 1,570 sacks 3.600 brie. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. ENTRIES FOR THE SPRING !HANDICAPS. NOMINATIONS Pon THE CHESTER Cur.—Adam Bede, Acco, Alderman, Apollyon, Arabia, Balham, Bally-edmond, Belleisle, Bandsman, Ben Webster, Betts, Bevis, Birming ham, Black Prince, Black Diamond, Blue Stone, Bravo, Bridegroom, Bumble Bee, Butterfly, Bushman, Bye-ways, Canary, Cashio, Calpe, Chance Shot, Chore Arnie, c. by Flying Dutchman—Priestess, c. by Wild Dayrell—lntimi dation, s. by West Australian—Lady Evelyn, Conscript, Coroner, Crater, Croagh Patrick, Cromwell, Damascus, Danae, Desraimd, Doefoot, Donner und Blitz, Dreadnought, Duchess,Dulcibella,Eastsheen,EastStanley,EdmundKean, Elcho, El Hakim, Emblem, Eskdale, Faultless, Feodo rowna, f by King Tom—Giraffe, f by Stockwell—Babette, fby Stockwell—Selina, First Lord, Fftzavon, Flirtation, Folkestone, Forager, General Hess, Gouvieux, Gridiron, Guilder, Henham Lass, Herne, High Treason, Horace, Horror, Industrious, Irish Emigrant, Isabella, Ivanhoff, Jacintha, Jealousy, Joskin, Juno, Killigrew, King of Diamonds, King of Kent, Lady Chesterfield, Lady Ripon, La Reux, Light, Lovett, Maid of Chester field, Malpas, Man-at-Arms, Master Begot, Merrimac, Meyerbeer, Millionsire, Mimic, Mistake (late Earl of Essex), Monastery, Morella, M. Philippe, Mountain Nut, Mowbray, Newcastle, Northern Light, North Lancashire, Oliver, Optimist, Overton, Pagoda, Pancake, Parmesan, Paul Clifford, Pebtle, Petra, Physician, Pitman, Pounce, Precise, Predictor, Princess Royal, Professor Dick, Rajah Brooke, Rapture, Rare Avis, Rattlebone, Reindeer, Robin son Crusoe, Rosamond, Russley, Rupee, Sailor, Satinstone, Sate'lite, Sawcutter, Scent, Schism, Seclusion, Shepherdess, Silverhair, Simple Simon, Sister to St. Albans, Skilful, Slingsby, Snapdragon, Somersault, South Australian, Spanish Fly, Sparrowhawk, Special License, Springwell, Stanton, Starke, Starlight, Stockade, Stockton, Surprise, Sweet Hawthorn, Sweetsauce, Sycophant, Syringe, Tame Deer, The Brewer, The Lawyer, The Monk, ,The Rap, The Rock, The Rover, Thormanby, T. P. Cooke, Umpire, Upperhand, Vancouver, Venison, Volatile, Voltella, Wallace, Waterford, W aterwitch, Weatherbouid, Weather witch, Wildman, Wild Rose,. William the Conqueror, Wombat, Yellow Rose, Yorkminster. NOMINATIONS FOR THE CITY AND SUBURBAN HANDl- CAP.—Millionaire, Zodiac, Maggiore, Fitz-Avon, Overton, First Lord, Sage, Strike, Sycophant, Wombat, Vancouver, Parmesan, Guilder, Vinegar Hill, Cronstadt, The Pope, Merrimac, Selina filly, Dover, Robinson Crusoe, Oxford, Croagh Patrick, Chance Shot, Jeddah, Comforter, Snap shot, Her Highness, Allington, Ancient Briton, Mousetrap, Flitch, Promotion, Apollyon, Folkestone, Starlight, Sir William, Rapture, Mademoiselle de Chantilly, Angelo, Gabrielle d'Estriies, Light, Rupert, Mutineer, Furious, Balham, Avalanche, Chere Arnie, f by King Tom —Giraffe, Tomyris, Physician, M. Philippe, Duchess, The Brewer, Nessus, Oliver, Star of the West, Lady Clare, Benbow, Danner und Blitz, Stockade, Edmund Kean, Sir Edward, Ripon, Lady Trespass, Sporting Life, Warrior, Jingling Johnny, Knightsbridge, Crater, Forager, Lisbon, Cantine, b c by Wild Dayroll—lntimidation, Sister to St. Albans, The Prophet, Lady Louisa, Weather • bound, Sawcutter, Ellen, Miss Eleanor, Necromancer, Sermo, Consolation, Siberia, Reindeer, Master Begot, General Hess, Prince Imperial, Man at Arms, Gallus, Rising Sun, Moorhen, Rouge Dragon, Thunderbolt, Will o' the Wisp, Mountain Nut, Little Dick, The Monk, Contadina, Meyerbeer, Camerino, Syringe, Belleisle, Industrious, Nativity, Seclusion,: Dreadnought, Shop herdesi, The Drone, Lupellus, East Sheen, Rosalind, Canary, Letty West, Monastery, Hilarity, Doefoot, Miss Dunstable, Amsterdam, Atropia, Tight-fit, Winton, Captain Fortibus, Spanish Fly, Pancake, Ivanhoff, Am bush, f by The Nob—Brawn, Skelton, Feodorowna, High Treason, Ericthonius, Misty Morn, Royal Sovereign, Rockley, Voltella, Ariadne, Henham Lass, Brown Hol land, Mantrap, Pixie, Interest, fby Stockwell—Babette, Jacintha, Pounce, Cramend, Neighbour, Sweetbread, Lime flower, Imaus, Isthmian, Ellerton, Precise, Gridiron, Blue stone, Bravo, Cantab, Lifeboat, Annan. NOMINATIONS FOR THE GREAT METROPOLITAN STAKES.—Bridegroom, Millionaire, Zodiac, Starke, Sa tellite, Umpire, Overton, Conscript, Mouravieff, Juno, Sycophant, Wombat, Vancouver, Parmesan, Guilder, Cape Flyaway, Merrimac, Joskin, Robinson Crusoe, Oxford, Croagh Patrick, Chance Shot, Danae, Thormanby,Russ ley. Sweet Hawthorn, Northern Light, Rapture, Borderer, Black Prince, Gouvieux, Pretendant, Balham, La Reux The Rock, Pierrefonds, Chore ramie, The Brewer, Physi cian, Bumble Bee, Bandsman, Petra, Lady Trespass, Rosa mond, Jingling Johnny, Paul Clifford, Wild Dayrell, Sister to St. Albans, The Prophet, Simla, Wallace, Somer sault, Ben Webster, Blue Jacket, Styria, William the Conqueror, Pitman, Higbflyer, Crater, Moorhen, Rouge Dragon, Black Sultan, Philip the Falconer, Mountain Nut, Bally Edmond, Meyerbeer, South Australian, Syringe, Belleisle, Clydesdale, Dreadnought, Yellow Rose, Timan dra, Betts, Canary, The Rap, Lucy, Yorkminster, Atropia, Cross-stitch, Nicholas, Calpe, Artless, Pancake, Ivanhoff, Simple Simon, King of Kent, High Treason, Viscount Brignall, Rattlebone, Voltella, Henham Lass, Lovett, Man trap, Pixie, Interest, Pounce, Jacintha, Horror, Newcastle, Pagoda, Rupee, Elcho, Precise, Bevis, Rollcall, Kildonan. NOMINATIONS FOR THE GREAT NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STA/M.—Caps Flyaway, colt by Wild Dayrell—lntimida tion, Barb Pigeon, Doefoot, Scent, Industrious, Master Begot, Highfiyer, Promotion, The Duchess, Donner und Blitz, Pounce, .Benbow, Jacintha, Stockade, Mouravieff, Butterfly, Rupee, Newcastle, Promised Land, Ipswich, Croagh Patrick, Launcelot Gobbo, Rose, Henham Lass, Bed Pole, Timandra, Moorhen, Ben Webster. Mistake, Lovett, Horror, Lawyer, Pagoda, Dreadnought, Greta, Yellow Rose, Miss Stewart, Parmesan, Maid of Chester field, Oxford, Astropia, Robinson Crusoe, Sherborne, Wild man, Lady Trespass, Dottorell, Weatherproof, Pedlar, Little Dick, Tonio, Physician, Cambondo, Jeddah, Po darcee, Oliver, Sporting Life, Meyerbeer, Athos, Billy Dwindles, Kildonan, Ballyedmond, Emblem, The Monk, Simla, Eskdale, Avalanche, Siberia, by Autocrat—Elcoes dam, Desmond, Moorcock, Black Sultan, Philip the Fal coner, Syringe, Belleisle, The Rap, Fisherman, Nativity, Simple Simon, Ambush, Rover, Feodorowna, King of Kent, Man-at-Arms, Rattlebone, Voltella, Bevis, Gridiron, Dulcibella, Schism, Overton, Conscript, Black Diamond, Millionaire, Bridegroom, Forager, Rapture, Guilder, Mer rimac, Joskin, Sycophant, Wombat, Vancover, Danae, Bor derer, Baliham, The Rock, Predictor, King of Diamonds, filly by King Toni—Molly, Bumble Bee, Sister to St. Alban's, Plumper, Paul Clifford, Wallace, Somersault, The Brewer, Bandsman, Pitman, Cheesecake, Petra, Springwell, El Hakim, and Rajah Brook. NOMINATIONS FOR THE LINCOLNSHIRE HANDIC4P.— Eheu, Gorsehill, Clovernook, Bayonet, Wombat, Ataman, Vulture, Aneurin, Little Gerard, Oliver, Sweetbrier, Esk dale, Forager, Golden Pippen, Sheffield, Medusa, Lustre, Jenny Longlegs, Jack Steadfast, Confidence, Rataplan colt, Amsterdam, Estella, Libellous, Miss Emma, Misty Morn, Mermaid, Woman in Red, Conundrum, Master Begot, Gwellyan, Audrey, Parapet, Spicebox, Beethoven, Bab at the Bowater, Isthmian, Cants, Annan, Walkington, Green wich Fair, North Lincolnshire, Foretop, Gaylad, Croagh Patrick, Benbow, Donner- und Blitz, Corona, Steelpin, Maid of Chesterfield, Eidolon, and Edmund Kean. NOMINATIONS FOR THE GREAT NORTHERN HANDICAP. — Do M ve o r u: C av a i p e e ff, F P ly a a r cs m a e y s , an Pax, Guil der, ax, f b y 0 v a n o q i t u f i g s e h u e r r V m i a r k g e i i e u s s s Gxford, Comforter, Vancouver, Fisherman, Plack Prince, Lysiscote, Light, The Rock, La Reux, Merrimac, Physi cian, The Brewer, Crater, Sawcutter, Ben Webster, Moun tain Nut, Syringe, Belleisle, Betts, The Wizard, The Rover, Feodorowna, Artless, Atropin, Weatherwitch, Vis count Brignall, Ericthonius, Horror, Interest, General Kess, Pitman, Pounce, Jacintha, Rupee, Pagoda, New castle, Bevis, Dulcibella, Schism, Casshio, Lifeboat, Donner und Blitz. NOMINATION FOR THE SOKERSETSHIRE STAKES, Somersault, Eskdale, Highflyer, Medusa, Black Sultan, Mountain Nut, South Australian, giringe, Belleisle, Lady Chesterfield, Nativity, The Little Drummer, BirMingham, Tiraandria:, Atropia, Simple Simon, Artless, East Sheen, Feodorowna, Monastery, Ca. 117, Lovett, Weatherwitch, Master Bagoot, Mau-at-Arms, Pitman, Prince Imperial, Rattlebone, Voltella, Henham Lass, Jacintha, Rupee, Elcho, Gridiron, Schism, Dulci-' belle, Bevis. Priestess c, Cashio, My Uncle, Overton, Shatp shooter, Black Diamond, Mouravieff, Gauntlet, Fitz-Avon, Russley, colt by Surplice, out of Concertina, Vinegar Hill, M. Philippe, Robinson Crusoe, Cape Flyaway, colt by West Australian, out of Lady Evelyn, Parmesan, Guilder, Avalanche, Ringbono, Oliver, Almeric, Weather prooof, Tonio, Aneurin, Conscript, Promotion, Bivouac, Borderer, Pfedictor, Bumble Bee, Nessus, Plumper, b c by Whd Dayrell, out of Intimidation, Sister to St. Albans, Lisbon, Charles 11., Newcastle, Ipswich, Bandsman, Pan, Pagoda, Tame Deer, Farmer from Kerry, Lady Trespass, Zaretan, Yellow Rose, Scent, Maid of Chesterfield, Bally Edmond, Optimist, Lawyer, Little Dick, Sporting Life, Mimic, Moorcock, Siberia, The Rock, Heiress, Physician, The Brewer. NOMINATIONS POR THE LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. —Anatis, Bannockburn, Bantam, Bridegroom, Brother to Lady's Maid, Brunette, Bucephalus, Chester, Cloughbally, Cockatoo, Concluder, Confederate, Cosmopolite, Diamant, Doctor Leete, Doubtful, Dunboyne, Evelyn, Fairy Saint, Franc Picard, Ghika, Goldsmith, Half-Caste, Harry, Huntsman, Irish Emigrant, Jealousy, Jean du Quesne, Jerusalem, Johnny, Kibworth Lass, Klimek, Killigrew, King William, Longford, Longrange, Lord Oswald, Lovett, Medora, Margery Daw, Marmion, Master Begot, Morgan Rattler, M. Philippe, Napoleon, New Broom, Newcastle, Norma, Old Ben Roe, Penarth, Prince Charm ing, Ralph, Red Eagle, Redwing, Romeo, Sahib, Sepoy, Sir Charles, Sir Robert, Summerhill, The Brewer, The Dane, The Colonel, The Comet, The Curat e, The Emperor, The Freshman, The Friar of Apshalt, The Mi s ller, T he he Pirate, The Riddler, The Tattler, The Tumblers, w T e e U n known, Thomastown, Tom Moody, Torn Yellowayer Nell, Westminster, Willoughby, Ranthus, The appearance of winter has now entirely dis i appeared in Paris and its neighbourhood.T i The first day o f the New Year and the nigh t which u shered marked by a violent gale of wind, which at times a l mos t pre v e nted persons from advancing n the streets. Slates, chimney-pots, and branches of trees, were scattered about in abundance, and in some cases the wooden stalls on the Boulevards suffered injury, Showers of rain fell occasion all Yclu,ring the day, JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Agra&UnitedService Bk Australasia Bank of Egypt Bank of London Bank of Turkey British North American IChtd.Bank of India, ac. Ch. Mer. of In. Lon.Zz Ch. City (Colonial . !Corn. Bank of Canada.. ;Commercial of London. ;Eng., Scot., ft Ans. Ch.. !Gen. Bk .of Switzerland Lon. Char.likof Austral London and County .. !London Joint Stock .. London Lk Westminster jNat. Prov. of England . Do. new 'National Bank ........ jNew South Wales Do. new Orient. B. Corporation 1 !Ottoman Bank Provincial of Ireland Do. new South Australia !Union of Australia ,Union o: London Unity Mutual E 5 94 211 50 52 . 1& 1 226 23 31 36 71 73 40 41 21 22& 16i 17 221 231 3b4 36i -• 47 48 18. i 19 ,- 43 45 26 27 NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. Our markets are seasonably well supplied with each kind of meat. Tho trade generally is steady, at very full prices. Per 81b5 by the carcase. s. d. s. d. . s. d. s. d. Inferior beef .... 3 0 3 4 Middling mutton 3 10 4 8 Middling d 0.... 3 6 4 0 Prime do 4 10 5 0 Prime large do.. 4 2 4 4 Veal Do. small d 0.... 4 4 4 6 Small pork 4 8 5 4 Large pork 4 0 4 6 l amb.... ...... 0 0 0 0 Inferior mutton 3 4 3 8 BOROUGH HOP. We have to report an improved demand for all good and fine hops at very full prices ; other kinds move off slowly, but at extreme rates. New Mid and East Kent pockets.. Wealds Sussex Yearlings per cwt. £6 Os to £lB Os 4Os to 14 Os sOs to 9 Os sOs to 9 10s TALLOW On the. whole our market is firm at 60s per cwt. for P.Y.C. on the spot, and 57s for the last three months. The price for April to June is 58a 6d per owt. Town tallow, 68s 6d net cash. COLONIAL. Tan.—The market has been very steady, and prices have shown a slight decline on the rates previously current at the public sales. SUGAR.—A large quantity has been announced for public sale during the next week, and prices have slightly given way for the superior kinds. In the refined market there is no change of importance to record in values. COFFEE,—At the public sales of Plantation Coffee the biddings were more active, and late rates were maintained for the superior descriptions ; inferior and medium qualities, however, were a shade cheaper. RICE.—The market has been steady, and previous rates were well maintained for East Indian. FRIIITS.—OnIy moderate dealings have been recorded. Valentia raisins, however, are in steady demand, at late rates. SALTPETRE.—No transactions of importance have been entered into, and quotations have declined about 6d per cwt. TALLOW.—There has been a better demand for con sumption and on speculative account. P.Y.C. on the spot is now quoted 60s 3d, and March delivery 60s per cwt. WIND AND WEATHER REPORT. Tnxs DAY, J 'lx. 4, 9 a.m. Harwich, N.N.E.; hard frost Inverness, N.W. ; frost Kingstown, N.B. ; fine Leeds, B.S.E. ; frost Leith, N. ; frost Limerick, N. ; frosty Manchester, N.N.W. ; sharp frost Middlesborough, E. ; dull Milford Haven, S.W.; hard frost Norwioh, E., light; fine Perth, E. ; frost Port Glasgow, S.; frost Sheffield, S.W. ; dull Southampton, E.N.E. ; fine I Sunderland, N.B. • frost Wakefield, N.E. ; 'dull Weymouth, N.E. ; cloudy West Hartlepool, S.E.; hard frost Whitehaven, S.E. ; frost York, S.W. ; hard frost Ayr, N.B. ; frost Birmingham, E.; fine, cold Bradford, N.E. ; frost Brighton, N.E.; fine Bristol : • hard frost Cambridge, S.E.g .W.; cloudy Cardiff, N.W. ; hard frost Carlisle, S.S.E. ; frost Chatham,E.S.E.,light; cloud Cork, E.S.E:; frosty, fine Deal, W.N.W., light; thick Derby, N.E. ; frost Doncaster, E. ; frost Dublin, S.E. ; frost Dumfries, N.N.E. ; frost Dundee, N.W.; bard frost Edinburgh, S.W. ; hard frost. Glasgow, S.E. • hard frost Goole, S. •, dull Gravesend, N.N.W., light; fog Ilolyhead,N.E., light breeze; frost CONTTNBNTAL S' Brest, N.B. ; very foggy Brussels, N.N.E.; fine Copenhagen, N. ; cloudy Dunkirk, S.E. ; cloudy JAN. 3. Havre, E. ; fine MAdrid,N.E.; cloudy Paris, N.E. ; clear Vienna, cairn; slight fog SHERBORNE RAILWAY.—The estimated amount o f capital required fur constructing this proposed milway t,} run from the Wilts, Sonierset, and - W - yniouth line, at Bradford Abbas, to Sherborne, with powers to the Great Western and Bristol and Exeter to subscribe and to lay down the broad gauge, is £30,000, with power to borrow £lO,OOO, !OLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECU Can. Gov. 6 p.c...1a. S. J Do. 6p. cent. 1879 Do. 6p. cent. 1880 Do. 6p. cent. 1882 Do. 6 p. c. Feb. & Do. 6 p. c. Mar: & Sept.; Do. 3 per cent Do. Scrip IN '.Gov. 6p e Ja &July! Do. 6p. c. Ap. & Oct. , IN. S. Iti. 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F Shares Ext Do. Jubbulpore Do. 41 p c. Debentrs. Do. 5 p. c. Deb., 1864 Geelong & Melbourne Geelong Corporation G per cent. Bonds I Grand Trunk of Canada Do. 6 per cent. Pref Do. 6 per ot. Debcntr. Do. 7 per cent. 1862 Do. do. 1867 Do. do. 1872 Gt.lndiaPenin4,rna.sp.c. Do. New gua. 5 p. c Pt. South.of India (Lim), r guaranteed 5 per cent.' h D Gt. W. of Canada Shares Do. New o. Bonds pay. '76, with opt,till '6O Do. do. '73 till '6O.- Do. do. '73 without opt. Do. 5i p. o. do. '77 do Madras, guar., 4} p. c Do. do. 5 per cent Do. 41 p. c. Extension Do. Fourth do Do. d 0... Melb.Corp. 6 p. o. P,nds. INewßrunswick & Canda Ry.&Land(Lim.)g.6p6 Class A Capital Share Do. do. Land do.. 01110. do. B Capital do. TM. do. Land do. ' Oiale (Limited) . Scinde .......... I . 4 „: d Do. Punjaub .... g Do. Do. ........ , i* 9 00. Indus. St. Flo. g,,5 4 t.Andrews & Quebec A 'rinidad (Lim.) Scrip FOREIGN 10 20 20- 5 20 6 100 10 20 20 Antwerp & Rotterd Ardennes glah.&S.Fran..Lim.7 p.c. , Belgitin East. Junction, ißeziers to Graissessac.. 'Cv-neaux Mine & Rai Cupiapo Ditto Extension (Dutch Rhenish , Eastern of France Grand Rus. Guar. 6 p. C. Do. do. Great Central of France Gt. Luxem., Con. shs...l Italian Junction . . 'Lake Constance & Bale. Lierre & Turnhout .... Lyons & Geneva ..... aria Antonia .... Do. New ...... ....... - -- Namur & Liege ........ IDo. 6 p. e. Pref. Northern of France.... Do. New Shares Norwegian Trunk Pref. Paris,Lyons, & Mediter. a:arfs & Orleans .. • • • • • • 20 ecife &S. Fran. (Peru.) Wm. i p. et. lim 20 & 10 1 1ome & Frascati ...... 20 fltoyal Dani5h.......... 6 Royal Swedish ..... 4 Do. 7 per cent. Pref.... 20 Sambre & Meuse ...... 10 iDo. 5i per cent. Pref..... 20 'San Paulo, Rm, e - . 7p. c. 20 S.Aust.&Lomb Venetin 20 Southern of France.... 8g West Flanders 10 Do. 5i p. c. Preference.. 20 W. & N.W. of France .. 23 Western of Austria.... 20 Western of Switzer land 6 Wiesbaden . 6 )o. 8 per cent. Pref 20 iZealand 4 1 11 1 d 1 li a 2k 2 4 1 stock stock 25 5 15 1 1 5 THIR D EDITION. SUN OFFICE, Seven o'clock. LONDON GAZETTE-(THIS EVENING). WHITEHALL, JAN. 4. The Queen has been pleased to appoint John Hill Bur ton, Esq., to be one of the Managers of the General Prison at Perth, and also to discharge the duties of Secretary to the said Managers. ST. JAMES'S PALACE, JAN. 4. On Sunday, January 6, and on every day henceforward, on which the Holy Communion is to be celebrated, the mid-day Service at the Chapel Royal, St. James's, will begin with the Litany, Morning Prayer having been said at the early Service. By order of the Dean, FRANCIS GARDEN, Sub-Dean. WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, JAN. 4. 2d Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Lieutenant Charles Gabriel Alfred Barnes has been permitted to retire from the Service by the sale of his Commission. 6th Dragoon Guards—James Dyson Bourne, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Henry Darley, who retires. 6th Dragoons—James Stocker Grant Smith, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Baskerville, promoted. 9th Light Dragoons—Cornet Henry John Hall has been permitted to resign his commission. 14th Light Dragoons—Cornet Francis Bleke Eagle to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice George Meyrick Dew, deceased. Royal Artillery—Lieutenant Morton Parker Eden to be Second Captain, vice George Albert Augustus Walker, who resigns. The undermentioned Gentleme n-Cadets to be Lieutenants, viz. :—Chevaux Morley, George Patrick Alston, James Gore Booth, Robert M'Grigor Stewart, Henry George • Pilleau, Themes Charles Cooke, John Samuel Foster, Charles Bent, Joshua Morris Saunders, Arthur Godol• phin Yeatman, Frederick William Lee Morier, Harry William Rooke, George Christopher Davie, Henry Beauchamp Richard Harvey, Alexander Murray Brown, William M'Clintock, Pemberton Harrison, and Edmond Bainbridge. Royal Engineers—The undermentioned Lieutenants with temporary rank to be Lieutenants with permanent rank, viz. :—Edmund Stephens, Albany Featherstonehaugh, John Cosmo Macpherson, Frederick Bailey. The date of the undermentioned Lieutenants to be 22d June, 1859, and not Ist April, 1859, as previously stated, viz. : —Lieutenants Arthur Balfour Haig, Henry Cautlay, Joseph Henry Satterthwaite, Ernest Marsh Lloyd, Thomas Howard. The undermentioned Gentlemen Cadets to be Lieutenants with temporary rank, visf.s— Hill, Francis William Nixon, Edward James Castle. Coldstream Guards—Major and Brevet-Colonel William Samuel Newton to be Lieut.-Colonel, without purchase, tic a Brevet-Colonel Lord Frederick Paulet, C. 8., pro moted to the rank of Major-General ; Captain and Lieut.- Colonel and Brevet-Colonel Thomas Montague Steele, C. 8., to be Major, without purchase, vice Brevet-Col. Newton • Lieut. and Captain and Brevet-Major Philip Sambrook Crawley to be Captain and Lieut.-Colonel, without purchase, vice Brevet-Colonel Steele; Ensign and Lieut. Frederick Charles Buller to be Lieutenant and Captain, without purchase, vice Brevet-Major Crawley ; Ensign Henry Robert Eyre, from the 73d Foot, be Ensign and Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Buller. .st Regiment of Foot—Capt. John Henry Nott. from the llth . Foot, to be Captain, vice Adolphus Halkett Vera- turme, who exchanges. 2d Foot—George Cox, Gent., to bo Ensign, by purchase, vice Crawford, promoted. 11th Foot—Captain Adolphus Halkett Versturme, from the lst Foot to be Captain, vice John Henry Nott, who exchanges. .3tl). Foot—The Christian names of Captain Hall are . . Henry Edward, not Edward Henry, as stated in the " Gazette" of 28th December, 1860. sth Foot—Lieutenant Henry P. Shafto Orde to be Cap tain, by purchase, vice Richard Clancy, who retires; Ensign Edward J. Boultbee to be Lieutenant by pur- chase, vice Orde. L6th Foot—Gentleman Cadet James 'Mackenzie Howes, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Henry Bowyer Smith, deceased. • LBth Foot—Captain Charles Frederick Kelly to be Major, without purchase, vice Anthony William S. Freeman Armstrong, deceased; Lieut. Walter Blake Burke to be Captain, without purchase, vice Kelly ; Lieut. Fearnley to be Captain, by purchase, vice George William Stac poole, promoted, by purchase, to an Unattached Majo rity; Ensign Charles Goring Minnitt to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vise Burke ; Ensign St. George Alex ander Smith to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Fearn- l. 30th ey Foot—Lieutenant Patrick M'Loughlin, from half-pay 50th Foot as Quartermaster, to be Lieutenant, vice Francis John Connell, appointed Adjutant of a Recruit ing 'District ; Ensign Joshua E. C. C. Lindesay to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice M'Loughlin, who retires. 43d Foot—Gentleman-Cadet Evelyn Arthur Rich, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, without pur chase, Vice Charles William Pole Warner, appointed to the 42d Foot. 44th Foot—Lieutenant Augustus Richard Trimmer to be Instructor of Musketry, vice Leaks, promoted in the 70th Foot. 47th Foot—Captain Charles Compton Abbott, from half pay Unattached, to be Captain, vice John Thomas Chandler, who retires upon half-pay. 48th Foot—Staff-Assistant-Surgeon John James Chappell, M D., to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice J. V. de Boissiere, M.D., appointed to the Staff. 54th Foot—Ensign Henry Lambard to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice William Arthur Galbraith, who retires. 60th Foot—Lieutenant Robert Morris Hazen to be Cap- tain, by purchase, vice Robert Crowe, who retires ; En sign Nesbit Willoughby Wallace to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Hazen; and George Carpenter, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Wallace. 61st Foot—The second Christian name of Ensign Roger son, appointed by purchase on the 21st December, 1860, is Alexander. 67th Foot—Thomas Rennie Stevenson Gent., to be En sign, by purchase,,vice John Worthy Chaplin, promoted in the 100th Foot. 71st Foot—Ensign Arthur Edward Morgan to be Lieute nant, by purchase ' vice Blair, who resigns. 87th Foot—Ensign Robert Atkin Hickson to be Lieute nant, by purchase, vice Holiest, whose promotion, by purchase, on the 18th December, has been: cancelled ; Archibald Neil Campbell, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Holiest, promoted. 98th Foot—Ensign Richard Townley to be Instructor of Musketry, vice Lieutenant Lance, i appointed to the com mand of the Eurasian Regiment n India. 99th Foot—Lieutenant Eustace Wilberforce Jacob to be Captain, by purchase, vice Thomas Hollingsworth Clark son, appointed Adjutant of a Depot Battalion; Ensign Charles Bruce Henry Somerset to be Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Jacob. 2d West India Regiment—Ensign. William Villett Rol leaton, from the 17th Foot, to be Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Burt, who retiree. DEPOT BATTALION.—Capt. Thomas Hollingsworth Clark. son, from the 99th Foot, to be Adjutant, vice Captain Ines Colin Munro, who retires. UNATTACHED.—Major and Brevet-Colonel the Hon. St. George Gerald Foley, C. 8., from Major half-pay Un attached, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, without purchase ; Captain George Wm. Stacpoole, from the 18th Foot, to be Major, by purchase ; Lieutenant Alfred John Ford, from the 35th Foot, to be Captain, without purchase ; Lieutenant James Fielding Sweeney, from the 12th Foot, to be Captain, without purchase. MEDICAL DEPARTMENT.—Staff Assistant-Surgeon Wm. Alexander Mackinnon to be Staff •Sargeon, vice Atkin son, deceased ; Assistant-Surgeon Jean Valleton do Boissiere, M.D., from the 48th Foot, to be Staff-Assist.- Surgeon, vice Mackinnon. CHAPLAINS' DEPARTMENT.—The Rev. William Ponsford to be Chaplain of the Fourth Class. BREVET. Second Captain William James Stuart, of the Royal En gineers to be Major in the Army. Captain Jacob Glynn Rogers, Unattached, Staff Officer of Pensioners, retired upon full-pay, to have the honorary rank of Major. Lieutenant John Thompson, Paymaster 33d Foot. to have the honorary rank of Captain, under the Royal War rant of 27th January. Paymaster James Marshall, Recruiting District to have the honorary rank of Captain, under the Royal Warrant of 27th January, 1860. Paymaster Henry A. Berry, 28th Foot, to have the honorary rank of Captain, under the Royal Warrant of 27th January, 1860. MEMORANDUM. —Major Godfrey William H. Massy, half-pay Unattached, has been permitted to retire from the service by the sale of his commission, he being about to become a settler in Nova Scotia. BANK OF ENGLAND. An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, cap. 32, for the week ending lon Wednesday, the 2d day of Jan., 1861: ISSUE DEPARTMENT. Notes issued .......£26,111,41 0 Government Debt £11,015,100 Other Securities .. 3,459,900 Gold Coin & Bullion 10,292,300 Silver Bullion ~... 1,644,110 £26,411,410 £26,411,410 BANKING DE PARTMIN T. Proprietors' Cap i- Government Seen tal £14,553,000 . rities ((including Rest ........... .• • • 3 , 247,078 DeadWei g htAn- Public eposits On - nuit y ) £9,488,168 D eluding - Exche- Other Securities .. 22,836,453 quer, Savings' Notes Banks, Commis- Gold and Silver missioners of Na- Coin tional Debt, and. Dividend Ac counts) 7,275,906 Other Deposits 13,224,494 Seven Day and other Bills 716,429 640,417 X 38,910,805 M.] X 38,940,595 SHALL, Chicf Cashier. Dated Jan. 3,1861. BANKRU PTCIES ANNULLED. Vggeshall, William Owers Jennings, horse dealer, Suffolk. Benjamin Chandler, attorney, Sher borne, Do rs ets h ire. S. BANKR m er chant, Church-lane, George Brice Sainsbury, COQ 17 and Feb. 14, at twelve, Whitechapel, to surrender, Jan'at the Court of a nkruptrY. Louis Dethier, B nfec t Carpenter-place, oo ion:nr,dFeb.2attwelve, at l the Be, erke ey squaw, Jan. 1 8 , at eleven, Court of Bankruptcy. Peter Whitelook, g__F9cer . , Leeds, Jan. 18 and Feb. 15, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. tailor and draper, Strand, Jan. 18, at one, floury Pain°, and Feb. 14, at half-past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. William Grove, licensed victualler, Kingsland 'road, M iddl e sex, Jan. 11 and Feb. 13, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. John Wiseman, printer, Luton, Bedfordshire, Jan. 16 and Feb. 20, at twelve, at the Court of B ankru p tc y . John Gibbs, licensed victualler, Hackney, Jan. 17, at two, and Feb. 15, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. John Reynolds, grocer, Burslem, Staffordshire, Jan. 17 and Feb. 7, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. William Millward, grocer, Dudley, Jan. 21 and Feb. 11, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Joseph Harland, cloth merchant, Leeds, Jan. 24 and Feb. 15, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. James Joseph Clark, leather merchant, Aldersgate-street, Jan. 15, at two, and Feb. 19, at one, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Thomas Gaay, woollen warehouseman, Bread-street, city, Jan, 15, at half-past one, and Feb. 16, at half - past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. John Aogera, hotel-keeper, Jan, 14, at eleYell) and Feb. 11, at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. - Robert George Pike, grocer, Maidstone, Jan. IG, at eleven, and Feb. 18, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. SCOTCH BANKRUPTS. Thomas Clark, flasher, Ardrossan. James Millar, ironmonger, Edinburgb. William Glasgow, farmer, Bowhouse-bog, Lanarkshire. COURSE OF EXCITANGE.—This DAY. Amsterdam Ditto Rotterdam — 11 17f 11 18 Antwerp Bruesele — 24 35 25 40 Elamturgh Paris Ditto !families — 25 55 2.5 60 Frankfort on Maine —117 k Vienna Trieste Petersburgh — 34/ 34f Berlin Madrid Cadiz Leghorn Milan Genoa Naples Palermo Messina Lisbon Oporto 25 . 15 25 721 25 72± 391 119 • 1191 , 521 52i 491 44 25 80 25 77k 25_771 1192 119} 53 53 • Tejo Janeiro New York — • • • Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard) ....p er oz. £3 17• 9 Mexican Dollars 0.•• 1 I 0 0 0 Silver in Bars (Standard) t 9 0 0 0 South American Doublons POLICE IN7ELLIGENCE—( This Day)• MARLBOROUGH-STREET. SHOPLIFTING AT A JEWELLER'S. —Emma Pickard and Sarah Lane, two respectably-attired young females, were charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with stealing a gold watch and turquoise ring, the property of Thomas Deader Perry, jeweller, 131, Oxford-street. William Walters, shopman to Mr. Perry, said—Yester day afternoon, about a quarter before four, the prisoners came into the shop while I was serving a customer. They were attended to by a female till I had served the customer. They said they wanted a finger ring. After they had looked at a tray of rings a short time I missed one from the tray, and they then said, none would suit them, and they were about to leave, but I called them back, and told them I had missed a ring. Having told Mr. Perry of it he ordered me to fetch a constable, and I did so. Pri• , sorters said they knew nothing of it. The value of the ring was £1 17s. At the station, after the prisoners were charged and taken from the dock to be searched, the constable saw something glittering on the floor of the dock, which, on being picked up by him, I found to be the missing ring, though much damaged. On this being told the prisoners they still denied all knowledge of the ring. The constable who took the prisoners into custody said nothing was known of them. The prisoners said they were willing to pay for the ring, if prosecutor would take the money. Mr. Perry said he had ascertained they had been into another jeweller's before coming to him. Mr. Tyrwhitt committed them for three months each, with hard labour. THAMES. ROBBING CHILDREN IN THE STREETS..—JRUIBB John son, a dark sinister looking man, about 25 years of age, was brought before Mr. Seife, charged with stealing two over coats from two boys named Messer and Norrish. The boys were passing along the New-road, Whitechapel, a few days ago, each with an over coat on his arm, and the prisoner came up to them in a very great hurry, and said, here boys, here is a treat for you—go to No. 16 Simpson street, round the corner, and ask for some white mice and rabbits, there are plenty there ; and at the same time pulled the two coats from the boys. He also said go to No. 16, the second turning, and ask for the white mice, rabbits, and all George's things. The children, who were taken by sur prise, immediately proceeded to the house in question, and could find neither white mice or rabbits. On returning to the spot where they left the prisoner he was not to be found. The two coats wore afterwards found in the possession of a pawnbrokerAwho produced them, and said the prisoner had pawned them _ _ The prisoner pleaded guilty. Mr. Selfe—Guilty. Yes, there is no doubt of your guilt whatever. It is a most rascally kind of robbery to accost poor ehildreln in the streets and steal their coats. Inspector Holloway, of the H division, said the prisoner was an old thief and a dangerous one, and had been in penal servitude for four years for a felony. Mr. Selfe—Where is the officer to prove that Inspector Holloway—l don't know where to find the constable at present. Mr. Selfe—Then I shall convict the prisoner summarily, and sentence him to six rnonths imprisonment and hard labour. I should have been better pleased if the boys had worn their coats—not carried them upon their arms. ETHNOLOGICAL SOCIETY. A numerous meeting of this society was held on Wednesday evening—r. Crawfurd, the president, in the chair—on which occasion ladies were for the first time admitted. Sir EDWARD BELCHER read a paper on the manu facture of stone hatchets and other works of art by the Esquimaux. The table was covered with about 100 specimens of the tools, arrow heads, and other implements and weapons used by the Esquimaux, which served to illustrate Sir h. Belcher's observations. They were collected by him principally during his voyages in the Blossom, in 1825-9, and in the at tempt to discover and succour Franklin's expedi tion. The Blossom proceeded first to Kamtschat ka to procure an interpreter from the Tchutchi Indians, and this visit enabled Sir E. Belcher to compare those tribes with the Esquimaux whom he afterwards visited; and the result of that com parison led him to perceive that there is a close con nection between those Indians, the Esquimaux of North America, and the natives along the shores of the Pacific. The Tchutchi he found far more accomplished than the other Indians, especially in music. They manufacture their cwn violins, and perform on them in a wonderful manner, imitating the sounds of various animals with great exactness. They are good buffoons and actors ; but in the useful arts they are mach inferior to the Esqui, maux, and are not equal to them in intelligence. Sir Edward Belcher gave an interesting description of the habits and manners of the Esquimaux, particularly of those of Icy Cape, with whom he became best acquainted. Smoking is with them not merely a habit, but a superstition, and before they conclude any important business they inhale a quantity of tobacco•smoke, which they retain in their lungs till they become insensible. Their pipes are o the most diminutive size, not being more than one-eighth of an inch in diameter, and three-Varters of an inch long. A party of them being seated, and the pipe flied, the chief com mences by inhaling the smoke by deep and rapid inspirations, so as suddenly to exhaust the tobacco, and without allowing any smoke to escape. He then passes the pipe to the next one, and by throw ing himself on the ground on his face he becomes stupefied for many minutes. Sir Edward observed that he obtained great influence over these Indians, and so long as he could teach them anything useful they submitted implicitly to his com mands, and he had no doubt that if he had desired it they would have made him one of their chiefs. This disposition of the Esquimaux to associate with and be instructed by white men confirmed him in the notion he had entertained that possibly some one or two of the crews of the Erebus and Terror may be now willingly. living among , them. The principtlleombjenecttn onindthweeappaopners was to notice the stone im bar : o „,,ht from Cape Lisp of the Esquimaux, those Sir Edward Belcher burns more particularly , saw them manufactur ed from the stratum from which the flint was procu red. He described the in. g yvhich the Indians, after th e y had rcherttoth orm they required, gave a serrate..A f edgeyl nb °f but e b to the stone, not by c hipping splintered e n iou s ra a n the manner e w ith a hamm er, means of a tool made for the pur pose, by which the edge was formed on both the teeth of a saw. The same process is a si d d u e p s te li d k b e y the Indians of Mexican origin in Califor nia, by the natives of the Sandwich Islands and in the North and South Pacific, in places 2,300 miles asunder. Among the many implements exhi bited were planes for planing wood, ingeniously contrived for protecting the hand, drills and bows for drilling holes with them, hammers and axes made of bone and stone, imitation fish for fishing, contrivances for catching birds, and an instrument for straightening arrows by the agency of steam. Steam, he observed, is more or less employed by all tribes of North American Indians, but by none so extensively as by the Esquimaux, who employ it to bend their bows, and in various other ways. The figures and characters with which many of their implements are ornamented are those of objects unknown to the Esquimaux, and resemble the figures employed in ornamentation in Peru and in Egypt. '1 he stone nephrite, which is used in the most valuable of the Esquimaux ornaments, and is much valued by them, is employed also in ornamenting the gods of China, of New Zealand, and Japan, though whence the Esquimaux obtain it is unknown. The many ingenious instruments pos sessed by these people, each one of which exhibits fresh proofs of original invention and design, shows, Sir Edward Belcher observed, that they are capable of being civilised. An interesting discussion followed the reading of the paper, in which the President, Mr.Jr• Evans, Colonel Rawlinson, Mr. H. Christie, M. M. Macki, Captain Snow, Dr. Hector, and S ir John Kay Shuttleworth took part. The meeting then adjourned to the 1 6 th blot. unt. 50 S7S. result ;ad it a free unre- • and 3tant ) me now pray ,teful tl:. ight reet, She f I Share stk 1 18 20i 20i _ 100 100 100 stock stock stock 100 100 100 100 100 stock 100 100 20.11 100 109 20i 20 100 100 100 100 stock stock stock stock stock sto3k . ~, 1