The Sun. — London, England, 1861-12-24 00:00:00

, . :.•,,a4 _ •: - -.7...;:-_-- , 70 -- 7 _0: :0..:,-___os. °...... - ...-5.....' - : ' - - --' = ° - - .. •, _ - , • . , . - ~ i '.'-. MONEY MARKET AND CIT 1" NEWS. - -4.----- CITY, Two O'CLOCK. The Markets for Foreign and Colonial Produce are closed for the Christmas holidays, but will re- Share' limited open on Tuesday, the 31st inst. Privately a . principal 5 business has been done in several of the 'i - 2 , but prices have shown no change ot m 10 portance. at at The Liverpool Cotton Market yesterday was 10 closed in consequence of the funeral of the Prince Consort. The traffic returns of the Northern of France Railway from the Ist of January to the 9th inst., amounted to £2,399,646 against £2,291,637 at the corresponding period of last year. 20 _. ,_. - SHARE 111 A RK ET-CPI:LIS DAY). --.1 - 13.14 ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. 08 ita ßailways. Bir .. Wo lyth 't an a Caledonian 5 Bristol a I l'e 20 .Share TH g SUN I=o/0....N.WMS ................r , BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Railways. 100 Atlantic &St Lawren c c h e Ba dlridx al. Closing Business ate Bom.,Baroda pt .Cen . .. ..... 1 Nor. o Co u and Tyne ~c Str. Va n ' yn a and at ,. r, aledon: 11la d ' Carmarthen in iconk an k, Blr ;Cornwall I A getsn ock & o. Exeter 1 a a a l 1 1 1 0 0 Cardia•an a , & Passage l a I no div 10 , Do. A t . a 1 1 0 Do., B 1 ' • ' 6p c.p an. las been paid to B. a 50 Dublin & Belfast June. a 0 11 1 I 1 1 Price. 75 8 - - 94 64 61 (I 6 94 100 1001 1 - - - - all 1 1 9- - 1 all - - all l 1 5 6 all - - II - • . 11 40 42 25 Dun„Pertle&Ab. Juno all 101 11 at East a nglian st E•stern Counties lOO 18 19 100 505 514 515 2 done. G 'u 100 1 Bu fa 18 1 20 . 5 1 3 er D 0 o and Do 1 t Do.l cent........ L n Do. 1 D Preference a 12 1 04 D N ew 1 2 st 20 4 ff ,Bra 0 00 0 5 20 20 c u alo . n Aug. t . c p ct. bds. is' 'I Do. 00, ou do. do. tta.&S. ape,Eastn Cap eT own Ceylon G ua 71 Demerara 1 . 0 Eastn. Bengal -e .. Huro i Godr 9 1, 1 July 1, 1 June 1, 1 fistn. (L 8 GONDOLA, closing ;Paid. Price. Business done a .. a a l l ll o l o , 9 - 85 79 - ; a n l e 00 72 100 all 873 Prov. (Urn., & Dock S i B , 7s ), 10 11 Scrip rantd. 6p. c. a 2 1 a gu. 5 p. c stock East Indian, gu. sp. c . 1 - - - - 11 91 s 6 - _ 6 3 4 1 41 d - 65 - staples - - a . - - 1 id: 74 - - II - - all 191 20 d 20 00 100- 101 1015 20 Do. F Shares Ext.._ all - - 20 Do. Jubbulpore all - - 100 Do. 45 pc. Debentrs all 98 100 b t ( I 1 1 t 1 A steady business is reported in the general dis-100 Do. sp. c. Deb., 1864 all 99 101 € at Eastern Union, A stock 100 47 50 at Do Edo do 100 32 34 100 Do. 1865-1870 all 100 101 1 count market, and previous rates are required by 25 DoN'w A, late E U ads '3l - - stock Grand Trunk of Canada 100 18 19 181 at East Suffolk - - 100 Do. 6 per cent. Pref.. all 53 58 56 the joint-stock and private establishments for theloo Do, 2d Pref. 6 per et_ all 40 60 1 at ' Edinburgh & Glasgow. 100 88 90 100 Do. 6 er et. Debentr. all 28 32 32 assistance they afford. First class bills, however, at lEclin., Perth, & Dundee 100 285 295 10 Forth & Clyde Junction all - - 100 Do. 7 percent, 1862 .. all 34 38 can still be negotiated at 2: per cent. at Furness - - 100 Do. do. 1867 .. all 27 30 at Glaser and S. Western 100 97 99 100 Do. do. 1872 .. all 27 30 A small quantity of gold, viz., /3,000, was taken 10 c '*- *all - - sreatNrthn of Scotland' stock Gt.lndiaPenin.gua.sp.c. 100 091 1001 10.1 1004 into the Bank of England yesterday. st Great Northern lOO 1114 1121 20 Do. New gua. sp. c... 10 1a d at Do A stock There is a decrease of £1,821 in the traffic re- st Do Bdo at Gt. S. an Wof Ireland 100 , 101 103 20 Do. do. all ceipts of the South-Eastern Railway for the past2oa Gt. W. of Canada Shares all 84 95 9 4 at Great Western .. week. at Do Str Val gua. stock 100 55 58 20a Do. New 12 Irish South Eastern .. all - - 100 Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. all - - The second annual meeting of the London and st Lancashire & Yorkshire 100 1051 1064 1065 4 7 100 Do. 55 p. o. do. '77 d 0... all - - at London and Blackwell 100 54 66 100 Do. 54 p. c. do. '7B d 0... all - - Mediterranean Steam Navigation Company will st Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast 100 115 116 stock Madras guar., 41 p. c... 100 88 90 99 take place on the 30th inst. at Lon., Chat., and Dover 100 44 46 1 1 stock Do. do. 5 per cent lOO 985 991 91 1 st Lon. & North Western 100 91 4 02 92 stock Do. 44 p. o. Extension 100 91 93 The Market for Public Securities has exhibited at Lon. & South Western 100 925 935 931 20 Do. 5 do all -- , 2525 L' . derry & Coleraine .. all - stock Melb.Corp. 6p. o. Bnds lOO - - decided symptoms of buoyancy. The despatch L derry & Enniskillen. all 911 20 Newßrunswick & Canda • addressed by the French Minister for Foreign st Man., Shef., & Lincoln 100 445 45 441 55 Ry.&Land(Lim.)g•.6pc all 5 7 50 Maryport and Carlisle. all - - Class A Capital Share • Affairs to the representative of France at Washing- 121 Do * shares - 10 Metropolitan.. Do. do. Land d 0........ at Midland 74 55 6 64 20 Do. do. B Capital d 0... ton has had a marked effect in inducing many ofall 126 a 127 ra 75 8,5 .. Do. do. Land do. ...... all 4 6 6.4.0 Do New - the speculators to look forwa rd with g reater con-- - at Do Birming . & Derby 100 97 99 stock Scinde fidence to a favourable adjustment of the difficulty 5 2 0 5 u p id o. G 4 t. sh W ar . e o ti t Ireland all - _ 20 Do. Punjaub • ca a: 15 1 d 1 d all - - 20 Do. Do. ........ , 0 all which has arisen between America and thi s countr y . 25 Mid Kent - - stock Do. Indus. St. Flo. st. 100 25 100 Purchases have, consequently , been made which 10 Do Cray Line - - 10 'Trinidad (Lim.) Scrip.. 1 1 1 d 100 Newcastle and Carlisle all - - have forced up the quotations , and at one time a 10 New r y & Arma g h, det. 9 - - . FOREIGN RAILWAYS. rise of fully 1 per cent, was attained. This ex- 20 Newry, Warnpt, & Ros. all -- o 20 Algerian ' . 5 - - .2 S t Norfolk lOO 60 62 625 10 Antwerp & Rotterdam. all 65 61 treme point of improvement, however, was not at North British - -p at Nor Dev.Rail&Dk stock 100 - - 20 Bale&S.Fran..Lim.7 p.c. 15 iI d 1 4 4 i fully supported, because it induced sellers to come at Do' A stk ; A recs . no d 5 Belgian East. Junction all tin dB e pc. has been 100 - - 20 Beziers to Graissessac., all forward chiefly for the purpose of rea lisin g p rofits, - - at Do B stock lOO - - Carmeaux Mine Ss Rail 30 104 114 • and a reaction took place. Consols, which at Nth. Eastern-Berwick 100 98 1 995 99 5 100 Coplapo , .....,........ all - - have been 91, have since receded to 91 25 Do, G.N.E.purchase 16.13.4 45 d d 10 Ditto Extensioni .... all 424 at D 0 Leeds 911, but the latest quotations are 91 91-t. at Do York at North London - - The New Threes are firmer at 901 i l- ; Exchequer 10 Do new 5 - - 20 19.16.4 North Staffordshire Do. do. all - - 171 55 44 d 20 Great Central of France all - - Bills, March, at 9s. to 12s. prem. ; ditto, June, 10 N. and S. W. Junction': all 105 101 20 Gt. Luxem., Con. shs... all 81 9 85 , Bank Stock is 234; st Not. Gran. Ri. & Canal 100 88 DO 20 Italian Junction ...... all steady at lls. to 14 s. prem. ; - - 10 Peebles all - - 20 Lierre & Turnhout .... all - - and India 5 per Cent. has r isen to 103: i. 20 Portsmouth - - 20 Lyons & Geneva ...... all - - 10 Rhyrnney - - 20 Namur & Liege ........ all 81 f 1 Considerable buoyancy has also pervaded the at Scottish Central Foreign Stock Market, and in Mexican and at Scot. N. E., Aber. stock 100 37 39 16 Northern of France.... all 68 39 211006 NorwegianDe a o r . is, New l,y o S n h sT a , r rtt e u smn Trunk _ d . . 1 t Pref.. r . 15 - - s t Do Sc ,t. Mid. stock lOO 95 97 Turkish Securities a large amount ( f business has 10 Shrews. and Welchpool all - - taken place. Turkish Old 6 per Cents. have ad- at Shropshire Union 10 Sittingbourne & Sheer all - 20 P R a e r ci f f s e & tt O s rl Fran. eana. i Fe.r.n...) alla al l 1 3 50 97 5 49 2 9 vanced to 78 79 ; ditto, 1858, to 68 to 69 ; and the at South Devon lOO 36 38 25 S. Durham & Lane. Un all - - 20 1 £lOO Bonds to 72. Mexican have been 27: 28, st South Eastern B a t t !S o o . uth Wales - - 100 05 67 20 ani5h.......... all 11 13 and are now 271 :. Spanish Deferred are firm at s York. and River Dun, 100 95 97 5 Royal Swedish ........ all - - 42 ; ditto Certificates at 51,-; and Italian 5 per Cents. 20 Staines,Wok.,andWok. all 55 6 4 Do. 7 per cent. Pref.... all - - 25 Stockton & Darlington all 36 38 20 Sambre & Meuse ...... all 65 7 have risen to 65:1. 25 Do l3 7 8 p 10 Do. 51 per cent. Pref..... all 84 91 25 Do New, 1860 5 41 55 is 20 San Paulo, lim, a. 7p. c. 4 45 .i More activity has prevai led in the Railway at Taff Vale. - - 20 S.Aust 3zLomb Venetin 16 I I at Do Pref. No. 1 - - 26 Southern of France.... all 255 265 Share Market, and prices ha ve shown considerable 25 Thameed avenDk&Rail 22 - - 20 S. East Portugal 7 p et. 4 - -- buoyancy. Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln 0 Ul-terDoo 2O 21 34 10 Do. 51 pc. all 551 565 81 West Flandens ..... ... all 64 7 • . have improved ss. ; Eastern C ounties and North 12 25 . D 5 10 55 4d 1p 20 W. & N.W. o f Fran .. all 91 10 of France .. all 20 21 • Western, 10s. ; Great Western and South Western, at Vale of Neath 1 20 Westarn of Austria.... 6 - - st Victoria sta. and Pim lOO - - at Waterford & Kilkenny 100 - - 20 Vi'ests)rn of Switzerland all -- - - 155.; Great Northerna, Lancashire and Yorkshire, 6 Wiesbaden - Midland and South Easter ns, £ l. 50 WatErf ord & Limerick. all - - 8 Do. 8 per cent Pref all - - 20 West Cornwall all 55 61 20 'Zealand ... all - - In the Foreign and Colonial Markets pricesalso 20 West London - - 10 , Do Ist class - - BRITISH MINES. slightly advanced. Bahia and San Francisco 20 Do 2d class all - - _ st W. Hartlepool Har.&R. 100 - - - Alfred Consols (Plillack) 3.2:10' i 4 2 0 British Iron brought 141 I ; Dutch Rhenish, 15: ; and Great st West Midland Oxford 100 46 47 - Clifford nil 32 35 Luxembourg, 8! ; Great Western of Canada have st Do Newpor 100 43 45 43 - Devon G. Cons. (Tavista 1 360 370 st Do Hereford, 100 89 91 - East Bassett (Illogan) 3O 55 60 54 21 improved to 91 /,-; East Indian to 1011 ; Great - Caradon . 14.6 274 255 281 9 Indian Peninsula to 1001 101 ; and Scindes to 1011. LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. - Na st E. WI Russel (Tavistk.) 7.4.0 25 Sa - Gam.&St.Aubvn(Gwen.) 551 18 20 Joint Stock Bank and Miscella neous shares fully - Great South Tolgus l7s 3 f 41 Railways. Ip aid. Leasing Closing Business - G.Wheal A lfd. Whit ack) - - support previous rates; London ana Westminster co. a Price. Done. -G. Wheal Vor (Helston) 40 6 7 realise 67 1 68. Oriental Bank, 30; Union of Lon - Bedford and Bletchley all Lri.&N.W .. .. _ - Grenville 6.8.6 11 11 2 - Herod's-Foot 8.12 37 39 • don, 271; Crystal Palace, 321 ; and National Dis- Birkenhead lOO Da.&G.W Q 4 86 - Kingston Downs 4.11.6 Si 4 Buckinghamshire, .. 100 Do. 94 96 •-• Lady Bertha count Company, 4: -3-. Chester & Holyhea;cl.. 100 Do 53 54 t •-• Margaret (Cay Lelant) 95 4 (2 Do. 55 per cent 100 Do. - North Downs 2. 41 54 BRIFISH FUNDS-ONE O'CLOCK. Do. 5 , 100 Do 112 114 - North Frances (Illogan) 114 2 2 Bank Steele - N.Wh'l Basset (Illo4an) 1.14.0 21 31 - North Wheal Crotty .. 9.18.9 11 25 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 9Ol 1 i Colchester, Stour Val. all EAT. & E.O 63 65 - ;Par Consols (St. Blazey) 15 7 8 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities E.Union,HarsvichShs all. E,Counts. 4 41 20 , Providence (Uny Lelnt.); 10.6.7 38 40 New 3 per Cent. Annuities 941411 Do. Woodbridge..,. 100 • ' •• • • - Sortridge Cons. Min.Co.l 1 4 India Stock - Gls.Barr.&Neils•Dr. 100 Caledon.. .. .. - ;South Caradon(St.Cleer) 15 310 40 Ditto 5 per Cent. _.._,. . .. .. - S. Cam Brea (Illogan).. 5.9.6 4 44 1 S. Dev. Iron &Gen„Lim. all 1 4 Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent - Gloster &Dean Forest all Gt. Wes - t. .. .. - S.Wheal Fran. (Mogan) 18.1q.i; 974 1025 110 Ditto 5 per Cent. 961 Hull and Selby Do. halves all Do. - !Stray Park Ditto 51 per Cent Ditto Debentures, 4 per Cent., Oct., 1863 - Lancaster & Carlisle 100 Ln.&N.W 193 198 10 Tin Croft , 9 71 81 Ditto ditto April, 1864 983 London & Greenwich 100 S. Eastern 61 63 61 - Vale of Towcy (Carm.)l3s 6d 4 4 Ditto Bonds £1,000 - West Basset (Mogan). 111 14 15 itto under £I,OOO - ;West &ton Consols for Account, Jan, 9 9 15 1 Lowestoft gua. 4pc .. 100 I Norfolk ~.. .. Do 6 per cent lOO \ Do. - ;Wheal Basset (Mogan); 55 85 90: India Stock for Account - lifne.,l3xtn.aS Matlock all LNW& M 31 31 , - , Wheal Buller (Itedruth)! 5 75 85 t India Stock for .a_ccount, 5 per Cent - - ,Wheal Edward (Cats,)! 71 21 3 March. June. ence stock - Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant) 1.7.2 44 55 - Wheal Mary Ann (Men.) 8 16 17 Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO 2d., .. 912 11 14 pm Newmarkt, BuryEx 1 5 - Ditty, £5OO - - gua. 5 per cent... 5' D . 6. E Counts. par 1 p - Wheal Treiawney (Lis.) 7 16 17 - ___ -.. Ditto Sms,ll - I ---- Northn.&E a , - tn. sp. c. all Do. Do. 6 per cent. .... all Do. • • • • FOREIGN MINES. FOREIGN FUNDS-ONE O'CLOCK. Do. Fixed 5 p. c... all D. Brazilian 5 per Cent - N. Eastn-flartlepool 1( 0 DoE. Ber. • 1 BonAccordCopper,Lim. 17.6 ler Id 20 Brazil St.J.del Rey,Lini 15 48 50 494 10 Ditto 41 per Cent, 1860 L&N.W 5 Do.Eand a.nd Mining Co. all 15 11 Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent - Preston and Wyre. 1 all & L y k. 3 43 45 1 Clarendon Cons.MiaCo. ; - dis. Ditto Account - .. 10 Cobre Copper all 35 1 7 - Roystn.Hitchat Shep. 1 00 Gt. North. 133 136 - Copiapo .. .. 16 6 8 Mexican ' , Ditto Ac per Cent co nt Do. Do. Peruvian 41 per Cent _o South Staffordshire.. 100 Ln.&N.W .. .. 20 General ; all 23 24 Ditto Account - Wilts and Somerset.. 100 Gt. West. 92 94 925 2 IGt N. Cop. of S. Auatr. 1 5 1 p 14 4 Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853~ Ditto 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, and '6O 46 4 3 .Linares all 7 8 Spanish 3 per Cent - PREFERENCE SHARES. 5 l'.,usitanian 2 4 pr Ditto New Deferred Spanish Cert. of Coup. not funded 20 Pontgibaud Silver,Lead - Turkish 6 per Cent Share( Railways. Prices. Done. 1 Mining and Smelt... all 2 4 Ditto Account Ditto New Loan - 1 Scottish A.ustrln. (L.).., 109. 1 fpm Ditto Account Ditto £lOO Bonds - - 1 Worthing (Limited)....l all a 1 at Bris. & Exet. 4p. c. at.. 100 93 95 I Do 1 - - Difto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. - 4 20 Do. shares - - Ditto Account at Caledon. £lO, 45 p. cent. 100 - - COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SEC URITIES. Dividends on the above pay able in London. at D o . q uar. shares, \O. 2 100 - - Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861 - - - Cana; er. 6 p.c.Ja. &J uly TWO O'CLOCK . 20 Cornwall. 5 percent... all 205 21/ - 1877-9 lOO 104 107 106 61 Dun Perth, & Aber.Jun. all 6 65 - Do 6 p. cent.lBBo-2 100 - - Consols, Money - - - Do. 6p. cent.lBB3-4' 100 - - Ditto Account - Do. 6p. c. Feb. A Aug. 100 103 106 at Do. Class B 6 per cent.. 100 1 12 1 1 7 - Do. 6p. c. Mar. & Sept., 100 103 105 RACING FIXTURES FOR 1862. at Do. Class C 7 per cent_ 100 110 116 - Do. 5 per cent 1 100 94 26 955 76) st IS. Coun. Ex. 5 p.c. No. 1 100 10? 110 -- Cape G.Hope, 6 p c,lBBO 100 R 6 ICB FEBRUARY. at Do No. 2 100 106 108 - Do. 1890 100 106 108 Lincoln - N.B.Gov. 6 p.c. J a.&July 1 100 102 101 st Eastern Union, 4p. c- 100 81 83 - Do. Bp. c.A p. & Oct.l 100 - - MARCH. at Do. sp. C. guar lOO - - - N. S.W. Gov. sp. c., 1866! 100 98 100 Nottingham S .. 4 I Liverpool S - Do. sp. c.,1871 to 1876 100 97 99 Derby Spring 6 I Shrewsbury S .. 27 at Do. 4p, c. guar. S. & (.. 100 89 91 - Do. .c., 11488 & upwds 100 96 98 at Edin. Perth,& Dun. 4 .e. 100 - - APRIL.- Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. C. at Furness, 5 per cent._.. 100 - - sterling, 1875 lOO 103 105 - Northampton - - st Great Northern, 5 p c.. 100 115 116 - S. A u5,G6p.c.1878.& up.. 100 - - Croxton Park 4 Catterick t•ridge 29 at D 0.5 p.c.Redm.lop.e. on 100 110 112 _ - Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July; 100 - - Epsom Spring .. 10 Thirsk- I Do. do. 6 p.c. Ap.&0.34....1 100 102 104 1034 24 Ponteland .. 14 st Do. 41 p. c. do lOO 102 101 at Do.sp.c.Redtr.atsp.c.pm 100 107 109 DOCKS. MAY. 10 Gt. Nli of -cot. Ist pref. all - - Newmarket F S 100 97 99 stock Commercial lOO stock Do. 4 per Cent.Pref.Min lOO - - Chester Spring 2 7 50 Great West. (Barks and stock East and West India .. 100 123 125 York Spring - - stock ,Londor stock !St. Katharine. lOO 59 62 JUNE. at Do. redeem. 45 p. et.. - 100 98 100 stock :Southampton 1 100 - , at Do. redeem. 4p. ct.... 100 88 90 stock Victoria . Epsom Summer.. 20 ;Do New . ...i....• 2 ld pr Chelmsford ll Newcastle - --- Manchester 10 Do. Chester S p.c. pf. she all 17 18 JULY. 100 Ag - ra&UnitedService Bk 50 - - 10 Do. Chester 5 p.c. pf. shs all 105 11 Odiham .. 1 Abingdon - - Bibury Club 11 Do. do 25 ; Bank ot Egypt all 201 215 Newton . & Carl. do 45 p.c. all 10 101 100 I Beak of London ...... 50 62 64 pre f a 6 l O l _l5 _l5 112250225000000000 1 cR B ! ,LL Commercial 'Colonial hranooinngtdkii London s . . cio Soll atlNc n T okr u otrhfk Americane Turkey Stockbridge e allal 3 - 1 5 94 2 - 1 : Winchester 00 136 _ 1_33 136 Newmarket Worcester - - ?, 1 0 0( . : 1 City Bank of Canada a5 2 10 51 7- - 2 -7 - 4 Liverpool ............ 15 Goodwood - p. c. (Illackb. pur. 100 101 103 aortn..l3,d Litiocof Aus.ofuAnut London. ysctrii:.l. a. 221 1 0011 231 - 370 55 312 - 476: 175 AUGUST. at Lon.•tßrig.sp/i.gu. No.l 100 112 115 1 2 2500 0 00 G lT: e ooD n nno . dd. Bk .of Switzerland all - - st Do. 5 per cent 6 sl_.o., No 2 100 112 115 Radcliffe Brighton Brighton Club ........ 7 York - - Louden o n n . A T e o w iw in e t s s t t m oc io k ste - r 1 1 2 5 0 0 5 a 6 5 2 7 : 6 3 0 9 874 8 Lewes - - B a a t t D D O o . . 0 7 p pe c r . d c o e ( n N t v:p p l r & ef c ..s p tk ) 1 1 00 00 1 10 52 7 1 15 30 5 12 2 02 0 000 DNoaet.., ,n London ise,woroußl v... and ... ............................ 1 1 0 22 1 : /d Wolverhampton SEPTEMBER. at Do. 4 p c.st (div.def.lll . 65 100 73 75 , r , st Do. 4 per cent. pref ... 100 - - 2' l a o t DLoen. West. & F la x o , v l3 . s , p o .c p .p . c f . . 100 a11 90_ _92 91 Devon and Exeter...... Derby ... . 50 25 i N o a ri t e i n on t a tri . h c aWn or ka p l it : l : o : ri l . a a 21 1 51 1 1 - 4 - 9 50 -- 50 Plymouth - - Warwick Doncaster 16 Newmarket F 0 30 Nuneaton, 5 per cent. 100 111 113 , st Lon. & S.West. 7p. cent. 20 1 Otto ran Bank ...... .. all 117 18 17i OCTOBER. at., late 3d shares .... 100 - - 2s 60 Do. (Prtsm. perpl. anus. 100 ' Provincial of Ireland .. 25 -; - - .s• at Do. 4) per cent 1 2 01 5 00 Union Atlantic Unity o m f utitu. Australia sail s Bedford - ..... 9 . 25 South Australia ..,-... all 1 - Newmarket S 0 ...... - 125 Londondy. & Cole. 5 shs all NON - FMBER. - 5 0 Unt w( of London 1000 Atlantic Tel. 6 ( l .l l ,i S m C it E ed E ) L A a N I • I M ot3 S. 125 I,ondony. & Ennis. 5 alas all 131 14 Worcester Anglo-Mexican 11 f i m in I . d . ) ' all al 6 1 1 34 14 2 5 Hereford 25 Australian Agricultural 19 25 27 - st Do. 31 per cent. 50 10 British Water (Limited) all 5 65 to a citr. Telegraphr pi Palace ri npeerpr C . ma A g m .T e e r l i . c A an • ... .•••••••• 10 Do. redeem. 6 per cent... 5 14p, Advices from Montevideo of the 13th ult. state 121 Slaryport & Carl. 4 pr. c. all _ .. 20 Do. 8, 7 p.c.ti11155 . 2 . (L . .. m: Land 40 that her Majesty's ship Ardent, Commander Parish, had 1 5 25 Do. 45 per cent. ........ all .. .. 2 5 2 0 0 5 D D it o:.. l C p . r ( e l f .i . (Limited). (Lh . la ti . )) all al l l -21 9_ 98 --- 1 i t Midland Con. 6p. C. stk. 100 _ .. arrived on the previous day, having on board the ex-Pre - st Do.Con.Bris.& Bir. 6 p.c. 100 137 139 88 32 .. 1 c C Do a o n p. . a ps d ir a ient Land.eorfEenne Preference . a ~. .. 8.. , z.. . m.. ; .. Ittgi 105_98 11(03 10 Chan.lslands Te . oe l. t . e ( o :li vt i le . .... a 11301017 sident of the Argentine Confederation, Dr. Derqui, and his at Do. 45 p. C. pref. stock.. 100 102 104 6 Do. 41 per cent. family, who had solicited the protection of the British flag, at DoLeic. andllit.iper ct 100 92 94 925 . at. at. C D ry o. s 6 ta p l and who had embarked at Santa Fe on the Bth. The st Norfik. sp. C. Ex. st. 1840 100 • • • • a . n . a...i - weather had been very bad, and the Ardent had had to st Do. 55 cfret at. 1847 100 s ar h a , ll s (.l p x . r f4tl e B n l f 7 . 1 1 °O OO 10 .. 1i 1 : 20 }l rli Electricdi anchor off the island of Martin Garcia, the Buenos Ayrean Per cent lOO 107 109 all 15 17 B a a t t t D D N 0: r . . s t N l ß e ti v t ., r i • u a . commander of which sent on board a demand that Dr. Der -10 Do. Bor. Un. g• prf. shs. 5 1 15pm 82'55 English Do . Na ZAus. qui should be given up to him, in °root° be tried by the 10 D o : do. do. all .. .. Supreme Court of Buenos Ayres. Capt. Parish of course, in at Ntli.Dyn.Rail.&Dck.Co. 5 _ _ very plain met this at N-East. Cons. pref. 4c. 100 .. _ 1 Do: 171 pct Preference 100 i d . iP m 93 96 terms, at Do. 41pr. ct. redeemable 100 .. .. 15 s t Do. G. N. E. 4p. et. prat 100 99 101 for officers of the English navy to give up political refugees who 16 Gen. Steam Navi 100 98 100 g,ati in 14 1 Great Ship Limited),,, a ll - 7 -- e have once been received under the protection of our flag. 17 Do. 13erwick 4p. c. pref. 2 0 Do. Leeds 6p. c. No. 1 8. 13.4 1 dis par The flight of Dr. Derqui, it was thought, would leave 12) Do. do. Quarters, 1848 l3all i I •• .• 5 Lon. District Tel. (Lim,) Buenos Ayres free to treat with the provinces, and gradually 25 Do. Yorl:, H. &S. Purch. 9 .. .. 4 L.G. Omnibus Co. (Lim.) 45 - the capital and seat of 20 North Staffordshire.... 10 }dis fpm 20 Madras Ire. and Canal. all 1.1 li • to reassume her proper position as 10 Rhymney Guaranteed.. all 22 23 225 10 Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim.") l all It 2 Government of the Confederation, which ought never to 8 Scottish Central. new pf all _ _ 25 National Dis. Co. (Lim.) i :li 4 Foreigners have little or no 8 Scottish North-Eastern 20 NerbisCoal&lron (Lim) 5 4, 5d41 1 have been at any other place. 35 p. c pref. stock.... "all . „ of that of Buenoslo Netherlands Land 2 V interest in the interior provinces, or out at Do.Aberdeen,gua.6p.c 100 ' • all .. .. 5 Do.S p.c.Pretlass.atl dis. all has become very largely in- st Do. 7p. c. pret. stock 100 Ayres, where British capital 10s. South Devon, Ann • • • • , 10s. 100 132 1:36 10 15 100 N.Br.&NovaScotiaLand 81 i i ave uniformly been protected 1 N.l3.Australaslan (Lim.) all vested, and where alone they h 10 Do. Fixed 45 per cent all 10 105 1 Oriental Gas (Limited). all 114 by auything like regular Government. There had been 10. 6. South Eastern (Reading, all a • • • • 1 Do. New Shares (Line). all 1 1 m it River Plate, with great damage Ann., 1.0 6) - extraordinary storms it the at Do. 4,, per cent Brazilian man-of-war steamer, at. Peelß.Lnd.&Min.(Lira) 100 I 4 ! 7 to shipping, including aßr • st Do, Fixed 45 per cent. TOO 99 101 50 Pen. & Oriental Steam all - 50 Montevideo, and a fine South W l wrecked on the reef to the east of at a es, gua. 4p. c. 5O Do. New 66 '6B 30 9 Do. 45 per cent American steamer, which went on shore at Buenos Ayres. at Do. do. 1 859 lOO 50 Ritymney Ironall 18 19 21.--The E mperor st VIENNA, DEC. 15 Do. New leaves for Venice this afternoon, and will not return to at S. Yorkshire, 4p. c. gua. 100 85 813 20 100 Royal Mail Steam alt 5 6 60 Do. sp. c . Zrua 1346 48 at. Scot. Austin. Inv.(Lim.) 100 125 1q K ••• • • Vienna until Jan. 15. When on his way home his Majesty 2 5 Stock. & Dar. A 5 p. c... all 271 281 2S will inspect the fortifications which have recentlytk. been made 25 Do. B 6 p. c... all 31 33 25 South Australia e n op L p a e n i d .' 1 Submarine Tel. Scrip al' Do. C 6 P. c... all 31 33 1 Do. do. Registered in the Southern Tyrol. ,at Watrfd & Kilkny, op. c. 100 42 45 10 Do. do. It has been stated at Aldershot, that the mur- at W. Mid.-Oxf Ist am at Do.' 2d do a stk 100 123 125 1244 4 100 121 123 121 10 Trust and Agency of Austrlasia (lim)lst is. 1 id 4 ,, derer Jackson, of the 78th, will be brought down there and at Do. Newport 5 p.c. pf.red. 100 100 102 hanged in the presence of the troops on the 30th inst. ~ et at Do. Fer et. 6 .c. f. 8.. O. P p p 1 100 118 122 Do, till 1509 100 115 120 20 Tr.& Ln.Co. of Upr.Can. 5 4 ' ' 5 U. K'domTel. Co. (Km.) 1 ld 13 100 an plea:Lea's L tad a l alll 18022_32,12 _ 33. _3:3,4. ,5 324 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Railways. ! Paid. Leasing Closing Business Co. s Price. Done. Bedford and Bletchley all Ln. &N.W .. .. Birkenhead lOO Dr.&G.W Q 4 86 Buckinghamshire lOO Do. 94 96 Chester & Holyhea lOO Do 53 54 Do. 66 per cent 100 Do. Do. 5 , 100 Do 112 114 Clydesdale Junction 100 Caledon. 101 103 Colchester, Stour Val. all E.U.&E.O 63 65 E. Lincolnsh. gapr c. 100 Gr. North. 133 136 E.Union,HarwichShs all E,Counts. 4 41 Do. Woodbrido•e.. . 100 .. .. .. Gls. Barr.&Neils.Dra. 100 Caledon .. .. Do. new _.._... . .. .. Gloster &Dean Forest all Gt. West. .. .. Hull and Selby all Ylc.N. Mid 110 112 Do. halves Do. quarters i all Do. Lancaster & Carlisle 100 Ln.& N. W 193 198 London & Greenwich 100 S. Eastern 61 63 61 Do. Preference Lon.,Tilb.& Southend 100 IPeto &Co B3 85 Lowestoft gua. 4 p c.. 100 INorfolk Do a per cent lOO \ Do. Ilinc.,Bxtn.,,V Matlock all LNW& M 36 34 , Mid. Bradford Prefer ence stock Newmarkt, BuryEx } 5.5.6. E Counts. par 1 p gua. 5 per cent... Northn. &F. a , - tn. sp. c. all Do. Do. 6 per cent. .... all Do. Do. Fixed sp. c.... all Do. N. Eastn—Flartlepool 1( 0 N. E. Ber .. .. North Western all Midland 153 16f &N.W ) 3 Preston and Wyre. 1 all & L L. y k. 43 45 Do. 4 shares A all Do. ••• • .. .. .. Roystn.Hitch.& Shcp lOO Gt. North. 133 136 Shrewaby & Hereford 100 T Brassey 118 122 Do. Do. .. South Staffordshire Wilts and Somerset lOO Gt. West. 92 94 926 Wimbledn & Croydon, all L.&Brgtn 86 96 PREFERENCE SHARES. Share( Railways. Paid. Closing Business Prices. Done. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, DECENIBER 24, 1861. THE LATE PRINCE CONSORT. MEETING OF THE THEATRICAL PROFESSION AT DRURY-LANE THEATRE. This afternoon a meeting of the dramatic profession was held in the saloon at the Theatre -Royal Drury-lane, for the purpose of agreeing to an address of condolence to her ➢Zajesty on the death of his late Royal Highness the Prince Consort. _ There were present most of the managers of the metro- I politan theatres, amongst whom we observed M r. E. T. mith, of Drury-lane; Mr. Batty, of Astley's ; Mr. Swan borough, of the Strand ; Nelson Lee, of the City of Lon don ; Mr. Cave, of the Marylebone, and a number of the leading members of the profession. It was suggested as Mr. Batty was the oldest member of the profession present, he having been engaged in it for the last 50 years, that he should occupy the chair, and that gentleman having consented under these circumstances, the proceedings were opened by Mr. SMITH, who said he had taken the liberty of calling the present meeting in order that they might express their feeling on the domestic calamity that had befallen her most gracious Majesty. The Queen, by the loss of the Prince Consort, had lost that which it was impossible to overestimate ; she had lost a wise counsellor and a devoted husband, and the Royal family a fond father. While the Royal family had been so bereft, literature and science had also lost a firm supporter, for everything that was good and estimable ever found a fostering protector in the Royal Prince whose loss they were at that moment deploring. He had thought, under the circumstances, it would but be proper that the dramatic profession should have an opportunity of expressing their regret at the death of the Prince Consort, and therefore the present meeting was held to show her Majesty that while they had the power of pleasing by their talent, they had also the hearts of true Englishmen, and could sympathise with those who mourned the irreparable loss she had sustained. (Hear, hear.) He had drawn up some resolutions for the approval of the meeting, but if the terms were capable of improvement or alteration, he hoped that if any gentleman present could suggest anything more appropriate they would not hesitate to do so, because he knew they were all animated with the same desire, and that was to testify to her Majesty that they rightly estimated the loss she had sustained, both as a Queen, a wife, and a mother. (Hear, hear.) He begged to move the following resolution : " That this meeting sympathise deeply and respectfully at the solemn and affecting visitation of Divine Providence, and therefore humbly venture to join in the universal prayer of the nation that her Majesty may receive condolence and support under this overwhelming calamity and bereavement. That an address of condolence expressive of the deep sorrow and heartfelt regret which words can scarcely convey, be presented to her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen, of the death of his Royal Highness Francis Albert Augustus Emmanuel, Duke of Saxony, Prince of Saxe Coburg and G otha, Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, a prince whose inestimable virtues and qualities through life was the universal admiration and love of her Majesty's subjects." Mr. NELSON LEE said he begged to second the adoption of the resolution. He could only reiterate the sentiments of Mr. Smith, and say how deeply and sincerely her Ma jesty's loss was deplored by the whole dramatic profession. Mr. STEPHENS, as the representative of the Australian stage, supported the resolution, and observed that though that country was far from England, there would not be a single individual in that distant part of the globe who would not be ready to add his sympathy to that of England. The CHAIRMAN then put the resolution, which was car ried unanimously. Mr. E. T. SMITH said the resolution would be sent in due form to Colonel Phipps. A vote of thanks . was awarded to the chairman and to Mr. Smith. In acknowledging the compliment, Mr. SMITH said he begged to thank them very sincerely for their kindness in acknowledging the part he had taken on the present occa sion, and Mr. Batty also returned his thanks for the pleas ing manner in which the compliment had been awarded him. Tho proceedings then terminated. THE CIVIL WAR IN AMERICA. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.) MARLBOROUGH-STREET. (From the Special Correspondent of the 172)2e5.) WASHINGTON, DEC. 9. The Cunard steamer which will take these few ROBBERY ♦ND ASSAULT.—John Neal, a low-looking fellow, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with stealing some rum and also with assaulting Mr. Henry Ellis, of the King's Head, Crown-street, Soho. The prisoner went into the house of the prosecutor and called for a quarters of rum, with which he was served. He drank some of the rum, and while the barmaid was engaged serving a customer the prisoner went over the counter and helped himself to some more rum. Prosecutor saw this, and en coming out of his parlour to turn out a disorderly character the prisoner struck him two or three times. lines from Boston on the 11th will convey the file of the American journals, and all their lueubrations on Mr. Chase's Report and on the financial pros pects of the United States, which will doubtless be duly appreciated at the other side of the Atlantic. In your hands I leave them. Meantime there is little probability of anything occurring to disturb the march of events, which are the only things that march at Washington, and which have got into a humdrum sort of parade-and-review order, making one day as like the other as can be. There is, to be sure, always the confidential assurance that "there will be a move soon," and perhaps there may ; but hitherto General M`Clellan has succeeded in avert ing the danger which is presented to him cf making an attack on a desperate and brave enemy with an ill disciplined army. He may, however, at any moment be led to order an advance, and his army is certainly better prepared to make it now than it was at any previous time. It would be amusing to look back to the Northern journals and see how much of the pompous programmes of" our Fall Campaign" has been fulfilled. New Orleans was to have been seized, Charleston laid Waste, Memphis, Savannah, Richmond, and Nashville occupied, and the seceding States held in subjection till the loyal men could be induced to come out and vote themselves back into the Union. The good public is presented with a strip of sand at Hatteras and an inlet at Port Royal, and so far it is thankful for the results of these con quests. The " Rat-hole squadrons" are at their work, and the task of the blockading vessels will soon be light enough. In fact, the weather is such on the Southern coast during January, February, and March that it would not be possible to maintain a force of observation off the harbours ; hence most of them will be blocked up, and the others can be watched from time to time by vessels running out of Port Royal. Another great expedition, the naval part to be commanded by a very dashing officer, Captain David Porter, is to be prepared im mediately, and General Burnside's corps is now ready to start from Annapolis. The utmost exer tions are made by Government to procure mortars of the largest size, but these are not to be made in a day. Nothing indicates any expedition of the first class—one intended to operate against Charles ton or New Orleans, which are the favourite objects of the Northerners. The former is, indeed, menaced from the flanks, and the Federal gunboats have reconnoitered the country by the Ashepoo river up to the distance of 32 miles from the city. The white populations have fled. The negroes remain on the plantations, and no efforts have been made by the Federals to induce them to embrace freedom and work on the fortifications. From the entrance of the Savannah river in the South up to Otter Point, at the north of St. Helena Sound, the Fede ralists have bitten into the coast line of South Ca rolina; but the effect of their conquest has not been encouraging in the interests of the Union, of com merce, of cotton, of abolition, or of humanity. The planters have fled and abandoned all sooner than come to terms with the detested " Yankees." They have bn:nt their cotton ; the negroes at times plun der the property left to their care, but more fre quentiy they protect it ; and all accounts agree in the fact that the slaves evince no ill-feeling towards their masters. They do not dread the Northerners, but they show no appreciation of the boon which the latter are supposed to offer them. Now, as the planters have fled, and as their property is confis cated, it would be well for the Government to de cide what they are to do with this new description of chattel which has come into their hands in con sequence of the acts of their masters and of Congress. The slaves will not leave the land. They refused to do it for their proprietors ; it is not likely the new owners will be more successful unlesF they employ force, and the use of force would render them de tested throughout the South by the black popula tion. It is asserted positively that the negroes will not work—that they only do it under close watch and the influence of strong inducements. The greatest activity they have shown is' e in the plunder ing which has taken place among the planters' houses ; and, the bump of destructiveness once fairly working, it is impossible to say how far it may lead a race who see their masters engaged in destroying their King Cotton, and wrapping their temples and ginning-houses in flame. The "eternal negro" ap pears to be quite apathetic in the contest, and to watch the combatants very much as a beef and mead-fed " layde fair" might have regarded the attempts of two unknown gentlemen in steel to run each other through the body in her honour. Gen. Sherman is believed to be rather too much of a Southerner in his views, and he is attacked because he will not permit the cotton to be taken and sent to New York—so it is said, but I doubt the fact very much. A little underhand trading is said to be going on in the article about Port Royal, but the burning movement progresses, and the sky is black ened by dense clouds of smoke all along the sea board from the fields and ginning-houses. Cotton is exceedingly inflammable, aid burns almost explo sively. A couple of schooners are taking in cotton at Hilton Head, and the blacks are ginning it for five cents a pound. The troops there may be re garded as in solid occupation, covered by the fleet and by the gunboats, the latter of which have been, as I already stated, making reconnaissances up the river, and finding the country deserted as they approached. The whites have given up all attempts to defend the rivers and smaller headlands. No less than three fieldworks, on the Ashepoo, Coosaw, and Otter Point, had been abandoned. It is more than singular, therefore, that no demonstration has been made against the Charleston and Savannah Railway, which must be of inestimable value to the Confederates. The thing is inexplicable. Gene ral Sherman must almost hear the railway whistle at Pocataligo. Her Majesty's ship Immortalite was lying at Port Royal by last accounts ; and as the entrance has been buoyed and there is no less than 25 feet of water on the bar, it will no doubt become a resort for the vessels of the squadron engaged in watching the blockade when it comes on to blow. It is reported that the Federalists were engaged in throwing up iutrenchments on Tybee Island under cover of their shipping, and we may be gratified by the sight of a regular engineering approach to Fort Pulaski. It is more likely, however, that it will be attacked by vertical fire when the mortars are ready. When Captain Porter's expedition is ready, depend upon it that there will be more sharp work and energy displayed than has yet been heard of from either side. If there is one thing in this war which astounds one mo re than another, it is the utter want of " dash which has characterized both Confederate and Federalist alike. There was no dash at Sumter, certainly. It would have effectually prevented the erection of the sand batteries—it would have taken Sumter by storm when once the fire was reduced, and the little garrison paralyzed by the flames and want of proper ammunition. In the West, where partisan leaders and wild bushwhackers, jay hawkers, and melodramatic rascality abound, there has been some hard fighting, but there has been no dash. Dash—an ounce of it—could have secured the Federal capital in April or May—could have made certain of it, Baltimore, Maryland—and who can say what more ?—in the last week of July. The smallest particle of dash could have secured Fort Pickens for secession before it was reinforced, nor would Fortress Alonroe have been very safe in the face of the same quality in the enemy. With plenty of individual courage there has been as yet no ex hibition of this valuable military adjunct—most I valuable in an army of this kind and in irregular warfare. General Price, in Missouri, indeed, exhi bits great celerity in advance and retreat, and is always almost to be, but never is, attacking or at tacked, save and except at the Lexington affair. General Rosecrans—why will he not accommodate Shaksperians by a little alteration of his name?— has gone comfortably into winter quarters in Wes tern Virginia, or the 6 r State of Kanawha" at Wheel ing, after an obscure and inglorious campaign—in which, however, he has shown himself an active and capable commander, and has completely foiled his opponents Floyd and Wise—against whom it was impossible to win either reputation or glory. The ex-Secretary, who is generally politely desig nated as " the rebel thief Floyd," is still marching Mr, Tyrwhitt said he had no doubt the prisoner was one of those fellows who went about annoying respectable tavern keepers, and he should commit him fur a month. Prisoner—What, for a drop of rum I THAMES. PLUNDERING A SAILOR.—Two women of unfortunate character, named Bridget Richenberg and Isabel Ashford, were brought before Mr. Woolrych, charged with robbing a sailor; named Thomas Wales. - ore 7. The prosecutor is staying at that excellent institution, the Sailors' Home, in Well-street, where he could have banked his money and received interest for it while in port, but instead of doing so he displayed it to the prisoners, and in the course of three or four days lost every farthing of his hard earnings. On Friday morning last, between the hours of two and three o'clock, he met with the prisoners, and was taken by them to an infamous den kept by the woman Richenberg, in Everard-street, part of " Tiger-bay," St. George-in-the-East. He then had a £lO note, 1 Is, in silver, and some foreign coins in his possession. He remained in the house with Ashford until Saturday night, and gave her Ils. He gave the tall woman (Richenberg) the £lO-note to change, and told her to get some drink, which came to 13s. 9d. She returned him £8 9s. 4d., after deducting 13s. 9d. (A laugh.) He put the change in his purse. They all remained in a public-house drinking, and he gave his purse and money to Richenberg to pay for the drink, and the short one (Ashford) snatched the purse from her, and put it 31 her bosom. He demanded the money of her, and she said, " Don't be in a hurry," He bought two bottles of rum and two bottles of gin for the women to take home, and, after a good deal of bother, Ashford gave him back two sovereigns only of his money, and he could never get the remainder of her. Mr. Woolrych—Have you any of your wages left ? The Sailor—Not a farthing. I was paid off last Thurs day, settled my outfitter's bill for a new rig, and I have been robbed of all my wages I had left. Mr. Woolrych—When you come on shore again alter a long voyage, leave your money with the people at the Sailors' Home in Well-street, where it will be taken care of. Samuel Talvy, a police-constable, No. 211 H, said that Wales came to him on Saturday night. and wanted to give into custody a girl named Yankee Moll, who had robbed him of 18s. He gave her a sovereign and told her to get 2s. worth of drink, She obtained the liquor, but never gave him the change. Mr. Woolrych—That was a distinct affair from this. Witness—Yes, Sir; there were not sufficient grounds for taking the girl into custody, and I refused to interfere. This morning I found the sailor and the two women in Everard street, and he said to Ashford, that if she would give him £3 he would say no more about his money. She refused, and he gave both into custody. He found upon the prisoner Ashford two Belgian coins. The Sailor—They are mine, and were in my purse when the short woman took it from the long one. Mr. Woolrych—When do you expect to go to sea again ? The Sailor—Next week, Sir. Mr. Charles Young, solicitor, who appeared for Richen berg, contended that there was no case at all against her. Mr. Woolrych agreed with the solicitor, and ordered her to be discharged, at the same time observing that he had no doubt of the infamous business she carried on. There would be a partial failure of j astice in this case, as in many others of a like nature, because the sailor was going to sea. He had no doubt that Ashford was what she was stated to be — a regular thief, who waylaid sailors and robbed them. He sentenced Ashford to two months' imprisonment and hard labour for the unlawful possession of the two Belgian coins found upon her. THE CHANCELLORSHIP OF CAMBRIDGE.--An opinion prevails very generally among the members of the Senate that the Duke of Devonshire, from his distinguished career as a student, is the fittest person to fill the office of Chancellorship of the University, now vacant. A meeting will take place in the Combination-room of Trinity College this day, at which the Master of Trinity has consented to preside, for the purpose of promoting the election of the Duke, The Cuke of Buccleuch has the interest and sup port of St. John's College, but it is understood that the Duke of Devonshire is put forward purely upon academic grounds. If the University failed to call him forth on this occasion it would ignore its academic honours, and these in the person of one who is distinguished for his private vir tues ought to command success. On Saturday night, after the exhibition had closed, a Bengal tiger in Edmond's menagerie, which is at present at Newcastle, broke through a wooden partition into an adjoining cage containing a panther, with which it engaged in a terrible combat. The tiger was strongly be laboured with a view to driving him back into his compart ment and rescuing the panther from his clutches. These means, however, only exasperated the beast still further, and after a fearful fight of ten minutes' duration, he suc• ceeded in seizing the exhausted panther by the throat, and held him with bull-dog tenacity until he was dead. The tiger then, as if satisfied that his werk was completed, walked quietly into his own compartment, and allowed a new partition board to be thrust between himself and the body of his vanquished antagonist.—Newcastle Chronicle. The following is the text of a letter addressed by Garibaldi to the provincial Council of Calabria Ulterior, in answer to an Address from that body :—" Caprera, Nov. 12.—Your blood has not deviated frem the path traced by your ancestors I When the destined hour shall strike, I shall again see you in arms, to the terror of the enemies of Italy. The time is not far distant. Be all prepared for that last trial, and we *tall conquer S—Yours, Citatißiuxi." about, and, by the last accounts, was going off into Eastern Tennessee. " Parson Bi ownlow," .who has been making a considerable local sensation by his gallant main - (nance of Union sentiments amid a hostile population, and by the courageous writing of his ournal, has now burst out upon the fighting world, and is said—not that I at all believe it—to have gained a victory over the Con federates with a guerilla of the loyal moun taineers of East Tennessee. If the railway which passes through this part of the State, and on to Knoxviile to Richmond, fall into the hands of the Federalists it will prove a great blow to them, and should Parson Brownlow have made any demon stration against it he will draw on himself the attentions of half a dozen Confederate Generals in the neighbourhood. General Nelson has gone out suddenly after winning a great victory from no enemy in particular, but he may be revived at any moment. It is wonderful how heroes blaze up here, then go out for a time like a burnt-out cracker, and suddenly burst out again when everyone thought there was no life left in them. There are any num ber of forgotten heroes in all parts of the States at present. It is very aggravating not to be able to pursue a remarkable event or person to the end of the chapter, but in America it so happens that a sustained interest in anything for a month is not reached without some enormous effort. I am unable, for instance, to say what has become of that little controversy between General Smith and General Wallace at Paducah, nor have I grounds for firm faith in any victories gained in East Tennessee, nor can I at all make out how the fight between Brown and Bragg at Pensacola either began or ended. No one seems to care, but it is assumed that the enemy were " pretty badly whipped." To the earnest, self-sacrificing thousands who regard this war as the holiest and best in which man ever drew a sword, the conduct of affairs must be most discouraging and irritating. There are myriads of people who literally worship the Union, and who would gladly lay down their lives for that political " idea." But they have no opportunity. They have left pro fessions, trades, and pleasant homes to go out and fight, and, as they stand in the front of the battle, they feel the ground for which they are striving crumbling under their feet. There are hundreds of men in the Northern armies, like James Wadsworth, General Sprague, and General Butterfield, who have abandoned ease and comfort to set an example in person of devotion to—well, not their country so mach as to—the Union, or, as Earl Russell styled it " Power." And the Union was assuredly power. It was power for the slaveholder, power for slavery, power for democratic institutions to affront the world. Without the Union the Northern States would be cabined and confined within the Canadian lakes and Virginia, and no reasonable human being can object to their refusal to submit to such a fate. To be deprived of the Mississippi would be to have the main artery torn from the heart. Are they not justified in striking for life at the hand which is stretched out for the purpose ? But it is beyond conception that, all things being so, the war is car ried on as if it were intended to irritate to madness rather than induce " surrender to force of erns." God and Nature may not, indeed, have put the Black into the hands of the Northerners any more than the Indian was placed at our disposal by the same Power in the American war. But here are all the horrors without any of the results of war. Conquest over the South may mean great ruin to the North, but at least it would be a proof of strength given in the achieving of the re sult ; now all the cost of armaments, prodigious and profuse, is endured without any actual operation in esse to realise the Northern Idea. That it may at last be attained I cannot hesitate to admit, but the realisation will be terrible to victor and vanquished alike. The question of the fate of that which is not yet in the power of the North already distracts and convulses the country before the battle has been fought at all. It is not, indeed, unlikely that General M'Clellan may be averse to a great battle, on the mere grounds of aversion to bloodshed, and the hope of success by milder means ; and the smaller operations of war may encourage him to re sist the suggestions which are to my knowledge made to him for an attack upon the enemy. Mag nificent weather is lost, and no sign of an advance is visible. There are impatient senators and ant) , Congressmen, but no one dares open his lips who remembers the result of the " On to Richmond ! " cry of June and July last. The expeditions, and the news of others about to be, amuse the people for the time, but the pressure of taxation will soon render them irritable in their clamours for peace or victory. As yet the war has not pressed hardly on the bulk of the people. 600,000 of the people are amply paid and well fed, and to them are joined hundreds of thousands who are employed in civil work about the army. The noble army of con tractors and sutlers is making a fortune, and the theory that the country cannot be losing any thing because all the money is spent in it finds uni versal acceptance. There are large frauds under stood to have been detected in commissariat trans actions recently. No doubt greater may be undis covered. Many persons have already made large fortunes very honestly. Fraud seems somewhat superfluous where prices are so remunerative and examiners so lenient. " All is quiet along our lines." The river blockade still continues. No man of-war, except a tiny gunboat, has passed up or down in front of the enemy for weeks. Mr. Sickles is still at work on board the Pensacola, which lies motionless off Alexandria. Reviews go on daily, and are for the most part satisfactory in all that relates to the marching of the men, but I never chance to see a decent battalion drill or any formations except of the most rudimentary kind, and I much doubt if there are half-a-dozen regiments here which could form square with steadiness and rapidity against a charge of cavalry. The officers are still causes of anxiety in the volunteer regiments from the large cities, though it is said that nearly 400 have been cleared out of the army since General M.Clellan commenced the eliminating process. The weather is wonderful —positively warm. The bluebottles think it is summer, and are buzzing about merrily, and people are eating ices in the confectioner's. THIS DAY'S MARKETS. HAY MARKETS. - - SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £2 5s to £5 ; clover, £3 108 to £5 12s 6d ; and straw, £1 lOs to £1 18s Od per load. A moderate demand. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, £2 5s to £5 Os; clover do., £3 lOs to £5 15s; and straw, £1 00s to £1 18s per load. Trade steady. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £2 5s to £5 Os; clover, £3 108 to £5 15s Od; and straw,' £1 lOs to kl 184 per load. A. steady trade. •"% . • .11 . . TILTS DAY'S SHIPPING. LONDON, Dec. 24.—Wind this day at noon—East ; moderate breeze, with fine weather. PLYMOUTH, Dec. 23 —Wind E.—Arrived—Amateur, from Antwerp for Havanah. OFF PORTSMOUTH, Dec. 23.—Wind N.E.—Arrived— Her Majesty's ship Lyra, from the Cape of Good Hope; Surprise, from Baltimore. NEWPORT, Dec. 23.—Wind N.E.—Sailed—Brave Samuel, for Callao. DOVER, Dec. 22.—Wind N.E., strong.—Sailed--Anna Georgiana, for Havannah, after repairing. CARDIFF, Dec. 22.—Wind N.E —Sailed—Highland Mary, for Monte Video; Jenny, for Rio Janeiro; Diana, for Cuba; Ibis, Ben Jules, Sheffield, and Augustine, for Havannah. MILFORD, Dec. 22.—Wind N.E.—Arrived—Economist, from St. John's, Newfoundland, for Quebec; Dudac, from Quebec for Troon. TROON, Dec. 23.—Sailed--Colonel Ledgand, for Ha. vannah. OFT%D.VRTMOUTII, Dec. 22. Arrived—Highflyer, from London for Sydney. POW ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Tuesday Morning. Arrived—Bremen, steamer, from Havre. Sailed—La Poule, for Cherbourg. • (BY SUBMARINE AND MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Tuesday Morning. Arrived, Dec. 23—Wagner, from Konigsberg; August, from Riga; Elizabeth and Sophia, from Aalborg; Femele strom, from Dantzic ; Grace, from Gottenburg ; Advastennce, from Faaborg ; Catharina, from Dantsic ; Henry Car eons, from Frederickshall. Sailed, Dec. 24--Santa Maria, for Galatz ; .Orlandol for Trinidad; Countess of Fife, for St. .Adelaide ; Triton. steamer, for Boulogne. DEAL, Tuesday Morning. Passed, Dec. 23—Her Majesty's ship Devastation, from Woolwich for Portsmouth; Oliver Cromwell, from London for Wellington; Italia, screw steamer, from Tdorglon for Quemoy. BANK RETURNS. An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Sth Victoria cap. 32, of the Average Amount of Bank Notes, of the several Banks of Issue in England and Wales, in circu lation during the week ending Saturday, the 7th day of December, 1861. PRIVATE BANKS. Ashford Bank, Ashford-Jemraett, Pomfret, ;& C0.L10.758 Aylesbury Old Bank, Ayl es b ur y-Cobb and Co 23,530 Baldock Bank and Baldock and Bigglcswade Bank, Biggleswade-Wells, Hogge, and Co. Barnstaple Bank, Barnstaple-Marshall and Co 4,841 Basingstoke and Oldham Bank, Basingstoke- Seymour, Lamb, and Co. Bedford Bank, Bedford-Barnard and Co 30,951 Bewdley Bank, Bewdley-Nichols, Baker, and Co 9,740 Bicester and Oxfordshire Bank and Oxford Bank, Bicestcr-Tubb and Co . Birming! am Bank, Birmingham - Att woo d s , Spooner and Co. Boston Bank, Boston-Claypon and Co. .... m 68,609 Boston Bank, Boston-Gee and Co. Bridg - watel• Bank, Bridgwater-J. &J. L. Sealey 6,156 Broseley and Bridgnorthaand Bridgnorth and Broseley Bank, Brosele Pritchards, Boycott, and Co. Buckingham Bank, Buckingham-Bartlett, Par rott, and Co Bury and Suffolk Bank, Sudbury Bank, and Stow marl=et Bank, Bury St. Edmunds-Oakes, Bevan, and Co. , Banbury Bank, Banbury-J. C. and A. Gillett Banbury Old Bank, Banbury-Cobb and Son 24,630 Bedfordshire Leighton Buzzard Bank, Leighton Buzzard-Bassett, Son, and Co. Birmingham Bank, Birmingham-Lloyds and Co. 26,284 Bradford Old Bank, Bradford, Yorkshire-Harris and Co. Brecon Old Bank, Brecon-Wilkins and Co 44,248 Brighton Union Bank, Brighton-Hall, West, and Co. Burlington and Driffield Bank, Burlington-Hard ing, Smith, and C o 11,597 Bury St. Edmunds Bank, Bury St. Edmunds- Worlledge and Co. Cambridge Bank, Cambridge-Mertlock and Co. 12,409 Cambridge and Cambridgeshire Bank, Cambridge -Messrs. Fosters 47,843 Canterbury Bank, Canterbury -Hammond and Co 32,673 Carmarthen Bank, Carmarthen -David Morris and Sons Chertsey Bank, Chertsey-La Coate and Son... 2,961 Colchester Bank, Colchester-Ronnd, Green, & Co. 14,705 Colchester. and Essex Bank, an d With am and Essex Bank, and Hadleigh, Suffolk, Bank, Colchester- Mills, Bawtree, and Co Cornish. Bank, Truro-T wee dy an d C o. 43,844 Coventry . Bank, Coventry-Littl e an d Woodcock 4,252 City Bank, Exeter-Milford and Co. Craven Bank, Settle-Alcocks, Birkbeck, and Co. 71,946 Chepstow Old Bank, Chepstow Bank, Monmouth Old Bank, Monmouth Bank, Brecon Bank, and Ross and Herefordshire Bank, Chepstow- Bromage Snead, and Co Derby Bank, Derby-W. and S. Evans and Co. 10,042 Derby Bank, Derby-Samuel Smith and Co 33,929 Derby Old Bank and Scarsdale and High Peak Bank, Derby-Crompton, Newton, and Co 26,636 Devizes and Wiltshire Bank, Devizes-Locke and Co. Diss Bank, Diss—Fincham and Co 10,191 Doncaster Bank and Retford Bank, Doncaster— Cooke and Co. 69,261 Darlington Bank, Durham Bank, and Stockton-on- Tees Bank, Darlington—Backhouse and Co 82,731 Devonport Bank, Devonport—Hodge and Co 6,612 Dorchester Old Bank and Dorsetshire Bank, Dor- chester— R. and IL Williams 35,446 East Cornwall Bank, Liskeard—Robins, Foster, and Co. East Riding Bank, Beverley—Bower and Co 49,338 Essex Bank and Bishop's Stortford Bank, Chelms ford—Sparrow, Tufnell, and Co 38,095 Exeter Bank, Exeter—Sanders and Co 23,459 Farringdon Bank and Bank of Wantage, Farring don—Barnes, Medley, and Co Farnham Bank, Farnham—John and Jas. Knight 7,235 Faversham Bank, Faversham—Hilton and Co 6,048 Godalming Bank, Godalming—Mellersh and Keen 4,277 Guildford Bauk, Guildford—Messrs. Haydon 12,000 Grantham Bank, Grantham—Hardy and Co 25,299 Hereford City and County Bank, Hereford—Mat thews and Co 12,806 Hull Bank and Kingston-upon-Hull Bank, Hull— Smith, Brothers, and Co Huntingdon Town and County Bank, Hunting don—Veasey and Co Harwich Bank, Harwich—Cox, Cobbold, and C - 4,835 Joi tn. ,o. Hertfordshire, Hitchin Bank, Hitehin—Sharples and Co. Hereford, Ross, and Archenf eld Bank, and Ross and Archenfield Bank, Ross—Morgan and Co 13,412 Ipswich Bank, Ipswich—Bacon and Co . 19,745 Ipswich and Needham Market Bank, Suffolk, Had leigh Bank, Manningtree and Mistley Bank, and Woodbridge Bank, Ipswich—Alemanders & Co.. 57,066 Kentish Bank, Maidstone—Randall, Mercer, and 36,130 Co. Kington and Radnorshire Bank, Kington-Davies and Co. Knaresborough Old Bank and Ripon Old Bank, Knanaresborough-klarrison and Co., 20,573 Kendal Bank, Kendal-Wakefield, Crewdson, &Co 42,891 Longton Staffordshire Bank, Longton-C. Harvey and Son Leeds Bank, Leeds-Beckett and Co Leeds Union Bank, Leeds-W. Williams, Brown, and Co. Leicester Bank, Leicester-T. and T. T. Paget 26,716 Lewis Old Bank, Lewis-Whitefeld and Co 24,866 Lincoll . Bank, Lincoln-Smith, Ellison and Co . , 87,200 Llandovery Bank, Lampeter Bank, and Llandilo Bank, Llandovery-D. Jones and Co 25,748 Loughborough Bank, Loughborough-Middleton and Cradock Lymington Bank, Lymington-S. and G. F. St Barbs Lynn Regis and Lincolnshire Bank, Lynn Legis-- Gurneys and Co Lynn Regis and Norfolk Bank, Lynn Regis- Jarvis and Co 12,951 Macclesfield Bank, Macclesfield-Brocklehurst and Co. .. . 8,763 Manningtree Bank, Manningtree-Nunn and C 0... 5,323 Merionethshire Bank, Dolgelly-Williams and Son 4,625 Miners' Bank, Truro-Willyams and Co. Monmouthshire Agricultural and Commercial Bank, Abergavenny-Bailey and Co. 28,700 Monmouth Old Bank, Monmouth Bank, Brecon Bank, Chepstow Bank, Chepstow Old Bank, anti Ross and Herefordshire Bank, Monmouth- Bromage, Snead, and Co. lll3O Newark Bank, Newark-Godfrey and Riddell Newark and Sleaford Bank, and Sleaford and Newark Bank, Sleaford-Handley, Peacock, and Co. Newbury Bank, Newbury-Bunny, Slocock, and Co. 13,392 Newmarket Bank, Newmarket-Eaton, Hammond, and Co. Korwich Crown Bank and Norfolk and Suffolk Bank, l Norwich-Harveys and Hudson 46,593 Norwich and Norfolk and Fakenham Banks, Nor wich-Gurneys and Birk - becks 88,893 Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Bank, Notting ham-Hart, Fellows, and Co. Nuneaton Bank, Nuneaton-Craddock and Co. - Naval Bank, Plymouth-Harris & Co New Sarum Bank, Sarum-Pinckney, Brothers Nottingham Bank, Nottingham-Samuel Smith and Co Oswestry Bank and Oswestry Old Bank, Oswestry -Croxon and Co' 11,388 Oxford Old Bank, Oxford-Parsons and Co. 31,766 Old Bank, Tonbridge ' Tonbridge and Tonbridge Wells Old Bank, Tonbridge and Tonbridge- Wells and Sevenoaks Bank, Tonbridge-T. H. and S. Beeching Oxfordshire Witney Bank, Witney—J. W. Clinch and Sons Pease's Old Bank, Hull, the Hull Old Bank aid Beverley Bank, Hull—Pease and Co. 46,615 Penzance Bank, Penzance—Batten and Co. Peterborough Bank and Oundle Bank, Peter. borough—D. Yorke and Co. Pembrokeshire Bank, Haverfordwest-3. and W. 9,913 Walters Reading Bank, Reading—Simonds and Co. Reading Bank, Readinm—Stephens, Blandy, & Co 26,232 Richmond Bank, Richmond—Roper and Co. .. 6,637 Rochdale Bank, Rochdale--Clement, Royds, & Co. 2,793 Rochester, Chatham, and Strood Bank, Rochester — Day and Nicholson Royston Bank, Royston—Fordham and Sons Rugby Bank, Rugby—A Butlin and Son 10,624 Rye Bank, Rye—R. C. Pomfret and Co 8,611 Ross Old Bank, Herefordshire, Ross—Allaway and MacDougal Saffron Walden and North Essex Bank, Saffron Walden—Gibsons and Co Salop Bank, Shrewsbury—Burton, Lloyd, &Co 11,717 Scarborough Old Bank, Scarborough—Woodall __ _ and Co. - .. 23,520 Shrewsbury Old Bank and Shrewsbury and Ludlow Bank, Shrewsbury—Rocke Eyton, and C 0..... 37,192 Sittingbourne and Milton Bank, Sittingbourne— Vallanee and Co Southampton Town and County Bank, Southarap ton—Maddison and Pearce.. __ 9,660 Southwell Bank, Southwell—Wykle and C• 10,606 Southampton and Hampshire Bank, Southampton —Atherley, Fall, and Co. Stafford Old Bank, Stafford—Stevenson and C o . .. 11,767 Stamford and Rutland Bank, Stamford—Eaton, Cayley, and ,:o Shrewsbury alai Welsh Pool Bank, Shrewsbury_.. 2;511 Beck, Downward, and Co Taunton Bank, 1 aunton—H. and R. Badcock Tavistock Bank, Tavistock—Gill, Sons, and Co. Thornbury Bank, Thornbury—Harwood and Co 9,178 Tiverton and Devonshire Bank, Tiverton—Duns ford and Co. Thrapston and Kettering Bank, Northamptonshire, Thrapston—York and. Eland 11,440 Tring Bank and Chesham Bank, Tring—Butcher and Son Towchester Old B ank, T owchester—Percival and Co 6,650 Town and County of Poole Bank and Ringwood ...... and Poole Bank, Poole—G. W. Ledo Union Bank, Cornwall, Helston—Vivian nil S an mith, &Co. 11,358 rd an an d Co 13,490 Uxbridge Old Bank, Uxbridge—Hull, Smith, wells, Vvrallingford Bank, Wallingford - " . . e . " . g e . „' and Co. ............... :. .. , , 19,346 • an_ Co. Greenaway a Warwick and Warwickshire Bank Bank, Warwick — Wellington—Fox, Wellington Somerset 3,383 , Wakefield and Pontefract West Ridin g ' Bank "' w and Co 43,384 Bank—Leatham. ...._!L.,. Brothers, and Co Bank, 13,080 Simpson, Chapman, 13,080 a Alresford, and Alton Bank, Winches- Winchester,l6,92o ulpett and Co. Whnidtb&O.ld , ter--B Weymouth Old Bank and Dorcheste r B ank, Wey mouth—Elliot, Pe arce, and Co. Bank— . Arkwright and C 0 .3 5 ,669 Wirksworth and Ashbourne Derbyshire __ _ __ wi s beelt and Lincolnshire Bank, Wisbech—Gur- 45 53 n ays and Co , , IWiveliscombe Bank, Wiveliscombe—P. and W , 6,905 Hancock Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhampton—Goodricke and Holyoake Worcester Old Bank and Tewkesbury Old Bank, 111,748 Worcester—Berwiek, Lechmere and Co Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhlmpton—R. and W. F. Fryer L9,376 Yarmouth and Suffolk Bank, and Halesworth and Suffolk Bank, Yarmouth— Gurneys, Birkbeek, and Cot tiges# l99 l•o 9 l , ll l l 9 ltettottiglettlee 0,633