The Sun. — London, England, 1861-12-16 00:00:00

111 1 : - .7 4 7 .e.---..-••:-....w.,..-.........,,,.........• the following being a summary statement of the condition -' _ - ,the ' d77;7seion for closing those"" ports. -- ' - iOalso obeying the of the Department : ;.,dictates of prudence as well as the obligations of law , insteadi "The revenue from all sources during the fiscal year, l 'of transcending, I have adhered to the act of Congress to r ``' ending June 30, 1861, including the annual permanent :: confiscate property used for insurrectionary purposes. Ii appropriation of $700,000 for the transportation of free' a new law upon the same subject shall be proposed its pro mail matter, was 1,t9, 019,206 40c., being about 2 per'eent. 1e ,, ; priet y will be duly considered. The Union must be preserved. than the revenue. - and hence, all disposable means must be employed. We "For 1860 the expenditures were thirteen millions six hull-;,should not be in haste to determine that radical and extrenn dred and six thousand, seven hundred and fifty-nine dolls , e : "measures, which may reach the loyal as well as the disloyal. and eleven cents, showing a decrease of more than eight p, i._ are indispensable. The inaugural address at the beginning: cent,, as compared with those of the previous year, and of the Administration, and the Message to Congress at the leaving an excess of expenditures over the revenue for the= late special session, were both mainly devotedito the domes last fiscal year of over five hundred and fifty-seven thousand_- tic controversy out of which the insurrection and con tour hundred and sixty-two dollars and seventy - one cent - % x sequent war have sprung. Nothing now occurs to add The gross revenue for the year ending June 30, 1863, is esti- or subtract to orfrom the principle, or general purposes mated at an increase of four per cent. on that of 1861, , stated and expressed in these documents. The last ray of making eight millions six hundred and eighty-three thou- ;;hope for preserving the Union peaceably expired at the s and dollars, to which should be added the earnings of the ' assau lt on Fort Sumter, and a general review of what h as, department in carrying free matter, viz., seven hundred occurred since may not be unprofitable. What was pain- I t housand dollars—making nine million three hundred fully un c e rtain then is much better defined and more distinct! and eighty-three thousand dollars. The total expenditures now, and the progress of events is plainly in the right direc-1 for 1863 are estimated at twelve million five hundred and 1 , 1 tion. The insurgents confidently claimed a strong support! ' t wenty-eight thousand dollars, leaving an estimated de- ',. from north of Mason's and Dixon's line, and the friends oft . ficiency of three millions one hundred and forty-five' the Union were not free from appehension on the point.; thousand dollars to be supplied from the treasury in addi- -. This, however, was soon settled definitely and on the right! tion to the permanent appropriation. t - side, South of the line noble little Delaware led off right!, "The present insurrection shows, I think, that the exten kg. from the first. Maryland was made to seem against the, Sion of this district across the Potomac River at the time of'!-Union, our soldiers were assaulted, bridges were burned and[ establishing the Capital here was eminently wise, and con- t ':railroads torn up within her limits, and we were many days sequently that the relinquishment of that portion of it whiche 4 at one time, without the ability to bring a single regiment lies within the State of Virginia was unwise and dangerous , : :over her soil to the capital. Now her bridges and railroads, I submit for your consideration the expediency of regaining: are repaired and open to the Government. She already; t hat part of the district and the restoration of the originagives seven regiments to the cause of the Union I b oundaries thereof through negotiations with the State ofis and none to the enemy, and her people at a 'Virginia. it A., regular election have sustained the Union by a " The report of the Secretary of the Interior with ths.::: g larger majority, and a larger aggregate vote than they ever accompanying documents, exhibit the conditions of the r before gave to any candidate or any question. o s everal branches of the public business pertaining to that Kentucky, too, for some time in doubt, is now decidedly, department. The depressing influences of the insurrections that= I think unchangeably, ranged on the side of the Union, I have been especially felt in the operations of the patent and{ - " Missouri is comparatively quiet, and I believe cannot general land offices. The cash receipts from the sale of public ~ ii-Again be overrun by the insurrectionists. These three Statesi lands during the past year have exc e e d e d th e ex p enses o t" , Af Maryland, Kentucky, and Missouri, neither of which, our land system only about two hundred thousand dollars, would promise a single soldier at first, have now an aggrel ( 2 00,000 dots.) The sales have been entir e ly s u s pended in trate of not less than 40,00 a men in the field for the Union ; the Southern St a t es , w hil e th e i n t erru pti ons t o th e b us i ness vhile of their citizens, certainly not more than a third num of the coun t ry an d th e di ver ti ng l argo num b ers o f men f rom ! ber, and they doubtful whereabouts, and doubtful existence, labour to military service, have obstructed settlements in the hew states and territories of the north-west. , ire in arms against it. After a somewhat bloody struggle of months, winter closes on the Union of Western Virginia, " The receipts of the Patent-office have declined in nine cleaving them masters of their own country. inonths about 100,000 dots., rendering a large reduction of N , -. . . "An insurgent force of about 1,500 for months dominating! the force employed necessary, to make it seli-sustaining. the narrow peninsular region constituting the counties of " The demands upon the Pension-office will be largely in r Accomac and Northampton, and known as the eastern creased by the insurrection. Numerous applications for pen- f , ' shore of Virginia, together with some contisuous? Sion;, based upon the casualties f the existing war, have al- ~. Parts of Maryland, have laid down their arms and they r eady been made. There is reason to believe that many who' • - • ) , people there have renewed their allegiance to, and accepted I are now u po n the p e nsion roll and in receipt of the bounty, of the G overnmen t are in the ranks of the insurgent army,' the protection, of the old flag. This leaves no armed insur- , rection north of the Potomac or east of the Chesapeake. or giving them aid and comfort. '' "Also we have obtained a footing at each of the isolated 4 ' " The Secretary of the Interior has directed a suspension. of the p a y men t o f th e p ens i ons o f such persons, upon proof., Points on the southern coast of Hatteras, Port Royal, Tybeeh of th e i r di s l oya lt y. I recommen d th a t C on gress authorise!' Island, near Savannah, and Ship Island ; and we likewises have some general accounts of popular movements in behalql that officer to cause the names of such persons to be strickenl front the pension roll. . of the Union in North Carolina and Tennessee. These h q demonstrate that the course of the Union is ad vanc- r g " The relations of the Government with the Indian tribes!;' things r-ing steadily southward. ? have been greatly disturbed by the insurrection, especiallyp c in the Southern Superintendency and in that of New Mexico. Since your last adjournment, Lieut.- General Scott hasp! The Indian country south of Kansas is in possession of the . .- , ,retired from the head of the army. During his long life theg in surgents from Texas and Arkansas. The agents of the 4 , 4 „,nation has not been unmindful of his merit, yet in calling totl United tui States, appointed since the 4th of March for this 3 ,. nii ~; n d how faithfully, ably, and brilliantly he has served the Su perintendence, have been unable to reach their p os t s ,[ i country from a time far back i n our history, when few of the While the most of those who were in office before that haveii!,,now living bad been born, and thence forward continually, p: esPollsed the insurrectionary cause, and assume to exereise,t< cannot but think that we are still his debtor. I submit 0 t he powers of agents by virtue of the commissions from the t .= therefore for your consideration what further mark of recog. rnition is due to him and ourselves as a grateful people. - i, in surrectionists. It has been stated in the public press that a Portion of these Indians have been organised as a military With the retirement of General Scott came the executive -; fo rce, A and are attached to the army of the insurgents.Vduty of appointing in his stead a Generab e., , in• Chief of the ",,hhough the Government has no official information upo4?army. It is a fortunate circumstance that neither in coup the e subject, letters have been written to the Commissionereil nor country, was there, so far as I know, any differenceP. 4 O f Indian Aff a i r s by several prominent chiefs, giving t l of opinion as to the proper person to be selected. assurance of their loyalty to the United States, and express- ; The retiring Chief repeatedly expressed his judgment in in g a wish for the presence of the Federal troops to protect A - in „favour of General McClellan for the position, and this the t hem. It is believed that upon the re-possession of the Ination seemed to give a unanimous concurrence. The de• i co untry by the Federal forces, the Indians will readily cease i gna ti on o f G enera l M c Cl e ll an i s th ere f ore i n a consider all hostile demonstrations and resume their former relations Able degree the selection of the country and the Executive, With the Government. and hence there is better reason to hope there will be given ; , " Agriculture, confessedly the largest interest of the union. him the confidence and cordial support thus by fair implica• • aas not a department, nor a ,bureau, but a clerkship only .: tion promised, and without which he cannot with so full s assis . ited to it in the Government. While it is , fortunate that „ :efficiency serve the country. this interest is so independent in its nature as not to :It has been said that one bad General is better than two vi thave demanded and extorted more from the Government, I - ' goo d ones , an d th e sa yi ng i s t rue , if taken to mean no : 1 1 r espectfully ask Congress to consider whether something 'snore than that an army is better directed by a single more cannot be given voluntarily with general advantage, as s :nind, though inferior, than by two superior ones at i-:'. all annual report exhibiting the condition of our agri- variance and cross purposes. And the same is true cultural, commerce and manufactures, would present a fund s. . of ' , in all joint operations wherein those engaged can have ' information of great practical value to the country. , 1 none but a common end in view, and can differ only as While I make no suggestion as to details, I venture the ; to the choice of means. In a storm at sea no one on board ° P i llion that an agricultural and statistical bureau might s profitably b e organ i ze d. s can wish the ship to sink, and yot not unfroqucntly all go - ; - 1 „ % down together because too many will direct, and no single , A ` The execution of the laws for the suppression of the ; l osind can be allowed to control. It continues to develops,: 'tl,` i . African slave trad e ha s b een con fided to the Department of *- that the insurrection is largely, if not exclusively, a war upon th e v Interior. It is a subject of congratulation that the efforts .-. the first principle of popular government—the rights of the r affle have been made for the suppression of this inhuman ~- people. Conclusive ev dence of this is found in the most'`. l have been recently attended with unusual success. 7 ; -rave and maturedly considered public documents, as well as Fi ve vessels being fitted out for the slave trade have been ' -in the general tone of the insurgents. In these documents A , : e _ i zed and condemned. Two mates engaged in the trade and q' t we find the abridgment of the existing right of suffrage, and 'd e . Personin equipping a vessel as a slaver have been convicted s s the denial to the people of all right to participate in the se - -,. e. aan d subjected to the penalty of fine and imprisonment, and one . r. loc u m , o f pu bli c o ffi cers , exce pt th e l e gi s l a ti ve body, advo a ' ft ci e Ptain for taking a cargo of Africans on board his vessel has - sated with laboured arguments to prove that large control of ,W. e n convicted of the highest grade of offence under our t.p the Government by the people, is the source of all political 1 ° 4 VB, the punishment of which is death. i „.., evil. Monarchy itself is sometimes hinted at as a possible e "The te rr it or i e s of Colorado, pacot a h and Nevada, ' refuge from the power of the people. In my present positions. cr eated by the last Congress, have been organised, and civil I cou ld scarcely be justified were Ito omit raising a warning. ' ad ministration have been inaugurated therein under auspices 'l. 1 voice aga inst this apppoach of returning despotism. trea son gratifying, when it is considered that the leaven of - "It is not needed nor fitting here that a general argument . 1 ea sen was found existing in some of these new countries, - s. should be made in favour of popular institutions, but there .- W hen the Federal officers arrived there. The abundant na- Z s one point with its connections, not so hackneyed as most' rural te _resources of these territories, with the security and pro- . others, to which I ask a brief attention. It is the effort to motion afforded by organised government, will doubtless - U nite to th em a large emigration, when peace shall restore , place capital on an equal footing with, if not above labour,l th e business of th e country to its accustomed channels. I ..,,, in the structure of government. It is assumed that labour .., l is available only in connection with capital ; that nobody "91'44 the resolutions of the legislature of Colorado, which r labours unless somebody else owning capital somehow by . ace the patriotic spirit of the people of the territory. So ... ' ~r the authority of the United States has been upheld in all s the use of it induces him to labour. This assumed, it is t he territories, a s it is hoped it will be in the future. I com - abourers and thus induce them to work by their own con-A, mend th e i r interests and defence to the enlightene d and -4 next considered whether it is best that capital shall hire ~'. sent, or buy them, and drive them to it without their con- '. generous care of Congress. I recommend to the . sent. Having proceeded so far, it is naturally concluded favourable consideration of Congress the interest of th . that all labourers are either hired labourers, or what we call ~ bee e District of Columbia. The insurrection has .. slaves, and further it is assumed that whoever is once a hired ;;;' 11. the cause of much suffering and sacrifice ' ; labourer is fixed in that condition for life. Now there is no .: to its inhabitants, and :as they have no representative in - • ''llgress, that body should not over l oo k th e i r just claims-1 such relation between capital and labour as assumed, nor is 1113 ° 12, the Government. At your late sess i on a j o i n t re solu- , there any such thing as a free man being fixed foray tlOll was adopted, authorising the President to take mea• ;;• life in the condition of a hired labourer. Both of these e s for facilitating a proper representation of the indus- as sumptions are false, and all inferences from them , trial interests of the United States at the Exhibition of the are groundless. Labour is prior to, and independent - try of all Nations, to be holden at London, in the year of, ca p ital. Ca p ital is only the fruit of labour, and s, 1862 . s - could never have exised if labour Thad not first existed. " I reg re t t o say I h ave b een una ble to give personal at- Labour is the superior of capital and deserved much the .ration.!" to this su bj ec t, a subject at once so interesting in higher consideration. Capital has its rights which are as . it self, and so extensively and intricately connected with th worthy of protection as any other rights. Nor is it denied A` , 4 m aterial prosperity of the world. Through the Secretaries that there is, and probably always will be a relation between O f State and of the Interior, a plan or system has been de- i labour and capital producing mutual benefits. The error is N 'ised, and partly matured, which will be laid before you. _in assuming that the whole labour of the community exists "Under and by virtue of the act of Congress, entitled anl within that relation. A few men own capital, and that few act to con fi scate proper t y use d f or i nsurrec ti onary purposes, '.: avoid labour themselves, and with their capital hire or buy'. approved August 6th, 1861, the legal claims of certain per- - another few to labour for them. A large majority belong to B° Us to th e l a b our an d service of certain other persons have neither class ; neither work for others, nor have others . , - s "come forfeited, and numbers of the latter thus liberated';, working for them. In most of the Southern States a majo- 4 , Z t e already d e pendent on the United States, and muss ~ rity of the whole people of all colours are neither slaves nor ms ,"' a provid e d f o r in some way. Besides this, it is not': masters, while in the Northern a largo majority are neither im possible that some of the States will pass similar enact. ' hirers nor hired. Men, with their families, wives, sons;' meats for their own benefit respectively, and by the opera- and daughters, work for themselves on their farms, in their itlie t-. of which persons of the same class will be t hrown u p on . houses and in their shops, taking the whole product to -.t hen for di sposa l, I n suc h case I recommend that Congress" themselves, and asking no favours of capital on the on -. hand, nor of the hired labourers or slaves on the other pro vide for accepting such persons from such States, accord- A, ; It is not forgotten that a considerable number of persons in s to some mode of valuation in lieu prstanlo of direct - "s' - mingle their own labour with capital, that is, they labour , „` a es, or upon some other plan to be agreed on with such ' with their own hands, and also . buy or hire others to St es, respectively, that such persons on such acceptance by labour for them ; but this is only a mixed,:andnot a distinct the general Government be at once deemed free, and that in Is'. an class. No principle stated is disturbed by the existence of -- Y event steps be taken for colonisins. both classes, or the . ° ne first mentioned, if the other shall not be brought into this mixed class. existence, at some place or places in a climate congenial ti ,: " Again, as has already been said, there is not of neces- the m- It might be well to consider, too, whether the fret sity any such thing as the free hired laborer being fixed for, co loured people already in the United States could not, se 's that condition for life. Many independent men everywhere far as individuals may desire, be included in such coloniza- 7, in these States a few y ears back in their lives were hired tion, To carry out the plan of colonization may involve the ' - laborers. The prudent, penniless begins the world by labor b ac quiring of territory, and also the appropriation of money i' ing for wages awhile, save s a sur p lus by which to buy tools e Ycnel that to be expended in the territorial acquisition.' -or land for himself, then labors on his own account another 11,-, • -.1.1 ng practised the acquisition of territory for nearly sixth •,.; while, and at length hires another new beginner to help him. Years, the question of constitutional power to do so is no: This is the just and generous and prosperous system which , l onger an open one with us. -:f opens the way to all, gives hope to all, and con se q uent energy " The power was at first questioned by Mr. Jefferson, F'l and progress and improvement of their condition to all. No Wh o, however, in the purchase of Louisiana, yielded his " men living are more worthy to be trusted than those who °el alples on the plea of great expediency. If it be said that;:.; toil up on from poverty, none less inclined to take or touc h that the only legitimate object of acquiring territory is t( aught which they have not honestly earned. Let th em ' fur nish homes for white men, this measure effects that ob- : 4 beware of surrendering a political power which theyi fee t; for the emigration of coloured men leaves additional t already possess, and which, if surrendered, will surely be! ,00 n for white men remaining or coming here. used to close the door of advancement against such as they,! " kr. Jefferson, however, placed the importance of pro ,.; and to fix now disabilities and burdens upon them till I tha n Louisiana more on political and commercial grounds, c, all of liberty shall be lost. en providing room for population. • " From the first taking of our national census to the last,: I . l ' On the whole proposition, incl u di ng th e a pp ro p r i a ti on :: . are 70 years, and we find our population at the end of the al l ' lc ney with the acquisition of territory, does not the expc- i period eight times as great as it was at the beginning. The , O ° 7Y amount to absolute necessity, that without which the increase of those other things which men deem desirable has Nr ernment cannot be perpetuated. The war continues. '=been even greater. We thus have, at one view, what the In. ' " . thoinsurrectionconsidering the policy to be adopted for suppressing Popularprinciple, applied to Government PoPu through the machinery of the States, and the Union, has produced in a th , I have been anxious and careful that e s . 's' a _ I 4 given time, and also what, if fi r mly maintained, it p rom i ses i nevitable conflict for this purpose shall not de gen 4.s into a violent and remorseless revolutionary" . for the future. There ar e a l rea dy among us thos e w h o , i i , ru gg l e. I have, therefore, in every case thought''. the Union be preserved, will live to see it contain 250,000,000. i . The struggle of to-day is n o t a lt oge th er for to-day. It i s Pant to keep the integrity of the Union proud-, Part, asthe primary object of the contest. On our for a vast future also. ,_ leaving all questions which are not of vital military ' " With a firm reliance on Providence, all the more firm ~.1 ' ? t e nee to the more deliberate action of thel'Legislature. ; N and earnest, let us proceed in the great task which events 'n blockadeth exercise of my best discretion, I have adhered to the, have devolved upon us. ~.of the ports held by the insurgents, instead of put-. " ABRAHAM LINCOLN. _ Lu g al force by proclamation the law of Congress enacted at (i Washington, Dec. 3, 1861,, JR SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, ,DECEAIBER l6, 1861. OFFICIAL APPROVALOF -- apTAIN . WILKS' CONDUCT. NEW YORK, DEC. 3 (EVENING). The Federal Navy Department has expressed it::' lemphatic approval of the capture of Messrs. Mason! and Slidell. It also stated that Captain Wilks displayed too, much forbearance in not capturing the Trent, butj that this must not form a precedent for any future , similar infraction of neutral obligations by foreign commercial vessels. NEW YORK, DEC. 4. The Federal Congress has passed a vote of thanks to Commander Wilks. The New York papers say little or nothing re specting the Trent affair, or the relations between England and America. It is reported that the planters along th® South• ern sea coast are burning all the cotton. The seat of the Confederate Government has not, l as was stated, been removed from Richmond. A large Federal expedition will sail shortly down the Mississippi with stones to be sunk at the en trance of Charleston and Savannah harbours, in! order to effectually blockade them. " THE THANKS OF CONGRESS TO BE PRESENTED TO CAPTAIN WILKES, THE CAPTOR OF SLIDELL AND MASON. " Mr. Lovejoy (rep.) of 111., offered a joint reso lution tendering the thanks of Congress to Captain' Wilkes for his arrest of the traitors Slidell and Mason. " Mr. Edgerton (rep.) of Ohio, moved, as a sub ititute, that the President be requested to present to Capt. Wilkes a gold medal, with suitable em blems and devices, expressive of the high sense of confidence entertained for him by Congress in his prompt arrest of the rebels Mason and Slidell. " The substitute was rejected, and the original , resolution adopted." MONK Y MARKET .AND CITY NEWS. CITY, Two O'CLOCK. During the past week there were symptoms ofl improvement in several branches of business in the' manufacturing districts. At Manchester more inquiry was experienced for goods suitable to the 1 India markets, but the home demand continued 'quiet. At Leeds the operations were to an ave 1 rage extent, but the approach of Christmas, with the usual preparations for stock taking, caused e limited amount of business to be transacted. At Bradford, Halifax, and Huddersfield, the dealing , have been in a great measure restricted to sprinp i goods for home use. The hosiery trade at Lei " cester has been very dull, and at Birmingham, Sheffield, Walsall, and Wolverhampton, no mate rial change can be recorded. About £28,000 in gold was taken into the Bank ; , on Saturday. The Wellesley has been announced this morning from Australia, with £307,800 in gold. 1 ,1 A meeting of the Colonial Bank proprietors haf 0 been called for the Bth proximo, for the purpose o receiving the directors' report and for election o directors, &c. The half-yearly interest on Peruvian 41 per cent Bonds will be paid on and after the Ist proximo and the dividend on New South Wales Government Debentures has also been announced for payment. The traffic receipts of the Great Western Rail `"way of Canada for the week ending the 29th ult. L amounted to £9,958, being an increase of £1,628 ; compared with last year. $. A dividend of 20f. per share, and of 7f. 50c. per obligation fully subscribed, will be paid by thei Royal Portuguese Railway on and after the Ist January. Interest at the rate of 6 per cent. per an ' aum will be payable on the 16th proximo on the shares of the Ottoman Railway, and the half-year's linterest on the Great Luxembourg Railway Com pany's obligation is also announced for payment. The demand for money is steadily maintained, :but notwithstanding the recent increase in the • supply of commercial bills on offer, the market re- cains a quiet and easy appearance. The continued abundance of floating capital, and the moderate character of the requirements of the mercantile community, prevent any material alteration in the rates; and although rather more firmness is now ; perceptible than there was a week ago, transac- ,' tions are still recorded ate to 7 1,- per cent. below the minimum of the Bank of England. In the Liverpool Cotton Market on Saturday : business was dull, but prices were unaltered. The sales were about 4,000 bales. An adverse movement has been produced in the Stock Exchange Markets to-day by the death ofl the Prince Consort, and the unsettled feeling pro moted by the advices from America, which in speculative circles are considered unsatisfactory. Consols have declined about per cent., the latest !the being 892- -1 for money, and 891- 90 for !the account. Business has been recorded at I per (cent. below these prices, but rather more firmnessi lnow perceptible. The New 3 per Cents. and the Reduced have declined to 898 Q ; Exchequa Bills (March) are 12s. prem. ; ditto June 12s. to:lss. ; Bank Stock is heavy at 232; India 5 per Cent. Loan is 1021 A general decline has also taken place in the foreign market, and the dealings have been of a Ilimited character. Turkish bonds have been parti cularly heavy, the Old 6 per Cents, being 75 to 76, or a decline of 2 per cent., and the 1858 Loan, 65k, Ito 66k, being about 21 per cent. lower. Mexicans have receded to 26 i, Dutch to 64, and Venezuelan ro 201 21. In the Railway Share Market there has been considerable depression, caused by the pressure of speculative sales in connection with the liquidation. ind the unfavourable character of the advices from New York. Caledonians, Eastern Counties, and South Easterns, have declined 15s. ; Great Westerns, £1 ss. ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, and North Wes tern, .£1 10s.; and Midlands, £1 15s. The Foreign and Colonial lines have been in a very limited favour, and the few bargains realised were at further reduced rates. Antwerp and Rotterdam brought 61; Great Luxembourg, 8 8 ; San Paulo, 5,1 ; Great Indian Peninsula, 99 100, Ind Cape Town and Dock 15. Joint Stock Bank andMiscellameous Shares barely sustain previous values. English, Scottish, and Australian Chartered realised 171 ; London and County, 361 ; Crystal Palace Stock 33, and Electric relegraph 93. BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 1 per Cent. Reduced Annuities B9l I 1 1 per Cent. Consols Annuities New 3 per Cent. Annuities B9l 1 1 India Stock Ditto 5 per Cent. Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent — Ditto 5 per Cent 961 51 6 Ditto 51 per Cent Ditto Debentures, 4 per Cent., Oct., 1863 981 Ditto ditto April, 1864 981 Ditto 1859 Consols for Account, Jan. 9 B9l 90 891 India Stock for Account 2221 Ditto 5 per Cent. March. June. Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO 2.1.... 15 12 pm Ditto £5OO ...... 12 15 12 pm Ditto Small FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK . - ---- - Greek . 8 Mexican, 3 per Cent Ditto Account Peruvian 41 per Cent .. 951 Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853. . Ditto 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, and'6o.. 45 1 Russian 5 per Cent. 1822, £ St 9Ba Turkish 6 per Cent. 75 Ditto New Loan Ditto Account it to Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. V enezuelan 3 per Cent Ditto Account Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 21 per Cent., Exchange 12 Guil. Consols, MTW O O'CLOCK. oney Dit() Account 6.4.0 [9.16.4 SH:ARE -- hiTRAfEi I -(1711 - S DAY). ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Share I Closing Business Railways. Price. done. Belle - 4 and Nor. Coun. Wol., and Str. Blyth and Tyne Bost.,Sleat.,and NE d.k2o ; Bristol and Exe: - ...r !Caledonian Carmarthen & Cardi ;an !Cork and Bandon Cork, Birock, & Passage Cornwall Do. A A gets no div , Do. B ti ll 6p c.p an.hasl ttt been paid to B. !Dublin & Belfast June. Dun.,Perth,&Ab. June East Anglian Eastern Counties Eastern Union, A stock Do Bdo do DoNw A, late E U3ds , East Suffolk 1 Edinburgh & Glasgow E din., Perth, & Dundee' North & Clyde Junction, Furnesa . I IGlasg. and S. Western.) reatNrthn.ot Scotland Great Northern Do A stock Do B do Gt. S. an 1 W. of Ireland Great Western 1 Do Str Val gua. stock Dish South Eastern Lancashire & Yorkshire' London and Blackwallj Lon., Bright.ot S. Coast; Lon., Chat., and Dover! Lon. & North Western: Lon. & South Western' L'derry & Coleraine L 'derry & Enniskillen. Man., Shef., 47, Lincoln. Maryport and Carlisle. Do # shares Metropolitan Midland Do New Do llirrnincr. k Derby Mid, Gt. W. of Ireland, all all all all 100 100 all Do. 4 shares Mid Kent Do Cray Line Newcastle and Carlisle Newry & Armagh, def. Newry, \7a - , Apt, & Ros Norfolk North British Nor.Dev.Rail&Dk.stock Do A stk ; A reef; no d till 6 pc. has been pdß Do B stock Nth. Eastern—Berwick Do, G.N.E. purchase i Do Leeds Do York Not th London Do new North Sta Told: - tire N. and S. W. Junction. Not. Gran. Rl. & Canal Peebles Po-tsmouth Rhymney Scotish Central Scot. N. E., Aber. stock -- Do Se)t. s;:ock Shrews. ar d Welchpool Shropshire Union ' Sittingbourne & Sheer South Devon S. Durham & Lane.Un South Eastern South Wales S. York. and River Dun Stair es,Wok..andWok. ;Sicekton & Darlington Do Do New, 1860 Taff Vale. Do Pref. No. 1 ThameallavenDkk'lail Ulster Do 7 8 6 6; 94 06 101 10 5 6 41 43 101 11i 18 19 501 51 47 50 32 34 88 CO 29 30 36 38 75 75/ 65 67 95 97 5/ 6 37 39 7/ B;a 4/ 5/ pl 551 24 3i * d ip 83 86 12/ 13 501 1 1 67 i Do Vale of Neigh Victoria sta. and Pim Waterford & Kilkenny Waterford & Limerick West Cornwall West London Do Ist class Do 2d class W. Hartlepool Har.&R West Midland Ox.ord Newpor , Do Hereford' lot 41 1261 6 541 d 87 5 6 44 46 43 45 89 91 LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS. Railways. ( Paid. 1 Leasing Closing Business Co. s Price. Done. Ille(Yord and Bletchley all Ln.&N.W .. .. Birkenhead lOO D.'.&G.W R 4 86 1 Buckinghamshire. Chester & Holyhead lOO Do .. 53 54 Do. siper cent 100 Do 123 125 Do. 5 „ lf ) Do i'2 114 Clydesdale Junction 100 Caledor. 101 103 Colchestc - , Stour Val. all E.1.1.&E.0 63 (75 E. Linco'nsh. gBnr c. 100 Gr. North. 133 136 E.Union,Hary,:chShs all E,Cou its. 4 44 Do. Woodbridge.... 100 .. .. IGls.Barr.&Neils.thz;;. 100 Caledon .. .. Do. new Gloster &Dean Forest' all G West. .. .. i Hull and Selby 1 all Yk.N. Mid 110 112 Do. halves i all Do. Do. quarters 1 all Do. Lancaster & Carlisle 100 Ln.& N.W 197 202 London & Greenwichl 100 S. Easterr 61 03 Do. Preference ...... 100 Do. Lon.,Tilb.& Southend' 100 Peto &Co B4 86 Lowestoft gua. 4 p c.. 100 Norfolk Do 6 per cent lOO Do. linc.,Bxtn.,& Matlock all LNW& M 31 •3" 31 Mid. Bradford Prefer ence stock Newm ark t, BuryEx 1 5. 5. 6. E Counts. oar i p gua. 5 per sent... Northn.&Eastn. sp. c. all Do. Do. 6 per cent..... all Do .. .. - Do. Fixed sp. c... • all Do. N. Eastn—Hartlepool luo N. E. Ber .. .. 'North Western !Preston and Wyre. 1 all a ' N ' W 1 43 45 & L. lik. Do. 4 shares A. all Do. ••• • . .. .. Iltoystn.Hitch.& Shep. 100 IC t.North . .'l33 1:_7.6 Shrawsby & Hereford 100 T Brassey 118 122 Do. Do. South Staffordshire Wilts and Somerset lOO Gt. West. 92 94 Wimbledn & Croydon, all L.&Brgtn 81 91 CE SHARES. Paid. Closing Business Prices. Done. BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Closing ~ '( Share Railways. jraid. I Price. Business doh. F , s. '', i • " 100 AVID. tie & StLalvren,,^e all ----: gm I G Born , ~Baroda&.Cent Ind /00 08 00 F u. 5 per cent. IS Do Do. 11 all d in s 201 Buffalo and Lai e Huron all 3.1 41 d ,• N 20.1 Do. New 10 Do. Preference .. • w 100 100 72 77 c ,Buffalo,Brant&Godrich j 6 p et. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 100 'Do. do. July 1,1873 100 68 73 .' to 100 Do. do. June 1, 1; - 4 100 17 72 Pr 5 'ilcutta.&S.Eastn. (Li p ) all 14 5 ' 'IA 20 Cape,Eastn.Prov. (Lim) 2e. 'be 20 Cape Town & Dock Scrii 16 11 Id: 15 . 20 Ceylon Guarantd. 6p. c. 74 -- - as 171 Demerara all , v;. 20 lEastn. Bengal on. 5 c all 194 201 d "th • t, p. , stock East Indian, gu. sp. c . 100 100 101 ~ H 20 Do. F . Shares Ext all 'th ' 20 Do. Jubbulpore all ,". ot 100 Do. 41 p c . D e b en t rs all 98 100 100 Do. sp. c. D e b., 1864 a ll 99 101 'bt 100 Do. 1865-1870 all 091 1011 stock Grand trunk of Canada 100 18 19 F' 0: 100 Do. 6 per cent. Pref., all 51 (0 tat 100 Do. 2a Pref. 6 per ct all 49 10 1- th 100 Do. 6 per ct. D e b cn t r a ll 30 33 31 100 Do. 7 percent. 1862 100 Do. do. 1867 all 28 32 +.::oi 100 Do. do. 1872 _ all 23 32 t" ‘in stock GtlndiaPenin.gua.sp.c. 100 99 100 994 1 100 t t , .."' 20 Do. New gua. sp. c... 10 i i d stock Gt. South.of India(Lim) , vii guaranteed 5 per cent. 100 98 99 20 Do. do. all of of 204 Gt. W. of Canada Shares all 81 9 84 201 Do. New 100 Do. 6 p.c. '73 witlet opt. all -- 100 Do. 51 p. c. do. '77 d 0... all ,t. , ge 100 'Do. Si p. c. do. '7B d 0... all —r, stock Madras guar., 41 p. c... 100 88 90 ,by , • stock , Do. do. 5 per cent .... 100 98 99 stock Do. 44 p. O. Extension 100 V) 92 kam 20 Do. 5 d 0........ all —as stock Melb.Corp. 6p. o. Bnds. 100 'as 20 Newßrunswick .t Canda - Ry.&Land(Lim.)g.6pcj al 5 7 '., ] Class A Capital Share! .. Do. do. Land d 0........ , . Cot 20 Do. do. B Capital do. .. all 4 6 -go .. Do. do. Land do. ...... / Oude (Limited) ........ stock Scinde ..... ..... 4.4 100 1001 1011 :.'.Le , 20 I Do. Punjaub .... a fl, 15 i d 4 d 3 20 Do. Do. ........ a 9 all —.l stock Do. Indus. St. Flo. • q „it. 100 :5 100 .} 10 Trinidad (Lim.) Scrip.. 1 4 4 d 1 . 1 , 3, Ha it her FOREIGN RAILWAYS. 4 , Ox / 20 $ Algerian , 5 .lB 10 I Antwerp & Rotterdam all 61 (4 /64 f arr 20 'Ardennes.... ....... all —pl 20 Bah.&S.Fran..Lim.7 p.c 15 5 4 • 4 d 131 her 5 Belgian East. Junction all f str( 20 Beziers to Graissessac all i , ask Carmeaux Mine & Rail 30 10 11 ~.2 `'not 100 Copiapo 'der 10 Ditto Extension .... all 431 20 Dutch Rhenish ........ 16 1 i 20 Eastern of France .... all 22 z 3 '; too 20 Grand Rue Guar. 6p. c. all an 20 Do. do. all r the: 20 Great Central of France, all atte 20 Gt. Luxem., Con. shs... ' all 84 81 84 ThE 20 Italian Junction ...... all ?Abell 20 Lierre & Turnhout .... all Stagy 20 Lyons & Geneva ...... all 20 Namur & Liege ........ all 84 81 84 $' com 20 Do. 6p. c. Pref. ........ all 20 21 reel 16 Northern of France—. all 881 391 16 Do. New Shares _.... 15 ——p 10 Norwegian Trunk Pref. all 7 9 20 i Paris,Lyons, & Mediter. all 39 40 "' 20 IParfs & 0r1ean5........ all 50 12 20 j 'Recife & S. Fran. (Porn.) j 7.;ua. 7p. ct. 1im...... 17 5 4(1 20 Riga & Dunaburg...... 18.8. ' 1 20 Royal Dani5h.......... all 11 13 5 Royal Swedish ........ all ''l A 4 .4 Do. 7 per cent. Pref.... all .? isear 20 jSambre & Meuse . .... ail 61 7 10 I Do. 51 per cent. Pr0f..... all 83 01 ~ stato 20 San Paulo, lim, a. 7 p.c. 4 i 4• 5 1 ono , 20 S.Aust. &Lomb Venetin 16 Yy b 26 Southern of France... all 26 27 4 Tl 20 S. East Portiugal 7 p ct: 4 -- Wand, -- 84 West Fla.ndern .. ~.... all 61 7 X , 10 Do. 54 p. c. Preference.. all 91 10 ' 20 W. & N.W. of France .. all 20 21 ship 20 West , rn of Austria.... 6 Tl 20 Western of Switzerland all 6 Wiesbaden ... .. . . .... all 1 .were 6 Do. 8 per cent 'Pref.... all i .. h guar 20 Zealand IRITISH -- POSSESSION§: !Zealand 1118 WITDRAN all all all all CA, rE—( This Day). COMMISSION OF LUNACY. An extraordinary inquiry commenced this morning before' ;Commissioner "Warren, in the Court of Exchequer, to in- 1 !quire into the state of mind of Mr. William Frederick, iWindham. A jury of 23 gentlemen was empannellel, Sir Edward Armytage acting as foreman. Mr. M. Chambers, Q.C., appeared for the petitioner, IMajor-General Windham ; and Sir Hugh Cairns and Mr. 'liars , ake opposed on the part of the alleged lunatic. The Commission having been read, and tbo usual for- malities gone through, The learned Commissioner said they were assembled ithat morning for the purpose of proceeding with a ;very painful investigation relative to the state of mind of a young gentleman connected with a very distinguished family, and who only attained his majority in August last, and the question the jury would have to decide was, whether ho (Mr. Windham) was on the first of August, ' 1861, capable of managing his own affairs. He trusted !that the jury would not form any settled conclusion;', ;until they heard the whole of the evidence, because in' ?such an inquiry it was most important that the fullest in- ; !formation on every point should be submitted for their con • • sideration. They would also have to decide between the antagonistic evidence of the medical gentlemen both for and', 13.gainst Mr. Windham, as they must be looked upon as wit. • nesses, not as judges. 1 Mr. Montague Chambers, Q.C., on the part of the peti- tioner, opened the case, and said the present inquiry was 'instituted for the purpose of ascertaining the state of mind lof a young gentleman of large property, named William • 'Frederick Windham. At the death of Mr. Windham's,:' father, General Windham and anoth er p erson were appoin- . $ Ited executors to his will. The rental of th e es t a t es w as very large, and in a few years Mr. Windham would, in the • event of his being found in a sane state of mind come into the possession of an income of £9,000 per annum. He thought, by the evidence he should produce, he should be able to show that the unfortunate gentleman was in such a state of mind as to be totally unable to manage his affairs, and therefore to prevent his further squandering his means in a way that had already caused the greatest surprise, the present proceedings were instituted. In early life the medi cal gentlemen attending Mr. Windham's family were of opinion that there was a tendency to insanity in the young man, and the greatest care and attention were therefore devoted to him. In his school days at Eton he was called the buffoon, and as he increased in years so did his predilection for mixing with lewd persons. As he .. . advanced in years it became necessary in the year 1857 to make him a ward in Chancery, and it being thought that - travel would improve his health and mind ho proceeded abroad. Here the disease showed itself very painfully, and Col. Bathurst, who accompanied him as his friend, would igive them such information as would prove that he could not have been in his right senses, to have acted as he had then done. On his return to England he again conducted himself in a very extraordinary manner. He was not in , ' the habit of drinking, although he used to eat and gormandise to an enormous extent, so it could not be said that his vagaries were caused through drink. He was • known on many occasions to drive about in a dog-cart, de daring that he had his annual rents in it, but that he guarded it with pistols. He was also fond of dressing him self as a railway guard, and attending on the platform and giving the people directions as to the stoppage of the ',trains. Another circumstance, which was not that of a sane man, was that when he ordered his boots he invariably ordered two pairs of boot-trees, and this sort •of thing had gone on till ho had got about 40 pairs of boot-trees. He was in the habit of ordering 17 or 18 eggs to be boiled for his breakfast, and a whole leg of mutton to be cooked for his luncheon. He was in the habit of sing • - . ing " Old Bob Ridley " under the most ridiculous circum stances. This young man, labouring under these peculi arities, contracted marriage on the 3eth of August with a woman who, he believed, assumed the name of Agnes Willoughby, and before the ceremony was performed, Mr. Windham was called upon to settle £BOO per annum on her, to be increased to £1,500, when he received an augmentation of his means is 1869. The unfortunate young man, although he at that time had only an income of £1,250 a-year, was also persuaded to go, to a jeweller's shop, and there ho spent no less a sum than £12,000 or £14,000 in presents to the woman whom he had ‘• married, and whom he first met at Ascot race-course. The case, which will occupy many days, was proceed. ing when we went to press. 101 103 111 112 110 111 130 132 101 103 68 68 55 58 106 KO 54 56 115 117 41 46 92 92 93 94 9 11 44 45 64 6 [261 1271 If liP 97 09 61 63 621 63i 99 991 i i d 551 66 87f 881 93 95 51 411 101 lot 88 DO 124 12C : 1 8 40 N 98 451 44 COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Money abundant. Exchange steady, at 108 a to , 109. Stocks firmer, and in moderate demand. New York Central, 771, ; Erie, 31k ; Illinois, 601; United States Sixes, T i s lower. Cotton very firm ; sales to-! day 3,500 bales ; middling Upland, 281 c. Flour !unchanged; wheat quiet ; corn rather firmer. Pro ! visions quiet. Coffee firm, and advancing. Sugar Isteady. Molasses unchanged. PARIS, DEC. 16. The illonzteur of this morning, in speaking of the death of his Royal Highness the Prince Consort,l isays ,- " The Emperor, the imperial family, and the !whole of France will mingle their regret and grief ;with the royal family and the English nation." The same journal announces that the interest on !Treasury bonds has been lowered to 31, 4, and 4,11 (respectively. QUEENSTOWN, DEC. 16. The royal mail steamer Niagara has arrived here at 9.45 p.m. She embarked mails, passengers, and latest telegrams, and proceeded for Halifax and jßoston at 10 p.m. All well. She experienced very severe weather during half the passage. TURIN, DEC. 14, EVENING. On the proposition of Dr. Bertani, the report !of the committee appointed to inquire into the' lopening of letters passing through the post was read to-day in the Chamber of Deputies. The committee in their report express a convic--I ;lion that if, under certain circumstances, some ;letters were consigned by certain postal agents to, political authorities, such a proceeding took place without the knowledge of the Ministerial chiefs. The Chamber, after the report had been read, passed to the order of the day. Validity was given by the Chamber to a Royal decree relative to free trade in corn in the Southern, provinces. DECEMBER 15. Chiavone's band of brigands is now reduced tol 200. They are discouraged and reduced to great) distress. Their communication with Rome bas been cut off, L I nd they can receive no more money. The Opinione of to-day opposes the proposal of the members of the Opposition to send Garibaldi to Naples as inefficacious to remedy internal diffi lcultiee, and as compromising the alliance with France. VIENNA, DEC. 14. To-day the Upper House of the Reichsrath voted' he laws for preserving the inviolability of letters, 'or assuring personal liberty, and for maintaining the right of domicile. PARIS, SUNDAY. The Moniteur's bulletin of to-day contains the following from Constantinople, dated 13th inst.:— " The monetary panic has partially subsided. "The Turkish lira is now quoted 225 piastres , 'The Bourse remains provisionally closed." FRANCE. "Among other facts," says the Moniteur," which the public journals attribute to the return to America of General Scott, who came to Europe for 'the benefit of his health, is the very meritorious 'intention of making an effort to re-establish peace l between the United St a t es an d E ng l an d. The ,venerable General has, it is true, just left for New York, and it is probably for the object mentioned, but with that portion of correct news is mixed up the name of France, and various details which are absolutely unfounded." BOURSE, Dec. 14.—The market has been inani mate, but in the little business doing the prices 0' yesterday have been well maintained. Threes, lb) the Account, are now at 67f 60c. Railways quiet but firm. The following are the last quotations :- 4t per per Cents ... 95 10 Credit Fonder -.— Do. end month.... 95 25 Belgian 4} 99 50 3 per Cents Do. end month 67 60 Roman Bank Shares 2950 Austrian Credit Mobilier.... 730 Spanish Threes 49 25 Do. Account 732 50 Home Debt - IiA.ILWAYS. Cash. Account. Orleans 1290 . .. 1292 50 Northern New ditto Lyons and Mediterranean 1005 .. 1007 50 Geneva.. Southern 662 50 .. 665 Western Eastern Sardinian Austrian Lombard 515 .. 516 26 SPAIN. The Madrid journals of the 10th publish long r reports of another day's debate in the Congress on the Address in reply to the Queen's Speech. The ' 'principal speakers were M. River°, the Minister oft o the Interior, and M. Gonzalez Bravo, but the discus sion presented no interest. Three persons had been ar rested in a coffee - house in the Call e Santa Barbara for having raised cries of " Hurrah for the Re public ! " The Captain-General of Catalonia had, nn account of the stagnation in the cotton manufac-, tory of that province, been authorised to employ' distressed persons in works of public utility. It is stated by the Regeneration that the well-known Carlist chief Tristany has been appointed by King Francis IL co mmander-in-chief in the Abruzzi, and., , that he is now at the head of 3 00 Spaniards, " occu- 1 , spied in organising the royal troops in that pro-1 .vince." PREFERE ISharel Railways. Bly:be and 'Eyre 10 p.c. pref issueditt £5 Bi.s. & Exet. 4 p. c. st Do. shat es Ca'edor. ZlO, 4 p. cert. Do. quar. shares, No. 2 Cork & Bandon, 51 p. c. Cornwpll 5 par cent.-- Dun. Perth, &Aber.Jun. Do. Ist ()las Pref E. Angn. Class A 5 p. c Do. Class B 6 per cent Do. Class C 7 per cent E. Coun. Ex. 5 p.c. No. 1 Do No. 2 Do. new 6 p. c. st Eastern Unior, 4 p. c Do. 5 p. c. guar Edin.&Glas.s p.c. shares Do. 4 n. c. guar. S. & u Don. 4 p.c Furness, 5 ner cent Glas.& SAN est gu. 5 p.c Great Northern, 5 p. c D 0.5 p.c.iledm.lop.c.pm. Do. 44 p. c. do Do.sn.c.Redmatsp.c.pm G t. Nh. o - t. cot. Ist 'ref. Gt. Su. & W. (Ireland) 4 per cent G' eat West. (Be •ks and Hants Ex'..) 5 per cent Do. redeem. 4i p. et Do. redeem. 4 p. et Do. irrcdeem. 4 p. et Do. 5 p. c. redeem. pref. Do. Firm. pre. shares Do. Chesier 8 p.c. pf. she Do. Ches:,er 5 p.c. pf. she Co. Birm guar. stock Do. Chester guar. shares Do. do Do. do T,an. & Carl. 4i p.c. pref Lan. & York. 6 p.c. stock Do.Barnsl.s;:£s 2s 10dre Do. 6 p. c. (East Lan.) Do. 4i p. c. (Blackb. pur L0n.&11tie . ,.5p.04..ru. No.l Do. 5 per cent. do. No 2 'Do. 6 per cent. Go Do. 5 per cent. do. No. 4 C o. 4fi per cen;:. do Do. Ai p. c. prel. shares Do. 7 per cent pref. stk Do. 6 p.c. d0 , ,W.E.&C.P.) Do. 4 p.c. st. Do. 4 ner cent, Ira Lon.Cnat.&Dov.sp.c.pf. Do. West. Ex., B. u p. Do. Metrop. Fr. B, 6 p.c. Lon. & S. W., Coy. & Nuneaton, 5 per cent. Lor. & S.West. 7p. cent. _ s;;., late 3d shares Do. 44 per cent Do. (Prtsm. perpl. anus of 2s 6d Londondy. & Cole. shs Londonv. & Ennis. shs Man. Sh. & Lin. 5 per ct. Do. £6 Do. 31 per cent, .... • • • • Do. redeem. 6 percent IMaryort & Carl. 4 pr. c I Do. 4i per cent Midland Con. 6 p. c. stk Do.Con.Bris.& Bin 6 p.c. Do. 4a p. c. pref. stock Do. 4t per cent. Do.Letc. andHit.4per ct. Norflk. 5 p. c. Ex. st. 1846 Do. 5i p. c. Pref. st. 18#.7 Do.sWay.ValEx.stlB47 NOT t British, 5 per cent. Do. New gua. per cent Do. Bor. TJn. g. prf. shs. Do. do. do. Nth.Dvn.Rail.&Dek.Co. N-East. Cons. pref. 4 p.c. Do. 4ipr. ct. redeemable Do. G. N. E. 4p. ct. pref. Do. Berwick 4 p. c. pref. Do. Leeds 6 p. c. No. 1 Do. do. Quarters, 1848 Do. York, 11. & S. Purch. North Staffordshire Ethymney Guaranteed Scottish Central. new pi. Scottish North-Eastern 3/ p.. s pref. stock.. lio-.Aberdeen,gua.6p.c Do. 7 p. c. pref. stock South Devon, Ann, 10s. Do. Fixed 4i per cent! South Eastern (R ling -__ Ann., 1.0.6) _ Do. per cent Do, Fixed 41 per cent South Wales, gua. 4 p. C. Do. 41 per cent Do. do. 1859 Do. 5 per cent...... S. York's - hire, 4p. c. gua. Do. sp. c. gua. Stock. & Dar. A 5 p. c Do. B6p. c Do. C 6 p. c Watrtd & Kflkny, 6 p. c W. mid.-Oxf Ist gua stk Do. 2d do _ Do. Newport 5 p.c. pfre cl. IDo.l'erpet.6 p. c. pf. 1866, Do, till 1869, FINBBURY ELECTION. STATE OF THE POLL. The numbers issued of the votes polled are mos' contradictory, both parties claiming a majority. (From Mill's Committee, 12 o'Clock.) Mills .... Cox Majority for Mills , ---428 (One o'Clock.) Mills. Cox Majority for Mills (From Cox's Committee, Twelve e'Clock.) .279 Cox Mills Majority for Cox l3l (One o'Clock.) Cox Mills Majority for Cox DEATH OF THE PRINCE CONSORT. PUBLIC SENTIMENT IN LIVERPOOL. 2e 6d Yesterday, a short time before the churches opened for morning service, intelligence was received in Liverpool of the death of his Royal Highness the Prince Consort. The sad information, which spread with considerable rapidity, was announced in some of the churches, and wherever the melancholy news was made known it created profound agi tation. The Royal Standard was raised to half-mast in front of the Town-halls, and flags at half-mast were dis played on most of the public buildings and on many of the churches in town. The reading-rooms were much thronged during the mid. day hour by gentlemen anxious tc learn the leading particulars connected with the sorrowful ' event ; and on all hands exp ress i ons o f deep sympathy w i t h lour gracious Sovereign in her heavy bereavement were, !uttered by men not ea s ily move d to such demonstrations. ' It is also worthy of note that as soon as the news became generally known, the inhabitants of the leading streets' pulled down their window blinds in token of respect. From the deep grief felt in all circles, it is more than probable that most of the intended public entertainments of the week will be p - stpened. It is also feared that this melancholy, event, combined with the thickening American difficulties,' Iwill have a most prejudicial effect on the intended Great Exhibition, if it do not actually cause its postponement. Liverpool Albion. 10. 6. The Lord Chamberlain proceeded to Windsor 20 I Castle yesterday morning to receive the necessary corn- g mands in regard to the funeral of his late Royal Highness 25 the Prince Consort. st at TLIE BOY REEVES.—A respite has been received 'for this criminal from the Home-office. He was to have 8 8 t been executed on Monday, the 23d bast. st 93 95 2cl 216 6 CI LOl 103 112 117 [lO 116 103 110 106 103 123 125 81 83 llt 113 89 91 80 82 115 116 110 112 102 101 106 108 97 99 98 100 ES 90 €8 00 IC2 101 94 10 17 18 104 11 75 77 20 204 10 10 15 154 .36 138 101 103 12 115 12 115 L 36 138 112 115 152 155 127 130 73 75 GO 92 [ll 113 131 14 [24 125 1 ipm 65 70 I ilmil 137 119 102 104 92 94 i6O 111 107 109 1 lipna 99 101 98 100 ti's par }pro 22 23 ,32 136 10 10 _ _ .. 24 24 99 101 99 101 ss 166 85 88 274 281 31 33 31 33 42 45 123 125 121 123 100 102 11g 124 115 120 THIS DAY'S SHIPPING. LONDON, Dec. 16.—Wind this day at noon—Wes to North- West ; moderate breeze, with dull, cloud weather. QUEENSTOWN, Dec. 15.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived— Edinburgh, screw steamer, from Liverpool, and left for New York. _ _ ~„,. PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 'ls.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrived — Solway, from London for Melbourne; her Majesty's ship Dee, from Woolwich. (BY SUBMARINE AND MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) GE.AVESEND, Monday Morning, Wind W. ; weather foggy. Arrived, Dec. 15—Demegada, from Terceira. Arrived, Dec. 16 7 -Island Queen, from St. Michael's ,Moselle, from Antwerp. DEAL, Monday Morning. Anchored—Fairy Rock, from London, for Barbadoes ; Azoff, from London, for Trinidad ; Pride of the West, from Shields, for Callao. The Christmas performance of the t , Messiah" by the National Choral Society is announced for Monday even ing, Dec. 23. The soloists are—Miss Eleonora Wilkinson, Madame Sainton-Dolby, Messrs. Wilbye Cooper and Lewis Thomas ; Conductor, Mr. G. W. Martin. According to a paragraph now going the round of the French papers, the heir to the imperial throne is a bril liant specimen of the forcing system of education. Al. though only five years and a half old, he already speaks 'four languages " fluently" —French, English, German, and Italian. We wonder that his mother should not have taught him her native tongue—Spanish. ANOTIIER BALTIC STEAMER LOST.—A telegram has been received stating that the screw steamer Onda, 700 tons, had been lost while on a voyage from Cronstadt to London. If this is correct it will be the seventeenth Baltic steaffier since October last year. We have since learnt that the Onda was wrecked on the island of Amholt, in the Cat tegat,.—Zia faCket POLICE INT.ELLIGENCE.—( 27sis Day). AIAELBOROUGH-STREET. ! cha O r n g :l l N vi r: be G in o g ons TROM WEST-END TRADESMEN a lin obtaining a quantity (FORGED ORDERS.—Joseph Chapman, errand boy, was 1 concerned of eotii withfro from another Messrs.no custody,t i i j n ardy, 12 5 i New Bond-street, woollen drapers, by means of forged ;orders, and also from Messrs. Goole and Co., of the Xdg ;ware-road. Wm. Carr, assistant to Messrs. Hardy, said that on Sa turday, a boy, who he believed was an accomplice of the prisoner's brought an ord er purporting to come from Gel bart's, tailor, Oxford-stre e t, f or some oth. He gave the boy the cloth, and followed them into Hanover-square, and asked the prisoner where he was going to take the parcel he was carrying. At first he said to Gelbart's, but afterwards that he was in their employ and was going to the Strand. He said he should take them to Gelbart's, and on getting to the door the prisoner pushed him nearly down, and the other boy escaped. The prisoner threw his parcel away, but he managed to secure him. Mr. Edward Goodman, foreman at Messrs. Gelbart's, 95, Oxford-street, said be knew nothing of the order presented at Messrs. Hardy's. There was a person in their house of •tbe name of Evans, but the order was not in his handwrit ling. The prisoner had been in Messrs. Gelbarts' employ. ;Orders had been sent to about a dozen different tradesmen !in his name, all of them fictitious. In answer to a question the witness Carr said the cloth was of the value of £3 10s. k ha a r n g d ed g w o. i , th of o t b h ta e iningaquantity of Edgware-road. TheMor.t hJames Cr was eososkr st. said o o c the prisoner brought an order signed Goodman, from Gelbart's, and believing the order g e s n e u r i g n e e h g a , nte Ward, h d ,2 i 9 n o o i some p e r c o l d o u t h e e o d f tthhee parcel value o t h f r £ o 2 w 15s. away by the prisoner, and it was identified by Mr. Cook. Mr. Goodman said the order was not in his handwriting, id he had never sent the prisoner. Prisoner said a man and the other lad wrote the orders as they wrote better hands than he did. The prisoner was then remanded. Henry Edward Leake, a lad, was charged with being concerned with the prisoner Chapman in obtaining tho goods. Mr. Lewis, jun., of Ely-place, appeared for the accused. Some evidence being given, the lad was discharged, 111 r. ,Lewis stating that he was a person of respectability. MURDER ON A CHILD BY ITS MOTHER.—Mary Ann Hamilton was charged on her own confession with killing her child, ten months old, in Rebecca-court, Wells-street, 10xtord-street. 'i It appears that the prisoner went u p t o G eorge B rown, 18 F, in Kitg-street, Hammer sm ith, y es t er d ay morning, ' and said she wanted to give h erse lf u p f or mur d er i ng one of her children at 9, Rebecca-court, W e ll s - s t ree t, Oxford street, by tying a piece of braid round its neck. He asked her why she did it, and she said—" I could not see it want for bread any longer." He then told her that she must consider herself in custody for mur dering her son, Henry Hamilton. She replied that it was too true. He took her to the house, and in a kitchen found an old bed with two children in it, one being dead. Brown then sent for Mr. G. H. Bailey, a surgeon, who instantly lattended, and stated that life had been extinct some hours. I'he prisoner was afterwards taken to the station, and after being cautionei by the sergeant who took the charge, Stanley, 3 C, she replied, " I am sorry, it's too true," and commenced crying. On being t o ld t o s it near the fire at the station in Clarke's buildings, as she must be cold, she replied, " I shall soon be in a colder place." i Prisoner was remanded. THIS DAY'S MARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE. I Although the country markets held on Saturday were scantily supplied with wheat, the trade was in a sluggish !state, at barely stationary prices. All spring co rn , includ ing flour, moved off slowly, on former terms. The Continental markets have been generally steady, and; very little change has taken: place in the currencies. From New York both wheat and flour have ,been freely :shipped to Great Britain. The arrivals of English grain up to our market last week t ,were vary moderate. From abroad we received 73,223 quarters of wheat, 12,901 batley, 8,564 oats, 910 beans, 1,933 ! ,:peas, 662 tares, 14,533 linseed, 2,555 rapeseed, 145 maize, !'220 sundry seeds, 720 sacks and 44,529 barrels of flour. Fresh up to this morning's market the arrivals of wheat from Essex were small. Owing to the unfavourable news from America, factors were asking an advance of 2s. per quarter on last Monday's:prices. Buyers, however, appeared disposed to await further intelligence rather than make purchases at further enhanced rates. Prices, therefore, may be considered the same as on this day se'nnight both for red and white qualities of English wheat. All descriptions of wheat were held at an advance of Is . 1 „to 2s per quarter; but the trade was in a very sluggish state, and an improvement of about is per quarter was '4only realised in a few instances. Floating cargoes of grain were firm, and prices were :supported. The demand for them, however, was by no !means active. The supply of barley was very moderate. Malting qua ilities moved off steadily at extreme rates. Grinding and distilling sorts ruled firm in value. The inquiry for malt was confined to actual wants, yet Iprices were stationary. Oats met a steady sale, and the quotations were well ?maintained. The show of both English and foreign samples ; 4 was again small. Beans were in heavy request at barely last Monday's currency. 1 Peas, the supply of which was moderately good, moved :off heavily on rather easier terms. In flour very little was doing. All kinds, however, were hield at extreme, and in some instances enhanced, rates. CURRENCY PER IMPERJAL MEASURE. Wheat—Essex and Kent, red, new Ditto, old —s s Ditto, white, new 62s 63s Ditto, old —s —s NorfOlk and Lincoln, red, old —s —fi Ditto, new Talavera, Rye— 3Bs 43s Barley—Grinding 27s 3's Malting 36s 42s Malt—Suffolk and Nor%lk s2s 68s Brown Kingstown and Ware s2s 70s Chevalier 7os 72s Oats —Yorkshire and Lincolnsh., Feeding 2ls 25s Potato Youghal and Cork, black ... 19s 25s Cork, white l9s 26s Scotch, Feeding 23s 28s Beans—Tick Pigeons, Peas—Grey Maple White 44s 48s Boilers 46s 48s Flour—Town-made Suffolk 36s 38s Stockton and Norfolk. METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET'. NEIVGATE AND LEADENHALL. The supplies of meat, especially from Scotland and the north of England, are extensive. Primo beef and mutton ;move steadily at full prices, otherwise the trade is in a 'sluggish state at our quotations. Per Sib. by the carcase. d a d sdsd 8 3 2 Middling mutton 3 10 4 2 4 3 8 Prime do .. 4 4 4 6 i 0 4 2 Vaal .. 3 10 4 $ 2 4 4 Small pork ~ .. 4 8 5 0 10 4 6 Lamb 4 3 8 [nferior beef .. 2 Middling do. .. 3 Fri►ne large do. 3 1 Do. small d 0... 4 Large pork .... 3 ,Inferior mutton. 3 BOROUGH HOP. Good and fine hops aro in fair demand at full prices, otherwise the market rules inactive, but without leading to any quotable change in the currencies, compared with our previous report; indeed, on the whole, the market may be considered firm. Last week's imports were :-24 bales from Antwerp; 877, New York ; 1,525, Hambro' ; 472, Antwerp ; 473, Rot teraam ; 115, Calais ; 233, Dunkirk ; 185, Boulogne ; and 6 bales from Ostend. New Mid and East Keats 180 s to 220 a per cwt. New Weald of Kents l47s 185 s ~ New Susses Belgian llos 120 s ~ Bavarian BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. The arrivals of home-grown potatoes to these markets have been to a full average extent since our last report. Good and fine samples—the show of which is by no means extensive—move off steadily at full quotations, but other kinds are a dull inquiry at about previous currencies. The supply of :oreign potatoes is moderate. - - Scotch Regents 110 s. to 140 s. per ton. Ditto Rocks loox. to 120 s. ~ York Regents l2 os. to 140 s. ," Ditto Flukes . .130x. to 140 s. Kent and Essex Regents. loo s. to 130 s. " Li nco l ns hire ditto 9 s s. t o 130 s. 1,1 Foreign .. 955. to 120 s. ~ WOOL. A moderate but far from extensive business has beat passing in English wool since our last report, and prices have been well supported. The public sales of colonial wool were brought to a close on Tuesday last, and it is es timated that during their progress about 20,000 bales changed hands on foreign account, principally for the Con tinent. Last week's imports were 105 bales from Queens land and 1,927 bales from Algoa Bay. SEEDS. The trade for seeds is in a sluggish state, yet, compared compared with Monday last, !very little change has taken place in the quotations• Cakes are in fair demand, at full prices. Purnip,White,p.bus.26s to Swede —s —8 mustard, Brown Bs 13s White, new. ...6s6d Bs6d Tares, Winter 7s 6d 9s Old per quarter 3 , s 4!r3 Canary, per qu ai ter 183 60s Rye grass, new... —s Clover, Red Eng.,nt. —s —8 White ........ —s —s Foreign Red.... White. —s Trefoil, new. --s —s Carraway .... 22s to 25S Coriander .... 14s 18s Hempseed, per qr... 45s 4Cs Linseed,Eng,r. sowing 72s 768 Crushing ...... 60s 70s Baltic 548 58s Odessa s3s 58s Linseed Cake, p ton —s —g English £llox£l2 Os Fore'gn £ll lOs 12 lOs R na ap pe e s C ee n ci k . e n s, e p w tr p q X r 6 64 os s 6 66150 s TALLOW. P.Y.C. is in moderate req u est at 51s 3d per cwt. on thd spot. Rough fat, 2s 8d per Sibs. --.--.. 1857. 1 185 8. 1859. 1860. 1861. Stock this day.... 33, 473 33,448 47.245 74,096 51.753 Price of Y.C. .. I 5256,1c10 sggs6colcr 588,5f0d to 60s3dto 510.3 d to 3d —s Od —s Od Delivery last week 28,48 2,366: 2,404 1,118 2,056 Ditto from June 1 63,680 62,924 45,805 52,039 80,195 Arrivals last week 1,197 2,550 148 1,854 2,836 Ditto from June 1 83.147 84,805 80,969 9,904 1 75, 187 _ ,Price of To • 558 9d 533 Od 583 Od 6t3 Od ' 520 ea nt a rs 100 100 100 100 100