The Sun. — London, England, 1861-12-26 00:00:00

THE SUN , LONDOI 1110XEY MARKET AND CITY NEWS. SHARE 111ARKET-(THIS DAY). BRITISH POSSESSIONS. ......---...----- -.0.- losin g Price. supine CITY, Two O ' CLOCK. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Share Railways. Paid. 'C -- The usual quarterly disburs ements and the dimi- - - Wished circulation consequent upon the revenue Share Railways. 1 faid. l Closing Business I Price. done. Bar r Bom.,Baroda&Cent Ind 1 - i Gu. 5 per cent.. .... 00 985 995 collections have imparted more firmness to the . 18 Do Do. • 1i all -- d 204 Buffalo and Lake Huron all 31 45 d `Vol.,eneral discount market. The su pp lies of money 50 1 13elfast and Nor. Coun. f all - - 13.14 Eir., 01., and Str. Val. , all 75 8 20.5 Do. New - - having decreased very little, business is now nego- 25 , Blyth and Tyne - - 10 Do. Preference .... all 65 65 10 ,liost.,Sleat,andMid.Co all 6 61 „ A r Buffalo,Brant,&Godrich tinted under the Bank minimum of 3 per cent. 100 - - st , Bristol and Exeter It is stated that arrangements are in progress for et 'Caledonian lOO , 101 1015 1.01 100 Do. do. July 1, 1873 100 - - 10 'Carmarthen & Cardigan all ' - - 100 Do. do. Juee 1, 18:4 100 - - amalgamating the Metropolitan and Provincial and 60 Cork and Bandon all - - 5 Clcutta.&S.Eastn. fLi e ) all 44 5 20 ; 20 Cape,Eastn.Prov. (Lim.) 2s. - - the Mercantile Banks recently established, whereby 'Cork, Blrock, & Passage a ll - 5 6 - 20 Cornwall2o Cape Town & Dock Scrip 16 1 sd; 20 ,Ceylon Guarantd. 6p. c. 75 - - 10 Do A the necessary amount of c a p ital will be secured. A gets no div all - - till 6p c.p an.has 174 IDemerara.. ...... ~... all - - The Tagus, from Lisbon , has brou g ht £1,425 in 10 Do. B been paid to B. a ll - •' 20 lEaetn. Bengal gu. sp. c all 191 20 d 50 Dublin & Belfast Juno. all 40 42 stock East Indian, gu. sp. c. 100 100 101 101 5 specie, 25 Dun.,Pertle& Ab. June. all 104 11 20 Do. F . Shares Ext..... all - - A call of £2los. per share, amounting to £48,455, st East Anglian lOO 18 19 20 Do. Jubbul p ore all - - st Eastern Counties...... 100 50 5 51 5 511 1 100 Do. 45p c. Debentrs all 98 100 becomes due to-morrow on the Caledonian Railway st Eastern Union, A stock 100 47 50 100 Do. sp. c. Deb., 1864_ all 99 101 £25 44 - - per Cent. prefer ence half shares. st Do Bdo do 100 32 34 100 Do. 1865-1870 all 100 101 102 5 25 DoNw A, late E U 3ds '35 - - stock Grand Trunk of Canad a 100 18 19 184 i The half-yearly meeting of the p ro prietor s of st East Suffolk - - 100 Do. 6 per cent. Pref.. all 53 58 58 st Edinburgh & Glasgow lOO 88 90 100 Do. 2d Pref. 6 per ct.. all 40 60 the Bank of London will take place on the st Edin., Perth, & Dundee, 100 285 295 100 Do. 6 per ct. Debentr. all 28 32 10 Forth & Clyde Junction all - - 100 Do. 7 p er cent. 1862 .. all 34 38 15th prox., for the purpo se of recei ving t he d irer- st 'Furness - - 100 Do. do. 1867 .. all 27 80 tors' report and declaring a dividend. st Glasg. and S. Western ; 100 97 99 100 Do. do. 1872 .. all 27 30 10 GreatNrthn of Scotland' all - - stock Gtlndiarenin.gua.sp.e. 100 995 1003 The directors of the South Australian Company at 'Great Northern.. j 100 1115 1125 1121 20 Do. New gua. sp. c... 10 15 d have announced a dividend at the rate of 7 per st Do A stock st Do Bdo 1 100 130 132 guaranteed 5 per cent. 100 985 995 cent., payable on and after the 15th January. st Gt. S. an 'W. of Ireland. 100 , 101 103 20 Do. do. all at Great Western 1100 675 68f 68 1 Do Str Val gala: * tiiOCk 1 00 55 58. 205 Gt. W. ofCanada Shares all 84 91 94 4 The last week's railway receipts, ascertained up st I .i. o 2 z., o oi kilsEpoDDD D cuooooc o i D .dn... . 13 6 e N . c e . w ' 73 . w . iil ........... a l l B l 114 1 3 61 to this day, are in round figures as under :-- 12 Irish South Eastern I all - - st Lancashire & Yorkshire,' 100 1051 1065 1064 5 1 100 Do., 54 p. c. do. '77 d 0... all - - 1861. 1860. at London and Blackwell, 100 54 66 100 Do. 55 p. c. do. '7B d 0... all - Great Western ..£50,234 £51,904 st Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast' 100 115 116 stock Madras guar., 45 p. c... 100 88 90 N orth-Western Brighton 16,194 16,030 st Lou. & North Westerni 100 915 62 92 14 stock Do. 4/ p. c. Extension 100 91 93 Midland - .... all -- ,; .. 19,V0 21,152 25 L'derry & Coleraine all 1 - stock Melb.Corp. 6p. a Bnds. 100 - - South-Eastern Great Northern Lancashire and Yorkshire - - all 5 7 South Wales - - Edinburgh and Glasgow 6,329 6,096 10 Metropolitan 74 55 6 R i l e d d d da . o os e o u l n iLLALBu (Limited) bt da P c d d d . i . i ) t . ot . i o maa i . 11 . i . .. Sd). g .: : 71. .... 6a . .1 ::: :e:c all 4 6 Great Western of Canada 10,596 8,220 6 st Midland . all 1265 127 127 4 i i 4.0 Do New 1 - 1 00 5 1 - 1 00 d 4 cop These returns are of an unfavourable character st Do Birming. & Derby 100 97 99 p stioo 60 Mid Gt. W of Ireland all - in most instances. On the Great Western there is 25 ' 'W. Do. 5 sharesall - - 20 Do. Do. .... -.. trs , T? all - -.1 a decrease of £1,670; on the North 'Western of 25 Mid Kent - - stock Do. Indus. St. Flo. g e ,53.1 100 es 100 10 Do Cray Line - - 10 Trinidad (Lim.) Scrip.. ( 1 $ 1 d £2,308 ;on the Midland of £3,289; on the South 100 Newcastle and Carlisle all - - FOREIGN RAILWAYS. 10 Newry & Armagh, def. 9 Eastern of £1,822 ;on the Great Northern of 20 Newry, Warnpt, & Ros. all - - 20 Algerian ' • .... 5 - - £3,041; on the Lancashire and Yorkshire of st Norfolk lOO 60 62 625 10 Antwerp & Ro:,`erdam. all I 64 61 at North British - - ....... .. all - -p £3,771. The Brighton shows an increase of £169 ; st Nor.Dev.Rail&Dk.stock 100 - - 20 Bah.&S.Fran..Lim.7 p.c. 15 f 4 d 141 the South Western of £162 ; and the Great Western st Do A stk ; A rem no d 5 Belgian East. Junction all 4 / till 6 pc. has beenpdß 100 - - 20 , Beziers to Graissessae.. all - - of Canada of £2,376. st Do B stock lOO - - . fearmeaux Mine & Rail 30 105 111 st Nth. Eastern -Florwick 100 981 995 100 100 ICoplapo _,__ .............. all - - The steamer Della which leaves to-morrow for 25 Do, G.N.E. purchase 16.13.4 14 d d 10 Ditto tixtension .... all 484 Bombay, will take £251,545 in silver and £2,500 in st Do Leeds st Do York 100 871 885 895 20 Dutch Rhenish ........ 16 I i 20 Eastern of France .... all 215 295 gold. at North London - - 10 Do new 5 - - 20 Do. do. 1 all - - There has been very little animation in the 19 . 16 . 4 North Staffordshire ~175 51 41 d 20 Great Central of France' all - - stlO „N. and S. W. Junction. all 105 104 Market for Public Securities to-day, the dea lin g s Not. Gran. RI. & Canal 100 88 90 89 5 20 Gt. Luxem., Con. shs...l all 81 9 9 20 Italian Junction . . all - - havin been unusually restricted owing to the un- 10 Peebles all --- 20 Lierre & Turnhout .... all - - g2O Portsmouth - - 20 Lyons & Geneva ...... all - - certainty felt with regard to the progress of the io Rhymney - - 20 Namur & Liege ........ all 81 ff st Bcottish Central American difficulty. Several speculative sales st Scot. N. E. Aber. stock 100 37 39 20 Do. 6p. c. Pref. ........ all 20 21 16 Northern of France.... all 88 .49 however, have been effected which have led to a at Do Sc it. Mid. stock lOO 95 97 16 Do. New Shares ~... 15 - - 10 Shrews. and Welchpool all - - 10 Norwegian Trunk Pref. all 7 9 decline in prices, Consols having receded to 901, 91 at Shropshire Union 10 Sittingbourne & S * heer all - - 20 Paris & 0r1ean5........ all 50 62 for money and the account. The New Threes are st South Devon lOO 36 38 20 f i Recife &S. Fran. (Perri.) flat at 901 1 ; the Reduced steady at 901 4; Bank 25 S. Durham & Lane. Un all - - 1 gua. 710. ct. 1im....... 17 65 45/1 at South Eastern - - Stock is at 232 and 231 ; India 5 per Cent. ditto st South Wales 103: 104 ; and the Debentures are 98 : t,. at S. York. and River Dun 1, 0 95 97 .. .. 20 Staines,Wok.,andWok. all 55 6 5 Royal Swedish .. - - all - - 4 Do. 7 per cent. Pref..- all - Very few transactions have taken place in the 25 Stockton & Darlington all 36 38 20 Sambre & Meuse . ... all 65 7 25 Do l3 7 8 p 10 Do. 55 per cent. Pref..... all 85 95 Foreign Market, and prices in some instances arc 25 Do New, 1860 5 45 55 p 20 San Paulo, lim, g. 7p. c. 4 14 . 1 rather flatter. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 78 to 781; ,3 . 1 Taff Vale. - - 20 S.Aust &Lomb Venetin 16 4 1 181 Do Pref. No. 1 - - 26 Southern of France.... all 254 264 ditto, 1858, 68 681. Mexican are 274- i!, ; Grenada 25 ThamesHavenDk&Rail 22 - - 20 S. East Portugal 7 p et. 4 --- 50 Ulster Active are 14*. Dutch 4 per Cents. are firm at 25 Do 2O 2 35 10 Do. 55 p. c. Preference .. all 94 10 12.10 Do 1001, and Venezuelan at 21 f. st Vale of Neat 20 W. & N.W. of France .. all 20 21 21 h - - In the Railway Share Market the dealings have st Victoria sta. and Plm lOO 1 - - 20 Western of Switzerland all - _ - at Waterford & Kilkenny,. 100 - - 6 Wiesbaden . . all - been exclusively limited, and the few o p erations 50 Waterlord & Limeriek.l all - -- 6 Do. 8 per cent Pref..- all - - entered into show a decline of about I to -} per 20 West Cornwall 1 al l 55 65 20 Zea l and - - 20 West London I all cent., owing to the unfa v o urable character of the io Do Ist class ; all - - BRITISH. MINES. 20 Do 2d class 1 all - - ----- :. --- Alfred Consols (Philack, 3.2.10 i --- 1 traffic returns. Great Westerns have declined 55., st W. Hartlepool Har.&R. 100 - - 2 1, British Iron and Eastern Counties and M idlands 10s., and North st West Midland Oxford 100 46 47 47 - Clifford nil 32 35 at Do Newpor - 100 43 45 435 - Devon G. Cons. (Tavist ) 1 360 370 Westerns 15s. North Eastern (Berwick) and South at Do Hereford 100 89 91 - East Bassett (Illogan) 3O 55 60 - East Caradon ..14.6 281 255 295 1 Eastern, however, have improved 58. LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. - E. WI Russel (Tavistk ) 7.4.0 2/ 31 10 The Foreign and Colonial undertakings show - Gam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen.) 551 18 20 !p. m. Leasing Closing Business Great South Tolgus.... 17s 31 41 little change of importance. Great Luxemburg Railways. - (a. Wheal Alfa. (Philack) - - 1 - • "''`` Co. s Price. Done. - G. Wheal Vor (Helston) 40 6 7 realise 9 ; South Austrian and Lombardo Venetian, - Grenville 6.8.6 14 11 11 8! ; Bahia and San Francisco, 141; Great Western Bedford and Bletchley all Ln.&N.W • • _ = Herod's-Foot 8.12 37 SD Birkenhead lOO Da.&G.W 84 86 Hingeton Downs 4.11.6 34 t of Canada, 9-1- 1 ; Grand Trunk of Canada, 180 1,-; Buckinghamshire.... 100 Do. 94 96 --s Lady Bertha and East Indian, 101 to 101-1. Chester & Holyhead.. 100 Do . 53 54 Margaret (tiny Lelant) 94 40 42 Do. 55per cent 100 Do. 123 125 - North Downs 25 4/ 55 Joint-stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares con- Do. 5 , 100 Do. - ;Nt Frarces (Illogan), 115 2 3 Clydesdale Junchon 100 C , aledon. 101 103 - N o rt h 'i Basset (Illo2;an)11.14.0 21 34 tinue dull, without any material change in values. Colchester, Stour Val. all b.U.&E.O 63 65 - North Wheal Crotty .. 9.18.9 11 25 Union of Australia realise 381 ; Electric Telegraph, E. Lincolnsh. gsipr c. 100 Gt. North. 133 136 - Par Consols (St. Blazey) If 7 8 E.Union,HarwichShs all E,Counts. 4 44 20 IProvidence(Uny Lelnt.) 10.6.7 38 40 94,+; and Royal Mail Steam, 47. Do. Woodbridge.- 100 - ,Sortridge Cons. Min. Co. I 1 a - Gls.Barr.&Neils.Drct. 100 Cale • don •.: :: - ;South Ca.radon(StCleer) 11 310 820 BRITISH FUNDS-ONE O'CLOCK. Do. new ' 100 Do. _... _ - IS. Carp Brea (Illogan).. 5.9. C. 445 Bank Stock Hull and Selby all Yk.N. Mid 110 112 - S. Wheal Fran. (Mogan) 18.1a.V 975 1025 110 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 9O 5 I Do. halves - Stray Park 27 19. 29 31 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities - 1 901 Do. quarters 10 Tin : Croft New 3 per Cent. Annuities.... 9Ol 54 4 Lancaster & Carlisle, 100 'Ln.&N.W 193 198 9 75 85 Annuities, 30 yrs, expire kith Jan., 1880.. - London & Greenwich 100 S. Easterr 61 63 - I Vale of Towey (Caren )1138 6cl f 1 . Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885.. 154 Do. Preference - IWest Basset (Mogan). ;14 l4 15 . 1 India Stock - Lon.,Tilb.& Southend 100 ; Pete & Co. 83 85 - W. Caradon (Liskeard), 5 1 48 50 48 - West Seton . .........I 474 280 290 Lowestoft gua. 4 p c.. 100 ,Norfolk .. .. .. Ditto 5 per Cent. - 1 Wheal Basset • (Mogan) 55 85 90: Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent - ainc.,Bxtn.,& Matlock all LNW& LI 35 31 - Wheat Buller(ltedruth) 5 75 8.5 Ditto .5 per Cent. 965 • Mid. Bradford Prefer- - Wheal Edward (Cals.) 71 25 3 Ditto 55 per Cent - I Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant), 1.7.2 45 54 Ditto Debentures, 4 per Cent., Oct., 1863 981 1 Newmark t, Bary For 15.5. 6. E Counts. par I p - ;Wheal Mary Ann (Men.), 8 16 1 Consols for Account, Jan. 9 915 901 gua. 5 per eent... - !Wheal Treiawney (Ms.)! 7 16 17 Northn.&Eastn. sp. c. all Do. India Stock for Account - Do. 6 per cent. all Do. India Stock for Account, 5 per Cent .... 1035 5 Do. Fixed sp. c.... all Do. - March. June. N. Eastn-Hartlepool 1(0 N. E. Ber. .-. 1 BonAceord Copper,Lim 17.6 ict Rd 4 1 Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO 2d.... - 11 10 North Western L&N W 5 Do. Land and Mining Co. all 11 1 Ditto £5OO .. -- - Preston and Wyre. f all 3 , L. i k. 143 45 1 Clarendon Cons.MluCo. I - di sc. Ditto Small - - Do. 4 shares A. all Do. •• • •.. _ _ 40 Cobre Copper all 35 37 FOREIGN FUNDS-ONE O'CLOCK. Roystn.Hitch.& Shep. 100 Gt. North. 133 136 Copiapo l6 6 8 Shrewsby & Hereford 100 T Brassey 118 122 1 DunMoun.Cop.Ming.Co ail 1 14 15 Mexican, 3 per Cent - Do. Do. Ditto Acco .nt Grenada Active Turkish 6 per Cent. - Wimbledn & Croydon all L.&Brgtn. 84 94 14 , Kapunda (Limited)..... 1 1 14 p Ditto Account Ditto New Loan - PREFERENCE SHARES. 5 FLusitanian 2 5 pr 1 'Mariquica all 1 4 4 Ditto Account 1 enezuelan 3 per Cent D'‘vidends on the above payable in London. Share! Railways. p ao. l Closing Business - Prices. Done. Mining and Smelt... a ll 2 4 5 'Port Philip Dutch 21 per Cent., Exchange 12 Guil... - j 1 14 14 14 0 Nilo Certificates, 4 per Cent... Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861 65 45 25 Blythe and Tyne 10 p.c. 281'81 United Mexican ........I ail 74 8 85 1 Ditto Scrip - - st Bris. & Exet. 4p. c. st„ 100 93 95 I Worthing (Limited)....' all 5 1 I Do ••[ - TWO O'CLOCK. 20 Do. shares - - - Consols Money - Ditto Account - COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. , 65 Cork & Bandon, 55 p. c. all - - - , Can. Gov. 6 p.c.Ja. &July i -- -- - - 20 Cornwall. 5 percent.... all 205 211 1877-9 ... 110 105 ' 108 106 71 NOTTINGHAM .ELEGTION.-(This Day.) 64 Dun. Perth, &Aber.Jun. all 6 el - Do 6 p. cent.lBBo-21 100 - - 10 Do. Ist Class Pref all - - - Do. 6p. cent.lBB3-4 100 - - • st E. Angn. Class A. sp. c. 100 101 103 - Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug. i 100 104 107 (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) st Do. Class 116 per ceni;„ 100 112 117 - Do. 6p. c. Mar. & Sept. 100 104 107 A crowd of upwards of twenty - five tho usand per cent.. Ist Do. Class C 7 lOO 110 16 - Do. 5 per cent lOO 94 96 955 761 6 st 141 Corm. Ex. 5 p.c. No.l 100 108 110 -- Cape G. Hope, 6 p c,1880! 100 106 108 persons were present at the nomination. Lord Lin- st Do No. 2 100 106 108 - D o. 18901 100 106 108 st Do. new 6p. c. at lOO 123 125 - N.B.G ov. 6 p.c. J a.&July; 100 102 101 coin, proposed by Alderman Cullen, seconded by at Eastern Union, 4p. c- 100 81 83 - Do. 6p. c.An. & Oct.l 100 - - at Do. 5 Alderman Heard. Sir Robert Clifton , proposed b y guar lOO - - et Edinatzpo p. c la • s.s p.c. shares 1 0 0 111 113 - N. S.W. Gov. sp. c., 18661 100 98 100 - Do. sp. c.,1371 to 1876' 100 97 99 Dr. Thompson, seconded by Alderman Reckless. st Do. 4p. c. guar. 5.,45 ~_ 100 89 91 - Do. p.c.,1888 & upwds 100 96 98 98 74 at Edin. Perth & Dun. 4 p c 100 - - - Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. About one hundred hands h eld u p for Lord Lin- st Furness, 5 . per c t * • 100 - - ster7lnp,;, 1875 lOO 103 105 105 at Glas & S West -, 11 5 c 100 - - coln, the remainder for S ir Robert Clifton. A p oll st Great • Northern, 5 . P p.c . . : 100 115 116 - S. Au5,G6p.c.1878.& up lOO - - - Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. Js. &July; 100 - _ demanded for Lord Lincoln. Great excitement, but st D 0.5 st Do. 45 p. p c.Redm.lop.c.pm o lOO 102 106 100 110 112 - Do. do. 6 p.c. Ap.&0ct....1 100 102 104 ; 1034 21 35 . c. d no breach of the peace. st Do.sp.c.Rednr.atep.apm 100 107 109 DOCKS. 10 Gt. Nh. of .-cot. Ist pref. all - - ---- -- - - -- - stock 'Commercial lOO , FOREIGN MAIL PACKET LIST. st Gt. Sn. &W. (Ireland) - stock I Do. 4 per Cent.Pref.Min. 100 4 per cent lOO 97 99 - -----,...--. stock East and West India .. I 100 123 125 50 Great West. (Berks and stock London .... ; 100 58 61 59 MAILS DUE. Hants tlxt) 5 per cent 6 - - stock 'St. Katharine st S toc k m n in Y s t e • •*r• ' 100 59 62 at Do. redeem. 45 p. ct.... 100 98 100 Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton. Jan. 18. st Do. redeem. 4p. et._ 100 88 90 stock Southampton lOO I - - via Marseilles Jan. 12. at Do. irredeem. 4p. et._ 100 89 91 stock ' Vietoria . ......... ...... 100 198 100 98 20 I Do , New Brazil and Cape Verds, by British packet. Jan. 4. st Do. sp. c. redeem. pref. 100 102 101 ...... 2ll d pr 100 ABB rag. i Bank - aki - s,thot - Nfjn - Toirutterhdk see ry i c JOINT-STOCK e - B : 50 8 A_ Is . T I i S . Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and Sr. Helena Jan. 1. 8 Jo. Birm. pref. shares.. all 94 10 10 Do. Chester 8 P.C. pt. shs all 17 18 China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton. Jan. 2. 10 Do. Chester 5 p.c pf shs all 105 11 1 24 00 5° i ' l A B B a au a ns k kt r o oa f la.E London t .... . . . aa s l o l 6 2- 2 54 - 6 T 4 11 ' - via Marseilles ...Dec. 27. st Do. Rirm. guar. * stoCk_ 100 75 77 _2 52 0 0 : Chtd. Bankl of Falkland Islands 9,0711 Cain. e ß r a . l o i f k l . on. . ov.ELlo.cii y AnuntoaA.zdignheruitl.. raaa.scid, American nr:e:rnaacd.l..i. . . a aaaaa11 1 :11102 3 1 1 lill 1 - 2___3l 1 301 ii 69 x 75 16774_ 8 4 Gibraltar, via Southampton .... Dec. 26. , 134 Do. do all 10 104 India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via ' Southampton.. Jan. 2. 20 Do. do all 15 155 155 I , l c C G C o o i e t m l n v o .ni n i ße a : l c .. ol . at - via Marseilles.... Dec. 27. 100 Lan. & Carl. 44 P.C. pref 60 - - at Lan. & York. 6 p.c. stock 100 136 133 1375 _72 74 India (Bombay), via Southampton Dec. 'A ' at Do.Barnststes2s 10d c 100 1 1 120 0 000 0 0 - via Marseilles Jan. 4. et Do. 6p. c. (East Lan.).. 100 - - Lisbon Dec. 21. et. Do. 4a p. c. (Blackb. pur. 100 101 103 22:0000 lii, rILE. , 0000 nnng .. dd. coo: In: noBartnn. 13, dd l . it . of Abs. London. cil. . a 22 5 1 05 01 1 - 7 i - I i Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Dec. 26. st Lon.&Brig,.sp.e.eu. No.i 100 112 115 - via Marseilles Dec 27. at Do. 5 per cent. do. No 2 100 112 115 - ..Dec. 25. at Do. 6 per cent ao lOO 136 133 Newfoundland Oporto and Vigo . Dec. 21. at Do. 5 per cent. do. No. 4 100 112 115 st Do. 44 per cent. do. 100 - - U.S. and British N. Apiaries, ty Brit. packet.... Dec. 25. 5 Do. 45 p. C. nref. shares all - - 12 5 0 2 000 0 0 ° Londonl ll3.,cL ooaDn.tls 31 34 _ by U.S. packet.... at Do. 7 per cent pref. stir 100 152 155 - by Canadian packet. Dec. 25. at Do. 0 p.c. do(W.E.&C.Pa 100 127 130 W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe Jan. 10. at Do. 4 p c.st (div detliP6s 1 00 73 75 Jan. 16. st Do. 4 per cent. pref .. . 100 - - Bahamas, via New York ' at Lon.Chat&Dov. sp.c.p . f. 100 90 92 -• Mexico 10 Do. West. Ex., B, 6p. a all - - 12 All parts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru, } Dec. 30. 10 Do. laetrop. Ex. ti, 8 p.c. 35 - - 50 National Bank ... ..... 25 - California,and British C01umbia............ st Len. &S. W., Cov. & 26 INe e South Wales... all , - Nuneaton, 5 per cent. 100 111 113 25 I Orient. B. CorporatiOn . . all ' 4 - 9 671 ___-- st Lon. & S.West. 7p. cent. 20 Ottoman Bank ... .. . . all 17 50 4 18 175 In consequence of the activity in each depart- st., late 3d shares .... 100 - - 100 , Provincial of Ireland:. 25 - 2210: 36325: v 33364 365 i amount st Do 4+ per cent - - 10 I Do. new. - 1 all - - merit of the Royal Arsenal, and the large amou, 2s 6d Do. * P (Prtsm. perpl. anus. 25 South Australia 1 all - of stores to be shipped, the establishment will not of 2s 6d - 25 Union of Australia '''.".•••. I all I - 38 39 38 i • 125 Londondy. & Cole. 5 she all - _ 50 Uni ~ of London . . i 12 1 275 285 27/ be entirely closed during the usual Christmas hole- 125 t,ondony. & Ennis. 5 she all 131 14 100 Unity Mutual.. .. 6O I -..- 1 --- days. At the new foundry in the Dial-square a st Man. Sh. & Lin. 6 per et. 100 124 126 ic) 6 Do. £6 10 .Do redeem. 6er cent- 5 1 fpm 51 , an c Ic. Ml. Stm (id) all 1000 Atlantic Tel. 1 2 (Limit d all turned out, the weight of the casting amounted to Carl.all 125 larynort & 4 pr. c. _ .. 25 Australians gricultu e ) 1 upwards of 33 tons. A number of 100 pounder all 125 Do. 45 per cent • • .. 10 Berlin Water (Limited) 19 25 27 at Midland Cor. 6p.a s; k lOO _ • • 50 British American Land e all 5 5i Armstrong guns for the naval service have recently ~ st Do.Con.Bris.& Bir. 6 p.c. 100 137 139 138 50 B.&l.Mag. Tel. A. (Lim 40 - been tested ia the presence of members of the Ord- st Do. 45 p, c. pref. • • stock 100 102 104 20 Do. 8,7p.c.t1111852 (Lim.) .) all 29 32 all all 18 20 6 Do. 41 per cent. 20 Do. C. (Limited)........ nance Select Committee with the utmost success. at Do.Leic. andllit.4per ct lOO 92 9 32 4 Canada Land .. all 911 at Nerflk sp. C. Ex. st. 1846 100 .. lO Chan.lslands Ta . &Lim .. . all 100 103 Each gun fired consecutive rounds, including every at Do. • Pref. t 1347 100 - •. 54 H. c. s.. st. Cop. alin.ofEng.&Srnlte- all _ 'x 5t.1847 100 • .. stoppage, at a rapidity exceeding a round per at Do.sWay.Valk, . 25 Do. Pref. 75 per cent. .. all - - at Nort British. 5 per cent. 100 109 111 st. Crystal Palace minute, and the guns remained clean, without at Do. New gua. per cent._ 100 109 111 st. Do. Preference sponging, for at least 50 rounds. 10 Do. Bor. Un. g. prf. shs. 5 1 11pm 10 Do. do. do. all .. .. at. Do. 6 p et. Perpet. Deb. 1 12 20 E.lndia Irrign. & Canal 105 107 2 1 102 105 FOR GRUMBLERS.-I never complained of my st Nth.Dvn.RailatDck.Co. 5 .. • • et. Electric Telegraph at N-East. Cons. pref. 4 p.c. 100 .. • _ 25 Do. New 93 06 935 15 condition but once, when my feet were bare, an l I had no at Do. 44pr. ct. redeemable 100 .. .. 5 English &Aug. Copper. all " i. c money to buy shoes; but I met a man without feet, and st Do. G. N. E. 4p. ct. pret. 100 99 101 15 Gen. Steam Navigati m 14 2- - 17 Do. Berwick 4p. c. pref. 100 98 100 1 Great Ship Limited) all - I a became contented with my lot.-Sadi, a _Persian Poet. 20 Do. Leeds 6p. a No. 18. 13.4 5 dis par 1 Do! 174 pet Preference all i e'' A horrible murder was committed a few days ago 123 Do. do. Quarters, 1848_ 13 .. - 5 Lon. District Tel. (Lima 45 -- 25 Do. York, ff. &s. l'urch. 9 ~_ .. 4 L.G. Omnibus Co. (Lim.' all - 1 - 4 i at Oltingen, near Ral, in Belgium, the victim being a beggar 20 North Staffordshire.... 10 jars }pm 20 Madras Irr. and Canal 1 II 1 " woman named Boutridder, 56 years of age, who was found 10 Rhymney Guaranteed.. all 22 23 231 10 Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim ' all al, : 84 Scottish Central. new pf all . 25 National Die. Co. (Lim ) 5 . • - I dead in the road not far from her house. She had received i , . . • • t SCOttish North-Eastern 20 Nerbu.Coal&lron (Lim.) 5 I 4 d 41 5 several wounds from a knife in the face and neck, and a 31 p. c. pref. stock.... 'all ~ • • 10 Netherlands Land all _ i IC st Do• Aberdeen e - ua.(ip c leos Do.B p.c.Pref..iss.atl dis. all - deep gash extended from one side of her mouth to her ear, at ' ""' . .. .. Do. 7p. c. pref. t.iock 100 4 100 N.Br.&NovaScotinLand 81 10 of it had ls In order to complete the murder the perpetrator 10s. South Devon, Ann, 10s. 100 113,t 136 1 N.B.Australasian (Lim.) all 115 stuffed grass and mud into her mouth with such violence .10 Do. F , ixed 44 per cent all 10 105 1 Oriental Gas (Limited), all 11 11 The husband .1- u. 6. South Eastern (Reading all - .. 1 Do. New Shares (Lim.). all 15 11 that the tongue was forced into the throat. Ann., 1.0 6) of the woman, a blind man, and her son 12 years of age, st Da. 4} per cent i excursion at Do, Fixed 45 per cent 1130 99 101 50 Pen. & Oriental Steam all or, es were absent from home at the time on a beggalg st South Wales,4 100 gua. p. c. 50 Do. New Nat. d lee) L on d on o n jAve o.wWi ofnk of Canada,, 30 g ii in the neighbourhood of Charleroi. No trace of the mur- st Do. 45 per cent st Do. do 1859 lOO 60 Rhymney Iron all 17 19 deter has yet been discovered, nor can the motive be divined. at Do. 5 per cent 100 .. - h- 15 Do. New.- ....... . all 5 6 An officer proceeded from his station at Cappag st S. Yorkshire, 4p. c. gua. 100 85 88 100 Royal Mail Steam 6O 46 48 ".47 20 Do. sp. c us_ 13 st. scot. Austin. Inv.(L 100 125 135 - white (says the Clonmel Chronicle), and searched the house 25 Stock. & Dar. A 5 • • g • • • • • P. a - all 274 284 25 South Australian Land all 32 34 of a farmer named Patrick Dwyer, of Dahaha, a townland 25 Do. B 6 p. c... all 31 33 1 Submarine Tel. Scrip., all p. 625 Do. C 1 Do. do. Registered a / I in the Cappagh hills, ou t s id e w hose house the constable _ c... all 31 33 t Watrf d & lailkny, 6p. c. 100 42 45 10 Do. do.• found concealed in a coffin a gun, three powder horns, two at W. Mid.-Oxf Ist gllastk 100 123 125 10 Trust and Agency or ( powder flasks, a shot pouch, a brass shot charger, a nipple at Do. 2d do lOO 121 123 t Do.Novport 5 p.c. pf.red lOO 100 102 20 rr.& Ln•Co.oi Upr.Can. 5 p 1p wrench, a bullet mould, the Mitt end of a pistol, and a Va n ' n at Do. Perpet.6 p. c. pf. 1866 tity of shot and powder. st Do. 100 118 122 ..... ..at. 5 U. K'dom Tel. Co. (Em.) 1 id yr 100 115 Izo A u strlasia(llm)lst is. 1 Id 1 p a 100 an Dielaea' . 4 L aid .. 281 8 till 1669 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Railways. Paid. Leasing Closing Business Co. s Price. Done. Bedford and Bletchley all Ln.&N.W Birkenhead lOO Do.&G.W S 4 56 Buckinghamshire lOO Do. 94 96 Chester & Holyhead lOO Do. 53 54 Do. 54 per cent 100 Do. 123 125 Do. 5 „ 100 Do. Clydesdale Junction 100 Caledon. 101 103 Colchester, Stour Val. all E.U.&E.O 63 65 E. Lincolnah. gsipr c. 160 Gr. North. 133 136 E.Union,HarwichShs all E,Counts. 4 4} Do. Woodbridge.— 100 • • •• • • Gls.Barr.&Neils.lorct. 100 Caledon .. .. Do. new i 100 D 0........ .. .. Gloster & Dean Forest, all Gt. Wea . .. .. Hull and Selby , all Yk.N. Mid 110 112 Do. halves ' all Do. Do. quarters Lancaster & Carlisle 100 'Ln.&N.W 193 193 Loudon & Greenwich 100 S. Easterr 61 63 Do. Preference llOO Do. Lon.,Tilb.& Southend 100 ; Peto &Co B3 85 Lowestoft gua. 4 p c.. 100 ,Norfolk Do 6 per cent lOO Do.• Mne.,Bxtn.,& Matlock all LNW& 1.1 35 31 Mid. Bradford Prefer ence stock Newmark t, Bury For 1 5. 5. 6. E Counts. par f p gua. 5 per eent... Northn.&Ea.tn. sp. c. all Do. Do. 6 per cent. .... all Do. Do. Fixed sp. c.... all Do. N. Eastn—Hartlepool 1(0 N. E. Ber. .. .. North Western N.L &W Preston and Wyre. f all jz L y k. 1 43 45 Do. 4 shares A. all Do. ••• • .. .. .. Roystn.Hitch.& Shep. 100 Gt. North. 133 136 Shrewsby & Hereford 100 T Brassey 118 122 Do. Do. .. South Staffordshire Wilts and Somerset lOO Gt. West. 92 94 Wimbledn & Croydon all L.&Brgtn. 84 95 THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER' ' 26, 1861. !Business done CAIVADA. British North America is confessedly acknow ledged to be one of the most magnificent colonies of the Crown, by the higher class of politicians; and if its importance is not appreciated at its full value by superficial observers, it is because its vast area is not readily grasped by the popular mind. Moreover, this immense territory is so sparsely populated that it conveys but a feeble idea of power through the absence of concentration. Over the frontier lies the United States, by which Canada is relatively dwarfed in its proportions. It is in the direction of the republic that the stream of European emigra tion has flowed for years in full tide, while it has done little more than trickle over British North America. The reasons for this preference were fully shown in the despatches of Lord Durham, and in the documents drawn up by those who accompanied him in his political mission but happily these no longer exist, and the future of Canada is bright with promise. Her natural re• sources are so affluent that they may be deemed inexhaustible ; and for all practical purposes the colony enjoys complete self-government. The two old provinces are united under one Parliament, and in every department there is unity of action. The circumstances of the country are entirely different from what they were in Lord Durham's time; all causes of political jealousy and ill-will are removed; the French Canadians of Lower Canada are as loyal as the British Canadians of Upper Canada; reli gious irritation between Protestant and Catholic has entirely disappeared, and the remnants of ancient feudalism, so fearful a provocative of discord in the lower province, have been ex tirpated by the very roots. In fact, by a wise series of compromises and concessions the two races, if not fused, have been brought into harmony, and both sections of the united legislature are cor dially co-operating to promote the general welfare. The Legislative Council is no longer nominated by the Crown, but is an elected body, as is the Legis lative Assembly. The Governor-General is ap pointed by the Crown and is the representative of royalty, but he acts under the advice of an Execu- tive Council, who are the faithful guardians of Canadian interests. Thus the people are essentially free. They make their own laws, raise their own taxes, and distribute their own finances. Their destiny, therefore, is in their own hands ; but they have this immense advantage, that in case of in vasion they can count on the naval and military aid of England. In the present state of our relations with the United States a peculiar interest attaches to Canada. The ambitiaus and grasping republic has ever desired to annex the province. By article 11 of the Declaration of Independence, dated 1778, it was provided that " Canada, according to the con federation, and joining in the measures of the United States, shall be admitted into and entitled to all the advantages of this union. But no other colony shall be admitted into the same, unless such admission shall be agreed to by nine states." Thus early in their history did American statesmen desire to place the whole continent under the ban ner of the Stripes and Stars. When the Ameri can Brigadier General Hull invaded the province in 1812, he published a manifesto, in which he invited the Canadians to revolt against England, reminding them that many of their fathers had fought under Washington, but he did not shake their loyalty. At that time Dr. Eustis, the Secre tary at War of the United States, was so confident of victory that he said, "We can take the Canadas without soldiers; we have only to send officers into the provinces, and the people, disaffected towards their own government, will rally round our standard." Henry Clay was animated by the same presumption. "It is absurd to suppose," he said, " that we shall not succeed in our enter prise against the enemy's provinces. We have the Canadas as much under our command as Great Britain has the ocean ; and the way to conquer her on the ocean is to drive her from the land: I am not for stopping at Quebec, or anywhere else ; but I would take the whole continent from them and ask them no favours. Her fleets cannot then rendezvous at Halifax, as now; and having no place of resort in the North, cannot infest our coast as they have lately done. It is as easy to conquer them on the land, as their whole navy would con quer ours on the ocean. We must take the Conti nent from them. I wish never to see peace till we do." If from war we turn to negotiations of peace, we detect the same grasping spirit. When the Maine boundary line was in course of formation, Daniel Webster wilfully de- ceived Lord Ashburton by withholding an ancient map known to be in the archives at Washington ; but Webster pretended that the map was not in existence, and thus Canada lost a deep water har- bour invaluable during winter. The same cupidity and injustice manifested themselves in the affair of St. Juan, when General Harney imitated the con duct of his predecessors, and, should the year 1862 unhappily witness hostilities, it is highly probable that another attempt may be made to seize British lie a I North America. Of later years this cupidity has been arrested by the growing hostility between the North and South, who perfectly understood that their rivalry must be finally determined on the floor of Con gress. The South was not inclined to Canadian annexation, as it would have given an ascendancy to the abolitionist party both in the Senate and in the House of Representatives, by the additional votes which the newly annexed states must have received ; on the contrary, their wishes turned in the direction of Cuba, as the acquisition of that island would have given a plurality of votes to the friends of the " domestic institution." Thus while the North coveted Canada, the South coveted Mexico ; the latter succeeded in its policy, but the former only awaits its opportunity, never having abandoned its object; and the time may now have '7O miles. Still asceiding the St. Lawrence, " 500 miles brings us to the limit of tide-water, and we now begin in reality to ascend the stream of the St. Lawrence ; 590 miles brings us to Mon treal, near where the Ottawa, or Grand River of the North, mingles its red waters with those of th 3 St. Lawrence, after draining a valley of 80,000 sq•iave miles in area, lying to the north-west, and thus commanding the inexhaustible treasures of the magnificent forests of a part of Canada more than twice the size of Bavaria or the Sardinian Statcs, and six times the superficial limits of Holland." It is at Montreal that science commences to bend nature to the uses of industrious man in the deve lopment of Canadian inland navigation. Here commences the system of the St. Lawrence canals, of which there are seven formed, to overcome the impediments created by the rapids. " The canals, of different lengths and great capacity, fitted for sea-going vessels, enable us to ascend 116 miles of river in actual horizontal distance, overcoming a fall of 225 feet above the level of tide water.' After sailing 52 miles we reach Lake Ontario, dis tant 168 miles above Montreal, the lake being 756 miles from the sea, and 234 feet above it. After traversing Ontario, 180 miles in length, we reach the outlet of the Welland Canal, " through which, by means of 27 locks, we rise 330 feet to the waters of Lake Erie, 1,041 miles from the sea, and 564 from its level." Oar journey is still onward• From Lake Erie we arrive at the town of Detroit, in the state of Michigan, through the River Detroit; and are then led by Lake St. Clair and the River St. Clair into Lake Huron, which is 1,355 miles from the starting point, and 573 feet above the ocean. We now saii on St. Mary's River, and, passing through a canal constructed by the United States, enter the gigantic Lake Superior, which may be termed a fresh-water sea, for it is as large as Ire land. Here the distance from the mouth of the St. Lawrence is 2,000 miles. But this water-system is not yet exhausted; far from it. Advancing southward into Lake Michigan we reach Chicago, the com mercial marvel of the West. This wonderful city becomes a new terminus and a new starting point, for having arrived at it " we find at our feet a net work of railways spreading over the states and ter ritories of the valleys of the Ohio, Mississippi, and Missouri." • It is evidently by this water-system that the future commercial strength of Canada must be de veloped. Theseinland seas are the silent highways of its distributive industry, In the transport of commodities over long distances every one knows the economy of not breaking bulk, and this advan tage was realised in 1856 by the voyage ofl the American vessel Dean Richmond, from Chicago to Liverpool, having passed through all the lakes and canals we have enumerated into the River St. Lawrence. It is proper to observe that in the pre ceding year the Canadian ship Reindeer had made the same voyage with perfect success, and in 1869 12 vessels sailed from Chicago to Great Britain. The practicability of the route is therefore demonstrated, and what once was theory has become fact. We have seen that this varied navigation of lake, river, and canal gives direct water communication with the sea for 2,000 miles of inland coast, striking into the very heart of the country ; but to this must be added the railway system, of which there are 1870 miles in operation in Canada, independent of the Grand Trunk Extension, 164 miles in length, to Portland, in the American state of Maine—which is really a Canadian road. Nor can we omit to mention the completion of the Victoria Bridge, one of the most stupendous engineering opera tions of modern times. If we pass on to the Pacific terminus we have in Vancouver or New Columbia, the means of ready access to India and China, so that it is merely a work of time to complete a network of communication from the Pacific to the Atlantic, from New Westminster to Halifax, entirely passing over British territory. Independently of its north-western possessions, not yet open for settlement, the province of Canada contains about 350,000 square miles. This immense area may be better grasped in the mind by stating that it is " one-third larger than France, nearly three times as largo as Great Britain and he land, and more than ,three times as large as Prussia." However, the inhabited or settled portion only covers 40,000 square miles, yet this is one-third greater than Scotland. The population of the province is now only 3,000,000. Montreal, its largest city, has 80,000 inhabitants; Quebec, 65,000; and Toronto, 50,000. These are, it is true, but scanty numbers, and Lower Canada is comparatively stationary, but not so Upper Canada. For instance, in 1842 the population of Toronto, on Lake Ontario, was only 10,000; in 1852, 30,000; now, as stated, it is fully 50,000. London, also in Upper Canada, contained in 1850 lout 5,121 inhabitants; but in 1856 more than 15,000. As a striking proof of activity, every hamlet has its post-office, and of these offices there are 1,729, while the electric telegraph travels over 1,720 miles. The mu- nicipal system is admirably organised. Upper Canada is divided into forty-two counties, and each county is divided into townships; and, arrived when the North will attempt to secure a compensation on the St. Lawrence for what it may on an average, each township is about ten miles square. "The inhabitaants of a township tlect five councillors ; the councillors elect of this num ber a presiding officer, who is named the reeve. The town reeves of the different townships form the county council, and this council elect their presiding cfficer, who is styled the warden." The town councils and the county councils form the municipal corporations, who look after all local affairs. Both Upper and Lower Canada have admirable educational establishments—free schools, lose beyond the Potomac. At this crisis, then, in political affairs, the real value of British North America is a subject of deep interest, and is so recognised by the fact of our Gevernment having sent out large armaments for its defence. It may, therefore, prove acceptable to our readers if we sketch its geographical position in its broader outlines and its more important _ . . grammar schools, and universities. Land is abun dant and cheap, and it is wisely provided by law that every purchaser must be an actual settler —a reputation which effectually drives mere specu lators for a future rise out of the market. A farm commercial resources. The great points to which we would first call attention, are Halifax, in Nova Scotia, one of the finest harbours in the world, and one of the finest naval arsenals on the Atlantic, if we look to its capabilities. Next we would mention Quebec, 410 miles distant from the sea opening of the St. Lawrence ; and thirdly, Vancouver, on the Pacific, or New Columbia. These are three ing man of small means may become a free holder, as he may buy land from twenty cents to one dollar per acre, and in a few years become inde pendent, as has been the case with hundreds, who haue become affluent from the humblest origin. It is indeed a land of promise to industry, and every one may rise with the rising fortunes of his coun try. Ilere are Britlish institutions, British feel ings, and British customs ; and when the English man lands in Canada he scarcely feels he has left his native home. distinctive points which mentally break down the immensity of distance, and enable us the better to grasp the whole. In this grand chain many links still require completion. One of the most impor tant is a railway to connect Halifax with Quebec, by which a tedious and dangerous navigation would be avoided. A reference to the files of this journal will show that for many years we have recom mended this plan, and its utility is now mani fested, as it is impossible for the steamers now car rying troops to reach Quebec at this time of the year by the frozen St. Lawrence ; nor is it cer tain that they will be able to advance up the stream as high as the Island of Bic or the Riviere du Loup, in which case they will have to effect the disembarkation at Halifax or St. John's, New Brunswick. All this danger, delay, and uncertainty would be avoided by a railway, and though it might never pay as a commercial investment, or not for a long period, as a military outlay the expenditure would be wise and economical, for the Americans would pause in their schemes of invasion when they knew there was an unbroken line of communi cation available at all seasons between Liverpool and Quebec. CAPTAIN WILKES "LIONISED" IN NE IY YORK. The movements of Captain Wilkes in New York are thus recorded by the New York Herald : " During the whole of yesterday (Dec. 9) Captain Wilkes was attending to his private business matters in the city. A large number of visitors called at the Brevoort House yesterday, and were much dis appointed at not seeing Captain Wilkes at home. The majority of those who called were ladies. Colonel Alexander Hamilton, of this city, and Lieu tenant Lynd, of the navy, also called during the day. In the evening, Captain Wilkes was present at a dinner party, given by one of our most influen tial citizens. The announcement that the gallant captain of the San Jacinto would honour the Winter Garden with his presence last evening had the effect of completely filling the theatre from pit to dome. Long before the doors were opened a large crowd had gathered on the sidewalk, and were eagerly waiting to gain admittance. The seats were filled in a few minutes after the doors were opened. The attention of the audience was for about an hour divided between the stage and two stage. boxes which remained unoccupied. At length the long expected arrival took place. He was acccum panied by a party of about seven ladies and the members of the Common Council Reception Con, mittee. They were accommodated in two stage boxes, which had been specially reserved for their use. When it became known through the house that Captain Wilkes was present, the audience rose en masse, the performance was for a few minutes suspended while the band played 'The Star-spangled Banner,' the audience in the meanwhile remaining standing. When the music ceased, the cheers of the audience were deafening and continued about 15 minutes. Captain Wilkes then came forward to the front of the box and repeatedly bowed before any thing like order could be restored." The Canadian Government has published a short descriptive pamphlet, which conveys, so far as it goes, a very clear view of the internal resources of the country, and we shall adopt it as a guide through the lake districts. We have already stated that Quebec is 410 miles distant from the opening of the vast outlet of the St. Lawrence, but before reachi ng th e ca pit a l o f L ower C ana da we pass the mouth o f th a t no bl e r i ver S aguenay , which is navigable f or th e l arges t Teasels to the ex t en t of MADAME GRISI AN I) THE 1R18, 7 1 TOWN CO UN GILL OR. The Freeman's Journal gives the following re port of a discussion which took place at a recent 7r , - sting of the improvement department of the ,ork town council:— Mr. Sheehan—Sir, there was a very great mis- take made at the council, on Monday last, aboui: me and Madame Greasy. (Laughter.) I assure ye that people said I went to visit her in her room, but I did not, sir. I was only below stairs with the head proprietor, and she was upstairs in bed, and if she was up I would be introduced to her by the head proprietor of the hotel and her husband—his name is " O'Mahonyo." (Roars of laughter.) I was introduced to him, sir, by a great professional man here; by gor I forget his name, and he is very much annoyed, her husband is, as it was said I was introduced to her, and she was not up—(renewed laughter) —but I would, and no mis take about it, only she was not up, so he was very much annoyed when he heard of it, and I told him it was not the fact. She is the greatest player we have in the world, and it was reported generally I was speaking to her and she in bed ; but that is not true. She is a very excellent player, and he is a very excellent man and a singer. Mr. Julian—lt was publicly reported you boastei you were introduced to her. Mr. Sheehan—lndeed I was not, but if she was up I would, by the head proprietor—no mistake about it. Mr. Wm. Hegarty—Thero are reporters taking this logic down. Mr. Sheehan—And why not, sir ? It was down in the papers that I was introduced to her. Mr. Hegarty continued for some time to expostu tate with Mr. Sheehan in a low tone, and pointing towards the reporters. The proceedings then terminated. The Cork Constitution gives the following parti culars of the cause of the above :—" It was stated by some of the members of the board that the even t Mr. Sheehan referred to was the following :—A Cork gentleman, it seems, introduced Mr. Sheehan to another gentleman with a large moustache and foreign appearance, at the door of the Victoria Hotel on Tuesday last, representing the foreigner to be Signor Mario, Madame Grisi's husband. The Cork gentleman further stated that the distinguished Italian could not speak English, but that he was of immense ferocity, and desired to fight a duel with Mr. Sheehan, on account of the reports that had been circulated, as to Mr. Sheehan having con versed with Madame Grisi in her bedroom, the first morning of her arrival here. Mr. Sheehan readily gave the explanations necessary on the subject, stating the utter incorrectness of the report, and his desire to find out its originators. After some further conversation all parties got satisfied, and Mr. Sheehan terminated the interview on excellent terms with his new friend. S 7 ATE OF TRADE. MANCHESTER, Dec. 24.—Through the arrival of what are interpreted to be peaceful accounts from the United States, the Liverpool cotton market has been suddenly excited, and an advance has taken place of about Id per lb. This has reacted upon the cloth market here, and though very little business has been done, there is a feeling of very much greater firmness. Purchasers are offering prices which last week they would have refused to enter tain the mention of, and manufacturers are refusing prices which they would gladly have accepted on Saturday. The advance is pretty general, and checks sales to a great extent. This report applies to all sorts of goods suitable to India, as well as. to T-cloths, domestics, and prin.ers. In the yarn mar ket there ~has been a rather extensive business, although in that also the transactions have been very much limited by the advanced rates demanded by sellers. Those who have sold realised per lb. advance on the prices of Friday. Several sales have been made at 1 per lb. advance on Friday, and one case at least may be mentioned in which the price obtained is ld. per lb. higher than last Tuesday. There would have been a much larger business if spinners had been anything like moderate in their terms, but many prefer withdrawing their stocks entirely from the market, having great couti, that peace will be maintained, and believing now that prices will go higher than they have ever yet attained. The tone of the market is more cheerful than for many weeks past. Advices from Shanghai to Nov. 5 report gray shirtings active ; but at Cal cutta on the 20th shirtings were dull of sale, and prices unchanged. Messrs. John Slagg and Co. report :—Since Tuesday last the market has gra dually improved, and a moderate business has been done at the prices then asked, but which could not then be got. To-day business has been checked by the sudden advance in the cotton market, as a pro portionate advance on goods is generally asked, which, so far, buyers will not listen to." LEEDS, Dec. 24.—The cloth markets to day have been tolerably changed in tone, but very little busi ness was done in either the coloured or the white cloth hall. A few light goods for spring were bought, and a sprinkling of purchases of a miscel laneous character constituted nearly the whole of the rest of the business. Prices keep steady, those of goods equally with these of wool. The blanket manufacturers are in good employment, but several of the clothiers are only poorly employed. LEICESTER, Dec. 24.—There has been as much doing in the hosiery trade this week as could have been anticipated, considering the period of the year. Goods are being made to order, but there will be no amount of business done until the new year has commenced. At Loughborough and Hinckley trade is quiet. Yarns are selling at late rates, the de mand being fair. There is no change in the price of wools, which are not much in request. NOTTINGHAM, Dec. 24.—There has not bee a much doing here this week in the lace warehouses. Yesterday business was a good deal suspended in consequence of the funeral of the Prince Consort, most of the warehouses being closed. There are some tolerable orders making up for the continent, but the home trade is dull. Some small lots of plain nets are finishing, and cotton fancy goods are meet ing a fair demand. There is not much doing in silk goods, but in all departments an improvement is ex pected after Christmas. The hosiery trade has been quiet this week, the same causes having operated against it as in the lace. In both lace and hosiery the stocks are very low. Yarns hold high, with no disposition to recede in price. ROCHDALE, Dec. 23.—As this was the day ap pointed for the funeral of the Prince Consort,which was duly observed in this town in common with all others in the kingdom, it could scarcely be expected that the market would not be a little interfered with. Upon the whole, however, the market for bcth wool and flannel was not much different from that of last week. There was little demand except for fine goods, and in Yorkshire goods, heavy flan nels and wools, but a small amount of business was done. RACING FIXTURES FOR 1862. FEBRUARY. Lincoln MARCH. Nottingham S Derby Spring 6 Liverpool S ll Shrewsbury S .IL. Northampton 1 Croxton Park 4 Epsom Spring Ponteland Newmarket C 2l Cat terick Bridge Thirsk Newmarket F S Chester Spring York Spring Salisbury Bath Harpenden 3O Epsom Summer 3 Chelmsford .. 11 Manchester ll Ascot Newcastle Hampton Odiham Bibury Club Newton Stockbridge 3 Winchester Newmarket Worcester Liverpool Abingdon Pontefract Hungerford - 7 Nottingham Southampton 22 Stamford 24 Marlborough Goodwood UST. AUG Radcliffe .. Brighton.. Brighton Club Lewes S Wolverhampton .. 11 EEPT: Devon and Exeter 2 Derby Plymouth Warwick 9 Doncaster Reading Egham York Oxford 2O Stockton 26 1113 BR, Richmond Leicester Monmouth ............ 25 M anc hester... .. ....... 26 N ewm arket 1 7 0 OCTOBER. Bedford Newmarket S 0........ 13 j Newmarket H NOVEMBER. Worcester ............ 4 j Liverpool ... l2 Hereford 2RA VEILING IX BIIITISII ANEIiICA.. Mr. W. B. Foward, of Liverpool, has sent the following communication to a contemporary :—" I am indebted to continued and unwarrantable poll ) teal persecution by the United States' Government which rendered it desirable that I should embark on my return from America from a British port, for a recent exploration of the route from Quebec to Halifax. As this route is that which must be traversed by the troops which are being sent ria Halifax to Cana, the following notes of mv journey may not be without interest. I left Point Levi, opposite Quebec, by the Grand Trunk Railway at noon, and, after a tedious jour ney of 115 miles, over a snow clad country, arrived at 8 p.m. at Riviera de Loup, a small watering place, forming the eastern terminus of the Grank Trunk in Canada. Here it may be mentioned that the season is considered a very open one, and that it is probable the ice will not form, so as to block the harbour, before the end of January. At Riviere de Loup commences what in winter may be termed the sleigh route uniting the dif ferent provinces. The road for the first 10 miles is regularly formed and well settled by cornfoit log farmsteads, and then it runs through a series of dense pine forests in a continuous ascent up to 1,500 f ee t a b ove th e l eve l o f the sea , descending again by what is called the Portage to the shores of Lake Temisconta. The Colonial Government has completed this important road of 42 miles during the last 12 monihs at great cost. Tnis is the most arduous part of the journey ; there are very few habitations, and these are occupied by lumber men. Leaving the Lake Port, the road skirts the borders of Lake Temisconta for eight miles when it pass through the small small Tillage of Edmondson, containing some good farm houses with spacious outbuildings ; 12 miles fur ther on is Dishley, a small settlement at the foot of the lake. The road, which still skirts the lake, is hilly and narrow, but in winter when the lake is frozen the the distance from the Lake Port is shortened two miles by travelling on the ice, and the journey much accelerated. From Dishley the road is good for 16 miles to Little Falls, where the British had a post during the last war, and some of the blockhouses then erected are still in existence. From the postmaster at this place (John Edmondson) I learned that, in the event of troops having to traverse this route in winter, at a week's notice he could provide runners—i.e., sleighs and horses, in sufficient number to convey a regiment right through to Riviere de Loup. The farmers in _ _ ,his district have plenty of good horses, and sleighs :o contain about ten soldiers each; but if means of transport were required for a very large body o men good strong sleighs to hold eight soldiers each might be constructed at Woodstock, and they are so simple that only a few days would be required to put them together. From Little Falls the road follows the left bank of the St. John's River, which here forms the boun dary between Maine and New Brunswick, and is tolerably good, and rather thickly settled by de scendants of the old French settlers. Thirty-six miles from this is Grand Falls, a village of co rable pretensions, where the road is carried over the St. John by a suspension bridge of apparently weak construction ; thence it traverses the right bank of the river to Tibique, 25 miles from Grand Falls, and forward for 48 mile to Woodstock, one of the principal towns if New Brunswick, containing 5,000 inhabitants. Canterbury, six miles from Woodstock, is the ter minus of a line of railway running to St. Stephen's, on the Bay of Fundy, whence steamers ply to St. John's, New Brunswick, and Windsor, Nova Scotia. At the latter place there is a railway to Halifax. When I came through the steamers had ceased to run, as in the winter there is very little traffic, and 1 had consequently to continue my journey through to Halifax by land, a further distance of 400 miles. The weather was intensely cold, the thermometer marking 10 deg. to 16 deg. below zero, and the snow, having lately fallen, was soft, rendering the journey very laborious and tedious, requiring ten days and eight nights to accomplish it. Should a necessity arise for moving large num bers of troops from Halifax to Canada this win er I think it might be (fftcted by the route from Woodstock. The total distance to be traversed by sleighs would be 187 miles, and might be ac complished in three or four daps, or the whole route from Halifax to Quebec via the Bay of Fundy in five or six days, The expense is moderate, being about ls. per mile for posting by sleighs. The roads when snowed over are good and well kept open, as in addition to the ordinary traffic the lumber ers' operations carried on during the winter form the roads well. The only difficult part of the road is from the Lake Port to Riveire de Loup along the Portage, which would eccupy 12 hours or more; but if shelter was required on the way the huts used by the road makers are available. A pair of horses will draw a sleigh and ten men over a stage of 25 miles with comparative case, and ought t o perform that distance in five or six hours. Cattle are plentiful in the country, but flour is comparatively scarce. The settlers throughout the route are very loyal in their sentiments and ready to stand by the old country. Their indignation at t h e Trent outrage was unmistakable, and I was fre quently interrogated as to what I thought would be the action of Great Britain, and they said they wero ready to volunteer to a man to defend their province; in fact, I must say their loyalty could not be ex- ceeded. TILTS DAY'S MARKETS. METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET. Our market to-day was very scantily supplied with beasts, and all kinds moved off steadily at full prices. The best Scots realised ss. per 81bs. The few sheep on offer com manded steady, though not to say active, inquiry, on former terms. The best old downs were worth quite se. 6d. per Blbs. Calves—the show of which was trifling —were dis posed of at extreme rates. Pigs were held on former terms; but the demand for them was inactive. Milch cows were dull. Per Sib. to s the offal. s. d. s. d. Crse. & inf. beasts 3 4 3 8 Second quality do. 3 10 4 4 Prime large oxen 4 6 4 8 I Prime Scots, &c. 4 10 5 0 Crse. & inf. sheep 3 2 3 6 Second quality do. 3 8 4 4 Lambs, Os 0, Suckling calves, 21s to 30s ; 22s to 295. TOTAL SUPPLY. s. d. s. d IPrimecrs-wool d 0.4 6 5 2 ' Dine. S'thdowndo.s 4 5 6 I - Largo arse . calves 4 6 5 0 I Prime small d 0... 5 2 5 6 Large hogs 3 10 4 4 Small porkers ... , 4 6 4 10 )(1 to Os Od. and quarter-old store pigs, FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts Sheep Calves Pigs. 2OO Boasts _ . 140 Sheep Calves Pigs NENVGATE AND LEADENIIALL, The supplies of meat are good, and the trade is less ac tive, as follows :—Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s 4d ; mutton, 3s 2d to 4s 6d ; veal, 4s 4d to 4s 10d ; and pork, 4s Sd to 5s per Slbs by the carcase. TIIIS DAPS SHIPPING. LoxpoN, Dec. 26.—Wind this day at noon—North ; moderate breeze, with flue weather, but rather cloudy, with frost. PORTSMOUTH, Dec. 24.—Wind N.E.—Arrived — Her Majesty's ship Devastation, from Woolwich. QUEENSTOWN, Dec. 15.—Arrived —City of Baltimore, from New York. FALMOUT H , Dec. 2.5 —Wi n d S.E.—Arrived — Aar Majesty's ship Virago, from Plymouth. Sailed—Southern Cross, for Boston. tHlr ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Thursday Mornin g . Arrived —Southamp ton, steamer, from Havre ; Ellora, steamer, from Alexandria; Tagus, steamer, from Lisbon, Courier, end Atalanta, steamers, from Jersey; Wonder, steamer, from Guernsey. Sailed—Jane Peri, for Shields ; Alliance, steamer, for Havre; Dispatch, steamer, for Jersey. (BY SUBMARINE AND MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GRAvEsEND, Thursday Morning. Arrived, Dec. 25—F.ndraught, from Gothenburg. Arrived, Dec. 26—Zone, from Philadelphia. DEAL, Thursday Morning. passed—Richio, steamer, for the Baltic ' • Whisper, for St. Michael's; Heroine, for Teneriffe ; Ellon Castle, for Algoa Bay; J. F. Paton, for Boston; Martha, for Bahia —all from London. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, at tended by Major-Goueral the Hon, R, Bruce and Captain Grey, arrived at Osborne yesterday afternoon from Wind sor Castle. The Duke of Newcastle has left town on a visit tcl the Earl of Clarendon, at his seat, the Grove, 'Watford. 7 , ; I